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LEOPOLD, KING OF Till: BELGIANS. THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, No. 28, just published, contains a Portrait and Memoir of LEOPOLD THE -<- FIRST, engraved by J. THOMSON, from the Original Painting by Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE, at Marlborough House.—The Part will also contain Portraits of SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE and ADMIRAL LORD HOWE. Those who wish to possess themselves of a series of Portraits of the illustrious characters whose names are dis- tinguished in the political or the scientific records of our country-who have raised its dignity and improved its intellectual character—may have that wish abundantly gratified by adding this very superior work to their respective libraries. The Portraits are truly splendid, each embodying itself in the very spirit of the original paintings of which they form such faithful copies."—HERALD. SIR WALTER SCOTT—THE EARL OF ALBEMARLE-AND LORD LYNEDOCH, AFTER THE PAINTINGS BY SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, Were the Portraits in No. 27-of which the Literary Gazette observes Such a production is alone sufficient to make the fortune of a Number. The romantic military career of the gallant Graham' is a good contrast to the literary life of the great Poet." Imperial Octavo, 3s 6d—Royal Quarto, India Proofs, (the King's Edition,) 7s 6d. „ Single Proofs of the Portrait for Framing, 3s each. FISHER, SON, AND CO., LONDON. MONMOUTHSHIRE. VALUABLE ra.BEKOI.D ESTATES. NEAR ABERGAVENNY. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By JOHN WILLIAMS, At the GREYHOUND INN, ABERGAVENNY, on Wednesday, the 17th day of August, 1831, at four o'clock in the afternoon, subject to such conditions of sale as shall be then produced THE FOLLOWING Desirable and Valuable Freehold Property, In Six Lots, viz. THE CROSS ONNEN ESTATE, in two lots,—Lot 1 com- prising a Farm-house, with Barn, Stables, Sheds, and other Outbuildings, a Garden, Orchard, and Seven several Pieces or Parcels of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, called or known by the respective names of Cae Berllan, Middle Field, Cae Dauddeg Cyfer, Caer Glwyd goch, Cae Draw, Cae Draw and Wood, and Caer Glwyd goch; the whole containing by recent admeasurement 34A. 1R. 12P., and now in the occupation of Mr. William Jones. Lot 2, comprising nine several Pieces or Parcels of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, called or known by the respective names of Cae Glas fach, Three Covers, Bain and Field, Cae Charles fach, Cae Charles faur, Lower Mead, Gwylod y fos and Lane, Eight Covers and Lane, and Ten Covers and Lane, and containing in the whole by recent admeasurement 43A. OR. 8p., and now in the occupation of the same tenant. The premises comprised in the above two lots are pleasantly situated in the parish ofLlantillio Pertholey, in the county of Monmouth, distant about one mile from Abergavenny, a most excellent Market, commanding a fine view of the Vale and the Blorenge and other Hills, and are eligible for occupation as a Farm, or for the erection of a Villa or Villas. A road, leading from Abergavenny towards Llantillio Per- .tholey Church, divides the said two lots, and a new branch of the turnpike road from Abergavenny to Hereford is now in contem- plation, which will take its course along that part of the said road which divides the said lots, and greatly enhance their value. ^Lot 3. The FORREST FARM, comprising a Wood, called the Great Veddw, containing by recent admeasurement 35A. 3R. 28P. and Two Pieces or Parcels of Pasture Land, containing together by recent admeasurement 6A. OR. 27P. The premises comprised in this lot are situate in the parish of Lantillio Pertholey aforesaid, and adjoin the lands of Samuel Watts, Esq., Mr. William Jones, Mr. Nicholas Price, and Mrs. Baynham, certain Bounty Land, and land belonging to the Methodist Chapel, and are distant from Abergavenny three miles and a half or thereabouts, and now in the occupation of the same tenant. Lot 4. The PEN YR WORLOD ESTATE, comprising a Farm-house, with Barn, Stable, Cider Mill, Mill-house, Garden, and eighteen several Pieces or Parcels of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, containing altogether by recent admeasurement 83A. lR. 36P. now in the occupation of