SUMMER COURSE OF MIDWIFERY. mR. FRASER will begin his LECTURES on 1* 1 PRACTICAL MIDWIFERY, including the DISEASES incident to WOMEN and CHILDREN, on Monday 4th May. Aberdeen. Schoolhill, 7 MARCH 22" 1323. } FEATHERS AND DOWNS. GEORGE CAMPBElL and COMPANY T> ETURN their sincere thanks to the public, for their JLV' very liberal support since they commenced their trade of FEATHER DEALING ; and now intimate, that they have lately got to hand from different parts of England, in addition to the remaining part of their former Stork, a large quantity of White and Gray GOOSE FEATHERS and DOWNS of the Very first quality, which can be had, fit for immediate ii. se, on the shortest notice. Further intimate, that they have on Sale, in a Shop in Marisch- il Street, immediately adjoining to that of. Mr. JOHN • 3 I MSMN, a number of DOWN and FEATHER BEDS, made op under the superintendance of a skilful Upholsterer, in the neatest'modern style, and ofjhebest Linen patent Tick, at from J to *- f. UrHnM0Cb, ami under. Tbe public may >. si - aii fte'd, that there is no^ fiiijture of old, among their Feathers or Do* ns— and as tbey intend to continue ' his trade, t: . y are determined to sell on the most moderate profits. JC^ Samples of the Feathers and Downs may be seen in the S: op in Mat isctxil Street. March22, 1823. GILCOMSTON BREWERY, AND MILLS. rpHEGILCOMSTONBREWERYCOMPANY beg to intimate to their Friends and the Public, that their LIQUORS, consistingof BROWN STOUT, SINGLE STOUT COMMON PORTER, STRONG ALE, and TABLE BEER, being produced frotn the best of Malt and Hops, and free from every other ingredient, are all of the finest quality, and sold in any quantity desired, both iu Cask and Bottle". The Company would recommend to private families to keep the Strong Ale and Brown Stout in bottle to a proper age, otherwise the liquor cannot be drank in perfection ; they also take leave to put in their view, that this is the Season of laying in Keeping Table Beer, for Summer use. The Company also Manufacture FLOUR, OATMEAL, and POT BARLEY, of the best quality, and to a consider- able extent ; and sell any quantity of Oatmeal and Barley desired ; but thev do not furnish less than a Sack of Flour— TOLLARD, BRAN DUST.& c.& c. to be had at the Mills. The consumpt of Grain at the Work being now great, the Company always give fair prices for Wheat. Bear, and Oats, i> f good quality ; but do not purchase inferior Grain at any price. Gilcomston Brewery, March IS, 1823. FOR SALE. There will bp sold, by public roup, within the house of William Melvin, Vintner, Queen Street Hotel, Aberdeen, on Fri- day, the 4th day of April next, at 2 o'clock afternoon, I7Q13R BILLS due by the TREASURER of ABER- . ,, EEN— Two for £ 500 each, and Two for =£ 300 each.— The Bills will be sold together or separately. Upset Price s£ S5 for each £ 100 contained in the Bills. Apply to Alexander Smith, Advocate, Correction Wynd, Aberdeen, SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. Upon Thursday the 27th March curt, there will be sold bv Auction, in BROWN & SON'S SALE ROOM, UNION STREET, AN assortment of excellent HOUSEHOLD FUR- NITURE, consisting of Mahogany and other Chairs— Dining and Tea Tables— Two Sofas— Chests of Drawers— Tent Bedsteads and Curtains— a Regulator— Feather Beds, Blankets, and Mattresses— MirrorGlasses— Carpets— Hugs— Fenders and Fire Irons— a Set of fine Tea China— Kitchen i'uriiiture, & c. Sale to begin at 11 o'clock forenoon. BROWN & SON have just received, an extensive and elegant assortment of KIDDERMINSTER and STIRLING CARPETING, which will be sold at reduced prices. FOR SALE, BY PRIVATE BARGAIN, A BFAUTIFUL AND MOST SUBSTANTIAL NEW SCHOONER, ' With a figure bead, now on the Stocks, in the Building Yard of Mr. JAMES BRIMMER, Ship Carpenter, Wick, about 94 Tons Register— all English oak— large scantlings— copper- fastened- decks Memel two and a half- inch fir— can be ready in a month. Apply to Mr. Bremner, or Alexander Forbes, Marischal Street, Aberdeen. I March 21, 1823. HALIFAX, PICTOU, % MIRAMlCHI, THE BRIG L 0 U I S A, jAMES OSWALD, MASTER, Will be laid on for Goods and Passengers for the above Ports, and sail on the 25th March. For Freight or Passage, apply to the Master on board, or GEO. ALLAN. X. B The Louisa to be chartered home. Union Street, Jan. 17, 1823. FOlt MIRAMICHI DIRECT, THE BRIGANTiNE AIMWELL, JOHN MORISON, MASTER. Will be ready to receive GOODS and PAS- SENGERS by the 10th hist, for the above port, and will sail by the Ist April. For freight or passage, apply to the Master on board, or DONALDSON rOSE. Commerce Street, March 1, 1823. FOR MIRAMICHI DIRECT, t— THE BRIGANTINE SIR WILLIAM WALLACE, ^ ISl^? DANIEL ANDERSON, Commander. This fine new fast- sailing Vessel is now oil the birth, to receive Goods and Passengers for the above Purt, and will sail about the Ist April. For Freight or Passage, apply to the Master on board, or ° DONALDSON ROSE. Commerce Street, 12th March, 1823. FIRST SPRING SHIP FOR QUEBEC AND MONTREAL. TO CLEAR OUT ON SATURDAY THE 29TH INST The New fast sailing Br. io QUEBEC PACKET, CAFT. ANDERSON. ^ j~ r<- ( A Regular Trader,) This vessel has superior accommodation for Passengers, being fitted up with State Rooms, & c. and will return direct to Aberdeen. For rate of Freight, and Passage Fares, apply to ROBT. CATTO. Aberdeen, Jan. 22, 1823. FOR NEW YORK. The fine fast sailing Coppered Bnio JAMES AND MARGARET, CAPT. MILNE. ( A Regular Trader,) * Will sail from Aberdeen early iu April; having superior gcfommodation for Passengers, For rate of Freight, and Passage Fare, apply to KOBT. CATTO. ( One Conccjn.} Aberdeen, Jan. 22, 18( 23. MR. MEGGET MOST respectfully informs the Public, that the ANNUAL PRiZE COMPETITION of his PU- PILS io ELOCUTION, will take place ill Mr. COBBV. N'J IIALI., on Thursday Evening next. 271h inst. and will begin precisely at 7 o'clock. Tickets, ( price 2s. and Is.) may be hud at the Booksellers'and Musical Repositories. Students of the Universities, attending in their Gowns, aud Children under twelve years of age, will be admitted with half- price Tickets.—- It is requested that those attending will bring Tickets. Mr. M. requests those who intend to join his SUMMER CLASSES, to attend on the beginning of, April, that a full Quarter's Instruction may be received previous to the Va- cation, Classes for Young Ladies, as usual. Mr. M. has bad primer!, exclusively for the use of his Pupils, and entirely adapted to Recitation, A CHOICE SELECTION OF PIECES, the greater part of which are not to be found in other Collections. PORTRAIT PAINTING. Mr. M. presumes, that the universally recognised LIKE- NESSES he has produced, gire him a fair claim to the pa- troifatge of a liberal public, in tbut branch of art. He requests an j> call from those disposed to employ him. HUNTLY BLEAChFIELD. CHARLES MACDONALD beos leave respect- fully to return his sincere thank's to his friends and the pu- blic, for the liberal and increasing patronage with which Iluntly Bleachfield has been favoured for years past. He now begs to intimate, that he has commenced BLEACH- ING, for the Season; and as the management of the work still continues in the hands ofthe same Bleacher, of whose profes- sional skill the public has, for some years, had a fair and to them a satisfactory specimen— he, with increasing confidence, requests their countenance and support. For the information of those who may have been hitherto unacquainted with the system ad- opted at Huntly Bleachfield, C. M'D. begs to state, that the process being simple, preserves entire the fabric of the Cloth, while it imparts a beautiful colour, and in a shorter lime than is generally done at ihe Fields in the South. As the Bleachfield now enjoys every local and scientific ad- advantage, no exertion shall be wanting to render both sub- servient lo the interests of the public. CLOTH received east of the Spey, at ABERDEEN, by Mr. John Smith, Uppeikirkgate. Messrs. Geo. & Wm Pirie, Castle Street. ...... Johnston & Forbes, Gallowgate. Mr. James Barton, Broad Street. John Garrow, Carmelite Street. Ellon, Wm. Chalmers, jun. Merchant. Peterhead, Wm, Robertson, Windmill Street. Park, Wm. Willox, Merchant. Cnchie, James Noble, Saddler, Longside, Mrs. Milne. Merchant. New Deer, Mr. Alex Walt, Merchant, Auchreddie. Banff, James Webster, Merchant. ... japms Taylor, Manufacturer. ... John Watt & CO. Merchants. ... Wm. Gow, Manufacturer. Portsoy, Geo. Andrew, do. Buckie, Alex. M'kenzie, Baker. Fochabers, Robert Brenmer, Manufacturer. ... Geo. Bremner, do. ..'. Tlios. Clapperton, do. Keith, James Bonnyman, do. ... Geo. Brander. Merchant. CI alt, Wm. Ewan, Manufacturer. bridge af Alford, J. Wilson & Sun, Merchants. Foggicloan, mm. Allan, do. ... Peter Findlater. do. Pitcaple, Alex. Watson, Vintner. Inverury, Robert Jackson, Manufacturer. ... Peter Wyness, do. ... Wm. Donald. Merchant. Kintore, John Annand, Manufacturer. Oldmeldrum, Chas. Auld, Merchant. Stonehaven, Wm. Christie, Manufacturer. Bervie, Andrew Legg, Merchant. Montrose, A. Fullerton & Co. Merchants. Brechin, thos. Dundas Merchant. Laurencekirk, David Smart, do. Auchinblae, Francis Legg, do. At all which places, Receipts will be given. Carriage paid to andj'rom the Field. ABERDEEN DISPENSARY, UNDER THE CARE OF DR. FRASER. On Thursday the 20th curt, the Annual General Meeting of the Subscribers to this Dispensary, was held in the Pool's Hospital, ALEX. INNES, Esq. of Pitmedden, PKESES. rTMlE Physician laid before the Meeting, the Re- X- port of the Cases treated at the Dispensary during the' last, year, of which the following is an abstract : Number of Patients from 10th March, 1822, to 10th March, 1823, Of these have been cured, ... 853 relieved, ... 48 .. .. discharged, 57 dead, ... 22 under cure, 83 I0G3 1063 The Meeting approved of the Report, and unanimously re- turned thanks to Dr. ERASER for his continued attention to the duties of the Institution, particularly in personally visiting such Patients as are unable to attend at the Dispensary. The Treasurer's Accounts were next laid before the Meet- ing, with the accuracy of which, they were entirely satisfied. The Meeting were happy to find, that a Legacy of £ 45 ster- ling. had been left to this Dispensary, by the late WILLIAM Ductal), Esq. of Granite Place, which they resolved to add to the permanent Funds of the Institution, and empowered the Managers ofthe ensuing year to settle it accordingly on suf- ficient security. The Physician, Secretary, and Treasurer were unanimous- ly re- elected to their respective offices, anil along with them, ti> « following Gentlemen were chosen as b Committee of Management for the ensuing year, viz. Alex. Innes of Pitmedden Provost Gavin Hadden Rev. Dr. Ross Mr. Thomas Burnett Mr. James Lamond Mr. P. Farquharson Mr. Alex. Dalgarno Mr. Donald Mr. D. Davidson Dr. D. Fordyce Mr. George Simmers Mr. Win Dunu Convener Farquhar Mr. Forsyth Mr, Urquhart Rev. Mr. Templeton Mr. Thomas Black Mr. Booth. Mr. GEORGE THOMSON, Treasurer. Mr. DAVID HUTCHEON, Secretary. Donations and Subscriptions received at the Shop of Mr. William Milne, Merchant, Broad Street. *„• The hour for Patients attending the Dispensary is 9 o'clock in the mortiiug. FRUIT LOZENGES. r| 1HESE LOZENGES are principally composed of _ L 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 the year, and heightened by a judici- ous preparation. The acid being w holly retained, a few of the LOZENGES dissolved ill 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, Innes, Black & Co. Clark & Co. Williamson, Barton, Souter & Co. and Forsyth, Aberdeen; M'Donald, Old Aberdeen ; Will & Co.; and Jainieson, Peterhead; Taylor, l'rasti burgh ; Whyte and Bruce, Banff; Taylor, and Turner, Elgin ; Paul, Huntly ; Urquhart, Keith ; Forbes, Oldmeldrutn ; and by most Che- mists throughout Scotland ; of whom may likewise be obtain- ed, the genuine BALSAMIC LOZENGES, and PECTO- RAL TOLU LOZENGES, both used as Expectorants in recent cases of Colds; and the MAGNESIA LOZENGES* for Heartburn, or Acidity oo the Stomach. The above are put up in boxes, inclosed with a bill of direc- tions aud label, in both which, it should be observed, that Messrs. EU I'LER'S Nameand Address, as above, are pilot- ed. # ' • Thi'rrduy it published, ' By A. BROWN & CO. Public Library, t price 5s. in boards, A PRACTICAL ESSAY On the MANNER of STUDYING and TEACHING in SCOTLAND; Or, a Guide to Students at the University— to Parish Schoolmasters.— and Family Tutors. In Two Parts. Edinburgh: printed for MACREdiE, SHELLY, & Co. 34, Prince's Street; A. Br. owN & Co. Aberdeen; and T. & G. U. NDEKWOOD, London. CLOVElt SEEDS, & c. OV SALE, BY THE SUBSCRIBER, i) J HPONS ENGLISH CLOVER SEED. " 2 JL 10 POCKETS SUSSEX HOPS. Apply to ROBERT McKAY. Callovgate, March 22, 1RC3. A. f V A A> //>, N APPRENTICE to an ADVOCATE TOWN. Apply to the Publisher. r 111 IE Annual General Meeting nf the D E E. SID E I AGRIC UL T UR AI. SOCLE T Y takes place at Man/ field, on Monday the 3Ist March, at 12 o'clock. FARM TO BE LET rjMIE FA RM of MIDDLEMUIR of Auchmacoy, JL as presently possessed by Andrew Sharp, will be let for such number of years ( with cntiy at Whitsunday or Martinmas first) as may be agreed on. The Farm consists of about fifty- six acres, nearly all aiable. of good clay soil, and a considerable proportion ofthe land infield. The Farm is well situated, ly- ing near ihe turnpike road, and distant about thrnle miles from Ellon and New burgh. Encouragement will be given for Houses ant! for Draining. Application may be made to Mr. James Mitchell, at Pit- four ; and the present tenant will shew the farm. HOUSES AND FEU- DUTY FOR SALE. There will be exposed to sale by public roup, within the house of George Collie, Innkeeper, Green, on Friday the 28th March next, at 6 o'clock afternoon, rpHESETWO HOUSES in Jack's Brae, Gilcom- X ston, lately possessed by the deceased Mr. Clark. Also, a FEU- DUTY of =£ 10 a- year, payable by Mr. John Strachan, for ground at Stocket. For particulars, apply to Mr. John Straclian, Stocket. The title deeds will be shown by Alex. Allan, Advocate, Aber- deen. NEW DEER. TO BE SOLD, BY PRIVATE BARGAIN, rFWO LEASES, for Sixt\- seven Years, from JL Whitsunday, 1811, of the GROUND and YARDS, Numbers Twentv- one and Twenty- three, of the VILLAGE LANDSof NEW DEER, lying South ofthe Market- place of that Village, with the Houses erected thereon by the deceas- ed Mrs. Ann M'Ken, or Murcur. The Properties are contiguous to each other : the Tenant will have right to a payment for the Houses at the end of the Leases. The Buildings are substantia! ; and being in a cen- trical situation are well adapted for a Merchant or Iniikeeper, Fur particulars, apply to George Yeaf\ Advocate in Aber- deen. 18th March, 1823. SEA COAST FARMS TO BE LET. npiIE following FARMS on the ESTATE of JL SLAINS, belonging to Lieutenant Colonel GORDON of Cluny, are to let for 19 years, from Whitsunday next. KI RKTON of SL A INS, consisting of about 110 acres of arable land— 100 of which is old infield. ( tt3STON, consisting of about 100 acres of arable land. UPPER BROG A. N, consisting of about 140 acres of arable land, and 150 of pasture. COTHILL, consisting of about 80 acres of arable land. Besides the above, there are several SMALL POSSES- SIONS. of from 5 to 20 acres of Land, to be let. The Lands in general are of rich searly soil, situated in a good climate, and near shipping ports. John Clark, Ground Officer upon the Estate, will shew the Boundaries of the Lands; and farther particulars will be learnt, on application to the Proprietor at Cluny Castle ; Cap- tain Duguid, Dee Street; or Andrew Davidson, Advocate in Aberdeen. 20th March, 1823. To the EDITOR ofthe ABERDEEN CHRONICLE. SIR, I beg to disclaim having any thing to do with Mr. HUME'S Piece of Plate. The Aberdeen Journal some time ago stated, that the Subscribers were a Jew Gentlemen admirers of Mr. Hume's political principles, I praise the Editor for his' in- tention ; but the consequence has been, that the John Bull newspaper says, that the emblematical figures on the Silver Salver are correct likenesses of Mr. HUME'S Electors, meaning me and the Magistrates. God knows, Sir, some of us will have little cause to admire Mr. HUME ; and Sub- scriptions from us, upon such an occasion, would have been even worse than our Subscriptions to the famous Manifesto of 1817. Some of Mr. HUME'S friends are fond of blowing their own trumpets, and that way they bring us into notice ; but if John Bull be humbugged through the medium of the Aberdeen Journal, I beg, through the mediuu; of the Aber- deen Chronicle, to subscribe myself, One ofthe Few Gentlemen, not Admirers. THE REFLECTOR, No. VII.— AND LAST. BY TIIE LATE ANTHONY OLDCASTLE, ESQ. HONORARY MEMBER OFTHE PERTH ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. CALURHOE THE WELL OF SPAW. O gallant spring of Fountains King, Blest from the Heavens above. * * * * The sun at night sets in thy sight, And last wilh thee is seen, Long mote thou reigne of fountains Iibig> Brave Nymph of Abeidene. Quod J. Moir. IN those happy times, when Provosts wo re pesmantit breeh, and when Baillies were buried " with a brave volley of mu ske- teers," the Well of Spa was in much higher repute than it is now, or has been for many years past. So little indeed is it now regarded, that some apology may perhaps be expected for obtruding such a subject on the attention of yout fashionable readers. But those who have any reverence for the wisdom of our forefathers, will irot he inclined to view with contempt, my humble endeavour to draw their notice to a fountain whose vir- tues have been treated of by men of science, and celebrated by gifted Bards of the olden time. The poet, whose works I have quoted above, would be sadly disappointed if he could now look up and witness the chilling neglect to which his favourite nymph is consigned : and if his heart did not incontinently break with sorrow, he would cert inly seat himself on the In- firmary dyke, and sing a woelul Monody on the folly and fickleness of man. 1 would cheerfully send you the whole of his delectable composition, if I were not afraid of encroaching too far on the space which you mav think pioper to set apart for this subject; but if this ariic e should the meansof bringing the Wyll of Spa once more in to repute. I shall endeavour ti> get the poem printed, as. Falstaff says, " in a ballad by itself. * It may be sufficient to mention at piesent, that its author his converted what is now Jack's Brae a « d the Shurt Loar. ingv nto yt Parnassus forked mount," and that he has conjured up the Three Graces, Apollo and the Nine Muses, with a due accompaniment, of Phenixcs. silver wands, Titan's be- im^. and the 11 Music sweet of Greece," to do honour to this celebrated well. How long it may be since the medicinal virtues of the Well of Spa were first discovered, I am altogether unable to say.—- j It is however certain, that two or three centuries ago, they were in a very high degree of estimation The earliest information which I have seen Vespecting it, mentions thai, " be reason of its excellent qualities, sealed by many notable experiences upon sickly persons, it w- as adorned with a long wide stone which conveyed the waters from the spring, with the purtraic- ture of six apostles hewen upon either side thereof." OM this subject it would appear that the author of the Annalsof Aber- deen has fallen into two mistakes. He states, that during many years a building had stood over the spring, ornamented with the portraits of six of the Apostles. Now, in the first place,, 1 do not recollect ever before to have heard a single stone called a building ; and iu the second place, it appears that por- traits of all the Apostles had been cut upon it, that there might he no cause for a charge of making invidious distinctions.