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Date of Article: 24/11/1838
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No. 703. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1838. PRICE 5D. INCORPORATION OF THE BOROUGH. THE Central Committee, appointed at. the General Meeting of the 5th inst., respectfully submit to the inhabitants of the borough their first report. In entering on their task of directing the attention of the Inhabitants, as far as the judgment of the committee enabled them, to proper and fitting persons on whom to confer the honour of the councillorship at the approaching election, the Central Committee learned that commutes had been, or were about to be formed, in the parish of Aston for a similar purpose for which the Central Committee had been ap- pointed. Taking into consideration the fact that the two wards of the parish of Aston are under the operation of local acts different from the local act of Birmingham ; and believing that it would contribute to unanimity of sentiment, as well as uniformity ot action, if the inhabitants of those wards respectively should proceed in the course which they had begun, the Central Committee's first step was to pass a resolution, to the effect that the committees of Duddeston cum Nechells, and of Deritend and Bordesley, should be requested to take the entire preliminary management of the elections of those wards respectively. The Central Committee are thus relieved from no incon- siderable portion of the labour that would otherwise have devolved on them, in being called on to recommend to their fellow- townsmen only thirty- six individuals instead of forty- eight. In selecting these individuals, the Committee have endeavoured to exercise all due caution, being guided by two principles— the business habits, and general informa- tion of i lie party, and his acceptability amongst his fellow- townimeii ; and the Committee humbly hope, though it is not to be expected that their list should be approved by every one, that it combines as large an amount of fitness with the populirity requisite for success, as any list that could be framed. The Committee present it to the borough, jiot wilhout diffidence as to its reception, but with an entire consciousness that they have laboured sincerely and zeal- ously to render it worthy of the public approbation. The following is the list, in alphabetical order, and also as it is proposed to distribute the several gentlemen in the various wards:— Thomas Aspinall Samuel Beale John Betts G. V. Blunt Thomas Bolton Thomas Clark, jun. Francis Clark Thomas Clowes William Court J. H. Cutler J. B. Davies W. H. Deykin James Drake Benjamin Hadley Thomas Had'ey Samuel Hutton William Jennings Henry Knight Alfred Lawden E. Lucas Frederick Matchett John Meredith William Middlemore P. H. Muutz William Pare Mark Perkins Thomas Phillips John ltodway T. C. Salt C. C. Scholefield William Scholefield Samuel Shakespeare Joseph Sturge Daniel Turner Henry Van Wart Thomas Weston LADY WOOD. | Thomas Clarke, jun. Benjamin Hadley. ALL SAINTS. Frederick Matchett | P. H. Muntz Samuel Shakespeare. HAMPTON. | William Jennings John Meredith. ST. GEORGE'S. | A llred Lawden T. C. Salt. ST. MARY'S. | J. H. Cutler Mark Perkins. ST. PAUL'S. | Henry Knight Edward Lucas. MARKET HALL. | Thomas Bolton Thomas Cloves. ST. PETER'S. Samuel Hntton William Scholefield Daniel Turner. ST. MARTIN'S. | John Rodway Thomas Weston. ST. THOMAS'S. William Middlemore | William Pare Joseph Sturge. EDGBASTON. " William H. Deykin I C. C. Scholefield Henry Van Wart. It is proper that the committee should add, that some gentlemen of the legal profession who might have been ex- pected to be inserted in the above list, were, by special request, omitted. The committee would also remind their fellow- townsmen that there will be other persons under the charter to be elected besides councillors, namely, the sixteen aldermen and the borough magistrates; to which circum- stance it was necessary to have a proper regard in framing the above list. THOMAS BOLTON, Chairman. November 16th, 1838. John Betts G. V. Blunt William Court Samuel Beale J. Birt Davies Thomas Aspinalt Francis Clark James Drake Thomas Hadley Thomas Phillips PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION, In one Vol. uniform with Scott and Byron, price 6s., a Third Edition of AVISION OF DEATH'S DESTRUCTION, and other Poems, with THE- PORTEFEUILLE, By T. J. OUSELEY. Under the Patronage of HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DO WA GER, and HER RO YAL HIGH- NESS THE PRINCESS AUGUSTA. Extracts from Notices of the Second Edition: — From the Metropolitan Magazine, ( May, 1837.)—" Were the reviewers of the present day able to assign a rank to the writers whose works are brought before them, we, as one, should place Mr. Ouseley in no inferior grade as a poet. The poems before us will not certainly gain the meed they merit, and the praise that we may justly bestow upon them will find no echo in tbe public voice. However, whether we please or not, we must perform a duty to the author, and say, that we find that he has uniformly written boldly and powerfully, and in that commanding tone that ought to challenge attention. The gloomy, tbe grand, and the ener- getic, seem to be his favourite topics ; and in all he acquits himself like a true poet. To all those who have yet a re- lish for poetry, and love to feed the soul with noble and solemn ideas, we recommend this volume. It will not please idle, or the mere seeker for amusement." Lincolnshire Chronicle, ( Nov. 25, 1836.)—" We point to a Circle of gems, which would grace the coronet of the first devotee of poesy, and which alone would render this volume priceless. Some few ot the poems are really sublime." Dublin Evening Mail, ( Dec. 30, 1836 )—" Its valuable materials and chaste style are such as suit the well stored library, in which one might expect to find the standard works of literature, collected foi present use and tbe study of future generations. There is much in these poems which has given us positive pleasure of no ordinary kind ; and much more which indicates poetical powers, which must with practice, place the author high amid the ranks of British Bards, Mr. Ouseley is evidently a man of genius, with ardent feelings of high imagination, and considerable power over the diction and versification of his native language." See also. The Carlton Chronicle ( Nov. 26, 1836); The Morning Post, ( Dec. 5. 1836 I; The Sun, ( Nov. 24. 1836); Church of England Quarterly Review, ( July, 1837); The Liverpool Standard. ( Dec. 6, 1836); Bury and Suffolk Herald. ( Feb. 22, 1837); Dublin Warder. ( Jan. 7, 1837); Nottingham Journal, ( Nov. 18. 1836), Lincoln Standard, ( Nov.' 22. 1836); Leicester Journal, ( Nov. 18. 1836); Dub- lin Evenina Packet. ( c. 15,1836); Nolingham Mercury, ( Nov. 36, 1836), & c.,& c; N. B. Subscribers' names received at Mr, HODGETTS'S, Advertiser Office. Spiceal- street, Birmingham, and by Mr. OITSRLEV, a Mr. Cooper's, Reclining Chair Manufactory, No. 6, Exeter- row. TO BENEFIT AND OTHER SOCIETIES. MUNTZ, PARE, PIERCE, AND TROW. THE WORKING MEN'S COMMITTEE to obtain subscriptions for the above persecuted indivi- duals, feel they should be wanting in their duty, if they did not, at the earliest opportunity, acknowledge with gratitude the prompt and liberal manner in which several Benefit Societies have responded to their call, in the cause of justice against oppression. The Committee have much pleasure in naming, at the foot hereof, the names of the societies who have subscribed, arid the order in which they have paid their subscriptions. The Committee were persuaded, when they called on the Benefit Societies, their appeal would be answered, and they are proud their predictions have been fulfilled. It is hoped that the triumph lately gained by Messrs. Muntz and Pare, will act as a stimulus to all parties interested in their cause, to come forward without delay— always keeping in mind, that, in cases like the present, that which is done quickly is done best. JOHN TRICKETT, Chairman. Committee- room, Town Hall Tavern, Ann- street. 1838. Nov. 13— From the Benefit Society meeting at the Marlborough's Head, Mount- street — 19— Ditto ditto, the Falstaff, Hill- street — Ditto ditto, tbe Jolly Bacchus, Navi- gation- street ™ . . — 20— Ditto ditto, the Turk's Head, Mount- street — — Ditto ditto, the Rodney, Coleshill- street —. ™ — — — 22— From the Old Sick Society, meeting at the Wheat Sheaf, Suffolk- street £. s. d. 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 UNPRECEDENTttlJ EXPEDITION, FROM LUDLOW TO LONDON IN ELEVEN HOURS. THE public are respectfully informed that a new and elegant safety COACH, THE LITTLE RED ROVER, has commenced running from LUDLOW to BIRMING- HAM; driven by that celebrated whip, Old Jordan, late of L'Hirondelle. , It leaves tbe Angel Inn, Ludlow every morning at a . quarter before seven o'clock, ( except Sunday), through Cleobury, Bewdley, Kidderminster, Stourbridge, Dudley, and Oldbury, to YATES'S WHITE HORSE COACH OFFICE, RAILWAY STATION, in immediate communication with the trains for London, Liverpool, Manchester, and all the intermediate towns, without the inconvenience of change of luggage, or addi- tional omnibus fare from town to the station. N. B. All packages forwarded by this conveyance will have the earliest delivery in London, Liverpool, or Man- chester, the following morning. The above Coach leaves Birmingham every afternoon ( except Sunday) at a quarter before two o'clock, or on the arrival of the first train from London, by which passengers will arrive in Ludlow at half- past seven o'clock in the even- ing, performing the whole distance in Eleven Hours. BOOKING OFFICES. Ludlow ™ Angel Inn. Cleobury . Talbot Inn. Bewdley ™ » ™ . George Inn. Kidderminster Swan Inn. Stourbridge Vine Inn. Dudley .. Mr. Godfrey's Original Office. Birmingham White Horse Coach Office, Railway Sta- tion, Red Lion, corner of New Meeting street, High Street, and Pugh's Coach Office, New. street, opposite the Post Office. GODFREY, JORDAN, AND CO., Proprietors, NEW ROYAL HOTEL, NEW STREET, BIRMINGHAM. MESSRS. SMOUT and LAMBLEY have the honour to announce that, in consequence of the gieat and increasing influx of visitors to Birmingham, combined with the present limited hotel accommodation in the town, they have been induced to take the splendid establishment in New- street, known by the name of the NEW ROYAL HOTEL. The house, which is of modern erection, consists of exten- sive suites of elegant, airy, and spacious apartments, issituated in a comparatively retired part of tbe most fashionable street in the borough, and immediately contiguous to the Town Hall, News Rooms, Society of Arts, Theatre, and other pub- lic institutions of the town. The New Royal Hotel is, in fact, unexcelled, if equalled, as a FAMILY HOTEL, by any other similar establishment in the kingdom. Messrs. SMOUT and LAMBLEY pledge themselves to the public, that rio effort shall be wanting on their part, nor ex- pense spared, to fit up the house in a style corresponding with its appearance and capabilities. The furniture through- out will he entirely new, and of the most appropriate and elegant description. In announcing that the New Royal will be ready for the reception of visitors early in the month of December, Messrs. SMOUT and LAMBLEY beg to assure the nobility, gentry, and public in general, that every attention will be paid to the convenience and comfort of those who may honour them with their support and patronage. HOT, COLD, AND SHOWER BATHS. The POSTING and FUNERAL departments will be conducted in a superior manner, and CARS kept for the accommodation of visitors. NO CREDIT.— NO ABATEMENT. A SINGLE HAT AT WHOLESALE PRICE. A SMALL PROFIT AND QL'ICK RETURN. ALL GOODS NOT APPROVFD EXCHANGED. TRY W. PHILLIPS'S ROYAL HAT DEPOT, Corner of New- street and High- street, Birmingham. His system, the above, is the only one that can offer goods at the lowest fractional profit— OBSERVE. Elastic London Stuff Ilat, the finest that can be pro- cured, 21s. Very superior Beaver, those sold by some for best, 16s, and 18s. Extra light or stout London Short Naps, in first style of fashion, 10s., 12s. and 14s. New Pluma Hat, for durability, beauty, and economy, exceeding ali others, 8s., 10s., and 12s. Rich Go- samer, improved India Rubber Waterproofed 4s. 9( 1., 6s. and 7s. A splendid variety of children's velvet and cloth CAPS, in foreign and English shapes; Ladies' Riding Hats, Caps, and Bonnets; Livery Hats, Lace, & c. BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY. THE extraordinary patronage with which this fa- vourite beverage has been honoured, by the Nobility, the Medical Profession, and by all classes of the community, since its introduction in 1829, affords, of itself, sufficient evi- dence of its unequalled merits. To this triumphant success must be attributed the fact that each succeeding year has witnessed the birth and death of some new Brandy Establishment; called into life by jea lousy of the success ol the PATENT BRANDY, and doomed to certain failure as a necessary consequence; being totally un- able to produce an article capableol sustaining a competition with it. The Distillery, No. 7, SMITHFIBLD BARRS, LONDON, is the only Establishment of J. T. BETTS & Co. The Agents appointed for this district of country are Mr. JOHN SKELTON Birmingham. Mr. Thomas Duiham Lichfield. Mr. John Dell ; Coventry. Mr. C. S. Clarke . Wolverhampton. Mr. GeorgeJull Leamington. Mrs. Elizabeth Biddle ™ . Stourbridge. Mr. Thomas Cook ™ . Worcester. Mr. Hugh Martin Tewkesbury. Mr. Henry Pointer Cheltenham. Mr. James H. Lockyer Rugby. from whom, respectively, the Patent Brandy may be ob- tained, either pale or coloured, on the same terms as at the Distillery, viz., for quantities not less than Two Gallons, Eighteen Shillings per Imperial Gallon, of the highest legal strength, for cash on delivery. BOROUGH OF BIRMINGHAM. This day is published, WRIGHTSON and WEBB'S LARGE MAP ol the BOROUGH of BIRMINGHAM, including the extreme limits of Deritend and Bordesley, Duddeston and Nechells, and Edgbaston ; with the Thirteen WAR DS. according to the Charter of Incorporation, correctly co loured. Price, in sheets, 16s.; mounted on cloth, with rollers, or in case, 28s. Also, A SMALL MAP of the BOROUGH, with the WARDScorrectly coloured, price Is. 6d. WRIQHTSON and WEBB, Publishers, New- street, Birming- ham. Preparing for publication, by subscription, by JOHN WALLACE. APANORAMIC VIEW and SURVEY of the LONDON and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY, from the design and drawings of J. W A LL ACE, dedicated by special permission to the Chairman arid Board of Di rectors of the London and Birmingham Railway Company, and published under the immediate patronage of the engi- neering department. Price 21s. plain; 30s. tinted; £ l lis. 6d. fine proofs; £ 22s. coloured proofs; £ 3 India proofs. Subscribers' names received at 89, Strand, London, and at 5, King Alfred's place, Birmingham, by the Author. The work will be issued to subscribers in a loose cover, to admit of binding according to the judgment aud convenience ot the party. The view of Birmingham, now in the hands of the engraver, will be published early in the ensuing yeai. — price, to non- subscribers to tbe work, prints, 4s. 6d.; coloured prints, 6s. 6d.; India proofs, 7s. 6d. Sets, will, however, be bound up in the following man ner:— Bound up face to face. Bound up face to face, with one fold for each plate. Buund up with a guard in the centre, and two folds for each plate. Canvassed in twenty mile lengths, in a morocco case. Canvassed in a roll, with roller. & c., to form a moving panorama of each side of the line. Specimens of the drawings will, for a short time, be exhi- bited at the London and Birmingham Stations, where the names of subscribers to the publication may be entered. Lists for subscribers' names will also lie at the principal banking establishments and public rooms in London, Bir mingham, Liverpool, and Manchester. *** It is most particularly'requested that subscribers on putting down their names, will include their chrisiiau names and title with their respective addresses; and will Also in- sert, in the ruled column appropriated for that purpose, the amount of the required copy, aud the number of copies • ubscribed for. J. WALLACE. October 8, 1838. On the lst of December, price sixpence, stamped, the first number of THE COLONIAL GAZETTE, a Weekly News- paper. published in connexion with the COLONIAL SOCIETY. The COLONIAL GAZETTE is intended to promote one of the primary objects of the society from which it emanates, viz , to collect and diffuse every description of information of use <> r interest to those resident in, or connected with, the Bri- tish Colonies and foreign possessions. The principles upon which it will be conducted, are, also, the same as those ot ( he society, namely, entire freedom from anj political con- uexions or party influences, and devotion to no other inte rest than that of the comm. on welfare of the colonies and the mother country. The COLONIAL GAZETTE will drawits intelligence, not only troin the whole range of the colonial press, but Irom the communications of its owi{. correspondents, and of the branch societies connected with the Colonial Society in London. The COLONIAL GA ZETTE ivill appear every Saturday morn- ing, and will be duly forwarded ( o all the British Posses- sions, in addition to its home circulation, and will be sup- plied by all ilie newsmen. Communications for the editor may he sent under cover to ' lie Secretary of the Colonial Society. No. 11, Waterloo- place; or to the care of John W. Parker, publisher, West Strand, London, by whom also advertisements and books for review will be received. THIS DAY, SATURDAY, AND FOLLOWING DAYS. CHINA. 2 ALE by PRIVATE CONTRACT, at No. 42, J New- street, Birmingham, an entire S I'OCK of most fashionable and elegant CHINA, direct from the Manu- tactory, the proprietors having determined upon affixing the very lowest price to each set and article, in plain figures, being from 30 to 40 per cent, lower than their price to the trade. Families furnishing, hotel keepers, and the public generally of Birmingham, are very respectfully invited to the inspection of this valuable Stock, which comprises every article, both useltil and ornamental. Also, Dinner, Dessert, and Morning aud Evening Services, in Porcelain of the highest quality and finish. Strict attention will be paid to the packing of goods re- quired to be sent into the country. Hours of business, from nine in the morning until eight in the evening. Birmingham, November 21,1838. CAPITAL UNDERWOOD. rg^ O be SOLD by AUCTION, by Mr. JAMES A WARD, at the Plymouth Arms Inn, Tardebigg, on Wednesday, November 28th, 1838, subject to conditions to be then produced. Lot 1. Thirteen acres, one rood, fiffeen perches of capital Underwood, now growing in Shortwood Coppice, and near to Brockhili Farm, in the occupation ol Mr. W. Walford. 2. Eighteen acres twenty- five perches of ' ditto, growing on the north side of Pitchcroak Coppice, and opposite Batchley Farm. 3. Six acres, two roods, three perches of ditto, grow- ing on the south west corner of Tilehouse Coppice, and near to a cottage occupied by — Davies. 4. Two hundred and eighty two Alder Trees anil Poles, and crossed with a , and growing on the Tack Farm, in the occupation of Mr. Walter Walford. The lots will be shown on application at the Hewell- lane timber yard. The sale will commence at one o'clock in the afternoon. AGENTLEMAN who has been employed in Ha- vaiinah lor upwards of fourteen, years, in the most respectable and exiensive bouses; and who has been en- gaged in England during the last two years as agent sent by several houses ip Havannah arid Matanzas, to puichase Bri- tish manufactured goods, having nearly completed the objects of his mission, is on the eve ofreiurning to Havannah. He would wish to form, before his departure, a connection in England, and would accept an agency for either Hiivannah or Matanzas. He is able to give the best references in London, Liverpool, cr Havannah, respecting his integrity and capacity in business. Letters addressed to H. Y. Z., No. 2, York- street, near Duke- street, Liverpool, will be duly attended to. ; PUBLIC APOLOGY. TO THE BIRMINGHAM GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY. IDAVID MORRIS, return to the Committee of at the Birmingham Gas Company my sincere thanks in stopping pioceedings against me, on being found ex- citing the mob in breaking windows and lamps, at the Birmingham Gas Company's station in Gas- street, I having agreed to pay all expenses incurred. DAVID MORRIS. Witness, WM. HALL. Nov. 19,1838. FOR HAVANNAH. THE fine, fast sailing, new brig, CHASE, A. I., hurt lien 219 tons, coppered aud copper fastened, JAMES RITCHIE Communler, lying in the St. Catherine's Dock. The accommodations for passengers are very superior. For terms of freight or passage, apply to the COMMANDEB on board, or to PHILLIPS and TIPLADY, 3, George- yard, Lombard. street. SOCIETY OF ARTS. rpHE EXHIBITION of MODERN WORKS JL of ART will CLOSE on SATURDAY, the lst of De- cember. J. W UNETT, Hon. Sec. * » * The Exhibition wiil be OPENED by Gas- light during the Evenings of the whole of tbe LAST WEEK, ( irom the 26th instant to the 1st of December inclusive,) from Seven until Ten o'clock. Admittance One Shilling each ; Catalogues One Shilling. Season Tickets Five Shillings each. ABOLITION OF CORN LAWS. ON MONDAY and THURSDAY NEXT, the 26th and 29th days of November, TWO LECTURES will be delivered in the TOWN HALL, on the above sub- ject, by A. W. PAULTON, Esq., who has kindly con- sented to visit Birmingham for the purpose of giving information, and exciting public attention to this important question. The chair will he taken on each eveningprecisely at Seven o'clock, by J O S H U A S C H O L E FIE L D, E sq., M. P. Th/ ise Lectures have already produced a powerful impres- sion in Manchester and elsewhere. Tickets for the Reserved Seats and Side Qalleries maybe had, price 6d. each, at the Newspaper pffices, and of Mr. Hudson, Bull- street. The attendance of Ladies is ex- pected. OPENING OF THE OBSERVATORY, HEA THFIELD, HANDSWORTIL THE Public are respectfully informed that the OBSERVATORY and CAMERA OBSCURA, erected on tbe above eligible situation, will he opened ON TUESDA Y, NOVEMBER 27. 1838, When Mr. JOHN SMITH, of Liverpool, the celebrated Lecturer on Geography and Education, Woolridge Pro- lessor of Chemistry ; and other Gentlemen, are expected to address the meeting. A VARIETY OF INTERESTING PHILOSOPHICAL A VD CHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS Will be introduced. To conclude with a beatiful series of ASTRONOMICAL DIAGRAMS. To commence at Four o'clock in the afternoon, tea at six, and to conclude ar nine. For particulars see the bills. SHAKSPEARE ROOMS, NEW STREET, NEXT DOOR TO THE THEATHK. ARRIVAL IN BIRMINGHAM OF THE GREAT MAGICIAN AND VENTRILOQUIST. ! V/ 1 R- SUTTON, from the Colosseum and New i- T- 1 Strand Theatre. London; Liver Theatre, Liverpool; Adelphi and Royal Abbey street Theatres. Dublin ; Royal Victoria Theatre, Cork; Bazaar Rooms, Bath ; ( where, on last Friday. Nov. 16, he concluded his lortieth representa- tion to crowded rooms,) anil the principal theatres in the United States of America, where for the last eight years he has been the wonder of the New World. He will make his first appearance in Birmingham on MONDAY NEXT, November 26, and will repeat his entertainment every evening during the week, except Saturday. This entertainment will prove a novelty to the public, as every part of it is of Foreign extraction, " except the Ex- hibitor." The experiments will be of the first order, illustrative of the miraculous feats attributed to rhe ancient Magicians, Indians, Brahmins, and Hindoo Jugglers. The Apparatus, Costumes, and Draperies, are truly mag- nificent. Doors open at Seven; curtain rises at half- past seven o'clock precisely. Stalls, 2s.; Pit, Is.; Gallery. 6d. Children under twelve years half- price to the Stalls. Sta Is may be engaged at the rooms, daily, trom twelve till two o'clock. Notice.— The room will be elegantly fitted up for the occasion with Stage, Galleries, Pit, and Boxes. The Orchestra will consist of fourteen celebrated Musicians, who will play during the evening several of Straus-' s favourite Waltzes. The Cabinet is so costly and magnificent that, on the rising of the curtain, all former exhibitions of the kind sink into insignificance and contempt. TO WATCH A1AKERS, WORKING JEWELLERS, & c. rpo be DISPOSED OF, the Good- will and Con- JL nection of an old established Shop in the above line, ill a flourishing and densely populated neighbourhood, a few miles Irom Birmingham, the proprietor retiring from busi- hess. The stock, which has been reduced, can be taken at a valu ition. F'or particulars apply at the PRINTER'S. CHILD RED LINEN, HOSIERY. GLOVE, LACE, AND HABERDASHERY WA REHOUSE. 84, HIGH- STREET. 1%/ JRS. WHALL, in announcing to her friends and I" the public that she h as commenced business in the above way, respectfully begs to entreat a share of their patronage, being determined, by prompt and assiduous attention to whatever favours their kindness may be pleased to bestow upon her, to evince lier gratitude for their in- dulgence and support. Mrs. w.' s stock consists of all kinds of Winter Hosiery, Lace, Blonds. Ladies' Collars, Caps, and Flowers; Gen- tlemen's Shirts, Shirt Fronts. Collars, and Slocks; Baby Linen, and Children's Dresses, & c., & c., which she has justselected from the first houses in the various departments of the trade, alllof which she is enabled to offer anddetermined to sell as low as any other establishment in town. BABY LINEN AND CHILDREN'S DRESSES of every descrip tion, made to order ill the first style aud on the shortest police. Nov. 19, 1838. UMBRELLAS. CHILDREN'S SIZE, with Cane Ribs, from Is. 6d. each. BOY'S SIZE, WITH CANE RIBS ... Is. 9d.* acli. LADIES ditto ditto 2s. LARGE ditto ditto 2s. 3d. BOY'S ditto WHALEBONE RIBS ... 3s. LADIES ditto ditto 3s. 6d; LARGE ditto ditto 4s. 6d. CHAISE UMBRELLASditto 10s. LADI S SIZE, LUTESTRING, ditto 8s. LARGE ditto ditto 13s. JOHN BOYCE, Manufacturer, 95, Smallbrook- street, Birmingham. N. B. Country dealers and the trade supplied. Um- brellas re- covered and repaired on the most reasonable terms. HAT ESTABLISHMENT, 86, HIGH STREET. JSUFFIELD respectfully announces to his friends e and the public, that he is constantly receiving fresh supplies of HATS, which he is offering at the following unusually low prices:— LIST OF PRICES. Waterproof Beaver 5 O Ditto 6 0 Ditto . — — 8 0 Prime London Stuff Hats 10 0 Ditto 12 0 Ditto . 15 0 Superfine at — ™ . , 18 0 Extra Superfine at ™ . ™ . ™ . ™ . 21 0 Not to be superseded by any otherliouse in the trade. AT J. PIDGEON'S, 87, High street, near New- street, there wiil be found the largest and cheapest stock ofLACE GOODS, A ll'I'I F1 CI A I, FLO WE RS, MILLINERY, MUSLINand BRUSSELS COLLARS, CAPES, & c., in Birmingham. To Gentlemen requiring SILK STOCKS, HUNTING and TRAVELLING SHAWLS, GLOVES, HO- SIERY, & c., J. P. being a manufacturer, begs to add that for make, quality, and lowness of price, his shall not be equalled by any house in the kingdom. Wholesale and for Exportation. LIFE ANNUITIES to INCREASE INCOME.— Tables of Rates for the purchase of Annuit es at the Royal Union Annuity Office, may be had on a single sheet. 5, Lancaster- place, Waterloo Bridge. Letters to be post paid. THEATRE ROYAL, BIRMINGHAM. ON MONDAY NEXT, NOVEMBER 26tb, 1838, FIRST APPEARANCE OF MR. D'ERNE ST, Artiste to Her Majesty and the Royal Vauxlmll Gardens, London, who is expressly engaged for TH REE NIGHTS ONLY, Monday, Tuesday, and Friday; on which evening* he will give a brilliant and superb display of FIREWORKS! equal to any other of his former exhibitions, and comprising several new and magnificent Pieces of Pyrotechnics. ON MONDAY, November 26, 1838, will be per- formed Coleman's play of THE MOUNTAINEERS; Or, LOV E A ND MADNESS. — Mr. FORDE. — Mr. WILKINS. Mr. ANGEL. — — MISS CRISP; After which THE WOODMAN'S HUT; Or, THE BURNING FOREST. Schampt — — — — Mr. SIMPSON: To conclude with A GRAND EXHIBITION OF FIREWORKS, By Mr. D'ERNEST. TUESDAY— Therese; or the Orphan of Geneva, witfc other Entertainments." WEDNESDAY- Luke the Labourer; Loan of a Lover, and the Spoiled Child. THURSDAY- The Heir at Law; My Young Wife and Mv Old Umbrella, and Of Age To- morrow. FRIDAY— The Tempest, with other Entertainments. Lower Boxes 3s— Upper Boxes 2s Pit Is Gallery 6J. Half- price to the Boxes only, at nine o'clock. Stage Manager, Mr. SIMPSON. Oetavian Kilmallock Sadi Agnes _ TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. WANTED, a YOUTH about fourteen years of age; he must know the use of his pen, to assist in the Warehouse. Apply to Mr. WM. PORTLOCK, wholesale gun manufac- turer, No. 81, Moland- street, Birmingham. TO BEST GUN BARREL FILERS. AGOOD and STEADY WORKMAN may meet with constant employment by applying to Mr. JOHK PORTLOCK, gun barrel maker, 80, Moland- street. TO THE LADIES. IS NOW OPEN, the EMPORIUM, No. H, NEW- STREET, two doors from Higli- street, with a matchless STOCK of superior FURS, consisting of SHAWLS CAPES, MUFFS, BOAS, & c. The Proprietor, being a Manufacturer, is determined to sell the VERY BEST QUALITIES at the VERY LOWEST FRACTION, for Cash. All kinds of Furs cleaned, repaired, and altered to the present fashion. THE WARDS. PRICE EIGHTPENCE. ACOLOURED PLAN OF BIRMINGHAM, showing the Division of the Borough into Wards, is ibis day published, by JAMES GUEST, Steelhouse- lane, Bir- mingham. The same plain, 6d. Also, price One Penny each, MAPS of the GRAND JUNCTION and LONDON and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAYS. NOTICE is hereby given, that Application is in- tended to be made to Parliament in the next Session, lor leave to bring iri a Bill to alter, amend, and enlarge the powers and provisions of an Act passed in the third yearoC the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled " An Act for making a Railway from London to Birmingham;" and also of an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of his said late Majesty, intituled " An Act to enable the London and Birmingham Railway Company to extend and alter the line of such Railway, and for other purposes relating thereto;" arid also of an Act passed in the first year of the reign of her present Majesty Queen Victo- ria, intituled " an Act to Amend the Acts relating to the London and Birmingham Railway;" and for enabling the Company incorporated by the said first mentioned Act to raise a further sum of money.— Dated this 3rd day of No- vember, 1838. BARKERand SON, "> c ... COR111E and CAP" ™ * Solicitors for CHARLES PARKER: ItTE It \ KER, J tlle Bill. TO CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. PERSONS desirous of supplying the Town In- firmary with DRUGS, etc., for six months, com- mencing December 25th, and terminating June 25th next, are requested to send in sealed tenders and samples of the leading articles, of the best quality, on or before Monday, the 3rd of December next, addressed to the Medical Com- mittee. Lists of the articles, and specifications of the quantities required for the above period, may be had on application to the House Surgeon. N. B. The committee do not engage to accept the lowest tender. Birmingham Town Infirmary, November 23, 1838. rpHE OVERSEERS of the POOR request the JL Rated Inhabitants of the Town to meet at the PUBLIC OFFICE, in Moor- street, on FRIDAY, the 7< h of December next, ( the Chair to be taken precisely at twelve o'clock at noon) when tbe undermentioned Accounts of the late Constables and Headborough, Messrs. Taylor, Peart, and Powell) for the fourth Quarter, and to the end of theic year of office, will be presented, viz. :— Expenses coming into Office ( Headborough) ™ . Police Officers' Wages, 12 weeks, at £ 8 15s Extra Officers during Assizes, Sessions, and other days ™ , ™ . ™ . ™ — ™ . ™ .—-— . Constables' attendance at Assizes aud Sessions Expenses on Town's Business ™ . ™ .— Pistols . — Ringers at the Fair — Printing and Advertisements-—— Expenses on examining Weights and Measures G. Redfern's Account, ( sundry expenses) Magistrates' Clerks' Account ( Convictions^. Birmingham Workhouse, Nov. 20th, 1838. £ s. d. 0 16 a 105 O a 9 18 3 6 6 a 10 19 8: 8 8 a 2 2 a 2 11 s 19 15 6 . 4 ia, a . 22 10 s 193 2 11 BIRMINGHAM CAN4L NAVIGATIONS. NOTICE is hereby given, that the Mileage Tolls on the under- meniioned Articles will be ltE~ DUCEI> Irom and after the 15tli of December next, to One Penny per ton per mile : — Tutania Manufactured Goods Brass dit'o ditto Copper ditto ditto Japanned ditto ditto Tin ditto ditto Zinc ditto ditto Anvils, Nails, Rivets, Trrces, Pots, Kettles, Pans, Spades, Shovels, Vices, Axes, Hammers, Chains, Hoes, Matchets, Swords, Scythes, Tips, Screws, Sad. irons, Curry- combs, Hinges, Weights, Files, Fire Irons. Grates, Fen- dei « , Frying Pans, Stoves, Gun Barrels, GasTuhiug, Scales, Weighing Machines, Blank Trays and Waiters, Umbrella Furniture. Iron Spoons and Cutlery. Cotton Manufactured Goods 1 Silk ditto ditto Wool ditto ditto Irish Linens and Flannels Currants, Rice, Raisins, Coffee, Tobacco, Butter, Cheese, Bacon, Foreign Fruits. Red and White Herrings, Wines, Spirits, Vinegar, Ale, Porter, Cider, Soap, Chemical Resi- duum of all kinds, Seeds. Molasses, Flour, Cptaqpt,; I'ar, Pitch. Turpentine, Paper, Rags, II nl^ floWa. fVory^ Cordage, Sweepings, Canvas, Earthenw, y);.- Cfhiss Good%. Cullet; Brass, Copper, and Spelter iu CjJitS^ Bli} Sl^ ejijfey ^ and Cement. « ( fijCi.". <?• O JOHN FREETII, aj 5 ii!< rj Clerk qftt^- Cdmpany] Navigation Office, Birmingham, :.' 10th November, 1838. y EgW .< « wfflSWSI NEWS OF THE WEEK. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL TRADE. In 1837 there arrived at Quebec, Lower Canada, irom m Vessels. Tonnage. Seamen. Great Britain 653 229 464, 9,633 Ireland 179 52 899 2.280 Other British Colonies 170 21, o77 1,036 From oiher nations— France, 14; Portugal, 2; Antwerp, 1; Dantzic, 4; Hamburgh, 8; Prussia, 3; Holstein, 2; Rotterdam, 1 ; United States. 39; Ka Guavca, I, The value of imports into Quebec in 1837 were— From Great Britain ,„ ™ £ 1,301.123 19 1 Ireland 20,132 5 0 British American Colonies 21.557 19 2 British West Indies 667 4 10 £ 1,343,481 8 1 TICKLING TO DEATH The process of tickling to death, of which we have before had an instance, has been recently renewed at Brignolles, in the Var, where a man named Iteboul applied it to his second wife. It appears, that after seizing her with one hand, he with the other tickled lier violently at the bottom of the feet, and on the knees and ribs, until he threw her into a high state of irritation, and then leld her with her head downwards and her feet in the air, • with the intention of producing a congestion of the brain. This he had done several times, but upon the last occasion she was saved by the coming in of her neighbours, who were attracted by her cries. Reboul was taken into custody, and it is suspected that he got rid of his first wife by these means, as he had, previous to this attempt, told his present wife that he knew how to dispose of any person without compro- mising himself.— Galignani. INGENIOUS EXPEDIENT.— In a coal mine in the environs of Charieroy, it was recently found necessary to empty the waters of anew fosse, by taking away the plug which re- tained them. As the workmen shrunk from undertaking so perilous an operation, the directorof the coal mine promised a Teward of 6.0001. to any individual who would accomplish it. A needy workman accepted the offer, and acquitted himselfof the task in the following manner: — He descended into the fosse with a thick cable passed round his body, and took with him four dogs trained for the purpose. On reach- ing the bottom of the fosse, he attached to the plug a cord by which the dogs were held fast. He then gave the signal ivhich had been agreed upon to his comrades to drag him up the fosse, and on ascending rapidly called to his dogs. The latter, by the efforts which they made to follow their master, removed the plug, and the water immediately rushed with the greatest jmpetuosity into the abandoned fosse. Three of the dogs were taken out alive, but the fourth was drowned The ingenious workman received the promised reward.— French papers. The following inscription figures on the signboard of a shop in the Rue St. Nicholas d'Antin, No. 35, " Tripeseller to the Court" National. On the 29th of June a scion of the house of Timour was Slanged at Delhi, for having brutally murdered his wife, be cause she refused to give up half her jewels to his paramour. The poor woman was young and beautiful, and eight months gone with child. Mr. Van Buren's re- election to the presidency is now secure beyond a doubt, by the result of the elections in Pennsylvania, Maine, Maryland, Ohio, South Carolina, and New Hampshire, on which bis opponents had depended that parish, and who held other high and important situa- tions. The dreadful occurrence happened on Sunday week, while the family were attending divine service. Scenes of the most heart rending kind have resulted, as many persons who believed that they were independent of the world have ascertained that they were pennyles£ Seldom was more confidence reposed, and so misplaced. His stewardships were innumerable, and for many years he had been actuary of the Islington Savings' Bank. One lady named Chicks residing in Cloudesley- square, some y* irs ago entrusted, 25,000/. with the deceased, to purchase stock in the funds, which he did, and ever since he has regularly, every half- year, paid her interest. By the persuasion of her friends, she made inquiries at the Bank of England, and was in- formed that 14,000/. had been sold out, leaving a balance in her favour of 1,000/., which is all she now possesses. [ The Tories of St. Mary's, Islington, by way of marking their respect for their departed friend, have since selected his son to fill the clerkship left vacant by the suicide.] DOMESTIC. THE METROPOLIS. NATIONAL RENT Last night a public meeting of the working classes was held at the Lecture Room, Theobald's- road, to take into consideration the resolutions agreed to at the Birmingham meeting, respecting the collection of the national rent to be placed at the disposal of the convention of forty- nine delegates, appointed to meet in London on the 1st of January, to watch the progress of the national peti- tion and the people's charter. After some discussion i committee of twenty- three was appointed to collect the rent in the district of St, Giles's in the- Fields and St. George, Bloomsbury Sun of Wednesday. Accounts were received on Friday of the safe arrival of Queen Adelaide at Naples. Summons were issued for the first cabinet council to assemble on Wednesday next. All the Ministers are ex- pected to be present. It has been currently reported in the north, says one of the Hull papers, that Lord Durham, on his return from Canada, will put himself at the head of the genuine Reform ers of England, and declare his adherence to household suffrage, vote by ballot, and triennial parliaments. Twenty- seven carpenters and twenty- one labourers were discharged on Saturday from Chatham Dock- yard, their services being no longer required. During the last fifty years the corporation of London lave expended 8.550,0001. Her Majesty has been pleased to confer upon Sir John Herschell the rank of a baronet. The council of the Royal Society have recommended tli » Marquis of Northampton to be elected president, as sue cessorto the Duke of Sussex. For the new Royal Exchange all the buildings from Finch- lane to the Mansion House are to be removed. The design is for an oblong square, 270 feet long by 140 feet broad. The internal area is to be 150 feet by 60 feet. There is a rumourof Lord Piunkett's retirement, and that Sir John Campbell will be his successor in the Irish Chan cellorship Spectator. EXPORTATION OP GOLD AND SILVER.— The exportation of the precious metals from the port of London for the week ending the 10th irist., Saturday week, consisted, according to the official returns, of 145 ounces of gold bars, which were sent to Hamburgh ; 300 ounces of gold coin, which were shipped for South Australia ; 15,419 ounces of silver bars, forwarded to Madras; and 31,669 ounces of silver coin, of which 15,000 ounces were sent to Rotterdam, 8 446 ounces to the West Indies, 5,000 to Hamburgh, and 3,223 ounces to South Australia. Mr. Dunn, the Irish Barrister, who annoyed Miss Coutts Burdett at Harrowgate, has taken rooms in Piccadilly, overlooking the residence of Miss Burdett, and frequently walks before the door to catch a sight of the golden object of adoration.— London Journal. [ Mr. Dunn has since denied that he ever meant or ever had annoyed this lady.] The Earl of Durham's family mansion, Cleveland House, is still filled with workmen, who are employed in painting and otherwise embellishing the interior, preparatory to the arrival of his lordship and family, who are expected to arrive early next week at Portsmouth, in the Inconstant frigate, of 36 guns, Captain Pring, on particular service, which was to sail from Quebec on the 1st instant, direct, for England. The household of the noble earl at Cleveland House are making great exertions to get the mansion ready for his reception, but tile rooms are not yet fit to receive him. The Countess of Durham, on her arrival, will pro- ceed to- Windsor, aB one of the ladies in waiting on Her Majesty. The average price of wheat during the last week was 73s. 10d., or lid. above. the average quoted last Thursday. The average of the six weeks is 69s.; and the duty 13s. 8d. The price in the London market was 76s. 9d. ; at which rate 5,038 quarters were. sold. — Sunof Thursday. At a special general meeting of the proprietors of the London and Southampton Railway, held at the City of London Tavern ( Wednesday,) the chairman said, with the exception of nine miles, the whole line will be open to the public by July next. THE MURDER OF ELIZA GRIMWOOD— A correspondent informs us that recently some circumstances have transpired which throw new light upon the murder of this unfortunate young woman. Keys, the officer of Marlborough street Police Office, has, in consequence, proceeded to America in the Great Western, in search of the man Win. Hubbard, who, it appears, emigrated shortly after the charge of mur- der against him was dismissed by the magistrates at Union Hall— Morning Chronicle. Our readers will perceive, by referring to our city article, that a report has been in circulation to- day, that Earl Spen- cer is likely to succeed Lord Durham in Canada Courier of Thursday. WHITE ELEPHANTS. — Specimens of these scarce and curious' animals, from the possession of which more than one oriental despot derives an empty but sonorous title, will he speedily added to the Zoological Society's collection in the liegent's- park. THE ARMY IN IRELAND:— The total rank and file of the Ermy in Ireland for November is as follows, viz., artillery, 812; cavalry, 1759; infantry, 13,247. Total, 15,818. Lord Brougham has arrived in town from Dover; and his iPtJrn, which was earlier than was anticipated; is said to he occasioned by a letter from Lord Melbourn, relative to some statements in the printed speeches of the noble baron. EMBEZZLEMENT AND SUICIDE — During the last week the Inhabitants ot Islington have been in the most extraordinary state of excitement in consequence of the suicide of Robert © Idershaw, who was for thirty- five years the vestry clerk of PROVINCIAL. ABOLITION OP CHURCH CLERKS These respectable func tionaries are being abolished in many churches within the diocese of Chester; and their too often discordant services are now superseded by the audible responses of the congre- gation Chester paper. REVISION OF THE BURGESS LIST FOR THE BOROUGH OF BOLTON On Tuesday last, Edward Rushton, Esq. the revising barrister appointed by her Majesty's privy council to revise the burgess list for this borough, held his court in the Sessions Room, Chancery- lane, Great Bolton, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. The charter of incorporation hav- ing been produced, and that part of it read empowering Mr. Winder to prepare a burgess list, and appointing Edward Rushton, Esq. to revise the same, Mr. Rushton required proof that the publication had been given of his holding a court as required, and also to know from Mr. Winder whether he then produced the same list as had been by him published. The barrister then proceeded to revise the list of claimants and objections which were conducted by Mr. Gordon, solicitor. The number of claimants were 151, admitted, 87; number of objections, 198, struck out, 166— Bolton Free Press. SCOTCH CHURCH On Monday evening last there was a large and respectable meeting of the friends of the Scotch Church, held in the Town Hall, Little Bolton, when a num- ber of statistical facts were read, showing the great want of a Scotch Church in this town; and also the benefits to be expected from such a place of worship being erected, to meet the wants of those natives of Scotland who settle in the town. A number of resolutions were passed relative to this subject; for which see advertisement.