Star. — London, England, 1831-05-31 00:00:00

~r ~~ .1 COUNTY ELECTIONS. 'die success which the Reformers have met with in almost all the contested elections, amidst the universal acclama tions of the people, and the unbought suffrages of voters of ch.sscs and descriptions, is a proof as clear as any demon sti mien can make it. that the Ministerial Bill is perfectly et,asistent with the genuine principles of the Constitution, -nil is regarded as a measure tending essentially to uphold protect the property and privileges of all orders. Referm has laid hold of the understandings as well as I.i the passions of the bulk of the people. We deny that this feeling springs from the ebullition of the moment, 1.1141 is as uncertain and baseless as the many thousands of popular caprices which have risen and fallen. We deny this. and we appeal to all England as a proof that our assertion is true. Never in any period of our his tray was evinced a more firm and decided movement than the neriole have made on the present occasion, never have they displayed a more lively and affectionate interest, or a more steady determination ; never have the popular virtues more steadily and decidedly shone forth and so visibly displayed theinsf•lves in the real and genuine co!ours of patriotism,— unpolluted, as we will venture to say,—altogether unpol- Inted by any of those excesses and that intemperance, which too often stain the proceedings of mobs. The yeomanry in the country have more especially signalised themselves on this occasion. This class of our countrymen, at all times difficult to arouse, have stepped forward with uncommon ardor at all the county elections. They have rushed forth to claim and vindicate as their birth-right the privileges which the new Bill proposes to confer upon them. They now perceive that the slavish tenure of their copyholds is about to be abolished ; and the odious distinction between the freehold and customary tenant no longer to be pre served. In case also of their possessing leasehold interests only, they see the Government measure extending to them the elective franchise. Under such circumstances, is it at all to be made matter of surprise that the counties of England, in all cases, except where aristocratic influence had worn itself into deep and impregnable channels, which could not at the moment be cut off or diverted ; can it, we say, excite any reasonable sur prise that the reformers have been almost universally suc cessful at the county elections? As respects the boroughs about to be abolished, no man can doubt the general sentiment which prevails upon the bill ; but, then, in these boroughs, as most of them still con tinue under the oligarchical grasp, there could be no imme diate fruit or experiment of the feelings of the inhtbitants. They were necessarily listless spectators of what was going on. They were constitutionally dumb. They looked forward to the day of their liberation, but could do no more. They were incapable, whilst the chains were upon their limbs, to act on this glorious occasion. As regards the boroughs where the members were about to be reduced, they were pretty nearly in the condition of the rotten or nomination boroughs. They were unable, by their acts (being hitherto in a state of thraldom), to evince more than their good will in the cause. But as regards the cities and towns which were free, and where the elective franchise was about to be enlarged, they seem, one and all, to have acted and spoken decidedly in favor of the bill. They have almost universally availed themselves of the opportunity of expelling the anti-reforming candidate, and of electing the person, be he who he might, who professed himself friendly to reform. London, York, Carlisle, Liverpool, Bristol, Bos ton, are noble examples of the operation of this principle of patriotism in large towns and cities. If such have been the conduct of cities and boroughs, it might reasonably be expected that the counties would en deavour to rival their ardour in the same course. The bill offered to counties the greatest and most valuable of boons. It lifted up the heads of those who were before trodden down by the slavish feudal prejudices which were suffered to disfigure our landed representation. Copyholders and lease holders have been called into a new political existence, and it is therefore no wonder that our agricultural population should be uniformly in favour of this bill. Let our readers look through all the counties of England and Wales, and, as far as the returns have hitherto come in, they will find scarcely more than three county members re turned for the new Parliament, who voted against the Re form Bill. Those large agricultural districts in which a bold yeomanry, their country's pride," bear the sway on elections, have invariably shown the spirit and resolution to emancipate themselves from the borough Oligarchy. The zeal and ardour which the reformers have displayed in county elections, and the triumph whicli they have al most universally achieved over their opponents, are without parallel in any period of our history. The freeholders move forward on this question with one heart and one soul. The prodigal expence and