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1 • 1 (41 r f= V v 5,215 EMP 111 E. 85 Friendly Societies 20 Charitable Institutions - 5,320 E ' , k ..A PANORAMA OF THE BRU.SH SHEFFIELD COURANT, FEB. 18, A meeting of the clergy of Cheshire, convened by circular. was. held at Knutsford last week. The chair was occuried by the Rev. R. Cletus, vicar of Knutsford. in the absence of Arehdeucon Welsngbana who was expected to prceitte. Thirty one clergy men were preaent, of whom twenty-eight signed petitions to the King and the House of Lords, founded on a series of resolutions., prepare] by the Rev. Edward Stanley, Rector of Alderly. The petition sets forth that some modi fications or omissions in the Liturgy adapted to the change of times and circumstances, would render the whole service, and particularly some of its impressive and scriptural doctrines, more influential, and increase the attachment of the public to the national church ; that though there must be a gradation of income of the church, the petition ers cannot but regret that a church so ad.nirably adapted to promote pure and vital chnstionity. should harbour within heraeli a principle liable to much abuse, end affording her adveremies a basis for evil report ; that though titles are the unquestionable right of the church, sanctioned by prescription, authorized by Kings, and confirmed by Parliament, the system is ftetpwntly too destructive of barmouy be tween the clergy and their purlbioners, and the petitioners would readily agree to an equivalent in lien of that mode of payment. At the :fret annual general meting of the shareholders of the Bir mingham banking company. held on Weeltiesduy last, the directors presented a repart of their proceedings, fwen itz etoeblishme It in Oct. 1829, to the 31st of December last ; from which it appeared the net profits, after makina allowance fur contingencies, amounted to full 15 per cent. or the pall tea crpital. A dividend of ten per cent. was de clared payable on the Ist of Sicrch. and it was tistermioeti that the re sidue of the profies should be appropriated to a guarantee fund, and that the premiums received upon shares should be rppropriated to a building fund. Last Saturday week, the Ileverend William lkoveibank, of Mans field, was committed by his (trace the Duke of Portland, John Need, Esq. and Thomas Nixon, Esq. from that town to Nottingham county gaol, fer trial at the a:aizes, charged with having sent a threatening let ter, signed " Swing," to John Coke, Esq the present high sin:rill' of the county. The reverend gentleman is allowed apartments in the go. vernor's house, and is attended by one of his daughters, who accompa nied hint to prison. On Wednesday a public meeting of the inhabitants of Wakefield and its vicinity was held in the Court-House, Wakefield, " to con sider the propriety of petitioning both Houses of Parliament for a full and effectual reform in the representation of the people, and for au ef ficient retrenchment in every department of the public expenditure." The Court-House was nearly filled with auditors, and the meeting was addressed by the Chairman, Dr. Naylor, and by several other gentle men. Among the Resolutions adopted on this occasion, was one re commending vote by ballot, and that every election should begin and end on the same day. The late fine weather has been much In favour of the young ;cheats, which, generally, look promising. The ground is now getting into a good state for ploughing—and if this weather continue. the sowing of beans and tares may be undertaken. The Corn Markets have ad vanced considerably since the new year commenced, though a fall took place during the past week. Yet at tba late prices, the growers will by no means he remunerated, in consequence of the deficiency in the produce, particularly of wheat. The cattle and sheep markets have also risen, and, as the Spin advances, sheep are expected to be very dear, but this will he no advantage to many grasiels, whose entire flocks have unfortunately been cat ried or by the rot. On Tuesday morning, the cloth weavers employed in the extensive woollen manufactory of Gott and Sons, of Leeds, struck for an advance of wages. 111411111 ED.—At Stardwelshire, the Rev. Arundal Bou eerie, third son ot the Hun. D. Bouverie, to Fanny, second daughter of the late Walter &eye, Esq. of Keel, one oilier illajestl's maids of Ito nour.—At Bethel, Northundicrlaiol. the Rev. John Robituon, Rector of St. Dennis and Nahum, York, to Elizabeth, youngest deughttr of the Rev. F. Otter. DJ/W.—Richard C. C. Cholniendeloy, 35, rector of Boded, and eldest son of C. Chohnuadelsy, Esq. of Kuntsford. PLYMOUTH is DEVoNPORT JOURNAL, Ftu. 17. At the twelfth t u nnel general meeting of the trustees and managers, held at the Bank, Davoupora the 31st of January, 1831, Richard Dun. ping, Fag. in the chair, toe 'alluring luminous dilapidation ot 5,320 accounts, remaining open on the 20th November, 1030, was exhibited s 78 Small rimers . 4,753 273 Agricultural Labourers . . . 10,424 393 Labourers ot other descriptions . 19,008 241; Small Shopkeepers . . 15,424 1137 Journeymen Mechanics, Artificers, and Han. dicraftamen 915 Domestic Servants 516 Scattering Persons, Royal Marines, &c. 28 Soldiers 102 Apprentices . 101 Teachers, Shopmen, and Women . 606 Citeldreu 305 Females engaged in trade 349 Persons of small incomes, unconnected with business 160 Miscellaneous . 58,752 . 27.373 . 25,865 . . 1,086 . 1,919 . 4,193 . 12,173 9,599 . 20,659 . 0,472 £220,70(3 . 15,636 . 1,632 £237,974 Total of each Class. 