2 r // w^' V- N Ti THE ALTAR, THRONE, AND LAND WE LIVE IN. N°' 377. WORCESTER, SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1842. PRICE 4kl. Duty Free. ] UPTON- UPON- SEVERN UNION. MEDICAL GENTLEMEN, duly qualified to practise, and willing to undertake the Medical Duties of the above Union, are requested to send their Testimonials to me ( free of expense), before Ttn o'Clock in the Morning of the Tenth day of March next, and to appear personally before the Board by Twelve o'Clock of the same day, where the ELECTION will take place. TheUNIONisdivided into the undermentioned MEDICAI DISTRICTS, for which the following Salaries will be paid :- DISTRICT, No. 1— comprises the Parishes of Borrow and Eldersfield. Salary, 40/. per annum. DISTRICT, No. 2— comprises the Parishes of Birtsmorton, Bushley, Castlemorton, Holdfast, Longdon, Queenhill, and Upton- upon- Severn. Salary, 70?. per annum. DISTRICT, No. 3— comprises the Parishes of Croome D'Abitot, Earl's Croome, Hill Croome, Ripple, and Severn Stoke. Salary, 30/. per annum. DISTRICT, No. 4— comprises the Parishes of Little Mal- vern, Hanley Castle, and Welland. Salary, 49/ per annum. DISTRICT, No. 5— comprises the Parishes of Madresfield, Great Malvern, and Newland. Salary, 25?. per annum. DISTRICT, No. ( J— comprises the Parish of Kempsey. Salary, 18/. per annum. DISTRICT, No. 7— comprises the Parish of Powick. Sa- lary, 20/. per annum. The Medical Officers will be required to attend all cases of Sickness and Surgery, and to provide Medicines, Leeches, and Applications, for all' Paupers falling ill within their respective Districts, whether belonging to any Parish within such District, or otherwise, for attending on whom they shall receive a written order from the Relieving Officer, or other competent authority ; and for every case of Midwifery they shall attend by like au- thority they will be paid the sum of 10s. lid. in addition to the- Salaries above mentioned. By order of the Board, J. SKEY, Clerk. Upton- upon- Severn, 24th Feb., 1842. Just Published, the Twelfth Edition, Price 4s., enclosed in a sealed envelope, and sent Free to any part of the United Kingdom on the receipt of a Post Office Order, for 5s., THE SILENT FRIEND, AMEDICAL WORK, on the INFIRMITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM, in both sexes; being an Enquiry into the concealed, cause that destroys • physical energy, and the ability of manhood, ere vigour has established her empire;— with observations on the baneful effects of SOLITARY INDULGENCE and INFECTION ; Local and Constitutional WEAKNESS, NERVOUS IRRITATION, CONSUMPTION, and on the partial or total EXTINCTION OF THE REPRODUCTIVE POWERS; WITH MEANS OK RESTORATION: the destructive effects of Gonorrhea, Gleet, Stricture, and Secondary Symptoms, are explained in a familiar manner; the Work is EMBELLISHED WITH ENGIIAV- NIGS, representing the deliterous influence of Mercury on the skin, by eruptions on the head, face, and body; with APPROVED MODE OF CUKE for both sexes; followed by observations on the OBLIGATIONS OF MARRIAGE, and healthy perpetuity ; with directions for the removal of Physical and Constitutional Disqualifications; the whole pointed out to suffering humanity as a " SILENT FRIEND," to be con- sulted without exposure, and with assured confidence of success, BY R. & L. PERRY & CO., CONSULTING SURGEONS, BIRMINGHAM AND LEEDS. Published by the Authors, and sold by Strange, 21, Paternos- ter- row ; Wilson, 18, Bishopsgate- street; Purkis, Compton. street, Soho; Jackson & Co., 130, New Uond- street, London ; Guest, Steelhouse- lane, Birmingham; Buckton, 50, Briggate, Leeds ; Gibbs, Ledbury; J. Hemming, Stourbridge ; B. Home, Tenbury; J. Bromley, Kidderminster; Journal Office, Wor- cester; Courier Office, Manchester; J. Newton, 16, Church Street, Liverpool; Mr. Lindsay, 11, Elm Row, Edinburgh; D. Campbell, 136, Argyle Street, Glasgow; Ward, Pring, and Rawl, 30, Westmorland Street, Dublin ; and by all Booksellers in Town and Country. THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM Is a gentle stimulant and renovator of the impaired functions of life, and is exclusively directed to the cure of such com- plaints as arise from a disorganization of the Generative System, whether constitutional or acquired, loss of sexual power, and debility arising from Syphilis ; and is calculated to afford decided relief to those who by early indulgence in solitary- habits have weakened the powers of their system, and fallen into a state of chonic debility, by which the constitution is left in a deplorable state, and that nervous mentality kept up which places the individual in a state of anxiety for the remainder oflife. The consequences arising from this dangerous practice are not confined to its pure physical result, but branch to moral ones ; leading the excited, deviating mind into a fertile field of seduc- tive error— into a gradual and total degradation ol manhood— into a pernicious application of those inherent right's which nature wisely instituted for the preservation of her species; bringing on premature decrepitude, and all the habitudes of old age:— such an one carries with him the form and aspect of other men, but without the vigour and energy of that season which his early youth bade him hope to attain. - How many men cease to be men, or at least, cease to enjoy manhood at thirty ? How many at eighteen receive the impression of the seeds of Syphilitic disease itself? the consequences of which travel out of the ordinary track of bodily ailment, covering the frame with disgusting evidences of its ruthless nature, and impregnating the wholesome stream oflife with mortal poison ; conveying into families the seeds of disunion and unhappiness; undermining domestic harmony ; and striking at the very soul of human intercourse. The fearfully abused powers of the human Generative System require the most cautious preservation ; and the debility and disease resulting from early indiscretion, demand, for the cure of those dreadful evils, that such medicine should be employed that is most certain to be successful. It is for these cases Messrs. Perry & Co. particularly designed their CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM which is intended to relieve those persons, who, by an immoderate indulgence of their passions, have ruined their constitutions, or in their way to the consummation of that deplorable state, are affected with any of those previous symptoms that betray its approach, as the various affections of the nervous system, obstinate gleets, excesses, irregularity, j obstructions of certain evacuations, weakness, total impotency, barrenness, & c. As nothing can be better adapted to help and nourish the constitution, so there is nothing more generally acknowledged to be peculiarly efficacious in all inward wastings, loss of apetite, indigestion, depression of spirits, trembling or shaking of the hands or limbs, obstinate coughs, shortness of breath, or con- sumptive habits. It possesses wonderful efficacy in all cases of syphilis, fits, head- ache, weakness, heaviness and lownessof spirits, dimness of . sight, confused thoughts, wandering of the mind, vapours and melancholy; and all kinds of hysteric com- plaints are gradually removed by its use. And even where the disease of STERILITY appears to have taken the firmest hold of the female constitution, thesoftening tonic qualities of the Cor- dial Baim ofSyriacum will warm and purify the blood and juices, increase the animal spirits, invigorate and revive the; whole animal machine, and remove the usual impediment to maternity. This medicine is particularly recommended to be taken before entering into the MATRIMONIAL STATE, lest in the event of protreation occurring, the innocent offspring should bear enstamped upon it the physical characters derivable* from pa- rental debility, or evil eruptions of a malignant tendency, that are i^ ost assuredly introduced by the same neglect and imprudence. Sold in Bottles, price 1 Is. each, or the quantity of four in one family Bottle for 33s. by which one lis. Bottle is saved. Prepared only by Messrs. PERRY & CO., Surgeons, 4, Great Charles- street, Birmingham, and 44, Albion- street, l. eeds. Observe, none arc genuine without the signature of uipressed on a stamp on the outside of cach wrapper, to mitate which is felony of the deepest dye. The Five Pound Cases ( the purchasing of which will be a saving of One Pound Twelve Shillings); may be had as usual at 4, Great Charles- street, Birmingham, and 44, Albion- street, Leeds; and Patients in the Country who require a course of this admirable Medicine, should send Five Pounds by letter, which will entitle them to the full benefit of such advantage. May be had of all Booksellers, Druggists, and Patent Medi- cine Venders in Town and Country throughout the United Kingdom, the Continent of Europe, and America. Messrs. PERRY expect, when consulted by letter, the usual fee of One Pound, without which, no notice whatever can be taken of the Communication ( postage pre- paid.) Patients are requested to be as minute as possible in the detail of their cases,— as to the duration of the complaint, the symptoms, age, habits of living, and general occupation. Medicines can be forwarded to any part of the world; no difficulty can occur, as they will be securely packed, and care-* fully protected from observation. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS., Price 2s. 9d., 4s. fid,, and 1 Is. per box. ( Observe, the signature of R. and L. PERRY and Co. on the outside of each wrapper), 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, in both sexes, including Gonorrhoea, Gleets, Secondary Symptoms, Strictures, Seminal weakness, Deficiency, and all diseases of the Urinary Passages, without loss of time, con- finement, or hindrance from business. They have effected the most surprising cures, not only in recent and severe cases, but when salivation and all other means have failed; and are of the utmost importance to those afflicted with Scorbutic Affections, Eruptions on any part of the body, Ulcerations, Scrofulous or Venereal Taint, being . justly calculated to cleanse the blood from all foulness, counteract every morbid affection, and restore weak and emaciated constitutions to pristine health and vigour. 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, causing ulcerations, blotches on the head, face, and body, dimness of sight, noise in the ears, deafness, obstinate, gleets, nodes on the shin bones, ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, with nocturnal pains in the head and limbs, till at length a general debility of the constitution ensues, and a melancholy death puts a period to their dreadful sufferings. Messrs. Perry and Co., Surgeons, may be consulted as usual at No. 4, Great Charles- street ( four doors from Easy- Row), Birmingham, and 44, Albion- street, Leeds, punctually from Eleven in the Morning until Eight in the Evening, and on Sundays from Eleven till One. Only one personal visit is required from 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 proved ineffectual. N. B. Country Druggists, Booksellers, Patent Medicine Ven- ders, and every other Shopkeeper, can be supplied with any quantity of Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, and Cordial Balm of Syriacum, with the usual allowance to the trade, by most of the principal wholesale Patent Medicine Houses in London. Agents- Deighton, Worcester; Mr. T, Pennell, Kidder- minster. WORCESTER TURNPIKE ROADS. NOTICE is herebv criven, that the GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the TRUSTEES of the said ROADS will be held at the SHIREHALL, in the City of Worcester, on WEDNESDAY, the 16th day of MARCH next, at the hour of Twelve at Noon, for the purpose of Examining, Auditing, and Settling the Accounts of the Treasurers, Clerk, and Surveyor, for the year ending oti the 31st day of December last, as required by the statutes in such case made and provided. By. order of the Trustees, ARCHIBALD CAMERON, Clerk. • Worcester, 2nd February, 1842. DROITWICH TURNPIKE ROADS. NOTICE is hereby given, that the GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the TRUSTEES of the above ROADS will be holden at the GEORGE INN AND FOLEY ARMS HOTEL, in DROIT WICH, in the County of Worcester, on MONDAY, the 14th day of MARCH next, at 12 o'clock at noon, for the purpose of examining, auditing, and settling the Accounts of the Treasurer, Clerk, and Surveyor, in pursuance of the statute in that case made and provided. JOHN CURTLER, Droitwich, Feb. 12th, 1842. Clerk to the said Trustees. DUDLEY, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND BIRMINGHAM TURNPIKE ROAD. NOTICE is herebv " iven, that the GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the TRUSTEES of the Turnpike Road leading from Dudley to Wolverhampton, and from Burnt Tree, near Dudley, through Oldbury, to Birming- ham, will be held at the Dudley Arms Inn, in Dudley, on Tuesday, the flth day of March next, at twelve o'clock at noon ; at which Meeting the Trustees will audit the Accounts, and make out a Statement of the Debts, Revenues, and Expendi- ture on the said Road, from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of December, 1841, both inclusive, and an estimate of the probable expenditure on the said Road for the current year, commencing the 1st day of January, 1842, pursuant to the Act of 3d and 4th William IV., cap. 80. J. G. BOURNE, Clerk to the Trustees of the said Road. Dudley, February 11, 1842. DUDLEY AND BRETTELL LANE TURNPIKE ROAD. TVTOTICE is herebv given, that the GENERAL J3I ANNUAL MEETING of the TRUSTEES of the Turnpike Road leading from Dudley to Brettell Lane, King- swinford, and Gospel Oak, in the counties of Worcester and Stafford, will be held at the Dudley Arms Inn, in Dudley, on Tuesday, the 8th day of March next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon; at which Meeting the Trustees will audit the Accounts and make out a Statement of the Debts, Revenues, and Expenditure of the said Road, from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of December, 1841, both inclusive, and an estimate of the probable Expenditure on the said Road for the current Year, commencing January 1, 1842, pursuant to the Act of 3d and 4th William IV., cap. 80. J. G. BOURNE, Clerk to the Trustees; Dudley, February 11, 1842. FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH. Pi7ce Is. per Box. rpHIS excellent FAMILY PILL is a Medicine of JL long tried efficacy for correcting all Disorders of the Stomach and Bowels, the common symptons of which are Costiveness, Flatulency, Spasms, Loss of Appetite, Sick Head- ache, Giddiness, Sense of Fulness after Meals, Dizziness of the Eyes, Drowsiness, and pains in the Stomach and Bowels. Indigestion producing a Torpid State of the Liver, and a consequent inactivity of the Bowels, causing a disorganization of every function of the Framej will in this most excellent preparation, by a little perseverance, be effectually removed, Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of its salutary effects. The Stomach will speedily regain its strength ; a healthy action of the Liver, Bowels, and Kidneys will rapidly take place; and instead of listiessness, heat, pain, and jaundiced appearance, strength, activity, and renewed health, will bethe quick result of taking this medicine according to the directions accompanying each box; and if taken after too free an indul- gence at table, they quickly restore the system to its natural state of repose. Persons of a FULL HABIT who are subject to Head- ache, Giddiness, Drowsiness, and Singing in the Ears, arising from too great a flow of blood to the head, should never be without them, as many dangerous symptoms will be entirely carried off by their immediate use. FOR FEMALES these Pills are most truly excellent, removing all obstructions; the distressing Head- ache so very prevalent with the sex; Depression of Spirits, Dulness of Sight, Nervous Affections, Blotches, Pimples, and sallowness of the Skin, and give a healthy and juvenile bloom to the complexion. As a pleasant, safe, easy Aperient, they unite the recom- mendation of a mild operation with the most successful effect, and require no restraint of diet or confinement during theu use. And for ELDERLY PEOPLE they will be found to be the most comfortable Medicine hitherto prepared. Sold by T. Prout, 229, Strand, London, price Is. l^ d. and 2s. 9d. per box ; and by his appointment by Stratford, Deighton, Anderson, and Lea and Perrins, Worcester: May, Evesham; Maund, and Haines, Bromsgrove; Pennell, Kidderminster; Morris, Bewdley; Williams, Stourport; Hollier, Dudley - Wright, and Anthony, Hereford ; Nicholas, Bridgnorth ; Ken- dall, Stratford ; and all respectable Medicine Venders through- out the United Kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and ob- serve the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand; London," on the Government Stamp. VALUABLE FRENCH MEDICINES. qnHE FRENCH it is well known have always JL excelled in the art of healing. A knowledge therefore of the most popular remedies that they employ, is likely to prove of essential service to the British Public. One pecu- liarity their remedies possess is an agreeable flavour, a novelty deserving the attention of mothers. All the Medicines men- tioned here ( to be taken inwardly,) have this delightful quality NERVINE. This preparation speedily relieves headache, spasms, fulness and pains in the head, depression of spirits, flatulence, hic- cough, languor and sickness when rising in the morning. Most, if not all, of these symptoms are caused by nervous disorders, for which the Nervine is a certain cure. Sold in Bottles price Is. 1 ^ d- and 2s. 9d., with directions enclosed. The small Bottle contains 12, and the large one 32 doses. PAPIER FAYARD ET BLAYfc. This article is a certain cure for Corns, Bunions, Burns, Scalds, Cuts, & c. It also affords great relief in Gout, Rheumatism, Lumbago, & c. Sold in Rolls at 4s., and Half Rolls at 2s.. each, with directions enclosed. The Roll is more than half a yard square. SIROP ANTI- PHLOGISTIQUE, For Coughs, Colds, Asthma, and Consumption. It has been employed in France and on the Continent for 15 years, with great success. Drs. Asselin, Dubois, Fouquier, Mouillet, Lanthojs, the Count de Belisle, Baron Gauguelatz, and many others, have given certificates, strongly recommending it. Sold only in Pint Bottles for Families, price lis. with directions enclosed. One bottle will last more than a fortnight SlllOP ORANGE PURGATIF DE LAGRANGE. This Aperient is intended to supersede the present nauseous ones, the Black Draught, & c. now in use. It is mild, gentle, and efficacious, and may be taken by the most delicate female or tender infant, without the least fear. Price 2s. 9d., with directions enclosed. Each bottle contains several doses.— Observe, the name Lagrange is written on theGovernmentStamp. CONCENTRATED ESSENCE OF S A R S A P A R 1 L L A. PREPARED 13Y M. BRIANT, PARIS. This preparation is made by steam, a method by which the virtues only are extracted, and the wood and other impurities rejected. It is in consequence so pure and of such great strength, that a very small dose is required, and as the Bottle ( there is only one size, price 4s. ( id.) will last nearly a fortnight, it is by far the cheapest ever offered to the public. Be sure to ask for Briant's. EAU O'MEARA, AND P O U D R E O'MEARA. These articles were prepared for Napoleon Bonaparte at St. Helena, by Dr. O'Meara, his physician. The Eau is a speedy and certain cure for the Tooth Ache, and the Poudre is a healthy and refreshing dentifrice. Price of the Eau 4s. ( id., of the Poudre, 2s.; with directions enclosed. BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, No. CCCXVII., FOR MARCH. CONTENTS:— I. The Pagan Oracles— II. Notes on the Fishers of the Scotch East Coast— III. Caleb Stukely— IV. The Portraits of Versailles— V. ' Tis hard to Die in Spring— VI. The Prussian Monarchy— VII. Iloamings in Rome— VIII. The Northern Circuit— IX. The World of London— X. Thoughts upon the Modes of Ornamenting the New Houses of Parliament— XI. Things of the Day— The Army— The Church of England— Circassia— English Agricul- ture— The Corn Laws. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS, 45, George Street, Edin- burgh, and 22, Pall Mall, London. HORSE AND CATTLE MEDICINES. TQPIQUE TERR AT. A CERTAIN CURE FOR FARCY. Administration de l'enterprise des Accelerees, Rue de Marbeuf, 3.— Paris, 8 May, 1839. M. Terrat having expressed a desire to have a testimonial stating my experience of his remedy ; I hereby certify that I have made frequent use of it for some months, and I have obtained the most satisfactory results. This medicine pos- sesses the great advantage that without any alteration in their food, horses may continue their usual labour. ( Signed) MEURON. Sold in Pots, price lis., with directions enclosed. One Pot will cure several horses, one application generally being suffi- cient. It will keep for any length of time. ANTI- PUTlllD ASTRINGENT BALSAM. A CERTAIN CURE FOR THE FOOT ROT, CRACKED HEELS, WATER IN THE LEGS, THRUSH, & c. Price 7s. ( id., with directions enclosed. Sole Consignee, H. SCHOOLING, 139, Fenehurch Street, London.— Observe that his name is written on the Government Stamp affixed to the articles, with the exception of the Sar- saparilla ( which has none) and the Sirop Orange Purgatif. These Medicines are sold by G. ANDERSON, Worcester; P. HARRIS, Birmingham; at the Journal Office, Hereford; and by all Chemists and Medicine Venders. IMPERIAL COMPOST. TO AGRICULTURISTS AND MARKET GARDENERS. nnHE IMPERIAL COMPOST is particularly recom- B mended as a top dressing for wheat, clover, seeds, vetches, turf land, for the barley crop, where a considerable portion of the turnips have been drawn off, and for all garden and horti- cultural purposes. The fertilizing properties of the Compost are decidedly superior to nitrate of soda, gypsum, and saltpetre, from the fact of its remaining in the soil, and contributing by its influence, to succeeding crops, when all those soluble salts have entirely disappeared. This highly concentrated manure will be found exceedingly convenient for application, low in price, noxious to insects, free from foetid odour, and the seeds of weeds. It produces the most powerful effects, and is suitable to almost every kind of soil, but particularly for light loams and sandy soils. Three quarters of the Compost is sufficient for an acre of land, and testimonials from the most eminent agriculturists of the day may be seen at the office of the manufacturers. There is nothing to which the Imperial Compost has been applied with such striking success as to GARDEN VEGETABLES — for cabbages, turnips, carrots, peas, lettuces, cauliflower, brocoli, rhubarb, onions, potatoes, radishes, celery, asparagus, salads, and such like crops, its effects are truly wonderful, for it not only greatly increases the size of the plants, but it also improves the quality by bringing them to the highest perfec- tion in the shortest possible time. It is an established fact that the quality of all vegetables for the table depends upon the rapidity of their growth. When the Compost is used alone, one bushel is found to be sufficient for a rood of land, but if a light dressing of other manure be used, half that quantity is sufficient. For hops, shrubs, wall- fruit trees, green- house plants, and flowers, the Imperial Compost is peculiarly useful, not only when applied to the roots, but in case blight, mould, animal- culse, or insects should lie observed, any of them may be removed, and the tree or plant perfectly cleansed, and restored to health by washing it with a solution of the Compost. For this purpose a gallon of the Compost should be mixed with twenty gallons of water, and applied with a garden engine, syringe, or common watering- pan. After being thus used/ the deposit is still an useful manure for all general purposes. Price 12s. the Quarter, of Eight Bushels. Manufactured only by the Original Inventors, ALEXANDER AND GIliBONS, Chemists, Wolverhampton. The Imperial Compost can be forwarded to all parts of the kingdom in good new four bushel sacks, which will be charged 2s. each, and are not in any way injured by the Compost. Worcester Agent— Mr. J. Boughton, Lower Wick. BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. CASE FROM LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE, COMMUNICATED BY MR. PHILLIPS, CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST, TO MR. T. PROUT, 229, STRAND, LONDON. Luton, Bedfordshire, October 19, 1841. SIR,— I feel desirous of expressing to you the great benefit which I have received from the use of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills. I have for several years been afflicted with Rheumatism and Gout, the attacks of which were excessively severe. During one of these painful visitations a kind friend presented me with a box of Blair's Pills, from the use of which I found immediate relief, and very soon entirely recovered. At a subsequent period I was so severely attacked that I thought it would be unwise to delay placing myself under medical care. I did so; but not finding the relief which I expected, I again became my own physician. At this time my legs and thighs were swelled to a very great extent. I immediately procured a box of Blair's Pills from Mr. W. Phillips, your agent in this town, and after taking two doses I was free from pain, and the swelling subsided. I now never fail to use them whenever I am attacked by this painful malady, and they invariably give me relief after one or two doses. Several of my acquaintances use them, and experience the same benefit. I trust you will insert this among your list of cases, as I am anxious to bear witness to the efficacy of this excellent medicine. I am, Sir, yours respectfully, RICHARD STONE. Sugar Loaf, London Road, Lutoii. The never failing effects of BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS in curing every description of Gout and Rheumatism, have secured to them a celebrity unequalled by any medicine of past or present times. They not only give relief in a few hours, where the patient has been driven nearly to madness by the excruciating tortures of this disease, but restore to perfect health in an inconceivable short space of time. They are equally speedy and certain in rheumatism, either chronic or acute, lumbago, sciatica, pains in the head or face, and indeed for every rheumatic or gouty affection ; in fact, such has been the rapidity, j) erfect ease, and complete safety of this medicine, that it has astonished all who have taken it, and there is not a city, town, or village in the kingdom, but contains many grateful evidences of its benign influence. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London; and by his appointment by Stratford, Deighton, Anderson, and Lea and Perrins, Worcester; May, Evesham; Maund, and Haines, Bromsgrove; Pennell, Kidderminster; Morris, Bewdley; Williams, Stourport; Hollier, Dudley; Wright, and Anthony, Hereford; Nicholas, Bridgnorth; Kendall, Stratford; and all respectable Medicine Venders throughout the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," impressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each Box of the Genuine Medicine. JUST PUBLISHED, IN A SEALED ENVELOPE, The seventh edition, price 3s., and sent free, on receipt of a Post Office Order, for 3s. ( id. ANHOOD: THE CAUSES OF ITS PREMA- TURE DECLINE, with plain Directions for its PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to those suffering from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, or Infection; followed by observations on the Treat- ment of Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Gleet, & c.; illustrated with Cases, & c. By J. L. CURTIS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and Sold by Balliere, Medical Bookseller to the Royal College of Surgeons, 219, Regent- street; Strange, 21, Paternoster- row, London ; Guest, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham ; Sowler, 4, St. Ann's- square, Manchester; Philip, South Castle- street, Liverpool; Fannin and Co., 41, Grafton- street, Dublin ; Drummond, 114, High- street, Edinburgh; and to be had of all Booksellers. This Work, a SEVENTH Edition of which is now presented to the public, 10,000 copes having been exhausted since its first appearance, has been very much improved and enlarged by the addition of a more extended and clear detail of general princi- ples, as also by the insertion of several new and highly interest- ing, cases. The book, as has been already stated, is the result of very ample and daily increasing experience in a class of diseases, which, for some unaccountable reason, have beenfeither altogether overlooked, or treated almost with indifference, by the ordinary medical practitioner. The proverbial and well known rapacity of unqualified practitioners, who traffic on the health and credulity of patients, has been encouraged and aroused by this supineness, on the part of the regular surgeon. In order to obviate the pernicious effects sure to result from the practices of such pretenders, the authors have for a considerable time devoted themselves exclusively to a certain class of diseases; of the necessity of so doing, they were further convinced by feeling that tact, in investigating the latent sources of many diseases, which arise from secret practices, can only be acquired by an exclusive and undivided attention to this department of medical practice. The numberless instances daily occurring, wherein affections of the lungs, putting on all the outer appearances of consumption, which, however, when traced to their source, are found to result from certain baneful habits, fully proves that the principle of the division of labour is nowhere more applicable than in medical practice— We feel no hesitation in saying, that there is no member of society by whom the book will not be found useful, whether such person hold the relation of a PARENT, a PRECEPTOR, or a CLERGYMAN. The PARENT who beholds his beloved child pining away, and fast approaching to a premature grave, in consequence of some disease which, for want of a careful investigation of its real cause, has been set down to the score of consumption, will, on perusing this Work, be astonished to find, that, in nine- tenths of the Cases of young persons, of both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary consumption, heart- disease, tabes, & c., the sole and exclusive origin has been the indulgence in certain destructive habits, practised by youth much more frequently than is at all suspected. The PRECEPTOR, also, who holds, temporarily at least, the relation and responsibility of a parent, will, by perusing this Work, be directed and very much assisted in investigating and detecting the too often concealed practices so often introduced into schools, whereby the health, and, ultimately, the lives, of his pupils are sure to be compromised, unless the evil be arrested in proper time. He will here find a clue to guide him through the intricate mazes of this moral labyrinth, and a standard whereby to judge, when delicacy of health should appear to attack any of his young charges, what the real cause of such attack may be, and thus he will be enabled to check the evil in its incipient state. The CLERGYMAN, in whose sacred character is at once concentrated the two- fold relation of parent and instructor, w ill here be directed as to the nature of those habits to which youth is addicted; he will also be enabled to point out the disastrous consequences which are sure to follow from them, if not relinquished— Sun, Evening Paper. Messrs. CURTIS and CO. are to be consulted daily at their residence, No. 7? Frith- street, Soho- square, London. Country Patients are requested to be as minute as possible in the detail of their cases. The communication must be accompanied by the usual Consultation Fee of £ 1, atd in all cases the most inviolable secrecy may be rctied on. The above Work is sold by MR. D'EGViLLE, 72, High- street, Worcester; and sent in a Settled Envelope, post paid, for 3s, ( id. - . Empcrial tSarliamait. HOUSE OF LORDS.— FRIDAY, FEB. 25. PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES— The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the Act of the Irish Parliament, 21 Geo. III., was enacted not merely to legalise all previous marriages of Pres. byterians, but to make all future marriages in the Church legal. The object of the act now under discussion was only to legalise marriages which had already taken place between Presbyterians and Episcopaleau Protestants of the Church of England. 11 might certainly be a matter of future consideration whether it was necessary to bring forward a larger measure on the subject of marriages generally. He would not go further into the discussion at present.— Adjourned. MONDAY. Petitions against the Corn Laws were presented by Lord STRAFFORD, the Earl of MINTO, Lord BROUGHAM, and others. Petitions in favour of the Ministerial Corn Law Measure were also presented. The Earl of RIFON gave notice that in a few days he would lay on the table a bill for regulating the transactions between merchant and factor. Lord CLARE presented a petition against the proposed duty on oats. Petitions in favour of some legislative interference with res- pect to the law of marriages as affects Dissenters, in Ireland, were presented by the Duke of ARGYLE. Lord BROUGHAM presented a bill for the establishment of courts of local jurisdiction. Such a bill he had brought forward nine years ago, and he was induced to do so again in conse- quence of a bill being proposed by his No'ole and Learned Friend near him ( Lord Campbell) for the establishment of county courts. The bill now produced was the same as the bill brought in seven years ago, with the exception of one clause. That first bill was only lost by a small majority, and was well considered and approved of by the law officers. The bill was then laid on the table. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he too had a bill precisely similar in its provisions, and it would be for their lordships at a future time to judge of the merits of his Noble and Learned Friend's bill and his own, as also the measure of his other Noble and Learned friend ( Lord Campbell) whose measure was of a similar character. Lord HAWARDEN presented several petitions against a repeal of the Corn Laws Adjourned. TUESDAY. Various petitions were presented. LAW REFORMS.