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The Salopian Journal

Date of Article: 27/03/1822
Printer / Publisher: William Eddowes 
Address: Corn-Market, Shrewsbury
Volume Number:     Issue Number: 1469
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PRINTED RY WILLIAM EDDOWES, Vol, 29.] 1469. Wednesday, sw CORN MARKET, SHREWSBURY. March 27, 1822. Price Sevenpence, This Paper is circulated in the most expeditious Manner through the adjoining Counties qf ENGLAND and WALES.— Advertisements not exceeding ten Lines, inserted at Six Shillings each WJ WANTED immediately, a good COOK and HOUSEKEEPER, who perfectly understands lier Business, in a sulall Fainily near Welshpool.— Apply to Mr. Bloc, Nurseiy. and Seeds- man, Pride Hill, Shrewsbury. rANTED, an APPRENTICE to DRESS- MAKER in ihe first Line of Business.—' The Young Lady's religious and moral Habits, us well as- domestic Comforts, will be care- fully attended to. Apply to - A. B. Punt- Office, Ludlow. This Day is published, neatly printed in 12mo. Extra Boards, Price 5s ejnbellished with two superior Copperplate Engravings; THE LIFE of the Rev. JOHN WILLIAM FLETCHER, late Vicar of Made- ley, Shropshire By Ihe Be v. ROBERT COX, A. M. Perpetual Curate of St. Leonard's, Bi'i^ guor. th. "' No Age or Country has ever produeeda Man of more fervent Pietv, or more perfect Charity : no Church has ever possessed a more Apostolic Minister."— SOUTHEY. " Fletcher was a Man of heavenly Temper; a Saint, in the ancient and high Sense of the Term, whose Enthusiasm was entirely unmixed- wdh Bitter- ness, and whose Life and - Death- were alike edifying/ •— QUARTERLY REVIEW. COAL AND LIME- STONE. TO BE LET, For a Term of Years, to le agreed upon, rpH'E LIME- STONE and COALS, X under 150 Acre* or thereabouts of Land well connected fnr the Establishment of a superior Work, situate at and near l. o. NGNOFT in the County ofSalop, anil adjoining- the Leebotwood Works. The Sitiiatian is good, and offers a fair Prospect to any Adventurer to open an . extensive Work; the • thin Coal has been proved very near the Premises, and may lie worked tn Advantage. Any Person engaging the . above Concern may lie accommodated with. any Quantity pf Land necessary for the Occupations— For further Particulars apply to Mr. GEORGE GEARV, Westliury, nearShrewshury. Loudon; Printed for J. Butierworth and Son, and J, Hatchaed and Son ; said by W. En! K> WE8, Sbrews- huiv; Gitton, Bridgnorth ; Sinilh, Irnubridge ; aud all Booksellers. TO BE LET, ID Consequence of the present Tenant changing his Residence, j rrniE OAK CO FT AGE, calculated • JL for the Reception ofa small Family ; contain- ) iug 2 good Parlours, Kite ben, Brcwhouse, 2 good Cellars, 4 Bed Rooms, and a Dressings Room, with all necessary Fixtures; also a two- stalled Stable; with an excellent Garden an « l Pleasure Ground. It is situated one Mile from Hodnet, and one frQin Tern Hill, and will be vacant the latter End of June. For further Particulars apply to TllOMAS HUXLBY, Losford, near Tern Hill, March 12, 1822. COUNTRY RESIDENCE. ' TO BE LET, AND ENTERED UPON THE EIRST OF JUNE, ALL that capital Family Residence, culled DORRINGTON HOUSE, in the Parish of Condover, in the County of Salop, containing an Entrance Hall, Dining Room, Drawing Room, and Breakfast Parlour, 7 best Bed Rooms, together with Servants' Apartments, and every requisite Office, complete; with Coach House, Granary, and Stabling for six Horses, Saddle and Harness Rooms, Cow- Ties, & c.; an excellent Garden in the b^ st Con- dition, and Prom Ten to Twelve Acres of Land, or more if required. Dorrjngtori House is distant about Miles from Shrewsbury, on the Ludlow Road. The House is situated on an Eminence, commanding a beautiful and extensive View of tlie Streltmi Hills. An eligible Tenant may be accommodated with the Whole or nay Part of the Furniture, which is entirely new and fashionable, at a Valuation, if applied for on or belore the lst of May. Should the Furniture be approved of, the Premises ntav he entered upon immediately. For further Particulars apply Ct> Mr. W. C. CURTIS, 1 of Dorrviigtun; or lo Mr. C. HULBERT, Auctioneer mid General Agent, Shrewsbury. Burylary, Hi y hir ay Robber;/, Murder, and Ilorse^ Stealiny. FORTY POUNDS REWARD, AND ' 1> PWARDS. WE, the undersigned, having entered into a - Society, called " THE UNITED SOCIETY," do hereby offer the above Reward for the Apprehension and Conviction of any OffeniW or Offenders, who shall henceforth commit anv c, f the above Crimes upon us. Part of Lhe Reward to be immediately paid upon the Apprehension and t'om- tnitment lo Prison, and the Remainder after Con- viction. TllOMAS ALCOCK, Moreton Corbet, Salop, TREASURER, JUHN WOOD, Grinsliill, Salop, Soitciroit. Members of t' The United Society." DESIRABLE RESIDENCE. THE - ORANGE, NEAR 3I. I. ESMEUE, IN THE COUNTY OF SALOP. TO BE LET, And entered upon on the 12th of May next, LL that modern- built MANSION HOUSE, called TUE GRANGE; consisting, on the Ground Floor, besides Kitchen, Servants' > Hall, and Housekeeper's Rooui, of Drawing and Dining Rooms ( 24 Feet by 18 each), Library ( 17 by 16), and small Parlour ( 17 by 12); 4 Bed Rooms on the first Floor, with Dressing Rooms to two of them; and 2 good Bed Chambers on the second Floor, and Servants' Rooms. Together with about22 Aqres of excellent Meadow and Pasture LAND. N. B. The Outhouses are very complete and con- venient, and there are a good Garden aud Hothouse attached. The Premises may be viewed, with the Per- mission of the present Tenant, General Despard ; and further Particulars may be had. on Application to QRORGE KENYON, L£ sq. Wrexham. BEJBG- E. To Builders and Iron Masters. • f; TRACTING fur BUILDING the ABUT- MENTS of an IRON ARCH, proposed to be con- structed over the River Oily, at or near to. Stoke Castle, on the Road leading from Shrewsbury to Ludlow, and fnr altering the Course of the River, is requested to send sealed Proposals, endorsed " Pro- posals for building the Abutments of Stoke Bridge," to the ChWK OF - THE PEACE, at liij Office in the Sliireliall, Shrewsburv, on or. before Thursday, the lltli Do, of April, V822. Everv Person desirous of CONTRACTING for the ERECTION of an IRON ARCH, 55 Feet Span, upon the Abutments, it in like Manner requested to trans- mit his Proposals. Plans and Specifications of the Works may be • seen ou Application to the . CLERK OF THE PEACE; or lo the ( JOVNTY SURVEYOR, at the Canal. Office, ElLctnict- e. LOXDALE, q. P. TO © E SOLO, © R LET, And , nitty be entered upon immediately, A GENTEEL COTTAGE VILLA JCJL and Garden, beautifully situate on the Banks of the Severn, near COUND CHURCH, containing on the Ground Floor 3 Parlours, Kitchen, Brewhouse, ,& c.; 5 good Lodging Rooms on the First Floor ; and 2 Attics. A Coach passes daily.— For Particulars apply to Mr., FARMER, Dry ton, Salop. WOT ICE is hereby given, pursuant to an Act of Parliament passed in the 55th Year ofthe Reign of his late Majesty King George the. Third, intituled u An Act for enabling Spiritual Persons to exchange Parsonage or Glebe Houses or Glebe Lands belonging to their Benefices, for others of greater Value, or more conveniently situated for tlieir Residence and Occupation, and for annexing such Houses and Lands, so taken in Exchange, to such Benefices as Parsonage or Glebe Houses and Glebe Lands, and for purchasing and annexing Lands to become Glebe in certain Cases, and for other Purposes," That the Reverend GEORGE FOXTON, Rector of the Parish of Newtown, in the County of Montgomery, and JOHN PRYCE, of the Parish of Kerry, in the Couuty aforesaid, Joiner, in- tend to make an Exchange of certain Freehold Lands, situate in the said Parish of Newtown, of which the said John Pryce is seized in Fee, for certain . Parcels of Land appertaining to the said Rectory, as follows : that is to say, the said George Foxton intends to con- vey to the said John Pryce Part of a certain Piece of Land appertaining to the said Rectory, and hereto- fore one, but now divided into three, and containing by Admeasurement about 8 Perches, be - the same more or less, now in the Occupation of the said George Foxton and John Prvce, and situate in the said Parish of Newtown, in the said County of Mont- gomery, and bounded oa the West and North hy Lands of the said John Pryce and. William Davies, on the East by Lands of the said George Foxton as such Rector as aforesaid, and on the South hy the Turnpike Road leading from Newtown toKerry. And also a certain other Piece of Land, situate on Newtown Green, containing by Admeasurement about 12 Perches, be the same more or less, and now in the Occupation of C. Hall, and bounded on the South by Land of J. O Herbert, Esq. on the West hy Land of Richard Humphreys, on the North by Laud of C. Hall, and on the East by a certain Street or Highway ; in Exchange for Part of a certain Piece of Land belonging to thesaid John Pryce, con- taining about 19 Perches, be the same more or less, and now in the Occupation of the said John Pryce, and bounded on the South and East by Land of the said George Foxton as such Rector as aforesaid, on the West by Land of the said John Pryce, and on the North bv Land of Oli( ver Jones. Given under our Hands this 12th Day of March, 1822. GEORGE FOXTON, Witness JOHN PRYCE. THOMAS DR. EW. JTVTOT. IC E is hereby given, 16th Day of March, 18.22, an 0 Ac'on Reynold. Sir Andrew Corbet, Bart. Mr. Samuel Mintou Mr. John Powell Mr. William Fowler. Besford. Mr, John Davies Mr. William Hay ley Mr, Thomas Nevett Black Birches. Thomas Bayley, Esq. Boo ley. Mr. Robert Betton Mr. William Dale Bridleway Gate. Mr. William Brookes Clive. Mr. John Meares Mr. Richard Parr Mr. Richard Puleston Mr. Charles Harding Mr. William Pitchford Edqbolton. Mr. Edward Fotrlkes Mr. John Davies M r, Joseph- Poole Mr. Richard Henshaw Grin. ih ill. Mr. John Kilvert Mr. drfjhn Wood Mr Job IT Leeke M r. John ' JessOp Mr. John Matthews Mrs. Anne Ravenshaw dreen Fields. Mr. William Suker Grove, Shawbury. Mrs. Mary Harper Hard wick. Right Hon. I. ord Hill Mr. John Walmsley High Hatlo'n, $\ 3r. William Taylor Hast on. • Mr. George Hilditch Harcourt. Park. Mr. Thomas Wood Hadnal. Mr. Thomas Jones Mr. Thomas Maddocks Heath House. M r. W iUia tn Rode nh urst Hazles, Mr. Thomas Rodenhurst Lee Brockhurst. TOLLS TO BE LET. Shreicsbury and Hohjltead Turnpike Moad. 1VTOTICE is hereby given, tlmt the x N TOLLS arising at the undermentioned Turn- pike Gates and Weighing Machines, erected on the said Road, will be LET BY AUCTION, to the highest Bidder or Bidders, at the respective Times and Places under. mentioned, viz. On Mondav, the 8th Day of April next, at 12 o'Clock at Noon, at Cernioge Inn, near Cerrig y Druid ion, in the, County of Denbigh, will be. Let by Auction, the Tolls of the following Gates ; which Tolls prodioced the last Year the different Sums that on the Qrder was signed by MAURICE JONES, Esquire, and JOHN JENKINS, Clerk, two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Montgomery for diverting a certain Part of a Highway within the Township of Biynllywarch, in the said Hundred, lying between Cilrh ievv and the Village of Kerry, for the Length of 543 Yards or thereabouts, and also for diverting a certain Part of a. Footpath within the said Township of Bryullywarch, in the said.. Hundred, lying between Cilrhif vv and the Village of Kerry, for the Length of t] 004 Yards or thereabouts ; and that the said Order will he lodged with the Clerk of the Peace of the said County, at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to be hplden at Montgomery, in and for the said County, on the 18th Day of April next; and also that the said Order will, at the said Quarter Sessions, be confirmed and enrolled, unless, upon Appeal against the same then made, it shall' be otherwise determined. Brynll'jiuarch, March 16,1822. M O N T G QM E R Y S HIR E. Tolls to be Let. bp auction:. THIS DAY. MONTGOMERYSHIRE. Capital OAK and ASH TIMBER. At the Cock Inn, in the Parish of Forden, in the County of ( Montgomery, on Wednesday, the 27th Day of March, 1S22, at Four in Ihe Afternoon, subject to Conditions: rrilE following LOTS of TIMBER, J3L numbered with a Scribe: LOT I. 123 OAK Timber Trees, standing in a Coppice on EDDERTON FARM, in the Parish of Forden, occupied by Mr. William Edmunds, marked 1 to 123. LOT JI. 18 ASH Trees, marked 1 to 18, standing in the same Coppice. LOT III. 175 OAK Timber Trees, marked 1 to 175, standing i, iV a Coppice on the same Fartn, adjoining Lot 1. I. OT IV. 12 ASH Trees, marked 1 to 12, standing in the same Coppice. LOT V. 100 OAK Timber Trees, marked X to 100, standing on the same Farm. LOT VL 50 ASH Trees, marked 1 to 50, standing on the same Farm. LOT VI 1. 3* OAK Timber Trees, marked 1 to 32, standing on Lafuis at EDDERTON, occupied by Mr. David Morgan. LOT ' VIII. 9 ASH Trees, standing on the same Lands, marked 1 to 9. LOT IX. 72 OAK. Timber Trees, marked 1 to 72, standing on Lands at KILKEWYDD, near Lot 1, occupied by Mr. William Edmunds, Benjamin Davies, and John Barret. LOT X. 10 ASH Trees, standing on the same Lands, marked 1 to 10. LOT XI 6 OAK Trees, marked 1 to 6, standing on Lands Kilkewydd, called Dolhandy, occupied by Mr. William Edmunds. LOT XII. 25 ASH Trees, marked 1 to 25, standing on the same. LarTds. The Oak Trees ( chiefly Coppice) are sound and of large Dimensions, applicable to the Purposes of the Navy ; the Ash Trees are also large, and of excellent Quality,. The Whole are most admirably situated near the Turnpike Road leading from Pool towards Montgomery, Three Miles from the former Place, and One Mile and a Half from the, Montgomeryshire Canal at'thb Belan. Benjamin Davies, at Edderton Lodge, will shew the Lots: and Particulars may he had of Mr. WM. EDMUNDS, Edderton ; at theOfiice of Mr. GRIFFITHES, Solicitor, Pool; or of Mr. GOULD, Golfa, near Welsh Pool. 7 V- VORROIV. WANTED, a GROOI\ T, who per- , fee tiy understands his Business, and to look I after Carriages, and who understands cleaning them and Harness well: he must be clean in his Person, and have no Objection to living in the Country.— ' - Apply to Mr. BIGG, Nursery and Seedsman, Shrews bury; or at the Oak Inn, Welshpool. ! SORCERER" TO BE SOLD BY MR. JAMES LARGE, WREXHAM, rp H A T famous Stal I ion, SO RC E R E K; JL also a valuable HUNTER that will carrv 20 Stone: and several HACKS and ROADSTERS. IVrexham, 20th filarch, 1822. I @ aleg( bp auction. TQ- MORROW. RY J. BROOME, On Thnrsdav, the 28th of IV'a rob, 1822, at ACTON PI GOT, in the Parish of Acton Burnell, in the Couuty of Salop ; ALL the choice LIVE STOCK, IM- PLEMENTS in Ilushundrv, Brewing and • Dairy Utensils, and genteel FURNITURE, & c. ( which has been removed from the Rectory Honse for the Convenience of Sale), belonging to THOMAS LAYTON, Esq. who has changed his Residence : con- sisting of 1 Heifer and Calf, 1 Ditto to calve, 50 prime Ewes and Lambs ( chiefly double Couples), 36 Year- ling Sheep, 3 two year old Rams, all of the pure Leicester Breed ; I valuable Hay Waggon Gelding, 1 Black Ditto Ditto, 2 useful Waggon Mares, 1 active Black Waggon Colt ( rising three Years old), 2 two- year old Colts; 4 Sets of Gearing ; 1 Sow and 8 Pigs; 1 Waggon ( almost new), 1 broad- wheel Tumbrel, 1 double Plough, 1 single Hand Ditto, 1 Pairof large Harrows, 2 Pair of small Ditto,! new Winnowing Machine, 1 Straw Engine, 1 Foddering ! Crib, 1 Sheep Ditto, 1 good Ladder, about 3 Dozen Bags, ahd a Number of small Implements, & c. I The FURNITURE, & c. comprise 1 large Fonrpost , Bedstead, 1 Camp Ditto with Hangings, 2 Feather Beds, 1 Set of good Mahogany Dining Tables with j circular Ends, 6 Mahogany Chairs, 8 painted Arm Ditto, 2 Arm and 6 other Black Chairs, 2 Mahogqny j Wash- hand Stands, 1 painted Ditto, 1 Chest of < Drawers, 1 excellent 8- Day Timepiece, 1 Swing j j Glass, 1 Oak Bookcase, Wire Fire Guard, 3 Clothes I Horses, 2 good Japanned Tea Trays, Blue and White i DinnerService, Setof Tea China,* 1 Tea Urn, ICoftee ! ! Ditto, Tin Hastener, Brass- mounted Fender and be » t ! • Fire Irons, Kitchen Fender and Irons, Dutch Oven, | large Copper Pot, 3 good Half- hogsheads, 4 small I Casks, 1 Barrel Churn ( almost new), with a general Assortment of Brewing and Dairy Utensils, See. Sale to begin at 10 o'Clock. TVTOTICE is hereby given, that the , X^ l Tolls arising and to be collected at the several , ajmextd to each, over and above , the , E, xp$ nse of j Toll Gates hereinafter mentioned, namely, Genua n't, collecting the same, viz. ; Pool Upper, Llanfair and Groes Pluan Gates, Pool Church Gate, ami Llanymynech and New CAPITAL TIMBER. At the Lion Tan, in the Village of Myfod, in the County of Montgomery, on Thursday, the 28th Day of March* 1822, between the Hours of foUr and six in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions: 1 0AK TIMBER TREES, Scribe- marked I and numbered from one to 162, standing in DOLOBRAN WOOD, in the Parish of Myfod. Also, 75 OAK TIMBER TREES, Scribe- marked and " numbered from one to To, iu a small Coppice on DOLOJBBAN FANDI aforesaid. The above Timber is remarkably sound and of large Dimensions, arid' tit for Plank and other Pur- poses where large Timber is required. Further Particulars may be obtained hy ap- plying to Messrs. OWEN aud JONES, Machynlleth, or to Mr. THOMAS OWEN, Dvffryn, Myfod. TO- MORROW. MONTGOMERYSHIRE. BettwsiGate. In 8£ Months 231 Heudreissa Gate.... ,,, 215 . Cernioge Gate 240 Druid Gate , 300 Cortwen Gate,- and } A ra v a u Ro' G' » te a nd vfn W e i g h i n g M a c h i n e., 3 d. 0 0 0 t 81 Months... 409 3 Also, on Wednesday, the 10th of April next, at 12 o'Clock at Noon, at the Cross Keys Inn, in the Town of Oswestry, in the County of Salop, will be Let by Auction, the Tolls of the following Gates; which Tolls produced the last Year the different Sum* annexed to each, over and above the Expense of collecting the same, viz. 162 163 ^ 400 .'.'. .'. .'.'. ^ 505 d. 0 2* 0 0 0 0 • Lee Brockhurst. Mr James Heatley Mr. Richard Powell Mr. Arthur Arrowsmith Mmkkton. VIr Joseph Writings Mr. Philip Ireland Mr. Thomas Edwards Most on. Mr. George Chidley Mr. Wiliam Harris Moreton Corbet. Mr. Thomas AIcoek Mr.' Wui. Powell, The Mill Rev. Theophil. Williamson Mrs. June Hens- haw Mr. John Harris Neiv House. Mr. Francis Lee One House. Mr. William Prince Pool House. Mr. Thomas Auslow Preston Brockhurst. Mr. Peter Deakin Mr, Thomas Deakin, jun. Mr. Francis Lloyd Bayley Mr. Johu Deakin Mrs. Mary Peak in Sanaa w. Rev. Dr. Gardner Mr. John Lee Sowbath. Mr. John OnSlow Shawbury., f? ev. John Mayor Mr. Thomas Drury \ 1 r. Johu Minor Mrs. Elizabeth Harrison Mr. Jnines- Harrison Mr. Edward Foulke$, jun. j passed in the first Year of the Reign of King George Mr. Win. Parr, Tha Park \ the Fourth, entitled " An Act for rep- airing and Llangollen Gate Llwyn Gate, in 8| Months....... Queen's Head Gate, and Gallows Tree Bank Gate Sheltou Gate Mont ford Bridge Gale, and ... Wolf's Head Gate And will be put up by Auction to be Let for One Year from the First Day of June next, under such Covenants and Conditions as. shall then be declared. Each Person, at his first Bidding, will be required to produce or name his Surety, which if- not satisfactory, Inks Bidding will not be taken; and ! whoever happens to be the best Bidder or Bidders, ! must at the same Time give Security with: sufficient ( Sureties, for the due Payment of the Rent by Monthly | Instalments, and also tor the Performance of sueli I Covenants and Conditions as shall be declared at the ! Time of the Auction. J. WYATT, Clerk to the Commissioners. Lime Grove, March 4, 18k22. LIJBLOW FIRST TURNPIKE. OTTCE is hereby given, that the Bridg Gates, will he LET hv AUCTION, to the best Bidder, in the Town Hall, in tbe Town of Pool, in the said County, on Friday, the 5th Day of April next, precisely at the Hour of Eleven in the Fore- noon, pursuant to the Directions of an Act of Parlia- ment lately made and passed, relating to the several Turnpike Roads in the said County, which said Tolls produced the last Year, the several Sums hereafter mentioned, above the Expences of collecting the same. Whoever Iiappens to be the hest Bidder, must at the same Time give Security, with sufficient Sureties ( who must attend in Person) to the Satisfac- tion of the Trustees of the Turnpike Roads, for Payment of the Rents agreed for, at such Times, and in such Proportions as the said Trustees shall appoint. RICHARD GRIFFITHES, Clerk to the 3aid Trustees. Welsh Poof, 1 st March, 1822. Cenuant, Pool Upper, Llanfair, and Groes Pluan Gates £ 266 Pool Church Gate and Llanymynech and New Bridge Gates... .. 349 TURNPIKE MEETING, TOLLS TO BE LET. CAPITAL OAK TIMBER. BY GEO. SMOUT, At Abennule Inn, near Newtown, on Thursday, the 28rh Day of March, 1822, between the Honrs of four and six o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions then to be produced : LOT I. growing upon the Parish of A BY J. BROOME, On the Premises, on Tuesday, April 2d, 1822 ( and not on Fridav, the 29th Dav of March, as before advertised), at GREAT RYTON, in the Parish of Condover, in the County ofSalop; LL the valuable LIVE STOCK, IMPLEMENTS in Husbandry, he. the Pro- perty of Mr. YEOM'ANS, who is quitting his Farm : consisting of 1 Cow in- calf, 2 Heifers iu- ditto, 1 Barren, 2 Yearlings; 2 Black Waggon Geldings, 1 brown Ditto Mare in- foal, 5 Sets of Gearing, 1 yearling Cart ' Filly, 1 bay Gelding, six Years old, 15 Hands 3 Inches" high, by Kill Devil, Dam hy True Blue, a good Hunter; 16 Ewes and Lambs and 2 - Rams, of the Leicester Breed; 1- Sw ? strong and 6 small Stores, 1 fat Pig ; l light new Waggon, 1 broad- wheel Cart with Ripples ( nearly new), oue narrow- wheel Tumbril, two single- wheel Ploughs, 2 Pair of Harrows, 1 Roller, Scales and Weights, about 4 Dozen Bags, Winnowing Machine, Sieves and Riddles, Wheelbarrow, 3 Vyauyon Ropes, kc. &. e.; Part of the HOUSEHOLD GOODS aud FURNITURE, with all the BREWING aud DAIRY UTENSILS, Casks, kc. The Sale to begin at ten o'Clock. SJALLION; HIT OR MISS, At TWo Guinea* and a Half each Mare. HIT OR MISS is tiy Haphazard, oat of ( Elbe by Young Minsk. HIT on Miss will be ot Welshpool every Monday; at tjlaosevcrn on Tuesdays and Wednesdays; nr Pontesbury, where be u iii remain on Friday atyl Sunday; at the Queen's Head, Shrewsbury, on Saturday. Good Accommodation for Mares, with er without Foals, at Glansevern or Pontesbur?. JUpiT_, R WILLCovfer thorou^ h- hred Mures at Five Guineas, and other Mares at Three Guineas, at CRUCKTON Mll. l,, near Shrewsbury. ' WW is own Brother to Lord Stamford's fainou* Mare Stella, Hint won twenty Times, and is now a Brood Mare in his Lordship's Stud, lie was got by Sir Oliver— his Dam Scotiila, by Anvil— Queen Scotn, by Eclipse— Harmiiuv, by King Herod— Itlililla, awn Siiter to the Dam of lligbflver, by Blank — Keglilm—- Sorebeel.