Star.
London, England, 1831-09-28 00:00:00

MIDLAND REPRESENTATIVE.

At the Meeting of the Birmingham Political Union. ?Jr.'
William Weston begged of those members of the Council
who were opposed to paper currency, to look to the United
States of North America, which had prospered for 90 yeah
with nothing but a paper currency. There were bank notes
in America for a quarter of a dollar and if the currency
were to be contracted there, there would he universal anarchy
and ruin. In order to show the ruinous effects of a centric-
Lion of the currency in this country, he would take the li-
berty of rsadingsbe fallowing scale of prices of staple arti.
des, of Birmingham manufacture, in tile four years, 1818,
1824, 1828, and 1110
COMPARATIVE PRICES OF HARDWARE,
AteaII7rACTUNED IN AND MEAN BINMINGNAM.

Description.

1818.

per ewt 13s
2s 6tl pgr Is '
18s p gross 3s
• p dozen 1.
9s p set 3s
6s p dozen 2s
4% Od p gro 2s
Sts p gross
2s 11d p doz I
• p Isi
4s p des Is
23s p cwt 18.
10d p do I
Cs 9d p dot 21
21 3d p doz
38s p doz 13s
6s each Is
4s6dppr Is
22s8dpewtIls
14 P Pair
... 17s p gross 7s
.. 28s p ewe 18.
304 p cwt 19.
... 4s Gtl each is
... les p bundle 7s
104plb

Anvils ••• •••
Awls, polished Liverpool ...
Bed Screws, 6 inches long ..
Bolts fur ots, 6 inches ..
Braces for carpenters, with 12 bits ..
Bits, tinned, for bridles
Buttons for coats ...
Buttons, small, for waistcoats, Ike ...I
Curvy co.ubs, 6 bared .•. • •
Candlesticks, 6 inch brass
Commode knobs, brass, 2 inches
Frying pans ... • • •••
Hinges, cast butts, I inch ..
rolioe 11..mmers, No. 0
I.atches fur doors, bright thumb . .
Locks fur doors, iron rim, 6 inch ..
Locks for guns, single roller
Plated stirrup.
Sad irons and other castings ..•
Shovel and tongs, fire irons
Tuned table spoons
Trace chains
, .
Vices fur blackemiths, &c.
Japanned tea trays, 30 inch
I,un wire, No. 6.
Brass wire

Upon the average of this table, tvappeared that men had to
produce three Woes as much In 18:10 as they had in 1818,1
toe the same simian of money.- Mr. Wevon then procesdid

to describe the great difference in the condition of the working
chases, in the years 1818 and 1890. In tho first-men-
timed year they were well fed and well clothed, and had
many of the comforts of life; whereas now, it was ex-
actly
the reverse.
Mr. Salisborl's lecture on botany and rural economy, de.
livered at the Philosophical Institution, on Thursday even-
ing. was of a description calculated to render much useful
and practical information to all classes of society, his direct
object being the giving employment on our own soil to all
the industrious poor who may at any season be distressed for
want of work, and which he illustrated to demonstration by the
followingabstracted facts. Mr. S. states the following facts, in
which he has succeeded in rendering poor persons happy in
the innituting of employments on the land. From whence
and whence alone can we apply all the labour of a surplus
manufacturing population, much of which reasoning he made
most happily apply to the small gardens near this town :-
46 We never can have too great an abundance of the necessary
articles of food and existence. All these arc to be produced
in all countries from the surrounding soil, and in

proportion to the good or bad management ex.
ercised. The best wheat land cultivated by the
plough does not yield half the quantity of sustenance
afforded by the saute when cultivated by the spade, and po-
tatoes are the produce. A crop of potatoes, on good land, is
not less ip proportion u to profit, than the same land will
produce if madder, opium, liquorice, du. be grown ; and
these and other similar drugs that are brought from other
countries, could be raised here of better quality, and at less
cost, than they are to be purchased at. That any healthy
boy, of tee years old, can dig and cod irate, in any of those
crops, sixteen square yards in a day, and that every day's
work will net a produce worth from bd. to Is. 61."
Blaatiwomax, Uri. 22.—We had a very full supply
of every kind of grain at to-day's market. Wheat was 4d
per 62Ibs • malting barley Is to 2s per quarter ; and flour
Is per mei below the currency of this day se'nnight. The
oat trade dull, and but little doing in malt. Beans, peas,
grinding barley, and Indian con) support recent quotations,
but there was no briskness in the demand.

