i raiMTEE) BY W, & J, EDB § WM 9 ' • v ^ UnA' • 77m JPFLJOER is circulated in the most expeditious Manner through the adjoining Counties of ENGLAND and WALES Advertisements not exceeding Ten Lines, inserted at Six. Shillings each. VOL. XXXVIII.— N°- 1020.] WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 18- 31. [ Price v' MR. LLOYD. DENTIST, OF LIVERPOOL, ' OST respectfully announces to the • ™ Laclies . and Gentlemen of Shrewsbury and its Vicinity, that he is now at, Mr. DURNFORD'S, Uphol- sterer, Wyle Cop, where he will remain tili the ' 29th. LLOYD'S DENTIFRICE may be had at the usual Places. SHREWSBURY, JAN. 19,1831. BINTON HAIL, Naur PONTESFORD, 6 Miles from Shrewsbury. TO HE LET, FROM NEXT LADY- DAY, Til E above desirable Family RESIDENCE, containing Dtnwiiig, Dining, nnd Breakfast rooms, of excellent Dimensions, Housekeeper's Room, Boiler's Pantry, & c. eight lied Rooms, Kitchen, I niiudrv, Cellaring, and every iliiuieslie Office ; Stalled Stablinif, Coach- house, and Oulbmld- lii„ s, Walled Uatden, Shrubbery, & c. & c. Adinuiing are Three COTTAGES, with convenient Farm Building". » ' » l a1' 01" « 5 A,: r » " nf exceUe"< LAND, which imiy be rented or not, al the Option nl the Tenant. Mav he viewed hy applying nt the House; on, Pailicttlars known o! Mr. T. JottBS, Pen bryu, ueai Monigomery. ^^ Preston Brockhurst, Hawkslone, fyc. Turn- pike Roads, in the County of Salop. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that L the TOLLS arising at the several undermentioned Toll Gates upon these Roads, wi 1 be LET BY^ AUC- TIONto the best Bidders, at the House of Richard GREY OR RED HAIR F N the Head, Whiskers, or Eyebrows, changed to a permanent Brown or Black by one application, by MAHOMED'S TURKISH DYE, without staining the skin, or the finest lines ; and the process - ii sn simple, that any l. ildy or Cent lenian may change their own Hair. wilh ease and secrecy; hut, if required, Mr. Mahomed, or his Assistants will apply il small expense, and no money will be taken unless lite parlies aie perfectly satisfied. Price 7s. till for ihe Whiskers, and 1.5s for llle Hair. Sold by his Wholesale Agent, JAMES ATKINSON, Perfumer, 39, New Bnnil Street, and 44, Gerrnrd Street ; nnd, by his Appointment, by , V r Jnhn Niglitingnte, Perfumer, High Slreel; Mr. William Nightingale, Perfumer, Wjle Cup; Mr. Samuel llnline, Perfumer, High Street ; mill Mr. John C. Holme, Perfumer, Pride Hill, Shrewsbury ; mid bv most Perfumers and Hair Dressers in lown and country. " N Home' known by the Sign of the Turk's Head, in Hadnal, on Thursday, the 2rth Day of January next, between the Hours of Eleven and f our in the After- n son in the Manner directed by the Acts passed in the Thirii « , d Fourth Years of the Reign of hi, late Majesty Kinff George the Fourth " For regulating Turnpike Roals," which Tolls produced last Year the following Sums: LOT I. Old Heath, Harlescott, and Berwick Gates 482 Ixvr II. Cotwall, Crudgington, and Roden Gates.. LOT III. PreesGate LOT IV. Holloway Gate ................. LOT V. Frees Lower Heath Gate and Darliston LOT VI. Chetwynd Lane Find Gate, near Newport Above the Expenses of collecting them, and will be put up at those Sums, and in those Lots respectively. Whoever happens to be the highest Bidder for any Lot or Lots, must (. respectively) at the same T ime pay one Month in advance, it required, of the. Rent at which such Tolls may be let, and give Security with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the T rustees of the said Roads, for Payment of the Remainder of the Money monthly. At this Meeting other Business will be transacted. JOHN WILLIAMS, Clerk to the Trustees of the said Roads. SHREWSBURY, 24TH DKC. 1830. . 463 66 26 56 69 TSF MONTGOMERYSHIRE. • nmnasj THD IBIB HjIEITo OTLCE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TOLLS arising and to be collected at the • 7veral Toll Gates hereinafter mentioned; namely Buttington and Leighton Gates Uanymynech and New Bridge Gates, Pool- Upper, Llanfair Lower, and Ceimant ( fates, Church and Brocs Pluan Gates, will be LETby AUCilON to the best Bidder, at the Town Hal in Pool, on Saturday, the fifth Day of February next between the Hours of Ten and twelve in the Forenoon, in the Manner directed by the Act passed m the third * ear ofthe Reign of his late Majesty George the Fourth " For regulating Turnpike, Roads;" which. TolL produced the last Year the following Sums, m. Buttington and Leighton Gates 530 Llanymynech and New Bridge Gates 450 Pool Upper, Llanfair Lower, and Ceimant Gates Church and Groes Pluan Gates 44 aoove the Expenses of collecting them, and will be put UD at those Sums. Whoever happens to be the best Bidder must at the same Time pay one Month m Ad- vance ( if required) of the Rent at which such lolls may be Let, and give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said turnpike Roads, for Payment of the Rest of the Money monthly. And' NOTICE is hereby further given, that the said Trustees will at. the same Time appoint new and additional Trustees in the Room of those who may be dead or who may become incapable, or decline acting. " e ' R. GRIFFITHES, Clerk to the Trustees of the said Roads. POET,, 27th DEC. 1830. V' OTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that ^ THOMAS RODENHURST, of THE HAZLES, in the Parish of Stanton, in the County^ of Salop, Farmer, hath, by Indenture dated the 3d Day of January instant, assigned all his Estate and Effects to certain'Trustees therein named, for the equal Benefit of such of his Creditors as should execute the same, or otherwise assent thereto, within Three CalendarMonths from the Date thereof. And NOTICE is hereby also given, that such Assignment now lies at our Office, ul Wellington, in the County aforesaid, for the Inspection and Execution of such of'the Creditors ofthe said Thomas Rodenhurst as shall think proper to take the. Benefit thereof. ACTON & PICKIN, Solicitors. WELLINGTON, 12th January, 1831. NEW EDITIONS op STANDARD SCHOOL BOOKS, I'll I NT HI) FOIt LONGMAN, REES, OR. ME, BROWN, & GREEN. Dr. Butler's Geography and Atlases. This Day is Published, 9th Edition, one Vol. Octavo, ils. Boards ; & SKETCH of MODERN & ANCIENT t\ GEOGRAPHY, for Hie Use of Selionls. By SAMUEL BUTLER, D. D. F. It. S. Stc. Archdeacon of Derby, & c. In the present Edition the Author hns made some very important Additions, chiefly in the Modem Part of it. By the same Anllinr, ATLAS nf MODERN GEOGRAPHY, consisting of 2' 2 coloured Maps, corrected. l' 2s. half- bound. ATLAS nf ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY, consoling of ' 21 coloured Maps, with a complete accentuated Index. 12s. GENERAL ATLAS of ANCIENT and MODERN GEOGRAPHY. 43coloured Maps, and two Indexes. £ 1. 4s. half- hound. The Indexes contain the Latitude and Longi. tilde nf all the Places ; and in lhat of the Ancient Alias he Quantities are marked. OUTLINE G F. OG It A P111C A L COP Y- BOOK S, in 4to.; intended as Practical Exercises on Dr. Butler's Aliases. 4s each sewed, sir 7s. ( id. together. OUT!. INF MAPS of ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY, selected bv Dr. Butler from D'Anville's Ancient Atlas Folio, Ills.' fid. ^ aXc0 Dp Suction. BY MESSRS. TUDOR AND LAWRENCE, At Mr. Higley's, New Inn, Abbey Fo'regate, Shrews- bury, on Friday, the twenty- first of January, 1831, at Five, in the Evening, subject'' to Conditions then to be produced, and to a Ground- Rent of £ 1. 12s. a Year ; FT DWELLING HOUSE with tie a Garden, as staked out, Hatter's Shop, and Ap- lurtenances, in the Abbey Foregate, iu the Holding of Mr. Robert Swain.- Tins Lot is held by Lease, and will be sold for Forty- three Years, from the First Instant. Also, the adjoining DWELLING HOUSE, iii the Occupation- of Hodgkiss, with Garden, as staked out. This is also held by L » ase, and will be sold for Forty- three Years, from the First Instant, if the said Robert Swain, who is about Thirty- three Years old, shall so long live. For Particulars apply to Mr. WACE, Attorney, Shrewsbury. Welsh Pool, Montgomeryshire. VALUABLE IMBI$ IE! II ® ILIE> M © 5PNBIR£ RO BY MR. R. OWEN, At the Royal Oak Inn, in the Town of Pool, on Wed- nesday,' January 26th, 1831, between the Hours of Four and Six in the Afternoon, in the following or such other Lots as shall be agreed upon at the Time of Sale, and subject to such Conditions as will then be produced; LOT I. A LL that substantial Brick MESSUAGE " a or Dwelling House and Shop, with the Yard and Appurtenances thereto belonging, situate in High Street, in the Town of Pool aforesaid, and now in the the Rev. Dr. Gardner, and Major Bayley. The Neigh- ~ ' '' " r'' - r *'"" bourhood abounds with Game, and there is on the Estate a considerable Quantity of Water, well stocked with Fish, and numerous Plantations, besides other ornamental Timber. TO BE SOLO BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, Either together, or in the following Lots: LOT I. rfpiIAT delightfully- situated and well- il built HOUSE, called YORETON LODGE, with two walled Gardens, Plantations, and necessary Outbuildings, containing together 1A. 3R. 2P. more or ' ess. The House consists of an Entrance Hall, a well- finished Drawing Room, Dining Room, and Breakfast Parlour, on the Ground Floor; 7 Bed Rooms, with Front and Back Staircases, Kitchen, Back Kitchen, ( in which is a Pump well supplied with Soft Water,) and every other Convenience to render it a desirable Resi- dence for a Gentleman's Family. LOT II. A Piece of LAND, of most excellent Quality, called Fox Ililf, containing 8A. 2R. 10P. more or less. LOT III. A small Dwelling House, called the FARM- YARD COTTAGE, with the Orchard, Garden, and Stack- Y'rd held therewith; a spacious Farm- yard, with a Earn, Stable for four Horses, Granary, Waggon Shed, and Cow- house for fifteen Cows, also 16A. 2R. OP. more or less, of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture LAND, of superior Quality, adjoining to and around the said Dwelling House. LOT IV. A COTTAGE, called Merry Lane Cottage, with two Gardens, and several Pieces of Land adjoining thereto, the Whole containing 19A. 2R. 16P. more or less. LOT V. A Piece of Arable LAND, called Marl Pit Field, containing SA. 1R. 27P. more or less. LOT VI. A Piece of MEADOW LAND, called Flash Mea- dow, containing 5A. 3R. 10P. more or less. The above- mentioned Premises are now held by Mr. Roberts, and are situate at YORK, TON, within the Liberties of, and about si. x Miles from the Town of, Shrewsbury, and four from Wein, and adjoin the Lands attached to the Mansions of the Right Hon. Lord Hill, E YEN PENCE. ^-.- Y^ R^ A^ WMTFM^ MII I. IIII II. I I.. » J,, J| Occupation of Mrs. Eleanor Jones, the Widow of the lafe Mr. Thomas . Tones. Also, all that'other MESSUAGE or Dwelling House and Shop, with the Appurtenances thereto belonging, situate in Upper Church Street, adjoining the last mentioned Premises, and now in the Occupation of Messrs. D. and R. Richards, Grocers. This Lot, stands in one of tlie most, centra! Situ- ations in Pool, and is extremely well adapted for carrying on an extensive Business, being the Corner House, and having one Front into Upper To treat , for the same, and for further Particulars, Application may he made to Mr. COOPER, Solicitor, or Mr. OAKLEY, Builder, both of Shrewsbury ; or to Mr. DAVIES, Builder, dies er. MONTGOMERYSHIRE. TOLLS TO BE LET. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TOLLS arising' and to be collected at the • everal Toll Gates hereinafter- mentioned, namely, I lanfair Upper Gate, Nantybitfel Gate and Pennarth Gate will be LET by AUCTION, to the best Bidder at the Wynnstay Arms Inn, in Llanfair, in the said County 0? Montgomery, on Wednesday, the 9th Day of February next, between the Hours of Ten and Twelve in the Forenoon, in the Manner directed by the Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of his Uta Maiestv George the Fourth, " For regulating Turnpike Roads^" which Tolls produced the last Year the following Sums: viz. Llanfair Upper Gate • • - £ 173 Nantybitfel Gate - - - - 71 Pemiarth Gate - • 24 above the Expenses of collecting them, and will he put up at those Sums. Whoever happens to be the best Bidder must at the name Time pay one Month in Advance ( if required ) of th ™ Ret " at which such Tolls may be Let, and give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of tiie Trustees ofthe said Turnpike Roads, for Payment of the Rest of the Money monthly. N B The said Trustees will at the same Time appo'int'new or additional Trustees, in the Room of those who may be dead, or who may become incapable of or decline acting. R. GRIFFITHES, Clerk to the Trustees of the said Roads. WELSH POOL, 3d Dec. 1830. NEW SCHOOL BOOKS, GITRRK AND LATIN. A PRAXIS on the LATIN PREPOSITIONS, being an Attempt In illustrate lheir Origin, Significant' and Government. ISy SAMUEL BUT!. Eli, I). D !•' li. S. an, I Mead Master < j f > il i e w .!)., J^ clio 3d Edition, in Hvo. 6 » fid K EY lo the same. 8vo. 6s. 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Spirit Trade has been established oil the Premises | for the last 18 Years, and which is capab'e of being greatly extended in the . Hands of an enterprising | Purchaser or Occupier. LOT IT. All that other MESSUAGE or Dwelling I- Innse anil'| Shop, with the Yard, Warehouse, and Appurtenances thereto belonging, situate in High Street aforesaid, adjoining Lot 1, and now in the Occupation of Mr. David . Morgan. These Premises adjoin Lot l, and have an ex- cellent Frontage into High Street.- The Shop is roomy and commodious, and behind the Premises there " is a Yard and an excellent. Warehouse, re- cently built. Their Contiguity to the Market Place renders them a capital Situation for carrying oil an extensive Retail Trade. LOT lit. All that other MESSUAGE or Dwelling House, with the Appurtenances thereto belonging, situate in Upper Church Street aforesaid, in the said Town of Pool, adjoining Lot 1. and* now in the Occupation of Messrs. D. and R. RScMrds. This Lot is also very suitable for carrying on a small Trade, as the I'ront Room on the Ground Floor may be converted into a Shop at a trifling Expense. The whole of the above Premises are in excellent Repair, and a better Opportunity for the Investment of Capital seldom occurs. The Premises may be viewed on Application to j the respective Tenants; and for further Particulars | apply to Mrs. ELEANOR JONES, of Pool, aforesaid. Widow; to Mr. SAMUEL HAHLEV, of Shrewsbury, J ( Trustee and Executor of the late Thomas Jones); to ] Mr. ICouGti, Solicitor, Shrewsbury; or to Messrs GRIPFITHKS and EYTON, Solicitors, Welsh Pool. (• • v fSLPsssif? asS^ Hei^ I^ HE Public are respectfully informed, L that a NEW FOUR- HORSE COACH, called the NEW OXOMIAN, has commenced running from the Lion Inn, Shrews- bury, through Shiffnal, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Stratford- upon- Avon, Oxford, & Wycomb, to Moore's, Green Man and Still, Oxford- street, Western Coach Office, Regent Circus, and Bull and . Mouth Inn, City. It will leave the Lion Inn every Night at 11 o'Clock, and positively arrive at the Bull and Mouth the follow- ing Evening at 7. In announcing their new Under- taking, the Proprietors beg to state that this Coach is the only Night Coach out. of Salop for London which travels throughout with the same Coach and Guard; thus obviating the Unpleasantness of changing Lug gage, and other unnecessary Stoppages on the Road. Performed by the Public's most humble Servants, ISAAC TAYLOR, WILLIAM TAYLOR, R. EVANS, N. VYSE, SHERMAN & CO. A NEW SHAVER; OR, SECOND EXPERIMENT. ALL STRETTON Classical Commercial Academy, j H ER E You no Gentlemen are taught all the Brandies of a liberal and polite Educa- tion,.. conducted by Mr, W. CRAIG, will reopen oil MONDAY, the 24th Instant. Terms, wilh a Synopsis of Mr. C.' s Plan of Tuition, may be had from " Mr. TIBNAM, Stationer, Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury„ or from Mr. C. himself. 11TH JAN. 1831. FAMILY LIBRARY. This Day is Published, with Plates and a Map, 5s. NO. XVIII. OF fPHF. FAMILY LIBRARY, bcine the * VOYAGES and ADVENTURES of the COM- PANIONS of COLUMBUS By WASHINGTON IRVING. Forming a Sequel to the LIFE OF CO- LUMBUS. No. XVI. LETTERS on DEMONOLOGY and WITCHCRAFT. By Sir WALTER SCOTT, Bart. And No. VIII. the COURT and CAMP of BUO- NAPARTE, with a Portrait of TALLEYRAND. No. XVII. contains the LIFE OF BRUCE, the ABYSSINIAN TRAVELLER. By Major HEAD, Author of ROUGH NOTES of some RAPID JOUR- NIES across the PAMPAS and among the ANDES. JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street. SHROPSHIRE im V* ™ M INDIMLS iSMirliu TO BE LET. © 1L1 © HSM 31- 9 NEAR NEW POUT, SttROl SHIRE. TO BE LET, And entered - ipon at Lady- Day next, or probably mmediatety ( if required J, \ Desirable 13 E81DENCE, situate near & tho Town of Newport, in the County of Salop, called THE OLD HALL, well suited for the Occupa- tion of a respectable Family, with a Stable, Gighotise, and other Outbuildings, a good Garden, and either with or ithout any Quantity of most excellent GRAZING LAND not exceeding Twelve Acres. Further Particulars may be known at the Offices of Messrs. BROOKES and SMALLWOOD, Solicitors, in New- port, or on Application to Mr. SAMUEL BELL, New House, near Chetwynd, either of whom will appoint a Person to shew the Premises. NEWPORT, 1ST JANUARY. 1831. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that * n MEETING of the Trustees of tiro Cleoburv Mortimer District of Roads will be held at the TALBOT INN, iii Cleobury Mortimer, on Monday, the 2- ttfi January next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, for LETTING BY AUCTION to the best Bidder, in separate Lots, tlie TOLLS arising at the several Turn, pike Gates m tlie said District hereinafter mentioned, for the Terms, and upon such Conditions as shall ha tnen agreed upon, as in Manner directed by the Acts passed in the third and fourth Years of the Reign of hh late Majesty, " for regulating Turnpike Tolls-," which Tolls produced tha last Year ( clear of all Deductions in collecting them) tiie following Stniis, viz.: Billingslev Gate Yewtree Gate Six Ashes, Bareny Wood, and Over- wood Gates Clowstcp Gates Abberley Gate. Poulter's Gate Bransley Gate Barn's Gate '."....... Neen Sollars Gate Weston Gate and which said Tolls will be put Up at the respective Sums above mentioned, or such other Sums as the t rustees may think proper.- Whoever happens to . be the best Bidder ot each Lot must at tho. same Time pav one Month's Rent, in Advance, and give Security w ith sufficient Sureties ( at his or her own Expense) to the Satisfaction ot the said Trustees, for the Payment of tlie Rent each Month in Advance. By Order of the Trustees, S. P. SODTHAM. Clerk to the said Trustees. CLEOIJURY MORTIMER, 30th Dec. 1.830. WROCKWARD1NE ASSOCIATION^ FOR THE PROSECUTION OF FELONS. FOR COUGHS. PECTORAL ESSENCE OF COLTSFOOT. M1E Herb Coltsfoot has long been dis- tinguished for ils excellent properties in Ihe enre of Coughs and nllier Pulmonary Complaints mrd this essence has, in ihe course of a long practice been found the mnsl safe and effectual remedy fo Coughs and all Disorders of . lie Lungs. 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TOWERS's TONIC PILLS - These Stomachic Aperient Pills have for many years received llit' most decisive marks of public approval. They nreexpress Iv designed lo restore the tone and energy of li Digestive Organs, and In re ve atid correct Ittdi lion, a had aod defective Appetite. Depression of Spirits, Drowsiness, & e. lu Boxes, 2s. yd. 4s. ( id. u 11 d lis. MARSHALL'S UNIVERSAL CER ATE, an excel- lent remedy tor broken Chili. laius, Scalds, Bu Wounds, and Ulcers of every Denomination, especially Sore aud Ulcerated Legs, iu Boxes, Is. 1- td. and 2s. 9d. N. B. The above Preparations, when Genuine, will hare the Name and Addicts of Messrs. Butler, attached to them.— Particular Attention to this Caution is raqucsted. A Monkey, who shaving first tried on himself, And cultiiig his jowl, ibe mischievous elf Resolv'd to embrace nppoitunily pal, Aud operate u, xl oil Ihe beard of ihe Cat ! The place of. a mirror adapted to suit. There stood in ihe room then a high- polisli'd Boot, In which WARKR. N'S Jet uf pre . eminent hue Dispfay'd the fine foiins of reflection t. view. Now seizing poor Puss, to the bright Boot he bore her, Tlie Monkey,- her shadow then gleaming before her, •\ nd answer'd her struggles wilh chatter and blows. Her pb z while lie soap'tl from lier ears to her nose J The Cat, thus essaying in vain nt resistance, Antl mewing, in pitiful plaint, for assistance, H'ilii wonder the same nperalinn nnvv saw Perfnrm'd in, or shewn by the Jet uf eclat! In front o- f the Boot then, ns if to explain it, The method nf shaving, how best lo attain it, The act interspersing wilh grin and grimace. The Ape clear', I the Cat of each hair on her face ; And strange ihniigh it seems, yet '. lie frolicsome elf Was much more successful wilh Puss than himself, The Shaver adroitly concluding his scraping,— The Shaved with the loss of Iter whiskers escaping — file Monkey in triumph the parlour now sought, A nd Cat tint] brig h I Bnnt to a company lining lit. Who mn* what this barber had then been about, And liail'd his essay with a rapturous shout Of mirthful surprise : the strange incident backing The merit of WARREN'S uuparuilel'd Blacking. / HEREAS several Burglaries, Felon- ies, Grand and Petit Larcenies, have fre- quently been committted in the several Townships in the Parish of Wrockwardine, in the County of Salop; and the Offenders have escaped Justice for want of speedy Pursuit and Apprehension, and also on Ac- count of the Expenses attending the Prosecution of them: to obviate the same in future, the Inhabitants of the saitl Parish have bound themselves in Articles, and raised a Fund, to bring to Justice and prosecute all Offenders against any ' of their Properties and Possessions, to tne utmost Rigour of the Law, and to ride England through after any House- breaker, Horse- stealer, or Stealer of any other Kind of Beast or Cattle whatsoever, at. the joint Expense of this Society. — hey will likewise prosecute all Robbers of Barns or uildingsy Orchards, or Gardens, and Hedge- fearers; nd also any Persons guilty of pulling down Stiles, throwing Gates off the Hinges, stealing, of Posts or Rails, Hooks or Thimbles, Harrow- teeth, Plough Irons, Springles, Potatoes, Turnips, Peas, or an; Kind of Domestic Fowls, selling Coals or Lime off any Waggon or Cart, or any Kind of Felony whatso- ever. Gate- keepers and others are desired to notice all Persons who pass through their Gates in the Night, as, if any Felon is convicted by their Information, they will be handsomely rewarded by applying to. JOHN PHILLIPS, Treasurer. The following Rewards will be given'by the Trea- surer for apprehending Offenders, upon Conviction viz. or setting Fire to any Houses, Stacks, Barns, or other Buildings For Burglary, Highway or Footpath Rob- For Housebreaking, stealing or maiming any Horse, Mare, or Gelding For stealing or maiming any Cow, Calf, Sheep, or other Cattle For stealing any Gram, Hay, or Straw, out of Barns, Buildings, Fields, or Stack or cutting down or barking any Sort of Tree likely to become Timber For stealing Turnips, Peas, or Potatoes, Posts, Rails, Gates, Stiles, & c Robbhig Orchards, Gardens, Hedge- tear- ing, pulling down Stiles, throwing Gates off the Hinges, stealing Posts or Rails, Hooks, Thimbles, Harrow- teeth, Plough lions, Springles, Chains, selling Coal or Lime off any Waggon or Cart, or any other Kind of Felony whatsoever, upon Conviction shall be paid, by applying as above This easy- shining- aii'i brilliant Biackin PREPARED BY ROBERT WARREN, 30. STRAND, LONDON; And SOLD in EVERY TOWN in the KINGDOM. Liquid, in Bottles, antl Paste Blacking, ii Rots, at Cd — Lid. and I8d. each. Be particular to enquire fov WARRK. VS, .' 