—- Bolton Free press. THE RIGHT OF RESISTANCE This right is universally acknowledged. From the time of the great civilian Locke, no one has ventured to deny it; and the Tory Lord Boling- broke has gone so far as to say that the people have a right to rebel against a corrupt House of Commons as well as against a tyrannical prince. This right to resist tyranny is therefore a clear, defined, and distinct right. It is, however, a right only to be exercised in the last resort, and under the most stringent necessity. It must be the act of the great majority of the whole people; it must only be in self de- fence when some great, important, and undoubted right is attacked or withheld ; in short, it is a right to be always borne in mind, but seldom used; it is a sacred and holy right, but one to he kept in the " Ark of the Covenant," and not rashly unveiled Northern Liberator. MA. STEPHENS We find the following letter in the Northern Liberator of Saturday last: — To the Editor of the Northern Liberator. Sir, Agreeably to the unanimous vote of the Ouseburn Workfng Men's Association, and agreeably to their order, I now take the liberty of addressing you to state that the Association views with the utmost indignation and sur- prise the language made use of by Mr. Douglas at the meet- ing of the council of the Birmingham Union, as reported in the Journal of the 3rd instant, in the remarks so lavishly made use of by that gentleman, throwing nothing but rebuke and censure oil the leading speakers at the recent demon- strations of the people ; but on receiving your valuable paper with its excellent remarks ou that. unaccountable language, the association came to the resolution of letting it pass over without public comment. But their indignation cannot be suppressed when on reading the Birmingham Journal of the 10th, they find the most outrageous, the most unfounded attack made on Mr. Stephens, for his conduct at the late Norwich meeting. Mr. Douglas, supported by Mr. Ed- monds, puts a speech into the mouth of Mr. Stephens which he never uttered, and then proceeds to argue upon it in a manner so calculated to throw odium on that gentleman, and to create a distrust and aversion in the higher classes in their present peaceable struggle for their inherent rights— that this association do say that they consider Messrs. Douglas, Salt, and Edmonds, to be totally undeserving of the confidence of the people. The association beg me to say that they have taken every step in their power to obtain a faithful, and cor- rect account of the speech of Mr. Stephens, as delivered at Norwich, and are perfectly satisfied that the reverend gen- tleman never used such language or insinuations as attributed to him by the above mentioned gentlemen. But they reit erate their opinion that the attack is base and unfounded, and they are likewise of opinion that the speech of the reve- rend gentleman was nothing but a flow of the most manly, the most patriotic, the most impassioned eloquence, and that his sole motive in his address was to excite the sympa- thies of the upper classes in favour of their suffering, dis- tressed brethren, and that he forcibly and truly meant to convey to them the wickedness and the danger of allowing their fellow subjects to remain under such distressing, such afflicting, such unbearable sufferings as they at present lie under, By order of the Ouseburn Working Men's Association, Your obedient servant, W. PARKER, Secretary. Association Room, Nov. 14th, 183S. [ We could have wished that the Working Men's Associa- tion of Ouseburn had investigated the case a little more closely, before they denounced in so confident terms three men, one of whom, at least, had the confidence of the people twenty years before Mr. Stephens was known as their advo- cate for good or for evil. The speech described " as put in Mr. Stephens' mouth" was quoted letter for letter, from the London Weekly Chronicle, to whom it was furnished by its own correspondent. We have no doubt of its entire cor rectness; and when the Working Men's Association of Ouseburn have perused Mr. Stephens' speech, at Wigan, furnished, we should say, from its internal evidence, by himself, to the Northern Star, they will, we rather think, notwithstanding their indignation, be inclined to the same opinion. We hope in future these somewhat zealous reformers will struggle for principles rather than for persons. If the Ouseburn Association prefer the guidance of Mr. Stephens to that of Messrs. Douglas, Salt, and Ed- monds, they are free men, and can follow their liking; but they are not free to describe these gentleman, or any one of them, as undeserving of the confidence of the people. That is for the people themselves to do.] THE BOLTON MURDER Yesterday the adjourned inquest was held, and several additional witnesses were examined, whose testimony further inculpated James Whittle, [ the man in custody.] The jury then retired, and, after a short deli- beration, returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against James Whittle; and the coroner issued a warrant for his committal for trial at the next South Lancashire assizes— Manchester Times of Saturday. NEW POOR LAW.—- At the meeting of the new poor law guardians at Huddersfield, on Monday, last week, instead of obeying their masters' orders, they passed a resolution to the effect that the time of putting it in force should be indefinite ; and so they cannot go on. THE NEW POOR LAWS A riot took place at Hudders- field last week, in consequence of a gentleman named Aeland having lectured in the town in favour of the new poor law. The populace made an attack upon the place of meeting, and did damage to the extent of 40/. by breaking windows, & c, A SPECIAL PLEA. — At a borough quarter sessions lately held in the west of Cornwall, a person stood indicted for felony. The defence was ably conducted by a professional gentleman of the town, who clearly established the inno- cence of his client; but considerable hesitation was ob- served on the part of one of the jurors in consenting to a verdict of acquittal. Another juror remonstrated with him on his obstinacy, when he said, " Why should I give a ver- dict for Mr. •—— ( the prisoner's advocate)? • lie's no cus- tomer of mine!"— Cornwall Royal Gazette. ENCOUNTER WITH PIRATES.— Tile following account of a bloody encounter with these freebooters of the sea, is con- tained in a letter lately received by Captain Jenkins, of Truro, from his gallant son :—" H. M. S. Wolle, Aug. 16, Bay of Bengal.— You will be surprised when I tell you I am now doing duty as first lieutenant, not having one lieutenant left. It does not give nse any increase of pay, as the admiral is not authorised to give an ' acting order except in death vacancies; however, it gives me a comfortable cabin. We have bad some desperate fighting lately with the pirates off Trimgana,- close to the Gulf of Siam, China Sea. Whilst at anchor there, in a calm, last May, we ob- served six large boats, which came from the island of Sooloo, near Borneo, attack a large Chinese junk of 700 tons. It being a perfect calm, the ship could not move, and, being desirous of octive service, I prevailed on Capt. Stanley to allow me to proceed in our boats and rescue the junk, if possible. On my way we fell in with the Hon. Company's steamer Diana, who took us in tow; the sea breeze then setting in, we steamed and sailed as fast as we could after them. The Diana is a small vessel, about the size of the Ryde steam- boat, armed with a long cross twelve, and manned with thirty Malays. I had about thirty- six as fine fellows as ever went on a cutting- out ex- pedition. On approaching within Ion? gun shot the pirates left the junk, and formed a close line on the starboard tack, we passing them without firing on the larboard to leeward. When some distance off they made a signal, and all closed for about a quarter of an hour, when they cut their stern- boats away, and bore right for us, as we thought with the intention of coveiing the junk, but I soon saw we were their objects, as they commenced firing from their headmost boat. Ws then gave them grape and canister right and left. The slaughter wes immense, as we could see them throwing their dead bodies overboard, and baling the blood out of their boats by bucketsful. Their own list taken in court, on oath, by the prisoners, is as follows: — Killed, 54; wounded, 82; and 27 prisoners in the boat I captured, wherein 11 were killed. The court has awarded us the following head- money:— For 54 killed, 20/. each; 27 prisoners, all of whom are condemned to be hung, 20/. each; and 5/. a piece for the £? 2 wounded, making al- together 2,030/. The ship shares the same as those engaged, and my share, at a mate, will be 55/. We had a most splendid dinner given us by the inhabitants of Singapore, and my health was drunk with three times three. Captain Stanley was voted a sword of the value of 100 guineas, to be presented to him on his arrival in England. I have a most splendid creese, which belonged to the chief of the pirates, who was cut in two by a round shot; the handle is made of ivory and gold, and they tell me it is worth 10/. We engaged the pirates from two o'clock until dark, when we lost them in a squall. We met the admiral on our re. turn to Singapore, and received our orders to proceed to England."— West Briton. STATE OF TRADE.— There has been very little change in our market this week. Some counts of yarn are in mode- rate request for the East Indies, at slightly increased rates ; but, owing to the continued advance in cotton, the prices are still unremunerating tc the spinners. The demand for printed cloth continues good ; but in most other fa- brics there is not quite so much doing,— Manchester Guar- dian. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, Nov. 19.— There is no abatement in the demand for coarse flannels to- day, and the prices have been equal to those of last week. Fine goods have, for some weeks back, been very little in- quired after. There has been a fair business doing in wool, at steady prices. THE CHEVET TUNNEL ON THE NORTH MIDLAND RAIL- WAY, NEAR. WAKEFIELD.— This stupendous undertaking, the work of many months, is at length opened, we understand, at both ends. It is about three quarters of a mile in length, and in some places nearly thirty yards under ground. The line in the neighbourhood is fast progessing, as well as the viaduct over the Barnsley canal, which will be a gigantic specimen of art.— Leeds Mercury. THE BALTIC TRADE The ships from the Baltic come in very slowly; whilst we are writing this a bark has just turned up from Memel in twenty- six days; a great many are wanting— they are principally in Norway. The Baltic has been very dull all the year for large class ships ; America, much better doings; last ships from that continent were not much more than a month over their passage home — Hull Advertiser. The Gloucester and Birmingham Railway, says the Cheltenham Chronicle, continues to make the most satisfac- tory progress. The workmen aie now engaged in laying down the permanent way, which is constructed on a new and improved principle, from which it is anticipated that the line, at the same time that it possesses all the firmness and solidity of the Great Western railway, will be free from all defects. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.— The public will be pleased to hear that this undertaking is fast progressing from Bristol to Bridgewater, and will, it is expected, be completed to the latter town by Christmas, 1839. The line will form one of the most interesting in the kingdom, the land being nearly level the whole way » and consequently will have no high embankments, or deep cuttings to contend with, which are so unsightly on most of the rail- roads. ICE Winter is setting in rapidly. The weather, during the week, has been extremely cold; and ice, of considerable thickness, has appeared on the surface of the ponds in the vicinity of the town. We are sorry to state, that with the advance of winter, the necessities of the poor are increasing. Scarcity of work and the dearness of provisions seems likely, in conjunction with the inclemency of the weather, to make the season an extremely trying one to the industrious classes. — Liverpool Albion. A BELL- RINGER A singular circumstance occurred a short time since at Sebergbam. A family, consisting only of ladies and a female servant, were aroused at a very early hour in the morning by the deliberate ringing of the draw- ing- room bell, as by some person requiring attendance After a short interval, it was again steadily rung; this was repeated five or six times, to the horror of those who heard the urswonted summons. As it appeared, however, that the unknown ar. d unwelcome intruder perseveringly de manded attention, one of the ladies . and the servant, after procuring a light, determined to wait upon their mysterious guest, who bad thus unceremoniously taken possession of the drawing room. Upon entering the room, the nocturnal visitant, in the peison or a large rati very abruptly quitted the apartment, without the smallest apoiogy for the disturb, ance and dismay be had occasioned Carlisle Patriot. A WALKING BELFRY.— At Holywell, a man goes about the streets, with measured step, tolling a good sized hand- bell, to announce to the faithful the approach of church service, the church being situated so deep in a hollow, that the church bells cannot be heard in the town. It is currently reported that Ralph Etwall, Esq., the pre- sent Radical M. P. for the borough of Andover, is about to resign his seat; in which case, we hear that a gentleman of sound Conservative principles, and possessing great local in- fluence, will offer himself to the electors Vorset Chro- nicle. STAMFORD BULL RUNNING.— This barbarous, riotous, and illegal practice, which has for so many yeais taken place in the town of Stamford on the 13th of November, so dis- tressing to the feelings of the humane inhabitants of that town, so demoralising to the lower classes, and attended with such riotous and dangerous consequences, is at last put an end to. The tolls on the Southampton- road, through Alton, were put up to let a few days since, but owing to the effect of the railway no bidding was offered, COACH ACCIDENT AND SINGULAR ESCAPE. — On Saturday last, about six o'clock, as the Peveril, Manchester coach, was on its way to Leicester, the axletree broke about a quarter of a mile before it reached Oadby, about four miles'from Leicester, which caused the vehicle to upset; but, fortu nately, the passengers were only slightly bruised. One of the coach doors was forced off with such violence that it was buried through the coach, carrying the other door with it. and yet a lady and three children, who were inside, escaped unhurt.— Leicester Mercary.—[ Curious, if true.— American proverb.] FRUIT At Newcastle, lately, the best purple grapes, from Trieste, were selling at a shilling per pound, and fine juicy lemons at a penny each. CHURCH- RATES A church- rate of three halfpence in the pound has just been carried at Darlington, after a strong contest, by a majority of 156. It is due to the Society of Friends to state, that with the exception of two persons who ought to have known better, viz., the father and brother ot the member for the southern division of this county, they took no part in the matter— Durham Advertiser. [ What is due1 Small thanks, or great blame, or both ?— E. B. J.] SCOTLAND. ENCORING— After the play at the Theatre Royal, Edin- burgh, on Saturday night week, Mr. Beckett made his first appearance in a grotesque dance ; but he had scarcely com- menced when a plank in the centre of the stage gave way, and he vanished instantaneously from the gaze of the au- dience. So neat and noiseless was this disappearance that it was much applauded by the audience, who were insisting on its repetition, when Mr. Murray came forward, and stated that. it was entirely accidental, and that Mr. Beckett had narrowly escaped very serious injury, having fallen a distance of about twenty feet. Mr. B. was somewhat bruised, but not to such an extent as to prevent his re ap- pearance in a day or two. MR. TEMPI. FTO. V Our townsman, Mr. Templeton, made . his first professional appearance in this city oil Wednesday as Elvino, in Bellini's besiuiitrl'. dpera of La Sonnambula. The celebrity which this gentleman has acquired on the London stage, and the admiration expressed of his singing by the late interesting Malibran, had prepared us for a treat of no ordinary kind, and we were certainly not disappointed. He has a tenor voice, of the first quality— rich and melliflu- ous in tone— extremely various and flexible, and possessing extraordinary compass. With the sweetness and expression of Wilson, he has incomparably greater power. We do not wonder at Malihran's preference of his style, to that of other English vocalists. It is marked by many of the best quali- ties of the Italian school, and therefore admirably adapted for operatic music. As an actor, he is easy and animated, and in the more passionate scenes displays much energy and fire. In the Finale to the second act of La Sonnambu'a, these last qualities were strikingly displayed. But perhaps his finest effort during the evening was his execution oRliat exquisite air in the tifth act, " Still so Gently o'er me Steal- ing. " The beautiful correspondence here manifested be- tween the feeling natural at the moment and the sentiment expressed, went to the hearts of the audience, and. « raptur- ous encore was the result Scotsman of Saturday. [ The other Journals that we have seen, speak in similar terms of merited praise. Mr. Templeton appears to have been ably supported by Mrs. Martyn, ( formerly Miss Inverarity.] COACH ACCIDENT. — On the evening of Wednesday lasf, between six and seven o'clock, the Glasgow and Perth mail coach, on its way thither, was overturned on the road be- tween Bishop's- bridge and Ardoth. The fog was veiy thick, and the guard cautioned the coachman of the neces- sity of proceeding slowly; notwithstanding, at a declivity, the coach was drawn off the road and overturned with such violence as to make it actually roll once round. The out side passengers were, Mr. Hunter, younger, of Glencarse, Mr. Weekes, the well- known comedian, and a Mr. For- rester, a cattle- dealer, all of whom were, more or less, in- jured, the two latter so severely that Mr. Weekes has ever since been confined to bed in the Star Inn, and Mr. For- rester still lies at Crieff. Tile guard had also a bad fall, and was for some days confined, but is now better. The inside passengers escaped unhurt Perth Courier. IRELAND. O'CONNKLL IN GALWAY Shortly after four o'clock this evening [ Saturday 17th] Mr. O'Connell arrived here from Kilcornan, the seat ot T. N. Redington, Esq., M. P., at which place he arrived yesterday, on his way here from Limerick. By the time Mr. O'Connell reached Oranmore, the people who went out from Galway to meet him had also reached that place. The distance from Oranmore to this town is only four miles and a half; and yet it took Mr. O'Connel upwards of two hours to travel it. He proceeded to Kilroy's Hotel, from the windows of which he addressed the congregated thousands. In the course of his speech he observed— We must teach the House of Lords, and those creatures who have been engendered in the foetid pool of corruption, that the people are not to be trifled with, and that sooner or later we must obtain our rights. Some of the members of the House of Commons have been cast upon the surface from the same sink of infamy and corruption, and we will teach them all, both in the upper and lower house, that the people are too strong for them, and that it is vain to contend against us. ( Cheers.) Well, my friends, after all, we are more than a match for them; for as I have said, those foetid, rotten creatures that have been engendered in the foulest sinks of corruption, and cast uppermost by bad laws and a diseased stats; of society, must bow down before the mighty energies of a united people, or sink for ever into utter insignificance. ( Cheers.) The peoplemust be aroused to the good fight, and under these circumstances it is that I have left my peaceful retirement and come on a mission amongst the people of Ireland; and I here call upon you to back me, to help me, and I promise you that we will again make Wellington and Peel yield to us. Already on a much smaller scale have we defeated them ; and I promise you that Wellington, who never struck his colours to any but Irishmen, shall strike to us again. This I promise you, with the help of God and the good Irish people. ' Cheers.) * * * We have called on the gentry to help us to put down tithes, and there can be little doubt that we will suc- ceed. Now what 1 have said you must do in order to get rid of this evil, and to obtain equal civil rights with England and Scotland— that is to join me in the Precursor Society. ( Loud cries of— We will.) I know you will. Kerry, which I left, is organised— Cork is organised— all Tipperary, where one hundred and twenty thousand men met the other day, is organised— Waterford is up— Limerick, the city of the violated treaty, which I have just left, is combined and organised. This proud city is organised, and may be said to be a city of Precursors. ( Loud cheers.) Mr. O'Connell then called upon the people to join him in obtaining vote by ballot— to avoid all secret societies— to join the Precursors, where there was nothing secret or hidden, and told them that every parish where there were two hundred Precursors enrolled, should have a weekly newspaper sent them from Dublin— that pacificators would be appointed in those pa- rishes to look after the registry— and after glancing at muni- cipal reform, and stating to them that he was still working out an experiment to see it justice would be done to Ireland — he said that if jusrice were not done he would visit them in the summer, when the days were long and bright, with the standard of repeal unfurled. ORANGE LODGES— The Orange Lodges of Ireland are beginning to re assemble. We do not venture an opinion upon this proceeding, although the resolutions which a large body of Orangemen who assembled on Wednesday, under the sanction of the grand lodge, at the room of the Conser vative Society in Dawson- street, Dublin, are most moderate, most constitutional, most reasonable in point of expression, and most true in point of fact. One objection to the re establishment of the Orange Lodges in Ireland, is founded upon the unanswerable fact of the numerical inferiority of Protestants to Papists in that country Bull. [ This one reason will, we rather think, if fairly left to itself, make the re- assembling of small importance.] EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE On Saturday night at ten o'clock, a young gentleman named Henry Curtis, accompa- nied by two friends named Quenton and Ludlow, having spent the evening at the Theatre Royal, entered the oyster shop, 13, Trinity- street, and called for supper. Mr. Curtis asked for a bottle of soda water; it was in the act of being uncorked, when he leaned his head towards the table as if drowsy or fatigued. His companions did not take particular notice of the circumstance, but at the same moment that the soda water bottle was uncorked the explosion of a pistol was heard, and in an instant Mr. Curtis fell a lifeless corpse at the foot of the table intended for the festive board. One of the coroners for the county of Dublin was in the house at the time. Medical aid was promptly resorted to, but in vain— all had been over in scarcely the lapse of a moment. Deceased was of extremely handsome exterior and prepos- srng manners. He appeared to be about twenty- six or twenty- seven years old. He enjoyed an independent fortune of 3001, per annum, and no visible cause whatever existed for the perpetration of the horrible act. The gentlemen who were sitting with him at table bad not the slightest no- tion of his frigbful determination until they saw him drop down dead. He was perfectly sober at the time, and had been previously as gay as usual at the theatre. The weapon by which the deadly purpose was carried into effect was a pocket pistol, so exceedingly small as to be capable of being concealed in the hand. The ball entered immediately over the right eye, carried off a portion of the brow, and, passing through the brain, lodged in the back of the skull.— Free- man's Journal. MISCELLANEOUS. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. — Religion in Scotland gave the first impulse to education. Knox and his associates— ( loud cheers)— Knox and his associates convinced the popu- lar understanding of the country that the Bible was the genuine record of the communication from God to man, and that within the four corners of that book were contained the words which were able to make them wise unto salva- tion. This inspired them with an intense desire to possess the faculty of reading— that they might unlock the mysteries of the Scriptures, and acquire that knowledge of God and his son Jesus Christ whicn is life everlast- ng. This created a universal demand for education among tiie people of Scotland. ( Cheers.) Therefore, let them never forget that religion is the parent of the school; and if the school, by an act of unnatural rebellion, should cast off the authority of its parent— if it should ever forget and dis- own its great progenitor— all the blessings and the glory which it had conferred on the land would speedily depart from it. ( Cheers.) By the wretched exchange of the bread of life for the mere hu- ks of unsanctified knowledge, the moral health of the youth of Scotland would wither into ex- tinction, just as surely as their physical health would wither if they were bereft of the nourishment of man, and driven to the necessity of feeding on ashes, 1 look wiih jealously and dislike on all the tamperings, on the part of crude and incom- petent speculators, with the sacred business of education. ( Loud cheers.) To take the Bible from the school, if it is not dropping poison into the fountain heads of morality, is at least to take away from those fountain heads the healing waters of the sanctuary. ( Cheers.) Our people would in- deed continue to be taught; but the light put before them would be moral darkness; and we have the authority of our Saviour for saying how great would be that darkness. ( Loud cheers.) Yes, gentlemen, we mean in the economy of the school to abide by the good old ways of our forefathers. We mean to have the Bible the regular and daily school- book. We mean to have the catechism the regular and dailv school exercise ; and these shtill he taught openly and fearlessly— not dealt with as contraband articles—( cheers,) — not smuggled into holes and corners of the establishment — not mended or mutilated by human hands, that the mes- sage of the Eternal may be shaped to the taste and the pre- judices of men—( cheers,)— not confined to the odd days of the week, or skulking into by rooms— lest tha priests of an intolerant faith should be offended. ( Tremendous cheering.) No, gentlemen, we will place the Word of God in the fore- front of our system of education ; and we will render it the unequivocal— the public— the conspicuous object, becoming this Christian and Protesting nation. ( Loud cheers.) But while I thus contend for the Bible, I would not limit the education of the working- classes, as some would, to the mere capacity of reading it. I would give them as much education as they have taste and time for. Only grant me that primary education shall be based on religion ; and after that interest has been adequately secured, you can never undo the business of education— you can never over- enlighten the people. In tlii< matter, let us seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness; arid then we may legitimately look after and labour for the fulfilment of tlie promise, that all other things shall be added unto us. I have a strong and confident anticipation— though it would require a long argument to make good— to rationalise it to you— I have a confident anticipation that the result of a well taught and a well principled population will be, that they will reach a higher status in the community than they now occupy. Less work— so that they may not be drudged like beasts of burden; more wages—( cheers,)_ greater leisure for the culture of the higher faculties of their nature—( con- tinued cheering;)— and an indefinitely nearer approach in science and all other sorts of scholarship to those who now stand above them in apparently hopeless superiority. 1 do not say that I shall see this in my day; but I am confident thai if we Christianise the people, we shall iritellectualise them also— that we shall transform them into kindly and affectionate men, with whom we may at all times hold delighted converse; and the specimens of the intercourse that I have had with them, has given me a foretaste ot ihose delightful and brilliant anticipations. ( Cheers.) There- fore it is that I for one am a friend to popularising philoso- phy— to mechanics' institutes— to the copious supply of a large and liberal information to all classes of society. Only let Christianity be ever present as a presiding influence to leaven and sanctify all, and then all will be right and safe ; and the blessed conjuncture will be realised, of ours being at once an intellectual and a religious nation. ( Cheers. )— Speech of Dr. Chalmers at the Edinburgh Church extension Soiree. THE COINAGE.— The word guinea, that goodly, but now obsolete piece of gold, owes its origin to a circumstance which sheds almost unparalleled lustreupon the naval records of our country. In the year 1666, Sir Robert Holmes, a highly distinguished Admiral, having contributed to the total discomfiture of the Dutch, under De Ruyter, was sent with a strong division of the victorious fleet to the coast of Holland, where he had the good fortune to capture or destroy, in Schelling Roads, 166 sail of rich merchant ships, valued at 1,200,000/., part of which being freighted with bullion and gold dust, from Cape Coast Castle, an Afri- can settlement belonging to the enemy, this rich prize was soon after coined into 21s. pieces, and acquired the name of Guinea, with reference to the country Irum which it was derived. About this time our copper currenty was first struck with a figure of Britannia upon the obverse, in com- pliment to Miss Stuart, one of Charles the Second's most memorable beauties, and is said to have originally borne a striking resemblance to that lady, from whose peison it was expressly modelled. A gentleman at a musical party where the lady was vety particular not to have the concord of sweet sounds inter- rupted, was freezing during the performance of a long con- certed piece, and seeing that the fire was going out, asked a friend in a whisper how he should stir the fire without interrupting the music? " Between the bars," replied the friend. DIET OF NAPOLEON The frugality of Napoleon was such, that his laste gave the preference to the most simple and least seasoned dishes; ceufs au miroir and haricots en salade. His breakfast was almost always composed of one of these dishes and a little Parmesan cheese. At dinner he ate little, rarely of ragouts, and always of wholesome things. I have often heard him say, " that however little nourish- ment people took at dinner, Ihey always took too much." I bus his head was always clear, and bis labour easy, even when he rose from table. Gifted by nature with a healthy stomach, his nights were as calm as those of an infant ; nature, also, had bestowed on him a constitution so admira- bly suited to his station, that a single hour of sleep would restore him after twenty- four hours'fatigue. In the midst of the most serious and urgent events, he had the power of resigning himself to sleep at pleasure, and bis mind enjoyed the most perfect calm, as soon as directions were given foe the nceessary arrangements.— Beausset. AMERICAN EVIDENCE Mrs. Hopkins told me, that she heard Green's wife say, that John Glacrie's wife told her, that Fanny Hopkins heard the widow Basharn say, that Captain Weed's wife thought Colonel Hodgin't sister believed that old Miss Quint reckoned that Mrs. Samuel Dunham had told Spalding's wife that she heard John Fink's daughter say, that her mother told her, that old MissJenk's heard Grandmother Cook declare that it was an undoubted fact. FEMALE POLITICAL UNION. On Monday the weekly meeting of this body was held in the Public office. MR. SALT, in a powerful speech, and with his accustomed eloquence, censuied the violent speech of the Rev. Mr. Stephens, at the Wigan demonstration. He sincerely be- lieved, Irom the bottom of his heart, that there were not any means of obtaining real liberty, but by peaceful means, because, if a victory were gained one day by physical force, the parties who gained it, might the next be overcome and put down by the same force. He shrunk not from such means ou account of any danger which might befal himself, but on account of the moral danger which would inevitably result to the cause of the people, if such measures were recognised by them. In fact, if such speeches as that of Mr. Stephens were approved by them, it would give the government a plea for making the first attack. He would tell the people, as Mr. Attwood had frequently done, that he was with them so far as they went with the law, bnt be- yond that he would not go a single step. ( Cheers.) Not did he ( Mr. Salt) more approve of Mr. O'Connor's advice, that the people did not want the law, but the muscle. He ( Mr. O'Connor) was a banister, and he counselled the people, that every man had a right to possess arms; but Mr. O'Connor was giving illegal advice when lie recom- mended them to get weapons to resist the government by physical foice. Mr. Salt then proceeded to remark upon other points, in which Mr. O'Connor differed from him. The Birmingham council had always impressed upon the Union the necessity of keeping their finances strong, but Mr. O'Connor said, if they subscribed, some one ( though he did not wish to insinuate against the present council) might appropriate it to their Own use ; tlie object of which was, to induce the people not to continue their contribu- tions, and without money it was impossible to carry on their exertions. Also Mr. O'Connor was trying all in his power to pick a quarrel with the soldiers, instead of whicli he ( Mr. S.) was trying to conciliate them, and showing them that he wanted a reform in the army. He did not wish to seduce the army from their duty to their govern- ment and their country, but to make the leal army of the people one which should not act in co operation with the yeomanry, and turn round and oppose them. They should merely cut the purse strings of the government, by not using taxable articles. If they could not suffer the Intle inconvenience arising Irom the abstinence for a few weeks, bow was it likely that they could endure all the privations and fatigue which they certainly would have to undergo, if they entered on a campaign and a civil war? fie trusted that when the explanation had been entered into on Tuesday evening, Mr. Feargus O'Connor would not identify himself with Mr. Stephens any more. He did not say what he had said, through any personal hostility to Mr. O'Connor, but that was merely the point of view in which lie saw the question, and he should be happy to come to an explanation; after which he ( Mr. Salt) hoped they should work more cordially together. ( Loud ap- plause. ) Mr. EMES was then introduced to the meei ing, and ob- served that nothing for a long time had given him so much pleasure as his first appearance among them. ( Cheers.) They were highly indebted to their friend, Mr. Salt, for en- tering into the formation of such a union. With reference to the previous remarks, he would say, that they were very painlul to him. It appeared that a misunderstanding had arisen, but not one beyond the power of reconciliation. There were certainly very strong expressions used by Mr. Stephens. But be ( the speaker) could excuse much, he- cause many things, pei haps, were said in the heat of the moment, which would not have been, on more sober reflection. He ( Mr. Ernes) would not advise the using of strong expressions, at least for the present. They were not yet come to the time when physical force was absolutely necessary; but the men must riot be taken by surprise, so long as the law allowed them to keep arms in defence of their own persons and property. The object of their union was to effect the redemption of the people from the degradation, misery, and wretchedness which they now feel, and to give them a place at nature's table, to partake of the things whicli God had so plentifully given them. God had said, " Cursed is the man that withholds the corn and the wine;" and would they see it done longer, without making a stand? ( Cries of no, no.) He would advise the ladies not to let the least thing discompose them. Not less than half a million of ladies had signed the petition for the salva- tion and redemption of the black slaves, but he hoped that five or six millions ivould come forward on behalf of the white slaves, who, he thought, were in a much worse con- dition than ever the negroes were. They must continue their exertions, and not split, and then they must succeed in the righteous aud just cause, into which they had en- tered. Mr. Ernes then retired, amidst the applause of those a< sembled. Mr. COLLINS declared himself opposed to the views which Mr. Emes had takei) of the case. They were all agreed as to the misery of the country — they were all agreed as to the cause of that misery— and they were all agreed as to the necessity of removing it. The plan was laid down in Biimingham, and a missionary was sent round to a- k the people to carry that plan into effect. Tlieu a portion, who had joined with them before, took a different view of the matter, and they said, " Don't have a split among you." But it was not the Birmingham people who were dividing; the others were separating themselves ( roiii them, and striking our. into a new plan. Mr. Collins then read extracts from the speeches before alluded to, and re- marked, that he could not put so favourable a construction upon it as Mr. Emes did ; he thought that it was more the real feelings of the person, amj he advised them to be par- ticularly cautious how they united themselves with such principles. ( Applause.) Owing to the very inclement and unsettled state of the weather on Monday, many were prevented from attending ; but all present seemed to share in the feelings expressed by the speakers, and to be determined not to— as far as they were concerned— recognise any such violent and ill- judged expressions as those used by the Rev. Mr. Stephens. The meeting then adjourned till next week. Mr. Feargus O'Connor was, we believe, expected, but that gentleman did not attend. THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 5* 4. 275 MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE POLITICAL UNION. On Tuesday evening tlie council met in the Public- office. Owing to the expected discussion between Mr. Salt and Mr. O'Connor, the greatest interest was excited, and long betore seven o'clock the room was crowded to suffocation in every part. The stairs and lobby were also filled, and great numbers were in the street. At about seven o'clock, , Mr. BLAXLAND, with a view of keeping the minds of the persons assembled engaged until the business commenced, briefly addressed them. He said he hoped they would pro ceed to the consideration of the important subject to be brought before them with calmness. He was proud to be able to say, that he had been informed that Mr. Salt and Mr. O'Connor had met that day, and, he believed, upon the most friendly terms. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. EDMONDS wished to say a few words, as ( o the course they ought to pursue under present circumstances. In reading over the Journal of last Saturday, he was exceed- ingly sorry to find his excellent friend Salt— one of the best beaded men living whom he had ever known in his life,— a man whose indiscretions, if ever he was guilty of any, arose from an over- love for the people, and not a feeling of wrong where benevolence was his leading characteristic,— he was sorry, he would say, to find that such a man had been sub- jected to expressions of disapprobations, in a place where they had often heard his voice raised in the defence of the rights and liberties of the people. He was sorry, he would repeat it, to hear this man subject to their disapprobation. The council were associated upon a principle of love to men ; their object was to better the condition of the people, and if they sanctioned any measures calculated to bring the people into danger, the people ought to despise and de- nounce them. They were aware that there was no man who had more strongly urged the right of the people to re- sort to physical force than be had. For twenty years he bad been telling the people, that if they could not get rid of their grievances by one means, they must by another. At a late town's meeting, in the Town Hall, over which Sir Eardley Wilmot presided, he ( Mr. Edmonds) had stated it as his opinion that men in power would not be moved by any sense of justice to do what was right for the people, unless they were afraid of something else. In fact, he stated, that physical force was nothing less than what was represented by moral force. They would, therefore, see he had gone as far as any man in maintaining their right to reient their wrongs. But suppose he was to say to them, their wrongs were so great that: they could not, and ought not any longer to endure them, and that they ought to strike that night. ( Cries of No, no, that won't do. ) Sup- pose he was to tell them that they must proceed forthwith that night to arm themselves. ( Cries of No, no.) Why they might as well that night as any other. ( No, no.) They were as well prepared as that night month. ( No, no.) If it would not be wise that night, why would it be wise next week? ( No, no.) He would say to them, be men of sense, and let them not be hurried into mischief. If he proposed to them to arm that night, ( Cries of No, no, it won't do.) Well, was there a man thete who would come forward and tell them when they ought to arm, and resort to physical force ? A person in the meeting: No, but we ought to be prepared. Mr. EDMONDS: Well, but if he wanted to resort to physical force, would it be good generalship to tell his enemies the time and the manner? Would it be wise of him to tell them—" Now, if you will only come on a certain day to a certain meeting, we will be prepared to take your arms from you, and use them against you." He remembered Mr. O'Connor, in that room, saying, that the man who proposed physical force was a traitor. If a man said, that, if on a certain " day they did not obtain what they demanded, they must fight the next day, that man was a traitor. He would say, the man who would lead innocent men into danger was a traitor. ( Disapprobation.) He had stood before them twenty years, he had suffered in their cause, and lie had a right to advise them. ( Hear, hear.) He would say, if any countenance was given i> y that Union to the plan of fixing a day for the attainment of their rights, be would instantly resign his seat in the council, and if tlie Union approved of such a plan, he would not have anything more to do with them again. They had carried the Reform bill by peace, law, and order, and they At this moment the room was thrown into a state of the greatest excitement, by hissing and cheering in the street and from the stairs, arid in a few minutes Mr. George Fre- derick Muntz, Mr. P. H. Muntz, Mr. B. Iladley, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Cutlar, Mr. Salt, Mr. Weston, and other members of the council, arrived, and were received with great cheering. The cry of Adjourn was raised outside, and kept up for some time. In a few minutes cheering outside announced the arrival of Mr. O'Connor, who, on entering the room, was vehemently cheered, Mr. P. H. MUNTS, chrirman of the council, then rose and said, he hoped they would maintain order. They were met for the discussion of a most important question. They must have an explanation of the cause of difference between Mr. Salt and Mr. O'Connor. They were two good men and true, who had a misunderstanding. They did not come there to quarrel, but to make friends—( hear, hear)— and in order to enable them to do so, Mr. Douglas had consented to postpone his motion. The noise and confusion outside the door here became so great, that those standing close to Mr. Siuntz could hardly bear him. Mr. DOUGLAS rose arid said, there was one thing must he known by those outside, that it was impossible for the council to go out, and it was equally impossible that the people could get in. ( Cries of— Adjourn, adjourn.) How could the council go to the open air? They would do no such thing. If they could have procured the Town Hall, they would have done so. Those at the door must, there- fore, tell their fiiends outside, that they must be content to liold their tongues. If the interruption continued, they must adjourn altogether. In order that they might proceed with regularity to the business, he should move that the council be suspended, to afford the meeting an opportunity of hearing the gentleman on his left, and his friend Mr. Salt, touching the matters in dispute between them. He hoped those two gentlemen would be as brief as possible, so that the business of the council might be resumed that evening. The CHAIRMAN then put Mr. Douglas's motion, which was carried. The cry of" adjourn'' was again raised, and the proceed- ings brought to a stand. Mr. SALT said, they had no place to adjourn to. ( Cries of— the Bull- ring.) They could not carry on a deliberative discussion in the open air. The present was not a demon- stration. It was an important discussion, which could not be settled in the open air. They would see the whole of the proceedings in print, and with that they must be satis- fied for the present. He hoped, for the sake of the cause, they would be patient. Mr. P. H. MUNTZ said, the council having agreed to suspend business until nine o'clock, he wished them at once to appoint a chairman and proceed. Mr. EDMONDS moved that their tried and excellent friend, Mr. G, F. Muntz, do take the chair. ( Cheers.) Mr. MUNTZ said, it was hardly fair to ask him to take the chair. They knew he had lately had a severe accident, from the effects of which he had not recovered. It was possible he might he under the necessity of leaving the room during the business, and that would be unpleasant. Besides, it might be that be should like to say a few words upon the important subject to be discussed, and lie would rather be quite at liberty. ( Hear, hear.) On the motion of Mr. EDMONDS, Mr. B. HADLET then took the chair. Mr. EDMONDS then said, as he thought the subject be- fore them one of great importance, it ought to be proceeded in with great care and propriety. He did not know wliether Mr. Salt and Mr. O'Connor had had any mutual explanation as to the actual difference between them ; but he should like to see a resolution put before that meeting, clearly defining the specific object of the parties, and let that resolution decide the point. If there really did exist a difference between them, he should like to have that point clearly defined. He did not, at present, know if they disagreed in reality as to each others intentions. If the two gentlemen did differ— if one thought a time ought to be fixed for the commencement of physical force, and the other thought it ought not to be fixed— these opinions ought to be reduced to writing. If the strong language used meant nothing more than the right of the people to use physical force, then he would say, lie agreed to it; but if it meant that they must fix a day, then a specific resolu- tion ought to be put upon the subject, and must be put. The CHAIRMAN partly concurred with Mr. Edmonds. He thought the proposed resolution would bring the matter before them in a tangible shape. Mr. SALT : Let lis pursue our own course. The CHAIRMAN thought they ought to have a specific motion. Mr. O'CONNOR : I will remedy that. I have a specific resolution to piopo « e. Mr. O'CONNOR then rose, and was received with loud cheering. He looked, he said, upon the chairman as a rightful judge, constitutionally appointed to the bench; and on the men of Birmingham before him as a jury, properly and fairly appointed to try the great principles of liberty. He hoped he should conform to the advice which had been given by one of the gentlemen who. had spoken— that no extraneous matter should be introduced, that nothing should be advanced calculated to arouse the feel ngs, or hurt the mind of any man. In the first place, then, he would tell them that Mr. Salt and himself had anticipated that advice. On his arrival in Birmingham that day, the first house he visited was that of Mr. Salt, where they met as friends. Mr. Salt was not at home when he called; and lie waited with his sister, and played with the lovely chil- dren ol that gentleman. For the rest he would say, it was not his intention to mention Mr. Salt's name during the proceedings of that evening. He looked upon Mr. Salt and himself as two fictions in the law, John Doe and Richard Roe, over whom the right of a great principle is to be dis- cussed and tried; and they would deem him unworthy of their confidence, if he shrunk from the investigation of the question which had brought him forward; and be was rather disposed to take this course in consequence of an ob- servation in the Birmingham Journal of Saturday. It was there said, that he ought to be satisfied with speech for speech, that Mr. Salt had made his speech, and that he ( Mr. O'C.) having replied thereto, lie ought to be con- tented ; hut he begged to inform them, that an indictment for murder might occupy only a few lines on parchment, and a few minutes in reading, while the trial itself might last for days. ( Hear.) They were aware that, situated as he was, the whole of the public press would seize upon everything that threw any reproach upon him, at the same lime that it refused him a single column for his defence. A proof of that he held in his hand, which he would then give them. One of the Leeds papers had taken an extract from the Birmingham Journal, and headed the article, " physical force." It stated that physical force had been denounced by the people of Birmingham. Under these circumstances, he would ask them, was he not justified in appearing before them? All that he wished to say, he had embodied in a short resolution, which he should submit to them before the close of the business. In that resolution he had embodied, not only what the constitution granted, but that also which the law had taken away. He had prepared for them the opinions of the greatest English writers, to show that they were justified in resorting to physical force. He was too long engaged in that good cause to wish to endanger it by any frivolous quarrel with one of their best friends, and, therefore he had come pre- pared to take a higher and nobler course. He had come prepared to establish a principle upon which all might act; and so firmly establish it, that public opinion shall no longer he left at sea with respect to it. That they shall be no longer buffetted and tossed about, and misrepresented by those who chose to do it. This was his course— this the object he had in view. From the crowded state of the room it would be impossible for him to occupy so much of their time as he could wish. The names of Oastler and Stephens having been frequently connected with the sub- ject of physical force, and their names having been re- peatedly put in connection with his own, it would be ne- cessary, during the discourse of that evening, that he should inform them the reason why Mr. Oastler and Mr. Stephens had desired the people to arm openly. ( Hear, hear.) There must, and shall be, a complete understanding be- tween him and them— there must he no secrets between them—( hear, hear) — there must be perfect security between him and the people. Mr. Oastler and Mr. Stephens had learned, from good authority, that the labourers in the agricultural districts, borne down by oppression, were secretly arming themselves. In the opinion of those gen- tlemen, the results of that secret arming would be assassina- tion and continual outrage. Then, but not till then, did Mr. Oastler recommend them to arm openly, saying to them, that the constitution gave the full power to arm openly. Therefore, said Mr. Oastler, procure arms, hang them over your mantlepieces, let Lord John Russell see that you have them, and what he now refuses to your peti- tions, he will yield to your arms. In the resolution he should that evening propose, he would show that the con- stitution had been violated, and that that constitution, as it had been called, had been based upon revolutions carried by physical force. From the seventh year of the reign of Henry the Sixth to the reign i Henry the Eighth, the constitution was violated; from that period to the revolu- tion of 1688, the constitution was violated; from that year until the passing of the Reform bill, the constitution was violated; and from the passing of the Reform bill down to the present hour, tin constitution had been violated by Kings, Lords, and Commons. ( Hear, hear, and cheers.) The last writer upon the constitution told them, that when the petitions of the people failed them, they had a right to resort to physical force. With respect to the council of the union and himself, it appeared they did not differ upon the question of the right of the people tQ have and resort to arms. The only difference appears to be between a well organised appeal to physical force, and an unorganised appeal. ( No, no, from Mr, Edmonds.) These, continued Mr. O'Connor, were the words used by Mr. Edmonds; but if he did not choose to put them on that footing, he would take, as a principle, that which he had laid down. He should show them the material points in which the consti- tution had been violated by the Kings, by the Lords, and by the Commons. Every king, who had made peers to serve him as partisans, had been guilty of treason against the constitution. Those peers, acting as partisans to a sovereign, had violated the constitution. The man who had misrepresented the people in the House of Commons — who had been returned upon a brick and mortar qualifi- cation— had violated the constitution; and all the lives which had been sacrificed, had been lost in pursuance of bloody edicts. The noise outside the door, and on the lobby and stairs, which had partially subsided, again beeame so great, that it was impossible to proceed. A conversation then took place between Mr. O'Connor and Mr. Salt; upon which Mr. O'CONNOR said, a proposition has just been made on the part of Mr. Salt, or on the part of himself, or rather on behalf of both, that, in consequence of the deep interest which that question had excited, and from the impossibility of going 011 during the present confusion and excitement, that they should adjourn until Monday next, Mr. Salt agreeing to procure the use of the Town Hall on that day. ( Cries of Adjourn to the Bull ring, and great confusion.) Mr. SALT said he was not certain that the hall could be obtained on Monday, but he would make all possible ar- rangements for obtaining the use of the hall for Mr. O'Connor early next week, of which public notice should be given. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. O'CONNOR then rose and said, that, in order that they might have proper time to consider the resolution he intended to submit to them on Monday evening next, he should then read it, for the purpose of letting them know its principles, and give them an opportunity of thoroughly digesting it, and preparing for any opposition that they might think proper to raise against it. Mr. O'Connor then read the following resolution : — " That the constitution of England guarantees to every free citizen the right to possess aims; that the laws impose upon every citizen the duty of bearing arms, and that reason and judgment can alone determine for what purpose such right has been guaranteed, and such duty imposed,— when to be exercised and how used; that the constitution is a spirit inherent in the best digested resolve of an existing genera- tion, based in its actions and workings on the following truth:—' Nulli vendemus, nulli negamus, aut deferemus, justitiam vel rectum;' and conveyed in old expressions and familiar maxims, such as ' the King can do no wrong,' by which we infer, that he must obey the spirit of the constitu- tion, and not that he can throw off responsibility, and saddle it upon advisers, who have become irresponsible. Again, ' the King never dies,' by which is meant, that though the monarch perishetb, yet does the constitution, of which he was but the representative, live throughout all ages. Again, ' that the people are the legitimate source of all power.' Such we recognise as the spirit of the consti- tution, while, in its legal interpretation, we find liberty pro- tected by the habeas corpus act, by which is meant, that man, when accused, shall have speedy trial by a jury of his peers, and, as regards property, that he shall not be taxed, except with his own or his representative's consent, in Par- liament. That the constitution has been violated in spirit, and the laws have been turned into instruments of oppres- sion. That every monarch, from the seventh year of the reign of Henry the Sixth to the reign of Henry the Eighth, and from that period to the revolution of 1683, from then to the revolutionary Reform bill, and from that time to the present, has openly and systematically violated the consti- tution of this country, as well by the elevation of political partisans to the state and dignity of representative peers, as by the appointment of spiritual peers to the discharge of political duties, thereby destroying the eontrouling power which one branch of the legislature was designed to hold and exercise, between the extravagant demands of the people upon the one hand, and the usurpation of the mon. arch upon the other. That while we would most sincerely deplore confusion and civil war, and while we would bear much wrong and great oppression, before we would either justify in others, or have recourse ourselves to arms, yet do we recognise in the constitution the right to possess and to use arms for our own defence; and', therefore, we justify the recommendation of those persons, who have counselled the people to arm openly, which recommendation we sincerely believe to have been given to prevent the bad effect of secret arming, which must ever lead to assassination and outrage, consequent upon so cowardly and unconstitutional a prac- tice. In conclusion, that we have entire confidence in Feargus O'Connor, and that we are determined, should the alternative be necessary, to die freemen rather than longer live slaves." That was the resolution he intended to propose, or rather it was the resolution he intended to get some man with a fustian jacket, with a black face, with blistered hands, and an unshaven chin, to offer for him. He should not propose it himself, but a man such as he had described should do it. ( Great cheering.) Mr. DOUCLAS then rose and said, he did not intend to say a word upon the proposed discussion. The meeting would be soon adjourned to a time and place where all could have an opportunity of fully giving their opinions upon the ques- tion. But he did think it due to his own character, and to the character of the council, that he should move a short amendment to the long resolution they had heard read. He would read the amendment, which would he discussed upon its own merits in due time, and stand or fall, as they thought proper. Mr. Douglas then read the following amendment:— v " That this Union expressly, and in the strongest manner, condemn all exhortations to physical force, for the purpose of procuring universal suffrage, and the other objects of the National Petition ; or whose intent is to produce any breach of peace, iaw, or order; and this Union further, and in the strongest manner, condemn all fixing of days or times beyond which the peaceful, and lawful, and orderly agita- tion of the people's rights is to cease, and a civil war for their vindication to be entered upon." Mr. EDMONDS said he rose to offer an explanation re- specting an observation of Mr. O'Connor's. That gentle- man had said, that the only difference which he ( Mr. Edmonds) supposed to exist between Mr. O'Connor and Mr. Salt was, as to fixing the time for physical force— the one gentleman fixed one time, and the other another time. He denied that such was the distinction he had made. He unhesitatingly asserted, that if either Mr. Salt or Mr. O'Connor fixed any day for fighting, they were either great fools or traitors, or mad enthusiasts ; as" such let them take the consequences of their own misconduct; but the honest men of Birmingham should never be led into a halter by him ( Mr. Edmonds.) No man should fix a day, and get led to the slaughter like sheep, innocent and unsuspecting men so long as he could prevent it. No, by GOD! he would never stand it. ( Sensation.) Mr. SALT thought Mr. Edmonds was referring to matter which would entitle Mr. O'Connor to reply, and open the discussion which had been already closed for the present. He only wished to offer one or two words on his own account. As he was not at the meeting of the council on last Tuesday night, he would state that the personal inter- course and exchange of kindly feeling between him and Mr. O'Connor was mutual. If he ( Mr. S.) had said anything strong, it was not against Mr. O'Connor personally. He took up the language used by Mr. O'Connor solely for the sake of the cause in which they were engaged. He thought the cause endangered by such language ; and such was his attachment to the cause, that he would quarrel with father or brother who should endanger it. He believed the cause was going on well, but it was necessary there should be an explanation between him and Mr. O'Connor. He would meet him at the Town Hall. They would not have a per- sonal quarrel, and he hoped the men would not make it a personal matter. He did not wish them to he attached to him ( Mr. Salt) because he was their old and faithful friend ; nor to Mr. O'Connor because he had been zealously and actively engaged in their behalf. But let them judge coolly and dispassionately between them. If he ( Mr. Salt) went astray, let them call him back, and let them do the same by Mr. O'Connor. The battle of the people was never more determinedly fought than at present, and he hoped it would be successful; They must not let passion lead them astray. The cause, and the cause alone, was in his heart, and he hoped it was in theirs. Mr. O'CONNOR said he trusted enough had been said to satisfy them that no angry feeling existed between him and Mr. Salt; and he likewise wished them to bear in mind, that if he misinterpreted Mr. Edmonds' words, he was sorry for it, and begged his pardon. ( Hear, hear.) Let Mr. Ed- monds, however, designate the man who would fix a period for their sufferings— let him call that man fool or traitor, or whatever else he pleased, he would tell him and them that he would name the day when universal suffrage should be the law of the land. ( Loud cheering.) Mr. DOUGLAS said the business of the evening being now finished, he begged leave to propose a vote of thanks to Mr. Hadley, for his conduct in the chair. The council then resumed pro forma, and was regularly adjourned. Mr. O'CONNOR rose, and was received with much cheering. He said, now that the business of the council had been adjourned, perhaps it would not be out of place for him to inform them of the proceedings of yesterday. They had, notwithstanding the weather, and an opposition on the part of the authorities with regard to the Town Hall at Leicester, similar to that opposition experienced with regard to the Town Hall here, several thousands of men of the working classes, standing under the falling rain, and offering up prayers for universal suffrage, and vowing to have it. ( Cheers.) They carried the resolutions, which were the same as those carried here, and afterwards sat down, two hundred in number, to dinner, after he had chal- lenged Biggs to appear before him, to discuss the ignorance of the working classes. For the. first time in his life he had been insulted; he had received an insult similar to that offered to Mr. Douglas and Mr. Salt at Kidderminster. On leaving the hustings he was met by a party of young men, who closed upon him, looking under his hat; and, after they had ascertained who he was, began hooting. He turned round and told them, if Jhey interrupted him fur- ther, he would lick every man., He told them to come to the hustings, and discuss the Radical principles like men ; but if they offered any further interruption, he would pull their ears till tKey were as long as asses. He felt rather inclined to give them, as he told the men of Co- ventry, the slightest taste in the world of physical force; and those men would put us down by brute force if they could. ( Cheers.) The cause was going on well and right. The men of Lancashire, of Yorkshire, of Northum- berland, and Scotland, were with them to a man ; they are tired of waiting, and they say, it is time they should have the benefit of their great patience. They looked to the men of Birmingham in a great measure for universal suf- frage ; for they said, if the men of Birmingham were strong enough to carry the Reform bill, the same council, backed by the same Union, were able to carry universal suffrage. Either, they said, that the strength they ( the men of Birm- ingham) had, then, was derived from the enemy, or that universal suffrage was not so inviting to them as was the Reform bill. He looked upon annual Parliaments, paid members, and so forth, as things which would follow uni- versal suffrage, but which would not accomplish it. An attempt would be made to divert their agitation ; but if lie could avoid it, never should it be done, and he was sure the men of Birmingham would manifest the same disposi- tion. ( Cheers.) It was now high time that every word uttered by the leaders of the people should be properly translated. Mr. O'Connell was called a man of peace; and he has told the government, that he would enrol every man, from the age of fifteen to sixty years, and that he would then send the petition of their rights to Her Majesty. Why, this was us far as he Mr. O'Connor had ever gone. He had always said, that when physical force was necessary, it would come like an electric shock to his aid. But he had never told the people to submit the neck of freedom to the foot of the despot. ( Cheers.) Had he not told them, that the men who would recommend civil war, would be the first men to abandon them to their fate. If every man in England had exerted himself as he had done, uni- versal suffrage would have now been the law of the land. ( Cheers.) Had he not for three years and a half, beneath the heat of summer, and the winter's cold, by night and by day, exerted himself in their cause? ( Cheers.) And now he was ready to he tried on every word spoken, and on every sentence written by him during that long agitation ; and let them remember, that that agitation was more than the whole agitation which had taken place during the last one hundred years; but it had only been since the period when they had all been disgusted with the Reform bill, that the agitation had become general. They did not now hear of corn law bills, of railway and turnpike acts; now the agi tation was confined to the great principle of universal suf- frage. Lord Fitzwilliam had said, that it was a decree of Providence that poverty should never be banished from the country; he said, be it so, they had been in poverty long enough, now then let the wealthy become poor in their turn. ( Cheers.) He never would tell them to go to battle; but when they marshalled for the fight, then would he not wait the herald's proclamation, but march at once to the standard of liberty. No king's speech, no royal proclama- tion was ever looked forward to with such impatience, as were the proceedings of this night. Throughout London, Lancashire, and Scotland, the ears of the working classes were directed to that meeting, which was to be the test of their principles, and the result of which would teach them to prepare for the worst. Much of their hope rested 011 the men of Birmingham ; they had agitated by night and by day; they had lighted the torch in those distiicts where the masters had refused to their men the right of attending public meetings. The men taid—" We will meet by night, if we are deprived of the light of meeting by day." The whole of this agitation was a money question ; the govern- ment of the country had absorbed nearly the whole of the profits of the property of the country. They might be told that the middle classes would not join their ranks ; but let them remember, that those who, a few years ago, were rich, were now becoming poor; that those who, a few years ago, were sufficiently wealthy, were becoming paupers; therefore the middle classes must join them. Those classes bad a political and civil name; but ere long, by the blessing of God, they would arrange at nature's table, for the whole of nature's family; all should meet at one board— an ample board. Let them mind, that as soon as the government lound it impossible to restrain the progress of the nation's will, they would tender household suffrage to the people ; but if the people to- morrow were to accept household suf- frags, that and universal suffrage would be buried together in the same grave. They would tender the people this thing; but he ( Mr. O'Connor) and their council would get universal suffrage, because it was more honourable that every man should have a vote. He used strong language on the 6th of August; be was charged with holding strong language at the present time ; but he would tell them, that in the course of six months his language would be considered as soothing, instead of violent. He was telling them, that the course they were now pursuing would accomplish every thing; but there must be no misunderstanding between them. He should be glad if an attack on the excise would obtain universal suffrage; but how could they succeed bv that course. The government would immediately issue Ex' chequer bills during their morality, and thus the people would be defeated. He would not advise men born in the image of God to refrain from the enjoyment of that which though it was but a poor luxury, was their right. If they were not able to accomplish it, let them go to their stable ® — let them allow the winkers and saddles to be put upon them, and go to work— then let them go to the bastiles, and kneel before their task- masters to beg pittance; and when all was over, let them allow their bodies to be given over to the dissecting knife of the operator. What- ever he might be, when the battle should take place he would not be found a traitor to the people. Hitherto he had struggled with the people; he would continue with them until they had accomplished their just purpose— uni versal suffrage. Some people said they did not want uni- versal suffrage, because the present agitation was not so great as that during the passing of the Reform bill. True, the present agitation was not accompanied by burning castles or towns in flames; it was peaceful, but still it was sufficient. They had a hard winter before them— it was here now;— let them go to their task masters, and see what they would say to them. It was only when they could pro- tect themselves that they might expect to obtain anything from their prayers. He would not refrain from that to which he had a right, neither would he petition the House of Commons, to have his petition thrown back with insult. ( Cheers.) He begged to thank them for the patient hear- ing which now, as at all times when he had addressed them, they had given him. With respect to Mr. Salt and the council, no dissension should exist on his ( Mr. O'Connor's) part; and did they not think it was better to come forward manfully, and explain the thing, than to brood over it in silence? ( Cheers.) There was one mistake which he should wish to correct. The Birmingham Journal of last week had made him say at Hanley, that the men of Bir- mingham were with him on the question of dispute between him and Mr. Salt. He never did say so. He said he had the men of Birmingham with him in the general principle. He had never, in the course of his life, dared to tamper with public opinion. He looked upon the public as a jury, legally impannelled to try the actions of every individual. They were the jury who had met to try him— tl; ere sat the judge— and before them he was read^ t to be tried. He might cavil at the verdict of a packed jury in the courts of law, but to the verdict of the public he should always submit with the greatest deference. From the first time he had entered that room until the present moment, he had never said one dis- respectful word against any member of the council. Had he not at all times said, that if every town in England had such a council as that possessed by Birmingham in 1832, they should be able to carry universal suffrage, without hav- ing occasion to resort to physical force. ( Cheers.) With respect to Mr. Salt, of him he would say in his presence, as he had said in his absence, that he knew no better man and no firmer patriot. If he ^ Mr. O'Connor) had expressed himself with energy, let them remember the temperature of his country, and the wrongs which his family had sustained. He entertained the greatest respect for Mr. Salt; he was satisfied that Mr. Salt entertained the greatest respect for him ( Mr. O'Connor). " And now, men of Birmingham," said Mr. O'Connor, in conclusion, " your strength is in your union ; as Colonel Thompson has said, let no man cry halt; stick to universal suffrage ! it is a principle worth living and worth1 dying fori— but I am growing physical, therefore I will conclude." ( Loud cheering.) Mr. P. H. MUNTZ said, before separating, he wished to put a guestion to Mr. O'Connor. His object was to settle a point to which it would be necessary to adveit on Monday next, and it might be better to have it then settled. He wished to ask Mr. O'Connor if the reports in the Northern Star were correct reports? Mr. O'CONNOR said, all he could say in reply was, that no man went to greater expense or trouble to procure good reports, than he did. The directions he invariably gave were, to get the best reports they could, and make room for them. He could say, upon his honour, he never corrected a report of his own speeches, nor had he time to read the reports in the Star. Mr. P. H. MUNTZ said he was obliged by the answer. He then wished to ask another question. He wished to know if Mr. O'Connor agreed with the sentiments con- tained in the speech of the Rev. Mr. Stephens, lately de- livered by that gentleman at Wigan, and reported in the Star. Mr. O'CONNOR said he appeared there acommon stranger, upon a common indictment, and he really thought he had enough to do to defend himself. ( Hear, hear.) He had not read the speech alluded to. Would it not be better to write to Mr. Stephens, and ask him to come to Birmingham and justify himself? He would be bound Stephens would come immediately. If he ( Mr. O'Connor) was asked, did he generally co- operate and work with Stephens ? He would answer, he did. If he was asked, would he desert Ste- phens? He would answer, no; might bis body become food for worms, engendered by the carcases of Whigs and Tories, before he deserted him. Far be it from him to de- fend every word uttered by Mr. Stephens, or Mr. Oastler. What they or other men might have said, he could not tell, nor ought he to be held answerable for their language. The fact was, he had not time to read. He was incessantly travelling about, and had not time to speak to an individual, except upon politics. He could assure them his was 110 pleasant undertaking. Some people talked to him about assassination ; other people talked to him of other dangers which he ran. A man at Rochdale, the other day, said to him," Why, Mr. O'Connor, do you go to these great meet- ings, by night and by day? A ball might pop you off, and nobody could tell from whence it came." He ( Mr. O'Con- nor) replied, " Never mind ; if 6uch should be the case, the people would light up such a blaze in Rochdale, as never was before witnessed." Mr. P. H. MUNTZ said, as Mr. O'Connor had not read the Rev. Mr. Stephens' speech, he thought it was only right he should read it for him and the meeting. Mr. O'CONNOR would put it to the meeting if he thought he ought to be asked respecting that speech? ( Cries of No, no.) Mr. P. H. MUNTZ said he admitted he had no right to ask him any such question. He only thought, as a friend of the Rev. Mr. Stephens, he would be glad to hear it read. ( Cries of Read, read, and No, no.) Mr. Muntz then pro- ceeded to read, and was interrupted by cries of " Read all," " Read the whole speech." Mr. DOUGLAS said, he wished to know what state they would be in on Monday next, to discuss an important ques- tion, when they would not then hear with patience and temper, the reading of five lines. ( Cries of Read all, and some hissing.) Mr. Douglas said there was a great deal of the speech irrelevant. He had heard hissing. Mr. O'CONNOR: No, 110; three cheers for Mr. Muntz. ( Partial cheers.) Mr. DOUGLAS: Mr. O'Connor is much mistaken if lie thinks it requires his interposition to induce the men of Bir- mingham to cheer the name of Muntz. Mr. P. II. MUNTZ then read the following extract from Mr. Stephens' speech: — ' He had read the law— he had studied the constitution, and he asked them whether it was not right to give over meeting and petitioning altogether, and every man for him- self— every man for his wife and children— every brother for his sister, to get a club—( hear)— or a bludgeon, or a pike— ( that'll do)— or a dagger, or a sword—( that's it)— or a spear, or a pistol, or a carbine, or a musket, or a little bit of a pop gun of a bigger bore—( laughter)— and with these, any of them or all of them— not hiding them, but hanging them over the mantel piece, or outside of the door—( bravo, and laughter)— on the top of the chimney, one unloaded and the other loaded, and telling any body that choose to take the one that they should have the other given to them. ( Tremendous laughter and cheering.) Somebody whispered in his ear the Birmingham council. He thought he could not do better than leave them in the hands of O'Connor, who would tackle them pretty tightly before the expiration of forty- eight hours. The truth was, he never for himself had put any trust in the men either of London or Birming- ham who had come out on this adventure in search of the picturesque of universal suffrage: ( Hear.) He would tell them the truth— he did not trust them ; he never did trust them ; and he had a funny fancy that when they came to look for them they would not be there. They told the people that he was a hairbrained madcap, a vile enthusiast, a wild man, one that did not know what he was after, and that he was teaching the people to play with edge tools, which was a dangerous kind of a game. ( Hear, hear.) Now, they had heard many greater, wiser, better, and much more eloquent men than he—( no, no, noi— but if they had heard all the wise, all the good, all the great, and all the eloqnent men in the world, did they ever hear a man that put clearer words in a straighter row, with a stronger or bolder front before the people of England. ( Never, never, and loud cheers.) He had not that day shot over their heads— he had shot into them. ( Laughter.) He had not shot under their feet, and thrown a cloud of dust in their eyes; but had taken his aim and hitthe right place. ( Hear, hear, and cheers.) Now, he left this fact with the men of London and Birmingham, and all such foolish old women, who told the people that it was wrong for men to teach them the right of possessing arms. He thought it was his duty to come and tell them their rights. Was it their right to have arms, or was it not? ( It is, and we will have them.) He wanted to know what greater right a man had to have a vote thaa to have a firelock. ( None.) The firelock must come first and then the vote afterwards. Universal suffrage might be a very fine thing, but it was in the moon yet; and they must have a very long pike, with a crook at the end of it, before they would be able to pull it down. Universal suffrage was obtained by the people in former times. But how ? With arms in their hands. Mr. Stephens then re- ferred to the time of the barons and their influence, which ' hey, in conjunction with the people, possessed in obtaining political rig Ills. Now, the people wanted some of those barons back again, and less of the Birmingham gingerbread. ( Hear, hear, and cheers.) The fellows who made arms and - old them to the government denounced those of lie people as traitors who might ask them the price of pistols. IE they bad no right to arm, what right had they ( 0 the suf- frage? If they were too ignorant to be allowed to hare arms, how came they to be so wise that they could be trusted with the suffrage? ( Cheers.) The police nerec beat them till he had an act of Parliament behind his back. The soldier never sabred them until he had the riot act read and the magistrate behind his back. What did that show them? That a despotic administration might pass a law by which the people would be prevented from taking any effectual steps to ledress their own grievances. If, there- fore, they were not wise enough to know the use of firearms, they could not be wise enough to make those laws that would teach them to keep those firearms in their proper places. ( Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) But if they were men, if they had one drop of their mother's milk dancing in their veins, if diey had one drop of their father's blood ting- ling as it ran through their body, if they had one spark of old English spunk urid mettle in their body, why, then, let them show to him, to their country and their God, the mettle of the pasture that had bred them. ( Cheers.) And now he had come to Wigan to tell Mr. Kersley and Mr. Aspinall that it was the right of every man in Wigan to have arms in his house, and, if need be, to have them in hisi hands; and not only to have them, but to be prepared for their use—( loud and continued cheering)— and not only to prepare to use tliern, but actually to use them for tiler very purpose for which they were made, for the reason why God gave us cold lead and sharp steel was to put an ounce o£ the one, and six inches of the other into the bodies and brains of any men. and of al| the men, call them whattney would,— they might call them magistiates, if tliey liked, or commissioners, or powers, or principalities, or thrones, if they liked— whatever they chose to call them— they were welcome to call them ; but he had come there the apostle of the right of the people of England to arm; he was there to teach them to understand for what arms were made, to teach them to find out leaders whom they knew and whom they could trust, and whom they would follow; the right of the people of England to form themselves into companies, regiments, battalions, and divisions, and armies, and rally round, not their holiday flags, but the standards of a cam- paign in right down good earnest and to go to the war, and to the death, what for? Universal suffrage? No, he would not go one yard for it; he would not give two straws for it; but to go and war upon the side of truth against untruth, right against wrong, law against tyranny, constitution against revolution, good government against no government, and for God and themselves against wicked men and the spirit or the devil from hell. ( Tremendous cheering.) He was there, and lie would go any where to tell the people, he should tell it at Leigh to- morrow— he was there to say, that whenever in England the old laws and liberties of the people were infringed, their right ' o house and home, and fire and food, and clothing, and wife and children— whenever those rights were trampled upon, or any, or all of those blessings taken away from them, then was the time for them, whether universal suffrage did it for the Reform biiL or not; whether it was done by the boroughmongering faction or not; whether the king did it himself, or the aris- tocracy, that was the time for the people; having tried all the means he had before mentioned, then was the time for the people to prepare for war,— civil war, if it was to be called civil, national war, if it was to be called so, insurrrec- tion and treason, if such were the names by which it might be distinguished. ( Cheers.) It was God's insurrection- it was God's rebellion— it was a divine revolution, a revolu- tion in favour of truth and righteousness through the spirit of God and by means of the right arms of men. ( Load cheers.) He had nearly done not only on that occasion, but for ever, as a public agitator. He only came out upon this universal suffrage motion— and he was a universal suffrage man to his heart*, to his soul all through, and when he said before that he did not care two straws for universal suffrage, he meant, without other things came with it. ( Cries of— We understand you.) He did not come out upon this journey in search of the picturesque of universal suffrage, until he saw there was a juggle about to be practised upon the people, and, therefore, he said he would come out and spoil their fun."