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i',s - 4 ; •• • r. $.• • .1 1: f • 1.1 SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. 4 .11 ; t • I • , The Epistle fr' the Yearly Meeting, held in London, by adjournment, from the 17th of the sth month, to the ith .4* the same, inclusive 1831. r TUE QUARTERLY AND MONTHLY MEETINGS OF FRIENDS, IN GREAT BRITAIN, IRELAND, AND ELSE GDERE. DEA R FRIENDS—Peeling our hearts warmed eith love towards our brethren and sisters, wher ever situated, we do not hesitate again to salute plu ; and to express our desire and prayer, that g•raco and peace may be' multiplied unto von from is:D our FATHER, and from the LORD JESUS it wr. We have again to rejoice in the condescension i•ft he Great Head of tbe Church; for while we have tliund abundant cause for humiliation, in the de ficiencies which continue to prevail amongst us, we may gratefully acknowledge thatHa has not cast off, his unworthy children. He has enabled us to conduct the business which has come before us in love and harmony, and has graciously bestowed upon us a so leinn and refreshing sense of his mercy. We have received an Epistle from our dear brethren in Ireland, and one from each of the yearly meeting s of our friends in North America ; and have been com forted by these renewed tokens of Christian affec tion. The epistles from our friends in America afford an evidence of their continued zeal for the cause of CHRIST ; , yet we deeply sympathise with' them in the trials to which they are still exposed, and desire to commend them to the grace and goodness of GOD. While thus assembled in large numbers ne have been led to feel for those of our dear friends who are scattered in solitary places, and who are accus tomed to meet for the purpose of worship in very small companies. May such be encouraged to a persevering diligence in the performance of this Christian duty. It is consoling to remember that Goo is every where present to bless his faithful children, and that our holy REDEEMER manifests himself by his spirit to the two or three who are gathered together in his name. Many valuable members of our society have been trained for use fulness, by the Divine hand, in very secluded si tuations ; and the consistent example even of a so litary individual may be of great use in promoting the cause of truth and righteousness. As such enoeavour to maintain their relig ious principles riithfully, others may in the end gater round them. Our we!l-kno*n practice of assembling for wor ship at an appointed time during the week, besides the first day, has again been a subject of religious exercise amongst us. Thus to leave our outward concerns in humble dependence upon GOD, and in solemn silence to wait together upon Hier, we be lieve to be acceptable to our IlEit V ENT. Y FATHER, and eminently calculated to promote our religious edification. We desire to encourage our dear friends every where to a diligent attendance of these meet ings ; the neglect of them is an affectingtication of a lukewarm mi n d ; an d th ere i s su y great clanger that we shall hinder our religious progress if e. e refuse to avail ourselves of so valuable a privilege. We would remind our beloved brethren, that unless we are pressing forward towards Zion, the city of the living GOD, we may soon lose our re maining strength, and become immersed in the spit it of the world. How earnestly will they who are seeking to make progress in the spiritual course, ask and wait for that holy aid which con stitutes the life and strength of the renewed soul. It was by a constant reference to the Spirit of CHRIST in the heart, that our early predeces sors were enabled to support their Christian testimonies under severe persecution; as well as to maintain that standard of Christian principle by which they obtained, from those who injured them, so high a character for strict veracity and in tegrity in all their transactions. We entreat you, dear friends, to consider whether the LORD is not requiring of us, individually, a fuller surrender of the natural will, a greater degree of decision in giving np all for CH RIST, and a more ardent pur suit of heavenly things—" If ye then be risen with CHRIST, seek those things which are above,where aitteth on the right hand of Gun." A just view and full belief of the astonishing fact, that Goo sent his only begotten Son into the world to save us, is we believe suited, beyond all other things, under the power of the HOLY SPIRIT to bumble us in a sense of our own corruption, and to excite in our own minds fervent gratitude to wards the AUTHOR of all good. Under the influ ence of this gratitude, may we all devote ourselves without reserve to the service of our REDEEMER ! When love for CH HIST has expelled from our hearts the love of the world, we shall no longer go iialting on our way in a condition of weakness, but shall experience growth in grace, and in the knowledge of our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS Cll RUST. We have been once more led to take a view of the responsibility which attaches to parents and heads of families. To train up our children, ser vants, and those under our care both by example and precept, in a religious life and conversation, consistent with our Christian profession, is a duty of a very serious nature. We beseech our dear 1 . 