Star. — London, England, 1831-09-26 00:00:00

I: ■ 1),1(.. , in , r ~Z 4 1 41 . --. i • • , j. ... 441 '• -, '...c• ) ) ,W -- .: '. 1 4.. ." -- 17: ' , ( e„ . 14 . 1- •• ' ~. ic .,.:.:„.. sst l i ; 1 ... X ....... ../ ' lila . vr g.r6vDoN BRIDGE. ~ TPE BRITISH MUSE i '; E A civil engineer, the correspondent of a morn iog parer, has 'written a series of letters, with a viewview+to Ally the 'erroneous impression of some 'Persons, that the settlement in this structure ren 'tiered it unsafe. He gives at the same time, some additional memoranda on the fouudatinns of the •ander-mentionedipublic works, as they are all put iri on 'the same principle as London brides, and ..ntier the direction either of the late Mr. P.ennie, nrlhis Son,. the present Sir John Rennie. Works at Sheerness Dock-yard began 1816. finished in 1831.. Contractors, Jolliffe and Banks. This Royal arsenal (" once a mereswamplranks lagli among our naval depots for extensive and, commodious basins, magazines, &c. surpassing that grand French marine depot Cherbourg, for tr. ngth, convenience, and sire. All the-e foun dations are composed of sound beech piles, fir' sleepers, planking, &c. well bolted or slam: to7cther. On these twin.* well levelled the ma; sonry takes its rise. At t:tis nlace there is a sur prising strong stone wall facing the sea, which has inch] several violent storms, and not a err.ck or flaw ran be seen. Works at Woolwich Dock-yard, began 182.5. Cnished 1831. The same contractors. A, strong river wall, chiefly brick, extending a quarter of a mile in lcrgth, large slips and ha-in, foundations composed and put in as above. Ne settlement in these works. Works at Deptford yard, began 1809 finished 1812. The same contractors: a river wall, in magnitude and workmanship little inferior t' , Wool wich. Foundation as above : stands well. This was a difficult job, bring sin-roulade: with strong land springs. Works at the Vic! nalling-vard, Deptford, began 1813, finished 1820. The same contractors : •river wall, principally brick. At this place 20,000 troops can embark in a few hours fr - m off the quay. As it is covered with heavy - goods constantly it has been well tried. Foundation as abase. Not a settlement, crack, or slightest failure is risible • here. Vest India Dock entrance. The same con tractors : remarks as favourable as above on the state of the foundation, &c. London Dock entrance. The same contractors : remarks as favourable as above on the state of the foundation, &c. Southwark Bridge, began in 1813, and finished in 18'20. The same contractors : all the founda tions of this bridge put in as above, and do stand beyond the most sangaine expectations of most professional men. Waterloo Bridge, began in 1808, finished in JBl7. The same contractors : This noble bridge has been finished 15 rears, and on a recent exa mination of the foundations, at which I was pre sent, the piles, sleepers, and planking, when cut, were as fresh and sound as if only imported yes terday from the Baltic. Previous to the investiga tion many proprietors were greatly alarmed, but soon found the rumour arose from gross delusion and ignorance of bridge architecture. The British Museum - , Great Russell -street, Bloomsbury, is the first large building on the right }..and going from Bloomsbury-square towards Bed -I'OA-square. This great and useful national insti tution emanated from the liberality of Sir Hans Sloane, who merits the hononr of being considered its founder. The museum which this public spi rited. man left to the nation, cost him upwards of r , 0,0001. and he bequeathed it at his death, which occurred the 11th of January, 1753, on condition hoar Parliament paid his executors 20,0001. and p ,rchased a house sufficiently commodious for its reception. The Parliament readily embraced the offer, and passed an act " for the purchase of the museum or collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of tl.c Harleian collection of manuscripts ; and for providing one general repository for the better re oertion and more convenient use of the said collec tions, and of the famous Cotton library, and of tire additions made and to be made thereto." The Government immediately raised the sum of 100,0001. by lottery, purchased and established the museum under its Present name, and appointed governors and trustees according to the tenour of • the founder's will. The trustees shortly after pur chased the mansions and gardens of the Montague family for 10,0001. upon which they expended nearly 30,0001. more in necessary repairs. :theta • lions, and conveniences for the reception of the united *collection. This mansion, called Montague House, was erected by John Duke of Montague, keeper of the wardrobe to Charles 11. and who was afteruards in high favour with King William and Queen Anne. The assertion in my life of Sir Chris topher Wren, that it was designed and built by Bobert Hooke, the inventor of spring clocks and pocket watches, has been contradicted ; but it has _'been corroborated by Joh n E ve ly n , w h o i n hi s Memoirs (vol. i. r. 484) says, " May 11th—I (lined with