2,203 Accuunts whew:: Balances did not exceed £2O each. 1,381 shove £2O not executing £3O. 819 above £.lO not -scantling £lllO. 839 nhovc £lllO not exceeding .£l5O. 172 above £139 not executing £2OO. 101 exceeding £2OO. It has been represented to the members of the Chamber of Commerce of this port, at a meeting held at the Exchange on Monday last, that by the continued paseverance of Capt. Alex. N:cholson, of the brig Susan, and the exertions of his crew, that vessel had been brought into this port after an unprecedented passage of fourteen weeks from Que bec, during which she encountered evatinueti gales of contrary winds, and carried away her rudder in the early part of the vorge, v'hicl, was replaced by four temporary ones; also with loss of sails, bulwarki, and other considerable damage to the hull mid cargo, part to which was thrown overboard— the Chambct unanimously resolved, tot a tokcu of the approbation entertained of the merit.- of 4 'ept. Nicholson on this ex traordinary occasion, that n piece of plate of the value of t.n guineas, be presented to him by the Chaiman, in the presence of the Chamber. We present our naval readers with a description of the temporary rudder used by Capt. Alexander Nicholson, of the Susan, by which she was finally brought into this port. Took a topmast, and cut it to the length required for a m.dnplece, putting the heel of the topmast for the ruddet-head ; then formed the back of the rudder of Z. inch 12 feet deals, which for want of bolts were trenelled together. Over the body of the rudder so formed, laid deal boards, the tits entitiee of which projected ott each side over the back of the rudder to give it more power by its width ; these were also trerelled ott. A. the extre mity of the lower end of the rudder, placed 2 cheeks of lticeory, ream - Ming the jaws of a boom, to skip upon the stern-post. These were bolted on, and clenched in 2 places; tiro, throve' the main piece, and then about 18 inches, from the first holt through the afterpar. of the nbler. Left a square hole two feet and a half from the Lour cm', and shod it with iron for the purpose of passing a chain through i. to which guys might be secured. A similer hole on the an principle. and tor hind ler purposes, was made about four feet from the first. Bored another hole for an iron chain on the 'mei of the retlatel a. the wateredge for the purpose of assisting the tiller in bad Leather. A'utellett euys to the chains, eased the temporary rudder over the stein, and oat-used it on tine outside by a spar Lahed from davit to davit, instead vi' it through the rudder case. iniog utraid, lest. ill case i 'acre wash's] away in a heavy sea, it might rip tip the already damaged Mena. Took the üb•, :tom the two lour hole* in chef. elle fore riegitl, and made t;:em fast to the windlus hits ; but the guys fr the chain through the upper hula on the heck of the rudder were carried throttgli blocks a t the extremities of a vard lashed across the quarter deck, to ac.as befure said, with the tiller ropes. The rudder, thus secured, welled as well as tr,tkr existing circumstances, could he expected, and to it the barely of the ship and the lives of a mos. persevering and praise worthy Captain and crew are owing. At a minima's inc,tin i r, of the inhabi.ants of this town, for the pur pose of considering the r ropriety of poitioning the Legislotnre r ev au else Live Parliimentery Reform Thonrs Hewes, Esq. to the Chair, it was unanimously resolved; that the Petition to the House of Commons now read be adopted, and that a similar Petition be preschted to the House of Lords. _ _ _ "That the elective frutichi,e, as at pre-tent vested and exercised, espe cially in Boroughs, has for the most part, little or 00 relation to tssi dem, openy. or intelligerce, and presents uutncitats reuses, anoma lies, and a'nturdities. " That the present -ystem in its working pleornt v:itlt evils too glaring to be (Loki! ; engendering atnonA die lnuer elas'cs, ethoc , and vices the mret &basing and ileinotalising—and antongr.t the hither ranLs of society, a spirit of servility anti depentience on mites weans of self aggrandizement than elitve t•uppliol by talent and industry ; whil-t the representatives themselves are exposed to powerful temptatiotts to the grossest venality and corruption. " That the interference of members of the upper house in the elec tion of the representatives of the people is at variance, no It with the spirit of the constitution, than with positive enactment--teal yet that the fact is notorious, that many members of your honourable house hold their seats at the arbitrary will of the peers of the realm. " That in the reign of Charles the Second, when the population of this borough was shout, seven thousand, the number of freemen (by which body. exclusively, the right of election is now exercised), ex ceeded three hundred ; whereas, at the present time, when the popula. Lion Is not less than twenty-five thousand, the number of freemen Is reduced to two hundred (including many peers of the realm and of ears of the revenue), and that of the whole number scarcely one half are resident. At a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of Devonport and Stoke Demerol, for the purpose of presenting petitions to both Houses of Parliament for Parliamentary Reform, and praying that the elective franchise may be extended to the town of Devonport. Joito Cluuter, Req. in the Chair. The following, among other resolution% wail una nimously carried :—That in confiding our wants to the judgment of the Ministers of the Crown, we cannot suffer this occasion to pass without recommending one measure—without which all ittliTM will be useless —Vote by Ballot. The first anniversary meeting of the South Devon and East Corn wall Botanical and horticultural Society took place on Thursday last, at the Atheneum. R. Bromley, Esq. of Travers' House Stoke hav ing taken the Chair, the Secretary, Dr. Hamilton, read ' theCum mittee'a Report for the present year. Ptrutturn.