1 iends to reflect on its vast importance, and in order to perform it rightly, to press after true god liness. Never shall we be found faithful stewards in this respect, until we are ourselves men of . prayer. weaned from the spirit of the world, and walking in the reve. ent fear of Coo our Father. We have, on the present occasion, deeply felt the loss of some of our beloved friends, lately removed by death, whose labours were greatly esteemed amongst us, and who, we humbly believe, have en tered into their rest. Our hearts are also turned in christian sympathy to those who, by their increasing mlirmities, are prevented from giving us their com pany. We highly value that travail of soul which our elder brethren and sisters in the LoRD (now that their' day of active service is nearly over) are maintaining fur the good of the Church, and its preservation in Christian purity ; we honour them for their works' sake. We tenderly desire that now, in the evening cf !ife, they may partake of the rich consolations hick are in C It IST JESUS ; and that, being pre sci in faith and patience unto the end, whilst tii•-y have to say with the Psalmist, " My flesh and my heart faileth," they may adopt the language, •' but (ion is the strength of my heart, and my po;:tion for ever." To our young friends, particularly, we would ffecti -tely recommend a frequent recurrence to principles of our religious profession, consider to be those of pure Christianity. iishment iu these principles would, we preserve us consistent both in faith Iractice, and prevent us being improperly moved, by the varying notions which are so common in the present day. We long to im press upon you, dear young friends, the beauty and value of an early end of unreserved dedi cation of yourselves to GOD : cultivate a ten der and enlightened conscience, and obey His law with all sincerity. Be faithful in maintaining your plainness of speech, behaviour, and apparel. Che rish those wholesome restraints of a guarded and religious education, of which the evident tendency is to keep you out of the way of evil. We entreat you to avoid speculation and disputation on religious subjects; for these will hinder, instead of promoting your growth in grace. Let all your conversations on the sacred truths of the Gospel be conducted under a due sense of their importance, and in the true fear of GOD. Carefully peruse the Holy Scriptures, and meditate upon them in private. Above all, delight yourselves in communion with Goo, and lead a life of prayer : then will the blessed ord of promise be your's, " I will be a FATHER unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the LORD A LMIG HTY." It is satisfactory to observe, that, with little ex ception, Friends continue to bear a faithful and Christian testimony against the payment of tithes end other ecclesiastical demands. The amount of distraints made upon the members of our Society (r these claims, during the last year, as reported to this meeting, is upwards of fourteen thousand two hundred pounds. May we ever bear in mind the ground of our testimony against the anti-christian imposition of tithes, and be steadfast and consistent in upholding our views of the spirituality and free dom of the ministry of the Gospel. We consider those views to be founded on the very nature of the Christian dispensation, as well as on the plain com mand of Crt 'ST, " Freely ye have received, freely give." Our testimony on this subject is purely Christian ; and hence it becomes highly important that, in all our proceedings for its maintenance, we should act as becometh our high profession ; and by the meekness and consistency of our conduct, exalt it in the sight of those with whom we associate. We are much impressed with the belief that in this and other respects, there is more than a common call on the Christian for watchfulness. It is a time of unusual excitement, as relates both to religion and politics : while, therefore, we rejoice in the assured belief that the MOST 11101 i ruleth in the kingdoms of men, and that the events which he or dains or permits, will ultimately promote the wel fare of his children, we feel an earnest solicitude that Friends every where may be weaned from the spirit of a contentious and fluctuating world. " He that dwelleth in the secret place of the MOST HIGH, shall abide under the shadow of the AL- M/611T V." To do all things in the name of JESUS, to obey the dictates of his Spirit, and humbly to follow his example, will be found our highest interest and our beat security. Let us, then, beloved friends, seek to be clothed with the meekness and gentleness of CUBIST ; walking circumspectly before GOD, and endeavouring to perform all our relative duties in his holy fear. And, since " love is the fulfilling of the law," let us pray that we may be endued with charity, not only towards each other, but towards our fellow men of every class and description. Finally, may we be found faithful and obedient in suffering with CHRIST, and be made abundant partakers of his life-giving power. Thus shall we be prepared, at the solemn close of life, to unite with his redeemed followers in the triumphant song, " Unto HIM that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and bath made us Kings and Priests unto GOD and his FATTIER; to HIM be glory and dominion for ever and ever.