Star.
London, England, 1819-05-28 00:00:00

By ➢ir. WAKEFIELD,

At Gxrmvray's, on TUESDAY, the 13th of July, at 12 o'clock,
THE celebrated Estate of PIERCEFIELD, near
Chepstow, in Monmouthshire ; the property consists of a
inob'e Mansion, standing in a Park of 700 Acres, bounded on one
side by a stone wall, on the other by the River Wye. The
whole Estate comprises
TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED ACRES
Of Land, extending on both the banks of the Wye, from close
to Tintern Abbey, in the Town Of Chepstow, and is of the an-
nual value of
THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS.
..?, In picturesque scenery this spot has been long celebrated as
the first in Great Britain, Nature having lavished her favours
upon it with a most bountiful band, and rendered it the boast
and pride of all lovers of fine scenery. The intrinsic value is
great, from its contiguity to Chepstow and the Severn, which
carries its produce to the best markets.
Particulars are preparing, and may be had by the Ist of June,
of Messrs. White and Woodroffe, Solicitors, Lincoln's Inn ; of
lessrs. Ltmans, Solicitors, Bristol; of Mr. Codke, Solicitor,
Ross; and in the mean rinse a Map of the Estate may be in-
pected at Mr. Wakefield's, Land Agent. and Surveyor, No. 4,
Pall-Mall, of whom Tickets may be had to view it.
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10 COUNTERACT the many attempts that are
daily made to impose on the unwary a SPIJIIIOVS
COMPOSITION, insteed of the GKNUINK BLACKING
prepared by DAY and MARTIN, they have adopted a new
Label iit which their address,
97, HIGH 110 PORN,
Is so conspicuously plosd in the centre, that they tryst ma oaten.
Lion to this, and the direronce of the type, which is unlike all letter
' press, will enable purchasers at once do Must the inkposition.
The Rod Japan BLACKING, made old moile ,
DAY mid MARTIN, 97, lllgb and retailed by the
=Gtecen, Druggists, Rookselers, Iromnolgers, Pars
sigooomaitoro, *t is dot United. Yialdoin, is I~oetlsM
st td. IM.M4-16 14 mei • .

SOMERSETSHIRE.,
TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT,
A DESIRABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE.. situn,
ted at ASHCOTT. In the County of Somerset, consist.;
ing of a roomy and substantial FARM HOUSE (which may,
at a small expense, be converted into a Gentleman's lt,,sidencei,
a walled Garden, exe.dient Water. Barn (with a Threshing
Machine), Stable, Dove-house, other detached Buildings, a
Cottage and Garden for a labourer, Seven Acres of prime Or-
charding. and Seventy-six Acres of good Meadt.w, Pastas% and
Arable Land. 'There It a delightful spot for erectina.aMan-
sion and immediate possession may be had; or may be Let to
a responsible Tenant, at a Rent yielding a very liberal late:est:
Also a newly-hulk COTTADiL, end ThieirsiOli• Xeres of
Meadow, Pasture, Arable, and Turbary Land, which is Lease 4
for Seven Years, at a moderate Rent.

Ashcott is a beautiful and he.:lthy Village, commanding ex.
tensive and beautifurprospects, situated. On the great Western
Road frcm Bath to Exeter, with a Post-office, and the London
Mail and Beth Coach passing through every day : half a Mile
from Piper's Inn, five from Glastonbury, ton front Wells and
Bridgewater, thirty from Bath and Bristol The Society and
Roads in the Village and neighbourhood remarkably good. Pro-
visions mid fuel very plentiful and cheap.
For further Particulars, Viewing or Furchaslrg,the F.sttte,
apply (if by Letter; post paid) to Mr. Tucker, Solicitor, Ash-
cott ; or to Messrs. Alexander and nolme, 'New lan, Landon.

HOOPI NG COUGH CUR EU without Inward -Medicine.
IN consequence of the beneficial effects of ROCH E's
EMB },h /CATION for the cure of that distressing complaint
the HOOPING COUGH, his Majesty's L•lters Patant were'
granted to J. Rome, to secure to him his valuable composition.
Many thousands of children are cured annually by this remedy:
On the first attack, an immediate application of the E M
CATION will prevent tne complaint taking any hold of the
constitution, and a few times may completely cure. In the most
obstinate casts perseverance will produce the desired effect ; and
no Remedy can be so well calculated for Children as Oita, Sok
It regulr:s no met4l;:iae to he takes inwardly.
In no case can l:1i: P‘csEcine hz• genuine unless signed on the
wrapper by J. and on .verystamp the names of Shaw
and Edwards, CG, St. Paul's Church Yard.