consuming waste of county elec tions have not deterred them in a single instance. Funds have been found to any extent, and have flowed in a lavish profusion, wherever it was necessary to counteract the Boroughmongers, by having recourse to those weapons with which they are most accustomed to fight : and look only at the result ! Yorkshire has seated four Reform Members without a struggle. The Duncombes, the Bethels, the Lascelles, and the Wortleys, have all been chased away before the breath of Reform, as the rays of the sun disperse the morning mist. Lancashire, the great seat of trade, commerce, and manu factures—where the shipping interest is next only to that of London, and the general diffusion of wealth almost upon a par with what we used to behold in the metropolitan county ; in this great province of our empire, Mr. Patten, the former Member, did not dare to stand a contest—al though be had bestowed signal benefits upon the county, he was considered to have cancelled them all by his vote on the Reform Bill, and was, therefore, compelled to yield his place to Mr. Heywood, a banker of Manchester—known and prized only as a Reformer. In this county, we also observe the defeat of General Gascoyne, at Liverpool, although sup ported by the whole strength of the corporation. But to what can this be ascribed ? To nothing but a firm and con scientious conviction, that the Reform Bill, instead of being measure of a revolutionary and radical tendency, unset tling property and shaking institutions, will work a solid cuistitutional improvement—bracing anew the sinews of our wealth, adding new strength to our commercial credit, and binding together the hearts and affections of tl:e people in one social bond of peace and good fellowship. A question of matrimonial right, as to the- occupation of a box, had nearly been agitated a few evenings ago, at the opera House. The principal party was a gentleman, whose alliance with a fair scion of the Peerage, but almost immediate separation, has, from that period to the present moment, occasioned so much discussion in the fashionable world. The gentkinan and two of his friends were seated in the box, when some ladies of rank. entire strangers, presented them selves with the tickets of admission which had been given them by the wite. It was an unpleasant situation ; bat rather than create any di.. turbarce, the husband immediately withdrew, with the full determine- iron, however, to prevent the recurrence of such an event in future. The General Assembly of Scotland was occupied the whple of Tuesday, and up to six o'clock on Wednesday morning, with the consideration of the case of the Rev. Mr Campbell, of Row. The As+ sembly first confirmed the sentence df the Presbytery of Dumbarton, which, in point of fact, convicted him of teaching heretical doctrines : . and afterwards, by a very flume:owe vote, deposed him from his office. This case, from Its novelty qt Se annals of the Scotch Church, has excited immense interest in )Edinburgh. That of Mr. 111 6 1 wan his also been decided. The Assembly have in this case also vindicated the ptuity of the Church doctrines, by affirming the sentence of , the Pres bytery of !trine, and Synod of Glasgow andlyr,,fuldinol“r, IPlsean, liar presentee to the parish of Dreghom, guilty of teaching heresy. PANORAMA OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The STAR has for several months exhibited such a picture of the Domestic Rven of the Empire, u never before was attempted. It gratifies unspettiably the natives of districts who reside in Loud= and distant counties, and is a LITTER FROM Hosts to every provincial in foreign countries, or in the colonies. It raises also into general im portance the exertions of local talents in every public cause. Then as 111;s is a duty performed alone by the STAR, those local patriots would ill deserve their name, if the STAR and its interests were not nciprocally 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, has justified preference ; but we reasonably :expect the same at tentions EVERY WHERE, as the means of at once recompensing our di ligence, and adding to the utility of our valuable and exclusive informa tion. 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 pte-eminent. BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, MAY 28. At the public dinuer given to Mr. Foley and Captain Spencer, the successful candidates for Worcester, Dr. John Johnstone, the chair man. proposed their health', when they 'poke as follows :- Ihe hon. I'. H. Foley.