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London, England, 1831-03-14 00:00:00

N0P.0!.1 OF THE BRITISH
EMPIRE.

son, at Weson Turville, and stealing therefrom a waistcoat and
other articles. Richard Walker for assaulting William Eglr
ton, at Monk's Risborough, and stealing from his person
• purse containing 4s. 6d. Joshua Pond, for stealing three pieces
of Irish linen, which were in the process of bleaching, from a field
at Iver, value...ll. 12s. the property of Messrs. Henry Curtis and John
Ellis; and also for a burglary in the house of James Johnson, of Tap-
low.—John Cremcr and Thomas Robinson, for stealing a sheep, the
property of Mary Knight, of Great Briekhlll.—William King, for
stealing a sheep, the property of Millard Adams, of Hockliffe.—Thos.
Fall, for stealing a lamb, the property of Thomas Fountain, sen. of
Stoke Hammond•—Moses Shaw, for stealing a watch at Aylesbury,
Richard Bovingdow, for stealing two

BiIIIGHTON GAZETTE, MARCH 12.
The tow*, co-mmissions have published their accounts for the last six
tvenilssi. The revenue was 7.1971. and 5,6001. was borrowed. 3,9511.
eki.eded on public improvements; 7031. on the highways; 7471.
in : 4.,0901. on the new town hall and market ; 1.0181. on po-
lio. rut! 1.1351. on law (! 1) and 13.1561. in purchasing property for
hill rovetm.nts..

el: W. S. M. Turner. of Lincoln's Inn, has announced himself a the property of T. W. Field.-Itteste._
ta- 'edam for Bright._ Mr. T. A. Hone, and W. S. Cowell, also are sheep, the property of Robert Style.
enteiidates. At Berkshire Assizes John Robinson was charged with killing his
lc Mille havi:, staged the spri: •,..,, ur P.t•,- ea and Fulking, re- wife, by stabbing her with a knife. The prisoner, who is a carrier. re.
ion.: • that they would enable the Brigii ion tV,.:, r :', -.npany to supply siding near Abingdon, it appeared, had a quarrel with his wife while at
Ft ill.Olll trallons of the purest water per day. supper. when the prisoner, wounded her severely below the knee, and
A: the close of last year, we gave a report of the meeting of the gen- she died in half an hour. Mr. Janice Patieson ruled that under all
ileum; and lamas of Henfield, and the labouring poor, at which time the circumstances the offence was only manslaughter. The prisoner
,I eoi•siderable sum or money was subscribed by Mrs. Woods, of Chest. was sentenced to six mouths imprisonment.
:..ilt. ele. Boner, of Henfield. Mr. W. Boner and Mr. Hamlin Bor. At Oxford assizes, Richard and William Watkins, were found
ler, h.,... to form a fund for employing the poor, and enabling the small guilty of stealing from 'Sir John Chandos Meade, Bart. plate value 5001
rartutr to pat an increase of wages. This fund, it appears, has be- The Judge told them they must leave the country for ever.
ron,e exhausted, and the consequence has been a return to the old prices. NORTHAMPTON, Saturday.-Wheat 745. to 80s. Barley, 38s. to
line late Mrs. Du Cane, of Horsham, was interred in the family 43e. Oats 255. to 30s. Beans, 38s. to 40s. Peas, 38a. to 431.
vault. in the parish church, on the 2d inst. Since her decease many MARKET HARROROUGH, Tuesday.-Wheat, 725. to 80s. Barley,
eetetletes are related, which for years had been almost forgotten, one of 38s. to 44.. Oats, 245. to 21s. Beans, 38s. to 483. Fine Flour, 85s.
n hi, It is the following. Being out one day in her carriage taking an Thirds, 60e. Malt, 765. Butter, 14d. to 15d. per lb. Eggs, 20 for is.
aitito,. the coachman began to cry " ha.' The footman then responded MARRIED-Mr. G. E. Thorne, of Stony Stratford, to Anne,
" ba- which being continued, led the lady to enquire the reason eldest daughter of Mr. James Coombs, of Aldgate.
" Why. Ma'am " said the men, " its owing to a distemper we have DIED.-The Rev. S. Smith, 111. A. Rector of Dry Drayton, Cam-
t ale:lit from eating so many sheep's heads. bridgeshire.-74, 111 r. Charles Fitzhugh, of Kingstborpe.-At Olney,
Petitions arc getting up, in favour of reform, at Emsworth, Ha- Mr. Samuel Taylor Mason.
vent, Portsmouth, and all the surrounding towns. EXETER ALFRED, MARCH 8.
