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t r I EVr,L.4VD I S MIL We know not a more amusing book than Chant beda pa'.. Present State of England, first pub lislio.i in the reign of James 11. It comprises a minute description cf tie government, religion, customs, &c. of England, and the com parison between the country at that period and what it. uow is, furnishes abundant. food for reflection and patification. We give the following extracts, pre n.ising that Chomberlawnc was a passive-obedience ;aid non-resistance man. . In speaking of the Bishops, our author, apolo i• ;sing for their preaching but seldom, says : neither that scarcity of preachers which was amongst the prouitivi: Christians, nor multitude of heailiens which emelt antoog them. cloth went to require it, hut that rather like good pilots, who sitting still at the helm, (while others tail ot the ropes and sails), they should make it their whole badness (by considering the winds and titles. tire rocks and ..helves. the seasons nrd climates), that the ship may keep her right course. and h: s:Jelv brought to the desired haven; rnr it bath been unit:el:de ohserve,l, that as a ship is then in tian. , ' c er. when o. pilot shall quit the helm to pull at a rope, sn those dioce.es have commonly been worst goverred who , e Bishops have Kett most bookish and most frequent in the pulpit. Of Dissenters he makes the following uncere monious remarks : As fur those other persuasions, whose professors are coo. manly called Presbyterians, indepentlants, Anabaptists, Quakers, Fifth Monarchy 'Alen, Ratters, Adamites, Anti nontians, Sahhatarians, Perfectionists, Family of Love, and the rest of those mushrooms of Christianity, as most of them sprang up suddenly in the late unhappy night of confusion, so it is to be presumed that they may in a short time vanish in this blessed day of order, and therefore not wrathy to be described here as religions professed in England. "I he author had but little affection for the ple beian part of the community, and gravely hints his approbation of an opinion that they would improve in a corresponding ratio with the increase of taxa tion--a doctrine which has been acted upon by many of our rulers, since the days of James. He says— The Nobility and Chief Gentry of England have been, even by strangers, compared to the finest Flower, but the lower sort of common people to the coarsest Bran ; the innate good nature, joinet! with the liberal education and converse with strangers in Foreign countries, render those exceedingly civil, whereas the wealth, insolence, and pride, of these, anti the rare converse with strangers, have rendered them so distasteful, not only to the few strangers who frequent E.tg land, but even to their own gentry, that they could some. times wish that either the country were less plentiful, or that the impositions were heavier. That State commonly enjoys most peace, order, and happiness, where either the moderate barren ness of the country, or want of ground, or multi tude of imposts, (as in Holland) do necessitate the common people to be industrious in their callings, and so to mind their own, as not to disturb the State and Church affairs. Time has shown that Chamberlayne's theory, like many others when reduced to practice. was not quite so well founded as he imagined ; for in our days the multitude of imposts has driven the people to think more about State affairs than the learned Doctor ever dreamed of. The Doctor appears to have had an utter ab horrence of Innkeepers, Tailors, and Dancing Masters ; for, speaking of the Gentry, be says— They think it a piece of frugality beneath a Gentleman to bargain teforchand, or to count afterward for what they eat in any place, though the rate be most unreasonable, whereby it comes to pass that Cooks, Vintners, Innkeepers, and such mean fellows, enrich themselves, and beggar and insult over the Gentry. [Ude and Menden list to this !]—ln a word, by their prodigality it comes to pass that not only these, but Tailors, Dancing Masters, and such trifling fellows, ar rive to that riches and pride as to ride in their coaches, keep their summer houses, to be served in plate, &c. en insolence insupportable in other well governed nations. [Schultz and Michau, what say ye w this r] In the days of King James, a certain portion of the fair sex were treated with a rudeness which we should not now be guilty of, even to Xnntippe, if she were to come again upon earth. Among the pchlic punishments our author says— _ __ Scolding women arc to be set in a Trebuchet, commonly called a Cocking. stool, perhaps from the French Coquine, and the German Stul, the Quean's Chair, placed over some deep water, into which they are let down, and plunged un• der water thrice, to cool their choler and heat. When such passages as the following were promulgated without fear or shame, the coming of King William 111. cannot be considered as having been a day too soon. It greatly concerns all subjects (though it seems a para dox) to be far more solicitous that the King should main tain and defend his own Prerogative and Preeminence, than their bights and Liberties, the truth whereof will appear, to any man that sadly considers the mischiefs end inconve. viences that necessarily follow the ditninutivn of the King's Prerogative, above all that can he occasioned by some par. ocular infringements of the People's I ibertics. Not that there is any defect in the King's Power (as there is none in God's Powet), though he cannot lye. novel° any thing that implies centradiction. Not but that be still bath a kind, of