Mr. William Bills. This Estate is situated in the parish of Lanarth, in the county of Monmouth, and adjoins the properties of his Grace the Duke of Beaufort, and of Richard Lewis, Cheslyn, and Robert Hughes, Esqrs., distant about five miles from Abergavenny, and eleven from Monmouth, subject to an annual chief rent of 7s 8d, payable to the Earl of Abergavenny. Lot 5. The WHITE HOUSE FARM, comprising a Dwelling- house, Barn, Stable, Garden, Orchard, and Fourteen several Pieces or Parcels of Arable, Meadow, Pasture, and Wood Land, containing altogether by recent admeasurement 28A. 2R. 24P. This Estate is situate in the parish of Llanwenarth, in the county of Monmouth, distant about one mile from the village of Govilon, and three from Abergavenny, adjoining the lands of John Griffiths, Esq., the Rev.Jas. Lewis, and Mr. Lewis Lewis, and now in the occupation of David Jones, subject to an annual chief rent of 2s 9d. Lot 6. PEN Y PARK FARM, comprising a Dwelling-house, Barn, Stable, Garden, Yard, and six several Pieces or Parcels of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, containing altogether by recent admeasurement 24A. 3R. Bp. This lot is situate in the parish of Llanvihangel Crucorney, in the county of Monmouth, many years in the occupation of Mrs. Mary Williams, and now in the occupation of Mr. Samuel Grif- fiths, subject to an annual chief rent of 2s 4d. The Land Tax of the whole is redeemed. For a view of Lots 1, 2, and 3, apply to Mr. William Jones, the tenant at Cross Onnen; and of Lots 4, 5, and 6, to the re- spective tenants at the premises; and for further particulars to Mr. Francis Hammond, Solicitor, Chepstow, (at whose office Plans of the Estates may be seen); Mr. T. Gabb, Solicitor, and the Auctioneer, Abergavenny. MONMOUTHSHIRE. MOST DESIRABLE FREEHOLD LANDED PROPERTY. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, At the HEATH COCK INN, in the town of NEWPORT, on Thurs- day, the 18th day of August next (unless previously disposed of by private contract, of which timely notice will be given), in the following convenient lots-that is to say, Lot 1. TWO FIELDS of PASTURE, called the Spitty Lands, JL being twelve Acres or thereabouts, now let to Mr. Henry Jones, at X20 per annum. Lot 2. A P ASTU RE FIELD, called the Watlaes, being six Acres or thereabouts, let to the same tenant, at X12. Lot 3. A FIELD of PASTURE, let to Edward Morgan, at X3, 10s. Lot 4. Two FIELDS of PASTURE, called Pimp Erw Per- rolt, being ten acres or thereabouts, let to Mr. Isaac Thomas, at £ 12. Lot 5. Three PASTURE FIELDS, called Naw Erw treene, twelve acres or thereabouts, also let to Mr. Thomas atf22. Lot 6. A DWELLING-HOUSE and GARDEN let under a building lease of 99 years, to Lewis Morris, at £ 2. 2s. Lot 7. A FIELD of PAS1URE, being three Acres or there- abouts, also let to the said Lewis Morris, atf5. 5s. Lot 8. Two FIELDS of PASTURE, being ten Acres orthere- abouts, let to Mr. Thomas Webb, atf20. Lot 9. A DWELLING-HOUSE, with convenient Outbuild- ings, an ample Farm-yard, Garden, and an excellent Orchard, with two Fields, one Arable and the other Pasture, situate at Whitson, eight Acres or thereabouts. Lot 10. Four PASTURE FIELDS, situated also at Whitson, and near to the last Lot,, containing sixteen Acres or thereabouts. The two last Lots are now in the occupation of William Jones, at X- per annum., The Orchard in Lot 9 is well stocked with choice young Apple Trees, and the whole of the Premises (except Lot 6) are held by tenants at will. They are situated in the highly fertile Monmouthshire Moors. The first eis^ht Lots are at or near to the village of Liswerry, in the parish of Christchurch, and the occupiers thereof have a Right of Common on the Smer- ton and, Penmain Commons adjoining thereto. Lots 7 and 8 have under them extensive Quarries of excellent Limestone. The remaining two Lots are not far from the beautiful residence of Phillips, Esq., and the tenants have a Right of Common on the Whitson Moor. Proprietors of Upland Farms have now an opportunity of greatly improving their property, by adding thereto some excellent Pasture Ground. Also at the same time and place will be Sold all that FREE- HOLD ESTATE of INHERITANCE, called PENYBANK, consisting of a good Farm-house, with appropriate Yards, Barns, Stables, and other Outbuildings, with 140 Acres (more or less) of