Price 4s. and Li 21. per Bottle.
Soli by E. Ede/aids, G 6, St. Paurs, on the Foot-Way, and,
all reappatable alers in Medicines.

THR API ENT SODAIC POWDERS.

THIS new and elegant Preparation possesses the
advantage of instantly producing the best Sone WATZL,
and of being, at tie Fltru.• title a ini:d aperient, relieving Deartburn,
Bats, Nausea, .4 ci:lity on the Szomach, &c. It is recommended
to those wlicre Stomach, front we,.kness or other causes, reject
Epsom and Cheitanh itn Salts, &c. the nauseous taste of which
deters many tree using them. These Powders possess all the
medicinal preperties of those Salts, :n their operation are equally
mild and edicacieus, and, being perfectly tasteless, they may be
given to Clilc'ren, as well as Adults, who cannot take a Saline
Aperient in any other form. The Powder:l, taken after too fret
an indulgence in tic luxuries table, particularly after too
muchwine.the cemmondisagneeshic effects are altogether avoided:
In warm climates, they will be found diffusively beneficial, as
they correct disordered Bile, without debilitating the Stomach.
Sold by the Proprletors, R. Butler and Sans, Chemists and
Druggists, No. 4, corner of St. Paul's, London ; and
No. 34, Sackville-etreet,D.thlia ; and, for them, by all the grin,
cipal Booksellers, Druggists, and Medicine Venders, throughout
the Kingdom. In Boxes, at 3s. 6d. each.
N, 13. In order to prevent the substitution of spurious imita-
tions of these Powders, a Fac-simile of the Proprietors' signa-
ture is engraved in the label which is affixed to each am

riY till Maki ES 1A .1 Lil "S 1“ l ENS i e.Nt.
LEAKE'S GENUINE PILLS, justly favinu,
for cueng, in all its stages, the VENEREAL DISF.ASa„
Oar small Pia is a dose, and ti .taping of one Doi, in a recent
c'ase, will ,00n coi.vince the patient of the certainty .4 his speedy
recovery. Noth;ag can he better cmitrived, more sate, or more
convenient than tuna Remedy, for such as are obliged to go jnot-
:eies or to se-a, as it needs no critilmement nor restraint or rtct;
and sixty years experience (hi an extensive prattler) has Frayed
that it wile .11'mA a Oure when repeated Salivation and all other
methods avail notl eg. For the Scurvy and _other Chrerecal
Disorders, this Medicine has not toe parallel„ Upvtards of
49,000 persons of both sexes have Item radically cured of the
above clee.l Jii:ore.ers, within the ta.c eight years. Prepare,' and
sold by the Sole. From-is-tors, T. FAY LOlt and sON, Menthe"
of the Royal College of Surgeons, at their I-ionse, No. 0, New
Bridge-street, in Boxes of only 2s 9ii. each, duty included,.
Two back doors, and Lights in the Passages at night
'they are also sold by their appointment, with copious riiremigme
at the 'Foy Shop, 103, Oxford-street; Mr. Dishutoughls, No. 7,
Fish-street-hill, nearly opposite the Monument; and by etas
Person in every considerable Town in Greet Stlieleand Institut.
Advice gratis to personetaking the shave, or otter •411 tee pm.
Medicloes.

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DURSU ANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT
A- of C iIfiNCBRY, bearing date the 12th of December.
1818, made ins Cause wherein John William Hunter, Esq. tr
Pusandif, and William Boyd and others are Defendanu, the Cre.
&tors of John Hunter, formerly of Madras, in the East Ind iss
but lue of Ssmthampton-street, in the Parish of Saint Get:age,
Bloomsbury, in the County of Middlesex, Esquire, deceased, the
Testator in the said Decree named, (who died on or about the
100 day of December, 1815,) are on or before the 24th day of
February, Itt2o, to come In and prove their Debts before Sir
John Simeon, Bart. one of the Masters of the said Court, at his
Chambers, in Soinhamyton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London,
o in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded the bene-
fit of the said Decree.