—- Makeless— ClirisUi- plier D'Arcv's Royal Mare. For Peformances. see Racing Calendar, 1817,18161. He will travel the same Road as last Year. Good Grass for Mares. bp SUtcttoir. AT TIIE MOAT, near CHIRBURY, IN THE COUNTY Of SALOP. Live Stock, Implements in Husbandry, Brewing and Dairy Vessels. BY GEO. WILLIAMS, On the Premises at THE MOAT, in the Parish of Chirbnry, on Tuesday and Wednesday, tl. e 2d and 3d Days of April, 1S22, llie Property of the late Mr. RICUARO WILLIAMS, deceased ; CONSISTING of 14 capital Hereford Cows ( calved and in calf), 1 voung fresh Barren, 3 three- years old Bullocks, 4 Ditto" Spaved Heifers, 7 two years old Bullocks, 3 ditto spayed Heifers, 5 Open Ditto, 13 Yearlings, and 1 Bull Se< r - 7 Waggon llorses ami Mares, 1 Hack Mare, rising four N ears old, by Quaker, Dam by Newcastle, I Hackney Horse ( aged), 1 Horse Co't, risin" three Years old, of the Draught Kind, 1 Ditto Filley, and 1 Yearling; 18 strung Store Pigs, 9 smaller'Ditto, Sow and 8 I'igs, Ditlo and eight. Ditto and live ami I Sow to Pig; 26Southdown Sheep. IMPLEMENTS.— 3 Road Waggons, 2 broad- wheel Tumbrils, 1 Market Cart. 1 double- furrow Plough, 2 Hand Ploughs, 3 Pair of Harrows, Land RolPcr Set of Turnip Drills ( new), a three. mwed Com Drill, Winnowing Machine ( in Oak Case) Corn Screen, Straw Engine, Set of Corn Sacks, Malt and Kibbling Mills, Horses'Gearing, and all other the tanning Implements. FUHNITOIIG.— Pour post and Slump Bedsteads- Feather Beds and Bedding, Parlour and Kitclieit Furniture, excellent double Cheese 1' iess, Churn Cheese Tubs, Vats, See. Hogsheads, Half- hoo* heads! Si smaller Casks ; Particulars of which are described 111 Catalogues, anil may be had at the principal Inns in the Neighbuurliod, and of THE AUCTIONEER at' Chirburv. iES* tile Sale to commence each Morning at Eleven o'clock. T lie l. ive Stock and Horses' ( Tear- ing will be sold the first Uay. N St anion. Mr. Richard Jeffreys Mr. Thoinas Harper VIr. Charles Masj> ey Mr. Caleb Powell Wi) theford Magna. Philip Charlton, FMJ, Edward Bayley, Esq. Mr. William Hampton W tj the ford Par v a. ; Mr. Peter Light Woods tile. . Mr. Samuel Deakin, Mr. Joseph I N. B. The ANNUAL MEETING will be on MONDAY, the 1st of April next, at the Elephant and Castle Inn, in Shawbury; when the Treasurer's Accounts will be examined. Any Member t. ot attending on that Day will forfeit Haifa Crown, which must then be paid, together with all Arrears'( if any). Dinner on the Tflrhle at Two a'Clock. 14 proving the Road leading from the Town of " Ludlow, in the County of Salop, through Woofferton " and Little Hereford, to a Place called Monk's 41 Bridge, in the said County; and also from the " said Town of Ludlow to a Place - or House called tlie Maidenhead, at Orleton, in the County of 41 Hereford," will fttEBT at the Guildhall, iu the said Town of Ludlow, on Thursday, the eleventh Dayof April next, at twelve o'Clock, iu Order to consult about erecting a Toll Gate or Bar on the Side* of thesaid Road leading from Ludlow'to Monk's Bridge, at or near Ashford Bowdler, across the Highway leading from the Village of Ashford • Bowdleraforesaid, into thesaid Turnpike Road. And the Trustees then and thero present will pro- ceed to the Election of new Trustees, in the Room of those who are dead, or who have refused to act : and other Business. Dated the fourteenth Dav of March, 1822. JOHN WILLIAMS, Clerk to the said Trustees. A MEETING of the< Tirustnes of Ludlow Second Turnpike will also be held, by Adjournment, at the saura Time and^ Pla « e, Turnpike Road leading from Burlton through Rnyton aud Knockin to Llanymynech, in the County of Salop ; and from the Oswestry Turnpike Road, near the Wolf's Head, to the East Eud of Knock in Lane, wiil beheld at the House of Elizabeth Whit- ford, iu Knockin aforesaid, on Friday, the twelfth Day of April, at ten o'Clock in the Forenoon : at w hich Place and Time, all Inhabitants and Occupies of Land within the Parishes of Knockin uud Meuer- iey, and the several Townships of Kinnerley, Argoed, Edgerley, Dovaston, Kynaston, and Tir y Coed, who intend to take the Benefit of compounding, for the Toils made payable by an Act of Parliament of the 54th Year of his Majesty King George the Third ; may pay or cause to be paid to the Trustees or Treasurer, the Sum of one Shilling for, each Horse or Beast of Burden, then kept, or intended to be kept within the Space of the ensuing Year by them re- spectively, for the Purpose of travelling, drawing, or otherwise working. All which Compositions wiil be in lieu of Tolls payable at Ivuockiu Gate only, for the Space of one Year, to be computed from the 30th Day of April, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty- two. By the last iccited Act, no Com,- position can he received after the. 28th Day , of April in the. current Year. The TOLLS arising from the said Turnpike Road will then be LET to the best Bidder, between the Hours of One and Four in the Afternoon, for one or more YeUjis, Jo commence on the lst Day of May, ,. 1822. Security must he given to the Satisfaction of the Trustees, for the Payment of the Rent, in such Manner as they shall direct; and the Surety must he present at the Time of Bidding. The Toils for the current Year are Let to produce the Sjum of One Hundred and Twenty Six Pounds; exclusive of the Expense of: collecting them ; and will he put up at that, Sum. PETER POTTER. Knocking March 18, 1822. + / | MAIDEN OAK TREES, « 8 A J AHerbechan Hall Farm, in ' Llanll wchaiarn. LOT IL 165 Ditto Ditto, upon the same Farm. LOT III. ITJO Ditto Ditto, growing upon Brynder- win Farm, in the Parish of Llandyssil. LOT IV. 55 Ditto Ditto, upon the same Farm. LOT V. 157 Ditto Ditto, growing upon The Court Farm, in the Parish of Llanmerewig. LOT VI. 134 Ditto Ditto, growing upon Blackholes Farm, in the Parish of Newtown. The above Timber appears perfectly sound ; the first live Lots standing about a Quarter of a Mile from the Western Branch of the Montgomeryshire Canal ; and Lot 6 not more than One Mile from the Canal at Newtown. Further Particulars may be obtained by applying Jo Mr. Lloyd, of The Court aforesaid, who will I appoint a Person to shew the Timber. " 1J) P PI, NO TON. BY GEORGE FRANKLIN, At the Waggoner's lun, in Wem, in tlie County of Salop, ou Thursday, ihe 4tli Dav of April, 1S22, between the Hours of 4 andfi o'Cloek iu the After- noon, subject tn Conditions llien lo lie produced, and in such l. oisas will he slated in Handbills, or in suelfotlier l. ots as iniiy be agioed upon at tiie Time ofSale : LL that Freehold MESSUAGE or DWELLING HOrSH and SHOP, with Mat Kiln, Stable, Ganlell, & e. thereunto belonging, to. getlier wi ll Six Acres nf exeellent Copylmld Piislure t. AND, s tUUCP lit UOPPINGTON, near Weui afore- sniil. To view tiie Premises npplv to Mr. PHILIP IIAI. CS; nf Til lev I'-. O!;, near Wem ; mid for further Particu- lars to Mr. Eii-. VARI) HALES, Solicitor, Wem. This Adverliseiuelit w ill mil fie continued. ~ EXTENSIVE SALE. ~ AT WBIfbatJRCH. To Booksellers, Shopkeepers, Schoolmasters, und others. BY W. CISERTON, On Fridav and Saturday, the 29th and 30lh Days of March, 1S2- 2, al ten o'Cloek each Day ; HE BQOKS, including, a Circulat- Lihrary of about 411: 1 Volumes ; STA- TIONARY ART" ICI. ES, PATENT MEDICINES, JEWELLERY ami CUTLERY GOODS, Tortoise, shell anil oilier Conilis, Brushes, TWO PIANO FORTES, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS I* MUSIC. Onl. l and Fancv Papers and Borders, and other STOCK IN TRADE, " f ROBERT PARKER, of WHIT- CHURCH, in llie Couuly of Salop, a B liilirilpt. IDescriptive Catalogues are preparing, and will be ready fur Delivery ten Days before tlir Sale, and innv be had nt file following Places, viz : Royal and Albion Hotels, Chester ; Feathers, Bnrnliill ; Crown, Mnliins ; Bridgewaler Arms, Eilestnere ; Red l. ion, Wrexham; Crown, Nantwicb ; Pliomix, Drayton; White Horse, Wem 5 Red Lion, Newport; White Lion 11111I Raven Litis, Shrewsbury ; on tlic Premises, niul from THE AUCTIONEER, Whitchurch. THE $ tiig TO- MORROW. Desirable Freehold PROPERTY, H1NSTOCK, Salop. BY S. BAGNOLD, At the Cock Inn, at. Hinstock aforesaid, on Thursday, the 28th Day of March, 1822, between the Hours of 4 and 6 iu the Afternoon, subject to such Con- ditions as shall be then produced : LL that MESSUAGE or Dwelling House and Garden, with the Barn, Stable, Slaughter- House, Cow- House^ Cart- House, Cart- Shed, Pigsties, and other Outbuildings thereto belonging, situate in HINSTOCK aforesaid, together with two Pieces of excellent LAND therewith occu- pied, containing hy Estimation 3A. 211. OP. or there, abouts, be the same more or less, late in the Occu- pation of Mr. Francis Ferrington, Butcher. Also, the Possession and TENANT- RIGHT of Eleven Acres of Land, situate in Hiustock aforesaid, with the CROP of WHEAT growing on 3 Acres thereof, held hy the said Francis Ferrington under a Lease from the Parish Officers of Cheswardine, for a Term of which Two Years will be unexpired at Lady- Day next, at tlie yearly Rent of £ 16. The above Premises are in good Repair, and very eligibly situated for the Business of a Butcher. James Maehin, of Hinstock, will shew the same; and further Particulars may he known on Application at the Oflice of Mr. BROOKES, Solicitor, in Newport, Salop. TO- MORROW. VALUABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY, CHESWARDINE, SALOP. BY S. IBAGNOLD, By Order ofthe Assignees of CHARLES LEA, a Bank- rupt, at the Cock Inn, in Hinstock, in the said County of Salop, on Thursday, the 28th Day of March, 1822, between the Hours of Four and Six in the Afternoon, either together or in Lots, as may be agreed upon nt the Time of Sale, aud subject to such Conditions as shall ' be then produced ; A LL that MESSUAGE or Dwelling J'SL. House, with the MALT HOUSE, linrn, Stabie, ' Cow House and other Outbuildings, Gardens and Orehnrd thereunto belonging, situate at the HAY- WOOD LANE, ill the Parish of Clleswordiue afore- said, now in tiie Occupation of llie said Bankrupt, aud Containing by Estimation three Roods orthere- abouts, be the same more or less. And also, all those several Pieces of Arable, Mea- dow and Pasture LAND, therewith occupied, con- taining by Estimation the Quantities following, or thereabouts, be tbe same respectively more or less, viz:— A. R. P. The Yard... 2 O 0 The Wheat Croft 2 0 0 The Hay wood 2 0 0 The Messuage and Buildings lire substantially built of Brick, Tile, and Stone, aud aie in complete Repair. The Malt Kiln is capable of wetting and drying thirty Bushels at . a Time; and the Lund is in a high. - Stateof Cultivation. ( Cj. The said Charles Lea will shew the Premises ; and limber Particulars may he known al the Offices nj' Mr. H. tooKES, Solicitor, in Newport; or Mr. ButtSiiTO. t, Solicitor, in Market Drayton, Salop. ASTOJY FARM, near Oswestry. BY THOMAS" JONES, On the Premises at ASTON FARM, in the Parish of Oswestry, and County of Salop, ou Monday, the 22u of April, 1822; rrUVENTY capital Cows and Heifers, a. calved and in- calf, 2 Barren Cows ; 1 Drann- ht Mare in- foal, 1 Colt ( two Years old), I handsome Pony ( three Years old); ti strong St. re Pigs, 1 Sow and Pigs; the Propertv of Mrs. MARGARST FAVER, who is changing lier Residence.— The Sale to be iii at 11 o Clock. " Catalogues to he had in the Neighbourhood, and of THE AUCTIONEER, at Knockin. GREAT SALE. At Bromzvith Park, near Oswestry. BY THOMAS JONES, On tbe Premises, on Tliiirsilav, the 25th, Fridav Ihe 2 « tfi, and Saturday, the 27ih of April, 1822 ( with- out Reserve) ; ALL the valuable LIVE STOCK, consisting of 65 Head of Cattle, 17 Horses ami Co! is, fid Pigs ; together with ail tlie 1 \ 1 PLEM ENTS in Hushaudrv. Brewing aud Dairv Utensils lhrnse bold FURNITURE, &„,& c belongi,,*- to Mr THOS HOI- KINS, of BROMWlTIf PARK, in the Puiish of Oswestry, and County ofSalop, wbo is retiring from Business — Particulars in a future Paper, Catalogues will be prepared, arid may be bad at tlie principal Inns in the Neighbourhood, and of THE AI'CTIOSEEH, ill Knockin. NEW HAIL. LLANDRINIO, MONTGOMERYSHIRE. BY THOMAS JONES, On the Premises at NEW HALL, in the Parish of Llandrlnio, in the County of Montgomery ou Tuesday, the 2fith of March, 1822 : CIWENTY capital COWS, calved and A in- calf, the Property of Mr. BESJAMJN BIRCH who is changing his Residence.— The Sale lo heein at 11 o'Clock. " Catalogues to he bad in the Neighbourhood and of TIIE AUCTIONEER, at Knockin. PUBLIC CAUTION. RPIL'E Agents of the COUNTY FIRE OFFICE having lhough\ fit, at the Instance, it is presumed, of their Mananini! Director, to publish au Advertisement ra nmniatiu" ( lie NOR- WICH UNION SOCIETV, and puffing" their own Olhce, we, the uiuleisisued Ajeuis. of il, e said Society, beg leave to infoim our Friends that » e continue as usual to effect Insurances asainst Loss bv Fire. I he distinguished Support „ hich the Norwich Union Soehty receives in all Parts of the Kingdom, is evinced by I tie Official Returns of its I . crease uf Business, u hicb are a- follow : — Year 1880, '/ Vro millions and a huff Year 1821, Ten millions First quarter 182", ' Ihree millions This Flit « ill account lo ibe Public for the Mjirepreseiiia'i. ins circulated oil Behalf of the County Fir. uiii( e. In the Office for which we art, tbe Returns are made every Three Yean, wnb entire Freedom from Responsibility, the whole Engagements of tbe Office being guaranteed upon a Fond of £ 550,000, subsciibtd by u iiunieruu.-, and op.. lent Propi ietory. SHREWSBURY Jit. .1 lilRCH. WELSHPOOL Mr. W It, i. I A VI F. VANS MARKET URAYTON, Mr vvM I- URIIHK ' OSWKSTRY Mr. EDW A Kb I'UTIU, ELLESMERE MI. R. WA LI-' ORD. I. uivns & SHIFFNAL, Mr. NY. S\ l ITH. NEWPORT . Mr.. 1AM ES It. KE. WELLINGTON Mr. 11 SMITH. WHITCUUP. CII VLR. WEI Nil. BR » DGNO: ITU Mr. T11WS. CRUMI'TON On Monday last, pursuant to a Requisition addressed fo five acting magistrates of this county* jind agreeably to notice given aud advertised by litem iu tbe County Papers, a COUNTY MEETING was held for the purpose of taking into coifsideration ibe propriety of presenting a petition to Parliament on il » e present alarming and unparalleled State ( if Agri- cultural Distress. At the hour appointed ( one o'clock), the Shire f? all was immediately filied, and the Hon, P » .. G. BENSE?' moved that the.. Hon. THOMAS KENYON take the chair, which was unanimously agreed lo. Mr KENYON, on taking the chair, said, that it was the wish, as it was the duty, of himself aud the other magistrate* who had called the meeting, that every owner and occupier of land should have an oppor- tunity of hearing others and of speaking his own sentiments, He, therefore, should propose that the meeting do adjourn to the Quarry. The meeting accordingly adjourned. Oil arriving at the Quarry, Mr. KF. NYON opened the business of the meeting by reading the Requi- sition addressed tothe five magistrates of the county, and signed t » v 128 individuals, and then stated,, that, in consequence of that requisition, the following notice was sent to the Public Papers : We the undersigned, Acting Magistrates for the County of Salop, do, in Pursuance of the Powers 44 vested in ns by sin Act passed in the sixtieth Year 44 of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, in Consequence of it e above Requisition. " 4 hereby convene a Meeting of the Owners and 44 Occiipii rs of Land i i the County of Salop, to be 44 held ; it the Shire Pall, in Shrewsbury, on Monday, 41 the twenty- fifth DIV of March Instant, at one 44 o'clock in the Afternoon,- 4 to take into Considern- tion the Propriety • » f presenting a Petition to 4* Parliament on the present alarming and unparal- leled State of Agricultural Distress.'' 1 As soon a< Mr . Kenyon had finished reading the notice,. J. 0. PELHAM, Esq. said— 44 Mr. Chairman, It appears to me that yon have chosen an improper time to call this meeting. Many of the Peers aud Commoners who are amongst the principal owners and occupiers of laud in the county must, of neceg. sity, be absent. I, therefore, move that this meeting do adjourn." A'gen'tteman ( whose name we could not ascertain) cried out, 44 I beg > eave to second that motion." 5t was, however, immediately negatived, . few hands being held up except those of the most respectable proposer and seconder. Mr. KENYON then said, 44 Gentlemen, in opening the business of this meeting, it may, perhaps, be expected, I should state upon what grounds the magistrates with whom I have tlie honour to act have thought if their duty to convene the present meeting — a meeting, the first, I believe, of the sort, that has hitherto been held in the United Kingdom. And here, - gentlemen, allow me at once to declare, that we have no wish or right as magistrates to call in question the conduct of any other individual. One of the principles of our constitution is, that every person shall be declared innocent until he is proved guilty, and with this knowledge before ns, we are bound in consider the High Sheriff of this County as bavin acted conscientiously to tlie best of his judg- ment MI ( he discharge of his duty. We differ from him, l is true, most materially in his opinion ; but we J : not . presume to arraign his conduct ; vve merelv claim for ourselves the right ( which he ata lias exercised) of judging for ourselves. And uow, Gentlemen, I beg leave shortly to declare the grounds upon which we act. We know, and hope never to hear denied, the constitutional right of every Englishman to petition Parliament upon any grievance, and acting upon this basis we have veitued t convene the present meeting : first, because we. feel the vast importance of the object to i he discuss-*'.!; nad secondly, on account of the re. spectabilit'.' and number of the requisitionists, &, their vital iiiteres! in the subject proposed for tlieir consi- deration. Upon these, we hope constitutional, grounds, gentlemen, we have acted, and if we have decided wrong, we will take the consequences upon ourselves. ( Applause.)— only remains for me now to say, that, acting upon these grounds, we consider ourselves as having no right to ( inter into the debate upon the resolutions that may be pro- posed for your adoption, or to give an opinion upon their expediency. Our duty is to see that every owner and occupier of land has an opportunity t. deliver his opinions upon the subject matter of the requisition, an l, should a difference of opinion arise, io decide impartially between the contending parties; and to this du v 1 pledge myself ] have only now to ask your pardon for having detained you so Iong from more Lnoortant subjects, and from liearin persons' infinitely better qualified than myself to claim your attention, and I shall at once begin the business of the day."— Mr. KENYON here asked, who eame forward to speak on the subject? WILLI A iM LLOYD, Esq. of Aston., then addressed the meeting, and said— 44 Gentlemen, as one of those who had the honour of signing the first requisition to the Sheriff, as well as that to the magistrates bv whom this meeting has been convened, I shall beg leave to trouble you for a few minutes upon the subject vve are met to consider. We are, gentlemen, met to take into consideration the great and unparal- leled Distress under which the Agricultural Interest now labours, and for the purpose of petitioning Par- liament for relief. It is a subject of the highest importance, a question of the greatest interest The agricultural interest is ' lie distinguishing support of the wealth and power of every nation, and wheu it is depressed, that depression must of necessity extend to every class of persons in the kingdom. It is with the deepest regret I observe that the measures pro posed by his Majesty's Ministers are not by any means adequate for this relief; for if the prices of agricultural produce are below a remunerating price to the grower while he is liable to the taxes and charges raised during the war, and if the rental of the landlord he consequently reduced, the expendi tine of government ought also to be lowered to a proportionate level wilh the income of the land. We are, therefore, met to petition Parliament, not only to reduce the general expenditure of fhe country, but aiso to request they will extend the most rigid economy in the expenditure of every department of I. is Majesty's Government. I will now, gentlemen, proceed to read to you a copy of a petition, which J shall beg leave to propose for your adoption,-—^ See AdvertJ— The reading of the Petition was followed by considerable applause. WILLIAM OWEN, Esq. (. Wood- house) then said, 64 Gentlemen, 1 have not been accustomed to speak at public meetings, aud must therefore request per- mission to read such observations as have struck me as being applicable to the present occasion. Gentle men, as I was one of the first persons who signed the Requisition presented to the Sheriff, and that also which was afterwards presented to the worthy and independent Magistrates who have convened this meeting, I have ( however unfit for such an undertak- ing) been required to second tlie Petition which my friend, Mr. Lloyd, has just proposed for your eonT sideration ; aud i do so with the fullest conviction, that,- unless something more is immediately done to relieve the Landed Interest of the country from the intolerable burthens with which it is now so unfairly oppressed, that more than one half of both Tenants and Landlords must inevitably be reduced to ruin & in a much shorter lime perhaps than hy many is ex pected. Gentlemen, though there are none, I imagine, who will pretend to deny the existence of theunexam pled distress we are suffering, there are many, I am sorry to say, who either cannot or will not see the true and chief cause of it, and who have attributed ir to causes, which, I firmly believe, have no more to do with it than the Man in the Moon, Some years ago, when our distresses were only beginning, they were said to he the natural consequences of a return from War to Peace ; they were next attributed to the Importation of Foreign G ain, but as it is now three years since any Foreign grain has been admitted, it cannot any longer be contended that our Markets are affected hy that cause. Some wise men amongst us,, however, have supposed that excess of produce may have occasioned our distress, & have thusendeavoured to prove the blessings of Providence to be a curse But, Gentlemen, the Agr cultural Committee ap- pointed last year by the Ho lse of Commons to enquire into the causes of our distress ( if they did nothing else, & I am sure I cannot tell any thing else that they did do), found, by the examination of persons the best qualified. to give them information, that our Crops were no more than fair average crops. But, Gentle- men, I maintain that such a supposition is almost too ridiculous to require refutation, because it is evident, e" en if it was true that our crops were a third greater th an usual, that this could not occasion auv distress » it all, as we could in that case afford to sell our pro- duce at a third less price,. nd be as well off as we should have been with a greater price for so much a smaller quantity. It is really- very lamentable that such erroneous opinions should have been entertain- ed, aud promu1 gated by men who ought to know better. 