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PRICE 5d

STOPPAGE of the TWEED BANK.

The present week will long be remembered in Berwick
for the occurrence of an event which cannot fail to prove
a heavy calamity to the whole district. On Monday
morning the Tweed Bank—ia which the public had
shown implicit confidence for the whole forty years of
its existence, and up to the very moment before the an-
nouncement—stopped payment. Up to the last hour on
Saturday,
people were making deposits and transacting
g
other business at the bank in the same manner, and to
as
nnosttoa
astounding
dh
fr.aeagainst
an
extent,
usualas usual
hour, ; and
the credit of the firm was heard till, on the doors not
beingre opened
a t
the
announced that the bank had stopped. The announce-
ment literally came upon the town like a thunder-clap ;
and in a very short period consternation and the most
gloomy forebodings pervaded the whole community.
Throughout the day the individual losses which had
been sustained were on everybody's lips, and many cases,
where whatever loss may accrue will fall with dreadful
severity, have become known. The event has since re-
mained the sole and engrossing subject of conversation in
the town ; but up to this time nothing whatever worthy
of reliance is known to the public as to the cause of the
calamity or its probable extent ultimately. Instant steps
were taken (with the concurrence of the bank) to have a
commission of bankruptcy issued, and all surmises as to
the cause or result of the calamity will soon be set at
rest. In the meantime, it can only be said that beyond
all doubt the event is one which must prove ruinous to
many individuals, and inflict a deep injury on the town
and district. The Tweed Bank was establithcd in 1804,
by Messrs. Thomas Batson and Shadworth, and owed its
origin to the failure (in 1803) of the " Berwick Bank"—
an event which created a sensation similar to the present.
Some years afterwards Mr. Shadworth withdrew, and
was succeeded by Mr. Berry ; Mr. Langhorne joining
somewhere about 1819. From its first establishment up
to Monday morning last, the Tweed Bank continued to
possess much the greater part of the banking business of
the district, without experiencing the smallest interrup-
tion to the implicit confidence which the public reposed
in it. The partners of the firm at its failure were Messrs.
William Smith Batson,John Wilson, and John Langhorne.
Considerable alarm has been created among the depo-
sitors in the Savings'Bank here, which establishment did
business through Messrs. Batson, Berry, and Co. We
are happy to be able to state, on the best authority, that
for the money lying in the Tweed. Bank as well as for
the other funds, there was Government security, and that
the Savings' Bank cannot suffer in the slightest degree.
As might have been expected, a " run" to a slight ex-
tent took place on the Joint Stock Bank on the alarm ;
but all demands being promptly met, the run yesterday
was quite at an end. We hear that the Directors of this
bank have resolved to issue Bank of Scotland notes at
their Berwick branch till the alarm has completely sub-
sided.— Berwick Advertiser.

ig CHAMBERS' INFORMATION FOR

THE PEOPLE."
(From the Morning Advertiser.)
It is bad enough in all conscience that there should
be a large and important section of the press of this
country avowedly •in the interest of thu land-owning,
monopolizing, fatnine-mongering aristocracy, as opposed
to the interests of the country generally, and, to no in-
considerable extent, against the very
and
of that
class of its inhabitants whose skill and industry produce
all that ministers to human comfort and enjoyment. But
it is still worse to find that portion of the press which
has been called into existence and is sustained by the
funds of the productive classes, ministering to the un-
righteous objects and upholding the much-abused power
of the greedy and grinding oligarchy.
It creates no astonishment when the Timm or the
Standard is found setting at nought all the evidences
which press themselves upon men's minds of the de-
teriorated and deplorable condition of the working-
classes, and expatiating upon the advantages of corn
laws and other long-fostered monopolies, created for the
benefit of the few at the heavy cost of the many; but it
does excite astonishment when publications like Cham-
bers's Information for the People, " a comprehensive
poor man's cyclopaedia," for " diffusing 'useful know-
ledge"—supported by the people, as it is avowedly fur the
people—is found lending its great influence, and prosti-
tuting its almost immeasurable power, in like manner,
in aid of the hard-hearted and life-destroying landlords.
This is not the first time that the Messrs. Cham-
bers have become amenable to this grave charge ; and
we hold it to be our duty—whatever may be our sense
of obligation for the benefits they have conferred upon
the reading poor, and that sense of obligation is by
no means slight—to expose the false statements and
reasonings by which they ever and anon attempt to
into the enemy's hands, whenever they may happen
to fall under our notice. The forty-sixth number of the
" Information for the People," is a treatise upon "Popu-
lation, Poor-laws, and Life Assurance;" and in the sec••
tion treating of population we find the following remarks:
" Where we see the inhabitants of an old country ra-
pidly increasing, we must come to one of two conclusions,
either that that country is in a flourishing state, so that
there is a kind of bounty put upon children, or that it is
in a state of such wretchedness that the intercourse of
the sexes is the only attainable enjoyment. With re-
gard to Ireland, we presume, there can be no doubt of
its liability to pass into the latter category. But the
rapid increase of the English people in the last
forty years, will probably be the subject of a doubt.
To determine this question, it might be inquired
if the increase of the agricultural products and of the
manufacturing industry of the country has been in an
equal ratio, and if labouring men, skilled and unskilled,
can now obtain for their wages as large a share of the
coo forts of life us formerly. Notwithstanding popular
declamations to the contrary, we suspect this to be the
case ; and, consequently, believe, the increase of popu-
lation in England to be, upon the whole, of a healthy
description."

