PMWTE © MY W » & J* - MGB& M ^' Wtmoqw o This Paper is circulated in the most expeditions Manner through the adjoining Counties of ENGLASD and WALES. Advertisements not exceeding Ten Lines, inserted at Six Shillings each. VOL. XXXII.--- N°- 1004.] WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1825. [ PRICE SEVENPENCE. &•£> IJC fXct, With immediate Possession, or at Lady- Day, AGENTEEL RESIDENCE, con- sisting oftwo- Parlours, a small Sitting Room, two Kitchens, a good Brewhouse, and Cellaring, fire Bed Rooms on the first Floor, and three Attics, a large Wailed Garden, Orchard, and 4 Acres of good Grazing Land adjoining, with all necessary Out- nilices, in good and complete Repair, iu GRINSHILL, within seven Miles of Shrewsbury, one Mile of Hardwick Grange ( the Scat of the Right Honourable Lord Hill), one Mile of Acton Reynald Hall, and four Miles of Wem.— A regular Daily Post to and from Shrewsbury.— Tho Chester Mail and all the other Daily Coaches from Shrews- bury to Chester run within two Miles. Apply to Mr. WOOD, Solicitor, Grinshill. This Day is Published, BY W. & J. EDDOWES, PRINTERS OF THIS PAPER, Aad may be bad of the Booksellers in ihe County, and of the Newsmen who distribute the Salopian Journal, ( PRICE TWO SHILLINGS), avatrsi . TtfDfilTOTlVRT Cheshire, Sf North ! Vales iMANACK. ^ T" OTICE is hereby given, that on the 1 i Sixth Day of December, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty- five, an Order was signed by THOMAS KYNNEUSLEY and JOSEPH LOXDALE, Esquires, two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the Town and Liberties of Shrewsbury, in the County of Salop, for stopping up that Part of a certain old Footway, within the Parish of Brace Meole otherwise Meole Brace, in the Liberties of the Town of Shrewsbury aforesaid, leading from the House of Industry and frotn Kingsland towards and unto the Town of Shrews- bury aforesaid, commencing at its Junction with a ertain new Footway at or near the Dwelling House of John Beck, Esquire, adjoining the said Id Footway, situate in the said Parish of Brace Meole otherwise Meole Brace, and ending at a rtain Gate which opens out of the said old Foot- ay into the Turnpike Road leading ftom Hanwood the Town of Shrewsbury aforesaid, for the Length of Three Hundred Yards or thereabouts; and that the said Order will be lodged with the Clerk of the Peace for the Town arid Liberties of Shrewsbury aforesaid, at the General Quarter Ses- ons of the Peace to be holden at Shrewsbury, in nd for the said Town and Liberties, on the Thirteenth Day of January next; and also that the said Order will at the said Quarter Sessions be confirmed and inrolled, unless upon an Appeal against the same to be then made it be otherwise determined. THOMAS LOXDALE, Town- Clerk. gtyvtuwimtt? Sntf'IUgercctr* FOR THE YEAR 1326, PRINTED IN RED AND BLACK, CONTAINING A general List of Hail and other Coaches, Water Conveyances, and Carriers, to and from Shrewsbury, the neighbouring Towns, and North Wales THE FAIRS In Shropshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Hereford- shire, Worcestershire, Montgomeryshire, Merionethshire, Radnorshire, Denbighshire, and Flintshire ; TUB IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETINGS; T'ue Bankers In Shropshire and Montgomeryshire ; a Table of Stamps, Table of Terms, Stc. W. and J. EDDOIVES have also on Sale THE ROYAL ENGAGEMENT POCKET ATLAS, SOUVENIR ( or Pocket Tablet), POLITE REPOSITORY, ROYAL REPOSITORY, SOVEREIGN, REGEST,& C. in a Variety of Cases ; COURT CALENDARS; Marshall's Gilt edged Pocket Book IN GREAT VARIETY; LADIES' and GENTLEMEN'S POCKET Rooks of all Kinds ^ TIJVIE'S TELESCOPE ; WHITE'S EPIIEMERIS ; and an extensive Assortment of Moore's, Part- ridge's, Clerical, Gilbert's Clergyman's, Pro- phetic, Sporting, and every Almanack published by the Company of Stationers. ALSO, Ackermamis " For ( jet, me not" LITERARY SOUVENIR, FRIENDSHIP'S OFFERING, Elegant Christmas Presents FOR 38* 26. SHROPSHIRE. TURNPIKE TOLLS to he LET. " T^ T OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that MEETING of the Trustees of the Cleoburv Mortimer District of Roads, will be held at the Talbot Inn, in Cleobury Mortimer, on Friday, the 30th Day of December next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, for LETTING by AUCTION, to the best Bidder ( in separate Lots), the TOLLS arising at the several Turnpike Gates in the said District hereinafter mentioned, for the Term and upon such Conditions as shall he then agreed upon, a Manner directed by the Acts passed in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, " for Regulating Turnpike Roads ;'" which Tolls produced the last Year ( clear of all Deductions in collecting them) the following Sums -.— viz. Oldbury and Halfway House Gates.... £ 145 Billingsley Gate. ;.-„. 46 Yew- tree Gate .. 47 Wall Town Gate 22 Poulter's and Closvstop Gates. 29 Ah her ley Gate 62 Bransley Gate. 15 Barn's Gate 13 And which said Tolls will he put up at the respec tive Sums above mentioned, or such other Sums as the Trustees may think proper. Whoever happens to be the hest Bidder of each Lot, must at tlie same Time pay One Month's Rent in Advance, and give Security ( with sufficient Sureties) at his or her own Expense, to the Satisfac tion of the said Trustees, for Payment of the Rent cach Month in Advance. By Order of the Trustees, S. P. SOUTHAM, Clerk to the Trustees of this said District CLEOBURY MORTIMER, NOV. 4TH, 1825. N. B. Since the Renewal of the Act in May last, the Tolls have been increased to ( id. every Horse drawing any Coach, i* c.; 4d. Ditto Drawin^ Waggons, & c. of 6- inch Wheels and upwards ; and 7d. Ditto under 6 Inches; to Is. 3d. per Score fo Cattle ; and l() d. for Sheep and Pigs.— There hat been lately expended large Sums of Money i Improvements of the Roads to Bridgnorth, and now going on in lowering the Hills and avoiding others by Alterations of the Roads. Llanfyllin and, Mechen- Uchcoed Inclosure. TO Royal THE Family. Under the Patronage of the Right Lion, the Earl of POWIS. Lord Lieutenant of the County? Sfc. Sfc. fyc. 1 | 7ORMING the TWENTY EIGHTH in the Series of the GRAND NATIONAL U ATLAS of the COUNTIES of ENGLAND AND WALES, FROM AN ACTUAL SURVEY by GREENWOOD, PRINGLE, and Co. on a Scale of One Inch to a Mile, embellished with an appropriate and highly- finished Vignette View, Price to Subscribers THREE GUINEAS. The Proprietors have great Pleasure in announcing to the Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry of ihe County of Salop ( many of whom are amongst the earliest of their Patrons), that they are now prosecuting the Survey of this Portion of the Kingdom; and they trust that within a very short Period they will he able to redeem a Pledge long since made, ax the Map of this County will be published with as little Delay as a correct Delineation and their usual Style of Execution will admit. Messrs. GREENWOOD, PRINGLE, and Co. indulge the hope that tlie Magnitude and Importance of this Undertaking, together with the long Practical Experience they have derived in the Survey of Thirty- Six Thousand Square Miles, being niore than One- half of the Kingdom, will secure to them a Continuance of that. Patronage they have received in other Counties. In this Series of Maps is comprehended a Genuine Delineation of the Face of the Country. The Residences of the Nobility and Gentry are beautifully represented ; Parks, Plantations, Pleasure Grounds, Waters, Woods, & c. are { ynamentaliy and clearly described; the Boundaries of ihe Hundreds and Parishes are accurately delineated; Roads, Rivers, Canals, Rail- Ways, Cities, Towns, Villages, Farm Houses, & c. are faithft'lly introduced ; and every Feature calculated to promote an interesting- Appearance, combining the essential Qualifications of Usefulness, Perspicuity, and Elegance. The Agents of the Proprietors are now in the above County soliciting the Patronage of the Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry, who will be personally waited upon for that Purpose. Maps of the following Counties are already published, and may be procured at the Office of the Publishers, No. 13, Regent Street, Pall- Mali,' London SCALE. ICM W. BKBSfe CHARLES WRIGHT, WINE MERCHANT, Next lo the King's, and opposite the llay- markct Theatre, Opera Colonnade, HAYMARKET, LONDON, AS mude a still greater and the l. it. greatest possible Reduction in Price of the following WINES, which lie warrants Genuine as mported. FINE OLD PORTS, Vintages, 1819, 18- 20, and 1821, High. flavoured, Fruitv, Full- bodied Wine, fit) Guineas per Pipe.— SHERRY, Pale and Brown, Shipped by Daslis Y Soles, and other first Spanish Growers, same Price per Butt, Permitted from the London Docks to the Purchaser direct. FINE OLD POUT, excellent SHERRY, and GooD and superior- direct MADEIRA, all al 24s. 6d, per Dozen, hy Way of Sample. 14 Dozen of any of the above Wine, full- sized Bottles, Package, & c. well Packed in a good Port Pipe, all included for a Remittance of £ 20, or Half the Quantity in a Sherry Hogshead, at £ J0.- CI1AMPAIGNE, d'Ai, d'Avi* ze,' de Pierv, Moiisseaux et nun Mousseaux, Rouge et Blanc, ( vis. and 72s. per Dozen.— Claret, St. julien, et la Rose, 36s. per Dozen. Chateau Margot et la Filtc, of the first Character, 63s. and 72s. Bottled in Bordeaux.— Chabli, Santerne, Bar- sac, 36s. Ceaune, nod Macon, of the first'Crust, 63s. per Dozen. Moselle, - 42s. per Dozen. Several Cases of Florence Wine, in large Flasks. Aleatico, and Montepiilcliiano, 48s. per Dozen. CAPE MADEIRA, 16s. per Dozen.— OLD COGNAC BRANDY ( Otard and Martell), 23s. 6d. per Gallon. Fine OLD PINE APPLE ROM, 15s. 6d. per Dozen. Fine London Porter, 7s. 6d. per Dozen.— Extra X, 8s. 6d.— Double Stout, Us. 6d.— Edinburgh Ales, and all other Beers,& c. propcfftionably" cheap. All other Wines, Spirits, & c. in Proportion. Remittances must lie sent with Orders, and Postage paid ( or not attended to), and if the greatest Satis- faction is not given, the whole of the Money will be eturncd. P S. PORTUGAL GRAPES, now lauding in Jars n the finest Condition at Reduced Prices, 25s. per Jar. Also Parcels of Boxes of various Dried Fruits from Spain and Portugal, in the highest Perfection FARINA and ZANOLIO'S celebrated Eau de Cologne, 18s. per Case, Six Bottles each. *#* Persons visiting London, may obtain Private Boxes for the King's, Drurv Lane, and Covent Garden Theatres, in the best Situations, and at the most reasonable Prices. Yorkshire Lancashire Cheshire Middlesex Durham Staffordshire Wiltshire Kent Warwickshire... Worcestershire.. SIIESTS. Inch to a Mile PRICE. SCAlE. SHEETS. £. 5. d. 5 5 0 Somersetshire... 1 Inch fo a Mile 6 4 4 0 1 6 . 3 3 0 Surrey ... 1 4 ... 3 3 0 Westmoreland .. 1 3 3 0 Berkshire ... 1 ' 4 3 3 0 Gloucestershire. 1 6 . 3 3 0 Sussex 1 6 3 3 () Essex 1 6 . 3 3 0 Suffolk 1 6 .... , 3 3 0 Derbyshire 1 6 £. s. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 LEICESTERSHIRE and NOTTINGHAMSHIRE are in the Hands of the Engravers, and will be ready for Publication in a few Weeks. The Surveys of HAMPSHIRE, DORSETSHIRE, and BEDFORDSHIRE are completed, the Maps whereof will be ready for Publication in a few Months. DEVONSHIRE is in Progress. The Names of the following Illustrious and Noble Personage* are selected from upwards of 21,000 Subscribers now on the Bnn| gs of the Proprietors :— HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE KING, Cooke's Tonic Cough Pills. ^ HETONIC ( strengthening) COUGH PILLS continue to be recommended to Public | Notice, after many Years' successful Application in ! the Proprietor's Private Practice, as an important j and efficacious Remedy for Colds, Coughs, ASTH- I MAS, Pains in the Side, Consumptive Complaints, RHEUMATISM, INDIGESTION, and in all Diseases originating from obstructed Perspiration; as a ge- neral Restorative to Persons who have been suffer- I ing under acute or painful Diseases, where a great j Prostration of Strength has succeeded— as Fevers', | Putrid SoreThroats, Gout, & c. & c.— These Pills are equally Harmless as Lozenges, possessing more I than Twenty Times the Efficacy of those Composi- tions in Diseases of the Chest. This deservedly popular and invaluable Medicine I ( so much used in the North and South of England) was discovered, and is prepared ( ONLY GENUINE) by Mr. COOKE, Apothecary and Chemist, at his Dispensary, 7, King- Street, Manchester.— It may also be procured in Shrewsbury ( by Appointment) of Messrs. W. and J, EDDOWES, Printers, and from | a Vender in every large Town, in Boxes at Is. l^ d. • nd three Boxes in one for 2s. 9d. THE ' Undersigned, being the Com missioner appointed to carry into Execution a Act of Parliament, passed in the 51st Year of th Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third " For enclosing Lands in the Manors of Llanfyllit ( t aud xMechertlUchcoed, in the County of Mont uomery," do berebv give NOTICE, that I hav appointed a SPEC IA L MEETING of the Pr prietors and other Persons interested in the In closure of the Lands in that Part of the Manor of Mechen- Uchcoed which comprehends the Town ships of llalfen, Cefncleisiog, Nantycyndu, Fynnon Arthur, Farchwel, Cadwnfa, Fachwen, and Dolwar, in the Parish of Llanfihangel, in the said County, to be held at the House of Mrs Anne Jones, known bv the Name of Gefail Llwydiarth, situate in the said Parish of Llaufihangel, on Tuesday, the third Day of January next, at the Hour of Eleven in the Forenoon, for the Purpose of reading over the Award made by me, for that Part of the said Manor of Mechen- Ucheoed which comprehends the said Townships, pursuant to the Directions of the said Act, and another Act therein recited, passed in the 4Ist. Year of his said Majesty's Reign, u for conso- < c lidating in one Act, certain Provisions usually a inserted in Acts of Inclosure," in the Presence of the Proprietors and others who shall then and there attend ; and that 1 shall immediately afterwards execute the said Award. THOMAS KYFFIN. Dated the seventh Day of December, 1825. STOMACHIC APERIENT PILLS, Prepared from a Prescription of ihe late I Sir Richard Jebb, M. D. AND THYSICIAN EXTRAORDINARY TO TILE KING. rpnESE very justly celebrated PILLS I M have experienced, through private Recom- J mendatiou and Use, during a very long period, the 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- ness.— The beneficial Effects produced in all Cases for which they are here recommended, render them worthy the Notice of the Public and Travellers in particular, to whose Attention they are strongly pointed out as 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, aud 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, Head- aches, & c. & c. occasioned by the Bile in the Stomach, or the ill Effects arising Prom 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 he found the hest cordial Stimnlant in use. Prepared and sold, Wholesale and Retail, in Boxes at Is. 6d. and 3s. 6d. each Box, by W. R1DGWAY, Druggist, Market Drayton.— Sold Retail by Mr. HUMPHREYS, Shrewsbury; Bradbury, Wellington; Amos Edmonds, Shiffnal ; Gitton, Bridgnorth ; Evans and Marston, Ludlow ; Griffiths, Bishop's Caatle ; Jones, Welsh Pool; Franklin, Went ; Roberts, Oswestry ; Parker, Whitchurch ; Stevens, Newport Painter," Wrexham; Baugh, Ellesmere; Morgan, Stafford; Poole and Harding, Chester; and all other respectable Medicine Venders in the United Kingdom. His Royal Highness the Duke of York, His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, His Royai Highness the late Duke of Kent, His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury His Grace the Archbishop of York His Grace the Duke of Beaufort Bedford Buccleiigh Devonshire Grafton Hamilton and Brandon Leeds Ma rl boron gh Newcastle Norfolk Northu mberland Portland Richmond Somerset The Most Noble the Marquisses of Anglesea Aylesbury Bath Camden Cholmondeley Exeter Londonderry Northampton Stafford Tweedale The Right Hon. the Earls of A r ran Beauehamp Brook and Warwick Caledon Cardigan Carlisle Chesterfield Chichester Cork and Orrery Craven Darlington Darnley Dartmouth Den high Derby Dig by Egiemont « Enston Ferrers Fitzwillism Fortescue Galloway Gosford Grey Grosvenor Harcourt Hnrewood Harrington Harrow by Lonsdale Ma n vers Mount- Morris Morley Mulgravt Nelson Northesk Onslow Oxford and MortifaeP Plymouth Poulett Powis Radnor Sefton Shrewsbury Spencer Stamford, See. Strad b roke Strathmore Suffolk and Berkshire Surrey Talbot Tyreonnel Waldegrave Westmoreland Winchelsea Wilton Winterfon The Right Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of London The Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Durham His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, His Royal Highness tlie Duke of Gloucester, His Royal Highness the Prince of Saxe Cobnrg, The Right Rev. Lord Bishop of Winchester The Hon. and Right Rev. Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry The Right Rev. the Lords " Bishops of Bath und Wells Worcester Hereford Carlisle Peterborough Chichester Rochester Chester Gloucester The Right Hon. Lords Viscount Althorpe Anson Barrington Belgrave € rat> ley Dee i hurst Dudley and Ward Gal way * Granville Hood Kinuaird Kirkwall Lowther Mitl die toil Milton Newport Rave us worth Sydney Torringtos The Ritfht Hon. Lords Apsley Arundel Ashtown Ashton Bagot Montague Bat- ban? Bex ley Carrington George Cavendish Cawdor Churchill Clifton Combermere Creuiorne Crewe De la Zouch Ducie Dundas . Glastonbury William Gordon Grantham Grant ley Graves llawke Holland ' Hot bam H. Molyneux Howard Huntnigfield Kinnaird Kenyon George Lennox Lisle Melbourne Middleton Mil ford M nncaster North wick Pet re Rendleshami Ribblesdale Rodney Rosstnore Scarsdale Selsey H. Sevmour Sheffield William Somerset Sondes Stanley Stourton S. tffield Water park Yar borough & c. & c. See. Nervous Complaints, Debility. R* FOTRERGILL's NERVOUS DROPS.— To those who are afflicted with Nervous disorders and their various distressing af- fections, as OPPRESSION OF SPIRITS, HEAD ACHES, LOSS OF APPETITE, INDIGESTION, SPASMS, TREMORS, FAINTING FITS, AND DEBILITY OR RELAX ATION OF THE SYSTEM, it is confidently recommended to have re- course to the above celebrated Medicine, front which they are assured of obtaining immediate relief, and by a due perseverance in it agreeably to the di- rections given, the complete re- establishment of their health. Sold in Bottles, at 4*. 6d. lis. and 22s. by Butler, Chemist, 4, Cheapside, London; and by the prin- cipal Medicine Venders throughout the United Kingdom. Of whom mav he had Dr. FOTHER- GlLL's TONIC FEMALE PILLS, recommended in general Debility of the Constitution; also as a safe and excellent remedy in those periodical irregu- larities which Females, of. delicate and languid cir- culation, more especially the younger part, are liable lo. In Boxes, at Is. l^ d. and 2s, 9a. be Utt, And entered upon at Lady- Day next, ADesirable FARM, consisting of about Fifty Aercs of Arable, Meadow, and Pas. lure Land, withagoeri Farm House aud necessary Outbuildings, situate in the Parish of Chelniarsli, near Bridgnorth.— F- V Particulars apply to Mr. BENJAMIN POUNTNEY*, Kinlet, near Bewdley, or to Messrs. SYNDALI. aud RAIVI. INS, Solicitors, Bir- "-: ugham. up auction. Montgomeryshire. FBEEHOI. D PROPERTY. BY MR. T. PRYCE, At the Cross Foxes Inn, in the Town of Llan'fair, on Thursday, December 22d, 1825, between the Hours of Four and Seven o'Clock in the After- noon, in Lots, and subject to Conditions : r| MlE under- mentioned very compact H and desirable small FARMS, situate iu the Parishes of MANAFON and LLANLLUGAN, in the County of Montgomery : — LOT I. A Messuage, Farm, and Lands, called FRON OLEP, containing by Admeasurement 30A. ill. 5P. situate in the Township of Dwyrhievv, in the said Parish of Manafon, in the Occupation of Richard Davies. LOT II. Another Messuage, Farm, and Lands, called FBYDIAN, nearly adjoining the said last- mentioned Lot, and containing bv Admeasurement 3SA. 2R. 35P. situate in the said Township of Dwyrhiew, and in the Occupation of the said Richard Davics, LOT III. A Messuage, Farm, and Lands, called TY- CERRIG, situate iu the Township and Parish of Lianllugan, in the said County of Montgomery, containing by Admeasurement 31A. 2R. SUP, aiid in the Occupation cf David Edwards. The Lands in the two first Lots are in a fair State of Cultivation, and capable of considerable Im- provement : upon each of these Lots there is a Quantity of thriving young Oak, some of which are of a sufficient Size for Building Purposes.