excellent Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Lands, situate in the parish of Langattock juxta Caerleon, in the said county, and now in the occupation of William Francis, as tenant at will, at the yearly rent of D4. There is a considerable quantity of Oak, Ash, and other Trees growing upon the Estate, which are to be taken to by the purchaser at a valuation as low as Is per stick. The whole of the Farm is within a ring fence, and is now in ex- cellent tilth. It is distant from Caerleon about three miles, and within one mile of Pont-hyr. For further particulars apply (if by letter post-paid) to Mr. Perkins, Attorney at Law, Merthyr Tydfil; and also to Messrs. I»I'Donnell and Mostyn, Solicitors, Usk. The respective tenants, or A.T ■. H. Jones, of the Heath Cock Inn, Newport, will shew the p. emises. Th Sale will commence precisely at one o'clock in the after- noon. I TO IRON MASTERS AND CAPITALISTS. VALUABLE XR.ON &. COAX. WORKS, AT XtlTXmXt.Y, In the county ofDlamorgan, WITH 300 ACRES OF PRODUCTIVE MINERAL LAND. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. WALL, At the KING' HEAD INN, NEWPORT, in the county of Mon- mouth, on Wednesday, the 10th day of August, 1831, at Twelve o'clock at Noon (under the direction of the Assignee of the Estate and Effects of Mr. Christopher Pope, a Bankrupt),— ALL those capital IRON and COAL WORKS, called THE RUDDRY WORKS, situate in the parish of Ruddry, in the county of Glamorgan, recently erected by Mr. Pope, and completed at an expense of nearly £ 30,000, and, until lately, in full work, and which may be again set in work at a trifling cost. This Property abounds with excellent Iron and Calamine Ore, Fire Clay, and large Beds and Veins of Coal. The Works have been finished in a superior manner, and combine every possible advantage for raising and carrying the same. The Buildings consist of a good Dwelling-house and Garden for a foreman, five Dwelling-houses for workmen, large Engine- house, Brick-house and Kiln, Carpenters' and Smiths' Work- shops, Machine-house, Brass-house with two fires, Blast-furnace, thiee Calcining Kilns, six Coke Furnaces, two Refining Fur- naces, a capital sixty-horse Steam-engine, one pair of Rolls, one Hammer, and Iron Roof, and sundry other Sheds. Three Levels, with Eight Mines, three Mine Pits, and one Patch, are now open and ready for work, the Tram-roads on the premises are upwards of four miles in extent, and Iron and Coal may be always expeditiously carried to Newport, distance nine miles, at a moderate expense. j The whole of the premises, with the exception of about fifty acres, are held for the remainder of two several terms of fifty years each, (whereof only four and a half years are expired), at cer- tain yearly surface Galeage and Wayleave Rents, which will be mentioned at the time of sale. The remaining fifty acres (on which there are no erections) are held for the remainder of a term of twenty-one years (of which upwards of seventeen years are unexpired), determinable on a certain contingency, which will also be stated at the sale, at a yearly fixed rent. The present affords a most desirable opportunity for embark- ing in the Iron, Coal, and Brick Trades, at a comparatively trifling outlay. The situation is central, the transit good, and every requisite material for carrying on the works may be had in the vicinity. The premises may be inspected on application to Mr. Joseph Jarrett, at the Works; and for further particulars (if by letter, postage to be paid), apply to Mr. Philip George, the Assignee the Auctioneer or Mr. Francis Short, Solicitor, Bristol, at whose offices Plans of the Estates, and also the Leases of the property, may be seen. BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, NEW ROAD, KING'S CROSS, LONDON. THE grand desideratum of a cheap, easy, and certain remedy to all diseases, having at length been discovered on a simple and natural process, by Mr. Morrison, the Hygeist, the Vegeta- ble Universal Medicines" are presented to the afflicted in any complaint whatever, as their sure reliance of a certain cure. As testimonies of the great benefits received from all parts of the kingdom, in every complaint, and from parties giving their names and residences, one or more new cases will be inserted in this paper weekly. CURE OF EPILEPTIC FITS. Messrs. MORISON AND MOAT, Gentlemen,—My son John, 17 years of age, having been for upwards