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• • I s N I 4. I I ; ~~~ ~ ~ ~~. ~Y~ ; DICCOUIIt , . pr:r ~: ME THF. CALL TO POLAND. Have ye aharpen'd your swords ? for the battle is nigh The morn of the conflict iv breaking; 0 dark is the dawn, but slaughter's red eye Shall enlighten the path you are taking, Bright hope in your bosoms awaking, That the vengeance which slept under Muscovitisway, The treasure of years shall be kindled to-day. 'Tie Freedom that calla you! though dim be the sun, The darkness around you dispelling Though death-flres enshroud you, and waste is begun, She to deeds of high worth is compelling, Points to every loved altar and dwelling. And demands from the sons of the noble in fame If the helLtuark of slave must still blacken their name! lit the dory your tyrants would quench, but in vain— By tee shades of your heroes departed— By hint who, undaunted. again and again Fnr the Anal of victory started, limeittak•t the brave. lion.hearte.i— By all that is worthy in man's little day, Go dare as your fathers, or perish as they. Have ye aharpen'd your %wnrdi for the banquet of death ? Have ye made the blood-deep adjuration ? Have ye dared on the harard the stake of your breath ? Again ye shall he a free ration— Not vain shall be your invocation : The call of each sword urn Lib,rtv's aid Shall be written in gore on the steel of its blade ! Cheltenham Chronicle. SIR %V M. WA ).WORTH. Inquiry is made in the city after the stone coffin in which the famous Sir N illiam Walworth was buried, in St. Michael, Crooked Lana— After the 6re of London, the church, it is said, was rebuilt upon the old walls and foundation, and the graves remained undisturbed. It is the opinion of many that the coffin may be found upon the she. There can be no doubt he was interred under the north chapel. Weaver has preserved the following epitaph : " Here under lyeth a man of fame William Walworth call'd by name; Fishmonger he was in lete time here, And twice Lord Mayor, as in books appear; Who with courage stout and manly might Slew Vat Tyler in King Richard's sight ; For which act done, and true intent, The King made him knight incontinent, And gave him arms, as here you lee, To declare his fact and chivalry. He left this life the year of our Lotd Thirteen hundred four score three and odd." Stow, in his description of St. Michael's church, gives a curious ac count of the great Lord Mayor : " True it is that this William Walworth, being a man wise,learned, and of an incomparable manhood, arrested Wat Tyler, a presumptu ous rebel, upon whom no man durst lay hand, whereby he delivered the king and kingdom from the wicked tyranny of traitors. The Mayor arrested him on the head with a sound blow, whereupon Wat Tyler furiously struck the Mayor with his dagger, but hurt him not by reasorf he was well armed. The Mayor having received the stroke. drew his basiliard' and grievously wounded Wat on the neck, and withal gave him a blow on the head ; in which conflict the Esquire of the King's House, called John Cavendish, drew his sword and wounded Vat twice or thrice to death ; and Wat spurring his horse calls on the commons to revenge him. The horse leaves him about 80 feet from the place, and there he fell down half dead, and by and by they which attended on the King environed him about so as he was not seen of his company. Many of them thrust him in divers places of his body, and drew him into the hospital of St. Bartholomew, from whence again the mayor caused him to be drawn to Smithfield, and there to be beheaded. In reward of this service, the people being dispersed, the King commanded the mayor to put a basenet on his head, and the mayor requesting why he should do so, the King answered—he being much bound to him, would make him a Knight. The mayor said he was neither worthy nor able to take such estate upon him, for be was but a merchant, and had to live by his merchandise only. Not withstanding, the King made him put on his basenet, and then, with a sword in both hands, he strongly struck him on the neck, as the manner was then, and the same day he made three other citizens Knights, for his sake, in the same place, to wit—John Philpot, Nicholas Brem. ber, and Robert Launde, Aldermen. The King gave to the mayor one hundred pounds by year, in land, and to each of the others forty pounds in land yearly to them and their heirs for ever. After this, in the same year, Sir William Walworth founded in the said pariah church of St, Michael a college of a master and nine priests, or chaplains, and, dying in ISM, was buried in the North Chapel by the Choir." A tesaellated Roman pavement has recently been discovered in Lei cester. It treasures 20 feet by 17. The tamale are very small, and exhibit a regular pattern, divided into octagonal compartments, richly anbordered with wreathes, du. within which are devices of great variety and beauty. The cholera morbus has manifested itself at Leipeic.