—Dr. Johnstone and gentlemen. It is with feelings of heartfelt pleasure and gratitude, which no words are ade quate fully to express, 1 now rise to return you thanks, as one of the representatives of the county of Worcester. The manner in which I have been placed in this distinguished situation, I shall remember to the latest day of my life. In my return, the cause of Parliamentary reform has triumphed. The gentleman who has proposed my health, in conjunction with that of my hon. collengue, stated that I voted fur the recent measure introduced by his Majesty's ministers. I did vote for that bill, because I believed, and do still believe, that it is calcu lated to promote the peace, prosperity, and permanent security of this great country. That bill, if pasted into a law, will, I consider, not ;only secure the lib e rti e s of t he p eo pl e , but renew rights which have long since faded away. lam not one of those who consider that Parliamentary Reform will diminish the dignity of the Crown • hut, on die other hand, 1 think that it will add to its lustre and stability, by forming a still closer connexion between' ' the people and the Government. (Cheers.) Fur these reasons I voted fee the bill, and for these reasons it shall again have my sup.; port in every stage. (Cheers.) Again, gemlemen, I cannot but ex press the pride 1 feel in being selected as the humble means of convey ing to Parliament the opinions of the county of Worcester upon this important question ; and my admiration of the noble stand which the freeholders of Worcestershire made against wealth, bribery, and every species of illegal influence. (Cheers.) In return, gentlemen, for the honour conferred upon me, I beg to assure you that my sole object shall be to discharge the important trust confided to me, to the very best of my power. (Cheers. ) Captain Spencer returned his most sincere thanks for the honour the company had done him by drinking his health. The hon. gentleman by whom the toast was proposed, had alluded to the circumstance of his being a stranger in the county of Worcester. It would be impertinent and gross vanity in him were he even to soppose, for a moment, that there were not gentlemen in th e coun ty o f Worcester more competent than he was to discharge the duties of a Member of Parliament. His (Capt. S.'s) life and habits had hitherto been retired, mid little calcu lated to suit him for the business of a senator. When, however, it became a question whether or not Worcestershire should return a Member whose vote on the question of Parliamentary Reform would neutralise that of his honourable friend—when this became a ques tion, and he heard of it, he felt compelled, by a sense of duty, to attempt to rescue the county from such a disgrace. (Cheers.) The invitation he received was certainly not a general one ; but he was proud to say that, although the invitation was not general, his muse had ultimately become general throughout the county.—(Cbeers.)— they would allow him to congratulate the company assembled and all his fellow.countumen, upon the certain fact that the ministerial mea sure of Parliamentary Reform was now carried.—(Cheers.) The re. turns already made rendered its success certain. To hint, whose feel. ings upon this subject were naturally strong, such a consumination was highly gratifying. lie anticipated with inexpressible delight the plea sure of adding his aye to that glorious majority which will unques tionably carry that most important question. It was altogether unne cessary for him to dilate upon a subject which must be familiar to the intelligent company he was addressing ; but they would allow him to say, that, to the energy, activity, and patriotism, of many whom he now saw around him, was in a great degree to be attributed the triumph of their cause aLNVorcester. By their conduct they had evinced their opinions on the subject of Reform. Who, indeed, would say that Birmingham, the seat of wealth and manufactures—the metropolis of the Midland counties—should be unrepresented ? No one would ad vance such an absurdity. He congratulated them that these days of darkness were fast passing away, and would detain them no farther than by saying, that in return for the seal the gentlemen of Birmingham had displayed in his cause, he should be happy on any occasion to execute in the best way he was able any Parliamentary business with which they might entrust him.—(Cheers.) Mr. Scholefield said, that before he proposed the toast that had been put into his hands, he should advert to a ph in one of the last week's newspapers, to the following effect — that " Capt. Spencer had distinctly stated that he accepts the representation of the county of Wor ' cester for the next Parliament only." This looked like a renewal of war almost before the freeholders of 11 orcestenth ire had laid down their arms after the conflict now scarcely ended. Was the insinuation meant to forbid Capt. Spencer from again offering himself to the county of Wor cester? This was a matter which the electors had quite as great an in terest In as Capt. Spencer, nor did any reason exist why they might not, if they saw proper, invite Captain spencer to represent them in a new Parliament. Captain S. hod been called by our opponents a stranger ? but surely the names borne by the Captain and his honourable colleague were not new to the country—both were well known and much-ho. noured names : and if instances were wanted to show that the nation were not opposed to the Aristocracy, as a body, we could refer to the choice of Members just made by the counties of Worcester and Northampton ; if, however, Captain Spencer should decline to offer himself to represent Worcestershire in a new Parliament—a de termination he (Mr. Spencer) for one, should certainly regret, as he fancied he could discover, in what he had already seen of the