of three years most severely affiicted with Epileptic Fits, for which I could get no relief from the Doctors and having ob- tained a PERFECT CURE from a month's use of the" Universal Medicines," under the direction aud kind attention of your active Agent, Mr. POOLE, of Redruth 1 am anxious, in thus returning my most grateful thanks to the Almighty, and you as his instru- ments in introducing this great national blessing, that you should, for the general benefit of the afflicted, give what publicity you please to this my grateful acknowledgment of your wonderful powers and am, Gentlemen, your devoted and humble servant, ELIZABETH WEBSTER. Semmoth Farm, near Redruth, 11th February, 1831. CURE OF DEEP CONSUMPTION. Messrs. MORISON AND MOAT, Gentlemen,—My wife having received so miraculous a cure from the use of the Universal Medicines, I feel bounden in grati- tude to you, the great instruments, under Providence, for the in- S8, troduction of so great a blessing to our country, and of such universal service to the afflicted in every complaint, to thus give you my public acknowledgment for the restoration (and I may truly say for the salvation of the life) of my wife, from a compli- cation of disorders under which she had suffered for twelve months, such as Indigestion, Flatulency, agonising Pains in the Stomach and Liver, Depression of the Chest, and reduced to that state of general weakness as deprived her of the use of animal food for seven months, until, reduced by Mercury and the Doc- tors, she was given up as incurable in a DEEP CONSUMPTION. At this period, the fame of the Universal Medicines, and of Mr. Poole's unparalleled success in curing all diseases by them, was spreading through ever corner of Cornwall; when I was induced to put my wife under his care and directions. To the astonish- ment of myself and surrounding friends, the second day after her commencement with the Medicines her ailments seemed to have all taken their flight together she ate a hearty dinner of roast mutton, and, gathering strength daily, is now in SOUND HEALTH, and rapturously joining your host of cured incurables in sounding the praises of your wondrous powers. Full information will be given of all particulars, by application to Mr. Poole, Redruth; to Mr. T. Hoskiris, your Agent here; or to myself. Ever bound to shbw my gratitude to you, and to speak in favour of the Universal Medicines," I am, gentlemen, your humble SGoanV rx WM- ROBERTS. Hayle Copper House, Feb. 12, 1831. REFORM IN MEDICINE. British College of Health, New Road, King's-Cross. THE ADHERENTS OF THE HYGEIN THEORY, the friends of humanity, and those too who are friends to themselves, and anxious to preserve their health, cure their diseases, and en- joy life, are now earnestly entreated to unite their efforts, and petition the Legislature, so as to bring about a reform in Medical Knowledge-the most necessary of all science to the welfare and happiness of mankind, and which heretofore has never been un- derstood. The exclusive charters granted so as to bestow on a body of men the monopoly of all their fellow men are highly de- trimental to our best interest, and require correcting. THE BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH has uniformly been acting with this in view, and their endeavours have been crowned with the greatest success. The third edition of Moriso- niana is now on sale, comprising Origin of Life and cause of Diseases explained," with a great variety of cases of cure in all kinds of diseases; throws a new light on Medical Science and the functions of the body and places this new theory and practice beyond a suspicion of doubt. The Hygeian Agents throughout the country are instructed to receive signatures, and transmit them to the College. The Vegetable Universal Medicine is sold in Boxes at Is I lld, 2s 9d, and 4s 6d and in Family Packets (of three 4s 6d boxes, at lis and the Aperient Powders at Is 112-d, by Mrs. Heath, Bookseller, Agincourt-square, Monmouth Mr. W. H. Stucley, Bookseller, High-street, Abergavenny; William George, Prendergast, Haverfordwest William Evans, Seren Garner Office, Carmarthen Richard Chase, Pembroke; Thomas Barsey, Post Office, Fishguard Thomas Davies, Stationer, Narberlh Isaac Thomas, Printer, Cardigan Cranston, Stationer, Aberystwyth William Davies, Mercer, Newcastle-Emlyn and H. Williams, Powell-street, Swansea.