— But, perhaps, the ' Historian had been of opinion with the sailor, that it would never do for the whole twelve to be on deck ot'Once " , The Well continued in this State until about fwo hundred years ago, when, being " verie old and• worne, o verfuous ci- tizen, George Jamison, ( die celebrated Painter) did bwfld it of new, and put a tomb of hewn stone over it, because of the many proofs he had of it in his own person, in curing him of the stone." Soon afterwards, however, a violent torrent of waters falling into that streame, did suddenlie overturn it, and buried the spring in the ruins, so much ofthe bill having fallen therewith. It is worthie of observing, that this was thfe year our late troubles did beginne, and seemed to be an ill omen both to our city and country." The Author of the Annals says, that u the Well remained in this situation until the year 1670, when the spring again made its appearance but it does not seem that it did so until it had been 44 digged for at the sollicitous desire of some diseased citizens, who did find renewed experiences of its powerfull virtues in the cure of tor- menting Gravels, deadly Colicks, and desperat Hydropsies," & c. In a short tirn'e after the Spring had been recovered, ALEXANDER SKENE of Newtyle, the gentleman whose words I have so liberally quoted on the subject, erected by the permis- sion of the very Honourable the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and the remnant ofthe Honorable Council!," the structure which has defied the teeth of time to the present day. In the year 1615, Doctor WILLIAM BARCLAY, an eminent physician, published a very learned tract * on the virtues ofthe Well of Spa, which is well worthy of attention. It would not exactly suit me to trouble you with long extracts from that work, because there are some of its'dctails not well suited to a Newspaper, and because lam afraid that, upon the whole the Well of Spa will turn out to be but a dry subject. X shall therefore content myself w ith quoting from, the Appendix, an account of several extraordinary cures which have been effect- ed by the Well of Spa water, and conclude with a short sum- mary of the learned Doctor's advice to those who wish to be benefited by it— an advice which is the more valuable from the abhorrence which the author expresses for 44 barbarous Apothe- caries, Highland Leeches. Importers and Mountehankes, mer- curial Mediciners, rubbers with Quicksilver, and all those which can give no reason of their calling." The persons, whose cures are here mentioned, were all liv- ing witnesses of their truth, when Dr. BARCLAY'S Treatise was published, and ofthe authenticity of the statement there is tfo reason to doubt . " Mr. FORBES, Sheriff Deput of Aberdene, some few yeares agoe, being vehementlie tormented with a colicke, whereof he could have no ease by any prescrived means to abate the vio- lence thereof, so that there was nothing looked for but death shortlie to ensue; after all other means this as the last was suggested to him, and he by drinking liberallie of this water, was not only eased of his paine, but in few houres'perfectly cured. This Gentleman being subject to relaps into his dis- ease, finds sudden relief by the use of this water. < 4 CHARLES ROBERTSON, late Bail lie in Aberdene, being often subject to the paine of the gravel, was not long since sore affl cted, and had his urine stoped four or five dayes ; being advised to drinke of our Welfof Spa Waters by a person who had found the vertue of them, did drinke a large di aught or two thereof, and verie quicklie got free passage and ease of all his paine. And upon assault from this disease, upon his ad- dress to this remedie, through God's blessing finds deliver- ance. < 4 MARGARET MOIR, relict of PATRICK GELLIE, merchand in Aberdene, having falne into a deadly hydropsie, and hav- ing used several remedies by her Physician's advice, at last the Doctor having seen but a little before this book writen by Dr. BARCLAY, advised her to drink of the Well of Spa, for quench- ing her violent, drowth, & c It was so blessed of God for her good, that in few days she was perfectly cured. " Mr. KENNEDY, Younger, Sheriff Clerk, v » as excecdinglie tormented with a desperate colick, which was of that sort they call Iliaca Passio. After the use ofseverall remedies preserv- ed by the Physician and no ease obtained, all his relations coming to see him die, himself did call earnestlie for this water of our Well of Spa, and di'anke a goodlic quantitie thereof, and shortlie thereafter through the favour of God, it wrought so well, that in short space he gut seven stools, and was pre- sently cured." I now proceed to ... ... * 4< CALLIRHOE, commonly called the Well of Spa, or the Nymph of Aberdene— resuscitat by WILLIAM BARCLAY, M. of Art and Docter of Physicke— what diseases may be cured by drinking of the Well of Spa at Aberdene, and what is the true use thereof-— as it was printed by ANDRO HART, Anno Dom. 1615." Of this scarce Tract there is a M. S. penes me, which is at the service of any spirited publishing Bookseller— for a suitable consideration. REFORM MEETING. The following is a Copy of the Resolutions and Peti- tion, tinanimonslv agreed to at the Meetino held in the . O o Caledonian Theatre, Edinburgh, March 11, briefly men- tioned 111 ourlait. 1. That the present mode of electing the Members of Parliament for the city of Edinburgh, by the Magistrates and Town- Council thereof, and to the utter exclusion of the great body of inhabitants ami householders, who possess almost the whole of the real property and perso- nal weight and influence on its societv, is in the highest degree unjust and inexpedient ; is'calculated to produce the most pernicious effects on the character of its grow- ing population ; and has been found, in practice, to in- terfere very unfortunately both with their general com- fort and the good management of their alfttirs. 2. That an humble petition be presented, in name of tiie householders, to the Commons House of Parliament, for the redress of this grievance. ; t » d for conferring the right of voting for the eitv Member, on such portion or descriotion ofthe inhabitants or householders, as to Parliament in its great wisdom may seem just. 3. That the following petition be approved of and adopted far this purpose. To the honourable the Commons of Great Britain, in Parlia- ment assembled. The humble petition ofthe persons whose n: tmes are subscrib- ed hereto, resident householders of Edinburgh, S'leiveth, That your petitioners are resilient house'iolders of the eity of Edinburgh ; and though aware ofthe very defec- tive state of the representation, in manv other parts of the empire, come now before this Honourable House only to sue for redress of the peculiar, and thev humbly think, aggravated grievances which they suiter in that capacity. That Edinburgh, exclusive of Leith, and the adjoin ing villages, which would give au additional population of at last thirty thousand, UOAV contains" upwards of one hundred and live thousand inhabitants, of whom more than twenty- one thousand are householders, who oct. ipv property within its limits, raU^ at not IcsS than lour hundred thousand poumls per an num.; and that ^ lOth tlie population and property are in so Papid a state of increase, • that there has heen, for eeveral years p: « t, an annuui addition, bv now buildings, to the taxable income aris- ing from real property, of not less than ten thousand pounds. . That the citv of Edinburgh is tiie ancient metropolis of Scotland, and the seat of'its Supreme Courts and" great National Establishments, of a celebrated and flourishing University, ar. tl various great schools and seminaries ot ' learning, and is also the residence of a large body of weal- thy mid enterprising merchants, and of a greater number of landed proprietors, and" gentlemen of independent for- tune, than any other placc, except Loudon, 111 the is- land of Great Britain. That the city of Edinburgh has, ever since the in- corporating union with England, in 1707, enjovod tu* privilege of sending a member to the British Parliament, but the right of voting for this Member is now vested neither in the inhabitants, nor in the householders, nor in the burgesses, nor in any of those persons or public bodies who ean be said, in any sense, to represent the property, the intelligence, the independence, or charac- ter of its population, but belo'nosL exclusively to a small self- elected corporation of thirty- three persons, who da not stand by any means in the first rank oi'ils cit'zens, either for wealth or popularity. . That the description and qualifications of those to whom the elective franchise is tl. us limited, and thos- j from whom it is absolutely withheld, stand respectively as follows : The present electors are the Magistrates and Town Council, consisting in all of th'irtv- tl. a> e individuals, it large majority of whom are respectable shopkeepers and tradesmen, and who occupy property rated at rather less than £ 2800 per annum. Nineteen of these are annually, elected bv their predecessors in office, without the sem- blance of any other interference, and the retraining four- teen, who are deacons of the crafts, or incorporated tradesmen, are annually chosen by their respective cor- porations, out of lists, each of w hich has been previous- ly reduced to the number of three, by the act of the Town Council, who have it thus in their power, though each corporation should be unanimous in its wish for. a particular deacon, entirely to defeat the election of that person. The whole number of members in these four- t > en crafts is considerably less than seven hundred, ami their deacons are thus elected annually, not with a view to co- operate in returning a Member to Parliament, bue for the daily superintendence of their affairs in the City Councils. . , That it thus appears, that out of 10j, 000 inha- bitants, there are but thirty- three electors i and that these persons occupy property to the extent of £ 2300, out of £ 400,000, in otherMtords, that the right of vot- ing is here engrossed by less thar. oae . three thousandth part of the population, and by the occupiers of about one hundred and fiftieth part of the realpropcrty. But the injus- tice and inequality of such an arrangement will appear still more strongly by attending to some of the details. By therent rollmade upunder the policcacts, it is ascer- tained that there are more than ten thousand householders rated at and above £ 5 of yearly rent, and paying taxes and assessments accordingly ; that there are upwards pf seven thousand five hundred who pay £ 10 and upwards; very nearly five thousand paying £ 20 ; more than three thousand at £ 30 ; two thousand two hundred and sixty at £ 40, and so on up to L' 90 per annum, and upwards, of which there are six hundred and sixty- eight. The result of this enumeration id, tfiat the proportion of pro » perly to numbers is found to be higher MI Edinburgh than iu any other place of the same population with which vour petitioners are acquainted. The average annual rental of the whole ten thousand householders, at, and above £ 5, being not less than £ 35 for each individual, and £ 6.5 for each of the four thousand five hundred who arc rated at and above £ 20. That it is also material to observe, that there are in the city various great public bodies, the members of which, though contributing mainly, by their residence to the wealth and respectability of the place, have no voice or share whatever in the election of tlie member who no- minally represents it in Parliament. These are, among others, 1st, The Guildry, or Merchant Burgess.- s< amounting to nearly twelve hundred individuals; and in- cluding the Merchant Company, a mercantile association, which has subsisted for nearly one hundred and fifty years, and now consists of more than four hundred and eighty members.— 2d, the Faculty of Advocates, consisting of upwards of two hundred resident members.— 3d, The Writers tothe Signet, consisting of upwards of three hund- red resident members.— 4th, The other memtfers of the College of Justice, and individuals attached to the pro- fession of the law, extending probably to near two thous- and persons.— 5th, The Professors, and others connected with the University, or employed in the higher branches of education, consisting of at least one hundred and fifty, — 6th, The whole body of the Clergy, amounting, dis- senters included, to between sixty and seventy— 7th< The persons of the Medical, and other liberal and learn- ed professions, not less than one hundred in number. That it is in these circumstances that your petitioners, who have been long seriously and practically aggrieved by the want of every thing approaching to a true and actual representation ofthe city they inhabit, have been com- pelled to address themselves to the wisdom and justice of Parliament, for a redress of the evils under which they notv suffer ; and to pray that your Honourable House will be pleased to take measures for the extension of the elective franchise, to such part or portion of its inhabitants, as may in some measure enable the Legisla- ture to judge of their sentiments and d. sires; That though the general character of its population, which has always been distinguished for its intelligence and peaceable habits, and in which there is not to be found anygreatassemblage of manufacturing l. ibo'urers,- iit such as might admit of the greatest extension of the right of election, with the least possible hazard of popular tu- mult or disorder, your petitioners do' not presume to Stig-' gestany thing whatever, upon this, or any of the detail* into which they earnestly entreat votir Honourable House to enter, but refer themselves entirely to vour wisdom and benignity, for such measures of redress eif their situation may seem to require. May it therefore please your Honotrrabie House, to take into Consideration what has here been humbly submitted, and to adopt such measures, ftir con- ferring the right of voting tor the Member returned to vour Honourable House f r the City of Edin- burgh, on such portions; or descriptions of the inhabitants, or householders, as to your Honourable House, in its great wisdom,- may seem just ; ami vour petitioners shall ever prav, Ac. 4. That a Committee be appointed fo'r procuring the subscriptions of the householders, with all possible ex- pedition, and forwarding the petition to the member of Parliament, w ho shall be ret| Uesled to present it to the House of Commons. 5, That the Honourable James Abercrotnby be re- quested to present the petition to the House of (. OIK- monS and to give it h: s iupport. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY. On Wednesday, James Ctniey was put to tlie bar. charged with uttering, at three different houses in this city, forged nitien notes of the Bank uf Scotland. lie pled guilty before theCot. it and Jinv. The Solicitor- General restricted the libel to an arbitrary punishment, and the Jury found the prisoner ctiiltv. in terms of his own confession. The Court then sen- tenced him to be transported beyond seas for life. THURSDAY, MARCH 13. John Wright and James Nicol, accused of theft and house- h « eaking. iv. rc placed at the liar, to which Kicol pleaded guilty, and Wright not guihy. Tin'crimes were perpetrated at Merehiston Castle near the Burrowtnuithead. The facts of | 1ie case being clearly proved, The f. ortl Justice Clerk recapitulated the evidence, and the Jury found the prisoner Nirol gu'lty, in terms of his own confession, and Wright also guilty. Lord Gillies briefly remarked on the painful situation of their Lordships iu - ncli cases, but the present was so clear of doubt that no choice, no alternative was left. His Lordship pro nosed that Wright should he executed on Wednesday the Itith day of April, and that Nicol be transported for life. Lord Meadowbank concurred. When the Lord Justice Clerk put on his hat, the usual solemn precursor to pronouncing ihe awful sentence, award- ing the last punishment of the law, Wright became greatly agitated, and most pitemislv supplicated for mercy. His Lord- hip exhorted him to indulge no hopes of mitigation of punish met)*, for that in a late aggravated case of the same na- ture, where theoldest criminal did not exceed fifteen years of age. the greatest difficulty had been found to commute the punishment, the remission of which lie had signed within tlie I st five minutes. Iiis Lordship concluded by passing the awful sentence, and the unhappy voutig man was taken from the bar. The scene which took place from the time that the Lord Justice - Clerk commenced his address lo the prisoner Wright, until he delivered tbe judgment of the Court, was the most awf « l and heartrending which c" u well be imagined. The prisoner, who wa « suffused in tears could not stand ; but. in the paroxysm of his grief, he wrung his bands; and, ill wild and thrilling accents, supplicated mercy. O! have mercy. Sir! O! Sir, have mercy! was the exclamation of tbe un- fortunate youth, as every word which foretold his doom struck upon his car. A cry for meicy from the back seats, which was uttered by some female, in a tone of deep despair, elec- trifled the audience with horror. A number of ladies in the gallery, no longer able to suppress their grief, sobbed aloud ; and the eye of the Judge and his voice bespoke the same bit- ter feeling. The prisoner at length, exhausted by the violence of his sorrow, rested iiis head upon tbe bar, and, ut short in- tervals, uttered gioans so lengthened and shrieks so piercing, as to be truly appalling. As he was conducted out ofthe Court room lie continued his cries; and, upon getting into the coach which was to convey him to prison, he besecched the bystanders to take warning by his untimely fate. The Lord Justice Cleik then addressed Nicol. who appear- ed unmoved during tbe trying moments of his more unfor- tunate companion. His Lordship warned him. that if he con- tinued a similar course in the country to which he was about to be removed, although his days were npt so exactly numbered as those of his associate, still his life would be very short. Sentence of transportation for life was passed upon him, and he was taken IVoin tbe bar. hat flew off. When he got up, M. u- iltfntfd. w'ho was angry and swearing, seized him again ; she gave no reason for her conduct, but merely said they should not go-: the reckoning was paid in her presence. When seized again by Macdonald he took hold of her sown and tripped her, when she fell for- ward on the floor; did not east her down; went into the pas- sage; and thinks he was followed by Grieve, who said don't strike her, to which he replied, certainly not. Found Wilkin- son and Welsh in the passage; no woman was there except Macdonald, who immediately attacked Wilkinson, striking him a blow on the breast. Welsh held Wilkinson's hands to prevent liiin striking her, as he said, " You b— why do you strike mo?" Witness returned to the kitchen," knowing that the deceased was there. No other person bad then come into the house. After remaining in the kitchen some time, another person came into the house. At this time no violence had been used by any of the party ; the deceased was then standing be- yond the fire placi, on the left of it, The above person came in, she was the panned, and was followed in about a minute and a half by Macdonald; there w'as no candles, ick in his hands all this time, nor did he observe one in the hands of any of the party; there had been a light in the passage, which was put out by witness or Macdonald while wrestling. The pan- ne! cried aloud, " Gel. me a knife, and I'll let you see me settle ihe ." Witness had not before heard her voice; she did not speak as if in a gieat rage ; nothing was then going on in the kitchen ; witness was then in tjie middle of the floor; saw punnet going deliberately forward to the dresser table at the bark of tile door , she put both her hands into a knife bux, and heard a rattling as if she was making a selec- tion— is convinced that none had then spoken to the panned— saw a woman accompanying her into the kitchen— saw paunel, who was then in a dark corner, with a table knife in her hand, of about eight inches in length, having a black handle, and which hy sharpening had become pointed.—( Jane Ltindie, from the witnesses' ro ui, was now pre- ented to witness.) — Identified her as the woman who accompanied the pan- n'el. When the knile was in pannel's hand, saw a man conVe to the kitchen door. —( A man of the name of Ilodge was now shewn lo u itness.) — Thinks he is the man. Tbe panne! made a spring at witness, but he parried her blow by turning round his arm ; witness stepped aside, and wi'li the violence of her blow the pinncl passed him, and was held by the women, Elisabeth Grey.— Livid with, the pan nil. Recollected the night she was apprehended. The first time she saw the panned, was at the outer door, when she came in from Hodges.—- Witness was at this ti. ne in the front room. Mr. Kerr. Mr. Hodge, and Aliss Lundie came with Mrs. M Kinnon. Mrs. M'Kinnon Went into the kitchen, and thinks Aliss Lundie went with her. Could not sav where Macdonald was at that I time. The next thing she saw was Mrs. M Kinnon going through the passage, with her cap off, and her hair hanging about her neck. Two men of tbe party were in the lobby, standing opposite the kitchen door, doing nothing. Did not hear any cry either before or after the paiinel came out, and saw nobody come out with her. Cross- ex. imincd.