—Average—Wheat, 755; Barley, 34: 6d ; Oats, 24. 2d. Currency—Wheat, olOs to 78s ; Batley, 395; Oats, 21s to 265. We have had a bountiful supply of each ticecription of ;min at market since this day se'nnight, with little or nu animation in the trade. The market on Monday was exceedingly dull for Wheat. and none but the fittest qualities were disposed of nithout submittin; to a reduction in the prices demanded. In Barley and Oats there was little alteration to make in the current prices of the preceding week. TartsTocx.—Went. 19s to 21s 6d : Barley, lie to 91 fid ; Oats, 1 Is to 12% ikl. adiaßlED.—Commander R. Smith, R.N. to Mica, the eldest daughter of J. Slight, Esq.—At Stonehouse, according to the Jewish rites, Mr. M. Colic!), to Amelia, daughter cf Mr. Alexander. The ceremony w,oi attended by several families of the first respectability, a numher of the officers of the garrison, among whom were Gortis Beau clerk, Harley, &c.—Coptain A. Mason, R.N. to Anne, widow of the late Col. G. Arnuld.—Francis %TOM% Lewis, R.N. to Anne, second daughter of the late Laud, Esq. of llayne ►louse. DIED.—At Woodside, suddenly, Wm. Siiton, Esq. Purser, R.N. At Iludscott, Clitirtiotrin Philippa Maria Rolle, youngest sister to the Righ. Hon. land :tolls—Mrs. Burn, of Cargrecn, widow of the late Rev. R. Burn, of Stonehouse. M ANC IiESTE TIMES. The lying-in hospital iu 1798, delivered 580 married womcu ; in 1816, 1312; lu 1025, 3120; and in 1830, 4336. In nil, Li athty-five years, iiixty-ihree thousand. It present it cu lauys tweuty-scveo mid wives. About fifty bummonees have been served un various cotton mater hi Glossop Dale, for trucking, suffering children mucky age w be cat ployell in their mills, and wurking their mills more hours than the act specifies. . _ • STATE OP THE POOlt ix PADIHAM.—A fey weeks ago wa pub fished u short paregraph, stating that itt consequence of tote inability of a great number of the cottage owners to pay any rents, they were axes stinted, to prevent the bailiffs taking possession of whet Hide they had to keep their doors locked during all days of the week, excel); Sunday. Our 41forrnant states that the condition of thepoor in that .listrict is ifpoesihie worse now than it was then. We have been compelled for twelve weeks to keep our doors locked for fear of the bailiffs. Six &nate we confined in our sorry habitations, like prisoners iu a duageun, and the food we can obtain for the wages we receive for our labour is scarcely aufficient to keep our blood in motion. On Sundays we rush out of our habitations, with scarcely anything to cover our nakedness, into the open fields, and wander about like birds in want of a resting place. Out of about ninety hooves inhabited by the poor people unable to pay their rents, the bailiffs have at different times taken some by sur prise, and the tenants of others have made their escape, so that at the present time 27 of them are unoccupied. Such is the distress fu the neighbourhood of Darwen, that, uutwith ' standing the great demand for calicoes, the people are compelled to purchase grains from the mash tub, and mit them with oatmeal for their dinners, which, with the addition of a little bacon, is esteemed a very favourite meal. In other circumstances, the calico printers are much worse off, some having only one week's work out of six ; in deed, many of them had no work for the last ten or twelve weeks, du ring which time they have been subsisting upon eight or ten meals a week, and those of the most miserable description. Weaving is improving in Illackbuni. A little has been laid on the w wages, but not on all sorts. Provisions of all sot is are, how ever, upon the advance, and the weavers are in the very extreme of misery. Their compla ints are loud against the corn bill. To all ap ' pearance provisions will be much dearer than now, unless there be a relaxation of that obnoxious law. It is necessary to caution all shopkeepers, publicans, and the public generally, against a horde of base coin utterere, who are prowling about this town and its vicinity, and passing off bast coin to a most enormous extent. This week a great number of prisons have beets imposed upon with base crown pieces, half crowns, shillings, and sixpences. The progress at the United States of Astterio, iu the aoa.ndunent of their constitution, ought neve& to be List sight of bt the r,fornsers of England. We heed recently occasisss to notice self-ft:Lying reran's snendations made to eongres% by the presitkut, and we now learn that the Senate and .'louse at Representatives, in pursuance of his ndvice, have passed r Tesultttion that no person who has loan Jested to the office of president, and exercised its powers, shall be elhtiole to he re elected. Titus, while aristocratic ascendancy occasions e ith Ili a con stant retrogradation, popular ascendancy in America is muting a dual and steady advance in tha practical workings 1%1 site government towards the theoretic eft:ellen= of the constitu.iot.. There a. tars lit tle prospect of any important modification of Os' tariff. ts - e . ile we tx clude American grain anti dour from our markets, it 