— Lot I commands a Southern Aspect, and Lot 2 is hounded on its Eastern Side by a Branch of tiie River Dwyrhiew, which as far as ii adjoins the Land belongs almost exclusively to this Lot, aud may be advantageously applied for the Purposes of a Mill, or those of an extensive Manufactory. These two Lots are situate within 4 Miles of the Market Towti of Llanfair.— Lot 3 is situated within 6 Miles of Llanfair, is entitled to Right of Pasturage for 30 Sheep upon Llanllitgan Hill, nnd is also capable of considerable Jmprovement. The respective Tenants will shew the different Lots ; and further Particulars may he obtained on Application to Mr. HUGHES, Llwydiarth Park, near Can Office; Mr. DAVID JoNBsj Land Surveyor, Llanfyllin; or at the Office of Messrs. GRIPJITHES and CORRIE, Solicitors, Pool. Montgomery and Pool House of industry. CLOATIJINGFOR PAUPERS. r jpilE Directors will receive at this House* li on Wednesday, the 28th Instant, at Eleven o'Clock, Proposals ( in Writing) for Contracting to Cloath the Paupers in this House, who ( includ- ing the Children) are nt present, upwards of 150, with Coats, Gowns, Linen, lints, Shoes, and other Cloathing of every Kind for every Class, nnd for afterwards keeping them clothed as well iu lie- pairs as New Articles. ( d* The Proposals may be either for the Whole Clnathing, or any particular Kind, and the Quali- ties, Prices, Stc. must bu expressed ill Words only. COALS. The Directors will also receivc at the same Time written Proposals for Contracting to supply tlie House with a limited Quantity of Coals,. not exceed- ing 70 Tons, specifying the Kind, Quality, and Prices per Ton, in Words, delivered at the tVhiirf near Berriew, at Efelfach, Gartlimit, and the House of Industry respectively, distinguishing the Prices according to each of those Places of Deli- very. Further Particulars may be known at this House. E. EDYE, Clerk. 8TH DEC. 1825. bv Auction. MONTGOMERYSHIRE. IN THE PARISHES OP COWSOvEH & LEEBOTWOOS, In the County of Salop. STo ise igoUj fcp ftuction, BY MR. BROOME, At the Horse Shoe Inn, in Dorrington, in the said County, on Thursday, the 29th Day of December, 1825, at three o'Clock in the Afternoon ( and not on the 19th inst. as before advertised), unless previously disposed of by Private Treaty, subject to Conditions, in the following, or such other Lots as shall be agreed upon at the Time of Sale : LOT I. Total Quantitien. more or less. At the Lion Inn, in Llanidloes, in the said County j- at four o'Clock in the Afiemoon of Saturday, the 31st. of December, 1825, subject to Conditions to be then produced : LL those SEVEN DWELLING HOUSES, Stable, Garden, and other Appur- tenances thereto belonging, situate at the Top of GREAT OAK STREET, in the Town of LLANID- LOES, now in the several Occupations of the Rev, Humphrey Gwalchniav, Margaret Bennett, John Titley, Elizabeth Herbert, Rowland Pugh, Mary Evans, David Owen, aud Catherine Jones. The respective Tenants will shew the Premises ; and further Particulars may be had on Application to Mr. T. E. MARSH, Solicitor, Llanidloes. SHROPSHIRE. New Leasow Arable New Leasow Ditto A. R. P. 4 2 0 5 2 0 10 0 0 Lee Head Long Leasow Lane LOT II. Arable Dilto LOT III. Sandy Bank...„ Arable LOT IV. Cuckoo Brook Meadow and Plantation Arable 2 26 1 37 1 13 6 1 36 1 1 16 4 0 4 Most capital Navy Timber. At. the Crown Inn, Ludlow, in the County of Salop* on Tuesday, the twenty- fourth Day of January next, at. Five o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions ; MOST CAPITAL OAK TIMBER Q £ Q TREES, numbered with a Scribe, in the following Lots: — LOT I. 237 Oak Trees, numbered 1 to 237, standing on Hopton's Gate Farm and llopton Farm, in the Parish of Stanton Lacy, occupied by Mr. Thomas Wild and Mr. Francis Falkner. LOT II. 110 Oak Trees, numbered 1 to 110, standing' in a Coppice on Ilopton Gate Farm aforesaid. LOT III. 106 Oak Trees, numbered 1 to 106, standing on the Measou's Farm, in the Parish of Bitterley, occupied by Mr John Reynolds, LOT IV. 209 Oak Trees, numbered 1 to 209, standing on Crow Leasow Farm, in said Parish of Bitterley, occupied hy Mr. J. Shepherd. LOT V. 120 Oak Trees, numbered 1 to 120, standing on the Hills Farm, in said Parish of Bitterley, and on Lands adjoining. LOT VI. rr> Oak Trees, numbered 1' to 95, standing on Middleton Farm, occupied by Mr. Patrick, and on Land adjoining, in said Parish of Bitterley. LOT VII. 1 Oak Tree, of very great Dimen- sions, standing in a Meadow in said Pariah, in the Occupation of Mr. Beddoes, marked A. The above Trees are of large Dimensions, equal to any Purposes of the Navy, or for any Purpose superior Oak Timber can be applied to, anil will be found deserving tlie Attention of Persons in Want of large sound Timber; are situated near the Turnpike Road between the Towns of Ludldw and Bridgnorth, about 4 Miles from the former and 16 Miles from the latter. Mr. TOMKINS, at Downton TTall, will appoint a Person to shew the Lots ; and Particulars may be had of Messrs. LLOYD, Solicitors, Ludlow ; or Mr. GOULD, Golfa, near Welsh Pool. DECEMBER 10TH, 1825. Exclusive of the Measure of the plantation. LOT V Part of Little Meadow ( Arable) LOT VI. Lower Lees Meadow r Mea- The Lees % dow Middle Lees .... J and Big Lees, in 2 Pieces j Ara- Upper Lees Meadow., v- ble LOT VII. House, Garden, & c 0 The Yard ( Meadow & Arable) 1 CloverField( Meadow&: Pasture) 1 1 2 34 16 0 37 1 8 2 11 1 27 SHROPSHIRE. Most capital Navy Timber. FOR COUGHS. Pectoral Essence of Coltsfoot. rriHE Herb CoftTfbot has long been - JL distinguished for its excellent. Properties iu the Cure of Coughs, and other Pulmonary Com plaints; and this Essence has, in the Course of; long Practice, been found the most safe and effec- tual Remedy for Coughs, • and all Disorders of the Lungs. It gently opens the Breast, and immediately gives Liberty of Breathing, without any Danger of taking Cold, and thus it affords great Relief in Asthmatic Complaints. It allays ihe Tickling which provokes frequent Coughing, cleanses the small Glands, relaxes ihe Fibres, and thereby en- larges tlie Cavities of the Vessels Thus it will prevent Consumptions, if taken before lite Longs are ulcerated. It softens husky and dry Coughs, and heals Rawness and Soreness of the Chest. This Pectoral RVAN, Surgeon, 3s, (> d. each, bv 1' Church Yard;* a Country l own.-. Fssence is prepared by JAMES in Bristol ; and sold in Bottles at . MEW EERY and SONS, 45, St. Paul's id, by ihejr AppoiniUifut, inmost. 3 16 The Whole of the Property is situate in and near the Village of Dorrington, which is about Midway between Shrewsbury and Church Stretton, and the principal Part of it adjoins the Mail Road from Shrewsbury ( through Dorrington, Church Stret- ton, and Ludlow) to Hereford. The Land is of superior Quality, and in the highest State of Culti- vation. A beautiful and never- failing Stream of Water runs through great Part, and the Whole is most eligibly situated for Building- Sites. The House on Lot 7 is commodious, and has a large Warehouse attached, and is now one of the best accustomed Country Shops in the County for Mercery, Grocery, and Drugs. Possession will be given of the Whole of the Property at Lady- Day next. Further Particulars may he had of W. C. CURTIS, Esq. Dorrington, who wiil send a Person to shew the Property; of Mr. BROOME, the Auctioneer, Church Stretton ; and of Mr. COOPER, Solicitor, Shrewsbury. ATKINS'S COMPOSITION, For destroying; Rats and Mice, 5S allowed to be the most efficacious Thing ever yet discovered, for speedily extir- pating these perni- cious Vermin from Corn Stacks, Barns, Stables, Dwelling Houses, Mills, Mali Houses, Gran- aries, See. ; & e. and such are the extraoidinarv and attracting Powers it possesses, that the Inventor has frequently know them to take it from his Hand with { lie greatest Avidity. By Appointment of the the Proprietor it is sold, Wholesale, at No. 10, Bow Church Yard, London ; and Retail, by EODOWFS, Watton, Snudford, Morris', Palin, ai » d Bythell, Shrewsbury, and by all principal Country Bo « ksellers aud Druggists, Price 2s. 6d. a Box. At the Crown Inn, Ludlow, Salop, on Thursday j the 26th of January, 1S26, subject to Conditions : npil E following LOTS of most capital S OAK TIMBER, numbered with a Scribe : LOT I. 135 Oak Timber Trees, standing- in Cookridge Coppice. LOT II. 82 Oak Timber Trees, standing in Pools Coppice, near Lot 1. LOT III. 120 Oak Timber Trees, standing in Whitbatch Coppice. LOT IV. 121 Oak Timber Trees ; viz. 100 stand ing in Bach Wood, Part of Dinchope Farm occu- pied bv Mr. John Bright, and 21 standing in Botnel Wood adjoining-. LOT V. 171 Oak Timber Trees, standing hi Cocksluitt Wood, Part of Dinchope Farm aforesaid. The above Trees are of a; reat Length and large Dimensions, and from their excellent Quality are well calculated for Thickstnff' and Plank for the Navy, and other superior Purposes.— They are situ- ate in the Parish of BROMFIELD, near Ludlow, Salep. Richard Roberts, of Whitcliff, near Ludlow, will shew the fii'st three Lots; and Thomas Banks, of Dinchope, Will shew Lots 4 and 5. Particulars may be had of Mr. WOOD, Oakley Park, near Ludlow ; or of Mr. GOULD, Golfa, near Welsh Pool. Chilblains, liheumatisw, Sprains. UTLERVCTJEPUT O POD EL- DOC.— Cajepnt Oil, which is the basis of this Opodeldoc, has been long esteemed on the Continent, as a remedy for Chrome Rheumatism, Spasmodic Affections* Chilblains* Palsy, Stiffness, and Enlargement of the Joints, Sprains, Bruises, and Deafness; and the experience of late years, in England, proves that it merits the high cha- racter given of it bv the most eminent in Hit pro- fession, in those obstinate complaints. Being com- bined in the form of Opodeldoc, it is rendered more penetrating and consequently much more efficacious as an external application. Rubbed upon the skin, by means of flannel, or the warm hand, il allava morbid irritation of nerves, invigorates the absor- bents, and accelerates the circulation. Sold in Bottle, at Is U, d. and 2s. 9d. bv Butler, Chemist, 4, Cheapside, London ; and by the prin- cipal Medicine Vend- rs throughout the United Kinodom. Of whom, also, mav 5> e had BUTLER'S CHILBLAIN. CERATE, an excellenl Remedy for Chilblains when broken; us « . d also in Scalds, Burns & c. ( Be careful OPODELDOC. to ask for BUTLER'S CAJEPUT POSTSC] LONDON, Monday JVight, Dec. 19, IS25 Red. 3 per Cls. 79 3 pi'i'Ct. Cous. shut Imperial 3 per Cls.— 3; per Cents. 83| 3* per Cents. Red. 82i 4 per Cents, shut Bank Stock 202 Long Ann. 1SJ India Stock — India Bonds 70 SO F. x. Bills( lid.) 83dis. Cons, for Acc. 8I| Death rf the Emperor of Russia. Despatches have boon received this morning from Berlin, by Government, which announce the death of his Imperial Majesty Alexander, the Emperor of all the Russias. We believe no particular details of this melancholy event have transpired, though the accounts referred to leave no doubt of the'fact. The melancholy in telligence was transmitted by our Ambassador, the Earl of Clanwilliam. Mr. Williams, a King's Messenger, was sent off early this morning, with despatches to his Majesty, at Windsor, to announce the important event. The last ac- counts we received of his Imperial Majesty, stated, that he was then at Taganrok, or in its vicinity, making preparations for a grand review of tiie different corps d'artn6e stationed in that quarter of his vast dominions. His Imperial Majesty was born December 23, 1777, succeeded his father, the Emperor Paul, on the 24th March, 1801, and was declared Czar and King in 1815. He married October 9, 1793, Louisa Maria Amelia, now called the Empress Eliza- beth Alexiowna, daughter of the Hereditary Prince of Baden. She was born June 4, 1779. The Heir Presumptive to the Throne of Russia, is the brother ofthe late Emperor Alexander, the Grand Duke Constantine Cesarovitch, who was born May 8, 1779, jtid married Feb. 26tb, 1796, Julia, Princess of Saxe Cobourg, sister to his Royal Highness the Prince of Saxe Cobourg This marriage was dissolved by an Imperial Ukase, dated April 2d, 1820, and the Grand Duke married, secondly, May 24, 1820, Jane, born Countess of Grudzinska, and created Princess of Lowicz. On the lllh inst. in bis 50th year, John Newman, M. D. of Britannia- square, near Worcester, a mem- ber of ihe Society of Friends, On the 12rb inst. in her 24tb year, Emma, wife of Mr. T. Chalk, a proprietor of the Worcester Herald. Suddenly, on the 12th inst. at Wellington, in this county, deservedly respected, in his 89th year, Mr. Richard Jones, sen. of lladley. He had just ob- served to a friend, who enquired as to his health, that he was as well as ever he was, thank God, when he changed couutenance, breathed a few sighs, and expired! On Saturday last, after a long and painful illness, aged 5!>, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. John Jones, printer, Doglane, in ibis town. fin Monday last, at ail advanced age, Mrs. lee, wife of Mr. Samuel l. ee, of Forton, near this town. . Yesterday, after a severe and lingering illness, borne with christian fortitude and resignation to the Divine will, Mr. Edward Davies, painter and glazier, Shnplatch, in this town, aged 34 years. On the lllh iust. in the 14ih year of his age, in consequence of oxalic acid being accidentally ad- ministered to him instead of Epsom sails, Francis, eldest son of Francis Downing, Esq. of Dudley. At Hay ti ( St. Domingo), in his 35th year, Jabez Sheen Birt, Esq. formerly an eminent surgeon of Tewkesbury. This gentleman left England, about ten years since, with au appointment as body- surgeon to the Emperor Christophe, but having quarrelled with his Sable Majesty, he commenced private practice, and established an Apothecary's Hall, whereby he amassed a fortune of nearly £ 40,000, the whole of which, we understand, has devolved upon a young female, a native of Glou- cester, whom he induced to follow his fortunes. TO BOOKBINDERS. WANTED IMMEDIATELY, a jteady Mail. Apply to W. aud J. Eoioivss, Shrewsbury. Also, a SHOPMAN, who knows the Boo selling and Stationery Business, writes a good Hasd, and ' an keep Accounts.—- Apply as above. Tbe election for a Representative Peer for Ireland, in the room of the late Earl of Donough- rnore, which bin b en so strongly contented, terminated on Friday night, in the return of Lord Farnhatn, by a majority of three, the numbers being, for Lord Faruham 49, for Lord Mount- cashel 4.1. The Dublin Correspondent says, " The contest reflects 1.0 small honour upon the Administration. It is the first instance since the Union of an election of the sort being left to the pure and uninfluenced consideration of the Noble Electors. Government was supposed to be able almost to appoint the successful Candidate." Extracts of interesting and well- written letters from Captain Johnstone, of tbe Enterprise steam- vessel, have been received, in which he accounts for the delays he experienced in reaching the tape— 20 days beyond what he had calculated : he points out the necessity of establishing depots for coals at Madeira and St. Helena, at both of which islands he proposes calling on his voyage home A letter has been recently received from an officer of high rank at Calcutta, which states that the army, under the command of Sir Arch. Camp- bell, at Prottie, was iu high health and spirits, and that the neighbouring Burmese were acting in the most friendly manner towards our troops. BANKRUPTS, DECEMBER 17.- - Richard William Glode Douglas, of Woodcote, West llaropnett, Sussex, coacti. proprietor.— Juliana Keiley, late of St. James's- street, Westminster, milliner and dress- maker. — William Webb, of Salisbury- street. Strand, Middlesex, wine and brandy- merchant .-- William Chester Harwood, late of Crown- street, Soho, Middlesex, grocer and tea- dealer.— Joseph Olivant and William Cooper, of dueen street, Cheapside, London, warehousemen. Robert Edmeads, Thomas Atkins, and George Tyrreli, of Maidstone, Kent, bankers— John Cariuichael, late of Birmingham, dealer.— John Dyer and John Swayne, of Gravel- lane, Houndsditch, London, woolsla piers.--- William Done, of Talk o'tli' Hill, Stafford- shire, manufacturer of ribbons.— Joseph Horn, of Liver- pool, block and pump- maker.— 1Thomas Bird, ofLiverpool, broker.— Joseph Smith, of Bristol, cabinet- maker and upholsterer.— James Murgatroyd, of Midgley, Halifax, Yorkshire, cotton- manufacturer.- - Edward Pinnix, now or late of Emsworth, Hants, cattle or slieep- salesman.— Charles Jurritt, of Bath, batter and hosier.— John M'Crum and Edward Ainsworth, Liverpool, common- brewers—. James Blemies, of Charles- street, Manchester- square, Middlesex, tailor and man's- mercer.- - William Coleman, late of Essex- street, Bouverie- street, London, victualler.— Josi ph Millies, formerly of St. Katherine's- wharf, uear the Towar, London, wharfinger, and lately of Halifax, but now of Huddeisfield, Yorkshire, dealer.— Charles Todd, of tipper Lisson- street, Lisson grove, Middlesex, coal. mer- chant.— Thomas Deacon, of Trowbridge, " Witts, clothier. - Edward Osbaldeston, of Hertford, grocer and tea- dealer. .- John Nicholasaml John Nicholas the younger, otherwise John Ranger, of Leatherliead, Surrey, common- brewers.— Thomas Harrison, of Fleet- market, London, victualler. — Edward Hickman, of Lombard street, London, bill- broker. -- Thomas Waller Watson, of Newcastle- upon- Tyne, mer- chant.-- William Tovee and George Jeapes, of Clay- street, Peckham, Surrey, builders.— Hugh M'Guckin, of Upper St. Martin's- lane, Middlesex, wine- merchant.— Henry Ochsenbein, of Regent- street, Middlesex, silk- mercer.— Charles George Cotterill, of Peter's- lane, St. John- street, St. Sepulchre's, Middlesex, and also of Limerick, Ireland, bacon, butter, and provision- merchant.— Richard Allmond, of Abingdon, Berks, grocer and cheese- factor.— Edward Kenworthy and James Bunnell, of Liverpool, merchants. — Francis Henley Rumboll, of Walcot, Somersetshire, coach- master. INSOLVENT — Samuel Bratt, Macclesfield, silk- manu- facturer. ANTED, by a respectable ' Young Woman, a Situation to wait upon an elderly or one or two Young Ladies, where the Dress- Making is not required or as Needle- Woman in a School pr other Family, having- before served in that Capacity, and can have a good Character.— Address ( Post- paid) A. B. Post- Office, Shrewsbury. ISC6 ; SHREWSBURY. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1825. We think it our duty to call attention to the practice of taking high- bred and vicious horses along the narrow streets of the town for exercise: several hair- breadth escapes from severe accidents, in consequence of this unjustifiable conduct on the part of grooms and hdrsekeepers, have very recently taken place. SSS" A report of the case " HOLT V. WHALLEY," which came before the Court of Requests, in this town, on Wednesday last, will be found in our 4th page. MARRIED. On the 8th inst. ot Powick Church, Worcester- shire, by the, Rev. Henry Barry Domville, Ferdi- nand Hanbury Williams, Esq. of Coldbrook Park Monmouthshire, to Elizabeth Anne Pakington youngest daughter of the late William Russell, Esq. of Powick Court. O11 the 12th inst. hy the Very Reverend the Dean of Lichfield, at Sandon, in the county of Stafford by special license, John Stuart Wortley, Esq. M. P eldest sun of J. A. Stuart Wortlcy, Esq. M. P. for --^. Yorkshire, to the Lady Georgians Ryder, third daughter of the Eurl of Ilarrowhy, Lord President of the Council. After the ceremony, the new married couple proceeded to Treuthain Hall, the seat of the Marquis of Stafford. Oh the 13th iust. al Malpas, by the Rev. Sir Philip de Grey Egerton, Bart. Henry Ralph Suevd, Esq. of ltavenhiil, near Belfast, to Sohy Rebecca, youngest daughter of Thomas Crewe Dod, Esq. of Edge, Cheshire. On Thursday last, at Sutton, near this town, by the Rev. Mr. Evans, John Davies Corrie, Esq. of Dysserth, in the county of Montgomery, to Mary Aune, only daughter oi, Joseph Meire, Esq. of the former place. Same day, at Pontesbury, by the Rev. Hamlet Harrison, Rector, William Griffith, Esq. of this town, surgeon, to Miss Beatrice Margaret Tipton, of Plealey, in this county. On Friday last, nt St. Alkinond's, by Ihe Rev. John Richards, Mr. Richard France, of'Plealey, to Ann, second daughter of Mrs. tlanmer, Pride Hill, iu this town. DIED. On the 12th inst. at her house in Lower Grosvenor- street, Loudon, in her 9- d year, the Dowager Marchioness of Bath. On the 14th inst. Emma, the wife of the Rev. Edward Bather, Vicar of Meole Brace, in this county. On the lltli instant, deeply lamented, Maria, youngest daughter of John Hutchings, Esq. of " Ludlow. 