gallant officer, enough to justify hopes of promise. that he would make an upright and meritorious Member of Parliament; yet, should Captain Spencer decline the honour of sitting again for Worcestershire, there could be no doubt that men could be found, perhaps Sir Thomas Winnington, or some other tried friend.of the people, to represent their own county. The county of Warwick had done itself great credit by cleaning Sir Gray.Skipwith, on whom the honour unexpectedly, as was well known, fell, and whose great and principal recommendation to his brother freeholders, was his cha racter for being a truly honest man, distinguished for this excellent quality as the excellent administration of the present day was distin. guished, when it wu called, as it were proverbially, the " honest" administration of Lords Grey and Althorp ; in looking back upon the past contest, Mr. S. begged to say, that neither he nor any of the op: ponenta of Colonel Lygon were influenced by any personal feelings towards the gallant Colonel, it was altogether on "principle" that they opposed the Colonel—the county was opposed to the principles of To ryism—the principles of master and slave—and to adopt the words of of Sir. Thomas Duncombe, in the House of Commons on the debate on the reform bill, he (Mr. S.) would say, let not the Tories of Worcestershire or of Warwickshire " lay the flattering unction to their souls," and believe that Colonel Lygon, the Tory, would ever again be sent to Parliament to represent the County of Worcester. He would not detain the Meeting anv longer, but should propose the toast that had been aligned to him, viz. " The Constitution, the whole Constitution, and nothing but the Constitu tion." It was, pehups, fortunate br the company that Sir Robert Peel was not at their table, as the lion. Baronet has so emphaticall7 declared his dislike and abhorrence of the repetition of the " w h o l e ' 13111, lie might probably have experienced a difficulty in swallowing the toast of the whole Constitution." Mr. S. was sure that Mr. Turner would excuse him for amending the account he gave of Mr. Thomas Price's munificent subscription to the expenses of the Wor cestershire election. Mr. Price, although not a freeholder of the county, gave 1001. and offered to make the sum 51101. if It were wanted. Captain Spencer, in reply to Mr. Scholefield, said, that although he could not pledge himself as to the course be should deem it right to take at the next election, this he would state, that if circumstances should require him again to come forward, he should not be found wanting. (Cheers). He begged leave to give " The Town and Trade of Birmingham." At the late fair in the Corn Market there was little doing, the sup ply of all descriptions of grain were plentiful, hut there was little disposition to purchase, and priers scarcely upheld our last week's report.—The horse market was thronged with the lowest description of horses, those of a useful sort were scarce ; and of hi g h c h aracter, b are l y one shown e en re er wereo ta ftti ct e er of two la th t e tes fai dese r, rtiru;P in the fair; but what there tions were alone saleable. Of the al character few changed hands. The supply of fat cattle and sheep was tolerably large, and the whole were readily taken off at a small advance on the curtency of this day se'nnight ; stores also stet a ready sale. Out of 6 6 / Leicester voters residing hi Birmingham, many of whom, being in humble life, will be utterly disfranchised by the operation of the Reform Bill, 62 are found to be reformers, three anti reformers and six neutral, Mr. John Goldner, of Rourton.on.the-Hill, having sustained consi derable loss by the tot in'his sheep, his landlord (the Rev. ne: Warne ford) has, unsolicited, presented h im with a valuable heifer, and two hundred pounds in cash. A noble example ! Yesterday, according to annual custom, the schools in connexion with the Established Cimrch walked in procession to St. Philip's and Christ Church, when sermons were perched on the occasion. l'he number of children of the various shads which attended was 44563 _ _ ____ -- Boys Girls Boys Girls blue Coat .. 143 71 St. Philip's School National ... 355 145 of Industry ... 4$ St. Martin's ... 74 77 St. Mary's... 190 210 St. Philip's ... 110 183 fit. Bartholomew's 150 as Christ Chutch .. 904 264 St. Paul's... 40 78 St. George's ... 200 180 Asylum ... 100 100 Bs. Peter's ... 138 180 Ashted .. 200 130 St. Thomas's .. 164 230 Deritend &Bordesley 306 220 CAUTION TO DRUGOIATI.--011 the 14th insL a man named Ed ward Job, a wheelwright and wrier, of Claverdon, near Henley-in- Arden, went to a dc's in Warwick, with a prescription of sheep remedy, and whilst the medicine was preparing, Job asked the druggist to prescribe something for a pain in the side, to which he was subject. The druggist immediately made up an application, but very negligently put it into a bottle of the mine form and size as the one which con. tamed the sheep remedy, sad without fixing a label on either. On the following day Job applied, as he conceived, the proper application to his side ; but, unfortunately, he was soon undeceived, by the great pain be almost immediately experienced from the powerful nature of the mix ture. Professional assistance was called in, but without effect, as he ex pired after being subject to a week's most excruciating torments. In deed, such was the powerful nature of the application, and the effect it had on the poor fellow, that immediately after death, his whole corpse became quite a jet black, and presented the most horrid spectacle ima ginable. FOREIGN CONTRACTS TOR Assn.