Mr. Charlton, and sent to see Mr. Mountague's palace near Bloomsbury, built by Mr. Hooke of our socicy, after the French manner." The original collection has been much enlarged by numerous and valuable additions to every de partment orthe Muieum, by donations, legacies, and judicious purchases by the trustees, aided by • • the liberislity of Parliament. King George 11.1 gave' many munificent donations, among which are a large and valuable collection of pamphlets . • .published during. the eventful reign of Charles I. Among othei•s should be enumerated the collection of Biography presented by Sir William Musgrave; tie entire library of Clayton Ctacherode, Esq. Mr. Garrick's collection of Old Plays, the Hama [OP Vases, .the Egyptian Antiquities; the Town ley, the Elgin, and the Phygaleian Marbles; and, " though last not least," his late Majesty King George IV.'s.splendid and nmuiticent gift of the leiyate librirry.of his late tither, which had be _ :come his private property by bequest. . . •The otiginal building has also been enlarged by the gallerya•the Tewnley Marbles, designed by . • 114, Seuuders.; . the temponsry • galleries of the • Fslgikand Phygalttiau marbles ; the • new reading - ..ruonsac anti these for George IV.'s library, de. siinsslsly•timirke. These additions are still in progrstas,,i a c id .the . old building s will be ptogres - tsitelynakeil.tkwettakOal rebuilt, from .time to time, A tl ailitikal*foilllklUigootby Snsirke. L . flown 40.0.4,144.8ritt51i Museum are, C hiseritsary...the . Lord Chan .. 4,4141,04 1. e.i4l 4 ogsli t ßtetilditnt of- Au. Couopil, the 4ffilikit*4444l:foottary* the-toad -Wiry Seal, *di First Loitsiott(t-tilf.tataitsit,7,-,41r0:%0rt! Hin'h Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the three principal Secre taries of State, the Bishop of London, the Chan cellcr of tic ENchequer, the Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, the. Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Attorney and Solicitor-General, and the Presi dents of the Royal Society, Collegi! of Physicians, Society of Antiquaries, and Royal Academy for the time being, ex officio trustees ; nine family trustees, representing the families of Sloane, Cotton, Harley, Townley, Elgin, and Knight ; of which the present are, the Reverend Arthur Annesley and George Booth Tyndale, Esq. for the Cotton family ; Lord H. W. Ben tinck, and the Hon. G. Ellis Agar, for the Harley ; Peregrine Edward Townley, Esq. for the Townley ; tha Earl of Elgin, for the Elgin ; T. Andrew Knight, Esq. for the Knight ; and that for the Sloane is at present vacant. There are also fifteen elected trustees, chosen by the other two classes, which at present are—the Duke of Rut land, the 111drquisses of Stafford, Lansdowne, and Camden ; the Earls Spencer, Hardwicke, Ash burnham, Harrowby, and Aberdeen ; the Lords Grenville,.Farnborough, Stowell, and St. Helens; Henry Bankes, Esq. M.P. and Alexander Baring, Esq. M.P. The other officers are H. Ellis, Esq. F.R.S. principal librarian; the Reverend Josiah Forshall, keeper of the manuscripts c Frederick Madden, assistant ; the Rev. Henry Baber, M.A. keeper of the printed books ; Nicholas Carlisle, Esq. second keeper ; the Rev. Henry Carey, M.A. William Armstrong and John H. Glover, assistants; F. A. Walter, extra assistant ; Edward Hawkins, Esq. F.R.S. keeper of the antiquities and coins ; Charles F. Barnwell, assistant ; J.l'. Smith, extra assistant and keeper of the collection of prints : C. Konig, Esq. F.R.S. keeper of the natural history ; John G. Children, assistant ; Robert Brown, Esq. F.R.S. keeper of the Banksian Botanical collec tion ; the Rev. Josiah Fershall, secretary ; J. Scotney, accountant; and Messrs. Bray and War ren, solicitors. —Elmes's Topographical Dictionary of London. CASTLES OF ENGLAND AND WALES. The history of domestic architecture in Eng land is still for the most part unwritten, and would form the subtance of an highly interesting work. From the remains, so often ploughed up in our fields, of villas with tessellated pavements, and baths of very artificial construction, there can be no doubt that the Romans. during their occupa tion of the island, introduced very generally their own style of house building; and the Britons themselves probably copied from them to a cer• tain extent, as their descendants evidently did in the plan and decoration of their religious edifices. But from the complete absence of any remnants of t':e British habitations of that day, it is useless to speculate on their form or materials. The same remark applies to the S mon era; for the few simple circular or square towers of three or four stories, which are the most ancient buildings we can trace in the island after the departure of the Romans, were apparently erected rather as '' l military posts for the protection of the country, or as places of temporary refuge during as inva sion, than as permanent residences. Conings.l burgh, in Yorkshire, and Castleton, in Derby. shire, are some of the largest and best preserved examples of these early Saxon fortresses, if they in truth belong to that era. But