30, STRAND, ALL OTHERS ARE COUNTERFEIT. May be hnd of the following Agents :— SHREWSBURY— Eddowes, Corn Market. Asterlev, Fraukwell. Bratton and Co. Wyle Cop. Whittle, Ditto. Mottram, Mardol. Hudson, Ditto. Humphreys, Ditto. Richards and Cook, Ditto, Evens, Ditto. Roberts, Castle Foregate. Ward, High Street. Mortis, Milk Street. Jones, Castle Gates. OS'VFSTRY— Price.( Cross Street), Jones, Edwards, Lloyd, and Bickerton and Williams. EM. RSMERE— Povev, Furmstohe, Turner, Baugh. WEM — Franklin, Onslow. NEWPORT— Brittaio, Hartley. LUDLOW— Hodson, Tyler, Ashcroft, Harding. WEN LOCK— Cliveley, Trevor. I RON BRIDGE— Glazebrook. Co AfjBRooKD ALE— Fletcher. BRIOOMORTH— Morris, Williams, Nicholas. STOUR3R1DGE—. Viansell& Webb, Pagett, Richard Bradsbaw, Heming. BISHOP'S CASTLE— Powell, Bright. NKYVTOWN— Goodwin, Williams, Jones. MONTGOMERY— Brown, Bostoek. WELSHPOOL— Griffiths, Evans, Jones, Da. x, Davles, Roberts. LLANYMYNECH— Griffith, Bronghtou, LLANSAINTFFRAI'D— Griffiths. BALA— Charles, Joues. s. D. 221 0 0 > 91 0 0 SO a 0 31 0 0 95 0 0 5 3 0 SO 0 0 13 10 0 36 0 0 202 0 0 turnpike TOLLS. NOTICE IS HEREBY. GIVEN, that the TOLLS arising at the several Toll Galei upon the Turnpike Road leading from Shrewsbury to Much Wenlook, called or known by the Names of Ti,- n^ nSA r'T?.^' r^ rsage,' aml Barley Gates, will ba Air by„ AucrION, to the best Bidders, at the House ot Mr. 1 homas, known by ' lie Name of Cound Lane Inn, on Friday, the Fourth Day of February next between the. Honrs of Eleven and One o'Clock pur- suant to and m Manner directed bv the Statutes in t| iat Case made and provided, which Tolls produced the last Year the respective Sums set opposite their Names, above the Expenses of collecting them : viz. ... . L. s. n. Weeping Cross Gate 200 0 0 Cressage Gate and Harley Gate 222 0 0 N. B. These Tolls will be put up and let in Parcels or Lots, and each Parcel or Lot will be put up at such Sums as the Trustees of the said Road shall think fit. Whoever happens to be the best Bidder must bo provided with his Sureties, and sign an Agreement for Payment of the Rent in such Proportions and at such limes as the Trustees shall direct. WM. COOPER, . Clerk to the Trustees. SHREWSBURY, JAN. 4,1831. 10 0 .0 5 0 0 5 0 5 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 I 1 0 1 1 0 WROCKWARDINE, Edward Austin Francis Clayton William Pickin WROCKWARDINE FARM. Joseph Skitt WROCKWARDINE BANK. William Webb LONG LANE. John Griffiths John Jones OR T, ETON. Edward Cludde, Esq. DONNERVILLE HOUSE. Samuel Anslow BURCOTT. Richard Emery, Esq. LEATON. John Stanier, Esq. ALLSCOTT. Robert Clarke Mr. Price CI. UDDELEY. George Bayley BRATTON. Edward Sankey ADM ASTON. John Haynes HAY- GATE. William Taylor WROCKWARDING WOOD. William Amphlett GLASS- HOUSE. Biddle, Mountfonl, & Co. The Subscribers are determined to hire no Servants without undeniable Characters from their last Places. WM. PICKEN, Solicitor to the Association. NEW LATIN GRAMMAR, FOR SCHOOLS. Just Published, in 12mo. Price 3s. bound, with full Allowance to Schoolmasters and Private Teachers, AN ABRIDGEMENT „ R ZUMPT, LATIN GRAMMAR. - For the Use of Schools. By the Rev. J. KENRICK, M. A. " This is, without Exception, the most intelligible Latin Grammar which has come under our Notice. It deserves to he popular."— Athenteum, Nor. 20,1830. Printed for B. Fellowes, Lndgate- street, London : OF WHOM MAY BE HAD, The following recent Publications, by the Rev. JOHN KENRICK, M. A. 1. A GRAMMAR of the LATIN LANGUAGE By C. G. ZUMPT, Professor in the University of Ber- lin. Translated from the German, with Additions. Second Edition, corrected and enlarged. 8vo. 10s. 6d. " Far superior to any existing Grammar lhat wa know. 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ANDERSON'S TSUE SCOTS PILXiS Hare been, for more than a Century, and st II. continue to be, faithfully prepared at the Original Warehouse for DICEY and Co.' s Medicines, No. 10, Row Church Yard, London. ' I^ HKY are singularly efficacious in bilious, & flatulent and dropsicnl complaints, and all Dis- orders of ihe Head, Stomach, aud Bowels ; promote Digestion, create an Appetite, remove Obstructions in the Ki, lilies, and consequently are Antidotes to ihe Stone mid Gravel ; but for the expulsion of Worms in Children or grown Persons, the wbob; Materia Medina has not their equal. One nr Iwo of them taken afler any Irregularity in Living, prevent those disagreeable effects so often experienced ; ami Travellers, who are liable lo meet wilh all kinds of Liquors, as well seafaring People, should never he unprovided wilh them, as by frequently taking one or two of them the. are kept from Cnativeness, Scurvies, Fevers, and most malignant Distempers, Ask particularly for " DICFV'S Anderson's Scots Pills," and to prevent Counterfeits observe that the Words DLOEY Si Co. are ill Ihe Stamp. Sold at the Original Warehouse, No, 111, Bo'v Cliorch Yard, London, at Is. 1 Jd. per Box, and by ail the principal Medicine Venders. Of whom, may also he had, DICEY'S Genuine DAFFY'S ELIXIR, in Bottles i t 2s, and ' 2s. Pd. each. DICEY'S B AT EM AN'S PECTORAL DROPS ( Hie only Genuine), Is. ) Jd. the Botile. BETTON'S BRITISH OIL ( the only Genuire) Is Cd. the Bottle. o> English Exercise Book. 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STEEIiS's OPODELDOC, , ST^ ROM its penetrating Quality, is found fit. decidedly superior to any oilier external Appli- cnliou in promoting llle natural Ciicnlnlion when ill it torpid Stole, arising from Cold or other Causes, add in giving Vigour in the Pails affected. When prompt- ly and copiously rubbed in, il cures Rheumatism, Chilblains, the Sprains itnil Bruises, If dissolved, lintl applied en the fist Appeainuec of Chil- blains, ii prevents ibiir Breaking.' The general Bsn of ibis valuable Remedy lots induce,] u'iiny Person, in S" LL spurious Imitations of ii, which tiro u i bout EH, ct. Thill only is genuine which tins the Name p. Nf:\ v." BURY" engraved in iho Government Slump ou each Bonis. Price 2s. 9d. Sold by F. Neiv. bery and Sons, nt the Original Warehouse for Dr. James's Powder, St. Paul's Churi'li Yard, London ; W. IVgg. Son File Otli.- n, OQ, DalAn street, Dublin ; atid hy their Appointment iu must Country Towns, SALOPIAN JOUIt. NAL$ " ATO COURIER OF WALES. LONDON— SATURDAY. The Gazelle Of yesterday announces that her Majesty Mill hold Drawing Rooms on the following days:-' February 24, March 10, 24, April 14, 28, May 12, 26, and 28. I he Gazette of Tuesday announces that the King has been phased. to grant to the Rev George Davys, M. A. the Deanery of the Cathedral Church of Chester; and to the Rev. VVibiam Nicholas DaWiell, 15 D. Ihe liecfi ry of Stanhope, in Ihe county and diocese of Durham, both void by tbe promotion of Dr. Henry Phillpotts to the see of Exeter. Mr Creevey, it is stated, is to succeed Mr. Holmes i Treasurer of the Ordnance, Lord l. yndhurst has been offered, and has accept- ed, the appointment of Chief Union of ti e Exchequer, iti the room of SIR William, Alexander, who retires. h is reported that Baron Garrow is about to ret re, and that he is lo be succeeded by the Solicitor General, Sir W. Home. Mr. Serjeant Spankie, Mr. Serjeant Jones, and Mr Coultman, were yesterday called within the Bar of the Court of King's Bench, the two former having had patents of precedency conferred upon them, and fhe latter being appointed King's Counsel. Letters from Rome intimate that the election fo the vacant Pontifical Chair is likely to fall upon Cardinal Weld, the proprietor of Lulworth Castle. No accounts have reached town from Paris to- day. The embarrassment of the great banking house of I. afitte and Co of Paris, is a leading topic in late Commercial tellers The affairs of the firm are b ing wound up, and the Minister retires; but the result of the investigation upj earsal present very uncertain. Tbe German papers received ibis morning bring accounts from Warsaw to the 31st ult. Tnese accounts only stale, however, that the Poles continue to make vigorous preparations for defence. Letters from Berlin mention, that un lite arrival on Ihe fron tiers of the Commissioners dispatched by Ihe Provi- sional Government of Warsaw fo the Emperor, it was intimated to them that unlrss they tame as Russian subjects they could not be allowed to pass; to this fhey assented, and were then permitted to procced. The wilful destruction of agricultural property, it is greatly to be lamented, still continues in many parts of the country. No fewer than eight fires are slated to have taken place iu the counties of Wilts and Doiset since Monday hist. Two of these, near to Wilton and at Wimbottrne, were on fhe premises nf persons concerned in the late prosecutions : in the first case the dwelling, out- bouses, and Cum- ricks were entirely consumed, and in the latter the corn- ricks only. A letter dated Hounslow, last night, says— e- A large fire is visible at a short distance from this pkicc. It is in fhe direction of Belfont, where other fires have already taken place lately. The flame appears as if from burning ricks."— Fires have also taken plaie; and considerable property been destroyed, within the present week, at Swanton Ab- bots, near North Walshaui, at Tilney in the neigh- bourhood of Lynn, and last night at the Priory Farm, near Dover. INTELLIGENCE OF CAPT Ross.— Wc Copy the following paragraph from Jameson's Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal:—" Two accounts of fhe progress of Captain Ross's exploratory voyage have reached us. We give them as communicated to lis. Accordihg to the one account, Captain Ross was met in Baffin's Bay, in August, 18- 29, where, having suffered damage during hard weather, he fortunately Was enabled, from Ihe wreck of a Greenland ship, to refit. He afterwards steered northward, and has not since been heard of. The other account represents our adventurous commander arid his brave crew as having been forced baek to Lively Bay, in Baffin's Bay, where they spent last winter." The public are led lo expect that during the parliamentary recess, the New Ministry will have preparer! some grand'remedy for our present ditfi. cutties. Conjecture is yet at fault as to what they may devise— but this we will teil them— they have only a choice of two" alternatives. They must either lift up the means of the country to a level with its burthens, or tbey must cut down the burthens to a level with the means. They must also give over experimentalising— the quack and the economist have, we trust, seen their day. Why is it, we would ask, that the Scotch landowners, agriculturists, and labourers, are prosperous and contented, and living in peace and unity ? \ Vhy are there no outcries there against onerous rents and griping landlords, and why is a discontented peasantry happily unknown there?— From our very- soul w'e believe it is bccauso the accursed Currency measures were not allowed to extend to that country, and the Scotch have success- fully resisted the innovations and theories of ( he Bullionists. In our humble opinion, if the Scotch have tine reason more than another to be proud of thf - ir countryman, Malachi Malagrowther, alias Sir Walter Scott, as great a patriot as he is a poet, it is for the inimitable and Unanswerable wit and argu- ments he published under the above assumed name, and which, it is well k'noWn, frustrated the intention of introducing a metallic currency info that part of the kingdom. " Resist," says he, " all theoretical innovation. I would have the necessity felt and acknowledged, before old institutions anil habits are demolished— the evident utility of every alteration demonstrated, before it is adopted on mere specula- tion. I submit an ancient system fo the pruning Knife of the Legislature, but would not willingly sec our Reformers employ a weapon which, like the sword of Jack the Giant- killer, cuts before the point. We ought not to desire better bread than is made of wheat. Our Scottish proverb warns us to let veel bide; and all the world has heard of the tinlrans- fcilable Italian epitaph upon the man who died of taking physic to make him better, when he was already in health." What Edmund Burke was to England, Sir Walter Scott has been to Scotland. Sensible improvements, they have both taught, a., like fhe timely and regular showers, which, falling softly and silently upon the earth, when fittest to lie received, awaken its fertility; but hasty innovation is like the headlong hurricane, which may indeed be ultimately followed by beneficial consequences, but is, in its commencement and immediate attended hy terror, tumult, and distress. The accounts from Ireland this week shew a strong determination on the part of the executive government to suppress agitation on the subject of a Repeal of the Union. The lust proclamations of the Lord Lieutenant appear so much to have exasperated Mr. O'Connell, that he is getting up a petition for the recal of his Lordship. " As far as proclamations go," says the Evening Mail, " the law officers and the executive appear resolved to put flown sedition ; but in triith, nothing short of the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, or the intro- duction of a bill making it high treason to discuss the dismemberment of this country from England, can cheek rebellion or restore pcace." A private communication, dated on Tuesday, stys— " You will see by the newspapi r< of this morning, lhat the breakfast meetings, one of which was to have taken place to- day, have been sup- pressed by proclamation; and that Mr. O'ConueL's fertile imagination has suggestedotherand various modes of agitation. There is to be a dinner at Hayes's this evening ; and three new associations have been proposed— one in accordance with Lord Anglesey's leller to Mr. Kertlaud, before his Lordship re assumed the reins of government here, to discuss the merits of the repeal question — the second for el ' Ction purposes— and the third, which involves a paradox, is to be composed of Mr. O'Connell himself, who, wilh theaidof asccr.- tary, and subscriptions limited to five shillings, is to carry into effect the objects contemplated by the association for the prevention of illegal meetings, and Ihe protection of the right of petition. If the government should put down these associations, new methods of agitation will assuredly be adopted. 1 have heard luncheons, tea, supper, lecture speeches, and various ofher expedients spoken of." The accounts from the north of Ireland present an alarming picture of the state of various districts .4 few days since a numerous assemblage of people took place at Morville, about twenty miles from Londonderry, for the purpose of obliging the landlords and tithe owners lo reduce their de- mands. Another meeting took place at Falian, a village about seven miles from the same city, and in the neighbourhood of the residence of the Bishop of Derry; but the meeting most worthy of attention was held at a place called Dunfanaghey, in the county of Donegal, where the constabulary were disarmed, and Mr. Stewart, cousin of Lord Londonderry, and proprietor of the Shanehill property, was dreadfully beaten. The entire of the military of Londonderry were under orders during Sunday, and on Monday a large party proceeded to Dunfanaghey aud Morville, where it was rumoured another meeting was lo be held. The off ence of machine breaking appears by the following extract to have extended itself to Ire land. " Yesterday ( Wednesday) morning, between one and two o'clock, Mr. M'DonneU's paper mill, al Oldbawn, was attacked by upwards of one hun- dred and fifty men, armed w ith guns, pistols, and swords. After scaling the gates of the concern, they posted sentries there, as also on the houses of the workmeu within the premises, lest they should interfere with them, aud then marched in a body to the mill. They next tied the watchman and engine- keeper, and then proceeded to demolish every particle of machinery, breaking windows, and committing other outrage. Tbey brought several sledges with them, the more readily to effect their purpose. They also destroyed a quantity of paper, and allowed the pulp, or rags in a state of preparation, to flow about the floor." Sheriff ' s of Shropshire. JUST PUBLISHED, IN ONE VOLUME, DEMI Fot. io, PRICE £ 2. 2s. A fern Copies on Largt Paper, £ 3. ' jpHF. SHERIFFS of SHROPSHIRE, « with their ARMORIAL BEARINGS, and NOTICES, Genealogical and Biographical- of their FAMILIES. By the late Rev. J. B. BLAKEWAY, M. A. F. A. S. Minister of Saint Mary's, Shrewsbury. Printed and Published by W. and J. EODOWES,, Shrewsbury; and Sold by LONGMAN St Co. Condon.' ' Commercial Academy, SAINT JOHN'S HILL, SHREWSBURY. MR. and Mrs. HARRIES respectfully inform their Friends and tlie Public, their SCHOOLS re- opeu on MONDAY, the 21th Instant. JAN. 11,1831. EOIt COUGHS, coins, 4- C. The Rev. Archibald Alison has allowed to the parishioners of High Ercall and Rodington an abate- ment of £ 20 per cent, on their tithes for the past year; and it has been his custom, for several years past, lo make an equal or greater abatement upon the very moderate valuation on which the composition is assessed. THE HOWARDS. LORD OSSULSTON. WHITNEY'S Prepared with Black Currants, Ipecacuanha, and the finest Gum Arabic. "" SHIIF, Simplicity of the Ingredients of « which these Lozenges are composed is a. Recom- mendation for their Use in Preference to all other Medicines advertised for similar Purposes ; as such Preparations generally, and perhaps without a single Exception, consist of Opium and other . stimulating Ingredients, highly dangerous in most Inflammatory Complaints, but especially in acute Coughs and Sore Thriats: . ' v" / The TCfficrtey of these Lozenges has been proved by amp'e Experience, a single Box, with proper Attention to Directions, usually sufficing lo remove the severest Irritations in the Throat or Lungs, when arising from Cold, tbe Effects of which, though often apparently trivial in their Commencement, lead too frequently ( when neglected or badly tieated) to the most fatal Consequences. It is no slight additional Recommendation to these Lozenges, that their Flavour is so peculiarly grateful as to render them highly acceptable to Children, whose Lives often fall a Sacrifice to their Obstinacy in refus- ing appropriate but tutpalalsb'e Remedies. Sold by the Proprietors, WHITNEY & Co. Chemists, Castle Street, Shrewsbury ; by the Printers of this Paper; Massey and Hughes, Ludlow; Smith, Wel- lington ; Edwards, Oswestry ; Newlitig, Whitchurch; Franklin, Wem; Smith, Ironbridge; and Wholesale by all the Medicine Venders in London;' and Retail by one or more respectable Dealers in every Town in the Kingdom. ~~ LEVASON's CAMPHORATED TOOTH None of the Peerages hitherto published give an authentic or even satisfactory account of the origin of this noble nnd illustrious family. The following extract from « The Sheriffs of Shropshire," by that eminent antiquary and genealogist, the late Rev. J. B. Blakewav, may possibly be the means of hereafter proving that though resident for five centuries in the county of Norfolk, they derived their origin from the county of Salop. " Roger Hord, [ Sheriff of Shropshire in 1381,] is styled of Stanwardyn, and was probably of the same family with Richard Hord or Hoard, who was steward ( as the name imports) to William le Botiler, Baron of Weill, in the reign of Edward I. and perhaps the same wifh Richard Hord, constable of Ellesmere, 4 Edward 11. ancestor of tbe Hordes of Walford.* This Richard Ilord was evidently a person of con- siderable importance in his day, and in all probability a lawyer." * " It is acknowledged that tile authentic genealogy of the illustrious family of the Howards does not ascend higher than Sir William Howard, who was made a Jnd ge of the Common Pleas in 1297. The Arms borne by them have a striking resemblance to those of the Botiler*, Barons of Wem. Hence it lias been con- jectured that tbe Judge was descended from the Hords, Stewards to those Barons. It is observable that none of the Howards ever prefixed HE to their name, a fact which opposes their derivation from Hawarden, ill Flintshire, as it seems to prove that the name is per- sonal rather than local. It must also be remarked that the Shropshire Hords are frequently written Hoard." NORTH SALOPIAN CAVALRY. Sir Rowland Hill, in addition to the thanks which he has bad the honour of communicating front the Earl of Powis, and from the Magistrates of the Hundred of Oswestry, to the North Salopian Cavalry, has had fhe satisfaction of transmitting to each member of the corps the following gratifying testi- monial of the estimation in which their conduct has been held : — " At a meeting of the Magistrates and Inhabitants of the Town and Liberties of Oswestry, held on Saturday, the 8th instant, it was resolved. That their unanimous and most cordial thanks be conveyed to Sir Rowland Hill, and the Officers, Non- commissioned Officers, and Privates of the North Salopian Yeomanry Cavalry, for the promptitude and zeal evinced bythcin in assembling together at Oswestry, ou the shortest possible notice, in POWDER, prepared by Whitney and Co^ may be had the '"^" f of the late threatened disturbances: for the of every Deafer fn the above Lozenges. manly and steady conduct displayed by them, in the • * | execution of their duty, when assisting the magistrates of the neighbourhood in the suppression of riot, and tumult: and also for the very orderly and proper be- haviour which has distinguished the Corps on this, as on every other former occasion, when quartered in the Aown." VL\) t Salopian ' journal. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1831. tf* 3T The following addition to the Advertisement of Thomas Rodenhurst's Assignment was not received unfil the first page of our Journal had been. jyprked off; " All Persons who are indebted to the said THOMAS? RODENHURST are. requested to pay the Amount of thfeir Debts to Messrs. ACTON and PICON, Solicitors, Wel- lington, without Delay." progress, BANKRUPTS, JAN. 11. - Thomas Chandler, of Bow- lane, Cheapsido, carpenter.— George Earle and Charles Earle, of Great St. Thomas the Apostle, wine- mer- chants.-— John Elliot, ofHolloway, carpenter.— Robt. Evennett, of South Bank, St. John's Wood, Regent's Park, dealer in hats.—- William Field, of Brighton, carpenter.— Edward Harnett, of Union- wharf, Wap- ping- wall, coal- merchant.— William Mills, of Nelson- street, Greenwich, linen- draper.— Gorge Roadley Sim- kin, of Red- Cross- street, and of Highbury, grocer.— John Chapman, of Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire, iron- monger.— William Harris, of Bristol, silk- mercer.— Thomas Lee, of Liverpool, cotton- dealer.— George Smith, jnn. of North Shields, master- mariner. INSOLVENT.— John Voules, of New Windsor, Berks, eorn- merchant. SHROPSHIRE HUNT. postscript. LONDON, Monday Night, Jan. 17, 183K PRICIS OK FUNDS AT THE CLOSE. Red. 3 per Cents. 81| 3 per Cent. Cons. — New 3i perCent. SO'J 3J per Cents. Red 80J 4 per Cents. 09J Bank Stock 201J New Ann. — India Bonds 18 fnd ia Stock — Excheq Bills 35 Consols for Account 82J BIRTH. On the 16t. h inst. in St. Jo'm's- street, Chester, the lady of Sir John Salusbury, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 14th inst.. at Westbury, by the Rev. . T. Meredith, Mr. Thomas Jones, of Y'ockleton, to Sarah, third daughter of Mr. Thomas Bromley, of the same place. DIED. On Sunday last, Jan. 16th, in his 76th year, after a short illness, universally beloved and respected, tile Rev. Henry Burton, A. M. Vicar of the p- Irishes of Atcham and Madeley, in this county: he was Vicar of Atcham for a period of more than fifty years. On Monday last, aged 78, John Heighway, Esq. of Cadogan House. Oil tbe 15th inst. aged 26, Ann, wife of Mr. Tanner, saddler. High- street, in this town. Knowing in whom she believed, thus placidly terminated a sickness of considerable duration, and a life of humble, piety. On Monday last, Henry Samuel, infant son of. Mr. Rontledge, Solicitor, of tbis town. On the 18th inst. in t'larCniont- street, in this town, after a lingering illness, which she bore with submis- sion to the Divine Will, and in humble reliance on the merits ofher Redeemer, Mrs. Sarah Hiles, relict ofthe la'e M r. Thomas Hiles, sen. of Pulley, in the 81st year of her age. . On the 8th inst. on St. John's Hill, in this town, Susanna, daughter of the late Mr. John Griffiths, of Glanmeheli, M ontgoineryslnre. On Wednesday last, of apoplexy, Mr. Cliveley, of Wenlock. On the 29th ult. aged 81, Mr. Summerfield, of Llan- forda, in this county. The Dublin Gazelle of Saturday announces the elevation of the late Irish Chief Baron O'Grady to the Peerage of Ireland, under flic tilles of Baron O'Grady and Viscount Guiflamore. Likewise that his Majesty has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon Henry Joy, Attorney. General, to the situation of Chief Baron; and the Duke of Richmond to that of Postmaster. General of Ireland, in the room of the Earl of Itossc. Tlie war in Ireland " marches " Each new effort of the Lord Lieutenant to prevent the sovereign authority from being wrested out of his hands, is met by some new and more dexterous manoeuvre on the part of those whose object is the overthrow of the Stale, until at length the resources of the law as it stands arc exhausted. Lord Anglesey declares, that the arts of disloyalty have outstripped the foresight of last year's parliamentary legislation, and demands fresh powers to counteract the improved machinery of this yet masked rebellion. What then? More severe laws are passed,— that is to say, the Govern- ment is armed with still more formidable weapons for restraining the public liberty, and with more ir- resistible military means of enforcing this deplorable but essentia I policy. Thus the constitution is hourly mare and more undermined. We approach by long strides to the absolute government of the Clown, supported by all men of property, ns a less evil than the open tyranny of Mr. O'Connell, instigated by the set ret one of his back stairs cabinet of Jesuit and Dominican priests. This result, the loss of even the forms of constitutional freedom, bids fair at present to be the least disastrous issue of the O'Conuell agita- tion. Let it not be supposed that the government, Ihe Parliament, Ihe people of England, the Catholic rank and property, or the unanimous Protestant body of Ireland, if provoked or alarmed but a little further, will shrink from the sad remedies which we have traced above, or even from sterner expedients. Already, it is understood, loud calls are made upon the King's Ministers to arm the bold yeomanry of Ihe north of Ireland,— to adjure the Protestants, not only of Ireland hut of Great Britain, by their zeal for the integrity ofthe empire, anil by their horror of confis- cation and anarchy— the precursors of a Popish yoke — that they come forward nnd crush the perfidious project ill the cradle. Already it is known that Ministers are importuned to accompany the bills in preparation for a permanent redress of many ac- knowledged evils, by a suspension of Ihe Habeas Corpus Act ill Ireland, which there seems little reason to doubt, would be followed by a speedy dis appearance from that country of the chief disturbers Q( its peace,— Timet, DUBLIN, FRIDAY, JAN. 14.— "' fhe l. ord Lieu- tenant has this day issued another Proclamation, which not only prohibits the meetings of the several Societies previously proclaimed in detail, hut declares alt similar meetings or assemblies, no mvtcr by what name or names, or under what- soever pretext or device,- to be illegal, and directs them to be suppressed as dangerous to the public peace and safety.— Mr. Steele was this morning arrested at the instance of the Attorney- General, and held to hail on a charge of Sedition, himselfitt £ 200 and two sureties in £ 100 each." The following account of the arrest of Mr. Steele is from the Evening Mail:— " In our last we stated that a new- svender had been taken into custody by a police- officer, for selling a speech purporting to have been spoken by Mr. Steele at a late anti- union breakfast, and that Mr. Steele, upon hearing of the circumstance, attended at the Head Police- office, and admitted that the speech had been uttered by him. This morning, between nine and ten o'clock, as Mr. Steele was proceeding down College- green on a jaunting car, he was arrested by poacc- officer Hartley, and immediately brought to the Head Police oflice. He was there informed by- Mr. Tudor of the nature of the charge preferred against bim, and ordered fo find bail, himself in £ 200, and two sureties in £ 100 each Mr. Steele immedi- ately apprised his friend Mr. O'Connell of the pre- dicament in which he was placed, but the miscreant was determined that in the hour of need he would not be found enacling the part uf a ' Liberator,' inasmuch as he senl his dupe word, ' that he really could not attend to his request." Mr. Steele made other applications, which we understand were equally fruitless: at. length, a person named Fecny, who keeps a haberdasher's shop in Castle- strcct, offered himself as bail, but could not qualify. Mr. John Reynolds, of Merchants' quay, who has cut so con- spicuous a figure al the anti- union breakfasts, & c. was in attendance as the other surety; and, afler considerable delay, a man named James Dollard, who keep- a beer- house on Cork, hill was procured to join Mr. Reynolds in security; and at one o'clock, the necessary recognizances being entered into, Mr. Steele was set at liberty. The prosecution is at the instance of the Attorney- General, and the informations arc returned fo tbe Court of King's Bench, where Mr. Steele is bound to appear on the first day of next t rm. Were wc to write volumes to show that the repeal of the union is not supported by any but the very dregs of the people, wc could not adduce any argument so powerful as the statement of the simple fact, that one of the prime agitators remained in custody for nearly four hours, in default of bail to t, i e amount of one hundred pounds, and was at length obliged to owe his liberty to the interference of a beer- house keeper !" Mr. Steele, in a letter addressed lo the Editor of the Morning Post, gives the following satisfactory ex- planation of Mr. O'Connell's conduct:— « 1 wrote to O'Connell, that his personally coming to me might create excitement through the city, and draw a crowd to the office, and he, acting upon my suggestion, directed his servant to say, that my letter should be immediately attended to ; and he ac- cordingly sent down his eldest sou, my friend, Mr. Maurice O'Connell, as speedily as it was possible, and he immediately went to get me sureties. The friend ship O'Conneli has for me is too sincere and, I know, too affectionate to admit Ibe possibility of his treating me wilh any unkindness: he has never done so, but directly the reverse.'' Visiting Clergyman this week at fhe Infirmary, the Rev. Wm. Thomas: — House- Visitors, Joseph Loxdale and WUhani Egerlon Jeffreys, Esqrs.— The Secretary reported to the adjourned Half yearly General Roanl, on Friday last, a Donation of £ 30, received from Mrs. Muckleston, of Walford, in lieu of her future annual subscription. Also that R. A. Slaney, Esq. had increased his annual subscription to Five Guineas. Additional Subscriber to the Lancasterian School. A Friend, by Miss Eaton £ 0 10 0 ~ Committed to our County Gaol, Samuel Eider charged- with stealing five sovereigns and fifteen half- crowns out of Ihe dwelling house of Elizabelh Rnttrr. of Hi id net,- her property ; Thomas Betton and Ed- ward t'ricc, charged wilb stealing four' 1 geese and nine ducks, the property of William Groves, and six ducks, the property of John Lewis ; Anne Croft, charged wilh stealing one £ 5 promissory note, six sovereigns, two half- sovereigns, and four pounds two shillings in silver, the property of Edward Bromley, of Habberley, farmer. The prisoners in lire County Gaol return their thanks for the annual donation of four tons of coal,; the bequest of a benevolent Lady deceased. The. annual meeting took place last week, and a numerous field assembled each day.— At tbe BALL given at the Lion Inn, on Thursday night, we no- ticed— '' Mr. Charles LLoyd ( PRESIDENT'), Mrs. LLoyd, Mr. J. A, and the Misses LLoyd, Viscount and Lady Lucy x€ live, Hon. R. II. and Lady Harriet. Clive, Capt. Clive, and Mr. and Mrs. Cornewall; Viscountess Fcilding, Hon. H. W. and Hon. E. Feilding, and Mr. and Lady Emily Harding ; Viscount Ossulston, Sir John and Lady Wrottcsley, Mr. and Mrs. John Wrottesley; Mr. Walter Wrottesley, and the Misses Wrottesley; Vis- count and Lady Newry ; Ladv Maria, Mr. Mr. C. and the Misses Cotes; Col. F. K. Hon. Mrs. Mr. F. K. Miss, and Miss C. Lcighton, Mr. and Mr. E. Wakeman, Miss Briflghurst, and Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Cotton; Miss Owen; Hon. H. Crewe, Mr. and Mrs. John Crewe; Sir Rowland Hill, Lady R. C. and Miss Hill, Mr. John, Mr. G. and Mr. Philip Hill; Sir Edward and Lady Blount; Sir Edward and Lady Smythe, Miss Smytlie, Hon. Mrs. Misses, and Mr. Francis Giffard, Mr. Van Straulenzee, and Mr. Errington; Sir John, Mrs. and Miss Hanmer ; Mr. J. R. Kynaston; Lady, Sir T. and the Misses Boughev ; Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Corbet, and Mr. J. W. Hill; Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Corbet, Mr. D. R. Mr. V. and Mr. Kynaston Coibet, Miss Fox, and Mr. Sauiiderson; Mrs. and Misses Pigott ( Edgmond); Col. and Mrs. Wingfield, Mr. Mrs. and Miss Rocke, Mr. and Mrs. Beale, Mr. R. Wingfield, jun Mr. Eyton, Mr. T. Mr. W. E. and Mr. C. Eyton, aiid Mr. F. Hill; Mr. J. W. Dod; Mr. and Mrs. Smythe Owen, Miss Pemberton. Mrs. Blackburn, Miss Lloyd, Mr. Vangha ', and Mr. Myddelton Biddulph ; Mr. Meyrick, and Mrs. St. John Charlton; Mr. and Mrs. Cliidde; Mr. Mr. W. Mr. C. O. and Miss Childe; Mr. and Mrs. Pan- ton Corbett, and Miss Emma Corbett; Mr. and Mrs. Pigot, Mr. H. and the Misse* Pigot, Mrs. and Miss Case; Mr. aud Mrs. P. Charlton, Capt. Mr. J. K. and Misses Charlton, and Mr. P. Charlton, jun.; Mr. Mrs. and the Misses Boycott, Mr. Smitheman Edwardcs, Mr. J. and Miss Drake, and Dr. Tarleton; Mr. Kynaston Mainwaring; Mr. Jenkins, Col. Gatacre, Mr. R. and Miss L. Jenkins, and Major and Mrs. Sandys; Mr. F. B. Mr. T. and the Misses Harries; Mrs. Mr. H. and tho Misses Leeke; Col. Mrs. and Miss Davies; Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Juckes, and Capt. Swinfen; Major anil Mrs. Moultrie, and Capt. Kelsall; Mr. Mrs. and the Misses Lloyd, Miss Harriet Pigot, and Miss M. Harvey ; Mr. Mr. J. and the Misses Oakeley ; Mrs. Mr. W. and the Misses Tayleur; Mr. Mrs. a- id Miss Edwards ( Ness); Mr. and Mrs. Wedgewood, and the Misses Darwin; Mr. B. and Miss Jane Borough; Mr. aiid Mrs. Bather.; Col. and Mrs. Procter; Misses Pryee; Mrs. Mr. J. and Miss Hopkins; Mr. Mrs. and the Misses Slaney, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Slaney, and Mr. Prcsland ; Mr. Mrs. and the Misses Sparling; Mr. Sutton, Mr. and Mrs. T. Sutton, and Miss Sutton ; Mr. Mr. W. Miss, and Miss Caroline Corfield; Mr. and Mrs. F. Leighton, Mr. F. B. Leighton, and Mr. Francis Longworth ; Mr. Morris, Mr. and Mrs. J. Morris ; Mr. Fi and Miss Holyoake; Mrs. Williams and Miss Everett; Mr. Mrs. and Mr. F. Walford;' Lieut.- Col. Boates, Mr. Lloyd Williams, Mr. Wickstead, Mr. Wynne, Mr. F. gerton Jeffreys, Mr. Egerton Jeffreys, ran, Mr. Wilde, Mr. Badger, Mr. John . Eaton, Mr. How, Mr. Drury, Mr. H. Drury, Mr. Bonnor Maurice, Mr. Charles Forester, Mr. Brooke, Forester, Mr. R. T. Forester, Mr. G. T. Forester, Mr. E. Dymock, Mr. . Betton, Mr. Scott, Mr. Justice, Mr. Salt, Mr. Kinchant, Mr. H. Betiyon, Mr. Grey, Capt. Baxter, Mr. Charles- worth, & c. The coming- of- age of this young nobleman ( the ouly son and heir of the Earl of Tankerville), to which we alluded in our last Journal, was cele- brated in tbis town on Friday last, with great spirit and festivity. His Lordship arrived in Shrewsbury ou Wednesday, to dine with the mem- bers of the Shropshire Hunt, and wa's present at their ball on Thursday evening. The morning of Friday ( to which day the tenantry had postponed their celebration, in the hope of his Lordship's presence amongst them,) was ushered in by merry peals of bells from the several churches of the town, the firing of cannon, and other usual demonstrations of joy and respect, which were continued throughout the day. It is impossible to speak in terms of too much praise of the liberal and most considerate manner in which the more wealthy of the tenants testified their feelings upon this occasiou. A handsome sub- scription was entered into, anoble ox and 30 sheep were purchased by them, which after having undergone the customary ceremony of being paraded along the streets and suburbs in great pomp, decorated with laurels and blue favours, preceded by a baud of music, numerous flags, and banuers, bearing inscriptions suitable to the occa- sion, were in the afternoon cut up and distributed amongst tbe poorer tenants, affording a most seasonable relief to themselves and their families ; and we w: ere happy to observe, that the disgusting and wasteful custom of a public roasting was upon this occasion avoided. The Earl of Tankerville himself, on this happy occasion, met the liberality of his tenants by a corresponding act of charitable munificence, having distributed ( through the medium of several active and intelligent gentlemen, who formed themselves into committees for the purpose,) 1000 quills and blankets, 600 articles of clothing, and about 4000lbs. of beef and mutton; amongst the poor families ofthe town and suburbs. We understand that a similar distribution has taken place amongst the poor in the neighbourhood of Chillingham Castle ( the family residence iu Northumberland), w here, as well as ill Shrewsbury, the happy event of this amiable young Nobleman attaining his majority will be long and gratefully remembered. In Ihe afternoon of Friday, the pfincipal tenantry and friends dined together at the Lion and Britannia fnns. Sir John Wrottesley, Bart, presided at the Lion Inn, with his usual taleut and good humour, and'Lord Ossulston, who was pre- sent at the invitation of the tenants, expressed himself deeply gratified by the kind reception he had met w ith, and by the respect and attachment shewn towards his noble father. In the evening, the humbler tenants of the Earl of Tankerville partook of an excellent dinner and ale at several Inns in the town and suburbs, from the fund raised by the principal tenants. O11 Friday night, his Lordship's tenants gave a splendid Ball at the Lion Inn, which was most numerously and very respectably attended. The whole of tbe arrangements were under the management of a Committee of Ladies and Gentle- men, and were so conducted as to give entire satisfaction : so complete, indeed, was the ab- sence ofthe slightest alloy, that Aurora had nearly announced the commencement of another day before tbe assembly were aware that their scene of enjoyment bad approached its termination : all separated with regret, and the pleasures of this evening will not be soon forgotten by the young and happy group that was assembled. The Earl of Tankerville's tenants on his estates at Hogstow, Habberley, & c. in tbis county, also celebrated Lord Ossulston's coming- of- age with great mirth and festivity, having at the same time a due regard to the comforts and gratification of their poor neighbours, to which his Lordship's bounty was also directed. Shropshire Lieutenancy. ]\ JOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that 1 * a GENERA L MEETING of His Majesty's LieutSnancy for the County of Salop, will be held at the SHIREHA LL, in the Town of Shrewsbury, upon SATURDAY, the 12d Day of Junuary, 1831, at One o'Clock in the Afternoon. ' LOXDALE, Clerk of the General Meetings of Lieutenancy for the County of Salop. CLASSICAL 4- COMMERCIAL ACADEMY, CANN- IIALL, BRIDGNORTH, SALOP. RG^ HF. YOUNG GF. NTLEMF. N of this B ESTABLISHMENT are requested to assemble- on the ' 20th Instant. Mr. BARBER'S Course of Tuition favours a solid and valuable Education; laudable Diligence and Decorum are excited by the Hope of Reward; no other thau Parental Discipline is employed ; and that Moral : Instruction is communicated which has led to the hap- piest Result. i Terms and Particulars of Mr. Barber's Plan, with References to Ministers, Parents and Guardians, as well as to several Gentlemen who have left his Establish- ment, and are now occupying important. Stations in Society,- may be obtained from Mr. B.; from THIS. PRINTERS of this Paper; Mr. TIBNAM, Shrewsbury;"" GITTON, and SMITH, Bridgnorth; SMITH, Ironbridge; HOULSTON & SON, Wellington; and SMART and PARKE,- Wolverhampton. Fashionable Dancing and Fencing. > MR. MF. RCEROT RETURNS Thanks to his Friends ancf the Public for the liberal Encouragement he ha- i met with, and solicits a Continuance of their Patronage f he likewise begs to inform them, that his Business being so extensive, he is induced to take his eldest Sister into Partnership, who has beeu Ten Years in the Profession' in Staffordshire, where she has had the Honour of instructing the most respectable Schools, and Private Families, with every Satisfaction, and they hope their - united Endeavours for the Improvement of their Pupils' will obtain Approbation and Support. Academy 011 College Hill will Re- open on Tuesday^ January 25th, at Three o'Clock. SELLING OFF. AN ABUNDANT ASSORTMENT OF WINTER GOODS, Linen <$• Woollen Drapery, Silk Mercery, Hosiery,' & c. & c. W. ANDREW, UlARDOL, SHREWSBURY, BEGS to solicit the Attention of his Friends and the Public generally to fhe above- named Stock, assuring them they are of the best Qua > lity, and recently purchased from the first Markets, and will be offered at such Prices as to ensure the entire • Satisfaction of Purchasers. Upwards of One Hundred CLOAKS, from 5s. and upwards, of various Descriptions. ROUSHILL AND COLEHAM BRIDGE TIMBER YARDS. SHREIVSBURY. We are informed, upon good authority,-- tliat the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Cavalry are again to lie formed and em- bodied"; and that His Majesty has ap- pointed the Right Hon. Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, M. P. Lieut.- Colonel Commandant. MARKET HERALD. SHREWSBURY. In onr Market, on Saturday last, the price of Hides win 3| d. per lb.— Calf Skins 5d— Tallow 4d. New Wheat. ( 38qts.).. 10s. 9d. to Its 2- 1 ttarley ( 38qts.) 5s. 9d. to 6s 9d Onts( 57qts.) Gs. Od. to 7a. fid. CORN EXCHANGE, JAN. 17. We have more business doing in our market this morning than for a long time past, and almost every description of grain has advanced. Wheat is in good demand, and is quoted at Is. to 2s. per quarter advance upon the quotation of this day week. In barley there has been considerable business doing, and good quanti- ties of this grain have been taken off at an improvement of Is. to 2s. Oats are full as dear as on last market, day ; and beans and peas are also in good request, and maintain full as high quotations as we last gave. In fact, many ofthe factors are holding back their parcels for higher prices, and the market generally wears very buoyant appearance. Current Price of Grain per Qr. as under:— Wheat 70s. Od. to 78s. Od Birley 43s Oil. to 48s. Od M^ lt 00s. Od. to 00s. Od White Fens 44s. Od. to 46s. Od Beans 42s. Od. to 45s. Oil. Oats 28s. Od. to 30s. Od. Fine Flour ( per sack) 60s. od. to 65s. Od Seconds 00s. Od. to 00s od. Average Price of Corn in the Week ending Jan. 12, 1S31. Wheat 68s. . lit. | Oats 24s. 4d. Barley 38s. 4d. | Beans 37s. lid. • I' SAMUEL SMITH EGS most respectfully to inform Friends and the Public in general, that, tho PARTNERSHIP between his Father and himself i* tbis Day DISSOLVED, and that the Business will in future be carried on by him alone; also that he has, for the. Convenience of his Customers, opened a Sale Y'ar. l adjoining Colehain Bridge, where, and in Rousliill, ho will have constantly on Sale every Description of English and Foreign Timber and Deals; Dantzic and Quebec Pipe Staves; Mahogany and Cedar,; . also Hurdles, Gates,- Lath and Cooper s Stuff, Fence Povs and Rails; all Kinds of Implements for Waggons, Carts, & c.; also Oak, Elm, Poplar, and other B iards, Oak and other Scantlings and converted Timber of every Description, all of which he is determined' to sell upon the most moderate Terms. . i S. S. also begs to inform those Persons who may bo in tlie habjt of sending to the Liverpool, Bristol, and other Markets for their Timber and Deals, that he lias it in bis Power, and will sell in wholesale Quantities upon as good Terms as they can possibly purchase ai in those Markets, including Carriage. N. B. All Persons having any Claim against J. SMiTif and SON are requested to send in their Accounts without delay, that they may be examined and discharged ; also those Persons who stand indebted to the said Smith and Son will be pleased to settle their Accounts as early as possible. SHREWSBURY, 1st Jan. 1831. rflOO REWARD. A' SMITH FIELD. Beef, for the best qualities of oxen, is at 4s. to 4s. 6d. per stone; and in mutton, the finest Downs fetch a similar price. In veal, the quotation for the best young calves is 5s. 6d. to 6s. Dairy- fed porkers are 4s. 6d. to 5s. per stone. CATTI. lt AT MARKET. Beasts 2,607 I Sheep 23,04f Calves 100 | 1' igs 160 Tie Shropshire Hounds meet on Wednesday, Jan. 19 Shawburv White Gates Friday, Jan. 21 Rowton Castle Sa utday, Jan. 22 N'esscliff Monday, Jan. 25th Woodhouse Wednesday, Jan. ' 26th High Hatton Friday, Jan. 28th Woodcote Saturday, Jan. 29th Cressage Village At half- past ten o'clock. The Albrigliton Hounds meet on Wednesday, Jan. 19th..., IImq; hton Lodge Friday, Jan. 21st High Onn Monday, Jan. 21th Summer House Tuesday, Jan. 26th Whittemoore Saturday, Jan. 29th Clent Kennel Monday. Jan. 31 Woodcote Green Wednesday, Feb. 2 Whi « ton Cross Friday, Feb. 4 Entitle ' At half past ten. The Montgomery shire Ear- Hounds meet Friday," Jan. 2lst Llanfair Tuesday, Jan. 25th Meifod Village At half past nine. Mr. Wicksted's Eox- Hounds meet on Thursday, Jan. 20lh Bronghton Saturday, Jan. 22d Willow Bridge At half- past ten. Th e Ch esh ire Ho u n ds m pet Wednesday, Jan. 19th .. Winsford- Toll Gate-' Thursday, Jan. 20th Middlewich Toll Gate Saturday, Jan. 22d Shipbrook Bridge Monday, Jan. 24th Saudiwayhead Wednesday, Jan. 26th Tattoii Park Friday, Jan. 28th Dunham Massev Saturday, Jan. 29th Dunham Jlassey At half- past ten. WAJL1ES.