4 wmm No. 653. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1837. PRICE 4io. NORWICH UNION LIFE INSURANCE OFFICE. * ALL Persons insured in the above office, are par- ticularly requested to attend a meeting of the pro- prietors, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham, on WEDNES- DAY next, the 6th day of December, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, on very important business. Members are requested to be punctual in their attendance, as docu- ments will not be read a second time, until the special business of the meeting be concluded. T. MORTON JONES, Chairman. Committee- room, Dee's Hotel, November 30th, 1887. NORWICH UNION LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. AT a MEETING of Persons assured in this Society, convened by public advertisements, and held at the News Room, and by adjournment at the Royal Hotel, Bir- mingham, the 25th day of November, 1837, PRESENT, FRANCIS LLOYD, Esq., in the chair, and upwards of seventy other gentlemen holding Policies of Assurance to the amount of upwards of £ 80,000— It was moved by DANIEL LEDSAM, Esq., seconded EDWARD GRAINGER, Esq., And resolved unanimously, That a Subscription of % per cent, on the amount of their policies be advanced by the gentlemen present, for the purpose of defraying the expenses consequent upon this Meeting, and that absent insurers coinciding with the views of this Meeting be invited to contribute in the same pro- portion. Moved by J. FARDON, Esq., and seconded by JOHN STUBBS, Esq., That Messrs. Moreton Jones, Daniel Ledsam, Joseph Gibbins, Jacob Pope, and John Stubbs, be requested to see Mr. Green instanter, and desire his immediate attend- ance at this Meeting, and to bring with him a copy of the Deed of Settlement. These gentlemen having retired accordingly, and return- ed, reported that they had seen Mr. Green, who informed them he could not furnish a list of the names of the Directors of the Society, with the exception of one, viz., Col, Harvey, that he ( Mr. Green) had not a copy of the Deed of Settlement, or of the Bye- Laws: and that he knew nothing of the recent transactions of the Society, except what he learnt through the medium of the public news- papers. Moved by DANIEL LEDSAM, Esq., and seconded by JOSEPH GIBBINS, Esq., That the Chairman be requested to solicit the co- opera- tion of the insurers residing at Livepool, Manchester, and Bristol, in the objects of this meeting. Moved by T. M. JONES, Esq., and seconded by DANIEL LEDSAM, Esq., That the following Protest be signed and forwarded im- mediately to Norwich. " We, the undersigned, Partners and Proprietors in the Norwich Life Office, hereby give you notice, that we PRO- TEST against the passing of any Bye- Laws whatever, until the accounts | of the Society be fairly taken, and all their assets and liabilities be submitted to the parties interested, and approved by them, together with all acts and deeds of the Directors." Moved by JAMES MOLLIET, Esq., and seconded by C. STOviN, Esq., That a Deputation, consisting of Messrs. D. Ledsam, Molliet, F. Lloyd, J. Gibbins, and Pope, be requested to proceed to London, to join with the insurers there in taking steps for securing their mutual interests, and that they be empowered to apply to the Court of Chancery, if they see fit, for an injunction to restrain the Directors and Trustees from making any B-, e- Laivs under the Deed of Settlement, altering the constitution of the Society, or confirming the acts of the present or late Directors, until a statement of the pecuniary affairs of the Society be laid before its Mem- bers, and that such Deputation have full power to adopt such other legal or equitable proceedings, for the benefit of this meeting, as they may deem prudent. That the Deputation proceed to Norwich, if they should think it expedient to attend the Meeting there on the 30th inst., in order to support the Protest now agreed upon. That FRANCIS LLOYD, Esq., be requested to act as Trea- surer of the funds now subscribed. That Mr. W. D. WHEELER be requested to act as Secre- tary. That the thanks of this Meeting be presented to the Gentlemen who convened it, for the interest they have dis- played in the welfare of the Society. That this Meeting adjourn until eleven o'clock on Tues- day next, at this place, to receive the report of the Deputa- tion to London. That such adjourned Meeting be convened by advertise- ment in Aris's Gazette, and that the attendance of all Mem- bers of the Society he requested at that Meeting. * ( Signed) FRANCIS LLOYD, Chairman Moved by Mr. NICKLIN, aud seconded by Mr. JOHN STUBBS, That the thanks of this Meeting be given to Mr. FRANCIS LLOYD, for his very able conduct in the chair. W. D. WHEELER. WANTED, by the Guardians and Overseers of the Poor, the services, for about a fortnight, of a FEW STEADY PERSONS, who write WELL and EX- PEDITIOUSLY. Applications to be made by letter, post paid, to Mr. JOSEPH UNDERWOOD, at the Workhouse, on or before Monday evening, the 4th instant. Workhouse Vestry, 1st Dec. 1837. THE OVERSEERS of the POOR request the RATED INHABITANTS of the Town to MEET at the Public- office, in Moor- street, on Wednesday, the 13th instant, the chair to be taken precisely at twelve o'clock at noon, when the undermentioned ACCOUNTS of the late Constables and Headborough, Messrs. NADEN, RAW- LINS, and SUFFIELD, to the end of their year of office, will be'presented, viz.:— £ s. d. Wages to Police Officers, twelve weeks, at £ 8 159. Ditto, extra during Sessions . Tolling the Bell at His late Majesty's Funeral Ringers, at two Fairs— Constables' Staves ..— Printing and Advertisements. Expenses with Officers, on Town's Business. Ditto, Weights and Measures ™ , ™ .— Ditto, Musical Festival ., Compensation for Injuries at the Election—„ Prosecutions and Convictions. 105 6 1 4 3 9 14 13 14 2 52 6 16 13 108 14 0 0 10 4 0 16 £ 335 19 5 Birmingham Workhouse, 28th November, 1837. THE OVERSEERS of the Parish of ASTON re- quest the RATE- PAYERS to MEET them at the Vestry Room, Aston Church, on Wednesday Morning, the 6th of December next, ( the Chair to be taken at 11 o'clock,) when the Accounts of the late Constables and Headbo roughs will be presented, viz. : — Repairs, & c., at the Prison Attending Inquests —. ™ ™ Expenses of procuring Coroners Chief Constables'Journeys for Coroners, & c. Serving Summonses Warrants and Executions .— Convictions of Rogues and Vagabonds Oaths of Office.* Ale. tasters Serving Notices to Retail Brewers Printing and Advertising £. 5 60 2 22 3 2 3 0 3 1 3 Subsistence of Prisoners from March 19 to No- vember 7th, being 296 in number ™ . 5112 0 Hand- cuffs 0 12 0 Sundries ™ . . 0 6 2 Preparing the Accounts—— — 110 AGED AND DISTRESSED HOUSEKEEPERS' CHARITY. THE Committee of management most respectfully inform the Public, that the seventy- third Anniversary of the Musical Performances in aid of the abo\ e Chaiity, will be celebrated in the Town. hall, on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 1838, on an extensive scale. Mr. Pearsall, Mr. Harrison, and Mr. Machin, have tendered their valaable services on the occasion. Further particulars will shortly be announced. £ 161 15 6 BRANDY EQUAL TO COGNAC SOLD precisely in the same genuine state as re- ceived from the Distillery, from whence no other dealer in Birmingham is allowed a supply, ( see the annexed certi- ficate,) and on Distillery Terms, viz., 18s. per imperial gallon; retailed at 2s. 3d. per pint; or in sealed wine bottles 3s. 6d. each. " This is to certify, that Mr. JOHN SKELTON, NO. 20, Bull- street, is the only individual in Birmingham supplied by us with the pure PATENT FRENCH DISTILLED BRANDY, and that we confide in him to vend it to the Public in the same genuine state as he receives it from our Distillery. " Witness onr hand and seal, ( Signed) " T. BETTS AND Co." At this Establishment every article in the Wine and Spirit trade is guaranteed free from deleterious mixture. Sample Hampers for the country. A wine hamper, containing a selection of six bottles, viz., two of good Port, one of Masdeu, one of Sherry, one of Lisbon, ( ladies'wine) and one of Madeira, price 18s. 6d., package included. A spirit hamper, containing two bottles of Cream Gin, two bottles of Betts's Patent Brandy, ons of Old Jamaica Rum, and of choice over proof Whiskey, price 18s., package, & c., included; 2s. allowed for bottles and hamper, if returned. N. B. Licensed to supply the trade. JOHN SHELTON, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT, 20, BULL- STREET. UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION!!! GRAND VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, AT THE TOWN HALL, IN AID OF THE BUILDING FUND OF THE BIRMINGHAM MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. MRS. A. S H A W, who caused such extraordinary sensation at the late Musical Festival; MR. BRAHAM, MR. MACHIN, AND MR. HARRISON. THE COMMITTEE of the MECHANICS' IN- STITUTION beg most respectfully to announce to the Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants of the Town and Neighbourhood, that A GRAND VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, will take place in furtherance of the above most desirable object, in THE TOWN HALL, ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, for which occasion they have engaged MRS. A. SHAW, of the Nobilities' Concerts, London, who will sing several of the Pieces in which she was so rapturously encored at the late Festival; MR. BRAHAM, his first appearance these three years, will also sing several of his most celebrated Airs and Duetts; MR. HARRISON, of Lichfield, who has kindly offered his services, in one of his favourite Solos and Trios ; and MR. MACHIN, in several of his most effective performances. LEADER MR. SHARGOOL. Mr. G. HOLLINS will Preside at the ORGAN. CONDUCTOR MR. MUNDEN, who presents his most valuable services, and in order to give full effect to the various PIECES which will be introduced, a complete and select BAND has been engaged, under the able direction of MR. T. FLETCHER. Other ar- rangements of a corresponding character are in progress, the particulars of which will shortly appear. Admission to the Floor, 2s. 6d. Great Gallery, 4s.; and to Secured Seats in the Side Galleries and Centre of the Great Gallery, 5s. In consequence of the numerous applications for reserved seats, the committee have determined on allotting a portion of the floor for that purpose. Parties desirous of securing seats are requested to make early application at Mr. FLETCHER'S Music Saloon, 31 Temple- row. Tickets are now ready, and may be had at most of the Booksellers and Music Shops, and at the Newspaper Offices BIRMINGHAM SAVINGS' BANK. DEPOSITORS are informed that the Bank will be open on Tuesday and Wednesday next, the 5th and 6th of December, from ten till three o'clock, when the Interest due will be added to their Accounts, or paid to them on their personal application for the same. The general business of the Bank will be also then resumed. WILLIAM BOLTON, Secretary. BIRMINGHAM FUR MANUFACTORY, 59, BULL- STREET, ( six DOORS FROM SNOW- HILL.) EHN and Co., ( late Woodward) Manufacturing Furriers from London, beg most respectfully to in- form Ladies who wish to have their F'urs altered into Boas, Muffs, Capes, Shawls, or any other fashionable shape, they may depend on having them done at this Establishment in a superior manner, at a moderate charge. Furs repaired, cleaned, and cleared of moth by the Lon- don process. An excellent assortment of Furs, all fresh made, in Muffs, Boas, Shawls, and Capes. Trimmings, Shawl Fringes, Neck Tippets, Cloak Collars, and Skins of all kinds, selling at extraordinary low prices. MOSSELMAN'S SHEET ZINC. rHE acknowledged superiority of this well known Metal over all other qualities of Sheet Zinc, has de- termined WILLIAM PHIPSON to provide, and hence- forth to hold, an extensive Stock of MOSSELMAN'S SHEET ZINC, of assorted sizes, which he is enabled to offer to consumers on advantageous terms. His Stock likewise includes a great variety of articles wrought in Sheet Zinc, which may be seen at the MILLS, FAZELEY- STREET, where the Copper, Rolling, and Metal Trades are carried on in all their branches. AT a Meeting of the OPERATIVES of the town and neighbourhood of Bromsgrove, held at the Bell Inn, on Monday, November 27th, 1837, JAMES ALLEN, in the Chair, The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to: Moved by JOHN COLE, and seconded by CORNELIUS CARTWRIGHT— ~ That this meeting perfectly agrees with the resolution passed at a meeting of the Operatives, held at the Bell Inn November 18, relating to the raising of a fund for the pur pose of presenting George Ellins, Esq., with some testi monial of esteem, respect, and entire approbation of his past conduct, whether viewed as a master, landlord, or friend. Moved by JAMES PARRY, and seconded by WM KNIGHT— That in the opinion of this meeting they cannot better show the great respect they entertain for him, and the ap- proval of his manly and upright conduct in the cause of civil and religious liberty, than by presenting him with a Piece of Plate, or some other lasting testimonial of his merits. Moved by Jos. WARREN, and seconded by THOMAS BAILEY— That in ord2r to carry the resolutions into effect, a sub- scription of any sum be entered into, under the management of a committee, ( to be appointed by this meeting,) and that the zealous co- operation of their fellow operatives be ear- nestly requested in giving them their support. Moved by JAMES TAYLOR, and seconded by WM. BOURNE— That a committee be now appointed ( with power to add to their number) to receive subscriptions, and that they be instructed to pay the same into the hands of the Treasurer; and also to furnish him with the names of the subscribers, and the amount of each subscription, in order that the same may be entered by him in the general subscription book. Moved by WM. RAMSDALE, and seconded by THOS. GUEST— That the foregoing resolutions be advertised in four papers, viz., The Birmingham Journal and Herald and The Worcester Journal and Herald, and also printed for circula- tion in the neighbourhood. BILIOUS AND LIVER COMPLAINTS. AS a mild and effectual Remedy for those Disorders which originate in a Morbid action of the Liver and Biliary Organs, namely Indigestion, Loss of Appetite, Head ache, Heartburn, Flatulencies, Spasms, Costiveness, Af- fections of the Liver, & c., & c., DIXON'S ANTIBI- LIOUS PILLS ( which do not contain Mercury in any shape) have met with more general approval than any other Medicine whatsoever. They unite every recommendation of mild operation with successful effect; and require no re- straint or confinement during their use. In tropical cli- mates, where the consequences of redundant and vitiated bile are so prevalent and alarming, they are an invaluable and efficient protection. They are likewise peculiarly cal- culated to correct disorders arising from excesses of the table, to restore the tone of the stomach, and to remove raost complaints occasioned by irregularity of the bowels. Sold in boxes, at 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., lis., and 22s.; each box being sealed with the arms of the Proprietor ; and none are genuine which have not " George Dixon" engraved on the Government Stamp; by Messrs. Barclays, Farringdon- street; Butler, Chemist, Cheapside, ( corner of St. Paul's) London, Sackville- street, Dublin, and Prince's- street, Edinburgh; Sutton, Bow Church- yard; Newberry, 45, Edwards, 67, St. Paul's; and the principal Dealers in Pa- tent Medicine. DISCOLOURED TEETH NEWLY ENAMELLED, WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST PAIN OR INCONVENIENCE. LOSS OF TEETH SUPPLIED, Without Wires, Springs, or Clasps, Loose Teeth Fastened, And filling Decayed Teeth with Mineral Siliceum. MONS. DE BERRI AND CO., SURGEON- DENTISTS, 17, EASY- ROW, BIRMINGHAM, AND 121, REGENT- STREET, LONDON, RESPECTFULLY inform the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that they have recently discovered a Liquid Enamel, which by a single application, and without the slightest pain, immediately hardens and produces a beautiful and permanent Enamel on Teeth which are discoloured from age, neglect, calomel, or disease of the gums, and as it is well known that the loss of the natural enamel is the principal cause of the various diseases of the Teeth and Gums, the value of this invention cannot be too highly appreciated, as it at once replaces by art what lias been lost by nature. They also continue to fill up the cavities of Decayed Teeth with their celebrated Mineral Siliceum, without the least pain, heat, or pressure, it is placed into the cavity in an almost liquid state, and in a few seconds gets hard, preventing and curing the Tooth- ache, arresting all further progress of decay, and rendering the opeiation of extraction unnecessary. Artificial Teeth made of this incorrodible mineral are more durable than those usually worn ; they always retain their colour, never break from the plate, are free from smell, and not affected by the use of the most powerful medicines. Artificial and Natuial Teeth, of surpassing beauty, fixed from one to a complete set, without extracting the roots or giving any pain, without springs, wires, or ligatures, answer- ing all the purposes of Mastication and Articulation, re- maining perfectly secure in their places, and may be taken out and replaced by the wearer with the greatest facility,— at the following Faris cliaiges: — £. s. A single Artificial Tooth 0 10 A complete set ——— 5 5 A complete set of Natural Teeth, on fine gold An entire set of Natural Teeth, highly finished, in the first style, with fine gold sockets, usually charged 40 guineas 20 They also fasten loose Teeth, and repair Artificial Teeth to their original state. 17, Easy- row, Birmingham. 15 0 0 0 0 W1 MOTHERS AND NURSES HO have once made use of MRS. JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN CUTTING THEIR TEETH, will never choose to be without that invaluable medicine. It has preserved hundreds of children when thought past re- covery from convulsions arising from painful dentition. As soon as the syrup is rubbed on the gums, the child will be re- lieved, the gums cooled, and the inflammation reduced. It is as innocent as efficacious, tending to produce the teeth with ease ; and so pleasant, that no child will refuse to let its gums be rubbed with it. When infants are at the age of four months, the syrup should be rubbed on the gums; and parents should never be without the syrup in the nursery where there are young children; for if a child wakes in the night with pains in the gums, the syrup immediately gives ease; thereby preventing convulsions, fevers, & c— The great success of this medicine during the last twenty- five years has induced unprincipled persons to imitate it, under the name of American Soothing Syrup, and copying parts of Mrs. Johnson's Bills, & c. Parents will, therefore, be very particular to ask for JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP, and to notice that the name of BARCLAY and SONS, 95, Farringdon- street, London, ( to whom Mrs. Johnson has sold the recipe) is on the stamp affixed to each bottle. MARRIAGES. NOTICE is hereby given, that a separate building named " BOND- STREET CHAPEL," situatedu Bond- street, in the parish of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, in the district of Birmingham, being a building certified according to law, as a place of Religious Worship, was on the twenty- fourth day of November, 1837, duly registered for Solemnising Marriages therein, pursuant to the act of 6th aud 7th Wm. IV. c. 85. Witness my hand, this thirtieth day of November, 1837 WILLIAM PARE, Superintendent- Registrar. RICH, ELEGANT, AND SUPERIOR CHINA, AT PRICES GLASS AND CHINA WAREHOUSES. rpHE elegant shapes, classical beauty of painting, A and superb richness of the gilding, establish the su- periority of the new patterns in DINNER, DESSERT and TEA SERVICES, and the extensive variety of this Establishment gives an unparalleled advantage to pur- EARTHENWARE TABLE SERVICES, DES- SERT SETS, and TOILETTE WARE, in various patterns and colours, equally cheap. Also, kitchen articles for domestic purposes; plain and rich cut GLASS of the more fashionable patterns, diversified to the useful Goblet and Ale GLASS. Thus every rank of Nobility, Families, Innkeepers and Publicans, may be supplied at astonishingly cheap prices. Observe, B. PRICE'S Glass and China Warehouses, 13: High- street, opposite the Market Hall, Birmingham. SIN'UMBRA CANDLE LAMP, INVENTED FOR THE PATENT DOUBLE- WICK CANDLES. JOSEPH ALLDAY respectfully directs public at- tention to this self- adjusting SIN'UMBRA CANDLE LAMP, which is iii all respects superior to any of the Candle Lamps hitherto offered to the Public. The diffi- culty of obtaining a good light, unaffected by currents of air, and without throwing any shadow upon the table, has in this highly improved Candle Lamp been successfully obviated. Combining elegance with cleanliness and convenience, un- attended with any trouble, and without a liability to de- rangement, it offers a desideratum in household economy. When supplied, a candle will burn without snuffing nearly six hours, with a steady flame, and with a light equal to that of two common moulds, affording a regular, brilliant, but subdued light; as a library or reading lamp, it will be found preferable to any that has been heretofore invented. Wire Gauze Servants' Safety Lanterns, Rushlight Shades and Nursery Lamps in great variety. Nursery Fire Guard Fenders made to any size. Wire Fire Guards to hang on grates ; Bronzed, Steel, Brass, and Wire Fenders, of the most modern patterns; Fire- irons, Imperial Block Tin Dish Covers; superior Table Knives and Forks of Sheffield ma- nufacture; and every article of Domestic Ironmongery, in copper, brass, tin, and iron, supplied upon terms equal to any respectable house in the kingdom, at JOSEPH ALLDAY'S PA TENT WIRE GA UZE WINDOW BLIND, FENDER, WIRE- WORK, AND BIRD- CAGE, MANUFACTORY, AND FURNISHING IRONMONGERY ESTABLISH- MENT, 24, UNION- STREET, BIRMINGHAM. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. The GENERAL STEAK NAVIGATION COMPANY'S FIRST- RATE and SUPERIOR PACKETS leave the Custom- house ( weather permitting) for— HAMBURGH ( carrying Her Majesty's mails), every Wednesday and Saturday, early in the morning. ROTTERDAM and the RHINE ( carrying Her Majes- ty's mails), every Wednesday and Saturday morning, at Seven o'clock precisely. ANTWERP and the RHINE ( with a bag of letters from the Post- office), Sunday. OSTEND and the RHINE, Saturday Morning. CALAIS, Sunday and Thuisday. From London Bridge Wharf, for— BOULOGNE, Wednesday and Saturday. IPSWICH, Wednesday and Saturday. MARGATE, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. ItAMSGATE, daily ( Sundays excepted). LEITH to HAMBURG, Saturday, December 16, and every alternate Saturday. EDINBURGH from the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, Wednesday and Saturday night. NEWCASTLE, Wednesday and Saturday night. BERWICK, Saturday night. Berths may be secured at the offices of the Company, 37, Regent- circus, and 69, Lombard- street, and at 61, Charing- cross, and 35, Leadenhall- street. Parcels and small Pack- ages to be brought to the offices of the Company, 37, Re- gent- circus, and 69, Lombard- street. C. BESSELL, Secretary. General Steam Navigation Company, 69, Lombard- street and 37, Regent- circus, London. Just Published, Price 8d. RPIIE MERCANTILE AND RAILWAY ALMA- JL NAC, and Grand Junction, Liverpool and Man- chester, London and Birmingham Railway Director and Mercantile Guide. Printed in Red and Black, on a sheet of royal paper, the size of Drake's Birmingham Sheet Almanac. This Almanac will be found to be the most useful yet pub- lished, it contains— The Grand Junction Railway Fares, and Distances from ne station to another, Time Table, Regulations, the Offi- cers of the Company, Conveyances from the different Sta- tions, Charges for Parcels, & c., & c. Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester Post Office Regu- lations and Bankers. London and Birmingham Railway Time, Fare, and Distance Tables. Liverpool and Manchester Railway Time, Fare, and Distance Tables. The Mercantile Information comprises Lists of Stamps, Iron Masters' Meetings, Quarter Sessions, Members of Parliament, London Bankers, and a great variety of infor- mation useful to all classes of the community. Published by J. DRAKE, 52, New- Street, and sold by all Booksellers in Birmingham, London, Liverpool, Manches- ter, Wolverhampton, Stafford, and other towns on the line of the Railways. *„* Drake's Birmingham Sheet and Book Almanacs and Diary, are now ready, and may be had of all Booksellers. IMPORTANT REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF GAS. THE BIRMINGHAM OLD GAS LIGHT and COKE COMPANY hereby announce to the Public, that from and after the 1st of January, 1838, the Prices of Gas will be reduced to the Consumers according to their respective consumptions ; each Quarter's account aud price to be regulated by meter indication. Per 1000 Cubic Feet. s. d. All accounts under 5000 Cubic feet, per quarter 9 2 5,000 C. F. and under 25.000 ditto, ditto 8 4 25,000 ditto, ditto 75,000 ditto, ditto 7 6 75,000 ditto, ditto 200,000 ditto, ditto 6 8 By order of the Committee, CHARLES WEST, Clerk to the Company. Committee- room, Cherry- stieet, Nov. 29, 1837. INSURANCES AGAINST FIRE ARE EFFECTED ON THE LOWEST TERMS BY THE BIRMINGHAM FIRE OFFICE, UNION- STREET, BIRMINGHAM. ESTABLISHED 1805. In the settlement of Losses by Fire, this Company does not interfere to rebuild or replace Property destroyed, but the amount thereof is paid in cash as soon as it can be as- certained. Three powerful ENCINES of the most approved construction, together with a corps of experienced FIREMEN, are maintained at a considerable expense by this Company, and their services will continue to be, as heretofore, devoted GRATUITOUSLY TO THE TUBLIC SERVICE. By order of the Court of Directors, JOHN SIMMONS, Secretary. General Post- office, Nov. 24, 1837. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Her Ma- jesty's Postmaster General will be ready to receive ten- ders on or before the 20th day of December next, at twelve o'clock, for running a MAIL COACH, with four horses, between Shrewsbury and Birmingham. The conditions may be seen on application to the Post office at Shrewsbury and Birmingham, or at the office of the Surveyor and Super- intendent of Mail Coaches in London. The tenders are to be endorsed, " Tenders for the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Mail Coach;" sealed up and addressed to Her Majesty's Postmaster General. By command, W. L. MABERLY, Secretary. On Tuesday, December 26, will be published, Volume the Sixth, THE LIFE of SIR WALTER SCOTT, by Mr. LOCKHART. ROBERT CADELL, Edinburgh, and WHITTAKER and Co., London. Of whom may be had, The LIFE, Vols. I., II., III., IV., and V. WAVERLY NOVELS, 48 Vols. SIR WALTER SCOTT'S POETRY, 12 Vols. SIR WALTER SCOTT'S PROSE WORKS, 28 Vols. TALES ABOUT WALES, second edition, edited by CAPT. BASIL HALL, R. N. " BOZ " AND GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. The DECEMBER NUMBER, embellished with two humourous Illustratious by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, edited by " Boz," contains, among other interesting contributions, OLIVER TWIST, by BOZ. ~ Illustrated by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Song of the Month. By Cor- nelius Webbe. Lady Macbeth ( Shakspeare's Ladies.) By Dr. Maginn. The Apportionment of the World. From Schiller. The last of the Brigands. By Capt. Medwin. Suicide. The Glories of Good- hu- mour. By Godfrey Good- fellow. England's Queen. An Ode. Another Original of " Not a Drum was heard." Jack among the Mummies. By the Old Sailor. With an Illustration by George Cruikshank. Madame Gregoire. By Toby Allspy. Legislative Nomenclature. A Peter Pindaric to the Fog. By Cornelius Webbe. Capital Punishments in Lon- don Eighty Years Ago. ( Earl Ferier9,& c.) By the Author of" The Lollards." Nobility in Disguise. By Dudley Costello. & c.,& c. BICHARD BENTLEY, New Burlington- street, London. %* Orders received by ALL BOOKSELLERS in BIRMINGHAM. SALE OF VALUABLE COINS, SCARCE BOOKS, & c. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by J. P. LUCAS, at the Mart, 61, High- street, on Monday and Tuesday next, December 4 and 5, a unique Collection of Gold, Silver, and other Coins, the property of a Gentleman de- ceased. Among others equally rare, are a complete series of Pennies from'he Heptarchy to William IV., some choice Coins in Gold and Silver from Richard III. to George IV., also some very rare Romans in Gold and Silver, and a few large ones in Brass ; an extremely rare Half- shilling of Oliver Cromwell, also his Half- crown, very fine, with various others, in Crowns, Half- crowns, & c., down to the Pennies of all the English Kings. At the same time a few valuable Books; among which are Walpole's Anecdotes of the Painters, 5 vols., plates, the Strawberry- hill edition ; Tanner's Monastica, Dugdale's ditto, Dugdale's St. Paul's Cathedral, Dibdin's Typographical Antiquities, Encyclo- pedia Britannica, the Splendid Military Achievements of the Duke of Wellington, coloured plates, large paper, subscription copy; several valuable Treatises on Coins, with various others; catalogues of the whole are now ready. In the collection is also a fine genuine Landscape by G. Poussin, a View of La Iticcia, with Figures, from the Cor- sina Palace, in a French frame. WINES AND SPIRITS. FAMILIES may be supplied with every description of Foreign Wines of the choicest qualities and most approved vintages, at very low prices ; and also with British and Foreign Spirits of the first description, both as regards delicacy of flavour and strength, on equally moderate terms, at PETERS'S WINE AND SPIRIT WAREHOUSE, 77, BULL- STREET, CORNER OF TEMPLE- ROW, BIRMINGHAM. * ,* Bottles, jars, and packages must either be exchanged or paid for on delivery, allowance being made for thein when returned. DEVON. NOTICE is hereby given, that the GUARDIANS of the TAVISTOCK UNION will be ready at their meeting, on Tuesday the 5th day of December next, to re- ceive Plans and Tenders for warming the New Union Workhouse. The Contractor will be required to keep the apparatus in repair ( free of expense) for twelvemonths, and give secu- rity for the due performance of his engagement. No Plan will be paid for; nor do the Guardians pledge themselves to accept the lowest Tender. Farther information, as to the rooms to be heated, & c., may be obtained on application to Messrs. SCOTT and MOF- FATT, Architects, Carlton Chambers, 12, Regent- street, London; or at my office, where the Tenders must be sent before ten o'clock in the forenoon on the day of meeting. By order of the Board, RICHARD LONG, Clerk. Tavistock, Nov. 21st, 1837. BOOT AND SHOE MART, 99, HIGH- STREET, BETWIEN THE SWAN YARD AND PHILIP- STREET, BIRMINGHAM. BOSTOCK and MATTHEWS, wholesale Manu- facturers of Boots and Shoes, in Staffordshire and Northampton, most respectfully inform the inhabitants o{ Birmingham and its vicinity, that in addition to their Whole- sale Business, lately conducted in Union- street, they have opened the above Retail Warehouse, with a most exten- sive and fashionable Assortment of BOOTS and SHOES. B. and M. having no desire to obtain a temporary popu- larity by means which are frequently adopted in the present times, of pretending to extraordinary advantages which they do not possess, they beg respectfully to call the attention of the public to the following facts: 1. They are as extensive Manufacturers of Boots and Shoes as any House in the Trade. 2. They devote their entire personal care and attention to the manufacturing of Boots and Shoes. 3. Their different manufactories are situated in the town3 most celebrated for each particular description, namely, at Northampton for Gentlemen's, Youths', and Boys ; and at Stafford and Stone for Ladies', Girls', and Child- ren's Boots and Shoes. On these grounds they are fully prepared and able to meet all competition; and by uniformly offering a good and fashionable article at the lowest remunerating price, they confidently rely on public support. 99, High- street. OBSERVE THE LARGE CLOTH BOOT IN THE WINDOW. TO THE BRITISH PUBLIC. NOTWITHSTANDING the publicity for many years past given to the superiority of BETT'S PA- TENT FRENCH DISTILLED BRANDY over every other Spirit, British or Foreign, it is yet but partially known : J. T. BETTS and Co., therefore, will feel it a duty they owe to the public and themselves, until every family in the kingdom, yi which Brandy is consumed, have made trial of their Patelrt Brandy, and consequently discontinued the use of the foreign article, to invite a comparison be- tween the Patent and the French Brandy. Their respective . merits are fairly developed in the following testimonials, to which they again beg to refer. EXTRACTS FROM TESTIMONIALS. " Your Brandy is free from uncombined acid and astrin- gent matter, which exists, more or less, in most of the Brandies imported from France. " JOHN THOMAS COOPER, " To Mr. Betts." " Lecturer on Chemistry." " I am bound to say, and do assert it with confidence, that, for purity of spirit, this cannot be sui passed ; and that your Patent Brandy is also quite free from those acids which, though minute in quantity, always contaminate the Foreign Spirit. " JOSEPH HUME, " J. T. Betts, Esq." " Chemist to His Majesty."* " I do not hesitate to express my conviction that your Patent Brandy is fully as free from every thing injurious to health, and contains as pure a spirit, as the best varieties of Foreign Brandy. " EDWARD TURNER, " Professor of Chemistry in the University of London." " John T. Betts, Esq." It is this perfect freedom from the above objectionable qualities, and its agreeable similarity in flavour to the finest samples of Cognac Brandy, that constitute the peculiar value of the Patent Brandy. The Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield- bars, leading to St. John- street, is the only establishment of J. T. Betts and Co. The agents appointed for this district of country are— Birmingham. Leamington. Daventry. Coventry. Wolverhampton. Stourtridge. Worcester. Tewkesbury. Cheltenham. 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, at 18s. per imperial gallon, of the highest legal strength, for cash on delivery. Mr. JOHN SKRI. TON Mr. George Jull Mr. Henry Hands Mr. John Dell Mr. Charles S. Clarke Mrs. Elizabeth Biddle Mr. Thomas Cooke „ Mr. Hugh Martin, Mr. Henry Pointer SNOOK'S APERIENT FAMILY PILLS, a most excellent medicine for bile, indigestion, giddiness of the head, piles, and dropsical complaints. Their composition is truly excellent; they do not contain any antimonial or mercurial preparation whatever, and do not require the least confinement or alteration of diet ( mo- derate exercise promotes their good effects); they seldom operate until ten or twelve hours after taken, and then very gently; they destroy worms, purify the humours, and evacu- ate all foul corruptions, whereby so many diseases are pro- duced ; by removing obstructions, they cause the food to pass to its respective parts, becoming a good restorative and preservative of health to both sexes, and to those of a costive habit, a truly valuable tieasure. Also SNOOK'S PECTORAL or COUGH PILLS, for coughs, colds, asthmas and shortness of breath. It ' is well known that coughs and colds ( if not soon removed) are, in many cases, attended with considerable danger; for the removal of which the Pectoral or Cough Pills are with con- fidence recommended as an excellent medicine, and in most cases a certain specific. A single box will b trial to prove their good effects. SNOOK'S DENTIFRICE for th£ GUMS. W The Pills are now prepared by Messis. ffiw ( who have purchased the recipe from Mft names are engraved on the government it: each box; without which they cannot be gen The Pills are sold in boxes, at Is. l% d, and The Dentifrice in boxes, at Is. l% d. % 51 w m EET ft snsfe lAYnudSoif* 3 ip° alfixed° ta nfll 2*. 94. etah. a 2 THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, N O V E M B E R 25. 2 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS— FRIDAY, NOV. 24. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.— It was arranged that orders of the day shall take precedence of motions on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and that 110 amendment shall be moved on the order of the day, ex- cept to substitute another order for it— unless in cases of Committees of Supply and Ways and Means. By this arrangement members are precluded, except on the occasions specified, from bringing forward motions as amendments to the orders of the day. Lord JOHN RUSSELL refused to make it a rule that the orders of the day shall be taken as they are put down on the notice- paper. The practice of counting out the house on Tuesdays and Thursdays, when members had motions to come on, was complained of. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the motion must be of small importance which did not attract a house. It was agreed that notices should not'extend beyond four notice days from the day on which they are given. A long discussion followed respecting the time when the election petitions should be taken into considera- tion. Lord John Russell at length declared that he would wait till the 7th of December, when all the peti- tions would have been presented, before he decided what to do. Sir ROBERT PEEL said, that if Lord John were not prepared with a motion on the 7th of December, HE should be ready with one, distinctly specifying the day in February when the petitions should be taken into consideration. The only other business of the house was the re- ap- pointment of the Transportation Committee, on the motion of Sir William Molesworth. THE ADJOURNMENT.— It is understood that Parlia- ment will adjourn on the 23rd or 24th of December, till the 1st of February. MONDAY. A petition was presented from the church party of Cheltenham, and another from the reformers of Salford, on the subject of national education. APPRENTICE SLAVERY.— Sir EARDLEY WILMOT presented a petition for the immediate termination of the apprentice system of slavery. CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS BILL.— Lord STANLEY opposed the second reading, on the ground that there were two bills before the house— this ( Mr. Buller's) and that which was to be introduced by Mr. O'Connell, and he thought it unreasonable to affirm a principle in one case, and to be afterwards called on to affirm a contrary principle in another. Mr. C. BULLER did not feel inclined to consent to the postponement on such grounds— If the noble lord, who was doubtless well acquainted with the intentions of the honourable and learned member for Dublin—( a laugh),— or if any other honourable member would take upon himself to guarantee to the house that the bill of the lion, and learned gentleman was forthcoming now, or would be forthcoming within a reasonable time, or that in fact, the honourable and learned Igentleman meant that it should be forthcoming at all, be ( Mr. Buller) would acquiesce in the noble lord's wish that the present bill should be postponed. ( Hear, hear.) He must, however, require a sufficient guarantee that the honourable and learned mem- ber's bill was in preparation ; but he doubted whether the noble lord could satisfy the house that one word of the bill was written or had even been thought of. ( Hear, hear.) He ( Mr. Buller) did not, for his own part, believe that any man in his senses could for a moment imagine, there was the slightest intention on the part of the honourable and learned gentleman of proceeding with the bill in question. ( Hear, and laughter.) He added, in favour of the present measure, the strong argument of a concurrent opinion, within and without, of its pressing necessity— When last he set forth the evils of the present system, there was no point on which he met with more general assent from the house, than the dishonesty and incompe- tency which he charged against the present tribunal. ( Hear.) He himself had found no reason to change his opinion on this point; nor had parties out of doors come to a different view of the matter. None of the parties who came before the election committees had any confidence in their honour; quite the contrary; every body said that an election com- mittee of the House of Commons, was the last tribunal where a man could expect justice. ( Hear, hear.) The manner in which the newspapers discussed the pending elec- tions, fully bore out what he said. In one of the Dublin papers people were urged to subscribe in support of petitions agains Liberal Irish members, on the ground that if the petitions produced no other good effect, they would bring down the ministerial majority to a level with the opposition, if not reduce them to a minority, and so give the Conserva- tives an advantage in election ballots; nor were the minis- terial papers any better. He had seen in one of them only the other morning, a castigation of Mr. Martin, of Gahvay, for pairing oft' with Mr. Cooper, who, it was set forth, was disqualified from serving on an election committee, in con- sequence of having subscribed to the fund in question. ( A laugh.) " Pairs," it was said, " may be very good things upon political questions, but not so when election petitions are in question." It was due to the house itself that it should, as speedily as possible, remove such an imputation on its honour. At present it was the universal opinion out of the house, among Tories, Whigs, and Radicals, that an election committee of the House of Commons was an as- semblage of men whom neither honour, virtue, nor their oaths could bind when their political bias was involved. He concluded by describing the objects of the bill— One great object would be to render the law certain. He should also desire to reduce the number of members serving on each committee; and he believed the general feeling to be, that the smaller the number of members the greater was the chance of justice, without any decrease of responsibility. Another improvement was, substituting a peremptory challenge for the present mode; and he believed this change would produce the ultimate effect that challenges would be exercised very sparingly. Another improvement would he, the introduction of publicity into the proceedings of com- mittees. He proposed that the votes which hon. members gavfe on these committees, on every resolution, should not only be entered on the record, but read by the chairman when the public were re- admitted. He would ensure further publicity by the chairman giving his decision pub- licly ; and thus, he thought, he should effect all the publicity that was necessary. He proposed another alteration, and it was one of considerable importance : it related to the law of costs. He would not say what the whole law of costs should be, for he thought that a matter which, in a great measure, it was better to leave to the regulation of the tri- bunal themselves when established. He proposed then to give the power to the assessors to regulate the costs till the necessary rules were laid down. The last alteration was one to which the noble lord had given his high sanction, and it was the one which he believed to be the most important. He proposed the establishment of a court of appeal, com- posed of assessors. His proposition was that three assess- ors should sit to hear appeals from the decisions given in the revising barristers' courts, as the court of Queen's Bench heard appeals from the magistrates. It was not his object to deprive any man of his right of appeal to the House of Commons; but he would allow to no man a double appeal he would not allow any point that had been decided by that higher tribunal of which he had spoken to be brought under the consideration of a committee of the House ol Commons. Mr. O'CONNELI. denied altogether that his bill should mar the motion of Mr. Buller, his bill was not before the house, nor would he press it farther than the first reading till that of Mr. Buller was passed through committee, and then he would consider if it were ne- cessary to go on without it. He described the con- duct of parties, in relation to election committees, with much humour— It was rather an unhappy and unfortunate circumstance that they must admit that when a petition was sent down to them for trial there was immediately a very active canvass on each side. ( I. oud cries of hear, hear.) It was true that when men asked him to attend the ballot they did not say to him, " Pray go down to the House of Commons, ready to perjure yourself on the committee !" Oh, no; but what they said was, " Pray go down to the house, that you may prevent the l ories from pressing themselves on the com- mittee." ( Great laughter, and cries of hear.) And did not they ( the opposition) say that on their side? ( Hear, and a laugh.) When the whipper- in went to them and pressed them to come down, did he say, " Come down, that you may be on the committee, and, no matter what the evidence, decide against the individual petitioned against, because he belongs to the opposite party ?" No such thing. But what he did say was, " Go down, or the Reformers or Radicals will decide everything ; they will not care for their oaths; they will perjure themselves, and set at nought every moral obligation, in order to cause a decision in favour of their oarty." The truth was they accused each other, and I. e believed that the public accused them both. ( Cheers.) It was notorious that when a committee were to be ballotted for, each side was anxious to get upon the committee a majority of individuals belonging to their party. Did they not know that it was commonly said by on% side or the other, when the parties went from the bar, " They have no chance— we have beaten them— we have settled them now— there are seven to four ; or there are six to five; they will appoint their chairman, their chairman has a double vote— they have not the least chance," ( Laughter.) Counsel had predicted thus, and their predictions had been verifi. d by the event. Now, was this creditable to the house. ( Cheers.) They might delude themselves by the speeches they made there on the subject, but the public knew what the fact was, and the public condemned them all. ( Cheers.) He certainly thought this bill did not go far enough, but it gave them an impartial person, and it gave them publicity. This was something. Sir Edward Sugden spoke against the second read- ing, and Lord John Russell in favour of it. Sir Robert Peel spoke at considerable length against the bill, and was replied to by Lord Palmerston. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading 214 Against it 160 Majority 54 POOR- LAWS.— Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the re- appointment of the committee on the poor- laws. Colonel WOOD did not precisely see the range to which the noble lord proposed that the inquiry of the committee should extend. On the appointment of the committee last year the noble lord stated that he wished the inquiry to be as wide a one as possible; but, on the present occasion, he saw that the vvoids of the motion limited the inquiry to " the distribution of relief to the poor under the order of the commissioners." Now, as the relief to the poor under the commissioners wa6 closely connected with the workhouse system, and unions were extending all over the country, he wished to know whether the noble lord proposed that the inquiry should extend to the operation of the workhouse system ? A very strong feeling prevailed throughout the country against the kind of relief administered in these buildings, and against the further erection of them, many of which, he must say, looked more like prisons than the abodes of the aged and infirm. Mr. LIDDELL having made certain statements in . icspect to the working " of the law in Sunderland, Mr. HUME said— The honourable member stated that in Sunderland 200 children had been deprived of parochial relief, and that dark rumours were abroad that many of them had been deserted by their parents to all the horrors of starvation. Now, he would ask the honourable gentleman whether, as a magis- trate of the county, he had ever taken any steps to ascertain tlie truth of any of these rumours? ( Hear, hear.) If the honourable gentleman had not investigated the matter in his magisterial capacity on the spot and at the time, all he could say was, that it now doubly behoved him to take every possible step towards a rigid investigation of all the circum- stances alleged. ( Hear, hear.) It was just such half and half statements as the honourable gentleman had this even- ing made, that had prejudiced the country against the bill, and led to the unfortunate proceedings which they had recently witnessed. ( Cheers.) He called upon the hon. gentleman, before he left the house to night, to give the government such information on the subject as might enable them to take the necessary steps to ascertain the accuracy of the rumours in question, and to prevent such occurrences for the future, if true. Mr. LIDDELL said he had authority for the state- ment, but declined naming it. Mr. GORING thought mors power should be given to the guardians than they at present possessed. As to the uniformity system, it was clear that it was quite impracticable. Scarcely two unions existed with the same rules and regulations. ( Cries of no, no.) This was a fact which he insisted upon as undeniable. He wished to see more extended jurisdiction intrusted to the Guardians, who knew the feelings of tile rate payers, and who would not permit the poor to be ground into the dust as— he must say in his place in that house, however unwilling he should be to do so in the presence of a more exciteable audience— they were at present in many instances. With regard to his own experience of the working of the measure, he could only say, that from the time the commissioners in London refused to change the rules and regulations which they had originally sent to his part of the country, even when soli- cited to take that course by the Guardians and magistrates, he refused to act any longer as a Guardian. Sir II. YERNEY highly eulogised the law, as the best that ever was promulgated. TUESDAY. On the motion of Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET, a select committee was appointed to inquire how far the intentions of the Reform bill were defeated by making and registering fictitious and improper votes in Ire- land. Sir HARRY VERNEY moved for leave to bring in a bill to relieve the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of England and Wales from the duty of laying before Her Majesty in council a scheme for uniting the sees of Carlisle and Sodor and Man. Lord J. RUSSELL opposed the motion; and, on a division, it was lost by a majority of 106, the numbers being— For the motion .. .. 53 Against it .. .. 159 Mr. PRYME moved for leave to bring in a bill to abolish grand juries in England and Wales. The motion was opposed by the Attorney- General, and after some discussion the house divided upon the question, when leave was refused by a large majority. Mr. BARNEBY obtained leave to bring in a bill to repeal the law which allows magistrates to commit to gaols or houses of correction insane persons who are apprehended under circumstances which denote a pur- pose of committing a crime: and, on the motion of the same gentleman, a committee was appointed to inquire into the operation of the Highways act. Mr. AGLIONBY moved for leave to bring in a bill to facilitate the recovery of possession of tenements, after the due determination of the tenancy. The motion was agreed to. On the motion of Mr. HUME a select committee was appointed to inquire into the fees on the trial of con- troverted elections. On the motion of Mr. FITZROY a return was ordered of the names of all persons in the service of the Post- office against whom complaints had been made for having voted at the last election, and who had been dismissed in jonsequence. The motion was seconded by Mr. F. BARING, who stated his anxiety to give every information on the subject. On the motion of the SOLICITOR- GENERAL, the Com- mission of the Peace bill was read a second time and committed, and ordered to be read a third time on Wednesday. The house adjourned at eight o'clock. WEDNESDAY. WILLIAM SMITH.— Sir C. KNIGHTLEY moved for returns respecting this man, who had been convicted of stealing a will, and whose sentence had been com- muted by government. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, proof was offered to the Home Office, that the health of this man would be seriously endangered if the sentence were carried into effect. His guilt was not at any time doubted, though mitigating circumstances were adduced in his favour. The state of his health, however, formed the sole ground of remission ; and in such cases, of which a hundred occurred every year, it was not customary at any time to refer to the convicting judge. The motion was negatived without a division. This was the only matter of the smallest interest be- fore the house. HOUSE OF LORDS. FRIDAY, Nov. 24. The Lord CHANCELLOR introduced the bill to abolish Imprisonment for Debt. Lord ABINGER said, that the real object of the mea- sure was to alter the whole law of debtor and creditor; and that without extensive alteration it ought not to Some conversation arose respecting the manner in which the bill had languished in the hands of the Lord Chancellor last session. Lord COTTENHAM acknowledged himself to be in fault, but endeavoured to frame an apology, by as- suring the house that he was waiting all the while for Lord Brougham, who was sick in the country, Lord BROUGHAM charged Lord Cottenham with the " grossest mistake of facts, the most entire want of re- collection of dates, the most crassid and dark ignorance of every one particular which occurred during the first four months of the last year."— Ministers well knew that Lord Brougham would not be in the house " be- fore Easter or after Easter." The bill was read a first time, and ordered to a second reading on the 5th of December. MONDAY. EDUCATION.— The Bishop of LONDON presented a etition from Cheltenham in favour of a National ystein of Education. The petition had been got up principally in opposition to a society which had been established in the West of Eng- land, called the Central Society of Education, and by which a system of education was advocated which it was proposed should be at once compulsory and entirely and exclusively secular. There were many persons connected with the society as members who were highly influential men, and he, therefore, took this opportunity of cautioning the public against the principles which were proposed to be intro- duced. Lord BROUGHAM declared himself opposed to com- ulsory education ; as for education without religion, e had never heard of its being proposed. He should have the honour of again presenting to their lordships a bill which he had already once laid before the house at an early period, which, in his opinion, embraced the most important part of this subject; and he was clearly of opinion that there ought to be no compulsory means re- sorted to with respect to the people in any system of educa- tion to be proposed. He was also equally clear that there ought to be the most careful rejection and exclusion of any principle in the measure which could give the church, or any one sect, any preference, preponderance, dominion, or power whatever, exclusively and paramountlyover the education of the people. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Sheffield, signed by from ten to twelve thousand individuals in favour of a system of National Education for all parties. IRELAND.— Lord RODEN brought under the con- sideration of the house that part of Her Majesty's speech which describes the country as in a state of tranquillity. He went into a long statement, for the purpose of showing that, from this description of the country, Ireland must be excepted. Lord MULGRAVE went into a statistical detail of great length and minuteness, in order to show that the complaints of Lord Roden were unfounded. The debate was continued by Lord Bandon, who de- nied the accuracy of the newspaper reports, that he had set adrift any of his tenants, by the Duke of Wel- lington, Lord Melbourne, and Lord Brougham. In the course of Lord MELBOURNE'S speech, he explained a phrase that has been often repeated and dwelt upon— The noble earl opposite had not, of course, failed to give his repetition to the now almost worn out expression which had fallen from his ( Lord Melbourne's) mouth some two years back, aud which had never, by any chance, been since omitted in the speech of any nobleman or gentleman of op- posite political opinions who could by any possibility bring it in. ( Hear, hear.) The expression to which he alluded was, " a heavy blow and great discouragement to Protes- tantism in Ireland"—( a laugh)— and this expression had been a staple commodity with all adverse orators ever since. All bishops, ministers, ex- ministers, members of the lords' house, and members of the commons'house, seemed to gloat over this little passage. ( Hear and a laugh.) Now he begged to say that all this is not very fair; it might be very proper to make allusions to expressions which had dropped from him or any one else, but when they fixed with such particular avidity on one sentence, when they founded so heavy a charge upon one paragraph in a speech, it was but fair that they should state the actual words he had made use of on the occasion in question in connection with the other words of the passage. As they had not done this, he must be excused fordoing it himself, although there were no productions to which he referred with such little pleasure as his own speech. ( A laugh.) The whole sentence in which this unfortunate passage occurred was the following: " At the same time, my lords, that I propose this measure, I am fully aware of the effects which it will produce, and of the objections which may be urged against it. I am deeply sen- sible and much concerned at the impression which I feel it will make. I cannot conceal from myself that it will he in the first instance, and for a certain time, a heavy blow and a great discouragement to Protestantism in Ireland ; that it will be also a great triumph to the adverse party. I am well aware that it is not the same tiling to destroy as never to have constituted ; to demolish as never to have built up; but this evil, which I trust will be but temporary, is forced upon me by the untoward circumstances which I have al- ready described. I cannot avoid it, and that which I can- not avoid I must submit to with as much patience as I can command, and temper with as much remedy and alteration as it is in my power to administer." Noble lords would do him the justice to perceive that in this short sentence there were some very gratifying expressions. It made a clear distinction between the immediate effects of the measure which it proposed and its ultimate results. The formal motion, which was for certain papers, was carried without hpposition. TUESDAY. CATHOLICS IN PARLIAMENT.— The Duke of NEW- CASTLE presented a petition from the Protestant Association of the United Kingdom, praying that Roman Catholics should be excluded from Parliament. His grace said— He cordially concurred in the prayer of the petitioners, for his belief was, that the oath which was required to be taken by Catholics had been disregarded. There was a pro- vision in the Catholic Relief bill, by which it was required that titular bishops should not affix their signatures as of their sees, but this regulation lmd been disregarded and broken. It appeared to him that at present there was little or no security against the advances of Catholics, and he could not but express his opinion that their lordships would do well to adopt some means to pass some measure, by which they would be restrained from doing anything which might be hurtful to the Protestant Church of this country. ( Hear.) It was not for him to hold out or to suggest anything upon the subject, or to advise the house, but he thought that it would be highly desirable that some enact- ment should be passed by which Catholics should be excluded from the Irish representation. The noble duke then moved that the petition should be read. It was set forth that the petitioners regarded the admission of Roman Catholics to legislative power as equally at variance with Christian duty and the Protestant principles and character of the constitu- tion, and that, notwithstanding the passing of the bill by which oaths were required to be taken by the Roman Ca- tholics on their admission to any position in the legislature, by which they swore to defend, to the utmost of their power, the settlement of property within this realm as established by the laws, and by which also they disclaimed, disavowed, and solemnly abjured any intention to subvert the present church establishment; and, further, undertook never to exercise any privilege to which they were entitled to disturb or weaken the Protestant religion or Protestant govern- ment in the United Kingdom, yet that the Roman Catholic members of the legislature had used their utmost exertions, both in and out of Parliament, for the destruction of the church establishment, and especially that portion of it existing in Ireland; for that they had voted for the aliena- tion of its property, and for the substraction of church- rates from the revenues of the church of England, with the ulti- mate design of finally establishing the domination of Popish superstition. The petitioners under these circumstances submitted that it was absolutely necessary to devise some effectual safeguard for the national establishments; that scriptural authority and the principles of the British consti- tution called for the total exclusion of Roman Catholics from the legislature, aud the petitioners, therefore, im- plored the house to take such steps as might seem advisable, with a view of accomplishing this essential object. Lord LORTON supported the petition. It had been most erroneously supposed that certain sets of men, who were called agitators, and one gentleman in par- ticular, had been the cause of all the disturbances in Ire- land; but he could assure their lordships that it was uo such thing; they were merely secondary persons, and they were compelled to obey the orders of the church. They had most rrdently and zealously carried them into effect, it wasjrue ; but they were directed by the church. If tran- quillity was to be established in that most unfortunate part of the empire, he had no doubt that that power must be withdrawn, or that something must be done for the relief ol both Protestants and Catholics. Something must be done for the general relief of the Irish people; some employment must he obtained for them, for a considerable portion of them were nearly destitute of the means of providing food for their sustenance. Lord MELBOURNE was opposed to any attempt to disturb the Emancipation bill, on Conservative prin- ciples :— The noble duke was an advocate of what were denomi- nated Conservative principles, 8nd they were doubtless founded on a determination to maintain the great institu- tions of the country, subject to such reforms as might ap- pear to be just and wholesome. But he could do nothing more at variance with those principles than now to attempt to disturb a measure of such importance, which had so re- cently been determined upon. If there was anything which possessed a dangerous tendency at this time, or if there was any vice which ought to be guarded against more than an- other, it was that disposition which existed for further changes in measures which had already been adopted after great consideration, and carried with great difficulty. In a year or two after some enactment had passed it was perhaps found not to answer exactly the proposer's views, and to be attended with some inconveniences which were not ex- pected. Then it was directly said, " We must change and alter, we have not changed enough;" but he would say that that was not the wise spirit of legislation, and he called on the noble duke not to give his counsel or his support to any such pr< position. A measure like that of the admission of Roman Catholics into the legislature, of placing them on an equality with all other of their fellow- citizens, was one which was not to be tried by its immediate effects, by a few years experience, but it required a longer trial to show its real character, and the manner in which it would work; it must be tried in the time of prosperity, it must be tried in the time of adversity, in times of peril, in times of security, in time of peace, and in times of war ; and it was not on the experience of a few years, or of any short period of time, that an opinion was to be formed on its actual working and tendency. Lord WINCHILSEA said he had repeatedly de- clared his firm and honest conviction, when the bill was before the house, that the members of the church of Rome would use the powers conceded to them by their lordships in a way far different from that which they professed it was their intention to do. The noble ear th en proceeded to read an extract from the evi- dence of Mr. O'Connell before the committee, in which that gentleman appeared to have recommended the course to be adopted by government which had already been referred to by the noble earl. He did not charge the members of the church of Rome, who were in the other house of Parliament, with acting with a view to and with a design for the total destruction of the Protestant religion, but he believed that the priest- hood were acting with an intention to destroy not only the Protestant church, but Protestant connection with this country. Lord BROUGHAM strongly deprecated the petition. What was it that was now in the 19th century asked of the house? What was it that was now recommended? Was it not extraordinary that, having reached this, the 37th year of the 19th century, a petition like that presented by the noble duke should be brought to that house?— from a respectable body of men he was willing to admit, but he was happy to say from a small one. Was it the object of the petitioners that the legislature should take new mea- sures of precaution to guard against evils which existed, because those which had already passed had failed ? Was it that they were to take precautions against an avowed enemy ? No ; but they were called upon to do what was called retracing their steps. Those were easy words; they were vague and general, and they did not at first strike the mind; but they went in reality much further than they at first appeared to go; they meant, in fact, that they should repeal the Catholic Relief bill of 1829; and to this was added, by way of qualification, to make the proposition the more palateable and more practicable, that it should be con- fined to Ireland— that Catholics might sit. in Parliament to represent this country, where the number of Catho'ics did not amount to more than 400,000 or 500,000, but that in a country where the proportion of persons of that religion was six millions out of eight, the people should be bound to speak their opinions through the medium of persons who were not of the same religion with themselves; that they should be stigmatised as Catholics, and simply and merely because they conscientiously differed in their religious opinion from some other persons, that they should be re- fused the right of selecting for themselves persons of their own religious persuasion to represent them in Parliament. But besides this, to make the measure more practicable, the uninvidious, fair, equitable, statesman- like distinction between Lords and Commons was to be drawn, that Catholic peers and their descendants should be permitted to sit and vote in the house, while the Catholic commoner should not be represented by a person of his own church. But it did not stop there. He thought this alone would be suffi- cient to make the noble earl take the same view with him- self ( Lord Brougham) on the subject. Could the legisla- ture stop there ? could they stop at the relief bill of 1829? must they not go still further back when they once began to retrace their steps? It was not at the bill of 1829 that they must pause, but they must go to the bill of 1793, and even that would not do: they must even, to make security for all, go as far back as 1778. ( Cheers.) But, " Oh," said they, " there is no fear from Catholics sitting in that house ; the constitution is safe if they are excluded from being elected by persors of the same religion, and representing them in the House of Commons." What! having flung open the doors, would they complain of the working? The power which enabled the Catholics to become members of Parlia- ment would enable them to prevent the repeal. ( Hear, hear.) But disappointment has arisen as to the operation of the Emancipation act, and political agitation and agrarian disturbance were referred to in aid. He ( Lord Brougham) was at issue with the noble lord upon these questions; they were tried last night, and he thought that no one would feel disposed to move for a new trial. But, for the sakeof argu- ment, he would admit what he had denied last night, and would, if the noble lord thought it better, allow that there was a comparison between the years 1778, the year 1793, and the present time. Alter the year 1778 there was almost a military revolution; yet no one thought of repealing the laws of that year. Again, after the acts of 1793 came the great rebellion, and yet it was never proposed to repeal those acts. If they went back to repeal the measure of 1829, which emanated from the great and statesman- like wisdom of the noble duke, for whose great talents displayed in the conduct of the affairs of this country, he ( Lord Brougham) had never expressed other than the highest admiration- talents which gave him an almost greater title to perma- nent fame than even his military exploits— a measure passed by the noble duke in defiance of clamour and re- gardless of odium, with the hope only of adding to the prosperity anil of improving the condition of Ireland;— ( cheers)— if they went back to repeal the measure of 1829, which he firmly believed was a measure of peace, they must go back also to repeal the measures of 1793; they must go still further back, and repeal the acts of 1778, and, in fact, they must alter the whole character of the penal code of this country. The Lords did not sit on Wednesday. NEWS OF THE WEEK. FOREIGN. THE PLAGUE.— Letters from Odessa announce two fright- ful deaths from plague on the first November. THE CHOLERA The disease at Berlin seems to be de- clining. On the 16th ult. there have been only two new cases, and no deaths. HANOVER The proclamation convoking the estates of 1829 is expected to appear in a few days. Should the sponnd chamber, which consists of twenty- nine deputies ot the towns, and twenty two deputies of the landowners and depu- ties of the little ecclesiastical foundations, not meet, or not in a sufficient number to proceed to business, the first cham- ber, in which there are indeed thirty- three deputies to be elected from the equestrian order, hut also many who sit in their own right, will certainly meet— Hamburgh Borsen- halle, Nov. 10. The Edinburgh and Glasgow papers, says the Greenock Advertiser, on the authority of a private letter from the Cape of Good Hope, dated September 20, state that Sir Benjamin D'Urban, the governor of that colony had been thrown down by a horse, and killed. We have this day received the South African Commercial Advertiser of the 23rd of September, fiom which we at once learn the inac- curacy of the report in question, and the incident which gave rise to it. It appears that Mr. Musgrave, the grand- son of the governor, had met his death in the manner referred to. He was returning from the race- course on horseback, when a person rode furiously againtt him, and threw him down, by which means his skull was fractured, and he died shortly after— Glasgow Courier. The Czar arrived at Moscow on the 8th of the present month. A serious accident had like to have occurred to him as lie descended Mount Caucasus. The axle- tree ol the vehicle in which lie was broke as he was crossing a bridge, and the passengers weie in consequence flung violently forward. The Emperor sustained no personal injury, but his mind, which had betrayed symptoms ofwild- ness before, is said to have felt the effects of the shock. The remainder of his voyage to Moscow has rarely been equalled in point of celerity. He travelled 104 leagues in twenty- six hours. He intends to return to St. Petersburg about the middle of December. DOMESTIC. THE METROPOLIS. FIRE AT DEFTFORD— Loss OF LIFE On Saturday morn- ing, about four o'clock, a fire was discovered in the house 18, Greenfield- street, Lower- load, Deptford, occupied by a widow of the name of Sarah Matthews, whose late husband was then lying dead. It appeared that about the above time, a person of the name of Morley, a baker at the vic- tualling department, in Deptford Dock- yard, who, with his wife and infant were in bed, in the first floor, was awoke by his wife, who found the room full of smoke. They got out of bed, when they found the floor of the room so hot that they could scarcely stand. Mr. Morley dropped his wife and child from the window and then lowered himself. By his exclamation of " fire !" he promptly obtained assistance. The house door was then broken open, and subsequently the door of the front parlour, which was found to be on fire. There a most shocking spectacle was presented; Mrs. Matthews, who was in the 72d year of her age, was found lying upon the floor, the whole of her clothes being burnt off, while a part of the room was on fire. With the assist- ance of the neighbours and the police, the progress of the fire was soon after arrested. EDUCATION OF THE POOR.— It is very currently reported that government intends bringing forward at an early sit- ting of Parliament a bill for the education of the poor throughout the country, by which every poor child will be required to be taught to read. — Morning Chronicle. The Gazette of Tuesday contains an official notice from the Exchequer Bill office, to the effect that the rate of interest on Exchequer bills is to be reduced from 2Jd. to 2( 1. per cent, per day. The bills to be paid off on the 14th of December compromise those issued for the relief of the West India Islands, for carrying on public works, for the fisheries, & c., and amount to 14,007,150/. The new bills to be issued in exchange are to bear interest at the rate of 2d. per cent, per day. A meeting of the members of the Westminstet Reform Association was held on Monday night at the Crown and Anchor, to take into consideration the propriety of con- vening a general public meeting of the electors, in order that their opinion might be manifested on Lord John Rus- sell's recent declaration against the ballot. Mr. Samuel Prout was in the chair. Several gentlemen spoke on the question, and it was ultimately resolved that a public meeting should be convened for twelve o'clock on Mon- day next. PENSION LIST— Marianne, Countess of Strathmore, who appears on the pension list as being in the receipt of two pensions, is the wife of the present Earl of Strathmore. TITHE COMMUTATION ACT.— The tithe commissioners re- port to Lord John Russell that the whole number of agreements for the commutation of tithes received up to the 1st of November in this year is 652. Of these agree- ments 358 have been confirmed, 16 rejected or objected to, and the remainder were on the first of this month either waiting for the observations of bishops, or for the reports of assistant- commissioners, or were under the consideration of the board. The total number of notices calling paro- chial meetings of which this board is cognizant was, on the 1st of this month, 2,707. Only twentv- four apportionments have been received, and three confirmed. PROVINCIAL. THE FIRE AT SOUTHAMPTON.— The jury, summoned by the Coroner, brought their labours to a close on Tuesday evening, the 21st instant, without being able to elicit any evidence to prove satisfactorily how the fire originated. They return fifteen as having been killed by the falling of the walls and other burning materials, and seven who were taken out alive, but are since dead, to have died in conse- quence of the burns and other injuries they ricdived— thit the explosions were occasioned by the quantities of turpen- tine, varnish, oil, and other substances contained in the building; they complained of the badness of the snpply of water— the delay in the arrival of the fire- engines, their de- fective state, and the inefficiency of the fire department; ' tis lamentable that so many valuable lives should have been sacrificed. Charity sermons have been preached in all the churches and chapels, at which considerable sums for the relief of the sufferers have been obtained. Subscriptions have also been entered into in Winchester, Andover, Itom- sey, and the neighbourhood, in the whole amounting to near 3,000/. BALLOT Within the last week, a numerously- signed re- quisition has been got up in this town, upon the all- im- portant subject of the ballot. The requisition respectfully calls the Mayor to convene a meeting, at an early opportu- nity, for the purpose of petitioning the Legislature upon the subject. Such a requisition as the one to which we have adverted, could not have been got up in this town two years ago. Public opinion has progressed in the right di- rection mightily since then.— Sunderland Herald. THE FACTORY ACT On Friday, Mr. B. L. Clarkson, an extensive woollen- manufacturer of Alverthorpe, near Wakefield, was convicted under the regulations of the Fac- tory act, of giving false certificates to children under thirteen years of age, of their having attended the school for the re- quired number of hours per day, knowing the same to be false, and fined 10/. and costs, the inspector having withdrawn all but one information Halifax Guardian. PLAYING WITH EDGE TOOLS, — On Saturday evening last, as Mr. Hignett, solicitor, of Ipswich, was amusing himself by letting off fire works at the house of Mt. Mulleson, of Yoxford, he held a maroon, a very dangerous firework, to the candle in a lantern held by the footman, when it exploded with a loud report, blowing off Ms. Hignett's hand, wound- ing Mr. and Mrs. Malleson and the footman slightly, and blowing the lantern over the house and grounds.— Suffolk Chronicle. COTTON YARN Mr. John Burn, of Manchester, has just published an account of the quantity of cotton yarn and thread exported from this country during the first nine' months of the present and the corresponding period of last year; also the export to the 28th of October, 1837, com- pared with that of the whole year 1836. It appears from these accounts that the export of yarn is very rapidly in- creasing. Notwithstanding the temporary shock to mer- cantile credit during the present year, the exports of yarn and thread to the 22th October exceeded those lor the whole of laBt year by 3,183,463lbs.; the quantities being from the 1st of January to 28tli October, 1837,88,379,1651b. Total quantity imported in 1836, 85,395,7021b. The largest increase is to Russia, which has taken more by five mil- lions of pounds than during the last year; whilst the de- rangement in the East India and China trade has been marked by a diminution of 2,600,0001bs., a fact which may, perhaps, serve to explain the active demand at pre- sent existing for those markets. The export for France appears to have more than trebled since the last year; but that may possibly be ascribed, in some degree, to a sub- stitution of legitimate trade for the smuggling previously carried on through the Netherlands and other channels Manchester Guardian. MR. SHERIDAN KNOWLES.— This gentleman took his final leave of the stage at Liverpool on Friday week. The con- cluding portion of his farewe'l address, which contains the reason why he has been induced to retire from the stage will be read with intertst:—" In obedience to the wishes of many of my friends and of some critics, who profess their desire that I should hereafter devote my time exclusively to dramatic writing, I have, as you are perhaps aware, deter- mined to retire from the stage." THE MELBOURNE ADMINISTRATION There can be very little doubt that Lord Melbourne and several other mem- bers of the government have long felt that the intolerable pressure from without was likely to sink them into irre- trievable ruin ; and that, conscious of this, they had deter- mined, on tile first favourable opportunity, to creep from under the obnoxious burden, and seek refuge from the storm of public indignation which threatened to overwhelm them, in the profession of Conservative principles. How far they may succeed in thus ratting, as they did on Monday, to the Conservatives, remains to " be seen— Salopian Journal— Since the avowal of Lord John Russell, that he would lather resign than accede to the favourite measures of the Radicals, the Melbourne government has acquired the character of Conservative ; and this character, i. t is be- lieved, it will endeavour to preserve. " The Whigs," says the Spectator, " will find it impossible to maintain neu- trality; they must join the Conservatives or the Movement, and consent to play a subordinate part, whichever side they choose." After the abuse heaped upon them by the Radical press the Whigs can have no difficulty in making their choice. If they wish to continue in office— of which there can be no doubt— they must not only resolutely oppose the particular measures mentioned by Lord John Russell— namely, vote bv ballot, an extension of the suffrage, and triennial Parliaments,— but they must also oppose the abo- lition of church- rates, any system of national education which has not religion for its basis, any change in the con- stitution of the House of Peers, the repeal of the corn- laws, in short, every thing that lias a tendency to give additional strength to the movement or revolutionary party.— Wor- cester Journal. [ They will agree to the Journal's terms.] The Western Times states that an information has been laid by an attorney against the High Sheriff of Devonshire for shooting without a licence. Messrs. Horsley and Whittaker demanded of the Hull and Selby Company the sum of 3,000/. for six hundred square yards of land wanted to complete the railway. The company offered 136/., which was refused. On Wednes- day, a Jury awarded 102/. as a compensation.— Hull Packet. MUNIFICENT BEQUESTS.— An aged and extremely Roman Catholic gentleman, who died last week in Oxfordshire, has left a large fortune to Mr. Brown Mostyn, also a Catholic, for the purpose of su pporting an expected peerage; and has also left 150,000/. to a Catholic priest for religious pur- poses. » THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, N O V E M B E R 25. 2 The principles of the Temperance Society have made rapid progress in the community of Irish labourers at Liverpool, and there are now 1,000 pledged members in the society. „ , , Mrs. Southey, the wife of the laureate, after a long and painful indisposition, died last week, at the Poet's house at Keswick- HATING OF TENEMENTS— In reply to an inquiry from Mr. James Price, of Overbury, near Tewkesbury, the Poor law Commissioners state that " in no case ought any one holding, where it consists of both land and buildings, ( if tlieir uses be connected, as in the case of a house occupied with the farm,) to be rated separately, for the value of each is in all such cases importantly affected by the circumstances of the other." EXTRAORDINARY DEATH James Warwick, a horse- breaker, residing at Brackenburgh, in the parish of Hesket- i'- the- Forest, was employed on Monday in breaking in a young horse, after which he got intoxicated, and as he was riding home put his lighted pipe into his waistcoat pocket. The smouldering contents of his pipe fell into his clothes, and were fanned into a flame by the wind, which communi- cated to the whole of his dress. The poor man threw him- self from the horse and rolled on the ground without being able to extinguish the fire. Mr. Watkin, of Phuntons, who had observed the smoke risingfor some minutes, at last went to see the cause, when he discovered Warwick wrMling in agony, and enveloped in a body of flame; he extinguished the fire, and had him removed to his home, where he ex- pired on Tuesday morning Cumberland Packet. The pious people of Bristol attempted on Monday to shut their Commercial reading rooms on Sundays. The motion requiring, however, two- thirds of the subscribers as a majority, was lost, the numbers being 79 and 66 only. A woman named Newark was lined bl. by the Bristol magistrates on Monday last, for instigating her son, a lad of fourteen, to break the leg of an infant only five weeks old, the child of her husband by another female. The able pupil of this infamous wretch did as he was told. The baby lives, but it is supposed it will be lame for life unless a future operation should relieve it. BALLOT MEETING.— On Thursday evening week, a public meeting of the inhabitants of Cheltenham took place at the Auction Rooms, Regent- street, for the purpose of petition- ing Parliament in favour of the vote by ballot. Mr. Benja- min Norman took the chair, in the absence of Mr. G. A. Williams, whose attendance was preventnd by indisposition. The resolutions were carried unanimously. We are assured that the threatened petition against the return of Colonel Davies and Mr. Bailey, as the repre- sentatives of this eitv, will be proceeded with. The petition has been forwarded to London, and will be presented in the House of Commons on Thursday next— Worcester Herald. RAILWAY ACCIDENT On Tuesday, as Mr. Thomas Wright, coal agent to John Wilks Waude, Esq., was returning from Leeds, by the Leeds and Selby Railway train, he imprudently leaped off at Cross Gates without the train stopping, and fell under the wheels. Several of the carriages passed over him, and he was killed on the spot. — Hull Packet. Petitions are in course of signature in this city and county, praying for a Parliamentary inquiry into the system of instruction adopted in the Roman Catholic College, at Maynooth, Ireland, to which a grant of money is annually made by the government of this country. We understand it is the intention of the esteemed vicar of St. Peter's, to preach a sermon at bis church on Sunday evening next, upon the deeply important question—" How far in the present state of the Roman Catholic religion in this coun try, Protestants who wish to live in peace and charity with all men, are called upon to take part against it?"— Hereford Journal. THE NEW POOR- LAW AT BRADFORD Some serious dis- turbances occurred at Bradford, Yorkshire, on Monday, in consequence of the endeavour to enforce the provisions of the new poor law. The military were called in, and a num- bers of persons were wounded— the windows of the town- hall were all broken, and the greatest excitement pre- vailed. BUXTON The incumbency of this fashionable place of resort, which is in the gift of iiis Grace the Duke of Devon- shire, has been presented to the Honourable and Reverend Francis Grey, s'ixth son of Earl Grey.— Derby Mercury. SUICIDE FOR LOVE Mary Peacock, a very handsome girl, eighteen yeacs old, the barmaid at the New Inn Easingwold, having a quarrel with her sweetheart a few days before, it prayed upon her mind to so great a degree, that on Monday last she suspended herself from a hook in the ceiling of the washhouse, and although taken down within five minutes, life was extinct—• Hull Advertiser. ' HONESTY REWARDED.— On Friday, Mr. Williams, a traveller for Mr. 1!. Hughes, wine and spirit merchant, of Hereford, whilst riding in his gig, saw a note case, about two miles from Abergavenny. Mr. Williams picked it up, and found is to contain 565/. in bank notes, besides bills to an immense amount in favour of Messrs. Branscombe and Co., of Bristol. On arriving at the turnpike Mr. Williams was met by Mr. Crouch, one of the firm, who, in great agi- tation of mind, asked him if he had seen anything of the note case, or heard of any body who had done so. Mr. Williams made several inquiries, which satisfied him that the inquirer had lost the case, on which he gave it to him. Mr. Crouch requested him to go with him to the inn at Abergavenny, where, after examining the notes and bills to see that all was right, the liberal man gave Mr. Williams — his hand, and good morning!— Hereford Journal. DREADFUL SHIPWRECK The Russian ship Dryden, just airived in Kingroad from Archangel, has landed six unfor- tunate men taken off the wreck of the brig Caledonia, Capt. Cock, from Quebec, bound to Glasgow. The sufferers saved are the captain, the first mate, the carpenter, James Dawney, the second mate, and James Rimer, apprentice. The captain states, that in the late gale, on the 30th ult. his ship sprung a leak, and became water- logged, in lat. 55 deg. N. long. 15 deg. W. and that the crew at first con- sisted of twelve hands, four of whom died, and two were washed overboard; the remaining six were on the wreck thirteen days, with scarcely any provisions; that two of the crew, when near death from hunger and thirst; had their throats cut, to obtain their blood for the remainder to sub- sist upon ; and had not theJRussian ship appeared, it was to have been the lot of the boy to suffer next. The captain of the Russian ship very kindly conveyed these unfortunate men to St. Peter's hospital in this city, where they now remain in a most distressing state. We understand their limbs are very much frost- bitten, and the legs of one of them bursted in conveying him from the boat to the shore at Rownham. Great credit is due to the mate of the Dryden, who with great risk of his life, proceeded to the wreck and rescued them. A collection is being made to furnish them with such little comforts as the hospital may not allow, and to provide them with clothes, and to convey them home as soon as they are able to leave the hospital.— Bristol Journal. IRELAND. TRINITY COLLEGE Dr. Lloyd, the Provost, died on Friday. The appointment is valuable. Dr. Sadleir is men- tioned as likely to succeed Dr. Lloyd. MURDER On the evening of Saturday se'nnight the chief constable of Ayr apprehended an old offender, of the name of John Rortey, upon a charge of stealing; and in the course of examination, in regard to a watch, Roney acknowledged that it belonged to Angus M'Donald, watch- maker, Glasgow, who was murdered a few weeks ago, and that he was one of the persons who murdered 51' Donald. Roney says he is a native of Strathaveii, and has been lodged in jail Scotch paper. [ His stoiy is not believed.] Mrs. Fraser, whose extraordinary sufferings among the savages at Torres Straits excited so deep an interest in London, has been residing in Greenock for a short time. She and her new husband, Captain Green, left that place last week for the purpose of visiting her children in Ork- ney. It seems that the good people of London contributed 1,500/., which has been judiciously deposited under proper security for behoof of Captain Fraser's children. • OPINIONS CONCERNING MINISTERS. SCOTLAND. STORM AND FLOOD The Nith oil Wednesday last was higher than we have seen it for the last nine mohths. The whole lower part of the dock was flooded; encroachments, too, were made on the White Sands, much to the inconve- nience of the cattle that crowded them, and at one pait of the day fears were entertained that silly stirks and other stray cattle would be drawn into the stream and irresistibly swept away. On Monday and Tuesday the higher hills were white as far up as the lofty Lowthers; but a thaw succeeded, and, what with rain and melted snow, every burn ran wild, eddying, boiling, foaming— here jammed among rocks, and there sweeping levels with railroad speed, until engulphedby some larger stream. At the Old College, the embouchure of the Clouden, the meeting of the waters was like the shock of two hostile armies, and very striking the reeling from bank to bank before rivals so well matched could find room and verge enough, and agree to travel to the sea in company. Lower down the Nith had a noble ap- pearance as it filled the arches of the New and old Bridge, obliterated every trace of the Caul, gave the millers time to levy multures in the shape of wrack, drove the rats from their hiding places to abide the wrath of angry curs, and set every dizzying wheel at rest from the superabundance of back water. A little below Kelton the fresh resembled an arm of the sea, and was strong enough, we believe, as it rolled onwards, to rebuke even the coming tide. As night approached the wind rose, and blew for hours with a de- gree of hurricane violence that made the soundest sleepers start at intervals, from an apprehension that the houses were falling around them. A more appalling night never occur- red wiiliin our recollection, and if the elements of danger were rife on land, fancy may easily picture the more peril- ous situation of the storm- tossed mariner, to whose ears breakers sound as a knell when the helm ceases to yield obedience to the hand, despite the dangers of a lee shore. At times the blast died away as if to gather breath for a fresh onset, and'then returned with redoubled fury, com- municating to the strongest tenements a tremulous motion, and reminding many of the Shaksperian description— < f The night hath been unruly; where we lay Our chimneys were blown down ; and, as they say, Lamentings heard i' the air. The obscure bird Clamour'd the iive. long night. Some say the earth " Was feverous, aud did shake." — Dumfries Courier. AWFUL.