1829.] Cambridgeshire, Leicestei'shire, Warwickshire, ^c. 



479 



Clarendon Press, for tlic reception of Dr. Buck- 

 land's Geological and Mineralogical Collection, 

 leaving ample space for tlie accommodation of Iiis 

 class, and another to be appropriated to the Pom- 

 fret Statues ; and such cas-ts of the best statues 

 as are not in the Radcliffe Library, are to be 

 added. A sum of .£2,000, left by Dr. Randolph, 

 is to be applied to this purpose. One of the looms 

 of the Clarendon is to be given up to the Pro- 

 fessor of Experimental Philosophy. The Asljuio- 

 lean Museum will thus be loft free for its original 

 purposes — it is intended to dedicate the room 

 which now holds Dr. Buckland's collection, to 

 antiquities; and to fit up the room, occupied at 

 present by Mr. Rigaud, for the Ashmolean Li- 

 brary ; to apply the upper room entirely to objects 

 of Natural History. — Oxford Herald, Aug. 22. 



CAMBRIDGESHIRE.— A new building, to be 

 called "The Piit Library," is about to be erected 

 at Cambridge, out of the surplus of tlic funds sub- 

 scribed for a statue to that distinguished oina- 

 inent of the University. 



By the abstract of the treasurer's accounts for 

 the town of Cambridge, from Easter sessions 

 1S28, to those of 1829, it appears £\,7i6. 19s. 5d. 

 were collected, and that nearly the whole of which 

 was used for criminal jurisprudence and its con- 

 tingencies. 



LEICESTERSHIRE.— We are sorry to say, 

 that there appears no amendment in the state of 

 the hosiery trade, though this is a time of the year 

 when some activity is usually manifested. Even 

 worsted spinners, who have hitherto been well 

 employed, now begin to feel the effects of the 

 general depression. — Leicester Chronicle. 



WARWICKSHIRE.— The proprietors of the 

 water-works have recently held a meeting at the 

 Royal jHotel, and have the satisfaction to state, 

 that their efforts have been crowned with success, 

 in completing the number of shares which were 

 wanting, and they are now in a situation to pro- 

 ceed with the works. The commissioners for im- 

 proving the town, have determined upon com- 

 mencing the contemplated improvements in Staf- 

 ford-street. — Birmingham Jonrnal. 



At Coventry, a meeting of the ribbon weavers 

 lately took jdace, io order to concert means for 

 resisting a reduction of thi'ir wages. After pro- 

 ceeding to acts of open outrage, such as breaking 

 of windows and destroying whatever property 

 came in their way, they were prevailed upon to 

 desist, and the principal masters having acceded to 

 their terms, peace was restored. There are great 

 numbers of them out of employ, and they particu- 

 larly feel the blighting effects of tlic Free Trade 

 system, as well as Maccleslield, CiMigleton, Wor- 

 cester, Barnsley, Paisley, Dublin, &c. &c. &c. If 

 30,000 of our own poor ^ng-//»/j weavers, thi ow. 

 Bters, and spinners had been dismissed by their 

 masters, and as many French and /^//(«n artisans 

 employed in their places, it could not have been 

 worse !!l 



LINCOLNSHIRE.— At a re-letting (for 21 

 years) of a small part of the estates of the free 

 Crammar-school, St:imford, on Tuesday last, an 

 increase of jCHO per annum was made in the ren- 

 tal The salary of the master is now larger, we 



never will, until all the mean buildings about it' 

 a« well as St. Margaret's Church, arc totally 

 taken away. 



believe, than that of the master of any other free- 

 school in England, and the situation is as nearly 

 as possible a sinecure !!!!!!•— iinco/ji, Rutland, 

 and Stamford .Mercury, Sept. 11. 



Tlje autumn fruits are so plentiful that the 

 gatliering is harlly repaid by the price of what is 

 taken to market. Last week a quantity of excel- 

 lently-flavoured apples, which Ii.id bi>en taken to 

 Boston fiom Bourn, were sold for lOs. ; the same 

 lot would last year, at this time, have fetched at 

 least four pound.'! ! Beautiful fish, of a variety of 

 species, are retailed in Boston maiket for prices 

 which would excite astonishment in the minds of 

 persons residing at a distance. Tench, and other 

 delicacies, are retailed for a few pence thedozi'n ; 

 and shrimps are positively so abundant, that the 

 fishermen are glad to throw cmsiderable quantities 

 overboard, as they cannot find a market for them, 

 at any price.— jBosion Gazette. 



CORNWALL. — At these assizes an incident of 

 a remarkable nature occurred. As soon as the 

 learned judge had concluded his charge, one of 

 the jurymen, who had not been so advanced in the 

 box as the others, rose and addressed his lord- 

 ship: — "Mylord, it is with the greatest reluc- 

 tance that I mention the circumstance to your 

 lordship, hut I assure you, that I liave not been 

 so fortunate as to hear one single word of your 

 lordship's charge. I should wish very much to 

 hear your loidship's opinion, as the case is one of 

 some difficulty." — Mr. Justice IJurrough (evi- 

 dently surprised) said he was very sorry that he 

 could not assume a louder tone. The juryman 

 said, that his brother jurors were in a similar 

 predicament with himself, and the only remedy 

 which he could offer was, that the jury should go 

 nearer to his lordship. The jury then, by the di- 

 rection of his lordship, left their box, and, to the 

 great mortification of the ladies, who were sent 

 away in all directions, the twelve gentlemen took 

 a situation as near as possible to his lordship, 

 who went over the charge once more. Neither 

 the attorneys nor counsel, nor parties on either 

 side, could hear one word of what passed! No- 

 thing but the extreme delicacy of the subject, and 

 the fear of giving even the slightest pain to the 

 venerable and amiable judge in question, pre- 

 vented us hitherto from remarking the instances, 

 during the present circuit, where similar com- 

 plaints on tlie part of jurymen would have been 

 perfectly justified!!! — Trewman's JE.reter Flying 

 Post. 



WALES. — At Flintshire assizes only two mis- 

 demeanors were for trial. 



A pitched battle for .£20 a-side, was fought 

 between two men of the names of Price and 

 Humphreys, at Llanbadarn A'ynydd, in Radnor- 

 shire. The men fought 85 rounds in the presence 

 of 2,000 spectators ; when Huniphreys was cariied 

 into the neighbouring inn, perfectly insensible, 

 and shortly afterwards «;;/)■(•(/ / He has left a 

 wife and five children, who are now become <%- 

 tirely dependent upon the parish!!! 



• Tills is not the only instauccof a free grammar- 

 school master's situation being " as nearly as pos- 

 sible a sinecure." We nu'nliini tiie circumstance 

 to elicit inquiry and relornKitiiiii ; else of what 

 use are the labnui's and the iiniiiense expense at- 

 teniling the Ccimmission of Inquiry into our 

 Charitable Instilntiuns, If tucb ubuics are still 

 allowed to remain '' 



