Star. — London, England, 1831-05-23 00:00:00

I , , THE BRITISH COLONIES. Of the empire of Great Britain it may be said, what has never yet • been true of another nation, that on its territories the sun never sets. Every breeze that blows, whether north, south, east, or west, is impelling its richly freighted barks to every part of the habitable globe ; while, as if hastening to the grand emporium of the world, the bosom of the mighty ocean is overspread with thousands of deeply-laden ships, with tea from China, indigo from Bengal, sugar from Jamaica, furs from Canada, gold and silver from Mexico, cotton from Egypt, wool from Australasia, copper from Peru, wine from Por tugal, cinnamon from Ceylon, corn from •Poland, soars from New Zealand, fruits from Greece, coffee from Arabia, hemp from Russia, spices from Sumatra, ivory from Africa, iron from Sweden, cochineal from Guatemala, brandy from France, dyes from Persia, gums from Sene gal, olives from Spain, firs from Norway, pearls from Omar, silk from Italy, tobacco from America, porcelain from Dresden, mnslins from Dacca, mahogany from the Honduras, rice from India, aloes from Socotra, carpets item Turkey, marble from Pit.-os ; and in fine, with each erode( t of the earth and sea, and 'very article of bird, beast, :•rd fish, that can minister to the laNuries, or supply the multifarious wants, of civilized man ! Our colonies may be considered in a political or commer cial point of view, or in both. The Canada. rank high po litically as regards our settlement on the American conti nent, and consequently as a channel for the diffusion of our manufactures, not only among the Yankees them selves, but by means of the North-west and Hudson's Bay Companies, through the various tribes that inhabit the country, as far even as the northern Pacific. Nova Scotia is chiefly valuable, as a resort for our shipping. Newfoundland is of considerable advantage politically, as well es affording protection to our lucrative fisheries on its banks. The Bermudas are a most important maritime station, whence our fleets can at all times issue for the as sistance of Jamaica, Barbadoes, Antigua, Nevis, Tortola, ttc. which are, strictly speaking, commercial colonies. The island of Trinidad is both a political and commercial station,' and equally advantageous, whether as a safeguard to the before-mentioned islands, or as an entrepot for our manufac tures, whence they may be conveyed throughout the increas ingly prosperous South American continent. Gibraltar, as a military post, requires no comment. — Malta, and our other possessions in the Mediterranean, must be considered principally as affording strong holds of protection for our commerce along the coasts of Italy,Greece, Asia Minor, and Egypt; in these points of view they are invaluable. The islands of Jersey and Guernsey, on the coast of France, are very, useful, at a time of war, for the fitting out of our Privateers, and also for the rendezvous of our shipping. The coast of Africa next claims our attention. Sierra Leone, our largest settlement on the western coast, has long been cried out against in England, on account of the many deaths that have occurred among its civil and military officers. The trade of Sierra Leone is rapidly increasing, and thence our manufactures are extending to the gold, grain, and ivory costs—among the Fouliths, Jaloofe, Ashantees. &c. and along the great desert of Zatira to the immense and far famed city of Timbnctoo, by which means we are diffusing our language and a knowledge of the arts of civilized life among millions who have hitherto known the white men in no other light than that of harsh task-masters--avaricious slave merchants—and murderous tyrants. The preceding remarks would be found applicable to our colony of Fernando Po, in the Bight of Benin, the sugges tion and formation of which we owe to the most talented naval officer in the service, William Fitzwilliam Owen, Esq. whose sagacity and unwearied perseverance no person who has ever visited these coasts would deny. The utility of St. Helena and Ascension as watering-places for our merchant vessels, and cruising stations for our ships of war against pirates, is sufficiently obvious. The southern promontory of Africa next presents itself. This colony partakes of the political and commercial cha racter—of the former, as the key to our eastern posses- sions; of the latter, as consuming a considerable portion of our manufactures; and in the event of the odious corn laws being abolished, it promises fair to be one of the most valuable granaries of Great Britain, and its fisheries are by no means contemptible.