— Did not see M- Donald knocked down, but saw her lying on the kitchen floor at the beginning of the , row. One of the party threw himself down on a bed, andthe others called for toddy. One of them practiced some improper | conduct towards M Donald, who called them a parcel of low fellows, or something like ( hat. One struck M'Donald, who then left the room and went to the kitchen ; three of the men followed her. us did witness— it was at ibis lime she saw her " lying on the kitchen floor. One of the men struck witness a . blow 011 the back of the neck, and she fell, in consequence, in i the passage. There was a considerable noise, and witness was ; freightcned ; M.' Donald was crying murder. It was this • ahum which induced witness to return to that room, the door of which she left open. Mary Ciirley, also lately residing with Mrs. M'Kinnnn, re- ! collected the distui bance in the house of the pannel in Feb- i ruary. Went for Mrs. M'Kinnon to the house of Mr. Ilodge, j and told her there of the noise which was in the house. The pannel came up after witness, accompanied by Hodge and j Miss Lundie. Mrs. M'Kinnon went strait into tile kitchen : j some of the men were likewise, as was Jane Lundie, at the . kitchen door ; at that time. Gray was either in Ihe room or the ' passage. Saw the deceased sitting on a chair ; but cannot say j whether this was before or after she had seen the parties toge- j ther in the kitchen. Jane Lundie or Lang, residing in Lover's Lane, Leith Wall.. Went with Hodge to the house ; on entering perceiv- ed a great confusion iu the passage, next to which there was a room with a bed in it. Gray was in company with her. Wit- ness afterwards went to the kitchen, where she thinks iliere was among whom was Macdonald— none offered any violence then j a gentleman on a chair; Mrs. M'Kinnon was lying 011 the - the pantiel said nothing— witness said something in repro- j " 1 -*- : *-' '-— —• ™ " '" her hoifte before; but \ The pannel was not j Ml lilic Aide was then placed at the bar. charged with theft, ami being habit and repute a thief. He pleaded not guilty, li was the third time be had been at the Justiciary bar. The facts having been proved, the Solicitor- General re- stricted the libel, and a uimnimiu^ vcrdict of guilty was re- turned by the Jury. After a salutary admonition, lie was sen- tenced to be transported fofthc period of his natural life. FRIDAY, MARCH 11. Long before the assembling of the Court, the Parliament Square was crowded by an immense muliiuide, anxious to gain admission to the trial uf Mrs. Mary M' Kinnon. innkeeper, Son;!. Bridge Street, Edinburgh, charged with the murder of Wm Howab clerk 10 Mr. Thomas Johnston, Solicitor, Edin- burgh. The prcs- nre was so extreme at the several avenues, a., frequently to overpower the large bodies of policemen who were stationed at them ; but though tumultuary symptoms were occasionally manifested, there was ng direct interruption of the public tranquillity. At twenty minutes from 11 o'clock, the following Judges— the Lord justice Clerk, and Lords Pitmilly and Meadow- bank took their seats. After calling the diet, the indictment was read. It charged thepannel with having, upon the even- ing of 81I1 February last, murdered the deceased, liy inflicting a mortal wound upon his left breast with a knife; of which wound he languished until 20th of said month, when he ex- pired. . The pannel pled not guilty ; and the usual interlocutor of relevancy having been pronounced, a Jury was impannei- K< Defences for the pannel were then read. They stated, that, 011 the night libelled, tile deceased and others entered the pannel's house, where, being intoxicated, they conducted themselves riotously; that she was from home at the tune ; and, upon returning, she found tbe bouse in great disorder and' much of her furniture broken ; that the disturbance still continued • and if. under these circumstances, Mr. Howat met with' his death, she, the pannel, was not guilty thereof. ... The Counsel for the Crown then proceeded to examine thejr witnesses. . , , , , George Tail, Esq. Sheriff- substitute, proved the declara- tions of the paiuu- l libelled ou to have been freely and volun- tarily emitted. On 10th of February look the declaration of the deceased in the Infirmary— deceased was in a very low state, but nuite collected. The paimel was pointed out on that oc- casion by the deceased, and is tbe person referred to in bis declatation. . • , Cross examined— Did not inquire at deceased whether he believed himself to be in danger of dying, lest, by him. it might do him injury. NothuiL ' casion which led witness to believe that deceased was appre- hensive of death. . Mr. Scott, procurator- fiscal of the county, concurred with preceding witness. . Henry Kerr, land surveyor, presently residing in Edin- burgh. knew the deceased, and lived with him in lodging in Br• onghton Street; dined in company with b. m on Saturday, Sill February along with Mr. Alex, and Mr. Grieve; they sat down at 5 hours afterwards they were joined hy Mr. Wilkinson ; they rose at 9 o'clock ; after dinner ihey drank whisky toddy; and in all consumed two bottles and a half of spirits, i hey all left Brou. d. ton Street to accompany M< :-. irs. Welsh and John- ston to their lodgings, at Mr. Wilkinson's in Bnsto Street. They came past the Black Bull. Witness was very little af- fected with drink ; deceased was rather drunk, hut walked well and spoke rather * orrcctly ; Mr. Welsh was sober and so W is Mr. Johnston ; Mr. Wilkinson was not very much in- toxicated but walked without any assistance. Someone pro- ed that they should go into Co., par's Britannia lavern ; but Air. Johnston jibject- d, as Air. Coupar was a boxer. Ihe party were deposed to play off some fun upon Mr. Johnston ; and witness said that Anderson's on the east side of the South Bridge was a very good house. They all called at Anderson s, In, 1 as tbe apartments were all occupied, they did not get ad- mittance- and. therefore, they went directly across the street ,0 the house of the pannel, the door of which was opened by two or three " iris, who shewed them into a room at die end of • be passage leading from tbe outer door; the door of the room is oil one corner of the room, and ratlier to the right of the passage, which may be '->- 1 feet in length , , , kitchen on the leftside of it. In said room there is a bed and sofa the latter placed against the wall on the right side of it. The panv a.- ked for half a mutchkin, iu drinking which they were ioined bv 2 or 5 girls; some one of the company lay down on the bed, " but not from intoxication. There was no more drunk be-. ides the half mntchkili which was paid for.—( hliza- beth Macdonald and Elizabeth Gray were brought out of the witnesses' room, and shown 10 witness.)— Identified these as two oi the girls—( Mary Currie or Curlie was also shown to wiiness)— Identified- tier as another of the girls— that they ought not to go without a half mutchkin each. E. Macdonald was one who said so, and opposed their going. Witness com- menced arguing with the girls ; witness was the first to leave the room; the girls sallied out after; witness went into the kitchen, and intrcated the girls to. let them away. In the pas- sage Elizabeth Gray gave witness a slight pull by the coat; heard no noise in Ihe passage, nor the door opened and shut. Deceased came into ihe kitchen when wiiness was there ; none of the rest of the company had ihen gone out; considered all HI that lime to be in good humour; he had disengaged himself from Gray without any exertion ; and thinks she followed linn into tbe kitchen. In the kitchen there were some women whom he bad not before seen, particularly two old women who appeared to be servants.—( Two women from the wit- nesses' room were shown to witness.)_ Ide.. tif. ed them as the two old women. After witness was in the kitchen heard no noise io the passage, nor cries of murder, nor shrieks. After llowat came in to the kitchrVi, witness continued ultreating the " iris lo allow them to go aw . y ; the door was locked alter the " came in; at length witness said he must go, and it was needless to ar « ue with them. Macdonald seized him with both her hands"; and by holding him lore the frill of his shirt uiid his vest. In his endeavours to extricate himself, he was tripped, and came down upon the floor on his bauds, when bis is ceilain she did not recognise him. knocked down. Witness went towards the door, and passed Hodge in the passage ; did not see Hodge attacked ; Welsh and Wilkinson were in the passage between the room and kitchen door ; believes the whole of the women were in ihe kitchen; Welsh was holding Wilkinson, who wished to be into the kitchen. Witness went again into the kitchen, and saw the deceased standing with bis face to the door; Hodge might have been in the passage; deceased had his tight arm stretched out, and the pannel and Macdonald were standing in front of liiin; he might have beCn striking, but did not see him doing so, nor did be observe any thing which induced him lo think that deceased was doing more than keeping them at bay. Macdonald had nothing in her hand ; the pannel had a knife in her's; heard no cries, nor did he heartbeni speak- ing; saw the pannel strike a blow at the deceased with her ri^ ht hand, which, being raised above her left shoulder, made a sweep in front of her person, till it reached the left side of deceased ; it was a back blow, and the point of the knife was turned downwards. The deceased was then stand- ing beyond tbe fire place in the farthest corner ; none in the passage could have seen the blow ; Grieve was in the kitchen at the time. Witness collared the pannel and took her feet from her; witness, who was in a stupified state, examined the deceased, and found blood flowing fr « m his left side ; bad tio occasion to unbutton his vest, which was a very open one, and the knife had passed Pel ween it and his person. The pan- ne! used 110 expression, signifying that any person had made use of a knife ; is sure that no one of the party had a knife ; Jlr. Johnston might have had a stick. Witness sunk the de- ceased upon a chair, where lie fainted, before which lie said to witness, " Henry, I have been stabbed." Tbe paunel got up again ; in certain that 110 oilier parson was standing l>- ore the deceased, besides the pannel and Macdonald. A young man of tile name of Stewart very soon came in, who said he was a surgeon ; af. er him came Dr. Black the police- surgeon. Wilk- inson and Welsh then removed the deceased into another apart- ment. Witness was going for the police ; hut 011 going up the stair he met them ; they were all conducted to the police- office. where the panncl fixed upon Wilkinson as the person who bad stabbed the deceased. Witness called upon deceased next day in the Infirmary, and found him quite collected; de- ceased stretched out his hand to witness, who asked fiiin if he knew him, . to which he replied " perfectly." After he was removed from tlte open ward to a smaller apartment, deceased expressed his opinion tliat he was dangerously ill, and dymg; deceased said that he received his wound from a woman whom he would know if he saw her; he continued constantly under the belief that he would die; and was much the worse of die examination by ihe Sheriff. On . Monday heard him mention Ihe name of the pannel, which he had obtained in the course f the examination. Wituess attended liiin till his death, which happened 011 Thursday se'ennigbt after the wound which he received. Alri Wilkinson, landlord of ihe Wool Pack Inn, Bristo Street; Mr. Welsh, cattle- dealer, Balerno, parish of Currie ; and Walter Grieve, Student of Medicine, gave nearly a similar evidence. The declaration of tbe deceased was then read. It described, as the witnesses had done, the proceedings of the party whom he bad at dinner until they bad drauk a half mutchkin in the house of thepannel; and bore, that the girls thought the quan- tity too little, and ilnec of them, ou their going away, in- terrupted them at the door— Johnston pushed his way through, and tbe others followed— a big woman then came out with a knife— all were then out but Kerr and ihe declarant— he ad- vanced towards this woman to wrest Ihe knife from her, when he received the blow— thought he must have gone fioui the passage to ihe kitchen towards tier— identified the pannel as the woman who wounded him— did not recollect what took place afterwards, but had a vague impression that be was put to a bed iu the house— fell himself then perfectly collected. Eiiztbelb Macdonald resided in the house of the pannel along with Elizabeth Gray and others— recollects the deceased arid others coming 10 tbe pannel's house on the night libelled— Wilkinson and ihe deceased were much intoxicated, and the others hearty— a half mutchkin was ordered, and witness and the other girls partook of it. When ir. the room, Kerr took hold of a chair, and dashed il against the floor sc* as to break it. On the company going away, she and Wilkinson quarrell- ed, as Wilkinson had been taking improper liberties with her. ( Did not you expect liberties to be taken with you. when you had gone uninvited into their company ? Witness made 110 answer.) Wilkinson ill- used her, because she had resented his raisin" her clothes before the company. Kerr came into the kitchen, and vviih a candlestick struck her a blow on the breast, which made it black and blue; and after going into passage, he returned, and with his fist struck her a blow on the face, which made it bleed. Tbe candlestick was taken from him bv Margaret Machines after lie struck witness with it.— ( How* came that old woman to take it from him when you could 1101 •>) lie gave it. to her- he shoved her against the door, where she fell, and she saw the candlestick between them at this lime witness was washing the blood from her face.— ( You have said, that the blow which caused vour face to bleed was not given until after the blow with the candlestick ; and haw- do you explain # ie w ashing of the blood from- your fate at the time of Kerr being deprived ofthe candlestick ? Here the witness prevaricated so giossly that the Court felt themselves called upon to remind her of the danger she stood in, if she persevered in her disingenuous course, v hereas 110 danger awaited her ift. be told the truth. Mr, Jeffrey for the pannel suggested, that, after the caution which the wiiness had re- ceived, il was possible that she might reconcile the apparent titd runs past the contradictions in her testimony, were he permitted to examine her ) Examined by Air. Jeffrey.— Was uncertain whether the candlestick was taken from Kerr before or after she received the blow on ihe face. After the examination was a little farther proceeded in, The Lord Jtistice- Clerk observed, that it had by 110 means tended to explain the coniradiciions in her evidence ; and that he would feel it his duty to tell the Jury, that they ought not to give the slightest credit to her. Oil the motion of ihe Solicitor- General, the rest of her evi- dence was directed 10 lie taken down in writing.— The door was not locked ; and those in the house might have left it had they chosen. The disturbance was so serious, that she sent Mary Curlie for the panne!, who might be a protection to them ; when paunel came, she exclaimed, " Good God ! what is this?" She had 110 sooner come into the kitchen than pannel was knocked down by Wilkinson, who tore her cap ; patinel cried , l murder," but got up again ; the pinncl was again attacked in the passage hy Wilkinson, who held her by the wrist, aud paunel cried out to the police, who had then arrived, 10 take that man away from her. for In: was breaking her arm. After this saw the deceased sitting in the kitchen, and thought he had been sleeping ; had not seen him in the kitchen before ; and the last time she had seen him was in the bed of ihe room where they had been drinking, in which bed he had laid him- self down, apparently from intoxication. Re- examined for ihe Crown.—( Messrs. Welsh, Wilkinson, and Grieve, preceding witnesses, were now presented to her.) Identified and named them ; bad seen them in the Police Office ; did not see Wilkinson hold the pannel by the wrist, for she was out of sight, nor when pannel cried out to the Police did pannel name him ; but pannel afterwards pointed him out as Ihe person who bad hurl her arm ; did not see a kuil't used iu the course of the evening. The foreman of the Jur*.- stated, that the majority, on ac- count of tlie circumstances of the case, begged leave to recom- mend the prisoner to mercy. Lord Pitmilly, after stating, as wc thought, that he approv- ed of the verdict, but could ho! d out no hopes to the prisoner 011 the reeommendaiion, moved that the day of execution should be fixed for lGth April next. I. ord Meadowbank concurred in the opinion of Lord Pit- j milly. The Lord Justice Clerk then addressed the prisoner— in a serious, deliberate, and feeling manner— pointed out the enormity of her guilt— the high penalty ofthe laws— both of God and man— for the crime of murder— mentioning, as Iris Lordship said it was his duly iu candour to do, that - he owed it to his country, his Sovereign, and the interests of justice to say, that, in his opinion, and that of the Court, this was not a case in which tbe prisoner seemed entitled to mercy— that there was very little reason, indeed. 011 which to build any hope of mitigation in the sentence— that the power aud right of pardon, however, did rest elsewhere ; hut that, under all the circumstances, he must earnestly entreat and implore the pri- soner to endeavour to make her peace with offended heaven— to seek aid only from religion — which his Lordship anxiously desired might yet soften her heart, and prepare her for another world. His Lordship, having put 011 the hat, then pronounc- ed ihe awful sentence ofthe law, that between the hours of eight and len ofthe morning of IGth April next, the prisoner lie hanged by the neck ti! l dead, and her body be afterwards delivered to Dr. Munro, to be publicly dissected and anato- mized. The unhappy wretch seemed to continue in a state of great agony, and swooned a second time when sentence was concluded. Her sufferings cast a deep gloum over the whole Court. The trial excited great interest from an early hour on Friday morning, aud it was not concluded until four 011 Saturday morning. Counsel forthe Crown— The Solicitor- General, 1). M'Neill, 11. Dundas, and A. Alison, Esq. Agent, Air. A. Holland, W. S. Counsel for the prisoner— F. Jeffrey. A. Cockbtirn, and T. Maitland, Esqrs. Agent, Mr. James Rutherford, W. S. mm 1' • • 1 —-' - 1 n 1 inrnrn FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE alarming occurred 011 the oc- Welsb, Mr. Johnston, o'clock, and about two floor, and she assisted in helping her up. No person was in the kitchen except the panne!, an old servant, and herself; hoard cries of murder when coming down stairs ; but they ceas- ed when she got within doors. Margaret M'I lines, servant to Airs. Kinnon, recollected of the disturbance in the house, and of the pannel coming thither late in tbe evening. The pannel passed by witiufss in going to the kitchen, and immediately after she had got I here, saw her lying on the floor ; thinks she assisted her mistress to get up ; did not recollect any other person who lent a hand. Samuel Hodge, grocer, Cowgate, was in company with Mrs. AI Kinnon on the evening of her apprehension. He followed her to her house : and on their arrival there, be saw a tall man iu the passage, with several other men aud women. They seemed 10 be quarrelling with one another, although 110 violent blows were given. When fie went up stairs, lie heard shrieks of murder from the women ; he immediately hastened to the kitchen, where he saw M'Kinnon lying on the floor.— There was one or two men also in the kitchen, who were all standing, and uid nothing. Witness heard some of the police call for a doctor, as they thought the man was gone. He did not previously bear any thing about the stabbing. By the Court.— Saw no maiks of blood on the floor, or any appearance of. a knife. Did not perceive a 111: 111 either 011 the floor, or any appearance of a knife. Did not perceive a man either on tbe floor or sitting 011 a chair. Could not say whe- ther there Was light iu the room or not. James Stuart, apprentice to Mr. Law, surgeon in Edin- burgh. entered into a house in 82, South Bridge, on the 8th February, along with some police officers, who were going down as he passed. Witness went into the kitchen, where he observed Mr. Howat sitting in a corner. He saw Airs. Mac- Kinnon iu the passage, who seemed agitated, and told him that some people bad come into the house, and knocked clown several of the inmates. The man who sat in the kitchen, was in a state of stupor; his breathing was impeded, and, on ex- amination, he found a large wound in his chest. li t 1 1 Court— Did not see any of the, deceased's acquain- tances supporting him in the kitchen ; but be afterwards saw Kerr and Grhve. both of whom, too. seemed quite sensible, and well aware of w hat was going on. Witness did not see the instrument with which the wound was inflicted, Mr. Howat's waistcoat w as opened, but he did not observe if it bad been per- forated. None of the worn n offered their aid. Mrs. Mac- Kinnon did not say that a man '. id struck the blow. Mr. Robert Allan, surgeon, one of the surgeons in the Royal Infiimary, attended Mr. llowat till his death, which happened 011 20ib February, atone o'clock. Witness had 110 doubt '. hat the wound in tbe che ; t wa the cause of death. The direction of the wound vas oblique, or slanting downward. Drs. Newbigging and Dumbreek also gave evidence as to the treatment in the Infirmary. ' Ihe declarations of the pannel were read, in which she denied a'l concern in the murder of llowat, aud throwing the whole blame of iL 011 his party. Jlr, Kerr, land- surveyor, was again called in and examined.'