— Ought not our Government to put under quarantine all ships bringing bales of goods from those parts of the Continent infected with this dreadful disease ? A doubt having been started as to the safety and stability of the floors in Buckingham Palace, a Committee of Archi tects, and' ther scientific men, have for some days past been engaged there in applying immense weights and other tests to the beams, all of which they are said to have stood most satisfactorily. The Hanover-square Rooms were put up for sale last week, and bought in for £19,000. It was stated that the directors of the Ancient Concerts have hitherto paid a rental of £9OO a-vear for them. The elephant just placed in the Zoological Gardens took a great liking, when on board of ship, to articles of female apparel ; while at Blackwall he took from her head, and de voured without ceremony, a lady's bonnet ; and took from another her reticule, containing half-a-dozen nonpareils, which he swallowed bag and all ! Slit RICHARD VIC ;YA .-it is said that the service of the Cornish Baronet will not be missing in the new Parlia ment ; the opportune vacancy which the death of Mr. Raine has occasioned in the representation of the Duke of North umberland's borough of Newport, Cornwall, will be filled up immediately after the assembling of Parliament by Sir Richard. Rumours are abroad, that many of those Peers who till now have been active and zealous in their opposition to reform have at length become converts to a measure, whose imperative necessity the present electors have placed beyond the possibility of doubt. Among the Peers thus won over to the cause of justice and the people, we believe we may enumerate the Marquis of Bath, Lord Carteret, the Duke of Buccleugh, and Earls Cawdor, Chesterfield, Harewood, and Cork and Orrery. Upwards of six thousand persons followed the Labbey de Pompieres to Pere la Chaise, amongst whom were M. Casimir Perier, and most of the Peers and Deputies at present in Paris. The body was carried by young men, all of whom wore the July ribond, which they displayed, as if in triumph, under the very nose of Casimir. TIIEATRICALS.-Mr. Kenney, in the preface to his new play, states some painful facts of discourtesy and difficulties against which dramatists have to contend, in their inter course with managers. As to the particular establishment (Drury-lane) of which Mr. Kenney writes, it is said there is too much cause for complaint ; nor is Mr. Kenney, if all that is reported be true, the only author who has experienced, in his dealings with the conductors, similar treatment : " I state these facts at present as well as those which pre cede, not in anger, but deliberately. I state them in an honest spirit of self-defence, and in the common cause of my brother dramatists. I state them, because I have found in this theatre an obtuse, an intractable, and an unblushing insensibility to the claims of authors in every way, which is only aggravated by forbearance. I state them because we have become so signally and so peculiarly the victims of the changed conditions of the London Theatres, that, at a time when the spirit of reform and justice is abroad, it may seem good to the enlightened and influential portion of the patrons of the drama, that some efforts should be made in our behalf, either in the way of legislative protection, or relieving the regular drama from a monopoly so open to abase. It is for these reasons that I begin to feel that grievances of this nature, increasing as they are, should no longer be indolently lost sight of, or dissipated as mine have hitherto been, by a good night's sleep, or a walk in Regent's Park." PANORAMA OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. BATH JOURNAL, MAY 15. ARIIIVALS.—IIon. John Hawkins, Hon. Thomas F. Mason, Sir George Bandylde, Sir John and Miss Briggs, Sir Richard Fletcher, Lady Selina Williams ; Col. Mortimer, Col. Cochrane, Col. Latouche; Major Pitman. Major Lewis, Major Cross; Captains—A. Houlton. Nicholson. Morgan Dawlin, Bisden, Arthur; Dr. Taylor; Rev. Messrs.—lreland,(juicke, Daniel; Mr. and Mrs. Cookson, Entedt Handley. However sanguine his Majesty's ministers might have been in their anticipations of a favourable result from the appeal made to the people of Fogland, every thing connected with the elections must satisfy them. Wiivrever an extensive constituency Is concerned, we find the most free and cordial co-operation to effect the great work, and that hearty enthu siasm expressed, which is due only to the deliverers of the people from as oppressive and base a bondage as ever wealth and monopoly could have inflicted. The Reverend Mason Anderson, Clerk, has been instituted by the Lord Bishop of Salisbury. to the Rectory of Sherrington, Wilts. The Reverend Henry Hugh May, of Merton College, is instituted to the vicarage of Henbury, near Bristol. Three aquatic birds have been placed in the pond of the Bath Park, which is stated to be the first step towards the formation of a Zoologi cal Garden. The following lamentable fart of the state of the agricultural la bourers is copied from a pamphlet on their distressed condition " I should mention several cases where the man who earns but 7* 6d. per week by his labour, pays 2s 6d per week for the rent of his cot tage, without one foot of garden; and he has, moreover, to walk two miles every morning to the farm in which he is employed.