LONDON NEWS. THE CORONATION.—Trade has received a great stimulus by the announcement in The Gazette of the intended Coro- nation of our beloved King and Queen. Extensive orders have been issued to jewellers and robe makers by the Peers and Peeresses, and the Court dress makers have large orders on hand. A great ntamber of new coronets have been or- dered, and Rundell at^d Bridge, and Mc. Phail, of Regent- dered, and Rundell and Bridge, and Mc. Phail, of Regent- street, have the most extensive shew of coronets, from the new created Baron to the Premier Duke of Great Britain. The only procession at the Coronation will be from West- minster Hall to the Abbey. There have been several con- tracts entered into already for booths, in the vicinity of the Abbey; but the great loss sustained at the last Coronation by many contractors has prevented numbers from specu- lating so freely as they otherwise would have done. When Lord Brougham received the Great Seal, the enor- mous nnmber o'f 130 appeals was standing in the Chancel- lor's paper for hearing. Incredible as it must appear to those at a\l acquainted with the proceedings of this Court for the last thirty years, the whole of these appeals which are ready for adjudication, will, we are informed, have been heard and decided before the close of the week. On Thursday se'nnight, a young lad named Dent, seventeen years of age, and two of his companions, took a boat to row down the river, in order to keep his birth-day. Just below London-bridge the youths ran athwart the cable of one of the vessels which had come up from Woolwich in consequence of the opening of London-bridge, and was capsized. Every assistance was afforded from his Majesty's vessel, and one of the, lieutenants canght one of the lads by the hair of his head, and supported him until he got further assistance; and by great exeitiohs, another was saved but Dent sunk to rise no more. Sunday, about noon, as a gentleman, in a four-wheeled chaise, was descending Holborn-hill, the horse suddenly became restive when nearly opposite St. Andrew's Church, and kicked and plunged so violently as to break both the shafts, and to throw the gentleman out upon the pavement, running furiously along, to the great dismay of the passers- by. Fortunately, the horse'had not proceeeed above 100 yards before he struck against a lamp post at the corner of Field-lane with such violence as to kill him-upon the spot. The gentleman was taken into the shop of Mr. Noakes, a druggist opposite Farringdon-street, where it was ascertained that he was not seriously injured, and he was afterwards enabled to proceed to his residence. Medals to commemorate the opening of London bridge are, it is said, to be struck in gold and bronze. The front side is to represent the joint effigies of their Majesties, as on the coins of William and Mary, and on the obverse a well- executed view of the bridge, with a suitable inscription in Latin. Around the rim there is to be the date, and the name of the Lord Mayor.- lt.torning Paper. A gentleman named Wentworth, residing in Lower Sey- mour-street, was taken into custody in the House of Com- mons on Thursday night. It appeared that he had been sitting under the gallery in the place allotted to strangers, and that upon a division taking place, he followed the mem- bers who were going up to one of the side galleries. He was soon pointed as being a stranger," and consigned to the custody of the Sergeant at Arms. The Harlequin steam vessel narrowly escaped being run down by the Pluto government steam vessel, on Tuesday, opposite Deptford. The Harlequin, to avoid the danger, ran on shore. The Lords of the AuaiimUy have since ordered an investigation to take place into the circum- stances before a court martial.