No alteration in the meat market, best things sell readily,
while the indifferent are a drug, and are more plentiful than
the best. Beef, bd. to 6d; Mutton, Od to tied ; Veal, 6tl
to 7d; Lamb, 7d to 74d; Pork, 5d to s}d per lb sinking
the offal _

M A RRIED.—At St. John's, Bedwardine, Worcester-
shire, A. F. Sparkes, Esq. of Ilrignotth,:to Mary Anne,
the yotmgest daughter of the late Wm. Whitmore, Esq. of
Dudmaston, in the county of Salop—At Liverpool, George
R. M'Grath, Esq. of Upper Dorset-street, Dublin, to Eliza,
youngest daughter of the late T. Turner, Esq. of Cheadle,
Staffordshire—At Newbold Verden, W. T. S. Daniel, Esq.
barrister-at-law, of Lincoln's Inn, to Harriet, eldest daugh-
ter of the late J. illayou, Esq of ColeshUl.
DIED.—Mr. Shearman, draper of this town, aged 49
Mr. T. Chinn, of Harelwood Cottage, Edgbaston, 27
Sarah, wife of Mr. Thomas Freeman, sen. of Great Hamp-
ton-street--Mr. &mut' Silk. of Woolverhampton 20—In
Bath.row, Worcester, R. Chamberlain, Esq. who served
the office of mayor, in 1816-17—Mrs. Bew, wife of Mr. R.
Bew, Bilaton—Mr. T. Johnson, Coventry, 68.
THE SUSSEX ADVERTISER, Sept 26.
Lawns Rzroau blzEvisto.—On Thurday a meeting
was held at the County Hall, in this town, for the purpose
of taking into consideration the propriety of resenting a
petition to the House of Lords, praying their Lordships to
pus the Reform Bill. Mr. G. Adams, the Senior Constable
*as unanimously voted to the Chair. He britfiy stated the
object of the meeting, and requested that those present who
were not inhabitants of the Borough would refrain from de-
livering their sentiments upon this occasion, as Town Meet-
ings had sometimes fallen into disrepute by an opposite line
of conduct having hew observed.
On Friday ee'nnight, at an early hour in the morning, a
barn and hovel, on a farm at Ashington, occupied by Mr.
Bristow, were burnt to the ground, the barn contained a
quantity of beans ; the fire communicated to some stacks of
oats, the produce of 16 acres, which were also consumed.
This diabolical act is supposed to have been effected by an
incendiary.
LewES.—Red Wheat 3 2 0 to 3 4
Peas 1 17 0 to 0 0 0
DIED—On the 2 ith instant Richard A Turner, Esq. of
this Town.--On the 23d instant, at Walberton, near Arun-
del, Mr. Hide, in the 110th year of his age:
NORTHAMPTON TREE PRESS, Sept. 26.
ATTEMPT AT BUILOLAST.—A ROMMEL SMOT...-.011
Friday night, a journeyman, in the employ of Mr. Burford,
grocer and baker, of Silverstone near Towcester, who sleeps
in the shop, was awoke about inidnight by a noise as of e
person attempting to remove a pane from one of the win-
dows. The noise continuing, he arose and looked through
an opening at the top of the shutters into the street.
The thieves hearing some person Within ran off, and as
they crossed the street, he was able to see there weft
three of them. He immediately roused his master, and
his master's sop, and they went in pursuit of them. Old
Burford armed himself with a double barrelled gun, his
son had a tingle barrelled one, and the journeyman a pitch-
fork. On going to a yard belonging to Mr. Whitlock, old
Mr. Barford discovered them crouching down by some sacks,