0: i the 5th iust. in her 52d year, after a long and painful illness, borne with christian fortitude and resignation, Mrs. Griffiths, Corve- street, Ludlow. On the 9tll inst. at Market Drayton, aged 74, Mrs. Cooke, relict of Joseph Cooke, Esq. au emi- nent solicitor, of Halle Fields, Macclesfield. She will live iu the memory of her friend as one whose sympathy for the ills of others, and fortitude in supporting her own, have beeu rarely equalled — never surpassed. Visiting Clergyman this week at the Infirmary, the Rev. Robert Lingen Burton:— House- Visitors, Mr. Josiah Parry and Mr. Richard France. BANKS.— 111 recording, as we have done this day, at considerable length, the events which have occurred iu the Money Market since our last publication, we think it is not possible to pay a greater compliment to tbe good sense and sound discrimination of the public of all classes in this county and the adjacent Northern Princi- pality, than " that which will be conveyed by our stating, that, such was the deserved confidence placed in the Banking Establishments of Shrews- bury, that not the slightest appearance of what is termed a run was observable. The same may be said generally of the Establishments of the various towns in the extensive district through which our Journal circulates.— As was to be expected, some few instances of timid - persons taking in their notes to be exchanged occurred: the parties were promptly accommodated, and are, we dare say, ready now to take, their gold to the Banks again. Fox CHASK.— Mr. Smith's ( of Bucton Park) Fox Hounds had an excellent run 011 Thursday last. They met at Kinsley Covers, where they soon unkennelled a brace of foxe. 3. After several rings round the cover, one broke olf iu gallant style, which proved himself a fleet one, and the pack as fast as he, for he never exceeded more than three quarters of a mile a- head of them. After passing through Hagley woods, Hopton Park, Purslow woods, crossingClun, and skirting Walcot grounds with the dogs at his brush, down the Vale and over Clunbury- Hill for Lord Craven's woods, the staunch pack proved too strong for poor Reynard, and overtook him upon open ground, scarcely having a single check for a distance upwards of 20 miles, which was performed in an hour aud 27 minutes, over heavy country — Out of many good sportsmen three only were in at the death. Committed to ourCountyGaol, ThomasYaughan. charged with having stolen a quantity of iron and other goods, the property of Thomas Downes, of the parish of Wem, farmer; James Smith, charged with having stolen a bay mare of th value of four pounds, and a bay colt of the value of five pounds, the property of Thomas Andrews, of tbe parish ofChurch Stretton; James Holroyd, charged with having stolen from the person of Owen Owens, of the parish of Wem, one pocket- book of the value of one shilling, four promissory notes for the payment of five pounds each, and one other promissory note for the payment of two pounds. THUNDER STORM.— On Wednesday night last, a storm of thunder, lightning, hail, and rain, raged with terrific violence in this town and vicinity, from about 7 uutil after 9 o'clock.— Many persons going home from our fair, were some of them thrown from their horses, others obliged to dismount, in consequence of the ani- mals starting and swerving at the incessant and tremendous flashes of vivid lightning.— Mr. Howells, of the Fox Farm, near this town, we regret to state, out of a flock of 82, lost 23 valuable ewes ( heavy with lamb), the poor animals having, from t'riglit, rushed into a ditch or rill of water, where they were found dead.— Mr. G. Parry, of Westfield Farm, Hanbury, Worces- tershire, lost 32 ewes in like manner.— A stack of grain, the property of Mr. Wild, of tbe Boat Yard, near l- Iodnet, in this county, was struck by the lightning, aud consumed.— The spire of St. Andrew's Church, Worcester; the belfry of Nantwich Church, Cheshire; and other public buildings were partially injured by the light- ning; and we fear the extensive course of this dreadful storm has been marked by many de- structive and alarming visitations, as we perceive that instances of its effects in destroying cattle, injuring buildings, & c. are recorded from York- shire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire, & c. On tbe 10th of this month, Mr. Wollaston, Coroner, and a respectable Jury, met at Mr. Oakley's, of The Moat, in this county, to in- quire ' how Edward Humphries, a servant to Mr. Oakley, came to his death.— It appeared that he was driving tbe team of horses working at a threshing machine, when, by some aceidcut, he got his body crushed between one of the pillars and the lever, which caused a rupture of tbe liver and bowels, and after languishing in great pain for a short time he died.— Verdict, " Acci dental Death," with a deodand upon the pillar and lever of two shillings. A cart load of game, comprising two hundred and five pheasants and hares, passed through / his town, on its way from Teddesley to the Potteries, on Monday last. The receivers would, doubtless, adequately estimate the value of their present, procured as they must have ben through tbe instrumentality of no less distinguished per- sonages than the renowned hero of Waterloo, and one of the most enlightened members of our de- servedly popular Cabinet, who were 011 a shoot- ing party at Mr. Littleton's last week.— Staf- fordshire Advertiser. MORF, HORSE- STEALING'.— In the course of Wednesday night last, no less than four horses were stolen from the vicinity of Ledbury, three belonging to a Mr. Lawton, and the fourth lo a Mr. Sexter, both of that town. It was acertahied that two men were concerned in the affair, and on tracing them, one horse was found abandoned at'Malvern. Information ofthe loss of th" others was then sent off to Worcester, upou which a police- officer immediately proceededto Firming, ham, and on Thursday night, succeeded in re- covering all three, finding them in the posses sion of a party, who purchased them of a man named James Kale. This man was shortly after captured, and is now in safe keeping, but his companion remains at present at large. Prompt- itude in such cases seldom fails of success. Upon an argument in the Court of King's Bench, on Saturday se'nnight, the special case re- served for its opinion at the last Wells Epiphany Sessions, ( when an order ou the Hundred of Winterstoke was granted to Mr. James Tucker, ofYatton, under statute 3d George IV. chap 33 for the amount of damages and costs occasioned by two mows of corn having been wilfully set ou fire in November, 1823,) the Court decided that this statute does not require proof either of riot tumult, arms, or disguise, iu such cases, and confirmed the Order of Sessions. The Kentish Gazette says—" We feel much gratified in acquainting our Agricultural friends, that we have received ii from the best authority, that Ministers have no intention of interfering with the Corn Laws, the ensuing Session of Par- liament." To the Editor of ihe Salopian Journal. SIR, The important service wbich your correspondent " M" bas rendered to the collectors of Shropshire Antiquities, and to Medallists in general, by his valuable and interesting communications 011 the subject of Roman Coins found ia this county, must have been apparent to every lover of our domestic History and Topography; I therefore trust he will continue his truly useful labours, and beg, through your medium, to notice a large brass Roman Coin lately in my possession, and remarkably perfect, which was found whilst excavating a cellar to a new house adjoining the Sextry Passage, High Street, in this town, the obverse bearing a fine head, around v » liich is inscribed— DOMITIANVS AVG GERM CAES Rev. FORTVNA AVG Figura inula stans; dextra aratrum, lasva cornucopise. This Coin derives peculiar interest from having been issued by a Caisar, who was twelve times Consul, before he was invested with the imperial dignity: and the symbol on the reverse seems to imply, that industry and plenty are generally united in the same person. I am, Sir, your's, & e. H. PIBGEON. Shrewsbury, Dec. 19fA, 1825. Dancing and Card. Assemblies, AT THE RED LION INN,. , T E D N ES DA Y, the 28th of Decern- | her, 1825; Wednesday, 25th January, and Wednesday, 22d February, 1826. c , i Gentlemen 20s. Subscribers > Lad. es 12s. Non- Subscribers k Gentlemen 8s. 6d. t Ladies 7s. 6d. Subscription Books are left at Mr. H. P. SILVBS- • TER'S, Stationer, and at the Red Lion Inn, New- port. Dancing- will commence at eight o'Clock. A. BROOKES, > Steward, W. JELLICORSE,} ! ste"' 1, us' Leghorn, Straw, Chip, & c. Hat and Bonnet Warehouse, HIGH- STREET, SHREWSBURY. CANN HALL— BRIDGNORTH, SALOP. E. W HIT WELL RESPECTFULLY acknowledges the Fa- vours conferred on her in the above Line, and begs Leave to inform her Friends and the Public, lhat she has added the FUR TRADE as a Winter Business. Any Commands will be thank, fully received. 23" Furs Cleaned and Repaired. The Shropshire Hounds meet on Wednesday, Dec. 21st ( this day), Sundorne Thursday," Dec. 22d. Hanwood Saturday, Dec. 24th Lee Bridge Monday, Dee. 26th Ercall Mill Tuesday, Dec. 27th High Hattnn Thursday, Dec. 29th Condover Park Saturday, Dec. 3lst Acton Reynald At half- past ten. Mr. Boycott's Hounds meet on Thursday, Dee". 22d Blimhill Saturday, Dec. 24th Whision Cross Monday, Dec. 26th Broad Oak Wednesday, Dec. 28th Castle Hill Friday, Dec. 30th Smester Turnpike At half past ten. Sir Richard Puleston's Hounds meet Wednesday, Dec. 21st ( this day)... Sam Bridge Friday, Dec. 23d Gallantry Bank Monday, Dec. 26th Emral At eleven. Mr. Wickstead's Hounds ireet Saturday, Dec. 24th Broughton At half past ten. The Cheshire Hounds meet. Thursday, Dec. 22d Three Greyhounds Friday, Dec. 23d Booth Lane Smithy Monday, Dec. 26th ... Dutton Hall Wednesday, Dee. 28th Kingslev Windmill Thursday, Dec. 29th... Fox and Barrel Saturday", Dec. 31st. Gallantry Bank JOHN DAVIES, CONFECTIONER, COEW- MARSET, SHREWSBURY, ETURNS his most grateful Thanks to the Nobility, Gentry, and Public in general, for their liberal Support ; and beg'S to inform them he will have ready by TWELFTH NIGHT a Variety of TWELFTH CAKES, with Characters, Mottos, & c. Hop, Seed, and Cheese Warehouse, MARBOXI, SHREWSBURY. YEARSLEY AND MOTTRAM FFER their best Thanks to their Friends and Customers for the liberal Support they have been encouraged with since their Com- mencement in Business, and beg- to acquaint them and the Public generally, that they have lately R EMOVED from the Premises they occupied in the CIRCUS YARD to a more eligible and commodious Warehouse in the Centre of M ARDOL, where they have constantly on Sale fine Worcester, Kent, and Sussex HOPS of all Growths. They are also con- tinually receiving* fresh Supplies of Double and Single Gloucester, fine Derbvand Stilton, Stafford- shire, and Old Cheshire, &, c. CHEESE from the primest Dairies, which they offer at low Prices. me E Rev. S. BARB E R, aided by well " qualified Assistants, instructs | a limited Num- Young Gentlemen in the usual Departments of a superior English and Classical Education, with Natural Philosophy, & c. The Arrangements of this Establishment are those of a genteel Family. Studies recommence ( D. V.) January 19, 1826. Terms, and the most respectable References, will be furnished on Application. FOX IKTH, SHREWSBURY. MRS. TREHEARN BEGS to return her most grateful thanks to her Friends and the Public for their Support during the Time she has kept the Fox Inn, and respectfully begs to inform them that she has DECLINED the' Business in Favour of Mr. OLIVER, of the Mermaid lun, in this town, whom she begs to recommend. Fox INN, DECEMBER 8, 1825. EDWARD OLIVER > EGS respectfully to inform his Friends > and the Public, that he has taken the FOX INN, which be intends taking Possession of at. Christinas: he hopes, by the Improvements he intends to make 0: 1 the House generally, and the Bed Rooms in particular ; keeping a Slock of the best Wines, & c. & c.; unremitting Attention to Business end to Ihe Comfort of his Customers, to secure a Continuance of the Favours of the former Supporters of the Fox, and the Patronage of his Friends and the Public in general. MERMAID INN, DECEMBER 8, 1825. IIEITT, At JOHN HIGLEV'S, the Bell Inn, Abbey Foregate, Salop, on the 25th of October, 1825; Two- years okl Dark- Red BULLOCK, with a White. Face, and some Brown Spots upon file Head. If not owned before, the said Bullock will he Sold on the Second Wednesday in January, 18C6, to pay the Keep and the Expense of this Advertisement. Shrewsbury District of the Walling Street Iioad, Stretton and Long den Roads, and Minsterley, West bury, Shelton, Pool and Buschurch Districts of Turnpike Roads. "" jV- OTlCE is hereby given, that the 1 Trustees of the above Turnpike Roads will MEET at the Guildhall, in Shrewsbury, on MON- DAY, the second Day of January, 1826, at eleven o'Clock iB the Forenoon, to consult about the Propriety of making an Order, that in all Cases where any Waggon or Cart shall descend any Hill or Hills on ihe said Roads, wi'. h both or either of the Wheels locked, a SKID PAN or SLIPPER hall be used or placed at Ihe Bottom of such Wheel or Wheels during Ihe whole Time of its being so locked, iu such Manner as to prevent the said Road from being destroyed or injured by the Locking of uch Wheel or Wheels.— Dated at Slnewsbury, the ineteenth Day of December, 1825. JOHN JONES, Clerk lo the Trustees. SMALL BED- ROOM CLOCKS, ( WITH AN ALARUM,) For the Convenience of Early Rising, may be obtained for £ 1 and £ 1.10s. each. AT MR. GLOVER'S, WATCHMAKER, SHREWSBURY, ffVyle Cop, opposite Mr. Blunl's, Chem ist.) ^ f^ HE Article complete in itself as an H ALARUM and TIMEKEEPER, and warranted lo answer in the most satisfactory Manner. The Price of £ 1. 10s. includes the Advantage of striking the Hour in Addition. Size sufficiently Portable for a Great- coat Pocket. Sent for Approbation to any Distance, on Receipt ofthe necessary Address—" with proper Directions for Management." Alterations or Exchange will be allowed ( if Requisite). A meeting of friends ofthe Society for promot- ing education and industry among tbe Indians and destitute ill Canada, took place in our Town Hali yesterday; and we understand several donations towards the Society's benevolent ob- jects have been received at one of the Banks here. THOMAS CHESTER, TAILOR, SHREWSBURY, MOST respectfully informs the Nobi lity, Gentry, and Customers of his late Brother ( Mr. GEORGE CHESTER), that having- for a considerable Time had the entire Management of the Business, it is liis Intention in future to carry on the same in all its various Branches * and he solicits a Continuance of those Favours so long- and liberally bestowed on his deceased Father and Brother. He begs Leave further to state, that it is his full Intention to employ the BEST WORKMEN, and to execute al! Orders intrusted to him in the first Style, aud at moderate Charges. All Persons to whom the late Mr. GEORGE CHESTER stood indebted, are requested to send the Particulars of their Chiims to Mr. THOMAS CHBSTER? by whom they will be discharged. Every Thing appertaining to the SUPERIOR PART of the Clock and Watchmaking Business, Repairs, Alte rations, Ssc. executed in the best Manner. A neat Assortment of Watches, In Gold and Silver, Patent Levers, & c. ready completed for Inspection, warranted of tlie first Quality and Workmanship, aud placed 011 the best Terms. Opportunity afforded for Correctness, or a Dis. count allowed. Old Watches fresh Cased and modernised on a Style equal to uew. Some good Second- hand ones for Disposal, Ex change of which will he allowed for New ( if not approved of) at any Period within 12 Mouths. MU31CAX, BOHES REPAIRED. Seals, Keys, and Gold Rings. New Corn Measures. WALES. BIRTH. Lately, at Presteigne, the Lady of Harry Beavan, Esq. of the Royal Radnor Militia, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 10th inst. at Llanbadarn- vawr, Mr. John Taylor, eldest son of Mr. Taylor, maltster, Birm- ingham, to Clara, only daughter of Mr. Stubbs, lute of Hamtnerwich, Staffordshire. DIED. On Friday, in his 37th year, after a short illness, Robert Middleton Williams, Esq. solicitor, Car- marthen . On the 29th ult. in his 76th year, the Rev. Thomas Davies, Rector of Llandderfel, Merionethshire. Ib- was an indulgent parent, greatly beloved by his parishioners, highly esteemed by bis friends aud acquaintance, and had been an upright aud impar- tial Magistrate 35 years. O11 the 10th inst. after a lingering illness, aged 4S, Mary, the wife of Dr. Rowlands, of the Royal Dock- yard, Chatham, and eldest daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Griffith, A. M. of Llwyuduris, Cardiganshire. We understand that the principal landed pro. prietors in the neighbourhood of Wrexham have publicly declared their entire confidence in the two Banks of that town, and have signified their determination to receive their notes in payment, as usual. At the Quarterly Meeting of the Carmarthen Cymreigyddion Society, held on Tuesday se'n- uight, the Premium, for the best Welsh Essay " Buddioldeb Gelfyddyd o Argraphu," was awarded to Mr. Thomas Thomas ( Dolegleision) of the Carmarthen Licensed Grammar School being the third Premium awarded to him by the Society for successful essays ou different sub jeets. The Premium for the best Welsh Poem on " Rabandod," was awarded to Mr. William Thomas, at Mr. J. Harris's, printer. Last week, a valuable horse, the property of a Gentleman at Brecon, was accidentally killed in that town ill the following manner:— Whilst out exercising, ridden by a lad, it suddenly became restive and unmanageable, and darting at speed through one of the streets, it dashed againt a cart which was passing at the time, tbe shaft of which coining in contact with the animal's chest, penetrated iuto it to tlie depth of at least 20 inches, arid death followed almost instantaneously. Tbe rider, who fell at the moment of the accident, escaped nearly unhurt. A11 alarming accident occurred at aGentleman'i house at Brecon, on Tuesday last. One of the female servants, about four o'clock in the morn- ing ( she having risen thus early for the purpose of washing), went to commence her day's work by lighting the kitchen fire; the fuel happening for some time to prove refractory and refusing to inflame, she at length became impatient, aud calling to mind that a magazine of gunpowder of her master's lay at hand, she hastily seized it for the purpose of administering a portion of its contents to the already half- kindled fire, imagining that by so doing she would the more speedily effect her purpose of lighting it, and ignorant of the danger about to be encountered she, holding the magazine over the grate, heed- lessly poured out a portion of the contents, and in that same moment the whole exploded. It is supposed that the magazine contained at least 31bs. of powder, and the whole house was liter- ally shaken from the top to the bottom, and had' not the kitchen window been providentially open at the tim", it would probably have been almost rent in twain. As it . as, several windows in that and an adjoining house were completely shivered to atoms— The outer door of the kitchen, which was bolted at the time, was uplifted from its hinges, and thrown down — Nearly all the crockery in the house was a com- plete wreck, as well as some very valuable old china. The shock at once terrified not only the inmates but the whole neighbourhood.