COUNTRY NEWS. On Saturday last, as a son of Mr. Wm. Hatch, of Stoke Orchard, in Gloucestershire, was crossing a field near his father's house, a bull ran at him, knocked him down, and so severely gored him about the chest and bowels, that but slight hopes were entertained of his recovery. Great credit is due to Mr. Hone, the owner of the bull, for having it im- mediately confined, although it had not been previously known to be ferocious. On Monday last a man unknown was found dead, in a sitting posture, in a field in the parish of Dryffieln, near the road leading from Cirencester to Cricklade; he was about 5ft. 7in. high, slender made, apparently between 30 and 40 years of age. From his general appearance, and having drawing pencils about him, he is supposed to be Charles Johnson, a strolling player and scene painter. An inquest was held on Tuesday before Jos. Mountain, Esq., Coroner. Verdict, Found Dead.—No marks oLvîolence appeared on his person. The circumstance of Colonel Webb, one of our worthy representatives, having voted against ministers on the Down- ton question, seems to have given great offence to some of bur fellow citizens, who testified their disapprobation of his conduct upon this occasion, by burning the effigy of the Honourable Member, at the Barton-street turnpike, on Sa- turday fortnight, with every species of indignity. A similar scene was repeated on Monday night, but we do not think the Hon. Colonel's well-established character for political integrity will suffer by this display of popular feeling, which, we presume was meant as quid prg-, quo, or set-off, for pro- ceedings which took place here some months since.-Glou- cester Journal. SPORTING PERFORMANCE EXTRAORDINARY.—The wager of 1000 guineas, between Colonel C. and Mr. Osbaldiston, to ride two hundred miles in ten hours, will come off in October, in the Houghton Meeting at Newmarket. Mr. O. will employ about twenty race-horses in the performance, and Newmarket-heath will be the ground on which it will be attempted. This we believe is quite a new thing, no such distance having been performed in the same time. CARNARVON AND DUBLIN.-A regular communication is now established by the plying of a steam packet betwixt these places twice a week, with passengers and goods. We earnestly hope that a right view of their own interests will induce both Welsh and Irish to support the proprietors of the Air in an undertaking which bids fair to prove highly advantageous to both countries. SHARP PRACTICE.—On Wednesday last week, the rector of Stoke Dammerel summoned a shipwright named Rundle, belonging to his Majesty's dockyar, at Devonport, before the petty sessions of that town, to pay the sum of fourpence, claimed by him as Easter dues for himself and wife A MAD CAT.—In addition to the many disasters which have lately occurred from the bite of rabid animals, we re- gret to state that on Tuesday last the cook maid in the service of Mrs. Holditch, in Pinchbeck-street, Spalding, was severely bitten in two places in the hand by a mad cat, and a young man named Rowton, a dealer in rabbits, who endeavoured to destroy the animal, had one of his fingers much lacerated; surgical assistance was immediately pro- cured, the parts cut out, and great hopes are entertained of the patients doing Bee MORE STRENGTH THAN WISD&M.-—A considerable bet was decided on Wednesday sennight, at Steventon, on which occasion the following extraordinary feat was performed:— Joseph Smalbone, a blacksmith, carried at once three sacks of wheat, each weighing twelve score, and Alder, the fiddler, rode on the top, playing his violin, the distance of ten yards. Benjamin Belcher, landlord of the Crown, carried two sacks and the fiddler. Smalbone's load could be very little short of 900lbs. The bet was that the two should carry half a load of wheat on their backs at one time. THE GLASGOW CoACH RoBBERY.