— And I regret to say, that I am aware of many instances where the principal of the family does not take home more than sufficient to pay his rent and provide fuel ; relying upon the small earnings of his wife and children for their maintenance during the en suing week." We understand that the project of constructing a boating dock, at Newport, is now seriously entertained. On digging up the ground to form a cellar under a house now Irebuilding at the upper end of Whitsun.court, on the north side of St. James's church ; the workmen last week disinterred the skeleton remains of four of the ancient inhabitants of the priory. BATH, MAY 14.—Wheat, per qr. 52s to 76 ; Flour, 59s to 64s ; Seconds, do. 34s to 555, Beans, 46s to 54s ; Barley, 30s to 48s; Peas, 46* to 58s ; Oats, 281 to 36a ; the four pound loaf, wheaten, 10d, standard wheaten , WARMINSTER, Mar 14.WheAt, 4411 to 7081 Barley, 30s to 445; Oats, 28s to 311; Beans, 41s to 50s; Peas, 40s to 60s; quer tern loaf, Bid. MAlillED.—William Watson, Esq. of Ashley-place, to Miss Fry, of &. James's Place, Kingsdown.—S. Pretor, Esq. of Sher borne, to Miss Dowding, of the Close, Salisbury.—At Caine, the Rev. C. H. Gaye, M.A. Curate of Christchurch, Blackfriars, toFrances, daughter of the late Wm. Hopkinson, Esq. Sutton, Northamptonshire. John Stone, Esq. of Kensington-place, to Catherine Maria, youngest daughter of the late John Barry, Esq. of Beaufort-buildings.—George Hill, Esq. eldest son of the late Rev. J. B. Hill, to Elisabeth, eldest daughter of John Rea, Esq. of St. Colomb's.—Mr. C. W. H. Evered, son of John Evered, Esq. of Hill House, Somerset, to Emma, daughter of Henry Candler, Raq—Mr. G. G. Paines, of Cheltenham, to Selina, eldest daughter of Mr. G. Thompson, Gloucester. DIED.—At Bellevue-house, near Devises, 81, Mrs. Tayler, relict of the late S. Tayler, Esq. of Devises.— Martha, wife of C. H. Wans borough, Esq. of Shrewton.-74, Thomas Okey, Society of Friends.— Priscilla, relict of the late John Brown, Esq.—At Beausinster, 70, Mrs. Sarah Sawkins, eldest daughter of the late Rev. James &wkins, and rector of 13attiscombe—John Hall, Esq. 65, of Grosvenor•place— !annoy, youngest daughter of Sir Bellingham Graham, ban. of Norton Conyers. CHELTENHAM CHRONICLE, MAY 19. Aanzvats.--Viscount and Viscountess Boyne Lord Ellenborougb, Dowager Viscountess Chetwynd, Hon. Thomas Coventry, Lady Banker and family, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Wm. Cockburn, Major-Gen. Evans and family, Col. Gardner, Col. Tucker Col. Millar, Major Parke, Major Powell, Rev. John L aw Willis, and Miss Willis, Mr. John Edward Willis, and Mrs. Willis, Rev. W. Kinsey, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Boyse, Rev. John Begot, Rev. B. Bridge, Rev. F. Ellis, Capt. Cameron, Capt. Jackson, and Mrs. Payne. We do not for many years remember that Cheltenham, at an early period of the season, has displayed so large and brilliant an assemblage of visitors as during the present month. This may be partly accounted for by the uncommon fineness of the weather, to which we have no he sitation in adding the increased attractions which this highly favoured Watering Place offers every successive year, to induce the distinguished families who honour us with their company to repeat their visits ; while their favourable report ultimately influences their friends to imi tate their example, and judge for themselves whether the attractions of this delightful town have been exaggerated or not; an experiment which, we believe, generally terminates in our favour. The mansion and domain of Southern, near this town, which re. mained so many centuries in the occupation of the De la Bere has been purchased by Lord Ellenborough, who intends to make exten sive improvements on the estate. A lawyer engaged in a cause before Judge Peters, tormented a poor German witness so much with questions, that the old man declared he was so exhausted that be must have a drink of water before he could say anything more. Upon this the judge called out to the teasing law year, " I think, fir, you must have done with the witness now, for you have pumped him dry."—Nota York Gazette. Dar H mot:rm.—An Irish post-boy having driven a gentleman a long stage during torrents of rain, he civilly said to Paddy," Are you not very wet?" Arrah 1 I don't know about being wet, but plaae your honour, I'm very dry: CRILTENHAN, Thursday, May 12.—Wheat 94 3d to 10s; Barley 4s to 6s 6d ; Oats 4s to 4s 3d ; Beans 6s to 61 per bushel. Beef per lb 6.1 to 6d ; Mutton Sd to 6d ; Veal3d to 6d ; Pork, 6d to 6d.—Hay 313 s to 31 1326 d per ton.—Pries of Bread, Wheaten lid; Standard Wheaten 10d ; Best Butter lld to 12d ; Eggs 18 for Is ; Potatoes, 9d to is per peck. Fowl per couple, 3s 6d to 4s ; Chickens do 3s to 4s ; Ducks do 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Rabbits per couple Is 6tl to 2s, Pigeons each 6d to 9tl ; Geese do 4s to be. 641. MARlflED.—Thomas Bluett Hudwicke, Esq. only son of Thomas Hardwicke, Esq. of Grange House, Tytherington, to Marianne, eldest daughter of John Peat, Fssq. of Jamaica.