Tretstry Minute of the 49th May, 1812, relative to the Licen-
sing of Small Stills.
Mr. DEN M AN moved, that the second reading of the King's
Bench ilia, be postponed to Monday seunight.
On the motion of Mr. 1). GILBERT, the name of Sir Thos.
Baring was added to tht list of the Finance Committee.
Mr. CA LC ILA FT suggested the propriety of adding to it the
name of another Gentleman, whose eminent qualifications no-
body could be insensible of : he meant his Honourable Friend
near him (Mr. Grenfell.)
Lord CASTLEREAGH observed across the table, that the,
number of the Committee, It had been determined, should be
21, which hst was now complete.
A slight conversation ensued between the Noble Lord, Mr.
CALCRAFT, and Mr. Garsra.t., the latter Gentleman hinting
his entire ignorance of the intentions of his Hon. Friend (Mr.
Calcraft.) He said that he would willingly assist the Committee
with any information experience might suggest; and here
the conversation dropped.
On the motion of Colonel DAVIES, a return of the total Ex-
ports from Great Britain and Ireland, between the years 180:1
and 1819, to Spain, was ordered to be laid on the table, distin-
guishing, as far as possible, the values in each year, and the ar-
ticles exported.
Lord MILTON presented a Petition against the Barnsley

Church Bill.
A Message from the Lords announced their Lordship's assent
to several Private

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PRIsONEES IN THE FLEET.
The Hon. GEORGE. LA Ala rose for the purpose of moving
for leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate proceedings in Vacation
time, against the Wards nof the Fleet I'rison for Escapes. It
had been his wish to defer this motion, but having been in-
structed, that if the measure was to be effected at all, it was
nrceuary that it should/be so before the Long Vacation, he had
thought proper to bring it forward at present. With respect to
these escapes, as the law now stood, or rather as the defects of
the law now appeared, a prisoner for debt could go out of the
Rules the first day of Vacation, and remain absent from the
Fleet till the first day of the next or following 'Ferro. Whether
this arrangement was or was not by reason of an understanding
with the Warden, it was needless for him to stets It was suf-
ficient for him to maintain; that the creditor bad no remedy,
not being able to make any recoveries during the Vacation ; sad
on the return of Term, the Warden prevented all further inter-
ference by producing the prisoner. As a sew and proper regula-
tion for the benefit of the creditor against the abuse complained
of, he moved for leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate Recoveries
from the Warden, in time of Vacation, in all cues of Escapes.
—The question was put and agreed to.
MATHEMATICAL AND LOOARITIIM TABLES.
Mr. D. GILBERT, as an introduction to his intended mo-
tion, made some judicious remarks.= the duty of Parliament
to encourage improvements and discoveries in science. In refe-
rence to the late Survey in France, by able Engineers both of
France and England, he thought he could not render greater
services to both Countries, than.by proposing a Plan to present
to the Public, and consequently to all men of Science, Minutes
of that Survey ; and that the Mathematical and Logarithm
Tables should be printed at the joint expense of both Countries.
For this purpose he moved, " That an humble Address be pre-
sented to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, praying that
his Royal Highness would be graciously pleased to give orders to
his Majesty's Minister at the Court of France, to procure Copies
of certain Mathematical and Logarithm Tables; and that these
, Tables be printed at the joint Expense of the two Countriee—
Ordered ; and that such Members as are of his Majesty's Privy
Council be required to wait on the Prince Regent with the same.

