ittit WOHCESTERSHlia G U \ Rl) t A N Y^ mtmF* 1 H3 JWSMHJJ THE ALTAR, THRONE, AND LAND WE LIVE IN. " O. 608. RCESTER, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1846. PRICE 5d. WEBB'S AFRICAN POMATUM, FOR RINGWORM & c. rilHIS simple but effectual remedy lins raised itself JL into an extensive sale, solely by its extraordinary powers of rapidly destroying the Impetigo or Ringworm, which appears on the head and other parts of the body/ It is perfectly safe in its use, and has constantly cured where all Medical means have failed. This Pomatum has also been found most efficacious in the cure of Scald Head, Shingles, and in removing Warts, Pimples, and other diseases caused from worms, or insects in the human skin ; it will also extirpate those disfigure- ments to the face called Grubs or Black Worms. Sold in Pots, 2s. 9d. each. And HARRISON'S PILE LOZENGES, ( an internal applica- tion). This cheap and easy Remedy has had the sanction of so many years' experience, that it is needless to enlarge on its superior efficacy. It may be proper, however, to mention, that it is perfectly harmless to the most tender constitution; and pregnant women may take it with the utmost safety, as it has never yet been known to fail of success. Sold at 2s. 6d. per Packet. Also THOMAS'S UNGUENTUM, or Ointment for the Piles. ( An external application.) May be used where the Piles are more external; it has been long used with unvarying success, and never fails in allaying all inflammation and pain, quickly dispersing the Hoemorroids. Sold in Pots at 13^ d. Wholesale agent, Mr. J. SANGER, 150, Oxford Street, and may be procured of Mrs. Deighton, High Street, Worcester, and all respectable Medicine Vendeis throughout the country. EXTRAORDINARY CURES BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT. A Wonderful Cure of dreadful Ulcerous Sores in the Face and Ley, in Prince Edward Island. The Truth of this Statement was duly attested before a Magistrate. IHUGH MACDONAT. D, of Lot 55, in King's County, do • hereby declare that a most wonderful preservation of my life has been effected by the use of Holloway's Pills and Oint- ment ; and I furthermore declare that I was very much afflicted with Ulcerous Sores in my Face and Leg; so severe was my complaint, that thfe greater part of my nose and the roof of my mouth was eaten away, and my leg had three large ulcers on it, and that I applied to several medical gentlemen, who prescribed for me, but I found no relief. My strength was rapidly failing every day, and the malady on the increase; when I was induced to try Holloway's Medicines. After taking two or three boxes, I experienced so much relief, and found the progress of the disease was so much arrested, that I was enabled to resume my ordinary labours in the field. The sores which were so disagreeable and repulsive to behold are now nearly all healed. Having received such truly bcneficial aid, I feel myself bound to express my gratitude to the person by whose means I have thus been restored from the pitiable and misesable state I was in; and for the sake of humanity make known my case, that others similary situated might be relieved. ( Signed) HUGH MACDONALD. This declaration made before me, at Bay Fortune, the 3rd day of September, 1845. JOSEPH COFFIN, Justice of the Peace. The above case of Hugh Macdonald, of Lot 55, came person- ally under my observation; and when he first applied to me to get some of the medicines I thought his case utterly hopeless, and told him that his malady had got such hold that it was only throwing his money away to use them. He however persisted in trying them, and to my astonishment, I find what fe has aforesaid stated to be perfectly correct, and consider the case to be a most wonderful cure. ( Signed) WILLIAM UNDE11HAY, Bay Fortune. A Cure of Ringworm of Four Years Standing. Copy of a Letter from Mrs. Grace Moro, 6, Hemlock Court, Carey Street, London, 6th November, 1845. To Professor HOLLOWAY. SIR,— About four years ago my little girl caught the Ring- worm, and although I have ever since had advice from many doctors, and tried every means to get rid of it, yet I was unable to do so. About three weeks ago I was induced to try some of your Pills and Ointment, and I am most happy to say the result has been a. perfect cure• ( Signed) GRACE MORO. *„* Skin Diseases, peculiar to any part of. the Globe, may be effectually Cured by the use of these celebrated Medicines. Cure of a Desperate Case of Erysipelas. Copy of a Letter from Mr. Joseph Gildon, jun., a Farmer, East Kent, near Spilsby, Lincolnshire, 8th April, 1840. To Professor HOLLOWAY. SIR, I have the gratification to announce to you a most wonderful cure wrought upon myself, by the use of your Oint- ment and Pills. I had a severe attack of E ysipelas in niv right foot, which extended along my ankle, and was attended with swelling and inflammation to an alarming degree, insomuch that I was unable to move without the use of crutches. I con- sulted a very eminent Physician, besides other medical men, hut. to no purpose. At last I tried your Ointment and Pills, when, strange to say, in less than two weeks the swelling and inflammation gradually subsided to such a degree that 1 was enabled to pursue my daily avocation, to the utter surprise and amazement of those who were acquainted with my case, seeing that I was cured so quickly. I and my family are well known here, as my father holds his farm under the Rev. J. Spence, Rector of our parish. ( Signed) JOSEPH GILDON. The Testimony of Dr. Bright, of Ely Place, llolborn, as to the Extraordinary Power of Holloway1 s Ointment in the Cure of Ulccrated Sores. Extract of a Letter from the above celebrated Physician. To Professor HOLLOWAY. SIR, 1 think it but an act of justice to inform you that I have tried your Ointment in several old cases of Ulcerated Sore Legs, which for a considerable time had resisted every kind of treatment, but which were afterwards effectually cured by its use. In the treatment of Bad Breasts I have also found your Ointment of the greatest service. Indeed, from my practical knowledge, I conceive it to be a most invaluable remedy. ( Signed) RICHARD BRIGHT, M. D. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT will Cure any cases of Bad Le » s, Ulcerous Sores, Bad Breasts, Sore Nipples, Cancers, Tumours, Swellings, Contracted or Stiff Joints, Gout, Rheu- matism, Lumbago, Burns, Scalds, Chilblains, Chapped Hands and Lips, Bunions, Soft Corns, Piles, the bite of Moschettoes, Sand Flies, Chiego Foot, Yaws, Coco Bay, and all Skin Diseases common to Europe, or to the East and West Indies, or other tropical climes. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS should be taken in most instances when using the Ointment, in order to purify the blood and invigorate the system. Sold at the establishment of Professor HOLLOWAY, 244, Strand, near Temple Bar, London, and by most all respectable Druggists and Dealers in Medicines throughout the civilized world, at the following prices in Pots :— Is. l. jd., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., lis., 22s., and 33s. each. There is a very considerable saving in taking the large sizes. N. B. Directions for the guidance of Patients in every Disorder are affixed to each Pot. CURTIS ON MENTAL AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. Just published, A MEDICAL WORK, in a sealed Envelope, at 3s., and sent, post paid, for 3s. Cd. MANHOOD; the Causes of its Premature Decline, with plain direc- tions for its perfect restoration, addressed to those suffering from nervous debility or mental irritation, followed by observa- tions on MARRIAGE, NERVOUSNESS, and the treatment of Diseases of the generative system, illustrated with cases, & c. By J. L. CURTIS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, 7, FRITH STREET, SOHO SUUARE, London. TWENTY- SIXTH THOUSAND. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their Residence; also sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster- row ; Burgess, Medical Bookseller, 28, Coventry. street, Haymarket; Hannay, 63, Oxford- street; Mann, 39, Cornhill, London; Guest, 51, Bull- street, Birmingham ; Hobson, 5, Market- street, Leeds; Allen, Long- row, Nottingham ; T. Sowler, 4, St. Anne's- square, Man- chester; G. Phillip, South Castle- street, Liverpool; Cooke, Chronicle Office, OXFORD ; Smith, Rose Crescent, and at the Gfficeof the Independent Press, CAMBRIDGE; Clancy, f>, Bedford- row, Dublin ; Henderson, Castle- place, Belfast; W. and H. Robinson, Booksellers, Greenside- street, Edinburgh; Love, 5, Nelson- street, Glasgow; and sold in A SEALED ENVELOPE, by all Booksellers. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. MANHOOD. By J. L. CURTIS and Co. ( Strange.)— In this age of pretension, when the privileges of the true are constantly usurped by the false and the ignorant, it is difficult to afford the sufferer from nervous debility, the unerring means of judg- ment where to seek relief. The authors of this work have obviated the difficulty. Their long experience and reputation in the treatment of these painful diseases is the patent's guarantee, and well deserves for the work its immense circulation.— Era. 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.— Sun, evening paper. To the married, as well as the unmarried, this little work affords consolation and cure in peculiar cases, and we are doing a service to society in recommending it to general notice.— Essex and Herts Mercury. CURTIS ON MANHOOD. ( Strange.)— A perusal of this work will easily distinguish its talented authors from the host of medical writers whose pretensions to cure all diseases are daily so indecently thrust before the public. Having for many years been the standard work on these diseases, its originality is apparent, and its perusal breathes consolation and hope to the mind of the patient.— Naval and Military Gazette. CURTIS ON MANHOOD should be in the hands of youth and old age. It is a medical publication, ably written, and developes the treatment of a class of painful maladies which has too long been the prey of the illiterate and designing.— United Service Gazette. 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 oases. The communication must be accom- panied by the usual consultation fee of £ 1, and in all cases the most inviolable secrecy may be relied on. CAUTION. In consequence of the numerous complaints made to the Authors by Patients who have been induced to purchase spu- rious copies of this work, advertised by illiterate pretenders, under titles imitating as closely as possible the word " MAN- HOOD," PATIENTS are informed they can have this work forwarded them, by initial or otherwise, to any address, DIRECT from the Author's Residence, on remitting 3s. Os. in postage stamps. They are also particularly requested to notice in the Preface, pages 5 and 6, the official declarations made before the Lord Mayor of London, on the Oth of April, 1844, proving the number printed, bound, and sold since May, 1840, which will prevent disappointment, and secure the original, THE STANDARD OF COGNAC. nnHE BEST COGNAC BRANDY is the produce I. of a tract of land in France, well known as THE CHAMPAGNE DISTRICT. To meet a demand greatly disproportionate to the supply afforded by so limited an area, the Foreign Traders in the article were notoriously in the habit of adulterating it with other Brandies, of an inferior quality ; and they thereby induced a great number of the Proprietors of the best Vineyards in that district, to establish a Company, in the year 1838, under the name of THE UNITED VINEYARD PROPRIETORS'COMPANY, for the purpose of counteracting the baneful effects of such fraudulent practices upon the character of the Cognac Brandy, and of enabling the Public to obtain through them the genuine article. The reputation which the Company now enjoys, in the Market, is the strongest proof of the fidelity with they have hitherto effectuated the purposes for which they were formed. This Company has engaged to supply Messrs. BETTS & Co. as appears by the following letter :— " Cognac, 14th March, 1840. " Messrs. Betts and Co., London. " Gentlemen,— We have very great pleasure in confiding to your care the sale of our BEST BRANDY, produced from the Champagne district, in order that vou may be enabled, by the use of your METALLIC CAPSULE, to guarantee the GENUINE ARTICLE to the Public, at a fair remunerating price, and that we may derive a benefit from the extension of our trade through the high respectability and established repu- tation of your House. " We are, Gentlemen, " Your obedient Servants, " For the United Vineyard Proprietors' Company, GEO. SALIGNAC, Manager." And Messrs. BETTS & CO., under the title of LA SOCIETE VIGNICOLE CHAMPENOISE, beg to inform those consumers who wish for THE BEST COGNAC BRANDY, which they designate " THE STANDARD OF COGNAC," that the same can be purchased throughout the King- dom, in Bottles, at the price of 4s. ( id. per Bottle for the Coloured, and 5s. per Bottle for the Pale; each Bottle being secured by the Patent Metallic Capsule, which Messrs. BETTS & Co. have the sole right BETTS £ ( S FRERES T^ L of making, and which, when bearing the 90, ST. JOHN annexed impression, is a self- evident and certain safeguard against the possibility of adulteration; and proof that it was affixed to the Bottle at their Stores, No. STREET, LONDON. AN Additional and Important Evidence of the Salutary Effects of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, from Mr. Samuel Dixon, of Kingscliffe, Northamptonshire. " Kingscliffe, Northamptonshire, March 14, 4840. " To Mr. Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London. " Sir,— I feel it a duty which I owe to yourself and the public to inform you of the great benefit which I have derived by taking Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills. During several years I was frequently laid up by attacks of gout, being unable to attend to business for months at a time. I had often been advised to try Blair's Pills, but it was not until a friend pressed them upon me that I was induced to take them, and from which I found speedy relief. This is several years ago, but I continue to take them whenever an attack comes on, and am thereby enabled quickly to resume my business. " I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, " SAMUEL DIXON. The above testimonial exhibits the never- failing effects of this valuable medicine, which affords to the afflicted with gout, rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, and all analogous complaints, speedy and certain relief. Among the many discoveries that characterise the present age, none have contributed so much to the comfort and ease of the community, nor conferred such a boon upon suffering humanity, as the important discovery of BLAIR'S GOUl' AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, the efficacy of which has been tested by the approval and recommendation of many of the greatest men of our day. They are effective for Gout and Rheumatism, in all its various forms, including sciatica, lum- bago, pains in the head and face, frequently treated as tooth- ache, & c. They require neither confinement nor attention of any kind, and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach, brain, or other vital part. 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, and Lake, Bridgnorth; Kendall, Strat- ford ; 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 ea . h Box of the Genuine Medicine. THE WELSH BISHOPRIOKS. Messrs. R. & L. Perry & Co. may be consulted at 19, BER- NERS STREET, OXFORD STREET, LONDON, daily, 100, DUKE STREET, LIVERPOOL, evcrv Thursday, Friday, and Saturday ; and at No. 10, ST. JOHN STREET, DEANSGATE, MANCHESTER, on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. " THE SILENT FRIEND," ON HUMAN FRAILTY. Price 2s. Ed., and sent free to any part of the United Kingdom, in a Sealed Envelope, from either of the above Establishments, oil receipt of 3s. tid. in Postage Stamps or Post Office Order. AMEDICAL WORK on the INFIRMITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM, in both sexes; being an Enquiry into the concealed cause that destroys physical energy- ond 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 REPRO- DUCTIVE POWERS; WITH MEANS OF RESTORATION ; the dis- tinctive effects of Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Strictures, and Secondary Symptoms are explained in a familiar manner; the Work is EMBELLISHED WITH TEN FINE COLOURED ENGRAV- INGS, on Steel, representing the deleterious influence of Mercury oil the skin, by eruptions on the head, face, and body ; with Appaovnb MODE OF CL'HE for both sexes ; followed by Observations on the Obligations of MARRIAGE, and healthy perpetuity ; with direc- tions" for the removal of certain Disqualifications; the whole pointed out to suffering humanity as a " SILENT FRIEND," to be consulted without exposure, and with assured confidence of success BY It.' & L. PERRY & CO., CONSULTING SURGEONS, Published by the Authors, and sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster Row ; Hannay & Co., 63, Oxford- street; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall- street, London ; Newton, 10 and 19, Chuich- street, Raw! Church- street! Liverpool: Ingram, Market- street, Manchester; D. Camp- bell, 136, Argylc- street, Glasgow ; It. Lindsay, 11, Elms row, Edinburgh ; f'owell, 10, Westmoreland- street. Dublin ; Deighton, Worcester; Pennell, Kidderminster; Bromley, Kidderminster; and by all Booksellers and Patent Medicine Venders in town and country. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " The perspicuous style in which this book is written, and the valuable hints it conveys to those who are apprehensive of enter- tlie marriage state, cannot fail to recommend to it a careful perusal."— Era. " This work should be read by all who value health and wish to enjoy life, for the truisms therein contained defy all doubt."— Farmers' Journal. 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 complaints 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 nowers of their system, and fallen into a state of chronic 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 of life. The consequences arisin"- from this danarerous practice are not confined to its pure physical result, but " branch to moral ones; leading the excited deviating mind into a fertile field of seductive error— into a o- radual " and total degradation of manhood— into a pernicious application of those inherent rights which nature wisely instituted ior the preservation of her species; bringing on premature decrepitude, and all the habitudes of old age. Constitutional weakness, sexual debility, obstinate gleets, excesses, irregularity, obstructions of certain evacuations total impotency and barrenness, are effectually removed by this invaluable medicine. Sold in Bottles, price lis. each, or the quantity of four in one Family Bottle for 33s., by which one lis. bottle is saved. THE CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, AN ANTI- SVPHILITIC REMEDY for searching out and purifying the diseased humours of the blood ; conveying its active principles throughout, the body, even penetrating the minutest vessels, removing all corruptions and contaminations, and impurities from tho vital stream,— eradicating the morbid virus ; and radically expelling it through the skin." Price lis. or four bottles in one for 33s , by which lis. is saved, also in £ 5 cases, which saves £ 1. 12s. VENEREAL CONTAMINATION, if not at first eradicated, will often remain secretly lurking in the system for years, and, although for a while undiscovered, at length break out upon the unhappy indi- vidual in its most dreadful forms; or else, unseen, internally endanger the very vital organs of existence. To those suffering from the consequences which this disease may have left behind in the form of SECONDARY SYMPTOMS, eruptions of the skin, blotches on the head and face, ulcerations and enlargement of the throat tonsils, and threatened destruction of the nose, palate, & c., nodes oil the shin bones, or any of those painful affections arising from the dangerous effects of the indiscriminate use of mercury, or the evils of an imperfect cure, the CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE will be found to be attended with the most astonishing effects in checking the ravages of the disorder, removing all scorbutic com- plaints, and effectually re- establishing the health of the constitu- tion. To persons entering upon the responsibilities of matrimony, and who ever had the misfortune during their more youthful days to be affected with any form of these diseases, a previous course of this medicine is highly essential and oi the greatest importance, as more serious affections are visited upon ail innocent wife and offspring, from a want of these simple precautions, than perhaps half the world is aware of ; for, it must bo remembered, where the fountain is polluted, the streams that How from it cannot be pure. May be had of all Booksellers and Patent Medicine Venders in Town and Country, aiid of whom may be had the " SILENT FRIEND." Patients are requested to be as minute as possible in the detail of their cases; Messrs. PERRY expect, when consulted by letter, the usual Fee of One Pound, to be addressed to the London Establishment, where all communications and orders are requested to be forwarded. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, Price 2s. 9rf., 4s. ( id, and Us. per Box. The most certain and effectual cure ever discovered for every stage and symptom of the Venereal Disease, in both sexes, includ- ing Gonorrhoea, Gleets, Secondary Symptoms, and Strictures. Messrs. R. & L. Perry & Co., Surgeons, may lie consulted as usual at No. 19, Bemers- street, Oxford- street, LONDON, daily, and one of the above firn at 106, Duke street. Liverpool; every Thursday, Fri lay, and Saturday, and at 10, St. John- street, Deans gate, Manchester, on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, puiic tually 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, and Patent Medicine Venders can be supplied with Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, and Cordial Balm of Svriacum. with the usual allowance to the Trade, by most of the" principal Wholesale Patent Medicine houses in Loudon. Agent lor Worcester A. DEIGHTON, Journal Office Kidderminster... THOS. PENNELL, Bookseller, Wbere iu » y | je had tJUie " SiLIiNT FRIEW> To the Editor of the Worcestershire Guardian. SIR,— The Welshmen will think it a great thing for them that a Diocese of theirs has been saved from destruction by the perse- vering exertions of the Earl of Powis. The victory already gained by the Earl of Powis is an earnest of the ultimate success that is to crown his disinterested efforts in behalf of the Bishoprick of Bangor. Unless the opinions of certain members of the Upper House had recently undergone a change with respect to the utility and desirableness of certain fundamental alterations proposed by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in our Ecclesiasti- cal system, it is not sure that even such a man as the Earl of Powis could successfully have resisted the inroads thus made into Wales by the English. Men should never be ashamed of changing their sentiments, as soon as it becomes quite clear that the ideas they have hitherto entertained on any particular subject are erroneous. What would this world be without change ? A dreary and desolate region. Change may be said to be the order of nature. All things in life, animal and vege- table, participate in a variety of condition, according to circum- stances. There are four different seasons in the year, as we well know, characterised by a peculiarity of weather and tem- perature of the human body. How agreeable is it to our feelings to experience the genial influence of the solar system when for a time our hands and feet have been almost seized by the rigidity of winter. But it is observable that the very changes of nature are orderly and conducted according to a regular and unexceptionable plan, although it is not within the province of human research to explain all the contrarieties that are mani fested in the works of nature. Some political writers have attempted to establish an analogy between the changes of nature and political changes, but when man attempts to imitate the copy of skill and wisdom presented to him in the eternal world, by the Great Architect, his performance is found to be, on examination, a miserable failure confessedly, and so it would be something like presumption to surname great politicians natural philosophers, because their professed object may be in politics faintly to set forth some illustrious model in nature. Political changes are often nothing better than confusion worse confounded. Political changes are often so far from being commensurate with infinite wisdom, that they are decidedly childish and chimerical. Children are proverbially the votaries of change, and few things interest them more than to be pre- sented with a new toy and to have the gratification of making a smash of the trifle that was last purchased for them. Undoubtedly something akin to the vagaries of children pos- sessed the minds of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners when they were first disposed to conceive the project of abolishing altogether the Bishoprick of Bangor, and of erecting the see of Manchester in its stead. It is one thing to found and endow a new see, and it is quite another thing totally to subvert an old- established see; and the Bishop of Bangor mentioned last week in the House of Lords that the date of the foundation of the see of Bangor was before the archiepiscopate of Canterbury was in existence. Episcopal duties ought not to be measured by geometry, and because the dioceses of Norwich and Exeter are separately more extensive than the Dioceses of Bangor and St. Asaph would be when united, it ought not therefore to be argued, according to the Bishop of Oxford, that there is no use of the see of Bangor, and that it may very well be amalgamated with the diocese of St. Asaph. In what court of appeal in this country, or in the world, can any legal case be placed on higher grounds than during a hearing in the Lords ? But what a lame defence was set up for the Ecclesiastical Commissioners last week in the Lords by their ablest defenders ! It is only necessary to read their defence to see that laymen, however distinguished as statesmen, are apt to form very strange and incoherent ideas about the proper working of the Ecclesiastical system. It is an inestimable advantage to society to work out well such a system as that of the Church of England; and pluralities would not have been perpetuated even if there had been no Ecclesiastical Commissioners. We may rely upon the wisdom of Parliament proceeding in the usual course of legislation, by making what is called a bill; but to invest an irresponsible commission with unlimited authority in the disposal of the temporalities of the Church is a very hazardous step to take. It by no means follows that all the allotments that have been made of the revenues of the Church lands by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have been made for the best end and purpose. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are, doubtless, a very respectable and clever set of persons, but it is very doubtful if they are invariably free from an infirmity of judgment, although their intentions may be beyond all suspicion. Excuse me, Sir, for venturing to express any strictures upon such authorised individuals as Ecclesiastical Commissioners, but I beg to offer my thoughts to your acceptance, to make what use you like of them. What a difficulty, again, Ministers are in about the Sugar Duties. From what you hear now in the House of Commons, it would seem that all that has been said about the slave- trade having been stimulated by the productions of the Brazils and Cuba is only moonshine, and that really, whether we eat slave- grown or free- grown sugar, it makes no difference at all to the question of the slave- trade. With the unanimous resolution of the West Indian planters, or of some other proprietors in the sugar colonies, Sir J. Hogg pretends to throw overboard at once the Protectionists. It was, however, consistent in the Hon. Mem- ber to state that he should be ashamed to stand up in the House and to vote for the retention of differential duties on sugar, after he had given his vote there for the gradual withdrawal of agricultural protection. It is true enough, as the Britannia says this week, that the only consistent men are those who are either Protectionists or Free- traders, and at a general election people will have to choose between the two ; and if they will not be Free- traders, they may very naturally be Protectionists, and vice versa, as Hannibal said to his soldiers, when about to cross the Alps, " there is no middle place between death and victory;" and again, " you have been long enough employed in feeding the cattle on the vast mountains of Lusitania and Celtiberia." But I beg to say I do it with great propriety in propria persona. You know, Mr. Editor, that Lord John Russell's opening speech, on reassuming the reins of Govern- ment, was, in my humble opinion, a commendable one, and one worthy of praise from the Protectionists, compared with any speech ever delivered by Sir Robert Peel. His Lordship, to his credit be it said, seems to have more fixed principles than the Hon. Member for Finsbury ; and if the Radicals append Finality to some of the quondam declarations of the Noble Lord, it is no stigma to his Lordship. Probably his Lordship could not be belter advised than to be earnestly requested to abandon now " Appropriation Clauses," and by no means to entertain any purpose of making the Irish Protestant Church less effective than it is at present. His Lordship has need to guard against such an appetite for change and demolition as that designed by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners with reference to the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. Yours, & c., July 28th. _ _____ C. C. C. THE SALT TRADE WITH INDIA. There has just been published an able pamphlet on the above subject from the pen of Mr. D. C. Aylwin, of Calcutta, who is now in England, endeavouring to procure, in conjunc- tion with the salt manufacturers of Worcestershire and Cheshire, either the abolition or a great modification of the East India Company's salt monopoly. This being a matter of considerable interest in this county we give the following digest of the whole question:— The monopoly of the manufacture of Salt in India, possessed by the East India Company, has been a fertile theme of repro- bation for many years past. Pressing upon the industrial resources of the people, shutting out the manufacture of other countries, and absorbing a large portion of the revenue of Bengal and Behar, it is an evil of equal magnitude with others which have fallen before the scythe of reform, at the periodical renewals of the Company's charter. But, because" no mer- cantile interest was prepared to step in and benefit by its abrogation, when the doors were opened in India to a free trade, this monstrous monopoly has been permitted to survive, and now exists, a monument of the imperfect legislation of 1833, and an anomaly in the constitution of a Company, whose commercial character is supposed to be extinct. In attempting to revive an active hostility to the pernicious privileges enjoyed by the East India Company, the writer of the following pages feels that lie is fortified by a concurrence of happy incidents, which, perhaps, the earlier antagonists of the monopoly did not enjoy in the same degree. England is now enabled to supply India with an unlimited amount of salt; England has a sufficiency of unemployed shipping to furnish tonnage for that unlimited supply; England requires more sugar than can be supplied to her, except by an indirect sanction of slavery in its most hideous forms; and English manufactures demand new markets, and would find them where free sugar, under proper encouragement, can be plenti- fully grown and manufactured. The grounds upon which the East India Company have maintained the salt monopoly have been, first, that it is an essential branch of revenue; secondly, that there would be no security of an adequate supply, if left to the speculative spirit of the British merchant, and the limited tonnage at his com- mand ; thirdly, that the commodity manufactured in India is superior to that which can be produced elsewhere. We will proceed to demolish these propositions, as a prelude to showing how England may and will be benefited by the abolition of the monopoly. According to the declaration of the Bengal Government, " The prices for salt sold by wholesale, on account of the Government, are fixed, with reference to the principle that they shall not fall short of the cost of provision, plus the duty on imported salt." Now, the duty on imported salt being three rupees per maund, it follows, that if this sum has not been netted, the Government have suffered " loss of revenue " by the retention of the monopoly, and can only maintain it for purposes of patronage. Three rupees per maund has not been netted. According to a table before us, showing the quantity of salt in bazar maunds, actually consumed in Bengal, Behar, and Orissa, between 1790 and 1845; and the amount of revenue that would have accrued, supposing the quantity had been im- ported at a fixed duty of three rupees per bazar maund, it appears that the total amount of salt manufactured by the East India Company, between the years 1793- 94, and 1844- 45, was, inclusive of the comparatively small amount imported, not less than 237,347,554 maunds, and which, at three rupees per inaund, should have yielded the Government a net revenue of 712,042,662 rupees, or 71,204,266/. sterling; whereas by refer- ring to another table, we perceive the net revenue the East India Company has bona fide realised, was only 606,268,280 rupees, or 60,626,828/. sterling, thereby showing a loss by manufacturing of not less than C.' s rupees, 105,774,382, or upwards of ten and a half millions sterling. By analysing the statement, we find that from the year 1793- 4, down to the present period, there have only been five years when the '•'- manufacturing'''' has not shown a heavy and material loss over what may be termed the " revenue system;'''' so that, even by the East India's Company's own showing, it would, even as regards revenue, be infinitely more advantageous for India to have been supplied with British imported salt, paying the customs duty of three rupees per maund, than to have had the article furnished, as it has been, by the Government manu- facture. Whether or not the East India Company might not reduce the expense of manufacture, is a question which we are not called upon to entertain. We have only to do with their actual expenditure ; and this we find to be upon a scale that necessarily renders profit an impossibility. Tims the charges for manufacture, as appears by a document before us, are not less than 25, and 1' or collection per cent, on the net revenue $ and that, in one year alone, half a millm pmtds sterling were lost, upon the principle which the Government affirm should guide and justify their monopoly. How much the East India Company's Government lose by the smuggling of suit, carried on in Bengal, it were difficult to say ; but it is in evidence, under the hand of one of the most distinguished civil officers, that, in 1839, not less than 35,000 tons were illicitly conveyed from