omnipotency not to be disputed, but adored by his tubjects. Not but that the King may do what he please, without either opposition or reilittance, and without being questioned by his subjects. If the King should seize the Lands— This act of omnipotency startled even Dr. Chamberlayne, for he adds emphatically in a parenthesis. —(which Goo forbid) or should takeaway the goods of any particular subject, having no title by l aw so t o d o , t h ere i s no re-nedy only this— Locus erit (saith Bracton) supplication quod fact um suum corrigat et amendet, quod quidam si non fecerit, sufbeit ei ad peewit quod Dominum Deum expeetet ultorem. Thom may be petitions and supplications made that his Majesty will be pleased to rule according to law, which, ii he shall refuse to do, it is sufficient that be must expect that the Ktwo of Kings will be the avenger of oppressed loyal sub jects. His counsellors may also dissuade him, his officers, may decline his unlawful commands, [ Surely this was a slip of the learned Dochr's pen the persecuted may flee ; all may use prayers and tears, the only weapons of the primi. tive and best Christians (and rather than resist by force or arms) meekly to suffer martyrdom, the crown whereof is utterly taken away by all resistance. Ye of the schedules A. and B. read this and be comforted. Ye green mounds and stone walls weep no more, nor cry aloud against our Gracious Mo narch because he has r enuitted his servants to bring in a bill which is to deprive ye of your an cient rights. Our limits preveht our noticing Dr. Chamber layne's loyal and Pious observations at greater length ; we shall therefore cm:chide by quoting o::e more passage, w hich places Royalty in a point of view tar more pleasing to Eughslithen, or at least to those of the present day. In the last King's reign before the troubles, when his Ma jesty had the Purveyance*, there were daily in Li, Court 86 tables well furnished each meal, whereof the King's table had twenty-eight dishes, the Queen's twenty-tour; four mber tables sixteen di s hes each; three other ten dishes each; twelve other had seven dishes each ; seventeen other tables had each of them five dishes ; th ree other had four .each ; tbirty.two other tables had each three dishes ; antirthirteen other had each two dishes; in all about iuo dishes each meal, with bread, beer, wine, and all things necessary.— There was spent yearly in the King's. house of gross meat 1500 oxen, 7000 sheep, 1200 veils. 300.perners,,400 storks or young eers, 6800 lambs, 200 flitches of bacon, and 28 boars.. Also 140 dozen of geese. 250 dezen of capons, 470 dozen of hens, 750 dozen of pullets, 1,470 dozen of chick. ens. For bread 36,400 bushels of what; and for drink, 600 tun of wine, and 1700 tun of beer; moreover of butter 46,640 pounds, together with fish, and fowl, venison, fruit, and spice proportionably. By special order of the King's house, some of his 31.1jcsty's servants, men of quality, went daily to Westminster llal-, in Term-time, between eleven and twelve of the clock, to invite gentlemen to eat of the King's ignites or viands, and in Parliament time to invite the parliament men thereunto. PANORAMA OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. LEICESTER CHRONICLE, Ju NE 25. TOFU L*TION OF lIINCILLICY 1801. Males, 3,l22—Females, 3,389—T0ta1, 8,491 1821. Males, 2.ll—Females, 3,lol—Total, 5,933 Increase, 290 268 558 The measures taken by the grazing interest for avoiding Stamford as a pine of meeting for fairs, in consequence of the vexatious impost of town-tolls, which the Corporation still persist in exacting, have occasioned great alarm amongst the publicans and tradesmen of the town. Alreaey one public meeting has been held on the subject, and another is adverti'.ed for Monday next, with the view of memorialising the Corporation, and pointing out the serious consequences which must result from the injudicious course which they are pursuing. During the present week a large number of persons have been to see Sir John Thor°ld's wooderft.l bullock, at Sys. ten, near Grantham, and all declare it the greatest curiosity of the kind they ever beheld. It MOSISIITZS in height six feet two inches, in length front head to tail sixteen feet, girth nine feet ien Inches and a half, wei,Jst 170 stone (14 pounds to the s:one.) The animal is not fat. LEICESTER MARKET.— Wheat 71s GI Rye 60s. Barley 42. Gd Oats 30. 2d Beams 41% lld Peas 39s 7d Fine Flour 55s Standard Wheaten 52s to 53s House hold 50s. Quartern Loaf, Wheaten, 10d—Ditto House. hold IM AIAIJRIBD.—At Hail 'Weston, Huntingdon, Mr. Ed. ward Glover, of Toolcy-street, to Eliza, second daughter of John Humbley, Esq —Henry, eldest son of Mr. John Wat. muff of the London.road, to Lucy, second daughter of the late Dr. ('lark, of Louth.—The Rev. Thomas Milner, of Derby, to Anne, eldest daughter of D. Hebb, Esq. of Beck.: ingham —At Oakham. Joseph Mortimer, Esq. to Franco', eldest daughter of Mr. homas Bullirant, of Barleythorpe. —At Brixworth, 111 r. Robert Hewitt, of Northampton, to Alin, third daughter of the late Mr. Weston.—At Holt, Norfolk, the Rev. Richard Foster, of Great Addington, to Frances, younoest tlatiOt ter of W. Barwick, Req. DIED.—A r : Shirehampton, Julia Mary Bahington, 13, 1 daughter of Thomas G Bahington, Esq.-69, Mr. Gcor7e Hes‘all, formerly resident it the East Gates.-48. Miss E. Norfolk.—Sarah, the wile of Mr. Trussell, of Lindridge Farm.—Mrs. Hastings, of Rawly, Hunti. don, 63, Mr. Thomas Pooley.— 71, Charles Barnes Robin. son, Esq. of the Hill Ridware, near Lichfield.—At Notting. ham, the Rev. Wm. Driver.