- MARRIED. On the 13th ins!, at I'rendergast, by the Rev. Edwarcf Pictou, ( the bride's uncle,) William Evans Esq. soli- citor, of Haverfordwest, lo Miss Warlow, of Springfield, niece of the late General Sir Thomas Picton, G. C. B. DIED. O I the 23ih tilt., in his 29th year, Thomas, youngest son of the R-.> v. Lewis Evans, Vicar of Llanfihangel- genen'r- glyn, C riliganshire. On Vonday la- t, after a long affliction, Iforne witll p- tfient resignation, Vir. Roger Clarke, of Welshpool. On Wednesday last, at an advanced a re, after a lingering illness, in Charles- street, Wrexham, Mrs. Hayes, relict of Mr. Hayes, jeweller. During the late inclement weather, Mrs. Bennett, of the Mount, Llanfair,- with her accustomed liber- ality, gave a large quantity of coal, and about 200 yards of good flannel, to her poor neighbours. NEWTOWN.— We are informed that Francis, the man for whose apprehension a reward was offered, has surrendered himself, antl that the town and neighbourhood continue tranquil* At the Radnorshire Quarter Sessions, held at Presteign, on the 7fli instant, when the Grand Jury had been sworn, the Chairman, Richard Venables, D. D. after some remarks respecfing other cases, addressed the Jury, and staled that there was one case to which he particularly directed their attention, that of John Taylor the younger, of Presteign, joiner, charged with sending a threatening leller to E. 7.. James, Esq. Presteign. It was an offence punishable under the 7th and 8th Geo. 4, c. 29, s. 8, and if tliev, the Grand Jury, were satisfied that there were sufficient grounds for putting the prisoner upon his trial, they would find the bill. The Jury found the bill, and a very long investigation ensued upon fhe trial, which lasted several hours.— The Chairman, in summing up to the Petty Jury, observed upon the evidence which affected the prisoner, he also expatiated upon the enormity of the offence, and the dreadful consequences that ensued in different counties in • England, and that if the Jury were satisfied of the guilt of the prisoner, it was their duty to say so, and find a verdict of guilty, but if they entertained any- reasonable doubt, that they would give the prisoner the benefit of that, doubt. The Jury found him Guilty. The Chairman, after an impressive address to the prisoner in a very crowded court, sentenced him to be transported for fourteen years, LIVERPOOL, JAN. 15. The supplies of Grain during the week have been pretty considerable. The trade ill Wheat since this day week has been on a very limited scale, and the millers and dealers have been liberally supplied by the neigh- bouring farmers. Holders, however, have appeared determined not to submit to lower rates; and, having had a few Staffordshire dealers at this morning's mar- ket, there was rather more, inquiry for Wheat, and the sales effected vvere at fully lasl quotations. The trans- actions in Oats have been very moderate, but prices have undergone no variation. Malt and English Malt- ing Barley have not gone off so freely as of late, and Irish for the same purpose has declined Id. to * 2d. per 601bs. American tree Flour has been in rather in- creased demand, and for this article, and for sack Flour and Oatmeal, full prices have been obtained. There has been an active enquiry for bonded Flour, and all that has been offered on the spit, as well as 10,000 to 12,000 barrels to arrive, have been sold at 31s. 6d. to 32s. per barrel. A cargo of American Wheat, just arrived, has this day been sold at 9s. 6d. per 701bs. Wheat( 701b.). 9s. lOd. to lis. Oil. Barley { per bushel) 4s. Gd. to 5s. 2d Oats( 45ll).) 3s. 9d. lo 4s. Od Matt ( per bushel) Rs. Od. to 8s. ltld Fine Flonr ( per 2801b.) 49s. od. to 55s. Od The import of Butters from Ireland has been about 6800 firkins, and we have had a very dull week in tile article, although offered, in some instances, at 2s. to 3s. per c'wt. lower than our last quotation, and the follow- ing prices are now asked :— Belfast 97s. to 98s. Sl'igo 98s. Banbridge 95s. to 96s. Newry 94s. Coleraine 97s. Tralee and Dmgle 95s. to 96s. Cork dry 3ds80s. pickled 2ds 95s. to 96s. T a SPF. C1AE MEETING of the WROXETER ASSOCIATION for the Prose- cution of Felons, held at Norton, on the 18th of Janu- ary, 1831; IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED, That a Reward of One Hundred Pounds, in Additioh to the. Five Hundred Pounds allowed by Government, shall be paid by this Association upon the Conviction of anv Person or Persons who shall wilfully set Fire ti> any House, Outbuildings, or Stacks, belonging to any Member of this Association. IT WAS ALSO RESOLVED, That every Member of this Association shall be- particularly requested to exert himself in the Discovery and Apprehension of all Vagrants or suspicious Pri- sons who may be sleeping in his Outbuildings or loitering about tbe Premises; and that all Expenses incurred in the Detection and Conviction of snch Persons shall be paid by this Association. JOHN CLARKE, Treasurer. TEN SHILLINGS REWARD; LOST. FROM THE CROSS- HOUSES, A GR RV- MOTTEED HARRIER,. t\ HOUND BITCH, answers to the Name' of Comely; her Ears have not been rounded: Whoever will restore the said Bjtch to Mr. WALLETS, Cross- Houses, shall receive the above Reward. To Builders and others. BRISTOL. Spring price of Wheat ( 331 lbs ) .. 46s. Foreign Wheat ( per Imperial bushel)... 7s. English Wheat, ( ditto) 8s. Malting Barley ( ditto) 4s. Malt ( ditto) 7s. Oats, Poland ( dilto) 3s. Fine Flour ( per- saekof 2cwt. 2qrs. 5tbs.) 55s, Seconds ( ditto) 50a. Od. to 53a. Od. to 50s. fid. to 9s. 3d. to < li. 9d. to 5s. Gil. to 8s. 3d. to 3s. Od. to 57s. In our Fair, on Tuesday and Wednesday last, Fa Sheep sold at from 5d to to 5| d. per lb.— Fat Pigs sold at from 4d fo - 1 -, il. and stores sold at rather belter prices than at the preceding Fair— Fat Cattle were but a short supply, and were readily sold at from 5d. to 5' d. per lb — Best Cheese sold at 60s. per cwt— Salt Butter, in tubs, at from lid. to Is. per lb. — Bacon 5' d. to 6d per lb.; and Hams 6ld. to 7d. per lb. The Rev. John Harding, Rector of Hopesav, at his recent tithe- audit, returned 6 per cent, to those who armed their own estates, and 10 per ccut. to the enters of lands. V NY Person willing to undertake the en- tire Work of putting the Rectory House A- Build ings at Cleobury North, otherwise North Cleobury, hr the Co. unty of Salop, into good and substantial Repair, without Addition or modern Improvement, and without supplying any Thing in the Nature of Ornament, such as Painting ( unless necessary to preserve Woodwork or Timber') and Papering, may attend at Ihe Rectory House aforesaid, to make an Estimate; and is requested to deliver Proposals, sealed up and directed to Mr. THOMAS EVANS, the Sequestrator, at fhe Rectory House aforesaid, on or before Wednesday, the 16th " Day of February next. HEREFORD, Jan. 17th, 1831, COMMISSIONS. Prime Sherry Wine, Estates, Moneyf & r. Sec. o C\ HUI. BERT +> P£ » 9 to Hcquaint his > • Friends and tbe Public, that abo-' t Fifty Dozens of the SHERRY WINE, which has been so much admired, remain unsold as also 108 Gallons in Cask, of the very same Quality as the Bottled. The Bottled will be sold ( including Patent Bottles), for Money, at 38s. per Dozen. The Wine in Cask will be sold so as to answer the Purpose of two or more Families to join in the Purchase.. Also ON SALE, a most compact and valuable ESTATE of 300 Acres, near Shrewsbury. WANTED to I'URCH ASE, a COTTAGE and Two or Three Acres ofLAND, near to Shrewsbury ; and also a Piece of Land about Ten Acres:— Prices must, be low. Several Sums of £ 2,000, £ 4,000, and £ 10,000 to be advanced on Landed Security. C. H. is Agent tor the County Fire Office, Provident, and European Life Offices, and for the Purchase or Sale of Estates, Houses, Stock'- in- Trade, & c. tvgrf Offices at his Auction, Printing, and Book Establishment, HIGH- STREET, SHREWSBURY, and at PROVIDENCE GROVE, HADNAL. All Letters must he Post- paid. N. B.— C. H. will have Business Jt the Red Linn Inn, Newtown,, on Thursday and Friday; the 30th and 31st. Instant, where he will be happy to attend to the Oideu of his Montgomeryshire Friends. ALady residing in a beautiful Situation near Shrewsbury, educating an only Daughter is desirous of obtaining two or three Pupils, who will be treated as her own Child, and taught every elegant and useful Accomplishment, with the strictest Attention to their Health and Morals.- Apply at THE PRINTERS, if by Letter, Post- paid. , MEOLE TERRACE. MISS HII. ES respectfully announces her SCHOOL will Re- open on Friday, the 21st of January, 1831. MR, R. BARKLEY BEGS to announce to his Friends and the Public, that his SCHOOL will commence on Monday, 31st of January. - . , Cards of Terms and further Information may be obtained by applying to Messrs. BIRCH & SON, Belmont, Salop: Mr. WEAVER, Artist, St. John's Hill Salop; Mr. FBA. NKI. IN, Printer, Wein; Mr. BAUGH, Printer, Ellesmere ; or to the Printers of this Paper. WESTBURY SCHOOL WILL be He- opened on Monday, the 21th Instant. WESTBURY, January 17th, 1S31. HIGH ERCALL SCHOOL ILL He- open on Monday, January 2 4th.- For Terms apply PRIN- w PEARSON, Master; or to THE to the Rev. T. C. RINTERS of this Paper. NEWTOWN BASCHURCH. WJONES most respectfully informs • his Friends and the Public, his SCHOOL Re- opens on the 21th Instant. JAN. 12th, 1831. The Disturbed State of the Times. ALL Persons who hud any Demand upon the. late Mr. CHUNK, Timber Merchant, of Co A LBROO TTN A I< E » at the Time of his Decease, are requested to send the Particulars thereof forthwith to his Executors, GEOROE and JOSEPH CHUNK; and all Persons who stood indebted to the said Mr. Chune, deceased, are requested immediately to discharge the same, to the aforesaid. COXLBROOKUALE, January, 1831. GEORGE & JOSEPH CHUNE, TIMBER MERCHANTS, BEG to return sincere Thanks to their Friends and the Public in general, for the liberal Encouragement shewn to them during their Partner- ship will? their late Father, and to inform them that the Trade will, in future, be carried . on by them at their Wharfs in Shrewsbury and Coalbrookdale as usual, Mere they beg to have a Continuance ot the Favours hitherto shewn to them. N B They must particularly renuest that their Fnerids will pay early Attention to the Discharge of all Accounts due to the late Firm of George Chune and Sons. SHREWSBURY and COAI. BROOKDAI. E, January, 1831. TO CLERGYMEN, PARISH CLERKS, AND OTHERS. WANTED CERTIFICATES of the Mar- riage Slid Burial of BRIANT LODGE, for- merly of BECKENHAM, in Kent, and afterwards of BRENTFORD, Middlesex, Stationer, and of the Baptisms of his Daughters PHCEBE and MARY. Briant Lodge died in the Month of June, 1770, and his Daughter Phoebe, married Thomas Morley, who resided at Ludlow, in Shropshire, in 1782, and Mary married Edward Weston, who resided ( about the same Period) at Oswestry, in Shropshire aforesaid. Fifteen Shillings will be paid for each of the above Certificates to any Person who will forward the same to Mr. CHALK, Solicitor, Dover. T " IHE Commissioners in a Commission of Bankrupt awarded and issued forth against JOHN LANGFORD, of DORRINOTON GROVE, in the County of Salop, and of POOL QUAY, in tbe County of Mont- fromerv Farmer. Miller, Dealer and Chapman, intend to MfiET on Tuesday, the 25th Day of January instant, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, at the Talbot Inn, i i Shrewsbury; when and where the Creditors are to come prepared to prove their Debts, and the said Bankrupt is required to finish his Exa- mination. T BlCKERTON WILLIAMS, Solicitor to the Assignees. ' THE CRESCENT, Shrewsbury, Jan. 17th, 1831. WHEREAS a Commission of Bank- rupt is awarded and issued forth against GEORGE EVANS, of KF. TLEY, in the Parish of WELLINGTON, in the County of Salop, Grocer, Draper and Maltster, Dealer, and Chapman, and he being declared a Bankrupt, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Commissioners in the said Commission fiamed, or the major Part of them, on the 26th Day of January instant, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, on the 27th Day of the same Month, aud on tbe 22d Day ef February next, at Ten in the Forenoon, at the Sun Inn in Wellington aforesaid, and make a lull Disco- very and Disclosure of his Estate and Effects; when and where tile Creditors are to come prepared to prove their Debts, and at the second Sitting to choose Assignees, and at tbe last Sitting the said Bankrupt is required to finish his Examination, and the Creditors are to assent to or dissent from the Allowance of his Certificate. All Persons indebted to the said Bank- rupt, or that have any of his Effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to whom the Commissioners shall appoint - but give Notice to Mr. EDWARD SMITH BIGG, Southampton Buildings Chancery Lane, London; or to Mr. NOCK, Solicitor, Wellington, Salop. TOLLS TO BE LET, On the Cleobury North and Ditton Priors District of Itoads. -\ TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TOLLS arising at the several Toll Gates and Side Bars upon the Turnpike Roads on the Cleobury North and Ditton Priors District, will be LET by AUCTIQN, to the best Bidder or Bidders, at the Town Hall, in Bridgnorth, in the County of Salop, on Thursday, the 17th Day of February next, between the Hours of Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon and One o'Clock in the Afternoon, for one Year or more, either together and in one Lot, or by Parcels and in several Lots, as the Trustees then present shall think fit, and in Manner directed by two Acts of Parliament, the one passed in the Third and the other in the Fourth Year of the Reign of liis late Majesty King George the Fourth, " For regulating Turnpike Roads;" which Tolls produced the last Year the following Sums, ove and above the Expenses of collecting the same: viz. L. s. r Harpswood Gales, the Townsend Gate, the Side Bars at the Cross Houses, and the Side Bar at or near the Down 220 0 0 Cleobury North Gate.; GO 0 0 Ligbtwood and Dilton Priors Gates and Side Bars at or near Lightwood and Neenton 35 0 0 ind will be put up at those Sums respectively, or at such other Sum or Sums as the Trustees then present shall think fit. Whoever happen to be the best Bidders, must ( respectively) at the same Time give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Turnpike Roads,, for Payment of the Rent Agreed on in such Proportions and Manner and at such Times as they shall direct. SAMUEL NICHOLLS, Clerk to the Trustees. CATSTRRE, near Bridgnorth, Kith January, 183L ^ alejs bp auction. VALUABLE Upland and Meadow Hay. BY MR. PERRY, At Cound Hall ( where the Stacks stand), on Monday, the 24th of January, 1831, at Eleven o'Clock ( for Twelve to a Minute); THE FOLLOWING LOTS OF HAY- LOT I. PA RT of a Stack of one- year old excel- lent Upland HAY, being the Part nearest the Rail Fence, standing in the Lawn near the Hall, con- taining Twelve and a Half Tons ( more or less). Lor II. Remainder of saihe Stack, and about same Quantity. LOT III. Part of a Stack of the like HAY', of last Harvest, standing near Lots 1 and 2, being the Part nearest the Hall, containing Eleven Tons ( more or less). . . LOT IV. Second Part of same Stack, and about same Quantity. LOT V. Third Part of same Stack, and about same Quantity. Lor VI. Remaining Part of same Stack, and about same Quantity. LOT VII. Part of a Slack of excellent HAY' ( last Harvest), being the Part nearest the Gate, standing in Weir Meadow, containing Eleven Tons ( more or less). LOT VIII. Remainder of same Stack, and about same Quantity. . LOT IX. First Part of two Stacks ( adjoining each other) of one- year old Hay, being the End next Lots 7 and 8, containing ahout Nine Tons; LOT X. Second Part of same Stacks, and about same Quantity. LOT XI. Third Part of same Stacks, containing about Ten Tons. LOT XII. Remainder of same Stacks, and about same Quantity. The Purchaser of Lot 1 will have the Option of taking Lot 2 at same Price; the Purchaser of Lot 3 may also take Lot 6 at same Price; the Purchaser of Lot 4 may take Lot 5 at same Price; the Purchaser of Lot 7 may take Lot 8 at same Price; the Purchaser of Lot 9 may take Lot 10 at same Price; arid Purchaser of Lot 11 may also take Lot 12 at same Price. Purchasers to pay immediately to the Auctioneer a Deposit of Ten Pounds per Cent, in Part of Purchase Money, and give a Note of Hand with joint Security to the Satisfaction of the Auctioneer ( payable Three Months after Date) for Remainder, or may have Three Months' Interest at 4* perCent. for prompt Payment. N. B. Mr. M ASSIE, at the Cross Houses, will appoint a Person to shew tbe Hay.- Exact Punctuality will be observed as to the Time of Sale. ALBRIGHTON. CORJV AND OAT STACKS. P. Y MR. SMITH. At the Fox Inn, Albrighton, near Shrewsbury, on Friday, the 21st Day of January, 1831, at Three o'Clock in the Afternoon; A L0T 1 A STACK OF CORN. LOT II. A small Ditto of BARLEY and OATS. ' The above is Tythe Grain, collected upon Part of Albrighton Farm; and is standing near the. Fox Inn. * » * Mr. BROWN will shew the same. MONTGOMERYSHIRE. TURNPIKE TOLLS. -\ rOTICF, IS HEREBY GIVEN, that I ll the TOLLS arising at the Toll Gates upon the Turnpike Roads at Llanfyllin, Llansaintffraid, I. lan- driitio, Alberbury, Trap, Milltirgerrig, Llangynog, Castellmoch, Pistillrhaiader, Llangedwyn, Pontllogel, Llanfair, and Myfod, called or known by the several Names of Llanfyllin Upper Gate, Llanfyllin Lower Gate, Llansaintffraid anil Llansaintffraid B'rid I • I TI I - 1, /--.,. A Llatidrinio and Llandrinio Bridge Gates. ge Gates, Albeibury Gate, Pontllogel Gale, Llanfair Bridge Gate, and Myfod Gate, will be LRT by AUCTION, to the best Gatu, Trap Gate, Milltirgerrig Gate, Llangynog Gate, Castellmoch Gate, Pistillrhaiader Gate, Llangedwyn _ .. ... ......... ~ • Bidder, at the Guildhall, iu Llanfyllin, in the said County of Montgomery, on Tuesday, tlio 8th Day of February next, between the Hours of Twelve and Three o'clock in the Afternoon of fhe same Day, in the Manner directed by the Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, " For regulating Turnpike Roads;" which Tolls produced the last Year the following Sums, viz. BOWTON. BY DANIEL BRIGHT, On Tuesday and Wednesday, the 2- r> th and 2Gth Days of January, 1831, on the Premises at Rowton, in the Parish of Stokesay, in the County of Salop; \ LL the neat and genteel HOUSEHOLD GOODS and FURNITURE, LINEN, CHINA, GLASS, capital Brewing and Dairy Vessels, Hogs- heads, Half- hogsheads, Casks, and other Effects, late the Property of Mr. RICHARD ONIANS: comprising handsome IVhihogany Fourpost, Tent, and other Bcd- s eads and Hangings, 15 capital Goose- Fealher Beds, Bolsters, aud Pillows, double Straw Mattrasses, 12 Pair of Home- made Sheets, several Pair of Blankets, Counterpanes and Bed Quilts, Chests of Drawers, Mahogany and Oak Dressing Tables, Bedside Carpets, Mahogany and Oak Dining and other Tables, Parlour, Kitdhen, ' and Chamber Chairs; excellent Piece of Kitchen Furniture, handsome Clock in Centre, and Cupboards and Drawers underneath, Dresser and Shelves, Lot of Pewter, with the whole of the Kitchen and Culinary Articles; likewise all the excellent Brew- ing and Dairy Vessels, consisting of Mash Tubs Coolers, Cheese and Curd Tubs, Cheese Presses, round Tubs, 15 Hogsheads, 6 Half- hogsheads, 4 small Casks, Stillages, & c. & c. The Chamber and Parlour Furniture and Linen will be sold the first Day; and the Kitchen and Culinary Articles and Brewing and Dairy Vessels the second Day. Sale to commence each Morning at Ten o'Clock; anil the whole will be sold without the least Reserve. 20G Llanfyllin Upper Gate Llanfyllin Lower Gate, and Llansaintffraid and. Llansaintffraid Bridge > 780 Gates..,. .'.,...., > Llandrinio and Llandrinio Bridge Gates... Alberbury Gate Trap Gate Milltirgerrig Gate .