these agencies or localities of manu- facture alone! With regard to the second part of the argument of the Company, that it would be next to impossible, without serious derangement of the commercial relations subsisting between the two countries, to find an adequate supply of British ton- nage for the transport of no less than 165,000 tons of salt ( the average annual manufacture), it is only necessary to observe, that at present great numbers of vessels go out to India entirely in ballast, whilst others are sent there only partially laden ; and that were the whole of this disposable tonnage applied to the shipment of salt, there would be nearly a sufficiency for the pur- pose required, to say nothing of the great additional number of vessels that would be despatched with cargoes of salt, were the temptation to do so created by a free trade in the article. The third argument that has been advanced in defence of the salt monopoly, namely, that the produce of England is inferior to that of India, has been answered by the shipment of a quantity of the former, and the preference it obtained in the Indian market, in spite of the price to which it had been raised by the oppressive duty to which it had been subjected. Having disposed of the sole reasons advanced by the advo- cates of the East India Company in resistance of the free trade in salt, we now come to consider the principal motives which should actuate British merchants, manufacturers, and shipowners in endeavouring to procure the abolition of the monopoly. And first as to the value of a market for British salt. It ap- pears that at the present moment the quantity of salt consumed in the districts subject to the monopoly, amounts to nearly 200,000 tons, which the natives of India pay for at a rate equal to twenty times the price of salt in Liverpool! Of course, among a population, the major part of which is in the most indigent state imaginable, the high price must operate as a bar to the consumption of so large a quantity as the people actually require. Indeed, it is admitted by the board of salt, at Cal- cutta, that the average annual consumption of each individual is twelve pounds,— not much more than half an ounce a day ; which, considering that salt is almost the sole condiment of the poorer orders, is a contemptible quantity, but which is never- theless very much more than each individual does consume in his food, seeing that salt is used by him for various other pur- poses. Now, it cannot be doubted, after all the investigations and enquiries that have been instituted, that < vere the pro- tective duty, which the Government now imposes on imported salt, reduced from three rupees to one rupee, the native of India would be in a condition to consume, at least, one fourth more than his present quantity. Mr. Crawford, an excellent authority on Indo- commercial questions, writes:— " The people of Bengal, I have no doubt, should they ever get cheap salt, will consume it as largely as any other class of men. There are even some circumstances connected with their peculiar condition, which would lead one to suppose it probable that they would consume even in a somewhat larger proportion than the inhabitants of many other portions of the globe. Their climate is damp; most of their country is distant from the sea- air; their soil is not impregnated with saline matter; their diet is almost wholly vegetable, and remarkable for its insipidity ; and the poverty of the great mass of the people is so great as to exclude them from the use of almost any other condiment than salt. " These circumstances would lead me to believe, that in so far as the mere alimentary use of salt is concerned, the people of Bei: gal are likely to consume rather more than less than other people. Indeed, the Government of Bengal, when taxation is not at issue, must be either sensible of this, or very prodigal ni its allotment of the article on specific occasions. Thus 1 find, that when it has to determine the quantity of salt necessary for the use of an individual, it never acts on the principle of con- sidering 121bs. as an ample allowance per head. A Bengal and Madras sepoy, on foreign service, receives a ration of three quarters of an ounce of salt per diem ; which is at the rate of above 17! bs. per annum. A Bombay sepoy is allowed the extravagant amount of two ounces a day; which is equal to abote 45lbs. per annum. These allowances refer to services on shore. The allowances when at sea, somewhat preposterously, are much greater. In this case, the Bengal sepoy is allowed a ration equal to between 221bs. and 231bs. per annum ; and the Boirbay sepoy the same, with an allowance of some salt fish ; whiht the Madras sepoy gets 2 and one- twentieth ounces per dien:, equal to above 501bs. per annum, with some salt fish to bDOt." Mr. Crawford goes on to show, that, were salt cheaper, the native of India would give it to his cattle and sheep, which are now the worst conditioned animals in the world, for the want of that seasoning. . But we will be satisfied with the admission that, instead of 121bs. per head, the natives of India will consume 151bs. under a cheaper system of supply. See, then, what a market opens to the Liverpool and London exporter ! The total population of India, now dependent for suplies of salt on the three presi- dencies of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, is 146 millions. Allowing this mass 15lbs. of salt per man per annum, not less than 979,287 tons will be required, of which this country could supply a very considerable proportion,— how much to the ad- vantage of the exporter we need scarcely say, when we record the fact, that the article now costs twenty times less in Liverpool tl an it does in Calcutta, and that a profit has been derived from the shipment of Cheshire salt, even under the present restrictive duty. Of the wonderful advantage that will accrue to British shipping from such an increase in the export trade to India, it is impossible to form an estimate. A complete revolution, in fa: t, will be effected in the condition of the India ship- owner, now struggling with the serious and almost paralysing influence of steam. Owing to the balance of the export trade being at present in favour of India, the average freight of dead weight from Calcutta to London, from 1840 to 1845 inclusive, has been 4/. 7 « . lid., and of light goods, 3/. 14s. while shipments from this country to the East, of metals and other goods, have been generally effected at from 15s. to 25s., and sometimes even so low as 6s. per ton. Our shipowners, indeed, have been glad to take what they could get for an outward cargo, trusting for profit entirely to the homeward voyage, In addition to this, not only is a vessel on the berth for India obliged generally to remain five or six weeks, and sometimes djub'. e that time, ere she meets with despatch, but also, on the average, is even at last compelled to clear out and sail with two- diirds, and rarely more than three- fourths, of an entire loading. If, therefore, the shipowner could obtain immediate despatch for his vessel, by either loading on his own account or procuring on freight, a full and complete cargo of salt, whereby ha would not be as many days as now he is weeks in getting his vessel away, not only would he be more than compensated by the celerity with which his ship would arrive at the market of her intended earnings, but also, in nine cases out of ten, would net a larger Freight- list than by the present dilatory and retail method of loading. => . Then, what an opening presents itself for the supercession of the dirty, ifl- favoured, unsafe Arab vessels, which carry filthy solar- evaporated salt from the shore of the lied Sea and the Persian Gulf, for consumption in India ! Any one at all conversant with the Hindoos, must be aware of their extreme cleanliness in matters of diet as well as clothing; and the salt manufacturers of this country may rest assured, that should the natives of India ever be able to obtain the pure and wholesome white manufacture of Great Britain in sufficient supply, and at anything like present rates, they will never consume the more dirty and impure sorts brought from the Gulphs, as the scarcely perceptible fractional amount that a difference in prime cost would constitute when retailed to the consumer, would not even, to the poorest of the poor, be sufficient to force them to make use of the former in lieu of the latter commodity. We now come to the part of the question interesting to the sugar consumers of this country, and the Manchester manu- facturers. The vast importance of this matter in its bearing upon the interests of the Manchester manufacturer, will be my best excuse for minutely showing, how, under a different system, the native of India will have more labour, and therefore more capital to spare for those articles of clothing with which he is now compelled to dispense. To make this portion of the sub- ject intelligible, it is absolutely necessary fo bear in mind that tae cultivation of sugar India differs from every other country where the cane is grown to any extent; as, so far from the samt being cultivated on extensive estates in the hands of large proprietors ( which is the case in Siam, the West Indies, Java, and Havannah, or even as indigo, silk, and other articles are in India), we find, on the contrary, that in Bengal and the upper provinces it is grown and manufactured in lots of the smallest size, often not exceeding a few pounds in weight, and by the poorest orders of the rustic population ; each cultivator or ryot having generally round his little hut a small patch of ground, on which he has, from time immemorial, been accustomed to produce just sufficient for his domestic consumption. Until lately, however, or say prior to the rise in sugar taking place, the value of his labours has never been sufficient to induce him to regard his cane crop as an article of traffic or of commerce. When, however, the increased demand for Indian sugar took place, and a heightened price tempted him to withdraw for sale a portion of that which had been raised for his domestic con- sumption, an extra supply to the extent of about 30,000 tons was suddenly in one season brought into the market, and specu- lations of the wildest nature were rife, that within a given number of years this country would draw her entire supplies fron her Eastern colonies. It was soon, however, discovered that these expectations were far from being likely to be realised, and that the poverty and misery of the growers of the cane were effectual barriers against any extension of the cultivation or increase in the " abstracted amount." For, when we con- sider that the produce of one and a half to three months of eveiy ryot's labour is swallowed up and absorbed in the purchase of Salt alone, any one taking into account the value of wages in the East must perceive how effectually the extra labour of the population, beyond what is requisite to furnish the first necessaries of life, is monopolised by the salt tax ; as the few extra pence or shillings each ryot lias been annually able to earn, by the abstraction of that portion of his wrctcheuly small amount of production which he has been able to spare for sale, have been barely sufficient to enable him to supply that which he hitherto had been forced to forego, viz., a partial supply of clothing for himself and family, sufficient to prevent their bodies remaining in a state of absolute nudity. It may, perhaps, be argued that, even allowing the duty were lowered from three rupees to one rupee per maund, the individual benefit that would accrue to the ryot would be far too small to enable him to increase to any material extent his consumption of garments and articles of clothing, and that any surplus difference he might thence derive would be spent and made use of for other purposes. Regarding the correctness or otherwise of this suggestion, 1 think it unnecessary to reply, as it is placing the case in a false position. The real question is, whether, by reducing the salt tax from three rupees to one rupee per maund, you would not thus afford the cultivator of the soil, even under the most unfavourable circumstances, from about one to three months' extra labour for the producing of the sugar cane, but which time is now absorbed and taken up to enable him to procure a sufficient supply of the simple article of salt; and, viewing the question in this light, some idea may be formed of the tremendous increase in production there would immediately result therefrom, and the consequent stream of wealth that would flow into India ; thereby necessarily placing the inhabitants in a position to become more extensively than they now are consumers of cotton and other suitable descrip- tions of clothing, if, therefore we estimate the total produce j u_ on of sugar in India at 300,000 tons a- year, out of which 75,000 are abstracted for exportation, we should, estimating the increased production arising from increased facilities of labour at only one- sixth ( or two months' average labour), have at once a further supply for the purpose of exportation of no less than 50,000 tons, making in all 125,000 tons, or nearly double the present supply of our Eastern possessions. And when we con- sider the facilities of water communication that exist all over India, the millions of acres of the richest virgin soil that now are lying waste, the cheapness and abundance of labour ; and the wonderful price at which sugar is capable of being manu- factured, it is still probable, could the producers be placed ( as they would be by the reduction of the salt- tax) in a position to increase their cultivation, that England may yet, in the course of time, draw the greater portion, if not her entire supplies, from that country where, if out of the 140 millions of inhabitants interested in the production of sugar, but one- third, or say 46 millions, become consumers of only clothing enough to cover their loins; we should, estimating an annual average of three feet for each individual, have an additional market opened for the cotton and yarn manufactures of this country of no less than 46 million yards of cotton cloth : and I would ask, whether this alone ( no higher motives operating) is not sufficient stimulus to the commercial ambition of the Manchester manufacturer to induce him to lend his powerful aid in the destruction of the East India Company's Salt Monopoly ? TABLES OF MORTALITY. The Rgistrar General has just published his quarterly tables of deaths registered to the 30th June last. From this we find that 43,582 deaths were registered in the spring quarter ending June 30— a number greater by 2,853 than were registered in the corresponding quarter of 1845, and 4,731 more than in the June quarter of 1844. The mortality was little lower than in the prcceeding mild winter quarter, when the deaths were nearly 5,000 less than the average. The districts of Lancashire and Yorkshire were the most unhealthy. The tables show that, taking the whole of the 115 districts, the mortality was above the average in the spring quarters of 1839, 1840, and 1846; and below the average in the spring quarters of 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, and 1845. There was an evident tendency to decline through the eight years, but in 1846 this tendency was counteracted, and the deaths exceeded the calculated average. The following extracts from the tables and registrar's notes contained in this return refer to this district:—. Parts of Popu- Deaths Registered in the Quarters ending June 30th. Qrtr. end. Divisions & YEARS. Mar. 31st. lation Districts. WESTERN 1841. 1839. 1840 1841' 1812. 1843. 1844. 1815. 1846. 1846. DIVISION, Worcester 27130 175 158 155 140 172 129 150 139 153 Shrews. ... 21529 131 150 130 150 117 139 118 132 112 Kiddermin 29408 133 154 121 118 155 169 279 131 150 Dudley ... Walsall ... 86028 467 545 543 504 441 468 551 596 588 34274 189 175 177 211 191 174 180 220 259 Wolver. ... 80722 548 464 506 661 414 457 541 500 574 Wolstantn 32669 215 204 195 238 219 201 228 243 239 Birmitig. 138187 899 892 774 775 735 871 859 842 876 Aston 50928 284 267 272 264 276 298 291 269 265 Coventry 31028 1S4 149 220 204 197 199 187 164 213 Bristol ... 64298 400 581 479 433 384 424 419 379 427 Clifton ... 66233 287 457 393 343 294 427 375 338 376 Stroud ... 38920 190 209 194 174 188 245 206 182 189 Chelten.... 40221 186 199 181 294 197 191 198 177 215 Hereford 34427 154 193 159 182 196 207 168 187 208 Worcester, North.— Dtaths 57; deaths in corresponding quarter of last year, 75. Chaddesley Corbett.— The number of deaths ( 6) this quarter is 15 below that in the corresponding quarter of last year. Tipton.— Deaths 173, or 23 more than in the last quarter, and 53 more than in the corresponding quarter of last year. Small pox is still very prevalent in this district, 33 cases having proved fatal. Out of the above number only three persons have been previously vaccinated. Sedgley— Deaths 164. Small pox has been again prevalent in this district in the former part of the present quarter, though not more than seven deaths occurred from it; six of which were without previous vaccination of any kind, and one took place 14 days after vaccination had been performed. Dudley.— Deaths 188; rather below the average. Twenty cases of small pox have occurred, out of which 18 died without previous vaccination. Cheltenham— The number of deaths ( 144) registered this quarter is below the average of the corresponding quarters of the previous eight years— 168. The number registered in the corresponding quarters of previous years— 1838, 185; 1839, 153; 1840, 158 ; 1841, 140; 1842,230; 1843, 170; 1844, 145 ; 1845, 163; 1846, 144. Walsall, Borough— Deaths 87. A decrease of 4/ on last quarter. Darlaston Deaths 97- The number of deaths registered this quarter shows a considerable increase. Small pox has pre- vailed throughout the quarter, and 31 deaths are recorded from that disease, which I think fully accounts for the increase. Small pox and scarlet fever still prevail in this district. Woloerhampton, Eastern.— Deaths 160. At the beginning of the quarter small pox had nearly subsided, but latterly it is spreading with fresh vigour. Whole families of children have been attacked ( who were previously vaccinated! in a mild form ; but only a few cases ( where vaccination had not been performed) have proved fatal. Of such there have been only nine cases, and one after the second attack. Burslem.— The number of deaths ( 121) registered this quar- ter is unusually large; 22.6 above the average of the correspond- ing quarters for the last five years, 22.65 above the average of the years for the same period, and even 2.4 above the average of the quarters ending March 31st in the same years. I have registered one death from measles, five from typhus, three from diarrhoea, and eight from small pox. Of the remainder the majority of deaths arose from diseases of the respiratory organs. Of the cases of small pox four had not been vaccinated; one not vaccinated— the primary disease, disease of the lungs ; one vaccinated without effect; one vaccinated young; one vacci- nated only three days before eruption. St. George, Birmingham— The number of deaths ( 192) in my district this quarter is 30 more than in the corresponding quarter of last year. Twenty- two from measles. St. Thomas, Birmingham.— Deaths 100. Twenty less than last quarter. Holy Trinity, Coventry.— Deaths 52. Number of deaths in the same district in the corresponding quarter of last year was 67 : thus shewing, as in the preceding quarter, a large diminu- tion in the rate of mortality; attributable, as it is fair to pre- sume, to regular employment amongst the working classes, and the favourable state of thm eosatpheie during the two last quarters. PRINCE ALBERTS' VISIT TO LIVERPOOL. We resume our notice of his Royal Highness Prince Albert's visit to Liverpool from the period at which we left him last week. On Thursday evening the Prince, having previously opened the Albert dock, partook of a dejeuner with the Dock Com- mittee, the room being filled with ladies and gentlemen, the elite of the commercial aristocracy of the place. In reply to the toast of his health, His Royal Highness said,— 1 trust [ may he permitted to return you my best thanks for the kind way in which my health has been proposed and received. The recollection of the splendid sight 1 have witnessed to- day will never be effaced from my memory. ( Loud applause.) I beg to propose a toast, wiiich I hope you will all heartily join in ; it is " Pros- perity to British commerce." His Royal Ilighness's brief address was received with ac- clamations. At halt- past four the Prince and suite and the chief guests left the table, and his Royal Highness was then conducted by the Mayor round the dock, thence to see the South Corporation School, to the Bluocoat Hospital, and finally to the magnificent pile of architecture, now nearly completed, and which will be used for the holding of the assize courts and other similar pur- poses. The Prince then returned to his apartments. In the evening there was a grand banquet at the Townhall, given by the Mayor and Corporation. The preparations were all in the highest scale of splendour, such as befitted the wealth of the place and the importance of the occasion. The Mayor presided. On his right sat his Royal Highness Prince Albeit; on his left, Standish Standish, Esq., the High Sheriff. At the principal tables were also noticed the following guests:— Lord Morpeth, Lord Sandon, Earl Talbot, the Marquis of Abercorn, Lord G. Lennox, Viscount Ingestre, Lord W. Poulet, Lord A. Fitzclarence, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Sir H. Douglas, M. P., Lieutenant- General Sir T. Arbuthnot, K. C. B., Major- General Sir W. Warre, the Dean of Chester, the Recorder, the ltcv. Rector Brooks, Mr. E. Cardwell, M. P., Mr. W. Brown, M. P., Mr. T. Thornely, and Mr. G. E. Anson. After the toasts of " the Queen," and " the Queen Dowager," The Mayor in a very short time rose again and proposed " the health of His Royal Highness Prince Albert, our guest." Drunk with three times three cheers, and much enthusiasm. His Royal Highness, who was greeted with the loudest ac- clamations when he rose, said,— I thank you for the kind man- ner in which you have received the toast. I am very glad to have this opportunity of expressing, to you how sincerely gratified I feel at the very kind reception you have given me in this town. It was always a cherished wish of mine to visit this seat of commerce, and all I have seen to- day has exceeded my anticipations. If my visit here will assist an object of charity, reflecting credit on your liberality, I shall be happy. I am glad to iind you wishing to promote the comfort of those who, by their toil and labour, and by exposing themselves to many dangers, are contributing to that prosperity which 1 have this day seen. ( Tremendous applause). I have now to pro, pose to you, " Continued prosperity to the town of Liverpool." ( Drank with three times three, and cheers.) The company immediately after broke up ( at 25 minutes to 12), the Prince proceeding to the Judges' lodgings in St. Anne's Street. On Friday the first stone of the Sailors' Home was laid with great pomp. The procession including the trades, Blue- coat Boys, P. ec'nabites, Druids, Odd Fellows, Tailors, &; c., com- prised between 7,000 and 8,000 persons. At. the site of the Sailors' Home a vast mass of persons had assembled from an early hour. A raised platform, capable of accommodating several hundred persons commanded an excel- lent view of the open space below, in which the ceremonial was to take place ; and the vast area which forms the site of the building was lined on all sides by visitors, chiefly ladies, who were accommodated with seats. As soon as the Prince arrived he was conducted to the place at which the ceremony of laying the stone was to be performed. Here the ordinary preparations had been made, and the ordinary ceremony on such occasions was performed. In consequence of the delay occasioned by the length of the procession, the Prince was obliged to relinquish his intention of partaking of a dtjeuner at the Townhall; and instead of going back to St. Anne's Street, he proceeded direct to the station, which he left by special train for London at four o'clock, arriving in town at a quarter past ten. Last week, a young woman named Sarah Scott, residing at Pad- dock, was proceeding aloni; the causeway in that village, when she stumbled over a drunken man who was lying in the road. She was so mush frightened that she ewxevl on the loUowiPS day. imperial parliament. HOUSE OF LORDS. FRIDAY, JULY 31. The Tithe Amendment Bill was read a second time. Messengers from the House of Commons, brought up the Poor Removal Bill, the Art Union Bill, and several other bills, wiiich were laid on the table. On the motion of Lord Campbell, the Art Union Bill was read a first time and ordered to be printed. On the motion of the Earl of Clarendon the Sugar Duties Bill was read a third time and passed. Lord Strafford moved the third reading of the Rugby and Leamington Railway Bill. After a desultory discussion, the further consideration of the question was adjourned till Monday. In answer to a question from Earl Fitzhardinge, The Marquis of Lansdowne said, that in consequence of the rumours of the prevalence of Asiatic cholera in various districts he had directed a medical gentleman to investigate the facts. The result of his enquiries was that not a single case of Asiatic cholera had occurred, but that English cholera prevailed to a considerable extent, as it usually does at this period of the year, and with great severity. Lord Monteagle then drew the attention of their Lordships to the state of Ireland, of the position of which, as regarded the probable supply of food for the ensuing year, he drew a melancholy picture, and expressed a hope that Government would turn its attention to the subject in time, it being beyond question that the injury this year to the potato crop was greater than that of last year. The Marquis of Lansdowne regretted that he must admit the correctness of the description given by the Noble Lord, but the attention of the Government was already directed to the subject, although he was then unable to state the nature of the measures which would be adopted. Those measures would, however, be brought forward in time to meet the impending evil. The Earl of Devon was anxious, instead of meeting the evils complained of by temporary measures, that some im- provement of a permanent character should be effected, by taking steps for encouraging the better cultivation of the soil of Ireland. Some bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned. MONDAY, AUG. 3. The Royal assent was given by commission to a great many public and private bills. The Baths and Wash- houses Bill was read a second time. The Small Debts Bill passed through committee. Some other bills were forwarded a stage, after which their Lordships adjourned. TUESDAY, AUG. 4. The House sat for a short time, but no business of any par- ticular interest was brought under consideration. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, JULY 31. FLOGGING IN THE ARMY— In answer to a question by Dr. Bow ring, Lord J. Russell said he had been in communication with the Commander- in- Chief upon the subject of flogging in the army ( hear), and the whole subject was under consideration. If the Hon. Member were not satisfied with the orders which would be made by the Commander- in- Chief, he ( Lord J. Russell) would take care that he should have an opportunity of bringing the subject before the House. Mr. B. Osborne said he had a motion on the subject, the object of which was to limit the number of lashes in the most extreme cases to 50, but he should not bring it forward until the orders of the Commander- in- Chief were published. WAYS AND MEANS THE SUGAR DUTIES.— The Chan- cellor of the Exchequer moved that the House resolve itself into Committee of ways and means, for the purpose of considering the resolutions relating to the duties on sugar. Mr. Spooner said he should give his decided support to the resolutions proposed by her Majesty's Government in reference to the sugar duties. He did not for one moment think that they would have the effect of increasing the slave trade, but on the contrary. The resolutions he considered fair and reasonable, and such as the House ought to adopt. On all the principles of consistency the resolutions ought to be adopted by the Legis- lature. Sir R. Inglis availed himself of the opportunity of throwing fhe responsibility, as respected the Colonial interests, as well as the higher interests of humanity, upon those who, in defiance alike of one and the other, had proposed, and were likely to carry, the present measure. The House then went into Committee, and The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved his resolutions. Mr. Barkly said the conduct of the Government seemed to imply that anything in future might be gained by agitation and popular clamour. Sir J. R. Reid said that the packet which would leave this day for the West Indies would carry to those Colonies the most gloomy intelligence. He was of opinion that the Government was guilty of unpardonable haste in bringing forward the pre- sent measure. Mr. Goulburn did not share in the gloomy presages indulged in by the previous speakers as likely to result from this measure. He was himself largely interested in West India property, and he by no means desponded. On the contrary, he would relax no efforts to improve the property as well as the condition of those who were dependent upon him in the colony. After some conversation, in which Dr. Bowring, Mr. Borth- wick, and Mr. Hume took part, Lord J. Russell expressed his gratification at the statement of Mr. Goulburn, and hoped his example would be generally followed by the West India proprietors. Other scales of duties had been suggested by various Hon. Gentlemen, but he thought, after careful consideration, that those proposed by the Government were the best, and he hoped they would receive the sanction of Parliament. The resolutions were then agreed to, the House resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Monday. On the order for going into Committee of Supply, Mr. Williams called the attention of the House to the manner in which courts- martial are constituted and conducted in the British navy. Mr. Ward said the subject should be considered, but it was a very wide and important question. After some observations from Sir G. Cockburn, Captain Pechell, Captain Berkeley, and Sir C. Napier, The House went into Committee, and the discussion of the estimates occupied the remainder of the evening. MONDAY, AUG. 3. In answer to a question from Mr. T. Duncombe, Lord J. Russell said he would be prepared on Friday to com- municate the nature of the regulations to be adopted by the Commander in Chief respecting punishments in the army. IRISH MEASURES.— In answer to a question from Mr. S. Crawford, Lord J. Russell said he did not intend to introduce a tempo- rary bill respecting the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland ; but hoped, in the next session of Parliament, to submit to the House a matured measure on the subject. Mr. Labouchere said the Government had with great regret felt it necessary to abandon their intention of carrying out some comprehensive measures relating to Ireland during the present session. They proposed, however, to go on with the Exclusive Privilege of Trading Abolition Bill, the Rateable Property Bill, the Fisheries Bill, and in addition to these bills he was informed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he would, if possible, pass a measure for the re- construction of the Board of Works in Ireland. SUGAR DUTIES.—. On the bringing up of the report of the committee of ways and means on the sugar duties resolutions, a discussion took place as to the course to be pursued respecting colonial differential duties, from which it may be inferred that Government will shortly introduce a bill giving power to her Majesty to sanction any bill passed by any colonial assembly altering or reducing duties, but leaving it in their discretion to retain those differential duties which may be required for fiscal purposes. The report was then agreed to. LIMITATION OF MILITARY SERVICE— On the motion for the House resolving itself into a committee of supply, Captain Layard moved that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to direct inquiry to be made how far the reduction of the period of service in the army from the present unlimited term would tend to procure a better class of recruits, diminish desertion, and thus add to the efficiency of the service. The Hon. Gen- tleman contended that the system of unlimited service occa- sioned much of the irregularities on the part of soldiers, and was a fertile source of desertion and suicide. It would, in his opinion, be an immense improvement if parties were allowed to enlist for a period of ten years. Mr. F. Maule would not pledge the Government one way or the other upon this question, but he could assure the House there was the strongest disposition to ameliorate and improve the condition of the soldier, and to take this question of tem- porary enlistment into its consideration as well as other matters pertaining to his position. Under these circumstances he hoped the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman would not press his motion to. a division. Some discussion ensued, and in the end, Captain Layard said that after what had fallen from Mr. F. Maule he would not press his motion to a division. The motion was then negatived without a division. Mr. Osborne, in postponing his motion respecting flogging in the army, took occasion to defend Colonel Whyte from the attacks upon him in reference to the case of Mathewson, who was examined on the inquest at Hounslow. Colonel Peel said, he had the power of proving beyond doubt that Colonel Whyte had acted with the greatest forbearance in. the case of Mathewson, but in the absence of the Coroner he would not enter upon the question. Mr. M. Gore said that the blame, if any, was to be attributed to the system, and not to Colonel Whyte, who had always maintained the highest character for humanity, though he was bound to carry out the regulations of the service. After a few words from Mr. P. Howard, the subject dropped. Mr. Hume then moved the following resolution :—" That in the opinion of this House, and according to the correspondence laid before it relative to the proceedings in the Island of Malta during the carnival holidays in February last, the conduct of the Governor, and of the Magistrates acting under his orders, in the interference with the long existing usages of the inhabi- tants of that island, amounts to an infraction of the rights and privileges guaranteed to the Maltese by the capitulation under which they originally became British subjects, and is also con- trary to the true principles of civil and religious liberty." Mr. Hawes entered into a lengthened defence of the course pursued by the Governor and Magistrates, which had no reference whatever to the Catholic religion, nor was it intended to be in any way offensive to the Catholic inhabitants of Malta, and could not, therefore, have interferred with the principles of civil or religious liberty. In point of fact, the carnival had pro- ceeded after the occurrence as if nothing whatever had happened. After some further discussion the House divided, when Mr. Hume's motion was lost by a majority of 50 to 12. The House then went into committee ct supply upon the army estimates, the discussion of which, with the ordnance estimates, occupied the. remainder of the evening. TUESDAY, AUG. 4. Lord John Russell gave notice of his intention to move that the House, from Monday next, commence to sit at twelve o'clock, inclusive of Saturday, for the transaction of business. ( Hear, hear.) Dr. Bowring, seeing the Under- Secretary for the Colonies in his place, wished to ask whether the attention of the Govern* THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1846. merit had been called to the frequent application of dogging as a punishmen: for petty offences. in the Island of Hong Kong, it being stated that no less than fifty- four persons were so pun- ished on Saturday, the 25th of April last, for not having obtained tickets of registration; and after such inlliction were delivered over to the Chinese authorities to be subjected to fur- ther penalties under the criminal code of that empire. Mr. Hawes said that 110 accounts had been received of what had been stated by the Hon. Gentleman. But he assured him that the Government, and especially the Noble Lord at the head of the Colonial Department would not lose sight of it. Dr. Bo wring moved " that the state of the tobacco duties required the revision of Parliament, with a view to their early reduction." The Chancellor of the Exchequer admitted that the question of the tobacco duty was one which required attention, but in the present state of the revenue, the subject must be left for further consideration. After a few words from other Hon. Members, the House was counted out. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 5. Mr. Mackinnon, in moving the second reading of the Public Cemeteries Bill, described the objects which it was intended to accomplish, and the machinery by which those objects were to be attained. The expense which must be incurred in carrying this bill into effect would not exceed 3d. per head per annum, and he proposed to defray it by making a small addition to the poor- rates. As this subject ought to be taken out of his hands by the Government, he proposed to read his bill a second time now, pro forma, in the hopes that in the next session the Government would found upon it a satisfactory measure. Sir G. Grey hoped that Mr. Mackinnon, who was entitled to great credit for the pains which he had taken upon this important subject, would not call upon the House to pledge itself to the principles of his measure, but would leave the matter in the hands of Government, with the assurance that they wouid give to it the most anxious consideration. Mr Mackinnon assented to the suggestion and withdrew his motion. On the motion of Mr. S. Crawford, the order of tbe day for the second reading of his Ejected Tenants' Bill was discharged, as were also the orders for committing Mr. Bouverie's Bank- ruptcy and Insolvency Bill, and for the second reading of Mr. P. Scrope's Waste Lands ( Ireland) Bill, and of Mr. Frewen's Episcopal Revenues and Dioceses Bill. The Drainage Bill went through committee. On the motion of Mr. M. Gibson the Gauge of Railways Bill was read a second time, after a short conversation between that gentleman and Sir De L. Evans on the late accident 011 the Eastern Counties Railway. Several bills were then advanced a stage. On the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Sugar Duties ( No. 3) Bill was read a second time. Lord Morpeth moved for leave to bring in a bill to empower the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods to sell, on certain conditions, sites for dwellings for tbe poor, out of the hereditary estates of the Crown ; and another bill, empowering the Com- missioners of her Majesty's Woods to sell, on ccrtain conditions sites for dwellings for the poor, out of lands vested in them under acts for the improvement of the metropolis. The object of these bills was to increase the comforts of the poor in their habitations. The Earl of Lincoln considered the object of the Noble Lord to be most legitimate, but contended that it should be obtained in a legitimate mode by grants of money. After a few words from Mr. Hume, Sir R. Inglis, and Mr. Henley, the bills were brought in and read a first time. Lord Morpeth also obtained leave to bring in a bill to enable the Privy Council to make regulations for the prevention of contagious disorders, and for the more speedy removal of nuisances. He hoped that there was not the least foundation for the notion that we were threatened with the visitation of Asiatic cholera, but as many impurities and nuisances seriously affecting health, prevailed in different places, it was necessary that summary power should be given for their removal. Though there was no real danger of cholera, yet in case such a misfortune should at any time occur it would be well to be prepared, and to have the Privy Council invested with the same authority entrusted to it at the period when cholera had existed in England. Mr. Labouchere obtained leave to bring in the following bills :— Bill to continue an act of the sixth and seventh years of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act to amend and con- tinue for two years, and to the end of the then next Session of Parliament, the Laws in Ireland relating to the Registering of Arms, and the Importation, Manufacture, and sale of Arms, Gunpowder, and Ammunition." Bill to continue certain Acts for regulating turnpike roads in Iieland. Bill to continue an Act of the fifth and sixth years of her present Majesty, for amending the law relating to private Lunatic Asylums in Ireland. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned. THURSDAY, AUGUST 6. RELIGIOUS OPINIONS BILL On the order of the day being moved for the second reading of the Religious Opinions Bill, Lord J. Russell said the object of the bill was to remove certain liabilities to which parties were subjected to in conse- quence of entertaining certain religious opinions : such as not attending Divine Worship in the Established Church, and other statutes which were anomalies in the statute book. The bill would remove certain absurd liabilities as related to penalties on account of religious opinions; but it would not do away with the oath now taken protesting against the Pope of Rome having any authority in this country, or being recognised in this realm, He therefore moved that the bill be read a second time. Mr. Estcourt said, he had strong objections to carry a bill of this nature at so late a period of the session ; and be, therefore, felt bound to move, as an amendment, that the bill be read a eecond time that day three months. After some discussion, the House divided— For the second reading 7U For the amendment 10 Majority _ 6< J The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The Sugar Duties Bill went through committee. The Gauge of Railways Bill went through committee, was reported, and ordered to be read a third time on Monday. Several other bills were forwarded, and the House adjourned HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, AUG. 6. The Small Debts Bill was read a third time and passed. The Poor Removal Bill, after some discussion, was read a second time, and ordered to be committed 011 Thursday next. Several other bills were forwarded a stage, and the House adjourned. GRAND BANQUET TO LORD GEO. BENTINCK, AT LYNN. On Tuesday last the public entertainment to Lord George Bentinck, given by his friends and constituents, as a token of their approval of his manly and independent advocacy of the interests of British agriculture, took place at King's Lynn, Norfolk. The dinner was given in the Market Hall, there being no apartment at any of the hotels sufficiently large to accommodate the numerous party who had assembled to do honour to the tried and zealous friend of the British farmer. The hall is about 250 feet in length by 30 feet wide, and was very tastefully fitted up for the occasion, the walls being hung with union- jacks, overlaid with wreaths of evergreens and laurel, and a profusion of flowers. In the recesses 011 either side of the hall were seats provided for the ladies, a large num- ber of whom graced the banquet with their presence. Covers were laid for upwards of 700 persons, and before the arrival of the chairman and the distinguished guest every seat was occupied. At a few minutes past four the distinguished guest of the evening, Lord George Bentinck, entered the hall, and was received with loud and enthusiastic cheering, the band playing " The Conquering Hero." The chair was taken by the Earl of Orford, who was supported on his right by Lord G. Bentinck, and on his left by the Duke of Richmond. Near the Chairman were also noticed Lord Sondes, Mr. D'lsraeli, M. P,, Mr. W. Miles, M. P., the Marquis of Granby, M. P., Major Beresford, M. P., Mr. Hudson, M. P., Mr. Bagge, M. P., Air. Christopher, M. P., Mr. Wodehouse, M. P., Mr. Boiisefield, MiP., Sir J. Tyrell, M. P., Mr. Chute, M. P., Mr. Sergeant Byles, and — Cobon, Esq- Lord G. Bentinck replied to the toast of his health in a most eloquent speech, which we would gladly print at full length would our limits permit; as this is beyond our means, however, we extract some of the more striking passages. His Lordship said,— I confess that I was one of those who thought it was a calumny when twelve months ago the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury, with far more sagacity and penetration than I pos- sessed, told the House of Commons and the country that the Conservative Government, at the head of which stood Sir Robert Peel, was neither more nor less than an organised hypocrisy. ( Great applause.) Well, my lords and gentle- men, 1 am not here to fight the battle of the Corn- laws over again. Standing in the presence of the farmers of England, it would be a work of supererogation indeed if I were to attempt to waste time by trying to persuade you that admitting the corn of foreign countries into com petition with yours was likely to improve your condition. I shall not enter into any discussion upon this head suffice it to say, that in the month of November, when, as my Noble Friend has well said, the country was prosperous— when the farmers were getting a good return for their grain when the people were better and more fully employed than ever was known before— when the wages of the operative and labouring classes were higher than they ever were known when trade was improving and increasing to an amount which was never before known— while the population also was increas- ing, but. bankruptcies were diminishing— when all these things were happening, I need not tell you that the price of wheat concurrently with all this prosperity was for the best wheat 70s. the quarter, and between 40s. and 50s. for inferior wheat. ( Hear.) Gentlemen, I need not tell you now that the price of the best wheat is 56s., and that of inferior wheat only 28s., and that this measure of Free- trade in corn is one of ruin to the farmers of England. ( Loud cries of " hear, hear."] I need not tell you, who know what the taxes are you have to bear, that it is not possible that you can compete with the untaxed labourer of the countries of Europe and America. We were told lately, before Easter, that it was we who were the obstruc- tionists, who were standing in the light of the farmers of England, and destroying the settlement of those measures; and a Noble Friend of mine, the Member for North Lincolnshire, before Easter, told us that the farmers of England wished to see the question speedily settled, and that it was only necessary to let in the fine wheats of Dantzic and the fine flour of America to mix with your damp wheats of England in order to enable you to sell your damp wheat, which would be unsale- able without that mixture, and took the liberty of saying that you, the farmers of England, would fee justly liable to the charge made by Lord John Russell once against you, that you • were as dull as the clods you broke, if you could not be per- suaded that the letting in two millions of quarters of free wheat would raise the price of yours. Unabashed, though told I was no true friend to the agricultural interest, I fought the battle on, and now you are able to judge between myself and Lord Worsley. ( Cheers.) Take wheat the year round, I believe I may say that whilst 2,000,000 quarters of fine wheat have been admitted into competition with yours at 4s. a quarter, your fine wheat has fallen from 10s. to 18s. a quarter. ( Hear, hear.) Is it nothing that we Protectionists for three months, by perse- verance, by obstinacy if you will, warded oft' the blow and left to you during that whole period a monopoly of the market ? ( Cheers.) We are told by Sir R. Peel that the free air of com- petition is necessary to rouse us to exertion—( laughter) and so I suppose that a reduction of 10s., if it should be no' more, on the 16,000,000 quarters of wheat which you annually grow, I suppose that deducting from your pockets £ 8,000,000 a year is likely to prove beneficial for the farmers of England. ( Cheers and laughter.) WTell, but we were told by Mr. Cobden, about the same period of the session, that the towns must henceforth govern England. ( Hear and laughter.) Sir R. Peel did, or he did not, cheer that sentiment. I do not know whether he cheered it or not, but this I know, that since that period he has informed the country that it was not the potato famine that it was not a scarcity of wheat in this country, but that it was Mr. Cobden— the untiring zeal, the convincing speeches, only more eloquent because unadorned, of Mr. Cobden, that induced him to pass this measure— that tire sole glory of it belongs to Richard Cobden. ( Loud cheers.) Well, if the glorv of it belongs to Richard Cobden, and if Richard Cobden is of opinion that henceforth the . towns are to govern England— a sentiment re- echoed by Friend Bright, who has told you that the cotton districts of Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire must henceforth govern England, I think you know pretty well whom you would have to deal with if we had allowed Sir R. Peel to remain in office. ( Loud cheers.) Well, then, I stand before you to ask your judgment on me and my friends, whom I have led astray if they have gone astray, whether we have, or not, done well for the people of England ? ( Loud applause.) It is the great aim of tbe party who owns for its leader Lord Stanley—( loud cheers)— first to recover the protection they have lost ( cheers)— or, failing that, to seek compensation and relief for the agricultural interest. ( Renewed cheers.) As to the first object— that of recovering the protection to native industry we have lost, allow me to remind you that you had the franchise in 1841, that you retain that franchise now, and that you, the yeomen of England, who in 1841 sent a majority of 39t) to the House of Commons to maintain protec- tion to British Industry, to the extent of 8s. a quarter on wheat —( cheers)— to maintain protection to our colonial interests —( cheers)— and to repress slavery and the slave trade—( cheers,) — have now only to exercise that franchise to prove that, if Sir R. Peel is fickle, you are constant—( loud cheers;)— and the day cannot be far distant you must recover what you have lost— ( enthusiastic cheers). « « * » * » Since we have been told that the cotton districts of Lancashire and the west riding of Yorkshire are henceforth to govern England, I thought it would be as well to inquire what particular burdens Lancashire and the west riding of Yorkshire suffer, so that this county and a half could be entitled alone to govern England, Scotland, and Ireland. ( Loud cheers.) I found that the annual value of the real property in Lancashire and in the west, riding was assessed at something exceeding fifteen millions. I then turned to Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex, and I found that the entire amount of assessment of those three counties was not £ 15,000,000 a year, but between £ 6,000,000 and £ 7,000,000. 1 then turned to look at the burdens, and I found that while the £ 15,000,000 paid £ 750,000 a year for tithe, poor- rate, and land- tax, the £ 6,500,000 of which I spoke, paid between £ 1.200,000 and £ 1,300,000- ( Cheers.) Now, then, we have these two counties, Lancashire and the west riding, with more than double property, bearing half the burdens only of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex. ( Cheers.) ****** But I must not lose sight of the great object I have in view, which is to suggest to you the course we should take under the guidance of Lord Stanley—( loud cheers)— of that able and powerful statesman, whose honesty is unimpeachable—( cheers)— whom I have long been proud to follow, and to whose opinion I look with undeviating confidence ( renewed cheers.) It is for me to take counsel with you what you will do for the future. ( Cheers.) All then I say to you is that you must not sit down and fold your arms. If the landlords of England will not lead you as they ought, you must fight for yourselves. ( Cheers.) You must not be content with canvassing the counties, but you must also canvass the cities and boroughs. ( Cheers.) You must explain to them in language not to be mistaken that if they mean to live they must allow you to live also. ( Cheers.) You must let them know that on your existence, and with yours that of all the agricultural labourers in England, must depend their prosperity also. * » * * * « I have been accused of using violent language, and such licence as was never before heard within the walls of Parliament. I certainly did not disguise my feelings. I confess I was roused to vengeance by the way in which I saw the agricultural constituencies of the empire were betrayed. ( Cheers.) If anything could have justified men's rising in rebellion, it would have been the con- duct of the Pi ime Minister of England. ( Loud cheers.) If I have used strong language, and a licence never before suffered in the House of Commons, it has been because neither in my time, nor in the time of any living man, has there ever been on act of such prodigious tergiversation—( tremendous cheers),— of treachery, and political profligacy, as that committed by the Government of Sir R. Peel—( renewed cheering.) Why, my lord, I don't know how it is, but an opinion appears to have got abroad that the constituencies are fair game—( hear, hear)— that they are to be treated as the goods and chattels of their repre- sentatives— that Members of Parliament are entitled to come down to attend to the interests of the electors, and obtain their confidence by their engagements, and then to sell the electors for place or gold to the minister or dictator of tbe day. ( Great cheering.) But there is true spirit in Englishmen, and I cheerfully headed them when they rose in indignation at such conduct. It was, therefore, that I first used my tongue after having sat for 18 years silent in the House of Commons. ( Cheers.) If I am told I used a licence which disgusted the country, I answer that I spoke from my own heart, and I believe I spoke the language of the heart of the nation. ( Loud cheers.) Yes, my Lord, I believe the English nation is true at heart— that it hates now, as it always hated, trickery and shuffling ( cheers)— that it abhors falsehood, and can see no difference between political and any other lying. ( Loud cheers.) I know not what difference it makes in morality, whether a man obtains political power, and with power, all its emoluments and advantages by false pretences, or whether a humble and starving individual in the streets, to save his life and that of his family, obtains bread under false pre- tences. ( Cheers.) Well, then, this is the position of affairs now. I am blamed by many of my friends, that I have turned Sir R. Peel out of power. ( Loud cries of " no, no".) But, gentlemen, I say, If Free- trade is to prevail, let us have Free- trade carried by" honest men. ( Great cheering.) This measure has been carried, I am sorry to think, by the assistance of a man to whom this country must ever owe a deep debt of gratitude, I mean the Duke of Wellington. ( Hear, hear.) I believe it was carried in a great measure through his means, for he told the peers of England that to save the Queen from the Government of Cobden they must consent to vote with their party. Now I, for one, say that I would rather be governed by Cobden than be governed by Sir R. Peel. ( Loud cheers.) Cobden I know as an open and an honest foe—( hear, hear)— and one we felt no difficulty in repelling until we were betrayed by that other Judas professing a regard for the poor—( loud cheers)— and by false professing friends- ( Renewed cheers.) I therefore call upon you to exert yourselves now and show that you have still the courage, the manliness— still the spirit which has ever distinguished Englishmen, and that you will not con- sent to be made a base utensil to serve the dirty purposes of trading politicians, ( The Noble Lord sat down amidst the most enthusiastic applause which continued for several minutes. The Duke of Richmond, in the course of his speech in acknowledgment of the toast of his health, said— The battle now is not to be fought at Waterloo orQuatre Bras, but on the hustings, and then on the floor of the House of Commons. Your duty then is not to care for your landlords, nor to care for any- thing. I never would recommend tenants to put aside their landlords, being a landlord myself; but I am one of those who say that in the great crisis which is now approaching you must abandon the feeling of what is agreeable to your landlords, and do your duty to the land in which you live. ( Great cheering.) Form yourselves into committees in your several localities, communicate with one another ; canvass your neighbours in tbe boroughs and cities; and tell them that it is their interest as well as yours that honest men should be sent to Parliament. Select men whom you know to be Protectionists, but send them un fettered by pledges to Parliament; but remember to send none on whose personal honour you cannot implicitly rely. ( Hear, hear.) If we cannot succeed in all our elForts, then we must endeavour to effect a removal of our local burdens. I deny, for one, that the great mass of the representatives of the nation are in favour of Free- trade, and I do believe, that if you exert yourselves as you did in 1841, we may regain in Parliament that efficient protection to domestic industry, without which I believe this country cannot continue to be great and prosperous. BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. This Association has during the present week been holding a session in the neighbouring city of Gloucester, which, as well as tbe county, is exceedingly rich in remains, valuable in themselves as illustrating the modes, customs, and habits of life of the Roman conquerors of the island, and of cur Saxon and Norman ancestors ; and inestimable in every point of view to the antiquary. The opening meeting was held on Monday under the presidency of Mr. Pettigrew in the absence of Lord Albert Conynghatra, President of the Association, who was prevented by illness from attending. There was a good meet- ing of members, with a fair sprinkling of ladies and towns- people, on this occasion, and Mr. Pettigrew read a clear and detailed report of the labours of the association during the year which has elapsed since the meeting at Winchester. He pointed out the valuable contributions to archagological science which had been published in the journal of the association, and in the volume of papers read at the Winchester Congress, and the progress which had been made towards reducing to a more complete and perfect classification the relics of different ages which have been brought to light, and spoke of the labours of Mr. Dennett, of the Isle of YVight; of Messrs. Gomonrie and Niblett, in Gloucestershire; of Mr. Artis, Professor Henslow, Mr. Rolfe, of Sandwich ; Mr. lioach Smith, and other talented and laborious inquirers. Mr. Pettigrew then enumerated the various discoveries which had been made during the year, under tbe immediate direction of the association ; and last, not least, the national monuments which it had recently been the means of rescuing from imminent destruction. Among the latter were Burgh Castle, in Suffolk; the Roman station of Caistor, near Norwich, ( the ancient Venta Icenorum); and the Roman amphitheatre at Dorchester— all threatened by rail- ways. The picture given by Mr. Pettigrew of the progress of the association was received with strong expressions of satis- faction ; after which, Mr. Roach Smith, as secretary, read a notice, by Mr. Inskipp, of a Roman tesselated pavement found in 1843, in digging a publican's cellar in Gloucester, which would have escaped the notice of antiquaries had it not been accidentally seen by Mr. Inskip ; and Mr. Carline of Shrews- bury, read a description of an exteremely curious early manor house, apparently of the letter end of the twelfth century, still remaining at Upper Millichope, in Shropshire, illustrated with drawings and plans. The meeting closed at near five o'clock. A dinner, attended by about 60 persons, was given at the Bell Inn, at six o'clock, and although this section of the archse- ologists eschew, as much as possible, all toasts and useless speeches, the healths of the president of the association and of his substitute for the day, Mr. Pettigrew, were given with hearty cheers. At half- past eight o'clock the association met ag in in the grand jury room, and Mr. Petligrew took the chair, Mr. George Godwin read a paper by Mr. Britton on a very ancient hostel in Gloucester, now known, singularly enough, by the name of the New Inn This inn was erected towards the end of the fourteenth centi » ry, by one of the abbots of Glou- cester, as it is said, to give lodging to the pilgrims who came to visit the tomb of the murdered King Edward II., who was treated as a saint b / a political party during the reigns of his son and grandson. Mr. Britton then described orally a series of curious early timber houses, of which drawings were exhibited on the walls. Mr. Wright read a paper on Monkish Miracles, as illustra- tive of history, the object of which was to show how much important information on the manners and feelings of our forefathers in the middle ages, as well as on historical events and legal transactions, is contained in the numerous collections of stories of miracles pretended to be performed at the shrines of different monastic houses, and now preserved in manuscript. Mr. Wright quoted many examples, showing the relations between the serf and his master, and between other classes of society. He also gave instances of extraordinary judicial punishments and of singular methods of trials. A man who had been guilty of parricide was condemned to have his body surrounded with nine rings or hoops of steel, which were forced into the flesh, and these he was to carry with him nine years, rivetted in such a manner that they could not be unloosed with- out great difficulty. They eat their way into the flesh almost to the bone, and" produced the most excruciating torments. Another, for a murder, had thus fixed on his body a hoop made of the sword with which he had committed the crime. The punishment of robbery, in the reign of the Saxon Edgar, was very severe; the offender was first deprived of his eyes— his hands, feet, ears, and nose were then cut off, and he was finally scalped, and in this condition he was exposed in the fields to the mercy of beasts and birds until he died. This severity shows the prevalence of robbery and deeds of violence under the Saxons. After this paper was finished, Mr. Smith made some remarks on a parcel of Roman antiquities found near Gloucester, and exhibited by Mr. Purnell, of Stancombe Park. Among them were curious locks, which were precisely of the same construc- tion as similar articles of recent invention, which had been legally patented; and curiously illustrated the adage that there | is nothing new under the sua. Mr. C. Bailey then read a paper ; by Mr. Pretty, of Northampton, on an interesting enamelled plate on the poor's box of Marsdon church, in Kent— a church popularly known by the title of the Barn of Kent; after which was read a brief notice on Roman Gloucester, by Mr. Puttock. On Tuesday morning Mr. Monckton Milnes, M. P., took the chair, and the room was crowded to excess to hear Mr. Cresy's paper on the cathedral. Gloucester cathedral, though not very large, is a fine building, and contains some almost unique specimens of the different styles of medieval architecture. First built in the 7th century, after having been ravaged and destroyed bv the Danes, it was rebuilt in 1058, by Aldred, Bishop of Worcester. It was again rebuilt by the Norman Abbot Serlo, who presided over the monastery from 1088 to 1104, and since that time has undergone many alterations, and received many additions to its buildings. Mr. Cresy's theory is, that instead of tbe earlier portions being, as has generally been supposed, Nor- man work of Abbot Serlo, the crypts, the main mass of the walls, and much of the columns and arches, are genuine remains of Bishop Aldred's Saxon cathedral. He conceives that he can recognise in these portions the characteristics of the work of Saxon builders, who, he says, dressed the surface of the stones entirely with the hatchet, and were not acquainted with the application of the saw and the chisel to this purpose. It is impossible for us to follow Mr. Cresy through his clear defini- tion and description of the subsequent architectural styles ex- hibited in this building. Mr. Britton and others expressed their dissent from Mr. Cresy's appropriation of the earlier portions of the cathedral to an age prior to that of Serlo. Mr. Niblet then made some observations on the Chronicle of Gloucester Abbey, composed in the latter part of the fourteenth century, by Abbot Froucester. The original MS., he said, was in the cathedral library 20 years ago, but had since disappeared; a mere copy ( made from a manuscript at Oxford) being now all that remains. This manuscript is probably in the possession of some private collector, and it is much to be regretted that it is not restored to its original depository. After the close of the meeting a large party, not less than 300, met in the cathedral, and, under Mr. Cresy's guidance, visited the different parts of which he had spoken in his paper, and which he now described on the spot. The crypts and the ponderous galleries exhibited an appearance of unusual gaiety, the sombre walls contrasting singularly with the bright and varied colours of the dresses of innumerable ladies who were scattered about, visible only by the glimpses of light admitted by diminutive loop holes. On Wednesday the plan embraced Tewkesbury, ( the chief attraction being " the Abbey Church), Deerhurst, and Chelten- ham. An evening meeting took place at Gloucester. Yesterday the members proceeded to Cirencester to view the Roman antiquities of that place; to Fairford, where there is a beautiful church ; and Woodchester, where there is some fine tesselated pavement. To- day ( Friday) was to be devoted to a visit to Goodrich Court. Another evening meeting, or soiree, is to be held at the usual hour. Berkeley Castle is to form the attraction of to- morrow ( Satur- day), and the congress will be brought to a close by a meeting in Gloucester in the evening. THE POTATO BLIGHT. To the Editor of the Worcestershire Guardian. Sir,— It is, unfortunately, too true that the potatoes, espe- cially the early varieties, are again affected with a most ssd and destructive blight. Beds that were blooming and healthy a fortnight since are now withered in the tops, and the roots similarly affected to last year. At present there are many fields and gardens only partially spotted 011 the leaf, and from the dark and luxuriant appearance of the tops, may turn out better than expectation. But as the disease has appeared in its most virulent form in so early a stage of the potato's growth, I thought a timely warning might induce immediate attention to the pro- viding some other vegetable in case of a failure of this valuable root. Last year the potatoes in this country were almost fit for raising before the disease became general; whereas now it has shown itself when the tubers are scarcely formed. From the sudden appearance of the disease, some have attributed it to the late heavy storms, others to the severe frosty nights about the 20th of last month; but I think it far more probable that the potato, like other things, is degenerating, and that unless new seed be procured from other countries, we shall for the future experience great failures in the crops. It has been the case with various kinds of apples, which have endured a certain time, and then degenerated anil died away. The disease is confined to no locality; the field potato, garden, and small allotment, are showing symptoms of the same; and so rapid is the decomposition of the leaf and stem, that in the space of a few days where only a few spots were visible on the leaves, the whole plantation has withered, and presented the appearance of potatoes after a severe November frost. As this is the season for planting the various kinds of greens and turnips, I thought it better to recommend an early attention to the providing a substitute, in case a general failure of the potatoes should take place, than to wait until it should be too late ; for, unquestion- ably, if something be not done, the poorer classes of this country will suffer dreadfully in the approaching winter. Yours faithfully, HENRY HUDSON, JUN. Wick, near Pershore, Aug. 4. WORCESTER ( COUNTY) PETTY SESSIONS. SIIIREIIALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4. Magistrates present: Rev. J. Pearson; and T. G. Curtler, John Williams, and F. E. Williams, Esqrs. Ann Hooper charged George Winwood with an indecen: assault and exposure of person, committed by him on the evening of Sunday, the 26th ultimo, in a field leading from Broadheath to Worcester, a public path leading through the same. A witness, named Maria Munn, corroborated the com- plainant's evidence, and stated that he also committed a like assault upon her. The Bench, after hearing the case, con- sidered it to be a very gross assault, and committed him to gaol for three months as a rogue and vagabond. William Morris then accused Joseph Andrews of an assault upon him, 011 the 12th July last, by knocking him down and kicking him. He was not able to work from the injuries he received. It appeared that the parties are labourers, residing at Kempsey. A dispute arose between them, and the defendant committed the assault complained of. The case being fully proved, Andrews was fined lis. ( id., and 8s. ( id. expenses, or in default, three weeks' imprisonment. William Jordan, omnibus proprietor, Kidderminster, ap- peared to answer three informations laid against him. Two were withdrawn. The other was for illegally having upon his omnibus, plying between Worcester and Kidderminster, more passengers than it was constructed to carry. The Bench, not wishing so enforce the heaviest penalty, inficted a fine of 50s., and 13s. 6d. costs, and said that they would most gladly give him any information with reference to the number of passengers allowed by the Act of Parliament to be carried upon his vehicle. Mr. Pullen appeared for Jordan. A similar information was laid against James Gardner, cf Kidderminster. This was disposed of in like manner, fining him 25s., and expenses Ts. ( id. Mr. Joseph Packwood, of the chapelry of Alfrick, appealed against the poor- rate, 011 the ground that certain property in that chapelry was not rated. In this case the Bench confirmed the rate. Mary Ann Higgins, a good- looking female, appeared to prefer a charge against William Day, of being the father of x female illegitimate child, born on the 4th of May last, at White Lady Aston. The case being fully proved, Day was ordered to pay 2s. per week from the time of application, and expenses, which amounted to 1/. 