—At Trowell, Notringltim. shire, Mr. John Bacon, aged 100; 17 years inhabLant of the alms houses at Cossal. WHEELER'S MANCHESTER CHRONICLE. JuN E 25. nu RAILko.D.—The business on the Manchester and Liverpool Railroad, both as regards the conveyance of goods and passengers, continues to increase with great rapidity. Three new engines have been recently put upon the road, the Sun, Vulcan, and Etna, all constructed by Mr. Stephen son, upon the same principle as that of the Planet, which cattle nearer to perfection than any dot hail previously been tried. The first trip of the Etna was on Monday molting last.—The numerous arrivals of cattle and Figs ae the Man. clinger station having occasioned much inconvenience, the Company have applied to Genre': Joies. Esq. of Pentic ton, who has a large extent of land crossed by the Railroad, and that gentleman has undertaken to lieTthe a Sufficient space for the establishment of a cattle.market, &c. between the Oldflelel !load Bridge and Cross Lene Bridge, in order to provide the Company with a suitable hinding.place for the homed and swinish multitudes that at present interfere too nivel) with their hi;wd passengers ; while, on the other band, the Company engage to ensure the market plcritifel occupation, by refusing to convey cattle, pigs, &c. ary nearer to Manchester than the point of debarkation to which we have referred. Thus mutual advantage will be derived, and the public will be relieved of a nuisance of no trifling description. FATAL ACCIDENT.—We gave in our last a brief notice of au accident, attended by loss of life, which happened on Friday evening, on the Reilwey, and we now supply some further particulars connected with that awful event s—The sufferer, John Lees, went about sixteen months ago with some other adventurers to America, but finding there no realization of the expected land of promise," he set out on his return to England, and landed at Liverpool on Wednes day week. He was about 43 years of age, but unmarried, and his parents and other relations melee in the neighbour hood of Austerhends, Yorkshire ; it is, therefore, painful to admit the probability that be had announced his arrival by letter, and that hi* family were in the hourly expectation of seeing hint once more amongst them when the account was received of his appallingly sudden death, under circumstances ' ' of the most afflicting kind. The unfortunate man left Li. verpool on Friday evening by the second train of railway carriages, in company with :we of his fellow-voyagers, anti frequently, whilst at the top of speed, he and one of his companions were seen standing upon the seat, from which dangerous situation they were at length oidered down by the guard, several of the passengers having repeatedly cautioned them in vain. On arriving at Eccles, however, where the train stopped, Lees resumed his stand upon the seat, though on this occasion his fiend who had before placed himself in similar peril, tetuonstratel with him, representing the feel ing evinced by the passengers tied guard on his conduct. At this moment the train began to move, and the jerk caused by the lightning of the connecting chains threw him off. He was in the second carriage from the engine, and be fell over the back rail, cons, quently he was almost immediately u der the next carriage ; but, so slowly was the train proceeding, . he would most probably have been unhurt if he bad re. j mained without moving upon the spot on which be alighted; but he lost his presence of mind, as almost any body else would under the same cheumetances, and made a violent effort to escape, in which attempt be was overtaken by the wheels, which passed over his loins, and crushed him In a manner too shocking for dercriptton. The train was stopped in a moment, so that lie was drawn away whin:rut suffering further mutilation. He was lying upon his face, and his arms, which had been outstretched in his desperate struggle for life, were rigidly fixed by the short but powerful convul sion to which his frame had been subjected, and he was mi. thee seen to move nor breathe again. THUNDER STORMS.—The neighbourhood of Think, Wetherby and Northallerton was visited on Wednesday week by a tremendous thunderstorm and much damage done : a Miss Morris was killed by the lightning in her father's house between Wetherby and Spefforth ; five sheep at Wetherby Mills ; a horse and cow at Kearley ; and several 'beep at Woodball also fell victims to the storm. A gentleman named Marshall, whilst riding through Hull on the following day, was struck by the elec tric fluid, and bu.h the horse and rider were killed. CRIESJIIRE ELECTION.—The Stockport Committee for securing the election of two reform candidates free of ex pense to the gentlemen of their selection, having aiscbargcd all claims for eepences incurred in the Stockport District, have repaid the whole of the motley, amounting to MIL lid. contributed by the work-people in the different manu factories, and resolved :hat the surplus of the other sub. ecriptions be returned to the subscribers of ten shillings and upwards, in proportion to their respective coutribu tions ; those shares not claimed within a month from the 24th inst. to be handed over to the Treasurer of the Dispensary. LECTURE ON MECHANICS, &C.