-. ... Llaugvnog Gate ..,.,,„•. Castellinoc. h Gate Pistillrhaiader G « to Llaiigedwyn Gate Pontllogel Gate '. Llanfair Bridge Crate, and t " " " ' - ! \ 182 ; « 15 10 3G1 0 Myfod Gate above the Expfi. nscs'. of collecting the same, and will be put up respectively at those Sums. Whoever happens to: be tiie best Bidder, must at he same Time pay one Month ill Advance ( if required) of thn Rent at which such respective Tolls may be Let, and give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satis- faction'of the Trustees of the said Turnpike Roads, for Payment of the Rent agreed for, and at such Times as they shall direct. • , MAURICE BIBBY, - Clerk to ihe said Trustees Of the said > •' - Turnpike Roads. Lt. ANFVI I. IN, 11th Jan. 1831. EXTENSIVE STOCK OP GLASS, CHINA, BRISTOL AND STAFFORDSHIRE WARE, REMOVED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF SALE. BY BOWEN & PEATE, ( Under an Assignment for the equal Benefit of Credit- ors), 011 Monday and Tuesday, the 21th and 25lh of January, 1831, in the Large Room at the Queen's Head Inn, Oswestry; rtpHE extensive and well- selected STOCK S of RICH- CUT GLASS, CHINA, BRISTOL and STAFFORDSHIRE WARE: And on Wednesday, the 26tli of January, on the Premises at the Bailey Head, Osu- estry, THE WHOLE OF THE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, AND OTHER EFFECTS, Belonging io Mr. RICHARD RICHARDS. The STOCK comprises a general Assortment of Rich- Cut and Plain Ale, Wine, Tumbler, and Goblet Glasses, Decanters, Rich- Cut Dishes and Celery Glasses, Water Crofts, & c. & c. Also several Dozens of Bristol Stone Jugs, and a large Assortment ot Staf- fordshire Ware and Ironstone China. The HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE consists of Bedsteads and Hangings, Feather Beds Tables, Chairs, Chests of Drawers, and a Variety of useful Furniture. Also, will be Sold, on the third Day, A Narrow- wheeled CART with Iron Arms, Lot of Crates, & c. dggT The Sale to commence at the Queen's Head with the Glass at Eleven o'Clock each Day. All Persons who stand indebted to the Estate of the said RICHARD RICHARD*, are requested to pay the Amount of their respective Debts forthwith to Mr. R A. RAMSEY., of the Plough Inn, M Oswestry, the Trustee under the Assignment, or they will be sued tor the same. An ably written pamphlet, entitled " A Country Rector's Address to his Parishioners, at the close of the twenty- fifth year of his residence amongst, them, with reference to the disturbed state of the times,'' has recently been published. It is from the pen of the Rev. Edward Stanley, Rector of Alderley, in Cheshire, and does credit to his benevolent feelings. The object of the Address is " to open the eyes of the . deluded to the evil designs of the ill disposed*'' - and the sound and wholesome advice which it cont^ s^ couched in plain and masculine language, will tend'to render i£ a most useful instrument of good among the working classes. We subjoin a few extracts,' feeling assured that they will afford general satisfac- tion to our readers:— " Our present complaints spring out of the very causes which have raised England to her h% h station amongst rival nations. Our Commerce has increased to be far greater than that of any other people in the world; and why?— because we are able to manu- facture better and cheaper articles than any other people in the world. And why so ? Because our skill and ingenuity has enabled us io erect machinery, by which alone our articles can be made so cheap and s > excellent. But, even this great and valuable bene- fit derived from superior machinery, like peace after w& r, has its temporary and particular evils. " Power- looms, thrashing machines, machines of any kind, perform the labour done by men, and so throw men out of employ. That a few must- be in- jured by these, or other inventions, whatever they are, is clear. T grant it; and deeply lament that a single individual should be deprived of a sixpence that he could gain before: but when I consider, that the advantage to the public and the country at la^ ge is not only immediate, but that it is also permanent, that it lasts for ever; can I wish, or ought I to wish, i as a true lover of my country, that a beneficial in- vention be opposed or checked? In every case, whether by workmen asking unreasonable wages, or insisting upon doing away with machinery, by which prices are inevitably raised, the many, of which the public is composed, must lose, in order that a few interested people may gain ; and as the poor compose, the greater part of what is called the public, they must in the end be the greatest sufferers;— for though the rich may afford for a time to give more than an article be fairly worth, the poor cannot They must either pay dearly, or do without " We have seen what would happen in the case of an increased price of coals, if machinery was pro- hibited ; and the same may be said of manufactured goods of every description. Fine woollen cloth, for example, may now be had for about £ L. 5s. per yard which, if bought at the present value of money, would have cost our ancestors, in times when there were neither mills nor machinery, the enormous sum of £ 3. 6s. 6d. a yard.-— Gingham, again, may now be had for 9d. per yard. Destroy machinery, and let the weavers fix their own wages, and gowns and calicoes might be half a crown a yard. How would your wives and families like that? One word more,— you have all heard of Sir Richard Arkwright, who, when he first invented the spinning jennies, one of the most valuable discoveries of modern days, was assailed on all sides by those who accused him of depriving the working poor of employment. But mark the result— within twenty- five years after their invention, not. less than half a million of people were employed in the cotton manufactures of Lancashire, Cheshire, Derby, Nottingham, and Leicester, all getting plenty, of money, and rearing families in comfort; where, be-, fore this invention, the population was comparatively insignificant. The fact alone speaks volumes to those who wish to learn the real truth, and are willing to be satisfied with a reasonable proof. " But there is another argument in many people's mouths, which they think a far better answer to all this— Do away with taxes and tithes, and make land- lords lower their rents. This sounds well at first — it is a sweeping remedy. Tithes, 1 admit, have their objections, and high rents may be very injurious; but, before the cry is raised, let us first be quite sure that it is always founded in truth. 1 say this, because 1 suspect, that in nine cases out of ten, landowners, of necessity, whether they like it or not. have lowered their rents— and fortius plain reason, that when corn was selling at ' 20s a bushel, instead of 10s. their acres were worth more than they are now; and I never met with a man, high or low, who did not think he had a fair right to let his land, or his house, or his cart, or his horse, for as much as tenants or hirers were ready to give for them. The well- known proverb operates on all— " What's the vklne of a tiling, But j fist as ttiueh as it will brtlig." " Not being much of a landowner myself, I can only speak of what 1 hear; but I am a tithe- holder, and can speak positively to the fact, as far at least as I am concerned, and I belreve my own case is pretty nearly the case of all the clergy in this part of the country. My tithes then are as low nbw as they have ever been in the whole course of the twenty five, years I have been amongst you, having dropped above 40 per cent., below what, they once were. But this possibly will not satisfy those who call out. for the abolition of tithes altogether 1 am one of those who are of opinion, that tithes are the very worst mode of payment for duties done by clergymen, and most sincerely do I wish that some other way of paying them could be devised. But. at the same time 1 beg to hint, that if tithes were to be taken from the Church, the tenants would not be the entire gainers. Can you suppose for an instant,- that every man who possessed a single acre of ground charged with a tithe payment, would be so dull, as not to find out that his land was worth a tenth or a twelfth more than it was before. Most assuredly he would ; and you, 1 am as sure, would be very much surprised if he did not, as soon as he could, let his acre or acres subject to this additional value. I suspect too the tenant might1 possibly find that he had not changed for the better, and might wish that he was again in tbe clergyman's hands; for I am positive that not one clergyman in a hundred ever exacts his amount of tithe to any thing like the real value to which, by the law of the land, he is as justly and fairly entitled, as the richest man to the estate he inherits, or the poorest to the wages he earns. " But there is a certain class in the country who go a step further and say—' What care we for land- owners, tithe- holders, or taxes? away with them all and each ; let the taxes be no longer levied. What care we for Government? we want none; and as for the landowners and tithe holders, force them to live upon half, or a quarter, of their present, incomes. 1 No doubt but this would exactly suit those who argue thus; but softly, my friends, let us sec whether this wsuld be quite so suitable to a set of people who have an equal right to be consulted on the question; I mean tradesmen, manufacturers, aye, and the poor themselves. A gentleman wiih £ 5000 a year, could certainly live upon £ 100 a year, if the remaining £ 4900 were to be taken from him. He could certainly walk on foot instead of riding his horse or driving his carriage ; he would turn off his labourers, and dismiss his servants; he could sit in rooms with- out carpets; he could wear calico instead of Irish linen ; and clothe himself just as warmly with coarse drugget, as with superfine Yorkshire cloth; and his wife and daughters migljt tie their caps with tape in- stead of ribbons, and wear gowns of brown holland instead of coloured silks. But would there be no sufferers, would none be sadly and seriously incon- venienced if every gentleman in England was to re- duce his expenditure in this proportion ? What, 1 ask, would become of breeders of horses, and coach makers, if the rich could no longer buy horses, and if their carriages were laid aside ? What would become of the host of labourers, and where would all the domestic servants find places? What would become of the thousands and tens of thousands employed in the carpet manufactures, the linen, the woollen, and the silk trades ? Belfast for its linen, Kidderminster for its carpets, Leeds, Halifax, and half Yorkshire for their cloths, Coventry, Macclesfiejd, and Spitalfields, for their ribbons and silks, would be in a state of up- roar and ruin ; and in their downfal 1 know not how- many other trades would be as certainly and as utterly destroyed. Then, as no taxes were to be levied, what would become of those who, on the faith of the Bank and Government of England, have placed their money in the funds or saving banks— for, remember, that they have as just a claim upon Government,, for the interest of their money, as the labourer has upon his employer for his daily wages, or as you may have for the money you have placed out on mortgage, oj lent on any other securities. If what I have said ever did or could happen, there would be a general bank- ruptcy — the glory of England would be gone £ or ever, and we should all be involved in one universal and dreadful scene of ruin and desolation. " That there are men of desperate character about the country who wish this to happen, 1 fully believe, and that lialf the mobs now rioting and destroying in the southern counties are beaded and led by persons of this description, is known to be a fact Leaders have been discovered amongst them, in the receipt of high wages, great part of which they spent at the beer shops, using their influence in exciting discon- tent, and fanning it into a blazie. " These people would overturn things as they are, hoping in the general scramble to possess themselves of the properfy of others, to which they have no more right, thart the robber has to the traveller's purse. That there is much and severe distress, is a truth too W^ llknown, and most bitterly to be deplored, but the KaWsp;' J fea>, depends on circumstances which no liuman- means cad entirely remedy. It is a wide and difficult field to enter upon ; for instance, some parts of- the country may be over- peopled— there maybe more hands than employment. I fear this is too true, and we know that a 14 nation may be multiplied without, increasing its joy." kut io accuse the rich as being either the direct or indirect cause is as malicious and wicked, as it is grossly false. England may boldly appeal to the world, and defy any nation on earth, to shew such a body of rich and charitable persons, who have done, and are ever ready to do, so much for their poorer neighbours, when every town teems with institutions Supported by the wealthy, and every village and hamlet can point to some be- nevolent establishment upheld by the landowners or tithe- holders; all who run may read, in those monu- ments of the fellowship and communion existing be- tween the rich and the poor, that he who would sever the link which unites them is a ' liar against the truth.'' " Bearing all this in mind, I need say no more ; you will be able, as honest and plain men, to judge for yourselves of the motives and conduct of those who would disturb the peace of the country.' At all events, should this bad spirit ever again appear in our neigh- bourhood, should the idle and profligate and disaf- fected assemble in mobs to pillage the industrious and the peaceable, fear them not. Possessing neither British feelings, nor British hearts, they may hope to intimidate by numbers, but 1 rely on your spirit, and the good disposition you have hitherto shewn, for united and vigorous resistance. As you did formerly, so again enrol yourselves, when called upon to act for mutual self- defence. Honest and loyal men have nothing to apprehend from the threats of lawless marauders. The laws protect your property and your lives. Remember, moreover, while you are con- tending in a just cause, they are fighting with halters about their necks." SPECIAL COMMISSIONS. SALISBURY,. Monday.— It being understood that sentence would be passed this morning on the remainder of the prisoners convicted at these assizes, an immense number Of people assembled at an early hour, and on the doors of the court being opened it was immediately crowded to excess. At nine o'clock, Mr. Baron Vaughan, Mr. Justice Parke, Mr. Justice Alderson, Earl Radnor, and T. D. B. Estcourt, Esq. M. P. took their seats, and the prisoners convicted were in succession placed at the bar. Mr. Justice Alderson then sentenced seven men to seven years transportation, one to fifteen months' imprisonment and hard labour, five to twelve months, four to nine monihsj and six to six months. whole of the remaining prisoners who had not . receft'ed sentence were then placed at the bar. They appeared generally much affected and many sobbed alo( « h They remained at the bar during the time their'Lordships Were in consultation, which was about a quarter of an hour. Peter Withers ( 23) and James Lush ( 40) were ordered to stand in front of the other prisoners, and on these two sentence of death was passed in the usiial form. Withers, who had for some time been holding up his hand in a supplicating attitude, sank back, absorbed in grief For some time his face had been continually chang- ing colour, but at the last it assumed a death- like paleness; it was evident his sufferings must have been dreadful : he was led from the bar. Lush had been much affected from Hie. time of the judges putting on their caps until the conclusion of the sentence : he had leaned over the bar in a state of indescribable anguish ; his sobs were dreadful; and his exclamations of « Mercy ! Oh 1 God, have mercy on me 1" accompanied by his piercing groans, thrilled through the hearts of all. Lush was supported from the bar in a stooping position, as if pain prevented him from standing erect. Judgment of death, after a solemn and suitable admonitory address from the Learned Baron, was ordered to be recorded against ticenty- four prison- ers, the greater portion of whom were informed that they must expect to leave the country for ever. The Special Commission for the county of Dorset closed on • Wednesday evening. ( If the prisoners tried during the day, sentence of death was recorded again- t fire persons, three for extorting money, and two for robbery ; four were sentenced to seven years transportation for destroying machinery, two to one year, and two to three months hard labour. Fourteen Here acquitted 011 similar charges, and eight were ordered to enter into their own recogni zances to appear if called upon. At Buckingham, 011 Thursday, sentence of death was recorded against twenty three prisoners convicted of having destroyed machinery for the manufacture of paper; these persons all pleaded " guilty," and no sentence was passed upon them. The Counsel for the Crow n assented to the discharge of a number of other prisoners on their own sureties; and seventeen were reserved for trial, the whole of whom, with the exception of one, were convicted of destroying a thrashing machine at Bishopstone. O11 Tuesday morning James Warner, convicted nt the last Surrey assizes for setting tire to Mr Franks'* milf, ' at Alhury, in that county, was executed at . Horsriiionger- lane pursuant to his sentence. The ijmhiippy culprit was thirty years of age. He made a lull' confession of his guilt, shortly previous lo his . having been led out to the place of execution. Aft^ c describing minutely ihe manner in which he and his associates, had accomplished the offence for which he was to suffer, he then confessed that he was the person who fired a gun, loaded with slugs, into " pite'tif the windows of the Rev. Mr. M'NicPs house, with intent to kill some of the family, about two jeans ago. READING, TUESDAY — At the conclusion of the late assize held at Reading, under the special com- mission for Berkshire, three of the convicts were left for execution. Their names were Oakley, Winter- horn, and Darting. Oakley, and Darling were respited. F. very representation, every appeal for merov, on behalf of Winterborn, failed ; and with regard to him the law was left to lake its course, and he was executed this day. At Bury Sessions, on Wednesday, Joseph Sarill was charged with dropping and distributing certain inflammatory letters, & c. particulars of which have already appeared. After a trial of some length, the prisoner was found guilty of a misdemeanour, and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, and to pay a fine to the King of £ 50. At Gloucester on Saturday morning the Magistrates again assembled for the purpose of passing sentence upon the prisoners convicted of machine- breaking and other, acts of the kind. Seven persons were then sentenced to fourteen years' transportation; twenty to seven ditto; one imprisonment for three years; two ditto two years; two ditto eighteen months; eight ditto one year; two ditto nine months; ten ditto six months; and twenty- nine were discharged on their own recognizances, to come up for judgment when called upon. It is stated that no less than sixteen prisoners, charged with various acts of riot and incendiarism, have been committed to Winchester gaol since the Judges left that place. At Hereford Sessions, the most interesting case which occurred was fhe trial of Henry Williams, aged 20, he being charged with feloniously sending a threatening letter to Mr. John Monkhouse, of The Stow, in the parish of Whitney. The prisoner was found Guilty, anil sentenced to fourteen years' trans- portation. There was another indictment against the prisoner, for distributing seditious papers; but consequence of the first conviction, no evidence was oSered on the second charge. Carlile, the notorious dealer in sedition and ir- teligion, was con. victed, at the Old Bailey sessions, last week, 011 an indictment charging him with the offence ( laid as libel) of instigating the people to riot by seditious^> 11 hiications. He was sentenced to pay a fine of £ 200, to be imprisoned two years, and to find sureties for ten years. Hannah Postings, a young woman scarcely nine- teen years of age, was last week committed to Stafford gaol, charged with the wilful murder of her illegitimate child, in the parish of Kinfarc, under very distressing circumstances. REAL PROPERTY. Abstract of Mr Campbell's Rill for Establishing a General Register. A General Register Office is to be established, in a building to tie provided, by the Lords of Ihe Treasury, ill or near London or Westminster. His Majesty may appoint one Registrar General, and two or more Assistant Registrars: the Lords of the Treasury are to appoint the subordinate officers, and to make regulations as to their respective duties. The Regis trar- General shall be a Serjeant or Barrister, who shall have practised as a Conveyancer for ten years at least, or shall have acted an an Assistant Registrar; and every Assistant Registrar shall be a Serjeant or Barrister of at least three years' practice as a Con- veyancer. All the Officers to give security for the performance of their duties'. England and Wales are tu be divided into districts for the purpose of this Act, of which division notice i, to he given ill The Gazette. Assuranies executed after the 31st of December, 1S31, and wills, where the testator shall die after that date, by which any lands in England or Wales shall be in any way affected, at law or in equity, may be registered by the original document being deposited in the office, and by entries being made in the proper index in thc office. A11 Index to he called " The General Index," is to b1 kept for each district: anotli r, to he called " The Index to the Roots of Titles-." anolher, " The Index of Assignments and Charges:" anolher, " The Index of Wills:" another, " The Index to Commissions of Bankrupt " ano'her, " The Index to Judgments, Statutes, and Recognizances: another, " The Index to Debtors and Accountants to the Crown :" and another, " The Index to Suits in Equity." Wills, assurances, and proceedings authorised to be regis- tered, are to be void as against purchasers, unless registered. Acts and matters affecting lands, and not authorised to be registered, are to he void as against pnrch sers. Caveats and Inhibitions may be entered against acts affecting lands. Copies or extracts of deposited instruments are to be provided on applica- tion, and will he received as evidence without proof of execution. The duty of nn Attorney, in making a search at the office, w ill be fulfilled by Causing an oflice search to be made. The Registrar- General shall be entitled to certain fees, to be specified in a schedule to the Act; and sums necessary for defraying Ihe expenses of the Register- office are to be allowed out of the Consoli- dated Fund ; but the fees, & c. received hy the office shall be applied to the payment of its expenses. Local Register Acts are to be repealed. Copyholds are not to be affected by this Act; nor Leases at Rack- rents, for a term not exceeding twenty- one years. ERAS IN SOCIETY. On Friday forenoon a solemn dirge was performed at the Roman Catholic Chapel, in Moor- fields, fi. r. thS late Pope Pius VIII who died 011 the 30th of N01 em- ber, in the 70th year of his age... The manufacturing biisiness- of Yorkshire is at pre- sent in a more favourable slate than it has been ' or . - many years paist at this season of the year, and in the lower descriptions of woollens the demand exceeds: th£ supply. In l. ce< ls all the. nianufaetorit- snre in a state of prosperous H^ tivity, and the domestic manufacturers arc also well employed-— feeds lUercury. * Wedeep'y lament, g < v « the Mill chest erG tardiHn, having occasion ' his week to lay before oiir readt- rs the particulars of three uthlitio'iiul attempts at assafr; sination ( fortunately till abortive) - in or item- the district which is at present agitated hy the exisliu^ dispute between. the m. isrcrspiuoprs aiid their men on the subject of. wages, hi one case the criminal is in custody, httving been la. keu ou the spot. WTR allude to these Very painful events hNP, chiefly for the purpose of calling tfjjon those who, at the recent, m- clings of tlte operative spinners, both in the Ashtoii district and elsewhere, have been iu the' habit of holding up the masters ( o popular hatrt- o, by speaking of them as tyrants and oppressors, to consider well the awful responsibility in which they are in danger of involving Iheiliselvea by sifeh con- duct."'' ' .