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25/01/1823

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The Aberdeen Chronicle

Date of Article: 25/01/1823
Printer / Publisher: J. Booth, jun. 
Address: Chronicle Lane, Aberdeen
Volume Number:     Issue Number: 851
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J. BOOTH, JIM. Chronicle Lane [ Price 7d. IT, J AM A ITY 25, 182A: • irii inriiri'miii; mi iimnw im" M'ifWSSMS) ™ saw gftctSffen. •*/' COLLEGIATE ESTABLISHMENT, for the Education OF A SELECT AND LIMITED > JlJ. MJ3EU OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN, BY THE REV. MR. MARCUS, Lti U Curate of St. Sepulchre and Alt Saints, in NorLhumntji. THE REV. JVJR. MAftCUS having, wutfctije ad- rice of several of Iris Friends, determined upon opening1 A Collegiate EstallhJment in tftis Ciii/, fin the same Plan of Institution tie his long pursued, Iroth in J. ondon and in Northampton, vfith great success,; begs leave most respectfully to intimate this. his intention, and at the same time to solicit the patronage of the Parents and Guardians of p. Youth in Aberdeen and its neighbourhood. Mr.' MARCOS wtruld likewise announce, that he is in treaty for a House and Premises, most delightfully situated in the immediate neighbourhood of Aberdeen; that his number of Pupils will be botli select and limited, and that he intends ^ opening his Seminary without delay, upon the following ten as; Per Annum. ! Board gnd Genera! Instruction for Young7 3Q Gentlemen under tt years of pge, J' ' '' JXtto ... ;.. IB. ditto, ... 35 Ditto. Ditto ... above that age, ... 40 Ditto. C3" VACATIONS SHORT. *," A Synopsis of Education, 4fcC. may be had on applica- tion to Mr. MAKCIS. . Iiimpeer's tTbiJ, Jail. VS, 1825. WINES. ON SALE, HY TIIE SUBSCRIBER, MADEIRA— genuine, and of superior flavour. DIRECT 48s. per Dozen. WEST INDIA, 52s. per Do. EAST INDIA. • 63s. per Do. Bottles ( full quart} included. Fine OLD PORT, in pint and quart Bottles. N. a— A few Half Ilhds. fine EDINBURG H A EE. JA. MES McKAY. Guestrow, Jan. 14. 1823. • D AN C IN G. ' MR. DUFF respectfully lregs leave to intimate, that his PItlVATE CLASS, for YOUNG GENTLE- MEN: for QUADRILLES, REELS, and COUNTRY DANCES, will. commence on Monday tbe 3d of February. > Days and hours will be made to suit his Pupils. Concert Mull, Jan. 24, 1823. E& ORAI CONCERT. VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL. Under the Patronage of the Hon. the lOIlD PROVOST AND MAGISTRATES OF THE CJTY. MR. KNOTT Bega leave to announce to tbe Ladies and Gentlemen, his Friends and the Public of Aberdeen, and its Vicinity, thai the - ANNUAL CONCERT FOR HIS RF. NEFIT, Will take place on FRIDAY Evening first, the 31st current, III the Magnificent Saloon, adjoining the Lyceum, UNION STREET. Tn deference to the opinion of several respectable Friends, • 11 Devotional and Sacred Poetry will be avoided on this oc- casion. Tbe Chorusses will consist principally of some of the best Ancient SCOTTISH Alas, beautifully Harmonized by Corje, and will be found, Mr. K. flatters himself, peculiarly jjleasing. The utmost pains\ vill be taken to render the Choir effective; and Mr. K. hopes that the Entertainment will be found worthy tif the support whichbe presumes most respectfully to solicit. Tickets, admitting to the East End of the Room, entrance from Union Street, Price 2s. 6d. and to the other End, en- trance from Baillie M'Cotnbie's Close. Price Is. 6d. to be had at • Ije Public Libraries, Musical Repositories, and Book- sellers Shops; of Mr. William Maitland. Union Street; and of Mr. Knott, in the Copper Company's Close, Gallowgate. Tickets for Children, Price Is. 6d. tor the East End; and Is. for tbe West, at tbe same places. T| te Concert will commence at half- past? o'clock. The Room wilt be well warmed. GEORGE WILL, BAKHH, TAKES this opportunity of returning, thanks to'* hfs' Friends, and tbe Public at large, for the very liberal . aupport he lias experienced during the tiire he has carried on ! business : he begs to intimate, that he has. relinquished his I- Tjadvin favoni of Mr. MORTIMER, Baker, Aberdeen, ?, whom he can safely, recommend as every way qualified for carrying on the business to their satisfaction ; and solicits the , . patronage of his friends and the public in his favour. IMside. Jan. 20, 1823. TO LET, A HOUSE and GARDEN iu CANAL STREET, hj* il Mount- hooly—-- tontiiiuing two Rooms, three lied- Rooms, Krtciiem and Cellar. This is a pleasant situation, com- bining both town and country. ALSO, TWO FLATS in the Broad gate • one is a large one, cori- taining Dining and Drawing Room, small Parlour, two Bed Rooms, two Coomceiled Bed Places, with large Kitchen, and Cellar ; " and a small FLAT, in a Back House, fronting the College Church. All the Floors shut in by themselves. There will be added, if agreed upon, the use of a Washing- house and Green, upon the Canal- side. Apply to JAMES MELL IS. WHO HAS TWO CROFTS TO SET, Upon Ythan Side, in the parish of Logie Buchan, with 8 or 10 Acres of Land, less or more, as desired. The Houses are in good order. This is a good situation for Tradesmen. Messrs. David Brown, or George Kerr, Schoolmaster, will show the Crofts. They will be set worth the money. FLOORS, & c. TO LET. ASMALL HOUSEin FREDERICK STREET, to let, in whole or in part. The FIRT FLOOR of a House, head of King Street, presently possessed by Mr, Robert Davidson. Several HALF FLOORS and GARRETS in a large House in Water Lane; and the LOW FLOOR of same House, presciitly possessed by Captain Baxter, called the Steam Tavern, w ithin ten yards of ^ lie Quay, consisting of Six Fife Rooms, with Garret Rooms, Cellars, & c. This Tavern being so conveniently situated to tbe Shipping, is well worthy of the notice of any person wishing to occupy it ill the same line. Also, a great manv HALF FLOORS, ROOMS, and GARRETS, in CATTO SQUARE, at Footdee. The Houses are nearly- all new, well finished, and painted; with Bleach- greens, and other conveniences. The Houses at Faotdee " ill be shewn by Mr. Smith; and those in Frederick Street, King Street, and Water Lane by JOHN CATTO, PROPRIETOR, ALEX. MORTIMER, IN reference to the above, lieg9 leave to assure those who may be pleased to favour him with their orders, that he wili always endeavour to furnish them with BREAD of the first quality ; and as be has for sometime been engaged in the Manufacture of FLODR he flatters himself, that he will be enabled lo supply the public on moderate terms. A. M avails himself of this opportunity of expressing his grateful thanks to his friends, and the public in general, for the very liberal encouragement he has experienced, since he commenced business in Aberdeen ; and begs to assure them, that he shall always make it his study to meiit the continuance of their patronage and support. Quay. Jan 20, 1823. TO LET, ENTRF AT tVHITSUNDAY NEXT, ' TMIE only remaining pails of these new premises, A fronting" Castle Street, viz The Second SHOP from Castle Street, fronting Union Street, and two small FLOORS, over the intended Athenarum, looking to the maikct place. The Shop is nearly a square of 20 feet, and a Cellar under- neath will be attached. The. Floors consist each of four apartments, besides Coom- ceiled Rooms, Cellar, and Water Closet; aud, iu point of situation, are unequalled in the town. Also, to Let, entry as above, That commodious SHO P in Castle Street, for many years possessed by Mr. William Clark, as a Grocery Warehouse, with he Cellarage ui derneath, partly lilted up with Catacombs, Apply to the Proprietor, Mr. Browu; or to Charles Chal- mers, Advocate. ) I 4 j SALE OF HABERDASHERY GOODS, & c. IN ONE LOT. WILLIAM WEIR, HABERDASHERin Aberdeen, having executed a Trust Deed, in favour of JOHN E- VSING and JOHN SMITH, Advocates, Aberdeen, as Trustees for behoof of hi. Creditors, his whole STOCK of GOODS. consisting of CLOTHS DUFFLES—- FLANNELS- POPLINS— BOMB A ZEENS— BOMB AZETTS— Plain and Figured MUSLIN- SHIK. TINGS—- RIBBONS- LACES— TRIMMINGS. & c. together with the SHEL- VING and SHOP FURNITURE, will be sold, within the Shop in Broad Street, on Saturday tile fifteenth day of Feb- riary uejt, al 1 o'clock r. M. An Inventory of the Goods, which are in the best order, bein" almost newly purchased o> imported, is in the hands of Mr. William Philip, Merchant, Broad Street: and may be seen by intending purchasers any day before the sale. Such an opening for a beginner is seldom to be met with. Those indebted to the Estate are requested to make im- mediate payment to either of the Trustees ; with either of whom, the Creditors will also please lodge their claims, proper- ly vouched, without delay. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. WILLIAM WATSON, MILLWRIGHT, lately residing at Cotton, near Aberdeen, having granted trust deed for behoof. pf his Creditors, those indebted to him are requested to order immediate payment to A. Stronacli, Advocate in Aberdeen; with whom all claims against him uiust be lodged, within a month from this date. January 22, 1823. ON SALE, CHESHIRE R 0 CK SAL T. IfW) T0NS of PURIFIED ROCK SALT. *. f\ r X Its superior quality for curing Provisions, and for all culinary purposes, is such, that it only requires to be known, to be brought into general rise. Apply to DAVID MILNE. Aberdeen, Jan. 1- 1, 1823. FIRST SPRING SHIP FOR QUEBEC AND MONTREAL. The New fast sailing BRIO QUEBEC PACKET, CAIT. ANDERSON, ( A Regular Trader,) from Aberdeen by tbe 25ih March— This vessel has superior accommodation for Passengers, being fitted up with State Rooms. & c. and will return direct to Aberdeen. For rate of Freight, aud Passage Faras, apply to KOBr. CATTO. Aberdeen, Jan. 22, 1823. FOR NEW YORK. The fine fast sailing Coppered BRIO JAMES AND MARGARET, CAPT. MILNE, ( A Regular Trader, J Will sail from Aberdeen" by the 15th March, having supe fiat accommodation for Passengers. Fui rate of Freight, aud Passage Fare, apply to 110 Bx. CATTO. ( One Concern.) Aberdeen, Jan. 22, 1823. ~ ;; 0R ST. JOHN'S, NEVV BRUNSWICK, ( A Constant Trader J THE SHIP FA I R F I E L D, 350 Register Ton's, JAMES WORK, MASTER,! take in Goods and Passengers for the auo\ e port, and on Ihe lst March, yor Freight or Passage apply to JOHN' L UMSDEN. Mytahal Sttcct,- Jan. 14, 1823. THE CHEST DEMONS; OR, A HUSBAND REFORMED. A Tale for the Ladies. A couple— to dissonant jarring allied. Agreeing to part, and their property sharing. Strange incident WARREN'S Jet Blacking supplied. The husband to rummagea. Trunk while preparing, Two Boots it contained— and now gleaming he Saw His form in the Blacking of brilliant eclat, " Two Dtemons are here !" he exclaimed— Then his duo 41 The Devils shall have— for it else were a sin !" Then nearer her husband she cautiously drew, " Take yourown I" to the Chest while she tumbled him in ! ' Twas. lock'd on the itistant !•— O, then what s rout ! He rav'd, kick'd, and swore— curs'd his wile o'er and I o'er, And vainly each effort essay'd to get out. Athwart him there shoots the Imps from the Boots, In fancy he views them, and utters a roar As if from a legion of devils;— or ' more I Inviting her Gossips, the Chests their tea table. The devils beneath now to bellow unable ; This Jury of Matrons impatmeU'd to try The pris'ner for crime of a henious dye, Adjudg'd liinrthen guilty of conjugal strife, In breach ot allegiance due to his Wife ! By Women and Devils c. nthrall'd and beset, The Culprit— what lot more severe could befall him? From d. uress releas'd, and the Imps in the Jet, His Judges to freeiloin if pleas'd to recall him. Subservient and grateful, be voiv'd thro' his life, In all things he'd yield to tbe will of his Wife ! " Come forth then all three !"— and no laughter was lack- ing When they, the Chest Daemons, allayers of strife, Were found so pacific in WARREN'S Jet Blacking ! This Easy Shining and Brilliant BLACKING SOLD by HILTON HOUSE, FARMS, AND QUARRIES,. TO LFjT, ON LEAS£, And time for giving in offers prolonged to 10th February. 1st, HpHE MANSION HOUSE, GARDENS, - 1- and OFFICES of HILTON, with thq LAWN and AVENUES, and- sm^ ll PARK, adjoining to the Garden. Tire House and Offices, which are complete, will be made an com- fortable as possible for a genteel family j and proper attention given to make the residence agreeable. The House, & c. will be let for 3 years -.- Entry at Candlemas next, 2d, The PARK on the North side of Hilton, consisting of about 8 Acres, or thereby— as now possessed by Wm. Gaeig; with the Sit House and Offices tliereon— Entry immediately. 3d, That POSSESSION, upon the. north of Hilton, called BERRYMUIR. as now possessed by Mr. John Lumsdeo— consisting of 16 Acres, or thereby. These Lands will be let along with Wm. Greig's Possession, so as one steading of houses may serve for both— Entry immediately* 4th, Tbe PARK on the cast side of Hilton, east Avenue, consisting of about 9 Acres, oi thereby— as now possessed by Mrs. Jane Airth; with tha Sit House and Office* tfieruoa— Entry immediately. 5th. The. PARK and GROUND upon the- west'side of Hihon, west Avenue, measuring ahoot six ' A'^' ij with the, Si(_ IJou*; and Offices thereon,' us now possesst Jtr. r '; Af>*. Hay — Also, along with this Possession will be let, tfie TWO G R A S3. PARKS south of Alex. Hay's house measuring 10^ Acres, and upwards— Entry to the whole immediately. 6th, That PARK, on the south of Hilton House, as now possessed by Jaines Middleton, Stabler in Aberdeen, consist- ing of 8 Acres, and upwards— Entry at Martinmas next. 7tb, These TWO PARKS, with the Sit House and Offices thereon, adjacent to the above, now occupied by Leslie Cruickshank, gardener. These Parks consist of 3 Acres, and upwards— Entry at Martinmas next. 8th, That PARK, called the LANGSTANE PARK, upon the left side of the Lawn, fronting the house, consis: ing of about 4 Acres ; and also, that PARK on the right side of Ihe Lawn, called tbe STABLE PARK, containing about 4 Acres. These. two Parks have been long ii) grass, and will be let upon a Cropping Lease for four years, at the end of which time they are to be laid down in Gruss— Entry immedi- ately. 9th, These THREE PARKS, behind Hilton Gardens, now lying in Grass, measuring about 12 Acres, or thereby— Entry immediately. Tbe Park next to the Gardens will be let upon a Cropping Lease for 4 yeais, on the same terms as the two Parks on each side of the Lawn. The two Parks next the road, called Pouch Park, will be let for 10 years. 10th, That POSSESSION, upon the north part of tha Lands of Hilton, now occupied by John and William Ruber*, son ; with tbe Sit Houst and Offices thereou. These Lands consist of about 14 Acres or thereby— Entry at Martinmas next. QUARRIES. The whole QUA RRIES upon the above Farm, some of which are now vyotkingby the said Wm. Robertson— Entry at Martinmas next. ALSO, The whole QUARRIES upon the FARM of BACK- HILL, now possessed by James Smith. These grounds arc said to contain granite of superior quality, and to a great extent. Tbe Qyarries are proposed to be opened in three parallel litres, running from east to west on the whole Farm : the first being on a line with the dike along the road, at the foot of the Park ; the second ruuning along the middle of the Park; and the third near the top of the Park. Otl'erers must specify what par- ticular part of these lines they wish to work— the number of feet in front they wish to take— and tbe number of Qnarriers and Dressers they are to employ in each Quarry: ac- cording to which their rent is to be estimated,— Offers will be received till the 10th February, when they will be decided on, and set, for 3 or 4 years, proper security being given. Leases will be granted for 9 years on the lnndij. Thahouses will he repaired and every encouragement give. n to industrious and improving tenants. Oilers for the lands now out of lease, will be received any time previous to tbe i£) th day of February next, when they will be decided on. Mr. Grandison Barr, Union Street, Edinburgh, has power to grant Leases on the Estate; to whom, or to . Mr. James Nicol, Advocate, Adelphi, application may be made for further particiilars. The House will be shewn, and boundaries of the different Possessions pointed out to intending offerers, by the Ground Officer at Hilton House. Jan. 25, 1825. ~ BY AUTHORITY OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE. NOTICE is hereby given, to all persons renting and possessing Houses, Shops, Cellars, Warehouses, or other Buildings, withiu the City and Royalty, at and above Forty Shillings Sterling of Yearly llent, that the POLICE and WATCH ASSESSMENTS for the Ycarfrom lst June 1822 to l. st June 1823. in teruis of the Act of Parliament, fall due on Tuesday the 4th day of Febtuary next; and all per- rons liab. e in the foresaid Assessments Sre hereby required to pay the same, lo the Collectors, at their Office, Broad- street, where Receipts will be given. As many persons arc iu the habit of allowing their Assess- ments to get into Air ear, Notice is hereby given, that those outstanding Fourteen, Mays after tlie term of Payment, will have themselves to blame lor any trouble or expente they may be put to; as immediately thereafter, a Warrant will be issu- ed to Poind all in Arrear. By Appointment of the Board, J. & W. CHALMERS, Collectors. Aberdeen, Jan. 14, 1823, SXoup ^ tJjouiurtJ, TILL FRIDAY THE 14TH FEBRUARY NEXT, AT THE REQUEST OF INTENDING PURCHASERS. UPSET PRICE REDUCED from £ 5000 lo ^ 4800. On Friday the 14th day of Febeuary next, at 2 o'clock after- noon, within the Lemon Tree ' Tavern of Aberdeen, there will be exposed to sale by public roup, ALL and WHOLE the LANDS and ESTATE of BROAD FORD, lying within ten minutes walk of thy Cross of Aberdeen, as forme/ Iy advertised. The rental of the property, consists of Feu- duties amply secured and punctually paid, £ 207 10 11 And ReuJ^- of Ground, lying along Hutc^ ea^ Street and George Street, stili uni'eued, ... .45 13 0 Tlie Feu and Teihd Duties and Taxes, and Public Burdens, payable out of the property, amount only to ... ... ... £ 254 5 11 9 18 3 £ 244 5 8 SHOP,: SWELLING HOUSES, CELLARS; GARDEN, and BLACKSMITHS SHOP, , ' TO BE LET. 1. rJMIE SHOP and B ACKSHOP in the Upper- - S kirkgate < if Aberdeen, presently possessed by Ale*. Glenny,. Leather Merchant, aniTiu vvltieb the Leather Busi- ness ' bas- beeu carried orr for, upwanlsof 20 years. 2. The DWELLING HOUSE above the said Shop. " 3. The DWELLING HOUSES and CLOSE at the. track of the said Front House. 4. The CELLA RS . beJuw these Houses. 5. The GARDEN running alone Drum's I^ rne. The BLACKSMITH'S SHOP at the Foot of the Vetjuel. . The Proprietor would prefer to let the whole lo our1 person. as the Close shuts in by itself; in which case, the terms will lie made highly advantageous to the tenant, and power will be given to llim to subset. Entry at Whitsunday 1 lex t. For further particulars, apply to John D. Milne, Advocate, Queen Street. _ TQ RE LET.,' " T~ T - . IN UPPER DEE STREET, TWO ibY convenient FAMILY HOUSES, a Garden and Bteaclifng Green attached to each, as tbe same are presently possessed by Mr. Watt and Mr. Auchterlouuie. Apply to Wm. Hendry, Painter. Castle Street, Jan. 24, 1823. TO LET HTIIAT HOUSE, situated in Rag's Wynd, between Broad Sireet and Guestrow, presently possessed by George Temple, Porter Dealer. Entry at Whitsunday first. Apply to JAMES MACKIE, BAKER. Broad Street, Jan. 24, 1823, ^ aA/ u^ f 50, STRAND, London; SOLD IN ABERDEEN BY Smith, Union Street Davidson, Broad Street Reid, Castle Street Sytnon, Union Street Mollison, Round Table Rremner & Co. Union- St, Smith, sen, Castle Street Brantingham, Gallowgate - Fraser. Union Street Duguid, North Street. Sutherland, ditto. Warrack, Union Street. Simpson, druggist, Green. Reid, ditto. Allan, Green. A. G. Reid, Broad Street L. Cruickshank, Gallowgate. A. Cruickshartk, ditto. VVinlaw, ditto. Park, Broad Street. I lines, do. do. Garden. Castle Street Dyce, Broad Street Anderson, Castle Street Essoii, Galiowgate Affleck, Union Street Hay. King Street Troup, Castle Street Williamsom. druggist, ditto IVI'Kay, Gallowgate „. Frus Watt, ditto James Temple, Castle Street., Leaving a free yearly Rental of The Unfeued Ground might be turned to great account, by being feued off iu lots, as it lies along two tine New Streets, and in an airy and agreeable situation. A number of the present Feuats being in non- entry, the purchaser will have right to a Year's Feu- duty, and in sWie cases, to a Year's Rent, from each, for their entry, over and above thtf^ nnuai Feu- duty payable for the Ground. There ate Two Annuities heritably secured on the Property, viz. one of ^ 100 per annum, payable to a Lady, aged about 53, and another of £ 15 per annum, to a Lady, a- fed 80 For these Two Annuities, the purchaser will be allowed de- duction from ihe purchase price, of an equivalent value. Part of the price, amounting to ^ 976 7s. 5d. wili remain in tire purchaser's hands for several years. Private Ufiers for ilie Property will be received, previous to the sale, by John Ewing, Advocate in Aberdeen, in whose hands the title deeds, rental, and plan of the property mav be seen. Aberdeen, Jan 10, 1 To EDITOR of the ABERDEEN CHRONICLE. SIR, IT appears to me that your friend, Mr. OI. OCASTLE, would only be doing'justice to himself if lie would favour tile public with his genuine every- day appellation. By some inexplica- ble mental hallucination— some incomprehensible obliquity of analogical ratiocination, ( vide Johnson) several of my friends have been led to conclude, that I am the Honorary Member of the Perth Antiquarian Society, the friend of the traveller OM. II. The attentions which have been paid me 011 thai ac- count are greater than could easily be believed-; and if I had chosen to reap where I had not sown, the solid and / J^ m'tl ad vantages which I might have derived, would have been by no means inconsiderable. So long as Mr. OLDCASTLE confined his labours to doing honour to departed worth, his townsmen cared little about who or what he was. His writings might then have amused them, but, they excited little interest about the author. Like an Aurora Borealis, he might have flashed and sparklet! a little, but he communicated no heat. No sooner, however, had he shewn an inclination to illustrate the virtues, talents, and ac- quirements of living characters, and to blazon the beauties of existing establishments, than the approach of tlie genial ray was felt, and some pressed forward to enjoy tbe warmth, while others were perhaps afraid of being scorched by the flame.