—Amen." Signed, in and on behalf of the Meeting, by JOS IA H FORSTER, Clerk to the Alerting this Year. ~ $ Christian I sllie. We LI hfe, the, , %, bich are i I 1 • set ved in f I tie-) have I I ihy heart f . " but Got portion for i • • To our mffeetlonatt o e fit I v Lich ‘‘e c An establit believe, p and pract PANORAMA OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The STAR has tor several months exhibited such a pic ture of the Domestic Events of the Empire, as never before was attempted. It gratifies unspeakably the natives of districts who reside in London and distant counties, and is a LITTER FROM HOME to every provincial in foreign Countries, or in the colonies. It raises also into general importance the exertions of local talents in every public cause. Then as this is a duty performed alone by the STAR, those local patriots would ill deserve their name, if the STAR and its interests were not reciprocally promoted by them in every district. We know it has been so in many places, and the STAR in principles, and in all the best qualities of a paper, bas justified preference; but we reasonably expect the same attentions EVERY WHERE, as the means of at once recompensing our diligence, and adding to the utility of our valuable and exclusive information. We call also on the Provincial Proprietors of Papers, whose local labours we thus illustrate, and invite with earnestness their powerful attentions in promoting those interests of the Paper which they best understand. We notoriously excel all London Papers in priority of Foreign News, and our display of the transactions of the country is equally exclusive and pie. eminent. PLYMOUTH AND DEVONPORT JOURNAL, JUNE 7. The question which has so long been in dispute as to the right of electing the aldermen of this borough, via. whether it be exclusively in the aldermen themselves, or in the com monalty or freemen at large. is now likely to be determined, as on Tuesday, the 31st May last, Mr. Sergeant Merewe. thee. moved for and obtained a rule, calling upon Messrs. John Smith, Richard Freeman, and Wm. Henry Hawker, to show cause why an icformation in the nature of a quo warranto should not be filed against them, to show by what authority they claim to be aldermen of the borough, ou the ground that they were elected by the aldermen only, and not by the mayor and commonalty. PORTUGUESE EMIGRANTS. --We regret to state that the Funds for the relief of these unfortunate sufferers are nearly exhausted, and that the Committee have found it ne cessary to make an appeal to the public in their behalf. We trust that, for the sake of the national honour (and even for the sake of the precedent the circumstance will establish) we shall not inflict on ourselves the degradation of allowing them to be thrown on the Poor Rates. Through the kindness of the Overseen of the Poor, we are enabled to lay before our readers the following General Statement relative to the Population of this Town. RETURNS FOR 1831. St. Andrew's. Charles. nousEs Inhabited - - 2,084 4 38 7 Uninhabited - 188 115 Building . - 223 91 FAItILIES _ - - • • 4,390 2 829 _ -$ Employed in Agriculture 103 70 In Trade, Manufacture, &c. 1,800 1,077 AU other Families - 2,423 1,682 ItmtszTAwrs - - - . 18,819 12,179 .__ 8,189 Females - - . 10,710 6,870 AI ar.ts upwards of 20 years . . 4,160 2,763 The total population of this town is therefore 31,088 in. habitants, being in ten years an increase of 10,000 persons. We have been ramped Oh the fa/lowing statement of the Population Returns for the Parish of Stoke.Damerel. Inhabited Houses - - - 3,194 FamUies . . - - 8 , 312 Houses building - - " 120 Houses uninhabited - - 90 empi?yed ' Families in Agriculture - 83 Do. employed in Trade, Manufactures, &c. 3,486 All other Families - - 4,764 F Males emaFemales. • . - 16,817 - 19,408 It thus appears that the number of inhabitants in this parish in 36,08.., and the increase since the census of 1821 is only about 2,000. AFFRAY WITH SISUGGLERS.-011 Tuesday morning • last, Mr. Feet, Chief Officer of the Preventive Station at Cawsand, lodged In the Customs Warehouse at this port 46 kegs of brandy and graves, which were captured in the pre sence of a party of smugglers at half.past 11 o'clock on the previous night at Sheviock. The force of the smugglers was apparently about 30, but in consequence of the hour this could not be exactly ascertained, nor their persons identified. 31r. Foot and four men called on them to surrender the kegs, and alternately employed persuasion and threats to prevail on them to do so, but die smugglers set them at defiance, challenged Mr. Foot and his men, and swore vengeance on them if they made any attempt at capture. They were armed with bludgeons. and on Mr. Foot's proceeding to seise the kegs they made a sharp resistance. Mr. Foot, his son, and his three men (a fifth being left in charge of the boat) then fired several times on them, and it is probable from the number of shuts that several smugglers must have been wounded ; one, Mr. Foot apprehends. must have been killed, as it appeared to him that the ball entered his mouth, and he dropped. CASTLE OF URETER, JUNE 3.