And is it really a matter of doubt, whether, in Eng-
land, " the increase of the agricultural products and of
the manufacturing industry of the country has been in
an equal ratio ; and whether labouring men, skilled and
unskilled, can ❑ow obtain for their wages as large a
share of the comforts of life as formerly ?" We think
not, but we take the fact to be just the reverse of that
stated by the Messrs. Chambers. We need not look far
for the proofs of our proposition.

-
AN TI-CORN -LAW CONFERENCE.
EDINBURGH, DEC. 7, 1841.—At a preliminary meet-
ing of ministers and members of Dissenting Churches,
residing in this city and neighbourhood, held in
Broughton-place Session-house this day, to consider the
propriety of calling a public meeting of ministers and
members of Dissenting Churches, from various parts of
Scotland, to be held in Edinburgh, on Tuesday, the 11th,
and Wednesday, the 12th of January, 1842, to express
their opinion of the injustice and immoral tendency of
the Corn and Provision-laws, and to petition for their
total repeal, and an entirely free Wide in corn—
Present, Rev. John M'Gilehrist, Rev. 1)r. Ritchie,
Rev. Francis Muir, Rev. Andrew Arthur, Rev. Peter
Davidson, Rev. William Peddle, Rev. William Bruce,
Rev. William Marshall ; Messrs. John Wigham, jun.,
Adam Black, Duncan M`Laren, Councillor Gray,
Commissary Wemyss, John Dunlop, John Wigham,
tertius, Archibald Thomson, E. Cruickshank, John
Ritchie, James APLaren, John Gray, John Howison,
William Miller, William Duncan, Robert Glass, James
Durham, William Stark, James Marshall, Francis Rich-
ardson, R. S. Grieve, George Johnstone, Andrew Fyfe,
Q. Dalrymple, Robert Kerr, Robert Davidson, Charles
Peter, J. Pairman, William May, Adie, W. Smith,
Thomas Lindsay, 1). Bernard, I). Watson, J. Frier, W.
Henderson, Slateford, George Thomson, James llogg,
11. Cochrane, W. Dickie, Robb, James Cassie.
Alex. M‘Lennan, A. Learmonth, Robert Crawford,
M`Leod, Thomas Russell, &C.:—
On the motion of Mr. JoHN WIGHAM, junior, the
Reverend JOHN M`GILcHRIsr was called to the chair.
The meeting having been opened with prayer by the
Reverend Dr. Ritchie, proceeded to consider the subject
for which they had been called together. After much
deliberation, it was unanimously resolved, " That a pub-
lie meeting of the kind contemplated, if well attended
by the friends of the cause from, a distance, was highly
desirable, and calculated to do much good ; but that,
be-
fore coining to a final decision on. the stuobjkelemw
t' circulars
with queries, should be sent to ministers residing at a
s
vhethdistance, in order to ascertain their opinions as to the
propriety of holding theafi the answers should
these points, that the meeting
besr
l tegyenera could
generally
be
favourable
a eto i
n t ; meeting,and i
should then be fixed to take place at Edinburgh on T
day the 11th, and Wednesday the 12th January,
1842u,e's:
The meeting hereafter proceeded to consider to whom,
i
and on what conditions, the
the"
to the public
answersmeeting lu
bl de
favourable),be issued (on n c
assumption that the
and in.what manner its pro-
ceedings should be regulated
and, after much conside-
ration, resolutions were
agreed to,' and ordered to be
transmitted to every dissenting minister in Scotland.