and immediately called out " Here they are !" upon which
one of the men jumped up and ran towards him with an
'iron bar, sharp on one side, saying, " d— you, I'll teach
you, to call out here we are." Old Mr. Bradford levelled hit
gun, but it missed fire. The man, who had checked him-
self on first seeing the gun, again ran forward, and was tired
upon by the son, when he turned round and ran, as if unin-
jured, followed by his two Companions • but he had not got
above forty yards before be fell down dead, the shot haring
entered his heart. The other two men escaped. The de-
ceased was afterwards identified as a notoriously bad charac-
ter, named Robert Howard, belonging to a village named
Paulspury, about three miles distant.
SHOCKING EVENT.—On Thursday week, the Revereni
Arthur Drake, who had been married that morning
at Croydon, assed through Aylesbury, with his happy
bride, to his residence at Bucknall, Oxfordshire, and,
doubtless, indulging in the prospect of many years of
happiness. Last Thursday the corpse of the Reverend
Gentleman was conveyed back, to be laid in the vault
of his family, at Amersham. So uncertain is the
nure of human life under the happiest circumstances.
It appears the reverend gentleman was somewhat .
disposed the day previous to his marriage, but on th
day of the solemnization he seemed particularly well
and happy. The marriage took place at Croydon,
where Carbenell, Esq. the huller of the bride,
has a seat, the ceremony being performed by the Rev.
J. Drake, brother of the deceased. • The party started
fee Bucknell during the morning, dined at Aylesbury,
Sind arrived at Bucknell about seven in the evening.
Ur. Drake seemed somewhat fatigued by the journey,
and exclaimed, " Thank God ! we are got Dome in safe-
ty." He afterwards conducted his lady over the house,
was particularly cheerful and used many expressions
Indicating his satisfaction and happiness. After sup.
per the bride retired to rest ; the reverend gentleman
immediately followed, and spent some minutes in prayer
in the cliatnber. He then got into bed, fell instantly upon
his pillow, and seemed composing himself to sleep.—
There was something peculiar and hard in his breathing,
but his lady supposed it was the effect of the fatigue
of the journey, or might be usual with hint while going
to sleep. It does not sprier that the 'idea of death
occurred to Jiro. Drake ; still her apprehensions was
sufficient. with the strangeness of the situation, to keep
her awake the whole of the night. As the morning
advanced her apprehensions increased. At an early
• hour she lett her bed, and awoke her maid in an ,
, joining room, requesting her to see if Mr. Drake
" ill, or if he was sleeping in his usual manner. She look'
at her master, • wade same gentle effort to awake bin:, •
her fears were immediately alarmed. She hastened to k
ad up the man-st rvant, who, endeavouring to move his waste,
6d found lie war really a corpse. A medical man was soon
Bdpresent, to whom it was evident that life had been exr
many hours; his death being occasioned. apportraty,
;;`,ll aPoPitilY•
•„.., Sir E. E. Wilmot, of B:rkawell Hall, has allotted to
, labourers, half an acre of land each, at a moderate rein

