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. • . . QPllf... l i k • ii k lf i l:T. ' . I*.• ) 1 . 1 • ''. II , i 1!)[ 4 . 1 . r 1 tr . ! t, , 1 ) 1 i REFORMATION'. Bow wonderful the present age," Cries Clara. pretty ?dilly—. " For now Reform H all the rage ; Who'd e'er have thought of this ! My sleeves I now shall lose. Economy's the go, And I shall wear pitinella shoes. Whether I will or no ! " I heard Algoma, the other day, Say all will menri their steps ; That lords will now give over play, And marrying demireps ; Ladies will wend their manners toy, Changing their present fashion, Give up mazurka, opera, nnt And rubbings a la Cashirs ! " Papa declares the House of Lords Will first begin the thing, Reforming wasteful idle words And useless bickering; That Londonderry will reform His temper with his years, Eat less cayenne, nor waz so warm, With nurses and with peers ! " That Farnham will reform his tongue From Catholic alum That Ellenhorough, late and long, 7 " Will govern his in use ; For 'us a member little worth, Till wisdom's prompting move it, Thouah Eidno weep its merits forth, Or Cumberland approve it : " The Lower House will follow next, And then our corporations; Then lawyers, clergy, book and text, And people of all stations. It would be paradise on earth, If such a thing could be, The prisons changed to halls of mirth— All would be blest but me t For Captain Cary of the third Seduced my heart away,— In speeches soft his suit preferr'd, Yet never named the day : Ile left me—could such baseness be ? %VIM protestations warm, And never more retorted—eh me ! Who knows but he'll reform !"—Metropolitan. PROGRESS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. GFOI.OGIC A L SOCIETY.--W. J. Broderip, Esq. Vice-President, in the chair. A paper was read on the Geology of Swan River and Garden Island (Isle Buache), by the venerable Archdeacon Scott, F.G.S. This memoir was accompanied by a series of specimens illustrative of the general structure of the country, and particularly of the modern calca reous formation which constitutes so great a portion of the western coast of Australia. There was likewise exhibited a new species of delphinula, (d. lamellosa), which occurs in a recent state on the beach of Garden Island ; and was also found foasile in digging a well, on the main land one mile from the shore, at the depth of eighty-four feet, imbedded in the calcareous sand. The whole of this collec- tion was presented to the society by Mr. Scott. Roderick Impey Murchison, Esq. in the chair. A paper was read on the Limestone Caves at Wellington Valley, in New South Wales, and on the situation near one of them, where fossil bones have been found, by Major Mitchell, F.G.S. sur veyor-general in that colony.' This memoir was illustrated by numerous drawings, and a large col lection of apecimens of the breccia, in which the bones belonging to the wombat, kangaroo, koala, dasyurus, and phalangista, were found. The whole of this collection was presented to the society by Major Mitchell. There was likewise exhibited the tibia of a gigantic saurian, found in the Tilgate strata by Robert Trotter, Esq F.G.S. An extract was read from a letter of the Rev. G. Greg, explanatory of certain subterrane one sounds occasionally heard at Nakoos, near Tor in Arabia; and communicated by the president.- 1 A paper was then read, " On some effects of the at mosphere in wasting the surface of buildings and' rocks ;" by John Phillips, Esq. curator of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, &c. At the next meting, the reading of a paper, en titled " Notes on the secondary formations of Ger many as compared with those of England " by the' President, was commenced. ROYAL SOCIRTY.—The meetings were resumed this evening after the recess, the Duke of Sus sex in the chair. The reading of Colonel Pasley's paper on artificial water cements was concluded. There was also read a paper, entitled " On Me teorological Observations, made at the apartments of the Royal Society," by J. W. Lubbock. Eq. The Spanish Nautical Almanac, calculated for the meridian and parallel of the Royal Marine Obser vatory at Cadiz, for 1833, was presented by the, King , of Spain. A paper was lately read, " On the errors in the course of vessels, occasioned by local attraction, with some remarks on the recent loss of his Ma jesty's ship Thetis ;" by Peter Barlow, Feq. Sir M. A. Shee has been elected a fellow. I'rofessor Buckland presented his work " On the occurrence of the remains of elephants and other quadrupeds in the cliffs of frozen mud in Eschscholtz Bay, within Beering's Strait, and in other distant parts of the shores of the Arctic searl.". Papers were read at other meetings, " On nodal lines of sonorous bodies," by Mr. Faraday ; " On the effects,of hot water on the batrachia," by Dr. M. Hall ; " An account of a new method of pro pelling vessels," by Mr. W. Hale, communicated by Richard Penn, Esq. and " Additional thoughts on the use of the ganglions in furnishing electricity for the production of animal secretions," by Sir Everard Home, Bart. Dr. Hall presented his work, entitled, " Researches principally relative to the morbid and curative effects of loss of blood." Several other works were presented to the society. Papers have also been read, " On the anatomy and physiology of the minute and capillary vessels," by Marshall Hall, Esq. Los: DOW INSTITUTION.