1830.] Sussex, Kent, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Devonshire, tyc. 615 



off of about 1,960 tickets ! Yet it is ex- 

 pected there will be a surplus of receipts 

 above the expenditure of about 800 for 

 the benefit of the hospital Norfolk Chro- 

 nicle, Oct. 2. 



Oct. 12. A meeting was held at Beccles 

 of the inhabitants to consider of the steps 

 taken by the corporation, to apply to Par- 

 liament for an act for rendering the river 

 "Waveney navigable for sea-borne vessels, 

 when the following resolution passed una- 

 nimously : " That it is the decided opinion 

 of this meeting that the making this Town 

 a Port for Sea-borne Vessels, to and from 

 the new Harbour at Lowestoft, would tend 

 greatly to the utility and prosperity of the 

 inhabitants of this place, and that conse- 

 quently we entirely and cordially approve 

 of the steps which the corporation have 

 taken, and are about to take, to carry so 

 desirable an object into complete effect." 

 Norfolk Chronicle. 



SUSSEX The expenses for regulating, 



paving, improving, and managing the town 

 of Brighthelmstone, and the Poor thereof, 

 from Dec. 31, 1829, to June 30, 1830, 

 amounted to 17,345. 18s. 4d. 



KENT This county is in a very agi- 

 tated state, and not without reason, on 

 account of the organized system of stack- 

 burning and machine-breaking, which ap- 

 pears to be established in several extensive 

 districts. The farmers flattered themselves 

 that the large reward (500 !) which has 

 been offered would have the effect of induc- 

 ing some of the incendiaries to betray their 

 accomplices, but in this they have hitherto 

 been disappointed. In this county, where 

 agricultural distress has been proverbially 

 less frequent and more transient than in any 

 other, no alarming combination of the la- 

 bourers has ever taken place without an 

 adequate cause. And what is the cause of 

 their present fearful proceedings ? Truth 

 must be told : they are in a state of unpre- 

 cedented distress they cannot obtain any 

 thing like a fair compensation for their 

 labour they begin to despair of sufficient 

 means of bare subsistence, except in a state 

 of ignominious pauperism. There are, 

 doubtless, exceptions to be found. In 

 every assemblage of violent men there are 

 some whose violence has no cause but in 

 their love of riot and hope of plunder. But 

 these evidently form no approach to the ma- 

 jority of the numbers who are now breaking 

 the peace ; by far the greater part of them 

 are men whom want desperate, reckless 

 want has goaded to acts of vindictive vio- 

 lence Kentish Chronicle. 



STAFFORDSHIRE. Application is 

 intended to be made to Parliament in the 

 ensuing sessions, for a Bill to authorise the 

 construction of a Railway from Wolver- 

 hampton, through Dudley, to Birmingham, 

 with branches, which will afford a quick 

 and easy communication with all the places 



forming the important mining and manu- 

 facturing districts of that part of the country. 



SHROPSHIRE The new Salop In- 

 firmary, the erection of which reflects much 

 credit on the spirit and liberality of the 

 nobility and gentry of the county, was 

 opened Sept. 30. The expense of the erec- 

 tion is stated at 18,745. 18s. 10., which 

 will be defrayed as follows : subscriptions 

 for building 11,252, congregational col- 

 lections 1,013, net receipts of the Ladies* 

 Bazaar 1,078, leaving about 6000 to be 

 paid out of the accumulated funds (which 

 are ample) belonging to the Institution. 



DEVONSHIRE Great rejoicings took 

 place at Exeter, Sept. 29, on the occasion 

 of opening the new Water Dock, which has 

 been cut to prevent vessels losing time when 

 the Canal is closed on account of the floods 

 of the river. The extreme length of the 

 basin is 917 feet, and its width 110 feet 6, 

 over two-thirds of the length, and at the 

 lower end, or entrance, 90 feet ; its uniform 

 depth is 18 feet, with commodious sites on 

 its margin for the erection of suitable wharfs, 

 &c. In this noble dock the largest traders 

 may take in or discharge their cargoes. 

 The Royal William -ensign, the identical 

 standard raised by William III. on his 

 landing at Torbay, was hoisted at the fore- 

 mast-head of the barge which was destined 

 to enter the basin first. At six o'clock a 

 party of about 240 gentlemen sat down to 

 a most sumptuous dinner to celebrate the 

 event. 



OXFORD. The expences for the 

 county for last year (up to Trinity Ses- 

 sions, 1830,) amount to =8,209. 15s. 8d. 



CORNWALL The 17th annual meet- 

 ing of the Royal Geological Society of Corn- 

 wall was this year more numerously attended 

 than on any former occasion : long before 

 the business of the day commenced, the 

 room was crowded to excess, and many 

 persons who were particularly anxious to be 

 present, and came rather late, were forced 

 again to retire. The report was read and 

 unanimously adopted. It contained an 

 eulogium on George IV. for the patronage 

 he accorded to the Society ; and an address 

 to William IV., soliciting his protection for 

 the same purpose. The communications 

 which have been made to the society since 

 the publication of its third volume of Tran- 

 sactions, being quite sufficient to fill another 

 volume, the council suggest that an imme- 

 diate arrangement be made for the printing 

 and publication of a fourth volume. 



WALES In the transactions of the 



Natural History Society of Northumber- 

 land, Durham, and Newcastle, it is stated, 

 that the quantity of iron annually manufac- 

 tured in Wales is about 270,000 tons, of 

 which about three-fourths is made into bars, 

 and one-fourth sold as pigs and castings. 

 The annual consumption of coals required 

 by the iron-works is about 1,500,000 tons. 