—The time of the Bench was occupied upwards of three hours this day in investi. gating a charge. instituted by the Excise, against 111 r. E. S. Bore, maltstsr, of St. Thomas. It appeared from the evi. dence of the Excise officers, that a cistern, containing 93 o.loths bushels of grain, is the process of maltirg, had been turned out into a couch. On examination of the r bzl e ez in the couch, it appeared to have been ille g ally com p e Having this suspicion, the officers returned the barley, after which, again measuring it, they found it to produce 101 bushels 0 10ths, being six per cent. of an increase upon the quantity anticipated by the law. Orders have been issued from the Home Department to the overseers of the poor in (heat Britain and Ireland, to make returns of the number of houses, or houses and land held together, in their respective parishes, rated to the poor rate at 101. and epwards, stating whether the rate is made on the full rack rent, or on what portion of it." The num. bet of houses in the parish of St. Andrew, rated as above, is 1398, and in that of Charles 1039. The rate on houses is made on cite half. and on lands at three.fourdis the rack rent or annual value. We regret to say that Major W. 11. Snowe. of the Royal Marines, was thrown from his horse, when attending the Review at Chadian', on the King's birth-day, and received such serious injury hat lie died at 6 o'clock, on Thursday morning last. An inquest was held on Tuesday last, by Mr. Robins, in the absence of 111 r. Squire, tht" Cowrie' fur the Borough, ou view of the body of Lieut. James Alexander Philipps, R.N. It appeared that on Sunday morning last, the de ceased, who was Meson of Capt. Philips, R.N. residing at Ton• House, near this town, left his falhet's residence early in the morning for the purpose of bathing, and that in the act of swimming, on his return towards the shore, he sud denly became exhausted and sunk to rise no more, but as a lifeless corpse. A steam vessel has been laid down at Chatham, to be named the Pheenix ; she will be propelled by a steam-engine of no less than two hundred and fifty horse power. The length of her dcck will be one hundred and thirty seven feet, and her breadth thirty-two feet ; and she is intended to throw shells of ten inches in diameter. PARTICULARS OF THE MURDER OF CAPTAIN Lo• OAK, BY THE NATIVES AT 111011ETON Bay.—(From the Sydney Casette, November 18,1830.—Captain Logan, of the 57th regiment, Commandant of Moreton Bay, had for sonic time been diligently employed in surveying that part of the territory, and executing a chart for the public service. His labours baring been nearly compleied, he left the settlement on the 18th ultimo to make his final survey, and which, alas, proved to be final in the most awful sense of the word. He was accompanied by a boat's crew and one private servant. On the morning of the fatal day, v. hen they had reached about 70 miles from the coast, a group of natives made their appearance, and manifested an unfriendly feeling towards the party ; in the afternoon, however, the lamented Commandant ordered his horse, saying lie should take a solitary ride, and return to the encampment in time for dinner. The party respectfully remonstrated with him against venturing alone, the natives having shown so menac ing a disposition in the morning ; he laughed, anti said lie had often encountered them in the bush, and ha l more than once frightened them by presenting an empty bottle instead of a pistol. Full of spirita, and a stranger to fear, he rode oaf—never to return. The afternoon wore away, the shades of evening came on, the darkness of the night set in— but no appearance of the Commandant. After a night of the strongest anxiety and alarm, the party proceeded at day break in quest of their unfortunate master ; but having spent the whole day in fruitless search, they hastened bade to the settlement, and reported the mysterious circum stance. Not a moment was lust. Capt. Clunie instantly dispatched several parties in the direction moat likely to lead to the desired discovery, with orders to scour the bush with the utmost minuteness. 011 the fifth day one of these parties descried a saddle hanging from the branch, of a tree, the stirrup leathers of which had been cut away. It proved to be the nne on which the Commandant had travelled ; and on examining the earth, it was discovered that the sad dle had been trailed along, leaving marks of its course upon the surface' fhese maths they proceeded to trace. and in a short time found the Captain's waistcoat, much stained with blood, and his pocket compass anti other instruments seat tered abou' and much broken. Pursuing the marks, they at length came to the lifeless body of the horse, and a little further on discovered the mangled remains of the murdered Commandant, loosely covered with leaves and earth, the feet protruding and woefully mangled by the native dogs. PLYKOUUTH COIN RETURN, JUNE 7. Average— Wheat, 74s 7d ; Barley, 31s lid; Oats. 29s 541. Currency—Wheat, 62s to 765. Barley, 39s to 37. Oats, 21s to 32s 9d. The sales of English wheat during this and the preceding week, have been so extremely limited, they preeludz us of fering any comment on the state of the markets for such description ; but in foreign the transactions have been more extensive than for many years past, at prices more favour. able to the factors than we last reported. In Barley there was little doing—the malting season, from the warm state of the weathei, is generally closed. The quantity of oats dis. posed of was to consumers in moderate quantities, for home. diate consumption. MARRIED.