lie has, in addition, a p, ve 201. to each man.
as" Werincereiy hope thisgiven laudableig example of the worthy Bs-
-9„
renCt, to provide so effectually for the wants of the labouring
poor in his own immediate, nelghbouthood, will be speedily
imitated by these who possess the means of doing so.
MARRIED.—On Thursday, the 15th Instant, at Faken.
a.," ham, Mr. Henry Green, Solicitor, to Eleanor, daughter
the late R. Cotton, Esq.—On the 13th instant, the R
w Charles Green, rector of guxhall and Ralston, Suffolk,
Anne, second daughter of George Baker, Esq. of Sutton,
uu near Ipswieh.—On Wednesday, at Tansor, Wm. Fowle-
-61 Esq. Priory, St. Neots, to erthaine, youngest daughter
Mr. Alderman Brown, of this town.
DIED.—On Monday last, in the 18th year of her
;Sr Mae. daughter of •Brigtidieb.General J. It. Lull,
Neuttonch, Honsbay.—On Tukiday, the 13th inst. at Rum.
ham, Norfolk, In the 39th year of his age, the Rev..'
Glasse, M.A. one of,themagixtrates of that county.

POL.

POLICE REPORTS.
BOW-STREET. .
Tli
Charles Wm. Rostra was charged with hating f 4:•::,
represented himself as an officer of the Palace Coen, i,
which means he fraudulently obtained the sum a ~:'. DAU
guinea from Mr. Richardson, a medical student. It ere
peered that on the night of the 21st instant the gook, where
tutor and the prisoner met at the Sun public house, I,_ S
Devereux-court. The primmer said that he held a 11.:1 UV
against the prosecutor for 141. issued from the r,,h,,* Lanlc
Court, at the suit of a female named Margaret Robin.„,,
_.--
-It was finally arranged that the prisoner should amp: COI
the undertaking of Mr. Cooper, the landlord of tb: Sat,
for his appearance in the morning, and that for this aeon,.
modatlon a sum of one guinea should be paid instantly. a!
a further sum of 11. 6s. on the following mornitg. tr,i, Ti
guinea was accordingly paid to the prisoner, who therenpoe
act the prosecutor at liberty. An officer row the P.dar, afar
Court proved that the prisoner was not an officer l f t.v.
court ; be was only an assistant to his father, who ercari,, i. ri
employed him to serve and execute writs. He was cr,rs.
milted for trial. OA
THAMES POLICE.
CA
George Smirk, driver of the cabriolet No. 8, vas contil.
ted for trial, charged with stealing a silver watch and appal. TAB
doges, a pocket-book containing bills and papers of vale., TIM
and a silk handkerchief, the property of Mr. Thomas Clark, 11111
a barge-master, of Brentford, in his vehicle.
A 4
Yesterday seven individuals were brought may b
before the magistrate at Hatton Garden, fur out. after 1
rageous conduct against Wm. Lucy, who had here unless
acquitted at the Old Bailey, on a charge of viol,. BM
ting a girl of 10 years of age. Among other to ills
annoyances, they burnt him in effigy on Monday eslisi
night, in Wilmington-square, and broke his mil.. sum 41
doors, in which thousands concurred ; but the
seven had been singled out by the Police. Oa, --
of them was held to bail, but the others were dig.
tagcharged.
HORTICULTURAL CUILIOSITY.--TO those rah: 1 4,.
are curious in observing the varieties and change IRI
that are constantly taking place in the reetal,l. t
world, the following account of a tare occurrent, Bayns
• in this way, may be found perhaps both novel and it. 0
' interesting. There was lately gathered how a "v
to its
' peach-tree, in the garden of Mr. Coalfield at Clap- feeler
ham, a wall fruit (or as some would stay fruit,' knowl
• growing together, and blending the doulie proier come
ties of peach and nectarine-the andyytous 1,,,,. Lerte
• sica of Linnaeus-bo li were perfect in their forma- In 1
Pet
▪ tion : the outer coat of the one being in all re:ipect-
i rough, and the other smooth and fine, as ob e:i.e' From
I in the common varieties of these fruits. It wa; ,
' remarkably handsome specitven, and Lad ri. 46 1
pened well, though the proportions differed *di
g materially in size, the peach being ranch Mem
• larger than the nectarine-a difference, by L
I: the way, always observable in this variety of the
e species. The fruit, though to all appearance 4i.--
c tinct, was joined together at the centre, and ..t. , 1
° attached to the same shoot or foot stalk. On