13s. ( id. CAMPDEN PETTY SESSIONS. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5. Presents Thomas Shekell, Esq., and C. H. Corbett, Esq. UNPROVOKED ASSAULT.— Henry Milsom, one of the " navies" employed on the railway now in course of construction near Campden, was charged with having violently assaulted Caroline Curtis, a married woman, last Saturday night. The accused had, after receiving his wages, imbibed several quarts of " heavy" at the Swan, which incited him to make a display of his vocal powers. Some native Cotsvvold lads criticised the performance, and a quarrel ensued. The parties adjourned to the street and continued to irritate each other when, just as the mirth grew c' fast and furious," the luckless complainant happened to pass by, and received a knock down blow, given by the defendant, ( but intended for one of his tormentors), which injured her severely. Fined 3/. and expenses, and in default of payment, two months' imprisonment. Martha Smith was charged with having boxed the ears of her servant,- Ann Balls, and afterwards knocked her down with a skimming dish. Mr. Kettle, for the defence, proved that the charge was greatly exaggerated, and that the girl's neglect of her duties and general bad conduct was deserving of slight correction. The Magistrates took this view of the case, and recommended Mrs. Smith to pay the girl's wages and discharge her. This being agreed to the charge was dismissed. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. The King of the French is now staying at Eu, and is reported to be in excellent health. A rumour, however, got abroad in Paris, on Saturday, that another attempt had been made on his life beside that reported in our last, but this was immediately contradicted on authority. It was then rumoured that he had been attacked by apoplexy, but this rumour also received an official contradiction. The French elections are now proceeding very actively. On Tuesday, at three o'clock, the elections decided amounted to 410, being within 49 of the whole Chamber. The Ministers count... * 257 The Opposition 153 Majority for Ministers _ 104 CHARGE OF MURDER.— A fearful tragic occurrence took place at Hornton, a village near Banbury, on Tuesday morning, in which Hannah Tredwell was shot and killed 011 the spot, it is said, wilfully, by William Cave, farmer and miller, of the same village. It appears that Cave, who has a wife and two children, had been in the habit of cohabiting with Tredwell, that she had of late importuned him for money, and had followed and annoyed him. On Tuesday morning lie went out with a loaded gun, and went to a field of his, some distance from any habitation. Tredwell was seen to go in the same direction, and the report of a gun was shortly afterwards heard. This led a person to the spot, and 011 approaching it Tredwell was found stretched out dead, having been shot through the head and neck. Cave was taken into custody 011 a charge, of murder. It is said that on the constable going to his house, he took down a loaded gun aud endeavoured to shout himself, but that he was pre- vented by the officer from so doing. He was taken to Ban- bury borough gaol to await the decision of the coroner's inquest 011 view of the body. Cave says the deceased was shot accidentally in a struggle; that she followed him, that a quarrel ensued, that she said she would shoot him, and endeavoured to get the gun for that purpose, that a struggle took place, in which the gun went off' and killed Tredwell. Cave is a man of reckless and dissipated habits. ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE ROYAL MAIL STEAMER CI. YDE.— On Sunday, the 26th ult., a melancholy accident occurred on board the lloyal mail steamer Clyde, on her voyage home from Bermuda. A seaman named Patrick Welsh was engaged very early that morning iu furling the foretop gallant sail during a squall, when he missed his hold and fell from the yard upon the deck with such violence that he died in about one hour aftewards. FIKE IN WHITECHAPEL.— On Wednesday evening, between five and six o'clock, a fire broke out in the great pile of buildings in the occupation of Alessrs. Orlando Jones and Co., starch manufacturers, in Osborne- street, Whitechapel. It appears that during the time that the stock was drying 111 the stove ( a building several stories in height) it became over- heated, and in a very short time seven or eight of the racks at the lower part became ignited. This fire, however, was got under by the timethe engines arrived, without serious damage. The tii'in is insured. & ocal BaiilMi? Uttielltgcnce, CHELTENHAM AND OXFORD.— The Cheltenham and Oxford Railway Company is reorganised. It has issued the prospec- tus of a new line, supported by a most influential provisional committee, a majority of whom are wealthy residents in the town of Cheltenham. MIDLAND AND EASTERN COUNTIES.— An application was made in the Vice- Chancellor's Court, 011 Monday, for an injunction to restrain the Company from receiving out of Court the sum of £ 39,000, which had been invested iu the name of the Accountant- General. The Vice- Chancellor, 011 the undertaking of the defendants not to apply for the money before Monday next, declined to interfere at present. THE HEREFORD RAILWAYS.— The line between Hereford and Ross is now being marked out on all the " uncropped " land, and as soon as the corn has been housed, operations will begin more actively and extensively as shafts are now being sunk on most of the high points, and our informant is sanguine that the Herefordians will be able to travel from Hereford to Gloucester by rail before the Christmas of next year ! The Shrewsbury and Hereford Company are bound to complete and open their line within seven years of obtain- ing their Act, but its completion may be expected in less than half that time, as the line is one of the easiest for construction in England.— Hereford Times. OPENING OF THE NOTTINGHAM AND LINCOLN.— On Monday last the opening of the line between Nottingham and Lincoln took place. A special train, with two powerful new engines and twenty carriages, left Derby at half- past eight o'clock in the morning, anil arrived at Nottingham shortly before nine o'clock. The train took an additional number of company in at Nottingham, among whom were the Mayor of Nottingham and several members of the corporation, with their ladies. A few minutes before half- past nine o'clock, the train was again put in motion ; it reached Newark about half- past 10 o'clock. After a few minutes' delay the train was again put in motion, and arrived at Lincoln at a quarter before 11 o'clock. The distance from Nottingham to Lincoln is 33 miles. " LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN."— Notice has just been given, that the familiar names of the London and Birming- ham, the Grand Junction, and the Manchester and Birming- ham Railways have been altered to the general name of the " London and North- western Railway Company." The first general meeting of the Company under this new name was to be held at the Eusfcen Station, London, to- day ( Friday). PROCEEDINGS OF RAILWAY ENGINEERS.— At Chester, on Tuesday, before Mr. Baron Rolfe, Mr. Addison, railway engineer, brought an action against Mr. Legb, of Aldington Hall, Cheshire, for damages for an assault and false imprison- ment, under the following circumstances. The plaintiff was employed to survey for the North Union and Trent Valley Railway. He had occasion to cross the defendant's estate to set the levels, in order that the company might be in a posi- tion to comply with the standing orders of Parliament. Mr. Legh was adverse to this project. On the 17th of November last, the plaintiff, accompanied by his usual staff, went upon the land, and had put down severul flags before coming to a place called Butley- lodge, when they became aware of two large bodies of persons. Mr. Addison went down a lane, when about 70 persons surrounded him, and Mr. Legh and Stanhope ( another defendant) headed an attack upon the plaintiff and his assistants, and beat them severely with sticks. Mr. Legh struck the plaintiff with a life- preserver. The plaintiff and his assistants were handcuffed, and taken to a barn, in the first instance, and then imprisoned in the lockups at Macclesfield, where they were kept all night. Next day they were taken before the Magistrates, when Mr. Legh did not appear, and ultimately they were discharged upon recognizances to keep the peace. The Judge said the pro- ceedings of railway companies were quite dreadful, and unless put a stop to neither property nor liberty was safe. The defendant, however, in pleading the statute, was required to prove damage, which he did not do, and the Judge therefore- directed a verdict for the plaintiff", with a farthing damages. GUAGE OF RAILWAYS.— On Wednesday the bill which has passed the House of Lords, entitled, " An Act for regulating the Gauge of Railways," was printed. There are nine clauses in the measure following the preamble, " Whereas it is expe- dient to define the gauge on which railways shall be con- structed." After the passing of the Act it is not to be lawful, except in cases mentioned, to construct any railway for the conveyance of passengers on any gauge other than 4 feet 8 § inches in Great Britain, and o feet 3 inches in Ireland. The exceptions are set forth, and on certain railways the broad gauge is to be used. By the 4th provision it is declared that after the passing of the Act the gauge of any railway used for the conveyance of passengers is not to be altered. Railways constructed contrary to this Act may- be abated. There is a provision for the recovery of penalties. A BRUTE,— Francis Boobyer has been committed to the Gloucester county gaol for cruelty. A marc was standing in the road at Warmley, when the prisoner came up, thrust his hand into her mouth, caught hold of her tongue, and, by main force, tore it from her mouth by the roots. The poor animal died iu consequence. She was the property of Mr. J. Roberts, of Bitton. GREAT MALVERN. ASERMON will be Preached in the ABBEY CHURCH, in aid of the FUNDS of the PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS, on SUNDAY, the 9th Instant, by the Rov. JOHN WRIGHT, A. M., Vicar. Divine Service to commence at Eleven o'Clock. TO DRUGGISTS AND GROCERS. YINAIGRE D'ORLEANS. rip HE FINEST FRENCH WHITE WINE - I.. VINEGAR, of the greatest Puritv and Strength, and of an agreeable FRUITY FLAVOUR, may be had for domestic and other purposes, in Hogsheads and Quarter Casks, on application to S. P. GREEN and SON, Worcester. THE CHELTENHAM HYDROPATHIC INSTITUTION, AT SHERBORNE VILLA, and SHERBORNE HOUSE, is now Re- opened, with considerable improve- ments in the BATHS, DOUCHES, & c., under the direction of Mr. HARNETT, whose experience and knowledge of the treatment both in Germany and in England entitles him to the confidence of the Patients. Board, & c., in the Establishments, with the treatment, medical attendance, & c., £ 2. 12s. 6d. per week. Persons of limited means will be received at £ 1. 6s. per week. Out Patients will receive the full treatment at from £ 1. Is. to 12s. per week. Single Baths, Douches, & c., may be had. There is also employed at this Institution, in all cases where it is applicable, the celebrated Htmospasique Appareil,— invented by Dr. Junod, and recommended by the principal Physicians in Paris, & c., for local inflammations, and com- plaints arising from the fulness of blood and obstructed circulation. The blood and fluids are drawn from the diseased part to the arms or legs, thus giving instant relief, without pain or inconvenience; and supersedes bleeding, blistering, ieeches, & c. The combined treatment is eminently adapted to the cure of Apoplexy, Paralysis, Tic Doloreux, Pulmonary Complaints, Nervous and Mental Diseases, & c. Persons desirous of satisfying themselves of the agreeableness and efficacy of the treatment, will be furnished with Board and Lodging only on the most reasonable terms. H. TAYLOR, ESQ., M. R. C. S., Resident Surgeon. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY. NOTICE is hereby given, that the next HALF- YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company, will be held, pursuant to tbe Act of Parlia- ment, at the GUILDHALL, in the CITY of WORCKSTER, on FRIDAY, the 28th Day of AUGUST NEXT, at one o'clock precisely. F. RUFFORD, Chairman. The TRANSFER BOOKS will be closed on the 19th of August, after which day no Transfer will be Registered until the Books are reopened on the 29th. NOEL THOS. SMITH, Secretary. Worcester, 30th July, 1846. WORCESTER, HEREFORD, ROSS, AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY. THIS Company having been dissolved at a Meeting held pursuant to the Railway Companies' Dissolution Act, the Committee of Management, pending the final settlement and adjustment of the liabilities of the Company, have resolved on making an immediate retnrn to the Shareholders of 24s. per Share. The Shareholders are therefore requested to send in tlieir Scrip to the Secretary forthwith, who will furnish them witli a receipt far the same; and two clear days after it has been so left, a cheque for the amount of such dividend will be ready for delivery. THOS. PHILLPOTTS, Jun., Secretary. 449, West Strand, August 1, 1846. THE IRON STEAMER, " SABRINA," WILL start EVERY MORNING, until further notice, from WORCESTER QUAY, punctually at Seven o'Clock, to GLOUCESTER, calling at Kempsey ... about 30 minutes past 7. Rhydd 56 „ „ 7. Upton 30 ,, ,, 8. Tewkesbury 30 „ „ 9. And will return EVERY EVENING from GLOUCESTER to WORCESTER, punctually at Two o'Clock, calling at Tewkesbury ... about 30 minutes past 3. Upton 40 „ „ 4. Rhydd 15 „ „ 5. Kempsey 55 „ „ 5. REDUCED FARES, To and from GLOUCESTER, and the intermediate Places. s. d. From Worcester to Kempsey 0 4 „ „ Rhydd 0 8 „ „ Upton 0 10 ,, ,, Tewkesbury 1 6 „ „ Haw Bridge 2 0 ,, Gloucester 2 6 From Kempsey to Rhydd 0 4 „ „ Upton 0 8 ,, ,, Tewkesbury 1 2 „ „ Haw Bridge 1 8 ,, „ Gloucester 2 2 From Rhydd to Upton 0 4 ,, „ Tewkesbury 1 0 „ „ Haw Bridge 1 6 „ „ Gloucester 2 0 From Upton to Tewkesbury 4) 8 „ ,, Haw Bridge 1 2 ,, ,, Gloucester I 8 From Tewkesbury to Haw Bridge 0 6 ,, ,, Gloucester 1 0 Day Ticket— From Worcester to Gloucester, returning the same or following evening, to and fro, 4s. s. d. From Gloucester to Ashle worth 0 4 „ „ Haw Bridge 0 6 ,, ,, Tewkesbury 1 0 ,, ,, Upton 1 8 „ „ Rhydd 2 0 ,, >, Kempsey 2 2 ,, „ Worcester .. 2 6 From Tewkesbury to Upton 0 8 „ „ Rhydd 1 0 „ „ Kempsey 1 2 „ „ Worcester 1 6 From Upton to Rhydd 0 4 „ „ Kempsey 0 8 „ ,, Worcester 0 10 From Rhydd to Kempsey 0 4 ,, „ Worcester 0 G From Kempsey to Worcester V 4 Day Ticket— From Gloucester to Worcester, returning the following morning, to and fro, 4s. PARCELS, & c., to or from any Station, as follows:— Parcels not exceeding 56ft. 4c?. each. Ditto ditto II2ft. 9d. each. Light Goods 10s. per ton. Apply to Mr. Wall, St. Clement Street, Worcester , Mr. Day, King's Head, Upton ; Mr. Dee, Anchor Inn, Tewkesbury ; Mr. Chandler; Wine Vaults, Westgate Street, Gloucester; Mr. Moore, Commission Agent, Lower Basin, Gloucester ; Mr. Dawes, Coach Proprietor, Malvern. PLEASURE TRIPS to KEMPSEY and CAMP every Sunday Evening. REFRESHMENTS ON BOARD. PURSUANT to a decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause " Parkhnrst ^ versus Park- hurst," the Creditors of the REVEREND FLEETWOOD PARK HURST, late of Ripple, near Tewkesbury, in the County of Worcester, Clerk, who died on the 29th day of October, 1844, are to come in and prove their Debts before SIR WILLIAM HORNE, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, Lon- don, on or before the 10th day of AUGUST, 1846, or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded the benefit of the said Decree. RAMAGE'S CONCENTRATED COMPOUND SOLUTION OF IRON. rT^ UE well- known tonic properties of Iton have made 3 it a medicine of daily application in all cases of debility, produced by a poor and impoverished state of the blood. THE SYMPTOMS by which the state of the system is known are the following :— General weakness, languor, inapti- tude to exertion, loss of appetite, imperfect digestion, flatulence after taking food, a feeble action of the heart, palpitation on the slightest exertion, cold hands and feet, irregular action of the bowels, and severe headaches. THE EFFECT of this Preparation of Iron is to act as a permanent Tonic, By strengthening and invigorating the stomach and digestive organs, the appetite is not only increased, but the food taken is properly digested, the blood is made in better quality and larger quantity, thereby the action of the heart is increased, rendering the pulse fuller and stronger, augmenting the temperature of the body, and improving the tone of the muscular fibre. This Medicine is much assisted by using RAMAGE'S LAXATIVE PILLS at the same time. Sold in Bottles, at 4s. 6d. each, Wholesale and Retail, by the Proprietor's appointment, at JOHN SANGER'S, 150, Oxford Street, and may be procured of Mrs. Deighton, High Street, Worcester, and all respectable Medicine Venders throughout the country. HEREFORD MUSICAL FESTIVAL, 1846. rT^ HE ONE HUNDRED and TWENTY- THIRD MEETING of the CHOIRS of HEREFORD, GLOUCESTER, and WORCESTER, for the Benefit of the WIDOWS and ORPHANS of CLERGYMEN in the three Dioceses, will be held on WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY, the 9th, 10th, and 11th of SEPTEMBER, UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN. ^ Jresiticnt: THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL SOMERS, LORD- LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY OF HEREFORD. Iftre^ vestiicntg, The BISHOPS of the THREE DIOCESES, and the NOBILITY of the THREE COUNTIES. jfctcfoavtis: JOSEPH BAILEY, JUN., ESQ., M. P., Easton Court. ROBERT PULSFORD, ESQ., M. P., Upper Belgrave THE VENERABLE THE ARCHDEACON VICIvERS, Rector of Chetton, Salop. THE REV. RICHARD LANE FREER, B. D., Rector of Bishopstone. THE REV. WILLIAM HASSALL, M. A., Vicar of Much Dewchurch. Street, London. WILLIAM LACON CHILDE, ESQ., Kinlet Hall, Salop. MISS BIRCH, MISS A. WILLIAMS, MISS M. WILLIAMS, MISS DOLBY. ^ humpal SJocal ^ evformm: MR. IIOBBS, MR. LOCKEY, MR. HATTON, MR. MACHIN, MR. II. PHILLIPS. ^ uuapal instrumental - pafonnn'ss: LEADER OF THE MORNING PERFORMANCES MR. T. COOKE. LEADER OF THE CONCERTS MR. WILLY. M R. B L A G RO V E. Solo performers: Messrs. J. L. HATTON, WILLIAMS, GRATTAN COOKE, BAUMANN, R. LINDLEY, HARPER, PLATT. ORGAN MR. AMOTT.— PIANO FORTE MR. W. DONE. CONDUCTOR, MR. G. TOWNSHEND SMITH. The BAND has been selected principally from the Philharmonic Society. The CHORUS from the Ancient and Philharmonic Concerts, and the Choirs of the Cathedrals, Gloucester, Worcester, Windsor, Bristol, Lichfield, Cambridge, Armagh, & c.. Programmes may be obtained at the Newspaper Offices of Hereford, Worcester, Gloucester, Mopijieuth, and Shrewsbury. WORCESTERSHIRE. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. C. F. MOORE, At the King's Head Hotel, Gloucester, on Saturday, the 22nd day of August, 1846, at three o'clock in the afternoon; A VERY desirable and compact FREEHOLD l \ ESTATE, in the Parish of STAUNTON, and County of Worcester, about nine miles from the important Towns of Gloucester and Tewkesbury, and five from Ledbury ; consisting of a CAPITAL BREAST SHOT GRIST MILL, with power to drive three pair of Stones. Also an excellent and convenient FAMILY RESIDENCE, with Cider Mill, Barn, Stables, and suitable Agricultural Build- ings adjoining, and SIXTY ACRES of rich MEADOW, PASTURE, ORCHARD, and ARA- BLE LAND. The above Estate is most delightfully situate, and the Mill Stream passing the Lawn, in front of the House, continues through the entire extent of the Estate and forms its boundary. The Orchards are well- stocked with choice Fruit Trees, and are in full bearing. The Land is of first- rate quality. The Build- ings are are in good repair, and the parochial rates unusually low. For further particulars apply to the Proprietor, Mr. John Walker, Staunton Mill, near Ledbury; Messrs. Sewell and Newmarch, Solicitors, or to the Auctioneer, Cirencester. UPTON- UPON- SEVERN. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY WILLIAM CREES, On Thursday, the 13th day of August, 1846, at the Old Crown Inn, Upton- upon- Severn, at five o'clock in the evening, sub- ject to conditions to be then produced ; ALL that FREEHOLD MESSUAGE or DWEL- LING- HOUSE and PREMISES, situate in Old Street, in Upton- upon- Severn ; containing Parlour, Kitchen, . our Sleeping Rooms, Cellar, with BUTCHER'S SHOP, !•'' laughter House, Stable, large Yard, and other conveniences for the use of a Butcher, now in the occupation of Air. Thomas Lilly. . Also a FREEHOLD COTTAGE, situate near the Oak Inn, and now in the occupation of Timothy Johns. Vhe above Premises are in excellent repair. Fior further particulars apply at the Office of Messrs. Cameron and Thomas, Solicitors, Worcester ; or of the Auctioneer, New Stree t, Upton- upon- Severn, who, on application, will cause the same 10 be viewed. WHILST Messrs. BETTS & Co. are studiously desirous to avoid the imputation of unwarrantably increasing the alarm created by the rumoured prevalence in the Metropolis, of that fearful disease the Asiatic Cholera, they deem it consistent with a due regard to the feelings of the public, to direct attention to the subjoined Testimonial's as to the merits of their Patent Brandy. This pure and wholesome Spirit lias long been in very general use in the most important Hospitals and Infirmaries in the Kingdom, and is deserving of especial notice at the present time, from its peculiar efficacy in arresting the ravages caused by those epidemics that usually prevail at this season of the year; and the same can be procured throughout the Kingdom, of Wholesale Spirit Merchants, in quantities not less than 2 Gallons, being 1 Dozen, or in single Bottles, 3s. per Bottle, from Retailers, each Bottle being secured by the Metallic Capsule, which Messrs. BETTS & Co. have the exclusive right of making, and which, when bearing the annexed impres- sion, is a self- evident protection to the Spirit against the possibility of adultera- tion. EXTRACTS FROM TESTIMONIALS :— " Grenadier Guards Hospital, " The two samples of your Patent Brandy I had an opportu- nity of laying before the Board of Officers, which sat at the Regimental Hospital last Saturday. Every Member of the Board approved of the Brandy, and have ordered that it shall be used for the sick. ( Signed) " J. HARRISON, Surgeon- Major, Grenadier Guards." " Messrs. J. T. Betts & Co." , « 3o, Upper Gower Street. " I do not hesitate to express my conviction, that it is fully as free from anything injurious to health, and contains as pure a Spirit as the very best varieties of Foreign Brandy. ( Signed) " EDWAKD TURNER, Professor of Chemistry in " John T. Betts, Esq." " the University of London," u Long Acre. " I'am bound to say, and do assert it with confidence, that for purity of Spirit, this cannot be surpassed; and that your Patent Brandy is also quite free from those acids which, though minute in quantity, always contaminate the Foreign Spirit. ( Signed) " JOSEPH HUME, Toxicalogical Chemist " To J. T. Betts, Esq." " to the Board of Excise." « 58, Aldersgate Street. " Your Brandy is free from uncombined acid, and astringent matter, which exists, more or less, in most of the Brandies im- ported from France. ( Signed) " JOHN THOMAS COOPER, " Lecturer on Chemistry, at. Guv's, " To Mr. Betts." " and St. Thomas' Hospitals." pPATENTM NASSAU SELTERS WASSER. Messrs. BETTS & Co. also avail themselves of the present most seasonable opportunity to direct public attention to the peculiar salutary properties of the SELTERS WATER, respecting which many eminent Physicians have expressed the most favourable opinions deserving of serious and attentive consideration. The learned Monsieur Caventou, of Paris, makes some observations replete with interestand truth. " Wc know of no Mineral Water suited to such variety of constitu- tions. It exercises an especial action on the biliary system, frequently and promptly checking the worst symptoms, whether connected with vomiting or diarrhcea." He concludes by recom- mending Selters Water as one of the most salubrious drinks for warm climates, and ranges it in the first rank of antiscor. butics and preventions of dysentry. Whilst M. Augustus Wetter, Physician of Berlin, the latest and most celebrated writer on Mineral Springs, states, " Selters Water is highly beneficial in cases of gastric irritation, bilious vomiting or diarrhcea, and ought to be administered in small but f requently repeated doses. In cases of dyspepsia, either from irritation or weak stomach, the continued use of Setters Water is highly advantageous." Messrs. Betts & Co. cannot too strongly caution the public against the evils of artificial gaseous waters generally, since the learned Monsieur Caventou informs us " that they frequently produce so much inconvenience and danger as to cause its use to be replaced by that of the natural, the latter acting as a very antidote to the former." Numerous attempts having been made to impose upon the Public by some manufacturers of artificial waters and other mixtures, by advertising that they enjoy the privilege of receiv- ing supplies of the natural Selters Water direct from the springs, Messrs. BETTS & Co. beg to state that they have the exclusive right of procuring the same direct from the Springs, and, as evidence thereof, they publish the following Declaration of the Nassau Government, founded upon its solemn contract with Mr. J. T. BETTS. THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE DOMAINS OF HIS HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF NASSAU, DECLARE, by these presents, that being desirous to prevent and put a stop to the numerous falsifications committed in respect to the Waters of Selters, and, to secure for the future to the Kingdom of Great Britain, its Colonies, and Dependencies, the enjoyment of the genuine Water of that Spring, they have resolved, from the lst of January, 1845, to use the Metallic Capsules of Mr. JOHN THOMAS BETTS, of London. The General direction of the Domains further DECLARE by these presents, that they have granted to the said JOHN THOMAS BETTS, Patentee of the above described Capsules, and TO NO ONE ELSE in the Kingdom of Great Britain, its Colonies, and Dependencies, THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT to pur- chase and export, direct from the Springs, theWaters of Selters, Fachingen, Schwal- bach and Weilbach. They declare further, that the Bottles, after being tilled with the respective Mineral Waters, are to be immediately and in the presence of their Officers closed with the above named Capsules, which bear the impression of the annexed drawing :— Given at Wiesbaden, this 18th day of December, 1844. BARON DE BOCK HERMSDORFF, President of the Direction General of the Ducal Domains of Nassau. HENRY HENDEL, Secretary. The Selters Water is imported in hampers containing Four Dozen large Bottles, ( each Bottle equal to Five Bottles of Soda Water,) or Five Dozen small; and sold, exclusive of carriage, at 10s. per Dozen for the large, and 7s. per Doeen for the small, bottles and hampers included, and not returnable. A liberal allowance made to the Trade. Applications to be made to Messrs. BETTS & Co., PATENT BRANDY DISTIL- LERS, 7, SMITHFIEI. D BARS, who beg further to inform the Public that although they contend for the superiority of their Patent Brandy over every other Spirit, yet, in deference to the incredulous, is submitted THE STANDARD OF COGNAC. THE BEST COONAC BRANDY is the produce of a tract of land in France, well known as the CHAMPAGNE DISTRICT. To meet a demand, greatly disproportionate to the supply afforded by so limited an area, the Foreign Traders in the article were notoriously in the habit of adulterating it with other Brandies, of an inferior quality; and they, thereby, in- duced a great number of the Proprietors of the best Vineyards in that district to establish a Company, in the year 1838, under the name of THE UNITED VINEYARD PROPRIETORS' COM- PANY ; for the purpose of counteracting the baneful effects of such fraudulent practices upon the character of the Cognac Brandy, and of enabling the Public to obtain through them the genuine article. The reputation which the Company now enjoys, in the Market, is the strongest proof of the fidelity with which they have hitherto effectuated the purposes for which they were formed. This Company has engaged to supply Messrs. BETTS & Co., as appears by the following letter :— " Cognac, 14th March, 1846. « Messrs. Betts & Co-, London. i> Gentlemen,— We have very great pleasure in confiding to your care the sale of our BEST BRANDY, produced from the Champagne district, in order that you may be enabled, by the use of your METALLIC CAPSULE, to guarantee the GENUINE ARTICLE to the Public, at a fair remunerating price, and that we may derive a benefit from the extension of our trade through the high respectability, and established reputation of your House, " We are, Gentlemen, " Your obedient SeiT ints, " For the United Vineyard Proprieiors' Company, " GEO. SALIGNAC, Manager.'' And Messrs. BETTS & Co., under the title of LA SOCIETE VIGNICOLE CHAMPENOISE, beg to inform those consumers who wish for THE BEST COGNAC BRANDY, which they designate THE STANDARD OF COGNAC, that the same can be purchased throughout the Kingdom, in Bottles, at the price of 4s. 6d. per Bottle for the Coloured, and 5s. per Bottle for the Pale ; each Bottle being secured by the Patent Metallic Capsule, which , Alessrs. BETTS & Co. have the sole right | of making, and which, when bearing the annexed impression, is a self- evident and certain safeguard against the possibility of adulteration; and proof that it was affixed to the Bottle at their Stores, No. 96, ST. JOHN STREET, LONDON, BETTS ( S FRERES « i^ COGNAC^/ t THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1846. STOCKS.— At 2 o'ct. Bank Stock 3 p^ r Cent, lied Ann. 3 per Cent Cons Cons, for Account 3i pel- Cent. 1818 3 per Cent. Red Now 3i per Cent 3 per Cent. 1826 Bank Long Aun India Stock India Bonds Excheq. Bills FRL. SAT. MON, TUF. F. WFD, TIIURS 209 £ 96| 209* 209 208J 208| 208$ 94 i 96J 90$ ( J « i 90 951 95? 96 95J 951 96J 90.£ 904 96* 964 90 98J 98 ~ 975 9SJ 97 I 98 zz 10| 10g 10 J 15 262 260.{ — 18 22 P 2") 1' —— 23 v 9 P 8 I 10 p 12 L' 12 R 11 R I TO CORRESPONDENTS. A letter from Mr. Beamish relative to some statements which appeared in the Herald in reference to the late trial of " Millington v. Claridge," and with which roe have nothing to do, has been addressed to us, but the language contained in it being— to say the least— objectionable, we decline to insert it in our columns. All further communications on this subject can only be inserted as advertisements. FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1846. LAST WORDS OF Loan RUSSEI, ON THE SCAFFOLD. " I did believe, and do still, that Popery is breaking in upon " this nation, and those who advance it will stop at nothing " to carry on their designs; and 1 am heartily sorry that " so many Protestants give, their helping hand to it." AN extraordinary press of matter coming upon us at a late hour, compels us reluctantly to pretermit our cus- tomary political remarks, and also some observations we had prepared in reference to the glorious meeting at King's Lynn, on Tuesday. We have devoted as much space as we could possibly spare to a condensed report of Tuesday's proceedings, and we beg to direct the attention of our readers to the admirable speeches of Lord George BENTINCK and the DuLe of RICHMOND, to which we shall further advert on a future occasion. THE PUBLIC HEALTH.— We rejoice to find that our fellow citizens are, in common with all the rest of the world, bestirring themselves with the object of promoting a more healthy condition of our beautiful, and heretofore considered cleanly, city. It has of late become matter of too much notoriety to deny that there has been a great carelessness in the observance of such a condition of cleanli- ness in our highways and byeways as is necessary in order to the promotion of the public health; and without wishing to throw blame upon any individual or body we must bear out- personal testimony to the foulness of the city sewers as testified by the impure and noxious exhalations which periodically arise from them. We trust that it is merely necessary to point out these things, and call public attention to them, in order to their correction, and therefore we repeat that we rejoice that we are now in this position. It does appear indeed that Worcester is not singular in this respect, as is proved by the quarterly report of the Registrar General just published, an abstract of which appears in our first page. From this report it is clear that there was a considerable increase in the last quarter, ending June 30, in the deaths over the corresponding quarter of several previous years, and there can be no doubt that this increase has arisen iu a great measure from the spread of disease arising from bad sewerage. It is shown by this report that the inadequate supplies of water by companies, the imperfect sewerage in towns, the open drains and ditches, and the general neglect of cleanli- ness, leave everywhere great quantities of organic matter to decay and putrify in the midst of crowded populations. In such circumstances, the mortality, like putrefaction, is always increased when the temperature is high; and epidemics of diarrhoea, dysentery, and cholera prevail. Many thousands of the people of England were carried off ill the last quarter by these diseases, and others of the zymotic class. The deaths in the quarter were 43,582. If the mortality had not been higher in the towns than in the poor country- districts where the air is purer, the deaths iu the quarter would not have exceeded 33,000. Within the last three months 10,000 lives have been destroyed in a part only of England, by causes which, there is every reason to believe, may be removed. In the metropolis, the deaths at the close of June from diarrhoea, dysentery, and common cholera rose to 40 weekly, and have since increased, until they reached last week to the number of 186. Nor is that to be wondered at. Notwith- standing the improvements effected when cholera was last • pidemic, the foul untrapped sewers and the areas of the best streets emit noisome smells and volatile poisons which are as fatal as arsenic to a certain number of persons. London is surrounded, too, by stagnant, putrid ditches, as some cities are by walls. With reference to the timely removal of night soil, we are glad to see that this part of the subject has been adverted to in the Council Chamber of our city, and we do hope that the bve laws of the city will be strictly enforced, as tliey were wont to be, by the officers of the City Commissioners. THE REGISTRATION.