—We understand that the execution of the great French contract for arms taken by the manu facturers of this town is, for the present, suspended, Orders to this effect were received in Birmingham on Thursday evening; and, in obedience to instructions, the inspector appointed to superintend the work went to London the same evening. 'l'he reason for this step is yet unknown : although we have heard it intimated that the impossi bility of completing the contract within the time specified is most likely to be the cause. By the terms of the contract, the arms are required to be delivered about the middle of the next month. We believe, how. ever, judging from the present forwardness of the work, it would be ha possible to complete it within • month from that time. It will be re. collected that a few months ago it was currently reported that our menu. faeturers bad received orders for arms from Poland. Such, we are now inelkied to believe, was the case. Within this last fortnight, from 15 to 20,000 stand of arms have been exported to the Continent, painted and packed as gas.piping. This precaution. we presume, is adopted to snare their safe transmission through the German states. During the week we have had wine remarkably fine and seasonable weather, and the progress of vegetation has much advanced. On Sun day and Monday this town and neighbourhood experienced violent thunder storms, without, however, being subject to any particular da mage. The effects have been quite the reverse in malty parts of the country. At the seat of Mr. Pateshall, Allensmore, Herefordshire, some fine oaks were injured, and two cattle, which had taken shelter under them, were killed. At Burghill, the electric fluid struck a house I and set fire to some bed-curtains. At Mr. Cooke's, at Lower Lyde, the damage was most serious ; a torrent of water suddenly burst from the clouds. and swept away part of a field of barley ; and the surface of another field, prepared for Swede turnips, was carried off, as though it had been ploughed from top to bottom ; at least 1000 loads of earth were removed, and the fences and stone walls torn up and scattered in the course the torrent took ; whilst the meadows for mowing were covered with muddy water ; the hop-blues were nearly all cut off by the hail; the spring crops of corn were also sadly cut up. At Mr. Palmer's farm near Ross, thirty fat sheep, which were sheltering under a tree, were struck dead. On Saturday last, a placard was profusely posted in the streets of Leeds, calling - a meeting of the Radical Reformers, to Ise held at the Brewers' Arms, on Wednesday evening, to support and defend Mr. Hunt, the consistent advocate of radical reform, who had been tea duced and misrepresented." A very animated discussion took place, which terminated in the following resolution :—" That in the opinion of ibis meeting, Mr. Hunt's conduct on the question of reform has shown either that he Is incapable of performing the duties of a legis lator, or that he has intentionally aided the boroughmongers in with. holding from a large portion of the people their just rights. That his assertion, that for five shillings he could obtain to any petition any number of signatures he pleased, wits slandering the good sense of the working classes, and furnishing their enemies with the best of all argu ments for keeping them in a stale of degradation and slavery ; and, therefore, that he is no more worthy of the trust of sincere reformers." A report having reached Daventry on Saturday that the Tory Can. didates had resigned the contest for the county, the Church bells of various villages in the neighbourhood were rung merrily throughout the remaining part of the day. The inhabitants of Daventry were pre vented from demonstrating their joy In a similar manner by the Curate, who had cautiously ordered the bell ropes to be removed. STOURPRIDGE.—On Saturday last a public dinner was given at this town to Mr. Foley and Captain Spencer. Upwards of sixty gen tletnen of high respectability sat down to an excellent dinner, which was provi led ip the assembly room, by Mr. Loverock. Mr. James Foster, Al. P. was in the Chair, sod he was supported by the two mem bers, and Sir T. Winnington, Ban. M. P. Mr. W. Woolryche Whit more, M. P. Mr. Holyeake, Mr. J. Scott, Mr. J. Pearson, and other gentlemen from the neighbourhood, and from Bromagrove, Dudley, Wolverhampton, and West Bromwich. On Monday last, six students of the midwifery class, in the School of Medicine in this town, contested the two prize medals, offered by Mr. Ingleby, the lecturer in that department, to any two of the ands. dates who should give the most satisfactory answers to the questions proposed to them. The examination was conducted in writing, and on the answers being scrutinised by three impartial and experienced mem bers of the profession, assisted by the lecturer, it was found that Mr. G. Richards was entitled to the first medal, and Mr. D. Rock to the second medal BIIMUNORAX.