- He saw no person w ith a brass candlestick during the evening— Mr. llowat never offered to strike AI'Douald— witness had 110 struggle wiih au old woman for a brass candlestick— he saw Hodge at the door of ihe kitchen, w hen Mrs. Kinnon had the knife in her hand. Did not see him again. ( By the Jury.) About three minutes elapsed lietween the time when the pannel took up the knife, and when she, gave the blow. Here closed the evidence for the Crown ; and the following witnesses were then called for the defence : — Dr. Black, Police surgeon— Recollected of being called to Airs. JI Kiiinon's house, w! ice a young man had been wound- ed. Siw her on chat evening, and attended her afterwards professionally for several days. She complained of her head being hurt, having been knocked down in her house, and also of a spitting of blood. She seemed distressed both in body and mind ; and, particularly, lie was shown a mark on her side, whet e be found an injury. There were 110 other bruises.— Witness also attended Elizabeth Alacdonald at the pannel's house, who had received an injury 011 her left breast, apparently from a blow with the hand. Her face had marks of violence, which were more evident on the night ofthe accident. Witness attended Alargaret Jl'Innes, at South Bridge, who Complain- ed of a violent injury in the side, but he could see none. By the Court— Prisoner complained of the spitting of blood two or three days after she had been in tbe Loek- up House. The marks or. M'Donald seemed to have been made by the fist. James Christie, keeper ofthe Lock- up House.— Remembered Mrs. M'Kinnon being brought there 011 Monday night. Next day he observed blood on her cap; she complained of a pain in the back of her head. Witness saw her spit blood into a basin where she was washing herself. By the Court. — Saw her spit blood only in the morning. John Smith, aged 14. went to Mrs. M Kinnon's from Hodge's, and there saw a man putting M'Donahl into tfie fire, went forthe watchman. On coming down stairs he heard cries of murder. Captain Brown, late Superintendent of Police- Had the honour of serving in the army for several years. The father of Airs. M'Kinnon was quartet- master in ihe regiment in which w itness was adjutant. Was acquainted with the paunel from her 15i! i year, and always considered her to be of a hu- mane and peaceful disposition. She w- as debauched by an officer, under atrocious circumstances ; to this event he as- cribed her future course of life. She was neglected by her father, after her seduction, in the most shameful manner.— Witness knew nothinjl peculiar about her house. This closed the defender's proof. The Solicitor- General ( Air. John Hope) stated the import of the evidence lo the ' Jury, and, 011 the part of the Crown, sought a verdict of murder. Jlr Jeffery addressed Ihe Jury in behalf of the pannel; ob- serving on the disadvantage which the prisoner laboured under from the line of life followed by lier, dwelling on the real and apparent contradictions of the evidence at great length, con- tending that there was nut enough of clear, full, sound, un- suspicious evidence to fix the guilt of striking the deadly blow upon the prisoner, or, at all events, that there was sufficient evidence of agitation, provocation, and alarm, to bring the case into one of culpable homicide, and concluding with a powerful appeal to the feelings of tlie Jury. The Lord Justice Clerk charged the Jury, going over the evidence with great anxiety, marking its value, and where it was or was not consistent, as iiis Lordship went along; stat- ing his decided opinion, however, that if tlie evidence of Kerr, corroborated as it was by Howat's dying declaration, andthe testimony of several other w- itnesseson facts and circumstances, was to be. believed, there was 110 room for the alternative ver diet of culpable homicide; but candidly telling them, that as Juries had differed and might differ from the Court, both as to the facts, and the law, the whole case was left in their hands. The Court would wait, if the Jury would retire for a short period; but if they found it necessary to take a longer period for deliberation, the verdict could be received to- mor- row at 11 o'clock. The Jurj letired for about half an hour; and, upon return- ing into Court, Air. Cockburn, who had been chosen Chan- cellor, returned a written verdict, a form which is still neces- sary when it is that of a plurality only. While the verdict ( which, by a plurality, of voices, was— Guilty ofthe crime of Murder) was recording— the import of it was communicated to the prisoner, upon which she instant- ly swooned-; continued ill that state for some little; and, oji recovering, uttered miserable shrieks and groans. It was with great difficulty the officers could recover her so niqch as to be able lo bear the verdict. FROM FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, March 0.— A great number of National Guards and respectable citizens, wishing to give a mark- ed testimony to Serjeant Mercier,. of their approbation of his conduct in the Chamber of Deputies, 011 the 4th of this mouth, have met, and spontaneously revived to present a sabre of honour to their comrade. The Serjeant Mercier is daily receiving fresh proofs from Ins comrades of their approbation of his conduct. A great number of the grenadiers of the 3a battallion of the ' 2d legion of the National Guard are about to pre- sent him with a gold snuff- box, with an inscription al- luding to his conduct 011 the 4- th March. It is said, that the members proposed bv the minority of the Chamber of Peers to form the Committee 011 the project for 100,000,030 credit, were Prince Talley- rand, Marshal Jounlan, Count Mollien, Count Rov, and the Marquis de Marbois. These Peers had 51 votes. The votes on the other side were SO. A voting man has been arrested at Marseilles, for re- ply in answer to the challenge of a sentinel " Who's there ?" " A citizen." It is pretended that such a reply is anti- religious, anti- monarchical, and seditious. It is on the 15th March, decidedly, that the Duke d'Angouleme will set out for the army ofthe Pyrenees. Madame is to go to Bordeaux, traversing, a part of La Vendee. Yesterdav morning the last portion of the equipages of the Duke d'Angouk- me set off for the Spanish armv. Shameful cries of " Vive Manuel! Mart a la i'our- I donnaye.'" were uttered yesterday 011 the Boulevards, St. Denis, as night was coming 011. The gendarmerie dissipated this crowd in a short time, who, in despair at at being chased from the field of their exploits, encoun- tered, 111 running away, a patrol of Swiss. Several of these soldiers were wounded by tho fugitives, who, as ) they fled, made use of sticks, knives, and daggers. Nine ! persons were arrested and conducted to the watch house, and from there to the Perfecture of Police ; amongst them was a student of law, a physician, a merchant, two shoeblacks, and three servants of a good family. CHAMBER OF PEERS, MARCH 8. The project of law relative to the eventual credit of one hundred millions has been examined in the Bureaux, and afterwards referred to a Commission composed of the Count ds la Forest, the Count de St. Priest, the Duke de Brisac, the Count Lecoutcux, and the Marquis de Talaru. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, . MARCH 8. There was 110 business before the Chamber ofanv ge- neral interest. The Ministers were present. The sitt- ing commenced at two o'clock. There were only eight Members on the left centre, and seven on the extreme left. The report of the Committee on Petitions was heard; and the Chamber finally adjourned till Friday next when there was to be a public sitting to open the discus- sion upon the law of accounts, MARCH 10.— The Marshal Dukeijf Regoio ( Oudi- not) sets out to- day to take tho command ofthe 1st corps ofthe Armv of the Pyrenees at Bayonne. Letters from Havre, dated March B, sav:—" Tha reports of peace, circulated at Paris, scarcely agree with what is passing under our eyes. Yesterday tliu cu'dcY ar- rived to arm the fortress and the coasts, and at this mo- ment the guns are transportting to the batteries. An order has also arrived to make levies ofsailors. A con- voy sets out for llpchfort, anotiier for Qherburg. These armaments have nil efFect upon our shipowners, and make them fear a rupture with England, for it is thought that the Spninards . done could not inspire such alarm. The orders given for these measures are too recent and too imperative not to be the result of fresh news. ORDER OF TIIE DAY. The Colonel to MM. the Officers, the Sub- Officers, and National Guards of the ith Legion. " Gentlemen.— You have learned with just indignation that the Sieur Jlercior, Serjeant ofthe 1st Company of I lie . Td Bat- talion, 011 duty at the Chamber of Deputies on the lih instant, had refused to obey ihe order ivhi^ li had been given hint be AI. Fremont, bis Captain, Chief of the Post, to proceed to exe- cute tbe order of M. the President. " The fact is unfortunately too well established since if is I authenticated by the report made to tne by Captain Fremont, !' which report I have tUc honour to address to the Marshal. " Ii is evident that this violation of tli- cipline materially com- t promises the National Guards, fie institution of which bears | an especial character of unbounded devotion lo the GcAern- ' uieiit. However, what alone can diminish the grief which an event as vexatious as unexpected has occasioned rue, is my convic- i tion that this grief is participated in by the National Guardsof $ all ranks in the leg: on, which, on all occasions, have given proofs, oftheir love of order, of subordination on duty, of zeal, and devotion. ( Signed) " The Colonel ofthe 4th Legion. " The Chavclicr POLISSARD QUATREM E REj" The orders of the day from the Commandants of the 3d, 5th, and 6tll Legions of the National Guards, in- form their subordinates how much thev abhor the refusal ofthe detachment to arrest M. Mount 1. . £ FROM THE COURIER FRANCAIS]. Several Journals published yesterday some orders of the day that were addressed to different Legions ofthe National Guard. If lltane orders are intended to prote j that things at the head- quarters are viewed differently i, than in the companies, they will accomplish their object; j but if any thing else is meant, they will fail. For in- i stance, when the National Guards are told that passive obedience is their first duty, it only proves that those from whom this injunction comes, are strangers toevel v true idea of the origin, organization, and end of this corps, and they cannot reasonably expect that anv of the citizens to whom it is addressed will admit a principle of this nature. The Journal des Debates, which is tlie organ of one part of the Ministry, shewed itself much better informed 011 this matter, when it said that the Ser- jeant who commanded a guard of honour, was not oblig- ed on that account to execute an arrest, but it appears that the fraction of the Ministry which governs this Pq- psr, lias not the same weight at the head- quarters of the National Guard. The Colonels of the 4th and 6th legions talk of the indignation that the conduct of Ser- jeant Mercier has caused them ; if they merely speak for themselves, well and good, but if they express this senti- ment as common to all the National Guards, it must be allowed that no facts support their assertion. Serjeant Mercier, since the Sitting of the 4th, has been loaded with marks of affection and esteem from the Nation-,! Guards of all the legions. A' considerable number among them wishes to present him with a sword of ho- nour. His company is no longer known but bv the name of Comprignte du, Screen/, The Serjeant- Major of this company, writing vesterdav to a Journal, signed Sci jennt Major of the Honourable First Company, It would be very difficult to see in these facts, and in mativ others that we could mention, any svmptoms of sorrow' and indignation. " TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE COURIER. FRAN9AIS, " PARIS, Mareli 9. " Sir— An Order ofthe Day, inserted in the Moniteur, ami signed, Colonel of the - 1th Legion, Polissard Quatremere, as- serts that the institution of the National Guard bears a particu- lar character of unlimited devotion to the Government. It be- longs to a National Guard of 1789 to contradict this assertion, " The National Guard was instituted for the conquest, and for the maintenance of liberty, of equality, and of social order. After having put lite nation in a situation to give itself a Go- vernment of its own choice, it has guaranteed the independence of France, as it would have done since, if the Government which succeeded iu 181- 1 and 1815 would have confided tu tlie armed nation ; as it would do. I hope to- day, of its own accoyd, if the Powers of Pilniiz and of Layhach should invade our territory. The born enemy of despotism, of aristocracy, and of anarchy, it has defended the authorities appointed liy the nation— it has protected persons, riglus, and opinions. It wished the adversaries of tbe revolution to have been doubly conquered, both hy the energy of the French people, and by their own generosity. " It would have been fortunate enough to save Louis XVI. if the faction of the privileged, within and without, bad per- mitted him to he saved once more liy the Patriots. " One of the greatest satisfactions that I have ever experienc- ed, is to find in the memorable Silting of the 4th of JIarch, sentiments which gave risp to the National Guard of 178.9, w hich united in a confederation four millions of armed citizens 1* 11 1.790, and which have been manifested several times since, namely, ill the two invasions of the capital, and of which tbe . National Guard of 1823, hy the fine'conduct of Mercier, and bis worthy comrades, has just given so honourable and patrio- tic a testimony, " Receive, Sir, tlie assurance of my most distinguished con- sideration, " LA FAYETTE.'* MARCH 11— There is news from Madrid of a change in the Administration there. The new Ministry are of the party called Communeros ( the most determin- ed friends of the existing Constitution.) Torrijos ami Morel are two of the names sent 113 Yesterday, at eleven, the King gave a private audi- ence to Marshal Moncev, Duke of Cornegliano, who sets out to- dav for the army. The societv of the friends of legitimacy celebrated a mass ofthe Holy Ghost to- day, to draw down the bl « s- ! sings of Heaven on the Duke of Angouleine and the i troops destined to support the cause of legitimacy. The Duke de Itegglo resigned, the day before his de- parture for the Army of Spain, the command of t, be Na- tional Guard of Paris to Major- General the Duke de Clermont- Tonnerre. There appeared yesterday an order of the day of the ) National Guard, thus worded: " MARCH 10, 1823. " A Sub- Oilicer of the Fourth Legion, who was on service at the Chamber of Deputies, is accused of having refused to execute the orders ofthe President of ihe Chamber. " So serious a charge ought to be examined with the strictest justice ; consequently, a Council of Discipline will be sum- moned to pronounce 011 the disobedience of which the said of- ficer is charged. 4t. The officer w- ho commanded the post, will be alike deliver- ed over to the appointed Council, which will have to judge of j the crime. ' " Major- General Duke de CLERJIONT- TONNERRE.'* Lieutcnant- General Baron llarbot is to command the Tenth Territorial Division; and Viscount Painphilo Lacroix the Sixth division of the Second Corps of the Army. MARCH 12.— Great numbers of the English are quitting France ; very few are now met with in the sa- loons ofthe capital. It continues to be asserted, that the Duke of An^ ou- leme will depart 011 Saturday for the army, and that he will review nil the troops of the line before he com- mences the campaign. The latest news received from the frontiers of Spain inform us, that Mina remained hut a few hours at Barcelona ; that he asked from the Municipalitv of that town 60,000 piastres, and that 80,000 were sup- plied to him 011 the spot. This Constitutional General will quickly repair to the frontier the nearest to Ccr- dagne, where a considerable body is concentrated, chiefly, it is said, composed of foreigners SPAIN AND PUR riTGAl. ORDINARY CORTES, MARCH I. OPENING OF THE SESSIOM.— KI. NG'S SPEECH. A letter was read from the Secretary of State for Grace and Justice, which informed the Cortes that the state of his Majesty's health did not permit him to lie present at the opening of the Cortes, but that Secre- taries of State were in attendance to communicate to the President, the speech which his Majesty would have had the satisfaction to deliver, had not indisposition prevent- ed him. The Secretary of Slate for the Ilotne Department then handed the Speech to t he President, \ ilio read- it to the Coftes'. It is as follows : 41 Senbres Deputies— The extraordinary circumstances iu which this Session of the I. egisbitiire'is opened, present^ a vast field to the patriotism of the Representatives ot' the Spanish people, and will render it memorable in toe national annals. " Spain, at this nionwut the object of tin: attention, of al! na- tions, is about to resolve the great problem which occupies Alonarchs and people. 1". its solution aie involved the hopes, the fears, and the interests of mankind— the caprices of ambi- tion and pride. •' The Continent/:! Powers of the Holy Alliance have now I raised a cry against the political institutions of this liatibn. whose independence and liberty have been conquered with its blood. Spain, ill reply to the insidious intimations of thoss Potentates, has solemnly manifested to the world, that her fundamental laws can only be dictated by herself'. " This clear and luminous principle is iuc& pable of beinT attacked; except by - sophisms supported hy arms ; and tboss who, in ibe 19th century, appeal to this last- reason, give the ino.- t, decisive proof of the injustice oftheir cause. " The Jlost Christian King has said that 100.000 French- men are to come to settle the domestic affairs of Spain, aud to amend the errors of Our institutions. When before were sol- diers commissioned to reform laws ? In what code is it writ'ten that military iuva, ions inay be the pieciirsois of national feli- city to any people ? " It would be unworthy of reason to refute such anti- social errors, and it would not be decorous in the Constitutional King ofthe Spain* toapologize for the just national cause be- fore those who, in ruder to subdue every feeling of shame, cover themselves with the mantle of the most detestable livpo-. crisy. 1 trust that the energy, the firmness, and the constancy oft' the Cortes will form the best reply to the Speech of the Most Christian King. I hope that, steady iu their principles, and. resolved to walk in the path of tjicir duty, Ihey will always be- ihe Cortes of the 9th and 11th of January, and ever be founds in all respects worthy of the nation which has intrusted to them. Its destinies. 1 hope thai reason and justice will not show less courage than the Genius of oppression and slavery. The na- tion which capitulates with enemies whose bad faith is so no- torious, is already subdued. To receive tfie law which is to. be imposed by force of arms, is the cx: icme of ignomiuy. " If war be already an unavoidable evil, the nation is mag- nanimous, and will again hasten to coinbat for independence and civil liberty. The path of glory is already known to Spain, and all the sacrifices which this contest may require will be eas)- to her. Constancy and patriotism present a thousand re- sources, which, iu tbe bauds of Spaniards, always produce the hf. ppie. st results. " For my part, I once more offer to the National Congress the co- Apcration of all my efforts to realize hopes which the friends of liberal institutions place in Spain, by carrying into execution ail tbe measures, within the compass of my authority f s f 1 ; j repel torce by force. Tlie • u. r. or^ tolr removal of fry person and tbe Cortes to a point less subject to tbe influence of military operations, will paralyse the enemy's plans, and prevent any suspicion in tbe impulse of tbe Government, tbe action of which ought to be felt in every point of the monarchy. The army, whose services iti the just cause are so great, is completing and organizing, in pursuance of the hist decrees of tbe Cortes. The victories which it obtained against the fac- tious, are the precursor.