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London, England, 1831-05-19 00:00:00

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PANORAMA OF THE BRITISH
EMPIRE.

BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, MAT 14.
The following letter has been addressed by Mr. Wind.ld, of Bir-
mingham, to the Editor of dries Gown*, relative to the conduct of
the Rev. Mr. Moseley, and the assault on him.
Sir,—Having seen an account of the insult offered to the Rev. Thos.
Moseley, Rector of St. Martin's, in your paper of the 7th instant, In
which, by implication, I am lodireetly charged as a party, I beg leave
to say that I was not instrumental to that outrage in any way whatever.
The facts of the case are as follow : I was deputed, together with three
oiling, at a meeting of the Freeholders and Freemen, held at the Public
Office, on the 28th of April, to wait upon the Rector for the purpose of
obtaining his permission to ring the parish bells, in testimony of the
gratitude and joy felt almost unanimously by his parishioners, foe the
great, paternal, and patriotic act of His Most Gracious Majesty in dis-
solving the late Parliament. In consequence of the ens of
two of my colleagues, and the indisposition of the third, I alone waited
upon the Rector at the Church Vestry. On pay arrival, I found* num-
ber of persons in the church, who remained there until after My con-
ference with the Rector was over, and who, from their situation on the
vestry.stalrs, with the door open, heard all that paned between us.
It is unnecessary here to repeat all that did pass; make it to say, the
Rev. Gentleman (no doubt with a view of giving expression to his pro-
found respect for the King's Majesty} said, ''The King is a more eat's-
paw, and has no will of his own." On leaving the vestry, the persous
distant from the door ;eked me what the Rector said? I replied, he
had refused to allow the bells to be rung. I then straightway left the
church, and proceeded upon my own business, leaving the Rector in
the vestry and the people in the church. What took place afterwards I
only know by hear-say ; but I am informed that as rood as the rector
left the church, the people began to hoot and hiss at him, and soon af-
terwards to pelt him with mud. Now you, Mr. Editor, seem to blame
me for having communicated to the people the rector's refusal ; but, Sir,
how was I not to communicate his refusal under such circumstance ?
and what is the just inference to be drawn from this imputed blame ?
Why, that even in your own opinion the rector's determination was so
palpably wrong, that a knowledge of it must necessarily excite the in-
=lion of his parishioners. I, for one, sincerely regra the insults
to the Rev. Gentleman ; but at the same time, I must pay. Ido
orbs most deeply regret that a beneficed clergyman of that church of
which our most gracious King is the head, should have thought it con-
sistent with his duty to use the authority of his office to prevent the
honouring of that king. I further regret the extremely unwise and un-
just conduct of the rector in his peitinaciously insisting upon the exer-
cise of his legal right, in direct opposition to his moral duty, seeing that
it cannot fail to be highly injurious in other ways. It he, already
stirred up inart-burninv, and dislike bctwecu the rector and ninety.nine
hundredths of his parishioners; and it cannot fail to lead them to con.
trast, to the prejudice of that Rev. Gentleman, the prrs-ot disagreeable
state of' things with that goodwill, peace, and harmony, which gut:sine:l
en many years between themselves and their late universally respected
vsitat, the Rev. Charles Curds.
However much 1 may regret that any man, and more particularly a
Minister of Religion, should experience insult or molestation of any
kind ; yet I have the satisfaction of understanding that the persons
offering such insults were merely loose women and children generally,
under twelve years of age. I regret inure titan all that a Clergyman
of the church of England, instead of conciliating• the people into the
boom of that church by acts of kindness and consideration, should have
takes any sup calculated to outrage their feelings and opinions, and
having a tendency to bring his sacred calling into disrespect. In my
humble opinion, a clergyman of good sense or of good feeling, would
not lisve hesitated a moment to comply with the loyal and grateful
feel ngs of his Parishioners, however disagreeable such feelings might
possibly be to himself. JOHN WINFIELD.
Clarenc--row, George.strect, Birmingham, May 9, 1831.