—Wheat per 621bs. 7s to fle 4d. Barley, per Impe rial varier, for Malting, 40s to 475. Malt, ditto, Ms to Ode. Oats, per 391bs. 34 6d to 4s 3d. Beans, per bag, 10 score gross, Old, 21s to 225; New, 17s 6d to 19s. Peas, per bag of 3 bush. Imp. White, IS. to 19s; Grey, 16s 6d to 17s. Flour, per sack of 280145. net, Fine, 56s to 68s; Seconds, 52s to 545. Haar AUMNI', MAY 24.—G00d hay and straw came sparingly. There was a good demand foe the latter ; hay 605 to 901 ; straw 604 to Vie per ton. MARRIED.—Mr. S. Ken:peon, of the Willows, to Miss Elisabeth Broom, of Woodfield House.—At Malvern, Charles W. H. livered, Req. of Hill House, to Emma, daughter of H. Candler, Esq.—At Whitcburch, Mr. J. Hutchinson, of Liverpool, to Mary, eldest daughter of I Wilson, Esq. DlED.—Aged 77, near Droitwich, Lydia, relict of R. Amphlett, Esq.—At Hempley House, Randal Andrews, Esq. 33.—At Ombersly, 69, Hannah, relict of J. Barrett, Esq.—Mary, eldest daughter of H. Lloyd, Esq. of Ludlow-91, Mrs. Sheppard, of Abbey Poregate, Shrewsbury.—At Stoke Prior, Worcester, 63, Mr. W. Foley Rogers. —At Warwick, Mr. J. Brookhouse, 73, f ormerly of the firm of Parkes, Brookhouse, and Campton.—ln the Barrack Hospital, Coventry, Staff Serjeant John Laing, 52. FELIX FARLEY'S BRISTOL JOURNAL, MAY 28. The individual who appeared at the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary meeting last week, as an Indian Chief, is distinguished by the pa -1 tronymic of Peter Jones, being of Welsh extraction on the father's side. His great grandfather and grandmother emigrated to Canada, where his father married the daughter of an Indian Chief. The edo. cation of the children was entrusted to his mother, and until his 15th lear he was unacquainted with the English language. He received his ndian name of Kakewaquonaby (eagle er sacred feathers), and was instituted a chief of his tribe by an 'lndian Council, in the accustomed manner. His person anti dress are thus described : He is of the middle stature, with large but mild features, of a swarthy complexion, and straight jet-black hair. His native costume consisted of a sort of frock -coat, which, with the leggings, were made of tanned deer skins, coloured yellow ; the collar of the coat was edged with small beads, and the seams ornamented with leather fringe. He wore a tippet on his shoulders, ornamented with rows of holes, made by a serrated punch. A worsted sash of di ff erent colours was fastened round his waist, to which was attached, on the left side, the entire skin of a mink, formed into a pouch. His feet were covered with ornamented moats sins. One of the large silver medals was suspended from his neck, which were given by the government of this country to the recognised Indian Chiefs in British America; on one side it bore a profile of George M. and on the reverse the British arms. He is an intelligent, well-in. formed, and interesting character. Ptxaeorsastat ELECTION.—This contest having lasted the whole of the fifteen days allowed by law, closed on Thursday, when Sir John Owen was returned by a majority of 99 votes over his opponent, Mr. Greville. It has been stated in almost all the London papers, that the contest has been protracted, in consequence of the assessor being fa vourable to the cause of Mr John Owen • whereas the direct mammy la the fact — the assessor was inclined towards Mr. Greville ; the majority of the votes disputed were tendered for Sir John Owen, who, had they all been allowed for the respective candidates, would have very consi derably augmented his majority. lattaxo.—Lnter written by an office! high in command at Lime rick, dated bat week " I should have replied to your letter long ago, but I have been worked aim y lege, and really more fagged than through a Peninsular campolga. This County is in a sad state. In the county of Clare, whirr vs age o* separated from by the Shannon, things are come to that pll.l that lllej but martial law can save it; every sort of outrage is esnenskiel with impunity. The Terry Alta, with their mother, Lady Owe. stalk about at noon.day, committing murders and every species of ousigo. disguised in female attire. 1 have road a Wear from a soopootable elorgynsan, who says, he is living in his Glebe hum Is a state of siege. in expectatbn of attack by night said day— thooraused with assassination—his cattle turned of his load—his bias threatened with death should he does to attend W any, of bbl alsok—his labourers drawn from the field by aimed men— his son Nadi himself actually obliged to mend the fences, no one daring to do it tor him. Several houses knocked down in open day—Lady Clare TerrYAlt and hioner etc') fully armed, and her attendant armed ruffians traversing the cout.t r , I —serving notices—regulating rates of wagee--price Of pot at ," land, dm and neither military nor police are able to prevent them: or bring a man to be tried by the laws of his country--not from arty neglect or fault of theirs, but because the ruffians keep front the public roads, and are favoured by the country people, eitht7t av af through fear or from love of their system, which I believe to h e t h, his ease m . ethee ln fact , Lea th y ere asee. is no law He e in d tis b oon e eane ntry e b t u e t je t e t o f to afford the last comforts and consolations of religion without arm, in his hand.