— The master cotton spinners of Glasgow kept their mills working on the thanksgiving- day, on Thursday last; the other factories and large works in the neighbour- hood acted in the same way. We collect a few of these from the speeches at the various meetings that have taken place lately in Lou • don. We give them without comment:— It was only by the union of such Reformers as he saw before him, that they could hope to obtain those rights which a minister of the crown had lately assumed the power of withholding, but which rights, he meant to tell them em- phatically, they would not rest without obtaining. ( Loud cheers.) He was not forgetful of the long, useful, honour- able, and distinguished career of Lord John Russell ; he was not forgetful of that noble lord's triumph over bigotry and intolerance; he did not forget that in their great struggle for freedom that noble lord had been their most powerful champion. ( Cheers.) But, notwithstanding this, he could not help passing a censure upon tiiat noble lord's recent exhibition. ( Cheers.) That noble lord, for reasons which he was unable to divine, had chosen to desert the ranks of the people. ( Cries of No no, and cheers.) It was for the people to tell him that [ quere— whether'] they ivould not desert him Mr. Hawes at the Lambeth meeting. He was still of opinion that household suffrage^ should form the great fundamental principle of Refoim. ( Cheers.) He admitted that he had been a late convert to the ballot. He had not become a convert until after lie bad witnessed the first general election under the Reform bill in the counties of England. ( Cheers.) He had seen the basest means resorted to for the purpose of influencing the 50/. voters. ( Cheers.) That it was which decided him. He had never been asked for any pledge, and he had never given any; but he had never swerved from those principles which he professed, and which first recommended him to their favour. He begged, however, to say that he for one was not surprised at the course taken by Lord J. Russell. That noble lord had uniformly and consistently opposed the three great measures of Reform— vote by ballot, exten- sion of suffrage, and triennial Parliaments. Therefore he admitted that the only thing which surprised him on a late oc- casion was the openness and frankness of that noble lord— Tenysson D'Eyncourt, same meeting. It was extremely gratifying to him to find so large a me- tropolitan constituency so entirely concurring in that course which moderate Reformers thought proper to take at the present moment. He found that the Reformers of the country were dismayed by the untoward declaration made by the Minister of the Crown in the* Houseof Commons. ( Hear.) But the people must be cautious how they quar- reled with the present ministry— they must first look ivliere they were to get a better. He must confess that Lord John Russell had tried them hard; he had put their feelings of respect and affection to a very severe test; but the gratitude of the people of England was long enduring. ( Hear, hear.; The noble lord would find that the people of England would recollect for a long time the great services that he had done them.— Charles Buller, ditto. It was, he thought, their duty to declare their opinion, that if the declaiation of Lord J. Russell were to be taken as the calm and deliberate opinion of the cabinet, then Her Majesty's ministers must have been held in some degree, to have abandoned their principles, and they had rendered shadowy and indistinct the line which separated them from their political opponents. They must be held to have de- serted— he trusted it was but for the moment— those ban- ners under which they had conquered, and around which had been rallied all the best affections of the people. This he considered to be a grave charge; but, unhappily, it was too easily substantiated. On what ground was it that Lord John Russell had volunteered to say that he was opposed to the ballot? It was not that he denied that there had been corruption and intimidation at the last election. ( Hear, hear.) It was not on such a ground that Lord John Russell resisted the ballot; but because the ballot would be a prelude to other demands, and because he was indis- posed, as he was pleased to say, for " a career of incessant innovation." " Indisposition," in such a ease, was a fit word for Sir R. Peel— Mr. Clay, ditto. In the last session he was one of those who thought the ministers required to be a good deal stimulated. It was with great difficulty that he and some others had been deterred from expressing this, not merely in language, but in action. Circumstances had now been considerably changed ; for when it was hoped that ministers would have carried more liberal measures than they had yet attempted, the country found itself wofully disappointed. Though he fully concurred in the opinion of his honourable friends respecting the ill- advised declaration of Lord John Russell, yet he thought that any course which would induce the ministry to resign, would be one calculated to plunge the countryinto the deepest calamity. ( Hear, hear.)— Charles Lushington, ditto. Gentlemen, I am going to propose to you " The health of Lord Melbourne and Her Majesty's Ministers; may they act with firmness, looking to the support of the people." ( Loud cheers.) There may be many amongst us who do not agree with the ministers on all occasions. I should like to see any two men who concur in all points; and although I am most anxious to support Her Majesty's ministers in the situation which they now fill, still I do not feel bound to give up any principles that are entertained by me in opposition to theirs. ( Cheers.) There are times for all things; and the only difference which ought to exist amongst us is that which must arise in determining what is the best course to pursue for the attainment of good govern- ment. ( Cheers.) Upon the matter with respect to which we differ, let us look to the proper times and seasons for urging our views. ( Hear, heal.) My opinion is that the suffrage should be extended, and the duration of Parliament shortened, and the ballot granted ; but I am also persuaded that those changes should be urged at a proper time. ( Hear, hear.)— Chairman of the Southwarh Meeting. His friend, in introducing that toast, had spoken of the ministers with feelings of consideration and kindness which they fully deserved. ( Cheers.) He felt exceedingly an- noyed at " the declaration of one of those ministers, for which the honourable member who had challenged it— a man of remarkable ability, and who possessed the power of address- ing the House of Commons with effect— must have felt sorry after it was expressed. As Lord John Russell, said the honourable gentleman had given him three powders; but like those who administered medicine with the qualities of which they were not acquainted, the dose which the noble lord swallowed at the instance of his honourable friend was too strong, and produced an immense deal of pain and irritation. ( Cheers and laughter.) He believed, however, that this disagreeable treatment was attended with this advantage, that it induced the right honourable colleague of the noble lord, the Chancellor of the Exche- quer, to make a concession on the pension list to which he would not otherwise have consented. ( Hear and cheers.) — Mr. Humphrey at the Southwarh meeting. At the commencement of the session the government might have dispelled the gloom— proclaimed libeial senti- ments and measures— and aroused the sleeping lion, whose repose would have given new energy, and when aroused there might have safely been an appeal to the people. ( Cheers.) But that opportunity had been lost; and as re- garded the present government, he for one was disappointed. ( Hear, hear.) He had no longer any confidence in the pre- sent ministers. ( Tremendous huzzaing, and cries of " hear, hear.") Let not that declaration engender despair. Lord John Russell's declaration was accompanied with something of a consolatory character. Lord John Russell said, that while he would be no party to changes, he was not idiot enough to say that the Reform act must be a final measure; that it belonged to the people to convey, in the calm recoid of their opinion, to the senate and the throne, what it was that the people willed. ( Hear, hear.) That was a mighty truth. He was not desirous of having for his epitaph— " Here lies a pioneer in the cause of freedom." It was for an advocate to act boldly— it was for the people to act promptly. ( Hear, hear.) Their prospects were not wit- out some bright spots. There was one individual whose variety of attainments was unequalled, who had stepped forward and spoken out at this important crisis—( cheers)— and he hesitated not to say that the moral courage of Henry Brougham—( tremendous cheering)— would still be found adequate to all his other great and unrivalled qualities. ( Loud and continued elieeiing.) Henry Brougham's recent declaration in the House of Lords would give a tone to opi- nions round which the country, he trusted, would rally.— Whittle Harvey at ditto. He admitted that the Reformers were placed in a most difficult situation. The ministers were in a small majority in the commons, and ill a small majority in the lords ; there- fore, how were the ministers to be blamed? Was it their fault that they had only a small majority in the commons? He deplored Lord John Russell's declaration, but so far as England wan concerned, he rejoiced at it. Englishmen were not boobies; they would now know their precise si- tuation. Were the ministers to blame that they had 300 members opposed to them? As to appealing to the people about what his hon. friend had talked, he wanted to know, who sent the 300 there? Not the Irish most certainly. But what could be the situation of ministers when they found themselves crossed in every move bv 300 nftembers? There must, however, be the amendments of the Reform act, the ballot, extension of suffrage, and shortening the duration of Parliaments; and the ministers and the Parlia- ment must be told by the people, and in a tone not to be misunderstood, that these just and requisite improvements of the Reform act must be had O'Connell at ditto. As to the recent declaration of Lord John Russell, he heard it with pain, because he viewed it as the declaration of all the ministers—( hear)— he viewed it as such. But was it therefore right that he should entirely give up the ministers? Last session, and on other occasions, he and others had compromised opinions to keep in the present ministers on account of the late sovereign; but now, when there was a sovereign on the throne, possessing, according to education and declaration, opinions favourable to liberal measures, ought the ministers to have paused ? Then what must be his feelings when the Reformers' views were blasted, as it were, by the declaration of ministers on the three great points to perfect reform? ( Hear.) Yes, instead of deserting the administration, he would call on the people to unite, and let the press declare to the ministers what they ought to do. ( Hear.) He would continue confidence to those ministers who had been brought in on the shoulders of the people— to advance, not to check reform ; but it must he still with the view of advancing measures of reform.— Hume at ditto. Here then is a broad distinction of principle, between those who think with ourselves on these points, and those who boast of having raised the flag of democracy. Let it be clearly understood where the distinction lies. They affirm, and we deny the right of numbers to sovereignty. They aflirm, and we deny, the expediency of giving sove- reignty to mere numbers. They affirm, arid we deny, that the Reform act ought to be continued— in the sense of im- mediate extensions of equal suffrage to numerous classes. They could not stop themselves short of universal suffrage, because they have no principle on which to halt. We have no occasion to go even an inch of the way on such principles as they contend should, at least, lead us to their half- way housn.— Lord Palmerston in the Globe of Thursday. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.— FRIDAY. [ Sittings in Banco.] THE QUEEN V. MUNTZ, PARE, AND OTHERS. Sir F. Pollock appeared on behalf of Mr. Muntz, to show cause against the rule nisi obtained last term in this case, which called upon the defendants, George Frederick Muntz, and three other gentlemen, to show cause why a criminal in- formation should not be filed against them for certain misde- meanors. The application arose out of certain proceedings connected with a regular annual meeting which took place in St. Martin's Church, Birmingham, on the 28th of March last. The meeting was called for the purpose of electing church- wardens, and at it were assembled a number of parishioners, who were variously stated at from 1,500 to 3,000. The allegation against the defendants was, that they had previ- ously conspired and concerted to go to the meeting for the purpose of making a riot; that in pursuance of that con- cert they did create a riot; and the interposition of that court was now required by criminal information, as if in order to protect the town of Birmingham from a recurrence of similar proceedings. The application was supported by the affidavits of sixteen persons, some of which he should feel it his duty to lay before their lordships; it was answered by the affidavits '. of at least sixty persons, who were present on the occasion, and who were most favour- ably situated for observing all that passed. They denied the charges against the defendants in the most complete and positive manner, and when the facts had been fully brought before the couit, he was convinced, from the falsehood and misrepresentation on the other side, that their lordships would not only discharge the rule, but when the indirect and improper views of the parties applying for it had been considered, he was sure it would be discharged with costs. He went further, and was prepared to say that if it was the practice of this court that they who came for a criminal information against other persons should do so, if it appeared that they had been guilty of misconduct, at the peril of a criminal information against themselves, this court would grant a criminal information against the persons who now appeared here as the applicants for one against other men. The direct object of the meeting on the 28th of March last was the choice of churchwardens. This had been the subject of much party feeling, which was not to be wondered at when it was recollected that the choice of churchwardens might have some influence on the question of the imposition of church- rates. This latter subject had since the year 1831 been [ much discussed in Birmingham, and had occasioned much public controversy and private feeling. Since that year there had been no church- rate at all in the town of Birmingham. In that year a church- rate had been made, which had been demanded and enforced in an oppressive spirit, and there was, consequently, no place in England where a church- rate was viewed with greater dislike and disapprobation than in that town. In 1832 and 1833 no attempt was made to impose a church- rate, hut ill 1834 a meeting was held for the purpose of taking the opinion of the inhabitants on the subject, and a desire was expressed on both sides to ascertain exactly the strength of the opposing ^ parties, and the real opinion of the parish. For this purpose the rate- payers were polled, aud there appeared in favour of a church- rate, 2,723, and against it, 6,639. It was then suggested that the votes ought to have been taken according to the provisions of Mr. Sturges Bourne's act, but as that had never before been resorted to in Birmingham, the proposition was opposed. That act was not applied, but a sort of analysis of the votes was made, and upon that it appeared that by cutting off the lower class of ratepayers, and giving more votes to the higher class, there was still a majority of a thousand per- sons, and upwards of a thousand votes against the rate. In 1835 and 1836 nothing was done, with respect to obtaining a rate, but great interest was felt at the annual meetings to elect the churchwardens, the character and opinions of the warden chosen, being considered equivalent to a rate or no rate. At the meeting in 1836 for this pur- pese, it was argued by some persons present, that Sturges Bournes' act ought to be applied in the election of the churchwarden, the attention of the vestry clerk, who was present, was called to the subject, and he gave it as his deliberate opinion that Sturges Bourne's act did not apply to meetings in that parish for the election of church- warden, but that such meetings were held agreeably to ancient and prescriptive custom. Notwithstanding this, in 1837, the reverend gentleman, who was rector of the parish, conceived in his own mind a plan for enforc- ing the collection of n rate, and for that purpose called the meeting in question, for the purpose of electing the churchwardens, as a preliminary step towardsgettinga church- rate. Their plan was to obtain an election of individuals who were favourable to the rate. The meeting accordingly assembled, and the rector presided, and up to that time no intimation had been given of what was about to be attempted. The rector, in the first instance, named his own church- warden, then told the parishioners to elect theirs, and in- stantly prescribed the mode of polling provided in Sturges Bourne's act as the only mode in which the votes could be taken. This was contrary to the opinion of the vestry clerk, which, he believed, had been entered in the parish books, and the reverend gentleman now thought fit to com plain that there were persons at that meeting who dissented from his line of conduct, who asked for his authority, and complained when he refused to produce it; and after per- sisting, for- some hours, in refusing to give any sort of explanation for the extraordinary course he was pur- suing, he seemed to expect that the multitude assembled should acquiesce, without a murmur against his au- thority, in the mode of voting which he had thought fit to prescribe. That mode had never before been used in the parish, yet, when he thus peremptorily directed its adoption, he wondered that some excitement should prevail among the thousands upon whom he thus un- ceremoniously and peremptory attempted to force it. The reverend gentleman was evidently a tool in the hands of others; lie had occasioned whatever there was of excite- ment, aud yet he now came to this court, and complained of the excitement among the people, and of what he was pleased to call, a riot. Now it happened that after this supposed riot, not one of the anti- rate party was taken before a magistrate, and fined for his improper con- duct on the occasion of this meeting. No complaint was then made The quarter sessions came immediately after- wards, and before the term, and if the parties now applying wanted " the hasty remedy," which the application lor a criminal information had been justly called, they might have obtained it at the sessions. They did not even think of ap- plying for it. But Mr. Muntz, finding that there had been inserted in the Birmingham Advertiser a statement of the transactions of the day, exactly corresponding with that made in the affidavits on which this rule was obtained, and knowing that statement to be untrue, said that he could not sit down under the imputation which that statement con- veyed, and he brought his action against the proprietor of the newspaper. It was then that this rule was applied for. This rule was, in fact, the answer to the action. The application for a criminal information was the plea to the civil suit, and the reply given to the complaint, that Mr. Muntz's conduct had been misrepresented, and his character traduced in the newspaper. To prove this more clearly, he need only men- tion, that in the course of the last term,| he ( Sir Frederick Pollock) was ready to discuss the rule, but the Attorney- General desired that it might be put off, and asked at the same time, that the parties should not proceed with the action, a proposition which lie, ( Sir F. Pollock) not being in the cause, could not consent to, but which his learned friend, Mr. Hill, acquiesced in, saying, that if the court thought it was proper, he would consent to it. The court did think so, and Mr. Hill then consented to the proposal. With these remarks as to the cause of the present charge, lit should proceed to dispose of the charge itself. He under- took to. show, that so far from there being any concert or conspiracy oil ( he part of these defendants, the concert was to be found among the applicants. The conspiracy was with them, and whatever might have been the violence that was exhibited, he should show that that violence was all on the side of the applicants. He should first of all read the affidavit of the rector, the Rev. Mr. Moselev, and that affi- davit itself would, he thought, amply show that Mr. Muntz was entitled to great praise for his forbearance at the meet- ing, and for the courage which he afterwards showed in bringing the action, and that this was an attempt to put down by intimidation the attempt which Mr. Muntz had properly made to obtain a vindication of his character. Mr. Moseley had presided at the meeting in question. It was a matter of considerable doubt, whether the rector ( for he was not the returning officer) had any legal right whatever to preside at a meeting of the inhabitants called to elect a parish church- warden, and at all events, whatever was his legal right, it was manifest that it would have been but becoming in him, having named his own churchwarden, to have retired, and to have said that he had nothing, to do with the free choice of the parishioners in appointing theirs. This would have been but decent; but he chose to remain, and not merely to re- main, but so to conduct himself in the chair as to give rise to the angry excitement of which he now assumed the pri- vilege to complain. The affidavit of Mr. Moseley, which he should now proceed to read, stated that on Easter Tues- day last, a meeting was held at the church of St. Martin's, Birmingham, for the purpose of choosing churchwardens for the year ensuing; that before such meeting took place, several violent attempts were made by persons outside to force their way into the vestry room, but these attempts were prevented. Their lordships would observe, that not a name of any one of these persons was given, and the defendants seveially denied having made anv attempt of the kind. The affidavit stated that the rector left the vestry, and in passing up the church he was assailed with yells and shoutings; that he took the chair in his accustomed place, and that the yells were repeated on his doing so; that at that time he saw Muntz, Hadley, Pierce, Edmonds, and Jones in the organ gallery. This statement was introduced here, but the de- ponent did not even affect to say that he observed any one of these persons joining in the yells. The affidavit stated, too, that there were many persons present who he believed had no right to vote in the election of a churchwarden. Their lordships would see whether this censure on the meeting did not distinctly apply to one of the rector's own party. It certainly was not fixed on any individual among the defendants. After these introductory matters, the affi- davit went on to describe the nomination of the rector's churchwarden, the diiection given to the parishioners to proceed to elect one for themselves, and then came the declaration of the rector, that in taking the poll the provi- sions of Sturges Bourne's act must be adopted. It was im- possible to believe that he could have thought that his direction would be at once obeyed. The direction was opposed. One inhabitant asked to take the sense of the meeting on the question. The rector took no notice of the request, but said that was the way in which the votes must be taken, aud he insisted upon this without telling the meeting that he had taken the opinion of any learned gentle- man, emiijent or otherwise, on the point, and without pre- tending to give any legal authority for what he desired. The inhabitants knew that there had been an opinion- of the vestry clerk, who was the ordinary legal adviser of the parish, de- claring that Sturges Bourne's act did not apply tajjie parish, on occasions like the present; and yet he expecT? i that his mere direction should be obeyed, though contrary to the opinion of the vestry clerk, and contrary to the uni- versal custom at elections there. The rector com- plained that he was interrupted by Mr. Pare sayiug that the poll should not be taken in this way till there had been a show of hands taken on the subject. Was it to be wondered at that, under such circumstances, an inhabitant should have desired the opinion of his fellow- parishioners to be ascer- tained? What was the conduct of the rector? Why, he paid no attention, but continued to read the in- structions to the poll- clerks under Sturges Bourne's act, showing his determination to follow out the course by which he proposed to disfranchise thousands of his fellow- parishioners. The rector then said in his affidavit, that after this he began to apprehend a breach of the peace. Why, if a man had intended deliberately to provoke one, could he have taken a better method than that of assemb- ling 3,000 of the parishioners, and telling probably 1,500 of them that, by his single authority, they should be deprived of their votes; that, upon his simple assertion of what course they were to adopt, they must consent to abandon the right of voting which they had always exercised, and which up to that moment they had believed to be their legal right? He ( Sir F. Pollock) however much he deprecated a breach of the peace, and deprecated it most of all in a church, must still say that he trusted that spirit would never die which in England rose up to resist injustice whenever it was attempted, and which would not submit to what was believed to be an illegal exercise of authority, without first demanding from the person who affected to exercise it the reason for the conduct he was pursuing. He should now proceed with Mr. Moseley's statement in his affidavit. It went on to allege that Mr. Pare 6aid that if the rector determined to proceed in this manner, the meeting had no other course to adopt but to put another person in the chair; and he added, addressing the meeting, " You will not become a party to the proceedings of the rector ;" that the rector was then assailed with cries and abuse from the persons in the body of the church below him. Even in this part of the affidavit the rector did not pretend to say that these cries and this abuse proceeded from the men against whom he now made this application. The affi- davit then went on to say that George Edmonds then asked the rector for his authority for the course he was pur- suing, to which the lector answered ( it was the only answer he condescended to make to all inquiries of the same kind) that he was satisfied with the authority on which he acted ; on saying which he was again assailed with cries and abuse from below. How was it possible that any gentleman could expect, when lie treated 3,000 persons with such indignity, that they would not meet him with clamour, or that thev would be silent and submissive under his perverse and ill- judged mode of conducting the business of the meeting? The affidavit went on to state that at this time Edmonds called out, " I have looked over the list of scrutineers, and there is not one liberal man in the list," which assertion was met with groans and yells. Why, in a town like Birming- ham, the politics of every man, either with regard to general state questions or to matters of mere local interest, must be pretty well known, and how but by a previous concert with others on this subject could the rector come to have made so happy a selection of polling clerks of men all of whom were entitled more to the confidence of one party than of the other? The truth of this particular statement, that the assertion of Mr. Edmonds was met with groans was not intended to he denied, but then it might fairly be asked whether it was proper, whether it was even decent, for the rector to come there with such a manifest predeter- mination to change the course of proceedings from what had always been conceived to be the legal and proper course? The rector was again asked for the authority under which he acted, and what was the contemptuous answer he thought fit to return?— simply to inform the meeting that the polling had commenced, and that the inhabitants must record their votes, on which he represented that he was assailed by cries of shame ! No person could do otherwise than feel the greatest regret that a meeting in a church should be marked with confusion and party feeling ; yet if public meetings were to take place in churches for the exer- cise of civil rights, he must still say, as a member of the civil state, that all the ordinary incidents of such meetings must be expected to follow. The question was, whether in this case those incidents had not been principally occasioned by the conduct of the rector himself? The affidavit of the rector then proceeded to state that Mr. Muntz at this time presented himself to the meeting, and said that he com- plained of the conduct of Mr. Moseley, because Mr. Mose- ley acted with partiality; for who could deny that he had taken a course of proceeding contrary to all former prece- dent, and that he had been schooled as to the line of conduct he should pursue, as it was perfectly contrary to everything that had gone before it ( an assertion which, on the affidavits now before the court, appeared to be fully justified): that no one had spoken in favour of this conduct of Mr. Moseley, but in the laugh which spoke the vacant mind, or in the humdrum which none but those who used it could understand. The meaning of this last observa- tion was, no doubt, rather obscure to the court; it could be easily explained : the meaning of it was that the church- rate party, which was so full of lespect for the church, and now applied for this criminal information on account of the desecration of the holy edifice, had got a tam- bourine in the gallery, where the members of that party had posted themselves, and as soon as Mr. Muntz began to speak, they began to drum upon the instrument. There could be no doubt of that fact, for it was attested by at least thirty affidavits, and this circumstance ofpreparationfora noisy contest was in itself indubitable evidence that the concert and conspiracy, if any, must be looked for not among the defendants, but among those who now appealed to the court for its summary interference in their favour. It was then stated that Mr. Muntz proceeded to propose to the meeting that another chairman should be elected. In making this proposition it was clear that Mr. Muntz was fully justified. The rector, who was then in the chair, so far from acting like a chairman, that is, like the organ, and to a certain ex- tent, the servant of the wishes of the meeting, had chosen to thwart its wishes in eveiy way, to set up his own judg- ment and his own authority against [ all precedent, and to treat the assembled multitude before him with maiked in-' dignity. The proposal to elect another chairman was duly made; Mr. Moseley refused to put it from the chair. Did he mean by that conduct to asseit that the meeting had no: a right to appoint its own chairman? Mr. Pare then requested the rector to refer to the vestry minute book, to ascertain the custom of the parish in the election of vestry clerk, thinking it was a fit subject to wlich to draw the at- • tention of the meeting, seeing that the vestry clerk was not present on so important an occasion, and that no competent person was there to represent him. The rector, however, refused to consult the books, upon which Mr. Pare asked if ihe rector would hand them over to others to consult. This was also refused, upon which Mr. Pare read an ex- tract from some book, and he ( Sir F. Pollock) should here observe to the court, that that hook was Prideaux, which the Attorney- General himself very properly quoted a few days since in that court, as a work of great authority in these matters. From this extract Mr. Pare argued that every parishioner had a right to inspect the minutes of vestry, arid thereupon asked the meeting if they would au- thorise him, as their representative, to demand an inspec- tion of the book, and being answered in the affirmative, he proceeded to the rector's pew for that purpose. The rect9r, in his affidavit, stated that Mr. Fare's inten- tention was to take the book— a charge which he, and several others who saw the whole transaction most po- sitively denied. Mr. Muntz was also accused of violent conduct, which he likewise denied; and he had, by his action against the newspaper, challenged the other side to prove the truth of the charge. It ought here to be remarked, that there were printed handbills introduced into the church, and thrown even from the pewof the rector himself, in which all who dissented from those who were in favour of the rate were treated as Papists and infidels, and these bills were scattered among a meeting already excited and irritated by the unlawful attempt to abridge the parishioners of their ancient rights. Was not this the very way to provoke a breach of the peace ? and was it not wonderful, after all the conduct which had been thus detailed, that whatever vio- lence there might have been in the cries of the people, the violence stopped there, and the pretended riot had not led to the injury of a single article in the church, nor the ex- pense of a penny on the parish? The learned counsel then went at considerable length into the affidavits of Mr. Pare and others, with the view to show that there had been no concert whatever between the defendants, that they had entered the church, not expecting what afterwards ensued, and that they had not been guilty of riot or breach of the peace, but had merely demanded in a peaceable manner what they considered to he their rights. He conclu eil by calling on the court to discharge the rule, and to discharge it with costs. Mr. Sergeant Talfourd followed on the same side. Mr. Hill appeared for the delendant Pare, and argued that the rector had no right to preside at the election of s parish churchwarden, for which he cited Slaughton v. Rey- nolds, in Strange's reports ; and he then contended that the affidavits here clearly showed that whatever tumult had been occasioned by the conduct of the rector himself in thus insisting upon putting into force the provisions of an act which the people believed, upon the authority of former practice, and on the opinion of their own vestry clerk, to have no application to the parish. Mr. Erie, Mr. Humfrey, and Mr. Mellor, appeared for the two other defendants, Pieice and Trow, and adopted the same line of argument. The Attorney- General, in support of the rule, said that he rose to address their lordships under great disadvantages, after their powers had been exhausted by an attentive con- sideration of the voluminous affidavits in this case for the last eight hours. He did not, however, complain that their lordships had been resolved to hear the case through at once, nor did he doubt that the conclusion at which they would arrive would be satisfactory to the justice of the country. The question itself was one of importance, and so were those questions which were immediately and ne- cessarily connected with it:; and if the doctrines contended for on the other side should be sanctioned by the adoption of them by this court, he thought that considerable evil might be expected to result from them iri the present ex- cited state of the public mind on the question of church- rates. The first question to which he should direct hi* attention was, whether the rector had acted properly or not, for no one could have heard the arguments delivered this day without seeing that, in fact, under the guise of defend- ing these defendants, the rector had been made the subject of a violent and long continued attack. In the first place, then, he insisted that it was quite clear that the rector had the right to preside at every meeting held in the vestry. The churchwardens were elected in ve6try, and conse- quently, the rector was the proper person to preside at the election. The case of Wilson v. M'Math was an authority for that assertion, and after the repoit of that case in 3 Barnewall and Alderson's reports, there was a note given of a judgment by Dr. Nicholl, in which, without any excep- tion being made, it was clearly laid down that the rector had a right to preside at all meetings in the vestry. The common law and the ecclesiastical courts, therefore, alike sanctioned the doctrine he now contended for. The case of Houghton v. Reynolds decided nothing as to the right of the rector to preside at meetings of the vestry. The rector, therefore, had not in the present instance, exceeded his au- thority in presiding on that occasion. Neither had he acted improperly in enforcing the observance of the provisions c£ ' Sturges Bourne's act. That mode of election had been adopted in the preceding year. The show of hands was illegal under that act, and the votes would have been thrown away had they been given in any way except in obedience to its provisions. It was clear, therefore, that when the defendants created a disturbance to defeat the provisions of the act, they had been guilty of a misdemeanour for which this court would hold them responsible. It was a rule of this court to grant its interference in all cases where there had been riots in the election of public officers. That rule ought to be most strictly enforced in a case where the elec- tion took place in a church. It was impossible to read these affidavits even of the defendants themselves, without seeing that there had been a great disturbance, that the discharge of the duty of the rector had been interfered with, that the election had been interrupted, that menaces had been used, and that if the defendants could have had their way, an illegal election would have been procured. These facts being clear, there could be no doubt that the rule now prayed for against these defendants ought to be made ab- solute. Sir W. Foilett, on the same side, did not think it neces- sary to enter into the disputed facts of the case, for . those which were undisputed were amply sufficient to call on the court to make this rule absolute. The learned counsel then went through certain parts of the affidavits, which repre- sented that there had been a great disturbance in the church; that the rector had been assailed with yells and hootinga; that a person called in the police, and gave as his reason foe so doing, that there had been a rush at the rector's pew, and that one man had drawn a knife and said, " D— n the To- ries, I will plunge this into them." Conduct like this could not, he contended, be permitted anywhere, and least of all in a church, and therefore the rule ought to be made absolute. Mr. Whiteliurst followed on the same side. Loid Denman, after the judges had consulted for a few moments, said that the court could not avoid regretting that there did not exist a rule of practice forbidding the court to grant criminal informations for riots, because in all applica- tions of this kind the number of matters contested rendered it impossible to avoid discussing long, embarassing, and sometimes contradictory affidavits. An act not being a matter of direct and immediate disturbance of the public peace, mightbe carried before the ordinary tribunals, not the court of quarter sessions in all cases, but the assizes, and might be discussed and decided on the evidence of witnesses in the box, instead of being tried oil their testimony given by affidavit. However, this case was now before the court, and must be disposed of, and the court felt little difficulty in deciding it. It was quite clear that there had been a dis- graceful, if not an appalling riot; and that too, committed in a place where, of ail others, the authority of the law ought to be most respected. There had been not only a great riot and considerable uproar and violence, but there had been danger to the safety of individuals; and it being important that, upon occasions of this sort, when persons met with opposing interests and excited feelings, the law should controul their behaviour, the court felt that there was no alternative but to make the rule absolute. This must be the rule in cases of this kind, unless there was something of importance which ought to prevent the prosecutor from suc- ceeding in his application. Some tilings had been read which at first appeared to raise a doubt whether the rector had not lent himself to one party to oppose another, and had not tried to introduce new measures for the purpose of favouring one side or the other; but he confessed that, after looking at all the statements, he did, not think it would be just to say that any such imputation rested on the reverend , gentleman. It was quite clear, from the statement of Mr. Pare himself, that the election in the preceding year had been taken under Sturges Bourne's act. The defendants, therefore, could not have been taken by surprise by what the rector did, or otherwise surprise might have been some excuse for the display of excited feelings. Under all the circumstances, it was clear that these defendants were taking an active part in encouraging this riot when it most fiercely raged; and he thought that, having heard this question discussed, the court would not be doing its duty, and con- tributing, as it ought, to the maintenance of the public peace, if it did not say that this rule for a criminal informa- tion ought to be made absolute. Rule absolute. The case occupied the court from its sitting till ten o'clock at night, THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, N O V E M B E R 25. 2 TYRANNY! TYRANNY!! TYRANNY!!! APUBLIC MEETING will take place in the Public- office, on Wednesday next, December 6th, at seven o'clock in the evening, to take into consideration the case of the GLASGOW COTTON SPINNERS' COM- COMMITTEE, who were seized while transacting the lawful business of their calling, and are yet detained in prison and treated like felons, while all the exertion of their friends to bring them to a trial has yet proved in- effectual. MEN OF BIRMINGHAM ! This is a blow struck at the RIGHTS of the Industri- ous Classes. Shall we suffer it without exerting our- lelves against such tyranny ? Forbid it Justice ! Forbid it Heaven! Come to the Meeting ! Come one and all! REMEMBER THE DORCHESTE N VICTJJ. S! The chair to be taken precisely at seven o'clock. G. KNIGHT, Secretary to the Committee. PATENT VICTORIA LAMP, MANUFACTURED ONLY AT, T. C. SALT'S LAMP, CHANDELIER, LUSTRE, AND GAS LAMP MANUFACTORY, No. 18, EDMUND- STREET, Less than 100 yards fiom the Town- hall, where the nobility, gentry, and the public are respectfully invited to inspect it. rpHE wick of this Lamp is supplied with a constant J- stream of oil, ensuring a superior and unfailing brilliancy of light during the longest night. The Lamp is perfectly shadowless, and will light every part of a large room for all purposes of reading or work- ing, with a consumption of one- third less oil than an or- dinary Lamp. It is so perfectly clean and so easily managed and kept in order, that it may be safely confided to the least ex- perienced servant without chance of accident or failure. FURS OF SUPERIOR QUALITY, AT 115, NEW- STREET, CORNER OF KING- STREET, BIRMINGHAM. HMICHAEL and Co. respectfully announce to • their numerous connection, that they have just completed the most extensive and splendid VARIETY OF FURS, for the present Winter Season, that can beseen in any Establishment out of London, and that it is now ready for inspection. In addition to their usual Stock of rich Ermine, Sable, and Chinchilla, madeinto CORONATION CAPES, MUFFS, BOAS, TRIMMINGS, & c., to match, they have added an extensive assortment of FUIt SHAWLS. During the fourteen years they have been established in this town, they are happy to say they never had a more splendid Stock to offer, it having been manufac- tured during the Summer months, with every possible care to select the best seasoned Skins. Ladies and Families purchasing, may rely with confi- dence on every article being perfect, and free from moths. H. M. and Co. also beg to inform their friends, that they have lately fitted up Stoving, by which means they can eradicate moths from, and repair Furs, and jprevent the moths from ever appearing again. N. B. Furs of all descriptions cleaned, repaired, and altered to the present fashion. *** Several Apprentices Wanted. expenditure of the public money is being- planned, however slow and cautious they may when the object is to save it. At the present moment there seems to be a contest amongst the three parties, Whig, Tory, and Radical, which shall be most lavishly generous. No man in the house has yet spoken in behalf of the wants of the people; hut there is a har- mony of sweet voices altogether surprising in behalf of the wants of the court. It is almost dangerous, to say nothing of its disagreeableness, for a public writer in the present fervour of loyal intoxication, to hint at the propriety of a reduction of ( lie civil list. We ourselves, though not easily daunted, almost tremble at the boldness of such an attempt. The cost of the Royal Family of England stands thus :— The QUEEN— Proposed amount of her establishment £ 470,000 The QUEEN Dowager 100,000 Duke of Cumberland and Son ... 