1% rot astonishing that the Americana should retaliate, even at some loss to themselves by excludinz our manufactured goods front their markets. A meeting was held in Ashton ' on Thursday week, at which it was agreed, that a memorial, to he si,ned by the cunst.deles, fret - holders, and police commissioners, should Le sent to his majesty's ministers, stating the :great population anti eking importance of the town, as reasons for its being represented in Parlituttent. Air Buckingham, to whom the country h under üblig.aions for his exposure of the East India Company's monopoly, is to give is course of lectures here. __ An Old man named llasnett, who appeared to be between 70 and 80 years of age, was brought up to the New Miley yettLnitty, un e charge of begging in the streets. flu being •inked b y Alr. foetal - why he was begging, he, in the most artless manner iutagnuMle. odd up Ms vene. rabic furrowed face to the mi:girtrute and said, " niestur. would no yo beg before yude clam ?—awd better to beg titan to ,teal,—thry (meaning the nversems) should u given tile suannut mom to livr un— aw want none to beg, not I; aw twins worked hunt fur ut) living as long as aw could. 'lley only *Worn me two shillings and threepence week, and tha's for three urns and two of us are tuthnuttic." _ _ About six months ago, Mr. R. 1). Davenport. who'd the people of Cheshire, especially those of Stockport, idolized as an YI.P. !Leant mended the formation of a political union In Stockport. As *ono its that gentleman's desire was made known, such a union was commenced, and is now rapidly increasing. The number is out. twelve hundred. — They meet in u large room, hired fen the purpube, in Clturchgete, large enough to contain a thousand, in which the: hula meedngs twice a week. Two petitions, the one fur repealing the COM Lees, and the other prayins for an extension of the elective films:his... siturt Parlia ments, and vote by ballot, have been sighed by the members; and will, to.morrow, he trunsruitted fur presentatio n . StIEII,I3ORNE JOI;RNAL, F. 10-17. SllAPTZSDUZY.—Notwitbstaliding the inclemency of the weather on Wednesday week, upwards of 601) persons, who arc residents in this town and neighbourhood, met to petition Parli.,ment for reforming the Representation of the People in the House of Commons„ and also desiring Chet the Electors of the Borough of Shaftesbury may be pro tected by the Balm. or that the Llective Franchise may be thrown open to the hundred, in order to destroy the unjust influence which is at present exercised over their rights. A variety of resolutions were entered into. Mr. Knowles, who was the unsuccessful candidate at the late election, came to attend the Meeting, and agreed to present the address to Earl Grosvenor. DK IDPU liT.—lllontlay last a girl, no: 13 purser age, uuderwert an examination before a bench of six Magi.trates, at ths Tem , Bull, on site. picion of betting fire to the premises of 111 r. Whethent. Mr. Ilattning of Dialog House, on the subject of tythes, suggests title Commissiolicos should be required, in the survey el every perish, to state their precise estimated value us the tithes is looney ter every field, but under a calculation of its correspoteling with the pike, of wheat at some given standard, as pethape, ..t sixty-foue shillings per quarter making the money payment ht the incur,: of ' a corn rent, which though fluctuating u little weal:Illy, would still, front the quantum of corn being fixed, say for ;ao years, secure to the tithe owners their equitably adjudged incuntes under act urrangement that enables them, uuring all deluges, in the valuation of land, and prices of the necessaries of life, fairly to meet she times, by receiving a proportionate value oi their tithes. The mote y pnyment should be made to correspond with the average vice of cheat, within the county where the lauds are situate, and vary uccortline ,t. the average' prices of the county, as published in the Gazet.e, e. tile expiretion of every year from whence the aunts due could :se acea La i ee d, nod neither the tithe owners ner farmers could receive , or L uty mot: t4Cn Ole precise value of the fixed quantity of wheat ; hut if the polpitiott• are made Irma averages taken from more vests than one, ittjustice may accrue to the grower or tithe owner, as had been raid in she several instances where fluctuating cant rents arc eneoced, under local eeee, fur !Unger periods. To protect each party frosts hequent or vexatious alterations in the payments, and to secure these an adjustment suiusble to meet any change in the veitte of haul, 1 pro e ote that either else tithe owners oe the owners of a. Lee t wit-thirds of lie land in point of value, shall have the option, efter nee ycar's notice, prior to the expiration of the term, to require and 'nit( I; t e e e e f e adon and new ussestmtent oi the parish, the party requiring sown ttor 'abla tion to pay the expenses of making the same, and in rase. ellen to ettch notice is given, that the regulated scale of payments shell co. roue dur ing the succeeding term of twenty veers. the contteiseionere should he authurised equitably to protect and enceurage landed proprietor s invest ing money in immanent expensive improvements. as enclosures, drain age, or irrigation, by fixing a period when the rate of tithe pay i ment shall not exceed one tenth of the uniniproved annual value of the land, to allow time for a fair remuneration of the expendi ture, before a full proportion of tithe shall take place t under this advantage capital would be employed