—On Tuesday even. ing Mr. Adcock delivered the first of a course of lectures ~ on mechanics, steam engines, steam boats, and railways." The lecturer chiefly directed the attention of his auditory, whieb was both highly respectable and etinteroue, to the leading principles of" mechanics," and to ante!' a view of the various ramifications into which they branched as might render his future efforts the more intelligible. In illustration of the subjects to which he refened, a number of ingenious models were exhibited, without which even a literal report of the lecture would be entirely divested of its most interesting' points. Saturday an inquest was held at Darcy Lever, before Mr. Milne, on the body of Mary Hopkinson, who died on Fri. day last at Tonge-viith-Haulgh, from the effects of a gun. shot wound inflicted by a watchman, under circumstances which were detailed in our paper of last week. After the ' examination of several witnesses the inquest was adjourned to Wednesday, and on that day it was resumed accordingly of the Swan inn, Great Bolton, when evidence was ad. dined : Tile investigation occupied several hours, and the Jury ultimately returned a verdict of " Wilf u l M ur d er " against John MacGowan, the watchman who shot the de ceased, and he was consequently committed to Lancaster Castle, to take his trial f or the off e n ce a t th e next A ss i zes . —Meredith Trotter and William Howe, who were at first involved in the affair, were discharged from custody add bound over as witneues against the said John Maellowan. —Such was the excitement in the neighbourhood that many hundreds of people waited the event of the inquiry. INFERIOSITY OF ENGLISH MAxurAcTicrars.—ln Mr. Alcock's " Travels in Russia, Persia," due. a very un favourable account is given of the state of English trade at Constantinople : • I was sorry (says Mr. A.) to find that our principal export from England to the Turkish market (manufactured cotton) was of very inferior description to that of Switzerland and of France. and was only able to procure demand at all from the inferiority of its price ; we are so completely surpassed by the Swiss in the beauty and texture of cotton prints, and by the French in the finest specimens of the manufacture, that Eng. fish has become another word for inferior, and the avidity with which our goods were formerly sought after, is sunk to the ignotninfous supply of those whose tastes are rather governed by frugality than by superior beauty and excellence. In clo th , so article of great demand in Turkey, we have never had any pretension to vie with Germany, and so long as corn is sixty-five to seventy shillings in England, and from twenty to thirty shillings in Saxony, the reason of our inabi- My to compete with them must be obvious. In hardware we are supplanted by the Prussians, and Belgium has had the principal supply of arms ; some American merchants, too, are making large Fortunes by the opium trade to Chins, whilst our less favoured countrymen are prevented sharing any of the profits, by the impolitic restrictions of our East India charter. ACCRINGTON.—The township of Old Accrington con. tains--males, 663 ; females, 660; total, 1323. The town. ship of Ncw Accrington males, 2476 ; females, 2484 ; total, 4980. Population of the Chapelry, 62113. In 1021, the population in Old Accrington was 1261 ; in New Ac crington, 4109 ; total, 5370. Increase, 913. BuRNLVIT.—The population of this town, with Haber gham-Eaves, according to the present census, is 13,258 ; being an increase of nearly 2300 on the former census of 1821. CLITHEROE.—The population of this borough is males, 2475 ; females, 2738 ; total, 5213. In 1821, the population was—males, 1513 ; females, Imo ; total, 3213. Increase, 2000. There are 898 dwelling.houses in the bo rough, inhabited by 956 families; and 92 uninhabited. ECCLESIVILL.—BIaIev. 336; females, 359; total, 715. GRIAT B•RWOOD—Contains 461 families, COlllprising, population of 2436; viz. males, 1214 -; females, 1222 ; total, 2436. Increase, 327* RigllTON.—The population of Ilisitton is males, 478 ; females, 441 ; total, 919. In 1821, it was 1170 ; de creme, 251. • _ Pony or Livenroot.—The reports of vessels at Li.' verpool Custom-house exceed those of last year by upwards of twelve hundred ; and the duties received at the Dock , office exhibit an advance of X 33,000. POPULATION OF WARRINGTON.-11aks, 7682 ; females. 8336; total 16.018. Increase 2448. THE Tii RN.OUT OF COLLIEILS.—The disputes between the coal proprietors and the pitmen of the North of Stafford shire are now nearly at an end ; a great proportion of the latter having declaied off the Union, and resumed wo.k, though there are still some large concerns only pattially re opened.—Popery Mercury. RAILsoADs.—On Wednesday petitions were presented for nine railroad bills :—they are, the Avon and Glouces tershire, Chester and Birkinhead, Bolton and Leigh. Man che•rer and Leeds, Sheffield and Manchester, Bradford and Leeds. Birmingham and Basford, Chester and Tranmere (second), and Festiniog. MECHANICS' Synins.--Messrs. Dobsons' mechanics still remain out, and to all appearance there are no more signs of compromise taking place than at the commence ment. We should suppose that orders are not very preva lent, as the workshop of Messrs. Dobson has been dosed three weeks, and they have not signified their intention to take in any new hands. James 11'.111wotk, Nathaniel Wallwork, and Sam. Beckett were placed at the Police office, charged with a violent as. sault. On Wednesday afternoon, as Francis Clarke, one of Mr. Knowles's new workmen, was proceeding to a coal-pit in Pentilehurv, he was met by fi►e or six men, by whom he was knocked down, and seriously injured. The two Wall works could not be sworn to, but Beckett was proved to have been actively engaged in the outrage, and to have cried out, when the other men were abusing Clarke, "to kick his guts out." The Wallworks were discharged ; but Beckett was fined in the penalty of M. and costs. The money was in vtantly paid by the Secretary of the Colliers' Union, and Beckett vac liberated. The new thoroughfare from St. Ann's-street to Deansgate will be completed In a few weeks. On a fine clear evening a distinct view of the parliamentary church at Pendleton may be had from the former street. BOLTON MANICETS, JUNE 20.