—The Rev. E. Seward, to Harriett, eldest daughter of the late Rev. W. Elliot. CHESTER COURANT, MAY 17. The meeting at Nortkwich, on Monday, 9th May, was the most im portant loco.political meeting that ever took placeein the county of Chester. The assemblage was the most numerous, respectable, and influential ever seen, when not called together by the Sheriff. E. V. Townshend, Esq. was called to the chair; and we observed among the company George Wilbraham, Esq. George Tollett, Esq. Wickstead, Esq. E. J. Stanley, Esq. M.P. W. 0. Stanley, Esq. James Tumkinson, Esq. Wm. Tomkinson Esq. the Rev. Henry Tonikinson, the Rev. J. Tomkinson, the Rev. Wm. Brooks, J. H. Harper, Esq. J. Dudley, Esq. Thos. Steele, Esq. 'I hoe. Sudwonb, Esq. and several other of the most respectable gentlemen in the county. The proceedings were opened by Thomas Steele, Esq. the Mayor of Stockport, who in a short energetic speech represented the feelings and wishes of the commercial freeholders in the eastern part of the county. He said that they were determined to have two Reformers to represent the county of Chester in Parliament ; that neither the votes nor the means to effect that object would be wanting ; that men who had already subscribed hundreds of pounds, would cheerfully make them Into thousands. It was then satisfactorily arranged that Lord Belgrave and Mr. Wil braham would abide the issue of a contest, and each of the candidates I offered to place a hum of 0,0001. in the hands of their respective Bankers. Letters from the Manchester Committee, front the loyal and 1 1 patriotic fund, and from Benjamin Heywood, Esq. M.P. were placed in the hands of the Chairman by Mr. Wilbraham, and read to the I I meeting ; they contained offers of 20001. in aid of Mr. Wilbraham and the cause of Reform. It was then arranged that Lord Bel grave should meet this subscription with the sum of JOWL and that he, and Mr. Wilbraham, should at their Joint ezpence entertain the freeholders whilst at Chester. Various local subscriptions, and offers of the gratuitous conveyance of freeholders to Chester were announced, and it is no extravagant arithmetic to say, that these private funds, &c. with the volunteer professional services tendered, and then in ac tivity, might be estimated at 105,0004 which together with the sum already announced, would make a grand total of 27,0001. The particulars of the above meeting were soon made known in every part of the county ; and the anti-reformers were so dismayed by the spirit and determination of the freeholders, that they held a meeting of their partizans at linutsford, on the following Wednesday, when Lord Henry Cholmondeley's friends thought it ',Rodent to sound a retreat. On that evening, Mr. Wilbraham's committee, siuing at the Royal Hotel in this city, received a note from his lordship, addressed to Mr. Wilbraham, announcing that " he had just determined to decline en tering on a contest." We shall not endeavour to describe the joy which this news from Lord Henry diffused, when it was generally known. Every coun tenance beamed with pleasure ; and we really believe that the meet splendid victory England ever won, never produced among the people of Cheshire half the sensation and delight which Ibis triumph over the boroughmongers did. Preparations were immediately made for escort i ng Lo r d Belgrave and hlr. Wilbrsham into the city, and also for conducting them to the Shire Hall on Friday. —A pest many of the freeholders from Stockport and Macclesfield and other parts of the county, resolved to attend the ceremony, and not leas than two thousand were in the city on the morning of Frid a y. I t was a most joyful day, the bells rang their merriest p ea l s ; t h e c i ty was all bustle, and the houses were decorated with laurels, evergreens, and on. bun The procession was beaded by a band of music, followed by banners bearing appropriate inscriptions; then came the caadidates on horseback, and the freeholders four abreast. In this manner they were conducted to the Shire Hall, and the rush to obtain places as soon as IW".' IV the doors were opened was tremendous. Every foot of ground was oc cupled in an Instant ; and, as thousands remained outside, the Mayor .of Stockport, Mr. Steel, and Sir John Stanley, pleaded in their behalf; and after the usual preliminaries bad been observed, an adjournment into the Castle-yard took place, where several waggons had been placed for the convenience of the speakers. There were assembled about ten thousand persons. About two thousand dinners were provided for the freeholders at the several inns, and a bottle of wine allowed to each man. In the evening about seventy gentlemen dined with the mem bers at the Royal Hotel. That patriotic old gentleman, Sir John Stan. ley, occupied the chair ; on his right sat Lord Belgrare, on his left Mr. Wilbraham. _ _ The last contested election which took place for this county was in 1734, when, at the close of the poll, the numbers were—Cholmonde ley, 3802 ; Crewe, 3701; Cotton, 2493. The election for the Carnarvon district boroughs terminated on Fri day last, after a very severe contest, in favour of Sir Charles Paget. who had a majority of ten votes above his antagonist, Mr. W. Ormsby Gore. A correspondent informs us that several disgraceful riots were produced by the violence of Mr. Gore's friends, and that a curious cir cumstance was developed during the proceedings : " Crikieth it ap. pans never had any right whatever to a participation in the elective franchise; the Constable of the Castle being ex qfficio Mayor. before whom the burgesses were by the charter directed to be sworn, has had no existence since the time of Edward 11. in whose reign the last ap pointmeut was made ; consequently the borough was defunct, and the attempt to bring in about 300 Crikieth burgesses, admitted three years ago, failed. Wri.supoor., May Io.