1 hope and believe, however, that the real and true cause of the low prices which are now ruin- ing us, are at last beginning to be niore clearly seen, and that all parties are satisfied that thev are chiefly, if not entirely, occasioned by the unnecessarily sud- den return to a metallic currency, by which, such a fraudulent alteration has been made in the value of money that it is quite impossible that the some Rents, the same Taxes, or the same Interest of Money, can be paid as when the Produce and the Currency ofthe country bore a different proportion to each other, and consequently a different relative value. Gentlemen, nitichhasbeensaid about keeping faith with thepnblic Credit. » r, & t trust that t and all who now hear me are as anxious that it should be strictly kept as those who presume to imply any doubt of our inclination But* Gentlemen, 1 insist upon if, that vve who are the debtors have a right to be governed hy the same rule, and that the Creditor is not to buve his money nnij the pound of flesh too. But this. Gentlemen, is what he is now receiving. F « » r it cannot be denied, that much the greatest part of our National Debt was contracted ih paper money, and ata period when that paper was so depreciated that a pound note was re- ally worth rio more than from fourteen to fifteen shil-. lings ; and I therefore deny both the justice and the expediency of the Act, Commonly called Mr Peel s Bill, by which vve are now made to pay iii gold and in a currency at par what we borrowed in depreciat- ed paper, bv which our incomes are. reduced, whilst the taxes and charges upon them remain unaltered, and we are sacrificed, not for the benefit of the state or indeed for it's credit, but solely for t^ e undue ad- vantage of the Monied and Funded Interests,, the value of whose property is probably doubled by this measure, whilst, they are also receiving- in point: of value one third more at least in the shape of interest than they expected or bargained for. But, Gentle- men. suffer me to illustrate this point, by supposing that I this y ear borrow from one of you 500 measures of'Bariev, much weathered and of little value, and thsit you come to me next year, saying, k Pay me 500 measures of Wheat, Barley wili not do for me though ! own it is better than what I lent you, I must have Wheat.' Would that be fair, my " friends? Would you uhmit to such an imposition ? This, however, in point of fact, is precisely what, vou are' now doing by the operation of Mr Peel's Bill. But, Gentlemen,, there are those who will tell yoirthat we were pledg d to pay wheat for barley, or to return to Cash Pay menlH immediately. I deny it ; we were only pledged lo return to them without any time being fixed, and we might and ought to have returned to them gradu- ally, and could have done so without suffe'ring any distressaTall. 1 am willing, hou'ever, fo believe, that neither His Majesty's Ministers, nor any other Members of either House of Parliament, who sup ported this act. at all foresaw fhaf it would he pro- ductive of the fraud and oppression which have ru- stled from it, and 5 therefore hope, now its cruel ef- fects are so evident, that tlvy will, before it is too late, attend to the cries of a loyal and afflicted people, and adopt some prompt & more effectual measures for our relief,' either by repealing this wicked act, or by reducing all the incumbrances affecting Landed Property, whether taxes, interest of money, or any other charges in the same proportion in which the value of produce and our incomes aie reduced, and ihe value of money is increased. There would be little difficulty in shewing that what my Lord London deny has proposed for our relief is ridiculous and impracticable ; and lam moreover perfectly satisfied, thai no partial or temporizing remedy can do ns any good. It is not fai r fo reduce one class of Society in' order to raise nnotner Let us all sink or rise toge- ther, and we shall have nothing to coin plain of. Gen- tlemen, 1 wifl not. trespass any longer upon vour i n d ulge hce, and therefore b^ g lea ve. most cord in 11 v to second the Petition you have heard lend by my wor- thy friend."- Mr Owen's address was received with much approbation. JOHN MYTTON, Esq. then advanced, and said, 44 Gentlemen, it is not without much diffidence 1 address myself to so numerous and respectable a meeting, and particularly so, as I am convinced there , are many gentlemen present who are much better qualified than myself to do so. I am not accustomed to address such meetings; but I must beu ' eave to say, that. I perfectly coincide with the petition that has been read to you, and I am per- suaded that nothing but a great reduction of taxa- tion, and government exercising the most rigid economy, will tend to restore the Agricultural Interest to even comparative prosperity. 1 shall not trespass any longer upon you than expressing my hopes, that this petition, emanating from a county that has ot all times been alike distinguished for its loyalty and its agriculture, w ill have lhat due weight with hisMajesty'sGovernmenl that it ought to have." The Rev. J. MAYOR first began to address the meeting from among the crowd standing in the Quarry, but on being- desired to stand upon the wall, went round, and stood near the Hons- Chairman on the Terrace, and said, * 4 Genflemon, I observed to yon just now that I am an old man, and have consi- dered a good deal what has been going on in the country since the memorable battle of Waterloo. From the time that victory was achieved, I saw that there was a combination of Interest amongst a certain class of peop e to make an undue advantage of the country. When I speak of the Agricultural In- terest I have and must have, a great regard for it ; and all writers of antiquity have expressed their conviction that the prosperity of every country is dependent on the prosperity of its agriculture Of the I ruth of this, and of the manner the country was going on, vve had a fair symptom in the first Wrex- ham fair held after the peace at that period. The fair was stocked with manufacture* <, r all sorts, from Birmingham, Yorkshire, & e. aud there were then plenty of customers to take them off. (" Here there was some interruption bv laughing and cries oi question. Mr. M. said— 44 You* may laugh and welcome, hut this goes to the question."] Since then I have walked up and down tbe fair, and there were no purchasers; I was- asked- to buy at every stall, and found every one complaining. I told them corn was cheap, and asked what they wished for. Theii reply was, 4 what use is that to u » , if vve have no money to pay for it. When corn was at 20s. ami we had 40s. iu our pocket, things went on well. Of what benefit would it be to us if corn was it 2s Gd. and we had not Is. to pay for il.' I have heard people at the potteries say they were better off when things fetched better prices. And it is a known fact, that in countries where provisions are cheapest the greatest distress has occur re I and the greatest famines ensued. [ Interruption again took place, and oue or two persons said, 44 Make a finish"—* 4 cut it short." Mr. M. observed, 44 stopping me in the middle, is not the way to enahl me to come to a conclusion" The Chairman and other Gentlemen near him, expressed their hopes that Mr. M. would proceed, and that every person should be heard.] It was whispered ihat the English must not expect to monopolise the trade of the world as they had done during the war. The fanners must come down— corn must be cheap. We have had too lunch paper money. Sterling money of intrinsic value is the thing. The depression of trade and agriculture was at first denied. It is now indeed allowed, but the causes have been carefully kept out of sight, and the most absurd have been alleged. That we enjoyed for many years what cannot be denied to have been the appearance of unprecedented national prosperity, cannot be disputed, amidst vast expenses in earning on tbe war- to a glorious termination. We had then fleets which commanded the ocean, and armies that conquered the world. The Emperor of Russia, when he was here, wished to know where our poor were, for he could not find them. There was no occasion abroad to go far without finding plenty of them. At that time we had about 17 millions more of taxes than what vve are now burdened with. The amount of agricultural produce, before the depression, Mr. C. Grant stated in the House of Commons to have been annually 216 millions, but that it was then reduced to less than one half. The prosperity is now said to have been fictitious, resting upon the delusive foundation of paper credit. This is the degrading term by which public credit is now insulted. At a time when invasion was expected from Bonaparte, aud the City of London was alarmed for its safety, the merchants met together to assist Government to repel it, Bonaparte having promised the spoil of this great city to his soldiers. The merchants, in their address to the public, exclaim, 44 What will be find 44 our riches to consist in- but our credit, our skill, 44 and our industry ! These enrich us, but ihey are 44 such riches as Bonaparte cannot carry away with 44 him, nor otherwise dispose of, although he may for 44 a time dispossess us of their effects."— Credit is as great a reality as Metallic Currency, and much more important for all tbe purposes of commerce. It was the great endeavour of the Bank of England and of London Merchants, in the period before the Victory at Waterloo, to state its value and to render it all possible support. Nothing was more dreaded than any circumstance which tended to shake it. It rested upon the possession of property, and was the medium of instantly transferring the effects of pro- perty before it was possible to turn the property itself into money. This sort of paper, Montesquieu , says, is precisely the same sign of wealth as hard money. The credit of tlie Landed and Agricultural Interest ( on which the whole prosperity ofthe nation rests, as to its internal aud foreign trade and in all other respccfs) rested on the 216 millions of annual produce. This was no fictitious capital, nor were the effects of it fictitious. It produced victories, safety, industry, and plenty without foreign supply, and employment for our increasing and vast popula- tion. From ihe extent to which Agriculture was carried, the prices of corn were gradually lowering, without injury to the farmers, from the increase of produce, the natural effect of the blessings of Heaven on improved cultivation. But those who had secured the Coin of the realm, were desiroUs to add to their enormous profits by their forced paper currency ( in which paper the whole fictibn, if there was fictitious wealth, consisted) they combined to evade the laws against usury, and establish a new- fangled illegal combination, called the Money Market. The baleful effects of this market may be seen from the f allow ing letter in the Salopian Journal of July 1816.— 44 The oldest stock- broker scarccly recollects so 44 rapid and continued a rise as has recently taken 44 place in the fuiids [" the consols for the opening in 44 August reached 85. J So completely are the 44 Merchants absorbed in making money by the stocks, 44 that little other business is attended to. Commerce 44 and trade in general appear to be quite neglected. 44 We are credibly informed, that the present state of " the English funds is highly favourable, to the 44 Dutch and French laws ; this morning large 44 purchases were made in the Inner."— All this proves that the present acknowledged evasion ofihe usury laws filled the capitalist< with hopes of their speedy repeal, which even then had done vast mischief to trade and commerce as well as; to agri- culture. f At this time a farmer ( a Mr. Windsor, we believe) stepped forward, and said, 44 Write a pamph- let about it, and vve will all purchase it and rend it, and you will get money by, it."-— Mr. M. good ftomourediv observed, * Very well. Sir," aud pro- j ceeded. J The tndeavour to repeal the laws against ; usury are brought forward every Session. Will no I oue come forward to petition against this last mea- J sure wanting to annihilate the hopes of the country, I whither they respect the commercial or the agri-. j cultural interests? 25 per cent was advertised for. money on good security, in a Loudorf paper about the above date. Will this enable laii- dlords to lovver rents, or tenants to cultivate their lauds' 1 profess myself a friend to agriculture because agricult ure is the mother of all other professions. As she lan- | guishesor is healthy, so will it fare with b^ r offspring. j I conclude with asking,— what reduction s © f taxes : can re- place the 110 millions ( annual,, loss to the | country by the importation of foreign grain, and by j the mischievous effects of usury ? If importation of | foreign corn is at present at a stand, the importation of other productions of the earth is now in full operation."* J C. PELHAW, Esq. said. " Gentlemen, all your time has been taken up in the serious discussion of a subject which is well worthy <> f the consider- ation of all present. It is a subject which 1 have often thought of ; 1 trust, therefore, that before the meeting breaks up, it will be determined that the Resolution shall remain at some convenient pl ace for Ihe purpose of being propeilv considered. I therefore ni< ve lhat thev be left for signature* at s me particular place [- The chairman observed that it was a petition aud tbat there were no re- solutions] Mr. P » LHAM said, < l then I beg leave to pro. phse, that tbe Petition be left for signatures at every market town iu the county." At this period there was a strong cry for Mr. BKNNFT, and the Hon Membei said, 4' Gieutle- an n, I h » ve to I hank this meet ing fowlhe very great kindness with which 1 have be en received : it lump I hope, what I may fairly take U » myself, ihat vou have not been disappointed in niy pnbiic conduct, and that whatever difference of political opinion may exist amongst honest wen who are equally desirous of serving their country, t hough perhaps in different ways, you srive me credit for those vndulgencies which I would allow to others; and 1 trust tnai while you find me strenuously de endiou your public, rights, aud making myself s rviceabt- i i promoting the strictest economy in our expenditure, protecting your liberties and s* vii g your pockets, 1 shall find you iny zealous supporters. Gentlemen, I cannot help taking this opportunity of returning my best tli iuks to those good and worthy Magistrates who, living among you, and exercising ihose good qualities aud private virtues which they are known to possess, have given you an Opportunity of meeting this day. To them, and to ibein only, do you owe your thanks tor the present assembly of the county;' and the advantages it will be of to the county, no one can doubt. The County of Salop, at all times slow to act in political questions, and perhaps unfortunately for our interest, the most so of all the ' counties-- in the. kingdom, has uni- forml'v oursued one- course in support of bis Ma- j sty' » Government But an assembly such as I now see together, meeting and voting such a pe- tition as we have heard read, will do more to open Ibe eyes of his Majesty's Ministers as to the real state of the country, than any petition from perhaps any . other county. Gentlemen, of » he distress, deep and awful as it is, no one can , d<> ubl : there is not an hour of our lives that we do not- meet H, see it, and hear of it. It does not affect . affluent persons alone;, il falls not only upon those who are esteemed rich, but also upon those who are poor. It lias depressed not only the Interest of Agriculture but every other in tenst, and has reduced this once flourishing country almost lo the brink of ruin. But to us the Agricultural Interest is that which is of the greatest importance, for it is that which gives us br ad to ea1, and wherewith to live. And no counfly in Europe has Suffered greater distress than we suffer at the present moment. Gentle- men, til- re is no person who entertains a doubt ofthe existing distress. What then is to be done? aii*! « h « . t remedy is to be applied ? Is nothing to done ? P:> rli » ment has already sat two mouths, and what lias ii done? ll has done what mav be cok,?' deitd as nothing where relief, imme- diate relief, is wauling. True it is that Parlia- ment has taken off one shilling a bushel on the malt, [ A voice from the crowd said 44 lhat is nothing."] But it is something, snd yon will find it something ; hut it is nothing commensurate with your wants and demands. The wanlsof the country you well know, and the- df8? and we have to make is economy and a reduction of taxation, for by no other means can vve be relieved. A time may come when a reduction of taxation may not be enough, as has been most correctly alluded to by the honourable seconder, aud it may he necessary to look to. something else, but I am the last man that would propose to break faith with the public creditor. The public creditor has no right to claim the amount of his debt ; you bor- rowed on no such terms ; and he lent his money ou tbe faith only of receiving the interest. He has uo right Io look to any other security: he has no right to look to a sinking fund of five millions to be kept to support it. Thai money on ' lit to be in your pockets, aud it would be sufficient to take off the salt tax, the soap tax, the leather tax, and other taxes which weigh so heavy on tbe pooier classes. Can any one doubt for a moment that you ought by so much to b^ relieved ? and yet M r. Vansittart", the Chancellor ofthe Exchequer, says it is much "' heifer id keep up such a sinking fund, for it will be so much more advantageous to the country gentleman, because he will, forsooth, be able to borrow at so much lower a rate of interest. Why, gentlemen, Ibe Chancellor ofthe Exchequer lives hy borrow- ing. He cannot exist without it, and it may do vety well for 4Chauge Alley, ll may do very well for him to be boirowing; bul your object is to keep your money in your pockets; your object is to be saving— at least not spending. That is your object, and I trust you w ill tell Goveernment that they have no tight to let that fivei millions go into the pockets of the fundholder. I trust you will insist upon having those five millions doled out to increase the comfoits of every individual among you. That is your duly; and it is your interest to hold back the means of supplying a profligate expenditure. Genllemen, we have been * We have been desired to add the following note to what was delivered by the Rev. Gentleman at the meeting:— 44 The proposed application of5 millions ofthe Sinking Fund to relieve present distress, would produce about 7 shillings to each individual, while the operation of the Sinking Fund has cleared off the whole debt from King William to several years of the late war, amounting to about 3f! 0 millions of national debt, and eased the subjects of 15 millions of annual interest. This system is to be done away for the paltry advantage of putting 7 shillings into individual's pockets'. !! The putting 110 millions into the people's pockets, by excluding foreign produce, would give to each individual £ 7. 