to render the estate beneficial to the owners during Its remuneration of the outlay, when a correspond ing increase of income must acme to the time owner; but without this arrangement neither the individuals nor the public may be benefitted. To prevent, en the one hand, a return to an unjust assessment beyond one-tenth of the far product of the earth, divested of the burthen levied through the medium of indirect taxation, a fixed maximum not exceeding three shillings for every pound sterling, of the annual value of the land, should be specified in the act ; and on the other, to guard against an undue estimate, where there exists no modus or cause of ex emption from tithe, in no instance should the assessment be made at a less rate than two shillings for every pound, of the annual value of the estate, the Commissioner having first taken into consideradon and made allowance for all modules or extra expenses, including the estimated in. crossed price of culture, attributable to modern indirect taxation. To secure the tithe-owners from difficulty in recovering their income, I would suggest their being invested with the power of distress as for rent in arrear, when without trouble they would receive their revenues, thus rendered equivalent in value to the scale of tithe, as paid for ages before the modern system of taxation destroyed the due proportions, and which impermtibly raised the value from one-tenth to a seventh of the rented value of the land." MARRlED.— Francis James Lewis. R.N. son of the late Ueut, General Lewis, to Anne, second daughter of the late William land, Req. of Bayne House, Silverton—At Pulliam, John Saxon, eldest son of Samuel b. Saxon, Esq. of Evercreech, to Mary Hyde, daughter of the late Capt. Edward Kendall, R.N.—At Taunton, Richard King Meade King, Esq. to Catherine, second daughter of the late William Oliver, Esq. DIED.--John Pearse, Esq. of Chilton Lodge, Wilts. M.P. for Devises, and many years a very active Bank Ditector, and Governor in 1810. He made a large fortune as contractor for army clothing, under the Sidmouth administration. and was an urbane and much-respected man. EXETER ALFRED. A petition for reform has been got up by the inhabitants of Plympton, which is a close corporation, in the interest of the Earl of Mount Edge cumbe and Paul Treby, Esq. The freedom of this borough had been denied to sonic of its oldest and most respectable inhabitants, when claimed as an hereditary right under the charter, while it has been freely conferred upon strangers, so that at present these are actually but fin freemen living within the borough. As some labourers were lately repairing the road near Newton Bushel, and cuuing through a slaty rock, Mr. Radley, surgeon, of that town, (who was an eminent mineralogist) discovered fourteen fossil Tribolites embedded in the rock ; this curious little reptile has apparently three distinct parallel bodies united together„ and it is said these are the first of that fossil which have been found in Devon ; and one of the finest of the specimens is now hi the possession of Mr. S. Woolmer of this city. The design of painting a full length portrait of Mr. Alderman Phil lips, to be placed in our Guildhall, hes been met with the utmost readiness and liberality by a great many of our fellow citizens, admitting not the slightest doubt that the sum required for carrying this gratifying object into effect will very soon be raised. The following petition, praying for Parliamentary Reform, has been prepared at Bridport, numerously signed:—" That the people of the aked Kingdom haves just right to a full, fair, and free representation in the Commons House of Parliament, as recognised by ancient esta blished law. That the present state of the representation is defective, inasmuch as that, in many cities and boroughs, the elective franchise is possessed by compatatively few persons, and is not made justly conunen• surate with the numbers, property, and intelligence of the —par. Cal, because the qualifications of electors are unequal, indete P r e mt e te, and capricious--and corrupt, because it is notorious that a considerable pro portion of your honourable house is returned by the nomination of pars and others, and that the free choice of the people is frustrated in a large portion of the remainder by unjust influence and various and flagrant corruptions. The following are the annual accounts of the Devon Saving Bank A balance of Of this sum there belongs to 21 ' 816 £612,273 18 0 Individuals..... To 258 Friendly Societies .. 41,351 11 3 Tom 5 ieties Charitable Institutions and} 14,902, 17 7 £668,626 6 10 Balance of the Surplus Fund 1,489 11 1 Total . £670,017 17 11 A circular letter having been read, from the Superintending Com mittee of the Brighton Savings' Bank, to the Trustees of this Institu tion, stating, that it is their intention to petition parliament that depo sitors may be allowed to deposit 301. per annum without limitation of the total amount, and requesting the co-operation of this institution. Orders have been received at Plymouth this week, to place two that rates and four frigates in such an efficient state, that they may be brought forward for commission, if wanted, immediately. DERBYSHIRE COURIER. The following Fs a copy of the Wirksworth Miners' petition, for. warded to the Duke of Devonshire and Francis Mundy, Eeq. for pre sentation. They have nearly 1,000 signatures of working miners : " That your petitioners have for several years laboured under the most serious and alarming state of poverty and distress, being scarcely