-, of others of a more important natiue over the foreign enemy. " The provinces in general exhibit a very good spirit. The evils which they have suffered from those who style themselves Defenders of Religion, have dissipated tbe illusions of the ig- norant, and convinced all men that tbe Constitution is the only right path. " ' i'tie changes which have taken place in our foreign rela- tions have not depressed the spirit of the nation. The timid, who can never see the resources of the country, gild the male- volent who would take advantage of its weakness, never can alter the sentiments of a nation punctilious of honour, and which never was accustomed to make any compromise with in- justice. " The different branches of the public administration afford in general a very favourable prospect. The Cortes will, with their USUJI zeal, continue the important labours which have been commenced, and tbe national prosperity to which these labours lead will consolidate the Constitutional system which valour and energy now defentl. ( Si0ned) FERDINAND." " Palace, March 1." A Committee was appointed to draw tip an answer to tlie above Speech, of u'hicli Arguclles, Valdes ( Don Cavetano) Salvato, Prado, and lstnriz are members. The President adjourned the Silting, amidst the ac- clamations ofthe spectators in the galleries. On the 2d a new Ministry was nominated, but the Cortes having voted that the Ministry whom the King liad intended to displace deserved the confidence ofthe nation, the nomination had no result, and the former Ministers continue to exercise their functions, The real object of this attempt to change the Ministry it is dillieult to divine. At Barcelona the guns have been carried in triumph to the walls. All the city joined in the ceremony. The most lovely women showed their anxiety to eneotirge by tlair presence the zeal ofthe Barcelonian patriots. The Ordinary Cortes, in their sitting of the 2d, un- animously passed a decree, in which they ordered the Ministry, within 24- hours, to report the execution of the decree for the removal ofthe Government. By the same decree the Cortes debate, that neither the report upon the situation of Spain, w hich should be presented liv Ministers at the opening of the Session, nor any other report upon the same subject, shall be heard until after the translation of the Government, and then only in the place where it shall have been established. A Proclamation, signed Ferdinand VII. has been published throughout Madrid. It announces that war is definitively resolved upon, and that the Spanish Go- vernment will take all possible means to oppose the in- tended aggression. Another decree, signed also by the King, orders the transfer ofthe Government, the Cortes, and the person of his Majesty to Badajoz. Sir William A'Conrt litis communicated to the Mi- nister of Foreign Affairs, his receipt of particular orders from the Cabinet of Great Britain, to follow his Ca- tholic Majesty to the place which shall be chosen for the seat of Government. down and confound in its own rtnns, that shameful ct'. i- fice which fraud and seduction had been able to raise tip on the Portuguese territory ? Be ashamed and hide yourselves in the bowels of the earth ; be copfounded atj your weakness, you degrade the name of Portuguese— for soon will you see vour Monarch and his whole Fami- ly beheaded, vour country flowing in blood, and the pro- ject of the wicked covered witii the canopy of an ensan- guined throne. This was the fate of France by the hands of the Jacobins, and it will be the fate of Portugal bv the hands of the Freemasons. Oh I my dear country ! I already consider thee overwhelmed in an ocean of trou- bles, covered with lamentations and blood ! But, what crowd; what sound of arms is that I hear? What is this, Portuguese? It is the sound of tire warlike trum- pet, at length then do you awake. To arms ! Portu- guese ! be not afraid ; your courage will be equal to the task. Follow me, and let us sweep from our land, these monsters, tyrants, and sacrilegious despots. With you will I die to save our country, our religion, and the throne. ( Signed) " Count de AMAHANTE." Empmal JjJarltaimnt, HOUSE OF LORDS. Monday, March 10. The Duke of MONTROSE reported that the King had been waited on with tbe Atldress of the House, regarding his Majesty's private property, aud that it had l een most graciously received. The Scotch Creditors' Bill was reported witboutam^ ndments, having gone through the Committee, TITHES IN IRELAND. Tbe liar! of DARNLEY, in reference to the bills on this subject in tbe Ilonse of Commons, expressed his hope that the Noble Eail would state the nature and object ofthe measure, which more fitly ought to have originated where the Bench of Bishops could assist; The Earl of LIVE RI'OOL did not see how he could com- ply regularly ; tbe billscontained provisions which would ren- der it inconvenient that they should uot originate in the House of Commons. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the bills might never reach this House ; it would be quite irregular to anticipate tbe discussion.— Adjourned. Lisbon Papers of the lst March have arrived, which lirirrr the important intelligence of an attempt at a coun- ters ' volution in the northern provinces of Portugal.— The following are extracts. EXTRAOllDlNAItY SITTING OF TIIE COItTES. LISBON', Feb. 27.— The President stated, that the Minister of Justice was at the door of the Hall, who had a communication to make to the Cortes in the name of his Majesty. Being introduced in the usual form, the Minister said, •* A dispatch has just been received at the office of the Minister of Justice, sent by the Goveruador da Justicia of Oporto, which, in truth, does not contain agreeable news. I lis Majestv has ordered them to be communi- cated to the Sovereign Cortes, that the Government mtiv be authorised to act in such form as the Cortes shall think advisable. The Conde de Amarante, after hav- ing traversed a great part of the province of Minho. hav- ing sojourned at Braga, and other considerable places in that province, went to Villa Real, and on the 21st, at tlie head of some militia and some countrymen, mount- ed his horse and cried, " Death to the Constitution and all its followers 1" United with some of his party, he pro- posed to overthrow the constitutional system which hap- pily govern us. In the city of Oporto, where the greatest tranquillity and energy prevail, speedy measures were taken, as soon as it was known, as well as in the province of Miuho, and the arrival of General ltego there was very fortunate. This is what his Majesty orders to be signified to the Congress, that the measures may be adopted which the Government needs, to remedy the evils that may arise from so fatal an event." The Minister of State, at the request of the Presi- dent, read some ofthe documents received by the Go- vernment, and assured the Assembly that Oporto was perfectly tranquil, and devoted to the Constitution ; and lliat Mintio was protected by the arrival of the brave General Luiz de I! ego. After a short discussion, in which Sr. Borges Carneiro observed, that there was no reason to fear, as they could depend ou the valour and 5 fidelity of the Portuguese army, but proposed to suspend ' the formalities of legal proceedings, according to Act 211 of the Constitution— and Sr. Gyrae declared that these intrigues originated with the Holv Alliance. The President then proposed that a Committee should he immediately appointed to propose to the Cortes, con- jointly with the Minister of State, an opinion on the measures necessary to be taken. A Committee was named accordingly, who immedi- rtl- lv withdrew, and in about an hour presented the fol- lowing project of a decree, which was unanimously ap- proved of: The Cortes taking into consideration the rebellion that lias been declared at Villa Ileal, and considering the ne- cessity of preventing any ill disposed or imprudent per- sons front following that infamous party in any part of the kingdom, provisionally decree as follows : 1. All formalities relative to the arrest of delinquents aro dispensed with, according to Article 211 of tbe Constitution. ' J. The inviolability of the houses of tbe citizens is suspend- ed. • 7. The Government may remove or replace ad interim any Ecclesiastical, Civil, or Military Officer, who may be suspect- ed of favouring directly or indirectly tbe plans of enemies of pub| ic liberty. •). The Government may send out of the Kingdom, or re- move to another place, those persons whether natives or fo- reigners, whose residence roey be dangerous to tbe Constitu- tional System. 5. The dispositions of the present decree shall be in force for three months only. Lisbon. Palace of tbe Cortes, February 27, 1823. A sccond Supplement to the same number gives vari- ous communications from Braga, Vianna, Oporto, & c. containing proclamations and orders of the civil and mili- tary authorities, and statements, affirming the affair to be of no importance, and the inhabitants of Oporto and the rest of the country to be perfectly devoted to the Constitution. The following is the Proclamation of Count de Ama- rante, on raising the standard of rebellion. " Portuguese 1— What, is it not yet time to break your shameful and infamous fetters by which you are bound ? Which weigh you down, and disgrace your honour, glory, valour and country ? Why do you still consent any longer to be covered with opprobrium, igno- miny, and stamped with infamy ? Why do you allow the Throne of our Monarch, the seat of so many Kings, to be profaned bv a handful of destructive insects, the enemies of our holy religion, ofthe Throne and their Country ? Are you so cowardly that you will not throw HOUSE OF COMMONS. Monday, March 10. Mr. HUSK ISSON presented a petition from a select vestry of Liverpool for the total repeal of the window tax. The Hon. Member said there was no prospect of any farther vepeal of the tax, although he was aware that the tax was to some classes a pressing one. The petition was laid on the table. SCOTS REPRESENTATION. Mr. PEEL said, seeing a Noble Lord in his place, who had given a notice for to- morrow relative to the general Repre- sentation of Scotland, he wished to state that his Right Hon. Friend the . Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs was so seriously indisposed as to be utterly incapable of attending in his place ; he hoped, therefore, the Noble Lord would consent to post- pone his motion. Lord A. HAMILTON could not resist the application of the Right Hon. Gentleman, and would ^ stpone his motion till to- morrow se'en night. SCOTTISH JURIES. Mr. ABERCROMBY, in the absence of an Hon. Friend of his, the Member for Ayr, gave notice of a motion for the 22d of April, relative to the present mode of appointing Juries in criminal cases in Scotland. W. M. BORTIIWICK. Mr. ABERCROMBY gave notice, that he would, on the 29th of April, submit a motion to die House on W, M. Bortb wick's ca^ se. BURGH OF PERTH. Lord A. IIA Ml LTON presented a petition from certain inhabitants of Perth, complaining of mismanagement on the part ofthe Magistrates of that Burgh. Ordered to be printed. COAL DUTY. Lord A. HAMILTON presented a petition from certain inhabitants of the burgh of Ayr, complaining of the coasting duty on coals. Mr. G REN FELL considered this impost as a most grievous one. He trusted that the attention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer would be turned to the subject. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he did not intend, at least at present, to reduce the duties. After some farther discussion, in which the repeal of ( liis tax was urged, the petiiion was received. ARMY ESTIMATES. On the Order ofthe Day for bringing up the Report of the Committee of Supply being read, Mr. HUME opposed the Report being brought up tiil he had entered into a review of the estimates. At the commence- - ment of each Session since his Accession, his Majesty had been vvas borrowed, would be beneficial, rth- j < r c Mr. S. in CT. t. b-. ciLved up pa. the little importance . nil the oath where the principles were, cherished. He complained tjYnt the Police establishpent hud introduced Orangelsm into thesoiit. ii of Ireland. Mr. DAW SO \ T defended the Police establishment from this charge, lie asserted that the Catholic^ had not been ex- cluded from the Yeomanry Corps by the Orange party ; but I that from the first they refused to associate themselves in corps with their Protestant fellow subjects, though they had indeed offered to enroll themselves in corps exclusively Catholic. He concluded by observing, that in the north of Ireland, where the Yeonjanry were in greater number, the country was tran- quil, but in the south, where the Yeomanry force was small, the laws were violated. Some other Members spoke shortly, when Mr. Hume with- drew the amendment, and the original motion wascarrieil. The other Resolutions were then put and agreed to. On the motion forthe Mouse going into a Committee upon THE ASSESSED TAXES' REDUCTION 1J1LL, Mr. CUR WEN rose to move instructions to the Committee for taking off the house tax entirely, upon houses of riot more than L. 5 a year rent, and the window- tax upon houses having not more than six windows. These taxes, the Hon. Member said, produced only L. G 1,000, and they did incalculable mis- chief to the country. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that it was particularly painful to him to oppose the motion. The appeal was made to him 011 the alleged ground of justice and humanity ; the refusal would lead to an inference that he was opposed in some of his measuresat least to justice and humanity. It was true that all houses, even those rated at L. 5 a year rent were subject to the tax ; but a. provision was made for those whose poverty compelled them to receive parish relief; and others, incapable from their poverty, might obtain an exemption under a certificate signed by the minister ofthe parish wherein they resided. Taxes, it was true, were disagreeable to bear ; and perhaps the assessed taxes were borne with the least cheer- fuleness. He did not say, that at some future time the House might not review the subject, with a, view to the repeal of the whole of them. He had hopes of the revenue increasing, pro- bably to a degree that would fully justify that reduction 1 at present there were 110 sufficient grounds for the motion. While he was up, he would venture a few observations as to two al- terations which he intended to propose in the Committee.—- The first related to the exemptions in Scotland. As the law stood, that country would be placed under different circum- stances- from thore of England. There was no parish rate in Scotland, the receipt of which might be pleaded by the poor as' in England. The second method of exemption, viz. that by the certificate of the minister, was the only one open to them. It would be only fair to put the two countries on an equal footing. Me would propose, then, that in Scotland the fact of a poor man's having three children, should of itself constitute a suf- ficient ground of exemption, wiihout going to the minister for his certificate. The other amelioration which he would pro- pose, related to the age of boys employed in shops and ware- houses. The age of exemption at present adopted, was 15 years ; he proposed to substitute it by 18 years. The discus- sion 011 these, as well as all other points, he reserved for the Committee. The House divided on Mr. Curwen's amendment. For the original motion, 87— Forthe amendment, 34— Majority* 5%. The House then resolved into a Committee. The C M A NCEL LO R ofthe EXCHEQUE R said he had no objection to accede to the wish ofthe Hon. Member, but he feared the measure would not be productive of all the benefit anticipated by him ( Mr. Curwen.) Mr. CURWEN thanked the Right Hon. Gentleman for giving way, and begged to assure him that it would afford great relief to a large portion ofthe poorer classes. The other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and the House Adjourned at half- past Eleven. Tuesday, March 11. LAND TAX. Mr. HUME moved for returns of tbe gross receipts of the land tax in England and Wales since 1796.— Ordered. NATIONAL DEBT. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved for The commitment of the national debt bill. Mr. GRENFELL, previous to the Speaker leaving the chair, wished to address a few words 011 the subject of the sinking fund, which be deemed highly inexpedient, and obser- ed upon the ruinous system which had been adopted for raising loans; by one particular contract, Government had lost 110 less a sum than L. 5,000,000. He was a sincere friend to a real sinking fund, to a surplus of revenue beyond expenditure.— The Hon. Member for Portarlington ( Mr. Ricardo) objected to any sinking fund, because a rapacious Minister would be sure to lay hold of it. He ( Mr. Grenfell) was not so fearful of this rapacity ; but he did not object to the application ofthe sinking fund to a specific purpose upon emergencies. Upon this priiiciple he had supported the proposition of the late Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the country was over- burdened with taxation. He alluded to the plan of his Hon. Friend ( Mr/ Ricardo), to pay off'the national debt, and deem- ed it to be wholly impracticable. To pay off' so large a sum as L. 800,000,000 was absolutely impossible. The measure now before the House had his warm support, and it created what he considered to be a real sinking fund. Mr. JOHN SMITH was of opinion that a sinking fund, i: L. 5,030,000. As lo another part, . tjn would r\: iber have a sur- J plus of more than L. j, d00,000 ; but he thought that it wouldi be better to give the," country the benefit oi' the remission of taxes.—-( flea'r !.) — He looked forward to- great advantages to the revenue from a remission of taxes. lie and the Ministers! generally, were most anxious to relieve the country as much as possible ; and if there were improvement, lis he confidently! expected, he should be glad to a fiord f. irthei- relief to the coun- try.—( Cheers.) / Mr. HUME did not know how the Right Hon. Gentleman came to bis conclusions. If the country were to derive so much benefit from the remission of taxes, to the amount of 2,000.0001. how much more benefit would be derived by a remission to the amount of L 5,000,000 ? He again maintained, lhat any surplus but that of income beyond expenditure would be a mere mockery ; and he urged that the Bill contained contra- dictory principles and sham regulations. lie should propose, as an amendment, that, instead of " a Sinking Fund of five millions," the following words should be substituted :—" a Sinking Fund consisting of any real surplus of Revenue be- yond expenditure, not exceeding five millions." After some observations from Mr. Tiemey and Sir Francis Blake, the House divided, when there appeared — F « » r the original Resolution, ... ... 82 For Mr. Hume's Amendment, ... ... 33 Majority. ... ... — 44 SEA. MAN'S APPRENTICE BILL. The House having resolved itself into a Committee on this Bill, Mr. HUSK ISSON said, that the system of apprenticeship was viewed by different persons in a different light ; by some it was considered a burden, by others an advantage; but whe- ther it was to be considered in the light of a burden or an ad - vantage. it ought to affect the trading interest in an equal de- gree. As the law stood, that was not the case. The Right Hon. Gentleman conclu led by moving that the Chairman be instructed to move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Acts relating to the Apprentices of Merchant Seamen.— Leave given. This bill adjusts the number of apprentices to the tonnage of vessels, according to a certain and reasonable scale ; and proposes to protect apprentices from impressment up to their 21st year, the present age of protection being only to the 17th. Friday, March 14. ^ jr JAMES MACKINTOSH gave notice of a motion for a revision ofthe criminal law. He could not however fix an earlier day than the 15th May. HIS M A J R STY'S PROPERTY BILL. Mr. G. BENNET said he understood that the late Lord Londonderry had informed the House that the King had pre- sented the public with the Pavilion at Brighton. He wished to know whether this measure applied to personal property, and also from what funds the Pavilion had been erected ? Mr. Secretary PEEL said that the Hon. Member was wholly mistaken in supposing that his Majesty had given the Pavilion at Brighton to the . public. The present bill applied to property acquired by his Majesty since his rtccession, aud held jure coronce. It could be considered only as a cassns omissus. The funds from which the Brighton Pavilion had been raised were either supplied from the civil list, or from other sources. The House then went into a Committee, and Mr. Scarlett, Mr. Warre, and the Attorney- General, made a few remarks. Report 011 Monday. MUTINY BILL. On the commitment of the Mutiny Bill, Colonel DA VIES rose to move, that it be an instruction to the Committee, that no Officer of his Majesty's Forces be dismissed, without trial by court martial. A conversation followed, in which Lord Palmerston, Mr. Hume, Mr. Creevey, and others took part; and Colonel Davies' motion was rejected without a division. NAVY ESTIMATES. Sir J. OSBOURNE brought forward the Navy Estimates. Several of them were agreed to without much objection ; but Mr. Hume required a consolidation of some of the Offices in the Navy, and Navy Pay Departments. He, however, did not divide the House on his objection, so that the original re- solution was carried. Tbe House then went into a Committee of Ways and Means, when L. 59.192 : 16 : 6d. being the amount of sums granted in former years for making good the deficiency of the Irish Con- solidated Fund, and forthe maintenance ofthe Poor Clergy of Scotland, and several other items, were voted. wandering ahoufctto useless, having lost the ah._> Ij OCHVIIUS thev possessed. The loss of British private property was small, ex- cept, what may hereafter be sustained, by the I! on< r, 01 Security Merchants, not making ooo. i their etr'noe- • • * 00 00' irients. It appears fropi an. article in the Basle Gazette, that inconsequence of the arrival of certain distinguished mi- litary men and diplomatists, in Switzerland, verv extra-, ordinary reports prevail there of certain intentions on the part oi some of the Allied Powers to occupy Switzerland as a precautionary measure against France. The Jour* n a list observes that great inquietude has been produced by these rumours, which cannot possibly have any foun- dation, as it would amount to a discredit of the promises of the Holy Alliance, and se. t a.