14s. annually; hut was tliis worth attending to? The following Parody on Virgil deserves attention by all ranks :— O fortnnatos nimium sua si bona norint Civcs rebus ah Agricolarum stare secundis. To which may be added, Imprimis penitus uon haec sine nutniuc Christi. told of various causes for the existing distress. First, it was a transition front war to peace. Se- condly, it was owing to our population being too great, and great philosophers with great names have contended, that no man ought to have more than three child- ren ! Tbe next evil was, that it was owing to too great production. Now gentle- men, 1 should have supposed that our too great populati on would have consumed this too great production. It is true, that we sometimes have one year a year of abundance— the uext however, may be oue of scarcity. But those who attribute our distress to a superabundance of produce, would make us believe that the bounties of Pro- vidence are only curses ; that what we are laught to ask for in our daily prayers is not to make us happy, is not to be a blessing, but a curse, and instead of being a good is to be an evil. If that be true, then vve roust consider that the genial sun which now shines upon us, and upou this beautiful country, and the mild spring which has been so favourable to yonr sheep and lambs, are not blessings but the greatest curse: aud we should say. Oh! what a calamity is this fine spring I" We must suppose that it is not plenty that we want, but a scarcity— a high price arising from a deficiency of food. Gentlemen, I never heard of such a proposition. These are the shifts and games that some people play who k: o. v what Ihe causes are, but will not cure them. I trust, however, you will not let loose your under- standing to follow such a will of the wisp. For certainly the men who can really entertain such opinions are not fit to walk about Ihe streets w ithout keepers! I have heard Lord Loudon- deirv say, and was much surprized at it, that it was true our distresses a> e great, but that nature was the source of the fanner's hope. What he meant by it is perhaps difficult to say, but I sup- pose he meant the same as Lord Liverpool, that there was too much food. Why gentlemen, there is nol only a superabundance of cot n — there is a superabundance of fish— a superabundance of limber— the frees grow too fast! Lord Liverpool meant that nuture, instead of being a bountiful provider, ought It* be a niggard, barren nature, one that would not odd lo our possessions, but takeaway what we enjoyed. Gentlemen, ibis is not the nature I adore; it is a grim idol which those worship who have no other object but lo keep up taxation. The secret is, Government, • likes lo take loo much money out of your pockets. But try it and turn it round how you please, it has come to this, that we cannot afford to pay what we ate called upon to pay. How stands Ihe case with t he farmer ? Look at the lands, and consider what he has to pay out of them. A farmer has his family to keep, he has his poor rates lo pay, he has the King to pay, he has the Church to pay, and after this what has he left to pay his rent ? Nothing. If the rent, is to he paid out of what is left, there will be nothing to pay it with. If the present low prices continue, and I do not think they are at all likely to rise, Ihe farmer wi I not only not have any thing as a profit to himself; but be will have nothing where- with to pay his rent to his landlord. And he who farms his own land, can receive nothihg as in lieu of rent. Gentlemen, though we cannot rise the price of prodnce, it is in our power to lessen the cost of production, to enable ihe farmer to get it at a less cost, and though we cannot enable him to sell dear, we may, by reduction of taxation, enable him to grow cheap. Let me beg you to bear t his iu mind antl not be led out of it : t he real point at issue is, will you consent to pay this enormous taxation or not ? If you do consent to if you will deserve what you have. You have been told to take lime and pat ience ; but time has only made things worse ; audi fear that patience, of which in this county you have bad so large a share, has only tended to place you in the situa tion you are now in. Had you been more itnpa- tient'of taxation, you would have been consider- ably richer, and neither you nor the country would have been placed in that state of difficulty and danger from which the wisest heads hardly knew how lo extricate it. Gentlemen, we are not tii be told by bis Majesty's Ministers that we must wait for time to relieve us from our difficulties, am) from our present taxation. What we want is economy and immediate reduction of taxation ; and let me beg of you to stick steadily to that doctrine. Let it never be out of your minds; let it be your morning and evening prayer ;' yield it up to no one ; for it is tbe only question which can save you aud your families from ruin. I know you have been told lhal ii will not do much ; but I know better, and I trust you will never forget that you have a duty to perform, oue ihat you owe to youiselves, to your children, and to your country, to whom you have in pros- perity been one of its brightest ornaments; as in the hour of danger ynu have been its greatest stay; and that duly is to insist thai the govern- ment of your country shall be cheap; that in ItvJl, it snail not be three limes as much as in 1792; that it shall not cost Ihree times as much now as then. Believing, as I do, that in this country we have Judges who ate pure— laws lhat are unsullied, ami a religion nol to be matched in Ihe world, and that the morals of the people are ofa higher order and of a tone infinitely su- peiior to those of any in the universe; I trust with these advantages, you will also insist that your Government shall also be cheap ; for all Ihe nations around us that have been ruined, have been so by the extravagance of theiKGovern- ments, which took the greatest share of the pro- duce of the Slate. What 1 recommend lo you is, and I mention it again that you may not forget it, to treasure up the doctrine I have mentioned to you. It is t- he path that leads lo peace, and its ways are ways of pleasantness : if you go out of this path, you will be ruined— if yon keep in if, yon are saved. What has been spent for you, you cannot have; hut you may keep what you tiave got. Let me then beg of you to keep that property, and those principles left you by your ancestors, and preserve Ihern unimpaired to pos- terity," The Hon. Gent, concluded amidst a burst <- f approbation, and wilh which he had been frequently interrupted. W. LA- CON CHILDE, Esq. then slept forward, and said, 44 Gentlemen, and Brother Freeholder, I am certain there is no individual iii this numer ous assembly, less disposed by inclination, or less qualified by habit, to address a public meeting, than myself ; yet 1 am impelled, notwithstanding, under all the circumstances in which we stand, to request your permission, as the son and the re- presentative ofa considerable Occu pier as well as Owner of Land, to say a few words to you on this most important question. And, Gentlemen, not- withstanding all the ridicnlc with which such an opinion has been treaird by the Hon. Member for Ihis Borough, who has ji? 8l addressed you, 1 will not hesitate to avow at oiicC my most decided be- lief, tbat the evils under which the Agriculturist now labouis are chiefly, though not entirely attri- butable to a superab undant supply, and that such excess has been occasioned by the stimulus ? iven by Ihe war, hy the improvements which look place in farming, by extensive drainages, and nu- merous enelostues, events which were followed by the cessation of demand which the war occasi- oned, by immense importations from Ireland, and certainly, till within these three years, from the Continent. At the termination of the war then, not o ily did a part of the demand for grain cease, but an enormously encreased supply was poured iu upon us, aud il is to this cause, I repeat it, to ibis Kiinoltaneou* diminution of demand and aug- mentation of supply tbat I mainly ascribe the distresses of our Farmers. Gentlemen, to attri- bute them exclusively to taxa'ion, does appear to me to be, without exception, ihe veriest attempt at delusion, which ever yet was made upon the credulity of a people ( Much disapprobation). I wish jou, Gentlemen, to understand, lhal I have not come here Ibis day to make statements which I think will be popular, but to assert that which I believe to be true, and such a course 1 shall not fail to adopt as often as 1 may have the honour of addressing yon or any other meeting of my coun trymen. 1 appeal, Brother Freeholders, not to your passions, but to your reasons, and after stat- ing 10 you, that in the year 1813, which was one of acknowledged Agricultural Prosperity, the am Mint of taxation was greater by seveuteeu mil- lions, or in other words, by about one fourth, than it is at present, 1 ask aviy man of the plainest un. derstanding, whether his distress can be occasion- ed by a lighter burthen than that which he bore without material inconvenience then, and w hether th- re must nol be some other cause which has produced it. And, lest I should be told in reply, th it the alteiation in 1 he currency has caused ihe taxes which are still paid to be 111 fact as oppres- sive as those which were paid during the war, I assert, that even were lhat position true, myargu- meut would not be affeclt d hy it, for that, if vve wee well oft with a taxation only equal to Ihe pre- ent, taxation raiim 1, with any degree of jus- tiee, be maintained to be the cause of our existing suffering. With regard lo the question of Ihe Currency, I will only say, 1 should be ashamed of • myself were I to artenipt to bring forward any no- tions of mine upon that most intricate subject, i believe il i « one which few men thoroughly com- prehend, but, however that may be, 1 am sure it Is one which 1 am totally unqualified for discus- Sing. But as it has been so much alluded toby my hou. friend the seconder of the motion before us, I hope I may be excused for saying, as I pass il, thai iu a conversation which 1 had about a month ago with the author of those writings which have made so strong an impression upon his powerful mind, that Gentleman did candidly confess, that, notwithstanding ail the pains which he had been taking to enlighten the country, he had not, up to lhal moment, had ihe happiness of making one convert, except my hon friend. Whether my lion, friend who has adopted his opinions so warmly, has liad only equal success and has brought over nobody but my olher hon. friend, the Mover, are questions which I must leave ' my two friends to settle amongst themselves. Gentlemen, I am bound to declare to von frankly, that I cannot altogether approve of the Petition which has been this day read to you. Inallthat il contains relative to the depressed stite of Agri cu'ture I concur to the fullest extent. 1 believe il would be scarcely possible to exaggerate Ihe difficulties of tbe farmer, and to every tiling that relates to them I give my eniire assent. But 1 cannot agree to a declaration ihat Parliament bas not done enough, at a moment when a Committee of the House of Commons, composed of the ablest men of all pat ties, is deliberating what fur- ther measures il shall recommend, aud when we are still ignorant of the degree of Belief which Parliament proposes to grant. Neither can 1 petition I he House of Commons for a return to t he establishments of former periods of peace, because I know such a measure lo be absolutely impossible, unless we are to neglect those rlaims- which the war has entailed upon us, of which I will now name only one, the half pay, pensions, aod allowances to our disbanded sailors^ soldiers, which aloue amount to five millions annually. From Parliament, I am thoroughly convinced, the country may expect all the relief which Par- liament has the ability to give. But a partial re- medy I confess I think there is, to which no one this day- has hitherto adverted. I mean fair and liberal allowances to Ihe Tenantry on the. part of tlieir Landlords. I am most anxious not to he misunderstood on * his most delicate subject. I will not shrink from declaring, that had 1 a pro- perty in land, I should not think this a proper moment for re letting it, aud I am convinced that no Surveyor or Valuer of Land who may hear me, would know how in our present situation to do justice between the parties. But 1 do think that the time is not distant, when we shall have a clearer view of what is likely to be our future con- dition ; that the improved and improving state of the manufacturing districts, combined with such further measures as Parliament may adopt, by raising prices will leave the farmer less to ask, and that a reduced rate of interest for money will supply the Landlord with additional power lo re-, lievehim. Then, I trust, new engagements will be entered into, whic h will leave Ibe proprietor as large a rent, tho' a less nominal income than he had before, and afford to the Tenant the power of pursuing his occupations with piofit to himself. But, I repeat lhal till such final arrangements can be completed, I do trust as much time, as much indulgence, as much allowance will he given to the Tenant, as it may be possible for his landlord to afford him; if such allowances shall not be suf- ficiently great to produce all the effect which mav be wished upon his pecuniary interests, they will, I am convinced, be incalculably beneficial iu res pect to bis heart aud his affections; they wiil lend to perpetuate the good will and respect which has so long subsisted between the Gentry and the Yeomanry of England, and keep together lhat most important link iu ihe chain of Society, that which uuiles Ihe Owner and Occupier of the Soil. Gentlemen, I have nearly done. I return you my gratfful thanks for the patience and in- dulgence with which you have listened to me ; aud I most sincerely hope I have not said one " word this ( lay whichjhas afforded just cause of offence to any manor class of men. Such is, at this mo- ment, the second wish that animates my heart. The jfirst is, that 1 may be considered by my friends, my neighbours, and my countrymen, to h^ ve exj> ressed my opinions upon a most impor- tant question, as an honest Englishman should do, fairly, firmly, fully, openly, independently, and fearlessly. ( Applause.) R. A. SLANEY, Esq. then said—* 4 Gentlemen, I address myself to you with diffidence after the two gentlemen whom you have just heard; the more so because I differ iu some measure from each of them as to the cause of our present distress. The Hon. Member for thisTown, for whose unwearied exertions I properly was much lower than it is now in the cause of humanity every man who has British feeling must be grateful, has slated taxation as the sole cause of our distress; and on the other baud, the Hon. Member for Wenlock, whose abilities I rejoice to have heard called out this day, and to whose private virtues and manly qualities every one who has the pleasure of his acquaintance will hear witness, has pointed out over- production as the chief if not the only source of our calamities. It appears to me that the low price of agricultural produce does not arise exclusively from the one or the other, hut from many combined causes. Vast importations from abroad some years since, at a period when manufac- tures were depressed and demand decreased, formed an accumulation of grain which is not yet worked out :— the introduction of much Irish produce, which has tended to lower the markets 011 this side ofthe 1 kingdom;— and here I would remark tbat the de- mand is much lessened in this County by the de- 1 pressed state of onr staple manufacture, Iron. That large and populous district extending over the coal- fields of Staffordshire and Shropshire, was one vast mouth, which used to consume our agricultural productions. From the prevailing distress in the iron- works that mouth is shut, or at least only half open. Another cause of our misfortunes is there- turn to cash payments ; and doubtless the weight of taxation presses heavily on sinking men. Let us look calmly to the remedies sought. When we con- sider the. high prohibitory duty which has for three years prevented the import of* foreign grain, no man would wish to raise prices by carrying the prohibition farther. We must endeavour to diminish the ex- pense of cultivation. One of the heaviest brrdens 011 the Agriculturist is the poor rate; heavier than any tax paid to hi^ Majesty's Exchequer. It is a rate, which, under the present system, acts as a to reward improvidence, as a premium upon idleness ; if tends not to make the poor man rich, but the rich man poor ; it is directly hostile to the independence ofthe working classes; it serves to degrade, to de- base and demoralize the people of the Country. I rejoice to think thata measure is about to be brought forward in Parliament gradually to remedy these evils, and to that measure I trust every Member connected with this County will lend his anxious and undivided attention. The County Rate is another burden borne almost exclusively " by land. We pay out of it for the bridges over which every class of the community travel; for the prosec- mion'of those cri- minals who chiefly proceed from populous manufac- turing ciiies, and for the gaols and penitentiaries iu which they are confined, The poor rate has in- creased fourfold, I think, since the year 1792, but the county rate is augmented in a sixfold proportion. [ At this moment, in consequence of its raining rather smartly, several persons desired Mr. S. to put* his hat on ; but he replied, 441 fear not the storm that blows over us, and only wish the existing distress was as transient."] The controul over the county rate is placed in the Magistrates of the county, to whom we already owe so many obligations. 1 hope they will increase the number by making every exertion to limit the amount of this increasing payment. 1 have noticed these burthens, borne almost exclusively hy land, not for the purpose of idie compl lint, bnt to shew, that if vve maintain the poor of the kingdom, alone pay the county rates, and support the clergy of the realm, it gives us a better title to the attention of Government when we ask relief from any other unequal assessment. Such, I contend, is the Salt Tax, which is like a tax Upon the tools of Agricul- ture; which is highly oppressive to the labourer- which is paid on each pound of butter or bread vve consume, on each cheese we buy, 011 every bit of baton which the poor man, eats. It is not that the amount of ihe S., lt Tax would give much relief. It is not for the amount, but for the principle which I contend. There is an innate spirit in Englishmen which will overcome almost every difficulty, if they have but fair piny. If they see that nil is " done for them that can be done, they will bear unavoidable C1Iamities with patience. If they know that the eve of P rliainent is really turned with sympathy on their sufferings, they will bring into action all the energies oFfree- born men, and will rise at length above^ the misfortunes which surround them. Gentlemen some well meaning but timid qien, have been fearful of our meeting together ; they thought discussion would produce discord, disturbance, and mischief anions t. s; tliey knew Utile of what English bosoms arc made of, who were afraid that landlords an8 tenants, neighbours and friends, could not assemble in a con- stitutional manner without confusion and disorder.^ To them I would reply, in the emphatic words of M<. Bu'ke, 44 Public Meetings are the safety valves of the Constitution." Some men ( uulie line would sik f'tr insult ou misfortunes) have saitl, thai a ch'inge of owne. s, a transition of property, will gra- dually put every thiuw riglil. A transition', a clr. injre of piopei'ty! Whal dreadful meaning is l » id unde- these easy phrases I They mean, that the Old Country Gentlem< n who has long lived respected and li ippv iu the mansion of his ancestors, shall shut up his hospitable Hall, shall turn away the aged dependants, who have grown grey in his service, and be obliged to hide his griefs in some Fo eian T. and — that the Honest Yeomanry of England, the pridn and support of B-' itain and the envy of surrounding nations; that class among whom more than among all others dwell the independent, manly, English fiitues, those virtues which enu., hle and elevate 111 inkiud— they mean th it this cl. iss should be swept by the broad hand of destruction froru the f.- ce of our land. I trust our prospects are n. it so gloomy—> lhat no such events will ollow. 1 believe that if the Gentry and the Yeoni n y stand firmly united toge- ther, the dark cloud which oversh < dows onr pro- spects will pass from before us; and that we shall yet triumph over our domestic difficulties, as we were victorious over Foreign foes."—( Ap/ jlauie. J ROWLAND HILI., E « I|. said, " Gentlemen, I f'- el 111 I sel I' liltle able lo express my sentiments oil ibis occasion ; but as the voles I have given in ilie House of Commons may by some be deemed unpopular, I think it admv I owe to myself tu slate, that those votes ubieli 1 have stiven in s - ppoit ottiie measures of his Majesty's Ministers, IM re so given,' because 1 most conscientiously believed tliein on lh, » se questions lo have been ai ling honestly for the inleiesl of Ihe country, anil that tliey were exerting themselves to do all that lay in their power for Ihe public gO'. d " Viscount C'LIVB said— Genllemen, I must beg leave to apologize for trespassing for a short time ou your attention. The infirmity under which I labour has prevented me from hearing so well as 1 perhapt should have done iu a more compact situation. My object is to express the grounds upon which my line of politics has heen guided. Gentlemen, I believe there is lint one wish In Parliament, aud that is to do Ihe best they can to relieve Ihe distress under which, the Agricultural Interest labours; and the only question is as to what are the best and most efficient means of doing it. I will now slate what I conceive to be llie origin of that distress : Sc the firsl is an alter- ation ofihe value of the property both qf the merchant and the manufacturer, occasioned bv a sudden trans- ition from war to peace, the result of which lias been to reduce Ihe circulating capital of the country,* so far as those interests a re concerned, nt least one-; hi id ; next, this one- tnird reduced Ihe sum of money those classes laid out in Agricultural produce. The next great source of injury lo llie Agricultural luti rest- was the loss of the custom ot Government, whose reduced expenditure on tbe cessation of the war was n great injury to ihe farmer, from w hom tliey pur- chased largely. The third source of injury io lhat Interest arose from Ihe excess of production io the harvest of 1820 coming upon the excess of iinoorta- lion from foreign countries which had previously taken place; anil added to this, last year, ihere was an immense importation from Ireland, whieh, crowd- ing ou the already crowded slate of the markets lieie, and coupled with the fact of the Irish produce line- of il much superior quality to onr own, tended materially to depreciate the value of English grain. Another source. of Agrcuiliiral ilefreswna jrarliini the absence of a set of customers, and those w ithin the immediate controul of the country, Ihe support of which ought with lliem lo have been the tirst object, and whose duty it was to stand by Old England, from whose soil they drew all Iheir sub- sistence, and stay at home ; lint instead of this, they spent their money for the benefit of France, Italy, Germany, and other foreign countries. Had ihey lived at home instead of going abroad, Ihe advantages to the country would have been beyond whalwemay have any conception ; anil whether il would not hare been more to their own advai ' age I leave tliern to sny. This being the state of things, and over which Parliament has no controul, liie question came Iw- f, re Parliament by what means the Agricultural ditltes. thus arising could he relieved ; and the great question was, whether it could be best effected by uu iilimWi- ale repeal of taxes, or b v establishing a sinking fund ; and the pari which Government tuok was that of a sinking fund, with Ihe view to pay off a portion of the debt, nnd, ns fast as that could be reduced, to take off luxes commensuiate witle* such red nut ioti. And this, 1 am of opinion, will bring more effectual relief, and that in a shorter time, than ihe remedy proposed hy Gentlemen who think differently from me. In the one case we have had experience before ns, and I have heard from those who are much older than myself, that at the close of the American war There are two sources which we may lake as a data to guide us : price of land was then worth only 21^ years' pur- chase, and the funds were 57 ; at the present ti ne land has not fallen, I believe, in any instance lov. er than 25 years' purchase, and the stocks are about 80. We all recollect the increase of prosperity which ' returned immediately subsequent tu the eslab ishment of the sinking fund ill 86; so that in 1792 Ihe coun- try was iu a more prosperous state than it ha; perhaps ever been either before or since ; and I am in hopes lhat, in a shorler time then at that period, we shall have a similar state nf prosperity as ia 1792 : my own conviction is decidedly, anil I supported a sinking fund from that conviction, that it is the best; and the first step which bus occurred in consequence of it has been Ihe lowering the rale of interest. The first step Government took was to