—There is church militant for you! Last Sunday, a colour e t of the sth regiment was murdered ; two men o f t h at em p, sergeant policeman were badly wounded.-1 hear seven have h e , committed for it, and I hope they will be made an example of. We were in a bad state in this county, but by promptly pi oc m detachments in all parts to support the magistrates, m i• o hav i! acted with more courage than those of Clare, I hope we have fact the present put down the disturbers—but we are in a very ticklish state —an immense population—very many of them badly disposed, and if martial law is proclaimed In Clare. we shall be the receptacle of all the ruffians in that country, unless they give us the same code—nothirg else will do. I assure you, Ido not sleep on a bed of roses, and often wish myself in the peaceable mountains of Cambria. Thank GOD, I have good accounts from my wife and children. I did intend to bring them over, but that is impossible in the present state of affairs. I hope they will mend, but I fear things are not at the worst yet. We 4%, here the 17th Lancers, headquarters of the 56th and 74th, 7 c omp , nies of the 76th, and a battery of artillery ; and the 9th Regt. marche s this day from Dublin for Limerick." On a tomb-stone in Mathern Church-yard, near Chepstow : " To the memory of John Lee, of this parish, who died May 4th, 1825, aged 103 years. John Lee is dead, that good old man, We ne'er shall see him more; He used to wear an old drab coat All buttoned down before." BRIATOL COIN EXCHANGE—TRUItaDAYo-Price of Wheat per sack of 331 lbs, 44s to 461; Foreign wheat per Imperial bushel 7s 9d to 8s 9d; English Wheat do, 8s to 8s 6d; Irish do, &3d to 7s 3d ; Welsh do, fle 6d to 7s; Malting Barley do, 4s 94 to & 9d ; Barley f or Grinding, 3e 3d to &Od ; White Pease d o, fis j6d to 5s 9d; Pigs' Pease per bushel, 5s to 5s 3d ; Pale do, 7s to & 3d ; Brown do, fat 911 to 7s 9d ; Beans do, 4s 9d to 58 6d ; Foreign do, 4s 6d to 5s ; Oats, Poland do, 3s 4d to 3s 9d; Feed do, 21 94 to & Id; Flour, fine, per sack of 2c. 2qr. bibs. do, 46s to Itis ; Seconds do, 42s to 445. MARRIED.—At Poole, Major E. M. Wood, 14th refit. to Mary Ann, youngest daughter of John Durant, Req.—At Barberton, Richard R. °debar, Esq. of Hinwiek House, to Sophia, the eldest daughter of Jasper Perron, of Dutirldge, Esq.—At Whit , church, Henry Goldwyer, lisq. surgeon, to Miss Rebecca, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Asbe.—At Compton Bishop, Mr. Parson, of Southamp ton, to Lucy Anne, youngest daughter of Peter Fry, Esq. of Compton. horse.—Mr. R. Falkner, banker, to Miss Mary Langley ; both of Bath.—Chas. T. bionic, Esq. of' Melksham, to Anne, daughter of Mr. F. H. Falkner, of Lyncombe Cottage. DIED.-70, the Rev. J. Stump, Governor of the Wesleyan Aca demy, Woodhouse-grove. —Ann, wife of Mr. Joseph Dando. Mr. Starr, of Boreham, near Warminster.—Ann, wife of Mr. S. Williams, Clifton, and eldest daughter of the late Rev. James Bundy, of Bristol. —2O, Martha, eldest daughter of Mr. Wm. Bryant, of Pembroke.— At Gloucester, Mrs. C. A. Lawrence, of Thornbury.—At Bath, Jane, second daughter of Mr. John Cadge, late of Wiveliscombe—At Wes. ton, near Bath, 82, Mr. John Millard.-75, Naomi, wife of Mr. S. Slowley. MANCHESTER AND SALFORD ADVERTISER, MAY 28. - - - - - DREADFUL Fiat —On Sunday evening last, a few minutes before twelve o'clock, a fire was discovered in the woollen cloth mill of Messrs. Taylor, Son, and Gibson, of Springhead, Saddleworth, which raged with great fury until a late hour on Monday morning, and has left nothing but a heap of ruins. It is not yet known how the fire °Tie nated, but it has been strongly rumoured that it is the work of some in. cendiary. The damage is very considerable. We have been informed that the building is insured in three offices. Of course the murder of Mr. Thomas Ashton, eldest son of Mr. S. Ashton, of Pole Bank, Wenieth, near Hyde, on the Sd of January last, is fresh in the recollection of our Readers. It will also be remem bered that although a reward of no less a sum than 1,6001. was offered for the apprehensiou of the murderers, and a free pardon to all but the actual perpetrator of the deed, the murder has ever since been enve loped in the most profound mystery. Within the last few days, how ever, circumstances have transpired which seem to warrant the suspi don that some of the parties concerned have at ;ast been secured. We believe it is now satisfactorily established that Mr. Leigh did not die in consequence of any violence Inflicted upon him at the election. Indeed, the fast of his remains having been interred without any inquest having been held, is quite conclusive upon that point. That violence was offered to him is not to be questioned ; and as there will be some men. don made of it, it is as well to state the reason why he should have been the object