—Mr. Britton's fifth lecture was lately given at this Institution, and embraced same accounts, with numerous illustra tions, of -Christian architecture of the middle ages. In tracing this original, picturesque, and greatly diversified Blass of buildings through Italy, from the time of Constantine the Great, the first Roman Emperor who embraced Christianity, into the pro vinces of France, Spain, Germany, Normandy,' and England, the lecturer condensed a mass of in formation within the -compass of a short lecture : but it was evident that he was oppressed with the multiplicity of subjects, and was therefore neces sitated rather to hint at than describe many of them. With a series of about sixty drawings, be pointed out the characteristic features of the round churches and baptisteries of Rome ; Jerusalem Constantinople, Pisa, England—the lofty and' highly-enriched tuwer4 of Germany—the spired of that country, N:irin'andy, and England ; with various fine crosses, chapter-houses, &c. Some beautiful models were also exhibited. Dr. Crotch gave his seventh lecture at the same Institution the next day, and dwelt principally on the sacred oratorio ofthe Messiah, by Handel. ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY...-4 . 1211CiS Bailey, Esq. V.P. in the chain—A communication from the Astronomer Royal was rend on " the obliquity of the ecliptic." The corrections hitherto used in the calculation of the sun's declination were by the tables drawn np by Bradley. Mr. Pona har ing found some small differences, has constructed new tables, which were presented to the society with the above communication. A paper was read, " on the construction of glass lenses for achro matic telescopes," communicated by a French ar tist. The progress made in this art, and the extent at which it has arrived, were detailed, as well as the desiderata which were still required to render it Eerfect. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.--.W. J. Broderip . in the chair. The usual report was read. Bal ance in favor of the society, on last month's account, was stated at 7691. There was an increase of 1 3851. daring the last quarter, as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year. In the month of March nearly 7,000 persona visited the gardens, and upwards of 1,000 the museum. Amongst the donations to the society were 500 East Indian bird-skins, embracing about eighty different species, presented by Mr. Heath, of Madras, to Mr. Vigor., and by the latter gentleman to the society. The report farther stated that all the female kan garoos, presented by his Majesty, had produced young; so had the Attie doe, and several others. One of the Cereopis geese, which had laid eggs early in the season, batched one ; the re mainder having been unfortunately frozen. These are birds of the southern hemisphere, whose na tural time of breeding corresponds with the Eng lish winter • and it is an interesting speculation in science, ad ds the report, to ascertain whether the effect of climate may so far counteract the natural impulses of this species, and of others of the same hemisphere, as gradually to assimilate their period of breeding to those of the species of our own latitudes. Difference of temperature had a mani fest effect on the male Wapiti deer ; the one kept warm at the garden having shed its horns six weeks before those of its species at the farm, whilst the rapid and almost daily increasing growth of the new horns is obvious to every visitor. The Report gave much atisfaction. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. -John Barrow, Esq. V.P. in the chair. Royal Premium.—The President and Coun cil give notice, that his Majesty's annual premium of 50 guineas, for the year 1831, will be given to the author of the best memoir, accompanied by sufficient plans and views, which shall describe in detail any important and i unpublished discovery made by the candidate in any branch of geography, provided that the same be considered worthy of this distinction. The Council consider as coming within the meaning of thiaproposition—a detailed account of any excavation or research made by the candi date, the result of which is the establishment of any lost site of antiquity, and the recovery of any object sufficiently important to history, science, or the arts. The President and Council also give notice, that his Majesty's