^ d'c the acknowledgments of the neutrality of the Helvetic Confederation by the* eight powers who settled tlie peace of Vienna. A thing not td be imagined .1 ! The,. much agitated question, whether. whitings or healing*, are young salmon, OK a distinct species of fish* seems to be set at rest bv a decisive and well authenticated ex peri men t. fi— 1.1 May l- tfSO. Mr. Ralph, and Mr. John Barnes, of Carlisle, marked 1475 t'rv. bv taking off'the. dead fin. and returned theni to their native element. In the ensuing season, many. of them were recaptured as whitings ; in the second, as sea trout an t grilse; and 011 Tuesday night week, one fine salmon, weighing ten pounds, so marked, was caught at Stainton, and has been seen by a great number of persons ; it was exhi. bi. ted at the Public Office, on Wednesday. — WHikhdvert- Gazelle. \ V The followin. portation, taken ties and Price England and W W heat, Rye, I Barley, Oats, - ' The Average puted from the March is ,5(} s. 7 MARKETS, 4c ERAGE PRICES" OF COItN. £ is the General Average which governs, Tm- from the Weekly Returns of the quanti- of British Corn, Winchester measure, in ales, for the week ended 8th March. made to hold out a promise of great reduction in the army ; still, in three years, tbe total reduction was no more than L. l 14,400; and in the present year, as compared with the last, the reduction in this branch of expenditure, upwards of L.( 5,000,000, was no more than L. 15, GOO. To make such promises was only to practise a delusion on the House ; and he would not suffer the report to pass w itliout moving a resolu- tion, declaratory of the opinion ofthe House, that this reduc- tion was not such as the country had a right to have anticipated. He would rrot take the sense of the House upon the resolution, but only moVe it as a mode of putting his opinion 011 record.— The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving his resolution as an amendment. Colonel DAVIES agreed to what had been said by bis Hon. Friend as to the reduction. He would not now, how- ever, in the absence ofthe Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, enter into a detail of circumstances, especially as he believed, that not only was war inevitable between France and Spain, but be feared it was unavoidable between this country and France. ( Hear, hear, no, no.) After a few words from Lord PALMERSTON, who said, instead of a contemplated increase of L. 50,000, there was a diminution of L. l8,000, making, in fact, a diminution of L. 68,000. The amendment was negatived without a division. Mr. HUME wished to know if there was any chance of the department in the Noble Lord's office, called the arrear de- partment, settling their account. These arrears had now been ten years pending, and the delay was productive of great dis- tress to many individuals. Lord PALMERSTON said every possible exertion was making, and had been made, to settle these accounts, and con- siderable progress had been made during the last year. The expense of the department for last year was L. 8000, but the sum recovered from agents forthe public was more than 45,0001. The public were therefore considerably benefited by this investi- gation. On the resolution for granting L. 19,384 for volunteer corps in Ireland, Mr. HUME rose to oppose it. He was ready to admit that, when first established, this was a most useful body of men, and efficient in preserving the public peace, but they had ih course of time changed their nature ; and he believed it was acknowledged ou all hands, that instead of being useful in preserving the peace, they had been foremost in creating or promoting every disturbance. It had been' stated, on a former night, that most of the Members of this corps were Orangemen, and the opinion of the House, as to that, body of men, had been expressed 011 Friday evening : he had been told, that no man who was not an Orangeman could be admitted into the corps. lie wished to know how many Catholics had been ad- mitted in the last seven years. It had been represented that \ the office of Vice- President ofthe Board of Trade, the notice which he had given for the 30th of April had for its J object to recall the Marquis of Wellesley. He denied it ; be ] Lord wished to see that Noble person continued in office, and sup- j state ofthe Representation iii Scotland till tli ported in his efforts to put down Orangemen, vvho had burnt GAME LAWS, the Attorney- General of Ireland in effigy. He wished to know whether such conduct was to be tolerated in men trusted with arms? He would ask also, if they had hot always been fore- most in riot and disturbance? His motion would relate to what should be done on Lord ^ ellesley's return. To lie coifcluded with giving his cordial approbation to the bill. Mr. RICARDO said, that his objection to the sinking fund, was not to the principle, but to the application of it to other purposes. On any emergency, Ministers. ought to come down to the House, and to ask for a supply, if requisite, to answer the purposes of that emergency. He referred to the remarks delivered by his Hon. Friend ( Mr. Grenfell), and considered that no answer had been given to his ( Mr. Ricardo's) plan. He hoped, upon farther reflection, his Il<^ n. Friend would not consider it so Utopean as he deemed it at present, lie had rather perverted and misunderstood his argument with respect to the sinking fund, which he thought was too great a temptation to the Minister, and that, therefore, it would be used for purposes for which it was not originally intended. Mr, HUME suggested, that the sinking fund should be ap- propriated'for the purchase of long annuities. The House then went into a Committee on the bill. Mr. H UM E objected to the proposition for fixing the sink- ing fund at L. 5,000,000, and moved that in the proposed clause the words " five millions" should be omitted, for the purpose of substituting 44 a clear surplus of revenue, not ex- ceeding five millions." A short conversation followed, in which Mr. Monck, Mr. Hume, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Grenfell, and Mr. Haldimand, were the speakers ; after which the Committee divided on Mr. Hume's amendment, when the numbers were— For the amendment, ... .... ... 7 Against it, ... ... ... 55 Majority, — 48 " When strangers were re- admitted, tbe Committee were dis- cussing tbe present management of the sinking fund, which Mr. HUM E desired to see given up, for the purpose of sim- plifying the accounts. No amendment was moved, but the Hon. Gentleman gave notice, that on that subject it was his intention to take the sense of the House when the report should be brought up. The remaining clauses having been agreed to, the House resumed, and the report of the Committee was ordered to be received to- morrow. Mr. HUME gave notice, that to- morrow he should move for returns connected with the sinking fund and national debt. Adjourned. Wednesday, March 12. There being, at 4 o'clock, only 3G Members present, the Speaker adjourned the House till to morrow*. 7 hursday, March 13. A new Writ was ordered forthe County of Inverness, in the room ofthe Right Hon. Charles Grant, who has accepted SCOTCH REPRESENTATION. A. II AM ILTONJ postponed his motion upon the 6th of Mav. From the LONDON GAZETTE, March 15. JDowning Street, March 12. The King has been graciously pleased to appoint Major General Sir Edward Barnes, K. c. B. to be Go- vernor and Commander in Chief of the Island of Ceylon. Carlton House, March 13. The King has been pleased to appoint WILLIAM GEORGE, Earl of Errol, to be one ofthe Lords of his Majesty's Bed Chamber, iu the room of William, Lord Amherst, resigned. the reduction of these corps, he would propose to reduce the vote to L. 9G92. being the pay for half a year. Sir JOHN BR YDGES defended the yeomanry corps, who, he declared, by their general loyal conduct, greatly benefited the country. Sir G. HILL understood the Hon. Member for Aberdeen to say, that the yeomanry of Londonderry, which he comman- ded, were raised for the purpose of creating disturbance.— (•' No, no, from Mr. Hume)— If the Hon. Member retracted what he had said — Mr. II UM E 1 do not retract. Mr. G. BEsNNET.'— The Hon. Member must have dreamt it.—( Order, order.) j Sir G. HILL repeated, that the Hon. Member had made use j ofthe words which he had mentioned. (*• No, no.)— He de- | siied to know, then, what was it that the Hon. Gentleman did ( say ?— 1 ( A laugh.) — He thought the Hon. Member vva's bound j rni fairness and candour to state the grounds upon which he • made an attack upon so valuable a body of men as the Irish Lord CRANBOURNE rose to bring forward the Motion of which lie had given notice upon the subject of the Game Laws* lie contended that the existing system exposed many lives to danger, and tended to demoralize the lower classes lect j more than any other cause. His object was to meet the diffi- culty, by allowing the public sale of Game. The number of committals which now took place, would show the extent, and the extending nature of the evil. In the year 180G, the num- ber vvas3G0, and in the last year of the returns, 140G. The Noble Lord concluded by moving, that a Committee be ap- pointed to inquire into the expediency of allowing the sale of Game, and to report thereon to the House. Sir J. SE B RIG H T seconded the motion, which was agreed to, and the Committee appointed. NATIONAL DEBT. Mr. BIIOGDEN presented the Report of the National Debt Reduction Bill. The CHANCELLOR ofthe EXCHEQUER was anxi- ous that the subject should be clearly understood. He took the revenue at L. 50,000,000 ; the expenditure at 47,000,0001. That left a balance of L. 5,000,000.' By the arrangement respecting pensions, it was considered that there would be L, 2.000,000 saved. That would reduce the expenditure to L. 45,000,000 ; so that of the L. 50,000,000 revenue, there was a clear surplus of L. 5,000,000 to be applied to the reduc- Yeomanry, who, since the period of their original formation, in 1796, down to the present hour, had perfosmed the most j tionofoebt. Lender these circumstances he felt that he had essential services to- their country. \ been warranted in assuming tbat there would be a surplus of LONDON, March 15. BRIGHTON. March 13.— We have great pleasure iu stating, that the very painful symptoms which ac- companied the relapse of his Majesty's inveterate and annoying enemy have subsided, aud that there is a fair prospdet of complete convalescence in a few days. The weather now will assist the King's recovery, for it is exceedingly fine. During some hours for two or three days the sun litis been powerful, genial, and refreshing, and has given new life and vigour to all invalids. His Majesty is constant in his inquiries after the health of Mr. Canning, who, we hear, has had a most terrible fit of the gout indeed; and the last account received from town does not flatter us with a hope of' speedy re- covery Morn, Chron. Mr. Canning is so far recovered from his recent fit of the gout, as to take an airing in his carriage. Vice- Admiral Sir II. B. Neale is appointed Com- mander in the Mediter ranean, in the room of Sir Ci, Moore, whose period of service has expired. The Re- venge of 7- t guns, at Chatham, is fitting as flair- ship for Sir H. B. Neale. Thursday, several houses, of the first respectability in the Russian trade, waited upon Government, forthe purpose of concluding a contract for the supply of three thousand tons of hemp for the service of the navy. The prices agreed 011 were, 2O00 tons of St. Petersbuiyh hemp, at £ 39: 9s. ; 1000 Riga, at £ 43. This does not exceed the usual quantity required. We are informed, upon the best authority, that se- veral officers ofthe Legion of Honour, who have served under Bonaparte, have recently left this country to en- ter into the Spanish service, in which they are to receive commands.—- Traveller. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT CANTON. Intelligence was received yesterday, by the Honour- able Company's ship Berwickshire, of a most destructive fire at Canfon. A more afflicting or terrible catastrophe it has seldom fallen to our lot to record. The habita- tions of 40,000 people were destroyed, and the ware- houses of the Company entirely consumed. The fire began at the City wall at half- past nine o'clock on the evening of the 1st November, and, spreading with fury along the westward ofthe creek, continued to range without abatement until five o'clock in the morn- ing of the 3d. The whole of the Company's and European factories at Canton are destroyed. The reconstruction of the building is estimated at 13,700,000 dollars. The num. her of houses burnt is officially returned at 13,700, but is supposed to amount to sixteen thousand. Five hun- dred Chinese lost their lives during the fire. The Com- pany's loss is estimated at one million sterling. Wool- lens, raw silk, nankeens, and 30,000 chests of young green tea, were the principal articles destroyed. The fire began at a baker's, about a quarter of a mile from the factory, and spread along the extent of building from Manhops, the wind blowing a perfect gale. The Cl inese would not assist in pulling down the houses, nor allow the Europeans to exert their benevolent efforts. It was some time time before four fire- engines could be put in motion. The seamen belonging to the Company's ships exerted thetnstlves to « ave the factories ; but they eoultl not prevent the destruction of the whole of the Company's warehouses. All the British woollens were burnt, with the exception of six hundred bales of broad cloth, which hate'been Saved. A gentleman present states that the eoTifwgratiofi was mojt awful, aud forty thousand of the ialmbitiUits were • I."- yd Beans, - 35,1 ] ,1 2,5< fid l'eas, , - 53, qd 30s Od Oatuieal,., - 00s Od I ;) s Sd Bear or Big, - 00s<, 00d Price ol Bioivti or Muscovado Sugar, coni- Heturns made in. the week endki the IStiJ ; d. per cwt. duty exclusive. C01! N EX c II A N G E. March 17. Our Market continues on the decline, and Wheat may be quoted ? s. under last Monday's price— Barley is also lower by 2s. and Oats ( l'otatoe), may be quoted at a reduction of I-:, per quarter from this day week— Beans and Peas are in some de- mand, ami the supply being scanty are as deiir as last quota- tions. Sotne expectation is held of Flour being 2s. lower at 1 lie close of tbe Maiket. CUltltEN'T THICKS OF GRAI. V. s. s. d Wheat, white ... Do. superfine ... Wheat, red ... Barley Do. fine ... Rye Malt. Oats Potatde ... Do. Poland ... Flour, 40 to 5u a — to 58 0 .<> 0 to M 0 22 ti. 32 0 32 ro 38 0 1 8 trt 22 0 50 to 56 0 24 to 27 0 23 to 2fi 0 — s. to 50 » . Do. Peed • .., lie: uts. small .. Do. Tick . .. Beans, barrow Pease, Maple ... Do. White Do. Biiijers Pease II o< r X. s. d. 20 to 23 Ci 26 lo 30 0' 21 to 27 O 24 to 20 0' 28 to 30 ( j i' 8 to 32 0 30 to 34 0 20' to 28 0 - Second-. 40s. 45s. HADDINGTON COItN MARKET, March ! 4. A larj; e supply of Wheat in market, which met with dull sale. Prices nearly the same as last day— Top price t> i Barley 4s. fid. higher than last day— Top price of Oats same as last day. When!. T! nr Oats. re, ue,. fteansM Urat 30s 0,1 28s fid 25s fid 15s Gtl I 7s 6,1 Second - 24s Od 24 s Od 22s Od 14s Od 14s 0,1 Third 20s Od 20s Od 13 s Od 12s Od 12s Od GLASGOW CATTI. E MARKET.— There were alraut 40) fat cattle in Glasgow Cattle Market on Monday, and they met with a pretty fair sale. Prices of the middling sorts particu- larly were a shade higher than those of last day. Beef, accord- ing to its quality, brought from ON. to 8s. per stone. Very, few of Ihe cattle remained unsold. There were very few sheep brought forward, and the demand was equally limited. Black- faced wedders brought from 10s. to ' Jfis. white faced wedtlers brought from 20s. to 21s. fid. Sheep have rather advanced in price tl. ife'se two weeks. Six scores of East Lothian black- faced wedders biought 30s. each. Moarisiu, March 12— At our market this day there was » good supply of Cattle and being a great demand, fat sold readily, at ail advance in price. We had a good supply of Sheep, which met with ready sale; prices tile same as last week. — Beef. 5s. to 5s. fid.— Mutton 5s. lOd. to fis. £) d. per stone, sinking ofl'. J. DARLINGTON-, March 5— At our Fair on Monday last, we had an unusual supply of cattle; fat met with a brisk sale, at an advance in price to last fortnight. Of lean stock little de- mand, being few buyers. There tvas a large show of Cows in in milch, and many sold, at good prices. (^ tteys in calf went much inquired after and sold well. Beef, 5s. to 5s. fid. per stone, sinking oil', il. There was also a great supply of sheep, which were readily taken off. Mutton, 5s. 3J. to 5s. lOd. some particular lots fetched 7s. per stone, AIRS! /- Vein Stile.) Migvie, 2d Tuesday Tarves, 2d Tues. & Wed ties, Fraserburgh, 2d Wednesday Old Deer, 2d Thursday Marnocti. 3d Tuesday I. enabo, 3d Tues. & Wedncs'. Udny, the day before Cornhill,( Lady I'air) 25tb day, or lst Thursday after Ilantly, last Tuesday Turriff, last Tries. & Wednes. Fochabers, last Wednesday. F MARCH— Nairn, 1st Tuesday Dornoch, lst Wednesday Perth, 1st Friday Mintlaw. 2d Tuesday Dumfermline, 13th day Tain Spring Fair, 3d Tiies; Banchory Tertian, Midlentran Fair, last Thursday Edit, the day before. ( Old Stile.) Marnoch, 1st Tuesday Inverury, 2d Tuesday Lochcl, ditto SMITIIFIELD MARKET, March 17. To sink the Offal, -- per - tone of 8lbs. Beef, 3s Od to 3s 8d I Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od Mutton, 3s Od to 3s 4d | Pork, 3s Od to 4s 0< t Beasts, 2331— Slfeep, 15,530— Calves. 157 — Pigs., 240 3 perC. Red. 3 perCt. C. 3£ Cents. 4 per Cents. India Stock, PRICE OF STOCKS. India Bonds, } I Ex. B. 12 12 pr. Lottery Tickets, 221. 19 « . Cons, for Acct. 73+ NAVAL REGISTER. FROM LLOYD'S MARINE LIST, March if. PORTSMOUTH, March 7.— We have had a strong gale all day from the Southward, with a fall of snow. The Windham, arrived here, spoke the brig Sussex, of North Shields, off Lovvestoffe, on Tuesday last, and about half- past five she foundered with all on board. The Windham could not render the Sussetf any assistance, it blowing a gale at the time. The Nearchus of Sunclerla'nd, Wharton, from Miramichito Grangemouth, was driven into North Ferroe, 27th November, full of water, and without any person on board. HAMBURGH, March 4.— The; rce, since last Sunday is broken, and now drifting in the river, by < v severe gale from South to West, which continues with showers ofr. tin. so tliat the navi- gation between this port and Cushaven will be very soon res- tored. HARWICH, March G.— The Bee cf Kincardine, M'Lean. laden with potatoes?, has this day been towed in here by a Barking Smack, which fell in with her yesterday thirty miL* s: from Lowestoft'e, without any person on boa'rd. MARCH 14.— The Lord Castlereagh, Foe from Antwerp to Greenock, put into Ramsgate on Tuesd iy, with loss of' jri anchor and cable, after being on shore int the Goodwin Sand. ELs'iNORE, March 5.— The Ice on the Sound broke, up yes- terday, and to- day there is none left ; but there is a consider^ able quantity near Copenhagen. Iu about 14 days we think the Navigation may be considered open—- 4th, To- day we have the first arrival from the North Sea', viz. the Samuel, \ Vbartuir, from Hull. * ft A. ST INDIA MlfPtflttCl. The Company's ships Castle Ihmtlv, London, and Diivid Scott, were at Penang on the cJ7ih of Amrnsfc last. The Castle Hmitly has been dispatched for China. The East India Company's shrpe Berwickshire,. . Mar- quis Camden, General Harris, Duke ot' York, Lady' i Melville, Marquis Huntiy, Buckinghamshire, Duniraj i Princess Amelia, and Thomas Contts, had arrived iu China on the 12th September; DUAL, February eJ7.— Wind, NNW.— Sailed this morning the Bridge water, Mitchell, for St. ilek- iu, Bombay, and China ; Hytli, Wilson, Bengal and China ; Windsor, Heavisrde, do. ditto ; Asia, Pop* 1, . Madras Bengal ; Kians, Ci » iiu!.' Wn> rn, d. j. d/ J. v , Pvrnmns, Boo- Jif, di; to. ditto ; nml Urinna, ]! cyt| o1ds, Cape of Good Hope. Came down tbe Rivet* this after- ' noon, tiie Keilie Castle, Adams, for Madias and China. Half past Six— Just tome down and will proceed on her voyage, the Waterloo, Alsagar, for Bombay and China. MARCH 9 Put back yesterday, the EUPHRATES, Meade, for Madeira and Bombay, and this day sailed i outward- bound.