t.
:.
opening it, one stone or cobble was found in tl
to middle, of a size rather smaller than common, and I. ,
of a dark pink, or more of a dullish red colour. I, In Bri
a may not be much out of place to remark, that
a whenever this phenomenon or /usus is seen, it has
of been always found growing on the same side of the
I. tree, and the nectarine part as constantly occupying
in the outermost place. Suppose, for example,the tree
o to be planted in a south or south-varying aspect. 2. '
0 the fruit will be found not to the east point, but AND
1)( uniformly to the west side of it. I omitted to state. S. '
a- there was but one single fruit produced by the DIEST/
N
tree, and that a well trained, rather small, but a.
)n healthy one.- Pechhem Rye, Sept. 24. F. E. 4. 1
xl, mememeemmemsamal LAN
BIRTH.
?ii: Metal inst. at his house in Billiter-street, the lady c: Bvo, I
n. Dr-Chides James Fox, of a son. 6. I
gh The ifith inst. at Brighton, the lady of J. Mayhew, d BThi
et. Fitsroy-square, Esq. of a son. era ill
ice
as DIED. .
_ 're The 27th inst. at Greenwich, aged 70, Mrs. Suter, a. 6. 1
rm lld lict of Mr. Thomas Suter. •Dy Ji
• ,le STAPLES OF BRITISH COMMERCE. livo7-
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11- Corrox (Liv.) Bowed Per, pound 3d to 60 & 1
rid Pernams 1 7d to 7141 Au pa
ks, N. Orleans, --- Sd to 7!,cl Iffs. Qd
ich Wool. (Lon.) stony pr. Si to Ss . 5.
an Austria pr. 2s 6d to 4s
mil Segovia -- 2s to Ss ap all
Ileeol
his S Down ..-- is to Is 3d stubs
im. Blanket ed to 10t1
red Sti. a (thrown) Pied. white --- sos to 44, it
do. easZa
(raw) Modena .-.- 15$ to 151
got Bengal lOs to lis 11.
Mg China --- 12, to 16s
Tr cuatil
de- FLA, . . Riga Per ton 5651
me- Antwerp £55 to £6O
e 4 ned im,x - . pig ...-- £4 to £5 lt
Bars ..-., Lo to £6 10s pi,
end Swedish £l2 10 to £l3 h ARIA
IMII Coma - - British •-..-. £u7 to 034 l&
PP/
nay, Loan Bvo,
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s.- . -Lump
BeePowgtiacir Per cwt.
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Jamaica -- sos to s:s Islam
tln Tosacco - - BLeryland Per pound'ad to 5d
the Virginia 5d to 30 PER,
well ' Cuba is Id to 1141
don Om . . Florence Half chest 215
ride, Linseed Per cwt. 40s PI
Rev. Pale rape 501
irted BRANDY . - Bordeauz Per gallon 35 to 45 *peel!
'llr's Rota - (14 Jamaica --- r%l
is 3d to Is II piste
ring. (10 a 20) Demerara 126 to 25 6J ee
ne,,/, Worsitsr . Irish los to 10s Iter 1
laze- Scottish --10 s to Ili
rose, Ginty* - • --- os 6d to .s 9.1 Rayi
""' Poar - J,Good and g
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to lid The
upon HIDES - It.stti4res PerPe_
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poundpipe £35
tottttolloo .1::121354;0199
Iting, Bplriatianth. t Per owt. with
vend,
going S.Dontlngo -- ,C 2 to £2 21 Won
ieath £3 to £6
Mocha
was Fsa
tigue Corns - .
- • Bobea Per pound Is iOd to es . ream
keep Coogou -- as Id to is 6,4 Dino
ming is 241 to 41 .4
Hyson bottle
early Berrie - - Cork Per ewe. £4 101 to ill
I a Dutch £4 to £4 IS ruins
was Cogan - - Cheshire A:3 Ss to £5 *
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41s5stoto£A4 1;
Pn
ooked Gin'ster £2 Us to il° gal
and TALLOW (Rust.) Yellow £2 - sot's
call White "'" £2 Is
aster, Ries - - Carolina 141 to 165 Pelee
soon C
Bengal '-'• Iles to 16s 6d the
ttinct Mum (Lard. Beef Per arose Ss Od to 4551 Elm
r, by Mutton Ss 6d to 4s a
Veal —. 4a 05 to 5,44 P'elm
to 40 Also
Pork "'-' is 4el to li a
mt.- Roca
Coax (London) Wheat Pr quarter 58s to 20;
Man.
Barley , -- itSs to 42, met nn
y Ba.
wring Oaatens .321555 ttoo !,5:44 litic
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NdilY Hors (London) Kent 1' 'Cwt. £4 Os wJE : n Intl
SOnarnuelszons —".---- £:44 01054:t;t::. lii.,::.'Al
akin. • Oras
ter of
' Bout
Rev.
Har (London) Good Per load £2 13- ":: .
Ile, to. of IA
Clover £313,
linen,t• ln
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rwler ..„ -t. •
1,, of 4-Oats WsUsend Per skald. 325 od to • • , Bold
Others , —. .4s oJ in 71`' • Dek
•Gailitri Avail. Wheat Pr quarter 63s •• • -.0 N,
r ages Barley 371 4.'70
knley, Oats I-- .. 5 2-5,0 • deft(
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