a 1 > ( THE ALTAR, THRONE, AND LAND WE LIVE IN. ? FVf K9S Mi v - N°- G14. WORCESTER, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1846. PRICE 5d. | J ! t £ - I RAMAGE'S CONCENTRATED COMPOUND SOLUTION OF IRON. TT^ HE well- known tonic properties of Iron have made 8 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 • lightest 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. BY APPOINTMENT FOR CHILDREN. CUTTING THEIR TEETH. MRS. JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP, FOR CHILDREN CUTTING THEIR TEETH. — This infallible Remedy has preserved hun- dreds of Children when thought past recovery from Convul- sions arising from painful dentitition. As soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the Gums, the Child will be relieved, the Gums cooled, and the inflammation reduced. It is as innocent as tfficacious, tending to product the Teeth with ease; and so pleasant, that no Child will refuse to let its Gums be rubbed with it. When infants are at the age of four months, the Syrup should be rubbed on the Gums; and Parents should never be without the Syrup in the Nursery where there are young children; for if a Child wakes in the night with pains in the Gums, the Syrup immedi tely gives ease; thereby pre- venting Convulsions, Fevers, & c. The great success of this Medicine during the last 25 years has induced unprincipled per- sons to imitate it, under the name of American Soothing Syrup, and copying parts of Mrs. Johnson's Bills, & c. Parents will, therefore, be very particular to ask for JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP, and to notice that the names BAHCLAY and SONS, 85, Farringdon Street, London, ( to whom Mrs. Johnson has sold the recipe), are on the Stamp affixed to each Bottle. 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, 4846. " 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 GOUT 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; Penneli, 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. ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL OR ACQUIRED DEBILITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM. " THE SILENT FRIEND," NINETEENTH EDITION. Price 2s. fid., and sent free to any part of the United Kingdom, in a Sealed Envelope, from the Establishment, on receipt of 3s. 6d. in Postage Stamps. A MEDICAL WORK on the INFIRMITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM, in both sexes; being an Enquiry into the concealed cause that destroys physical energy, and the ability of manhood, ere vigour has established her empire ; with observations on the baneful effects of SOLITARY INDULGENCE and INFECTION; Local and Constitutional WEAKNESS, NERVOUS IRRITATION, CONSUMPTION and on the partial or total EXTINCTION OF THE REPRO- DUCTIVE POWERS; WITH MEANS OF RESTORATION ; the dis- tructive 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 on the skin, by eruptions on the head, face, and body ; with APPROVED MODE OF CUKE for both sexes ; followed by Observations on the Obligations of MARRIAGE, and healthy perpetuity ; with 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 R.' & 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, 16 and 19, Chinch- street, Rawl Church- street, Liverpool; Ingram, Market- street, Manchester; 1). Camp- bell, 136, Argyle- street, Glasgow ; It. Lindsay, 11, Elms row, Edinburgh ; Powell, 10, Westmoreland- street, Dublin ; Deighton, Worcester; Penneli, Kidderminster; Bromley, Kidderminster; and by all Booksellers and Patent Medicine Venders in town and country. Part I. of this Work is particularly addressed to those who are prevented from forming a Matrimonial Alliance, througe fear of certain disqualifications for tne discharge of the sacred obligations of marriage, and to the thoughtless youth, whose follies, ( to speak mildly,) have entailed upon him debility, and disfiguring disease in their worst forms; therefore the Silent Friend will be found an available introduction to the means of perfect and secret restora- tion to Mauliood. Part II. treats perspicuously upon those forms of diseases, either in their primary or secondary state, arising from infection, showing how numbers, who through temporary remissness or fastidious feeling, neglect to obtain competent medical aid, entail upon themselves years of misery and suffering, and of which ulti- mately those dearest to them, are innocent but equal participators. 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 powers 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 1' or the remainder of life. Constitutional weakness, sexual debility, obstinate gleets, excesses, irregularity, obstructions of certain evacuations, total impotency and barrenness, are effectually removed by this invaluable medicine. Price lis., or four at lis. in one Bottle for 33s., by which lis. are saved. The cases of Syriacum or Concentrated Detersive Essence can only be had at 19, Berners Street, Oxford Street, London ; whereby there is a saving of £ 1. 12s.. and the Patient is entitled to receive advice without a fee, which advantage is applicable only to those who remit £ 5 for a packet. A minute detail of the case is necessary. 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 the 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, & lso in £ 5 cases, to be had only at the London Establishment. 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, aud threatened destruction of the nose, palate, & c., nodes on 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 of the greatest importance, as more serious affections are visited upon an innocent wife and offspring, from a want of these simple precautions, than perhaps half the" world is aware of ; for, it must be remembered, where the fountain is polluted, the streams that flow from it canaot be pure. Messrs. PERRY expect, when consulted by letter, the usual Fee of One Pound, addressed to the London Establishment, with- out which no notice whatever can be taken of the communication. Patients are requested to be as minute as possible in the detail of their cases, as to the duration of the complaint, the symptoms, age, habits of living, and general occupation. Medicines can be forwarded to any part of the world ; no difficulty can occur, as they will be securely packed, and carefully protected from observation. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., 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 Gonorrhcea, Gleets, Secondary Symptoms, and Strictures. Messrs. It. & L. Perry & Co., Surgeons, may be consulted as usual at No. 19, Berners- street, Oxford- street, London, daily, punc- 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. Medicine Venders can be supplied by must of the Wholesale Patent Medicine Houses in London, Agent for Worcester . A. DEIGHTON, Journal Office Kidderminster... THOS. PENNELL, Bookseller. N Wher « may be had the ." SILENT FRIEND." # 1a} e$ tg mum gl& tlsi& t aitJj t6e of WitnU SPARKS' S ROYAL PORCELAIN HOUSE AND CUT- GLASS ESTABLISHMENT, 7, BROAD STREET, WORCESTER. TO THE A » MIBFJl § OF BI2ITI& II FORCEIiAIl. The Marquis of Worcester's splendid Porcelain Dessert Service, Manufactured at the celebrated Coalbrookdale IForhs. GEORGE SPARKS % HAS the honour to announce the completion of the above beautiful Service, and to inform the Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry, particularly those Families who have expressed a desire to see the SERVICE previous to its being sent away, that he has'obtained the permission of Lord Worcester to allow his Service to remain on view for a short period at the above Rooms, commencing on Saturday, the 12 th instant, and the whole of next week. G. S. flatters himself that those of his kind Patrons honouring him with a call, for the purpose of inspecting the above elegant production, will find it well worthy their notice,— together with Sample Plates of the various Services he has had the honour to Manufacture for Her Majesty the Queen Adelaide, and several of the Nobility of England and France, together with a magnificent Collection of Porcelain in all its varieties, in Articles both Useful and Ornamental, Foreign and British Cut Glass of the first- class Workmanship,— Magnificent Assemblage of Wax Flowers, with a constant supply of YVax and all the materials used in making them. G. S. having been appointed Sole Agent for Worcestershire, is enabled to supply Schools and Families at London Prices. G. S. cannot allow the present opportunity to pass without expressing his grateful acknowledgments to his numerous kind Patrons and the Public generally, for the very distinguished support he has met with for many years past, and further to assure them, that it will be his constant study, by strict personal attention to all Orders he may be honoured with, to merit their continued Commands. Worcester, September 11th, 1846. NEW EVENING LONDON PAPER. Prom the 1st of September, HE EXPRESS. T THE TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS of the " DAILY NEWS" has led to numerous inquiries, whether it might not be practicable to PUBLISH AN EVENING EDITION, CONTAINING REPORTS OF PRICES AND PROCEEDINGS IN THE DIFFERENT MARKETS ON THE DAY OF PUBLICATION. The Proprietors of the " DAILY NEWS" have resolved to comply with the wish of the Public ; but, to prevent confusion, the paper will appear under a different name— that of THE EXPRESS. The EXPRESS will contain, in addition to the news in the Morning Paper, a SUMMARY of the HOME and FOREIGN INTELLI- GENCE which may arrive on the day of publication. THE EXPRESS will have the advantage of Foreign Expresses, Correspondence, and other costly characteristics of a Morning Journal. But the full and carefully prepared REPORTS of the MONEY, RAILWAY, PRODUCE, CORN, CATTLE, and other MARKETS, will be the marking feature.' As, however, the interest in such a paper must necessarily be limited to a class, or a locality, the Proprietors cannot hope that either the sale or the advertisements will be so extensive or remunerative as those of a Morning Paper. They propose, therefore, that THREEPENCE shall be the price to the Public of THE EXPRESS. The Proprietors believe that every respectable News- agent will transmit the new Journal, on receiving a Post- office order, at the rate of 19s. 6d. per quarter; but should any difficulty arise, all persons desirous of being supplied with THE EXPRESS are requested to remit a Post- office order for that amount, payable to Mr. Henry Wallbridge, 90, Fleet Street, London, who will transfer it to a respectable London Agent. THE EXPRESS will be published every Afternoon, at Four o'clock, with the latest details of the Markets of the day. HEREFORD MUSIC MEETING. WORCESTER TURNPIKE ROADS. UPTON DISTRICT, ( AS TO THE REDUCTION OF TOLLS.) OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at the GENERAL MEETING of the TRUSTEES of the WORCESTER TURNPIKE ROADS, to be holden at the SHIRE HALL, in the City of Worcester, on WEDNESDAY, the SEVENTH day of OCTOBER next, at the hour of Twelve at Noon, a MOTION will be made, that the Trustees then and there present do enquire into the propriety of Lessening and Reducing all or any of the Tolls payable on the Upton District of the said Turnpike Roads; and if, upon such enquiry, then and there to be made, it shall appear to the Trustees then present that the said Tolls can be Reduced, without injury to the Roads, an order will be then made for Lessening and Reducing all or such of the said Tolls as to the said Trustees shall seem meet, and to commence from such time as shall be then agreed upon. By order of the Trustees, JOHN BROOKE HYDE, Clerk. Worcester, 2nd September, 1846. WEBB'S AFRICAN POMATUM, FOR RINGWORM & c. THIS simple but effectual remedy has raised* itself 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 Ha; morroids. 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. CURTIS ON MENTAL AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. Just published, A- MEDICAL WORK, in a sealed Envelope, at 3s., and sent, post paid, for 3s. 6d. A N H O O D; 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 SQUARE, 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, 6, Bedford- row, Dublin; Henderson, Castle- place, Belfast; VV. 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.— Jim. 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 Servioe 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 cases. 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. 6s. 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 6th of April, 1844, proving the number printed, bound, and sold since May, 1840, which will prevent disappointment, and secure the original, 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. fid. 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 Hemospasique 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, leeches, & 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 agreeablenes. 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. I, 1 i P. a ' I- EXTRAORDINARY CURES BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT. A Wonderful Cure of dreadful Ulcerous Sores in the Face and Leg, in Prince Edward Island. The Truth of this Statement was duly attested before a Magistrate. HUGH 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 the greater part of my nose and the roof of my mouth was eaten away, and my leg had three large ulcers cn 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 ROW nearly all healed. Having received such truly beneficial aid, I feet myself bound to express my gratitude to the person by whose means I have thus been restored from the pitiable and miserable state I was in; and for the sake of humanity make known my case, that others similary situated might be believed. ( 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 mala dy 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 t e has aforesaid stated to be perfectly correct, and consider the case to be a most wonderful cu re. ( Signed) WILLIAM UNDERHAY, Bay Fortune. A Cure of Ringworm of Four Years Standing. Copy of a Letter from Mrs. Gr ace Moro, 6, Hemlock Court, Carey Street, London, 6th November, 1845. To Professor HOLLOWAY. SIR,— About four years ago n ly 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 a; % o 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 an y part of the Globe, may be effectually Cured by the use of ti iese celebrated Medicines. Cure of a Desperate Case of Erysipelas. Copy of a Letter from Mr. Joseph « jiidon, jun., a Farmer, East Kent, near Spilsby, Lincolns hire, 8th April, 1846. To Professor HOLXOWAY. 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 Erysipelas in my 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, but 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 G1LDON. The Testimony of Dr. Bright, of Ely Place, Holborn, as to the Extraordinary Power of Holloway's Ointment in the Cure of Ulcerated Sores. Extract of a Letter from the above celebrated Physician. To Professor HOLLOWAY. SIR,— I 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 Legs, 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^ d., 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. ( Concludedfrom our last.) In our last publication we brought our notice of this festival up to the ball on Thursday night, but in our report of Thursday morning's music at the Cathedral we promised an extended notice of the execution of " The Fall of Babylon,'''' and this we now supply before proceeding with our Friday's report. " The Pall of Babylon" formed the second part of Thursday morning's performance of sacred music in the Cathedral. This is a work of the most elaborate character, written in the most unusual and abstruse keys, and in addition to this stuffed with accidental chromatics, and abounding, from beginning to end, in enharmonic transitions— more difficult in appearance than in reality, but still sufficiently puzzling to the reader, as was pain- fully evidenced in one of the movements of which we shall have occasion to speak presently. The overture opens with a short Andante in E flat minor, jvhich is succeeded by a fugal Allegro in C minor, the subject of which is several times recalled to the ear in the course of the oratorio ; the overture was admirably played, the wind instruments particularly being unusually perfect; and they had no easy task to perform, being lavishly employed upon passages essentially characteristic of the genius of Spohr— a phrase, as our musical readers will acknowledge, equivalent to extreme difficulty. The opening chorus of captive Jews—" God of our fathers"— in C minor, was effectively given, although in some of the intricate passages, and they are neither few nor far between, the band overpowered the voices, and rendered it difficult for the listener to trace the vocal subject through the braying of the brass and the busy hum of the stringed instruments. The air in E flat—" Beloved Zion" was sung by Miss A. Williams, with all that freshness, purity, and perfection of intonation which so peculiarly dis- tinguishes her vocal executancy, and was delicately accompanied by ° the band. Mr. Hobbs was in excellent voice, and sang the music allotted to the part of Daniel admirably; but he is musician enough to be always correct in his reading, and there- fore whenever a failuie occurs on his part it must be attributed to physical causes ; on this occasion, however, there was not a single failure ; in fact, taking the Festival as a whole, we never heard Mr. Hobbs sing nearly so well, or display so much power of voice, as he did at this meeting. In the recitative—" O how familiar to mine ears"— he made a very effective point on the words, " and within is death." On the succeeding words the composer has adopted a transition common among the old ecclesiastical writers, as Palestrina, Tallis, and Bird, and used with striking effect by Handel in his Funeral Anthem; we mean the transition from the full harmony of one note to that of the full tone below it. In this instance Spohr has employed this form of notation in a transition from the chord of F to that of E flat; the effect is excessively good, and he has had recourse to the same mode of musical expression in several places in the work under notice. The song in A flat, which follows the recitative just mentioned, commences upon the dominant chord of the key, and beyond this peculiarity is chiefly remarkable for the abrupt and somewhat needless changes of the time from 3- 4 to 9- 8 and then to 3- 4 again. The song in Haydn's Creation, descriptive of the " flexible ti^ er" and the other denizens of the forest, has supplied Spohr with the leading idea of a wonderfully effective chorus— " The lion roused from slumber is springing"— and the idea is most elaborately and artistically wrought out: the passage a few bars before the close, in which the voices are in unison while the instruments supply a florid and thoroughly Spohrish accom- paniment, is truly magical in its effect. Mr. Phillips gave the son" 1 " Mighty God," in which the composer has again profusely displayed his complete mastery of the art and elements of modulation and transition, in the most perfect style; and the succeeding chorus, in which we again recognized one of the motivi in the overture, was gloriously interpreted in every department. This brought us to the gem of the oratorio, and of the morning's performance— the song of the Jewish Mother, watching her sleeping child— a lovely strain in G minor, ten- derly, feelingly, and exquisitely sung by Miss A. Williams. After this entrancing song we could scarcely return to the degree of imperturbable coolness requisite to enable us to resume the critical office, which we felt the more needful as the recitative which followed it introduced to us a singer of whose merits we had had no previous opportunity of forming an opinion upon which we could ourselves confidently rely; the first few notes, however, satisfied us that Mr. Lockey has been gifted with a voice of no ordinary excellence ; we are satisfied also that nature has been bountiful to him in another respect; namely, in endowing him with a tolerably plentiful share of self- confidence. This, however, is as necessary to a public sinner as a good voice, for, a3 we have often remarked, the sons of harmony are full of discord, and a rising man is always kept down as low and as long as possible by those who have risen before him. But nevertheless we should say that Mr. Lockey's success depends mainly upon himself; and in order to contribute in some small degree to that success we will volunteer him a piece of advice; and that is, not to be content, as many of his professional brethren and competitors are, with simply learning by rote the music he may upon any occasion have to perform; but to study deeply and attentively the reasons and the grounds of the various modulations and transi- tions which may occur in the music placed in his hands— to study harmony as a science, and not to look upon it as a mere accomplishment which concerns composers only ; for he may depend upon our word that the vocalist who does not care to acquire a competent knowledge of harmony will never, how lavish soever his natural gifts may be, become a fisrt- rate singer. In proof of this we will refer Mr. Lockey to Incledon— a man whose vocal gift has never, perhaps, been surpassed ; and yet, with all his natural advantages, what was he at. last ? Merely a ballad singer. Let Mr. Lockey, who has been blessed with a splendid organ, follow our advice, and we will answer for it that he will never again commit such a blunder as was com- mitted ( not by him alone) in the quartett " Darkness long thy throne surrounding," which was so utterly " mulled" by the singers that they came to a full stop before two bars had been mangled, and a fresh start became indispensable, with the assistance of the chord from the orchestra. Had the singers been even tolerably well grounded in harmony, they would have known that the enharmonic transition from A flat to G sharp is a barely nominal change, the two notes, as usually played and sung, being identical for all practical purposes, though they are not so in reality. Enough of fault- finding, however: and we turn now to a more agreeable duty. The duet " Judah, still the chosen nation"— was excellently sung by Miss A. Williams and Mr. Lockey, as was the wonderfully telling and masterly chorus—" Raise aloft the Persian banner" by the male voices of the choral body, representing the soldiers of Cyrus. The song in B flat—" No longer shall Judea's children wander"— appears to us to be not only an anachronism but a plagiarism on the part of the composer, ( not the only one in this work, for in one of the choruses we recognised an old friend in the guise of a portion of Handel's " Hallelujah" chorus in the Messiah); for it is a thorough Tyrolienne, and forcibly recalled to our memory the RanzdesVaches in William Tell; it was beautifully sung by Miss Birch, however, and the oboe part in the accompaniment was as beautifully played by Grattan Cooke. The unison chorus in C minor—" Come down, and in the dust be humbled"— a wonderful emanation of fenius, and the following chorus—" Babylon shall fall"— were admirably sustained by the choral force, and concluded the first portion of the oratorio. The second part, depicting Bel- shazzar's Feast— a subject which has been treated, though not so elaborately, by Handel— was not so satisfactory in the execu tion ; but it is so replete with difficulties, especially the instru- mental portion of it, that we do not wonder at its falling short of perfection in the representation. We must, however, render a due tribute of praise to Mr. Machin, who sang the part of Belshazzar admirably, with one exception; in his answer to Daniel, on the words '' Long as Euphrates," & c., he was just half a bar behind the orchestra. In every other part of the music allotted to him this morning he acquitted himself excel- lently, and displayed a fuller and richer quality of voice than we have been accustomed to hear from him. The only other points we think it necessary to notice are the chorus of Jews and Persians—" Shout aloud"— in which the fugal subject of the overture is again effectively introduced; the noble song— " O, what is man"— to which ample justice was rendered by Mr. Phillips ; the chorus in D minor—" Lord, thine arm hath been uplifted"— which was finely given, but which reminded us strongly of the finale to Beethoven's Sinfonia in C minor ; and the song—" Zion"— deliciously given by Miss Birch, which is the very counterpart of the Psalm composed by Mendelssohn for Miss Rainforth, and sung by that lady at Crosby Hall, and at the Worcester Festival last year. The final chorus would have been much more effective had the tempo been somewhat accelerated. Upon the whole we cannot regard this oratorio as so great a work, or so good an example of the composer's manner in sacred writing, as his Last Judgment. It is essen- tially dramatic in its every feature, and would be in better keeping on the stage than in a Cathedral. The collection lor the charity realised the handsome sum of £ 296. FRIDAY MORNING. As this morning was devoted to the Messiah, we had antici- pated that the Cathedral would be thronged in every part; but in this respect we were doomed to disappointment ; ana it was remarked by several persons that they did not remember this immortal oratorio to have drawn so thin an attendance as upon the present occasion. It cannot be necessary that we should give any lengthened notice of the performance of a work which has passed under our review some scores of times ; we shall therefore only touch upon the salient points. The opening recitative was admirably and simply declaimed by A\ 1t. Hobbs, who also in the following air put forth more vocal power than we have ever heard from him before. The chorus—" And the glory" was slightly hurried towards the close ; in every other respect it was faultlessly given. Mr. Machin's recitative— " Thus saith the Lord"— was impressively delivered, and in one passage of the succeeding air he introduced a new and in our opinion a very judicious reading. His other solo was admirably sung, but Harper manifested physical debility in the trumpet obligato. The difficult chorus—" And he shall purify" was unsteady in time, and fearfully flat in every vocal part, Miss Dolby's air—" Behold a virgin"— was by no means success- ful ; but she made ample amends in that divine strain—" He was despised"— which in her hands was one of the most perfect illustrations of pathos and intense feeling we ever heard. As we cannot say anything in praise of Mr. Phillips's rendering of " The people that walked in darkness," we pass it over,, and turn to his " Why do the nations," which was magnificently given by voice and instruments. In this solo one performer whose name did not appear in the programme supplied an interesting obligato ; this was a robin who had perched himself upon one of the Norman pillars in the clerestory of the south transept, and whose extemporaneous accompaniment was singularly true both to the key and the rhythm of the solo ; so observant, indeed, was this feathered amateur that when the singer came to a shake before the close master robin must needs indulge in a trill also. Miss Birch sang the recitatives which follow the Pastoral Symphony, and threw into them a profusion of needless ornament, which even the extreme beauty of her voice could not reconcile to our fastidious ears; and we are sorry to be iii strict justice compelled to apply the same remark to her rendering of the " I know that my Redeemer liveth ;" in the florid " Rejoice greatly," however, she was more at home. The airs " He shall feed his flock," and " Come unto him" were tenderly, chastely, and feelingly warbled by the Misses Williams, and yielded us more genuine musical enjoyment than anything else that was sung in the course of the morning. Mr. Lockey, in the recitatives allotted to him, and in the duet with Miss M. Williams " O death where is thy sting" manifested great power and excellent quality of voice ; he sang the music with good taste and discretion, carefully and correctly. We have now only to award a due meed of unqualified praise to the choir, who took up all their points with energy and precision, and whose voices, for quality, surpassed in excellence those of any choir of the same magnitude we have ever seen collected. Their steadiness and aptitude to the business set down for them we attributed in no small degree to the preponderance of Cathedral men we recognized amongst them. The collection for the Charity this morning, amounted to £ 220 FRIDAY EVENING. The concert this evening was well attended, although the Hall was by no means full. The first part consisted principally of Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream music, of which the most attractive portion was the Overture and Scherzo, and the two part song, " Ye spotted snakes," which was charmingly sung by the Misses Williams, by whom it was originally performed at the Philharmonic Concerts, and by Royal command at Buckingham Palace. Beautiful as this setting of Shakspere's words is, however, it does not on a close comparison lessen our relish for the more English adaptation of the same words by Stevens. The Interlude, Notturno, and Wedding March appeared to us so intimately blended, that, not having a copy of the music before us, we found some difficulty in separating them from each other. The Dance of Clowns, quaint and bustling as it is, yet seemed to us to lack the spirit, vivacity and abandon of the Rustic Dance in Beethoven's Sinfonia Pastorale, and the wildness of the Gipsy Dance in Weber's Euryanthe. The final chorus, however, " Through this house give glimm'ring light" is pefectly descriptive of the tripping evanishment of the fairies from the scene of their witching pranks and revelries, and was faultlessly given by both choir and band. The composition concludes appropriately and expressively with that wild and mysterious succession of chords from the wind instruments which forms one of the subjects of the overture. The remainder of the first part of the concert was composed of Lord Momington's beautiful glee " O bird of eve" exquisitely sung by Misses Birch and Dolby, and Messrs Lockey, Hobbs, and Phillips; and Mozart's Piano- Fort Concerto in D minor, which, although played with the utmost skill, brilliancy, and intelligence by Mr. Hatton, we found terribly long- drawn, and, sooth to say, somewhat tedious, heretical though we may be considered for making the confession. In plain truth we must siy that Piano- Forte displays have no great charm for us, and the length of this one so wearied us that at its conclusion we quitted the Hall, and did not return until just before the commencement of the quaint original of the National Anthem ; we therefore borrow a brief notice of the remainder of the concert from a metropolition contemporary. The contents of the second part, which opened with the overture to Zampa, were various. Wilby's madrigal, " Flora gave me fairest flowers," was succeeded by an attempt, on the part of Mr. Lockey, to sing Mozart's beautiful air " O, cara immagine." Miss Birch then delivered Donizetti's popular Lucia aria ' Regnava nel silenzio," with a brilliancy that honourably distinguished her; and Misses A. and M. Williams, ever fascinating in a duet, came after, in the " Fiero incontro" from Tancredi. Mr. Hatton's dreary nonsense about King Sifrid was then sung with corresponding dreariness by Mr. Machin. Mr. T. Cooke's glee " Shades of the heroes" was the next incident on the list; followed by Kaliwoda's song " The home of love," wherein Miss A. Williams came in for considerable admiration conjointly with Mr. Williams, who furnished the ciarionette obligato. Rossini's duet, " Dunque io son," was then sung by Miss Birch and the polytechnic Mr. Hatton— well as regarded the lady, indifferently as regarded the gentleman; after which Mr. H. Phillips gave the laughing song from L1 Allegro, with his usual heartiness; and with the National Anthem— with all its uncouth harmonies, as composed by Dr. John Bull, once upon a time the organist of Hereford Cathedral the concert terminated. The following statistics, in reference to the Charity fund, are from the Hereford Times:— COLLECTIONS. 