The following amusing production appeared In the shape of a hand
bill, during the late election :
To the Chairman of the Committee of C. Tennyson, Esq. Stamford.
It is stated in the London papers, that the corporation of Stamford
have been compelled, by their fears, to engage a number of fighting.
men belonging to the London Prise Ring, to attend the election at
Stamford, for the purpose of intimidating the electors, and assist in
forcing them to return to Parliament an anti-reform candidate, contrary
to their wishes. I can hardly believe that any respectable pugilist*
can have so far forgotten themselves, for it is a maxim with us to sup-
port our King, his Ministers, and the People. If, however, it be true,
the professional aid of myself and my Birmingham comrades is at the
service, and freely offered, in support of Mr. Tennyson, whom we know
to be a staunch friend of reform, and of the people, and to whom this
town is greatly indebted for past services. At any moment myself and
Birmingham comrades are ready to proceed to Stamford, in opposition
to our apostate brethren, and all we require is, a " fair field and no fa-
vour." I should wish to know the names of the pugilists now at Stem.
ford, if they arc of the right sort, and really belonging to the P. R. I
shall be able, knowing their names, to judge of their points, and to
match them properly, being anxious to obtain no unfair advantage in
weight or inches. If, however, as I suspect, the Corporation have
mustered a set of Curs, audacious enough to assume the character of
true men, to frighten the voters, a few of our Birmingham apprentices
will be quite sufficient to rid the town of Stamford of the vermin.
Birmingham, April 30, 1831. A. MATTHISON.
P.S. It is stated that thirty fighting men are at Stamford. 1 under-
take to bring 15 true men who will take the fight out of 50 base enough
to oppose the wishes of their King for the good of his people.
BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKRT, MAY 12.—We have had a good
supply of both wheat and barley, mostly foreign. For wheat there is
but liule demand: fresh farmer's wheat is sold the turn lower, and all
other descriptions 2d to 4d per 621bs lower. Barley is become a heavy
trade. The quantity of beans and oats offered is small, for which there
is a fair demand. Wheat, per 621bs, 7s 4d to 9s Bd. Barley, per im-
perial quarter, 42s to 475. Malt, old and new, boa to Ode. Oats, per
39 lbs, old and new, 3s 6d to 4s 3d. Beans, per bag, 10 score grew,
old, 20a to 22s 8d; new, 17s to 19s. Beans, per bag of 3 bush. imp.
white, 18s to 19s; grey, 15e 6d to 16s. Flour, pet sack of 2801ba net,
fine, 57s to 595; seconds, Ms to 555.
SINITHTIRLD, MAY 12.—There was a moderate supply. Beef and
mutton quite as dear, and veal a little lower : beef fid to 61; mutton
5d to 6d ; veal 5d to 6d ; fat pigs 8s 6d to 9s 6d per score.
Hay Menus., MAT 10.—Good hay and straw come sparingly, for
which there was a fair demand. Hay, 60s to 90s. Straw, 50s to 70s
per too.
MARRIED—At Aston, Mr. W. F. Pater, of the Bank of Eng.
land, to Elisabeth, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Carter—The
Pew. Norris Cogswell, B.A. to Margaret, youngest daughter of Mr.
Wm. Johnson, of Runcorn—W. Handley, Esq. of Burford, near War.
wick, to Emma, youngest daughter of the late T. Cartwright, Eaq.—
At Leamington Priors, W. Tringham, Req. R.N. to Eleanor Amelia,
widow of the late Lieutenant-Colonel H. Tarieton—Mr. G. Stilwell,
surgeon, of Ewell, to Jane, youngest daughter of Mr. R. Ratherham,
of Coleshill—.l. H. Dixon, Esq. of Stourbridge, to Ethonora, youngest
daughter of G. Hellen, Esq. of Waresley-green—Thomas B. Bray, of
Church Stretton, to Ann, youngest daughter of R. Welbank, Esq—At
St. Mary's, Warwick, Mr. Howler, of Coventry, to Miss Pears, of
Warwick--At Osweatry, the Rev. O. Wharton, to Eleanor, only child
of J. Hunt, Esq—At Mitten, Mr. T. Whitton, of Areley Kings, to
Mary Anne, only daughter of Mr. Samuel Crane—At Stone, Mr. John
Bothams, to Jane, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Worsey, of
Whitgreave—At Bridgcnorth, Thomas Pardoe Putton, Esq. of Fain.
tree, to Caroline Frances, daughter of the late Lionel Lambert, Esq.
DIED.—At Wootton, near Henley, the Dowager Lady Smythe
of Acton—At Green Hill-place, John Temple, Esq. of Nash, 76—The
Rev. W. F. Bird, rector Widmerpool, 66—The Rev. T. Russell,
Vicar of Dilwyn, one of the Canons of Hereford, 77—Aged 53, at
Broadward Hall, C. B. Unett, lisq.—Mrs. Wood, of the Lye, near
Stourbridge—At Baschurch, Mr. Joseph Gittins, 72—At Weeping
Cron: near Stafford, Mrs. Harding, widow of the late Edward Hard.
ing, Esq. 82.