—Notwithstanding the immense trade that might be carried on along the eastern coast from Point Natal to Cape Guardafui, and in the Mozambique Channel, on the Madagascar coast; yet we have no settlement along a territory of several thousand miles. The Gunder of Fernando Po, Captain Owen, did accept the possession of the fertile island and strong fortress of Mombaz, in fat 4 deg. south, which vi as ceded to us by the Arabs in 1844, and on whose turrets our flag floated for a few months ; but, through ignorance and a blind policy it was resigned by the home government, and is now a strong Arab settlement, which the French and Portuguese are squally deshous of possessing. Mauritius is advantageously situated in the track of our India, China, and Australasian ships ; its exportation of sugar is very considerable, and rapidly increasing ; it does not, however, consume much of our alinufactuses, the in habitants being plentifully supplied from France. The Sey chelles are useful to us on account of our whaling ships, which obtain an abundant supply of sperm oil to the north ward of these romantic and extraordinary islands. Ceylon, from its locality, admirable forts, and extensive havens, is one of the most commanding positions in the Indian Ocean. Its exports of cinnamon, coffee, cocoa nut oil, rice, arrack, choir rope, pearls, timber. &c. are fast rising, and this most beautiful and magnificent isle promises to be one of the brightest appendages of the British crown. The Australasian colonies, comprising the settlements, of New South Wades. Van Dieman's Land, and Swan River, are the last to which we shall advert. As an asylum for outlawed man, no place could have been more appropriately chosen than the eastern coast of this sterile and swampy continent. Neither the settlements of New South Wales or Van Dieman's Land can be said to pos sess, at the present period, much political importance ; in the event, however, of a war with America, they would prove of considerable advantage. Their consumption of the mother country manufactures is considerable, and their sta ple export of fine wool promises to be of the greatest benefit to both parties. Their remoteness and the want of large navigable rivers are serious detriments to the rapid rising of the colony. The Swan River location we must however regard solely in a political light. — A s a healthy station for our ships of war, as a seasoning place for European soldiers proceeding ro India, whither they might be conveyed in steam-boats at a very short no tice, and as affording an excellent watering place for the China and Eastern Archipelago ships. It will require, how ever, several years of privation before the settlers can hold Gut an inducement for Indian invalid officers to visit them. The Australasian colonies may be anticipated to form an in dependent empire in about thirty years. • We say present, because any place may be made healthy by clear. ing it of its foul awam t a. draining the marshes, ate. a The shortness of the late parliament is not unprecedented. There was one in the reign of Chaeles the Second, which only lasted 14-yen days, it having met on the 21st of March, 1881, and was dis solved on the 28th of the same month. a e l PAN(RAMA OF THE BRITISH. EMPIRE. BRIGHTON HERALD, MAY 21. ARRIVALS AT THII Nsw STRINI HOTRL.T. and Miss Fern combs and family, Mrs. Marryat and family, Alr. and Mrs. King Mr. and Mrs. Frankland, Mr. Vyna, Mr. 1 torero, Mr. Douglas. the Right Rev. the Dorn of Banger, and Mrs. Campbell. Depurturss.-- Mrs. Marryat and family, for 51, Marine-parade; Captain Vyner, for London. ROYAL EIZA House Hortz....-Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Mr. and Misses Taylor, Mr. Lett, Mr. Allen, i Mr. Josa, Mr. and Miss Shute', Mr. and Mrs. Dehunore Mr. Croft, Mr. Jolly, Mr. Howard, Mr. Camelia, & c. Ke. Mr. aid Mrs. Stark, Mr. Bennett, and Mr. Craig, arrived by the packet at two o'clock on Thursday morning. ROYAL YORK HOT ILO.-ML and Mrs. Watford, H. B. Curtela, Esq. M.P. Mr. Carvalho, Mr. Free, &c. g.c. The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes, Sir R. Inglis, Mr. and -Mrs. Watts and family, Dr. 