WIGTOWNSHIRIE
ofto ut hnee
mp rpol so py e:dt oc f improving
a p
italor the heiegrht to
carried, certain it is that
moret
t; hasla‘vnibid lei
ee politics
owingalitteiicys
times, the superabundance
have been
changed
owners in Wigtownshire than for a century
Inbe-
fore.this small county within the last two or three
years, land to the amount of 314,0001: sterling has been
purchased by the Earl of Stair, the late much-lamented James Blair, Esq., of Penninghame, and Col. INPllowall,
of Logan. Though it is to be feared that the greater
part, it' not the whole of these lands, will be settled under
the fetters of entail, which in many cases is known to
have acted as a decided barrier to improvement, it must
be admitted that the Earl of Stair has, by judicious
operations, entirely changed the face of the country at
Garthland, one of his late purchases; and though Wig-
townshire has not been surpassed by any county in Seot•
land for the rapidity of its agricultural improvements
&mint* the last twenty years, his Lordship has yet a wide
field of enterprise remaining, not only on the large pur-
chases he has lately made. but nn the extensive estates
to which he has recently succeeded. In the neighbouring
county of Ayr several sales of land have taken place, but
by no means so extensive as in Wigtownshire.—Ayr Ob.
TRADE OF BIRMINGHAM.—We are happy to
state that the improvement in trade lately noticed by us
has since been fully sustained. There is a better feeling
amongst merchants and manufacturers also, and goal
hopes are felt of a still further revival. In the iron and
coal districts, however, the aspect of affairs is somewhat
discouraging..—Birmingham Advertiser.

INING SUN.

H SHERIFFS FOR 1842:
the selected list of High -Sheriffs for
In 110 case has the GoVermitent stepped
list :
mv Henry Hulliday, Effl7, of Clifton,

Arniao.7-James Caulfield. Esq., of Rorkley, Armagh.
Curiate.-'l?.obert Lis Touche, Esq., Saukville-street
Club, Dublin.

Caran.—James Warring:, Esq., Newry.
Clare.—William Fitzgerald, Esq., of Adalphi, Corolla.
Cork—Robert Delacour Beamish, Esq.. of Castleview,
Cork.

Doneuul.—Wybrants Olpherts, Esq.,— of Ballyeonnell,
Dunfanaghy.
Down.-IZobert Ward, Esq., of Bangor Castle, Bangor.
Dublin.—Arthur Crofton, Esq., of Roebuck Castle,
Dublin.

Fernittnagh.—Viscount Loftus, Illy Lodge, Enniskillen.
Gavay.—Denis Daly, Esq., of Dunsandle, Loughrea.
Kerry.—Arthur Lloyd Saunders, Esq., of Desk. Kil-
larney.
lare. —The Marquis of Kildare, Carton, Maynooth
Kilkenny.—Robert Neville, Esq., of Marymount,
Johnstown.

Kinq County.—Thomas Bernard, Esq., of Castle Ber-
nard, kinnitty.
Leitrim.--Cooke Mulloy, Esq., of Hughstown, Carrick-
on-Shannon.

Limerick. —Michael Furnell, Esq., Cabirelly, Limerick,
Londondan y, City dud Coen/tr.—Henry Richardson,
Esq., of Somerset, Coleraine
Lollyforti.—The lion. H. King Harman, of Newcastle
Ballymahon.
Louth. —Lord Viscount Jocelyn, Dundalk.
Muyo,—Earl Altatuont, of Westport House, Westport,
Ofeatit.-11enry Singleton, Esq, of Aclare, Ardor.
hfunayhan.—iohn Boyle Kernan, Esq., of Capers
Lodge, Carrickmacross.

Queen'. County.—Edmond Staples, Esq., of Dunmore,
Durrow.

Roscommon.--Richard Irwin, Esq., of Itathmile, Ttilsk.
Sligo.--Richard Gcthin, Esq., of Craig, Sligo.
Tipperary.—Richard Wills Gason, Esq., of Rieliniond.
Nenagh.
Tyrone.--Joseph Gott Esq., of liallltnnse, Doi ton,
Wiltshire.