— Lord CAMPBELL introduced three mea- sures for improving the administration of justice, and, after briefly deprecating a factious view of a subject wholly uncon- nected with party, proceeded to explain the objects of his three bills. These were an improvement in the constitution of the House as a Court of Appeal, an alteration in the present system of appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and a Reform in the practice of the Court of Chancery. Experience had shown the inconveniences which resulted from the existence of two co- ordinate Courts of Appeal— that of the Prhy Council and the House of Lords, and he was of opinion that it would be better if the whole business now divided between the two Courts were confided to the latter tribunal. According to the present practice, however, the House of Lords was open to the suitor, in its judicial capacity, only during the legislative session, and its utility was limited, therefore, to half of the year. To remedy this evil he should propose that notwithstanding the prorogation the Crown should have power to summon the Peers for judicial business only. He thought it necessary that the Lord Chancellor should continue to preside over their Lord- ships when sitting to hear appeals, but this would render a change in the Court of Chancery, by which he would be relieved from his duties there, indispensable. He proposed to supply his place in that court, by selecting one of the present Vice- Chancellors; to him, as before, an appeal should lie from the other judges in equity, and from him to the House of Lords. The Noble Lord remarked upon the absurdity of admitting an appeal from the Lord Chancellor, in Lincoln's- inn- fields, to the same Noble Lord when in the House of Peers, and after recapi- tulating the heads of his three measures, reserved all explana- tion as to the details until the time for the second reading • hould arrive. The LORD CHANCELLOR remarked upon the extraordinary success which had attended the measure passed last session to reduce the arrears of business in the Court of Chancery. In the month of November, when the bill came into operation, there were upwards of 500 causes waiting for hearing, but at the present moment, including the new cases that had been set down, there were not more than 100 in arrear. The number of appeals was also extremely insignificant, and he was con- vinced that when business regularly fell into its ordinary channels, there would be so few that the Lord Chancellor could hear them all without neglecting his other duties. His Lord- ship then defended the system on which the appellate jurisdic- tion of the House of Lords proceeded, as well as the constitution of the Judicial Committee, by which appeals to the Privy Council are decided and'argued ; that as these courts for the hearing of cases involving almost every kind of law on the face of the earth had hitherto given entire satisfaction, there was no reason for any change. Lord COTTENHAM was rejoiced to find that in the measure now proposed was embodied one which he had himself brought forward, but without success, in 1836. His objects had been the appointment of a permanent head to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and of a permanent judge to the Court of Chancery. So far as the present bills went to effect these objects, they should have his support, but he could not help thinking that the time for such a proposition as the present was singularly ill- chosen, as the act of last session had not yet had a sufficient trial. Whilst the experiment was going on it would not be wise to interfere with it, and undo in February what had been done in September. Lord BROUGHAM took credit for his prediction, on the appointment of additional Vice- Chancellors, that there would be more Judges in the Court of Chancery than the amount of business would render necessary. The arrears, in spite of all anticipations to the contrary, had been already disposed of; and although there had been at first a great influx of business the stream had soon subsided, and the number of bills filed was not greater than before. The Noble Lord then went in detail through the different objections to the present system, on the necessity of removing which the Noble Lord ( Campbell) founded his proposed bills, from which he drew a conclusion unfavour- able to their chances of success. He should wish to see them on the table before he made up his mind, but he at present thought that some of the evils complained of existed rather m theory than in practice, while others were quite inevitable. Lord CAMPBELL said a few words in reply, and the bills having been laid on the table, their Lordships adjourned until Thursday. HOUSE OF COMMONS— FRIDAY, FEB. 25. Numerous petitions were presented against the Corn Laws. CORN LAWS.— On the motion for tfie House going into Committee on the laws regulating the importation of foreign corn, » Mr. CHRISTOPHER said he rose to move the substitution of the scale which he'held in his hand for that which had been recommended and proposed by his Right Hon. Friend the First Lord of the Treasury. It had now been declared by an over- whelming majority of that House that it was expedient to afford protection to the agricultural interest. He was willing to admit the scale proposed by his Right Hon. Friend as, in some respects, a very considerable improvement; the gradual opera- tion, of that scale would be a very great improvement, but he thought that the scale would not afford a sufficient protection to the grower of corn in this country in those periods when production was particularly required, not when there was an abundant harvest, but when there was an average harvest, when the producer, with all his skill and industry, was barely receiving a remunerating price for his corn. He also agreed in opinion with his Right Hon. Friend ( Sir R. Peel) that it was a very difficult matter to say what at all times, and in all seasons, and under all circumstances, ought to be sufficiently remunerating prices, for the producer of wheat; indeed, it would be impossible to arrive at any satisfactory conclusion without at some time taking into consideration the relative value of the produce of other agricultural countries. Now, he was able to state by calculations which he had made, that when the price of wheat was 56s. a quarter barley ought to bo 30s. a quarter, oats ought to be 23s. a quarter, and wool 28s. It was, no doubt, a difficult matter to say, under all circumstances and at ail times, what were those seasons which were adverse to agriculture. It was difficult also to say what ought to be, under all circumstances, the rate of freight and other charges incurred in bringing agriculture to maturity. He contended that the maximum duty ought not to be less than 25s. He found that in the year 1832 the lowest price of wheat sold in bond at Hull was 32s. a quarter, and the highest 41s. In 1834, 1,589 quarters were sold at the low price of 16s. to 30s. a quarter. In 1835 the price varied from 16s. and 17s., as far as 26s. 6d. In 1836, it varied from 17s. up to as high as 38s. In 1837, wheat was sold at the lowest price, 27s. 6d. a quarter, and at the highest 39s. Now, he did not mean to say, that under peculiar circumstances, it might not have been necessary to admit corn duty free. ( Hear, hear.) But the test he applied to the scale of his Right Hon. Friend was this— supposing that scale had been the law of the land during the last fourteen years, and if he could show the Committee that under its operation the production of corn in this country would have been undersold in his own market, when prices ranged between 50s. and 55s. he thought he was entitled to ask the Government to reconsider the measure, and considering also that the Committee had already sanctioned the principle of protection, he thought he was entitled to ask them for that protection when prices varied from 50s. to 55s. He would admit that when the price was under 50s. the consequences which accompanied that were not caused by the unusual competition from abroad, but by the abundant harvest at home; and if we judged from past experience, it would appear that the maximum duty of 20s. was a sufficient protection when the price was under 50s., but that it was not sufficient when the price ranged between 50s. and 55s., and he could conceive nothing more injurious to the agriculturist, more likely to damage him in the outlay of capital and superior cultivation of the soil, than to think when he barely received a remunerating profit for his industry, that under these circumstances he was undersold in the home market by foreign competitors. The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to read various statistical details for the purpose of showing that during the last ten years wheat might have been imported into this country from Dantzie, Memel, Hamburgh, and Odessa, at prices varying from 40s. to 47s. a quarter. In a question of this nature, they should take into their account the great interests involved; and they should remember that by discouraging agriculture, they would throw the poorer lands in this country out of cultivation. Agricultural capital could not be removed to other countries. It could not be said that the farmer owed no allegiance to the soil of England; and he could not, like a mill owner, remove his property to foreign lands. Taking the whole of this part of the subject into consideration, he entreated the Committee to pause before they sanctioned a scale of duties which would have the effect not " only of throw- ing out of cultivation the poor soil of the country, but would materially injure both the agriculturists and manufacturers. He proceeded to show the fallacy of the scale which had been proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet. He admitted, that if by establishing the scale of Sir R. Peel, or by agreeing to the proposal of the Noble Lord opposite, they could arrive at a permament settlement of the question without injuring those who were dependent on agriculture for their support, he should he disposed to give his consent to the measure ; but when he considered how many persons were dependent upon agriculture he was very unwilling to interrupt their prosperity. In the county which he had the honour to represent, the wages of labour were from 13s. to 15s. a week, and he was satisfied that the labourer would prefer to have these high wages with high prices of corn, than low prices of corn and low wages. There did not exist the same necessity for reducing the duty on barley that there did for reducing the duty on wheat. ( Hear.) Barley paid a high tax, and those soils on which barley was sown required the largest expenditure of capital, and the employment of the greatest amount of labour to make them productive. The subject was one requiring the greatest consideration. He was apprehensive that the proposed duty on wheat would not be sufficient for protection, but he found the agricultural interest would suffer in a still stronger degree from the influx of foreign barley and oats under the proposed new scale. The Hon. Member concluded by moving, that under the price of 51s. the duty should be 25s., which duty should decrease one shilling for every shilling increase in the price up to 73s , from whence the duty should remain at Is. Mr. BARING remarked that this question would not be permitted to be rejected without a word said in its favour, by the many agricultural gentlemen opposite, who on this occasion appeared to forget the promises made at the hustings at the last elf « tion, that there would be no surrender of their rights— no surrender of the Corn Laws. Now, he could not permit the question thus to pass by in silence; for he wanted to know how Sir R. Peel would redeem his promise when he proposed this bill, that 54s. to 58s. would be a sufficient protection to the English farmer, when by looking at the returns, from 1828 to the present time, it would be found, that had the prepared bill, been the law, foreign wheat could never come into competition with that grown in England, under a less price than 60s. But then they had been told they could have wheat at Elsinore for 28s. He denied it; for if that were the case, how did it happen that the merchant should go to Dantzig to pay 36s. for wheat, when he could, at a less cost of freight, insurance, and other expenses, have it at Elsinore for 28s. The statement and the promises of the Right Hon. Bart, in this respect, were, in his opinion, absurd on the very face of them. Mr. GLADSTONE remarked that there would be a very con- siderable dealing in foreign corn, when the price was below 60s. the quarter. He also stated, that they had introduced the lists into their sliding scale, because the prices at which they were placed, were found to be the most critical in the market. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that great inconvenience had followed from the present scale, and he did not anticipate any improve- ment from that which was now proposed. Lord WORSLE V <!': lared he was friendly to the agricultural interest, but could : i approve of the present measure. Mr. T. DuNCOSiiiE assured the House that he should not have interposed to prevent this contemptible farce being brought to a close, if he had not thought that it was due to the very large constituency he represented, to say what it was they thought about it. The Hon. Member for Lincolnshire ( Mr. Christopher) in his simplicity as a country gentleman, had called this motion of his an amendment. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) The Hon. Gentleman had been designated " the Pilot balloon" of the Government. " Pilot balloons" were not a novelty. They had been used by very great men in former times. Moliere kept an old woman,—( Loud laughter)— and to this old woman he always read his cumedies—( Renewed laughter)— and he found he could form a tolerably accurate notion of the impression his comedies would make on the public mind by the effect they produced on the old woman. A Reverend and witty Gentleman— Mr. Sidney Smith— had given as his advice to Lord John Russell, that every great man ought to keep a " foolometer." ( Laughter.) Now he would not say that the Hon. Member for Lincolnshire was the Right Hon. Baronet's foolmeter. The Hon. Gentleman himself had'denied beingso, and on his own authority, therefore, he ( Mr. Duncombe) was bound not to consider him as such, but still, though the Hon. Gentleman might not be a " foolmeter" he might have a little balloon of his own, which he had inflated himself, which had gone up, and was now in the agonies of its descent,—( Loud laughter)— but when and where it would come down it was impossible to say. ( e: Hear, hear," and laughter.) But the people should not be deluded. ( Cheers.) He would take care that the vote to- night should show whether this was a delusion or not. ( Cheers.) The first step of the Hon. Member for Lincolnshire should have been to have rejected the measure of the Right Hon. Bart. If the agriculturists were what they declared ^ themselves to be, they could not, and he ( Mr. Dun- combe) could answer for it that the manufacturing and com- mercial interests would not, be deceived by this moonshine motion. ( Cheers.) If the report of the Hon. Gentleman's speech to his constituents last year was correct, it was impossible to believe that he came there to- night and made such a humbug- ging speech as he had addressed to the House. ( Cries of " order, order." It was all very well for Hon. Members to call him to order, but they would themselves be soon called to order by their constituents. He never expected any thing from the Government, concurring as he did in the sentiments expressed of it by the Right Hon. Bart, at the head of the home depart- ment ( bir. J. Graham) in 1834, when he said that it was a Government composed of men who had spent their whole lives in proposing bad measures and in obstructing good. They had heard of a man who held a farthing candle to the sun. That man was a great statesman—( Loud laughter)— and he ought to have a seat in the present Cabinet. ( I daughter.) It was a great misfortune that the country could not be benefited by the services of . such a man : and next to him, he must for one affirm that the Hon. Member for North Lincolnshire ought to be taken into the Cabinet ( Cheers and laughter.) That House and that Ministry would lament the folly which induced them, and rue the day when they ventured in time of profound peace, and in the plentitude of power, to regard with so little favour the motion of Mr. Villiers. ( Much cheering.) Mr. CHRISTOPHER explained ; in spite of what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Finsbury, he should certainly not go into the lobby with him and divide in his company. ( Cheers and laughter.) Mr. T. DUNCOMBE : I asked no favour of the Hon. Member, and do not want him to go out with me, either into the lobby, or any where else. ( Laughter.) I only asked him to be con- sistent with himself. ( Cries of" spoke," and " order.") After some observations from other Members, Sir R. PEEL replied at great length in defence of the pi'oposed scale of duties. The Committee divided— For Sir R. Peel's Resolution Against it 306 104 Majority 202 Some routine business was then disposed of, and the House Adjourned. MONDAY. The Cwm Celyn an Blaina Iron Company's Bill, with several other private bills, was read a second time and ordered to be committed. Mr. ARKWRIGIIT presented a petition from Derby, in favour of Sir R. Peel's scale of duty on the importation of foreign corn. A number of other petitions on a variety of subjects was presented. ELECTION PETITIONS— Lord G. SOMERSET reported that the General Committee on Election Petitions had appointed the following members to act as Chairmen of controverted election petitions during the present session, viz.:— Lord Ashley, Sir J. Y. Buffer, Mr. Divett, Mr. H. Drummond, Sir B. Hall, Sir E. Hayes, Mr. Hayter, Mr. J. W. Hogg, Mr. Redington, Mr. Pakington, Mr. P. M. Stewart, and Mr. C. Wood. In answer to a question by Mr. BAILEY, Sir R. PEEL said, negociations were going forward for con- cluding a commercial treaty with the Neapolitan government; but whilst those negociatioes were pending he did not think it would be safe to lay a copy of them before the House. The Railway Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. The Dissenters' Marriages ( Ireland) Bill went through committee. CORN IMPORTATION The House having resolved itself into committee on this measure, Mr. WODEHOUSE, representing the county of Norfolk, a district extensively producing bailey, contended for the con- tinuance of the existing protection on that grain, and desired, therefore, that so much of the proposed resolutions as related to barley should be expunged from the plan of Government. Sir. 11. PEEL maintained that part of the Government mea- sure which respects barley, as bearing a due proportion to that part which respects wheat. He had not expected so extreme an opposition, from the notice given by Mr. Wodehouse, in which that Hon. Member proposed to vary the Government measure only by enacting, under 26s. per quarter, a duty of 13s. instead of a duty ( Us. Mr. WODEHOUSE, after some discussion as to the form which his motion ought to assume for the purpose of taking a vote on the question he sought to raise, acquiesced in the Chair- man's suggestion of moving that the resolutions already passed should be reported to the House : which would have the effect of closing the deliberations of the committee without the inclusion of any alteration in the duties on barley. Mr. C. BRUCE contended that the proposed protection on barley would be too low. He apprehended that at this duty foreign barley would be imported to an injurious extent. He wished that Government would reconsider this part of the subject, but had no hope of forcing them by adverse move- ments, being well aware that they were not made of those squeezeable materials of which the late Ministry had been said, by one of its own supporters, to be composed. Indeed had even a greater sacrifice been required, he should have had the consolation to know that at all events it was asked with honest views and by t> n honest Government. , Lord WORSLEY thought the existing duty by no means larger than was requisite for the due protection of the grower. The universal opinion of his county was, that the effect of the proposed reduction would be to add agricultural to manufactur- ing distress. Mr. CHRISTMAS feared that the intended reduction of duty on oats would be injurious to the agriculture of Ireland, and argued that it was out of proportion to the reduction proposed respecting wheat. He did not wish, however, to interpose any practical obstruction. After some further conversation the motion was withdrawn, gnd the resolution of the Government as to the duty on barley was carried without a division. The Government resolution as to the duty on oats being next put, Mr. O'BRIEN expressed his apprehension that foreign oats might at the proposed duty be imported in quantities very hurtful to Irish agriculture. Sir D. ROCHE contended for further protection to Irish oats; and Sir R. BATESON and some other members said each a few words to the same effect. Mr. REDINGTON diverged at soma length into the general question between sliding scale and fixed duty. Mr. GLADSTONE contended that in the new modifications of the sliding scale, the Government had preserved the Old proportions between wheat, barley, and oats, at each point of the scale, as nearly as was consistent with the exclusion of fractional sums ; the object in each case having been to impose that duty, and no more than that duty, which would prevent an injurious amount of competition from foreign growers. With a few exceptions, both the barley and the oats of the continent were inferior to those of our own . country, and of consequence did not really compete with our own produce, even when the prices were nominally the same. He entered into calculations, showing the impracticability of obtaining any considerable quantities of either grain, except at prices too large to affect the home market. He felt the impossibility of allaying every fear; but the safest evidence to rely upon was that which Government had had the opportunities of collecting from all quarters ; and this evidence was such as convinced him that the proposed duties were an ample protection. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELI. urged that the proportions had not been preserved at the extreme points of the scale. He called for a greater protection on oats, though he would admit that he had voted for repealing all protection on all sorts of grain. Sir R. PEEL animadverted on this inconsistency ; marvelling how a member could have voted a few nights ago against all protection to Irish in common with all other produce, who was now so critical about a fractional disproportion at the extreme end of a scale. Members opposite were loud enough about that insult to the country which they alleged to be involved in the continuation of any protection at all; but they were equally loud on the other side of the question, as soon as any protection of their own constituents was affected. The longer these debates lasted, the more was he convinced that the measure he had framed was the safe and the just as well as the moderate course. Mr. O. GORE was anxious that Government should reconsider their proposal with respect to oats. Dr. BOWRING thought that oats required protection still less than wheat. Mr. BARING maintained it to be quite consistent that members favourable to the principle of complete freedom of import should, when the House had rejected that principle, endeavour to procure protection for particular interests. Mr. HARFORD said a few words; and then the House, dividing, affirmed the Ministerial resolution by a majority of 256 against 53. Upon the resolution respecting the duty on flour, Lord SANDON, in behalf of the millers, pleaded for an ampler protection. Sir R. PEEL announced, that after giving the fullest con- sideration to this subject, he could not consent to alter the proposed rate of duty. If the protection of flour were increased, the foreign growers who would be the most prejudiced would be precisely. those, whom every man must admit that it would be most to our interest to favour— namely, those of the United States. He proceeded to show that the existing protection was substantially sufficient. Mr. LABOUCIIERE expressed his satisfaction at the determi- nation of Sir R. Peel. The resolution then passed. Mr. S. O'BRIEN moved that all colonial grain should be admitted, duty free, for one year, or for some other period, to be limited by Parliament. He urged the claims of our emigrating population upon the mother country ; and expressed his opinion that the colonies ought to be represented in the British Parliament. Lord STANLEY, desirous as he was, in common with his colleagues, to encourage the intercourse of the colonies with the mother country, could not consent to this proposal. The agricultural interests, he believed, would feel little jealousy at the introduction of wheat or flour from the Canadas, if it were really Canadian produce ; but, in fact, it would be chiefly the produce of the United States, conveyed through the Canadas. If the Canadian law as to importation from the United States should be so altered as to prevent that kind of transit, then indeed the question might take a different aspect. Mr. LABOUCHERE conceived Lord Stanley to over- estimate the proportion of wheat imported into the Canadas. He requested from Government some explanation of their intentions as to the duty upon such importations. Mr. GLADSTONE quoted official returns showing the very- large quantities of American corn imported into, and ground within, the Canadas. The same thing was true as to Nova Scotia. With respect to the question about the object of the duty of 2s. per barrel intended to be proposed on flour imported from the United States into Canada, he would say that it was neither a British nor a Canadian object simply, but an inter- colonial one. The duty in every other colony was 2s., and it ought to be of the same amount in the Canadas. Mr. LABOUCHERE professed himself at a loss to understand this policy, which he regarded as a mere needless and wanton innovation. Mr. GLADSTONE referred to a similar arrangement made last year by Mr. Labouchere himself as to East India rum. Mr. C. BULLER ridiculed the attempt at equalising different colonies among each other by additional duties, likening it to the object of the beadle, who, being ordered to put one boy in the stocks at one end of the church, put a second boy into another pair of stocks at the other end " for the sake of unifor- mity." He recommended that Mr. O'Brien, instead of pressing the subject to a division then, should take the sense of the House upon it in committee on the bill. Mr. S. WORTLEY supported the views of Government. Mr. O'BRIEN persisted in dividing the House, and was defeated by a majority of 135 against 38. The remaining portions of the scale were then agreed to, as was the resolution in regard to taking the averages. The House then resumed, and shortly afterwards adjourned. TUESDAY. Petitions on various subjects, principally against the Corn Laws, were presented. THE FINANCE MEASURES.— Mr. WALLACE felt called upon . to ask the Right Hon. Bart, whether he could announce to the House the time it was his intention to lay before it the financial plan of his Government. ( Cheers.) Sir 11. PEEL said the business of the Corn Laws had been so long delayed, that he had little further information at present to give the House. It was true the resolutions passed at a late hour last night, and he had hoped they would have been re- ported this evening; but Hon. Gentlemen were not inclined to postpone their motions; consequently he could not say whether they would be reported to- night or not. Whenever that report was made a hill would be brought in, and he had fixed the earliest day for a Committee of Supply, and then having one vote he should be prepared to state the financial views of the Government. In answer to a question from Sir C. NAPIER, Sir R. PEEL said that it was true that the Emir Pasha had been deposed, and had arrived at Constantinople. It was also true that another Pasha, who had been in the Austrian service, had been appointed to the Government of Lebanon. In answer to a question from Mr. HAWES, Sir. R. INGLIS stated that it was not his intention to bring forward any motion with reference to Church Extension till after Easter. He should give the House sufficient notice of his intention. Mr. SHEIL inquired if the statement made in the Frcnch Chamber of Deputies by M. Guizot, on the 19th of January last, relating to an interview which the French Ambassador had with the Earl of Aberdeen in reference to the French possessions of Algiers, was correet. Sir P.. PEEL said his Noble Friend did not admit the entire accuracy of the statement alluded to. The Noble Earl did not admit that the British Government had no objection to the French retaining their possessions in Africa, but at the inter- view alluded to said he had no observation to make on the subject. PRISON DISCIPLINE Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE rose pursuant to notice to call the attention of the House to the subject of Prison Discipline. He entered at great length into statistical details in illustration of the subject, and concluded a long speech by moving—" That a Select Committee be appointed to enquire into the rules, regulations, and discipline of the several gaols, and houses of correction, in England and Wales; to report what alterations appear to be necessary in the laws now in force for the government of prisons, in order to insure a more unform system of discipline throughout the whole; and further to report upon the expediency of abolishing the inflic- tion of corporal punishment upon criminal offenders." ( Hear, hear.) Mr. WAKLEY seconded the motion. Sir J. GRAHAM objected to the appointment of a committee, being persuaded that the notoriety obtained through the visits and reports of the inspectors was a sufficient public check upon the maladministration of prisons. The increase of crime, which had been going on at the rate of 45 per cent., was now reduced to 30 per cent.; and as the police were now more prompt, and convictions, since the mitigation of the penal code, had become more frequent in proportion to the number of prosecutions, this reduction was, in reality, more that it ap- peared to be. It was impossible but that in some of our numerous prisons some abuses might be found. He had ad- dressed letters to the magistrates upon these topics, and he had found the greatest readiness to reform whatever was amiss. The Home department, through the agency of the inspectors, was proceeding to effect a greater uniformity in labour and diet. The principle on which Government were acting was a merciful one, but still not carried to such an extreme of mitiga- tion as to disarm punishment of the terrors properly belonging to it. The number of corporal punishments was much smaller than seemed to be supposed. In the year 1840, there were confined almost 70,000 male adults, and the whole number of corporal punishments was but seven— that is 1 in 10,000.; The other corporal punishments had been upon juvenile offenders, for whom this was found the most efficacious mode of correc- tion. On the whole, he was satisfied that improvement in Prison Discipline would proceed more usefully on the responsi- bility of Government than under the direction of a committee. The Right Hon. Secretary more than once in the course of his speech gave ample credit to Lord J. Russell for the ability and attention devoted by him to the subject of Prison Discipline during his administration of the Home Department. Mr. WAKLEY spoke in aggravation of the evils sustained by prisoners under sentences for minor offences, and complained of the disproportion of those sentences in different cases. He instanced the convictions of two persons for stealing— one half- a- crown, and the other a penny, out of letters, who were both transported for life ; while a ruffian who had killed a woman by trampling upon her was punished only with a year's hard labour. After a protracted debate in which Sir C. Douglas, Lord Mahon, Mr. Hawes, Mr. O'Connell, Lord J. Russell, and other Hon. Members took part, Mr. DUNCOMBE withdrew his motion. HILL COOLIES Mr. V. SMITH called the attention of the House to the Hill Coolies question, and moved for the instruc- tions given by the India Board to Lord Ellenborough cn this subject. After a long debate the motion was withdrawn, and the House rose. WEDNESDAY. NEW MEMBER Lord HOWICK was introduced by Mr. C. Wood and Sir G. Grey, and took the oaths and his seat for Sunderland. A number of petitions in favour of a total repeal of the Corn Laws was presented by different Members. Petitions were also presented praying for an extension of the suffrage; vote by ballot; in favour of the Marriage Act Amendment Bill; and on other subjects. Mr. LINDSAY gave notice that on Tuesday, the 17th instant, lie should move for a return of the amount of all monies received as compensation from Canton, from the 1st of July, 1840, to 1st July, 1841. Mr. SHIEL gave noticc, that in going into Committee of Supply, he should movd for a copy of the correspondence between the Earl of Aberdeen and the French Ambassador, relating to the statement of M. Guizot in the French Chamber of Deputies, regarding the French possessions in Africa. Mr. F. MAULE inquired if it was true that several troops of cavalry had left Aberdeen, and proceeded to Huntley ? and if so, whether it was in consequence of the Government apprehending any disturbance, or breach of the public peace, in the neighbour- hood of the latter place ? Sir J. GRAHAM said, in answer to the Right Hon. Gentleman's question, he wished to inform him that it was quite true that' troops had been removed from Aberdeen to Huntley ; but as to the object for which they were removed, he must positively THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1842. decline to state. ( Hear.) They were removed by order of her Majesty's Government, who were alone responsible for the act, and therefore not called upon to assign their reason for the step they had thought proper to take. ( Hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL moved for a return of the particulars of a sum of £ 11,000 for religious books, which vote appeared in the Army Estimates.