— His allusions to crook- mou'd Charlie may have cheered the recollections of a few veterans like himself, or have tickled the fancy of some of those modern Jacobites who, like JAMIE HOGQ have " burst their covenant tie," because tliev think it vastly genteel to be attached to the infamous wha- wants- tne faction, • o ridiculously tnis- namedsToRijis. And his description of ceremonies, now nearly forgotten, may have eicited some as-, tonishmeat in the cerebelli of those literary Dandies, who think themselves masters of all human knowledge, because they have read " Oxberry's I'lSys ami tbe Percy Anecdotes. But the praises of dead Deacons were as little to lie put in comparison with those of their living grandsons, as the fowl- i'- bree feasts of old Town Councils, with the roasted goose Dead- chucks' of modern times, ami- Mr OLDCASTLK'S Antiquarian labours would have been allowed to be their own reward. He Iras now, 1 trust, commenced a new era in his career, and it will be his own blame if he do not receive some of those marks of atten- tion which have been erroneously offered to me. To enume- rate them all, wou ld perhaps occupy too much of Ihe space which you may intend to be better filled, with a continuation OCOSIAI'S Journal; but I consider it but justice to mention the following. I have been invited to visit three picture galleries, ai'ld have been condemned to listen as many hours to wearisome prosing about JrTiAN. REMBRANDT, RUBENS, and GERARD Douno.— 1 have inspected five Cabinets of coins and medals, and have turned over Pennies, Groats. Hard- heads, and BothwolPs, till my fingers snjelt of copper like a brazier's shop. A very worthy friend, who is curious in scarce editions, shewed me a fine copy of the Bible in French, euriously illuminated, and the Psalms, set to tbe original Music ; and also some of the first numbers of" The Aberdeen's Journal," respecting tbe preseivation of which he has now nothing to fear, for their r igged state preserves them from all tbe dangers of the snuff shops— those gothic receptacles which have so long been the bane of the lovers of antiquities. I have examined seventeen portfolios of Drawings, and have listened'to upwards ofa bundled and twenty Overtures, Marches, Rondeaux, Waltzes, & c. & c. blown on the Flute, scratched on the Fiddle, or thrum- med on the Piano Forte. Sly judgment has been asked on sewed embroidery,, velvet paintings, and papier ntache work of all descriptions ; and there is scarcely a species' of Manufactory in the pjace, from those which ( as the Editor ofthe Journal « ays) •' are calculated to beget the strongest sensations," down to the making of stucco images and tobacco- pipes, which I have not been invited to visit. Besiies all which. I have bad submitted to my inspection curiosities from every quarter of the world. Greenland Jackets, Canadian Mogassins. Russian Combs, Dutch Pip is, Malayan Creeses, Chinese Dolls, and Algierine Scymitars, have all been displayed to my asuwished eyes— besides a War Mat and Club from Knap- mi- pow in the Island of Owhyhee, and a Patagonian poker of most formida- ble dimensions. ^ The intention of the owners of these rarities in exhibiting them to me was, simply, that I might prevent uiy supposed friend from returning to Otabeite, without being aware how much genius, taste, and coiinoisseursbip exists in the city of Aberdeen. But as I have it not in my power to communicate with that celebrated traveller, I have thus exerted the best of my ability to give a sliQrt skeU'h of such important matters-; and I trust that your goodness will lay befoie the public this rudely concocted communication.— I am. Sir, • Your humble servant; S. T. * From tinie immemorial the Magistrates of Aberdeen have dined together on days of public executions ; and this feast lias very aptly been termed the Dead chock'. On the last occasion of this nature, the Dead- chack is said to have cost the Tr^ isi. ry upwards of Twenty- six pounds sterling. " It is full time tluit ; such a practice should be put a stop to, as it cannot fail to give our Magistrates a bias, to which it is unnecessary mora ' particularly to allude. And sold in every Town in- the Kingdom. LIQUID, in Bottles, 6d. lOd, 12( 1.110d lSd. each. Also PASTE BLACKING, in Pots ( id. 12d. and lxdeach. A Shilling Pot of Paste is equal to Four Shilling Bottles s' * of Liquid SLOOP FOR SALE. UPSET PRICE liEDUCED. There wiH be exposed to sale by pubiic roup, upon Tuesday the 4ih February next, betwixt. the hours of six and seven afternoon, within tlie Lemon Tree. Tavern, Aberdeen* A new Sloop, presently lying in the Harbour of Aberdeen, called the- SIR DAl It) MOSCUIEFF, . Admeasuring per Register, 41 9-£ Mth Tons. The vessel was built only a few months ago, ofthe best mate- rials, is well found, and may he sent to sea at a trilling expense. She is well adapted for the in fill Country or coasting trade. For farther particular's, apj l. catfon may be made to Captain & Jifc{ iell| Uir. tli Master; wr WebaUr, Advocate To the EDITOR ofthe ABERDEEN CHRONICLE-. Sir. GRATBFUL for the insertion of my former, and agreeing with MILTON when he T* ays, ' ... ... .,, » .... „. " A grateful mind By owing, owes not^- but still pays at once, Indebted and discharg'd"- r— I proceed to a second communication. Yesterday I 9at be- neath the covert of* a large fir, and the wind whistled through the branches that .^ sprung from it- s yielding trunk ; the grass around me had lostMis greenness, and was slightly tinged with white; the leaves that fell from neighbouring trees, were swept rapidly around my abode,; and I saw* he withering stalk of a lily bending before the autumnal gu> t. The breeze blew chilly on my cheek, as I said with THOMSON, " See winter comes to rule the varied year , Su; llei) and. sad.'-' My eye was tixed ou the ground* and. I fell into a pleasing reverie. Spring in all her Opening pleasures lay before my imagfnation ; ripening Summer invited me to enjoy the patent sun ; and Autumn waved the 44 wheat en sheaf" around me— Spring dawued— Summer smiled.- rr- aud Autumn gladdened.— How Jong I might have continued ijuhi^ delusion is uncertain; but this I know, had uot the piercing influence of the northern blast awakened my entranced senses,. I might have enjoyed in imagination that which, in reality; 1 have look- ed u^ cn with ^• differences Joined. tx> tije soughing of the V- ruos. i now heard the murmuring growl , of the ocean, and the gathering tflotyd'* iflluii& eiiig a sto;; R no. grcr. tr dista;: i; iy I bent my step » towards- the do. or.^ f . mj^ oljtury habitation. -' Shortly after t had entere^ I,. stli^ sleet begat) to patter aj^ Hnst my wrfidoW; au* i the apartment was darkened: there was just light enough fo. let me peruse the page* of your paper,. w: hich by . this tui » « . I had drawn from my pocket. My- legs a- kimbo, . st'tk£ u* v spec-* faclesadjusted, J speedily. giancejtl over the advertisements » n vour. first page, until cvming belt oil the lucubrat.' ortS'of the eccerU ric 0! d. c< i, iilkv,; my ' eye grqdujUly experienced divInterest, whieiiY vV'as before in expectation, f'le hij; u, s. Somo: h'it) g of his vova- j^ • < to this ••• Island, and a disagreeable . vbyage. it was; let It- oot sprprise you when I mention, that its vQot ahogethej.- f- ivonr-, able effects were felt by Ho less^ a; pcHoivage," tjian thi^ Inha- bitant of Lonely Vale. • My rep « » taT* ce Of^ forhwr .'. cotfdnet, a* you know, jaliut of late qx^ e^ yitce-^ the^ trry t^- js Hlt^ udi. it^ his Majesty's visit to' Scoflatid'.- fnld .( tm'jich!;- thV- p'ockc. t to tfn » dregs, and . in a reforming-," nio^ ii!?^ on the JS^ turday. ami in the l> oa^ t-^ t ^ iji^ glit tjjiKvJVu ' nortii, I am the, rather inclined to fchjuk Wgl^^. jVttyk- tiiv* - ai'- v - CidenlsHvlMch - he tiai taken notice coinciding,^- ujj th^ s^. v wi) ich^ I an if. ixjao y ot* > ors e x per i e! icei tfanff qj ij^ ft . ffcd. -> vas Jy E very t » ivafcer t hy, V fan a& ituStT uj>• c « < o - 3jvhirl in ajr,. and the other t< F• ru. upd^ rayi fell fast,;" and t. l) e?{) eoj$ IS o" d# Joatd Were,. \ great coats and umbj. eijaj^): ^^ ri. vitA co. yei; i. M&; was- erected to kee'f) off the rain", ifjii .' it o£: l| ttfevn4: the Ladies wiiAcould ill bear thv Wraib i> i to keep below, and subject themselves to the tortures of a sp% sipkness. This. Wai » hard, Mr. Editor, was it not in finitely more so, ( whenexpectingto. be landed in time to enjoy the coip- ; fortsofa good fire aud warm supper,)-^ to be obiigeiftto ei.? dnj( » the effects of this state for the best part of the night, ynd thatlj as OMAI . observes, one of the v\ heels stopped, whic'U caused A general consternation. The, pilots, who byvtbis time had jip- proached near us, ( for we were now ip the harbuurj hawkd aloud, but the Captain quelled th^ r clamour in a thuudering oath. Sleepy passengers w- ere beginning to peep up, t » see what was doing, and muititules inquired what was the matted - r- ancKors wete let. down, and Snefkus were taken the buut sallied to and fro,. atitl as BYRON has it, ** And the waves bound beneath her as a steed That know s his rider." 7' his was not all. The sails snapping the cgrds- that helj them asunder, fluttered in the wind, and wound themselves round the mast. Here was a pretty business. The Captain ran-— the cook stood amazed— and the helmsman forsook hifj helm. But the sleet lies thick upon my Window. I musjt stop for it gets dusky. Suffice it therefore to say, we reached terra fir ma1 by means of boats, when it was pretty late, and I was obliged to leave all my luggage on board the boat, except my dog and umbrella, two essential articles. Let me acknowledge myself obliged to Mr. OAILVJ for bringing to my Re- collection the, subject on which I have often wished to express myselfand Could be reconciled to make a voyage to thw Island of Lonely Vale, he should « ft? et thatiks iu a different manner; I am « ure. lie itfould like itNv< isijy, it would be ro- mantic. Prevail upon him, .. and I wili leave my diroctiod with you, whe » v I w ite you next, 4 I am, & e. . with the most profound respect, Jan. 14, 1825; The Inhabitant of Lonely Vale. To the EDITdR of the ABERDEEN CHRONICLE. SIR, THE Resolutions adopted by the Landlords, at all the meetings in this part of the country, on the subject of Agricul- tural distress, form a striking instance of the effect which self interest has, in blinding the understandings of men. That there is some difficulty in obtaining a clear Comprehension of the real cause of the distress ofthe Agriculturists cannot bo denied $ but,/ with all the lights which the great writers oii economical science, of the present ( lav, afford, it cannot bufr excit. surprise, to., Observe the erVoneous views entertained oii this subject, by a class which would seem to have the highest" interest in obtaining a knowledge of subjects of this nature. At all the meetings in Scotland ori this subject, it will b « seen, that the principal cause ofthe distress, in w- hicb th* Agriculturists are involved, is attiibuted to the resumption of cash payments, which is said to have had the effect of raising the value of the currency, and thereby diminishing the money price of all the productions of tha soil. Now, allowing that ie has had this cffect. is it not equally ^ plain, that* the iffcreaseii value of the currency has had the effect of lowering, m at » equal degree, the money price of all expetices attending the cultivation of land ? If the Farmer receives a less nominal price for his produce; than before the alteration of the currency, does he not also pay a less nominal price for labourers a< Jtl tradesmen's wages, for the keep of his servants and cattle, and for all the necessaries and luxuries to which he has been accustomed ? If it be said that this rise in the value of the currency has occasioned an ad- vance in. the real amount of rent paid by the farmer, thouglt the nominal amount remains the same, and is therefore a great} hardship oriMiim ; if the Landlords are convinced of this, is it not their duty to reduce their rents at once, in proportion t<* the increase of value of the currency in which they are paid, instead of framing absurd resolutions and petitions to Parlia- ment, to do that which themselves only can do, with justice tuf all classes ofthe community. * Although tht embarrassments of'tlie Agriculturists may be partly occasioned bythe advance of rents, ow ing fcj the increast\ l value of the currency, lTis. to the operation of the corn laws, that we are to look for the main cause of the present low price of Agricultural produce. By the law of 1815, which prohi- bited the importation of foreign corn, until the home price had reached 80s. a quarter ; joined to the partial failure ofthe cfops of 1816, 1817, and 1818, the average pricfe of grain in* this country was raised to double its average price on the Con- tinent. In consequence of this rise of prices, so distressing to the manufacturing populatiotf, the cultivation of land wjis carried to a great extent ; large tvacts of inferior soils', which revjuire'd an immense Outlay of capital, were made to produce corn, and rents rose in proportion to the increase of value of Agricultural produce, and extension " of cultivation. But it might have been foreseen, that thn state of things could not bj permanent. Owing to the great extension of tillage, caused: by this forced encouragement to Agriculture, it is not surpris- ing that tl » e abundant crops, of the last three years, should havtf sunk prices far below the level, which the farmer had calcu- lated ypon as the lowest remunerating price, when lie entered on his lease. It must be kept in view that, if the population be adequately fed in ordinary years, any increase ofthe supply of corn has not* so much the effect of increasing consumption, as of causing an absolute reduction of price. It is plain, there- fore, that in years when the crop is luxuriant, the increase of supply is far from being an equivalent to the farmers^ for the reduction of price ; and a^ it is impossible for them, in conse- quence of the great expense o^ fcultivating'- the poor soils, ami the advance of rent, to export their surplus produce, until the home price of corn lias fallen one half below the expence at producing it, their situation mu;> t be ruinous m the extreme. If the corn laws then, by causing too great an extension of tillage, are the fundamental cause of the distress of the Agriv culturists, it is evident, that the only effectual remedy is tli « abolition of the restrictive systeir, and the establishment of such a free trade in corn, as would prevent those ruinous fluc- tuations of price, which ate as destructive to the ot. ier classes' of society, as to the Agriculturists. Were this ' done, the far- mers would see at once that they - had" nothing more to expect from the artificial regulations of Parliatuent;' th'ey would cea. « to linger in a ruinous employment j inferior soils' would IK.'' thrown outof cultivation ; the rent- of 1 lie. superior lands w^ uht be reduced in proportion to the prri^ uf'Agricultuial prothice and as the expeuces of cultivation Would now be much dimi- nislred, the farmer » woukl be able, in years when the crop usually luxuriant, tcr export their suij i'as produce to other countries. ' All schemes for the relief of the Agiteuiturisis, which 4ire not grounded ot) a free trade in corn," and fall of rent, are not only a mere delusion, but pernicious to the Agriculturists inasmuch asth^ y tend to divert t ieir attentiun from' tiie only" remedy, which can ev « . r alio id them effectual ami permanetiB relief. * It lias been suggested of late, apparently wi h mucj* truth, that the extensive u* e of potatoes auiohg the laiiouring classes,.- introduc- d by^ the long coniinuance of vne high price of graiiv has, a great effect in diminishing ihe consu- nptiou of c'ornv It' this is the case, ir is obvious, that, the best'mothekhof prevent- ing their snli more general use is, to keep' corn ' at such a low l. ricc in this co6titty, as shall remove the'femptaiK. n t- » have n. course soa root, W- tiich threaten^ to have such a latitl infiatuce' on. the prosperity of the country* hliould you mink proper to give th? nbo^ e hints a- p'ace in' your useful paper, they ma;',' perhaps, indi;^ some corespon- dent to resume the sunject, mote c< ip< vhlv of tcw^ ting it in tfie' m . iineT which its great ioipuriauce < teiser'. Tes, and woieh t. » e ' general i^ uoiance of it,- in this quarter. sevWs . to retidcr necessary. lam, Sir, your tei& i. ptyatfient servi. m. MditiUy Juru Li J?. ykiP ANNIVERSARY OF MR. FOX'S BIRTH- DAY", On Mnnday the 1.1th in « t. the annual celebration of the birthand principles of the Rijht Hi> n. CHARLES JAMES Fox, bv his friends : in, l a'hiiirers. took place at the Waterloo Tavern, ttpwards of 4." 0 Noblemen and Gentlemen were present, but tlte room not being large enough to contain them, about fifty dined in an adjoining apartment, and were accommodated in the large room after the cloth was removed. Sir James Mac- kintosh. M. P. took the chair, and wan supported by the Earls of Rossivn and Minto— George Cranstnnn, Esq. Advocate. arU'd as Croupier. - tipported by Sir R. C. Ferguson, and Sir Alex. Maitlff'd Gibson. Rart. After the cloth was removed. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH rose and said, that al- though no class of men could express more attachment to the throne than the friends of liberty, he thought it unnecessary, generally speaking, in a meeting like this, to introduce his Ma- jesty's health with any preliminary observations at the present time ; however, he knew they would think it with double satis- faction. after the rrmarkahle'courte< y which he had been pleas, ed to show to all classes of bis subjects in this country during his late most gracious visit. He therefore gave The King," which was received with long and loud cheering. The next toast was, • « The Duke of York and the rest of the Royal Family."—( Cheering.) The CHAIRMAN then said, tile next thaf'fell to his lot to propose. was ihat which was the peculiar object of the meet- inn, and the nature of the feeling which had induced them to assemble in this place ; he was about to propose the memory of that man whose name has been taken to represent the principles of liberty, and which was the great bond of the union of this meeting. By identifying his name wiih the cause of liberty, they had pronounce, I a higher panegyric on him than it was. possible for any tongue lo convey ; fur the greatest eulogium on the memory of any man. was that of holding foith his name as being identical wiili civil and religious liberty. To speak to them in his praise would be a waste of their time ; they had chosen a name which was identical with the cause of liberty, and thev had chosen him justly, not for his brilliance of talents, but because he used them honestly and zealously in the cause of liberty. He would not speak of his eloquence, for that may be possessed by the most valuable or the most detestable of men. hut because he used it in the cause of liberty. It was not mere- ly for his talents, it was on account of that long contest for the interest of mankind in which he used these splendid talents, tfiat you have chosen him. You have chosen the man for the prin- ciples of the man. ard you have done rightly by connecting them with the name of one of their most illustrious defenders. The political principles of Mr. Fox may he stated in a few words; they were the principle- of peace, equal liberty, mild laws, jealousy of power, resistance to tyranny—( loud cheer- jug) liberty of opinion and discussion, and that liberty of re- ligious sentiment which concedes the liberty of all religious persuasions these are the principles for which you have chosen his name as the bond of your union. Ho 4vould show how much these flowed from his heart and from his head, and how much Ayy belonged to his very existenae, when the bitterest enemv of Mr. Fox would not deny that his charity knew no bounds, that his love of freedom was not a rancorous and sa- vage hatred ofthe party which opposed him. but that benevo- lence which considered human benevolence as the highest in- terest of human society ; anil if we descend to inferior consider- ations that amenity of manner, and those charms and graces which delight to dwell on the extension of social affections: and no one who bad heard of him would contradict bim when he said that there was an union between his public and his pri- vate character, and that lie never was kindled into lasting anger but against tyranny. He might mention, among the various objects to which he directed himself, that he selected the de- fence of those against whom the animosity of parte was direct- ed, lie might call upon those who recollected his more early life, and desire them to remember his youthful genius, and how he sacri6ced power, in the attempt to obfain a good Go- vernment for India ; and his last attempt, successful attempt he might call it. was the abolition of African slavery.—( cheers.) From the first moment of his public life he was employed on behalf of Ireland, which for six centuries has been the reproach of civilized England, and its scandal in tbe present day. He would grant that he ( Mr. F.) carried his principles to some excess, but in doing so he carried the most pure, the most ex- alted principles to excess; and he should consider the charge as one of the highest panegyrics that could be pronounced i hut who can lay this charge with auy plausibility? Had there during bis political life been too rare suspensions of temporal liberty, too great reductions of the influence pf the crown, too ( treat an ascendancy of the people, too little inequality and cruelty in the treatment of Ireland?—( Cheers.)