—The Montgomeryshire election closed on Monday night ; and notwithstanding the various disadvantages en countered by the Reformers, they succeeded in keeping the poll open for four days, and in bringing 300 freeholders to the hustings. Though the mock Reformers obtained a great majority, most well•infonned persons believe that the stand which has been made against them is, under the circums►ances, a conclusive proof that this is the last time that the county of Montgomery nted submit to any overbearing in fluence. A great body of the Anti-Reform voters were influenced by the ri diculous feudal feelings that the Wynns and the Clives could not be resisted even for a single day. This delusion is dissipated, and for ever. But the main cause of the return of the Right lion. C. Wynn is to be found in his own double dealing on the subject of the Reform Bill. Knowing that if he voted against it he would be opposed, he voted for the second reading, and thus lulled the reformers to sleep, taking case, before he voted for Gaseoyne's amendment, to secure all the attorneys, taverns, post chaises, &c. in the county. He has had in his employ or interest no fewer than twenty-two attorneys, and thirty clerks ; and, strange to say, the poll clerks were almost to a man either partners of attorneys concerned for 31r. Wynn, or their clerks, and who were so noisily partial that the Assessor was often obliged to in. terfere. FLINT COUNTY ELTCTION.—The election for this county occurred on Thursday last. at the town of Flint, on which occasion Edw. Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn, Esq. was elected without opposition. The worthy gen tleman waa proposed by F. R. Pryce, Esq. and seconded by Trevor 0. Jones, Esq. We were not present, but we understand that the scene was a most gratifying one. The Rev. Charles Shipley and Mr. Thomas Mather, junior, supported the nomination, by delivering very excellent speeches. Al CIDENT.—On Sunday the lst inst. a most melancholy accident happened on the New Rail-road, at Marston, near Northwich, which has been laid for the purpose of conveying rock salt from the pits .to the river. Some boys broke the lock of one of the waggons to amuse them. selves, by riding down the inclined plane ; but not being sufficiently acquainted with the method of stopping it, the waggon, containing eight Or ten boys, ran over the quay into the river. Five of the lads were recovered unhurt, but three were unfortunately drowned; and one, who , fell off the waggon on the stage, lies dangerously ill from the wounds be sustained. CHESTER BIARIET, Saturday.—Meat, per 751 b. 10s to 10s Gd. Barley, GOlbs. 7s. to 75. 3d; (rats, 461 b, Os. to Os; New, 4s. to 4.. Gd. MARRIED—At Wallasey, James O'Callaghan, Esq. of Dublin, to Maryanne, the second daughter of the late Andrew Tomlin, of Seaeombe. DIED—Mr. Joseph Potter, surgeon, of Heaton Norris.—At Tre rallyn Hall, aged 42, Margaret, wife Of It. Golight/y, Esq. HAMPSHIRE ADVERTISER, MAY 14. On Monday, ;be chairing of A. Atherley and J. S. Penlease, Esqrs. the successful candidates for the representation of this town, took place. The procession commenced at the Town Hall, at one o'clock, and proceeded round Mr. Chamberlayne's pillar, on the Quay, and back to the Town Hall. The weather was delightfully fine, and, in addition to the population of the town and neighbourhood, many from the Isle of Wight, Lymingion, Ramsey, Winchester, and other places, attended to witness the spectacle. The chairs were both handsome ; that of Mr. Penleaxe was of Ottoman shape (made by Russell,) with light open carved arms, and back richly gilt, placed on a broad base. meat, and surmounted by a canopy ; that of Mr. Atherley (made by Benwell) imitated the Roman car, was surmounted by a banner with the word " Reform, " and banners on either side inscribed " Vox Popoli." decorated with bile and orange silk and ribbons. The pro gramme was as follows : Boatmen and Colourmen. Electors. Banner with the Royal Arms and" The King and Reform." The Band. Banner—" Atberiey fur Ever—the Friend of Reform," with a crown in the centre. Mr. Atha.ley's Committee. Banner —" Our cause is just." Banner- 0 The King and the People." Banner—' Penlease for Ever." " Civil and Religious liberty," with the Town Arms in the centre. Mr. Penlease's Committee. Mr. Atheriey and bit. Penlease, in their Can, side by side. Banner—" Triumph