<•- '. ' ^ ' *--' • At a meetintr- of the master cotton- spinners rif Manchester, and of the Ashton and Hyde dihiriets, held in Manchester < 111 theStirinst. it was determin- ed that memor- ialn represetitiiie? the presehl disturbed Slate of the district, in consequence of the disputes!" between the masters and t' £ lr men, fehoftld b'e transmitted, lb' the Secretary of'State for the Motnd D- p. irtinen't. Thc. se memorials are understood point out 10 the government the many instances of uctual violence committed, the system of intimida- tion pursued towards tliS Well- disposed workmen, * and the manner in which a number of mills have been picketed, some of. them for months together, ' by bodies of men, who in some < ases have actually prevented, by force, the hands from pursuing or re- suming their occupation. SWINDLING.— Tiie plans of two accomplished artists in this line were last, week effectually frus- trated in Bath by Hie committal of the prima donna, a female of the ttamc of Clarke, alias Hill, alias Robinson, and various other aliases, to Shepton gaol, for two months' retirement from the theatre of Iter exertions. This female lately took up her quarters iu Princes- street, Queen- square, and having applied to a benevolent lady for assistance, ( being, as she stated, in tbe utmost destitution, and having seen better days,) a clergyman was requested to visit her, which he did, and found her at her lodgings with an infant, in her arms, and accompanied by a respectalde- looking young man, who, it was understood, was her husbaitd, a jeweller, and she stated the circumstances of their distress and difficulty. The clergyman, observing her to be a person of superior maimers, did nbt Mr. Douglas, in his volume on The Advancement of Society in Knowledge and. Religion, imagines i four eras in which the advancement of society has scruple to relieve the immediate wants of Mr. and Mrs. Clarke. A great deal of interest was ultimately been conspicuous., " It thus appears, to sum up what has been already noticed, within what narrow spaces and brief limits the progresses of society are confined. Some remembrances of antediluvian know- ledge; some partial elements of sciences that, had pi rished ; obscure recollections of the history of a former world, gradually assuming a mythological cast, and the truncated basis of a common language, which was beginning to shoot out again into various dialects, about to become the mother languages of the niany- tongued earth, formed the hereditary stock of those who had escaped the deluge, and had their first seats between the Tigris and the Euphrates. A second advancement, and a second state of society, arose from the empires founded on the banks of the Nile, the Euphrates, and the rivers of the farthest east, where the elements of lost science were again wrought up into systems of knowledge, but of know- ledge which, even in its infancy, was corrupted by superstition ; still, however, presenting an immense mass of opinions, mixed with perverted analogies, and expressed in symbols or in languages intelligible only to one initiated class. This civilization, diffused over the finest portion of the earth, and spreading from the Mediterranean to the Pacific Ocean, still exists, with'sciences real or pretended, in India or China, down to the present day : yet it is difficult to estimate the progress made where advancement is so mingled with wanderings, and truth with error; and where civilization continues to entail so much misery upon mankind. The third and most rapid and illustrious civilization is that of Greece, confined to a narrow space, while progressive, though, after it had ceased to rise, extended in breadth over ' s wide and popu- lous region— the most marvellous in its secret and sudden origin, and reaching the height of humanity in its various attainments; and, as if exhausting Ihe mind by superhuman efforts, succeeded by a long period of unproductiveness and imitation. After the Roman, Arabic, and Gothic imitators of the Greeks, we arrive at the fourth period of advancement, the successful and fruitful period which has elapsed from the revival of letters to the present time; which unites, in some measure, the triumphant results of Grecian genius to the more extensive civilization of the crii ly monarchies ; yet, even during this course of more steady and uniform amelioration, we perceive narrower limits and longer intervals than might at first have been anticipated ; and, though all Europe has been advancing, it is advancing by the labours of a few. First Italy, then France and England, and, latterly, Germany, have borne the heat and burden of the day, and, even in these countries, the light of knowledge has only shone upon a few eminences, while the primitive darkness, scarcely disturbed, has rested upon the body of the people. When we regard more narrowly, we see that this advancement is chiefly owing lo some powerful political struggle which calls out from obscurity men who would otherwise have slumbered away their lives, or to some eminent genius who enkindles round him a cluster of similar minds, where each reflects and multiplies the brightness of which all are partakers." fSSiecElianrous SntrHigcncf. We learn with much satisfaction that the gentle- men and farmers nf this county have at length come forward with a determination to probe fo the bottom the cause of the embarassments, difficulties, and distress which abound 011 every side. Hitherto repre sentations have been made to parliament or to the government, by petitions or otherwise, without data, facts, or proofs,— and from a variety of quarters,— all differing in opinions, and suggesting a great contra, riety of remedies. Amidst such a mass of confusion it was impossible for parliament to form any correct judgment, and consequently we had the most contra- dictory statements made by members of the first rank in both houses; one party stating their conviction that labourers were not worse off than heretofore; another affirming tlieir condition to be worse than that of the veriest slaves. Some said the distress was partial, others that it was evanfsccnt, and others again that it was general. If so great a difference of opinion existed in parliament, that which prevailed among the public was equally striking. To arrive at the truth there is only one way— calm investigation. We understand that in pursuance of a resolution entered into at the Quarter Sessions held at Lewes last Thursday, a committee has been formed by the land- owners and farmers of this county, with the above object." They intend to open a communication wilh all fhe parishes in the eastern district of Sussex, and to institute inquiries into the amount of rent, tithes, taxes, poor- rates, and the wages paid to labourers; and upon information thus obtained to ground an application to parliament by one general petition for relief, leaving, however, the remedy entirely to the wisdom of government. This looks like business, and will be productive of ten times more good than if undertaken by individuals or individual parishes, parliamentary committees are unquestionably bene ficial, as far as they go ; but it is impossible for such committees to get at the facts and the truth, in an equal degree with rural committees. These, from their own actual knowledge and experience, are able to detect erroneous statements when made; and they know where and how sterling information is lo he obtained, as well as what degree of credit is due to individuals giving information. We have but one piece of advice to give— and that is to persevere. The country stands in need of information ; and if sacrifices are to be made, it ought to be shewn that they are indispensable.— Brighton Gazette. On Christmas Day a bunch of hedge strawber- ries was gathered on Buckridge farm, by Mr. H. Woolcott. They were in beautiful perfection.— Bath Chrori Ic. Truth inspires nature ; and, as in defence of truth, 110 honest man can be a coward, so no man of sense can be bold when he is in the wrong. He that is honest must be brave; and it is my opinion that a coward cannot be au honest man .— De Foe. excited for fhe distressed gentlefolks, — another clergyman gave theni 30s and a jeweller iii Bond- street, undertook to pay for their places lo London, where their friends were highly respectable; out: . I. idy was to clothe the mother, another the baby, the arrears for lodgings were discharged, and 15s. pro- cured for travelling money. On the day appointed for their departure, however, no Mr. and Mrs. Clarke . appeared, and it was afterwards discovered that these identical persons had taken an elegant cottage in Sydney buildings at the rent of £ 8') per annum, as Mr. and Mrs Hill, where they arrived late at night in a fly, declaring it was very unaccommodating in the coachman not to bring their trunks!! The lady was apprehended, taken to- the Guildhall, and was com- mitted as above stated, but the gentleman contrived to make his escape. — It appears that a similar game has been played by these two individuals, who repre- sented themselves to be highly connected, at Malvcru, where they had a large mansion ; at Gloucester, where they rented Green Cottage ; and at Chelten- ham, where, they, condescended fo occupy Minos Cottage ; at all w hich places they were kind enough- to bestow their custom Upon the tradespeople, and to pay with bills at a month's date upon London. DESPERATE AND FATAI. AFFRAY WITH POACH F. RS.— Early on Thursday morning, Francis Child and Matthew Ellis, gamekeepers to Godfrey Wenl- worth, Esq. of Wooley Park, met with a party of poachers in Secker- wood. An engagement com- menced between the poachers ( five in number) aiid the keepers. Ellis was first knocked down, and, when rising, was shot at, and wouuded in the thigi> and the hand ; he instantly discharged his gun, and disabled two of the party ; the others then attacked Child, and beat him severely. One of them fired at him, hut he, fortunately, at the moment, turned the muzzle of the gun, or otherwise he must have been shot dead; Child then discharged his gun anil wounded one of the poachers severely. On the approach of some others of the watchers, the two poachers who were not wounded made their escape. The two keepers and the poachers were all found lying wounded on the ground, in a helpless state, w here they were obliged to remain till, a cart could lie obtained to convey them to the house. After their arrival at Wooley, medical assistance was immediately procured. The names of the poachers are, Joseph Applevard and George Mliner, of Horbnry ; and Jonathan Wcsterman, of Ossett. Joseph Appleyard's leg was taken off shortly after; and the other two, after their wounds were dressed, were sent to Wake- field. Child is much hurt, and it is feared lhat his skull is fractured Appleyard is since dead, and the two wounded poachers will remain in Wakefield House of Correction till the keepers are sufficiently recovered to attend their further examination.— Leeds Mercury APPREHENSION OF " SWING."— At lenglb there is some clue to the detection of at least one of th- se mysterious threatening- letter w riters. A Mrs. Chand- ler, of Church Farm, Pewsey, Wilts, having receded a letter, intimating that her house would be burnt to the ground unless she remitted £ 10 in a letter ad- dressed X. Y.. Z. at the Nag's Head, James- street, Covent Gaiden; that lady immediately forwarded it to Bow street office. Sir R. Birnie desired a £ 10 note to be inclosed in a letter, with the postage of 2s 3d marked on it as a double letter, anil left at the house, and ordered. Dodd, an active officer of the establishment, to wait there and secure any individual who might inquire for the letter. It had been previously ascertained that a man, accompanied bv it recruiting Serjeant of dragoons, had asked if any letter to that address had arrived ; and yesterday morning he called again, and being told such a letter was received, with 2s. 3d. lo pay for postage, he went awav, not having so much money about him. About three o'clock he went again, accompanied by the Serjeant, by whom he had been enlisted, and who lent him the money, and paid the amount of postage, and received the letter. He was then secured hy Dodd, and taken to Bow- street. Dodd detailed the whole of the transactions as far as he was concerned ; and W. Clark, Serjeant of the 14th Light Dragoons, said he had enlisted the prisoner, who in fhe morning asked him to lend him 5s. as a letter containing money had arrived from the country, and he had not sufficient to pay the postage: he did so, and on receiving the letter, he told the serjeant, " it was all right;"— The prisoner, upon being asked if he wished tii say anything in explanation of the charge, denied all knowledge of the letters, and added, that he- should say nothing at present. He was then asked to sign his name, which he did, nnd the hand writing was deemed to lie precisely similar to that 111 which the letter signed " Swing" was written — The prisoner was remanded nnlil Monday, to give time for the attend- ance of the prosecutrix, and other witnesses from Wiltshire.— There is good reason fur believing lhat the prisoner has been deeply implicated in the burn- ings and destruction of property which have lately- taken place in Wiltshire. A MISTAKE— List week, Mr. Chaffey, of Thorn-. combe, Devon, was standing at his door about eight o'clock in the evening; it was very dark; and he thought he heard some person cutting his cloth on the rack, as had been the case last winter. Ho immediately went into his house, for his pistols, ai\ d then hastened to the spot He again heard the noise, and called out; but no reply was given. The object of his fears, however, seemed to advance towards bim. A second challenge was given, accom- panied by a threat of " 1 " ill blow out your brains, if you ad vance a step further " The object of terror then came almost close to Mr C. with Ihe intent, he thought, of knocking him down. He iired, a d immediately found that he bad shot— Ids own liors ! the animal having brdken into the field, and rubb " d against the cloth. The ball penetrated scvc'ai inches, and was with difficulty extracted by Mr. Knight, of Crewkrrnc. The horse is likely to recover from the effects of the wound. SALOPIAN JOUBIHAL, AMP 11 OF WAIJES « SONGS OF THE NEW TEAK. BY TIIE AUTHOR OF " CUMA." 1L l'tNSEROSO. LBT US stfch villi the few the past season has blest, Let ns sigh with the many who mourn ; For iny has not loiije filled the same I » ppy breast, And sorrows will ever return. The old year, like a rose of the day, fondly shed l's sweet fragrance on son. e who past by — But the winter caine ot!, the gay eolotns aie dead, And tin leaves fall around it and die. ' 2. And the once flagrant tree now to nil only shows Witheied branches nil thoiny and drear; No. longer they smile with ihe young morning rose, Mo buds of voting promise they wear. Then sigh w'th tl: e few the past season has blest, And si^ lt witkr the nianv w ho mourn;- I'or joy cuitkl not long till the once happy cueist, And sorrows will ever return. t.' ai. i. F » . i. o. AYfi-. e not that the year that had blest thee is o'er ; For li e hope of the new do not fear: All tV bright fail y charms it so c1 eerily wore The new will as blissfully wea:. Though the young fiagranl liuds of the sweet summer lof- e A: e now faded away for a while, liVhin the warm tun of spring once more cheerfully gin as New buds will as fragrantly smile. • 2. The new year will again the same verdure restore, And ihe buds that bcdecl.' d it of old, And all the gay roses, so cherished of yore, Will again their sweet fragrance unfold. Then weep not that the year that had blest us is o er, For lite hope of the new do not fear; All the bright fairy charms it so cheerily wore The new will as blissfully wear. : HE GKEEW HOLLY BOUGH. I LOVE this glad season, as yearly it comes, Willi its cold to otir meadows, and mirth to our homes; 1 love in the landscape, when whiten'd with snow To mark the bright lea\ es of the gtcen holly bough. " I love, in the merry ftcsh days of the soring, To inaik the trees budding, and hear the bitds sing; Arid now, while our holiday feelings o'erflow, How cheerfully bright is the gteen holly bough. I love, in the warmth of fhe summer- sumi'd hours, To wander alone in lite sweet leafy bowers; Hut 1 love in this season k> mingle the glow Of social delight ' neath the green holly bough. 1 love in the autumn to mirk o'er the trees, • The fruitage all ripening in sunshine and breeze ; And I love in the winter, when stormy wir ds blow. To mark all uniujuied the gieen holly bough. I Inve the warm blaze of the festival halls, When garlands of bright, flowers hang ou the walls ; Bin. tnc tiie, nor the feast, nor the garlands can show, A brightness surpassing the gieen holly bough. I love the old custom which yearly suspends The mystical misletce over its friends; But friendship, or love, as sweet kisjes may know Beneath the sale shade of the gieeir holly bough. I love the fresh bay, the pledge of legard; The conqueror's laurel— the lay of the bard ; The fragrant myrtle which lovers bestow, But most the bright leaves of the greeu holly bough. Then gather it quickly, the berries and spray. And hang it up high on ibis festival day ; I. et wine, mirth, artd music, unitedly flow, All soberly, under the green holly bough. ORIGIN OP CHIVALRY. { Vrom Sir Walter Scot fa Talcs of a GraY » dfathery teing Stones taken from tho HUtory of France. J ft becomes necessary, perhaps, lo look far back Into tiie commencement of' society to find the original germ of that system of chivalry which mentioned so many marvellous actions during the middle ayes, and, iu some important particular^ still preserves its effects upon our present manneia. The origin of the institution of knighthood, being the basis of chivalry, may be easily traced. The warriurs of the ancient Gallic tribes, who fought on horseback, and were more highly esteemed than The infantry, were termed, by the Romans, equites or horsemen, a rank of soldiery possessing con siderable precedence over others. The Germans approached the modern ideas of knighthood more closely. The youth was not accounted fit for sharing the councils of his tribe until fhe age of twenty- one years was attained, when, certain ceremonies being used, he wa3 brought into Ihe public assembly, invested with arms resembling those of his elder brethren, aud, iu short, admitted fo all the privileges of an adult warrior. The period of his admission into the councils of the freemen and warriors of the nation added, of cou- juquenec, to the young man's importance, aud qualified him to act as u chief und principal in war, ^ vhcre his services hiilierjFo had been only used as a private soldier and follower. The* e regulations led to the establishment of an order of champions among the Fi auks, and other German nations who had achieved settlements in Gaul, or Fiance as it is now called. Those who were ambitious to distinguish themselves by military fume, which comprehend, speaking generally, al- most ull who held fiefs, whether of the sovereign or subjc~< s, or who were otherwise entitled to the name of freemen, were carefully educated in horse- manship, the use of the lance and sword, manage- ment of the horse, und other warlike exercises. During this training, the young men, who were for the time called pages, resided as a part of the household of some king, noble, Or man of rank, whose family was supposed to be a school of military discipline. When arrived at a certain age, the page, as able to support the duties of war, be- came an esquire, and waited immediately upon his lord in battle, or during travel, serving him as a efose and confidential attendant, aud always ready to peril his life for him. This, though a species of servitude, w as not reckoned degrading; but, on the contrary, the candidate for the highest honours of chivalry w as not accounted worthy of them, un- til he had shown, by the patient obedience of years ns a squire, that he was worthy to command others in the capacity of a knight. When he was esteem- fd til for the rank, the candidate was then dubbed k:. ighf. In the ceremony, some things were taken from the ancient mode of receiving the youths into the councils of the w arriors, while their ancestors still inhabited the forests aiid swamps of Germany. A sword Was girded around the aspirant's body; spurs were bound upon his heels J the person by whom the ceremony was performed stuck the acolyte of chivalry on the shoulders with the flat of his naked sword, and he was thus invested with a high miliary dignity, which, in a certain sense, placed him, however poor, upon a level with the wealthiest and most powerful nobles; for, in theory, u'. l knight^ were equal, except in so ar as they excelled each other in military fame. Other ecrcmourfs were mingled with those we have, mentioned, which had been introduced by the church, men, who naturally desired to attach to a solemnity so striking something connected with ihe forms of religion. In many cases, accordingly, the youi g knight watched his arms for the night in some church or chapel, and occupied himself in watching and prayer. He also took a solemn oath to protect, at his utmost risk, the cause of the Catholic religion; to redress, by his valour, such wrongs, and abolish such evil customs, as he might discover,— an Herculean task, at the time when almost every district gi- aned under the tyranny of some petty despot, who oppressed the poor without their having any one to appeal lo. Tho piotectiou of- widows and orphans, aud of ihe female sex in all ranks of society, was also enjoined. Lastly, fidelity to ihe . king, chief, or lord was sworn to by the y'ogug knight. By