— He hoped those who held that opinion would for ever remain the sincerest enemies of that man, in whose name they had not to celebrate the rights of liberty. There hail been two objections made to the conduct of Mr. Fox ; there were two measures for which those who held his principles were to be for ever proscribed and proceeded against, fie found no place to which he had to look for this proscription, but to the support- of those two great public measures ; the first was, that for the relief of Ire- land ; the second was, that they endeavoured to procure a more equal representatioh iti the Commons House of Parliament; ar. d another charge was, that they were friends of Catholic emancipation— they were friends of Catholic emancipation and Pai'iamsntary Reform ; and it was curious enough to observe that those charges should come from the friends of Mr. Pitt; but fie would not detract fro » n one great man to'raise the fame of his competitor. But there w ere no two such distinct mea- sures for which the friends of Mr. Fox are pronounced to be unworthy of the trust of their Sovereign. It would be far from liim (. Sir J. M.) to derogate from his well earned fame, but he would ask in what Mr. Pitt's fame consisted, if they took away from him the part he took in those measures, for which they were said to be unworthy of their Sovereigns trust ? Was it tor taking away the liberties of the people, and such mea- sures, that Mr. Pitt's party was more trustworthy ? Dire ne- cessity may sometimes excuse them, but they were not to be admired or to he praised. Or was it for that measure which went to change the whole currency of the country, which had been attended with consequences so disastrous in their nature ? Could he name one measure hy which the whole of civilised society has suffered more than by this ? Could they turn round and not see the different classes of society, each trying to throw the burden ofthe load on his neighbour? They surely cannot claim any credit for that. Let bim ask, if they claimed any merit for Mr. Pitt for the abolition of the slave trade ? He said they could not, for Mr. Pitt had employed the atrengthof his talent to suffer the slave trade to last for 20 years, of almo- t uncontrolled power, and yet the friends of him whose name they were now met to celebrate had abolished it in one twelve- month. But for these two measures, Catholic emancipation and Parliamentary reform, they were stigmatized as being un- worthy of the confidence of the Sovereign and of the country j Let it not be'supposed he w- as the advocate of consistency or inconsistency, but let it be remembered that in 1792, in the the most violent part of the French Revolution, Mr. Pitt gave his sanction to a measure fora reform in Parliament; and let him observe, with regaid to emancipation, that he sacrificed his power for that object iu 1801. He would leave it with his friends to charge him with insincerity ; and it would require strong evidence to convince him ( Sir J. Mackintosh) of that, for he believed him sincere. He would like lo know whether auy measure is necessary for Ireland to. relieve her from the sufferings of 600 years; hut if indeed argument were necessary, they might look around and see whether diere was intelligence among the people, and tell him if they did not per- feive something that had tbe appearance of a denial ofjustiee ; ask if it is not yet time to restore the people of Ireland to that equality of which they ought never to have been deprived— With respect to Parliamentary Reform, it might be spoken of with more than usual advantage in this place, becausc Scotland needed reform, and because the principle of Parliamentary Re- form had begun in Scotland long before it was begun in any other part of the kingdom. The Learned Chairman here al- luded to the period when an article for reform of Parliament wis incorporated into the statute which secured the crown to King William; when then, at Scotsmen, they sought for re. form they only sought for that which had been sanctioned by their ancestors—( Cheers.)— Die greater part of the population of this country possessed the most intelligence of any people in the British Islands, and it was strange thac they should have DO direct share in the representation ; and yet others possess the elective franchise w ho were not their superiors in education. The opinion of those who oppose this measure must be, that the more enlightened a people is. the less they have to do with liberty— that the people of Edinburgh or of New York have less to do with liberty than the inhabitants of Morocco— and that, therelore, they ought ill preference to be indulged with political influence—( Cheers.)— that those who were best qualified for it should possess it. But whether it be just or not to exclude or entrust people with political franchise, it may not be quite so safe to trust them with it; those, however, who, like them, felt themselves qualified, would not consider it as a duty lo abstain from endeavouring to obtain that political fran- chise, and he trusted they would be successful. The Learned Gentleman concluded by giving, " The immortal memory of Charles James Fox," w hich w as drank in silence. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, the strenuous supporter of the principles which placed his family on the Throne. The CHAIRMAN then said, he was about to propose a toast, which he was sure they would drink with satisfaction— they would not forget they were Scotsmen. The Dukes of Hamilton aud Argyll, and ( lie Whigs of Scotland. The T5irfti& Navy, the natural defenders of out'county.— Tune—" Rule Britannia." The British Army Tune— " British Grenadiers." The Rights ofthe People as established at the Revolution. ( Loud cheering.)— Tune—" A man's a man fora' that." Mr. CRANSTOUN then rose and said, the merits ofthe illustrious Statesman they were now assembled to enmmemo the country wnuld rfeptnd, Important parts of the British Constitution had been imparted to Scotland, where the people had shown themselves worthy of the blessings of freedom, by the improving character ofthe country, where still an evil ex- isted, in the apathy of toe lower orders, and the venality of the higher, notwithstanding which Scotland might challenge the palm of national character with any of the nations of the earth. rale, and the veneration of his country had been expressed with The Learned Gentleman concluded by proposing. " The risin irresistible eloqueuce ; and he would not re- echo those praises w hich kindred genius had inspired, nor was it necessary to ret- terate or enforce them. Theohjetts which obscured his fame I had now passed away— the soundness of his political principles were now almost as universally admitted as the splendour of his genius— as the goodness of his heart; whileahe excellence of the British Constitution continued to be praised, his name would endure. But though they had long been deprived of Mr. F.- x, there were many of his friends yet living who recol- lect hitu ; and could he refrain to cull their attention to their distinguished countryman who bad consented to preside at the present meeting.—( Cheers.)— lie would not remind them of the first effort of his learning and genius, the certain presage of his future eminence ; qf' his conduct in regard to the fate of France, which he exerted through the ardour of a youthful and generous mind. The errors of France were venial and could easily have been corrected ; had not those who. with a hatred of freedom, and hopes of partition and plunder, borne down on her at the moment when she was bursting her chains, and before her new institutions had gathered consistence and form. Had Great Britain assumed at that time the attitude, which ( hey supposed she had now assumed towards Spain, the fatal interference might have been prevented— Europe might have been saved from the disgrace of the infuriated contest— and was it not a visionary, a delusive hope that die Peninsula would complete the object in which she was engaged without guilt and without reproach? — ( Loud cheers.)— But let him not forget to recall their minds to his services as a Judge— to his services as a Statesman — a British Legislator, to claim their approba- tion, and on bow many occasions he stood forth the calm judi- cious assertor of the best interests of his Country— ofthe princi-- ples of civil and religious liberty— of the cause of good govern- ment, and that liberal policy which the progress of refine- ment demands. It would be endless to adduce instances, ' but there was one which he would not pass in silence;— the criminal code of England was well adapted to the inte- rests of the country, both by the interference of Juries subject to the control of impartial Judges ; still the system had many imperfections, some the remains of barbarous ages, and some the offspring of misdirected Legislation. There is yo propor- tion in the measure of punishment, even petty delinquencies are visited with the same punishment as capital crimes— ven- geance is directed against those who destroy a tree, to the sftme extent as the most guilty assasin. Laws which punish with undue severity, are always partially executed, and unexecuted justice becomes at last an encouragement to crime. The la- mented Sir Samuel Romilly was unwearied in his exertions to fulfil the etuis of justice, but in this he was counteracted and too often defeated, sometimes by a groundless fear of innova- tion, and sometimes by narrow views ef human nature, and the springs of human action ; but that which Sir Samuel Ro- milly had left undone, he ( Mr. Cranstoun) trusted his suc- cessor would accomplish. He had engaged in it with equal zeal and greater success. Looking at what they had seen, and bearing what they had heard, was there a heart among them that would not throb at the names of Romilly'and Mackintosh ? — He would, therefore, propose " The heahh of Sir James Mackintosh, withallihe honours."—( Muchy^ heering.) Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH, in rising to return thanks, said, of all occasions he was least inclined to take up the time of su assembly, it was on an occasion of the present kind ; and still more so, after one of the most beautiful speeches that had ever fallen from human lips— at least which he had ever had an opportunity of hearing ; in which he could applaud the wisdom of a philosopher, debased with no other alloy than Ihat which was mix^ d with the partiality of a friend. He could „ ... .... r.. 1, .-.. 1P ........ —.. .1... ....... 7.. i,. . p , _ i not confcr justice itself even on the partiality of such a friend. In this city he ( Sir James) had received the better part of his education ; and this he might well call the birth- place of his political principles, for here broke out the first dawn of his po- litical life ; here he learned to be a lover of liberty, and form- ed his first attachments to the principles of Mr. Fox, and would quit these only with his dying breath. One subject to which his friend had alluded had not the peculiarity of nationality. With respect to the peison w ho had paid him such a compli- ment, he was one who is the object ofthe unanimous praises of his divided country— there was no dissension from his sin- gular merits— who, under the eve of the most severe criticism, gained the admiration arid even silenced criticism. To receive so marked a compliment from such an individual, was indeed the highest praise, and one for w hich he knew no w- ay in which to express his acknowledgments, except that which he wassuri he w ould he inclined to praise still higher— he had almost for- got the ceremony but did not forget the substance. of proposing as a toast, '* the health of Mr. Cranstoun. Mr. CRANSTOUN then rose and addressed the chair. To say that lie was gratified by what he ( the Chairman) bad bad the kindness to state, and that he was deeply affected with the approbation of tbe meeting, was to say little. He was well aware that partiality, especially when it bears the flowers of eloquence, was apt lo exceed its bounds ; there was one thing, and one only to which he attributed it, i; was that which be had adopted in assuming the genuine principles of the Whig party. There was one toast which lie meant to propose with the indulgence pf the meeting ; it was the health of Earl Grey, the steady friend of Mr. Fox. Every one pointed him out as his successor ftir his soundness of judgment, and energy of ex- pression. Who had been more correct or consistent ? Who had been firmer in purpose or purer in heart ?—( Cheers.) — He would not attempt a laboured panegyric— he possessed the principles of them all— those who are defined in the name of Whig ; it comprehended all they felt of devoted attachment to the British Constitution, which was well adapted to this coun- try, at least for its preservation ; for even in the constitution itself there was a regenerating principle, calculated by its effi- cient working to obliterate the stains of corruption.—( Cheers.) We desire for every naiion as great a portion of freedom as they are qualified to receive, which includes the diffusion of know- ledge and the procuring successful resistance to arbitrary power, and to teach men, in w hat power, dignity, and happiness con- sist. These he took to be some of the characteristics of a Whig. ( Cheers.)— He begged leave to propose the health of— " Earl Grey and the Whigs of England."— Tune.-" Charlie is my darling." Mr. JEFFREY meant, with permission to propose a toast, which, from what he had already seen, he was sure would command the utmost interest of that assembly ; in the general purport of which he had some ground to believe there w^ s a greater difference of opinion than in any other. He alluded to a subject which had already been touched upon— that of Parliamentary Reform. A subject he found it necessary to introduce with the less reluctance, from feeling a recommen- dation of it from him as something in the nature of atonement; he wnuld not say for some degree of indifference to. the mea- sure. There was a time when the friends of liberty were wont to consider that their existing freedom w- as as well secured by tlle partial as by a more extensive representation, and under which the country had attained to great glory ; it was now, however, his persuasion, and he believed it to be the persua sion of an immense majority, that some considerable change in the representation of this country was necessary for the stability ofthe Constitution and peace of the land. The facts which had forced this conviction on their minds were few and weighty, and might he shortly stated— the conduct and manifested re- solution of Parliament itself. The cause of reform had multi- plied its adherents within the last fifteen years, within the last five Vears in an extraordinary degree ; the people, by whom he did not mean the labouring poor, but the greater part of the intelligent subjects of the laud, a great proportion of them had gone over to the Whig party. The Learned Gentleman, after descanting on the subject in his usual strain of eloquence, gave ** A cordial union to ull the friends of freedom."— Tune, Tulloehgorum. Lord GLENORCHY then introduced the health of Sir " Ronald Ferguson, and may the British soldier never forget the duties of tlte citizen." Sir R. C. FERGUSON rose to propose the health of Lord John Russell, whose success in the cause of Parliamentary Reform, the Gallant General said, had been great, if they con- sidered all circumstances and the power arrayed against him. Opinions were hereditary as well as virtues, for one of the fa- mily of Russell had spilt his blood on the scaffold for the cause they had then met to advocate. The illustrious families of Russell anil Cavendish were the only instances of the highest honours being attained from principles. There wasone Noble- man in thus country who supported the honour of his ancestors, one of whom, the Earl of Argyll, perished on the scaffold.— ( Applause.)— Sir R. F. then touched upon the principles of Mr. Fox, and concluded by proposing, " The health of Lord John Russell, and may the house of Cavendish and Russell ever unite in the cause of liberty." Tune " Fee him Father." Mr. COCKBURN rose amidst great applause. He con-, gratulated the Meeting on the extraordinary change in senti- ment, which, be contended, had taken place in the couutrv, after public spitit had appeared nearly dead, and for which little sympathy had been expressed. The violence or apathy of individuals hUrt tile cause they wished to serve. Their po- litical opponents had hoped the spirit of the country. bad been extinguished for ever ; but they had been fortunately and sig- nally disappointed a'spirit had arisen in the country, which was to be found in every burgh, and had redeemed its character. It had been said that this regenetation had been caused by the distress of the times, and that when the Agriculturists recover- ed, the Whigs would shrink back to their former situation.— But there was a certain rank in society, above poverty, and proof against the corruption of hereditary wealth, upon whom public spirit of Scotland Mr. JEFFREY said, he rose to propose the. health of a Scottish statesman and patriot, who had not the honour to re- ' present any of the Setts and Councils, but who was a real re- presentative ofthe people— he alluded to the Hon. James Aber- cromhy, whose presence, Mr. Jeffrey remarked, prevented him from saying all ho wished of that honourable person, who was one of those who decline and avoid the honours they have de. served— who spurn inordinate emoluments— who treat with courtesy and candour the opinions of others, but make no coin- promise with corruption. Mr. Abercrotnby had been the friend aud fellow- labourer of Mr. Fox, and meritedahigher eulogiutn than it was iu his ( Mr. Jeffrey's) power to bestow. With re- spect to this city, tliejt own representative had failed in sup- porting its interests, Which had been successfully attended to by his Hon. Friend, ffis patriotism was not confined to the country that gave him birth, and where he generally resides, but was known to a large portion of the labouring classes else- where, whose sufferings he alleviated, aud whose vices he re- pressed. Mr. Jetfiey then gave " The Hon. James Abercrombv, and may all Scotsmen in Parliament follow bis example, in raising the independ- ence of their country."—( Great applause.) Mr. A BEUC'ROM BY in returning thanks for theflitter- ing manner in which his name had been received, attributed it to the partiality of his friend ; such a welcome, however, from such a company, would tend more effectually to rivet those ties of affection by which he was attached lo this his native place. He had nothing to offer in return, butlhe assurance that he would cordially join in every measure that tended Insecure the rights ofthe people and promote their happiness. He had never before befcn present « t these assemblage, but being in Scotland, lie could not resist the inclination he felt to witness this Meeting, which was a strictly constitutional mode of de- livering their opinions on political subjects ; and he certainly should reiire from it filled with admiration ofthe national cha- racter of his countrymen. He had witnessed with satisfaction the glowing spirit and doubted not of ultimate success in a countiy so full of intelligent men, abounding in generous, liberal, - and manly sentiments. Mr. A. warmly eulogised the talent and independence of the Scottish Bar. particularly al- luding to Mr. Clerk, who, lie said, had not been rewarded for his merits. The Honourable Gentleman concluded by propos- ing— " Mr. Clerk, and the independent Members of the Scottish Bsr.— ( Great applause.) Mr. CLERK returned thanks for himself and the Bar for the honourable notice they had received, at the same time re- marking, that the Bar was deserving of it for the noble inde- pendence they hod shown. The toast he was about to propoae he was sure would be received with pleasure by the company— he meant the Memory of Mr. Henry Erskine, whose inti- macy he had the honour to enjoy, and whose character was' most amiable in public t) nd private life. In dilating on the splendid talents and brilliant wit of Mr. Er. kine, Mr. Clerk said it would be endless to go through the details of his cha- racter : he had spent a long life admired by all, arid died uni- versally beloved. " The Memory of the Hon. Henry Erskine."— In silence. Tune—" My lodging is oil the cold ground." Dr. JOHN THOMSON, after an appropriate panegyric on bis principle's and writings, proposed — " The health of Dugald Stewart," which was drank with enthusiasm. Major I. EITII HAY, after paving the tribute of respect to the learned individual whose name had just been submitted to the acclamation of thisMeeting, said, it appeard a properoc- casion for proposing the health of one of his most distinguished Pupils; and I am confident I express the sentiments of all now present, when I say, that Mr. STEWART may fearlessly ex- amine the page which records the public conduct of Lord LANSDOWNE, lie will find it dispassionate, eloquent, dignified, and honorable, worthy of being held up as a proud example to the Aristocracy of England— and when science and the world shall be deprived of the illustrious Professor, his prin- ciples will live in the breast of Lord LANSDOWNE— principles wliich. similar to those of the great man whose birth we are this day met to commemorate, will serve as a beacon by which future Statesmen may be unerringly directed, and by adher- ing to which they will best preseive unimpaired the Constitution ofthe Country, and secure the Rights end Libeities of the People. He concluded by giving " The health of the Marquis of Lansdown."— Great ap- plause. Mr. KENNEDY, after noticing the foreign policy of Mr. Fox, adverted to the cause of the Greeks, condemned the al- liances this country had formed, and regretted that the name of Britain should be coupled with one of the most detested go- vernments on earth. In a persevering struggle, like that of the Greeks, the ( ieople, he said, were not easily suppressed ; and convinced that they would be ultimately successful, he should propose— " Success to the Patriots of Greece."