No. 686. SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1838. PRICE THEATRE ROYAL, BIRMINGHAM. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. AND MRS. H. WEBB. MR. and MRS. H. WEBB have the honour to an- nounce that their Benefit is fixed lor MONDAY EVENING NEXT, July 23rd, 1838, upon which occasion they most re9pectlully solicit the kind and liberal patronage of their fiiends and the public. The entertainments selected, they trust, will afford satisfaction, and procure for them the support it h » 9 been their earnest endeavour to merit. On MONDAY EVENING, July 23, 1838, will be performed a New Drama, possessing most intense interest, entitled— FAITH AND FALSEHOOD; Or, THE BUSHRANGER. Lysimachus Doblw ( a Painter & Glazier) Mr. H. WEBB. Charles Graves ™ Mr. HIGGIE. In the course of the Evening Mr. WEBB will Bing a variety of Comic Songs; and Mrs. WEBB and Mr. W. RIGNOLD will perform some Favourite Dances. Mrs. W. RIGNOLD will recite COLLINS ODE ON THE PASSIONS, Illustrated by a series of splendid TABLEAUX VIVANS ! After which the laughable Interlude of CATCHING AN HEIRESS. Tom Twigg Mr. H. WEBB. To conclude with the grand Romantic Drama of THE VAMPIRE ; Or, THE BRIDE OF THE ISLES. Lower Boxes, 3s.; Upper Boxes, 2s.; Pit Is.; Gal- lery, 6d. Tickets may be obtained at the Box OFFICE, between 11 and 3 o'clock; of Mr. TURNER, Printer, Snow- hill; and of Mr. H. WEBB, 91, Suffolk- street. HALF PRICE, AND LAST WEEK BUT ONE OF THE Splendid PICTURE of the PANORAMA of the CITY of FLORENCE and surrounding country, now exhibiting at the SOCIETY OF ARTS' ROOMS, New- street, Birmingham. The Panorama must positively close, the rooms being wanted for the Annual Exhibition. Open from Nine till dusk.— Admittance, Sixpence. BIRMINGHAM GUN MAKERS' COMPANY. CA UTION. AN Act of Parliament having' been obtained, at the instance of the above Company, in the 53rd, and an amendment to the said act, in the 55th year of the reign of George III. for the purpose of insuring the proper and care- ful manufacture of fire- arms in England, and for making provision tor proving the barrels of such fire- arms; the guar- dians, trustees, and wardens, appointed to carry the provi- sions of the said acts into effect, having heard that barrels are being manufactured in Birmingham, and in various parts of the kingdom, and, in some instances, imitation marks of the above company stamped thereon, and such barrels sold or made into guns or pistols without having been duly proved, arid marked as proved at the Company of Gun. makers' Proof house, of the town of Birmingham, or some other Proof- house, established by law, refer the public to the following extract from the above- named acts of Parlia- ment :— " That from and after the passing of this act, every person who shnll use, or cause, or procure to be used, or to be be- gun to be used, either by ribbing, breat- off fitting, or other process, in any progressive state of manufacture, in making, manufacturing, or finishing of any gun, fowling- piece, blun- derbuss, pistol, or other description of fire arms, usually called small arms; or who shall offer for sale, or sell, or cause or procure to be sold, or who shall take, or receive, or cause or procure to be taken or received, or permit or suffer to be received on his behalf, any barrel, which shall not first have been duly proved, and marked as proved at the Proof- house, established at Birmingham, under the provisions of the first above- mentioned act, or some other Proof house, established by law, shall forfeit and pay for every offence, twenty pounds; such penalties to be recovered in a sum- mary way, before two justices of the peace, the one half to go to the informer, and the other half to the poor of the parish where the offence shall be committed. By order of the Guardians, Trustees, and Wardens, JOHN MILL WARD, Clerk. Proof- house, Birmingham, July 10th, 1833. STEAM POWER. Advantageous opportunity for any person requiring from Five to Ten Horse Power. TO be SOLD, Roomy Premises, witli Ten Horse Steam Engine, now at work, situate 36. Leather- lane, Holborn. There is at present an old- established business carried on, which occupies about half the power, and pays the expense of working the whole. Part of the purchase money may remain on approved security, and a commission allowed to any agent effecting the sale. The Pr emises and power would be Let on Lease, on sa- tisfactory security being given for the payment of the rent. For particulars apply to Mr. ADDISON, on the premises, between 10 and 4, if by letter, post paid. EMIGRATION TO NEW SOUTH WALES. FOR SYDNEY direct, a chartered Ship, to sail from London in all August, the first- class fast- sailing Ship, BA RDASTER, John Vertue, Commander, burden 500 tons, lying in the St. Catherine's Docks. This ship has great height between decks, and splendid accommodations for cabin, intermediate, and steerage passengers, and will carry an experienced Surgeon. She has recently returned from New South Wales, and performed the voyage out in thirteen, and home, by Cape Horn, in fifteen weeks. For freight, or jjassage, apply to DEVITT and MOOR, Lang- bourn Chambers, Fenchurch- street, London ; or to Mr. DAWSON, at the Dartmouth Hotel, Westbromwich, from eleven to three o'clock, every Tuesday, Wednesday, arid Friday. FOR BE A U1J A RIS, BANGOR, AND MENAI BRIDGE, THE favourite steam yacht ZEPHYR, Captain GOFF, is intended, until further notice, to sail from George's Pierhead, Liverpool, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings, at one quarter to eleven o'clock, thus affording to passengers, per Railway by the Bir- mingham Train, an opportunity of immediately proceeding into Wales, The departure from Menai Bridge to Liver- pool will be on the alternate mornings, at nine o'clock, and as the Zephyr usually makes the passage in five hours or under, passengers lor the interior will be in time for the Railway Trains to Manchester and Birmingham the same day. Refreshments supplied on board at a moderate rate. A Stewardess attends the Ladies' Cabin. Please apply at the Sr. George Steam Packet Company's Offices, 21. Water- street, or Clarence Dock, Liverpool. N. B No charge for boats in Liverpool. THE COURT FOR RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS, N. B. See the Notice at the end of these Advertisements. rpHE Matters of the Petitions and Schedules of the JL Prisoners hereinafter named, ( the same having been filed in the Court) are appointed to be heard as follows;— at the Court- house, Warwick, in the county of Warwick, on the tenth day of August next, at ten o'clock in the morning precisely. ROBERT MORGAN, late of the Brewer's Arms, in Lombard street, in the parish of Aston juxta Birming- ham, in the county of Warwick, retail brewer and brewer by the hire, a short time lately a prisoner for debt in the gaol of Warwick, in the county aforesaid. JOSEPH BARLOW, formerly of Moor street, Bir- mingham, in the county of Warwick, licensed victualler, then of Allison street, in Birmingham aforesaid, licen- sed victualler, and late of Upper Saltley, in the parish of Aston, nigh Birmingham aforesaid, retail brewer and dealer in potatoes. RICHARD BAUGHN, formerly of Handley street, near the Birmingham Hospital, in Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, huckster, and late a lodger in Saint Martin's street, Five Ways, in Birmingham aforesaid, out of business. ROBERT WESTLEY, formerly of East lane, Wal- worth, Surrey, cordwainer, then of Kingsland, in the parish of West Hackney, in the county of Middlesex, police officer, then of No. 1, High street, Kingsland aforesaid, cordwainer, then of Newton street, in Bir- mingham, in the county of Warwick, cordwainer and shopman to Mr. Mansell. of Bull street, in Birmingham aforesaid, and late of 31, Union street aforesaid, cord- wainer aud shopman as aforesaid. WILLIAM FRO BIS HER, late ofWell street, Hock- ley, in Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, retail brewer and builder. WILLIAM BELLAMY, formerly of Granville street, in Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, journey- man brass and iron founder, then of Granville street, William street, in Birmingham aforesaid, retail brewer, and late of Granville street, William street aforesaid, out of business. THOMAS SMITH, formerly a lodger in Cheapside, in Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, and late of Balsall street, in Birmingham aforesaid, butcher, at the same time keeping a stall in the Market- hall, in Bir- mingham aforesaid, for the sale of meat. JOSEPH HARRIS, late of Princept street, in Bir- mingham, in the county of Warwick, gun barrel maker, and latterly for some time a prisoner confined for debt in the gaol of Warwick. CHARLES MOUNTNEY, formerly of Dale end, afterwards of Digbeth, both in Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, butcher, then of Newtown row, Birmingham aforesaid, in lodgings, out of business, then of Great Lester street, Aston jnxta Birmingham aforesaid, butcher, and late of New John street, Bir- mingham aforesaid, butcher. JOHN GILBERT, foimerly of Bell street, Birming. ham, in the county of Warwick, licensed victualler, then of Perry Barr, near Birmingham, in the county of Stafford, paper manufacturer, and late of Perry Barr aforesaid, out of business. RICHARD WILLIAM GLODE DOUGLAS, formerly of Coleman street, in the city of London, manager of the Swan with Two Necks coach office, in Lad lane, London aforesaid, then of Brad- ford street, in the borough of Birmingham, in tlie county of Warwick, coachman to the Sheffield mail, then of Paradise street, Birmingham aforesaid, coach- man to the Rapid to Derby, then of Babbington lane, Derby, Derbyshire, coachman as last aforesaid, then of Leamington terrace, in the borough of Birmingham aforesaid, out of employ, and late of Bordesley, in the borough of Birmingham aforesaid, out of employ. ALFRED TOY, formerly of Springfield terrace, Bir- mingham Heath, in the borough of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, in partnership with Edward Cox, carrying on trade as percussion cap manufacturers and factors, in Caroline street, Birmingham aforesaid, then of Spring hill aforesaid, commercial traveller, then of Regent's place, in Birmingham aforesaid, percussion cap manufacturer and factor, carrying on trade under the firm '' Toy and Co.," and late a lodger, in Great Hampton street, in Birmingham aforesaid, out ol business. TAKE NOTICE. 1. Ifany creditor intends to oppose a prisoner's discharge, notice of such intention must be given to the said piisoner in writing, three clear days before the day of bearing, ex- clusive of Sunday, and exclusive both of the day of giving such notice, and of the said day of hearing. 2. But in the case of a prisoner, whom his creditors have removed, by an order of the court, from a gaol in or near London, for hearing in the country, such notice of opposi- tion will be sufficient, if given one clear day before the day of hearing. 3. The petition and schedule will be produced by the proper officer for inspection and examination, at the office of the Court in London, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between the hours of ten and four; and copies of the petition and schedule, or such part thereof as shall be required, will be provided by the proper officer, according to the act 7 Geo. 4. c. 57. sec. 76. N. B. Entrance to the office, in Portugal- street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. 4. The duplicate of the petition and schedule, and all hooks, papers, and writings filed therewith, will be produced for inspection and examination by the Clerk of the Peace, Town Clerk, or other person, with whom the same shall have been directed to be lodged for such purpose, at the office ol such Clerk of the Peace or other persr n, and copies of the petition and schedule, or such part thereof as shall he required, will be there provided according to the act 7 Geo. 4. e. 57. sec. 77, or the act 5 Geo. 4. c. 61. sec. 11, as the case may be. C. H. RUSH WORTH, Staple Inn, Holborn, PRICHARD SMITH, Solicitor, Birmingham. DIRECT STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEENLONDON AND ST. PETERSBURGH. Calling at Helsinborg and Copenhagen to land and receive Passengers. THE ST. GEORGE STEAM PACKET COM- PANY'S New and Powerful STEAM. SHIP SIRIUS, 700 tons, and 320 horse power, Lieut. M. MORIARTV, R. N., Commander, is intended to sail from off the London Docks on Wednesday, the 1st of August, at eight o'clock in the morning, for the above ports. FARES ( exclusive of Provisions). State Cabin. Second Cabin. Steerage, London to Helsinborg £ 7 7 £ 4 4 £ 2 2 London to Copenhagen 7 74 4 — 2 2 London to St. Petersburg!) 15 15 10 10 ™ 5 5 Copenhagen to St. Peteishurgh 88.— 66 — 33 Returning from St. Petersburg!) on the 15th of August. And will continue to leave London the 1st, and St. Petersburg!) the 15th of every succeeding month, until further notice. The Sirius having been the first steamer to cross the At- lantic, lias established a character for superiority of sailing, and possesses every accommodation for the comfort and convenience of passengers, consequently presents a favourite conveyance between Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden, and Russia. Further information afforded on application at the offices of the Company, 137, Leadenhall. street, London; Hull, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bristol, Dublin, and Cork'; or at Clarence Dock, Liverpool. THE COURT FOR RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. N. B. See the Notice at the end of these Advertisement. THE Matters of the Petitions and Schedules of the Prisoners hereinafter named, ( the same having been filed in the Court) are appointed to be heard as follows: — at the Court House, at Birmingham, in the county of War- wick, on the fourteenth day of August next, at ten o'clock in the morning precisely. JOSEPH FAULKNER, formerly of'Charlotte street, and late of Holloway head, both named places in B; r- mingliam, Warwickshire, scale beam maker, sued with John Pears. GEORGE BAILEY, formerly of Rushall street, Wal- sall, Staffordshire, fishmonger, then of Broad street, Islington, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, fishmonger, then of Upper Rushall street, Walsall, aforesaid, fish- monger, and late of Dudley street, Walsall aforesaid, fishmonger. ROBERT LOVERIDGE, late of Cheapside, in Bir- mingham, in the county of Warwick, baker. SIMON MACANN, late of Lichfield street, Birming- ham, in the county of Warwick, tailor and clothier. NATHAN HAINES, late of Loveday street, in Bir- mingham, in the counly of Warwick, green grocer and milkman, and warehouse clerk. LUKE WICKSTONE, late of Saint Martin's street, Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, cordwaiuer. THEODORE BLAND, formerly of Beak street, Bir- mingham, in the county of Warwick, licensed victualler, then of Weaman street, in Birmingham aforesaid, licensed victualler, then a lodger at the Derbyshire House, Aston road, near Birmingham in the county aforesaid, collector of rents and agent to the Hockley Brewery, near Birmingham aforesaid, then of the Derbyshire House aforesaid, steel ring maker, then a prisoner for debt in the County Gaol of Warwick, and late a lodger at the Deibyshire House aforesaid, steel ring maker. JOHN HEATON, formerly of Windmill street, Wal- sall, in the county of Stafford, journeyman castor, then of Hicks's square, Novascotia street, Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, castor, then of Grosvenor street, Birmingham aforesaid, castor, and late oi Law- rence street, in Birmingham aforesaid, journeyman castor. GEORGE TRINFIELD, formerly of Monumentlane, in the borough of Birmingham, in the county of War- wick, journeyman carpenter, and late of Gib Heath, in Birmingham aforesaid, carpenter and builder. THOMAS SMITH, formerly of Digbeth, in theborough of Walsall, in the county of Stafford, cordwainer, and late of the Windmill, in the borough of Walsall afore- said, cordwainer. JOHN HARDMAN, late a lodger in Great Hampton street, in Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, factor. RICHARD DE AKIN, formerly of No. 16, Snow hill, Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, corn and fiour dealer, and late a lodger in New Summer street, in Birmingham aforesaid, out of business. GEORGE PERRIN, formerly of Bell street, in Bir- mingham, in the county of Warwick, licensed victualler, then of Upper Gough street, in Birmingham aforesaid, out of business, then of Norfolk street, in Birmingham aforesaid, retail brewer, then of Baskerville House, Birmingham aforesaid, retail brewer, and late a lodger at Bloomsbury, near Vauxhall, in the parish of Aston, near Birmingham aforesaid, brewer by the hire. RICHARD ROBINSON, formerly of Lower Temple street, then of Ltrdgate hill, then of Lichfield street, and then of Lower Tower street, all named places in Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, butcher, then of Lower Tower street aforesaid, butcher and retail brewer, and late of Lower Tower street aforesaid, butcher. JAMES GOUGH, formerly of Lawley street, Aston, in the borough of Birmingham, in the county of War- wick, cordwainer and earthenware dealer, then of Alcester street, in Birmingham aforesaid, cordwainer, huckster, and retail brewer, and late of the same place, cordwainer and huckster. JOHN BLAND, formerly a lodger in Weaman street, in Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, gilt toy maker, then a lodger as aforesaid, gun dealer and gilt toy maker, and late of Weaman street aforesaid, gilt toy maker as aforesaid, and general dealer in hardware. WILLIAM HANKS, formerly of Old Thomas street, Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, coal dealer, then of Cardigan street, in Birmingham aforesaid, retail brewer, coal dealer, and huckster, and late of Hospital street, Birmingham aforesaid, green grocer. JAMES GOSLING, formerly of Smethwick, near Bir- mingham, in the county of Stafford, retail brewer, then of Pope street, in Birmingham, in the county of War- wick, coal dealer, then of Cliveland street, Birmingham aforesaid, coal dealer, then of Brearley street, Birming- ham aforesaid, coal dealer, arid late of Windsor street, in the parish of Aston, near Birmingham aforesaid, coal dealer. EDWARD CATLEY, formerly of gravelly Hill, in the parish of Aston, near Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, carrying on business in Whittall street, Birmingham, in tire county of Warwick, as a gun ma- nufacturer, then of the Willows, in the parish and county aforesaid, carrying on trade as aforesaid, in Whittall street aforesaid, then of Cambden street, in Birmingham aforesaid, carrying on business as aforesaid, in Whittall street aforesaid, then a lodger in Lionel street, in Birmingham aforesaid, carrying on business as aforesaid in Whittall street aforesaid, his wife and family lodging in Gozzard street, New Town, Bilston, Staffordshire, then a lodger in High street, Birmingham aforesaid, carrying on trade as aforesaid in Whittall street aforesaid, then a lodger in Belmont row, in tiie parish of A6ton aforesaid, carrying on trade as aforesaid in Wliittall street aforesaid, then a lodger in Little Somerset street, Goodman's fields, in the city of Lon- don, out of business, his wife and family lodging in Belmont row aforesaid, and late a lodger in Belmont row aforesaid, out of business. TAKE NOTICE. 1. Ifany creditor intends to oppose a prisoner's discharge, notice of such intention must he given to the said prisoner in writing, three clear days before the day of hearing, ex- clusive of Sunday, and exclusive both of the day of giving such notice and of the said day of hearing. 2. But in the case of a prisoner, whom his creditors have removed, by an order of the court, from a gaol in or near London, for hearing in the country, such notice of opposition will be sufficient, if given one clear day before the day of hearing, 3. The petition and schedule will be produced by the proper officer for inspection and examination at the office of the court in London, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between the hours of ten and four; and copies of the petition and schedule, or such part thereof as shall be re- quired, will he provided by the proper officer according to the act 7 Geo. 4., c. 57, sec. 76. N. B. Entrance to the office in Portugal- street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. 4. The duplicate of the petition and schedule, and all books, papers, and writings filed therewith, will he produced for inspection and examination by the Clerk of tfie Peace, Town Clerk, or other person with whom the same shall have been directed to be lodged for such purpose at the office of such Clerk of the Peace or other person, and copies of the petition and schedule, or such part thereof as shall be required, will be there provider! according to the act 7 Geo. 4., c. 57, sec. 77, or the act 5 Geo. 4, c. 61, sec. 11, as the case may be. C. H. RUSHWORTH, Staple Inn, Holborn, London, FOR PRICHARD SMITH, Solicitor, Birmingham. THE COURT FOR RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. N. B. See the Notice at the end of the Advertisements. THE Matters of the Petitions and Schedules of fhe Prisoners hereinafter named, ( the same having been filed in the court) are appointed to be heard as follows: — at the Court- house, Oldbury, in the county of Salop, on the thirteenth day of August next, at ten o'clock in the morn- ing precisely. JOSEPH SHELDON, formerly of Dudley, in the county of Woicester, afterwards of Ball hill, West- liromwich, in the county of Stafford, then of Swan Village, West Bromwich aforesaid, and late of Cutler's- end, Westbromwich aforesaid, collier. ISAAC CADDICK, formerly of Temple street, Bil- ston, in the county of Stafford, blank maker, japanner, varnish maker, and steel box manufacturer, and late of Brook street, Bilston aforesaid, japanner and varnish maker. THOMAS WESTON, formerly of Westbromwich, arid late of Handsworth, both in the county of Stafford, labourer. THOMAS JOHNSON, formerly of Park row, Cradley, near Stourbridge, in tile county of Worcester, r. ail packer, in the employ of Thomas Bloomer, of the same place, nail factor, then of Saint. George's street, Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, nailor and rivet maker, also retail brewer and dealer in tobacco, and late of Cradley aforesaid, retail brewer, grocer, tea dealer, furniture broker aud dealer, also higler. TAKE NOTTCE. 1. If any creditors intends to oppose a prisoner's dis- charge, notice of such intention must he given to the said prisoner in writing, three clear days before the day of hear- ing, exclusive of Sunday, and exclusive both of the day of giving such notice and of the said day of hearing. 2. But in the case of a prisoner, whom his creditors have removed, by an order of the court, from a gaol in or near London, for hearing in the country, such notice of opposi- tion will be sufficient, if given one clear day before the day of hearing. 3. The petition and schedule will be produced by the proper officer for inspection and examination at the office of the court in London, on Mondays, Wednes- days, anrl Fridays, between the hours of ten and four; and copies of the petition and schedule, or such part thereof as shall be required, will, be provided by the proper Officer ac- cording to the act 7 Geo. 4, c. 57. sec. 76. N. B. Entrance to the office, in Portugal street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. 4. The duplicate of the petition and schedule, and all books, papers, and writings filed therewith, will be produced for inspection and examination by the Clerk of the Peace, Town Clerk, or other person with whom the same shall have been directed to be lodged for such purpose, at the office of such Clerk of the Peace or other person, and copies of the petition and schedule, or such part thereof as shall be required, will be provided according to the act 7 Geo. 4. c. 57. sec. 77, or the act 5 Geo. 4. c. 61. sec. 11., as the case may be. P. SMITH, Insolvents' Attorney, Birmingham. THE COURT FOR RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. THE Matters of the Petitions and Schedules of the Prisoners hereinafter named, the same having been fi'ed in the court, are appointed to be heard as follows :— at the Court House, at Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, on the fourteenth day of August, 1838, at ten o'clock in the morning precisely. - JOHN WALTERS, ( sued with Thomas Parry,) here- tofore of the Crown and Anchor Retail Brewery, in Ashted row, in the parish of Aston, nigh Birmingham, Warwickshire, retail brewer and builder, at the same time carrying on business in copartnership with one John Sharp, as maltster, in Howe street, in the said parish of Aston, since then of Copsall street, in the said parish of Aston aforesaid, builder and maltster, in copartnership with the said John Sharp, then of the same place, journeyman maltster and builder, since then of Howe street aforesaid, malster and builder, since then a prisoner in the gaol of Warwick, and late of Howe street aforesaid, journeyman maltster and builder. ELEANOR SIMCOX, heretofore of Clifton's buildings, Oldhury green, near Oldbury, in the county of Salop, widow, . ironstone banks' woman, then of the Rising Sun Retail Brewery, at Oldbury green aforesaid, carrying on business as a retail brewer, in the name of Ellen Simcox, and late of the same place, occasional charwoman. THOMAS BROWN, late of Rounds's green, in the parish of Oldbury, in the county of Salop, grocer, huckster, mealman, dealer in malt and horse corn, and provision and general dealer, also occasionally working at the Iron and Steel Works, at Braides, in the parish of Rowley Regis, in the county of Stafford. JOHN DAVENPORT, ( sued with William Dalton,) late of No. 13, Exeter row, Birmingham, Warwickshire, ( builder, carpenter, and joiner, his wife occasionally carrying on liusiness as a straw bonnet maker. THOMAS BRIGGS, heretofore lodging in Great Hampton street, afterwards lodging in Hockley street, both in Birmingham, then of Pritchett street, after- wards of Holt street, both in the parish of Aston, nigh Birmingham aforesaid, cabinet maker and general iiroker, and late of 152, Moor street, Birmingham aforesaid, all it) the county of Warwick, retail brewer, eating house keeper, cabinet maker, and general broker. TAKE NOTICE. 1. If any creditor intends to oppose a prisoner's discharge, notice of such intention must be given to the said prisoner in writing, three clear days before the day of hearing, exclusive of Sunday, and exclusive both of the day of giving such notice, and of the said day of hearing. 2 But in the case of a prisoner, whom his creditors have removed, by an order of the court, from a gaol in or near London, for hearing in the country, such notice of opposi- tion will be sufficient if given one clear day before the day of hearing. 3. The petition and schedule will be produced by the proper officers for inspection and examination, at the office of the court in London, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between the hours of ten and four, and copies of the petition and schedule, or such part thereof as shall be required, will be provided by the proper officers, according to the act 7 Geo. 4. c. 57. sec. 76. N. B. Entrance to the office in Poitugal street, Lincoln's Inn Fields.. 4. The duplicate of the petition and schedule, and all books, papers, and writings filed therewith, will be produced for inspection and examination, by Messrs. Arnold and Haines, at their offices, Cannon street, Birmingham, in the said county of Warwick, the Deputy Clerks of the Peace, Town Clerk, or other person, with whom the same shall have been directed to he lodged for such purpose, at the office of such Clerk of the Peace or other person, and copies of the petition and schedule, or such part thereof as shall be required, will be there provided according to the act 7 Geo. 4. c. 57. sec. 77, or the act 5 Geo. 4. c. 61, sec. 11, as the case may be. LEWIS and LEWIS, 10, Ely- place, Holborn, Attorneys of the Court, For R. N. ORTON, Attorney for Insolvents, Warwick arid Birmingham. THE COURT FOR RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. N. B. See the Notice at the end ol this advertisement. THE matters of the Petition and Schedule of the Prisoner hereinafter named, the same having been filed in the Court, are appointed to be heard as follows: — at the Court- house at Warwick, in the county of Warwick, on the 10th day of August, 1838, at the hour of ten in the forenoon precisely. CATHERINE HICKLING, heretofore of the Bell Tavern, Bristol road, Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, barmaid, then lodging at Soho- hill, Hands- worth, in the county of Stafford, out of employ, after- wards a waiter in a hosier's shop, in Steelhouse- lane, Birmingham aforesaid, afterwards a waiter in a pawn- broker's shop, in Warwick street, Birmingham afore- said, afterwards lodging in Livery- street, Birmingham aforesaid, out of employ, afterwards of the Saracen's Head public- house, in Bull- street, Birmingham afore said, chamber maid, afterwards lodging in Russell street, Leamington Priors, in the county of Warwick, out of employ, and late lodging at No. 99, Bromsgrove street, Birmingham aforesaid, out of employ. TAKE NOTICE. 1. If any creditor intends to oppose a prisoner's discharge, notice of such intention must lie given to the said prisoner in writing, three clear days before the day of hearing, ex- clusive ol Sunday, and exclusive both of the day of giving such notice and of the said day of hearing. 2. But in the case of a prisoner, wliom his creditors have removed by an order of the court, from a gaol in or near London, for hearing in the country, such notice of opposition will be sufficient, if given one clear day before the day of hearing. 3. The petition and schedule will be produced by the proper officer for inspection and examination at the office of the court in London, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between the hours of ten and four; and copies of the petition and schedule, or such part thereol as shall be re- quired, will be provided by the proper officer, according to the act 7 Geo. 4, c. 57, sec. 76. N. B. Entrance to the office in Portugal street, Lincoln's- inn fields. 4. The duplicate of the petition and schedule, and all books, papers, and writings filed therewith, will be produced for inspection and examination by the Clerk of the Peace, Town Clerk, or other person with whom the same shall have been directed to he lodged for such purpose, at the office of such Clerk of the Peace or other person, and copies of the petition and schedule, or such part thereof as shall be required, will be there provided according to the act 7 Geo. 4, c. 57, sec. 77, or the act 5 Geo. 4, c. 61, sec. 11, as the case may be. IN THE COURT FOR RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. THE Matter of the Petition and Schedule of the Prisoner hereinafter named, the same having been filed at the Court, is appointed to be heard as follows: — a: the Court House, at Warwick, in the county of Warwick, on the tenth day of August, 1838, at the hour of ten in the morning precisely. THOU AS POWELL, heretofore lodging at Bell Barn road, in the parish of Birmingham, afterwards lodging in Balsall Heath road, in the parish of Edgbastcm, com- mission agent, arid late of Skinner street, in the parish of Birmingham aforesaid, out of business, all of which said places are in the county of Warwick. TAKE NOTICE. 1. Ifany creditor intends to oppose a prisoner's discharge, notice of such intention must be given to the said prisoner in writing, three clear days before the day of hearing, ex- clusive of Sunday, and exclusive both of the day of giving such notice and of the said day of bearing. 2. But in the case of a prisoner, whom his creditors have removed, by an order of the court, from a gaol in or near London for hearing in the country, such notice of opposition will he sufficient if given one clear day before the day of hearing. 3. The petition and schedule will be produced by the proper officer for inspection and examination, at the office of the court in London, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri- days, between the hours of ten and four, and copies of the petition and schedule, or such part thereof as shall be re- quired, will be provided by the proper officer, according to the act 7th, Geo. 4, c. 57, sec. 76. N. B. Entrance to the office in Portugal- street, Lincoln'* Inn Fields. 4. The duplicate of the petition and schedule, and all books, papers, and writings, filed therewith, will be produced for inspection and examination by the Clerk of the Peace, Town Clerk, or other person, with whom the same 6hall have been directed to be lodged for such purpose at the office ofsueli Clerk of the Peace, or other person, and copies of the petition and schedule, or such part thereof as shall be required, will be there provided according to the act 7, Geo. 4, c. 57, sec. 77. GALSWORTHY AND NICHOLS, Solicitors, 9, Cooke's Court, Lincoln's Inn, London, FOR J. C. DEW, Solicitor, Warwick. THE COURT FOR RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. N. B. See the Notice at the end of this advertisement. PB^ HE Matters of the Petition and Schedule of the J- Prisoner hereinafter named, ( the sane having been filed in the Court,) are appointed to be heard as follows:— at the Court House, at the City of Coventry, in the county of the same City, on Thursday, the 9th day of August, 1838, at ten o'clock in the morning precisely. JOHN ATKINS, formerly of Brickkiln. lane, in the Parish of Foleshill, in the County of the City of Co- ventry, ribbon- weaver, then of Court- house Green, in the Parish of Foleshill aforesaid, ribbon- weaver, vic- tualler, and cow keeper, and late of Court- house Green aforesaid, ribbon- weaver. TAKE NOTICE. 1. If any creditor intends to oppose a prisoner's dis- charge, notice of such intention must be given to the said prisoner in writing, three clear days before the day of hear- ing, exclusive of Sunday, and exclusive both of the day of the day of giving such notice, and of the said day of bearing. 2- But in the case of a prisoner, whom his creditors have removed, by an order from the court, from a gaol in or near London, for hearing in the country, such notice of opposi- tion will be sufficient, if given one clear day before the day of hearing. 3. The petition and schedule will be produced by the proper officer for inspection and examination at the office of the court in London, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between the hours of ten and four: and copies of the petition and schedule, or such pait thereof as shall be required, will lie provided by the proper ollieer accord- ing to the Act 7 Geo. 4, c. 57, sec. 76. N. B. Entrance to the office, in Portugal- street, Lin- coln's Inn, Fields. 4. The duplicate of the petition and schedule, and all books, papers, and writings filed therewith, will be produced for inspection and examination by the Clerk of the Peace, Town Clerk, or other person with whom the same shall have been directed to be lodged for such purpose at the office of such Clerk of the Peace or other person, and copies of the petition and scliedule, or such part thereof as shall he required, will be there provided according to the Act 7 Geo. 4, c. 57, sec. 77, or the Act 5 Geo. 4, c. 61, sec. 11, as the case may be. W. S. PATERSON, 7, Bouverie- street, London. For A. TUCKEIt, Coventrv. WHEREAS a Fiat in Bankruptcy is awarded aud issued forth against GEORGE TONKS, the elder, STEPHEN TONKS, and GEORGE TONKS, the younger, of Bordesley, in the parish of Aston, near Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, lamp manufacturers, dealers, chapmen, and copartners, and they being de- clared bankrupts, are hereby required to surrender them- selves to the Commissioners in the said fiat named, or three of them, on the 2lst day of June instant, at eleven of the clock in the forenoon, at the Hen and Chickens Inn, in New- street, Birmingham, ( by adjournment from the same place on the 17th day of July instant,) and make a lull dis- covery and disclosure of their estate and effects, when and where the creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts, and the said bankrupts are required to finish their ex- amination, and the creditors are to assent to or dissent from the allowance of their certificates. All persons indebted to the said bankrupts, or that have any of their effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to whom the Commis- sioners shall appoint, but give notice to Messrs. BATTY*, FISHER, and SCDLOW, Chancery- lane, London. MR. WEBB, -) Solicitors, or v Cherry- street, MR. ROBERT W. WEBB, j Birmingham. OR MESSRS. P. AND R. WELLS, Solicitors, Parliament- street. Hull. IMPORl'AN 1' NOl'ICE. ARTIFICIAL TEETH SUPPLIED, AND DECAYED TEETH RESTORED. MONS. DE BERRI and CO., SURGEON DEN- TISTS, 17, EASV ROW, Birmingham, and 121, Re- gent- street, London, most respectfully acquaint their friends and the public, that, in consequence of their improvements in the mechanical department of Dentistry, they are enabled to supply ARTIFICIAL TEETH without Pain, Springs, Wires, or Ligatures, at the following reduced scale: — Filling a Decayed Tooth with Mineral Sili- A Single Artificial Tooth 0 5 A complete Set 4 0 A complete set of Natural Teeth 10 10 An entire set of Natural Teeth, highly finished in the first style, with fine gold sockets, - ( usually charged forty guineas) 20 Mons. DE BERRI and Co. continue to RESTORE DECAYED TEETH with their celebrated MINERAL SILICEUM, applied without pain, heat, or pressure, which in a few seconds hardens into enamel, preventing and curing the Tooth- Ache, allaying in. one minute the most ex- cruciating pain, and rendering tl\ e operation of extraction unnecessary, they also FASTEN LOOSE TEETH, whether arising from neglect, the use of calomel, or any othercanse. SCURVY of the GUM EFFECTUALLY CURED and PREVENTED. 17, . Easy- row, Birmingham. 6 O 0 O a o BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY. THE qualities of this article, unlike those of all other Brandies, are not a matter of questionable character. They have been accurately determined by analysis; and the testimonials of the eminent chemists who undertook the examination, have satisfactorily proved that the PATENT BRANDY is not only free from the injurious properties to which even the best French Brandies are sub- ject, but that its purity is essentially perfect. 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 Mr. JOHNSKELTON, Birmingham. Mr. Thomas Durham, Lichfield. 1 Mr. John Dell, Coventry. Mr. Charles S. Clarke, Wolverhampton. Mr. George Jtill, Leamington. Mrs. Elizabeth Biddle, Stourbridge. Mr. Thomas Cooke, Worcester. Mr. Hugh Martin, .— Tewkesbury. Mr. Henry Pointer, Cheltenham from whom, respectively, the Patent Brandy may he ob- tained, either pale or coloured, on the sa, me terms as at the Distillery, viz.: for quantities not less than Two Gallons, Eighteen Shillings per Imperial Gallon, of the highest legal strength, for Cash on delivery. THE BIRMINGHAM. JOURNAL, JULY 14. 21 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS— FRIDAY, JULY 13. The House of Commons met at twelve o'clock. Sir J. GRAHAM asked if Sir G. Grey could inform him of the number of " Hill Coolies" who had arrived at Demerara, the tonnage of different vessels in which they were imported, the numbers brought in eacb • vessel, and the casualties which had occurred on board the same. Sir G. GREY replied, that no official information had been received upon this subject at the Colonial- office. All the information he had on the subject was derived from the public prints. Sir R. PEEL wished to know if Lord John Russell was acquainted with the circumstances which formed the subject of inquiry on Thursday at the Mansion- house, of a gentleman's yacht having been fired at by the Custom- house officers while proceeding down the river. It appeared to him to be a monstrous outrage. Lord J. RUSSELL replied, that as yet he had received no information upon the subject, but he would make it the subject of inquiry. Lord ASHLEY complained of the manner in which his motion on the Factories had been defeated on Thursday, by several of the members of the government going away, and thereby occasioning the house to be counted out. He expressed bis determination of re- producing it as an amendment on the first motion of supply. The Prisons' bill was further considered in com- mittee, and after several amendments, the chairman Teported progress, and obtained leave to sit again ou Monday. In answer to Mr. Hume, Lord J. RUSSELL said, that if the honourable member would bring on his motion to give precedence to orders of the day on Tuesdays and Thursdays at half- past four o'clock 011 Monday, he should support it, as he now agreed with the honourable member that it would be better not to have morning sittings. Mr. R. STEUART obtained leave to bring in a bill to vest in the Treasury the powers of the commissioners for the redemption and sale of the land- tax of corpora- tions, which was brought in accordingly, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. Sir F. TRENCH gave notice, that on Thursday next he should move for the appointment of a select com- mittee to inquire into the cases in which the Irish government has publicly promised reward for the prosecution of any crimes to conviction, and in which such rewards have not been paid upon conviction. The house adjourned at a quarter to five o'clock. SATURDAY. The house sat at twelve o'clock. The Scotcli Prisons' bill was read a third time. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.— The various clauses of this bill were agreed to. Mr. WARBURTON observed, it was hardly worth while to make any amendments on such a miserable abortion of a bill as this. Let the bill go forth with all its im- perfections, and let the responsibility rest with the other house, which had passed, and the government, • which had sanctioned it. He was only induced to consent to the passing of the bill, from the conviction that an efficient change would be brought about sooner if this measure were adopted, than if the law were al- lowed to remain in its present state. The report was agreed to be brought up on Tuesday. MONDAY. The Royal Exchange Rebuilding bill was, after some opposition and a division, read a third time, and passed by a majority of 04. Mr. HUME gave notice of a motion for a return of the various promotions which had taken place on occa- sion of the late coronation, and the expense thereby to the public. The hon. member moved, pursuant to notice, that for the remainder of the session, orders of the day have - precedence of motions 011 Tuesdays and Thursdays. The motion was agreed to. The Marquis of CHANDOS complained that the re- turns relative to Canada, laid 011 the table, were not those which he had moved for. He wanted a return of the persons appointed to situations by Lord Durham, with the amount of salaries, and the date of their ap- pointment. Lord J. RUSSE LI. would have 110 objection to give the rijones of the persons who had been appointed, and the " Gates of their appointment, but the despatches contained nothing 011 the subject of salary further than had already been communicated to the house in a pre- vious return. Lord ASHLEY g'ave notice, that upon the first motion for going into a committee of supply he would move the resolution relative to the factory question, which stood on Thursday's paper. IRISH TITHE BILL.— Lord JOHN RUSSELL, previous to the . Speaker's leaving the chair, explained the views of government in respect to the disposal of what re- mained of the million loan. After showing that the entire sum at the disposal of the commissioners amounted to 260,000/., 100,000/. having been advanced lor public works, he said— 260,000/.., and the further sum which had been repaid, were only to go in liquidation of the arrears due from the occupy- ing tenants. As to the landlords, who, under the act of Lord Stanley, were liable to the payment of the Tithe Com. position act, and as to the other landlords from whom tithe composition was due, he would at once declare that to those persons no remission of arrears would he given. There could he little . doubt in that house as to the propriety of such a proposition ; because, as they had now put a rent, charge* on those landlords who were not liable for arrears, it would not be right to make any remission to those who were liable for them. The amount, then, of this proposi- tion was, that towawis the payment of the arrears of tithe composition for the years 18116 and 1837, due from the oc- cupying tenants, there be applied the sum of 260,000?., and the whole of the 640,000/. due from the landlords and from the lay impropriators of tithes, who might happen to be proprietors of the land as well as tithe owners. It was impossible to ascertain precisely the amount of the sum to be added to the 260,000/., but he thought that it might be estimated as exceeding 300,000/.