— We continue to entreat the atten- tion of Conservative electors to this all- important point. The registration now progressing will no doubt be one of the most critical to the interests of all who wish well to the nation. The voters' lists have now been made out, and on Sunday last were posted on the several parish Church and Chapel doors, and may be seen there, or at the house of an overseer, or at the parochial offices, until the 16th instant. Every qualified person should examine these lists, aud see that his own name and those of his friends are properly inserted, and also that there are no names improperly placed there. Although the following information may be relied on for its accuracy, it is in all cases advisable to apply to a registra- tion agent, if possible. Parties entitled to vote in Cities and Boroughs are as follows:— Occupiers for 12 months previously to the 31st of July, of auy house, or part of a house ( if the landlord do not occupy- any part), warehouse, counting- house, shop, or other build- ing, such occupier having been rateJ, or having claimed to be rated to all poors' rates made during such occupation. If the party finds his name omitted from the list, he should claim to be registered, in the usual form, before the 25th of August. If the voter has occupied different premises during the year, aud his name is on the list for one place only, he will ( if objected to) lose his vote, unless lie claims, and sets forth in his claim, the premises now occupied; describing Ihein as being occupied in succession from the premises held during the early part of the twelve months. The party having secured his own vote, should examine the list, with a view to objecting to auy person he believes to be disqualified. Earl Beauchamp has left town for Baden Baden. The Earl Talbot has arrived at Ingestre Hall, Stafford- shire, from town, for the autumn, and is surrounded by a lar^ e family circle, including the Marchioness of Lothian and family, Lady Sarah Ingestre and family, & c. On Saturday the Marchioness of Lothian, accompanied by a large party from Ingestre, laid the foundation- stone of the proposed new church at Hixton, in the parish of Stowe, Staffordshire. The Venerable Archdeacon Hodson and a numerous attendance of the local clergy and gentry were present at the interesting ceremony. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.— A matrimonial alliance is spoken of as about to take place between Lady Charlotte Herbert, second daughter of the Earl and Countess of Powis, and Mr. Montgomerie. Although the preliminaries are not positively completed, the match is settled. A matrimonial alliance will shortly take place between the Viscount Stopford and the Hon. Miss Miles, the accom- plished daughter of Lord Sondes. TESTIMONIAL TO A CLERGYMAN.— On Saturday last a testimonial of esteem was presented by the parishioners of Bromsgrove to the Rev. T. B. G. Moore, late curate of that parish. The testimonial consisted of a purse containing 119 sovereigns, together with a handsome gold watch and guard; F. Rufford, Esq., of Belbroughton, was the gentleman deputed to make the presentation. The Rev. gentleman preached his farewell sermon on Sunday evening, and many of the poorer portion of the congregation, to whom the Rev. gentleman had particularly endeared himself, waited with tearful eyes to take a farewell of their respected pastor on his leaving the church. A muffled peal was also rung on the occasion. The greatest compliment we can pay Mr. Moore is to express a hope that his successor may become equally beloved and respccted by the inhabitants of this locality by the adoption of those principles which should ever distinguish the life of a Christian pastor, and in the observance of which Mr. Moore has always been eminently conspicuous. CONFIRMATIONS.— The Lord Bishop of this diocese has, during the past fortnight, dispensed the rite of confirmation to the following numbers, at the places mentioned :— Coleshill, 532; Atherstone, 152; Polesworth, 104; Nuneaton, 405; Bedworth, 123; Coventry, 075; Baginton, 69 ; Stretton- on- Dunsmore, ' 202; Southam, 466; Kineton, 284 ; Leamington, 546; Warwick, 357; Kenilworth, 155; Ilenley- in- Arden, 140; Solihull, 289 ; Sutton Coldfield, 167 ; making a total of 4666, including 2794 females, and 1872 males. WESTMINSTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.— The botanical prize, given by this institution, has, after the usual examination, been awarded to Mr. J. T. Wale, late pupil of Mr. Turley, surgeon, of this city. 31 r. Wale was also the successful candidate for the chemical prize given by the same institution about two months since. Mr. Samuel Johnson, late of Bewdley, graduated as Doctor of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, on Satur- day last. MALVERN SCHOOLS.— It will be seen by advertisement that a sermon will be preached iu the Abbey Church, Great Malvern, on Sunday next, and a collection made in behalf of the parochial schools. On Sunday last, in obedience to the Queen's letter, a collection was made in the small parish of Churchill, consisting chiefly of labouring poor, amounting to the sum of 18s. Id.— On the same day at Peopleton, in obedience to the Queen's letter, a collection was made, amouuting to the handsome sum of £ 1, lis. 4± d. KIDDERMINSTER SUNDAY SCHOOLS.— In addition to the sum stated last week as having been collected at St. George's Church, Kidderminster, on Sunday, the 26th ult., we have great pleasure in antiouncins; a contribution of £ 5 by Miss Lea, of the Lakes, and also further contributions from other individuals, amounting in all, with the collection, to £ 55.10s. 0 § d. RKDDITCH NATIONAL SCHOOLS.— On Sunday last two sermons were preached in Redditch Chapel by the Rev. J. F. Mackarness, Vicar of Tardebigg:, and Chaplain to the High Sheriff for this county, on the occasion of opening the new and extensive national schools connected with the church m that place. The collections amounted to £ 40 and upwards. HOLY CROSS ABBKY CHURCH, PKRSHORE.— We are glad to hear that the Rev. B. Hemming has received from Sir Richard Hunter, brother of Stanhope Hunter, Esq., the hand- some donation of 2a/. in aid of the fund for the restoration of the above noble structure. THE WORCESTER CLOCKS.— We are glad to find that some measures have this week been taken with the view of assimilating the time at Worcester with railway or" Londou time." The clock of St. Nicholas Church is in future to be timed according to the Horse Guards, which we are sure from experi- ence, will save many disappointments on the part of railway travellers and letter posters. We find the system has also been adopted with regard to several other of the clocks iu the city. LICENSING DAY.— The city Magistrates have fixed Wednesday, the 26th instant, at one o'clock, as the day for granting annual licences. The sale by auction by Messrs. Hobbs and Son of valuable estates, Oakfields mansion, and other property, for the representatives of James Mason, Esq., took place on Friday last at the Star hotel, when a large and influential company attended, great interest having been excited, and the result was most satisfactory, exceeding the valuation by- many hundreds ; one estate being knocked down at 40 years' purchase. We understand that another portion of the ven- dor's estate at Malvern will shortly be brought under the hammer. MENDICITY SOCIETY.— It appears that the Worcester Mendicity Society, from January 1845, to January 1846, relieved 1025 men, 155 women, and 154 children ; the total being 1334. The Society during the same period transferred to relieving officer 490," dismissed as impostors 108, and sent to prison for begging 2 ; total 600. The grand total, 1934. LABOURERS' FRIEND SOCIETY.— We are glad to find that this society, established for the purpose of supplying allot- ments of land to the working classes of this city, is progressing favourably. The only land at present in the hands of the Society is Inglethorpe's Meadow, near Lowesmoor, which is divided into 21 allotments of about one- sixth of an acre each. Though the rent is necessarily high ( it being requisite to obtain land near the city) the applicants for allotments were fourfold the number who could be accommodated. The rents have been very punctually paid. At a meeting of the Committee last week a resolution was passed for taking another piece of land near Sansome Fields, which will probably afford between 20 and 30 allotments. But we are sorry to find, from a state- ment made by Mr. James Webb ( who kindly acts as Honorary Secretary), that the amount of subscriptions to defray pre- liminary expenses ( most of which will not occur again) is so small that the Society is in debt, and a circular was directed to be issued, soliciting subscriptions. We cannot think that those who feel anxious for the well- being of the poor will suffer the debt to be long unpaid— or in other words that they will permit gentlemen who are giving their time and attention to a work of this kind, to be made accountable for the deficit. The allotment system is founded upon the axiom that " the best method of serving the poor is to put them into the way of serv- ing themselves" and the result of the system hitherto has confirmed the soundness of the principle. TEWKESBURY FRIENDLY SOCIETY,— The Tewkesbury Independent Englishmen's Friendly Society held its anniversary meeting yesterday se'nnight, having on the morning of that day- proceeded to the venerable Abbey Church, where a suitable and interesting sermon was preached by the Vicar, the Rev. C. G. Davies. The society now numbers nearly 250 ordinary members, and with the honorary members ( for it is supported by the principal inhabitants, as well as the " entry of the neigh- bourhood) the procession to the church had a most imposing effect. The dinner was served up in the Theatre, and John Hopton, Esq., of Kemertoa Court, most kindly took the chair, T. G. Vernon, Esq., acting as vice- president. The usual routine of toasts were given, and a band of music placed in the gallery, enlivened the business of the day. The Rev. C. G. Davies addressed the meeting in a most feeling and effective manner, and the speeches of Geo. E. Williams, Esq., and Samuel Gale, Esq., upon the importance of Friendly Societies, and the well working of this one in particular, received marked attention ; nor were the " creature comforts" wanted upon this occasion. The dinner was served up in capital style by Mr. Hatch, of the Wheat Sheaf Inn, and his " fine home brewed" was much and deservedly eulogised. The available funds of the society amount to about £ 1500, and its success has been mainly attri- butable to the exertions of the founder, Mr. Williams, and the very correct and systematic manner in which the accounts have been kept by the talented secretary, Mr. Samuel Ricketts, who was prevented from attending the meeting by a severe domestic affliction. THE SANSOME AND CIIESNUT WALKS.— We have been requested by several of the inhabitants of this neighbour- hood to direct the attention of the City Commissioners to the great inconvenience experienced by them from the total absence of gas- lights in their locality. Although the property is subject to the assessment for water und lighting rates still the occupiers of the premises derive no immediate benefit from either one or other of these improvements; the proper course, however, for them to adopt would be to memorialize the respective bodies corporate ( either the Council or the Commissioners) for a redress of their grievances. With respect to the gas question, a pro- position was on Tuesday brought before the Council, and ( as will be seen by our report of the business) again referred to the Watch Committee, with a view to the more efficient general lighting of the whole city, and we would recommend the inhabitants of these parts to bestir themselves, and see what can be effected for their benefit. The object of placing gas lamps in the Walks is twofold— first, the convenience of the inhabitants in passing to and fro, and secondly, the removal of a set of low characters, who, under the guise of night, haunt this neighbourhood, to the infinite annoyance and disgust of the more respectable passengers along the Walks, who are continually open to the most unprovoked personal insults, and their ears assailed by language of the most obscene and blasphemous kind. We feel confident that a memorial properly signed and presented will meet with prompt attention, and that the authorities will use all the means in their power to suppress a nuisance which is becoming intoleiable Journal. SWINDLING.— Some " sharp practice" has recently been carried on in this city by two persons, who gave the names of Harris and Thompson, and under these titles obtained possession of Trimmer's late brewery in Quay Street, from Mr. Nash, house agent, & c., in which they said they intended carrying on the business of dry salters, and had actually engaged workmen to effect the necessary alterations. Tiiey fixed their establishment at Mr. Holmes' late residence, Sansome Fields, possession of which they obtained from Mr. Holmes' agent, ( Mr. Miles, Foregate Street,) and tliey forthwith commenced furnishing it, and succeeded in obtain- ing furniture, spirits, ale, and a variety of other requisites for housekeeping ; for all of which they obtained credit from various tradesmen. On Tuesday night Mr. Holmes' gardener went, in pursuance of instructions from that gentle- man, to see that the premises were properly secured, when he found the doors locked, but all the lower windows unclosed, and the garden door left ajar. He got over the fence, and found that the gentlemen had decamped, taking with them everything the house had formerly contained ; the head had been removed from the ale barrel, and its contents transferred to more portable vessels, the furniture was ail removed, the garden robbed of its apples, grapes, filberts, wall- fruit, & c. & c., in fact, the premises were quite stripped, and the late occupants fled, no one knew whither. The news soon spread among the victims, and the police station was literally besieged with anxious enquirers after the switi- dlers, and we learn that it is strongly suspected they made their way down to Gloucester. The description we have heard of the men is, that they were stout men, 35 or 40 years of age, and respectably dressed.— On Friday week, about ten o'clock at night, a respectably- dressed man entered the Shades Tavern, Mealcheapen Street, in company with a female, and having called for two glasses of brandy, ten- dered a £ 5 note on the Cheltenham and Winchcomb bank. Mrs. Simmonds, the landlady, having examined it, said it was a bank which she knew nothing about, and hesitated to change it; the waiter, however, assured her that the mau was " quite a gentleman," and that he had a large roil of notes besides, and Mis. Simmonds then gave the change in cash, and laid the note in her cash- box until Tuesday, when she paid it, but in less than an hour and a half it was returned, having been refused by the Bank, as the Cheltenham and Winchcoinb concern had been closed more than 20 years. COOKE v. WETHERELL.— The new trial in this strange case came on yesterday, at the Assizes at Guildford, but was not concluded. The case was adjourned at eight o'clock last night until this morning. FATAL ACCIDENTS.— Mr. Moore held an inquest on Monday afternoon, at Lye, on the body of Caroline Wiiletts, a little girl nine years old, who fell into a pit while at play with several other children oil Sunday evening. As the pit was full of foul air, no one could descend, and it was several hours before the body was brought to the top by means of a rope and drag. Verdict, " Accidental death." The coroner, at the request of the jury, called upon Mr. Rufford to repre- sent the dangerous condition of the pits, and the necessity of their being fenced, when he found that that gentleman had already given orders that every pit on the estate should immediately be properly secured; that he had also sent a donation to the father of the child, a poor but steady man, to assist him in the distressing circumstances under which he is placed.— On the samej evening Mr. Moore held an inquest at Oldswinford, on the body of W. Bishop, groom to Henry Arthur Betts, Esq., surgeon, of that town. It appears that oil Sunday, the 26th of July, Mr. Betts, being uuable to drive, took Bishop with him his usual round to visit patients, having a horse hired from Mr. Green, of that place. After having gone about five miles, the horse suddenly, without any apparent cause, started to ruu off, and being held hard, began to kick, aud ultimately upset the gig, and threw them both out, the man falling on his head and back. The man was removed home, and every attention paid him by Mr. Belts, but he died from the effects of the injury on Saturday morning. Verdict, " Accidental death." The jury expressed ati unanimous opinion that such a horse ought riot to be kept for hire to the public, and requested the coroner to represent their opinion in strong terms to Mr. Green. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.— On Friday night last, about half- past eleven o'clock, as James Arthur Taylor, Esq., M. P., attended by his servant, was returning in his gig from Birming- ham to Moseley Hall, tlie horse took fright, and proceeded at a furious rate until the vehicle came in contact with a car. The concussion was so violent that the driver of the car was thrown from his seat, and received some severe contusions by the fall. Mr. Taylor and his servant were also thrown out of the gig, and each sustained slight injuries, but all are happily recovered. VISIT TO OXFORD BY THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON. — The Lord Mayor reached Oxford by special train soon after II o'clock on Wednesday morning, and immediately proceeded to the residence of the Mayor of that city, Alderman John Thorp, and invited his Worship and the Town Clerk to dine with him that evening at the Star Hotel. The Lord Mayor and his friends spent the day in visiting the chief attractions of that city and neighbourhood; and as it appeared to be Fiis Lordship's wish that his visit to Oxford should be as private and unostentatious as pos- sible, there was nothing beyond a little additional bustle to denote that the city was honoured with the company of the ruling powers of the great metropolis. His lordship gave a splendid enter- tainment in the evening at the Star Hotel; covers were laid for 80, aud everything connected with the entertainment was on a liberal and sumptuous scale. His Lordship and party- left Oxford by eight o'clock next morning, and proceeded by water in the state barge to London. COLLEGIATE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL EDUCATION.— THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM.— The Queen has been graciously pleased to issue her Majesty's warrant uuder the sign manual to authorise " the right trusty and well- beloved the principal, and the truly and well- beloved the vice principal of the Queen's College at Birmingham, to issue to such persons as may be desirous of becoming candidates for the respective degrees of bachelor of arts, master of arts, bachelor of laws, doctor of laws, to be con- ferred by the University of London, certificates to the effect that such candidates have completed the course of instruction which the chancellor, vice- chancellor, and fellows of the said University of London, by regulation in that behalf, shall have determined." The council of the college at their lust monthly board unanimously elected the Rev. G. Richards, Pembroke College, Oxon, resident classical tutor and chaplain of the college; the Rev. J. Taylor, St. John's College, Cam- bridge, the resident mathematical tutor and chaplain of the college hospital; Herr J. Mayland, German master; Jean J. O. Flanagan, French master; and Charles Docher, Esq., drawing master. Students of the first and second years who may enter to the department of literature and science will be received into the residence of the Rev. J. O. Welstead, after which they will be received into the walls of the college to complete their medical education. Students only entering the medical classes, and having attained their eighteenth year, will at once be admitted into the college on producing a recommendation of good moral character. WYE SALMON.— This luxurious fish has been very prolific in the walers of the Wye during the last week, and is now sold at Monmouth at the moderate price of 8d. per lb. SUDDEN DEATHS.— An awful instance cf sudden death occurred on Tuesday, about noon, in this city. Mary Peck, the wife of a labouring man residing at Tallow- hill, had been purchasing some articles of provision at a neighbour- ing shop, and on returning home and sitting down in a chair, she instantly fell insensible to the floor, and though medical aid was promptly in attendance, ere it arrived the vital spark had fled. The deceased, we understand, had previously been in possession of good health. An inquest was held yesterday, at the New Inn, Lowesmoor, when it appeared from the evidence of Mr. Edgar Slieppard, that the death was occasioned by ossification of the heart. Verdict accordingly.— Mr. Hyde also held ail inquest at the Shades Tavern, Diclis Street, yesterday, on the body of a child only one month old, of the name of James Ayres, who died from complaint of the bowels. The child's parents were too poor to procure medical advice. Verdict accord- ingly.— Mr. Hughes also held an inquest at the Farmer's Arms, Biftsmorton, yesterday morning, on the body of William Haywood, who died suddenly on Tuesday night, soon after going to bed. Mr. James Brooking, surgeon, of Upton, stated that the cause of death was a diseased heart. Verdict accordingly. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.— An inquest was held at Birmingham, on Saturday last, on the body of a man named Hairs, who lost his life on this line on Friday last. The train was stopped at the Camp- hill station, for the purpose of detach- ing those trucks which it was intended should be run on to a siding at that station ; the rope had been attached for this purpose in the usual manner, and the train was moving slowly down the incline, when by some means the deceased lost his footing. Henry Puxley, the chief guard, who was only a few yards from the spot, said that he could not account for the accident, and that when he first saw the deceased only one of his kgs was in, but that in endeavouring to extricate himself, he drew both legs in up to the thighs. Verdict—" Accidental death." Deodand, one shilling. BIRMINGHAM BANKRUPTCY COURT.— On Friday last the adjourned meeting for final order in re Protheroe, of Dudley was held. Mr. Wright appeared for the insolvent, and Mr. Smith, on behalf of the creditors, sought to have the insolvent's petition dismissed, on the grounds that the insolvent had rendered himself liable to pay a mortgage debt, that would increase the amount of his debts to more than £ 300. Various deeds were produced, and Mr. Pitt, a solicitor, was examined in reference to their contents. After hearing the arguments of the legal gentlemen on the liability of the insolvent, his Honour decided that the case should be adjourned, at the wish of Mr. Smith, in order that the case might be brought before the court, to establish Mr. Smith's position, on the understanding that Mr. Smith pays the costs of adjournment if lie does not prove his case. On the same day, in re W. H. Broad, of Stourport, maltster, the choice of assignees was carried by Mr. Hodgson. Also m the case of Corbett, of Worcester, money scrivener, the bankrupt passed his last examination without opposition. Solicitor, Mr. Motterain. In re Russell, of Kidderminster, coal dealer: a last examination. Mr. Brinton attended on behalf of the assignees, Mr. Smith for the bankrupt, and Mr, Rollings on behalf of a creditor. Alter a brief examina- tion in reference to items in the balance sheet, the meeting was adjourned to the 5th of September, in order to afford the bankrupt time to file a more minute cash account. UTTERING COUNTERFEIT COIN.— On Saturday evening last information was given to P. C. Humphries, of Redditch, that a man named Luke Barton had been passing counterfeit coin at several places; the accordingly made diligent search for him, and on the following morning apprehended him. On Mon- day he was taken before J. Merry, Esq., at Redditch, and by him remanded to Friday ( this day.) On being searched, four coun- terfeit half- crowns were found upon him, and upwards of £ 20. in lawful coin of the realm. Amongst the spurious coin is a number of half- crowns of the reigns of George IV., William IV., and Victoria, which are so well executed, that their quality cannot be discovered except by the ring. CITY POLICE. — On Monday a boatman named Williams was brought up charged by policeman Grubb with assaulting him while in the execution of his duty in quelling a fight upon the Quay, on Sunday afternoon. Policemen Grubb and Hamsheer having heard that a fight was taking place on the Quay, went to the spot, when the cry of " police" was raised and the principals immediately made off. On Hamshec- r pushing into the crowd, the defendant, according to Grubb's statement, struck at Hamsheer and tried to throw him down by putting out his feet, on seeing which Grubb seized him, and Williams struck him a violent blow upon the face, but ultimately succeeded in removing him to the station- house. Mr. Pullen appeared for the defendant, and called numerous witnesses, who deposed that Grubb's conduct was most violent and unwarrant- able, for Williams had not been taking any part in the affray ; John Nairn was the last witness called, and he admitted that Williams was a brother of one of the pugilists, and had " picked him up two or three times." The Magistrates decided that the assault had been proved, and fined him 1/. with 9s. Gd. costs. — Two navigators named Wilson and Cross were fined 5s. for being drunk and disorderly, the one on Saturday and the other on Sunday evenings This morning ( Friday), a complaint was made that some mountebanks were exhibitin<> their performances, in disgusting attirements, very much to the annoyauce of passers by. The Magistrates authorised the police to order them from the city if they caused any obstruction in the public streets— A pauper named Fanny Roberts was brought up charged with leaving the Union last Sunday night, under pretence of going to the Catholic Chapel, and absenting herself until Thursday night, vyhen she returned between ten and eleven o'clock, having left three children in the house. Defendant stated that having been told that her husband was in the neighbourhood, her feelings would not allow her to remain without finding him, and she had walked a great many miles after him, but being unsuccessful she had returned to the house. Under these circumstances, the Magistrates ( notwith- standing the woman is notorious for bad behaviour, and her own confession that she was " rather quick at her tongue") were inclined to deal leniently with her, and told her that the privilege granted her had been abused, and must therefore be discontinued. This announcement appeared to stagger Roberts, and she was about to express her disapprobation when she was removed by the officer, and contented herself by expressing her silent contempt with a significant nod and wink to the Governor An aggravated charge of assault was preferred by Hannah Thomas, against John Pitman, chimney sweep, who had struck her a violent blow in the eye, on Wednesday night, near the Hole in the Wall. There appeared to have been some provo- cation, but as the assault was a very violent one, the Magistrates decided in fining Pitman 5s. 6d. and costs, or seven days' imprisonment— Mr. Hadley, agricultural implement dealer, was summoned for exposing goods for sale in the Corn Market' contrary to the bye laws of the city. The defendant promised not to expose goods again, and the case was dismissed on his paying the costs, BUOMSGROVE PETTY SESSIONS.— On Tuesday last, before W. H. Ricketts, G, F. Iddius, and B. Collett, " Esqrs.' Emma Hill, a woman of bad character, who said she came from Stourbridge, was committed to prison for two months, as a vagrant; she was found in an outhouse in the occupation of Mr. Daniel, grocer, of Bromsgrove; and George Bing, of Sidemore, was fined 10s. 4d., including costs, for taking fish out of a brook iu the occupation of Mr. Joseph Cresswell, of Barnsley Hall, in April last. DUDLEY PETTY SESSIONS.— On Monday last the days* imprisonment, for assaulting Ann George, on the 28th of July.— James Hingley was fined £ 5, and in default committed for" three months," for brutally striking James Yardley on the head with a hammer, on the 27th July.— Margaret Perry charged Isaac Millington! and Sophia, Ann, and Eiijah Stephens, with assaulting her, on Friday night, at nine o'clock. Millington was fined 10s. and costs, or one month's hard labour, and the others were fined 5s. or 21 days' imprisonment.— Mary Priest was fined 2s. 6d. and costs for assaulting a boy named John Fletcher, by striking him with a cinder qn the ribs and head, and in default was° com- mitted for 21 days — James White, a striker, of Greet's Green, Westbroinwich, was fined 5s. and 7s. costs, for having been found drunk on the premises of Mr. Kartell Dudley, of Birming- ham- street, on Sunday morning. COMMITMENTS TO THE COUNTY GAOL.— By Rev. J. Foley : Elizabeth Sarrelt, charged with breaking into the dwelling houses of Elizabeth Hayvvard and Jane Tyler, at Grimley— By H. Brinton, Esq.: Robert Hill, charged with committing a rape on Sarah Potter, at Kidderminster By G. Masefield, Esq. : William Crosswell, charged with stealing a saw, the property of Samuel Winall, at Dowles By J. M. Allen, Esq.: William Tliorne alias Tanner, charged, with stealing shoes and boots, the property of Ann Pitcher, at Upton- on- Severn. — By John Green, Esq.: Luke Charm, charged with stealing a hat, money, & c., the property of Joseph Slim, at Halesowen, WORCESTERSHIRE ARCHERY SOCIETY. FIRST MEETING. The first meeting of the " Worcestershire Archery Society," established in the present year, was held on Tuesday last, at Strenshani Court, the seat of J. Taylor, Esq. In days of old when the use of the " good yew bow" and reedy arrow was better known than that of the deadly rifle, both as weapons of warfare and of the chase,— when " bold Robin Hood" and his merry men set up laws of their own for the government of Sherwood forest, establishing themselves as a Court of Equity ( from which there was no appeal) for relieving the rich of their superfluous wealth and his Majesty the King of his superfluous venison— archery was practised as an important means of defence and offence. The palmy days of archery, however, have long ago passed by, and the only remnant of that ancient sport in this country is found in the recent establishment of Associations, the members of which take it up as a pastime and a pleasing means for forming social reunions among themselves. We believe the county of York was the first to set this example— at any rate it is in that county where archery is at this time most practised, and where there is annually a brilliant assemblage of the fair and the gallant of the surrounding country, famed for deeds of excellence in this particular pastime. In our own district the county of Hereford h as, up to the present year, been alone in its practice of archery, and the Herefordshire archery meetings have been the only gatherings of the kind that have been held here- abouts. In the spring of the present year, however, the Dianas and Aclseons of Worcestershire took up the bow and the quiver, and yesterday they held their first merry meeting. Our classical readers may possibly carp at our selection of the character of Actason, in connection with that of the chaste Goddess, and the gentlemen may perhaps feel inclined to hint that Adonis might have been substituted for the rash and ill- fated Actason: they should remember, however, that the fate of both was alike with this exception, that the former, when turned into a stag— not a stag of the present days of railway speculation— was worried by his own dogs, while the latter was gored to death by one of the porcine species. Acteeon was doomed to die for looking on the Goddess of the Chase, when he should have turned another way. The Actseons of Tuesday's meeting had to withstand— if they could— the killing glances of the fair by whom they were surrounded : we scarcely know whether we ought to wish that they may have esc . ped the dangers that surrounded them, or not; perhaps the latter would be the most gallant wish. But to our task of recording the doings of Tuesday. The morning lowered gloomily, and towards noon there were several heavy showers of rain, which it was feared would mar the sports of the day, However shortly after the appointed hour for com- mencing the actual business of the morning the weather cleared up, and at half- past one o'clock the bugle sounded, calling the archers to their stations. The shooting immediately commenced ; the band ( which was under the leadership of Mr. W. H. Hop- kins, of this city) playing the national anthem, and the sun shining out brightly at the moment added lustre to the gay scene. The archery ground was meted out on the plain of a fair green meadow, newly mown, in close proximity to the mansion of Mr. Taylor. The boundaries were marked by red flags, outside of which the great body of spectators, by the kind per- mission of Mr. Taylor, ranged themselves in groups, their chief position facing the Court, and having the archers and buns on their right and left. An elegant and unique tent was, at Mr. Taylor's special request, erected near to the Court for the con- venience of the ladies and gentlemen engaged in the sports, and the visitors at the Court, and the secretary's tent was stationed near at hand, a splendid Union Jack floating proudly in the midst. Facing these, where the great proportion of the general spectators was assembled, were two other tents, the one being for the accommodation of the public, and the other for the band, the targets ( four in number) being placed between the spectators and the Court. The shooting distance was sixty yards from the target. The sccnery around the place of meeting was exceedingly picturesque, and when the sports were at their height the tout ensemble presented a splendid spectacle. Independent of the interest in the scene close at hand the pastoral beauties of the surrounding landscape were of the highest order. A beautiful and highly- cultivated tract of meadow and pasture land, finely wooded, stretched on either side, the distant Malverns forming the western boundary, and occasionally appearing in sombre guise or gleaming in light as the floating clouds passed lazily along. On the east the picturesque and half wooded Bredons formed a beautiful back ground, and at one time these hills had a peculiarly grand effect from a large and brilliant iris appearing between them and the spectators on Strensham lawn. Shooting was kept up without intermission until four o'clock, when the distinguished party moved to dinner, which was pre- prepared with Hambler's well- known skill, and laid out in a marquee upon the lawn. Amongst the members present were the following:— Rev. J. R. Berkeley, Mrs. Bearcroft, Miss Bearcroft, Miss C. Beaicroft, E. Bearcroft, Esq., Rev. Thos. Bearcroft, and H. Bearcroft, Esq., H. Biggs, Esq., R. Berke- ley, Esq., and Mis. Berkeley, Miss Berkeley, and Miss A. Berkeley, B. Baker, Esq., and Mrs. Baker, J. Y. Bedford, Esq., M. G. Benson, Esq., Mrs. Benson, and Miss Benson, Hon. R. Clive, Miss Clive, and R. Clive, Esq., Hon. Wm. Coventry, Mrs. Coventry, Miss Coventry, and W. Coventry, Esq., J. R. Cookes, Esq., Capt. Clowes, E. L. Childe, Esq., and Mrs. Childe, Miss Childe, and Miss K. Ciiilde, W. Dowdeswell, Esq., M. P., and Mrs. Dowdeswell, J. H. Galton, Esq., Theodore Galton, Esq., and Herman Gallon, Esq., E. Holland, Esq., Mrs. Holland, and Miss Holland, J. W. Isaac, Esq., and Mrs. Isaac, Rev. A. W. Ingram, F. W. Knight, Esq., M. P., Capt. Knatchbull, and Mrs. Knatchbull, Lord and Lady Lyttelton, Rev. W. Lea, E. Marriott, . Esq., R. Mynors, Esq., P. V. Onslow, Esq., and P. Onslow, Esq., P. H. Pepys, Esq., Mrs. Pepys, and Miss Pepys, Mrs. and Miss Phillips, A. Skey, Esq., and Miss Skey, Hon. and Rev. W. W. C. Talbot, and Mrs. Talbot, J. Taylor, Esq., ( Mose- ley), and Mrs. Taylor, R. Temple, Esq., Mrs. Temple, Miss Temple, and Miss L. Temple, G. Vernon, Esq., Mrs, W. Vernon, Miss Vernon, and Miss Lucy Vernon, Sir T. E. Winnington, Bart., and Lady Winnington, the Dowager Lady Winnington, Miss Winnington, Miss A. Winnington, and Capt. H. Winnington, Rev. John Walcot, and Mrs. Walcot, N. Throckmorton, Esq., W. Essington, Esq., and Mrs. Essington ; G. Farley, Esq., Mrs. Farley, Miss Farley, and MissF. Farley ; E. G. Stone, Esq., and Mrs. Stone; J. A. Taylor, Esq., M. P., and Mrs. Taylor ; and W. Tennant, Esq. There were besides the above members of the Archery Society, a large muster of visitors including 31 r. and Mrs. Walcot, of Bitterley, Rev. B. Adderley and Mrs. Adderley, W. F. Taylor, Esq., Henry Shirley, Esq., and Mrs. Shirley, T. Onslow, Esq., R. Temple, jun., Esq., Miss Marten and Miss L. Marten, Lady Jane Goding and J. Goding, Esq., Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., Lady Phillipps, aud Miss Phillipps, Miss Darwin, Mr. Fenwick, Mr. Wynniatt and the Misses Wynniatt, Mr. and Mrs. A. Freeman, Rev. H. Greene, Miss Galespie, Hon. and Rev. T. Coventry, Mrs. and Miss Moss, Robert Martin, Esq., and Mr. R. Martin. After dinner, notwithstanding that it unfortunately raiued heavily in the interval, shooting was resumed with ardour for nearly an hour, when another shower drove the gay party from the field. The shooting throughout the day was admirable, and the style and precision of the following members was specially remarkable— Lady Lyttelton, Miss Clive, Miss M. Bearcroft, Captain Clowes, Mr. Galton, and Mr. Bearcroft. In the unavoidable absence of the Lady Paramount ( Lady Harriet Clive), the Dowager Lady Winnington distributed the prizes as follows:— First Lady's Prize Miss Clive. Second Lady's Prize........ Miss Marion Bearcroft. First Gentleman's Prize .... Captain Clowes. Second Gentleman's Prize .. J. H. Galton, Esq. The first lady's prize consisted of a remarkably handsome inlaid paper knife with pen holder to correspond. The first gentleman's prize was a beautiful bronze inkstand. At the close of the shooting tea was served up, and a grand ball wound up the day's festivities. It had been originally ntended to hold the ball in the dinner marquee, but in conse- quence of the dampness of the weather it was held in the house. Dancing commenced at about nine o'clock and was kept up with spirit for several hours. The next meeting will be held on the 3rd of September next, at the seat of the Hon. R. II. Clive. The whole arrangements of the day were the most complete in their kind, and reflected the highest credit upon all engaged, not forgetting the indefatigable Secretary, Mr. Toovey. The lady archers' tent, an elegant fancy affair, was constructed by Messrs. Freame of this city. THE SALMON FISHERIES' BILL. An intelligent and valuable correspondent of the Mon mouthsliire Merlin, a gentleman well acquainted with the habits of salmon and the practices which have prevailed to their untimely destruction in our rivers, has recently addressed his twenty- fourth letter to ihe above named paper, wherein, after alluding to the intention of abandoning the bill for the protection of the Salmon Fisheries of England and Wales, on account of the opposition of certain interested parties, he quotes the resolutions recently adopted at a meeting of the Severn Fisheries Association, held in this city, and duly- reported in the Guardian, and appends thereto the following just remarks;—> " Now, Sir, it is impossible to read the foregoing resolutions without being painfully struck with the fact, that the proposal of any good public measure cannot be entered into, or carricd into effect in the House of representatives, without meeting opposition in some shape or other, in the face of common sense — common honesty— and common justice. How stands the case? Thus:— A number of gentlemen of respectability, character, and station, residing chiefly on the banks of the noble Severn and classic Wye, have formed themselves into an united association for the protection of the river Severn and its tributaries ; this body, or a few of the most active and intelli- gent individuals of them, after devoting a great deal of time, labour, and incurring considerable expense in examining all the old statutes on the subject— extracting what was reallv practical and useful for them-*, communicating with persons of experience, in addition to their own sound views— have pro- duced the draft of a measure which is intituled " A Bill to regulate the Salmon Fisheries of England and Wales."— Pre- pared and brought in by Sir Thos. Winnington, Mr. Pakington, and Lord Robert Grosvenor. " A fair and candid perusal of the original bill would, I believe, satisfy every reader who has any knowledge of the question, not only as to the purity of motive, spirit, and inten- tion, but also the desire for the public good generally manifested by its framcrs aud promoters. " We might have been prepared for some reasonable and necessary alterations and amendments when in committee; but it must be confessed, not so, for the sweeping and mischievous clause now sought to be introduced into the bill by Lord Clive one that will nullify the intention of the measure altogether making bad worse— being a full and entire return to the old unjust and destructive practices which have been, unfortu- nately, in operation for so many years, and which have, in fact, been the prominent causes of the decay of our once- famed rivers. It is admitted that the public acts of our representa- tives should be freely canvassed and commented upon— it is one of the constitutional rights that we enjoy as the represented; and as one of the latter, I will venture to'tell his Lordship— and that with every respect— that, he either does not accurately understand the subject at all, or that some sinister and selfish influences have been at work with his Lordship. " The first and second resolutions of the Worcester meeting fully and forcibly convey the pernicious tendency of the obnoxious clause; and it becomes the bouiiden duty of every locality interested in the preservation of our fisheries to strengthen the hands of the Worcester Association ( whose efforts are above all praise), by petitions through their respec- tive representatives, praying an excision of this rotten limb from the body of an otherwise sound measure; and if such should not be effected, to abandon the whole case for the pre- sent as beyond a remedy, when under the treatment of such unskilful hands. " I am, Sir, your obliged servant, " PYSCOTTWR." With regard to the fate of this bill, we believe we may now state that the promoters, finding that there was no hope of passing it through Parliament with the opposition presented to it by Lord Clive, whose influence and interest is very great in both Houses, have abandoned it altogether, and now " bide their time" for a reformation, at the hands of the Government of this country, of the gross abuses practised uuder the existing laws relating to the Salmon Fisheries of Englanc^ and Wales. A measure for Ireland, having this object in view, is now before Parliament, and will doubtless be passed this Session, Mr. Labouchere having declared on Tuesdays that it was the intention of Government to push this bill forward. Seeing how private interests are allowed a selfish sway over the interests of the public, it seems to us that the only chance which offers itself for the reformation of the gross abuses which exist in our inland fisheries, and in fact of securing them from utter annihilation, is that of prevailing upon the Government to appoint a commission of enquiry on the subject, or otherwise officially to take the matter in hand as may, to the Members of the Government, seem best. Of course at this late period nothing can be done in the way of legislation in the present Session, but we trust we may look forward to better things ere long. Spotting* CRICKET. WOKCESTER AND STOURPORT.— We have received the following communication with reference to the match pending between these two clubs :— " To the Editor of the Worcestershire Guardian, Sir,— As you are the only one among the Editors of the Worcester papers who is sufficiently condescending to notice cricket matches and boat races in your valuable columns, be so kind as to inform the public ( who really do take an interest in this manly game) that the return match between the Worcester and Stourpor't Cricket Clubs will be playeu on Wednesday next, August 13th, on Pitchcroft. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " A MEMBER OF THE WORCESTER CRICKET CLUB." WORCESTERSHIRE AND HEREFORDSHIRE.— This match, as announced in our last, came off yesterday on Hartlebury Common, the Stourport men taking up the cudgels on behalf of Worcestershire, and members of the Ledbury and Hereford Clubs forming the Herefordshire side. Play did not commence until half- past twelve o'clock, when the Hereford- shire went in, but with very bad success, the bowling of Mr. J. W. Wheeldon of the Stourport Club putting out six, one after another, with only seven scored amongst them. Mr. Bell bowled out four others, with six more scoied. These gentlemen were equally successful in the second innings. The weather was fortunately beautifully line, and the Stourport men were in first- rate trim ; the fielding was excellent, and the batting of Messrs. Pardoe and Whittaker, also the bowling of the Messrs. Wheeldon and Bell on the Stourport side were greatly admired. The score of Mr. Whittaker, it will be seen far exceeded the two innings of the county of Hereford men. Worcestershire played but one innings, scoring no less than 124, while Herefordshire only scored 39 in two innings. The latter gentlemen, however, stated that six of their best men were absent. The following is the score :— WORCESTERSHIRE. Whittaker, c. Norris, b. Bentley 51 John Lea, b. Bentley 3 Ilamlyn, run out 0 Bell, b. Craggs 0 Pardoe, c. Bentley, b. Bentley 28 Corke, c. Bentley, b. Bentley 2 Rev. J. Lea, c. Norris, b. Craggs 13 Talbot, b. Craggs 11 Bird, c. Craggs, b. Bentley 4 Harris, not out - 7 Wbceldori, b. Bentley 0 Byes 3 Wide balls 2 124 HEREFORDSHIRE. EIRST INNINGS. Burden, b. Wheeldon 1 Knowles, c. Wheeldon, b. Bell.. 0 Davis, b. Bell 3 Beutley, c. Pardoe, b. Wheeldon ( 5 Iliggins, c. Corke, b. Bell 1 Norris, b. Wheeldon 0 Harris, b. Ditto 0 Craggs, b. Ditto SECOND INNINGS. c. Whittaker, b. Wheeldon c. Bell, b. Bell c. Talbot, b. Wheeldon .. b. Wheeldon Piper, not out 5 Baylis, c. Bell, b. Bell ... Homes, b. Wheeldon Byes Wide balls No balls run out 0 b. Wheeldon 0 b. Ditto 0 b. Ditto 1 b. Bell . 3 not out 5 b. Wheeldon 0 Byes 0 Wide balls 0 No balls 0 20 On leaving Stourport the gentlemen of the Herefordshire Club came to Worcester, and about eleven o'clock last night sent a formal challenge to the Worcester Club. An eleven was soon selected, the challenge accepted, and arrangements were made for the match to come off this day ( Friday), the Worcester men being in high spirits and confident of success from the sorry figure which their opponents cut on the pre- ceding day, at Hartlebury. The game was proceeding when we went to press at half- past six this evening, but there was little doubt that the Worcester Club will be tlie victors. The Herefordshire Club in their first innings scored 19 only, and was proceeding with their second as we went to press; the Worcester scored 52 iu their first and 68 in the second innings, making a total of 120. AQUATICS. SCULLERS' CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES.— The great contest for the Wink field sculls, the symbol of amateur championship of the Thames, came off on Tuesday. According to the conditions of the wager, the gentlemen who aspire to the honorary distinction, row their trial hi- at on the 3rd of August, and the winner contends with the holder on the succeeding 10th. On this occasion, however, the race was decisive in its trial, as Mr. Chapman, who has won them three or four times, ultimately last year expressed his intention of not again contending for the symbol of amateur superiority. The distance was, as usual, from Westminster to Putney with tide ; and the result was as follows:— Mr, Russel 1 I Mr. Fellowes 0 Mr. Whahnsley 0 | Mr. Dodd u LEOMINSTER RACES. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 5. Our Herefordshire friends came out in full force on this occasion, and good sport was the result. The usual accom- paniment to their meetings being dispensed with, and in the place of a soaking rain the heat was intense. Both of the M P's, for the county, with other influential neighbours, were present, and all seemed gratified with the arrangements. Henry Barkly, Esq., M. P., acted as Steward, and Mr. James Harris was Clerk of the Course, whose persev# ance kept it in good order, and everything passed off most satisfactorily. The Herefordshire Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 30 sovs. added, the gift of the Members for the County. Twice round and a distance. About two miles. Mr. E. Griffiths' ch. g. Foxwhelp, 4 yrs, 7st. 9lb.( R. Sly) 1 Mr. Eskrett's b. c. Exhort, 4 yrs, Sst 2 G. Arkwright, Esq., M. P., nas. The Sailor, aged, 8st. 61b. 3 Mr. W. Abbott's b. m. Delaine, 4 yrs, 7st. 13lb o Mr. Knight's ch. c. Raymond Lully, 4 yrs, 7st. 101b 0 Mr. Henderson's br. m. Lady Charlotte, 4 yrs, 7st. 51b.... 0 Mr. T. M. Smith nas. b. f. by Elis, 3 yrs, 6st. 21b 0 Mr. Shepherd's Mudlark, aged, Sst. 51b dr H. Barkly, Esq., M. P., nas. ch. g. Redstreak, 4 yrs, Sst... dr The following having declared, pay 3 sovs. forfeit:— Intrepid, Master Downes, Florine, and Chevy Chase. The winner made all the running, was never headed, and won by a length. The Maiden Plate of 50 sovs., the gift of H. Barkly, Esq., M. P. Heats, about two miles. Mr. W. Smith's Master Downes, 4yrs, 7st. 8lb.( ll. Sly) 1 w. o. Mr. Oliver's t). m. Teresa, 5 yrs, 8st. 111b 2 dr. Mr. Evans' b. g. ( h. b.) 4 yrs, 7st. 101b 3 dr. Mr. Abbott's b. m. Delaine, 4 yrs, 8st. lib .. dr. Master Downes was kept in the rear until he came to the) distance, where he passed his horses and won easy. A walk over for second heat by Master Downes. The Selling Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with 10 sovs. added from the Fund. Heats. Mr. Pearce's b. li. Foxberry, aged, Sst. lllb.( Kitton) 10 1 Mr. Oliver's b. m. Teresa, 5 yrs., 4st. 91b 0 12 Mr. T. Kinnersley's b. g. Breewood, ( h. b.,) aged... 0 2 3 Mr. Cresswell's br. f. Boa, 4 yrs., 7st. 51b 0 3 0 Mr. J. Pearce's ch. m. Susan, 6 yrs., 8st. 31b 2 dr Mr. Davis's Kitty Wee, ( li. b.), 4 yrs., 7st. lib 3 dr Mr. Devereaux's b. m. Echo, ( h. b.), 5 yrs., 7st. 111b. O dr First heat Won by a length. Second heat.—' Teresa beat Breewood by three parts of a length ; Boa well up. Third heat.— Foxberry came in an easy winner. THURSDAY. The Volka Stakes of 7 sovs. each, with £ 25 added, the gift of G. Arkwright, Esq., M. P. Mr. E. Evans nas. The Sailor, aged, 8st4lb ( Frost) Oil Mr. Henderson's Lady Charlotte, 4 yrs., 7st 51b ... 0 2 2 Mr. G. Warman's nas. The Jolly Beggar, 5 yrs. ... 1 0 0 Mr. Pearce's Foxberry, aged, 8st 131b : 0 0 3 Mr. Hopkins' br. f. by Bay Middleton, 3 yrs. 6st 51b 2 0 dr Mr. Eskrett's Exhort, 4 yrs., 7st 13lb O 3 dr First heat won cleverly. Second and third heats won easily. The Wolphy Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 sovs. added, the gift of G. Arkwright, Esq., M. P. Mr. Davenport's Thurgertori, 5 yrs., 9st ( Frost) 0 0 11 Mr. Pearce's Miss Susan, 6 yrs., 9st 4lb 3 10 3 Mr. Davis's Kitty Wee, ( h. b. ) 5 yrs., 9st 1 0 0 2 Mr. Oliver's Teresa, 5 yrs., 9st 71b 2 0 2 dr Mr. Edward's The Nun, 5 yrs., 9st 0 2 0 d. First heat, won by a neck. Second heat, won by a neck. Third heat, won easily. Fourth heat, Thungerton had it as he liked aud won easily. A Handicap of 1 sov. each, with 10 added. Captain Pearce's Jack, 9st ( Kitton) 1 1 Mr. Cresswell's Boa, 6st 2 2 Mr. Oliver's Teresa, Sst. 71b 0 dr Both heats won easily by Jack. BANBURY RACES. TUESDAY, AUG. 4. The Warden Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 30 added, were won easily in two heats by Mr. Martin's b. m. Trifle, ( S. Darling, jun.,) beating Tineton, Lightning, and Mr. Wills' ch. c. by the Count. The Banbnry Stakes of 10 sovs. each with 30 added, were won easily in two heats, by Mr. S. Scott's Mosque, ( S. Mann,) beating Valiant, Mystery, and Venus. Auother raco was won in four heats by Mr. Collins' Brunei, ( H. Darling,) beating Tineton, The Pretender, Fancy Girl, Flirt, and Warwickshire Lass. The Neithorp Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added, were won in three heats by Mr. Couper's Roebuck, ( Darling), beating Venus, Chevy Chase, Tit- Bit, Zelo, and Mount Plea- sant. RETIREMENTS FROM THE TURF.— Lord George Bentinck announced at the recent meeting at Goodwood his purpose to retire altogether from the turf, we trust to devote himself to those nobler pursuits to shine in which he has recently shown himself so eminently qualified. We understand that the noble lord disposed of liis entire stud, viz., Bay Middleton, about TO brood mares, nearly 80 foals and yearlings, and 30 or 40 horses in training, stallions, & c., in one lot, to Mr. Payne, for £ 10,000, allowing him the option of being off the bargain on Monday, on payment of £ 300. The annual expense of this monster stud, in which we include training, vailing, jockies, & c., but irrespective oi' stakes and forfeits, which were enormous, amounted to about £ 11,000! ( Rather an expensive liobby, as the noble lord observed to a gentleman, in answer to a question as to the truth of the reported sale.) It is also repented that ML', CUDY miles from the tiuftftei the St, Leger. BIRTHS. July 27, the lady of the Rev. T. A. Parnell, Curate of Dud- ley, of a son. July 29, at Avonfield House, Stratford- upon- Avon, the lady of E. T. Perrott, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. July 21, at Croydon, Mr. Medwin, Secoud Master of the Grammar School, in Stourbridge, to Mrs. Nicholas, of Norwood, Surrey. July 23, at Goodrich, Herefordshire, Mr. William Howells, of Old Mill, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late James Bellamy, of Hainsford Priory, in the same parish. July 28, at Uppington, Shropshire, Mr. Joseph Owen, broker, of High Street, Dudley, to Miss Jane Boor, second daughter of Mr. Boor, farmer, of the first- named place. July 28, at St. Helen's, by the Rev. G. Elton, Mr. John Norman, builder, of this city, to Sarah Emily, only daughter of Mr. Walter Jones, of Sloane Street, London. July 29, at Huntingfield, near Yoxford, Suffolk, bv the Rev. J. Henry Gooch, M. A., Head Master of Heath School, Halifax, the Rev. John Gooch, M. A., Second Master of the Grammar School, Wolverhampton, to Louisa Anne Catherine, eldest daughter of the late Horace Button, Esq., of Jamaica. Aug. 1, at St. Ann and Agnes, Aldersgate, by the Rev. J. V. Povah, M. A., Rector, Thomas Craster, eldest son of Craster Humble, Esq., of Balham Hill, to Louisa Francos, eldest daughter of William Nash, Esq., of Ciapham Common. Aug. 1, at Charlton Kings, John Home, Esq., of Tewkesbury, to Ann, daughter of the late E. H. Browne, Esq, Aug. 3, at Stockton, Salop, by the Rev. Charles R. Somers Cocks, Vicar of Wolverley and Neen Savage, Mr. Charles H. Saunders, of Kidderminster, to Eliza, youngest daughter of Mr. Bishop, of Hereford. Aug. 3, at St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London, Viscount Seaham, son of the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, to Miss Mary Cornelia Edwards, only daughter and heiress of Sir John Edwards, Bart., of Machynlleth, Mont- gomeryshire. Aug. 3, at St. Paul's Church, Bristol, by the Rev. C. P. Bullock, Mr. John Owen Sanders, formerly of this city, to Miss Turner, of Bishop Street, St. Paul's, Bristol. Aug. 4, under license from the Superintendent Registrar, at the Independent Chapel, Redditch, by the Rev. H. Humphries Mr. John Pearman, to Miss Matilda Abbott. Aug. 4, at St. Mary's Church, Cheltenham, by the Rev. W. H. Egerton, the Rev. G. II. Egerton, to Lady Marjoribanks. Aug. 4, at St. Mark's, Middelton Square, by the Rev. Edwd. Bull, Vicar of Pentlow, Essex, Henry, second son of the late Mr. William Stanton, of Hitchin, Herts, to Eleanorr second daughter of Mr. Charles Faulkner, of Lloyd Square, London. — Also John Hawley Edwards, Esq., of Shrewsbury, to Emma Matilda, third daughter of Mr. Charles Faulkner, of Lloyd Square, London. Aug. 4, at Claines Church, by the Rev. B. Davis, Mr. Thos. Wood, of Rugby, to Rebecca, second daughter of Mr. John Davis, of Barbourne. Aug. 4, at St. Peter's Church, Pimlico, John George Shep- pard, Esq., of High House, Campsey- Ashe, Suffolk, to Harriett Anna, second daughter of the late Sir Thomas John Tyrwhitt Jones, Bart., of Stanley Hall, near Bridgnorth. DEATHS. July 21, at his brother's, Tewkesbury, aged 22, much respected, Joseph, youngest son of Mr. John Hill, of Chaceley, in this county. July 22, awfully sudden, and deeply regretted, by his family and friends, at his residence, Feekenham Lodge, Hanbury. Mr. Thomas Saunders, aged 59. July 23, aged 85, Mr. John Hanbury, of New Street, in this city. July 24, aged 66, Mr. Edward Holloway, of this city. July 24, at St. Helier's in the Island of Jersey, aged 38, John N. Gardner, Esq., surgeon, late of Malvern Link, inthiscounty. July 26, at York, Ann, daughter of the Rev. Charles Well- beloved, and sister to Robert Scott, Esq., M. P. Jujy 27, at Batsford, Gloucestershire, in the 83rd year of her age, Mary, second daughter of the late Rev. Jasper Selwyn, Vicar of Blockley, in this county. July 28, at Habberiey, Mr. Wm. Baker, aged 75. July 29, at Stourbridge, agod 77, Elizabeth, fourth daughter of the late H. Oliver, Esq., of the Grange, Oldswinford. July 29, after a long illness, in the 31st year of her age, Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr. John Price, butcher, High Street, Ludlow. July 30, at her house in Kingswinford, Phcebe, widow of the Rev. John Bradley, late Vicar of Sedgley. July 31, at Trotshill, in the parish of Warndon, Catherine, wife of Mr. Henry Byrd, of that place, aged 55. Aug. 1, of consumption, aged 22, Mr. John Gummery, of Moor Street, in this city. Aug. 1, at Crosley, near Liverpool, in the 37th year of his age, Thomas Worrall Smith Grazebrooke, Esq., of Dallicott House, Shropshire. Aug. 1, Mrs. Osgood, of Euville, at her daughter's, Mrs. Davenport's, in her 60th year. Aug. 2, at Stourport, Jane, second daughter of Mr. Pidduck, of that place. Aug. 2, aged 45, after a protracted illness, Mr. Octaviua Smith, of the Bristol Road, Birmingham, for many years con- nected with the British Alkali Company, Stoke Works, near Bromsgrove. Aug. 2, at Kidderminster, much lamented, Mr. II. Weston, aged 37. Aug. 3, in this city, of apoplexy, Mr. Thomas Davis, of Stockton, wheelwright, aged 38. Aug. 3, aged 71, Mr, George Purser, of Twyning, near Tewkesbury. Aug. 4, aged 51, Mr. Wm. Stephens, poor- rate collector, of this city. Aug. 4, aged 24, Charles, eldest son of Mr. Joseph Priddey, builder, of Lowesmoor, in this city. CORN AVERAGES.— General average prices of British corn for the week ended Aug. 1, 1846, made up lrom the Returns of the Inspectors in the different cities and towns in England and Wales per imperial qr.— Price: Wheat, 47s 5d ; Duty, 7s Od; barley, 36s lid, 4s Od ; oats, 23s 5d, Is ( id; rye, 28s 2d, 4s Od; beans, 39s 2d, 4s Od; peas, 35s lOd, 4s Od. KIDDERMINSTER, AUGUST 6.— The market was very dull; prices ranging as follows :— Wheat, 5s. 8d. to 63. 4d, per bush. ; rye, 3s. 0d, to 3s. 9d. No business done in barley. WORCESTER HAY MARKET, AUGUST 1.— Best old hay, £ 3. to £ 3.3s.; new £ 2.10s. to £ 3.; straw, hand thrashed, £ 2; maehine, £ 1.12s. ( id. to £ 1,15s. BIRMINGHAM, AUGUST 4.— Best hay, £ 4 per ton; new ditto, £ 3. to £ 3. 5s; straw, £ 2 to £ 2. 5s. ; clover, £ 3. 10s. ; packing straw, £ 2. 5s. per ton. BRISTOL.— Hav, per ton, £ 2. to £ 3. 5s,; new ditto, £ 2. 10s. to £ 2. 15s. to" £ 3. SMITHFIELD, AUG. 6.— Old Meadow Hay, £ 3. to £ 4.; new ditto, £ 2. 5s. to £ 3.14s.; old clover, £ 4 to £ 5 IBs; new- ditto, £ 3. 5s. to £ 4. 15s.; oat straw, £ 1 12s to £ 1 14s; wheat straw, £ 1 14s to £ 1 I6s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. Bridgnorth fair ( Wednesday) was well attended by dealers. There was a capital show of sheep, which were quickly sold off at prices varying from 6d. to 6jd. Lambs sold off freely at Ojd.— Cattle, good beasts, aid. to fid.; the latter price was freely given for choice animals. Cows and calves went from £ 13 to 10 guineas. There was a considerable quantity of horses exhibited, and prices varied from £ 8.10s. to 18 guineas. Wool very little, and cheese less ; the lattersold about 4d. to 4£ d. WORCESTER INFIRMARY, AUGUST 7. Physician and Surgeon for the week, Dr. Hastings and Mr; Carden. For the ensuing week, Dr. Nash and Mr. Sheppard. In- Patients. | Out- Patients. Admitted, 13.— Discharged, 13. | Admitted, 16.— Discharged 12. In the House, 90. ACCIDENTS.— William Saunaers, wound of the foot; Thomas Cotterill, severe wounds; Mary Allcott, fractured leg; Charlotte Deveieaux, fractured arm. WORCESTER OPHTHALMIC INSTITUTION. Monthly Report for July, 1846. . Patients remaining at the last Report Admitted during the month 55 25 Discharged cured .... — relieved . —• incurable irregular. 19 2 5 0 — 26 Remaining under treatment 54 Physician, Dr. Streeten ; Consulting Surgeon, Mr. Stevenson. Surgeons: Mr. Walsh, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. Mr. Orwin, Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays. Assistant Surgeon, Mr. T. W. Walsh, daily EDWARD CORLES MAURICE DAVIS, F . as, ? s. i Honorary Secretaries SECOND EDITION. Saturday Morning, August 8. STOCKS.— Bank Stock, 208| ; 3 per Cent. Red., 96a , 3 per Cent. Coil., 95j; New 3j per Cent., 98; Cons, for Acct., 96; Long Annuities, 16; India Stock, 2601; India Bonds, —; £ 1000 Excheq. Bills, 11. PARLIAMENT, FRIDAY.— The House of Lords met at four o'clock, and the Royal Assent was given, by commission, to several railway and other bills, The Baths and Washhouses Bill and the Art Unions Bill were read a third time and passed; and after the transaction of other unimportant business, their Lordships adjourned.— In the House of Commons a number of bills were forwarded a stage, and several petitions presented on various subjects. The report of the Sugar Duties Bill was brought up and agreed to, and the bill ordered to be engrossed. Lord J. Russell then rose and made a statement of what Govern- ment had done in regard to punishment by flogging in thejarmy, and said that the Duke of Wellington was of opinion that cor- poreal punishments ought not to be altogether abolished, but in- tended that in no case, in future, should the number of lashes exceed 50, andthat the state of health of the party, and also the state of the weather should be considered at the time the punishment was to be inflicted. The Noble Lord then entered into a statement of the rewards given in the army for good conduct, as also the furnishing of libraries for the use of the soldiers, and called upon the HouSe not to agitate the question, but to adopt the directions of the Commander- in- Chief. Dr. Bowringrose, and after condemning the practice of flogging in the army on any occasion, moved the following resolution: " That in the opinion of the House the punishment of flogging in the army ought to be immediately abolished." The Hon. Member was left speaking. CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY.— This morning proving fine, there was not so much disposition shown to purchase wheats as on Wednesday, but factors generally demanded more money.- Bonded more in request, also floating cargoes for Belgium. The large arrivals of foreign oats press heavily on the market, and sold slowly at a decline of 6d. to Is. per qr. on most descriptions. Irish held out of proportion, and only saleable at a like reduction. Some new Lincolnshire oats arrived of good quality. Other grain in retail consumptive demand, without any perceptible change in'value. SMITHFIELD, FRIDAY— A fair average supply of stock » for Beef the demand was dull; but for Mutton and Lamb a lively business. Beef, 2s. 4d. to 3s. lOd.; Mutton, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 4d.; Lamb, 4s. 8d. to 5s. 8d.; Veal, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d.; Pork, 3s. 8d. to 4s. lOd. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. James Ryley Keuworthy, Liverpool, druggist. Robert Hayes Easum, Commercial- road East, rope maker. BANKRUPTS. William Ashdown, Chatham, ironmonger. Samuel Milton, Barking, Essex, sail maker. Henry Clark, Watling- street, City, brush manufacturer. JSaccheus Pearce, Bradford, Wilts, clothier. Thomas Henry Spence, Newcastle- upon- Tyne,, tailor. Robert Russell and Richard Ramsbottom, Salford, Lancashire builders. James Ward, Birmingham, glass cutter. William Chambers, Southwick, Durham, shipwright. Ann Half, Manchester, victualler, John Caine.?, Chilton vaatelo, SomejsetsUire, coin deals?. i THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1846. THE SEMPSTRESS TO HER MIGNONETTE. I love that box of Mignonette, Though worthless in your eyes; Above your choicest hothouse flowers My Mignonette I prize. Thank Heaven, not yet I've learn'd 011 that A money worth to set— ' Tis priceless as the thoughts it brings— My box of Mignonette. I know my own sweet Mignonette Is neither strange nor rare; Your garden Haunters burn with hues That it may never wear ; Yet on your garden's rarest blooms No eyes may ever set With more delight than mine on yours, My box of Mignonette. Why do I prize my Mignonette, That lights my window there ? It adds a pleasure to delight, It steals a weight from care ; What happy daylight dreams it brings ! Can I not half forget, My long— long hours of weary work, With you my Mignonette ? It tells of May, my Mignonette, And as I see it bloom, 1 think the green, bright pleasant spring Comes freshly through my room ; Our narrow court is dark and close, Yet when my eyes you met, Wide fields lay stretching from my sight, My box of Mignonette. What talks it of, my Mignonette? To me it babbles still Of woodland banks of primroses, Of heath and breezy hill: Through country lanes, and daisied fields— Through paths with morning wet, Again I trip as when a girl, Through you, my Mignonette. For this 1 love my Mignonette, My window garden small, That country thoughts and scents and sounds Around me loves to call; For this, though low in rich men's thoughts Your worth and love be set, I bless you, pleasure of the poor, My own sweet Mignonette. VARIETIES. What says Sydney Smith about good Government for Ireland ? Let him speak for himself:—" The object of all Government is roast mutton, potatoes, a stout constable, an honest justicc, a clear highway, a free school. What trash to be bawling in the street about the Green Isle, the Gem of the Ocean ! The bold anthem of the Erin go Bragh! A better anthem would be Erin go bread and cheese, Erin go cabins that keep out the rain, Erin good pantaloons without holes in them." We often hear of . a widow " mending her condition" by repairing. The anxiety that a man feels for the want of funds is called capital punishment. MISERIES OF SOCIAI, LIFE— BV A LADY— To be suddenly addressed when you have just put a borate boucJie into your mouth. To be asked to dance by the butt of the room. Having your dress torn, and in the agony of feelings assuring the offender that it is not of the slightest consequence. When you are singing, as you flatter yourself, divinely, hearing a general buzz of conversation. Remarking to a lady upon the boring qualities of a gentleman, who turns out to be her hus- band. Caught in a shower, elegantly attired, borrow an umbrella, and a cotton one, rather holey, is handed to you. NOVEL PETS My friend had a visit to pay to M. L—, a French gentleman, and I accompanied him. The house was open, and on entering the inner court, we knocked at the door of a saloon ; we were requested by a female voice, to " come in." M. R— opened the door ; then, with an air of consternation, shut it immediately, and told me there were two lions going about at liberty in the saloon. He had scarcely told me this, when Madame L— herself opened the door, and begged of us to enter, observing that we need be under no alarm, as the lions were perfectly tame. We followed the lady, aud as soon as I sat down, the male lion came and laid his head 011 my knee. As for the lioness, she leaped on the divan beside Madame L—, looking at us from time to time, and sometimes giving a growl like an angry cat. These two animals were about seven year3 old, and were very great pets. Madame L— called away that one who seemed to have taken a liking to me, and 1 was not sorry to see him withdraw peaccably. We took our departure, carefully avoiding any hasty movements. When I was out of the house, I felt that I could breathe more at my ease. I was amazed to find that a lady could muster courage to trust herself with two such companions Algeria in 1845. CHARLES Fox's CHARADES The Duchess of Devonshire asked Fox to write a charade. lie requested to be supplied with a subject, when she suggested herself. The impromptu charade was written in pcncil on the back of a letter : — " My first is myself, in a very short word; My second's a playing ; And you are my third." This, we think, is neater, though not so feeling, as another charade which we have often heard attributed to Mr. Fox, on the word " woman : — " My first doth affliction denote, Which my second is destined to feel; My whole is the sure antidote That affliction to soften and heal!" The following curious epistle was actually received some time since by a solicitor in an adjoining county, in answer to an application for payment of a debt: — MY DEAR Aye, I can only say, the other day, by postal way, Your letter came to hand, And as to Gibbs, he tells foul fibs, aud, by the parsons' bibs, I'd puncli his libs, If he were near at hand. 1 owe him cash, but'twould be rash, at once to dash, and spoil the hash, By saying what's in liand. 1* 11 get my book sent up, aud look by hook or crook, how much Gibbs took, Whilst I was in your land. And then whate'er there does appear, 1 owe that queer old rip, ne'er fear, It soon shall come to hand. With kind regards for brother bards and aids Now fare thee well. But no law jobs from such old snobs, for I, by llobbs, A tale could tell, Would him nonsuit, and you to boot, And send your cause to I won't say where, but pray take care, And don't put me to cost. I'm poor as Job, so me dont rob, With law, or all is lost. I've writ enough of such vile stuff, so quantum suff. From tliine, — OUGH. DEFECTIVE VENTILATION IN DWELLING - HOUSES, WORKSHOPS, SCHOOL- ROOMS, AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS, AS A CAUSE OF DISEASE.