1st Day 2nd 1837. £. s. d. 140 9 0 429 4 4 3rd 248 17 0 1840. £. s. d. 176 8 6 466 14 1 417 9 8 1843. £. s. 152 14 324 5 388 0 1846. £. s. ( 295 15 296 18 220 4 Collected for the Charity from 1831— £ i s. d. 1831 at Hereford 634 4 10 1832 _ Gloucester 804 11 8 1833 — Worcester 981 18 7 1834 — Hereford 676 11 0 1835 _ Gloucester 660 11 10 1836 W orcester 828 6 6 1837 Hereford 818 1 2 1838 Gloucester 704 16 5 1839 _ Worcester 953 3 6 1840 — Hereford 1060 12 3 1841 Gloucester 642 18 6 1842 _ W orcester 1061 1 0 1843 Hereford 901 13 0 1844 — Gloucester .. ... ... 648 17 0 1845 Worcester 850 0 0 1846 — Hereford 812 18 2 The collections each morning Wednesday Thursday Friday were as follows:— £ 295 15 296 18 220 4 £ 812 18 2 The collection includes donations from the following bene- factors who were not present:—. Lady Emily Foley £ 50 M iss Foley, Newport 20 John Arkwright, Esq 25 Rev. Archer Clive ... 20 B. Biddulph, Esq 20 Miss Parry 10 Lady Somers 5 K. Evans, Esq. 5 Mrs. J. Jones, Kington 5 Amongst other large contributors we observed the Lord Lieutenant, Earl Somers, place £ 50 on the plate. The Committee are sanguine enough to expect the favour of still further contributions in aid of the Charity, from such families and individuals as have been unable to attend the festival in person. We should be wanting in duty to ourselves, and in justice te the Conductor of the Festival, Mr. G. Townshend Smith, if wo closed this notice without congratulating him upon the success which crowned his arduous exertions, and thanking him for the courteous and polite attentions which we experienced from his friendship. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. The " British Association for the Advancement of Science" has Ireen holding its meetings at Southampton for several days past, and considerable eclat was given to the proceedings on Monday, by the presence of his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Although previous announcements that his Royal Highness intended to visit the Association as a private member, were made extensively public, the utmost decorum was observed, and nothing inconsistent was displayed notwithstanding its publicity. The news arrived at half- past ten o'clock that the Fairy steamer was in sight; but, although the announcement created some sensation in the town, it did not diminish the amount of business at any of the scientific sections, as their attendance displayed. Punctually at eleven o'clock the Fairy drew up to the Royal Pier, where his Royal Highness was received by Sir li. I. Murchison, the President; Mr. Lobb, the Mayor of Southampton ; and Viscount Palmerston, M. P. The landing of his Royal Highness was saluted by the firing of guns from the various yachts in the harbour and in the yacht house. The High- street was decorated with flags, which were the only prominent symptoms of a royal visit. A carriage, furnished by Mr. Hatcham, was waiting at the terminus of the pier, in which his Royal Highness visited the different sections. AT SECTION A. Sir John Herschell presided, and the Prince Consort arrived in the midst of a paper by Professor Phillips, which was a Report on the progress of Anemometry. In the course of his observations the author stated some most interesting facts, which were very convincing that this department of science is making much progress. From thence his Royal Highness went to the SUB- SECTION OF ETHNOLOGY. This was the next occasion of the visit of his Royal High- ness, who heard a very interesting paper from Dr. Latham. The royal visit was continued to the various other sections, with the exception of that of Statistics. Each sectional room was very well attended, and his Royal Highness] re- embarked at two o'clock for the Isle of Wight, There was a large influx of visitors. On Tuesday, upwards of 300 members dined at the Long Rooms, where the chair was taken by Sir Roderick Impey Murchison. The members separated at an early hour, and departed for the Victoria Rooms, to hear a description by Mr. Grove, of Professor Schonbein's gun- cotton. Several sections resumed their meetings on Wednesday, when the business of the week concluded by the evening general meeting. The next meeting is to be held at Oxford. Prince Albert has presented a donation of £ 100 to the pur- poses of the Association. SERIOUS STEAM BOAT COLLISION.— About eight o'clock on Monday evening a collision of a fearful kind took place off Gray's, London, between the Diamond Company's packet the Ruby, and a small steam- packet called the Gnome, from Woolwich, the property, we believe, of the Woolwich Com- pany, off Grays. The Ruby was on her way down from London Bridge, and the Gnome was going up the river, on her return from the Nore, whither she had been making an " excursion," with a party of near 200 persons on board. It appears that the night being rather dark, the captain of the Ruby, as is his usual practise, kept himself, and ordered to he kept, a close look- out, and observing the steamer approaching directly a- head of him, he called out to the helmsman to port the helm, an order that was immediately obeyed; but the Gnome having her helm at the same time put a starboard, a collision became unavoidable, and the Ruby struck the Gnome on her starboard bow with great force, although the engines of the Ruby were with great rapidity reversed by the captaius in command. Still the concussion of the two vessels was frightful, and the Gnome being the smaller aud weaker vessel, was made a wreck of. The scene on board the latter may be easier conceived than described. She was in her fore part literally shattered and stove in, but her engines being comparatively uninjured were kept at work, and she was run on the Essex shore, where she soou sunk, after the Ruby had taken all her passengers or party of excursionists out of her. HORRIBLE MURDER AT CHESTERFIELD.— A most awful circumstance has been brought to light, which has excited in Chesterfield and its neighbourhood feelings of the greatest horror and alarm. A mangled human body lias been dis- covered amongst some night- soil in a vault in the centre of the town. The head and arms were found separate from the body, which has been ascertained to be that of George Collis, a gentleman's servant, who has been missing since December lust. A man named John Piatts, a butcher, is suspected of being the murderer. A coroner's inquest has been held on the body, and the jury returned a verdict of" Wilful murder" against Piatts, who has been committed to Derby gaol on the coroner's warrant. DANGEROUS FRACAS ON A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE.— On Saturday evening, as the 6 30 a. m. mixed train from Bristol was between Steventon and Didcot stations, on the Great Western Railway, a quarrel arose between Temple, the engine driver,, and Poole, the stoker. A fight ensued on the engine, and if both had fallen off the consequences must have been dreadful, as the train was going at the rate of thirty miles an hour, and there was no possibility of the guards getting to the engine to stop it; nor were they aware of the fight, until Temple, finding himself worsted, stopped the engine, to endeavour to throw Poole off, when the guards alighted, and succeeded in obtaining a cessation of hostilities until their arrival at Didcot, when the offenders were given into custody and conveyed to Paddington, where an inquiry took place, which resulted in Poole, who was found to have been the aggressor, being discharged, and Temple, the engine driver, was fined £ 1. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIA- MENT.— A few evenings since an accideut of a most fearful character, by which several persons narrowly escaped instant death, and one poor fellow was so seriously injured that ho died in the space of an hour afterwards, occurred at the new Houses of Parliament. It appears that whilst one of the large hods filled with bricks was being hoisted by means of machinery used for that purpose, a portion of the rope either broke or became disarranged to such an extent that the hod and its contents fell to the ground with a tremendous crash. In the fall the whole of the mass of bricks, & c., fell upon the bodies of two of the workmen, one named Richard Shannon, and the other John Brown, a fine young man, aged 22, of Holland- street, Westminster. As soon as possible the men were extricated, when a most dreadful scene presented itself. The poor fellow Brown was found with his head and face frightfully mangled and disfigured. They were with as little delay as possible removed to Westminster Hospital. It was there ascertained that besides a few bruises and contusions, the man Shannon had escaped. The other poor fellow was immediately placed under the care of the house- surgeon of the institution; but, notwithstanding everything that was done for him, he never rallied in the least, death in the space of one hour terminating his sufferings. CHEAP OMNIBUSES.— On Monday more than ordinary degree of curiosity was created at the Bank of England and the London Royal Exchange, arising from a number of omnibuses appearing at various intervals during the day before these places, on which were placed in large and legible characters the words, " From the Bank to Hackney, 3d." On inquiry it appeared, that latterly the Eastern Counties Rail- way have undertaken to convey passengers to Tottenham and back for 6d., being a distance of ten miles, which has had the effect of causing the omnibuses to perform the journey very often with a solitary passenger. Whether it arose from the novelty, or from other causes, the threepenny omnibuses were speedily filled ; and it is stated, that if the experiment should prove to be successful, the same scale will be adopted with respect to the surburban pojnts connected with the metropolis, while for distances not exceeding one mile the charge will be reduced to one penny. A WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BROUGHT TO JUDGMENT.— On Tuesday the sitting Magistrates at the public- office were called upon to adjudicate in a case wherein one William Shakespeare appeared to answer a charge brought by a rosy, good- looking female of the Dame Quickly department, for that he, the said Willie, had made use of divers threatening expressions, the fulfillment of which have led to the annihil- ation of not only the good- looking complainant, but also the happy man who gloried in calling her wife. The lady having made the bench sensible of the nature of her complaint, " the very head and front of his offending," which by the way had its origin over an ash- hole, the defendant was called upon for his defence. William Shakespeare thereupon stood forth, a diminutive man, with a coast of Guinea complexion, a full dark eye, " in a fine frenzy roiling," and a mouth, the measure- ment of which appeared admirably calculated to " speak volumes." Having placed himself in an oratorical attitude the defendant began by saying :—" His dear and honourable wife— dear to him as the ruddy drops that visited his sad heart— had informed him, what time he repaired to the home she sanctified to renovate his strength by eating his dinner, that the complainant had accused her or him—' for man and wife are one body'— of crimes at which his blood curdled, and which made his hair to stand on end,' like quills upon the fretful porcupine.' " The namesake of the immortal bard was here requested to come to the point, when he most energetically aud pathetically prayed that he might be heard for his cause. " It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul; yet I'll not shed ." The complainant was here asked if she really feared the defendant would do her some injury , and on her answering in the affirmative, the gentle Willie was bound over to keep the peace and pay 6s. 6J. expenses, upon which — his eyes turned up, the mouth extended its unfair propor- tions, aud with a look " dark as Erebus," William Shakespeare left the court, mutterring that he " stood upon his bond," wuich he was recomiueuded by the court religiously to keep. — Birmincfham A dvertiser. A BRISTOL HOAX.— A few days since a tall good- looking man, well dressed, and of gentlemanly deportment, was observed, after carefully looking around him for a few moments. So throw a parcel very hurriedly into the float. Curiosity was excited, a boat immediately obtained, the mys- terious parcel secured and opened ; when, to the horror of the inspecting parties, it was found to contain a shirt with several holes in it, as if caused by stabs made with some sharp- poinied instrument, and saturated with blood; rolled up inside the shirt was a note written by a female, signed " Harriet," and directed to a gentleman well known in this city. The parcel containing the shirt had been directed, but the address was erased. The contents of the note were as follows:— " You cruel man,— Your envy, jealousy, and malice has deprived me of the dearest object of my affections. I now know all; the secret is out, and the murderer can no longer escape justice; the happy spirit of ray loved Henry disclosed to me all, and told me where to find the bloody shirt which I now send you, which must make you shrink with horror. Prepare to meet the police. " HARRIET." No doubt was entertained that an atrocious murder had been committed, and the parcel was at once conveyed to the police station; the constables were speedily on the qui vive, a couple hastened to the residence of Mr. ( the gentleman to whom the note was addressed,) and to his very great conster- nation received the intimation that he must " come along with them," upon a charge of murder. The amiable and humane individual, who could not find it in his heart to crush a fly, much less to murder a fellow- creature, informed the officers that they had made a mistake. " Oh, no; no mistake at all," was the reply. " Ain't you Mr. , Esq.?" " lam tha party," was the answer, " then you're the gen'l'man as murdered the gal's sweetheart." What could the fellows mean \ His first impulse was to kick them out of the house, and but for their wearing the police uniform, he would have done so. They told him it was " no good his putting hisself in such a flustration, as the letter and the shirt ( producing the bundle) would show that they were right." On the pro- duction of these articles, Mr. could not forbear laughing heartily, aud soon set the matter " all right," fully proving that no murder had been committed, and that the whole was the trick of a very facetious " crony," whose ruling passion was not subdued even by sickness, and who availed himself of the consequences of a leech bleeding to play a joke upon his friend. Having been bled with leeches, he packed up the shirt which he had on at the time in a parcel to Mr. ; that gentleman recognised the handwriting ot his friend out- side the parcel, and having been " tricked" once or twice before, was not again to be " done;" so he erased the address, and threw the parcel ( without opening it) into the float, as wo have described, little dreaming that a note inside charged him with murdering some poor girl's lover. A little inquiry was instituted, and as it appeared that the affair was really a joke, of course nothing further was done.— Bristol Mirror. ELDER ROB OR JELLY.— Pick the berries when quite dry, and free them from their stalks. Put the berries into large jars, and fill them rather more than three- parts full. Set the jars in a baker's oven after the bread is drawn, and let them remain all night, or put them into saucepans two- thirds filled with water, and let them simmer gently about two or three hours. Place a coarse cloth or muslin over a cullender, pour the contents of the jar into it, and then squeeze the pulp till not any juice is left. To the juice from a gallon of fruit put l| lb. of fine moist sugar, or common loaf sugar. When dissolved, put the juice into a stewpan, or clean saucepan, and boil it till quite thick. The proof that it is thick enough is to put a little on a plate, and if, on gently inclining it, the juice adheres, and does not run, it is boiled enough. Put it in preserving pots. Moisten some very thin paper with salad oil, the smallest quantity possible, then tie them down and keep them in a place which is airy aud light, but not damp. The above rob is excellent in colds, coughs, sore throats, fevers, and is said to be a specific for the erysipelas. THE SCHOOLMASTER WANTED.— Six marriages were solemnised at our parish church on Sunday last, and, out of the twelve newly- married persons, only one could write his name. Of the twelve witnesses to the ceremony not one could write. Thus of twenty- four whose signatures should be in the register, twenty- three had to affix marks.—. Preston Chronicle. THE BUTCHER AND THR ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.— One day last week, a rough- spun country butcher, whose travel- ling companion was a dog, took a ticket at one of the stations on the Midland Railway, for Birmingham. It was shortly afterwards ascertained by the officials that he had a dog ill the carriage with him. On being remonstrated with, and told, that he must pay for the dog, he refused, and a regular row commenced, in the course of which the butcher got out of the carriage, and the dog followed. Here the disturbance was renewed, and the war grew fiercer, when all of a sudden, the train started. The butcher, forgetting his indignation at the parties, turned round and jumped into his place again, fol- lowed by the dog. The train went on, the burly Man of beef, laughing as though his ribs would crack at havmg " done the beggars," told the whole affair to the passengers with glee, and concluded by saying that they might " tallyscope" about him, he didn't care ; he had done ' em, and they couldn't tell ' em at Birmingham before he got there, he was sure. On the train arriving at its destination, a gentleman in a blue buttoned- up- to- the- throat livery, with trousers, and sundry hieroglyphics on his collar, touched the butcher on the shoulder, and said, " Sir, you have a dog with you, for which the fare has not been paid; you must either fob out the need- ful, or I take you into custody." The tallyscope, as the butcher called it, had arrived at Birmingham first, and the poor fellow's feelings may be better imagined than described. T H E W O R C E S T E R S H I R E G U A R D I A N , SATURDAY, S E P T E M B E R 2,6,% 18 46. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. The Montpensier marriage continued to occupy the Parisian press and the Parisian public on Tuesday. On the Bourse more confidence in the success of the project and in the acqui- escence of the British Cabinet in it, was entertained than on Monday, and hence a trifling rise of prices, which took place on that day. For those impressions no new fact was adduced. They still rested on the belief that the King would not have taken a step so important with being pretty sure that it would not be treated as a casus belli by Great Britain. A telegraphic dispatch received by the French Government stated that on the 9th jnst. the Pope granted the dispensation for the marriage of the Queen to her cousin, and that it was forwarded from Rome on the same night. On Saturday last a serious disturbance took place in the prison of the Conciergerie, between those of its inmates who had made revelations to the police and those whom they had denounced, an I between whom it was well known the most deadly animosity existed. From 40 to 50 prisoners were assem- bled on the morning in question, in the yard of the prison, when suddenly, dividing themselves into two bodies, they made a most desperate attack on each other, having armed them- selves with various weapons, such as files, bars of iron, and other implements which they had procured in the work- shops of the building. Severe wounds were inflicted on both sides, and it was not until the arrival of a strong detachment of mili- tary that the disturbance could be quelled. SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 8th instant has the following paragraph :—" We are authorized to announce that the marriage of her Royal Highness Donna Maria Louisa Fernanda with his Royal Highness Prince Antoine Maria Philippe Louis d'Orleans, Duke of Montpensier, has been stipulated and agreed on by his Excellency D. Franc'sco Xavier Isturitz, First Secretary of State and President of the Council of Mi- nisters, with full powers from her Majesty our Lady the Queen, and by his Excellency Count Bresson, Ambassador of France, also with authority and full powets from the King, 1 lis august sovereign, and that the corresponding contract and act have been duly drawn up. signed, and sealed. Information of this marriage will be duly laid before the Cortes." El Espanol . says that a telegraphic dispatch was received on the 7' h by the French Ambassador from Paris, dated the 6th, announcing that the French Government approved of the con- duct of their representative in this capital, and that, on the fol- lowing day, the ratification of the King of the French of the marriage of the Infanta Louisa Fernanda with the Duke of Montpensier would be forwarded to Madrid. Accounts from Malaga state that six persons have been sen- tenced to be soot for the assassination of Colonel Tubado ; six banished for ten and six years from the Peninsula; seven condemned to imprisonment in a presidio for ten and six yearS; and four women imprisoned for five and four years, and six and four months. Two are also to be imprisoned for six months. Rumours are afloat of a Carlist rising at Catalonia ; and in Navarre a similar event is reported as likely to take place be- fore long. The Madrid correspondent of the Times gives the following graphic account of the state of feeling in that capital in refer- j ence to the proposed French alliance :— The feeling against the Montpensier alliance is as'violent as ever; if anything, on the increase. That against Count Trapani partook more of quiet contempt than anything else. Against Montpensicr it is downright fury, which does not content itself with simple sarcasm. The following is a proof how high this feeling is carried. An unfortunate courier, who arrived yesterday with despatches for M. Bresson, was hooted and otherwise grossly insulted in the Puerta del Sol. The courier in question vvas evidently a stranger to Madrid ; he did not speak a word of Spanish, and it was clearly his first visit to the country. Having inquired of three or four persons in . the most public part of the city for the French embassy, the persons he asked answered with gibes and mockeries, and a group of persons soon collected round the spot. He appeared somewhat frightened, and proceeded hastily in the direction of , the post- office, where the main guard is stationed. The crowd increased alarmingly, and so loud were their cries and execra- tions ( nothing but " Frances gabacho,— picaro,— ladron,— mueran los gabachos,"— being heard], that his horse became j frightened, reared suddenly, and the rider fell, with his foot caught in the stirrup. Yet " no one moved to help him, except the postilion that followed, and his fall only excited the jeers and mockery of the crowd; and as the occurrence took place at the main guard, it was remarked that none joined more heartily in the laugh, or enjoyed the effects produced by the incident epithets heaped on him, Louis Phillippe, and Mont- pensier, than the soldiers and police that were standing near. The term " gabacho" is, as every one who has been in Spain must be aware, the most contemptuous that can be used to a Frenchman. Other epithets,— the flowers, but not odorous ones, of Puerta del Sol eloquence,— were employed, which cannot be even distantly alluded to without violating common decency. Such conduct— any more than the expression I have in a previous communication noticed as employed against the French Ambassador,— cannot be justified. It serves, however, as an indication of the state of feeling on the great question of the day. It is not probable that a French courier will again irake inquiries in such a public place, and in so public a manner, about the residence of a man so indescribably unpopular at this momentas the French ; Ambassador. It is said that the courier so treated was the bearer of the ratification of the marriage contract of the Duke de Montpensier refered to in the telegraphic despatch of Monday. " The marriage of Montpensier with the Infanta," says the Espectador, " is war between the English and French in Spain." " All parties, all, not even excepting the Carlists, have pro- nounced openly against the noble offspring of the King of the French," exclaims the Eco. " The Ministry, and the Ministry alone," observes the Clamor, : " will be responsible for the conflcts it ( the marriage) will give rise to, and on their head will be all the consequences." The French Government on Wednesday received a telegraphic dispatch from Madrid, dated the 14th instant. The opening of ; the Cortes was not signalised by any incident of importance. The Queen went to the Cortes, and read a speech, in which she j announced her intended marriage with tiie Infante Don ! Francisco'd Assis, as well as that of her sister with Lhe Duke j of Montpensier. The Cortes, it is said, received this commu- I nication with great favour. A commission was named to prepare an address in answer to the speech. The commission was composed of men extremely devoted to her Majesty. The commission will present their draft of the address on the 15th or 16th, and it is expected to be adopted on the spot. It is believed that the dissolution of the Cortes will take place on the 20th that latest. They will be convoked again early in December. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. TAE KAFFIR. WAR.— Cape of Good Hope papers to the 24th of June ii. elusive have arrived, w hich put us in possession of four days' later news from the scene of war. The information conveyed is brief, but important, as it shows that no more fighting had taken place at Fort Peddie or its neighbourhood, nor indeed was any serious engagement expected. Reinforce- ments were arriving, and the Governor- General was only waiting the concentration of all the Burgher forces, when he intended promptly to act on the offensive, the result of which, we trust, will be the complete subjection of the Kaffir tribes. PORTUGAL. Letters from Lisbon state that a strong Miguelite demonstra- tion had been made in the Minho. A similar movement being expected at Barcellos on the 26th ult., Conde das Antas had ordered a strong force to that town, the appearance of which sufficed to prevent it. On other points the commanders of the 3d and 7th regiments had succeeded in dispersing the revolters. The financial plans of the Government had not been attended with much success. UNITED STATES, MEXICO, AND CANADA. The Caledonia arrived in Liverpool on Sunday evening with advices from New York of the 1st, Boston 2nd, and Halifax 4th, of the current month, being eleven days later than those received by the Great Western. The news by this arrival is not of an important character. The war with Mexico seemed to absorb all other topics among the citizens of the United States. The latest news from Mexico state that Santa Anna, Almonte, and Rejon, had returned to Mexico: their presence was expected at Vera Cruz about the 14th or 15th ult., in the English trading steamer Arab, for the purpose, as Santa Anna remarked, of" making peace between the United States and Mexico." It would appear that the popular feeling was very strong in favour of the ex- President; and we should not be surprised to find that Paredes had not only been deposed, but imprisoned for the part he has taken in administering the affairs of Mexico. Accounts from that country inform us that Commodore Con- nor had planned an attack on Alvarado, but a storm on the 8th ult., had prevented his designs. The New York Sun of August 31, says that it will doubtless be tried again, but appears rather doubtful as to the success which will attend such an attempt. The command of the Mexican army in the north is under General Mejia. On the 19th ot July he was to have proceeded to Monterey with the remnant of Arista's forces, to unite with Paredes, whose army, according to the last accounts, numbered from 12,000 to 15,000, leaving about 1,500 only at the capital. Reinforcements had arrived at the garrison at Tampico. More than 200,000 dollars had been spent in the equipment of the troops, every cent, of which had been paid out in cash. The United States army in Mexico were reported to be in good health, and gradually accumulating provisions arid means of transportation, pushing its outposts up the Rio del Porte, and getting everything ready for a vigorous invasion. Camargo was in the occupation of General Taylor, and on the 31st of July the United States troops had also taken possession of Meire, without any opposition. General Wood was to march on towards Monterey, the main force being detained till the middle of September. The movements of General Taylor would appear to be greatly retarded for want of the means of transporta- tion. The latest intelligence which we have in the papers by this arrival from Mexico, states that Paredes was to leave the capital on the 31st of July, Monterey, where General Mejia had established his head- quarters. The last brigade, composing the division to be under his command, had left oti the 28th of July. As we have already intimated, we have doubts whether he will reach Monterey in sucli a capacity, from the extreme probability that Santa Anna would* resume the office of President, and Paredes be called upon to answer for his late actions. In fact, we believe that ere this he . is deposed and made a prisoner. The California Regiment was about to sail from New York. Three vessels had been chartered for this conveyance. Some desertions had taken place, and interested parties had objected to the commander. The regiment was to be armed with 800 percussion locks, 800 ditto flint locks, and 800 rifles, in addition to which cannon and equipments for one company of artillery, and arrangements for a corps of dragoons, were to be sent out. The Toronto Board of Trade have drawn up a memorial to the Queen, praying for a repeal of the differential duties in favour of British importations, the modification of the naviga- tion laws, and the removal of all restrictions on the free navi- gation of the St. Lawrence. Great anxiety was felt for the appointment of a new Governor- General, in the room of Earl Cathcart, who, it was understood, was to return to England. The Hon. Mr. Pakenham, British Minister to the United States, was at Quebec. Trade was dull at Montreal, and there was a poor business prospect for the coming autumn. THE DORSETSHIRE LABOURERS.— PUBLIC MEETING. A meeting was held at Beaminster, ou Thursday, Lord Stavordale presiding, to consider the propriety of " forming a society for bettering the condition of the labouring classes by the garden allotment system." Letters were read from Lord Ashley and the Bishop of Salisbury, expressing their entire agreement in the objects of the meeting, and their wish to be connected with the society. Various resolutions, including one forming the society, were passed unanimously, aocal Mailteag EnteUiggncf. There has not been much stirring in the railway world during the past week— i. e. as regard local lines. The share market continues in a depressed state ; and Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton shares are still unaccountably declining in nominal value. It would be absurd however, to argue from this circumstance that the project is likely to be an unprofitable speculation. No doubt the real secret of this depreciation of shares in the market was attributed to the real cause by the chairman of this company in his speech delivered on the occasion of the last half- yearly meeting of the proprietors held in this city on the 28th ult. The following are the latest quotations of local shares in the London market:— DEATH OF SIR JOHN WILLIAMS. Share Railways, Paid. Closing Prices. Business Done. £. i\ 100 Birmingham and Gloucester.. 100 129 — 131 130 25 Do. New ( issued 7{ dis.) ... 17{ 31*— 3' i 20 Birmingham and Oxford June. 2 4J pm 5 3 50 Bristol aad Gloucester 30 21*— 23 pm § dis 20 42s. i- i dis 100 Great Western 85 52 - 54 ex n 50 Do Half Shares 50- 28 — 3') ex u 25 Do. Quarter Shares 10 10 — 11 pm 20 Do. Fifths 20 11 — 12 pm 20 Leicester and Birmingham .. 22s. 1 — J dis Stock London and North Western.. 100 197 - 199 199 Aver. Lundon and South Western.. 41.6 10 70 — 72 70 40 Manchester and Birmiugbam. 40 75 — 77 75 Stack M idland 100 137 — 139 20 North Staffordshire 42s. 3J- 3$ pm 3j pm 20 Northampton, Ban. and Chel. 2 i — 4 dis 50 Ox., Wor., & Wolverhampton 12i n- 4 dis 8 25 Shrew., W'olv.,& S. Staf. Jun. - i .. 