—Mr. J. Richards, surgeon, of Looe, to Miss Rogers, daughter of P. Rogers, Esq.—R. Marshall, Esq. M.D. Surgeon, R.N. to Satoh, eldest daughter of D. Major, Esq. of Hythe.--At Southampton. G. Irving Scott. Esq. to Louisa Jane, third daughter of Vice-Admiral Scott. —Joseph Sanders, Esq. to Emily Mary, only daughter of Capt. F. Stanfield, R.N. DIED.—Mr. Atkins, schoolmaster, Market.street, Stone. house, aged 37.—At East Emrna.place, Stonehouse, Charles Isbell, Esq. surgeon. —At Paton, Capt. Pellowe, Royal Navy, 67.—[n London. Mr. C. S. Gilbert, formerly of De- vonport, and author of " Gilbert's History of Cornwall."— Mr. lackay, late Master's Assistant of H.M.S. Windsor Castle. —At Coates, Sussex, Lieut. T. King, R.N.—ln Ox. ford place, Jane, wife of the Rev. Edward Beauchamp, St. John, A.M. BLACKBURN GAZETTE, JUNE 8. OLDHAM SPorxEns.—Symptoms of dissatisfaction be. twist the master spinners and their workmen, are every week becoming more apparent. One master gave notice of a re duction of his prices a fortnight before Whitsuntide, and on Saturday last the hands, 110:01 ding to previous arrangement, informed him that his terms would be acceded to. On Monday they went to work as usual, and continued until the dinner hour; after which, they sent him word that they could not return to their employment at his prices, and the whole of them have since remained out of work. If a re duction of prices should become prevalent, we fear a general turn-out may be expected. TIE LATE Mu. ASHTON OF HYDE. The Magis trates, Capt. Clarke, Mr. Brierley, and Mr. Wright, have been engaged the whole of the week on the examination of Thorou Trotter, the tailor, who was accused by the convict Jones, of bert ha murdered the late Mr. Thomas Ashton, of Hyde. The examinations were strictly private, so much so that the legal adviser of the accused, Mr. John Stanfield, was refused admission. The lad Jones, in his subsequent examination, implicated two other persona named Barnes and Smith, who it was satisfactorily proved were at other places at the time the murder was committed. Trotter ap peared to be much more composed in his mind at ever y sub segment examination, and every exertion was made by hiq sttainey to furnish evidence an alibi , which, be Waal** sacmded In doing, to the satisfaction of the magistrates, and the injured man was discharged. MONIIMENt TO TIM MaairOaT OT LATE R 0621 HALT Laloll 9 11411...-011 Thursday noon, a OUOtaralla and highly respectable meeting of the friends of the late Mr. Leigh was held in the Court House, Leeds, " to consider the propriety of erecting to his memory a monumental re. cord of the high estimation in which he was held," when the Rev. Richard Fawcett, M.A. Vicar, was called to the chair. A series of resolutions was passed, a committee ap pointed for carrying them into effect, and a subscription was entered into. ENGINES WI TIM RAIL-ROAD.—A new engine was started on the rail-way on Wednesday last, called the " Phenix," which took twelve s with it, containing upwards of three hundred persm c t i s ir o r t i n a rat one period went at the rate of about eighteen miles an hour. It was made at Messrs. Crook and Dean's foundry, in Little Bolton, and Is extremely simple in its construction. On Thursday, a new engine called the " Union," made at the Union Foun dry, by Messrs. Hick and Bothwell, was also tried, and took a party of gentlemen to Newton races. It Is con structed upon a very much improved principle, especially as regards the arrangement of the boiler and steam reservoir. On Saturday week, the Mayor received a letter from Lord Melbourne, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, expressing his Lordship's extreme dissatisfaction with the accounts which had been forwarded to him of the extraordi nary transactions in question, and insisting upon having a more full and complete account of them immediately for warded to the Home-Office.--The ringleader of the mob has since been apprehended ; and underwent an examination on Monday, when he was committed to Lancaster Castle for trial. About 30 of the rioters are now in custody; and the town is perfectly quiet. POPULATION OP BLACKBURN. -13,005 males; 14,086 females ; 4,594 houses, inhabited by 5020 families; 5 houses now building ; 208 houses uninhabited. The increase of population during the hat ten years is 5151. 'fha present population of Great Bolton is 28,425, and of Little Bolton, 12,860, being an increase of inhabitants in the two townships since the census of 1021, of 10,000. POPULATION or STOCYPORT.