these means the order of knight- hood was rendered, in theory, r- n association, bound by oath to forward the discharge of all the social duties which religion enjoined, it is not to be sup- posed, that all or many of the knights thus created arrived even within a few points of the excellence which they were, in this respect, required to attain, borne, however, whose character iu adhering to these vows, had recommended them to the age as very perfect examples of chivalry, obtained the gout- rat'approbation of prince and people ; and he was most valued who expescd himself to the most extravagant dangers in the support of his character for courage. It cannot be denied, that, while the institutions of chivalry gave an air of romantic dignity and grandeur to the manners of the age, while the system continued to flourish, stigmatizing all that was base and selfish, aud cttwuruging t& « kuitflits, vrl. o would be hehl desirous of public applause, to Seek it by exhibiting the purest faith and the most undaunted courage, without being seduced from their purpose by the prospect of advantage, or deterred from it by the most alarming- dangers, there mixed, nevertheless, with these generous maxims, much that was extrava- gant, wild, and, sometimes, absolutely ridiculous Every knight, for example, was expected to devote his attentions to some fair lady, whom he was expected to s< rve for years, with unaltered fidelity, although, per- haps, neither her rank in life, nor her inclinations, en- titled him to ex pect any return of her affections ; nav, although the lady; having Conferred her hand on some other person, could return his supposed passion with no other return than gratitude might permit Ail the deeds of valour which he performed were supposed to be owing to the influence of this terres- trial goddess, and the champions wearied out their imaginations in outvying each other in the feats of sfrius which they did, or proposed to do, in the name of their mistresses. The system of chivalry also involved the great error of intrusting the guardianship of almost all civil rights to the decision of the s word, so that it was scarcely possible for a man of low rank to obtain justice, unless he was prepared to tight for it in the lists, or had some Champion willing to fight in his cause. The Very sports of chivalry involved the ri- k of life. The military exercises of tilts and tournaments, in which they encountered each other with lances, each endeavouring to keep his own saddle, and, at the same time, to unhorse his antagonist, were their favourite pastime. On this occasion, each knight supported the beauty and merit of some particular lady, the influence of whose charms was supposed to stimulate him to victory, as her fame was, on the other hand, extended by his success. These warlike entertainments were the delight of the age, and. though repeatedly prohibited by the church as inhuman and unchristian* were solemnly practised, nevertheless, at the courts of tlie different sovereigns of Europe, who displayed their magnificence in the splendour with which the feats of chivalry were per- formed in their. own presence, while the ladies looked on from the balconies, to grace the victors wiih their applause The encounter professed to be a friendly one, an amicable trial in arms, and the combatants expressed the utmost regard for each other. But this did not prevent the lives of many brave cham- pions being lost in the rough sport, which was rather a regular and modified kind of actual battle, than, as it professed to be, a mere imitation of war. It is certain that, from the respect towards the female sex enjoined by the. laws of chivalry, our modern times have derived that courteous deference and respect for women fthich assigns to the ladies, in the cultivated countries in Europe, an importance in society so different from the stale of degradation to which they are reduced in other quarters of the world. But it is more difficult to imagine how this high and romantic tone had been breathed into the institutions of the Franks while a barbarous people. It is probable that the origin may have been found in the institutions of the old Germans, which, as we before noticed, admitted the females of the tribe to a high degree of estimation ; and, as they did not per- mit their youth to marry till twenty- one years com- plete, their young warriors were trained up in the habit of distant respect, awe, and veneration for those who were to be the companions of their future lives. There is no precise account of the origin of chi- valry ; but there can be no doubt, that, considered under a modern aspcc*, that remarkable system had its rise in France, to the natural manners of which country the gallantry and devotion to the fair sex which it dictated— not to mention a certain tone of national and personal vanity which it was well calcu- lated to advance— were peculiarly congenial. In Franco, the young warrior, when admitted to dignity of the new order, was called the chevalier, that is, horseman, from cheval, a horse, the ancient name of eqiicsj translated into the language of the country, being Seized upon to express the newly inaugurated knight. In Germany, the equivalent fenn of ritler, or rider, was made use of. The origin of the English word hnight, which bears the same meaning, is more doubtful. In the Anglo- Saxon language, where the meaning must be sought, knecht signifies a servant, aud was applied, by way of distinction, to the select attendants on the prince, ( as We still call a soldier a servant of the king,) a title readily transferred to the newly- dubbed cavalier, as expressly a chosen and trained warrior. The w ord does not, how ever, present the idea of the origin of the institution so accurately as either the French or German word. Nor, although the order of chivalry rose to the highest esteem in Britain, do we suppose that it was, in a proper sense, kno\ Vn in that island, till, as you shall presently hear, it was brought thither by the Normans, who travelled, in arms, iuto various parts of Europe during the 11th ceutniy, over- throwing ancient kingdoms, establishing new OIKS, and outdoing, if that were possible, all the won- ders and marvels of chivalrous romance, by the display they made of it in their own persons. fifteen pieces which the stranger had left were ex- hausted."' # * * * " A stranger, meanly dressed, went to Mr. Boyle, and after conversing for some time about chymical processes, requested him to furnish him with anti- mony, and some other common metallic substances, which, then fortuuately happened to be in Mr. Boyle's laboratory. These tfere put into a crucible, which was then placed in a melting furnace. As soon as these metals were fused, the stranger showed a powder to the attendants, which he projected into fhe crucible, and instantly went out, directing the servants to allow the crucible to remain in the fur- nace till the fire went out of its own accord," and promising at the same time to return in a few hours. But, as he never fulfilled this promise, Boyle ordered the cover to be taken off the crucible, and found that it contained a yellow- coloured metal, possessing all the properties of pure gold, and only a little lighter than the weight of the materials originally put into the crucible." THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. ALCL1YMY. The Professors of this science asserted the opinion, fhat the base? metals contain the same constituents as gold ; contaminated, injeed, with various impurities, but capable, when these impurities were removed, or remedied, < f assuming all fhe properties and charac- ters of gold. They distinguished by the name of lapis philosopher'WW, or philosopher's stone, the substance possessing this wonderful power; and they usually describe it. as a red powder, having a peculiar stnell. There are many strange and almost incredible stories on record of men who had this stone in their possession. The following are related, upon the authority of old writers, by Dr. Thomson, in his " History of Chymist'ry," being No. 3 of the National Library. 44 About the year 1650, an unknown Italian came to Geneva, and took lodgings at the sign of the Green Cross. After remaining there a day or two, he requested De Luc, the landlord, to procure him a man acquainted with the Italian, to accompany him through the town, and point out those things which deserved to be examined. De Luc was acquainted wiih M. Gros, at that time about twenty years of age, and a student at Geneva, and knowing his proficiency in the Italian language, requested him to accompany the stranger. To this proposition he willingly acceded, and attended the Italian everywhere, for the space of a fortnight. The stranger now began to complain of want of money, which alarmed M. Gros not a little— for at that time he was very poor— and he became appre- hensive from the tenour of fhe stranger's observations, that he intended to ask the loan of money from him. But instead of this, the Italian asked him if he knew any goldsmith whose bellows and other utensils they might he permitted to use, and who would not refuse to supply them with the different articles requisite for a particular process which he wanted to perform. M. Gros named a M. Bureau, to whom the Italian immediately repaired. Me readily furnished cruci- bles, pure tin, quicksilver, and the other things required by tbe Italian. The goldsmith left his woikshop, that Ihe Italian might be under the less restraint, leaving 1Y1. Gros, with one of his own work- men, as an attendant. The Italian put a quantity of tin into one crucible, and a quantity of quicksilver into another. The tin was melted in the fire, and the mercury heated. It was th- n poured into the melted tin, and at the same time a red powder inclosed in wax was exhaled from the crucible, ( but this speedily subsided, and the whole being poured out, formed six heavy ingots, having the colour of gold. The goldsmith was called in by the Italian, and requested to make a rigid examination of the smallest of these ingots. The goldsmith, not acquainted with the touchstone and the application of aqua fortis, exposed the metal on the . cupel with lead, and fused it with antimony, but it sustained no loss. He found it pos- sessed of the ductility and specific gravity of gold; and full of admiration, he exclaimed, he had never worked before upon gold so perfectly pure. The Italian made him a present of the smallest ingot, as a recompense, and then, accompanied by M. Gros, he repaired to the mint, when he received from M. Bacuet, the mint master, a quantity of Spanish gold coin, equal in weight to the ingots which he had brought. To M. Gros he made a present of twenty pieces, on account of the attention that he had paid to him; ami, after, paying his bill at the inn, he ! added fifteen pieces more, to serve to entertain JYJ. : Gros and AL Bureau for some days, and in the mean time he ordered a supper, that be might, on his return, have the pleasure of supping with these two gentlemen He went out, but never returned, leav- ing behind him the greatest regret and admiration. It is needless to add, that M. Gros and M. Bureau cvntinued to enjoy themselves at the inn till tbe This Message has been received. It is, as usual, very lengthy, but is at the same time an interesting document. After eulogizing the late French Revo- lution, which it designates as an event. " auspicious to the dearest interests of mankind," and stating that it is not merely in the elevation of Louis- Philip, but in the success of the great principle which has borne him to the throne— fhe paramount authority of the public will— that the American people rejoice* it proceeds to dwell on the Commercial relations of the United States with other countries. The following passages, in reference to Great Britain, are satisfactory for their conc. liatory spirit and expression : An arrangement has been effected with Great Britain, in relation to the trade between the United States and her W£ st India and North American Colonies, which has settled a question that has for years afforded matter for contention arid almost uninterrupted discussion, and has been the subject of no less than six negociations, in a manner which pro- mises results highly favourable to the parties. " It gives me unfeigned pleasure to . assure you fhat this negdeiation has been throughout character- ized by fhe most frank and friendly spirit on the part of Great Britain, and concluded in a manner strongly indicative of a sincere desire to cultivate the best relations with the United States. To reci- procate this disposition to the fullest extent of my ability, is a duty which I deem it a privilege to dis charge." After proceeding at considerable length in an exposition of the Foreign and Domestic concerns of the American Government, it is acknowledged that fhe Tariff has not succeeded, and hints are thrown out that a partial alteration, at least, is desirable and expedient. The rest of the Message is chiefly filled with plans for internal improvement; a-. d the expos- ition and defence of the policy of the United States in the transplantation of the Indian tribes beyond the Mississippi, possess a feature of melancholy interest. The following observations appear on this topic : " It gives trie pleasure to annoifnce to* Congress, that the benevolent policy of the Government, steadily pursued for nearly thirty years, in relation to the removal of the Indians beyond" the white settlement, is approaching to a happy consummation. Two important tribes have accepted the provisions made for their removal at fhe last Session of Con- gress; and it is believed that their example will induce the remaining tribes also to seek the same obvious advantages." The Message upon the whole is very satisfactory, both as it respects the external and internal feeling of America— its views in the former respect are quite amicable, and itrf relations perfectly friendly j and in the latter the finances are declared as most flourish- ing, its resources availing in the most extended sense, and its establishments progressing, in consequence of the spirit of enterprise which characterizes the nation. In contrasting the state of America with the changes which have been witnessed in the condition of other countries, he particularly notices that of France, and compliments the character of Lafayette and the influence of the popular will in these terms: " Notwithstanding the strong assurances which the man whom we so sincerely loVe and justly admire has given to the world of the high character of the present King of the French, and which, if sustained to the end, will secure to him the proud appellation of the Patriot King, it is not in his sticccss, but in that of the great principle which has borne him to the Throne— the paramount authority of the public will—- that the American people rejoice." Among the other domestic topics of the Message of the American President, that of revenue and expendi- ture is very prominent; and it has been rather invi- diously compared hy a morning paper with the revenue of this country. The income is staled at not more than £ 5,000,000, drawn from a population of 12,000,000 souls. There is a fallacy in this which ought not to be overlooked. The sum stated is that which is drawn by the federal government, for the general purposes of the Union ; but there are twenty- three federated stales, each of which taxes itself, and defrays all the expense of its own local government. With us, the government defrays every charge. Hence no parallel can be instituted until we have the aggregate income and expenditure of every state in the union added to that of the federal government. Bv collecting these we shall be enabled more fairly than at present to decide on the accuracy of the superior cheapness of American institutions. money, and do not take into calculation its para- mount importance in bestowing national strength and diffusing national happiness. But as if this were hot enough, we were at the same time cursed by the " Settlement of the Currency upon a steady metallic basis." This was, without question, the most ruinous measure ever inflicted upon a country. All our debts and obligations, public and private, had been contracted in a paper currency ; every mortgage and marriage settlement vvB calculated according to the value of paper money ; all bargains between man and man were prospectively made on the same basis; and then comes Mr. Peel's bill, in 1819, substituting a gold currency in its stead. What were the effects ? Alas ! we all feel them. The money borrowed by the state at 50 is to be paid at SO or 90; the mortgage, the marriage settlement, the bond, was augmented in the same ratio. The usurers made their harvest, the fundholder triumphed, and every other class has been,- from that day to this, involved in ruin, or hopelessly struggling on, the Slaves of the Capitalists. The sinister wisdom of the | economists is occupied in proving that a gold currency is a solid basis, or something else equally useful. We contend, on the | Contrary, that all the coined gold and silver in the world would not be sufficient for the commercial and financial necessities of England ; and that if we per- severe in keeping up a metallic currency, year after year will plunge us deeper and deeper into poverty. At the very best, it can suffice only for the absolute wants of the country— it never will afford the means of enterprise and speculation. If we mean to continue stationary, or to retrograde— if we desire to cut up all credit, and to damp all the efforts of skill and adven- ture, let us stick to the metals. If we wish to let the talent and industry of the country loose, to break down the slavish monopoly of capital, and the absolute dominion of the few hands into which money is now gathered, to ensure a remunerating price for labour, and to rear credit once more among us, a paper currency must be immediately resorted to. This must be done whether Parliament be reformed or not.; but we feci* wc cannot expect it from a Whig Ministry. It is said, however, that they are divided about it. If any of them have estates to save, they had better make as little delay as possible. ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF DCKE OF NEWCASTLE THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY. Look at what a picture England presents this moment. From the north to the south there is not one of our great interests, commercial, manufacturing, or agricultural, fhat is not suffering under the direst distress. Credit is almost gone— trade is carried 011 in every part of the empire at a less — and the labour- ing population is scarcely kept down from actual rebellion by the severest coercive measures. Why is this? We have been now at peace for almost sixteen years— for more titan ten years domestic tranquillity has prevailed among 11s, unbroken by any troubles — our industry is unwearied, and matched only by the ingenuity of all our productive classes— millions upon millions i f taxes have been reduced since the war— new markets have been opened to us, which pro mised mines of wealth— none of Ihe old markets have been closed against us, and the increasing prosperity of some of them ought to have increased our com- merce— our colonics are increasing in population and importance, and should be, one would think, sources of growing riches to the mother country, or at all events conduits for cirrj ing off her distressed people. Every thing, in fact, that a person reasoning a pr'. ori woulil he inclined to set down as causes certain of producing or augmenting prosperity, has combined in our favour— lung peace, reduced burthens, un- ceasing industry, increased means of commerce, spreading colonics, high renown abroad, am! unbroken tranquillity at home,— and yet here » c arc with a declining revenue, a regularly decreasing excise, our trading classes trembling on tiie verge of bankruptcy, and our lower classes ready to start into insurrection. " Who has done this— " What barbarous invader sacked the land V No invader whatever. We are indebted for our ruin to our own statesmen. Under the name of " free trade," and the guidance of sucb philosophers as the Right Hon. Ponlett Thompson, they have transferred to foreigners the manufactures of England. To oblige the Germans, who took very good care that they would not riturn the compliment, the linen trade of Ireland is annihilated — to serve the northern powers we have sacrificed the shipping interests of England— the iron trade is given up to please one power — the silk, the glove, the riband trade to gratify another. The poor kelp growers of Scotland were destroyed at a blow last week to oblige certain Russia houses in the sale of barilla— and soon. In the mean time, not one of these nations made the slightest movement towards reciprocity of system — they took all the benefits which our incomparable fatuity gave them, but took care that not one of their own interests should suffer in return. When we, on the truest principles of philosophy, were let- ting in the productions of ail other countries, and decrying as most absurd and unscientific all ca re of our own, they kept out our produce, and rigidly adhered to the system of supporting their own manu- factures, by bounties and protections. Our foreign trade has not improved one whit bv our liberality ; anl we have gone far towards demolishing our domestic trade, which, though it is « holly passed over by the political economists arguing upon free trade, is worth all our foreign commerce ten times told, even if we look at it merely in the light of The attempt of the Newark mob to assassinate, for such undoubtedly seems to have been their object, the Duke of Newcastle, iu that town, on Friday, appears to bave been of the most desperate and audacious nature, us will be seen by the following account of the transaction :— " it was announced through the town that his Grace was expected to attend the assembly at the Town Hall 011 that evening; and some of the party opposed to his Grace's candidate at the late election distributed nearly 400 torches through the town, to be used oil the occasion. His Grace passed through about five o'clock, on his way from Clumber- park to Bromley- house, Stoke, tbe residence of Sir Robert Bromley, Baronet, where large party had been invited by the baronet to meet his Grace at dinner. Horses were ordered to be in readiness from one of Ihe innkeepers to take the puke from Bromley to the Town- hall. By nine o'clock about 500 of the party, to whom the totches had beeu distributed, took up their rendezvous at Markbam- liridge, over which it was expected the carriage would come 011 the way lo Newark. At that hour a carriage arrived, which was instantly detained, the horses heads being seized ; but being full of ladies, it was allowed quietly to proceed. Next came the carriage of a gentleman, named Dilham, one of the party at Sir Robert Bromley's, who promptly announced his name upon being asked, " If be were the —— Duke of Newcastle?" Several voices cried out, " It is a lucky thing you are not, or you aud your carriage should have gone over the bridge." Another carriage came up, in which was Mr. Norton, of Elton ; it was also stopped, and the same questions demanded of that gentleman. One of his servants bad a dis- pute with, and struck some of the 1110b, upon which the windows of the carriage and lamps were broken. On Mr. Norton apologizing for the conduct of his servant, they let him pass ou. Some of the duke's friends, seeing his Grace's danger, gave out among the mob that he had gone into the town by another way, upon which they hastened into Newark, and hits Grace not arriving until eleven o'clock they waited, with their torches lighted, for bitn at the Town Hall. When his Grace arrived there, aud alighted from his carriage, it was deemed prudent to have u posse of constables in waiting for his Grace's protection. This, howeVer, did not save him from the grossest insults, as when they could not in consequence ictually lay hands 011 tha duke, they flung their torches at him, and one lodged in the collar of his cloak, which the fellow who flung it said was the compliment of the season. On the ariival of the carriages which preceded his Grace's, the mob shouted out, " It is the duke; Burke him! Burke hi 111 1" fktisceHiuuoiio SatcUigtncr. The Lord Advocate for Scotland, Mr. Jeffrey, has been defeated by Captain Ogilvy in his attempt to represent the borough of Cupar. A great many strangers have visited the Court of Chancery siuce the formation of the new Ministry, out ofemiosity to see a man, who never before had been within its doors, hoisted up to the bench. The other day, amongst the spectators were a lady and her daughter, a child of ten or eleven years old. " Mamma," said the child, " is that bag which they carry before the Lord Chancellor what they call the purse?" " It was a purse, my love," replied the mother, " until Lord Brougham came here — now it is a ridicule Oil Friday last, died, at his seat near \ Valling- ford, James Blackstoue, Esq. D. C. L. Principal of New Inn Hall, and Deputy Steward of the Uni- versity of Oxford. He was sou of the celebrated Judge Blackstone, aud formerly Fellow of All SJUIS College. An immense entire coal, weighing upwards of two tons, was sent down by the Stockton and Darlington Railway, to Middlesborough, from Ihe Black Boy Colliery, on the 27th ult. to be sl. yped for the London market, and which, when broken, was calculated to make two London chaldrons! We understand this was one of the largest coals ever hewn in the north of England. It was shipped for London, by the brig Maria, the first vessel loaded at Middlesborougb, ou the 28th.