25 Shrewsbury and Birmingham H " i- 4 pm 20 Shropshire Union 42s. i - h par SS dis 50 South Wales 5 a I uis 20 W arwickshire and London .. 42s. ii dis i 20 Welsh Midland. SI If— dis CHELTENHAM AND OXFORD This Company has been re- organized for the purpose oi establishing a more direct rail- way communication between Cheltenham, Oxford, and London than that formerly proposed. It is intended to make a direct railway from Cheltenham to the Great Western Station at Oxford, by way of Northleach, Burford, and Witney. At Witney it will communicate with a branch from the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Riilwav. At Cheltenham it will unite with the Great Western Railway, which passes brough Gloucester to Monmouth, Ross, and Hereford, and by Chepstow, Newport, and Cardiff into South Wales; thus con- stituting the Cheltenham and Oxford line a link in the chain of railway communication between London and the important dis- tricts and counties above referred lo. THE MONMOUTHSHIRE RAILWAY.— The first general meeting of the proprietors of tbis line took place on Thursday, at the offices in Moorgate- street, London. A report was read stating that the company had purchased the Monmouthshire Canal, which had about sixty miles of tramway connected with it, at £ 200 per share ; and the canal company were at liberty to take shares in the railway, in lieu of the purchase money, to the amount of 2,080 shares, which would reduce the amount to be paid to the canal company by about £ 52,000. On the motion of the chairman, the report was adopted, and the directors were authorized to take such measures with the Monmouthshire Canal Company, and others, as they might think fit. Resolu- tions were also passed electing nine directors at a salary of £ 600 per annum, a secretary at £ 300 per annum, and audi- tors. It was stated that the receipts of the company, from de- pouts paid up, were £ 25,047, and that the preliminary expenses would be about £ 13,000. COST or LINES.— The London and Birmingham Railway cost £ 38,406 per mile ; the Great Western £ 43,88.5 per mile ; and tho London and lilackwall ( which runs through London and over the tops of hundreds of housesj cost £ 287,678 per mile ! RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. COLLISION ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.— An acci- dent of an alarming character has occured near the Brentwood station, which it is feared wiil terminate fatally to one if not to two individuals. At seven o'clock on Monday morning, an excursion train, consisting of thirty carriages and two engines, Mr. Taylor, chief of the locomotive department of the Eastern Union Railway, being upon one of them, started from Ipswich. They reached the Brentwood station in safety, and after stopping. for a few minutes, proceeded on towards London at a slow pace. On reaching the Brentwood incline, the gradient of which is 1 in 90, the driver, on account of the increased weight of the train, shut off the steam, but had got but a short distance down it, when the train came in collision with a truck left on the line. The engine- driver and stoker jumped off the engine, by which they were seriously injured. The passengers were all of them much shaken by the collision. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT OXFORD. — On Saturday evening two of the porters of the Great Western Railway Company were killed under the following melancholy circum- stances:— At the Oxford station is a large " Derrick crane," used for the purpose of raising timber from the river Isis, which, as is well known, runs close by the line of rail; several of the servants in the employ of the Company were working at the crane on Saturday evening, about seven o'clock, aud had lifted up a large tree which they slung in tho chain, and from some cause, while the men were pushing it rouud it rebounded, breaking a portion of the machinery, aud falling upon two unfortunate men, named Isaac Batts and James Gardiner, killed them almost instantaneously, fracturing the head of the former i- n a frightful manner. The other men hearing the crash ran away, and thus fortunately, but nar- rowly, escaped uninjured. The bodies were removed to the Elephant and Castle Inn near, where an inquest, was held upon them on Monday, when, after hearing evidence con- firmatory of the above, the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death'' in both cases. Some of them expressed an opinion that the Company should make the crane more, secure in future. THE LATE NOTTINGHAM AND LINCOLN FATAL ACCIDENT. — The adjourned inquest upon the body of Henry Glover, who was killed by the unfortunate accident which occurred at Conalstone, on the Nottingham and Lincoln line of railway, terminated on Monday, when, after hearing the whole of tlie evidence, the jury consulted 20 minutes, and then returned as their verdict:—" That the deceased was accidentally killed by an engine being thrown off the line, caused by the breaking of a spring attached to the forewheel, such spring being apparently in a defective state." ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH- WESTERN LINE. — An accident occurred on the above line on Monday evening which bad nigh been attended with serious consequences. It appears that the passenger train, which left Birmingham at eight o'clock, met with a slight stoppage near or at Marsdon- green, about six miles from the town, and whilst the mea were engaged arranging a plug, or some part of the machinery which gtit out of order, a luggagt train, which left the Bir- mingham station at half- past eight, came up and ran into the passengers' train. The consequence was a severe concussion, by which a good many persons were injured, but none fatally. The proper lights were attached to the passenger train, and how the accident could occur with ordinary care is a wonder. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE TAW VALE LINE.— An accident ! took place on W ednesday last, on the works in progress on 1 the Taw Vale Railway, and which, we regret to say, termi- I nated fatally with respect to one of the unfortunate men who ! were at work on the spot. It appears that James Rice, the | unfortunate deceased, a young man about 22 years of age, | was at work with other men on the line of road near the | Premington Docks, on what is technically called picking the j rail, when a quantity of earth fell from a cutting, not exceed- i ing seven feet iu height, and a portion of which fell on poor i Rice and two of his fellow. workmen, unhappily striking tlie head of tho former against the iron rail near which he was at work. The poor fellow survived only a few minutes. AYRSHIRE RAILWAY.— Au accident occurred on Friday, \ upon the Ayrshire Railway, by which an old woman un- j fortunately lost her life. We understand, however, that no I blame can be attached to the railway officials. It appears i that on an engine passing the Dairy station, the woman ran \ across the rails, was struck by the buffer of the engine, and immediately deprived of life. Accidents of this kind ought to j serve as a warning against the carelessness or foolhardiness of passengers in venturing upon the rails while trains are approaching. ACCIDENT ON THE FRENCH NORTHERN RAILWAY.— Some anxiety was felt during the early part of Tuesday last, on account of the non- arrival at Paris of the Brussels train until two hours after the usual time of arrival, unattended most happily with hurt to the passengers, occurred near Arras, by the engine having run off' the rail, the only consequence of which was to have occasioned a delay of a couple of hours. The subject of this notice was at his country residence, Livermore- park, near Bury, in Suffolk, enjoying that needful relaxation which tbis period of the year usually places at the disposal of the over- wrought lawyer, where his earthly career was unhappily brought to a close. Tho age of Sir John Williams was not much short of 70 years, but those who knew bim considered that his state of general health was sufficiently good to warrant the hope that he might be destined to enjoy as long a life as ordinarily falls to the lot of a successful lawyer. The learned personage just deceased had been for the last twelve years one of the Judges of the Court of Queen's Bench ; and if he did not display in that distinguished position talents and attainments of the very; highest order, he at least brought to the discharge of its onerous and important duties great integrity, a sincere and earnest desire to administer justice in exact conformity with the existing state of the law and the acknowledged principles of British jurisprudence. The subject of this memoir reached the dignified station which he occupied at the time of his death without much aid from that species of connexion which in the present day is deemed almost essential to forensic success; for he began life at the bar with scarcely any means of procuring clients beyond that which a distinguished university reputation may be supposed to confer. Sir John Williams was a native of Bunbury in Cheshire; his family, however, were settled in Merionethshire, and Sir John was always verf careful to have it understood that he belonged to tlie principality. His father was rector of a parish in Merionethshire, but he was also vicar of Bun- bury, and was residing there when his son John was born. At the well- known grammar- school of Manchester, Sir John Williams received the early part of bis education, and he proceeded thence to Trinity College, Cambridge, eminently qualified by tho instruction and discipline of his boyhood to avail himself of the advantages and acquire the honours which a university presents to men of diligence and ability. He went to Cambridge in the year 1794, and obtained a scholarship the first time that he sat. Mr. Williams took his bachelor's degree in 1798, and during his under graduate course obtained several prizes; but the chief object of his youthful ambition— that to which he attached much more importance than to any department in after life— was a fel- j lovvship. In hoping for that distinction he was not destined to encounter disappointment; and it is rather a remarkable I proof of his peculiar opinions upon this subject, that he has been sometimes heard to say, he considered the honour of a fellowship, obtained in the face of that competition against which he contended, an acquisition superior even to the dignity of the ermine. Mr. Williams, in getting his fellow- ship, very modestly acknowledged that ho achieved success • over a competitor superior to himself in general scholarship. That gentleman was obliged to struggle through life as he best might on the scanty pittance which a poor clergyman receives, while a more favourable fate awaited Mr. Williams; but to his infinite honour be it recorded, that when profes- sional success and considerable opulence rewarded his labours, he generously remembered his college rival; and considering him hardly used by fortune, allowed him an annuity in aid of the scanty income which that learned and estimable per- son derived from a small church living. It is understood that the annuity has been continued to his widow. Long after Mr. Williams quitted college, he devoted his time occasionally to classical studies, as the pages of the Edinburgh Review amply testify, for they contain articles written bv him on the orations of Demosthenes and on I several Greek plays. Even still later in life bis classical attainments attracted attention; and Lord Tenterden, a high authority on such subjects, as well as upon the laws of the land, pronounced Mr. Williams to be the best scholar throughout the whole profession. 1 Sir John Williams was called to the bar in the year 1804, and although he did not rise to the highest rank of the profession he still obtained a very respectable amount of I business. Mr. Williams chose the northern as his circuit, ! and the Liberal party as his political friends. Both were bold steps; for the magnitude of the circuit rendered success more problematical in that quarter than in any other, while certainly no prudent man could in the early part of the present century see a prospect of silk gowns, or ermined robes, by connecting himself with Whigs, Liberals, and other adversaries of the church, the state, and Lord Chancellor Eldon. Slowly, but securely, did Mr. Williams advance in the arduous profession of the law; accident never seemed to have procured for him a client, and accident never deprived him of one. It could not be said that lie enjoyed a first- rate business; but he scarcely ever lost a client, and though a man of ardent temperament, his discretion in the conduct of a cause was pre- eminent. In proof of this, it may be stated that the late Sir John Bayley has been heard more than once to declare that if he were to be tried for his life he should desire to be defended by Mr. Williams. Even the present generation newl scarcely be reminded that the proceedings against Queen Caroline formed by far the most important occasion upon which any lawyer has been employed during the present century. The Attorney- General of that Princess became Lord Chancellor, her Solicitor- General, Chief- | Justice of the Queen's Bench, two of her counsel, successively, j Chief- Justices of the Common Pleas, and a fourth, one of the ; Judges of the Ecclesiastical Courts. Amongst those eminent men Mr. Williams took a conspicuous part as one of her Majesty's advocates; and the almost unrivalled powers of cross- examination which he displayed upon that memorable occasion fully realized the expectations of his friends. His ' skill as a cross- examiner was generally acknowledged by the profession, but it was not until after he had exercised that astonishing power upon the notorious Theadore Majocci that the public at large became aware of his matchless talents in that branch of an advocate's duty. Soon after " the Queen's trial," as it was called, his clients became more numerous, and his name considerably more public. An opportunity for getting into Parliament presented itself in the year 1822, j when he stood upon the Liberal interest for the city of Lincoln, and was returned. The most remarkable use which he made I of his powers and privileges as a Member of Parliament was to co- operate with Mr. Michael Angelo Taylor in denouncing ! the abuses of the Court of Chancery; but it must be admitted | that the share which he took in the deliberations of the House I of Commons, did not very greatly add to the reputation which he bad previously acquired ; but upon the whole he made ; rather a favourable impression ou the House, and he certainly i assisted in laying the foundation, or at least preparing the way, for several of tlie improvements which, since that time, i have been effected in the Court of Chancery. A change, of i the Ministry at length procured for him that professional | position to which he had for some years been fairly i entitled. He received a silk gown, and soon after the acces- j siou of William IV., her Majesty, now Queen Dowager, | appointed him her Attorney- General. In February, 1834, he i became one of the Barons of the Exchequer, and having sat in that court only one term was transferred to the Court of King's Bench, where he remained until the period of his lamented death. It is well known that Sir John Williams appeared to considerable advantage as a judge in criminal cases; and that he laboured unceasingly in every case that came before him, to reconcile his strong sense of justice with, perhaps, his still stronger feelings of mercy. Although Sir John Williams had been for some weeks past indisposed, he was not thought to be in any imminent danger, and he had, we understand, been considered by his physicians as labour- ing under some affection of the liver. On Monday last, however, he complained of increased pain in the chest, and to the great regret of that very numerous circle of society who could appreciate his many estimable qualities, his valuable life was on that day brought to a close.— Times. THE POTATO DISEASE. FATAL ACCIDENT.— An accident of a most distressing character, attended with fatal consequences, occurred in the the Import West India Dock on Tuesday evening. It appears that during the discharge of a vessel, just arrived from India, a number of labouring men were, as usual, employed in the hold for the purpose of unstowing the cargft; the lower deck, or floor of the captain's cabin, which contained a quantity of merchandize, and which was under the upper or main deck of the ship, but over the bold, gave way, and falling upon one of the men who was exactly underneath the spot, crushed him to death, leaving him no chance of escape On access being had to the place of the accident, it was found that a huge beam was lying across his chest, and that life was quite extinct. Accidents of various descriptions are, necessarily, perhaps, of frequent occurrence at the great dock establish- ments, iu consequence of the peculiar nature of the labour performed by the men employed therein, and we believe that the- companies are most considerate on these occasions, and provide, in some wav, for the surviving wife and children, although, to what extent and under what particular provisions, we are not exactly and intimately acquainted, but we believe that it is in a great measure confined to the survivors of per- manently employed labourers on the establishment. THE WELLINGTON STATUE,— This statue is now completely finished. All the parts are put together, and the finishing touches of Mr. M. C. Wyatt have been given to the work. The tackles, pullies, and apparatus are raised to lift the enormous figure from the floor of the studio of the artist, and to place it on the carriage on which it is to be drawn to the spot where it is to be, at all events in the first instance, elevated. Mr. Wyatt will be ready in ten days at the outside to have it at Hyde- park- corner. The horse and rider are at present of a pale gold colour, which tint they will not long retain, exposed to the smoky atmosphere of London. The whole is very ela- borately finished, the coat of the horse and portions of the drapery, & c., being worked up with greatgattention to minute details. This will be lost to the eye of the spectator, though creditable to the artist, who has laboured to make his work per- fect. The weight of the group is between thirty and forty tons, and the carriage on which it is to be drawn to its place of destination weighs nearly twenty tons. Mr. Goding, the well- known brewer, has volunteered the services of forty dray horses, by the united strength of which the huge mass will be pulled along. As the statue now stands, it is impossible to judge of its merits as to grandeur of effect; it requires a great elevation to be seen properly, and the spectators must be at some distance for the eye to take in all the parts. THE PRICE OF SATISFACTION.— Baden- Baden, which has been so long one of the temples of folly, would seem, if the chronicles of the place which the newspapers supply may be trusted, to have taken a tone and temper at once moral and practical. Of the former we gave a proof a week or two ago in the alleged determination to thrust out the spirit of gambling, which had set up his tent beside the charmed waters of that pleasant city; of the latter we may offer an example from a travelling paragraph, which relates a sensible and business- like mode of ruling the issue of a duel. The code of the gaming table is, apparently, falling from its authority, with the threatened despotism of the gamiiig table itself. Two strangers, an Englishman and Prussian, quarrelled, according to a very common incident, over their play, and agreed, in the usual course, to fire at one auotlier, as the recognized means of settling a dispute. The Englishman was so lucky as to win the first fire, and so unlucky as to miss his adveisarv, The latter had only, now, to shoot his An accident, I man at his ease, and prepared to take his aim accordingly, when the Englishman cried out, " Stop, stop; I'll buy your shot.'' The first impression made was that of the novelty of the proposal; the second, that it contained the preliminaries of a mutual profitable transaction. The conditions of the arrange, ment were accordingly entered upon; and the two leading elements were, that the Englishman was rich and the Prussian a good shot. The redemption was valued at £ 1,000; and the parties returned to the city alike satisfied with their bargain. The case is worth reporting; and we are glad it was the Englishman who set the first example of this clear insight into the rationale of duelling. WEST WHEAL JEWKL MINING COMPANY.— Yesterday, a special meeting of this company was held at the office in Old Bond Street. Mr. Heron took the chair. The object of the meeting was for forfeiting a number of shares on which the last call remained unpaid. After some discussion it was agreed unanimously that all shares on which the last call of 10s. remained unpaid should not be forfeited till the end of October. In consequence of some of the Cornish shareholders having disapproved of this meeting, a resolution in its favour was passed unanimously, so as to justify the directors in their proceedings. As regards the mine, the chairman said they had diminished the extent of the workings in the northern part, which had reduced the expenditure from £ 800 or £ 900 to £ 400 or £ 500. From the last report it would appear that they had about £ 9,000 worth of copper ore in prospect. The prospects of the tin lodes were also favourable. A share- holder observed that this was the most favourable lie. vs they had received for the last four years. After a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting adjourned. REPEAL OF THE MALT- TAX.— Last Saturday a meeting of the subscribers to the East Kent Agricultural Association tooK place at Canterbury, to take into consideration how far the interests of agriculture are affected by the malt- tax. Sir Brook W. Bridges, Bart., presided; and there were also present:— J. F. Plumptre, Esq., M. P., , W. Deedes, Esq., M. P., G. Gripps, Esq., & c., & c. Mr. J. Nearne proposed the first resolution, iu doing which he dwe'lt especially on the advantages of repealing the tax, so as to allow good home- brewed beer to be enjoyed by the labouring population of the country, and permit the farmer to convert his barley into malt, for the fattening of cattle, that he might be able to compete with the foreign grazier. He proposed—" That a committee be formed to confer with the central board of the Society for the Protectiou cf British Industry, as to the best means of obtaining a relief from the burden of the malt- tax." This was seconded by Mr. Murton, and carried. J. P. Pluinptre, Esq., cordially supported the proposition, but pointed out the difficulty that would be felt in supplying the vacuum which so great a tax, amounting to five millions sterling annually, would produce. After other resolutions of u similar charagwr had been carried, the meeting broke up, The following letter has been addressed to the Editor of the Bury Post:— Sir,— Although the present dry weather has caused a comparative disappearance of the potato disease in this neighbourhood, and abated the alarm to such an extent as, for the time at least, to have very much diminished the interest felt upon the subject, yet I am afiaid that there is too much reason to believe that it will break out with renewed vigour upon the return of moist weather, or after the potatoes have been pitted, if the disease shall in the slightest degree have reached them before thev are taken from the ground. My reason for this belief is that, having been at a loss for good specimens of the bolrytis for microscopic observations, I was induced to place some of the darkly blotched stems in a situation where they were excluded from the light, and in an artificially moist atmosphere. The result was an immediate and most abundant crop where it had not before appeared above the surface, and so vigorous as to afford me ample opportunity of observing its powers of motion to such an extent as to have placed them beyond all doubt, if I had doubted before, and to have confirmed most decidedly my opinion of its animal nature. " If this be conceded, we shall have made a greater advance towards the more probable cause of putrefaction, by account- ing for the fermentation which always precedes that ultimate stage of decay, than if it were of a vegetable nature, even if it should not be found capable of making such poisonous secretions in its living state, as would lead to the same result. For, having run its course and died, it of course enters spon- taneously into tlie state of fermentation and putrefaction. Now it is very remarkable ( according to Liebig) that very small quantities of substances containing nitrogen iu a state of putrefaction possess the power of causing unlimited quan- tities of similar matters to pass into the same state. ' The most minute portion of milk, paste, juice of beet root, flesh, or blood, in the state of putrefaction, causes fresh milk, paste, juice of beet- root, flesh, or blood lo pass into the same condi- tion, when in contact with them.' " In the present case, therefore, I conceive that the dead and decaying botrytis, infecting the circulating juices, first destroys the stem, and afterwards the tuber, causing in both the fermentation which is the forerunner of that putrefaction which constitutes the real disease. " Taking this view of the case, and the unaccountable manner in which the botrytis makes its appearance, I am sorry to be obliged to admit that I see no better prospect of preventing it, at present, by human means, than the mildew. Fortunately, however, the ravages of the mildew have been found to have their limits, and its destructive effects, which, in the beginning of this century, caused as much alarm with respect to the probable destruction of all future wheat crops as the potato disease now does with respect to that vegetable, have almost ceased to be noticed. The worst symptom in the present season has undoubtedly been its attack upon the plant, and its consequent destruction, before the tubers are formed. " This is said to have been generally the case in Ireland, and in a field near the Six- sail Mill, in this town, there is a melancholy example in a late set crop, the haulm heing totally destroyed, while the tubers are not so large as marbles. Under these circumstances, I must repeat that there can at present be. no safe reliance upon the potato as a crop. As this bad state of things, however, is not generally the case in this neighbourhood, at least, it becomes of the utmost im- portance to be prepared to meet the disease in the full- grown tubers in the best manner we can, by making it generally known that, if taken at an early stage, tliey may be made almost as valuable as if perfectly sound. This is to be accomplished by adopting the means recommended by Pro- fessor Henslow for extricating the starch, & c., which I have requested him to be so kind as to republish for the public benefit, with such additions as a year's experience may have suggested, with which request I am induced to hope that he will comply. " This I think is all that can be done for . the present, although I am still sanguine as to the probable beneficial result of experiments with powerful chemical agents, yet, as these must be careful^' made bv scientific persons, they are not likely, if at all, to be available for the crop of this year. I feel the more confident in this expectation, in consequence of an article bv M. Bouchardat, reprinted in the Morning Chronicle of the 5th inst. from the Pharmaceutical Times. He says, " In a memoir already printed, I have demonstrated that water, containing a one or two millionth part of hydrochloric or other acid, possesses the propeity of dissolving glutinous and albuminous matter, and to preserve them from immediate decomposition. In order to accomplish the object which I have in view I have employed such a solution. The potatoes, after having been washed and peeled, were cut in slices and immersed in water, containing three grains of hydrochloric acid per litre. I allowed the slices to remain in this liquid for a space of 30 hours, I then drew off the acidulated water, and replaced it by pure water, which in the space of 12 hours I renewed three times. I afterwards dessicated those slices of potato upon some dried bricks, and I at length obtained them white, fresh, capable of indefinite conservation, and adapted to every culinary use of the vegetable.' I quote this on account of the principle, for in practice it is infinitely less likely to be serviceable than the starch- making process, and in my opinion besides, the peeling and slicing and a good deal more might be dispensed with. '• To those who are curious enough to wish to make them- selves fully acquainted with the different opinions which have been given as to the cause of the disease aud an able review of them. I recommend a perusal of an article bv Mr. Berkeley, in the first part of the journal of the Horticultural Society, with the plates, to which I have before referred, and I may- conclude with stating that with his opinion, confirmed as it is by ray own observation, that the disease is caused by the botrytis, I fully concur. I must add, however, that though I think that the disease properly commences with the leaves, and extends itself by the stem to the tuber, yet that the germs washed down bv the rain occasionally establish themselves upon the tubers, and create an independent external disease upon them, and I am the more inclined to this opinion from the circumstance of our having found the botrytis upon some berries which had fallen to the ground in Prolessor Henslow's garden. " Your obedient sen- ant, " F. IV. EAGLE. « Sept. 14, 1846." W. POWELL, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PAPER HANGING AND DECORATIVE WAREHOUSE, 32, CROSS, WORCESTER. AUTUMN FASHIONS. R. NEWMAN HAVING completed his purchases for the Season is now prepared to Submit, to the Inspection of his Friends, a very choice assortment of WOVE and PRINTED CASHMERES; OREGON, ALIWAL, GALA, and SCOTCH PLAIDS; COBOURGS, FRENCH MERINOS, and a variety of other Articles suitable for DRESSES and MANTLES. SHAWLS and SCARFS of the newest designs. Bonnet, Sash, and Cap RIBBONS in great variety. A carefully selected STOCK of NEW FURS, warranted. A fresh importation of the celebrated GRASS- BLEACH ED, MILL- SPUN, IRISH LINENS, which, from the Bleaching Season having been particularly favourable, will be found very prime. SHEETINGS and HOUSEHOLD LINENS, LONG- CLOTHS, SHIRTING- CALICOES, & c., of the most approved Fabrics. FUNERALS carefully conducted, and FAMILY MOURN- ING supplied on the most reasonable Terms. * » * A VACANCY FOR AN APPRENTICE. 86, High Street, Five Doors from the Guildhall. AGENERAL MEETING of the SUBSCRIBERS to the WORCESTERSHIRE LABOURERS' FRIEND SOCIETY will be held on SATURDAY the 26th instant, in the GRAND JURY ROOM, at the SHIRE HALL, at Two o'Clock, to receive the Report of the Committee, and on other matters connected with the Society. THE RIGHT HON. LORD LYTTLETON in the Chair. WILLIAM HERBERT, Secretary. The Chair will be taken precisely at Two o'Clock. THE ANNUAL MEETING of the PRISONERS* RELIEF SOCIETY will be held on SATURDAY, the 26th Instant, in the GRAND JURY ROOM, at the SHIRE HALL, at One o'Clock, to receive the Report of the Secretary, and on other matters connected with the Society. THE HONOURABLE GENERAL LYGON, in the Chair. THOS. PEARSON, Hon. Sec. The Chair will be taken precisely at One o'Clock. WORCESTERSHIRE. HIGHLY VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, NEAR TO GREAT MALVERN. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY W. H1GGS, On Friday, the 2nd of October, 1846, at the Star and Garter Hotel, Worcester, at four o'clock p. M., subject to conditions to be then produced ; HP WO exceedingly eligible ESTATES, adjoining I together, known as THE BROOK and BROOK END, situate in the Parish of LEIGH, five miles and a half from Worcester, and two miles and a half from Great Malvern. Comprising an excellent and roomy FARM HOUSE, called THE BROOK, ( which is a very Genteel Residence,) with all necessary and conveniently arranged Agricultural Buildings, capital Fold, Rick, and Court Yards; and a COT- TAGE or TENEMENT known as the BROOKEND, with Cider Mill, Hop Kilns, Barn, Sheds, and other Outbuildings, together with about 173A. OR. P. of superior ARABLE, MEADOW, HOP, GARDEN, ORCHARDING, and WOOD LAND, lying within a Ring Fence. The BROOK HOUSE is delightfully situated, and com- mands a fine View of the MALVERN HILLS, and, with the natural advantages it possesses, may, with a trifling outlay, be made the PET ESTATE of the Neighbourhood. It lies retired, but very cheerful, having a small Lawn with sunk Fence, overlooking the rich Pastures in front, and which, with a little taste, may be made to have a perfect PARK- LIKE APPEARANCE ; an excellent Garden bounds the House to the South, skirted by a FINE TROUT STREAM, which meanders through the Estate. The Lands are well stocked with Game, and the Property, it may be said, is in the centre of THE WORCESTERSHIRE HUNT; in fact a more compact Estate of its size is not to be found in the County. It is surrounded by capital Roads, and the Neigh- bourhood is of the highest respectability, and its proximity to the celebrated Village of GREAT MALVERN ( from which fashionable Watering Place it is distant only half- an- hour's drive,) forms another strong recommendation to the Capitalist for Investment, and to the Agriculturist it must be equally cnticingfrom its short distance from Market, being only miles from Worcester. The plantations of Fruit Trees are very good, and capable of producing from 150 to200 Hogsheads of tine Cider and Perry in a good season. The Estate is divided into convenient enclosures and in the following proportions. ARABLE, 115A. 3R. 26P.; MEADO W and PASTURE, 49A. 2R. 21P. ; WOODLAND, 3A. OR. 19P. ; and the Homestead, Cottage, Garden, & c. & c., 3A. OR. IOP., forming as desirable a Property as can be found in the County. The Estate is Freehold, with the exception of about ljj Acres, which is Copyhold for young Lives under Earl Somers, and another small quantity which is Leasehold for the residue of a term of 2000 years, a tenure in every respect equal to Freehold. Sixty Acres are redeemed from Land- tax, and the remainder is subject to a trifling payment. The Property is nearly surrounded by Estates of THE EARL SOMERS. Any individual wishing to possess a Property most eligible for agricultural pursuits, and combining with it retiiement and health, should not let the present opportunity slip, as another so good may not again offer itself for many years to come. To view the same apply to Mr. Hadley, the Proprietor, at the Brook House; and for further particulars apply to Mi. Foley, Solicitor ; to Mr. Edw. Corles, Solicitor; or to the Auctioneer, all of Worcester. WARWICKSHIRE. STUD L E Y FARM, on the Domain of SIR F. GOODR1CKE, BART. IMPORTANT SALE OF HEREFORDSHIRE CATTLE OF THE FIRST CLASS; Comprising Cows, with and in Calf; Balls of various | ages ; Heifers, and the general rear of Young Cattle, descended from Cows of rare quality, bred by the hte 1 J. Price, Esq., of Poole House, Worcestershire, and I others of the most distinguished breeders in the king- ; dom ; Stock of Gray- faced Shropshire Sheep, of fine I form and great merit ; Waggon Horses, Hack ditto ; • Implements; Crops of G> ain, in stacks; a large quantity of prime Old and New Hay, the produce of this extensive Estate, ( to go off the premises;) the whole of which is intended TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. THOMAS COOKE, Upon the Premises, on Wednesday, the 23rd day of September next, by direction of the Proprietor, who has given up the rearing system, and directs there shall be no reserve. THE Auctioneer respectfully states to those gentlemen wbo patronise the Breed of Herefords, and may honour him by their attendance, they will find some of the choicest animals in the kingdom, with pedigrees that will bear the strictest enquiry. Catalogues may be had at the Office of this Paper ; of T* Holyoake, Esq., Morton Baggot, Studley ; and of the Auc- tioneer, Hereford, by enclosing a postage stamp. THE LIFFORD CHEMICAL WORKS AND FREEHOLD ESTATE, Situate at KING'S NOR TON, near BIRMINGHAM, bounded by the Birmingham and Worcester CanaI, and intersected by the Birmingham and Bristol Railway. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY E. & C. ROBINS & CO., On Thursday, the 15th day of October next, at four o'clock in the afternoon, at Dee's Royal Hotel, in Birmingham, subject to conditions then and there to be produced ( unless in the mean time an acceptable offer be made by private contract, of which the earliest possible notice will be given)— LOT 1. TT1HE above- mentioned well- situated, extensive, I and complete WORKS, adapted at great cost for the Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid, Alkali, Aquafortis, Roman Vitriol, and other Chemicals, established many years ago by the late Mr. Dobbs, and since continued and most exten- sively enlarged and re- arranged by his successors. The situation was selected as an eligible one on account of its command of Land and Water Carriage to and from all parts, both for the supply of Materials to the Works and the dispatch of the Articles manufactured. The site, comprising about six Acres, is bounded by the Birmingham and Worcester Canal, to which it has about sixteen boat- lengths of Wharfage, by the Bristol and Birmingham Railroad ( close to the King's Norton Station on that line), and by the high Road from Birmingham to King's Norton, against the whole length of which is a lofty brick wall, and from which are approaches by gateway entrances. The Establishment is of a most complete and extensive character, consisting of various Lead- houses, Laboratories, Retort- houses, Condensers, Receivers, Furnaces, Vats, Kilns, Chimney Stacks upwards of 300 feet high, and the various other Buildings and arrangements necessary in storing, com- pounding, and manufacturing; together with the Steam Engine, Warehouses, Dwelling- house, Counting- houses, Workshops, & c. The Land not occupied by the Works has under it a valuable Mine of Brick Earth, and there are suitable arrangements of Kilns and Sheds for the manufacture of the same, and con- siderable portions of the Land may be appropriated to general Building and Wharf purposes. The above Property, although especially adapted as Chemical Works, is, from a variety of circumstances, well suited for many other large Manufacturing Establishments, such as Glass, Foundry purposes, and a general Railway Carriage and Fitting Manufactory. LOT 2.— A PIECE of OLD TURF LAND, about three Acres, adjoining Lot 1, except by the intersection of the Rail- way, but communicating with it by an Archway, bounded by the Worcester and Birmingham Canal ( to the extent of about eight boat- lengths), and by the Road from Lifford to Birming ham, extending from the Railw ay to Breedon, Cross Bridge, and suitable for the erection of large Works and for general Building purposes. The whole is FREEHOLD and early possession may be had. The Works and Property may be viewed only by a Card from the Auctioneers. For any other information apply to Messrs. Bridges, Mason, and Bridges, Solicitors, Red Lion Square, London; or to the Auctioneers, New- street, Birmingham. VALE OF EVESHAM AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. C. E. HANFORD, ESQ., PRESIDENT. nnHE ANNUAL MEETING of the SOCIETY for 1 the EXHIBITION of STOCK, IMPLEMENTS, & c., will be held on WEDNESDAY, the 23rd instant: the Yard will be Open at Twelve o'Clock,— Admittance One Shilling. The PLOUGHING- MATCH will he in a Field of Mr. Samuel Taylor's, at WICKH AM FORD, one mile and a half from Bengeworth Turnpike. The Teams to start at Nine o'Clock. The Dinner will be at the North wick Arms Inn, at Half- past Three o'Clock ;— Tickets, including Dessert, 3s. 6d. each, %* Those Members and Friends who intend to Dine, will oblige by leaving their Names at the Bar, not later than Mon- day, the 2lst. C. RANDELL, Hon. Sec. Chadbury, 12th September, 1846. WORCESTERSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. JAMES TAYLOR, ESQ., PRESIDENT. HP HE GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of this I SOCIETY, for the EXHIBITION OF STOCK, IMPLEMENTS, SEEDS, ROOTS, FRUIT, & c., AWARDING PREMIUMS to LABOURERS, COT- TAGERS, and SERVANTS, and for the PLOUGHING MATCHES, will be held cn FRIDAY', the 2d of OCTOBER NEXT. All Certificates, Notices, and Claims of every description, must be sent to me, properly filled up, on or before the 19th of September. JOHN C. NOTT, Hon. Sec. Hallow, September 1st, 1846. WORCESTER INFIRMARY. THE QUARTERLY GENERAL MEETING of the GOVERNORS will be held on FRIDAY, the 2nd day of OCTOBER, at twelve o'clock at noon. Persons willing to CONTRACT for the SUPPLY of the undermentioned ARTICLES, are desired to send their pro- posals ( sealed up) to the Office of the Secretary, at the INFIRMARY, on or before SATURDAY, the 26th instant, viz. :— BUTCHERS' MEAT, for Three Months. BEST THIRDS FLOUR, for Three Months. Samples of one Bushel to be sent in, which will be paid for. BEST MALT, } For Three Months. DITTO OATMEAL, $ Samples to be sent with Tenders. THE BEST TOP COALS, 1 For Six Months. THE BEST SAWYER DITTO, f To be Weighed in. At the Meeting Six Gentlemen will be elected to serve on the Weekly Committee, in lieu of six others, who go out by rotation. The following Resolution must be particularly attended to by all Persons supplying the Institution :— ORDERED— That the QUARTERLY ACCOUNTS be sent in by FRIDAY, the25th INSTANT, and that Tradesmen neglecting to do so will be disqualified from serving the Infirmary with any Articles for the ensuing year. Warm, Cold, Vapour, and Sulphur Baths for the use of the Public, may be had on very moderate terms. DAVID W. NASH, Secretary. GREAT EASTERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Meeting of the Share or Scrip Holders in this Company will be held at Twelve o'Clock at Noon, on Wednesday, the 23rd day of September instant, at the Offices of the Company, 5, Gresham Street, Bank, in the City of London ; for determining whether the Partnership or Company called The Great Eastern and Western Railway Company shall be Dissolved, pursuant to an Act passed in the 9th and 10th years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Intituled " An Act to Facilitate the Dissolution of certain Railway Companies." Dated this 3rd day of September, 1846. By and on behalf of the Committee of Provisional Directors of the said Great Eastern and Western Railway Company, H. G. WARD, One of the Members of such Committee. 5 Ricks of old and new Wheat, part of the Straw to go off; a Rick of Beans, a Rick and Bay of Barley, 2 Ricks of well- ended Hay, to go off; 26 very superior young Short- horn Cows and Heifers, in Calf and with Calves, and young Stock; Flock of Sheep, including 90 capital Fat Ewes and Wethers; powerful Cart Horses, in fine condition, and promising Cart and Hackney Colts; 20 well- bred strong Store Pigs\; excellent Implements in Husbandry, of the most ap- proved descriptions, nearly all equal to new; Iron and Stone Rick Staddles, Dairy and Brewing Requisites, 100 Fleeces of Wool, quantity of Cider and Cider Fruit, Walnuts, capital Hogsheads and other Casks, useful Gig, in good condition, Poultry, § c. Sjc.; also the neat HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, including four- post and other Bedsteads and Hangings, capital Feather Beds and Bedding, handsome Eight- day Clock, in Mahogany • Case, quantity of Cheese, and prime home- cured Bacon, Copper and Iron Furnaces, and other Effects, at the MANOR FARM, WHITE LADY ASTON, five miles from Worcester and one mile from Spetchley Station ; TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY HOBBS & SON, ON the Premises, on WEDNESDAY and THURS- DAY, the 23rd and 24th days of SEPTEMBER, at Ten or Eleven o'Clock each day, by direction of the Executors of Mr. W. ROBERTS, Deceased. THREE HOUSES IN PUMP- STREET, WORCESTER ; REVERSIONARY PROPERTY in the FUNDS AND POLICY OF ASSURANCE. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY HOBBS & SON, At the Hare and Hounds Inn, Worcester, on Monday, the 28th September instant, at five o'clock, in two Lots;— LOT 1. rp W O substantial brick- built FRONT JL HOUSES, situate Nos. 8 and 9, being the preferable part of PUMP STREET, with suitable Sitting- rooms and four Bed- rooms to each, and good Cellars, in the occupation of Messrs. George Cook and James Went, the latter being the Temperance Arms; also a comfortable HOUSE at the back of No. 8, in the occupation of Mr. Geeves, with Cellar and suitable accommodation. The whole is fitted up with Grates, Cupboards, & c., and produces a Rental of £ 24. 18s* per Annum. No. 8, with the House at the back, is Freehold, and No. 9 is Leasehold under the Corporation of Worcester for 41 years, renewable every 14. LOT 2.— All that VESTED REVERSIONARY INTEREST of George Till, the younger, and Catharine, his Wife, in all that One- third and the Third of another Third Share ( being 4- 9ths) of and in all that the sum of £ 1473. 6s. Three- per- cent. Consols, payable on the decease of Mrs. Knight, the Mother of the said Catharine Till, now aged about 7' years. The above sum was settled on the Marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Knight, and the surviving Trustee is a responsible party. Also, all that POLICY OF ASSURANCE, dated the 2nd day of June, 1841, effected with the Directors of the Britannia Life Office, on the Life of the said George Till, the younger, for the sum of £ 400, in the event of the said George Till dying before the said Mrs. Knight. For further particulars apply to Mr. Thomas. Solicitor; Mr. Foley, Solicitor; or to the Auctioneers. Worcester. EIGHT NEAT COTTAGES AND GARDENS, WITH PIECE OF EXCELLENT ARABLE LAND, In the Parish of Grimley, Four Miles from Worcester. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY HOBBS & SON, On Thursday, the 1st day of October, 1846, at the Ball Mill Inn, Grimley, at four for five o'clock in the Evening, in one or more Lots, as may be agreed upon at the time of sale, ALL those EIGHT very desirable arid well- built COTTAGES, with GARDENS, Piggeries, and other conveniences, and about Two Acres of capital ARABLE LAND adjoining, situate at THE WORLD'S END, near Sinton Green, in the Parish of Grimley, within Four Miles of Worcester, in the several occupations of Crumpton, Barrow, Yates, Handley, and others, and producing a Rental of nearly £ 50 per Annum. The Property, which is Copyhold for Lives under the Bishop of Worcester, is advantageously situated, fronting to a capital road, which leads into the Worcester and Ludlow Road, and will be found a desirable Investment. For particulars enquire of Mr. Thomas, Solicitor, Palace Yard ; Mr. Foley, Solicitor, 2, High Street; or the Auctioneers, Foregate Street, Worcester. MALVERN, WORCESTERSHIRE. IMPORTANT SALE of FREEHOLD LAND, well adapted for VILLAS, on sites of peculiar beauty, with CHALYBEATE SPRINGS, $; c., at GREAT MALVERN, Worcestershire. MESSRS. HOBBS & SON AVE the honour to announce to the Public that they have received instructions from the Trustees for Sale of the late JAMES MASON, ESQ., deceased, and others, to OFFER for COxMPETITlON, in the month of OCTOBER, ( of which timely notice will be given,) at the BELLE VUE HOTEL, MALVERN, in suitable Lots which will be set out for the purposes of Building ;— All that VERY VALUABLE ESTATE, called the NETHER GRANGE OR ABBEY FARM, with SPA VILLA, CHALYBEATE SPRINGS, and SPLENDID SHEET OF WATER, containing about 18 0 ACRES OF FREEHOLD LAND, CHIEFLY TITHE- FREE AND LAND- TAX REDEEMED. This Property is much enhanced in value from the fact that it is THE ONLY FREEHOLD LAND near the much- admired VILLAGE OF MALVERN that can be obtained for Building, and that it abounds in PLEASANT AND PICTURESQUE SITES FOR VILLAS, and other Private Residences; a judicious scheme is being formed, which will be adhered to, whereby purchasers will be protected, and the character of Malvern, SO RICH IN NATURE'S CHARMS, will be preserved. It is the intention of the Vendors to set out and form, at their own expense, CONVENIENT AND SUITABLE ROADS, one of which entering through the MUCH- ADMIRED ABBEY GATEWAY", and running Southerly into the Ledbury and Malvern Turn- pike Road, will afford accommodation to the several purchasers. It may be considered presumptuous in attempting to describe THE LOFTY AND MAGNIFICENT RANGE OF THE MALVERN HILLS, rearing themselves in front of the fertile and richly- cultivated VALLEY OF THE SEVERN, and forming one of the chief attractions of the highly- favoured SHIRE OF WORCESTER. Their beauty is well known to all who have visited THE FAR- FAMED VILLAGE of that name, but as there may be some who have NOT BEEN SO FORTUNATE, it may be well to observe that they are near 1,500 FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE SEA, extending about NINE MILES from North to South, accessible by winding Paths, and present- ing at every turn a SUCCESSION OF VARIED VIEWS, TO THE SUMMIT ; from whence it may be truly said one of THE LOVELIEST AND MOST EXTENSIVE PROSPECTS opens to the sight, ENCHANTING THE IMAGINATION with the fertility on the East and South, and THE BOLDNESS OF THE SCENERY on the Western side. THE ABBEY FARM lies on the slopes of these DELIGHTFUL HILLS, and, being higher than the surrounding Country, enjoys A VIEW OF UNLIMITED EXTENT, only surpassed by that above described. THE ABBEY CHURCH, that CHASTE AND CLASSIC RELIC OF ANTIQUITY, immediately adjoins, and presents a noble feature in contem- plating the eligibility of this Property. Messrs. Hobbs earnestly invite a close inspection of this Estate, as an opportunity like the present, either for Residence or Investment, in this MUCH- ADMIRED LOCALITY, will never occur again. A more detailed advertisement, with Plans and printed Parti- culars, will shortly appear; and further information may be had of Messrs. Bedford and Pidcock, Solicitors, Worcester; Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Co., Solicitors. 8, Moorgate Street, Lon- don ; Messrs. J. W. and G. Whateley, and Messrs. Barker and Griffiths, Solicitors, Birmingham; Mr. James Webb, Land Surveyor, and Messrs. Hobbs. both of Worcester. NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given, that the GAME on the several Farms and Lands in the respective occupations of the undersigned, situate in the several Parishes of SAINT PETER the GREAT, SAINT MARTIN, and NORTON JUXTA KEMPSEY", in the County and Borough of Wor- cester, or either of them, is strictly preserved; and that all Persons found TRESPASSING on the said Farms and Lands, or any of them, in pursuit of Game, or otherwise, will b « PROSECUTED according to Law. Witness. our hands, this 12th day of August, 1846. JOHN PARKER, FLEMING ST. JOHN, JOHN WALKER, THOMAS PALMER, WILMOT GAUNT, JOHN HOOD, GEORGE HART WRIGHT, JOHN HARl'WRIGHT, EDWARD DORRELI., for SIR A, LECHMERE, ROBERT ALLIES, WILLIAM CONEY, ELIZA CONEY, JOHN SMITH, JOSEPH JONES, JOHN GREEN, HENRY WEBB. WILLIAM OTLEY, CHARLES JONES, PETER FOXALL. I STOCKS.— At 2 o'c/. FRT. SAT. MON". TUES. W K T>. THDRS Bank Stock 210 210 3 per Cent. Red Ann. >) ul 3 per Cent Cons 96 96 96 96* 9") 5 Cons, for Account.... 96 § 96$ 96i 96J 96J 95J 3{ per Cent. 1818 .... 3 per Cent. Red New 3^ per Cent — 98* 98jt 3 per Cent. 1826 Bank Longr Ann India Stoclc 16 16 16 261 10} 25 India Bonds - 20 p Excheq. Bills 14 i 14 l- 13 p 12 p 12 P 15 p TO CORRESPONDENTS. Justitia in our next. I^ VJV.) FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1846. LAST WORDS OF LORD RUSSEL 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 I am heartily sorry that " so many Protestants give their helping hand to <:." THE accounts which are day by day received from Ireland tell melancholy tales of present privation and approaching famine, and loudly warn the people of this country that they must prepare for exertions greater than have ever yet been made, in order to save millions of our Irish fellow- subjects from perishing of starvation. The whole potato crop of Ireland is destroyed; and, as a contemporary remarks, this is a case which is not to be governed by precedents, or by rules formed from precedents. It is a case of extremity, like that in which the sailor throws his guns and cargo overboard or breaches his sinking ship, both very bad precedents for general adoption, uo doubt, but necessary " to save life." What we must prepare for is to feed four millions at the very least of our fellow citizens, and not this only, but also to enable the Irish cultivator to incur the expense of a total change in the system of cultivation. £ 15,000 will do neither the one nor the other, and public works, even if prosecuted at tiie expense of 15 millions will not effect the latter. The means of feeding the people and of enabling them to replace the extirpated potato by corn crops, must take the shape of loans to the landlords and extensive leaseholders upon the security of their lands and of their leasehold tenures. These loans may be made to any extent short of the value of the fee simple of the island, because they will cost the United Kingdom nothing. The State will merely give its guarantee, having the sufficient pledge in its hand, and the Irish mortgagor now paying six per cent., will have a reduc- tion of two- aDd- a- half pgr cent., which will abundantly enable him to pay poor- rates, to improve his estate, and to give employment to all around him. This ought to be done under any circumstances, but it must be done at once under the present frightful visitation. THE COURT.— It is understood the Court will remove from Osborne House to Windsor, on Tuesday next, vid South- western Railway, from Gosport. Cards of invitation to her Majesty* s Royal and distinguished guests who will have the lionour of being present at the grand entertainments to be given • by her Majesty, at the Castle, on Wednesday and Thursday next, were issued yesterday by command of the Queen, from the . office of the Lord Steward of the Household. The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Saiurday, the ' 26th instant, at Windsor Castle. The Council is appointed to be held at three o'clock in the afternoon. We have much pleasure in announcing that Lord Ward has become an annual subscriber to the Worcester Infirmary of the liberal sum of 25 guineas. Lord Ward arrived at Kidderminster on Thursday, in a carriage and four, on a visit to his brother- in- law, the Rev. T. L. Claughton, at Summerhiii. As soon as the Noble Lord's arrival became known, the bells of the parish church were put in motion, and rang several merry peals in honour of the event. The Right Hon. the Earl Beauchamp has returned from a tour on the Continent to his seat, Madreslield Court, in this county. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and Ladies Somerset, on leaving Llangattock Castle, near Crickhowtll, go to Badminton for the autumn. The youthful Earl of Stamford and Warrington is entertaining a select party with the sports of the field at Enville Hall. Major Lowe, with his bride, returned to the Lodge, near Ludlow, on Monday last, on which occasion the bells of St. Lawrence's Tower struck up a merry peal of welcome. On Tuesday week Prince Albert's Own Hussars were inspected in the Barrack- yard, Coventry, by the Hon. Gen. E. P. Lygon, C. B., Inspector- General of Cavalry. We have this week to record the death of John Bragjah, Esq., which took place at Ashwood House, Stourbridge, on Sunday last. He was extensively engaged in the iron trade, having, it is estimated, capital to the amount of £ 300,000 employed in the" erection and carrying on of his works. His death has cast a gloom over the town and neighbourhood. His loss will be severely fslt by the poor, to whom he was exceedingly benevolent and a most excellent master to all in his employ. FENEBAL OF LORD METCALFE.— Last Tuesday after- noon the mortal remains of Charles Theophilus, first and £ ast Baron Metcalfe, were consigned to their last resting- place. His Lordship died at Malshanger, near Basingstoke, but his body was removed on the morning of the funeral to within a few miles of the church of Winkfield, in Berkshire, to be deposited in the vault with his ancestors. The obsequies of the deceased peer were conducted in a manner quite becoming his high rank and the great personal esteem in which he had ever been held, but at the same time with no unusual or ostentatious display. Amongst the mourners were Lord Monson, Sir Alan M'Nab, Mr. James Metcalfe, Mr. Thomas. Metcalfe. Mr. Brownrigg, M. P., Sir Hesketh Fleetwood, Bart., Messrs. Martin, Brownrigg, jun., Smythe, Howell, & c. It is under, stood that Mr. Brownrigg has been appointed Lord Metcalfe's executor, and that the bulk of his Lordship's property will go to J\ Ir. James Metcalfe. His Lordship's brother, now in India, inherits the baronetcy, to which the deceased peer succeeded more than twenty years ago. DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF ST. ASAPH.— The Right Rev. William Carey, D. D., bishop of the Welch diocese of St. Asaph, expired on Sunday the 13th instant, in his 77th ye& r, at his town residence in Portland- place. The Rev. Prelate, it appears, had been ailing for a considerable period, indeed, about 15 months since he barely recovered from an attack of gout, by which he was much debilitated. Dr. Carey was a clergyman and a scholar of eminence, being one whose long life was not altogether misspent. In 1784, when about 15 years of age, he became a King's scholar at Westminster School, where he continued until Z789, when he was elected to Christ Church, Oxford. Having entered holy orders his worldly career commenced. In 1802 lie was made a prebendary of York- In 1820, on the translation of Dr. Pelliam to Lincoln, Dr. Carey was consecrated Bishop of Exeter, from which he removed to fit. Asaph, vacant by the death of Dr. Luxmore, in 1830. The deceased has published some of his sermons, the most remarkable being that preached before the House of Com- mons in 1809. We have but to add that in politics he was, throughout his life, a high Tory, having always, however, the highest respect for the opinions of others. DEATH OF LORD YARBOROUGH.— SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 17.— Intelligence was received last evening at Cowes, by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Queen, from the Mediterranean, of the death of the Earl of Yarborough, Commodore of the Royal Yacht squadron, which took place on • board his lordship's yacht Kestrel, off" Lisbon, on the morning of the f10th inst., on which day he was found dead in Ins bed a/ hen his yalet entered his cabin. To- day all the yachts at and about the station at Cowes, Ryde. Southampton, & c., have their flags half- mast high, as a mark of respect for the memory of the deceased nobleman. The Cowes and Southampton steam- packets and the yacht squadron house also display their flags half- mast. The Kestrel is on her passage home, with the remains of the deceased nobleman, the news of wliose death has cast a gloom over the Island, in which his benevolent feelings and beneficial sample have been for a lonjj number of years most sensibly felt and appreciated. The Earl was 65 years of age. DEATH OF THE DUKE OF ATHOL.— Ttiis nobleman, who has been suffering for some time under a mental disease, expired oil Tuesday last, at his residence, at St. John's Wood The deceased ( John Murray) was Duke, Marquis, and Earl of Aitiol, Marquis and Earl of Tulli- feardme, Earl of Strathtay aud Strathardale, Viscount Gleueldmond, Balquhidar, and Glenlyon, Baron Murray, of Tullibardine, Lord Balvenie and Gask, in the peerage of Scotland; Earl Strange, Baron Strange, and Baron Murray, of Stanley, county of Gloucester, in the peerage of England, and hereditary sheriff of Perthshire. He was born ou the 26th of June, 1778, and succeeded to the family titles and estates on the death of his father in September, 1830. The late Noble Puke was never married, and is succeeded by his nephew, Lord Glenlyon, who is an officer in the Dragoon jCiuards, and was married in J830 to a daughter of the late George Home Drummond, Esq., of Blair Diummond, . county of Stirling. THE IJIRROVEJJIEN'T NEAR A; LL SAINTS' CHURCH We are much gratified in noticing that an excellent beginning has been made in this praiseworthy cause, and we hope that yery many will quickly follow the example set by those who have promptly answered to the call B'hiph has been made ypota them, viz.— The Lord Bishop, 20/.; J. Bailey, Esq., 251 ; Jjatly Emily Foley, 10/.: Sir Offley Wakeman, 10/.; Sir J. jPakington, M P., 10/.; General Lygon, M. P., 10/. ; S. Good, Esq., 10/.; Rev. | C. Eckersall, 20/.; Rev. T. L. Wheeler, 15/. ; R. Berkeley, Esq., 5A; Rev. J* H. Stevenson, 5/. ; Mrs. Wall, Malvern, 5f.; Rev. J. Wright, Malvern, 5/ ; Mr. W. Twin- berrow, 5/.; Right Hon. Lord Southwell, 21. 2s. ; Rev. W. fci. avergal, 2l. 2s.; R. Russell, Esq., £/. 2 § .; J. Amphlett, jEsq.,, 21. 2s. ; T. France Esq., 21. 2s.; Mr. Archer, Foley Arms, Malvern, 21.; G. Whately, Esq., Birmingham, 21. 2s, &, c. A correct list of the subscribers will be advertised in our paper next week. In the meantime applications are being made throughout the city, and we do not think the result will dis- appoint our expectations. PROTECTIONIST DEMONSTRATIONS.— The dinner to be . given tlie Essex Agricultural Protection Society to the Duke of Richmond and Lord George Bentinck, takes place at Chelmsford, 011 Friday the 25th instant. Lord George Bentinck has accepted the invitation; and it is fully ex- pected that the Duke of Richmond will be present. A notice of the dinner to Mf. Nswdegate last week, will be £ ovmd in our fourth page. WORCESTERSHIRE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. On Tuesday last the third and last exhibition of fruits and flowers for the present year, in connection with this excel- lent, though ill- supported Association, took place at the Guildhall, in this city. The show of fruit, particularly " rapes, apples, and plums, was very fine. Of dahlias there was a good and varied show; the plants also were very superior, and we noticed some beautiful verbenas from Mr. Cook. There were also exhibited at this show some patent cottage hives, sent by Mr. Bozward, of Henwick ; these hives exhibit all the operations of the bees, and consequently were inspected with much attention and ' interest. In the evening the annual dinner was held at the Star Hotel, when the Mayor presided; F. T. Elgie, Esq., took the vice- chair, in the absence of J. C. Nott, Esq.' The usual loyal toasts were given, together with the healths of the officers of the Society, and many other appropriate toasts. J. Bailey, Esq., M. P., with his usual liberality, sent a noble haunch of venison for t;; t; occasion. A beautiful dessert was supplied by the members of the Society. The following is the list of prizes awarded at this exhibition: — DAHLIAS.— Stands of si* Blooms : 1st prise, T. Hooke, Esq., j un.; 2nd Mr. It. Francis; 3rd, Mr. Moore; 4th, Mr. Stanton.— Stands of twelve Blooms: 1st, Mr. It. Francis; 2nd, Mr. Moore.— Stands of eighteen Blooms: 1st, T. Hooke, Esq., jun.— Single Blooms, Dark; 1st, Admiral Stopford, T. Hooke, Esq., jun.; 2nd, Essex Triumph, Mr. R. Francis.— Crimson : 1st, Sir Edmund Antrobus, Mr. U. Fran- cis; 2nd, Bermondsey Bee, T. Hooke, Esq., jun.; Purple: 1st, Standard of Perfection, Mr. Barker; 2nd, President of West, T. Hooke, Esq., jun.— Scarlet: 1st, Nonpareil,!'. Hooke, Esq., jun.; 2nd, Danecroft's Rival, Mr. H. Ley land.— Light: 1st, Essex bride, Mr. Moore; 2nd, Brown's Goliath, Mr. Brown— White-. 1st, Em- THE YEOMANRY. SEVERN COMMISSION. AQUATICS. and Mottled-. 1st, Lidy Antrobus, T. Hooke, Esq., JUII.; 2nd, Beautv of Sussex, Mr. H. Levland; 3rd, Mr. Brown; 4th, Mr. Barker.— Rose-. 1st, Mrs. Shelley, Mr, Stanton; 2nd, Lord Holland, Mr. R. Francis.— Rosy Purple-, 1st, Seedling, Mr. Staiiton; 2nd, Miss Scrope, Rev. J. R. Berkeley. „ ,„ , COLLECTIONS OF SIX PLANTS, NOT IN BASKETS.— 1st, Mr. Cooke; 2nd, T. llooke, Esq., juu.— Ditto, in Baskets-. 1st, T. Hooke, Esq., jun.; 2nd, Mr. Gaunt. STOVE PLANTS.— 1st, Mrs. Morton; 2nd, Ackermanni s Picta, T. Hooke, Esq., jun.; ord, Thunbergia, Mr. Cook. GREENHOUSE PLANTS.— 1st. Fuschia Exoaiensis, Mr. Stanton ; 2nd, T. Hooke, Esq., jun,; 3rd, Fuschia, Sir H. Pottinger, ditto, HARDY ANNUALS.— 1st, Mr. Cook ; 2nd, ditto. PERENNIALS OR CUT SPECIMENS.— 1st, Mr. Cook ; 2nd, ditto. COLLECTION OF FIVE FUSCHIAS, NOT IN BASKET.— Mr, Cook. PANSIES.— 7 welre Blooms, various: Mr. R. Francis. GEBJJAN ASTERS — 1st, Mr. Payton ; 2nd, Mr. Brown. AFRICAN MARIGOLDS.— Mr. Puyton. FRENCH MARIGOLDS — Mr. R. Francis. COCKSCOMBS.