over Bribery and Corruption." Banner—" The Bornughmongers are defeated." &c. &c. &c. The procession was altogether worthy the occasion, and was con ducted in the most orderly manner. Flags and streamers flew in every direction on the river and on the shore; and the windows and house-tops in the High-street were crowded. As is usual with us, the chair of Mr. Atherley, after passing the Town Hall, was seized on and completely demolished, as were several of the banners. Mr. Pen lease succeeded is getting his chair into the stable-yard of Mr. Maul, close to the Bar-gate, and thus saved it from destruction ; but, during the night, a party forced open the gates of the yard, stripped the chair of its canopy and silk, and waggishly deprived it of its seat, without doing further damage. In the evening, the joint Committees, together with several of their friends, about 70 in number, gave the two members a sumptuous dinner, in the elegant room, brilliantly lighted up for the purpose, at the Royal George Hotel. A correspondent suggests that the cause of the loss of Captain Bradby's yacht may be thus explained :—ln the squall she must have heeled over, so as to take in a large body of water, and being trimmed by the stern with a half deck and sunken deck cabin, the body of water rushed aft, and caused her to go down by the stern—at once chewing to gentlemen having vessels constructed on this plan the danger to which they are liable. Sailing vessels to be safe shoukl be either decked, or open fore and aft. The Favourite, sloop of war, was at Sierra Leone oo the 9th March. She was to sail on the 12th for the Gambia, and the . Dryad ;in about ten day., on a cruise. The Black Joke, tender to the Dryad, captured a slaver with 300 slaves on board, on the 21st of February. The Athol was in the Bight of Benin ; the Medina was gone to Fernando Po; and the Conflict was to Leeward. Two THOUSAND POUNDS sierusaD ST • BUSGESS 701 HIS VOTE.—In the second edition of " Oldfield's History of Boroughs," published in the year 1794, will be found the following anecdote: " On the death of the late Lord Holmes, a very powerful attempt was made by Sir Wm. (Islander, and some other neighbouring gen tlemen, to deprive his Lordship's nephew and successor, the present Reverend lilt. Troughbear Holmes, of his influence over the cor poration of Newport, Isle of Wight. The number of that body was at that time esursty-three, there being one vacancy amongst the Aklawses, occasioned by the recent death of the late Lord Holmes. Eleven of them continued firm to the interest of the nephew, and the same number were equally eager to trans fer the interest to Sir William Oglander and the Worsley family. A Mr. Taylor, of this town, one of the burgesses,withheld his declaration, and as his vote would decide the balance of future influence, it was imagined that he only suspended it for the purpose of private advan tage. Agreeably to that ides, he was eagerly sought by the agents of each party. The first who applied is said to have offered him two thousand pounds. Mr. Taylor had actually made up his mind to have voted with his party, but the moment his integrity and independence were attacked, be reversed his determination, and resolved to give his suffrage on the opposite side. The party, however, like their oppo nents, being Ignorant of the favour designed them, and of the accident to which they owed it, assailed him with it more advantageous offer.— He informed them of the resolution he had just formed in consequence of a similar insult from their adversaries; but since be bad now dis covered that they were both aiming at power by the same vile means, he was determined to vote for neither of them : and, to put himself out of the power of further temptation, he resolved to resign his gown as a burgess of the corporation, which he accordingly did on the next day." Basingstoke market on Wednesday was more plentifully supplied with all sorts of grain than last week, and mese business was done, but at a reduction from last week's prices. Wheat, from 161 to 181 10s (a very fine sample fetched 191) per load ; Barley, s 6s to 44s ; Beans, 384 to 441 ; Oats, 28. 6d to 34s Pease, 38. to 40s. per quarter.— In seeds, not much doing; prices stationary. Bread, one shilling and eightpence per gallon. Newbury, Barks, May 12.--. Wheat, imperial quarter, 42s to 76.; Barley, 30s to 46s ; Oats, 24s to 34s ; Beans, 40s to 411; New Peas, 40s ; Bread, per gallon, 18d to 90d. Chichester May 10.—The inspector's Mimi was as follows : Wheat Ins 4d ; Barley, 481 100 ; Oats, 117. Id. Romsey, May 12.—Wheat, new, 161 to 181 per load ; B a k. n ew 34s to 38s ; Oats, 26s to 305 ; Beans, 441 to 50s per quarter. Salisbury, May 10.—Wheat, 26s to 38s ; Barley, 50s to 42, ; or. 26s to 32s ; Beans, 21s to 30s. Devizes, May 12.—Wbeat, 26s to 341 ; Barley, 30s to 47, ; ek„ 26s to ads ; Beans, 17. to 26s ; Flour, 52. to 565. Bread, I L a . per gallon. 314RRIED—At Alverstoke, Robert Vintet, Es q . to PAU I t , Rasta, eldest daughter of Samuel Boville, Esq. Fenton C ottage. .. 