our Saxon ancestors reared few such places of strength. Their habits were peaceful and agri cultural, rather than warlike ; and they lived, as ' 1 William of •Malmesbury informs us, in low and mean houses, having no pretensions either to splendour or strength. It was indeed this defence less condition of the Wand which rendered it so easy a prey to the Norman conqueror. And it was to remedy this defect and secure his newly acquired dominions, as well against invasions from without ! as rebellions within, that William lost no time in erecting strong castles in all the principal towns of his kingdom, as at Lincoln, Norwich, Roches.. ter, &c. for the double purpose, as we are told by Stowe, " of strengthening the towns and keeping the citizens in awe." His followers, among whom. he had parcelled out the lands of the English, had likewise to protect themselves against the resent- 1 merit of those they had despoiled, and imitated their master's example by building castles on their estates. The turbulent and unsettled state of the kingdom, during the succeeding reigns, caused the rapid multiplication of these strong holds ; until, in the latter end of the reign of Stephen, there are • said to hove been no fewer than 1,115 castles cotnp!eted in England alone. " The wholb dom, ' says the author of the Saxon Chronicle, ! " was covered with them, and the -poor people won► out with the forced labour of their erection." • It was soon found also that they were likely to be no less inconvenient to the sovereign, enabling a cabal of barons to beard the power of their leige I lord ; and one of the first acts of Henry. 11. was to prohibit the erection of any castes without a license. Some of these are extant. The oldest known is that granted by Richard 11. to Richard Lord *rope, his chancellor, for the building of Bolton castle. It is styled in the document—' Li• centia batellare, kernellare (crenellare,) et multi . olare. Many of the castles of this age were of great size, and possessed a certain rude grandeur of de , sign. To the single keep-tower of earlier date se , veral other towers, both round and square, were added, united by flanking walls, so as to enclose .a polygonal court-yard, the entrance to which was usually between two strong contiguous towers. An outwork, called the barbican, often still further . defended the approach, as well as a moat and draw bridge. Plates i,on covered the massive doors, in front of which the grated portcullis was let down through deep grooves in the stone-work ; and overhead projected a parapet test . ng on corbels, between which were the openings called machica lotions, from which melted lead, hut water,. and ,1 stones could be thrown on th e h ea d s o f t h e assail, 1 ants who should attempt an entrance by forcing,. or, as was the usual mode of attack, firing the doors.. The gateways of Caerlaverock, Tunbridge,. Conway, Cariabrook, and Caernarvon, tire good specimens of this kind. The keep-tower,;Oratroug-;• hold, rose pre-eminent.ltbOre Ae-.mt:jkaa ifs : petal?. from an artificial eneunt.',, lt: ocretaineil• the well,. ss itheut- which the garrison would not have beep able to hold out in this their last place .of re fuge the . donjon or subterranean pris on , the .Anniesof which was often extended • to tire whole keer;•and I several stories of apartments, whicli were , probed/1y `not ‘'crtrisii.tl Iry.any butietainers;4,4cett'AJOrnik.e time of siege. The staircase which communicated with those stories was either pierced in the thick ness of the walls, or built on the outside of the tower. After the age of Edward 111. who both amelio rated the institutions of the country, and intro duced into it a certain degree of elegance and refinement, we find a considerable improvement in the character of, the habitations which remain to us. By degrees it was found possible to associate much convenience and magnificence with the strength requisite fo , - defence; and the former confined plan of the close fortress expanded into a mixture of the castle and the mansion. The courts were multiplied. The tiltyard, surrounded by the stables and domestic offices, occupied one. A second gate way led from thence into the inner court, which was often double, and environed by the principal living range, consisting of spacious and magnificent apartments, the hall, the banquetting room, the chapel, with gall er i es o f co mmunication, a n d nu merous sleeping chambers. The windows were often large and beautifully ornamented, but always high above the ground, and looking inwards to the court. The keen was entirely detached, and independent of these buildings. Such was the royal palace of \Vindor erected by Edward HI. and such the splendid baronial castles of Warwick, Ludlow, Spofford, Harewood, Alnwick, Kenil worth, Ragland, and many others. The last men tioned is one of the most perfect examples we are acquainted with, of the union of vast strength and security with convenient accommodation and great ornamental splevdeur. The keep is a perfect fortress in itself, and encircled by a range of minor towers and moat. Its masonry is unrivalled.