Watedinvt—Richard Chantley, Esq., of Saltstre
Bridge, Cappoquin.
13estmeath.----Captain Hercules Robinson, of Rosemead,
Castletown-Delvin.

Weaford.—Stephen Ram, Esq., of Ramsfort, Gorey.
Widdene.—Joseph Pratt Tynte, Esq., of Tynte Park,
Dunlavin.

COPY OF THE PATENT CREAT-
ING TUE DUKE OF CORNWALL I'lU CE OF
WALES.

Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the LTniied King-
dom of Great l'ritairt and Ireland, Queen, Defender of
the Faith.

To all Archbishops, Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Vis-
counts, Bishops, Barons, Baronets, Knights, Justices,
Provosts, Ministers, and all other our faithful subjects,
greeting,—

Knoly ye, that we- have made and created, and
by these our letters patent do make and create, our
most. dear Son, the Prince of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland (Duke of Saxony, Duke of
Cornwall and Rothsay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of
Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Great Steward of
Scotland,) Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester ; and
to the same, our most dear Son, the Prince of the
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, have
given and granted, and by this our present charter do
give, grant, and confirm, the name, style, title, dignity,
and honour of the same Principality and Earldom,
and him, our said most dear Son, the Prince of.
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
as has been accustomed, we do ennoble and invest
with the said Principality and Earldom, by gifting
him with a sword, by putting a coronet on his
head, and a gold ring on his finger, and also by
delivering a gold rod into his hand, that he may
preside there, and may direct and defend those parts.
To hold to him and his heirs Kim►s of the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland for ever, wherefore we
will, and strictly command for us, our heirs, and succes-
sors, that our said most dear Son, the Prince of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland may have
the name, style, title, state, dignity, and honour of the
Principality of Wales and Earldom of Chester-aforesaid,
unto him and his heirs, Kings of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, as is abovementioned.

In witness whereof, we have caused these our letters to
be made patent. Witness ourself at Westminster this
Bth day of December, 1841.
By the QUEEN herself,

EDMUNDS.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

---
OXFORD, DEC. H.—Yesterday a convocation was
holden, when the Vice-Chancellor nominated Dr. Symons,
Warden of Wadhaw College, a pro Vice-Chancellor, in
the room of Dr.- Bridges, President of Corpus Christi
College, resigned.
In the same convocation the nomination of the follow-
ing gentlemen as select preachers, to succeed those '.who
go out of office at Michaelnias next, was approved:—The
Rev. Dr. Williams, Waiden.of New College ; the .Rev. F.
K. Leighton, Fellow of All Soul's College ; the Rev. 11.
E. Manning, of Merton College ; the Rev. 'l'. L. Claugh-
ton, Fellow of Trinity College ; the Rev. H. Kynasion, of
Christ Church College.
The University seal was this day affixed to addredises
of congratulation to. her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the
Duchess of Kent respectively, on the birth of an Heir Ap-
parent to the Throne.

- The Rev. J. G. Copleston, of Oriel College, has been
appointed Rector of Offwell, Devonshire.
The Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells has instituted tho
Rev. C. L. Guyon, of Wadhani College, to the Rectory
of Lamyat, Somerset, on the presentation of the Lord
Bishop of Llandatf.

The Lord Bishop of Hereford has appointed the Rev.
Thomas Dowell, of Oriel College. to the Incumbency
of the new Chapel on Wellington licath, in the parish
of Ledbury.

The Earl of Ilchester has presented the Rev. F. P.
Voules, of Wadham College, to the Rectory of Middle
Chinnuck, Somerset.
The Rev. E. R. Jones of Brasennose College, was on
Thursday last elected a Fellow of Queen's College, on
the Michel foundation.

