— REMOVAL AND CARD. WILLIAM FORSYTH, UPHOLSTERER, to intimate to his Friends and the ptfelie lias REMOVED from the G.\ u/> w- TIINER SHOP of Mr. DANIM.'* New House, SOLAS STREET AMI SCHOOLHILL, op- posite Mr. URQI'HAUT O'uairist. where he will carry on the LSr$ RY BUSINESS." ill all its Branches, as returns his grateful acknowledgements to those who liave so liberally supported him since his commencement of Business; » tul bas to assure them, that it shall always be his stud'-, tiv unremitting attention and punctuality, to merit a continuance of their favour. He therefore solicits the atten- tion o! hi « Fri- mls and the Public to his STOCK of UP- HOLSTERY GOODS which will be found to consist cf a neat and extensive assortment of every article In the line, selected from the firsf Manufacturing Houses in the kingdom, and King bought on tlie mi st advantageous terms, lie will be enabled to sell at very moderate prices. UPHOLSTERY WORK executed in the neatest and en the must approved principles, & c. Orders from the country carefully attended to. N. B— An APPRENTICE WANTED. St. Nicholas Street, April 11, 1823. AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. GENERAL MEETING. A GENERAL MEETING of the ASSOCIA- 1 i. TION is to he held in Dempster's Hotel on Friday the 2d day of May. at 12 o'clock noon, when matters of importance, relative to the application ofthe Funds, ^ c. for the present year, will he submittal to the Members. It is therefore hoped that the Meeting will be fully attended By order ofthe Committee. Aberdeen, April S, 182o. GARIOCH FARMER CLUB. THE next MEETING of tlieCLUB holds at Cooper's Inn, Pitmachie, on Saturday the 26th current, St half- past II o'clock. Dinner at ,3. The Right Hon. the EARL of FIFE, PRESES. RODERICK M KENZIE, Esq. of Glack, V. P. THOMAS Ei. MsUi, Esq of Fingask. 7 ^^ AKDKEW Jcrr, Esq. Aberdeen. S J. SHAND, SEC. & T » , Oyne, April 10, 1623. SALES BY JAMES ROSS, AUCTIONEER. Sale on iWoitlJag, EXTENSIVE SALE OF CLOTHIERY HABERDASHERY GOODS, AND NOTICE TO DEBTORS. Oil Monday the 21st of April curt, there will begin to be sold, by auclion, in Ross's Sale Room, Upperkirkgate, in vir- tue ofa warrant from the Magistrates, rjiHE wliole STOCK ill TRADE, which belonged X to ROBERT HARDY, Clolliier and Haberdasher, 33rond Street, Aberdeen ; and now to Trustees, for behoof of his Creditors— consisting of Superfine Broad and Narrow Cloths, Cassi meres, Corduroys, Swaudowns, and Toilonettes- Duffles, Friezes. Flannels and Baizes— Cambric, Book, and Jaconet Muslin* Lawns— Printed Cottons- Bombazetts, Bombazeens, Poplins, and Sarsnets— Imitation Shawls, and Scarfs— Silk and Cotton Velvets— Silk Handkerchiefs— Silk, Cotton, and " Worsted Stockings— Gloves, Ribbons, Crapes, and Laces— Unens, and French Cambrics— Cotton Shirtings, and Counter- jwmes— Fancy Trimmings, Sewing Silks, Twists, and Buttons, tec. & e. Including also the SHOP FURNITURE. Comprising neaily 700 lots, of the best selected, and most Fashionable Goods that have been exposed in Aberdeen for these many years ; Catalogues of which will he ready for deli- very at Ihe Sale Room, by the 14th inst. ' ihe Sale will commence each day at 11 o'clock forenoon, » nd credit w ill be given. JAMES ROSS, Auctioneer. t, i Those indebted to the said ROBERT HARDY-, who have not yet settled their accounts, are requested to pay in the amount to Alex. Webster, Advocate in Aberdeen, within fourteen days from this date to prevent expences, as prosecu- tions will be commenced after that date against the outstanding debtors, without respect of persons. Aberdeen, April 1, 1825. SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. On Saturday the 26th curt, there will be sold by public roup, in lhat house, Shore lirae, formerly occupied by the late Mrs. ALEX. DUNCAN, "> HE WHOLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE which belonged to her— consisting of a set Mahogany Dining Tables— Tea and other Tables— a Mahogany Side- board— Mahogany and other Chairs— an Eight- day Clock and Case Mahogany Square Drawers— a Sofa— Four- posted Bed- steads and Curtains— Mirrors— Carpets— China, Glass, and Stoneware— Grates, Fenders and Fire Irons— Kitchen Furni- ture, and a number of oilier articles. Sale to begin at 11 o'clock foienoon. JAMES ROSS, AUCTIONEER. T LEITH AND ABERDEEN. THE STF. AM YACHT ' BRILLIANT, JAMES RENNIE, COMMANDER, WILL Sail from NEWHAVEN for ABER- DEEN, on MONDAY," ' 21st