reduce Ihe value of money In proportion tothe reduction thai has taken place iu manu actured goods and agricultural pro- duce. Government was the greatest customer in the money market, and being so, have benefitted the country by reducing lire 5 per Cents ; and if the Bank Directors will only do their doty to the public as they are bound lo do, and which I think they will,, then Ihey will commence discounting at 4 perCent. the result of which will be to lower Ibe interest generally throughout the country, and hy that means produce a greater relief to every part of the com- munity thau could possibly have b en done bv the repeal of one, two, or more* taxes. On this subject it is that the two parties in Parliament are at issue ; aud though some here may think differently from nip, I trust they will give me, and those who think with me, as great credit for the justness nf our motives as they wish fur Iheir own ; and giiiug them such credit, as I sincerely do, I must beg lo sav lhat 1 feel as much attached to iny friends as Ihey or any oilier person can do to ( heir's. My interest lies w ith your- selves ; I have no interest in any other property than, Ilie land— none hut what is common to you all; and unless my tenantry are going on well, 1 cannot goon well myself. I wish to relieve the tenantry, nud: nothing: would have induced me lo give my support lo his Majesty's Government if 1 did not believe lliem to be practising every means of reduction and retrenchment iu their power, so far as ihey could do it with safety to the State, and were I not perfectly convinced they were doing their utmost lo reduce the distress under which the country is labouring. I only ask of you, Gentlemen, to give Ministers cledit for doing their best: they differ from their opponents as to the mode, bnt certainly are entitled to the same privileges, as to their motive, which yt. u would claim for yourselves. Tliey have a public duty to perform lo the nation; Ihey have also a private duty to per- form to their constituents; and all I wish" is, that you will give them credit for acting ns honest men. Allow me to say there are parts of the petition I cannot quite approve of. I wish you to press the distress of the Agricultural Interest upon Parliament, aud to ask for such further relief it may be in their power to grant, either by a reduction of expenditure, hy retrenchment, or a reduction of taxation ; hut it IS my duly to say, that I believe it istotallv impos. sible to return to the expenditure of 1792, unless you aie prepared to give up all those possessions which have heen acquired by British lilooil and treasure. If you are desirous, as I trust you are, lo see Great Britain keep that proud and elevated stale she now holds among surrounding nations, you cannot return to the expenditure of 1792, nur unless you consent to give up all our foreign possessions. ( Applause.) Sir JOHN WROTTKSLKY said—" Ge tlemen, NS one of those who signed the requisition, I beg leave to offer a few words on the question. When"*! si. Mied thai requisition, I felt hurt that Ihe Sheriff had refused the request of the reqnisitionists ; but I feel that hurt the less on seeing the high I v respectable and honourable gentleman presiding " here ( who is Ihe son of one of the greatest anil most enlightened Judges that ever sal at the head of the law profession in the courts of justice in this country). This recompenses me for that refusal, anil his conduct I leave to the approbation or disapprobation of the present assembly, [ shall not, at this late period of he day, take up much of your time. If ii bad heen merely in ordinary limes this requisition lo Ihe Sheriff bad been made, i' would h„ ve been of the less consequence, bee iuse ihe people had a ri » ht to meet to diiscuss public questions. But since I'ai Jiament thought proper to pass six acts ( o taigas also been reduced ; and if Ibe landlords Vi< 7 . * r ... H i i i ii- l — i.. a < i...; _ , i.. 4.. u., ... i... } away lhal right, you, therefore, had hardly any other opportunity of considering the present great distress-, nndhaVing now as many grievances as ever you had, you would uot have heen able, but for the praise. worthy conduct of five honest, upright, impartial, and independent magistrates ( who are determined lo support your rights and liberties), to express your sentiments upon tlmse griev- ances. Raving stated so much, 1 will not eriler into any further digression, but attend to the exact question before us, which is, whe. her you v7ill approve or disapprove of Ihe petition you have heard, which contains two material points,— first, lite alarming situation Ibe country is in, from the very great dis ress tind. r which ihe Agricultural Interest now labours, and which is so generally admitted ss to render it unnecessary fur me 10 say a word about it, for every one appears feelingly alive lo it, and 110 one has denied i\ The noble lord, and my hon. friend ( the member far Weulock) would have agreed to litis part uf the pelitioo, but say they cannot approve of the whole. VVhy gentlemen what a milk and water business is litis. Il is just as much as to say ili. il this crem and once opulent county should 0 n . he House of Commons » nd " ' J we are in grei'l distress, it is tine, but rs .01 relief we cannot tell WIM; we wish, we know 110 HINT . I all about it— we will Musi lo your wisdom for relief. If that were o lie the c" sc, und we were lo adopt tiiat tone, tbe noble loid and tlie lion, member would support it. Bu , gentlemen, lie petition goes fniiher, ansl i will- lie f » r > 011 to adopt il. Parliament has beeu sit ing three moii'lis, and see what lias It done. This petition, and thai is Ihe gravamen of i., el's P 1 li mem what it should do. We ti ve heard vvlia; P. irliami 111 in'ends 10 do, and we are not satisfied » i Ii it Wh n h s Parti ment offered In do: to take one siiillnij from the malt tax. Next year, if landlords mil fanners c . n (. o on so ' on;, there is to lie a small reduction iurlber, and soon, until in abntil five years, as ihe jiob'e lord siys, lliints will he coming round-, why gentlemen, there is not a farmer on a poor soil can exist twelve months of that period if we are lo vail foi the effects lo arise from Hie sinking fund Gentlemen, 1 will sa\ r. few words upon Ihis sink- ing fund. You have' ml bean' - 1 o- i. iug traps for foxes; why, Gentlemen, the most cunning man upon earth never set such strap as my I I Luu- • dotiden y did for voung Members when lie propos- ed preserving a sinking tun., of five miliums. Upon Ibis sinking faiid and ihe necessity of ap- propriating il to relieve the existing distress so much lias heen said by m> friend and relation near me ( Mr Beimel) as prevents my going al all into it. The National Creditor ha- a right lo tbe Interest of his money aud I hope he will receive "' Gentlemen, bv the low of the land, we have now a sinking fund of sixteen millions, and > el we pay only five, aud the Noble Lord knows that an act must he passed ihis Session to al o . Go- vernment to lake eleven millions of li. at fund which is Iiledged hy law to the public creditor. But they say, it is taken on the plea of necessity'; well, be lt so ; and 11 . IIHI s Ihe case, I sav, why not lal. e I be olher 5 niiliio. s on Ibe same plea! 1 have lived imig ; hue b » ve lived longer than me, and I ask iheni, ti' ever lliey knew the Agricultural I h rest in such dirtress as it uow • » ? tl en wh v nut relieve it bv losing Ihis five millions whicl is applied as » sinking fund! Then ns to lb* Mali l ax, a shilling a bushel ts token oft, and thai ill Hie most stupid manner possible. Al ti 1 sit the Chancellor ofthe Exchequer was asked it it would he taken off tire slock in baud, and for about five weeks he persist. il 111 refusing lo give auv answer, so lliai fur those five weeks of llie principal season for m . king malt, owing to such refusal, Ihe farmer could uot dispose ot his bai ley nl anv price. The n hie Lord now wants us to wait five years, why those five weeks have almost ruined Ihe greater ipar't 0/ the barley farmers 1 to talk in lhal manner of the relief lo lie derived from the shilling a bushel in malt is nonsense, it is ' ike a drop of water ill the ocean ; if the government would take off 5 mil. ion. of taxes il would do sone good, il that suin wai pro- proper y diffused among ihe people for the term abovementioned, 1 will venture to say, we should experience a change for ihe belter; tliin. s wou'd by that time come round, ainlwe should then be enabled not only to keep our failli with the pull ic creditor, hut have an efficient smkin; fund; bu. if his Ma- jesty's Ministers persist in lakiug il now, things cannot go on Ion*, not even for six months. My friend tne M. mliei for Wenlo k attributes our distress ebi. flv lo a snpi rabuiidsnce of production, and looks to a diminution of lhal superabundance by un increased consumption on the pail of ibe manufacturing interest. 1 did nol expect to hear Ihat from a person .. f such ability anil talent as he has shown lo day, Itviause it is merely a temparary spiit tbat has taken place within the last two years amongst our maliu facturers. If Ihey expect things lo 1.0 oil in Ibis manner tbey will be mistaken ; il the Agricultural Interest is nol now relieved by the Hoiise of Commons, 1 should like to know where they will shortly find money lo purchase ihe manufactures which are principally hunglit by Ihat inlerest. Gentlemen, ymi may think I speak warmly, but I can assure you 1 have lint said a single syllable w hich ] do not in my heart and conscience believe. If Parliament do not effect something the country can- not stand. We have heard of Revolutions : I would ask who the Government consider themselves indebt- ed to for having none ! To whom do ihey attribute the glory of our wars! On whom lias Government relied for these things! Why! on that Yeomanry they are now ruining. It is impossible to add any thing relative lo the distress ; il is heard of in every omnlcr, and is what every one allows. The Noble Lord and his friends call oil you lo place jour faith in the hands nf Parliament. Gentlemen, llie only difference between them and us is, as to llie remedy. They would leave il to Parliament in do the besl it can ; but 1 say what it has offered lu do is nol sufficient; we must now call upon iliem to do more, and thai is to reduce ihe taxa ion of the connlry. Some say whal will that do for the farmer; 11 d add it will only ' ake live pounds from ilie farmer's ren but I say, if the Government spend five pounds mori than I hey ought, Ihey net dishonestly; and if it makes r. o difference ill ihe price of produce, it will enable 11s lo live that much heller ; a: oil events, il will le a saving of Ihat sum ; and we can saj of it, between landlord and tenani, tha it will be one siep towardgenahliiig him 10 live and lei live. PANTOS COSBETT, Esq. M. P. said " Gentlemen, after • he long discussion which In taken place on this important subject, I will detain you only for a few minii es. I is not my iuten ion to en er ioio the subject of agricultural dis'ress, which has a'rrady ' been sufficiently discussed, nor slionldl h,. ve triihled vmi at all in ihis debate, had il 1101 brought in question whai ha. beeu ably tli « . ussed in Parli - men', namely, wlie her the distress nf the agiicn! tnral interest would he more relieved by Inking off the millions uf taxes, or hy supposing a sinkiu_ fund of th I mount ? As 1 have already declared my opinion upon his subject by ' lie vole I gav. fa .- our of asinking fund, 1 liink II right ios » y that however anxious I m y feel for the relief of ihe country, and no one feels more anxious than lliysi If not oniv fori', bul also thai economy he practised, •. lid the* laxes he gradualy reduced, and 1 say it 011 the best information I could possibly ob'ain, Ihat we s oil be mure relieved hy keeping up a sinking fund than by lie immediate reduction .. f taxes 10 ilia amount. Gentlemen, 1 have voied for reduction aud retrenchment i . several instances, and for a remission of taxation, but in giving those voles I did s i under llie impression ihat such retrenchments could be 111 de as would enable 1 lie Guvernineni 10 li. ke . tf s me taxes wi. lioul at all touching ihe sinking fund. I he:; leave lo apologize for Irespassili on vnur lime, but if J hail nut c ane forward, I might have been charged with shritikin from tii question, which is a ibina I will never do and not only n ihis, bu. on every ques i. Hl ihat may be briught forward eiiher iu the town or Cuunty, well as every where else, I shall always tiive my vole asl trusi I always have done, fearlessly and con- seienti usly. There is another subject on which I would just say a word. I mean a Reduction nf Rents, which f think a inosi proper ibin , nnd I am glatl 10 see Gentlemen and Ihe Landed liverest com- ing f rwaril pretty renerally to support Iheir tenantry, ll is a good leeling, and one whieh 1 always hope to see exist between landlords and tenants ; and 1 trust ihe landlords will always be ready to assist llic tenanirj in times of difficulty and distress." Mr HARRIS, of Benlhn. 1l, then came forward and said," Geuilemru, 1 should not have troubled you at all hut lor Ihe purpose of noticing ail observation made by Mr. Slauey respecting llie County Rate, which the Magistrates did parti- cularly consider at tlie last Sessions, and which belote lhal period as well as since has been reduced. 1 have now one word ut consolation for farmers. Since the time when corn was dear, ihe Government have taken off the Income Tax, and the Agricultural horse Tax, Ihe price of labour only do their duty, by joining, hand iu hand with the tenantry, and lowering Iheir rents, the Country will soon be as happy and prosperous as ever it was." The Rev. C, PETERS requeued tbe pctilion might again be read ; and the Hon. T. KESYON said " Gentlemen, since the petition was first read, several persons have come on Ihe ground, who have not beard it, 1 shall, therefore with your consent read it again ;" which was done and on concluding, Mr. PETERS observed, it contained nothing about ! tie Sinking fund, tbe Hon. chair- man replied, " It contains no more lhau I have read." Mr. KENTON then called for a shew of hands, which was nearly unanimous, there being only two Gentlemen we could see that held up their hands against it, although several did not bold up their bands either to shew assent or dissent. Tbe Hon. H. G BENNET then said " Gentlemen I do not know whether 1 am not taking too greal a liberty, but as no one else has come forward for the purpose, I beg leave lo piopose a vole of lhauks lo our woithy Chairman for his excellent and impartial conduct in Ihe chair. J. MYTTON, Esq. seconded it, and it was carried unanimously. The Hon. IL G. BENNET again advanced, and said-" Gentlemen, 1 beg leave 10 propose tbat I he cordial thanks nf this meeting he given ilie Five upright Magistrates who called it."— W, LLOYD, E. q seconded this motion, which was at » o carried unanimously. Sir JOHN WROTTESLEV proposed that the petition be presented hy tbe Members lor tiie County and that ihey tie requested to support Ibe same in Parliament— Sir EDWARD SMYTHE seconded it, and it was agreed tu uuauunnusly The Hon. T. KEN YON 1 hm said, " Gentlemen allow me to return thanks in my own name, aud in I he name of my Brother Magistrates for ihe honour you have done us, and also lo thank the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury for the manner iu which he has purposed them for vooi adoption' In the duties of our Magisterial Oflirts, ne ar sometimes obliged lo act in a maun, r uupieasati to our feelings; hot I am hsppv to say, that it gives us great pleasure on this as ou every occasion, lo think that Ihe performance of our duly hasfmet with the approbation of c. nr friends aud neighbours— He afterwards declared Ihe . Meeting dissolved.— The bells of St. Chad then rang a merry peal, aud all parlies retired to their respective homes. bp mctioix. THIS DAY. Valuable CATTLE, SHEEP, Draught and Saddle HORSES, Sf Implements. BY MR. PERRY, On Wednesday, the 27tl » of March, 1822, ol the Premises; THE following Part of the truly va- luable FARMING STOCK of Mr. JOHN DITCHER, at BROMPTON ( near to, and in the Parish of Berrington), who is about to reduce his Farming- Concern:— 2 capital calving COWS, 2 three- years old HEIFERS in- calf, 1 Martin HEI- FER, 2 three- years old BULLOCKS, 5r two- years old Dilto, 4 yearling- Ditto ; 5 capital Draught Horses, reared by the Proprietor; a four- years old GELD-' ING, hy Newcastle, Dam by Transit; Bay MARE, 4 Years old, by Newcastle, Dam by Brown Sultan ; Brown FILLEY, 3 Years old, by Newcastle Dam by Broun Sultan ; B. own COLT, 2 Years old, by Ambo, Dam hy Transit; Bay yearling FILLEY, hy Alex ander, Dam bv Transit; one yearling Half- bred FILLEY; Black MARE, by Old Sultan by St. Paul, in- foal to Ambo; a Chesnut FILLY, out of the Black Mare, by Ambo ; Bay MARE, by Transit, in- foal to Ambo ; Brown MARE, in- foal; ' 100 capi- tal Ewe SHEEP vvith Lambs and to lamb ( Southdown Cross), in suitable Lots; 6 Ram Sheep and 2 year- ling Rams; 116 Yearlings ( including about thirty Ewes), in Lots. Also 4 Sets of Horse Gears, an excellent Road Waggon, 1 Tumbrel, a most capital large- sized Wood Land Roll, 3 Pair of Harrows, double and single Ploughs, and several Lots of other Implements. The Sale to open at 11 in the Forenoon, by which Time Attendance is respectfully solicited. ( J^ F* Mr. PERRY earnestly begs Leave particularly to request the Attendance of Company at this Sale, assuring the Public they will be gratified in seeing, and profit in purchasing from this valuable Stock. TO- MORROW. Genteel and valuable HOUSEHOLD FURNI- TURE; rich Port WINE; Table and Dessert CHINA; rich cut and plain GLASS; BOOKS; ENGRAVINGS, & e. SAINT JOHN'S HILL. To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. The humble Petition of the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, Freeholders, and Occupiers of Land, in the County of Salop; SHEWETH, THAT your Petitioners are suffering under the most intense and unparalleled Distress. Your Petitioners submit to your Honour- able House, that unless adequate and immediate Relief be afforded, they cannot but contemplate the total Destruction of their Properties, and they must express tlieii deep Regret and Disappointment at the Inadequacy of the Measures proposed by His Majesty's Ministers for their Relief, inasmuch as the Prices, from whatever Cause it may he, have fallen below the Rate ai which Produce will yield a Return to the Grower while he remains liable to those Charges which were imposed when the Value of Money was different, and when Prices were at their highest. Your Petitioners do conceive thai a far greatei Reduction of Taxation thau that hitherto proposed by Ministers . night be accomplished by enforcing the most strict and rigid Economy in every Department of the State, and by limiting the Estab- lishments of the Country to their former Rate of Expenditure it) Times of Peace. A Copy of the above Petition lies for Signa ture at the Office of the Salopian Jourmi' ; Copies are also sent to all the Market ' Towns, and it is re- quested they may be signed and returned as soon us possible. NOTICE. TVfOTICE is hereby given, that if the 11 MARE, the Property of RICHARD DAKKS, left at Mr. George's, Bunt's Head, near Bridgnorth, on the 29tli of September last, is not fetched away, and nil Expenses paid, before Saturday next, she will be Sold by Public Auction to pay the same. Boar's Head, i'id March, 1822. Household FUR \ ITURE, Table. Service, China, Glass, SfC. EY MESSRS. TUDOR AND LAWRENCE, On the Premises, atSHIFFNAL, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 17th and 18th of April, 1822; ^ J^ HE ENTIRE, ELEGANT, aild MODERN I HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, belonging to A. GODBV, Esq. ( who is moving his Residence): comprising handsome Breakfast, Dining, and Draw- ing Room Furniture, of superior Excellence ; rich Brussels and Kidderminster Carpets ; large Table Service of best Ware, Breakfast and Evening China, Cut Glass, & c.; with an excellent Assortment of Culinary Articles, Brewing and Dairy Utensils; the Whole of which will be comprised in Catalogues, which may be had of the Auctioneers, and at the principal Inns at Shiffnal aud the neighbourin Towns. ASERMON will be preached in the Church of ST. MARY MAGDALENE, in BRIDG- NORTH, on TUESDAY, the 2d of April, 1822, in Aid of the Old Church Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, by the Rev. WM VJCKERS, Rector of Chetton aud Glazeley,—- Service will begin at Eleven o'Clock iu the Morning. Those Pcisons who are friendly towards, and feel incHned to support, this truly Church Institution, are requested to meet in the Vestry Room 6f St. Mary Magdalene, in Bridgnorth, immediately after the Sermon on the 2d of April, to consult upon the Measures necessary for establishing a District Com- mittee in that Town, where a greater Facility of communicating with the Parent Society, and a Depositary for Bo ks, are found requisite, und ap- proved of by the Shrewsbury Committee. Bridgnorth, March 20th, 1822. BY MR. PERRY, On the Premises, on Thursday, the 28th Day of March, 1822; ^ l^ HE GENUINE, NEAT, and GENTEEL 1 HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, belonging to Mr. W. LEIGHTON, St. John's Hill, SHREWSBURY ( changing his Resilience) ; also about Fifteen Dozen of PORT WINE, of particular Excellence in Quality and Richness of Flavour ( 16 Years in Bottle); valu- able Table and Dessert Services of Ironstone and Worcester CHINA ; rich cut and plain GLASS ; Books, Engravings, and other Effects. Particulars will appear in Catalogues, to be had on the Premises, ami of Mr. PERRY. To be viewed on Wednesday, the 27th. GENTEEL CA R to carry four Persons, and excellent MARE for Harness or Saddle; also, a useful GIG und HARNESS, suitable for Hire or a Family. BY MR. PERRY, At the QUARRY GATES, near St. Chad's Church, Shrewsbury, on SATURDAY NEXT, the 30th of March, precisely ut One o'Clock ( toa Minute); ANEAT and substantially built gen- teel CAR, with HARNESS thereto, driving Seat with Space for two Persons, and Seats for two more behind. Also, a remarkably strong and active single CAR- RIAGE MARE, perfectly quiet and steady, and. rides safe and well. May be seen in Ihe Forenoon at the Talbot Stables, Shrewsbury. Likewise, a strongly built, light- running GIG, with HARNESS, suitable to a Family or to Hire. Farming Stock ofCATTLE, HORSES, SHEEP, S W1N E, IM PL EM EN TS, GRAIN, Smith's Tools, & Household Effects, at NEYV HALL FARM, near Dorrington. BY MR. PERRY, On the Premises of Mr. BENJAMIN MANSELL, at NEW HALL, near Dorrington on Tuesday, the 9th of April, TS22; npHE Entire LIVE STOCK, IM- 1 PLEMENTS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Brewing and D iiry Vessels, Bacon, Cheese, Black- smith's Tools, and other Effects, to be more particu- larly inserted in future Advertisements. SHREWSBURY pub lie ^ ua0crtpttou school, On the Nrxtional or Dr. HELL'S System. 