The new carriage-road in front of the Royal York Hotel was opened
to the public on Tuesday. Great rejoicings have taken place in Barnstaple, Bideford, and all the
Lewes CORN MARKET, March 5.-Wheat, red, 3L 13s. Oats, towns in the neighbourhood, in consequence of the duty being taken off
11. rns• to ii. Gs. Beans, IL 14s. to 21. Pease, 11. 183.--March 8.- coals. At Noteworthy, the morning was ushered in by the ringing of
Wheat, mixed, 31. 17s. ditto, red, 31. 14s. Barley, 21 Is. to 21.25. bells, and a band of music paraded the town, preceded by a man carry-
Oil Cake, 121. per thousand. irg a large lump of coal, with a placard of " Lotd Althorpe for ever l'.
DIED.-The Rev. W. Kemp, President of Cheshunt College. By some strange oversight, the town of Devonport, with hs Potty
COLCHESTER GAZETTE, MA uctt 12. thousand inhabitants, the seat of the most important arsenal in the king-
From and of the naval and military commands in the west, is omitted
From East to West-from North to South the Reform Bill has en.
kindled an enthusiasm which cannot be extinguished-the secret is out in the list of towns to which niinisters propose to extend the franchise
-there has been a violation of the most sacred constitutional rights- on account of their population and national importance. Either undue
franchises which are as dear to the Commons, as titles and privileges to influence has been exerted to prevent the rightful claims of this town
from being considered In the proper quarter. or a real ignorance exists
the nobles-have been bought and sold with a smirking smile in the'
in that
face of the law, and in outrageous defiance of all right. It cannot, i , quarter of ha relative position and political wants. The latter
-t may possibly be the case as we perceive by Lord John Russell's speech
will not be submitted to. The good sense of his Majesty leads him to
concur with the opinions of his upright and faithful Cabinet, and all that the scheme now introduced is based upon the census of 1821, when
Devonport was unknown by its present name, though it had long ex-
are ready to come forward and support the throne and the constitution,
isted as a separate town, perfectly independent of Plymouth, and go-
whilst they seek for the total abolition of a system as opposed to their I veined by its own act of parliament. The importance of Devonpore it.
just rights, as it is to the interests of the public. I not confined to its being the depositary of many millions of government
An immense number of Swing Fires have occurred, which have never •
property, but it is a place of commerce, and mules on a foreign and
appeared in an yof the papers, and we have 'good reason for expressing l colonial trade. From its situation at the mouth of a navigable river,
our belief that we could, any week, with tolerable diligence. fill a co-
ltnn of our paper with bare outlines of instances in which they have and on the bowlers of a rich agricultural district, it possesses many ad-
u ; wattages and facilities for supporting an extensive internal trade.
occurred. ' By the decision of the Common Hall of Plymouth on Saturday
The Ilergholt farmers employed numerous bands the whole of the i
. se'nnight, 380 freemen will be added to the present list ; and it affords
last autumnal seed time, in the setting of wheat by means of the dibble,
` us great pleasure in being enabled to state that the conduct of the Cor.
and they have since adopted the same kind of hand labour in regard to potation has given satisfaction to the inhabitants generally, nearly 3410
their pease and beans ; and during the winter, when the earth was fre- of whom have publicly expressed their thanks to the Mayor and Cons-
quently covered deep with snow, and but little outdoor work of any „,„...sity.
kind could be done, flail-thrashing in the barns became general front "''"
Nearly 20001. have been subscribed within a few days, for the pur-
one end of the parish to the other. The happy results of these men- poof recting a suite of public rooms immediately over the entrance of
mires are such as might reasonably be anticipated : viz. that there has
th news market in Fore-street, Tiverton. It is likely the work still be
been little ground to complain of a redundancy of labourers;
that I commenced next month; and when completed, will add greatly to the
scarcely one able-bodied man has been a day without some profitable many attractions of this flourishing town.