able, if in work, to earn a scanty pittance of more, on the average, than 4s. a weak, which is inadequate to the support of their families. That many of your petitioners are totally out of employment, and others of them have been obliged to abandon their homes to seek work in other places, in doing which they have been very unsuccessful. " That your petitioners attribute their distress and poverty to the low price of lead ore; a load of b4O pounds, when dressed and made marketable, selling only for 30s, which price, at many mines, is scarcely sufficient to pay expenses. " That the low price of lead ore tends greatly to discourage mineral adventurers In search of the same, and has been the means of throwing many large mining establishments out of workmanship, and conse quently a numerous class of your petitioners and their fellow miners, are either partially or totally out of employment. "That the distress of many of your petitioners is greatly inereaseeby their not being able to sell at any price the calamine/is which they raise in considerable quantities from many lead mines ; the use of it being superseded in making brass by foreign "cite,. ":That your petitioners humbly conceive the low price of lead ore,and their consequent distressed state, is occasioned by the want of an ade quate and protecting duty upon foreign lead and foreign lead ore, im ported into Great Britain. " And to prove that your petitioners' complaint is well grounded,they beg leave to state that the church living at Wirksworth is almost depea. dant on the tithe of lead ore—being by composition one-fortieth part — which a few years since produced upwards of 1,0001. a-3 ear ; whereas, the last year, 1441. 11s. 26d. was the full amount derived from it." A report of the Committee of the Derbyshire Law Society, to the society at large, upon the subject of the General Registry Bill, premises, for the information of members who may not have seen this voluminous and complicated bill, that it consists of 83 closely printed pages,containing altogether near NO common law folios, and that it b di vided into 192 substantive and distinct clauses ; exclusive of 31 Pro visoes, which are embodied into, and contronl the operation of, as many of its clauses • thus altogether forming a bill of 223 substantive clauses, and ingra ft ed Provisoes;—added to which, your Committee find many of the clauses and provisoes, extremely complex, in both purport and language; although, in the humble judgment of your Committee, they mi,;ht have been very much more clearly expressed; to say nothing of the absence of an important schedule of fees, which, it would seem from the words of reference in the bill, is intended to be appended to it. The bill, however, without such schedule, your Com mittee have attentively perused, and, as practical men, and (for the pur. pose of this Report,) dismissing all theories, your Committee cannot help, in limine, pronouncing it a complicate and inconvenient piece of ma chinery, as it will affect every landowner in the kingdom, and that it will inevitably be, for some years to come, at least, a fruitful source of litiga- 1 tion. But while your Committee halt their duty(upon public grounds) thus to characterize the bill, and to add, that they will willingly co-ope rate with all persons of landed property, in opposing so mischievous and inconvenient a measure passing into a law, yet, as regards the pecuniary interest of the profession, your committee acknowledge, that they are no ground, or at least no sufficient ground, for professional men individu ally petitioning the Legislature against it. For your Committee feel convinced, that one or more duplicates of all assurances (s hich dupli cate are frequently mentioned in, and contemplated by the bill, and are thereby made exempt from stamp duties) will grow into universal use and adoption, the original assurances, to be transmitted to London to be for ever impounded in a species of mausoleum, which is propos ed by the Bill to be erected there; and the duplicates, for the purpose of re maining in the country, for the use and reference of the parties inter rated in the originals. And therefore by such dupliestes, and the va rious researches, which will be rende red necessary, the profession will be sufficiently remunerated, or, at least indemnified; but the landowners, who think they now pay quite enough for their conveyances, mortgages, ie. and particularly In transactions of a small amount, will, in the judg ment of your Committee, be most seriously affected by the expenses to he occasioned them by this Bill. Under these impressions, your Casimir tee can notrettommend the Society, ea a professional body, to take any step against the bill passing into a law ; but your Committee feel it their duty most I strongly and earnestly to recommend, that each and every one of its I members, should be at some trouble in pointing out to their clients, and I to gentlemen of landed property, what will, in the opinion of your com- 1 mittee, be the certain effects of this bill, if carried into a law, upon all owners of landed property, and then leave the landowners themselves to decide the course they will take ; but, in so doing, your committee also recommend, that every assistance shall be rendered to the gentlemen of landed interest. by the members individually, and that every member who may be a landowner also, shall zealously, in that character, unite in petitioning against the bill in question. Saturday last the Majestic, a new engine which has just been put on the