4 GENERAL MEETING of the Subscribers will be held nt the School, on TUESDAY NEXT, the 2d of April, at Twelve o'clock ill Noon precisely ; to elect a President and Committee, agreeably to the Rules. J. EATON, Treasurer. March 11th, 1822. Genteel modern HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Antique carved CHEST, CHINA, GLASS, and BOOKS, two Capital COWS and CALVES, SOW and PIGS, and sundry other Property at FRODESLEY. BY MR. PERRY, On Wednesday and Thursday, the 10th andjlth of April, 1822, on the Premises ; HP*! E genuine and valuable HOUSE- I HOLD GOODS and FURNITURE and other Effects, of the late Rev. B. EDWARCES, at FrodeSley; comprising various fourpost Bedsteads, Hangings, and Window Curtains corresponding. Goose Feather Beds, Math- asses, Blankets, and Covers; every other Article of Chamber Furniture ( including a very cu- rious and richly carved OAK CHEST of great An tiquity and fcingn ar Value ) ; DINING PARLOUR and DRAWING ROOM Suits of CHAIRS, TA BLES CURTAINS, SOFAS, SIDEBOARD, CELLER- ET, CARPETS, & c. Table, Dessert, and Tea Ser- ices of CHINA and best Staffordshire Ware ; Plated Articles; Kitchen Requisites, and numerous very excellent Barrels, Casks, and other Brewing and Dairy Vessels, Pickling Tubs, & c. & c. Also, two capital Herefordshire COWS and Calves, SOW and nine PIGS ; Lawn HURDLES, VERAN DA, TROLLEY CART, Farming, Stable, and Gar- den IMPLEMENTS Catalogues with Arrangement of each Day's Sale may be had at the principal Inns in the Neighbour- hood, on the Premises, and of MR. PERRY, Piide Hill, Shrewsbury. A small Library of BOOKS, chiefly in Divinity, will be sold iu Shrewsbury. ^ AI'EG BY SUCTION'. TO- MORROFF^ MD FRIDAY. Stock of Cattle, capital Tearn of Horses, Flock of Sheep, Implements, genteel Furniture, S( c. BY W. SMITH, On the Premises at GRAFTON, in the Parish of Fitz, iu the County ofSalop, on Wednesdayand Thursday, the 27th and 28th Davs of March, i822; ALE the excellent LIVE STOCK, IMPLEMENTS, genteel FURNITURE, and Effects, belonging to Mrs. JCCK. ES, who is quitting the Faiin : ' comprising 4 young Cows calved and in calf,, 2 fresh Barrens; 2 very valuable seven- year old Brown Geldings, Brown Mare in foal, 1 Black Gelding '[ this Team will be found excellent], three- year nkl: l) iaught Filly, yearling Colt, and a capital Hack ; 36 E^ Ves lambed and in. lamb, 20 Wethers, 2 Rams; with Pigs aiid in- pig, and 31 Stores ' ' IMPI EMENTS.— Capital Threshing Machine. 2 Road Waggons with' Gearing, Harvest Waggon, 2 broad- wheel Tuihbrels, narrow- wheel Ditto, 2 Wheel Ploughs, 2 double Ditto, Hand Ditto, Land Roller, 4 Pair of Harrows, Dozen of Hurdles, Water- | furrow Plough, Scuffle, Winnowing Machine, 39 I Bags, Scales and Weights; 4 Stack Frames ( Stone Pillars and Timber), 8 Sets of Horses' Gears, 3 Wag- gon Ropes, 4 Ladders, Turnip Drill, Sheep Cra'clt, Water Carriage rind Casks, Straw Engine, Cranks and Footing Chains, Pikels, Drag and Hay Rakes, Sieves, Riddles, Wheelbarrow, Stone Pigtroughs, & c. kc. FURNITURE.— Handsome Fourpost Bedsteads with Furniture ( fringed), Servants' Bedsteads, prime Feather Beds and Bolsters, Counterpanes and Blan- kets, Dressing Tables, Bason Stands and Sv. ing Glass, painted Chest Bed, Linen Chest, handsome Set of Mahogany Dining Tables, Set of neat Chairs, handsome Pier Glass in a Gold Frame, valuable Sporting PrTnis in Gold Frames* Wheel Barometer, Wire Fenders and burnished Fire Irons, Mahogany Bureau, Oak Dining and Pillar Tables, large Kitchen Wardrobe ( Doors and Drawers), Eight. day Clock, Assortment of Glass, Kitchen Range, Oven, & c. with the customary Articles for Kitchen and Culinary Use. Two Stone Cheese Presses, 2 Furnaces and Grates, Cheese Tub, Cheese Vats, Milk Pail, Cans, Mit, Churn, & e. oval Coolers, Mashing and other Tubs, several Hogsheads and Half- ditto,' Casks, and other Effects, Catalogues may be had at THE AUCTIONEER'S.— Sale each Morning at 11 o'Clock precisely. DOWN TON. Valuable Cattle Stock, superior Teams of Horses, Flock of Sheep, Pigs, Imple- ments, genteel Furniture, Dairy and Brewing Utensils. BY W. SMITH, On the Premises at DOWNTON, in the Parish of Upton Magna, and County of Salop, on Monday and Tuesday, the lst and 2d Days of April, 1822; ALL the valuable LIVE STOCK, IMPLEMENTS, FURNITURE, and EF- FECTS, belonging to the late Mr. COLI. EY EI. S- MERE : eomprising 19 capital young Cows and Hei- fers calved and in- calf, 3 young Barrens, 4 three- year old Bullocks, 12 two- year old Ditto and Heifers, 9 powerful young Black and Brow n Draught Geldings and MaYes; - 88 Ewes lambed and in- lamb, 35 Fat yearling Wethers, 2 Rams ; 3 Sows and Pigs, 2 Sows iu- pig, And 41 Scores. IMI* LEMENTs. « — Three Road Waggons ( Harvest Gearing), Harvest Waggon, 3 broad- wheel Tumbrels, 2 double Ploughs, 2 Hand Ditto, 2 Land Rollers, Water- furrow Plough, Pair of Twins, Scuffle, 5 Pair of Harrows, 2 Winnowing Machines, 12 Foddering Cribs, 4 Dozen of Hurdles, Dozen of Bags, Scales and Weights, 7 Ladders, MalfMill, 4 Waggon Ropes, 4 Drag Rakes, Tarpaulin, 4 Stone Cisterns, 8 Ditto P'gtroughs, various Lots of Pikels, Hay Rakes, Mattocks, Spades, Shovels, Paling Irons, Cow Chains and Soles, Sieves, Riddles, and various other small Implements ; 2 Men's "" addles. Side Ditto, 8c Pillion. FURNITURE.— Fifteen Pair of Bedsteads ( Fonrpost and Servants'), 9 Feather Beds, 4 Chaff Ditto, 11 Coverlids, 10 Pair of Blankets, 20 Pair of Sheets, 52 Table Cloths, 64 Napkins and Towels, Oak Bureau, 2 Chests of Drawers, Wardrobe, large and small Linen Chests, several Oak Dining Tables and Pillar Ditto, Mahogany Arm Chairs, several Lots of Chairs with Hair and Seg Seats, 2 Pier Glasses, Wire Fenders, Dresser and Shelves, Quantity of Pewter, large Kitchen Table and Form, circular Screen, various Lots of Tin Ware, Brass Candlesticks, Copper Sicirpsfva nod Pat « , BntHc Jarfc nnd ! h;- signer; 14 Pair of excellent Cheese Vats and Shooter Boards, 6 Brass Pans, 6 Milk Cans, Butter Tubs, Barrel and Upright Churn, Curd Screw, Tub, and Frame, large Cheese Tub, Ladder and Lid, Whey Tub, Pails, Mits, Earthen Milk Pans and Cream Steans, Curd Bowl, Breaker and Press, portable Cheese or Wine Press, Pickling Tub and large oval Salting Cooler, 4 Mash- ing Tubs, 2 oval Coolers, Washing and Wort Tubs, Pails and Buckets, 4 Tap Tubs, Quantity of Harvest Bottles, 5 Hogsheads, several large aud small Casks, Brass and Iron Pots, Saucepans, and various other Articles. THE AUCTIONEER most respectfully solicits the Attention ofthe Public to this Stock, the Cows being excellent Milkers, and the young Cattle very pro- mising; tlie two Teams, for Power, Condition, and One Hundred Guineas EEWA1D. WHEREAS late last Night, or early this Morning, THREE Si^ OKS or i\ AY, standing on a Field near Severn Hill House, a:. . adjoining the Road leading from Shrewsbury to Hanwood, were WILFULLY nnd MALICIOUSLY SET ON FIRE, and consumed: Whoever will give such Information to JOHN CRAIG, Esq. as shall lend to the Conviction of the Offender or Offenders, shall, on such Conviction, receive the above Reward. Clarimond ilill, Shreivsuury, March 4th, 1822. In The London Gazette of Saturday, the Kith Instant, appeared the fol- lowing- Notice: Whitehall, March 15, 1822. Whereas it hath been humbly represented unto the King, that, early in the Morning of Monday, the 4th Instant, Three Stacks of Hay, the Property of John Craig, Esq. iu his Field situate at Severn Hill, in the Township of Brace Meole, in fhe Liberties of the Town of Shrewsbury, in the County of Salop, were Maliciously Set on Fire and D: stroyed : His Majesty, for the better apprehending aud bringing to Justice the Persons concerned in the Felony above mentioned, is hereby pleased to promise his most gracious PARDON to any one of them ( except the Person who actually set Fire to the said Stacks) who shall discover his Accomplice or Ac- complices therein, so that lie, she, or they may be apprehended and convicted thereof. ROBERT PEEL, Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department. I A further Reward of Fifty Guineas. | Whereas late Inst Night, or early this Mornino-, ; ONE STACK of HAY, standing on a Field near Severn Hill House, and adjoining the Road leading from Shrewsbury to Hanwood, was WILFULLY and | MALICIOUSLY SET ON FIRE, and consumed: Whoever will give such Information to JOHN CRAIG, Esq. as shall lead to Ihe Conviction of the Offender of Offenders; shall, oil sucb Conviction, receive the above Reward. Clarimond Hill, March 21, 1822. < salc0 bp auction ONSLOW. Capital Live Stock, Implements, Genteel Furniture, Dairy 4f Brewing Clensils. BY W. SMITH, On the Premises at ONSLOW, near Shrewsbury, in the County of Salop, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 17th and 18th Days of April, 1822; 4 LL the excellent LIVE STOCK, .. CL IMPLEMENTS, neat FURNITURE, Dairy and Brewing Utensils, belonging to Mr. JOSEPH HOWELL, who is leaving the Farm.— Particulars in our next. • WANTED, by a Graduate of Oxford; a CURACY giringr a Tille.- For Particulars' opply, by Letter Post- paid, to the Printer of tins P. rper. Cheap Linen Woollen Drapery. J. R. MEDLK'OT? ' " BEGS most respectfully to inform hi; Friends and Ihe Public in general, lie is now ottering every Article iu the above Line eousiderlfbtv i. Wer n, r li. uiir i... Ul. based theal trmn the best Markets, he ..,„ wiib , , re- commend them to his Friends, and bcos to eu'- l their Attention to a few Articles, viz,: Superfine West of Enoland: Broad Clo h, from los. In 28s. Dilto ilitln'ililto Cassimfere, from 6s. to fis. tU A oreat Quantity of fashionable Waislcoat Pieces, from Is fid. to 6s. Cambrics, Jacconets, worked and checked Muslins. Irish l inen, Ya. d- wide, fr U l. iitul upwards. Lung- Lawn, French Cambric, Diaper, Ilin. lker- elnefs, nod every oilier Article proportionality low. C^" R logs to sav, ns everv Article will lie churned the lowest Ready Money Price, no Credit' wil! be given. Bridt / jetrater Arms Inn, Ellesmerei SHREWSBURY. rr al ST. TIVO SEIIMOA'S Kill be preached CHAD'S CUUHCH, in this Town, on SVNDJY NEXT, the 31 si instant, by the Hev. Enif. sHn B. rvumt, Vicar of Meole Brace, Jor the benefit of the Subscription Charity School for Girls, on Dr. Bell's Sys- tem, and of the Boys' Sunday School belong- ing to the said Parish. KjP The Corn Markets- remain as last week. Marriages, Deaths, several Articles of Intel ligence, some Advertisements, anil the Nisi Prius business of the Assize, are postpuned till next week. [ For the Names of, and Charge to, the Grand Jury, i$ c see 4th Page.] The Assizes terminated on Saturday evening last; Ihe followins ore Ihe capilal convicts. DEATH.— Joseph Price( aged 42), fur breaking into aud robbing Ihe house of John Powell, in Ibe parish of Ponlesbury ; Daniel Williams ( a6X Luke Oliver ( 23), William Griffiths ( 3o) anil James Claris ( 24), for a buiglury iu ihc bouse of Mr. Thomas Rodenhursl, of Cotton; William Norgrore ( 20), fora burglary in the house of Elizabeth Jells, o Ihe parish of Kinlet ; George James and John Turner, for robbing Mr. Ed ward Davies, nf East, hope, and Mr. Thomas Whilefoot, of Longville, on tbe highway, near Wen lock 5 aud Thos. Farmer^ fur feloniously and wilfully slabbing Thomas Williams. iv^' ' I be great length anil public interest oflhe proceedings al the COUNTY MEETING, oblige us 10 postpone ihe details of Ihe iuiporlanl trials and business in the Crown Court till next « cek Age, may he placed in Competition wilh any in the County ; the [' lock of Sheep ate also deserving of Notice; the. Implements are all is good Repair; and the Furniture very respectable. Owing to ihe numerous Lots, the Sale will com- mence each Morning at 11 o'Clock toa Minute. AT NORTON- IN HALES, Near Market Drayton, Salop. BY WRIGHT & SON, On Thursday, the 28th, Friday, the 29th, & Saturday, the 30th, Days of March, 1822; ALL the capital FA RM ISG STOCK, IMPLEMENTS in Husbandry, Dairy and Brewing Vessels, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, aud other Effects of Ihe lale Mr. HOSKINS, of NOR- TON aforesaid : consisting of 28 Dairy Cows, Calved and in- calf, 6 Tw inters, 6 one- year old Calves, capi- tal three- year old Bull, handsome Bull Calf, 37 Ewes in- lamb, 2 Rams, 5 yearling Ditto, 8 yearling Wethers, 13 yearling Ewes, all of tbe new Leicester Breed from thj Fulos of Abraham Hoskins, Esq. of Newton, neur Burton upon- Trent, and other noted Breeders in that Neighbourhood, 5 black faced Ry- Innd Ewes in- lamb, 14 yearling Ditto, 5 superior Draught Geldingsand Mares, one of which is in- foal, Sow in- pig, 3 young Gf Its, 5 Store Pigs, I well bred Boar, I good Waggon, Harvest Trolly, 4 Dung Carts, 3 Single Ploughs, Scuffle, Pair of Twins, 2 Pair of Harrows, Land Roller, Turnip Cu'ter, Grind Stone and Frame, 2 Wheelbarrows, 28 Hurdles, 3 Sheep Cratches on Wheels with Covers, Gearing tor 5 Horses, and sundry odd Gearing, 2 Saddles, 4 Brid- les, Side Saddle, 2 Waggon Ropes. Timber Chain, Malt Mill, 48 Com Sacks, 2 Peeling Irons, Machine Faji, Straw Engine, 5 Sheep Troughs, 3 , L: uM r-, Hot- bed Frame aud L'gbts, Dog Kennei aud Hen Coop, Corn Coffer, Stack Frame with 24 Stone Caps and Pillars, Ditto with 18 Ditto, with Rakes, Forks, Sieves, Riddles aud numerous olher small Farming Implements. Also the valuable Furniture, Brewing aud Dairy Utensil*, and Linen. N. B. The Cows are in good Condition and capital Milkers: the Horses able, and steady Workers ; the Sheep and Pigs of superior Breeds ; be Impieineuu nearly new : ihc Household Furniture of . he most useful Kind, and in excelleu* Preservation ; and the Whole will be Sold wi bout ihe least Reserve The Live S oek and Implement on the firs' Day, ' he Second Day's Sale wiil commence wi ll the Dairy and Brewing Vessels, and continue with the Fur- niture.— The Sale will begin each Moruiug pre- cisely at 10 o'Clock. T. P. ICKNELL ESPECTFU1. T. Y informs ihe Nobility, « Gentry, Commercial Gentlemen, and the Inlilic oi general, that lie has entered upon ihe iilnive large and commodious inn, which is fitted up in the liisl Style „ f Elegance. Particular Attention has heen paid to the Beds inn! Bedding, whieh are nil new and of most excellent Quality ; nnd the greatest possible Cure has been taken, ill the Selection of every other Article, thut' may tend to promote Ihe Comfort and Convenience of those Persons who ore pleased to honour the House with their Support. T. B begs Leave lo add, I! i. t the has laiil in tin Assortment of Wines of Ihe choicest Vintao- e nil Spirits of fhe ffrsl Quality; and he hiimiily trusts, that by the strict Attention which » ill be paid t. i the At icointriollntioil of his Frit urts, with moderats Charges, to merit a Slnve of Public Patronage. r- r> ck " P Couch Houses and excellent Saldino' • neat Chaises and good Horses; Stage Cinches to all Purls ot ibe Kingdom daily • 25th March, 1822. COI& MERCFAX. AFJAEE lit, BIRMINGHAM. jlTR. WILLI AMS ( Inte Assistant t'd lvX Mr. Wif. niKtG, High Ercall), l. e « - s tu an- nounce to his Frieuds and Ihe Public, that he has opened an Establishment for a limited Nu nber of Young Gentlemen, as Boarders, who w ill he care', fn ly instructed iu Ihe usual Branches of Com uncial Education. The Situation is peculiarly healthful, and the Young Gentle in u will leceive every ri. wn - li;: Comfort and Attention, As the Siluali'. i i is not C, ntrical, It is calculated to remove those Objections Iht. it many Parents have to their Children being educated in a Tow a. TERMS. Board and Tuition, '-"> Guineas per Annum. Washing a Guineas. Dancing, Drawing, French, an, I the Classics by the most, approved Masters on the usual Terms. *** Each young Geiltleni 11 is emerted lu 1> 3 provided with the usual Requisites as Boar ler. Moseley Street, March 19, l « 2- 2. Reference to Mr. I'. WII. UAM. Ft>% '.- « ?, near Shrewsbury in/ vn- R. ' sPO BE SOLD, a very valuable I> VY a GELDING, 8 Years old', 15! ;!•; Is. Mast , of Weight, in extraordinary good " Feueor, o- nt by Currycomb out of a Pastor Mare, bred in Pe ubrok'e- shire; Price 90 Gnheas. The Horse will i, r nt the Talbot Stables until Friday next, and will ntt. .. I ilj* Hounds on Thursday.- Apply for further Pririiculn'of to Mr. JOBSOM, Talbot Inn, or Mr T. TISDAI. K, NE* Street. BY W. JAMES, On the Premises, at LEE, near Ellesmere, in the County of Salop, on Thursday, the 4th, nud Saturday, the 6th Days of April, 1822; 4 LL the LIVESTOCK, IMPLE- : jL MENTSin Husbandry, Dairy and Brewing Utensils, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, and other Effects, belonging fo Mr. JOHN DAVIES, who is chang- ing his Residence. Catalogues are prepared, and to be had at ( he prin- cipal Inns iu the Neighbourhood, and of the Auction- eer. Capital Navy and Building Timber. BY J. BURLTON, At the Freemasons' Arms, at Allum Bridge, in the County of Salop, about Halfway between Kidder- minster and Bridgnorth, on Monday, the 1st Day of April, 1822, at 3 o'Clock iu the Afternoon : rpHE following Lots of OAK Timber, j fi. now growing in the Parish of ALVELEY, in the County ofSalop, all marked and numbered with Red Paint: LOT I. 50 Oak Trees, ntimbered from 1 to 50 inclusive, now growing on the Bovvells Farm and Coppice adjoining. LOT II. 50 Ditto, numbered from 51 to 100, on the same Farm. LOT III. 50 Ditto, numbered from 101 to 150, on the Bowells Farm and Lands adjoining. LOT IV. 50 Ditto, numbered from 151 to 200, on the Moorhouse Farm, and Lands in the Occupation of Widow Walker. LOT V. 50 Ditto, numbered from 201 to 250, on the Astley Farm. LOT VI. 50 Ditto, numbered from 251 to 300, on the Aslley Farm. Ali the abovernentioned Timber is near to good Roads ; Part of it on the Banks, and all within about two Miles, of the River Severn, and is conveniently situated for Carriage to Dudley, Stourbridge, aud Wolverhampton. Mr. Benjamin Edmonds, of the Bowells Farm, near Allum Bridge, will shew the different Lots. For further Particulars apply to Mr. John Devereli, I Timber & Land Surveyor, Sidbury, near Bridgnorth, OAK FA KM. Excellent Live Stock, Implements, Sfc. BY W. SMITH, On Wednesday, the 3d of April, 1822; 4 LL the excellent LIVE STOCK, nL IMPLEMENTS, & c. belonging to Mr JOHN JONES, ( if TUB OAK FARM, near Bicton Heath, in the County of Salop, who is declining Business: com- prising 12 capital young Cows, with Calves, Heifer in- calf, 2 two- year old Bollocks; 2 useful Draught Mares, 1 Ditto in- foal, 1 Draught Horse, Black half- bred Gelding, five- yeais old, has heen in Harness, capital fobr- year' ol'd Gallow ay, Chesnut Por. ey in- foal, ( by'Jupiter), yearling Colt, two- vear old Ches- unt Colt, ('\ v Fifz James) ; 33 Fat Wether Sheep, 30 Ewes and Lambs ; 4 Gilts in pig, 4 Fat Pigs, and 16 strong Stores. IMPLEMENTS.— Capital broad Wheel Waggon, nar- row Wheel Ditto, broad Wheel Tumbrel, D. » nble Plough, 2 Hand Ditto, Land Roller, 2 Pair of Har- rows, and Horses' Gears, with a Variety of small Implements. Also a'large Quantity of seasoned Implement Timber, Gate Posts, Rails, kc. Tbe Furniture comprise Bedsteads, Feather Beds, Chests of Drawers, Linen Chests, Tables, Chairs, Cupboards, with Dairy and Brewing Utensils, Hogs- heads, Ca^ ks, nnd other Effects. Sale to commence at half past ten o'Clock pre- cisely. GENTFEL Furniture, Linen, Glass, China, Dairy and Brewing Utensils. BY W. SMITH, On tbe Premises at EDGE, in tiie Parish of Pontes-, bury, in the County of Salop, on Monday, the 8th Day of April, 1822"; ' LL the neat FURNITURE and Effects of Mr. BROMLEY.— Particulars in our next. TO RE LET. MOST desirable KESIDENCE, in the Environs of SHUEWsBrny, , m the Smith Side, for the Keceptioo of a genteel Family, with three Sitting Rooms, Ihe largest 20 Feel hy IS Fee*' a , arge Kitchen, with Housekeeper's It iom, a gooil Cellar, ' villi Wine Bi ii us, nine Lodging I .7. enclosed Court Yard, wilh Rrewhon « e," iiid Pump of good Water, an excellent Garden v illi choice S-' i- iit Jirees ; with Stable, Coach Con- re, cud Pi.... rf. — The House stands on un Eminence, snrruiiadeit vvitii about Twelve Acres of rich Pasture I, an. I For Particulars apply to Mr SMITH, Dogpole. HARX. ESCOTT. Excellent Live Stock, Implements, Dairy and Brewing Utensils. BY W. SMITH, On the Premises at IIABI. ESCOTT, near Shrews- bury, on Tuesday, the, 9lh Day nf April, 1822; ALL the capital LIVE STOCK, ex- cetfent IMPLEMENTS, Dairy and Brewing Utensils'; belonging to Mr. WILLIAMS, who is retiring from Business.— Particulars in our next. Excellent Farming Slock, neat Furniture, Dairy and. Brewing Utensils. BY W. SMITH. On the Premises at PRESTON BROCK11DRST, in the Countv of Salop, ou Monday and Tuesdav, Ilie 151 h and 16th Days of April, 1S22 ; ALL the capital" LIVE STOCK, IM- . PLEMENTS, FURNITURE, Dairy and Brew- ing Vessels, belonging lo Mr. EDWARD BAVLEY, who is quitting the Farm.— Particulars in our nest. AT THE FIELDS, Near Ashley, in the County of Stafford. BY WRIGHT & SON, On Thursday and Friday, the llth and 12th Days of April, 18- 212; 4 LL the valuable FARMING STOCK, IMPLEMENTS in Husbandry, Dairy and Brewing Vessels, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, and other Ffleets, belonging to Mr. CHARLES MACHIS, of The Fields aforesaid.— Particulars in a future Paper MON 1GOMERYSHIRE. 1588 Capilal OAK Timber Trees. BY GEO. SMOUT, At llie Bear's Head Inn, Newtown, iu the County of Montgomery, on Saturday, the 30th Day of March, 1822, at five o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions then to be produced, ( unless disposed of by private Contract, of which due Notice will be given), in the following Lots: LOT I. 1 f\ f\ 0AK Timber TREES, commencing No. 1 V/ 0 ^ tending No. 200, growing on Bryn Cull Farm, in the Parish of Bettws. LOT II. Ill Oak Timber Trees, beginning at No, 1, and ending No. Ill, growing on Bellariniewdd Farm, in the same Parish. LOT III. 122 Oak Timber Trees, commencing at No. 1, and ending No. 122, growing on the same Farm. LOT IV. 200 Oak Timber Trees, commencing at No. 1, and ending No. 200, growing on Penygaer Farm, in Bettws Parish aforesaid. LOT V 83 Oak Timber Trees, commencing at No. 1, and ending No. 83, growing on Pwyncocb Farm, in the same Parish. LOT VI. 54 Oak Timber Trees, commencing at No. 1 and ending No. 54, growing on the same Farm. LOT VII. 125 Oak Timber Trees, commencing at No. 1, aud endingNo. 