DUBLIN MORNING REGISTER, MAY 16.

Some considerate cruatutes in England give way to the most painful
appruhunsions as to the effect or the reform bill in increasing the in-
fluence of Ireland In the Imperial Legislature. What, they ask, would
be the consequence, if one hundred and five men, really representing
Ireland, combined to carry an Irish measure against du: interests of
England ? It is ten ible, no doubt, to contemplate autth a possibility.
But see how contentedly we poor Irishmen must live In the contempla-
don of a far worse one—that is, the combination, not of 105, but four
hundred and seventy-two Englishmen agaiwu our interests.—Combing.
don is a game, like many others, at which two parties can play; and
the deuce is in it if 472 Englishmen are not a match at it for 103
bi‘lnnen.

DCOOKEDA ELacerox.-Immedistely after the poll closed finally,
a deputation of Gentlemen waited on Mr. Wallace, with the follow-
ing Resolution :
" We, the undersigned, electors and inhabitants of Drogheda, view.
ing with gratitude and admiration, the manly and patriotic exer-
tions made by Mr. Wallace, to rescue the representation of our town
from the grasp of corporation monopoly, and to support his Majesty
and his Ministers, in the great cause of Reform, end taking into con-
sideration the great personal sacrifices he has thereby incurred, pledge
ourselves to give him all the support in our power at the next election
for Drogheda, which we feel to be the only way in which we can re-
quite him for his personal sersl‘es and sacrifices, in a cause in which
we are all equally concerned."
Answer of Mr. Wallace--" I dad engage in this contest not igno-
rant of the difficulties, the labour, and the expense which the Corpo-
ration of Drogheda know so well to inflict on the candidate they oppose
—for I had experienced them. 1 did hope, however, that the professed
loyalty of the Corporation.—its charter toast—would hare somewhat
softened their opposition, if It did not conellitate their favour, to a
popular measure, when that measure came recommended by the sanc-
tion of their gracious Sovereign—the advice of an able and united
cabinet—and called for by the voice of millions in every quarter of
the empire. I miscalculated—their loyalty took a contrary direction,
and has roved its true nature and qualities by exerting a seal and
activity hitherto unexampled, at once in opposition to the ICing's Go.