— 10. Arrived, and sailed , the Isabella, Wallace, from Bengal and the rest of tl for the Rive Gibraltar. PORTSMOUTH. March 10.— Arrived from T'np Downs the Sealebv Castle, for Bombay and China. CoWK. s. March 9.— Arrived the Atlas, Mavne, from Madras and China ; and the Urania, Reynolds, from the Ct '. v of Good Hope. MARCH 14. Arrived the Augusta, Giles, from Canton, with tea and cassia— 131 days passage. • DARTMOUTH, March 9.— Sailed , the Asia, Pope, for Bombay. ST HKI SNA, Jan. 11 — cni! ed theRoscoe, Morri- son, for Liverpool from Bombav ; nnd the Dorothy, llargreavcs, from Bengal for Liverpool. The Bni! tworth, P.' dler, and . lames Sibbald, Forbes, have arrived ;' t Bombav from London. CHINA, Sept. 12.— Arrived, the General Harris, Wtlsteiid ; ' Marquis Camden, Larkins ; Buckingham- shire, Adiims; Berwickshire, Shephcril ; Duke of York, Canuiht- ll ; Dunira, Hamilton ; I. adv Melville, Clif- ford ; Marquis Huntly, Eraser ; Princess Amelia, Williams ; Thomas Courts, Christie; Canning, Patter- ton ; Duchess of Atholl, Daniel ; Casiie Huntly, Dnimmond ; Earl of Bnlcarres, Cameron ; London, Sotheby ; Maccjtieen, Walker : Orwell. Walker ; Sir David Scott. Hunter; and William Fairlie, Smith, all from London. Six ten gun brigs arc ordered to be built immediately at Chatham, and the like number of the same class at Plymouth and Milford dock- vai'ds. ABERDEEN SEA INSURANCE COMPAN v. HUE ABERDEEN SEA INSURANCE COM- PANY being now established, Announce to the Public, that they have this day commenced Business. Policies will be underwritten at their Office, Adctphi Court. A R TIIUR I710MSO S1, Interim Manager. Aberdeen, March 10, 18' J,~. V o £ 250 or N the Bill ofthe Sliorcmaster of Aberdeen, bear- 5 per Cent, interest, to be disposed of. Apply to Alex, and J, lin Cadenhead, Advocates, Adelphi. CLOVER SEEDS. riMIE SUBSCRIBER has eot to hand, a'supply of I It10D and WHITE CLOVE It SEEDS, warranted of last crop, w hich, from having purchased early, he is now enabled to sell at the most moderate terms. TEA3, SUGARS, FRUITS. & c. as usual. WILLIAM ERASER. Union Street, March 21, 1823. NORTHUMBERLAND SEED OATS. JUST Arrived, and Landing ex the JOHNS, Capt. Brown, from Warren. Six Hundred Bolls of POTA- TOE and EARLY ANGUS SEED OATS. Apply to ALEX. ERASER. Aberdeen., March lis, 1823. duties at once reduced so" low as to remove the tempta- tion to smuggle, the returns would certainly be greater, the expence of collection much less, and advantages to society in everv point of view ttlily great. A reduction of the duties on wines would also improve the revenue; for at present and for mitny years past tho high price has nearly amounted" to a prohibition of the general use of wines, which, if they were to be had at a moderate pate, would in a great measure supersede that of ardent spirits- A Committee has also been formed to take into consider- ation the state of the Game Laws, which are admitted to be most iniquitous and oppressive; and from the sen- timents expressed upon the appointment ofthe Commit- tee in the Commons, there seems reason to believe, that a very considerable relaxation of their severity will lie ef- fected. In all countries Game Laws have excited much discontent— and in France there can lie no doubt that the rigour with which thev were enforced, contributed in no small' degree to bring about the revolution. In this country, our Game Laws have never been so severe as they were in Frai. ce, but according to their present ope- ration, many I undreds are ruined by them annually— while the niontls of the peasantry are destroyed, and it is not believed that the game is increased. CHEVIOT BREEDING STOCK FOR SALE. BIRTHS.— Til Old Aberdeen*, on the 12th, Mr;. AI. ES. Foitnes. <> t a Daughter. At Boharip Mjnse. on the 10th curt, Mrs, FORBES, ofa Son. At Stranraer, on the 2d inst. the Lady of Major- General MACNAIR. O/" H son. MARRIAGES— Atlsrechin. on the 10th inst. Convener D. Smr. AS, to ANN, daughter of the late Mr. John Uinnear, Manufacturer there. On the 14th instant, by the Rev. Mr. Fyvie. Capt. DUNCAN M'PIIEUSON, II. P. Ilth Foot, to MARCIARET CHANT, third . daughter of the late David Sheriff, Esq. Kinmylies. DEATHS On the 16th iust. at West Momlynes, parish of Fordoun, Mr, JAMES MURRAY, Student of Medicine, in tbe 22d year of his aire. At Manse of St. Fergus, on the oth March, the Rev. WM. ANIIFRSON, Minister of that parish, in the 77th year of his age, and 49th of his ministry. ri ' den, an 1 the violence of tbe w? hd having forced 6,- Jei* the door, it is supposed lie had left his conch in order to shut it, hut from weakness he had fallen down without accomplishing his'purpose. By the time the neighbours could got n « ar tlie house, it was drifted full of snow, and they were obliged to cut a passage with spades, when they found the solitary old inan stretched a lifeless corpse. A very serious accident occurred at Montrose on Tuesday forenoon. As James A nderson. a carrier between that place and Brechin, was in the act of taking off the corn bag from his horse's head, theanimil frightened, and ran off. when tho cart unfortunately passed over the man's belly, which caused the bursting of a blood- vessel, and a great effusion of blood took place. He was immediately conveyed to the Hospital, where he lingered in great agony till ten o'clock iu the even- ing, where he expired. He has left a widow and two children to lament his premature loss. On Monday week, the Magistrates and Council of Glasgow At Titlliallan. on. the 7th curt, the Hev. GEORGE SKENE J transmitted a memoiial to the Lords Commissioners of his Ma- KEITH, D. D. in the 45tU year of his Ministry, and the 71st j jesty's Treasury, urging the expediency of a total repeal of the ! cottage tax. in the present most favourable state ofthe revenue. A serious accident occurred at ltossie Mills, oil the evening of Thursday last. William Henry, tiie miller, having pot olf the water from the mill, incautiously approached the machinery to perform some operation, before allowing proper time for its velocity being sufficiently checked, and his right arm being of his age. At Aberdeen, on the lltli instant, JOHN. CHALMERS, Clerk of Police, aged 23. At Baroach, universally regretted, aged 28, As- nni-. w BUR- NETT, of the Hon. E. I. Company V Civil Service, second son of tbe late JOHN BURNETT of Elrick. Lieut. Col. WILLIAMSON, of Marlefiel. I, died at Edinburgh, ! entangled, he wastlragged forward, and the arm brought witli- e action of the teeth of the wheels, by which means it was at tin- shoulder on the 7th cttrrcnt. C. EDINBURGH, March 18. On Wednesday, last, the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council, unanimously appointed Mr. Duncan Steven- son to be printer to the University of this city, in the room of Charles Stewart, Esq. deceased. On Sunday m'ornitlg, about one o'clock, a dispute arose on the Streets of Bridgeton, Glasgow, betwixt two Irishmen, Campbell arid O'N'eil. After some blows bad passed, O'Neil was so severely wounded, it is said, with a knife, that be almost instantly died. It is saitl that five wounds were inflicted, and that one of them penetrated the heart. Campbell was soon after appre- hended in his father's house, where he had concealed himself in a press, and the unfortunate business is now under investigation. The foundation stone of a chapel for the use of the Unitarian Congregation, at present meeting in Clyde Street Hall, was laitl on the 6th instant, in Young Street, Charlotte Square, in presence of a number of the suliscribers. An appropriate prnver was delivered Oil the occasion, bv the Reverend John Omer Squier, minister of that congregation. lMrOIlTA>' T TO NOTARIES AND MESSENGERS. On moving a case in the First Division of the Court of Session OH Tuesday, which hinges upon the effect or credit to be given to a second execution, returned by a messenger after a lapse of about seven years, ( the first having been lost,) the Lord President took the opportu- nity of observing, generally, the necessity of both no- taries and messengers entering in their protocols, as di- rected bv law, copies of all instruments returned under tlieir hands. It is only by strict compliance with this part of their duty that they can be supposed to be able to furuihli second copies, the accuracy of which can be relied 011 ; and where, from the want of the protocol, anv inaccuracy occurs, the messenger or notary would be answerable to bis employer and the public. BIRTHS. In St. Andrew's Square, on the 12th instant, the Lady of Lieut. Colonel Wauchopo, ofa daughter. At Edinburgh, on the 10th inst. the Lady of Major Mac- dottgall of Soroba, ofa daughter. At No. 9, Abercrnmhy Place, Edinburgh, nn the 12th inst. the Lady ot James Greig. Esq. of Eccles, ofa son and heir. At Edinburgh, on the 16th iust. . Mrs. Moirof Luckie, of a still- born daughter. MARRIAGE. At Musselburgh, on the 17th inst. Mr. M. Taylor, fo North- ampton, to Miss Jane Cowan. DEATHS. At Patn. i. on the 5th August last, Mr. Charles Dempster, Surgeon, East India Company's Service, eldest son of Catli- cart. Dempster, Esq. St. Andrew's. At Berbice, on the 14th Jannaiy last, John Smith, E. q. Surgeon there, much and justly regretted by all those who had tbe pleasure of his acquaintance. At Wormistone, 011 the 6th inst. Patrick Lindesay, Esq. of Wormistone. At Edinburgh, on the 7th inst. Lieut.- Colonel Benjamin " Williamson, of Marlfield. At the Manse of St. Quivox, 011 the 1st inst. the Rev. Dr. M Quahae. minister of that parish. On the 27th ult. Archibald Nishett, Esq. of East Sornhill. At Maybole, on tbe 26th ultimo, Alex. M'Adam, Esq. of Grimmet. At his seat, near Burtwood. Essex, on the 14th inst. Earl St. Vincent, G. C. B. in his 89ih year. His Lordship was made a Post Captain, April 10, 1786 ; Rear- Admiral of the Blue, Decembers, 1790 ; Vice- Admiral, April 12, 1794; Admiral, February 14. 1799; and Admiral of the Fleet. July 19. 1821. His Lordship was also appointed General of the Royal Marines May 7, 1811. At jiis seat at Belan, county of Kildare. on the 1st inst. the Right Hon. John Sn- atford, Earl of Aldborougb. At her house in Somerset Street, Ptirtman Square. London, on tbe 9th inst. tbe Right Hon. Mary, Countess Dowager of Hosebery, aged 71, At his bouse in Prince's Sreet. on tbe 13th inst. in the 93d year of his age, Ruber! Craig, Esq. of Riccarton, the last male he irof Sir Thomas Craig of Riccarton, the great feudal lawyer of Scotland. At Liverpool, Mr. John Horrocks whose charitable dispo- sition was unlxrunded, and wfio. in the course of seventeen years, bestowed upwards of £ 3000 011 the Blue Coat School. A REMOVE. ROBERTSON & CO. RETURN their most grateful acknowledgments to their numerous Friends and respectable Customers, who have patronised them with their countenance and support for these few years back, in their present SHOP 011 the Quay ; and beg to intimate, that, at Whitsunday first, they intend 10 REMOVE their Business to more commodious PREMISES in Commerce Street, iu that House, possessed by Mr. D. Rase as a Counting House— where they will carry on the filloAllV ami' SHIP CHANDLERY in all their Branches as usual; and respectfully solicit a continuance of their Patronage and Support. Quay', March 21, 1823. ALEXANDER PLOWMAN EEGSto intimate to his friends and the pnblic, that he lias commenced business as a Tea- dealer and Grocer, in the new Buildings on the end of Schoolhill, third Shop from St. Nicholas Street ; and trusts that 011 trial his goods will be found to the satisfaction of those who may be so kind as favor liitin with their commands. ' Aberdeen, March 19, 1823. TIIE SVIISCRIRER HAS FOR SALE. IA A I- TW K HOGS, and 200 EILD GIM- '- 8MMJ J| j M E RS, a fair cut of bis Breeding Stock, j which has been so many years known in Ihe . Highlands to be of | tin- bpst quality. He will also sell from 30 to 40 excellent j TUPS. | The time of delivery and terms of payment will be made j convenient for tbe purchaser, oil sufficient security being given for ihe price ; and any' smaller number of them may bb had by those not requiring the w hole parcel. GABRIEL REED. Kikalmld'l, fbij^ Golspie) Sn I her In wish ire, 1 March 1H. 1823. S Not to be repeated. In the Press, and speedily will be Published, A LETTER TO LORD HOLLAND, ON THE REVIEW OF " NAPOLEON IN EXILE" IN THE FIFTY- FIFTH NUMBER OF THE " QUARTERLY REVIEW." London— Printed for Longman, Hurst. Rees, Orme. and It- own, Paternoster Row ; A. Constable & Co. Edinburgh ; and sold by A. Brown & Co. Aberdeen. rat iclj ABERDEEN SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1823. SALE OF UNREDEEMED PROPERTY. There will be sold by public Roup, in the EXCHANGE COURT SALE ROOM, UNION STREET, on Wednesday, 26th curt, and following Evenings, r2' HE whole of the UNREDEEMED GOODS, J. Pledged with WM M'I'ONACHIE. Pawnbroker, in ihe months of December,- 1821; January, February, and March, 1822— consisting of Men and Women* Wearing Apparel— IUi! and Table I. inen— Watches— Jewellery, iyc. Among which are . two very fine Watches, with superb Geld Chains, atvi an excellent Table Spring Clock. Sale to commence at six o'clock every evening. Catalogues to be had, and the Goods to be seen, in the Sale Room, the forenoon of each day of sale, from 12 till 2 o'clock. P. M- j. EOD, AifcriWEER. Exchange Court, March 22, 3Si.' 3. Summary of politic. THE hopes so long entertained, that peace would be maintained between France and Spain, notwithstanding the warlike speech " of Louis and extensive preparations for hostilities, have now vanished. Some of NAPO- LEON'S superior officers have at length been induced to accept commands under the Duke II'ANGOULEME, and have by this time joined the army. The Generalissimo was to leave Paris on the 15th, and it is believed, that hostilities will commence as soon as the season permits. In the mean time, the grossest falsehoods are circulated in France respecting the interior state of Spain— of the successes of the Arniv ofthe Faith— of the hopeless state of the Constitutional Government— and of insurrections against it, in parts of the country where the patriotic Generals are actually putting arms into the hands of the people. This system of false representation marks the conscious imbecility of the Bourbon Government, and must produce indignation and disgust in the public mind, already highly dissatisfied with the interference in the af- fairs of Spain, and the arbitrary proceedings of the Ultras in the case of M. MANUEL. It appears, that some fatality urges on the Bourbons to their inevitable destruction, for, while France was prosperous and tran- quil, had thev admitted the right of the Spaniards tore- lbrm their Constitution, and made such concessions to the people of France as they had a right to expeet in the modification of their own, the crisis that now threatens might for some time have been avoided. The injury done to the commerce of France already, by the threats of hostility against Spain, is very great indeed— the rate of insurance upon their homeward bound ships having risen enormously, and the speculations in foreign markets rendered altogether insecure. The branch of revenue arising from commerce must, for this reason, be much reduced ; and the cxpence attending an invasion , of Spain, it is well known, must lie very great, as, by the rout1; the French arniv must talto on entering the country, it affords no supplies— so that they must carry even their straw and hay along with them. The Spaniards, on their part, are said to be indefatigable in their prepa- rations for a'vigorous defence, and their armies have been lately joined by great numbers of French officers, non- commissioned officers, and soldiers, who will render the most important services in disciplining the new levies. It 1 appears to be resolved upon, that the Court shall be re- moved from Madrid to Badajoz, as it is deemed of im- portance to prevent the King's person from falling into the hands of the invaders. Whether Britain shall be able to avoid taking an active share in the approaching contest we cannot tell; but in the navy department great activity prevails. His Royal Highness the Duke of CLARENCE has inspected the dock yards and depots, and orders are said to be given for fitting out immediate- ly twelve sail of the line. It has been indeed reported, that our Ministers have not held tlie same language bo the allies, that the\ have expressed in Parliament, and that they wished the new Constitution of Spain to be modified ; but if such was really their intention, and if they did favour an intrigue of the French Government,, bv a change of Ministry in Spain to bring the Cortes to certain concessions, the- plan has certainly failed— for the Spaniards are more inflexibly determined than ever to maintain tlieir Constitution entire, let the conse- quences to the Bourbon Government be what they may. MERCIER, the Serjeant ofthe National Guard, who, in the words of the gallant veteran LAFAYETTE, acted nobly in refusing to obey the order to arrest MANUEL and turn him out of the Chamber of Deputies, is to be brought to trial before a Military Court; in the mean time, his house is crowded by visitants of all ranks, % vho compliment him on his conduct, which is certainly ap- proved by a great majority throughout the kingdom. The trial of this individual must place the Government in a situation of no slight embarrassment; for, according to the strictness of military law, he ought to suffer death ; but in the present state of France it would be unwise to proceed to such extremity, so that it might have been better to let the affair pass over— the Colonels of the Guard denouncing in general orders all who should follow the example of MERCIER. The report that MINA has organized a body of three thousand Frenchmen, readv to enter France upon the first act of hostility under the tricoloured flag, rests upon no certain foundation that we know of. Mr. O'MEARA and Sir HUDSON LOWE.— The great impression produced bv the publication of Mr. O'ME- ARA'S Book concerning the Exile of NAPOLEON, and his treatment at St. Helena— the complete change ef- fected in the minds of many of the most prejudiced ene- mies of the Ex Emperor by the perusal of flint work, whilethe conduct of many functionaries appeared in avery unfavourable point of view, rendered it of. no small impor- tance to them that its credit should be impugned, and if possible destroyed with the public. Sir HUDSON LOWE, however, appeared disposed to rem iiii quiet on the first appearance of the work, it was not till after a second edition had appeared, and he had rensojr. to know, that his conduct was condemned in the most unqualified mannereven bv officers of high rank in the army, that lie determined to fry the effect of a criminal information against Mr. O'MEARA ; and the writer in the Quarterly Review set about his work of misrepresentation. That writer, however, did not so much attempt the defence of Sir H. LOWE as to prove that Mr. O'MEARA is un- worthy of credit, because he at one time voluntarily fur- nished information to SU- IIUDSON nnd Government con- cerning the conversations he had with NAPOLEON and those composing his little suite. The explanation of this correspondence is contained in a Letter to the Edi- tor of the Morning Chronicle of March 12, and publish- ed on the 17th, but although the whole cf the Letter is highly interesting, we can only afford space for an ex- tract, which, in the opinion of every honourable mind, will fully justify the conduct of Mr. O'MEARA in writ- ing the Letters in question. 1 now- come to the so much talked of letters addressed by me fo Sir Hudson Lowe, Sir Thomas Read, and Major Gorre- quen— let'ers produced, be it observed, not to exculpate the Governor of St. Helena, but to inculpate me. He has no de- fence— he cannot deny the charges made against, him. But he says with characteristic cunning, if I can blacken my accuser, I shall have one man in the world at least within a shade of myself. Cain shall have two companions. As to the letters written by me, let us just advert to the circumstances. I had been five months at St. Helena when this Governor arrived there. Although I had gone out wilh Sir G. Cockburnc, who knew all Ihe preliminaries to my appointment— although Iliad re- mained so many months the acknowledged Surgeon of Napo- leon although every person fully recognized me, whit was the very first step of this Sir Hudson Lowe? He said that he had no official know- ledge of my appointment ; and that if I could not shew him my written appointment, he would, in his own classical phrase, " bundle tne off the Island back to England." He well know I bad then no written appointment. In vain did I refer him to Sir G. Cockburn and to all the Officers, British as well as French, as to the fact of my noniHiation by Napoleon, and its confirm- ation by the Admiralty. All this testimony was inadmissible — nothing would answer but the written appointment. I ask- ed if he did send me off tho island, what would become of Na- poleon in case of illness ? " Oh," said lie, " General Bona- parte shall be attended by my own Surgeon who speaks Italian, and was for several years with me in the Corsican Rangers." It was some time since I had seen the play of Richard the Third, and tbe meaning of the words did not at once strike me— Na poleon was wiser. I did, however, ask him, anxious as I na- turally was not to abandon my illustrious charge, and whether I could in no w- ay conciliate his protection ? He replied " That he was determined that no British subject should associate with Napoleon w ho did not subsequently report his conversa- tion ; that I might remain by rendering myself useful to the Government and himself, and by reporting every thing that catne under my observation, or that made against the French, who had the impudence to complain, though they were much better treated than they deserved, for which they shewed no gratitude." The proposal was abhor- rent. but still the alternative was worse, and I determined upon consulting ihe Emperor, I did so, and never shall I forget that instinctive perception for which he was so remark- able, and which at the moment lighted up his countenance.