125, growing on Peny bryn, in Tregynon Parish. LOT VIII. 100 Oak Timber Trees, commencing at No. 1, and ending No. 100, <> row ing on Tyuybanal Farm, in the same Parish. LOT IX 276 Oak Timber Trees, commencing at No. 1, and ending No. 276, growing on the Red House Farm, iu Tregynon Parish aforesaid. LOT X. 101 Oak Timber Trees, commencing at No. 1, and ending No. 101, growing on the last men- tioned Farm. LOT XI. 222 Oak Timber Trees, commencing at No. 222, and ending No. 444, growing in Cwin Wood, in Tregynon Parish. The above Trees are all blazed and Scribe- marked each Lot beginning vvith No. I, except the last. The Trees are of large Dimensions, and from 40 to 60 Feet in length, suitable for Plank, Beams, Navy, or any other superior Purposes ; growing in Coppices on the GREGYNOG ESTATE, in the Parishes of Bettws, and Tregynon, and Part of them within a Mile of the Montgomeryshire Canal, a! Aberfechan, and three Miles distant from Berriew Wharf. There are Wharfs for loading Timber into Boars, and by the said Canal conveyed to Pool Quay, ( being only eight Miles), where the Severn is navigable with the Dee, at Chester, and with the Mersey near Liver- pool.—- Evan Davies, of Bettws, will shew the Tim- ber ; nnd any further Information may be had of TO BE LET, OR SOLD, ORR1NGTON GROVE, netr SHREWSBURY, with nn excellent weii. nr. ranged New House and Buildings, all in complete Repair, with 90 Acres ol I. AND, the greatest Part of the first Quality. If sold, Security will lie taken for ihe Money ; if lei, a Term of Years will he granted, if require I. Possession of the Laud may be b id im- mediately, and the House at May- day, Apply oil the Premises. ( Jj* This Advertisement will not lie continued. COTTAGE, near Shrewsbury. TO BE LET, AND ENTfREIl IIPOV IMMEDIATELY 4 NEAP COTTAGE containing "• L Kitchen, Parlour, and three Lodging Room? with two small Gardens, silua'e near COPTIIO't v' — ATenant may be accommodated wilh the Keep of a Cow, if required.— Apply to Mr. RUSCOE, IIMI Street, Shrewsbury. This Advertisement will not be continued. DESIRABLE RESIDENCE, NEAR TO THE TOWN OF SHIFFNAL, On the Great Road from London to Ilalyhedd. TO BE IiTEJT, FOR AX UNEXPIRED TERM OF FIVF, TEARS AND A HALF, FROM LADY DAY NEXT, With Immediate possession, THAT genteel RESIDENCE, with Pleasure Garden aud Shrubbery, iu the Occu- pation of A. GODBV, Esq sililnte near the Chlirrh, The House consists nf Entrance Hall, Breakfast and Dining Rooms, wilh Butler's Pantry, Kitchen, Brew- house, & excellent Cellaring-; Drawing Room, 2 Chambers, Dressing Room and Closet, on princi- pal Story ; 3 Lodging Rooms, Dressing Room, and Slore Room, on second Storv ; wilh two- stalled Stable, Hay- loft, Grninery, anil Mao- Servant's Room adjoining; the Whole replete with every useful Fixture. The Premises are in excellent Repair, nnd fit for thn immediate Reception of a genleel Family. N. B. A desirable Tenn nt may be accoinmodaled with the Furniture, which is modern and good, at a Valuation, if applied for previous to the 5th of April j or the Whole will be disposed of by Public Aucfon, For further Particulars apply to Messrs. Tonore and LAWRENCE, Shrewsbury ; or Post Office, Shift", nal ; if by Letter, Post paid. Shiffnal, March 19//<, 1822. Mr, DYER, Ce/ ngwifed, near Newtown, NOTICE is hereby given, that the TOLLS arising at the several undermentioned Toll Gates erected upon llie Turnpike Road leading from Wem to Ihe Lime Rocks at Brortygarlh, in the Couuty of Salop, will be LET BY AUCTION, to the best Bidder, at the Bridgewater Arms, in Ellesmere, on Wednesday, the 24th Day of April next, at eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the Manner directed by the Act passed in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of bis lite Majesiy King George, the Third, For regulating the Turnpike Roads :" which Tolls produced the last Year the Sums under- mentioned, above the Expenses of collecting the same ; and will be put up at those Slims respectively. Whoever happens to" lie the best Bidder, must at the samcTime, give Security with sufficient Surieties ( Who must attend at the Letting) to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Turnpike Road, for Pay- ment of the Rent agreed for at such Times as they shall direct. R MORRALL, Clerk fo the said Trustees. VJlesmere, March 25.' A, 1822. Norton and NorthWood Gates, w ith the £. e. d, Eachlev Side Bar 70 0 0 Wolverley Side Bar 7 0 0 Newton Gote 90 0 0 Trimplev Gate 84 0 0 BryDgw'illaand Bronygartb Gales l id 0 0 CHARACTER OF DR. CLARKE. To the Editor of the Salopian Journal. DOWNTON, March 20tb, 18- 2- 2. Rift- Your paper of I ho 13th inst. conh'iins a. letter addressed to me,. by a writer who signs biinseif Y. Z. , ^ vbichJietWr I should treat wiihsllcnt, contempt if it | Professor of Mineralogy, and Libraii did , uot present the aiost; or<) s$. a; id impudent ijiisre |> iest t. itaiittMs and reflections upon the . character of another gentleman. The author accuses aie of 1,1 a splenetic attack upon the Church :" from which yonr readers must suppose that, in my late Address to the MtPtino- of the Inhabitants of Ludlow and its vicinity, I spoke with disrespect of the Clergy of " Eng- bnid. So far, however, is this from be in o-. true, that .1 defended, and very strongly too, the respect- ability of that body. After giving my opinion relative to the effects of the importation of corn, of the. necessary reduction of rents, and the effect of taxes paid to Government, I necessarily stated the effects of the Tithe- laws, wherever enforced ; but list I should be thought to join in any degree in the common cry raised- against the . Clergy, I expressly said, that " / imputed, no blame whatever to t e Clergy, as a body, nine- tenths of whom were honest men." 1 added, it is true, that there were some oppressive individuals amongst them, who had done incalculable injury in every way; and this is what no man can deny. But I ask your readers, and par- ticularly your clerical readers, their opinion of the veracity of the man who has had the effrontery to assert that 1 made, a splenetic attack upon the clergy iu the worcjs above cited. Another most false and impudent charge is made against my brother, who is as honourable and in- dulgent a landlord as any in the kingdom ( which all his tenants will attest), of having extorted, and now extorting," one- third more tithe than any clergyman in this island." I was long at a loss, or should pro- bably have written sooner, to know to what the I writer could possibly aliude, till the following cir- cumstances came to my recollection. Some years ago, I believe about eight, the title to the tithes of a part of my brother's estate was on sale : and some of his tenants applied to me to request that T would prevail upon mv brother to become top purchaser, which he did. The estates were then let lithe- free, as far as lie had the power to let them so, not only at moderate, but at low rents; ail d I fear that there is not a village in the country fit is the village of Leinthal Siarkes) in which the fannets, by the kind- ness of their landlord, have become equally affluent. My brother ( to the shame of your correspondent) never levied an ounce of tithe in his life.— I shall pass over, with Contempt, the gross and vulgar per tonalities of your correspondent towards myself and my family, which have been read by persons of every rank in society with equal indignation and disgust. The profession and the identity, I believe,, of this unprincipled calumniator are known; and if the preceding facts do not stamp- a permanent stain upon his character through life,. I do not know what will stain it. As 1 have taken up mv pen to write to you,, I wish to say a few words respecting a letter signed " Clericns," which appeared in your Journal be- tween three and four years ago. The Reverend Writer of that letter had the effrontery to accuse me of a wish to rob the clergy, by a sweeping clause, of their property, for the benefit ofthe land- owners. I treated the calu ny with silent contempt, because ] thought'it impossible that any person could give credit to such a charge upon the authority of a writer who dared not give his name : but one of my Shrop- shire friends has recently informed me, that a respectable clergyman ba<, l observed to him that he thought no clerical member of the Church of " Eng land could be villain enough to have made such a charge without having had some grounds for making it. 1 beg, therefore to state that I never expressed the most distant wish thai any clergyman should he called upon to accept, by compulsion, any . kind of commutation or exchange, however beneficial, for bis Tithes: that'I- never ex pressed or felt a wish that a single farthing . should he taken from the revenue; of the Church, which are in most cases very insufli eient : and 1 further declare, that I would most strenuously oppose any commutation of tithes which had not the assent and approbation of each incum- bent, nor which would not give to him and his successors a well- founded prospect of permanently receiving at least one- sixth part more than hp or ihey would make by taking their tithes in kind. Of tiie present Tithe Laws, and the ever- varying con strucfions put upon them by our different Judges, I can never change my opinion ; being satisfied, by- long and attentive observation that those laws, by placing the Clergy in the odious office of TaX- gatherers, with ill defined rights, are doing more to destroy the religion, and, with it, the moral feeling of the mass of our population, and to plunge us into all the horrors of a revolution, than all other causes yn the aggregate.— 1 have some time been employed in collecting information relative to the proportion of the male part of our adult peasantry, in the county in which 1 live, who have so far become Christians as to have taken tbe Sacrament; and I feel perfectly confident that not one iu ten, under the age of fifty, has taken it, and that comparatively few of them ever will, under existing circumstances, take it. I appeal to your clerical readers, whether if, as we are taught to believe, taking tbe Sacrament is generally necessary to Salvation, efforts ought not to be made to change this state of things. Under existing cir cumstances, they cannot change it ; they cannot live without becoming gatherers of the most oppressive and irritating of all Taxes, and consequently without quarrelling w ith their parishioners; and then their holy office ( to use the words of a very highly respect- able member of their own order) becomes < k worse than useless."— I remain, kc. T. A. KNIGHT. On Thursday last, James Morgan ( a blind fiddler), of the parish of Liang a duck, was Com- mit ltd to Carmarthen gaol, for the wilful minder of Jacob Williams, of the same parish ! T PAKE NOTICE, that a MEETING of the Creditors of THOMAS PARK. tR, late of the Parish of RIPPLE, in the County of Worcester, Timber Denier arid Victualler, lately discharged from the Gaol of Worcester, in the County of Worcester, under and by Virtue ol an Act ol Parlia- ment, made and passed in the First Year of the Iteign of King George the Fourth, intituled " An Act for Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England, r viill tie held at the Office of Mr. HOLDSWODTH, Solicitor, in Worcester, on Saturday, the 6th Day ot A| irit, One Thousand Right Hundred and Twenty,- Two, al the Hour of Three o'Clock iu the Afternoon precisely, for the Purpose of choosing an Assignee cr Assignees of the Estate and Effects of the said Insolvent. J. TAYLOR, NO. 6, Clement's Inn, For HOLDSWORTH, Worcester. [ FROM TUB CAMBRIDGE CHRONICLE.] Early on Saturday morning die « t, al Sir W Ru » h>" house, i'i Pall Mall, after a seveie and painful illness, the Rev. E. D. Olaike, LI.. D. ' ' •• f Ibis L'uivf isitv, formerly Fellow ofJraiM college, alld Krctor of Harllon in this county, and uf. Grent Yfhiham, in Essex.— It is with seutini'tils of lie deepest regret, that weannnuilf. e lhe, « l » ive intelli- gence; and we trust to the indulgence of our rendi is, if we trespass beyond our usual limits I'll such an octasiuii, ard inset t a few tributaiy winds to Ihe memory of this highly lamented and must distinguished tnd vidual. VI e should fail indeed in our respect for the general sympathy, which ihe loss ot Dr. Claike lias excited, were wetucun- t en I mil selves with Ihe hare notice of his death. In the following paragraph ii is not intended lo dia* Hie character of the late Professor, and to delineate his varied excellencies— Ihey will here- after be traced by I tie biographer; but the hasly sketi h, which has been conveyed lo us l>> one of his numerous fiieuds, will, we trust, prove not unacceptable. Perhaps no person ever possessed in a more eminent degiee than Dr. CUike, the delightful fundi; of winning ihe hearts, anil ri- vetiing the affections of those, into whose society he entered. From the lirst moment, his con- versation excited an interest, thai never abuird. Those, who knew him once, fell thai they must love him alinvs. T he kindness of his manner, ihe anxiety he expressed for the welfare ol others. Ins ea^ emeis lo make them feel happy aud pleased wiili themselves, when united lo the1 charms of tiis language, were irresistible. Such was Dj-. Claike in private life; wiihin the circle of nis more immediate friends ; in the midst of; his family— there lie iniiihl be seen, as Ihe in- dulgeol parent, the aflrciinuale husband, the warm, zealous, and sincete friend — Ot his public life the present moment wilt only admit id' an- outline.— Soon alter taking his degiee, Dr. Clarke accompanied ihe present Eoid tJcrwWk abroad, and remained for some lime in llaly. The classic scenes he llieie met w ith, and his ow n inquisii ive genius,- stimulated him to enter into a wider field of it search; and sho tly after his return to Eng- land, lie embarked- on those travels, which haiei rendered his name so celebrated throughout Europe; indeed we may add- in every quarter of- the civilized win Id. To enter into any description It lit in is needless— they ate before the public. I'hey have been,, aud will continue to he, lire1 lelighl and the suilace of those, who h ive been unable in visit other countries ; and lliey have excited the dormant spirit of curiosity in iinuiy a resident of this University, who lias followed eageity Ihe steps of Dr. Clarke, uud has invariably home testimony lo the accuracy and ihe fidelity t his narrative. Dr. Clarke lias somewhere men- tioned ail ihe excellences, which must unite to form a peifcrt traveller— he must have the pencil • if Norden, tbe pen of Votney, the learning of Pocoike, the perst verance ot Bntoe, the enthusi- asm of Savary. Of all these Dr. Claike united in liis own person by far llie greater share. No diffi- culties iu his progress were ever allowed to I e tn- - nperahle ; and upon all occasions he imparled lo ol hers a portion of his own enthusiasm. It was upon the return from this extensive tour, during which lie had v isited nearly ttie whole of Europe, an parts ol Asia and Africa, that Dr Clarke pie- senn- d to the University those memorials of his • rpvels, which now decoiale the vestibule of the Library ; and as some return for the splendor, which his name had reflected upou Ihe University, be was complimented in foil Senate with the degree of LL. D. Fiom lhat moment the resi • ieuce ofthe traveller was tin, fined lo Cambridge, and lie shortly after commenced those public lectures in mineralogy, which, if possible, tim e made his name mote known aud honouted, both in ibis and in foreign countiifs, llian even his long and interesting travels— Natuial History was his * a, lie- I aud most favourite siudv; uud thai peculiar branch of it, which refers to the mineral kingdom, soon engrossed the wluJe of his Ittenliotl. Ill Ihe delivery , of tils celebrated lectures, C'laike was without a rival— his eloquence was inferior lo none ( in native eloquence, perhaps, lew have ever equalled him iu I hit. country) ; his knowledge of his subject w ai. extensive ; his elu- cidation clear and sitnp'e ; and io I he illustrations which weie practically afforded by Ihe various and beautiful specimens- of his mineials, tie was peculiarly happy.— Most of those specimens he had himself collected, aud they seldom failed to give rise to ihe most pleasing associations by I heir individual locality. We may justly apply to him in the delivery of his tenures, w hat is engraven on Ihe monument of Goldsmith, Nihil, quod tetiqit, non orrwmt—." Of I he higher qualities of Ills mind, of Ills force and energy as a Christian preacher, of the sublimity aud excellence of his discouisis, we might tell in any other place than Cambridge; but here all mention of them is unnecessary, his crowded coneregalioiisare testi- mony sufficient. Of ttie estimation in which Dr Clarke was held by foreigners, we may in I he same manner refer our leaders lo the various Honorary Societies, in which his name stands enrolled; we may solely say, lhat lo no one person has the Univeisity of Cambridge lieeu more indebted for celebrity abroad during Hie last twenty years, than lo her lale Librarian, Dr. Clarke. He has fallen a vidian indeed to tiis generous ardour in the putsuit of science— he looked only to ihe fame of the University ; and iu his honest endeavours lo exalt her reputation, tie Unhappily neglected tiis nwu invaluable health — He lias I tins left to his afflicted family, and to his surviving friends, ttie most painful and bitter regrets ; whilst lo the University Usetf, he has be. quealhed a debt of gratitude, which we doubt not will hereafter be amply and liberally discharged. 1M PERI A L P A R LIA M E N T. HOUSE OF COMMONS— W'EDNESDAY. DUTY ON FOKEIGN TALLOW. Mr CURWEN, in order to the relict of graziers, who, he contended, we » e much injured by the importation of foreign Tailow, as it was at present regulated, moved for a Select Committee to con sider tiie propriety of augmenting the present duties ( at present £ 10 pei ton) on the importation of foreign tallow, and also of repealing the duty on Candles.— Mr. ROBINSON contended, that if the prices of tallow were iaised, the, consequence must be, an aggravation oi the existing duty on randies, rendering the burden still uioie onerous. In every point of view he saw the strongest objec- tion to Ihe proposition,.— After other members had spoken, the motion was negatived without a -. J v. Hi. 11 i » ioit! . lit a. I Shropshire Lent Assize. The Commission of Assize for this county was opened on Wednesday evening last, by Mr. Justice UtCHARnsON*, Mr. Baron CARROVV being detained upon the trial of an important, case n't Stafford, and uot arriving till some - time afterwards. The High Sheriff, ROBERT BKIDGMAN MORE, Esq. accompanied by a most respectable body of gentlemen and trades- men, and attended by Iris javelin men, & c. met Mr, Justice Richardson at Etnstrey, and escorted him into town. On Thursday morning, at ten o'clock, their Lord- ships went to St. Chad's Church, w here an excellent sermon was preached from 2 Cor. iv. 3, by the Rev. Frederick More.— After Divine Service their Loud- ships proceeded to business.— Mr. Baron GA& ROW took his. seat at the Crown Bar; and the usual formalities having been gone through, and| the Coroners having been specially directed by his Lordship to await the retirement of the Grand Jury, the Grand Jury were sworn, viz. The Right Honourable Edward Herbert, commonly called Lord Viscount Clive, FOREMAN. The'Bonourn b le T11om as Ive n y on, of . P rad o Sir Edward Joseph Smythe,$> f Acton Bnrnell,. Baronet Sir Thomas John Tyrwhitt Jones, of Stanley Hall, Baronet I Sir Andrew Corbet, of Acton Reynald, Baronet j William Lacon Childe, of Wrook waidine, Esquire ! Thomas VVhitmore, of Apley Park, Esquire ! William Cludde, of Orleton, Esquire j Edward Cludde, of Orleton, Enquire : , John Cotes, of . Woodcote, Esquire I John Cressett Pelham, of Cot| iid, Esquire John Arthur L'oyd, of Leaion Knolls, Esquire John VVingfield^ ofOiislow, F. squire i Philip Charlton, of Wytheford, Esquire Thomas Eytoli, of Eyton, Esquire Ralph Leeke, of Longford, Esquire William Botiield, of Decker Hill, Enquire Edward Gatacre, of Gatacre, Esquire John Moultrie, of Aston, Esquire Thomas Harries, of Crnckton, ; Esquire Thomas Netherton Parker, of Sweeney,. Esquire Francis- Kny. vett Leight. oa, of Ross Hall, Esq. Rowland Hunt, of Boreatton, Esquire. important one of MeRsr » . Sparrow, bankers, against the Rev. OfHey Crewe, was decided on Monday. This cause bad excited great interest in ipost parts ofthe county, and. the Court was Crowded to excess. Five of the special jurors attended, and the remainder was supplied hy most respectable tales., Messrs Jervis, Puller, and Caldwell, were ( ounsel for plaintifi's, & Messrs. Pearson, Russell, nod West, for defendant ; attorney for plaintiffs, Mr. Hyatt; for defendant, Mr. Pigot.— Mr. JKRVIS sifted that it was an action against the defendant as indorser of twelve several bills, amounting in v. alue to £ 3350, and that the only question iu the case was, whether the indorsements were the hand- writing of the defendant, or whether they were forgeries ? Mr. Jervis detailed all the par- ticulars ofthe case, and the different . hearings of the evidence which would be adduced— Mr. PEARSON made an eloquent speech for the defence, and called seveial gentlemen acquainted with defendant's writing, and who were of opinion the indorsements were forgeries. The trial com- menced spon after 9 o'clock on Monday morning, and finished between six and seven 011 Tuesday evenuvj;, the plaintiff's case occupying the whole of the first tVay ( upwards of twelve hours), and the defence and Mr. Jervis's reply, with the summing up, filling up the second day.— The verdict of the Jui) was in favour of the defendant. WFIFJ undermentioned Mew Books may * now be had of W. EDDOU'ES^ Shrews- hurt/, and all the Booksellers within the Circuit of this Paper : 1. NICHOLSON'* MATHEMATICS, Price 21 s. ~ 2' THE ANECDOTE LIBRARY, 10s. 6d. 3. THE VOCAL LIBRARY, los. 6d. 4. NOEL's LECONS FRANCA1SES 6a. 5. THE UN 1 VERSAl- TR AVELLER, tos. Gd. 6. MIDDLETON'a YOUNG's KALENDAR, 12s. 7. WILUAMS's FARMER'S LAWYER, 8s. 8. PELHAM's LONDON PRIMER, 6d. and FIRST CATECHISM, 9 I. 9. MACKENZIE'S 1000 EXPERIMENTS IN CHEMISTRY 21s. 10. THE BOOK of 100 TRADES, 10a. 6d. U. CHRONOLOGY OF THE LAST FIFTY YEARS, Price 15s. Bonrds. 