weenniset, and the nadmes wish. This undoubtedly, has greatly
increneed the Mashies I appeelooded. Our opponents have not,
however. sueoseded. They have, indeed, obtained the return of an
tell& candidate by a majority ceasperatividy small, and little ez-
the number of our votes rejected by the assessor for mere tech-
nical of registly. They have obtained their majority by the
gross abuses of a fund furnished, I know not from 'bum, and used,
u lam well informed and believe, for purposes of most extravawt
corruption. But, above all, they have procured it by eallecdng from
every quarter of the empire, a crowd of stranger to your town and tu
its interests, to vote spinet both. Special favour freemen, 130154.ebi•
dent soldiers priests, and.l am sorry to say, two judges. I do not Ind-
mute that hisMajeety's judges have not a right to vote Oil such occasions;
but I confess I lament to see the ermine sullied by being drawn
through the tumults and the conflicts of an election contest. But
after all our great object hat been attained—the sense of the real elec-
tors of Drogheda, even according to the present conetttueney. has been
abundantly manifested, for, of those who are really and truly resident
freemen and freeholders of your town, the great majority has been
with us, with Reform, and with the will and wishes of our sovereign
and his ministers."
In December Lust, hie Majesty brig Plumper rent her boats up the
river Pongas, in Remelt of slavers which infest that river. They returned
with a schooner and 95 slave* ; but deer!e did the brave fellows suffer
for their humanity. Soon of the return of the Plumper to Sierra Leone,
sickness broke eat among her crew. At find it was unlined to those
who had b en up the river; but, ultimately, it spread among the
whole ship's crew ; and in little more than three weeks, twenty.
ight ludividurls (including two officers) out of thirty-five, perished.
The remeintin continue vary ill, but it is hoped they will surely •.
The barrack-inane?, Alr. Lynch, died in ihree months after his'
arrival, leaving a wife and six children, whom be had taken out
with him, to deplore his loss. A fine young man, named Fuite.
died in kss than a month after his arrival. The letters go on to
mention others, and then add that the master, mate, and every man
forming the crew of the Shakespeare, a merchant vessel, died la two
month after their arrival ; the second mate being the only survivor out
of twenty persons eho left England. The Shakspeare left this Golgotha
on the Sd Jan. lest, with an entirely new crew. In the Mallacourt '
river, close to the colony, there was another vessel lying, with every
man on board dead or dying.
IVAIZTAILIC AGAINST Tivents.---Tbere are some haMOIIIOG% points
' about the opposition in Ireland to tithes ; this is more particularly the
cams In the counties of Kilkenny and Carlow. The country people,
sooner i Ilan pay the tithe, allow their property to be distraincd—that
trhcle it can ba got at; for the instant It et known that the pollee tithe
proctor and military have come out for the purpose of seising property,
the next scout announces with a horn their apps oath, and the warning,'
with the tepidity of a telegraph, is caught up in every direction of the'
borne of the p-asantry, who instantly proceed to hide their pigs and
ducks, or drive them into one another's land where they cannot be
wuched. es the law allows distraint only on the premises or lands of the
defaulter.

FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, MAY 16.
Letters were yestezday received in the city from CI :motel, stating that
Lord Donoughinore, who has been for WHIZ date indisposed, died
at iti, scat, (Knecklofty,) on Saturday. The Tipperary Free
Pr 's' whtell reat:',ed our dike, does nut mention the circumstance;
but a- dna pap:r i. published in the early part of the day, we are not
to inter from its silence the untruth of the statement in the private
le: ars. Should the news be true, there must it. new election in Tip-
perary, a- Captain Hutchinson, the new m :tuber, and the nephew and
next heir of the old earl, would then be called to dm peerage ; is which
case, we suppose, that either kir. Prittie or Colonel Deferent-Darner,
would seek the reer-stntation of the county.
The immediate c.-use of Lord Donoughmore's death was paraly is.
The noble earl was in the act of wording a letter to a relatirc in reub-
Itn, when he got the fatal stroke. He became delirious, and in hi..
wand. rings freqt.ently demanded toe know ell.. state of the poll.' which
indicate. the anxictr lie felt about the return of his relative and Slittat sof.
The decea,cd cal wrs a highly distinguished military officer. He
succeeded the salient and immot tap Sir Ralph Abercrombie in the corn.
mod in Egypt, whrre lie gauped great glory. At his death the noble
earl w..s colonel of the 111th (Royal Irish) foot. He sat iu parliament
.. Lord Hutchinson (in England.)
In Ms speech to the electors of Armagh, after being declared one of
their representatives, Lord Acheson mentioned the following eircum.
stance, which r fleet, great emit upon his character as an Irishman,
and hi . end:mat:thug as a na.tu
Upon trusting Perlktment. I found a set of men in office, in whom,
whatever opiatiow 1 might have had of them individually, and in their
private capacities, a. a 3overunteut, I had but little confidence. My
feeling was they went upon no fixed principle of action—that the Dukc
of il'elington's government was one of shifts cud expediency, and,
consequently, a sorer:mem to whom no independent man could give
' more than n very qualified t.nd guarded support. (Cheers.) This opiniott
I was freed to declare sooner than I expected, and owing tot most
unlooked-for circumstance. I received r communication from a member
of that, government, doing me the honour of requesthis me to strove
the address to the King, on the meeting of Parliament. This,
of course, 1 f I. as highly flattering and complimentary to mys-lf, and
it was an honour that I would if possible have moat Fludly accepted.
Upon con- iteration. however, I found this to be Impossible, consistently
with my opinions of the gorernmens, and I stated in my r^ply, that 1
was actoateti by no motive, of hostility to the Duke of IVejlington's
administration—but that, as an independent member of Parliament, as
the representative of e large body of coustitucnts, 1 could not, while in
total ignorance of the future plans and intentions of government, pledge
myself to ant' .nitre than a qnalified support—aud that therefore I must
beg to decline the honour intended tue (gteat cheers, and cries of " well
dune, Acheson"). I never received any light upon the future 'men.
lions of that government, and indeed I was not much surprised at it—
for I do not b-lieve that they themselves had much more idea of what
they intended to do than I had.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF IRISH MEMBERS ALREADY

