240 Provincial Occurrences : Berks, Wales, ticoiland, &c. [[FEB. 



ation, and unjust monopolies, which, 

 whilst they benefit and enrich the few, 

 ruin our agriculture, destroy our com- 

 merce, and starve our population !!!" 



BERKS. A county meeting took 

 place at Reading, having been sum- 

 moned by the High Sheriff, for Par- 

 liamentary Reform, when a petition to 

 the House of Commons for that pur- 

 pose was carried unanimously. A reso- 

 lution in favour of vote by ballot was 

 also carried. 



The amount at the last meeting of 

 the trustees of the Reading Savings' 

 Bank, appears to be 87,777. 6s. 3d., 

 and the depositors numbered 2,025, in- 

 cluding 17 friendly societies. 



Sentence of death was passed upon 26 

 prisoners at the High Commission As- 

 sizes for this county ; and about 70 

 were either transported or imprisoned. 



HANTS. Sentence of death was re- 

 corded upon 101 prisoners at the Special 

 Commission held at Winchester 6 only 

 were left for execution ! 36 were tran- 

 sported, 65 imprisoned, and 67 ac- 

 quitted. 



At the last meeting of the governors 

 of the Chichester Savings' Bank it ap- 

 peared that 53,374. 11s. 5d. had been 

 received up to Nov. 20, 1830; and that 

 the number of contributors amounted to 

 970; including 16 Friendly and 8 Cha- 

 ritable Societies. The Newport Sav* 

 ings' Bank, up to the same period, had 

 received 36,012. 11s. Id., and the de- 

 positers were 833. 



CORNWALL. By the general 

 statement of the Penzance Savings' 

 Bank, made up to Nov. 20, 1830, it 

 appears that 43,966. 7s. 6d. had been 

 received from 003 depositors, and 11 

 Charitable and Friendly Societies. 



A county meeting has been held at 

 Bodmin, when the freeholders passed, 

 unanimou ly, resolutions for aReform in 

 Parliament, and petitions to Lords and 

 Commons, embodying them, were like- 

 wise passed. 



There has been for some time past 

 considerable excitement amongst the 

 fishermen of Paul, near Penzance, New- 

 lyn, and Mousehole, in consequence of a 

 demand made on them for Tithes of 

 Fish ; this tithe was for many years 

 fixed at 20s. each boat, but now 'it is 

 raised to '4. 10s. A solicitor of St. 

 Ives went there a short time since to 

 demand the tithes for his client, but 

 was so roughly assailed that he was 

 obliged to retreat. From The Cornu- 

 lian, Jan. 7 ; which paper also states, 

 that at a vestry held at Callington, it 

 was considered that, instead of 6s. in 

 the pound, under the present extraordi- 

 nary pressure of the times, 2s. would be 

 a fair composition for their tithes this 



year. The same paper states, through 

 the medium of one of its correspondents, 

 " That the rental of the land, in the 

 pai'ishes of South Hill and Callington, 

 amounts to only 3,800 a vear ; and 

 that the Rector actually receives from 

 the farmers nearly f,000. yearlv as 

 Tithes ! ! !" 



SUSSEX. The magistrates assem- 

 bled at the Quarter Sessions have agreed 

 to a petition to the House of Commons, 

 specifying that, in the present unfortu- 

 nate state of the country, they feel 

 themselves called upon to press most 

 strongly upon the attention of the House 

 the very distressing condition of the oc- 

 cupiers of farms, whether proprietors or 

 tenants, in a great part of tne eastern 

 division of Sussex, and of their inabi- 

 lity of pay ing their labourers, occasioned 

 by abuse of the poor - laws ; to the 

 changes in the currency ; to the exces- 

 sive burthen of taxation ; and to the 

 system of tithes. 



WALES. The Swansea Savings' 

 Bank deposits amounted, November 20, 

 to 15,675. 3s. lld., and to 406 de- 

 positors. 



The disturbances which existed in 

 Wales have entirely subsided. The 

 men have returned to their work ; but 

 in almost every instance the demands 

 of the men have been complied with. 

 The distress is not attributable to any 

 local cause, but to that which afflicts 

 the whole country -excessive and over- 

 whelming taxation. Chester Courant. 



SCOTLAND. New Year's Day last 

 the waters of Loch Leven were ad- 

 mitted into the new channel which has 

 been preparing for their reception dur- 

 ing the two last years. This was an 

 operation of the greatest delicacy, not 

 unattended with danger, as the new cut 

 is made to penetrate a considerable way 

 into the lake, which had lately risen to 

 an almost unprecedented height, and 

 was threatening every moment to burst 

 its barriers. Had this taken place, the 

 immense tide of waters which would 

 have escaped, would have carried along 

 with it devastation and ruin. Tims a 

 thousand acres of excellent land will be 

 recovered from the lake, and several 

 thousands of acres of marshy soil will be 

 made perfectly dry, rendered capable of 

 the highest cultivation, and will form 

 one of the finest tracts of champaign 

 country. The lake still consists of six 

 square miles. Edinburgh Weekly Chro- 

 nicle, Jan. 5, 1831. 



A Meeting for Reform has taken 

 place at Glasgow, at which various 

 resolutions were adopted, and petitions 

 passed, to which an immense number of 

 signatures have been attached. 