premium of fifty guineas, for 1832, will be given to the author of the best work transmitted to the Society, of the following na ture: A Traveller's Manual; containing a clear ad concise enumeration of the objects to which a geographer's attention should be especially di rected; a statement of the readiest means by which the desired information in eacb branch may be ob tained ; a list of the best instruments for determin ing positions, measuring elevations and distances, observing magnetic phenomena, ascertaining tem perature, climate, &c. directions for adjusting the instruments, formulte for registering the °hewn tions, and rules for working out the results ; adapted to the use, not of the general traveller alone, but also of him who, in exploring bar barous countries, may be obliged to carry and cften conceal his implements. The President and Council further give notice, that it is their intention at future periods to propose the following as prize subjects :—An essay on the actual state of geography in its various depart ments, distinguishing the known from the un known, showing what has been, and what remains to be done, in order to render it an exact science ; together with an indication of the best processes to be adopted, in order to supply the several desi derata ; an extensive series of geographical tables, with reference to authorities, showing the Tatham names, written in the native language and charac ter, by which the same places have been known is different countries, and at successive periods of his ! tory ; the best mechanical inventions for facilitating the acquisition of geographical knowledge, or ren dering it more available to the public. Under this head may be included the simplification of Matra ments, more compendious methods of determining positions, and all improvements in the art of draw ing and engraving maps, whereby their precialia and distinctness may be increased, and piker scope and expression given to what may be called the language of topography. But the great attraction of the evening was ashes; notice from the chair, of the Messrs. Landers: Noma journey in the interior of Africa. Mr. Barrow began by saying, that, at one time, he bad hoped to be able to lay a short paper on this subject before the Society at its present meeting, with a sketch of the route followed ; but having only obtained the original documents that very day at four o'clock, this was necessarily deferred. In the mean time, referring to the map in Captain Clapperton's last journey, he could state generally, that Mr. Leader and his brother had landed at Badagrv ' and pre. ceeded, nearly in the track f ormer ly - followed, ha Boum on the Niger, and afterwards to Yowl, which they found to lie considerably farther north than is laid down in the map, als4 nearly west, as they were told, of Soccatoo. They had thence proceeded up as far as the river Cubbie, a considerable tributary which passes Soccatoo, and another town to the eastward called Cubbie, and falls into the Quorra, or Niger, a little way above Youri ; and on this they had embarked on their downward voyage. Shortly after reaching Funds, the last point Laid down in Capt. Clapperton's map, they found the river make a bold sweep to the east, being here from five to six miles wide, and in ether places it ins even broader; it thence turned south-east, and, cirCled round to south, receiving in its course another ac cession in the Shary, as it was called, a river from three to four miles wide, coming from the east ; but which must not be confounded with the river of the same name visited by Major Denham, and which falls into lake Tchad. (It is likely that the word Shary, or some similar word, is a generic term for river, water, or something of this kind, and'that both these streams have their origin in high /and• interposed between them.) After receiving the Shary, the Niger is still further deflected, running to the south and west, till at length it expands into a considerable lake, from which the river Nun, which Mr. Lander descended, and probably several other rivers that enter the great bay of Benin in its neighbourhood, issue at different points. In descending the Nuo, which is not above 300 yards wide, the travellers were attacked by a fu rious party of natives ; and, being taken prisoners, lost all their effects, with some portion also of their respective notes ; but, providentially, what one was deprived of, the other was enabled, to a considerable extent, to preserve ; so that, between the two, the joint narrative is nearl complete. From the point, then, where Mr. Park first embarked in 1805, this noble river has now been traced above two thousand miles, in the very heart of Africa; and, in Mr. Lander's opinion, it is navigable for a great portion of the distance by small steam-boats. The natives, also, in the interior, are eager to see more of us ; and they are even already so far advanced in civilisa tion as to mike a trade with them worthy of pur suit. The greatest obstacles are the still existing slave-trade near the mouth of the river, and the hostile feelings which our attempts to put an end to it have excited in the deluded population there.