employment, and that the poor rate for the half-year does not exceed
the moderate suns of 4s. fel. in the pound, viz. 3s. for the former quarter, On Tuesday.y
last, Mr. Charles Barnes, of the Exeter Frec Grammar
and only Is. rel. in the pound for the lattet quarter. School, son ot Ralph Barnes, Esq. of this city. was elected a scholar
Saturday night, about half-past ten o'clock, a fire broke out in a barn of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, for the diocese of Exeter. This is
Grammart teschool.
during I fourth Scholar which has been elected a, Corot., from the Exeter
on the farm of Mr. George Fenn, at Beccles, which,
.with a stable and
shed, was entirely consumed in a short time. Happily the barn wasthe mastership of the Rev. Dr. Cullyns, viz-
empty, and the tire was discovered in time to remove the horses and three for the diocese of Exeter, and one forthe
county of Kent.
bullocks from the yards. Engines were soon on the soot, and preserved The Taunton Courier has the following excellent precautionary ar-
a cottage standing near. This is the third time in the present winter tick rpon London advertising money lentieta : " One of these blood-
that Mr. Fenn's premises have been set on fire, suckers has sent us an advertisement, which he requested may be
On Tuesday afternoon, about five o'clock. a fire broke out in a barn, inserted for e series of weeks. We have uniformly resisted the itmita.
upon Montpellier Fenn, in the parish of Writtle, and in about twenty ; tion of these fellows to allow our columns to become the vehicles of
minutes, levelled with the ground a range of buildings to the extent of . their depredatory practices, and have reason to know and to rejoice that
nearly 140 feet, including two barns, a cowhouse, and a cattle shed.-' in more than one instance we have prevented a serious mischief to un-
The oats had been that day removed from one barn into the other,_ and suspecting individuals. Why some of :he London (for all do not allow
some of the men had not left the barn longer than five minutes before it) aid other pumpers, tolerate so cruel an imposition upon the needy and
the themes were visible. credulnus is inexplicable. Perhaps they consider they have no better
An amateur proposes to publish in London, by subscription, a History reason for scrutinizing the professions of a Jew money-broker than they
of Tobacco, as used for smoking and snuff, in two volumes quarto.- hate far questioning the virtues of a quack-medicine ; yet there is this
The first volume will contain a description of the nose, the size of the difference in the two cases-them may be efficacy in a pill, or harmless-
nose, a digression on Roman noses, whether long noses are symptom- nese in a potion ; hue the advertising bill-broker is a cheat and plum.
atic, the origin of tobacco for smoking, the conversion of tobacco into derer, notorious and confessed at all times, and under whatever guise of
enuif, researches as to the individual who took the first pinch of snuff, name or firm he may aseutne."
an essay on sneezing, whether the ancients sneezed, and upon what occa- IfARRIEI).-The Rev. Henry Woolcombe, Rector of Pillaton, to
soon ; the origin of pocket handkerchiefs, Parliamentary snuff-takers, Sarah Baker, youngest daughter of the late nee, George Rhodes, Vicar
disturbances ir. the time of Charles the First, as connected with of coly„,,,LAt Helaton, Frederick Hill, Esq. to Loveday Marshall,
smoking. The second volume will contain-snuff-takers in the Perlin- I youngest daughter of the late Thos. Grylls. Kam-E. Tinkwood, Emn
ment army, witticisms founded on a pinch of snuff, oval snuff boxes, to Miss Close, of :Slept, near Bodmin.-Mr. John Ends, of Stone-
first introduced by the Roundheads, manufacture of tobacco, tlissertn- , house, to Ann, youngest daughter of J. Parkyn, Esq. of Bodmits.
two on the clay pipe-state of tobacco during the Republic, doting i DI ED.-51r. W. Hancock, aged 55 vears.-At Mouitonham, 74,
the Union, Scotch snuff, when first introduced, how it was foundic- I Charles Carpenter, Faq.-At Torquay, Mrs. Slade, 76.-At Tiverton,
quant and powerful. the accession of George the Second, the period of i Captain Richard Tucker, royal marines, 52.-Anne, wife of Mr. Sal-
gold and silvet snuff-boxes, George the Third, the introduction of ter, surgeon, Clisthydon.-At Bush, Spreyton, 75, Susanna, wife of
scotch snuff to the court, when used by the Queen, German snuff- George Cann, Esq,boxes in fashion, ladies who take snuff, &c. &c. index, list of sub. NOTTINGHAM REVIEW, MARCH 11.
scribers.