— that is, when added to the 260,000/. —[ Here Sir R. Peel put a question to the noble lord across the table, which was quite inaudible in the gallery, hut which Lord J. Russell gave a reply to in the following words:— Where the party has not the land, the remission will be the same to him as to other per- sons.] It was proposed, that in consideration of this sum, the whole of the arrears for tithes, which were then exist- ing, should be at once abolished by this act, and that there should be no new grant issued for arrears of tithes, ex- cept such as were reserved for the benefit of the tithe- owners. For any arrears accruing before the year 1836, though attempts inight be made to levy them, he would say, first of all tlmt he did not think it probable that such attempts would be made; and next, that if they were made, they could not be made after passing an act of this liind without exciting disturbance and tumult. He had now sfated the1 proposition which he had to make upon this subject— it was to give a sum from the state, to devote it to the extinction of the arrears of tithes, and in consequence of such a grant to extinguish all claims to arrears of tithes from the occupying tenants. In making that proposition, he bad only to repeat again that which he believed he had already said before— namely, that he did not think that the government would be justified in withhold- ing from the house a proposition which, to judge from the favourable opinion of it expressed in the house, seemed calculated to mitigate the evils arising from the collection of tithes in Ireland. Mr. HUME said, notice ought to be given when a million of money was to be so voted away. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought the objection oue of pure form. Mr. HUME said, it was an objection that ought to have been taken by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Without entering into the merits of the noble lord's plan, he would say, that instead of producing a permanent peace, it would only produce a hollow peace in Ireland for a few months. ( Hear, hear.) He ( Mr. Hume,) therefore, said, that as the ' cabinet had at last made up its mind on this subject, the noble lord should have given the house due notice of what be was going to do." He considered the nob'e lord's conduct on this occasion not as an innovation of mere form, but as an innovation of great importance in practice. He thought tint after the noble lord had thrown the responsibility of this proposition on the right hon. baronet opposite, for that proposition was now avowed not to have the deliberate sanction of the cabinet, he ought to have given the house full time for deliberation. If the Whigs and Tories were determined to join in this grand larcenys the house ought to have timely notice of it, in order that they might at any rate shut up their pockets ( A laugh.) Ultimately, notice was given for Thursday. The bill was then committed, and after some considerable discussion, the various clauses were agreed to, with verbal amendments, and the report added for Thurs- day. The Prisons' bill was committed, and after some other routine business, the meeting adjourned. TUESDAY. A committee was balloted for to try the merits of the Maidstone election petition. The Coal Trade ( Port of London) bill was read a third time and passed. O11 the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL the Militia Estimates were referred to a select committee. The Glass Duties' bill was read a third time and passed. The Registration of Electors' bill was discussed in committee, and the clauses having been agreed to, the bill was ordered to be reported on Thursday. The Report of the Imprisonment for Debt bill was postponed till next day. There was, comparatively speaking, little debate on any or all of these motions, though several divisions took place. The house sat till past one o'clock. WEDNESDAY. SMALL TENEMENTS.— The Recovery of Small Tene- ments bill passed through committee after some oppo- sition. It was agreed that the rent of tenements, in- cluded in the bill, should be extended from 10/. to 20I. PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENTS BILL.— Sir EARDLEY WILMOT gave notice, that on the third reading of this bill, he would move, by way of rider, the following clause— And be it farther enacted, that in all cases in which ma- chinery, affixed to any land or building, shall be used for manufacturing purposes, it shall not be necessary to the validity of any rate for the relief of the poor, that the annual value of such machinery shall be included therein, provided the annual value of such land or building shall be rated or assessed with reference to the use of such land or building. The bill was passed through committee— to be re- ported 011 Monday. The house rose at two o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.— FRIDAY, JULY 13. Lord SUDELEY ( late Mr. Hanbury Tracy) took his seat; the house, after a very short sitting, adjourned till Monday. MONDAY.. CANADA. 1— MR. GIBBON WAKEFIELD.— The Earl of WINCHILSEA, after alluding to the appointment of Mr. Turton, and asking whether it had been recalled, said— It bad also been reported that another individual, who had been imprisoned for three years on account of a very grave offence, had left this country with a view to an ap- pointment on the same commission. He was ready to make all just allowance* for the failings of individuals, for the weakness of human nature. He did not mean to say that in consequence of the unpleasant situation in which indivi- duals might place themselves by improper conduct, they ought never to be allowed to hold any appointment under the government. But this was, in his mind, a most peculiar case, and he must say that the situation which was filled by the person to whom he alluded ought not to have been con- ferred on him, connected, as he repeated that it was, with the character of the Sovereign of this country. Lord MELBOURNE said, government not having yet had an opportunity of communicating 011 the subject, it would not be convenient to state the course to be pursued by them. Lord ELLENBOHOUGH having alluded to the nume- rous amendments in the Hill Coolies bill of govern- ment, and the danger of its not passing— The Duke of WELLINGTON said, if that were the case, the proper way would be to repeal all the orders in council which gave permission to that kind of traffic between India and the sugar colonies. THE APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEM.— Lord BROUGHAM brought forward his motion for an address to the Queen 011 the subject of apprentices in the Crown colonies. In his preliminary remarks he was led to notice the present position of affairs in the West Indies, in reference to this question. The noble example set by Antigua had been followed in the first instance by some of the smaller islands ; and at length the great and important colony which had always oc- cupied a position of the grestest prominence among the West India islands— a colony which styled itself " Little England," he meant the great colony of Barbadoes, had adopted a similar course ; and be thanked his God that that very day, as if by a special interposition of Providence, hav- ing from day to day postponed, for various reasons, the motion of which he bad given notice— on that very morning there had arrived to greet him at the dawn of the day, which he fervently hoped would be the last day of the discussion ol this great question in Parliament, the glorious intelligence that at last Jamaica, too, had given way, and that there, with unexampled despatch, in three or four days, a measure had been carried through the House of Assembly, and the negroes of Jamaica were proclaimed to be free from the 1st of August next. By that act 235,000 negroes in Jamaica had been emancipated ; in Barbadoes 64,000 had been set free. In all there had been 110 fewer than 355,000 emanci- pated, besides non- prasdials and children. But in the un- chartered colonies, as they were called, which had not the option, even if they pleased it, of emancipating their slaves, and elsewhere, the whole amount of slaves whose fate bung upon the decision of their lordships was no less than 130,0C0 souls. With regard to those colonies which had legislatures of their own, their lordships might with a show of justice have pleaded their reluctance to interfere with those legislators; but could this be urged with regard to the unchartered colonies, which had no legislators at all ? The Crown was to them what the House of Assembly and the Legislative Council were to Jamaica and Barbadoes. Having no legislature, they could not, even if they would, follow the example which had been set them by some of the other colonies. Let their lordships only look to the state of Guiana, Trinidad, St. Lucia, and Mauritius. He said nothing of the Cape, where since the 1st of September, the slaves had been emancipated by law. Were the slaves of Guiana and the othes colonies which he had named less fitted for the reception of freedom than those of Jamaica, Barbadoes, and Antigua? Was the lot of the slave under the tropical sun of the Mauritius, or in those other islands, which were not blessed with the healthiest climates, one whit lighter than in Jamaica, or in Antigua, where they en- joyed all manner of comforts? Quite the reverse. It was in the savannahs of Trinidad, and upon the alluvial soil of Guiana, that human life was most prodigally wasted, in ministering to European avarice, and it was there that it be- hoved the mother country to interpose to put a stop to the inhuman deaths, to the diseases which were felt to be more cruel than death, to the fetal contamination which the ne- cessity of labouring on those fatally unwholesome plains inflicted on those wretched victims of our pride. But the voice from the Mauritius, which pierced their ear, and rended the silence of that eastern sea, was aggravated in its tones of pity, and fell still harsher upon their ears, from this hard addition to the lot of the slave, that three out of the four of those who cultivated the plains of the Mauritius, all suffering worse torments than even those which were in- flicted upon the negroes of Guiana and of Trinidad, bad never in their lives been made legally slaves at all. His lordship concluded a brief, but highly eloquent, speech by moving That an humble address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to issue an order in council forthwith, to put a period, under proper provisions arid regulations to negro apprenticeship in the unchartered colonies of the crown. Lord Glenelg, after joining in the congratulations of Lord Brougham 011 the settlement of the question on the chartered colonies, stated that it had been in a great measure owing to the recommendations of the government at home, that such settlement had been effected, and that a similar recommendation had been given to the legislatures of the Crown colonies, which would, doubtless issue in a similar result. I11 respect to one of these colonies, Mauritius, there had not yet been time for information to arrive in this country; in respect to all the rest, be might say the work was complete, and it would, he doubted not, be complete in Mauritius, by the 1st of February, 1839. Lord BROUGHAM expressed his entire satisfaction at Lord Glcnclg's statement, and in doing so paid a de- served compliment to the individuals through whose I exertions the final acts of emancipation had been cost summated. But for the interference of this country by the friends o' emancipation and of liberty, there would not to day have been received such a despatch as bad arrived from the go vernor of Jamaica— a despatch which had been the subject of so much triumph and congratulation on the part of bis noble friend. But itshould be remembered, that his noble friend's despatches was dated the 16th day of April, whi'e all the agitation and discussion out of doors and in that house had occurred in the previous months of February and March. ( Hear, bear.) These facts were pointed at both by the governor of Jamaica aqd the governor of Barbadoes, in their respective addresses to their Houses of Assembly. The latter admitted that he was glad to find that the labour of good and wise men, who had taken a part in the agitation of the question in this countiy, bad not been thrown away. He gave honour to those men who had been the objects ol calumny which they regarded not, of suspicion which they despised, of vituperation which they allowed to pass by them as they would any other storm of empty air that they heeded not; he gave to such men as Joseph Sturge, John Scoble, William Allen, and George Thompson, with whom he had been United as a most humble but most zealous coadjutor, the glory of that day, being as thoroughly persuaded as he was of his own existence, that but for their efforts that day would not have dawned upon them. He hoped that every event would answer the expectation of his noble friend, and he hoped particular care would be taken that those expecta- tions in the Mauritius should not be frustrated. He knew that something more remained; a jealous, a constantly vigi- lant eye must lie kept over those very self- same assemblies, whether of full or partial legislative authority, which existed in our various colonies. For if they found them under the name of police regulations, a vagrant act, a poor law bill, or of any other of the devices which he knew their ingenuity and pertinacity full well enough to be apprehensive they would see soon attempted— if, as he had already seen, attempts were made by means of a vagrant act to perpetuate slavery under another name, by the help of the magistrate and the master, whose power bad died a natural death ; and if, under associations of men armed with power and influence, they saw any attempt to revive under another name and under false pretences that slavery which the law would not suffer to exist under an odious and disgusting appellation any longer— if any such things were attempted, lie should not be wanting in the discharge of his duty to ex- pose the violators by evasion, and therefore the worse, be cause the fraudulent violators of the law. The motion was not persisted in, the grounds of it being, by the declaration of Lord Glenelg, removed. The Benefices' Plurality bill was passed through committee. The house adjourned at twelve o'clock. TUESDAY. CANADA.— Lord WINCHILSEA gave notice of motion for a return of the appointments made by the Earl of Durham, and the salaries of each. He begged leave to ask the noble viscount, whether any information had been received by Her Majesty's ministers as to the appointment of the gentleman, Mr. Gibbon Wake- field, to whom he had last night alluded? He had also to ask, whether the information reported in the public press was correct, namely, that Sir John Colborne had resigned the command of Her Majesty's troops in Canada? and whether it was true that the Earl of Durham had applied for an additional military force? Lord MELBOURNE said lie had received 110 informa- tion on the subject of the appointment. He believed Sir John Colborne had resigned. He was not aware of any call for fresh troops in Canada. Lord WINCHILSEA wished to know if ministers had received any communication from Sir John Colborne. He could not doubt, for a moment, the appointment of one of the persons [ Mr. Turton] to whom he had before adverted, and be should now ask the noble viscount, hoping to receive from liirn a plain answer, whether such an ap- pointment as that to which he had referred in the second instance had taken place, or was likely to take place? He should say, if two such appointments did take place, that he would not be worthy of holding a seat in that house, if he allowed the session to pass without calling their lordships' attention to the subject, and taking the sense of the house upon it. Lord MELBOURNE said he did not think the appoint- ment of Mr. Wakefield had taken place. Sir John Colborne had requested that an arrangement should be made to enable him to quit his command. SPAIN.— Lord LONDONDERRY asked, as a farther supply of arms and ammunition was about to be sent to the Spanish coast, whether any steps had been taken to procure a liquidation of the arrears due to the Legion. Lord MELBOURNE said the commission were actively employed, and he hoped successfully. The Juvenile Offenders' bill was committed. Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved for a copy of a petition, or other communication, made to the Lord Chancellor, ou the subject of certain appointments of magistrates for the West Riding of York. His lordship spoke at considerable length, for the purpose of showing that the government bad appointed magistrates improperly, inasmuch as they had appointed them contrary to the opinion of the Lord- Lieutenant. The LORD CHANCELLOR replied at length to this charge. He showed, from examples of the appoint- ment of magistrates in 1790, 1798, 1813, 1815, and later, that the Secretary of State had directed the Lord Lieutenant as to the parties to be inserted in the roll of the peace, and in oue instance parties had been so inserted without communicating with the Lord- Lieu- tenant at all. The present method of communicating with the Lord- Lieutenant previous to placing any name on the roll which the government had followed, was, in all respects, the best. As to the judgment or opinion of the Lord- Lieutenant being' final or absolute iu such matters, he altogether denied the doctrine. After a few observations of the Duke of WELLING- TON, in explanation of two exceptions made by him- self, on grounds neither of which it appeared were at all tenable, and a sentence or two from Lord BROUGHAM, the discussion dropped by the withdrawing of the motion. IRISH MUNICIPAL BILL.'— Lord MELBOURNE moved that the report 011 this bill should be received. In respect to the qualification amendments, lie observed— As their lordships' opinion in favour of the higher qualifi- cation had been so distinctly expressed, and supported by snch a large majority in committee, it was not his intention again to stir the question, to propose any amendments to the bill ou the present occasion, or to take the sense of their lordships again on the subject. ( Hear.) But be gave notice that he should, on the third reading, move the addi- tion of a certain number of towns. to schedule A ; and also the addition of another schedule, containing several other towns, to which he thought corporations and municipal government to be given by the bill, with a lower rate of qualification. Lord BROUGHAM concurred with the minister in his view of the amendments. The Duke of WELLINGTON wished the Irish Poor bill and Tithe bill to be brought up before the Muni- cipal bill was passed. The third reading was fixed for Friday week, ac- cordingly. The Lords did not meet 011 Wednesday. or 011 any other garden or ground or curtilage occupied along with the said premises. 3. And be it enacted, that this act may be altered, amended, or repealed during this present session of parlia- ment, FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. LORD BROUGHAM'S BEER BILL.— Wheieas in a'n act passed in the first year of his late Majesty, entitled, '.' An act to permit the general sale of beer and cider, by retail in England," it was amongst other things enacted, that all persons to be licensed tinder the provisions of the said act might sell beer, ale, and porter, by retail, in any house spe- cified in such license, in England, according to the provi- sions in the said act contained; and it was further provided by the said act, that all the persons licensed under the powers therein contained, might sell cider and perry by retail, according to the provisions of the said act; and whereas it is expedient to repeal the said act, be it en- cted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com- mons, in the present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after the first day of April, in the year 1889, the said recited act shall be, and the same is hereby repealed with respect to the sale of beer, ale, porter, cider, and perry, by retail, and that no license for the sale of the same heretofore granted or here- after to be granted under the provisions of the said act shall endure to make the sale of beer, ale, porter, cider, or perry, by retail lawful, anything in the said act contained to the contrary notwithstanding. 2. And be. it enacted, that any person may, without any license whatever, seli by retail any beer, ale, porter, cider, or perry, in England, in any shop or house, provided that the said liquors shall not be consumed upon the premises wherein or whereon they are sold, or in any outhouse or other building, or shed or tent, or summer- house or arbour, A few mornings since, a young girl of Beuzeville la Grenier, on her return from Bolbec, where she had been selling milk, was struck by lightning, and killed on the spot. The ass on which she was mounted shared the same fate. Her skull was literally opened by the electric fluid ; her hair was found scattered on the road, and her clothes were torn to rags. The accident is attributed to her imprudence in having kept her umbrella open during the storm, whilst urging the ass to a rapid pace.— Galignani. The founder of the Journal des Modes, M. de la Mesan- gere, who lately departed this transitory scene, was rather curious in the article of silk stockings, upwards of a thousand pairs of which were found in his wardrobe, when the inventory of his effects was drawn up. He was also ascertained to be the possessor of 2,000 pairs of shoes, 40 umbrellas, 72 blue coats, 100 round hats, 90 snuffboxes of various dimensions, 365 shirts, ( one for every day in the year,) and upwards of 10,000f. in 15 and 30 sous pieces, and pieces of 6 liards. At the close of every week he undauntedly braved the torture of a new pair of shoes. He was a stanch partisan of short unmen- tionables, and never was guilty of premeditadedly carrying an umbrella, his custom when surprised by a storm being to purchase one at the first umbrella- maker's within the line of his promenade.— Galignani. NEW SOUTH WALES.— Its commercial importance, great and almost pre- eminent as it already is, is even secondary to its importance as an outlet for the superabundant capital as well as labour of Great Britain. Emigration, not only of labourers, but of capitalists who cannot find other means of advantageous employment, ought in every way to be en- couraged, in the certainty that no one who intends to do well will, in a pecuniary sense, be disappointed by going out, and there need be no fear that the most open exposure, either of the improper policy of the colonial government, or of the very vicious state of morals which that policy has generated, or at least prolonged in the colony, will in any way tend to injure the colonial interests. O11 the contrary, I have heard many persons in London, the most deeply inter- ested in the prosperity of New South Wales, declare their conviction that that exposure has been of the very greatest importance to its best and truest interests, and that the rending of the veil which concealed the moral gangrene which was preying upon its very vitals, offers the best secu- rity that the purification of its moral atmosphere cannot much longer be delayed, which will render it in all respects, perhaps, the most delightful country upon earth Corres- pondent of Times. HINDOO WIDOWS.— We are glad to see that the Hindoos are stirring themselves to obtain permission for their widows to re- marry. It is a question of their law, and one which consequently cannot be interfered with by our government, unless they can show that the present prohibition is not an essential part of the Hindoo system. Certainly, if in any country such a prohibition is absurd it is here, where Hin- doo females are frequently married at two years of age ; so that the ordinary chances of life must expose them to about ten times the widowhood ' of persons marrying at maturity. A child, who has been thus pledged, and whose husband may have died before he left his nurse's arms, is thus sacri- ficed to an absurd prejudice, which the Hindoos are begin- ning to be ashamed of. Till they consent to place their women on a perfect equality with the other sex, they may depend upon it that they will never take rank with civilised nations.— Bombay Gazette. FOREIGN SLAVE TRADE.— The Jamaica Dispatch of the 1st June states, that on the 13th May, a slaver, under Por- tuguese colours, was wrecked on the Pedro Shoals, and 290 slaves ( shackled one to another), perished. The captain and crew were saved, without, it is said, offering the slightest assistance to their human cargo. The same journal mentions the capture of two other slavers, laden, and a third after she bad discharged on the coast of Cuba. The following is an extract:— " On Sunday last Her Majesty's brig Sappho, Cammander Fraser, arrived here, accompanied by the brig Isabella Secunda, under the Portuguese flag, with about 570 Africans on board. We understand that this vessel was captured in our own waters ( on the Bahama bank), a few days previous to their arrival here. On leaving the African coast, she had about 800 of these unfortunate creatures, which, if we were to judge from the appearance of the vessel, must have been stowed thickly. Soon after their embarkation, a mutiny or quarrel had taken place on board, in consequence of there being two distinct tribes of them, which ended in the de- struction of a great number. " On Saturday tils brig Diligente, also under the Portu- guese flag, arrived here iu charge of Lieutenant Hawkins, of Her Majesty's ship Pearl, Commander Lord Paget. This vessel was captured by the Pearl 011 the 22iul ult,, off Cape Antonio. At the time of her capture she liad 479 on board, since which several of them have died. We have seen neither of these cargoes, but, from what we can learn, they are in a wretched looking state. On Sunday morning those from the Diligente were landed and taken to the convalescent station at ltoslyn, and on Monday those from the Isabella Secunda were landed on the navy wharf or yard, and a camp erected for their con- venience. " It will, no doubt, be pleasing to the community gener- ally, that bis excellency the lieutenant- governor has decided 011 procuring a vessel, in order to transfer them to that fertile colony British Guiana, where, no doubt, there is a much greater field for industrious labour than among these islands." The Dispatch adds, that the whole of the negroes had been baptised by the Rev. Mr. Anderson. Their conversion seems to have been somewhat hasty. The sending of these negroes to Guiana is what the puritans of old called " im- proving the occasion." ZINC ROOFING The Academy of Sciences in Paris was recently occupied with a question submitted by the minister of justice relative to the choice of metal with which to cover the roof ol the Cathedra! of Chartres. The committee was of opinion that zinc, if of a sufficient thickness to pre- vent the oxidation of the upper and under surface meeting, would he of equal durability with copper, and, of course, much more economical. This opinion was communicated to the minister, who has since written to the academy, say- ing that he had received intimations of certain experiments made upon zinc, which might, perhaps, alter the opinions of the academy. The academy, adhere, however, to their opinion as to the efficiency of zinc for such purpose, and recommend the use of galvanised iron rivets as fastenings. By the Alert packet, dates have been received from the city of Mexico to the 25th, and from Vera Cruz to the 28th of May, from Tampico to the 8th, and from Havannah to the 20th of June. The blockade still continued, and was rigorously enforced on the Mexican coast by the Freneh squadron. About twenty vessels had been stopped, and most of them ordered away. It was said that Bazoche, the French commander, had intimated to the master of a French vessel, that it might be worth his while to stay a short time where he was, from which the probability appeared of some approach to an accommodation of the differences between France and Mexico. But nothing else had transpired to justify the supposition; the Mexican government, on the contrary, showed no indisposition to push the rupture to whatever extremities the French might choose to go. By one decree every French vessel arriving in Mexican ports was declared subject to the pena tie comiso— that is, was ordered to be taken possession of and confiscated, Ab French property and manufactures, of whatever description, and in ships of whatever nation, coming from ports in the Atlantic, within ninety days from the publication of the law ( from the 23rd of May), and from ports in the Gulf of Mexico, within twenty days from the date, were also de- clared subject to confiscation; and, in conclusion, the government was empowered to make reprisals according and to the extent to which the French naval forces should carry their hostilities. A bounty of five dollars per quintal on all quicksilver imported during the blockade and for six months aferwards was offered, unless imported in French vessels, when it would be confiscated. The ports of Alva- rado, Tuspan, Cabo Roxo, Soto la Marina, and the Isla de Carmen, in the Gulf of Mexico; in the Pacific, Huatulco and Manzanilla, formerly shut against foreign commerce in order to put a stop to the extensive smuggling trade carried on through them, have been declared open to foreign vessels. It was supposed the French were contemplating an attack on the castle of Jan Juan de Ulloa. BELGIAN RAILROADS— The Moniteur Beige of the 12th and lStli has no fewer than five supplements* containing a report from M. Vefquain, engineer, relative to the proposed iron railroad, by which it is intended to connect Namur with the general system of railroads in the kingdom. This is the third report, two others having been already published These two reports were sent to the governors of the pro- vinces interested, directing them to apply to the provincial deputations, the chambers of commerce, and the local authorities, for their opinions, chiefly as respects the direc- tion which should be given to the branch from Namur, whether to Louvain, Tirlemonti or to some other point of the main railroad. Several answers have been sent from the Chambers of Commerce of Namur,. Louvain, Tirlemont, and other places. M. Vefquain strongly recommends that such a direction may be given to the railroad as will connect the important district called the Cajers of Charleroi to tile main railroad. His opinion on it is strongly supported by some of the above- mentioned bodies, though opposed by others. DOMESTIC. THE METROPOLIS. SUICIDE— A Mr. Brandt, an East India merchant, com- mitted suicide 011 Thursday, by swallowing near two- thirds of a pint bottle of Prussic- acid, part of a medicine chest that he had purchased, as he said for exportation. POLISH FETE AT THE BEULAH SPA. — The expectations of those by whom this fete was got up have not been dis- appointed. The gardens, large as they are, were literally crowded with company. There could not have been less than 10,000 persons present, and amongst them were most of the principal nobility and gentry now in town. The arrangements for the musical performances were of the first order. The celebrated band of Johann Strauss, performed some beautiful overtures and concerted music from Auber, Bellini, Herold, Meyerbeer, and Strauss, with the greatest precision and effect. Amongst the vocalists, was the whole strength of the Italian Opera House, Mesdames Grisi, Albertazzi, Persiani, Eckerlin, and Castelli; Signors Rubini, Lablache, De Begnis, Balfe, & c., with an endless list of names of the first repute. The whole of these performers were understood to have contributed their services gratuit- ously, a circumstance highly creditable to their good sense and good feeling. Amongst the most illustrious visitors were several. of the Foreign Ambassadors, and amongst them Marshal Soult was the most conspicuous. The veteran soldier was dressed in a plain suit of black clothes, and for a long time passed unnoticed, because unknown, by the company; no sooner, however, was he recognised than all persons were eager to gain a sight of him, and to express their satisfaction at bis presence. The Marshal retired shortly after four o'clock, to be present at the civic banquet, and on leaving the gardens, was loudly cheered by the as- sembled thousands both within and without the gates.— London papers of Saturday. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager drove out in the parks on Friday, in her pony phseton and pair with outriders, and appeared out of mourning for his late Majesty. Her Ma- jesty will not, it is understood, take her departure for Malta until the second week in October. THE DUKE OF LEEDS His Grace the Duke of Leeds died 011 Tuesday morning, after a very short illness. The Marquis of Carmarthen is now Duke of Leeds. By the decease of his grace a blue ribbon and a lord lieutenancy will be at the disposal of ministers. The Duke of Sutherland and the Duke of Cleveland have been named as candidates for the former. MERCY OF ENGLISH LAW.— MAGISTRATES Last week an orphan girl, fourteen years of age, named Amy Shrub, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hoskins and Lord Mount- ford, Marylebone police- office, charged with the following robbery:— Mr. Marks, aifruit salesman of Oxford- street, stated that the prisoner had been in his service some time, and that they had latterly missed a Hebrew prayer book, several pocket handkerchiefs, and a shawl belonging to his daughter, all of which had been found in the prisoner's pos- session, and she acknowledged having stolen them Mr. Hoskins ( to the girl): What have you to say ?— Prisoner ( weeping bitterly): Its my first offence, sir, and I am very sorry for it. — Mr. Hoskins: She must be committed to Newgate.— Prosecutor: I hope not. I have no wish to prosecute, in consequence of the girl's tender years Mr. Hoskins: Have you any father or mother?— Prisoner: No, sir; they are both dead, hut I have an aunt living at Epsom, and I left her about ten months ago to come to London ; since that I have lived in a dairyman's family, and with Mr. Marks.— Mr. Hoskins: The prosecution must go on.— Mr. Marks' daughter begged that the magistrate would let her go, and she would give her a little money to enable her to reach the house of her aunt.— Mr. Hoskins: Young woman, you had better hold your tongue, yiiu are really talking very foolishly.— Lotd Montford: It is a mercy to prosecute. What will become of her if she is discharged? — A gentleman in the office said that rather than such a young creature should be committed to Newgate and for ever ruined, he would cheerfully pay her coach- hire to Epsom, where under her aunt's roof, she might have an opportunity of reforming.— Mr. Hoskins: Oh dear, no; such a course is not at all advisable. She must be pro- secuted. PROVINCIAL. SCIENCE AT A DISCOUNT The approaching meeting of the British Association in Newcastle, in the week com- mencing the 20th of August, has not yet excited the atten- tion its importance deserves. The sum of 3,000/., it ap- pears from the estimates which have been produced, will be required. Not quite half of this amount has yet been sub- scribed.— Time Mercury. TIIE MURDER AT WITHINGTON.— Hodge, who is now in Cirkdale gaol on the charge of robbing and murdering Mary Moore at Withington, was visited, previous to his removal from Manchester, by his father and brother, at the New Bailey. In the course of the interview he declared his in- nocence frequently, but when asked by them where he was on the afternoon of the murder, was unable to say; hut he said he was not at Withington. He acknowledged that he went into the country that day, hut not to Moss- lane, or to Withington ; and he had never been in the field where the money was tound in bis life.— Manchester Paper. INTEMPERATE LOGIC.— A meeting of the teetotallers of Uckfield was held iu a field adjoining the town 911 Tuesday evening last, when Mr. Smith, from London, and Messrs. Cornwall and Griffiths, of Lewes, attended by a few others of the society, were present to bear a lecture by Mr. Smith on total abstinence, Mr. Cornwall in the chair. When they first entered the field, there were only a few persons in at- tendance, but, in a short time, a large number arrived, headed by a band ol music, followed by many of the brewers, maltsters, and inhabitants of Uckfield and adjacent parishes, bringing with them an unusual adjunct to a temperance meeting— two hogsheads of beer, which, it is stated, were placed near the chairman, and immediately tapped, and dis- tributed to any person who chose to partake of it. As soon as Mr. Smith attempted to commence his lecture he was shouted at by the crowd, and the hand struck up. When the three gentlemen belonging to the Temperance Society found they could not be heard, they made their exit the same way they came, the band playing them out of the field to the tune of O, dear, what can the matter be ;" and, as soon as they arrived at Uckfield, the hand played the " Rogues' march," and the three teetollars were obliged to parade regularly through the street, accompanied by about 2,000 followers, men, women, and children, uutil they ar- rived opposite a friend's house, at the end of the town, into which they made a sudden rush, and directly closed the door after them. After waiting some time within, the hand continuing to perfoim without, and finding no means of escape by the front door, they at last retired bv the rear, and scampered over gardens, hedges, ditches, walls, pigsties, fields, and hop- grounds, until they at length found their conveyance 011 the top of ltidgewood- bill, and thought themselves fortunate in having escaped with a whole skin. — Sussex Express. HOP DUTV FOR 1838— On Thursday last the annual meeting of hop- growers, factors, & c., took place at the Horseshoes, Lower Hardres, near Canterbury, when the estimated duty ( old) on the present year's growing crop was laid at 175,000/— Canterbury Weekly Journal. ARCHERY MEETING— On Friday, the 6th instant, the first grand target and ladies' prize meeting of the Stafford- shire Bowmen was held at Sandon. Notwithstanding the unpropitious appearance of the early morning— when the rain fell in torrents— by twelve o'clock ( the hour fixed for the commencement of shooting) several eairiages bad arrived at the village inn; and by one nearly three score archers and archeresses fair, were assembled on the ground. Two hours were allowed for shooting before dinner, and at three o'clock the whole party sat down to an excellent cold collation. At four, the " sound to arms" brought hack the competitors to the targets, and afterlialf- an- hour's excellent shooting, the prizes were declared and awarded by the lady- patroness and president,— Mrs. F. Wedgwood, and Mr. Sneyd, of Ashcomb Hall. The first prize was won by Miss Granville, of Colwich Abbey. The second was won by Miss Skipwith, daughter of Sir Gray Skipwith, of Newbold; and the third by Miss Statliam. Nineteen new members have been added to the society this year, another ladies' prize meeting will, it is believed, be held towards the end of August. DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND.— The crier of Sherstone Magna gave notice to the tradesmen of the town, on the 21st ult., that W. Sherborne, carpenter, would not be answerable for any debts contracted by liis wife. On the same day Mr. Cox, grocer, on behalf of the tradesmen of Sherstone, cried the following ( the proper functionary being from home at the time):—" Notice is hereby given, that we, the trades- men of this parish, are willing to trust the wife of W. Sherstone to any amount, so long as she is separated from her husband."— Ipswich Journal. NEW POOR LAW. — William Dorrell, a tradesman of Col- chester, being indebted to the overseers the amount of two quarters' poor- rates, was summoned before the magistrates, when he pleaded his having his certificate under a com- mission of bankruptcy, and called on the overseers to prove before the commissioners the amount of the claims. The case was adjourned, and the poor law commissioners were written to on the point in dispute. On Friday a letter was received from Mr. Edwin Chadwick, written by command of the board of commissioners, stating that it is not the duty of the overseers to prove for the amount of the rate before the commissioners of bankrupts, the poor rate being a personal charge, and not a debt, and the neglect of payment an offence against the statute, from the effects of which a fiat in bankruptcy does riot release the bankrupt. After much argument, the mayor said the letter of the poor- law commissioners rendered his duty imperative; and he must add to Mr. Dorrell's other misfortunes, by committing him to prison for the rate, unless the overseer withdrew the charge. By the persuasion of several gentlemen present, the case was further adjourned, that it might be brought 3 t before the meeting of a vestry, especially called to consider it— Suffolk Times. OUT DOOR RELIEF The poor law commissioners have Bent their fiat to the guardians of the Chelmstord union, commanding them not, under any circumstances, and with- out regard 10 the number of children in a family, to give in future out- door relief to able- bodied paupers— Chelmsford Chronicle. COACH ACCIDENT On Friday morning, as the Enter- prise Sheffield coach was descending the hill between Tapton and Wlhgerworth, the horses took fright at an en- campment of gipsies, and ran the coach against the battle- ments of the bridge, the concussion throwing the guard into the river. The coachman was thrown from his box, and se- verely injured. Two passengers seated at the hack of the coach were also thrown to the ground, one of them being thrown over the roof and box, and falling between the horses, but escaped with only slight injury. The guard was taken out of the water, and was the only person outside the coach who escaped without being contused Sheffield Iris. MR. GATHERCOLE. — This reverend gentleman, whose more appropriate cognomen would be Mr. Scatterbrand, was the subject of trial for a most odious and infamous libel, on Saturday last, at York. The nature of Mr. Gathercole's attack on the Catholic nunneries at Scorton, is shortly de- scribed by Mr, Cresswell, the counsel for the prosecution : —" The prosecutors in this case, who have instituted the proceedings in the name of Her Majesty against Mr. Ga- thercole, are the lady abbess and nuns of a religious esta- blishment at Scorton, in the county of York. This order was originally established in France; and during the time of the revolutionary troubles in that country in 1795, they came over to England, and for a considerable period, through the kindness of Sir Carnaby Haggerston, were al- lowed to occupy Haggerston Castle. In 1S07 they removed to Scorton, wheie they now reside. In 1837 the publication in question was put forward. The ladies applied to the Court of Queen's Bench for leave to file a criminal infor- . mation against Mr. Gathercole, for the publication of the libels in question. The course of proceeding in such cases is this. The parties who complain in this way of their characters being attacked, are obliged to make affidavit, and to prove on their oaths before the court, that they are per- fectly innocent of everything imputed to them; and the defendant, on the other hand, is at liberty, if he can, to bring forward any evidence of which he is in possession, to substantiate and justify the charge he has made. Therefore, before a record of this nature can he brought down for the consideration of a jury, it is necessary to satisfy the judges of the Queen's Bench that the charge is libellous, and that it has been published without any the slightest foundation. When, therefore, you find a record of this nature sent down, from the very course of proceeding, you must take it for granted that there was not the slightest foundation for the charge made, that Mr. Gathercole, when challenged to pro- duce his evidence, if he had any, failed to do so, and that, in the opinion of the learned judges presiding in that court, the charge was a libel. The latter, however, by the course of justice in this country, is submitted to you as the ultimate authority to decide on that question. Therefore, the ques- tion for you to decide this day is simply this— Is that which Mr. Gathercole lias published of these ladies a libel or not? It appeared in the number of the Churchman for February, 1837, and the first passage which is set out in the record is part of an article headed " Petitions to Parliament," and reads thus :—" Petitions also for inquiry into the numbers and state of those brothels for the priests— the Popish nun- neries— in the United Kingdom. That such houses of prostitution should be allowed to erect their impudent and filthy fronts in this land is a disgrace to its professed Christi- anity and morality. All such Popish stews ought to be burnt to the ground, only taking care to let their poor de- luded and prostituted inhabitants be preserved and set free. We should be glad to know how many Popish priests enter the nunneries at Scorton and Darlington each week; and also how many infants are horn in them every year, and what becomes of them, whether the holy fathers bring them up or not, or whether the innocents are murdered out of hand or not?" Gentlemen, I will not go through the dis- gusting task of reading the abominable publications of this man, one after another. I have given you a sample; the remainder of the libels shall be read by the officer." The remainder of the libels were then read, and witnesses ex- amined, after which the jury retired, and after consulting half an hour, returned a verdict of guilty on the first count. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY. — The observatory upon Clayton- hill is finished, and the tunnel shafts were commenced yesterday, with directions that the contractors are to proceed with the utmost expedition, and therefore all the shafts will be worked at the same time. Messrs. Hale and Wytherswho have taken the contract for the Shoreham branch, are here making ariangements, and we understand they will begin the road to- day. They will break ground on Mr. Stamford's estate at Hove, just below Goldstone barn, where the embankment begins; they will work at both ends, in order to get about a mile of the road made and the rails laid down, to entitle them to the use of a steam engine, which the company have agreed to furnish them with, and by means of which they will convey the earth from this end of the line to form the embankment at the Shoreham end of it. The line will form a very gradual descent from Brighton to Shoreham. We have heard that Mr. Rastrick wishes to get this branch line completed as soon as possible, that he may have the advantage of carry- ing his materials from Shoreham harbour upon it, and we expect to see it finished about this time twelvemonth.— Brighton Patriot. WANTON OUTRAGE NEAR ST. HELEN'S.— On Monday last, a young man, named Reece Rigby, went to the engine- liouse at one of the collieries of Mr. Thomas Caldwell, called Burton- bead Colliery, between one and two o'clock, and in the most wanton manner, produced the death of two persons and injured a third. It appears that the engineer, a person named Hilton, had left the spot to fetch a wisket of coals to feed the furnace with, when Rigby, in reply to the banksman, who told him not to touch the engine, said he could work it as well as the engineer. The banksman lighted his pipe and went away; Rigby remained behind, and immediately turned on the steam in its full power. The engine, of course, began at a rapid rate, and drew up a basket, in which four persons had placed themselves for the purpose of being brought to the surface. The engineer was called on to stop the engine, but before he could do so, the basket was carried at a fearful speed over the head- gearing, and three of the four were precipitated with violence to the ground. One, a married man, named Robert Ruffiey, who bas left a pregnant wife, ivas killed on the spot; another had his arm broken ; and the third fortunately escaped un- hurt. A boy, about ten years of age, named Henry Adam- son, however, met with a dreadful death. On perceiving the danger, he attempted to leap from the basket, and fell down the pit, a depth of nearly a hundred yards, and was dashed to pieces. Rigby immediately absconded, and has not yet been apprehended. Great briskness is now prevailing in the carpet trade at Kidderminster. Almost every manufactory is in full employ. The British and American Steam Navigation Company liave contracted for the immediate building of three huge and splendid steam ships to run between Cork and New York, in conjunction with the British Queen; they are to be named President, Great Britain, and United States. The keel of the President has been already laid; she is to measure 2028 tons. THE CROPS.— The late favourable rains have brought for- ward the wheat crops, which appear strong and healthy. In the Weald on the Down farms they are generally thin, but the barley and oats crops are good— Sussex Express. We have lately passed through a considerable part of the county, and the crops are so improved by the late weather, that the change is hardly to be conceived. The crops of bay are superabundant, and wheats look at least as fine as any we remember. Upon the whole, we are quite satisfied, no less by inquiry than observation, that the crop of Norfolk will be fuily an average, and probably more than an average. — Norfolk paper. In most of the southern counties we find that the wheat? is in full ear, and looks much more promising than it did three weeks ago— it is said " beyond all expectation" in Kent. There is every prospect of an average crop. The same remark applies to oats and barley. Turnips, beans, and peas are looking beautiful, and growing at a rapid rate. Of the hay crop we can confidently state it is generally abundant, and that, if the weather continue favourable, it will be secured in excellent condition. The clover crops are especially heavy. South of Nottingham a great deal of hay is now cut, and this week's weather has enabled the farmers of the southern and midland counties to lead an immense quantity of hay in good condition, and those north of the Trent to cut the grass and put it in a state of forwardness, — Leeds paper. SUFFOLK.— Never did the crops of wheat, barley, oats, beans, or peas, appear in a more flourishing condition than in most parts of this county at the present time Suffolk Chronicle. CHARGE OF FORGERY— Public attention has been directed for some days to a charge of forgery which has been pre- ferred against a solicitor of extensive practice in Monmouth- shire ( Mr. Geach, of Pontypool). Preliminary investiga- tions have already taken place before the magistrates, and a person was jommitted for trial as a witness to the execution of the alleged forgery. Mr. Geach was at the time in Lon- don ; on his hearing of the charge against him he left Lon- don immediately to surrender himself at Newport; hut on his arrival at Bristol he was taken into custody, and brought to the King's Head Inn, Newport, on Tuesday evening. On Wednesday he was taken to the Rock, Bedwelty, for examination, but in consequence of the document not being produced, which was said to be in the possession of the Bow- street officer, the case was adjourned to Saturday, when an examination was to take place in Newport. Mr. Geach returned from the Rock to the King's Head Inn on Wednesday night. Mr. Palmer, barrister, of Bristol, who attended on the part of Mr. Geach, expressed himself in strong terms of indignant complaint that Mr. G. should be taken to the Rock, a distance of fifteen miles, and the parties not be prepared to go into the charge.— Bristol paper. SCOTLAND. EXTENSION OF THE SUFFRAGE On Monday evening, a public meeting of those friendly to an extension of the suffrage, took place in the Secession Church, George- street, Paisley, for the purpose of forming a Union in Renfrew- shire, for securring that object. Tile church was crowded to excess in the area, and completely filled in the gallery, with the exception of a few back seats, by an intelligent and highly respectable audience, principally of the working classes. Mr. John Henderson was called to the chair. The chairman was happy to meet such a large and re- spectable body of his townsmen for the purpose for which they had assembled, the uniting together to obtain an ex- tension of the suffrage. It was now pretty evident that with the present constituency, and the present representa- tives, no good for the country could be effected. Parlia- ment was again about to break up for a session without having yet passed a single measure for the benefit of the country, and there was no other prospect but that they would meet next session, and dismiss in the same way. The Irish Church bill bad now been before them for six years, and the Municipal Reform bill for Scotland lor four years, without the least prospect of either of these measuies being nearer a conclusion than when first introduced ; they were justified in claiming an extension of the suffrage, as there was no prospect of any good being obtained either by the present constituency, or their representatives. The chairman then alluded to the declaration made the other day by Lord Melbourne, in the House of Lords, that it was not the intention of government to take any steps at present for altering the corn laws, because the country was not pressing for a change. The great object of their meet- ing, on that occasion, was the alteration of the corn laws, but they knew the only mode of accomplishing that was by having the people properly represented, and he hoped that before another session of parliament passed over, they would be able to let Lord Melbourne know that the aboli- tion of the corn laws was the wish of the country. ( Cheers.) Mr. Aitken addressed the meeting at some length, before reading the regulations prepared by the committee. They bad all seen bow the reform bills had been obtained by the call of the people on a former occasion ; but it was also proper to recollect that along with the great display of moral power which was placed in the fore- ground, there had al- ways been a strong reserve of physical force exhibited in the back giound. At the great meetings, the standards declaring for peace, and good order, had always been so well supported by the emblems of battle- axes and such other devices, as be believed had produced a strong desire for the passing of the reform acts, lest more decided mea- sures, on the part of the people, should be resorted to. He would again urge them to determined, but legal, union, as the certain means of securing their rights, and bettering their condition. Mr. Aitken then read the regulations of the Union, which had been prepared by the committee, and after a few verbal corrections, suggested by Mr. Nimmo, Mr. Osborne, and other speakers, the regulations, as pre- pared, were agreed to with great applause. The meeting then proceeded to elect office- bearers, when Mr. Henderson was elected cjiairman of the Union ; Mr. Bisset and Mr. Fleming, vice- chairmen; and Mr. John Campbell, treasurer. Mr. James Young, at the conclusion of this part of the business, directed the attention of the meeting to the dis- play of military force exhibited at Newcastle, while the people were legally assembled to discuss their grievances. He hoped that such an interference would not be passed over without a parliamentary inquiry, and concluded by moving a petition from the meeting, to both houses of the legislature for that purpose. Mr. James Fleming seconded the motion, which was put to the vote, and agreed to unanimously. The petition to the Commons to be presented by Mr. Wakley, and that to the Lords by Lord Brougham.— Glasgow Post. NATIONAL PETITION.— On Monday night there were ten thousand 6even hundred and fifty- three signatures adhibited to the petition which is to be sent from Renfrewshire. We have much pleasure in stating that there are upwards of foui hundred from the village of Lochwinnoch, a place where the Peel party were offering to bet that not more than fifty would be obtained. From Greenock we expected, and still do expect, some thousands of signatures. We know that the working classes, whose condition is getting worse and worse every year, cannot continue much longer to pay such a list of gentlemen paupers as we now have ; therefore, it is for the middle classes and those in higher life who do not live upon the taxes, to say whether or not they are willing to he brought to a level with the poorest in the land. If they wish to avoid such an evil, " Now's the day and now's the hour."— Glasgow Post. MEZEIVEON BERRIES.— On Saturday last, a promising boy of four years of age, ate a quantity of the berries of the red mezereon ( the Daphne mezeieon of botanists) fiom a bush growing in one of the plots of ground in Rankeillor- street, Edinburgh. He was soon afterwards taken ill, aud although the best medical assistance was procured, he died on Monday. CROPS IN THE SOUTH OF SCOTLAND.— Though the land is, in general, well cultivated in this part of the country, [ Stewartry of Kirkcudbright] experience has convinced the farmers that it is not suitably adapted for the growth of wheat; that crop looks considerably worse than usual at this season of the year, and will undoubtedly be very de- ficient. Except in a few fields on the form of Kirkchrist, there are none in the neighbourhood but will be far below an average crop. The attacks of the wireworm, together with long- continued frost, and a cold ungenial spring, have so injured it, that many of the farmers regret they did not plough it down and sow the ground with barley. In Borgue, Twynholm, Anworth, Girthon, Kirkcudbright, & e., the barley bas a very promising appearance. It is al- lowed on all hands that it looks better than it has done for several seasons past, and if the weather prove propitious, it will be an abundant crop. On some farms it is partially in ear, and there is a field in the Boreland of Borgue which competent judges allow is the finest in this part of the country. Though the spring and early summer were singularly cold and cloudy, the oats, in most places, since the rains in the beginning of June, have made considerable improvement; the stalks are strong, the blade well- coloured, and where the land has been attentively cultivated and is naturally good, they will be fully an average crop. To judge from present appearances, the harvest, in general, will be a fortnight later than it was last year— Dumfries Herald. CHILDREN POISONED.— On the morning of Thursday last, as Alexander Ross, mason, was employed on the premises of a merchant of this town, lie' observed a paper containing a number of little round pills, having the appearance of con fections. He tasted the pills, and finding them rather sweet, put them in his pocket, and took them with him when he went to his breakfast. His wife gave them to her children after her husband went to his work. Five children partook of the supposed sweetmeats; the youngest soon took ill, and the others also became unwell. The former, an infant, died on Sunday forenoon, and another, about six years old, died the same evening. Of the remainder, one has completely recovered, but the other two are still in a dangerous state. On examination it was ascertained that the pills were formed of arsenic, made up with flour, and were placed in the spot where they were found by a former occupant of the premises, in order to destroy rats.— Inverness Paper. A chemise without a seam has been made in Glasgow for Her Majesty the Queen. THE WEATHER.— Since our last the weather has been exceedingly inconstant; the country has been visited day after day by the out pourings of the clouds, and the Nith rolls a volume of water to the Solway, five times the amount of its summer complement. Between whiles we have had some blinks of strong sunshine, but anything like a " long track" of summer weather is only seen in the distance. Sunday last, the 15th, was sacred to St. Swithin, and, if we are to believe the gossips, will regulate the features of the weather for forty days to come. Still we hope better tilings, notwithstanding the perverseness of the watery god, who sent down the rain in torrents during the forenoon of that day. -— Dumfries Courier. DEATH OF THE REV. DR. JAMIESON.— We regret to learn that our venerable townsman, the Kev. Dr. Jamieson, so long and justly esteemed for his piety, probity, and learn- ing, died at his house in George- squaie on Thursday even- ing. He was, we believe, in the 81st year of his age.— Edinburgh Paper. LADY HAY On Tuesday last, as Sir James Hay and Lady Hay were on the point of setting out from Duragget to dine at Dunskey, and the latter had gone into the house- keeper's room to give some directions, Sir James; who was already in the carriage, heard suddenly a scream, and re. turned to the bouse to inquire the occasion of it. The sight that presented itself was truly melancholy. Lady Ilay was seated on a chair in the last throes of death, and in another moment the vital spaik was extinct. It would be impossible to describe the scene that ensued, or the de- spairing cries of the bereaved husband and the children, the latter eight in number. Lady Hay was only in the thirty- eighth year of her age. The cause of her sudden death is attributed by Dr. Wilson, who was immediately sent for, to the rupture of one of the vessels of the heart. — Stranraer Register. IRELAND. Mr. Stephen S. Rice, son of the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, is spoken of as a candidate for Limerick, in room of Sir David Roche, one of the coronation baronets. It is rumoured that Mr. Bodkin, M. P., intends retiring from the representation of the county of Galway, and Sir John Burke, Bart., is spoken of as his successor. Dr. Stock was returned on Saturday for Cashel, without opposition, in place of Mr. Wolfe, now Chief Baron. Mr. Ball, the new Attorney- General, has been re elected with- out opposition for Clonmel. MISCELLANEOUS. JUSTICE TO IRELAND The next subject we have to allude to is, the recent political discovery for settling the tithe question in Ireland. This ingenious way of saddling Eng- land and Scotland with a large sum of money, to pay a remorseless band of cormorant Irish Episcopal clergy, is simply this:— A million of good British money was voted by Parliament in loan to the Irish clergy to be repaid out of the arrears of tithes. Of this, since 1835, 640,000/. bas been advanced. It is now proposed by Sir Robert Peel, on the ground that the clergy cannot recover by legal pro- ceedings, their arrears of tithes, to compound with them, in the Irish sense, by turning the loan alluded to into a gift, anil paying the balance of 360,000 among those who have their arrears still unrecovered ! Here is a beautiful illustra- tion of Irish reciprocity, and legislative justice. England and Scotland are to he taxed to pay the flagrant Church of Ireland arrears, which her own bad conduct, and that of her Tory Orange friends on both sides of the water, have rendered irrecoverable; and those who have defied the laws of the country are to he rewarded by exemption from pay- ment of arrears, which have already been recovered from thousands of other poor wretches, by a process of oppres- sion, and sometimes of blood, almost unsurpassed in so- ciety, even in the darkest, the most cruel and malignant days of intolerance aud persecution. What will come next, oh ye wise and virtuous representatives of the people ?— Dum- fries Times. BKERSHOFS— It appears from a return presented to the House of Commons, on the motion of Lord F. Egerton, relative to beer sellers and licensed victuallers, that the number of licenses taken out for beershops in 1835, was 39.654; in 1836,44,130; and in 1837, 45,394. It appears from the same return, that the number of licensed victuallers who have passed the Insolvent Courts in England and Wales during the years 1829, 1830, and 1831, was 1,248; and for the last three years, up to June, 1838, the number of insolvent licensed victuallers was 942, and of beer sel lers 512. INGENIOUS INVENTION.— Mr. James Duncan, watch- maker, at Glenluce, has lately constructed a small steam- engine, on the high pressure principle, the novelty of which consists in the steam acting twice in the cylinder before it escapes into the atmosphere, by which there is a saving of half the fuel and half the water which a common engine of the same power would require. By the application of the air- pump and condenser it can work on the low pressure with the same saving. Some scientific men who have seen the plan think it admirably adapted for locomotive engines, or for vessels making long voyages Galloway Register. ENKE'S COMET.— It is expected that the comet of Enke will be visible in this country for several months during the ensuing autumn. On the first of August it will pass the meridian about five hours a. m., at an elevation of sixty de- grees; on the first of September at three hours, forty- five minutes, at an elevation of sixty- seven degrees. From the end of September to the middle of November it will be continually above the horizon in this country, and after that hour it will proceed rapidly towads the south, and be invi- sible towards the end of the year. The Moniteur Parisien, and several of its contemporary journals, contain advice to their readers on the best mode of avoiding evil consequences from the intense heat of the season. Those papers principally recommend that vege- table form at least one- half of the aliments used by man at this epoch; but above all tilings they preach abstinence from spiritous liquors. BACHELORS— At the Carlisle coronation dinner the chairman proposed the toast of Mr. Starbuck ( what an attractive name !) and the bachelors of the city.— Mr. Star- buck returned thanks for the notice which bad been taken of him and his companions in misfortune, who he was sorry to see were sonumerous. ( A laugh.) He hoped some of them would shortly " get off," but for his own part he feared that he was placed upon the shelf. ( A laugh.) He advised all bachelors who heard him to change their condition as soon as possible.— Mr. William Stordy concurred wilh the gentleman who had preceded him, in recommending all the young men in Carlisle to disregard Miss Martineau's advice, and get married as soon as possible. ( A laugh.) He con- trived to make himself tolerably happy in his present state, but he was sure that be should have been much happier if he had been married. ( Laughter and applause.)— Song, " Oh dear what can the matter he." THE BREAD TAX— The highest quotation of white wheat of the first quality at Hamburgh is 140 rix- dollars current the last, which answers to 43s. Id. the quarter; and the highest quotation of red wheat of the first quality is 136 rixdollars current the last, which answers to 41s. lOd. the quarter, and therefore the mean price at Hamburgh of white and red wheat together, is 42s. 6d. the quarter. The high- est quotation of white wheat of the first quality in London is 74s. the quarter, and the highest quotation of red wheat of the first quality is 69s. the quarter, and therefore the mean price of white and red wheat together, is 71s. 6d. the quarter. It appears, therefore, that wheat is 68% per cent dearer in London than at Hamburgh, and that with the sum of 31. lls. 6d. a man may buy 13U bushefc of Wheat at Hamburgh, whereas with the same sum he can buy only eight bushels in London. The highest quotation of Zea- land white wheat of the first quality at Amsterdam, is 290 florins the last, which equals 46s. 9d. the quarter, and mean price of wheat in London being 71s. 6d. the quarter, it fol- lows that wheat is 53 per cent dearer in London than at Amsterdam. The highest quotation of white wheat of the first quality at Berlin is 2 rixdollars 17 groschen the scheffel, which answers to 41s. lid. the quarter; and the highest quotation of white wheat in London being 74s. the quarter, the difference is 18% per cent, that wheat is dearer in Lon- don than at Berlin. " The highest quotation of red wheat of the first quality at Antwerp is 11% florins current the hecto- litre, which equals 46s. 9d. the quarter; and the highest quotation of red wheat in London being 69s. the quarter, it follows that wheat is 41% per cent, dearer in London than at Antwerp. The highest quotation of red wheat at Stettin is 57 dollars the wispel of 24 scbeffels, which answers to 38s. 9d. the quarter, and the highest quotation of red wheat in London being 69s. the quarter, it follows that wheat is 78% percent, dearer in London than at Stettin; and that with the sum of 3l. 9s. a man may buy 14% bushels of wheat at Stettin, whereas with the same sum he can buy only 8 bushels in London. The mean or average of the prices of wheat of the first quality at Hamburgh, Amsterdam, Ber- lin, Antwerp, and Stettin, is 43s. 4d. the quarter, and the mean price of wheat of the first quality in London being 71 s. 6( 1. the quarter, it follows that the mean price of Lon- don is 65 per cent higher than the mean price of the five above- mentioned places. The present duty on the importation of foreign wheat into England is 91s. 8d. the quarter, which is equal to the following rates:— To a rate of51/. 16s. Id. per cent, on the prime cost of wheat at Hamburgh; to a rate of 46?. 6s. lid. cent, on the prime cost of wheat at Amsterdam; to rate of 51/. I3s. led. percent, on the prime cost of wheat at Ber- lin ; to a rate of46/. 6s. lid. on the prime cost of wheat at Antwerp; to a rate of 55/. 18s. 3d. per cent, on the prime cost of wheat at Stettin ; and to a rate of 50/. per cent, on the mean price of the five above- mentioned places. SPANISH CHARACTER. — The Spaniards are Christian Arabs; there is a degree of wildness and improvidence in their character. The mixed blood of the Cantabrian, the Roman, and the Vandal, and the Moor, which flows in their veins, does not flow like other blood. They are at once active, indolent, and haughty. " Every indolent na- tion," says the author of the " Esprit des Lois," in speaking of the Spaniards, " is haughty; for those who do not work consider themselves the sovereigns of those who are labori- ous." The Spaniards, entertaining as they do the highest opinion of themselves, do not form the same notions of jus- tice and injustice as we do. A transpyranean shepherd, tending his flock, enjoys the most absolute individuality. In Spain, independence destroys liberty. What are politi- cal l ights to a man who attaches 110 value to them, and whose ideas of the blessings of life are all included in his proverb—" Oveja de casta, pasto de gracia, hijo de casa'*— to a man who, like the Bedouin, armed with his pistol, and followed by his flock, requires for his daily fare only an acorn, a fig, and olive ? He thinks himself fortunate if he occasionally meet with a traveller whom he can loband send to heaven, and is perfectly happy in being beloved by a poor shepherdess and an aged father. " Padre viejo, y mango rota, no es dsshonra." f The sprucely dressed ifajo of the Guadalquiver, with bis dagger in his shepherd's crook, and his hair confined in a net, never distinguishes the tiling from the person, and reduces all difference of opinion to tiie alternative— kill or die. This character is so profoundly stamped in the Iberian mould, that the mo- dernised portion of the Spanish population, whilst they have adopted new ideas, retain, in spite of those ideas, their primitive national feelings. Could it ever have been be- lieved that the Spaniards would slaughter monks? Never- theless, this crime was committed without mercy and with- out remorse by the liberales. It must be remembered, too, that the authority of the priesthood was of old date in the Peninsula; this authority was not founded merely on the religious faith of the people, it had likewise a political source. Even as early as the year 852, the martyrs of Cor- dova sacrificed themselves for national liberty no less than for the triumph of the Christian religion. The monks fought under the banners of Cid, and entered Grenada with Ferdinand. Yet, in spite of all this, monks have been massacred by the Spaniards. How is this to be accounted for? Because a hatred, which had not its birth in Spain, and which was alike ungrateful and ungrounded, was, by a certain party, directed against them. In Spain, whether for love or for hatred, assassination is a crime which is re- sorted to as it were naturally. The Spaniards seem to re- gard every thing attainable by death. * * With this uncontrollable despotism of character, there is allied, by a singular contrast, a disposition at once dull and comic, mild and ostentatious. In the civil wars, when an advantage is gained, it might naturally be expected that the party gaining it would follow it up. But no such thing. The victors halt on the scene of triumph, publish rodo- montades, sing songs of victory, play the guitar, and bask in the sun. The defeated party quietly retires, and acts in the same manner when its turn of triumph comes. Thus there is nothing but a succession of battles without results. If a town be not taken to- day, it will be taken to- morrow, or the day after to morrow, or ten years hence, or never; it mat- ters not. The hidalgos tell us that they were engaged for the space of six hundred years in expelling the Moors. They entertain too high an admiration of their own perseverance. The patience transmitted from generation to generation at length becomes merely a family shield, which protects nothing, and which serves merely as an ancient decoration to hereditary misfortunes. Decrepid Spain still fancies her- self invulnerable, like the old recluse of the convent of St. Martin, near Carthagena. Gregory of Tours in- forms us, that the sohlieis of Leuvielde found the monastery of St. Martin abandoned by all its inmates except the ab- bot, who, though bowed by age and misfortune, was upright in virtue and sanctity. A soldier, who had raised his sword, and was about to cut off the holy man's bead, instantly fell to the ground and expired. Spanish politicians partake of the faults of Spanish warriors. In circumstances the most critical, they direct attention to insignificant measures, deliver harangues, in which they talk of doing great things, but their speeches are never followed by acts. Is this be- cause they are stupid, or spiritless? No. It is because they are Spaniards. They are not impressed with events as other people are; they see things in a different light. They leave time to bring about results, which they never attempt to hasten by any of their own. A Spaniard trans- mits his life to his son without fear and without regret. The son, in bis turn, pursues the same course as the father. Some centuries afterwards, the affairs which the dead have bequeathed, will be terminated to the satisfaction of the living. In any other country these affairs would have been settled in a week. — Chateaubriand. * Sheep of pure breed, free pasture, and to be one of a family, f An aged father and a tattered sleeve are no disgrace. MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE POLITICAL UNION. On Tuesday evening the Council held its weekly meet- ing. Thomas Attwood, Esq., on entering the room a few minutes after seven o'clock, was received with loud and vehement cheering. Having read the minutes of the former meeting, Mr. ATTWOOD shortly addressed the Council. He said— " The committee appointed at the last meeting to con- sider and report on the necessary measures to be adopted for holding the great central meeting of Birmingham and neighbourhood, and also a public meeting of the Union, to elect the Councillors for the ensuing year, had met, and they were of opinion that it would be better to hold both meetings on the same day. It was thought that the con- fidence reposed in the Council by the members of the Union was such, that they would be generally re- elected, and that tb6 business of the latter meeting would very speedily be got over, without at all interfering with the great meeting of the afternoon. Of course, if any damage were done to the great meeting by that arrangement it must be waived, but he did not think any such damage would be done. The committee, therefore, recommended that the members of the Union should meet at eleven o'clock in the Town- hall, and after going through their business, which ought not to occupy more than an hour and a half, that they would pro- ceed in a body to the place of meeting. They would only have, as he had said, to elect the council, and that would be short work. Indeed it was necessary that as little time as possible should be lost with that or any other business, except the great business of the day. All the time they would have to spare would be little enough for them to rouse the neighbourhood. It was not intended that it should be merely a meeting of Birmingham, but of the entire district. If the members of the Union had, there- fore, any time to spare, it ought to be employed in writing to their friends, aud calling upon their neighbours not to desert their country in this hour of need. It was the hour of need of the Commons of England, of the people of England, of the brave people who produced all and suffered all. It was true, they had carried the Reform bill, but the fruit of it had been of the worst quality. They had given power to the middle classes, and they had been found want- ing. They were then going to try the masses. They were going to put power into the hands of the people. ( Cheers.) They were going to give to the people a control of the House of Commons. They were going to put into opera- tion all lawful means to place the House of Commons in the hands of the people, and to see that in this matter there was no mistake. Loud cheers.) They did not intend to be mistaken again. They were once deceived, and that was enough. They must not, therefore, slacken in their exer- tions. Their object was truly national, and he hoped the meeting about to take place, would be attended by men from every town within twenty miles of Birmingham. The people of Scotland had shown a great and good spirit, and such as the best and most patriotic Englishman could wish. On the day of the great meeting at Glasgow, it rained in- cessantly, nevertheless the people stood and walked under it with patience, nay, with cheerfulness. It was what they called a Scotch mist, but it wet him ( Mr. A.) through, both cloak and coat. Well, in that weather the people met the deputation from Birmingham. They had forty bands, hundreds of banners and flags, and some of the detachments had travelled twenty miles to join in the procession. They had one hundred thousand men on the Green, and there might have been ten thousand women. They placed the hustings where Lord Durham in his best Radical days met them, and so great was the desire to hear what the speakers had to say, that he ( Mr. A.) was obliged to repeat his ob- servations twiceover. He was obliged to address those in front of the hustings, and then turn to those at the rear. It was altogether a most gratifying meeting, and the people evinced a spirit worthy of imitation. The next day he went to Renfrewshire, where they pointed out to him the place where Wallace was born—- that man, who was the best of mankind, but who had been murdered by the King of Eng- land at a time when there was less humanity amongst the people, and less knowledge of the rights of the people. At this spot he was met by ten thousand men, who also evinced a most extraordinary spirit of patience and determination. Owing to the deputation being detained upon the road by the people, who flocked from all quarters to meet them, the men of Renfrewshire were kept waiting one hour and a half beyond the appointed hour; when he explained to them the cause, in place of being dissatisfied they rejoiced, and bore the inconvenience with pleasure. They stood five or six hours during the meeting, and paid the greatest atten- tion. As an instance of the spirit which actuated them, he would state that, in a conversation he had with one of the band, he ( Mr. A.) observed that it was a very wet day, and that it must have been very distressing to the people. The man replied, that it was, indeed, very wet. He had tra- velled that morning seventeen miles to attend the meeting. It rained when he set out, and continued so during his journey, and up to that hour, and would, he suspected, rain until he got back to his home. There was an instance of devotion in tlie cause— a man travelling thirty four miles under heavy rain. ( Hear, hear.) Such was the spirit he saw every where displayed in Scotland; and, from the acccounts daily arriving from that country, it did not seem as if . this determination had at all subsided. The signatures to the national petition were hourly increasing. These facts were already before the public, and he adverted to them, then, only to show that matters were in that condi- tion that they must go on. He mentioned them, to show that no slight inconvenience must be allowed to operate in preventing the Reformers of this district from attending the great meeting. A little rain must not do it. He hoped such trifles would not prevent the good men of Wolver- hampton and Walsall from coining forth in this their country's need. He hoped every man would do all he could to rouse his neighbour and induce him to act. Two years ago, when the trade of Birmingham was good, and the people better off, he reminded them that the present time would arrive. He told them that the conduct of the Union, in that time of prosperity, would give them great strength whenever the time came that they must put forth their energies. He told them that their moderation would tend to give them additional strength,— that the country would say these men never move except when goaded. They never excite the people from motives of personal vanity or ambition. They do not come forth merely to obtain popu- larity. No; they move only when compelled, and then for the achievement of some great aud mighty object. He told them that when they would move under such circumstances, that two millions of men would stamp their feet when the men of Birmingham stamped theirs. He told them that the people would come forth, under proper leaders, and respond to their call. He told them they would hear the noise of men's feet and voices, like the muttering of thunder. All this he told them, and the passing events would rather show lie had been correct. They did hear something like thunder in all paits of the empire, and if their rulers would but listen, and do justice to the nation, they would do well; but if they hardened their hearts, and showed themselves callous to the miseries and just demands of the people, they must take the consequences. ( Hear, hear.) The people would do their duty, and demand their just and legal rights. ( Cheers.) It was quite certain that there could be no re- tracing of steps for them in this great undertaking. They ought to be slow in making up their minds; but, when once made up, there must be no retracing or flinching in this just and holy cause. If their cause was contaminated, they might have occasion to doubt, but they had no crime of which they need be afraid or ashamed. They demanded nothing wrong; they demanded nothing more than the just and inalienable rights and privileges of the people, to which, upon every principle of justice and the constitution, they were entitled. ( Cheers.) The thing they were going to do would only he terrible to the tyrants and oppressors of the country, not to the people. Their cause was just, and upright, and holy; and as it was just and holy, he did think there was a just God above who would be with them. He should then proceed to read the report and the resolu- tions agreed to by the committee, relative to the approach- ing great demonstration. They would find they recom- mend that they should first meet at the Town. hall, to elect the council, and then proceed to Hollowayhead. He had examined the ground the day before, and he considered it an admirable place for a great meeting. The ground was all opened, as if by Providence, for the occasion, and two hundred thousand persons could meet without any injury or inconvenience. It was a beautiful piece of ground, and when he was going over it, he could not help thinking, if the people had a proper Parliament, they would purchase that ground for the use of the industrious inhabitants. It could be converted into recreation ground, which would conduce to the health and comfort of the people. The honourable gentleman then read the report—( see advertise- ment. ) Mr. DOUGLAS thought it would be better to hold the meeting of the Union at ten o'clock in the morning. It would afford more time. Agreed to. Mr. EDMONDS moved the adoption of the report of the committee, and said, he certainly should not have been pre- sent that evening had he not felt it was an occasion upon which there were two demands upon his attendance. First, the presence of their excellent friend Mr. Attwood, whom he thought ought always to receive every possible respect from them, whenever he honoured them with bis presence. Secondly, the intended great meeting was of vast import- ance— important for either evil or good consequences, and that induced his attendance. He hoped the committee would take care that every possible publicity should be given to this meeting, that they should not be in the un- pleasant situation which would arise from the people not being made acquainted with the day, and object, and par- ticulars of this intended great demonstration. There had always been a systematic attempt on the part of their enemies to prevent their proceedings from being known, by pulling down or defacing their placards. ( Hear, hear.) It was a base means; but what else had they to expect from a party whose existence depended upon the spirit of oppo- sition which they could evince. They must guard against their mean tricks, and make known their proceedings in spite of them. He must Bay, it was a pleasing thing to him to see their excellent friend Mr. Attwood where he was, because he thought the cause of England required that he should devote as much of his time in Birmingham as in the House of Commons. ( Loud cheering.) Their honourable friend had endeavoured to effect all his objects, simply by changing public opinion where it was wrong by argument, not by the base dirty tricks of party. He had always ap- pealed to the people; and he ( Mr. E.) would say, that there was not any man living more affectionately regarded by the people than he was. ( Cheers.) In Parliament he had nothing to expect; an honest man had no more to ex- pect in that house, than what an honest man would have to expect who, by mistake, might get into any of the common pot houses in Birmingham, which were well known to the police for entertaining certain company. ( Laughter.) The fact was, there was no man more hated by the enemies of the people than Mr. Attwood; and if honesty deserved hatred, lie would say, no man was more deserving of it than he was. ( Cheers.) Mr. PIERCE seconded the motion. He said, he felt like a man brought back from the dead. Their present pro- ceedings had something the appearance of their old work. They were reviving the good work of agitation with this additional advantage, that they had with them now the whole sympathies of the people of England. They were going for the cardinal points recommended by the Working Man's Association of London ; and be had no doubt, when the men of the metropolis saw that their principles were responded to, and that tliey had good reason to confide in the men of Birmingham, they would renew their exertions, and exhibit their strength. Each man must remember that he had a duty to perform, and act as if all depended upon his individual exertions. If so, they would gain the co- ope- ration of the country; and secure the liberty, and happi- ness, and prosperity of the kingdom. Mr. BLAXLAND said, he had no doubt the men would come forth. If they did not intend doing so, he would say, they ought at once to say so, because nothing would be more unpardonable than to deceive the council. They bad every inducement to action. The quartern loaf was lOd. in London, and would very soon be lid. ( Shame.) He had seen in a newspaper an account of an illumination, in Stockport, on the occasion of the Queen's coronation, which struck him very forcibly. One of the inhabitants exhibited three loaves, over which were written Russia, France, and England. The loaf under Russia was very large, that under F ranee also large, and that under England very small. The effect ol this simple exhibition was considerable, and showed at once the infamy of the system, which as- signed to the industrious poor of England such a miserable loaf, at 6uch an enormous cost. Mr. B. then read over some calculations he had made, to show the extent of the taxation upon the people. Mr. DOUGLAS said he had just received 10s., as a dona- tion from some good men who were accustomed to meet at the Saracen's Head. The amount, although small, showed the feeling of the donors; and was entitled to an acknow- ledgment equally with larger sums. Mr. ATTWOOD said, it would be in the recollection of the meeting, that a good friend died some short time ago, and left 100/. to the Union. The widow of this friend of liberty called upon him ( Mr. A.) the day before, and told him thaC she would, in a few days, pay over the money free of legacy duty. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. COLLINS said, as he was one of the marshals appointed to arrange the procession for the great meeting, he might, then, notice the plan upon which the processions were con- ducted in Scotland. The parties who wished to join in the procession, sent in their names and particulars some days before the meeting, and the order of precedence was bal- lotted for. If the various trades in Birmingham, who wished to take a part, would send in their names, & c., to the Journal office, directed to either him or Mr. Pierce, they would be attended to; and every means adopted to afford satisfaction to all parties. With respect to the elec- tion of the council, he wished tiie members to be proposed seriatem. in order that ihe members of the Union might have a full opportunity of rejecting any member they did not ap- piove of. Mr. DOUGLAS said, he had received a letter from London that morning, stating that the Reformers there were deter- mined on holding a great meeting after the demonstration in Birmingham. Some of the leading Reformers intended to come to the Birmingham meeting, and they hoped that some of the Birmingham men would attend their meeting. He had also received letters from Walsall and Dudley, in which the writers assured him that tile national petition had been well received in these towns, and in the latter place it had rsceived the signatures of two most respectable Dis- senting ministers. In Scotland many of the ministers were in favour of the geople. Everything tended to show they were advancing, aud to prove, in consequence, the great necessity there existed for additional exertions on the part of the men of Birmingham. They had kindled the flame; they had created the agitation; they had called forth the present spirit and resolution of the kingdom, and there must be no coolness or neglect on their parts now. With respect to the mode of electing the council, be should like to see the ballot introduced on that occasion, in order to see how it would work. They would not, however, have time. Nevertheless, he hoped the members would show their courage and independence in the election, and manfully re- ject any man whom they did not approve of. The members of the Union never had a more important duty to discharge than that which would devolve upon them at the next election. They would have to appoint men who would have no small share in the management of the delegation to London, a delegation the most important that ever were appointed in tile country. They would muster in the metropolis, for no less a purpose than that of turning out the six hundred and fifty members of the House of Com- mons, and putting honest men in their places. He did not say they were going to do this by foice. No, but their purpose was to bring about such a change in the laws, and procure for the people such a power as would most certainly end in the rejection of the services of the present House of Commons. But they had still more to effect. I'liey must clear out the other house also. They were not going to turn the Thames through one house only— they would turn it through both. ( Hear, hear.) They would have no small opposition to contend against. They would have the monarchy, the peers, arid the squires, against them. And in opposition to such a combination, nothing but unity and determination could prevail. Mr. Horsley was then introduced by Mr. Blaxland, as a person who was well qualified to canvass a district of the town for members of the Union, and who had offered his services for that purpose. Mr. SALT moved the suspension of the standing order of the night, in order that Mr. Horsley's services mi^ ht be accepted. The motion was carried; after which a vote of thanks to Mr. Horsley for his offer was agreed to, accom- panied with a request that he would undertake to canvas9 so much of the town as he could for the above purpose. There being no other business, the council separated. THE BIRMINGHAM. JOURNAL, JULY 14. 212 GRAND DEMONSTRATION OF PUBLIC OPINION. BIRMINGHAM POLITICAL UNION. AT a MEETING of th'e COUNCIL of the BIRMINGHAM POLITICAL UNION, held at the PUBLIC- OFFICE, in BIRMINGHAM, this 17th day of July, 1838, THOMAS ATTWOOD, Esq., in the Chair, This COUNCIL, considering the GRAND DEMON- STRATIONS OF PUBLIC OPINION, which have Htely been exhibited in GLASGOW, NEWCASTLE, and other important towns and districts, in support of the GREAT PRINCIPLES of UNIVERSAL SUF- FRAGE, ANNUAL PARLIAMENTS, VOTE BY BALLOT, WAGES OF ATTENDANCE, AND THE ABOLITION OF PROPERTY QUALIFI- CATION IN MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS— PRINCIPLES recommended by the COUNCIL, and adopted by the UNION, as vitally ne- cessary to the SAFETY, the LIBERTY, and the PROSPERITY of the PEOPLE, and equally necessary to the SAFETY and the GLORY of the CROWN, which is THE UNITY OF THE PEOPLE; and this Council considering that many years of painful experience have proved that the late reform of the House of Commons has been a mere delusion, and that, under the present state of that house, there is no hope of any real or permanent prosperity for the INDUSTRIOUS CLASSES, ground down, and oppressed, as they are, by unjust and cruel laws, making the MEANS SMALL, and the BURDENS GREAT, aggrandising the RICH, and impoverishing the TOOR, crushing industry, creating poverty among the people, and then depriving poverty of relief; and considering also, that unless the present state of the House of Commons can be changed, and the wrongs and injuries of the millions of the people can be rectified by peaceful and legal means, the most fearful political convul- sions may be apprehended to our country ; convulsions which may involve all in one common ruin ; and this Coun- cil considering that, in this great and vital crisis, it is of high importance that the INHABITANTS OF BIR- MINGHAM, and of the MIDLAND DISTRICT OF ENGLAND, should come forth in their strength, to assist in the great and holy work of peacefully and legally vin- dicating the Liberty, and restoring the PROSPERITY OF THEIR COUNTRY, their long oppressed, mis- governed, and exasperated Country, considering these things— It was resolved unanimously, 1st. That a GENERAL MEETING of the IN- HABITANTS OF BIRMINGH A M, and of the MID- LAND DISTRICT OF ENGLAND, be held in the FIELDS at the foot of HOLLOWAY HEAD, in Birmingham, on MON DAY, the 6th day of August next, at TWELVE O'CLOCK in the forenoon, the Chair to be taken at ONE O'CLOCK PRECISELY. 2nd. That the NATIONAL PETITION, alreadynu- merously signed in different districts of the United King- dom, and containing all the great principles above alluded to, and also the PEOPLE'S CHARTER, recommended by the Working Men's Associations of London, and em- bodying the same principles in the form of a Bill in Parlia- ment, be submitted to the approbation of the MEETING. 3rd That it be recommended to the Meeting to appoint Delegates from the TOWN OF BIRMINGHAM, to conduct the presentation of the NATIONAL PETI- TION to the HOUSE OF COMMONS; and in con- junction with other Delegates from different Towns and Districts, to form a GENERAL CONVENTION of the INDUSTRIOUS CLASSES, and to conduct the legal measures necessary for the purpose of carrying the objects of the National Petition into a Law. 4th. That the different Towns and Districts of the United Kingdom be requested to hold public Meetings of the In- habitants without delay, for the purpose of obtaining Signa- tures to the National Petition, and also. of appointing Dele- gates from each Town or District, notifying such appoint ment to the Chairman of this Meeting, until the number of Delegates appointed shall amount to forty- nine, which is the highest number allowed by Law to s! t as a permanent Body. 5th. That no Delegate can be legally appointed by any POLITICAL UNION, or other associated Body, but that every such Delegate must be appointed at a public Meeting of Inhabitants generally. 6th. That the Chairman of the Meeting be instructed to assemble the Delegates in London, at such time as may be necessary before the meeting of the next session of Parlia- ment. 7. That the owners of manufactories, ironworks, collieries and other establishments in the neighbourhood, be respect- fully requested to close or suspend their works on the day of the meeting, for the purpose of giving their workmen the opportunity of attending. 8. That Mr. John Pierce and Mr. John Collins be appointed MARSHALS OF THE MEETING, to superintend and conduct the whole of the arrangements, and that the different bodies of men, as they enter the town and the place of meeting, be requested to attend strictly to their directions. THOMAS ATTWOOD, Chairman. By order of the Council, JOSEPH HOLL, Secretary. [> UBLIC DINNER at DEE'S ROYAL HOTEL, L on MONDAY NEXT, JULY 23, TO marshal soult, duke of VALMATIA, AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY FROM THE COURT OF FRANCE. STEWARDS, Thomas Attwood, Esq. M. P. W. C. Alston, Esq. S. Beale, Esq W. Chance, Esq. J. James, Esq. Francis Lloyd, Esq. A. Peyton, Esq., Low Bailiff Dinner on the Table at Six o'clock. Tickets to be had at the Bar of the Royal Hotel,£ 1 lOs. each, THE BIRMINGHAM GRAND DAHLIA SHOW, OPEN TO ALL ENGLAND, IS Fixed for the 12th and 13th of September, at the Town Hall, when nearly ONE HUNDRED POUNDS will be awarded in Prizes. Premier Prize— a Silver Cup, value £ 20. Ig ® " Particulars in future advertisements ALEXANDER POPE, Chairman of the Committee. PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO G. ELLINS, ESQ. APUBLIC DINNER will be given, by the Ope- ratives and other Inhabitants of Bromsgrove and its vicinity, to G. ELLINS, Esq., on WEDNESDAY, the 25th instant, that being the day appointed by the committee for presenting a piece of Plate to the above- named gentleman, as a mark of respect for bis kindness and liberality, whether viewed as a landlord, master, or friend. The dinner will take place on the Bowling Green, which will be covered in for that purpose. G. F. IDDINS, Esq., has kindly consented to take the chair. Tickets, 2s. each, to be had at the Red Liori, Bell, and Unicorn Inns, until Monday, the 23rd inst. Dinner on the table at two o'clock precisely. Bromsgrove, July 10, 1838. BIRMINGHAM POLITICAL UNION. AT a MEETING of the COUNCIL of the BIRMINGH AM POLITICAL UNION, held at the PUBLIC- OFFICE, in BIRMINGHAM, this 17th day of July, 183S, THOMAS ATTWOOD, Esq., in the Chair, It was resolved unanimously, That the MEMBERS of the BIRMINGHAM POLITICAL UNION are hereby requested to meet at the TOWN- HALL, at Ten o'clock in the morning of the day of the GREAT MEETING, viz, on MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF AUGUST, 1838, for the pur- pose of nominating the COUNCIL for the ensuing year, and afterwards of proceedine in GRAND PROCES- SION to the place of MEETING AT HOLLOWAY HEAD. THOMAS ATTWOOD, Chairman. By order of the Council, JOSEPH HOLL, Secretary. • WTtTANlEP, a steady active young man as Light Porter. Apply at 74, BOLL- STREET. WANTED, Three Young Men that have been used to Solder with a Blow- pipe. Address H. C., at the Journal Office. TO EXCAVATORS AND BRICKLAYERS. PERSONS willing to contract for the execution o the several Works necessary for constructing a Main Sewer, from Diglis to Lowesmere, in the city of Worcester, about one mile in length, and four feet six inches diameter in the clear, in nine inch work, may inspect the Plans and Specifications, by application at the Office of Mr. HENRY ROWE, architect, Copenhagen- street, Worcester. Tenders to be sent ( under cover) on or before Saturday the 28th instant, to my Office, Sansome- street, Worcester. By order of the Commissioners, Worcester, 6th July, 1838. C. BEDFORD, Clerk. Josh. Scholefield, Esq., M. P. W. Scholefield, Esq. High Bailiff Charles Shaw, Esq. Charles Tyndal, Esq. J. W. Unett, Esq. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, THE WEATHER. July 22 24 25 v27 II 28 THE LONDON FISH COMPANY, NO. 4, DALE- END, BIRMINGHAM, HAVE engaged SALMON FISHERIES at Bally- shannon and Carlisle, which will enable them to supply FISH during the season in twenty- four hours from the time it is taken. Every other description of Fish in season may also be obtained gat this establishment, of the primest quality and at the lowest possible prices. T. W. CLARKE, Manager. ROYAL HAT DEPOT, No, I, CORNER OF NEW- STREET AND HlGH- STREET. WPHILLIPS, in gratefully acknowledging the • increasing support of a discerning public for about thirty years, begs to assure them that every exertion in his power shall be made to produce the greatest novelty of the day, in goods which cannot be excelled in quality, and at prices that must ensure their continued patronage. FOR CASH ONLY. S. S. Good Black or Drab Light Summer Hats 5 to 6 Super Gossamers —— . 9 to 12 Prime London Stuffs 10 to 16 Those usually sold as best — 18 The finest that human skill or ingenuity can invent, warranted — 21 IggT Shipping orders executed on the shortest notice. No credit. No abatement. WINE AND SPIRIT TRADE. MR. R. AUSTIN begs to inform his friends and the public, that be has REMOVED his Stock from 111, Steelhouse- lane, to 21, EASY- ROW, where his Busi- ness will in future he conducted. R. A. takes this oppor- tunity of returning his best thanks for the liberal support he has received, and of soliciting a continuance of thg same. Birmingham, 14th July, 1838. RED LION YARD, ( Corner of Park- street, Bull ring, Birmingham,) WAGGON AND VAN OFFICE, AND GENERAL CARRIERS' WAREHOUSE. rpHOMAS GOLBY, grateful for the many favours A conferred upon his carrying Establishment between London, Banbury, and Birmingham, most respectfully an- nounces that, on account of the arrangements he has entered into with the London and Birmingham Railway Company, he has given up his interest in the Carrying Department between Birmingham and Banbury in favour of Mr. J. T. BROWN, of Birmingham, and Mr. J. A. CORK, of Ban- bury, and that it will in future he conducted by them ; for whom he solicits a continuance of those favours he has hitherto received. JT. BROWN having taken to Mr. T. Golby's • Carrying Business, in Birmingham, most respectfully solicits the patronage and support of the Merchants, Fac- tors, and the inhabitants of Birmingham and its immediate vicinity, and hopes, by the strictest attention to the early delivery of all goods entrusted to his care, to merit their support. J. T. B. wishes to announce that, in consequence of Mr. Golby having made arrangements to place his goods upon the London Train from Denbigh Hall, a Spring Van will in future leave the above Office every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday nights, at ten o'clock, ( instead of Wednesday and Saturday evenings, as heretofore) through Warwick, Leamington, Southam, to Mr. GOLBY'S WAREHOUSE, Ban- bury, and proceed through Buckingham, and per train, to the BELL INN, Wood- street, Cheapside, London. Goods regularly forwarded ( via Banbury) to Oxford, Southampton, Biackley, Aylesbury, Uxbridge, & c., & c. Red Lion Yard, corner of Park- street, Bull- ring, Birmingham, July 2rid, 1838. . rain, prob. a gale . changeable . rain . ruin, wind . fair . changeable . rain Murphy. TO CORRESPONDENTS. 1 We do not doubt " Observer's" facts, hut they must be verified by a real signature. The Radical members have worked hard to amend that house, but with not much success, and less thanks. The Whigs and the Tories there, as elsewhere, are much too strong foi them. ' " Hampden" has surely fallen from his high name when lie makes such a to- do about pipes and whistles. The Reformer, whose zeal is incapable of being kindled un- less by the discord of a street band, will add little weight to a deliberative meeting. * " A Rate- payer" presents us with a cloud of words and nothing else. If he have any ground of complaint against the Commissioners or Street- keepers, let him state it intelligibly and simply, and authenticate it with his real signature, and we will have much pleasure in giving it publicity. Just Published, DRAKE'S RAILROAD MAPS of the Entire Line of Route from LONDON to LIVERPOOL and MANCHESTER, beautifully engraved and coloured, and extending many miles on each side of the line. Orna- mented with views of the Euston Grove Station, in Lon- don, and a complete train of carriages. With tile Rules, Regulations, Fares, Times of Outset and Arrival of the Trains at the various Stations; together with all requisite information for Travellers. Price, on Canvass, in a Case for the pocket, 2s. *„ » The Maps of the London and Birmingham and Grand Junction Railways sold separately, done up in a similar manner, at Is. 6d. each. On a sheet, coloured, 9d. Plain, 6d. each. Birmingham : Printed arid Published by JAMBS DRAKF. ; London, Hay ward and Moore; Liverpool, Willmer and Smith ; Manchester, Love and Barton ; and to be had of all Booksellers in the kingdom. Wlien in September last year we fixed the price of the Journal at fourpence- halfpenny, we confi- dently calculated that a fall in the price of materials would fully compensate not only for a larger reduc- tion than the amount of the duty remitted justified, but also for the great addition which we made to the size of our paper. Our calculation has failed us. In this respect our cotemporaries showed that they were better informed than we were. It is not too late to take advantage by their example. Tlie pre- sent price of the Journal, with the heavy deductions o which it is subject, is much too small. We pro- pose, therefore, that in future it shall be the same as that of the Gaztlte and Advertiser, to which we do not think we arrogate too much in saying, that for information, compiled or original, it is equal. Neither do we think we claim more than we are fairly entitled to from the Reformers of Birmingham and the kingdom at large, when we ask from them the same remuneration for our labours, which the Tories are content to jiay for the labours of their advocates. The Reformers have, at least, as much heart to be generous; and they can quite as well afford to be just. AFTER THE ELEVENTH OF SEPTEMBER, THEREFORE, THE PRICE OF THE JOURNAL WILL BE FIVEPENCE. The advance will be of not incon- siderable importance to us, while it will be altogether insignificant to our readers; so we confidently hope that it will be cheerfully acquiesced in. BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. SATURDAY, JULY 21,1838. RGMLE WEEKLY" TRUE SUN Newspaper, a large J.. Quarto Paper of Forty Columns, Price Five Pence, continues to republish Advertisements FOR NEXT OF KIN and HEIRS AT LAW, which have appeared during the last Thirty Years. More have just been obtained and Upwards of ONE THOUSAND will appear in Succesive Weeks. Early Orders should be given, as the back numbers can- not always be obtained. Office 366, Strand. THE KING'S HEAD SPIRIT AND WINE VAULTS, Lower Brearley- street Birmingham. ffl^ O be SOLD by AUCTION, on the Premises, on FKIDAV, the 27th day of July inst., at seven o'clock, ( unless an acceptable offer in the mean time should be made by Private Contract,) subject to Conditions then to lie pro- duced- the LEASE, LICENSES, GOODWILL, and valuable POSSESSION of th'e above old- established and well frequented WINE and SPIRIT HOUSE, free from opposition, and commanding a veiy profitable and im- portant trade, the situation of which will always ensure a steady ready money custom. The surrounding population being so extensive, and the beer shops of little importance, render this house superior to many in town. The premises consist of several roomy chambers, large club room, respectably attended, parlour, and tap room, front spilit shop, and bar, excellent cellarage, cooking kitchen, brewhouse, malt room, yard, with stable, pig- lie and marble alleys ; also an excellent 14- quarter " "| E, held on lease, which may be extended for pars, at £ 30 rent, without the Maithouse. Beets and Stock to he taken at a fair ap- i ill! ® and to treat, app'y lip in the Premises, t JOHN RODERICK, Auctioneer. pVreet and Bennett's- hill. SALE IN AUCTION ROOM, TEMPLE- ROW. To Grocers, Private Families, aud others. mo BE SOLD by AUCTION, by JOHN FAL- A LOWS, at bis Sale Room as above, on TUESDAY, the 24th day of July instant, a general assortment of GROCERY—( taken under an execution from the Sheriff, and have been removed for ilie convenience of sale)— com prising several chests of gunpowder and other teas, of very superior quality, coffee, casks of fine moist sugars, loaf sugar, currants, rice, mustard, tobacco, with a general assortment of other grocery articles; ten reams of paper, together with the whole of the Shop 1' ixtures, consisting of counters, shelves, thirty canisters, copper scales and weights, coffee- mills, gas- fittings, empty packages, and other effects ; par- ticulars of which will appear in catalogues, to be had at the Auctioneer's office, Temple- row, Birmingham. The above articles will be offered in suitable lots for pti- vate families and consumers, and the quality of the goods is of the best description, the Teas are fine flavoured, and the whole will be sold without the least reserve. Sale to commence at eleven o'clock. OLD ENGLISH POPLAR, rpo be SOLD by PRIVATE CONTRACT, 250 A OLD ENGLISH POPLAR TREES, some of them running 50 to 60 feet in length, the whole averaging 30 feet length, and from 7 to 11 inches quarter girt, very straight, of excellent quality, and fit for chamber- floor boards and other purposes. The trees are growing in meadows at Hasfield, near Gloucester, within half a mile of tiie river Severn, and t convenient landing place there. For a view, and to treat for the same, apply to Ml. Wit LIAJI CROOK, Hasfield, neai Gloucester. The veteran SOULT, amongst the various lions, great and small, which, during his limited stay, have at- tracted his notice, is desirous not to pass over those of Birmingham. The High aud Low Bailiffs having addressed his Excellency, professing their readiness, in the event of his visiting our town on his return from Liverpool, to do their possible to render the visit grati- fying, by accompanying him to its various objects of curiosity, were on Thursday favoured with the follow- ing iffite in answer :— " Londres, le 18 Juillet, 1838. " Le Mareclial Soult, Due de Dalmatie, exprime a Messieurs les Baillis de la ville de Birmingham tous ses remercimens de la lettre qu'ils lui ontfait l'honneur de lui addresser. II passera a Birmingham et s'y ar- retera probablement dans la matinee de Lundi pro- chain, a son retour de Liverpool. Cependant, comme il lie peut pas encore determiner cette epoque d' une maniere precise, il aura l'honneur d' en prevenir Mes- sieurs les Baillis de la ville de Birmingham par une communication subsequente. II les prie, eii attendant, de recevoir l'expression sincere de tout le plaisir qu'il eprouvera a se trouver avec eux et au milieu d' une ville aussi importante et aussi celebre que celle de Birmingham, aussi que V assurance de tous ses senti- inens de haute consideration," For the benefit of such of our readers as may not be familiar with the language of the Great Nation, we give a translation of the Marshal's note :— ." Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia, expresses to Messrs. the Bailiffs of the town of Birmingham, his entire thanks for the letter which they have done him the honour of'addressing to him. He will pass through Birmingham, aud will halt there probably on Monday morning next, on his return from Liverpool. But as he cannot as yet determine the period with precision, he will have the honour to inform Messrs. the Bailiffs of the town of Birmingham of it by a future commu- nication. He requests them, in the meantime, to ac- cept the sincere expression of the entire pleasure that he will experience on finding himself with them, and in the midst of a town so important and so celebrated as that of Birmingham, as well as the assurance of his entire sentiments of high consideration." On Friday morning the Low Bailiff ( the High Bailiff typing at Liverpool on business) took occasion of the Marshal's brief halt at the railway station to meet him, with a view to receive the communication subsequente promised in his note, and was then assured by the Prince ( the Marshal's son) that his illustrious father would certainly be in Birmingham on Sunday evening, or Monday morning; and that he would spend the day of Monday there. Arrangements have, in consequence, been made for giving the Marshal a dinner at DEE'S on that day, in pursuance of resolu- tions come to at a private meeting called by the High and Low Bailiffs for Friday morning, the particulars of which are given elsewhere. Concurring entirely in the propriety of this passing- honour, we desire that the reason of our concurrence should be distinctly understood. Ill the first place, if we considered it au honour to the military talent merely of the Marshal, we should altogether demur to its being paid, believing, as we do, military talent to be the cheapest and most vulgar that nature has grantel to man— a talent, of which all ranks, times, climes, and countries, exuberate with examples. In the second place, if we could, for a moment, suppose that, honouring the Marshal, we should be suspected of approving tliepolicy of the Marshal's present master, of which it would be somewhat difficult to find language strong enough to express our contempt— in that case, we should not merely hesitate to sanction, we should altogether op- pose the contemplated compliment. But looking to the Duke of DALMATIA as an instance of one of the people raised, by his own unassisted merits, to the highest rank in the state, as one associated with all the cherished sympathies of France, the reign of the man of the people— he of whom it was so pointedly said —" with all his faults, he was our own,"— regarding any tribute of respect to MARSHAL SOULT as paid to him, less in his personal capacity than as the repre- sentative of the French nation, and as tending, pro tanto, to draw close those ties which happily now bind France and England to each other— regarding it in this light— the true and rational one— we not only very cordially approve of it, but trust that it will be gone about, by those on whom the arrange- ments peculiarly fall, with a zeal and a comeliness not unbefitting a town, which in all aspects, deserves the title of importante et celebre applied to it by its intended guest. We could have wished, had time permitted, that a more popular mode of exhibiting our respect had been resolved upon, but time did not permit. The somewhat exclusive plan was the only plan practicable. The apprentice system is at an end. The gratify- ing intelligence that Jamaica— the Queen of slavery in the west— had resolved, when she could do no better, to grant a general emancipation on the 1st of August, was communicated on Monday to Mr. ST URGE in a letter, of which the following is an extract. The letter is dated Spanish Town, June 9th; it is from the Rev. J. M. PHILIPS:—• Last evening, when the result of the bill could not be mistaken, I held a meeting of thanksgiving to Almighty God for the joyous event. The hearts of the public seemed filled with gratitude to overflowing. On the first of August, I expect we shall have a day of sacred joy, unparalleled in the history of the world. Oil the back of the letter dated Saturday, 12 o'clock noon, was written— The act has passed without a dissentient voice; on the 1st of August, therefore, Jamaica will befree. This intelligence has subsequently been amply con- firmed by the declarations of ministers. We can en- tirely enter into the feelings of the reverend writer, when he describes the coming day of plenary release as unparalleled in the history of the world, so far as that history refers to matter of mere earthly concern- ment. Even here, in England, it will be a day of joy and rejoicing to many thousands of good, and pious, and affectionate hearts; nor can it be regarded by the coldest of the cold but as au event big with interest, whether we consider it philosophically or politically. Hailing it, as we do, with equal joy and gratitude, we desire, in the first place, and above all others, to tender our thanks and the thanks of all true advocates of human freedom to our excellent townsman Mr. STURGE, as the highly- honoured instrumeut by whose working the great event has been mainly brought about. It was not, we know, without many fears, as well as hopes of success, that he set out on that holy pilgrimage, the happy fruits of which he is now reaping. That he was strongly confident of ultimate justice is true; but neither he nor the most sanguine of his humbler fellow labourers imagined that justice would be done so completely, and so soon. The issue of Mr. STURGE'S self- imposed mission offers a lesson of much importance. It will serve to incite the honest advocate of the rights of humanity every where— at home as well as abroad, in England as well as in India— to a steady confidence in well meant and managed endeavours after social ameliora- tion. The cause of the negro apprentice was not more hopeful twelve months ago, than the cause of the un- represented Englishman is now. If we look in respect to him for a similar day of emancipation, we must labour for it with a similar singleness of heart, and an energy equally untiring. We do not wish, at a moment like the present, to cloud the prospect with uncalled for doubts. But it is the merest ordinary prudence to watch with care over the fulfilment of a law, which there are so many temptations, and which the circumstances of the par- ties afford so many opportunities of evading or vio- lating. We all know, that had the Emancipation act been fairly, and in its spirit, or even in its letter, followed out, most, if not all, the complaints against it would have had no place. They who, for their " earthly, sensual, and devilish" purposes, so abused that law, may equally abuse its successor. It behoves, therefore, the friends of the negro not to intermit the vigilance which has hitherto been so zealously exerted. They must avoid the serious error committed by the Reformers in 1832— they must preserve the entirety of their Unions, till time has fully tested the intemions of the planters towards black freemen. And, above all things— for it must come to that— they must give their most earnest study, by all moral and intellectual and political training, gradually to accustom the negroes to rely on themselves for support; to know their own rights, and, knowing them, maintain. The go- eart system cannot be abandoned too soon. No one ever yet walked firmly, who did not walk alone. Pupillage continued for an hour longer than an absolute necessity requires, only confirms the weakness which it is ostensibly meant to cure. To say that the negroes are incapable of managing' their own concerns, is really to corroborate the strongest, and, indeed, the only reasonable argument ever urged by their late masters, for continuing their hateful and oppressive domination. mit of this mode of a second time discussing a mea- sure. The votes on the 25th were pretty close, 92 to 86, and 125 to 111. The vote of the 26th was more decisive, 205 to 21. On the 28th, a sharp debate took place on the comparative merits of two bills, for the collecting and safe keeping of the revenue: one pro- posed by Mr. WERSTER and the other by Mr. BU- CHANAN. The ministerial party complaining of their position, Mr. CLAY said— The gentleman ( Mr. Calhoun) from South Carolina says, this proposition comes from the right quarter, and we must take the responsibility. Why, if you are broken up as a party; if you feel that you are prostrated, as you really are, resign your places; go home; leave the management of public affairs to us, and my word for it, in sixty days we will restore confidence, regulate the currency, and revive the business of the country. As there seems every probability that Mr. CLAY'S party will, in a very brief period, have the regulation of affairs, we shall soon see whether this be a political truth or a party boast merely. There is not much commercial activity spoken of in the journals received by the Sirius. For a moment, the rejection of the Sub- treasury bill caused an advance, but it was not maintained. It is, at the same time, proper to state, that the orders brought by the last two or three ar- rivals indicate a decided progress of demand, though we have not heard of any enhancement of price, unless on a very few articles, the home stock of which was nearly exhausted. And the language, if not the busi- ness, of the States has undoubtedly risen. A large summer and fall trade is confidently anticipated; the former, we should think, with little, the latter with considerable show of foundation. The Sirius steam ship brings with her New York journals to the 30th, inclusive. The subtreasury bill was filially rejected on tlie 26th, on a motion for re- considering a vote by which it had been rejected on the 25th. The forms of the American legislature ad- DEMONSTRATION.— The advertisement sets forth so fully the cause and inducements of the great pro- posed meeting, that we feel it unnecessary to add a single word, lest we should weaken the effect of what has been been already said so well. NATIONAL PETITION.— Five thousand additional signatures were handed in on Tuesday. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.— It is stated that, as at present arranged, Parliament will be prorogued on Thursday, the 9th of August. The Globe says the 20th. THE WEATHER.— The weather during the week has been beautifully fine, with the exception of Saturday, which was an all day rain. THE HAY CROP.— The moist weather has been very favourable to the hay crop, which in most instances is heavy. The dry weather of this week has been peculiarly favourable to ricking. RATING OF TENEMENTS BILL.— This bill, which was to have been further considered on Friday last, was then withdrawn. Sir H. Verney. in withdrawing it, stated that it was his intention to renew it in the next session. PETIT AND GRAND JURORS.— By the 6th Geo. IV., cap. 50, no person shall be returned as a juror to serve at the assizes for a county, who lias served as a petty juror at such assizes four years before, and has the sheriff's certificate of having so served ; and no person shall be returned to serve upon any grand or petty jury at any of the quarter sessions, who has served two years before, and has the certificate of the clerk of the peace of having so served. MUNIFICENT LEGACIES.— Mrs. Ann Peake, the- sole executrix of the late Mr. Thomas Slater, gentle- man, of Smallheath, near this town, has paid the following munificent legacies in full, having gener- ously paid the legacy duty herself, without deducting it from the legacies, viz.:— 200/. to the Treasurers of the Birmingham Hospital, 100/. to the Treasurers of the Birmingham Dispensary, 100/. to the Treasurers of the Deaf and Dumb Institution, 100/. to Thomas Attwood, Esq., for the Birmingham Political Union, and 100/. to Thomas Attwood, Esq., for the relief of the unfortunate Poles. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE.— Yesterday his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, accompanied by his secretary and a few attendants, arrived in Birming- ham. He was immediately waited upon by Mr. Collis, of Church- street, who had the honour to show him through his splendid rooms. His royal high- ness afterwards visited the Town- hall, where Mr. Hollins was in attendance, and performed, in bis admirable style, two pieces upon the organ. His royal highness sat ill the gallery during- the per- formance, and, at the conclusion, expressed himself highly pleased at the great powers of the instrument, and the magnificent appearance of the building. After inspecting the hall, his royal highness did Mr. Collis the honour of visiting his private residence, where he took lunch. He afterwards inspected the nail works of Mr. Morton Jones, and the screw manu- factories of Messrs. Fox. He then returned to the Royal Hotel, on reaching which, his highness imme- diately set out for London. The visit of the royal duke was, as far as we have learned, altogether un- expected, nor are we at all aware of the accident that led to it. MARSHAL SOULT.— The Marshal attended by his son, the Marquis de Dalmatia, Lieut.- Col. Napier, and suite, comprising in all ten noblemen and gentlemen, arrived at the London and Birmingham Railway station yesterday, about half- past ten o'clock. The duke and his party left London at four in the morning, after having attended at a state ball, which Her Ma- jesty gave at the Palace, until half- past one. They were expected to reach Manchester before two o'clock, thus performing the distance of two hundred and ten miles in the incredibly short space of ten hours. The marshal was waited on at the station by Mr. Peyton, the Low Bailiff, and Francis Lloyd, Esq., for the pur- pose of learning when, and for what period of time, the marshal would be in Birmingham, on his return from Liverpool, in order that arrangements might be made for showing him the principal manufactories of the town. The answer to these gentlemen was, that the marshal expected to be in Birmingham on Sunday night, and would remain over Monday. DINNER TO MARSHAL SOULT.— Yesterday a meeting of gentlemen of the town was held at the Town- half, for the purpose of considering the propriety of giving a public entertainment to Marshal Soult, on his return from Liverpool. Abel Peyton, Esq., Low Bailiff, was in the chair. A letter, which appears in another part of the paper, from the gallant veteran, having been read by the chairman, a rather desultory conversation took place as to the best mode of testifying the respect of the town. It was, at length, proposed, and carried unanimously, that a dinner for one hundred and fifty persons, upon a sumptuous scale, should be provided at Dee's Hotel on Monday, to which the marshal and his suite should be invited. Mr. James James sug- gested that the officers of the l4th Light Dragoons should be invited to the entertainment to meet Marshal Soult. Mr. Douglas could not concur in the sugges- tion. They were going to receive the gallant marshal as a civilian, and it was not necessary to give his re- ception a military character. Mr. Barlow concurred in Mr. Douglas's opinion ; their object, iu entertaining Marshal Soult, was to show that they were anxious, as far as possible, to preserve that good understanding which at present so happily existed between France and England. Mr. Douglas said he was quite willing that the Commandant of the District, and the Lieut.- Colonel of the 14th, should be invited ; and to this modification of his proposal Mr. James at once acceded. Dr. Corrie dissented, aud moved, by way of amend 2 THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, AUGUST 11. ment, Mr. James's original motion, which was seconded by Mr. William Redferu, and carried by nine to seven. It was then agreed that it should be left to the High and Low Bailiffs to make arrangements for showing the marshal the iron works in the neighbourhood, which, it was understood, he was anxious to inspect; and also such of the manufactories of the town as might be thought most interesting. It was understood that the marshal would be invited to visit the Town- hall, and to witness the performance of the organ; which would afford an opportunity for such of the inhabitants as chose to attend to see the illustrious stranger. The Lord High Chancellor has been pleased to ap- point Mr. T. C. Marston, solicitor, of this town, to be a Master Extraordinary iu the High Court of Chancery. We hear that the 10th of September is the day fixed for opening the whole of the London and Birmingham Railway line.— Railway Times. DUDLEY.— A correspondent observes, that the doc- trine of Universal Suffrage has had an existence in Dudley for some years. It has lately been embraced by many of the voters, and at the next election the Dudley Reformers will make it the leading question. " In proof of the present improved state of the subject," he adds," I have the satisfaction to inform you, that the National Petition has been signed by the Inde- pendent and Baptist ministers, and most of the active Reformers of the borough. Whiggery will be extinct in Dudley before we have another trial for member- ship, and then we go for principle and not for party." We understand the teachers and friends of the Bap- tist Schools in Birmingham, intend assembling their children at the Town- hall, at eleven o'clock on the morning of Wednesday, the 1st of August, when ad- dresses will be delivered by the Rev. Messrs. Morgan and Svvann, iu commemoration of the day. After suitable refreshments, should the weather prove fa- vourable, the children will be conducted in proces- sion to some spot outside the town, w here the emanci- pation of the negroes will be celebrated. Several plans are in contemplation for giving interest to the proceedings of this auspicious day. We understand that in the morning before the meeting at the Tow n- hall, the first stone of the new school rooms will be laid in Heneage- street, Bloomsbury. We doubt not that there will be a partial suspension of business, and that our fellow townsmen generally will unite in the mutual congratulations, which the occasion will produce. RAILROAD MAPS.— Mr. Drake has just published maps of the Grand Junction and of the London and Birmingham Railroads, together with tables of dis- tances, fares, and regulations. The maps are done up in a case for the pocket, and will be found very port- able as well as instructive. The spirited committee of the " Birmingham Grand Dahlia Show, open to all England," have fixed the days of competition for the 12th and 13th of Septem- ber next. Nearly 100/. will be awarded in prizes— the Premier Prize to be a splendid silver cup. The Birmingham Dahlia Show is looked forward to by growers from all parts, and the competition will be great. We hope Birmingham will this time show that it is not backward in the cultivation of this splendid flower, by winning the cup. PANORAMA The admission to a view of this true and admirable picture of Florence has been so reduced as to place it within the reach of all. To all, there- fore, we recommend a visit; it will certainly prove gratifying. THE THEATRE.— Mr. and Mrs. II. Webb take a benefit on Monday. Mr. Webb is a good and accept- able actor, always attentive to his part and very happy in reading it. Mrs. Webb is a nice little woman, so tidy, so active, so arch !— a clever and intelligent actress, and the prettiest and lightest of dancers— Her very foot has music in't, As she trips o'er the floor. We wish them every success; and doubt not at all, from the general favour in which they are held, that they will meet with it. THE INFORMERS.— In the Journal of last week it was stated that a fellow, named Eaves, was dismissed from the public- office by Mr. Alston, the magistrate, because it had been proved that be had actually offered to license a beer- house to violate the law, for a weekly sum of money. On Thursday the same man presented two informations to Messrs. Spooner, Blake- way, and Chance, for one of their signatures. Mr. Spooner said, the magistrates would consult together before they signed them. They did so iu an hour after, and on their return Mr. Chance, without any observations, callcd for and signed the informations. We presume they could not legally refuse to sign them. During the day the most infamous exposure was made of another of the fraternity. Miss Pountney, a li- censed victualler, who keeps a house in Duddeston- row, was summoned on an information laid by Martin, which charged her with selling ale on Sunday last, at half- past eight o'clock in the morning. A man named Ball was called to prove the offeuce, and on being examined he swore positively that at the above hour he went to Miss Pountney's house, and called for some ale, with which he was served by a woman. He also saw two men drinking in the house at the time. Two witnesses were called, who clearly proved that all the fellow had sworn was utterly false; that he had not, nor could not, have been in thehouse at all. Mr. . Spooner said, he certainly did not sit upon the bench to advise prosecutions, but he must say, if he was Mr. Pountney, he should advise his sister to prosecute Ball for perjury. He should never again admit him as a witness before him. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.— Wednesday au inquest was held at the house of Mr. Davenport, Hospital street, before W. II. Seymour, Esq., on the body of a man named Doody, who lived in Great Brook- street. A young woman named Sarah Cottrell, stated that she worked for Mr. Horn, brassfounder, as a ware- house- woman. The deceased worked for him as a stamper. On Saturday evening, between five and six o'clock, she saw the deceased in what was callcd the wrapping- room, attached to the warehouse. In her opinion, he was in good health and spirits. Mr. Horn was iu the room with the deceased, and they had some dispute about the price of some work the deceased had been doing for Mr. Horn. They swore at one another, and she heard the deceased say in confirma- tion of something he had asserted, " I wish I may die." He had no sooner uttered these words, than he fell down and expired. Mr. Horn immediately called for assistance, and procured water for the deceased, but all was of no use. He never spoke from the time lie fell, nor showed any symptoms of life, that she saw. The deceased was a mail of a very irritable temper, and never could agree with hi-; master respecting the price of his work. Mr. Horn never struck him, nor attempted to strike him, nor did any other person. Mr. Swiuson, surgeon, stated that he had examined the body of the deceased, and found a rupture of a blood vessel near the heart. It might have been occasioned by a passion, or by the deceased rapidly ascending a flight of stairs,' or any violent mo- tion. The coroner said it was quite clear there was no one to blame in connection with the death of the deceased. The jury returned a verdict of— Died by the visitation of God. DEATH FROM FURIOUS RIDING.