— Palm oil is, as yet, the only other equivalent for' their supplies which they have been able to produce ; and they naturally look forward with extreme dislike to the prospect of the market for their other apd more valuable object of barter being still further curtailed. They are, in a word, the anti-machinists of the African world, and do not like to see the demand contract for manual labour. Captain King's communication respecting the geography of the southern extremity of America was concluded at the next meeting, and some ex tracts from recent letters from Mexico read. The object of Captain King's paper was, first, to exhibit the extent of our eruct knowledge of the shores of South America previous to his late survey of them ; secondly, to give a general view of his own labours and success ; and, lastly, to notice the chief parts in the physical geography of those regions. ROYAL AILIATIC ROCIET Y.—Sir George Staun , ton in the chair. • great number of valuable and interesting donations were made to the Society : amongst them were several curious Burmese mu sical instruments; also a carved chair from Ma lacca, which had been used by the Inquisition wben the country was in the possession of the Portuguese : these, and several MSS. were pre sented by Mr. Fullerton, late governor of Prinos of Wales's Island. From Captain Rainer, R.N.- several mineralogical specimens from ism In cluding a piece of the vocal statue of Neeassa;_ fragments from Mounts Horeb and Sinai; and a fine mass of double-refracting spar from Shaikh Eridi, supposed to be the Diamond Garden of the Arabian Tales. From Captain Robertson, of the Bombay Service, a coloured drawing or pl an of an Indian game called the Shastree's game of Heaven and Hell, *gr . ipecimens of the dice and men used in playing it. An account of this game was Nod. It appeared to be founded upon some of the meta physical dogmas of the Hindoos, and was intended to illustrate the progress of a soul from hell to heaven I A letter from M. Jacquemont, commu nicated by Sir Alexander Johnston, was also read. M. .Jacquemont has been sent to India, es a naturalist, at the expense of the French government. On the recommenda tion of Baron Cuvier be came to England pre ,viously to his setting out, for the purpose of pro curing letters of introduction from the learned here. He speaks in the highest possible terms of the liberality and attention shown to him by every. British authority in India. He dates from Ladakh, in Tbibet ; and in a postscript he calls attention to the philological labours of M. Coema de Kiiros, a Hungarian, who has resided four years at Thibet, for the purpose of compiling a vocabulary and grammar of the Thibetan language, in which he has succeeded ; and, at the date of this letter, he was about to proceed to Calcutta with the fruits of his labor. A letter from Captain Rainer was like mise read : it comprised a short account of an avenue of sphinxes, discovered by him in the early part of 1829, at Beni Hassan, in Egypt.—(Me tropolitan.) PANORAMA OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. BIRMINGHAd ---- 777ZINAL, July 18. In conformity with our promise a fortnight ago, and re. I peatcd last week, we have this day Inserted a second and last letter on the origin of Irish Distress, addressed by Mr. Thomas Attwood, to the Editor of The Farmer's Journal, in August of the year 1829.—The poor distressed Irish Farmers and Peasantry, who, ten years ago. called them selves " Ribbon.naen," now call themselves " Terry Alt's" —and " Lady. Clare's men," ike. These two letters were put of a series of letters which Mr. Attwood published in .116. Farmer's Journal, about ten years ago, in reply to an attack which bad been made upon him in the same publication, by Mr. Webb Hall, for ascribing in some book which be had published, the fall of prices in all kinds of agricultural produce (and, consequently, agri cultural distress') to the change then being effected by the Government in the current money of the country, from de. preened paper money to gold money, of mote than double the value of the former ; instead of ascribing it to the-imps miens of foreign grain, to which it was attributed by Mr. Hall and his disciples, and through their influence, by the farmers generally, throughout the country. Time and ex perience are now proving which party war right. It deserves to be remarked, that this letter is published in the some u Farmer's Journal" that gives an account of the Coroner's Inquest upon the late of Londonderry, formerly so well hum as Lord CorlTis w gb. This unfsr. tunate