27,000 Duke of Sussex 21,000 Duke of Cambridge and Son ... 27,000 Princess Augusta 13,000 Duchess of Gloucester 12,000 Princess of Hesse Homburg 13,000 Princess Sophia 13,000 Duchess ofKent and Princess Victoria* 22,000 Late Servants of King of Belgium ... 16,000 Ditto George III. ... 10,079 Ditto Queen Charlotte ... 7,883 Ditto Queen Caroline ... 823 REMOVAL. THENRY RYLAND, begs to inform his Friends • and the Public generally, that he has REMOVED his TEA URN aud PATENT WOOD SCREW MA- NUFACTORIES, into Oozells street, Broad- street, where he trusts, by attention and punctuality, to secure to himself a continuance of their favours. THE £ 100 SOCIETY, No. 1, A, which was re- commenced in May last, at the house of Mr. M. GREEN, No. 29, Bath- street, will be CLOSED on Janu- ary 1st, 1838. Persons who are already members, and those becoming members on or before that day, may pay up the artears in double monthly payments. Persons entering after that day will be required to pay a premium, and the arrears in one sum. The next Share will be Sold on the first day of January, 1838. Prospectuses maybe had of Mr. Green, the Secretary. The profits realised in the previous Club was £ 17 per £ 100 share. BIRMINGHAM MARKET. Inspector's Weekly Return of Corn sold, computed by the Standard Imperial Measure November 30. Total Quantities. Total Amount. Price per Qr. Quarters. I Bushels. £. s. d. £ s. d. Wheat 1524 0 4214 2 0 2 15 3 Barley • 261 0 4 ( iS 8 0 1 15 2 Oats I3S0 0 1590 8 4 1 3 0 Bye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Peas 38 0 82 0 0 2 3 1 TO CORRESPONDENTS. ' A " Lover of Truth" says the language of some persons in New- street ( we know nothing of them,) will do us no good; does he think it will do us any harm ? BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1837. The conditional rule for a criminal information against Mr. MUNTZ, PARE, and others, at the instance of the Rev. Mr. MOSELEY, for an alleged riot in St. Martin's Church, was made absolute on Saturday. We have given enough of the pleadings to show the nature of the argument on each side. The grounds of the judgment, most unexpectedly come to we must say, do not so clearly appear from the report. We be- lieve them to rest chiefly on the negligence, to give it the gentlest name, of the attorney employed for Messrs. PIERCE and TROW, in not filing very important affida- vits within the period appointed by the court. The court, in the first instance, refused to listen to tliesi affidavits, which went clearly to show a previous com- pact on the part of the rector, because of the informality. It then, on a hearing, agreed to hear them notwith- standing ; and lastly, on a second hearing, it returned to its former judgment. A third hearing was not ap- plied for. There was another ground whispered in court, namely, that the Whig Lord Justice DENMAN could not resolve on deciding in favour of Mr. MUNTZ lest he should be suspected of favouring a Re- former. This is, of course, a shocking calumny. From whatever causes the judgment proceeded, it has the effect to bring the case to a fair trial, when the truth, if not elicited, may at least be sought after, with some better chance of finding it, than when chaced through the labyrinths of conflicting affidavits. The Tories are cock- a- hoop on what they call their victory, and their organ talks of the case as if the obiter dictum of the Chief Justice had finally settled it. They reckon their chickens somewhat pre- maturely. It has yet to pass the ordeal of twelve good men and true, and its supporters have yet fo be tried by a hard- headed cross- examiner or two. We rayther fancy that Mr. MOSELEY'S veracious and honourable supporters, Mr. GOODFELLOW and Mr. ST. CLAIR, will not put forth quite so round and smooth a tale in the witness box at Warwick, as in their affidavits to the Queen's Bench. The present session of Parliament will terminate, it is supposed, on the 23rd or 24th, at farthest. The house will re- assemble on the 1st of February. The business for which it has, at this early period, been called together, will be arranged in the course of the ensuing week. Members are rarely lagging when the £ 860,785 Add the QUEEN'S estimated income from the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, 100,000?., and we have a total of 960,785?., or leaving out the last four items, of 926,000?. for the maintenance of the Royal family of England. Let us just see of what elements this dearest of all families consists. There are in the above list- One young lady, yet in her teens ; Three old maids; Three widows; One married lady, the wife of a foreign independent sovereign; One widowu- [?] of advanced years; Two married gentlemen, with very small families; one of them a foreign independent sovereign. To uphold the state and condition of these eleven in- dividuals, seven of them females unmarried and unen cumbered, costs poor, toiling, sweating, suffering JOHN BULL, a few pounds short of one million ster- ling per annum ! Passing from the consideration of the princes and princesses, let us, for a moment, regard the proposed establishment of the QUEEN. The civil list of WILLIAM the IV. amounted to 510,000?. WILLIAM was a man of somewhat advanced years, not over re- markable for economical habits, he had a family grown up, he had a queen, and a queen's state to maintain. His queen was a lady of mature ag- e, and of numerous connections of no brief standing. The sum assigned to WILLIAM IV. was large, extravagant, enormous. It- was more than any two, or any twenty individuals could possibly require, or employ, without the most wasteful abuse of God's bounty. But we are a wasteful nation, and it is only consistent that we should have wasteful rulers. How stands the now ? We have for Queen regnant a mere girl, fresh from the palette and the piano, said to have been nur tured in habits of simplicity, with no connections but one, and that one amply provided for; the calls on her fortune exceedingly few; the requirements of her sex and years, compared with those of the late Sovereign, altogether insignificant. We have for Queen Dowager a widow, childless, her condition as little authorising as requiring any pomp of show or lavishness of expenditure. For the late Sovereign and his Queen, with all the family claims of the former, the nation was called on, by an unreformed Parliament, to pay 510,000?.; for the present Sovereign and the late King's relict, the Sovereign with no family claims at all, a reformed Parliament calls on the people of England to pay 570,000?. The household of two females, one an infant and the other a grave widow, we are told by our ministers, require for their main tenance a greater sum, by sixty thousand pounds, than was required for a King and Queen consort, and all the numerous demands and desires that such a combi- nation naturally gives rise to. It is worth while, after stating these facts, on which we shall offer no prolonged comment, for we do net think they require it, to look, for a little, at the other end of the scale of humanity, at those from whose earnings the tens of thousands aud hundreds of thousands, of which members of Parliament speak so lightly, are derived. Their condition was not consi dered worthy of a passing remark in that speech, in which the settlement of the civil list was held forth as the principal and primary cause why the legislature had been prematurely assembled. Touching this order of tlie animal humane, towards which the eyes of princes are so seldom and so idly turned, we find the following narrative in the London newspapers of Thursday:— HATTON- GARDEN.— Thursday, George Tipping, a man in the lowest state of misery and wretchedness, was brought before Mr. Rogers, in custody of Lardner, 23 G division, charged with being destitute, and lying in the open air. Lardner, having been sworn, stated that on Tuesday night last he found the prisoner lying on his back in Charles- street, Hatton- garden, in a state bordering on insensibility, surrounded by a crowd of persons. Witness at first thought that he was intoxicated, but, on examination, he discovered that he was in a deplorable condition, and evidently in a state of starvation, and lie took him to the station hoHse, where he was in such a helpless state, being quite exhausted, that the inspector, considering that he was a fitter object for the workhouse than a cold cell in the station, ordered witness to take him to St. Andrew's workhouse, Saffron hill to request bis admission ; but they refused to receive him, and he was conducted back again, when every care was taken of him until the morning. Mr. Rogers asked the prisoner ( who was scarce able to stand while at the bar) what he had to say ? Prisoner ( faintly): I was starving, and unable to proceed farther, when I fell down in the street. Mr. Rogers: What are you? Prisoner: lama labourer. Mr. Rogers: Where do you come from? Prisoner: I came from Manchester three weeks ago. Mr. Rogers: What sort of a labourer are you? Prisoner: I have worked in a cotton factory. Mr. Rogers thought it strange that he should have come to London, as he stood more chance of being employed in the country. Prisoner: / came to lookfor work. Mr. Rogers: Have you ever applied to the Manchester overseers for relief? Prisoner; I have, and I was in the workhouse, but they turned me out, telling me that I must get work, and sup- port myself. Mr. Rogers: I must send you to the House of Correc- tion. The clerk suggested that if he was committed to the House of Correction, the visiting magistrates would pass him to his parish. Mr. Rogers thought that that would be the most charitable mode of procedure, and he committed the prisoner to the House of Correction for fourteen days, and ordered the clerk to insert in the margin of the commitment a recommenda- tion to that effect, and that the jailer should mention the fact on leaving him at the prison." See yonder poor o'er laboured wight- Says the ploughman poet— So abject, mean, and vile! Who begs a fellow of the earth To give him leave to toil! And see his lordly fellow- worm The poor petition spurn! Unmindful though a weeping wife, And helpless children mourn ! There was an improvement in the condition of the " o'er- laboured wight," which the imagination of BURNS' was not vigorous enough to figure. He could not fancy the " mean, abject, and vile" creature, whom he painted, found guilty of fainting in the streets for want of food, and consigned to the House of Correc- tion as a punishment for starving. It is, while such scenes as the above are rife from one end of the island to the other ; while misery and famine are walking through the length and the breadth of the land; that Parliament is called upon to set apart for the uses of a young and simple- minded female, who, we doubt not, if she were to speak the thoughts of her pure heart, would reject, with weariness and loathing, the vain pomps with which her sycophants would encumber her, the enormous sum of five hundred and seventy thousand pounds a- year! Such things are of that nature as to make One's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache. whose only ground of blame is, that he did not add hypocrisy and deception to his conservatism. There is another party, who would fain draw a line of distinction between Lord JOHN and his colleag- ues; and who would get rid of the objections to Lord MELBOURNE'S ministry, by merely bowing out the Home Secretary. We cannot go into this opinion more than the former. It is true, Lord JOHN RUSSELL did not formally announce that he was the organ of the cabinet, or that he was deputed to state their views. But, neither did any member of the cabinet then, nor has any of them since, attempted in the smallest degree to explain or, modify Lord JOHN'S statement; or to except from it himself or his friends. Lord HOWICK, Mr. S. RICE, Mr. P. THOMSON, to say nothing of sub- ordinates, were present; but from none of them did a syllable drop from which it could be gathered that they differed in the smallest degree from the ministerial spokesman. Lord PALMERSTON, in the newspaper with which he is notoriously connected, has openly aud plainly, and in the most obnoxious terms, declared his adhesion to the Conservative doctrines of the Home Secretary. There is, there can be no mistake. * We do not look to any reduction of this sum. The DUCHESS of KENT is now, to all intents, Queen Mother, and must be upheld as such, The declaration of Lord JOHN RUSSELL naturally furnishes a subject for warm comment in every circle where politics, general or party, are discussed. In Birmingham, aud more especially in the Political Union, it has already given rise to various resolutions, aud been the subject of an address to Lord JOHN'S con- stituents, which, if they be as sturdy in the defence of their opinions as the men of Birmingham, may lead to something more serious than mere speechifying. Whe- ther the people of Stroud, after declaring in favour of ballot, will permit their member to repudiate ballot, as Lord JOHN has done, we do not pretend to know. Well we know, that if either of our members— and we have known them and esteemed them long— had denounced the opinions of their constituents, as the Home Secre- tary has the opinions of his, it would be no long time before they were made aware of their position. In reference to the debate of Monday, we have given the sentiments of Mr. HAWES, Mr. HUME, and other leading men at the Lambeth and Southwark dinners during the week. Mr. HAWES' eloquence is praised by the London papers— we wish we could praise his logic. If correctly reported, it is of a peculiar school. Mr. CLAY, it will be seen, speaks with considerable boldness, and Mr. HARVEY with unreserved freedom, of ministers. We take the extract that we have given of Mr. HARVEY'S speech from the Sun. From the softening that it receives in the Morning Chronicle, it is hardly to be recognised as the same speech, This " doctoring" has, very likely, been extended to the other speakers. There is, how- ever, a natural hankering after the Whigs, not only iu many members not dishonest, hut in many consti tuencies; and we ought not to be surprised if, notwith- standing Lord JOHN'S decisive statement, it continue for some time yet to exhibit itself. The truth will first come to the constituencies; the members will fol- low their lead. The Reform newspapers are, for the most part, in a state of most delectable dubiety, as they always are when their conductors are compel- led to form, instead of copy, an opinion. But they also will come round. The plain fact, that the ministry have staked their existence against any further Re form, cannot be got over by glossing. The jour rials must, therefore, take their side. Either they must adopt the RUSSELL creed, and go over to the enemy, or, not adopting it, they must oppose Lord J- OHN and his new friends. To clamour against the Tories, and to laud the Whigs, for one and the same thing, is more than even a party political writer can venture on. Two excuses are attempted for Lord JOHN RUSSELL. The unprincipled portion of pretended Reformers condemn not his hostility to the measures which they pretend to advocate, but bis declaration of that hos- tility. They speak of his speech, not as anti- reforming and ungrateful to those men, in the house and out of it, to whom he and his colleagues owe their political ex- istence, but as impolitic. These egregious knaves, for most egregious knaves they are, would have been en- tirely content that ministers should go on during the present session, as during the last and its precursor, deluding the country, doing nothing themselves, and enforcing an equal inactivity upon others; but then they ought not to have given wind to their intentions ! At all events, to let them out so early in the session, was confessedly wrong. We know very little about Lord JOHN RUSSELL; but we think we may affirm that he will but lightly esteem the ccnsures of men Ministers have conceded a committee on the Pen- sion List, with power to examine into the grounds upon which the several pensions have been granted. The committee is to be appointed as soon as the Civil List committee has made its report. We should have liked it better had it been appointed sooner. Mr. WHITTLE HARVEY seems to have been won over by the apparent frankness of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. The concession we cannot help sus- pecting to be 110 better than a tub to the whale. The principle of the Pension List is radically bad; and only to be remedied by putting an end to pensions altogether. No publicity will suffice. The only dif- ference between the ministerial proposal, that a list of the persons to whom pensions are granted shall be at fixed periods laid before Parliament, with the reasons for the pensions granted, and the present system, will be this— that, for every person pensioned, ministers must be provided with a case. Of the nature of the cases which they may be supposed to provide, ail in- stance was supplied by Mr. S. RICE in the debate on the Civil List. An honourable JOHN STEWART, we don't know of what lordly family, after holding for some thirty years an appointment of 2,500?. a- year, and afterwards a retiring pension of 1,200?., died and left a daughter. That daughter figures on the Pension List. " And can any one say that the child of a man, who had served his country thirty years, was not a deserving object of the royal bounty ?" asked Mr. RICE. The ample income during the thirty years, from the savings of which the father might have accumulated a handsome fortune for the child, was altogether lost sight of by the cautious CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. We have no hesi- tation in saying, that if such a pension as that of Miss STEWART is to be reckoned amongst those which have been justly earned, there is not ail unjustly earned pension on the entire list. There is a cloud, though as yet no bigger than a man's hand, rising on the other side of the waters, which, we venture to prophesy, will find our Whig ministers, if they remain in power, ample occupation for the next twelvemonths. Our readers will find, under our foreign head, a notice of a meeting in Lower Canada, which, though brief, indicates sufficiently the state of feeling in that province. We think we see the attempt made, to coerce, by the means of troops from Britain, a brave, free, and high spirited people, strong in their cause, strong in their position, and stronger than all in the hearty sympathy of their neighbours. If Lord John Russell dare attempt to carry his threats into execution Against Canada, the rifles of its keen eyed yeomen will speedily satiate his love of final measures. Fairfield, September 15, f837. My dear Sir,— I have just had put into my hands the Bir- mingham Journal of the 15th July; from which 1 extract the following passage of a speech delivered by Mr. Sturge :— [ Paragraph here quoted as above.) • Do me the favour to| say whether this statement is or is not correct; and especially whether the proposition to do away with the Friday afternoon, first came from me or from you ? It is strange how such reports get afloat. I am, & c. ( Signed) A. BARCLAY. To W. P. Kirkland, Esq. Mr. Kirkland's answer. Amity Hall, September 17, 1837. My dear Sir,— I have just seen the passage in the Bir- mingham Journal of the 15th July, which you allude to. The statement is as unjust as it is untrue, in relation to you. Shortly after the sailing of Mr. Bond,/ stated to YOU, when speaking of the people of this property, they were making no good use of the Friday afternoon— the time being spent in idleness by the greater number, in place of working their grounds. You advised its being discontinued, and their herrings to be given as an equivalent; and added, that you would write the firm of what had been done. Mr. P.' s memory appears to fail him, when he states the extra labour was compulsory on all properties in the parish ; as he saw and approved of the plan which was proposed and assented to by the apprentices of this estate; which plan we have continued ever since, without varying. I feel in no respect obliged to Mr. P. for his unfair state- ment ; and beg to assure you he was not warranted by any- thing he heard from me, in so saying. The whole is evi- dently got up to serve an unworthy purpose. I am, & c. ( Signed) W. P. KIBKLAND. To A. Barclay, Esq. Comment on this would be superfluous. On what au- thority Mr. Panton gave so unfounded a statement to Mr. Sturge, it is for himself to explain. In conclusion I have only to add, that if the e fabrications had simply affected myself, I never should have taken the trouble to notice them— well accustomed as I have long been to such harmless scandal, and having other more im- portant duties to occupy my attention. But when I see a faction conspiring to introduce anarchy into the colony, and putting forward false charges against me to justify their nefarious proceedings, I feel that I owe it to truth, to the country, and to myself, to expose such shameful conduct, perfectly regardless to whom it may give offence. A. BARCLAY. St. Thomas in the East, Jamaica, Sept. 26, 1837. MR. . STURGE AND MR. BARCLAY, OF ST. THOMAS IN THE EAST, JAMAICA.— A statement, in reference to the latter gentleman, made by Mr. Sturge, was reported by us on the 15th July last. Mr. Barclay has addressed us, claiming- the insertion of what he calls a contradiction of that statement. We must confess we think the statement and the contradiction agree in all that is essential to either; but as Mr. Barclay thinks otherwise, we cheer- fully give insertion to his letter, and the extract that accompanies it. Saint Thomas in the East, Jamaica, September 26, 1837. SIR,— I cannot permit myself to doubt that your desire, as a public journalist, is to give publicity to the truth; and that you will readily, as an act of common justice, allow any one who feels himself aggrieved by what lias been put forth in your paper against him, to be heard in his own defence. Assuming such to be your principles, I have to request you will give a place to my disproval ( a copy of which you will find in the Kingston Chronicle sent herewith) of certain charges made against me by Mr. Sturge, upon evidence which, I doubt not, he believed to be correct. All I ask of him and his party is,—" to speak of me as I am ; nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice." I am, sir, your most obedient servant, A. BARCLAY. The following is what Mr. Sturge said at the Exeter* Hall meeting, upon the authority of the Rev. Richard Panton, as reported in the Birmingham Journal of the 15th July : — " A zealous clergyman, now connected with the Church Missionary Society, says he is a Creole, and intimately acquainted with Colonial matters. In St. Thomas in the East all the attorneys are united in oppressing the people; they have never had the half Fridays from the beginning. On many estates they are obliged to do night work with- out pay; in all, the arrangements for extra work are com pulsory. The two special magistrates are completely the creatures of the planters. Panton was a minister of a Church in that district; he used to read over the names of all the apprentice members erery Sabbath, and require either their presence or a reasonable excuse for their ab- sence. A reason constantly given was, that having been deprived of their Saturday, they were compelled to go to their grounds on the Sabbath. On one estate, Amity Hall, where Barclay is chief attorney, aud Kirkland over- seer and joint attorney, the latter being a married and re- spectable man, for some time persisted in a course of jus- tice towards the people, and gave them their half Friday. Through the persevering opposition of Barclay, who at last told him, if lie would take it away, he would take all the legal and other responsibilities, if not, he ( Kirkland) must take all consequences, he was compelled to take it away." It is easy to make, and difficult to refute, vague and general charges—" of the peopie being deprived of their time"—" of the magistrates being the creatures of the planters, & c., & c." Fortunately, in this case the rev. gen- tleman has descended to a specific and tangible charge against myself; and if I show that charge to be utterly and absolutely false, I would put it to Mr. Sturge himself to say, what credit is due to the more general charges resting upon the same evidence. It so happens that I never have, in any manner of way, interfered with Mr. Kirkland, as the planting attorney of Amity Hall. Great, therefore, was my surprise on reading the above account, of my having com- pelled him to do violence to his own feelings, by an act of injustice to the people. Fully convinced that such a repre- sentation never could have emanated from himself, I ad- dressed a note to him, of which the following is a copy;— * Livery- street Chapel is meant. Mr. Wyse lias a motion on the books of the House of Commons for an education commission. Some in- teresting particulars were stated by Mr. Slaney, in a motion connected with this important subject, on Thursday. We shall, if we can find time, give our own opinions upon it in our next number. The notions of a national system, as far as we have seen it discus- sed, seem to be very crude. IMPORTANT DECISION Yesterday, Mr. Hampton, a retailer iu Bell- barn- road, summoned to the Court of Requests Mr. William Hadley, for a debt incurred by his wife, for nine pecks of flour, at 2s. 4d. a peck. It appeared that Mrs. Hadley had for lodger a baker, that the flour was purchased for his use, and that she had guaranteed the payment. Hadley, the husband, denied that he knew of, or had in any way authorised the guarantee; and the court, after deliberation, gave judgment against the prosecutor, on the ground that the husband ought not to be held liable for purchases made by the wife without his knowledge or concur- rence. A highly interesting meeting took place in London on Wednesday, on the subject of the wrongs of Poland. O'Connell was in the chair, and a great many excellent and stirring addresses were made by various mem- bers of Parliament, and other distinguished persons. Amongst those present were the members for Birming- ham, both of whom spoke to the resolutions of the day with much force and feeling. We regret that our notice of the meeting must be limited to a paragraph. O'Connell dwelt with a due emphasis of detestation on the infamous act of the insane tyrant of Russia, in ordering six hundred young females to be torn from their families and their homes to gratify the appetites of his brutal soldiers. BROMSGROVE, 30TH DEC., 1837.— A meeting of the operatives of this town and neighbourhood was held at the Bell Inn, on Monday last ( in conformity with a resolution passed at a previous meeting), to make ar- rangements, and to open a subscription list, in order to raise a fund for the purpose of presenting George Ellins, Esq., the newly appointed magistrate, with a piece of plate, as a lasting testimony of their approba- tion of his past conduct. The meeting was numer- ously attended by the tenantry and workmen, and the operatives generally. Several good speeches were delivered; all of which were in strong commendation of his conduct in the different capacities in which the various speakers had had opportunities of witnessing, it. Cornelius Cartwright, in seconding the first reso- lution, took the opportunity of saying, that he had worked for Mr. Ellius nearly twenty years, and he could safely say, if a man was in distress and applied to him, he was instantly relieved ; and if it was the misfortune of any of them to be on the bed of sickness, he not only sent them necessaries requisite to restore them to health, but made a practice of visiting them, and seeing their comforts were properly attended to. Another of the speakers, in alluding to Mr. Ellins's kindness as a master, said, he had never been known to turn a man off from his employ who had conducted himself properly; but, on the contrary, when a work- man was getting in years and not able to earn a decent livelihood, he would recompence him in some way or other, and, iu many instances, had pensioned men off by giving them an allowance weekly, or otherwise, as their cases required. One of Mr. Ellins's tenants also said he was a most generous landlord— he always found iu Mr. Ellins a friend— had known iu many in- stances Mr. Ellins to have given up a whole year's rent, rather than distress a tenant-— The correspon- dent to whom we are indebted for the above particu- lars adds, and we certainly concur in the sentiments:— " It is very gratifying to see a body of men ( all of the labouring classes) come forward for such a laudable purpose, to show to the world their opinions of Mr. Ellins as a master, landlord, and friend, after the Tory prints have heaped abuse upon him in every way they could." ROSCOE'S WANDERINGS AND EXCURSIONS IN SOUTH WALES.— This splendid volume possesses merits far above the tawdry pretensious of the annuals; whilst it rivals the best of tliein in the beauty, and exceeds them in the number of its illustrations; it combines with their attractions, a well written and highly interesting series of excursions into the most romantic portions of South Wales. Whilst, therefore, Mr. Roscoe's " Wanderings" form one of the most elegant drawing- room books of the season; his work is even more at- tractive as a companion for the tourist in his visits to the exquisite scenery to which it is devoted. The sub- jects, which are forty- eight in number, have been fur- nished expressly for the work by Cox, Harding, Field- ing, Creswick, and other distinguished artists.— Mid- dlesex Standard. " Boz" AND GEORGE CRUIKSIIANK.— The number of " Bentley's Miscellany," for December, ill addition to Box's popular " Oliver Twist," a story which even im- proves iu deep and thrilling interest as it advances, and which the Quarterly Revieiv justly pronounces to be the master- piece of this writer, contains humourous and other articles by Dr. Maginn, Captain Medwin, " The Old Sailor," Mrs. Gore, and other popular authors. We particularly draw attention to " Jack among the Mummies," by " the Old Sailor," with an admirable illustration by George Cruikshank, in his happiest style of humour. It will convulse the reader with laughter. George Cruikshank is equally great in his illustration to " Oliver Twist." That amiable pair, the Dodger and Charley Bates, are engaged in delivering a lecture to Oliver upon the technicalities of their profession— the attitude of " Master Charles Bates," is irresistibly ludicrous. In the article upon " Capital Punishments Eighty Years Ago," the details and anecdotes connected with the melancholy fate of Lord Ferrers, & c., will be found very interesting— but above all, commend us to the masterly essay of Dr. Maginn,. THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, N O V E M B E R 25. 2 upon the character of Lady Macbeth— one of the ablest papers ever written on Shakspeare's dramas. If varie ty be justly considered as the best recommendation of a periodical work, then Bende)/ s Miscellany is unques- tionably the first. Her Majesty will not be able to leave town for Windsor until after Wednesday, the 6th of December, in consequence of the pressure of public business; but the court will take its departure as soon after that day as possible.— Evening Paper. Lord Panmure has liberally signified it as his inten- tion to enlarge the public schools, and to build a hall, library, and apparatus- room, entirely at bis own ex- pense, in the neighbourhood of Brechin- castle. The recent statements which have been published in the Gazette, in reference to the assets and liabilities of the Bank of England, have naturally given satisfac- tion to the public generally, as they show the stock of bullion is increasing rapidly, while the circulation is decreasing. To the proprietors of Bank stock the sub- ject is very different, and we know that in the parlour it occasions much uneasiness; for they have no pos- sible way of making use of their gold . and silver pro- fitably, and their securities at the same time are falling off extensively. The Bank, in fact, especially as far as the metropolis is concerned, is positively doing no business whatever; and were it not for the discount operations transacted by the branch banks, the ad- ministration would be a source of loss instead of profit to the proprietors. The difficult question, there- fore, which the Bank has now to determine, is, how the next dividend is to be paid, unless it is almost en- tirely abstracted from the " rest," or surplus capital, which does not exceed 3,000,000?., while the half- yearly dividend is about 300,000/.— Chronicle. MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK.— TWELVE LIVES LOST. — On Monday, the Ranger lugger, belonging to Rams- gate, arrived' there from a cruise, having on board the mate and four seamen from the American ship Colos- seum, Captain Winsor, of Boston, who gave the fol- lowing particulars respecting that ship:— The mate states that the Colosseum, a ship of 320 tons, left St. Petersburgh on a voyage to St. TJbes, and that on Sunday last, the 26th inst., about two o'clock in the afternoon, they went on shore on the Kentish Knock. They immediately hoisted their colours, and fired signal- guns for assistance, and the same was observed by the schooner Robert, Captain Hunter, of South Shields, who bore down as near as possible, with the view of rendering aid. The mate and four seamen put off from the ship and boarded the schooner, requesting the captain to lay by the ship and keep a light up, which was done. The wind and the sea having greatly increased, rendered it impos- sible for the boat to return to the ship; night, and every prospect of a gale coming on, the captain of the Robert, unable to remain longer by the ship, stood off for the night. At daylight next morning ( Monday), the schooner showed her colours, which were soon seen by the Rainsgate lugger, the Ranger, cruising on the the bank of the Goodwin, when they ( the mate and four men) were put on board the lugger, and at the particular request of the mate of the ship, they pro- ceeded to Knock Sand, if possible, to regain their vessel. They could not discover any vessel. They then spoke a schooner, the captain of which informed them that they had passed a broadside of a large ship, with other wreckage, which circumstance leaves but little doubt of the Colosseum having gone to pieces, and that the captain, witli ten men and one passenger ( twelve in all), perished with the ill- fated vessel. DOMESTIC ECONOMY We have this week to notice a dis covery, which will produce a greater change in the arrange- ments of domestic life, than any discovery that has been made for a hundred years past; we allude to the substitu- tion of gas for coals in the warming of houses, cooking operations, & c. The principle on which this is done is so very simple, and its application so very easy, as to ensure the speedy and extensive adoption of the improvement in every place where a supply of gas can be obtained. The principle is as easy to describe as it is to apply, and is simply this :— The mixture of gas wjth five or six times its bulk of atmospheric air, and the burning of the mixture through wire gauze. The modes of doing this may be varied, according to the taste and fancy of the consumer, and great room for the dis- play of taste is afforded; but we shall describe one of the simplest modes of application as being best suited for general purposes. Supposing, then, the fire is wanted near the ordi- nary position of the grate, a gas pipe is laid to the spot, and the* jet is fixed pointing upwards, so as to be about four inches from the floor or hearth- stone. This jet is sur rounded with a sheet iron pipe, or cylinder, of a diameter from 314 to 7 inches, according to the quantity of fire wanted, and of the height required, say from one to three feet, and the top of the cylinder is covered with a piece of fine wire gauze, kept in place by a small iron hoop, circumscribing the cylinder in the same way as the hair cloth is secured on a common sieve. We have spoken of the mixture of gas with five or six times its quantity of atmospheric air, and the question may arise, how are we to mix substances which are neither visible nor tangible ? It fortunately happens that no care on this point is necessary. The bottom of the cylinder which circumscribes the jet, and in which the mixture of the gas and air takes place, has supporters fastened on it to raise it an inch or two from the floor, < r openings are cut out of the cylinder itself, so as to admit the air freely to enter at the bottom. These openings can be easily varied by dampers to admit such a quantity of air as may on trial be found most advantageous. The top of the cylinder may pass through an iron plate, which may be kept on a level with the wire gauze, and which plate will serve to hold cooking utensils in the kitchen, or mantel- piece ornaments in drawing- rooms, dining- rooms, and bed- rooms. If this top- plate, as it may be called, which may be of any size or shape required, be exactly on a level with the wire gauze, then it will be necessary to place on it a small stand, so as to keep the bottom of a pan, or kettle, three or four inches from the wire gauze. A perforated piece of cast irort may be laid on the top of the wire gauze for the purpose o'f raising the flame a little above it, and of thus rendering it more desirable. We need scarcely add that any number of these fire places can be fitted up in a kitchen range; so that if room permit, a dozen or a score of pots may be boiling, each on its own own fire, while to make one boil fiercely, and another to sim- mer slowly, no labour with poker and tongs is required ; all that is necessary is a small touch of the stop cock, by which every fire in the range may be made to burn with different degrees of intensity. With respect to price, it is found that one jet will be quite sufficient for the cooking and warming purposes of an ordinary small family, occupying a room and kitchen, and who aie in the habit of keeping only; one fire burning. In the lighting of fires, no chips, no peats, no puffing and blowing, with mouth and bellows, is necessary; and what in many cases is highly important, no time is lost. A person in kindling a fire has only to turn the stop- cock, apply a lucifer or other match, and his fire in a second is in readi- ness for boiling a kettle or frying a beef steak, either of which it will do in a very few minutes. Here then, are coals wholly dispensed with— here is a total escape from the nuisance of cinders, ashes, dust, and what is still more an- noying— smoke. The discovery which we bavebeenattemptingto describe, we fear rather imperfectly, was made by Mr. James Cook, manager of the gas works here, a gentleman of taste and scientific skill, who has done more, perhaps, than any other man in Scotland, in improving ga3 illumination. As he has no intention of taking out a patent for his discovery, he has permitted us to describe it as fully as we please, that all who choose may reap the advantages. We may state, in conclusion, that our office was yesterday fitted up in a plain way with this new variety of Promethean beneficence, so that those of our local readers who may not understand our description fully, may call and have that de- scription illustrated by ocular demonstration.— Paisley Ad- vertiser. BODT AND HEAD A fox- hunter can get drunk every night in the year, and yet live to an old age ; but then be is all exercise and no thought. A sedentary scholar shall not be able to get drunk once in a year with impunity ; but then he is all thought and no exercise. Now the object is neither to get drunk, nor to be all exercise, nor to be all thought; but to enjoy all our pleasures with a sprightly season. The four ordinary secrets of health are— early rising, exercise, personal cleanliness, and rising from the table with the stomach unoppressed. There may be sor- rows in spite of these, but they will be less with them, and nobody can be truly comfortable without them. BEER SHOPS The number of beer houses in England and Wales, licensed to sell beer, cider, and perry by retail, in 1836, was as follows : — To be consumed on the premises-. ™ . 39,100 Not to be consumed on the premises 5,030 Cider and perry only—........ « ..• » •. » 1,608 Total fftfrfftf rfff ffff* 45,736 JEWS IN POLAND A Polish inn tenanted by a Jewish family exhibits a most curious picture to the eyes of an in- telligent observer. It is frequently a miserable liov^ j with a kind of large barn communicating with it, and serving as a stable and a yard for different kinds of vehicles. The habitation itself consists of a large room for the customers, and a small one for the family ; this last is crowded to ex- cess, and frequently exhibits the most extraordinary assem- blage of contents; among which piles of feather- beds are conspicuous, but so dirty, and exhaling such an offensive smell, that no traveller, however fatigued by bis journey, will be tempted to repose on them his wearied limbs, in spite of the softness of the couch. Many families frequently crowd into the same room, which is often divided into several compartments, not by any kind of screens, but by mere lines drawn with chalk on the ground- floor. The company is sometimes increased, particularly in cold weather, by a pet calf lying near the fire- place, and by geese cackling in baskets placed under the wooden benches, which represent chairs and sofas in the miserable abode. It may easily be imagined what kind of harmony is produced by the discordant sounds of these noisy inmates, joined with the cries of children, and the scolding of women. Yet this ap- parent wretchedness often covers considerable wealth ; and the rough wooden cupboards, which form a part of the fur- niture of the room we have described, sometimes contain gold chains, silver plate, rich female ornaments studded with jearls and precious stones, and, more than all, bonds for arge sums, lent on the most usurious terms.— British and Foreign Review. ANIMAL MAGNETISM She was a fine strapping young woman enough, dressed half- and- half between a fine lady aud a servant maid; but as sly- looking a baggage as you could select from an assortment of gipsies; and, unless her face belied her, quite capable of scratching a Cock- lane ghost. Indeed, something came across me that I had seen her before : and, if my memory don't deceive, it was at some private theatricals contrary to law. For certain she could keep her countenance; for if the outlandish figure of a doctor, with his queer faces, had postured, and pawed, and poked towards me, with his fingers, for all the world like the old game of " My grandmother sends you a staff, and you're neither to smile nor to laugh," as he did to her, I should have bursted, to a dead certainty, instead of going off, as she did, into an easy sleep. As soon as she was sound, the count turned round to me with his broken English—" Ladies and gentlemens," says he, " look here at dis yoong maidens, Mizz Chariot Ann Elizabet Martin," — for that is his way of talking,—" wid my magnetismuses I tro her into von state of sombamboozleism,"— or some- thing to that effect. " Mizz Chariot Ann, dou art a slip." As fast as a church, Mister Count," says she, talking and hearing as easy as broad awake. " Ferry goot," says he. " Now, I take dis boke,— Missis Glasse Cokery,— and I shall make de maidens read som little of him wid her back. Dere he is bytween her shoulders. Mizz Chariot Ann what you see now mit your eyes turned de wrong way for to look?" " Why, then," says she, " Mr. Count, I see quite plain a T and an O. Then comes R, and O, and S, and T; and the next word is H, and A, and I, and R." " Ferry goot," cries the Count over again. " Dat is to rost de hare. Ladies and gentlemens, you all here ? As Gott is my shudge, so is here in de boke. Now, den, Mizz Chariot Ann, vons more, Vot you test in your mouse ?" " Why, then, Master," says Charlotte Ann," as sure as fate, I taste sweet herbs chopped up small!" " Very goot, in- deed !— hot what mcr by sides de sweet herrubs?" " Why," says she, " it's a relish of salt, and pepper, and mace,— and let me see— there's a flavour of curt- ant jelly." " Besser and besser!" cries the Count. " Ladies and gentlernens, are not dese vonderfools ? You shall see every wart of it in de print. Mizz Charlotte Ann, vot you feel now?" " Lawk a mercy, Mister Count," says she, " there's a sort of stuffy feel, so there is, in my inside!" " Yaw! like von fool belly! Ferry goot! Now, you feel vot?" " Feel! Mis- ter Count?" says she, " why, I don't feel nothing at all— the stuffiness is clean gone away!" " Yaw, my shild !" says he, " dat is by cause I take avay de cokery boke from your two sholders. Ladies and gentlemens, dese is grand powers of magnetismus ! Ach himmel! As Hamlet say, dere is mure in our philosofies dan dere is in de heaven or de earth! Our mutter Nature is so fond to hider face ! Bot von adept, so as me, can lift up a whale!"