— Ordered. AFFGHANISTAN— In answer to a question from Mr. MANGLES, Sir R. PEEL said, there had been no later accounts received from Affghanistan than those which had apoeared in the public newspapers. Accounts from Calcutta had been received, but they were not founded on direct official information, but from private letters, and, consequently, could not be entirely depended upon. The accounts which had been received were of a nature calculated to excite considerable anxiety. He had no doubt in a few days the Government would receive official accounts direct from Afghanistan. No information had been received of any negotiations having been entered into for the surrender of Cabool, still less of an actual surrender. CORN IMPORTATION ACT REPJRT This report having been brought up and read, Mr. E. BULLER rose, and in a speech which was very imperfectly heard, moved the following scale of duties as an amendment to the scale proposed by the Government Under 51s. Duty. 20s. 51s. and under 52s. 19s. 52s. and under 53s. 18s. 53s. and under 54s. 17s. 54s. and under 55s. 16s. 55s. and under 56s. 15s. 56s. and under 57s. 14s. 57s. and under 58s. 13s. 58s. and under 59s. 12s. 59s. and under 60s. lis. 60s. and under 61s. 10s. 61s. and under 62s. 9s. 62s. and under 63s. 8s. 63s. and under 64s. 7s. 64s. and upwards 6s. Sir R. PEEL said, the Hon. Gentleman had made a proposi- tion which seemed, from the manner in which it had been received by the House, to please nobody. He hoped the Hon. Member would not think he was treating him with personal disrespect, if he declined entering into his statements. It really was for the public advantage that there should be some end to their discussions on this subject, otherwise there would be neither more nor less than a perpetual renewal of the same tale, in which they would be compelled to travel over the same ground. ( Hear, hear.) He was afraid if he did this he should produce the same effect which the Hon. Gentleman, he would not say with laudable candour, said he had himself done— that, namely, of wearying the House. (" Hear," and a laugh.) The Hon. Gentleman wished to impose a duty of 6s. at the price of 64s., while he ( Sir R. Peel) proposed the same at 66s. The Hon. Gentleman wished the duty to remain fixed above 04s., without reference to the price of corn, and therefore at the same price, the duty under the Hon. Gentleman's scale, would be larger than that which he ( Sir R. Peel) proposed. If the Noble Lord the Member for the City of London were present he would not be able to acquiesce in the Hon. Member's views, for he had admitted that it would be disadvantageous to provide for a cessation of his own fixed duty of 8s., in the event of the price being very high. Mr. BULLER said he had understood that SirR. Peel would be disposed to accept a compromise. Sir R. PEEL disclaimed any such disposition ; and Mr. WARD said, that any compromise like that of the Hon. Member would be as little acceptable to the Opposition as to the Government. The amendment was negatived without a division. Mr. HASTIE, conceiving it to be an established fact that the average crops of this country fall short of her average consump- by a million quarters of wheat, 250,000 quarters of oats, pro- posed that those respective quantities of those several grains should be admitted for home consumption at Is. per quarter in each year, before the Government scale of duties should come into operation for that year; priority being allowed to each cargo according to the date of its entry.. Sir R. PEEL treated this as the most monstrous proposition yet suggested. Suppose 2,000,000 quarters in bond, and 1,000,000 suddenly let in at Is. duty; the effect would be so to lower prices as to raise the duties in a manner most prejudicial to the remaining importers, whose cargoes had not been lucky enough to come within the privileged million. The plan, too, must be applied alike in all years, whether there were a scarcity or an abundance of home production. And when there was no corn in bond, at the year's end, the near countries would have a very unfair start over the distant ones in the race for the earliest supply of the year following. Mr. HASTIE explained, but forbore to divide. The resolutions were passed, and leave given for introducing a bill to be founded on them. The Van Dieman's Land Bill was read a third time and passed. The Marriages ( Ireland) Bill was read a ' second time, and the House then adjourned. THURSDAY. Numerous petitions praying for a repeal of the Corn Laws, were presented. Petitions on a variety of other subjects were presented by different Members. Sir R. INGLIS presented petitions from Bath and another place, praying the House to protect the Church of England against the unhallowed machinations of her enemies,—( Hear, hear)— and also in favour of Church Extension. Mr. G. BANKES presented a petition, numerously signed, from Poole, in favour of a sliding scale of duties on the impor- tation of corn, and expressing the fullest confidence in her Majesty's present Government. Mr. GREGORY presented a petition from Dublin, praying for greater protection against the importation of foreign flour. Mr. O'CONNELL presented petitions from Newry and ei< dit other places, praying for a repeal of the legislative union. ° Lord NORREYS presented a petition from Oxford, against the present mode of rating tithes. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that, on the motion for going into Committee of Supply on the Army Estimates, he would call the attention of the House to the utter religious destitution of Roman Catholic soldiers in her Majesty's army. The Hon. Member then gave notice, that on going into Committee on the Navy Estimates, he should call the attention of the House to the religious destitution of Roman Catholic sailors in her Majesty's service. EXCHEQUER BILLS— The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE- QUER rose for the purpose of bringing under the consideration of the House the late frauds in Exchequer Bills. The subject had been fully discussed out of doors, but he considered the whole transactions could not be fully developed without the interference of Parliament. He did not on the present occasion intend to enter into the system by which the frauds had been committed, or to propose any improvement or alteration of the law to prevent similar occurrences. They were subjects which would best be discussed after a full inquiry before a commission had examined into all the particulars of the case. The Right Hon. Gentleman then detailed the mode in which the forgeries had been committed, which did not materially differ from what has been before published. The frauds had been committed by a person who had enjoyed the confidence of Lord Aukland, Sir J. Newport, and Lord Monteagle. That individual had violated a most sacred trust: he had forged the name of Lord Monteagle to a great amount. On the 20th of October an individual called on him ( the Chancellor of the Exchequer) and said a number of Exchequer Bills had been offered him for a loan of money, at such a high rate of interest that he suspected they must have been forged or stolen. Immediately on receiving this information he considered it his duty to institute the most rigid and searching inquiry, and the result of that inquiry was, that the guilty party was shortly afterwards apprehended, and was now undergoing the penalty of his offences. The Right Hon. Gentleman then described the different communications which had taken place between parties with respect to the guilty party pleading guilty ; he could assure the House that the Government were no parties to any arrange- ment of that kind. It was not at any suggestion of theirs. He felt bound here to say the assiduity and industry of Lord Monteagle to discover the fraud, and extent of it, was deserving of the greatest praise. ( Hear.) The attention of the Govern- ment had since been directed to the important consideration of what measures could be recommended to Parliament for the prevention of similar frauds in future, and that inquiry had been intrusted to gentlemen— gentlemen to whom no objection could be made; Something, it was evident, must be done ; the mode of making and issuing Exchequer- bills must be more guarded. He had received confidential communications lately that for some years past suspicions had at times existed as to whether there was not an irregularity in the Exchequer Office. ( Hear, hear.) It was his intention, under these circumstances, to ask for the appointment of a commission fully and minutely to investigate all the circumstances of the case. ( Hear.) He did not ask for a Parliamentary Committee, but for a commis- sion so formed that the whole transaction, in every possible way and manner, might be fully investigated, and most rigidly inquired into. ( Hear, hear, hear.) There was another circum- stance, viz., claims fo compensation. In all claims made to him he stated to the parties that to admit them was to take away all the protection the public had against fraud, and give encouragement to future delinquents. It would take awa> all precaution in all cases on the part of persons taking Govern- ment securities, and he advised that compensation should not be given. The House ought well to consider the question of compensation; under the circumstances it was a question which ought not to be treated lightly, and he advised them to hold out no hopes of compensation, at all events not until the commission had laid the whole facts of the transactions before them. ( Hear.) It might turn out that other parties were implicated; at all events, at present he trustedthe House would not hold out hopes of compensation. He should conclude by asking the House to appoint a commission fully, and strictly, and minutely to investigate all the circumstances connected with the late forgeries of Exchequer- bills; and he trusted their report would be so explicit that Parliament might proceed to legislate on the subject with safety, and to provide such remedies as would prevent frauds of a similar nature in future. The Right Hon. Gentleman then moved for leave to bring in a bill authorising the appointment of a commission to inquire into all the transactions relating to the forgery of Exchequer bills. MR. KEMBLE presented a petition from the holders of Ex- chequer bills praying for an inquiry. He must take that opportunity of saying that many of the holders of these forged bills were as honest and honourable individuals as any member of that, house. ( Hear, hear.; They received them in the regu- lar course of business; no suspicion could attach to them. ( Hear, hear.) He was aware the house was not in a situation at present to enter fully into the subject. No objection could be raised against the course proposed by the right hon. gentle- man ; a commission ought to be appointed without delay, and he had no doubt the result would fully exonerate the holders of forged bills from all blame or want of precaution. ( Hear, hear.) He would not now enter into details as the house was not in possession of materials for discussion ; he would content him- self with merely remarking that the speech of the right hon. gentleman showed that an enquiry was demanded, not only for the sake of the public, but that it would be unjust to the hold- ers of the bills if it were refused, considering, moreover, that those frauds had been committed by persons in the employment of the Government. He had now but to notice the amount of interest charged on those bills. It would appear that the interest charged by the lenders was no more than according to the money rate at the time the advance was made; and he would remind the house, that the great corporation of the Bank of England, four times a- year, advertised to lend money, for a limited period, at five per cent, on Exchequer bills: The peti- tioners should not be blamed for doing what the Bank of England did; and if they in any instance had taken higher interest than five per cent., he would remind the house that they had done so under the sanction of the Legislature, which had relaxed the usury laws for the benefit of trade. ( Cheers.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER wished to explain. He did not mean for a moment to charge all the holders of forged bills with incaution ; but on inquiry it might turn out that some were incautious, and other facts might be elicited, that it would not be advisable to hold out any hopes of com- pensation. ( Hear.) MR. LEADER had one or two observations to make on what had been said by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the hon. Gentleman. The right hon. Gentleman forgot that there were two questions of carkssness, one on the part of the holders of the Exchequer bills, another on the part of the Exchequer bill- office. He would admit to the hon. member for Surrey, that many such as he represented had claims for compensation ; but he ( Mr. L.) had the authority of a banker, a member of that house, for stating that, long before the discovery of the fraud took place, there had been rumours in the city that something was wrong in the Exchequer bills. He had told him ( Mr. L.) that he himself had had a narrow escape, and he had also au- thorised him to state the circumstances, but requested that his name might not be mentioned. As that Gentleman was a member of that house, he could contradict him ( Mr. L.) if he stated anything incorrectly. ( Great laughter.) That Gentle- man had stated to him that shortly before the discovery that the Exchequer bill fraud had taken place a person had come to him and said that he wanted a loan of £ 60,000, or any part of £ 60,000 on a deposit of Exchequer bills. Exchequer bills were, at that time, at a premium of from 12s. to 15s. The person wanting that loan offered 6 per cent, interest for the currency. Money at the time being easily procured on good security, such as Exchequer bills for 4 per cent.; the banker having considered that subject thought there was something about the transaction that he did not like, and told the person on making the application that if he was in want of money he had better sell the bills than borrow money on them at such a rate of interest. The same person, on the reference of the banker, afterwards went to one of the greatest capitalists in London, and made the same proposal; the answer of the capi- talist was the same as that of the banker had been. Now, he thought, that when persons holding forged Exchequer bills could be proved to have received them under such circum- stances, they could have no claim whatever for compensation— ( Hear, hear, hear.)— for whatever might have been the amount of carelessness of parties connected with the Exchequer bill office, they could not excuse the gross carelessness of parties receiving Exchequer bills under such circumstances. And while the Chancellor of the Exchequer had been properly severe on those who had taken Exchequer bills under suspicious circumstances, he had not been sufficiently severe on the care- lessness exhibited at the Exchequer bill office. He ( Mr. Leader) thought that from the documents before the House, from the letter of the Comptroller- General, and likewise from the Report of the Commissioners, it appeared that the country had a very fair subject of complaint against the Exchequer bill office. ( Cries of " Hear, hear.") He wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the statement which he ( Mr. L.) was able to make, was correct or not. ( Hear.) He had been informed that at the time when the Exchequer bill office was remodelled, a person acquainted with that department had called the atten- tion of the persons in authority to the fact, that Mr. Beaumont Smith was possessed of great power, and that there was no check whatever upon him, his being the only department in the office on which there was no check. After observations from Mr. Blewitt, Sir R. Inglis, Mr. Baring, Col. Sibthorp, Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Wakley, and Mr. Wortley, Sir R. PEEL expressed his hope that the House would lay down no principle on the subject of compensation until after the fullest inquiry. Several other members having said a few words, Mr. GOUL- BURN explained that the commission would have nothing to do with awarding compensation. After a little discussion, whether the title of the proposed act should describe the Exchequer- Bills as forged, or only as alleged to be forged, leave was given to introduce the measure. COPYRIGHT Lord MAHON obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to copyright. The House shortly afterwards adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS— THURSDAY. Messengers from the Commons brought up the Spirit Duties Bill, and the Marriages in Ireland Bill, which were severally read a first time. On the motion of Lord WHARNCLIFFE, a copy of the report of the Vaccine Institution was ordered. EXCHEQUER BILLS Lord JIONTEAGIE postponed his motion respecting the late frauds of the Exchequer. Lord ENNISKILLEN presented various petitions in favour of an alteration of the Dissenters' Marriage Laws in Ireland. Lord CAMPBELL presented similar petitions, as did Lord BROUGHAM. Lord BROUGHAM presented several petitions for a repeal of the Corn Laws. The Apprentice Regulation Bill was read a first time— Adj. WORCESTER TOWN COUNCIL. SECOND Saturday Morning, March 5. STOCKS.— Bank Stock, ; 3 per Cent. Rel. 89£; 3 per Cent. Con., 89|-; 3± per Cent. Red., 99£ ; New 3* per Cent. 99; India StocK, —; India Bonds, 9 p. m.; £ 1000 Exch. Bills, 29 p. m. HOUSE OF LORDS . FRIDAY. After the presentation of various petitions, and the trans- actions of other business of little public interest, Lord MONTEAGLE rose, and proposed that a select com- mittee be appointed to inquire into the late forgeries of Exchequer Bills; the mode in which the preparing, making out, signing, and issuing Exchequer Bills, are now, and have been heretofore conducted ; and to report whether there has been any neglect or violation of the established usage of the Exchequer, which either produced or facilitated Exchequer forgeries or frauds. [ Left sitting.] HOUSE OF COMMONS— FRIDAY. The Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Many petitions on the Corn Laws were presented, and Mr. PIIILLPOTTS and other Members presented petitions against the Severn Navigation Bill. CORN LAWS The report of the Corn Law Importation Act having been brought up and read, Sir R. PEEL said the Bill had been proposed in strict con- formity with the resolutions which had been agreed to. The new towns selected for taking the averages would be placed under the controul of the excise, and the inspectors who lost situations would be entitled to a small superannuation. The selection of towns at which the averages should be taken had been made without partiality— including an equal number of manufacturing with agricultural localities. Sir R. Peel then named Monday next for the second reading of the bill. FINANCIAL STATEMENT— Sir R. PEEI. named Friday nexc for making the financial statement of the Government to the House. [ Left sitting.] MARK- LANE, FRIDAY, MARCH 4. At this day's market there was but littta English Wheat on sale; fine samples in request at full prices. There was but little passing in free foreign, at previous currency ; had buyers appeared for any quantity they might have purchased on easier terms. Quotations of bonded must be considered nominal, for there is not the least inquiry for it or any sales reported. Barley continues difficult of sale, although offered at Is. per qr. less money, and the same remark applies to Malt. No improvement either in the price or demand of Oats; but little progress has been made in the kite supply, and the dealers show no disposi- tion to buy beyond their present wants. Beans and Peas in favour of the buyer. SMITHFIELD MARKET, FRIDAY, MARCH 4. A moderate supply of Beasts, and of fair quality. With Sheep the market was scantily supplied. The following are the; prices:— Beef, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d.; Mutton, 3s. 10J. to 5s. Lamb, 6s. to 7s.; Veal, 5s. to 6s.; Pork, 4s. 6cl. to 5s. 2d. FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1 S 4 2. INSOLVENTS. Samuel and Thomas Frederick Jackson, Bermondsey- street, wool- staplers. Thomas Worth, Northampton, furniture- broker. John Watson, Manchester, muslin- manufacturer. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Mark and Michael Fother^ ill, Upper Thames- street, drysalters. William Williams, and Thomas llill, Bow Church- yard, linen- drapers. Thomas Hill, Bow Churchyard, commission- agent and factor. BANKRUPTS. John Critchley, Liverpool, bricklayer. Charles Henry Webb, Forebridge. Staffordshire, corn- dealer. John Alatson Ridden, Wingham, Kent, maltster. Edward Davis, Bath, architect. John Birch Partridge, Birmingham, dealer in Birmingham and Sheffield wares. Thomas Baldwin, New- street, Worcester, innkeeper. Henry Harrison, Cross- street, Manchester, and Old Bond- street, commission- agent. William Slater, Marton, Cheshire, banker. Gardner Boggs, William Taylor, and William Shaud, Jun., Great AVir. ehester- street, merchants. Samuel Fox Stephens, Old Broad- street, bill- broker. William Nathan Hunt, Watling- street, stationer. Richard Walrond Forge, Billingsgate, fish- salesman. James Nixon, Great Portland- street, upholsterer. John Wright, Birmingham, cabinet- maker. Daniel Antrobus, Great Buihvorth, Cheshire, salt- merchant. EntcUigcncc. OXFORD, TUESDAY, MARCH, 1. Robert Deck, aged 12 years, was indicted for having, on the 30th of August last, at the parish of Eastone, feloniously set fire to a wheat- rick, the property of John Parsons. The boy, who had been in the scrvice of Mr. Parsons about four years, was seen in his master's farm- yard about 7 o'clock in the evening of the day in question, and at that time the rick, which was only finished that day, was in perfect security. In JO minutes afterwards the prisoner came to the door of the house, and cried out that " the rick was on fire," the end of bis own neckerchief being in a flame at the time. He was charged with being the author of the mischief, but he denied the accusation, and exerted himself with much zeal to extinguish the fire. Mr. Parsons, however, after the prisoner had gor. e • away, considered that little weight ought to be attached to his denial, and a constable was sent to his father's house to appre- hend him. The boy did not make his appearance at home till 11 o'clock the next morning, when he was taken into custody, - and upon his way to the magistrate he made a confession to the policeman by whom he had been apprehended. The • prisoner said that he supposed lie should be transported, becaaso he had set fire to the rick, and according to the state- ment made by the policeman, the boy represented that he put some tinder on the- ground under the rick, struck upon it three • or four times with a flint and steel, and lighted it all over. He then pulled some barley straw down which was ori the staddle, laid it on the tinder, and the straw immediately flared up, and set fire to the bottom of the rick. Another account, however, - which the boy gave immediately after to a small farmer, named Taylor, in the presence and hearing of the policeman, was that the tinder was lighted under the side of the rick, and it • caught to a handful of barley straw, and the prisoner tried to " dout" ( extinguish) it. No evidence was given ofanymis- • undcrstanding between the boy and his master, and no motive was assigned for the commission af the act. Mr. Justice PATTESON, in summing up the evidence, told the jury that the peculiarity of this case consisted in the age of the prisoner, for there could be no doubt, from his own statement, that he was the occasion of the rick being set on fire. The point for them to consider was whether the prisoner at the time he did the act knew that he was doing wrong, and knowing that, intended to set the rick on fire. The pre- sumption raised by the law in the case of children of so tender an age as the prisoner, was that there existed no malicious in tention, but that presumption might be removed by evidence, if they thought there was any evidence of malice on his part. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty. Sentence was deferred. On Tuesday last the monthly meeting of this body was held at the Town Hall, the Mayor in the chair. MR. BEDFORD AND THE COUNCIL— The minutes of the last meeting having been read as usual by the Town Clerk, Mr. Alderman CHALK dr^ w the attention of the Council to an informality in the proceedings of that meeting as regarded the discussion and decision on the report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the truth of certain charges made by Mr. Bedford against certain parties. It appears that the Act requires that any vote or proceeding of the Council, to be legal and valid, should be the deed of a majority of the members present. Now on the occasion abore- mentioned there were twenty members present, but only ten of that number gave their votes— a majority therefore was not obtained, and the proceedings were consequently not in accordance with the Act. In urging this question, Mr. Chalk observed, he was not actuated by any desire to revive the unpleasant subject: his only wish was to prevent a recurrence of such an informality, as it might lead to serious inconvenience to fall into an error of that kind in the discussion of more important questions. The Poor Law Commissioners had recently laid down a rule that, in all questions coming before Boards of Guardians, those members who declined voting should retire from the room; and he thought that a similar regulation should be acted upon in the Council. Mr. BEDFORD agreed with Mr. Chalk's observations, and objected to the minutes, inasmuch as what they recorded Were not the acts of the Council; at. the same time he did not care two straws whether they were confirmed or not. The MAYOR, observed that his reasons lor signing the minutes were that, although a majority of the members present might not have recorded their votes in favour of the report, still, it appeared to have been carried as much by the tacit consent of those who did not vote as by the more decided support of those who did. With regard to voting, he alleged that no member did his duty faithfully who refused to give a vote one way or the other. ( Hear, hear.) It was true that he had not voted on the question ; but that was in pursuance of a course which he thought the most decorous in his position as Mayor; previously to his acceptance of that office, however, he believed lie had never refused to give his vote on any question which had come before his consideration. A conversation then took place, Mr. Elgie, Mr. Chalk, and others, being of opinion that memWers who declined voting on any question ought to retire till the question was decided. At length— Mi. Aid. CoRLEssaid— Suppose I don't choose to go out, and yet don't choose to vote, what can you do ? You have no power to compel me to leave the room. We are neither the House of Commons nor a Poor Law Board of Guardians, but a body constituted by an Act; and I don't find a word in that Act of Parliament authorising you to put me out whether I will or not. Mr. Aid. CHALK.— The question before the Council is, does the law require that every member of the Council present at a division should vote? The TOWN CLERK.— I am of opinion that it does. Mr. Aid. CHALK.— Then I will only further ask you, if any proceedings could be sustained in a matter decided upon and dealt with by the Council in the manner the question referred to was? The TOWN CLERK.— Certainly not. The subject then dropped; but Mr. Chalk subsequently gave notice of a motion for the next meeting, calling upon the Council to appoint a Committee to regulate their system of voting. SANSOME FIELDS ESTATE— The Town Clerk said he was directed to call upon the Council for its concurrence in the surrender of this estate, which has been so long in an unsettled state. In consequence of the death of the late Bishop, Mr. Godson having found it necessary to come to terms, it had been mutually agreed by all parties interested in the property that a surrender should be made, whereby the present Bishop would be enabled to grant new leases, to come directly from him to the various lessees.— The surrender was agreed to, and it was ordered that the common seal of the body should be affixed thereto. CRIMINAL EXPENSES— The Town Clerk read the return of expenses on account of criminal prosecutions during the past half- year; they amounted to £ 225. 7s. Id., and £ 12. 12s. for the conveyance of transports to the respective depots. For a corresponding period in the last year, the total expenses had been £ 245. REIAIR OF SANSOME WALK.— The report of the Committee appointed to investigate this subject was next read : it described the walk as being in a most dilapidated state, and worthy only to be called a nuisance. The probable expense for laying down new gravel would be from £ 70 to £ 100 ; the fences might be improved and made ornamental; benches might be erected ; it would be desirable also to fell four or five elm trees— aud with this view the Committee recommended a memorial to obtain the sanction of the Lord Bishop, who might probably be induced to allow the trees to be appropriated to the purpose of the repairs. The Committee also recommended ( as the most just wavof defraying the necessary expenses) a public subscription " for that purpose— The report was adopted, and the Committee empowered to act on the suggestion they had laid down, of memorializing the Lord Bishop. The proposition to place a lamp near the Palace Yard was referred to the Watch Committee; and the dangerous state of the slips in the parish of St. Clement was referred to the Finance and Bridge Trust. INQUESTS Mr. ELGIE announced that he had been favoured with the desired return on this subject from J. B. Hyde, Esq., the City Coroner, from which it appeared that ample grounds existedas to the necessity of an inquiry into the present mode of summoning jurors, for that taking 36 inquests, ( the number which had been held during the year,) he discovered one juror's name in no less than 21 instances, another in 25, a third in 17, a fourth in 13, and sereral others in 9 and 12 instances. He observed that no blame whatever rested with the Coroner, as the jurors were summoned by some of the officers of the Corporation, most of whom, it appeared, had summoned themselves. Mr. Elgie concluded by giving notice of a motion to the effect that the present mode of summoning jurors is bad, and requires immediate alteration. The Council then broke up. APPREHENSION OF A GANG OF BURGLARS. On Sunday night, Inspector Phillips, and Sergeants San- ders and Chipp, proceeded to a boat called the Victory, belonging to Mr Greenaway, but rented by a man named Jarrett, which was anchored by the Lower Quay. On entering the cabin, they found two boatmen, named Water- son and Hardwick, lying on separate beds, and on beginning to search in a hole underneath a cupboard, Inspector Phil- lips found a bag containing a number of smith's tools, Hpon which Waterson exclaimed, " We're betrayed; this was done to transport us! " The two men - were then taken into custody; and upon a subsequent search, the officers found a " jemmy," of the most formidable description. It was about a loot long, formed out of a large round file, in a very skilful manner, being pointed at one end and curved at the other, so as to convert it into a most powerful lever. This instrument has since been compared with five marks in Mr. Barnesley's shop, in Friar- street, from which, as recently stated, a number of picklocks aud other iron tools were stolen, and it corresponds exactly. It has also been compared with the marks in the shop of Mr. Burlingham, glover, in Sidbury, from which 61. of copper was abstracted, and they exactly agree. It also precisely fits the marks on the drawers and doors of Mr. Pugli's glove shop, in Sid- bury, an account of the breaking open of which, on Friday night, will be found in another place; also those in the workshop of Mr. Hughes, builder, in the Butts, from which was stolen a ease of instruments ; those in the premises of Mrs. Broadfield, coal- dealer, where 14s. in copper was taken; and those in the Infant School, in Dolday, which had been forced, and from which had been taken a pocket book with a silver clasp. We may add that the impudent scoundrels who entered Mr. Hughes' premises, left a half- sheet of paper on his desk, with the following scrawl upon it:—" Mr. John Hughes, it was well you left no money in our way. J. N."—" So no more at present. T. C."