statesman desiuryed himself hemedlately Am he had procured an Act of Parlimaest to be posed, legallAng the circulation of £l. notes (thee about to cease, pursuant to the • provisions of Mr. Peel's Bill) foe eleven years lenges I The 'mused circulation of £l. noes, which, as a smatter of course, speedily followed the pain of this Am, asm bined with other measures of the tee the circulating medium, soon rsisA the pekes er ill f g . turd produce and all other utisiss, and brim* about the prosperity of 1823-4 and b. In latter year, however, it was checked by the necessity to wlkh the Bank o ci f i =td was reduced of calling in a propoetlea of Its paper in order to secure Itself fr om the slim of the drain of gold from this country, which was tMt Obi on, in case queues of the high prices of all pdnitenninnlidee, sender: in gold (which was prevented by law limp *dog zill pia of S. 17s. Mid. per ounce) the OM prelltalin to expert : and the prosperity was finally put err mail 4w extinguished by sew laws, passed in the spring of MIK pmling the law above alluded to, which had been by Lord Castlereagh In the iummer of 1h22, fora' theeirculatioo of IL notes for eleven years longer, • faith with the Bankers, who, on the strength of beat induced to increase the hose of dish notes to a far greater extent than they wash' qdreethe have dared to do, end with 'Weibel', *be bad mitered bee any cornstarch' engegemiste fiesied we dies birds, and impelling the is. duswiess &urns it the ism* to pay two age wages end double the IsesOW of value/ • If Lord Cesdereagb had foreseen the speedy "acts of the Aet of MI, bahmaima tioned, in t he prosperity of th e osum7,_ his sailed end would bate best avoided, sulkadrl with Laid Inertia sod his *bar ielhe wadi pro bebly have prevented their pernideg the &rim, unjust, and foolish course which they Wesel de spring of 1826. _ _ _ New Guaantaws' Btu..—We exceedingly regret to imessoce Met the deputation of guardians to Parl iament, in of this bill, have not succeeded in inducing the Or IMe of the House of Commons as to the expediency and impiety of having a popularly elected Warden for this imy& The committee met for the first time on Friday week. On ibs snivel of the guardians' deputation in London, nada was received by their solieiter, Mr. Whateley, that the street commissioners intended to oppose the progress of die bill in its present shape ; but in consequence of the Jodie. penithmar Mr. Haines, the solicitor to the commissioners, it was *lusted that the bill going into a committee might be ipostptsed until Monday. To this application it wu replied that, as the opposition was limited to the warden and town Hall clauses, the Committee would only proceed on Friday with those parts of the bill which were unopposed; leaving I the contested clauses, for the discussion of the Committee, until Mooday. On that day, accordingly, the contest com menced. Messrs. Hill and Whateley appeared as counsel for the bill, and Mr. IP:Wald( Pollock for the Street Com. missisous. The Committee consisted of fourteen mem bers, t or, as generally termed, the " Midland Com mittee" among whom were Mr. Lawley (Chalinuo), Sir Grey kipwith, Sir E. D. Scott, Sir John Wrottesley, Mr. Litt/eton, and other gentlemen connected with this part of the country. The deputation ;of Guardians was composed of blows. Scholefaki, Charles Jones, Knight, Brown, die. The deputation of Commissioners consisted of Messrs. Oiler and F. Lloyd. The lint clause upon which a wrangle ensued, was that for the establishment of schools for the education of the infants of paupers. This proposition met, at first, with the most determined and un. flinching opposition, not only from the Commons' Com. mittee, but from Lek Shaftesbury, the Chairman of Com. mittens in the House of Lords. Ultimately, however, the clause was allowed, and passed. The grand struggle took place on the clause for the election of a Warden ; but, in Justice to the discretion and prudence of Moos. Osier and Lloyd, we should state that, during this wody affray, they stood " spent spectators of the tight ." Their only business appeared to be the honourable duty of " ear-wigging" the Members. The chief grounds of objection taken by the op. sin7members of the Warden clause (of whom Sir J. Wrot. and Mr. Littleton, the customary guests at the High ff's feast', were the leaders.) being—the ancient origin of the Conn last—the long period for which the High Bailiff had been "the medium of conveying the public mind"—the objection which Parliament had to interfere with old hudtstions-..and lastly, the still stronger objection the lailastine aitatalned to the multiplication of public or hual4llllses. The clause was ultimately mimed by am idlevel& inshority. The High and Low BOLA will new, demise, for the present, be made the remain officers easier the reform bilL As, however, as was very correctly observed by Mr. Jones before the Committee, the reign of the Court Lee must be abort, the predominance of such a close and self-elected body having no communion of feeling with the public—derided and laughed at by all parties, ex cept its own--cannot be expected to last long. Thursday last the Returns of the population of this town were presented to the meghterates at the Police Office, and sworn to by the respective parties. Males. Females. Martin's ... 