* He ( Mr. Muntz) would say lie sincerely hoped Mr. Stephens would retract what he had said of the men of Bir- mingham, or prove it. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. COLLINS said he would only remind them that their old friend, Mr. George Frederick Muntz, was in the room —( cheers)— and, he believed, they would all be highly grati- fied to hear a few words from him before they broke up. Mr. G. F. MUNTZ then got on the table, and was received with gieat cheering, after which he spoke as follows :—" My good friends and fellow- townsmen, although I now reside a long way from you, yet in my heart I am always with you. So long as I live shall I feel a deep ieterest in your welfare: I cannot express my feelings for the kind and affectionate manner in which you have always received me. It is pos- sible you may expect from me some account of what has taken place lately in the Court of Queen's Bench. ( Hear, hear.) As yet, however, I cannot give you an explanation of the infamous affair. The time, however, may come, when I shall be free togive it you— when it may be necessary that you should learn exactly the way in which I have been treated; I will only now say, that no words in the Englistx language can express the infamy of those by whom I hare been persecuted. But the time will shortly come when I will give you the full, true, and particular account of the birth, parentage, education, and all other particulars of your friends and my friends— Messrs. Whateley, Goodfellow, Crowther, Gutteridge, Arm6eld, Hebbert, and Company ( Laughter.) At a meeting held in the Town Hall, for the nomination of your present worthy representatives, I said there were men amongst the base party who would say and swear anything—( hear, hear)— and the contortions o£ their countenances showed who were the guilty parties. There could not be a better proof that I was right than the manner in which these men have acted towards me. What are the facts? Why the four judges of the Queen's Bench have declared by their decision that all the parties connected with the prosecution against me have sworn falsely; but, as I said, I will give you their history at a future day—& few words now, and a veiy few words, with respect to the business, the important business, of this night. X am sorry you have been compelled to adjourn the subject, and I am sorry I cannot be here, because I consider the discussion that will take place on Monday night next will be one of vast importance, not only to Birmingham, but to all Eng- land— nay, to the whole world. ( Hear, hear.) I concur entirely in the words used by Mr. O'Connor, that the Whigs and Tories Are most anxiously looking for the result of this meeting, in order that they may divide the people. Now, then, I caution you, men of Birmingham, as an old friend— ( hear, hear)— and a sincere friend—( hear, hear) who never deceived you—( hear, hear)— do not let small matters or slight differences of opinion, or an over anxiety to get in- stantaneous relief, divide you or separate you from the coun- sels of those men in whom you know you can rely. Let not the grievances you have felt, or may feel hereafter, prevent you from calmly weighing and coolly considering what you have a right to do in the present instance. I know the constitution of your country gives you the right and the power to resort to physical force. The revolution of 1688 was effected by physical force. The Queen sits upon the throne by virtue of that revolution. All this I know, and all this you know; but let it not be supposed that every trifling circumstance, or every slight provoca- tion, is sufficient to justify you in resorting to physical force, and plunging the nation into war. Remember, you cannot do a greater kindness to the two great factions vvho oppress you, than to resort, without absolute necessity, without absolute good cause, to physical force. It would only be a means of puttin.; you down before you could justify yourselves. No man in the whole world is more anxious than I am that every man of you should be pros- perous, no man more anxious that every honest mat » should have his rights, and every rogue his due. ( Cheers.) But let me again caution you, that it is not a small deviation from the constitution that ought to induce you to resort to violence, or fix a day for physical force. And admitting, for the sake of argument, that it were perfectly justifiable, you would, in my opinion, be great fools to fix a day- You would be the greatest fools in the world to fix a day, and give your enemy notice of your intention, to enable him to be prepared. Besides, I am confident moral force- will be sufficient for your purpose. It will, if properly applied, carry everything you want. A great deal has been gained, and " a great deal may yet be gained, by every man considering the business as his own—( hear, hear)— and by every man undertaking to do his part. If every man will only act in this way, j'ou may rely upon it a very short time must elapse before you can place yourselves in tfiat position from which no power on earth, nor no government, can drive you. I am myself now out of the reach of any misery that can arise; but, my friends, I am not careless about you, whom I know cannot shrink from it. My only wish and most anxious desire is, that you do not plunge: yourselves into trouble; and my most sincere advice is, that you do not allow any man— no matter whom he may be— to lead you into trouble." ( Cheers.) The meeting then adjourned. The Lords of the Admiralty have advertised for steamers to convey mails and despatches between. England and Halifax, also between England and Halifax and New York. * The words within parentheses are the exclamations of the Wigan and Leyh meeting, not of the Political Union.— E. B. J. 4 MEETING 01' THE BURGESSES OF DUD- DESTON AND NECHELLS. AT a MEETING of the BURGESSES of DUD- DESTON ami NECHELLS, liel. i this 23rd day of November, 1838, and convened by requisition, Mr. JOSEPH ADAMS in the Chair; It was moved by Mr. BUNN, seconded by Mr. WILLIAM COOFKR, and carried, That the Committee chosen on Monday nlfjbt Inst, at the Slack Horse, with power to add to their number, be re- quested to take means to carry the election of the six per- sons nominated by this Meeting, namely, Mr. John Pierce, Mr. Fairbrother Page, Mr. William Page, Mr. John Corn- forth, Mr. Thos. Hickling, and Mr. Wm. Wilcox. Moved by Mr. GROVE, and seconded by Mr. HANSOM, That the above resolution be inseited in the Birmingham Journal. The Chairman having vacated his seat, and Mr. Bunn laving been called thereto. It was moved by Mr. Joan NUTT, seconded by Mr. GROVE, and canicd, That the best thanks of this Meeting be given to Mr. Joseph Adams, for his conduct in the chair. TO THE REFORMERS OF DERITEND AND BORDESLEY. AT a numerous MEETING OF BURGESSES of . the DERITEND and BORDESLEY WARD, letd at the GKKEN MAN INN, on Monday the 19th instant, it was unanimously resolved,— That ( lie following gentlemen be recommended to the Reform Electors ol this Ward ; being eminently qualified to represent their interests in the Municipal Council of the Borough ; as good and steady Reformers of all abuses, and most decided economists in public expenditure. If, therefore, you consider these quali- fications essential, VOTE FOR THE WHOLE. Mr. REUBEN WIGLEY, Small Heath, — WILLIAM INGALL, Hight- street, Bordesley, _ WILLIAM JENKINS, Coventry- road, — JOHN HAWKES, Lombard- street, — ROBERT RYLEY, Warwick- street, — JOHN FIELD, Moseley- srreet. Committee Room, Deritend, Nov. 21, 1838. MR. W. MILLS, SEVEN STARS, LAWLEY- STREET, Birmingham, begs to inform his friends and the public that lie intends to commence a TWENTY POUNDS CLUB, on Tuesday, November 27,1836. Any gentleman becoming a member will much oblige their bumble servant, W. MILLS. This day is publiihed, bound in roan tuck, with a fine steel plate engraved Frontispiece, price 3s. 6d., SHOWELL'S COMMERCIAL DIARY, and GENERAL MEMORANDUM BOOK TOR BIRMINGHAM and the neighbourhood, wilh ALM A ANCK for the year 1838. J. W. S. begs to remind the public, that THIS IS THE ORIGINAL BIRMINGHAM POCKET BOOK, and he hopes the great care and attention which has this year been bestowed upon its compilation, will secure lor it a continuance of that high reputation it has hitherto sustained. It will this year contain a much larger mass of local infor- mation than any yet published, including a CORRECT TIDE TABLE for LIVERPOOL. The great advantage which this Table offers to the Shipping Merchants of Birmingham and its vicinity must be obvious to every one. Also, SHOWELL'S HOUSEKEEPER'S ACCOUNT BOOK, on an improved principle, price 2s. Birmingham: Published by JOHN W. SHOWELL, New- street, and J. M. KNOTT, High- street, and sold by all re- spectable Booksellers. BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1838. We intended to- day to have gone into the question of principle now being agitated, between a party, who are amongst the Radicals rather than of them, and • whose constant theme, however it may be explained away, is WAR, ILLEGALITY, and DISORDER, and the great mass, as we hope and trust of the various " Unions in the kingdom, certainly of Birmingham unless they have most strangely departed from all their old thoughts and all their old ways, and unless they wish to add personal defection to their other aberrations, and depart from all their old leaders, who still hold by the glorious watchword under whose guidance all their victories hitherto have been gained — PEACE, LAW, ORDER. We intended to have gone somewhat at length into this most important and pressing question, but find ourselves, most fortunately, anticipated, by an address of more weight and value than any that we could aspire to pen, and from one • who, in these matters, speaks with an authority to which we make no pretension. Gladly do we give • way to a man so worthy of a patient hearing and a prompt obedience. May his words be so read, marked, and inwardly digested, as the gravity of the occasion and the dignity of the writer demand ! To the Council and Members of the Birmingham Political Union. My dear friends and fellow townsmen, I regret much that the indisposition of myself and my family should have latterly prevented my attend- ance at your weekly meetings. In a short time I promise myself the pleasure of being in the midst of you; and I assure you that I shall never fail, with right good will, to labour in the just and holy cause which you support. That excellent patriot, Thomas Doubleday, tells the NORTHERN POLITICAL UNION, that, " at the awful hour when the cruelty of the cruel man returns upon his own heart, and the injustice of the unjust man knocks at his breast, he will die with the consolation of hav- ing done his duty." This, also, is my determination. In the meanwhile, I cannot but congratulate you very cordially upon the glorious progress of our great cause. It is but. six months ago that we went to Glasgow, Our country was then asleep. We laid bare the fatal source from which all the miseries of the people pro- ceed. Wq pointed out the absolute necessity of a tho- rough and total change in the people's House of Par- liament. The call of the Birmingham Union was like the touch of IlhHriel's spear. It awoke the moral electricity in millions of hearts, and sent the " living thunder," leaping- from town to town, in a hundred directions. Two years ago, I told you, my friends, that this would lie the effect of the wisdom, patriotism, and strict legality of all your proceedings. I told you " that, at the proper time, two millions of the best and bravest men in Europe would answer to your call— that they would clap their hands when you clap yours — that they would stamp with their feet when you stamp with yours— that they would use no violence—• that tliey would humbly address, remonstrate, and petition— but that the sound of their voices would be like the muttering of ten thousand thunders.'''' I cannot doubt, my friends, that more than two mil- lions of men have already answered to your call. They have signed your National Petition, and they have pledged themselves to stand or fall by you, in every just and legal effort to carry the great objects of that petition itlto ft law. The public press—" the best possible public deluder"— has done ctery thing possible, to conceal this great truth from the public eye. But all these efforts have been iu vain. The inutter- ings of the thunder have resounded from the extremi- ties of Scotland to those of England. The very nick- ing of the earth under the footsteps of the people lias revealed the truth, carrying hope and consolation into the hearts of suffering and exasperated millions. It has been with me a matter of policy to abstain irora attending these great meetings. As far as I am concerned, the spontaneous movement of the public mind his been left to itself. The hoarded injuries pf many years have prodded at last their bitter fruits. The conviction is now rooted in the hearts of millions, that the people, and the government* in its present state, cannot both exist together. I told Lord Melbourne, in November last, when I went to him with the deputation of fifteen, that this would be the inevitable result of his neglecting to re- lieve the distresses of the people. I pointed out to him the clear and certain means of forthwith securing full employment, and full wages, and full profits, to the industrious classes generally, upon the sole condition of relaxing the grasp of the usurer upon the nation's throat. He told us, that" he could do nothing," and that " the House of Commons was against us." I answered, that " we would change the House of Commons for him;" and I took leave ol his lordship, by solemnly assuring him, " that in neglecting to relieve the dis- tress of the people, he would raise a moral tempest round his head, which no moral means could, by any possibility, resist; and that if he attempted to apply physical means, it would be an act of madness and suicide." That moral tempest is now rising in all its majesty. It is at this moment howling around the battlements of the government, and shaking the tabernacles of fraud, cruelty, and oppression. The people have lifted up their voices and their trumpets. They have circled, as it were, the DEVOTED CITV once. Again, and again, it must be circled. The seventh time wilt be the last. But here, my friends, a great issue is joined. The people cannot succeed by violence, unless it should be the unhappy fate of the nation, that violence should be first used against them by their oppressors. Thrice is lie armed that hath his quarrel just, And he but naked, though locked up in steel. Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted. Remember our ancient motto— PEACE, LAW, ORDER ! Under these magic words, the people possess a giant', strength. Without them, they are but as an infant in a giant's hand ! Mark, the two millions of Englishmen, who are rallying at this moment round the Birmingham Union! You may hear their footsteps shaking the earth, in a hundred directions. Would these men have rallied around us, if our sacred banners had been stained by violence, rapine, and blood P NO! It is our sacred cause which has gathered the hearts of the peopl around us. It is ihe wisdom, and justice, and strict legality of all our proceedings, which have given us a power more terrible in the eyes of tyrants, than the bayonets of two hundred thousand of the best soldiers that ever left the shores of England, to vindicate the honour of their country. Yes, my friends, the Birmingham Union does, at this moment, possess a more formidable power than ever was possessed by any body of men iu England before. We will not betray the confidence of our country. We will have no violence, no anarchy, no blood. We will not even injure the wretched means of existence, which the crippled trade and industry of the country yet supply to large numbers of the people. But we will lead the people peacefully and legally to the most beneficial and the most glorious victory that ever was gained upon the earth before. In the mean while look at our position. Our strength is accumulating daily. The people are d. iily and hourly acquiring more and more unity of object, of time, and of operation. The millions are ac- quiring the character of a well- disciplined army. They are no longer scattered and diffused, running a hundred ways, with a bundled objects, at a hundred times. They are gathered and united like one man, with one object, with one heart, and with one head, to support the laws and vindicate the liberty of their country. This is the glorious position in which the people now stand. Let no enthusiast, no bigot, no spy, no traitor, ever seduce them from this grand position. Let them gather up their strength under the sanction of the law. Where is the man who will dart to attack them? I think the man is not yet born who will dare to play Polignac in England. If he is, we shall certainly see him grinning through the bars of Polig- nac's dungeon. The pnblic authority may be brought in opposition to the law; but " the public authority will be broken to pieces on the spot, by the thunder of the wrath of the people." This was the case with our gallant neighbours, the French, in the year 1830. Tliey waited until their enemies violated the law against them, and then they crushed their enemies by force ; but they would hare obtained by peaceful and legal means, a much larger measure of liberty, than any which they now possess, if the crimcs of Polignac had not compelled the use of force. It was their just and righteous cause which gave the French people their strength. If they had violated the law themselves, their strength would have become weakness; and that of their enemies would have been increased tenfold. The vert) soldiers who joined their cause would have fought against them They might possibly have produced a revolution; but it would have been like that of 1789— bought wilh an ocean of blood and tears; and probably overturned by foreign tyrants at last. The glorious French people " knew how to gain victory; but they did not know how to use it." The fruits of victory were forced out of their hands at one time, and twisted out of their hands at another. We my friends, will make no mistakes of this kind. We will not only gain victory, but, by the blessing of God, we will secure its fruits for us and our posterity for ever. My friends, all depends upon the unity of the people. and upon the justice and strict legality of their cause. Our situation is painfully difficult, and surrounded with dangers on every side. We, the men of Birming- ham, are but a one hundredth part of the people of England. We have against us, nearly the whole of the aristocracy, of the church, of the public press, and of the learned professions. We have against us nearly the whole of the landed interest, and of the funded, and the nionied interests. We have the whole of the fo- reign tyrants against us; all of them cordially united, and all of them ready to land their hundreds of thousands of foreign murderers on our shore ; and the navy, that glorious bulwark of our country, has been criminally suffered to fall into a state which would but facilitate such infernal objects. And what have we to set against these fearful odds ? We have the justice of our cause, the righteousness of our conduct, and the masses of the British people. In the wielding of these masses, WISDOM, and VIRTUE, antl PEACE, and LAW. and ORDER, arc vitally necessary. If we abandon these, we are lost. Let us hold fast to these great principles, and the right arm of our oppressors will be broken. " Every dark and evil thing of night, will flee away from before us." My friends, I repeat to you— if wc are not strong enough to succeed by moral means, we are not strong enough to succeed by physical means. The latter will require a hundred times more labour, a hundred times more sacrifice, and a thousand times more expense and endurance than the former. Our interest, there- fore, and our duty both combine. We must hold fast to the law. We must gather up the masses of the people. We must unite them all as one man. We must teach them to act under leaders; and at the pro- per hour we must precipitate the weight of their moral influence, in one grand, legal, united, and overwhelm- ing mass, upon the government It is with this object that we have recommended the assembling of the forty- nine delegates of the industrious classes in London. These honest representatives of the people will assemble under the sanction of the law. They are chosen under the principle of universal suf frage. They must be instantly cashiered if they neg- lect tlicir duty. BUT THEY MUST BE OBEYED IN ALL THINGS, UNDER THE LAW, SO LONG AS THEY DISCHARGE TIJEIR DUTY. It is in this wayonlythat we can obtain UNITY. Through UNITY , vte shall obtain LIBERTY. Through LIBERTY we shall obtain PROSPERITY. No- thing can resist the force of PUBLIC OPINION, when brought to act universally, unitedly, and centrically upon the government. Here, then, is our rock of strength. We must support and obey the forty- nine delegates, in every just and legal measure which they ecommend. We must shrink from no labour; and, without crime, without expense, without blood, without injury to trade, we shall gain quickly more for the people than a hundred battles, and a hundred millions sterling, and twenty years of civil war could obtain for them. v Friends, and fellow- townsmen! I am not supersti- tious; but I believe that there is a God in Heaven who blesses a righteous cause. My opportunities of serving the people have been but few. But I have lived to see some changes. I began the war against the East India monopoly. I saw its downfall. I began the war against the American Orders in Council. I saw their abolition. I began the late war against the boroughmongering Parliament. I saw its REFORM. Placed at your head, I am now engaged in a much greater war, with far more important objects, and against far more fearful odds. Our opponents tell us, that we have " no system, no plan, no leaders!!" Let them continue to lay this unction to their souls; and we will shortly show them, that we have everything that is necessary to give victory, liberty, and prosperity to the people. My friends, the distress of the people has mainly moved me, in all my efforts in the public cause. The sordid oppressors of our country have long denied its existence. Their own measures have produced it, and they wilfully close their eyes against it. It is now proved to be the grand cause of the general discontent, by hundreds of meetings, attended by hundreds of thousands of men. It is the inevitable result, as you know, of corn- laws to lift up the price of food, out of which rents are discharged, and of money- laws to raise the value of the money, in which the claims upon industry are discharged. Both these atrocious sets of laws co- operate with each other in crippling trade, in diminishing the employment, and in reducing the wages of labour; and both co- operate with the new poor- luws in grinding the faces of the people. Un- doubtedly we must have liberty. We must carry out the objects of the National Petition into a law. But be assured, my friends, that 110 measure of liberty will ever give prosperity to the people, unless it leads to the repeal of thesefamine- producing, trade- destroying, and death- dealing laws! The boroughmongers gave us the first and the second of these infernal laws. The Reformed Parliament has filled up the measure of its iniquities with the third. My friends, by the blessing of God, we will repeal these laws ; and we will change, totally and for ever, the fatal source from whence they flow. My dear friends and fellow- townsmen, I remain, as ever, Your faithful friend and servant, THOMAS ATTWOOD. Ryde, Isle of Wight, 15th Nov. 1838. We give, in another place, an extract from an ex- cellent paper on the abstinence principle, as an instru- ment of reform, which appeared in the last number of the True Scotsman. There are two arguments against this plan, originally recommended by the men of Bir- mngham, and, in the spirit and letter of their motto, which it may be worth while briefly to notice. First, it is contended that it cannot he carried into sufficiently extensive execution. This is an argument drawn from the want of firmness and of honesty in the Radicals, or from their want of numbers. If the scheme fail, be- cause the Radicals are not sufficiently sincere in their Radicalism, to make for it the smallest sacrifice, then, assuredly, any scheme must fail, for the success of which a great sacrifice is demanded. If the people of England and Scotland care so little for universal suf- frage, that they will not give jtip, even for a season, so contemptible a gratification tfb a cup of ale or a cup of tea, then, past all doubt, the people of England and Scotland will not risk clea^ li, mutilation, and every privation— beer and tea inetuded— which, in a cam- paign of a month only, they must risk, not once, but a hundred times, in order to gain universal suffrage. A correspondent of ours— a facetious fellow, it must be allowed— is afraid that a general consumption might be the consequence of an attack upon the excise. This is the first time that we have heard of double X being a preventive of phthisic. We suspect three or four nights of a bivouac, in such pleasant w eather as we have had for a week past, and three or four days'march, would try both the lungs and limbs of our correspondent more seriously than would the abstraction of his ale, even though that abstraction should be continued for three years, instead of three months. The objection, from want of sufficient numbers of Radicals seriously to affect the government and the country, is still less worthy than the objection we have just noticed For, if the Radicals be so pitiful a minority, not only will they be unequal, from want of power, to produce that change after which they are panting, but, on Radical principles, they have no right to attempt it. The entire Radical agitation pro- ceeds on the twin assumption— that the majority have a right to rule the minority, and that the Radicals are the majority. The argument, from their paucity of numbers, is contradictive, not so much of the value of the abstinence plan, as of the entire hypothesis, of which that plan is no more than the working ma- chinery. An objection of more seeming value against the abstinence plan was made on Tuesday by Mr. O'CONNOR. He thinks the attempt to reduce the revenue would not succeed, because the government could issue exchequer bills to cover the deficiency—- in other words, it is of no use to take from the taxes, be- cause, if the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER cannot get money, he can run in debt. Now, this is true to a very small extent; and to a very small extent only- Suppose Mr. RICE to issue, as a consequence of the falling oft' in the revenue, only five millions of ex- chequer bills. These bills must be bought by some- body; and the buying of than? would put into circula- tion five millions of bank paper, in addition to what is already in circulation. What is to be done with this paper? How is it to bo absorbed? Observe, the addition would not be a trading or commercial addi- tion ; it would be a mere money affair, from beginning to end. There would be a repletion of paper in the money market; which could only be reduced in the usual way— by a wholesale abstraction of gold from the bank; and the recurrence of all those difficulties which such an abstraction has invariably produced. But granting to Mr. O'CONNOR'S argument all the force that he would claim for it, it touches but one part of the case. The operation of the abstinence plan would be two- fold— on the vendors and producers of the things obtained from, and on the government. The former is of infinitely more importance than the ' latter. Our object is to compel all such vendors and producers to csme in, and join in our movement— to make it national in reality, as well as in name. That effected, where would the opposing government be found? Suppose one grand union, brought about in this way, not only of working men, but of the whole men of the empire, who are engaged in any matter of dealing or trade, can there he a moment's doubt that the petition of the people would be carried ? Putting the ca » e of the advocates of abstinence on the lowest groundi— supposing it to prove, for the great purposes of the petition, fruitless; still to those who acted on the advice the result would be pure un- adulterated good. If the wild scheme of physical violence were to succeed, success must be sought by sufferingi incalculable— loss of limb, loss of life, sacrifice of property to tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands; cold hearths, sunken roof- trees, families broken up, affections blighted, hearts seared and broken ! Aud bywhom would the success he reaped ? By men whose hands were red with the blood of brethren and kinsmen ! Is this a proper training for the enjoyment of freedom? Is the " mountain nymph" to be wooed and won- in such a fashion, and by such appliances ? Look to the other picture. He that sits down in calm resolve and pure devotion to the good cause, to work out at his own fire- side, and in the bosom of his family, unallarnied, untroubled, the great scheme of his country's good, may fail from want of a suffi ciently general co- operation. But he will come out of the trial with a clear head, with an unreproaching conscience, with a contented heart, with a body strengthened by regimen, and a pocket replenished by prudence. And these good and enviablt tilings will be compassed by mental energy, not by brute force ; so that the very process by which victory is sought, shall carry with it the elements of triumph, whether victory or defeat be the issue. Can it be a question with any good man, whether such a laudable scheme deserves to succeed ? Can it be a question with any sans man, whether such a laudable scheme deserves a trial ? ST. PETER'S WARD.— We have given, in another place, a report of a meeting of a number of the rate- payers of this ward, held oil Monday, at the Mogul, in Bartholomew- street. It will be seen that a great deal of angry and ignorant abuse was lavished, by various of the speakers, on the central committee, be- cause it presumed to recommend six gentlemen, every way qualified and worthy the councillorship, to the consideration of the ward. The main subject of com- plaint seems to have been, that the gentlemen so recom- mended were not rate- payers of the ward, which was true of two only, Mr. SCHOLEFIELD and Mr. FRANCIS CLARK, than whom two more fitting gentlemen could not be found iu the borough— clear- headed, well- in formed, diligent, attentive— and if it had been true of the whole, it was so frivolous and contemptible an ob- jection, that the only wonder is, how any man of sense could bringhimself to avow, much less to defend it. The notion of the electors contending earnestly and angrily for the limiting of their own choice, tying up their own hands, compelling themselves, on set purpose, to choose the worser candidate, simply because he happened to live on the hither side of a gutter, instead of the worthier, who happened to be located on the farther side, is, of all notions possible, the most puerile and prejudiced. Men who would act on such a notion, are yet in the leading strings of political babyhood, and should be subjected to the restrictions of a careful guide when they walk abroad. The rate- payers, as they are called, that is, some fifty out of four or five hundred, met again on Wednesday, at the Golden Lion, Aston- street, where, by the bye, there is one of the best rooms for a meeting that we have seen for a long time, and, happily, iu a humour as placid and conciliatory as it had previously been irascible. The business of Wednesday was restricted to a miscella- neous conversation, and adding a few names to the committee appointed at the previous meeting. Last night the committee met at the Public- office, when a second change seemed to have come over the face of its dreams; for the same spirit of petty objectiveness seemed once more to he not dominant but rampant. The first meetiug was got up under the influence of of party, and the working of that influence was pretty plainly apparent in the third. The committee met to recommend candidates— a recommendation which, to be of the smallest uvail, ought be gone about with good faith, and with a sincere desire of mutual accommodation. Instead of this, a section of the committee had actually held a private meet- ing, and agreed to a list, and had it printed, with a view the better to carry it! The farce of the list was, that it contained the names of not less than four acting commissioners, three of whom had constantly refused the slightest countenance to the incorporation party, and who are, at this moment, planning new acts of Parliament, farther to trammel and tax the al- ready overburdened community! This list ivas, after a great deal of desultory and useless talk, put to the meeting and lost; and then, by way of wind up, the committee dissolved without intention of again assem- bling. We are grieved to observe such evident symp- toms of weakness, but gratified, at the same time, to find that it is amongst the Whigs only that they are apparent— a small and decreasing fragment of the po- litical community. The Radicals will now take up the case of the ward, and we have no doubt, from their business habits, they will soon give a good account of it. MESSRS. MUNTZ AND PARE.— The following are elegant extracts from an article on the rule granted last week, in respect to these gentlemen, which ap- peared in the Tory paper of Thursday:— " Sergeant Wilde then moved in arrest of judgment, and applied for a new trial ' on the ground of mis- direction onlybecause, he said, the learned judge who tried the cause, after some preliminary observa- tions on the indecency and want of decorum in the proceedings in the church, had said ' he should call the attention of the jury to what was a riot aud what was an affray, and his present objection was, that the learned judge NEVER DID so, and the jury had given their verdict without having the least idea of what was necessary to constitute the offence of an affray, aud having in truth negatived everything that was neces- sary to constitute that offence.' A more wilful and premeditated falsehood was never uttered !" " The allegation on which the application was first made, having entirely failed, his lordship— true to his original principles, notwithstanding the severe stric- tures of the Journal on his abandonment of them, when he directed the rule to be made absolute— his Whig lordship thought fit to cast abont for some ' one ground or other' to excuse a further delay iu doing justice in this matter !" A sergeant- at- law a premeditating liar— the chief justice of the Queen's Bench casting about for excuses to delay justice! What next ? MESSRS. MUNTZ AND PARE.— We have much plea- sure in announcing a donation of two pounds, from the Lodge of Good Fellows, No. 1, held at the Golden Lion, Great Charles- street, and of which Mr. William Taylor is chairman, towards the expenses of these gentlemen and their companions. The parish of Aston is playing its part in the muni- cipal drama, which is the order of the day, with that spirit and good sense which hn always distinguished it, and with a business regularity which cannot fail to be followed by success. The lists— excellent ones— for Deritend and Duddeston will be found in our ad- vertising columns. The Whigs have played a fine game in these wards too, and been flung, as these fine players usually are. * It will be seen by advertisement in another part of the paper, that there has been a meeting of the bur- gesses of Duddeston aud Nechells, at which six per- sons were nominated to represent the ward in the town council. The meeting was convened by a num- ber of Whig gentlemen, between whom and the Radi- cals there was a strong opposition. The Radicals, however, carried the nominations; and, if they choose, they are equally capable to carry the elections. We are enabled to state, from the best authority, that- the churchwardens of Edgbaston have abandoned all intention of enforcing the church- rates, so generally protested against by the rate payers of that parish. We perceive from the advertisement, to which we refer for particulars, that, in addition to various novel- ties, the manager of the theatre intends to give, at the close of the performances on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, a splendid exhibition of pyrotechny, under the superintendence of Mr. D'Ernst. MAP OF BIRMINGHAM.— Messrs. Wrightson antl Webb have published a second edition, with numerous additions, corrections, and improvements of Hunt's Map of Birmingham; iu which the great desideratum, the boundaries of the wards, are given complete. The map is variously done up, to suit the varying con- venience and taste of purchasers. It is an elegant affair, creditable to the respectable house from which it issues, and to the town. Nothing so full and so. accurate has jet appeared. It could not come at a better time. MORE ALMANACS.— Mr. Showell is determined to out- do all his precursors, and, coming last, to produce the largest and completest annual pocket- book yet pre- sented to the Birmingham public. Mr. ShowellY annual ( the only kind of annual, by the bye, that will bear two perusals) offers a larger space for daily memo- randa than any other of the same price; and it has columns for notes by the side of the monthly calendar, a new feature, which must prove exceedingly useful. To all this, it adds very complete local lists, a tide tabic for Liverpool, and a'list ( alas! blank— what would many give to have the filling of it?) not of, but for the future mayor and town council! It will be seen from an advertisement in another place, that Mr. Sutton, from the Colosseum, is to ap- pear at the Shakespeare rooms on Monday. The powers of Mr. Sutton, as a magician aud ventriloquist, are not unknown to Birmingham, and he comes with a full, charged budget of novelties. Mr. Wallace, of King Alfred's- place, has published proposals for subscription > o a scries of Panoramic views on the London and Birmingham railway. We have been favoured with a peep of some of the original drawings, and can confidently recommend them, both in plan and execution, as worthy of the public patron- age. We understand the committee for conducting the Christmas performances in aid of " Aged and Dis- tressed Housekeepers," are diligently employed in making preparations for the forthcoming concerts, which it is expected will take place the first week in January. Mr. PAUL TON.— This gentleman's lectures on the corn- laws will be delivered in the Town Hall, on Mon. day and Thursday evenings. Joshua Scholefield, Esq., will preside on both occasions. Mr. Paulton is intro- duced to Birmingham under liighlv respectable auspices. We trust that there will be a large attend- ance of the working classes at these lectures, in addi- tion to the more wealthy portion of the community. The question is one which affects all, though it must be especially interesting to those who are most likelv to b3 sufferers from the present most injurious and fraudulent system. It must not be supposed, because the Radicals are opposed to anti- corn- law agitation, which they believe would tend, and is meant by many of its advocates, to turn away the public mind from the more important question of the franchise, that, there- fore, they are at all averse from having the iniquities of the corn- laws laid bare. On the contrary, for the speedier success of the Radical cause, the system of general injustice, whether in respect to corn- laws or any other bad laws, cannot be too effectually exposed. Sir James Graham has been elected Rector of Glas- gow University. The Duke of Sussex was the unsuc- cessful candidate. A correspondent suggests a classification of the pro- fession and trades of the several proprietors of ihe Advertiser, as a means of enabling our readers to come to a clearer judgment upon the subject. W. C. Alston, magistrate. W. Anderton, magistrate. Sir Edward Hartopp, magistrate, Francis Lloyd, magistrate. Ferdinand Smith, magistrate. Rv In rid Bedford, clergyman and magistrate. John Meadham, clergyman. Samuel Peshell, clergyman. IT. M. Griffiths, attorney and magistrate's clerk. Clement Ingleby; attorney. George Barker, attorney. John W. Whateley, coroner and attorney. John Stubbs, attorney. George Whateley, attorney. John Rawlins, attorney. J. B. Hebbert, attorney. Thomas Knott, editor of Aris's Gazette. John Morgan Knott, sub- editor of ditto. Cornelius Robins, auctioneer. Barnabas Chesshire, auctioneer. John Chesshire, auctioneer. William Newton, linen- dr iper. Johu Boulton, linen- draper. R. P. Westall, linen- draper. , Samuel Haines, silversmith. Westley Richards, gun maker. J. G. Reeves, factor. William Roberts, factor. George J. Reeves, glass maker. James Mason, merchant. Isaac Marshall, iron founder. Edward Armfield, button maker. John Aston, button maker. John Homer, share dealer. Richard Wood, surgeon. William Barnett, of Dudley. THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 5* 4. 