— Wednesday, an adjourned inquest was held before Mr. Seymour, on the body of a poor Irish woman, named Ellen Walsh, who was killed in Snow- hill a fortnight ago. It ap- peared from the evidence of John Rider, a watchman, that be was on duty on Saturday night week at ten o'clock, when he saw a man galloping down Snow- hill, on horseback. There was a saddle cloth on the horse, and the bridle was quite slack. He called out to him to stop, but he rather increased bis speed. In a few minutes after, he heard a noise at the bottom of the hill, and on going down, he found a crowd assem- bled around the deceased, who had been ridden over by the man that had just passed him. He immedi- ately sprang his rattle, and another watchman came to his assistance, and they were about to take the fel- low into custody, when lie whipped the horse, gal- loped up Snow- hill, through Steelhouse- lane, and escaped. The deceased was taken to the hospital, where she died very soon after of the wounds she had received upon the head. It appeared she had only just left the shop of Mr. Matthews, grocer, where she had been purchasing goods, and was crossing the street to go home when the accident occurred. Mr. Davenport stated that he had made every possible inquiry by which he thought he could obtain informa- tion respecting the offender. He had reason to be- lieve he was a servant belonging to a medical gentle- man, and he had made inquiries amongst the surgeons residing in Steelhouse- lane, the Square, and St. Mary's- square, but could not obtain any satisfactory account. He had also given information to the street- keepers and the police, but with no better success. The coro- ner said, under the circumstances, he must close the investigation; and the- jury, after a few minutes' deli- beration, returned a verdict of— Manslaughter against some person unknown. INSOLVENT DEBTOR.— Last week, George Weaver, of Ann- street, Birmingham, poulterer, came before the Insolvent Debtors' Court, in London, upon the matter of his petition, and was opposed by Mr. Wm. Cox, of Navigation- street, but the answers of the in- solvent to questions put to him were so unsatisfactory, that the commissioners remanded him for six months from the filing of his petition, and appointed Mr. Cox- assignee. THE ORCHARDS.— It is only justice to these females to observe, that in his summing up, the presiding judge stated, " that there was no case at all against the daughter, and that the evidence against the mother was exceedingly slight." It seems, indeed, to have rested on suspicion only. The Worcester Journal, speaking of the deportment of the females when under trial says:—" The prisoners, soon after they were brought into the dock, were accommodated with chairs; and by the kindness of Mr. Lavender a female was in attendance upon them, and occasionally handed to them a glass of water or a smelling bottle. Shortly after their appearance, Maria Orchard fainted, but soon recovered, and although apparently suffering great anguish of mind, appeared to grow firmer as the trial proceeded. The mother did not appear to be conscious of what was proceeding; the only time that we perceived any emotion iu her was when her daughter fainted— she looked anxiously at her; but we did not observe her raise her eyes again until the judge had summed up, and the jury were directed to find their verdict, when she suddenly started from her chair, and clasping her bauds, ex « laimed—' My Lord, I am innocent.' There was no indication of either guilt or innocence in her countenance during the proceed- ings. When the jury had returned their verdict she fainted, and was carried from the dock; the younger prisoner showed no emotion, and was led aw ay as if unconscious of the fact that she was declared innocent of the charge for which she had been charged." GRAND CITY FEAST.— The grand entertainment given to Marshal Soult, and the other foreign am- bassadors, which ha?, been for a considerable time in preparation, came off, to use the sporting phrase, on Friday last. " The preparations within the hall," we quote the Times of Saturday, " were alike exten- sive and complete, in every respect befitting the occa- sion ; indeed, the arrangements aud decorations were much on the same scale of splendour and magnifi- cence, as for the royal banquet on Lord Mayor's day. The throne, with its massive gilt cornices, in the style of Louis Quatorze, branching into palms, supporting a shield with the royal cipher " V. R.," and intersected with cornucopias iu the centre, supporting the impe- rial crown, still remained, with its crimson velvet dra- peries, stately canopy, and radiated ornaments in white satin, with golden rays, enriched as before, and the royal arms, in burnished gold. The state chair, which had been appropriated to Her Majesty, under the canopy of state, remained of course unoccupied. The season of the year rendered the profusion of gas- lights, introduced in the month of November, then all but overpowering, obviously inadmissible iu the middle of July, but the two superb and magnificent chande- liers, constructed by Mr. Collins, of Temple Bar, for the occasion of Her Majesty's visit to the city, being suspended from the roof, and a variety of costly can- delabra, placed at convenient distances on each of the tables, the effect and brilliancy of the whole was in no degree diminished by the removal of Alderman Cope- land's illuminated star from the western window. The drapery, in brilliant gas jets along the side of the hall, was also lighted on this occasion. The hall, as before, was divided by a spacious passage of ten or twelve feet iu breadth, leading from the grand en- trance in front to the chamberlain's apartments iu the rear. On each side of this gangway were ranged the members of the court of Common Council, in their mazarine gowns, flanked by the first comers, all anxious to catch an advantageous glimpse of the dis- tinguished guests, as they were announced, and con- ducted with due formality up the passage to the court of Common Council, which was tastefully fitted up as a drawing- room, with carpets, mirrors, paint- ings, See. Along the passages leading from the grand entrance to the hall, and from the hall to the court of Common Council, were placed a variety of beautiful exotics, aromatic shrubs, and plants in flower, fan- cifully arranged, and ornamented with moss. In the eastern end of the hall were placed six tables, five oblong and one across, at which the Lord Mayor presided, supported by the most distinguished of the company. Behind this table and against the wall were fixed resplendent mirrors of lofty dimensions, " in which he of Gath, " Goliah, might have seen his giant hulk, " Well without stooping, toweling crest and all." On the circumjacent sideboards were ranged a variety of pieces of gold and silver plate, lent by the different companies. The Duke of Wellington and Marshal Soult were given jointly as a toast. These singular men, in their replies, highly eulogised one another; and Marshal Soult, after expressing his high gratifi- cation at the reception he had every where met with, concluded by the expression of a hope that he might be permitted to entertain the Duke of Wellington in return in Paris. The dinner was, of course, magni- ficent, as all dinners are and must be where the eaters are scientific and able, and the public pays the bill. The Duke de. Nemours embarked at London Bridge, on Wednesday morning, for Boulogne, on his way to Paris. Her Majesty's state ball, on Thursday, was the grandest and fullest ever held in Buckingham Palace, upwards of 1,500 invitations having been issued. There was such a heavy fall of snow on the 29th ult., at the Font de Core, iu the Cautal, that the agents of the Pouts- et- Chausses, who Were employed in making a survey, were obliged to suspend their labours. THE TEA TRADE, July 16.— The deliveries last week were 361,000/. Declarations have been issued for the sale of about 1,579,870/. of tea at Liverpool, which have been imported into that place. MARSHAL SOULT.— A train of five carriages, convey- ing Marshal Soult and suite to the Liverpool dinner passed the Coventry Railway Station, from London, this morning, at twenty minutes to ten.— Coventry, Herald. RAILWAY SPEED.— It is stated, that an engine on the Great Western Railway, sent to the assistance of another engine, on Monday last, performed twelve miles iu five minutes, being at the rate of 144 miles per hour.— Salisbury Herald. tord Dundas will be appointed Lord- Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire, vacant by the death of the Duke of Leeds.— Ministerial Paper. Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles Mathews were fairly married on Wednesday, at the church of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington. By the death of Garter King- at Arms a valuable appointment falls to his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, as hereditary Earl Marshal. One of its advantages appears to be to confer longevity, the late possessor being above 80, and his predecessor, Sir Isaac Heard, near 100. THE HAYMAKING.— Crops are abundant, and hay- making is everywhere progressing satisfactorily.— Coventry Herald. TRADE.— The demand continues good, but as yet at no great improvement in prices. The woollen glove hands are promised an advance.— Leicester Mercury. According to the accounts from all parts of the kingdom, trade is represented as having slightly im- proved.— Coventry Herald. A HORNET'S NEST.— The Gazette des Tribunaux announces the discovery and arrest of a gang of sixty robbers in Paris, the great majority of whom were liberated convicts. The Theatre du Vaudeville, at Paris, was burnt to the ground on Monday morning. THE STEAM VESSEL VICTORIA.— The coroner's jury again assembled on Wednesday, when a number of scientific men were examined, but their conflicting evidence leave the causes of the explosion as doubtful as ever. Two gipsy bdys, one uine, and the other ten years of age, were a few days ago committed to Aberdeen gaol, for the murder of a third, aged three ! RICKEY.— This man, who shot his sergeant at Hampton Court barracks, some time since, has been tried aud condemned for the murder. There will, it seems, be some difficulty in executing him. The act for constituting the Central Criminal Court, when it gave the presiding judge, instead of the Recorder, the power of passing sentence, did not give him power to name the day. In Rickey's case no day has been named; the sheriffs cannot, in consequence, act; and the recorder, not being legally cognizant of the case, will not. FIRE AT WORCESTER.— On Wednesday the pre- mises of Mr. W. Hug'Iies, draper, of this town, were burnt to the ground. The loss is estimated at from 4,000/. to 5,000/.— Worcester paper. HILL COOLIES.— At a meeting of proprietors of the East India Company, held on Friday, a recommenda- tion of the directors, that a proviso should be intro- duced into the government new Slave Trade bill— or as they call it, the bill for protecting natives of India contracting for labour without that territory— direct- ing 250 rupees of deposit to be paid for each Coolie leaving India, in order to ensure his safe return, was approved of by a large majority. At Newton, in the parish of Clodock, Herefordshire, a singular description of worm has appeared in immense numbers on the oak trees. They have the appearance of hair worms, but are perfectly white, and several inches I0112 ; we have carefully exumined one of them with a Dollond's Achromatic Microscope, and observed the mouth is formed the same as the lamprey's— they live in water, and we un- derstand drop from the trees in thousands Hereford paper. [ What happens then?] A Berlin chemist having discovered the secret of distilling brandy from common herbs, by a most economical process, a temperance society in that capital, alarmed for the health and morals of the population, have, it is asserted, offered him 75,000 floiins not to publish his secret. — [ Credat.'] ENEMIES OF THE RAT Tile antagonists most dreaded by the rat are the common weasel and the ferret. These little creatures, in proportion to their size, are more bloodthirsty and daring than the most tremendous of the rapacious quadrupeds. A cat or a dog cannot follow a rat into its hole, and a rat will defend itself against either with some, thing of its natural courage, as long as there is the least chance of successful resistance. But, to use a common phrase, its " heait sinks" at the sigfit of a ferret. It will not die so helplessly submissive as a rabbit does when assailed by a weasel or ferret, for in all circumstances a rat will die snapping and biting if it can. But turn a single ferret down a rat. hole, and the alarm and horror it creates are soon manifested. The rats fly wherever they can, the ferret pui- suing and darting at them. The ferret does not always escape without savage wounds, for ratcatchers sometimes recover the animals they employ with such tokens of their conflicts as the loss of an eye. This superiority of the ferret over the rat is not to be attributed to mere superiority in strength, for a ferret is generally not above ten inches in length, exclusive of the tail. But it is a resolute and daunt- less creature, and not to be intimidated by a bite or two. The moment it fastens on its favourite spot, the neck, its victim is secured, for it cannot be shaken off till it has drained the life blood. SILKWORMS.— The experience of M. Bonafous proves the efficacy of the Chinese method of feeding silkworms on rice flour ; and he has even gone further, and discovered that these caterpillars will eat various kinds of farina, and even the fecula of potatoes. THE BRISTOL CORPORATION ESTATES.— The manors and estates of Stockland, Somerset, and Earthcott, Gloucester- shire, were put up to auction on Thursday last, by Messrs. Fargus and Son, at the Commercial Rooms, but only one of them was purchased. Earthcott was bought by the trus- tees of G. Bengough, Esq., for 19.500/. Tile sum of 31,000/. was bid for Stockland, but it was bought in at a reserved price of 34,000/. PUBLIC OFFICE. MONDAY, JOLT 16. ( Before W. C. Alston and H. Smith, Esqrs.) William James was charged with an assault and robbery. A young woman named Ellen Moore, stated that on Sun- day, at half- past seven o'clock in the evening, she left Wal- sall, and having walked about one mile towards Binning ham, she got upon the top of an omnibus. The prisoner was upon the omnibus at the time; and when they arrived at the Crown aud Cushion, she got off. The prisoner also got down and followed her, and asked her to allow him to accompany her to Erdington. She declined his offer, but he still persisted in following her. When they got to Aston church- yard, lie got hold of her, and after grossly insulting her, seized bold of a bag she had in her hand, containing 18s. She screamed violently, and a man named Ebenezer Philip Binley, who was a short distance from them, came to her assistance, and secured the prisoner with the bag and its contents upon him. The prisoner was commited to the assizes. William Bloxidge was charged with stealing a pair of boots from the shop of Mr. Jones, shoe maker, Spfceal- street. Mr. Rastall, shopman to Mr. Jones, proved that on Saturday he missed from out of his shop a pair of boots, then produced by Palmer, the officer I'almer stated that on going through Tranter- street, he met the prisoner and two other boys, whom he knew to be indifferent, characters. Perceiving something concealed under the prisoner's coat, lie stopped him, and found the boots identified by Mr. Ilas- tall. The prisoner was committed. William Burrs and Frederick Johnston, two youths, were charged with stealing a cheese from the shop ol Mr. Harris, cheese factor. Lower Temple- street. The evidence was precisely similar to that - in the last case. Mr. Charles Beardsinore proved the loss of the cheese from the shop on Saturday, and Steadman, the street- keeper, proved that lie met the prisoners at the bottom of Bull- street, on the same day, carrying the cheese in an old apron The pri- soners were committed. UNLAWFUL PLEDGING— A young lad named Taylpr was charged with unlawfully pledging a shirt, belonging to Mr. Courts, of Norfolk. street. The prisoner's mother washed for Mr. Courts, and by direction of his mother, was iu the habit of calling for Mr. Couits's linen. Oji Saturday he called, and received five shuts, one of which he pledged at the shop of Mr. Bickley, pawnbroker, Smallbrook. street. The prisoner admitted the pawning, and said the reason he pledged the article was, because he wanted to raise money to get his sister out of prison. She had been brought before the magistrates on the previous Monday, and was detained in prison for the lees, which she could not pay until he raised the money.— The mother of the prisoner said sfie believed her son had stated the fact.— The magis- trates fined the prisoner 20s. for the offence, and ordeied him to pay 8s., the value of the shirt, and the cost6, and in default of payment, to be committed for three months, and il the fine was not paid within three days of the expiration of that time, he was to he whipped in the gaol. George and Samuel Partridge were fined 20s. and costs, for an assault upon Gavin, a watchman, and in default of payment to be committed for one month. EFFECTS OF DRUNKENNESS A man named Flint, a tailor, in comfortable circumstances, was placed in the dock to answer the complaint of his wife Mrs. Flint stated that the prisoner was in the constant habit of getting drunk, he would not support his family, and had frequently beaten her in a cruel manner. With the exception of one day, he had beaten her every day during the past week, and she had no security for her life. He drank until he got quite deranged, and his condition and that of his family was, in consequence, truly pitiable. That was the fourth time she had been compelled to bring him before the magistrates. The prisoner, who really appeared deranged from the effects of drinking, said he had no recollection whatever of having raised a hand to his wife. The whole of the squabbles originated in his having to support two children- ill. law. — The prisoners' brother said it was to him a matter of regret, to be obliged to say, that owing to drunkenness, the prisoner had been for the last twenty years, a very bad husband, and a very bad father. He had been confined three months in Warwick for miscon- duct, and when he came home, he was in afar better con- dition than when he went to prison. He very soon re- sumed his ill habits, and continued them. If the magis- trates were to send him to Warwick for the same period it would only be a bounty for bis bad behaviour The pri- soner said he bad not the least expectation of being arrested that morning, when the constable came to his house. The fact was, lie had made up his mind to join the Temper- ance Society, and become a regular " Out and out tee- to taller." ( Laughter.) The magistrates said he must find sureties to keep the peace, and in default to be committed for six months. A CANDID UNFORTUNATE Mary Robinson was charged by Beazley, the watchman, with being drunk and disor- derly in Thomas- street, on Sunday morning, between two and three o'clock.— Mr. Smith, the magistrate : Well, pri- soner, will you keep better hours, and behave better, if we discharge you? Prisoner: If I can keep sober, I will. Mr. Smith : That will not do. Will you keep better hours ? Prisoner : I can say no more. If I can keep sober, I'll keep better hours. Mr. Smith : Finding you treat the matter so indifferently, we shall commit you for one month as an idle and disorderly person. The prisoner was committed. John Murran and Patrick Berry were charged with stealing a hat, in Lichfield- street. The evidence against the prisoner for stealing was not sufficient, and the opinion of the court was, that the loss of the hat occurred in oneot those disgraceful rows which take place almost invari- ably every Sunday morning, amongst the Irish labourers. The prisoners were allowed to make it up with the com- plainant. A bailiff, named Powell, was summoned to answer the complaint of a Mrs. Lewis, for, having assaulted her. Mr. Wright appeared for the complainant, who stated that, a few days ago, the defendant came, with another person, with a distringas from the Hundred Court, under which they took goods to the amount of 4/. to compel an appear- ance for a debt of 8s. 8d. She attempted to shut the door to prevent the neighbours seeing what was going on, when the defendant, Powell, struck her with his staff. The other bailiff, being called for the defendant, swore that no assault had been committed. The complainant shut thedoor for the purpose, as was supposed, of locking them in the room, and Powell went to her to prevent her by seizing the key, buthe did not strike her, or use any violence towards her. The magistrates said they considered the assault as proved, and recommended the defendant to make the complainant some compensation. The parties retired and settled the case. THURSDAY, JULY 19. ( Before D. Ledsam and W, Beale, Esqrs.) Mr. R. Winfield and Mr. J. Bradbury, the former trea- surer, and the latter secretary, to Christ Church Provident Institution, appeared on summonses, to show cause why the additional pay of John Jenkins, over and above the weekly pay or sum required by the tables of the articles of the said institution, as long as the additional pay shall last, should not be applied to diminish or pay entirely his future weekly con- tribution to the funds of the said institution, and also to show cause why they should not pay him two weeks sick money, as allowed by the rules. — Mr. Edmonds attended for the complainant, and stated his case. He said, three years and a half ago the complainant became a member of the society, and entered himself as a weekly contributor for the sum of eightpence. According, however, to the 42nd article, lie found that any member could secure for himself for life, after a specified time, without weekly payments or farther contributions of any kind, any assurance in the tables, by paying double the sum stated therein for nineteen years, or three times the sum for eleven years and a quarter, or four times the sum for eight years, and that after com- pleting any of these payments he should enjoy, ( or life, all the principles of his assurance without any further contribu- tion. He, in accordance with that rule, paid two shillings and eightpence per week, until he met an accident in the course of his business, upon which he applied to have the money which he had paid over his weekly contribution, with the interest, applied to the future payment of his weekly contribution. This application was fully warranted by the 44th article, which expressly laid down, that should any member be imable to continue his payments, such appropria- tion should take place. The defendants had, however, re- fused to apply the money as required, and they were there to show cause why. — Mr. Bradbury said, the reason why they refused was, because the complainant was able to con- tinue his full payments. He was a master carpenter, w ho employed eight men; and he had told him ( Mr. B.) and others, that lie was able to pay, but he did not wish to do so ; on this ground, the society had refused to apply the money as required. The rule stated that the person must be unable to pay, and Mr. Jenkins was not in that situation. — Mr. Edmonds, in reply, said, the society had no right whatever to assume that Mr. Jenkins was able to pay. It was purely optional with him whether he increased his subscription, and its was purely optional with him whether he continued this increased payment. He alone was to be the judge of his capacity to pay, and the society had no right to sit as inquisitors upon the affairs of any member of the society. He utterly denied their right to decide his capability to pay. He might, for various reasons, wish to decline paying. He might have expended more money than he ought to have done— he might wish to expend his money in his trade— in a hundred ways into which they had no right to enter— he might be unable to pay. The magis- trates said they weie of opinion that the complainant was to be the judge of his capacity to continue his subscription, and if he said he was unable to pay, they had no power to refuse to appropriate the money in compliance with the rules. Mr. Edmonds then proceeded to the next point in the summons. He said he claimed for Mr. Jenkins one pound and twelve shillings, being two weeks'sick pay. The ground of application was, that in the course of his business lie received an injury which deprived him of one of his fingers. When the accident happened, he applied to the secretary to have his money appropriated as before proved, and lor his pay. He held in his hand a certificate from Mr. Partridge, surgeon, proving the injury which Mr. Jenkins had received. Mr. E. then read the following rule of the society: — -' Sick pay shall become due to every member when afflicted with any sickness or infirmity which disables him from performing any work, or from exercising in any manner his customary occupation." This was the rule on which he applied. Mr. Jenkins was a master carpenter, aud part ofhis businesswastosuperintend his men. It was, however, the least part of his business. He would prove that it did not take him daily more than one hour to give instructions to his men, and the remainder of his time was spent in sawing, and planing, and hammeri ug, and this por- tion of his work, by far the greater portion, he was unable to perform, owing to the accident. Mr. Ledsam wished to know whether Air. Jenkins had complied with the rules applicable to sick patients. Mr. Edmonds said he had applied to- the secretary. Mr. Ledsam wished to know if he bad asked for, and obtained, a certificate from the surgeon belonging to the society. Mr. Edmonds then read the following extract from the 48ih rule:—" Every member claiming sick pay shall apply to the secretary, who shall give a i order on one o the surgeons.'' Now Mr. Jenkins did apply to ( he secretaiy, and he did not give him an order on the surgeon, Mr. Bradbury said he d d not ask for an order. lie had applied to his own surgeon. The society did not consider him entitled to sick pay, because he was a master who had eiglil men to superintend. They did not cor. sider he was disqualified from work, when lie could overlook so u a iy men — Mr. Edmonds reiterated his claim, upon the clear and express terms of the 48rli rule, which said he w is entitled, if dis- qualified from performing, any woik.- or Jrom exercising in • any manner bis occupation. It was clear he was prevented Irom following his usual employment as a working carpenter— Mr. Ledsam said he should require proof that Mr. Jenkins had complied with the rule, respecting the surgeon's certificate. He did not appear to have asked for an order on one of the surgeons— Mr. Edmonds said he hoped the defendants wou'd not throw themselves upon that objection. The rule said that it was the duty of the secretary to give the order, and surely, after he had omitted this part of his duty, he could not think of taking advantage of any apparent omission on the part of the complainant. If they could prove any fraud, or attempt at fraud by his client, he would at once give up the case, but this was not attempted to be insinuated The above rule. relative to the conduct of the sick patient in applying lo the secretary, was submitted to Mr. Griffiths, magistrates' clerk, who decided that it would admit of the con- struction, that the complainant was obliged to ask for an order on the surgeon, and as he had not done so, he was not entitled to the sick pay The magistrates accordingly refused to make an order for the payment of the money, on the ground that he had not complied with the rules— Mr. Edmonds then applied to have the magistrates* order, relative to the appropriation of the complainant's sub- scription, entered in the book. He said he could not, aftec what had taken place, depend upon the society. He con- sidered they had acted very indecently. It was not right for a powerful, strong body to oppose an individual in the manner they had Ins client. They ought ratiier to encourage an industrious man, than harass him. In the public room, Richard Spooner, William Blakeway, and William Chance, Esqrs., presided. With the ex- ception of drunk and disorderlies, there were hardly any other prisoners for examination William Waterhouse was committed for picking pockets, and two boys were als « committed for a petty larceny. LATEST NEWS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.— IHURSDAV. The Vestries in Churches bill was lost on the motion for going into committee, by 78 to 76. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, having moved the grant of 360,000/. to the Irish clergy, as compensation for arrears of tithes, in addition to 640,000/. already paid for the same purpose, Mr. Hume moved, by way of amend- ment, that the conversion of the loan of 640,000/. into a grant, and the further grant of 360,000/. was highly unjust to the people of England and Scotland, and subversive of all those principles on which good go- vernment and equal justice depended. The amendment was supported by Mr. Ward, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Grote, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Langdale, and Mr. Viliiers, and op posed by Sir Robert Peel, Lord John Russell, Lord Howick, and Mr. O'Connell. Mr. O'Connell, in his speech, strongly deprecated the taunting of minister* for abandoning the appropriation clauses. The amend- ment was lost by 176 to 61. The following is an extract from Mr. Harvey'* speech— The people of England were looking at them, and that they were almost sick of the cry of " Justice for Ireland," when that justice was only to be done by paying the tithe* and rent- it would come to rent— of the tithe- owners and landlords of that country. This money, he contended, had been received from the people of England under false pre- tences. ( Hear, hear.) He held iu his hand extracts from the speeches of both Mr. Littletonand Lord Althorp, when this subject was first brought under their notice iu 1833. Upon that occasion a very intelligible intimation was thrown out, that there existed an apprehension that if this money were once advanced, it would riot be repaid ; and iu order to quiet that fear, suggested by past experience, the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer said, " I feel that if this measure should have the effect of making the people of England pay for the default of the people of Ireland, it would be one which the house ought not to support." ( Hear, hear.) He further said, " And I am willing to put the question upon this issue— that if the house is not satisfied whew it sees and considers this bill, that it affords some reasonable probability of the money being repaid, it should at orice reject the bill." ( Hear, hear.) He scarcely thought it necessary to follow up such a speech as that, coming from Lord Althorp, by quoting tlmt ot Mr. Littleton, the Secretary of Ireland, but it was at least well to be able to do so, in order to show that such was not the opinion of one person only. Mr. Littleton said, " Unless the house is prepared to adopt the proposition of my noble friend, I really know not what course we can pursue. It has been said that we shall not be able to re*- lise the loan proposed to be given to the clergy, but I as- sure the committee I would never be induced'to support that proposition, if I were not convinced that it would be not only practicable, but easy to realise the amount." ( Hear, hear.) Unless, therefore, a strong- and resist- less case of justice, as well as policy, could " be made out to authorise the government to call upon the guar- dians of the public purse to make this retrospective sacri- fice, and still greater piospective sacrifice, he lor one should protest against it. But the government maite this proposition without even stating the reasons which induced them to make it, If they were even prepared to make such statement, and to be something more too than plausible in that statement, they ought not to have waited to have it extracted from thein in this incidental way. It should have been part of their policy to have come down to that house unsolicited and unadvised by the Opposition, and proposed their plan for securing, as they said it would, the tranquillity of Ireland. The noble lord ( Russell) said, on Monday night, after a Cabinet deliberation, that he was prepared tb adopt the suggestion of the right honourable baronet to a certain extent. Yes, just to such an extent as would do no goodwhatever, butgivegreatdissatisfaction tobothcountries. He proposed that this money should be foregone, and coupled Willi the record of that proposition, the opinion that it was so much money thrown away. But he would do it, he said, in order to purchase peace tor Ireland. Then came the question of how far they could count upon such a result. Let them, he would say, turn to the representative* of Ireland for an answer; or, iu a word, to the repre- sentative of all Ireland, who said to them, " We are willing to take your money. If it were double the amount, why we should only have to express to you double the amount of thanks—( laughter);— at the same lime we have no desire to benefit our country at your ex- pense."' But when the government supposed that they could purchase peace with that amount, in stepped the hon. and learned gentleman, and said, " We are not to be in- sulted with such propositions. We are ready lo take your money, but it is not what we want. We want to get rid of an overgrown church, from which the nation dissents in doctrine, discipline, and faith, and give us what you may, one million of money this year, and two next, we will never be content until you place that church on such a footing as is consistent with the freedom of the people iu matters of religion." ( Hear, hear, hear.) Did they believe, they who had charge of Ireland for the last quarter of a century, who had brought her to the thres- hold of rebellion several times, who had fertilised her soil with her own blood, and who had, by their policy towards her, accumulated the debt of this country— did they believe that the people of Ireland, while they felt their giant power, were to be bribed into submission by the payment of a few instalments of tithes? Was that British legislation? ( Hear.) Was that really the scheme of statesmen ? And were they to be told after it, that none were fit to govern this country but men of large possessions, high sounding titles, and hereditary connexions, and that men of common under- standing and fair attainments were unfit and incompetent to enter the lists with these great men? Let. these men make as many blunders as they could, they could always set tilings to rights by a little state bribery, Lord HOWICK'S language was quite as strong— He admitted that there were many strong objections to the grant of public money for the purposes stated in the bill, but as the present state of parties insisted on some re- form in the church establishment, as related to tithe, it was the duty of the house to consider the best mode of carrying; that reform into effect. He would admit, that, if the pre- sent measure were passed into a law, its only tendency would be to adjourn the difficulty, which it would not remedy. Still, he felt convinced that the adjournment of those difficulties, even tor a day, would be attended with considerable advantage; for it would be delusive in a'ny one to suppose that this great question could be immediately settled. The people of Ireland had much to Contend against. Could any one for a moment deny that it was an extreme hardship for tliem— that many dioceses were to lie maintained for the upholding an establishment alien to tile religion of 95 per cent, of the population in those dioceses? It would be a revulsion in the nature of the Irish nation if they did again force this question on the consideration of the house. ( Hear.) This angry point of dispute would have been long since settled were it not for the prejudices which existed in this country— prejudices which lie was happy to s » e day by day diminishing, and lie hoped that when hereafter this subject should be again discusie'l, all parties would enter upon it with more temperate feelings. A temperate spirit in discussion would then enable rliem to arrive at a conclusion satisfactory to all. ( Cheers from the Ministerial benches.) Many lion, members might think that he had spoken his sentiments rather too frankly ( rio, no);— but lie felt himself bound to state his views and opinions, that in a future debate on this subject he might not be considered guilty of having disguised them on the present occasion. ( Cheers.) The Maidstone committee reported Mr. Feotor duly elected, and the petition against him frivolous and vexatiou?. , This was the only business of interest before tbe house. HOUSE OF LORDS.— THURSDAY. The Qualification of Members' bill was read a third time and passed. Lord Denman's bill, for allowing solemn affirma- tions in criminal cases, and in respect to parties having a conscientious scruple against swearing, to bo sub- stituted for oaths, was rejected after a considerable discussion— 32 to 16 against the third reading. Several bills were forwarded a stage. The Loid* rose at eight o'clock. 6 THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, AUGUST 11. POETRY. THE THREE SONS. [ We take those simple and beautiful lines from the Philanthropist & f Cincinnati, an American anti slavery journal; where they are given to the Reverend J. Moultrie.] I have a son, a little son, a boy just five years old, With eyes of thoughtful earnestness, and mind of gentle mould. They tell me that unusual grace in all his ways appears, That my child is grave and wise of heart beyoud his childish years. 5 cannot say how this may be, I know his face is fair, Acd yet his chiefest comeliness is his grave and serious air : I know his heart is kind and fond, I know he loveth me, But loveth yet his mother more with grateful fervency. But that which others most admire, is the thought that fills his mind, The food for grave enquiring speech he every where doth find. Strange questions doth he ask of me, when we together walk ; Me scarcely thinks as children think, or t& lks as children talk. Nor cares he much for childish sports, dotes not on bat or ball, But looks on manhood's ways and works, and aptly mimics all; Mis little heart is busy still, and oftentimes perplext With thoughts about this world of ours, and thoughts about the next. Me kneels at his dear mother's knee, she teacheth him to pray, And strange, and sweet, and solemn are the words which he will say. © hf should my gentle child be spared to manhood's years, like me, A holier and wiser man I trust that he will be ; And when I look into his eyes, and stroke his thoughtful brow, I dare not think what I should feel, were I to lose him now. I have a son, a second son, a simple child of three ; Ml not declare how bright and fair his little features be j Mow silver sweet those tones of his when he prattles on my knee. I do not think his light blue eye is like his brother's, keen, Her his brow so full of childish thought as his hath ever been ; But his little heart's a fountain pure of kind and tender feeling, And his every look's a gleam of light, rich depths of love revealing. When he walks with me, the countryfolks, who pass us in the street, Will shout for joy, and bless my boy, he looks so mild and sweet. A playfellow is he to all, and yet, with cheerful tone, Will sing his little song of love, when left to sport alone. Mis presence is like sunshine sent to gladden home the earth, To comfort us in all our griefs, and sweeten all our mirth. SJhould he grow up to riper years, God grant his heart may prove As sweet a home for heavenly grace as now for earthly love : And if, besides his grave, the tears our aching eyes must dim, 4? od comfort us for all the love which we shall lose in him. Ihave a son, a third sweet son, his age I cannot tell, For they reckon not by years and months where he has gone to dwell. To us, for fourteen anxious months, his infant smiles were given, And then be bade farewell to earth, and went to live in heaven. I cannot tell what form is his, what looks he weareth now, Nor guess how bright a glory crowns his shining seraph brow. The thoughts that fill his sinless soul, the bliss which he doth feel, Are numbered with the secret things which God will not reveal. But I know, for God hath told me this, that he is now at rest, Where other blessed infants be, on their Saviour's loving breast. Whate'er befals his brethren twain, his bliss can never cease j Their lot may here be grief and fear, but his is certain peace, it may be that the tempter's wiles their soul from bliss may sever, But, if our own poor faith fail not, he must be ours for ever. When we think of what our darling is, and what we still must be : Wheu we muse ou that world's perfect bliss, and this world's misery : When we groan beneath this load of sin, and feel this grief and pain, Oh, we'd rather lose our other two, than have him here again. LITERATURE. EDINBURGH REVIEW, NO. 136.