— The hapless woman, the instrument of all, was found most completely scorched, but we have pleasure in adding, that she has experienced much relief from the medical aid ailbrdad her, and she is likely to recover. rflE SALOPIAN LODGE of Free and Accepted Masons, No. 498, will celebrate the Festival of Saint John the Evangelist, on TUESDAY, the 27th Instant, at Brother Jones's, CROWN INN, Shrewsbury ; where the Company of Visiting Brothers will be esteemed a Favour. By Order ofthe W. M. JAMES WHITNEY, Secretary. Dinner on the Table at 4 o'Clock precisely. DEC. 2lsr, 1825. AIXNUTT 80 SON, CORN MEASURE MANUFACTURERS To his Majesty, No. 186, PICCADILLY, LONDON, INFORM the Farmers, Maltsters, Mill- ers, & e. ofthe County of Salop, that the v have for Sale a large Assortment of New IMPFiRIAL CORN MEASURES, of superior Make and Qua- lily, ali of which have been duly stamped nt the, Exchequer, agreeably to the late Act of Parliament They have appointed YEARSLEY and MOT- 1 RAM their Agents for this County ; and Speci- mens may be seen, and Orders received, at their Warehouses, Mardol, SHREWSBURY. TOIBl^ IPIMilS WILMo S luff mil District. IWTOTICE is hereby ^ iven, That the L^ TOLLS arising nt the Toll Gates erected on the Shiffnal Division of the Watling Street Tnru- > ikc Road, commonly called by the Names of the ' rior's Lee and Red Hill Gates, will he LET ( separately) BY AUCTION, to the best Bidder, at tbe House of Isaac Taylor, known by the Sign of the Jerningham Arms Inn, in Shiffna. 1, on Thurs- day, the 19th Day of January next, between the Hours of Eleven iu the Forenoon aud One in the Afternoon, for one Year from the 2d Day of Febru- ary next, iu Manner directed by an Act passed in the sixth Year of the Reign of lii's present Majesty, " for maintaining and improving the Roads leading " through the Town ot ShiSnal, and ihe Road " leading from Oaken Gates to Weston, in the " Counties of Salop and Stafford ;" by Ihe several Acts for further improving the Roads between London and Holyhead, by Coventry, Birmingham, and Shrewsbury ; and also by the last General Turnpike Acts passed in the present Reign. The Bidders for the Tolls arising at the Prior's Lee Gate must make two distinct Biddings for the said Tolls, viz. one Bidding for the Tolls collected under Authority of Ihe first- mentioned Act, and another Bidding for the additional Tolls collected under Authority of the second- mentioned Acts ( of which a separate Account is to be kept). And Ihe best Bidders must give Security, with sufficient Sure- lies to the Satisfaction of the Trustees, for the Payment of the Rent agreed for at such Times as they shall direct. And no Person will he allowed to bid who does not produce his Sureties at the Auction. The Tolls produced the last Year— SOld Tolls £ 700 ? Prior's Lee Gate ( Additional Tolls £ 175 S £ 875 Red Hill Ga( e £ 122 R. FISHER, Clerk to the Trustees. Newport, 20th December, 1825. SHROPSHIRE. MARICET HERAI. D, SHREWSBURY. In our Market, 011 Sateirdav last, the price of Hides was 4| d. per lb.— Calf Skins Od— Tallow 4d. Wheat, Old 10 New 10 Bailey 7 Oats, Old 7 New « ... 5 . v. d. 00 0 10 7 8 7 On the whole, the Market was extremely flat, and very little business was transacted. Average Prices of Com per Quarter, in England and Wales, for the week ending Dec. 3, 1825 : Wheat, 64s. 6( i.; Barley, 41s. 7d.; Oats, 27s. Id. CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. 19. Besides a very short supply of Wheat dnring the week, we have had but few arrivals fresh in this morning, but such is the want of confidence on the market, that the factors prefer standing still to doing business on an uncertainty ; and although Monday's prices are demanded for superfine sam- ples, not the least doubt exists lower prices would be submitted to, if confidence were completely restored. Barley is froin 2s. to 4s. per quarter lower, the Foreign arrivals being large, but scarcely a sale has been effected. Oats are in the same state as all other grain, but prices remain the same, lu other articles there is no alteration. Current Price of Gram per Quarter, as under : PATENT mfJMEf § » N Consequence of the great Disap poiutment many Persons have experienced from purchasing inferior TRUSSES, SALMON, ODY, aud CO. respectfully solicit the Attention of Professional Gentlemen and the Public, to observe that the true Patent SELF- ADJUSTING TRUSS, has " SALMON, ODY, and Co. No. 292, Strand, London," marked upon the Leather Case, without which they are of the spurious Kind. SALMON, ODV, and Co. the sole Inventors and Patentees have made 50,000 of their Patent Self- adjusting Trusses, and still continue to have the Recommendations of all the most eminent Surgeons in Town and Coun- try. They have also the Honour to supply Ihe Army and Navy, Ihe Naval and Military Hospitals, tli'e Dock- yards and Ordnance, Murine Infirmary, Hon. East India Company, the City of London Truss Society, the Marv- le- bone, Wyvelis- comb, Bristol, and Denbigh Infirmaries, the'Wind. sor General Dispensary, the Middlesex and St. George's Hospitals, Parochial Establishments, & c. N. B. Persons residing at a Distance are re- quested to send the Circumference of the Body au Inch below the Hips. SOLD BY WHITNEY CO. Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury. Single, 15s. Double, 30s. Umbilical, 20s. MOST CAPITAL OAK AND ASH TIMBER, ® : o lit H^ Hi ijp Urinate LOT I. 1 \ ry OAK Timber Trees, numbered with J LL / White Paint 1 to 147, standing in Know! Wood, Harston Rough, Oak Hill, and Lands adjoining, in the Parish of BUCKN ELL. LOT II. 281 OAK Timber Trees, numbered in like Manner 1 to 281, standing on Turnpike Piece, Bvlets, and Hayes Coppice, in the said Parish. LOT III. 20 ASH Trees, scribed 1 to20, standing on the same Lands. LOT IV. 30 ASH Trees, scribed 1 to 30, standing on the same Lands. The above Lots of Timber ore situate about five Miles from the Town of Ludlow.— The Oak Trees are of most excellent Quality and large Dimensions, equal to any Purposes of the Navy. The Ash Trees are large and sound., Mr. JONES, of Bucknell Cottage, will appoint a Person to shew the Lots ; and to treat for the same apply to EDWARn HUMBLE, Esq. Renishaw, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire; or Mr. GOULD, Goli'a, near Welshpool. DECEMBER 19, 1825. Wheat . Barley Malt.'. 50s to 7os I 42s to 4 is 64s to 68s I White Peas Beans Oats 50s to 58s 50s to 53s 30s lo 34s Fine Flour 55s to 60s per sack ; Seconds 50s to 55s SMITH FIELD ( per st. ofUb. sinking offal). Beef.... 4s 8( 1 to 5s 2d Mutton 4s lOd to 5s 2d l'ork Veal Lamb 0s Od to 0s Od Oil to 5s Od to 6s FAIR.— Our Fair, on Tuesday and Wednesday last, appeared to feel the depression which has emanated from the recent re- action of t ie Money Market. The supply of Sheep was small, and the buyers few; for fat animals 7d. was obtained. — Pigs, of which there was a good supply, de- clined in prices, fat ones selling at from 5jd. to 6d. per lb.—' Fat Cattle sold pretty freely at 6| d per lb.; but stores sold heavily at declining prices.— The quantity ofButter for sale was very great, and much remained till Thursday. On Wednesday morning some tubs were sold at 11 ^ d. per lb. but prices afterwards fell to lid and 10 id.; lumps still lower.— Best Cheese, on Wednesday, sold at 60s. to 66s. per cwt. other sorts in proportion, but the prices of Cheese towards the latter part of the Fair, partook of the general declension. Hams sold at from 8d. to 9rt, aud Bacon from 7| d. to 8| d. per lb.— Som pickpockets were active in endeavouring to pluuder the farmers who attended the Fair, and, we are sorry to say, succeeded in their nefarious attempts iu one or two instances, though we are happy to add, that one of the scoundrels has been apprehended, aud committed to Gaol for trial. At Bridgnorth Fair, on Thursday last, prime fat beasts sold from 6jd. to 6| d. per Ib. ( to sink the offal), some few choice ones sold as high as 7d.; store beasts of all descriptions met with indifferent sale. Sheep also at low prices coin pared with what they sold for at late fairs. Of Horses a very few were offered, and little busi ness done.— Many of the light- fingered gentry attended this fair, and but with little success, owing, we believe, to a watchful eye kept over them by the officer of police, & c. FIFTY POUNDS EEWAED » HEREAS some Person did, on the Nigbtof Monday last, the 28tli of November, lbout Ihe Hour of Twelve o'Clock, SHOOT AT THOMAS MORRIS, of Lighteaeh, ( who was then endeavouring to apprehend a Man for having shot a Pheasant iu a Wood or Coppice called Lighteach Coppice,) in the Parish of Prees, in Ihe County of Salop, wilh Intent to murder the said Thomas Morris, or, to do him some grievous bodiIv Harm, and that the said Thomas Morris did, for'his own Preservation and Self- defence, shoot at Ihe said Person who fired at him, aud whom it is believed he wounded in the Back -: Whoever will give such Information to Sir ROWLAND HILL, Bart, as shall lead to the Disco- very of the Person who shot at the said Thomas Morris shall, upon his Conviction, receive the REWARD of FIFTY POUNDS, from the said Sir Rowland Hill. It is believed there were Two or more Persons iu Company, at, the Time the Gun was fired at the said Thomas Morris. IIAWKSTO. IE, DEC. 2D, 1825. by auction• foxTHH, Market - Place, Shreicsbury. BY MR. SMITH, At the FOX INN, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, the ' 27th, 28th, " and 29th Days of December, 1825 ; rH1HE tvhole of the HOUSEHOLD I GOODS, FURNITURE, PLATE, LINEN, and all other Effects, together with the whole of the Stock of WINES, SPIRITS, frc. the Property of Mrs. TRKHHARN, who is declining, Business: com- prising 9.4 Bedsteads with Morine, Dimity, and Printed Furniture, principally lofty Fourpost and of full Size, 1 excellent Mahogany Wardrobe Bed with Hangings, 1 Painted Ditto, Chest Bed, 2ft g'ood Seasoned Feather Beds, Flock, Hair, and Straw Mattrasses, 30 Pair of Blankets, 20 Counter- panes, Bed- round and Bed side Carpets, Bason Stands, Dressing Tables, Glasses, and Furniture ( appropriate to Chambers), several Dozen of Maho- gany and Painted Chairs, Dining, Card, and Pillar Tables in Mahogany and Oak, large Oval and Square Pier Glasses, Window Curtains, Carpets,. Rugs, Oil Cloth ; excellent Piano Forte ; extensive Assortment of Glass and China, Dinner Services in Deify Plated and Japanned Articles j 2 elegant French Suspending Lamps for Hall or Dining Rooms; Iron Chest; new Set of handsome Gig Harness,, Lady's Saddle, Gentleman's Ditto ; Man- gle ; numerous Kitchen, Culinary, and Brewing Requisites, Casks, See. & c. Particulars will appear in Catalogues, which will be ready for Delivery at THE AUCTIONEER'S Office on Monday, the 19th" The Furniture will be on View the Day preceding the Sale. — Each Morning's Sale to commence at Half- past Ten o'Clook. TO MILLERS. BLACKMORE & CO.' s PATENT BOLTING CLOTHS, WITHOUT SEAMS, ITH Regard to DURABILITY-, DIS- PATCH, and PRECISION IN DRESSING, excel every other Invention of the Kind, as tbe great and increasing Demand for them clcarly evinces. The Proprietors, gratefully acknowledging the Sup- port they have received, aad respectfully soliciting its Continuance, beg Leave to inform their Friends, and Gentlemen in the Flour Trade in general, that their PATENT BOLTING CLOTHS are sold at their Manufactory, WANDSWORTH, Surrey, and by the following Agents, viz. Shrewsbury, Mr. Wm. Hazledine. Birmingham Messrs. Houghton & Roberts. Hereford ....:-. ... Messrs. Webb and Son. Kington Mr. J. Meredith. Ludlow Jiessrs, Wellings &. Edward. Oswestry Mr. T. Evans. Welshpool Mr. M. Jones. Wolverhampton ........ Mr. P. Denmart. Worcester Mr. W. Yate. Important to Flock- masters and Breeders in neneral. BY MRTTMITH, At the FARM. YARD of WESTON HALL, near Shiffnal, in the Countv of Salop, on Monday and Tuesday, the 2d and 3d Days of January next ; rpHE entire LIVE STOCK ofthe late IL Right. Hon. Earl of BRADFORD : consisting of an extensive Flock of Pure Southdown Ewes; High- bred Durham Bulls, Cows, Heifers and Calves ; Thorough- bred Suffolk- Punch Mares, and other Horses; and a considerable Number of Store. Pigs. — Also, a valuable Assortment of FARMING IMPLEMENTS. The extraordinary Attention, Care, and Expense which have been bestowed by his late Lordship for the Attainment of the purest and most profitable Breeds of the various Kinds of Live Stock, are sufficiently well known ; and the. Result has pro- duced a Collection which certainly is not surpassed by any in the Kingdom. , ($ 3* Public are respectfully requested to observe, that the forthcoming Sale will comprise only the entire Flock of Southdown Ewes, Durham Bulls, Cows & Heifers calved and in- calf, Yearling Heifers, Steers, and Calves, and 17 Horses of different Descriptions, besides a Variety of Farming Implements, according to Particulars now in Cir- culation. The Remainder will be reserved for a future Sale in the Spring.— It is earnestly requested that it may be observed, that the Sale on each Day will begin precisely at. Eleven o'Clock. Catalogues may be had at the Auctioneer's OSce, Shrewsbury, Shropshire IJcutenancy. NOTICE is hereby given. That r. n Adjourned GENERAL MEETING of His Majesty's Lieutenancy of tiie County of Salop, will beheld at the Shire'Hall, in Shrewsbury, in the County of Salop, 011 Thursday, the Twenty- second Day of December instant, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon precisely. LOXDALE, Clerk of the General Meetings. To Bridge Builders. A NY Pen- ons desirous of contracting ZTfc. for the Repair of Billingslcy Bridge, near Kinlet, on the Road leading from Bridgnorth to Cleobury Mortimer, are requested to send Proposals to the CLERK OF THE PEACE of the County of Salop, at the Shire Hall, 011 or before THURSDAY, the 5th I) ay of January, 1826, sealed up, and endorsed " Proposals for repairing Billingsley Bridge." A Specification of the Work may be seen on Application at the County Hall, or to the COUNTY SURVEYOR, Canal Office, Ellesmere. LOXDALE, C. P. Ponlesford Lime- Works. rjHME PAY- DAYS for LIME carried k from the above Works will be at the Com- pany's Office at Pontesford, on FRIDAY, the 30th, and SATURDAY, the 31st of December Install!.— All Lime unpaid for after the above Dates, will be charged Two Shillings per Kiln extra, and the Accounts be put in the Hands ofu Solicitor for the Recovery of the same. By Order of the Proprietors. CAPITAL w& mm mw mwMk% AT SLANTHORNE, Near MI DDL EIVIC H, Cheshire, tee H « t, AND ENTERED UPON AT LADV- DAY NEXT. « s> ale2 by mtfom TO=! ' MOST ELIGIBLE Inn, Market,- House, & Tavern, IET FUL1L BUSINESS. BY MR, PERRY, On the Premises, 011 Thursday, Ihe 22d December, 1825. at Five o'clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions of Sale ; ALL that most complete and very ex- cellent INN and TAVERN, situate in ihe Centre of Shrewsbury, opposite the Theatre, en THE MERMAID, now in the Occupation of the Proprietor, Mr. OLIVER, who removes to the Fox Itin. The Premises contain, ON THE GROUND FLOOR, a spacious Front Parlour, a Back Parlour, Bar, large Kitchen, Brewhouse, and Cooking Kitchen. Os THE CHAMBER FLOOR.— Dining Room and one Double Bed- Room in Front, another Double Bed- Room, six Single Bed- Rooms, small Sitling or extra Bed- Room, Closet, large Club or Market Room, and Water Closet. ON THE SECOND FLOOR.— Seven Bed Rooms and two Closets. Underneath is an excellent new Beer Vault ( 35 Feet long), another Vault, and large Cellar. External is a large Entrance, Yard, roomy Carriage- house, two 4- stalled Stables, one for 8 Stalls, and Shed for Market and Fair Horses, with small and spacious Court- Yards, the latter inclosed by a Wall and Iron Pailisailes. The whole Premises are in the most perfect State of good Condition, principally new, and thoroughly complete iu every Respect, with most particular Regard to Convenience and substantial Excellence; and all the Sitting Rooms and Chambers are just finished Papering, Painting, & c. & c. Two- thirds of the Purchase- Money may remain on Security of the Premises. For further Particulars apply to Mr. WACE, Attorney, Shrewsbury, or Mr. PERRY. N. B. If the Property should not be Sold, it will be Let. Genteel cV valuable HOUSEHOLD FU UN ITU HE, about 200 Ounces of modern PLATE, Musical Boxes, Plated Goods, Shop Sash and Shutters, COUNTERS, and other Effects. BY MR.^ PERRY, LI the GREAT ROOM at the LION lute, on Monday, the 26th Day of December, 1825 : " AUIOUS Articles of modern FUR- T contains five Pairs of Stones, a Dry- ing Kiln, Dressing Machine, and other Requi- sites, all complete, with the House, Stables, Cow- house, Waggon- house and Room over, Pigsties, Garden, & e. and about 20 Acres of Laud in good Condition, The Mill has been only built a few Years, and is well situated for Business, being at the End of the Town of Middlewich, through which the Grand Trunk Canal passes to Manchester and Liverpool, only 18 Miles from ihe former Place. Within 3 Miles of Winsford, from whence the River Weaver is navigable for Flats to Ihe Mersey; 18 Miles frpm ihe Potteries, 12 from Congleton, and within a moderate Distance of many other Market Towns. For further Particulars apply to Messrs. LEE and SON, Redbrook, Whitchurch, Salop. DECEMBER, 1825. ¥ T being in Contemplation to have a a BAND attached to a Regiment of YEOMANRY' CAVALRY in the County of Shropshire, several IVIen will be wanted for that Purpose, capable of playing upon such Musical Instruments as may be necessary to form such Band. Men from the Neighbourhood of SHAWBURY, WEM, PREES, HODNGT, and DRAYTON, will be preferred. Apply, personally, to Captain and Adjutant GRINSELL, Market Drayton, Salop. To Debtors and Creditors. a Weiu Series ® £ TIIE MONTHLY REVIEW. T r NITURE, the Property of a late Inhabitant of Shrewsbury : consisting of handsome new Fourpost Bedsteads with Chintz Furniture, Sofa Bed with Chintz Hangings and Covers, other Bedsteads arid Hangings, Feather Beds, Mattrasses, and Bed Clothes, Bason Stands, Wardrobes, Bedstpps, Washing and Dressing Tables, Compass and Bed- side Carpets, Swing Glasses, and other Chamber Articles; Spanish Mahogany Dining Tables, Side- board with Plate and C'elleret Drawers, Wine Cooper, Secretaire, Parlour Chairs, Loo and Pem- broke Tables, Writing Desk and Foot Stools, Brussels Carpet and Rug; handsome Tea and Coffee Set of China, Lols of other China, and some Glass; Japanned Trays and Coal Urns, and other Articles of Furniture; two Musical Boxes; Shop Front and Shutters, Shop Counters, &,<:. &. c. Also, nearly 200 Ounces of SILVER PLATE, of modem Make and in excellent Condition ; com- prising one WAITER, one TANKARD, two Pair of Bottle Slides, two large Gravy Spoons, Soup and Punch Ladles, four Butter Boats, ten large Tabic Spoons, two Pair of Salts ( Gilt inside), Pepper Box, Toast Ruck, Meat Skewers, Fish Knives, Marrow Spoon, Cheese Trowel, Salt Ladles, Butter Knife, Snuffers and Stand. — Plated Liquor Stand, Table Candlestick, Cruet Frame aud Glasses, and other Plated Articles. Catalogues may be bad of Mr. PERRY on and afler Friday next To be viewed on Saturday, the 24th, from Eleven till Three. Sale will commence at Ten for Eleven EXACT, and not stop till all is disposed of. Timber and Coppice fVood, BY MR."' PERRY, . At the Lion Inn, in tlie Town of Shrewsbury, on Saturday, the 28th Day of January, 1826, at Four o'clock in the Afternoon ( instead of Friday, the 23d of December instant, as before advertised): rgWO very valuable LOTS of OAK a TIMBER; and also 56 Acres of UNDER- WOOD, consisting of Oak, Ash, Alder, and Withy; now growing in LONGDEN COPPICE, in the Parish of Pontesbury, in the County of Salop ; of which the Particulars will appear in a future Paper, Apply to Messrs. LLOYD and llow, Solicitors, Shrewsbury ; or to Mr. ROBERT OAKLEY, Builder, Shrewsbury. VALUABLE Situate at Great Hi/ ton, IN THE PARISH OF CONDOVER, SALOP. BY MR. PERRY, At the Unicorn Inn, Shrewsbury, in January next, in Two Lots, subject to Conditions to he then produced, unless an acceptable Offer be previ- ously made by Private Contract. LOT I. COMPRISES a £ 00( 1 FARM FIOUSE, capital Mult House in full Trade, well sup- plied with Water, Barn, Stable, Cottage, & c. in complete Repair, productive Garden, Fold Yard, and a Meadow of excellent LAND, as follows : No. in Map. A. R. P. 1. Hoiis. e, Mnltbonse, Buildings, Fold, Collage, Gardens, & c 0 3 15 2. Croft... 1 3 3 2 2 18 A Pew in Condover Church, Timber and other Trees on the Premises, aud all Fixtures belonging to the Landlord, will be included in this Lot. LOT II. Five Pieces or Parcels of LAND, and a GARDEN, detached from Lot 1, Part Pasture and Part Arable, of good Quality, as follows : A7us. in Map. A. R. P. 2 2 15 3 0 0 2 2 28 1 0 18 2 0 0 0 35 3. Near Field 4. Lower Meadow ,. 