'ken, Mr. Greece, Mr. Meytnott, Mrs. Browning, Mr. Currie, Lady Lowe, Mr. and Mr. Ede, Lord De Clifford, Lady Clayton, Miss Abraham, Mr. Robbins. and Mr. Oolby are in. chided in the latest IffiVVlll at the Albion Hotel. _ A succession of north-easterly winds has this week been productive of the most deteriorating effects on vegetation in gnaa4 and has raised the most painful anticipations in the breast of the husbandman• But a little month since, and the fields, orchards, and gardens, decked in verdant array, and white with blossoms, gave ample promise of fu ture plenty. That a partial failure of the fruit crops mast ensue, is inevitable : the frosty nights and parching winds have caused the newly-set fruits to fall in abundance from the branches, shrivelled, as if boiled. The pariah officen are making arrangements for taking the census on the 90th met. We would suggest that by posting bills over the town, and giving every publicity by advertisement, the answers, the inhabi tants will be required to give, when the officers all, should be made known, so that persons unacquainted with the business might be ap prised thereof, and be prepared to give the information that will be ex pected of then: ; also, that printed papers with the questions should be left at each house previously to the 30th inst. which would greatly facilitate the execution of this laborious task, in so populous a parish u Brighton, in one day. There is now In this town a dog, of the mastiff breed, belonging to • coal-merchant, named Mitchell, living in North-lane, who Invariably I steals the ball and peg-tops of children, whenever be comet off shoa l while engaged in their sports, and which he carries home. It is right to state that the property is returned by the master to the rightful ow. tiers on application. We have met more than one urchin in tears be wailing that Mitchell's dog had stolen his ball. We are happy to find that that most dangerous and inconvenient thoroughfare, Pool-lane, is about to be forthwith improved, by lower ing the hill and by the erection of some good houses on the vacant un sightly space of ground in the hollow. The whole expense of returning Sir James Macdonald and Mr. Lefevre, foe Hampshire, is said to have amounted to less than 3601. A gentleman, who was on the Downs at Epsom, on Thursday, and witnessed the running for the Derby, assured us, yesterday, that he counted upwards of 3000 equipages on the come. On Tuesday last, H. B. Curteis, Req., dined with nearly two hun dred, by invitation, of the Western freeholder*. After the toast the " Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese;" the Rev. C. Hardy returned thanks for those of the city, and the Rev. Mr. Cornwall for those of the county. The latter gentleman then sang the following, his own coin position, for the occasion : A SONG ON REFORM. FW, All your glasses to the brim, Therein no glimpse of day-light leave, Confusion must mink him Who will not drink the tout I give: Each heart with patriot feeling warm, With " three times three" will hail—• REFORM." Corruption starts—Corruption groans, And trembles with unusual fear, And writhes within her very bones, To see—to feel—her end so near : O'erwhelm'd the people's voice beneath She droops--sbe sinks—she falls—in death. Some call it" Russell's purge," In spite, But if" the purge" the noxious brood (If Boroughatongers put to flight, 'Twill do the Constitution good : And free'd from ev'ry foul disgrace, No spot its beauty shall deface. But while Corruption from the State We thus expel with honest zeal, To make us good as well &acme, One more Reform is newlful atIlL Nor have we far for this to roam, I mean, my friends, reform—AT HOME: Now to your lips the bumpers join, And in full chorus let us sing Honour to Brunswick's Royal line, Long life to our reforming King In grateful shouts your voices raise, To William's worth—to William's praise. LEWIS Coax Mercers.—Saturday, May 14, 1831.--Oats, 11. Ba. 6d. per quarter.—TuESDAT, May 17.—W hest, (mixed) 31. 10s. ; Beans, 11. 17s. per quarter ; Oil Cake, 121. per thousand. AEUIDEL CATTLI MAREST.-Mily 17, 1831.—Bed, 4s. Od. 4s. 4d. to 41. 6d. per stone; wether mutton, 4s. Bd. to As. Od.; ewe ditto, 41. 4d. to 4s. 6d.; veal, 4s. 04. to 6s; lamb, 6e. to Os. 0d... There was a tolerable supply of each description. MARRIED.—Mr. W. Field, jun. of Reenbeld's Whyte, to Harriet, youngest daughter of Mr. C. Chitty. DIED.—At Chichester, Mts. Hales, aged 88. NORTHAMPTON MERCURY, MAY 21. The scrutiny demanded by Sir R. H. Gunning commenced on Monday last, at the County Hall, before the Mayor and Bailiffs, and the Assessor Mr. Humfrey. Mr. Serjeant Ludlow appeared as counsel for Sir G. Robinson and Mr. Vernon Smith ; and Mr. Wright on behalf of Sir R. Gunning. A preliminary objection was taken by Mr. Sep eant Ludlow, who argued that the right of scrutiny had been taken away by the 9th George the Fourth. Mr. Wright in reply contended that the right of scrutiny had not been taken away, and that it was recognised by the common law of the land. The question was decided by the assessor, who was clearly of opinion that the right of scrutiny was still io mcillisin Ills: Wright then proposed to call witnesses to prove the nos.quellflesien of a particular voter, but it was objected by Ms. Serjeant tiedievr a theit no notice had been given to the voter in quads, of the isle MAW pate