— The celebrity of tie last number which has passed— rare distinction now- a- days for a review— into a second edition, seems to have stimulated the entire of the contributors to this far- famed periodical, or, perhaps, we should rather say, that the last number was the first of a series of specimens of re- invigorated energy, and that the pre- sent number is a fair and fitting- successor. All the articles are good, but that which strikes us to be espe- cially so is a review of the life of the elder Pitt, in which due justice is done to that first of modern ministers. From this we give the following extracts :—• IMPERFECT REPORTS OF CHATHAM'S SPEECHES— The imperfect state of Parliamentary reporting is the great eause of this blank. From the time of bis entering the House of Commons to that of his quitting it, the privileges 6f Parliament wholly precluded the possibility of regular and full accounts of debates being communicated to the public. At one period they were given under feigned names, as if held in the Senate of Rome by the ancient orators and statesmen; at another they were conveyed under the in- itials only of the names borne by the real speakers. Even when, somewhat later, these disguises weie thrown aside, the speeches were composed by persons who had not been present at the debates, but gleaned a few heads of each speaker's topics from some one who had heard them; and the fullest and most authentic of all the accounts of those times are merely the meagre outline of the subjects touched upon, preserved in the diaries of correspondence of some eontemporary politicians, and presenting not even an ap- proximation to the execution of the orators. Thus many of Lord Chatham's earlier speeches in the House of Com- mons, as now preserved, were avowedly the composition of Dr. Johnson— whose measured style, formal periods, bal- anced antitheses, and total want of pure racy English, be- tray their author at every step— while each debater was made to speak exactly in the same manner. For some years after he ceased to report, or rather to manufacture, that is, from 1751 downwards, a Dr. Gordon furnished the news- papers with reports, consisting of much more accurate ac- counts of what had passed in debate, but without any pretence to give more than the mere substance of the several speeches. The debates upon the American Stamp act, in 1764, are the first that can be said to have been preserved at all,— through the happy accident of Lord Charlemont, assisted by Sir Robert Deane, taking an extraordinary in- terest in the question as bearing upon the grievances of Ireland ; and accordingly they have handed down to us some notes, from internal evidence plainly authentic, of Lord Chatham's celebrated speeches upon that great ques- tion. A few remains of his great displays in the House of Lords have, in like manner, been preserved, chiefly in the two speeches reported by Mr. Hugh Boyd; the second of which, the most celebrated of all, upon the employment of the Indians in the American war, we have reason to believe was revised and corrected by Lord Chatham himself; and if so, it was certainly the only one that ever received such revision. CHATHAM'S STEADINESS— As soon as Mr. Pitt took the helm, the steadiness of the hand that held it came to be felt in every motion of the vessel. There was no more of wavering counsels, of torpid inaction, of listless expectancy, of abject despondency. His firmness gave confidence, his spirit roused courage, his vigilance secured exertion, iu every department under his sway. Each man, fiom the first lord of the admiralty down to the most bumble clerk in the victualling office; each soldier, from the commander- in- ehief to the most obscure contractor or commissary— now felt assured that he was acting or indolent under the eye of one who knew his duties and his means as well as his own— and who would very certainly make all delaulters, whether through misfeasance or through nonfeasance, accountable for whatever detriment the commonwealth might sustain at their hands. Over his immediate co- adjutors, his influence swiftly obtained an ascendant, which it ever after retained uninterrupted. Upon bis first proposition for changing the conduct of the war, he stood single among his colleagues, and tendered his resignation should they persist in their dissent; they at once succumbed, and from that hour ceased to have an opinion of their own upon any branch of the public affairs. Nay, so absolutely was he determined to have the control of those measures, of which he knew the responsibility rested upon him alone, that be insisted upon the first lord of the admiralty not having the correspond- ence of his own department; and no less eminent a naval character than Lord Anson, with his junior lords, were obliged to sign the orders issued by Mr. Pitt, while the writing was covered over from their eyes ! TE- T OF GREATNESS The true test of a great man,— that at least which must determine his place among the highest order of great men,— is his having been in advance of his age. This it is which decides whether or not he has cariied forward the grand plan of human improvement, has conformed his views, and adapted his conduct, to the exist- ing circumstances of society, or changed those so as to better its condition, has been one of the lights of the world, or only leflected the borrowed rays of former luminaries, and sat in the same shade at the same twilight, or the same dawn with the rest of his generation. Tried by this test, the younger Pitt cannot certainly be said to have lived before Jiis time, oi shed upon the age to which he belonged the illumination of a more advanced civilisation and more in- spired philosophy. He came far too early into public life, and was too suddenly plunged into the pool of office, to give him time for the study and the reflection which can alone open to any mind, how vigorous soever be its natural con- stitution, the views of a deep and original wisdom. Ac- cordingly, it would be difficult to glean, from all his measures and all bis speeches, any thing like the fruits ol inventive genius; or to mark any token of his mind having gone before the very ordinary routine of the day, as if fa miliar with any ideas that did not pass through the most vulgar understandings. His father's intellect was of a higher order; be had evidently, though without much education, with no science of any kind, yet reflected deeply upon the principles of human action, and well studied the nature of men. and pondered upon the structure of society. His reflections frequently teem with the fruits of such medita tious, to which his constantly feeble health perhaps gave rise rather than any natural proneness to contemplative life, from which bis taste must have been adverse; for he was eminently a man of action. His appeals to the feelings and passions were also the results of the same reflective habits, and the acquaintance with the human heart which they had given him. But if we consider his opinions, though liberal and enlightened upon every particular question, they rather may be regarded as felicitous from their adaptation to the actual circumstances in which he was called upon to advise, or to act, than as indicating that he had seen very far into future times, and anticipated the philosophy which further experience should teach to our more advanced age of the world. CHATHAM'S ORATORY.— The spirit and vehemence which animated its greater passages— their perfect application to the subject- matter of debate— the appositeness of his in- vective to the individual assailed— the boldness of the feats which he ventured upon— the grandeur of the ideas which he unfolded— the heart- stirring nature of his appeals— are all confessed by the united testimony of all his contempo- raries ; and the fragments which remain bear out to a con- siderable extent such representations; nor are we likely to be misled by those fragments, for the more striking portions were certainly the ones least likely to be either forgotten or fabricated. To these mighty attractions was added the imposing, the animating, the commanding power of a coun- tenance singularly expressive; an eye so piercing that hardly any oue could stand its glare; and a manner alto- gether singularly striking, original, and characteristic,- not- withstanding a peculiarly defective and even awkward action. Latterly, indeed, his infirmities precluded all action; and he is described as standing in Hie House of Lords, leaning upon bis crutch, and speaking for " en minutes together in an under tone of voice scarcely audible, but raising his notes to their full pitch when he broke out into one of his grand bursts of invective or exclamation. But in his earlier time, bis whole manner is represented as having been beyond conception animated and imposing. Indeed the things which he effected by it principally, or at least which nothing but a most striking and commanding tone could have made it possible to attempt, almost exceed be- lief. Some of these sallies are indeed examples of that approach made to the ludicrous by the sublime, which has been charged upon him as a prevailing fault, and represented under the name of Charlatanerie,— a favourite phrase with his adversaries, as it in later times has been with the ignorant undervalues of Lord Erskine. It is related that once in the House of Commons he began a speech with the words, " Sugar, Mr. Speaker,"— and then, observing a smile to prevail in the audience, he paused, looked fiercely around, and with a loud voice, rising in its notes and swell- ing into vehement anger, lie is said to have pronounced again the word " Sugar!" three times,— and having thus quelled the house, and extinguished every appearance of levity or laughter, turned round and disdainfully asked, " Who will laugh at sugar now?" We have this anecdote upon good traditional authority; that it was believed by those who had the best means of knowing Lord Chatham, is certain ; and this of itself shows their sense of the extra- ordinary powers of his manner, and the reach of his audacity in trusting to those powers. CHATHAM'S PRIVATE CHARACTER. — It remains to speak of Lord Chatham as a private man, and he appears to have been, in all respects, exemplary and amiable. His dispo- sition was exceedingly affectionate. The pride, bordering upon insolence, in which he showed himself encased to the world, fell naturally from him, and without any effort to put it off, as he crossed the threshold of his own door. To all his family he was simple, kindly, and gentle. His pur- suits were of a nature that showed how much he loved to unbend himself. He delighted in poetry and other light reading; was fond of music; loved the country; took pe- culiar pleasure in gardening; and had even an extremely happy taste in laying out grounds. His early education appears to have been further prosecuted afterwards ; and he was familiar with the Latin classics, although there is no reason to believe that he bad much acquaintance with the Greek. In all our own classical writers be was well versed; and his time was much given to reading them. A corres- pondence with his nephew, which Lord Grenville published about thirty years ago, showed how simple and classical his tastes were, how affectionate his feelings, and how strong his sense of both moral and religious duty. These letters are reprinted in the present work, because the answers have since been recovered ; but it contains a great body of other letters both to and from him. Amongst the latter, are to be found constant tokens of his amiable disposition. GEORGE III. AND LORD CHATHAM— In the following letter, Lord Bute, then prime courtier, and, indeed, gover- nor of the young Prince, afterwards so well known as George III., thus mentions him to Mr. Pitt: — " My Dearest Friend, " Friday, August 5, 1757. " I heartily thank you for giving me this early notice of this event; for, terrible as it is, certain knowledge is better than uncertain rumours. 1 do not know that, in my life, I ever felt myself so affected with any foreign transaction. Oil, my dear friend, what dreadful auspices do we begin with! and yet, thank God, I see you in office. If ever the wreck of this crown can be preserved to our amiable young prince, ' tis to your efforts, your abilities, my dear Pitt, that he must owe it. Let what will happen, one thing comforts me: 1 know you have a soul fit for these rough times; that, in- stead of sinking under adversity, will rise and grow stronger against it. " Farewell, my dearest friend. No event shall ever make me cease to be one minute most affectionately, most sin- cerely, yours," & c. & c. The following remarkable letter is from the self- same " amiable young prince," when he had nearly ruined his country by his senseless and obstinate bigotry about Ame- rica. it certainly breathes a spirit the reverse of" amiable." He is writing in answer to Lord North's proposal for put- ting William Pitt's name in Lord Chatham's pension. The letter is not contained in the work before us; nor has it ever been made public ; but we can answer for its perfect authenticity :—•" The making Lord Chatham's family suffer for the conduct of their father, is not in the least agreeable to my sentiments. But I should choose to know him to be totally unable to appear on the public stage, before I agrei to any offer of that kind, lest it should be wrongly construed a fear of him; and, indeed, his political conduct the last winter, was so abandoned, that he must, in the eyes of the dispassionate, have totally undone all the merit ol his former conduct. As to any gratitude to be expected from him or his family, the whole tenor of their lives has shown them void of that most honourable sentiment. But when decrepitude or death puts an end to him as a trumpet of sedition, I shall make no difficulty in placing the second son's name instead of the father's, and making up the pen- sion 3,000/." There is much more equally good in the other articles, to which, perhaps, we shall hereafter recur. [ A correspondent sends us the following. We doubt if we shall ever receive from the association which he lauds, more than " a model community." But we are willing to hope.— E. B. J.] PROCEEDINGS of the Third Congress of the ASSO- CIATION OF ALL CLASSES, and the First of the NATIONAL COMMUNITY FRIENDLY SOCIETY; held in Manchester in May 1838. Loudon: Wakelin, Shoe- lane. Birmingham: J. Guest.— The condition of the working classes, that is, of the great mass of hu- manity, is a puzzle and a vexation— a conundrum, which claims the skill of a new CEdipus to solve. Statistics and political economy have risen to the dig nity of sciences, through the efforts continually made to account for the anomalies which present themselves. The times of the greatest alleged prosperity present a perpetually augmenting total of distress ; the era of the most rapid improvement in art and science is the period of the most appalling and still increasing des- titution. The pleasant cheers of the self- gratulating and the Ijclf- applauding few are drowned in the hideous and wide resounding wail of the many. And thus it is, that while we are glorifying our wealth, our power, and our skill, we are occupied on all hands in seeking remedies for the new and numer- ous evils which are causcd by this abundant wealth, this useless power, this misdirected skill, these arts that tend to barbarise. Our capitalists and our theorists propose further political reforms— the abolition of monopolies, free- trade, emigration, celibacy, amended poor- laws, provident societies, lavish charity, universal education, and what not. But these propositions are slow in producing their effects. Years roll on; much is attempted, much is disputed, many speeches made and books written, but nothing is actually done. We sometimes pet and coddle our " ingenious artisans," call them informed, useful, moral, improved ; and straightway we are fain to fancy that we have discussed the condition of our " working classes." But the delusion is in vain; those whom we have contemplated— themselves ill- satisfied, irregularly employed, and middlingly paid— are but a smj. ll dividend of the great body, of which the hand- loom weavers, the inferior hands in all manu- facturing pursuits, the labourers in agriculture and in the building trades, the luckless " unskilled," form the vast depressed, degraded, unchanged, unimproved, substratum. We have said that our lauded " skilled labourers;" our " ingenious artizans," are not contented. And it is so. They have a lively sense of their tottering predicament, as exhibited in our periodical commercial " panics;" they perceive, as they are told by statists at British Associations, that each new invention is pro- ductive to them of " mischief;" and they revolve, in their minds, the means of giving stability to their footing. They form combinations— they associate into Trades' Unions, in order, as they hope, to produce an increase of wages; to coerce their' employers, God wot, as if the latter did not serve a master more powerful, more despotic, than themselves. What is the result? Annoyance and plague to the masters; ruin, failure, and final submission, to the fools who take thatcourse for producing the desired amelioration. Archbishop Whateley, an excellent man, and able, like most of us, to bear witli considerable equanimity, the woes of others, in a published letter to Earl Grey, congratulates himself and his " correspondent," that " the working classes now, are not worse off, but really better than they were in the 16th or 17th cen- tury." Why this would be like a parvenu rich man, a lucky speculator in Greek loans, or Real del Monte shares, worth 5,000/. per annum, who should meekly and reverently offer his thanks to Providence in the name of his household, that they actually fared better than they did ten years before, when he lodged in a garret, and with fear and trembling ventured his small savings in the wheel of fortune ! The people begin to see through this kind of quiescent thankfulness;— the pious resignation of their friends, under troubles which they are not called on to experience, sinks in value ; is subject to a heavy discount, as we say iu Birmingham; and the real sufferers, the victims of prosperity, the pariahs of civilisation, seriously think of " taking their affairs into their own hands," of being their" own philoso- phers, statesmen, moralists, and economists, in order to secure a better report of their own progress during the next century or two. It was a happy and benevolent wish of Peel, that the people would so assume the guidance of their own concerns; but hitherto they have managed them as blindly as their betters, could possibly do. Their only resource has been the monstrous abortion of TRADES' UNIONS, already alluded to, by which, as the Edin- burgh Review shows from statistical documents, 3,400 operatives in these strikes, lost to themselves, and to the great united body, a sum in wages withheld, to the amount of 108,000/. Such recorded instances, truly, ought to make the parties lenient as to the blunders of those who have created a national debt, who support corn- laws and sinecure places, and refuse Education bills. Better things, however, are looked to in prospect. The working people are becoming convinced that their Unions must change their tactics. Admitting that the cause of all their complaints is, that there is a surplus of labour in the market, they perceive also, that this surplus is not occasioned by any deficiency in the powers of nature to support them, but by the increase iu the powers of production ; and the im- provement proposed, is to make this productive power have its legitimate effect of affording increasing- leisure to the labourers ; and thus being to tliem, in the greatest possible degree, beneficial instead of mis- chievous. The mode is necessarily by combination. It is a real " Trades' Union," on a new and perfected prin- ciple ; and here we turn to the pages of the report of " Proceedings," by which it appears that an " AS- SOCIATION" is established, whose object is to diffuse information on the important subjects of the constitu- tion of man, the formation of character, and the science of society; to christianise the professions of Christianity; to establish a religion of charity; to ad- vance the standard of peace on earth, and good will to men, as necessary preliminaries to the great plan of physical and economical reform. This is the theoreti- cal or argumentative part of the new Trades' Union. Its practical portion is " THE NATIONAL COMMU- NITY FRIENDLY SOCIETY," by which the " strikes" against the commercial system of competition and labour for wages are to be effected. The means are, the deposits of small sums weekly by all the members, with the addition of loans and capitals advanced by indi- viduals who may chose to assist in the work;— to " give a kick to the old system, to help its downward progress." The funds being accumulated, the persons best qualified, physically, morally, and intellectually, to carry out the intentions of the society, are to be elected and sent to establish a community of united interests on some well- chosen spot; joining to their agricultural operations, which in all cases would form the basis of employment in such communities, some suitable manufactory or manufactories, as an addi- tional occupation of time, and source of wealth ; en- suring success by acting strictly according to the di- rections of competent instructors or managers ap- pointed by the general body, until the incumbrance of debt be paid off, and the colonists, by their own in- dustry, shall have acquired both independence and knowledge to improve it. The Initiatory " Association," it appears, from the report of proceedings before us, is of three years stand- ing ; the " Friendly Society" is only a twelvemonth old, but such is the energy and earnestness of its members, that the question of an " Experiment on the Land"— a model community— is already before the council. Whether such a scheme can be expected to produce a good effect is yet to be seen. It is very " un- English," and to some that is grave argument. We are a wise people, and it would seem to be an ergo that what we don't like, or don't do, cannot be fit for man in the abstract to like or to do. Still we say— for we ourselves are considerably above prejudice— let the thing be tried. It need not affect the comfortable meurn of the well- to- do, the wealthy, or the fastidious; but to a working man, whether cotton- spinner, stamper, stocking- weaver, shoemaker, ploughman, hand- loomer, or hodman, an abundant dinner in society, and total freedom from care with community of property ; may be preferred to a cellar of his own in Manchester, to a close and smoky tenement in a Birmingham court, or to a miserable cabin in the country. Experience shows that the thing is practicable, because it is practised with abundant effect in North America. It is not, therefore, " un- American,-" perhaps it is not opponent to the laws and facts of the human constitu- tion. We ourselves are perfectly happy, quite free from care, and are not disposed to quit our pretty villa, with its garden and gig- house, for apaitments in a quadrangle, and the privileges of community pleasure grounds ; but if our neighbours earning eight, eighteen, or eight and twenty shillings per week, like to try the question, we have no objection; they can well be spared. " We trust we have within our land"— nay, within our parish of Birmingham— not only " five hundred," but five thousand, whose loss from our population, working for wages, and paining us by the exhibition of irre- trievable distress, would be great gain. We have been led into so much notional exposition, that we have no space left for regular remarks on the pamphlet, whose title we have taken as the heading of this article. But it is of little consequence; its price is only a few pence. It is more statistical than literary, and no short critical account of it could be satisfactory. One peculiar feature in the " Friendly Society"— the Trades' Utiion, on whose affairs the " Congress" has been held— is its entire separation from party or sec- tarian feelings aud influences;— it is reform without politics. This is odd, and inasmuch as we are the firm supporters of the best possible system of politics, we did not at first like to have public attention in any way withdrawn from our great questions. On further consideration, however, we were inclined to forgive the apparent omission, on the ground that political reform gets on very slowly. All sorts of established grievances and blunders, as Lord Melbourne says of the corn laws, " work so well" for this or for the other class, party, or family;— for " Lord John this, and Mr. Spring that;"— that it is in vain to hope that their subversion is at hand, and it may not be amiss just for one small section to be trying another scheme of ame- lioration. Besides, as combination is essentially in- tellectual;— as education and morals must advance, or community cannot exist, there is good chance that our own really liberal and enlightened ideas of reform may find good and efficient supporters in the members of thriving communities, whose reasoning powers are sharpened by constant practice and by good training; and whose physical condition will be such as to place them beyond the sphere of intimidation or any un- worthy influences. So, on the whole, we are content that the thing shall proceed, and we recommend the pamphlet before us, and the published documents of the institution, to which occasional reference is made, to the perusal and attention of our readers. The committee strongly urges early operations on the land, that facts and effects may be appealed to; " that cavillers may be invited to come and see." With all our hearts;— let but the first colony be located on some accessible spot;—. somewhere not too far from the line of the London or the Grand Junction Railway, for instance; and then, not as " cavillers," but as candid spectators, we shall be among the earliest of those who " come and see." LORD BROUGHAM AND THE MINISTRY. — According to the Morning Chronicle, Lord Brougham is " shunned" by the ministers as an " unsafe personage." If he was " unsafe" as a friend, still more is he a terror- inspiring foe. In vain do Lord Melbourne and his colleagues try to " shun" him : he is near to them in all their paths, and marks all their outgoings : when be fastens upon them, they tremble ; they whine under his scourge. By the modest gentlemen of the Whig press, Lord Brougham is charged with " inconsistency" and " Toryism." The " inconsistency" is clear,— comparing his present course with that which be followed from the passing of the Reform act to the breaking- np of the first Melbourne administra- tion ; for he then was, or had been, like most of his mere Whig associates, little better than a Tory, carrying coercion bills, and damming up the current of Reform till it threat- ened to become a stagnant pool. Such a course was incon- sistent with the previous acts and professions of the long political life of Henry Brougham: lie has abandoned it, and resumed his old position as one of the leaders of the people. Quoth the Chronicle of Wednesday, in reference to the Spanish debate—" Loid Brougham, who has hitherto worn a thin disguise, last night fairly threw off even that, and sought to distinguish himself as a Tory champion and bitter opponent of the Liberal cause." This is the old song. Op- pose this Torified ministry, and you are a'' bitter opponent of the Liberal cause !" The ignorant or credulous reader might suppose from the Chronicle, that there had been a contest among the peers on some question affecting the popular franchise, some encroachment of the church or the aristocracy, on colonial niisgovernment, or other question iu which Tories and real Liberals are antagonists; and that Lord Brougham had taken part with the former. But on looking to the report of the proceedings, lie will find, that the point at issue regarded foreign policy and international law. Not a syllable in reference to domestic reforms or party politics was uttered on either side. Lord Brougham, indeed, denounced a rash act of one department of the administration, which might have plunged us in extensive war: that be bad taken possession of strong and just grounds, appeared from the issue— from the want of defence, and from the premier's backing out, leaving his erring col- league to be either deservedly punished or unhandsomely sacrificed. " But look to the division list, and behold Lord Brougham voting with and supported by Tories!" Look to the other side, and behold Lord Melbourne saved from defeat by the Duke of Wellington. If voting with Tories against Liberals is a proof of desertion from Liberalism, then it may be asked, aie not the ministers deserters ? How often have they during the present session, in the House of Commons, contributed to defeat a very large majority of the Liberals, by joining the Tories? How often have they thrown off the " thin disguise" of Liberalism? Of Lord Brougham's hostility, the present ministers certainly have no right to complain, even though his attacks could fairly be called factious, aud be traced to personal spleen. With the Melbourne Whigs, who have affronted and cheated him, he has an open quarrel, on bis own account. On public grounds he is, as we all are, entitled to oppose them: as bungling administrators— as betrayers of Liberalism— as holding office on false pretences— or rather as having held, for the fraud being found out, and the claim of merit lying in another line, the " thin disguise" is now but seldom resorted to. The country cares little for the private feud between these parties. To Lord Brougham, however, it is a disadvantage that he is known to have cause of resentment towards his former colleagues. It may be difficult to disprove his state- ments or controvert bis arguments; but it is very easy to say that Brougham is a disappointed politician— that he is frantic with spite, and a scarcely- disguised Tory: and there are plenty of ignorant, prejudiced, and interested persons, who will receive this abuse instead of a reply to the most eloquent speech. It is, therefore, especially needful for Lord Brougham to avoid the appearance of over eager hostility; to eschew petty occasions of triumph; and reserve his strength for great questions, on which he is sure to make an impression throughout the country, in defiance of all that the Whig partisans may put forth to his disparagement. That he is truly formidable, nobody can doubt. On Tuesday night he raised a mutiny in the Tory ranks, and while some of the troops followed " the Duke" off the field, Brougham rallied the greater number and led them against the ministry. He thus proved that even the Duke of Wellington's shield is not always a sufficient protection to them.— Spectator. THE ENGLISH SCHOOL OF PAINTING Reynolds was really a great artist; gorgeous in tone and colour, unim- peachable in composition, deep in light and shadow, beautiful in character, and the purest painter of children and women that ever lived in the art, Greek or Italian. His ignorance belonged to the period, his beauties were entirely bis own ; and though he overrated Michael Angelo, and has done injury to taste by his sincere conviction that he was right, yet, had he lived to see the Theseus or Ilyssus, he would have beeri equally candid in saying he was in error. Lord Heathfield is a portrait that need not fear any work of Titian's for men, and Mrs. Parker, a tender, s wee. t picture of a woman, was never equalled in sentiment or delicacy by any work of the Venetian arid Roman schools. Where vveie children ever so completely hit as in the Infant Academy ? who surpassed the propriety of his back- grounds as well as their splendour? His eye, or rather his organ for colour, was exquisite; nor is there in the whole of his works a heated and offensive tint. lie did not combine essential detail and breadth so beautifully as Titian; but place one af his finest portraits by the side of any picture of Titian's, see them at the proper distance and Reynolds would keep his station. Here, how- ever the praise must stop. Reynolds could have no more painted Pietro Martyre than he could have revived the martyr after he was dead. He was not so great a man as Titian, because he did not, like him, remedy his ignorance, when he found it out at a much earlier age. He was always talking of what he would do if be began the world again. Sir Joshua loved society; he was the deity of his coterie; he liked a glass of wirie and a game at whist; and he never lost his temper— because he was successful in the world, but the first time he was thwarted he got in a passion. Reynolds was a great genius iu painting, but not a great man. He rained English art from the dust, and gave English artists an a- plomb in Society which they never bad before; and he first reduced the art to something like system by his dis- courses: but not having moral courage to resist the forma- tion of an academy, which he could have done by his influence aud his genius, he compromised the art, and was indirectly the means of throwing it off its balance, which it will yet take half a century more to remedy, as Hogarth predicted. As an inventor, Hogarth is by far the greatest of the British school; although in name and object, colour, surface, and all the requisites of a great painter, infinitely below Reynolds. It would be useless to detail the perfec- tions of a man so admired all over the earth, and who will only cease to be a delight with its existence. It is astonish- ing how hereditary is the hatred ofacademies. The painters, in revenge for Hogarth's opposition, swore that ha was no painter, and swear so to this hour. The absurdity of this criticism can be proved by the Marriage- a- la- Mode, whilst the picture of the husband and wife after a rout is as beau- tifully touched as any in that class of art can be. He has not the clearness of Teniers, nor the sharpness of Wilkie; hia touch is blunt, and his colour deficient in richness: but you feel not tile want whilst looking at him ; and although his expression is often caricature, yet in the above picture, it is perfection. Hogaith, unfortunately, believed himself infallible; but his wretched beauty of Drury Lane for Pha- raoh's Daughter, at the Foundling, his miserable Sigismunds, and bis Paul before Felix, we hope, convinced him of his orle. If he was serious in these pictures, which we very much doubt, he deserved a strait waistcoat and a low diet as the only treatment for his hallucination. Gainsborough was another painter of great genius in portrait and landscape ; but Wilson was a greater. His touch and feeling were comprehensive, though too abstracted for the vulgar, who always like polish, and to put up their fingers. He used to say to Sir George Beaumont, " When somebody is dead, somebody's pictures will sell better." From neglect lie got into foolish habits of drinking, and died librarian to the academy. A miserable dauber called Lambert was the fashion, and his character, as a landscape painter, was hit by poor Wilson. He said, " his trees and foliage were eggs and spinach, and nothing more;" yet Lambert got hundreds when Wilson could hardly get shillings. But where are now the immortal Lambert's works ? Making firescreens in itarrets, whilst " somebody's pictures" adorn the houses of the great. Gainsborough was a great portrait painter, and ran Reynolds hard. West's Wolfe and La Hogue are the triumphs of his talent; but his great sacred subjects are inferior works. The writer of this observed to Canova in England, " Au moins, il compose bien." " Monsieur," replied the Italian, " il ne compose pas ; il met des figures en groupe." He was a skilful mechanist; and, though there are bits of colour in his small works rich and harmo- nious, bis portraits are detestable, his handling unfeeling, his drawing meagre and common. He was deeply versed in nothing, though possessing great acquired knowledge of his art, without being ail educated man. With respect to his being the greatest man since the Caracci, with Rem- brandt, Rubens, Vandyke, and Dominichino, Guido, and Guercino, since, or a little alter, the idea is ridiculous and absurd. The king hated Reynolds, on account of his de- votion to Burke and Fox, and puffed West from sheer irritability. The king said to Hopner, " Why does Rey- nolds paint his trees red and yellow? whoever saw trees that colour?" Hopner, who said what he pleased, replied, " Then your majesty never saw trees in autumn." Romney, a second- rate man, had great patronage, whilst Barry, a man of great grasp of mind, had none whatever. Barry joined the Academy to oblige Reynolds, against his own convictions; was soon at issue with its selfish monopoly; opposed it; urged the propriety of devoting a portion of its funds to establish a school of colour; exasperated the in- triguers by bis fearless attacks; and was expelled, of course, as an obnoxious man, the king having been persuaded to sanction it, under the deadly hint that Barry was a Radical. Barry was the protege of Burke; and his Adelpbi pictures, showing the progress of society, though deficient in drawing, colour, and delicacy of touch, were the fiist work in England on the comprehensive principle of the ancients. Having neglected Burke's entreaties to dissect, he suffered the con- sequence. His forms at the Adelphi are such as can be got by general drawings from the antique, but there is no refined knowledge of construction in them. As a man of genius, however, Barry is not to be compared to Henry Fuzeli, the friend of Reynolds and Lavater, and one of the most dis- tinguished and accomplished men of his time. Fuzeli, was, undoubtedly, the greatest genius of that day. His Milton gallery showed a range of imagination equal to the poet's ; bis Satan bridging Chaos, his Uriel watching Satan, his Shepherd's Dream, his Fairies from Sliakspere, and his Ghost in Hamlet, announce him as having conceived, like Theon, Phantasias, and as being the greatest inventor in art since Julio Romano. But in the modes of conveying his thoughts by form, colour, light, and shadow, and above all, nature, he was a monster in design ; his women are all strumpets, and his men all banditti, with the action of gal- vanised frogs, the diess of mountebanks, and the hue of pestilential putridity. No man bad the power, like Fuselii of rousing the dormant spirit of youth; and there issued from his inspirations a nucleus of painters, who have been the firmest supporters of the British school. But Fuzeli, as a painter, must be a warning to all. Had he taken the trouble to convey his thoughts like the great masters, his pictures would have risen as time advanced ; yet,- as time advances, his pictures, from having no hold on our feelings like the simplicity of nature, must sink. His conceptions, however poetical, are not enough to satisfy the mind in an ait, the elements of which are laid in lovely nature; and, great as his genius was in fancy and conception, inventor as he was in art of fairies and ghosts, he will never be an object to imitate, but always to avoid by young men, who are more likely to lay hold of his defects than his beauties. The finest conception of a ghost that was ever painted, was the Ghost in Hamlet on the battlements. There it quivered with martial stride, pointing to a place of meeting with Hamlet; and round its visored head was a halo of light that looked sulphureous, and made one feel as if one actually smelt hell, burning, cindery, and suffocating. The dim moon glittered behind; the sea roared in the distance, as if agitated by the presence of a supernatural spirit; and the ghost looked at Hamlet, with eyes that glared like the light in the eyes of a lion, which is savagely growling over his bloody lood. But still it was a German ghost, and not the ghost of Sliakspere. There was nothing in it to touch human sympathies combined with the internal; there was nothing at all of " his sable, silvered beard," or his coun- tenance more " in sorrow than in anger;" it was a fierce, demoniacal, armed fiend, reeking from hell, who had not yet expiated " the crimes done in his days of nature," to qualify him for Heaven. His next finest works were the two fairy pictures in the Shakspere gallery, some diving into harebells, some sailing in Bottom's shoe ; but, beautiful as they were, indeed the only fairies ever painted, still your heart longed for nature in colour, form, and expression. Such an union had the Greeks, and no art in the world will be perfect until it appears again. Thesp pictures are evi- dences of the highest conception of the fanciful and super- natural. His Lazar- house is an evidence of his power of pathos; his Uriel and Satan, of the poetical; his Puck putting on a girdle, of the humourous and mischievous. But when Fuzeli attempted the domestic, as in the illustra- tions of Cowper, his total want of nature stares one in the face, like the eyes of his own i ghosts. Never were the consequences of disdaining the daily life before your eyes, or of affecting to be above it, so fatally developed as in this series of designs ; though, in comparing with him another eminent artist— namely, Stothard— who in sweetness and innocence was his decided superior, Fuzeli surpassed him in elevation and reach of mind. In the pictures of Stothard, who painted equally well without life before him, there is not the same extravagance, yet there is almost equal want of nature in another way. Flaxman, Stothard, and Fuzeli, are the three legitimate designers of our school, and yet not one of them was a perfect master of the figure. Flaxman's de- signs from the Iliad and the Greek tragedies are his finest works; and when first they appeared in Italy, they were denied to be the invention of an Englishman, as it was sup- posed to be impossible that any Englishman could have an imagination. But yet, of some of these designs it really THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, JULY 21. SB! may be said, " II n'y a qu'un pas du sublime au ridicule." It is extremely difficult to say whether they are in the highest degree sublime, or extremely absurd. In all attempts to express the passions, you will perceive extravagance, but, in comparing him with Canova, in this part of the art, Can- ova must yield the palm as much as Flaxman was inferior in the perfection of working up a single and beautiful figure. Though this eminent man talks pompously of Greek form and anatomical knowledge, he in reality knew very little of either; and, though there is a great deal of useful matter of fact in his lectures, yet, upon the whole, they display a wretched display of poverty of thinking. His book of ana- tomy for students is not deep enough on the separation of muscle, bone, and tendon, and can help a young man a very little way to correct notions. The value of Fuzeli's and Opie's lectures, in comparison with Flaxman's or Harry's, is evident; and the superiority of Reynolds to all, except Fuzeli in his lecture on Greek art, needs not to be dwelt on. Stothard, as an inventor in composition, was equal to all; but, as a painter, certainly inferior to all. In fact, he could not paint; he had no identity of imitation ; he did not, and could not, tell a story by human passions; and his style of design showed great ignorance of the constituent parts of the figure. But there was a beautiful and angelic spirit that breathed on everything he did. He seems in early life to have dreamed of an angel, and to have passed the remainder of his days in trying to endow every figure he designed with something of the sweetness that he had seen in his sleep. Peace to his mild and tender spirit! It was impossible to be in Stothard's painting- room for ten minutes without being influenced by his angelic mind. He seemed to us always as if he had been born in the wrong planet. He had a son, whose etchings from our ancient tombs are an honour to the country. He fell from a great height, in pursuing his designs from some tomb in a country church, and was killed. This ill- fated artist was, in every respect, worthy of his father. Never were there four men so essen- tially different as West, Fuzeli, Flaxman, and Stothard. Fuzeli was, undoubtedly, the man of the largest capacity and the most acquired knowledge; West was an eminent artist in the second rank; Flaxman and Stothard were purer designers than either; Barry and Reynolds were before all the others. In Bariy's Adelphi there is a grasp of mind, as Johnson said; yet, as a painter, he was inferior to all. Though Fuzeli had more imagination and concep- tion than Reynolds, though West put things together with more facility, and Flaxman and Stothard did what Reynolds could not do; yet, as a sound, great, and practical artist, in which all the others were deficient, Reynolds must be con- sidered the head of the British school, as a painter and handler of his brush. Opie must not be omitted, nor Northcote, his imitator and contemporary; both of them men of talent. Opie, a man of great and powerful genius, issued from Cornwall at once on the town. Northcote was six years with Reynolds; and his Arthur and Hubert, and Children in the Tower, are fair specimens of his talents. He was a malicious man, and tried to injure his greatest protector, Reynolds, and Dr. Mudge, who introduced him, by allowing Hazlitt to print his ( Northcote's) Conversations. There never was a deeper scheme for malignant defamation. Northcote always said that he did not print them, and Hazlitt that he did not talk them ; and each vented his spite on a mutual friend, and shifted the blame to the other. Reynolds was succeeded by West, and the art sunk to the lowest depth, containing only Sir Joshua's humble imitators; when a genius broke forth, David Wilkie, who rendered our domestic school the first in Europe; and the feeling for art has been rapidly advancing amongst the people ever since.— Haydon. NORTHERN NAVIGATION.