5. Middle Field 6. Far Field 7. Far Meadow Garden 0 Notice to Debtors and Creditors. % LL Persons who have any Claim or \ Demand upon the Estate and Effects of the late Mr. WILLIAM 110LY0AKE, of LONGNOR, in the County of Salop, Paper Manufacturer and Farmer, are requested to deliver iit their Accounts to Miss CATHERINE HOLYOAKB, of " Longnor, Mr. THOMAS HOLYOAKE, of Aston Cantlow, in the County of Warwick, or to Mr. JOHN HOLYOAKB, of Bromsgrove, in the County of Worcester, Executrix and Executors of the said William Holyoake, in Order that they may be examined and discharged ; and till Person's indebted to the Estate are requested to pay the same without Delay, either to the Exe- cutrix or Executors above- named. LONGNOR, DEC. 16TH, 1S25. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT OFFICE' No. 33, Lincoln's Inn Fields. PETITION of an Insolvent Debtor to be beard at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be holden at the GUILDHALL, at MONTGOMERY, iu the County of Montgomery, on the 12th Day of JANUARY, 1826, at Ten o'Clock in the Morning : — HENRY SMITH, late of MONTGOMERY, in the . County of Montgomery, Schoolmaster. The Petition and Schedule are filed, and may be inspected, at this Office, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, between the Hours of Ten and Four, Two Days' Notice of any Intention to oppose the said Prisoner's Discharge must be given to him to entitle any Creditor to oppose ihe same. On Monday, ihe 2d January, 1826, WILL BE PUBLISHED, By IIURST, ROBINSON, and Co. 5, Waterloo- place, London ; and A. Constable and Co. Edinburgh ; aud to be had of all Booksellers, THE FIRST NUMBER OF A JVew Series of the Monthly Review. FL^ HE new Proprietors of the MONTHLY w. 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Stockton Association, FOR THE PROSECUTION OF FELONS. 00 The Annual Meeting of the Members will be held at the Hundred House, at Norton, on Friday, the thirtieth Day of December Instant. 0 0 0 0 E, the Inhabitants of the Parish of STOCKTON ( in the Comity of Salop), and its Vicinity, whose Names are under- mentioned, have bound ourselves by Articles to prosecute all Housebreakers — Horse, Cow, Sheep, Pig, and Poultry Stealers— Turnip and Potatoc Stealers— Robbers of Gardens and Orchards— Stealers of Harrow Tines, or Hooks and Thimbles out of any Gates— Hedge- Breakers— or any other Kind of Felony or Petty Larceny whatsoever, committed against, any of our Persons or Property ; and to ride through England, at the joint Expense of the Society, to find out the Offenders, and to prosecute them according to Law. And for the more effectual Discovery of any Offender or Offenders, every Person or Persons, through whose Information and Evidence any Felon or Felons shall be convicted, shall be entitled to receive the following Rewards, viz. L. s. D. For every Burglary, or stealing any Horse, Mare, or Gelding, the Sum of... 15 For stealing any other Cattle, Sheep, or Pigs 8 For stealing any Kind of Grain, Fowl, or Fish 5 For apprehending- any Hedge- Tearer, Springle- Getter, Stealers of Turnips, Potatoes, or Vegetables in Gardens, Hooks or Thimbles from Gates, Harrow Tines, Plough Irons, or any Utensils used in Husbandry ( in Case the Of- fender or Offenders shall be convicted thereof) For apprehending Buyers of Coal from Waggoners who have no Right fo sell the same, or those who sell without Leave of the Owner, or Stealers of Coal off Waggons or Carts, or out of any Yard or other Place where the same may be laid down ( in Case of Convic- tion) For apprehending and convicting any Person who shall buy or receive Goods, knowing them to have been stolen, of the Value of Five Shillings or upwards And if less than Five Shillings Value To every Turnpike Gate Keeper, through whose Information any such Offender or Offenders shall be apprehended, or stolen Goods or Cattle shall be reco- vered 0 0 I 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 10 11 2 16 The Timber on this Lot to be included. Lot 1 will l » e sold subject to the Payment of Two Hundred and Forty- Two Pounds on the Demise of a Lady between 60aiid 70, now iu excellent Health. The above are now let lo Mr. Abraham Gittins, a most respectable yearly Tenant, by whose Per- mission the Property may be inspected ; and fur- ther Particulars obtained by applying to Mr. WM. JEFFREYS, Attorney, Mr. PE'IUV, or Mr. EDWARD HAYES, Shrewsbury ; or Mr. F, II. CLARKE, British Traveller Office, Loudon. APLEY PARK. Thomas Whitmore., STOCKTON. Rev. C. Whitmore LEAVENHAI. L. John Nock ASTAL. Maria Tboinason ECHOESHILL. John Newton NORTON. Thomas Nock William Parson's John Allerton Richard Summers NEW HOUSE. Richard Poole OLD PARK. John Corser GREAVES HOUSE. Charles Nock Esq. 3 0 0 IIIGPORD. Joseph Yates IC EMBERTON. The lale William Tho- niason's Executors BROCKTON. George Phillips, Esq. SUTTON MADDOCK. William Farmer Joseph Broughall OLD1NGTON. Thomas Worrall NEWTON. Valentine Vickcrs, Esq. CATSTREE. Samuel Nicholls A I. I. SCOT. John Jenkins BROM I. EY. Samuel Bourne. SAMUEL NICHOLLS, Treasurer and Solicitor to the Association Private and Foreign Lotteries, Little Goes, and Raffles. LOTTERY OFFICE, SOMERSET PLACE, DECEMBER 12, 1825. rrniE Cessation of the Public Lottery M. having been decided upon, aud being about to take place, it is deemed necessary to give Notice, that by certain Acts of Parliament, passed in the Reigns of King George the First and King Georg- the Second", the selling, or publishing Proposals sell, Foreign Lottery Tickets, is made punishable as a Misdemeanor, and the. Persons Guilty thereof ore subjected as well to a Penalty of £ 500 for each Offence— and that by the 4th " Geo. IV. Cap. 60, selling, or proposing" to sell, any Lottery Tickets, not authorised to be Sold by Act of Parliament, is punishable, by subjecting the Persons Guilty thereof to a Penalty of £ 50 for each Offence, aud to being deemed aud punished as Rogues aud Vaga- bonds. The Public are particularly desired to observe that the Regulations in the above- mentioned Acts of Parliament will be strictly enfoiced, and that Information of such Offences having been com- mitted will be received at this Office, and Proceed- ings commenced against the Persons who have committed or shall commit llie same. L. ILESSE. OTest; of CiicflanH FIRE &; LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, EXETER. ( EMPOWERED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT.) O RIG IN A L C A PIT AI. £ 600,000. SURPLUS CAPITAL, exceeding-£ 50,000. TRUSTEES. Right Hon. Earl FORTESCUE, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Devon. Right Hon. Earl MORLEY. Right Hon. Lord CLIFFORD. Sir THOMAS DYKE AQLAND, Bart. £ Members EDMUND POLLEXFEN BASTARD, EsqA for Devon. SAMUEL FREDERICK MILFORD. of Exeter, Esq. PRESIDENT. Sir HENRY CAREW, of Haccombe, Bart. ffPHE Premiums required are as favour- it able to the Insured as iu other Offices, with the peculiar Advantage of a RFTURN OF ONE FOURTH PART of the Surplus, to those who Insure against Fire, at the End of every FIFTH YEAR. THREE DIVIDENDS have been paid to the Insured, according to the above Plan, being equivalent toa REDUCTION of the Premiums. LIFE INSURANCES are effected, on Terms fa vottrable to Ibe Public, the Premiums having been reduced by ibis Company, TEN PER CENT, bolb on the first and subsequent Annual Payments. ANNUI- TIES are granted and purchased. DEC. 1825. W. Cooper, Solicitor, Agent For Shrewsbury and its Vicinity. ALL Persons to whom the late Mr. JOHN BICKERTON, of LEATON, who re- enily died in the Castle Foregate, Shrewsbury, stood" indebted at the Time of bis Decease, are eqiested to send the Particulars of their respective Deuands to Mr. ELSMEEE, of Astiey Lodge, near Hadnal ; and all Persons indebted to him are re quired to pay their respective Debts to the said Mr. ELSMERE" without Delay. Astley Lodge, Dec. 10, 1825. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. DIRECTORS. President— Jeremiah Ives, Esq. Banker, Norwich. Vice- President— John Browne, Esq. Aid. E. T. Booth, Esq. T. S. Day, Esq. Mayor. Hammond Fisk, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. High Sheriff of the County of Norfolk. William Herring, Esq. Alderman. A. Hudson, Esq. Banker. J. S. Patteson, Esq. Alderman. J. W. Robberds, Esq. Alderman, William Simpson, Esq. S. Stone, Esq. Secretory— Samuel Bignold, Esq. RIP FIE NORWICH UNION SOCI- H ETY wns originally established in 1797, and was the first Office to introduce to the Public the principle of returning Profits to the parties insured and it actually did return the sum of £ 114,072. 11 7d. Since the principle of the Office has been modified it has declared a Return to the Parties insured o £ 31,965. Is. 6d. No other Fire- Ofiice has given such large advan tages to the Public, and the consequence has been that the Norwich Union ranks the Second Office in the amount of its business in the United Empire ! It is a part of the constitution of the Society tha Losses may he substantiated before Local Committees, a system which greatly facilitates the prompt settle me nt of claims. The Capital of the Society is £ 550,000, and the Piirties Insured are completely guaranteed from all Responsibility. REDUCTION OF RATES. Notice is hereby given, that the Rates of Premium in the three First Classes of Risks are to be hence forward fixed as under— viz. Common Insurance Is. 6d. per cent. Hazardous 2s. 6d. Double Hazardous 4 s. G d. This Reduction extends to Insurances in London as well as the Country. By Order of the Directors, SAM. BIGNOLD, Secretary UNION OFFICE, NORWICH, Dec. 19, 1825. AGENTS. Shrewsbury • Ditto - Welshpool Market Drayton Oswestry Eilesmere Lloyds and Shiffnal Newport Wellington Whitchurch Bridgnorth Ludlow - » - Mr. J. Birch. IVlr. James Skidmore. Mr. William Evans. Mr. William Furber. Mr. Edward Pugh. Mr. W. E. Meniove. Mr. W., Smith. Mr. James 5cke„ Mr. B. Smith. Mr. Welsh. Mr. W. Ma'cniichael. Mr. Willidm'Fehoii. Royal Assurance Exchange Office, Established hy Royal Charter, in the Reign of King George the First, William Vaughan, Esq. Governor., Pascoe Grenfejl, Esq, M. P. Sub Governor. Thomas Baiubridge, Esq. Deputy- Governor. DIRECTORS. George Pearkes Barclay, The Hon. J. T. L. Melville, Esq. Edward Browne, Esq. Henry Cazonove, Esq, John Deacon, Esq. John Ede, Esq. Samuel Penning, Esq. Thos. Furly Forster, Esq. J a hies Gibson, Esq. B. ariholome w Jefferv, Esq. G. G. de H. Larpent, Esq. Edward Lee, Esq William Tooke Robinson, Esq. William Sampson, Esq. Samuel Scott, Esq. M. P. John Slegg, Esq. Isaac Solly, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Robert. Thorley, Esq. John Fam Timins, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. Octavius Wigram, Esq. SirJ. Win. Lubbock, Bart. John Woo) more,' Esqk THE Company have determined to make a Reduction of Premium in the Three Ordinary Classes of Insurance in the Country, and this Reduction wiil apply to the Villages and Dis- tricts in the Outskirts of ihe Metropolis; and to Private Dwelling- Mouses only, in the best and most open Situations within it. Such Risks will henceforward be insured on the following- Terms, unless under special Circumstances of Hazard, viz. First Class, Is. 6d. per Cent. Second Class, 2s. 6d. per Cent. Third Class, 4s 6d. per Cent, being upon the greater Proportion of Country Insur- ances an Abatement of 25 per Cent, per Annum. Persons, whose Annual Premiums fall due on the 25th Instant, are hereby informed that Receipts are now ready to he delivered by the Company's Agents undermentioned, and that Insurances of the above Description will have the Premiums reduced accordingly : the Parties assured are requested to apply tor the Renewal of their Policies on or before the 9th of January next, as the usual Fifteen Days allowed for Payment, beyond the Date of each Policy, will then expire. * SAMUEL PENNING, jun. Secretary. 19TH DEC. 1825. N. B. Fire Policies will be issued free of Ex pense to the Assured, where the annual Premiun amounts to 6s. or upwards. Farming Stock may be. insured at Is. 6d. per Cent, per Annum. This Company has invariably made good Losses by Fire, occasioned by Lightning. Proposals may be had of the different Agents. ASSURANCES ON LIVES being found to be advantageous to Persons having Offices, Employ- ments, Estates, or other Incomes, determinable on the Life or Lives of themselves or others; Tables of the Rates for such Assurances, and for Granting Annuities on Lives, may be had of the said Agents. Persons assured by this Corporation are not subject, as irvthe'Return System, to any Liability or Calls " to make g'ood Losses which may happen to themselves or others, nor do they depend upon an uncertain Fund or Contribution, the Capital Stock of this Corporation being an unquestionable Security to the Assured in Case of Loss or Damage by Fire. NAMES OF AGENTS. SHROPSHIRE. Shrewsbury, Mr. WILLIAM HARLEY. Wellington, Mr. James Oliver. Oswestry, Mr. Henry Hughes. Bridgnorth, Mr. Goodwin Llovd. HEREFORDSHIRE. Hereford, Messrs. Hall and Humfrys Leominster, Mr. Samuel Linging. Ross, Mr. William Thomas. Kington and Presteigne, Mr. Thomas Oliver. BRECKNOCKSHIRE. Brecon, Mr. William Evans. Crickhowell, Mr. O. A. A. Davies. CARMARTHENSHIRE. Carmarthen, Mr. Evan Rees. CARNARVONSHIRE. Bangor, Mr. John Rasbrook. Carnarvon, Mr. Robert Pavne. PEMBROKESHIRE. Pembroke, Mr. James Barclay. DENBIGHSHIRE. Wrexbam. Mr. William Kenrick. FLINTSHIRE. Holywell, Mr. Edward Carnes. GLAMORGANSHIRE. Swansea, Messrs. Grove. Cardiff, Mr. William Bird. MONMOUTHSHIRE. Abergavenny, Mr. William Morgan. Monmouth, Mr. Thomas Tudor. ' Newport, Mr. Philip Phillips. STAFFORDSHIRE. Burton, Mr. Henry Hod son. Hanley, Mr. Jatr. es Amphlett. Lichfield, Mr, Edward Bond. Stafford, Messrs. Stevenson and Webb. Cheadle, Mr. John Michael Blagg. Burslem, Mr. William Harding'. NewcasUe- under- Lyme, Mr. Samuel Shaw, Sfoke- npon- Trent., Mi;. William Wayte, jun. Wolverhampton, Mr. Thomas S. Simkiss, WORCESTERSHIRE. Kidderminster, Mr. John Ward. Worcester, Messrs. Robert. Gillam and Son. CHESHIRE. Chester, Mr. Henry Lord. Macclesfield, Mr. David Brown. Nantwich, Mr. William Toinlinson. North wich, Mr. James Thomas. Stockport, Mr. Thomas Owen. Coiigtefon, Mr. John Lockett. THE MONEY MARKET. PHCENIX Fire- Office. ESTABLISHED 1782. rgnHE Board of Directors of this Office ft. do hereby give NOTICE, lhat thev have determined to REDUCE the PREMIUMS upon COUNTRY INSURANCES; aud that the same will henceforward be charge,! only as follows, viz.— lst Class .... ls. 6d. per Cent. 2d Class 2i. 6d. per Cent. 3d Class .4s. 6d. per Cent.; being, upon the greater Portion of Country Insur- ances, an Abatement of 25 per Cent, per Annum. Persons insuring with the PiitENix COMPANY will secure this Advantage immediately, and will uot, as iu the Return System, lie required to wait to a distant Period for the Chance of a Return, dependent on ihe Profit or Loss of ihe Company. Renewal Receipts for Policies falling due at CHRISTMAS are now in the Hands of the several A .' Pitts. The Agents for this Company for the County of Salop are Mr. William Morris - - Shrewsbury. Mr. Benjamin Partridge - - Bridgnorth. Mr. Richard Price - - - Ellesmere. Mr. James Bach - Ludlow. Mr. Ricbiii- d Powell - - - Oswestry. Mr. Gilbert Browne - Sbiffnnl. Messrs. I. nkin and Sons - - Whitchurch. Mr. George Clnv - Wem. N. B. Agents ate wanted in the other Market Towns of this Couuly. Financial and Commercial Distress. The past week has presented a scene of eon- fusion and dismay that has no parallel in the history of commercial affairs. Several stoppages of London Banking- houses have been announced; the consequences being felt in the country, and re- aeting upon the state of the money market, new failures have been the result. The great house of Sir Peter Pole and Co. drawn upon by nearly fifty provincial banks, went on Monday. Within ten days of its stoppage, this house had made good its payments to the amount of more than £ 1,250,000. The next crash was that of the house of Messrs. Williams and Go. in JSirchin- lane, which induecd the stoppage also, of that of Sir Claude Scott and Co. in Holies- street, Caven- dish- square, with which it . was intimately con- nected. The latter, however, was enabled to resume its usual payments, and it is very confi- dently anticipated that the house of Williams and Co. will also go on. On Wednesday two other London banking establishments stopped payment — the house of Everett, Walker, and Co. and that of Sikes, Snaith, and Co. both of Mansion House- street; and on Thursday the old- established firm ofSir Walter Stirling, Bart. Hodsoll, and Stirling, of the Strand, also gave way. These are all the London Houses which have been announced as having stopped payment. All the others; though many were pushed by excessively severe runs, fully maintained their ground; and it would ap- pear by the latest accounts, that the alarm has subsided in the metropolis, aud public confidence there is in a great measure restored, notwith- standing the difficulty of raising money is as great as ever. It was impossible but that the panic which prevailed iu London should extend its influence into the country, and the coasequence has been partial, and, in many cases, severe runs upon numerous local banksin every direction. Prompt- ly and honourably as these demands have been met in most instances, yet we are grieved to ob- serve a long list of firms which have been com- pelled to give way under the pressure of the times, namely: Birmingham, Messrs. Gibbins, Smith, and Goode. Hereford, Garrett and Son. Gloucester and Cheltenham, Turner, Turner, and Morris. Northampton, Smith and Co. Daventry, Messrs. Watkins. Maidstone, Edmeads and Co. Hinckley, Sansome and Co. and Jervis and Co. being the only banking establishments in that town. Wisheach, James Hill and Son. The Kingston ( SurreyJ bank, the only one in the town. Saffron Waldcn, two batiks, carried on under the firms of Searle, Son, and Co. and of Searle and Co. At Romford, both the banks have failed. Kettering, Keep and Co. Bedford, Rawlings and Co. Plymouth, Elford and Co. Leicester, Clarke and Phillips. Macclesfield, Rowbotham and Son, and Jonas Braddocl;. Huddersfield, Dobson and Son. Ashburton, Brown, Winsor , aud Co. Newcastle, Sparrow and Co. Northwich, Williams's. Notwithstanding their stoppage, several of the above establishments are expected to pay all demands iu full; the Ashburton Bank has announced an intention of paying on the 2d of January. In consequence of the stoppage of Messrs Garrett and Son, a meeting of the principal tradesmen and inhabitants of Hereford took place Oil Saturday last, when a declaration of their perfect confidence in the credit of Messrs. Matthews and Co. and Messrs. Bodenham and Co. of that city, bankers, was immediately adopted. A meeting of the principal inhabitants took place at the Public Office, Birmingham, ou Saturday; when a declaration of their entire assurance of the credit of Messrs. Taylors and Lloyds; Messrs. Gallons and James ; Messrs. Atwoods, Spooner, and Co.; Messrs. Moilliet, Smith, and Pearson; and Messrs. Freer, Rotton, and Co. was unanimously adopted. On Wednesday, some of the most respectabl Merchants assembled at the Mansion House, London, 011 the subject of the existing panic, the Lord Mayor in the chair. Mr. T. Wilsou the Member for the city, Mr. Baring, and other eminent commercial men, took a prominent part in the proceedings of the day. Mr. Wilson, among other important remarks, said he should not attempt to explain the origin of the evils which were now to be seen in the Metropolis; but he thought it necessary to state, that the difficulties were, in a great degree, ascribable to the circumstance of the banks being over- whelmed with money, and not having made the most provident use of it. It appeared to him that the Bankers had locked up their money in longer- winded securities than they had been accustomed to take, and that certain variations, which had taken place in the cotton and other articles of trade, combined to work a change of an injurious tendency. This w- as, he thought, the great cause of the inconveniences expert eneed at present. He concluded by remarking " as to the Country Bankers, the inconvenience to which they were subject, oil occasions of this kind, was inconceivable. Whenever the mis- trust diffused itself amongst the country people, there was no such thing as removing it from their minds. A temporary distress would be intelligible to men of business, but not at all to be comprehended by the former, who kept up the cry in the very teeth of reason."