his vote, and he wee therefore not pottiest. The dila= was allowed by the assessor, who said that be wadi AGM Alen to the following day. Serjeant Ludlow then proceeded in die sonitiny of Sir R. Gunning 's voters, when three were striwk of. Ms. Wright haw. ing stated that he was taken by surprise,thseeesee min z i getersei ft oat till the following day, when the scrutiny ail In Ages. bability will continue for several days. On Thursday evening last, as Mr. T. Norris, high constable, yam. turning home to his residence at Trysull, horn Wolverhampton, his home suddenly took fright and ran away. On reaching the toll.gate at Grawley, on the Penn road, he threw Mr. Norris with greet violence against the corner of tile house. Mr. Norris's head was dreedfally crushed. and surgical assistance was immediately procured, but in vain. The sufferer was carried to a house Dear, where in less than a quarter of an hour he expired. He was a single man and highly respected. It is not a little remarkable, that the brother of the deceasei, Mr. John Norris, who held at that time the situation of high constable, in which he was succeeded by the deceased, about two years ago was thrown from his gig, not more than 100 yards et= the same place, and killed upon the spot. Nor t h a mpton, Saturday—lViteat, 595. to 745; Barley, 38.. to 4N; Oats, 26s to 32s ; Beans, 35a. ed. to 425; Peas, 3111 s. to 40e. Market Harbccough, Tuesday—W:beat, 66a. to 72.; Barley, Ws. to as s oa t s, ghs. to 394 ; New Poona 40s ; Fine Flour, 57s ; Thirds, 53e ; Malt, 76. ; Butter, led. to littd. perlb ; Eggs, 21 fo r la . DlED.—Samuel Cave, Gent. of Desborough. 76.—Mr. J. E. Al len, aged 50, eldest son of the late Mr. Joseph Allen, of Mtgs.—At Bradwell, near Newport Pagnell, Mr. Richard Earl, 55.—Mr. John Camp, of this town. COLCHESTER GAZETTE, MAY 21. The chairing of W. L. Wellesley. Eaq. M.P. took place on Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock. The town was well filled, and the windows of the houses, from where a peep could be obtained at the proosedon, displayed a strong muster of the beauty and fashion of Esser. Some of the houses were tastefully decorated, and a few bore devices, and in the evening were Wuminated. At three o'clock the procession loft the yard of the Saracen's Head Inn, preceded by two trumpeters and a band of music. The hoo. member appeared in a chair of superb de ' vice, having the MINA " Reform" at the back, and returned the mane. mus salutations which greeted him on all sides. His lady appeased at the window of her private lodgings, and the procession stopped and cheered as she waved a banner of the appropriate colours. The pesos sloe passed down the High.street, over the bridge, and rationing batik the same way ; went up Dule.street, and guns back to the Saracen's Head Inn, where the member was safely sheltered—the arrangements which had been made to preserve the chair proving completely suc cessful. There are some portions of Mr. Wellealey's address, which do not' quite please us; and this feeling we are inclined to think, we share with the majority who were present at its delivery. He asserts that the Rum of all classes to govern this country are the " aristocracy by birth's.— but we differ with him most decidedly. And the meson he assigns for coming to this conclusion is, in our judgment, equally erroneous. lit. Wellesley thinks that "a country must derive great advantage whose stlitri em /a the beads et the eihiocreey by birth, sod who so newmiel *the lib Am motive of—vein easy.* Ineerter Wellieeley have tobibed these &Winn we mop no to ezlws, bet we e etiM inure rt theme 1* V. 111 .110 the us ies mores , we bol ni dr e p eseert ft that the "arbor -WV ,by me the met walk of say chess stiedhidusis Matisse the cumigre eleweeemiy-st the , Mire et any pient, mesh as of an witb he *wait eopmellelled eseiou'delveletisse, seek as Great Os Wednesday, the 11th Inst. a Ire broke out on the premises be lie/0s to the MW, at Darling, near Rockford, occupied by Mr. J. J Brews ! • ; the buildings being timber built, some of them co vered wish thatch, that, with the exception of a few sacks of flour, the property contained in them was totally destroyed. It is supposed thee the accident was occasioned by the dropping of some ashes Are a tobacco pipe near the piggery, where there were sixteen fat hop, the whole of which perished in the flames, and their cries were most distreming. On Thursday last, Thomas Creed, Henry Page, John Cammel, anti Samuel Reny, were apprehended on a charge of being concerned in and pulling down and stealing the hustings erected on the Comhill, IpswichZduring the county eked" and were bound over to take their trials at the next sessions. On the night of