— Quarterly Review. PANORAMA OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. MANCHESTEII 11.11 ES, &pl. 24. At a very numerous and respectable public meeting of the inhabitants of Manchester, convened by the boroughreevr and constables, and held in the Manor Court-room on Fri day, for the purpose of considering the propriety of present ing a petition to the House of Lords praying that the Re form gall may pass that House without any unnecessary delay ; Jamts Burt, Esquire,Boroughrecre of Manchester, in the chair, the following resolutions were adopted. Moved by Mr. Richard Potter, and seconded by Mark Philips 1. That this meeting, deeply sensible of the necessity which has long existed for a Reform in Parliament, and justly appreciating the improvement in the representative system of the countrywhich will be effected by the Reform Bill, desires to express the gratification with which it has learned that the bill, notwithstanding the pertinacious opposition by whieh its progress has been impeded, has at length been brought under the consideration of the House of Lords. Moved by Mr. T. Heywood, and seconded by Mr. J. Shuttleworth, 2. That as it is important that the undoubting confidence with which the nation has relied upon its Representatives should not be mistaken for indifference as to the success of the great measure of Reform, this meeting considers itself most imperatively called upon to declare its decided convic tion that the passing of the Reform Bill is essential to the safety and well-being of the kingdom ; and that its rejection would be pregnant with evils to all classes of the commu. nity too great to be contemplated without the utmost appre hension and alarm. Moved by Mr. E. J. Lloyd, and se conded by Mr. R. H. Greg, 3. That as it is to the House of Lords that the country must now look, to avert those evils which would inevitably result from the rejection of the Reform bill, a petition be prepared and presented to that house, praying that their Lordships will not endanger the safety of the nation by dis appointing the highly raised and just expectations of the people, but that, so far as their Lordships are concerned, they will secure the tranquillity and the wellbeing of the country, and the permanence of its constitution and valu able institutions by passing the Reform bill without any un necessary delay. Mr. Prentice, the Editor of this paper, incloses the fol lowing notice of the fall,of Wanaw.within broad black lines : " Warsaw has fallen into the hands of the barbarian troops —the advance guards of the hordes which threaten liberty throughout the enlightened part of Europe. Had England possessed a government in which the people had their proper share, and had not her power been withered by a long course of misrule that has bound her hand and foot, this event would not have occurred. Had the government of France marched with the revolution of July, this event would not have occurred. The Parisians may again see a bivouac. of Cossacks in the Boulevards." Abstract of smithies paid by the overseers - of the poor of Manchester, from the 18th of June, 1831, to the 17th of September, 1831. Averse No. C 1286 7 0 Casual Poor (on card) .. Board Grants, &c. for present relief .. .. 1303 2338 0 9 Poor belonging to Inland .. 523 Out Township Poor ... 439 Out Township Poor under re moval orders ... Orphan Vidldren ... 106 Mothers of illegitimate children 315 720 14 6 Do . . do. casual pay .. .. 125 133 0 Poor House .. £3623 807 906 873 1650 Hundred and County mice Constablas Accounts 1387 647 10,131 From the fathers of Illegitimate children 838 , THE GINGHAM WEAVEAS.—Chi Monday last, a um.- I Mg of gingham weavers Wei held in St. George's-fields, for the purpose of receiving the report of a committee which a former meeting had appointed to wait on the different ma- nufacturen and request their signatures to a statement ofl wages to be paid by all the masters in the gingham trade. From the report of the committee it appeared that some had agretd to give the price, while others had refused, and had even said it the weavers did not cease their system of annoy. ance, they would send their work out of the country. After paer.ne the following resolutions, the meeting quiet. ly separated.—" That it is the opinion of this meeting that there should be two committee tan chosen from each dis trict Of the towns of Manchester and Salford ; and that one committee man out.of each district should be an employer and the other a journeyman, to regulate the proceedings to be taken relative-to these masters who refuse to pay accord. log to the list of prices agreed upon by sonic of the masters rl and also that there should be two collectors appointed from each district, to collect subscriptions, to defray the necessary expense of carrying on the strike against those masters who would not pay according to the list." WAKEFIELD, FEHIAE EVENING. —.WC have a fair' arrival of wheat, for which the holders generally are firm at the prices of last week, but in consequence of the low prices' at Liverpool, the millers are unwilling to purchase, and up to the close of the market few sales have been made.