—The Census for this township has been taken, and the increase over that of 1821 is much less than has been looked for. The increase in ten years being only 3723. The returns are, males 12,223; females 13,216 ; total 25,449. BLACKBURN MARKET, JUNE I. Flour, fine, per pack 2401bs ..43s Od to 44s Od Do. superior, ditto 46 0 to 47 0 Do. per liana of 1961b5.. Oatmeal, per load .... ...... ......35 0 to 37 0 Potatoes, per 10ad.... 7 0 to 8 0 Fresh Butter Firkin ditto PRESTON MARLIT. Oats, per bushel of 451bs :11 Od to 4s Od Wheat, per windle of 220 lbs Od to 33s Od Flour, fine, per pack of 240 lb. .. 401 Od to ZlOs Od Ditto seconds do. ... 30s Od to 32s Od Oatmeal, per load of 240 lbs ... 38s Od to 41s Od Potatoes, per load tie Od to 5s 6d MARRIED.—J. Cheetham, Esq. of Staly-bridge, to Miss Emma Reyner, daughter of the late Reyner, Esq. of Bank Top, Asliton.under-Lyne.—Mr. Baldwin, to Isa bella, only daughter of the late 51r. Hargreaves, of Primit Bridge, near Colne.—Mr. Richard J. Masher, - of Liver. pool, merchant, to Miss Mary Ann Constantine.—At Snaith, Thomas Bradley, Esq. Mayor of Richmond, to Mist More house, of Stoney Bank, near Huddersfield. DlED—Harriett, youngest daughter of the late G. A. Lee, Esq. aged 22, of Manchester.--At Mount Pleasant, near Liverpool, Roger Anderton, Esq. 74 —At Hallam Tower, Sarah, wife of George Smith Wilson, Esq. 40. On Monday last, aged 80, Mr. George Pickup, of Rawten. stall, ner.r Haslingden, only brother of the late Mr. Robert Pickup, of this town.—GB, John Bateson, Esq. Bailiff of Clitheroe-65, Mr.. Dunderdale. of Grimsargh-84, J. Birley, Esq. of Kirkhain.— At Kirkham, 54, Mr. Pater. son, of Walton. DUMFRIES COURIER, JUNE 7. WeirrEiravEw.—On Monday, in pursuance of a notice giver. by a handbill issued by the aggrieved party, a public meeting was held at the Black Lion, "to consider the pro priety of presenting a memorial to the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Lieutenant of the county, praying for a more effi cient magistracy for the towns. Mr. Isaac Litiledale was in the cbair, who briefly opened the proceedings; and the subject of the disturbances was afterwards discussed by Mr. Hartley, Mr. George Harrison, Captain Robertson Walker, Mr. Milham Hartley, Mr. Hoston, Mr. John Gibson, Mr. R. Barker, ten. and Mr. IL Barker, jun. The topics of this discussion are all included in the resolutions. That this meeting views, with the highest Indignation, the proceedings which took place In the town on Saturday last, when a party of gentlemen peaceably assembled at the Black Lion, to celebrate the King's birth-day. was stacked by an infuriated mob, cousisting wholly or principally of colliers and other workmen in the employment of the Earl of Lens dale. excited by a quantity of ale and spirits, previously dis. tributed to them, and encouraged by a display of yellow flags, the drums and fifes of the Cumberland militia, by whom the doors and windows of the house were demolished, and several of the party considerably injured. That all the Magistrates acting for the town and neigh bourhood being the decided partizans of one political party (one of them being the person by whom the ale was given to the mob, and another having been seen driving through the midst of them with a lady, who encouraged thus; by the waving of a yellow handkerchief), neither protection nor justice can be expected by those of the inhabitants who enter. lain different political opinions. That although the rioting and disturbance In the town continued several hours, yet no effort was made by any of the magisttates to suppress it, nor have any measures been since adopted by them to discover and punish the offenders. That it is absolutely necessary for the preservation of the peace of the town, and the protection of the persons and pro perty of the respectable inhabitants, that some independent gentlemen, of character and property in the town and neigh. bourhood, should be appointed to the magistracy. Scorca ERPRESENTATION.—The elections are et last concluded, except for Orkney, where the return of Mr. Trail, the former member, and a friend to reform, is certain. The result is, that the boroughs return eleven reformers, and four anti-reformers; and the counties (including Orkney), thirteen reformers, and seventeen anti-reformers. From the counties and boroughs. together, Scotland sends to the House of Commons twenty.fvur members who will support the ministerial bill, and 21 who will oppose it. THE Caors.--We conversed yesterday with a distin. guished agriculturist, while on his way home from what Cobhett calls a "Rural Ride," in the comae of which he vi sited Mid-Lothian, Stirlingshire, with its Case of Falkirk, Perthshire, with its Carse of Oowrie,and all the intermediate counties, as far as Inverness. Wherever he went his atten. tion was directed to the progress of the crops, and the state of agricnlture within the district, and we rejoice to find that his report, considering the late drought, is fully as favour. able as could have been expected. door. blattxcv.—We received on Wednesday last a letter from Liverpool, of which the following is a copy : I beg leave to advise for insertion in your Paper, and for the information of the farmers in your neighbourhood, that black-faced tail wool is rather dull of sale at 7s to 7s 3d per stone of 24 lbs. Parcels of laid cheviot base sold at 12s per stone, and Leicester fleeces at 8d or 9d per lb." GLasaow, J vex I.—Oats have been in good demand ; and have advanced is. per boll. Other kinds of grain steady. Wheat, British, old, per 2401ba .. 