— Applause. Mr. PATERSON, after a short speech, gave— " The Liberty of the Press, the best security of the Liberty of the subject."— Much applause Air, " Hoolcy and Fairly." Sir JAMES MACKINTOH said, it now fell to his lot to propose a toast, which, tf it had occurred earlier in the evening, lie should have occupied more of their time. He expatiated on the interference of the Allied Sovereigns of the Continent with other Slates, which he insisted had a right to manage their own national affairs. These Sovereigns had assumed by way of emi- nence the designation of the " Powers," and seemed to regard all Kings as their viceroys, and nations as their slaves. And what had issued from an absolute Monarch last year? Why, for that time they " Would not meddle with the western countries of Europe. This was Russian geography— a short time ago a race of barbarous savages, almost too obscutre to be noticed ; these insolent barbarians thus granted • truce to the Spanish nation for a year, to ensure the happiness of which, France was ready to permit them to march through her territory, to correct those disorders of which they were the authors. In 1814 different nations wished to copy the Constitution of Great Britain; but when they saw the alliance she formed, they lost that reverential'respect they had entertained for her institutions. He held in his baud a Ministerial pamphlet, which laid down that revolutions consisted of three characters, viz. the deposition of the King— the defection of the army— and a change in church establishment. All there ( said Sir J.) were united in the glorious Revolution of Scotland, where the change was greater than in England. Meeting the sound of indepen- dence even in a Treasury pamphlet, he hailed it with satisfac- tion as a return lo right principles. Tbe proceedings ofthe Convention 8t Vienna were protested against by Lord Holland as unlawful and impracticable ; and a Prince of the House of Brunswick, whose health had beeu drank that night, hid proved his abherence to the principles which seated his family on the throne, by putting his name to the protest. The inten- tion ofthe" Powers" was to make Spain A province of France ; and what, he would ask, was the object in the beginning of this century but to preserve Spain ? Whatever the power of Great Britain may be, she would bedeeply injured by tbe subjuga- tion of Spain. But the Czar must be consulted, who had ex- tended his friendly care to the different Governments in Europe ; and where would iheir safety be if those countries were lined with Ciifcsncks? He had offered to land them, or Pandours, in this country, to support the Government, but be ( Sir J ) trusted the offer to land foreign troops in this coun- try had beeu indignantly refused. In conclusion he proposed— " Confusion to the Holy Alliauce." Mr. J. A. MURRAY rose to propose the health of a Nobleman whom they all esteemed, who bad espoused the cause with an eloquence worthy of it, who was true to his friends, and firm to the principles Of freedom. The liealdi of the Earl of Rosslyn," was then drank witli loud applause. The Earl of ROSSLYN' returned his best thanks for the flattering maimer in which his name had been noticed, and which he could only attribute to the extravagant praise of his friend. ( Cries of No! No ! aiid loudappiause.)— The principles of Mr, Fox had been early impressed ou his mind by that great man, and had been cemented by experience. If a life spent without deviating from those principles did not convince them of his sincerity, liis Lordship said he had no hope of gaining their belief in promises for the future. His Lordship, - With much pathos, alluded to a dear, honoured, and lamented friend, who had beep snatched from tlietn in the midst of a bril- liant careeT as an advocate, who was a most indefatigable member of a laborious profession, in whom the oppressor al- ways found an able foe, and tile weak a friend and protector. His virtues bad been described in a speech so elegant, that he dared, not. abuse their patience by any public effort of his to dwell upon tiic sentiments they hud heard, replete with beautiful eloqueuce and philosophy ; the person who made that speech was indeed worthy of being a co- eqnat leader with him whese memory he was about to propose. Like Sir J. Mackintosh, the Noble Earl alluded to Sir S. Romilly's endea- vours to improve the criminal law, and expressed his happiness to have the opportunity of paying that public tribute lo the exertions of that lamented person in favour of his country,— His Lordship then gave, Tiie Memory of Sir Samuel Romilly."— Which was drank in respectful silence- Mr. A BE It C ROM BY, in an able speech, proposed— " The health of Sir Henry Moucreiff, and Die independent Church of Scotland." Mr. J. MflNCRElFf refuriied thanks for himself. and for the person who had been so' honourably noticed for his principles, which he assured the company he would support to the last hour of his life. The Learned Gentleman alluded to the public services of Mr. Fox. who, he said, best understood true liberty. He then adverted to the subject of religious liberty, which consisted alone in liberty of conscience. He next drew a comparison between the religion we enjoyed at present and for- merly; although there w- as still a spirit of intolerance prevailing, under which a large portion of this country were placed because they were too honest to give up their principles. In thus alluding to Catholic Emancipation, Mr. Moncreiffinsisted that if there were bigots, they were those who were against that important question. Mr. Moticreifftheri passed an eulogium ou the late Mr. Grattan, and concluded by proposing the memory of that Gentleman. Mr HUNTER. Advocate, rose to propose the health of Mr* Henry Brougham, whose abilities and attachment to the principles of Mr. Fox were well known ; he dwelt on his un- wearied exertions in the cause of Education, in which he had spent much time, and incurred great labour. " The health of Henry Brougham, Esq." was then drank amidst great applause. Mr. J. w. BROUGHAM, for his brother, returned his heartfelt thanks for the fl ittering manner in which his health had been proposed, and assured the Meeting that in whatever he ( Mr. IL Brougham) had done to merit their notice, bis ob- ject had been to promote the happiness of the people. Mr. HORNER rose to propose the health of Mr. Junes Gibson, who, he said, had always been found. in the foremost ranks, fighting the battles of the people, under whatever shape, or from whatever quarter they might he assailed. He had set at defiance all calumnious attacks, which must have originated in ignorance of the man, or from those who had measured him by the standard of their own demerits. " Mr. James Gibson, on every occasion the zealous and fearless defender of the independence of Scotland."— Loud applause. Mr. P. BROWN said, he rose to propose the health of a distinguished Member of the Commons' House? of Parliament. And however much the toast might suffer in his hands, Ire had the satisfaction of reflection, that it was impossible to mention the name of Lord Archibald Hamilton where so many Scottish Burgesses were assembled, without calling forth feelings of sincere gratitude and profound respect. ( Loud cheering.) The conduct of that patriotic nobleman during hi; long Parliamen- tary career, had ever been of the most useful, honourable, aud consistent kind. In all questions of great general and national importance his Lordship had ever exhibited a faithful attach- ment to those liberal and constitutional principles, which. were the best security of the people's rights, aud formed the brightest gem ofthe Crown. ( Cheers.) But this was the least part of the meritsofthe Noble Lord. It was undoubtedly the most agree- able part of the duly of an independent member of Paaliament to take his share in great public questions. When a nation is anxiously waiting the result when he advocates the cause of oppressed or injured individuals, or maintains and vindicates the just rights of mankind, in opposition to the abettors and apologists of despotic power, or pleads for those improvements in our laws or institutions which some has rendered necessary he derives from the very nature of such subjects, a sustain- ing and elevating influence, that places him alioveall external circumstances. Bui it is in managing the laborious ami in- tricate details of those measures which are broughtbefore Par- liament, when he encounters all the management and man- eauvring of men in office to get rid ofthe obnoxious measure— it is then that the steadiness of his principles, that his patience and perseverance Sre fully tried. There never, perhaps, was more remarkable merit of this description, than the conduct of Lord A. Hamilton during the two Sessions of Parliament when he sat as Chairman of the Committee oil the Scotch Burghs. ( Cheers.) After the most trying and fatiguing exertions, his Lordship, with the aid of his independent colleagues, several of the most valuable of whom were numbered among the pre- sentcompany ( cheers), brought forward a body of evidence, es- tablishing, beyond all controversy, the undue political ma- nagement, the pecuniary mismanagement, the waste, corrup- tion, and numberless abuses already known to exist in me Scotch burghs— that the result of these exertions has been so unsatisfactory is deeeply to be regretted, but it can easily be accounted for from the constitution ofthe House of Commons, the necessity fbr reforming which body has already been so ably and so eloquently pleaded. A more convincing proof of the necessity for this reform was probably never exhibited, than in the issue ofthe last motion in. February, by Lord Archibald Hamilton, on a reform of the Scotch burghs, which he ( Mr.' B.) happened accidentally to hear. Never was a speech more' powerful in its fact ® , more convincing in its reasoning, or irre- sistible in its conclusion. A complete exposure was then made ofthe management of the last appointed Committee, by which a report was drawn up, hostile to all the views and intentions ofthe Noble Chairman, while he was unavoidably absent iu Scotland, and when there was none to maintain the cause of Scotch Burgh Reform, but that ever watchful, ever zealous, faithful, and indefatigable friend of Ills country, Mr. Hume. ( Much applause.) The effect ofthe Noble Lord's speech on the House appeared to be overwhelming. The reply ofthe Learned Lord at the head of the Civil Administration of Scot- land, if a few feeble and disjointed remarks could be called a reply, was scarcely tolerated by the House. No sympathy was expressed, and nut even one solitary cheer was heard from the Treasury Benches, to relieve the dullness of the scene.— ( Laughter.) Now, he ( Mr. B.) thought, is the House at length ahout to listen to the petitions of half a million of peo- ple ? The justice and liberality of the English members will no longer suffer our northern region to be disgraced by the hideous monster of self- election, the offspring of a dark and barbarous age. Already he contemplated the revival of those rotten and decayed burghs, which make every traveller melan- choly as he passes through theui. Already he saw them spring- ing on theirfeet, and advancing in wealth and industry, try ihe healthful infusion of popular election. But alas ! these hopes were soon destroyed ; for Lord A. Hamilton's motion was re- jected by a majority of uearly two to one. No doubt his ex- pectations arose from ignorance aud inexperience. The lion- ourable gentlemen composing the majority of the House of Commons must have had good and substantial reasons for their conduct— doubtless they were directed by those profound and statesman like views of which plain and untutored persons like himself can form no eonceplion ( laughter.) These, hitherto, had been the results of all the exeriions of the Burgh Refor- mers of Scotland in Parliament; and when tliey went into a court of law, they discovered that a summary process might only be in its first stage at the end of four years. ( Laughter.) But he trusted, ihat as the Scutch Burgh Reformers were tem- perate and moderate in their desires, that they would satisfy the world that they were inflexible in their purpose, and they would, year after year, petition the. House, until they had for ever destroyed the- last vestige of the self- electing principle.— At whatever time this should take p'. ice, their debt of grati- tude was not the less to Lord Archibald Hamilton, who bad so long and so ably pleaded their cause. He begged to apo- logise for detaining the meeting so long, and to propose— Lord Archibald Hamilton and the Cause of Burgh P. vfurm." ( Much cheering.) Sir RONALD FERGUSSON begged the indulgence of the company for a few minutes, until heoffered some explana- tion of ihe c.' mduct which he had thought, proper to observe as a member of the Burgh Reform Committee. He ever had been a zealous advocate of burgh reform; 3tid for two sessions. regularly attended the committee. Ministers, however, or those who were hostile lo the measures, discovered that the committee were doing a great deal of good; and when the Com- mittee was re- appointed, contrived to mix up with its compo- sition a great deal of alloy ( God knows of w hat materials).— Last Session, Mr. Grant of Rothimurcus, finding that their new modelled committee laid down rules which they themselves violated at pleasure ; and that they resisted all investigation into ca » es which it was urged upon them they ought to investi- gate, particularly the very flagrant one of Inverury, thought the best method they could take to express their indignation at such proceedings, to state to the committee, that they would go down to the House, and there explain their reasons for withdrawing themselves from the committee. This they did ; and he hoped that his countrymen would give them credit for the propriety of their motives, if not for the wisdom of the measure. ( Loud cheering.) Mr. ANDREW SCOTT, as one of the citizens of Edin- burgh, engaged in the cause of burgh reform, briefly express- ed the obligations which the burgesses of Scotland were under to General Fergnsson aud other independent members, for their patriotic exertions ; and concluded by stating ( heartily), that after what had passed that eveniug, he would be proud of being called a whig. The CHAIRMAN paid a tribute to the virtues and talents of the late Mr. F. Horner, in a manner so feeling, so able, and so appropriate, that we will not injure it by attempting a report. He concluded by giving — " The Memory of Francis Horner," which was drank in solemn silence. Mr. MONCRElFF, after paying a just compliment to the talents and independence of the English bar, proposed the health of Sergeant Lens, Mr. Scarlet, Mr. Dentnan, and the independence of the English bar.—( Great applause.) Mr. A BE RCROM BY returned thanks. His professional brethren knew the value, the worth, aud the intelligence of the people of Scotland, and cordially participated with them in their noble and manly sentiments. Mi. COCKBURN stated that he rose for the purpose of proposing the health of a gentleman whose merits required no exposition, because they notoriously had already come home, not only to the bosom, but to ^ he business of every one of UJ. I allude to Mr. Joseph Hume. It would not be doing justice to this most meritorious public servant, to eonnect his name with any other cause than that of economy, to which he had lately devoted his life. tTi this catfse lie has wriwght nnnttlas already, and I trust is destined to work many mora. Every reformer— but more particularly every corrector of pecuniary abuses— besides the satisfaetion of doing Ids duty, has two great pleasures. The first is that of pleasing his friends ; the second, that of disturbing his enemies. I have no doubt that Mr. Hume was amply rewarded by the latter of these satis- factions as derived from the south. But I am happy to have it. in my power to double his enjoyment by assuring them that he has not a conception of the terror with which he is viewed by certain persons in the north. For there are people in end- less ramifications here, who desire power, not for usefulness, which they seem systematically to disdain, not for popularity, which they seem destined never to acquire ; but merely for the possession of the good things of Ibis life, which lliey know that they can acquire from power alone. And partly from this hav- ing once been the seat of a separate monarchy, the costly skirts of which are still left amongst us, and from a natural aptitude which it is said that we have for these sorts of things, this class is extremely redundant. Mr. Hume has moved for many valuable returns to parliament, but it would be edifying if he could get one, which would state, not the number of the holders of offices, but of the long train of expectants. If lie wished to see the real extent of his usefulness, and to enjoy the fulness of his glory, he would try to lift up the veil, aud to see the disconcerted faces, and feel the sinking pulses of a ginup of old retired Scutch sinecurists, or of a knot of young and ardent office- hunters, when they are met to bemoan the times, after the news had reached their ears, that his vigilunce | iad detected a job, or his uuweariedness demolished a place. Long may they afford him this triumph, and long may fie fur- nish them with such subjects of meditation. He begged leave to give " Mr. Joseph Hume, and may his future efforts be as suc- cessful as fiis past, iu detecting the waste of public expenditure.'* This speech produced bursts of laughter, mixed with many cheers, and the toast was druuk with enthusiasm. A little before one o'clock, Sir J, M ACKINTOSH ob- served; that there were still several toasts to propose, hut at IhtY advanced boor it was thought it would be better to forgo the pleasure which he was sure these toasts would afford, and fie therefore suggested that they should be simply read from the chair. This was agreed to, and they were read as folloevs : * The Independent Members of the Merchant Company." " The Indepeudent Members ofthe Incorporated Tiades of Edinburgh," " The Independent Periodical Press of Scotland.' " The memory of Washington, aud may his example soon- spread over the western world." " The Memory of \ V Id thread." " Lord Erskine. and Trial by Jury." The meeting broke up at a little past one. FURTHER EXTRACTS FROM LAS CASES' JOURNAL, AND NAPOLEON'S , MEMOIRS. It would appear, that from liis earliest childhood Ilis parents rested all their hopes oil him. His father, when on bis death- bed at Montpellier, though Joseph was beside him, spoke only of Napoleon, who was then at the military school. In the delirium with which lie was seized in his last moments, lie incessantly called Napo- leon to come to his aid with Iiifgrecit sword. The graiiel uncle, Lucien, who oil his death- bed was surrounded by all his relatives, said, addressing himself to Joseph, " You are the eldest of the family; but there is the head of it, ( pointing to Napoleon). Never lose tight of him." The Emperor used to laugh and say, " This was a true- disinheritance ; it was the scene of Jacob and Esau." Napoleon was scarcely eighteen years of age when the Abbe Raynal, struck with the extent of his acquire- ments, appreciated his merit so highly as to make him one ofthe ornaments of his scientific dejeuners. The ce- lebrated Paoli, who had long inspired Napoleon with a sort of veneration, aud who found that the latter had headed a party against him, whenever he showed him- self favourable to the English, was accustomed to say ' This young man is formed on the ancient model. He one of Plutarch's men." Many individuals who knew him at an early period of life, foresaw his extraordinary career; and they viewed the events of his life without astonishment. At ail early age he gained annonymously a prize at the Academy at Lyons, on the following question, proposed by If aynalj: " What are the, principles and institutions calculated to advance mankind to the highest possible degree of hap- piness The anonymous memorialeXcited great atten- tion : it was perfectly in unison with tile ideas of the » irc. It began by inquiring in what happiness consisted ; and the answer was, in perfect enjoyment of life in the man- ner most conformable with our moral and physical organi- zation. After he became Emperor, Napoleon was one day conversing on this subject with M. de Talleyrand : the latter, like a skilful courtier, shortly after presented to him the famous memorial, which lie had- procured from the archives of the Academy of Lyons. The Emperor took it, and, after reading a few pages, threw into the fire this first production of this youth, sayimv « ' One can never observe every thing." M. de Talleyrand had not an opportunity of transcribing it. Circumstanees and reflection have considerably modi- fied his character. Even his style of expression, now so concise'and laconic, was in fiis youth diffuse and enr- phatic. At the time ofthe Legislative Assemble, Na- poleon assumed a serious and severe demeanour, and be- came less communicative than before. The Army of Italy also marked another epoch in his character. His extreme youth when he went to take the command ofthe army, rendered it necessary he should evince £ reat re- serve, and the utmost strictness of morals. " This was indispensably npcessarv," said lie, " to enable me to command men so much above me in point of a ' e. I pursued a line of conduct truly irreproachable and exemp- lary. I proved myself a sort of Cato. I must have ap- peared such in the eyes of all. I was « philosopher and a sage," In this character lie appeared on the theatre of the world. In 1793, Napoleon was in Corsica, where he had r » command in the National Guards. He oj> p03ed Paoli as soon as he was led to suspect that the veteran, to whom he had hitherto been so much attached, enter- tained a design of betraying the island to the Eirolish Therefore it is not true, as has been generally reported, that Napoleon, or some of his family, were at one tiinQ ia England, proposing to raise a Corsicau regiment for the English service. llONAPARTE's RETURN FROM EGYPT. Ill the mean time the news of