RETURNED FOR THE NEXT PARLIAMENT.
Reforaters in italic.
Armagh County-174count Acheson ; C. Brownies,.
Armagh Town—Viscount Ingestrie.
Athlone—R. Handcock.
Amrim—l.ord Bab' ast ; General O'Neill.
Bandon—Viscount Bernard.
Belfast—Sir A. Chichester.
Carrickfcrgus--Lord G. Hill.
Cork County—Hon. R. King; Lord Boyle.
Cork City—D. Callaghan • Hon. J. Boyle.
Carlow County—W. illak;ney; Sir J. Doyle.
Carlow Town—Lord Tullamorc.
Coleraine—Sir J. Brydges.
Cubcl—M. Peunefather.
Clonmcl--E. Coote.
County Dublin—Lord Brabasen ; Colonel While.
Dundalk—Captain Gordon.
Dungannon.—Hon. J. Knox.
Dungarvan—Hon. G. Lamb.
Drogheda—J. H. North.
Downpatrick—E. S. Mahon.
Dublin University—T. Lefroy.
Enniskillen—Hon. A. Cole.
Ennis—Vary Fitzgerald.
County Galway—Sir J. Burke, A Lambert.
Galway City—J. J. Bodkin.
County Kilkenny—Lord Osaory, Lord Duneatimas.
Kilkenny City—N. P. Leader.
Kinsale—J. Russell.

Kildare—Sir W. Hort, Moore O'Ferrall.
Londondeny Town—Sir R. Ferguson.
County Limerick—Hon. R. Fikgibbon, Colonel O'Grady.
Limerick City—T. S. Rice.
Lisburn—H. kleynell.
Longford—Viscount Forbes, A. Leroy
Meath—Lord Killeen, Sir M. Sookrvilk
Monaghan—Hon. C. Blayney, Ho*. H. B. Westenra
Mallow—C. D. 0. Jephion
New Ross—C. P. Leslie
Newry—Hon J. H. Knox
Portarlington—sir W. Rae
Queen's County—Sir C. Cook, Sir H. Parnell
Sligo Town—J. Wynne
Tralee— Walker Ferrand
County Tipperary—T. Wyse, Hon. J. Hutchinson
County Waterford—Sir It Musgrave, R Power
Waterford City—Sir J. Newport
Westmeath—Colonel Rochfort, if. L. Chapman
Wexford Town—A. Walker

County Wicklow—J. Grattan, R. Reward
Youghall—Hon. Ponsomby
MARRIED.—In Dingle, Thomas, only son of P. Moriarty, Esq.
M.D. to Miss Margaret Fitzpatrick.
DIED.—At the Isle of Man, Pierre W. Hughes, Esq. late of Wen.
ford--In Wexford, Alexander Hannah, Esq. half-pay bath Regiment.
—At Hawing% 84, Mrs. Colonel Lloyd, mother of the lam T. Lloyd,
Esq. M.P. for county Limerick.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL—THIS DAY.
By the Carease.—Per stone of abs.
Beet .2. 10d 5$ Sd Ss 101 Mutton 5s 6d 4s 41 4s ed
Veal 5s 4d 46 Od 4s 4d Pork !Ss 84 4s 44 4s ,641
Lamb .... 54 4d ... fis Od 6s 4d.