—The notes were con- cealed under the pavement of a stable, and to prevent the rats from destroying them, arsenic had been scattered about the place. Notwithstanding this, however, a good many were destroyed. Brown restored somewhere about :Cl loo, which were concealed hard rammed into a gun-barrel. Of the whole sum stolen, £5712, there is now recovered, des- troyed, or otherwise accounted for, upwards of £ 5400. IRELAND.—-FOUR PERSONS SIIOT!-WE have seen a private letter, received by a respectable merchant in this city, from a correspondent in Ballinrobe, in the county of Mayo, announcing the melancholy intelligence of three men and a woman having been shot near that tpwn on Saturday last. The writer states that the starving peasantry attempted to take by force 24 carts of meal from a party who were conducting it from Westport for the relief of the distressed. An altercation ensued, in which three countrymen and a woman were shot, and a considerable number wounded.— Several were taken prisoneis and lodged in the gaol of Bal- linrobe. The coroner was proceeding to hold an inquest on the bodies of the deceased, when the writer was closing his letter.— Evening Freeman. At the Wexford Assizes the grand jury threw out the bills charging with the crime of murder, certain parties implicated in the late affray at Newtownbarry. Bills were afterwards sent up by the crown against Captain Graham and a police- man named Gilfoyle, for the minor offence of manslaughter. The bill was ignored against the former and found against the latter, who is to take his trial. DREADFUL MURDER.—Wednesday, as Thomas Portis, parish clerk of Templetoohy, was returning from the Ses- sions at Nenagh, in Tipperary, he was met at Castleiny, about midway between Templemore and Templetoohy, by an able-looking man, who attacked and murdered him. A boy about ten years old, who witnessed the transaction, said that the murderer perpetrated the horrid deed with a "skull cracker," but denies having any knowledge of his person.— "I A few miles from Nenagh, on Thursday, the clerk of one of the steam vessels on the Shannon was fired at and danger- ously wounded. ORANGE PROCESSIONS—THE YEOMANRY.-The Lord- Lieutenant has dismissed from the yeomanry corps every member who has been proved to have taken part in the Orange processions of the 12th ult. His Excellency has thus vindicated the power as well as the perfect impartiality of his government. Lord Anglesey is determined not to be awed by faction in the discharge of the important duties of his elevated office. What he thinks right to do, that he fears not to undertake.— Dublin Ti;-nes.

FRIDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE, JULY 29. INSOLVENTS. John Malin, Ware, Hertfordshire, corn dealer. Charles flope, Clifton, Gloucestershire, bookseller. BANKRUPTS. Ralph Henry Alcock, Coventry, timber merchant. John Bell, Oporto, Portugal, wine merchants. Robert Birch, Great Longstone and Ashbourne, Derbyshire, cot- ton spinner. Henry Charles Curlewis, Hanover-street, Hanover-sqare, tailor- John Jones, Newington Causeway, hosier. Alfred Knight, Basing Lane, stationer. Samuel Lee, High-street, Poplar, victualler. Alfred Miller. Oxford-street, bookseller. John Parsons, Fulham Hoad, upholsterer. John Walter Povel, Wimborne Minster, Dorsetshiie, plumber. Joseph Vanzeller, Great Winchester-street, merchant. Daniel Wace, Newgate-street, grocer. James Wright, jun. Nottingham, jeweller.