—Fine Flour, 2801bs. 46. to 50s. Ditto, 2101bs. 42s to 445. Seconds, 2401b5. 38a to 40s. Oatmeal, 240 Th.. 31s ad to 321. Butter, per lb. 12d. Cheese, per cwt. 60s to 70s. Potatoes, p e r ad, Gs to 7s. New, per lb. Id. MARRIED.—A. J. Wolff, merchant, to Lucy, younger daughter of James Taylor, Esq. of Green Heya.—Mr. Sa muel Taylor Chadwick, surgeon, of Bolton, to Miss Ann Hall.—The Rey. Cort Bothers, of Ardwick, to Julia, youngest daughter of the late Abraham Wood, Esq.—Mr. Edward Foisey, Wesleyan Minister, of Alton, to Miss Harriet Hake.—At Ribchestcr, Mr. Eastwood, solicitor Burnley, to Miss Russell. of Stydd Lodge.—At Chester field, Air. Joseph Allen, of Aalifonl, near Bakewell, to Mrs. Ilizabeth Higginbottom, of Bennington. DIED.—At Dilkinfield, J. Warbrick, machine maker, aged 68.—Mr. William Mather, solicitor, Aeres Field, Bolton.—Mr. Charles Kay, of Bolton-la/doors, 71.—Mr. William flesketh. of Byrom-street, 84.—Mr. Michael Nor ton, of Wainer; Lodge, Pendleton, 77.—0 n the 19th inst. Anne, wife of Thomas Worslcy, Big. of Cubley, near PeniAtone.—Alr. Sherlock, cotton.spinner, of Wigan, 55... In Chandley Place, Warrington, Ann, widow of the late S. Chatidley, E.g.—Madame Botlaye, of this town.—Mlas Deacon. of Cheadle.—Alargaret, wife of Mr. David Wad dell, of this town, 72. CAMBRIAN, JUNE 25. AT a meeting of the householders, inhabitants of Merthyr Tydvil, assembled at the Castle Inn, this 21st day of June, 1831, and rumerously attended, for the purpose of taking into consideration the contents of a letter from Mr. Phillips, Under Secretary of State, to the Magistrates of this neigh bourhond,—that letter having been read, and a suitable an swer proposed, it was moved, and resolved unanimously.-- That the sircere thanks of this meeting be given, and sig nified through the Cambrian newspaper, as especially due to the Marquess of Bute, Lord Lieutenant of this County, I for the prompt and decisive measures taken by him for the protection of this town and neighbourhood during the late riot; as also to the High Sheriff, Richard Hoare Jenkins, Esq. to those Magin:rates, viz. Rev. Geo. Thomas, Rev. Thomas Stacey, Walter Coffin, Esq. J. B. Bruce, Esq. Morgan Morgan. Esq. for their ready attendance and very valuable assistance during the late disturbances, and more especially to Evan Thomas, Esq. the worthy Chairman of the Quarter Sessions, whose zeal, impartial services, and in. defatigable labours, (beyond all praise), bare been so effi ciently exerted during the whole of the judicial investiga. :ions. It was proposed by Wm. Meyrick, Esq. and seconded by Wm. Thomas, Esq. that the thanks of this meeting are eminently due to Anthony Hill, Esq. not only fin his con duct in the chair this day, but for his indefatigable services, and for the uniform courtesy lie has ever exhibited towards the inhabitants of Menhyr on all occasions. The thanks of this meeting were also proposed to be given to Mr. D. Davies, Chief Constable, for the zeal and courage which he has dis played _ during the t ints of this place. Some of the London Prints, not aware of the immense population of Merthyr-Tydvil. and the truly horrible ex citement which prevailed there on the 3d instant, and the four or fire succeeding days, have asked, with reference to the persons who unhappily fdl under the fire of the military, —" Can it be true that no inquest has yet been held ?" Those who arc better acquainted wilt the place and the feel ings wilch were loused into action at that awful period, will readily conceive why such a proceeding (so indispensable in WIC!' cases) tees of necessity milted' It may suffice for us to state, that the bodies were rapidly removed from the streets, many of them to houses unknown, that there were only about fis of the King's troops (while the bodies were unburied) to protect the authorities from tens of thousands of an armed and infuriated mob, and that even, if the Co over had attempted to hold an inquest during these four 'days, those charged with the safety of the place must have done all that persuasion and remonstrance would erect to dissuade him from the measure at a moment of such highly wrought excitement. In the mean time the Chairman of " It is not a little singular that Lord Althorp silenced inquiry in the house, by stat i ng t h at t h ere had been an in . quest. the Quarter Sessions, is engaged in a most minute and la borious investigation of the origin, p and result of the late lamentable and (as far as progress, heard) un proiroked tumults. Since the above paragraph was written, we have received details of the evidence before two Courts of' Enquiry, which we subjoin at length, unwilling t o w ithh o ld f rom the public any authentic information on a subject so mournfully inter. eating. The evidence gives melancholy roof that some most ferocious spirits were employing energies truly diaboli cal, on the late scene of outrage ; and we regret unspeaka bly that further evidence has also been elicited of a lurking and dastardly spirit of revenge against a most active, ta lented, and benevolent magistrate, whose duties brought him into painful and constant juxtaposition with the lawless tumults at Merthyr. In justice to