Napoleon's return had. reached Paris. It was announced at the Theatres, and caused an universal sensation— a general deiiriutm of which the Members of the Directory partook. Soma of the Societc du Manege trembled on the occasion; I tut they dissembled their real feelings so well as to seem to share the general rejoicing. Baudin, the Djputy from Ardennes, who was really a worthy man, and si D- cerely. grieved at the unfortunate turn ' that the affairs jf the Republic had taken, died of joy when he heard of Napoleon's return. Napoleon had already quitted Lyons, when bis land* ding was announced in Paris. With a precaution whie ill was very advisable iu liis situation, he expressed to his Couriers an intention of taking a different road fro in that which lie actually took ; so that liis wife, his famil f, and particular friends, went in a wrong direction toi meet him, and by that means some days passed befc re lie was able, to see them. Having thus'arrived in Pairis quite unexpectedly, he was in his own house, in tlse Rue Chautereine, before any one knew of his beino in the capital. Two hours afterwards he presented himself to the Directory, and, being recognized by the soldiers on guard, was announced by shouts of gladness. All the Members ofthe Directory appeared to share in the public joy ; he had every reason to congratulate himself on the reception he experienced on all sides. The* nature of past events sufficiently instructed him as to the situa- tion of France ; and the information he had procured on his journey, had nude him acquainted with all that was going on. His resolution was taken. What lie had been uttwilling to attempt 011 his return from Italy, he was now determined to do immediately. He held the government of the- Directory and the leaders of thg Counnls, in supreme contempt'. Resolved to possess huuself of authority, oirJ to restore Franco to lier for im'er glory* Lv giving a'{ tovfcrfiil irppuhe to public aflliirs, f. e hail left Egypt to execute tliis project— ami all tliat he had just seen in the interior of l'rance bad confirmed Jjis sentiments and strengthened liis resolution. Of the old Directory onlv Barras remained. The other Memliers were Roger Ducos, Moulins, Gohier, and Sieves. Ducos was a man of narrow mind and easy disposi- tion. Moulins, a General of Division, had never served in War; he was . originally in the French guards, and had been advanced in the armv of' the interior. He Was a worthy man, and a warm and upright patriot. Gflhier was an advocate of considerable reputation and exalted patriotism ; an eminent lawyer, and a man of great integrity and candour. Sieves had long been known to Napoleon. He was born at Frejns, in Provence. His reputation commen- ced with the Revolution. He had been called to the Constituent Assembly by the Electors of the Third Es- tate, at Paris, after having been repulsed by the Assem- bly of the Clergy, at Ciiartres. lie was the author of the pamphlet entitled, " What is the Third Estate ? • which made so much noise. He was not a man of business : knowing but little of men, he knew not how they might be made to act. All his studies having been directed to metaphysics, he had the fault of metaphysici- ans, of too ofien despising positive notations ; but he was capable of giving useful and luminous advice on matters of importance, or at anv momentous crisis. To him France is indebted for her division into depa tments, which destroyed all provincial prejudices ; and though he was never distinguished as an orator, he greatly contri- buted to the success of the Revolution bv his advice in the Committees. He was nominated as Director, vvlicn the Directory was first established ; but he refused tlie distinction at that time, and Lareveillere was appointed instead of him. He was afterwards sent Ambassador to Berlin, and imbibed a great mistrust of the politics of Prussia in the course of lus mission. He had taken a seat in the Directory not long before this ti • ; liut he bad already been of great service in checking the progress of the Societe du Manege, which he saw was ready to seize the lichn of the State. He was abhorred by that faction of fearless of bringing upon himself the enmity of so powerful a party, he courageously resisted the machinations of these men of blood in order to avert from the Republic- the evil with which it was threatened. At the period of the 13th of Vendemiaire, the fol. Ipwing occurrence had enabled Napoleon tofolfn a cor- rect judgment of him. At the critical moment of that dav, when the Committee ofthe Forty seemed quite dis- tracted, Sieves came to Napoleon, and took him into the recess of a window, while the Committee was delibe- rating upon the answer to be given to the summons of the Sections. " You hear them, General," said he, " they talk while they should lie acting. Bodies of men are wholly unfit to direct armies, for they know not the value of time or opportunity. You have nothing tQ do here; go, General, consult your genius and the situa- tion of the country— the hope of the Republic rests on you alone." FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FROM FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, Jan. 12.— Lord Fitzroy Somerset arrived on Friday in Paris, and set out on Saturday morning for Madrid. It is said that he has no particular mission from his Government, but that he is merely attached to the legation of Sir William A'Court. Though his Lord- ship onlv stopped a few hours in Paris, that diplomatist liad a conference with the Spanish Ambassador, and took with him dispatches from his Excellency. J AN. 14-.— The weather in Paris is cold in the extreme — it is almost impossible for carriages to go through the streets for ice. A small qnautity of snow is now falling, but the atmosphere is not at all relaxed. You may judge of the intensitv ofthe weather, when I tell you that the Parisian « complain of it. These people, generally speak- jag, stand cold better than Russians. Fuel is very dear — a good fire, such as We are accustomed to have in England, costs from four to five francs per day. The cold in the north of Italy, fr un December 3d to January 3, exceeds what we have felt in Paris. The thermometer at Milan has fallen every day to 7 and 7.5 degrees below the zero of Reaumur. The Journals ofHhe northern provinces of the king- dom are full of accounts ofthe freezing ofthe rivers. In our citv large subscriptions have been made for the re- lief of " the poor in this very severe weather.— Brussels Paper. MILAN, Dec. 2.— We expect here, on the 6th, the first column of Austrian troops from Piedmont. It is said, that it will remain provisionally m Lombardy ; and that none of the Austrian corps in Italy will, for the present, return to the Austrian States. PETERSBURG!!, Dec. 21.— The Conserratenr, a Journal of this town, contains the following article :— " Russia has now for a long period attracted the at- tention of foreigners, who have given information to all Europe concerning its military and its political relations, but the present mental exertions, the tendency of which makes a nation desirous of giving itself an original in- tellectual existence, appears hitherto to have escaped most observers. Extraordinary events were necessary to enable philosophic writers of other nations to judge if that country, which appeared to them to ptoduce only iron and soldiers, could also supply its tribute to and claim a place in the republic of letters. Some French writers have endeavoured to naturalise in their own lan- gtiag* fragments of Russian literature and poetry ; if according to the idea which ought to be formed of all translations thev have not been able to preserve in the flowers transplanted into their clime, all their beauty of form and glow of colour, they have at least, in increas- ing the dominion of science, merited w ell of the country whose literary riches tliey have exported, and of that into which thev have imported these riches. The Eng- lish. struck with the same thing, have embarked in a similar enterprise. Lost year appeared in English verse of different species, a Russian Anthology, or choice pieces of the Hnfesian poets, translated by Mr. Bowring, with remarks and biographical notices. It does not be- long to tis to give any opinion on this attempt. All that we think ourselves entitled to say is, that in conse- quence of the greater freedom of the English language, of its metrical system, and of the reputation which belongs to English translations of classical Poets, both ancient and modern, the work will give a very precise and just idea of the present state of Russian poetry." CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 14— Massacres have been renewed in the unfortunate isle of Scio. Some Greeks, tedueedbv fallaciouspromiscs, and by solemn declarations of amnesty, had returned to the still smoking ashes of their habitations. These fugitives, who were at first well received, have been assassinated ou the first intelli- gence the Turks received of the disasters of their fleet at Tepedos. The French Consul at Scio has transmitted circulars throughout the isles to Warn the Greeks of the fate which awaits them, should they return at this mo- ment into the country where their implacable enemies arc predominant. The Oriental Spectator of Smyrna will have eternally to reproach itself with the death of a number of unfortunate men who had escaped from the first massacres, but whom their articles 011 the Ottoman elemenev, and on the tranquillity which was re- establish- ed at Scio, have induced to return. As to the Ttirco- Christian Gazette, faithful allies and eternal pane- gyrists of the Musselmaiis, and ofthe energetic Govern- ment of the Grand Seignor, they wiH not change their language, even though the bead of their idol, which is menaced at the present miiment, should fall under the jwprd pf the Janissaries. The lust Paris papers bring no decisive intelligence as the penes or wtfr. They are filial with usual discussions on this point, which have nothing new hi them, and are therefore uninteresting. A short time will now decide J whether the allies are to follow up their declarations In- die invasion of Spain, or whether they are to content themselves with expressing merely a speculative disap- probation of the Spanish revolution by the withdrawing of their Ambassadors. It is vain to speculate farther 011 the mutter while we have 011 data that can lead to any positive conclusion. FROM GERM/ IN PAPERS FRANKFORT, Jan. 6.— According to the last letters from Vienna, it is affirmed that proposals will be made to the Porte for an arrangement with the Greeks ; it is intended to invite the latter to recognize the sovereignty of the Grand Seignior, to whom they should pay an an- nual tribute ; but on the express condition they should govern themselves ; and there should not be in Greece any Turkish functionaries or troops. The arrangement of the differences with Russia is always the principal fea- ture of the negotiations at Constantinople. The affairs of the Greeks is considered as a secondary object, and supposing that the first should be settled, and that the second should not be amicably terminated, the Powers will not for that reason suspend their relations with ' Fur- key, and the Greeks will remain abandoned to their fate. IMPORTANT STATE PAPER. CIRCULAR OF AUSTRIA, RUSSIA, AND PRUSSIA. FRANKFORT, Jan. 5.— The Sovereigns of Austria, Russia, and Prussia, assembled at Verona, have ad- dressed to their Ministers at the European Courts the following Circular, the originals of which are signed re- spectively, viz, those to the Austrian Minister by Prince Metternich, to the Russian by Count Nessel- rode, and to the Prussian by Count Bernstorff. Verona, Dec. 14, 1822. SIR— You were iuformed hy the documents which were ad- dressed to you at the moment of the closing of the conferences at Laybach. in ihe month of May 1821, that another meeting • Ofthe Allied Monarch* and their Cabinets would lake place in the course of the year 1822, and lhat they would then take into consideration the duration to be fixed to the measures, which, or. the proposal ofthe Courts of Naples and Turin, and with the consent of all the Courts of Italy, had been judged neces- sary to consolidate the tranquillity ofthe Peninsula, after the fatal events ofthe years 1820 and 1821. This meeting has just taken place, and we herewith make you acquainted with its priucijial results. By the Convention signed at Novaia, July 21, 1821, the occupation of a military line in Piedmont by a corps of auxiliary troops had been fixed to the term of one jrear, with the under- standing that, at the meeting of 1822, it should be examined whether the situation of the country should permit it to cease 01 render it necessary to prolong it. The Plenipotentiaries of the Courts, parties to the Conven- vention of Novara, have entered ou this examination conjoint- ly with the Plenipotentiaries of'his Majesty the King of Sar- dinia, and . they have agreed that the assistance of an allied force was no longer necessary to maintain the tranquillity of Piedmonthis Majesty the King of Sardinia having himself pointed out the time which he thought proper for the succes- sive departure of the anxiliary troops, the Allied Sovereigns have acceded to his proposals, and it has been determined, by a new Convention, that the departure of those troops from Piedmont shall commence on the 31st of December this year, and lie completed on the 30th of September. 1825, by the eva- cuation of the fortress of Alexandria. On the other hand, his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies has signified to the Three Courts, parties to the Con- vention signed at Naples on the 18th October, that the present state of his dominions allowed him to propose a reduction of the number ofthe auxiliary troops, stationed in various parts of them, Tbe Allied Sovereigns have not hesitated to accede to this proposal, and the auxiliary army stationed ill the king- dom ofthe Two Sicilies wili be diminished as soon as possible by 17,000 men. Thus, in proportion as events answered to the wishes of the Sovereigns, that is fulfilled, which they declared at the close Of the Congress of Laybach, " that far from wishing to pro long their intervention in the affairs of Italy, beyond the li- mits of strict necessity, they cherished the ardent wish that the state of things which had imposed 011 them this painful obli- gation might cease as spoti us possible, and never return."— Thus vanish the false terrors, the inimical interpretations, the gloomy prophecies, which ignorance or peifidy spread ill Europe to-. mislead the opinion of tbe people respecting the pure and generous views of the Sovereigns. No secret plan, 110 ambition, 110 calculations of their own interest, was con- cerned in the. resolution which imperious necessity alone pre- scribed to them in the year 1821 ; to oppose resistance to the revolution— to prevent the disorders, tbe scourges, the crimes, which it desired to bring upon all Italy— to restore peace and order in that country— to afford to the Legitimate Govern- ments the protection to which they had a claim— such, alone, were the objects of the thoughts and exertions of the So vereigns. . In the proportion in which this object is fulfilled they with- draw the assistance which essential necessity alotie could call . for, and justify, and will continue to withdraw it. They re- joice at being able to leave to the Princes whom Providence hascharged with it, the care of watching over the security and tranquillity of their people, thereby depriving calumny of its last remaining pretext for disseminating doubts respecting the independence of the Italian Princes. The object of the Congress at Verona, as it had been fixed by a positive agreement, was accomplished by the resolutions taken for the relief of Italy, but the assembled Sovereigns and Cabinets could not but turn their attention to the difficult and intricate affairs, the progress of which bad incessantly engaged them ever since their meeting at Laybach. An event of the greatest importance had taken place before the close of. that meeting. What the spirit of revolution had begun in the Western Peninsula, what it had attempted in Italy, it succeed- ed in effecting at the eastern extremity of Europe. At the moment when the military insurrections in Naples and Turin yielded at the approach ofa regular farce, a firebrand of rebel- lion " was thrown into the Ottoman empire. The coincidence of the events could leave rio doubt 011 the sameness of their origin. Tbe breaking out of the Same evil in so many differ- ent points did every where, though Under various pretexts, yet accompanied by the same forms and the same language, too evidently betray the common focus from which it proceeded. Those who directed this event had fluttered themselves that they could use it to confound by discord the counsels of the powers, and to neutralise the focus which new dangers might summon to other parts of Europe. This hope was disap- pointed. The Monarchs, resolved to repeal the maxim of re- bellion in whatever place, and under whatever form it might shew itself, immediately pronounced their unanimous sen- tence of disapprobation upon it. Devoted with unceasing at- tention to the object of their common cares, they withstood every consideration which might have led them aside from the truth ; but at the same lime they followed the voice of their conscience, and a sacred duty, and spoke for the cause of humanity in favour of the victims of an enterprise equally rash and criminal. The numerous confidential communications that took place between the . five Courts during this period ( one of the most remarkable in the history of their alliance,) having' led to a perfectly satisfactory understanding with respect to the affairs of the East, . nothing remained to be done at the Congress of Verona but to confirm the results of this understanding, and the Powers allied with Russia may flatter themselves with re- moving, by joint proceedings, the obstacles which still impeded the entire fulfilment of their wishes. Other events, deserving of the entire attention of the Mon- archs, have fixed their attention 011 the deplorable condition of the Western European Peninsula. Spain now endures ihe fate which awaits all States. that arc- so unfortunate as to seek what is good in a way in which it never can be found. It passes through the fateful circle of its revolution— a revolution which deluded or ill disposed men would willingly have represented as a blessing, nay, as thg triumph of an enlightened age. All Governments are wit- nesses of the zeal with which these men have endeavoured to persuade their contemporaries, that this revolution was the ne- cessary and wholesome fruitofthe progress of civilization, and the means by which it has been effected and supported the no- blest essay of generous patriotism. If it could be the object of civilization to overthrow human society, if it were possible to suppose that the armed force which has no other vocation than that of maintaining the internal and externa! peace of the slate, might with impunity assume the supreme dominion over it, the Spanish revolution might certainly pretend to the admira- tion of all eyes and the military insurrection in the island of Leon serve as a model for Reformers. But' truth has soon asserted her rights, and Spain, at the expence of her happiness and her glory, has only furnished a new and melancholy ex- ample of the inevitable consequences of every transgression of eternal laws, of the moral order of the world. The legitimate authority followed, and changed into a forc- ed instrument of the overthrowof rights, and all legt. l privileges; all classes of the people hurried away by the stream of revo- lutionary movements, violence and oppression exercised under the forms of law ; a whole kingdom given up a prey to disor- der and convulsions of every kind, rich colonies which justify AMERICA, New York Papers to the 16th December have arriv- ed. A message from tlile President of the United States to the Senate, 011 the subject of piracy, was delivered on the 9th nit. in which he recommends to Congress the most efficient measures for its suppression, particularly advising the organization of a description of naval force capable of pursuing the pirates into those shallow waters where they are accustomed to take refuge. The Mes- sage was immediately followed by a Bill, authorising the appropriation of 160,000 dollars to cai'ry the necessary resolution into effect, which Bill was read three times pnd passed the same day. We may confidently indulge the hope of soon seeing an end put to the horrible atro- cities of the pirates, in the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies, by the combined efforts of England and the United States. LONDON, JAN. 18. BRIGHTON, Jan. 17.