Thursday last, as a man named John Cable, a shoe. maker, was returning home from Chelmsford fair, he was stopped near the Rising Sun, by three men, and after being handled pretty roughly, robbed of be. 3d. On Pride he identified one of the men in Chelms ford, who, on being apprehended and taken before a magistrate, proved to be a journeyman blacksmith. The prosecutor stated that he was re turning home between twelve and one o'clock, and the prisoner overtook him and began abusing bhn, and threw him upon his back, demanded his money, and rifled his pockets. Two other men were standing by ready to assist, and encouraged by them the prisoner pulled a knife out of his pocket and swore he would murder hint. Witness was left upon the grouud, and picked up by some men who happened to pass. IPSWICH Sr. GEORGE'S YAIS .—MOTe stock WA% brought to this fait than ever before remembered. In the businevt was dull, but towards the afternoon many sales woo . Mr. Burch had more than 2000 hoggets, 1400 of which at mica averaging from 20s. to 355. and a lot of fat clipped fz ' Some business was done in the sale of short horns and Irish teem, of which there was a considerable number, at from 3s. to 4a. pet stone. Mr. Hare, of Weolverstone, had some remarkably fat and line borne broth", taken to stall between Michaelmas and Christmas, supposed to weigh consider ably above 60 stone each. There were not many cows or calves, and we observed very few horses of any description. COLCHESTER MARILET MAT 14...G00d supply, but every thing was cheaper, with a very heavy and dull sale. White wheat, pee quar ter, 70s to 745; Red ditto, 60a to 66e ; Barley, 28s to 401; Oats, 26e to 304 ; Tick Beans, 40s to 44a; Horse Beans, 364 to 38e ; White Peas, 42r to 45, ; Grey, ditto, 36s to 40s. MARK/BD.—At the Friends' Meeting-house, Ipswich, Jeremiah Had, En. of Stoke Cottage, to Mary, second daughter of the late Thomas Howard, of London. DIED.—At Walton , 97, Mr. James Chapman—at the Vi house, Althorne the Rev . Henry Fothergill , aged 69—at Ipswi c c a lt ra ,lZ l Mr. Reason G oodwyn—Alias Norton, sister to Walter Nortod, Req. surgeon, of Newmarket; sod on the Tuesday following, Mrs. Stevens, mother of Mrs. Norton—at Norwich , 39, John, eldest son of Mr. Stan ford, of Ashbocklng Hall-80, Mr. John Pixley, of Gosbeck, 60 years churchwarden.-65, Mr. Thomas Youngman, of Wattisfield Hall PLYMOUTH AND DEVONPORT JOURNAL,MAYI9. Devonshire returns II reformers and 15 anti-reformers—the former for the county and large towns, and the latter for the rotten and cor porate boroughs--one with 20,000 constituents. and the other with 200. Cornwall returns but nine reformers, of whom two are for the county, and 31 for its sinks of rotten boroughs. But in the rot counties the difference in the two Parliaments is but two against reform; Devon shire gaining two, and Cornwall losing fear. In fact, out of 68 votes, only six are returned by real constituencies; it is therefore well it is DO worse • _ • Devon port presented a most animated some on Monday afternoon laat in consequence of the arrival of Mr. Pendarves. the member foe Cornwall, at 'Elliott's Royal HoteL About 6 o'clock the amateur band began perambulating the streets preceded by flags, and accompanied by an immense concourse, whose repeated cheers announced the hearty welcome with which this staunch friend of Reform was received. After proceeding through the principal streets they entered the Royal Hotel, 1 where the band struck up " GOD save the King." Mr. Pendarves than appeared and made a suitable address, in which after congratulating his hearers on the grand victory achieved in Cornwall in favour of Re form, he ezprasa personal obligations for the support he had re ceived from this town. The band again struck up the national anthem ; and after three tremendous cheers, Mr. Pendarves retired. He was subsequently waited upon by a deputation of twenty-four gentlemen, among whom were Included the churchwardens and overseersof the poor. Thomas Husband, Esq. acted as the organ of the deputation, and to his complimentary address, Mr. Pendarves returned a neat and i e r r appro priate answer. In the evening the Column was illuminated, and wake were let off from the top until a late hour in the night. His Britannic Majesty's sloop the Alert, 18, Commander John C. IFitzgerald, sailed teem this some time ago, and letters from Aria state that on the 13th ult. off Ilk, she saw a brig of war, and endea vouring to overhaul her, she resisted, showed no flag, and after an action of three or four liours, the brig hauled of to repair damages. Next morning the brig awe down and engaged apish and by the de claradon taken, one of them was sank. Twelve dad bodies have been washed on shore, and they are stated ro be of a dark brown colour. The following is a list of ships now in progress of building, and ordered to be built, in the miens Deck-yards PoarsnouTn.