— Mr. Baring in the course of his observations strongly reprobated the proceedings of many individuals, who, moved by the general impulse, had with- drawn their balances from the hands of their bankers, instead of aiding theui in such a cris Mr. Baring then adverted to the Plymouth Bank, which had been supported by the gentlemen of wealth of the neighbourhood, against a tremend- ous panic raised amongst the timid. The con- duct of the Merchants of London that day, would prove that the apparent distress was a mere chimera, and that confidence which was so essential would be effectually restored. Mr. Reid Irving assured the meeting that th present panic was created entirely by unfounded alarm, but he was sure it was but a fleeting cry, and Wjouldsoon pass over. He ( Mr. Irving) was himself one of those appointed to investigate th? affairs of Sir Peter Pole's banking- house previous to its stoppage, and he could assure the meeting, that after examining the whole of the resources of that establishment, and making allowance for bad debts, it Was found that the effects would exceed £ 170,000. ( Hear, hoar, amidst loud applause. J Independent of this, there were lauded estates of Sir Peter's of th value of £ 100,000, which would also be available if necessity required ( hear, hear J ; and lie ( Mr Irving) was happy in having this opportunity of publicly asserting it, and hoped that it would have the desired effect. It was also stated by Mr. Alderman Atkins that Williams and Co.' house could at that time give solid security for half a million of money, and that the temporary stoppage of the bank was occasioned entirely by the run oa it, which was to the extsnt nf between 3 and £ 400,000 in the course of a few days. Mr. Richardson, of the firm of Tottie, Richardson, and Gaunt, said, that the landed estates of Messrs. Wentworth aud Co. were alone sufficient to answer all claims upon them. Mr. Wentvvorth's ( senior) property was entailed, and therefore not available; but Mr. Wentwo'rth, jun. who was the heir at law, had come forward and declared his readiness to cut o: i' the entail. Under such circumstances, there was no doubt but that the affairs of the bank would still go oil prosperously. The following resolutions v; ere passed: ]. That the unprecedented embarrassments tint! difficulties. under which the circulation of the country at. present labours, vre mainly to be attri- buted to a general panic, for which I here are no easonable grounds; that this meeting has the fullest confidence in the means aud substance of the Banking establishments of the Capital an^ of the Country, and lhat they believe that the acting generally upon that confidence would remove tifl those symptoms of distress which now shew them- selves in a shape so alarming to the tiiiinl, and M, » fatal to those who are forced to sacrifice thrir property to meet sudden demands upon them, which it is no imputation upon their judgment and prudence not to have expected. 2. That it having been stated tn this meeting that the Directors of the Bauk of England are occupied with the remedy for a state of tilings so extraordinary, this meeting will refrain from any interference with the measures of the Directors of the Bank, who, tliev fee! satisfied, will do their duty towards the public. 3. That having the firmest confidence in the stability of the public credit of the country, wt; declare our determination to support it to the utmost of our power. 4. That it is the opinion of this meeting, that declarations of a similar description with the present, in the country towns where tlie banking establishments may appear lo deserve ibetn, . : y be productive of much benefit in restoring general confidence. 5. That Ihe Right Hon. the Lord Mayor he authorised to sign the above resolutions on behalf of the meeting, and that the resolutions be en- grossed and left for signature at the Mansion. House. Signed, on behalf of the meeting, WM. VENABLES. All the resolutions passed unanimously ; and they have since been signed by upwards of seven hundred merchants and traders of the city. In many of the provincial towns effective • ans are also taken to arrest the progress of unfounded alarm, and to prevent the ruin which it threatened to occasion. Every where persons of wealth, rank, and respectability manfully come forward to declare their confidence in the solvency of the Couutry Banks. This has been clone at Wakefield, Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, Coventry, & e. At an early hour on Thursday morning, the Earl of Liverpool and the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer arrived in town from their country residences, and at twelve o'clock held a con- sultation at the Earl of Liverpool's, VVhitehal!, with some official gentlemen, upon the alarming state of the moaied interest of the country, particularly the bankers of London. At three o'clock a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, summonses having been dispatched the preceding evening by messengers to those Members of the Cabinet in the country who were sufficiently near the metropolis to be in time to attend the Council. There were present tha Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Liverpool, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Peel, Mr. Canning, Mr. Huskisson, Viscount Melville, Lord Bex! ey, and Mr. Wynn. The Council sat in close deliberation til! half- past five o'clock, at the breaking up of which tlie Earl of Liverpool and the Chancellor of the Exchequer went to the office of the latter in the Treasury, where the Governor and the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England were in waiting. The Ministers communicated to them the result of the delibera- tions of the Cabinet Council, whic!) had occu- pied their special attention two hours and a half. The Governor and Deputy Governor then re- turned to the Bank of England, fo report to the Directors the communications which they hat! received as td the result of the proceedings of the Cdbinet Council. We understand that the Directors of the Bank of England have, in addition to the very large supply of specie sent into the country, issued some one and two Pound Notes, to take the place of the small Provincial Notes in districts whore the failure of Banks has occurred, being intended as a temporary measure to relieve the distress in those districts. A worthy Baronet ( Sir William Curtis), who beads a firm in Lombard- street, prepared and arranged in alphabetical order tbe whole of the balances, labelled with tbe names of the owners; and if any presented themselves, they were asked if they wished for their balances, aud if so they were in a moment produced. On the same house, during the war, a run took place, when they kept open house till 12 at night.— Globe. . One establishment, not far from the Mansion House ( Mastermans), owing to rumours, had to sustain a continued run for four days, in the course of which £ 1,700,000 was paid: several persons who kept cash in the house aud applied to the Principal for information respecting the state of its affairs, could only obtain for answer, " we attend to Ho such questions, your balance is ready, take it and place it where you think it will be in greater safety." The principal Part- ner attended in person behind the counter during the whole of the run, and k^ pt the banking- house open a; i hour later than usual. Some establishments, whose customers ( par- taking of the panic which prevailed) withdrew nearly the whole of their accounts, declined re- taining the remainder. A somewhat similar, but yet more curious proceeding took place at a prin- cipal banking- firm in London. A gentleman who kept a large account there, called, and re- questing a cheek, filled it up for £ 15,000, for which he requested bank- notes; and then, call- ing for his strong box, locked them up in it in the presence of the pavtners, desiring that it should remain with them as usual for safe cus- tody. This manoeuvre not being much relished, he was requested to withdraw the strongbox, together with the rest of the deposit. Th? result of the Cabinet deliberations upon the subject of the distressed state of ihe Money Market, has transpired, in aa order to the Offi ers of the Mint to expedite with all pos- sible dispatch, aa extraordinary coinage of sovereigns. Some most illiberal remarks having beer, made in certain newspapers on a supposed transaction between Mr. Rothschild an I Messrs Jones, Lloyd, and Co. we are authorised to say, that the state- ment in question is utterly false, and that Mr. Rothschild has not for several years hud a single transaction of any kind with that house. Courier. The run oa all the London banking- houses has ceased; but they are still compelled, for security, to reserve large balances, and to refuse accommodation to their customers. Many of the tradesman of the metropolis paid their work- people, on Saturday night, in one- pound notes. Mr. Hippos, from the Bank of England, pro- ceeded to the Stock Exchange at an early hour this morning, and read a communication from th3 Treasury, acquainting the public that the Go- vernment had advanced the rate of interest on all Exchequer Bills from l| d. per day to 2.1. per day per t' 100.—" lobe, Mortduty. FOR TOE SALOPIAN JOURNAL. Says of tfjc flaot. THE MOTHER'S GRAVE. OH ! there is a Picture as moving-., as sad, As anv the dark shades of Fiction e'er clad ; O'er the heart'of the Gayer fond s_ v mpathy creeps : He leaves it abrupt y, and inward!)' weeps ! ' Tis a PietuifUa touch e'en the hardiest soul ; O'er the gayest the waters of dark sorrow roll : Oh ! who, white he views, trouble's torrent can brave— A Daughter. reclin'd o'er a fond Mother's Grave? Her features of anguish,- her look of despair, What pencil can paint them, what tongue can declare? Her cheek pale and cold as Ihe Treasure beneath ! Her eye, clos'd to all, save the Mansion of Death ! — The storm of the Ocean may quickly be past,- The Sailor his Vessel may anchor at, last, The Slave yet may comfort or liberty find, But her's is a woe that leaves no hope behind S H R E W & B T' ft Y. Bf. TIIE BEAD TRPMTTETEB. [ FROM " FKIKNDSHIP'S OFFERING."] W- AKF., soldier! — wake !— thy war- horse waits, To bear thee to the battle back : — Thou sl. umborest at a foe man's gates ; Thy dog would break thy bivouac ;— Thv plume is trailing in the dust, And thy red faulchiou gathering rust! Sleep, soldier!— sleep I'— thy warfare o'er,— Not thine own bugle's loudest strain Shall ever break thy slumbers more, With summons to the battle- plain j A trumpet- note more loud and deep Must rouse thee from that leaden sieep ! Thou need'& t not helm nor cuirass, now, — Beyond the GRECIAN hero's boast,— Thou wilt not quail thy naked brow, • Nor shrink before a tnyriad host,— For head and HEBI, alike- are sound, A thousand arrows cannot wound ! Thy mother is uot in thy dreams, With that wild, widowed look she wore The day— how long to her it seems 1 — She kissed- thee, at. the cottage door, And sickened at the sounds of joy • That bore away her only boy ! Sleep, soldier ! — let thy mother wait, To hear thy bugle on the blast Thy dog-, perhaps^ may find ihe gate, And bid her home to thee at last ; , lie cannot, tell a sadder tale Than did thy clarion on the gale, When last — and faraway— she heard its lingering echoes fail ! MEW SIMILES. As- wet as a fish— as dry as a bone, As live as a bird — as dead as a stone ; As plump as a partridge— as poor as a rat, As strong as a horse— as weak as a cat, As hard as a flint— as soft, as a mole, As white as a lily.— as black as a coal ; As plain as a pikestaff— as rough as a hear, As tight as a drum— as free as the air ; As heavy as lead- as light as a feather, As steady as time— uncertain as weather; As hot as an oven— as cold us a frog, As gay as a iark— as sick as a dog ; As slow as a tortoise — as swift as the wind, As true as the gospel — as false as mankind ; As thin as a herring— as fat as a pig, As proud as a peacock— as blithe as a grig ; As savage as tigers — as mild as a dove, As stiff as a poker— as limp as a glove ; As blind as a bat— as deaf as a post, As cool as a cucumber— warm as a toast; As flat as a flounder— as# round as a ball, As blunt as a hammer— as sharp as an awl ; As red as a ferret— as safe as the stocks, As bold us a thief— as sly as a fox ; As straight as an arrow— as crook'd as a how, As yellow as saffron— as black as a sloe ; As brittle as glass— as tough as a gristle, As neat as my nail — as clean as a whistle ; As good as a feast— as bad as a witch, As light as the day— as dark as is pitch ; As wide as a river — as deep as a well, As still as a mouse— as loud as a bell ; v As sure as a gun — as true as a clock, As frail as a promise — as firm as a rock ; As brisk as a bee— as dull as an ass, As full as a tick— as solid as brass ; As lean as a greyhound— as rich as a Jew, And ten thousand SIMII. ES— equally NEW. ant whMbe? he appeared of not. He neSt uses a style of courtesy in speaking of the plaintiff, and drops the monosyllable when he speaks of the defendant. Does not this sufficiently indicate the sting that goads him. The inuendo of the glass of gin is beneath contempt, as is also the low and ribald manner iu which he describes Mr. Jones* The glowing and aggravated lie as respects my having said to the plaintiff, at Shekon, " Will you have your pay now, or % top till you get it?" requires no other answer than a public denial,- which the Commissioners will, as oei. tlemen, confirm. This occurred some days after ihe Sessions, in the Quarry, and after 1 had said to him, " Yon old rascal, you served me a pretty trick." As regards what- he states as coming from the Commissioner, intimating that if my sense of honour was not sufficient to induce me to pay an old man for the great deal of unnecessary trouble I had put him Jo, then he ( the Commissioner) was afraid the Court, had no other hold of me : — As to ibis being a gross misrepresentation, I appeal to. Mr. Edgerley and Mr. Jones, two of the Commissioners, who, i know, have too great a regard lor truth, ( at least I am led to believe so,) and who, upon the same principle of equity as decided the question in Court, and not of law, " asstated by Walton, would wish to see a young man have fair play when entering the lists with an antagonist ( certainly a disgraceful one), and that antagonist possessing a dangerous and unequal wea- pon, which he Wields with fancied impunity. But, in the language of our great Poetical Moralist, 44 The Man thai dares tnSduce, because he can 44 Willi safety fo himself, is not a Man." He then goes on to say, that he is entitled to my gratitude, instead of tfvy malice. For what? For fabricating a gross and trumpery catchpenny article io please the rabble of his readers,— a tissue ( with the exception of an insignificant part) of the blackest lies, the grossest nonsense, about curled nob- sticks and counter- skippers' quarrels, to' accommodate his own private ends of malice and revenge. The Editor of. the Chronicle then proceeds to state, that one of the Commissioners said, 44 Pay ihe poor man his five shillings, Whalley ; he has laboured hard for it, and the labourer is worthy of bis hire" This is a gross perveision. Mr. Edgerley, who is the Commissioner alluded to, certainly said, that every labourer was worthy of bis hire; bespoke it '. as a broad - and general principle ; and suggested something .? certainly, I will' phy you handsomely. 4 On the liext day I went to ibe time and place. Ap- pointed, and it rained very heavily, and there I waited until I was wet through under an oak t ee till dusk of night, hut no Mr. Whalley came. I tlen walked back to Shrewsbury, and went to VIr. Cooper's office, and told him 1 had got wet through by watting at Sheltoii for his clerk, Mr. Whaliey, but that he never came ; and I therefore asked VI r*. Cooper to give me a glass of gin to comfort me, when lie very good- naturedly gave me two, which warmed me very much. ( Laughter. J I met Mr. Whalley the next morning in the Quarry again, and 1 made another appointment with him ; when he said he would tell his lad to bring his horse down to the office al two o'clock to- morrow, and tide over Jn the Gorsty Bank, where the road lies, and meet me'at two o'clock lhat day. At the tiure appointed, Mr. Whaliey and a young man who came aloi. g. with him to re- survey the. ground came to the place appointed, and I then shewed them both particularly'tbe line of the old footway ;• aud after stopping a little while walked back again to Shrewsbury. I met Mr. Whalley a day or two after the last Sessions, when 1 asked him if he intended to give rue any thing for my trouble ? when he said, 4 You old rascal, you served me a pretty trick ;' and then said something about me not coming to the Tow il Hall at the Sessions. On the suggestion of the defendant, the Chifcf Commissioner then asked the plaintiff tiie question, if he had ever made any distinct demand upon Mr Whalley. for bis services in going to Sheltou, So which he replied he had not ; only lhat one day he me the defendant in Ihe Quarry, w ho pulled out of his pocket a hahdfoi of silver, and asked him if he would have it now or stop till he had it!— ( d loud laugh from all parts' of the Court, when one of Ike Officers cried " Silence, silence! the Genimen cannot hear their own ears !" at* which there was a roar of laughter. J Chief Commissioner.—" 1 suppose, Mr. Holt, to that you were obliged to submit ; arid really I must tell you, that even upon tins point alone we ( turning to the Other Commissioners) cannot for a moment en ter lain the idea of allowing your claim ; for, justice fo the defendant, you ought certainly to have made a definite demand against him before you sued h'rri in this Court." Before, however, Ihe Commissioners had come to a determination not to allow the plaintiff's claim, in to « and not importing and vesting a discretionary power in you One of the Commissioners ( Mr. Edgerley) then iaid, we certainly are not aware of this, and if yon can point it out to us, we shall certainly feel obliged to you ; but the Act not being in Court, they had not then an opportunity of referring to it. The defendant then left the Court, but returned in about a quarter of an hour with the Act, and offered to point out the clause to them, but they declined looking at it, and said they certainly could not allow the costs as applied for.* That the Commissioners were bound, under the Cir- cumstances, to award Costs upon the application of the Defendant, there can be no doubt. The following is the fclause from the Act ( verbatim), as contained in tire 8th page-.