—" Go to ——, you old scampcr." On Waterson were found some matches, and also four or five crow- figs, used for poi- soning dogs, so that it would appear the prisoners had got a regular stock- in- trade wherewith to carry on their business. They were brought up on Monday morning before the Magistrates, with another man named Argist, against whom, however, the police offered no other evidence than that he had been seen in the company of the others many times, and he was consequently discharged. On Mr. Barnesley being called in, he identified a brace and countersink, a hand- vice and nut- tongs, which the Inspector found in the bag, as being part of the property stolen from his premises a fortnight ago, and his apprentice also recognised a screw- driver and wrench. There was no doubt that the picklocks, & c., which were found with these, also belonged to Mr. Barnesley, but as all tools of that description are so much alike, Mr. Barnesley hesitated to swear to them. The above facts having been given in evidence, together with a detailed account of the manner in which the robbery at Mr. Barnesley's was effected, the prisoners were asked whether they wished to say anything. Waterson endea- voured to show that the articles might have been placed in the boat by other persons, declaring that parties were con- stantly on the boat, and that they could not be prevented from entering the cabin, as the fastening of the hatchway was insecure. The magistrates then remanded them till the following day, when they were again placed at the bar, and the evidence of Jarrett, the captain of the boat, was taken. This went to prove that Waterson was in his em- ploy, and that, though Hardwick was not, yet as he had only lately left it, he was allowed to sleep in the boat. Waterson put a great many questions to him, to bear out his statement of the preceding clay, and he admitted that other persons were in the habit of going on board the boat, and that he could not keep them oft'. These questions, however, the Magistrates pointed out, were of no use to him then, however useful they might be to him on his trial. Having nothing to say why they should not be committed to the Assizes, they were sent to prison to await their trial before the Judge, and they walked out of the room with the utmost sang froid. From circumstances which have trans- pired since the apprehension of the prisoners, the inhabit- ants have indeed good grounds for congratulating themselves that the exertions of the police have been thus far success- ful, for it appears to have led to the frustration of several deep- laid plans of robbery, among which was one for plun- dering All Saints' Church, where they doubtless expected to obtain a rich booty in the shape of communion plate. It will be in the recollection of our readers that the shop of Mr. Price, glover, Sidbury, was entered some time ago, and that the thieves left a " jemmy" behind tbem. This " jemmy" corresponds in every respect with the one found in the prisoners' possession ; and there are good reasons for coiinectinf,' them with the figs which were stolen from Messrs. Webb's warehouse at Diglis. A letter was found upon Hardwick, from his mother, expostulating with him for leading such a vicious course of life, and pointing out the consequences which would ensue if he were detected, thus affording proof positive that he was, to say the least, a sus- picious character; and Waterson has been convicted at Gloucester, where lie suffered two years' imprisonment. The police expect to prefer other charges against the pri- soners, but their plans are not yet matured. VISIT OF HER MAJESTY AND PRINCE ALBERTTO PORTSMOUTH. Her Majesty and Princc Albert arrived at the Dockyard on Monday afternoon precisely at 25 minutes past one: the cus- tomary salutes were fired from the forts and men of war. The Royal party, with five carriages in attendance, proceeded to the Dockyard, having left Brighton in the morning at half- past seven o'clock. Her Majesty appeared rather fatigued, and on her arrival at the residence of the Naval Commander in Chief, where every necessary preparation was arranged for the occa- sion, her Majesty partook of refreshment, while Prince Albert and suite embarked in the Royal barge, steered by Captain Codrington, and visited the gunnery depot ship Excellent, to witness the firing of shot. At 15 minutes past three her Majesty accompanied Princc Albert in the Royal barge, attended by Earl Haddington, and Sir George Cockburn, for the purpose of inspecting the St. Vincent, of 120 guns, flag- ship of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington. The Duke of Wel- lington, who followed in the second barge, was received with deafening cheers by the crowd, and on his departure this morning from the hotel to meet the Royal party at Havant, in order to accompany the Queen and Prince Albert to Ports- mouth, this noble warrior was loudly cheered in every direc- tion. Her Majesty visited her Royal yacht, the Royal George, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarencc, and at five o'clock returned to the Admiralty House. Prince Albert and the Duke of Saxe Coburg and his sons went to inspect some of the departments in the Dockyard. They first went to the block manufactory, where a ten- inch single block was taken in its rough state, and perfected in a few minutes, in their presence. Thence they proceeded to the anchor forge, and while the Royal party were looking on, one of the arms was put on the shank of an anchor weighing four tons and a half, belonging to an 80- gun ship: this was done in about six minutes. They afterwards visited the copper foundry, whence they retired to the Admiralty House. The dinner party in the evening con- sisted of most of the officers who received her Majesty in the morning. The Lord Steward also had her Majesty's commands to invite the Hon. Mrs. Bouverie, Lady Catherine Bulkeley, Colonel and Lady Catherine Ilarcourt, and Sir Thomas and Lady Hastings, to the evening party. Oil Tuesday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, Prince Albert, accompanied by Duke Ferdinand and his two sons, left the Dockyard in the admiral's barge, and crossed over to the Gosport side to inspect the victualling department. He was attended by the admiral, superintendant, and Captain Codring- ton. On his embarking at the Dockyard the St. Vincent, Victor, and Excellent, fired a Royal salute, which was repeated on his re- embarking at the Victualling office. The Royal party went over the whole of this establishment, and were much gratified at what they witnessed. They particularly examined and tasted the biscuits made for the Royal Navj, which they relished very much, and Prince Albert directed that some of them should be placed in the barge for the Royal table. Upon their return from the Victualling Office they drove to the Admiral's house and breakfasted with her Majesty. A few minutes before ten o'clock the Queen, Prince Albert, and the rest of the royal party, embarked on board the Black Eagle, to visit the Queen, 110, lying at Spithead, with the flag of Vice- Admiral Sir Edward Owen. The Royal standard was hoisted on board the Black Eagle, as soon as her Majesty was on board, and the shipping immediately commenced firing a Royal salute. As the steamer passed the Parade Battery the garrison saluted her, and immediately afterwards the guns on the opposite shore, at Fort Monckton, fired another salute. Upon her Majesty's going on board the Queen, the Royal standard was transferred from the Black Eagle to that ship, under a salute from the Queen ( 110), Formidable ( 84), and Alfred ( 50), all lying at Spithead, with admirals' flags flying, the Albert having that of the Admiralty. The St. Vincent, Victory, Carysf'ort, and Excellent, in the harbour, also saluted the Royal standard as soon as it was hoisted oil board the Queen, and the yards of the whole fleet were manned, The Royal party arrived at Spithead about 10 minutes toll, and left again at 20 minutes to 12, having been ou board an hour and a half. Iler Majesty went over every part of the ship from stem to stern, from the quarter deck to the cockpit, and ex- pressed the highest gratification at all she beheld. After her Majesty had been over the whole of this magnificent ship, she partook of a dejeuner a la fourchette. Among other articles placed upon the table was some cocoa, which is usually served out for the breakfasts of the ship's company. This her Majesty partook of, and appeared to relish very much. On her Majesty leaving the Queen, the yards of the fleet were again manned, and the ships saluted as before. Upon her return to the har- bour the yards of the ships there were manned, and salutes were fired by the forts. Her Majesty then repaired to the Admiralty House, where the Mayor and Corporation waited upon her Majesty with a loyal address. Her Majesty left the Admiral's house about two o'clock, accompanied by her Royal Consort, and the rest of the Royal party, to return to Brighton. PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS. '" fHE Subscribers and Public generally are informed X that the FIRST of the FOUR VOCAL & INSTRUMENTAL CONCERTS will take place at the NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY ROOMS, on MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 7tli, 1842. Principal Vocalists: MISS DAVIS, MESSRS E. ROGERS, WILLIAMS, MAJOR, AND SEFTON. LEADER, — MR. D'EGVILLE. PIANO- FOHTE,— MR. DONE. Tickets, to Non- Subscribers, 3s. 6d. each, to be had at Mr. J. H. D'Egville's, Mrs. Deighton'. s, and Mr. Stratford's. The Concert to commence at Eight o'Clock. HILL AND CO. RETURN their very grateful tlianks to the Ladies of Worcester and surrounding Neighbourhood, who have so liberally supported them; and respectfully announce that their SHOW ROOMS ARE NOW OPEN with a NEW STOCK of every fashionable article for the Work Table; and to exhibit THEIR OWN commenced and finished NEEDLEWORK. CORNER OF HIGH STREET, ( OPPOSITE THE CATHEDRAL.) MRS. CRISP, SUCCESSOR TO MRS. BARNESLEY, STAY AND CORSET MAKER, BEGS to inform her Friends, the Ladies of Worcester and its Vicinity, that she has REMOVED from 98, High- street, to 22, COLLEGE- STREET, where she earnestly solicits a continuance of their favours. February 25, 1842. MRS. BURLINGHAM, MILLINER AND DRESS MAKER, IN returning thanks to the Ladies of Worcester and its Vicinity for the very flattering encouragement she has received since her commencement in the above Business, begs to inform them that she has taken into PARTNERSHIP MISS EVERDELL, for many years Milliner at Miss Matthews' establishment, and solicits on behalf of herself and partner a continuance of their favours. 13, Edgar- street, March 3, 1842. To the Editor of the Worcestershire Guardian. SIR, in consequence of the misconstruction which has been put on my motives for not signing the petition to Bell's Life last week, and such interpretation having been accompanied by insinuations calculated to produce disrespect towards me, and cast obloquy on my character, I take this op- portunity to express my indignation at, and abhorience of, the vile and malignant feeling which prompted those insinuations, and thus publicly deny, in the most comprehensive manner, any participation whatever in the letters alluded to in that document. I am, Sir, your's obediently, Bell Inn, Broad Street, WM. WEBB. March 2, 1842. FREEHOLD and other PROPERTY, in WOR- CESTER and at CLAINES. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. HOBBS, At the Star and Garter Hotel, on Monday, the 14th day of March, at five o'clock in the afternoon, by direction of the Executors of MR. CHURCHILL, deceased, in Five Lots; LOT 1. \ SUBSTANTIALLY- BUILT and commo- A dious FREEHOLD DWELLING HOUSE, being No. 7, TYTHING STREET, WORCESTER; con- sisting of an Entrance Passage, a good Cellar, two excellent Parlours and a Kjtchen, two good Rooms and Closet on the First Floor, and three Upper Rooms. The House is well supplied with soft and spring Water, and at the back are suitable domestic Offices, with a good Garden, Summer House, and Glover's Shops, the whole late in the occupation of Major Johnson, and now of Mr. Causer. The Land- Tax is Redeemed. LOT 2.— A small DWELLING HOUSE, adjoining Lot 1, in the occupation of Mr. Skinner. This Lot is Leasehold for a term of 2,000 years, and the Land- Tax is Redeemed. LOT 3 A DWELLING HOUSE, called THE POUND HOUSE, in the occupation of Mrs. Thorn, desirably situate nearly opposite the Britannia, in the TYTHING, with an excellent Walled Garden. N. B The House is Leasehold for three lives under the Lord Bishop of Worcester. The Garden is Freehold. LOT 4.— FOUR substantially- built TENEMENTS, situate in the BUTTS, in the Parish of ST. NICHOLAS, near the Star and Garter Hotel, in the occupation of William Hooke, William Hinks, and others, at Rents amounting to £ 31. 4A-. a year. This Lot is Leasehold for three lives under the Lord Bishop of Worcester. The Land- Tax is Redeemed LOT 6.—' THREE LEASEHOLD COTTAGES and GARDENS, situate at CORN- MEADOW GREEN, in the Parish of CLAINES, contiguous to the Ombersley Road, in the occupation of George Perkins and James Little. The respective Tenants will shew the Property; and for further particulars apply to Mr. Best, Solicitor, or the Auctioneer. TO INNKEEPERS AND CAPITALISTS. IMPORTANT SALE. A T the latter end of March, or the beginning of X jL April, will be peremptorily SOLD by AUCTION, by MR. HOBBS, at the Star and Garter Hotel, Worcester, THE HOP- POLE INN AND ROYAL HOTEL, IN THE CITY OF WORCESTER, With its extensive STABLING, COACH - HOUSES, OFFICES, YARDS, and other commodious BUILDINGS thereto attached. Full particulars will appear in a future Paper; and references may in the mean time be made to Messrs. Winterbotham and Thomas, Solicitors, Tewkesbury; Messrs. Beale and Beale Cobper, Solicitors, Upton- on- Severn ; or W. S. P. Hughes, Esq., Solicitor, or of Mr. Hobbs, both of Worcester. ASTON MAGNA, WORCESTERSHIRE. VALUABLE FREEHOLD & LEASEHOLD ESTATE, SITUATE AT ASTON MAGNA, In the Parish of BLOCKLEY, in the County of WO RC ES T E R: COMPRISING a capital Stone- built FARM HOUSE, with Barns, Stables, Cow Sheds, Farm Yard, Fatting Stalls, Calves' House, and other convenient Farm Buildings, GARDEN, and large ORCHARDS, abundantly planted with choice young Fruit Trees, in full bearing, together with 78A. OR. 29F., or thereabouts, of rich and fertile Arable, Meadow, Pasture, and Wood LAND, in a high state of cultivation. Also, NINE substantial COTTAGES, with good GARDENS attached, and a FREEHOLD TENEMENT, lately used as a Blacksmith's Shop;— WHICH WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. KETTLE, At the Noel Arms Inn, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire on Wednesday, the 30th day of March, 1842, ( instead of the 16th, as before advertised), at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, ( unless previously disposed of by Private Contract), in one or more Lot or Lots, as may be agreed upon at the time of Sale, and under such conditions of Sale as will be then and there produced. The Property may be viewed on application to Mr. Samuel Purser, the Tenant of the Farm; and further information obtained from Mr. Richard Fletcher, of Charringworth, or Mr. J. R. Griffiths, Solicitor, Chipping Campden. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE LORR- LIEUTENANT.— South Salopian Yeomanry Cavalry: The Ilon. E. J. Herbert, commonly called Lord Viscount Clive, to be Lieutenant, vice Smythe, decased; B. Botfield, Esq., M. P., to be Cornet, vice Viscount Clive, promoted. CAUTION To all Persons Indebted to the Firm of CORBETT and INSOLE, of the City of Worcester, Attorneys- at- Law. I THE Undersigned THOMAS INSOLE, the JL y Younger, of the City of Worcester, Attornev- at- Law, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that I have filed a Bill in her Majesty's High Court of Chancery against my Partner, John Fletcher Corbett, for ( amongst other things) an Account; and also praying for an injunction to restrain the said John Fletcher Corbett from receiving any Debts due to the said Partnership, and that a receiver may be appointed to collect and receive all Moneys due to the said Partnership. And Notice has been given of my intention to apply to the Court for such injunction, and such application will be made in the course of a few days, as speedily as the business of the Court will permit. I do therefore give you Notice not to pay any Debts or 31oneys to the said John Fletcher Corbett on the said Partnership Account. Dated the 26th day of February, 1842. THOMAS INSOLE, JUN. COUNTY OF WORCESTER EASTER QUARTER SESSIONS, 1842. ALL Persons having any Demand upon the County, for the payment of which the order of the Court of Quarter Sessions is required, are requested to leave the particulars thereof at the County Gaol, inclosed in a sealed cover, addressed to " The Finance Committee," on or before Friday, the 25th day of March Instant, or the same will not be allowed these Sessions. And Persons desirous of SUPPLY- ING the COUNTY GAOL with Meat, viz., Beds, Lifts, and Sticking Pieces of Beef, and Breasts and Necks of Mutton, Coal, Wheat, and Potatoes, and the Judges' House with Coal for the ensuing Quarter, are desired to leave their Tenders at the County Gaol, on or before the said 25th day of March Instant, under cover, to " The Finance Committee." Parties sending Tenders will be required to be in attendance on Saturday, the 2nd day of April, at Twelve o'Clock. The Clerks of Petty Sessions are particularly requested to forward an account of all Fines and Penalties paid at Petty Sessions to me, at the Clerk of the Peace's Office, Shirehall, on or before the said 25th day of March Instant. C. A. HELM, D. C. P. Clerk of the Peace's Office, Shirehall, 4th March, 1842. N. B. All Gaol Bills must be delivered at the Gaol on or before Saturday, the 19th Instant. WORCESTERSHIRE LENT ASSIZES. TEDSTONE, HEEFORDSHIRE. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY J. OAKLEY, At the Falcon Hotel, Bromyard, on Tuesday, the 15th day of March, 1842, at four o'clock in the afternoon, UPWARDS of 400 capital double and treble STORE OAK BLACK POLES, of superior quality, long lengths, and very hearty, now standing in Mill Rough Coppice, upon the TEDSTONE COURT ESTATE, in the Parish of ledstone Delamere, in the County of Hereford, four miles from Bromyard and twelve from Worcester. The Timber will be Sold in the four following Lots, subject to the Conditions then produced :— LOT 1.- 94 capital OAK BLACK POLES and TIMBER TREES, blazed and numbered with a scribe 1 to 94 inclusive, with 28 RAFTER POLES, marked X. LOT 2.- 39 DITTO DITTO, blazed and numbered 95 to 133 inclusive, with 10 RAFTER POLES, marked X. LOT 3.— 131 DITTO DITTO, blazed and numbered as above, 134 to 264 inclusive, with 27 RAFTER POLES. LOT 4.- 99, blazed as above, and scribe- marked V. Mr. Wight, of Tedstone Court, will, on application, cause the Timber to be shown, of whom Catalogues may be had ; and also at the Place of Sale ; and of the Auctioneer, Bromyard Duty Free.] WORCESTER UNION. PERSONS willing to CONTRACT for the SUPPLY of the under- mentioned ARTICLES from the 25th March Instant to the 24th June next:— Tea, Sugar, Coffee, Rice, Mustard, Black Peppercorns, Salt Butter, Starch, Black Lead, Hops, Linseed Meal, Candles, per dozen, Soda, Yellow Soap, per cwt; and from the 25th March to the 29th Septem- ber next, Beef, of the following Joints :— Beds, End Lifts, Sticking Pieces, without the Neck parts, and five Joints ; Mutton, at per lb.; Malt, Oatmeal, White Peas, per bushel, Cheese, per cwt., Coffins, at per size. CLOTHING. Chambrey, Bed Ticking, Fustian, White and Brown Calico, Flannel, Cloth for Sheeting, per yard, Men's, Women's, Girls', and Boys' Hose, per dozen, Men's, Women's, Girls', and Boys' Shoes, per pair. Fifty Sacks best Thirds Flour, to be delivered immediately. One Hundred and Fifty Bags good blue Potatoes, 1801bs. to the bag. Samples and Tenders ( except Flour) to be sent to me, on or before the 16th Instant. Each Contractor must enter into Security, if required, for the due performance of his Contract. By order of the Board, WM. THOMASON, Clerk. N. B. The Guardians beg to direct the attention of the Churchwardens and the Overseers of the United Parishes to the DOMINATION OF GUARDIANS for the ensuing year, which must take place on or before the Tenth Instant. Duty Free. 1 DROITWTCH UNION. PERSONS willing to CONTRACT for the SUPPLY of either of the under- mentioned ARTICLES, from the 19th day of March instant, for the periods which are stated below, are requested to send in Sealed Tenders to the Clerk to the Board of Guardians, free of expense, on or before Tuesday, the 15th Instant, viz.:— For the period of Three Months: Good Bread, ( in 41b. Loaves), at per Loaf; Good Seconds Flour, at per Bushel. For the period of Six Months. Beef, Beds and Lifts, at per lb.; Mutton, Legs, Necks, and Shoulders, at per lb.; Bacon, at per lb. To be delivered, free of expense, at the Union Workhouse, Droitwich, and the Bread also at such other places within the Union, at such times, and in such quantities as the Board of Guardians or their Relieving Officers shall direct. Persons are at liberty to Tender for the Supply of Bread to each District of the Union separately. Each Contractor must be prepared to enter into Security for the due performance of his Contract. The Guardians do not pledge themselves to accept a Tender unless they have more than one offer. By order, THOMAS RICHARDS, Clerk. All Accounts against the Union for the Quarter ending 31 arch 19th, must be sent to the Clerk on or before that day. Droitwich, March 3rd, 1842. TO PUBLICANS AND OTHERS. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. BENTLEY, On Thursday next, the 10th of March, 1842, ALL the HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. EIGHT- DAY CLOCK, excellent STORE and HOGSHEAD CASKS, BREWING REQUISITES, a capital FOUR- MOTION BEER MACHINE, large COPPER FURNACES, and other Lffects, of MR. B. HANSON, at the UNION INN, in UNION STREET, WORCESTER. The Sale will commence at Ten o'Clock in the Morning, and the whole will be sold without the least reserve. Catalogues may be " had of the Auctioneer, and at the Place of Sale. \ VAN GOODS TO CHELTENHAM AND GLOUCESTER. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COM- PANY GIVE NOTICE, that they have established DAILY VANS, from their Station at CIRENCESTER to and from the Towns of GLOUCESTER and CHELTENHAM, in order to secure a direct and punctual conveyance of Goods to all parts of Gloucestershire and South Wales. Their prices, including all charges for collecting and delivering in London and the aforesaid towns, are from Is. for small parcels, up to 6s. for packages of 2 cwt., and for aggregate quantities, 40s., 44s., 48s., 52s., and 60s. per ton, according to the description of Goods, of which full particulars may be obtained. Receiving- houses :— London— Princes- street, Bank ; Bull and Mouth, St. Martin's- le- grand, and Regent- circus; and the Paddington Station. Gloucester— King's Head Van- office. Cheltenham— Plough Hotel Van- office. March 1, 1842. LINCOMB, NEAR STOURPORT. Valuable FARMING STOCK and other EFFECTS. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. BENTLEY, By direction of the Executors, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 15th and 16th days of March, 1842, commencing each morning at half- past ten; A LL the Capital LIVE STOCK, including a Flock 1\ of nearly 200 superior Leicester Sheep; an extensive assortment of AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, in ex. cellent condition; about 400 FLEECES of WOOL, a quantity of CIDER, English Oak Store and other CASKS, Dairy Articles, Brewing Requisites, some FURNITURE, & c. & c., late the Property of MR. RICHARD HURST, DECEASED, at LINCOMB, in the Parish of HARTLEBURY, about two miles from STOURPORT, in theCounty of WORCESTER. The LIVE STOCK includes 60 capital store ewes, 28 fat two- year- old wethers, 80 yearling sheep, and a ram ; 5 very useful waggon horses, 2 cart colts, and a fine chesnut hackney filly, rising 3; an excellent cow in calf, barren ditto, and 4 in- calf heifers. The AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS comprise two excellent well- built BROAD- WHEEL WAGGONS, nearly new ; 2 narrow- wheel waggons, a low trolly, 5 capital BROAD- WHEEL CARTS, 2 winnowing machines, an excellent pair of twin harrows, 2 scufflers, a three- furrow drill, iron and wood double and single hammock and gee- ho ploughs, 5 pair ot harrows, turnip and chaff cutters, 2 barley rolls, 7 suits of long and thillerg* gears, ladders, weighing machine ; 12 dozen of oak hurdles, 4 dozen of bags, heel rakes, waggon iopes, cider hairs, measures, sieves, riddles, and other smaller farming articles. IN THE CELLARS will be found two 350- gallon casks, full with cider; 6 pipes and 4 hogsheads, full with old and new cider ; several half hogsheads, full with ditto; 30 seasoned empty hogsheads and pipes, and some brewing tubs. ^ TOGETHER with a variety of HOUSEHOLD FURNI- TURE, Dairy and Brewing Requisites, & c. & c., which will be fully particularized in catalogues, to be had in due time of Mr. Williams, Printer, and at the Swan Inn, Stourport; George, Bewdley ; Lion, Kidderminster ; White Hart, Hartle- bury ; Crown, Ombersley ; Lion, Holt; Hundred House Inn ; and of the Auctioneer, Worcester. The whole of the Live Stock, Implements, and Wool, will be Sold on the First Day. B ER ROW'S WORCESTER JOURNAL of WEDNESDAY NEXT will contain an accurate REPORT of the BUSINESS of the above ASSIZES; and'^ in order that it may be given as fully as possible a SUPPWjtMENT will be PRESENTED GRATUITOUSLY on the oeca& « o( Orders shoi& fb^ given to the various Newsmen, and to the Agents in the different Towns of the County. Journal Office, March 2nd, 11142. 1842. AT MR. WILLIAM WILLIAMS'S, Shades Tavern, Corn Market, Worcester, At Five Guineas, Thorough- bred Mares; all others Two Guineas ; Groom's Fee, 2s. lid. The Money to be paid at the time or at Midsummer. BATH, Seven Years old, Sixteen Hands high, of the purest and most fashionable blood the world can pro- duce ; with the shortest legs, greatest bone, muscular substance, speed, and bottom ; perfectly sound, good tempered, and with- out blemish. BATII was got by Mr. Sadler's Defence, Dam by Bustard, out of Bequest; by Election, out of Legacy ; by Benning- borough, & c. Defence was got by Whalebone, out of Dtfiance; by Rubens, out of Little Folly; by Highland Fling, out of Harriett ; by Volunteer, & c. The winners on both sides are numerous, ( for which see Book Calendars.) Five two- year- old Colts, got by Defence, were sold the year before last for upwards of Six Thousand Five Hundred Guineas, and BATH is con- sidered by Judges to be as good a Stock getter as his Sire. In proof of what is stated, Two of BATH'S Colts, not four months old, have been sold in the City of Worcester at nearly One Hundred Guineas each. BATH proved himself the best Horse of his year, beating the celebrated Isaac, Tamworth, & c., for the Gold Cup and £ 50 Plate at Ludlow ; also winning the Malvern Stakes at Worcester, against a good field, since which time he has been out of training. FREEHOLDS AT SUCKLEY. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY W. HIGGS, At the Somers Arms Inn, Leigh Sinton, in the County of Worcester, on Tuesday, the 15th of March, 1842, at three o'clock in the afternoon, in the following Lots or in one Lot, as may be agreed upon at the time of Sale, unless an acceptable offer is made for the same pievious thereto, of which timely notice will be given ; LOT 1. A LL that FREEHOLD MESSUAGE or il TENEMENT, called FINCH'S, with the Buildings, Gardens, and Five Pieces of Land, thereto belong- ing, containing together about Six Acres, now in the occupation of Thomas Dee and Stephen Turner. LOT 2.— TWO COTTAGES, with Gardens and Two Orchards, thereto belonging, containing together about 2A. 1R. IIP., also in the occupation of the said Stephen Turner or undertenants. Both Lots adjoin each other, and arc situate near Bachelor's Bridge, in the Parish of Suckley ; and are bounded by Lands of William Wall, Esq., Mr. Thomas Philpott, and Mr. William Romney. For further particulars apply to Messrs. Bedford and Pid- cock, Solicitors; or the Auctioneer, both of Worcester. Valuable FARMING STOCK AND EFFECTS. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY W. HIGGS. On Thursday and Friday, the 17th and 18th days of March, 1842, commencing at ten o'clock each day; ALL the Valuable LIVE STOCK, including a useful Team of CART HORSES, two COLTS. CATTLE, SHEEP, and PIGS, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, seasoned Store and other CASKS, DAIRY ARTICLES, a portion of the HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, and Effects, of Mr. THOMAS REEVES, upon OLDBURY ESTATE, SAINT JOHN'S, two miles from WORCESTER, in conse- quence of his giving up the Estate. Further particulars next week. CHURCH LENCH. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. WILLIAM WORKMAN, On Monday, the 14th day of March, 1842, at the Rose and Crowa Inn, Evesham, between the hours of four and five o'clock in the afternoon, ( unless previously disposed of by Private Contract, and in that case notice will be given), subject to Conditions, and in the following or such other Lots as shall be declared immediately previous to the Auction: RPHE FREEHOLD MESSUAGE and THREE X valuable CLOSES of ARABLE and PASTURE LAND, situate in the Parish of CHURCH LENCH, in the County of Worcester, heretofore the Estate of Mr. Christopher Tovey, deceased, and the Land having been since known by the name of the Allotments, and now or lately in the occupation of Mr. George Day and his undertenants. A. R. P. LOT 1.— BIG GROUND Arable... 5 2 27 LITTLE GROUND ditto ... 3 1 22 PASTURE LAND Pasture 3 1 4 12 1 13 LOT 2.— The HOUSE and GARDEN at Church 1 ft „ 99 Lench, occupied by Mr. G. Day. f The colour and mixture of the Soil, and the nature of the Fences, are alone sufficient to prove that the Land is of a deep and improvable quality. Further particulars may be had of Messrs. B. & H. Workman, Solicitors, Evesham; of Mr. Corbett, Solicitor, Worcester; and of the Auctioneer, Pershore. GREAT MALVERN, WORCESTERSHIRE. FREEHOLD RESIDENCES, Being « CASTLE HOUSE," " SELVIN COT- TAGE," and « HILL COTTAGE," with beautiful Lawns, Plantations, productive Orchards, excellent Gardens, and romantic walks to each, most delightfully situated on the eastern side of Malvern Hill, in the Village of GREAT MALVERN, with full command of the unrivalled scenery of that celebrated Sf fashionable watering place. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY E. & C. ROBINS AND CO., On Tuesday, the 29th day of March next, at twelve o'clock at noon, at the Crown Hotel, in Great Malvern, in one or more lot or lots, to be lixed at the time of Sale, and subject to con- ditions then and there to be produced, ( by order of the Mortgagees;) ALL those THREE very desirable and substantial RESIDENCES, with the spacious Grounds adjoining, measuring 2A. 3R. 30P., now in the occupation of Mr. Sollo- way, as Boarding Establishments. The genteel and suitable Furniture in each House being also included in the mortgage, the purchaser will have the option fff taking to it at a valuation. The beautiful prospects of this neighbourhood are well known ; and, says Dr. Nash, " if to the beauty of the situation we add the salubrity and pureness of the air, we may venture to report Malvern as desirable a residence as any in England." This Property is eligible not only for private residences, but also for the investment of capital, as it produces a certain and improving income arising from the regular supply of visiters. The circumstance of this Estate being Freehold, whilst nearly all the Property at Malvern is Leasehold, constitutes another very strong recommendation. The Houses are separate from each other, and the Grounds may be apportioned, and each House let or occupied as a distinct residence. Particulars, with lithographed plans, and any further in- formation, may be had on application to Mr. Alfred East, Solicitor, ( Temporary) Offices, 51, Bull Street, or the Auc- tioneer, New Street, Birmingham. BIRTSMORTON INCLOSURE. ITHE Undersigned, the Commissioner appointed } for Dividing, Allotting, and Inclosing all the Open and Common Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Lands and Fields within the Parish of BIRTSMORTON, in the County of Worcester, agreed to be inclosed under the provisions of an Act of Parliament, made and passed in the 6th and 7th years of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled " An Act for facilitating the Inclosure of Open and Arable Fields in England and Wales," do, in pursuance of the provisions of the said Act and of the Acts therein referred to, HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that I have caused Copies of the Claims of the several Proprietois of, and Persons interested in or to any, Common or other Right Interest or Property in the Lands intended to be Divided, Allotted, and Inclosed, to be left at the DUKE of YORK INN, within the Parish of BERROW, in the County of Worcester, for the Inspection and perusal of all Parties interested in the said INCLOSURE, or the r respective Agents or Attornies who may respectively take Copies or Extracts therefrom. And all Persons and Bodies Corporate or Politic interested, or claiming to be interested, in the Premises, who shall or may have any Objection to offer to any such Claim or Claims, are hereby required to make out the particulars of such Objection in writing, and to sign the same either them- selves or by their respective Husbands, Guardians, Trustees, Committees, or Agents; and to deliver, or cause the same when so signed to be delivered, to me, at the Office of Messrs. Beale and Beale Cooper, Solicitors, Upton- upon- Severn, on or before Thursday, the Seventeenth day of March next; and also to deliver, or cause to be delivered, a like particular of such Objection, duly signed as aforesaid, to the Party or Parties so objected to, or to his or their Agent or Agents, or to leave the same at the last place of Abode or Dwelling of such party so objected to, on or before the said Seventeenth day of March next. And I DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that I shall, on MONDAY, the TWENTY- FIRST DAY of MARCH next, hold a MEETING at the DUKE of YORK INN aforesaid, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, for the purpose of hearing and determining any such Objection or Objections: after which, no such Objection or Objections will be attended to, unless for some legal disability or special cause to be allowed by me. Dated this Twenty- third day of February, 1842. JOSIAH CASTREE. THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1842. STOCKS.— At 2o'ct. FRI. SAT. MOK. TIES. WED. THl'R Bank Stock 170 170 170 171 1704 3 per Cent. Red 8' J{ 895 m 69} H'. li 89- J 3 per Cent Cons Cons, for Account.... 89i 89 J ay* 89* 80 . i 89J 89 i 89J 8' Ji 89j 99| 891 3{ perCent. 1818 .... 99| 3j per Cent, lied 9UJ 98j 99J 995 993 99J 99* New 3| per Cent 98 j 98} 99i 99 < J9 4 per Cent. 182G —— Bank Lonjr Ann India Stock 123 12J l-' f 12} Ut I2i 21 « 244 j 243 India Bonds 7 P 8 r 9 p 10 p 11 P Excheq. Bilis 22 l' 24 P 20 r 26 V 27 P 29 p BUSINESS APPOINTMENTS FOR THE WKUK. THURSDAY.