— Though there was ice in every direction ( July 13), we continued to drift about a quarter of a mile an hour. Some small calves found their way from beneath our clog, and it was with great satisfaction that we contemplated the increased breadth of the saw line— a satisfaction not lessened by the discovery that the ship had settled more down, her draught now being abaft thirteen feet eight inches, and forward twelve feet eight. Neither, with the incessant working of one pump, had the water accumulated in the well beyond eleven inches. At nine, A. M., there was a moderate breeze from the westward, with a thin mist, and, to our unaccustomed eyes a sight almost marvellous, a gentle swell on an apparently un- broken surface. It was thought the agitation, slight as it was, might crack or break the ice alongside; but as it proved otherwise, two warps, fixed to ice anchors, and leading to either extremity of the ship, weie firmly attached at a favourable angle for separating and entirely disuniting the entire mass ; however, while we were in the act of heaving a powerful strain on the warps, it suddenly split diagonally from a hummocky point about fifteen paces from the star- board bow, along its outer edge, to somewhere near the after part of the main chains. The detached portion, on which were two men, ( a third being in the dingy, close to them, l was instantaneously splintered into three pieces, two of which, singularly enough, were separately occupied by the persons just mentioned, who, standing steadily on the whirling and heaving ice, thus violently discarded, gave a hearty cheer, while tiieir companion, having lost his balance from the sudden jerking of the dingy, lay stretched at full length, and grasping the gunwale on each Bide. The cheering, however, was turned to astonishment, as they watched the ship slowly rising and heeling over to port. We on board had been surprised that no counter- action oc- curred, and were beginning to wonder that the vessel did not recover her equilibrium, but weie now startled by the conviction that she was gradually going over; and the great inclination rendering it impossible to stand on deck, every one clung 011 to windward as he best could. Then it was we beheld the strange and appalling spectacle of what may be fitly termed a submerged berg, fixed low down with one end to the ship's side, while the other, with the purchase of a long lever, advantageously placed at a right angle with the keel, was slowly rising towards the surface. Meanwhila, those who happened to be below, finding everything falling, rushed or clambered 011 deck, where they saw the ship 011 her beam ends, with the lee boats touching the water, and felt that a few moments only trembled between them and eternity. Yet in that awlul crisis there was no confusion ; the sails were clewed up and lowered; fresh men from former crews were stationed in the boats, which again were rather unhooked than lowered ; the barge was hoisted out; and, with a promptitude and presence of mind which I shall ever remember with admiration, the whole five were pro- visioned and filled with arms, ammunition and clothing, and veered astern clear of danger. The pumps were never quitted, and though expecting that the ship might capsize, yet the question of " Does the leak gain on us ?" was asked, and when answered in the negative, there was still a mani- festation of hope. Our fate, however, yet hung in sus- pense, for not in the smallest degree did the ship right; happily for us, there was a dead calm, which permitted us to examine the berg. At the only part along the side, where we could effectively act, it was found to be four fathoms thick, and along this it was determined to cut with the saw, if providentially, time were spared us for the operation. On going round outside with the first lieutenant, I counted nearly fourteen planks below the filled up part of the main chains to the edge of the water, the angle of inclination being about twenty- five degrees, while on the lee side I stepped from the boat's thwart on deck. Looking at the bottom, we perceived that the keel, from the fore- foot aft, was torn and ragged, but to what extent the damage extended could not yet be ascer- tained, The exceeding awkwardness of our situation occa- sioned some difficulty 111 slinging and placing the stages and sheers for sawing, but this was surmounted ; and by eleven, A. M., the work was begun, and went on cheerily. The men were told that much depended on their exertions, and were encouraged to finish their task the same day. Provi- sions were issued on deck, and weak grog supplied occasion- ally; and thus fortified, and assisted by the officers, they sang and worked with that characteristic indifference to peril which has been so often admired in British seamen. While we were thus occupied, several sea- horses came up, and after listening and stretching out their necks with a sort of curious stupidity as they drew themselves on the ice, they seemed undecided whether to remain or not. At length, however, they tumbled their uncouth bulks into the water, and disappeared. Meanwhile, considerable progress, as was imagined, was made with the saw; but, on sounding, it was found, that instead of cutting up and down, it had taken a slanting course, and thus obliged us to recommence; and the lower part, too, proved so hard, that a longer time was required for finishing the half yet done. Seeing this, and reflecting that the heaviest part was detached, the same process was tried from aft; and, this being found to be easier, by midnight there remained but twenty- five feet to cut, for connecting the two sections. Again the crew were supplied with food, making the third pound to each man since the commencement of the work in the forenoon; but, on this occasion, hot cocoa was given instead of grog After one hour's rest, the laborious duty was resumed, and, stimulated with the desire of seeing the ship once more upright, they did not relax until nature asserted her prerogative. After two, A. M., July 14th, many became so fagged and drowsy, that, in spite of the energetic remonstrances of the first lieutenant, they worked mechanically, with their- eyes shut; and therefore, anxious as I was that all should be accomplished before a change of weather or other contin- gency should interfere, nnd though ten feet only were want- ing to unite the fore and aft line, I gave direction that all should quit the ice, and lie down for two hours. It was marked, about that time, that the 6hip had righted a few inches, but still no one could move about the deck without holding on by the ropes to windward. The people had crept under the shelter of the deck to escape from the chilling air of the morning ( for filmy ice was forming on the sea); the officeis were dispersed about the deck above; and 1 was contemplating the languid action of those whose turn it was to take the pumps, and, more particularly, three or four jaded forms, stretched out in death- like slumber on the lee side— when, suddenly, there was a sensible yielding beneath the feet, with the grating sound of breaking ice, and, before a word could be spoken, the liberated ship righted entirely; while broken spars, the bent saw, and the massy berg, were all in commotion together. Quick as they could spring, the crew jumped on deck, and I know not how many cheers commemorated the joyTul occasion. It was a scene not to be forgotten by the spectators. It wanted but one day to complete four months since the ship had been thrown upon the ice Bach's Voyage. SHAKSPEARE AND HISTORY.— The extraordinary confusion of place and time pervading the Second Part of King Henry IV., is only equalled by the mistaken view which the writer gives of the character of Henry of Monmouth. News of the overthrow of Archbishop Scrope is brought to Lon- don on the very day on which Henry IV. sickens and dies ; whereas that King was himself in person in the north,. and insisted upon the execution of the archbishop just eight years before. The archbishop was beheaded 011 Whit. Monday ( June 8), in the year 1405. Henry IV. died March 20, 1413. And instead of Henry, the prince being either at Windsor hunting, or in London, with Poins and other his continual followers, when his father was depressed and per- plexed by the rebellion in the north, he was doing his duty well,, gallantly, and to the entire satisfaction of his father. We have a letter, dated Berkhams* ead, March 13, 1405, written by the King to his council, with a copy of his son Henry's letter, announcing the victory over the Welch rebels at Grosmont, in Monmouthshire, which was won on Wednesday, the 11th of that month. The King writes with great joy and exultation, bidding his council to convey the glad tidings to the mayor and citizens of London, that" they ( he says) may rejoice with us, and join in praises to our Creator." Thus does history prove that in every instance of Shakspeare's fascinating representations of Henry of Monmouth's practices, the poet was guided by his imagina- tion, which, working only on the vague tradition of a sudden change for the better in the prince immediately on his acces- sion, and magnifying that change into something almost mi- raculous, has drawn a picture which can never be seen with- out being admired for its life, boldness, and colouring; but which, as an historical portrait, is not only unlike the origi- nal, but misleading and unjust in essential points of charac- ter.— Tyler's Life and Character of Henry V. Thunder can scarcely ever be heard more than twenty or thirty miles from the flash which produces it. Lightning, on the other hand, may be seen ( or at least its reflection in the clouds, forming what is called sheet lightning) at the distance of 150 01 200 miles. BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY. On Tuesday last the fifteenth anniversary of the above society was held in the Town hall. In the morning there was a public breakfast in the above building, at which about four hundred ladies and gentlemen sat down. The Rev. Thomas Swann, minister of Cannon- street, presided as chairman, and was supported on his right and left by the Rev. Thomas Morgan, the Rev. Joseph Burton, missionary from Nassau in the Baha/ nas, Rev. Eustace Carey, Rev. J. Sprigg, A. M., Rev. D. R. Stephen, and other minislers of religion. After breakfast an appropriate psalm was given out by the chairman, and sung by the company, accom- panied 011 the organ in an effective and impressive manner by Mr. Hollingsworth. After the lapse of a few minutes the chairman again rose, and said, the thought contained in the hymn they had just gone through was a solemn thought; and in introducing his beloved brethren who were to speak to them that morning, he could not but advert to it more particularly, as it must have been impressed upon every heart. The thought was solemn; that* they must all ap- pear before the judgment seat of Christ, and that every one of them must be accountable for himself to God. He knew not a more suitable thought with which to introduce the service of that morning and day; a day to be consecrated to the service of religion and liberty. He had said to the service of liberty, for where was the heart which did not exult at the thought, that the slaves in the Indies were de- clared free. ( Cheers.) Let them, therefore, sing at liberty's feet in joyful accents of praise. Liberty added to the pleasures of this fleeting life!— nay, there were 110 plea- sures, all were weeds without it. Oh ! how delightful the thought, that their fellow men were released from the cruel bondage to which they had been subjected by the cruelty and hard heartedness of the rich and unfeeling of this world. He had been requested to apologise for the absence of a gentleman, whose name was written upon the hearts of every man and woman in Birmingham; and not only upon their hearts, but upon the hearts of thousands of poor slaves, who, through his instrumentality, that day stood erect in the majesty of free men. ( Cheers.) The man to whom he alluded was their excellent and indefatigable friend and amiable fellow townsman, Mr. Joseph Sturge. ( Loud ap- plause.) He was not with them that morning but he would be in the evening, when they would have an opportunity of beholding his benevolent countenance, and hearing the voice of him who had so nobly distinguished himself in the cause of God and humanity. ( Renewed applause.) He had been ever alive in the cause of truth and charity; and so deeply had he felt the influence of both, that at great per- sonal expense and risk, he had visited those who were the objects of his solicitude. He had seen with his eyes and heard with his ears, their'grievances and complaints, and with energy unsurpassed he had proclaimed them in Eng- land, and by so doing had achieved the final freedom of the poor and the oppressed. ( Cheers.) From the oonduct of Mr. Sturge, they learned the vast importance of perseveance and individual exertion. Three weeks ago he met Mr. Sturge, and he ( Mr. Swann) asked him when he meant to cease from his exertions ? " When they are free," was the answer. ( Applause.) He had kept his word, and they were free. He thought the expression of his friend was noble, and well worthy of the imitation of those who were embarked in any good and righteous cause. The Rev. T. MORGAN then rose and said, as there were many of his reverend brethren from a distance who would address them, they would not expect him to detain them by any lengthened observations, nor did he intend doing more than merely cautioning them against being too sanguine, relative to the destruction of slavery. Much had been done, yet they must not imagine that all the work was done. He feared they might say, they were only entering upon it; because, while one iniquity was being suppressed 6till greater was being perpetrated and encouraged. The rev. gentleman then read a long account of the treatment of the Hill Coolies, and exhorted the company to keep them- selves in readiness for still greater exertions, if necessary. The Rev. D. R. STEPHEN presented himself to the com- pany, and was received with applause, after which he said, it appeared to him that in a great measure, and by a con- siderable number of persons, the religion of Christ was being rightly understood and appreciated by its ministers; and thousands of those who were not its ministers, but honest disciples. Heretofore the ministers of religion were either driven to the cloisters, there to brood over their own miseries and those of mankind, or, when they did come forth, they appeared as surly scowling bigots, looking down upon the common people as beneath them ; and in those lays the people were cringing sycophants, who looked upon the ministers of religion as so infinitely superior, that they allowed them to put their feet upon their necks. Such a scene as he had then the pleasure of beholding, could not be witnessed in those by gone days. They could not be- hold men and women, ministers, and all, sitting down together in harmony and affection. No such a scene as he beheld could have been seen in any part of the Chris- tian world. Now such sights were not uncommon; and although he had never before witnessed so many brethren assembled together- in joyous festivity, he could say, that upon a smaller scale, such entertainments were frequently taking place throughout the country. The rev. gentleman next adverted to the piactice of idolatry in the Indies, and deprecated, in strong language, the practice of Christians aiding and assisting in the erection of temples for the worship of idolatry. He and they had lately read accounts of the munificent donations of Mr. Gladstone towards the erec- tion of Christian churches in Liverpool and elsewhere. In Scotland it was stated that this gentleman was about to erect a place of worship at his own expense, which would cost 7.000/., and yet this same man was compelled to erect temples for the worship of Juggernaut in India. What an idea these men could have of religion! What a taste for spiritual things ! The rev. gentleman next proceeded to the slave question, and dwelled forcibly upon the treatment of the Coolies. He contended that slavery could not be said to be abolished, while such wholesale murders were tole- rated as those perpetrated upon these unfortunate beings. He did not think the time had yet arrived for the friends of the negro in England to jubilate, if he might so speak. He should advise them to wait, and see what acts of Purlin ment their legislators would pass, in the shape of vagrancy and such like acts. Let them wait, and see how they in- tended to deal with the apprentices. He did not thank the slave owners for what had taken place ; nor did he thank the ministers of the crown ; he thanked the people of Eng- land, and their fellow- townsman, Mr. Joseph Sturge. Henceforth would be included all that was magnanimous, disinterested, and philanthrophic, in the words " Joseph Sturge." The Rev. J. SPRIOG next addressed the company, and after a few introductory observations, said— they had been told to restrain their jubilant feelings. Now, although he knew well the kind- hearted wishes of his reverend brother who had so counselled them, yet he must say, he could not enter into the sentiment. He, with him, felt the necessity for increased watchfulness; yet he also felt that they had, by the aid of public opinion, arrived at that point, aud had obtained such vantage ground in tile battle, as enabled them to cry— victory! ( Hear, hear.) If they had present their venerable friend, Mr. Clarkson, whose life had been one continued advocacy of the cause of the negro, he could tell them the labour that the friends of humanity had heretofore to endure, in gaining a single point in favour of the oppressed. He would tell them, that such was the power and weight of influence against them, that they could not find a man who knew the wrongs of the negro, who dare declare them in evidence before a committee of the House of Commons. He would tell them, that such was the hostility against the agitation of the question by those who were interested in perpetuating slavery, and the indifference on the part of others to sufferings which were at a distance, ami which they could neither see nor hear, that it was with difficulty a public meeting could be got up upon the subject. He would tell them all this, and he would then point to the great and mighty change which had taken place. He would show tliena that such was the force of public opinion, that there was not a man in the senate, or out of it, so base as to acknowledge himself an advocate for negro slavery. He would point to them, the ministers of the crown, bending under the force of this opinion, and compelled to yield an unwilling assent to the emancipation of the slaves. He would contrast the present with the past prospects; and they would then, no doubt, easily see that they were in a condition to rejoice. He would say— let them go forth and jubilate ; for, if their fellow men were not free, they must be free! ( Cheers.) Certain he was, much remained yet to be done. They must not suffer themselves to be imposed upon by names* and forms, but boldly contend for principles and real freedom, and they would obtain it. With respect to the missionary cause, he would direct their attention to the motto inscribed over the head of their chairman, " Who is willing to consecrate himself to the Lord ?" Yes, he would ask, who was there who considered the deplorable state of ignorance of the heathen world, who would not be willing to give his aid to remove it? Let it be their concern, that to see that upon their heads did not fall the curse of him who came not to the help of the Lord. The Rev. Dr. IIOBY next addressed the meeting, solely in reference to the question of slavery, which he denounced in appropriate terms, and concluded by expressing a desire that some resolution upon the subject of American slavery might be adopted by that meeting, or the one to be held in the evening, which might have the effect of calling the at- tention of their brethren in America to the system. The rev. gentleman next adverted to certain calumnies which had been published respecting the Rev. Mr. Knibb, for the part he had taken relative to the negro apprentices; and after defending the rev. gentleman in a very able manner, concluded by expressing a hope that they would not as yet consider the cause of the slaves perfectly secure. There weie various reasons why they should be watchful. He held in his hand an account of the burning of a missionary chapel, which clearly showed that there existed as yet a bad spirit amongst the enemies of the negro. The Rev. Mr. BURTON bore his testimony to the great cruelty practised towards the unhappy negroes, and assured the meeting that if the practices said to be carried on in refer- ence to the Hill Coolies were true, nothing could exceed the cruelty of them. He had seen slave ships, and it was be- yond the power of man to describe the hardships to which their fellow creatures were doomed, whose ill fate it was to be put on board of these vessels. With respect to the mis- sionary cause, he was thankful for being able to say the Lord had blessed their labours. He was greatly blessing the labours of their missionaries abroad. He stood before them, another witness to show forth the great mercy of the Lord to the people. I11 the part where he bad been labour- ing, they had between twenty and thirty chapels, some of them capacious enough to hold 300 members; and the cause of religion was going forth in a wonderful manner. The Rev. Mr. CAREY was next introduced to the meet, ing, and in coming forward was received with loud and general applause. The rev. gentleman being inaudible to the whole of the company, he was requested to change his position, and having done so he said, he was generally very obedient. ( H ear, hear.) In missionary proceedings he was always obedient. He lived by obedience, although in London, or a part of it, he was considered to be a little extreme, that is, to be tending a little towards Radicalism. ( Laughter arid applause.) He was sometimes reported to be so, although very obedient, and always desirous of being so in every good < ause and for every good object. By Radi- calism they did not mean to level to the ground all that was great and good, and noble, on the contrary, they desired the elevation of all that was excellent; they did not wish to retard the progress of what was excellent, on the contrary, they wished to accelerate its movement, and all that was Heaven- born and Heaven- tending they wished to propel. They only desired universal right and good to prevail, and was not that Radicalism good ? ( Cheers.) It was wonder- ful what misrepresentations were made respecting the word Radical 1 what erroneous impressions were conveyed by the sound of the word! It was really astonishing how much malignity could be infused into the mere sound of a word. They all recollected how frightful the word Methodist once sounded; what terrible ideas it once conjured up. It was as bad as the word Radical, although it was now deemed respectable and excellent by those who formerly decried it. The word Radical had now, in the minds of many, every- thing that was rough and threatening, and scaring and de- stroying, associated with it, yet, really, it did not warrant this dismal construction. It was a sound, plain, substantial word. ( Cheers.) It was an every day word, and he be- lieved in a very short time it would become a very conve- nient word. It would soon find its way into the respectable vocabulary, and looked upon very pleasantly. The fact was, it was becoming better understood than it used to be, and the motives and actions of the right minded persons who used it, and were designated by it, were being better under- stood. Thanks to the press for this great change. Oh ! the press was a glorious invention for the mind of man. It brought out his powers into operation ; it removed darkness and error, and would continue to do so until all was light and truth. Everything was advancing that was good, and everything that was malignant was receding. It bad been well said by that unexampled orator, the Rev. Mr. Hall, that the wheels of nature were not made for running back- wards. The social improvements of the human race could not retrogade. The spirit of universal improvement was set in motion, and they had only to augment the moral in- fluence by which it was being propelled, and peace to man and glory to the Almighty would be the result,- As they had been informed by the other speakers, this blessed work was goingon, not only in the India*, but in all oilier parts of the world. No man could deny the progress of the missionary cause. Persons who formerly stood aloof from them were now beginning to look upon the missionaries not only with a spirit of tolerance, beth complacency. ( Hear, hear, anil cheers.) Only a few years ago, the public writers denounced their missionaries as fanatics and enthusiasts. They used sneeringly to ask by what means did colder so and so, and tinker so and so, think to subdue the heathen world ? These people laughed at the idea of such insignifi- cant means being employed to effect such noble designs; but now they spoke, and thought, and felt differently to- wards them. They saw that they had achieved great good, and that they had obtained extensive influence over vast multitudes of those unhappy beings who had been heretofore buried in crime and iniquity. So great was the influence which their missionaries had obtained, that a certain noble lord had lately declared, that such was the influence of the missionaries in Jamaica at the present time, that it depended altogether upon them whether society should be exploded, or all should remain tranquil and happy. This peer of the realm had since given a contribution to the missionary funds, and he only hoped that others, who could afford, would fol- low his example. Thanks to the friends of the negro in England, ten thousand hands would be lifted up on the first of August, to Him who had declared that justice should re- turn to righteousness. A great change would take place on that day in the condition of the slaves. Still their friends of this country must not, as they formerly did, halloo until they were out of the wood. They must look to the in- tended vagrancy acts, arid see that the alteration amounted to something more than a transition from one species of slavery to another. With respect to the progress of religion in India, he could confidently assert, that in spite of all the opposition it received from open enemies and professing christians, is was advancing steadily. The reverend gentle man then proceeded, in a satirical strain, to comment upon the conduct of the British government and the board of In- dia directors, in encouraging idolatrous worship, by building temples, and compelling their servants to assist in the infa- mous practice of heathen worship. The reverend gentle man next read a correspondence between Mr. Nel- on, a servant of the directors in India, and the authorities in that country, respecting his being compelled to attend the wor- ship ol Juggernaut, and which appeared in this paper on Saturday last. The reading of Mr. Nelson's letter, and his conduct in resigning bis situation, was loudly cheered. At the request of the rev. chairman, Mr. GEORGE ED- MONDS came forward and briefly addressed the company, commenting in terms of severity uuon the infamous con- duct, the inconsistency, the impiety and wickedness of a government, calling itself christian, supporting and en- conraging idolatry in their dominions. He attributed this monstrous inconsistency and iniquity to the ass stance of an established church in this country. If ever any observa- tions demonstrated a fact, those of the Rev. Mr. Carey proved, beyond a doubt, that a greater evil could not exist than an established or state religion. How, in the name of every thing just and sacred, he would ask, could the bishops of the Church of England sit as legislators in the House of Lords, and lend their aid io the passing of measures which went to encourage and uphold idolatry in India? It was to him a mystery. Yet it appeared that there were grants of money given for the erection of idolatrous places of worship, and against this appropriation he never heard of one of the bishops raising his voice. It was really monstrous. But it was only in accordance with the system of religion which was carried on. Religion it could not be called— it was all mammon; and if that was removed from the ministers of religion, the infamous practices which had been so justly deprecated would soon cease. Another psalm was then sung, and the company separated, highly pleased at the morning's entertainment. The break- fast was supplied by Mr. Lisseter, and consisted of every thing good and necessary. In the evening the annual meeting was held, and was most numerously and respectably attended. Jaines Room, Esq., presided as chairman. The Rev. Thomas Swann read the report, which was long and interesting to the friends of the society. It detailed the progress of the mis- sionaries in the heathen world ; and concluded by denouncing the conduct of the British government in supporting and encouraging idolatry in India. The Rev. THOMAS MORGAN read the report ofthe Jamaica Education Society, from which it appeared, that upwards of 11,000 children and adults were already under instruction in the schools. The expenses, which amounted annually to 2,750/., were for the most part defrayed from contribu- tions made in the island. The subscriptions received during the'past year in England amounted to 734/. 19s. 3d. The Rev. Dr. HOBY announced a donation of 1,000/. from one individual towards the object of the Baptist Missionary Society. This was only one of many large sums he had re- ceived from the same benevolent hands for similar purposes. The meeting was then addressed by the Revs. J. Sprigg, J. Burton, D. R. Stephen, E. Carey, aud J. Sturge, Esq.; after which votes of thanks to the officers and patrons of the society were proposed and carried, and the meeting broke up about ten o'clock. ANTIQUITY, BY PUBLICOLA. [ From the Weekly Dispatch.] One excellent chronicler lays down that God has esta- blished a rule, that of three kings in England, the inter- mediate monarch must be a fool, or something much worse. One of these intermediate fools — but let me quote the chronicler:—" The King caused ail these lords to be ar- rested on a certain day, when they were met together, and, without delay, ordered the heads of twenty- two of the greatest barons to be struck off, without assigning any cause or reason. Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, suffered the first. He was a discreet and pious man, and since that time many miracles have been performed at his tomb at Pomfret, where he was beheaded " Oh! wise and excellent ances- tors! What a sound precedent for modern times. Why may not our young Queen kick twenty- two of the dirtiest barons out of the House of Peers, and argue that, as by our constitution, one of my ancestors struck off twenty- two baronial heads without assigning any cause or reason, why should I not kick twenty- two barons without heads out of the House of Lords, without saying why or wherefore? Why not let her select the most pious of the barons as the first sufferer! The Earl of Roden, for instance, is a pious and discreet man. The Marquis of Londonderry is pious, but not discreet. This baron- killing King wrote an affec- tionate letter to the Pope, entreating him to order the King of France to send him back his wife. Suppose George the Fourth had written an affectionate letter to the Pope for the recovery of his wife, he might have quoted the authority of his ancestors. I afterwards find that certain barons repoited that their brethren of the coronet deserved death for their many horrible crimes, and that they ought to suffer in three different manners:— to be drawn on a hurdle— to be beheaded—" and afterwards to be hung on a gibbet." Why does not Lord John Russell tread in the footsteps of our wise and virtuous ancestors? Can he riot get rid of Sir Robert Peel or Colonel Sibthorp, by cutting off their heads, " and afterwards hanging them on a gibbet ?" He has a precedent for such a salutary act. Sir William Follett, Sir Edward Sugden, or other cunning Tory lawjers, might say that the cases are not in point, for neither Peel nor Sugden are oarons. Let Lord John Russell grant these eminent Tories patents of peerage, and the case is made out. We are told that Edward II. gave a great feast, at which there were many strange dishes ; but in the midst of the feast the English archers began a general massacre of the foreign guests. Some knights who were unarmed took up " great oaken staves, and rushed among the archers," and aflei an immense number ol lives were lost the fray was quieted. What peaceable and civilised ancestors! Why did not the Queen get up a similar ancestorial riot at her recent coronation ? Ail things in those glorious days weie of the same character. When, perhaps, the greatest king in our history, Edward I., invaded Scotland, he was for a long time foiled from ignorance of his position, until he dis- covered that he was between Carlisle and Newcastle. Here our enlightened ancestors have set a precedent for modern geography. This stupid and bloody war arose partly from the King of Scotland having said, " I will go and make war against the enemies of our Lord Jesus Christ." The case is now reversed, and we believe it is the Scotch, and not the English, that are the enemies of Jesus Christ. What ex- cellent ancestors! The same chronicler next tells us of a Queen and a son who died suddenly, and he quaintly adds, " The cause of their deaths was much suspected, and many were inculpated and privily punished." What a specimen of ancestry ! Murder is only suspected, and many suspected persons are put to death, and that privily. Here, again, is antiquity. We have next an account of rhe execution ol a prime minister, when we are told that lie had certain parts of his body cut off and cast into a fire, because he had thought reasonably. Really to punish a man for his thoughts is a curious illustration of ancestorial wisdom. It is added that " his body was than quartered and sent to the four principal cities in England— his head remained in London. Now that railroads are established we have no excuse for not following the wisdom of our ancestors; and Lord John Russell's head may remain in London, whilst the four parts of his body might be sent, per steam, to the four principal towns of our country. Oh ! what inimitable ancestors, Crime and religion are usually as inseparable as light and shadow, and amidst such scenes of horror we find a crusade got up for " the pilgrims of God" to travel to the holy land. The English pilgrims of God were to be led by the Bishop of Lincoln, who, we are gravely informed, was " a right valiant man." I doubt whether even the House ot Lords itself would like this specimen ol the wisdom of our an- cestry. It would be exceedingly odd to hear in the House of Lords, Lord Melbourne in a speech saying, " The right valiant man, the Bishop of Lincoln," or otherwise saying the pious and learned Duke of Wellington. Shall we respect the time of our ancestors? Our chroni- cles tell us that King Edward III., of England, was made vicar of the empire of Germany. Why can we not be as pious and as wise as our forefathers, and make our present little Queen vicaress of the empire of Germany? The Germans have cost us very many hundred millions, and surely they can have no objection to pay Church- rates to our Queen, as vicaress of their holy religion. But this King was also vicar of Rome, and here the balance of ac- counts might be against us. I would rather that the little Queen of England should not be vicaress of all the religion of Germany, than that the Pope of Rome should be the vicar- general of ail the no religion of England. This may be bad ta » te, but I must conscientiously adhere to my opi- nions. Amidst such important scenes an immense effect was produced by the circulation of a report that one Robert, a King of Sicily, was A GREAT ASTROLOGER. This thoroughly cowed all courage. Such were our ancestors. Suppose the Duke of Wellington had written a dispatch to the prime Minister of England, stating that he could not fight his intended battle of Waterloo, because he had suddenly dis- covered from a spy, Marshal Bourmont, that the Emperor Napoleon was a great astrologer. In not doing this, the Duke of Wellington has scandalously departed from the wisdom of our ancestors. What would the people of Lon- don do towards that brave aud glorious old soldier, Marshal Soult, were the Post to announce that he was " 110 Chris- tian;" or if any other Tory paper was to proclaim that he was an " ASTROLOGER? " ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. • THE MEETING. TO THE WORKING MEN OP BIRMINGHAM AND NEIGH- BOURING TOWNS. FELLOW MEN,— The hour is almost at hand, when the mighty mass of men, which, in 1832, drew on them the exulting- gaze of their fellow- countrymen, will again meet for a purpose which every truly enlight- ened mind, in whatever station of society, must ap- plaud. The purpose is so generous, so beneficent, so righteous, that I contemplate the favour of Providence in bestowing a most propitious day ; nothing, save the glowing sun, to be seen in the blue concave of heaven. I know well the unprincipled Tory, and also the Whig, will do his utmost, either by direct or indirect means, to produce a failure. Some will be cajoled by knaves to keep away; aud many, I fear, threatened. But, surely, my fellow men will not absent themselves at such a time, even at a cost the most precious. In 1832, you met to benefit others; now meet to benefit yourselves. By benefitting the middle classes, you fully expected they would identify your happiness with theirs; but the selfishness of the individual ope- rated 011 the whole class, and they closed the barrier upon you. When I reflect on the state— the degraded state— both mental and physical, of ( what a corrupt condition of society has created) the lower order, and which order forms such a vast pUtion of the British people, and remark the total apathy of the upper ranks, both in. and out of Parliament, towards that suffering body, I feel most unshakingly convinced, that unless your op- pressed, crushed, vilely degraded order does not re- deem itself, by its own mighty energy, from this worse than Egyptian bondage, the searing iron of oppression will enter deep into your souls. Yet, oh ! how much social felicity might be gained by your determined moral exertions. Industry fairly remunerated, cheap and good food, cheap, speedy, and impartial law, solid general education for your children, and then we shall behold—• The little smiling cottage warm embower'd ; The little smiling cottage, where, at eve, The peasant meets his children at his door. Your patient insulted brethren of the north— Glas- gow by its hundred thousands, and the neighbouring' towns by their tens of thousands,— have gloriously proved liovv devoted they are to the cause wherein we are embarked. The southern parts of the empire give symptoms of awaking. The pulse of the country has been felt. The tbrobbings are not " fluttering faint and low," but healthy, firm, and unbroken. Give, then, a few hours' respite to your over- wrought wearied hearts. Come from the mine, the anvil, the loom, the wheel, the plough. Let us gather together in the greatness of our strength, and think aloud OR the wrongs we endure. TUBAL. THE DEMONSTRATION. To the I. O. O. F. M. U. Gentlemen,— Knowing your rules to be based upon principles of good will to all mankind, and having the pleasure of being acquainted with many of your mem- bers, and believing them to be possessed of sound heads and benevolent hearts, I take the liberty of ad- dressing you upon the present crisis of our country. You will perceive by other pages of this journal, that a Grand Demonstration" of the midland counties of England, is about to bg made at Holloway Head, itt favour of those objects that I conceive are calculated to give happiness and prosperity to the people of this country. The motto under which this gathering takes place is, " Peace, Law, Order, Loyalty, and Union and I beg you to take into your most serious consi- deration, bow far it may be proper for you, as a bodv, — certainly as numerous and as respectable as any in Birmingham or its vicinity— to take part in a proces- sion upon that occasion, and thus set an example to other bodies of men. Other societies are already con- sidering the subject; and I trust there will be such a. glorious manifestation of public opinion that day, as shall redound to the honour of Birmingham, and their excellent leader Thomas Attwood. Trusting you will pardon the liberty I thus take in publicly addressing you, I remain, gentlemen, your's, & c., SINCERITAS. THE TOWN IIALL. SIR,— As the Town- hall now becomes resorted to upon almost all occasions for public meetings, and as it is still likely to be used much more so; it is most desirable, that upon such occasions, the speakers should, be distinctly heard, as much so as possible. At pre- sent, many of the speakers are not heard by the audi- tory standing at two- thirds distance from the speaker, often imperfectly heard even in the middle of the halt. It would be most desirable to try some plan to remedy this defect. A plan has suggested itself to my mind, which I beg to offer to the notice and attention of those who are qualified to form an opinion on the sub- ject, namely, to have a screen erected, removable at plea- sure, so as to form a head or sounding board, with a back to it, of any convenient depth, extending to the side galleries; the top to come forward to the face of the platform, or organ gallery, in a straight line, and have a gentle rise, making about an angle of 15 deg., and constructed so that 110 sound should escape at the back of the screen, but all be thrown out in front. It would also be attended with another advantage; it would prevent the currents of cold air coming so powerfully upon those who are seated in the orgau gallery or platform, especially when the seats are but partially occupied. J. B. [ Can our correspondent point 1o any case in which the expedient he recommends has been found prac- tically useful?— E. B. J.] GENERAL HOSPITAL, JULY 20.— Physician and Surgeon of the Patients of tile week, Dr. J. Johnstone aud Mr. Vaux. Visitor?, Mr, E. T. Moore and Mr. D. Ledsam. In- patients admitted, 23; out, 101. In- patients discharged, 21 i out, 98. Remaining in the house, 147. BIRMINGHAM DISPENSARY, JULY 20.— Sick patients relieveil, 295 j midwifery cases, 9. BIRMINGHAM SAVINGS'BAMK.— Monthly Report Amount received from the 20th of June to the 20th of July, in 772 deposits, £ 3,995 2s. 2d. Amount repaid from ditto to ditto, in 245 sums, £ 2,778 lis. 9d. Amount invested in the Bank of Englaiui, £ 120,792 i9a. 5d. New accounts opened this month, 131, Number of accounts now open, 7,053. STATE OF THE WORKHOUSE UP TO JULY 17. In the House .... Admitted since . Born in the House Discligd, absconded and dead* 192 4 196 20 Total o f each Wo- rn eI). lioys. 197 18 215 17 Girls. INFANTS. Male. Fem. Total. 449 S4 48J OS 42 « Number of Cases relieved last week 2. S59 Number of Children in tile Asylum... v SOS * Of whom 2 men and 1 female infant died. METEOROLOGICAL DIARY. Ft/ RNISUEDHY MR. WOLLER, B 1) 0BASTON- ST 11EET. Barometei at uoon. Ex- treme during night, Tlier. inoine- ter 8 morn. Extreme heat during day. Ther- mome- ter at noon. State of Wind at noon. Remarks at nooa. July 14 29 35 5" 0 04 0 68 0 00 0 S Rain 15 29 55 50 0 til 0 70 0 58 0 W Ram If, 29 05 48 0 06 0 72 0 0- 2 0 W Fair 17 29 00 47 0 00 0 70 0 60 0 W Rain 18 29 75 50 0 64 0 72 0 64 0 WbyN Fair 19 29 75 5' 2 0 60 0 74 0 66 0 W Fair 20 29 70 50 0 65 o 68 0 61 0 N Fair MARRIAGES. On the 10th instant, at Edgbaston, Mr. George Brown, brush- maker, of this town, to Miss Hannah Bartlam, second daughter of Mr. Phillip Bartlam, of Ladypool- lane, near Moseley. On Thursday week, at Byfield, Northamptonshire, Mr. Robert Wyon, of Dublin, to Anne, third daughter of the late Mr. Peter Wyon, of this town. On the 18' h inst., at Cannon street Chapel, by the Rev. T. Swann, Mr. Francis Arnold, of this town, to Miss Sarah Ann Steeple, eldest daughter of Mr. T. Steeple, of Balsall Heath. On the 19th inst., at St. George's, by the Rev. Mr. Irwin, Richard, second son of Mr. Edward Bach, of Bull- street, to Helen, youngest daughter of Mr. William Malone, of the Old - square. DEATHS On the 18th inst., at the house of his daughters', Upper Temple- street, in his 77th year, Mr. Thomas Cooke, for- merly of Newtoii- street and Edgbaston- lane, Moseley. On Monday last, aged 53, Mr. William Brookes, of Con- titution- hill, much respected by his family anil friends. On the 15th inst., aged44, Mr. Frederick Ward, of Price- street, in this town. On Tuesday last, Miss Eleanor Landor, of Smith- street, Warwick. On Friday week, aged 55, E. W. Horton, Esq., of Staf- ford. On the 14th inst., at Englefield Green, Lady Brisbane, widow of the late Rear- Admirul Sir Charles Brisbane, K. C. B. On Saturday last, in Gommond's- lane, Hereford, Mrs. Allen, relict of the late Mr. Allen, formerly of the Cathe- rine Wheel Inn. On the 11th instant, Mr. Joseph Phillips, plumber an4 glazier, of Warwick. 8 THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, AUGUST 11. LONDON GAZETTES. LONDON MARKETS. FRIDAY, JULY 13. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. JOSEPH HAIGH, dyer, Meltham, Yorkshire. BANKRUPTS. | Th « Ban/ erupts to surrender at the Co ur t of Commissioners, Basing. hall- street, when not otherwise expressed.] JOSEPH NEWSOME and JOHN NEWSOME, fancy manufac- turers, Almondbury, Yorkshire, August 3 and 24, at the George San, Hudderstield. Sols. Messrs. Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery- lane, London ; and Mr. Leadbeater, Mirfield. Pet. Cr. Robert Hird, Hudderstield, tinman. Seal. June 29. HUGH MACK. AY, tailor, Manchester, July 24 and August 24, at the Coinmissiouers'- rooms, Manchester. Sols. Messrs. Clarke and Medcalfe, Lincoln's- inn- fields, London ; and Mr. Smith, Man. cheater. Pet. Cr. Robert and John Gledhill, Halifax, woollen ® anufacturera. Seal. July 6. JESSE HOLLIS, builder, New Windsor, Berks, July 20 and August 24. Sol. Mr. Burn, Great Carter- lane, Doctors'- commons. Vet. Cr. FrAnris Groom, Wexlam, Bucks, brick maker. Seal. July 11. JOHN LOVELL, plumber, Leamington- priors, Warwick, tJuly 27 aad August 24, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Leamington. priors. Sols. Mi. Shirreff, Lincoln's inn- fields, London ; and Mr. Empson, Lea- smngton. Pet Cr. George Gurney, Leamington, butcher. Seal. July 9. DIVIDENDS. W. WILSON, merchant, Fenchurch- street, August 4, at twelve. J. F. BELAND, merchant, Rood- lane, City, August 4, at one. < © . RICH AUDSON, timber merchant, Limehouse, August 3, at ten. M ARGETTS, wine merchant, Oxford, August 3, at one. " WT. R. DYER, baker, Hungerford, Berkshire, August 4, at one, at the Bear Inn, Wantage, Berkshire. J. MOOItE and E. RAISBECK, iron founders, Dewsbury, York- shire, August 10, at eleven, at the Court- house, Leeds. W. BOWNAS, cloth manufacturer, Wortley, Yorkshire, August 6, si eleven, at the Court- house, Leeds, fj. HULIN, builder, Newport, August 3, at one, at the Three Sal- mons Inn, Usk, Monmouth. J. J. JOHNSON, flour dealer, Liverpool, August 6, at two, at the Clarendon. rooms, Liverpool. Si. SMITH, druggist, Liverpool, August 7, at one, at the Clarendon- Joems, Liverpool. €. L. BAHR, ship broker, Liverpool, August 4, at one, at the CJarendou- rooms, Liverpool. M. WOODLIFFE, victualler, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, August 6, at eleven, at the King's Head, Newport. CERTIFICATES, AUGUST 3. W. Marshall and Co., machine makers, Aldermanbury, Yorkshire - W. Woodhead and Co., scribbling millers, Aldermaubury, York- 83ie— W. A. Fullerton, Liverpool— J. Abell, money scrivener, IS& ucestershire— G. B, Phillipson, chemist, Hertford- street, May- is?