36,644 37,800 St. Philip's ... 5,485 6,888 St. Thomas's .. 6,018 6,189 St. George's .. 6,688 6,844 64,693 50,321 84,493 110,914 ... 86,4 W Census of 1281 .. foams. ... 26,498 POPULATION itiTUNILLUdiotr, 5,253, viz. 2,428 males, 2,825 tansies ; increase, 4 ..U-.StrWord-on-Avon, (Boasogh), 3,488; lacrosse, 419. The search for coins at Tutbury, under the authority of the Crown, ceased on Friday, up to which time about fifteen ri were discovered. The troop of hussars which had *dead there to protect the wbrkmen are recalled. • NOM lies warmly remember a period when so much delmses premed as at present. TIE MINT= NIONIXONSTAILL -Wo last desk pm a leas meat et Most atrocious sine; esiminuthy 11101*, lbi it 'Ashted, apes a men Moe 111/Mese emit, it 'will boreatilected, a MI banks Vise 'the magistrates, was adjourned eetll Tireaday-hot,llltiliepapeorel ascertaining whether t i ls o s i = e and Boehm" - Osimidedeners would, on the et thelleads, psuresete the cantable. Ato as ThisidlaN a ispitades at the seinrabdol9l9ll Ibein istestes ; but, mare xey » game am pomade% dray leimisd that the sesmalsalemse eapesesstes. Thisbe sitation was heed* we bane, ea gesund that 11111 ward, theme beusally rusk wu the Ilse amdlent. The cammissisassy however, tesseived that Dames was unfit for the situation he MK mil bed eamellagly _dheibmged him. 'Before the *Oen ledlia the meghaveltWe private room, Mr. Hewlthme, 11111kleirs ersisher, mead, and upon hea ring the determined's at di tlemndesieners, he declared that be would to Thensi as his own expense. He thought it extremely had upon" hie client, who, but for timely assistance, must have died trent the wounds and treatment he received Obit when the smut was clearly proved against the constable, the ossesdhisnme wield not afford him that redress, by prom:mho s which *law prescribed. bonanza-This troublesome complaint prevails very much in this town • lathed there are but few families who have been exempt hem the disorder. Happily, though se vere in the commeossimot, the disorder is rarely dangerous. la the west of England, the severity with which the inhabi tants have been attashnd surpasses every tithe of the kind remembered; dansande are at this ussensat iellodig trader It. It rages also he Illinbingit, and is way peevalustlnother • parts of Scotland. The export trade, the deist vent for wide Ism Liverpool, has been particularly bele during the bet smith. Cotton manufactures were expend se the vales stureseds of eleven hundred thessend pads. Woollen manufactures, which were et ought same thimiego to be dessyleg to the value et rawly six hundred thsesmed pened‘hod the infant Imes facture of silks has exceeded eighteen thousand pow* * the month only. Biesoars MEDAL.-Already bat a medal been see* assommserative of the introduction of the Bill. It is la: Mee to sand at a glance an answer to the frequend#, arose 1•0000. " What is to be expected from the quo amiss at she Worm Bill ?" and ws have rediating hem the weed Rte. " repreeentatise, Chunk tide* laws," At. allbeled by tom, ediebg fettlede'dhjeees.whieli, it Is /ea. rag be secared B lzi s , w ens. The obverse is inscribed ths name et Ms , Lords Chet rougham, and the Pestle, 1 I. We vailimmid it was ice.' ttsbeny Mr. H. Coward, of Bath, maiseted by Mr. of this town, and the pro arising he se the mile ear to be appropriated towards a fad lee the wades at NNW monument to commemorate the Odom event. "Ilintrutamtu, July 14.-There was a good supply it ,grain at this day's market, with a fair demand ter gesd Bulb wheat.-Wheat, per 1121 be. old and new, 51. Id. to 1111:114.-13arley, per imperial quarter, ibr malting, 38a. to del.; for grinding. per. 491bs. 3s. 9d. to 45.-Malt, per be. pedal quarter, old end new, 545. to 6'65.-Oats, per /F//ha. old and new, 31. 6d. to 4s. 3d.-Brans, per bag, Wesel gees; old, lits. to 195.; new, 17s. 6d. to 18d.-Pens, In. for grinding, per bag, 10 score, 10s. 84. to 17e.... per sick of 2001hs, net ; fine, 625. to 635.; Sem*, 475. to 48s. HAT Maim, July 12.-Hay and straw both came and each a little dearer; hay, 60s. to 20s. ; straw, oas. to 701. per ton. Suirarumn, July 14.-Of beasts there was a moderate show and a fair demand; beef, bd. to bid. ; mutton, bd. to 504 veal, Bd. to 6id. per lb. ; fat pigs, 71. 9d. to ppar soma if ARRIED.-At Barr Cltagel, Mr. Samuel Hansen, of Tamwertli, to Sarah Jane, daughter of jen Smith, Esq. ‘Greve Vale, Cheat Barr.