—Oats and shelling are dull, and the latter Is. per load cheaper. A little new barley was at market, chiefly Yorkshire and Lin. collishire, for which 39e. to 425. have been obtained. Mans ate more plentiful, and' prices rather lower. Lien/vow., Felber.—We have bad a fair, steady, demand for cotton throughout this week, without any change in prices from last Week. The public sales to-day of Saran, went off at pt to id per pound decline from.pria vale business , and th e De merara at prev i ous rates. The Suists were chiefly taken by export houses. Private sales : 403 Sea Island 9th to Is 6i1.; 170. Stained do. ad to 101; 4180 Winds 51 to 6d ; 6980 Alabama 5d to 6d • 21D0 Weans lid to 74 ; -1710 Pernartibucco 741 to &I g 490 Bahia 61 to 74 ; 1700.Maranharts 6430 ; 210 'lngmar' 64 ;° 9d; 210 tathagena Oda 4po Egyptian 7d to 84 ; 480 Surat 441 to 3d: •Totaftl,43b." w • • •eatTent-PrialtstssWhent. Par quartan labs per.bu i tl., Norfolk and Suffblk (red) 50 53 to 64 ; di tto (white) qO, io 68; ' and Llneoliehiro (red) 50• to ; .ditto (white) 5240 to 604 Foreign-(red) 46 54 t 0.44 ; ditto (white) 48l) to 67. Oats, per quarter Imperial, Pinto and Poland 24 26 a NA Frtalsud.serl small n 24 10. 2 P • Usaling_per stone 12 to 13. • ol lAK AßD.—tht the 20th Instant , at the Collegiate C Vehs Mrajobb•Wood, •oVilissiat liiuuse,..ta the 'county _pattern, to alias *Kr Ana Liviriptop o aesont daughter ,or Mr. Livingston ' of Itotigsun.le.Sprlng, in that county—. On the 13th instant, Mr. J. C. Forsell, of Leicester, to Elisabeth, second daughter of John Nichols, Esq. of the same place. DIED.—On the 19th'instant, aged 72, Mr. John Owen, senior, aolicitor, of Daitaidastreet —On the Ibt h intent, at his house, Islington, Salford, In the fiftieth year of his age, John Redhead, Reel —On the 19th instant, Sarah Coe, aged 17, much respected by an extensive circle of acquaintance. She was the sister and constant companion of the celebrated clown , Robert Bradbury, who died in London a short time back. HAMPSHIRE ADVERTISP.R, Sep:. 24. BOUTS/LUPTON RAILWAY. —We are gratified in an nouncing that the survey of the line of road from South. ampton'to London Is completed, and that the Surveyor met that attention from the owners of the different estates be had occasion to take level' on, which is confirmatory of the good feeling we have before noticed. In a few days, we believe, the landed proprietors will meet, to take the subject into inr. tber consideration, when the necessary steps for obtaining a bill in the next sessions-will be adopted. hlncisaxics'lssvreuilaw.—Mr.Drew delivered his first lecture on Natural Philosophy last Monday. He began by stating the divisions of natural science, and of that in parti cular which was to form the lectures of the present Session, and then described some of the advantages of knowledge. On Thurday their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria, accompanied by the Duchess of Nor thumberland, and attended by Sir John and Lady Conroy, with two.other ladies, landed from their barge at Netley Abbey ; and having walked through the di ff erent paths of this fas cinating ruin, and, with their accustomed liberality, bestowed a handsonsa.donation on the poor woman and het daughter who resided on the spot, their Roval Highnesses embarked again and returned to Norris cede. There were two or three parties at the abbey at the time of the Prin cesses' landing, who, of course, made every demonstration of respect which the Private - manner in which their Royal Highnesses had landed would admit. CILICKETINO.—A match of crickeewas played on South ampton Common, between the Southampton Cricket Club and Lyndhurst on Wednesday last, which was decided in favour of Southampton, as follows : Total—Southampton, 160 ; Lyndhurst, 132 ; 3lajority in favour of Southamp ton, 37. COACII AccurxxV.—On Sunday afternoon, about three o'clock, as the V i clipse stage coach, running between South. ampton and La on, was nearly half-way from town, and travelling at the usual rate, the off fore wheel came off the axletree, by which the coach was upset, and Mr. J. Wig. nail, a part proprietor, who was driving the vehicle at the time, fell with great violence from the box, when the hind wheel passed over one of his legs,and crushed it in a shocking manner. He was carried to the Red Lion tavern, at itrater end, when amputation woes found to be necessary ; about six o'clock the same afternoon, this operation was performed, in the presence of eight or nine medical gentlemen ; and by the last accounts, he was doing as well as could be ex pected. The county of Sussex, it is supposed, will be the first where Government will take the turnpike roads into their own direction. It is supposed there will be station-houses built on all the roads, at a mile apart, where the workmen will reside. These men sill be appointed as constables, so that in case of robbery, detection will, in most cases, be the result of this excellent regulation, and in accidents, the sta tion houses will afford assistance. Basingstoke market was plentifully supplied with all sorts of grain on Wednesday. Wheat may be quoted full 2s. per quarter cheaper than last week ; in other articles very little alteration. Wheat from 151. to 191. per load ; barley, 3's. to 426 ; oats, 21s. to 26s ' • beans, new, 38s. to 42s ; old, 455. to 48s. per quarter, imperial measure. About three weeks since the millers in this neighbourhood rose the price of flour, and consequently the bakers were necessitated to rise the price of bread ; and although we have had sinking markets ever since, the price has no been low. ered. It is to be hoped that our worthy mayor will assume his authority and fix the assize. Nswau y, Bicitss, Sept. 22.