— " And be it further enacted, That if upon the day of the return of the summons, or at any continuation or adjournment of the. said Court of Requests, the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs shall, not appear, or appearing shall not make proof of his, her, or their debt or demand to the satisfaction of tbe said Court, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Commissioners, or any three, or more of them, to award to the Defendant or Defendants reasonable costs, and to order and compel the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs to pay the same by such ways and means as are herein provided for the enforcing of the payment of debts and costs ordered and decreed to be paid by the ; said Court." the payment of five shillings in language of respect, Crtnttrq„ en(. e 0f |, js no, having proved his debt to'the ( and not of Ion scurrility unworthy of a Commis- Ka{ isfaotjon 0f t\) t> Court, the Defendant requested ! sloner sitting in the Administration ol Justice,) in1 ' " To ihe Editor of the Salopian Journal. SIR, As the . Editor of a co- temporary Journal, you cannot but have read the report in the Shrewsbury Chronicle of tins day, of a certain plaint which was last week tried at ihe Court of Requests in this town, between myself arid a man of the name of Holt. As your's is, the only vehicle which affords me an opportunity of entering into a vindication of my conduct, not only as relates to that action but to others contained in that report, I shall certainly express my obligation to you if you will allow me a portion of your columns in exposing the . tortuous rooted turpitude of the Editor of the Chronicle, and thereby extricating me from the load of ridicule with which the malignity of his deformed and waspish mind would, if possible, cover me. Before I proceed So comment on that report, as given in the Chronicle, I have to request you will use yoiir endeavours in obtaining au accurate and dispassionate account of the proceedings which took place in the Court of Re quests, aud give the same in your next Journal., in order that the public may have an opportunity of proving to demonstration, that, however specious a colouring the Editor of the Chronicle may give any article in his paper, it cannot be relied on as truth, but that, on the contrary, it is a tissue of fabrication of low ribald stuff to suit what he, perhaps, conceives to be the taste of ihe generality of his readers. Not only you, Mr. Editor, hut'every individual who bat read that article, must feel well convinced that it i: the ematiatioiKof a mind lost to every principle of moral feeling, and rankling with the'wound which its own deformity has created. You, who are so well acquainted vvith the eh'arac ter of thai Editor, could not have felt surprised at such a statement, but, to one less familiar it must have been a matter of astonishment to have read so gross, so glaring, so unwarrantable a falsehood emanating from a limit who holds so sacred a situation in the public concerns of a civil community as that of the Editor of a Newspaper,— had he not kjlow lhat that very Editor had never dared uiiequi vocally to deny that lie was the author of certain anon vinous letters, written in the grossest, coarsest, mostshaifieful, and indecent terms of which language is capable. The Editor of the Chronicle, instead of consenting to give up half ah acre of laud to the public, has most unwarrantably and illegally stopped up an ancient footway for his own private convenience thereby violating the laws aud customs of his conn try, depriving the. community of their undeniable vicrhts, and setting at defiance the special authority of those who are appointed by Parliament to protect ibe public road from nuisances, the greatest of which is tbe consideration of having on its boundary c GothainitC of that waspish hornet- like disposition, whose 44 Nest" is not of sufficient magnitude to con- tain the venom of his spleen, and the horrid deform- ity of his envious arid acrimonious mind. Having proceeded so far, let me now contrast the discrepancies of his report of the proceedings at t he Court of Requests with what actually passed there, though it is next to superfluous to prove to the world any further the wily tactics of a man, who will unbluslVtngly step forward and fabricate a tissue of lies to gratify" his malice and revenge. Look at the probabilities, the glaring inconsistencies of his whole statement, the lying omissions, the rankling enmity with which it is written ; and no man possessing a moral feeling, and a capability of calculating be- tween rioht and wrong, will hesitate for a moment, even on his own ex- partestatement, to declare, that it is, to use the energetic language of Lord Ellen- horough, whose character was traduced in a similar manner ( and I appeal to the Commissioners who attendfd at the Court that day lo corroborate it) 14 as false as Hell itself.'''' Walton says, i was brought before the Court of Requests, & c. thereby intimating that it was by compulsion. Now any one that ever read a paragraph in a newspaper could not fail but know, that it was optional with the defend- order to get rid of the complaint, premising it, by saying, Mr. Whalley, five shillings can be no ob- ject to you " But I appeal to the Commissioners in general, aud to M r. Vaughan their Clerk, to say, if | they did not- adjudicate. upon the principle ofthe . equity of the. case, and not on the point of law, on which it would have been decided if T had not desired to stale my reasons for resisting the unjust exaction. But here's the oukindest cut of all. The Editor | of ihe Shrewsbury Chronicle is convicted, which he cannot lefute, as a Liar by Omission,— the grossest, basest, blackest, most disgraceful of all. He says I moved for my expenses, and that a general shout of j laughter followed this modest request. That I did | move for my ' expenses it is true, but I also moved tlg. it those expenses might be given to the poor of the j parish of St. Chad. 1 moved, for them as a punish- ment on the attempted imposition, but which Mr. Vahghari said could not he allowed ( and he certainly seemed astonished at the application), for they had no power to give them ; to which I replied, 44 You certainly have a power, and not a discretionary one, You are bound to award ' them on my application, as the plaintiff has not; proved his debt;" to which M r. Edgerley . said, 44 If you can point out any thing in the Act which we are uot acquainted with, Mr. Whalley, we shall certainly feel obliged to you." This clause has been read by many of the1 Commissioners since, aud it is universally allowed to be as I had repre- sented it. As regards the rest of the- statement, tbe Commissioners knew how better to conduct them- selves than to order a quiescent defendant out of the Court. The Imp of tbe Chronicle must not calculate their characters, and judge of their actions, by the narrowness and deformity of his own mind. Such, Mr. Editor, I solemnly declare to you are the true circumstances of this case— 44 So help me God." Such also, 3 am sorry to say, is the true character of this hardy and barefaced libeller, who cannot but excite universal indignation— who, in- stead of looking after the affairs of the nation, justifying the laws aud constitution of his country, wields, with an unwarrantable license, the press, that 44 child of the government," by perverting its legitimate objects into an instrument of oppression, and for the gratification of private malice. Such, I am sorry to say, is the man, who identifies himself as the Editor of the Shrewsbury Chronicle, the man who was found guilty, and whose conduct received the unequivocal reprobation of a Grand Jury of bis townsmen, aud the man who, while he professed to be pursuing, with a most, rigorous severity and scrutiny with the zeal of a deeply- interested individual, the conduct, of public peculators, was, at the same time, setting at defiance the laws of his country, and depriving of the enjoyment of an undeniable right lhat public by whom he lives and is supported 1 will now conclude, sorry that I should have had occasion to trespass so long on your columns ; 44 But public censure speaks a public foe, 44 And, zealous for reform, 1 struck the blow 1 doubt not that, in his next, 1 shall have heaped pon me all ( he scurrility and abuse which this man so capable of bestowing — every debasing passion iih which his smarting soul will writhe, will be illed into action; but what am I to fear? That lying infamy" from Ihe press which weekly coins false facts- And false motives? Thank God, the lies of calumny carry no terror to me. ( trust, that my temper of mind, and the colour aud conduct of my life, have given me a suit of armour against these Hi rows. They shall pass by me like the wind which regard not. The thundering Culminations of his Paruleinoiniuni can do me no harm: — the council bain her will be known from whence they proceed ; - they will be disregarded, detested, aud execrated may possess • many of the frivolities and follies of • onth ; and 1 trust they will pass away with the volatility of Ihe age that produced them; but, to modify the language of the immortal Chatham little, I will affirm-, that, the wretch who, after having seen the consequence of repealed errors, continues sfiil to blunder, and whose age has only dded obstinacy to stupidity, who spoils with private character and feelings with, apparently, the cruelty of an Italian assassin, is surely the object either of abhorrence or Contempt, and deserves not that his seniority should secure him from insult. Much more is he to he abhorred, who, as. he has receded from virtue, and becomes mote wicked with less temptation, prostitutes himself for money ( by the publication of catchpenny falsehoods), which he cannot enjoy, and spends the remainder of his life, in the perversion of that bulwark of the glorious consti- tution of our country, the ruin of which will ine- vitably be concomitant with it. W. WHALLEY. Many other eases rilight be produced in- con- firmation of tbe humanity of our Criminal Code— these, however, suffice to prove that its principle is founded upon that Christian and moral maxim, which says, that it is better for ninety- and- nine guilty persons to escape, than for one innocent man to suffer unjustly. IfSltoteUaniottg Intelligence WATERLOO COTTAGE, KING SI. AND, FRIDAY EVENING, 16TU DEC. 1825. Court of Requests, Shrewsbury, Dec. 14. HOLT WIIALLEY. This cause, judging from the number of persons that attended the Court, appeared to have excited considerable interest, in consequence of it being supposed to be connected wilh, or arising out of circumstances attending, tbe preparatory steps taken by the defendant to ground an indictment, which was preferred, and found by the Grand Jury at ihe- last Town Sessions to be a true bill, and which it is anti- cipated will be tried at the next Session, against Mr. JohuWailon, the Editor of theShrewsbury Chronicle, foi'Stopping up and diverting a certain ancient foot- way iyiug near his house at Sheltou, whereby the said foot- road has long been in a most dangerous and nearly impassable stale. The plaintiff in this case is Mr. Benjamin Holt fhe defendant is an articled clerk to a highly re spectable professional gentleman in Shrewsbury; aud connected with the case there were various circumstances from which much fun was anticipated The plaintiff having been called upon by the Clerk of the Court to state his case, addressed the Commissioners to the following effect: — 14 Gentlemen— On the Monday before the last Sessions 5 understood, when I returned to my lodg- ings, from which \ had been a few hours absent walking in the Quarry, that Mr. Whalley, who now stands by me, had been enquiring for me; and going- out a liltle while after, I met him, when he said,. 4 Holt, do you know the footway leading past Wat- ton's new house at Shelton, near the Holyhead road ?' lo which I answered 4 Aye do I, long before you was born, master,' He'then asked me if I would meet him at that place to- morrow about two o'clock, and I promised him I would if he would give me some- thing for my trouble ; to which he said, 4 Give you they would allow him to state So them the grounds of his objection iu resisting the. present claim • and this being assented to, he addressed the Court lo ihe following effect : — 44 Gentlemen— As I have Come to a determination in my own mind to resist every exaction which may be demanded of me bearing the stamp of imposition, ami as 1 have hitherto, wilh success, acted On that principle, you must not, cannot he surprised,- at my coming before you in the character of a defendant. I should not, however, iu the present case, Gentle- men, have suffered myself lo have- been summoned to appear before you in this Court, or have troubled you With any comments of mine, if the plaintiff had bad a reasonable shadow of a demand against me which was founded upon justice and equity. Rut, Gentle- men, I will prove to you, that instead of his demand being founded in justice and equity ( on which prin- ciples you will,- I doubt not, decide this question to- day), jt is, on ihe contrary, a most unjust, in- equitable, unwarrantable demand. You have heard the statement of tin; plaintiff. Gentlemen, and his version of this matter; it now becomes my duty to detail to you, as succinctly, and with as much perspicuity as possible, my version ( if it." The defendant then detailed at considerable length the particulars of his case, which differed ( and which he called witnesses to prove) from the plaintiff's story in these particulars That he engaged ihe plaintiff to go and look at the footway intended to he indicted, for ihe express purpose of going before the Grand Jury at she Town Sessions, lo prove that the old footway had beeu and was, when be last went that way, slopped up by Mr. Watton, he having caused a high wall to be built across it and raised 0- fher impediments in the way. This was proved to be expressly stipulated between the plaintiff and defendant, and that, the plaintiff had as expressly promised the defendant that he would attend at the - Town Hall at the Sessions on the Friday after his going to She I Ion ; and it was also proved that the Plaintiff did not attend, but, on the contrary, had put the defendant to considerable inconvenience, expense, and anxiety, by reason of his not having fulfilled his promise in attending the Town Hall, as j; pointed'. The defendant then continued, and said he did not resist the payment of the demand for the, value of the money, for the. amount was insignificant and beneath his notice; he resisted it because it was a gross attempt al imposition, and he thought he was vindicating the character of the Court when he stepped forward to oppose the demand against that prejudice and ridiculous obloquy which often induces people to pay demands, whether equitable or not, rather than be put into the Court, and which is thus, no doubt, frequently turned into an instrument of oppression, holding individuals in terrorem,' and thereby compelling payment of the demand, however unjustly made. He had said, he had done every thing iu his power to enable this man to perform his con- tract ; and he reiterated that, because he wished it to be impressed upon the minds of ihe Commissioners that the contract was and is still, inchoate or imper- fect; and therefore he submitted, the plaintiff was precluded from recovery upon it. The Grand Jury had been kept waiting for the Bill to be preferred more than half au hour [ which was proved by Mr. Vaughan, the Clerk, in Court], in consequence ofthe plaintiff not having attended ; and he ( the defend- ant.) had been put to tbe trouble and expense of sending a messenger for other witnesses residing at Sheltou, in order that they might prove the facts which were lo have been given in evidence by the plaintiff. Here the Chief Commissioner suggested that the object of five shillings could be no consideration to the defendant, and asked him if he would give the plaintiff that sum, although the plaintiff bad certainly acted very w rong in not attending before tbe Grand Jury, as agreed upon; to which the defendant, with great warmth, replied, 44 Most assuredly not, I will not give him a fraction of a farthing. If S was to comply with thai, I should be diametrically acting.. against the very principle lhat I came here upon— lo resist a most gross attempt at imposition." 44 I imagine," continued he, 44 1 am not only resisting this claim for myself, but also for Mr. Walton; for I certainly anticipate that he would have had So pay it, when I got my bill taxed, if the jury should find that indictment true which I have preferred against him. And now, as 1 am on this point, if it would not be considered irrelevant to this question, I would state, that as Mr. Walton has most Unjustifiably, by innuendo, endeavoured to ridicule me, so 1 thought that 1 was, in justice to myself, bound to avail myself of the first opportunity of retaliating his unprovoked attack. Certainly I did not wish to proceed with it vindictively, which can asily be evidenced by my consent to the abandon- ment ofthe regular process of the Court, and thereby preventing him being brought up before the Deputy Recorder or Clerk of the Peace by warrant, in order that he might enter into recognizance to appear and plead at the next Sessions, and thereby enable me to try the question at issue between us." Chief Commissioner.— 44 Then you have given him a Roland for his Oliver." The Commissioners thr u consulted, and unani- mously ordered the Clerk to enter into the Court Book — 44 Debt not proved." The defendant then moved, that as the plaintiff had not proved his debt to the satisfaction of the Court, and as that adjudication had been recorded by the proper officer, lie should be allowed all rea- sonable Costs for his attendance at the Court, and for certain Court Fees which he had paid for Subpoma, Service of the Subpoena, and Summons, and other incidental expenses attending the present plaint, and that those costs should be paid to the Poor of the Parish of St. Chad or otherwise as tbe Court should, in their discretion, think proper. He moved for them, because he thought the present instance af- forded- au exemplary opportunity for punishing the plaintiff for attempting to impose not only on him but on the Court. The Clerk of the Court then inter- rupted the defendant, and said he was astonished at tbe application; — they were not empowered by their Act to award costs to a defendant. Neither he nor his father ( who had been Clerk) had ever known if, and they had attended that Court for nearly thirty years; and he should be surprised indeed that any one else should know lo the contrary The defendant then addressed himself to the Court, and said, although your Clerk has made this assertion, and in which you all appear to coincide, yet I now distinctly say, as I stated to you before, that by a clause of your Act yon are bound, when the plaintiff does not prove his debt, to award reasonable costs to Ihe defendant. The Act, if I mistake not, uses the words 44 shall and may," which has ever been in courts of law construed as impe- rative— as imposing an obligation which, as the administrators of lhat law, you are bound to attend LAW REMINISCENCES. Interisting Anecdote of Lord Chief Justice Holt. The following anecdote of this erudite scholar, learned judge, and patriotic man, so forcibly exemplifies the folly of the ridiculous supersti- tion which not only generally tinctured the vulgar and unlettered part of our early ancestors, but those of later times, when the mist of catholic and monastic ignorance began to be dissipated by the genial rays of science and a more natural and enlightened religion, that I have been in- duced to select it as my next Reminiscence. This celebrated man, when a youth, being once out on a party of pleasure with some young men, and their money being all spent, they agreed to separate, aud try their fortunes singly. Molt put up at the first inn that came in his way, with a bold face ; and seeing the only daughter of the family, who was then about thirteen years of age, shivering under a fit of the ague, he imme- diately conceived an idea how he might turn this circumstance to his advantage. Ou interrogating the mother, he discovered that the girl had long- laboured under this complaint, and that the art of medicine had been tried in vain. On this he shook his head, and bade lier take courage, for she should never have another fit. He then wrote an unintelligible scrawl in court- hand on a piece of parchment, and ordered it to be bound round the daughter's wrist. It happened that the clmrm had the desired effect; avid when Holt, without a penny in fiis pocket, at the eud of the week called for his bill, he found the gratitude of the family for his skill and service precluded them from making any demand. He was even considered as a benefactor of the first import- ance, and they parted with mutual good will. In the course of many years, when raised to be a judge, he went the circuit in fhe same county, and among other criminals at the assizes was an old woman accused of witchcraft. She Was indicted for having a spell by which she could cure such cattle as were sick, and destroy such as were well; and this magical charm being seized upon her, was ready to be produced in Court. Holt ordered it to be shewn him; and having divested it of numerous coverings, found it to consist ofthe very piece of parchineut which he had used in the above case to cure the girl of an ague. He immediately recollected the inci- dent ; and, with a magnanimity which exalted his character, confessed the trick which he had played. The jury, of course, acquitted the prisoner ; and Judge Holt's landlady was the last person that was tried in those parts ou the absurd charge of witchcraft. THE CRIMINAL CODE. The Law of England considers every man innocent till he is found guilty; and on the trial of prisoners for felony a Judge acts as Counsel for them, if they are unable to procure a pleader. The " glorious uncertainty of the law" deters many persons from commencing civil process, as they had " rather bear those ills tliey hftve, Than fly toothers that they know not of. 1' In the criminal code, however, notwithstanding the crime with which a prisoner is charged may be of the most heinous description, the benignity of the law frequently steps in to prevent the enforcement of the awful penalty, and many are acquitted who are known to be guilty. In a trial some years since at Lewes, a poor looking fellow was put to the bar for sheep- stealing. The only witness against him was an accomplice, who- had turned King's evidence— four persons having been concerned iu the robbery, and the two others escaped. Mr. Justice Heath presided, ( who had previously not only avowed his inten- tion to punish with the utmost severity of the law all, having recently sentenced many, horse and sheep- stealers, as they had at that time greatly increased in number;) and when the prisoner was arraigned, the Learned Judge said—" This is a case on which we ought to pause before a man is put on trial for life and death; inasmuch if convicted, the law must take its course. Four persons were concerned in the felony: two have escaped ; one now stands at the bar, who, it appears, did not run away, but suffered himself to be quietly apprehended; and the other, to save his own life, comes forward to testify against him. As you have no other evidence but this accomplice, I do think, from the very cir- cumstance of his remaining on the spot, it is but fair to presume the prisoner was not so guilty as the others, and therefore, unless the Counsel for the prosecution insist on the contrary, I would recommend dropping proceedings in this case." — The Counsel having acquiesced, the prisoner was discharged, after a severe reprimand from the Judge, aud the accomplice was remanded to prison till the two, who had escaped, should be apprehended. Another instance occurred at the last Lancaster Assizes, where a prisoner was indicted for utter ing a forged Bank note. On being arraigned, he pleaded guilty, but at the suggestion, and by advice of Justice Bayley, he retracted his plea, and pleaded not guilty.