-kid. Jelin Malleth, Wm. , to Elise Aneolaegbter ofl o t talid v ett r . germ utOmbersfey.At Clintea. near Jams Les, M.A. tePeniagham. Weressiwiles, so Mary, await daughter of the Br. John Robinson, D.l). Rector of Cl* toe, Ind View' of Ramestondale, Westnioteland: 4.18D-'kid. James Boyce, of Bradfoid-street, On Thursday last, in the 88th year of her age, after a short alms% Mrs. mazy Day, Mist at the late Mr. Willi am Day, of BristoLatreet—At Rilheshos. 77, Mr. Th„,,, a. King, of High.seresa:-Mr. Jam Camell, 102 years, of IL,. Wood, near Women—At Walt Bee swish, Mr. s t „,, l Benison, 74—At Talmo awe, seen asesterfleld, Wilkinson, Req. of ties plow, end of Leamin g t on , 8, At Anna Mae, 16, eldest daughter of Richa d Griffith, Hayq. Dub li n—At Kenilworth, 78, ni zabt; : mike of the late Abraham Blick. Esq—The Rev. (iner tr Rehm, M.A. Rector of Maley Binge, Worcesterbhire Allis, Al, wife alb. Thomas Lewis. Worcester —M r . IMeryee, 88, of Pontesford. BATH JOURNAL. July 18. Asasvasa.—Hon. Robert Boyle. 800. Mr. Ruh nt ,, , Hen. Mrs. Leigh, Col. Cochrane, Major Harris; C a p ta i n , Arthur, Cooke, Child and family, Coot. , Johnson, m an , - min k short, &faddy, Shute, R.M. lAeut Clarke, its a 8 ent, H.C.S. Dr. and Mrs. Gregory and fantily, D T. ; Rev. Messrs. Glynn, Harvey, Jones, Snub, Wilson, Young, and Thomas. The newspaper stomp duty, and the duty on advem r ,,, meats, we now hear nothing about. Why is it minister, have not stuck to their resolution in this particular ? Is one of the ftrial, which, above all others, may be rellue t a with advantage. The sale of papers would be ciusulrupkt and the number of advertisements would be more than doublet All the members of our present government, Lord Btough, am especially, arc advocates foe the spread of knowledge ca d the march of intellect, and surely they will not continue tax which deprives nine out of ten of the people of the sigh: of a newspaper. Our villagers, whose scanty means area. dead by overwhelming taxation, the monopoly of land, sad the corn laws, to a bare potatoes and salt existence, Cannot DOW scrape up enough amongst them to purchase one w ee kl y paper, and the small traders are obliged to club togethe r for this purpose; whereas, were this tax reduced or remove; the former would be enabled to read a paper occasionally, and the latter would never be without one. The advantage s which would result from this, we should be going era beaten ground were we to attempt to prove, and that the me. nue would not be lammed by it, is too obvious to require p ee l. With respect to advertimments, the tax is an evil of pe a magnitude. To the publishers of books, to agents, lee, nearly prohibits the use of the only means of publicity. 11 a person has property to sell, the tax-gatherer meet s hi m it, all directions. Dr. Franklin says, three removes are u bad as a fire. This is no longer metaphorical, taxes, sod lours though laration, will in three times selling property, seal. low up ha worth. Stamps, legal expenses, and auction duty, are not a sufficient drain, but he who sells cannot make it known without a father all for advertisement duty ; the consequence is, that an advertisement, instead of appeari ng ha the public journals three or four times to meet the eye him who will give the best price, is inserted only once or not at all, and the auction often proves abortive for want of a purchaser, when there may be hundreds, who would readily purchase, absent through ignmanos of the tin-omit:wee. —With respect to bosses, how many are there in this city—the owners of which would readily adverlise them, it they could have .r. Insertions fur a guinea, but will not pay double and treble that amount, sad, therefore, do mot ohm the at all, because one advertisement seldom erects the ob. jct. Look for a comparison to America, there are ten papers where we have me, all filled with advertisements. Should the reduction of the stamp and adverUssmest duties not be carried into effect, and that quickly, eMm it is a mile which has been amply discussed, sad Idly ANIMA k . will be impossible to construe ithlsobrobly to seembiling 1 we shall not be able to consider dm as real limb Is dr spad of knowledge, nor AMON 1111 *sir wishes to move the fiscal burthens of the pee*. On the recent failures of nits psidial Bankers, the write of the circular makes the folkeMog remarks :—µ Two failures have been made public dose our of Country Bankers ; but they are hearse nadir dreaminess that require explanation :—The first IS that Of Mr. 'note& who is described in the Gazelle (whose his UMW ippon as a bankrupt) ass winner mid banker. ibis gentkems bat not been a banker for scan elms; the Ana at Trowlid*is which he was films* s maw, bobs new Waters, and Co. Ms. Mes has ma mossedie aow a peruser with this boiling limo; and he is magi a hanker in the comminien ef bembipl_ey beams kin an Emory, it is that deserlptim width is hest Bade ts be dispoted in Choocery pmessdiage. 