-Acorn 18, Bastard 10, Electra 18, Hasard 18, In- 1 dice 80, Lynx 111, Neptune 120, Royal Frederick 190, Termagant 10. Pwrasourn..-Daphne 20, Hindostsn 80, Nile 92, Pheasant 18, Pique 46, Porcupine 20, Redwing IS, St. George 120, Scorpion 10, Sta lks 46, Tigris A Valhi= 76. Cuazitare.-Csator 36, Conway 28, Forester 10, Grin 10, Hornet 6. London 92, Monarch 84, Rover 18, Scout 18, Seagull 6, Spider ft, Vestal 28, Waterloo 120. Panaaozs.-Alarm 28, Andromache 28, Cockatrice 6, y F 1 18, 1 Forth 46, Harrier 18, Imagine 28, bleduss 46, Rodney 02, al William 120, Viper 6. Wootwicu.-Ambustade 38, Boscawen 80, Chichester 62, Than daer 84, Trafalgar 120. Snzsangss.-Calliope 28. Inconstant 46. DEPTroam-Worcester Bo MIAT.--Calcetta 84. H. H. S. Cowes, a resided 42, eighteen-pounder frigate is, after all, to be stied with teesetty-fear thirty-two pounders of eight feet loop. We proems, thesis that Marshall's gun carriages, so suddenly re. lingo iobSil, will new be sestend, without which, the quarters must be dreadfully otowded i hank es eery much doubt, whether a deck, just sulkiest to sit tain the esesesiss of an eighteen-pounder, upon the oid sledge emelage, will bootleg to the still more violent action of a thiaty ose_rneftwoen the sins kind et carriage. The Magisismas,da. which has been stated to have been ordered to be cut dews at Shosemses Dockyard, is to be reseed at Woolwich. The plea to Ito aieped lir her upper works dials from that pursued in the tessehomedes of odor ships of this elms. She is to have DO poop or formed& The imposed advantage of this new plan is, that the tafftail Wilds' will bald loan wind than the bulk heads of the Captain's Witt, heestafere standing at the forepart of the poop. On Friday, the Reo. W. Provo, A.M. folsollt of this town, Win 1 held to ball he aa asmadt on a poor ragged boy awed Magee. The name of the &huhu was discovered heat a valuable silver snuff-box head in his plessesios, which had been presumed to him as a memorial from are society. He was watched, and attempted to escape when PLYMOUTH COON RZTVIN, MAT 17.—Ave.p10.--Wke4 l , Mt. 4 4 /. Barley, Ws. Id. Oats, Ms. M. Currency—what, lias. to 745.- 1 Barley, Sas. to Ms. Oats, Ills. to Ms. The supplies of English Oran I at market egotism very lieaMei, whisk causes tits prices demanded to be complied with by the dealers, bat the auk is far from bass brisk, and the parcels diepeesd awe glaseally to needy parehasses. There was a steady dammed for ass maples of Wheat sad Barley at last week's quotatioes4 but all beim OW quality wise bed to dispose of at as. per quarter below the missal lest week. At AORIED—At Aluminise, RobertVinter, Esq. to Mien Augusta, eldest daughter of Sewed EMU, Esq. Gosport. DIED—In Drake-steed, 44, Mrs. Sarah Shee—Near Devises, 81, Mrs. Taylor, mother of QerW Joseph Needham Taylor, R.N.—At Wodebouee.place, near Nancy Fender, wile of James Por teous, Req.—At Hollylwook, near Killybels, Lieut. Weiss, R.N. BOLTON CHRONICLE. Soon after the election at Lancamer, the High SherK the two Mam ba% and about three bashed raderms, OW in the National School. The High Sheriff was in the their. Amara the toasts given wars the following, which was dunk with applause " His Majesty the Duke of Lancaster g" the " Que er and the Royal Fatally ;" the " Chancellor of the Duchy r the ' Lord Lientemant of the County 1 19 the " Members of the County, " both of wham recurred Osaka, NW paid a tribute of respect to thetaleatamal iniestry of Mr. Patten, the late member, and hoped that when the bill bad passed. the would again hare the advantage of hi sonicee t the Hite who returned thanks. On the " health of Lord babe given, hie Lordship rose Im nuns thanks, and, pledged to eat himself as a eandidees he this county, whoa al i t peened t the Idashater, wed Load Conteaftwes, and 1 1 ,4 0.1 010181 ma 'Tama I nod mom' then, bk. Robert tradharee use sod caked then he the heosur cuss an the Holm earawilues, sad lewd disk:lmilipmes kr a Mt boors. He said he bed never Woe esHed ihnedf the privilege of his elective handis the coy leprosealities Malawi ter beg peeled divided bemuse whig and say, eel &sear nenisolleed. No was sick of eldiehlw sad titylaweed vadissilon. 