34s to 36s Do. new, a boll .. 28s to 31s Canada, free als to 33s Irish .. .. ... 28s to 31s Oats, Irish of 26111;s .. ... 21s to 234 Britis v h, do. ... ... .. 245 to 245 We accidentally met the other day, in an ex ceedingly ancient manuscript bundle of papers, deposited in the British 'Museum, the following curious epitaph, said to be inscribed on a plain marble stone, in memory of an eccen tric being who filled the office of postmaster to the town of Salswedel, in the parish church of which place he was buried :—" Traveller ! hurry not, as if you were going post haste—in the mat rapid journey you must stop at the post. house ! Here repose the bones of Mathias Schuhen, the most humble and most faithful postmaster for upwards of 25 years, of his Majesty, Frederick King of Prussia. He ar rived 1655 ; by holy baptism he was marked on the post. map for the celestial land of Canaan. He afterwards tra velled with distinction in life's pilgrimage, by walking courses in the schools and universities. He carefully per. formed his duties u a Christian, and when the put of mis fortune came he behaved according to the letter of divine consolation. His body, however, ultimately being enfeebled he waa prepared to attend the signal given by the post of death, when his soul set off on her plea sin g journey for Para dise, the 2d of June, 1711, and his body afterwards was committed to this silent tomb. Reader, in thy pilgrimage be mindful of the prophetic post of death !". SCIVTILLA. ON THE VIEW FROM ST. LEONARD'S. The following is an extract froth the beautiful poem of Mr. Conophell, in the Aftfropolilas Magazine: Yet, potent Sea! How placidly thy moist lips speak e'en now Along yon sparkling shingles. Who can be So fanciless as to feel no gratitude That power and grandeur can be so serene, Soothing the home-bound navy's peaceful way, And rocking even the fisher's little bark As gently as a mother rocks her child ! The inhabitants of other worlds behold Our orb more lucid for thy spacious share On earth's rotundity; and Is he not A blind worm in the dust, great Deep, the man Who sees not, or, when seeing, has no joy In thy magnificence ! What though thou art Unconscious and material, thou canst reach The inmost immaterial mind's recess, And with thy tints and motion stir its chords To music, like the light on Memnon's lyre! The Spirit of the Universe in thee Is visible; thou haat in thee the lifs— The eternal, graceful, and majestic life— Of nature, and the natural human heart Is therefore bound to thee with holy love. Earth has her gorgeous towns ; the earth.circling sea Has spires and mansions more amusive still_ Men's volant homes that measure liquid space On wheel or wing. The chariot of the land, With pain'd and panting steeds, and clouds of dust, Has no sight.gladdening motion like these fair Carteret', with the foam beneath their bows. Whose streaming ensigns charm the waves by day. Whose carols and whose watch.bells cheer the night, Moor'd as they cast the shadows of their masts In long array, or hither flit and yond Mysteriously, with glow and crossing lights, Like spirits on the darkness of the deep. In the recently published volume of the Life and Correspondence of Pr. Isaac Desire. we find the following passage in a letter from his wife to him, whilst he resided at Rome, where he had been away from his family a consi. derable time Our four children hears present there dutty to you. John very much desires to see his father, for he says he is gm to far as he thinke he knee not the way bak, or eta he wants a hors." es E OF A RED-HOT POKER.—During the aattack made List week at Whitehaven by the colliers in Lord Lonsdale's mines on the Refunners, while celebrating his Majesty's birth-day, the gentlemen of the assailed party did considerable execution among the assailants by coming out into the street armed with red-hot pokers, which they. remembering the example of Baillic Nicol Jamie, had pre pared within doors tor the purpose. At the Essex anti-reform dinner, the Chairman, after a eulogy upon the exertions of the clergy in the cause, gave as a toast the health of " the Bishop of London and the Clergy of the diocese ;" upon which the professional singers—no doubt by previous arrangement—struck up the celebrated glee of With a jolly full bottle," thereby casting, as we think, an indecent slur upon a body of men, who in herit none of the vices of the monks of oh!. The Essex Clergy, we think, may say, " save us from our friends." The Albanese, like the modern Romans, pursue their avocations out of doors ; even the attentions of courtship arc carried on with amusing publicity at the house door ; nr the Zitella, leaning out of a first-floor window, listen , complacently to the loud and passionate pleadings of her enamorato in the street below. As UNWELCOME GUEST.