411 m mood is tit Item of Franklin, Hooper sad Co. of Westbury, sod of Room, in domersetahire. Tido Ann eilmoyesisi with hp and aligman, until they UN ; agti Ay. and Z7r • tat bedhalsd to Bart, isenklis mad Co shoot whoa the ismer mopped palm*. If this Weydrary sod Isms Nob had she stepped gement shimlormsedy ititti that it Rye eet Mims*, Is wield prabehly have been boom ihmessieve end the *Mk ; tier sines their lces by the hews of Frye sled charms, we nadisessand they ban had a robbery committed spa them at Peerse, and hate suiltaimed losses by the Cisehlers, who were is connexion with Sterne, and others. We were told about a month ago than they bed resolved to give up the banking business.— Bow oftiteir notes have been returned unpaid this week, but we believe the whole amount of their debts is extremely small." We .r teleam that at wase, doing the last week, fa o i lde eau Wig hes hems ante to hoodoo with charitable sod puha@ amnsemsets. Mr. Amen quitted tom at the prawn massmems puska, in woke to fulfil to meats, the use to paselde rte die mood meeting of the atte , theaslier la act asllbward of therms. Bs was by dm bibs it lis bendy, oboes pm mass, it might lambs* soppaled, moil hove ham as Ali deed security against any madlimbikm Of amillimitY. On Ileaday, however, M the very Isee hoar of Mom, the trim& /M om elk Ilkley, the I mismifek " L in g date for the borough, ibmght proper as weber him km the town with all the per. ail party igkit whidt are ass ily to the peeled a p aadowien. Ike ems ~kg, the e lin ei tilk. AMOR% were lambed be the Mass by a *Wel low pabeks w earing lib. 'llibley's selloasog de of the Fended Union. Ikallet tisane' was passel tilm mss comae by the same 'vamooses& anoctent, tha t . a general belles prevails won the gams; and nett Ise who have hitherto supports! that ad lie madam to patronise a'. which hem tip peaty preened from it 4 I:2PThom may he Moat "Mims with repo! a r ieslitleal amilments r thin cam be but me as habil palm& dlimasser, mod whet he has individually dr, awed aim thekiltilatitte atioistralsr, rod as to the en am* ipsemmo ateislating the Mmossiummeisq. which i.t lie amanly to every lady, but to somp Imsek. Public fish' -Wisp apd public charities ought sturdy to be assual growl b mil k hopossibie to reprobate too strongly the eseduct o f these trio hare thus introduced poli schwas mill political Meals at a time which is In to ashcan, notiewely it the per It of pleasure, but in the transaction of hollows al 'the chemise of bettevokace. 'ln justice to 11 r..Asseirs friends 'we are bound to add, that:net the Aightest display of poli:i' Ail feelings was evinced' by than. The Victoria :park I. now In Its fullest perfectioe—we mean of the sauce • k is nothing like what it will be a hr years hence. If wed supported by the pub*, sod kept ii peeper order. The beauties of name, taatifully aided h 1 art, are shining forth be rich lusariatme, sad every thing it he tars Is the theme of admiration. The inierest of tie saw" hiliolihword. by the my frequentsn of this health:al r= who, memo; these Inc meninp are =memo he hewer peeled. however, If the votaries ii (sables wadi amine camei Were asidilgitt, Ind enjoy tic wombs keens by a nimble helms haashfast. We ow lama Olga the BMW Chemists) that Mt. Bauer, of ilholbwenty, has been soda served by the Earl filbssembr's ignite, with stoke or trial at the ensuthS kiss. Our evaders will moillea that this cause. la far • lit. Rutin wee indirlimilly cooehmed, was mule' eseanamt at the bet Ageism. The alleged peoceedinp sow at the eiliblem, is lige, at which Mr. Rutter toot asusasq Mood the aembem of the noble patron of the Woo" ha amospentie el whkb this sedan is supped to have bean breirght. On Weinemla misgrjeaaket, a Ste broke eat in the wall hawse of lb. •atrees s Ashburton ; and War aillatenee radii hit _lt kid spread its dertruct ice setis is NNW lIIMINIWIIIrpie leis. in which weft up' 1 plops a( sorge. the greater part of which wet to be sant elf so the ornewing day. The damage is twi• mated at OM, pert Of which is ensured. DI ED i The 1011111 M aged 79, Willem Fouton Erg. record Secondaryin the Lurd Treasurer's Renneetbnneer'e office ir. his Majesty's Sichcquer.—Lately, at Sandgate, in her 16 4 year, Ma&nne, the only c hild o f George iilk, Eml• 4 Oloucester.place, New.road.—The 19th inst. in 6 " 11 ' seet, .6 1 reevener.equare; Mn. Lane 'Hi cks, widow cat the . of -- • - Ames. none wen, 'mow 4!v. James Hicks, late of (;tart Wilbraham, Cambrkir• owe, tied Ream of Wiabw, Huata—At hellabursh: 013 thwack ant. re the heft tear of his see, David Thaw" Williwyem, writer to the elgeet.--eit the Manse of New DlWlrvak the litit apt. the. Rte. Nash Taylor, to the 8 3 th sod Imitirene: 714teitead Publiibed by Joni Meyer& at d i ! Bras ernes, No. 1. Piekett-place, Temple Sim i f I~ 1~ • , . ~' .~ .~~~