5 CLAIMS AND OBJECTIONS.— The claims made up to Tuesday amounted to 88 only. Of objections, there were, for Edgbaston, signed by a gentleman, who bears the euphonious name of Cudlip, 181; for Birmingham, signed by John Palmer, ex- overseer of the poor, 750; and for tie same place, signed by various individuals, 17. There were no objections for Aston. Thecorpora- tion committee, on Tuesday morning, came to a unani- mous resolution, neither to make, or sanction, any ob- jection whatever, though they had evidence before them that objections were being made. The entire 750 ob- jections, signed by Mr. Palmer, are Tory objections. » The ratepayers will learn, not with surprise, perhaps, but certainly with indignation, that the materials for these wholesale objections, by which their now vested and lawful rights are sought to be taken away, were furnished by the clerks of the workhouse, whom the ratepayers are compelled to pay; and, in obedience to a resolution of the clique of Tory overseers, to whom the management of the workhouse has, for the present, been committed by the petty sessions. We hear a good deal of jobs of late; but if this abusing of the time and labour of public servants, to answer the low, contemptible purpose of a party clique, be not a job, and an impudent, as well as rile, one, we know not what is. ST. GEORGE'S, EDGBASTON.— The sittings at St. George's Church, Edgbaston, are to be let in three classes, at about twenty, sixteen, and twelve shillings per sitting, according to situation, which rent is in- tended to include all customary expenses, in lieu of periodical or other collections. The priority of selec- tion of pews in each class to be determined by ballot. The noble patron, Lord Calthorpe, lias, in addition to the sole expenses of erection, munificently provided sacramental plate, the necessary books, furniture of the pulpit, reading- desk, & e. We beg to direct the attention of our readers to the report of the proceedings at the commissioners' meet- ing, held on Monday last. It will be seen, that various and most important improvements in the town are con- templated. There is now no doubt but the commis- sioners will apply, during the ensuing- Session of Par- liament, for an enlargement of their powers; and we further believe they will succeed in their application. — Tory Paper of Thursday.—[ Quod volumus credi- > » us.] THE HUNDRED COURTS.— We have received lately several communications respecting these courts, which are under consideration. If a tithe of all that is said of the infamous conduct of some gentlemen who prac- tice in them is correct, the sooner such tribunals are annihilate' I the better. It is our intention to go more fully into the abuses, and expose the parties. It is horrible that appi entice boys, and such like, should have threatening letters sent them signed by fellows purporting to be attorneys, in order to wring out of them money which they never owed. DINNER TO THE HON. AND REV. GEORGE SPENCER. — On Thursday, the catholics of Westbromwich and neighbourhood, entertained at dinuer, at the Dartmouth Arms, the above gentleman, in celebration of his re- turn from the Continent, where he has been for the benefit of his health. Shortly after four o'clock, the hon. and rev. gentleman, preceded by a baud of music, in military costume, and escorted by a number of his congregation, arrived at the hotel, where upwards of eighty gentlemen were in readiness to receive and welcome him on his return amongst them. At half- Iiast four o'clock, the company sat down to an excel- ent dinner, which was served up in the best style The Rev T. M. M'Donnell, presided as chairman; Mr. John Rod way, vice chairman. Amongst those present were a great number of the catholic clergy of the neighbourhood, and many Protestant laymen. Af- ter the removal of the cloth, a number of toasts iu appropriate speeches, were delivered and responded tu by various speakers, and the festivities of the evening were kept up until eleven o'clock, when the company broke up highly delighted with the entertainment. DEATH OF THE JUDGE- ADYOCATF.- GENERAL.— We regret to announce the death, which took place on Fri- day afternoon, at three o'clock, of the Right Hon. Robert Cutlar Fergusson, Her Majesty's Judge- Advo- cate- General, and M. P. for the Stewartry of Kirkcud- bright, North Britain. BIRMINGHAM CANAL NAVIGATION.— The mileage tolls on a number of articles will be reduced, from and after the 15th of December, to one penny per ton per mile. OLDBUP. Y— The first stone of the new church to be erected at Oidbury, will shortly be laid, under the direction of the Rev. George Sproston and the mem- bers of the committee appointed to superintend the building. BAPTISM OF SAMUEL I. LOYD, ESQ.— We are informed that Samuel Lloyd, of Birmingham, received christian baptism, on the 6th instant, at Manchester, at the hands of Isaac Crewdson, in the meeting- house at Grosvenor- street, in the presence of about fifty or sixty of the congregation, whom he addressed upon the occasion. We understand, that a conviction had long rested on his mind that this ordinance is according to the New Testament, and that he informed the elders of the meeting at Birmingham, where he had been a much esteemed minister, of his intentions on this subject about a year since.— Inquirer. SMETHWICK NEW CHURCH.— On Sunday last, Tri- nity church, Smethwick, was opened for the regular solemnisation of divine service, having been closed since the consecration for a short time for painting. At the quarterly meeting of the Royal College of Physicians yesterday, Dr Ingleby, of Birmingham, and Dr. Holland, of Sheffield, were elected fellows. According to the information brought by the packet ship Garrick, which arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday, from New York, whence she sailed on the 25th ult. it appears that in consequence of a cessation of hostili- ties in the Canadas during the winter, Lord Durham liad renounced his intention of going to Washington, and fixed the 1st instant for sailing direct from Quebec to England. He was to sail in the Inconstant frigate, and we may hourly expect to hear news of his arrival. The prevailing rumour in Montreal and Quebec was, that the executive government at Washington had re- ceived an account of an extensive plot, formed on the American frontier, with a view to aid the rebels with men and supplies as soon as the winter should set in. The president had, is is said, directed the particulars to be officially communicated to Lord Durham and Sir John Colborne ; and had also privately informed Lord Durham that while the federal government would em- ploy all the power vested in it by the constitution to compel the citizens of the United States to abstain from a violation of the law of nations, by interfering in the disputes between Great Britain and her colonies, yet that it was of the utmost consequence for his lord- ship to understand that the power vested in the execu- tive was really inadequate to the complete prevention of such outrages. All the disposable regular troops at Nova Scotia and New Brunswick had been sent for by Sir John Colborne, who was preparing to act with ex- treme firmness, and even unwonted rigour, in the event of any hostilities taking place. Letters,) and Mr. Joseph Wood, Cheapside, Bolton were elected to represent the Bolton district at the National Convention. The meeting was a very large one; there could not be less than from forty to fifty thousand present. We have this week received the circular relating to the National Rent, but had previously begun to make arrangements for its collection. The committee are actively engaged in organising the several districts, and judging from the appearances at the commence- ment of their labours, with every prospect of success. The enthusiasm of the people seems to be screwed to the sticking point, and needs only to be directed with skill to ensure success to our exertions. I am, sir, on behalf of the Bolton Working Men's Association, Yours, & c. JOHN WARDEN, Secretary. Committee Rooms, Oxford- street, Bolton, Nov. 19, 1838. Sir,— I have this day, on behalf of the Kilbirnie Political Union, paid to Wm. King, Esq., agent to the Commercial Bank of Scotland, Beith, the sum of five pounds, to be placed with Messrs! Prescott, Grote, and Co., to the credit of the interim trustees of the National Rent. I am, sir, yours truly, JOHN STEF. L, Treasurer. P. S. Our population in 1831 was 1,541 souls, village and parish included; but the agricultural portion of our parish being both pretty extensive, and of the Tory kind, produces, almost as a natural consequence, Tory men. Our subscription being thus necessarily limited to the village, we have been only able, in the mean time, to send to the Rent the small sum above specified. J- S. MESSRS. STEPHENS AND OASTLER. Sir,— I am desired to hand to you the following copy of a resolution, agreed to at the last meeting of the Manchester Political Union, amidst the unanimous acclamations of the whole Union. WM. WILLIS, Secretary. " That this Union respectfully informs Mr. Douglas, and through him the council of the Birmingham Union, that the late attack made by him, in the Journal of last Saturday, tpon Mr. Stephens and Mr. Oastler, was unjustifiable, and wholly uncalled for; and, further, that the members of this Union have perfect confidence in Messrs Oastler and Stephens." [ Doctors differ— we have not one grain of confidence [ political] in either.— E. B. J.] THE WARD DIVISIONS. We give, for the satisfaction of such of our readers as have not ready access to maps, or who are not con- versant in the ready use of them, the following list— as complete as we have been able'to make it— of the various streets and parts of streets in the several wards of the parish of Birmingham. We shall, next week, complete the list, by adding the streets and parts of streets of Aston and Edgbaston, included in the wards of these parishes respectively. WARD FIRST— LADYWOOD. Dudley road from the parish boundary, west aide, Sum. mer hill road, west side, Crescent, west side, Parade and Summer row to Great Charles street, west side, Great Charles street to Cambridge street, we? t side, Baskerville, from Cambridge street to Broad street, Broad street and Islington, north side, Russell row, east side, Lady Wood lane, east side, Reservoir road, east side, fcknield street, from Dudley road to Lady Wood lane, George street, from Crescent to the Parade. fflews sfreet Brewery street Bagot street from Lancas- street to Legge street Baily street Brick kiln street Canal street Digby street from Moland street to Legge street Fisher stieet Gosta green west side John street New John street from Newtown row to the boundary Leneh street WARD SIXTII.- Liclifield street from New. toll street to Aston st Loudon Prentice street Legge street west side Lower Priory Moland street Manchester street Pritchett street to the boundary Potter street \ Russell street Steelhouse lane from New ton street to Aston st Staniforth street Thomas street Weainan street • ST. PAUL'S. Nelson street, west Nelson stieet St. Martin's place Otizell street St. Peter's place Ryland street Ruston street King Alfred's place Sheepcote lane Sheepcote street Baskerville Buildings Cambridge street Crescent Crescent street Crescent walk Crown street Es « ington street Garbett street Grosvenor street Mill street King Edward's place WARD SECOND — ALL SAINTS. Those parts of the Dudley road, Summer hill road, Sum- mer hill terrace, and Crescent, not included in Lady Wood. George street, north side, Brook street, north side, St. Paul's square, north side, Cock street, north side, Livery stieet, to Great Hampton street, west side, Great Hampton street and Hockley to theboundary, west side. Albion street Kenyon street Branston street Legg's lane Camden streeet, Upperand Mount stieet, from St. Lower George street to Gra- Carterstreet ham street Caroline street Newhall hill Frederick street Nortlnvood street, from Frederick street west St. James's street to Li- Gialiam street very street Hockley st. fromFrederick Powell street street west to Great Pipe street Hampton street Regent street Icknield street from Dud- Sr> encer street ley road to Hockley Vittoria stieet street] Warstorie lane James street WARD THREE— HAMPTON WARD. All tho « e parts of Hockley street. Great Hampton street. Livery street, and Cnckstreet, that are not included in All Saints. St. Paul's square, east side, St. Paul's square south, from Mary Ann street to Ludgate hill, Ludeate hill and Church street, east side, Colmore row from Church street, Monmouth street, north side, Snowhill and Little Hamp- ton street, west side, Tower street, from Little Hampton street to Great Hampton row, west side, Great Hampton row Irom Tower street to Wheeler street, north west side, Wheeler street to the boundary, north west side. Breailey street to Great Hampton row Bond street Bread street from Church street to Livery street Brittle street Bridge stieet to Wheeler's street Constitution hill Little Charles street from Church stieet to Livery street Hart street Hockley street from Great Hampton street Great Hampton row from Great Hampton street Henrietta street Howard street Harford street New John street west Great King street to Wheeler's street Lionel street from Lud- gate hill to Snowhill Livery street ftom Cock street to Colmore row Mary Ann street Mott street Northwood street from Livery street to Consti- tution hill Smith street Unett street Well street Water street All those parts of George street, Mount- street, St. Paul's- square, Ludgate street, Church street, Lionel street, Bread street, Little Charles street, Colmore row, Parade, Sum- mer row, and Great Charles street, that are not included in Ladywood, All Saints', or Hampton Wards. Ann street Friday street Congreve street Holland street Charlotte street Paradise street, north side Edmund street Newhall stieet Easy row WARD SEVENTH MARKET HALL: All those parts of Paradise street, Suffolk street, Small- brook street, and Hurst street, from Sinailbrook street to Bromsgrove 6treet, not included in St. Paul's and St. Thomas's Wards, Bromsgrove street from Hurst street to Jamaica row north side, Jamaica row west side, Spiceal street, West side High street from Spiceal street to New street north side. Bean street Navigation street from Suf- Bell st'eet folk street to Pinfold st Cross street New street S. W. side Colmore street Pershore street Dudley street Pinfold street Edgbaston street Peck lane Gloucester street Queen street Hill street Lower Temple street Newlnkleys Swallow street Old Inkleys Tonk street King street Vale street Lady well street Worcester street Market street WARD EIGHTH St. PETER'S. Anne street, Bordesley, east side, Bordesley street east side, Park street to Bull ring north side, Bull ring east side, High street from Bull ring to New street east side, New street north east side, Ann street south side, Monmouth « treet south side, Bull street west side, Dale end south side, Stafford street south east side, Aston street south side, Duke street west side. Andover street Jennen's row Bennett's hill Leek street Bartholomew street Lawrence street Bartholomew's row Moor street Banbury street Masshouse lane Bishop street Market st to the boundary Cannon street Milk street from Bordes- Crooked lane ley street to Fazeley Castle street street Carr's lane New Meeting street Coleshill street Park street from Bordes- Cross street ley street to the boun- Canal street dary Cherry street Sliute street Chapel street Sheep street Duddeston row from Mass- New Thomas street house lane to boundary Temple street Doe street Temple row east Fox street Temple row west Freeman street Tauter stieet Fazeley street to file boun- Union street dary Union passage Gopsall street from Market Vauxhall street street to theboundary Wood street High street from New st Waterloo street to Dale end WARD NINTH— ST. MARTIN'S. Bristol street, east side, from the boundary of the parish to Biomsgrove street, Bromsgrove street, south side, Ja- maica row, east side, Spiceal street, to Nelson's Monument, east side, Bull ring to Park street, west side, Park street, from Bull ring to Bordesley street, south side, Bordesley street to Ann street, west side, Ann street ( Bordesley) to the boundary, west side. Allison street Meriden street Benacre street Milk street from Coventry Barford street street to Bordesley street Balsall street Moseley street to the Biadford street to bound- boundary ary Moat lane Cheapside to the boundary Moat row Dean street from Broms- Ne* » on street West grove street to Sherlock OiftVird street street PeFshore road from the Digbeth to the boundary boundary to Sherlock Essex street from Broms- street grove street to Sherlock Rea^ treet street Slietlock street Floodgate street Skinner street Hurst street from ditto to Wrentham street di'to Lord street to the bound- ary WARD TENTH— ST. THOMAS'S. All those parts of Islington and Broad street, not included in Ladywood Ward, Suffolk street, west side, Smallbrook street to Hurst street, south side, Hurst street, to Droms- grove street, west side, Bromsgrove street from Hurst street to Bristol road, north side, Bristol road to boundary north side. Bishopsgate street Lee Bank road Blucher street St. Luke street Bath row St. Martin's street Bridge street Marshall street Bell Barn road Navigation street from Berkeley street Fordrough street to Suf- Bridge street, east side folk street Bow street Norfolk street Bristol street from Broms- Ryland Road to boundary giove street to Horse Severn stieet Fair. Smithfield road Exeter row Spring street from Bell Ellis street Barn road to boundary Essex street from Horse Sun street from Bristol Fair to Bromsgrove road to Ryland road street Sun street to Bridge Fordrough street street, east side Gougli stieet Tennant street Holloway Head Thorp street Horse Fair Wharf street Islington row William street luge street Windmill street WARD FOORTH- ST. GEORGE'S. All those parts of Wheeler's street, Great Hampton row, Tower street, Little Hampton stieet, and Snowhill, not in- cluded in Hampton Ward. Bull street, east side, from Snowhill to Minories, Minories, north side, Old Square, north half, Lichfield street, north side, from Old Square to Newton street, Newton street, west side, Whittal street, from Steelhouse lane to St. Mary's row, west side, St. Mary's row. I. overlay street, from St. Mary's row to Price street, Price street, north side, Lancaster street, from Price street to ' Bagot. street, west side, New Town row, west side, Walmer lane, to boundary, west side. THE NATIONAL RENT— CONVENTION. On these subjects, we have been favoured with the following letters:— Sir,— I have this day remitted to Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Co., bankers, London, an order for 51., from the people of Kilwinning, to be placed to the credit of George Frederick Muntz, Philip Henry Muntz, and R. K. Douglas. I am. sir, Your most obedient, HUGH BAIRD. Kilmarnock, 16th November, 1838. Sir,— I have great pleasure in informing you, that we held our meeting on the 30th ult, and that Mr. William Carpenter, of 74, Upper Stamford- street, Blacklriar:, London, ( the author of the Political Bridge street, from Wheel- er's street to Summer lane Ercarley street, from Gt. Hampton row to New Town row Brewery street from north Summer street to New Town row Bath street Cecil street Clireland street Farmer street, fromWheel- ers's'street to Summer lane George street Hospital street Hospiial street Upper to boundary Harding street Hanley street New John 6treet WARD FIFTH- Loveday street, from St. Mary's row to Bath St. New Church street Ormorid street Upper Priory street Great Russell street to boundary Summer lane New Summer street Summer street to New Town row Steelhouse lane, from Bull street to Newton street Slaney street Sand street - Shadwel! street Wheeler street to Walmer lane William street Weaman street ST. MARY'S. All those parts of Newtown row, Lancaster street, Price street, Loveday street, Whittal street, Newton street, Lichfield stieet, Old square, Minories, Bull street, Dale end and Aston street, that are not included in St. George's and St. Peter's Wards. MEETING OF COMMISSIONERS. An adjourned special meeting of tliecommissioners under the Sireet Act was held at the Public Office on Monday last, to take into further consideration the report of the com- mittee respecting St. Philip's Church- yard and Temple- low; the proposed approaches to the railways and other improve- ments in the town ; for effecting which the commissioners have already given notice that they intend to apply to Par- liament for an act during the ensuing session. Mr. William Phipson in the chair. ST. PHILIP'S CHURCH- YARD. The minutes of the last meeting respecting this subject having been read over, Mr. EDGE understood when the report of the commission- ers came under their notice, that it was intended to widen and improve Colmore- row ; butalthough the name of that street was inserted in the plan, upon examination he found that not the slightest addition ol carriage or foot way was proposed to be given to the public. He besged therefore, to lay before the commissioners a plan which, if adopted, would, in his opinion, add greatly to the convenience and beauty of that important thoroughfare. If they would look from the corner ot the Blue School to the corner of Mr. Billion's shop, they would find that in all about 200 yards might be obtained from the Church yard, without, in his opinion, being liable to any objection. By this means, the ground taken being held the same as that taken from the other side of the yard under consecration, the greatest con. venience would accrue to the public. Every gentleman must admit that Colmore- row was an improving and important neighbourhood, and that if the alterations he proposed were not done now, they must at some future opportunity. He had no wish to press his plan upon the commissioners, but he thought be should not be doing his duty il he dill not, on that occasion, point out the advantages which would result ( rom the alteration he proposes, Mr. BARKER said the plan proposed by Mr. Edge had come particularly under his ( Mr. B.' s) consideration. Mr. Edge had said there could be no difficulty in accomplishing it. From this he ( Mr. B.) dissented. There were many tombs and graves which could not lie disturbed without dif- ficulty— lie might say, indeed, that the difficulties which presented themselves were insuperable. Mr. EDOE wished to observe that lie was not opposed to the other plan : Irorn the beginning to the end he approved of it, and he would not do any thing to endanger its being carried into effect. He had ascertained, however, that one plan would not interfere with the other— that the notice liiven was sufficient for both— and he believed that if Col- more row wis improved in the way he recommended, it would conciliate those who were likely to oppose the plan proposed by the committee. He should move " that 200 yards be taken into Colmore- row from the Church- yard, subject to the same conditions and remuneration as that portion of the Church- yard apportioned for the widening of Temple row. Mr. ' 1'. CLARK seconded the motion. Mr. E. HEEI. EV, in order that the two propositions might come fairly before the meeting, suggested that Mr. Edge should allow the recommendation of the committee to be first disposed of, and then the commissioners, having deter- mined upon that matter, might turn their attention to the improvements of Colmore row. If the meeting divided upon Mr. Edge's motion, although he confessed he abstract edly approved of the proposition, he should be compelled to vote against it; while, on the other hand, if the committee's recommendation were first adopted, he should he inclined to give it his support. He should conclude by moving, as an amendment to Mr. Edge's motion, " That the report of the committee be approved and adopted, and that the sum of 2,750/. be paid as soon as the improvement be effected." The amendment was seconded. Mr. TURNER wished to know whether the sum of 2,750/. included the cost of iron palisades for the Colmore- row side of the Church- yard. The CHAIRMAN.— Certainly. The churchwardens under- take to do all recommended by the committee on the pay- ment of that sum. Mr. JOHN CADBURY said, an attempt had been made to raise, in a journal of the town, an alarm on the ground iliat in the proposed alterations in Temple row, the coffins and bodies buried in the Church- yard would be laid bare to pub- lic gaze. His own impression was, iliat such would not he the case ; but for the satisfaction of the public, he thought it would be adviseahle that the statements of the correspon- dent to whom he alluded should he corrected. Mr. S. ALLPORT said, it was his misfortune to read the communication inserted in the paper to which Mr. Cadbury referred, and he could tell the meeting that it was from the beginning to the end a tissue of falsehood. ( Hear, hear.) ft purported to be from a member of St. Philip's, resident iu Waterloo- street; but he ( Mr. A.) was confident that there was no member of S'. Philip's resident in that street who would be guilty of writing such a letter. Mr. EDGE said he had heard no valid objection stated to his proposition. The CHAIRMAN.— I would ask Mr. Edge, does he think the town can afford it? Mr. EDGE.— Just as well as it can afford to do the work in Temple- row. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to put the amendment and the original motion to the vote, when the former ( pro- posed by Mr. Heeley) was carried almost unanimously. APPROACHES TO THE RAILWAY STATIONS. Mr. ARNOLD proceeded to read the following extracts from the minutes of the committee : — The Railway Approach Committee having, in pursuance of the resolution of the last meeting of the commissioners, considered the improvements desirable in other parts of the town, suggest the following, some of which have been com- menced, hut not completed ; and they think it desirable to include the whole in the intended application to Parliament, provided sufficient funds can be raised lor the purpose of effecting them. Park street into Viqbeth. Allison street into ditto. Property in both these places is purchased by the commis- sioners, but not sufficient for completion. Pinfold street. From A ew- street to Lower Temple street and Navigation- street. Considerable purchases have been made of this property, but much remains to he done. Town Hall. Property adjoining, extending to Edmund- street and Ann street. Mr. COLMORE, the owner of the houses and land opposite the hall, has expressed his willingness to unite with the commissioners in a plan for a most important improve- ment in this neighbourhood. The widening of the bottom of Bull street, as far as the Borough Bank. Approaches to and from the Railway Stations, including continuing Meriden street from Digbeth to Moat- row. Enlarging Butchers' or St. Martin's market. The CHAIRMAN said the only question now was, in what way they would enter upon the consideration of the pro- posed improvements. Mr. II. MKRRYwished to know how the money necessary for their completion was to be raised. The CHAIRMAN said they asked from Parliament, in the usual way, power to raise money by loans, and power to levy a rate for the payment of interest, and the liquidation of principal. Mr. ANDERTON begged leave to move that the whole of the improvements enumerated in the report, be adopted by the commissioners, and included in the bill. Mr. TURNER expressed a fear that by going for too much the commissioners would fail in getting anything. Mr. W. BEALE said, if they only went for the improve- ment of Park street and Allison- street, there would be no necessity to apply for an act of Parliament; but they must recollect that there was a projection in the narrow part of Digbeth, which he called to their recollection. This, and other improvements contemplated, could not be accom- plished, unless mentioned in the act. The CHAIRMAN explained that the piojection complained of commenced with building adjoining the house of Mr. Arthur Matthison, and extended from that point to Allison- street. lie believed that the widening of that point, at the time Mr. Matthison's house was removed back, was pro mised, and he thought it highly desirable that the promise should he fulfilled. Mr. JOSEPH WALKER wished to know whether any other approach than that running from the railway stations to the corner of the Red Lion Passage, Dale- end, was contem- plated by the committee. It was desirable that this should be known before they came to a vote upon Mr. Anderton's motion. Mr. OSBORN thought the directors of the railways ought to come forward and contribute to the proposed improve, ments. As yet, the commissioners had beard nothing of them. s The CHAIRMAN said, as commissioneis, they had nothing to do with the directors of the railways. After a long and desultory conversation, in which Messrs. Gough, Walker, Allport, Barker, W. Beale, and Osborn took parts, it was resolved in distinct resolutions, applicable to all the proposed improvements, that the wideningof Park- street, Allison. street, Pinfold- street, Temple- row, Bull- street ( Irom Dale- end to the Borough Bank), the improve- ments in the neighbourhood of the Town Hall, and the com- munication from Meriden . street, across Digbeth, to Moat- row, Sinithfield, be included in the bill. The following resolution was unanimously adoped : " That, in the proposed bill, clauses he inserted to enable the commissioners to sell land vested in them." CHARGES FOR THE USE OF THE TOWN HALL. Mr HAINES read the following report of the Town Hall com mittee : — " 1. That all town's meetings, called by or under the sanc- tion of the constituted authorities, and for strictly town's purposes, he held free of expense. " 2. All meetings called with respect to general questions affecting the town, but for the purpose of expressing parti cular opinions as to such questions, bl. " 3. All meetings called in support of any of the cha- ritable or benevolent institutions of the town or neighbour- hood, bl. " 4. All meetings called in support of any of the scientific institutions of the town or neighbourhood, 51. " 5. All concerts, balls, or other entertainment of that nature, and all lectures and assemblies tor personal or indi vidual profit, where the parties are inhabitants of the town, 151. ; and when not inhabitants. 25/ " The committee, in suggesting the above five classes and rates of charge, think it necessary to observe, that indiscri- minate admission to the hall, even upon the above terms ought not to be granted, there being, obviously, many pur poses for which it would be impossible to grant the lia'I on any terms; and, where such cases may ocuur, the Town Hall committee will he happy to meet and confer with the other authorities who have power to grant the use of the Hall." ' Mr. W. H. OSBORN moved, that the report be received and taken into further consideration at their next meeting, and that a copy of the regulations do accompany the circular convening that meeting. Mr. J. CADBORY seconded the motion, and the meeting broke up shortly before one o'clock. PUBLIC OFFICE. MONDAY, Nov. 19. ( Before Francis Lloyd, Daniel Ledsam, W. C. Alston, and W. Beale, Esqrs.) UTTERING A FORGED NOTE— John Hill WAS charged with uttering a forged five- pound Bank of England note, knowing the same to have been forged. Mr. Buzzard, grocer, ol Cheapside, deposed that on Fii day evening last the prisoner came into his shop, and having oideieilliwo pounds weight of bacon, in the name of Mr. B lie Spread Eagle, Spiceal street, he tendered a five limitid note iu payment. On looking at it, he suspected it wa » bad and returned it to the prisoner, who immediately left the shop. Mr. Buzzard followed him, and in Brad- ford. s reet gave him into the custody of Ryley, the street- keeper. Upon being asked for the note, the prisoner immediately produced it from his pocket. Mr. G Redfern deposed to its being a forgery, and Mr. Bliss stated that the first time he had ever seen or spoken to the prisoner was after he was in custody upon the present charge, in Moor- street. Upon being called upon for his defence, the prisoner stated that he found the note in the gateway of the Spread Eagle, and that lie did not know it was a forgery until he was told so by a spectator. DISTURBING A TEMPERANCE SOCIETY. — A chimney- sweep named fVicholts, who follows his sooty calling in the north- stoien, a number of Bank ot England notes, the moneys of Mr. Samuels, the gentleman whose robbery we reported in our last. It will be recollected flint on tile evening of Wednesday, the 7th instant, Mr. Samuel was hustled and robbed by a woman, named Brown, of a considerable sum of money in Bank of England notes— that alterwards, just before she was taken, the woman was seen to deliver over Mr. Samuel's pocket book to a fellow identified as Tliomds Nightingale alias Brown— that Nightingale passed one of the £ 10 notes the following morning to Mrs. Dixon, the keeper of a retail beer shop, inShndwell street— that he was apprehended the same day at Mrs. Dixon's house, and that about two hours after he left, Mrs. Dixon found a roll of notes under the table where be sat, but, as she deposed, she never opened them until the following Saturday, when she delivered them to her brother ( the prisoner Denham ) The depositions in the case of Alice Brown and Niglitin. gale having been read over, Mrs. Dixon was again called, and deposed that on the Saturday after Nightingale'sapprelieiision at her house, the prisoner's biother came, when she told him what had occurred, and that about two hours alter the officers took him she found a roll of notes under the table at which he sat. The prisoner taking them, immediately said to her, " what do you do with these ? they will get you into trouble," or words to that effect, and took them away. She never saw them afterwards. The strong facts of the case were Mrs. Dixon's having told the prisoner that the man who she supposed had dropped the notes was apprehended lor a robbery, and the prisoner not being able or willing to produce the notes. The prisoner, in his defence, stated that a few weeks ago an attempt, was made to entrap his mother into the posses- sion of a quantity of forged Bank of England notes, and, tearful that this was another attempt, he had burnt the notes in order to defeat it. Upon inquiry, the attempt to entrap the mother was proved, and strongly denounced by the magistrates. Under all the cirsumstances, the magistrates considered the present a strong case of suspicion, ami determined to send the pri- soner for I rial before a jury. Bearing an excellent character, he was, however, admitted to bail, himself iu £ 100 and two sureties in £ 50 each. The public of Paris are in a state of not small excite- ment, in consequence of the sentinel at the Tuileries having shot a foolish person who insisted on passing the Guard. The sentinel has been arrested, and will be tried for the murder. The Charivari treats its readers to the following squib, apropos of this unfortunate oc- currence :—" Important information.— Persons tired of life, and desirous of quitting it economically and surely, have only to take a walk in the evening to the Tuileries; first gate on the left, fronting the Rue de Rivoli. Apply to the sentinel." THE WEATHER.— It has been raining in Loudon for the last forty- eight hours, with wind from the east.— Sun of Tuesday. [ It has been mizzling in Birmingham for the last eight days with the wind from the east.] Mr. John Romilly litis resigned the recordersliip of the borough of Ludlow. THE QUEEN DOWAGER.— Accounts from Naples of the 1st inst., state that Her Majesty the Queen Dowager of England had arrived the day before in that city, on board the Hastings man- of- war. DUTY ON ESTATE SALES.— A correspondent of the Sun states, that it was mentioned in the Court of Ex- cise yesterday that government have it in contemplation to repeal the duty on estate sales, it being a great ob- struction to the disposal of property; and there being no doubt that the increased consumption of agreement and other stamps, the increase of public advertisements in the newspapers, & c., would afford a full compensa- tion to the revenue. DEATH OF THE EARL OF SEFTON.— His lordship, who has for a considerable time been in a dangerous state of health, expired at a quarter past six last evening, at his house in Arlington- street. His lordship was born on the 18tli of September, 1772. He is succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, Lord Molyneux. CONSECRATION. — The consecration of the new church at Edgbaston, dedicated to St. George, will take place on Wednesday morning next. NEW CHURCHES BUILDING FUND.— The general meeting of subscribers and friends of the New Churches Building Fund will be held at the Town Hall on Tues- day next. The centenary of Wesleyan Methodism is to be ce- lebrated by a demonstration of all the congregations iu Great Britain next year. ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, PEORY BARR.— The new organ, recently built by Mr. Banfield, of this town, and placed in that church, was opened on Sunday se'nnight, and gave general satisfaction. The Marquis of Northampton is talked of as the new president of the Royal Society. The Roman Catholic church in Hereford is nearly finished, and will be opened and consecrated at Christ- mas by the newly appointed Romish Archbishops.— IIereford Gazette. > s e c c) nufj^ iiYonT LONDON GAZETTE. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23. DECLARATIONS OK INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM BURCH, calico printer, Upper Clapton, Middlesex. THOMAS REYNOLDS, clothes salesman, Chipping Ougar, El. sex. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. RALPH STOPFORD, hat manufacturer, Ardenshaw, Lancashire. BANKRUPTS. CHARLES ODLIN, jun., mercer, Stamford, December 1 anil Janu- ary 4, at the Bankrupts' Court. Soh. Messrs. Willis, Bower, anil " Willis, Tokenhouse. yard. THOMAS KING, bookseller, Southampton, December I and Janu- ary 4, at the George Inn, Southampton. Sola. Messrs. Jenkins and Abholt, New Inn, Strand; and Mr. Edwards, Southampton JAMES HADDOM, JOHN CLARK, and JOHN PORTER, mer- chants, Liverpool, December iO and January 4, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool. Soh. Messrs Lowes, Garey, and Sweeting, Southampton- buildings, Chancery. lane; and Mr. North, Liver, pool, JOSEPH TRATT, plumber, Berners- street, Oxford street. Decent ber 5 and January 4, at tho Bankrupts' Court. Sol. Mr. Lacking, ton, Ironmonger- tane. JOSEPH rOI. YBLANK MORTIMER, cabinet maker, Devonport. December 5 and January 4, at Elliott's Hotel, Devonport Sol/. Mr. Surr, Lombard. street; and Mr Ehvorthy, Plymouth. JOSEPH GILBERT and MARY EVANS, jewellers, St. James's, place, Clerkenwell, December 4 and January 4, at the Bankrupts' Court. Sols. Messrs. Robii ison and Co., Chcirterli0U30- sc| Uftr<?., RICHARD WEBB, grocer, Tooloy. street, Southnark, December C and January 4, at the Bankrupts' Court. Sol. Mr. Collins, Crei. cent. place. Bridge. street, Blackfriars, SOLOMON JACOBS, furrier. Great Present street, Goodman's, fields, November 28 and January 4, at tho Bankrupts' Court. Sd{*. Messrs. Kcarsey, Hughes, and Thomas, Leadenhall. stroet. 6 THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 5* 4. 6 POETRY 1 vortex," moves on with coii- Eut, Margaret, sure I think That you should know me well, for you and I Grew up together ; and when we look back Upon old times our recollections paint The same familiar faces. Did I wield The wand of Merlin's magic, I would make Srave witchcraft. We would have a faery ship, Aye a new ark, as in that other flood That cleared the sons of Anak from the earth, The Sylphs should waft us to some goodly isle Like that where, whilome, old Apollidon Built up his blameless spell; and I would bid The Sea Nymphs pile around the coral bowers, That we might stand upon the beach, and mark The far. off breakers shower their silver spray, And hear the eternal roar, whose pleasant sound Told us that never mariner should reach Our quiet coast. In such a blessed isle We might renew the days of infancy, And life, like a long childhood, pass away Without one care. It may be, Margaret, That I shall yet be gathered to my friends, For I am not one of those who live estranged Of choice, till at the last they join their race In the family vault. If so, if I 8hould lose, Like my old friend the Pilgrim, this huge pack So heavy on ray shoulders, I and mine Will end our pilgrimage most pleasantly. If not, if I should never get beyond This vanity town, there is another world Where friends will meet. And often, Margaret, I gaze at night into the boundless sky, And think that I shall there be born again, The exalted native of some better star; And, like the rude American, I hope To find in Heaven the things I loved on earth. REASONS FOR RISIBILITY, BY E. M. FITZGERALD. 8* Why do you laugh so much ?"— Query in a Ball- room. Sweet coz! I'm happy when I can, I'm rnerry while I may, For life's at most a narrow span, At best a winter's day: If care could make the sunbeam wear A brighter, warmer hue, The evening star shine out more fair, The blue sky look more blue, Then I should grow a graver man,—. But since ' tis not the way, Sweet coz ! I'm happy when I can, And merry while I may! If sighs could make us sin the less, Perchance I were not glad,— If mourning were the sage's dress, My garb should still be sad : But since the angels' wings are white, And even the young saints smile,— Since virtue wears a brow of light, And vice a robe of guile,— Since laughter is not under ban, Nor goodness clad in grey,— Sweet coz! I'm happy when I can, And merry while I may! I've seen a bishop dance a reel, And a sinner fast and pray, A knave at top of fortune's wheel, And a good man cast away! Wine have I seen your grave ones quaff Might set our fleet afloat, But I never heard a hearty laugh From out a villain's throat; And I never knew a mirthful man Make sad a youug maid's day,— So, coz ! I'm happy when I can, And merry while I may! LITERATURE. AN ESSAY TOWARDS A SCIENCE OP CONSCIOUSNESS. By J. L. MURPHY, London: Simpkiu, Marshall, sad Co, 12mo. 1838. pp. 238.