—Wheat Imp. per quarter, 50s to 76s ; Barley, 30s to 41s ; Oats, 23s to 345 ; Beans, 401 to 421; Bread, per gallon, 18d to 20d. Rouser', Sept. 22.—Wheat, new, 151 to 161.101 per load ; Batley, new, 34s to 40s ; Oats, 24s to 28s ; Beans, 44s to 50, per quarter. MARRIED.—The Rev. F. Robinson, rector of Stough. ton Parva, Bedfordshire, to Sophia Elizabeth, eldest thusgh. ter of the Rev. E. Bowden, Vicar of Highworth, Wilts.— On Saturday, at Watford Church, Wilts, Wm. Stead, Esq. of Upton Cottage, near Romney , to Beata, daughter of J. Alexander, Esq. of Manningford, Si'ilts.—At Faboine, on Wednesday, Mr. W. Harris, of Donnington, to Miss Mary Lancaster, of Fishbourne..—On the r9th Inst. at All Saints Church, Mr. Joseph Giles, to Caroline, fourth' daughter of the late Jamb Rimer, provision me rchant, of this town. DIED—On the 11th instant, at her residence in Bugle. street, Elisabeth, wife of the late Robert Taylor, Esq. aged 76 years. Last week, in the Chichester infirmary, Alary Bridger, aged U. She bequeathed il. to the Chichester in firmary, which had bees saved from her wages, although ,she experienced three years illness. BRISTOL LIRERAL: Sept. 24. CLIFTON HOTWELLI, S;n. 23..—Atrivala at Irate. Royal Olosicester Hotel—Major Butler, Captain and Mrs. Dikes, R.N. and son. Rey. Mr. Le Deice and fancily, Rev. Mr. Champagne, Dr. Kelly, Mr. and Alm. Hill, Messrs.' Scott and daughters, J. Callaghan, Mrs. Hurley, Misses Stanistroet, ac. • • PiTITIGN .or THE BIER-HOU= PaOl.llllCTOlll. The Proprietors of the Beer Houses in this city have pre pared a petition to the House of Commons, in which they very justly complain of the. many false allegations made spinet the utility of thelf houses to the labouring classes. Oa Wednesday morning* meeting, mote respectable than numerous, was held at .the Guildhall, to take into cenahlera lion the propriety of establishing of new General Hospital, when Thomas Stock, . Esq.:- was called-. to the chair. Mr. Rankin read the advertisement ceiling the meeting. and alse't Report drawn up by the Provisional Corn. miner.. This Report we censor give at meow, but it having, amongst. other reasons, slated that the subscriptions to the Infirmary fell short of' the desirable amount, from the mode in OM 'the -medical .olicers were elec ted? for life, Mr. I. E. Lunen said, that although he was a warm friend to a new establishment, yet he could not sanction any .observation which i reflected on :the: old institution. This led to various remarks by different individuals, all of whom agreed that It wotild be best to avoid any col. lision with, the Inernuoyoand• the. clause was struck out. The Report then proceeded to acme that the Provisional Committee had examined many 'different acites,but found none so eligible as some premises near the New Cat, belonging to Dr. Kenthit. After .some preliminary discussion on the best mode of proceeding; • Mr' Herepath proposed that the ineremed and lamming population- of Bristol and its so. burbs, rendered the establishment of anceber general hospi. tai necessaty in addition to the infirmary. It was reielved uttanimestely—That the Medical depart ment be conducted by three Physicians who have graduated at one of the Unfvereities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Oxford, Cambridge, et Dublin. e. by four.. Surgeons . who shall be members of the Royal College of Surgeons of London, Edinburgh, Dublin, or Ginger ; anda Hodse Surgeon and Apothecary, residing in the house, who shall also be a mem ber of the Royal College of Surgeons, &c. DIE D.On the 6th instant, Maria, youngest daughter of the John • Millet, Esq. ibis city.—on . Wednesd ay weeks &rah, wife of Mr. Jotham Jones, Old Do wn — on Tuesday, in this city, after a long and sevnellineas, in bet 411th year, Sarah, wife of Mr. J. Nichol*, lam of Paulen, Somerset-.-on Wedndsday, 17, Caroline Louisa; wife of Rev. J. E. Cord . —September 16th, at the Rectory.house ' •ChelVey, at the advanced ap of 83 , the Rev. Willi a m Sh aw, D.D. F.S.A. .—Dr. Shaw was the last surviving intimate friend of Dr. Samuel Johnson, and one of the Literaty Coterie,. which met constantly ill 80lt -court, and at Streatham Park, to enjoy " the feast of reason and the flow of soul." In early life he teat a.prominent part in plolitiri.