— Hood. JOAN OF ARC Towards the close of 1794, it was an- nounced to be published by subscription in a quarto volume, price one guinea. Shortly afterwards I became acquainted with my fellow- townsman, Mr. Joseph Cottle, who had lecently commenced business as a bookseller in our native city of Bristol. One evening I read him part of the poem, without any thought of making a proposal concerning it, or expectation of receiving one. He, however, offered me fifty guineas for the copyright, and fifty copies for my sub- scribers, which was more than the list amounted to; and the offer was accepted as promptly as it was made. It can rarely happen that a young author should meet with a book- seller as inexperienced and as ardent as himself; and it would be still more extraordinary if such mutual indiscre- tion did not bring with it cause of regret to both. But this transaction was the commencement of an intimacy which has continued without the slightest shade of displeasure at any time, on either side to the present day. At that time few books were printed in the country, and it was seldom, indeed, that a quarto volume issued from a provincial press. A font of new types was ordered for what was intended to be the handsomest book that Bristol had ever yet sent forth; and when the paper had arrived, and the printer was ready to commence his operations, nothing had been done towards preparing the poem for the press, except that a few verbal alterations had been made. I was not, however, without my misgivings; and when the first proof- sheet was brought me. the more glaring faults of the composition stared me in the face. But the sight of a well- prin'ed page, which was to be set off with all the advantages that fine wove paper and hot- pressing could impart, put me in spirits, and I went to work with good will. About half the first book was left in its original state; the rest of the poem was re- cast and re- composed while the printing went on. This occupied six months. I corrected the concluding sheet of the poem, left the preface in the publisher's hands, and departed for Lisbon by way of Corunna and Madrid— Preface to " Joan of Arc," in the new edition of Southey's Poetical Works. NORJV1CH LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE. A meeting of Holders of Policies in the Norwich Union Life Assurance Company, convened by Messrs. F. Lloyd, Moilliet, and Grainger, was held in this town on Saturday last, for the purpose of taking into consideration what steps ought to be adopted, for the protection of their interests, in the present critical state of the Company's affairs. The meeting was appointed to. be held in the committee- room of the News- room, but in consequence of the attendance being more numerous than was expected, it was deemed necessary toadjourn to Dee's Royal Hotel. There were upwards of seventy gentlemen present, representing in the aggregate, policies to the amount of about 85,000/. FRANCIS LLOYD, Esq., being called to the chair, pro- ceeded at considerable length to explain the object of the meeting being called together on that occasion. Accord- ing to his statement, the company's affairs had, contrary to the Deed of Settlement, been from the commence- ment under almost the exclusive management of the Big- nolds, and there was now every reason to believe that they were in a state of insolvency, At the present moment there was only one legally appointed Director, and that was no other person than Mr. Novime, a dancing master, at Norwich. It appears that Mr. Bignold was one of the active Directors of the Norfolk Banking Company, which commenced business with only 23,000/., and in the course of between two and three years lost upwards of 100,000/., in bad debts. Mr. Lloyd stated, that there was no doubt but that Mr. Bignold had used the funds of the Life As- surance Office to a very alarming extent, to support this bank. In other respects— such as in loans, mortgages, & c., the secretary had, upon his own responsibility, not only without the consent of the proprietors, but in con- tradiction to the express provisions of the Deed of Settle- ment, placed the interests of the company in extreme jeopardy. Two general meetings had recently been held in Norwich, convened by Mr. Bignold, for the avowed pur- pose of passing certain bye- laws which would have the ef- fect of sanctioning all previous acts of the secretary; in fact, if passed, they would amount to a bill of indemnity for all past transactions in which Mr. Bignold, on the part of tlie company, had been engaged. At these meetings, the Rev. Mr. Collyer and Sir E. Lacon urged the necessity of the holders of policies being made fully acquainted with the state of the Society's financial accounts, before they gave their sanction to such bye laws , this was resisted by Mr. Bignold, and finally, after much discussion, the meeting at Norwich was adjourned until this day. The holders of po- licies in London, Bristol, Liverpool, and Manchester, had taken up the subject with great alacrity, and it was ex- tremely desirable that the Birmingham holders should co- operate with them. Mr. L., in conclusion, suggested the propriety of a deputation to the meeting which was held in London 011 Monday last. Mr. GRAINGER said, that from a statement he had re- ceived from a friend in Norwich, there could be no doubt that the affairs ol the Company were in a most alarming condition. After some further conversation, a deputation, consisting of D. Ledsam, Esq., Mr. Moreton Jones, Mr. Stubbs, Mr. J. Gibbins, and Mr. Pope, were appointed to wait upon Mr. Green, the secretary for Birmingham, and request his attendance, to afford any explanation in his power. These gentlemen accordingly waited upon Mr. Green, but he declined complying with the wishes of the meeting, and expressed his inability to give them any infor- ' mation. At length, after many gentlemen had expressed in strong terms of disapprobation their sense of Mr. Bignold's conduct, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Ledsam, Mr. Gibbins, Mr. Moil- liet, and Mr. Pope, were deputed to attend the meeting held in London 011 Monday last, and, if no steps were taken for the protection of the holders of policies, to apply for an injunction against the passing of the contemplated bye- laws, until the accounts of the company were produced and audited. The resolution will be found advertised in another column. It was stated to be highly desirable that as many holders of policies as possibly could, should attend the meeting at Norwich this day, as 110 proxies could vote, and there was no doubt Mr. Bignold would muster a strong number of his Norwich friends. A considerable sum was collected in the room to defray the expense. We believe a number of Birmingham gentlemen have gone to Norwich. An adjourned meeting of the Birmingham insurers was held on Tuesday, at Dee's Hotel, for the purpose of re- ceiving the report of the Birmingham deputation, and taking such steps as they might suggest, or the meeting think proper. Mr. Moreton Jones was called to the chair. A letter was read from Mr. Moilliet, stating that the depu- tation had attended the meeting of the London holders, at the Crown and Anchor ; and copies of the True Sun, con- taining a report of the proceedings, and the resolutions passed, had been forwarded for the information of the Bir- mingham insurers. From this statement it appeared that a correspondence between the London committee and Mr. Bignold had taken place, the result of which was very un- satisfactory. The meeting in London had appointed a deputation to proceed to Norwich, and they particularly re- quested that all insurers, who could make it convenient, would likewise attend the meeting to be held in Norwich on the 30th ult. After a lengthened desultory conversation, in the course of which the chairman urged , the propriety of insistng upon the dissolution of the society, it was ultimately resolved that it was highly desirable all insurers in the com- pany should immediately proceed to London, with a view, by their influence and votes, to prevent the passing of the bye- laws. We believe about ten gentlemen left Birming- ham the same evening, making, with the deputation iri London, fifteen insurers from Birmingham who would be present at the meeting in Norwich. The following letter has been sent by Mr. Jones to Sir Edmund K. Lacon, Bart., at Norwich, a gentleman who has made great exertions for obtaining accurate accounts of the assets aud liabilities of the concern, but hitherto without success:— " Sir,— As I am ignorant of the address of Mr. Francis Lloyd, at Norwich, I take the liberty of informing you, that another meeting of the insurers in the Norwich Life Office, at Birmingham, took place this morning, of which I was chairman. " The members present were unwilling to pass any stronger resolutions than those of the 25th, until the result of the meeting of the 30th at Norwich, should be made known ; but I think it my duty to inform you, that it is the decided opinion of many in the country, that you will never he able to disentangle the affairs of the co partnership in any other way than by IMMEDIATELY DISSOLVING IT. Any measures shoit of this, any temporising and dilatory mea- sures, will only increase the mischief, and negociation will be merely a cloak under which fraud and robbery may be practised with impunity. " It is quite clear that there is in the affairs of this con- cern a scoundrel somewhere, and either the author of the pamphlet published by Pickering, or one of the officers of the society, must be the scoundrel in question. In this state of things, it would be mean and unmanly in any mem- ber of the society not to insist upon knowing the exact truth, let it hit whom or where it may, and I beg to assure you, that you will have the co- operation of every honest man here in your pursuit of it. I am, sir, " With great respect, your obedient servant, " T. MORTON JONES. " Birmingham, November 28, 1837." The following statement is considered sufficient to arouse the attention of all members of this society : — 1. Notwithstanding the greatly increased business of this society, there is no bonus to be divided for the last seven years, while every office in London has added con- siderable sums during that period to the sum insured. The pretext is, the increase of loss by the cholera; but it is now proved that the payments in the cholera year were less than in either the preceding or the following year. 2. Very large sums of money are admitted to have been lost by having been invested upon inadequate securities, and it is currently reported that still larger sums have been lost by having been employed in ruinous speculations; yet the secretary refuses to render any satisfactory account of the payments, receipts, or investments of the society. 3. The secretary has, in fact, the sole government of the society, the directors, being his friends and nominees, are under his influence, and some of them are understood to have been insured in very trifling sums, for the purpose of being put into the direction, 4. The directors have sanctioned or permitted the in- vestment of the funds in the secretary's own name to a large amount. 5. It is believed that there is not, at this moment, a single trustee, director, or other officer, legally appointed; the ten- dency and presumed object of the proposed bye- laws is to confirm them in their situations, to render them irre- movable, and to indemnify them for the past. 6. The insurers will remember, that the society is one of mutual insurance, which makes them individually respon- sible for all deficiencies. It is the bounden duty of every insurer, whose insurance is of any importance to himself or his family, to attend the meeting, which will. be held at the Royal Hotel, on Wed- nesday next. A numerous meeting of insurers was held at the Crown and Anchor, London, on Monday, when on the motion of D. O'Connell, Esq., seconded by Francis Lloyd, Esq., it was resolved—" That it is the decided opinion of this meet- ing that as many as possible of the insurers in the Norwich Union Life Office should attend the meeting 011 the 30th instant, at Norwich, for the purpose of insisting upon a just, fair, and amicable investigation of the property belonging to the society ; and, further, to insist upon a postponement of the consideration of the bye- laws until such account shall have been completely obtained, and the report made to a general meeting of insurers to be held in London, and that a com- mittee, consisting of Messrs. Paynter, Pontifex, Diamond, O'Connell, M. P., Francis Lloyd, Alderman Farebrother, Beddome, Browne, Wise, F,. Smith, Rev. T. Jones, and R. B. H. Ridgway, with power to add to their numbers, be appointed to carry the foregoing into effect, and to make such arrangements as they deem advisable to be submitted to such general meeting, and particularly to make arrange- ments for the attendance of the deputation at Norwich on the 30th inst." Meetings, we understand, have been convened at Bristol, Liverpool, and Manchester, on this subject. PUBLIC OFFICE. MONDAY, NOV. 27. ( Before Lloyd Williams, J. T. Lawrence, Wm. Beale, H. Smith, and J. Alston, Esqrs.) Joseph Bosworth was charged with breaking into and robbing the dwelling- house of Miss Allen, of Ashted- row. The prosecutor was a young woman who lived by herself and worked as a mantua- maker. On Sunday last she left home in the morning, and went a short distance into the country to see her friends, and on her return in the evening found her house had been broken into and robbed. It ap- peared that on Saturday night, knowing she was to be from home on Sunday, she told the milkman to leave her Sunday evenings milk in the morning, as she was going from home. He did so, and was then told by her that she was going from home for the day. On passing along Ashted- row in the early part of the evening, he was surprised to see a light up stairs in Miss Allen's house, and 011 stopping for a mo- ment, saw two men pass across the room. . Suspecting all was not right he went to the street door, which he found unlocked; but the noise he made alarmed the thieves who rushed down stairs, one with a bundle in hisjiand, and the prisoner following close behind. The fellow who had the bundle contrived to escape; but he secured the prisoner. On the floor of the kitchen a large quantity of house linen and wearing apparel was strewed about, previous to its being packed up. Bosworth was committed to take his trial at the sessions. BURGLARY AND ROBBERY Thomas Shenstone, a noto- rious thief, was charged with breaking open the back pre- mises of Mr. B. Hudson, of Bull- street, 011 Friday night last, and carrying off various articles, including a number of silver spoons. Foster, the Dale- end watchman, deposed that he observed the prisoner and three other fellows of bad characters loitering about the Lower Priory late on Friday night, and suspecting they had some job in hand, he kept an eye upon their movements for some time, upon observing which they went away. About half- past one, on going his round, he again observed the same party near the corner of the Coach- yard, coming towards him, when he placed himself behind a wall, and as they passed endeavoured to lay hold of some of them, but they immediately ran off in different directions, and he pursued the prisoner and one of his companions, who made towards Bartholomew- row. During the pur- suit Shenstone threw down some silver spoons, and his companion also threw away two table cloths, which were picked up by Lyons, another watchman who came to his assistance. He, however, did not lose sight of the prisoner from the moment he set off till he was secured. On searching him two skeleton keys were found in his pockets, and a crow- bar was picked up near the spot from which the party started. Foster, after a diligent search, discovered the place where the robbery had been committed, and upon examination it was found that the thieves had confined their principal depredations to the kitchen, from which they carried off three pair of boots, twelve silver spoons, a britan- nia metal coffee- pot, four table- cloths, and some other trifling articles. They, however, forced open the door of a ware- room, in which was deposited a trunk containing books and papers, the property of a gentleman who had left it in the care of Mr. Hudson, during his visit to the conti- nent. This they forced open, in the expectation probably of securing a valuable booty. Mr. Hudson having identified the property, the prisoner was committed to take his trial at the ensuing quarter sessions. Ann Reily was charged with stealing a~ tumbler and a wine glass from the shop of Mr. Wainwright, wine and spirit dealer, Bull street. A young man in the employment of Mr. Wainwright, said the prisoner came to their shop on Friday evening, and having had a glass of cordial, was leaving the counter, when she came in contact with the door- post, and he heard a sound like glass. His suspicions being awakened, he looked on the counter, and discovered that a tumbler and wine glass, which had been in use a little time before, were missing. The prisoner was immediately taken into custody and searched, when the articles were found concealed under her cloak. The witness further stated that this was a com- mon practice with customers of a certain class, who took this method of raising the wind when short of cash, and that they frequently lost six or eight tumblers and glasses of a night. The prisoner, who had been at Mr. Peter's wine and spirit shop the same evening, from which she had stolen some glass, was then asked what she had to say for herself, when she replied that she had taken a drop too much, and did not know what she was doing. She was committed to take her trial at the sessions. ROBBERY BY A SERVANT— Edward Bagshaw was charged with stealing a quantity of metal from his master, Mr. Parkes, stamper and piercer, of St. Mary's. It appeared from the evidence of the witnesses examined, that Mr. Parkes had lost, on various occasions, scrap and other metal from a warehouse at the back of his premises, to which no person but the prisoner had access ; Bagshaw having been fourteen years in his employment, was con- sidered so trustworthy that suspicion never attailied to him, arid in consequence he was not watched so closely as the other workmen. The losses occasioned by these depredations became at length so serious, that Mr. Parkes placed his son in the warehouse on Thursday afternoon, in order to dis- cover the thief, locked the door outside, and in a short time afterwards he heard the metal being removed, but it was so dark within that he could not see the person who was taking it. However, on going to the window, he saw Bagshaw leave the door, and subsequent search confirmed their suspicions that he was the person who had committed the robbery. He was committed to take his trial for the offence. Three men, named Cook, Warner, and Best, were charged with stealing a quantity of cullet, or broken glass, from the premises in Broad- street, lately in the possession of Messrs. Rollason, Morgan, and Price, glass manufac- turers, against whom a fiat oi bankruptcy bad lately been issued. The prisoners had been in the employment of the firm up to the time when the property was put into the possession of Messrs. Hancox and Walker, under the direction of the commissioners; and shortly after the officers had taken charge of the effects, Warner and Best contrived to carry off about^ OOIbs. of cullet, whilst Cook kept the Sheriff's officers engaged in another quarter of the premises by treat- ing them to ale. They disposed of the glass to a person named Dudley Hands, in Hospital- street; and on being taxed with the robbery, the prisoners, after some hesitation, acknowledged having taken the cullet, and disposed of it to Hands for 6s. They were committed to take their trial at the sessions. Henry Wilcox and William Henry Cunn were committed to the sessions, charged with stealing a spare- rib of pork from the shop of Mr. Stennett. Howell, the constable of Aston, appeared to answer a complaint by Sandford, jun., and Pool the servant of Mr. Sandford, for the assault committed on them 011 the occasion mentioned in last week's Journal. Mr. Colmore attended for Howell. Mr. Edmonds stated, that the jurisdiction of the magis- trates being so limited, Mr. Sandford had brought an action against Howell for the injury he had sustained, and as this would be the best means of obtaining justice in the case, he should offer no evidence on these complaints. The cases were accordingly dismissed, no evidence being offered. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30. ( Before Richard Spooner, J. Webster, W. Beale, Dr. Booth, William Chance, and J. Alston, Esqrs.) BRUTAL ASSAULT A young man named Anson, was charged with a brutal assault upon a man named Francis, a gun polisher. The complainant, who had his head tied up with a hand- kerchief, stated, that about a week ago he was in the Hop- pole, in Constitution- hill. The prisoner was there and a number of other persons. He ( Francis) dropped his hand- kerchief upon the floor, and the prisoner picked it up and put it into his pocket. He asked him for it, but he refused to give it him, upon which he went over to him and told him he must give it up. They then commenced wrestling, and when on the floor, the prisoner pulled a quantity of hair out of his ( Francis) bead, which had a frightful appearance, one of his ears being completely cut though, and a wound extending nearly acYoss the back of his neck. In continu- ation he said, he had been in the hospital since the assault, and he was still an in- door patient. A young man, named Harris, and two others, corrobo- rated the complainant's statement, and the prisoner was ordered to pay 51., and in default of payment, to be com- mitted for two months to the gaol, and enter into sureties to keep the peace for six months. James Haywood, for an assault ujion George Warmington, was fined 5s., and in default of payment, to be committed for one week. Charles Ellice was charged with stealing a great coat, belonging to Mr. Parker, Summer- hill. Mr. Parker stated, that on Tuesday evening he left his office for a few minutes, and on his return he missed his great coat and handkerchief. Hall, the officer, said, that on the day before, as he was going through Fazeley- street, he met the prisoner and two other bad characters. The prisoner bolted, upon which he pursued him and found upon him Mr. Parker's greatcoat. Mr. Parker identified the coat, aud the prisoner was com- mitted to the sessions. Am Priest was charged with stealing a quantity of brass castings, the property of her employer, Mr. Boyce, umbrella manufacturer, Smallbrook- street. Mr. Brow, clerk to Mr. Boyce, stated, that the prisoner worked in the manufactory. In consequence of a suspicion he entertained respecting her, he caused her to be brought back to the warehouse after she had left it on Tuesday, and upon having her searched, there was a bag containing241bs. of brass castings found upon her. Her pocket full of cast- ings was also found concealed in the factory. In answer to questions, she admitted having stolen the property, and said she had been one month gathering the contents of the bag, and one week filling the pocket. The prisoner, who is a young girl, wept bitterly, and was committed to the sessions. Iri the private room a great number of persons were sum- moned for non- payment of poor- rates, and orders for pay- ment were made against them. In our report of the case last week, the name of Mr. Woodhouse, ofErdington, was inserted by mistake; it ought to have been Mr. Wilmot, of Erdington, at whose place Mr. Sanford was engaged putting down a pump. The mis- take occurred owing to the low tone in which Mr. Sanford spoke. LATEST NEWS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. THURSDAY. EDUCATION.— CHELTENHAM PETITION.— Mr. C. BERKELEY went into a statement, amidst repeated in- terruptions, for the purpose of showing that the peti- tion, presented by Sir Robert Inglis on this subject, was altogether got up, and did not express the sense of the people of Cheltenham. Mr. SLANEY moved for a select committee to enquire into the state of education in the manufacturing dis- tricts. The honourable member went into a number of long and minute statistical details, by far the greater number of which, if not the whole, are already before the public in the various reports of the meeting of the National Association at Liverpool. He came, at length, to the matter of his motion. It must be clear to every one, that there could be no effective p'an of education confining it either to those who belonged to the church, or to those who differed from the church. ( Hear, hear.) It was absolutely necessary to give education to both classes, but it would be found im- possible to bring them together in any single plan. ( Hear, hear.) It appeared to him that the object could be best effected by extending the powers of those two most useful societies, the British and Foreign and the National ScfawSs; and he should suggest that a school- rate of not less than sixpence in the pound should be raised in places consisting of not less than 5,000 inhabitants; that to the6um ttren* raised, government should add a fourth more, or whatewsr addition might be deemed advisable, from the consolidate ® fund ; and that then the whole amount should be diviW between the British and Foreign and the National Sch ® « fe, to be applied accordingto the wants of the respective pteoes. ( Hear.) It would also be advisable to institute a superist- tending board or minister of education. In all places tSw sum levied must necessarily be raised fairly according to t5ae proportions of the church and dissenting interests ia tiK! respective places. He might here, perhaps, be permittaE to mention to the house a few particulars exhibiting theses- portion of the Sunday scholars in several large towns, ki re- ference to the religious denominations to which they be- longed. In Liverpool, the church had 6,300 scholars. Sw- ing 43 per cent, of the whole number; the Roman CatiioJfe* had 700, being 414 per cent.; and the dissenters of different denominations. 8,350, being 54 per cent. In Bolton, Ste church scholars were 2,014, and the dissenters upwards oS 6,000. In Manchester and Salford, where the populatsae was 250,000, the number attending the Sunday schools be- longing to the church establishment, was 13,025 ; the am- her attending the schools of the Roman Catholics, < ® ei 4,500, being 10% per cent, on the whble; and the nuitatar of the Protestant dissenters, was 25,280, being 59 per cast. I11 Bristol, with a population of 112,000, taking nil c8 » e scholars ( he had not got a return of the Sunday schaJare only) there were of the established church, 4,370; oi thu Wesleyans, arid other dissenters of all kinds, 8,860, ( teaMs the number of the scholars that attended the SCTKMSSS of the establishment. But he had rather a curious re- turn to bring under the notice of the house, in connect*** with the former district, called a return of the heads families and lodgers in Manchester and Salford. Aeo © p4- ing to this statement, the number of persons who belOBgwS to the church establishment, was 26,008; of the dissented 12,000; of the Roman Catholics, 7,200; and the oaat- ber of_ no religious profession whatever was, the { HKe « e would'be surprised to hear, 4,480. But how stood $ 3te matter in another district, the most neglected? In Du « Jras- field and Staley- bridge the number that attended the Sun- day schools of the establishment was 3,100; the dissessteM numbered 3,400; and the Roman Catholics 1,600; tlwsati, however, of no religious profession were 4,500. Did » ct this fact show the necessity of inquiry and improveme « t? Whether the house approved or rejected his motion, SK should feel that he had performed an imperative puty; fee could not, however, believe for a moment that the tease, would not take some steps to remove the evil. Hse called on them— in the name of hnmanity, of justice, met of religion— not to neglect the education of the people, « S the same time that they held them responsible for 88n « - offences they committed against the peace and ! well- 1 » 8jj of society. Was it right to send to penal colonies tfcaes who never had been afforded the opportunity of leoraiay how to pursue the right path, and how to avoid the vvroaf- The honourable gentleman bete refered to some tables, fee the purpose of showing what was the cost of ciminina! secutions. He was confident he could make it appear ttet that to afford a good education to the humbler classes waseSft be the cheapest thing they could do with a- view to tiiem~ pression or prevention of crime. Ignorance was a assst expensive article; it was more costly, ten times over, istai a good education would be. The expense of the Peoiteas- tiary for reform was 350,000/. If that sum were expend ® ® in educating the children of the poor, it would not be re- quired for the Penitentiary. ( Hear, hear.) Insteafi, however, of acting thus, the government took an offea< iwjj child, placed him with those who were hardened itt„ iniquity, and subjected him to a process of penal diseipSias which was relied upon for effecting a change more miotrat- lous than what was sought for by the alchymist of old. ISt was impossible by such means to bring the child intsffesS: innocent state in which he might have been preservaf Si" the legislature had done its duty to him. Had they eose- menced with education, ten times as much good wouldiifflse been done at ten times less cost. He hoped that ££ « s Majesty's ministers would take the subject up; he h « s& f. sl that honourable gentleman on the other side, who vr- trx loud in their advocacy of the interests of the poor, wssisM assist him, so that in this matter, at least, all rnigist unite, omitting all party considerations, for the good efi& e community. Sir GEO. STRICKLAND seconded, and Mr. BROTHER- TON supported the motion. Lord JOHN RUSSELL had 110 objection to the am- mittee. He was fully convinced of the advantage « * f a general system of education; though the • diffieai& s that beset it prevented him from submitting sacf specific plan. He was quite certain that if any plan were adopters ® which the religious feelings of this country were noteas- sulted, it would be a decided failure, and an obstacle tafike introduction of any plan hereafter. ( Cheering.) Bat, agreeing that the religious feelings of this country ougSitHa be consulted, there was next the consideration in whatnan- ner they could reconcile the different opinions of the « lsisrf » and the dissenters on the subject; the church being anxwot that the catechism and doctrines of the church should fee taught in the schools; the dissenters being exceedrfflg^ p jealous and sensitive with respect to the introduction of xstf measure which they thought would trench on their priaei- pies, and their right of free opinion. ( Hear, hear, lie » r.| It would check all these feelings, besides the political ssatf civil feelings of this country, if they introduced any plat1 imitated from those foreign countries which his honoutrtSe friend had mentioned— if they endeavoured to square csdl regulate like the schools of Russia and Prussia the srfwat* of education in this country. These considerations sented the many obstacles which were in the viay of ( Sse introduction of any plan on the subject. He wished, like- wise, as another motive for delay, to see the effect of tbsae discussions which had recently taken place in the cotusSsj, and which he expected would still further take place in Parliament, on the question. He was glad, he was As- lighted, to see that the public attention had been directed to it. ( Cheers.) He could not but expect, from the meet- ings which had taken place, and fiom others which no would take place, that a mojt valuable light would he afforded as to any new plan that might be adopted, aadaw to any scheme which might conciliate the various sects araf parties. Lord Brougham, his lordship added, had turned lew attention to the subject, and, lie believed, was itemSy with a bill. It was, however, a question whick <& » government should take up hastily. The remainder of the evening was occupied in ace of those interminable discussions 011 Irish squaWjfos, that occupy so disproportionate a share of the- Cant- mons' attention. The chief question was the disnrasrii: of a Mr. Blake from the stipendiary magistracy. HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY. POST- OFFICE.— In a discussion arising out of 3. pe- tition presented from Elgin in favour of Mr. JliiT* plan, Lord Lichfield thought proper to iterate hkaSs- jections of last session against that plan— With legard to Mr. Rowland Hill's proposition, n ® nose would be more desirous of carrying it into effect, if it stooaW! prove at all possible, than he was. No doubt by that the public would receive their letters at a much cheaper rate, than they did at present, and he should at once consent < t » its being carried into operation, if he was of opinion tliatit was at all feasible. He had, however, made some obsesw.- tions 011 the subject last session, in which he opposed .( fee- plan, and he had since given it considerable attention, ssi'd remained even still more firmly of the same opinion. Not « « 4f was this belief induced on account of the loss to the revemse of the Post- office, but also because he was sure that, beeiifet the loss to government of a million and a half of which was the present return of the Post- office, over trni above the sum required to be expended on the estaMw&- ment, a still further sum would be required to betistat from the public pocket to satisfy the deficiency which wuv- d appear, and to support the Post- office establishment. Me proposition was, that a uniform rate of postage of one peiwgp for every letter should be adopted throughout the country,, from one end of the kingdom to another. Now, the num- ber of letters which passed annually through the Post- offi/ ja on which postage was chargeable was 42.000,009 « r 43,000,000, from which a gross income of 2,200,000L derived. It was clear that, in order to equal this r « ve* » » 6 under the new plan, there mu6t be a number of letterai chargeable with postage, equal to the number of penoem the sum which he had stated. The present number letters, he had stated, was 42,000,000, but the inereaseig number must be 508,000,000. Now, it is very true that tke 1 number of letters might be increased, but it was ridicutas to suppose that it would be increased to that extent. A uniform rate of postage could not be had, unless the U. w ivas that those living within a short distance should piya ® more than those who were resident far off; and, thereiwe, - uppose, instead of one penny, sixpence should be taken sre tile sum, it would then be found that, notwithstanding & st uniform rate which had been adopted, persons who mem: within fifty miles of London would complain that they grail us much for theii letters as those who were at Edinhui^ li,< ic tny distant place, paid. EDUCATION.— Lord BROUGHAM gave notice ttestSie would next day ( Friday) lay on the table his Edttea- tion bill. 6 THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, N O V E M B E R 25. 2 POETRY. AN IRISH MELLOW- DAY. It was Paddy O'Murrough that lov'd Mistress Casey : In ribands for her he would squander his pelf; And he swore that without her he'd never be aisy, And sent her big praties to roast for herself. He said she was " Van us, and Mars, and Apolly," And twenty more goddesses up in de skies; And never tired praising her swate little ancle, And her swate little mouth, and her swate little eyes. Says he, " Let de rest get dere bunches o' roses, And stick em so illigant top o' dere head: Och! Nora don't nade sich bamboozlification ; Her own purty locks is as bright an as red. So Nora, my darlint, now take pity 6n me— Ochone! but ' tis luv is de terrible smart! An och, bodderaslrin! ' tis Misther O'Cupid Wid his little shilaly is breaking my heart!" ' Twas Lent when Pat said so,— but Nora said No, sir; She knew ' twas no use at that time to consent; But by Mothering Sunday Pat found her much softer, And, before Lent was over, he saw her relent. The day was soon fixed— Easter Monday, be sure ; The time seem'd to Pat a snail's gallop to go; " By de hokey !" says he, " is it fast days dey call em ? For fast days, I tink dey move murtherous slow." At length Easter Monday arrived, bright and gay; Saint Patrick's Day, too ;•— nothing could be more pat. To chapel away they all went— in a buss : For a wedding, what carriage so proper as that ? So the " knot was soon happily tied— tlio' I know There are some in the world think it wrong thus to tie men ; That the poor have no right to get married at all; And that low men have no sort of bus'nesa with Hymen." The Cotnic Almanac. LITERATURE. THE SPECTATOR'S PRACTICAL MEASURES.— The three plans of practical reform, which were recently set forth in the Spectator, and from which, in the pro- gress of their separate publication we made copious extracts, are now obtainable in a connected shape. They were given as a supplement to the Spectator of the 18th ult., and on the 25tli an edition for the million was published at the trifling price of threepence. The three measures respect the Civil List— the Pen- sion System— Military Expenditure. The prodigious mass of partfttilars that are detailed under these three heads, to be fairly estimated must be perused, for 110 description can give an adequate notion of it. The Civil List is one which has a peculiar interest at the present moment, and the anecdotes of the Pension List are equally piquant and curious. But the publi- cation is of more than passing interest. There is no hope, we fear, that the serious evils that it exposes will be so soon abated, or that the sound and effectual remedies that it suggests will be adopted by our Whig rulers, with so much precipitancy, that they may not be deliberately pondered over by the public before they become matter of historical re- cord. Had we been by to frame a title page for the pamphlet, we should have been tempted to call it the " Poor Man's Instructor— proper to be kept and read in families." It is, indeed, such a record of aristo- ctatic waste and profligacy, as will, we doubt not, rouse in every cottage to which it may find admission, a spirit which will require something more sturdy than Lord JOHN- RUSSELL'S declaration to quench it. It is only necessary to add, that " The Practical Measures" is coldly and sternly true, not a coloured or exagge- rated statement. There is not a fact nor a figure in it which is not capable of verification by reference to the papers laid at various periods before Parliament. WHITFIELD'S CONVERSION.—" Bydegiees I began to leave Off eating fruits and such like, and gave tile money I usually spent in that way to the poor. Afterwards I always chose the worst sort of food, though my place furnished me with variety. My apparel was mean. I thought it becoming in a penitent to have his hair powdered. 1 wore woollen gloves, a patched gown, and dirty shoes,; and though I was then convinced that the kingdom of God did not consist in meats and drinks, yet I resolutely persisted in these voluntary acts of self- denial, because I found them great promoters of spiritual life. It was now suggested to me that Jesus Christ was among the wild beasts when he was tempted, and that I ought to follow his example; and being willing, as I though , to. imitate Jesus Christ, after supper I went into Christ Church walk, near our college, and continued in silent piayer nearly two hours; sometimes laying flat on my face, sometimes kneeling upon my knees. The night being stormy, it gave me awful thoughts of the day of judgment. The next night 1 repeated the same exercise at the same place. Soon after this the holy season of Lent came on, which onr friends kept very strictly; eating no flesh during the six weeks, except on Saturdays and Sundays. I ab- stained frequently on Saturdays also, and ate nothing on the other days ( except Sunday) but sage tea without sugar, and coarse bread. 1 constantly walked out on the cold morn- ings till part of one of my hands was quite black. This, with my continued abstinence and inward conflicts, at length so emaciated my body, that at Passion week, finding I could scarce creep up stairs, I was obliged to inform my kind tutor of my condition, who immediately sent for a phy- sician to me" While it is impossible to read this catalogue of extravagancies without pitying the wretched sufferer and his superstitious friends, it is equally impossible to refrain from smiling and frowning, alternately, at the gross absurd- ities of quietism, and the foolish requirements of the Rubric. Many of both are equal outrages on common sense; to say nothing of their being unscriptural. But these were not the oniy baneful effects of Whitfield's intimacy with the methouists. " The course of my studies I soon entirely changed ; whereas, before', I was busy in studying the dry sciencies, and hooks that went no further than the surface, I now resolved to read only such as entered into the heart of religion. Meeting with Castanza's ' Spiritual Combat,' in which he says that' he that is employed in mortifying his will was as well employed as though he was converting the Indians,' Satan so imposed upon my understanding, that he persuaded me to shut myself up in my study till 1 could do good with a single eye; lest, in endeavouring to save others, 1 should, at last, by pride and self- complacence, lose myself. ' When Castanza advised to talk but little, Satan said 1 must not talk at all; so that I, who used to be the most forward in exhorting my companions, have sat whole nights without speaking at all. Again, when Castanza ad- vised to ende'avour after a silent recollection, and waiting upon God, Satan told me I must leave all forms, and not use my voice in prayer at all." These habits soon affected his college exercises also. " Whenever I endeavoured to compose my theme, I had 110 power to write a word, nor so much as to tell my Christian friends of my inability to do it. All power of meditating, or even thinking, was taken from me. My memory quite failed me; and I could fancy my- self to be like nothing so much as a man locked up in iron armour."— Philip's Life. WHITFIELD AND THE SCOTCH DISSENTERS.— I met most of them, according to appointment, 011 Wednesday last— a set of grave, venerable men. They soon agreed to form them- selves into a presbytery, and were proceeding to choose a moderator. I asked them for what purpose? They an- swered, to discourse, and set me right, about the matter of Church government, and the Solemn League and Covenant. I replied, they might save themselves that trouble, for 1 had no scruples about it; and that settling Church govern- ment and preaching about the Solemn League and Cove- nant was not my plan. I then told them somethiug of my experience, and how I was led out into my present way of acting. One in particular said, he was deeply affected ; and the dear Mr. E desired they would have patience with me, for that, having been born and bred in England, and never studied the pomt, 1 could not be supposed to be so perfectly acquainted with the nature of their Covenants. One, much warmer than the rest, immediately replied, " that no indulgence was to be shown me; that England had revolted most with respect to Church government; and that I, horn and educated there, could not but be ac- quainted with the matter now in debate." I told him I had never yet made the Solemn League and Covenant the object of my study,, being too busy about matters, as I ; udged, of greater importance. Several replied, that every pin of the tabernacle was precious. I said, that in ev. ejy Duilding there were outside and in& ide workmen ; that the latter, at present, was my province; that if they thought themselves called to the former, they might proceed in then- own way, and I should proceed in mine. I then asked them, seriously, what they would have me to do? the an- swer was, that I was not desired to subscribe immediately to the Solemn League and Covenant, but to preach only for them till I had further light. I asked why only for them? Mr. Ralph E said, " they were the Lord's people." I then asked whether there were 110 other Lord's people but themselves? and supposing all others were the Devil's people, they certainly had more need to be preached to, and therefore 1 was more and more determined to go out into the highways and hedges; and that if the Pope himself would lend me his pulpit, I would gladly proclaim the righteousness of Jesus Christ therein. Soon after this, the company broke up; and one of these, otherwise vener- able men, immediately went into the meeting- house, and preached upon these words, " Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, the morning cometh, and also the night; if ye will inquire, inquire ye; return, come." I attended; but the good man so spent himself in the former part of his sermon, in talking against Prelacy, the Common Piayer book, the surplice, the rose in the hat, and such like externals, that when he came to the latter part of his text, to invite poor sinners to Jesus Christ, his breath was so gone that he could scarce be heard.— Ibid. BORES.