4: Mt Watson, Esq. to Helena Charlotte, eldest daughter of Ilr e . ._ ford, of Portland-squats. DIED—At the grove, Sussex, Rosamond, wife of Cap.. b ill, R. N.—At Winchester, the Rev. Wm. Berry, rector of St. L atartace .„ . —At Bellevue-house, near Devizes aged 81, Mrs. Taylo r , re li ct of II, : late Samuel Taylor, Esq.—Mart ha, wife of Chatles Howard Lt., borough, Esq. of Shrew tonen-At the royal Naval Hospital, -untinae. der J. Kinsman (1813.) TYNE MERCURY, MAY 17. Wrirrae.—Friday week, a large and respectable meeting of tie een. damn and tradesmen of Whitby was held, under the sanction of 6, magistrates, at the Assembly Room in the Angel Inn, to consider propriety of entering into a subscription to procure a survey of the nip., practicable line of road for a railway from Whitby to join the •toesi o , and Darlington railway. Robert Campion, Esq. was called to the chair. After sonic discussion, a subscription was agreed upon, and in,. mediately entered into, which at the present time amounts to 3tt i il . The great abundance of freestone, whinstone, and other na ural plod ue along the proposed line, leaves little doubt that. taking the conveyan ce of coals for the use of the town and the country adjacent to the line into account, it would prose a profitable speculation. The election for the county of Durham took place on Tuesday last, when Mr. Russell and Sir fled worth Williamson were returned, th, opposition threatened by the anti-reform party not having been pr o . ceeded in. The candidates, who came from Brancepeth Castle, were honoured with a triumphal entry into the city. The crowd a•seinbled to meet them was immense, and the enthusiasm of the populace un. qualified. The business of the election commenced at ten o'clock, in front of the County Courts, where spacious hustings were erected. The election having b:en fixed fur Monday the 9th of May, the town of Alnwick assumed a very animated appearance at an early hour in the morning. The candidates, T. W. Beaumont, Esq. and Lord Howick, arrived in the town on the Saturday preceding, and were joined by several of their friends on Sunday. This election, as might naturally be expected, excited the greatest interest throughout the county. After it was over, the newly-elected members were chaired through the town in the usual manner, pruceded by Mr. Beaumont', ' band, amid the reiterated plaudits of the multitude. After the chair. bog, the members alighted at the White Swan Inn, when the populace, according to custom, completely demolished the chairs, and parted die fragments. Mr. Beaumont. pointing to the fray, observed, that it was It true resemblance of the houses of lords and commons on the night of die. solution. At 3 o'clock,upwards of 200 gentlemen sat down to dinner, in a granary behind the Star Inn, there being no room capable of accommo. dating the number that was expected. Ac former elections here, the members always treated their friends with a dinner, but at this dinn er the members were the persons who were treated. and every other person paid for himself. The High Sheriff presided on the occasion, sup. ported on his right by Lord Howick and T. Riddell, Esq. and on hi. left by Mr. Beaumont and Sir F. Blake, Bart. After the removal of the cloth the Chairman gave—" The people, the only source of legiti. mate power:" " Our patriotic King," with four times four; " The Duke of Sussex, and the rest of the Royal Family," with three time, three, all of which the Chairman proposed in elegant and approptime addresses. He next proposed, in very handsome terms, " The newly elected members for Northumberland," which was drunk with three times three, and very great enthusiasm. The plantations about a mile below Peebles, belonging to Sir John Hay, of Hayston, were set on fire by some miscreants on the evening of Saturday se'nnight. Sir John has offered a reward of 1001. foe the discovery of the incendiaries. At a recent meeting of the Agricultural Society, a paper was mak entitled—" An account of the different modes of keeping fruit, which bare been tried at the society's garden for the season 1830." The statement was drawn up at the garden, and enumerated eight different modes ; the three best and most practicable of which were, the covering of the fruit in pure and perfectly dry sand, dry fern, or in a deal box buried in the earth. By any of these modes it was preserved, fret from shrivelling and any disagreeable flavour; in all it must be placed in A cold situation. By the other five modes, although the fruit was pre. served in a pretty sound state, a very musty flavour mu found to be communicated; this was especially the case where oat-chaff was the medium. STAMP DUTY ox RECZIPTII.—The stamp-duty on receipts was first imposed during the celebrated coalition administration ; which gave occasion for the following jeu d'esprit, at the time generally attributed to Sheridan s " I would," says Fox, " a tax devise, " That should not fall on me ." .. _. " Then tax receipts," Lord North replies, " For those you never tee !" MARRIED.—At Carlisle, John Piper, jun. Esq. of Edinburgh, to Elizabeth Scott, only daughter of the late Lieut.