60 lints wed vats and each snail dew Sift been oar deed he sway a peer " %sibs haw dewed, prayed dating might be a ' dialdoll of noble, edodid, Piny yeses since he eau a refernier as they were now. were however on a bed of roses, mewed ye those of (caner days. latter wese . everywbere vilified and abased, 4nd disk WWI renounced as maim and treasonable. ?tow that the rum was he our own husk be trona we should not visit upon the disloyalist of the point day the. to nnaros which were inflicted on ! h ow who were as called at the tines alluded to. He hoped we should s et ulna the divine precept of 4, doing to others as we wished t o be dam unto.' The self. at led mid esignamed of those days taught that pod au should somet the king and the goveinasent, though they might et measures : he re. et tbets atune•dod their former doctrine to present practice. Theo th, loomed are was " intervention sod no reheat,"—oow it is "retain and no intervention." He had lately met with the following narrative in an ancient chrobkle, which he would, with their leave ' relate to th em "A attain gentleman inherited a goodly estate from his Saxon ances, tors, situated in a pleasant fertile country; his descendants in th e course of time, made considerable additions to it, by their ener g y and talent, and increased it to about 500 ACM. It afterwards, however, devolved to others who had less of those qualities, and were rather remarkable for a jolly, good•tempered, unsuspicious nature; and the consequence was that they lost much of their patrimony by the encroach. ments of their powerful neighbours and by disputes about their bounds. ries and titles. At length the head of the family, a respectable old gen. demon, finding family wants increased, and his means diminished, de. tennined to have his estate surveyed, and be found that he had been de. spoiled of 300 acres. He was advised to apply to a great house, es. tablished for the redress of grievances, and particularly of that sort of which he com pla toed. He therefore repaired to it without delay, but what was his astonishment and dismay when he saw before him the very men who had rubbed him and his family of the 300 acres. He how. ever pleaded his case; the president, Sir Robert (--a foul blot had eif'aad the name !) addressed him with his usual candour and corn. mon-place manner, in the following terms :—We commisserate yo ur situation, though you have nobody to blame excepting yourself. Th e three hundred acres you complain of having lost, we have divided among young men of rising talents, who Gould not have got land any other way, and who will cultivate it, as we prescribe. on the true old system, which works well for us, and always has done. You are dull and stupid, and want discrimination to discover venue and talent; and worse than all, you have got some newfangled no. tions from your volatile neighbours, who have been long trying expert. meats of a very alarming kind. Notwithstanding, we will do some. thing for you, if you behave well and are sufficiently patient. We have lately been engaged by a long investigation of a case of delinquency which has lasted between 4 and 6 years, a few poor people have been tempted beyond their strength, and at length a case of bribery has been made out, and confiscaUon will follow of course. Mind! we do not object to the bribery, but to the detection. We follow the practice of the Spartans, who taught the boys to steal, but inflicted severe penalties for being caught. Well ! two eats were confiscated on this occasion, and we promised that you should have them; but for reasons best known to ourselves, we transferred them to the contiguous landowner. However, don't be disheartened ; we are on the watch for other similar cases, and we do not doubt that in five years more we shall be able to restore you two tem% ; being as much distinguished at this house for the minute particularity of our accounts and estimates, as for our lavish expenditure. We will t e ll you the cost, and the me it will require to restore your 300 acres. The last two acres cost 27,2561. 3s. 4gd. and took five years in time; now three hundred acres will just cost 3,376,8501. 18s. lid. and the restoration to be completed in 750 years. The old man threw an in. dignant glance on the assembly, and retired, saying to himself, I shall take another course." Mr. D. had one comment to make : the elective franchise of East lletford was ;risen to the Hundred of Bassetlaw, in stead of the Hundred Thousand of Manchester. In condu.ion, he begged to give a toast,— We have had reforwolion, restoration, rt. volution;—rosy muse have renovation. The astonishing number of four hundred and fifty plum stones were last week extracted from the body of a woman, in Wilmslow, named Ann Pearson, by Mr. Moore, the surgeon of that place, having it i$ supposed lain in the alimentary canal from the time of her first preg. nam,y, ten years ago. She bad laboured under great bodily affliction during the whole of that period, and her complaint had up to the time of this occurrence, baffled the skill and penetration of all the medical and surgical gentlemen who had been in attendance upon her. OXALIC Acin.