— One of the annoying peculiarities of bores is, to select the moment of relating some stupid anecdote, or for asking some silly question, when a witty, instructive, or in- teresting conversation is going on, to which one is desirous of listening. A particular instance of this vexatious pro- pensity once annoyed me excessively; itoccurred at a din- ner given by my late worthy friend, Sir William Garrow. " Pray, tell us," said he to a man who sat near to him, " that adventure of yours in the wine vaults at Lincoln's Inn, of which I heard a garbled account the other day." I, who always liked an adventure, pricked up my ears at the sound ; and the individual thus questioned, commenced the following story. " A friend of mine went to Madeira in an official situa- tion, some years ago. He speculated largely in wine, and sent home several pipes, to be kept until his return. He wrote to request me to find tnem safe cellarage; and I, in consequence, applied to a friend, a barrister, to procure me permission to lodge the wine in the vast cellars of Lincoln's Inn- square. I was furnished with a key, that I might have ingress and egress to this sombre spot when I liked; and having one day a vacant hour in my chambers, it suddenly entered my head that I would go and inspect the wine depot of my absent friend. Armed with the key, I sallied forth, and engaged the first porter I met to procure a candle, and accompany me to the cellar. You are not, perhaps, aware that these vast vaults are twenty feet beneath the square, and the entrance to them many feet, I believe one hundred and fifty, removed from any dwelling, or populous resort. We entered the gloomy cavern, and locked the door on the inside, to prevent any idle person who might, by chance, pass that way, from taking cognizance of the treasure it con- cealed. So great was the extent of the vault, that our feeble light scarcely enabled us to grope our way through its mirky regions; but, at length, we reached the spot where I knew the wine of my friend was deposited, and had the satisfaction of finding that the pipes were in perfect condition. We were pieparing to return, when the porter, who held the candle, made a false step, and was precipitated to the earth, extinguishing the light in his fall. Never shall I forget the sensation J experienced at that moment! for the extent and tortuous windings of the vault impressed me with a rapid conviction of the difficulty, if not impossibility, of discover- ing the door. The alarmed porter declared iri terror, that we were lost, inevitably lost, that he should never see his wife and children more, and cursed the hour he left the light of day to explore the fearful cave that would now be- come his tomb— a tomb 011 which no fond eye would dwell; and he cried aloud in an agony of despair, at his gloomy contemplation. I urged him to restrain his useless lamen- lations, and seek to grope our way in the direction of the door; and after having occupied full two hours in fruitlessly wandering through as many various and devious turnings as if in a labyrinth, we, at length discovered the object of our searth. ' Ob, God be thanked, God be thanked!' exclaimed the porter, with frantic joy, ' then I shall again see my wife, my little ones!' and he seized the key, which was in the lock, and turned it with such force that it snapped, the head remaining inextricably secure in the wards. ' Now, now we are indeed lost!' cried he, throwing himself 011 the ground ; ' all hope is at an end, for we might knock and scream here for ever, without being heard. Why did I come with you? It is plain you are an unlucky man, whoever you are, and your ill fortune falls on me.' I tried to com- fort him, though seriously alarmed myself; but he only be- came angry, telling me I could he 110 father or husband, to talk coolly at such a moment, and with a certain prospect of death by famine staring us in the face. ' Oh, Lord! oh, Lord !' cried he, starting up in terror,' the rats are gather- ing round; they will devour us befote hunger has done its worst!' I have, all my life, had a peculiar antipathy to these animals; and confess that, when I found them stum- bling over my feet, and heard them running at every side, an increased shudder of horror and fear filled my blood. ' Let us stave in one of the wine- pipes,' said my companion,' that we may forget, in the excitement of wine, the horrible death that awaitsus. Yes, let us get drunk!' I refused to adopt this project; and my refusal again drew forth his reproaches on my being an unlucky man, and his conviction that I had no heart in my body, as he expressed it, or no wife and little ones expecting me at home, or I would not take matters so easy. How many thoughts did 1 give to the dear objects to whom he referred, as I now dwelt with anguish on the fear- ful probability of my never again beholding them! We searched in vain for a stone or any other implemens with which to wrench the lock or force the hinges, both of which resisted all our efforts. Hour after hour passed away. How interminably long appeared their flight! the silence only broken by the mingled reproaches and lamentations of my companion, and the increased noise of the rats, who now, becoming more courageons, assailed our feet. Each hour strengthened my conviction of our inevitable death in this horrible subterranean, where, probably, our mortal remains would not be discovered until every trace of identity was destroyed by the ravenous reptiles around us. My blood ran cold at the reflection, and my heart melted at the thought of them who were, doubtless, at that moment anxiously counting the hours of my unusual absence. I seized the arm of my companion, and " Here one of the company, proverbial for his obtuseness, and who repeatedly attempted to interrupt the narrative, seized my button, and in a loud voice said " How do you think, Jekyl, I should have got out?" " You would have bored your way out, to be sure an- swered I, impatient at the interruption, and more so, as at this instant, the butler announced that the ladies were wait- ing tea for us. I ascended to the drawing- room fully in- tending to request the sequel of the story; but a succession of airs on the piano, accompanied by the voices of the ladies, precluded the possibility of conversation. In a few days after, I met some of the party, and questioned them respect- ing the conclusion. One declared that he had forgotten all about the story; another said that it had set him off to sleep, and so he missed the denoument; a third avowed that he was deaf in the left ear, he had not heard more than a few words; and a fourth told me that, a tiresome man next him took that opportunity of giving him the particulars of a county meeting, as detailed in the morning papers, not omitting a single line. Consequently, to this hour, 1 am ignorant how the gentleman and porter escaped from the vault!— Lady Blessington. ENGLISH MUSIC.— The reputation of England, as far as music is concerned, is not yet established in Europe. The exalted position which Great Britain occupies in a commer- cial point of view, the immense progress which that coun- try has made in the useful arts, the ardour with which she advances on the road of material improvement, have led to the adoption of the opinion that there can be little room in English heads for any thought about the fine arts. This opinion, which has been gradually disseminated, has now acquired all the strength of a confirmed prejudice, and it seems to be taken for granted that the only kind of har- mony understood in England is the shrill scream of a Man- chester steam- engine, or the heavy fall of the hammers that beat time in the forges of Birmingham. There is in this preconceived notion an evident exaggera- tion. God has, more or less, developed the sentiment of harmony in every human heart, and could not, therefore, have created a whole nation of individuals thus disinherited of one of their senses. The present inferiority of England is a geographical question rather than one of organisation. It has always been observed, that islanders have been apt to impel other nations to improvement, but to be slow in re- ceiving a similar impulse from without. Moreover, at the period when the musical revolution broke out in Italy, Eng- land was busily engaged in the accomplishment of a social revolution; she was organising her political unity, and it is not during such struggles that nations are found disposed to receive the fruitful seeds of letters and the arts. With all nations a poetical is inseparable frcm a musical feeling; and if so, the past of the three kingdoms is a suffi- cient pledge'for the future. The country which in recent times has produced a Walter Scott and a Byron, will have its great composers as it had its great poets. The upper classes long since gave the musical impulse, and are now as passionately fond of their concerts as of their ancient fox- chases. The middle classes obey this useful impulse, and England, which had so long enjoyed the privilege of fur- nishing excellent pianos toother nations, now sees her own citizens actively encourage this branch of industry. The old family bible is no longer the only article of furniture in an English house ; the piano now divides with it the honours of domestic patronage, and the execution of fashionable music occupies a portion of the evening, formerly conse- crated to the perusal of pious tracts distributed by religious associations. MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE POLITICAL UNION. The council met 011 Tuesday evening, nearly all the mem- bers were present. The room In every part was crowded to excess, and hundreds were unable to obtain admittance. Shortly after seven o'olock, Mr. Douglas, in the absence ol Mr. Muntz, took the chair, and opened the business by reading the minutes of the last meeting ; after which, Mr. T. C. SALT rose, and spoke to the following effect. He said it was with great pleasure that he rose to bring for- ward some effectual plan to render the Political Union what it ought to be, an active agent in recovering the liberties of the people, and restoring to them that prosperity of which they had been so unjustly deprived. The original constitu- tion of the Union was to restore the liberties of the country, and no man could for a moment doubt that it was only through the instrumentality of such associations and their own exertions, that they could expect to derive any relief. Years of experience went to prove that the industrious classes were the only portion of the people who were neg- lected, and whose interests were totally disregarded. It was the favoured classes who were attended to, and the people were left to toil and labour without profit or pity. He would tell them the case of a man which had lately come under his knowledge, one which bad much affected him. It was not a case of starvation, but one of lingering misery, and such as they would at once say ought not to exist in Eng- land. The man to whom he referred, on applying to him for relief, told him that he had been during the whole of his life perfectly willing to work, and skilful in his employ- ment, but such had been his situation that one half of his time had been spent in trying to keep out of debt, and the other half in trying to discharge the debts be had been com- pelled to contract. In times of bad trade lie had been com- pelled to contract debts, and when trade got a little brisk, all the money he received was insufficient to pay the debts he had contracted, and thus his life had been one continued misery. His workshop was to him a prison. He entered it early in the morning, and left it late at night. He had only a few minutes allowed for eating his meals, and he had been compelled to run in and out of his own house in such haste, that he might be considered a stranger in it. His children were in bed when he left home in the morning and when he returned at night, so that he scarcely ever saw them, or had any time to devote to them. He was not a man who had lived idly; on the contrary, he was always willing to work, and bad the assistance of an excellent wife, who was also industrious and frugal, and yet with all their exertion, they could not procure any thing like the neces- saries of life. This was the case of one truly honest, indus- trious, and sober man, and where was the working man who must not say that such had been his fate? ( Hear, hear.) Was this a state of things that ought to exist, in a country 1 ike England, possessing, as she did, every possible means of making men happy,? ( No, no.) He would say— no. Men were not so stupid that they ought to let such things go on from generation to generation. They ought not to hand down such deprecations from father to son. The world was not made for the benefit of any particular favoured class. ( Hear.) The comforts, and luxuries, and enjoy- ments of life ought not to be all on one side, and the toil, and misery, and hardships of life on the other. ( Hear, hear.) Yet such had been the case, and why was it? Because the people had not been united amongst themselves. ( Hear.) What then must perfect the organisation of the Union ? They must rise in their strength, and resolve upon putting an end for ever to the misery under which they laboured. It had been said, and with some truth, that he had had a greater opportunity of knowing the extentqf the distress in Birmingham than any other man, and from his knowledge, he could assert that it was most grinding; people were daily coming in numbers to him, looking for work, almost regard- less of wages. One mechanic came begging to be allowed to sweep his yard. Such- was the state to which England was reduced. There were thousands of brave men and youths willing and anxious to labour and live by honest in- dustry, but who could not procure work. Then again, the workhouse was closed in part against them, and none weie admitted except on terms which were at once revolting and tyrannical. To remedy this state of things was the object he had in view in rising to propose the resolution he held in his hand. He had two objects in view. First, to effect a more thorough organisation of the Political Union. To effect this, he proposed that there should be in each district a committee formed for the purpose of taking an exact cen- sus of the town, and ascertaining every male and female adult who would give subscriptions towards the Political Union for the purpose of raising up the people of England. ( Hear, hear.) It was true, according to the law, they could not correspond with other societies when once formed, but they could induce others to establish societies. He also proposed that the district committee should take a statisti- cal account of the unemployed in the town, the amount of distress, and the particulars of well authenticated individual suffering. Having ascertained the nature and extent of the privation amongst the poor, he would throw a shelter around them. He would make known their misery. He would collect the poor together, and he would go round with them to every minister of religion in the town, without distinc- tion. He would tell them it was their bounden duty to feed the hungry, and there would be in Birmingham no sermons except charity sermons until the people were relieved. He could not believe there was a minister of the Gospel who would refuse to listen to this appeal. He did not believe one of them could be found unwilling to give his aid in rescuing from destruction those for whose welfare they had undertaken their ministry. There were two objects he had in view. First to gather up the people in a powerful union, and secondly to afford them protection against poverty by making known their distress, and demanding relief for them. In conclusion he proposed the following resolution. " That the total absence in Her Majesty's speech of all allusion to the commercial distress under which this coun- try has been long and severely suffering,, and especially to those extreme fluctuations of trade which have had the effect of destroying the security of property, and of humbling and degrading the people, exhibits, 011 the part of Her Ma- jesty's advisers, a guilty indifference to the great interests of the country, and a cruel disregard of the sufferings of the people. " That the history of the successive Parliaments elected under the Reform bill, offers an uninterrupted series of proofs that the present constituency does not secure an effectual representation of the people, but that, undei the new system as under the old, the House of Commons is merely an arena for the contention of adverse factions, equally regardless of the welfare of the people. That, under these circumstances, it is the duty of the council to declare, that they entertain no hope of any amelioration of the condition of the people from appeals to the legis- lature, or to Her Majesty's advisers, or from any isolated effort of the Birmingham Political Union, but that the safety of the people must depend on the extension and uni- formity of action of similar great and legal combinations throughout the whole kingdom. " That in order to effect the great object of uniting all classes throughout the kingdom in a combined effort to obtain, under tke representation of all, the protection of all, considerable expense must be incurred. That, for the purpose of meeting such expenses, a sum of one thousand pounds be forthwith raised by special subscription among tile friends and members of the Birmingham Political Union, and placed in the hands of the council; and that the council do, with the least possible delay, communicate with other great towns, with a view of obtaining their effective co- operation in recovering the liberty of the country. Mr. DOUGLAS seconded the resolution, and said, the pro- priety of passing it having been dilated upon before, it was unnecessary that he should say much upon the subject. The object of the resolution was to give effect to the principles upon which the Political Union was founded. He seconded the resolution with all his heart. Mr. MUNTZ having entered and assumed the chair, read, in answer to the resolution of Tuesday the 21st, the follow- ing letter from the honourable member for Finsbury: — " SIR,— The vote of thanks which you have forwarded to me, from the Council of the Birmingham Political Union, has been received by me with feelings of the highest gratifi- cation. At any time it would be a cause of exultation for a Reformer to obtain the approving testimonial of such an en- lightened body of politicians as compose the Birmingham Union ; hut at this moment, their approbation of the course which I deemed it to be my duty to adopt and pursue in the House of Commons, 011 the motion for pre- senting an address to the throne, is particularly gratifying to me, in consequence of the manner in which my motives have been misrepresented by many political apostates, and the expectant hirelings of faction. I knew not how a doubt could exist in the mind of any sincere Radical, respecting the propriety of addressing the throne, in honest and candid language, at'the commencement of a new and highly- promis- ing reign. The assertions that the time was1 not opportune,' that it would he highly advantageous to have ' an unanimous vote,' that my proposition would ' get ministers into a hor- rible mess,' that t'je cause of Reform would be ' endangered' by such an amendment,— all these I regarded as being merely the effusions of unfounded fear,— the effects of weak- ness of purpose,— of an impeifect examination of the causes of many important recent events,— of a miscalculation of the nature of our actual position,— or as excuses foi altogether avoiding a recognition of the principle Which the amendment involved. When I demanded reasons in proof of the im- policy of submitting the motion to the house, or of pressing it to a division, none were adduced ; and, with all the argu- ments in favour of a hold declaration of the principles of democracy, my conduct has been condemned by the slavish adherents of faction, because I did not yield to assertions, instead of abiding by the proofs and conviction which the experience of the last three years had amply created, and fully established. I receive, therefore, the approbation of the Council of the Birmingham Political Union, both as a reward and an encouragement, and the flattering testimoni- als of approval, which have been sent to me from other intelligent and influential bodies of Reformers, strongly indicate that there existed, on the part of the people, a full expectation that the time had arrived when the Radical Reformers should once more resume the exalted van- tage ground which they had so long abandoned for the dangerous quagmires and quicksands of the land of Toryish- whiggery. From the time that the Mel- bourne administration was re- appointed, in the Spring of 1883, down to the decease of his late Majesty, the Radical Reformers in the House of Commons had been ingeniously hushed into quietude by whispers of kingly hostility to Re- form, and incessant allusions to the " great obstacles" to ad- vancement which existed in the court and in the palace; and, throughout the same period, strong appeals to the for- bearance of the English Radicals, came, frequently and pressingly, from the friends of Ireland, on behalf of the Melbourne administration in that country. The tales re- garding royal and courtly hostility produced, possibly, a certain degree of effect on the feelings of some of the less zealous and ardent of the Radical party; but at the same time it is undoubtedly true that the advocates of efficient Reform, the faithful and consistent supporters of an exten- sion of the suffrage, of the vote by ballot, and of the repeal ot the Septennial act, became, in the eyes of the people, the humble and unreflecting, although certainly not the servile adherents and followers of the Melbourne administration. A compliance with this demand formed an obligation to the cry of " Justice to Ireland," which the Radical representa- tives of the people of England rendered with cheerfulness, but with a fixed determination that the principles of Radi- calism, though they might for a time be allowed to slumber, should gather strength by the brief repose, to be alterwards prosecuted with renewed vigour and courage on the first favourable opportunity. " What, then, was our position at the opening of the first Parliament of a new reign? A Sovereign was on the throne who stood pledged to the principles of Reform, in the first speech which she addressed to the nation. The courtly obstacles, therefore, if they evt- r existed, had vanished ; and It seemed to be all but impossible that the despotic and sanguinary 9pirit of Toryism could again become predomi- nant, either in this country or in Ireland. Whence, then, the danger of moving, on the 20th instant, tile following re- solution, as an addition to the address: ' That this house embraces the earliest opportunity of respectfully assuring Her Majesty that it will, in the pre- sent session of Parliament, take into consideration the state of the representation of the people in this branch of the Legislature, with a view to ensure by law an equitable extension of the elective franchise.' " It will be observed that ; this amendment was very cautiously framed. It was brief, devoid of circumlocution, and, apparently, furnished to 110 member of the house who was really favourable to the smallest extension of the suffrage, an opportunity of escaping from voting in favour of its adoption. The amendment simply proposed that the question of the suffrage should be " taken into consideration during the session." Yet this was too much for the Radicals of the House of Commons,— only twenty- two out of a house containing 631 members; and, out'of that number— to the honour of Ireland be it stated— serai were representatives from that country.* Twenty- two, in a House of Commons just elected under the Reform act, and only twenty- two voted in favour of the above amend- ment! But then it was ' ill- timed;' it was ' not the right moment to moot the question.' It was ' proper,' and ' well- timed,' when the Whigs were out of office in 1835, that an amendment should be carried, pledging the house to place the municipal corporations of England under the in- fluence of popular franchise; but it was ' highly injudi- cious,' it was ' particularly indiscreet,' to propose, in 1837, when the Whigs were comfortably seated in official places, that the bouse should he pledged to take into consideration the defective representation of the people fn Parliament! If there be no evidence in proof that the amendment was ' ill- timed,' it is quite obvious that a sufficient number of feets has already been furnished to show that no motion was ever fraught with more beneficial consequences to the cause of constitutional radical reform. What was our posi. tion only seven days since ? The Radicals, as a party, were working, cordially and steadily, with the Whigs! The alliance— not altogether a natural one, I admit— had ex- isted nearly three years. The compact between the parties was an implied one I admit. Certainly there was no parch- ment bond to hold them together. The Radicals expected, and had an undoubted right to expect, that the Whigs, in the absence of kingly and courtly obstacles— that the authors and framers of the Reform bill would at least endeavour to carry out the principles of the act, by rendering its details perfect, and endeavouring to protect the honest elector in the exercise of the franchise, by instituting a secret mode of taking the votes at elections. " But what is the position of the Radicals now? Be- hold what we have gained by the discussion and division on the motion for amending the address! We now know our ground. We. now clearly understand where lie the " obstacles" which impede our advancement. The ministe- rial leader in the House of Commons has declared that he should consider that an act for extending the franchise, for adopting the vote by ballot, or for abrogating the Septennial law, would amount to a repeal of the Reform statute. Hence that cordial spirit of union which animated the mi- nisters and their Radical supporters, under the implied understanding that they were all labouring in the promo- tion of one cause, no longer exists. The Radicals have be- come acquainted with their real position, and, fortunately, the members of the executive government hold their offices free from disguise, and completely absolved from all ambi- guity of sentiment and expression. In seven days we have gained more knowledge of party tactics and feeling than we had acquired in the three previous years. Thus instructed, we ought to advance, steadily, but resolutely, and unremit- tingly, in demanding such an equitable extension of the suf- frage as shall secure to the people a faithful representation of their opinions and interests in the Commons House of Parliament. The business of discussion and agitation must be recommenced. The work of petitioning the House of Commons, f so as not to allow the enemies of the people to enjoy one day of quietude, should be resumed, with activity, determination, and vigour, and there must'be no end to our labours, until the great work of freedom is com- pleted ; and unless the Radical members of the House of Commons aid the community in rescuing the Parliament from the noxious, withering influence of the two great aristocratic factions, they must submit, at no distant time, t'o be justly stigmatised as the betrayers of the cause of the people. I have the honour to be, sir, your faithful and obedient servant, " THOMAS WAKLEY. " 35, Bedford- square, London, " Nov. 27th, 1837." Mr. BENJAMIN HADLEY then rose and said, the resolution he was about to submit for the consideration of the council that night, was unquestionably one of the most important he had ever submitted to that or the old council of the Union. He approached it with fear and trembling. Although lie was convinced himself of the propriety of the course he was about to pursue, yet he would not use anything like coer- cion in getting the votes of others in favour of the measure. The resolution he had to propose was one requiring so much consideration, that he would not feel displeased if they did not come to a conclusion upon it that night. He had turned it over in his mind, and he had come to the conclusion that they could not consent to hear such a declaration as that made against reform by Loid John Russell in the House of Commons, without entering their protest against it, with- I out pronouncing upon it their severest censure, and without taking steps to procure the co- operation of the Reformers of England, Ireland, and Scotland, for the purpose of trying if they could not bring Lord John Russell to his senses. ( Cheers. ) He was fully aware of the tough materials of which Whigs were composed, of the capacity they possessed for sticking to place, and of the energy and determination with which Lord John Russell and his colleagues would stick to their posts, still he thought they could not be proof against the combined force of public opinion, if brought to bear against them. Since the famous declaration of Lord John Russell, he ( Mr. H.) had been at the pains of ascer- taining the opinion not only of the metropolitan, but also of the provincial press, respecting his lordship's bold speech; and he was proud to find that a large majority of the provin- cial papers were decidedly opposed to it, and in favour of the Reformers making R stand against it at the present mo. ment. ( Cheers.) It was true the Western Times and the Leeds Mercury were rather opposed to any opposition being raised to the ministry, but the cause of their leniency was so well known, that it did not create any surprise, nor could it produce any effect upon the public mind. The Western Times and Leeds Mercury gave a 6ort of left- handed con- demnation of Lord John Russell's declaration, and in doing so condemned his rashness, but they would not subscribe to any resolution that would lessen his influence in the House of Commons. They said if they got the Whigs out, the Tories were certain to come into power, and most assuredly they would not concede what the Reformers required. Now, he could not see the force of that argument. It was a Tory House of Commons turned out the Duke of Wel- lington. it was a Tory House of Commons turned out * 0/ the two patriotic members for Birmingham, Mr. Attwood yoted in the minority, and Mr. Scholefield would have voted with his hon. colleague, had he not been accidentally shut out from the division. f- During the debate on the address, I recommended that petitions should he presented to the Queen, but I now find that the right of the subject to approach the sovereign, which was professedly secured by the bill of rights, is invalidated, and, in fact, abrogated, in con- sequence of a regulation which requires that petitioners should not appear before the throne, excepting iu court dresses. Peel, and that at a time when the spirit of reform was not such as at the present time— when the people were not so fully sensible of their rights, and so determined upon having them. In his opinion, it was sheer nonsense to talk about the Tories coming into power, and re- enacting, those scenes which had brought upon them the execration of mankind. Those days were gone by—( hear, hear)— and hence they had nothing to fear upon that head. He believed if the Reformers in the House of Commons and out of it were to make a strong stand against Lord John Russell, he would then feel his proper weight and importance, and 110 doubt the necessity of reconsidering his declaration. He was glad to find that a portion of the metropolitan press was in favour of the course which the Union was about to pur- sue, and they considered the conduct of Lord John Russell deserving of condemnation. He found that the Sun news- paper had denounced the policy of the ministry, and in language so appropriate and expressive of his ( Mr. H.' s) own views, and those of the council, that he could not omit reading an extract from that paper upon the subject. Mr. Hadley then read the following extract from the Sun of Monday: — ' Acquiesce in the justice of his lordship's sentiments, and what must be the inevitable result? Why, just this— that Reform must come to a complete stand- still! It is idle to disguise the fact. If, as the noble lord would desire, we are to have no ballot— 110 extension of the suffrage— and no tri- ennial Parliaments; but, on the contrary, are to be content with what we have got, and be grateful that we have got so much— then, we say, Reform is a mere mockery— an empty shadow— not worth talking about, and still less worth struggling for." The Birmingham Reformers must see the truth of these remarks. If there were men who stepped forward and struggled for the Reform bill, most certainly it was the men of Birmingham; and if any class of men could and ought to feel disgusted at the declaration of Lord John Russell, it must be the men of Birmingham. He was a little sur- prised at Lord John Russell. He must have a most treacherous memory, or be was guilty of the most wilful apoBtacy. In the year 1832 the noble lord, in speaking of the ballot, said— " If the landlords of this country should presume upon their power, should presume upon their terrible position, to compel men who have entered into no such bargain to dispose of their votes as mere servants of these landlords, I must tell them, and fairly tell them, that we shall resent it, and that other measures must follow. • * « » Great as I apprehend the inconveniences of the ballot may be, con- vinced as I am in my own mind that it is no light matter, and that no slight danger would be entered on by adopt- ing the vote bv ballot, yet if it come to this, that I must either adopt such a measure, or that I must see the tenantry of England ranged at elections contrary to the wishes and feelings of themselves, I should have no hesitation— I should have no doubt— I should renounce my previous opinions, and I should at once adopt the vote by ballot." Now lie would say, although he never did entertain any high opinion of the integrity of Whig Reformers, he con- fessed he was astonished that Lord John Russell should have used such language in 1832, and afterwards declare against the ballot, as he had lately done. Let them only look at the noble lord's position in the House of Commons, in 1832. If that house then exhibited to him the workings of undue influence, what, he would ask, did not the present house exhibit? What had been the base means used in 1837? What was the amount of bribery, profligacy, and corruption, used in 1832, when compared with that of 1837? And yet Lord John Russell threatened the landlords with the ballot in 1832, and when they increased their infamous coercion in 1837, and by means of it retuined a House of Commons all but dead against him, why he turned round, and declared against the ballot. Was there ever such gross inconsistency or treachery ? It was a well- known and as certained fact, that the bribery practised at the last election far exceeded anything practised prior to the passing of the Reform bill; and yet, by a species of infatuation, the Whigs had resolved upon opposing the only known means of putting an end to it. The present state of the House of Commons was ample proof of the means used to effect the return of many of the members. He would not say the electors had returned them, because be would contend for it, the electors had not had a full and free voice in returning them, and he never would condemn men, whom lie knew had been co- erced by their landlords, and who had no alternative, only either to vote against their wishes, or subject themselves and families to penury. He did not, therefore, condemn these men, but those men who compelled them to violate their consciences, and those who refused to protect them. ( Ilear, hear.) It had been said, and with great truth, by some of the Tory writers, that Lord John Russell had acted with great judgment in the course he had lately pursued. He believed he had acted with judgment, because he did not know how he could have kept his place in the House of Commons, without the coalitioirhe had entered into. For want of the ballot the Tories had returned a House of Com- mons against him, and they could eventually defeat him, Under all the circumstances of the cate, there was only one consideration for them. The question for them was, were they to consent to remain in their present state? ( Cries of no, no.) Was the Reform bill to become a dead letter? ( No.) Then the only way by which they could give vitality to that measure, was by insisting that nothing less than an extension of the suffrage, vote by ballot, and short parliaments, would sa- tisfy them. ( Cheers.) The question for them was not whether the ministry would go out 01 not. The question was, how or by what means, could they obtain those measures, without which it was acknowledged they never need expect peace or happiness in the country. ( Hear, hear.) There was one other point connected with the subject, in reference to which he wished to say a few words. There was one man in the House of Commons, whose support, he confessed, if they could get it, and he would not slander him by sup- posing they could not, he should like to have. He meant Mr. O'Connell. ( Hissing.) In looking for the co- opera- tion of the Reformers, it would he of great service to obtain his aid. Let them look a little at the position in which he stood. He admitted he had good reason for entertaining an affectionate regard for Lord Mulgrave and his secretary. Owing to their mild and kind system of government, Ire- land had been reduced to a state of peace and harmony, which had been unknown for many years in that country. There was great reason why Mr. O'Connell should entertain kindly feelings towards the present rulers of Ireland, and they should not forget that he had always declared in favour of the three great measures which Lord John Russell and his colleagues had opposed. Lord John had said that he made his declaration after the most mature deliberation, and he could not see how Mr. O'Connell could continue the supporter of his or any other administration which could so resolve. He willingly conceded to Mr. O'Connell every reasonable ground upon which he could rest his right to support the present ministry of Ireland, but he could not suppose lie would sacrifice the liberties of England and Scotland for the sake of keeping Lord Mulgrave in office. Besides, he contended Mr. O'Connell was not getting the measures for Ireland which he expected, and which the people required. He knew it was feared they would have a Tory government. Now he had no sueh fears, because he believed if the Tories came into power, they could not con- tinue in office one month. ( Loud cheers.) He was not, therefore, a believei in the fears entertained respecting the consequences to Ireland, if a Tory government came into power. It was well known the Irish Church bill was not worth a fig. The people of Ireland condemned it, and were ready to spit upon itas an insignificant, contemptible leform. The Irish Corporation bill was also a miserable half, or worse than half measure. Mr. O'Comiell bad repeatedly declared lie would not be content with less than equal laws with England, and how could he consent to receive the cor- poration bill, which only gave corporations to twelve towns in the whole country, and consequently disfranchised the rest. On the whole, considering what wretched, miserable, little measures, the present ministry proposed to carry for Ireland, he did not see how Mr. O'Comiell could be so strongly attached to them. In conclusion, he begged leave to propose the following resolution : — " This council have observed with alarm the declaration of Lord John Russell, in the House of Commons, of his hostility to the ballot, to an extension of the suffrage, and to shortening the duration of Parliament; and believing, as this Council does, that this declaration is iri accordance with the sentiments held in common by his lordship's col- leagues. " That the necessary steps be immediately taken to pro- cure the co- operation of the Radical Reformers of England, Scotland, and Ireland, for the purpose of removing from the councils of the Queen, an administration who have avowed their hostility to the only improvements in the Reform bill, which could give satisfaction to the country, and which it has an unquestionable light to demand." " That the Vice- President, together with Messrs. Doug- las, Edmonds, Salt, and Hadley, do form a committee to carry the above resolution into effect." Mr. AARON seconded the resolution. He said he must for once and all declare, that every remaining particle of confidence he might have been disposed to place in the Whig ministry, was gone. The speech put into Her Ma- jesty's mouth clearly proved that the people had nothing to expect from the ministry, and that the ministry were either unable or unwilling to relieve the country; and in either case they were unfit men to rule over them. He would ask what ministry ever had such an opportunity of removing ( he shackles from the people? What government could have had a better opportunity to make the Queen of Eng land the most popular Queen in the world? None ! And how had they used this golden opportunity ? Why they threw it away. For the last two sessions of Parliament what had they been doing? Why they brought forward a num- ber of little goes, but had they brought forward any one great commercial measure for the good of the country? ( Cries of 110, 110.) They had by their hints THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, N O V E M B E R 25. 