railway, travelled six times between Liverpool and Manchester, a distance of I/10 miles. The total quantity of goods conveyed backward a and forwards, amounted to 142 tons ! The same engine travelled on Monday 120 miles, with loads sim il ar to thou taken on Saturday,_ Liverpool Times. A very liberal subscription has been raised In Ashbourn and the vici. oily, to defray the expense which has been incurred in making an s " tempt to find coal in some land adjoining the turnpike-road leading to Buxton, situate about a mile from Ashbourn. Tuesday week last, the town of Stafford was thrown into considerable alarm, in consequence of the following dreadful occurrence ;—j; app eut , that Mr. Henry Stringer, of the Digiske, had been for some time past paying his addresses to Miss Ward. On Monday last, Mr. Stri ng , waited on the lady's mother, and is supposed to have solicited he r consent to their union, which she p ositively refused. It appears they were known to have been with each other the same night, at which time they no doubt came to the dreadful resolve of committing self-destruction. On Tuesday night Mt. Stringer retired to rest at his usual hour ; but, in a short time, his mallet heard something fall in his room ; and she immediately went to ascertain the alum, when she found her unfort n . nate son weltering in his blood, and so effectually was the wound in. Sicted on the jugular, that he died before medical aid could arrive. On the following morning, Miss Ward [was also found dead:in het bed the supposition is, that she had taken poison, to ascertain which, th e body was to be opened for examination on Thursday, when a corona's inquest was to be held on both. Miss Ward was only 19 years of age, and Mr. Stringer 94. On Sunday last an inquest was held at Sutton-in.Ashfield, before C. Swan, Esq. coroner, on the body of Joseph Betts, aged 29, wh o h ad hung himself the day before. It is supposed that he had committed suicide in consequence of a disagreement with a girl to whom he was about to be married, and in whose affections he was rivalled by his own brother. The jury returned a verdict that he destroyed himself during a fit of insanity. Inquests were held before Sir J. Fowler, coroner of the Manor of Burton upon Trent, on Saturday last, on the body of Thomas Mr ; and ou Monday last, on the body of William Cotton, whose deaths were occasioned in the following manner:—On Saturday morning these unfortunate men, with several other unemployed labourers, yoked them. selves to a waggon, and went to a colliery about three miles distant for a load of coals, which they intended to sell in the town. In descending a steep hill with their load on their return, they imprudently unlocked the wheel of the waggon before reaching the bottom, when the waggon rolled on so swiftly as to overpower the poor fellows who were fastened to it, several of whom were forced to the ground. The wheels passing over the head of 111 ff, he was killed on the spot, and Cotton was so much injured as to survive only a few hours. The others who were hurt are doing well. CHISTERVIELD—Wheat, 723; Batley. 355. MARRIED.—At Chesterfield, the Rev. J. K. Marsh, B.A. Cu. rate of Knaresbro', to Elizabeth, third daughter of Mr. Longson, of the I Walton Works.—At Burton-upoo.Trent, Henry John Lea, Esq. of Caddley Hill, to Charlotte Anne, fourth daughter of Charles Perkes, Esq of Sinai Park.—James Jannance, Gent. of Edge Top, near Long. nor, to Miss Mary Ann Doughty.—At Sneinton, Mr. Beekit Truman, surgeon, of Nottingham, to Susanna Mary, daughter of M r . J. A. Smith, Trent Bridge. DIED.—At Chesterfield, Rowland Hatthcote Hacker, Rsq. aged M years.—ln Chesterfield, Anne Elizabeth Oration, aged 29 years. DUBLIN MORNING REGISTER, FEN. Pt The gross receipts of the °Tow staLt Tamura, as far as they have yet come to hand, and as advertised at length, are 19,0141. 6s. 4d. They are estimated at about 30,0001. Cutrxxr or KILKENNY Exscrimr.—We publish this day' the address of the Hon. Colonel Butler, and also a letter from Mr. O'Con. nell, strongly recommending this patriotic gentleman to the favourable consideration of the independent electors. Mr. O'Connell has subscribed I 1001. towards defraying the expenses of the popular candidate. On Saturday night, a meeting of from 2 to 300 persons took place in Mrs. Davis's tavern, Smithfield, to adopt a petition to Parliament for a repeal of the union. They were almost entirely tradesmen. Mr. William Tucker was called to the chair; and his son, Mr. E. J. Tucker, appointed secretary. A petition to Parliament was adopted ; and a committee of 21 chosen, to procure signatures, and have the peti tion forwarded to Mr. Brownlow, for presentation in the House of Commons. MARRIED.— At Taney church, Richard Booth, Esq. to Elise, third daughter of Joseph Wright, Req. of Beeeb.hilL—John Dannelly, Et q. of Abbey.atreet, to Mary, eldest daughter of M. B. Lawlor, Esq. of Mabhot.street. DI ED.—lo Marion square, Catherine, wife of J. Richards, E.g. L.C.—John Clarke, Esq. Aston's.quay.—At Bruff Glebe, the Rev. Andrew 3l'Culloc.