— Sale of Furniture, & c., at the Union Inn, Union Street, by Mr. Bentely, at ten. With the GUARDIAN of Saturday next will be presented a SUPPLEMENT, containing a Full Report of the Business of the Assizes. mmmvv, SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1 84 2. LAST WOHDS of Loan RUSSET, ON THF. SCAFFOLD. "/ did believe, and do still, that Popery is breaking in uocn " this nation, and those who advance it wilt stop at mllwia " to carry on their designs; and I am heartily so)~ ry t/ a. t " so many Protestants give their helping hand to it." WE LMD verily begun to think that the debate— or rather, palaver— upon the Corn Law Question was in reality interminable ; but at length, notwithstanding all the varied vexatious obstructions and impediments thrown in the way, not only by his political opponents in the House, but also by some of his warmest adherents on general questions, the resolutions brought forward by Sir Robert PEEL have been carried in Committee and reported to the House; and the preliminary steps having been thus surmounted after almost unexampled delays and difficulties, the Premier has obtained leave to bring in a bill founded upon those resolutions. Our readers will do us the justice to recollect that ever since Sir Robert PEEL promulgated his plan, we have been disposed to regard it with a favourable, yet withal a somewhat jealous eye;— favourable, because we con- sidered the proposed measure " liberal" in the true sense of the word to the consumer;— jealous, lest it should not extend that measure of protection to the farmer to which he is by every principle of intersocial justice entitled. Having satisfied ourselves upon these points, we are inclined to yield our support to Sir Robert's measure as a good one so far as it goes— we mean, in order to pre- vent misconception of the phrase— in the protection it extends to native agriculture; and therefore we have been no less surprised than disappointed to find that some of our contemporaries, calling themselves Conser- vative journals, have attacked the measure tooth and nail, and almost " unsight unseen," as Hudibras says; as if it were about to spread ruin and desolation over the land; and this unfair and unwise warfare has been com- menced before the belligerents— the Wordy warriors who fight at shadows and are almost frightened out of their wits at the phantoms they have conjured up from the " vasty deep" of their own inanity— knew, or could know, what effect the working of the measure would have, and almost, in fact, before they were acquainted with its details. We boldly challenge these parties, knowing, as they must have known, the disastrous effects which disunion has exercised upon the stability ; of their opponents as a both'— a truth which many of themselves reluctantly confess— with a gross dereliction of duty, in exciting, by the line of conduct ( for argument they have none) which they have thought proper to adopt, needless and groundless alarms in the breasts of the agricultural constituencies, who form, as we are proud to own, the main bulwark of the Conservative House of Commons. If these soi disant Conservative journals will not submit to the measure proposed by the Government, they may depend upon it that popular clamour and the pressure from without will at no distant period compel the Legis- lature to pass a measure of a much more sweeping and destructive nature, even if it should not go the length of total repeal; while it cannot be denied that the Minis- terial plan affords at least some measure of protection to the farmer. One of the favourite stock topics of the Anli- Corn- Law agitators has been what they have been pleased to denominate class legislation, while all their efforts have been directed to obtain that very class legislation in favour of the manufacturing, to the prejudice and detri- ment of the agricultural interest; and to say the truth, the journals to which we have alluded, though they despise and reprobate the selfish cupidity of the leaguers, by their endeavours to obtain exclusive and inordinate protection for the agriculturists, fall into the very same error, and become just as much class legislators as their opponents. Now it is a principle equally sound in theory and prudent in practice, that if we cannot obtain all that we could desire, we should thankfully accept the best we can get, and that which seems best adapted to subserve the general interests. Tried by this test— and it cannot be denied that it is a fair one— we are convinced that the measure proposed by Sir Robert PEEL will come triumphantly out of the ordeal. All the other plans, singularly enough, contained within themselves the seeds of decay, and therefore, had any one of them been carried, when brought into operation it could not have lasted for any length of time. We will commence with Lord John RUSSELL'S plan of a " fixed duty." This notable scheme was utterly inconsistent and at variance with itself, the so called " fixed duty" partaking of the nature of a sliding scale ; for Lord John RUSSELL himself admitted that when the price of corn was high, his " permanent duty" of 8s. per quarter must come down— a pretty example of permanence, truly,— and this plan was open to another objection in addition to that urged against it on the score of inconsistency with itself; namely that if the 8s. duty had once been taken off, no minister, unless he were either more or less than man, would have dared to replace it, or even propose its replacement, as such an act would have been tantamount to a political suicide. The little man's scheme was in fact, a sliding scale in disguise ; the only peculiarity about it being that his Lordship displayed his dexterity by per- forming his slide, as Sir Robert PEEL humorously- expressed it, upon one leg. The motion of Mr. VILLIKRS, for an immediate and total repeal of all duty on the importation of foreign corn, was infinitely worse. Lord John's motion gave a show of protection to home- grown corn ; but Mr. VILLIERS had not even the decency to cover his naked deformity with the flimsy veil of a nominal duty which was to be blown away by the first breath of distress, real or fictitious, whenever it suited the purpose of the corn- jobbers and speculators to raise the cry. No, Mr. VILLIEKS is one of Brother Jonathan's " go a- head" gentry— a thorough whole- hog man, and would " at one fell swoop" bankrupt and beggar one of the great— if not the greatest— sources of the national industry, and consequently, ( according to the doctrines of the greatest authorities who have written upon political economy, and, what is more, according to the convictions of common sense,) of the national wealth. No visionary nor enthu- siast, however wild or extravagant, no, not even Mr. VILLIEKS himself, could ever have indulged in a moment- ary dream of the success of so destructive a plan ; if any such there were, the result of the division— the unparal- leled MAJORITY OF THREE HUNDRED AND THREE— must have carried home to him a stinging conviction of the utter futility of his hopes. The amendment proposed by Mr. R. A. CHRISTOPHER is entitled to more respect and consideration, although there was something truly ludicrous in the manner in which it was disposed of, the Hon. Member being placed in circumstances which constrained him to vote against his own proposition. His plan was not very widely different, from that of Sir Robert PEEL, except that he made his minimum duty 5s. per quarter. This was, of course, distasteful to the repealers, as maintaining a duty to that amount, however high the price of wheat might be in the market; and in a time of scarcity such a plan eould never be worked successfully. Another objection to the plan, though one scarcely worth the mention, would have been that the anti- agriculturists would to a certainty have been bitter in their complaints against the 25s. duty, as giving too much protection to the farmers. The proposition of Mr. E. BULLER was open to objec- tions similar to and even greater than those urged against the scheme of Mr. CHRISTOPHER, and was very summarily dispatched by an impatient House. The sapient scheme propounded by Mr. HASTIE was too hasty, crude, and ridiculous to deserve serious notice. Upon a review of the whole question, then, we come to the conclusion, that though we may differ from Sir Robert PEEL in matters of detail— we do not say that we do so differ— we ate convinced at all events that the farmer will do much better and enjoy a larger measure of protection under the provisions of his bill, than he would have done had the plans either of Lord John RUSSELL or of Mr. VILLIERS been carried into operation; while that bill at the same time goes far to ensure to the consumer a constant supply of the first necessary of life at a reasonable price. As for the other projects we have mentioned, the prejudices and violences of the repealers woqld never have suffered either of them to pass into a law. The proceedings in the House of Commons last night in reference to the forged Exchequer Bills will be read with much interest, and by the innocent holders of the spurious bills with no little astonishment. HER MAJESTY'S LEVEES.— The following notice ap- peared in the Gazette of Tuesday last:— LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 28. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold Levees at St. James' Palace, on the following days at two o'clock : Wednesday, March 16th. Wednesday, April 13th. Wednesday, May 4th. Wednesday, June 1st. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold Draw- ing llooms at St. James's Palace, on the following days, at two o'clock :— Thursday, April 7. Thursday, April ' 28. Thursday, May 19, to celebrate her Majesty's Birth- day. Thursday, June 16. Lady Ward and the Hon. Miss Ward have arrived at Himley Hall. Lord Ward is daily expected, and it is under- stood will not return to the metropolis until after the Easter recess. Mr. Pakington has been appointed one of the Chair- men of Election Committees, by the General Committee. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward William Haslevvood, of BridgeDortli, in the county of Salop, jrentlemau, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS.— Our advertising columns announce that the first of these concerts will take place at the Natural History Room, on Monday evening. From the highly respectable list of subscribers, and the admirable programme which has been selected, we anticipate a most excellent conceit, both with respect to attendance and entertainment. Most of the elite of the Worcester musical talent are engaged on it, and foreign assistance has been procured to make the band as complete as possible. CITY AND COUNTY READING INSTITUTION.— The spring course of lectures at this Institution was commenced on Monday evening by the Rev. Erskine Neale, whose subject was " The interest of the working classes in the preservation of the Church." The Rev. G. E. Elton, Master of the Diocesan School, took the chair on the occasion. The Rev. Lecturer first pointed out the necessity of an established religion and clergy, as the safest bulwark of the national weal; he showed, by a brief review of history, especially citing the era of the bigoted James, that the voice of the Church had invari- ably been in favour of the constitution, advocating the rational liberties of the people, and opposed to all kinds of tyranny ; he next descended to more modern experience, showing the value of the clergy, merely in a worldly point of view, first, as landlords who, unlike most others, spent their wealth in enriching the spot wherefrom they gathered it; next, their peculiar fitness as mediators between the rich man and the poor; the impulse they gave to works of charity ; their usefulness as recognised referees in local matters— in none of which attributes was the Dissenting minister so qualified to partake. The Rev. Gentleman concluded his truthful and eloquent lecture by showing that the highest honours of the Church were open as a reward to piety and learning wherever they might be found— in the son of the peasant as well as that of the noble or wealthy man ; and gave living instances that the most successful students at the Universities had been chiefiy men of humble birth. It was clear from all these premises that the middle and lower classes had an equal interest to that of their more fortunate brethren in the pteservation of our national Church. ( Applause)— Thanks were voted to Mr. Neale, on the motion of Mr. Bardin, seconded by A. R. Lingard, Esq.; the vote was carried by acclamation, and having been briefly acknowledged, the meeting separated. ELECTION OF AUDITORS AND ASSESSORS.— The result of the election on Monday last, for the above otficers for this city, was as follows :— ASSESSORS FOR TUB BOROUGH.— Mr. Thomas Cook, grocer, Cross ; and Mr. Joseph Jones, baker, Sidbury. AUDITORS FOR THE BOROUGH.— Mr. Moses Farmer, cheeselactor, Cross; and Mr. Henry Lee, druggist, Sitibury. WARD ASSESSORS.— Claims: Thomas Williams, grocer, Tytiling- street ; Charles Bowyear, victualler, Tything- stieet.— St. John: George Skinner, ot' Boughton Fields, Gent.; James llickards, ot Village, St. John's, Gei^ t.— St. Nicholas: Edward Uusworth Green, of Foregate- street, wine- merehunt; Thomas Locke, of Foregate- street, glove- manufacturer.— All Saints-. John Matthews, of Broad- street, All Saints, ironmonger, George Sterry, of High- street, St. Helen, carver and gilder.— St. Peter-. Louis Harvey IJ'Egville, of College- yard, St. Michael, dancing- master ; Charles lleed, of Sid- bury- street, cabinet- maker. LEOMINSTER.— Last week Mr. Francis Went, book- seller, of High- street, was appointed a member of the Leo- minster Corporation, in the place of the late John Meredith, Esq., of Cockcroft- house. LEDBURY.— At a recent meeting of the Shareholders of the Ledbury Gas Works, it was decided that the town should be lighted with gas to the extreme ends of all the streets. An ingenious engineer of Evesham, named William Simpson, is exhibiting in the Town Hall of that borough, a model of a break, or stoppage for railway carriages, on a new principle, which is calculated to add to the safety of railway travelling. Another mechanical contrivance for lifting great weights, on sudden emergencies, is also exhi- bited with the above. HEREFORD CATHEDRAL.— The amount subscribed up to this date for the restoration of Hereford Cathedral, is £ 11,565. Amongst the new subscriptions announced, we observe the name of Joseph Bailey, Esq., M. P., for £ 50, and that of the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol for a like sum. SOUTH SHROPSHIRE ELECTION.— The election for a representative for South Shropshire took place at Church Stretton yesterday when Viscount Newport was returned without opposi- tion. He was nominated by Mr. Childe, of Kinlet,— seconded by Mr. F. H. Cornwall, late M. P. for Bishops Castle. Atthe close of the election numerous parties dined together at the principal inns in the town. It was stated during the proceedings that Lord Newport, who for the last two years has been travelling upon the comment in company with Lord Clive, left Naples three weeks ago, with the intention of being present at the nomination ; but being taken ill at Rome, where he now remains, was most reluctantly compelled to relinquish his design. LEOMINSTER FARMERS' CLUB.— The first anniversary of the Leominster Farmers' Club which now numbers seventy- seven members, was on Friday celebrated at the Lion, Leominster, where an excellent dinner, with superior wines, was provided by Mrs. Pen dry. About fifty gentlemen sat down to the repast; Mr. W. Bennett, of Stretford Bury, President of the Club, acted as Chairman, and Mr. Carpenter as Vice- Chairman. During the whole of the evening the greatest harmony and conviviality prevailed. It appears from the corn averages, up to the 25th ult., that the aggregate average price for the last six weeks is 60s. lid.; the duty on foreign corn is, therefore, 26s. 8d. Were the sale proposed by the Government in operation, foreign wheat could be admitted on payment of a duty of twelve shillings, or less than half the duty now payable.— Courier. W. Whately, Esq., Q. C., has resigned tho Recordership of the borough of Newbury, Berkshire; and Henry Selfe, Esq., barrister, of the Oxtord Circuit, has been appointed to the vacant situation. GOLD COINAGE.— The Times of Friday, in alluding to the report recently circulated respecting a new coinage of sovereigns, says—" We are authorized to state that the paragraphs in question were totally without foundation, there being no intention whatever at present of having a new gold coinage, and in fact there is nothing whatever doing at the Mint. We ate also assured that the statement with respect to " plugging" is equally without foundation." FATAL ACCIDENT.— On Saturday, an inquest was held at the New Inn, Crown- lane, Stourbridge, on the body of Thomas Kinsey, ' 21 years of age, who, on the previous Saturday, was so seriously injured at the irou works of Messrs. Bradley and Co., that he died in the morning of the day on which the inquest was held. It appeared that deceased was employed with others in fixing a roll of great weight, and to lift which blocks and pulleys are necessary. The unfortnnate man was at the windlass, and thinking the roll had reached its bearing before it had actually done so, he loosed it, when it came round with great force and struck him on the head, carrying away the scalp and fracturing the skull. He afterwards walked to Mr. Cooper's, surgeon, and thence home, where he remained without the slightest hope of recovery, the brain exuding from the wound till the morning of his death. Verdict— " Accidental death." The debtors of the City Gaol return their sincere thanks to the Trustees of the Worcester Charities for two tons of coal. ACCIDENT.— This morning as the carriage of Dr. Hastings svas passing along High- street, it unfortunately came in contact with an elderly woman who was crossing the street at the time, and knocked her down. She was immediately conveyed to the Infirmary, where her case was promptly attended to. A DELINQUENT PAUPER.— At the Police Office on Wednesday a pauper named John Farringdon was charged with leaving the Workhouse on the 28th of January last, taking with him the clothes given him while in the house, all of which he had disposed of excepting the trousers. He was taken at Bir- mingham, where he had been working as a comb- maker, and earning at the rate of 3s. a day, while his wife and family were in the workhouse. The Bench sentenced him to three months' imprisonment. BURGLARY.— On Friday night last the workshop of Mr. Pugli, glover, in Sidbury, was broken open, the staple of the door being wrenched off, and every drawer was opened and ransacked and the contents strewed about the floor. Nothing howev er was taken except a lew halfpence and a ledger. Some men have been committed for another robbery, in whose possession an instrument was found, exactly corresponding with the marks on Mr. Pugh's drawers. POLICE COURT.— We understand that it is in con- templation by the City Magistrates to hold their Court for the transaction of Magisterial business in the Nisi Prius Court of the Guildhall, instead of the chamber now used. The Court is to be fitted up for that purpose. ACCIDENT FROM FIBE.— On Saturday a poor old woman of 80, named Elizabeth Cheese, residing in Cripple- gate, was seriously burnt in consequence of her cap catching lire. She was forthwith removed to the Infirmary, ar. d we are happy tc> state that she is doing well, THE BISHOP OP WORCESTER'S LETTER ON PUSEYISM. — The Manchester Guardian of Saturday last contained the following communication on the subject this letter:— " SIR,— I am perfectly astonished at the remarks which have lately been made on the Bishop of Worcester's letter to a clergyman of his diocese, for adopting practices uncongenial with those of the Church of England. A correspondent in last Saturday's Courier remarks, with much flippancy, that the Bishop was once rebuked by a clergyman for observing, ' that he ( the Bishop) was opposed to the Catholic faith.' Now, Sir, I have no hesitation in saying that Dr. Pepys, by the word ' Catholic'( if he used that term), meant ' Popish;' because that word has for many years been generally, though impro- perly, used in that sense. The reason I have to assign is this : Dr. Pepys ( who at that time was Mr. Pepys) was examining Chaplain to the Bishop by whom I was ordained Presbyter in the Church of England, many years ago, at St. James's, Westminster. During the examination, I remember well, he opened for me the 6th chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians, in the Greek Testament. When we came to the 24th verse, ' Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity,' the tenor of his beautiful and truly Catholic remarks was to this effect:—' Though we are in duty bound to be able at all ti » es to defend our branch of the Catholic Church, and to give a reason of the hope that is in us, yet we must show no bigotry to those who differ from us in externals, but on every occasion to cultivate love and charity to all who show the genuineness of their love for Jesus Christ, by holiness of life.' Now, if this is not Catholicity, I don't know what is. " It is said that, with regard to bowing at the altar and at the sign of the cross, of which the Bishop complains, there is sanction from the Canons of 1640. These Canons however were repealed by Act of Parliament on the 16th of December in the very same year ; and though it may be alleged that Parliament has no power to repeal those articles, yet it does not appear that those canons ( 17 in number) have ever been pub- lished in the Common Prayer Book, for the general observance of the clergy. Indeed, so little are those 17 canons known, that I have met with several clerical brethren who were not aware of their existence. The ecclesiastical canons of 1603 are well known. " If you admit this letter into your columns, I wish you to understand that I do not design it as the forerunner of contro- versy : I intend it simply as a word of vindication of a learned, great, and good man. The Bishop may perhaps say, 1 Non tali auxilio.' Well, be it so. I bow with submission. Others may perhaps be inclined to take up their pen, and reply with sharpness and acrimony. To the latter characters, my only answer is,' If any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom ; neither the churches of God.'— 1 Cor. xi. 16. " Yours respectfully, " CLERICUS." BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.— At the late half- yearly meeting of proprietors, at Gloucester, some account of which appeared in our last, a question having been put to the Chairman ( Capt. C. R. Moorsom) upon the subject of a branch to Worcester, that gentleman said it was the unanimous opinion of the Directors that none other than a direct branch ought to be formed— meaning, by a direct branch, a branch from Spetchley, or thereabouts, to the city of Worcester; it would not be worth the while of the Company to make any other, under the circumstances. A deviation line, of which some- thing had been said, would not pay for the outlay ; and would be, besides, a very questionable thing, as all parties would have to go a much greater length of journey. The Directors had recorded their opinion of a direct branch, say from about Spetchley, as the only one which they could recommend an advance of money to make. There was a difficulty in the way of making that branch, arising chiefly from the opposition of landowners; he was not, however, without hopes that that opposition might be disposed of, and then their way would be clear. But if it should not, he was prepared to say that he thought they had a good case to go before the House of Com- mons, notwithstanding the opposition referred to. If it had not been for the opposition of the landowners and otheis, the Directors would have been prepared to give notices, and to deposit plans in February. DEATH OF THE HONOURABLE AND REV. CHARLES BATIIURST.— We regret to announce the death of the Hon. and Rev. Charles Bathurst, LL. D., Rector of Siddington, Gloucestershire, youngest son of the late, and brother of the present, Earl Bathurst, which took place on Sunday night last, at the Abbey, Cirencester, the seat of Miss Master, where he had been staying a few days on a visit: The rev. gentleman had for some time been incapacitated from attending to his clerical duties from an affection of the chest, and had resided abroad for a short period with a view of remedying the disorder. In the summer of last year lie returned to his parsonage at Siddington, where he em- ployed his lime chiefly in administering to the wants and necessities of his poorer neighbours, to whom he was always a kind and charitable benefactor. As a steady friend and excellent neighbour he was beloved and re- spected by all who knew him. He was born on the 21st of January, 1802, married July 31, 1830, the Lady Emily Caroline, youngest daughter of the Eari of Abingdon, and has left no issue. DEATH OF THE MAIIQUIS OF HERTFORD.— This nobleman, who has for some time been in a declining state of health, expired at Dorchester House, on Tuesday after- noon, a few minutes before four o'clock. The late Francis Charles Seymour Ccnway, Marquis of Hertford, Earl of Hertford and Yarmouth, Viscount Beauchamp of Hache, and Lord Conway, Baron of Ragley, in the peerage of Great Britain, and Baron Conway, of Killultagh, county of Antrim, in the peerage of Ireland, was K. G., Knight of the Russian Order of St. Anne, Warden of the Stannaries, Steward and Vice Admiral of the Duchy of Cornwall, and Chief Com- missioner for managing the affairs of the Duchy, Lieut. Colonel Commandant of the Militia Corps of Cornwall and Devonshire Miners, Vice Admiral of the coast of Suffolk, Recorder of Coventry and Bodmin, Custos Rotulorum of Antrim, and a P. C. The deceased Marquis was born on the lltli of March, 1777, and was consequently in his 65th year. He succeeded to the title oil the 17th of June, 1822, and was married on the 18th of May, 1798, to Maria Fagniani, by whom he had issue— the Lady Frances Maria, who. was born on the 2nd of February, 1799, and married in February, 1822, the Marquis de Chevigne; her ladyship died a lew months after her marriage; Richard, Earl of Yarmouth ( the present Marquis), a captain in the army, born February 22, 1800; and Lord Henry Seymour, who was born January 18, 1805, who has been so long resident in Paris. SUDDEN DEATH.— A poor old man named Saul Smith, of Campden, who had a great aversion to going into the Union Workhouse, was received there on Saturday, and on Monday, about four o'clock in the morning, was found dead in his bed. DEATH THROUGH BURNING.— On Saturday, a boy named Norris, three years of age, living with his parents at the Lye, Stourbridge, was burnt in so dreadful a manner that he died in about ten hours after receiving the injury. Beiug left by himself, he attempted to adjust the pot- hooks to his own liking, his clothes caught fire, and before effectual assistance arrived, he received the injuries which caused his death. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AT ST. ALDAN'S.— Jabez Rainbow, alias Kirk, the soldier who attempted to murder a girl named Jane Pearse, with whom he cohabited, on the morning of Monday, the 4th of October, as before related in our columns, was on Wednesday put to the bar at Hertford Assizes, to take his trial for the outrage, found guilty, and sentenced to transportation for 15 years, the jury having found him guilty on the third count only of the indictment, which charged him with cutting and wounding the girl Pearse, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. ATTEMPTED BURGLARIES.— During the last fortnight several gentlemen's houses in the neighbourhood of Stourbridge have been visited by a gang of housebreakers; but in most of their attempts to plunder they have fortunately been frustrated and put to flight before they could accomplish their wishes. EXTRAORDINARY CAPTURES OF SALMON.— A salmon was captured last week, on the towing path near the canal at Maesbury, Shropshire, under very singular circumstances. A woman residing in the neighbourhood was passing along the path, when she observed a fish struggling on the land and makiug violent efforts to reach its own element, which she arrived just in time to prevent, and seizing it by the tail, carried off the prize alive to her residence. The fish had probably been frightened by the passing of some of the canal boats, and leaped on shore in its terror; it is supposed to have come from the river Tannat, which feeds the canal. The fish weighed upwards of 11 pounds, and was sold next day in Oswestry market.— On Monday week, Ellis Jones, mariner, picked up near the new works at the harbour, Aberystwith, a fine male salmon, weighing 29 pounds, being the largest that has been caught in that neighbourhood for many years. It was dead when found, but quite fresh, having in appearance received a blow behind the gills by the wheels of the Morva- mawr grist mills, on the river Ystwith. ILLEGAL FISHING.— Although it is notorious to parties who take an interest in the preservation of the beautiful streams of this locality, that illegal practices in snaring their produce and especially in spoiling them of the young fish, are at certain seasonsof the year of almost daily occurrence; yet it has been matter of much surprise to the public generally that these practices are allowed to be carried on with impunity, notwithstanding the awakened interest which has recently been excited on this important subject. During the spawning season the fords of the Severn about Worcester are regularly robbed of the shoals of fish there congregated to deposit their ova and milt, and for these purposes nets of unlawful size and mesh are most commonly in use. The inhabitants of other towns, more awake to the public interests, have summarily put a stop to such practices by punishing the offenders whenever they have been detected. At Maidstone last week, two brothers named Clegg, were brought before the Magistrates charged with using unlawful nets, for the purpose of taking fish in the Medway. The following report of the case is from the Maidstone Journal: " Win. Clegg and Joseph Clegg were charged with fishing in the river Mod way with unlawful nets. " James Burn, water- bailiff, stated thaton Friday the 11th instant, he saw the defendants on the Medway in a boat, opposite Mr. Balston's mill. The water was drawn off. Witness saw a casting net in the boat. He warned them not to cast it, for if they did they would be acting contrary to law. Defendant made no answer, but immediately cast the net before his face, and pulled up three or four flail. Witness did not measure the mesh of the net, but he was quite certain it was an unlawiul one. " The Bench said they had clearly infringed the law, and they were uetermined to put a stop to illegal netting. There were a great many respectable people in the town who were fond of angling, but who were deprived of that sport through the river being swept of its iish by unlawful nets. It being the iirst offence they should only line them 10s. each and costs." In our last number we reported another conviction for spearing salmon during the fence months, which took place at Doigeily, the delinquent beiug sentenced to two months' imprisonment for the offence. The destruction of salmon in the Severn and ' IV; me during the season of spawning is carried oil to an extent not dreamt of by the public generally. Fish out of season and unlit for human food have been very frequently exhibited in our market, and offered for sale at our own doors without any decisive steps being taken to put a stop to the practice. We trust this state of things will not be allowed to continue much longer a disgrace to the citizens of Worcester. A correspondent of a Hereford contemporary writing oil this subject suggests that, if the Acts qf Parliament now- existing for the preservation of the j> trcMns from the mal- practices so frequently coniplainca of are not sufficient for their protection, fresh enftttineyts should be petitioned for- MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.— On Saturday morning, about nine o'clock, Mr. Hardman, a bacon and cheese factor, & c., re- siding in the Shambles, shot himself with a gun, near Porte Fields Farm, in the parish of Claines, about two miles from this city. Deceased was in his 51st year, and has left a numer- ous family. An inquest was held the same evening by Mr. Hughes, at the Virgin's Tavern, when the following evidence was adduced :— Thomas Bennett, of Claines, labourer : I was loading thorns in a field of Mr. Edward Tills on Saturday morning, a lit tie before nine o'clock. I saw the deceased stand- ing in the road between Worcester and the Virgin's Tavern. I did not see where the deceased came from. The first I saw of him, he was standing in the road. I did not perceive that he was doing anything, nor did I see anything in his hand. I saw him suddenly fall, and at the same time heard the report of a gun. I saw the smoke from the gun when deceased fell. No one was near him at the time. I afterwards went to him. I found him lying on the side of the road ; the gun was about two yards from him— it was a single- barrel gun. The deceased's head was blown to pieces, and his brains about the road.— William Hudson : I keep the turnpike- gate leading from Wor- cester to the Virgin's Tavern. I heard the alarm and went up. I found the deceased as described by the last witness Mr. E. Corles, of Worcester, solicitor: I was at Mr. T. Brampton's on business, this morning. On ascending the hill near Jones's farm, I heard a gun ; I continued up the road, and found the deceased as already described.— Mr. Ledbrook, of Worcester, surgeon : I saw the deceased this morning. I found a circular wound above the ear— a gun- shot wound— which had carried away the whole substance of the brain. The cranium was shat- tered all to pieces; he must have died instantly. I have no doubt the deceased shot himself, regarding the nature of the wound, and the gun being found near him.— Stephen Wilks, of the Shambles, joiner : The deceased was my father- in- law. I saw him yesterday. He was quite well. The deceased was used to go out with a gun, hedge- popping. I am not aware of anything to have caused the deceased to have destroyed himself.— This was the whole of the evidence ; and the Jury returned a verdict " That the deceased shot himself, being at the time of unsound mind."— The unfortunate deceased was buried on Tuesday afternoon at St. Helen's Church ; and an immense concourse of spectators assembled on the occasion. APPREHENSION AND ESCAPE OF SHEEPSTEALERS.