— A. White, cabinet maker, Cheltenham— M. B. Evans and B. >$ ton, navy agents, Northumberland- street, Strand— J. Scholes, ilsee printer, Manchester— C. V. Smith and R. E. Goulding, linen nepers, Tottenham- court- road. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. A. Gilson and W. Jones, Cardiff— W. M'Haffie and R. M'Ewen, calico printers, Manchester— S. Clarke and W. Darby, linen drapers, Sisgh- street, Islington— T. Pace and T. Newman, tobacconist, Tot- t « 3bam court- road— P. Playne, D. Smith, E. W7ise, and P. Playne, Jan., woollen manufacturers, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire— J. B. Bell and T. Wade, printers, Holywell- street, Strand— W. Brnvker and W. T. Bowker, hat manufacturers, Audenshaw, Lan- cashire— £. Letchworth, T. Morris, and H. F. Letchworth, wool- alaplere, Reading— Thomas Langston and E. Langston, share ^ to& ers, Manchester— T. Fairthorne and F. Day, attorneys, St. Albans— J. Davies and C. Davies, glove manufacturers, Melina- ^ la e, St, George's- fields— C. F. Bennett and G. Morgan— J. Wright aad J. Nicholson, surgeons, Dronfield, Derbyshire— S. Cowling aud J. Williams, boot makers, Leicester— W. Hall and S. Garthwaite, auctioneers— W. B. Johnston and E. Allpress, ship agents, Lower Thames- street— J. and J. Clegg, cotton manufacturers, Toadcarr, Halifax— T. Brandon and J. Cattlow, attorneys, Cheadle, Stafford. shire— J. Boulton aud W. Boulton, silk mercers, Temple- row West, Birmingham— J. Baldwin and W. Waddington, paper makers, Bir- mingham— It. F. Redhouse and T. Tappenden, tailors, Gloucester- place, Old Keut- road, Surrey— T. M'tfurnie and J. M'Kean, com. saarnj brevyers, Hudderstield— T. Sparrow, T. Veevers, and R. Mart, tsasd, wioe merchants, Blackburn, Lancaster. ASSIGNMENTS. € 3e © rge Hindmarsh, Alnwick, innkeeper. John Hole, Crowcombe, Somersetshire, shopkeeper. William Lowe, Fenchurch- street, grocer. 3 » bu Smith, Cambridge, yeoman. TUESDAY, JULY 17. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. Jsxr 14.— HENRY WHEATLEY, Scarborough, Yorkshire, inn- keeper. Mix 16.- WILLIAM GREVILLE JONES, Greville- street, Brook, street, Holborn, surgeon. BANKRUPTS. 9EORGE MARTIN, Oxford. street, builder, July 30 and August 28. Sot. Mr. Williams, Alfred place, Bedford- square. Pet. Cr. Richard and John Lees, Wolverhampton, factors. Seal. July 13. TOOMAS M'SWINEY, Tonbridge- wells, Kent, builder, July 24 and August 28. Sols. Messrs. Williamson and Hill, Verulam. Wildings, Gray's- inn. Yet. Cr. Peter Paul Grellier and Thomas Greeve, Belvidere- road, stone merchants. Seal. July 9. THOMAS SMITH, Little James- street, Gray's inn- lane, coach soaker, July 30 and August 28. Sol. Mr. Lewis, Wilmington- square.- Pet. Cr. Michael Lewis, Wilmington- square, attorney. Seal. June 27. JOHN FRANKS, Oxford- market, Oxford- street, dealer, July 26 and August 23. Sol. Mr. Hudson, Old Jewry. Yet. Cr. Thomas and Samuel Gunn, Featherstone- street, City- road, smiths. Seal. July 12. iLCKE TAYLOR, Almondbury. Yorkshire, clothier, August 3 and 28, at the George Inn, Huddersfield. Sol. Mr. Crocker, Chancery- Sane. Yet. Cr. James, Joseph, Thomas, and Charles Brook, aud Jeremiah Ril « y, Huddersfield, woolstaplers. Seal. July 7. WILLIAM SMITH, Swarkeston Lowes, Derbyshire, dealer, August 1 and 28, at the County Tavern, Derby. Sol. Mr. Taylor, John, street, Bedford- row. Pet. Cr. James Orton, Woodford, near Ultoxeter, farmer. Seal. July 12. JOHN ROCH, Pembroke, currier, August 7 and 28, at the Green IJragon Inn, Pembroke. Sols. Messrs Philipp3 and Conquest, Size- lane. Pet. Cr. Francis Skinner, Haverfordwest, confectioner. Seal. July 2. JAMES BOWERMAN, Castle Cary, Somersetshire, shopkeeper, July 27 and August 28, at the Ansford Inn, Ansford. Sol. Mr. JSuss, Castle Cary. Pet. Cr. William Herridge, Wincanton, Somersetshire, farmer. Seal. June 19. DIVIDENDS. ^. PHILPOTT, Rochester, ironmonger, August 9. T. DEWHURST, Manchester, printseller, August 10. J. MORRISON and W. STONE, Harp- lane, Tower- street, wine merchant, August 8. W. WEBB, Westminster- bridge- road, Lambeth, coal merchant, August 8. C. ROBERTSON, D. D. MILLIGAN, and R. M. DALZELL, Lime. street- square, merchants, August 7. J. HOUGHTON and J. WATTS, Soho- square, drapers, August 8. K ALEXANDER, Mill. street, Hanover- square, wine merchant, August 8. A. COCKBURN, Carlisle, grocer, August 8. T. and N. ARMSTRONG, Caldcoats. Cumberland, tanners, Aug. 8. R. CROWTHER, Birmingham, builder, October 30. F. S. FROST, St. Thomas. the- Apostle, Devonshire, surgeon, Sep- tember 8. J. LOWNSBOROUGH, J. R. LEE, and T. WILLIAMS, Liver- pool, silk mercers, August 13. J. TENNENT and W. GARNETT, Liverpool, merchants, August 9. IS. FENWICK, North Shields, Northumberland, common brewer, August 7. T. BAILEY, Nottingham, Bingham, and Beeston, draper, August9. J. FORTH, Nottingham, hatter, August 9. J. NASH, Bristol, brewer, August 10. " W. CULSHAW, Wrightington, Lancashire, dealer, August 8, CERTIFICATES, AUGUST 7. J. Charhvood, Birmingham, hop merchant— J. Lomax, Stockport, Cheshire, paper manufacturer— B. Hill, Birmingham, stationer— W. C. Jennings, Bristol, corn factor— J. W. Waterhouse, Chesterfield, ^ Derbyshire, iron manufacturers. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. A. and T. White, Allerton, Yorkshire, stuff manufacturers- Watts, Wyatt, and Co., Stroud, Gloucestershire, bankers— J. and W. Alston, Blackburn, Lancashire, cotton manufacturers— W. Clay and Sou, Manchester, warehousemen— J. and S. Windle, Sheffield, sserchants— I. J. Morris and W. H. Thomas, Aldermanbury, flannel iactors— Withers and Chambers, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, tim- ber merchants— J. Wyburn and T. Battersbee, Chislehurst, Kent, schoolmasters— W., G., and J. Golds, Washington, Warminghurst, asd Ashington, Sussex, farmers ( so far as regards W. Golds) — Has- Sams and Plummer, Bolton. le- Moors and Manchester, manufacturers • f cotton goods ( so far as regards J. Plummer)— E. Underdown and M. Bowdage, Whitechapel- road, cheesemongers— J. Dean and J. jfcarnes, Liverpool, tailors— A. and J. Scherman, Newington- cause. way— Storey and Cheshire, Liverpool, ironmongers— T. and Z. Roberts, Bangor, Carnarvonshire, drapers— T. C. Hawkes and F. P 35. Piekthorne, Salisbury street, St. John's- wood, Regent.' s- park, vendors of drugs— W. Lees and Sons, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, factors ( so far as Regards W. L^ es) — H. Flint aud Co., Compton Martin, Somersetshire, and A. Flint and Co., Cork, Ireland, bone 3* » Uon manufacturers— Dundee New Bank, ( so far as regards H. Ssxfcer). ASSIGNMENTS. Thomas Bell, Lambeth- street, Whitechapel, victualler. James Buckley Brown, Boyd's Rope- ground, Bermondsey- wall, carpenter. Lewre Garrett, Houghton street, Clare- market, victualler. William Glover, Market Harborough, tailor and draper. John Smith, Boroughbridge, grocer and draper. CORN EXCHANGE, MONDAY, JULY 16.— Wheat, Essex Red, n* w, 54s to 648 ; line, 66s to 67s ; old, — s to — s; white, new, 63s to 66s i fine, 68s to 70s; superfine, 72s to 73s ; old, — s to — s.— Rye, 30s to 36s.— Barley, 28s to 34s; old, 35s to 36s ; superfine, — 8 to— a.— Malt, 50s to 56s ; line, 58s to 60s„- Peas, Hog, 32s to 35s ; Maple, 35s to 36s; white, 36s to 38s ; Boilers, 40o to 4^ 3.— Beans, small, 38s to 40s; old, — s to — s; Ticks, 32s to 34a * old, — s to — s; Harrow, 36s to 3Ss Oats, feed, 20s to 23s ; fine, 24s to 25s j Poland, 22a to 24s; fine, 25s to 26s; Potatoe, 27s to 28s ; fine, 29s to30a Bran, per quarter, 8s Od to 9s 0d.— Pollard, fine, per ditto, 14s. 20s. GISNEBALAVEKAGEPIUCEOFBRITISH CORN FORTHE WEEKENDING JULY 7, 1838 Wheat, 68s Od J Barley, 31s 0d; Oats, 22s 7 d; Rye, 36s 3d; Beans, 37s 8d ; Peas, 36s lid. DUTYON FOREIGN CORN FOR THE PRESENT WEEK.— Wheat, 21s 8d ; Barley, 15s 4d ; Oats, 13s 9d ; Rye, 16s 9d ; Beans, « 4 » Od ; Peas, 15s 6d. PRICE OF SEEDS, JULY 16.— Per Cwt.— Red Clover, to 70s ; English, 50s fiue, 80s to 85s; Foreign, 50s to 65s; fine, 70s to 75s.— White Clover, 50s to 56s; fiue, 60s to 63s.— Trefoil, new, 14s to 18s; fine, 19s to 21s ; old, 12s to 18s.— Trefolium, 10s to 12s ; fine, 13s to 14s.— Caraway, English, new, 40s to 443 ; Foreign, 40s to 42s— Coriander, 10s Od to 12s Od. Per Quarter.— St. Foin, 42s to 48s ; fine, 50s to54s ; Rye Grass, 18s to 30s ; new, 32s to 40s ; Pacey Grass, 42s to48s; Linseed for feeding, 46s to 50s; fine, 50s to 56s ; ditto for crushing, 42s to is.— Caaary, 45s to 52s.— Hemp, 32s to 40s. Per Bushel.— White Mustard Seed, 7s Od to9s0d; brown ditto, 8s Od to 12s ; Tares, 4s 6d to 5s Od ; tine new, Spring, 5s 3d to6s 0d; Per Last.— Rape Seed, English, 36/ to40/; Foreign, 34/ to 38/. OILS.— Rape Oil, brown, £ 36 10s per ton; Refined, £ 38 0s ; Linseed Oil, £ 26 0s ; and Rape Cake,£ 5 10s.— Linseed Oil Cake, £ 11 10s per thousand. HAYANDSTRAW.— Smithfield.— Hay, 70s Od to 118s Ud; Inferior, to — 8; Clover, 90s to 120s; Inferior — s to — s; Straw, - iOs to 48b. Whitechapel.— Clover, 115s to 120s ; new, 80s to 95s; second cut, — s to — s; Hay, 100 to 110s ; new ditto,— s to— s ; Whei. t Straw, 38s to 42s. Cumberland.— Fine Upland Meadow and Rye- grass Hay, 115s to 125s; inferior ditto, 100s to 105s ; superior Clover, 120s to 126s; Straw, 42s to 44s per load of 36 trusses. Portman Market.— Coarse heavy Lowland Hay,— sto — 8; new Meadow Hay, 80s to 90s ; old ditto, 100s to 120s ; useful ditto, — s to — s; New Cloverditto, — s to— s; old ditto, 100s to 12Us ; Wheat Straw, 40s to 48s perload of 36 trusses. SMITHFIELD, JULY 16 — TO sink the offal— per 81b.— beef, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Best Down and Polled Mutton, 3s lOd to 4s 10d; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; Pork, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; Lamb, 5s 0d to 6s 2d. NEWGATE AND LEADEN HALL.— By the Carcase.— Beef, 3s Od to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s Od to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 4d to 5s Od ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d. COUNTRY MARKETS, & c. BIRMINGHAM MARKET. Corn Market, July 19. A fair supply of Wheat to this day's market, and the millers being generally short of stock were inclined to purchase, and good fresh samples readily made an advance of 2d. to 3d. per bushel. Nothing doing in malting Barley; grinding would readily make 30s. per quarter of 3y2lbs, No change iu the value of Oats. Beans very plentiful, at rather less money. Peas same as last week. Hop INTELLIGENCE Worcester, July IS.— We had a fair business doing on Saturday, there being several free buyers at market; the prices of last week, however, were not maintained; a reduction of 3s. to 4s. per cwt. being submitted to where sales were effected. The reports from the plantations are still very unfavourable, and the duty remains at 10,010;.— Weighed oil Saturday forty. three pockets, during the week thirty. six. Borough, July 16 The trade in hops during the past week hae been less active, and when sales have been forced on the market, rather less money has been taken. The estimated duty is now quoted at 164m., the district reports being; rather more favourable from some quarters. Present Prices per cwt. :— East Kent pockets, £ 4 15s. £ 5 12s. line £ 6 6s. ; ditto bags, £ 4 10s. to £ 5 5s. flue £ 5 12s.; Mid Kent pockets, £ 4 4s. to £ 4 15s. line £ 6 0s.; ditto bags, £ 4 0s. to £ 4 10s. fine, £ 5 10s.; Weald of Kent pockets, .£ 3 16s. to £ 4 4s. fine j£ 5 0s.; Sussex pockets, £ 3 15s. to £ 4 4s. fine £ 4 15s.; Yearlings, £ 1 10s. to £ 3 3s. fine £ 3 158. ; Old £ 1 15s. to £ 2 2s. fiue £ 2 10s.; Old Olds, 18s. to £ 1 10s. fiue£ l I5s. FAIRS TO BE HOLDBN. — Warwickshire— July 30, Knowle; 31, Alcester.— Worcestershire— July 23, Bevvdley.— Staffordshire— July 2: 1, I. ane- end; 26, Tamworth; 28, Leek; 31, Uttoxeter, Betley.— Gloiicestershire— Jnly 23, Tetbury; 24 and 26, Stow. on. the. Wold ; 28, Winchcombe.— Oxfordshire— July 25, Chipping Norton North. arnptonshtre— Juiy 23, Fotheringay.— Leicestershire— July 25, Bells, den ; 26, Lutterworth ; 30, Mountsorrel; 31, Market Harborough. J. d. s. d. Old 8 6 — a 3 New 8 8— 9 4 Irish 7 H _ 8 6 B Alt LEY— per hup. Quarter. For Malting 30 0 — 37 0 For Grinding, per 49lbs 3 6 — 4 0 M ALT— per Imperial bushel. Old aud new 6 9— 79 OATS- per39tbs. Old 3 3 — 3 6 New 3 0 — 3 6 Irish 2 6 — 3 3 BEANS— per bug, 10 score gross. s. rf. s. it. Old 15 6— 16 6 New 13 6- 15 3 PEAS— per bug of 3 Bush. hup. Foil UOILINU. White 16 0 — 17 0 Grey 15 0— 16 0 FOR GWINDING. per bug of 10 score 14 6 — 15 6 White 15 0 — 15 0 FLOUR— per sack of2SUlbs. net. Fine Seconds.... 0 — 65 0 — 50 Tliefollowiug is tlie statement in Messrs. Sturge'scirculur — PRESENT PRICES OF GRAIN. Birmingham, July 19, 1838 s. d. s. d. WHEAT, English, White, per bushel of 621b. 8 6 to 9 1 Old 8 4 .. 9 2 English, Red 8 0 .. 9 0 Old 8 3 .. 9 2 Irish, White none 0 0 .. 0 0 Red none 0 0 .. 0 0 Old . none 0 0 .. 0 0 Foreign none 0 0 .. 0 0 ARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. Quarter —. 31 6 .. 38 6 Irish ......... ........ 0 0 .. 0 0 Grinding, per Quarter of3921bs. 27 6 .. 30 0 OATS, English, White, per Imperial Quarter Jl 0 .. 34 0 Welsh, Black and White, per 312lbs. ™ 21 9 .. 22 9 Irish,( weighing41 to 421bs.) do. „— 23 0 .. 25 6 (,) 7tuS9lbs.) do. 21 9 .. 22 9 do. 22 0 .. 22 9 BE ANS, English, Old, per bushel of ( 551bs 5 4 .. 5 10 New ................ 4 10 .. 5 6 Iri& li. « ™ . « ~—— ....— none 0 0 .. 0 0 Foreign ——..—..... 4 10 .. 5 6 PEAS, Boiling, per Imp. Quarter 40 0 .. 52 0 Grinding, per Quarter ol 3921bs. — 27 0 .. 30 0 FLOUIt, English, Fiue, per Sack ol 2S01bs 53 0 .. 56 0 Seconds ....— 48 0 .. 51 0 Gloucester, July 13, 1838, s. d. WHEAT, English, White, per Imp. Bushel Old English, Red , Old Irish, White, per 601bs « lied Old Foreign . — 7inminul 0 — nominal 0 — nominal 0 . nominal 0 B AItLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. Quarter 31 Irish — iiuii" 0 Grinding, per Quarter of 3921bs. 28 OATS, English, White, per Imp. Quai ter 20 Welsh, Black and White .20 Irish ( weighing41 to42lbs); per Qr. of3121bs. 21 ( 37 to391bs.) Black ™ , ™ . BEANS, English, Old, per Imp. Bushel . New —....... Irish —........... Foreign ™ , ™ . ™ - ™ .— —., PEAS, Boiling, per Imp. Quarter Grinding, per Quarter of 39^ lbs. . FLOUR, English, Fine, per sack of2801bs. Seconds — 20 20 5 . none 0 4 44 28 53 50 8 6 I 8 8 8 3 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 4 0 10 0 0 0 0 s. d. 8 11 9 0 8 0 0 0 , 0 34 0 32 28 22 . 24 , 21 . 21 . 5 . 4 . 0 . 5 . 50 . 31 . 55 . 52 GLOUCESTER WEEKLY AVERAGE, Qrs. Bush. Barley 0 0 Oats 215 0 Beans —.—...... 68 0 — t. d 68 9 0 0 23 2 36 10 0 0 WORCESTER WEKKLY AVERAGE. Qrs. Bush. Wheat, Barley - Oats V Peas ™ Beans . 243 0 0 0 43 GLOUCESTER SHIP NEWS, From July 12 to July 17. IMPORTS: The Lamb, from Bathurst, with 424 pieces of pine timber, 80 deals, and 10 fathoms of lathwood, consigned to Tripp Brothers— Ceres, Bridgwater, 1 - 00 bricks— Three Sisters, London, 10 puncheons of rum, Johnsons and Co. j 12 cases of hock, Jenkins and Woodhouse ; 12 hogsheads of wine, Martin, Washbourne, and Lloyd; general cargo, Gopsil Brown— Comet, Barnstaple, general cargo, Sanders— Horatio, Guernsey, 84 quarters of wheat, M'Cheaue and Bartlett; 190 quarters of wheat, Pliillpotts and Co.— Catharina Dorothea, Elsfleth, 56 tons of bark aud 150 hams, J. W. Hentig— Lovely, Yarmouth, 56 tons of sand, Goodwin— Sarah, Bristol, 35 tons of lime stone, Southanand Son— Newport Trader, Newport, 4+ tons of coals, Sowthan and Son— Curlew, Miramichi, timber, & c., Price, Washbourne, and Price— Lovely Peggy, Milford, 51 tons of coals, Ward— Margam Packet, Porth Cawl, 56 tons of copper, spelter, and tin, Southan and Son— Gloucester Packet, Waterford, 347 barrels of oats, J. and C. Sturge; 35 bales of bacon, Joseph Morris. EXPORTS : The Despatch, for Truro, with 17 tons of iron, from Kendall and Son ; tons of salt, Southan and Sou— Rancy, Pen. zance, 83^ tons of salt, Southan aud Son— Vine, Bristol, 16 tons of salt, Southan and Sou— Mary Aim, Blackpool, 56 tons of salt, Gopsil Brown— Minerva, Carmarthen, 21 tons of salt, Gopsil Brown — Newpott Trader, Newport, general cargo, Southun and Son— Barill, Wyburgh, 122 tons of salt, Gibbs, Bright, and Co.— Recovery, Quebec, John Forster— Comet, Barnstaple, Sanders— Concord, Lan- caster, 16 tons of bar and 16^ tons of pig iron, Kendall and Son— Friends, Gravesend, 100 tons of salt, Gopsil Brown— Sarah, Swansea, general cargo, Southan and Son. rpHE ONLY GENUINE WIDOW WELCH'S ' A PILLS, prepared by Mrs. Smithers, ( granddaughter to the original proprietor Widow Welch) from the real Family Recipe, without the least variation whatever. This Medicine is justly celebrated for all female com- plaints, nervous disorders, weakness of tile solids, loss of appetite, sick bead ache, lowness of spirits, and particularly for irregularities in the female system. Mrs. Smithers re- commends mothers, guardians, managers of schools, and all those who have the care of females at an early age, never to be without this useful medicine. The following letter is, by permission of the parties, allowed to be made public. To Mr. 17th December, 1833. SIR,— Hannah Bennett, the daughter of William and Susannah Bennett, of Southborongh Grove, Tunbridge, Kent, had been af- flicted with continued illness from the age of seventeen to twenty- two. She had generally a severe pain in the side and in the chest, attended with shortness of breath and swollen legs; she lost both her colour and her appetite, and was at times exceedingly weak. She had the advice of two physicians and several medical gentlemen in the neighbourhood, as well as tried many remedies recommended by other persons, hut nothing touched her complaint, until she was advised to try WIDOW WELCH'S PILLS, from which she began to find beuefit before she had taker, one box, and before she had taken the whole of the third box, she was entirely restored to health, which is now a twelvemonth ago, and she has remained well ever siuce. We are, sir, your's respectfully, W. and S. BENNETT. CAUTION.— The medicine sold in the name of Kearsley, for the Widow Welch's Pills, is not the genuine prepared by Mrs. Smithers, who is the grand- daughter of the Widow Welch, and the only person entitled to the preparation. Mrs. Smithers begs also to caution purchasers against another preparation, the external appearance of which is made to resemble her medicine, with this difference, that the name to the genuine medicine is " WELCH," whereas the name on the imitation or counterfeit is spelt " WELCHES," — a little attention will detect the imposition. Mrs. Smitheis' genuine preparation will, for the future, have her signature on the outside label, and her Agent's name and address on the government stamp, " Evan Ed- wards, 67, St. Paul's." Price 2s. 9d. per box. Sold by Southall's, Shillitoe, Wood, Johnson, Banks, Butterworth, Clarke and Son, Edwards, Martin, Adkins, Smith, Harris, Belcher and Son, Birmingham; Bailey, Flemingand Co., Simpson, Alexander and Co., Wolverhamp- ton ; Turner, Danks, Hickman, Dudley; Berkley, Morris, J. Fowler, E. and R. Fowler, Hassall, Stourbridge ; Davis. Ni- cholls, Brough, Kidderminster; Hopkins, Goodman, Hen- ley; Wall and Lucas, Smith, Stratford ; Roberts, llarper, Balv, Warwick; Twinberrow, Beasleyand Co., Flecknoe, Nelson and Co., Leamington ; Coleman, Loveitt, Merridevv, Rollason, Willerton, Coventry; Knight, Nuneaton; Beech, Peakes, Atherstone; and by most dea'ers in medicine. HYDROPHOBIA, f RMnS horrific Disease is effectually prevented by J. the timely application of ROWED arid Co.' s IMPE- RIAL COMPOSITION — highly approved of by the Faculty: no one ought to be without it, in case of accident. Also, a Preparation lor the Prevention of that baneful Disease Syphilis, which insidiously entails misery on after generations. Depot, No. 6- t, Faringdon- street, London ; and sold by most Druggists and Vendors. Birmingham, July 19, 1838. At Gloucester market on Saturday last scarcely a sample of Wheat was offering. At Worcester, same day, the supply was also very short, and an advance of 2s, per quarter readily obtained. Barley scarce, and 2s. per quarter higher. A fair business was done in Oats, at former prices. Beans and Peas unaltered. During the present week the weather has been very fine, but the quantity of Wheat offering is small, and rather over the prices of last week are easily obtained. Some quantity of grinding Barley has changed hands at 29s. to 30s. per quarter of 3S) 2lbs. We have no demand for Oats, except in retail. Beans and Peas are without enquiry. At this day's market the fanners' supply of Wheat was very short, but the quantity from the dealers considerable. The trade was not brisk, at an advance of about Is per quarter ; good red real- ising 9s. per 621bs. Barley more in demand. Some sales of Oats were made at rather under last week's currency. Beans unaltered. For grinding Peas we had innre enquiry. IMPORTANT TO THE AFFLICTED, WHO may be labouring' under any internal dis- ease, and deemed incurable, or dismissed from any hospital as such, may be cured by applying to Mr. W. Cooper, botanist, near the Blue Gates, Srnethwick, nea* Birmingham, where he prepares all his infallibles for the core of every internal disease, as well as for all diseases of the Eye, from herbs gathered under the planets which govern them. Charges iow, aud cure sure, if patients attend to orders ; or they may obtain his herb medicines, & c., at Mr, WOOD'S, NO. 78, High- street, Birmingham. Smetlnvick, May 7, 1838. THE ONLY CURE FOR CORNS AND BUNIONS. RAMSBOTTOM'S CORN and BUNION SOL. VENT. By the use of this valuable remedy imme- diate relief from pain is obtained, and by its successive application for ashortperiod, the mostobstinate Corns are entirely removed without recourseto the dangerous opera- tions of cutting or filing. The proprietor pledges himself that it does not contain caustic or any otherarticle that will inflame the skin; being white it will not stain the stocking; and the advantage it has over plaister is mani, test, and fully appreciated, as the very high recommenOa. tion bestowed upon it by everyindividual that hasused it testifies. Price Is. ljd. and 2s. The various counterfeits that are attemptedto be im- posed upon the public in lieu of thisinvaluableremedy, render it imperativelynecessary for purchasers to ask for S. Ramsbottom'sCorn and Bunion Solvent, and to see that it has the signature of" S. Ramsbottom" written upon the label that is pasted on the outside of the wrapper of every genuine bottle, in addition to the name of the article, and words sold by Hannayand Co. 63, Oxford- street, being the name and address ofthe proprietor'swholesaleagents. The following letter from Mr. John Winfield, of Bir mingham, is one of many hundreds of the same tenor: Gentlemen— Having read an advertisement in a Birmingham paper, 1 wasinduced to purchasefrom your agent, Mr. Maher, Ann. street, a bottle of Ramsbottom's Corn and Bunion Solvent;— after a week'sapplication 1 found it had the desired effect. I have since re. commended it to many ot myfriends. You are at liberty to make vny use youpleaseof thiscommuuication Yourohedient servant Birmingham, August6,1836. JOHN WINFIEI. D. Soldbyappointmentby M. Maher, 5, Congreve- street, and W. Wood, Bookseller, High- street, Birmingham ; Parke, Wolverhampton; Rogers, Stafford; Mort, Newcastle; Mer ridew, Coventry; Dicey, Northampton. Mc Families, Travellers, Masters of Ships, and Sportsmen should never be without OXON'S EFFERVESCENT MAGNESIAN APERIENT, decidedly the most generally useful medicine ever offer ed to the public. The unrivalled efficacy of the Magnesian, in all disorders of the stomach and bowels, has obtained for it the uniform recommendation and approval of the faculty. This unique preparation unites all the active powers of the most approved saline purgatives, with the palatable qualities of a glass of soda water. In torpid states of the liver and bowels, bilious affections, cholera morbus, pains in the head, or disordered state of the stomach, nausea, and violent sickness, it will be found a safe, speedy, and effectual remedy. It gives instantaneous relief in the heartburn, is of great service in preventing piles, fistula, and gout, and in alleviating the febrile symptoms attendant on the latter affection. Derangement of the stomach and head, & c.. arising from a too free indulgence in the gratifications of the table, is speedily removed by a tea- spoonlul taken early in lire morning. Prepared only by BENJAMIN MOXON, chemist, Hull. Wholesale agents, Barclay and Sons, London ; J and R Raimes, Edinburgh and Dublin. Sold wholesale aud retail at all the medicine warehouses in London, and retail by all vendors of medicines throughout the kingdom. In bottles at 2s. 9d*, 4s. 6d., and in family bottles at lis., ( with a ground glass stopper) containing the quantity of five of the 2s. 9d, size, being a saving of twenty per cent to the purchaser. May be had as above, that very popular and much- esteemed preparation of Sarsaparilla, the CONCEN- TRATED COMPOUND DECOCTION. Prepared by B. MOXON, chemist, Hull. IMPORTS INTO GLOUCESTER From the 11 th to the 18th inst. Wheat. Oats. Barley. Beans. Ireland Qrs 1473 Qrs Qrs Qrs Coastwise.. 270 Qrs Qrs Qrs Qrs Foreign..,. Qrs Qrs Qrs Ors Peas. Flour. Rye. Vetches. Qrs Sacks Qrs Qrs Coastwise,. Qrs Sacks Qrs Qrs Foreign.... Qrs Sacks Qrs Qrs WARWICK, SATURDAV, JULY 14— Wheat, per bag, old 253 0d to 26s Od ; new, 24s Od to 26s Od ; Barley, per quarter, 30s Od to 31s Od ; grinding, 28s Od to 30s ( Id ; Oats, 28s Od to 32s Od ; New, Os Od to 0s Od; Peas, per hag, 16s od to 18s Od ; Beans, I5s 6d to 16s fid; new, 14s 0d to IBs Od; Vetches, 0s Od to 0s Od; Malt, 56s Od to 64s Od per quarter. HEREFORD, JULY 14— Wtieat, per bushel Imperial meRSiire 9s Od to 9s 3d. Ditto, new, per bushel, 0s Od to 0s Od. Barley, 3s 3d to 3s fid. Beans, 5s Od to 5s 3d. Peas, 3i 6d to 4s Od. Vetches, 3s Od to 3s 6d. Oats. 3s od to 3s 3d. CHELTENHAM, JULY 12 Wheat, 7s 9d to 8s 3d per bushel, Ditto, red, 7 « > A t" Fa Od. Barley, 3s Cd to 4s 6d. Oats, 3s Od to 4s 3d, Beans, 5s Od to 5s 6d. SIMCO'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, a safe and effectual cure for Rheumatism, Gout, Rheu- matic Gout, Rheumatic Fever, Lumbago, Cramp, & c. Sold in boxes at Is. l£ d. and 2s. 9d. each, duty included, A Is. ljd. box contains doses for five days, and a 2s. 9( 1, box for fifteen days. Warranted free from Mercury, liheumaticpains, whether seated iu the head, face, shoulders elbows, wrists, hands, hips, knees, loins, legs, or feet, will be speedily eradicated by the use of these Pills, but, of course, if it is an old, stubborn case, it will require perseverance in the use of them. Simco's Gout and Rheumatic Pills claim a two- fold superiority over all other Gout medicines ever offered to the public— a certainty of cure, and re- establish- ment of health, at a trifling expense. The visible improve merit of the general health, after a few days' doses, is remarkable. Again no particular rules or restrictions are necessary to be observed, the principal action of the medicine is confined to the nerves, muscles, and tendons; never- theless the pills wonderfully strengthen the tone of the stomach, sharpen the appetite, and facilitate digestion, These pills seldom produce perspiration, purging, or sick ness, consequently, every person may pursue his or her usual avocation, let it he what it may. Every species ol Gout or Rheumatism, is speedily and effectually cured by the use of these pills. Arr approaching attack of Gout may always be prevented, by a timely use of them. The demand which is very extensive, is rapidly increasing. For cases of Cure see bills round the boxes. Sold in bottles, price Is. l^ d., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each. Sold by Wood, Shillitoe, High- street; Matthison and Co., Edgbaston- street; Banks, Market- place; Knott, Harvey, Martin, and Clark and Sons; Birmingham: Turner and Sorts, Hickman, Dudley: Fleeming aud Seyde. Parke, Wolverhampton; and Lomax, Lichfield. Any medicine vendor not keeping it will procure it if requested. Wholesale by Barclay and Sons, and Bodington and Co., London; and S. Simco, Northampton. B1 LAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC I'lLLS. Cure of rheumatism of forty years' standing, at Malms- bury, Wilis. To Mr. Prout, 2- 29, Strand, London. SIR,— I feel that I am performing a duty, to acknowledge publicly the very great benefit which 1 have derived from taking BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, after having been afflicted with rheu- matism in my left hip, thigh, shoulders, head, and arms, for forty years— for a long period the pain was so great that I frequently started up in bed— in fact, for seven years before taking BLAIR'S PILLS, I had little or no rest, night or day, although I had the best medical advice, both iu aud out of the army. I now am happy to say that I am free from this painful disease, and have been so for three months. These pills were recommended to me by my brother in Bath, who has been cured by tbeai of gout or rheumatism of long standing, and advised me to lose no time in applying for them to your agent, Mr. Walker, druggist, Malmsbury, which 1 did, and after taking five boxes am coinpl-. tely cured. Witness my hand this 22nd February, 1838. HENRY Wrr. KtNSON, Upwards of seventeen years of the Royal Marines. Mr. Walker, chemist, Malmsbury, will testify respecting the authenticity of this letter. The above is another proof of the great efficacy of this excellent medicine, which has called forth the grateful thanks and approbation of all classes of society. From many of the highest branches of the nobility to the poorest peasant, they have happily been the means of giving a de- gree of health and comfort, which, in most cases, have not been enjoyed for years ; they effectually relieve the most acute fit of gout in a few hours, and seldom fail to enable the patient to resume Ins usual avocation in two or three days, and if taken on the first symptoms, the patient is frequently left in doubt as to the reality of the attack. And there is another most important effect belonging to this medicine— that it prevents the disease flying to the brain, stomach, or other vital part. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by his appointment at Birmingham, by Shillitoe, Wood, Collins and Co., Edwards, Flewitt, Sumner and Co., Smith, Suf- field, Gazette and Adi- ertiser offices; Dudley, Morris, Tur- ner and Hollier; Wolverhampton, Mander and Co., Simpson; Atherstone, Davis; Walsall, Valentine and Co. ; Kidderminstej, Penneil ; Lichfield, Morgan ; Bewd- ley, Morris; Westbromwich, Shillitoe; Shiffnall, Harding; Bromsgrove, Maund; Warwick, Bayley, Harper, Hodg- kinson, Roberts; Bridgnorth, Nicholas ; Coventry, Wileys and Brown, Merridew, Rollason, Loveitt; and all respect- able medicine vendors throughout the kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," impressed on the government stamp, affixed to each box of the genuine medicine. ASHLEY COOPER'S BOTANICAL PURIFY- ING PILLS are established by thirty years'experi- errce, are prescribed by most of the eminent Physrcans and Surgeons in London, and are always administered at several public hospitals, as the only certain remedy for Gonorrhoea, Gleets, Strictures, and all other forms of Ve- nereal diseases, in either sex, curing in a few days, bj one small pill lor a dose, with ease, secrecy, and safety. Theit operation is imperceptible, they do not require theslightest confinement, or any alteration ofdiet. beverageorexercise. They do not disagree with the stomach, nor cause and offensive smell to the breath, as is the case with all other medicinesin use for these complaints, and after a cure ef- fected by the use of these pills, the party vvillnotexperience any return of the complaint, as generally occurs alter taking Balsam of Copaiba, and other drugs of the like nature, which only possessing a local action, merelysuppressed the com plaint 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, aud are at last constrained to have recourseto 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. Captainsol vesselsshould make a point of always taking them to sea, their unrivalled effi- cacy in curing Scurvy being known throughout the world. The following letter selected from numerous other pro- essional recommendations forwarded to the proprietor when, he first offered these pills to the public, may be considered interesting. From that eminemsurgeott, the late Joshua Brookes, Esq., F. R. S., Professor of Anatomy, & c. & c. Theatre of Anatomy, Blenheim. street. Dear Cooper,— I have tried your pills in nuinerouB instances, alld my candid opinion is that they are a mostimproved system of treat- ment for those peculiar complaints for which you recommend them, curing with rapidity, and with a certainty that I had never before witnessed; but what I consider their most invaluable property is, that they entirely eradicate the complaint, and never leave those dis tressing secondary symptoms ( that harass the patient for life) which usually arise after the use of those uncertain remedies, Mercury and Copaiba. I think you cannot fail to have a very large sale for them Believe me, yours, very truly, JOSHUA BROOKES. Ashley Cooper's Botanical Purifying Pills are sold in boxes at 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. each, wholesale and retail, at HANNAYand Co.' s General Patent Medicine Warehouse, 63, Oxford- street, the corner of Wells- street, London, where the public can be supplied with every Patent Medi- cine of repute, ( with an allowance on taking six at one time) warranted genuine and fresh from the various makers. Orders by post, containing a remittance, punctually attended to, and the change, if any, cart 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 ; Par ker, Wolverhampton; Rogers, Stafford; Mort, Newcastle; any Merridew, Coventry. ACERTAIN DISEASE PREVENTED by the use ot Rowed's Composition, which has been the means of saving thousands from misery and ruin. The Proprietors of this invaluable discovery, receive daily testi- monials of its efficacy, and transcendent qualities in resisting a disease so destructive to health and happiness— while un- like the mineral poisons administered by many Practitioners, it tends to prolong life and restore decayed nature. It is sold by all respectable Medicine Vendors, for the use of both sexes, at 2s. 9d. per box, ( duty included) with copious directions, which, if attended to, will prevent the unhappy events too often arising from indiscriminate pleasure. Sold wholesale and retail by Rowed aud Co., at their Patent Medicine Warehouse, 64, Farrlngdon- street, Lon- don. Of A J" RE A TISE on every Stage and Symptom of a Certain Co mi) lain t, is just published by iV| ESSRS. PERRY and Co., Surgeons, who may 1. TA be personally consulted, on all cases of secrecy, from nine in the morning till ten at night, and on Sundays from nine till two, at No. 4, GREAT CHARLES- STREET, four doors from Easy- row, Birmingham; No. 23, SLATER-, STREET, near DUKE- STREET, LIVERPOOL, and 4, BALE- STREET, near St. Peter's Church, MANCHESTER; and country pati- ents requiring their assistance, by making only one personal visit, will receive such advice that will enable them to ob- tain a permanent and effectual cure, after all other means have failed ; and with each box of PERRY'S PURIFY- ING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d. and lis., will receive gratis the TREATISE ON VENEREAL and SYPHILITIC DISEASES, with observations on se- minal weakness, and the deplorable consequences resulting from the use of mercury, containing plain and practical directions for the speedy and effectual cure of all degrees of the above complaints. Where an early application is made for the cure of a certain disorder, frequently contracted in a moment of in- ebriety, the eradication is generally completed in a few days, and in the more advanced and inveterate stages of venereal infection, characterised by a variety of painful and dis- tressing symptoms, a perseverance in their plan, ( without restraint in diet or exercise) will insure to the patient a per- manent and radical cure. It is a melancholy fact, that thousands fall victims to this disease, owing to the unskilfulness of illiterate men, who, by the use of that deadly poison— mercury, ruin the con- stitution, cause ulcerations, blotches on the head, face, and body, dimness of sight, noise in the ears, deafness, obsti- nate gleets, nodes on the shin bones, ulcerated sore throats, diseased nose, with nocturnal pains in the head and limbs, till at length a general debility and decay of the constitution ensue", and melancholy death puts a period to their dreadful sufferings. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d. aud lis. a box, are well known as a certain and effec- tual remedy for every stage and symptom of the venereal disease, without confinement, loss of time, or hindrance from business; they have effected many surprising cures, not only in recent gonorrhoea and simple cases, but when salivation and all other means have failed. Messrs. Perry and Co., Surgeons, continue to direct their studies to those dreadful debilities arising from the too free and indiscriminate indulgence of the passions, which notonly occasion the necessity of renouncing the felicities of mar- riage, to those who have given way to this delusive and de- structive habit, but weaken and destroy all the bodily senses, producing melancholy, deficiency, and a numerous train of nervous affections. In this distressing state, whether the consequence of such baneful habits or any other cause, their mild mode of treatment will effect a speedy restoration to sound and vigorous health; and to those whose constitu- tions have become enfeebled, in consequence of improper treatment, or the venereal virus not being entirely rooted from their system, as well as froffl the dreadful effects of mercury, or from secondary symptoms of the venereal disease, including strictures, gleets, aud all urethral dis- charges, their medicine will be found a most safe and inva- luable remedy. Messrs. PERRY may be personally consulted from nine in the morning till ten at night, and will give advice to persons taking the above, or any other of their prepaia- tions, without a fee. Attendance on Sundays from nine till two, at No. 4, Great Charles- street, Birmingham; where their medicines can only be obtained, as no Book seller. Druggist, or any other Medicine Vendor is supplied with them. Country letters, ( post paid) containing a remittance for medicine, will be immediately answered. MULREADDY'S COUGH ELIXIR. NE 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. D » ? ar 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 ^ oft palate relaxed, and in a state of irritation, and th£ more. I coughed the worseit was, and it, in its own turn, produced a constant excitement of coughing . I am now about, to the wonder of my friends aud neighbours, entirely free from cough. One small phial of your inestimable medicine, ten years backj 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 to me. 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 proye an enormous fortune to your grand- children. If you make up your mind to do so, as I am what the world styles an idle man, you may enlist'me inyour service in any ; yay that you think would be useful. But I should advise you to ftlace the management in the hands of one of the great medicine louses 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 house, Oxford street being one of the most public situations in Lou. don. AH join me in kipd remembrance to yourself and Mrs. M. T. Mulreaddy, Esq. Believe me, yours, very truly, Ro OBERT GRANT. Golden Lion Hotel, Liverpool. Sir— To my astonishment, the other day, I had a visit from my old and esteemed friend, Mr. Hughes, whom I had notseen for many years, and still more so was I when, finding that I had a severe cough, he drew forth from his pocket a phial, a portion of the con- tents of which he insisted upon my swallowing iristanter, and lef me the remainder, which 1 also took, and iu 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, aud if 1 can, in return, afford you any service on the other side of the Atlantic, I am at your command. T. W. BUCHANAN. Master of the Brig Nancy, of Orleans. T. Mulreaddy, Esq. Birkenhead, Jan., 1835. Dear Sir,— The bottle of Medicine you left for me the other day has greatly relieved the wheezing I have been so long subject to ; and I do not now find the cold produce the sensation it used previous to taking your medicine; it used formerly to nip me ou going out, and I seemed as though I had a string run through my body, and the breast and bark bones were drawn together. If you will be so good as to give me another bottle, I am sure it will work a perfectcure. I am, sir, your most obedient servant, T. Mulreaddy, Esq. NICHOLAS BROWN. Dear Sir,— The effect of your medicine, in curing our children of the Hooping Cough, has been like magic, for which I, and Mrs. Wilson iu 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 in future. Believe me, yours very sincerely, J. WILSON. Liverpool, Dec., 1834. My dear Sir,— You most assuredly deserve the thanks of society for presenting it with such an invaluable cure for Coughs. For years past, during the winter mouths, and aiways on foggy days, have I heretofore been compelled to confine myself a close and soli- tary prisoner in my library, to prevent the possibility of being tempted to join in conversation, the excitement of which always produced such violent paroxysms of coughing, that I have been in constant dread of sudden dissolution, by bursting of a blood- vessel. At the commencement of the present season, by your kind liberality,! com- menced taking the medicine you sent, and have taken twelve bottles. Alter I had taken three, I could respire as vigourously as in the early partof my life, and I now believe that 1 was then perfectly cured— a cure uot to have been expected at my advanced age, 80 years— but I persevered in taking it until I had consumed the whole twelve bottles. Your situation in life, I know, places you beyond the necessity of preparing an article of the kind for sale, but it must and shall be done, and if you neglect to do it, my sincere wish is that you may be lugged out of your retirement, and compelled to provide it in quantities equal to the boundless waters; and you may rely upon it, that I, a locomotive proof of its wonderful power, will spar.' 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 fir the first, trusting that your goodness will not suffer yon to refuse m » a pretty considerable quantity, and I promise to distribute it most usefully. Whenever you have made up for sale, send me one thou, sand bottles. Ever your sincere well- wisher, T. Mulreaddy, Esq. W. HUGHES. Chester, 12mo., 1834. Esteemed Friend,— Thou hast my sincere thanks for thy Samaritan present. Thy medicine has had the promised effect, and com- pletely cured my trying cough. If thou wilt let me have a quantity in a large bottle, I will, iu 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 his agents, Messrs. HANNAV and Co., 63, Oxford- street, London ; and retail by every other respecta- ble vender of medicines in bottles at Is. l^ 1'- each. Igg" Purchasers should observe that it is wrapped up in white paper, on which, iri a blue label with white etters, are printed the words,— Mulreaddy's Couth Elixir, pre- pared by Thomas Mulreaddy, Liverpool, and sold by Ins ap- pointment at Hannay and Co.' s, Patent Medicine Ware- house, 63, Oxford- street, London. Price Is. l^ d. and 4s. ( id. Sold wholesale and retail by HAMNAV and Co., 63, Oxford street, London, wholesale Patent Medicine Ven- ders and Perfumers to the Itoyal Family, where the public can be supplied with every patent and public medicine of repute; and also with the perfumes ol all the respectable London perfumers, with an allowance on taking six or more of any other article at the same time. Sold by appointment by Maher, 5, Congreve- fctreet, and Wood, bookseller, High- street, Birmingham ; Parke, Wolverhampton; Rogers, Stafford; Mort, Newcastle; and Merridew, Coventry. Printed attd published by FRANCIS BASSE'I JIIIENSTONK FI. INOELL, of Lee Mount, in the parish ol Edgbaston, at 38, New- street, Birmingham, where letters for the Editor may be addressed, and where Advertisements and Orders will be received. ( All descriptions of Jobbing carefully and expeditiously executed.) Agents in Lon- don: Messrs. NEWTON and Co., 5, Warwick- square; and Mr. BARKER, 33, Fleet- street.— Saturday, July 21,1838.