— We regret to say, that the progress of his Majesty towards recovery is not so rapid as it has usually been after these severe visitations of an obdurate and often obstinate complaint. It is true that his Majesty has been enabled to leave his bed- chamber, but he was assisted to the dressing room adjoining, and was not removed without considerable pain. Official business, which had got into arrear, rendered it neces- sary that an exertion should be made, and certain pa- pers and documents which had waited the Roval perusal and signature to be returned to the various offices, espe• cially some dispatches from the Foreign Secretary, and others from Lord Liverpool, the Premier, passed. through his MajestvVhands. . He retired to his chamber, when he had sent off these important documents, less fatigued bv his exertions than was anticipated. We shall all re- joice in his Majesty's complete recovery. Though it may not please the King to shew himself to his people publiclv during the day, still his health gives a peculinr zest to the pleasures of Brighton, because ofthe courtly character of a considerable portion of its visitors during the time his Majesty resides at the Pavilion, to which he seems much attached, especially in winter. The Duke and Duchess of Argvle, accompanied by the La- dies Paget, are gone to the Duke of Richmond's, at Goodwood, near Chichester. Their visit to this place was circumscribed by the King's indisposition. His Majesty was not able to see even his old friend the Duke. The attentions of the Medical Gentlemen con- nected with the Palace are most anxious and unremitted, and we shall hail with pleasure the period, which we hope is at no great distance, when their professional services can be dispensed with. There has been an unusual bustle at the Admiralty during the last two or three days. All the Lords, atten- ded by Air. Secretary Croker, have repeatedly assembled, and the object of their meeting has been kept a profound secret. There have been several interviews between the First Lord ofthe Admiralty and Mr. Secretary Car. n- ing. The Earl of Liverpool had a long interview with Mr. Canning, at the Foreign Office yesterday. It is said Mr. Maberlv is to move tfie Repeal of the Assessed Taxes early in the Session. It is understood that he will propose to meet the deficiency by some specific reductions, and by a suspension of tlie operation of the Sinking Fund. M¥. Perkins, late Sheriffof London, and well known - for the eccentricity of his conduct, lias been invited by ( heir sSjMritfton bv the very sa; n<? tiaximsjon. ivlSieh ihe mother country has founded its public law, mil which it would willing- ly, but in vain condemn in anotherhemis'pljere, the last resour- ces of the state consumed by civil w- rr ; this is the picture which the present state of Spain presents; suefi are the evils hy which a generous people, deserving of abetter fate, is visited ; such, ill fine, are the grounds of the jist apprehensions which such an assemblage of elements, of troihle ami confusion, must ex- cite in the countries more nearly in contact with the Peninsula. If even in tbe bosom of civilization a power arose, hostilely alienated from the principles of preservation, from the principle in which the European confederation reposes, such a power is Spain in its present state of dissolution. Could ttye Sovereigns have contemplated with indifference I so many evils heaped upon one country, accompanied with so j many dangers lo the others ? Depending in this important | affair only 011 their own judgment- find their own consciences, they have been obliged to ask themselves whether they were ; longer allowed to remain calm spectators of an evil which every ! day threatens to become more terrible and dangerous, and i even by the presence of those Representatives to lend tbe false j colouring of a tacit sanction to tlie measures ofa faction which j is ready to undertake every thing for the maintenance of its destructive sway ? The decision of ihe Monarchs could not be doubtful. Their Legations have received orders to quit the Peninsula, Whatever may be the consequences of their step, the Mon- i archs thereby prove to Europe that nothing can induce them i to waver in a resolution which their most intimate conviction i has approved. The more sincere tbe friendship is which they feel towards his Majesty the King of Spain, the more lively llieir interest in the welfare of a nation w- hicli has distinguished itself by so many virtues at all periods of its history, the more strongly have they felt the necessity of adopting the mea- sures on which they have decided, and which they shall know how to maintain. Tfie preceding view will give you the conviction that the Monarchs, in their last negotiations, have not departed from theprinciples to which they have remained unalterably faith- ful in ell the great questions relative tu order and preserva- tion, to which the events of our times have given such great importance. Their union, essentially founded 011 those prin- ciples, for losing its early character, obtains from one period to another more solidity and energy. It would be superfluous farther to defend their upright and benevolent intentions against unworthy calumnies, wh'eh are daily refuted by no- torious facts. All Europe must at length acknowledge, that the system pursued by the Monarchs is iu the most perfect har- mony with the well understood interests of the people, as well as with the independence and strength of the Government,— They recognise 110 enemies but those who conspire agninst the legal authority of the one, and ttie simplicity of the other, to plunge both into one common abyss of destruction. The wishes of the Monarchs are directed to peace alone ; but this peace, though fully established between tlie Powers, cannot diffuse its blessings over society, as long as the fermentation is kept up, which in more than one country inflames people's minds by the perfidious arts of persuasion, and the criminal efforts of a faction which aims only at revolution and destruc- tion ; so long as the beads and instruments of this faction ( whether they openly take the field against throned and exist- ing institutions, or whether they brood over their hostile plans in the dark, propose plots and poison public opinion, shall not cease to torment the nations with discouraging and lying representations of the present, and fictitious apprehensions of the future ; the wisest measures of the Governments cannot prosper, the best meant plans of improvement cannot succeed, confidence cannot return till those promoters of the most odious purposes shall have sunk into impotency; and the Mo- narchs will not believe that they have accomplished those great works till they shall have deprived them of the arms with wiiich they may threaten the repose of the world. I11 communicating to the Cabinet to which you are accre- dited the facts and declarations which are contained in the present document, you will at the same time call to mind what the Monarchs consider as the indispensible condition of the fulfilment of their benevolent wishes. To insure to Europe not only the peace which it enjoys under the protection of treaties, but also the sense of internal repose and durable secu- rity, without which 110 real happiness can exist for nations, they must calculate on the faithful and perseveringco- operation of • 11 the Governments. They here call on them for this co- operation in the name of their own highest interests, in the name of social order, the preservation of which is at stake, ill the name of future generations. May they be all pene trated with the great truth, that tbe power confided to their hands is a sacred trust, for which they are accountable to the people, and to their posterity; and they expose themselves to a serious responsibility when they fall into errors, or listen to counsels wiiich would sooner or later deprive them of the pos- sibility of protecting their subjects from the ruin which they had themselves prepared for them. The Monarchs have the confidence that they shall every where find true Allies in those who are invested with the supreme authority, under whatever forms it may be— Allies who do homage not merely to the letter and the positive precepts of the conventions which form the basis of the present European system, but also to their spirit and principles ; and they flatter themselves that the words here spoken, will be received as < 1 new confirmation of their firm and unalterable resolution to consecrate all the means entrusted to them by Providence, to promote the welfare of Europe. a number ofburgrSSeS of Berwick baling in Lonjo. n to offer himself as a ciitklidate for that burgh, and has ac- cepted the iuvitatidn. It is verv generally reported, that, in the event of ft vacancy in the office of High Steward for the University of Cambridge, the Marquis of Huntly' will be a candi- date for that distinguished situation. NEW LOTTERY— On Thursday morning the gen- tlemen who usually bid for the Lottery attended the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the Treasury, when a coalition bidding of L. 13 : 8s. was accepted for 30.000 tickets, to to drawn on or before the 8th day of May next. Belzoni, the celebrated traveller, leaves town 011 Monday, on a new journey ; but whether to make a tour through Persia, or to try to trace the route of Mungo Park, is not certain. Mr. Belzoni dined with his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex 011 Friday last. At the receipt audit of a gentleman who lives within ten miles of Loughborough, the steward, instead of receiving £ 2500, ( the amount of the half yearly rental), brought home onlv £ 4- 5 to £.' 47. A few days ago, we stated, that at a meeting at Li- merick, for the purpose of addressing the Lord Lieu- tenant on the late Orange outrage, had become so tu- multuous that it was dispersed bv the police. A most respectable requisition was signed, calling a second meet- ing for Thursday last ; but the Lord Lieutenant having received information that the peace of the city was liliely to be endangered, has ordered the Mayor of Limerick to prohibit it taking place, which he has done by procla mation, declaring that, if such meeting takes place, he will cause it to be dispersed. From the Irish papers, we learn that the High Sheriffs of two counties, those of Wexford and Cal low, have refused to convene public meetings for the purpose of addressing the Lord Lieutenant upon the subject of the recent outrage offered to his Excellency in the Dublin theatre. The reason given for this in the one case is, that the Grand Jury have thrown out the bills preferred against the individuals who committed the outrage, aud no reason whatever is given for not calling a meeting of the county, of Carlow. This appears to be the excess of party spirit. When such an outrage has been com- mitted against the first Magistrate of the. country, and the representative of loyalty, can there be any doubt that the counties should express abhorrence at such n proceeding, and thereby strengthen the cause of good order in the country. Important Discovery in the Composition, of the Blood. Sir Everard Home, in delivering his introductory lecturf on the physiology of the blood, on Tuesday, at St. George's Hospital, explained a discovery made by him On the component parts of the blood, in the year 1818," a fact which is known but to few of the profes- sion. Sir Everard's new theory is, that carbonic acid gas forms a large portion of the blood, and that this fluid is of a tubular structure. The immortal Har- vey, the discoverer of the circulation, and 1 Jewsoti and Hunter, who have most studied the composition of the vital fluid, failed to make this important discovery, and should time, the only test of truth, prove the justness of this new theory, Sir Everard shall be ranked among the first physiologists of the day. He asserts that carbonic acid gas exists in the blood in the large proportion of two cubic inches to an ounce, and that it is given eut in large quantities from the blood of a person after a full meal, and very little from the blood of. a feve- rish person. The fact of the appearance of the lubes passing through every particle of the blood, Sir Everard was led to discover by observing the growth ofagraiu of wheat daily through a microscope ;— he first saw a blob, and then a tube passing from it; the blob was the juice of the plant, and the tube was formed by the extrication of carbonic acid gas. Reasoning from analogy, lie ex- amined a globule of blood, and found it composed of si milar tubes,, which he was enabled to inject under the exhausted receiver of an'air- putnp. His discovery, trifl- ing as it may appear, will probably lead to important re- sults. Sir Everard is entitled to great credit for this ori- ginal discovery: facile est inventis addere, but not so easy to invent new. facts. wlifill continued during tfjurly tiic Wfiole of !* r » f » » < i* cek not So plentifully supplied With horses its hud been anticipate !. The demand was brfsk, and prices on the advance for goo f roadsters, gig, and conch horses \ draught and . post horses alsd had a quick sale. The colours m: » , t in request Were bays, greys, and roans. Good grey and roan blond stallions to covei- tli'e ensuing season, v/ o u I if meet with -_- reat encouragement in the north of England, at almost any p. Vvs. , PHI OF STOCKS. - perC, Red. 5 perCt. C. 3} Cents. 4 per Cents. India Stuck, 80^ 0 4 9 » i i India Bonds. ' so 41 43 pr. Ex. H. id.. ^' 1000 lll.: Lottery Tickets, — fc — s. Cs. for Ac. ? 9fU{ pr. NAVAL REGISTER. MARKETS, fyc. AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN. The following is the General Average which governs Im- portation, taken from the Weekly Returns of the quanti- ties and Price of British Corn, Winchester measure, in England and Wales, for the week ended 11th Jan. Wheat, Rye, Barley, Oats, - 40s 3d Od 28s Od 17s Md Beans, Peas, : Oatmeal, Bear or Big, - 25s 5d 50s Id 00s Od 00s OOd The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com- puted from the Returns made in the week ended the 15th Jan. is 29s. 8^ d. per cwi. duty exclusive. CORN EXCHANGE, Jan. 20. There is scarce any thing doing 111 this market, the weather' completely preventing the landing of Ihe Grain from ihe vessels 111 the River, and the supply consists entirely ofa few land samples which have been brought up. The price of Grain of all descriptions is nominally the same as oil Friday, hot 110 business worth noticing is doing. There is a great accumu- lation of grain of all sorts on board ihe vessels, but it is im- possible to land it. CURRENT PRICES OF GRAIN. Wheat s. s; d. White ( new) 28 to 44 0 Do. Fine Do. Old Red Do, Fine Do. Old Rye Barley ... Do. Old Malt Do. Fine Pease Hog 44 to 52 b — to — 0 36 to 42 0 — to — 0 — to — 0 18 to 21 O' 24 to 27 O — ro — 0 40 to 56 0 — to — 0 26 to 28 0 Pease, Maple . Do. White Do. Boilers Small Beans . Do Old Do. Tick Do. Fine Oats Feed Fine. . ... Do. Poland . Do, Potatoe . Do. Fine s. s. d. 28 to 30 0 28 lo 32 0 30 to 34 0 26 to 30 0 — to — 0 21 to 27 0 — to — 0 47 to 20 0 — to — 0 ; 8 to 22 O 22 to 24 0 — to — 0 Flour, — s, to 40s. — Seconds, 32s. 35s. HADDINGTON CORN MARKET, Jan. 17. A middling supply of Wheat in market, which sold readily at tfie beginning, but dull towards, the end of the market. Current prices from 18s. to 21s Top price of Barley same as last day— Top price of Oats 6d. lower than last day. Current prices from 12s. to 14s. Wheat. Tiarlcii. Oats, j Pease. I Beans. First ? 5s 6d £ 0s 6d 14s 6d | t4s 6d j 14s ( Sd Second 20s Od 18s Od ! 3s Od I 12s Od I 12s Od Third 17s Od 16s Od | lis Od | 10s Od | 10s Od This day there were 321 bolls of Oatmeal in Edinburgh Market— Retail price per peck of best oatmeal. Is. Od. FAIRS. JANUARY• Banff, St. John's, 7th day Cullen, ditto Oldmeldrum, St. Nethslin's Fair, Ist Thursday after the 18th Strichen Yule Market, Tuesday ' Tain, Cormick's Fair, Tuesday ( Old Stile.) Granton, 1st Tuesday 1st 1st -( New Stile.) Mortlaeb, 1st Tuesday Forres, St. John's. Ist Wen. Drumblade, St. Hilary's, 2d Tuesday Contin, 18th day, or Wed- nesday after Laurencekirk, Tantau, 3. Thursday Old Deer, ditto Turriff; St. Paul's, last Tues- day and Wednesday. SMITFIFIELD MARKET, Jan. 20. To sink the OH'al, per stone of Slbs. Beef, 3s Od to 3s ., 8d I Veal, 4s Oil to 5s Od Mutton, 3s Od to 3s 4d,|, Pork, 3s Od to, 4s Od Beasts, 2591— Sheep, & c. 19,^ 30— Calves. 130— Pigs, 300. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET— The Glasgow fat cattle tnatket turned out well on Monday. The supply was less than it has been for several weeks ; sales were brisk, and there was an advance - in tlie prices. Such licasts as were in good condition, and weighed from 18 to 26 stones, brought from 6s. 6d. to 7s. Od. a stone. Rest large slots wept off at from 8s. to 8s. 6d. a stone* The grass fed. sheep beiuj now about over for tile season, sheep have been progressively rising in price. Black- faced ewes brought from 6s, lo 1 Is. and wed- ders sold from 16s. to 22s, A lot from East Lothian brought 24s. and they were neither so fat nor in such good condition as those that about two months ago went off' for 16s. and I8s. The great annual hersu- fWr of I'un,;•<>?;, in JUtucir> htrer FROM LLOYD'S MARINE LIST, . fan. if Jan. 15.— U. came on to blow hard early this morn- ing from tlie E. by S. accompanied with snow, during which the brig Manly of Yarmouth, Clark, from Seville5 for London, drove on shore at the south end of Deal. oppoMie the Dock Yard ; every assistance was immediately rendered her to secure the vessel and cargo; the storm is quite abated, aud. if it con- tinues moderate, de have no doubt but it wili be effected.- J » The cargo is getting out, which appears tr> hare sustained little or no damage. Two ouiward- botind brigs got a « ay to- day, when the weather, moderated, and proceeded down channel, particulars unknown ; the rest remain with the homeward bound as per last, apparently all welt. Several of the vessels drove considerably during the gale, but we do hot learn that any other suffered. The Juno, Pruchiud, from Jamaica, re- mains all well. YARMOUTH, Jan., 15— The Marjory, Ferguson, from New- castle for Odessa, which lately put in here leaky, was this day driven on shore on Yarmouth beach, having been forced from tier anchors during a heavy gale at. East, with snow. The Sea Nymph, Young, from London to Shields, wa. 4 totally wrecked on Oifofd beach on Wednesday morning. Crtw saved. TAAANROO, 8th ( 20Th) Nov.— Five foreign vessels h.- cce been wrecked in these Roads. Tlie British brigs Slag, Lash- ley, and Latona, Bulley, which were taking in their cargoes, succeeded in getting clear off, ' l'ho cause of these misfortunes was a violent gale between jtOth ult. and 2d inst. new style, f'rum the NE. which drove away the water from the Roads, and left all the vessels aground, whilst a severe frost covered a great part of the sea with ice. The wind going subsequently round to the SW. the iee broke up and returned with ihe watrr with such violence upon the shipping at anchor, as to occasion their destruction, Waxpoitri, Dec. 23.— On Thursday morning the Hyacinth, of and for this port. Murphy, from Liverpool, struck on Black- water Bank, where she soon became a wreck. Two sailors and a passenger were drowned. The remainder ofthe crew, five in, number, reached thes'hore, wilh difficulty, in the boat. The Ocean, Petting, lie, sailed from Lynn for Lcitli 4rh ult. antl has not since hi; en beard of. The Ann, of Glasgow, for Jamaica, was spoken with 20:' i ult. lat. 49. long. 8. Nautilus, from St. John's to Plymouth, 6th, lat. 46. long. - C8, by the Lady Ravensworth, Craggs, arrived at Plymouth. Captain Hamilton, of the Cambrian frigate, has in- timated to the merchants, at Smyrna, that if British vessels load provisions for Turkish ports blockaded bv the Greeks, and the latter shall refuse to allow them to enter, he cannot attempt to force their entrance, his orders being to act with the strictest neutrality. EDINBURGH, Jan. 21, HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY. Yesterday the Court having met, Mr. J, tin Ilope presented his Majesty's Commission appointing him Solicitor- General • for Scotland, and took the usual oathi William M'Intyre was then placed at. the Bar, charged with the Crimes of housebreaking and theft, perpetrated early irt the morning of the Sd of October, in the premises of lime- house; in the. Lothipn Road, at the west end of Prince's Street, the residence of Miss Ann Butter, to which the pri- soner pleaded not guilty. After the examination of witnesses, the Lord Advocate ad- dressed the Jury for the Crown, as did ?