— On the trial, clear evidence was given of his having uttered the note, which was proved to be a forgery. The note . was hauded to the officer, as it is the cus- tom, to be read to the Jury: the Judge ( ther being, we believe, no Counsel for the prisoner,) at the same time reading the indictment, to see that the note was correctly set forth in the in- dictment. The note appeared to be correctly set forth up to the signature, on which a question was raised, In the indictment, the Christian name of the signature was written Christr. ( for Christopher.) In the note it did not clearly appear whether the little mark which was above the abbreviation Christ, was an R or a tick following some figures iu the line above. Mi- Justice Bayley, after having examined the note with the large magnifying glass which he uses, declared his opinion that it was a tick and not au » ', and that tka prisoner must therefore be ac quitted.— The Counsel for the prosecution con tended that it must be an r, as the Christian name forged was Christopher, and Christ with an r above was the common way of abbreviating it. " Well," said Mr. Justice Bayley, " I will leave it to the Jury. Gentlemen of the Jury,' said he, giving them the note, " have the good, ness to examine it, and tell me whether you think this mark a tick or an r. I think it a tick; you will see it better if you take my glass."— The Jury, after looking at the note through the medium ofthe Judge's magnifying glass, were of the Judge's opinion, and said, they thought the mark in question was a tick. Upon which, Mr Justice Bayley directed the Jury to acquit the prisoner, which they accordingly did. He then read the prisoner a lecture upon the narrow escape he had had, and gave him the customary admonition as to his future conduct. FATAL ACCIDENT.— About ten o'clock on Fri- day morning, some workmen Vvere in the act of putting the corniceon a new building in Mosley- street, adjoining the warehouse of Messrs. Card- well, Longworth, & Co. when, by some accident, it broke from their hold, and fell upon a respect- able young man who happened, unfortuu tely, at the time, to be passing underneath. He was immediately conveyed to the Infirmary, but medical assistance wasof noavai!— 1the skull had been dreadfully fractured, and the body consider- ably braised. He lingered for about an hour, and then expired. This young man appeared to be a stranger in town. He wore a black stock round his neck, aud had on a blue coal, blue pantaloons, and Wellington boots, in the inside of which was " Muckleston & Son, Shrewsbury." In his pockets were found about £ 5 iu money, but nothing could be gathered from the remain- der of their contents, but that he was one of those ill- fated beings sailed authors. In a small areen bag, which he had carried with him, were found a number of pamphlets entitled " The l-' ddystone Light- house.— A Poem." London printed by J. Bailey, 116, Chancery- lane. Each of these pamphlets were neatly folded in a piece of paper, and directed " To the Lady or Gentle- man of this house." They also contained a'slip of paper, on which was printed the following:— " Permit your goodness to excuse the liberty an unfortunate Author has taken, in causing this book to be left for your perusal. He is sorry that he is under the painful necessity bf thus intruding, but being reduced through a variety of events, ( over which he had 110 eontrou!) from e respectable situation in life to distress, is there, fore destitute of any other means of support.— The price is Is. which, or the book unsoiled, will be. called for next day, and thankfully received."— If this notice should meet the eye of any ofthe friends or relatives of the deceased, it is trusted they will immediately come forward and see the body decently interred.— Manchester Paper. Died, on Monday the 5th instant, in Chester House of Industry, being in his 94th year, John Singleton, who rode for the Leger Lord Rock- ingham's brown bay filly; hy Sampson, in 1776, being the first year that interesting- and popular race was run, and which' he won. He was born at Kendal, 011 the 24th of June, 1732 ; his father was a horse dealer. John became a jockey at the age of sixteen, aud rode first at Kirby Lons- dale. During his sporting career, when about twenty, he rode a match between Sir W. Strick- land and Sir Frampton, on which occasion a song was published entitled the Yorkshire Knig'its. He also, as we have stated, rode the first winner of the St. Leger; he was the rider of Cyclops, and jockeyed Eclipse in all the great races which that astonishing horse run. Single- ton's last riding was aWChester in 1784. He at one time had raised sufficient money to purchase a horse, which broke its leg in running at Burns- wood. Leaving the turf, be » et up as a horse dealer; afterwards was a horse breaker and farrier. His wife'having been indisposed for two years, he became reduced, and first received a weekly allowance of 3s. from the parish board of Chester, OTI the 3Cth July, 1818, which he con- tinued to do until the 24th May, 1821, when he was admitted into the house, and remained there until his death. The old jockey used, with great glee, to recount his various and successful ex- ploits on the turf, and preserved his health and faculties almost unimpaired to within a few days of his demise.— Doncaster Gazette. Mr. John Worsley, an eccentric character, well known in the neighbourhood of Bury, died on the 26th ult. aged 72. He was of diminutive stature, and, in the early part of his life, obtained a maintenance by selling small wares around thi country. Many years » ince, by the death of relation, he became possessed of property, which is supposed to have made him about eighty pounds per annum ; but whether that property is now in the funds, or in land, is unknown, at present, to his nearest relations. O11 his decease, there was found, in the holes and comers of the cottage he had inhabited, upwards of eighty- Hve pounds in weight of old silver coin, consisting of bauk tokens, crowns, half- crowns, shillings, and six pences. In gold current coin— 140 guineas, 1 half- guineas, and 178 seven shillings pieces; upwards of £ 56 in copper coin, also current; a box full of old farthings and pence, not current. The gold and silver coin were wrapped in separate papers, and the raspective dates of each coin were marked 011 the outside. The copper was dis- posed of in a similar manner, but placed in boxes. Independently of the above, there were £ 33.10s in sovereigns and half sovereigns, and £ 66. 9s. 6d. in silver of the present currency. He had so decided an antipathy to paper " promises to pay," as he termed them, that he would never when asked give change for a note, whilst he seldom allowed money of a more tangib e de scription to go unchanged.— There was only a single one pound note found ou the premises, and that was carelessly thrown beneath a table. There were also several heaps of books, consist, ing of some hundreds of volumes in the Hebrew, Greek, Latin, English, French, Spanish, and German languages, some of very ancient date, but generally in bad condition. Both in summer and winter, he wore a blue plaid handkerchief round his head, and tied under the chin. In rainy weather, ha would carry an umbrella under his arm, aud invariably walked close to the walls ofthe houses, pertinaciously preferring those that were without water- troughs or spouts. To enjoy the pleasure of walking round, or through a puddle- hole, or mud- heap, he would have gone some distance out of his way.- Manchester Gazette. Mr. William Duncombe, the gentleman who has just accepted the invitation of his friends to become a candidate for the representation of the County of York, at the next general election, belongs to the family of Duncombe, of Duncombe Park, in the North Riding of this qomity, and is at present M. P. for Grimsby.— Leeds Mercury. NILGRO JOKE.— A young Scotsman, who had just gone out to take possession of an estate in Jamaica, while wandering over the grounds with an old Negro, observed some pompion^ growing 011 a rocky piece of waste ground, and inquired of his guide what they were. " Dem Cotchiuan, Massa," said the negro. " And why are tbey called Scotchmen?" said the other. " Because,' replied Sambo, " dem grow ' mong de rock and de stone, dem grow ebery where." Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, of Kentucky, lately deceased, provided in her will fur the emancipation of all her slaves, about 40 in number, and left 50,000 dollars to Ihe College at Duiiville. At a market. town in Wilts, the parish church not long since, required white. washing; and il being customary for the workmen on such occasions to have Ihe privilege of a little beer, the men employed in this instance were accordingly in- dulged in lhat way. But murk their moderation ! After the job was finished, the churchwardens had a bill sent in for three hogsheadt, which had been consumed by these mortar- men; the charge for which was £ 151!! It is said, that Ihe £ 1000 bank- notes, which were stolen from a gentleman at the Auction Marl, have by hitn beeu traced to persons not likely to be suspected of having stolen property. Intimation having been given to the parties, tliey, after a few days' hesitation, restored ill dull amount of the property. J. A. Stuart Wortiey, Esq. M. P. has publicly advised his constituents lhat there is 110 foundation for the rumour of a change in his sentiments on the Catholic Question.— He is, therefore, slill supporter of their claims, on priuciple. Popr. f. Y,—" We are continually hearing of FOUR classes of persons loud in their cries for Catholic Emancipation. The First, through- dis- like of spiritual religion, do not hesitate to sav,' that they would rather see the Catholics admitted, into the government, than the Evangelical, whe- ther Churchmen or Dissenters.— The Sccond' class consists of Evangelical persons, Dissenters, who, through opposition to forms and ceremonies altogether, would admit all consciences to an equally free exercise ef their religion, rather than that any form should be established. These persons have entertained ideas respecting a spi- ritual state of religion, opposed to forms, which show either their consummate ignorance of scrip- ture, or the violent prejudice which binds them against tiie truth.— The Third c^ lass is, than of men without any religion; who either like the profession of the Church of Rome, because it quiets the conscience at a small price; or who, by all methods disturbing the Government, sup port any cause which gains them, however par- tial, popularity, aud embarasses the state; seme of whom, perhaps, would gladly see all the old systems tied back to back and cast into the sea, especially if in the crash they could themselvex gain any temporary profit or honour.— Th(? Fourth class consists of those who are hurried away with the great swelling sound of the won'* Liberality. Charity, or even Spiritual Religion, as before observed : these must all be guarded against, as, according to St. Cyril, the last form of Antichrist will have for it's watch- word Pat. LANTHROPY, and for its issue EXTERMINATION.' 1 SN. rcT VESTRIES.—: Some doubts having arisen as to the extent of the control which a Select Vestry possesses over the parish fitnds raised by the poor rate, in regard to matters not connected with the care of the poor ; Mr. Marryat has been solicited to give his opinion, with reference to the Act, as to the authority of a select vestry in the' application of the poor's rate— namely, whether the power of a select vestry is confined ex- clusively to the orders of payment for ! he relief of the poor only? Or, whether a select vestry has power to order and control the payment of tiie constables' charges and disbursements, and other sums payable by law ont of the poor rates? I'o which Mr. M. replied—" By the first part of the same section of the Select Vestry Act, 59 Geo. III. c. 12, the inhabitants of any parish, assembled in vestry, are empowered to establish a select vestry ' for the concerns of the poor oi | such parish,' and the persons nominated select vestrymen, together with the Minister and parish officers, are to constitute a select vestry ' for the care and management of the concerns of the poor.'— The authorities given to the select vestry- men in the subsequent part of the section must, ill my judgment, be construed with reference to the purpose, for, which only the select vestry i » established, and for better enabling them to execute that purpose, viz. the care and manage- ment of the concerns of the parochial poor. It by 110 means repeals the Statute of 18 Geo. III. c. 19, by the 4th section of which, the constables' accounts are to be periodically delivered to the \ overseers, and by them laid before the inhabit- ants, for approval or disallowance, by a majority of such inhabitants; nor varies the liability of the overseers, to pay the county rates, under 5f> Geo. III. c. 51, sec. 12, or to make, various pay- ments under other Acts of Parliament.— If the select vestry had the power of controlling these payments, they would have the power of sub- jecting the overseer*, who are liable for them, to distresses, and ( I believe in some instances) to imprisonment, without being themselves subject fo either; and the Legislature can. not hava intended, that one class of men should be punish- able for not performing a duty, in the execution of which, they ars controllable by another class. Indeed, 1 conceive the Select Vestry's superin tendence of the money raised or applied fot* tha relief of the poor, and the requisition to the overseers to conform to su,. h Vestry's directions, ought, vvith the context, to be understood as extendiug no further than the expenditure for the subsistence or relief of the poor of the parish." CAUTION TO BANKRUPTS.—. Under the recent Act for amending the Bankrupt Laws, Bankrupts, whose estates shall produce and pay to the creditors certain dividends, are entitled to a per ceutstge thereon, unless it shall appear that they shall have lost by gaming, in one day, £ 20; or shall, after an a'ct of Bankruptcy, have destroyed, altered, mutilated, or falsified any of their books or papers, or been privy thereto, with intent to' defraud their creditors, or shall have concealed property to the value of £ 10 or upwards. We are informed, that the Commissioners, in declar- ing a dividend of 12s. 7d. ill the pound under a Bankrupt's estate in Hereford, Thursday last, refused to allow a Bankrupt £ 49. Ids. 6d. being 7| per ceut. on the net produce of his estate, in consequence of his having fraudulently concealed some freehold property to which be was entitled. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.— It may not be im- proper again to remind our readers, more par- ticularly farmers, that on and after 1st of January- next, the new corn bushel will contain one quart and a fraction more than the present bushel, so that a quarter of corn will be more by one peck and a fraction than the present quarter. The ditference is equal to £ 3. 2s. 6d. per cent, all which difference will be against them, unless they obtain a corresponding addition in price per quarter. The difference in wine measure is still greater, being £ 20 per cent; for one hundred and twenty gallons and one gill, ofthe present measure, will be equal to one hundred gallons only of the new imperial standard. The beer measure, on I lie contrary, ( for wine and beer measures are henceforth to be the. same,) will be 13| pints less in every hundred gallons. All weights and measures sold after January 1, musi agree with the new regulations— that is, the sellers of weights and measures must sell no others; but parties may buy and sell by old weights and measures by special agreement, else the new weights and measures will bind tiie parties in their contracts; but then the old weights and measures mustallof thembe painted or marked, shewing the proportion they respee tirely bear to the new standards. The dignified duluess of two ofthe fashionable c'ubs has lately been considerably enlivened— that of the one by the mysterious abstraction of part of its massive plate, aud ofthe other by the mansion itself taking fire while the members were engaged in philosophic apathy over solitary cutlets and cruets of port. BANKRUPTS, DKC. 13.— John Harris, of Norwich, bombasine- dresser — Christopher Anderson, of Law- rence Poiiiiltipv- liill- place, Cannon- street, flnnr- factor.— William Hughes, of Mill- Wall, and of Ord- sli- eet, Poplar, sliip- linilder.-- William Lim'bery Gros- venor, son. Eliezer Clialer, Wm. Litnbery Grosvpnor, jun. and Charles Hutt, of Cornliill, stationers.— Wil- liam Smith and Thomas Richards, of Manchester, tailors.— William Callier, of Liverpool, merchant.— Thomas Monks, late of Upper Clapton, bleacher.— John Walker, late of Mauley House, Kennington- corminon, school mailer.— Itohffi llohlie, of Dilke's- row, Pimlico, brewer.— Miles Booty, of Nodehill, Isle of Wight, wine and spirit- merchant.— Mosei Burlier, of Morton- banks, Yorkshire, maltster.— Thomas Varley, of Slanningley, Yorkshire, cloth, manufacturer.— Isaac Newton, of Trowbridge, Wilt- shire, chair- maker.— Phil. Buxton Etheredge, of Norwich, manufacturer.—. Jumes Peace, of CiTniher- worlh, Yorkshire, fancy- cloth- manufacturer. Sarah Whitford, of the Black Horse, Gloucester, victualler. INSOLVENTS — Joseph Barber, of Kino's row, Dog- row, Mile- end, builder.— William Hubbard, ju" i. White- Lion- court, Cornhill, merchant. Printed % published by W. ljJ. Eddowes, ( Jorn- marlcet Shrewsbury, to whom Advertisements or Articles of Intelligence are requested lo be addressed. Adver- tisements are also received by Messrs. Newton and Co. Warwick- Square, Sewe- ate Sheet, Mr. liarier, No. 33, Reel.. Street, and Mr. Heynell, Gazette Ad- vertising Office, Chancery Lane, London ; likewise by Messrs. ./. K. Johnston and Co. No. I, Lower Sackvitle- Street, Dublin, This Paper is regularly filed as above; also at Garraway's, Peel's, und Ihe Chapter CoffteUouses London.