12. PRESENT STATE ofthe BRITISH EM- PI RE, Price 5s. 6d. Royal Exchange Assurance Office. A dreadful accident l aopened en Thursday, at Much Wenlock, A man bavin;* fired a pistil in a building, a spark fell into | art of a rasU of gut- powder, which blew up the roof of t he_ bnilding, ami threw two men to a distance: they are much injured, and their recovery is doubtful. His Majesty's Proclamation against Vice, Profane- ness, aud Immorality w; as then read; and bis! Lordship delivered hjs Charge, as follows: — " GENTI. F. MEN OF THE GRAND JURY* 44 Before I proceed to make some observations, as I shall have occasion, on one or two of the cases con- tained in the Calendar, ypu must permit me to draw your attention to a circumstance of importance to tbe administration. of justice in criminal cases. I have adverted to the same subject in some other counties on this Circuit, though it is , some time since I noticed it in this county, ami_ other Judges have in the mean time presided 011 this Bench. You perfectly well know that for more than two centuries it has been a part of the practice and law of criminal judicature, that all Magistrates should take the depositions of w itnesses examined in cases of persons cummittt d for trial at Assizes, and to take such depositions ill order to produce tliejn in due time before the Judges of Assize ; but it would have been in vain to direct that such returns should he made, unless an order had been made in the Courts of Oyer and Terminer to fine pins, ons neglecting, and to estreat those tines iutp his Majesty's, Exchequer,. To return important depositions, unless they are returned in due time, would be doing- nothing. It is necessary, for the protection of innocepee, and to aid. the en<) ts of justice; ir is necessary, in order that the Judge maj be en- abled to make such observations on the cases, in addressing himself to yon, as may tend to assist you in your duty, and enable you to bring your consider- ation to the more difficult cases with less hindrance, that this shpuld be attended to. It would often enable the Grand Jusry to go through their important duties with - ucb more satisfaction, if these deposi- tions were before them, as they wqnld then have an opportunity of contrasting the old depositions vyith those of tl » e witnesses present. No man can help seeing-*- no man can fail to feel— that any thing which tends to interrupt the blessings which flow from a due administration of the laws, is a high misdemeanor, and should be strictly punished by the levying of fines on the offending parties, 1 am sorry to say, these observations are not general or specu- lative, but have immediate reference to the busipess before us; and it was with the view that they should he more particularly noticed, that 1 ordered the .. , Afler • FIME OFFICES. Comparative Viciv of the Business and Systems of these Establishments, from which the Public may jvdge of their respective Merits, Coroners to attend until yonr retirement, most arduous Circuit, and anxiously attending to a most fatiguing ease at the last place of Commission, I was determined on my arrival to look over the various depositions. I was the more anxious to do this as soon as possible before I met you lieie, know- ing tha> a great portion of the present morning would be spent according to the, excellent and estab- lished institution of our ancestors jn presenting ourselves before the throne of the Great disposer of all good. Knowing this, I repejit, I immediately enquired for the depositions, arid found that but a portion of them, and all those not the most import- ant, had been returned. The depositions, taken' before a Coroner's Inquest on one charge of murder w ere banded to me only halfan Injur before proceed- ing with the Sheriff to church ; and those in the other charge of murder have only been handed to me since T took my seat on this bench : so that if, in tbe course of calling over your names, I might appear, Gentlemen, to have treated you with inattention, I can assure you I was at the time endeavouring to steal a glance at the nature of the cases about to be brought before us. I state, without hesitation, that this neglect of returning the depositions is a gross and unpardonable neglect, tending to render it im- possible for, a Judge to do his duty as be would wish, and as he ought to do it. In regard to these important depositions,! was, till almost the moment of addressing von, as ignorant as a child of two years old.. Now, Gentlemen, what is the remedy ? It is a remedy obviously in the power of the Magistrates, and iu several counties where 1 have suggested a consider- ation of the subject, it has been determined to act upon it. I have suggested that an order should be made at Sessions for all Magistrates lo transmit the depositions to the Clerk of, Assize in London, some time before the Circuit . commenced. If this were done, the Clerk of tbe Indictments in London would be prepared to fill up the indictments, and the moment you proceeded to business, you would have bills | ready to come before you. It is not a thing for a parish clerk to do, but for a man versed ju the law ; ' for if it is not done properly, the guilty may often escape punishment. I need not observe to you, Gen- tlemen, how accurately this has always, been done by the gentleman officially employed on this Circuit; ! and if the depositions were properly returned, I am sure the indictments would be prepared with a degiee 1 of accuracy a" d skill which would greatly,. facilitate the ends of justice." His Lordship then shortly ! adverted to the nature of the cases of murder and stabbing, as charged in the Calendar, and observed, 44 I am aware, My Lord, I have occupied a consider- able portion of your time, and of that of the other respectable Gentlemen who form the Grand Jury; I will, therefore, no longer detain you from that duty which you have so often and so honourably per- formed, to the great satisfaction of the public, and so much to the honour of yourselves and of this County." 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DEFERRED, and PROGRltSSIVE ANNUITIES, are also grit nled ; foi which the [ tales and Conditions mav be had gratis, by A i- i lirat 011 at the Company's Offices, or frum their Agents. The CAPITA! of the COMPANY is ONE MILLION STERLING, the WHOLE of which has been paid up, and invested iii Government or Real Scent ilies ; aud the Security of the Public having been thus amply provided for, it is slipu. lated that no Member of the Company shall be liable lo pay any Sum beyond the A til mini of his Subscription or Shate in the said Capital of ONE MILLION. No Person insured hy this Company is liable to be called upon to contribute lowaids Ihe Lossi s of others, as with Societies established on the priuciplcof mutual Insurance. 18( W. IjiKRSONS whose NORWICH UNION. Original Capital, <£ 5511,000. Sums relumed to Insurers iu the last 7 years, ^ 73,600 Period of lelurn once in 3 years ! Returns made to Peisous who discontinue their Policies at Ibe End of two Years. Returns to Persons who may become Claimants frum Loss. COUNTY. Origual Capital, £ 400,01) 11. Sums returned to lnsurcis in Ihe last 7 Years! jt' 3G, 000. Period of Return once in 7 Years! No Returns to Persons who do nut continue insured either by one Payment or annual Pay- ments for 7 Years certain. Increase of Duly iu one Year, ending al De- aeinber 18- 21, £ 15,071. 5S. Gd. All Claims left Committees, to tbe Investigation of Local MANAGEMENT. No Returns lo Persons who may become Claim- ants for Loss. Increase of Duty in one Year, ending cembcr 1931, £ 1,384. 14s. 8d. at De- All Claims adjudged at Ihe Office in Loudon. MANAGEMENT. Sixty Gentlemen residing in various Parts of Ibe Kingdom, and JOHN THOMAS BAKUEH BEAUMONT, Esq. F. A. S. & c. & c. jkc. Managing Director. 12 Acting Directors, viz. 4 Bankers and S Commercial aud Professional Gentlemen resident 111 Norwich. When 1 cast my Eve over the above comparative View, I discern at once the Cause for the malevolent Feeling entertained by the COUNTY FIRE OFFICE against Ihe NORWICH UNION SOCIETY. This petty Malice however the Conductors of the UNION need not regard They may point lo the offici i! Returns from the Stamp Office for Ihe lust two Years, which sets the Question at rest so far a » the Public is concerned, as to the Merits of the respective Offices — In this Period the NORWICH UNION has increased uear Thirteen Millions— The COUNTY aboutTbrce Millions. Ijjndon, March SO, 1822. LYNX. OXFORD CIRCUIT.— Stafford Assizes com- menced 011 Friday se'nnight; and on Tuesday evening ttie business of the Crown Court, before Mr. Justice Richardson, terminated with, the trial of John Piatt, Thos. Hamsall, IVm. llamsa/ l, Thos, Holmes, IVm. Harris, John Meek, & Jertm Roberts, for ibe murder of Cook, the watchman ot Wolver- hampton ; when ihe Jury, alter an hour and quarlei's deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners except Meek, al the same lime sirongly recommending lliem 10 mercy 011 account of their excellent character, anil Ihe belie! that they commit led I he fatal act without premeditation. Petitions iu their favour weie also numerously signed by the inhabitants of Woh erhaniptotl. The Learned J udge pronounced sentence of death upou ibe unfortunate men, but promised the Jury I heir recommendation should have the most serious attention. Sentence of death was also passed upon 15 other prisoners, lo two of whom ( viz. Chas. and John Taylor, for counterfeiting lite current coin uf Ihe reulin) t he Learned Judtn gave no hopes of mercy.—[ In this case, Hie officers from Birmingham found on the prisoners' premise's many dies for Coining sovereigns, half crowns, and other coins, wilh 6,40') slivered blanks, ready fur striking into shillings, and 7000 ready coined ; Ihe press and oilier apparatus were also seized.] Four were ordered to be transported for seven years, six to he imprisoned, and against six 110 bills were found,— Houghton and Dunning, two engineers, were sen- tenced 10 imprisonment, for killing and staying two colliers; the unfortunate men, by the neglect of Ihe prisoners, having lost their lives in the pit, — There weie 27 law cases, among which Ihe DIRGCTORS. GBOUGB ABBRCKUMBIE ROBINSON, Esq. Chairman. JOSEPH DORIN, E,. q Deputy Chairman. W1 L11 AM ARBOT, Esq, CHARLES KAYMONI> BARKER, Esq. THOMAS BARROW, Esq. THOMAS I! HI it, E-<|. WILLIAM BREACH, E q. Sir CHARLES COCKERELL, Bart. M. P. THOMAS COLES Esq. BoVc? COMBE, E » q. GEORGE FRA F. R, Esq. GEORGE I ARR t. LYN, Esq. EDWARD OOLDSMID, E- q. ISAAC 1. GOLDSMID. Esq. MATTHEW IS CKB E q. DAVID HUNTER, Erq. JOHN LATHAM, M. D. JOHN NEAVE, Esq *. VJLL » AMPIUI. I. IMORB, Esq. FREDERICK. JOHN PIGOU, Esq. Sit WALTER STIRLING, Bart. JAMES ' I a DDY, E « q. ROBERT 1 AYLOR, Esq. EDWARD VAUX, ESQ CHARLES EOWARD WILSONS, Esq. JOHN CHARLESDENHAM, Secretary. Pall Mall, London, 10th March, 1822. Insurances due at Lady- Day must he paid on or before the9th Day of. April, when ihe fifteen Davs allowed for ihe Renewal thereof w ill expire. Stomachic Aperient Pills, Prepared from a Prescription of the late Sir RICIMBII JF. BB, M. D. and Physician Extraordinary lo the King. rSHlRSE very justly celebrated PILLS JL have experienced, through private Recom- mendation and Use, during- a very long Period, tbe flattering Commendation of Families of the first Distinction, as a Medicine superior to all others in removing Complaints of the Stomach, arising from Bile, Indigestion, Flatulency, and habitual Costive- ncss— The beneficial Effects produced in all Cases for which they are here recommended, renders them worthy the Notice of the Public, and to Travellers in particular, to whose Attention they are strongly pointed out an the most portable, safe, and mild Aperient Medicine that can possibly be made use of. These Pills are extremely well calculated for those Habits of Body, that are subject to be Costive, as a continued Use of them does not injure but invigorates the Constitution, and will be found to possess those Qualities that will remove a long Series of Diseases resulting from a confined State of the Bowels, strengthen Digestion, create Appetite, and be of distinguished Excellence in removing Giddiness, Headaches, & c. & c. occasioned by the Bile in the Stomach, or the ill Effects arising from impure or too great a Quantity of Wine, Spirits, or Malt Liquor. Persons of the most delicate Constitution may take them with Safety in all Seasons of the Year; and in all Cases of Obstruction arising from Cold or other Causes, where an opening Medicine is wanted, they will be found the best cordial Stimulant ititJse. Prepared and sold Wholesale and Retail, in Boxes at LS. tjd. and 3s. Gd. each Box, by W. RIDGWAY, Druggist, Market Drayton.— Sold Retail by Mr. HUMPHREYS, Shrewsbury; Bradbury, Wellington; Parker, Whitchurch ; Stevens, Newport ; Painter, Wrexbatn; Baugh, Ellesmere; Morgan, Stafford - 7 and iiy Poole and Harding, Chester. annual Premiums fall d u e o n t h e 2 51 h 111 s t a n t, a r e hereby informed that Re- ceipts are now readv to be delivered by theCompany's Agents u ndermentioned & the Parlies assured are re- quested to apply for the Renewal of their Policies, on or before the 9th Day of' April, as the usual Fif- Days allowed for Pay mCut beyond the Date of each Policy wili then expiie. SAMUEL PENNING, jun. Secretary. SHROPSH IRE. Shrewsbury, Mr. William Eddowcs, Jun, IVdlincrtcMy Mr. James Oliver. Oswestry, Mr. Thomas Huglxs. HEREFORDSHIR E. Hereford, Mr. John Allen Leominster, Mr. Samuel Linging, Ross, Mr. William Thomas. Kington, Mrs. Elizabeth Turner. BRECKNOCKSHIRE. Brecon, Mr. Chailes Wild. Crickhowell, Mr. G. A. A. Davies. CARMARTHENSHIRE. Carmarthen, Mr David Rees( London Carrier.) CARNARVONSHIRE. Bangor, Mr. John Rasbrook. PEMBROKESHIRE. Pembroke, Messrs. VVilmot and Barclay. DENBIGHSHIRE. Wrexham, !\ lr. Junes Kens ick. FLINTSHIRE. Holywell, Mr. Edward Carnes. GLAMORGANSHIRE. Swansea, Messrs. J. and W. Robert Grove. Cardiff,\ Mr William Bird. MON MOUTH SHIR E. TSldnmovth, Mr. Thomas Tudor. Newport, Mr. Philip Phillips. STAFFORDSHIRE. Burton, Mr Henry Hodson. Lichfield, Mr. Edward Bond. Stafford, Messrs. Stevenson and Webb, Wolverhampton, Mr. James Brown. She'ton, Mr William Lee ( Auctioneer). Stone, Mr. Chailes Smith. Cheadle, Mr•. John Michael Blagg. WORCESTERSHIRE. Kidderminster, Mr. Joseph Waid. Worcester, Mr. Robert Gillam. CHESHIRE. Chester, Mr. Henry Lord. Macclesfield, Mr. David Brown. Nantwich, Mr. William Tomlinson. Northioich » Mr. James Thomas. Stockport, Mr. Thomas Owen. Congleton, Mr. John Lockett. N. B. Fire Policies will he allowed free of Ex- pense where the annual Premium amounts to 6s. or upwards. Farming Stock insured at 2s. per Cent, per Annum. ( dr" This Company have invariably made good Losses by Fire, occasioned by Lightn tig.— Propo- sals may be had of the different Agents. ASSURANCES ON LIVES bein « found to he advantageous to Persons having; Offices, Employ ments, Estates, or other Incomes, determinable on the Life 01 Lives of themselves or others; TABLES OF THE RATES for such Assurances and for the GRANTING ANNUITIES ou LIVES, may be had of the said Agents. Persons assured by this CORPORATION do not depend1 upon any uncertain Fund or Contribution; uor are they subject to any Covenants or Calls to make good Losses which may happen to them- selves or others, their'" Capital' Stock bring an un- questionable Security lo the Assured in Case of Lo « >.—— Marc h 11, 1822. T^ HE PROPRIETORS of THE SALOP 1 FIRE OFFICE, fully impressed with a Sense of the distinguished Patronage and Preference given them by their Friends and the Public at large, through this and the adjoining Counties, for 40 Years past, beg to return their grateful Acknowledgments; and trust that the Liberality of theirTerms of Insurance, together with their prompt Mariner of adjust- ing and paying the Amount of all Loss and Damages sustained 011 Property insured by them, will merit a Continuance thereof. Printed Receipts, for the Annual Premiums payable at LADY- DAY, are ready for De- livery at the Office, and by their respective Agents, of whom the Proposals of this Office may be had. Farming Stock at llie reduced Premium of 2s. per Cent. B, Policies insuring .£ 300 and" upwards, are issued free of Expence. The Proprietors of this Office have always pledged themselves to make good Loss or Damage on Property insured bv them, which has been set cm Fire by Lightning. Corn- Market, Shrewsbury, March frS, 1822. OTcst of 6ngianS~ FIRE 4 LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established at Exeter 1S07, EMPOWERED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. TRUSTEES. Right Hon. Earl FORTFSCUE, Lord Lieutenant of the Connlv of Devon. R'urht Hon. Earl of VIORLF. Y. Right Hon, Lord CLIFI'OWD. Sir THOM AS DYKP AcLA N D, Bart; EDMUND POLLCXFSN BASTARD E- q. M. P. Samuel KEKFWICH, Esq. Peamoie. THIS Institution consists of a numerous and opulent Bmly of Pi- Opiieturs, who h ire subsCiibed an ample Capital for the Protection of ihe Assured, which is wholly investx] in Govern- ment and Real Securities, iu the Names of the above Trustees. A Return of one- fourth Part of the Profits is made even Five Years, to Persons insured against Fire; and in the Uf insurance Department Ihe Rat. * are TEN PER CENT. LOWER than a. e generally required by oilier Offices, tiy which a certain annual Advantage is derived by the Public, aud lb* I* ne- fii ial 1' raciice of making Life Insuiauce is lacili- taled and encouraged. W COOPER, Solicitor, Agent for SHRRWSBURY- .1. M. R ( BINSON, Lint.., LEICESTER : W P. FOSIiROOK, Ditto, LOUGHHOROUCH. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. CAPITAL £ 550,000. TRUSTEES Hon. Col. WODEHODSli, 11. P. Lieutenant of the County. Sir JACOB ASTLEY, Bart. THOMAS W COKE, Esq. M. P. R. II GURNEY, Esq. 11. p. CHARLES H/ titVEY, Esq. M. P. J. C. CUKWEN, Esq. M. P. DttiECTORS. PRESIDENT— JEREMIAH IVES, Esq. Banker VICE- PRESIDENT-.) BROVViN E, Esq. Alderman E T. Booth, Esq. Aldeiman ' I'. S. Day, Esq. Alderman Hammond Fisk, Esq. Juhn Haivey, Esq. Alderman William Herring, Esq Alderman Anthony Hudson, E> q. Banker J. S. Patteson, Esq, Al. let man J W. Hobberds, Esq. Aldeimau William Simpson, Esq. Samuel Stone, Esq. Secretary— SAMUEL BIGNOI. D, Esq. fJTMIE Parties insured, in litis Institution M. are free from ALL RFSPONSIBILITY, and wilfyeieive back Three Fifthsofthe Surplus Premiums at the end of every three or Jive Years.— The Rates are the same as at other Officcs. Statement of Duly paid for the last Two Y'ears. 189o i' 41 554 3 9 1821 56,6i5 9 3 Thus proving lhat in THE LAST YEAR Ihe busi- ness increased UPWARDS OE IO MILLIONS. LIFE SOCIETY CAPITAL £.",( 10,000. This Society is entirely distinct from Ihe Fire Ollice. T he rapid progress of this Society is evidenced by tlie amount of its Premiums, which, at the under mentioned Periods, stood as follows:— Year ending at March, 1815.. .,£ 33,441 5 II Year entling at March, 18is... 6ti. 22G 8 9 Yiar ending at June, 1821... 99,290 16 7 In ihe last twelvemonths upwards o't 800 Policies were issued for Insurances exceeding £ tioo, ooo. AGENTS. • SHREWSBURY Vir. J BIRCH. WELSHPOOL Mr. WI'IXLAM EVANS. MARKET DRAYTON, Mr. WM FURBER. OSWESTRY Mr. EDWARD I'UGH. ELLPSMERE Mr. R. WALFORD. LLiiYns ST SHIFENAL, MI W. SM ITH. NvwPt RT Mr. JAMES 1CK. E. W t. LL I V GTO N Mr B. SMITH. WHITCHURCH Mr. WELSH. BRIDGNORTH Mr. THOS. CRl/ MPTON. Phoenix Fire- Office. TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS. MATTHIAS ATTWOOD, Esq. M. P. JAMES BFLL, F. tq. JOHN COOPE, E- q, WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq. WILLIAM DAVIS, Esq. CRAWFORD DAVISON, Esq, I MANUEL GOODHART, Esq. JOHN HAWES, K= q. RICHARD HEVSHAW LAWRMCE, Esq. W ILLI AM SAMLER. Esq Sir CHARLES FLOWER. B> rt. and Aide, matt, WILLIAM HEYGATE, Esq. Alderman & M. H. JOHN PF, TTY MUSPRATT, Esq. M A J OR KOHDE, E q THOMAS ROWCROFT, Esq. GEORGE SHUW, Esq. CHARLCS HAMPDEN TURNER, Esq. MATTHEW WHITING Esq. MATTHEW WILSON, E-. q. THOMAS WILSON, Esq M. P. RENEWAL RECEIPTS for Policies falling due at Lady- Day, are now in ( he Hands of the several Agents of the Company, The geneiat Rales of the PHCENIX COMPANY are as low a id moderate as the na- ture of the different risks will „ admit; uud, in this Company, no Person assured is UMIjer ihe liabilities of Pari- 11 ership, or subject lo have Execution levied upon bis Property to make good I lie Losses of oiliers. I he Company are enabled lo appeal to Ihe Experience of ihe Public in a Period of more than Forty Years, for the Promptitude aud Libe rality with which Claims of Loss to the Amount uf upwards uf Three Millions Sterling have been adjusted and paid. Applications for Insurances may be made to llie Agents of I tie Company, and all Pei soils bavin* Claims are desired to send in Ihe same lo the Agents through whom they aie insured, who will transmit them diieclty to the Board of Directors for Adjustment and Payment without delay. The Agents fur this Company, for theCounty of Salop, are Mr. WILLI AM MORRIS ... SHREWSBURY. HR. GILUERT BROWNE SHI FFN AL. Messrs. Li KIN & SONS, WHITCHURCH. Mr. EDWARD EDMUNDS OSWESTRY. Mr. BENJ PARTRIDGE, BRIDGNORTH. Mr. JAMES BACH LUDLOW. Dr. Sydenham's Family Pills of Health. I^ HESE PILLS ( entirely vegetable) ate unrivalled IN CASES OR HEAD ACHE, Loss OF APPETITE, FLATULENCE, OBSTRUCT- ED DIGESTION, and iu all BILIOUS AND LIVER COM PLAIN TS. They contain no Mercury, ui Mineral iu ani Shape, and are s- i peculiarly mild in their Action as to require no Confinement or Alteration iu Dijt. The most delicate Females find the Use of them mateiiallv beneficial 10 their general Health, and those who have used Iheni agree ill Opinion, aud pronoo ici- them the most SAFE, MILD, and EFFECTUAL FAMILY MEDI- CINE EXTANT. Nothing can prove Ihe Supe- riority of these Pills more than the nnmeiuiis Cases communicated by Persons of great Respect- ability, anil t he Countenance given them by the first Characters of the present Day. Sold in Boxes at Is. i § d. 2s. gd. and 4 « . 61I. by Butler's, Chemists, No. 4, Cheapside, London; 2D, Waterloo- Place, Edinburgh, and 34, Sackville Street, Dublin ; W EDDOWKS, Shrewsbury; and," by Ihe principal Medicine Venders throughout Ihe Uuiied Kingdom. FOR THE ITCII. UNFAILING Sue cess, during a very long Period, tiaa fully established the Excellence of FREEMAN's ORIGINAL OIN 1- MENT iu the Cure of 111, it disagreeable Disorder the ITCH, which it never fails to effect in ONE HOUR'S APPLICATION. This safe, speedy, and effieacinns Remedy has been in general Use for many Y,- a, s, without a single Instance of iis having failed 10 enre Ihe most iuveteiate Cases. It does not contain ihe smallest Particle of Mercury, or any utliei dan- geious Ingredient, and may be safely used by Persons ofthe most delicate Constitution. Sold in Boxes, at Is. l^ d by W. EDDOWFP, Shrewsbury, and llie principal Medicine Vender, throughout ihe United Kingdom. N H. In Order to prevent the Substitution of spurious Imit itions. Purchasers are requested to ask foi FREEMAN'S OINTMENT, and to observe the Proprietor's - Signature. " if. FHKLUAN," U engraved on the Label affixed to each ii vr.
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