2 and instructions and varied tricuery, induced the peo- ple to entertain hopes which were never to be real- ised. They lulled the people into an imaginary security, and they kept them from putting forth their energies. They waited until they got themselves, as they considered, safe in power, and then they turned round upon tire people, and protested against those principles which they affected to respect. It was the Tories the Whigs feared, and not the Radicals. They feared lest the Tories should not support them upon some of the measures they had proposed to carry, and that thus they would be defeated, aad com- pelled to resign ; and hence they had, contrary to all human foresight, entered into a coalition with them. The result, however, would prove that they had miscalculated. If the declaration of the Duke of Wellington, in 1832, agiinst re- form, had driven him out of office— if the victor in a hun- dred fights was compelled to surrender to public opinion, could Lord John Russell stand against it. ( No, no.) He did not think he could. Whenever the Whigs brought forward any measure of reform, they were eternally calling upon the people to support them. Well, the people did so, and yet notwithstanding all the support they received, they tamely suffered every measure they brought forward in the House of Commons to be strangled in the Lords. Well, either Lord John Russell 011 these occasions called for, and wished to have the support of the people, or he did not. If he wished te have the support of the electors, he knew very well he must have placed them in a situation to enable them to exercise their votes, and that they could not do without the ballot. If by the people he meant those who had not the franchise, he knew very well they could not assist him without an extension of the suffrage. In his rc- • Cint declaration against the ballot, and an extension of the suffrage, he was, therefore, grossly inconsistent with him- self. At the commencement of the present distress 1 e said it was not great. It was not anything so great as that of 1825, and it was soon to blow over. On that point he was either grossly ignorant, or he told what he knew to be a wilful falsehood. On the whole he ( Mr. A.) was satisfied the course of the people was quite plain. They must go a- head. ( Hear, hear.) They must leave Tories and Whigs to the fate which all factions merited, and go on straightforward for the attainment of those great measures for which they had been so long contending. He would send no more petitions to ministers, nor would he again petition the House of Commons. They must lay their petitions at the foot of the throne. He would be heartily sorry to render Her Majesty in the least unhappy, ordispefany of the illusions into which she had been led by her ministry, still he thought she ought to know that her subjects were in great and deep distress, and that her throne was conse- quently surrounded by misery and discontent, and that : t a time when she was being entertained with splendour. He felt for her, because he believed if she really knew the extent of the distress which existed amongst her sub- jects, she could not be happy. The people had, however, a stern duty to perfoim towards themselves. The pros- perity and happiness of millions must not be sacrifice!', and each man who hoped for better days must fearlessly discharge his duty, regardless of consequences. They must proceed to arouse the country, East, West, North, and South. They must call upon them to demand their rights, and in the forthcoming struggle every service he could render in the cause he would most heartily perform. The resolution was then put, and carried unanimously. Mr. DOUGLAS said, he rose for the purpose of submitting a resolution of which he had given notice, and which formed a natural pendant to the one they had just passed. He had no ill- will towards Lord John Russell, nor was he ac. tuated by any feeling of irritation. On the contrary, he concurred entirely with Mr. Iladley's statement of last week, that great praise waB due to Lord John, for the candid man- ner in which he had stated what he purposed doing towards the people. It was exceedingly comfortable to know what they had to expect from the ministry and the men in Par- liament. Hitherto they had not anything like a definite statement of what Lord Melbourne's administration in- tended. They had been told that they meant great things; but that they were trammelled by circumstances over which they had no controul. That they were beset by the king 011 one side, and a set of obstinate lords on the other; and tnat so beset, they could not do as they really wished. Well, these obstacles were, in part, if not altogether, removed. We had a young queen, whose principles were said to be liberal; we had a majority in the House of Commons, ca- pable of being increased by popular measures, and in that case it was folly to suppose the House of Lords would long resist the ministry. The Melbourn administration at the beginning of the present reign, was, to all intents and pur- poses, free. They had the choosing of their own road, and they had chosen it. It was not, however, the road the people had chosen to travel in. It did not even lie in the same direction. The ministry had turned their backs upon the point which the Reformers wished to gain ; and hence it became absolutely impossible they could longer continue together. Some of them in that council, many certainly in the town, and many throughoutthe country, had a hankering after those men who were ; called the fathers of reforrr ; to separate from them was attended with the unpleasant feelings tbat accompanied the opposition of friend to friend iu the ordinary business of life. Still he must hold that it was measures aud principles they went for, and not men ; they must reject the men who opposed these measures and denied these principles—( bear, hear, hear)— though the rejection were as painful as the plucking out of a right eye, or cutting off of a right hand. It might be that the opposition of the people would prevail upon Lord John Russell, or at least upon the more sane of his col- leagues, to retrace their steps; and of the latter there was not small hopes. One of his lordship's former colleagues, and the noblest of them, had not only retraced his steps, but had expressed his determination to travel on in the cause of the people. ( Hear, hear.) He alluded to Lord Brougham, who, on lately presenting a petition from Sheffield, for an alteration in the registry clauses of the Reform act, not only declared his willingness to alter and amend those clauses, but to alter the act itself both iri principle and de- tail, and more especially in respect to an extension of the suffrage. ( Applause.) This was the language of a states- man of comprehensive mind; and if, instead of the miserable niggardly spirit which Lord John Russell had displayed, he had adopted the bold and manly course laid down by Lord Broughaiji, they would not then have been assembled to deliberate on the propriety of withdrawing their confi- dence from him. Mr. Attwood and Mr. Scliolefield in the present, as they had 011 all former occasions, entirely con- curred in opinion with their constituents. Mr. Attwood voted for Mr. Wakley's amendment, and had it not been that Mr. Scholefield had been accidentally locked out, he also would have voted for it. The resolution he was about to submit called upon these gentlemen to offer to ministers every opposition which, as men of honour and consistent politicians, they could offer. ( Hear, hear.) There were no men who were more zealous of the honour of their representatives than were the electors of Birmingham; and no men would be more unwilling to require from them any sacrifice inconsistent with the nicest feelings of honour. He thought there were grounds on which they could offer a consistent opposition to the ministry, even though they should be dividing with the Tories against them. He would specify one, Her Majesty's ministers consented last session to a mutilated bill of corporate reform for Ireland. That bill was to give corporations to only twelve large towns, and the remainder were to be left without any system of local government, although it must be obvious to every one who at all considered the subject, that the twelve large towns, from their population, their press, and its natural results of increased vigilance, were much less likely to suffer from the want of local governments, than were the small and comparatively unprotected boroughs. Now this measure, than which a more miserable abortion of reform could not be devised, might with perfect consistency, be op- posed by the liberal members, as one that was utterly 1111- suited to the wants of the people, and the requirements of the case. The first Irish Church Reform bill had some good points in it. It provided what every rational person must admit the justice of, that in parishes where there were no congregations there should be no parsons ;—( hear, hear) that where there was no work there should be no pay ( Hear, hear.) For this arrangement, which was too good and reasonable to be persisted in by the Whigs, ministers had substituted a bill which only riveted on the Irish people the burden of the episcopal church more strongly than be- fore, by securing, beyond the power of opposition or incapa- bility on the part of its paymasters, the income of the church. Even that bill the Tories were determined to oppose, good as it was for them ; and with entire propriety, and with en- tire consistency, the liberal members might vote against it. It had often been argued— he had often used the argument himself— that we ought to accept the smallest instalment of reform, and that we ought, as an instalment, to accept of the IrUh church bill. But it was not offered, it was not designed as an instalment. Their loving ministers, who had told them that the Reform act was a final measure, would equally tell • them that the Irish church bill was a final measure. But then it would be said, if we turn out the Whigs, the Tories will get into power. Now, looking to the ministerial decla- ration, he would ask, could there come into power a set* of men more opposed to reform than the present? Granting, for the sake of argument, that the voice of the people of England should turn out the Whigs, and that the Tories should come in, would any man say that the power which turned out the Whigs, backed as they were by the court, would not be sufficient to turn out the Tories, if they acted as the Whigs had done? If the Tories should come into power, could they propose or carry smaller measures of re form than the Wings? That party, when they set about Teform, did not deal in half measures. Look to the Catho- lic emancipation act. That was a measure so full and abso- lute, as never since it passed to have admitted of objection . or cavil. If the Duke of Wellington could be once con- vinced of the necessity of Parliamentary reform, and he believed the Duke was capable of being convinced, he wonld carry it on boldly and fearlessly. Mr. Douglas con- cluded by proposing the following resolution: — " That the above resolution be communicated to Messrs. Attwood and Scholefield, the members for this borough, and these gentlemen be respectfully requested, in terms thereof, to offer to Her Majesty's Ministers every opposition that they can, in consistency with their character as politi- cians, and their honour as gentlemen." Mr. Edmonds rose to second the resolution, and previous to entering on the question he could not help congratulating the meeting on the re- appearance amongst them of their venerable friend, Mr. Emes, who had for a long time been prevented from attending by severe illness, and whose name was with the members of the Union, so intimately associ- ated with the great principles they were then vindicating, and, more especially, an extension of the franchise. ( Loud cheers.) Turning to the resolution, he said it had his most cordial support. Since the Whigs came into power under Lord Grey, he considered them the friends of the liberties of the people. They professed to believe that the people oiight to have more power, and they expressed their wil- lingness to give them more power. He believed they were sincere, and that they only wanted the means of carrying out their professions; but when he saw them, at length, in the full possession of the means, and that instead of acting up to their professions, they turn round upon the people, and deny the reforms which they had formerly advocated, he confessed he felt compelled to consider them uinvoitliy of further confidence or support. He considered the Reformers had no alternative but to for- sake the Whigs, or abandon all further claims to Reform, and leave the two great factions in future to fight for the plunder, which had ever been the main object of their struggles. Allusions had been made to Mr. O'Connell. They ought to recollect that for thirty years that gentleman had been the untiring advocate of those principles which they, as Reformers, advocated; and he ( Mr. E.) had no doubt that if they would only prove to him that they were determined to do real justice to Ireland, and extend to his country those rights which they enjoyed themselves, they might rely upon his support in carrying vote by ballot, uni- versal suffrage, and triennial Parliaments. Mr. E. con- cluded a very excellent speech by seconding the resolution. Mr. DOUGLAS then gave notice of a motion for an address to the people of England, upon the present aspect of their affairs. Mr. DOUGLAS also proposed an address to the Reformers of Stroud, on the subject of Lord John Russell's declaration. Mr. JOHN PIERCE, in an energetic speech, which the length to which the report already extends prevents us giving, seconded the address. Mr. WESTON supported the resolution, and begged leave, at the same time, to read a letter he had received from their highly respected friend and representative, Mr. Att- wood—( cheers)— respecting the subscription for the Muntz testimonial. The letter, which was highly approving of the subscription, contained a remittance of five pounds to- wards it. After a few observations from Mr. Collins, Mr. Emes re- turned thanks for tile very handsome manner in which his presence had been acknowledged. The meeting broke up at past ten o'clock. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER— There lias been an increased demand for goods, especially in power- loom cloth for printing, with an increased price readily made. The « dvance in hand- loom cloth, however, by no means corresponds with that 011 cot- ton ; and, unless a codsiderably increased demand should soon arise, so as to enable the maker to obtain a consider- able advance on present prices, he will find himself in a worse position than at any period of the recent depression, as goods to be made out of the high- priced cotton will cost much more than those in stock. LEEDS— We have nothing new to report, but, if any dif- ference, there is rather more doing. The stocks in any state but moderate, and the market limited. This fact, coupled with the opinion now general that prices will not be lower, is evidently caus ng more firmness in the trade. HUDDERSFIELD.— We continue in the same state as re- ported for the last few weeks. There is a fair business do- ing, at fully as good prices. A better inquiry is evident for common plain goods. HALIFAX.— There was a very considerable business done to- day, at fully as good terms as last week. Still we can- not state that generally improved prices were obtained; yet in a few instances such was the fact. ROCHDALE.— The market was well attended on Monday, and flannels of fine and middle qualities sold freely, at an advance of from Is. to 2s. the couple. Inferior sorts kept last week's prices, but did not sell so briskly as the finer ones. In wools there was a corresponding demand, at somewhat higher prices. Oils were 6teady, with rather a free sale. BRADFORD— There are some slight indications of amend- ment, more business having been done, but not so much as to advance prices, or cause any sanguine expectations. Still things are better to- day. " Yarns.— There is more firmness in this market, and « ome little advance on certain numbers has been obtained. An average business was done. Wools — The sales in both long and short wools have been about the same as last week, and the late advance fully maintained. Blanket and flannel wool very scarce. New South Wales combing qualities are limited in supply, and an advance is expected.— Leeds Intelligencer, Nov. 25. CANADA. The following' account of a great meeting of the " Five Counties," 011 the 22nd of October, is from the correspondence of the Quebec Moderator— abridged. ST. MARC, TUESDAY MORNING, FOUR O'CLOCK.— The meeting of the Five Counties took place yesterday, at noon, at St. Charles. There were present at least 5,000 persons; many estimate the number much higher. The roads throughout the country are in a bad state. Were it not for that circumstance, the number present at the meeting would have been double what it was. The delegates from the several parishes were in regular attendance, and appeared to feel the importance of the business which brought them to- gether. A large number of delegates arrived on Sunday afternoon, and assembled privately at St, Charles in the evening, when they named a committee to prepare a set of resolutions to be presented to the meeting. At a little, after noon the proceedings of the day commenced. The people met in a large meadow, near the village, belonging to Dr. Duvert, where a hustings had been prepared. Among the gentle- men present were thirteen members of the House of Assem- bly, and one member of the Legislative Council, who came as delegates from Vercheres. Every gentleman of character aud influence on the river Chambly, and adjoining parishes, was on the ground, and among them were to be seen many, who up to this day entertained very moderate opinions, but whom Lord Gosford's policy has driven into a determination to stand by their country, come what will. Wolfred Nelson, Esq., of St. Denis, presided over the meeting. J. T. Drolet and Dr. Duvert were the vice- presidents. The secretaries were, I believe, Messrs. Girod and Boucher, of Belville. The meeting was addressed by the president, the Hon. Mr. Papineau, L. M. Viger, Esq., M. P. P., L. Lacoste, Esq., M. P. P., C. H. O'Cote, Esq., M. P. P., E. E. Rodier, Esq., M. P. P., T. S. Brown, Esq., and Mr. Girod. The resolutions passed are thirteen in number. They commenced by briefly enumerating the rights of man, among which is that of changing political in- stitutions, and altering the form of government whenever the people please. The inhabitants of the several counties are next invited to meet simultaneously in their respective parishes in the month of December, and elect magistrates and officers of militia; any person accepting a commission from this time ro Lord Gosford's departure is declared in- famous. The training of the militia is recommended. The recent nominations to the legislative and executive councils are gravely censured, together with the baneful policy pur- sued by Lord Gosford. The meeting protests strongly against the introduction of armed troops in time of peace in the colony; declares that it commisserates the lot of the poor soldiers, the destruction of whom by the neighbour- ing states the people declare they will not prevent. The meeting solemnly approves the organisation of " The Sons of Liberty" in Montreal, and calls on the young men throughout the country to organise themselves into similar bodies, in their respective parishes. Previous to the resolutions having been proposed, Dr. Cote, one of the mumbers for L'Acadie county, came on the ground at the head of a delegation from the county, and presented an energetic arid well written address to the peo- ple of the Five Counties, 011 the state of the province, and praying that the county L'Acadie be admitted into the union of these counties. This proposition was agreed to with acclamation, amid the firing of vollies of musketry and the roar of cannon, and it was further resolved, that the counties of Laprairie and Missisquoi ( bordering on the Richlieu river) may join the confederation if they think proper. During tile meeting, a company of between 60 and 100 militia- men attended with arms on the ground, under the command of Captains Lacaisse and Jalbert. They went through their manoeuvres in very good style; a volley was fired at the passing of every resolution. A very handsome column, surmounted with a cap of Liberty, was erected on theoecasiou, in honourof Papineau, 011 the ground. It bears an inscription, of which the fol- lowing is a translation :—" To Papineau, by his grateful brother patriots, 1836." After the meeting Mr. Papineau was led to the front of the column and addressed by one of the gentlemen, to whom the honourable gentleman replied in a suitable manner. The Morniny Courier, a government paper, says the number did not exceed 1,000; it allows that there was a piece of cannon 011 the ground and sixty- four muskets. " The rumoured presence of troops thinned the meeting." The following is a portion of the confederation of the counties. " Our municipalities are utterly destroyed ; the country parts of the province, as a disgraceful exception to the other parts of this continent, are totally deprived of all power of regulating, in a corporate capacity, their local affairs through freely elected parish and township officers ; the rising gene- ration is deprived of the blessings of education, the primary schools, which provided for the instruction of 40,000 children, having been shut up by the Legislative Council, a body hostile to the progress of useful knowledge, and in- stigated to this act by an Executive inimical to the spread of general information among the people— the Jesuits' College, founded and endowed by the provident govern- ment which colonised this province, for the encouragement and dissemination of learning and the sciences therein, lias, with a barbarism unworthy the rulers of a civilised state, disgraceful to the enlightened age in which we live, and un- paralleled even among the Goths and Vandals, been con- verted into, and is still retained as a barrack for soldiery, whilst the funds and property, devoted to this and similar institutions, have been and continue to be squandered and mal- administered for the advantage of the favourites, crea- tures, and tools of the government; our citizens are de- prived of the benefits of impartially chosen juries, and are arbitrarily persecuted by Crown officers, who, to suit the purposes of the vindictive government of which they are the creatures, have revived proceedings of an obsolete character, precedents for which are to be found only in the daikest pages of British history." ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. THE BALLOT. Seems, madam ! we know nothing but seems! We have nought within which passeth show. HAMLET. Lord John Russell lias much amazed us by an ex- traordinary display of Whiggish wisdom. * In the course of one short speech he has huddled together, " in most admired disorder," two propositions which contradict each other, and a " solemn warning," which is derived from neither, or is so derived as will make him deny its origin, for it shall convict his lordship, either of the most ultra hypocrisy, or of the most ultra Radicalism. These are the propositions. The ballot would fail to protect the voter. The ballot would be daugerous to the institutions of the country; and the " solemn warning" is against a system which would give irresponsible power to the electors. As it is impossible that both the propositions can be true, we might request his lordship to make his choice. But if we write to him " by this night's post," we shall not know his election time enough to regulate our at- tack ; therefore we will be generous, and will treat them both with as much courtesy as if they had sur- vived the mutual destruction they have inflicted. If the ballot would not protect the elector, neither would it injure him. He thinks it would protect him, and he is the only sufferer; and as at present it is not alleged that the change would be attended with dan- g- er, he is entitled to the experiment. The doctor ad- mits the patient is in a lamentable state of suffering. The patient is convinced that a change of posture would afford him some relief, and humbly begs to be moved. The doctor declares that 110 change of posi- tion will avail him— lie may have his lips moistened, or so, but if he ferrets himself into a fever or to death, lie shall not be stirred. The friends of the sick man may roll him about like a snow- ball, if they please, but they must not expect him to assist them— they may dismiss him from their confidence and their fees, but so long as he entertains the conscientious opinion that changes of posture will do 110 good, he is not the man to turn him over. The ballot would be dangerous to the institutions of the country. This is more " germane to the matter." He thought there would not be so much ado about a measure, which would merely be ineffectual to obtain its object. Had impotence been its crime, the ballot would have been conceded with all the " pride, pomp, and circumstance" of inglorious Whiggery. Alas, my countrymen! what must be the character of insti- tutions, which the untrammelled votes ' of our limited constituency would endanger? Enable the electors, few as they aie, to give a conscientious vote, and Lord John will Cry woe! destruction! ruin! and decay! The worst is death, and death will have his day. Stop corruption and intimidation at elections, and our three estates, our paragon of a constitution, and our poor man's church, the church of apostolic purity, where are they? And Echo answers, " Chaos is come again!" ( We could not avoid this digression into the general argument. Let us return to our object, which is, to convict Lord John of ultra- Radicalism or ultra- hypocrisy.) The only preventive to all this political havoc, is contained in his lordship's " solemn warning to Par- liament, not to bestow irresponsible power on the elec- tors." The aristocracy hath its lion- electors, even as the democracy liatli; to which of these classes would he have the electors responsible ? What he means we guess, we know what he will say— to the democratic. Of all cants, deliver us from the cant of patriotism. Herein is a marvellous thing. The men whom the constitution lias selected as worthy of the franchise, must not exercise it, save under the controul of other men, whom the same constitution has rejected as un- worthy of the franchise! The very lepers of the system, the dwellers without the camp, are to perfume with their sweet breath, the viands they may choose for men in whose untainted flesh the damning spot has not glistered ! ( We are again digressing into the gene- ral argument, but as it is for the last time we shall take our fling) And how is this responsibility to be felt? In brick- bats and bludgeons ? The man who has been supposed capable of comparing and judging, is to have his head broken by other men, who are supposed to be inca- pable of either. Naturalists tell us that the lobster periodically eats his own stomach ; and such a respon- sibility as this would prey upon itself by virtually transferring the franchise to the non- electors, for to whom are they responsible? It sometimes happens that the enormous fallacies which are urged against a proposed Reform, contain excellent reasons why another, and perhaps a greater Reform, should be carried, and in this instance the ex- pediency of a great extension of the franchise is fairly deducible, from the " responsible" argument against the ballot. Why should the elector be responsible to the non- elector? There is no conceivable answer but this. That he may be induced to vote in accordance with the non- electoral opinion, or that he may be punished for voting against it. If the end be good, why not obtain it by unexceptionable means ? Why not elevate the non- elector instead of degrading the elector? If my poor brother's opinion is worthy of being represented, extend the electoral circle till it embrace my brother; but disfranchise not me to in- demnify him. - Why be so inconsistent as to hold the electoral privilege from him whom you deem worthy to controul it ? Or why be so cruel as to mock me with that privilege, by making me the organ of another's sentiments ? Sift the question how we will, we can get no other result. If a man is fit to controul a vote, he is fit to have a vote; but so long as the constitution passes him by as unworthy, so long ought that con- stitution to protect the voter from his unconstitutional influence. Having thus cleansed our bosom of the perilous stuff'w hich weighed upon the general question, turn we to make good our special taxing of Lord John Russell's argument. AETOS. * The intelligent non- elector will perceive that we use not this illustration as denoting him truly, but to exhibit the marvellous inconsistency of those who invite him to controul what they forbid him to enjoy. ( To be concluded in our next.) ROADS. SIR,— Allow me to enquire, through your medium, why, notwithstanding the heavy tolls exacted from the public, the roads leading from this town towards Persbore and Alcester, should be in their present dis- graceful condition ? If the trustees of these roads will not look to it, the Post- office ought. A TRAVELLER. BEER SELLERS AND VICTUALLERS. TO THE ACTING MAGISTRATES OF THE BOROUGH OF BIRMINGHAM. GENTLEMEN,— An advertisement in Aris's Gazette of Monday last has very much surprised me; for al- though I knew it was law that the beer- seller should close his house from the hours of three till five on Sun- days, I felt confident it would remain a dead letter, like other absurd laws, 011 our statute- book. But if the beer- sellers are compelled to close their houses, it should be remembered that it is also law that the li- censed victualler should close his house during Divine service on Sundays, Christmas Day, Good Friday, and other days mentioned by the law. Now it is quite certain that the oppressed beer- sellers will commence informing against the old houses, and then, gentlemen, think of the consequences of closing our hotels, taverns, See., in the town, and Vauxhall Gardens, Aston Gar- dens, and other places of resort, in the vicinity, in the summer season from three till five, and from half- past six till half- past eight 011 Sunday evenings. Look, I say, at the ruin and misery this will cause, and then consider how far it will be politic to carry such a law into effecs. It has been said, no doubt correctly, that having fixed the hours for the beer- shops to close for the next twelve months, you cannot revoke it. Be it so; but you can, and I feel confident that you will, give orders to the police under your controul, not to interfere with the beer- shops until eleven o'clock at night, after which hour let them be as vigilant as is compatible with their other duties; and even then, the beer- sellers will be subject to the annoyance of the common informer, who will, no doubt, pay them visits sufficiently nu- merous. Now, gentlemen, I conjure you, as you value the esteem of your fellow subjects, your character for up- rightness and integrity, and the testimony of a good conscience, to weioh well these things, and to give relief to a deserving and oppressed portion of our townsmen; and by thus acting you will secure to yourselves the respect and esteem of every well- wisher to his fellow men. I am, gentlemen, your's, respectfully, OBSE RVER. COUNTRY MARKETS, & c. BIRMINGHAM MARKET. WHEAT-/ ier62f&/. t. d. s. d. Old 6 6- 7 4 New 5 6— 7 4 Irish 5 6 — 6 9 BARLEY— per Imp. Quarter. For Malting 88 0 — 42 0 For Grinding, per Wilt 3 3 — 3 6 M A LT— per Imperia I Bushel. Old and new OATS— i) f » ' 39rtj. Old New Irish 6 9 — 79 3 3 — 36 3 0- 36 2 6— 3 3 Corn Market, November 30. B E A NS— perbag, 10 score gross. s. d. s. d. Old 16 6 — 18 0 New 0 0 — 0 0 PEAS— perbag of 3 Bush. Imp. FOR BOILING. White 17 0 — 18 6 Grey 16 6— 17 6 FOR GRINDING. per bag of 10 score 14 9 — 15 3 White 15 0 — 15 6 FLOUR— per sack of- 2Mlbs. net. Fine 44 0 — 45 0 Seconds.... 39 0 — 41 0 The following is the statement in Messrs. Sturge's circular:— PRESENT PRICES OF GRAIN. Birmingham, November 30, 1837. s. d. WHEAT, English, White, per bushel of 621b. Old English, Red Old Irish, White Red . Old . Foreign — nominal 6 BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. Quarter Irish . Grinding, per Quarter of 3921bs.. OATS, English, White, per Imperial Quarter . Welsh, Black and White, per 3121bs. . Irish, ( weighing 41 to 42lbs.) do. ( 37to391be.) ™ do. BIsckHMw. „„..... do. BEANS, English, Old, per bushel of65lbs. New . Irish„ Foreign „„. PEAS, Boiling, per Imp. Quarter Grinding, per Quarter ol 3921bs.. FLOUR, English, Fine, per Sack of 2801bs. , Seconds . Gloucester, November lb, 1837. s. d. s. 1 WHEAT, English, White, per Imp. Bushel 6 3 to 7 Old 7 3 .. 7 English, Red ™ , . 5 9 .. 7 Old . 7 1 .. 7 Irish, White, per 601bs „— 6 Red ™ 5 Foreign nominal 6 BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. Quarter 32 Irish Grinding, per Quarter of 392! bs. ...... OATS, English, White, per Imp. Quarter Welsh, Black and White , Irish ( weighing 41 to421bs); per Qr. of3121bs. 20 ( 37 to 391bs.) Black ...... BEANS, English, Old, per Imp. Bushel New Irish —., Foreign ™ . PEAS, Boiling, per Imp. Quarter Grinding, per Quarter of 3921bs. FLOUR, English, Fine, per sack of 2801bs. Irish 0 9 6 6 0 . 29 U . 22 6 . 20 0 19 0 GLOUCESTER WEEKLY AVERAGE. Qrs. Bush. Wheat„ Barley .. Oats — Beans - Peas 394 300 488 75 0 s. d. 52 8 30 8 20 9 37 8 0 0 WORCESTER WEEKLY AVERAGE. Qrs. Bush. Wheat „ Barley . Oats „. Peas Beans 709 416 200 27 136 s. d. .54 11} . 33 7i . 23 0 . 31 7j . 41 PJ Birmingham, November 30, 1837. At Gloucester market on Saturday Wheat was Is. per quarter dearer, the supply not being equal to the demand ; at Worcester, the quantity being large, a reduction of Is. per quarter was submitted to, and to effect sales of a quantity of Oats Is. per quarter less money was taken. Malting Barley also Is. per quarter lower. Beans and Peas unaltered in value, and not much doing in either. During the present week some advance has been demanded by the holders of Wheat, but not generally complied with, the best new red scarcely realising 7s. 4d. per 621bs., and not more than 7s. 2d. ob- tained for fair runs. Some sales of grinding Barley are reported at 25s. to 25s. 6d. per 3921bs. Malting offering on lower terms, without finding buyers. Oats unaltered, but few have changed hands with us this week, excepting some considerable contracts at 20s. to 20s. 6d. per 312ibs. here, for forward delivery. At this day's market we had a good supply of Wheat from the farmers, which was cleared off at last week's currency. Malting Barley again Is. per quarter lower, and a dull sale; grind- ing in fair request. Oats were disposed of at about 6d. per quarter under last week's currency. Beans and Peas unaltered, with but little demand for either. IMPORTS INTO GLOUCESTER From the - 22nd to the ' 29th nit. Coastwise Foreign... Wheat. . 683 Qrs Qrs Qrs Peas. Oats. 1923 Qrs Qrs Qrs Flour. Barley. 325 Qrs Qrs Qrs Rye. Beans. Qra Qrs Qrs Vetches. Ireland., • Qrs 122 Sacks Qrs Qrs Coastwise Qrs Sacks Qra Qra Fereign... Qrs Sacks Qrs Qra WARWICK, SATURDAY, Nov. 25 Wheat, perbag, old ISs Od to 21s Od j new, 0s 0d to 0s Od j Barley, per quarter, 34s Od t ® 38s Od ; grinding, 27s Od to 30s Od ; Oats, 30s Od to34s Od; New, 25s Od to 30s Od ; Peas, per bag, 17s Od to 18s 6d ; Beans, 16s 6d to 17s Od; new, I4s Od to 15s Od; Vetches, 0s Od to 0s 0d; Malt, 53s Od to 64s Od per quarter. HEREFORD, NOV. 25.— Wheat, per bushel Imperial measure, 7s 9d to 8s Id. Ditto, new, per bushel, 7s 6d to 7s lOd. Barley, 3s 9d to 4s Od. Beans, 5s Od to 5s 6d. Peas, 0s Od to 0s Od. Vetches, 3s 9d to 4s Od. Oats, 3s Od to 4s Od. CHELTENHAM, Nov. 23.— New Wheat, 6s 3d to 7s Od per bushel. Old Wheat, 6s 9d to 7s 6d. Barley, 3s 3d to 4s 9d. Oats, 3s Od to 4s 6d. Beans, 5s Od to 6s 3d. HOP INTELLIGENCE Worcester, November VS.— The demand for hops in our market 011 Saturday was not so large as on previous mar- ketdays; but it might be considered a steady sale at prices quoted last week. Number of pockets weighed on Saturday, 440 new, 21 old ; ditto in the week, 70 new, and 28 old. Borough, November 27.— The hop market has experienced great firmness since the duty was declared; prices have risen. The advance on all descriptions has been from 5s. to 7s. per cwt. ; the demand is extensive. Present Prices, per cwt.:— East Kent Pockets, £ 4 4s. to £ 4 15s. fine £ 6 6s.; ditto bags, £ 4 0s. to £ 4 10s. line £ 5 5s.; Mid Kent Pockets, £ 3 10s, to £ 4 10s. fine £ 5 12s.; ditto bags,£ 3 10s. to £ 4 10s. fine £ 5 5s.; Weald of Kent, Poc- kets, £ 3 10s. to £ 4 4s. fine £ 4 10s.; Sussex pockets, £ 3 0s. to £ 3 15s. fine £ 4 4s.; Yearlings, £ 3 0s. to £ 3 10s. fine £ 3 15s.; 014 Olds, 18s. to £ 1 10s. fine £ 2 2s. FAIRS TO BE HOLDEN.— Warwickshire— December 4, Atherstone, Southam; 5, Alcester ; 16, Allesley,— Northamptonshire— December 6, Higliam Ferrers; 11, Brackley, Daventry; 14, Kettering— Leicestershire— December 7, Harrow Inn; 8, Leicester; 12, Market Harborough.— Oxfordshire— December 7, Witney; 14, Banbury.— Staffordshire— December 4, Stafford ; ll. Fazeley; 12, Rugeley; 15, Tamworth.— Worcestershire— December 4, Worcester; 9, Toubury; II, Bewdley, Evesham; 15, SUipston. on. Stour.— Gloucestershire— December 4, Dorsley; 5, Coleford ; 6, Tockington; 7, Cheltenham; ll, Campden. GLOUCESTER SHIP NEWS, From November 23 to November 30. IMPORTS : The Ann, from Quebec, with 344 pieces of timber, 1209 deals, 1243 staves, and 7 cords of lathwood, consigned to Price and Washbourne- Mary, Waterford, 1000 barrels of oats, M'Cheane and Bartlett; 229 barrels of oats and 150 barrels of barley, J. and C. Sturge- Sarah, Waterford, 971 barrels of wheat, l. ucy ; 10 bales of tiacon, Joseph Morris- Slaney, Wexford, 544 barrels of oats, J. aud C. Sturge ; 724 barrels of oats, Fhillpotts and Co.- Friendship, Cork, 479 barrels of black oats, Fox, Sons, and Co.; 100 barrels of oats, 57 sacks of flour, and 56 sacks of pollards, J. and C. Sturge ; 100 firkins of butter, M'Cheaue and Bartlett- Aran, Newry, 45 tons of oats, Phillpotts, Lloyd, and Co.— Hopewell, Newry, 44 tons of oats, Phillpotts, Lloyd, and Co.- Joseph, Milford, 24 tons of coals, Phill- potts, Lloyd, and Co.— Providence, Aberavon, 32 tons of pig iron, Southan and Son— William, Aberavon, 53 tons of pig iron, Southan and Son— Sarah, Swansea, general cargo, Southan and Son— li- velier, Newport, 40 tons of coals, Spinney- Severn, Bridgwater, general cargo, Stuckey and Co.— Penelope, Sandersfoot, 45 tons of coals, George— Abeona, Mumbles, 153 bushels of oysters, Southan and Son— Sally, Yougliall, 298 barrels of wheat, 110 barrels of rye, and 432 barrels of oats, Wait, James, aud Co.— Margaretta, Swan- sea, 120 tons of metallic sand, Southan and Son— Water Lily, Newry, 69 tons of oats, Phillpotts and Co.— Swallow, Dundalk, 506 barrels of oats, Wait, James, and Co.— Juliana, Belfast, 58 tons of oats, Wait, James, and Co Alliance, Bangor, 87 tons of slates, Ward- Glou- cester Packet, Sandersfoot, 8 tons of coals, Davies. EXPORTS : The Libaus Wohlfahrt, for Libau, with 195 tons of salt, from Fox, Sons, and Co.— Victoria, Newry, 47 tons of bark, Slatter; 20 tons of iron, Kendall and Son— Desire, Dublin, 38$ tons of bark, Slattor ; 3SJ tons of iron, Kendall and Son— Emerald, Barn- staple, 28 tons of salt, Southan and Son— Spread Eagle, Newquay, 16 tons of salt and 3 tons of ironmongery, & c., Southau and Son ; 2)£ tons of flour and 2 tons of crates, & c., J. R. Heanc— Enterprise, Car- diff, 20 tons of salt and 1} ton of bacon, & c., G. Brown— Thomas and Francis, Newport, 25 tons of salt, H. Southan and Son— Ador. is, Newport, 30 tons of salt, G. Brown— Sky Lark, Lancaster, 23 tons of iron, Kendall and Son— Queen Victoria, Highbridge, 33 tons of salt, & c., aud 22 tons of deals, Southan and Son. TOWN INFIRMARY, Dec. 1.— Surgeon of the week, Mr. Green. Patients admitted, 11; discharged, 13; in the house, 151. Out- patients visited and in attendance, 826. Midwifery cases, 18. GENERAL HOSPITAL, Dec. 1.— Physician and Surgeon of th » Patients of the week, Dr. Eccles and Mr. Wood. Visitor:., Mr. W. Harrold and Rev. J. Garbett. In- patients admitted, 39; out, 140. In- patients discharged, 47; out, 94. Remaining i u the house, 172. BIRMINGHAM DISPENSARY, Dec. I.— Sick patients relieved. 330; midwifery cases, 0; children vaccinated in the month, 169. STATE OF THE WORKHOUSE UP TO NOV. 28. In the House Admittedsince Born in the House Discligd, absconded and dead* Total of each . Men. Wo- men. Boys. Girls. INF Male. A NTS, Fem, Total. 208 23 214 5 11 2 10 4 20 5 23 4 486 43 231 16 219 13 13 5 14 25 10 27 9 529 53 515 206 8 14 15 18 476 NumberofChildren in the Asylum * Of whom 4 men died. 295 METEOROLOGICAL DIARY. FURNISHED BY Ma. WOI. LER, IIl> « BASTON- ST11EET. Barometer at noon. Ex. treme during night. Ther- mome- ter 8 mom. Extreme heat during day. Ther- mome- ter at noon. State ol Wind at noon. Remarks at noon. Nov. 1 25 29 30 26 29 15 27 59 25 28 29 30 29 29 40 30 29 60 Dec. 1 29 70 32 0 34 0 34 0 32 0 32 0 84 0 36 0 42 0 44 0 40 0 44 0 42 0 44 0 46 0 50 0 50 0 48 0 48 0 49 0 48 0 50 0 46 0 48 0 • 12 0 44 0 46 0 42 0 48 0 N W N W W sw w Rain Rain Rain Rain Rain Rain Rain MARRIAGES. On Thursday last, at St. Philip's Church, by the Rev. J. W. Downes, Mr. John Simmons, of Union- street, to Maria, second daughter of Mr.- Edward l'enn, of the Bristol- road. On Thursday last, at St. Martin's, by the Rev. Mr. Foye, Richard Edensor, Esq., late of Ashbourne- in- the- Peak, and now of Kensington- place, Bristol- road, to Clarissa, the only daughter of Mr. George Edmonds, of St. Mary's- square. On Monday last, at the Register Office for this district, Mr. James Matthewson, to Mrs. Prudence Silver, widow, both of this town. On the 23td ult., at Stratford- on- Avon, by her grand- father, the Rev. James Davenport, I). D„ Harriet, second daughter of the late Thomas Webb, Esq., of Tiddingtott House, in this county, to C. F. W. Leigh Cliffe, Esq. On the 23rd ult., at the Catholic Chapel, Heychrop, by the Rev. Heffernan, Mr. Thomas Gulliver, ol Chipping Norton, to Miss Beck, of the same place. On Monday last, in the Baptist Chapel, Market Har- borough, by the Rev. J. Buckley, Mr. William Ellis, to Ann Maddock. On Tuesday last, at St. Julian's, by the Rev. F. Thomp- son, Mr. Henry Crowe, of Wyle Cop, to Marianne, only daughter of Mr. John Poole, of Castle- street, Shrewsbury. On the 26th ult., by the Rev. B. Hutchinson, Mr. J. F. Wood, of Whitchurch, Shropshire, to Charlotte Eliza- lieth, eldest daughter of Mr. Joyce, of the same place. DEATHS. Yesterday, Arthur, infant son of Mr. Arthur Dakin, of Lee Crescent, Edgbastou. On Monday se'nnight, in his 62nd year, Mr. W. Hous- lander, of Ashby- de- la- Zouch. On the 29th ult.,- deeply regretted, Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr. William Bennett, of Legge- street, aged 26 ^ On the 21st ult., after a lingering illness, Mrs. Elizabeth Read, of Walsall, aged 55 years. On Monday last, William, youngest child of Mr. Bladon, of Bull- street'. On Friday week, Mr. Jones, grocer, of Drapers- lane, Leominster. On Wednesday week, at the Folly, Shrewsbury, aged 72, Mr. William Newling. He was nephew of the Rev, Charles Newling, Rector of St. Philip's, in this town. On the 26tli ult., at Kenilworth, Mrs. Cotton, relict of the late Bayes Cotton, Esq., in the 79th year of her age. On the 23rd ult., Jane, youngest daughter of the late Mr. William Prisbury, of Markadown House, in this county. On Monday last, aged 20, Catharine, wife of Mr. W. B. Gregory, of Greenwich, and eldest daughter of the late Mr. Joseph Smart, of Shrewsbury. On the 21st ult., at Whitchurch, suddenly, Eleanor, wife of Mr. Richard Crosse, tailor and draper, aged 32. On Saturday last, aged 39, John Webster, M. D., of Shrewsbury. _ ,„ , , TT . On the 25th ult., Mr. Thomas Weaver, of the Union Farm, aged 78. - „ On the 26th ult., aged 80, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Dalljw, of Wychbold. . , , , On the 26th ult., aged 81, Mrs. Best, wrdow of the late Thomas Best, Esq., of Foregate- street, Worcester. On the 27th ult., at her brother's, W. Penn, Esq., of Hill House, Stratford- 011. Avon, Miss Saiah Penn, late of Worcester, in her 53rd year. On the 23rd ult., in his 68th year, John Watkir. s, Esq., of Woo'lfield, Worcestershire. On the 20th ult., after a severe illness, Samuel Smith Esq., of Stanton Lacy, Shropshire, aged 69 years. 8 THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, DECEMBER 2. LONDON GAZETTES. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. EE22 JAMES LEAVY, Kent Hotel, Home Bay, Kent, saakeepor. tbnsn 23.— JAMES MILNER LAYMAN, Shcfford, Bedford, asurgeon. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. JEEKJAMIN' THOMAS, Grove- street, Lisson- grove, cow keeper. BANKRUPTS. EfStf Bankrupt t to surrender at the Court of Commissioners, Basing- hall- street, when not otherwise expressed. 3 JOHN MOORE, 14, Leather- lane, Holborn, builder, November 30 sai January 5. Sots. Messrs. Badhara and Downer, 4, Verulam. fc « Biiug8, Gray's- iun. Pet Cr. Thomas Fountain, Lamb's Con. aaaot. street, tailor. Seal. November IS. iOHN WILLIAM ARNOLD rARSONS, 38, Wigmore- street, C ® reiidish- square, busier, November 29 and January 5. Sol. Mr. Berkeley- square. Pet. Cr. Sarah Watered, 62, Westbourn- strett, Piralieo, widow. Seal. November 18. WILLIAM HADNUTT, William- street, Lambeth- marsh, car. p « * ter, December 7 and January 5. Sol. Mr. Harpur, Kenning. Stm- eross. Pet. Cr. Andrew Casser, Pedlar's. acre, timber mer- rfont. Seal. November 13. WILLIAM MALLET, Lawrence- lane, Cheapside, City, ware- houseman, December 5 and January 5. Sols. Messrs. Fry and Xuoiley, 80, Cheapside. Pet. Cr George Ewhank Leefe and Oporge Bell, Fore- street, warehousemen. Seal. November 21. 30HS ROBERT CLARK, Carlton, Roystone, Yorkshire, grocer, SVeember 8, at the Court- house, Leeds, and January 5, at the ClroTt- lionse, Wakefield. Sols. Mr. George Keir, Barnsley; and 5fr. Walter Butterfleld, Gray's- inn, London. Pet. Cr. Harriet Sfaria Clark, Carlton, Royston, spinster. Seal. November 9. MTAKCIS SYMONDS, formerly of Earl Stonham, and now of Bil. itsiorce, Suffolk, miller, December 15 and January 6, at the Crown aat2 Anchor Inn, Ipswich. Sots. Mr. John Marriott, Stowmarket; J^ Hr. Robert Marriott, 7, Red Lion- square, London. J'el. Cr. • William Worjedge, Creeting St. Peter. Suffolk. Seal. Nov. 13. • 2D23N SLINGER, Liverpool, wine merchant, December 7 and - T » ooary 5, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool. Sols. Mr. E. C& Mter, 11, Staple- inn, London ; and Mr. William Hinde, Jolin. > te « t, Liverpool. Pet. Cr. John Naegcli, Liverpool, merchant. Snl November 20. CHARLES JOAD MARRIOTT, Leamingtou. priora, Warwick, • slire, grocer, December 13 and January 5, at the Lansdowno Bate), Leamington. priors. Sols. Mr. W. Butterfield, 5, Gray's- WD- Btjuare, London ; and Messrs. Edwards and Venour, Leaming- priors. Pet. Cr. Wiliiam Batchclor, Leamington. priors, vic- twiHer. Seal. November 20. WILLIAM WONFOR, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, innkeeper, aetember 1 and January 5, at the King's Head Inn, Cambridge. • W*. Mr. Ebenezer Foster, jun., Cambridge; and Mr. Edmond Toster, 4, Sergeants'- inn, London. Pet. Cr. Richard Foster, jun., SWhard Foster, sen., Henry Staples Foster, and Edward Foster, Cambridge, brewers. Seal. November 20. J5A. YID JOHNSON, Birmingham, druggist, December 9 and Aiuiary 5, at the Union lun, Birmingham. Sols. Messrs. Alex aader and Co., CO, Lincoln's- inn, Loudon j and Mr. Samuel Danks Waterloo- street, Birmingham. Pet. Cr. James Penn, Birming. bam, chandler. Seal. November 16. JBWARD CLARKE, Leamington. priors, Warwickshire, De. member 13 and 14 and January 5, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Lea. miagton- priora. Sols. Messrs. H, G. and H. It. Burfoot, 2, King's » rach- walk, Temple, London ; and Messrs. Poole and Haymes, Leamington- priors. Vet. Cr. Robert Poole, Kenilworth, gent! 5t- al. November 13. DIVIDENDS. William Devey, Holland- street, and Albion Conl. wliarf, Christ. • Juvcli, Surrey, coal merchant, December 16— Kdwin Cocker, Wood- sireet, City, liardwareman, December 22- Samuel Brady, Kingston. w^ n- Thames, grocer, December 22— Robert Knowles, Trump, i^ et, City, warehouseman, December 26— Edward Fermor, Hast. Eg3, brewer, December 15— William Wigmofe, Narrow'. street, L- meh « use, biscuit baker, December 15— Henry Staffell, Strood' K « it, druggist, Derember 16— John Richard Flatter, 248, Regent, jira- et, chinaman, December 16- William Marshain, late of Angel. eawt. Tlirogmorton. street, City, and Middlesex. place and Stewart's, jrere, Middlesex, broker, December 14- William Jesse and William Thomas Jesae, Bourton, Dorsetshire, tick manufacturer, January2, at the George Ion, Irorae— John Jones, Carmarthen, grocer De. zttaAer 23, at the Commercial. rooms, Bristol— Wheatley Kirk Leeds, piano. forte manufacturer, December 18, at the Court- house, ieeds— Richard Feltham, Bath, oil merchant, December 12, at the' € » stSo and Ball Hotel, Bath— Edward Hainsworth, Stanningley, doth manufacturer, February 14, at the Court- house, Leeds — James Kenworthy and John Keuworthy, Quick, Saddleworth Yorkshire, cotton manufacturers, December 39, at the Commis WBijcrs'- rooms, Manchester— John Richard Evans, Carmarthen, Hneii draper, December 23, at the Commissioners'. rooms, Man' ehceter— William Bentley the elder, Glasgow, and William Bentley the younger, Liverpool, merchants, December 19, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool— William Cattaral, Liverpool, merchant, Decern, ber 21, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool— Robert Onkes, Liver. painter, December 20, at the Clarendon. rooms, Liverpool- Alan Francis O'Neill, John O'Neill, find Francis O'Neill, Liverpool, Merchants, December 18, at the Clarendon. rooms, Liverpool- Tbomas Gregson, Burnley, Lancashire, cotton manufacturer, De. aeraber 22, at the Commissioners'. rooms, Manchester— John Fisher, Manchester, calico- printor, December 22, at the Commissioners'! T ® oms, Manchester. CERTIFICATES, DECEMBER 15. Samuel Savaker, Great Ealing, Middlesex, and Colnbrook, Buck- inghamshire, linen draper— Charles Ilurfield the elder, Fennings'. wharf, Tooley. street, merchant— Henry Greenliill, Philpot. lane, C> t7, and High- street, Gravesend, tea dealer— Charles Sanderson', Amcea- street, Hanover. square, hotel keeper— William Henry 3ogden, Leeds, linen draper- John Griffiths, Swansea, victualler — Robert Robson and John Pradhoe Ilobson, Newcastle upon- Tyne, & oilders— Edward Sinclair, late of Monkseaton, Northumberland' fcut now of North Shields, common brewer— William Audley, New! caBtle. nuder. Lyme, cabinet maker— Thomas Maltby, Lawrence Flwntney. liill, City, and Upper Side, Waterloo. bridge, lead nur- rtaait- Peter Fish, Lisle- street, Leicester- aquare, boot manufac- t » er. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Ceorge Wilford and Charles Wighton, formerly of the Golden Anchor, Saffron- hill, licensed victuallers— Robert Hammond Jack. aud Charles Latham, Bennett- street, Greenwich, brewers— Ckarles Wordman and Joseph Roberts, Stanningley,' Yorkshire, atonemasons- Henry Crossley aud Frederick Watki'na, Church! street, Deptford, carriers— James Slater and Henry Slater, Bolton. le- Moors, Lancashire, engineers— George Hatton aud Henry Hem- ming, Bidford, Warwickshire, linen drapers- Benjamin Shirley and Henry Banks, Attercliffe, Yorkshire, millers— William Williams aod Thomas Taylor, East Retford, stay makers— William Potts, TLomas Farnvvorth, and James Wolfenden, Salford, Lancashire, engravers ( so far as regards William Potts)- James Bottomley and - Joseph Dyson, Rastrick, masons- Samuel Thomas Gilbert and Daniel Nicholls Brougli, Exeter, linen drapers— Michael Jones and Sathaniel Wrench, 9, Great Corain. street, Russell- square, grocers — Charles Barnes aud George Barnes, Halesworth and Stradbiook, Suffolk, grocers— Skeen and Roberts, 2, Jeffery's. square, mahogany irokers- James Pickering and Samuel Waters, Leicester, carriers — John Pago and Edward John Jones, newsmen— John Mills and Ceorge Robertson, Liverpool, ship chandlers— Clarke, Acramans, Vlase, aud Co , Bristol, and elsewhere i'so far as regards William aflward Acraman and Alfred John Acraman)- Thomas Chew and William Vorley, Little Moorfields, stable keepers— Nathaniel Hindi, . iff and George Cooke, Chelsea and Golden. Bquare, paper stainers. ASSIGNMENTS. William Baird, Gloucester, grocer. Christian Johnson, Glamford Briggs, innkeeper and farmer. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER28. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. IOVEMBER 25.— WILLIAM BEAVER WALKER, Marquis of Granty public house, Drury- lane, victualler. BANKRUPTS. JtOBERT SMITH SHARMAN, late of Mincing. lane, wholesale grocer, but now of the Tower, commission agent, December 8 and January 9. Sol. Mr. John Whitelock, 70, Aldermanbury. Pet. Or. James Holt, Russell. street, Coveut. garden, gent. Seal. No. * e » ber 6. NATHANIEL HAILES, Piccadilly, bookseller, December 8 aud January 9. Sols. Messrs. Thompson aud Hewitt, 15, Great James- street, Bedford- row. Pet. Cr. Alexander Taylor, West- lodge, Sarnet, Esq. Seal. November 24. JOHN DARBY, Wiltou- mews, Grosveuor- place, builder, De- sember 5 and January 9. Sol. Mr. H. C. Wingfield, 37, Great Marlborough atieet. Pet. Cr. George Long, 6j, Poplar. row, JSevv- road, glass cutter, and Mary Darby, Wilton- mews, spinster. Seal. November 27. THOMAS FLOWER, Conduit- street, Bond. street, jeweller, De- eember 5 and January 9. Sol. Mr. C. Boydell, 28, Devonshire, street, Queen- square, Pet. Cr. William Baylis, 9, Upper Iiupert- street, Haymarket, jeweller. Seal. November 20. 3ICHARD PALFREY, 126, Wardour- street, Oxford- street, fringe manufacturer, December 6 and January 9, Sol. Mr. Meredith, 1, Heathcote. street, Mecklenburgh. square. Pet. Cr. James Beavan Meredith, Heathcote. street, gent. Seal. November 25. 1HOMAS JAMES HOWARD, late of the George aud Dragon, Buckingham- place, Fitzroy. square, licensed victualler, December & and January 9. Sol. Mr. B. E. Willoughby, Clifford's- iun. Pet. 6r. George Hale, Redcross. street, Cripplegate, brewer. Seal. November 25. WILLIAM COATES, Nicholas- lane, Lombard- street, and Upper John. atreet, Islington, bill broker, December 9 and January 9. Sets. Messrs. Temple and Bonner, 16, Furnival's. inn. Pet. Cr. Joha William Edwards, Hammersmith, gent. Seal. Nov. 25. RICHARD MACDONALD SHOULS, 1, Cullum. street, City, plumber, December 9 and Jaduary 9. Sols. Messrs. Htlleary, 43, Liuoe. atreet. Pet. Cr. Walter James Burgie, 21, Beer- lane, Tower. street, carpenter. Seal. November 27. JOSEPH BEARDMORE and JOHN WALKER WATER- HOUSE, now or late of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, lace mauufac. tsrers, December 11 and January 9, at the Castle Inn, Bakewell. Sals. Mr. Clarke, Chesterfield; and Mr. H. C. Chilton, Chancery- lane, London. Pet. Cr. Benjamin Booth, Neivbold, Chesterfield, S » nt, Seal. November 21. JOHN DAWSON, late of Wortley, Leeds, but now a prisoner in the Castle of York, cloth manufacturer, December 7 and January 9, at the Codrt- houae, I. eeda. Sols. Messrs. Edwards and Wor maid, 2, Great James. strect, London; and Mr. Samuel Lister Booth, Leeds. Pet. Cr. Joseph Pearson, Leeds, woolstapler. Seal. November 20. BENJAMIN WORSWICK, Clayton, Manchester, victualler, Dr. cetnber 14 and January 9, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Man. Chester. Sols. Messrs. Barrett and Co., Manchester. Pet. Cr. John Withenshaw and Charles Barrett, Manchester, gents. Seal. November 17. WILLIAM SHEPHARI), Salford and Manchester, manufacturer of bichromate of potash and leather seller, December 12 and Jan. at the Commissioners'rooins, Manchester. Sols. Messrs. Bower and Back, 46, Chancery. lane, London; and Mr. James Barratt, jun., Manchester. Pet. Cr. John Shephard, Manchester, iron moulder. Seal. November 22. THOMAS TOWNSEND, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, innkeeper, Ee. cember 5 and January 9, at the George Inn, Trowbridge. Sol', i Messrs. Dax and Bicknell, 51, Lincoln's- inn- fielda, Loudon ; and I Mr. Rowland Rodney, Trowbridge. Pe<. Cr. John Edmunds Collins, Trowbridge, gent. Seal. November 13. JOHN WOOTTON, Blandford Forum, Dorsetshire, coach maker, December 7 and January 9, at the Greyhound Inn, Blaudford Forum. Sols. Mr. William Cole Fincliam, Blandford Forum ; and Mr. Daniel Stone, 68, Chancery. lane, London. Pet. Cr. John Andrews, Sturminster Marshall, Dorsetshire, woolstapler. Seal. November 21. WILLI AM PITT, Kidderminster, grocer, December 7and January 9, at the Black Horse Inn, Kidderminster. Sols. Mr. John Danger, field, 20, Lincoln's- inn- fields, London; and Mr. William Brinton, Kidderminster. Pet. Cr. James Walton, Old Jamaica. wliarf, Upper Ground- street, timber merchant. Seal. November 27. JOHN HO WARTH. now or late of Rochdale, Lancashire, druggist, December 11 and January 9, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Man- chester. Sols. Messrs. Johnson and Co., Inner Temple, London ; and Mr. James Lord, Rochdale. Pet. Cr. James Procktor, jun., Wardlewortli, drysalter. Seal. November 14. JOSEPH SIMPSON, Bawdeswell, Norfolk, grocer, December Sand January 9, at the Angel Inn, Norwich. Sols. Mr. George Jay, Norwich ; and Mr. John Holme, 4, Raymond's. buildings, Gray's, inn, London. Pet. Cr. John Copeman, sen. andjun., Norwich, grocers. Seal. November 15. CHRISTOPHER SAYERS, Great Yarmouth, money scrivener, December 7 and January 9, at the Bear Inn, Little Yarmouth. Sols. Mr. George Holt, Great Yarmouth ; and Messrs. Swain and Co., Frederiek's- place, Old Jewry, London. Pet. Cr. Ellen Maria Moss, Great Ormesby, Norfolk, spinster. Seal. November 20. SAMUEL FRYZER, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, brick maker, December 12 and January 9, at the office of Mr. Anthony Sproule, Tewkesbury. Sols. Mr. Charles Bell, 36, Bedford- row, London ; and Mr. Anthony Sproule, Tewkesbury. Pet. Cr. William Jelf, Chaceloy, Worcestershire, yeoman. Seal. November 24. DIVIDENDS. William Devey, Holland- street, aud Albion Coal- wharf, Christ, church, Surrey, coal merchant, January 15— John Viney, IS, Corn, hill, tailor, December 22— William Jeffery, Little Chester. street, Belgrave- square, dealer in horses, December 21— Henry Upward, Great St. Helen's, City, wiue merchant, December 21— Thomas Halls, Bell. yard, Gracechurch. street, victualler, December 19— Richard Jeweeaon, Fenchurcli. street, merchant, December 19— Thomas Clark, Lamb's Conduit- street and Oxford- street, boot maker, December 19— Richard Felton, Black Horse Tavern, Vic. tualling- office. square, Tower- hill, licensed victualler, December 19 Joseph Saunders, Watford, Hertfordshire, butcher, December 19 Thomas Maltby, Lawrence Pouiltuey. hil], and Upper Side, Waterloo. bridge, lead merchant, December 19— William Boosey, Chatham, miller, December 19— David Morphew, Dover, chemist, December 20— Jam^ s Young, Thomas Bracken, George Ballard, James Charles Coiebrooke Sutherland, and Nathaniel Alexander, Calcutta, merchants, December 21— Edwin Bryant, George. yard, Lombard. street, merchant, December 19— Alexander Knox, Mad. dox. street, Hanover. square, tailor, December 20— George Cooper, Barbican, victualler, December 20— John Langhton, Lisson. grove, Paddington, linen draper, December 20— Richard Morgan, 13, Southampton row, Russell. square, linen draper, December 21— John Williams, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, draper, December 21— William Hayward and Cornelius Hellier, 135, Long. acre, carriage builders, December 19— Francis Wood Harris, 67, Hatton. garden, general hardware factor, December 19— William Parker, Steel. yard. Upper Thames. street, lead merchant, December 21— Elizabeth Cockett, Blackheath. road, Greenwich, grocer, December 19— Henry Hutchinson, of the ship Lord William Bentinck, and the Jerusalem Coffee- house, Cowper's. court, Cornhill, master mariner, December 19— Edward Brown, Joseph Davy, and Thomas Davy, Cullompton, Devsnshire, woollen manufacturers, December 20, at the Old Lon. don Inn, Exeter— Thomas Roach, Manchester, linen draper, De. cember 22, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester— John Chies- man, Leeds, victualler, December 19, at the Court- house, Leeds- Thomas Fowler, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, butcher, December 19, at Standwell's Hotel, Stamford— George Wright, Birmingham, merchant, December 23, at the Plough and Harrow Hotel, Edg- baston, Warwickshire— George Godber, Liverpool, woollen draper, December 22, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester— John Coombe, Exeter, ironmonger, December21, at the Old London Inn, Exeter— Edward Jones, Levvin's Meade, Bristol, alkali and soda water dealer, January 12, at the Commercial- rooms, Bristol— James Hyam, Temple Balsall, Warwickshire, farmer, December 20, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham- John Wright the younger, Stock- port, Cheshire, currier, December 21, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester— Joseph Burwell and Henry Crookes, both of Hudders. field, Yorkshire, cloth merchants, December 22, at the George Inn, Huddersfleld— John Vicry Jose, Reeds, Cornwall, coal merchant, December 28, at the house of William Broad, known by the sign of the Bideford Inn, Stratton, Cornwall— Thomas Howard, Burnley, Lancashire, tailor, December 27, at the Bull Inn, Burnley— Will'iam Henry Sugden, Leeds, linen draper, December 30, at the Commis. sioners'. roDma, Manchester. CERTIFICATES, DECEMBER 19. William Hale, Bath, scrivener— David Smith, Smithy. mills, Addle. cum. Eccup, Yorkshire, corn miller— George Sutton Devonport, Chester, woollen draper— John Hickman, late of Ledwych, Shrop- shire, but now of All Stretton, Shropshire, hop merchant— Phillip Matthews Chitty, Shaftesbury, scrivener— Thomas Bruford, Bristol, coach builder, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Henry Hewitt aud James Hewitt, West Derby, joiners— Isaac Hudson, John Hennell, and E. C. Williams, Chapel. en- le- Frith, Derbyshire, silk manufacturers— Joseph Champ and Thomas Galley, 53, Castle- street, Bristol, tobacco dealers— John Lewis and Richard Blundy, W'ooiley. park Mill, Royston, Yorkshire, corn millers- Samuel Wright and David Wright, Leeds, bobbin turners— John Eden, James Eden, and Thomas Eden, Devizes, coach makers— Ralph Lonsdale, Elizabeth Lonsdale, Sarah Lonsdale, and Jane Lonsdale, 193, Regent- street, hosiers— Nathaniel Rogers, Ishraael Rogers, and Erastus Rogers, Grey Eagle- street, Spitalfields, pro. vision merchants ( so far as regards Nathaniel Rogers)— Thomas AIli 119011 and Henry Bailey, Hulme, Manchester, boat builders- Thomas Friend Dickinson and James Fletcher, London, commission agents— Jane Rathbone aud John Hancock, Tuustall, Staffordshire Potteries, china manufacturers— Neil Bannatyne, James Capple Miller, and John Monteith, Manchester, calico printers— Richard Aspinall, Warliam Jemment Browne, Edward Aspinall, and Thomas Urmson Ryder, Sydney and London, merchants ( so far as regards Thomas Urmson Ryder)— Jonathan Day, Oates Perritt, George Pickles, John Fozard, Thomas Newsome, Charles Day, Joseph Day, Matthew Oldroyd, Mark Oldroyd, Marmaduke Fox, William Robin, son, George Robinson, Joseph Firth, and Robert Macheli, Batley Carr, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, mill owners ( so far as regards Robert Macheli)— Frederick Healey and John Davis, Brixton. hill, Surrey, ironmongers— Edward Totnlin and James Shepherd, Leicester, cut- lers— William Goulstone and Joseph F. Castle, Bedminster- house Academy, Bristol— John Anderson, William Garrow, and Peter Petrie, Liverpool, shipwrights— Jonathan Wragg, Doncaster, and Frederick Harvey Maw and David VV. Day, Norton, Lincolnshire, mustard manufacturers ( so far as regards Jonathan Wragg). ASSIGNMENTS. Thomas Dalton, Seymour- place, linen draper. Joseph Ashton Hufton, Gainsborough, draper. John Clark Isaac, Sturminster Newton Castle, tanner. Whitechapel.— Clover, 100s to 115s; new, — s to — s; second cut, 70s to 100s; Hay, 84 to 85s j new ditto, — s to — s j Wheat Straw, 34a to 36s. Cumberland.—. Fine Upland Meadow and Rye. grass Hay, 100s tv 106s; inferior ditto, 85a'to 90s; superior Clover, IOCS to 12Cs ; Straw, 38s to 40s per load of 36 trusses. Portman Market.— Coarseheavy LowlandHay,— sto— s; new Meadow Hay,— sto— s; old ditto, 84s to 105a ; usefulditto, — s to — S; New Clover ditto, — s to — s ; old ditto, 100s to 115s; Wheat Straw, 30s to 38s per load of 36 trusses. OILS.— Rape Oil, brown, £ 35 0s per ton ; Refined, .£ 37 0s . Linseed Oil, £ 28 0s ; and Rape Cake, £' o 5s.— Linseed OilCake, £ 12 12s per thousand. SMITHFIELD, NOV. 27.— To sink the offal— per 81b.— Beef, 3s 2d to4s8d; Best Down and Polled Mutton, 4s0d to 4s 6d; Veal, 4s ( Id to 5s 2d; Pork, 4s Od to 5s 6d ; Lamb. Os Od to OsOd. NEWGATE ANO LEADENHALL.— By the Carcase.— Beet, 2B lOd to 3s 8d; Mutton, 2s lOd to 3s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 5s Od ; Pork, 4s Od to 58 4d ; Lamb, 0s Od to 0s Od. FRAJIl'TON'S PILL OF HEALTH. Price Is. per Box. ^ I^ HIS is a medicine of long- tried efficacy for cor- rectirig all Disorders of the Stomach and Bowels, the common symptoms of which are costiveness, flatulency, spasms, loss of appetite, sick head- ache, giddiness, sense of fulness after meals, dizziness of the eyes, drowsiness, and pains in the stomach and bowels. Indigestion, producing a torpid state of the liver, and a consequent inactivity of the bowels, causing a disorganisation ot every function of the frame, will, in this most excellent preparation, by a little perseverance, be effectually removed. Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of its salutary effects. The stomach will speedily regain its strength; a healthy action of the liver, bowels, and kidneys, will rapidly take place: and instead of listlessness, heat, pain, and jaundiced appear- ance, strength, activity, and renewed health, will be the quick result of taking this medicine, according to the direc- tions accompanying each box; and if taken after too free an indulgence at table, they quickly restore the system to its natural state of repose. Persons of a full habit, who are subject to head- ache, giddiness, drowsiness, and singing in the ears, arising from too great a flow of blood to the head, should never be with- out them, as many dangerous symptoms will be entirely carried off by their immediate use. For females these pills are most truly excellent, removing all obstructions; the distressing head- ache so very prevalan with the sex ; depression of spirits, dulness of sight, nervous affections, blotches, pimples, and sallowness of the skin, aud give a healthy and juvenile bloom to the complexion. As a pleasant, safe, and easy aperient, they unite the re- commendation of a mild operation with the most successful effect, and require no restraint of diet or confinement during their use. And for elderly people they will be found to be the most comfortable medicine hitherto prepared. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London; and by his appointment, by Maher, Wood, Shillitoe, Sumner and Por- tal, Collins and Co., Humphries, Smith, Suffield, Flewitt, Edwards, Gazette and Advertiser offices; Shillitoe, ( late Cowell) Westbromwich ; Turner and Hollier, and Morris, Dudley; Valentine and Thoisby, Walsall; Manderand Co., and Simpson, Wolverhampton ; Davis, Atherstone ; Mor- gan, Lichfield; Harding, Sbiffnall; Pennell and Stewart, Kidderminster; Morris, Bewdley; Rlaund, Bromsgrove; Harper, Hodgkinson, Bayley and Roberts, Warwick ; and most of the agents for the celebrated " Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills;" one of whom is to be found in every town in the Kingdom. Price Is. l£ d. and 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the Government Stamp. THE ONLY CURE FOR CORNS AND BUNIONS. SJ AMSBOTTOM'S CORN and BUNION SOL- fi- ® / VENT. By the use of this valuable remedyimme- diate relief from pain is obtained, and by its successive application for ashortperiod, tbe most obstinate Corns are entirely removed without recourse to the dangerous opera- tions of cutting or filing. The proprietorpledges himsell that it does not contain caustic or any other article that will inflame the skin; being white it will not stain the stocking; and the advantage it has over plaister is mani- fest, and fully appreciated, as the very high recommenda- tion bestowed upon it by every individual that hasused il testifies. Price Is. ljd. and 2s. The various counterfeits that are attempted to be im- posed upon the public in lieu of tliisinvaluableremedy, fender it imperatively necessary for purchasers to ask for S. Ramsbottom's Corn and Bunion Solvent, and to see that it hasthe signature of" S. Ilamsbottom" written upon the label that is pasted on the outside of the wrapper ofevery genuine bottle, in addition to the name of the article, and words sold by Hannay and Co. 63, Oxford- street, being the name and address of the proprietor's wholesale agents. The following letter from Mr. John Winfield, of Bir- mingham, is one of many hundreds of the same tenor: Gentlemen— Having read an advertisement in a Birmingham paper, I was induced to purchase from your agent, Mr. Maher, Ann- street, a bottle of Ramsbottom's Corn and Bunion Solvent;— after a week'sapplieation I found it had the desirod effect. I have since re- commended it to many of my friends. You are at liberty to make any use you please of this communication.— Your obedient servant, Birmingham, August 6,1836. JOHN WINFIELD. Soldbyappointmentby M. Maher, 5, Congreve- street, and W. Wood, Bookseller, High- street, Birmingham ; Parke, Wolverhampton; Rogers, Stafford; Mort, Newcastle; Mer- ridew, Coventry; Dicey, Northampton. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John Cowley Baxter, Dundee, manufacturer. R. and J. Matthew, Dundee, merchants. LONDON MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, MONDAY, NOV. 27 Wheat, Essex Red, new, 40s to 50s ; fine, 52s to 56s j old, — s to — a; white, new, 50s to 54s j fine, 56s to 58s; superfine, 60sto62s; old, — s to — a.— Rye, 30s to 32s.— Barley, 26s to SOs ; fine, 32s to 35s; superfine, — s to— s.— Malt, 50s to 56s; fine, 58s to 60s.— Peas, Hog, 33s to 31s ; Maple, 34a to 35s ; white, 36s to 38s; Boilers, 38s to 40s Beans, small, 38s to 40s; old, — s to — s; Ticks, 30s to 33s; old, — sto — s; Harrow, 33s to 36s Oats, feed, 19s to 21s ; fine, 22a to 24s; Poland, 22s to 24a; fine, 25s to 26s; Potatoe, 25s to 27s ; fine, 28s to 29s.— Bran, per quarter, 10s Od to I Is 0d,_ Pollard, fine, per ditto, 14s. 20a. PRICE OF SEEDS, Nov. 27 Per Cwt Red Clover, English, 55s to 03s ; fine, 65s to 70s ; Foreign, 52s to 60s; fine, 63s to 68s White Clover, 55s to 60s ; fine, 65s to 70s Trefoil, new, I3s to 17s; fine; 18a to 21s ; old, — s to— a Trefolium, 14s to 17s; fine, 18s to 21s.— Caraway, English, new, 44s to 483 ; Foreign, 46s to 50s— Coriander, 9s Od to lis Od. Per Quarter.— St. Foin, - s to — s ; fine,— sto— s; Rye Grass, 30s to 33s; new, S4s to 36s ; Paeey Grass, — s to— s; Linseed forfeeding, 48s to SOs ; tine, 52s to 56s ; ditto for crushing, 44s to 47s Canary, 40s to 45s Hemp, 35s to 40s. Per Bushel— White Mustard Seed, 7s Od to 8s Od; brown ditto, 9s Od to 10s ; Tares, 3s 9d to 4s Od ; fiue new, Win., 4s 3d to4s 6d. Per Last Rape Seed, English, 27/ to 30/; Foreign, 24/ to 26/, w G? NERALAVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN FOR THE WEEK ENDING Nov, 18, 1837 Wheat, 54s 4d ; Barley, 30s lid; Oats, 21s Id; Rye, 28s 2d ; Beans, 36s 8d ; Peas, 35s 8d. DUTY ON FOREIGN CORN FOR THE PRESENT WEEK.— Wheat, 34S 8d ; Barley, 16s lOd; Oats, 15s 3d; Rye, 24s 3d; Beans, 15s6d; Peas, 16s 9d. HAYANDSTRAW Smithfield.— Hay, SOs Od to 95s Od ; Inferior, — sf; o— s; Clover, SOs to 115s; Inferior — s to — s; Straw, 30s to 30s. REMOVED TO 120, SNOW- HILL. REPAIRING THE CONSTITUTION. % Y REPAIRING the CONSTITUTION, the Advertiser means the HUMAN FRAME, which, by too free indulgence in momentary pleasures, destroys too often the noble fabric of man, and tortures him through his whole existence; weakens his energies, and makes him un- fit to perform those functions which are required of him. Dr. FISCHELBERG, formerly of the Prussian army, who directs his entire study to those cases so frequently brought on by the indiscretion of youth and inebriety, and whose long and extensive practice on the baneful diseases arising from the above causes, hasat length been so fortunate as to conquer, through bis salutary and most valuable medicinal preparations, the most obstinate venereal diseases, and does with confidence assure the afflicted, that, by adhering to his medicines, a complete cure may be relied on, for which he pledges his reputation. Dr. F. may be consulted by both sexes with the greatest confidence, from nine in the morning till ten at riight, and on Sundays from ten till two, at his Medical Establish- ment, No. 120, Snowhill, opposite the Coach and Horses Tavern, Birmingham, ( late of Christ Church Passage, New- street) where advice and medicines may be obtained. The PILES successfully treated by internal medicines only. Dr. FISCHELBERG is the sole Proprietorof the highly celebrated Royal Prussian Herb Pills, for the cure ol the Venereal disease. Sold, with proper directions for use, in boxes at 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6( 1. each, duty included Agent, Mr. Caldieott, bookseller, Dudley- street, Wolverhampton. Letters from the country, post- paid, with particulars of the case, and enclosing a remittance, punctually attended to, aud advice and medicines forwarded to any part of the kingdom. ggj" Observe, No. 120, Snowhill, opposite the Coach and Horses Tavern. MESSRS. PERRY and Co., Surgeons, may be personally consulted 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, LIVEUFOOL, and No. 2, BALE- STREET, near St. Peter's Church, MANCHESTER, of whom maybe had ( gratis) with each box of pills, their TRE ATISE ON THE VENEREAL DISEASE, Gonorrhoea, Gleets, and Stric- tures, arising from early abuses, intended for the instruction of general readers, so that all persons can obtain an imme- diate cure with ease, secrecy, and safety. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, of Copaiba, Cubebs, and other Vegetable extracts, price 2s. 9d. and lis., per Box, a certain, safe, and the most speedy remedy ever discovered for the permanent and ef- fectual cure of gonorrhoea, gleets, strictures, seminal weak- ness, pains in the loins, affections of the kidneys, gravel lumbago, local debility, irritation of the bladder or uretha, and other diseases of the urinary passages, frequently per- forming a perfect cure in the short space of three days, with ease, secrecy, and safety. Their operation is imper- ceptible; they do riot require the slightest confinement, or any alteration of diet, beverage, or exercise. Neither do they disagree with the stomach, or cause any offensive smell to the breath, as is the case with Copaiba and Cubebs, when administered by medical men in the usual way. PERRY'S VEGETABLE PILLS are well known as a certain and effectual remedy for the Venereal disease, secondary symptoms, venereal eruptions, pains in the bones, ulcerated sore throats, diseased nose, chronic rheumatism, scrofula, scorbutic and glandular affections, local and general debility, nocturnal pains in the head and limbs, depression of spirits, and alldiseases arising from an impure state of the blood. It is a melancholy fact, that thousands fall victims to the venereal disease, owing to the unskilfuluess of illiterate men, who, by the use of that deadly poison— mercury, ruin the constitution, and cause ulcerations, with blotches on the head, face, and body, dimness in the sight, noise in the ears, deafness, obstinate gleets, and nodes on the shin bones, till at length a general debility and decay of the constitution ensues, and a melancholy death puts a period to their dread- ful sufferings. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, continue to direct their studies to those dreadful debilities arising from the too free and indiscriminate indulgence of the passions, which not only occasion a numerous train of nervous affections, and entail on its votaries all the enervating imbecilities of old age, but weaken and destroy all the bodily senses, occasioning loss of imagination, judgment, and memory, indifference and aversion for all pleasures, the idea of their own unhappiness and despair, which arises from considering themselves as the authors of their own misery, and tlie necessity of renouncing the felicities of marriage, are the fluctuating ideas of those who' have given way to this delusive and destructive habit. In that distressing state of debility or deficiency, whether the consequence of such baneful practices, excessive drink- ing, or any other cause, by which the powers of the con- stitution become enfeebled, they offer a firm, safe, and speedy restoration to sound and vigorous health. • Messrs. PERRY and Co., may be personally consulted from nine in the morning till ten at night, and on Sundays from nine till two, and will give advice to persons taking the above, or any other of their preparations, without a fee, at No. 4, Great Charles- street, four doors from Easy- row, Bir- mingkam; 23, Slater- street, near Duke- street, Liverpool; aud at 2, Bale- street, near St. Peter's Church, Manchester; where their Pills can only be obtained, as no Bookseller, Druggist, or other Medicine Vendor is supplied with them. Lettersf rom the country ( post- paid), containing a remit tance for medicine, will be immediately answered. Dr. DE SANCTIS, S RHEUMATIC AND GOUT PILLS. Prepared by Bartholomew de Sanctis, M. D., Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, London. ffl^ HE unfailing efficacy of Dr. De Sanctis's Pills JL for the cure of Gout and Rheumatism, has been tried n an extensive practice, and their uniform success fully warrants Dr. De Sanctis in offering them for general use, as a specific, and the only one for the cure of GOUT, RHEUMATISM, RHEUMATIC GOUT, LUMBAGO, PAINS IN THE FACE, & c. Dr. De Sanctis is determined not to confine the use of these invaluable pills any longer to the sphere of his ac- quaintance, but has caused it to be laid before the public in the form of a Patent Medicine, but he trusts that his long tried, and he hopes, well merited medical reputation, will secure him from any charge of empiricism, and not allow this most invaluable remedy ( in the discovery of which he has devoted the greater part of his life and a large for- tune) to be classed among quack medicines. Suffice it to say, that these pills do not contain Colchi- cum or any other deleterious drug, they are perfectly inno- cent, and may be administefed to the most delicate indi- viduals. The dose is one pill every eight hours until cured, the first dose will begin to mitigate the most violent attack within four of its administration; and a patient writhing under the most malignant attack of Gout or Rheumatism, may rely on its removal within forty- eight hours. Dr. De Sanctis lays before the public the following letters from some of his patients, which speak a higher eu- logium on the efficacy of the medecine than any represen. tation he could make himself. Brighton. Sir,— The wonderful efficacy of your wonder working medicine as almost incredible; fifteen years ago I was attacked with acute Rheumatism, from having slept In a damp bed while travelling in Flanders, the torture arising from which has been of the most ago. nizing description, for although at intervals I have been free from ipain ( had it been incessant I musthave put an end to my exiatence) 1 have been more or less subject to it ever since, and when the at- tacks came on I felt aa though I was being torn asunder. In fifteen hours from the first dose of your Pills ( but mind I took two of them) I was materially relieved, and at the expiration of a week Iliad not the slightest trace of my enemy left; as you decline to let ine have the prescription in consequence of your intention of introducing it aa a Patent Medicine, you are free to publish this communication if you think proper, for the Pills deserve to be generally known. I am, sir, your obedient servant W. WEST. To Dr. De Sanctis. Miss Wilkins has been entirely cured of a Rheumatic affection in the hip, which Miss W. has long been a sufferer from, by the use of Dr. De Sanctis's Pills, after several other remedies she tried had failed. Sir,— I think that without a single exception I have suffered more from Gout than any other individual ever endured, the pain has been so intense ( without the sliglitestdimiuution) for three and four weeks at a time, that I have frequently been obliged to have a nurse by me day and night, striking my foot with a stick, to mode- rate the pain by inflicting another, until I have sometimes had my foot so black that it has notrecovered its colour for months; at the commencement of the last attack I procured some of your Pills, and to my very great satisfaction they immediately relieved me and pre- vented its further inroad, and I have now been free from it for eighteen months. I am, yours very truly, To Dr. Do Sanctis. FRANCIS HEATH. Mr. Smith's compliments to Dr. De Sanctis, and begs to communi- cate to him that he found the most speedy relief from the use of his Pills, and was entirely cured in three days. Dublin. Sir,— Your Rheumatic and Gout Pills are certainly a most effica- cious Medicine; I have been a severe sufferer from" Cold Rheuma- tism, which the Faculty have told me was always difficult of cure, it certainly has been difficult with me, for, for fifteen years I have fluctuated from bad toworseand worse to better, I have placed my. self in the hands of twenty. five Medical Men who pursued as many different modes fo treatment without any permanent effect, a fortu- natecircumstanceintroducedsome of your Plllsto ine, a few months since, which entirely cured me, and thank God have not had a re. lapse since, I therefore think it bat justice to you, to offer you my testimony of their efficacy, and 1 recommend all Gouty aud Rlieu. maticaubjectaneverto be without them.— Your's& ic, To Dr. De Sanctis. JACOB JOHNSON. Cheltenham. DearSir,— When your name wasmentioned to me by a friend, I certainly was sceptical of your being able to afford me any more relief than such as I had before obtained ; but your most invaluable Pills have certainly cured me, and had I not obtained them, I as certainly should have been before this a corpse. I have been for five and forty years a martyr to the horrid complaint of Gout, which in sufferings must be equal to the torments of hell, and during this long period I have tried every Remedy that money could procure or the most eminent Medical talent could suggest. I have taken Colchicum in every form, and in very largo doses, both with and without Opium, but unfortunately found the more Medicine 1 took, the more fre- quently the attacks returned, increasing In violence every time, and each attack becoming of longer duration, frequently of late from six weeks to two months, the most powerful remedies having at last failed to exert any influence on the complaint, the delay that occurred in consequence of my having to write to you ere I could ob- tain the Pills, allowed the complaint to increase more than it had ever done before, for both my legs, which of late years have been attackedsimultaneously, and swelled tothe size of my head, on the last occasion swelled up in y thighs, and but for the timely arrival of your Pills no doubt would have got Into my stomach and then as our immortal poet says, " In a coffin I'd pop'd off" instead of being here to return you my most grateful, sincere, and heartfelt thanka; the effect produced by your moat inestimable Pills was wonderful; in a short time after taking the first dose I fancied my- self easier, but made up iny mind to refer it only to a false confi- dence ; but my astonishment was excessive when at the end of six hours I found the swelling begin to diminish, and iu five days 1 found myself completely cured, and without any of those symptoms of lassitude and debility beingleft behind, which have alwayslasted1 for many daysafter every previous attack for the last ten years. I enclose you a draft for fifty pounds, and feel it the most useful fee I ever paid for Medical assistance ; I trust that if you ever visit this neighbourhood you willnotfail to spend a few days with me, and neither means or disposition will be absent from every en. deavour to minister to your enjoyment. Let me hope that many years will elapse ere the Grim Tyrant shall seize you with his icy hand, when if your Patients render that justice thatis due to your invaluable discovery, your remains must be laid among the most eminent of British Worthies.— I am, dear sir, your most sincere well- wisher, and resuscitated patient, Wn. LAMBERT; To Dr. De Sanctis. Mr. Wentworth presents his compliments to Dr. De Sanctis, and writes to say that he considers his Pills a harmless but most effica- cious remedy, and shall have great pleasure in recomtnendingthem to the notice of his friends; the particular complaint Mr. Went, worth took them for was Rheumatic Gout in the right hand, which he is very subject to, but which he finds Dr. De Sanctis's Pills im- mediately remove. Dr. De Sanctis's Pills are sold by appointment, in boxes at 2s. 9d. each, at HANNAY and Co.' s General Patent Medicine Warehouse, 63, Oxford- street, the corner of Wells- street, London; by whom dealers in the country are supplied on liberal terms; where may also be had HANNAY AND CO.' s INVALUABLE HORSE BLISTER. This most important improvement in the method of blis- tering cattle is prepared by Messrs. Hannay and Co., for and under the immediate inspection of the principal Veteri- nary Surgeon of one of His Majesty's cavalry regiments, who has used it during a period of many years with the most favourable results. Messrs. Hannay and Co beglorecom- mend it to the use of their sporting friends and the owners of horses generally, as far superior to any other blister in present use. It has the peculiar properties of not destroy- ing the hair, and never blemishes the part to which it is applied, however frequently it may be used to the youngest foal; and no horse, however high his courage, will ever gnaw it; and the horse on which it has been applied may be immediately turned out to grass without a cradle. It has the invaluable property ( not possessed by any other article) of removing the blemish of a broken knee by re- storing the hair. It has received the most unqualified approbation ofsomeofthe most extensive owners of cattle, and only requires to be tried to convince the observer of its invaluable properties. Sold in pots at Is. 6d., containing one dressing; pots, 2s. 9d. two dressings ; 5s. four dressings. *„* The great celebrity of this blister has caused un- principled dealers to counterfeit it. Purchasers must there- fore be particular in seeing that it bears the name and address of HANNAY and Co. ,63, Oxford- street," on the label on each pot. The above articles are sold by one or more respectable medicine venders in every town in the kingdom, and any shop that has not got either of them will procure it from London if ordered without any additional charge. Sold by special appointment by M. Maher, 5, Congreve- street, Birmingham; Meridew, Coventry; Parke, Wolverhamp- ton; Welchman, Northampton; Price and Co., Journal- office, Leicester; Rogers, Stafford; Mort, Newcastle; Stratford, Worcester. \ SHLEY COOPER'S BOTANICAL PURIFY- ING PILLS are established by thirty years'experi- ence, are prescribed by most of the eminent Physicians and Surgeons in London, and are always administered at several public hospitals, as the only certain remedy for Gonorrhoea, Gleets, Strictures, and all other forms ot Ve- nereal diseases, in either sex, curing in a few days, by one small pill for a dose, with ease, secrecy, and safety. Their operation is imperceptible, they do not require theslightest confinement, or any alteration of diet, beverage or exercise. They do not disagree with the stomach, nor cause any offensive smell to the breath, as is the case with all other medicines in use for these complaints, and after a cure ef fected by the use of these pills, the party willnotexperieenc any return of the complaint, as generally occurs after taking Balsam of Copaiba, and other drugs of the like nature, which only possessing a local action, merelysuppressed the complaint for a time, without eradicating it from the con- stitution, and the patient on undergoing a little more fa- tigue than ordinary, finds all the symptoms return, and that they are suffering under the complaint as much as at first, and are at last constrained to have recourse to these pills, as the only certain cure. They are likewise a most efficient remedy for Pimpled Faces, Scurf, Scorbutic Affections, and all Eruptions of the Skin. Captains of vessels should make a point of always taking them to sea, their unrivalled effi- cacy incuring Scurvy being known throughoutthe world. The following letter selected from numerous other pro- essional recommendations forwarded to the proprietor when, he first offered these pills to the public, may be considered interesting. From that eminent, surgeon, the late Joshua Brookes, Esq., F. R. S., Professor of Anatomy, & c. & c. Theatre of Anatomy, Blenhelm. street. Dear Cooper,— I have tried your pills in numerous Instances, and my candid opinion is that they are a mostimproved system of treat, ment for those peculiar complaints for which you recommend them, curing with rapidity, and witli a certainty that I had never before witnessed; but what I consider their most invaluable property is, that they entirely eradicate the complaint, and never leave those dis- tressing- secondary symptoms ( that harass the patient for life) which usually arise after the use of those uncertain remedies, Mercury and Copaiba. I think you cannot fail to have a very large sale for them. Believe me, yours, very truly, JOSHUA BROOKES. Ashley Cooper's Botanical Purifying Pills are sold in boxes at 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. each, wholesale and retail, at HANNAY and Co.' s General Patent Medicine Warehouse, 63, Oxford- 3treet, the corner of Wells- street, London, where the public can be supplied with every Patent Medi- cine of repute, ( with an allowance on tuking six at one time) warranted genuine and fresh from thevarious makers. Orders by post, containing a remittance, punctually attended to,- and the change, it 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; Rogers, Stafford; Mort, Newcastle; and Merridew, Coventry. MULREADDY'S COUGH ELIXIR. ONE dose is sufficient to convince the most scrupu- lous of the invaluable and unfailing efficacy of Mul- readdy's Cough Elixir, for the cure of coughs, colds, hoarseness, shortness of breath, asthma, difficulty' of breathing, huskiness, and unpleasant tickling in the throat, night cough, with pain on the chest, & c. The paramount superiority of this medicine above every other now in use, for the cure of the above complaints, only requires to be known to prove the passport to its being, ere long, universally made use of for the cure of every description of Pulmonary Affection. To those who are unacquainted with the invaluable pro- perties of Mulreaddy's Cough Elixir, the following letters will exhibit its efficacy: — Manchester, Jan. 2nd, 1835. Dear Sir,— The cough medicine you sent me is certainly a most surprising remedy; six days ago 1 was unable to breathe, unless with great difficulty, attended with much coughing, which always kept my soft palate relaxed, and in a state of irritation, and the more I coughed the worseit was, and it, in its own turn, produced a constant excitement of coughing. I am now about, to the wonder of ray friends and neighbours, entirely free from cough. One small phial of your inestimable medicine, ten years back; would have saved me not less than £ 3,000 in medical fees, but it would have done more— it would have saved my having had to swallow, from time to time, upwards of a hogshead of their nauseous, and, as they all proved, useless drugs. The agreeable flavour of the medicine is a great recommendation: I think you ought to put it up and sell it to the public, and if any one should doubt its efficacy, refer them tome. I shall have the pleasure of being with you iu a few days, when I shall press on your consideration the propriety of making it up for sale ; it would prove an enormous fortune to your grand, children. If you make up your mind to do so, as 1 am what the world styles an idle man, you may eulist me in your service ill any way that you think would be useful. But I should advise you to place the management in the bands of one of the great medicine houses in London. Hannay's, in Oxford. street, are being advertised in all the papers here, as wholesale agents for Ramsbottom's Corn Solvent, which, by the bye, my girl3 all say is really a cure, and many other medicines. I should say this would be a very good hou$ e, Oxford street being one of the most public situations in Lon- don. All join me iu kind remembrance to yourself aud Mrs. M. Believe ine, yours, very truly, T. Mulreaddy, Esq. ROBERT GRANT. Golden Lion Hotel, Liverpool. Sir— To my astonishment, the other day, I had a visit from my old and esteemed friend, Mr. Hughes, whom I had not seen for many years, and still more so was I when, finding that I had a severe cough, he drew forth from his pocket a phial, a portion of the con- tents of which he insisted upon my swallowing instanter, and lef in « the remainder, which I also took, and in the course of twenty- four hours I found myself quite freefrom even any tendency towards coughing; he now tells me that you are his oracle of health; I, therefore, beg leave to present my report at head- quarters, with many thanks, and trust that I may be able to prevail on you to let me have half, or a whole pint of the medicine to stow in my sea. chest, as I sail again for America in about ten days, and if 1 can, in return, afford you any service on tjie 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., 18S5. Dear Sir,— The bottle of Medicine you left for me the other day has greatly relieved the wheezing I have been 80 long subject to ; and I do not now find the cold produce the sensation it used previous to taking your medicine ; it used formerly to nip me on going out, and I seemed as though I had a string run through my body, and the breast and back bones were drawn together. If you will be so good as to give me another bottle, I am sure it will work a perfect cure. I am, sir, your most obedient servant, T. Mulreaddy, E « q. NICHOLAS BROWN. DearSir,— 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, u our family you will be styled doctor iu future. Believe me, yours verysincerely, J. WII. SON. Liverpool, Dec., 1834. My dear Sir,— You most assuredly deserve the thanks of society for presenting it with such an invaluable cure for Coughs. For years past, during the winter mouths, and always on foggy days, have I heretofore been compelled to confine myself a close and soli- tary prisoner in iny library, to prevent the possibility of being tempted to join in conversation, the excitement of which always produced such violent paroxysms of coughing, that 1 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 aa vigourously as in the early partof my life, and I now believe that 1 was then perfectly cured— a cure not to have been expected at my advanced age, 80 years— but I persevered in taking it until I had consumed the whole twelve bottles. Your situation in life, I know, places you beyond the necessity of preparing an article of the kind for sale, butit muat and shall be done, aud if you neglect to do it, my sincere wish is that you may be lugged out of your retirement, and compelled to provide it in quantities equal to the boundless waters; aud 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 inost usefully. Whenever you have made up for sale, send me one thou- sand bottles. Ever your sincere well- wisher, T. Mulreaddy, Esq. W. HUGHES. Chetter, 12mo., 1834. Esteemed Friend,— Thou hast my sincere thanks for thy Samaritan present. Thy medicine has had the promised effect, and com- pletely cured my trying cough. If thou wilt lot mo 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 of he whole of the letters he has received of the above tenor, would require several volumes. The selection here pre- sented he considers quite sufficient, but begs to say, that upon trial of his Cough Elixir, it will give itself the best recommendation. It will be sold by his appointment, whole- sale and retail, by bis agents, Messrs. HANNAY and Co., 63, Oxford- street, London ; and retail by every other respecta- blevenderofmedicines in bottles at Is. l% d. each. ljg^" 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 byliisap- pointmentat Hannay and Co.' s, Patent Medicine Ware- house, 63, Oxford- street, London. Price Is. l^ d. and 4s. 6d. Sold wholesale and retail by HANNAY and Co., 63, Oxford street, London, wholesale Patent Medicine Ven- ders and Perfumers to the Royal Family, where the public can be supplied with every patent and public medicine of repute; and also with the perfumes of all the respectable London perfumers, with an allowance on taking six or more of any other article at the same time. Soldbyappointmentby Maher, S, Congreve- street, and Wood, bookseller, High- street, Birmingham; Parke, Wolverhampton; Rogers, Stafford; Mort, Newcastle; and Merridew, Coventry. Printed and published by FRANCIS BASSET SHENSTONI FLINDELL, of Lee Mount, in the parish of Edgbaston, at 38, New- street, Birmingham, where letters for the Editor maybe addressed, anywhere Advertisements and Orders will be received. 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, December 2, 1837. si