110 Provincial Occurrences : —Dorsetshire, Lancashire, 4'C. [JuLV, 



DOllSETSHIllE. 



in observing that a 



pies sent by ]Mr. Jillard, a plate of 

 citrons, lemons, and oranges, from Col. 

 Houlton, and some very fine cauli- 

 flowers, several plates of ripe strawber- 

 ries, and cherries. The flowers were very 

 fine specimens of cellularia, erycthnna 

 cristagalli, phlox wbeeleri, cistus cocca- 

 nia, and seedling geraniums, erica ven- 

 trliosa, verbente niirandolis, &c. &c. 



—We are gratified 

 society has been 

 established i?i Blandford, for the benefit 

 and improvement of the labouring 

 classes, by procuring and letting out 

 land to them at a fair and moderate rent. 

 A meetinff for this purpose was recently 

 held in that town, the Hon. and Rev. 

 S. Best in the chair, when the requisite 

 resolutions were entered into. It is 

 pleasing to witness the extension of a 

 plan which is so eminently calculated as 

 IS the Allotment System, to promote the 

 temporal interests of the labouring 

 classes, to render them more indepen- 

 dent, comfortable, and contented; and 

 to promote their moral welfare, by giv- 

 ing them habits of honest and profitable 

 industry. 



LANCASHIRE — ]\Ir. Maury, the 

 late Consul from the United States, at 

 lyiverpool, where he resided many years, 

 was entertained at New York, on his 

 arrival from England ; and after dinner 

 following toast was given by the 



the 

 chairman 



" Our venerable guest, whose deport- 

 ment, public and private, during an ab- 

 sence of nearly half a century, endeared 

 him to those among whom he was a 

 sojourner, and strengthened the affec- 

 tion and respect of his countrymen." 

 ]Mr. Maury then rose and said— 

 ]Mr. Mayor— I request you and the 

 gentlemen present, to accept my most 

 thankful and respectful acknowledg- 

 ments for the high and distinguished 

 honour conferred on me this day — 

 a day which I shall ever have pride 

 in recollecting, from the kind manner in 

 which you welcome my arrival in my 

 native 'land, after so long an absence. 

 To the gratification I feel from this en- 

 dearing reception, you have added a 

 still greater in the flattering testimonial 

 of approbation you have been pleased to 

 give as to my conduct abroad, which I 

 must ever highly appreciate. I have 

 particular satisfa'ction in noticing the 

 wonderful changes which have taken 

 place in this great city since my being 

 here, in 1/83, then estimated, I believe, 

 to contain not more than 20,000— and 

 now more than 200,000 inhabitants ! ! ! 



LEICESTERSHIRE.— The Lord 

 Chancellor's decision, in the case of the 

 school of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, is one of 

 much importance to the diUusion of ge- 



neral knowledge. His Lordship, in con- 

 firmation of the INIaster's Report, in 

 1806, decided that the school was not for 

 instruction in the learned languages 

 only, but for the communication of the 

 minor branches of science, " jiivenes 

 liueros infantes et parvulos" being men- 

 tioned in the foundation Act — persons, 

 in fact, too young to be taught Latin 

 and nothing' but Latin. Every body 

 knows that in the reigns of Edward VI. 

 and Queen Elizabeth, the age for found- 

 ing grammar schools, many such were 

 established for the exclusive purpose of 

 teaching the learned languages. But it 

 is also known, that many schools, esta- 

 blished for more general instruction,^ 

 have been since raised into the rank of 

 grammar schools, by which the poor 

 have been deprived of the advantages 

 originally intended for them. But as 

 the latter evil is remedied by the dis- 

 covery of the Bell and Lancasteriau 

 systems, and by the proper qualifications 

 of masters to impart general knowledge 

 —reading, writing, and accounts, there 

 can be no reason why schools should not 

 be re^idered general!}' useful, according 

 to the spirit of the age in which we live, 

 and according to that spirit which does 

 positively direct the formation of schools 

 at present. 



WALES.— Merthyr, June 8. The 

 Court of Requests, or as it is commonly 

 called, the Court of Conscience, has 

 been a source of great annoyance to the 

 working classes for a length of time, and 

 threats have been dealt out repeatedly 

 that they would have it abolished alto- 

 gether. On Thursday, an execution was 

 levied on the goods of one of the work- 

 men employed in the Cyfarthfa Iron 

 Works, belonging to Messss. Crawshay 

 and Sons, and on that evening a crowd 

 assembled together, who demanded of 

 the clerk of the court all the books and 

 papers in his possession, which were ulti- 

 mately taken and totally burnt, toge- 

 ther with the whole of the furniture. A 

 messenger wis despatched to Brecon; 

 where a detachment of the 93d High- 

 landers was stationed. The soldiers ar- 

 rived, and when the Riot Act was read, 

 and on being asked for what purpose the 

 mob had sssembled, they said that they 

 must have an immediate advance of 

 wages. The iron -masters then addressed 

 them in the most kind language, beg- 

 ging them to disperse, and come to them 

 in small bodies of ten or a dozen men, 

 assuring them that every attention 

 should be paid to any thing they had to 

 communicate. To this, however, they 

 would not listen ; when one violent man 

 urged his lawless companions to seize 

 the arms of the soldiery, which was im- 

 mediately done, and not until then was 

 the order given to fire. The moment 