— " AVwr," said Napoleon, *' never shall the body physician of that Governor attend me. I have seen his face, and the pro- posal needs no other commentary. You may do any thing, onlv keep llie out of the hands of that man's body physician.— Doctor, humanity will excuse the pious fraud to which I com- mand you. Speak as you w ill of us all— gratify bis nature by abusing or decrying lis. but keep me out of the hands of his body physician." The intenseness with which Napoleon spoke convinced me he was agitated, and in earnest, and I thus con- sented to make occasional communications, which if unex- plained, would bear the appearance of duplicity towards him. It is a concession I admit, of which the humblest man might well fie ashamed, but I did it at the intercession of ail illustrious individual, whose fallen fortunes made every generous man his friend, while they left no houourable man his enemy.— Let it be remaikcd, that all the letters quoted are dated prior to the 9th of October, 1816, and until the carrying into exe- cution the restriction of that day, the Governor's conduct, al- though tyrannical, was still that of A human being. Let the reader mark however the infamous use to which the Reviewer seeks to turn this correspondence. One instance will he suffi- cient. The Reviewer quotes a letter, dated June 21, 1816", containing the following expression ;—<• 1 explained to Mon- tholon that you ( Major Gorrequen) were combining heaven and earth to lodge him and liis amiable consort in state."— Upon this quotation, which in fact was merely an echo of a passage in Major Gorrequen's own letter addressed to me, as will appear from the following extract : — " DEAR SIR, , Friday, 21. 1816. " I have received your note with the enumeration of the wants of the Countess, & c. The Connt will I trust have the pleasifP< f of an wtfy enjoyment of a bed of state, as we are dqing^ impossibilities to indulge her longing. Very truly ydbr'sjf. i •• G. G O R REQU E N." Tlfe. lteviowcr remarks," we must notice that notwithstanding O'Meara explained and Montholon thankfully acknowledged that C d. Gorrt- quen was combining heaven and earth to lodge him and his atniableconsortinstate, we find in the Journal, under the date of September 1816, the following grievous statement At Wet bridge, near London, on the 5th curt. ARCIIIRALD J s,\ severely shatiered as to render amputation iiiisoN, Esq. J necessary. The unfortunate man remained some time in- hi perilous situation until his groans attracted attention, and brought people to his assistance, who had considerable difficulty At Tulliallan House, on Monday the 10th inst. the Right Hon. GEORGE Viscount Keith* G. C. B. Admiral of ihe Red, & c. His Lordship was made a Post Captain, March 11, 1775) a Rear- Admiral, April 12, 1794; a Vice- Admiral, Jurie 1, 1795 ; and an Admiral, January 1, 1801. His Lordship is succeeded in the Barv'. iy by bis daughter, the . C ountess de Flahault, now Baroness Keith. MR. IIUME. IN one of our late numbers, - vve gave a Iirief descrip- tion of the Piece oV Piate wfiic'h was exhibited in this citv, and which our readers uiil See, by the following Corres- pcmlence, has been presented to Sir. ( IUME. Sra, Aberdeen. Feb 27, 18' 25. I have been appointed to present to vou this Piece of Plate, a markot estimation of your public services, from < jnto (|,.' u |, arfo0UI> v% ith damage. in extne. uinjr fnm. He was not seriously Injured hi any otlier way, and since the operation he has been recovering as well as could be looked for. He is a married mail, with three young children, and. a subscription has been set on foot in the nei^' h- bourho « ? d for ihe future support of him and the family. The representation of this county in Parliament having be- come vacant by the appointment of the Ri^ ht Hon. Charles Grant to the important Office of Vice- President the IJoaivl of Trade, the Sheriff'has appointed the 11th of next mcwitb ffir tbeelectfon ofa Member, when, it is said, Mr. Grant wiil again unanimously chosen. — Inverness, Courier, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, The schooner Lively. Irvine, of this place, ashore at B'iJ- lip< Tton, as mentioned in our last, has been got oti'and canied Aberdeen and its neighbourhood. The honor of returning you to Parliament, belongs to. the Boroughs which share the representation with Aber- deen ; for the Inhabitants of this large and populous city have no voice in the Election. But they, in common with the whole country, admire your perseverance, and rejoice to see you maintain those principles of Govern- ment towhich wemustal! look, as the foundation of steady national prosperity. I have the honor to be, SIR, Your obedient humble servant, A. BANNERMAN. TO JOSEPH HUME, E< Q. M. P. & c. & c. SI R, London, March ] 4, 1823. I have been honored with your letter of the 27th of February, accompanying the Piece of Plate which the Inhabitants of Aberdeen and its neighbourhood have been pleased to present to rne ; and I request that you will offer to them my sincere thanks for tfiis mark of their esteem. Though not elected by the Magistrates of Aberdeen, I am proud to consider myself as the Representative of the People of that City, and happy to find that my con- duct has obtained their approbation. But I deeply re- £ rrot, that the pernicious system of self- election should draw a line of separation between the views and feelings of the Magistracy and those ofthe Cornmut ity at large. Encouraged by the approbation of so many of the in- dependent part of my countrymen, I shall the more con- fidently persevere in my endeavours to promote the gen- eral interests of the country, and those of my Cons- tituents in particular. I have the honor to remain, Your obedient servant, JOSEPH IIUME. To ALEXANDER B- ANNERMAN, Esq. Aberdeen At a meeting of the Royal Caledonian Hunt, held at Edinburgh on Tuesday, they fixed their Autumn Meeting to commence on Monday the 1 st of September, at Aberdeen. The Kirk Session of Strachan has received from Sir JAMES CARNEGIE, by the hands of his Factor, Mr. Ly. aU, ' he sum of Ten Guineas, to be distributed amongst the poor of the parish. On Saturday last, we were gratified by the exhibition of various experiments to prove the efficacy of Capt. Manby's ap- paratus for saving the lives of shipwrecked seamen. By the liberality of Government, a complete of this apparatus was lately sent down to this port, and is placed under the direction ofthe Preventive Water Guard. Capt, Arrow, R. N. com- manding officer on this service, directed the experiments in person, assisted by Lieut. Randall. On the first trial, the Mortar, ( a 5k, inch one) was placed so as to throw the shot in a diagonal direction over the North Pier, ( which in this case represented a stranded vessel), and was completely successful: the shot was thrown at an angle of 27, and fell in the middle of the harbour entrance ; and the line attached to it being im- mediately laid hold of by the party stationed on the pier, a hawser was passed to the beach, by which the cradle was in- stantly returned to the pier, and 0 persons getting into it, were drawn on shore in the course of a very fe- v minutev. The subsequent trials were chiefly with a view to ascertain the range of the shot, which was of 24 lb. weight, and was thrown with f irreat ease, having a inch line attached to it, to the distance of 250 yards, by a charge of 8 ounces of gunpowder. The whole apparatus seems eminently calculated for the important purpose intended by its ingenious inventor ; and the exhibition of its powers afforded a very interesting and gratifying sight to the numerous spectators assembled on the occasion. DARING ROB1JERY.— On the night between Monday And Tuesday, a Gentleman's house in Union Place was broke into, and Silver Plate. Table Linen, Wearing Apparel, & c. to a very considerable amount, carried oiK The house, it would appear, bad been entered by the back door ; and the thieves must have gone very quietly about their work, as none ofthe family heard any noise. A dog which was usually kept in the garden, had, unfortunately, been taken into a room of the house on this occasion, and was thus- prevented from giving an alarm. Lord FIFE'S tenants, in theparkh of Grange, had the hap- piness of their Noble Landlord's company, at a Ball, given by them on Thursday evening, at Neihermills, ju honour of his Lordship's visit to that part of his Estates. The company consisted of about 400; and never was there a happier group assembled together. Amid this jovial pastime, every heart ex panded to gaiety, and the cares and toils, and hardships of life were forgotten, in the company of him, who, $ y his liberal reduction of rent- v has made cheap grain, and jfiad times, sit easy upon them. All ages mingled in the joyful scene ; and the evening passed away amidst music, bonfires, and happy rivaliy. The whole parish seemed in one blaze— cottage and hilltop were illuminated • and every tenant vied with his neigh- bour in doing homage to their distinguished Proprietor, ' ihe noble Earl's generosity was extended far and wide upon this of their habitation -.—' Count Montholon called Captain Blak- f occasion ; and the kindly influence of his presence was warmly eney and myself this day to look at the state of his apartments ; j and duly appreciated by all. Ifis Lordship was received The schooner Eliza, Sutherland, of and for this place from Sunderland, with coals, i » > attempting Shields, in a galefrotn the Northward, on the 18th inst. went ashore on the Herd Sand— but it was expected would be got off without material damage. The Union, Mackie ; Mary, Thom ; J.' an, Stafford ; and Perseverance, Simpson ; have sailed from Peterhead, for the Whale Fishery. Three vessels are fitting out at Whitby for Davis's Straiii. and seven for Greenland. It. wiil be the 52d voyage to this fishery, of one of thp latter, the Volunteer. A letter from Bdmbro', referring to the wrecks In the htp storm, says, " What a pity it is. that there is no intelligent person to take a vifcw of the damages that are done constantly along this coast from Tynemoufh to Holy Island, for want of a proper survey of the course of the tides, and ascertaining proper places where ships might find a place of refuge in tht} time of distress. Coquet Island is known to be a place whera • flips might be sheltered if the shore were properly examined.—. The waters between the Island and the land is often employed for that purpose. I have seen about six or seven sail at a time* take refuge there, and cscape damage. Now if there were n. Life- boat and a Light- House at the old Salt- pans, at the ri'verM mouih. many lives and much property " might be saved. AH the coasts from Newbiggin to Boomer, has a number ofshoaW and sunk rocks ou which the ships are driven by the tides, and hardly one escapes. The vessels that suifer most are the Scotch and Sunderland vessels, owing to the ignorance of their captain* of the set of the tides. & c. The places most dangerous to thetft are Druridge Bay, Bondicar Rocks, and Birling Scar, north of the Coquet. Few ever suffer on Boomer Strand, became- the tide carries them clear. It is owing to this Cause that Ro- many accidents arise on this coast. From the number of vessi^* lost lately, I make no dou* t that the shipping interest has Itwt at least property to the amount of 100,0001. and nobody to consider that a single thousand properly applied would pre- vent all this damage, and save hundreds of valuable lives."" STIi 0MNESS SHIPPING. ARRIVED— March I. The ship Dorothy, Ducars, of anc § from Dundee, for Davis* Straits, in coming to an anchmf ii » Carriston Roads, broke her windlass 7. Fairy, Th+ m, Dundee, Davis' Straits. SAILED— March Dorothy, Dticars, Dundee, IXrvis* Straits— Aurora, Anonson, Arundahl, Ireland, to markut. TIDE TABLE CALCULATED FOIt AREUiUEEN BAR. ( APPARENT TI51X.) Morning Tide. | Evening Tide. Mar. 22. Saturday, - - - 9H. 49 M. 1 10H. 23 Al. 23. Sunday, - - - 10 — 54 ! ii - 20 24. Monday, - - II — 41 — — 25. Tuesday, ... 0 — 1 0 — 20 26 Wednesday, 0 — 58 0 — 5.5 27. Thursday, - - - j 1 _ 11 1 — 2S- 28. Friday, - - - , 1 — 44 2 — t> MOON S AGE. ® Full Moon, the 26th day, at 5h. 33m. Even. P O S TS C RIP T. LONDON, March 18. Four expresses reached town this morning from France* and one this afternoon, bringing advices of yesterday morn- ing,- being of an unusually late date. They state that, a great number of reports prevailed at Paris of commotions having broken out in different parts of that kingdom. Ahbougl* nothing of a serious character had made its appearance, yet it was considered more than probable that the war with Spain, instead of checking revolution, would lead to most seriouscon- sequences, and that in fact the dethronement ofthe King would ere long take place. At Toulon, and other situation* which were understood to have shown disaffection, troops were? ordered to march, in order that they might restore tranquillity. The latest news received in Pa is from the Spanish capital was of the 8th instant, by private courier, but it does not ap- pear that city was in that turbulent state as represented by the Paris papers, and the people manifested a degree of en- thusiasm, which it is likely will cost the French much more trouble to check than seems to be anticipated by the Govern- ment. With regard to the affairs of Portugal, the private advice^ received by merchants and oihers in the city, v. hich are- fronv Oporto to the 2d inst. there is no sufficient ground for suppos- ing that the counter- revolution is likely to he joined by per- sons of sufficient influence to render it at all formidable to the- constitutional Government and that the statements published iu the papers of this afternoon are much exaggerated. The business ofthe Session is carried on in Parliament with more than usual unanimity; and the measures pro- posed are for the most part such as must prove satisfac- tory to the country. A revisal ofthe distillery laws is to take place, and a very considerable abatement of the duties, which we are persuaded must prove beneficial to the revenue, as well as to the community j^ for were the the rooms, especially the Countess's bed room, and the chil dren's room, and the bath room, were in a shocking state from the extreme humidity of the place ; the walls were covered with green mould and fur.' " Here for the purpose of discrediting me with the public, by making it appear that my written notes 1 and my published account were at variance ; this most infa- mous of all impostors actually falsifies the date referred to by an entire year. Will the reader believe that the passage which ( for this base purpose) he misquotes from my book as of tiie date of 1816". to correspond with the note, is of the date of September 1817 ? Let any one who doubts it, consult the hook, and then reflect upon the villainy of this gang of dastard- ly libellers ! Such are the traducers of the departed Napole- on— such are the flatterers of the living Sir H. Lowe— men in every way worthy of the double degradation. Mr. COBRETT, who has of late declared himselr the champion of Orangiesm, and Sir HUDSON LOWE, savs, that if the notes written by Mr. O'MEARA, under the circumstances above explained, are not proved forgeries, the, justification of Mr. O'MEARA is impossible. For our own part, we believe the notes authentic— the falsi- fication of dates excepted ; and vet we are fully convinc- ed, that Mr. O'MEARA'S, justification is complete, and that he would not have- acted the part ofa man of honour, if, refusing to give the tattle of Longwood to the Go- vernor, he had consigned the care of'NAPOLEON to his body surgeon-— the Medical Officer o. f the Corsican Hanncrsi with that unfeigned cordiality which has ever distinguished the the honest men and bonny lasses of' Grange" On Thursday the Presbytery of Nairn met at Croy, to mo- derate a call to the Rev. Mr. Campbell. There was avery considerable assemblage of the parishioners, many of them, we understand, armed with various weapons. Ou invitation being given, that such of them as could conscientiously sign the call, should come forward to do so, t'tve Catechist, and one of the Elders, ' stated their objections to Mr. Campbell's settle- ment in the Parish aud none came forward to sign. Mr. D. Chisholm, Solicitor, stated that he appeared on behalf of the parishioners, and would take objections in a legal form to the settlement, at an adjourned meeti ng ofthe Presbytery tube held at Nairn on Thursday next.— Inverness Journal. On Thursday evening, a fire broke out in the heckle- house and warehouse of Messrs. M'Kenzie, Watson, and Co. Brechin, owing to the bursting of a gas pipe; and before the flames could be extinguished, considerable damage was done. The roofand timber of the premises were entirely consumed ; but the greatest part of the most valuable property ( flax and yarn) was saved by the exertions of individuals who came to the spot ou the alarm being given; A great quantity of tow yvas de- stroyed ; but we are happy to understand that the premises are amply insured iu the Sun Fire Insurance Office. On Friday, as James Scott, one of the boatmen belonging to the Dundee Ferry, was assisting in pulling a pinnace across, tlie oar dropped from his hands, he fell bafk, and suddenly expired, lie has left a wife and seven children. John Gray, an old. man who resided alone in Sk solitary cottage at Ai'bi& re, in the parish of Inveil{. ei! or, unfortunately tell a victim to the lute storm. The deceased ht' 4 been bed- It appears very evident that the Due d'Angouleme has set. off for the army ; but we know that it is doubted, in a very high quarter, whether he is gone to check, the insubordination that begins to shew itself in the French army of the Pyrenees, or to commence hostilities. We have good reasons far stating that the French Government are seriously alarmed a6 the latif guage used, and the feelings very prevalent in, the troops the j have destined to attack Spain.— Mom. Chron. FIRE AT CANTON.— Although the letters from Can- ton relative to the late fire vary considerably as to the extent, of the damage, yet we are assured, from unquestionable au- thority, that the injury sustained by the East India Company is not so considerable as was at first stated, and that only a $; mall portion of the stock of tea has been destroyed. We deem it necessary to give this assurance, as it is too frequently tba case that every calamity forms the pretext for raiding the p » tco of the article supposed to be atfecied by it j although, as in the present case, there is nothing to justify the slightest alteration. The loss to the Company, which had been estimated at nearly a million sterling, will not, it is believed, exceed L. 450,000. The value of woollen goods consumed is upwards of L. 300,000, exclusive of 15,' 000 chests of tea, of the estimated value L. 60,000 ; and the Factory, with its furniture, & c, which is. valued at L GO. 000. His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence has, we learn, b? en appointed to succeed Earl St. Vincent, as General of- Marines. We have reason to Relieve that a measure which the country at large, and more particularly the commercial part of it, has lung taken a deep interest in, and w hich is called for upou every principle of public justice and political wisdom, is about^. very shortly to receive its accomplishment; we allude to the, recognition by the British Government ofthe State of Colom- bia, aod such other ofthe South Ahiericau S'. ates as ha^ ve ac- tually achieved their independence. Orders and Advertisements for this Paper arc tal^ en in by NEWTON and Co. No. 5. Warwick Square, Newgate Street, II. BARKER, 55, Fieet Street, London ; and J. T* SWMI Hunter'* Squirre, Edinburgh. Price, L. I 1.0s* Gd. per amium. delivered in town— and L > 12s. sent by port. >