— Tliis is a new attempt ta untwist the intricacies of human knowledge, feel- ing1, and action. Its general conduct evinces a con- siderable degree of vigorous native talent and observa- tion, but uncultivated by an extensive acquaintance with books, aud not sufficiently chastened by deeply searching self- knowledge. It is also,— perhaps con- sequently— deficient in lucid arrangemeut, and its transitions from subject to subject are abrupt, and often aot sufficiently marked. About one- third of the volume is actually occupied k tracing the progress of " consciousness," pointing out its modes of action, and defining- its powers and its impelling influences. The remainder of the work consists of a series of chapters or detached essays, feebly connected with the proposed subject— on lan- guage, hallucination, aud spectral illusion, belief in the social system, phrenology, and religion. The author is the most matter- of- fact of men; he admits'nothing that he cannot see, hear, or feel. He walks with the most dignified composure over his subject, and seems as if he would be unsatisfied if he left anything to be discussed. He unlooses the most abstruse subjects " As easy a9 his garter," And affects to be an absolute Admirable Cricliton in aaental science. It is our impression that he owes part of his apparent success to the expedients of leav- ing difficult points unnoticed, or treating them as previously settled. " What is life ?" This is a ques- tion which has puzzled, and still might puzzle some people, but our author defines it by reference to its • manifestations—" life is a vortex, or whirlpool of Material motions." This is poor work, but it passes with a person who will not acknowledge that there is anything of which he is ignorant, and who, therefore, contents himself with the metonymic method of ex- hibiting the less for the greater; the thing contained ibr the thing containing-. This may also content some of his readers. It will not content the reflective. To preserve life, in animals, there are required fitting tttachinery, namely, bones and muscles; an impelling principle— feeling; a guiding principle— knowledge ; and all these, by some lueky accident, or by the iwvjlablc necessity of the case, are provided for us, so that our life, or our siderable regularity. The excitements of thought or knowledge, and of feeling, constitute CONSCIOUSNESS ; and thus we get fairly under weigh. These excitements are produced from a system called the nervous system, the central mass of which is the brain. This, in the more perfect animals, is the seat of knowledge. The " nervous ex- citements" are, however, presumed to have a great re- lation to, if not to be identical with, that Protean agent, called electricity. Having thus arranged his premises, determined the origin and nature of thought and feeling— of CONSCI- OUSNESS, our author proceeds to trace its courses as dependent on impulse for its excitement, which impulse demands a fitting capacity on which to act— sus- ceptibility. Further, the consciousness is possessed of four powers— three intellectual and one moral. The intellectual powers are :— " The ability possessed by the knowing states of ex- citement, to re- excite or suggest other states of knowledge; " The ability to reproduce leading thoughts,— and " The ability to excite feelings of impulse." All this is not very clear; but, as in other cases, the trouble of explanation is saved by an apparent as- sumption that there is no obscurity to explain. The moral power is " THE WILL ," " that state of the consciousness in which a certain impulsive excitement predominates." Here follow six pages on the will, which the author calls " explaining the four powers of the consciousness;" and these are succeeded by de seriptions of its modifications, namely, memory, con- ception, imagination, comparison, and reason, with brief and tart discussions on " the syllogism," and on " free will," and a digression, apropos to nothing, on " the temperaments," as occasional modifiers of con- sciousness. And thus the wonderful machinery of life and of mind is discussed, point by point, without the least indication of doubt, distrust, or diffidence, as though it were indeed a series of visible phenomena, like those of electricity or magnetism— as though its movements could be exhibited, one by one,' before the eye; or rather, as tfiough human beings and their faculties sprung up in our fields like cabbages, and declared to the most casual observer their uses; exciting, too, by constant familiarity, little surprise, and as little grati- tude for the curious adaptation of means to ends— of powers to destinations. The chapter on language is a short essay on the progress and uses of the faculty of speech, without the introduction of any new or remarkable ideas on the subject; that on erroneous consciousness, spectral illu- sion, & c., is a series of amusing cases and anecdotes, filling fifty pages, but clear of any attempt to account physiologically or otherwise, for such wanderings of the imagination. The author would actually have done better, had he had recourse to phrenology, which is, at all events, a consistent science;— which, right or wrong, offers a wherefore to these extraordinary mental operations, and is not content to gaze at them as unexplained and unexplicable phenomena. Forty more pages are occupied by the article on knowledge as received " from experience" and " from testimony under the latter head, is a long and sweeping tirade- argument it can scarcely be called— against miracles wholly based on the assumption that a miracle is as much a contradiction in terms as the position would be that two and two make five. Some good stories of witchcraft and ghost seeing are also told, intended as illustrations of miracles, superstition, and credulity in general. The chapter on the philosophy of society is also long. It contains, in its first part, a fair illustration of the system of community of property, as advocated by Robert Owen ( to whom, by the way, the book is dedicated), and proceeds to show the effects of educa- tion, in leading to the reception of systems of faith ; and the work is concluded by a slashing " refutation of the errors of metaphysicians, phrenologists, and tbeologists," generally, in a strain of dry and hard— often, as we must consider it, profane and even revolting sarcasm, which evinces the peculiar turn of the author's mind— his determined rejec- tion of the difficult in favour of the impossible; all which would, however, easily yield beneath the touch of moderate reasoning powers. The author, we have said, is a matter- of- fact man. He admits of no figures of speech, and therefore is extremely merry with the notions of the old metaphysicians about the mind being " painted," or " impressed," with " pic tures, images," & c.; and laughs at the necessary ac- companiment of " a little spirituous gentleman, en- throned in the cerebral regions," to whom those pic- tures and imag- es are presented, " like courtiers at a levee, bowing and scraping, and each endeavouring to catch his attention." He is great, also, on the errors of phrenology. " That the brain," says he, " is the seat of knowledge, has been admitted in all times; and that what we call a high forehead and well- shaped head, is more indica- tive of knowledge than a low forehead and ill- shaped head, is an assertion that has been always admitted as a general principle."* Now, this " general principle'' is the very basis of phrenology. The professors of that science have thought it worth while to inquire, by a process of induction, why it is that one form is to be called " well- shaped," and why it is more indi- cative than another of a capacity for knowledge;— as, ia another branch of physiology, they could in quire and ascertain why what is called a well- formed arm or leg, is more favourable to strength than that which is, by common consent, considered ill- formed. Further, we are not with George Combe, to talk of " laws of nature," or " organic laws," and their " vio- lation," because this implies " the existence of an el- derly female, called nature, who is supposed to enact laws." To the same material standard the current ideas on religion are submitted. The reader is first overwhelmed with a series of sounding phrases, ex- pressive of vastness, sublimity, and duration, in refer- ence to the Deity—" the infinite whole, the omnipre- sent one"—" the universal power and susceptibility that exists belongs to Deity;" " likewise the ability of producing all possible combinations; space and time are the modes of this existence— both are filled by it." We do not complain of\ sueh forms of expression, as unfitting ; except that professing- to simplify and de- fine, they rather confuse the ideas of readers on this profound and awful subject. But they are incomplete, inasmuch as they do not sufficiently ex- press the idea of providential ordination 011 the part of that power, which has the " ability to produce." In short, we cannot but think that, in the ancient vo- lume which Mr. Murphy slightly calls " the holy book," may be found passages fully as worthy of the subject as those he has invented, or which he quotes. But we do most completely object to the irreverent manner in which our author approaches his subject, when he charges the priests with " personifying the Deity," inculcating " illusive notions of a he- animal God," worshipping a" positive nonentity," and thus be- " the only atheists." We will not quote further passages, because we would not give too much im- portance to wanton and hardy, and, at the same time, feeble efforts to sophisticate and misrepresent. Were > w world to be created, peopled with rational be- ings, starting at once into advanced maturity, we might perhaps prefer that all metaphorical illustra- tions of the incomprehensible should be avoided. But, accustomed as man has ever been to conceive of the action of intelligence only through the medium of human organs, we can hardly expect to succeed in abolishing the figurative mode of speech on this and other subjects. Some ignorant persons may possibly conceive of a tangible existence, placed in some unde- fined upper region; but we do not think, even in this case, any great harm is done. The mind receives the best impressions of which it is capable ; and as minds, in general, become better informed, as we may hope will gradually, if not rapidly, be the case, they will more aud more discard their low and material concep- tions— will no longer need to " see through a glass darkly," but will be capable of receiving with humble reverence thesublimer abstractions. In themean time we cannot but regret the publication of Mr. Murphy's book, because the very confident tone lie assumes will probably attract and mislead the half- eductaed and unreflecting, who will admire him as " coming out very strong" 011 antiquated prejudices, and will not discover that what is true in the work is not new, and that which is new, is, too often, either sophistry or reckless and ill- founded assumption. PLEASURES OF TRAVEL— But the most hideous and an- rioying noistf of all arose from the asses, which swarmed in the camp- true four- footed asses, I mean, which, tied by threes anil fours together in every quarter, kept up a most inconceivable braying. It came periodically, that is, every quarter of an hour, some abominable brute set up his throat, and was instantly joined by his neighbours; this awakened the next group, and so'it went on throughout the whole; and no sooner did the distant sound give promise of a truce, than up got some friend close by, fresh and clear as if he had not littered one bray that day, and then was sounding his trumpet for dear life. I never suffered a more diabolical vocal persecution. Then we had the insects, hideous and fearful of aspect— countless in muliitudes, to contend with ; flies of every sort and size, slaters of extraordinary plump- ness, beetles as large as humming- birds, ants and spiders in myriads, with clouds of grasshoppers, assaulted us in every possible way. Attracted by the lights at night, they entered the open tents, jumping into our sherbet and pillaws at dinner, drowning themselves in our tea, and entering our very mouths as we opened ( l^ em to drink if. They crawled all over 11s in thousands, anti- made their abode in our gar- ments. But worst of all was that enormous spider to which I alluded just now, and which, in Persian, is called the rooted, or shutoorzen ( camel- stinger), and by the learned, I believe, phalangium Some- of these are yellow, some black, and ot an immense size— perhaps, including legs, not less than five inches of spread, and, the latter particularly, hir- sute and hideous of aspect. Now, as the carpets of the tent are spread on the bare ground, there is no manner of pre- venting the ingress and egress of these monsters; and we were frequently more surprised than pleased by the sudden approach of a formidable rooteil galloping in upon us, or perhaps over us. One morning I had just dressed myself, and was putting on my hoots, preparatory to riding out, when I became aware of a strange scratching within my wide Persian trowsers. I gave a convulsive stamp or two with my foot, when down fell a thumping fellow, who had unceremoniously crawled int, o that forbidden region. You know my abhorrence of the wnole race of spiders, and can conceive the shudder with which X viewed the intruder, whom I valiantly severed in two with my sword, the only weapon within reach, as he was making off at speed. You shall see his picture, which was taken on the spot immedi- liad been fed upon nothing but music since the hour he came into the world. The father of the family took charge of the violins, the eldest boy was intrusted with the clarionet and flute, and the little brother collector was slung to a large hunting horn, almost as long as himself. In the next large aud populous street they came to, the father commanded a new halt; another concert was given, and again the little brother and his cup offeied themselves to the benevolent sympathies of the listeners: and thus they went 011 the same thing— the halt, the concert, the cup, the packing, the unpacking, to day, to morrow, and for ever. The receipts were not magnificent; the audience always listened to the concert, but frequently walked away at the aspect of the wooden cup; others put their hands into their pockets, but forgot to take them out again. The performers gained very little, and once to their sorrow they were robbed— of a con- cert I mean, for they had nothing else to lose, and that was part of their property— yes, strange as it may seem, they were actually robbed. A scoundrelly captain of a band of thieves thought it a good joke to demand of these poor people " a concert or your life." They, of course, did not hesitate, though never did they give oue with so little satis- faction to themselves, or with such an earnest desire to get to the end of it. The little collector put his cup out of sight, played more than once horridly ou'. of tune, and when the master cut- throat took hold of his chin to thank iiiin for his music, the poor little fellow actually thought he should not get it back again. But if there were many evil days for the wandering troubadours, there were now and then some good. There was one super- excellent— that on which Gian Batista, the little collector, was admitted to sing, with a troop of abominably bad performers, at the Theatre di llomana. The evening before the representation, the prima donna had suddenly disappeared, leaving her compa- nions in the utmost consternation. Seduced by the cigar- smoking, phrase- making graces of a French travelling clerk of a mercantile house, she had accompanied his return to France, aud, in a few days afterwards, he repaid her in kind the trick she had played her lyrical brethren, by setting off for Paris one morning without her, before she had left her couch. But in the meantime the unfortunate company were in the utmost distress. What was to be done? All the world was expected to assist at the representation, and and the prima donna was wanting. The father of Gian Batista came to their relief. He passed the whole night in teaching his son the part of the prima donna; and Gian, taking his courage in both hands, soon masteredall the diffi- culties, and the next niglit, dressed as a woman, sung the part, was rapturously greeted, and, for the first time in his life, heard the sound of that applause with which, later on, he was destined to become more familiar. Behold, then, the ragged boy collector transformed into a prima donna. It was no bad trade, and in the exercise of it he obtained so much success, that the manager gave two additional repre- sentations, at the last of which, Gian, adorned in bis femi- nine habits and graces, was seated in the vestibule, between two huge flambeaux, to receive the reward of his exertions, holding in his hand, not the old wooden cup, but a hand- some dish of shining tin, in which he gracefully received the offerings of the faithful, which offerings, mio caro, amounted to fifteen francs— twelve shillings English. The trade of prima donna would have answered very well for Gian, but, unfortunately, beside his occupation on the stage as the heroines, he was obliged, between the acts, to go into the orchestra to help his father to make out a band, and then return behind the scenes to sing in the chorus. Two months of this hard work nearly knocked up the poor boy, when, luckily, Lamberti came to Bergamo, where Gian then was, to get up an opera of his composition. He wanted another tenor to fill up a secondary part, and Gian's constant and indefatigable puffer, his father, spoke to the maestro of his son's talent, and his success at Bergamo, and finally obtained from him a promise that the prima donna 6hould have a trial. The thing succeeded admirably. Lamberti's music was so well sung that, enchanted, he ac- tually made the young actor a present of a crown. Thanks to this superb generosity, the ex- prima donna could afford to buy himself a pair of shoes, and had something solid to go on." At this last observation of Rubini, Tamburini burst into a loud laugh ; but the former, without losing his gravity, continued his recital. " After quitting Bergami, poor Gian Batista had again some very wintry days; but better times were approaching, and fortune began to smile steadily upon him. Although refused as a chorus singer by the impressario of the theatre of Milan, who did not think his voice strong enough, he got an engagement of six hundred francs as a second tenor at Pailazzuolo. Six hundred francs!— twenty. four pounds!— what a fortune! Per Christi! Gian felt like a monied man ; and though he could buy something more than shoes, he thought he would buy a cloak— a mantle— that noble garment for which Gian Batista had sighed from infancy; which had been the admi- ration of his childhood, the hope of his youth, the dream of his whole existence: he had desired it with enthusiasm, with passion, with frenzy, as he had never desired anything since; and now he had it—- this idolised garment— he could put it on— take it off— throw it on in folds, or fold it up. Happy, thrice happy, Gian Batista; it was the most deli- cious moment of his life ; lie had never been half so happy since. To the six hundred francs succeeded an engagement of a thousand at the theatre at Brescia; to that another of two thousand to sing at Venice, in Mose. In a short time, the poor boy became a peison of importance. Floraventi wrote an opera expressly for him. Rossini entreated him to undertake the principal part in the Grazza Ladra. Vi- enna and Paris disputed his possession ; and— hark ! the overtuie has begun! they are waiting for Gian Batista to sing in La Sonnambula." " And Gian Batista," said poor Severini, " is now worth forty thousand pounds." " Be- sides being the first singer in the world," observed Lablache. " And that nobody plays so good a rubber at whist," said Tamburini, with a twirl. " Except me," said Lablache, car- rying of his corporation. In the next minute the curtain drew up, and Rnbini entered on the scene, singing, " Prendi 1' Anel ti dano," amid the kind smiles of his friends and the thunderinggreetings of the audience. BULL- FIOHTS The bull- fights of Ronda are amongst the best of Spain; the animals being selected from the most pugnacious breeds of Utrera and Tarifa; the picadores from 1 ' - • U1LLUO Ul LlltCla UllU XLttltU j bliC JUfrOUUU/ CO t ately after his execution. But I had not done with spiders < the most expert horsemen of Xeres and Cordoba; the producing all causation." " The whole of everything * The " spiritual excitements of impulse," that is, of " all those resulting from experience of pain or pleasure"— the domestic feelings, for instance— we are told, " are confined to the regions of the chest." ( Page 43.) The affections are a good deal dependent on the state of the chest, it must be admitted. for that day, for while seated at dinner 1 felt something like a crab scrambling up my neck, and, on putting up my hand, pullet! down another of these amiable reptiles, which fell upon the cloth before me;— him I finished with my knife. The most absurd affair with these creatures, however, oc- curred 011 the next evening, when B , a Persian colonel, the Meerza, and I, were seated on the carpet at dinner. The Meerza, happening to look round, caught sight of such a monster, entering the tent, that up lie started, inconti- nently, with a cry of horror; up shot the colonel in no less haste, and I was not. slow in following. B , unable from illness to move, alone kept his ground ; but all stood for a moment aghast, as the monster, like a mounted dragoon, charged in amongst us, galloped over the cloth, scaled the mountain of pillaw which smoked in the centre; and then suspecting, from the bustle, perhaps, that his presence might he unwelcome, made for the opposite side, where he was lost in the darkness; for although every one grappled at something wherewith to slay him, and sundry blows were aimed at his person, he seemed to bear a charmed life ; and as to treading such a giant under foot with our slipperless soles, we might as well have thought of crushing a huge lobster. The worst of the matter is, that the sting, or rather bite of these huge insects, is said to be very danger- ous; the Persians affirm that it sometimes is mortal, anfl they fear them exceedingly. " It is obvious, however, that the animal seldom makes use of this dangerous power, as otherwise, considering their numbers, accidents would needs be very frequent indeed, which is far from being the case Baillie Fraser. SINGULAR BIOGRAPHY It happened one evening last winter— a few weeks before the destruction of the Salle Favart— that Rubini, Tamburini, Lablache. Ferliei, the unfortunate Severini, Persian!, and the happy ' husband of the charming Tacchinandi, whose success sometimes dis- turbed the peace of mind, and broke the slumbers of Ma- dame Grisi, were gathered round the fire, chatting gaily upon a thousand indifferent matters, and all the more freely as only one person was near them, a stranger, who did not appear to understand Italian. Lablache and Rubini were discussing the incidents of a rubber at whist, which had been played the evening before at the house of the illustri- ous tenor; that dismissed, they reviewed the talent and po- sition of a poor little ragged fiddler, who had been found, half frozen, the night betore, at the door of the theatre, and to whom the porter had extended hospitality. It was now under consideration among the singers to make a small col- lection for the slicking brother of their art. " I give my share most willingly," said Rubini, drawing a Napoleon from ll'S waistcoat pocket, and depositing in tile vase. " Eh! eh ! gold ! " said Tamburini, laughingly. " You were then very lucky at whist last night? " " By 110 means, mio caro," replied Rubini, " but if you will give me your atten- tion, that is, as much of it as you can, I will explain to you why I take an interest in these little vagabond musicians, who possess nothing but their courage and their violin, and have neither bed nor board." Tamburini placed himself in a comfortable listening attitude, the others drew near to Rubini, who began his tale as follows;—" Some thirty years ago, a poor, wietched, half- starved family were wan- dering from one end of Italy to the other, without any means of gaining their bread— and black bread it was, too ; black as the devil— than that of giving street concerts in each town they passed through. There were four persons in this family ot musicians, the father, mother, and two sons. After the concert, the youngest made the tour of the spectators with a wooden cup in his hand, which he held up as near as be could to the pockets of the delighted listeners, who frequently found it impossible to resist this appeal to their sensibility; the little lad then carried it to his mother, who deposited it in the treasury, and then assisted to pack the baggage on the back of an ass, who looked as if lie tadores from the most skilful operators of Cadiz and Se- ville ; and the whole arrangement of the sports being under the superintendence of the royal maestranza. During the fair there are usually three corridas, at each of which eight bulls are slaughtered. ******* The most amusing part of the sport afforded by the bulls is the driving them into the town. This is done at niglit, and the following is the method adopted. The animals, having been conducted from their native pastures to the vale of Ronda, are left to graze upon the sides of the moun- tains, until the night preceding the first day's corrida; when a number of persons— of whom a large proportion are ama- teurs— proceed from the city, armed with long lances, to drive them into their destined slaughterhouse.' The wea- pons, however, are more for show than use; since the savage animals are decoyed, rather than goaded, into the snare pre- pared for them. To effect this, some tame animals are intermixed with the new comers 011 their first arrival ; and these, trained by human devices in all the ways of deceit, lead them off to slake their thirst at the purest rill, and point out to them the tenderest pasture wherewith to satisfy their hunger. The unsuspecting strangers, trusting to the pmdonor of their new friends, abandon themselves to a Capuan enjoyment of the delights of this fertile region, and perceive not the host of human foes that, under shelter of the night, are stealthily encircling them. The investment completed, a horseman rides forward to attract the attention of their treacherous brethren, who trot off after him, fol- lowed by the whole herd. The rest of the horsemen now close upon their rear, urging the bulls forward with loud shouts and blazing torches; and, following close upon the heels of their leader, the wonder- struck animals enter the town at a brisk pace and in compact order. The cross- streets having been strongly barricaded, the avant courier of of the calba/ yada proceeds straight to the court- yard at- tached to the amphitheatre, the entrance to which alone has been left open, and forthwith ensconces himself in a stable. The savage brutes, bewildered by the strangeness of the scene, the blaze of lights, and din of voices, make no attempts either at escape or resistance, hilt, blindly follow- ing his track, enter the court- yard, the gate of which is im- mediately closed upon them. A number of doors are now thrown open, which communicate with a large apartment boarded off into narrow stalls. Into these but one bull at a time can enter; and each of the decoy animals, selecting a separate entrance, is quickly followed by two or three of the strangers. The tame animal is permitted to pass through the narrow passage anil escape at the other end ; but the unhappy victims of his toils, in attempting to follow his foot- steps, find their progress impeded by stout bars let down from above, and are thus finally and securely installed. Under this unpleasant restraint they continue until their services are required ill the arena; and during this brief period they are open to the inspection of the curious, who can examine them at their ease from the apartment above, the planking of the floor being left open for the express pur- pose. When the hour of the bull is come, the front bar of his prison is withdrawn, a goad from above urges him for- watd, and, rnshing from his dark cell into the broad day- light, the astonished animal finds himself at once in the arena and within a few paces of a picador's lance, couched ready to receive his attack. Some rush upon their enemy without a moment's hesitation; but I have not unfrequently seen a valiant bull overthrow the four pieadores placed at intervals round the circus, in less than that number of mi- nutes. But, in general, the animal pauses ere making his first onset— looks round with amazement at the assembled multitude— paws up the dusty surface of the arena— appears bewildered at the novelty of the sight and by the din of voices,— and is undecided where to make the first attack. At length, his eye rests^ on the nearest picador, and it is seldom withdrawn until he has made his charge. He rushes 011 his enemy with his head erect, lowering it only when arrived within a few paces. The picador gives point to re- ceive him on the fleshy part of the neck above the right shoulder; and, if his horse be steady, he generally succeeds ill turning the bull off. But should the bull, regardless of his wound, return immediately to the attack, the man has not time to resume his defensive position, and his only safety is in ignominious flight. If his steed be quick in an- swering the spur, he is soon removed from danger; but, if otherwise, nine times in ten, both liorse and rider are laid prostrate. Whilst in confinement, the bulls are decorated with the colours of their respective breeders ( a bunch of riband attached to a dart, which is forced into the animal's shoulder;) and such as appear tame, and hold out small pro- mise of sport, are often ' ingeniously tormented,' previously to being turned into the arena. I have heard also that it is not unusual, when the circus is small, and the toreadores are not very expert, to weaken the animal's poweis by letting a weight fall upon his back, so as to injure the spine; but this refinement of cruelty is certainly not practised at Ronda.— Scott's Excursions, XERES' WINES.— The store- houses are all above ground. They are immense buildings, having lofty roofs supported on arches, springing from rows of slender columns; and their walls are pierced with numerous windows, to admit of a thorough circulation of air. Some are so large as to be capable of containing 4,000 butts, and are cool, even in the most sultry weather. The exhalations are, nevertheless, rather overcoming, even unaided by the numerous samples, of which one is tempted to make trial. The number of butts annually made, or, more correctly speaking, collected, at Xeres, amounts to 30,000. Of this number, one half is exported to England, and includes the produce of nearly all the choicest vineyards of Xeres; for, in selecting their wines for shipment, the Xeres houses carefully avoid mixing their first- growth wines with those of lighter quality, collected from the vineyards of Moguer, San Lucar, and Puerto Real; or even with 6uch as are produced on their own inferior grounds. The remaining 15,000 butts are in part consumed in the country; where a light wine, having what is called a manzanilla ( camomile) flavour, is preferred— or sold to the shippers from other places, where they are generally mixed wilh inferior wines. The total number of butts shipped, annually, from the different ports round the bay of Cadiz, may be taken at the following average— From Xeres 15,000 almost all to Englad. Puerto Santa Maria ^{^ ZtXs.^ fprincipally to the Ha- Chiclana 3,000; bana, the ports of Puerto Real 500 J Mexico and Buenos (. Ay res. Total 30,500. But, beside the above, a prodigious quantity of wine finds its way to England from Moguer and San Lucar, which oue never hears of but under the common denomi- nation of sherry. Most of the principal merchants are growers, as well as vendors of wine; which, with foreign houses, renders it necessary that one partner of the firm, at least, should be a Roman Catholic; for ' heretics' cannot hold lands in Spain. Those who are growers have a de- cided advantage over such as merely make up wines; for the latter are liable to have the produce of the inferior vineyards of San Lucar, Moguer, and other places, mixed up by the grower of whom they purchase. All sherries, however, are manufactured ; for. it would be almost as diffi- cult to get an unmixed butt of wine from a Xeres merchant, as a direct answer from a quaker. But there is no conceal- ment in this mixing process; and it is even quite necessary, in order to keep up the stock of old wines, which, other- wise, would soon be consumed. These are kept in huge casks— not much inferior in size to the great ton of Heidel- berg— called ' madre' ( mother) butts; and some of these old ladies contain wine that is 120 years of age. It must, how- ever, be confessed, that the plan adopted in keeping them up, partakes somewhat of the nature of' une imposture de- licate ,-' since, whenever a gallon of wine is taken from the 120 year old butt, it is replaced by a like quantity from the next in seniority, and so 011 with the rest; so that even the very oldest wines in the store are daily undergoing a mixing process. It is thus perfectly idle, when a customer writes tor a ' ten year old' butt of sherry, to expect to receive a wine which was grown that number of years previously. He will get a most excellent wine, however, which will, pro- bably, be prepared for him in the following manner:— Three- fourths of the butt will consist of a three or four year old wine, to which a few gallons of Pajarete, or Amon- tillado, will be added, to give the particular flavour or colour required; and the remainder will be made up of various proportions of old wines, of different vintages; a dash of brandy being added to preserve it from seasickness during the voyage. To calculate the age of this mixture appears, at first sight, to involve a laborious arithmetical opeiation. But it is very simply done, by striking an average in the fol- lowing manner:— lhe fond, we will suppose, is a four years' old wine, with which figure we must, therefore, commence our calculations. To flavour and give age to this founda- tion, the hundred and twenty years' old ' madre' is made to contribute a gallon, which, being about the hundredth part of the proposed butt, diffuses a year's maturity into the composition. The centigenarian stock- butt next furnishes a quantity, which, in the same way, adds another year to its age. The next in seniority supplies a proportion equivalent to a space of two years; and a fourth adds a similar period to its existence. So that, without going further, we have 4 1 1 2 2= 10, as clear as the sun at noon- day, or a demonstratiou in Euclid. This may appear very like'bi- shoping,' or putting marks in a horse's mouth to conceal his real age. But the intention, in the case of the wine, is by no means fraudulent, but simply to distribute more equally the good things of this life, by furnishing the public with an excellent composition, which is within the reach of many; for, if this were not done, the consequence would be that the Xeres merchant would have a small quantity of wine in his stores, which, from its extreme age, would be so valu- able, that fe. v persons would be found to purchase it, and a large stock of inferior wines, which would be driven out of the market by the produce of other countries. The quality of the wine depends, therefore, upon the quantity and age of the various madre butts from which it has been flavoured; and the taste is varied from dry to sweet, and the colour from pale to brown, by the greater or less admixture of Pajarele, Amontillado, and boiled sherry. I do not think that the custom of adding boiled wine obtains generally, for it is a very expensive method of giving age. It is, however, a very effectual mode, and one that is considered equivalent to a voyage across the Atlantic, at the very least. I have heard of an extensive manufacturer ( not of wine) in our own country, who had rather improved on this plan of giving premature old age to his wines. He called one of the steam- engines of his factory Bencoolen, and another Mobile; aud, slinging his butts of sherry and Madeira to the great levers ot the machinery, gave them the benefit of a ship's motion, as well as a tropical temperature, without their quitting his premises; and, after a certain number of weeks' oscillation, he passed them off as ' East and West India par- ticular.' The sweet wines of Xeres are, perhaps, the finest in the world. That known as Pajarete is the most abund- antly made, but the Pedro Ximenes is of superior flavour. There is also a sweet wine flavoured with cherries, which is very delicious. The light dry sherries are also very pleasant in their pure state, but they require to be mixed with brandy and other wines, to keep long, or to ship for the foreign market. Those, therefore, who purchase cheap sherry in England may be assured that it lias become a light wine since its departure from Spain. The number of wine houses at Xeres is quite extraordinary. Of these, as many, I think, as five and twenty export almost exclusively to England. The merchants are extremely hospitable ; they live in very good style, and are particularly choice of the wines that ap- pear at their tables Scott's Excursions. PERSEVERANCE.— The moral power of perseverance in the individual, is one to which it is difficult to affix any limits. How often has' good prevailed against evil, by the mere strength and continuity of its submission to pain, insult, and injury. The continuance in a course of kindness, unfailing kindness, sooner or later, makes itself felt upon the hardest dispositions. It induces their selfishness to relax, it wins them to something of a better state of feeling; and with bodies of men, this is an essential element of all peaceful operations, for the assertion of privileges or the achievement of the victories of truth and justice, in legislation or political institutions. And while most of those which I have enumerated are individual qualities, but also applying to social bodies; when we advert to the latter, union must be introduced as another essential. The power of deter- mined union is scarcely to be baffled unless by physical im- possibilities. A CuaiosiTv.— It will be recollected by all conversant with the history of the war of American independence, that the attempt to impose a stamp tax on the colonists was one of the leading measures which led to the dispute between England and her American colonies. A short time ago, in rummaging among the stock in the Stamp Office, in Somer- set House, London, several of the stamps prepared for being sent to America were found in an uppei room. One of them is now in the possession of the llev. Dr. Shepherd, of Gateacre, near this town. The stamp is in the usual form, and bears, on coloured paper, pasted on paichment, the in- scription " AMERICA. Two SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE." It is a very great curiosity, and the reverend doctor might very appropriately send it as a present to President Van Buren, to be placed among the archives of the United States. — Liverpool Albion. Instructions have been given, that the 29th of May, the anniversary of Charles II.' s Restoration, is no longer to be observed by the firing of the Tower guns THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 5* 4. 7 MEETING OF THE BURGESSES OF SI'. PETER'S WARD. On Monday evening, a meeting of tlie burgesses of the above ward was held at the Mogul Tavern, Bartholomew- Street, to discuss the means of obtaining u fair and impartial representation of tbeir interests in the corporate body. At half- past seven o'clock, Mr. Taylor, of the Bull- ring was called to the chair ; and after reading the placard by which the meeting was convened, he said, he considered that the first meeting of the burgesses of Birmingham, and a very important meeting it was, inasmuch as the object was to exercise the right which had been given to them by the Charter of Incorporation. They were met for the purpose of considering the best means of securing the return of fit and proper persons to represent tbem in the town council; and he should be most happy to render them all the assist- ' ance in his power, to promote that object. Mr. BLAXLAND said, he did not think the chairman had fairly stated the nature of the meeting. The meeting had been called by an anonymous placard ; and he did not think it could be designated a general meeting of the burgesses. He considered the object of the present meeting should be to take means to convene a general meeting of the burgesses of the ward, at which six eligible persons might be ap- pointed to represent tbem. If such a meeting was con- vened, he had no doubt it would be highly satisfactory, and they would carry their men triumphantly. Mr. BLEWS then rose and said, they would, perhaps, ex- tend a little indulgence to him, as he was unaccustomed to public speaking, while he briefly detailed to them the ob- ject of the meeting. He might say, he was the principal promoter of the meeting; and he was not aware that by affixing his name to the placard, it would have stamped it with any additional recommendation. Tile impression upon his mind was, that they ought to be allowed to exercise their right to appoint gentlemen in their own ward who were capable of representing them. It was not his intention on that occasion to recommend any particular man, but his wish was that they should discuss the best means of pro- curing fit and proper persons to represent them. They were aware that a certain number of gentlemen had been already named to represent that ward ; and he must say, he considered a more unwarrantable attempt at dictation had never been attempted by any body of men. It \ va « a most unwarrantable liberty for any self- elected body of men to nominate for them, without ever once consulting them, a number ot gentlemen, only two of whom were residents in the ward. He certainly thought that there were many gentlemen residents in that ward, and rate- payers in that ward, who were fully competent to discharge ail the duties of councillors, with credit to themselves and satisfaction to their constituents; and he considered these gentlemen ought to be appointed by the burgesses. It was not his in- tention to say anything to the prejudice of those gentlemen who had been nominated by a self- elected body. It was no doubt the impression of these self- elected gentlemen, that the candidates whom they nominated were fit and proper persons. He really thought the voters ought to have had a voice in the matter. They had heard much about the abuses ol self- elected bodies ; but, in his opinion, they could hardly conceive a greater stretch of power than that which had been taken in the present instance by the self- elected committee. He had always been against the abuses of self elected bodies, and he should always hold up his hand against any such conduct as that attempted to be practised upon them. He thought a greater insult never was offered to any body, than that which had been offered to that district, in attempting to impose upon them some men totally unfit to discharge the duties of councillors. • If they even were qualified to discharge the duties of the office, still he contended it was a most unwarrantable liberty to attempt to force them upon the ward. He was in possession of the best information respecting the num- ber of voters ill that ward ; and from what he knew of their feelings, he asserted, without fear of contradiction, that unless they put before the electors good men, who would consult the interests of the town, and who were thoroughly qualified to represent them, they would be in a decided minority. He had but one object in view, and that was, to prevent the Tory party from out- voting them. That they could not do, unless fit and proper persons were offered to the burgessss. There must be no attempt at dictation, because they would not submit to it. He should, therefore, move that a committee of gentlemen should be appointed to take into consideration the best means of se- curing a proper representation of the ward. He, for one, should not stand nice as to a shade in the politics or reli- gion of any man, who might be otherwise well qualified ; his only object was to get men who would discharge, with credit to themselves and advantage to the ward, the dulies of the offices. Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH said he would only observe, that it was with surprise and regret he was obliged to read the names of gentlemen who had been named for St. Peter's ward; only two of the gentlemen named lived in the ward. He was not going to find fault with the gentlemen, but he really thought, in so important a ward as that of St. Peter's, * it was not to be considered that four gentlemen who did not reside in the ward, nor who had not even a warehouse in the ward, should be nominated to represent them without their advice being once taken. He was sorry, above all things, that Reformers should depart so far from their own principles, as to constitute themselves into a self- elected body, and attempt to dictate to others. Mr. AsHMOKEdid not consider there had been any attempt at dictation. Mr. II OLLINGS WORTH said they had done so. What the central committee ought to have done, was to call the electors of the different wards together, and to have said to them, " Now, gentlemen, we have obtained the charter, and, according to it, you are enabled to send six men to represent you in the town council. Call a meeting, there- fore, of the inhabitants, and elect from amongst yourselves persons to represent you; and if you have not persons in the ward fit to act, we will recommend men whom we think eligible." This was the language the central com- mittee ought to have used ; in place of that, they write down the names of men comparatively strangers to them, Ind non- residents in the ward. Bull- street, and some of : he leading streets in the town, could not furnish six men. By the bye, they would soon have a rate imoosed upon them, and the inhabitants of that ward would have to con- tribute to it, and as much, if not more, than any other ward, and yet they were not to have men of their own to repre- lent them in the council, where this rate was to be made. Mr. AsiniORE said, if Mr. Blewsand Mr. Hollingsworth Vould look back to the Birmingham newspapers, they rould find that the gentlemen whom they had been con- temning, were not self elected men. They would find that jiey had been appointed at a public meeting of the inhabi- tants. He thought it would only be courteous towards those gentlemen to send a depuration fo them, and ask hem to reconsider any objectionable step they might have ; aken. If such divisions were suffered to take place, the result would be, that the enemies of the charterwould creep in. Mr. BLEWS said he hoped they would, if such conduct was pursued towards the people. Mr. ASHMORE said he should move that a deputation he appointed to wait upon, and confer with, the central com- mittee. Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH said the meeting alluded to by Mr. Ashmore was not convened for the purpose of appointing , the central committee. The High Bailiff had called the people together for the specific purpose of hearing the charter read, and not to appoint any committee. Mr. ASHMORE said there was no dictation in the course : pursued by the committee. They had only recommended sich men as they thought were qualified. The CHAIRMAN wished to know if Mr. Ashmore resided ii the ward. Mr. ASHMORE replied, that he did. Mr. BLEWS, in reply to Mr. Ashmore's observations, would say, lie did not wish to excite any unkind feeling. JHe would again repeat, that he had only one object in view, aid that was, to secure the return of such men as would be a; redit to themselves, and benefit to the ward. Mr. BLAXLAND said, wheii. other towns were incorporated, tlfe voters in each district were called together, and re- quested to appoint such persons as they approved of. Ijstrict committees were appointed to act with a central committee, and all unpleasantness was avoided. He must coi'ess he had hoped that such would have been the case in Birmingham. He hoped the present meeting would not fal into the error of the central committee— appoint persons without the full sanction of the burgesses. He supported Mr. Bknvs's motion with all his heart. Mr. BLEWS said his intention was that the subject should be discussed that night, and the meeting adjourned to another house in the ward, say the Sun, in Aston- street, or the Acorn, in Temple- street. Mr. ASHMORE wished the chairman, Mr. Blews, and Mr. Hollingsworth to wait upon the central committee, as a deputation, to request them to put the names of other persons on the list, in place of those already named. He feared a split, which ought to he avoided. Mr. SMITH did not think they could wait upon the central committee, unless they were deputed by some body. They must, first appoint a committee. Mr. Hor. LiNaswoKTH considered they were a meeting of the burgesses, and fully competent to manage their own affairs. The CHAIRMAN then put Mr. Blews's resolution, which was carried unanimously. . Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH then moved the appointment of a number of gentlemen, as a committee, to carry the above resolution into effect. Mr. Gilbert was then appointed secretary to the com- mittee. Mr. SMITH thought it would be well if the central com- mittee would be requested to send a deputation to meet them. Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH said, if they wished to have a con- ference with the central committee, the present meeting must send a deputation to them. They never need expect the central committee to send to them. Although he had always voted in general with the Reformers of the town, he could not submit to acknowledge the authority of any self- elected committee to appoint a town council for the borough. He did not know when the central committee had been appointed, and he could not recognise any au- thority in them. Mr. ASHMORE said he should come prepared to the next meeting with proof of their appointment. Mr. DRAKE said, there was a committee, appointed at a special meeting to procure the charter. That committee consisted of sixty- one persons. Several of them attended very irregularly. About twenty- five of them attended pretty well, and out of that number a committee of twenty- one were appointed, at the High Bailiff's meeting, to carry out the provisions of the charter— that was the committee called the central committee. Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH: By whom appointed? Mr. DRAKE: By those who were at tils High Bailiff's meeting. Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH denied the validity of any such appointment. That meeting was called expressly to hear the charter read. Mr. DRAKE said it was to the effortB of the gentlemen who composed the central committee, that they were in- debted for the charter. They had exerted themselves so well and so effectually in obtaining the charter, that he thought they had not gone too far in recommending those whom they considered proper persons to fill the offices. It had been stated, as a ground of objection against those gen- tlemen, that they did not reside in the ward. Now, the law did not render it necessary that the candidates should reside in the ward, and that which was not necessary by the law, could not, in his opinion, be deemed so very objectionable. The mere circumstance of a person living in any particular street could not amount to a recommendation, or a disquali- fication of a person. He did not know how his name came to be upon the list, except that he had been known for the last twenty years as a strenuous Reformer. ( Hear, hear.) He had always been a Reformer, and be should continue, and, if he should be elected, it would be because he was a Reformer. If he should he elected, he should certainly consider it a very great honour, and should endeavour to discharge all the duties of the office with a view to the promotion of the welfare of the town at large. He had not any particular wish for the office. He had not courted it. He had never asked for it; nevertheless, as he had said, if returned by the electors, he should deem it a great honour, and, he trusted, faithfully discharge his duty, and render up his accounts at any time his constituents might require. He should not feel anger if they elected a better man. He was quite sure " there were others better entitled to the honour, and better qualified for the office than himself. He did not, however, think a person ought to be elected solely on the ground of his standing in society, or his great wealth. The great majority of the burgesses were not rich men, and it was a satisfaction to know that, according to the constitution of the charter, poor men were eligible to aspire to the offices under it. He was not a rich man, and if he should be elected, it must be from other qualifications apart from riches. He hoped it never would he said that a man ought net to be elected because he was a poor man. Mr. SMITH said he was glad to bear Mr. Drake say, that other persons, more competent, might be selected than those named by the committee. That was just what he and his friends thought. They believed that they could find better men, and it was for that purpose that they were that evening assembled. He would ask them if they thought the members of the central committee ought to be appointed, to the exclusion of better men. He thought it would be a disgrace to them, if they could not find men in the ward qualified to fill the offices? He should hope they could find men better qualified to act, in the ward, than those named by the central committee. The CHAIRMAN said Mr. Hutton and Mr. Drake were the only persons out of the six named, who lived in the ward. It was really too bad to have passed over the in- habitants of the ward. With respect to Mr. WIN. Schole- field, there was no man for whom he would sooner vote. He hoped he would be the first mayor. ( Hear, hear.) It would be a disgrace to the town if he was not to leceive that honour, after the very great exertions he had made to procure the charter. With respect to Mr. Drake, he should have no objection to vote for him either. Mr. DRAKE supposed, from what, had been said, that the objection against the parties named was because they were not residents. Mr. HOLLINGSWORT'H objected, because there was, be conceived, a very improper attempt at dictation. ( Cries of no, no, and yes, yes.) In place of the reformers of the ward being called together, they were dictated to. He did not understand such dirty tricks. Mr. ASHMORE objected to any such language being used towards the men who had procured the charter, and without whose exertions it would not have been obtained. Mr. HOI. LINGSWORTH did not apply the words personally. He used them in reference to what he called dictation. Mr. SMITH then moved that a deputation be appointed to wait upon the central committee, and request them to with- draw the names from the list. Mr. ASHMORE agreed with that proposition. Mr. WATSON said, he was much pleased to see so re- spectable a meeting as the present, met lor the purpose ol transacting their affairs. In taking their affairs into their hands, they were acting with great propriety, because he believed they would be quite able to act in accordance with the central committee. He viewed the act of the central committee merely as a recommendation ; he believed they had not the least wish to dictate. So far from any spirit of dictation existing amongst them, as soon as they heard of the existence of a good committee in Duddeston and Ne- chells, they resigned that portion of the borough altogether into the hands of that committee. They did not know whether a committee bad been appointed, as had that night been formed. Indeed, he believed it was under an appre- hension that committees would not be appointed, and that the burgesses might, consequently, be left unprovided with candidates, that they had been induced to recommend cer- tain persons. The course which they had adopted that night was perfectly lawful and constitutional. He certainly thought they ought to speak of the central committee in terms of respect. They had made great exertions, and great sacrifices of time, to obtain the charter, and they ac- quitted themselves in a manner which, he thought, all im- partial judges would admit was highly proper. Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH must again protest against their authority, because they were rot appointed at a town's meeting to appoint town councillors. Mr. ASHMORE again contended that they had been ap- pointed by a town's meeting, to carry the provisions of the charter into operation, if not for the specific purpose of appointing a town council. Sir. Smith's motion was then put and carried, upon which Mr. GILBERT rose and said, he was one of those who dis- sented irom the resolution, because he did not think it pro- per to acknowledge the committee in any shape or form whatever. If they were appointed to obtain the charter, their labours ought to cease when they procured it, and they ought then to hand over the appointment of the officers to those for whose benefit they had obtained the charter. He certainly did riot know that there was such 11 committee In existence till the Journal of last Saturday announced it. If it had been known at the meeting at the Town Hall that the committee were to appoint town councillors, did they imagine the people would have consented to it ? Then, with respect ( o courtesy ; what courtesy, he Would ask, had the central committee shown to the burgesses? They had not shown the least courtesy to any party, and why should they show any courtesy to them? He was one who had taken part in convening the present meeting, and he hoped it would turn out to be for the good of the ward altogether. He hoped they would get men wh'o would fairly represent tliein, and consult the interests of the borough at large, without reference to either political or religious distinc tions. Mr. LOWE wished to address a few words to the chair- man, but could not be allowed, on the ground that he was not an inhabitant of the ward. Mr. WESTON recommended them to be united ; if they were not, he was afraid they would make room tor the other party. He wished they would abolish the names of Whigs and Radicals, and adopt that of Reformers, under which all could pull together for one common object. He really could not admit that the central committee bad not been appointed at the Town Hall. They were appointed by uni- versal suffrage. The resolution w is then put and carried, after which, The chairman, and Messrs, Hollingsworth, Blews, and Gilbert, were appointed as a deputation to wait on the cen- tral committee, arid the meeting adjourned until Wednesday evening, to the Golden Lion, in Aston- street. THE INDIRECT TAXES— PEACEFUL RESISTANCE. The following is the concluding part of a well written paper, in the True Scotsman, on the abstinent plan of resistance, originally suggested by Mr Salt, and to which we have frequently adverted in the columns of the Journal:— Assuming the population of Great Britain and Ireland to he twenty- six millions ( it is estimated at twenty- seven), and the revenue derived from these three articles, intoxicating liquors, teas, and tobacco, to be twenty six millions sterling, and the cost price of them to the consumers to be fifty two millions, which is less than is actually paid by them, we have thus two millions sterling annually expended on them by every million of inhabitants— one million of which sum goes to the revenue of the country; but as one- half of the whole population are children, we must strike them off, and the result will stand thus, viz— every million of population ex- pend, annually, in the three articles named, the sum of four millions of pounds sterling— of which two millions go to the revenue of the country. Of the 18,000 000 remaining, after deducting the chi'dren, how many belong to the labouring or working classes, it is impossible to decide. Probably we shall not be fur wrong if we state rhem as 11.000 000. Suppose that of these only 2,000 000 vvere impressed with a conviction of the truth of the views here promulgated, and really desirous of promoting Reform, both social, and politi- cal, and moral; and that, concentrating their efforts, they were, upon a given day, to commence sitting " dhurna" upon government, by abstaining from the use of the excise- able articles before named, and were to continue the same for six months only, they would be, at the end of that time, 4 000,000?. richer themselves, and government would be 2,000,000/. in arrears. If they continued tbeir system for one year, the money they had saved would be 8,000.000/., and the deficiency in the revenue 4.000,000/.— an amount which government could not stand ; and which they have no means to cover, except by adopting measures which would essentially benefit the people— a reduction in their expenditure. It may be averred, that it would be impossible to induce this number of people to act together on any point; but it is degrading to the characters of Britons, to suppose them so interior to those whom they presumptuously style the poor ignorant Hindoos, as not to have self command enough over themselves to give up a few luxuries, having the spec- tacle of the conduct of those very Hindoos before them ; to think that men and women, many of them educated, and all of them impressed with a desire for Reform, are not courage- ous enough to submit to a temporary and trifling incon- venience, when people of all ages, whom they pretend to despise, cheerfully resign themselves, even to death, by starvation and cold, to protect what they deem their rights. That such an infirmity of character as is here supposed, is not natural to Britons, may he inferred from what they have already done. The National Petitions for the Peoples' Charter have been signed by two millions of men; and much expense of actual outlay, as well as trouble and loss of time, has been incurred in attempts to forward their adoption and presen- tation to Parliament. Now, these men must represent an equal number of women, using all the articles before men- tioned, with the exception, perhaps, of tobacco, and who must necessarily approve of the steps which their husbands and brothers are taking. This would give us at once an in- stance of four millions of people acting together for a given object; but suppose that we deduct from this, one million, there remain three millions of people ac'ting together, at great personal sacrifices, for an object which they are not sure of obtaining, and the struggle for which only renders them poorer the longer it lasts, without, in the slightest de- gree, lessening the resources of the monopolists against whom they have to contend. It cannot be doubted that they are sincere in their ob- ject; and it follows, that they only require to be shown an easier mode of obtaining it. It is presumed that the plan now offered is such— possessing, as it does, the incalculable advantage of not taking them a single day off work, of not requiring a single penny of outlay, and of making them richer and better the longer it continues, while in the same proportion it deprives their opponents of their means ot de fence. Were it carried into operation, the government must have immediate recourse to the justest of all taxes, a property tax, and the attempt to impose such would at once array the land owners on the side of retrenchment. Let, then, the first attention of the National Convention be directed to this subject; the more it is examined the more practicable in its adoption and certain in its result, does it appear. Let them fix a day on which to commence sitting " dhurua" on government, so far as intoxicating drinks, tea, and tobacco, are concerned— let every true Radical throughout the kingdom be ready tp back their ef- forts by u little self denial, and the victory will neither be long doubtful nor incomplete. ft will be a victory, too, obtained without bloodshed— which calls forth no angry feelings ;— arid while it secures a! l that is necessary for the happiness of the nation, will present it to thi world in a nobler point of view than, it has ever yet ufi/ miireil— as tri- umphing over its Own evil propensities. ' ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. The Tipperary magistrates held a meeting on Wed- nesday week, at Thurles, and, with one dissentient voice— that of Mr. Scully— agreed to memorialise Lord Normanby " for protection to their lives and property." It would seem to be a decided point that the Poor- law bill, inasmuch as it provides alone for the rating of town lands, cannot be carried into effect in Dublin, Cork, and several other places, until a Supplementary I bill nhall have been passed.— Dublin Chronicle. TO THE RATE- PAYERS OF THE TOWN OF BIRMINGHAM. Fellow- townsmen,— Having seen a notice in the Birmingham papers, that the commissioners of the town intend applying to Parliament for an act for the making of a new street. I beg leave to ask, for the information of myself and others, who is to pay the expense. I am informed it will be paid for by a rate upon the town ; if so, the rate- payers ought to be con- sulted, and see if they think it necessary, and can afford to pay an extra rate for the improvement. I think the commiisiouers will find, upon consulting the inhabitants generally, they cannot afford it. Trade is not in that state to allow 100,000/., or thereabouts, to be laid out, to benefit not one tithe part of the rate- payers. If it will not, should we be saddled with a debt we cannot afford to pay ? Our commissioners have already a debt of near 100,000?., which we shall be compelled to pay; and to allow them to double the amount with our eyes open will not do. I do hope that some of the influential inhabitants, and the liberal part of' the commissioners, will come forward and op- pose if, and not allow us to be imposed upon in this manner. If die alteration is so very necessary, let that part of the commissioners and those favourable to the improvement form themselves into a company, and do the alteration themselves— no doubt they will ob- tain good interest for the capital invested— and not impose a debt upon those who will not derive any be- nefit. Hoping that my fellow rate- payerj will see the justness of my remarks, I am, Mr. Editor,' A CONSTANT READER. Exeter- row, Nov. 21, 1838- ST. PHILIP'S CHURCHYARD. Sin,— Will you again oblige me by again inserting my letter of last week, that it may stand fairly before the public, that they may j udge of its correctness. " There is no truth in it," says oiie of our officials— a man of much worth, learning, and truth. I wear not the garb of hypocrisy, I use not the sjang of deception, I touch not tlie clock when it goes right, I wish not and will not, knowingly, deceive my fellow- townsmen. Would you not lament tlie loss of the once grand walks and the fine trees which, in the spring, look so gay? What is become of all the posts and rails? With them the commissioners ought to have made good those parts not palisaded ; but that would not do — they had an object in keeping the walks in as bad a state as possible. Two thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds, public money, to be paid, for what ? not for improving tin town, but to please a part;/— yes, to please a party— a few. I much doubt their authority so to dispose of the public money. It is admitted that a few ( I say a great many) graves are to be opened, say a hundred; to what place will they carry the half de- composed flesh ? What matter,— say to fill up some bare hole. Colmore- row, says one, is so full of bodies that it must not, it would not be safe, to touch. Prove, say I, that the Temple- row side is less full. You can- not. I am sure that it is more full, and more dan- gerous to break open. But all the vaults and graves threatened have been designedly neglected, to appear as not much used. Many lie there that died of dis- eases very contagious. Dr. Allsop is one; he died of the worst kind of Asiatic cholera; his body must be removed very close to the wall. On these points I defy contradiction. There is nothing to justify the breaking into the sacred and consecrated ground. I never heard of an accident, or saw an obstruction, occasioned by the narrowness of the carriage way. A few words to the commissioners, and I have done. I like not their body or their proceedings generally. I will do all in my power to oppose the bill they are now going for, and I will do all I can to unseat them. In a few instances they have served the town well; for those they have my hearty thanks; but the majority of their acts are not creditable. I am principally amused in observing how they strive to improve each other's property; the instances are so glaring, any man, with common observation, mast see it. No street requires their attention more than Monmouth- street, but they will not see it, for the friends' burying ground, is over the wall, they must not be removed; but the remains of those church- going people laying next Temple- row, they are stale property, public property, who cares for them, cart them away, or throw them into the public rovd, that they may be ground to powder, and blown about by the wind; but first pay back the money, to be honest, to the relatives or decendants of those who bought the ground, with a certain hope that it would never be taken away from them. Yours, A MEMBER OF ST- PHILIP'S. Waterloo- street, November 22, 1838. [ We have not room for the reinsertion, but, we sup pose, the above will do for the present.— E. B. J.] MR. BRINDLEY AND PHRENOLOGY. SIR,— My attention has just been called to an article in your paper of November 10, purporting to be a re- port of the concluding lecture against phrenology, delivered before the Mechanics' Institute by Mr. Brindley, and which contains such an extraordinary collection of mis- statements concerning my brother, Mr. George Combe's examination of the prisoners in New- castle gaol, that, in his absence, I cannot, in justice to him and phrenology, allow them to pass unnoticed. Assuming your correspondent's report of the lecture to he accurate, it appears that in speaking of the new philosophy and the new views of it unfolded in Mr. Combe's Constitution of Man, Mr. Brindley went so far as to declare, that he could not " find words suffi- ciently strong to convey his feelings of disgust and abhorrence of such absurd and dangerous notions. He conceived them an insult to the understanding, a libel on the social and civil institutions of the country, and an outrage on the Christian religion. They are, wherever received, a blot upon science, a disgrace to the age, and a sin against God." Without wishing to comment on the obvious impropriety of introducing such seriously condemnatory expressions into the dis- cussion of a purely philosophical question, I may be allowed, nevertheless, to remark, that if they are war- rantable under any circumstances, it can be only where the person, thus usurping the judgment seat, brings to the decision the clearest and most unequivo- cal evidence, not only of his own accuracy, rectitude, and freedom from bias, but of the opposite party's guilt in wilfully misleading others, by the propagation of what he knows to be hurtful errors. Acting appa- rently under some vague impression of this kind, Mr. Brindley refers, in a subsequent part of bis lectures, to what he designates " well authenticated facts," which he says, tend entirely to refute the system;" and certainly, if these " facts" be accurately stated by Mr. Brindley, they would afford some justification for the course which ire has pursued; but if, on the other hand, those of them which are accessible to us, can be shown to be disfigured by alteration and suppression in such a way as to prevent the opposite of the truth, then his whole argument," and the vituperation founded upon it, will necessarily recoil upon his own head, and leave phrenology precisely where it stood before. That this latter is the case, we shall now show. Mr. Brindley states, correctly, that " in,. October, 1834, Mr. Combe visited Newcastle gaol, for the pur- pose of observation. He was to write the character indicated according to the phrenological examination, and at the same time the governor was to write the character from his own previous knowledge." This was done accordingly ; each wrote bis own statement apart, anil the two were afterwards compared, in the presence of four or five gentlemen, as witnesses. It ought to be mentioned, however, that it was Dr. Fife, the assistant surgeon of the gaol— an anti- phreno- logist— who wrote the second statement, and not " Mr. Vyse," " the governor," as erroneously reported by Mr. Brindley. To facilitate the perception of the contrast between Mr. Combe's printed remarks and Mr. Brindley's misrepresentations of them, I shall quote both statements:— MR. BRINDLEY'S VERSION. " The first, case was ah 03% whom Mr. Combe said ' had benevolence large, veneration large, and the lower organs not inordinately developed.' His opinion was, that he was not accused of a violent disposition, had a talent for deception, and might probably be accused of swindling. Mr. Vyse, the governor, remarks,' a most confirmed thief.'" MR. COMBE'S PRINTED STATEMENT. " P. S. Aged 20. Anterior lobe well developed, in- tellectual powers are considerable. The organ of imitation is large, also secretiveness. Acquisitiveness is rather large. THE MOST DEFECTIVE ORGAN IS CON- SCIENTIOUSNESS. Benevolence and veneration are large. The lower organs are not inordinate. My in- ference is, that he is not accused of violence ; his dis- positions are not ferocious, or cruel, or violent. He lias a talent for deception, and a desire for property not regulated by justice. His desires may have ap- peared IN SWINDLING OR IN THEFT. It is most pro- bable that he has swindled. He has the combination which gives the talent for an actor." Dr. Fife's re- marks— 11A confirmed thief. He has been twice con- victed of theft, but he has no sense of honesty, is quick, and apt, and has a talent for imitation.' Such is Mr. Brindley's first case, and the omissions in it remind me forcibly of the mode of proving from the Scriptures, that " there is no God," by leaving out the words, " the fool saith in his heart that," which precede them. By leaving out Mr. Combe's state- ment, that " the most defective organ is conscientious- ness," " acquisitiveness is rather large," has " a desire fur property not regulated l> y justice," which may have appeared " in theft," and suppressing Dr. Fife's testimony to his aptness, quickness, and talen t for imi- tation, all indicated by Mr. Combe, Mr. Brindley gives an appearance of. non- accordance between the two, which is far removed from the reality. MR. BRINDLEY'S VERSION. " Of the next case Mr. Combe says, destructiveness, secretiveness, acquisitiveness, and amativeness, large ; conscientiousness, moderate; veneration and benevo- lence, full. This boy is more violent than the last, and, perhaps, committed for an assault. Mr. Vyse remarks, 1 a inild disposition, and HAS NEVER SHOWN ACTUAL VICE.' " MR. COMBE'S PRINTED STATEMENT. " T. S. 18, destrucliveness, is very large; cbmba- tivencss, secretiveness, and acquisitiveness, are hrrge; intellectual organs fairly developed; AMATIVENESS IS LARGE; conscientiousness is rather moderate; bene- volence is full; and veneration rather large. This boy is considerably different from the last. He is more violent in his dispositions; he has probably been committed for assault CONNECTED WITH WOMEN. He has also large secretiveness and acquisitiveness, and may have stolen, although I think this less probable. He has fair intellectual talents, and is an improveable subject." Dr. Fife's remarks, " Crime, RAPE * * 110 striking feature in his general character, mild disposi- tion, and has never shown actual vice." Here the same'suppression appears for the purposes of distortion. Is rape no vice in Mr. Brindley's esti- mation, that he thus omits all allusion to it? Is it fair also to omit Mr. Combe's words, assault" connected with women," where the crime for which the boy was committed, was precisely what these words denote? But remark is needless, and I pass on. MR. BRINDLEY'S VERSIOH. " Of another case Mr. Combe says, veneration, firm- ness, and benevolence, well developed, CONSCIOUSNESS ENORMOUSLY I. ARGE, combativeness and amativeness large, 110 other leading organ or propensity inordinately developed. Reflection, moderate. I should rather have expected to find this individual in a lunatic asylum than in a jail. Mr. Vyse remarks, ' a thieJj void of every principle of justice and honesty, { in short, one of the most depraved characters I ever met with.'" MR. COMBE'S PRINTED STATEMENT. " J. W., aged 73. The coronal region ( or moral organs) is VERY DEFECTIVE. Veneration and firmness ( two of these organs) are the best developed, but AIX ARE DEFICIENT. Cautiousness is enormously large, the organ of combativeness is considerable, and amativs- ness is large. There are no other leading organs of the propensities inordinately developed; the intellect is very moderate. I would have expected to find this case in a lunatic asylum rather than in a jail, and I cannot fix upon any particular feature of crime. His MORAL DISPOSITIONS GENERALLY ARE VERY DEFECTIVE, but he has much caution. Except in connection with his amativeness and combativeness, I cannot specify the precise crime of which he has been convicted. GREAT DEFICIENCY IN THE MORAL ORGANS IS THE CHARACTER- ISTIC FEATURE which leaves the lower propensities to act without controul. Dr. Fife remarks, ' a thiefj void of every principle of honesty, obstinate, insolent, ungrateful for any kindness, in short, one of the most depraved characters with which I have ever been ac- quainted.' " I11 this case the misrepresentation is carried to such an extravagant pitch, as to excite astonishment that any one should have ventured upon it; and I trust, for the sake of Mr. Brindley's character, that his re- porter has mistaken his words, and that he has already indignantly disclaimed the expressions put into his mouth. Where Mr. Combe thrice repeats that all the moral organs are miserably defective, and speaks of firmness and veneration as being merely the best de- veloped among those which are deficient, the words attributed to Mr. Brindley represent Mr. Combe as saying, that " veneration, firmness, and benevolence, are WELL developed," and " CONSCIENTIOUSNESS ENOR- MOUSLY LARGE !" Truly it must be a bad cause which requires such means of support; but the mis- statements are so palpable, that it would be a waste'of time and space to dilate upon them. I purposely call them mis- statements, because although it is not easy to see how accident could cause so many egregious mistakes, I am unwilling to believe that the original report— which the reader will find in the 9th volume of the Phrenological Journal, p. 522— has been deliberately falsified. Mr. Brindley alludes to various other " facts" as hostile to phrenology, and among the rest to one of a man who had the whole of the organ of individuality removed by a wound with the breech of a musket, and yet manifested the faculty in as great vigour as before. Mr. Brindley gives no reference to where this wonder- ful case is to be found ; and, therefore, I cannot say, whether it is correctly quoted or not; but if he will produce a single well- authenticated instance of the whole of both organs of ind ividuality being' removed, and life continuing to be manifested, I shall at once give up not only that faculty, but phrenology itself; and thus save him all further trouble in the matter. Having now exposed the inaccuracy of Mr. Brinif- ley's representation of Mr. Combe's facts, I shall not trespass farther upon your space, but leave the readers to determine to which of the two productions the charge of being a " blot on science" and " a disgrace to the age" is the most applicable. In conclusion, allow me to express my satisfaction with your im- partiality in appending to your correspondent's report, your own conviction, that either Mr. Brindley or your correspondent had mistaken the principles of the sci- ence which they attacked. To fair and liberal discus- sion 110 one can object; but society at large is in- terested in putting a stop to such perversions as those which I have exposed. I remain, sir, your very obedient servant, Edinburgh, Nov. 17, 1838. A. COMBE, M. D. BIRMINGHAM DISPENSARY, NOV. 23.— Sick patieuta relieved 405 ; midwifery cases, H. STATE OF THE WORKHOUSE UP TO NOVEMBER 19. Wo- INFANTS. Men. men. Boys. Girls. Male. Fem. Total. 183 200 7 12 18 17 437 Admitted since .... 9 12 1 4 0 3 3! Born in the House 2 S 192 212 8 10 20 22 479 Dlschjfd, absconded, 10 34 14 1 3 6 179 202 8 15 17 16 4S0 Numberof Casesrelleved last week Number of Children in the Asylum.. * Of whom 1 man and 1 female infai. t died. . 2.796 , 343 MARRIAGES. On Saturday last, at St. George's, Hanover square, by the Rev. W. H. Dickenson, B. C. L., the ltev. James Bos tock, M. A., Incumbent of Wincle. Cheshire, to Harriet Holmes, eldest daughter of Mr. B. Holmes, of Chatsworth, Derbyshire. On the 10th inst., at St. Martin's, in tills town, Mr. Wm. Fletcher, grocer, of Sedgley, to Hannah, eldest daughter of Mr. Isaiah Baker, of the same place. On the 14th inst., at Oldswinford, by the Rev. C. II. Crauford, Thomas Cooper, Esq., surgeon, of Stourbridge, to Phoebe Sarah, only daughter of William Shutt, Esq., of the Heath, Worcestershire. On the 15th inst., at Tettenhall, by the Rev. Mr. Quaye!, Mr. Thomas Moore, of Palmer's Cross, to Ann, only ( laughter of Mr. John Wilkes, of the Wergs, near Tetten- hall. On Thursday, at Handswortlt, bv the Rev. James Har- greaves, Mr. Henry Reynolds, of Handsworth. to Eliza, second daughter of Mr. James Cartland, of St. Mary's square. On Thursday, at Elmdon, Edward Bowles Knottesford, Fsq., only son of the Kev. F. Fortescue Knottesford, of Alveston Manor House, Warwickshire, to Frances Anne, fourth daughter of the Venerable Archdeacon Spoorier. On the 13th inst., at the Old Meeting, West Bromwich, by the Rev. Jas. Dawson, of Dudley, J. C. Galloway, A. M. minister at the above place, to Miss Granger, niece of Wis. Whitehouse, Esq., of West Bromwich. DEATHS On Monday last, in the 16th year of his age, SfanfieUl Edward, only son of Johu Francis Dalby, of Belmont row. On Friday, aged 62, Mr. William Parsons, late of Love- day street, in this town, gun maker. On Monday, Mrs. Eleanor Allday, an old inhabitant of Digbeth. On Thursday, at Highgate Place, Miss Yates, sister of the late Mr. G « orge Yates, of Bradford street. On Thursday, at Soho, Handsworth, Mr. John Barton, son of the late Mr. James Barton, formerly of Castle Bromwich. On Tuesday, Ann, wife of Mr. John Carr, merchant, of this town, arid eldest daughter of the late Mr. Wm. Hors- fall, of Barnsley. On Sunday last, aged C8, much respected, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Richard Hemming, of Newtown row, in tliis town. O11 Wednesday last, Lydia, daughter of Mr. Wm. Shaw^ of Fordrough s'reet, aged 3 years and 7 months. On the 18th inst., at Heathfield road, Handsworth, Mary, wife of Mr. Samuel Groutage, aged 55. On the 19th iust., in her 68th year, Mrs. Gutteridge, of Colmore row. On the 11 til inst., after a lingering illness, Fanny, daughter of Mr. Thomas Martin, of Oxford street. On the 11th inst., after a few hours'illness, aged five years, Francis, third son of Mr. F. Haivkes, of Livery street. Yesterday week, in His 74th year, Mr. Henry Barns, Of the King's Arms, Howe street, Ashted, O11 Wednesday, at Handsworth, Mr. John Horton, butcher, aged 55, lately of Digbeth. On the 13th inst., aged 45, Mrs. Maria Turner, of Dat- laston. On the same day, at Bobbington, awfully sudden, in his 80th year, Mr. John Perry. O11 the 9th inst., suddenly, in his 70th year, William Younge, Esq., M. D., of Sheffield. On the 20th ult., at Paris, in her 55th year, Lady Wolseley. On Tuesday, at his residence, Arlington street, Piccadilly, London, Lord Sefton. On Friday, in his 23rd year, James, eldest son of Tlios, Smith, Esq., solicitor, of Gloucester. On the 3d inst., aged 30, John Henry Miles, Esq., soli- citor, Leicester. ITIE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 24. LONDON GAZETTES. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16. DECLARATION'S OF INSOLVENCY. RICHARD STONE, glazier, Brighton. JAMES PICKFORD, Market. street, Herts, salesman. BANKRUPTS. [ Tht Bankruntt to turrmder fit the Court of Commissioners. H mnrvill-. treet. when not otherwise ejcpressed.'} SOPHIA BACON, victualler, Cranford Bridge, Middlesex, Novem. ber 23 and Dei- ember 2- 1, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Sol. Mr. Meredith Heathrote. street, Mecklenburg- square. Pet. Cr. Mary Rossiter, German- street. Brighton, milliner. Seal. Nov. 17. HENRY SAYERS, grocer, Hapstead. green, Ardingly, Sussex, November 26 and December 21, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Sol. Mr. Reed. Bread. street, Cheapside. Pel Cr. Alexander Ha l and Flemroing Francis, 12, Bread. street, warehousemen. Seal. Novetnher 5. . T AUGUSTUS URMSTOM MEREDITH, tailor, Portsmouth, Nov. 27 and Dec. 28 at the Court of Bankruptcy. Soft. Tiileard and Son, Old Jew- y. London Pet Cr. George Lionel Graves. Iron, monger- lane, Blackwell hall, factor. Seal. November 10. CHARLES R ATHEtlA M, timber. dealer, Birmingham, Nov. 30 and Dec 28 at Dee's Roval Hotel, Temple. row, Birmingham. Sols. Messrs. Hnpwood and Foster. Chancery. lane ; Phillips, Kingston, upon- Hull , and Barlow. Birmingham. Pet. Cr. John Backworth and William Spaldin, Hull, timber merchants. Seal October 31. JAMES PLRMITER, cattle- dealer, Hall. court, Droxford, Hamp. shire, Nov. 26 and Dec 28, at the Star Inn, Southampton. Soil Walker, Southampton. Street, Bloomsbury. aquare, London; and Deacon and Lone, Southampton. Pet Cr. Samuel Parmiter, SoMthampton, tallow chandler. Seal. November S. KICHARD MORE, linen draper, Norwich, Nov. 27 and Dec. 28, at the Rampant Horse Inn, Norwich. Sols. Newto.