— 1st, T. Hooke, Esq., jun.; 2nd, ditto. BALSAMS.— Mrs. Morton. PISES.— 1st, Rev. J, It. Berkeley; Snd, Mr. Gaunt; 3rd, Rev. J. R. Berkeley. PEACHES.— 1st, Mr. Cook; Snd, ditto; 3rd, Mr. Hardy. NECTARINES — T Hooke, Esq., jun. GRAPES.— Black: 1st, G. J. A. Walker, Esq.; 2nd, Mr. Hardy; 3rd, G. J. A. Walker, Esq.- White: 1st, Mr. Hardy ; 2nd, ditto ; 3rd, Mrs. Morton. CHERRIES.— Mrs. Morton. PLUMS.— 1st, G. J. A. Walker, Esq,; 2nd, Mr. Gaunt; 3id, G. J. A. Walker, Esq. APPLES.— Dessert: 1st, Mr. Eaton; 2nd, G. J. A. Walker, Esq. ; 3rd, Mr. Eaton; 4th, Mr. Cook Culinary: 1st, Mr. Stanton; 2nd, ditto; 3rd, Mr. Hardy : 4th. Mr. Stanton. PEARS.— Culinary: Mr. Gaunt.— Dessert: 1st, Mr. Hardy; 2nd, Mr. Cook; 3rd, Mr. Stanton. FILBERTS.— 1st, Mr. Hardy; Snd, ditto. CARROTS.— 1st, Mr, It. Francis; 2nd, ditto. ONIONS.— 1st, Mr. Hardy; 2ud, Rev. J. R. Berkeley. CELERY.— tVhite: 1st, Mr. Stanton; 2nd, Mrs. Morton.— Red : ist, Mr. R. Francis; 2nd, T. Hooke, Esq., jun. PEAS.— 1st, Mrs. Morton; 2nd, Mr. R. Francis. CAPE BROCOLI. — Mr. Gaunt. CUCUMBERS.— 1st, G. J. A. Walker, Esq.; 2nd, T. Hooke, Esq., jun. EXTRA I'RIZES.— Orange, T. Hcoke, Esq., jun. ; Eighteen Dahlias, stand, Mr. Moore ; Collection of Verbenas, Mr. Cook ; Cut Specimens, Mr. Barker; ditto, Mr. Gaunt; ditto, Mr. R. Francis; French Marigolds, ditto; Pine, Mr. Gaunt; Grapes, Mr. Hardy ; Plums, ditto ; Nuts, ditto. COTTAGERS' PRIZES.— lJar> nips, J. Broomfield and J. Lies ; Carrots, J. Broomfield ; Onions, J. Lies and J. Broomtield ; late Potatoes, J. Lies; Collections of Vegetables J. Broomfield. To the Editor of the Worcestershire Guardian. Sir,— I presume you have seen in the Journal and Chronicle papers that the prize was awarded to me for the best horse in the Worcester troop of Yeomanry. On Tuesday last the horses were examined by Captain Emmott, upon whom devolves the duty of examination as to qualification. My horse was duly passed, declared to be qualified, and, as expressed by Lord Ward and other officers, not only to be the best in the troop, but not equalled in the regiment, consequently the decision was in my favour for the prize. A few hours after an objection was raised that my horse not wearing a crupper it was not regimental, a dis qualification ensued, and the reward was given to another member of the troop. Now, Mr. Editor, it is the alteration made after a decision had been come to npon the subject which is the ground of my complaint, and I do consider, with all due deference to the squadron officers composing the committee, that I have been unfairly dealt with, as, if any just ground for disqualification existed, why was the objection not urged by Captain Emmott at the time of the inspection for the prize, who was acquainted with the fact of my horse not appearing with a crupper, and asked me where it was, butdid not state it would disqualify me. I beg to say, in conclusion, that last year my horse carried the crupper four days, and it was discontinued by me in consequence of his becoming restive. The insertion of the above iu your valuable paper will oblige, Sir, your's obediently, JOHN B. WAGSTAFF. Worcester, Sept. 18th, 1846. THE YEOMANRY CAVALRY. VALE OF EVESHAM HORTICULTURAL AND FLORAL SOCIETY. The fifth show of this Society took place on Wednesday, and was the last of the season. It was an excellent exhibition. There was great competition with good specimens in all classes, except greenhouse plants and wall fruit. The dahlias were unusually numerous and fine, all the bottles of the Society being put in requisition and found insufficient to contain them. The day proved remarkably propitious, and the exhibition was both numerously and respectably attended. Subjoined is a list of the prizes awarded. DAHLIAS Stand of twelve Blooms: 1st, prize, Standard of Perfec- tion, Duchess of Richmond, Nonpariel, Alice Hawthorne, Essex Triumph, President of the West, Queen of Roses, Cleopatra, Vivid, Danecroft's Rival, Victory of Sussex, Arethusa, Mr. R Cowley; Snd, Mr. R. Francis. Stand of six Blooms: 1st. Cleopatra, Standard of Perfection, Mrs. Shelley, Alice Hawthorne. Nonpariel, Admiral Stop- ford, M r. R. Crowley; 2nd, Miss Huntley.— Dark : 1st, Essex Triumph, William Barnes, Esq.; 2lld, Admiral Stopford, ditto. — Scarlet : 1st, Bloomsbury, Miss Huntley; 2nd, Vivid, Mr. II. Drury— Purple : 1st, Standard of Perfection, William Barnes, Esq.; 2nd, Pickwick, Miss Huntley. — Crimson : 1st, Victory of Sussex, William Barnes, Esq. ; 2nd, Beeswing, Mr. R. Francis.— Sulphur or Yellow- 1st, Cleopatra, Miss Huntley ; 2nd, La Polka, Mr. R. Francis Lilach. 1st, Lady Harland, Mr. R. Francis; 2nd, Unknown, Mr. R. Cowley.— Pose: 1st, Sir J. S. Richardson, Miss Huntley; 2nd, Mrs. Shelly, Mr. R. Rowley. White: 1st, Empress of the Whit. e, Mr. R. Francis; 2nd, Antagonist, Miss Huntley.— Variegated, fyc.: 1st, Lady Antrobus, Mr. R. Francis; 2nd, Bridesmaid, Miss Huntley; 3rd, Lady St. Maur, William Barnes, Esq.; 4th, Alice Hawthorne, Mr. R. Francis. BEST BOUQUET.— R. Blayney, Esq. PANSIES Mr. R. Francis. GREENHOUSE PLANTS.— 1st, Fuschia Defiance, Mr. Pinnall; 2nd, Fuschia Dr. Jepshom, ditto. HARDY ANNUALS.— 1st, O. New, Esq.; Snd, A. H. Hartland, Esq.; 3rd, Mr. Moore. PERENNIALS,— 1st, A. H. Hartlanrl, Esq.; Snd, O. New, Esq. STAND OF ASTERS.— 1st, Mr. R. Francis; Snd, Miss Huntley. STAND OF MARIGOLDS. — 1st, Mr. R. Francis; 2nd, Miss Huntley. CARROTS 1st, O. Cheek, Esq.; Snd, Miss Huntley. ONIONS 1st, E. Holland, Esq.; Snd, Mr. R. Francis. RED BEET. — G. Eades, Esq. CELERY White : Miss Huntley.— Bed ; R. Blayney, Esq. CAPS BROCOLI.— Mr. R. Francis. PLUMS Mrs. Ashwir.. APPLES Best specimen of: 1st, B. Workman, Esq.; 2nd, H. Workman, Esq.— Dessert. 1st, Mr. Pinnall; Snd, Mr. Pinnall. Seedling: Mr. II. Drury.— Culinary: 1st, R. Ashwin, Esq.; 2nd, R. Blayney, Esq. PEARS.— Best specimen qf; 1st, J. New, Esq.; 2nd, H. Workman, Esq Dessert: 1st, Mrs. Ashwin ; 2nd, R. Ashwin, Esq Seedling : Mr. H. Drury.— Culinary : Mr. H. Drury. OUT- DOOR GRAPES.— Black: 1st, J. Ashwin, Esq. ; 2nd, W. Barnes, Esq.— White: 1st, Thomas White, Esq. ; Snd, R. Ashwin, Esq. FILBERTS.— Mrs. Ashwin. COTTAGERS' PRIZES.— Black and White Grapes, Mark Holder; Onions, Joseph Sallis ; Dahlias and German Asters, Edward Nott. EXTRA PRIZES.— Bouquet of Flowers, A. H. Hartland, Esq.; Cockscomb, Mr. Pinnall; Hothouse Grapes, O. New, Esq.; Peas, O. Check, Esq. ; Stand of 12 Fancy Dahlias, Mr. William Barker; Seed- ling Dahlias, ditto. CITY MAGISTRATES.— At the meeting of the City Magistrates this morning, the Mayor read a letter from C. H. Hebb, Esq., announcing that in consequence of a recent attack of illness he should retire altogether from public life, and should take the necessary steps for replacing in the hands of her Majesty's Government the commission with which he had been entrusted. [ We are doubtful whether a Magistrate can legally resign his commission.] THE THEATRE.— During the present week, in addition to the talent of his own effective company, Mr. Bennett has had the assistance of Mrs. Fitzwilliam and the irresistibly droll Mr. Buckstone, who have appeared in some of their most popular characters, and have drawn crowded houses. WORCESTER ANNUAL FAIR.— Our annual September hop, cheese, and general fair takes place on Saturday ( to- morrow). We expect a large quantity of hops will be brought in. BRIDGNORTH FAIR.— This fair, on Tuesday last, was abundantly supplied with fat and store stock, the latter pre- dominating. Fat cattle fetched 6J. to 6| d. per lb., and were early sold off. Cows and calves varied from £ 12 to eighteen guineas, for good ones. The show of s'neep'was larger con- siderably than at former fairs; those for the butcher sold readily at 6£ d. to 7d.; good stores found purchasers at 8d. to 9d. Mr. Baker, of Eardington, disposed of a score of good ewes, weighing more than 171bs. a quarter, at two guineas each, and refused £ 45 offered for a superior score, which were afterwards driven home. Lambs were scarce, and sold well. There was a good show of horses, principally for agricultural purposes; prices demanded were high, and but few sales were effected. There was a tolerable supply of family cheese pitched, which readily fetched 4J- 4 § d. per lb. Altogether the fair was well attended, and prices were on the advance over last fair. BIRMINGHAM COURT OK BANKRUPTCY.— hire Hooman, of Worcester, tabacconist.— On Saturday this insolvent came up on his application for his final order. He was opposed by Mr. Jones, wholesale tobacconist, of London, who appeared in person to conduct the opposition. He contended that the insolvent had contracted the debt due to him, knowing at the time that there was not the slightest possibility of his being able to pay it.— Mr. Jones was examined by the Court: he stated that there had been only three transactions between himself and the insolvent, and that on the occasion of his calling the third time, there was a balance of £ 9 due to him. This Hooman declared his inability to pay at that time, but iie ordered goods to the amount of another £ 10, promising to remit the cash for the previous bill in a week. He failed to do so, but at the expiration of a fortnight offered Mr. Jones a composition of 7s. in the pound. These facts were not dis- puted, and it was therefore contended that the insolvent had been guilty of a fraud. Mr. Motteram appeared for Hooman, and put it to the Court to say whether the circumstances were such as to show there had been sufficient misconduct on the part of the insolvent to warrant the withholding of the final order. It was, he said, an extremely difficult thing to draw the line where a man should cease to give orders for goods, because it was fair to suppose that every one he gave was with the hope that it would improve his circumstances.— Mr. Commissioner Daniell said there was no reasonable ground to suppose that a fraud bad been committed, because in what the insolvent had done, although he had injured Mr. Jones, lie had not benefitted himself; he therefore granted him his filial order.— On the same day an insolvent named Wellard, described as of Worcester, farming bailiff, also appeared, and his final order was granted without opposition.— In re Davis, of Broadway, Worcester, miller. In this case the bankrupt on Thursday came up on an adjourned last exami- nation. On a previous occasion the Court had directed an adjournment, and made an order that the purchases and sales in this matter be duly set out in the balance sheet. Davis had done very considerable business, and it became necessary that the above statement should be made. It now appearing that this was satisfactorily done, the bank- rupt, ou the application of Mr. Motteram, then passed. Mr. J. Rawlins attended on behalf of the assignees, but did not offer any opposition. RUSSIAN BEEF.— A ship has arrived in London, from Archangel, Russia, having on board, in addition to 15 barrels of tongues and a variety of other productions, the large quantity of 704 tierces and 48 barrels of beef. Our last week's Guardian contained alist of the officers and other particulars pertaining to this regiment up to Friday evening. On Saturday the regiment mustered in a field of Sir Anthony Lechmere's, on the Gloucester- road, whence they marched to Kempsey for a morning's drill. They returned into this city between three and four o'clock in the evening, preceded by the admirable band, and in the evening a body of the carbineers practised shooting on Pitchcroft, the target being setup against the high wall, raised for the purpose, near the Cattle Market, last year. On Sunday a large number of the Yeomanry Cavalry at- tended Divine Service at the Cathedral, and on Monday they again proceeded to a drill at Kempsey. In the evening the shooting for the cup, by the carbineers, took place on Pitchcroft- ham, when Private J. Brooke, ofClaines, was declared the victor. On Tuesday the regiment assembled for exercise on Pitchcroft, when the horses were shown for the prizes, which were won as follows ;•— Worcester Troop Corporal W. Newman, Grimley. AYitley ditto Private W. Jones. Stourbridge ditto Corporal J. Corbett. Hanbury ditto Sergeant H. Sanders. Tardebigg C. ditto Private W. Landers. Tardebigg D. ditto Private J. Hunt. Moseley & Kingsnorton Private H. Nunn. Upton ditto Private R. Darke. Westwood ditto Corporal J. Williams. Evesham ditto Private Bosley. Dudley ditto Private W. Hodgetts. On Tuesday evening, Lord Ward entertained the Witley Troop at a dinner given at Mr. Humphrey's, Shakspeare Inn, Angel- street. The troop consists chiefly of his Lordship's tenants. > Our Wednesday contemporary stated the prize for the Worcester Troop to haye been awarded to Sergeant Wagstaff, and which was correct at the time, but an objection having been taken to this award ( in consequence of Mr. Wagstaff's horse not appearing properly accoutred when on duty) it was declared to be valid, and Sergeant Jeremy and Coporal Newman who were the competing parties were ordered to show out at the review, but Sergeant Jeremy ( whose horse was said by capital judges to be second to no horse in the regiment) refused to com- ply, and the prize was as a matter of course awarded to Corporal Newman. On Wednesday the review took place as usual on Ivempsey- ham, before Colonel Hankey, of the Dragoon Guards, who expressed himself in high terms of the precision with which the following movements were performed : — 1. M arch past by squadrons. 2. Rank past by threes. 3. Trot past in open column. 4. Wheeled into line and single files from the right of threes, and sword exercise from the rights of troops, formed escorts. 5. Front form ranks and advanced by threes, changed posi- tion half right back, advanced to tiie attack. 6. Retired in open columns from the left. 7. Formed line to the right on the near alignment, advanced to the attack. 8. By threes changed position under cover of guns and skirmished. 9. Advanced in double column on the centre, covered by skirmishers; the column retired again, fronted and advanced, and formed line to the right. 10. Retired by wings— right wing changed front to the left. 11. The left wing column of troops form the right in succes- sion by the rear, and changes direction to the left. 12. Right wing advanced, supported by the left. 13. Right wing close on the third squadron right in front, and dismounted for foot duties. 14. Left wing took ground to the left, and formed close column on seventh squadron right in front; dismounted for foot duties in skirmishing, supporting the right wing. 15. Both wings retired to mount, covered by artillery, both columns retiring and uniting into one. 16. Close column formed line to the left, form close column leading out from right of squadrons, covered by artillery. 17. Advanced to the attack, 18. Change position right back. 19. Close column on fourth squadron, change front to the right, deployed and retired by alternate troops by left shoulders forward, throwing the right back, and advanced in eschellon of squadrons from the right; squadrons wheeled to the left and attacked to the front. 20. Retired by alternate troops, covered by artillery. 21. Advanced to the attack. 22. Fell into a walk— advanced in parade order to salute. The attendance of spectators upon the review ground was immense— greater we believe than on any former occasion, and comprised most of the leading families of this neighbourhood. Every vehicle that could be hunted up in the city was put into requisition to convey the faithful citizens to the scene of action. Mr. Wall's steamer, Sahrina, also conveyed a large number of passengers to and fro during the day. The day was unclouded and we believe the whole proceedings passed off without the slightest accident. The reviewing officer arrived on the ground between twelve and one o'clock when the regiment was put through the usual manoeuvres, all of which ( with the exception of the pistol firing,) appeared to be executed with admirable precision. At the close of the review the regiment dismounted, and rations were served out to each man. Having refreshed, the several troops marched into this city, headed by the excellent band of the regiment, where they arrived shortly after four o'clock. The Officers and a large number of friends dined in the evening at the Shirehall, the dinner being provided in the usual excellent way by Mr. Chamberlain, of the Star Hotel. The annual meeting of the Commissioners for the Improve- ment of the Severn was held on Monday at the Guildhall; there were present, Lord Hatherton, in the chair ; R. Spooner, Esq., M. P., J. W. Lea, G. Allies, E. Evans, J. M. Gutch, R. Heath, J. A. Whitcombe, G. E. Williams, J. S. Rutter, W. Cother, and D. M. Walker, Esqrs. Mr. E. L. Williams, the engineer, and Mr. Waters, the solicitor, were also present. Mr. Waters having read the minutes of the last meeting, proceeded to lay before the Commission the report of the Com- mittee of Works and Finances, which set forth that the progress of the dredging in the river had been unavoidably delayed in consequence of the Hull dredger having been sunk on its voyage to Worcester, but that another had been obtained and put on the work in May last. The Committee regretted being unable to report the completion of the dredging operations, but stated that it was not far distant. The works on the river had been tested, and found to be most efficient under adverse circumstances. Complaints had been made of the undue height of Lincombe weir, and the proprietors of adjoining lands had declared that their property had been injured in consequence. The Commissioners had been prepared to defend the state and position of the weir, but having been enabled, by operations made on the bed of the river there, to reduce the height of the weir about a foot, they had preferred that course. The Engineer's report stated that a very large traffic had passed on the river, and moved through the locks without difficulty ; the heavy floods of the past year had not injured the works; and although the dredging had been delayed by the loss of the Hull dredger, and the accumulation of silt which the winter and spring floods had brought down since the upper dredging, yet the dredging was now going on rapidly ; the only shoal remaining unfinished was that at Maisemore, in Gloucestershire. The subsequent accumulations of silt would all be removed in that part of the river above Diglis in the course of the present month, and in the remaining portion of the river by the end of the year. In reply to the Chairman, Mr. Williams stated that the ton- nage now passing on the river was much greater than it was represented to be when the bill was before Parliament. The committee appointed for the protection of the navigation of the river reported that of the various railway schemes that had been projected in the Severn district, only one— the Glou- cester and Dean Forest line— had been carried ; and that the committee had been enabled to secure the insertion of clauses in that act which would preserve a sufficient water- way in the river underneath the projected bridge, together with other necessary provisions. The Upon Bridge Committee recommended that operations on this bridge should not commence until tiie spring, and it was hoped that the county magistrates would see the necessity of co- operating with them in the erection of a new bridge, rather than in the repair of the old one. Lord Hatherton said that some of the proprietors of the Stafford and Worcester Canal Company had recently gone down the river with Mr. Cubitt, and minutely surveyed the works, and that Mr. Cubitt had expressed his opinion that he should be enabled to certify in the course of the present year; he had also suggested that an arrangement should be made with the county magistrates for the erection of an entirely new bridge at Upton, as a course which, in the end, would be the least expensive and the most secure. Air. Cother next put a series of questions to Mr. Williams, the engineer, as to the effect which the dredging had produced upon the river and its banks. Mr. Williams replied that he had found that the scouring of the upper shoals was imperfect until the shoals below had been entirely cleared away. With regard to the banks, he admitted that there had been many slippings, but certainly not more on the average than before the commencement of the works. In some instances the blasting in the bed of the river might have produced occasional slips, but he was prepared to confirm his statements that, as compared with the average of eight or ten years before the commencement of the works, the banks were by no means deteriorated. Mr. Cother said that great complaints had been made at Gloucester about a deposit of silt, nearly a foot deep, which had existed there ; he did not know whether that deposit was post hoc ox procter hoc, but he was of opinion that the silt brought up by the tide was the same material as that which had been originally displaced and sent down the river by the engineering operations on its bed, Mr. Williams replied that there was always a deposit at Gloucester after the spring tide, but that such deposit would be on the banks and not in the channel of the river. The Chairman thanked Mr. Cother for having put these necessary questions, expressed a desire to attend to every repre- sentation made by the Gloucester gentlemen, and directed Mr. Williams to furnish a report ou the subject. All the above reports were unanimously adopted. Thanks were then voted to Lord Hatherton for his conduct in the chair, also to Messrs. Cother, Walker, and the other Gloucester gentlemen for their attendance on this occasion. Mr. Wall, the proprietor of the steamer Sabrina, then addressed the chairman as to the state of the impediments on the river; he alluded to an instance which occurred a short time ago when he had been compelled to tranship his passengers and send them on by other conveyances. At the present time, he added, there were fifty or sixty vessels detained at Upton through these obstructions; and he wished to know what likelihood there was, even when the works should be completed., of the removal of those impediments, which were now a source of such great inconvenience. Mr. Williams said that the obstruction was occasioned by subsequent accumulations, but that in the course of three weeks . dredger would be set to work which would readily remove them The Commissioners then adjourned. THE LATE WORCESTER REGATTA We are very sorry to see that the controversy on the subject of the eight- oared race at the late regatta in this city, still continues ; Mr. Walsh, the steerer of the Intrepid boat, having written another letter which appears in our fourth page. Although we entertain a strong opinion on the points at issue we shall not here give expression to it, but shall leave the public to form their own judgment on the matter— which, however, they will scarcely be able to do. from a perusal of the letters published. One assumption, however, in Mr. Walsh's second letter, published in our columns to- day, is, we think, interpolated without reason. He declares that the only chance of his opponents ( the Unity crew) winning the race was by a foul, and that he had come to this conclusion " in consequence of repeated trials of both boats by my watch," i. e., that he had timed his own boat while practising the racing distance, and had also timed his opponents. Now no one thoroughly versed in aquatic matters would ever place any depeudance upon these experi- ments. Mr. Walsh knew, of course, that his own men were doing their best when pulling a cersain distance under his own " coaching," but how could he tell what his opponents— whose secrets he could have no means of knowing— were doing when he thought they were pulling their best ? Mr. Walsh, if he was deceived in the pulling of his opponents, was not the first who has been so disappointed. Of course it. would be politic in any crew to mislead their opponents as to their powers, as much as they could. We happen to know, moreover, that the steerer of the Intrepid had made similar " trials" while practising for one of the four- oared races. In these trials he had calculated that his crew would beat their antagonists by a given distance in a mile and a half, but the result proved otherwise. DISTRESSING DEATH. A paragraph under this heading appeared in our last, stating th at Mr. Alfred Hood, son of Air. J. Hood, coal merchant, of this city, had been found dead in a field at Powick, and that it was believed that his death had been occasioned by an apoplectic seizure. Such, however, was not the case, there being unhappily no doubt that the unfortunate deceased laid violent hands upon himself, as appeared from the depositions of the witnesses examined on the inquest. The inquest was held on Saturday evening, at the White- hall Inn, about two miles from this city, before W. S. P. Hughes, Esq., Coroner, and a respectable jury. The following witnesses were examined : — Henry Collins, labourer, deposed to his having found the body as he was proceeding over Powick Bridge to his work on Friday morning. He said I saw the body of the deceased lying on the grass a few yards from the bridge, and thought he was asleep. On going a little nearer to him I saw that his face was quite black, and I also then saw that he was dead. I instantly made an alarm, and some of Mr. Lane's men came to the spot ; they sent for a constable, and the body was conveyed to the White Hall public- bouse about ten o'clock. It appeared as if the deceased had been sick under the bridge, and also at a few yards from where he was lying. The deceased was not known to any of us. Mr. Henry Mayer, apprentice to Mr. John Woods, druggist, | High Street, was next examined, and he said " the deceased was I in the habit of coming to my master's shop to purchase different i articles. I saw him there on Thursday night last. He asked i for twopennyworth of white arsenic. The deceased said it was j for the same purpose as before, namely, to poison rats. I supplied him with it. About a fortnight previous he bought | the same quantity. We do not sell arsenic to strangers without ' a witness or some person who is known to us being present; | but as the deceased was well known to me I supplied him with | it. The deceased did not appear at all excited or wild in his manner at the time. It was about half- past seven o'clock ! when he left the shop. Mr. William Henry Bishop, assistant to Mr. Turley, sur- geon, said, I was sent for on Friday morning last to see a : dead man, and I found the deceased lying a few yards from the river, near Powick Bridge. There were no marks of violence on the person of the deceased. The body was con- veyed to the White Hall. I made a post mortem examination of the body, in company with Mr. Turley. On examining the I head a great quantity of blood was found, and we conjectured | that the deceased had died of apoplexy, but on examining the I stomach we found about a pint of fluid, which being analysed was found to contain a quantity of arsenic. No food was found ! in the stomach. The bowels were slightly inflamed, which ; was confined chiefly to the stomach. I have no doubt that the j death of the deceased was caused by taking arsenic. A young man named Henry Howell, of Birmingham, who j bad known the deceased for a number of years, having been in i the employ of Mr. Hood, said,— I have been in correspondence i with the deceased since 1 left the service of his father, which j was about two years ago. I always considered him of a very morose, melancholy disposition, eccentric in his habits, and very excitable. The jury, on the advice of the Coroner, immediately returned a verdict, " That the deceased died from taking arsenic, being at ihe time in an unsound state of mind." A meeting of the officers was held at the Star Hotel, on Monday, Lieut.- Colonel Lord Ward, in the chair; when the following resolutions were unanimously adopted :— 1. That in proof of the high sense entertained by the officers, non- commissfoned officers, and privates of the Queen's Own Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, of the generous spirit in which Colonel Clive undertook the command of the regiment on the death of their late lamented Colonel Lord Plymouth, and the admirable manner in which he has for twelve years discharged the duties of that position, he be requested to sit for his portrait to one of the most eminent artists of the present day. 2. That the portrait when finished, be presented by the regiment to Lady Harriet Clive, and that the expense of painting it be defrayed by a regimental subscription. 3. That the amount of individual subscriptions for the pro- posed object be discretionary, subject to the limitations that no officei shall subscribe more than live guineas, no quarter- master more than one guinea, no non- commissioned officer more than ten shillings, and no private more than one day's pay. 4. That the Lord- Lieutenant of the County and those gentlemen who have held commissions, and served in the Worcester Yeomanry Cavalry under the Command of Colonel Clive, be invited to join in the proposed subscription, and that with these exceptions the subscriptions be strictly limited to gentlemen who are now in the regiment. 5. That Lieut.- Colonel Lord Ward, Major Martin. Captain Sir John Pakington, Lieutenant Dowdeswell, and Cornet Galton, be appointed a Committee to carry out the intended object. We are happy to say that the proposed subscription has been supported in the most cordial and unanimous manner by both officers and yeomen of all ranks, and we understand it is intended that the picture shall be completed in time to be exhibited to the regiment during the permanent duty next year. On Thursday the regiment mustered on Pitchcroft in marching order, and after having been addressed by the Colonel, and complimented on the orderly conduct observed during the week and the soldierlike appearance of all the men, the different troops were dismissed, and they departed for their respective districts of the county. The muster this year was nearly 800. FEARGUS O'CONNOR AT KIDDERMINSTER.— On Mon- day evening last Mr. Feargus O'Connor, the well- known Chartist leader, addressed a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of this bcrough in the Albion Rooms, Falcon Inn, in explanation of the " Chartist Co- operative Land Association." REPRESENTATION OK THE RADNORSHIRE BOROUGHS.— Richard Price, Esq., the present Member, has announced his retirement from the representation of these boroughs at the next election. Mr. Price has served his constituents and the country for the long period of 50 years, having first been elected for the borough of Radnor in 1796. Mr. Whittaker having withdrawn from the contest, Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, of Harpton Court, near Kington, is now the only candidate. Mr. Price's address is a very brief one and runs as follows:—" To the Worthy and Independent Burgesses and Electors of the Boroughs of Radnor, Rhay- ader, Knighton, Knuckias, Kevenlece, and Presteign.— Gentlemen,— My years admonish me that it is expedient for me to retire from Parliamentary life, but at the same time I cannot announce to you, without a painful feeling, my intention not to offer myself again as a candidate for your suffrages at the next general election. I have not come to this determination without serious reflection and deep con- cern. I should, however, make an ill return for the favour- able opinion and uniform kindness with which you have honoured me for a long series of years, if I hesitated to make it known, that you may be the better enabled at a time like the present to consign your interests to more efficient hands. When I cease to be your Representative, I shall not cease to be your neighbour; and I assure you that it will be my object, by all the means in my power, to promote the welfare and prosperity of Radnor and its con- tributary boroughs, as long as Providence may grant me health and strength. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your most obliged and faithful Servant, Norton, Sept, 7, 1816, RICHARD PRICE," WORCESTER COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS. SHIUEHALL, TUESDAY, SEPT. 15. Magistrates present— J. and F. E. Williams, and P. V. Onslow, Esqrs. Richard Comptan, of Kempsey, charged Philip Baylis, a hired servant of his, with having unlawfully left his service a few days ago. Baylis, it. seems, had been making free with his master's bacon and cider, and had been therefore told to " make himself scarce," which he did. The Magistrates reprehended the conduct of Baylis, hut said that as his master, in a fit of passion, had told him to go, he could not prosecute Baylis for taking him at his word. The master was therefore adjudged to pay the expenses. GAME CASE An information was laid by John Wedgebury of Himbleton, against Mr. George Osborne, of Upton Warren, for committing a trespass, on the 2nd of September instant, on certain land of the Rev. E. Crane, in the occupation of Mr. R. Smith, at Crowle, in search of game. Mr. Doogood, solicitor appeared for the defendant. Henry Reynolds, gamekeeper, deposed that on the day in question he saw Mr. G. Osborne and Mr. Sheppey in the field, and the former shot at a partridge and killed it; they had both been beating, and had two pointers and one gun. Witness went up to them and told them they had no authority to be there, and they then moved off. The game on that land belonged to Mr. Farley. Mr. Doogood, in defence, urged the respectability of his client, arid further declared that Mr. Osborne and Mr. Sheppey had not beat the field in question, but while out shooting they had accidentally got out of their own beat into the land of the prosecutor. He then called Mr. William Sheppey, a farmer living at Huddington, who deposed that on the day in question Mr. Osborne and Mr. Lucas Sanders came over to have some shooting, having permission to do so on Mrs. Phipps's land. In the course of their beat they passed over Mr. Smith's land to avoid going over some rough ground ; the dogs however were here called in, and there was no beating, as the witness had cautioned Mr. Osborne that they were then off their own beat. Mr. Osborne never shot the partridge, but the bird was shot by Mr. Sanders, who was on the other side of the hedge, which was the boundary fence between the two pro- perties. Mr. Sanders also deposed that Mr. Osborne had not discharged a gun on the prosecutor's land. In this conflicting tate of the evidence the Bench dismissed the cases- CITY POLICE. GUILDHALL, MONDAY, SEPT. 14. Abner Pidgen, an organ- builder, was charged by his wife, Amelia Pidgen, with beating her, on Monday, the 7th inst., and threatening to stab her. He also beat her on the following day, and used dreadful threats. The complainant ran away from him, and he followed her up the stairs, when an aunt of the complainant, who was ill in bed, interfered. The defendant had not given the complainant any money since Saturday se'nnight. He allowed her 5s. per week to provide food for them both. The defendant, when at work, was in the receipt of 22s. per week. The aunt corroborated the com- plainant's evidence, and the defendant was fined £ 1 and 9s. ( jd. expenses, or in default three weeks' imprisonment. The money was paid. William Chance, soil- burner, in the employ of Mr. J. Webb, land surveyor, was then cited for breaking the windows of a house in the barracks. Upon his promising to repair the damage done, the case was dismissed. He was then charged by the police with being drunk and disorderly, and was fined 5s., which he promised to pay. THIS DAY ( FRIDAY.) THE BARROW NUISANCE.— Henry IVhiling was lined 5s , and 9s. costs, for exposing a quantity of cucumbers for sale in a truck in the High- street, on Wednesday, the Slh instant. Gregory Price was also fined 2s. ( id. and 8s. costs, for a similar offence in Broad- street, on the same day. The money in each case was paid. The Magistrates expressed themselves deter- mined to fine every person who was brought before them for a similar offence- CAMPDEN PETTY SESSIONS. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. IB. Present— Thomas Shekell, Corbett Holland Corbett, and Robt. Cooper, sen., Esqrs. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. — BRIDGE V. BROWN AND GREGORY The plaintiff is a shoemaker, and the defendants are sub- contractors on the Oxford and Worcester railway. About three years ago the defendant Gregory became indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of £ 6. 15s , at Wellington, Saiop, and, having refused to pay, Bridge warned the tradesmen of Camp- den not to trust Gregory. This aroused the ire, as well of Gregory as of his partner Brown, and on Monday evening last the twain, after partaking of stimulants at the " Eight Bells," went to the plaintiff's house, with the avowed intention to " serve him out." The plaintiff's eldest daughter is subject to fits, and was, at the time the defendants went to plaintiff's house, in strong convulsions, but the defendants, notwithstand- ing this, persisted in their original determination, and having by their noise and abuse brought the plaintiff to his door, the defendant Gregory first knocked his hat off, and then Brown struck ana kicked plaintiff in a most brutal manner. Several respectable witnesses were called by Mr. Kettle to prove the assault. For the defence Mr. Travers called two " navies," servants of the defendants, who swore that before an^ assault was committed by the defendants, the plaintiff raised his stick in a threatening manner, and these worthies endeavoured to show that Brown neither struck nor kicked the plaintiff. Mr. Kettle called other witnesses to contradict these men, and con- firm the evidence before given for the plaintiff", when the Bench decided that the assault was clearly proved, andlined the defendants £ 1 each ; costs, 10s. each. BEER HOUSE CASE.— Robert Gisborne, of Mickleton, was charged with having, on the 2nd instant, permitted one Isaac Surman to become drunk in the house of the defendant. Sur- man was seen at the defendant's house in the evening of the 2ud instant, in a helpless state of intoxication. He was placed on a coal waggon, and as the driver was proceeding towards Camp- den, at a slow pace, Surman fell from the waggon, and was killed on the spot. This lamentable circumstance gave rise to the present inquiry, which was instituted by Mr. Richard Bennet, superintendent of police. For the defence, Mr. Robert Cooper, jun., called three witnesses, who satisfactorily proved that the deceased left the defendant's house soon after two o'clock in the afternoon, sober, and returned in the evening very drunk. That the defendant refused to let him have any beer or cider after his return, and consequently was not guilty of the offence charged. Dismissed with a caution, as it came out in evidence that there were several drunken men on ^ he premises on the 2nd instant. COMMITMENTS TO THE COUNTY GAOL.— By J. Roberts, Esq.: Benjamin Lilley, charged with burglary at Dudley By the Rev. Thos. Pearson : James Bowket, charged with stealing a acket, & c., at Mathon, the property of J. T. Rush. BIRMINGHAM.— At a special meeting of the Council of Queen's College, held on Friday last, the Right Hon. Lord Lsttelton, the Principal, in the chair, the resignation of the Professorship of Chemistry by Mr. T. G. Tilley, and the resignation of the office of Physician of the Queen's Hospital bv Dr. James Sandys, were received, both gentlemen being com pellei to retire on account of impaired health. We are gratified to hear that Dr. Wright and Mr, George Shaw were announced as candidates for the appointments.— At the same meeting an important communication, addressed to the Dean of the Faculty, from the Registrar of the University of London, was submitted to the Council, from which we learn that the sons of members of the le^ al profession and others will be enabled to qualify for the degrees of Bachelor of Laws and Doctor of Laws without any residence elsewhere. The candidate may prepare himself for ex imination as he pleases, provided he be a Bachelor of ' Medicine or a Bachelor of Ar: s ol one year's standing. The whole curriculum of study at Queen's College in the depart- ments of general literature and science, in accordance with the regulations of the University of London, is now completed. The winter sessions will commence on the 1st of October, when an introductory address will be delivered on the occasion by the Rev. and Worshipful Chancellor Law, the Vice- principal. A few days since the Rev. G. L. Cooke, of Cubbinnton, preseuted a purse containing 555 sovereigns, to the Rev. G. L. Galton, in the name of those of the inhabitants of Leamington who were anxious to testily their respect for him previous to his ceasing to minister in that parish. Mr. Gaiton immediately gave £ 105 to the chaplain's f'Und of the Warueford Hospital, Birmingham. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATJI.— A distressing instance of the uncertainty ot human life occurred at Stone, ou Tuesday last. Mr. Marson, a respectable and wealthy farmer, residing at Middleton Green, iu the parish of Leigh, Staffordshire, left bis home early in the moruing, in excellent health and spirits, to attend Stone market. He had been looking at a cow, and had offered money for it, wheu a gentleman near to him perceived him to reel, and caught him in his arms, or he would ha^ e fallen. It being evident that he had become suddenly and seriously indisposed, he was conveyed into the Crown and Anchor public- house, which was close at hand, and Mr. Masefield, surgeon, being sent for, that gentleman was iustaiitly in attendance ; but the attack, a fit of apoplexy, rendered medical aid unavailing, and in a few moments life was extinct. ATTEMPTED SUICIDES FRUSTRATED.— A few days days ago, a person named Richard Williams went into" a barber's shop at Tenby, for the purpose of being shaved ; the shaver being engaged he asked for a razor, and being furnished with that instrument, he immediately drew it across his throat; luckily some person present observed it, and struck it out of his hand; but the man still lies iu a precarious state Last Sunday night a woman named Sarah Wood, belong- ing to Droitwich, and who travels through the country as a hawkey was found in a brewhouse in Weaman- street, Bir- mingham, by Police- sergeant Taylor. She appeared to be greatly excited, and in an insane state; and on being taken to the Staniforth - street Station, she was put in a cell by herself. About five minutes after she had been locked up, the sergeant went to visit the cell, when he found that in his almost mo- mentary absence, she had endeavoured to put an end to her existence. She was found suspended by her apron, which she had fastened round her neck, and then attached to the bars of the aperture above the door, and getting on the top of a stool, she had flung herself off at ; be very moment the sergeant entered the cell. Fortunately, her intention was thus frustrated, and having instantly been cut down, she sustained very slight injury. During the remainder of the night she was constantly watched, and it having in the meantime transpired that the un- fortunate woman had been in an asylum for a considerable time, it was thought proper to keep her in custody until the following day, when she was brought before the magistrates. An orde was made for Dr. Cox to inquire into the state of her mind before she was sent to the workhouse; but that gentleman's opinion being that she was quite sane, she was discharged. WORCESTER INFIRMARY, SEPT. 18. Physician and Surgeon for the week, Dr. Maiden and Mr. Carden. For the ensuing week, Dr. Hastings and Mr. Sheppaid. In- Patients. j Out- I'atients. Admitted, 13.— Discharged, 19. j Admitted, 30.— Discharged 14. In the House, « 3. ACCIDENTS,— Jos. Venables, injury of the shoulder joint; ltichd. Ro ers, fractured clavicle; William Lane, fractured arm aud wound ol'the head; Joseph Uallow, fractured ribs; James Morgan, com- pound fracture of tho nose ; William Francis, sprained knee; James Smith, wound of the lej;; Anne Matthews, needle in the thumb; William Kathbyrne, contused knee. SECOND EDITION. Saturday Mcrning. Sept. 19. STOCKS.— Bank Stock, ; 3 per Cent. Red., 3 per Cent. Con., 95J ; New 3$ per Cent,, ; Cons, for Acct., 9o ; Long Annuities, ; India Stock,—— ; India Bonds, ; £ 1,000 Excheq. I3ills, 13. CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY.— The show of English Wheat short, which steadily realised the prices of Monday. Free foreign held with great firmness, but the transactions were limited. The few samples of malting Barley could not find buyers, except at a decline of Is. per qr. Grinding unaltered. Although there was only a sparing supply of Oa'. s, the trade has relapsed into great inactivity, buyers restricting their pur- chases to present wants, taking chieflv the low priced foreign, which are offered relatively cheaper than other sorts ; anu to progress in sales of Irish, lower rates must be yielded to buyers. Malt, White Peas, and Beans, held for more money, which has checked business. Indian corn continues in good request for Ireland, and but few cargoes on sale ; while 41s. is offered for fine Galatz, and few sellers to be found. SMITHFIELD, FRIDAY The Beef trade heavy, and Monday's prices with difficulty supported. Sheep scanty. In Lambs a fair amount of business done at late rates. Prime small Calves moved off readily. Pigs in steady demand, and prices well supported. Vlie following are the quotations :— Beef, 2s. lOd. to 3d- ; Veal, 3s. lOd. to 4s. lOd.; Mutton, 3s. to 4s. 8d.; Lamb, 4s. 8d. to 5s. 8d. ; Pork, 3s. 8d. to 4s. 10d. BANKRUPTS James Joseph Fryer, Birchin- lane, Corjjhill. QLiy stock andshare- broker. Johu Blunden, Basingstoke, grocer, John Hatcher, Poole, butcher, John Edward Campbell Koch, Great Winchester- street, City, merchant. Leopard Auton Victon Rudolphi, Sunderland, general- merchant, Tiiobas Barrow, Manchester, shirt aud collar- maker, DONCASTER RACES. TDSSDAY, SEPT. 15. The Fitzwilliam Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added. One mile and a half. Sis subs. Major Yarburgh's Red Robin, 3 yrs , 7st. 51b ( Holmes) 1 Mr. Wreford's Witsend, 3 yrs., 7st. 51b 2 Sir J. Gerard's Pantasa, 4 yrs., 8st. 51b 3 Sir J. Hawley's Bravissimb, 3 yrs 4 Mr. Meikiam's Inheritress, 6 yrs. 5 Mr. Jaques's Philip. G « yrs 6 The Cleveland Handicap of 20 sovs. each, with GO added. One mile. Sixteen subs. Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, 4 yrs., 7st. 121b ( Nat) 1 Mr. Meikiam's Godfrey, 5 yrs., 8st. 21b 2 Mr. Meeson's Fair Charlotte, 5 yrs., 7st. 71b 3 Mr. Worthington's Lancashire Witch, 4 yrs., 7st. 4lb 4 The Champagne Stakes of 50 sovs. each, half forfeit. Red House in. Forty subs. Lord Eglintoun's Van Tromp, 2 yrs .....( J, Marson) I Mr. Mostyn's Planet, 2 yrs 2 Mr. W. Scott's Christopher 3 Capt. O. V. Harcourt's br. f. by Lanercost, d by Tomboy 4 Lord Zetland's Helias, by Lanercost 5 Mr. Taylor's George Hudson 6 Mr. Hargreave's Spem Gregis 7 Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Four miles. , Mr. John Day's the Hero, 3 yrs. ( A. Day) I Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzwilliam, 3 yrs 2 WEDNESDAY. The Selling Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 30 added. The winner to be sold for 200/. St. Leger Course. Seven subs. Lord Chesterfield's br. c. by Don John, out of Gamelass, 3 yrs ( Longstaff) I I Capt. Peyton's Magnet, 4 yrs 2 • Lord Zetland's Coheiress, 5 yrs 3 I Mr. Meikiam's The Don, 3 yrs 4 Mr. Meikiam's Aristotle, aged 5 Col. Anson's Rowland Hill, 4 yrs. 6 Mr. R. Johnson's br. c. by Jerry, dam by Ebor 1 Match— 300 sovs., 150 to 325, 150 ft Red House in. Mr. Mostyn's Gabbler, 2 yrs, 8st. 3ib. ( Nat.) beat Lord Glasgow's Chainbearer, 2 yis., Sst. The Great St. Leger Stakes, of 50 sovs. each, h. ft.; for three- year- old colts, 8st. 71b. ; and fillies, 8st. 21b. The second to receive 300/., and the third 100/. out of the Stakes. St. Leger Course. One hundred and forty nine subs. Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes ( Owrter) 1 Colonel Anson's Iigo ( F. Butler) 2 General Shubrick's Brocardo ( Holmes) - 3 The following also started, but were not placed : Lord Maidstone's Tom Tullock O Lord E. Russell's Sting O Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser 0 Grimstone O Mr. Meikiam's Poynton 0 Fancy Boy 0 Lord Chesterfield's Free Lance O Mr. Skerratt's Romance 0 Air. Stewart's Cranebrook 0 Betting 5 to 2 agst. Brocardo; 3 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes; 11 to 2 agst. Sting; 7 to 1 agst. The Traverser; 8 to 1 agst. Fancy Boy, and 8 to 1 agst lago. Tom Tullock made the running at a tremendous pace, followed by Sir Tatton, Brocardo, Fancy Boy, and Sting, and two or three others lying well up with them. No change occurred until they reached the Red House, where Sir Tatton Sykes took the lead, kept it and won by half a length, lago beating Brocardo by three or four lengths ; the Traverser was fourth, anil Fancy Boy fifth. Run in three minutes sixteen seconds. The Corporation Plate of 50/. Heats. Two miles. Mr. Meikiam's Godfrey, 5 yrs ( Templeman) 0 11 Mr. Johnstone's Blind Hookey, aged 3 3 2 Mr. Banks'Duke of Richmond, 3 yrs 0 2 dr The Foal Stakes 100 sovs. each, h. ft. Mile and a half. Seven subs. Lord Chesterfield's Tom Tullock walked over. THURSDAY. The North of England Produce Stakes of 50 sovs. each; h. ft.; for three- year olds. St. Leger Course. 5 subs. • Mr. F. 11. Price's Kismet by Touchstone, walked over. The Innkeepers' Plate of 15 sovs. each, with 100 added. Red- house in. Mr. Meikiam's Philip 1 Mr. T. Walter's Ratcliffe 2 Lord Chesterfield's Cockfighter. 3 Fcurteen ran. Won by a length. Municipal Stakes of 200 sovs. each, for two- yr.- olds; Red House in; Nine Subscribers. Colonel Anson's Bingham 1 Mr. Mostyn's Crozier 2 Lord Glasgow's Discontent, by Retriever, out oi' Emilia 3 Mr. W. H. Brook's The Field 4 Won by a neck. The Scarborough Stakes of 30 sovs. each. One mile. Eleven subs. Mr. O'Srien's Traverser 1 Mr. Stephenson's Sheraton 2 Mr. A. W. Hill's Burlesque 3 Won by a length. The G; eat Yorkshire Handicap of 25 sovs. each, with 200 added by the Corporation. St. Leger Course. 100 subs. t> 8 of whom declared. Mr. Cranston's Cranebrook, 3 yrs. 6st. 7lb 1 Mr. Robinson's Morpeth, 3 yrs. 7st. 121b 2 Lord Chesterfield's f. by Elis, out of Morella, 3 yrs. 5st. 3lb 3 Fourteen ran. Won by a neck. THE DONCASTER " COP."—' This piece of plate is a very elegant specimen of the art of modelling aud manufacturing miniature statues in silver. The group has been modelled by Mr. Alfred Brown, under the direction of Mr. Baily, the academician. The group ( au equestrian one) represents a passage in the battle of Wake- field, Lord Clifford, of Cumberland, overthrowing Richard Duke of York, of which an account is given by Sharon Turner, in his History of the Reign of Henry VI. The lance of Lord Clifford has pierced the armour of the Duke, who is wounded in the throat, and falls, from his Bovse grasping his battle- axe, with which he has in vain attempted to ward off the fatal thrust. The horses are full of fire, the riders are in complete mail, the aventules or beavers of their helmets being moveable, the features, which are characteristic, can, be seen at pk- asure. The design is peculiarly pure, there are few or no accessories beyond what the group requires. WALKING MATCH FOR £ 100.— On Wednesday Bradshaw and East decided their long- pending match of twenty miles, East receiving, tlnee minutes' start. The place fixed on was the Barnet- road, and on the start being mad- ye men went to work at a great pace. East kept ahead till the tenlu*. i; e, whta, either by accident or design, he was pushed down, and Bradshaw quickly passed him and went iu an easy winner. It is expected the men will compete again. CORN AVERAGES.— General average prices of British corn for the week ended Sept. 17, 1816, made up from the Returns of tho Inspectors iu the different cities and towns in England and Wales per imperial qr.— Price: Wheat, 47s 2d ; Duty, 10s Od; barley, 29s ? d, Js Od ; oats, 23s 3d, Is ( id; rye, 31s ' Id, 3s Od ; beans, 40s Od, 4s Od; peas, 37s Id 3s Od. KIDDERMINSTER, SEPT. 17.~ A good amount of busi- ness was transacted at this U i>' s market, and prices may be quoted as follow :— Wheat, 6s 4d to 7s Jd; malting barley, 4s lOd toi) s4d; oats, 3s 2d to 3s 8d ; beans, 5s 4d to 6s; peas, 5s to 5s 6d per bushel. WORCESTER., SEPT. 12.— Best old hay, £ 3 to £ 3 5s; new hay, las to £ 3; straw, hand thrashed, Xi ; machine. £ 1 10s to £ 1 15s. BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 15.— Best old hay, £ 3 10s to £ 3 15s per ton; new ditto, £ 3 15s to £ 3. 5s; straw, £ 2 2s.; to £ 2 6s. SMITHFIELD, SEPT- 15.— Old Meadow Hay, £ 3. 5s. to £ 4; new ditto, £ 2 8s to £ 2 10s; old clover, £ 1 10s to £ 5 10s; new ditto, £ 3 10s to £ 1 10s; Oat Straw, £ 1 8s to £ 1 10s; Wheat Straw, £ 1. 10s, to £ 1. 12s : per load. Supply good, and trade dull. BIRTHS. Sept. 14, at Crowle Vicarage, the wife of the Rev. Edwins Crane, of a son. Sept. 15, at Kempsey, the lady of the Rev. John Walcot, of a son and lieir. MARRIAGES. Sept. 2, at Handsworth Church, by the Rsv. H. R. Woolley, M. A., William Henry Muntz, Esq., second son of G. F. Muntz, Esq., M. P., to Alice, second daughter of Geo. Parker, Esq., of Church Hill House. Sept. 7, at Bromyard, by the Rev. William Cooke, Vicar, Mr. Johu Crawford, of Glamorganshire, to Miss Isabella Dunlop, of the Warren Farm, Norton, near Bromyard. Sept. b, at Astlon Cantlow, Warwickshire, by the Rev. G- Salmon, Mr. Thomas Wight, jun., solicitor, Kingswinford, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. Holyoake, of Little Alne. Sept. 8, at Comberton, Mr. John Hemming to Miss Caroline Davis. Sept. 14, at the parish church of Hallow, by the Rev. H, J, Stevenson, Hon. Canon of Worcester Cathedral, Mr. John Rastal, jun., of Broadheath, to Mary, only daughter of Mr. Thomas Hughes, of the same place. Sept. 16, at St. Nicholas Church, by the Rev. W. H„ Havergal, Mr. W. Lynn, of the Waterloo Hotel, Liverpool, to Mary Anne, second daughter of Mr. Thomas Reeves, coach proprietor, late of this city. Sept. 16, at Oldswinford, by the Rev. C. Craufurd, Hugh Dixon Esq., of the Field House, Sunderland, to Mary, relict of J. H. Ash, Esq., of the Fariands, near Stourbridge. Sept. 16, at Ledbury, by the Rev. Thomas Henry Newport, Benjamin Giles, Esq., of Hope Court, Salop, to Maria, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Davis, Esq., of Orleton, in this county. DEATHS. Sept. 4, at Shiffnall Vicarage, Shropshire, Georgiana Frances, the wife of the Rev. J. Brooke, aged 35. Sept. 5, at Malvern Link, suddenly, Jane, widow of the lata Mr. Jarvis Arnold, who died on the 27th ult. Sept. 5, aged 57, after a short illness, Mr. Joseph Lowe, hair dresser and perfumer, High Street, Stourport. Sept. 7, at Sutton Coldlield, much regretted, Mr. Charles Brockas, tailor and draper. Sept. 8. aged 65, Mrs. Caroline Davis, of St. Alban's parish. Sept. S, after a lingering illness, Mr. James Palmer, tinman, & c., of Teubury. Sopt. 10, after a long and painful illness, in the 71st year of her age, Ann, wife of Mr. Edward Esp, of Mount Pleasant, Brierley Hill. Sept. 11,, in the London Road, near this city, Mary Hains, aged 89, for more than fifty years a faithful and valued servant in the family of the late John Freeman, Esq., of Gaines. Sept. 11, after a short illness, Richard, youngest son of Mr. Richard White, painter, & c., Church Street, Stratford- on- Avon., aged 18. Sept. 11, at the Rectory House, How Capel, aged 77, the Rev. Henry Anthony Stilliugfleet, for more than half a cen- tury the beloved aud iiighly respected Rector of How Capel and Soilershope, in the county of Hereford. Sept. 12, at Northampton, Abraham Hume, Esq., late of Bilton Grange, Warwickshire, aged 77. Sept. 12, at the Glebe, Killarney, Ireland, in the 80th year of her age, Mary, relict of the Rev. Edward John Herbert,, Vicar of Ledbury, Herefordshire., and of Overbury, in this county. « Sept. 13, at Ashwood House, near Dudley, in tiie 48th year of his age, Mr. John Joseph Bramah. Sept. 13, at Duuley Hall, C. W. Winnall, Esq., aged 46. Sept. 13, at Nottingham, Mrs, Barnett, widow of the late- Mr. George Barnett, of Great Hampton Street, Birmingham^ and panther of Mr. Barnett, of the Crown Hotel, iu this city, § 3pt. 14, at Cowes, Isle of Wight, the Hon. Albert Dun- combe, eldest sou of Lord and Lady Feversham, aged 20, Sept. 14, very suddenly, at his residence, Livermere, Suffolk, the Honourable Mr. J ustice Williams, one of the Judges of the Court of Queen's Bench. Sept, 15, at Kingsland, Herefordshire, Mr. Joseph Hundley, aged 53, late of Knightwick and Hopton Court, in this county. Sept. 17, to the inespressible grief of her family and friends, aged 22, of consumption, Anne, only daughter of Mr. Thos. Lewis, bookseller and stationer, Broad Street, iu this city. THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,6,% 18 46. A BIT 0' COURTEN.— JOHN AND FANNY. ( From Poems of Rural Life, in the Dorset Dialect.) JOHN. Now Fanny, ' tis too bad, ya teezen maid How liate ya be a come. Wher have ye stay'd J How long ya have a- maide me wait about ! I </ iought ya warden gwain to come agen, I had a mind to go back huoine agen, This idden when ya proinis'd to come out. FANNY. Now ' tidden any use to mia Ice a row, For ' pon my word I cooden come till now. I been a kept in all the dae, by mother, At work about oon little job an ' tother, I' you da want to goe, though, don't ya stay Yar a minute longer I da pray. JOHN. 1 bought ya mid be out wi' Jemmy Bliake. FANNY. Why should I be wi' he var goodness' siake ? JOHN. Ya waak'd o' Zunday evemen wi'n d'ye know, Ya went vrom church a hitched up in his yarm. FANNY. Well, if I did, that werden any harm, Lauk! that is zome'hat to tiak notice o'. JOHN. '£ took ye roun' the middle at the stile, An' kis'd ye twice ' ithin the hafe a mile. FANNY. ' Ees, at the stile, bekiase I shooden val, '£ took me hold to help me down, that's all j An' I caan't zee what very mighty harm ' E cood ha done a- lenden me his yarm. An' yar his kissen o' me, if ' e did I didden ax en to, zee he mid; An' if ' e kiss'd me dree times ar a dozen, What arm were it i Why idden er my cousin } An' I caan't zee, then, what there is amiss In cousin Jem's jist gi'en I a kiss. JOHN. Well, he shon't kiss ya then; ya shon't be kiss'd By his girt ugly chops, a lanky houn'; If I da zee'n I'll jist wring up my vist An' knock en down. I'llsquot his girt pug nose, If I don't miss en, I'll warn'd I'll spwile his pirty lips var kissen. FANNY. Well, John! I'm sure I little bought to vind That you had sich a nasty jealous mind. What, then ! I s'pose that I must be a dummy, And mussen goo about, nar wag my tongue To any soul, if he's a man, an' young; Ar else you'll put yourself into a passion, An' ta'k owoy o' gien vo'k o drashen, An' breaken buones, and beating heads to pumtny, If you've a- got sick jealous woys about ye, I'm sure I should be better off a'thout ye. JOHN. Well, if girt Jemmy have a- winn'd your heart, We'd better break the courtship off, an' part. FANNY. He winn'd my heart! there, John, don't taa'k sich stuff, Don't taa'k no muore; var ya've a- zed enough. If I'd a- likd another muore than you I'm sure I shooden come to meet ye zoo, Var, I've a- tould to father many a starry, An' took o'mother many a scoulden var ye. [ Weeping.] But't wull be auver now, var you shon't zee me Out wi' ye noo muore to pick a quarrel wi' me. JOHN. Well, Fanny, I woont' zae noo muore, my dear, Let's make it up. Coine wipe off thik there tear, Let's go an' zit o' theas here stile, And rest, and look about a little while. FANNY. Now, go awoy ya nasty jealous chap, Ya shon't kiss I; ya shon't, I'll gi' a slap. JOHN. Well then, look smilin'; don't you pout an' toss, And flout me so, an' look so very cross. FANNY. Now, John! don't squeeze me roun' the middle zo, I doon't stop here noo longer if ya do. Why John, be quiet wull ye, fie upon it, Now zee how you've a- rumpled up my bonnet, Mother ' 11 zae't aa'ter I'm at huome, An' gi'e a guess directly how it come. JOHN. Then don't ye zae that I was jealous, Fanny. FANNY. I wull; var yoo be jealous Mister Jouny. JOHN. If I be jealous you be rather fickle- isli. FANNY. John! leave aluone my neck. I be so tickle- ish ! There's somebody a- comen down the groun', I mustrin huome, upon my word then, now; If I da stoy they'll kick up sich a row; Good night. I can't stay now. JOHN. Then good night, Faunv; Come out a- bit to- marrer evening' can ve? LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. WHAT O'CLOCK IS IT P VARIETIES. Why does the present kind of teapots resemble the late Chinese war ?— Because it's another proof of China giving way to Britannia Metal. A medical advertisement in the Lancet, for the sale of a practice, ends with the following pithy announcement:—" N. B. A railway in the neighbourhood." A lecturcr at one of the chemical schools asked a student if he could " plate steel?" " No," replied the witty collegian; " but, I could steal plate. PUGNACITY OF THE ROBIN.— The pugnacious disposition of the redbreast towards its own kind, as well as towards other birds, is well known. Mr. Seiby sends me the following remarkable anecdote, showing to what an extent their passion will sometimes carry them, and how completely they are lost to all apprehensions of danger while under its influence. A redbreast had for some time taken up its abode in a hot- house, from which it had egress at pleasure. One day when the gardener was in the house, another redbreast found his way in; but he had no sooner made his appearance than he was furiously attacked by the usual tenant, and soon showed that he had the worst of the combat: so severely was he treated, that he was taken up by the gardener, and held in his hand, where lie lay struggling and panting for breath. The victor, however, was not thus to be deterred from further wreaking his vengeance upon the intruder. He boldly flew and alighted npon the hand of the gardener; and forthwith proceeded to peck the head of his victim, and buffet him in such a mariner that he would soon have put him hors de combat, had not the gardener carried him out, and turned him off at/ 4ome distance from the building Jenyns' Observations in X4turul History. How TO LOOK ANGRY AND AMIABLE.— When a lady desires to compose her mouth to a bland and serene character, she should, just before entering a room, say, " besom," and keep the expression into which the mouth subsides until the desired « ffect upon the company is evident. If, on the other hand, she wish to assume a distinguished and somewhat noble bearing, not suggestive of sweetness, she should say, " brush," the result of which is infallible.— Lane's Malvern " Water Cure. SAGE ADVICE.— Never pay a bill on first presentation— it would look as if you were ostentatious of honesty. At the second time of presenting you may consider about it, and say " call again." Third or fourth time you may be either not at home or out of money, and should the creditor call a fifth, you may have fair reason to be offended at his pertinacity, and not ay the bill at all. MIGRATORY LOCUST. — Gryllus migratorius, Lin Acrydium migratorium, Cuv. A specimen of this destructive locust was taken in a small garden, at the back of one of the houses in Broad- street, in this city, on Sunday last, and is now preserved for our provincial Museum, to which Institution it has been kindly presented by its captor. Another specimen was taken in Diglis- street, on the same day. We present our readers with the following notice of this formidable creature. The feelings which the Arabs entertain of this insect are well shown in the description they give of it. It has the head of the horse, the horns of the stag, the eyes of the elephant, the neck of the ox, the breast of the lion, the body of the scorpion, the hip of the camel, the legs of the stork, the wings of the eagle, and the tail of the dragon ; but the prophet Joel, chap. II., is sublime in his truly characteristic description of these insects. The locusts sometimes unite in incalculable numbers prior to emigration, and in their passage through the air resemble a thick and heavy cloud. Wherever they alight the smiling verdure is in a few short minutes changed to a desolate wilderness. A flight of them has been noted to be full four hours in passing a given spot, and when they flew low to render it so dark that one person could not recognise another twenty yards distance. Barrow in his travels states, that in the southern parts of Africa, an area of nearly 2,000 square miles might be said literally to be covered with them. When driven into the sea by a north- west wind their remains formed upon the shore for fifty miles a bank three or four feet high, and when the wind was south- east the stench was so powerful as to be smelt at the distance of 150 miles We will only recite one of many of the direful accounts left on record of effects arising from such a cause ; for their devastations have entered into the history of nations, and their effigies have been perpetuated in coins like those of other conquerors of the world. In 1G45 the heaps of rotten carcasses washed on the shore by the sea, according to St. Augustine, caused such a plague that in the kingdom of Massinissa alone 800,000 persons perished. Scourges as these insects are to man, they are not without their benefits to him ; by eating off the rank and noxious vegetation which in a few years chokes the soil, they make way for annual grasses and shoots of the perennial kind, and other tender plants, thereby affording a more delicious herbage for a time ; and as heavy rains are destructive to the locusts and their young brood, so they furnish a ready manure to the places they inhabit. The locust is also used as an article of food in Africa and the eastern world. They are eaten fresh or boiled, roasted or fried ; they are soaked in oil and eaten; they are dried in the sun and eaten ; or reduced to powder; when they are kept for emergencies their elytra and wings are taken off, when they are put into brine and pi esei ved; they are also gathered in heaps, then sprinkled with salt, and thus kept for future use; in this state they are sold in the markets in some parts of the Levant. We close the notice with this relation of almost a centenary coincidence. On the 15th of August, 1748, towards evening, a dark black cloud was seen gathering in the east, which turned out to be a swarm of locusts. Many fell in the streets of London, and others in St. James's Park. They were supposed to have come from Poland. The specimen captured in Diglis- street has been preserved by Mr. Robinson, of the Corn- market, who will good- naturedly show it to the curious in natural history. Its trans- parent wings are singularly beautiful in their structure and mechanism. Two locusts were taken a few days ago in the vicinity of Hereford, one at Lvde and the other at Hampton. The larger is about 3 inches long, and the smaller, which is in the possession of Mr. Baker, of Bye- street, Hereford, 2^ inches. Another locust wan lately captured at Leominster. WORCESTERSHIRE MUSEUM.