- and uni formly opposed that spout pf tyranny which ended Invielts rating the North American Colonies front the meter coup. try. Regardless of personal consideratiene e lee deprecated a war against the liberties of mankind ahead, and the per. amnion of his Catholic felleVi.tionittlyniert it hOtne. He was for OD years the uncomptomihst advocates( Befo l i z ist• Parliament; and it was a eeeree.et the greatest AO him; th at he 117,4 to nee p arpepeet oft wipirvi 411:silitical life beiag.accomplished. Such manl and in t condlus centhilMin fall'ter millif him - • . '. iv • - '"f radefs, ftJibdeitrtlfdaitekino the vacate o their pia. obtai •no other • sfeililed • • .•• the the • If trili!lrk •Haflit tn miIPPI a few. Seale of* b lemons iltlls and. to 1 ; .theeppeobaden of *ethers' • "PAM fr i ktia AO. f f i tioaftiftr i ti a iritalloo4looo6. A dye lang, ty roi t u. th e amen midi ' 40~ losyssilde silk maiLnevst mimed away fres his.** witippro. 1 . 1 ..0e• • EXTENSIVE SMUGGLING. On Saturday morning. Mr. Daune, Inspecting Surrtul, of Customs, while on board a C us tom-liouse cu.ttr..e Gravesend, bserved a pleasure yacht sailing up the rstzr and, making towards her, the crew of the yacht apri f ,d desirous to avoid acquaintance, and male all sail jih.. Daune gave chase, and came up with the yacht at K!,, ck . wall, after a run of upwards of twtnty miles. 0:1 ing the yacht, the crew all jumped overboard into a L and escap ed, with the exception of one man, a Gr atnend pilot, w o said that he was merely engaged to p il es the yacht np the riv er . M r . D aune , satisfied that he had made a prize, brought the yacht up to the Custom-bout., where he commenced a search, and under the tiroli r , over the ballast, discovered 66 tin cases, made to fit tlx shape of the vessel, all filled with silks of different descrip, tions, ribande and gauze, the whole of which of cour s e ee l , landed in the King's warehouse, and are said to be of value of upwards of 2,0001. The name of toe yacht k Sylph—slte is an elegant vessel, about 35 tons butt! r. 1. is thought that she came from Boulogne, and that t; is wg. not her first voyage. She is said to be the property of banister, Another important seizure was made in the raw., of the day, by several custom-house officers ,off Greenwich. .1 boat containing several men wan sees. at an early hour dudg. ing up something from the bottom of the river, and on til e Revenue Officese proceeding towards the spot, the man in the other boatPquickiv rowed away, leaving a dredge behind them. 'the officers, suspecting something wrong, coil. menced dragging the river, and brought up no less than Gi kegs or Cognac br a ndy an d G eneva , w hi c h h a d b een sunk in a convenient spot to elude detection. The value of prize is about 5001. but the parties concerned in smuggling the liquor, which was conveyed to th e King's warehouse , have not been taken. On Friday, 11 casks of mind!, which had not paid duty, were seized in a country waggon, at the White Hart Inn, Southwark, and taken to the Cultea.. house. POLICE REPORTS. MARLBORO6I-11STREET. SWINDL IWO. —Saturday, John ThOIDASPIVSCOU, a yout.: man fashionably attired, and who is very highly connected. was brought before Mr. CONANT, 00 a warrant, and char g„1 with obtaining 251. 12s. unde r fraudulent pretences, Froc: the evidence of Mr. Robert Barratt, it appeared that the prisonts, a short time since, entered the shop of Messrs. &neon, 31anandane, and Co. in Prince.-street, Hanover square, and observed, that he believed his mother, Mrs. Prescott, had AD account unsettled with the firm. On being answered in the affirmative, the prisoner said, that if the" would give him the difference of a 501. check, he would charge the bill. Not the slightest suspicion beiag enter tained, 251. 12s. was handed over to him, the bill bens,.. 241. Bs. and he left the house, after leaving the check, et which the following is a copy : " London. August 30. 183:. " Messrs. Grote, Prescott, and Grote, please to pay el: . or bearer, the sum of 501. and place the same to my account. e' 15,k, 't J. PRESCOTT." The tiros of Gascon and Co. paid the same to their ban kers, who, on presenting it to Messrs. Grote and Co. they declared the writer to be one of the greatest scoundrels it existence. A note, enclosing the check, was then forwarded to 3lessrs. Gascon and Co. and hence the present proceed ings. The prisoner appeared to treat the affair very indiffc rently, and observed, that the whole of the money would It: made up if the 11aFistrate would allow him to accompan y the parties out. '1 he worthy Magistrate, however, them, it it prudent to remand him for re-examthationon Friday to as other casts might be brought against him. QUEEN SQUARE. JOHNSON AGAIN DEFEAT ED. —Johnson, the informer, charged two retail beer-sellers, named Henry Robinson, of North-street, and Joseph Wiltshire, of Symond's.strett, Chelsea, with selling beer after the hour of ten o'clock a: night. In one case Johnson's witnesses, Murray and others, were contradicted by four real:eatable witnesses called by the defendant; and in the other case, Mr. WHITE, the 31agis trate, refused to believe the witness, who had gone to entrap the defendant ; both cases were therefore dismissed, and Johnson had to pay the coats. He left the office with a re markably long face, and minus at least 21. • RATION GARDEN. - /E WUlions Porter, a waiter, was charged on suspicion of having stolen 19 bottles of spirits from Mr: IlenryMolloy, the proprietor of the Grosvenor Hotel, Beaumont -street, Mary-la-bonne. The prisoner was stopped in the street by Linealp, an Inspector of Police,with the property; argl Molloy, although no mark was on the bottles by which be could positively swear to the property, said, be believed tt to be his.