-Col. James Dunsmor.. —John Fontes, Esq. of Wark worth, to Mrs. Johnston, of Montagu.. street, Portinan-aquare. DIED.—In Havensworth-terrace. near Gateshead, Caleb Anger. Esq.— t Alnwick, the Rev. Dr. Alexander Turnbull, of CassindonaL —Charles Pattenson, Esq. 64, third and last surviving son of the Ist: T. Pattensoo, Rn. of Melmerby Hall. FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, MAY 17. Kerry has done its duty nobly. It has conferred a reward on Mr. O'Connell peculiarly dear to him, and has rendered good service by rejecting a clever and plausible anti-reformer. All our private Sc. counts represent the enthusiasm as tremendous. The oountry rose up as one man, and Rung every consideration but gratitude and honour to the winds. It is fortunate, we believe, 'there was no contest. The murderous scenes of a former election could not in that excitement have been repeated with Impunh The Liberator was pro by the Hon. Major 3fullins, and seconded by O'Donoghue o the Glins, the representative of an ancient line of Irish Princes. Mr. Mullins, who is the eldest son of the ILL F. Mullins, was proposed by John O'Connell, Esq. of Grass, and seconded by Wilson Gun, Esq. When the Liberator, amidst the most enthusiastic plaudits, was de clared duly elected as knight of the shire for his own Kerry, the scene baffles all description. He addressed the vast assemblage in a speech of over two hours' length, in which he displayed all his varied powers in as fine style as I ever saw them exerted. " When he was born he was a slave—he was not entitled, by the infamous code which then &red, to be a petty constable, no, nor as much as a scavenger to a dirty ow poration. As we foresaw—from a thorough knowledge of the county, Roscom mon is no laggard in the fight for freedom. On Saturday the two honest, independent reformers nearly trebled the boroughmonger. There were then upwards of 300 freeholders polled, so that if Mr. Lloyd were to get plumpers from the remaining electors, he could scarcely save distance ! This is one of the most glorious triumphs the friends of reform have to record. The Saints to • man, with bred Lorton as their generalissimo,—the Brunswickers and the Parsons, were leagued in a close conspiracy agaiast the independence of the county ; and a heavy uock.purse was clubbed, to support them. On Wednesday last, the inmates of Messrs. Guinness and Co.'s ex tensive brewery, were thrown into the greatest state of alarm. in ran' sequence of the ignition of a quantity of escaped coal gas in a vault or cellar under the counting-house. One of the gentlemen in the office had a most fortunate escapee—the stool on which he had been just sitting having been projected by the force of the explosion so forcibly upwards as to leave a visible dent in the ceiling of the counting.house. Two tradesmen (plumbers, as we are informed), who were engaged at work in that part of the concern, we regret to hear, were not so fortunate. They were both seriously hurt, and conveyed to Stephen's Hospital In a dangerous state. The windows and other fixtures on the concern were shattered and otherwise injured by the force of the explosion. MARRIED—In Mountjoy-square, E. R. Borough, Req. to Leaf Elizabeth St. Lawrence, youngest daughter of the late Earl of Hooch. —At Mountenellick, Joseph Jacob, Esq. of Cionmel, to Ann. dwaSilwr of A. Pim, Esq. of Mountmelliek.--The Rev. Rowland Conner, to Miss Flora Warner, of Brown-street i Carlow.—in Carlow, J. B. Pim, Esq. of Greenmount, to Ann Jemima, daughter of the late W. Lackey, Esq. of Ballinearrig. MARRIED. The 18th instant, at St. Saviour's, Southwark, Jarrett Da4l - Esq. surgeon, Guy's Hospital, eldest son of the Reverend Jarrett Dashwood, eccles„ Suffolk, to Matilda, the third daughter of the late Samuel Cowell, Esq. Sutton-at-Hone, Kent.—The 17th 111 ' 1 ' at Lee, near Blackheath, Mr. H. Reynolds, surgeon, of Great Prescot street, to Louisa, second daughter of Mr. W. Taylor, of Ludgaw street.—The 17th inst. at Kensington Church, and afterwards at the Catholic Chapel, Maximilian Joseph Jacques Bernhardt, Ma CO Mademoiselle Julie Cotbet Caltnus—The 6th inst. at Poole, Dm& John Morgan, Iraq. of Broadstreet.buildings, to Anne, fourth daufhto of John Gosse, Esq. of the former place—The 19th inst. at St. Gliag , Camberwell, Charles, eldest ma of J. Roberta, Esq. of Camberwell.t" Maria Frances, daughter of the late J. Gay, Esq. of Champion-hitt. Surrey—On the same lay, H. William, eldest son of J. Hcsitt.E•ti• of Peckham, to Octavia Charlotte, daughter of the late J. Gay• EN; of Champion-hill, Surrey, and Gimmingham, Norfolk. DI 1.. D. The 18th inst. John Vaughan, sixth Viscount and third Earl ni Lii burne, formerly a colonel in the army. He is succeeded in hi. titk and estates by his eldest son, Ernest Augustus Lord Vaughan—The li d ' inst. at Marlborough-house, Leopold John, eldest son of Sir It. Gar diner, aged 13—The 18th Inst. aged 21. Andrew, the youngest son of Lieutenant-Oene,al Dunlop, of Dunlop, Ayrshire—The 17th in"' at Portsea, Mrs. Laing, the wife of Mr. H. Laing, of Prince's-sfrect , . . LONDON s hinted and Published by JOHN Id ATWE. at Ow StAt Orrici, No. 1. Pickett-place. Temple am 1