Mr. Bruce, the gentle. man of whom we here .penk, we must thus publicly de clare our conviction, after diligent enquiry, that those who Marge Lim whh having been precipitate In calling in mili tary aid, and who have visited him with the most cowardly anonymous threats in consequence, arc either altogether misinformed, or wilfully abandoned to their own ptccon ceptious. The facts of the ease appear to be these:— On the right of the 2tl, after Mr. Coffin's house had been gutted, his furniture committed to the dames, and his wife and children threatened with being burnt in the house, a requisition from the inhabitants of Alerthyr was patented to Mr. Bruce and Air. A. Hill, imploring them to send for ' soldiers without further delay ; and even then those gentle. men complied with the greatest reluctance, feeling the ne cessity to be of the most painful description, and _yielding to it only as an act of duty to the public and themselves, tinder circumstances so manifestly perilous to the pence and safety of the inhabitants. We must postpone to next week some additional remarks connected with this woeful occasion. An express having been sent to Swansea for 'l'. Thomas, Esq. Coroner, rcturt.cd with the information that Ale. Thomas• was in London, when Even Thomas, Esq. the Chairman of tit: Quarter Sessions, at the request of the prin cipal inhabitants, commenced last week an Investigation, by way of inquest, on the death of John Iluylies, one of the persons killed before the Castle-Inn, -on the 3d instant : —After a prolonged examination, the Tad:et was, we unanimously find that John Hughes came to Ids death by a musket-shot wound tired by a soldier of his Majesty's 9:id regiment, whose name is to the Jury unknown, and that it was "Justifiable Homicide." On Sunday evening last, the Coroner, T. Manias, Esq. who had been sent for, by exptess, from London, arrived at Merthyr, and on the Mond a y morning be issued his war rant for the disinterment of one of the bodies of the persons who had fallen in the late tumults, and soon afterwards a respectable Jury was conven e d a t th e C ast l e . FATAL EFFECTS OF . TE 11 ROL- —Owen Davis, a 'Merthyr workman, 511 years of age, was so &cat:fully shocked at the 'riots (slaughter) there on the 3d inst. t hat be bas been raving mad ever since. - lie is a parishioner of Llandisilio, Car diganshire. At LTsk wool fair, on Friday, the general price was from 12s. to 13s. per stone; some few lots of the best fetched 14s. The whole was ultimately sold. Capt. liewctt, late of the hole. ae particulars of whose committal to Haverfonlwest gaol for the illireaiment and allegrd death of three of his clew, we noticed some three months ago, was tried at the Admiralty Sessions on Friday last. The four surviving crew appeared against him as evidence, but he was acquitted, not sufficient proof of the murder having !:en adduced. LLANNELLY.—TM. recent Census of the population of the parish of Llandly, Canuerthensitire, is as follows :- 3850 males, 3796 females, total 7646. The number of houses is 1403. -Sliming an increase in 10 years of 1059 wales, 838 females, total 1997, and 278 horses. NEWPORT Csxsus.—Borough of Newport; Number of Inhabited Houses, 802; Males, 2415; Perna/es, 248'1: Total, 4898. Parish of St. Vollas ; Number of Inhabited Houser, 39 ' 4 ; Males, 1065 • Females, 1079 ; Total, 2164. Total, horough and l'atish, 7062. Total, Borough and Parish, in 1. 21, 0035; Increase, 427. At Brecon there are 312 houses rated at 101. per annum and upwards, as follows : St. Mary's 204 ; St. David's, 41 ; fit. John's, 58 ; Collegbe, 7 ; Castle, 2. CLIFTON SUSPENSION ISSIDOZ.—The Bristol Mercury announces the commencement on Saturday last, of that stu pendous and magnificent work, the construction of a suspen sion bridge across the Avon, from Clifton Down to Leigh Wood. The design chosen by the committee is that of 51r. Brunel, jun. The sum estimated to complete the erection, including the approaches and every expense, amounts to 57,0001. of which about 20,0001. yet remain to he provided. Lady Elton and Sir Abraham Raton were present at the eon:- meneement of the work, and Sir Abraham made an address on he occasion. The Mercury adds, "At present we be lieve no part of the work has ben contracted for. Building and finance committees are however funned, and as soon as the ground is somewhat cleared, tenders will be re ceived. It has been intimated to us that as anon as an addi tional 10,0001. shall have been subscribed, all the contracts will be immtdistely completed." MARRIED—At Lymiugton, Lieut.-Col. Hughes, to Elise Luther, youngest daughter of J. Taylor, Esq. 111. D.— at Fishguard, Captain Wm. Thomas, to Mice, daughter of 111 r. Wm. Williams. DIED-68, Mrs. Humphreys, wife of W. Humphreys, Esq. of Marlins -house, near Pyle. Lord Wynford has intid.ated that, on Tuesday, he shall renew his bill " for the prevention of frauds on Creditors ;" and that he will afterwards apply for leave to introduce a bill " to prevent the delay of suits in Common Law Courts." The Duke of Wellington's health, coupled with his spare habits, has of late been such, as to be by no means satisfactory to his medical attendants, who, it is said, have pressed upon his Grace the propriety of a more generous diet than the scanty food his active military habits have accustomed him to. EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE. — Last week one of the more powerful locomotive steam engines upon the Manchester and Liverpool Railway, hauled a train of thirty-five carriages, containing about nine hundred people. It is said that, on the passing of the reform bill, Sir Edward Codrington will offer himself to repre sent the town of Devonport and Stonehouse in the ensuing parliament. P THE EERS.