FARRINGDON MARKET—THIS DAY.
Drip—Finest Roasting, ad to aid per tb. Bolling, Sd to Bd. Mat-
you—Leg, Bd. Shoulder, Td. VIAL—Leg. 811. Fillet, 10d.
Pori, did to ad. Laani, 10d to is.

SMITHFIELD HAY-MARKET-THIS DAY.

Coarse Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, At 10s. to L 4 13a. Useful
ditto, Al Os. to At 151. Fine Upland Meadow and Rye Grass Hey,
.15 15. to A 4 Si. Clover Hay, As 10s. to AS 10s. Oat litreo,
Al 101 to fl lie. Wheat &raw, £1 les. to Al 16s. per load.

LAW REPORT&
PREROGATIVE COURT. Met 17.

ZXTRAOIRDINAIIT WiLt. CAVIL
WIEZZLIM AND itaTIVOIID V. ALDER/OlL—This was a cute
instituted to try the validity of the Will of Mrs. Elisalw.b Month
which is opposed by the next of kin, on the ground that the decea„d'
at the time that sha executed it, was of unsound mind. The one Is
a most extraordinary one as regards the character and conduct of
the deceased, who died worth personal property to the ext. nt of
70,0001. about 35,000 L of which was left by the old lady to mr
Wheeler, her Stock-broker, and Mr. Batsford, her Attorney, end
drawer of the WILL The deceased died in March lam. The to
dance produced in the cause is of the most extensive nature, and 4:
tailed facts connected with the history of the deceased, of a more re-
markable and disgusting nature than was ever before tendered to a
Court of Justice.
The Court was occupied nearly the whole day in hearing the errs
dance. The deceased was a descendant of Sir Isaac Newton, and we;
possessed of great property. She married a Mt. Morris in 1795, under
circumstance peculierly novel. The deceased bad been a Uiduw shim
1006, and resided at Horselydown up to the time of her death,
when site was sixty-fire lean old. She was accustomed to drink
to excess, anti was considered as insane by all who caw her—sada
were het eccentric habits ; she dressed in the most fantastic and un.
becoming manner—wearing the 'met and bosom mostly bare, and her
gowns, dec. extremely abort. She would, in the midst of winter, go out
to market with het basket, without any bonnet, or umbrella, in rainy
weather, and if 'spoken to, replied that elle wished she could do without
clothes altogether. Sometimes she wore gowns made of the cheapest
materials, though she wore diamonds, and other rings, of the value of
1,400 L on her fingers ; she had a great afenion to children, and when
riding in het carriage, would all to the coachman to run over the
" little ha-tatlis." Flee marriage was most extraordinary ; eh; went
out tete ...orning to go to market wilt her basket, and met Mr. Morris;
he Asked her if %he was going to town ? She said yes ; and they pro
eecded together. Oa the road, Mr. Morris asked deceased if she had
ever seen a ...serfage, and aha replied no ; he promised to show bet
one. On arriving in Cheepside, they went into church, and she asked
where the parties were ? Morris replied, we arc ti:e parties—l have
got the ring, and all is prepared. " Well (said the deceased) if it
must he so—it must hero." She had never seen Mr; Morris hut a few
days previously. Mrs. Morris had a great affection for eats, dulls, &c.
talked mow indecently, was exceedingly dirty, and happy in making
people c
i drunk, and encouraging them to fight; she drove four horses in
Sir Iraricsow here said, he would go on with the evidence nest
Court day.

OLD

WesIMPDAY, MAT 18.
NEW COURT.

Before the Hon. C. E. LAW, Common Serjeant, Mr. Serjeant Acasta,

ands Middlesex Jury.
Maim*: ItossEßT.--.foias Ha WI and William Trillium,
were severally convicted of violently assaulting an elderly man named
George Davies, on the King's highway, and stealing from his person
2s. 9d.