— At the monthly meet- ing of the Council of the Worcestershire Natural History Society, the Rev. Dr. Phillips was elected a member of the society. The following donations were also announced :— The Common Martin ( Martis foina, Bell) killed in Osebury Rock, Lulslev ; also specimens of the rocks at Scarborough, from F. E. Williams, Esq.; 22 botanical specimens ( British) from the Rev. Mr. Thompson; 12 botanical specimens ( British) from J. P. Hastings, Esq.; a very fine Hammer- headed Oyster ( Malleus vulgaris, Lam.) from James Fryer, Esq.; 400 beau- tiful sulphur casts— Storia dell'arte delle gemme incise; 300 Storia Romana, aud 100 Storia Litteraria, brought over from Italy; also, a singular buff variety of the wheatear, ( Motacilla ( Enanthe, L.) shot at Spetchley, the 28th ultimo, from R. Berkeley, Esq. ST. PETER'S SUNDAY SCHOOL'S.— On Sunday last, the annual appeal to the congregation of St. Peter's Church in behalf of the Sunday schools connected with that parish were made, and were answered by contributions amounting to £ 25. 6s. The custom commonly in use on these occasions of introducing preachers from other parishes was dissented from on this occasion: we are sure that the claims which these schools have for support could not have been better advocated then by the worthy Vicar and Curate, who devote so niuah of their time and attention to them. The con- gregation both at the morning and evening services was unusually numerous, and excellent sermons were preached — that in the morning being by the Rev. G. L. Foxton, Vicar, and that in the eveningly the Rev. G. W. Spooner, Curate. About 400 children receive a scriptural education in these schools, and the worthy Vicar in the course of his sermon paid a well- merited compliment to the teachers for their zeal in the good cause. WITLEY COURT.— This beautiful domain has re- ceived its noble owner as a resident for a period, and we hear that it is the intention of his lordship to give a series of splendid fetes, and that invitations are issued for a grand Archery Meeting to be held on Tuesday next. We under- stand it is now definitely arranged that his lordship shall next year take to the Worcestershire Hounds, and we cannot doubt that under [ such management the Worcestershire Hunt will be nulli secundus. EAST WORCESTERSHIRE REGISTRATION.— The revision of the list of voters for the eastern division of this county com- mences on Monday, at Droitwich, before Mr. Curwood, who will then proceed to Bromsgrove, Kingsnorton, Halesowen, Stour- bridge, Dudley, Shipston- on- Stour, Eveshatn, and Pershore; concluding his'labours at the latter place on the 5th of October. For further particulars see last week's Guardian. UPTON UNION.— At the last meeting of the Guardians for the Upton Union, Mr. C. Bradaon was elected medical officer for the Hanley district, and Mr. H. B. Marsh for the Ripple district. The appointments have not yet been confirmed by the Poor- law Commissionnrs, THE HANLEY CASTLE ROAD.— A commencement has been made in the improvement of this road. It is to be raised considerably above its present height for some distance, so as to place it nearly if not entirely out of floods' way; but whether this will be a sufficient alteration to satisfy the public remains to be proved. MALVERN WELLS CHURCH.— On Sunday last the Lord Bishop of London preached an eloquent sermon to a crowded congregation at this church, when the sum of £ 33 Is. was collected towards defraying the incidental expenses of conduct- ing divine worship. EVESHAM TOWN COUNCIL.— B. Workman, Esq., was on Saturday last elected an alderman of Evesham, in the room of the late Edward Rudge, Esq., thus causing a vacancy in the council: the burgesses will, therefore, be called upon to elect a member to the chamber for the remainder of the term, viz., till November next. EVESHAM AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.— It will be seen by the notice in our advertising columns that the annual meeting of this Association for the exhibition of stock and implements, and the award of prizes, will take place on Wednesday next. We shall, as usual, fully report the proceedings in our next. At the audit appointed for payment of the rents by the occupiers of the allotment land, at Redditch, the Hon. R. H. Clive, the proprietor, very generously ordered that one- half of the amount of rent should be returned in consequence of the failure in the potato crop. The tenants were extremely grateful for this act of considerate kindness, and requested the steward, Mr. Tomson, to convey to Mr. Clive their best thanks for this additional proof of his liberality and kindness. A very fine quail has been shot by Mr. William Trow, of Ismere House, near Kidderminster. THE NEEDLE TRADE.— A meeting of the principal n « edle manufacturers of Redditch and its vicinity was held at the offices of Mr. E. Browning, solicitor, last week, in consequence of the needle pointers, notwithstanding their present high wages, having again demanded an exorbitant advance. It was unani- mously agreed not to pay any greater or other prices than those stated in a list prepared and respectively signed at such meeting. There has been a difference existing between the manufacturers and one branch of the trade, called " pointers," the workmen in this branch ( which is very prejudicial to health; so much so that it is considered a miracle for any of them to outlive the age of fifty) having already a much greater price for their labour than any other department of the trade ( viz., many of them 1/. per day and upwards.) The whole of the pointers have now ' struck" upon the present prices, and have intimated their determination not to comply with the masters' proposals. If this should be carried out the needle trade will be quite stag- nant for a length of time, as the other branches cannot perform their respective parts without the needles being first pointed. FATAL ACCIDENT.— Last Tuesday morning, an acci- dent occurred at the works in progress for the formation of the tunnel of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, at Dudley, by which one of the workmen lost his life. Two men were at their work, as usual, at one of the shafts, ( No. 4) when, as they were being let down the shaft, by some means one of them fell out of the skip into the shaft, which is now nearly at its depth, and was killed on the spot. His head was nearly severed from his body by the force of the fall. We hope that this melancholy accident will serve as a caution to the other workmen employed at the tunnel, as we understand they are very careless of their persons, and that this accident occurred entirely through the carelessness of the deceased. EXTRAORDINARY FREAK OF NATURE.— Mr. Jewkes, of the Talbot Inn, Hall- street, Dudley, has in his possession a thrush with four legs. About three months ago, when it was discovered first, it had four feet and legs, with the usual number of claws on each foot; about three weeks ago the two old feet came off, and now the bird has two new legs and feet; the two old legs growing above the new ones are evidently decaying away. The bird used to whistle very much; but since this unusual exchange of feet and legs it has been quite dumb. FIRE AT STOKE PRIOR.— On Saturday last a large hay rick, containing about 30 tons, the property of Mr. Baylis, of Stoke Prior, was wholly consumed by fire, occa- sioned by spontaneous combustion; the fire also communi- cated to an adjoining rick, which was nearly destroyed. COTTAGE ROBBERY.— On Monday morning, at Swines- herd, near Spetchley, a man named Churchill, woodman to Mr. Berkeley, went to his work, leaving his wife at home, when soon afterwards a man named Best, a bad character, called at the cottage, and told Churchill's wife that Mrs. Wheeler, of Chudley, wanted to see her. The poor woman accordingly left home, but on ascertaining that the message was a hoax she returned, and found that her cottage had been broken into, an entrance having been effected through the window, and that two boxes and a chest had also been broken open, and a half- sovereign, a knife, and a bad shilling, the property of James Waters, a lodger, had been stolen, as also that the thief had helped himself to some cheese and cider. The fellow was traced as far as Tibberton, but no further. BROMSGROVE PETTY SESSIONS.— Last [ Tuesday the following cases were heard in this Court:— Policeman Downes preferred a charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct against Elizabeth, wife of George Hobday, for which she was fined 5s. and 2s. 6d. costs.— Mr. John Yates, of Redditch was fined £ 2. and 10s. 6d. expenses for having committed an assault upon Mr. W. Holliugton, draper, of the same place.— Richard Adams, of Redditch, was fiued £ 1. Gd. with 9s. 6d. costs, or two months' imprisonment, for assaulting John Quiney, a boy about eleven years of age.— Harriet Louch charged John Moberley, of Redditch, with assaulting her, and the case being proved he was lined 6d., with 10s. 6d. costs. Allowed a week to pay, or in default 14 days' imprisonment.— The same complainant failed to establish a similar charge against Elizabeth Moore, also of Redditch.— John Rea and James Wright, both of Catshill, were charged by Jane Edwards, servant to James Priest, of the Lickey, with stealing a cheese on Friday night last, but the evidence was not sufficiently strong against them. DEATH FROM FIGHTING. — On Monday last Mr. Hughes held an inquest at the Angel Inn, Lower Mitton, on John Burton, labourer, of that parish, aged 61 years, who died on Saturday night from injuries which he had received in a fight on the previous Tuesday. Mr. S. Cole, the landlord of the Angel, deposed that the deceased was at his house drinking, in company with John and Samuel Edmunds, when a dispute arose between the deceased and John Edmunds about family affairs; the deceased at length struck Edmunds, and followed him into the house. A fight or scuffle here took place, in the course of which deceased fell and appeared insensible. He was taken into the house, and medical assistance sent for. Mr. S. Barnett and Mr. Lamb, surgeons, attended the deceased, and after his death Mr. Lamb made an examination, which confirmed his opinion that no blows had been given to the deceased, but that he fell upon some hard substance, which caused the rupture of a blood vessel upon the brain. The jury returned a verdict accordingly, exonerating Edmunds from blame in the matter. DUDLEY.— An accident occurred at Dudley on Sun- day evening last, under the following circumstances:— Mr. and Mrs. Bew, of Bilston, and two of their children were visiting at Mr. Lester's, Dudley, on that day, and as they were returning home in a phaston, the horse started with unusual speed near St. Edmund's Church, and when he had turned the corner into the Birmingham road ran with tre- mendous velocity down towards the Trindle House; but before he had arrived there he ran into the foot road and upset the phseton. Very fortunately the children were but slightly hurt, but Mr. and Mrs. Bew were both severely cut and bruised, and Mr. Bew was for a time insensible, although all of them fared much better than was to be expected. It is supposed that the accident occurred in consequence of the horse having been improperly harnessed. STRATFORD- ON- AVON SUNDAY SCHOOLS.— Two admi- rable sermons were preached, oil Sunday last, by the Rev. J. A. Hawton, M. A., Curate of Treilington, at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford- on- Avon, in aid of the funds of the Girls' National and Sunday Schools. At the close of the services, collections were made at the doors, amounting to £ 19. 6s. 4d. The sum of £ 4 10s. was also received at the doors of the Guild Chdpel for the same charitable purpose, after sermons delivered by the Rev. T. R. Med win, M. A., Head Master of the Grammar School; making a total sum collected of £ 23 16s. 4d, To the Editor of the Worcestershire Guardian. SIR,— The very remarkable document, which appeared in your last, is certainly one of the memorabilia of the age. It has been injuriously said, that establishments will not take any step towards reforming themselves, until the pressure from without compels them so to do; but here we have one of the most ancient establishments in the kingdom, viz., the Church Clocks, pointing out their own defects, and suggesting an appeal to the legislature, for the purpose of amending what is amiss in them. Such a call is irresistible. I, however, though with considerable hesitation, differ from such high authorities upon one point: I have my doubts whether the remedy they suggest is the best that could be devised. It is true that Parliament, in its " omnipotence," does handle some very odd subjects, and that the statutes at large are a very curious omnium gatherum ; but I much doubt whether an act of uniformity would go down in the present age, and whether if passed, it would work., I, therefore, very respectfully suggest another mode by which the Chamber of Commerce may abate the grievance com- plained of. I have heard that the Chamber possesses a balance in jhand, which is, of course, applicable to any object conducive to the commercial welfare of the city. Now, I think it does not require any very recondite reasoning to show that the accu- racy of our clocks does materially influence commercial transac- tions. Who, for example, can calculate the mischief which may accrue from missing a railway train ?— and nothing is more likely than the occurrence of such an accident, if the " iron tongues" of our church clocks do not speak correctly and simultaneously. I will not occupy your valuable space by adding examples which will occur to any man, shewing that " punctu- ality is the soul of business;" and that punctuality cannot be maintained unless the registrars of time fulfil their high avoca- tions with accuracy. My proposition, then, is this— that the Chamber of Commerce shall present to the city the very accept- able gift of a time- piece ( if manufactured by Mr. Dent, so much the better) similar to that which is to be seen in one of the streets of Birmingham, and which has been of such emi- nent utility in that stirring and enlightened town. By this means we shall have a fugleman, whose movements will regulate those of the honourable corps of parish churches, and they will thus have no longer to complain of the want of uniformity which their memorial so justly deprecates. By taking such a step as this, the Chamber of Commerce will afford to the citizens an additional proof, to the many already given, of its beneficial operation. The sooner the step is taken the better, for TEMPUS FUGIT. Worcester, 14th September, 1846. as that of an old woman losing a sixpenny- piece, lighting a farthing rushlight, and sweeping the house with a broom till she found it! Salvator and a sixpenny- piece !* Sir; there is nothing we may not turn into ridicule, if it suits our purpose, and therefore ridicule is of all weapons the most contemptible. But Mr. Douglas Jerrold's rhetoric is truly of that style which is calculated " ad captandum vulgus!" In the same number in which Mr. Mc'Neile is thus attempted to be held up to scorn, Richard Cobden is lauded as the Man of the Age. Yet what are the comparative merits of the two The one has propounded a questionable nostrum for procuring- a better supply of " the meat that perisheth;" the other labours to recommend to the acceptance of perishing multitudes " the bread of God which came down from heaven to give eternal life unto the world." The one has succeeded in getting his views adopted by the multitude, the other has not; the one is rewarded with a national testimonial, the other is left to the testimony of a good conscience. We need not go farther for illustration of those two texts of scripture, " When thou doest well unto thyself, all men will speak well of thee;" and, " If ye were of the world, the world would love its own." " In that day," when the second coming of the Son of Man shall indeed take place ( and he has said, " Behold I come quickly !"), the state of things will be changed. " Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not." VIGILANTIUS. Mr. Mc'Neile has published a third edition of the sermon' ( which, instead of being the " most melancholy, most wretched' and most degrading composition," which Douglas Jerrold pro- claims it to be, is one of those sound, judicious, and masterly expositions of scripture, which form the staple of Mr. Mc'Neile's ministrations to his own congregation,) to which he has prefixed an introduction, wherein he defends himself against his Trac- tarian and Nothingarian critics, and your readers cannot do better than supply themselves with it. Douglas Jerrold has told them where they may get it, when he gives his readers a gentle hint to break the windows of his respectable publishers, Messrs. Hatchard, Piccadilly. * The Saviour and Saxe Gotha \— Douglas Jerrold. *** The respectable portion of the press will be doing good service if they will transfer this to their columns. DESTRUCTIVE FIRES. THE LATE REGATTA. PROTECTION TO AGRICULTURE. To the Editor of the Worcestershire Guardian. Sir,— Entertaining as I do the highest possible opinion of the utility of the public press, I have a great objection to the occupation of your columns with any private discussion, and with that view I had, as I thought, in my letter on the subject of the unfortunate foul at the late Regatta, given all the information necessary for the public, and yet avoided every point which could call forth a reply. However, in your paper of the 12th instant I observe a letter signed J. W. Allen, which imperatively demands some explanation, not only on my own account, but also out of consideration of the feelings of others. In the letter alluded to, Mr. Allen says that mine, " if unanswered, might render many dissatisfied with the decision of the Umpire." This I beg most unequivocally to deny. I do not dispute, ( and I stated such to be the case,) the decision of the Umpire. I believe that it was a very difficult point to decide, and as the rules were imperfect as to the imaginary line Mr. Allen writes about, that it was necessary Mr. Williams should draw that line. Now I am ready to admit that I drew a different one; but still as there are two sides to the question, so nicely balanced that even the Editor of Bell's Life declares his incompetency to decide, even with the aid of a Chart, I can not blame Mr. Williams for taking a different view of the ques- tion ; and I here take this opportunity of expressing my thanks to that gentleman for his great courtesy in giving his reasons to me for his decision, accompanied by a Chart of the river, which must have taken no little time and trouble in its con- struction. 1 regret certainly that the rules were imperfect, and that Mr, Williams, as Umpire, should have had the ungracious task of filling the hiatus; but I most cordially thank him for undertaking and filling the office, and trust that he will be prevailed on to resume it on the next occasion. Having thus dismissed all that part of Mr. Allen's letter which relates to the nature of the foul, remarking, by the way, that he admits all that I asserted, I proceed to make a few observations on Mr. Allen's other reasons for writing his letter, viz., lest mine " might make many doubtful as to the fairness of the Unity's taking the cup under the circumstances of being fouled." In the first place he says that the agreement was differently interpreted by my brother and sister— 1 beg leave to say that I did not give the interpretation of either— I simply gave the statement of each, as to a conversation, or at least such parts of it as they considered important, leaving the public to draw their own interpretation,— but as Mr. Allen has chosen to argue his case, let us see what may be said on the other side. But before doing this, I must confess my surprise at, and enter my protest against one portion of M r. Allen's argument, viz., that the crew of the Unity were not bound by an agreement made with me by their Captain, and that ( here I quote his very words) " if when the fouling took place the rest of the crew threw up their oars, the race would be over whatever agreement the Captain might have made beforehand." This appears to me to savour more of American repudiation than of British honour, and I certainly did not expect to see such an opinion broached in a letter signed by a member of an English University. I admit that the crew were not bound to ratify the agreement made with me by their Captain, but in accepting the St. John's side they did ratify it, and had, I should imagine, only to ascertain its nature. I may here observe that if Mr. Allen had been a little more bound by the instructions of his Captain, he would not have caused the foul, as he was distinctly cautioned not to take the middle arch, but persisted in trying to do so, on his own judgment, which, as the event proved, was erroneously formed— this I have from Mr. Allen himself, through a third party, and I know it is not denied. Next as to the value of the agreement, which Mr. Allen complains " would have given such a manifest advantage to the Intrepid,'" if interpreted in the way I understood it. It is ad- mitted that I gave up to the Unity a point upon which the captain grounded his only chance of winning, for which conces- sion I was to receive an equivalent— now what was that equi- valent ? It is clear that it was not ( as supposed by the Unity,) the promise " not to foul intentionally" because that had been voluntarily promised by both parties prior to the agreement, I even promising not to foul when I got into my own water without giving notice. This the two witnesses both testify. YVe were thus on even terms as to an intentional foul. Now if this be tiie case what was I to receive as an equivalent for the concession of the St. John's side, other than the permission to drop astern, and go on into my own water without fear of losing the race by an accidental foul ? The simple case rests upon these facts. The only chance of the Unity winning rested upon their having the St. John's side, for being inferior in condition the crew wished to put off the struggle as long as possible, which can only be done by the boat having the St. John's side, on the other hand, the only chance of the Intrepid losing as I then stated having come to the conclusion in consequence of repeated trials of both boats by my watch, and as the event very clearly proves— depended oil a foul. Now I contend that it was a fair exchange for all parties ( who wished a " fair field and no favour") for the Intfe. pid to give up to the Unity that upon which the latter de- pended as its only chance of winning, receiving in return a freedom from that upon which they rested their only chance of losing. So much ror the argument on my side, and now Sir, I wish clearly to place before the Unity club the position in which I humbly conceive they are placed— of course not including my brother, who very honourably disclaims all participation. They have gained a cup in consequence of their obtaining the St. John's side from the Intrepid, on the faith of an agreement which was differently understood by the two parties making it that agreement therefore was not carried out, and yet even while they had the power to do so— that is immediately after the foul— they refused to row over again the race previously won, to say the least of it, by a mistaken interpretation of that agreement. It appears to me that they had no more right ( in a court of honor,) to insist upon retaining the cup, gained by availing themselves of their interpretation, than I had to insist upon demanding it on my interpretation;— viz. that they were not to claim a foul— but as we were not agreed I considered the race null and void, and that we ought to begin de novo. How far this would have affected the public I leave the public to de- cide. If I agree to sell a horse as I think for £ 60, and the other party understands the price to be £ 50, what more right has he to demand the horse for £ 50 than I have to demand £ 60 for the horse. In this case the sale would be null and void, even if there were a witness on each side, each having understood the price to have been as stated by the respective principals. Such, Sir, is our view of the case. 1 can only in conclusion assure you that I do not wish to interfere with the Unity Club in holding the cup— I do not profess to be the keeper of other people's honor, nor do I care whether they retain possession, or not; for as it certainly can not beheld by the Intrepid Club, it can make no difference to me whether for the next twelve months the Unity Club or the Stewards have possession— and I can most conscientiously affirm that if there be any honor at- tached to the cup under such circumstances, I do not in the slightest degree envy them its possession. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant, J. H. WALSH. Worcester, Sept. 11th., 1846. HUGH Mc'NEILE, DOUGLAS JERROLD, AND RICHARD COBDEN. To the Editor of the Worcestershire Guardian. Sir,— As your contemporary the Chronicle, with that blind, infuriated bigotry, which has characterised him from the com- mencement of his career, has thought fit to quote the ribald Douglas Jerrold's libel on Mr. Mc'Neile, you will perhaps give insertion to the following lines in exculpation of him. Mr. Mc'Neile publishes a sermon, entitled, " Every eye shall see him" or " Prince Albert's visit to Liverpool used in illustration of the second coming of Christ." Douglas Jerrold lays hold of this title, and in a tissue of blasphemies pretends to prove Mr. Mc'Neile guilty of blasphemy, because he takes advantage of a striking iocal occurrence to illustrate the second coming of the Saviour. When George the Fourth visited Scotland, an old woman was said to have exclaimed, " Gude guide us ! If this be the coming ot an earthlv king, what will the coming of the King of kings be?" But I never heard that this simple- minded peasant was accused of blasphemy or irrever- euce, and why should Mr. Mc'Neile be so? No 1 The ire of this democratic scribe is kindled by a single sentence, incidentally brought in, in which he detects what he calls " that cut away and tarnished thing— the Divine right;" and he chooses to take it for granted that Mr. Mc'Neile's object is to court Prince Albert by likening him to the King of kings, instead of merely using Prince Albert's coming, to turn the thoughts to that most stupendous of all events, the second coming of the Son of Man. Did Mr. Douglas Jerrold never read, " By Me kings reign, and princes decree judgment." " The powers that be are ordained of God ?" And is he ignorant that Mr. Mc'Neile has only used a mode of illustra- tion which his Divine Master has used before him? " A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom and to return." In what respect does this and our scribe's usual mode of illustrating truth by a reference to common usages and occurrences differ from Mr. Mc'Neile's? Only think, for instance, of the bad taste and impiety of illus- trating so grand a subject as the Saviour's first coming to seek and to save that which was lost, by such a degrading similitude On Wednesday week the public dinner to C. N. Newdegate, Esq., one of the Members for the Northern Division of War- wickshire, took place at Coleshill. A spacious marquee was erected in a field near the Swan Hotel, richly ornamented with flowers and evergreens. The banner of the Birmingham Loyal and Constitutional Association was hung behind the chair, the words " agriculture" and " commerce" being displayed in variegated lamps on each side. At the back of the Vice- chair were the words in flowers, surrounded by variegated lamps, " Newdegate and Protection ;" pictures of the Queen and Royal Family, and banners of the United Tradesmen, being hung on the sides. No less than 350 sat down to dinner. Throughout the morning, the town of Coleshill appeared as bestirred by some mighty event. All countenances seemed beaming with joy, and the enthusiasm which was so prevalent within the tent evidently found a response in the hearts of those without. The bells of the church rang joyfully in celebration of the honour done to one of the Church's noble defenders, " and all went merry as a holiday." Among the company present were Lord George Bentinck, M. P.; Lord Brooke, M. P.; Lord Newport, M. P.; C. B. Adderley, Esq., M. P.; R. Spooner, Esq., M. P.; C. Colville, Esq.. M. P.; Sir T. Biddulph, Bart., & c., & c. On the removal of the cloth, the customary loyal toasts were given from the chair, ( which was occupied by Sir E. C. Hartopp, Bart.,) after which followed the toast of the evening— the health of Mr. Newdegate. Mr. Newdegate thereupon rose and addressed the meeting at considerable length. In the course of his remarks, the Hon. Member said he lamented the disease which affected the potatoes, not only for the loss it would entail, but also because it would act as a blind to the effect of the innovations which had been made by keeping up prices. The evil they had made use of to obtain these changes served now to blind them to the consequences which would as surely follow as the next winter would follow the present summer. The price of wheat would, he was sure, fall to 40s.; and he asked them, as practical farmers, could they grow it at that price ? (" No, no.") He asked the manufacturer and tradesman, was not the home market as four to one compared to the foreign, and was it wise to sacrifice four- fifihs to one ? The Hon. Gentleman, referred to Sir Robert Peel's answer to the address from Prussia, in which he had declared that he introduced the income tax in 1842 as the foundation of a permanent reformed system of taxation. He, therefore, had introduced it for the purpose of supplanting the Corn Law, which had been introduced almost simultaneously with it. He asked whether any Government was not better than one which introduced measures merely as a blind to the principles they were pursuing. The speaker further observed that Mr. Cobden had confessed to the people of Bordeaux that the repeal of the Corn Laws was not. the only object the League had in view. He considered the repeal of the Sugar Duties as a greater triumph, because it involved a complete overthrow of our colonial system. A few years ago this would not have been thought loyal ( cheers), for it went to the dismemberment of the empire. ( Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman then pointedly alluded to the tricks of the League in the Registration Courts, when 23,000 notices of objections were posted by the League in three days, and 94,000/. was spent by the League in obtaining qualifications by faggot votes for their friends— and told them that if they would not watch this, if they would not combine to meet this, long after they had lost protection they would become the slaves of this vile faction. ( Cheers.) Lord George Bentinck, on his health being drunk, addressed an eloquent and powerful speech to the meeting, in the course of which he made some observations upon the Ministerial speeches at the Sheffield meeting, compared the value of the home trade with that of the foreign markets, in which only a mere fraction of our manufactures was consumed ; and exposed the fallacy of the views of the modern political economists in unmeasured terms. In England 27 per cent, duty was called monopoly ; but the same persons who raised this cry here called a 30 per cent, duty in America " free trade." There the manufactures of Coventry, Nuneaton, and Birmingham, had to pay one third of their value to Uncle Sam and Brother Jonathan in the shape of taxes ; and he wanted to know why the produce of the wastes and prairies of Uncle Sam and Brother Jonathan should not pay a share of our taxes here ? he was no advocate of prohibition, but he wished to make the foreigners who sent their produce here pay a portion of the taxes. R. Spooner, Esq., also spoke at some length, declaring the interests of agriculture and manufactures to be identical. They were twin sisters, and when they died they would be buried in the same grave. With everything that had fallen from Lord G. Bentinck on the principle of protection he cor- dially agreed. The great fallacy held out to take those who would not think— that of " buying in the cheapest market and selling in the dearest," was the vilest that ever was propounded. If to get cheap corn we were to ruin the aristocracy, and burden the other classes of the country with taxes, while the foreigner was left without taxation,— if this was the principle of buying in the cheapest market, they who thus gave the labourer cheap corn ought to provide some way in which the money should come into his hands to purchase it. The other speakers were Lord Brooke, Rev. G. Y. Osborne, the Chairman, H. Pye, Esq., and T. Umbers, Esq.; and the party did not break up until midnight. DREADFUL FIRE AT GREENOCK.