—A statement is going the round of the Papers, as to the probable votes of the Peers on the Refonn Bill. The result is thus given : for the Bill, 116; against it, 118 ; doubtful, 60; absent, &c. 19 ; the total number of which is 313. Now, there happens to he exactly four hundred Peers (87 more than are here taken into the cal culation) ; so that perhaps another word is unne cessary to show how little reliance is to be placed on this statement. BARONIES IN ABEYANCE.—There have been presented to his Majesty a petition from Hugh Scott, Fag. claiming the Barony of Polewart ; and one from Robert Wilson, Esq. claiming to be one of the heirs of the Berners Barony, -and praying for a termination of the abeyance in his favour.— His Majesty forwarded the same to the House of Lords, and their Lordships have ordered them to be considered in a Committee of Privileges. The accounts from Riga state, that up to the 11th inst. there had been attacked with the Cho lera 2,241 persons, of whom 1,202 had died, and 675 cured. It was expected the malady would reach St. Petersburg, having penetrated two thirds of the distance between Riga and the Rus sian capital. On Monday we had a visit from a part of the Court of the ex-King of France, on their way to visit the Trossacks and other districts of our moun tain scenery. The party, consisting of the Duc de Bourdeaux, two sons of the Duc de Guiche, the Baron Dames, with some other gentlemen whom we took to be tutors to the young ex-Prince and his chubby companions, in all eight or ten individuals, arrived at Gibbs's Inn about one o'clock, and after wards visited the Castle. The Duc de Damns is a stout gentleman with white whiskers, and the chil- I dten looked full of vivacity and animal spirits.— Stirling Journal. Among the man S y e l l au Nr ieans g were elicited br h / a L b L.rE. the officers appointed to take the late census, the followin g , which took plac e in Hull, is not least worthy of notice : On the officers applying at a house in which four families (Irish) occupied one coons, they put th e usua l interrogato ries—" How many families ?" " How many in each fa. mily ? " " How many males ?" To the last of which questions, a woman answered with admirable simplicity, " Lord bless you, we gel but two wales a day amongst us. ' REMARKABLE FAcTs.—There are always a vast many "remarkable facts" in circulation. Some man', " at has had a litter of kittens, all with five legs, and only one eye each;" or "a digging for potatoes has t urne d up the body o f a newrr s n oi l l tabe in a state of utter decamp°. position ;" or, " it Is a singular fact that the Duke of Wel lington's nose describes the same exact arc as does the cupola of St. Paul's."—" It is a remarkable fact, that Mrs.. Malthus's aunt had three children at a birth, the eldest of whom died in childbed of twins ; and the second married. a gentleman who was one of twenty -seven children by the same father, who h a d f our wives. "rhese " remarkable facts" are of perpetual occurrence, and are either concocted by some hungry devil who hopes thereby to achieve a din ner, or ate sent to the journal by some wonder.monger who delights in collecting such-like patter, and communicating it. Several remarkable " facts" we have collected, and append them for the amusement and astonishment of out million friends. " Earl Grey always sleeps in his wig." —" Lord Brougham is very particular about his dress. Ills Lordship always wears his drawers tacked tightly in. side his trousers, and does not leave them loose and de. tacked, as has been falsely stated in a contemporary jour. sal,"—" The Broadstern fishing boat arrived at Billings gate yesterday front Helvoctsluys. It is a curious fact that this boat had only one sole on board, and only two hands." —" It is a singular fact, that the Courier has been of the saute way of thinking for two acquent days."—lt is a sin gular circumstance, that the mile-stones which are on the right hand on going from London to Brighton, are on the left hand on returning from Brighton to London. This sin gular phenomenon has nut yet been satisfactotily accounted tor, although it has long occupied the serious attention of our first-rate geologists." LIFE OF • NEWSPAPER. BF ITSELF. —My life is shortly told. My first impression was the sensation of a tremendous squeeze, which instantly awoke me into life and thought. I was now spread out to the light, and a glow of intelligence completely pervaded use. My ideas were at first new, multifarious, and confused. Nations, politics, courts, congresses, wars, speeches, fightings, feasts, merchandise, marriages, deaths, ditties, &c. &c. made up my thoughts, which were various and mixed, and I lay in a silent state of wonder and amazement. I soon found that 1 was but one of a large family, that was ushered into the world at the same time, and front the sante prolific mother.