> Ir. Donald for the prisoner, after which, the Lord Justice Clerk summed up tho evidence to the Jury with his accustomed impartiality; who, after a very few minutes consultation, without leaving the bo* found the prisoner guilty'of the crimes libelled. Tba Lord Advocate moved the Court for judgment, and retired. . ,......' ' • • - The Lord Justice Clerk; after a few observations, Said, tba crime of housebreaking, had become so extremely frequent, as to lead lo the supposition that it was not regarded as a capital crime, but the example about to fie made would prove tha contrary. IJis Lordship concluded by reading tl » a awful sentence, which condemned tfie wretched vietiin tcrthe injured laws of his country to be executed 011 the 26th of February. He is only 17 years of age ; notwithstanding his efforts tu hear his fate announced with fontitude, he was evidently greatly dis- tressed, and idled tears fro'm the moment the verdict was re- turned. There are no fewer thin six wretched beings atpresent un- der sentence of death in Scotland, viz. C. M'Laretl, T. Grier- son. J. M'Ewan, and W. M'Intyre, for housebreaking, all young boys, lying in the jail of Edinburgh; and , Tan| ies Ro- bertson- and Robert Simpson, for robbing the Cak'doniuri coach at Inverness, in the jail of which place they tire now confined. The prognostications of a severe winter have been amply verified. ' Since our last the severity of the wea- ther continues unabated, and seems to be generally felt over the country. Mpcii snow has fallen, in conse- quence of which all the mails have been more or less re- tarded in their progress. The London mail due oil Thursday night at nine did not reach the Post Office till five o'clock next morning, and that of last night ar- rived only at four this morning. The mails from Car- lisle have been equally late of arrival ; that due on Thursday evening', was brought - fronl Mosspaul 0i » horseback, and arrived about mid- day yesterday morning. The north mail of yesterday was also about two hours behind its time. Diiring last night the thermometer was as low as 19 deg. and this nioffling at eight o'clock it stood at 25, deg. The road between Carlisle and Glasgow seems to be shut op ; tbe London mail due ort Thursday evening had not arrived at three o'clock yes- terday. The Glasgow Herald of Vesterday savs, deep and ge- neral regret lias been exjiresscd in this city to- day, ott learning that Dr. Chalmers is about to leave us. The Rev. Doctor has accepted the vacant Professorship of Moral Philosophy in the University of St. Andrew's. • On Tuesday the Rev. Archil. Bonnie, was unani- mously elected assistant and successor to the Uev. John M'Leod, Chapel of Ease, Glasgow. The Ct^ urt of Session met on Tuesday last, after the Christmas recess, when Mr. Jolm Hope presented hi* Majesty's commission, appointing him Solicitor- General for Scotland, in the room of the kite James Weddei-- burn, Esq. and took the oaths and his seat within ther bar. Ill health'arising, we hear, from over study, pre- sented Mr. Hope from presenting his Majesty's conn' mission earlier to the Court, as it has been some time in his possession. At a meeting of the Annual Committee of the Con- vention of Iloyal Burghs, held on Thursday l ist,' a sub- committee was named to wait 011 the Lord Advocate, on the subject of the Aet, 59 George III. c. 12, sec. 31, which in England. gives a power of stopping allowances to pensioners who desert their wives and families, A sub- committee, we understand, was also named to consider the bearings ofthe 11th Report of the Parliamentary Commissioners, and Supplement to it, on the interest* of the burghs. GLASGOW PRESBYTERY At an ordinary meeting of the Presbytery of Glasgow, 1 held on Wednesday, the old Committee was re- appoin- ted to examine into the profanation of the Sabbath bv the sailing of the steam- boats and other mal- practices. A petition, signed t » y Mr. Muir, minister, and the elders" ofthe parish church of St. James, was- nexf. read, complaining of the want of communion tables in the church, and praying tbe Presbytery to take the evil into their consideration, aud provide a remedy, Mr. » . M » tirstated that the ehtircli'li-. td been bfiilt bv the' Methodists, and as it is their practice to dispense the Lord's Supper in the pews, they have no occasion for coo>: i) ui) wu. uiUea. Tiie churobsA- as after, vafds purulwv c f by the Magistrates. and converted into a- parish church. Finding the grievous want ofpotnmtmiOo tallies, applica- tion had been frequently made to the Magistrates to have them supplied. Time after time they had been put off; on one pretence after another, and to a very receut ap- plication. thpv wcri answered that the clergymen them- selves differed I bout the most proper mode of dispensing the Sacrament, and as the subject was likely to be soon discussed in - the General Assemltly. they in the mean time delayed coming to anv conclusion 011 the matter. Mr. I. apslic said' lie hot! paid some attention to the acts of Parliament, and he was of rphrion, that it is in the power . of the PnSbv'terv to cause a deputation of ti'M . sineo to visit the tliuiclits, fiiul see. that the pulpits lie right set, that the seats lie properly placed, in short that everv thing lie appropriate for flie worship of'God, according to the rules and practices of the-- church of Scot- laud. He wished the- petition to be laid < 111 the Uible. Professor M Gill said it was a subject of very great magnitude, and required the most mature deliberation. He moved that a committee lie appointed to consider the petition, and inquire into the law of the land, and the' law of the church, respecting Communion tables. Ilis motion was agreed to, and a committee accordingly Appointed. & 3jjal a; n. pf) itln. itrt, Briton Street. MR. CUNNINGHAM'S BENEFIT, jyi) t. AST NICiJtT OF HIS ENGAGEMENT. MR. ( CCNNINpilAM Ufgs liayt1 respectfully to announce to the Ladies, and Gentlemen of" Aberdeen and its Vicinity, thathis BENEFIT takes place' Ou MONDAY EVENING, January 27, 1823, Whvn he trusts the Entertainments selected for that occasion, will be found worthy ofthe Pitronage and Support ofa liberal Public. On the above Evening will be presented, ( for the first time in tl. it. Cit\) a New Grand Russian Melo- Drama, called LOW IIV A of TOBOLSK! j Or, the Fatal Snoxv Storm. Villi New and Appropriate Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, D. corijtions, and Russian Costume. The principal Characters by j MR. MACDONALD, ( formerly Teacher of Elocution fri J this City, and late of the Theatre- Royal, Aberdeen, his first Appearance) Mr. HOWARD— Mr. R, Brows— Master FURLONG— Mr. JAUXS — Mr. Attfflii Mrs. BROWN— Mrs. ANSELL. The fallowing New Scenrrn will be produced on this occasion : 1. RUSSIAN INN a'ld GUARD- HOUSE, With the arrival of the Ferry Boat. 2. Inside of BRANDT'S COTTAGE. 3. The FERRY HOUSE, by Moonlight, with the escape of Lowinaand Brandt across the Ferry 10 Ncrtscliinsk. ACT II. 1. PETERHOFF'S COTTAGE, With the departure of Peterholf in his Dog Sledge. 2 The DftSERTS of SIBEI5I " where LOWINA and . BRAVW are overtaken bv the FATAL SNOW STORM. ACT III. The MINE- of NERTSCHINSK. End of the Melo- Drama, A Comic Song, " The Beautiful Boy," by Mr. HOWARD, As sung by Mr. Slowman, at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre, with unbounded applause. The Ludicrous Jew Song of " Little Smouchy," by Mr. AN SELL. ELEGANT AND USEFUL ARTICLES. Jtt, ? r/, and on Sale, at the THE CHRONICLE. COMMISSION WAREHOUSE, UNION STREET, BY CHARLES FYFE 4' CO. A LARGE and valuable Consignment of Elegant il and Useful FANCY A RTI CLE'S— consisting of WRITING DESKS in Rosewood unci Mahogany, some of which are fitted up for Ladies Dressing Drawing Work. & c. Ladies' anil Gentlemen*' DRESSING CASES' in Rose- wood and Mahogany, of a new and much improved make, from 8s. to 51. 5s. Ladies' WORK BOXES, in great variety, from 3s. to 21. 2s. . EIEGNPT EBONY INK STANDS TUNB1UDOE'CASES a « l INK BOXES. Ladies' RETICULES, iu Velvet. Russia, Morocco. & c. POCKET BOOKS and THREAD CASES, very handsome.. ^ PURSES — Beaded, Gilt. Velvet, Silk, Morocco, Silver Mounted, and Leather Ditto, in ureat variety. SILVER PENCIL CASES— GOLD WATCH KEYS and SEALS. A large assortment of NECK LACES and BE A OS. con- sisting of REV and If JUTE CORN Ell AN and- N EG, I. WE EX Solid CORAL, PEARL, and TURQUOIS. DRESS BEADS, lied and White— SEED BEADS, various colours, MOCK CORAL. GARNETS. RUBIES. & c. Ladies' Waist Clasps aud Buckles— Rt- ticule Mounts— Black Broaches— Dominos— Patent Boot Jacks— Mahogany Tea Chests and Cadies— Motocco Segar Cases, with a variety of other Articles. ALSO. A large Parcel of I RISH LI NE. NS, direct froirt the Ma- nufacturer, ail of last. Season's Gn ss bleaching— this Lotjias given great satisfaction to oil those who have already purchas- ed of it. A large Parcel of LONDON- M ADE UMBRELLAS, from 3s. to 6s. each, with a discount to those taking a dozen or more. SHEFFIELD PLATED LIQUOR STANDS and CRUET FRAMES, will, fine CUT BOTTLES. PLATED CANDLESTICKS, with SNUFFERS and STANDS. Ditto BOTTLE SLIDES, very cheap. FINE CUT GLASS— two Sets Elegant. DESERT SERVICES, with DECANTERS, bcautifulln cut. A Parcel of best SEAL FUR CAPS and TURBANS, of various sizes, and selling at reduced prices. C. FVFK & Co. respectfully solicit Ladies and Gentlemen lo inspect these Goods, as many of tha articles are beautiful, curious, and ics- ful. NEWSPAPERS. A. STEVENSON, BOOKSELLER, TNTIMATES, that he continues to supply all the 1: LONDON NEWSPAPERS at the Publishers'Prices, d ensure their regular delivery at any Post Office in this or neighbouring Counties. Castle Street, Aberdeen, Jan. 24, 1823. After which, SLACK HOPE VAULTING, BY MR. TAYLOR. STILL VAULTING, riY THE TROOP OF VAULTIGEURS, Messrs. CUNNINGHAM, CANII- R. BROWN, TAVLSR. ANSELL, LF. R. FURLONG. H. BROWN, GUNNING, and JAMES, the CI. OWN. EQUESTRIAN EXCERCISES, BY MRS. BROWN.- Wonderful Evolutions on the T I G II T 11 O P E, By Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Who will, on this occasion, exert himself, by'throwing a num her of FORWARD SOMERSETS, and finish with hi wonderful BACK SOMERSET, a Feat never accomplished by anv other Person. T HORSEMANSHIP, BY MR. TAYLOR, Who, for this Evening only, will introduce a great variety of astonishing Feats— among others, in particular, his PEASANT'S FROLIC; OR. TIIE FLYING WARDROBE. The Evening's Amusements will be enlivened, by the Ec- centricities of the two Clow ns, Messrs. JAMES & ANSEI. L. The w hole to conclude. With Horsemanship Burlesque, BY MR. JAMES. Doors open at Six, Performance to commence at Seven, BOXES, is— PIT, 2s— GALLERY, Is. Half- price to the Boxes and Pit at a quarter before nine— Children admitted at half- price. Places to he taken of Mr. Cunningham, at the Box Office, from 11 in the Morning, till 4 in the Afternoon. Tickets to be had at Mr. Wyllie's. Bookseller, and Mr. Mor ris' Musical Repository. Union Street. THE loxg supper club a> e requested to attend Divine Service to- morrow Evening, at the Chapel of Ease. Doors open at five— Worship at six. Jan. 25, 1823. AGENCY OFFICE. SALE OF VALUABLE GOODS, . Oil THURSD AY the 30th instant— consisting of AN elegant and superb Assortment of Fashionable CUT G- VASS, SILVER PLATED GOODS, JEWELLERY. & c among which are Wine and Spirit DECANTERS, in Pairs or Sets— TRIFFI. E BOWLS- TABLE SHADES— two larste and elegant TEA URNS or BASES, new. and Double Plated with Silver Mountings— LTQUOR and CRUET FRAMES— Ladies' and Gentle- mens' PORTABLE WRITING DESKS— GOLD and SILVER- PENCIL CASES— GOLD SEALS— BRO- ACHES— WAIST BUCKLES— SILVER SNUFF BOXES— THREE PIECES PAINTED FLOOR CLOTHS, new Patterns, ( to be sold by the Square Yard)— with a variety of other valuable Articles. H. MACSWEIN begs respectfully to acquaint the public, that the atiove Goods have been consigned to him, with parti- cular instructions to sell them without the least reserve.— Catalogues will be ready for delivery oil Monday, and ihe sale will commence on Thursday, precisely at II o'clock. Tbe whole must be sold that day. . H. M< takes the opportunity to acquaint the Nobility, Gen- try, and Public, that owing to the present state of the weather, the SILVER PLATED Goons formerly advertised, have not yet arrived. SHIP 7EOLUS. YARIOUS attempts have been made to conceal and to carry away Deals. Barrels of Tar, Sails, Sailor's Clothes, & c. part of, or belonging to, the wreck of the Finnish vessel iEoi. c- s— thus heaping misfortunes on the unfortunate. These are crimes punishable by common law : But by an Act recently passed, for the purpose of putting down a practice so barbarous, a person convicted of stealing, or receiving articles stolen from a wreck, subjects himself to be transported. The purpose of this notice is, therefore, to point out the dan- ger such people incur, and to encourage those that can inform upon them ; as well as to request - that si^ ch part of the wreck as shall appear along the coast, may be secured, and iiufmation given thereof to JAMES KNOWLES, ABERDEEN. < VILLA TO LET, IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF ABERDEEN. npiIE retired and commodious Family Residence of Jl FOUNTAIN!! ALL is to be let, for such a terin of years as may be agreed upon. The House isevery way calculated either for the Summer or permanent residence of a genteel family ; and while, from its retired situation, it may be said to be completely in the coun- try, vet from the short distance fr « m Aberdeen, would in most cases answer the purpose of a town house, being only 20 minutes walk from Castle Street. ' Die House contains underground two Cellars; on the ground floor, an Entrance Lobby, Parlour, and Bed Room ; , drove is a Diawittg Room, Bed Room, and Bed Closet; and In the roof a small Bed Room, and Store Room. Behind is a Dining Room, Pantry, Bed Room, and Bed Closet. The Out- houses consist ofa Kitchen, communicating undercover with the house, a Laundry, large Dry. house. Coal- house, two • tall- Stable, and Gig- house, with a Hay Loft, all in complete repair. Attached to the hou* e is an excellent Fruit and Flower Gar- den. w » il known to be one of the earliest and most productive near town, and a Kitchen Garden behind, with a large Green in front of the house. A Punip Well under cover stands near the kitchen door, u- hirh is amply supplied with the purest soft water, so that a more pleasant and convenient residence could scarcely be de- sired. * There are Cows kept by the Gardener at the gate,( or the ten- ant might easily get grass for a cow in the immediate neigh- bourhood. Apply t" Alexander Copland, Advocate, Exrhange Court, Union Street. As soon as matters, respecting the duties, can be arranged with Ihe Hon. the Board of Customs at Edinburgh, a ROUP ( of which eight days intimation at least may be expected,) will be made of what is secured of tlie SHIP aud CARGO, con- sisting of Spars, Rigging, Cables, Anchors, & c. Deals, Tar, and Ilandspokes, The whole, as yet discovered, lie on the beach at Garton Point, 2 miles north of Stonehaven, within 20 yaids, or thereby, ofa cart road. In calm weather they may be put into boats and transported at a trifling expellee.— As tbe Ship was nearly equal to 200- tons register, and tin greater part of her, and ofthe Cargo, is preserved, although much damaged, Shipowners and others will find their advantage in attending the sale.. X T FRUIT LOZENGES. PHESE LOZENGES are principally composed of BLACK CURRANTS, a fruit universally esteemep, and their efficacy in Sore Throats, Coughs, Hoarseness; & c. is so fully established, as to render a particular detail unnecessary. The virtues of the fruit are here concentrated and preserved through every season of ( he year, and heightened by a judici- us preparation. The acid being wholly retained, a few uf the LOZENGES dissolved in water make a pleasant, cooling drink, in cases of Fever. Sold in boxes only, by Messrs. BUTLER, Chemists, No. 20, Waterloo Place, EDINBURGH ; by Messrs. Dyce, lnnes, Black & Co. Clark Ik Co. Williamson, Barton. Souter & Co, and Forsyth. Atierdecn ; M'Donald, Old Aberdeen ; Will & Go.; and Jamiewin, Peterhead ; Taylor, Fraserburgh ; Whyte and Bruce, Bat If; Taylor, and Turner, Elgin ; Paul, Huntly ; Urquhart, Keith ; Forhes, Oldmeldruin ; and by most Che- . mists throughout Scotland ; of whom may likewise be obtain- ed. ihe genuine BALSAMIC LOZENGES; and PEC TO- liAL TOLU LOZENGES, both used as Expectorants in ' recent cases of Colds; and the M AGNESIA LOZENGES, for Heartburn, or Acidity on !:, e S. om. ieh. Thenbove are put up in boxes, inclosed with a bill of direc- tions and label, iti both which, it should be observed, that • Messrs. BUTLER'S Nanjeaud Address, as above, are print- ed. FIRST FLOOR TO 15E LET. pHAT elegant and commodious FL00I5, in that House in the Gailowgate, belonging to the trustees of Mr. John Milne, Perfumer, as presently occupied by John Smith, E q. Advocate— consisting of two Public Rooms, two Bed Room, two Pantries, and an excellent Kitchen: the ten- ant of this Floor will also be entitled to two Cellars, two Coom- ceijed Rooms, and the use ofa Drying Garret. The Floor can be seen any lawful day ( Saturdays excepted) betwixt the flours of one and two. For further particulars, application thay be made to Alex. Muirorjohn Fleming, Advocates. ABERDEEN : SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1823. £ mmar? t of IMttks. FOR some vears it has been highly gratifying to observe, the . growing attachment to the character and principles of Mr. Fox, manifested in the bright talents, rank, and increasing numbers of those who annually meet in Edinburgh to celebrate his- Birth- dav ; and the lust meeting w- e- consider as the most interesting ot all. We now lind, that • some of the most distinguished Members'of the Scottish Bar, who, friendly to the cause of- Reform, yet appeared. undecided as to the na- ture and- extent of the necessary change, ' now openly avow tHemsel » es convinced of the necessity of a real Reform of the Commons House, and the multiplied abuses that may be traced to ite venality. as a common source. These gentlemen appear to be Dow fully satis- fied, that a change of Ministers, under the present cir- cumstances of the coltntrv, cannot effect any thing towards its relief, without an essential change of system amounting to a real Reform. A coalition of parties, in order to form a stable Administration, is no longer talked of— for tho state of the country wiil no longer brook the delusory palliatives that have formerly diverted the people from claiming their just right of fair repre- sentation ; for, within tbe last two years, , public opinion has been so explicitly avowed upon this subject, that the conclusion mav be fairly, drawn, that more than ( three- fourths ofthe population are decidedly for reform, f Nor can it be said that such is the opinion of the nnin- i formed, who ought to have no share in deliberations on i public affairs, while men of better information are satis- fied that things are very well as they are— that Reform is something wild and visionary, or an experiment fraught with danger bv all means to be avoided. Let us look to the Senate— the Rar— the learned Professions— and generally to all weH informed men in the community— and, w ith theexccption of those who have an immediate f pecuniary interest in the continuance of present abuses, and expectants who wish to recommend themselves bv subserviency, and dare not avow their real sentiments— we shall find the most competent judges of this import- ant question nearly unanimous. We have amongst us men who, without any direct interest, but with strong prejudices, and weak discriminating powers, chime in with the opinion's of the circles in which they move, and avow themselves hostile to a reform of abuses on account of the imaginary dangers of a change ; but they are not numerous, and seldom indeed ' attempt to defend their opinions ptiblielv— they limy be considered as perfectly harmless. It is, however, one wonderful feature of the present State of pubfic opinion, that many still believe the present distress of the country to be something arising out of extraordinary circumstances, that could not have been foreseen nor provided against by human prudence. Let those who entertain this opi- nion consult the parliamentary reports, during the time of Queen ANNE and GEORGE I. and II. They will there see the consequences of a national debt — a- stand- ing army— and Septennial Parliaments— clearly pointed out; they will also see, the arguments used in their favour, and the present state'of our public affairs affords a ready and infallible criterion, to enable thqm to de- termine upon the foundation these arguments had in reason and truth. In the vear 1797, when Mr. now Earl GREY'S Bill for a Reform ofthe Representation was before the House, Mr. Fox, alluding to the dis- turbed state of Ireland, assured the House, that Eng- land must in a few vears be in an equally unhappy state, should no remedy be tiirieously applied to the evils aris- ing from the want of fair representation, aud lavish ex- penditure of the public money.. He reminded them, that Mr. PITT had declared, in 17S3, that without a Reform of ParliamSfit no Minister could possibly do service to his country, supposing him possessed of the highest talents, and actuated by the best intentions.— But Mr. Fox was disregarded ; he was accused of en- tertaining bad principles, because he was adverse to the unjust and ruinous war carried on against France— it was asserted that he wished to embarrass his Majesty's lovernmeiit when he opposed the suspension of cash payments at the Bank— and that lie intended to bring about anarchy and Confusion, because he was the steady advocate of Reform. Now that time has proved the soundness of the reasohing of that - great Statesman— notv that the evils he predicted have actually come upon the country, and it is quite certain that, had his coun- sels been followed, Britain would now have been in a state of prosperity, it can be no matter of surprize that his character rises in public estimation, and he is justly considered as a man possessed of transcendent talents, and these talents directed to the noblest of purposes— the gpod of his country. His ria'me now forms a bond of uniofi amongst those who wish well to the cause of civil and religious liberty, and his character, which time renders more and more illustrious, will continue in high estimation white the records of his country endure. To Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH it must have been highly gratifying to preside at such a meeting; and the circumstance of his having so lately been elected Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow by the Students, in opposition to a Tory candidate recommended by the Professors, must convince him that public spirit, al- though long suppressed, is not extinct amongst his countrymen. The spirited conduct of these Young Gentlemen has been highly applauded throughout Eng- land ; for Sir JAMES, whose literary acquirements are of a superior order, has, as a Statesman, deserved well " 5. Tho remedy of the evils which aSl'ct the Spanish Na- tion is for its own Consideration alone. '' 6. Those evils are not the result of the Constitution, but j rather of the efforts of iis enemies to destroy it. " 7. The Spanish Nation Will not . acknowledge the right of any Power to interfere in its affairs. / 8. The Government will never deviate from the line traced by iisduties, by national honour, and by its unalterable attach- j tuent m tbe Constitution sw- orn to in 181 £ " I authorise you' to communicate'verbally this letter to the Minister of Foreign Affair's of the' Power wiih u bum you re- side. and to supply him with a copy if he require one. " His Majesty hopes that the prudence, zeal, and patriot! m w hich distinguish you,, will suggest t- o'you a conduct firm and worthy of the Spanish name, under existing circumstances. The above is what I have the. honour to communicate to your Excellency, by command of his Majesty. Lruiew mv assurances. ( Signed) ' " EVARISTE SAN MIGUEL." !' Madrid, Jan. 9, 1823." The President replied—" The Cortes have heard the com- munication which has just been made by the Government of his Majesty; and faithful to llleir oath, and worthy of the people whom they represent, will not permit any alteration or modification of the. Constitution under which Ihev exist, unless it be with the formal consent of the nation, and in the term prescribed by the Constitution, The - Cortes will afford to Iris Majesty's Government every means of repellin* the ag- gression of ihe Powers who shall dure to assail ihe liberty the independence, and the glory of the heroic Spanish nation,' and the dignity and lustre ofthe Constitutional throne of his Ma- je « ty."