curt, at 6 o'clock morn, ing— calling <~ T Elie, Anstrutlier, Crait, Arbroath, Montrose and Stonehaven. The BRILLIANT will continue to sail, between Leitn and Aberdeen, during the ensuing Season, on the following days: From NEWHAVEN for ABERDEEN, on Mondays and Fridays. From ABERDEEH for N* WHAVI?, N, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, at G o'clock morning. *„• Light Goods and Parcels carefully forwarded to the different Ports along the coast. MR. DUFF AND SON HAVE the lionorofannouncinc; to their Friends and the Public, that their ANNUAL BALI, will take place on the Evening of THURSDAY the 1st if May. in the NEW INN ASSEMBLY ROOM, CASTX. E STKE8T. Dancing to commence precisely at 5 o'clock. N. B.— At ihe Ball, the most fashionable Dances of the present day wi II be brought forward, viz. QUADRILLES, WALTZES, METOLANZES, SPANISH COUNTRY DANCES. HOKS- PIPES. and other FANCY DANCES, taught by Mr. J. Durr *,* Tickets may he had of Mr. Watson and Mr. Robert- son, Booksellers; Mr. JUvieand Mr. Morris, Union Street; • t tbe Bar ofthe New Inn; and of Messrs. Duff, Concert Hall, any day from !> to 5 o'clock. The Ladies and Gentlemen of PETERHEAD and its Vicinity ale most respectfully informed, that Mr. JAMES DUFF will commence Teaching there about the end of May. Mr. DUFF will lie in PETERHEAQ. during the Vacation in Aberdeen, and will be happy to give Lessons on the Viol, IN, SIC. and instruct Young Ladies in the proper style of playing Beets, Strathspeys, and Scotch Airs. Aberdeen, April 18, 1823. HOUSE IN SIHFROW FOR SALE. There will be exposed lo be sold by public roup, within the Le- mon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen, on Wednesday the 23d April next, at four o'clock afternoon, rpHA T commodious HOUSE in the SHIPROW, X nearly opposite to the Upper Weil— consisting of three Floors, besides Garrets. It rents about £ 25 a- year, and is free from payment of any Feu- duty. Upset Price, £ 250. Application may be made to Adam Coutts, Advocate, for further particulars. ABERDEEN LODGE. AGENERAL MEETING of the Brethren of tha Aberdeen Lodge is requested ill their Hall, New inn, upon Monday next, the 21st of April current, at 2 o'cl.' k afternoon, on Business of particular importance. By Order ofthe R. W. Master, CIIAS. WINCHESTER. CLERK. GRASS PARKS OF SKENE, & c. THE Grass Parks of SKENE, FORNET, and TIRRYVALE, will be Let by public roup for die en- suing season, on Monday the 5th day of May next. These Fields are well watered and fenced, and the greater part of thein finely sheltered. The roup begins at Fornet precisely at 12 o'clock. Skene, April 15, 1823. TO BE LET, ACommodious FAMILY HOUSE in Dee Street, consisting of a Kitchen, Washing- house, and Servants* Sleeping Apartment, on the half- sunk Floor: on the first Floor, a Parlour and Bed Room ; on the second Floor, a large Dining Room, and Bed Room ; with Coomceiled Rooms aud Garrets; also, a small Garden. Rent moderate. Apply to JOHN ROY, Broad Street. SALES BY BROWN <$• SON. gate on £ urgtJar>. SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. Upon Tuesday the 22d April current, there will be sold by Auction, in that HOUSE, in Lodge Walk, lately occupied by the deceased Mrs. Leith, 1M- 1E whole HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE which belonged to her— consisting of Tables— Chairs— Chests of Drawers— an Eight- day Clock— Mirror Glasses— Grates, Fenders, and Fire Irons— Bedsteads and Curtains— Feather Beds— Blankets— Bed and Table Linen— Kitchen Furniture, and a Collection of Books and Paintings, & c. The roup to begin at 11 o'clock forenoon. BROWN & SON, AUCTIONEERS. SALE OF ELEGANT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, AT NO. 5, UNION PLACE. Upon Thursday the 24th April curt, there will be sold by Auction, in that house, Union Place, presently occupied by Mrs. RUXTON, n^ HE \\ hole HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE be- - 1- longing to her ; consisting of Dining and Drawing Room Chairs ; Dining, Tea, and Card Tables ; a Grecian Couch ; a handsome London- made Piano Forte, wilh addi- tional Keys; Venetian Carpeting and Hearth Rugs; Grates, Fenders, and Fire Irons; Mahogany Drawers; Mirror Glas- ses; Bedsteads, and Curtains; Mattresses; Feather Beds; Blankets; China, Glass, and Stoneware; Kitchen Furniture, & c. "" The w hole of the above articles are of a superior quality, and newest patterns, and must be sold without