— There is an expression of Hippo- crates of great depth and meaning, and which, like many other short sentences, contains more than meets the eye. He says, " the whole body inspires and expires." This is an important truth; for it not only describes a condition without which life cannot exist, but it also lies at the root of the whole sub- ject of ventilation. The vast extent and universal diffusion of the atmosphere around the earth, and the numberless con- trivances whereby nature is continually aiming at preserving it in a state of purity, all go to prove, that any confinement or stagnation must be injurious to health. It is from the atmosphere that man " inspires" the vital element, without which he cannot exist, and it is into the atmosphere that he again " expires" those various gaseous matters which; if retained within his frame, would prove equally fatal with the deprivation of air itself. The chief agency whereby those gases and vapours are rendered innocuous is, dilution in the • vast mass of the atmosphere, and the purifying action of rains, winds, and the leaves of plants. It is by these means that the atmospheric ocean is preserved in a state of purity, and fitness for the support of living beings. Whenever men depart from the conditions 011 which health is granted to them, they must infallibly suffer. If they shut themselves in narrow confined streets and courts, which preclude the possibility of a free circulation of air, their health must be sacrificed. And still more will this be the case, if they increase the impurity of the atmosphere, by having tho localities in which they dwell uncleansed and without adequate drainage. But when to these causes, which we have already fully discussed, we add the peculiarly impure air which is allowed to accumulate, generally without the possibility of renewal, in dwelling houses and other buildings, the evils resulting from the neglect of obvious natural laws may be said to have reached the climax.— Liverpool Health of Towns Advocate for August. WEST INDIA YAMS AND BANANAS.— The Times announces the importation into London of a quantity of yams and bananas from the West Indies, and adds that the former article is likely to become an important feature of import, should the crop of potatoes prove unproductive in this country, arrangements have been made to send several cargoes of yams to England in case of need, which will be sold at the price of good potatoes. The bananas are applied to a variety of culinary purposes, as well as desert; when green, used for the former— when ripe, which those of the yellow appearance now are, they will be found cool and grateful to the palate. MONSTER RHUBARB LEAF.— The largest specimen of a leaf from the rhubarb plant that has, perhaps, ever been grown in this country, was cut a few days since from the garden of Mr. Dean of Carrington, nearly ten miles from Manchester. To afford our readers some notion of the ex- traordinary dimensions of this vegetable curiosity, we may mention that, from the extremity of the stalk to the opposite edge of the leaf, it measures 110 less than five feet! The circumference of the stem is eight inches ; the length of the stem is two feet and a half; the diameter of one of the ribs of the leaf is an inch and three- quarters; the length of the central rib one yard and eight inches; and the circumference of the leaf itself upwards of eleven yards and a half! DEATH OF DWARKANAUTII TAGORE.— This distin- guished personage expired on Saturday last, at his residence in Albemarle Street, London, at the nge of 51 years. Tho claim that this illustrious personage has on the present generation is for his unbounded philanthropy. No reference to creed stayed his purse in the cause of charity,— in the advancement of education— in the promotion of colleges, whether for native 01 Christian, and his name will be proudly associated with all the noble institutions flourishing in Calcutta. He lived just long enough to reap the fruits of his triumphant energy, in witnessing the brilliant success of his two native ( Hindoo) students in the University of London, who last week passed through the College of Surgeons. They were sent to this country and wholly maintained ut his sole expense. A MARINE SENTENCED TO BE HUNG AT THE YARD- ARM.— A court martial was held at Cork last week, 011 board her Majesty's ship The Queen, upon James Saver, an Englishman 24 years old, for striking Sergeant Cannon, his superior officer, in the face, kicking Sergeant Smith on the abdomen, and striking Corporal Webby. Prisoner had been ordered into the Cockpit for drunkenness, but refused to go. He offered no defence, and being convicted of the two assaults first- named, was sentenced by the Judge- advocate to he hanged by the neck from the yard- arm of one of her Majesty's ships, on a day hereafter to be appointed by the Lords Com- missioners of the Admiralty. WORCESTER TOWN COUNCIL. A quarterly meeting of this body was held at the Guildhall on Tuesday last, the Mayor in the chair. There was 22 mem- bers of the Council present. FINANCE.— Mr. Alderman Chalk read the report of the Finance Committee; it set forth that the expenditure for the quarter was £ 1,478.4s. 9d.; the income £ 680. 10s. Ud.; leaving a deficiency of £ 702. 8s. 3d. to be provided for, and for which purpose they recommended the levying of a 2£ d. rate. One cause of the great deficiency was stated to be the extraordinary expense incurred during the quarter under the head of criminal prosecutions. The report was received and adopted. HIGHWAYS.— The report of this Committee was read by Mr. Hood. The question as to the liability of the Council to repair High Street having been referred to them for considera- tion, tbey reported that " on reference to the opinion of those eminent lawyers, Sir F. Pollock and Mr. Maule, given some few years back, they had decided to recommend the Council to repair it, and enter into contracts for that purpose. The report was received, the Committee being empowered to carry its recommendations into effect. WATCH COMMITTEE— The report of this Committee recommended the lighting of the new boundary of the city all the year round, at an increase in the cost of 10s. per lamp. It was suggested that the Watch Committee confer with the City Commissioners to see whether they would consent to light within the old boundary. Some conversation occurred when Mr. Jones proposed that as no memorial was at present before the Council from the residents of the out- boundaries of the city, or & ny one else on the matter, any further discussion should be postponed. This course was adopted, Mr. Alderman Evans saying that no doubt there would be plenty of memo- rialists as soon as it became known that the subject had been brought forward. BUILDINGS COMMITTEE.— The report of this Committee had special reference to the alterations in the Nisi Prius Court, and recommended that a further expense be incurred in the fitting of it up. Mr. Southan opposed it, but the report was adopted, the Committee being empowered to fit up the Court. CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS From the return of criminal prosecutions for this city during the last half - year up to the 30th of June last, it appeared that the total cost amounted to £ 491. 3s. Dd., exclusive of the conveyance of prisoners. In this return the following items appeared in connection with the prosecution of Cripps, for embez- zlement :—£ 23. 7s. lOd. ; £ 28. 7s- lOd. ; £ 16. 2s. ; £ 7. 2s.; £ 11. 10s. 2d.; £ 6. 17s.; £ 6. 17s.; each item being incurred under a separate indictment. A note made at the bottom of the return stated the reason why so many indictments were preferred, there having been only two charges on which the prisoner was committed. It appeared that the charges were selected from a large number, and, at the advice of Counsel, indictments were preferred on the whole of the selected cases, and the Recorder had therefore considered it his duty to recom- mend the payment of the costs in each case. The return was received. RECOVERY OF SMALL DEBTS— Mr. Alderman E. Evans said he would read a petition which he hoped the Council would adopt and present to the Houses of Parliament in support of the bill now before Parliament, for the more easy recovery of small debts—( Hear, hear)— by lessening the expense at present incurred, and also by avoiding the delay. It seemed to be generally approved of, and Government appeared anxious to' carry it this Session. The Lord L- eutenaut had kindly sent a copy of the Bill to Mr. Dent, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce. That body had adopted a petition very similar to the one he would read to the Council. [ The petition adopted by the Chamber of Commerce was published in our last.] Mr. Alderman Allies moved the adoption of the petition, and Messrs. Goodwin and Arrowsmith both rose to second it. The Town Clerk would point out what the Council were about to do by adopting that petition- They were about to remove the Court from Worcester to Northfield, ( which the Act empowered), while they had a court in the city, which might be made available for all the purposes required ; they would consequently cause great inconvenience to the citizens. He would recommend that Worcester be added in the schedule, and that would be conferring some benefit. The Lord Lieuten- ant appointed the Judges, and he ( Mr. Hill) could easily imagine why it was he forwarded the Act to Worcester. Mr. Evans would assure him that the Act was applied for; he would ask whether there was not a power of appeal against any sum exceeding 40s. The Town Clerk said the Court of Pleas took cognizance of sums to any amount. It might be imagined that because he was registrar of the Court he was speaking as an interested party, but he disclaimed doing so, having only the public benefit in view. Mr. Elgie said that the City Court of Pleas was so disliked no one ever practiced in it. The Town Clerk said that was because the Court had so much the resemblance of the higher Courts, but if it was brought under the provisions of this Act, that objection would not exist. Mr. Elgie asked, ( for really be had not perused the Act), whether it empowered the removal of the City Court to the County. To this the Town Clerk replied that it did. Messrs. Goodwin, Jones, and Davis, said that any alteration would, in their opinion, better the position of the tradesman. The Town Clerk said such had been the impression 011 all the alterations which had been made before, until they had been made, when the cry was raised that it bad all been done for the benefit of the lawyers, and the public consequently said, when a lawyer objected to any proposition, " Oh, push the matter, it's sure to be all right." Mr. Elgie would bring the matter to an issue at once, by proposing a resolution to the effect, that in the opinion of the Council, it was desirable that some alteration should be made in the law for the more easy recovery of small debts in England, and that a Committee be appointed to consider the clauses of the Act, and petition Parliament in support thereof, with such alterations as they might deem advisable for the benefit of the city. This resolution having been seconded by Mr. Arrowsmith, was carried. ASSESSMENT OF PARISHES Mr. Stallard gave notice of a motion to enquire whether the whole of the parishes are fairly assessed for the borough rate, and if not, that the assessment be properly regulated. PUBLIC CLEANLINESS.— Mr. Alderman E. Evans said he had been requested by Dr. Hastings to call the attention of the public to the necessity of increased cleanliness throughout the city. He did not like to be an alarmist, but would say there was a great deal of disease prevailing throughout the country. He found that under ths 30th clause of the Commissioners' Act, the surveyor was empowered to see that all sewers, & c., were cleansed,— the expense to be paid by the occupiers of pro- perty, & c., in the vicinity, and deducted from the rate. He hoped the attention of the Commissioners then present would be immediately directed to the subject, and also that their surveyor be instructed to see that all night soil be removed within the prescribed hours. After some general conversation 011 the subject, in which all agreed upon its urgency, the meeting broke up. WORCESTER TURNPIKES. The monthly meeting of the Trustees of the Worcester Turnpikes was held on Wednesday last, at the Shirehall as usual, Mr. Pierpoint in the chair. The attendance of trustees was unusually thin. EXPENDITURE— A long time was occupied in the discussion of a report from a committee on the expenditure of the several districts, showing the present state of the expenditure. The report, among other things, recommended the adoption of a plan for letting the manual labour in repairs by contract. Mr. Curtler moved, and Mr. Hooper seconded, the adoption of the report, with the exception of this portion of it, in respect of which the former gentleman proposed that the plan recom- mended by the Committee be tried 011 the Broadwas road for one year. Other trustees recommended that the experiment should also be tried on the Upton road; and after a great deal of discussion, it was resolved to try the principle on the Broad- was road only, and to appoint a committee to watch the pro- gress of the repairs and report thereon. BARBOURNE DISTRICT CROSS- POOL.— The Finance Com- mittee having reported at the last meeting on the subject of the Cross- pool near Bevere, on the Ombersley road, recommended it to be filled up, and the Surveyor was instructed to confer with the owners of the land adjoining. Mr. Smith, the surveyor, pro- duced a letter from Mr. Hartwright on the subject. Mr. Hart- wright is the tenant of Mr. Wall, who objected to the diversion of the water, but would inclose the piece of common land. Rev. A. B. Lechmere thought it would be impolitic to expend any money on this road, which would doubtless be much injured very shortly by the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton railway running alongside it. Mr. Curtler and the Rev. J. Pearson considered that if the Trustees had any power to fill up the pool— Mr. Curtler thought they had— they ought certainly to do so at once, after the trouble which had been taken in reference to this matter. Mr. Hyde having given his opinion on the legality of their filling tip the pool, the report was ordered to be received and adopted, subject to the opinion of counsel on the legality of filling it up. CHERWICK HILL— On this subject, the Rev. J. Pearson reported on behalf of the Committee recently appointed, that Mr. Harwood declined to enter into any negotiations with the Trustees for the sale of a piece of garden ground required for the proposed deviation of the road on this hill. The Committee therefore recommended that an Act of Parlia- ment for taking the land be procured. FLYFORD FLAVEL HILL— The Rev. J. Pearson also read the report of the Committee on the bill at Flyford Flavel. The Committee reported that this hill was very steep, but that, on account of its peculiar position, a material improvement was impossible. They therefore recommended that an Act of Par- liament be obtained for laying out a new line of road, by which a distance of some 150 yards would be saved. By this line the steepest gradients would bereduced from 1 in 11 to 1 in 30. The alteration would require the taking of about two acres of land, and as there were several proprietors, the Committee recom. mended that an Act be applied for to alter the road as suggested. The consideration of these two reports was taken together. Mr. Curtler dwelt with much earnestness on the danger of the Cherwick Hill, and said the Trustees ought to be ashamed of themselves if they allowed one individual to stand in the way of a most excellent improvement. He therefore moved that the Clerk be instructed to call on the Surveyor to render an account to the Trust of the number of alterations required on the several districts of roads, and that the Clerk be required to submit this statement to the Trustees at the next meeting, with the view of applying in the next session of Parliament for an Act to make such improvements. Mr. G. J. A. Walker seconded the motion. Rev. A. B. Lechinere observed, that if an Act of Parliament was applied for, he should propose that in it be included powers for making a sbort line of rond from Garford's Court ( on the Malvern district) to Hanley Swan, whereby a saving of some three or four miles would be effected. The motion was carried without opposition, and it was agreed to call upon two Trustees in each district to report on the alterations and improvements required in his particular district. LEGALITY OF THE TOLLS— Mr. Hyde ( Clerk to the Trustees) read the opinion of Mr. Graves on the case which had been submitted to him, pursuant to a resolution passed at the last meeting. The subject is to be brought on for consider- ation at a future meeting. The other matters brought before the meeting were unin- teresting. HORRIBLE OBCURRENCE AT CAMDEN TOWN. — Mr. Wakley, M. P., held an inquest 011 Tuesday, at the Elephant and Castle, King's Road, Camden Town, 011 the body of William Dorset, aged eight years. It appeared that on Saturday afternoon the deceased, who resided with his parents in Cambridge Street, Agar Town, was playing upon some timber, piled up in a grossly unsafe manner, in the im- mediate neighbourhood, when suddenly the upper log, several tons in weight, slipped, and fell upon the child's head and upper part of the body, crashing the poor little fellow, who was at the moment eating bread and butter, perfectly liat. The jury retyuned u verdict of u Accidental death,'' TERRIFIC THUNDER STORM. LOCAL EFFECTS.— On Saturday and Sunday the whole king- dom was visited with one of those heavy storms of rain, hail, and thunder, which periodically visit us, and which from the exces- sive heat of the weather for several days previously we had been prepared for. The storm of Saturday was the most destructive and longest in duration, and was particularly severe in the metropolis and its vicinity. It commenced in Worcester shortly after two o'clock, when the sky presented a dark and lurid aspect. At about a quarter past two a whirlwind swept round the city as if from the east, carrying immense clouds of dust to a con- siderable height in the air, so dense, that many supposed parts of High Street must have been on fire, and we are told that the singular appearance of the surrounding atmosphere, caused an alarm of fire to be actually raised. This was the signal for the storm, which commenced with heavy rain and thunder; flash succeeded flash in almost unceasing succession, and for nearly an hour and a half the peals of thunder were awfully sublime. Several thunder- bolts fell in the neighbourhood of our city, but we have not beard of any damage inflicted thereby. A large number of pipes which were standing in the metal- room of Mr. Nicholson, organ builder, of this city, were much discoloured by the electric fluid which came down the chimney ; and considerable difficulty was found in restoring them to their original appearance, as the discoloura- tion was not superficial but had penetrated the metal. At Bransford the electric fluid, on Saturday afternoon, struck a pear tree at the back of some cottages, near to the Fox Inn, belonging to .1. Onley, Esq., and occupied by two labouring men named Archer and Hill, and glancing therefrom pene- trated the thatched roof, which being already wet by the rain, smouldered for some time before it was discovered, when a man named Bamford, in the employ of Mr. Onley, observed smoke rising from the roof, and the inmates being from home he broke open the door and commenced removing the furniture, in the mean time dispatching some one for a horse, which he mounted and started off to this city about five o'clock for the engines, but by the time they arrived the cottages, which were principally built of wood, were nearly consumed. The whole of their contents were saved. The engines did not return until nearly nine o'clock.— At Evesham, during the storm of Saturday, something which appeared to be a ball of fire fell into a rick of bolting straw which was standing in the rick yard belonging to Mr. John Dingley, of Twytord, and set it on fire. The labourers having taken shelter in a barn near, saw it, and by great exertions, aided by the rain which was falling at the time, speedily extinguished the flames, or the effects might have been most serious The village of Stoke Prior and neighbourhood were visited with awful thunder storms on Saturday and Sun- day last. On the former day, a thunder- ball passed over a row of houses near to the Vicarage and struck in a bank, beneath an oak tree, tearing up the ground nearly a yard square. Two young men had just passed the spot where the ball fell and they were even covered with the mud which was cast up by it. Had they been one moment later, it is not improbable that one or both might have met with a fatal and untimely end.— The neighbourhood of Kidderminster has, during the past week, been visited by a succession of thunder storms. On Saturday last, J. Lea, Esq., of the Shrubberry, bad a couple of fine lambs killed by the lightning, and the same day Mr. Bate, of Barnett's Mill, had an ewe and lamb killed; and during the storm which prevailed the following day, the lightning struck a chimney belonging to Air. Francis, tinman, in Swan Street, and precipitated part of it into a room below, where the family were about to sit down to dinner. It afterwards passed through the fanlight and window of the Bull Inn, slightly stunning in its course two of Mr. Ball's children— At Bromsgrove the storm is described as having been awful, and two fat cows were killed at Northfield, the property of Mr. Fox, farmer and dealer At Redditch, a sheep belonging to Mr. C. Whadcoat, of Haze- moor Farm, was also killed by the lightning. THE METROPOLIS.— After excessive heat throughout the whole of Saturday morning, shortly before three o'clock distant thunder was heard rolling in the south- west, which gradually increased into peals louder than the heaviest artillery, and accompanied by the most vivid lightning. About half- past three the rain began falling in torrents, and was rapidly succeeded by a tremendous storm of hail, the ice falling in large masses of various shapes and of enormous size. This was again suc- ceeded by heavy and violent torrents of rain, which continued without intermission till nearly seven o'clock. The damage done by the storm has been most extensive, but its exact extent will not be ascertained for some days. Among the public buildings in the metropolis which have suffered most severely by the fracture of skylights and domes from the hailstones, are Buckingham Palace, Somerset House, Burlington- arcade, the Bazaar, ( Baker- street), the British Institution, Pall- mall, and the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway. The Horticultural Gardens ( Kew), and those in the Regent's- park have also suffered severely. At Buckingham Palace great damage was done. The Picture- gallery was at one time in imminent danger, for when the large hailstones, or rather irregular shaped pieces of ice, had removed all opposition to the ingress of the rain, the gallery was flooded to the depth of several inches, and the water assumed all the appearance of a natural current. To state the amount of damage done to the Palace would at the present moment be impossible. Many thousand squares of glass are demolished ; and, at a rough calculation, the loss in that article alone will be little short of 1,800/. or 2,000/. The deep barrel- drain in the Green- park burst from the immense accumulation of water, and formed a complete river to the ornamental water in the enclosure of St. James's- park. At the Houses of Parliament fourteen men were engaged the whole of Sunday merely cutting out the pieces of old glass left in the windows. The total number of squares demolished in the two Houses of Parliament and Westminster Hall is upwards of 7,000. The Law Courts at Westminster were completely deluged with water, and the windows broken. At Messrs. Cubitts' factory, Millbank, the damage done is considerable. It is stated that from 12,000 to 14,000 squares of glass are demolished ; and at Messrs. Broad wood's pianoforte manufactory in Horsef'crry- road, Westminster, nearly 8,000 squares of glass were broken. The nursery- grounds westward of town have suffered severely, as have also the market gardeners, their lights being all more or less damaged. The conservatories and green- houses of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, and of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, have suffered considerably. The skylights at ( he Euston- square railway station have suffered so much that the whole of them must be replaced. At the lower end of Mutton- hill, Clerkenwell, the rush of the flood was so powerful that it broke through the gratings, and before the inhabitants were aware of their danger, the water, which was mixed with the most nauseous soil, rose three or i'our feet above the surface. Adjoining Mutton- hill to the north, is Wignall's- place, in which are eleven houses; here the water had risen about seven feet. The utmost consternation' prevailed among the inmates, who were at the first- floor windows, imploring assistance, many of the supplicants holding children in their arms. Assistance was promptly afforded by their neighbours. The storm was particularly destructive on the south side of the Thames. The houses in the Clapliam, Vauxhall, and Wandsworth- roads have scarcely a square of glass left whole in those fronts which were exposed to the fury of the storm. At Mr. Chapman's, florist to the Queen, in the Wandsworth- road, the storm has been most destructive, the glass roofs of all his hot- houses and green- houses are completely demolished, the fronts and sides being very little better. Mr. Chapman estimates his loss at upwards of 1,000/.; his rare plants and flowers are greatly damaged, and some are totally destroyed. The most providential escape from death occurred on board the Citizen steamer B, Captain Stanley, which was proceeding down the river at half- past five. When just off the Red House at Battersea, a dreadful peal of thunder, followed by a stream of lightning, passed round the vessel, and splintered the larboard paddle- box, carrying away a portion of the woodwork also. Captain Stanley had only one minute before descended from his station on the box. Mr. Ryan, the director of Cremorne- gardens, was standing against the box, and, by the instinct of self- preservation, threw himself on the deck at the instant, and the electric fluid passed over him and exhausted itself on the vessel in the manner named. The shock to the vessel was so great that the engineers and servants who were below rushed on deck under the impression that the vessel was sinking. On Wednesday morning the metropolis and neighbourhood for some miles round were visited by another severe storm of lightning, ( bunder, and rain, but its effects were not nearly so violent as those of the storm of Saturday. Some houses were damaged by the floods of rain which undermined them. THE COUNTR Y. — The storm of Saturday extended over the greater portion of the kingdom, but was nowhere so destructive in its effects as in the neighbourhood of London, Reading, Oxford, Newbury, Farringdon, Cirencester, Wantage, & c., the storm was of a most awful description, and the damage sustained to vegetation generally is incalculable. At Cirencester, two sheep and an ox were killed by the electric fluid; and at Wantage, two sheep and a valuable horse were struck dead by the same powerful agency. At Oxford the electric fluid did great damage to building property, hot- houses and gardens. The roof of the house of Mr. Dudley, situate near the river, was struck by the lightning. At Letcomb, near Wantage, the lightning entered the roof of a cottage, shattered a bedstead, and threw a child that the mother had just laid in bed, on the floor, but unhurt. At Highworth, the servant of a Mr. Boyne got under a tree, with his horse, for shelter; the horse was killed, but the man miraculously escaped with a slight scorching of the forehead. At Ilenley- on- Thames the flashes were awfully vivid and forked. The house of Mr. Musgrove was struck by lightning. Mr. Musgrove and a portion of his family were at the moment standing in the passage, through which the bell- wires passed, and all were struck to the ground, but happily without serious injury; the damage to his out- houses, plants, & c., contiguous to the dwelling house, is very considerable. Some parts of Hampshire, & c., were also visited by the same storm, and serious damage was sustained by the electric fluid. At the Swan Inn, Inkpen, a small village, about three miles from Hungerford, tiie paper on the walls in many places was completely stripped off'. The lightning then followed the bell- wire to the kitchen, where the maid- servant was at work ; her clothes caught tire, but her screams speedily brought assistance; and the flames were happily extinguished without her receiving much injury ; and a boy, who was standing in a barn near the house, was knocked down by the lightning, but escaped with a few slight scars on the cheek; a great portion of the barn, however, was destroyed by the clectric fluid. At Leicester, the damage done was very considerable, the water rushing into the cellars and destroying a great portion of the goods therein deposited; but the most lamentable occurrence was the total destruction of the beautiful octagon spire belonging to St. George's, or the new church, in Rutland Street. The light- ning struck the vane and passed completely down the spire to its base, when the entire fabric fell, breaking through the bell chamber, and carrying away the bell and floors of the chamber and bellfiy, after which the upper part of the spire fell in a perpendicular position on the ground floor, whilst some of the large stones forming the base became detached, and falling on each side of the organ loft, destroyed the roofs and staircase, but fortunately the injury did not extend to the organ or any other portion of the church. The storm was also very severe at Rugby, Lutterworth, & c., but no damage of importance was clone, except to the standing grain in exposed situations. DESTRUCTIVE FLOODS One of the most destructive floods that has ever occurred in the Principality took place yesterday se'nnight at Talsarn, Cardiganshire. For two or three days previously, heavy thunder clouds had burdened the lurid atmosphere. At about twelve o'clock, the long pent- up mountain torrents broke their bounds. The Tivy burst its banks, and flooded the highway leading from Lampeter to Aberystwith for many miles, doing immense damage. But the heaviest visitation took place at Talsarn. The river here, which had previously been comparatively tranquil, rose like a vast wall, and, dashing onward in its headlong course, swept away no less than 25 houses in the village, with all their con- tents. But the most awful part of the tale remains to be told. Dr. Rogers, of Abermeirig, a county magistrate, was pro- ceeding along the highway leading from Talsarn to Aberyst- with, accompanied by his servant, both being on horseback. Suddenly the vast flood swept across the road, and in an instant both human beings and quadrupeds were snatched from existence. In addition to the damage done at Talsarn, there are 110 less than four bridges between Aberayron and Aberystwith that have been utterly demolished by the flood.— On the same day the country northward and westward of Berwick- upon- Tweed was visited by a tremendous storm of rain, which did great damage to the works of the North British Railway. The tunnel near Cockburnspath was filled with water, so that the train could not pass through it, and the pas- sengers and luggage were conveyed over it. The Tweed, Whitadder, and Blackadder had not been so flooded for many years. An immense quantity of hay, pigs, carts, and other articles were floated down the stream. The Edinburgh mail arrived at Newcastle, in consequence of the above storm, three hours after time. IBuItum in liar Do. The commissioners of stamps and taxes on Thursday issued notices, that hawkers, pedlers, and itinerant dealers not having their name and address in italics on some conspicuous part of their bundle or pack, will, on detection, be liable to a line of £ 10. At Guildford, on Wednesday, a Mr. Young recovered £ 50 damages against an acquaintance named Knight, lor slander, Knight having ( behind his back) called liim " a scamp," which had had the effect of preventing a marriage contemplated between Young and a lady named Cherrington. The parties will now be mariied immediately. On Wednesday, at Bristol, the Wesleyan Conference commenced its sittings. The vacancies in the legal hundred were filled up by Dr. Beaumont, J. Goodwin, G. II. liowe, J. B. Holroyd, It. Moody, andWm. Parker, sen. The Rev. Wm. Atherton, of Liverpool, was chosen president. Dr. Neivton was elected the secretary. Louis Bonaparte, ex- king of Holland died at Leghorn, on the 24th ult., aged 62,— the last survivor of Napoleon's brothers. The Wakefield Board of Guardians, at their last sitting, came to a resolution, by a large majority, to petition both Houses of Parliament for an entire repeal of the New Poor Law. The number of bankrupts during the last year amounted to 1025, comprising nearly all trades and professions. The highest number was that of victuallers, which was 63, and the lowest number the class of attorneys, there being one only. The only business excepted from that of bankrupt's list was that of undertakers. The oyster season commenced on Tuesday morning at G o'clock at Billingsgate and llungerl'ord markets, with a promise of a more abundant supply and of a quality superior to that ol' several years past. During the season the gamekeeper at Duff House has shot upwards of 2,900 rabbits, which, by order of the Bight Hon the Karl of Fife, were distributed among the poor aud working classes in Banff aud its neighbourhood. A mushroom, in a very healthy state, was taken up a few days ago, in a field at Pelton Park, which measured two feet six and a quarter inches in circumferance, and weighed 12 ounces.— Newcastle Paper. A black swan was shot a few days since on the river Eden, Scotland. Several supplies of foreign potatoes have been received in London within the last lew days, amongst which aie 62 barrels from New York, the produce of the United States. A steam- engine explosion took place at the Iron Works of D. Mushet, Esq., at Dark Hill, near Coleford, Gloucestershire, one day last week, by which three men and a child were killed, and several others severely inj ured. John Merrell and Alfred . lervis, two railway porters, have been found guilty at the Bristol Quarter Sessions of opening parcels sent by the Great Western Railway, and abstracting their contents. They were sentenced to six months' imprisonment. The vintage promises tliis year to be " the finest since 1811, exceeding in quantity that of 1834." lied hair was once fashionable; not more than 60 years ago a red powder was used to give the hair the admired colour. In a suburb of London, last week, the gable- end and chimney of a little public- house gave way, and was only saved from utter wreck by props. Round the corner over the door, is inscribed " This is tlie'noted Stout House." A new copyright decision is said recently to have passed the courts of law in Germany, establishing a property in melody,— which makes it, henceforth, impossible tor any composer to take a theme for variations, or other similar purpose, without the consent 0! the publisher. The communication between Portsmouth and London by electric telegraph is stopped for the present, the lightning having taken such effect upon the wires as to preclude the possibility of working the telegraph. The herring fishery has hitherto been very unsuccessful this season.