—ln Belfast, Sarah, relict of the late Captain James Reid. FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, Fes. 16. The great interest created by the distresses of the population on the western coasts of Ireland, confers importance en the following pe tition to Patliament from the inhabitants of the parish of Sihnore Moy, in the counties of Mayo acd Sligo. That at no former period were your petitioners plunged into deeper or more general distress, owing to a variety of causes, some of more re mote and others of more recent operation. Among those causes which have largely contributed to produce this general distress, is the annihi lation of the linen trade, which gave employment and comfort to num bers in this parish, who, since its decay, have fallen into a state of utter destitution. So deplorable was the wretchedness to which some of your petitioners were reduced last summer, that they were obliged to mortgage a large portion of their growing crop, to save them from starvatieo. And now that they are obliged to meet the accumulated demands arising on them from those usurious contracts, as well as heavy Tents and taxes, many of them ate left without a morsel of their produce for their own sustenance. " Petitioners further beg leave to state that the general distress which pervades this parish, is peculiarly aggravated in the town of Balboa, owing to C. se continual influx of the wretched small tenantry of the neighbouring counties, who after being stripe of all their substance by unfeeling landlords, are daily pouring into the town to increase the mw of Its misery. " From the depreciation of stock, the disproportion of its produce to the exorbitant price of land, as well at the other ceases to which it is subject, and the consequent wretchedness that overspreads the countr7, the busineesa of the shopkeepers is almost at a stand, public credit is impaired, and with the exception of the exportation of oats alone, trade L stagnant in this town beyond any former example. Nay, the corn trade, which is the chief source to which the town owes whatever It poe tesses of prosperity, is embarrassed by reason of two rocky shallows near Belleek, which render the river unnavigable. Hence the necessary de predation in the Corn Market below the standard of sea ports, where there is no expense of land carriage, and the natural diversion into other channels of a great deal of produce, which, if the market rose to a level, would find its way into Ballina" At a meeting of the nubility, gentry, merchants, and traders of Dub lin, convened in the Mansion-house, by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, on Saturday, sth Feb. instant, for the purpose of relieving the extreme distress afflicting the poorer classes of society,—the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the Chair. The following Resolutions were unanimously agreed to: That the Committee be authorised to employ, as far as practicable, the labouring poor in clearing the high roads leading to Dublin, for the purpose of giving employment to those who would otherwise be idle, and of thereby enabling the farmers to bring provisions to market. That a communication be mad: forthwith to the Contractors and Trustees of the several Turnpike roads leading to Dublin, stating that this Committee is most anxious that their several roads shall he imme diately open for ten miles from the Circular-road, and that this Corn. mittee is willing to pay one-fourth of the expense thereby incurred from Monday next, the 7th inst. provided the work be executed within the first four days of the ensuing week. Thum all the following main roads leading to Dublin, not being turnpike.toads, this committee will, for like purposes, pay to local Run dation, one.third of the expense for ten niiles from the circular road, provided the work be executed within the following week, vis.: Bray Road. by the Rock, Stillorgan, Dundrum, and /Inniskerry, Rathfarn ham, and Tallaght. At a numerous and highly respectable meeting of the Landed Pro prietors and Freeholders of the Queen's County, it was unanimously resolved, that the legislative union between Great Britain and Ireland was brought about by bribery and cortuption ; that the rebellion of 1798 was fomented for the purpose of carrying this measure into effect, through the jealousies and divisions of Irishmen ; that the spirit of the constitution did not permit the legislature of that day to transfer our rights—rights but delegated to them for a specific time, and for specific purposes. and that lapse of time, however long, should be no bar to our seeking constitutionally for rights of which we were uncon s tit u tion a lly despoiled. That thirty years experience has proved that the Union has been the source of degr ad ation and extreme destitution to this country. by abstracting out nobility and gentry, and capital ; and that a British parliament, unacquainted with the local state of Ireland, is not compe tent to remedy the misrule to which we are, and have been subjected, and that we shall seek and urge, by every constitutional and legal means, a repeal of this measure ; and that in doing so, we are actuated by the strongest love to our country, and attachment and loyalty to our King. and the constitution of these realms. That at this moment, when Daniel O'Connell, Esq. M.P. is mis represented by his opponents, and persecuted by the crown for his ex ertions to obtain reform of existin misrule, • relict from the admitted misery to which they are subjecte d, we deem it our duty to return him our grateful thanks for his useful exertions to promote cordial union and the permanent welfare of Irishmen. MARRIED.—The Rev. W. Henry, of Loughgali, to Harriet, only daughter of the late Rev. Moses Chambers, of Stewartstown —J. N• Tarleton, Rsq. of killeigh, to Ann, third daughter of the late H. To thergill, Esq. of Caerleon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 10x. Um. I Afternoon Lowroor : hinted and Published by JOHN 31AYNIC, at the Sr CI Orrtcr, No. 1, Piekeu-place, Temple Bar.