—( Applause J'rtim the Deputies and the spectators in the gallery. J M. vG. H. iANOthen roseandsaid—" I demand of tho Cortesto take fora basis tliecomfnunication Whichhas. just been made to them by the Government of bis Majesty, anil to decree an Address to his Majesty, to aS- ure liiin of tile firmness ofthe National Representation, the faithful interpreter of the wishes of its Constituents.— of its disposition to support the nation, and the independent- of the Constitutional Throne of Spain, the so- vereignty and lights of the nation, and of the Constitution under which ii exists;— further assuiiog him, at the sanje time, that to effect an object so sacred there are no sacrifices which it will not readily decree, certain that these sacrifices will be enthusiastically made by all Sp'i-. iiards, who would ra- ther endure- all kinds of evil than compromise with those who would slain their honour or attack their liberty." We copy the following from the Morning Chronicle of the 21st inst. and wc pronounce It as nut opinio:* that flic manner in which? Mr. BROWN conducts bis business, will ultimately establish hi s reputation in this city, and stamp him a favourite with tho fashionable Circles of Aberdeen — See Advertisement. TOTAL ECLJPSE OF THE J\ 800N » — To- morrow, the Moon will fie totally eclipsed-, p utly visible here : the . . fallowing are ihe Tables, for 1323. particulars, as taken from INN ES' Tide Apparent firr. c. Mean lie It. M. S. II. M. ... 3 16 1 1- 8 P. 51. 3 29 1.9 P. M. REPEAL OF ASSESSED TAXES. We are happy to Jearn that the very mention ofa Repeat of sse ' faxes has created a very lively sensation throtnrhout tnanv JURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, bearing date the 8th dav of March, 1822, made in a Cause ALEXANDER againat GORDON, the Credi. tors of Adam Gordon, formerly of Calcutta in the East Indies, and of Aberdeen in North Britain, a Major General in his Majesty's service, deceased, ( who died on or about tha 22d dav of February. 1815), are by themselves or their Solicitors, on or before the 18th day of February, 1823, to come in and prove their debts before Samuel Compton Cox, Esq. one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Southamp- ton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London ; or i. u default there- of. they » ' tll be peremptorily excluded the benefit of tl) e said Decree. . .26 1 1.2 , 26 33 1 15 0.7 15 46 !) r. 0 7 2 30.8- these parts of the Empire, is daily becoming the subject of discus- sion, and- w ill in all probability call forth more Petitions to Parliament than were ever yet presented. We most earnestly recommend to the people at larjje the exercise of their legiti- mate and constitutional rights without delay, in order to obtain such essential relief as the repeal of these'burthensome Taxes' cannot fail to produce. We speak confidently, notwithstand- ing we were almost told in express words last year by Minis- ters that Taxation w- as ho grievance. We do not hesitate to pre- is this subject on the serious atten- tion of all classes ( not excepting even the Fundholder, who might at first sight think his security affected by diminished revenue), because we are fully sensible that the Member for Abington, who we understand will brim; this subject immedi- ately before Parliament, will be guided only by general and sound principles that will not allow a sacrifice of the interests of one class to the benefit ofanother. That Gentleman in all his financial statements has maintained that the provision for the public creditor is imperative on the people. Therefore, it is on this ground that we say no cause of alarm need be rais- ed in tiie mind of the public creditor; for, while he has ho. nestly made this avowal, he has on everv occasion as boldly stated the necessity atid capability of reduction of taxation lo a very considerable extent, and that a general revision of both income and expenditure could not fail to produce additional capability of reduction of taxation. If Mr. Maberly has on all occasions thus expressed himself, we cannot imagine he will now change his opinion. Neither can we believe he would urge a measure of such interest and importance, without being fully satisfied of the practicability of it without injury to the credit of the nbtion • not- Can we doubt his perfect knowledge of the Finances ofthe Country, after the comprehensive and clear Statement he has made of them with respect to Income and Expenditure, respectively classed and set forth in the Re- port of the Committee on Public Accounts ( page 96.) We again say we'have no fear that the Public Credit can be injuu- d by any measure brought forward by a Member so intimately acquainted with all the financial bearings of the Empire. Let us at tbe same time we express our desire to hold sacred the public pledge to tlie public creditor, advise him nottooppose relief being afforded to the community at large, but on the contrary to aid and assist it, assuring himself at the same time that his security depends more on tiie willingness of tbe people to bear a just and necessary burthen, than their power of bearing those they think oppressive and unnecessary ; we give them this wholesome warning, which- we hope they will take, as we mean it, viz. for their real benefit. Let us suppose them either opposing this measure, or not even aiding it; may not Mr. Maberly prrive that the taxes on houses and windows are nothing less than a partial Property Tax, to the enormous extent of from 201. to 401. percent on this species of property alone ( at a time when the Property Tax is said to have been repealed) ?' May he not contend on principle, that every class of property, the funded as well as all other, should be taxed to the same extent? . We think he may fairly urge such argument, if these taxes be not repealed. We cannot conclude, without pressing this subject on the serious attention of all the independent Journals; because we know, while it would afford the greatest relief and satisfaction, to the country ( at this moment), it could neither injure the State, nor any class of his Majesty's subjects. The eclipse begins, . Moon risei'eclipsed, ... 4 13 19.4 Beginningoftotaldarkness. 4 13 41- 1 Ecliptic opposition, ... 5 ' 2 8 6 Middle of the eclipse.... 5 2 51 S End of total darkness, .. 5 52 8.2 Et » d- of the eclipse, ... 6 49 37.8 Digits eclipsed, .20° 4!/ 1 47" from the North side of tho Earth's Shadow. The Treasurer of the Coal Fund," and the Treasurer of tho Clothing Society, have each received Oue Pound sterling,, from a Friend, by the hands of . Mr. George Anderson, iu ai t ofthe Funds of those benevolent Institutions. A very full meeting of the Constituent Members of St. Paul's English Episcopal Chapel in'ilu's city, was held on Tues- day< for the purpose'of supplying the present vacancy of on<* of. the Ministers of that congregation, w hen their unanimous choice fell upon the Rev. JOHN BROWN formerly ofthe Uni- versity, of Cambridge ; sine*- Curate of Clifton, near Bristol ; and subsequently Curate of Belfast in Ireland. In the night between Friday and Saturday of last week, a weaving shop in the • Bowl Road was broke into, and two or three webs of cloth cut out of the looms and carried off'.—- From some information the depredator was traced to the p. irislt of Belhelvie, by that active officer Simon Grant,, accompanied by George Middleton, a brother officer ; wlio,- after recovering the stolen property from Some of the country people, to whom it had been sold at an inferior price, secured the culprit, and brought him to town, where he has been Indued . iu jail. We understand he is a Weaver, of the name of. George Hutcheon, but is not known as an old offender. On Wednesday last, James Robertson and Robert Simpson who latelv received sentence of death before the High Court oC Justiciary, Edinburgh, for robbing the porter of the Caledi- nian Coach at Inverness,- arrived here ; aud after being lodg- ed in jailduring that night and next day, were sentoff'for In- verness, where they are to bo executed the 21st February— They were visited hece by tha (*) ntn. ary of the Prison, wh > spent sometime with them ; during which, they seemed to b « affected with their awful situation, and tesigr. ed to their fate,- although Simpson denied, any participation in the crime for which he WM to suffer. They are both youn^ men. and Ro- bertson in particular very stout. Simpson was said to be a native of this | ilace, but this he contradicted, declaring lie hail never been in Aberdeen before. of his eonntry, and Englishmen are ever ready to ap- plaud the spirit of their northern neighbours— the ittge- nium prcefervidum Scotorum, when manifested 1U ait ho- nourable cause. T SALE OF DRUGS, MEDICINES, SHOP FURNITURE; & c. & c. SHOP TO LET, AND NOTICE TO DEBTORSCREDITORS. Upon Thursday the 30ih January curt, their will be sold by' Auction, in that Shop, Broad Street, presently occupied by GEO. CRUICKSHANK, Druggist, in Virtue ofa V/ atrqntJrom the Magistrates of Aberdeen, HIE' whole STOCK, of GOODS which belong- ed to him— consisting of a variety of Drugs, Medicines, Vials. Bottles, Jars, Confection Glasses, Beams, Scales, and Weights, Counters, Shelves, and Shop Furniture. And at same lime the SHOP will be LET till Whitsunday next— Entry immediately. Sale to begin at U o'clock forenoon. BROWN & SON, AUCTIONEERS. Gewrge Cruickshank having granted a Disposition to Trus- tees fur his Creditors, all those Indebted to him are required to pay the amount of their Debts, within fourteen days from ibis date, to William Smith, Advocate; in Aberdeen, and those having Claims on the said George Cruicksbank, must lodge the same with Mr. Smith, within one month. Aberdeen, Jan. 2- 1, 1823. The proceedings of- t|; e Holy Aliuincswith regard to Spain really go beyond• Serious discussion. The dis- patch from the Count tie NP. SSBLRODE to the Charge d' Affaires of Russia at Madrid, dated Verona, the 14- th ( 26) November, 1822, andthatfrom Prince METTER- NICII to the Austrian - Charge d'Affaires, and Count BERNSTOFK to that of Prussia, of the same date, are no less extraordinary than the Manifesto upon which we offered some obeservations last week. With the most friendly intentions— with the most invariable and sacred regard to the principles of eternal justice, these potentates declare their resolution to make war upon Spain, pro- vided FERDINAND is not reinstated in the full, exercise Of absolute despotic power— and thev say, in vain will malevolence seelc to represent their mtentwns in the light if foreign interference, seeking to impose laws Upon Spain. Ourlimlts do not admit of extended remarks upon these State Papers. The Cortes have received them— as it became brave and high- minded nieu resolved to main- tain the- Independenceof theircoutwry, while receiving un- worthy and insulting proposals, that they. should submit to the treatment of slaves. We subjoin the Circular sent to the Spanish Ambassadors at foreign Courts by order of the Cortes. CIRCULAR TO THE SPANISH AMBASSADORS. It would be unworthy of the Spanish Government to reply to the Notes of Russia, Austria and Prussia, because Uiey contain nothing but a tissue of falsehoods and calumnies. . You will confine yourself to making known its intentions. " 1. The Spanish Nation is governed'by a Constitution which has been solemnly recognized by the Emperor of Russia. '• 2. Tbe Spaniards, friends to tlieir country, proclaimed, at the commencement of IS 12. that Constitution, which was abolislid by violence alone in 1814. - 3. The Constitutions! King of Spain, freely exercises the Powers which the constitution has bestowetl upon liim. 4. The Spanish Nation does not interest itself with the iti- ttrnal government pfwthsr nations. BIRTHS— At . Montrose, on the 14th iust. Mrs. GEORGB CRAWFORD, of a daughter. On Sunday last, the lady, of Colonel ROBERT GORDON, Montagu Square, London, of a son. Both mother and . infant aredoinii well. MARRIAGES At Aberdeen, on the 20th curt, by the Rev. Dr. Farqubarson of Rathven, Capt. FRANCIS FAROU- HARSON, Hon. Ea t India Company's Service, Bombay Esta- blishment, to FORRES, only daughter of the late George Gerard, Jun Esq. of Midstrath. At Inchmarlo, on the 21st inst. Tiiojus COATS. Esq. Yor. of Lipwood, Co. Northumberland, to ANNE, 2d Daughter uf the late Rev. Dr. Davidson, of Rayne. 4 Oil the 16th current, the Rev. JAMES ROGER, minister of Den. ino, fifeshire, to JANE, daughter to the - Rev, Mr. Hal-" dane of Kingoldrtim, and cousiii- ge. rmaii to. Sir William Ogiivy, of Innerquharity, Baronet. t DEATHS. — In France, on the 15th ult. Mr. JOHN FER- DINAND Ll'. M- DEN, eldest son of Harv Lumsden, of Belhelvie. On December 27th, the Dowager Lady- Bisiscb. relict of the late Sir John Brisco, Bart, of Ctofton Hall,- Cumberland, and Wiinpole Street, London. At Aberdeen, on the 10th instant, at l. is house in Chapel Street, Mr. I'JTER MATTHEWS, Teller to the Commercial Backing Company in Aberdeen, aged 38. At Aberdeen, on 6th in « t. Mr. ARCHIBALD REID. aged ; 7. At Aberdeen, on the I4th initio the eighth year of lier age. MAR* KATHARINE, only daughter of Lieut, Cot. P. BLACK, deceased. Al Aberdeen, on the 17th curt, in tbe 14th year of his age, WILLIAM, second son of Alex Eraser, Esq. . . At Banff, on the 7th inst. Mr. JAMES BROWN, Manufacturer there, aged 70 years. At Bath, on the 1 Oth inst. Mrs. HENRIETTA I'ORDYCE. a^ cd 89, relict of Dr. James Fordyce, author of the celebrated " Sermons to Young Women," and sister of the late Mr. James Cummyng, Secretary to the Antiquarian Society of Scotland. . At West Craics, on the 10th insf. Mr. JOHN GILLESVIE, late in Kilmorie, Island of Skye, much and justly regretted by a numerous acquaintance. • • . At Abbey House, Arbroath, on the 11 ' h inst. Miss CoLvit, eldest daughter of the late Wm. Colvil, Esq. At Forres, on the 5th instant, Miss RORINO CLARK GRANT, daughter to the late Reverend James Grant, Minister of Ur- quhart, aged 26, much and justly regretted. NAVAL- INTELLIGENCE,. The south- east gale, which set in on the 14th inst. obliged the greater part of the fleet, staled in onr last, to have been drive^ to Cromarty, again to bear up for that anchorage— where, on the 17th. there were 16 vessels, and more arriving, la the number were the plentanner, Sellar, of this place, from St. John's, N. B. and brig Agnes'of and far Leith, from Riga, whence she sailed the 28th Nov. the last - ship of die season ; experienced most tenitresiunus weather in the norih sea, ami after being off the Tod- heud, was driven as far as 64. N. and- went into Shetland. To the southward, this jalehas been very disastrous. Mowing very hard from E. S; E. on the 15tli and 16th, during which, five vessels were driven, ashore between Shields and Sunder, lantl, arid from 12 to 14 between tfle latter place and ihe Tees; in the unfortunate number werfe the Shannon, Plielp, formerly of this place ; Venus, Bygate ; and Gnadiana, Har- rison. Three ofthe above bad gone to pieces, but the Shannon, it was expected, might be got off. Two loaded brigs, colliers, which had sailed from Shields the Sunday preceding,.-- were, after being off' Flatnhorough- head, driven to ihe northward ; one of theirf'got into Holy Island oil the Ifitli, and the other was totally w recked near Bamborough Castle— crew saved — The following Aberdeen vessels took shelter in the gale -. Hind, Philip ; Lively, Coilre; Evander. Duary ; and Thistle, Allan, in Holy Island, where- lhey remained on the 2lst. w- itli a ti." f/ making altogether 29 vessels, the wind continuing to- blow- hard from the eastward, with thick mow. Edward, Slaker, Frith of Forth ; and Jane, Battay, . in ShMds ; where, and - at Sunde- land, the river was frozen, and there was great scur*. city of Coils ip consequence. On. Tuesday last, the 21st inst. the Ranger, Mess, arrived at Sunderland, came through Yarmouth roads on the 17ih inst. in company with the Doveran, Scott, and Diana, Linklater, Ilia former of which was supposed to be in sight, from San-, derland. ~ SHIPWRECK — NORTH BERWICK, 18th Jan. 1823 On the moaning of the 15th inst. abour five o'clock, the Jessy of Portsoy, James Bell, master, front Wales, with a cargo of slates, bound to Lynn, struck upon Feilras Island, three mi lea west of this place, during a heavy gale from NE. accompanied With a thick shower of snow. The crew saved themselves in their own boat ; and owing to the praiseworthy exertions of the fishermen of this place, they succeeded ill getting on shore the sails and running rigging. - Captain Thomas Neill, and crew ofthe customhouse boat stationed here, accompanied by Mr. Hay Nesbit, tidewaiter, ventured ofl'to tbe vessel at tho imminent risk of their' lives ; but they could not get near her, owing to the high surf ;'- and I am sorry, to say, that before four r. M. the vessel- became a total Week. ' It is expected that part of the cargo will be saved. I am also afraid that some vessel has foundered near this coast, as severa1 pieces of wreck have come ashore, supposed to belong, to an English brig.— James Kelly, jun. Cantabay, found a stern boat of a brig called the Adventure, white painted bottom, with black mould- ings. A seaman's chest, with a few clothes in it, was alsj found by some other fisherman in Cantabay, with a great num- ber of different pieces of wreck. A vessel, from li'gn to Liverpool, and a S'. vsdish vessel, from America to Gottetiburgb,' with tobacco, have been driven ashore at Shetland in the late gales. s 1 The brig Noali, Swap, sailed from Qurfjeo, on the 27th Nov. for London. The ship Maria, of and for London, was spoke on the lOtft ult/ by the Thistle, Allan, of this place, with- the loss of her. mizen top- stall- yard, and all her sails, but it blowing very h/ ard, ( Tfli) f- / vllurr rmilfl not- n^ ertt!'!)) whotlior . « '.•>,'... On Sunday and Monday last, we had a tliaw from the south- eastward, but on Tuesday the frost set in with great severity, and has since continued, while- we have had a considerable" fall of snow, but not such as lo prevent travelling— although the Mail and other heavy Coaches have been a good deal im- peded, and have generally arrived some hours beyond their re- gular period. Oti Thursday night'so intense was the frost, that the Thermometer'we learn stood betow 20. A INI P H IT H E A T LI E We observe Mr. CUNNI KG HA M'S " Benelit is iixed for Monday evening. The impression that rested on our mind, from the many troops of King Perfor- mers, that have appeared in this city, did not incline us to look on Mr. BROWN'S present speculation in the most favourable point of view. We have, however, for several evenings at- tended the Performances at the Amphitheatre, and must con- fess that, on our first, visit, this inimical impression was en- tirely eradicated. The present Company is unquestionably conducted .011 a scale more liberal and more extensive, than has ever been witnessed in this. city. Every one of the Per- formers—- each of whom is highly celebrated in his particular line—- has, in ail the principal Theatres of Great Britain, gain- ed the unqualified applause; of ^ he; 1x4m- ftuhionubtc midienee*; Capt. Allan could not ascertain whether the Maria was from Quebec or Shediack, from which he learned she had sailed tho 21st or 25th Nov. The Mafia was then laying to, but wo? © soon after, and bore away after the Thistle, with nothing but the bolt ropes at the yards. The Emperor Alexander was stapling up in the hold, 011 the I Oth Nov. ; and from the date of a bill, which has appeared, is supposed to have been ready to sail from Shubinachatie about the beginning of last month. id. e Resolution, M'Gregor, at. Hull, the 2! st inst. Morningfield, Melville, at Greenock, from Sardinia. In our paperuf the 11th inst. we inserted copy of a Letter, of date. 1 st April- last, found herein a sealed Bottle, detailing some particularsof the barbarous cruel treatment ofa French crew by a baud of Pirates, which had taken possession of their vessel near Port Antonio, Jamaica— of which the following, taken from tin* London Star of tile 17th inst. seems a confirmation. " A Gentleman who arrived from Jamaica about a month ago says, he fears the above account is not Unfounded. Tfirea men, whom it appeared by evidence, the crew of a ship harl taken, were brought to Kingston. One of the prosecutor's names was DENON. Among the accused was To a no, a man well known as a Pirate on the Jamaica coast. It appeared, that five of the'French crew were killed by him iu cold blood ; nor did they spare the Captain ( DESSAIN'S) wife, whom, usinj* shamefully, they afterwards threw overboard. The Pirates were surprised by another ship, and left the three men oil board. . The Cherokee sailed from Kessock Roads yesterday morn- ing, with Mr. Adams, Rector of the Academy on board, in order to- teduce to practice at sea, the discoveries lately made hv him, of taking altitudes when the horizon is obscured. Oil Friday last a Ball and elegant Supper were given in the Nor- thern Meeting Rooms, at w hich Capt. Keats, and the officers ofthe Cherokee were guests, Mr. Fraser of Torbreck presid- ed at Supper, of which upwards of seventy Ladies and Gentlv- men partook. Dancing was resumed after . upper, and kept up till an early hour. . W.^ urfS. 1^ , Mn » . I, I rTTTfri mm I 11 !• w P 0 S T S C~ R I P T. LONDON, Jan. 21. BRIGHTON, Jan. J9. — His Majesty continues in a jjro- gi i? ssive state of amendment. He lias not yet left his private apartment, but has dined out of his bed room for the last three days. ' The account at the Palace this morning is, that his Majesty has passed an excellent nig-' iv, and is much better. The following Ministerial changes have, we understand, been determined on : — Mr, Iiragge Bathurst retires. , Mr. Vansittart takes the Duchy oftLanccsfer. Mr. Frederick Robinson is to have the Chancellorship of the Exchequer ; and Mr. Huskison is to " succeed Mr. Bobinson as President of the Board of Trade. Other changes will, of course, he necessary. Mr. Mates, tbe King"'? messenger, who left London some days since with dispatcbes'for Sir Wm. A'Gourt, our Minister at Madrid, had iiistructiBn# to; proceed . with all speed first to Paris; to overtake Lord 1-'. guui^ rsct '. htfVc, w ish extra di£ patchtij fur liis I- ardship, „ j r . . • «
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