— Durham Chronicle. DESTRUCTION OF TIIE GREENWICH THEATRE. — Tbis elegant little theatre was, 011 Monday night, destroyed by fire. The flames were first discovered about 1- 2 o'clock, at which time they had gained such an ascendancy that all attempts to preserve the building proved fruitless. The scenery and decorations, with a part of the wardrobe, were also consumed. A few dresses were preserved, with the music, and some articles of furniture. There had been performance iu the house, which concluded before eleven o'clock. The detected frauds of mendicants would be in- credible were they not authenticated by credible witnesses. It is supposed that in London above 16,000 persons live by beg- gary alone, and that they extort from the public considerably above £ 100,000 a- year. There are public houses, whose chief support depends 011 beggars, who earn from three to five shillings a day, and who eat the very best food, and drink copiously of beer and spirits. They sham blindness and lameness, and every variety of human infirmity: they hire children to carry about lor the purpose of exciting pity ; and Mr. Butterworth mentions the case of a negro beggar, who retired to the West Indies with a fortune, it is supposed, of about £ 1000, obtained by begging. EXTRAORDINARY PROPERTY OF SHADOWS.— An. eminent living geometer has proved by calcu- lations, founded 011 strict optical principles, that iu the centre of the shadow of a small circular platu of metal, exposed in a dark room to a beam of light emanating from a very small brilliant point, there ought to be no darkness,— in fact, no shadow at that place ; but 011 tbe contrary, a degree of il- lumination precisely as bright as if the metal plato were away. Strange and even impossible as tbis conclusion may seem, it has been put to the trial, and found perfectly correct. INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE.— Writerships. The civil service engrosses all the powers, und nearly all tbe emoluments, of all the offices 111 the state, except those which are strictly military.— The first object of inquiry is the mode of nominating and qualifying the persons who are to exercise these multifarious powers and functions over a hundred millions of people. Tbe power Of nomination rests chiefly with the twenty- four Directors, a portion of the patronage being, however, shared with ministers, to propitiate the favour of the India Board. The appointment is called a writership ( keeping up the old language of the counting- house, when the Com- pany was a mere commercial body, and this class of its servants literally ils writers or clerks), aud is estimated to be worth five or. six thousand pounds. Not that it is purchaseable, like a commission iu the British army; 011 the contrary, the sale of it is strictly prohibited by law, notwithstanding the sale or barter of it for value of some kind is so very possible and practicable, that its pecuniary value has beeu long well settled and understood. How- ever we believe it will be admitted, that tbe writer- ships are in general bestowed upon a class of per- sons every way calculated to do honour to the public service ; and if the contrary sometimes hap- pen, it is the system which is to be blamed rather than the men. Political, family, and interested motives have, 110 doubt, all conjointly, aud severally, some influence iu the selection; but they are, fortunately, selected at an age ( from 14 to 18 or 20) when, under a proper system, they may be moulded to every thing great and honourable.— Tbe China appointments are considered the most valuable; their emoluments, after about twenty years service, rising to eight or ten thousand pet annum, with few temptations to expense, in so small a society; they are, consequently, for the most part, reserved for the sons or immediate relatives of Directors. Nor i » any high degre of talent or education necessary for these lucrative offices. Writers for the three Indian Presidencies were, since 1805, required to have passed through tbe College of Hailesbury, and since 1813, to have studied four terms there. In 182( 5, an act was passed to enable them to be sent out without having resided at Hailesbury, on pass- ing au examination before a London Board of Ex airliners, appointed for this purpose, MUNCHAUSEN AGAIN.— Genuine Americans.— " A bold Floridian, who would have thought it a tri. leto take ati alligator, being out a fishing, re. ceutly discovered a shoal of porpoises, and equipped himself with a harpoon, the line of which he fasten ed round his person. Presently a stout one catne near aad he let ' drive ;' the porpoise darted off like a shot whirling the poor harpooner through the waves, and he was only saved by the rope breaking, He should read the ' Pilot,' and lake a few ideas from Long Tom Coffin."— The above reminds us of the exploits of two of our acquaintances in Savan- nah river. One of them was a great trout catcher, generally sitting and fishing on a rock in the river with half a dozen rods at a time. One day he fastened his hand line ( a large strong line, w hose hook is thrown off SO or 40 yards in the river,) to his leg, finding the multiplicity of his tackle incon- venient to manage. A large cat fish, weighing 481b. seized the bait, and before our fisherman was well aware of the fact, he wus posting down the river faster than a tow- boat astern of a steamer. Lucki- ly, the cat fish, as much alarmed as its follower, did not keep the deep channel, but attempted to pass a sand bar, which nearly crossed the stream. Here our almost breathless acquaintance caught hold of something which brought the fish to a sudden halt, and the fisherman was enabled to avenge himself for bis temporary discomfiture. The other case oc- curred only a few miles above this city. The sturgeon in the heat of summer is very sluggish, and will lie panting like a hog iu the coolest part of the stream, regardless almost of danger. Our friend found one of these animals, seven and a half feet long, in a shallow part of the river, and being much of a man, thought he could master him by jumping astride of him, and, at the same instant, clapping his hands into his gills. He jumped, anil was Successful in placing the fingers of both hands into his gills. Instantly the animal darted down the river like a race horse, sometimes under the water, sometimes out. The rider could neither stop him, nor get his hands out of llis gills, which clasped them like a vice. Fortunately, the frighten- ed animal, after a race of a quarter of a tniltJ, bolted iuto one of our friend's own fish traps, and there the spectators who had pursued on the bank,! finally found him swearing in the most positive manner, it was the last sturgeou he would ever ride.— American Paper. RIOTS— READING THE RIOT ACT— There are three Statutes relating to riotous and tumultuous assemblies— tiie 1st Geo. I. slat. 2, c. 5, commonly called the Riot Act, and the 7th and 8th Geo. IV. c. 27 and 30. The 7th and 8th Geo. IV. c. 27, operates as a partial repeal of so much of the Act of 1st Geo. 1. slat. 2, c. 5, as relates to the demolishing or pulling down, or beginning to demolish or pull down, any of the buildings thereiu mentioned ( and to tbe liability of the inhabitants of the hundred, city, or town, to yield damages to the party injured), and substitutes other and more enlarged provisions in the place of them; but it leaves in full force the clause which makes it a capital offence for twelve persons or more, being unlawfully, riotously, and luinultuously assembled together, to remain or con- tinue so assembled for the space of one hour after proclamation made in the King's name to disperse and depart peaceably to their habitations— a mea- sure, surely, of humane precaution, calculated to arrest the steps, and to stay the arm of the rioter before he has proceeded to tbe full accomplishment of his criminal designs. Many persons have fallen into the error of supposing, because the law allows one hour for the dispersion of a mob to whom the Riot Act had been read by the Magistrate, during that period the civil power and the Magistracy are disarmed, aud the King's subjects, whose duty it is at all times to suppress riots, are to remaiu. quiet and passive. The language of the Act does not warrant any such construction, nor could such have been the intention of the Legislature. The Civil Authorities are left in possession of all the powers with which the law had previously invested them; and if, after tV. e proclamation read, and before the expiration of the hour, attempts were made- to per- petrate any felonious outrage, it would be the duty of every person to endeavour to stop the mischief and to apprehend the offender. ORIGINAL COUNTRY CF THE GOLDEN PHEA- SANT.— Since the time of Buffo 11, the golden pheasant has been supposed to come originally from China, hut upon what authority is unknown. A passage in Pliny notices this bird by a character- istic feature, which has been overlooked by natural ists, but which cannot be mistaken. Tbe golden pheasant has, 011 each side of the head, beautiful orange- yellow feathers, which curve into a sort of conch, or ear, and are susceptible of voluntary motion. The common pheasant does not possess this ornament. Now, Pliny expressly says,— " Phasiance in Colchis geminas ex pluma aures submitlunt svbriguntqueFrom these facts Dureau de la Malle, in Ihe Annates des Sciences Naturalles, fixes the country of the bird at Colchis or Mingrelia, whence we have also the common pheasant, whose name is derived from Phasts, the principal river of Colchis. M. Gamba, French Consul at Tiflis, is stated to have seen and chased the golden pheasant ill tbe chain of tbe Caucasus, where large flocks are found in company with the common pheasant. THE USE OF A HAT.— It ought to be known as generally as possible, that a man's hat w ill serve in most cases as a temporary life- preserver, to per- sons in hazard of drowning, by attending lo the fallowing directions:— When a person finds him- self In, or about to be in, the water, let him lay hold of his hat between his hands, laying tbe crown close under his chin, and the mouth under the water. By this means the quantity of air contained in the cavity of the hat will be sufficient to keep the head above water for several hours, or until assistance can be rendered." PRINCE POLIGNAC'S PLACE OF CONFINEMENT. — The Edinburgh Observer gives the following description of Mount Saint Michel, wlieve Prince Polignac is to be confined for life :— The state prison of Mount Saint Michel stands 011 a lofty- pyramidal rock, situated in a spacious bay bearing the same name, which separates Normandy froiu Brittany. Seen from a distance, especially front the sea, it greatly resembles the rock of Ailsa in Ihe Firth of Clyde. T he channel that separates the Mount from the main land may be crossed by pedestrians at low water, but nutnerons quicksands, and the rapidity with which the tide rises render a guide necessary. The rock shoots up steeply on all sides, and round the base about a hundred houses are clustered, within strong defeusive works. Stairs cut in the rock, and carefully guarded, lead up td the prison, which is near its summit, and the extreme pinnacle is surmounted by a stately abbeys about Seven hundred feet above the level of the Sea. This edifice is a place of great sanctity, and is still an object of pilgrimage among tbe devotees of the Church of Home. As far back as the days of William the Conqueror Blount Saint Michel was a stronghold of note; ahd many distinguished men pined and perished iu its dungeons. Ten thousand troops, we are assured, could find accommodation the fortress and abbey alone ; and the sub- terranean apartment, scooped in the entrails of the mountain, and of which many bloody and barbarous traditions are on record, form a labyrinth of which even the officials do not know the boundaries. At the time we speak of ( 1822) about eight hun- dred prisoners were reported to be immured in the fortress— part of them for crimes against the state, and part for common felonies. Among the horrible contrivances in this dreary retreat there is an abyss, called " Montgomcrie's Hole," of pro- digious depth, which is supposed to have been an obligatory or concealed trap- door, upon which, in barbarous times, criminals inimical to the state, and whose death it was deemed advisable to cover with mystery, were lured to the step unwittingly, and so hurried into eternity. In oue of theso dungeons, so late as the end of the last ceutury, there was a huge cage, constructed of strong wooden bars, in which many eminent victims pined and suffered— and, among others, Francis de la Bretonniere, a printer, of Leyden, who was clandestinely seized iu Holland, for publishing a satire 011 Louis XIV. and who died in this horrible cell, after a long and severe imprisonment. Louis XL oiie of Ihe cruellest and meanest despots that ever disgraced the throne of France, had a great liking for Mount Saint Michel, and made frequent pilgrimages' to its shrine ; and one of his improves ments was the formation of oubliettes ( pits, or forgotten holes," shaped like inverted cones), iu which the wretched beings immured in them could n ithcr lie, sit, ltor stand, and into which they were lowered with the knowledge that they were to be left to die of starvation. RANKRUPTS, JAS. It.— John Uot. he. hy, of Holly, bash place, Bethnal- green, dyer.— William Aynscoinb Itnrt, of Christ Church, Surrey, coal merchant — Godfrey Alexander Cohen, of Went won h. place, Mile- end road, general merchant.— llenry Harlatid, of Fell- street,- t ripplegole, livery. stable keeper. Henry I eonnrd Meyer, of Three King » court, Clement's. bine, II ercbant.— Thomas Smith, of Pineapple- place, F. dg- .. are- road, coach- proprietor.— John Teiile, of Qua- drant, Regent street, hardwiirenian.— William Thoro." good, of Chipping Ongar, Essex, victualler.— Charles Cue, of Gloucester, butter.— George Evans, of Ketley, Salop, grocer.— Joseph Parkin, of Holehouse dough, Ltnthwaite, Almondbury, Yorkshire, clothier.— Tlios. Wharton, of Bidstoii, Cheshite, farmer. STATE PRISON FOR THE OTHER EX- MINISTERS. — On Friday night 300 cannoniers of the regiment stationed at La Fere, arrived at Ham, and took immediate possession of the posts and gates of tho city and castle. At the same time the posts of the National Guards were doubled. The dispositions made for obtaining furniture and mattrasses lead to belief that the Ex- Ministers are to occupy this state prison. During tbe last fortnight they have been sending iti provisions. They have also brought extra artillery. M. de Polignae submitted during the time of Napoleon, to a long detention in the Castle of Ham, which has frequently been th « prison of persons charged with stale offences. Ham is a small town of the department of the Sotnme, between Noyou and St. Quentin. Louis XIV. demolished the fortifications when the custla was considered one of the strongest places in Picardy. It is still considered a strong hold, the castle having been preserved nnd new works formed. It contains a tower of 100 feet high, and 100 feet diameter, the walls of which are 36 feet in breadth. Lancaster, the quaker, the great promoter cf education in this country, has established himself at Montreal, iu Canada, where he has just com- menced a periodical work,- called ' The Gazette of Education,' from which we extract the following anecdote of George III.:—" TIT FOR TAT.— Tho King was repeatedly at Weymouth, for the benefit of the sea air. One morning be was taking his usual walk, which he often did alone, and about the palace, very early,- when lie came into contact with two sentinels, and was challenged by one of them, as being on forbidden ground, with ' I say, did one, you have no busineBK there.' The King's dress, the morning being cold, was a great coat, which concealed his person, and made the new recruit mistake him for a country farmer. Both sentinel* belonged to a regiment which had inarched in only the evening before. One of them only knew the King, but was prevented checking the blunt- nrss of his companion by the King going up to tha challenger and keeping up his disguise. The sen- tinel and the King had a few words together, when the latter gave him a crown, in true kingly style, knowing that the man only did his duty and meant 110 harm, and that strangers were forbidden entrance into that part of the premises. On thtt King retiring, and before he wa. out of hearing, the challenger went up to the other sentinel, and shaking the money in his hand, said ' 1 hare done the old one out of five shillings,' when he waa thunder- struck, by his companion saying * Why- do you know that was the King?' The King heard it and passed away, leaving the poor sentinel ready to shrink his head to the very soles of his shoes. The King loved a merry thing, and remembered the transaction ; for, two years after, he was going into the House of Peers, at the meeting of Parliament, and in passing two files of soldiers from the car- riage lo the door, he recognised the gentleman re- cruit who had so politely accosted him at Wey- mouth, and turning round suddenly addressed him - with, " I say, have you done another old one out of ftve shillings since I saw you last?' The Kin£ went smiling into the House of Peer, and left the soldier wishing to sink iuto the earth." On the night of Monday, the 3d inst. a robbery, or rather an attempt at robbery, attended with some highly illustrative Irish circumstances, took place on the estate of Mr. N'apper, of Loughcrcw, in the couuty of Meatli. To explain these, how- ever, to our English readers, it is necessary to premise that it is an opinion very prevalent among the " finest pisantry in the world" that a lighted candle, placed in a dead man's band, will not be seen by any but those by whom | t is used ; and, also, that if a candle in a dead hand be introduced into a house, it will prevent those who may be asleep from awaking! Under the influence of tbis superstition, u party, on Monday night, armed wit/ i a dead man's hand and lighted candle, attacked the house of Mrs. Leonard ( the mother of the priest), in the low 11 of Oldcastle ; but, unfortunately for the credit of the charm, the inmates were alarmed, and the robbers fled, leaving the hand behind them! This is a good opportunity to remark, that to conciliate the fastidious feelings of some of Mr. Napper's tenants, the Lord's Prayer was erased from the wall of the school house of Oldcastle, a few years ago. We think, however, that this anecdote proves that the removal wus premature. Surely fhe instruction it conveys would not he thrown away iu such a neighbourhood. — Dublin Warder. IMMENSE CONSUMPTION OF PIT COAL— Tho consumption of coal in the copper smelting- houses, iron furnaces, and tin- plate works of South Wales, amounts to 1,500,000 tons. The quantity of iron manufactured in Great Britain amounts to nearly 700,000 tons, of which about one- third is made at Metthyr- Tydvil and its vicinity; uud about five tons and a half of coal are consumed in the manufacture of one ton i f iron. In addition to the quantity consumed iu the iron and copper works, there is a yearly increasing export of coal from South Wules to Bristol, and other ports of tho Bristol Channel, so as to render the consumption of coal from Ihe Welsh coal- field upwar. s of two million tons per annum.— The Cumbrian. Mr. St. JOHN LONG has recently published a very long letter in a Morning and Evening Paper; in one part of which letter he affirmetb, ( hat if Miss CATHERINE CASIIIN had, by implicitly ad- hering to his prescription, been still in existence, she would have beeu 11 most material witness in his favour 011 his late trial for her manslaughter \ SHREWSBURY: PRINTED AND PUBLIIHED BY WILMAM EDDOwfi AND JOHN EOHOWEf, CORX- M. UUltf.