COLCHESTER MARKET.-We bad a tolerable slew of samples.- On Wednesday at noon, a ile meeting of the burgesses and inha-
The prices sustained our last quotation, but a very dull sale. White bitants
of Nottingham was held in the great Exchange Hall, convened
wheat, 76s to 80s per quarter ; red ditto, 68s to 70s t barley, 405 to ~
by the Mayor, in support of the ministerial measure of parliamentary
Mr. Th Wakefield moved that William Wilson, Esq.
to 46t; cats, 24s to 30s ; tick beans. 36s to 40s ; horse beans, 36s to reform. omits
44s ; white peas, 36s to cgs ; grey ditto, 345 to 38s. Mayor, should take the chair. Col. Wildman, of Newstead, proposed
resolution, in every eloquent ',Fetch.W. F. N. Norton,Esq.
MARRIED.-George Wordley, second son of John Wordley, Esq. the first forest of
of Orsett, to Miss Massey, only daughter of -- Massey, Esquire, of agreed fully in the proposition, which le should second. A
Northlands. hands was held up when the Mayor put the question, which was car-
SUSSEX ADVERTISER, MARCH 7, rind unanimously, as were all the subsequent resolutions.
A letter, which, is intended to be forwarded to Sir J. Shelley, Bart. Mr. Thomas Bailey then came forward, amidst loud
cheers, and said.-I really pity the man who cannot exult
and T. IL Kempf Esq. the Representatives of this Borough, is now in
the course of signature, and has already received the names of a stew in this measure. I commiserate him who is not suffi-
number of their constituents the most respectable merchants and wades- ciently alive to the interests of his native country. to join in this exul.
, pe
tation : I know there are many good men who are fearful, I regret that
men of the town. •
The undersigned constituents of Sir John Shelley and Mr. the tories ate absent. I respect their prejudices, and I pity them that
•
hei should deny themselves the high privilege of meeting with us,
Kemp having seen and approved of the plan of Reform, presented to the t
and shouting for joy at the renovation of England. If by revolution-
House of Commons, by Lord John Russell, on the Ist of March last,
ary, applied to the measure of his Majesty's Ministers, the opposition
tle request the favour ot their support to the said measure, beiug fully
-s mean that they are calculated to bring " a change over the dream" of
tit opinion that the most beneficial results will follow, not only to thi
perpetual possession of their present unconstitutional power, then are
Borough, but to the nation at large."-Dated sth of nleach, 1831. they right : such measures are in truth revolutionary, and we are at
A Committee from the body of local commissioners has been formed, I
t Otis time in the very midst of a revolution-a mighty moral rev°.
to point out the great advantages which would be derived in a public .
most glorious revolution-compared to which any other
point of view, by the holding of the Assizes for the western division a
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recorded
in the annals of nations is insignificant
this county, at this place, in preference to any other. Every reasonable "'"
and incomplete, and I pray (ion speedily to consummate
expectation chews, that their laboura must be attended with the desired time
great
work
with his
blearing. A more magnificent spectacle I can
success. scarcely conceive of, than that which England it m this moment pre-
The streets within our Borough are in a most unpardonably dirty
eenting to the eyes of' the world ; and who shall calculate to me the
state, anti would be a disgrace to the by-ways in a country village. The
force of those mom' considerations operating on the constitution of so.
immense sum annually raised, by virtue of the local set, for the bur-
vial man, from beholding such a mighty revolution, effected solely by
pow of cleansing, lighting, &c. the streets of the Borugh, ought, at
,an enlightened public opinion ; who that shall behold the machine of
least, to afford more comforts in this particular.