To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. Sin,-Tlie. Times of the 28th of last month informs us that Mr. Severn had on the preceding Tuesday given notice of the following motion for the committee on the Reform Bill, viz.:—"That all unmarried females, being duly qua- lified, shall be entitled to vote in the elections of knights, citizens, and burgesses, to serve in Parliament;" and then the editor adds, the next step must, of course, be eligibi- lity to serve in Parliament themselves." In consequence of this notice several petitions are reported to be in a course of signature and the following one, it is said, is in circulation in a neighbouring county. Perhaps you will insert it in your next Merlin. August 2d, 1831. A CONSTANT READER. To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. The humble petition of the Female Inhabitants of the county of StIFWETH. That your petitioners, having lived peaceably and happily under the existing institutions of their country, were not, until recently, aware of the dreadful nature of its representative system but, awakened by the wisdom of his Majesty's ministers to all its glaring deformities, they view with the liveliest emotions the great work of Reform which is now in progress. At the same time, however, they venture to assure your honourable House that it will after all be a measure wholly incomplete and unsatisfactory unless it recognises the right of your petitioners and their female fellow subjects to an active participation in its various benefits. That your petitioners beg at once to inform your honourable House, on behalf of themselves and the female inhabitants of this realm, that they claim an equal right with its male popula- tion as well of voting in the election of members of your honour- able House as of being eligible to become members of it them- selves. That your petitioners found their right to the elective franchise on the very same principles as those upon which the male peti- tioners of your honourable House have hitherto called for Parlia- mentary Reform, whether they be those of the advocates of universal suffrage or of such as style themselves moderate re- formers. That the first class of reformers contend that your honourable House should be remodelled upon this equitable basis-that that which concerns all should be approved by all," and there- fore that all should have a vote in the choice of those to whom are to be entrusted their lives and liberties." Now although in their petitions the exclusion of females is implied, yet the same reason and justice upon which this maxim and inference are founded apply with equal force to women as to men. Their lives and their liberties are equally dear and valuable to them, and they are equally concerned in the choice of those who are to be the guardians and regulators of both. The claim of your pe- titioners therefore cannot be resisted by the advocate for univer- sal suffrage without the grossest violation of his own maxims.- It is indeed a contradiction in terms to call that privilege in this country universal, from the exercise of which at least one half of his Majesty's liege subjects would be entirely excluded. That the other class of reformers contend that the property and intelligence" of the country should be represented, and that where there is taxation there should be representation." Now your petitioners humbly submit, that in respect to the property of unmarried females there is, in this country, clearly and un- questionably taxation without representation. Such female owner of property has no vote in the choice—no voice whatever in the election of those who are to tax that property. That pro- perty, so far as its owner is concerned, is left entirely at the mercy and unchecked disposal of those over whom she can exer- cise no constitutional control. Well may a learned commenta- tor on our laws declare that for such an arbitrary exclusion he never could discover any substantial reason." It was therefore with feelings of the greatest satisfaction that your petitioners heard of the recent notice on this subject, given by one of your honourable members, and which they cannot but suppose will have a favourable termination when they recollect the patient attention of your honourable House and the impartial political justice of his Majesty's ministers. That as to "the representation of intelligence," your peti- tioners cannot for a moment doubt that, in these days of light and liberalism, the idea of the mental inferiority of the feminine gender will be discarded by your honourable House with that utter contempt which it so wisely shews to all the other anti- quated notions of our ancestors. If the schoolmaster has been abroad, so has the schoolmistress too and knowledge is now no longer a male monopoly. It is therefore impossible that the im- proved state of the national mind can be fully represented in Parliament unless the female sex have a voice in the election of its members. This is a truth so self evident as to require no further illustration, and cannot be denied either by the boldest ad- vocate of universal suffrage, or the more modest supporter of moderate reformation. That your petitioners' right to vote in the choice of members of your honourable House being thus indisputably established, they must also contend that there is no just reason why they should be excluded from being eligible to become members of it themselves. In the two chief qualifications of a senator-in the head to contrive, and the tongue to persuad,.e"-tlie women of England acknowledge no superiority. Besides the great con- stitutional laws of the land recognise the adequacy of female powers in the highest functions of the state and the reigns of the Queens of England are always referred to as the most prospe- rous and brilliant in its annals. And shall it be said that that sex which is competent to govern a kingdom is unfit to assist in its legislation The bigotted adherent to ancient custom may reply in the affirmative but from your honourable House, in these enlightened times, your petitioners expect a far different decision. )Cour honourable House is now no longer benighted by the blind prejudices of the past, and the all-changeful spirit, of the age. that guides and governs its deliberations, will soon dispel those mental mists which have hitherto enveloped the energies of your countrywomen. The dark clouds of ignorance and error will pass away, and the morning star of female intelligence will be seen splendidly uniting with that wonderful constellation of talent which is to astonish and adorn the Great Council of the Nation when illumined hy the genius of Parliamentary Reform. And your petitioners, as in duty bound, shall ever pray.