On Saturday the Royal Agricultural Society of
England, under the presidence of his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge, held its half-annual meeting at
the rooms in Cavendish-square. The Duke of Richmond,
Earl Spencer, and other eminent farmers were present.
The Report stated that Prince Albert had become a
member of the Society, which was now 5,332 in nume-
rical strength. The intended meeting at Bristol, on the
14th of July was announced, and the limitation of the
dinner tickets ou that occasion to 2,400. The Society,
it was stated, had applied to the Woods and
e}y'
co
Hon.or e
course
amrss
le
if
ciuoil
sr
f.
a site whereon to erect a museum, library, model-room,
reading-room &c., for its members. Thanks to Proli..ssors
Henslow and reading-room,
were voted for their lectures, and
after several speeches the meeting adjourned.
HAREWOOD HousE.—The Earl and Countess
of Sheffield have left for Leamington Spa, and Lord. and
Lady Portman have also lef'itLfaeoserrbßeyisrlyelkisaiarnevas.entodinTnclitiieh,adiouee,-their
seat near Illandford. The Hon. George Cavendish,
ai Cavendishnlle,
itAihate.mPw's'e.eaal;:fit(ir''llis)di.cLfocordeairsloall
Hope remain here for a short time longer..
yearsinansi o;
na
tiisd atbhmeitlat (t)e bLterir'sedestfaobrlisihnmatieint is 11irsthpwirint
probability,. two
princely
be broken up. The Earl and Countesrs of Harewood do
not, consequently, purpose remainihr%
their establishment at Goldsboro
borough. It is the present Earl'sugintehnetiroet,t butho tettomtkileieupe
hounds, which, it is said, arc to be
goes outl' of mourning.
Hall, near Knaves-.
ptoaciNkire.iGeor re Lane Fox, but only for a year,
REMEMBER
familyttuirnpattitlishitFehrtiernetii
a little surprised and affeetCled°Rto."—leaNrVnefroiram
abodes,,otls Wherer wretchedness,
e Li
oetpti.e!ssss,
bene-
volent individuals 1 1 Lilo make it their business to visit the
And lonely .
want retires to die,"
that there • - is•an appalling amount of distress at present
in 'Truro ; and should the winter prove as severe as it
threatens to be, the sufferings of a large number of the
poor will be extremely great. There are, indeed, seve-
ral benevolent institutions in active operation in the
town, but they arc chiefly confined to the supplying of
clothing, while coals and wholesome food arc equally
needed. We trust some means will be devised for sup-
plying the poor with these essential articles during. the
winter months. in order that the distress of our suffering
be mitigated, if not entirely fellow-creaturs may
pre-
vented.— l Vol. Briton.
TIIE MESSRS. STRUTT.—The Messrs. Wil-
li Joseph Strutt, of Derby, men of great
li.lm, George, anguish pours its groan, vesobe n,,t
wealth an,' acquirements, employ nearly the whole of the
population of Belper and the neighbourhood, where
their works, as cotton-spinners and manufacturers, are
situated. To give higher taste to the work-people at
Be:per, Mr. John Strutt has formed a inuaical society,
by selecting forty persons, or more, from his mills and
workshops, making a band of instrumental performer,
and a choir of singers. 'These persons are regularly
trained by masters, and taught to play and 411 g in the
best manner. Whatever time is consumed in their studies
is reckoned in their working hours. On the night of -a'
general muster you may see five or six of the for,„,—
. men, in their leather aprons, blasting
sooth?aftterA;
notes upon ophicleides and trombones.
contrived an
commencement of this music-school it was found thatr the
proficients were liable to be enticed away, and
mence as teachers of music. To remedy this, the %in.
hers of the orchestra are bound to remain at thee work.
for seven years. Mr. Strutt has ingeniously
orchestra, with the desks and boxes con::
occasionally
in-
struments, to fold and pack up, so that, containing
the
sUrrounding
addi-
tion of a pair of wheels, the whole forms the
and, with an omnibus fur the performers,b a carriage i
charitable
moves the corps dc musique to Derby, or
villages, where their services are requiredefor
this musical este-
as its novelty.
occasions. The liberality with which
of whe visits town, he
blishment is supported, is as extraordinary
As an incentive to excellence, when
his cleverest people
occasionally takes half•a-dozen
with him, who are treated to the oage.-- Gardiner's Music
pera and concerts, to
hear the finest performers of the
and Friends.
There are many instances in
this parish, not-
the mechanic,butthe
withstanding the cottagesnumeeereosussity, that have been
erected, where, from n
the poor, reside in crowded apartments,"folwloewl'linaga
group was lately observed, sittine•
at breakfast is a room
10 feet by 9 feet, in the cottage
maker, where necessity was
not
theof a journeyman shoe.,
consisted of a man, his wife, on A...... 0 OPoxttOlg cause. It
age, an adopted child, four e 5""9341" • . 'l4 years 4
years- nittlC. ' :lour cats, s
magpie, and a female servant to 4 '
o . wop .
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