—The Emperor of Brasil has left his South American dominions for the pur pose, as some of the papers state, of commencing an attack upon Portugal. The vessel in which his Majesty has sailed is appropriately enough, named the Wasp. We have no doubt if the king of Brazil's destination be, as above ru. moulted, that the Wasp, u far as Don Miguel is concerned, will not prove to be without " a sling in its tail !" The celebrated Mary Campbell and her husband have arrived in London, and are now residing with the Rev. Edward Irving. This lady has, it seems, the gift of pro. phecy and tongues ; but, unfortunately, neither she herself, nor any one else, can interpret or understand the languages which she speaks; the reason of which is said to be, that the gift of tongues has been given, but not as yet the gift of it. terpretation. We are of opinion that another gift is much wanted in the same quarter, that is, the very rare gift of common sense. Be this uit may, Mary Campbell and her husband, as well as the rest of the prophets, are of opinion, that they have a commission to preach the gospel to a certain people, as yet unknown, who speak the language with which they are miraculously gifted. They say they are now wait ing tor direction from the Loan on the subject, and are therefore on their travels in quest of the unknown peeple. One question we wish them to answer. Was ever a person endowed with the gift of tongues, unable to understand himself ? MARRIAGE AT HUAIIINE.—A marriage has just been solemnized here. Mr. Barff ofliciated as Minis. ter. The bridegroom and bride were of respectable rank, and several persons attended to witness the ceremony. This commenced with reading a portion of Scripture from St. Matthew's Gospel, concerning marriage. The young cou ple, who had first taken their seats on a bench in front of the pulpit, the woman on the left hand of her intended husband now stood up. The bridegroom was then directed to take the bride's right hand in his own, and ar.swer the question " Wilt thou take this woman to be thy wife, and be faithful to her till death ?" Having replied "I will," the converse of the question was put to the bride, she, at the same time, taking his right hand in hers, and answer irg "1 will." The missionary then told the congregation that these two persona wore man and wife. A charge on their mutual duties was addressed to them, and the cere mony wan concluded with prayer. The names of the par ties, with those of two witnesses, were then registered In a book kept for that purpose. In all the island marriages are performed in this simple manner, the bans having been once previously published in the congregation to which the families belong. When we came out of chapel we saw the provision made for the wedding dinner. It consisted of a large hog baked whole ; about GO baskets of bread-fruit and cocoa nuts; many fishes of different kinds; unifies (wooden dishes) containing papoi, a kind of pudding, and other delicacies. The feast was laid out under an exten sive shed. Several hundred guests had been invited, and it was expected that all the provisions would be consumed. —Titernsann and Benneles Travels. Tara CHEROKEE INDIANS. —The progress in civilisation made by these people is altogether unexampled . in site history of nations. The bulk of the people live in =tive ease—many of them even hi high style. They land, build houses and boats, and project improve. ments. The education of the children is particularly at tended to, and religious instruction is gradually spreading amongst them. The young Cherokees Instructed in the Missionary Schools can write and read with facility ; a great number of families are occupied with the manufacture et wool and cotton for their own use, and also for exchange: the wheel and loom are to be found ID almost every house, and specimens of their work will bear comparison with the best of the kind. The roads are attended to, and in good condition, and one may travel in a carriage through all parts of the country. They have abandoned their nomadic life for domestic habits—they have exchanged the tomahawk and ti.e carbine for the plouk,h, the hoe, and the loom. All these advances in civilisation, which are extracted from the Couri, r of the United States, are the more remarkable, because it was thought that these sons of the forest could never be brought to relinquish their natural inclinations. . BIRTHS. The 10th inst. at R. Knight's, Esq. Grosvenor.squart. Mrs. Bolton King, of a son—At Camperdown, Ross.shm. on the 4th inst. the lady of A. Dunc a n, E sq . /ombaS dial establishment, of a son. DIED. At his residence, Blackwell, on the 9th inst. H. Frost. Esq. of the East India Company's home establishment, aged 42—The 9th inst. aged 62, Jane, wife of 111 r. B. Capper. ot Canterbury-place, Lambeth—The 9th instant, at his house in Union-street, Southwark, W. Palmer, Esq. surgeon, 11 the 49th year of his age. Lownow : Printed and Published by JOllll MATXE. at the STAB Omcn, No. 1, Pickett-plea, Temple Bar. tu rcumau.sa. turn IlilUllit incunations. . BIRTH& The 10th inst. at R. Knight's, Esq. Grosvenor.squar- Mrs. Bolton King, of a son—At Camperdown R os s.,llm. [ on the 4th inst. the lady of A. Dunc a n, Req. ilombay dical establishment, of a son. MARRIED. At Grays, in Essex, T. J. Dyer, Esq. of the Hon. East India Company's service to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of the late R. Ingram, ELI. of Illosforidodge, in the said county—The Ath inst. at St. Ann's, Limehcuse, Mr. J. Sar• geant, of the Old Kent-road, to Arabella, only daughter 0 1 the late Mr..l. C. Bithray, of Stepney.