— Our whole litter was laid in regular order in a pile ; my situation, being one of the first born, was particu. lady oppressed, damp, and uncomfortable. I had a silent, intuitive, longing wish to g e t i nto th e wor ld, w hi ch was at length gratified. Morning and light came, and I was carefully folded, and laid, Moses-like, in a basket, by an urchin who was called the carrier, and borne out into the street. The said carrier, I found was an object of interest and desire—he was socn accosted by an elderly hardelooking man, with threadbare, rusty breeches—" Have you a spare paper this morning, my boy ?" said Tightstrines—." No, Sir," was the short reply, and he trudged on with us, mut. tering " not as ynu knows on, Old Gripe; —you are the same chap what promised me some coppers for a paper the other morning, and han't paid me yet—you are too stingy to take the paper, but won't get another from me I guess." My brethren were now fast leaving me, being de. deposited at their proper destinations--at length my turn came, and I was tucked into the crevice of a shop.door. The first sample of mankind was not at all pre. possessing. I had not long been in my new situation, when a reluctantly early apprentice, swinging a key in his hand, wistfully eyed me ; and casting a look about him, feloniously seized, and thrust me into his pocket. My rightful owner, ' by virtue of advance pay, being in sight, hailed and arrested the pilferer, and with threats compelled him to relinquish his prize. He entered his shop, and I soon found that I was the first object of interest. After hastily drying me by the fire, in which process I narrowly escaped conflagration, he ran over me, and fixed his eyes upon sa l es at auct i on , adver tisements' &c. I was then more particularly s u rvey e d, a nd dismissed with condemnation_" nothing but foreign news, congress and cabinet—love-stories, and accidents by flood and field—a newspaper should be a commercial report ; one side at least should be devoted to prices current;' I was then pet. tishily thrown upon the counter ; but was soon in requisition. A bareheaded boy made his appearance with a " please lend Ma' your paper a few minutes, just to look at the ship news P" The request was reluctantly granted, with some thing about " the plague of paper borrowers, and a deter. ruination to stop it." I was soon borne to a neighbouring house. The good woman, whose husband was at sea, eagerly sought the ship news, but was disappointed in he search. " How negligent and careless these printers are," said site, " hut a word of intelligence of the' Wintt.Bird'— they print of Poland, and poetry, and fill their papers with advertisements, and that is all they care about." Miss now took her turn. She sought the poetry, and stories, and marriages, which in halt an hour were all devoured—with " the wonder that they put any thing else in the paper." An elderly lady now took me, who after adjusting her spectacles, surveyed me a little while, and declared me a ' terribly unin teresting paper—hardly a column of deaths, and not more than 15 or 20 murders and accidents. In this way I passed through all hands in the family, and after being well soiled, and somewhat torn by the little ones, was sent home. For three whole days I had no rest, but was continually bor rowed and abused. At the end of this period, I was sup planted by a new lace, and was then discarded and thrown aside, like all servants when they become useless. I sae, however, again resuscitated, and employed as a wrapper to some merchandise, and sent into the country. There again I became an object of interest, went the rounds of the neigh. bourhood, and was a " nine days' wonder" for a fortnight. I am now quietly hanging up, in a shattered cor.dition, in a farmer's kitchen, from which place I have *shwa this brief memoir. I have seen much of the world, and have learned that mankind are unreasonable, ungrateful, and that in a world of great variety of tastes and wishes, it is impossible to please all.—Salent Observer. The penny subscription said to have risen from a bet made by a lady, amounts to 1,4401. is. 11d. The remittances have been from all quarters in hampers, &c. Many of the pieces are wrapped in paper, with the names of the donors upon them. The City of London Lying. in Hospital is to have the benefit of this money. " Who bath despisei the day of small things ?" Miss Frizell, the victim of Luke Dillon's con cupiscence, has, it appears, been unable to survive the misery to which he had reduced her. She is said to have died last week at Bangor, in North 'Wales, to which place her friends bad removed her, in the vain hope that change of scene would heal a broken heart. BIRTH. The 28th inst. in Harleyford-place, Airs. Charles Webb, of a daughter. MARRIED. The 27th inst. at St. Mary's Church, Bryanstou-squats. the Rer. R. Bailers, youngest son of the Very Venerable the Arcbsleaccn Demers, and nephew to Charles Bernell, Esq. of IVolrerstone-park, in Suffolk, to Kiss, third daughter of the late Gen. Sir C. Cuyler, Bart. of St. John lodge, in the county of Herts.—The 28th inst. at St. James's Church, E. B. Meyer, of Wilton-crescent, Esq. to Ellen Matta, third daughter of C. F. Burnett, of Haling-pati. Croydon, Esq.—The 28th inst. at St. Mary's, Lambeth. R. P. Culverwell, Esq. of Rathbone.plare, to Mary Ann. second daughter of the late J. Martin, Esq. of Lcwc- Thames..strcet. The 28th inst. at his residence, Cheyne-walk, Chelsea . the Rev. W. Butler, M.A. in his 59th year.—The 27th inst. at his house, New Basinghall.street, Mr. T. Willits . in his 78th year.--The 27th inst. Edward, eldest son of 311. J. Marshall, of Lambeth-walk, Lambeth.—At Tunbridge. wells, Julia, yoengest daughter of the late W. F. Woodgate, Esq. formerly of Somerinll, neer Tunbridge.—The 25th inst. aged Oil, Martha, wife of the Rev..J. Hobson, Notting hill.—The 94th inst. at his house, Hawley-square, Margate. in the 61st year of his age, G. Crookshank, T.sq. eldest scn of the late Right Hon. Alexander Crookshank, of Nestor. park, near Dublin. Losnow s hinted and Published by JOHW IIAYXI. at the STaL Orrice, No. 1, Pickett-place, Temple Bar. 1 M