—Pie. Brown, a clerk from Mr. Hanner's offic., submitted that there was no evidence of a felony, and Mr. : Lama told him to hold his tongue, and threatened to tom him out of the office-if he spoke 'again. Mr. Brown sub. mitted, that he had merely called the attention of the Benct to affect favourable to the accused, and Mr. LAING agair threatened his exclusion, and to report lab conduct to b 6 master.— Mr. Brown said he had no master but an employer. —Mr. LAING: I will turn you out of the office If you opts: again !—The defendant was fined 51. for having the spirits in his possession. WORSHIP STREET. Citaacti or MU/MED.—On Saturday Anthony Rod:, an Irish labourer, was charged with the murder of his wife. Thomas licicknell, Inspector of Police, stated, that about nine o'clock, on Friday night information was brought to the station-hoses, that a man had murdered his wife in Whitechapel. He went to the place and found a great crowd assembled, and in the house he found a dead woman laid out on a bed, in a wretched apartment. The upper lip was cut through, and there were numerous marks of violence on the head and body. He sent to three surgeons, but none of them would come to examine the body. The husband was not then in the house, but WAS apprehended there this morning. A son of the prisoner, about 12 years old, stated, that his father used sometimes to beat his mother for getting drunk. He beat his mother the last tune on Monday. Two women who Mere present when the deceased died, stated, that she prayed to GOD to nape her husband ; but they knew nothing of his having used any violence towards her. The prisoner was remanded, and surgical examination of the body ordered. Garrets and Rotatoad, tie policemen charged with a con. 'piracy to defeat a prosecution, were again brought up, and evidence was gone into in support of the facts, after which they were again remanded. UNION-HALL. Two journeymen tailors, dressed as men of fashion, and two journeymen paintets, undisguised, were charged with having disturbed she inhabitants of Royal Tent-court, Kent. toad, at midnight. A pont:ernes stated, that between tetive and one o'clock he heard a great noise in the court, and on entering it saw the four prisoners dancing a reel, to e tune of " ?Taney avirsoo," which they all sung at the top of their voices; the inhabitants were all at the windows to slant:, and. while he was warning tbe .prisoners to depart. of which they were not taking the least notice, an old lady from an attic, with a view, no doubt, to gin efficacy to his commands, discharged the contents of en earthen -resod, which, unfortunately, although intended for the lecke% mane onmPletellt-oerer the officer. The Mien. seeing the pickle he was in, instantly discontinued the dance and turned their nine into a hone laugh. The officer. though he forgave the mistake of dad lady, thought the guiky cause should not escape punishment, and took de whole party prisoners to the station house. The prisoners being asked by the magistrates what they were, the snorer of the two fashionable'," We are journeymen tailors, please your worsbip,"'strongly ',tilted the risibility of the midi. tors. The painters said the bad met the tailors at a public house, and were r' insist: all going toge t her. w h e n the tailo4i on going up the court to have a dance. All parties promised . never to offend again, and ail admitted harinf ben Amok, for which the magistrates fined them five shil• WI. each. As all their Matt wee spent, the taiiurs raised the fine on their tislikmahle eye glasses, nod welt disebarged.- The 13tb inst. at ToittZpat --- 17ehurch, Liverpool, Jor• Locke, Bag. of that place, to nabs, youngest daughter John bl'Cteery,..F.aq.. of Loodon.—The 2.lth inst. at St j /aivs.. e BAsup•tcall. Mr. J. Starkey,. of Nestgate.sneet, I" widow of the late 31v. C. H u mphr e y s , of Hampstali 22d lust. at Homey, Alr. J. Jolly, of St. Lsorardo .11aallosa, to Miss Aan Haim, daugttua of the late bk. 11 Hera's, of Bkhorgate.atreet. DIED. " Mlial4 rawardloptislop, the 24th lost. io the lidth year MAD gat liarnefi Jaimeslimisse Esti. of Haod.eourt. UP.Pka Thanw''''' egt onod-ns -.AM th e 23,1 inst. the Infant son of W. H. Palmer, and re- Bedlam/4ov, aged - slodays.—The . 33d inst. of a fit I,: sp‘' 4.ya *111,4. W. Jones,.l4. enainpino.t. 11, Surrey. .4( • t he death of N . . ad Die. -415.--Trlela tit St. Andrew's Place, RaPn l4 tweetsc Mit Mi. 31 g S I4 1 " 44 Pg:* 24 " w voir 4f : ■ j:ll67 :4 lll al: l"4 ,thath e 4 weeks b:: l o , STAUe °riles, - No. I, Plekett.place, Temple Oar 4