^ Norwich ; and Clipperton, Bedford row, Middlesex. Pet. Cr. RobertShep- pard, Norwich, warehouseman. Seal. October 13- BENJAMIN BINYON ( and not Benjamin Bunyon, as formerly act. rertieed), tea dealer, Manchester, December 1 and 28 at the Com. miasioners rooms, Manchester. Sols. Messrs. Milne, Parry, Milne and Morris. Temple, London; and Mr. Bent, Manchester. Pet Cr. Thomas and Edward Bunyon, Mauchester, tea dealers. Seal. November 6. , SAMUEL TUNNICLIFF, victualler, Deptford, November US ana December iO, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Sol. Mr. Evitt, Hay- don- square, Minories. Pet. Cr. John Eagles Marsden, Henry Nicholl, and Vincent Nicholl, Lewiiham, brewers. Seal. Novem. THOMAS WISE, apothecary, Wardour. street, Solio, November27 and December 28, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Sol, Messrs. Woolmer and Hooper, King's. road, Bedford- row Pet. Cr. Wm. Harris Clunie, Portman- street, Portmau. square, baker. Seal. November 9. _ , - DYER BF. RRY SMITH, jun., grocer, Birmingham, December V and 28. at the Union Inn, Birmingham. Sols. Messrs. Newton and Elisor, ( JrayVinn; and Mr. Smith, Birmingham. Pet Cr. Joseph Wheeler Smith and Dyer Berry Smith, sen., Birmingham, paper merchants. Seal. October 23 DIVIDENDS. S. LEVI, Plymouth, dealer in jewellery, December 8. M. E. GILLESPIE and vv. J. HALL, Cheater- le. Street, Durham, common brewers, December 12. W. READ, and Melcorabe Regis, Dorsetshire, linen draper, December II. J. PAYNE, jun., Lawford, Essex, cattle dealer, December 10. it. PROCTER. Nettleham, Lincolnshire, farmer, December 5. T. COURT, Hampton. in. Arden, Warwickshire, innkeeper, De- cember 12. . . , 3. PRICE, G MORGAN, and H. W. ROLLASON, Birmingham, glass manufacturers, December 14 J. ISEAKDMOKE, and J. W. WATERHOUSE, Chesteriield, Der. byshire, la- e manufacturers, December 11. W. DORR ELI,, Colchester, Essex, innkeeper, December 10. C. WAKE. South Brewliam, Somersetshire, cattle dealer, De. cember 28. W, NORRIS, Liverpool, merchant, December 12. CERTIFICATES, DECEMBER 7. J. Cates, jun., Beaumont- street, Marylebone, surgeon— J. Groves, Stamford, Lincolnshire, linen draper— VV. Smith, Thurmaston, Lei. eestershire, sock manufacturer- S. Bettison, Margate, librarian- R. Ferguson, Petworth, Sussex, linen draper- E. Harrison, Notting- ham, hatter- F. Wyatt, West Covves, Hampshire, upholsterer- R. Pierce, Wellington, Shropshire, druggist- E. P. Edgley, South- borough, Kent, victualler. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Stockdale and W. J. Armstrong, London. road, Sonthwark— W. Stevenson and D. Bowen, AIfreton, Derbyshire, watch makers— T. and J. Bretland, Nottingham, painters— W. Thompson and J. Miller, Manchester, stable keepers— M. Lambert and W. Jackson, Leeds, jronfounders- J. and J. Ashton, Hyde and Newton, Cheshire, Chapel- en le Frith, Derbyshire, and Manchester, cotton spinners- Collins, Carter, and Co., Qneen. street. Cheapside, bookbinders- Martin and Stutter, Liverpool, surgeons— Wardle and Tatton, Rushton Spencer, Staffordshire, silk dyers- E. Heginbottom and C. Whottoir, Burton Extra, straw bonnet manufacturers— W, Smith and E. Lightfoot, Venetian blind makers— R. and B. Warren, Strand, blacking manufacturers — W. Salmond and J. Menzies, Bristol, tailors— T. Deardeu and Sons. Halifax, Yorkshire, joiners ( so far as regards T Dea. den, sen )- G. Gihson and H. H. Davis, Lightburn, Lancashire, soda water manufacturers— J. and B. Bowler and A. Jarrett, Castle. street, Southwark, hat manufacturers ( so far as re. gards B. « owler)- Le Blancs. Oliver, and Cook, New Bridge- street, attorneys- R. Hill and J. Crowder, New Lenton, Nottinghamshire, lace dressers — A. Gibb and Co., Russia. row, Milk- street, linen fac- tors— H. Dnnnington and G. A. Tabor, Nottingham, lace manufac- turers and machine makers ( so far as regards the making of ma- chinery)— T. Barton and Co., Ardwick, Lancashire, cotton spinners — Pin Mill Twist Company, Ardwick, Lancashire. ASSIGNMENTS. Richard Brown, Gateshead, brewer. Sarah Ingram, Dorchester, draper. Wm. Loughborough Pearson, Monk Wearmouth Shore, painter. Thomas Russell, Leicester, builder. Thomas Silverwood, Oxford- street, linen draper. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Charles Young Rosrer, Dundee, merchant. € eorge Lothian, Glasgow, power loom manufacturer. ion. under. Liiie, ale brewers— Farrer, Williamsons, and Co., Ripn- and Leeds, bankers— R. Barton and J. Lee, Coventry, watch manu- facturers— W. Haines arid B. Thomas, Cheltenham, hotel keepers— H. and J. Godwin, Durweston, Dorsetshire, common brewers— J. R. Micklethwait and J. G Clark, Masborough, Yorkshire, maltsters- Homer, Forster, and Co., Bishop Wearmoutb, Durham, sail cloth manufacturers ( so far as regards J. Horner). ASSIGNMENTS. Henry Drinltwater, Pershore, Worcestershire, builder. Henry David Jameson, St. Alban's, grocer. LONDON MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, MONPAY, Nov. 19.— Wheat, Essex Red, new 65s to 68s ; tine, 70s to 72s; old, — a to — s; white, now, 70s to 7: 1s; line, 75s to 76s; superfine, 77s to78s; old,— s to— a.— Rye, ' i2s to 40s.— Barley, 32s to 35s; fine, 36s to 37s; superfine, — s to _ s._ Malt, 50s to 56s ; fine, 58s to 60s.— Peas, Hog, 37s to 38s ; Maple, 40s to 42s; white, 40s to 46s ; Boilers, 48s to 50s.— Beans, small, 36s to 40s; old, 42i to 44s; Ticks, 30s to 35s; old, 37s to 40s; Harrow, 34s to38s.— Oats, feed, 21s to 24s ; line, 25* to 27s; Poland, 23s to 25"; line, 27s to 28s; Potatoe, 29s to 3ls ; line 32s to 33* Bran, per quarter, 8s Od to9s0d._ Pollard, fine, per do 148. to 20s. OEHGRALAVERAGEPRICEOFBRITISNCORN FORTHE WEEK ENDING Nov. 10, 1838 Wheat, 72s lid j Barley, 33s 6d; Oats, 23sld; Rye, 33s lid ; Beans, 40s 2d ; Peas, 42s lid. DOTYON FOREIGNCORN FORTHB PRESENT w EE K.— W he a t, 18s 8d Barley, I5s4d; Oata, 13s 9d ; Rye, 16s 9d Beans, Us Od ; Peas 8- Od. PRICE OESEEDS. NOV. 19.— Per Cwt.— Red Clover, English, 50s to 65s ; fine, 70s to 80s ; Foreign, 48s to 60s; fine, 65s to 70s— White Clover, 50s to 60s; line, 63s to 70s.— Trefoil, new, 18s to 21s; line, 22s to 25s ; old, 16s to21s Trefolium, 8a to 10s ; fine, lis to 13s.— Caraway, English, new, 42s to 48s ; Foreign, 0s to Oa— Coriander, 8s Od to Ills Od. Per Quarter.— St. Foin, 40s to 44s ; fine, 46s to4Ss ; Rye Grassj 28s to 35s ; new, 30s to 40s ; Paeey Grass, 40s to45s; Linseed for feeding, 50s to 56a ; fiue, 568to6" 8 ; ditto for crushing, 40s to 50s Canary, 90a to 100s Hemp, 38s to 40s. Per Bushel.— White Mustard Seed, 9s Od tol3s0d; brown ditto 158Od to ISs ; Tares, 4s 6d to5s0d ; fine new, 6s Od to7s0d. Per Last.— Rape Seed, English, 36( to38/; Foreign, 34; to36(. OILS.— Rape Oil, brown, £ 39 0s per ton; ileDnea £ 40 10a i Linseed Oil, £ 27 10a ; and Rape Cake,£ 6 10a— Linseed Oil i ake £ 14 0s per thousand. HAYANDSTRAW Smithfield Hay, 60s0d to 108s 0d; Inferior — a to — s; Clover, 60s to 120s; Inferior — s to — a; Straw, 28s to 36s. Whitechapel.— Clover, 70s to 120s ; new, — s to — s ; second cut,— s to— s; Hay, 70 to 100s ; new ditto, — s to — s ; Wheat Straw, 30s to 34s. Cumberland Fine Upland Meadow and Rye- graes Hay, 115s to 120s; inferior ditto, 100a to 105s ; superior Clover, 120s to 130s; Straw, 42s to 44s per load of36 trusses. Portman Market.— Coarse heavy Lowland Hay,— sto — 8; new Meadow Hay ,80s to 95s; oldditto. lOOsto 115s; useful ditto, — s to — 8; New Cloverditto, 100s to 120s ; old ditto,— s to— a ; Wheat Straw, 30s to 37s per load of 36 truaaes. SMITHFIELD, Nov. 19— To aink the offal— per81b.— Beef, 3s 4d to 46 4d ; Best Down and Polled Mutton, 3s lOd to 4s 8d; Veal 4s Od to 5s 6d ; PoTk, 4s 2d to 5s 4d ; Lamb, 0s Od to 08 Od. NEWGATE AND LB A DEN it ALL By the Carcase.— Beef, 2s lod to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s Od to 3s lOd ; Veal, 3s 4d to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 8d to 5s Od ; Lamb, 0s Od to 0s Od. COUNTRY MARKETS, & c. BIRMINGHAM MARKET. Corn Market, November 22. Wheat in short supply to this day's market, and the millers being mostly free buyers, an advance of 2d. to 3d. per bushel was readily made. Barley, both malting and grindinsr, in good supply j the trade ruled dull, at a reduction of Is to 2s. per quarter, and a good deal was left unsold at the close of the market. Oats were scarce; both old and new were Is to 2s. per quarter more money. Beans and Peas fully maintained the terms of this day se'nnight. WHEAT— perMlbs. s. d. s. d. White 9 9— 10 3 Red 9 4 - 10 0 Irish 9 0 — 96 B ARLEY— per Imp. Quarter. For Mailing 0 0— 00 For Grinding, per 3\) 2lbs 32 0 — 34 0 M ALT— per Imperial Bushel. Old and new 0 0 — 00 OATS— per 39/ 6*. Old 23 0 — 27 0 New 23 0 — 24 6 Irish i> 3 6 — 26 6 BEANS— per bag, 10 score gros s. d. s. d Old 16 0 — 17 New 14 6— 15 PEAS— perbag of 3 Bush. Imp FOR BOILING. White 18 0 — 19 6 Grey 16 6— 17 6 FOR GRINDING. per bag of 10 score 15 6 — 16 . White 16 6— 17 J FLOUIt— per sack o/ 280/ 6 « neQ Fine 60 0 — 62 Seconds.... 55 0 — 57 The following is the statement in Messrs. Sturge's circular :- PRESENT PRICES OF GRAIN. Birmingham, November 22, 1838. WHEAT, English, White, per bushel of621b. Old s. d. . 9 6 to 10 10 6 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. KOTEIUBER 20.— JOHN REDDALL, Bunhill- row, carpenter. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. JAMES STEPHENS, East Stouehouse, Devonshire, grocer. BANKRUPTS. JOHN HENRY GURNEY, Broad- street, Bloomsbury, victualler, November 27 and January 1, at the Bankrupts* Court. Sols. Messrs. Martineau and Co, Carey- street, Lincoln's- inn- fields. Pet. Cr. Benjamin George Hodges, Church- street, Lambeth, dis- tiller. Seal. November 14. JDAVID SMITH, York- road, Lambeth, builder, November 29 and January 1. ntthe Bankrupts'Court. Sol. Mr. Atkinson, Clement's- jnn. Pet C>\ John Smith, Appleby, Leicestershire, butler and yeoman. Se if. November 14. JASPER BUKCHETT, Tooting, Surrey, physic gardener, Novem- ber 30 and January I, at the Bankrupts' Court Sols. Messrs. Newboa and Evans, Wardrobe- pla « ' e, Doctors' Commons. Pet. Cr. Hamilton Cosbet Majrarey and Thomas Magarey, Love- lane, coal merchants. Seal. November lo. BJARY ROBINSON, Leeds, bookseller, November 27 and January 3, at the Court- house, Leeds. Sols Messrs. Hawkins, Bloxam, and Stoeknr, Neiv Bos well court, Linroln's- inn. Pet. Cr. Thos. Blayd8, Christopher Becket, and William Becket, Leeds, bank- ers. Seal November 12. ALEXANDER ALVES, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, darper, De- cember 5 and January 1, at the Somerset Hotel, Wells. Sol. Mr. Meredith, Heathcote- street, Mecklenburgh- square. Pet. Cr. Jane Urquhurt, Wells, spinster. Seal. November 14. DIVIDENDS. D. BOAST, London- road, rhymist, December 13. R. LEE, R J. BRASSEY, F. FaRR, and G. LEE, Lombard^ treet, bankers, December 13. G. MUNRO, Great Mitehell- 6treet, St. Luke's, ironfounder, De- cember 12. W. ALSTON, Leicester, spinner, December 18. T. KEYMER, Colchester, Essex, woollen draper, December 18. S. NICKOLS and C. BATESON, Leeds, carpet dealers, Dec. 13. D. LAIRD, Liverpool, merchant, December 15. J. H. BAZLEY and H. CHAPMAN, King. street, Chcapside, ware- housemen. December 20. K. JONES, Liverpool, groeer, December 14. W. LEE, Bristol, stock broker, December 12. JR, WALKER, Bristol, sculptor, December 14. CERTIFICATES, DECEMBER 11. J. Hockon, Maddox- street, Hanover- square, tailor— T. Pegg, Lei- cester, grocer— H Steains, Bunhill- row, groeer— M. and J. Symons, Brighton, milliners— T. Gomm, Birmingham, corn dealer— T. L. Holt, jun., Crane- court, Flcet street, and Bell's- buildings, Salis. feury- sqware, Fle^ t- street, printer— T. Compson, Halesowen, Shrop- shire, tanner- S, and J. Williams, Manchester, leather manufactu- rers— R. Wilkin, Wigton, Cumberland, cattle dealer— J. Bell, Cockerraouth, Cumberland, hat manufacturer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. A. Evans and H. Harper, Kennington. cross, solicitors— Nor- rott and Hilton, Chester, saddlers— W. Hippialey and J. Hurraan, Hast Norrington, Somersetshire, cattle jobbers— M. Williams, A. Windle, and J Thompson, Worsbrough- bridge, Yorkshire, boat Guilders ( so far as regards M. Williams)— T. and J. H. Barnes, Cold Norton and Stow Maries, Essex, farmers— G. Raine and T. Alder- son, Durham, maltsters— G. J. Reid and W. Mark, Lower Grosve- nor- street, Hanover- square, tailors— T. Hardwick and T. T. Gough, Hereford, attorneys— Taylor and Son, Holborn, hat manufacturers— T, Thorp and A. Chippendale, Leeds, haberdashers— H. R. and H. H. Downman, Carmarthen, tin plate manufacturers— W. Sale, jun., and Co , Manchester, coal merchants— Wildegoose and Thomp- son, Daventry, Northamptonshire, surgeons— S. Alcock and Co., Burslem, Staffordshire, ch ioa maoufarturers ( so far as regards J. Alcock)— J Squire and Co., Kendal, Westmoreland, and Manehes. ter, butter dealers— E. Robinson and Co , Keinton, Mandefield, Somersetshire, cheese factors— Greeuall, Lees, and Greenall, Ash. English, Red 9 0 .. 9 9 Old IfHWtf^ WWWWWWWWW 9 7 .. 9 11 Irish, White none 0 0 .. 0 0 Red none 0 0 .. 0 0 Foreign Red 7 6 . 9 6 White ..... 9 8 .. 10 4 BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. Quarter — 34 6 .. 38 6 Irish ———— —— ...—. 0 0 .. 0 0 Grinding, per Quarter of 3921bs.-^ ... 30 6 .. 32 6 OATS, English, White, per Imperial Quarter 21 0 .. 34 0 Welsh, Black and White, perH121bs. 23 0 .. 24 0 Irish,( weig! iing41 to421ba.) do. 23 0 .. 27 0 ( 37 to 39lbs.) do. 22 6 .. 24 0 Black do. .— 22 0 .. 23 6 BEANS, English, Old, per bushel of651bs. 5 6 .. 5 10 New —~ 4 9 .. 5 2 — none 0 0 .. 0 0 Foreign 4 10 .. 5 6 PEAS, Boiling, per Imp. Quarter 46 0 .. 55 0 Grinding, per Quarter ol 3921bs. — 30 0 .. 33 0 FLOUR, English, Fine, per Sack of2801bs 00 0 .. 65 0 Seconds 56 0 .. 59 0 c. ' . '(•" • ,'. /•, November 17 1838. 8. d. l. d WHEAT, English, White, per Imp. Bushel „ 9 6 to 10 0 Old 0 0 .. 0 0 English, Red ..— ... ...... 9 0 .. 9 6 Old 0 0 .. 0 0 Irish, White, per60ihs~ ™ ~ ™ nominal 0 0 .. 0 0 Red nominal 0 0 .. 0 0 01 ' i 0 0 .. 0 0 Foreign 7 6 .. 10 0 BARLEY, EngliBh, Malting, per Imp. Quarter 34 0 .. 36 0 Irish —,,—............— - none 0 0 .. 0 0 Grinding, per Quarter of392lbs. 30 0 .. 33 0 OATS, English, White, per Imp. Quarter 22 0 .. 30 0 Welsh, Black and White 21 0 .. 22 6 Irish ( weighing4! to421bs); per Qr. of3121bs. 23 0 .. 25 6 ( 37 to 391bs.) 21 0 .. 22 6 Blacks** 21 0 .. 22 0 BEANS, English, Old, per Imp. Bushel « — 5 0 .. 5 6 New 4 3 .. 4 6 Irish .......—— — . none 0 0 .. 0 n Foreign ™ * ™ —.— 4 6 .. 5 0 PEAS, Boiling, per Imp. Quarter 44 0 .. 50 ( 1 Grinding, per Quarter of 3921bs. 28 0 .. 31 0 FLOUR, English, Fine, per sack of2801bs 60 0 .. P4 0 Seconds 57 0 .. 60 ( 1 CnGLTJLNIIAM, Nov. 15.— Wheat, 9s Od to Ss Gd per bushe Ditto, red, 8s 9d to 9s Od. Barley, 3s 3d to 4s 3d. Oats, 2s 9d to 4s Od. Beans, 5s 3d to 5s 9d. WORCESTER WEEKLY AVERAGE. Qrs. Bush. Wheats Barley # Oats Beans . Peas - 1) 48 4 ™ 424 5 0 0 ™ 264 2 .„ 26 0 s. i> . 75 7 . 34 3j . 0 0 . 40 lli . 38 7f GLOUCESTER WEEKLY AVERAGE. Qrs. Hush. s. d Wheat 442 4 72 2 Barley 217 4 33 9 Oats — 347 0 22 1 Beans 140 0 41 9 IMPORTS INTO GLOUCESTER From the 1th to the 14 th inst. Wheat. Oats. Barley. Beans. Qrs 431BQrs 249Qrs Qrs Coastwise.. Qrs Qrs Qrs Qrs Foreign.... 850Qrs Qrs Qrs Qrs Peas. Flour. Rye. Vetches. Ireland,.;.. Qrs Sacks Qrs Qrs Coastwise.. Qrs Sacka Qrs fira Foreign.... Qra Sacks Qra Qrs HOP INTISLLIGENCE.— Worcester, Nov. 19— Prices per cwt.:— East Kent pockets, £ 4 10s. to £ 88s. ; ditto bags, £ 4 4s. to £ 7 10s.; Mid Kent pockets, £ 3 15s. to £ 9,8s. j ditto bags, £ 3 10s. to £ 7 7s.; Wenld of Kent pockets, £ 3 10s. to £ 5 5s. ; Sussex pockets, £ 3 3s. to £ 4 ins.; Yearlings, £ 2 10s. to £ 4 4s, ; Old £ 0 0s. to £ 0 0s. i Old Olds, 18s. to £ 2 2s. GLOUCESTER SHIP NEWS, From November 16 to November 22. IMPORTS : The Halcyon, from Mumbles, with 120 barrels of oys. ters, consigned to Southan and Son— Hope, Port Rush, 47 tons of oats, J. and C. Sturge— Newport Trader, Newport, general cargo, Southan and Son. EXPORTS : The Gomer, for Glasgow, with 22 tons of clay, from Southan and Son; 28 tons of iron, 10 tons of clay, and 5 tons of bricks, Kendall and Son— George Ponsonby, Dublin, 21 tons of bricks, Kendall and Son— George, Newport, J. and C. Sturge— Johns, Newry, 45}£ tons of iron, Kendall and Son— Ann and Betsey, Newport, 12 tons of flour and sundries, Southan and Son— Margam Packet, Bristol, 4 tons of salt, Southan and Son— Halcyon, Mumbles, Southan and Son— Maria, Pillau, 612 tons of salt, Price and Co— True Bess, Bideford, 46) 4 tons of salt and 4^ tons of soda, Southan and Son— Swan, Tenby, 50 tons of salt, Gopsil Brown— Acorn, Bris- tol, Phillpotts, Lloyds, and Co.— Horsford, Newport, Fox, Sous, and Co.— Pilgrim, Cardiff, J. and C. Sturge— Catharine and Mary, New. port, 22J4 tons of iron, Kendall and Son— Westmoreland, Lydney, Glbbs, Bright, and Co.— Industry, Newport, J. and C. Sturge— Pilot, Newport, Price and Co. WAHWICK, SATUROAV, Nov. 17 — Wheat, per bag, old 29s Od to 31s Od j new, 28s Od to 31s Od ; Barley, per quarter, 31s 0d to Ss Od ; grinding, 29s Od to S5s Od ; Oats, 20s Od to 33s Od ; New 268 Od to 29s Od; Peas, per bag. Os fld to Os 0d ; Beans, 15s Od to 17s Od; new, 13s Od to 14s Od; Vetches, 18s Od to 243 Od; Malt, 56s Od to 64s Od per quarter. HEREFORD, NOV. 17— Wheat, per bushel Imperial measure 10- 9d to 10s lid. Ditto, new, per bushel, J0< 4d to 10s 9J. Barley, 4s 3d to 4s 9d. Beans, 4s Od to 4s 8d. Peas, Os Od to 0s Oil Vetches, 0a Od to 0s Od. Oats, 3s Od to 0s Od. HOWQUA'S AND MOVVQUA'S CELEBRATED TEAS. RPHESE TEAS consist of one description of Black, A the tfenuine Howqua's Mixture, and one of Green, Mowqua's Small Leaf Gunpowder, and are sold in Chinese Catty and half Cattay packages. The GENUINE HOWQUA'S MIXTURE is an ad- mixture of a variety of the choicest Black Teas, the same as drank by the celebrated Chinese tea merchant, whose name it bears, and is distinguished from every other sort by a fine natural aromatic fragrance, combined with great strength and briskness, and is far more nutriciousand whole- some than any hitherto offered to the public. MOWQUA'S SMALL LEAF GUNPOWDER. This delicious Green Tea is grown only on one estate, and possesess a rare and delicate flavour, being without excep- tion the finest Green Tea grown in China. Genuine Howqua's Mixture 7s. Gd. per Chinese Catty, containing one pound and a third of a pound, being at the rate of 5s. 8d. peril); Half Catties, 4s.; Mowqua's Small Leaf Gunpowder 10s. 8d. per Chinese Catty of the same weisht, being at the rate of 8s. 2d. per lb.; Half Catties 5s. 6d. These Teas are the best, the cheapest, and most useful of any imported into this country. The Importers, Brocksopp and Co., 233 and 234, High- street, London, have appointed the following Agents for the sale of the above Teas: — Agents for Birmingham, RICHARD DOIDGE, confectioner, 88, Broad- streeti J. V. WILKS, 39, Whittall street. Leamington Messrs. Mallory and Mann. Warwick Samuel Mallory, tea dealer. Boston J. R. Bull, tea dealer, Market- place. Horncastle Mark Holdsworth, tea dealer. Spalding William Yarrad, tea dealer. ALTON, near Cheadle James Edwards. Worcester Harding, Brothers, tea dealers. Sleaford George Flint. Crowland J. Marfleet, tea dealer. Stamford Wm. Smith, Red Lion square. Grimsby ™ —, ™ .^-. ™ - George Shepherd, tea dealer. Grantham Edward Wilkinson, tea dealer. N. B. Only one Agent will be appointed in each town for the sale of these Teas, Apply, post paid. SIMCO'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS have now attained the highest pitch of celebrity, they are applauded by all ranks ol society, from the nobles of the land, to the humbler iu life, as the best, the safest, and the most effectual reme » ? y ever discovered for the cure of Gout, Rheumatic Gout, or Rheumatism. These Pills claim a twofold superiority over all other Gout medicines ever offered to the public, a certainty of cure, and a re establishment of health, at a trifling expense. The visible improvement in the general health, after a few days'doses, is remarkable. Again, no particular rules or re- strictions aienecessary— the principal action of themedicine being confined to the nerves, muscles, and tendons; never- theless. the Pills wonderfully strengthen the tone of the stomach, sharpen the appetite, and facilitate digestion. They seldom produce perspiration, purging, or sickness, consequently every person may pursue his or her usual avo- cation, let it be what it may. Gaweutt, near Buckingham, Jan. 25th, 1836. Mr. Simco.— Sir,— My brother William was with me last week, when he brought me a box of your Gout Pills, since which I have been taking six pills per day, and am happy to inform you that I am better than I have been for years ; it is many years since I was able to walk up stairs, on account of Rheumatic Gout, but I am sincerely thankful to say, that since taking your pills, which is only seven days, 1 am now able to go up stairs with the vigour I formerly used to do, and instead of eating only three or four times a week, I eat three or four times every day, with a keen appetite. I will thank you to inform my brother, William Holton, Lower Mounts, Nor- thampton of my improved state. I am, sir, yours respectfully. Crown Inn, Gawcutt. THOMAS HOLTON. Sold in boxes, price Is. I l^ d. and 2s. 9d. each— the former containing doses fot five, and the latter for fifteen days. The genuine have " J. Boddington" written on the Go- vernment stamp- Sold by Banks, Bull ring; Shillitoe, Wood, High street; Matrhison and Co., Edgbaston street; Knott, Harvet, Martin, Dale end; and Clark and Son, Birmingham ; Banks, Park. Wolverhampton; anil Twinberrow, Leaming- ton. Wholesale in London by Boddington and Co., Bar- clay and Son, and Sutton and Son ; also by Simco, North- ampton. BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. Cure of rheumatism of forty years' standing, at Malms bury, Wilts. To Mr. Prout, 229, Strand, London. SIR,— I feel that I am performing a duty, to acknowledge publicly the very great benefit which I have derived from tailing BLAIR'S GOVT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, after having been afflicted with rlieu. matism in my left hip, thigh, shoulders, head, and arms, for forty years— for along period the pain was so great that I frequently started up iu bed— iu fact, for seven years before taking BLAIR'S PILLS. I hart little or 110 rest, night or day, although I had the best medical advice, both in and out of the army. I now am happy to say tbat 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 them 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 I did, and after taking five boxes am completely cured. Witness my hand this 22ud February, 1838. HENRY WILKINSON, 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 ( batiks 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 t; ree of health and comfort, which, iu most cases, have not been enjoyed for years; they effectually relieve the most acute fit ot gout in a tew hours, and seldom fail to enable the patient to resume his 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 viial part. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by his appointment at Birmingham, by Shillitoe, Wood, Collins and Co.. Edwards, Flmvitt, Sumner and Co., Smith, Suf- field, Gazette and Advertiser otiiees; Dudley, Morris, Tur- ner and Hollier; Wolverhampton, Mander and Co, Simpson; Atherstone. Davis; Walsall, Valentine and Co. ; Kiddermin « te. i, Pennell ; Lichfield, Morgan ; Bewd- ley, Morris; Westbromwich, Shillitoe; Shiffna l, Harding; Biomsgrove, Maund; Warwick, Bayley, Harper, Hodg- kinson, lloberts ; Brnlgnortn, Nicho as ; Coventry, Wileys and Brown. Merridew, Itoila- on. Loveitt; Htnl 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 ot " Thomas Prout. 229, Strand London," impressed on the government slamp, affixed to each box of the genuine medicine. CORNS. DICKER'S OPIATE CORN PLASTER, for tl. e removal of Corns, Bunions, and all hard fleshy sub- stances on the feet. It is admitted by the thousands who have tried it, and the most sceptical, to be the only remedy ever offered to public notice; it acts both as an opiate and solvent, by relieving the most excruciating pain, and gradu- ally dissolving the callous or homy substance. Prepared only and sold by WM. DICKER, chemist, 235, Strand, next door to Temple Bar, London, in boxes Is. lid. each. Sold also by Messis. J. M. Knott, Wood, Flewftt, and Shillitoe, High- street, Birmingham ; Hatper, Hodgkin- son, and Roberts, Warwick; Stanley, and Newby, Lea mington; where likewise can be procured DICKER'S AROMATIC ESSENCE, an instant relief for the Tooth Ache, in bottles Is. each. ASHLEY COOPERS BOTANICAL PURIFY- ING PILLS are established by thirty years'experi- ence, are prescribed by most of the eminent Physiciam- 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 < sf Ve- nereal diseases, in either sex, curing in a few days, by one small pill for a dose, with ease, secrecy, and safety. Their operation is imperceptible, they do not require theslightest confinement, or any alteration of diet, beverage or exercise. They do not disagree with the stomach, nor cause any offensive smell to the breath, as is the case with all other medicinesin use for these complaints, and after a cure ef- fected by the use of these pills, the party willnotexperience any return of the complaint, as generally occurs after taking Balsam of Copaiba, and other drugs of the like nature, which only possessing a local action, merelysuppressed the complaintfor a time, without eradicating it from the con- stitution, and the patient on undergoing a little more fa- tigue than ordinary, finds all the symptoms return, and that they are suffering under the complaint as much as at first, and are at last constrained to have recourse to these pills, as the only certain cure. They are likewise a most efficient remedy for Pimpled Faces, Scurf, Scorbutic Affections, and all Eruptions ofthe 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- fessional recommendations forwarded to the proprietor when he first offered these pills to the public, may be considered interesting. From that emineiusurgeon, the late Joshua Brookes, Esq., F. R. S., Professor of Anatomy, & c. & c. Theatre of Anatomy, Blenheim- street. Dear Cooper,— I have tried your pills in numerous instances, and my candid opinion is that they are a 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 neverleavethosedis. 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 Believeme, yours, verytruly, JOSHUA BROOKES. Dr. Borragan presents his compliments to Messrs. Hannay and Co., and writes to say, that having for some years prescribed Ashley Cooper's Pills to his patients, with the most successful results, he feels called upon to add his testimony to their greatefficacyincuring sexual diseases, and they deserve well of the public profession. The Purifying Drops are also a most valuable antiscorbutic medicine. Dr. B. has found them to be a decided specific for those eruptions of the skiu which frequently appear at the rise and fall of the year, London, — street, June 12,1838. Gentlemen,— I cannot, express the feelings which induce me to forward my name, in addition to those who have gratefully returned their thanks for a complete cure of gonorrhoea, by the use of Cooper's Botanical Pills, I beg merely to say, tbat I have experi- enced an entire cure from the small quantity of six boxes of those invaluable pills, a very urgent and distressing species of the above disorder: and my gratitude shall be ever evinced in my strongest recommendation of them to all I may hereafter meet suffering in the same manner. If this communication can be of the least Bervice, I beg you will accept it, merely reminding you, that if made public my residence may be omitted.— 1 am, gentlemen, your much obliged and obedient servant, JOHN HARRISON. Ashley Cooper's Botanical Purifying Pills are sold in boxes at 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. each, wholesale and retail, at HANNAY and Co.' s General Patent Medicine Warehouse, 63, Oxford- street, the corner of Wells- street, London, where the public can besupplied 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 aremittance, punctually attended to, and the change, if any, can be returned with the order. Sold by appointment by W. Wood, High- street; R. Matthison, 71, Edgbaston- street; Horlgetts, Spieeal- street; Watts, Snowhill; and Guest, Steelhouse- lnne, Birmingham; and by the principal medicine vendors in every other town in the kingdom. A TREATISE on every Stage and Symptom of the Ve- nereal Disease, in its mild and most alarming forms, is published by MESSRS. PERRY and Co., Surgeons, who may 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; 23, SLATER- STREET. near DUKE- STREET, LIVERPOOL, and 2, BALE STREET, near St. Peter's Church, MANCHESTER. In all cases the utmost benefit is derved from Messrs. Perry and Co. having an interview with the patient, for it emables them at once, without requiring another visit, to ascertain the nature of the disease, and to administer such remedies as will effect a permanent and perfect cure, in a much shorter time than would otherwise be possible, even when all other means have failed; lor the Venereal Dis- ease presents itself in so many different shapes, that their mode of treatment must be varied accordingly, completely eradicating every particle of the insidious disease; thus restoring the patient speedily to the greatest of all blessings — perfect and renovated health. The Treatise is given gratis with each box of PERRY'S PURIFYING SPE- CIFiC PILLS, with a full description of the above com- plaint, ILLUSTRATED BY ENG It AVI N GS, showing the different stages of this deplorable, and often fatal, dis- ease, as well as the dreadful effects arising from the use of mercury, accompanied with plain and practical directions for an effectual and speedy cure with ease, secrecy, and safety, without the aid of medical assistance; it also contains many valuable hints, and advice well worth knowing. CAUTION.— In consequence of their extensive prac- tice, some unprincipled persons have been in the habit of representing themselves as from the firm of Messrs. Perry and Co., without having the least authority to do so ; giving a spuiious and deleteiious preparation for Peiry's Purifying Specific Pills: it is, therefore, highly necessary to caution the public against such nefarious practices, and to state Perry's Purifying Specific Pills can only be obtained genu- ine at Messrs. Perry and Co.' s residences, 4, Great Charles street, Birmingham; 23, Slater street, Liverpool; and 2, Bale street, near St. Peter's Church, Manchester; as no individual is allowed to sell them, on any pretence what- ever. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9il. and 1 Is. per box, are well known throughout Europe and America, to be the most certain and effectual cure ever discovered, for every stage and symptom of the venereal disease, including gonorhaea, gleets, secondary symptoms, strictures, seminal weakness, deficiency, and all diseases of the urinary passages, without loss of time, confinement, or hindrance Irom business; they have effected most surprising cures, not only in recent and severe cases, but when salivation and all other means have failed ; and when an early application is made to Messrs. Perry, surgeons, for the cure of a certain disorder, frequently contracted in a mo- ment of inebriety, 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 distressing symptoms, a perseverance iu their plan, ( without restraint in dietor exercise) will insure to thepati- ent a permanent and radical cure. It is a melancholy fact, that thousands fall victims to this horrid 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 011 the shin bones, ulcerated sore throats, diseased nose, with nocturnal pains in the head and limbs, till at lengi h a geneial debility and decay of the constitution ensue", and a melancholydeath puts a period to their dread- ful sufferings. Messrs. Perry continue to direct their study to those dieadf'ul cases of sexual debility, brought on by an early and indiscriminate indulgence of the passions, frequently ac- quired without the knowledge of the dreadful consequences resulting therefrom, and which not only entail on its vota- ries all the enervating imbecilities of old age, and occasion the necessity of renouncing the felicities of marriage, to thoee who have given way to this delusive and destructive habit, but weaken and destroy all the bodily senses, pro- ducing melancholy, deficiency, and a numerous tra": of nervous affections. In these distressing cases, whether the consequence of such baneful habits, or any other cause, a speedy lestoration to health and strength may be relied on. Messrs. PERRY and Co., Surgeons, may be consulted, as usual, at No. 4, Great Charles- street, Birmingham; and 23. Slater. street, Liverpool. Only one fsonal visit is re- quired Irom a country patient, to enable Messrs. Perry and Co. to give such advice, as will be the means of effecting a permanent and effectual cure, after all other means have pioved ineffectual. Lettets for advice, ( post paid) and containing a remit- tance, will be immediately answered. RINGWORM EFFECTUALLY c'UiiEu. A certain and most speedy Cure for this insidious and dis- tressing Disease may now be had. fftEATSON'S RINGWORM LOTION will tho- roughly and salely eradicate every species ot the malady and Sealled Head in the short space of fourteen . lays, how- ever malignant or long standing. This invaluable Lotion is now extensively used and recommended by Medical men throughout the kingdom, and employed with unvarying success in most of the principal Schools. It contains nothing ot an injurious, burning, or offensive quality, ami the cure is effected simply by applying it to the parts for a tew minutes, morning and evening. Ample directions for the ire, 1, ment or tie Di- ease and the use ofthe Lotion, together with man? highly respectable testimonials, are given with each bottle, price 2s. 9d. Pints lis. ' May be had of all the principal Druggists and Medicine Venders in the kingdom : — besure to ask for BE ATSON'S Ringworm Lotion ; the great success ol it having tempted many unprincipled persons to vend a substitute under the name of " Ringworm Lotion." The genuine has the Pro- prietor s Name and Address on the seal over the cork, and outside the wrapper, as follows: S. L. BEATSON, Practical Cbymist, 18. Thornton- street, Uoisleydown, London. AGENTS— Birmingham, BANKS. High- street; W. JACKSOK, Union- street. rHEONLYCURE FOR CORNS AND BUNIONS RAV„ SS( P) TTUOM'S COKN "" » BUNION SOL- J- v,/" " ytbeuseof this valuable remedy imme- diate reliel from pain is obtained, and by its successive application for ashortperiod. tlie mostobstinate Corns are entirely removed without recourseto the dangerous opera- tions of cutting or filing. The propneto. pledges himself that it does not contain caustic or any other article that will inflame the skin; being white it will not stain the stocking; and the advantage it has over plaister is mani- fest, and. lullyappreciated, as the very high recommenda- tion bestowed upon it by everyindividual that hasused it testifies. Price Is. I jjd. and 2s. The various counterfeits that are attemptedto be im- posed upon the public in lieu of this invaluable remedy, rendei1 it imperatively necessary for purchasers to ask for S. Ramsbottom sCom and Bunion Solvent, and to see that it hasthe signature of" S. Ramsbottom" written upon the label that is pasted on the outside of the wrapper of every genuine bottle, in addition to the name ot the article, and words sold by Hannayand Co. 63, Oxford- street, being the name and addressol the proprietor's wholesale agents. The following letter from Mi. John Winficld, of Bir- mingham, ts one of many hundreds of the same tenor: — Gentlemen— Having read an advertisement in a Birmingham paper I was ndueed to purchase from your agent, Mr. Maher. Ann- nreet a bottle of Ramsbnttom's Con, and Bunion Solvent j- after » week'sappl. cation I found it bad the desired effect. 1 have since re- commended it to many 01 myfriends. You are at liberty to make any use you please of thiscommuuication.- Youi obedient servant Birmingham, Auguste, 1836. J0HN WINCELD. Mr. Phipp, of Westhourn. road, Paddiugton green, writes he had been so severe a sufferer from corns, os to be quite a cripple, requir- ing the aid of two sticks to walk with, for many months, until he was recommended to try Ramsbottom's Corn Solvent, which entirely cured him, and that he has not been troubled with them since and will he most happy to answer any personal enquiries as to its effi. „ „ .„ ALSO PROM DR. CHENVILLK. nr. (. renviile presents his compliments to Messrs. Hannay and Co and begs to add his testimony ( publicly) to the efficacy of Rams bottom's Corn Solvent, which he purchased at their shop, when in London last season : it completely answers the purpose, the danger possible to arise by cutting them too deep is avoided, and it is far more agreeable than plaister. Sold by appointment by W. Wood, High- street,; R. Matthison, 71, Kdgbaston- street; Hodgetts, Spiceal- street; Watts, Snowhill; and Guest, Steelhouse lane; and by the principal patent medicine vendors iu every other town in the kingdom. MULREADDY'S COUGH ELIXIR. ^ NE close is sufficient to convince the most scrupu- VT_ lousof 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 coagh, with pain on the chest, & c. The paramount superiority of this medicine above every other now in use, for the cure ofthe 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 letter* will exhibit its efficacy „ „. „, Manchester, Jan. 2nd, 1835. Dear sir,— I he cough medicine you sent me is certainly a most surprising remedy; six days ago I was unable to breathe, uniesa with great difficulty, attended with much coughing, which ahvay » kent. inv Soft, nalnt.. rHlsr. rl in « c i „ of my friends and neighbours, entirely free from cough. One small phial of your inestimable oiediciue, ten years back, would have saved me not less than £ 3,000 in medical fees, hut it would have done more— it would have saved my having had to swallow, from time to tune, upwards of a hogshead of their uauseous, 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 itsefficacy, refer them tome. I shall have the pleasure of being with you in a few days, when I shall press on your consideration the propi# » ty of making it up for sale; it would prove an enormous fortuue to your grand- children. If you make up your mind to do so, as 1 am what the world styles an iJle man, you may enlist me in your service in any way that you think would be useful. But I should advise you to place the management iu the hands of one ofthe great medicine houses in London. Hannay's in Oxford. street, arebeingadvertised in all the papers here, as wholesale agents for Ramsbottom's Com Solvent, which, by the bye, my girls all say is really a cure, and many other medicines. 1 should say this would be a very good house, Oxford street being one of the most public situations in Lon- don. All join me iu kind remembrance to yourself and Mrs. M. m ,, , ,, Believe me, yours, very truly, T. Mulreaddy. Esq. ROBERT GRANT. _ „. , Birkenhead, Jan., 1835. near Sir,— 1 he bottle of Medicine you left for me the other day haB greatly relieved the wheezing I have been so long subject to 1 and I do not now find the cold produce thesensation it used previous to taking your medicine ; it used formerly to nip roe on going out. and I seemed as though I had a string run through my body, and the breast and back bones were drawn together. If you will be so good as to give meanother bottle, I am sure it will work a perfecteure. _ , I am, sir, yourmostolTedieutservaiit, T. Mulreaddy, Esq. NICHOLAS BROWN. .. . „. „ Liverpool Dec., 1834. My dearSir,— You most issuredlydeserve the thanks ot society tor presenting it with such an invaluable cure for Coughs. For years past, during the winter mouths, and aiways 011 foggy daya, have I heretofore lieen compelled to confine myself a close and soli- tary prisoner 111 my library, to prevent the possibility of being tempted to .10111 in conversation, the excitement of which always produced such violent paroxysms of coughing, that I have been in constant dread of suddeu dissolution, by bursting of a blood- vessel. At the commencement of the present season, by your kind I iberality, 1 com- menced taking the medicine you sent, and have taken twelve bottles. After I bad taken three, I could respire as vigourously as in the early partof my life, and I now believe that 1 was then perfectly cured— a cure not to have been expected at my advanced age, 80 years— but I persevered in taking it until I had consumed the whole twelve bottles. Your situation in life, I know, places you beyond the necessity of preparing an article ofthe kind for sale. bntit must and shall be done, and if you neglect to do it, my sincere wish is that you may be lugged out of your retirement, and compelled to provide it in quantities equal to the boundless waters; and you may rely upon it, that I, a locomotive proof of its wonderful power, will spare neither time nor trouble to promulgate its efficacy, until you will tind your cottage attacked by myriads of my former fellow-' sufferers, lor a share of your bounty, and I myself now apply for the first, trusting that your goodness will not suffer you to refuse me a pretty considerablequantity, 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, 1'. Mulreaddy, Esq. W. HUGHES. Mr. Mulreaddy begs to observe, that to publish copies of the whole ofthe letters he has received of the above tenor* would require several volumes. The selection here pre- sented lie considers quite sufficient, but begs to say, tha* upon trial of his Cough Elixir, it will give itself the bes1 recommendation. It will be sold by hisappointment, whole- sale and retail, by his agents, Messrs. HANNAV and Co., 6& Oxford- street, London ; and retail by every other respecta- ble vendor of medicines in bottles at Is. l^ d. each. I ® * Purchasers should observe that it is wrapped up ia white paper, on which, in a blue label with white letters, are printed the words,— Mulreaddy's Cough Elixir, pre- pared by Thomas Mulreaddy, Liverpool, and sold hyhisap- pointmentat Hannay and Co.' s, Patent Medicine Ware- house, 63, Oxford- street, London. Price Is. H'd. and 4S. 6d. Sold wholesale and retail by HANNAY and Co., 63> Oxlord street, London, wholesale Patent Medicine Ven- dors and Perfumers to the Royal Family, where the public can be supplied with every patent and public medicine of repute; and also with the perfumes of all the respectable London perfumers, with an allowance 011 taking six or more of any other article at the same time. 1 Sold by appointment by Wood, High- street; R. Mat- thison, 71, Edgbaston- street; Hodgetts, Spiceai- street; Watts, Snowhill; Guest, Steelhouse. lane ; a no by the principal patent medicine vendors in every other town in the kingdom. Pri nted and publishe by FRANCIS BASSETSHIENSTONK FUNDELI., of Lee Mount, in the parish of 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. BAKKI£ II, 33, Fleet- street— Saturday, " Nuy" 24j1838.
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