— Newcastle Journal. The proprietors of the East Wheal Rose Mine, Truro, have appro- priated the sum of £ 500 to relieve the distress existing among the widows and children of the sufferers by the late flooding of the mines in that district. Her Majesty the Queen of Portugal was delivered of a prince on the 23rd ult. Ibrahim Paclia arrived at Lisbon in the Avenger 011 the 22nd ult. The Lord Mayor of London, while waiting for some friends at the London terminus of the Blackwall railway, on Monday, was robbed of a watch and appendages, value 60 guineas. At the privy council held on Saturday, the honour of knighthood was conferred upon Mr. Jervis, the new Attovney- Geneial. Mr. D. O'Connell, jua,, has beeu elected member of Parliament for Dundalk. A cabbage, known as the Sugar Loaf, was cut in a garden in Holloway, a few days since, weighing twelve pounds and a quarter. It is not generally known that Miss Burdett Coutts has given £ 35,000 for the erection of a church and schools at Westminster— besides £ 40,000 for two colonial bishopricks. Lord John Russell has sent < 1 subscription of £ 100 to the Cobden Testimonial. The amount received to the present time exceeds £ 60,000. The " Times Commissioner" has been through Dorsetshire, and his pictures of misery rival those he drew in Ireland. The landlords and gentry of Cork have subscribed £ 0,000 to the poor relief fund, those of Clare, £ 1,600 ; and those of Mayo, £ 600. Mrs. Bishop is engaged by Mr. Bunn, and will appear at the begin- ning of the next season, in Balle's " Maid of Aitois." It has been stated in the House of Commons, by the late Solicitor- General, ( Sir Fitzroy Kelly,) that, since the year 1800, nearly twenty innocent persons have been sentenced to death. At the recent Goodwood races, the value of the prizes for the four days, was nearly £ 20,000. Mr. Naylor, of Asliton in the Willows, gathered the other day, a species of fungus, vulgarly called " the devil's snuff- box," 3 feet 4 inches in circumstances, and weighing 5 lbs. 14 oz. At the present time the system of mutual insurance in Brazil is so perfect, and the prices of itso high, that we are informed by the last report of the Commissioners at Rio, that the capture of 4 vessels would not subject I he slave traders lo lost provided the fifth succeeded in landing slaves in Brazil. Thomas Edwards, alias Bounce, the celebrated Staffordshire rat- catcher, cauglu in one day about 200 lats, at the New British Iron Company stables, Abersychau, a great portion of which he killed with his mouth ! A glass manufacturer at Sunderland has obtained damages, in tlie Court of Common Pleas' to llie amount of £ 057. 6s. 8d. against another person in the same trade at Gateshead, for enticing away workmen ; and also, by consent, a similar amount in a second case ; total £ 1,311. 13s. 4d. Mrs. Lockhart, sister- in- law to the editor of the Quarterly Review, and the widow and family of the late John William Bowden, to whom the second volume of Mr. Newman's Parochial Sermons was inscribed, have entered the pale of the Roman Church.— Cambridge Advertiser. Mr. Lough, the sculptor, has, we are informed, presented his plaster group of " Sampson slaying the Philistines"— which is remarkable for its anatomical modelling— to the College of Surgeons. M. Duchatel, Minister of the Interior, has authorized the legal constitution at Paris, of the association in favour of free trade. It is stated that on the eastern side of Ireland, it rains on 280 days out of the 365. In England the cost of obtaining a divorce from an infamous and adulterous wife is from £ 2,0U0 to £ 3,000 ; in Scotland the object can be accomplished for £ 30. In one of the recent engagements at the Cape, the waggon with our medical supplies was captured by the Kaffirs. They rifled it of its contents, carrying away a good deal ol the physic, and actually eat- ing, as it is positively affirmed, a considerable quantity of blister salve ! a good deal of laudanum was also taken, and it is said drunk. Mr. Hawkey, late First Lieutenant of Royal Marines, who was tried at the last Assizes for the county of Hants, for participation in the death of Mr. Seton, and acquitted, has been reinstated in his original rank. The Yorkshire carpet manufacturers have decided upon giving an advance of 10 per cent, upon the weaving of Scotch carpeting, commencing on the 1st of August. Joseph Cooper, a porter, in Glasgow, was struck by lightning last week, while sitting at his window, and has been blind and dumb ever since. On the 14tli ult., a collier of High Felling, Durham, inflicted several gashes in his throat with a razor, and then completed his destruction by throwing himself down the shaft of a coal pit. Less than a pound weight in a single mass of one certain substance ( diamond !) would pay more than half of our national debt 1 In the reign of Charles I. thirteen persons were executed at one assizes for associating with gipsies. Tom Thumb, the other day visited Stamford, where was shown him a suit of Daniel Lambert's clothes, with which the General was highly delighted ; he passed through one of the sleeves of the coat, and got into one of the stockings, in which he had as much room as a man would have in a sack. On Thursday morning last, a range of buildings near the Market Place, Stourbridge, used as the Mechanics' Institute, and as chemical store- rooms, were destroyed by fire, originating in the spontaneous combustion of some engine dust, A man named Buckley was last week committed by the Hudders- fleld Magistrates for biting off the nose of a man named Collins, with whom he was lighting ! A young man named Brockley, a grocer, residing in Hammersmith, has been committed to Newgate on a charge of setting fiie to his house. On Sunday week, a boy named Jeremiah Doyle, after receiving a beating from his mother, committed suicide by throwing himself into the Thames. A grand Temperance Convention is to take place at Covent- garden Theatre on the 17th instant. Five hundred delegates from different parts of the world are expected to attend. An Indian Baboo has offered a prize of 10,000 rupees to any one who will marry a widow. Sir Walter Scott's statue at Edinburgh is to be inaugurated 01a the 15th instant. The sentence of death passed upon Biddle and Sheriff at Oxford, for the murder of Mr. Mobbs, has been commuted to transportation for life. Mrs. Elizabeth Slewaid, ii lady in her ninetieth year, has been killed by a cab knocking her down as she was crossing a street in Whitcchapel. Sir Robert Peal is going to Scotland shortly on a visit to the Earl of Aberdeen. An American physician attributes the deaths of several members of liis family to living in a newlyjpainted house, the effect ol' which engendered disease of the lungs. The return of members in the Wesleyan connexion in Ireland this year exhibits a decrease. A porter named Lindon, hung himself last week in Liverpool Bridewell, by secretly affixing the handkerchief round liia neck to one of the bars of the fire- guard. He must then have Iain down and quietly strangled himself by forcing his head away from the guard. Mr. J. It Hind, at the Greenwich Park Observatory, at eleven o'clock on Wednesday night week, discovered a round nebulous comet, with a bright stellar nucleus, in the constellation Camelopardus. The more conspicuous adherents of free trade in Stockport, have received a circular, informing them that it is proposed to have a public dinner in Covent- garden Theatre, to commemorate the passing of the Corn Bill. AN IRISH NOTION OF ROGUERY.— Edward Lonergan was found guilty and sentenced to fifteen years'transportation at Waterford, last week, for burglary and robbery. The prosecutor, a poor farmer, stated that two men, the prisoner and another, broke into liis house at night and demanded his money. One of them went over to the bed where his wife lay, and took a spraneen ( a little purse) from under her head ; but not satisfied with what it contained, fell to beating the prosecutor with a stick to force him to discover where the rest of his money was concealed. The other thief, who was armed with a " blunderbush," went " mouching about" till he found in a hole in a wall £ 6. 5s., with which they decamped, telling the lawful owner that he was " a d— 1 of a rouge to hide his money in that way." ATMOSPHERIC CHANGES.— Although changes in the tem- perature are more prevalent in the temperate zone than in other latitudes, there is scarcely a spot to be found where such great . differences exist as in great Britain, varying in a few hours* some 20 degrees or more. The effect of such rapid changes on the bodily health is very afflicting to many thou- sands of persons, especially those in the middle and more advanced ages of life, causing attacks of those painful disorders, Sciatica, Geut, and Rheumatism. Happily for those who are afflicted with those painful diseases, chemical science has pro- duced that excellent medicine, Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills See Advt. General Jose Gonzalves curcd of a Bad Leg by Hollowaifs Ointment and Pills The General some time ago received a gun- shot wound in the leg, which, from neglect and fatigue, assumed an alarming appearance, their being a sudden outburst of several ulcers, and for a time mortification was seriously apprehended. In this alarming state amputation of the limb was deemed as absolutely necessary. The General, however, unwilling to sacrifice his leg, dismissed his doctors, and set about using nothing else but Holloway's Ointment and Pills; and with these celebrated remedies he perfectly cured himself in five weeks, and was able to leave London lust week for the Continent, Advt. EXTRAORDINARY SEDUCTION TRIAL. — It may be remembered that at last year's Wicklow Assizes, a verdict with £ 1,000 damages was given against John L. Arabin, Esq., late Lord Mayor of Dublin, for the seduction of his own daughter, the action being brought at the instance of the mother of the girl. Subsequently, an application on the part of Mr. Arabin to the Court of Exchequer for a new trial was granted ; the Court, however, refusing to change the venue from Wicklow to Dublin. The case, it is reported, will not proceed further, a compromise having been effected; Mr. Arabin consenting to settle upon his daughter an annuity equivalent to the amount of the Wicklow verdict. A GENTLEMAN ABDUCTED BY HIS OWN WIFE.— At the Lincoln Assizes last week, Ann Westmoreland, Francis Wright, Samuel Fletcher, and Richard Thorpe, were indicted for having forcibly abducted Mr. Brownlow Toilor Westmoreland, the husband of the first defendant, from Bourne, 011 the 23d of April, and with carrying him off' against his will and consent. The complainant is a gentle- man of private fortune, distantly related to several noble families, residing at Bourne, having lived twenty years separated from liis wife, to whom he made an allowance of £ 100 a- year, and £ 50 for his only daughter, married to the defendant Francis Wright. On the morning in question, as he was walking from his residence to make a morning call, he was forced into a carriage, and conveyed to the house of the defendant Fletcher, situated near the sea- side in Norfolk, where he was locked up all night in the same chamber with his wife: he continued under this restraint until the next day, when tho Rev. Mr. Dodsworth, the vicar of Bourne, obtained the assistance of the magistrates at Lynn, and pro- cured his release. After an examination, his lordship, addressing the complainant, asked if it was his wish or desire to live with his wife, to which he most emphatically answered he did not. His lordship then ordered the male defendants to enter into their own recognizances of £ 500 each for five years to keep the peace towards Mr. Westmoreland; and Francis Wright to enter into similar recognizances on behalf of Mrs. Westmoreland. OPENING OF BATHS AND WASH- HOUSES FOR THE LABOURING CLASSES.— The baths and wash- houses recently erected for the use of the labouring classes 111 the north- western districts of the metropolis were, on Monday, for the first time, opened to the public, the result fully justifying the opinion that such establishments will not only prove of great benefit, but be eagerly sought after by the industrious aud poorer classes. The doors of the establishment in George Street, Euston Square, were opened on Monday morning at eight o'clock, aud closed at seven in the evening, and the following is the return of the number of persons ( although the fact of the opening had become but little known) who availed themselves of the advantages afforded :— Cold baths, 274; of which number 261 were males, and 13 females: warm baths, 140; of which 130 were males, ann 10 females : making in the whole 391 males, and 23 females; a total of 414 persons. On Tuesday the baths were opened as early as five o'clock, and before eight they were used by upwards of 100 persons. The whole of the steam apparatus and other machinery connected with the baths and drying and washing department worked excellently. The receipts for Monday from the penny aud two- penny baths amounted to £ 5. lis. 9d. The only circumstance to be regretted is the failure 011 the part of the contractor in the construction of the plunging baths, which has prevented their opening contemporaneously with the other parts of the institution. THE FLOGGING CASK AT HOUNSLOW.— The adjourned inquest on the body of private Frederick John White, of the 7th Hussars, was brought to a close on Monday. The evidence occupied a whole day, the most important being that of Mr. Wilson, the surgeon, who said that the death of White was undoubtedly caused by the flogging. The jury, after half an hour's deliberation, returned the following verdict: " The Jury say that private John White died from the effect of a cruel and severe flogging which be received on the 15th of June, 184( j, at the Cavalry Barracks, Heston. That the said flogging was inflicted under a sentence passed upon him by a district court- martial, composed of officers of the 7th Hussars, and that the said court- martial was authorised by hw to pass that sentence upon him. That the flogging was inflicted upon the back and neck, and that James Lowe Warren, the surgeon, and Colonel Whyte, the commanding officer of the said regiment, were present at the flogging by which the death of White was caused, and in returning the verdict the jury cannot refrain from express- ing their horror and disgust at the existence of any law among the statutes of this realm which permits lhe revolting punishment of flogging the British soldier, and the jury implored every man in this kingdom to join heart and hand in praying the legislature for the abolition of every law, order, or regulation, which permits this disgraceful punishment, which they consider as a slur upon the humanity and fair name of this country." Mr. Wakley said he heartily concurred with the verdict. It had become his duty to make some investigations from the relatives of the deceased in reference to the state of the deceased's mind, and the result of that investigation was that be ( deceased) was not in a sane state of mind when he was flogged. THE SUMMER RIDE OR PROMENADE. THE PECULIAR VIRTUES OF C. & A. OLDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA completely remove the difficulty experienced by Ladies in preserving their ringlets after excercise ; its use so invigorates the hair, that tresses, previously the straightest and most • destitute of curl, rapidly acquire a vigor, which maintains in permanent ringlets the head- dress of the most persevering votary of the Bali- Room, the Ride, or the Promenade. After the Minerals aud Vegetables of the Old World have beeu compounded in all imaginable ways in fruitless attempts to discover so important a desideratum, we are indebted to the Western Hemisphere for furnishing the basis of OLD- RIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA, the efficacy of which in preserving, strengthening, and renewing the hair has become a matter of notoriety among all civilized nations. Its restorative virtues are'indeed a proverb, and the most satisfactory attestations to its infallibility in reproducing hair upon persons otherwise hopelessly bald, may be examined at the office of the Proprietors, No. 1, Wellington Street, Strand, Loudon, where the Balm is sold; and bv all respectable Perfumers and Medicine Venders. Price 3s. ( id., 6s., and lis. per Bottle. No other prices are genuine. Ask for OLDRIDGE'S BALM, 1, Wellington Street, Strand, London. SSgricultural Intelligence. IMPORTATION OF GRAIN. — The supplies of corn during the month of June, were as follow :— 1,639,122 quarters of wheat; 90,914 ditto of barley; 164,455 ditto of oats; 31 ditto of rye; 25,312 ditto of peas; 52,931 ditto of beans; 73,000 ditto of Indian corn; 350 ditto of buckwheat; 1,987,757 cwts. of flour; 437 ditto of oatmeal; and 24,000 ditto of Indian meal— or a total of 2,046,485 quarters of corn, and 2,012,262 cwis. of flour aud meal: and on the 5th July there were remain- ing in the warehouse 22,299 quarters of wheat; 34,240 ditto of barley; 91,291 ditto of'oats; 12,401 ditto of peas; 45,904 ditto of beans ; 6,548 ditto of Indian corn ; 207 ditto of buck- wheat ; and 28,201 cwts. of flour, the whole of which have been since thrown upon our markets free of duty.— Magnet. HOPS. WORCESTER.— The late rains have had a most beneficial effect on the hop plantations in this district, indeed the im- provement has caused the duty to advance to £ 17,000. There is little business passing in our market, and prices are nominal. BOROUGH, AUGUST 3.— The supply limited, the demand heavy, and prices with difficulty supported. New Pockets. £ s. £. s. New Bags. £ s. £ s. Farnham 7 7 10 10 Kent 5 0 7 10 Kent 5 5 9 0 Sussex 0 0 0 0 East Kent 0 0 0 0 Yearlings 4 15 5 15 Sussex 5 2 6 4 Old Hops 10 5 0 Yearlings 4 15 7 0 MAIDSTONE.— The reports received from Maidstone and the adjoining parishes state that the hops are progressing most favourably, the late rain having destroyed what vermin remained. KENT.— The hops are improving generally, and the duty is consequently rising. £ 150,000 is backed freely. The Annual Hop Dinner at the Royal Fountain Hotel, Canterbury, was held on Saturday last. The duty was set at £ 148,000. FAIR. WORCESTER.— Our August fair was held on Tuesday, and the attendance was somewhat numerous, but the supply of sheep and lambs was limited ; the prices were— lamb, about 7| d. per lb., at which ready sales were effected ; mutton, 6d. to 6jd. There was also a short supply of beef, which sold readily at 6d. per lb.; cows and calves, and barrens, were a shade higher in price, being much sought after. There was a good show of horses, and useful animals for heavy draughts obtained great prices. FAIRS IN THE ENSUING WEEK. Worcestershire.— Alvechurch, Mon.; Evsharn, Mon. Gloucestershire.— Newent, Wed.; Thornbury, Sat. Shropshire.— Shrewbuiy, Tues. and Wed.; Oswestry, Sat. / Farwickshire.— Warwick, Mon. Staffordshire.— Stone, Tues.; Tutbury, Sat. $? orticultnre. OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. CONSERVATORIES, STOVE, & c.— Conservatory: Although flowers of all kinds are, at this period, most abundant out of doors, yet some large and well- grown specimens of choice things will always furnish interest in this structure. To accomplish this, large shifts must be had recourse to, accompanied by improved modes of potting, viz , extra drainage, together with a greater reliance 011 turfy soils in a lumpy state, than upon complex composts. The climbers must at all" times receive much attention in this house. Stopping gross wood is by l'ar too much neglected. Above all, secure a thorough freedom from insects, together with a most cleanly system ; all this presupposes plenty of labour, directed with judgment,— Stoves: The business here is mere routine at this period. Propagation matters having beeu secured, together with high culti- vation, little remains but to pay every attention to perfecting the wood already made. This must be accompanied by a freer circula- tion of air, and by a somewhat less amount of atmospheric moisture. Mixed Greenhouse: Follow the directions in last Calendar. Above all, look well after stock intended to enliven the shelves of this structure in the dead of winter. KITCHEN GARDEN FORCING.— Pines: If any plants require shifting, let it be performed without delay,— Fines: 1 See that ripen- ing Grapes have abundance of air; not, however chilling winds. Look well after wasps and the depredations of mice. l'he iatter will deface whole bunches for the sake of the seed alone.— Peaches .- Tak" care of the early forced trees. Ho not let them be starved into a state of rest; this may promote early excitability, but it will be at the expense of constitutional vigour. If, however, any watery wood starts late, disbud it immediately, and stop all the superior shoots in the late houses as soon as the last swelling commences. Above all things, keep them all free from insects.— Melons: As the weather changes let your tactics change also. Starvation must not be per- mitted, whether in July or in February. The linest of Melons may be rendered useless in one week by a sudden depression of tempera- ture.— Cucumbers: Look out for layers or seedlings to renew the boxes in the Pine stove. None can exceed the Sion House for utility in this situation. KITCHEN GARDEN AND ORCHARD.— Let a good sowing of Bath Cos Lettuce be made directly. This will stand all the autumn, and on well prepared ground, produce line Lettuces; some of the later plantings from this sowing may be covered up with inverted garden- pots after tying ap. Fine large Leltuces may be preserved by such means, up to the early part of the winter. Continue planting good beds of Endive, increasing the elevation of the bed as the season gets later. Follow up Bioccolics and Greens of all kinds. If the Potato disease proceeds, all will be wanted. — Orchard : Attend well to fruit trees of all kinds. Little superfluous wood, should, if possible. be loimcd on tender fruit trees, after the middle of August. Not only the fruit, but the wood for the ensuing year, must be ripened. Even Apples, Pears, Plums, Pears, Cherries, & c., are amenable to this law in some degree. FLOWBH GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES,— Little can be added here at pttseut, Let biennials be imispiauted, aud lyoK sharply after the propagation ground. The success of next year's masses will depend in no small degree on the vigilance of the next three weeks. The Mule Pink is an invaluable old flower; cuttings should be made, or what is preferable, let the plants be layered. Continue to fill blauks to stake carefully, and to maintain the utmost degree of neatness. FLORISTS' FI. OWEHS.— Carnations and Picotees: Care must be taken that all the decayed and withered petals are removed from those calices where the seed- pod is formed. This may be ascer- tained by subjecting each to a gentle pressure of the thumb anil finger. It will be advisable to carefully split the calyx, in order to prevent the lodgment of water, which is apt to take place when this is neglected. Proceed with all possible dispatch in layering, & c., and prepare some good sound loam and leaf- mould, well mixed, for potting off the early- rooted layers, for when sufficiently rooted they are better away from the parent root; it gives them a check and prevents spindling.— Pinks: The old stools will have now made con- siderable growth, and thrown up mueh grass ; this will afford a second crop of pipings, where a large stock is required. If the plants have been grown in pots, they may be turned out in the open border the first showery or suitable weather.— Ranunculuses: The beds from which the roots have been taken up should now be dug over and ridged up, in order to sweeten the soil by exposure to sun and air. The soil, also, for planting Tulips in, should be carefully turned over, and all grubs and wire- worms destroyed.— Dahlias: Entrap by all possible means earwigs, which are the cultivator's bane; and remove ail misshapen buds as they appear; agricultural and ottjer itiarftete. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK- LANE, MONDAY, AUGUST 3. At this day's market the supply of English wheat was short, and consisting for the most part ol new samples. The quantity 011 sale supposed to be about 700 qrs. This was in good request, at prices varying from 18s. to 52s. for red, and 52s. to 50s. for white. The quality generally good, and of heavy weight; but old was dull at our previous currency. In free foreign there was little business trans- acted. Holders refused generally to accept the offers made, prefer- ring to hold over till the result of the harvest is known. There was some inquiry for bonded for exportation, but little here, and better prices were offered for floating caigoes than were obtained last week. In addition to the reported arrivals of oats, several foreign cargoes anived this morning ; this description was offered 6d. per qr. under the rates of last Monday, which caused a similar reduction on all but good heavy horse corn, which in retail maintained its former value. Other grain Keeps steady in value, but buyers only purchase for the present consumptive wants. Fer qr. Per qr. s. s. Wheat, Essex, Kent, & Suffolk Red - - 45 to 4S White - - - 50 54 Lincolnshire Si York- shire Red - - 41 40 White - - - 48 50 Scotch - - - 42 41 White - - - 41 40 Irish - - - - 42 44 White - - - 44 40 Barley, Essex and Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk Malting - - - 28 30 Distilling - - 20 28 Chevalier - - 30 32 Grinding - - - 23 24 Irish, Distilling- - 24 20 Grinding - - - 22 23 Rye, Distilling - - 34 35 Grinding - 32 35 Malt, Norfolk & Suffolk 57 01 Brown . - - 51 53, Malt Kingston and Ware GI Brown - - - 53 Oats, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, Feed - 20 Pota. aud Poland - 24 Sttotcli - - - 21 Devonshire and Welsh 20 Londonderry, Newry, and Clonmel ditto - 22 Limerick and Sligo - 22 Cork aud Waterford Black White - Galway Extra Beans, Tick - Harrow and Small Peas, Essex, Boilers Blue --- Grey, Maple, & Hog - 20 - 21 - 10 - IS - 31 - 30 - 42 - 44 . 34 - 37 64 55 23 26 25 22 24 24 21 24 17 20 37 38 44 48 36 Extra . WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5. The supplies extremely small this morning, and the business pre- sented the appearance of rather more firmness than on Monday. There were fine samples of new wheat at market this morning, but the weather is beginning to be watched with increasing interest at Mark Lane, IMPERIAL AVERAGES. Average Price of Corn, per Imperial Quarter, for the Weekending July 25. Wheat 49s lid I Oats 23s 5d I Beans .... 38s 9d Barley a7s 3d j Rye 29s 9d | Peas 30s lod Aggregate Average of the Six ! Keeks which regulates the Duty. Wheat .... 51s 7d j 0., ts .... 23s Gd I Beans 37s lid Barley .... 27s 5d j Rye . . 33s 2d | Peas .... 35s 3( 1 Duty on Foreign Corn, Wheat .. .. 6s Od Oats .. . Is Gd Beans .. 4s 0,1 Barley... 4s Od Rye .. 4s Od Peas .. 4s Od SEED MARKET, AUG. 3. Linseed, both English and foreign, continues to move off heavily, at late rates; but rape seed supports previous quotations, A few parcels ol' new white mustard seed have found buyers, at 10s. per bushel. The best English linseed cakes in fair request, at from £ 10. 15s, to £ 11 per 1,000 ; but foreign parcels command very little alteration. In other articles, next to nothing doing, with moderate supplies on ofl'. r.— Red clover, English, ( per cwt.) 4Us to 48s ; White clover, 42s to 50s ; Linseed for sowing, 55s to 00s ; ditto for crushing, 40s to 16s ; Caraway, ( English) 44s to 48s ; Foreign ditto, 44s lo 40s ; Coriander, 1 Is to 14a ; Rape seed English ( per last) £ 22 to £ 25; ditto new, £ 20 to £ 20 10s ; Foreign ditto, £ 24; Rapecake, English ( per ton), £ 5 15s to £ 6 5s ; ditto Foreign, £ 5 5s to £ 0 0s ; Linseedcake, English ( per 1,000) £ 10 15s to £ 11, WOOL MARKETS. LONDON.— The fresh arrivals of foreign wool have been very limited since our last. The private trade dull, without change in prices. WAKEFIELD.— The market firm, and a better feeling has sprung up, as the holders are acting with great firmness. LIVERPOOL.— More disposition to purchase lower kinds of foreign wool. LEEDS.— The market here wears a somewhat firmer appearance, and late prices fully supported. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET, AUG. 3. During the past week, the imports of live stock into London have consisted of 250 oxen and cows, 800 sheep, 250 lambs, and 32 calves, from Rotterdam; 200 oxen and cows, 400 sheep, 500 lambs, and 10 calves from llarlingen; 00 oxen, 100 sheep, and 20 pigs, from Holland; while, at Hull, they amounted to 108 cows, 53 oxen, 450 sheep, 15 calves, and 20 pigs, from Holland; and, at Plymouth, 40 oxen from Spain. To- day, there were on offer about 600 foreign beasts, 2,000 sheep and lambs, and 20 calves 111 most excellent con- dition ; indeed, this was the finest collection of foreign stock we have yet witnessed. The demand, however, was heavy, and prices were not supported, A portion of the beasts and sheep bad been fed in the marshes in the neighbourhood of London, and turned out extremely well; especially the sheep, which had been principally fed on corn. From our own grazing districts, the fresli arrivals of beasts were extensive the lime of year considered, and of very prime quality ; hence the beef trade was excessively dull, at a decline in the quota- tions obtained on Monday last of 2d. per 81bs— the highest figure for the best Scots being only 3s. lOd. perSlbs., and a clearance was not effected. With sheep the market was heavily supplied, yet the mutton trade was tolerably steady, and previous rates were well supported, the primest old Downs realizing Is. 4d. per 81bs. Although the number of lambs was large, the sale for that descrip- tion of stock was brisk, at full prices. Calves moved oil' slowly, yet previous rates were supported. In pigs exceedingly little was doing, at late rates} PRICES FEU STONE OF SLLIS. TO .- INK THE OFFAL. Inferior Beasts 2 Second quality ditto 2 Prime large Oxen , Prime Scots, & c Inferior Sheep Second quality ditto Coarse- woolled ditto Prime Southdown.. s d 2 6 3 0 3 6 3 10 3 6 3 10 4 2 4 4 Prime Southdown in s d a wool 0 0 0 Lamb 4 8 5 Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 Prime small ditto .... 4 2 4 Suckling Calves, eachI8 0 29 Large Hogs 3 8 4 Small Porkers 4 8 4 Qr. old store pigs, each 10s a 19s Beasts, 3,743 SUPPLY AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Sheep and Lambs, 35,700 j Calves, 206 j Pigs ISO WORCESTER, AUG. 7. Just as business was about to commence on Saturday, a thunder- storm of unusual severity occurred, and which had the effect of almost preventing any business transactions. The few sales, how- Wheat, white New Foreign Wheat, red New Foreign Barley, grinding — Ditto new Malting Malt Old Oats, English . New ditto a s d 8 d s a 0 0 4 Old Oats, Irish . 3 3 3 6 4 5 10 New Oats, Irish 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 Beans, old, English . . 5 6 5 8 4 5 8 Ditto, Foreign Ditto new, English . 5 0 5 3 2 5 6 . 0 0 0 0 10 5 8 6 4 S 6 3 9 Boilers, white ( » 0 0 0 3 4 6 Vetches, Winter ... 6 0 6 4 0 8 6 ditto, Spring 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 Rye, new . 4 0 4 6 0 0 0 INSPECTOR'S WEEKLY RETURN OF CORN SOLD. Total quan. Av. per qr. I Total quan. Av. perqr. " ~ " Rye . . . Oqr. 0bu.£ 0 0 0 Beans . . 9 3 2 4 0 Peas . . 0 0 0 0 0 Wheat 483rir 4 bu. £ 2 " 7 lOt Barley 0 0 0 0 0" Oats. . 0 0 0 0 0 COUNTRY MARKETS. EVESHAM, JULY 4.— The market was very dull, but the prices of last week fully supported. There were some fine samples of new Wheat offered at 21s. Od. per bag, but it was not understood that any changed hands at that price. BIRMINGHAM, AUGUST 4.— During the present week there has been again very little doing- in wheat, but, owing to the unsettled weather, less auxiety shown to press sales, and lower prices not sub- mitted to. Barley nominally unaltered. More doing in oats at former currency. Beans rather easier to buy. — Averages: Wheat, 1,772 qrs. 1 bush., 40s 2| d; barley, 128 qrs. 4 bush., 25s 8d; oats, 205 qrs. 22s 7d. GLOUCESTER, AUG. 1.— Wheat was in good supply, but slow of sale, at a decline of 2s. per qr.; some fine new white wheat was sold at 5s 10jd per bushel. Foreign dull of sale,- at the same decline. Beans, uarley, & c., unaltered.— Prices; Old wheat, 0s 0d to 5s 9d. New white, 0s lo Cs 0d. Old red, 0s to Od 6d. New, 0s lo 6s 3d per imperial bushel. Irish white, 5s 9d to 6s 3d. Red, 5s Od to 0s per UOlbs. Malting barley, 2Ss to 32s. Irish, 27s to 30s per imperial qr. Grinding, 25s to 27s per 4001bs. White oats 25s to 2Ks per imperial qr. Irish, 23s Od to 24s 6d. Black, 22s to 23s per 3121b. Old beans, 5s 0d to 0s, Now 4s 9d to 5s per imperial bushel. SHREWSBURY, AUG. 1.— There was but trifling business trans- acted at this day's market.— Wheat, 5s to 5s lOd ; barley, 3s to 4s; oats, 2s Od to 3s Od per imperial bushel. HEREFORD. AUG. 1.— Wheat ( old), 5s lOd to 0s 3d; barley ( new), 3s Od to 4s; beans ( old) 5s to 5s Od ; pease ( old), 4s Od ; oats, 3s 3d to 4s LIVERPOOL, AUG. 4.— The sale of wheat at this day's market extremely languid, the best descriptions receded 2d. and other quali- ties fully 3d. per 751bs. below the rates of Tuesday last. Irish liour was dull at an abatement ol'Is, per sack; and although States and Canadian commanded a moderate share of attention, the general runs declined Od. per barrel, choice brands alone maintaining previous quotations. Barley, beans, and peas met little inquiry, and were rather easier to purchase. Malt remains unvaried. Oats being taken very sparingly, barely sustained the reduced rates of Friday. Oat- meal, upon a limited demand, remained steady in value. Indian corn sold less freely, and was the turn cheaper. £ u0oluciit ant? Bankrupt liegteter. FRIDAY, JULY 31. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Charles Murray Williams, Bristol, ironmonger. BANKRUPTS. Isaac Bird, Harrow- on- the- Hill, grocer, Joseph James Such, Bolingbroke- row, Wal worth- road, auctioneer, Jonathan Wragg, Meliua- piace, Westminster- bridge- road, Surrey, iron merchant. John Palmer, Worthing, Sussex, painter. William Elliott, Petwortli, Sussex, corn merchant. Benjamin Clarke, Kingston- upon- Thames, Surrey, export ale and porter merchant. Edmund Burke Kilpin, Isle of Wight, jeweller. Atkinson Wilkinson, Camberwell, merchant. Joseph Came, jun., Falmouth, grocer. Daniel White, Bristol, potter. Saul Samuel and Walter Samuel, Birmingham, woollen drapers and tailors. Thomas Wilson, Sheffield, grocer. James Jamieson, Leeds, sharebroker. John Heaton, Park, Almondbury, Yorkshire, clothier. Richard Gill, Richmond, Yorkshire, grocer. Thomas Ingham Rayner, Birstal, Yorkshire, apothecary. TUESDAY, AUGUST 4. BANKRUPTS. William Henry Cox, College- wharf, Belvidere- road, Lambeth. barge builder. James Covel Morris, Curtain- road, Shoreditch, cabinet maker. Frederick Waters, Cliur'- h- street, Hackney, cheesemonger. Anthony Turner Edwards, Idol- lane, Tower- street, bricklayer. James Pritchard, Seymour- place, Camden- town, butcher. Edward Wedgwood Phillips, Bishopsgate- street, dealer 111 glass. Samuel Tipple, Norwich, tailor. Thomas William Clark, Strood, Kent, common brewer. John Cainos, Chilton Cantels, Somersetshire, corn dealer: William Blanshurd, Pudsey, Yorkshire, grocer. William Watson, Hardcastle, Yorkshire, lead merchant. John Payne, Bristol, millwright. Thomas Winfield, Bristol, leu dealer. Henry Francis Aldridge, Liverpool, music seller. Thomas Siddorn, Liverpool, ironmonger. 1' rescott Corless, Wigan, tea dealer. Henry Cowie and James Clark, Liverpool, merchants. 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