'government keep its steady, even way through such a revolution ; see
A new entrance to the Palace, at the bottom of North-street, upon an ;
public credit undistutbed and private indusiry uneuspended, sad net
approved design, is now in progress, under the able superintendent of
learn to abjure violence? Who, 1_ again ask, shall demonstrate to me
Mr. Ranger. the extent of moral influence exercised over the present and future ge-
Mr. Butting, of the Salts Farm, near Worthing, who had been can-
nerations of civilised men, by the spectacle of a bloodless, yet mighty
muted, bail having been refused, to the gaol at Lewes, charged Under
efficient revolution, accomplished in a society sustaining so many
Lo d Lansdosne's Act, with wounding Mr. P. Cooper, with intent to
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orders,
and so many clashing interests,-so many
do him some grievous noddy harm, was again broeght up, and under; 11;:w"e7fturparieett_wben
shall its
momentum be
spent ?-where
shall
went another long examination, with additional witnesses, before the I r''
, its ge terminate ?-I answer but with the verge of the world ! but
bench of alagagatee a, the Royal Sea House Hotel, inclusive of Sir
1). Scott, hart S. F. y Milford, and %V. Seymour, emirs. The prose. with the end of time ! If the opposers of the measure mean that this
is the revolutionary character it sustains, then we will agree with them;
eutor was present and gave evidence. The defendant was attended by
but if they mean to awaken the fears of the timid and the ignorant by
Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, whose object was to show, from existing
circumstances. that bail ought no longer to be refused, and which he describing the measures as tending to scenes of violence and outrage,
was in a condition to offer to any amount. The result was that bail then I call upon you to denounce the opposition as factious ; and in the
terms of the resolution I am about to propose to declare, that In the
was accepted ; the defendant, in his own recognizance of 3001. to meet
strongest terms, we condemn the grounds a opposition taken in paella-
he charge at the ensuing assize*, with two sureties in 1001. each.
ment to this measure, by a class of self-interested persons, who owe
From one to two thousand persons, perhaps, aseembled on New-
their seats solely to the unconstitutional practice of borough teak.
Inarket.hill thia day se'r.night, to be present at a Wretched exhibition
Ott two men. named Godley, and Bignall, in their sabguinary attempts (Cheers.) We hail the measure as a great triumph, not over the
is bruise and bleed, and exhaust each other.
borough proprietors, but as a victory for unborn generations;
CILELTENHAM.-The steam-carriage which ran regularl kay twice a 1 regret the feelings of the man who can not enter into our
day trout this place to Gloucester and hack again during the t week, triumph, now that the darkness is dissipated which hung over our des.
doles, now that the fearful sound of coming tempest is hushed, now
started this morning with a gentleman's carriage affixed behind it, con-
that the frightful chill felt by the nation from the resistance of this
miring six gentlemen, aar.ongst whom we observed Sir C. Dance and
measure, is replaced by the genial warmth of popular confidence. I
Mr. Gurney. In addition to the usual load on the steam carriage itself
abhor the self-interested grounds on which this measure is opposed, I
it went to Gloucester in fifty-five minutes, and returned from thence in
long to see our country restored to her rights, to behold glory resting on
fifty-nine MILUICIS thus making the journey in very nearly the same
her mountains, and peace sitting in her valleys, I long to ses security,
time tan by itself last week, which varied from forty to fifty minutes.
restored to her palaces, and prosperity to her cottages, I long ones
The gentleman's carriage was weighed on its return on the weighing
more to be enabled to say, happy England ! We are met too
machine of the Railway Ccmpany. It weighed one ton six hundred
our satisfaction at this measure to which for many year, our best la•
and a quarter. It therefore now travels at about ten miles an hour in
hours, our highest hopes, our strongest energies hare been devoted.
the wretched bad state of the roads.
• • (Loud and continued cheering.)
NORTHAMPTON MERCURY, MARCH 12. Mr. Richard Hopper then proposed the resolution for an address to
At the assizes at Bedford, James Addington, aged 16, was indicted his Majesty.
for having set fire to a hay stack, the property of Thomas Dines, but Mr. Thomas Wakefield amidst loud cheers said, it is with feelings
he was acquitted. Joseph Goaltle, I N 'illiam Ilium, Thomas Blows, unmixed with any alloy that 1 now present myself, beams we are
John Payne, and Samuel Godfrey, labourers, were tried for having as- assembled to do all that Englishmen can, to amen if as coo.
wielded tumultuously in the parish of Stotford, to obtain an increase duct of our beloved Monarch and his ministers ;.- die Iniso of dis-
of wages. 300 men assembled. Among them were the prisoners,and tension is bushed In peace, and in one firm anil isiold phalanx,
most of the men were armed with bludgeons. They menaced Smith, we have pushed forward in spite of every se ear-1
the overseer of the parish. They were sentenced to various periods of •tain and complete success. I have it facts al mil*
imptisonnient. e .. I can rely, that the measure must be carried, and slop apowills
At the Aylesbury Assizes, judgment of death was recorded '
against
that it will be carried even with the present House ef Qiumaisi
James Alanders, for breaking open the house of Jeptha Good- • but if that should not be the case, if interested parties obsehl p..