— On Sunday last, two officers of the Warwickshire Constabu- lary, named Balster, of Brails, and Arnold, of Sibthford, succeeded in apprehending two fellows named Hall and Hiatt, suspected of stealing a sheep belonging to Mr. Wm. Baker, of Brails. Soon after they were housed, Hall com- plained of the tightness of the handcuffs, upon which the officers, with more kindness than discretion, removed them for the purpose of substituting a larger pair. By some strange oversight on the part of the policemen, the door was left ajar, and no sooner was Hall released from the hand- cuffs, than he darted off, and has not been re- captured. Balster ( who had been a sergeant in the London fores) immediately started after him, and Arnold followed Balster, leaving Hiatt to take care of himself. This he seems to have had some difficulty in doing, for though he followed the example of his trusty guards, and walked off too, he was subsequently re- captured by the Shutford constable, and eventually committed to Warwick Gaol, to take his trial. COMMITTED TO THE COUNTY GAOL.— By Lieutenant- General Thomas Marriott: Thos. Hooper, charged with shoot- ing at and wounding Joseph Payne, at Pirton.— By W. Trow, and C. Noel, Esqrs.: William Dean, charged with stabbing Benjamin Robins, at Oldswinford.— By H. Brinton, Esq.: Emma Hodges, charged with stealing a pair of pattens, the property of Ann Wagstaff, at Kidderminster.— By W. II. Worth and II. Brinton, Esqrs.: Ann Hepwood, charged with stealing a pair of candlesticks and a pair of scales, the property of Phcebe Moore, at Kidderminster. WORCESTERSHIRE LENT ASSIZES. ^ porting. LATEST STATE OF THE BETTING— TATTEESALL'S, THURSDAY; DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Lord ChesterfielJ's Dirce colt— taken freely. 35— I — M r. Wreford's Wiseacre— taken. 35 — 1 — Mr. Gregory's Delier— taken. 40 — 1 — Mr. Bowes* Meteor— taken. 40 — 1 — Lord Westminster's Auckland. 45 — 1 — Mr. Petit's Espartero. 50— 1 — Mr. Pettit's Pahuurus. 50 — 1 — Duke of Grafton's Canadian. 06 — 1 — Lord Chesterfield's Joanna colt. ( Jti— 1 — Mr. G. Clark's Lord of Holderness. 1000 — 10 — Lord Jersey's bro. to Phoenix. OAS. S, 500 — 30 — Lord Jersey's Adela filly— taken. 2000 GUINEAS STAKES; 12 — 1 — Mr. Bowes' Meteor— taken. CHESTER CUP, 8 — 1 — Mr. Kirby's Lanercost. 12 — 1 — Mr. Holmes' Vulcan— taken. 12— 1 — Mr. Plummer's Alice Hawthorn. 13 — 1 — Lord Westminster's Marshal Soul t. WORCESTER STEEPLE CHASES. The following horses who had entered for the Royal Birth- day Stakes have declared forfeit-.— Bangalore, Perfection, Brown Stout, Shamrock, Negro, Charity, and Dragsman. This will leave the present entry 17. The following is the latest state of the betting :— For the Biith- day Stakes, Lottery is backed at 4 to 1. For the Worcestershire Hunt . Stakes the latest betting is as follows:— 4 to I on Railroad— taken ; 5 to 1 on Charles— taken; 6 to 1 on Tommy ; 0 to 1 on Bob Acres— taken ; 7 to 1 on Spring Flower— taken; 10 to 1 on Shaver— taken. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE AND HURDLE RACES. Liverpool, Wednesday, March 2. THE GRAND NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES of 20 Sovs each, 5 ft., with 100 added ( 42 subs.) Mr. Elmore's Gaylad ( Oliver) 1 Sir P. Mostyn's Seventy- four ( Powell) 2 Mr. Hunter's Peter Simple ( Owner) 3 Mr. II. Johnstone's The Returned ( Owner) 4 The following also started;— Mr. Elmore's Lottery ( 181bs. extra) ; Mr. Elmore's Sam Weller* Lord Waterford's Columbine; lion. C. Forester's Lady Langford; Mr. W. Ramsay's Bangalore; Mr. Fer- guson's Bannathlafh ; Mr. Moore's Anonymous ; Lord Maidstone's Satirist; Mr. B. Ekin's Luck's All; Lord Clunricarde's Honesty; and Baron llothschilde's Luck's All. Won easily by live or six lengths. THE I'RTNCR OF WALES' CUP, of 100 Guineas. Lord Chesterfield's Claude Du Val ( Hon. A. Villiers) 1 Mr. Ward's Forget Me Not ( Sir J. Baird) 2 Mr. Moore's Game Chicken J ( Owner) 3 Mr. Tomline's Jem along Josey ( Owner) 4 ACCEPTANCES FOR THE OXFORD HANDICAP. The following are the acceptances for the Oxford Prince of Wales' Handicap Steeple Chase, which is to be ran on Tuesday next. Lottery ( and 71b extra) Gaylad Columbine Croxby Anonymous Consul Luck's- alt The Returned Paulina Tally- ho Usurper st lb st lb 13 4 ... 11 12 12 8 11 12 4 Heytlirop ... 11 11 12 2 Roderick Random .... ... 11 11 13 2 G by Scarborough .... ... 11 It 1J 2 Danebury ... 11 8 13 2 Ncj? ro ... 11 4 13 2 Little Tommy ... 11 4 13 0 The Pony ... 11 4 11 12 Memento ... 11 4 11 12 Little Comberton ... 11 4 SALE OF BLOOD STOCK. The late Duke of Cleveland's stud was sold by Messrs. Tattersall, at ltaby Castle, on Saturday, at the following prices :— Guineas. The Recorder 205 Theon 55 Middleham G10 Foxberry 370 Cable 100 Camelfoid 46 Pharold 270 Christopher 25 Smallliopes 40 Ch. 1. by Muley Moloch, dam by Emilius, 3 yrs 39 B. c. brother to Ptiarold, 2 yrs 135 B. c. by Emilius, — " Victoria, 2 yrs 280 Brown c. by Emilius, — Variation, 2 yrs 50 Cti. c. by Einilius, — Kate Kearney 135 A bay yearling c. by Muley Moloch,— Matilda 115 A brown yearling f. by Muley Moloch, dam by Eaiilius .. 23 Virginia 150 HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. MR. CANDLER'S FOX HO UN DS.- AlHalf- past Ten o'Clock. Monday March 7 Stratford Bridjre Inn, Tewkesbury Road. Wednesday — 9 Ombersley. Friday — 11 Stonebow Turnpike. THE HEREFORDSHIRE HOUNDS— At Ten o'Clock. Tuesday March 8 Hype Turnpike. Friday — 11 Bredwardine. Tuesday — 15 Fownhope. THE SHROPSHIRE HOUNDS.— At a quarter to 11 o'clock. Monday March 7 Crudgingtou Gate. Wednesday — 9 Twemlows. Friday — 11 Ellerton Hall. . THE ALBR1GIITON HOUNDS.—^/ Half- past Ten. Monday March 7 Highgate. Thursday — 10 Flashbrook. Saturday — 12 Sheriffhales. THE UNITED PACK.— At Half- past Eight o'Clock. Tuesday..... March 8 Roman Bank. Saturday — 12 Wittingslow Turnpk. Tuesday — 15 Mainstone Wood. MR. GILES' HOUNDS.— At Ten. Monday March 7 Newer's Wood. Thursday March 10 Bacon Hill. THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS.— At Half. past Ten. Monday March 7 Snowt'ord Bridge. Tueadav — 8 Mitford Bridge. Thursday — 10 Red Hill. Saturday — 12 Upton House. MR. HELLIEIt'S HOUNDS.— At Half- past len. Monday March 7 Solihull. Thursday — If Stoneleigh Abbey. Friday — 11 Fern Hill. ATHERSTONE HOUNDS.— Quarter before Eleven. Monday March 7 NormantonLodgeGato Wednesday — 9 Seal Wood. Thursday — 10 Kingsbury Wood. Saturday — 12 ........ Newuham. Some anonymous letters having recently been published in Bell's Life in London, casting reflections upon the character and tran- sactions of certain parties well known m the sporting circles of this city, the following communication has been addressed to the editor ot that paper:— " TO THE EDITOR OF BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON. " We the undersigned observe with astonishment and regret the publication of anonymous letters, bearing date respectively the 6th and 20th instant, purporting to give an account of sporting in Wor- cestershire, signed a Constant Subscriber. We assure you that their contents are a deviation from truth, and that you have been grossly imposed upon, and your paper lessened in the esteem in which it was formerly held in this city and neighbourhood ; and as we are aware that your columns have in these instances been used to gratify selfish feelings, as well as to injure a party just established in a respectable inn, the resort of the leading sportsmen of the city, we feel confident you will willingly lend " a helping hand to trace the authors, and earnestly hope you will allow us the original letters, that the writers may be held up to that scorn they so justly merit, and that you will publish in your next number this our request, With the names attached, as an earnest of the general feeling of toe inhabitants. " Worcester, 22nd February, 1842." The above document was signed by Captain Candler, master of the Worcestershire hounds, E. Dixow, Esq., Chairman of the Race Committee, and about a hundred inhabitants ol' this city aud neigh- bourhood ; and the editor of the journal to whom it was addressed has complied with the requisition and sent down to this city the anonymous communications. The afi'air has excited some sensation in the sporting circles. SHREWSBURY RACES.— The alteration in these races, from Sept. to May, is likely to prove of considerable advantage, and will afford the lovers of the sport such an opportunity for enjoyment as has never been witnessed in that town. The changing of the time to the week after Chester Races will cause a considerable number of first- rate horses to be entered, anil already there is a greater number of entries for the various stakes than has been lot juajiy years. The commission for this City and County was opened yesterday ( Thursday.) At about one o'clock our respected High Sheriff, E. Holland, Esq., and a numerous body of gentry, yeomanry, & c., met at the Star Hotel, preparatory to escorting the learned Judges into the city. About 120 sat down to luncheon, among whom were— Rev. Lister Isaac, Rev. J. Marshall, of Evesham, liev. E. Ingram, of Harvington, Rev. G. R. Gray, of Inkberrow, Rev. Thomas Pearson, of Witley, Rev. W. Whiting, of Evesham, John Howard Galton," Esq., T. C. Hornyold, Esq., H. B. Domvile, Esq., R. Berkeley, Esq, A. Skev, Esq., Edward Sanderson, Esq., T. F. Smith, Esq., J. W. Isaac, Esq., James Ashvvin, Esq., Thomas Nelson Foster, Esq., William Gough, Esq., John Edwin, Esq., William Dent, Esq., John New, Esq., Charles Randall, Esq., George Oldaker, Esq., B. Hook, Esq., Richard Gibbs, Esq., John Gibbs, Esq., Edmund Perrott, Esq., Robert Preedy, Esq., Charles Best, Esq., John Bonaker, Esq., C. M. New, Esq., Stanhope Hunter, Esq., Charles Marshall, Esq., Richard Dunn, Esq., Francis Holland, Esq., F. T. Elgie, Esq., Captain Wilson, Dr. Hastings, Dr. Maiden, Mr. Samuel Dinglev, Mr. John Smith, Mr. T. Sheaf, Mr. J. Taylor, Mr. G". Agfg, Mr A. Hughes, Mr. Hall, Mr. S. Hunt, Mr. Thos. tovey, Mr. William Tong, Mr. John Tovey, Mr. Richard Lunn, Mr. J. Jervis, Mr. T. Heeks, & c. & c. Shortly after two o'clock they formed in procession, and, with a numerous staff of javelin men, in a neat buff livery, they proceeded on the Oxford Road, accompanied by an immense crowd of spectators, who had been attracted by the fineness of the weather and the pageantry of the scene. The learned Judges ( Patteson and Cresswell) were met near Whit- tington, and having left their own carriage for that of the High Sheriff) the cavalcade proceeded to the city, which it reached at about four o'clock. The commissions both for the city and the county having been opened at the respective Courts, the Judges and Sheriff attended by his Chaplain, the Rev. W. Lister Isaac, attended Divine Service at the Cathedral. Some of the nobility and gentry of the neighbourhood, as well as the Mayor and about twenty members of the Town Council, and a numerous ( but extremely noisy) congregation attended on the occasion. The evening service was performed by the Rev. A. Wheeler, assisted by the Rev. W. Brown. On account of the lateness of the hour and the declining light, the usual sermon preached by the Sheriff's Chap- lain was omitted. The number of prisoners for trial is, in the county gaol 33, in the city 12. Of these there are, one for murder, one for jape, one lor manslaughter, two for stabbing, one for shooting at with intent, & c., and several lor sheep- stealing, and the worst class of robbery, There are between 20 and 30 causes entered lor trial at Nisi Prius including one special jury case— that of " Lord Hatherton v. the Marquis of Anglesea," iuvolving a mining question, and in which Sir Thomas Wilde comes down with a special retainer on the part of the noble plaintiff, and the Solicitor- General, Sir William Follett, on the part of the noble defendant. FRIDAY ( THIS DAY.) The Courts opened this morning at eleven o'clock. Mr. Justice CRESWELL presided in the Nisi Prius, and Sir John PATTESON in the CROWN COURT. Considerable interest seemed to have been attached to the proceedings at these Assizes, as a large concourse of persons had assembled and crowded the courts some time previously to the commencement. There was also a large attendance of gentry ; of whom the following were sworn Grand Jurors :— Hon. W. COVENTRY, Foreman. Sir A. Lechmere, Bart. Sir O. P. Wakeman, Bart. R. Berkeley, Jun., Esq. J. Foster, Esq. Dr. B. Cooper J. H. Galton, Esq. J. Williams, Esq. C. E. Hanford, Esq. E. T, Perrott, Esq. Lieutenant- General Marriott T. H. Bund, Esq. G. Talbot, Esq. H. Talbot, Esq. R. Hudson, Esq. J. H. Allen, Esq. J. Ashwin, Esq. T. S. Lea, Esq. A. Skey, Esq. J. Brown, Esq. O. llicardo, Esq. R. Temple, Esq. G. Bate, Esq. In addition to these, we observed the following noblemen and gentlemen on the Bench :— Right Hon. Lord Lyttelton, Hon. and Rev. W. C. Talbot, T. C. Brock, Esq., M. C. Benson, Esq., W. Bennett, Esq., E. Dixon, Esq., F. Eyston, Esq., H. E. Strickland, Esq., E. Sanderson, Esq., W. Trow, Esq., G. Ellins, Esq., J. Hancocks, Esq., R. E. Mynors, Esq., T. Norbury, Esq., J. Patrick, Esq., W. H. Ricketts, Esq., R. Spooner, Esq., F. E. Williams, Esq., S. H. Godson, Esq., W, Hemming, Esq., T. S. Lea, Esq., & c. The following were sworn of the City Grand Jury :— Mr. J. BENNETT, Foreman. Mr. R. Bosley Mr. H. Moore — J. Coucher — J Parry — T. Cooke — W. Parry — T. Chambers — J. B. Read E. Doe — W. Rowlands — A. Devisme — G. Russell — T. Fawkes — J. Stallard C. George — J. Summerfield — R. Hyde — G. Sterry — J. Lingham — J. H. Sanders — R. Lillington The customary proclamation against vice and immorality having been read, the Learned Judge proceeded to charge the Grand Jury to the following effect:— Having first alluded to some cases, not in the calendar, which had just been put into his hands, but which presented no points of difficulty, his Lordship remarked on two cases of cutting and stabbing with intent to do some bodily harm ; this description of offence, he observed, had of late years become more prevalent than for- merly. In both these cases it was doubtful whether, if death had ensued, the offence of the prisoners would have been murder or not. Under the old act there was an express pro- vision that if, in the event of the offence not being adjudged as murder, the party should be acquitted ; but in Lord Ellen- borough's subsequent act that clause had been omitted ; and it had come under the consideration of the Judges to ascertain to what extent the law would thereby be affected. Although the offence might only amount to manslaughter in case of death, yet the prisoner might under the present law be indicted for maliciously stabbing and wounding, with intent to do some bodily harm. He mentioned this fact because in both the cases to which he had alluded, that decision would come into operation. With regard to Nos. 5 and 6 and 24, the last- men- tioned was an indictment for shooting with intent to do some grievous bodily harm ; the other two cases would probably be taken as other poaching cases, under the head of misdemeanor. Now it appeared that all the three prrties were out by night, together, poaching ; but although one man fired a gun at the keepers, it did not follow that he was in concert with the other two; and the Jury must satisfy themselves whether a common intention of making such resistance had previously existed among the parties ; otherwise the crime of the isolated individual could not attach to his companions, and it would be impossible to charge them with any participation in the act. Some other cases in the Calendar depended on the' correspondence of foot- marks ; and on this subject his Lordship warned the Jury that persons in the class of society in which the prisoners moved were much in the habit of purchasing ready- made and secoHd- hand shoes— which fact, they would bear in mind, created some difficulty on the point of identity. The most serious case however which the Calender contained was No. 10, wherein the prisoner, Wil- liam Tippin, was charged with the wilful murder of Richard Kington, at Severn Stoke. His Lordship having briefly sketched the outline of this melancholy case, ( the details of which were fully given in the GUARDIAN at the time), drew the attention of the Jury to the medical evidence, which set forth that the death of the deceased could not, from post mortem appearances, have been caused by a wheel passing over the body. His Lord- ship^ could not see what reason had induced the medical gentle- men to come to a positive opinion on this subject, the accuracy of which opinion he somewhat questioned. The case entirely turned on that point; and, if the deceased had been run over and killed, it was quite consistent with the facts adduced that the prisoner should have come by shortly afterwards, and robbed the body of the deceased. He mentioned these circum- stances because he viewed the case as one of uncertainty, and required that the witnesses should be examined much more stringently than they had hitherto been. Another case was that of obtaining money under false pretences, and herein his Lordship gave some practical directions respecting the parties who had been indicted for defrauding an unenrolled club at Stourbridge of £ 200. There was another case ( not in the Calendar), wherein John Timmings was indicted for stealing a purse and money ; the defence set up was that the prisoner had picked up the property in the market of Stourbridge. This case involved a nice question as to whether the offence could be construed into a larceny. It had been laid down by Judge Hale that in case a purse should be picked up from the highway, and even though the animus furandi might be clearly proved, still the offence was not a felony ; it being considered that the property, at the time it was picked up, not being in the actual possession of any person, the act of taking it did not constitute a " stealing." That point of law, however, had been consider- ably qualified since the time of Judge Hale; and it was now considered that if property was actually lost by any person— and it should be evident that he had not put it away with the intention of abandoning it— any person picking it up, being aware that the owner had not abandoned it, and also that by inquiry on his part the rightful owner might be discovered- such person, under these circumstances, might now be convicted of larceny. This being the last case in the county calendar to which his Lordship referred, the city Grand Jurors were next addressed, and the first case presented to their consideration was No. 1, involving the charge against Emanuel Maiden, of killing and slaying John Fisher, at the parish of St. Nicholas, in this city ; the particulars of which have for some time been before the public. His Lordship observed, it appeared to him that this was a very doubtful case as to the fitness of sending it down for trial. He was satisfied of one thing— that many of the witnesses who had been examined before the Coroner had given their evidence under strong personal feelings, and by no means in a proper manner. It was clear that both the prisoner and the deceased were men of loose character, and that the prisoner had followed the deceased on the night in question with the inten- tion of striking him ;— but the question was— was the deceased knocked down by the prisoner ? The former certainly had fallen, and the latter fell upon him; but by what means was the fall produced ? Evidence had been given that the prisoner had produced the fall by means of his fist; and that the skull, being thin, was fractured by means of that blow from the fist. Other witnesses gave evidence of a contrary nature, saying that the cause of death was extravasation of blood, produced by a con- cussion of the brain, the consequence of a fall on the kerb stone. Herein was the difference of opinion between the medical witnesses as to the cause of death. But whether the skull had been fractured directly by the blow or by the fall, if that fall had been occasioned by the blow, the offence would still be manslaughter; the prisoner had no right to knock down the deceased; and the act was the prisoner's as much as though the fracture had been directly produced by the blow. It would be for the Jury to determine whether the prisoner had knocked him down " at all. Some witnesses had said that, at time of the fall, the prisoner was several yards from the deceased ; that the latter had been tripped up by the kerb- stone; and that the prisoner, following quickly behind, tumbled over him. The case was a long one, involving much cvidcncc, bad feeling, and disgusting language on both sides; and it would be for the Grand Jury to decide whether it would be fit to send it down for trial or not, All that he wished to impress upon their minds was, that if they were satisfied that the deceased had been knocked or thrown down purposely by the prisoner the offence would amount to manslaughter; no provocation would justify the act; and the medical evidence would not in that case be of such great importance. His Lordship concluded his lengthened^ observations by giving directions respecting the case, No. 2, in which a boatman named James Snell was charged with defrauding one Ner Twissell of a post- office order for the sum of i'l, by personating the said Ner Twissell; his Lordship drew a distinction between this crime and forgery; and then alluded to the last case which called for any remark, No. 10, wherein Elias Jackson, clerk to Messrs. Rowlands, of this city, was charged with embezzling £ 1. 4s., the property of his masters: in this case the Learned Judge showed that embezzlement consisted in a person's ap- propriating his employers' property to some purpose of his own, and making false entries to evade the discovery; which however did not appear to be the case in the present instance. With a few other observations, and the customary directions to find bills speedily, the Jury were dismissed. TRIALS OF PRISONERS- James Shadwick, 28, collier, was first placed at the bar, charged with stealing a pair of trousers, and other articles of wearing apparel, the property of Joseph Gage, at Dudley, on the 26th November last: to this charge the prisoner pleaded guilty; and on another indictment he was found guilty of stealing a watch, belonging to John Harper, at Dudley, on the day preceding the above— Six months' imprisonment and hard labour. Daniel Lamb, 15, boatman, was sentenced to seven days'. imprisonment, to be once whipped, for stealing a pair of trou- sers, the property of Samuel Martin, at Dudley, on the 28th ult. Ann Honeyband, 22, single woman, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour, for stealing some articles of wearing apparel, the property of Richard Gilbert, at Bromsgrove, on the 25th ult. William Jevons, 28, miner, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labour, for having stolen a cock fowl, the property of Evan Roberts, at Dudley, on the 26th ult. Hannah Clee, 32, single woman, was next charged with having feloniously received the carcase of one ewe, on the 14th January last, at the parish of St. Peter the Great, well knowing the same to have been stolen. William Guise, shepherd to Mr. Wm. Coney, the prosecutor, who is a farmer, deposed to having counted his master's sheep on the day previous to the loss of the ewe in question ; and that on the following morning he missed her, but found her skin, head, and entrails near the place; he took the head and skin to his master, who traced the footsteps to the London turnpike, in the direction of Worcester, and subsequently gave information to Sergeant Sanders, of our city police, who, together with Sergeant Chipp and Hales, a few days afterwards, atter making a searching inquiry, found a quantity of mutton on the premises where the prisoner resided, on which occasion she said " She might thank Brooks for that, as he had promised to come the night before and fetch it away." The mutton was shown to Mr. Edward Till, butcher, who deposed to the correspondence of the meat with the skin, which had been separated in a very unbutcherly manner. Prisoner, in her defence, stated that the meat had been left on her premises against her consent, and that she had not known of its having been stolen. The Jury, after ascertaining from Sergeant Chipp that the police had experienced difficulty in entering the prisoner's premises, returned a verdict of guilty, and she was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Brookes and some other men who were connected with this case5 were indicted on & charge of a burglary at Mr- Hook's, of Norton, and the warehouse of Messrs. Webb of this city, the particulars of which appeared in the GUARDIAN at the time. NISI PRIUS. The cases heard in this Court to- day, before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, were not of much ge4p- al interest- MANSELL v- SHUCK— An undefended action for malt sold and delivered. Verdict for plaintiff. EVERS V. HICKMAN— Action of debt for coals. Verdict foa plaintiff for £ 56, with execution in a fortnight. HAZELDINE V. BAKER.—^ This was an action for an alleged balance of account, to which defendant pleaded payment of all except a trifling balance which had been tendered to plaintiff. Verdict for defendant. KING, GENT. V. BENNETT— An undefended action for £ 69. 4s. 8d. for business done, & c. Verdict for plaintiff. The important mining cause, u LordHatherton v. theAlarquii of Anglesea," is to be tried on Monday. In the course of the day one of the sheriff's javelin men in attendance at the county court, had his pocket picked of his watch and appendages. FIBE AT THE CUSTOM- IIOUSE.— Yesterday, about 4 o'clock, an alarm of fire was given at the Custom- house. The fire was, however, found to exist only in one of the flues, and was speedily extinguished. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LONDSN AND DUBLIN.— A meeting of members of both Houses of Parliament was held in the metropolis 011 Friday week, for the purpose of considering the best mode of promoting the communication betweeu London and Dublin, with North Wales, by railway. After considerable discussion it was proposed that the Earl of Powis, and Mr. Shaw, should be deputed to wait on the Earl of Haddington ( as first Lord of the Admiralty,) to request that his Lordship would bo pleased to appoint another commission, to ascertain the best situation on the coast of North Wales for a packet station. As the several members interested in Holyhead and Poftdynllaen attended the meeting, and concurred in the resolution, there can be little doubt, that whatever may be the result of the next report, all parties will unhesitatingly abide by it.— Cor- respondent of the Morning Herald. EXTRAORDINARY CREDULITY.— For some weeks past a singular impression has been entertained by the lower class of Irish residing in the metropolis and its environs, that London is to be destroyed by an earthquake, and the day fixed for this event, which is to swallow up the capital of the British empire, is the 16th of March. A great many Irish people have already left the metropolis for distant parts of the country and for Ireland, and others are pre- paring to follow, to evade the earthquake ; tha pxcite- ment among the natives of the sister isle in the eastern part of the metropolis is very great. They are daily receiving letters from their relatives in Ireland to return home, and save themselves from the destruction which is sure to await them if they remain here. Many have removed eastward of Stepney Old Church, on the supposition that the earth- quake is not to extend beyond that venerable edifice, which, it is prophecied, is to fall, with St. Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. By some, however, it is believed the earthquake will not be satisfied with swallowing up the me- tropolis and the " big churches," but that fifteen miles of country are to go with it. On Friday, at the Thames- police Court, an Irishman named Matthews was charged with beating his wife; and it appeared the cause of the dispute was tliat the woman, who possessed more sense than her husband, would not leave Shadwell, and proceed to Cork with him to avoid the earthquake. The ushers of the court have had 110 less than 100 letters put into their hands by persons who have been written to by their friends and relatives in Ireland, requesting them to avert the threatened calamity by leaving the metropolis before the 16th March, or the sunshine of St. Patrick's- day would never dawn upon them. The publicans in the Tower Hamlets and elsewhere have lost many of their Irish servants from the same cause. The prophecy is said to be an ancient one in Ireland, and implicit credence is given to it by many deluded persons. It is a fact that on Tuesday afternoon an Irish coalwhipper came to the Thames police- office, and gravely inquired if the earthquake was put off, and he was assured by the ushers it was— that the rainy weather had stopped it. " BIRTH. March 2, at Ryall Hill, Ripple, Mrs. Anderson, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. Feb. 8, at Christchurch, West Broniwich, in the county of Stafford, Andrew Joseph Devisme, Esq., of St. John's, to Martha Wagstaff', second daughter of the late Mr. Joseph Wagstaff, of Beugeworth, in this county. Feb. ' 23, at St. Michael's Church, Gloucester, Mr. John Lord, of Bushley, in this county, to Miss Eliza Clutterbuck, of Gloucester. Feb. 24, at Shawberry, Shropshire, St. John Cheverton Charlton, Esq., of Apley Castle, to Anne, third daughter of Philip Charlton, Esq., of Wytheford Hall, in the same county. Feb. 24, at St. Mary's Church, Cheltenham, Archibald Roan Hamilton, Esq., of Killyleagh Castle, County of Down, Ireland, and Lieutenant in the 5th Dragoon Guards, to Catherine Ann, only daughter of the Rev. George Caldwell, of Sandford Place, Cheltenham. Feb. 27, at the CoHegiate Church, Wolverhampton, Mr. Richard Aston, of West Bromwich, to Miss Sophia Foster, of Bilston. Feb. 27, at the Old Church, Kidderminster, Mr. Joseph Harrison, vvoolstapler, to Miss Mary Perrius, both of the same place. March 1, at St. Helen's Church, Edward, youngest son of William Berridge, Esq., of Windsor, to Mary Ann, youngest daughter, of Mr. Thomas Cox, of this city. Feb. 22, at Newcastle- under- Lyme, Mr. John Ford, of Badenhall, near Eccleshall, only son of Mr. William Ford, of Chetwynd Villa, Shropshire, to Miss Leech, of New- castle, daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Leech, tanner, of the former place. Feb. 22, at Paiuswick, Gloucestershire, George Henry Jones, Esq., barrister at law, of the Oxford Circuit, eldest son of George Jones, Esq., of Kodleys Manor House, in this county, to Jane, only daughter of the late Edmund Herbert, Esq., of Paiiisvvick. Feb. 24, at Bre- wood Church, Colonel Whichcote, brother of the late and uncle of the present Sir Thomas Whichcote, Bait., of Aswetby Park, Lincolnshire, to Charlotte", eldest daughter of the late Philip Monckton, Esq., and niece of Edward Monck- ton, Esq., of Someiford Hall, Staffordshire. DEATHS. Feb. 21, at the Heath, near Stourbridge, after a short illness, Mr. John Floyd. Feb. 21, at the residence of her sister, Miss Byne, St. John's Hill, Shrewsbury, Anua Maria, relict of the Rev. Townshend Forester, D. D. This amiable and beloved lady survived her husband only four months. Feb. 23, at her residence in Bri « tol- street, Birmingham, at a very advanced age, Mary, relict of Edward Bower, Esq., of that town, and sister of the late Moses Harper, Esq., of Barbourne, in this city. Feb. 23, at Redditch, aged four years, Joseph, only child of Mr. J. T. Wilson, druggist, of that place. Feb. 25, Mr. Joseph Timmins, formerly fire- iron manufac- turer, Dudley. Feb. 26, aged 50, Mr. William Hardman, of the Shambles, in this city. Feb. 26, Mr. Thomas Wagstaff, for many years a local preacher in the Wesleyan connexion. Feb. 28, at Chaddesley Corbett, Joseph, youngest son of the late Mr. Baker, stone mason, of that place. Feb. 25, at 24, York Crescent, Clifton, in the 76th year of his age, the Rev. Stroud Jenkins, of Lochir. g, in the county of Somerset, and of Stone, in the county of Gloucester. Feb. 27, in St. John's- square, Wolverhampton, aged 72, Mr. Henry Hains. March 3, at Bleakfield Cottage, St. John's, aged 66 years, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Richard Aden, March 4, in the 82nd year of her age, most sincerely and deeply lamented by her afflicted family and friends, Mary, relict of the late Robert Chamberlain, Esq., of Bath Row, m t. Slis city. THE " WORCESTERSHIRE GrtJARDiAft, SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1842. THE HOUR OF DEATH. BT MRS. HEMANS. Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north- wind's breath, And stars to set— but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, oh Death1 Day is for mortal care, Eve for glad meetings round the joyous hearth, Night for the dreams of sleep, the voice of prayer— But all for thee, thou mightiest of the earth! The banquet hath its hour, Its feverish hour of mirth, and song, and wine : There comes a day for grief's o'erwhelming shower, A time for softer tears, but all are thine 1 Youth and the opening rose May look like tilings too glorious for decay, And smile at thee!— but thou art not of those That wait the ripen'd bloom to seize their prey! Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north- wind's breath, And stars to set— but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, oh Death ! We know when moons shall wane— When summer- birds from far shall pass the sea, When autumn's hue shall tinge the golden grain ; But who shall teach us when to look for thee 1 Is it when spring's first gale Comes forth to whisper where the violets lie? Is it when roses in our path grow pale ? They have one season— all are outs to die! Thou ai t where billows foam—- Thou art where music melts upon the air: Thou art around us in our peaceful home ; And the world calls us forth— and thou art there. Thou art where friend meets friend, Beneath the shadow of the elm to rest: Thou art where foe meets foe, and trumpets rend The skies, and swords beat down the princely crest. Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north- wind's breath, And stars to set— but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, oh Death! ^ Literature, & etence, anE tsje £ rt0. THH MONTHLY MAGAZINE. February. London : C. Mitchell. We have only within the last week received the February number of this Magazine, which, now that it is fairly rid of the metaphysical mysticism of its late Editor, Mr. Heraud, and of the intensely selfish egotism in dramatic matters of his co- syncretists, bids fair to take rank amongst the ablest as well as the oldest of our periodical friends. The new Editor, Mr. Benson Hill, is well qualified for his arduous task. The number before us contains several papers of more than average merit. If the future numbers reach us regularly and in good time, we shall give more space to their consideration. THE ILLUSTRATED SHAKSPERE. Parts XXXI., XXXII., and XXX III. London : R. Tyas. These three numbers, which have just reached us, and which carry the work down to the number for January, contain the close of King Lear, the whole of Othello, and the commence- ment of Coriolanus. The work fully maintains the high character we have so often given it. The illustrations are gems of art, and the typographical work is superb; nor must we omit to award a due tribute of praise to the editorial care bestowed upon the work, in the selection and justification ( if we may so apply the term) of the text, and the addition of a few brief but judicious notes. The remarks introductory to each play are also useful. EVENING SONG OF THE NORMANDY FISHERMEN. [ The following beautiful lines are from BENTI. EY'S MISCELLANY for March. We intend to give a notice of the remaining contents of this very excellent number in our next.] Pray for us, star of the sea! Through the mist of the even we call on thee: Mother eternal! be thou our guide, And light with thy beaming the dark flowing tide. Pierce the dark clouds that o'ershadow the night, And steal o'er our souls with a thrill of delight. The winds murmur hoarsely, the waves rise in foam, Shine forth, star of beauty, and lead U3 to home! Pray for us, star of the sea! As alone on the waters we worship thee! Thou hast heard us, for lo ! in the bright'ning west, Adorable one ! thou art showing thy crest, A beacon of love to the weary and lone, A symbol of mercy when all hopefes gone. The winds murmur hoarsely, the waves rise in foam, Shine on, star of beauty, and lead us to home ! Pray for us, star of the sea! And for those whom we love, not watching thee, They offer their vows at the fisherman's shrine,* And bless thee that o'er us thou deignest to shine ! Fondly they wait us by Seine's lovely shore, With hearts that are throbbing to hail us once more. The winds murmur hoarsely, the waves rise in foam. Shine on, star of beauty, and lead us to home ! Pray for us, star of the sea ! Ave Maria ! we glorify thee! Soon, soon shall we rest from our toil on the deep, For dim in the distance is Heve's rugged steep ; Now Havre is seen, spreading forth ' neath the hill That o'erlooks it in majesty, fair Ingonville! The winds murmur hoarsely, the waves rise in foam, Shine ou, star of beauty, and lead us to home ! * On the heights of Honfleur, a picturesque town on the borders of the Seine, ( celebrated by Washington Irving in one of his most affecting'tales, " Annette Delarbe") is asmall chapelsituate amidst the most remote scenery. Before going on any perilous enterprise, the fisherman here places his votive offering, imploring the interces- sion of " Our Lady of Grace." We have received detached numbers of the PROTESTANT MAGAZINE, and the LONDON SATURDAY JOURNAL. We wish well to both publications, the latter of which appears much better edited, and is certainly much better illustrated than many other publications of its class; but it is inconsistent with our plans to notice periodical works which do not reach us regularly. ( g § T Fraser'^ Magazine in our next. THOMAS DIBDIN.— An incident of an interesting character, which may not be out of place here to record, presented itself at Mr. Murray's annual dinner sale, at the Albion Tavern, on the 4th ult.:— Whilst the collected edition of the late Charles Dibdin's " National Sea Songs" ( edited by Thomas Dibdin) was beinCT sold, a request was made to a gentleman present, whose generosity of feeling is only secondary to his musical talents, that he would favour the company with one of the melodies. After a short hesitation, he replied, knowing too well that the widow and family of the late Thomas Dibdin were literally in a most distressed state, that he would comply with the request, pro- vided every gentleman in the room would put down half- a- crown. it is almost needless to state that this call upon the best sympa- thies of our nature was instantly responded to, and a collection of nearly £ 10 was handed up, as a small token of respect for the memory of our National Lyrist. The company were then gratified by hearing one of his sweetest songs sung in a most masterly and feeling style. The subscription has since been presented to the widow, who most thankfully received the same. MAGNIFICENT VASE.— A letter from Rome, in the Augsburg Gazette, states that the Emperor of Russia has just sent to the Pope a magnificent vase of malachite ( green oxide of copper), sculptured at St. Petersburg!), and larger than the vase already placed in the Vatican. This splendid present, which is intended as an acknowledgment of the attention paid by his Holiness to the Hereditary Grand Duke while at Rome, is on a base of jaspar, and stands altogether Roman palms, or more than 5± English feet high. The vase lias been placed in the Vatican. FOUNTAIN OF FIKE.— A jet of natural gas rises through a small river about lj mile from Pont- y- pridd ( Newbridge), Glamorganshire. The brook has its source in the valley between the Llantrissant and Dinas Mountains, flows into the Ronda, and joins the Taff at Newbridge. In the centre of this river, or brook, is a continued rising, or strong bubble, of about eight or ten inches above the stream, as though the water was blown up by a current of air, or natural gas ( and exceedingly cold to the hand.) This, when ignited, produces a powerful flame, from four to five feet in height, with intense heat; and the smell is the same as burning sulphur. There are two jets in the field adjoining, and three on the other side the brook ; but they are not so strong as the one passing through the water. The effect by night is grand and beautiful; having the appear- ance of one mass of large, brilliant, blue flames. This singular phenomenon was accidentally discovered by one of the men at the adjoining mill, about two months since. ANCIENT MEDALS.— The year 1841 has been principally marked by various discoveries of deposits of medals, for the most part of Greek workmanship. The researches still going on at Pompeii have not been very fruitful in results of interest; but in the Amphitheatre of Puzzuoli, the clearing and examination of which has been ordered by the King himself, important dis- coveries are looked for. The labours at this point are pursued with great activity, and, judging by the portion already cleared, it is expected that this Amphitheatre, when completely restored to the light of day, will present one of the most perfect and extensive architectural monuments of Italy, and enrich the mu- seums of Naples with many valuable fragments of antiquity. IRISH COIN OF EDWARD IV.— Dr. Smith some short time since read to the Irish Academy, an account of an unpublished Irish coin of Edward IV. Some workmen, he observed, were employed in cleaning one of the city drains, and a few coins were found. Among them was one of no intrinsic value, and apparently of no interest whatever. It is made of brass, and was originally plated with silver, traces of which still remain. On one side it has a crown within a circle of pellets, outside which, in place of a legend, are crosses and roses alternately; on the other side it has the common type— a cross, with three pellets in each quarter: the legend is defaced. It weighs nearly five grains. This little coin bears no evidence in itself which would enable us to say to what king's reign it should be appropriated, or even to what country. But on referring to an Act passed in the second year of Edward IV., at a parliament held in Dublin, we find it enacted, " that a covrie of copper mixed with silver, be made within the Castle of Dublin, having on one side the print of a cross, and on the other part a crown, of which four shall be taken for a penny; and that the said coyne shall have graven within the circumference of the said cross, the name of the place where it was made; and on the other part suns and rotes in the circumference of the said crowne: It is to be regretted, that this little coin, the only one of the kind which has been found, is not in better preserva- tion ; but such as it is, it corresponds in every particular with the description in the Act; and, therefore, we do not hesitate to assert that it is one of the farthings of mixed metal ordered to be made in 1162. It may be objected, that this coin has crosses instead of suns round the crown, and it would be difficult indeed to give a more accurate symbol of the sun, in so many places, within so limited a space; but we should recollect, that similar crosses occur on some of the silver groats oi Edward IV., coined in Dublin in the beginning of his reign. On these groats, immediately over the crown, on the obverse, are placed three small crosses, which have usually been considered as privy marks. Now taking for granted, that these crosses on the groats were intended to represent suns, as they evidently were on the farthing, we suspect we can account for them, not only as privy marks, indicating that the coins on which they are found belong to Edward IV., but also assign a probable reason why three only should appear. The sun was first introduced by Edward IV. upon the coins, " in commemoration of an extra- ordinary appearance in the heavens, immediately before the battle o'f Mortimer's Cross, in Herefordshire, ( in 1461), where three suns were seen which shone for a time, and then were suddenly conjoined in one." It matters little whether the extraordinary phenomenon just alluded to be explained or not; it is sufficient for our [ urpose to know, that it gave rise to the introduction of the sun as a privy mark on the coins of Edward; and we may be permitted to hazard the conjecture, that tlie three crosses on his Irish groats, coined shortly after the battle of Mortimer's Cross, were intended to represent the three suns. THE WELL AT GRENELLE.— The freaks and eccentricities of the famous well of Grenelle— which has attracted so much of the attention of the scientific, as well as of the merely curious public, for so many months— seem destined to defeat all the combinations of science. The following remarks of Dr. Donne, on this hitherto abortive enterprise, and the singular and unap- preciable accidents which have disappointed the hope of so many years, at the moment when it seemed realised, afford a graphic picture of the natural puzzle, which the wise men of Paris are engaged in the vain attempt to solve.—" The question grows daily more and more complicated and entangled ; and the spirit of the engineers and geologists is in travail to discover the secret of the obstacles by which their efforts are met. One or two theories, per week, at the least, reach the Institute, and there are, at the present moment, not less than ten or a dozen ways of conceiving and accounting for the facts. We are thus abun- dantly provided with explanations, more or less satisfactory, lo amuse us till the time when the final result itself shall enable us to assign their respective value to all. What, in the mean time, is more clear, is that we have got here upon unknown ground— within an order of unexplored phenomena— and that it is difficult to foresee how we shall come out of them. It is the first time that man has penetrated to that sheet of subterranean water, which lies beneath the thick stratum of chalk that forms the bottom of the Paris basin ;— and, in spite of all the foresight and calculations of science, we know not whence that water comes— can learn nothing of the source which feeds that vast reservoir. That water, in its ascent, presents phenomena, un- known in their nature, but proportioned to the prodigious ascen- sional force which makes it gush, from a depth of fifteen hundred feet, above the upper surface of the earth. The tubes that are sought to be introduced to the bottom of the well, in search of clear water, beneath the black sands that thicken and disturb it, and which it flings incessantly, in prodigious quantities to the surface, are flattened, twisted, and broken. Whence come these efforts of pressure and distortion ? Bv tohat means are such effects to be remedied, and will a sufficient resistance be ob- tained from stronger and more solid tubes? These are the enquiries to be pursued— and the opening to science of this novel field of " investigation, is, up to the present time, the only positive result obtained from the execution of the Well of Grenelle. But, in order to explore this field with effect— to profit by this opportunity of acquiring new knowledge relating to the constitution of the terrestrial crust, at certain depths, and the currents of waters which move therein, we must begin by an attentive observation, and persevering pursuit of facts, before venturing upon interpretations. For this reason, we attach little value to the host of hypotheses, conceived in the closet. It is easy enough to hazard a multitude of conjectures, each more ingenious than the last, but none of them throwing any real light whatever on the question. Yet that question is one well worth a scientific man's devotion, and offers a vast and important subject of research to him who will enter upon it with the need- ful lights, and in the right spirit- It is nothing less ( amongst other suppositions more or less probable, more or less absurd, which might be raised) than to ascertain how far there really is danger, that a vast and deep slip may follow the working of the waters among these sands— or that some fine morning, we may see the waters of the Seine filtering away through some fissure, and disappearing in this immense gulph ! And, if it should finally appear that prudence enjoins the stopping of this rush of water— the closing of the Well of Grenelle— what will be the best means of arresting this column of water, capable as it is of surmounting powerful obstacles, and piercing its way to the sur- face, through the opposing strata, in the neighbourhood of the closed issue ? No such extremities, however, do we, for our own parts, anticipate; and we have faith in the resources of art, and the skill of the engineers who are occupied with this great work." HOW TO WRITE A PIANOFORTE " PIECE." ( From the Musical World.) In the present day, when music is making such rapid strides- that no house is considered quite furnished without a pianoy forte— no young la: ly quite fashionable who is not " passionatela fond" of practising upon it six hours a day— and no rnamm, quite maternal, who does not sit by her to see that she does it, — in this supernaturally musical age, I say, how charming it is to think that composers are not such a rarity as they used to be ; that every young man who " knows his chords," instead of sitting down ( as many were wont to do) impressed witli the idea that he has really no genius for composition, should at once devote his leisure hours to " writing," not a heavy sonata, a tedious concerto, or a fugue of the old school, but a good, modern, and very peculiar species of composition, called a " Piece." Here we have no longer any necessity for taxing the brain, as in olden times, for a subject— no poring over a slow movement, in order to make the rondo come freshly after it; not a bit of it; Pieces can be struck off as fast as the music- seller can pay for them, and their gifted author, after duly pocketing the money for the same, feels at once exalted to the dignity of a composer with very little trouble. This is as it should be; and at once shews, if any thing were wanting to shew it, the vast superiority of our own times over those gone by ; and the truth of that beautiful mercantile maxim, that the " supply always increases with the demand." Since, however, many young professors of the rising gene- ration, who have been foolishly wasting their time in poring over the fugue or concerto of the old masters, with the idea of modelling their writings upon them, may not be aware of the superior— or, what is better, the selling qualities— of that modern and elegant composition, called a " Piece," per- haps a few hints from a brother professor may not prove unacceptable. In the first place, then, a great deal depends upon the title. An union of the affected and the commonplace will have a good effect, such as " Echoes of the Horse Guards," " Horn- mage a Jullien," " Pearls from the Promenades," or any other pleasing title appropriate to the Piece you are about to write. Then open your pianoforte— tell the servant that you cannot be disturbed—" take three or four sheets of music paper— christen the production before it is produced— say, for instance, " Hours at the Adelphi," and commence at once the introduc- tion, " Adagio ma nou troppo," in D minor, supposing your " Piece" to be in F major. Two chords fortissimo, followed by a mysterious rumbling in the bass; two more chords, another rumbling, an elegant legato bit, and every body will think it is going to be an easy piece ; but it is not, though— oh, dear, no ! You are a thorough musician, and here comes a chord to show it; flats, sharps, naturals— off she goes in a whirlwind, discord upon discord. Here's work for the critics ! But you defy them; for, upon examination, it will prove to be quite correct, and you may inwardly chuckle at your safety. Now, then, work up; forte, double forte, pile up the F's to the grand climax, where you are at once brought to a stand- still by a long pause. Now for the cadence, light as a feather,— what are you doing? No chords here, as chromatic as possible; and one hand over the other as often as you please; young ladies like to cross hands, and their mamma likes to see them do it, too. Now get slow— slow— slower still, and end with another pause. The people will wonder what you are going to do. You have given little bits of airs in the introduction, but not enough for them to seize hold of. They are prepared for a scientific melody : not at all. The time changes, and off you go with " Nix my Dolly," as easily arranged as possible ; a little child might play it. You arc a great musician, but you are not at all conceited though, and can write sad play quite simply when occasion requires. Having given enough of the air, you must begiu to play a few tricks with it; adorn the " fake- away" part with a few fantastic notes; then branch out, and fairly set off at a hard gallop, dragging " Nix my Dolly" after you, through bush and briar, mud, cross- lanes, and other break- neck places pecu- liar to this species of hunt, until you are suddenly compelled to " pull up" by a large pause, stretched fairly across the road. Here you may rest a little, and the audience will begin t8 breathe, but do not allow that long, or they may begin to yawn. Another cadence, and off you go with " Jolly Nose," " allegro con spirito." Give out the air, and then begin to work up the subjects together ; a bit of " Nix my Dolly," and if you can possibly manage it, a bar or two of " Jolly Nose," with the left hand at the same time. Lay on the chords thickly, and never mind the reviewers; work up, forte again, diminuendo pianissimo, die away, mysterious minor—" Nix my Dolly," pathetically—" Jolly Nose" rather kept under, being a trifle too jolly for pathos. Be careful to keep this part rather short, ae the audience are very apt to feel uneasy when a minor commences, and even the music- seller eyes it with distrust. Now for a dominant seventh. Follow it up to the end of the instrument— that's right— off we go to the finale. " Allegro vivace," " Nix my Dolly," and " Jolly Nose," hand in hand. " Tartar drum" asks permission to join the company, and is received with open arms— the more the merrier— any thing for a climax. Now for your science. Pile up the discords, and don't forget the diminished sevenths. Run up and down the instrument, ( if you are paid by the page, you can occasionally change the scale to the left hand, which gives variety, SJQ,< J • enables you to go on longer,) work up the three airs together, press3-~ gxadually on to the climax, and end with a grand co4a, and as malty J?' s as are sanctioned by custom. Thus you have produced a pianoforte " Piece" in the true modern style, far superior to the old concerto or sonata, inas- much as it docs not take half the time to write, and will sell twice as fast— qualities indispensable in compositions of the pre& ent day. The ancient classical" style, as it is called, might do very well for those times when music was a luxury, and only one, perhaps, in a hundred, ever composed at all; but we have got beyond that now ; everybody plays, and, as. a matter of course, ( everybody who can write, ought to write— it is a duty they owe to society. Never mind what some old professors may say about the scarcity of true genius now- a- days. Follow my instructions : write a " Piece," and, depend upon it, that you will be thanked by the young ladies, paid well by the music- sellers, and take a rank, at once, amongst the composers of the rising generation. WORCESTERSHIRE SPECIAL SESSIONS. We last week reported the trials at these Sessions up to a short time previous to our going to press. We now proceed to give the remaining cases:— BEFORE DR. BEALE COOPER. James Stallard, 35, cordwainer, and John Smith, 31, labourer, were indicted for stealing three bushels of wheat and three pecks of peas, the property of John Griffith, on the 14th instant, at Great Witley. The prosecutor having at various times missed small quantities of grain, set a rural policeman to watch, who discovered Stallard coming from the premises with a bag, which however he dropped on discovering the police- man, bolting over a wall, and made his escape. From tne evi- dence adduced, there was no doubt of the connexion of the pri- soners with the taking; but as the prosecutor had refused to attend in Court against the prisoner Stallard ( who it appeared was his nephew), and actually changed his position by appear- ing for the defence, and stating that he had given his nephew leave to take away grain at any time, and should not have cared if he had taken the whole contents of his granary, Mr. Beadon, who conducted the prosecution, having joined the Court and audience in a loud laugh, was obliged to give up the case in despair, with a full conviction that " every man has a right to do what he likes with his own." The prisoners were of course discharged. George White, 25, labourer, was charged with having as- saulted and robbed John Crump, at Broughton Hackett, on the 13th instant; but as it appeared that tne affair originated in a drunken squabble, in which the prosecutor was the most culpable party, having been drunk, the prisoner was found not guilty, and Crump was ordered to pay expenses. John Redding, 28, labourer, was charged with stealing a candlestick, a snuffer tray, & c., from a beer- house at Malvern, kept by Noah Bough. The articles were seen in prisoner's pocket after he had left the house, but he maintained that they had been put there by some of the party, without his know- ledge ; he also called several witnesses to character.— Guilty: one month's imprisonment. BEFORE THE REV. J. FOLEY. Andrew Jones, 32, labourer, was charged with stealing one leather housing, the property of Mr. Joseph Drinkwater, at Cotheridge, on the 13th instant.— One month's imprisonment. Elizabeth Eraser, 16, spinster, was charged with stealing a pair of boots and a pocket, the property of Airs. Elizabeth Lewis, at Stanford, on the 22nd of December. The prisoner came to the house of the prosecutrix on the morning of that day for washing, and stole the articles from out of the kitchen ; she subsequently took the boots to a man named Biddle, shoe- maker, to have them mended.— Six weeks' imprisonment. James Andrews, labourer, was charged with stealing a quan- tity of timber, the property of the late Mr. James Chamberlain, at Welland, on the 29th of September last, The prisoner was seen hauling the timber from Welland Common, and placing it in a piece of ground in the occupation of a man named Drinkwater, with whom the prisoner resided. When ap- prehended by policeman Hinton, the prisoner acknowledged having hauled the timber, but said he did so from instructions by Thomas Drinkwater.— Six months' imprisonment, last week solitary. William Taylor, 21, labourer, pleaded guilty to the charge of assaulting Mr. John Hill, at Kidderminster. The prisoner had been engaged in a quarrel with Hill, which ended in blows, during which a knife was drawn by the prisoner, and a wound inflicted. The prosecutor strongly recommended the prisoner to the mercy of the Court— Twelve months' imprison- ment, the middle and last week solitary. Richard Ilill, 17, labourer, pleaded guilty to two indict- ments ; one for stealing a waistcoat, the property of Mr. John Bayliss, and the other for stealing a hacker, the property of Mr. John Philpotts, both of Leigh.— Seven days' imprison- ment for each offence.— The prisoner was further charged with stealing a drake and a duck, the property of Mr. John Roper, at Leigh, on the Kith instant— Ten years' transportation. Joseph Jeynes, 60, labourer, was then charged with obtaining money under false pretences of James Petley, the relieving- oflicer of the Tewkesbury Union. The grand- daughter of the prisoner had been in the habit of receiving relief to the amount of Is. in money, and two loaves, in consequence of ill health. On the 1st of November she died, and since that time the pri- soner has received the allowance as usual; but when questioned respecting the health of his granddaughter has always informed Mr. Petley that she was about, the same, until the 5th instant, when he inadvertently said she was dead, which induced Mr. Petley to examine the burial register, when he discovered that she had been dead ever since November.— Six months' impri- sonment. John Clarke, 30, labourer, pleaded guilty to a charge of ob- taining money under false pretences from Mr. John Nash, at Alvechurch, on the 15th of January last.— Fourteen days' imprisonment. Samuel Holloway, 57, labourer, was charged with stealing a quantity of potatoes, the property of Mr. John White, at Halesowen, on the 22nd instant— One month's imprisonment. Caroline Randle, 24, married, was charged with breaking open the house of Mr. Wm. Perry, at Areley Kings, on the 15th instant, and stealing therefrom the sum of £ 8, a frock, and various other articles.— Seven years' transportation. EXPLOSION OF A FIREWORKS FACTORY. LOSS OF FOUR LIVES. KFTSHEN.— This eminent personage, it is now beyond a doubt, has beeu doomed to he beheaded. The imperial will has been received—" I order that the already degraded from being a great Minister, Iveshen, according to the Great Council of his Imperial Kindred, be detained in prison until autumn ( 9th moon, October 15 to September 1' 2), when he is to be beheaded according to his sentence, Respect this,"—- Canton Register, October 12 One of the most appalling and fatally calamitous explosions that has occurred in or near the metropolis, took place on Mon- day, at Mr. D'Ernst's fireworks factory, Lambeth- butts, by which the premises have been destroyed, and four lives have been sacrificed. The following is an accurate statement of the facts:— At about 20 minutes to 12 o'clock, the inhabitants of Lambeth, Kenningtori, Vauxhall, and the surrounding neighbourhood, were alarmed by a loud report. This was rapidly followed by reports of less violence of sound, but sufficiently loud to create serious apprehensions. In a very few minutes, the nature of the calamity and its situation were made manifest by a dense body of smoke which ascended above the houses on the north side" of Lambeth- walk, behind which the factory had been erected some few years back by Mr. D'Ernst, when he was en- gaged as pyrotechnist at Vauxhail- girdens. It was a detached building, situate in a piece of waste ground, but for which cir- cumstance it is impossible to speculate on the havoc that must have ensued. A large body of police hastened to the scene, and expresses were sent off " to the various fire- engiue stations, at several of which the brigade men were already prepared for action by the loud reports which they had just heard. The assistance was prompt and ample, but such was the terror inspired by a report that there were some hundreds weight of gunpowder under ground, that the most resolute men of the fire brigade hesitated lo approach sufficiently near to the premises to render their efforts effective. An abundant supply of water was speedily obtained, and seven or eight large engines were brought lo bear on the building. In less than half an hour, the factory itself was reduced to complete ruin, and the dwelling- house, in front, a slight building, two stories high, shared the same fate soon after. The discharge of fireworks having created sufficient apertures, the firemen directed all their attention to the cellar- age, with the view of preventing the expected explosion of gun- powder, it having been ascertained, beyond all doubt, that there were on the premises at least six barrels of that combustible. By great exertion, they were enabled to throw in some thousand tons of water directly over the cellars, so that the ground was covered to the depth of two inches, and the rockets and frag.- inents of burning timber were quenched as they fell. The fire- men then proceeded to the interior, and deluged the smouldering wood that lay scattered about. Their next duty was to search among the ruins for the remains of whoever might have suffered. In a few minutes the charred body of a lad, about 17 or 18 years old, was dug out; the next was that of a man of muscular frame, supposed to be Wright, the foreman of the factory; the the next was that of a full- grown man, believed to be the uufor- tunate proprietor, Mr. D'Ernst; and a fourth, which was so horribly burned- as to present scarcely any traces of Uupianity, was the last victim found. The latter was pronounced to be a woman, and the sister- in- law of Mr. D'Ernst, who had charge of the premises. The lad was one of the apprentices. The remains of the unhappy female were placed in a shell, and the bodies of the male sufferers, having been secured on broad planks, were removed immediately from the spot, and deposited in the dead house of Lambeth Union workhouse, to await the coroner's inquest. It was supposed at first that both the male adults were work- men employed in the factory, but the identity of the body of the ill- fated proprietor was subsequently ascertained by very con- vincing evidence. Mr. D'Ernst, whose private residence is at Laurie- terrace, a new range of houses near Bethlem Hospital, was seen to enter the factory about a quarter of an hour before the explosion took place. He was i. ot observed to como out, nor could any tidings of him be obtained up to 2 o'clock. A messenger was sent to his residence to procure the attendance of some of his family, in consequence of which a female domestic came to the workhouse, and being shown the bodies, declared her inability to identify that of her master. All were destitute of appayel;" the features were either wholly destroyed, or- ren- dered undistinguishable. Adhering, however, to one of the bodies, was a fragment of a linen shirt of fine texture, and near the throat was discovered a fillet of flannel. Upon these being pointed out, the girl said at oijce, " Oh, God, that is my poor master!" Owing to his having lately suffered from sore throat, he had been in the habit of wearing a piece of gaunel under his shirt collar. The body of the other inau was not so fully identi- fied, but it is supposed to be that of the foreman. No dpijibt whatever exists as lo those of the lad and female. Tlie fire, which was not considerable, was wholly got under in less than an hour. It was stated that there was a very large stock of fireworks on the premises, which had been made up for exportation. THE IIOUNSLOW POWDER MILLS.