—With respect to testing between salts and oxalic acid, the most simple test is by the application of a small portion of the fluid to a piece of paper which bas been written on. If the writing becomes aimed, the fluid is poisonous. Oxalic acid will extract the colour from blue paper if the paper be covered with lytmua, but some blues resist it; common writing ink, therefore, is the most convenient teat. Imo week engineers were engaged in making a survey of the country between Gainaborough and Grimsby, with the view to a railway which is contemplated between Manchester and the eastern coast. This great measure was designed to connect Liverpool and Hull, by way of Shef. Geld and Gainsborough ; but it is found that the country is so much snore in the line from Gainsborough to Grimsby, that the inters is to make the latter town the eastern end of the railway, with branch ways to Lincoln and other places at the nearest points of the line. BOLTON RAREST, MAT It—Fine flour, per 2401b5, 44s to 41‘; Seconds, per 1140114. 40s to 425; Oatmeal, per 2401b5. 34. to Mt; Beef. per lb. 611 to 7d; Potatoes, per load, 13s Si to 7s 6d ; Butter, per lb. 14d to lbd ; Cheese, per cwt. tris to 6/s; Mutton, per lb. 611 to 7d. MARRIED.—Mr. John Whittingham, of Hasten Norris, to Mn. Martha Wood—Mr. George Biretta, to Miss Sarah Barlow, both of Salford—at Preston, Mr. Joseph Noblet, to hliu Elisabeth Sanderson, of Lea—Mr. John Baines, to Miss Jane Blackburn. DIED.—In Blackburn, Miss Birch, aged 68. BIRTHS. In Upper Harley-street, on the 18th inst. the lady of R. Jerkin,, Esq. M.P. of a son—Tbe 18th inst. in Albion-street, Hyde-park, Mrs. 0. Owen, ea eon. MARRIED. The 21st inst. at Trinity Church, Islington, Mr. H. G. Renshaw, en Mary, second daughter of J. (I. Renshaw, Esq. of Ellington, near itamsgate, Kent.—The 19th inst. at Clifton Chureh, J. Harrison, Esq. of Park-street, Bristol, tolillen, daughter of the late G. Arland, Esq. of Camberwell. DIED. The 11th Mot. at $4, Tork•street, Portmen.equare, Kees Pync. daughter of the late T. Price, Req. of Aramaic, county Tipperary, and relict of the late H. Pyne, 14th of March last, at the Cape of Good Rept, at the house of his uncle Sir J. Wilde, in the 17th year elide age, H. C. Wilde, third eon of E. A. Wilde, Esq. of College. hill..—The 10th Inst. In the Slat year of his' age, W. B. Andrew, of Parodise.row, St Newington, third son of the late T. H. Andrew, Mandrall, Finchley.—.At her home at Kilburn, on the Seth ult. Mrs. Neale, relict of the late R. Neale, Hag. of Bristol.—The Bth inst. Mr. A. Neale, eldest eon of the above. • CORN-EXCHANI WMat.ne•,Kest, Esse: 70. 72. Old . . —s --s - - - linfalk. (*hits) . 68. WM Norfolk & Rae (Red), 826 MU! Rye . 306 34. Barley, 34e ies ..Fine 44.46. pees, White . 406 42. Boilers . . 46.48. Wheat, &gilds (qrs.) - 3,193 Irldt - - . .. Farelp - - . 7,100 Barley, &Oda . - 1,743: Irish - - - —.l , E-THIS DAY. Peas Grey . 36s 404 Small . . 40 4 424 Beam, . 36r Ms . 28 3 . 2bs Feed . . 22, 261 Flour, per sack, . . bee GO4 Rapeseed . 4136 nil per Iss: race. Barley, Foreign . . 3,695 oAts. English . 15,327 Irish . . 1,403 Foreign . 10,1138 English Flour (sacks) 5;17 Tick . Oats, Potatoe Poland SMITHFIRLD-THIS DAY. CATTLI •T MAIER : _______ __ ______ - emits, 2,2o4—Sheep, 23,890—Plgs,900—Calset, 240. Beef ....... 3s 104 to 41 6.1 Pork Motton .... 3. 104 41 4d Lamb .. 5s 64 6. Id Veal.. ..... .... 41 Od 51 Od Hay (per load), 41 10s. to J 3 ss. Clover, 43 15s, to p Ilk. Straw, .11 14a. to 41 111 a. COAL-EXCHANGE-THIS DAY. Ships arrived during the month During the week SestWallmod, Newcastle, & Sunderland Deals.. Mb 6d a 4IA Od Inferior sorts Ships at Market, 60e. SMITHFIELD HAY..3IARKET—THIS DAY. Coarse Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, in 10s. to 42 154. Useful ditto, 43 Os. to 43 16a. Mae Upland Meadow and Rye Ono Sq. 43 13s to 44 ss. Clover Hay, 43 10s. to 45 10s. Oat Sus s, 41 10s to& 14s. Wheat Straw, 41 12s. to £1 16$. per lad' CUMBERLAND HAY-MARKRT—THIS DAY. , Coarse Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, di 10s. to la iSs • ditto, AV ISa. to ZS 15a. Fine Upland Meadow and Ryc Gr" Hay. ata Sa. to Ea 10s. Clover Hay, ,ds st to AS Ss Oat Sir"' CI 14s. to At 16$. Wheat Straw, di las. to CI Ss. per load. FARRINGDON MARKET—THIS DAY. Bur—Most Rondos, Ad to Sid per R N Bulling. Sc/ to 6d. Mi r. Ton—Let. Sd. Sboulder ' 7d. Fut.—Leg, SO. Fillet, la Peas, Sid to fd. Lssts, lOd to Is. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Moro* illu. 51.6 I Aftamoon . . . .. 111 a. ter• Lennox: Palmed aod Published by Joan Maros. di di. bTA' °moo, No. 1, Pidgin-plats, Temple Bar.