— Intelligence was received in Liverpool on Friday, from Greenock, of a dreadful fire there on the previous day. Fairrie and Co.' s sugar- house, Cartsdyke, Greenock, look fire, and the greater part was con- sumed. The damage is estimated at from 50,000/. to 80,000/. The sugar- house was situate contiguous to several streets, and a building- yard, where two of the new Atlantic steam- ships are building. One life was lost. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN LIVERPOOL. — Since the awful calamity which destroyed the sugar works of Messrs. Brancker, in Harrington street, Liverpool has not been visited by a fire so alarming in its nature, and so destructive in its effects, as that which occurred on Thursday night, and which has resulted in the total destruction of the works of Messrs. Macfie and Sons, sugar refiners. The building, which is now a blackened mass of ruined walls, is situate in Bachelor- street, Dale- street, and runs from Bachelor- street to Orange- street, bounded at the south end by Hale- street. With the exception of one sugar- house in London, which is entirely fire- proof, this was considered the safest in the kingdom. It was well and substantially built, and with machinery, cost the enormous sum of 40,000/. The fire broke out, as near as can be ascertained, about half- past^ six o'clock. Although not a moment was lost, and the engines were soon got into play, such was the inflammable nature of the materials inside the sugar- house, well stored as it also was with sugar and molasses, that the flames had considerably progressed before any attempt could be made to prevent their spreading. In a very few minutes the roof fell in, and the flames rapidly extending, forced their way downward from story to story with increasing fury. The building is seven stories high, exclusive of the cellar ; and as floor after floor burst through, the flames, roaring like a mighty torrent, rose to an immense height, threatening destruction to every building in the immediate neighbourhood. Explosions occasionally took place, and were followed by the emission of dense masses of black suffocating smoke, against which the poor firemen struggled with more than prudent perseverance. As we have before stated, the building and machinery cost 40,000/. Taking its present value, however, at half that sum, and calculating the stock at 40,000/., believed to be pretty near the mark, it will require 60,000/. to cover the entire loss, to say nothing of the destruction of the furniture of the poor people, and the loss to the workmen ( 100 in number), who will unfortunately be thrown out of employment. The premises, stock, and machinery were fully insured. ROMANTIC ADVENTURE.— Paris is the place for romantic adventures. One night, some months ago, a young officer of a cavalry regiment was returning to his barracks late, when he saw on one of the bridges a young woman of considerable beauty, but clad in the mean garments of a workwoman, preparing to plunge into the river. He seized her, and threatened to take her to the station- house. She supplicated, however, so earnestly to be left alone, that the officer consented to release her; first, however, exacting a solemn promise that she would not repeat the attempt. She hurried away, but the young soldier deemed it right to follow her. Luckily it was that he did so; for no sooner she believed herself free from observation than she plunged into the river. The officer was close upon her, and with some difficulty, and not without danger, succeeded in dragging her to land. This time he insisted upon accompanying her to her home. With extreme reluctance the would- be suicide led him to a miserable lodging in the most wretched part of the town. Knocking at the door, an old woman appeared, to whom the officer related what had happened. " Ah, madam," she said, " it was for that then you borrowed iny clothes?" and she went on to relate to the young officer that the pre- tended unknown was no other than the daughter of a noble- man of highest rank, and that she had that night come to borrow the dress in which she appeared, in order, as she said, to avoid discovery in a love adventure. In proof of the truth of the story, the old woman pointed to the young lady's dress, which she had left on assuming her coarse attire. This naturally excited the young man's curiosity to the highest pitch. He insisted on going with the young lady to her father, to whom he related all that had taken place. Warm thanks were, of course, heaped upon him, and he was invited to the house, at which he subsequently became a constant visitor. An intimacy sprang up between him and the young lady, which ripened into affection, and the affection resulted in a marriage, celebrated a few days ago. This tale is true, strange as it may appear. It has, of course, created an immense sensation in the higher circles of Parisian society ; and at present it is said that all the unmarried ladies are bent on attempting to commit suicide at midnight, in the hope of being saved by a handsome officer of hussars. It is so romautic, and whatever is romantic has immense popularity in France. i& ultum in llarUo. it is reported in Bristol, that the Clifton Suspension Bridge is at last about to be completed. Considerable quantities of walnuts have been imported from Holland, France, and Belgium, during the past week. The importa- tions of fruit generally have also been extensive, and have comprised large quantities of apples, pears, plums, and the more valuable des- criptions of stone fruit. A single potato plant was dug up the other day in a garden belong- ing to Mr. Phillips, of the Tything, in this city, with 29 tubers attached to it, all sound, healthy, and of good size. An apple tree grafted by Mr. William Pannis, of Shelwick, the latter end of fast April, may be seen in the orchard of Mr. John Walker, of Shelwick, in the parish of Ilolmer, Herefordshire, which is bearing fine healthy fruit, there being not less than 145 apples on fourteen grafts. A poor man, named Bushby, was killed a few days ago, at Barring- ton- wharf, near Northleaeh, by a blow on the head with r policeman's staff. The policeman is in custody. The church of St. Edmund's, to which Canute contributed in honour of the martyr to English independence, was last week knocked down by the liammer at £ 520, for conversion into a dye- house. A shepherd of Roehampton has died in St. George's Hospital from wounds inflicted by a bull which he was attempting to drive from a field; the animal having made several thrusts at him, and theu tossed him into the air. The James Scott, a ship of 1000 tons burthen, which has been lying in the basin at Antwerp for eighteen years, in consequence of a law suit between the owners and their creditors, suddenly sunk a few nights ago, from what cause is unknown, A young married " Princess," daughter of an ex- King, eloped from Paris on Wednesday night, with a dutch painter. The total amount of the property left by the late King of Holland, Louis Napoleon, is estimated at fifteen millions of francs (£ JOO, OOU)'. He has bequeathed £ 10,000 to a natural son, and the residue goes to Prince Louis Napoleon. ^ A farmer near Northallerton, lately pulled a single stem of oats, of the Tartary kiud, on which there were 240 good seeds. There never was a season, we believe, in which the principal water- ing places in all parts of the kingdom were so full of company as at piesent, and this is chiefly accounted for by the cheapness of travel- ling and the other facilities that are given to visitors by railways. On the Glasgow and Greenock Railway, third class passengers pav only a farthing a mile. 1 J The public Baths and Wash- houses inEuston- aquare were opened for the first time on the 3rd of August, and up to the 29th of the same month, not fewer than 12,315 persons have made use of the baths, showing an average of 462 a day, During the same period 764 women have washed 18,783 articles of wearing apparel in the wash- houses. The beautiful monument erected to Malibran, at the church of Lacken, has been closed up by order of the cure, as the peasants were in the habit of worshipping it. The potato disease is of six years' standing, having first broken out at St. Helena in 1840. The salary of Sir Charles Wetherell, as Recorder of Bristol, was £ 400 per annum ; as Assessor of the Tolsey Court, £ 200 : and an additional £ 100 for travelling expenses. Total £ 700. In the neighbourhood of Castleblayney a drunken friar is disposing of holy water as a remedy for the potato disease. Thousands flock to his residence, and it is admitted on all hands that such gross super- stition was never witnessed in a Christian land.— Local Paper. The income of the Corporation of London amounts to £ 223 000 It is stated that a large number of railway labourers have entered into engagements to proceed to Spain. A gentleman advertises in the Daily News of Saturday, that he has discovered perpetual motion, and wants a thousand pounds to set it a going. One of the prisoners about to be tried at the Middlesex sessions on Tuesday, finding the door leading from his cell into the dock unbolted, quietly put on his hat, passed through the court, and suc- ceeded in making his escape. In a handbill affixed to the Bow- lane Police Station, London a reward is olf'ered for the apprehension of one George Hummerston absconded, and after a very particular personal description the notice concludes in the following odd and amusing style :—" He generally goes to a public house in the evening to smoke" his pipe, and is very fond of talking of religion and horses ."' On the 30th ult., while workmen were engaged raising the black- band iron- stone, at the open cast on Bell's- holme, for the Lugar Iron Company, and after breaking up a large block about 4 or5 feet square they discovered near the centre of it a toad. The iron- stone where itjwas discovered, is from 3 to 4 feet thick, and 30 feet below the surface.— Caledonian Mercury. An estimate has been made that for some years to come 200 000 labourers ( navies) may find employment ou railways. The deepest part of the ocean which has been sounded is one mile and 05 feet in depth. If wesuppose its medium depth to be two miles the water in it would cover all the dry parts of the earth— if it could' be spread over them— to the depth of ab out 31,680 feet, or six miles For a wager of £ 15, Leeson, the swimmer, jumped from Hunger- ford Bridge, on Monday last, and swam to Waterloo Bridge, in four minutes and forty- five seconds, with forty seconds to spare. The Sultan is said to have determined on building a theatre for the performance of Italian operas in his palace at Constantinople. Two soldiers of the 95th Regiment, stationed at Tralee, be^ an boxing, the other day, in jest. Presently the play turned into earnest • and one hit his opponent a blow which killed him on the spot. ' Mr. G. W. Johnston has published a pamphlet to nvike known a remedy for the potato disease. He says—" The remedy is very simple, and, as is usually the case, is preventive rather than curative viz.: plaut at the close of September, or in the first week in October." Stsricultural Eimiligence. HOPS. WORCESTER, SEPT. 18.— The new hops came into our market last Saturday in quantities far beyond expectation, nearly 3000 pockets having been pitched. At first the sale was slow, prices being hardly settled, but as the day advanced the demand became very quick, and at the close the scale ticket showed a return of 1609 pockets weighed, besides 284 in the week. The samples are generally very fine, and the condition good, scarcely a sample of inferior quality being in offer; and it is admitted by every one connected with the trade that so fine a growth has not been known for many years. The prices range from 75s. to 88s., choice 92s. per cwt. The duty is at £ 30,000— the Kingdom, £ 220,000. The picking and drying has been going on since Saturday as rapidly as possible, and the weather having been unprece- deutedly fine for these operations, a very large quantity of hops have been bagged, and we anticipate that at our annual hop and cheese fair to- morrow ( Saturday) we shall have— say 5000 pockets brought in. BOROUGH, SEPT. 14.-— We have had now a full supply of the new growth, the character of which is fine and good; the price having fallen considerably this week, there is a quick demand, and the planters are not well satisfied with the reduction. Duty £ 195,000 to £ 200,000. There are very- few old hops of any age in existence. New Pockets. £ Farnham 6 Kent 4 East Kent 0 Sussex 4 Yearlings 4 s. £. s. 6 6 0 0 4 6 10 ( I 0 4 10 6 6 New Bags. £ s. £ s. Kent 0 0 0 0 Sussex 0 0 0 0 Yearlings 0 0 0 0 Old Hops 0 18 4 4 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 Bail- Room, the Ride, or the Promenade. After the Minerals and Vegetables of the Old World have been 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, aud 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, London, where the Balm is sold; and by all respectable Perfumers and Medicine Venders. Price 3s. 6d., 6s., and lis. per Boir'e. No other prices are genuine. Ask for OLDRIDGE'S BALM, 1, Wellington S treet Strand, London. Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Bad Digestion.— Wonder- ful Cure.— T. Gardiner, Esq., of 9, Brown- street, Grosvenor- square, declares that he had been under four of the most eminent physicians, besides five of the greatest surgeons in London. He suffered from a distended stomach, bad digestion, settled pains in the chest, was very nervous, and greatly debilitated, and scarcely able to walk a hundred yard. Not deriving the least relief from the faculty, he set about rubbing large quantities of Holloway's Ointment into the chest, and took Holloway's Pills night and morning, which effectually restored him to perfect health and vigour in the short space of three weeks. KENT.— The Maidstone Journal of Tuesday last says the weather of the past week has continued highly favourable for the picking aud materially aided the growth of the smaller hops remaining on the poles, thus exciting an anxiety in the minds of the growers to gather their fruit while all things were favourable, which they have done by placing on many additional pickers. Wednesday was the first wet day we have had during the picking ; but as we had only slight and partial showers, we do not apprehend any damage from them. The hops were coming down well; the duty being firm at £ 200,000. General accounts state that the hops come down light, but that they are good in quality. This deficiency in weight brings the estimate of duty lower. FAIRS IN THE ENSUING WEEK. Worcestershire.— Evesham, Mon.; Kedditch, Mon.; Tenbury, Sat. Gloucestershire.— Moreton- in- Marsh, Tues, ; Newent, ~ Fri. ; Wootton- under- Edge, Fri. Herefordshire.— Longtown, Mon. Shropshire.— Llanymynech, Wed. ; Church Stretton, Fri. ; Oswestry, Fri. Warwickshire.— Poiesworth, Mon.; Sutton, Mon. ; Tanworth, Wed. ; Birmingham, Thurs.; Stratford- upon- Avou, Fri. inches across. Auriculas are impatient of rich compost during winter, turfy loam, river sand, and very rotten horse- dung ; a small portion of the two latter will make a suitable compost. Itis'far better to give them a strong top- dressing in the spring than to have it of too forcing a nature for their winter food.— Tulips: Inconse- quence of the general weakness of the bulbs, it will be advisable to put a small portion of decayed manure and leaf- soil, about two or inches beneath the offsets. It is argued that manure fouls the cups, and with some show of propriety. But as there are always excep- tions to every rule, there should be a stronger diet for the offsets in the coming season.— Carnations and Picotees: The layers may be taken off and potted without delay, using the compost as directed last week. KITCHEN GARDEN AND ORCHARD.— All herbs, if not gathered, should be cut immediately. Quick drying is proved to be the best mode, for the same reasons that quick haymaking exceeds a lingering process. If any of the Asparagus- beds are withering, and ground is scarce, cut them over if quite yellow, and plant a row or two of Lettuce for late work. Young Cabbages just through the ground should have a little soil thrown through their stems, if intended to remain where sown. Stop all Figs directly, and persevere in rub- bing off all late made breast- wood from trained trees in general. Agricultural auD ottjer ftflarttets. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK- LANE, MONDAY, SEPT. 14. At this day's market there was a fair show of English wheat, the trade was less buoyant than on Friday, still nearly a clearance was effected at ts to 2s per quarter over the currency of this day week. Free foreign and barrel flour in moderate request, aud Is dearer. White peas and Egyptian beans fully 2s to 3s higher. The barley trade less brisk. Maltsters and distillers kept more on the reserve. The turn was in favour of buyers, and the quality not so good as last week. Malt, new beans, and hog peas, held for advanced rates. In addition to the reported arrival of oats, there were several cargoes further this morning of foreign coastvvays, and a few from abroad, also a few new from Lincolnshire, Holland, and Ireland. There was no change in value, but buyers took very sparingly, and quite in retail of old, while new were completely neglected. Per qr. Wheat, Essex, Kent, & Suffolk Red 54 to 60 White - 57 65 Lincolnshire & York- shire Red 53 55 White 55 61 Scotch - - - 51 53 White - 52 • 57 Irish - - - - 51 53 White - 51 55 Barley, Essex and Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk Malting - 36 38 Distilling 35 37 Chevalier 38 43 Grinding - 29 32 Irish, Distilling- 27 30 Grinding - - - 26 28 Rye, Distilling 38 40 Grinding - - - 36 39 Malt, Norfolk & Suffolk 60 64 Brown - - - 54 56 Fer qr- Malt * Kingston and Ware 64 67 Brown - 56 58 Oats, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, Feed 24 26 Pota. and Poland 28 30 Scotch - 25 29 Devonshire and Welsh 24 26 Londonderry, Newry, and Clonmel ditto - 26 28 Limerick and Sligo - 26 28 Cork and Waterford Black 24 25 White- 24 28 Galway - 20 21 Extra - 20 24 Beans, Tick - 40 43 Harrow aud Small 42 44 Peas, Essex, Boilers 48 53 Blue - 60 80 Grey, Maple, & Hog - 38 43 Extra - - - - 43 45 WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16. The business was considerably less than on Monday, the supplies being small of every article except wheat, of which there were fine samples from Sussex and Kent. In foreign wheat, the only business was inferior Dantzic for exportation to Holland and France. En- quiries for Indian corn are becoming so general from the countries where the potato crops have been lost, that this grain is held for much higher than the present prices, Oats were al » o held for higher prices. Barley was in rather an increased supply, and purchases were readily made at the late advance in price. IMPERIAL AVERAGES. Average Price of Com, per Imperial Quarter, for the Week endin a Sept. 5. Wheat .... 49s Od I Oats .... 23s 2d I Beans 40s 4d Barley .... 31s Od j Rye .... 32s 7d | Peas 37s Id Aggregate Average of the Six Weeks which regulates the Duty. Wheat .... 46s 9d I Oats .... 23s 4d I Beans Barley .... 283 Id j Rye . ... 30s 7d | Peas Duty on Foreign Corn. Wheat 10s Od I Oats Is 6d I Beans Bailey 3s 6d } Rye 3s 6d | Peas 39s 8d 36s 7d 3s 6d 3s 6d SEED MARKliT, SEPT. 14. English linseed cakes command a very steady sale, at fully the late advance in the quotations. Foreign firm, but not dearer. Rape- cakes moved off slowly at late rates. Foreign linseed is somewhat higher. Black Sea 43s 6d to 44s ; Petersburg, 40s to 41s ; and East India, 42s 6d to 43s tid per qr. In all other kinds of seeds only a moderate business doing. A few parces of new clover seed kave appeared on sale, but there was not a single transaction, owing to the low prices offered. WOOL MARKETS. LONOON, SEPT. 14.— The public sales which commenced ou Thurs- day continue to be well attended, and most of the parcels offered found buyers, at fully the last sales' prices. In the private contract market, very little business doing ; yet the holders were not disposed to accept ol lower rates. LIVERPOOL— The public sales of low wools which took place here on the 10th, went off with spirit at foil rates. WAKEFIELD.— There has been no variation for some weeks past in the wool trade; prices for both long and short wool continued stationary, but in long wool the demand runs more upon the higher and finer kinds, whilst the deeper and heavier sorts were in less request. LEEDS.— Foreign: There was very little business done this week, and few buyers in the market, owing probably to the sales now going forward in London. HLDDERSFIELD.— A slight improvement took place since last market day. The warehouses have been rather busier during the week. But little doing in the wool market. t ROCHDALE.— The wool market has been slack, and the business ransacted has been upon a very limited scale. Middling priced wool was extremely scarce and difficult to meet with. HALIFAX.— Wools dull of sale, and prices remained unimpaired. BRADFORD.— The prices of wool, yarns, or pieces, remain as last week. SMITH FIELD CATTLE MARKET. SEPT. 14. At Hull, about 400 head of various kinds of stock have been landed chiefly from Holland ; and at Plymouth, 30 heifers have come to hand from France, and been disposed of, at from £ 7 to £ 9 0s per head. To- day there were on offer about 650 beasts, 2,100 sheep and lambs, and 30 calves from abroad, in generally speaking, in good condition. Nearly the whole found buyers, at late rates. From our own grazing districts, the arrivals of beasts were some- what on the increase, but of middling quality; altogether, the bullock supply was large. Prime Scots, & c., moved off steadily, at last week's quotations ; but, in some instances, the value of the inferior breeds had a downward tendency, and a clearance of such was with difficulty effected. The numbers of sheep were again seasonably extensive ; yet the mutton trade was very steady, aud last Monday's currencies weie readily supported. In lambs— the numbers of which were good— a full average amount of business was transacted, at late rates. The trade was steady, at full prices. Pigs moved off steadily at our quotations. PRICES PEE STONE OF 8LBS. TO S. INK THE OFFAL. Horticulture. OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. CONSERVATORIES, STOVE, & c.— Follow former directions, and pay constant attention to all matters which may aid in keeping up gaiety through the winter. Be sure that all flues are perfectly clean, so as to be ready when severe weather sets in. Give a thorough circula- tion of air, and shut up with a little solar heat, in order to encourage some of the large specimens of a tenderer character than the ordinary stock .— Mixed Greenhouse: Heliotropes to flower through the winter and the scarlet Pelargoniums, should now be introduced here ou a light and cool shelf. Autumn frosts may shortly be expected, and if such could be warded off by some means, most of these things would be better out of doors for another fortnight. Pot early Cinerarias those taken in hand in due time will now be showing bloom, and will be very useful in prolonging the autumn display. Let all propaga- tion matters concerning such flowers as Verbenas, Fuchsias, Calceo- larias, & c., & c., for next year's display in pots, be brought to a close. FLOWKR GARDEN ANU SHRUBBERIES.— Now is an excellent time to collect a nice lot of Verbena plants, with roots, from early planted masses. Let all propagation matters, having reference to next year's display, be wound up forthwith. See to the staking of late Asters, Phloxes, & c., of a tall character; the autumn storms will otherwise destroy them prematurely. Prime Hollyhocks for s eed should have the decaying corolla plucked out; this helps the seeding much. Make observations on the colour and general character of the flower garden before the season closes, in order to improve next year. FLORISTS' FLOWERS.— Auriculas : If not already potted for the winter should be done without delay. Remove suckers or offsets, and place tlieiu round the sides of the pots, which should b « six Inferior Beasts 2 10 Second quality ditto 3 2 Prime large Oxen .... 3 8 Prime Scots, & c 4 0 Inferior Sheep 3 6 Second quality ditto 4 0 Coarse- woolled ditto 4 2 4 Prime Southdown.. 4 6 4 s d 3 0 3 6 3 10 4 2 3 10 Beasts, 4,131 Prime Southdown in s d s d wool 0 0 0 0 Lamb 4 8 5 8 Large coarse Calves 3 10 4 6 Prime small ditto .... 4 8 4 10 Suckling Calves, each 18 0 30 0 Large Hogs 3 8 4 6 Small Porkers 4 8 4 10 Qr. old store pigs, each 16s a 20 SUPPLY AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Sheep and Lambs, 31,070 | Calves, 192 | Pigs 481 WORCESTER, SEPT. 18. Our market was well supplied with wheat on Saturday, although the attendance was small. Wheat sold slowly at an improvement of 2s to 3s per qr. Oats and beans in brisk demand at au advance of Is to 2s per qr. Barley, 2s to 3s per quarter dearer. s d s d Old Oats, Irish 3 9 4 0 New Oats, Irish...... 0 0 0 0 Beans, old, English .. 5 8 6 0 Ditto, Foreign .... 5 0 5 4 Ditto new, English .. 5 4 5 6 Peas, Feed 5 0 5 4 Boilers, white 6 0 7 0 Vetches, Winter .... 5 6 6 0 ditto, Spring 0 0 0 0 Rye, new 4 0 4 6 s d s d Wheat, white 6 8 7 0 New 0 0 0 0 Foreign 0 0 0 0 Wheat, red 6 0 6 6 New 0 0 0 0 Foreign 0 0 0 0 Barley, grinding 4 0 4 3 Ditto" new Malting .. 4 6 5 0 Malt 8 0 8 6 Old Oats, English .. 4 0 4 6 New ditto 0 0 0 0 INSPECTOR'S WEEKLY RETURN OF CORN SOLD. Total quan. Av. per qr. I Total quan. Av. per nr. *"' " Rye . . . Oqr. 0bu.£ 0 0 0 Beans . . 0 0 0 0 0 Peas . . 26 4 2 0 1J Wheat 612' iis 1 ( ju. £ 2 It 2 j Barley 0 0 0 0 0 Oats. .0 0 0 0 0 COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 16.— During the present week there has been but little passing in the wheat trade, millers trying to buy at less money, and holders not disposed to give way. Malting bailey and grinding Is per quarter dearer. Old English beans Is to 2s per quarter higher. Oats firm, but not much doing.— Averages: Wheat, 2,444 qrs, 0 bush., 50s 8Jd ; barley, 171 qrs., 37s 8jd; oats 71 qrs. 4 bush., 28s 4d; beans, 35 qrs. 5 bush., 42s 5jd; peas, 14 qrs. 2 bush., 39s. GLOUCESTER, SEPT. 12.— There was a good demand for Eng- lish and foreign wheat, and an advance of about 2s per quarter on the former, and 4s on the latter, was obtained on the prices of this day week. Barley and oats were about Is per quarter, and beans Is to 2s dearer than this day week. HEREFORD, SEIT, 12.— Wheat ( old) 63 6d to 7s ; barley, ( new) 4s to 5s ; beans ( old) 5s to 6s ; peas, 5s ; oats, 3s 3s to 4s. SHREWSBURY, SETT. 12.— There was a firm trade, and a good clearance effected early— Wheat, 4s 7d to 6s 2d ; barley, 3s lOd to 5s lid ; oats, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per imperial bushel. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 15.— At market this day there was a slender attendance. The few oats offering brought full prices. A little new oatmeal was sold at 42s per load. Barley, beans, peas, and Indian corn, brought extreme rates. A moderate extent ot business done in barrel flour, and in many instances 6d per barrel less was taken. Ensolttcnt and laanlirupt JiUgismr. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11. BANKRUPTS. Henry Sutton, Holland- crescent, Barrington- road, Brixton, builder, Charles Paddon, Charlotte- terrace, New- cut, Lambeth, slop- seller. George Frederick Town Fowler, Lillington- street, Pimlico, printer. James Perkins, Wenlock- street, Hoxton, cheesemonger. Peter Flitton, Barley, Hertfordshire, boot and shoe maker. Michael Shackleton, Manchester, printer. Henry Copner, Ludlow, Shropshire, mercer. Thomas Morris, NewcastleEmlyn, Carmarthenshire, linen- draper. Thomas Barrett, Stroud, Gloucestershire, turner. Edward Boaz Smith, Scarborough, Yorkshire, timber- merchant. John Hardy, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, cattle- dealer. Edward Philpot, Ludlow, Shropshire, timber- dealer. Henry Deverill, Stoke- upon- Trent, Staffordshiie, and Congleton, Cheshire, corn- factor. Thomas Ward, Nottingham, maltster. William Gnbbon, Leeds, glass andohina dealer. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. BANKRUPTS. Henry Drysdale, Lamb's Conduit- street, auctioneer. John Hardy, Castle Donnington, Leicestershire, cattle dealer. Henry Deverill, Stoke- upon- Trent and Uongleton, corn factor. William Mullin- er Higgins, Birmingham, laceman. Peter M'Shane, Dundalk, Louth, cattle dealer. William Warburton, Newcastle- upon- Tyne, grocer. Jonas Milnes, Joseph Lang, Joseph Wilby, aud Thomas Brook, Birstal, Yorkshire, scribbling millers. Printed and Published for the Proprietor, at the Office No. 5, Avenue, Cross, in the Parish of Saint Nicholas, in the Borough of Worcester, by FRANCIS PARSONS ENGLAND, Printer, residing ai No 52, Moor Street, lything of Whistones, in the Borough of Worcester. Saturday, September 19, 1846. Advertisements and Orders received by the following Agent* : LONDON :— Mr. Barker, 33, Fleet- street; Messrs. Newton & Co., 2, War wick Square; Mr. G. Reynell, 42, Chancery Lane; Mr. Deacon, 3, Walbrook, near the Mansion House; Mr. Joseph Thomas, 1, Finch Lane, Cornliill ; Mr. Hammond 27, Lombard- street; Mr. C. Mitchell, 8, Red Lion- court, Fleet- street; and Messrs. Lewis and Lowe, 3, Castle Court, Birchin Lane, Cornhill. Birmingham Mr. Wood. Bewilley, Mr. Danks. Bromsgrove, Mr. Maund. Broadway, Mr. J. Tustins,) un. Bloc/ cley, Mr. J. G. Edge. Chipping Campdcn, Mr. W. Greenhouse. Chaddesley Corbett, Mr. R, Brook, Post Office. Droitwich, Mrs. Green. Dudley, Mr. Danks. Evetham, Mr. Pearce. Mtruford, Mr, Parker. Kidderminster, Mr. Pennell. Ledbury, Mr. Bagster. Leominster, Mr. BurltoD. j\/ aZ » ern, Mr. Lamb. Pershore, Mrs. Laugher Redditch, Mr. Osborne, iioss, Mr. Farror. Stourbridge, Mr. Hemming. Stourport, Mr. Williams and Mr. Wheeldon. Tenbury, Mr. B. Home. Tewkesbury, Mr. Benuet < 7/>< o » , Mr, J. Okell.