— MORE EXPLOSIONS. We understand that Peter Thomas and William Colvin. the two survivors of the late dreadful explosion of a corning- mill on the premises of Messrs. C. B. & T. Curtis, k Harvey, gunpowder manufacturers, which occurred on the morning of Saturday, the 19th ult., arc still going on well, and fast advancing towards convalescence. Scarcely, however, has the excitement occasioncd throughout the neighbourhood of Hounslow by the melancholy occurrence begun to subside, before we have to announce two other explosions on the works of the same firm, which have, however, most providentially been unattended by fetal consequences. The first took place on the afternoon of Saturday last, about 20 minutes to three o'clock, in a powder- room near to the scenes of the previous explosion. The building in question is used a store for dry powder, but was at the time empty, it being supposed there was within it not a single pound of gunpowder. Two men, named John Irish, about 22 years of age, and William Fox, about the same age, both of them in the service of Messrs. Curtis and Co., were sent in to sweep it up, and while so engaged, from some cause at present unex- plained, except that they neglected first to damp the floor, the loose powder exploded, by the force of which the windows of the building were broken and the men injured, Irish being dreadfully burnt about the head and face, so as to be tem- porarily deprived of sight; and Fox, Who jumped through one of the windows into the mill stream, was burned about the hands and arms, & c. Both sufferers were promptly conveyed to their residences at Honnslow, and were immediately attended by Mr. Frogley, surgeon, of that town. Both are, we under- stand, doing well, and likely to recover. The second explosion took place on Monday morning, about half- past eight o'clock, when the inhabitants of the country around, for a radius of four or five miles, were alarmed by a loud report, which on inquiry was found to have occurred at other works belonging to the same firm, situate at Hatton, near Bedfont, about four miles from Hounslow, by which the roof of a green charged mill was, it is stated, blown off, but without any person being either killed or injured, INDIA AND CHINA. Intelligence from India, brought by t'nc India steamer, from Calcutta, January 11, arrived at Suez on the 11th of February, at eight a. m. All was quiet at Candahar to the 4th of December. The troops were strong, consisting of her Majesty's 40th, and the 2nd and 38th Native Infantry, and the Shah's 2d and 4th were sufficiently supplied to last till the spring. In Khelat- i- Ghilzee there were, one Schah's Regiment of European Artillery, and two 18- pounders, with provisions for nine months— a position no Affghan force could touch, Ghuznee, likewise, was well provisioned, and considered safe. The Belloochee tribes were quiet. Major General Pollock had received orders to proceed to Ferozpoor, and thence to Peshiwar, to assume the command of a force assembling at that point, to consist of 10,000 men, and the object to relieve the troops in Afghanistan. The Bengal Herald fears that the fate of our troops at Cabool is now almost certainly decided; for unless some special intervention of Providence relieves them from the dilemma in which they are placed, human aid is all unavailing. Accounts have been received from the city to the 8th of December, which represent the state of affairs there to be much worse than they were before ; provisions were becoming scarce, and the enemy more daring every day. They had closely invested the intrenched camp at Seca- Sung, arid, it is said, had made overtures of surrender to the Envoy, the con- ditions of which were, that he should deliver Schah Soojah over to the Affghans, and leave the country with our troops. God help our poor fellows, for they are indeed in a critical position ! Tho following, from the Calcutta Englishman of December 20, is of a more cheering nature :— " We have seen a letter from Jellalabad of the 26th Novem- ber. It mentions that they write in good spirits from Cabool ( November 18), although several are added to the list of deaths whose names have not appeared in any public print as yet. Captain Macrae, of her Majesty's 44th, Lieutenants Rose and Westmacott, 37th, are in the list now given. They have three months' supplies at Cabool, and feel confident of being able to hold out until troops arrive from India; but we fear that three months' supplies ( from the middle of November) would not suffice. At Jellalabad the cantonments and Sir W. Mac* naghton's house have been completely destroyed by the insur- gents. Nevertheless things wear a favourable aspect. All the troops, camp followers, and cattle were comfortable in the Bala Hissar, ( a wretched mud fort adjoining the town,) and in the town itself. The brigade had been hard at work at the defences, and there was no doubt existing of its being able to maintain its position until the enemy abandoned the blockade, or succour might arrive. Two sorties had been made, as already stated, with good effect; and for some days previous to the 26th the troops had not been molested. Azaf Khan and Gool Mahomed were still at Bala Bagh with 1000 followers, but were very quiet." CHINA.— In the Singapore Free Press, extra of Friday noon, the 25th of November, 1841, the following is insSrted " While our yesterday's number was in the act of being printed off, the Red Rover arrived from China, with papers to the 9th inst., containing intelligence confirmatory of the reports that had been in circulation regarding the operations of the expedition to the northward, ' l'inghae, the capital of Chusan, was attacked and taken on the 1st of October, with consider- able loss ou the Chinese side. On the 10th Chinhae, the sea- port of Ningpo, was carried, and on the 13th the city of Ningpo itself. At Amoy things have undergone a change. Symptoms of hostility are beginning to manifest themselves. Capt. Smith has written that he is in expectation of an attack upon his position. Sir H. Pottinger, it is cxpected, would winter at Amoy, and the Admiral was looked for at Hong Kong. No Chinese envoy up to the 25th had been sent to Sir H. Pottinger. At Canton hostile preparations were in pro- gress ; tho heights at Canton were fortifying, and forts rebuilding and being built." Since the report of the above intelligence, a volunteer corps, 800 strong, from the Bengal 3d Regiment of Native Infantry, a troop of horse artillery, additional sappers and miners, and a corps of 500 gun Lascars, from the Madras Presidency, have been ordered for service in China. The force is immediately to consist of 10,000 men, and to march on Pekin as soon as the outh- west monsoon sets in. PROPOSED ALTERATIONS IN THE BANKRUPT LAWS.— A biil it is asserted by those who are deemed good authorities on such matters, is about to be brought before the legislature on the subject of the Bankrupt Laws, which it will be remem- bered, were adverted to in the speech from the throne. At the close of the last sessions Lord Cottenham withdrew a bill which had been framed with the view of assimilating the two jurisdic- tions of bankruptcy and insolvency, with a premise that it should be again brought forward. It is, however, understood that a different measure will be introduced, omitting the Insolvent Debtors' Court, for the continuation of which, with a few improvements, Mr. Commissioner Law strenuously contended in a very able report, pullished by authority. The principal features in the proposed measure are said to be the appointment of official assignees in country districts, with other alterations in country fiats, as also the appointment of " inspectors" over all the official assignees to whom they are periodically to account for the receipt and expenditure of monies. It is also expected that an appeal will be given to a subdivision, and in certain cases to one of the Vice Chancellors. CRIMINAL INFORMATIONS AND THE PRESS.— If the press of England, discarding all trading jealousy and political antagonism, would only be true to itself, criminal- information mongers would soon be put down. Brazen as many such prosecutors arc, they could not withstand the unanimous voice of public reprobation which prosecutions of this nature ought lo provoke, and would be compelled to resort to those ordinary means of obtaining redress which our civil courts have invariably been found lo afford. Unhappily, the esprit de corps which combines and strengthens so many other bodies of persons ( and which would invest the Press with a power almost irresistible), has no existence among newspaper editors. They are accord • ingiy trampled on in detail, from time to time, with the most perfect impunity. They have the remedy in their own hands, and nothing short of a blindness which amounts almost to fatuity ought to prevent them from availing themselves of il— United Service Gazette. • THE PERIODICAL PRESS.— The Times lately wrought out a memorable triumph for the commercial interests 6f the couutry, and has this week, in like manner, beeu successful in vindicating the interests of the press. An action was brought against it in the unpronounceable name of a Pole, who, having been generous}} relieved by the late Mr. Barnes, and had his literary projects prodigiously benefited by notices in The Times since his death, had the hardihood lo prosecute the paper for £ 100, which he claimed as due to him for having beeu so humanely treated and so esseutially served ! In short, he demanded £ 100 for what many persons would have paid that sum to obtain. The jury justly scouted the attempt, and found a verdict for the defendant. But in a minor degree, and with less exorbitant evils, this is a common picture of what the periodical press is exposed to every day. Writers bore the editors into a reception of their productions, or something relating to them ; and then, what was solicited as a favour immediately comes to be estimated ( with some strange obliquity) as an immense obligation confeired. It is not easy to deal with these folks ; but the impudence of this lawsuit exceeds all that ever occurred within our experience ! — Literary Gazelle. ETON COLLEGE.— Lord Holland has just presented to Eton College a beautifully executed bust, by an Italian sculptor, copied from the original by Nollekins, of his illustrious relative, the late Charles James Fox, which,* for the present, has been placed " in the college library. It is a remarkably pleasing likeness of the great statesman, conveying, in a most striking manner, the peculiar kindliness and strength of thought which were so singularly combined in his expressive features. Lord Holland, by this spontaneous act of kindly remembrance towands the institution in which his Lordship and so many of his family were educated, has shown that he inherits the generous aud eularged feelings of the deceased statesman. It is to be hoped that so noble and liberal an example will be followed by other representatives and rela- tives of the f departed great" who first pursued their studies at Eton, NAVY ESTIMATES FOR 1842- 3.*- rThe navy estimates for the ensuing year present an increase of £ 125, Itil oyer last year's Parliamentary grant; of £ 891,902 over that for 1840; of £ 1,353,342 over " that of 1839; aud of £ 1,7( 31,802 above that for 1838— a tremendous increase without doubt; whether necessaay or not, is matter for statesmen. But unquestionably the navy, within the last four years, has wonderfully increased in effective force and efficiency. The dockyards are yearly improving in conveniences, and never were so well supplied as at present with stores, material, and artisans. Our steam defence is iu the highest order, aud sensibly increasing every day, aud our resources iu that arm of defence, through the applicability of merchant steamers, are almost inexhaustible. The number of men to be employed by this estimate is the same as last year, namely— 30,500 seamen, 2,000 boys, and 10,500 marines;} but evidently a supplementary vote is intended, as, early as Wednesday, orders were received to augment the crews of all classes of ships, and in such a propor- tion, that at least, in addition to the hundreds of boys entered at the close of last year, b, 500 more men will be required, calculating that our sailing craft carry 4,440 guns, and taking as examples that the Formidable, ot 84 guns, is to have 115 additional complement. We have always been advocates for an efficient crew, though we condemned the cry that our ships were so under- manned they could not fight au action. It was not for our cfljjcers to decry their own profession, and, in- efficient as oyr ships were said to be, we have latterly fully testified they ij. ro more efficient than . ever. The total amount of money required in this estimate is £ 6,739,318. Last year's estimate was £ 6,014,157. The complements of her Majesty's ships have been increased as follows i- r- First- ratesr^- Bi itauuia, from 820 to 1,000; Queen, from 725 to 950. Second- rates- r?- Iiodney. from 695 to 850; Powerful, from 645 to 750. Third- rates— Revenge, from 590 to 700; Edinburgh, from 540 to 620. Fourth- rates— Warspite, from 445 to 500; Iris, from 395 to 450. Fifth- rates— Blonde, from 305 to360; Belvidera, from 265 to 320. Sixth- rates— Spartan, from 210 to 210; North Star, from 160 to 200. Sloops— Pearl, from 130 to 150 ; ltover, 125 to 140; Scylla, 120 to 130. Guu brigs and schooners— Pantaloon, tiO to 70; Fair Rosamond, 55 to 60. The scale of the new complement has made the captains of the fore and maiu- top first class petty officers, also the purser's steward; the captain of the mizen- top a second class ditto, aud a rating of purser's steward's boy. Iu steamers, a new rating of leading stoker, as first class petty officer. The petty officers, such as quartermasters, boatswains' mates, gunners' mates, carpenters' mates, aud sailmaker, are increased, and more equalised in the different rates. We wish we could have seen our old friend the'eaptain of the afterguard made a first class petty officer.— Hampshire Telegraph. NAVIGATION To the inhabitants of a " sea- girt isle," like unto Great Britain, aud indeed to every other maritime nation, every instance of valour or skill evinced by those devoted to navigation, is justly and honourably esteemed. The deed of Grace Darling was one of heroism and benevo- leuce; and now we have the affair of the schooner " Whim," which has been navigated tour thousand miles by Captaiu Kerridgc and only one man, all the hands on board having died, with the exception of one other, who was incapacitated. No such other instance of naval skill and indefatigable exer- tion is known in the records of naval history; from their continued exposure to the atmosphere, they were in hourly dai. get^ of au attack of Rheumatism, which, had it occurred, their fate, aiul that of the ship and cargo, would have been sealed. To guar^ against such a calamity, we would recom- mend that all uafal persons should be provided with Blair's Gout aud Rheumatic Pills, which may be taken at any time without restraint of employment, WITTICISMS FROM " PUNCH." RAILWAY CALAMITY The body of the unfortunate man who received such hard treatment from the tender has not been found, An inquest will be held upon his legs, which were happily so jammed against the wall, as to be preserved entire! and they furnish sufficient " remains" for the purposo of the coroner. The unhappy legs have left a widow and a young family. JONATHANISMS. There is a man at Massachusets so straightened in his cir- cumstances that he is obliged to get his waistcoats made at a lunatic asylum. There is another who has lived so long in the State of O- hi- o, that he can't pay anybody. Jonathan Brigs, of New York, has a memory so long that ho is obliged to tie it in a knot to carry it about with him. OUR LAST ADVICES FROM NEW YORK. It rained so hard on Thursday last that the stones in the street were beaten into a jelly. Miss Briggs of the Broadway is so exceedingly modest, that she always wears spectacles to avoid looking at anything with her naked eye. GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. Policeman C., No. 36, to be Sergeant, vice Snooks, cut in two on the Croydon Railway. Postman Buffin, late Twopenny, to be General, by purchase vice Grab, transported. » K. of the London ar. d Birmingham Light Engineers, hitherto unattached, is to be in future attached to the heavy train, and will bring up the van, vice Figgins, blown to atoms. A MAGNANIMOUS KING A Brussels paper says that at Ostend the King of Prussia was charged £ 200 for his breakfast. It adds that the King " could not of course, stoop to bargain about the matter, and so submitted to the extortion.'" What a pity that the owner of the Hotel des Bains was ignorant of this magnanimous trait in the royal character, otherwise he might have charged double; for the more he had charged, the more it is evident his Majesty would have refused " to stoop !"' A NEW MANIA has bitten the iudustriously- idle ladies of England. To enable a large wager to be gained, they have been indefatigable in their endeavours to collect old penny stamps; in fact, they betray more anxiety to treasure up Queen's heads, than Ilarry the Eighth did to get rid of them. " My heatt is thine," as the cabbage said to the cook- maid. Why is a percussion- cap like death?— Because it is a debt- o'- natur* ( detonator.) " ALL HAIL !"— Some say there is nothing new under the sun, while others proclaim that there is no eud to mail's ingenuity; and really this seems to be the case in this scheming age. One would have supposed that there was hardly au opportunity to squeeze in another company; but instead of that being the case, among the bills now before Parliament a measure has just beeu presented " to incorpo- rate a company to insure farmers and gardeners against loss from the effects of hailstorms, under the title of ' The Farmers'and Gardeners' Hailstorm Insurance Company!'" [ To insure hailstorms, however, if the parties have the power, may be no great public benefit.] IRRITABLE TRAGEDIAN.—- The following anecdote is told of a certain irritable tragedian:— He was playing Macbeth, and rushed off to kill Duncan, when there was no blood for the Thane to steep his hands iu. The blood ! the blood!" ex- claimed he to the agitated property- man, who had forgotteu it; the actor, however, not to disappoint the audience, clenched his fist, and striking the property- man a violent blow upon the nose, coolly washed his hands in the stream of gore that burst from it, and re- entered with the usual words; " I have done the deed— didst thou not hear a noise ?" EXTENSIVE OMNIBUS ROBBERY.— On Saturday morning, as a gentleman was proceeding from the Bank in one of the Hammersmith omnibusses, he was robbed of a Russian leather pocket- book, containing a Bank of Eugland note for £ 500, No. 93,581 ; a Bank of England note for £ 200, No. 54,837 ; and a Bank of England note for £ 50, No. 92,575. It is announced in the Irish Ecclesiastical Journal, that it has been resolved, with the approbation of His Grace, the Lord Primate, and the sanction of the Provost and Senior Fellows of Trinity College, to i'ouud five Irish Scholarships in the University, in connexion with the Irish Collegiate School. They are designed for such students only as intend to become candidates for Holy Orders, in the Church in Ireland, aud are consequently only opeu to Members of the Church. One scholar will be elected every year. The value of each Scholar- ship will be, the first year, £ 24, iucreasing, year by year, up to £ 48. THE CONSECRATION OK THK BISHOP OF CHICHESTER.— On Sunday the newly- appointed Bishop of Chichester, Dr. Ashurst Turner Gilbert, late principal of Brasenose College, Oxford, was consecrated by the Venerable Archbishop of Canterbury, in the private chapel at Lambeth Palace. His Grace was assisted on the occasiou by the Bishops of Lincoln and Llandaff, and amongst the functionaries present were noticed the Right Hon. Dr. Nicholl, iu* liis capacity of Vicar- General, Dr. Haggard, the Surrogate, and Mr. Bowdler, the Proctor of the Archdeacon; Mr. F. H. Dyke, the Registrar of Peculiars; Mr. C. Hodgson, the Archbishop's Secietary ; aud Mr. Taylor, tlie Apparitor- General of the diocese. The service of the day was performed by his Grace's chaplains, the Rev. Dr. Mill ( who read the lessons) and the Rev. Mr. Harrison. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. E. Hawkins, the Provost of Oriel College, Oxford, and the dis- course was admirably calculated to enhance the effeet of the solemn ceremonial upou the minds and feelings of those who had the privilege and happiness to be present ELECTION PETITIONS.— The General Committee of Elec- tions, to whom the various election petitions presented to the House of Commons have beeu referred, have through their chairman, Lord G. C. Somerset, fixed the following ( lays for the appointment of select committees to try them :— On Mon- day, March 14, at 1 o'clock, Great Marlow, Weymouth, and Clitheroe; on Wednesday, March 16, at 2 o'clock, Lewes and Wigan • on Wednesday, April 6, at 2 o'clock, Longford, Sudbury, aud Bridport; on Monday, April 11, at 2 o'clock, Ipswich, Cardigan, and Wakefield ; on Wedn esday, April 13, at 2 o'clock, Wigton, Rochester, and Gloucester City ; on Monday, April 18, at 2 o'clock, Blackburn, Tipperary and Lichfield ; on Wednesday, April 20, at 2 o'clock, Southamp- ton, Newry, aud Newport; on Monday, April25, at 2 o'clock, Elgin Burghs, gewdley, and Reading; on Wednesday, April 27, at 2 o'clock, Penryn and Falmouth ; on Wednesday, April 27, at 2 o'clock, Thetford, and Nottingham • on Moll*- day, May 2, at 2 o'clock, Wareham, ( against Mr. J. S. W. S. E. Drax), Newcastle- under- Lyne, and Lyme Regis; on Wed- nesday, May 4, at 2 o'clock, Merthyr Tydvil, Harwich, and St. Ive's; ou Monday, May 9, at 2 o'clock, Rutland, New Windsor, and Flintshire ; on Wednesday, May 11, at2 o'clock, Cork County, Kerry, aud Louth; ou Wednesday, May 19, Kinsale, Downpatrick, and Shrewsbury; on Monday, May 23, at 2 o'clock, Stafford, Dudley, and Barnstaple; on Wednes- day, May 25, at 2 o'clock, Belfast, Waterford city, and Athlone; and on Monday, May 30, at 2 o'clock, Bridport, ( against Mr. A. D. R. W. B. Cochraue) and Sunderland. No day is yet fixed for the appointment of the committee to try the meiits of the petition agaiust the return of Mr. W. H. Gregory for the city of Dublin. HUMBUG PETITIONS.— Petitions and conventions, which are powerful when they are the spontaneous expressions of natioual feeling, are now got up as a matter oi' routine; they are as mechanical as the institutions they assail, but want their authority. Power has departed from them.— Spectator, Radical paper. SETTING A FACTORY ON FIUE.— On Friday last, two boys, named John Mills and William Hoyle, of the respective ages of 13 and 16, were committed for trial, on their own confes- sion, fur setting fire lo the cotton- mill of Mr. Haigh, of Broad- ley \ Vood, Spotland, near Rochdale. Two carding engines were found to be on fire on the evening of Monday, the 14th instant, but the flames were speedily extinguished. Subse- quently the mill was again found to be on fire, and suspicions were then cxcitpd that there were incendiaries in the esta- blishment. An inquiry » fis set oi) foot vvhjch terminated in tho above- mentioned result, FATAL ACCIDENT.— A fatal accident happened near the Raceground, Doutaster, on Saturday. Joseph Bell, wag- goner to Mr. Job, a farmer of Martin, had been at Doucaster market, with his master's team, and got so intoxicated as to be unfit to drive it home. A young man named John Duu- stan, a farm servant out of place, seeing his state, kiudly offered to take charge of the team for him. Dunstan und tlie waggoner having invited some persons to ride home, left Doncaster about four o'clock. On getting out of the streets, Bell jumped into the waggon, and left Dunstan holdiug the head of the shaft horse. Bell was then very tipsy, and en- deavoured to beat the horses with his hat, but was pulled down several limes by the women in the waggon. Dunstau was driving steadily on at the time; but Bell, seeing another waggon in advance, was determined to get before it, and accordingly shouted to the horses. The animals knew the voice of their usual driver, and immediately started off at full speed, and the waggons coming together, poor Dunstan was forced between the shaft of his waggon and the rails at the roadside, and crushed in a frightful manner, the wheels after- wards passing over his body. lie lingered iu great agony until about three o'clock on Monday morning, when he breathed his last. The unfortunate young man only com- pleted his 19th year on the day of the accident. An inquest . vas held pn the bo<] y, when tljp Jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against Bell," who was committed to York Castle to take Ins trial at the ensping assizes. The prisoner is a respectable looking man, He said he was tipsy at the time of the accident, and expressed great sorrow at what had occurred through his intemperance.— Doncaster Gazette. We beg to direct the attention of our readers to a cure for those plagues of life, corns and buuions, the PAPIER FAYARD ET BLAYN. It has been used in France with great success lor some years. We have heard of some wonderful cures per- formed by it. It is also very efficacious for burns, scalds, and cuts— accidents , constantly occurring in every family. It is, in fact, a household vade mpcum.—[ See advertisement.] ^ ovictilturai EntflUgcncc. HOPS. WORCESTER, MARCH 4.— Business somewhat revived in our market on Saturday, and several parcels of last year's growth were disposed of, but we cannot quote any improvement in prices. Little inquiry for old Hops. 114 pockets were weighed on Saturday, and 19 during the week. BOROUGH, FEB. 28.— A fair demand for best yearlings at late rates, and a better inquiry for other qualities ot the following prices:— East Kent, in pockets, £ 7. 5s. to £ 10; Ditto, in bags, £ 6. 15s. to £ 9. 5s.; Mid Kent, in pockets, £ 7 to £ 9 8s.; Ditto, in bags, £ 7. to £ 8. 5s.; Weald of Kent, in pockets, £ 6 to £ 7; Ditto, in bags, £ 5 10s. to £ 6. 6s. ; Sussex, in pockets, £ 5. to £ 6.; Farnhams, £ 12 to £ 14. 5s. FAIR IN THE ENSUING WEEK. Worcestershire Upton, Thurs. Warwickshire. — Allesley, Mori.; Southam, Mon. Herefordshire.— Leominster, Tues. Shropshire.— Albrighton, Mon.; Church- Stretton, Thurs.; Llanymynech, Sat.; Shrewsbury, Tues, and Wed.; Wenlock, Mon. ; Warne, Mon, aartcultarai anU otljev fUarftcto. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK- LANE, MONDAY, FEB. 28. Fresh up to this morning's market, a fair quantity of Wheat from Essex, chiefly out of condition , but from all other parts, the receipts were extremely scanty, and mostly unfit for millers, purposes. The stands were, on the whole, poorly filled with samples, while the demand for the finest white and red Wheat was tolerably steady, and last Monday's quotations were well supported, without any advance taking place in any instance. The middling and out of condition sorts were a mere drug, and for cash, a trifling abatement would have been submitted to by the factors, to effect clearances. At the close of business", some large quantities, in bulk, remained over for " Wednesday. A fair quantity of free Oats on sale, the demand for which was extremely dull, but no variation was noticed in the currencies quoted in our last report. So little was doing in bonded that the prices were almost nominal, and some anxiety- was manifested by the holders to realize. The arrivals within the last ten days, have comprised nearly 30,000 quarters; and in the outports, they have proved extensive. There was an extensive supply of Barley reported, for which the inquiry was exceedingly slow. The finest malting and grinding descrip- tions went off at late rates; but distilling sorts were fully Is. per quarter lower. The Malt trade was dull; nevertheless late rates were fairly supported, but without a clearance being effected. A good supply of Oats. A few transactions took place in Potatoes at full prices, but the weathered sorts might have been had a trifle cheaper. No foreign Oats, cither free or in bond, were brought forward. Good hard Beans were taken off steadily; other kinds heavily, at their quotations. In Peas a limited amount of business was doing, at unaltered rates. The nominal price of the best Town made Flour was 60s.; but the actual figures ranged from 55s. to 58s. per 280 lbs. In American little doing. CUKKENT PRICES OF GRAIN. Per qr- Per qr. Wheat, Essex, Kent, & Suffolk Red - - 52 to 65 White - - .00 Norfolk ScLincoln Red - 55 White, do. do. - - 58 Northumberland and Scotch Red - - 48 White, do. - - 60 Irish, Red, old - - — Ditto, new Ditto, White Rye, old Ditto, new Blank Barley, Grinding - Distilling Malting - 37 4 i 36 30 33 37 FLOUR Per 2801bs. net s. s. | Per 2801bg. net Town- made Floor ... 58 a 60 Norfolk and Stockton . Essex and Kent 48 a 50 | Irish - 3t> - 40 - 32 - 28 - 31 - 35 Malt, Brown - - 48 54 Pale - - 61 65 Ware - - - 67 70 Beaua, Ticks, old & neW 34 40 Harrow - - 41 44 Pigeon - - 47 48 P* as, Grey - 37 38 Maple - .32 35 White - - 35 37 Oats, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire feed - - 22 24 Poland - . 25 ;> 8 Scotch, new Angus - 20 . 26 Potntoe - - 25 28 Irish. White - - 16 26 Black - - 23 25 46 a 48 WEDNESDAY, MAB. 2. Very little business done, and prices remain the same as on Monday. The following are the arrivals since Saturday niqht English Irish. Foreign. V, heat 620 6600 Barley 575 Oats 1690 11100 Flour 180 Malt .. .. 230 PRICES OF CORN, AND DUTY. Wheat Barley Oats Rye Beans Feas Average Price. 60s. Od. 26s. 8d 28 5 19 10 19 8 16 9 37 1 12 « 32 5 19 9 33 It 18 3 Duty on Foreign LONDON WOOL MARKET, FEB. 28. A dull trade in British and Foreign Wools, but without any material alteration in prices. SMITHF1ELD CATTLE MARKET. FED. 28. A moderate supply of Beastsi'rom mostof the agricultural district" and they were, considering the bad state of the roads lor travellini;' and the epidemic now prevailing, in fair saleable conditlou The Beef trade was steady, at last « eek'a prices, and a clearance was made without difficulty. The supply of Sheep was less by 1 200 than this day week. rI he Mutton traue was brisk, and ail advance of 2d. per 8 lbs. was obtained on the best kinds. Store Stock was a mere drug. 1 here were about 150 Lambs offering, which sold heavily at from 6s. to 7s. per 8 lbs. A short supply of Calves and a fair inquiry at late rates. Pigs sold steadily at pievious pries. ritlCKS l'BR STONE 01.' 8LBS. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s d s d Inferior Beasts 3 6 3 8 Second quality ditto 3 10 4 0 Prime large Oxen.... 4 2 4 4 Prime Scots, & c 4 4 4 6 Large coarse Calves 5 0 5 6 Prime small ditto 5 8 6 0 Suckling Calves, each 34 0 44 0 Inferior Sheep Second quality ditto Coarse- woolted ditto Prime Southdown.. Large iiogs Small Porkers Quarter old Pigs .. » ( 1 3 10 4 2 4 6 4 10 4 6 4 10 5 0 5 2 16 0 23 0 s d 4 0 4 4 4 8 SUri'LY, AS l'EIt CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pi-, 2,835 I 19,540 I 60 | 419 WORCESTER, MAU. 4. The prices of last week were firmly supported for Wheat in our market on Saturday last. Malting and grinding Barley sold at from Is. to Is. 6d. per quarter cheaper. Little doing in Beans or Oats. A better demand for Peas. i d s d 8 2 8 6 0 0 0 0 7 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 Wheat, white, old Ditto, new Ditto, led, old ... Ditto, new _ _ _ _ Barley, old. Malting.. 0 0 0 0 Bariey, new 3 0 3 6 Malt 7 0 7 6 live 0 0 0 0 Oats, English, old. Ditto, ditto, new . Ditto, Foreign Beans, old Ditto, new Peas, feed Peas, boiling Vetches s d . « d 3 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 5 0 5 2 4 0 4 8 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 0 INSPECTOR'S WEEKLY RETURN OF CORN SOLD. Total quau. Av. perqr. ) Wheat 114tqr. 2 bu. Jt' 3 3 2 Rye Barley. 336 o 16 2 Beans Oats. . 0 0 0 0 0 1 Peas Total quail. Av. ( n- i <( r. 0 qr. 0 bu. i. 0 0 0 51 1 1 15 51 0 0 0 0 0 Wheat perbus. Barley, malting Barley, grinding Beans HEREFORD, FEB. 26. d s d 7 6 to 7 9 3 4 3 9 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 Peas .. Oats Ditto, ( old) s d s d 4 0 to 0 0 2 9 3 3 0 0 0 0 GLOUCESTER, FEB. 26. s d 8 0 8 0 Wheat per bushel, Englimh red -. 76 White .... 7 6 Irish Red - - - 0 0 Dantzic - -- .00 00 Russian hard - - 0 0 0 Q Soft ..... 00 00 s d s d Baltic Red -. 00 Oats, Irish white, perquaiter - - 20 0 Black ---- 00 0 0 I Barley, grinding - 21 0 " " Malting - 26 0 Beans, English old 4 9 New ditto . „ 3 10 s d 0 0 22* 0 0 O 25 0 3o y 5 U 4 0 Wheat Ditto new .. Barley, Malting SHREWSBURY, FEB. 26. s d s d 7 0 8 9 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 Oats .. Oats, New s d s d .. 2 0 to 3 6 .. 0 0 0 0 LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, FEB. 29. The market to* day being tolerably well attended by town and couutry millers, the demand for Wheat was somewhat improved, and holders, generally showing a disposition to sell, submitted lo an abatement irom the rates of this day weeK of Id. for the best qualities of English, Irish, arid foreign, and 3d. per 70 lbs. for other descrip- tions, at which a moderately fair extent of business was transacted. Home- uiade and Irish Flour was held at late prices, but moved off slowly, States brands merely sustaining the decline of Friday. Bonded Wheat and jtlour continue to remain unnoticed. Barley, Malt, Beans, and I'ease, upon a very dull sale, still exhihited a tendency to recede in value, the terms previously noted being scarcely attainable. Oats, attended by a very limited sale, were Id! per 45 lbs. cheaper than on this day se'nnight; and Oatmeal being offered freely at 24s. to 25s., reduced quotations 2s. per 240lbs. below those of that date. finoolUent aiUJ iSanUmpt iicgiotcr. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 5, 184 2. PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED. Messrs. Philips, Stow- on- the- Wold and Moreton- in- MaTs^, Gloucestershire, plumbers. INSOLVENTS. - Feb. 23.— John Lockley, Bilston, Staffordshire, plumber. Feb. 24.— William Barnes, Shiuclifl'e, Durham, tire- briek- manu. facturer. Feb. 25.— Frederick Pratt, Saredon Mill, Staffordshire, miller. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Thomas Scudaipore, Birmingham, chemist. Joseph Smith Needham, UHesthorpe, Leicestershire, banker. BANKRUPTS. llenry Gouger, Great Winchester- street, merchant, to surrender April 8. • John Dover, Three Cranes Wharf, merchant, Marcll 8. Thomas Ilurrell, Clay- street, Walthamstow, Essex, cattle- dcaler, April 8. Richard Lamprell, Sherborne- lane, builder, March 12. John David, L^ ugharn » , Carmarthenshire, maltster, March 23. Vere and John Ilare, Taunton, house- agents, March 11. Joseph Dakcyne, Edinburgh, lace- dealer, March 8. Joseph Bate, Dudley, Worcestershire, iron merchant, March 9. John Ilolroyd, Wheatley, Yorkshire, cotton warp- maker, Mar. 10. George Dodson, Boston, Lincolnshire, wool- dealer, March 5. DIVIDEND. March 21, G. Last, Birmingham, merchant. CERTIFICATES. T. Pott, Birmingham, metallic tube- maker. D. B. Smith and J. W. Smith, Alton, Staffordshire, paper- manu- facturers. TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1 8 4 2. PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED. R. Sanders and Son, Warwick, timber- merchants. INSOLVENTS. Feb. 28.— John Alfred Wood, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, cliymisft Joseph Barlow, Lichfield, ironmonger. Henry Robert Marcus, Liverpool, tobaccqnist. BANKRUPTS. William Thompsqn, Frince's- street, Spitalfiejds, hatrmanuftcturer, to surrender March 10. Edwurd Green, Clifford- street, Bond- street, tailor, March 11. Edw m'ti Bailey, ] NIouut- 8tre6t, Cirosveuor- stjucii' 6, upholsterer March U. 11 George l'oulton Timbrel, Philip- lane, Addle- street, and Stourpoi t Worcestershire, worsted- spinner, March 9. William Rupert Pi^ gott, Goldsmith- street, Wood- street, carpet- wavehouseman, March 8. John Hutton, Fenchurch- st. reet, and Myddleton- square, Clerken- well, merchant, March II. John Crigliton, sen., Manchester, machine- maker, March 16. Thomas Mason, Harford, Devonshire, miller, March 12. John Brown, Sheffield, merchant, March 19. Spencer Rogers, Dale- hall, near Burslem, Staffordshire, earthen- ware- manufacturer, March 16. Printed and Published for the Proprietor, at the Office, A'o. 5, Avenue, Cross, in the Parish of Saint Nicholas, m the Borough of Worcester, by FRANCIS PAKSONS ENGLAND, Printer, residing at No. 19, Moor- Street, Tything of Whistones, in the Borough of Worcester. Saturday, March 5, 1842. Advertisements and Orders received by the following Agents : LONDON :— Mr. Barker, 33, Fleet- street; Messrs. Newton ac Co., 5, Warwick Square; Mr. G. 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