of it, who has been celebrated in an elaborate manner for his many virtues. Mr. Leigh nut an inhabitant of Leeds. He came to Wigan for the purpose of voting in the election for that town, of which he has been himself elected a burgess. The resident voters had been shamed out of the disposidon to betray their trust; and, if the election bad rested with them, the return of two voters for the bill might have been anticipated. At all events, the non-resident burgesses en dangered the election of Mr. Thieknease ; and this it is to be observed was in a borough, in which it had been proved to demonstration, that the right of election legally rested in the inhabitants at large, though a corrupt committee of a corrupt House of Commons gave a contrary de cision. It was by violence, by fraud, that the electors of Wigan were compelled. in contempt of their legal right, to witness the mockery of an election of men to be styled their representatives, by the votes, in great measure, of strangers to the town ! THZ THEATRE.— Mrs. and Mr. Wood (we only adopt the play • bill fashion in reversing the order) commenced an engagement of eta nit:bison Monday last. Lore its a Village was selected for their debut. Mrs. Wood sustaining the part of Rosetta, and Mr. Wood that of Haw thorn. The merits of Mrs. Wood are too familiar to our readers to render necessary any disquisition respecting them : she is, without doubt, the fleet dramatic vocalist on the British stage. This opinion, before entertained, has been confirmed by her present visit. Her tones are even mellower than when we last heard them ; the coin. pass of her voice is as great, and her execution is as brilliant as ever. These remarks are fully borne out by the songs— " My Heart is still my Own," " Should he Upbraid," and " Away, away to the mountain's brow." The two former were en. cored—a compliment which would have awaited all the rest, but for a consideration of the task this would have imposed on the frit performer. Of the ductal, we were most pleased with that of " Love like a shadow flies," between Mrs. and Mr. Wood; it was loudly encored. Mr. '4 for obvious reasons, was the object of no inconsiderable interest, and on his appearance, singing There was a jolly miller once," we were rather startled by the thunders of applause which imucd from the gal lery and pit. Mr. Wood, without having any pretensions to an tate! : lectual countenance, is certainly what is termed a handsome man : his manner is rather dashing, the upper part or his figure good, but the lower extremities do not seem to have been cast in Nature's most per fect mould. Mr. Wood's musical qualifications are considerable: be possesses a tenor voice of much power and aweetness, and ano small portion of science. The songs_" We all love a pretty girl under the rose," "My Dolly was the fairest thing," and The mast be, Deer woman," were exceedingly well sung, and two of them were encored. BIRTHS. The 29th inst. in Henrietta.street, Brunswick-square, the lady of T. N. Talfourd, Esq. of a son.—The 26th inst. Mrs. Stephen White, Lamb's Conduit street, of a son.— The 29th inst. in Golden-square, the lady of Dr. Lee. of a daughter.—The 29th inst. at Park-sheet, son, the lady of J B. Thorpe; Esq. of a daughter.—The 30th inst. a: Glebe-house. Chelsea. the lady of H. V. Tcbbs, Esq. of Doctors% Commons, of a daughter.—rite 27th Inst. the lady off. Wing. Eql• Thorne - abbey, Cambridgeshire, of a son--The 20th inst. in Somers e t street. Portman-square, the lady of R. Nation. Esq. of a daughter. MARRIED.. The 30th inst. at St. Mary's. Bryanstone-square, Capt. J. David Ar. 2d Life Guards, to Augusta Catherine, second daughter of Mr. ard Lady Sarah Bayly. lIED. In the 83d year of his age, hue Baruh Lousada, Esq. of Devon shire-square--in Portman-place, Edgware-road, on the 24th imt. aged 77. Jane St. Aubyn, widow and relict of Francis St. Aubyn. Lig. late of Plymouth-dock, in the county of Devon—the 27th inst. Miss Saab Thomas, of Crosby-street, Walworth, in the 87th year of her age—Ste 28th inst. at Blackheath, Caroline. youngest daughter of 11. E. Ititler. Esq. in her Bth year—at Denmark-hill, on the 29th inst. age.l Charles, eldest son of C. Seovell. Esq. of his Majesty's Custom*. FARRINGDON MARKET—'I'HIS DAY. Berr—Finest Routing, Sd to Sid per it. Bolling. Sd to 63. ) 10 ; rox—Leg, Sd. Shoulder, 7d. VIAL--Leg, Sid. Fairs. ►e - Poaw, 6id to 9d. Lusa, 104 to Is. SMITHFIELD HAY-11ARKRT—THIS DAY. Coarse Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, seit 104. to £2 15s. ditto, £5 Os. to ZS 15s. Fine Upland Meadow and Rye Grass livY. £5 15a to £4 4s. Clover Hay, .£5 Os. to Xs toe. wt 8112* • £1 104 to £1 12a. Wheat &raw, lila. to £1 16r CUMBERLAND HAY-MARKET—THIS DAV- Coarse Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, 40 Ss. to Xs 134 ditto, set 10s. to .C 3 ISs. Fine Upland Meadow and nye R►"' Hay, de 346 to te 10% Clover Hay. E 3 10s. to A's lOs Oat Straw, LI 14s. to LI 14s. Wheat Straw. LI 111 s. to Xi Os. per I"d' HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO4IORROW. Morning Su. 24x. I Afternoon 5ll. 435. Lownow: Printed and Published bv Joule 3latort. al l": r ' l OF/ICE, No. 1. Pickett-Out., Temple Dar. M