GRANIPOOND ELECTION.
The House, on the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL,
went into a Committee on the Grampound Bribery
Indictments.
Alexander Lamb was called in, and examined by
Lord J. RUSSELL ; he was agent to Mr. Teed, one of
the Candidates at the last Election for Grampound;
he had seen a list which Mr. Teed had, of the voters
who had been bribed by the opposite party ; he had
seen some of the persons whose names were in this list,
who confessed to him that they had received loans of
money. The Bribery Oath was tendered to one of
them by Mr. Teed ; but he was requested to withdraw
it by the Gentlemen presents on the ground that the
voters, though conscious they were committing per-
jury, would persevere in taking it. He had in his pos-
session a copy of the Poll-boot at his office in town.
The witness was here ordered to withdraw, whilst
the Committee considered whether the Poll-book was
admissible evidence. It being, after a short conver-
sation, resolved in the affirmative, the witness, not
haying the book in his immediate possession, was or-
dered to produce it on his next attendance. In con-
tinuation of his testimony he added, that the township
of Grampound had threatened to pelt those who
should tender the Bribery-oath to them before the Re-
turning Officer. Amongst the Gentlemen who had
objected ta pressing the oath was Mr. Shaw, one of
the Candidates. He waq not aware of any division
or opposition of parties prevailing at that time. He
had accompanied Mr. Teed on his canvass, arid told
the Voters, that he knew certain sums of money had
been distributed amongst them, and that he had evi-
dence to prove it. He was examined before the
Grand Jury, when bills of indictment were preferred
against. several of the Electors. Twenty of these
persons had been subsequently tried and convicted ;
seven or eight more, in consequence of information
which they had riven, were not brought to trial, al-
though bills of indictment had been found against
them. The list with which he was furnished, in the
first instance contained the names of those who had
not, as well as of those who had, received sums of
money in consideration of their votes. Witness did
not recollect the number of the latter. He had been
employed to carry on the prosecution, and knew that
if the parties convicted were to be brought up' for
judgment, it should have been done within the first
tour days of the last Term. He had, however, re-
ceived no instructions to that effect, and he supposed
the reason of this was, that the matter was under-the
consideration of that House. There had been no
communication between him and Mr. Teed respect-
ing the propriety or impropriety of bringing the par-
ties up for judgment. Early in April he had ceased
to be employed by Mr. Teed, with whom, however,
his account was not yet settled. Other persons had
been concerned in the prosecution, and from them he
had received part of his charges. The names of these
persons his professional duty did not allow him to
disclose. He could not tell whether the demand at
present against Mr. feed w is large or small: it cer-
tainly was more than £lOO, and less than £2,000. He
belies ed that those twenty persons would have been
brought up for judgment, had it not been for the
proceedings before this House, relative to the Bo-
rough. Witness had ceased to be Agent for Mr.
Teed before the Grampound Election Committee
was appointed.
Here the evidence of this witness closed, and John
Edwards was called to the Bar and examined by Lord
John Russell.
Witness stated, that he was present at the last Elec-
tion for Grampound, in the character of a Solicitor;
that he had been requested to attend in older to sup-
port one of the Candidates, but that he had no in-
terest himself in the Election. He then detailed the
proceedings which took place at the Electiop. He
had con-zersed with three or four Electors, who told
him that more than twenty of the Electors had been
bribed. He then, apparently with some reluctance,

mendoned the names of those persons with whorb he '
had conversed, and stated his belief that they would
not have taken bribes previously to the Election. He
did not ask them directly if they would take the Bri-
bery-oath? but he insinuated a question to that effect;
and they appeared to understand him, but did not'
say distinctly whether they would or' would not—
, they certainly did not say they would not. Mr. Shaw
4larnanded the Bribery-oath to be tendered, but it was
withdrairia from a conviction of the state ia wbich
the Electors were.
Examined by Mr. ScaaLryr.—Witness had been
acquainted with the electioneering proceedings at'
Grampound for the last 34 or 36 rears. He never
advised the Electors at any previous Election, al-
though, on seeing them singly, or in small parties, he
had often told them what they were likely to bring
on themselves by their practices. The practice to
which he alluded, and which he stated to them on
these occasions, was that of receiving bribes for
their votes. None of them denied the fact, but they
excused themselves on account of their poverty, and
considered it a privilege to which they were entitled.
Witness stated to them at the last Election, that that
would probably be the last occasion on ich they
would ever stand in the character of Electors. He
had come to the knowledge of the fact that they
required to be paid for their votes, by many of them
asking himself for money for their votes. He did
not know how long these practices had existed, but
he had reasim to believe they had existed at the two
previous Elections. The canvasses were always ge,
neral. He believed very few of the Electors were
exempt from the propensity to demand money for
their votes ; two or three, he believed, would not, and
his belief was founded on his knowledge of their cha-
racters. He had no doubt that the rest of the Elec-
tors were willing to sell their votes. One of the
Electors had proposed that £B,OOO should be forth-
coming at a limited time after the Election, to be
divided among the Electors for both seats.
In answer to a question from Mr. SCARLETT, the
witness said it was Timothy Simons, Mayor of Gram-
pound, who had proposed £B,OOO to be forthcoming.
He could not say from his own knowledge that of
the sixty Electors four would not refuse a bribe.
Alexander Lamb was ordered to be recalled, but
as he was not in attendance, the Chairman reported
progress, and obtained leave to sit again.