leserve. The sale to begin at 11 o'clock forenoon. BROWN & SON, Auctioneers. The Furniture will be shewn the day previous to the Sale, from eleven to two o'clock. WRITING PAPER, ofthe best quality, made by the justly celebrated J. WHATMAN, of Turkey Mill, to be sold at the following low prices:— Excellent copy 7d. the quire, or lis. the ream ; good laid post 8d. superfine thick 9a. and Is. the quire, or. 19s. 13s. 6d. and 17s. 6d. the ream ; superfine Bath 9d. ditto, hot pressed, lOd. and Is. the quire, or 13s. 6d. 15s. and 17s. 6d. the ream; very best thick Bath gilt. Is. Id." the quire, or 20s. ihe ream ; good foolscap Is. the quire, superfine Is. 2d. and Is. 4d. a quire, or 21s. and 26s. the ream ; superfine large bank post Is. the quire, or 18s. the ream; best thick lined brief Is. 4d. the quire, or 26s. the ream ; very good copy books, 3s. 6d. per dozen; best sealing wax, 4s. ,6d. the lb. Also for sale, the new. invented Steel Nib, Pen ; it has the elasticity of the quill, with the durability of the steel pen, price Is. 4d. each ; strong brown, 8d. lOd. and Is. 6d. small hand 4,1. the quire; at H. and W. SMITHS, 192, Strand, London, Second House from the Crown and Anchor Tavern— Account Books made to order, of any size or pattern ; Drawing Paper, and Bristol Boards, •• jually low in prce. All inside quires. FOR HAMBURGH. THE REGULAR TRADER Mra*- II A Z A It D, Is now on the birth, loading lor that Port; ar, d will clear on Thursday the 24ih inst. "^ rFrefght or Passage, apply lo John Stewart, General Agent. Crown Court; or to Captain Smith, en beard. Aberdeen, April 16, 1823- ABERDEEN AND LEITH PASSAGE. THE STEAM YACHT VELOCIT Y, ANDREW CRANE, COMMANDER, WILL SAIL from ABERDEEN for LEITH, ou Friday first, 25th curt, at six o-' ciock morning— raiting off STONEHAVEN, MONTROSE, ARBROATII,. CRAIL, ANSTRUTHER, and EI. IE. And will continue during the Season, to sail from ABERDEEN every MONDAY and FRIDAY, and from NEWHAVEN every WEDNESDAY and SATIIKDAY, at the same hour. Tt. e Proprietors of the VELOCITY, while they solicit a share of the public patronage, embrace the opportunity of intima- ting, that ihey have spared no expence to render their Yacht elegant and commodious. And from the alterations and im- provements in the Engine Department, which are Just com- pleted, and the Vessel Coppered, they fully anticipate that, in point of expedition, she will equal any one on the coast. The Company w ill use their best emfeavours to exeel in the entertainment to be had on board, and Ihe well known ciiility and attention of the Commander have always been duly ap- preciated by the public, whose favour lie will esert himself to retain. 5C5- Parcels will be carefully forwarded at a moderate cx- pee. ee. Aberdeen, Leith, and Clyde Shipp. Co.' s Office, 1 Aberdeen,. April 18, 1323. } OVAL SHAPED HATS, AT HALF- PRICE. ALEXANDER ROY, OPPOSITE THE PLAINSTONES, HAS just received upwards of 20,000 Oval- shaped HATS, from 4s. « <!. to 8s. 50 Piec- s D, mhled Milted CASSIMERE. of the most fashionable Colours, from 3s. 6d, to 6*. not exceeding the half of last year's prices. 20 Pieces 7r4ths widebest BLUE aud BLACK CLOTHS, from 19 s. to 20s. 40 Pieces 7- 8ths wide BLUE, OLlVE, and BRd^ N, from ls* 6d. to6s. 200 Pieces Double Tweeled CORDUROYS, from 8d. to Is. 1000 Yards IRISH LTNEN. from Is. Cd. to 3s. A Box of FRENCH CAMBRICS, from 6s. to 12s. a yard. READY MADS CLOTHES. SOO SHORT CO A l" S, men's full sizes, from 6s. to 12s. 200 Gentlemen's fashionable LONG COATS, from 20s. to 40s. ,, , 200 Pairs CASSIMERE PANTALOONS, fashionable colours, from 10s. to 20s. 300 Pairs BLUE and MIXTURE CLOTH Do. from 4s. (> d. to 8s. 400 Pairs CORDUROY Do. from 2s. 6d. to Cs. 200 Pairs MOLESKIN and JEAN Do. from Is. 6d. to 4s. men's full sizes. . v ' 200 Pairs FEARNOUGHT and CANVAS Do. from 2s. 6d. to 4s. 1000 Fashionable WAISTCOATS, from 2s, to3s. 20,000 Yaids CAMBRIC MUSLIN, from I'd. lo 12d. 12.000 Yyrds Water- rwist COTTON SHIRTING, at id. a- Yard ! }'! 1000 Large SHAWL NAPKINS, at 6d. each. Chapmen, and Country Merchants, will find it their interest to apply early. Received from the East India House, a large quantity of fine BLACK TEA, at 6s. per pound. mil MR. DOWNIE respectfully intimates to his friends and the public, that his Ball will take place on Friday the 25th inst. in the New Inn Assembly Room, Castle Street. Dancing to begin at 5 o* eloek. Tickets to be had at both the Musical Repositories, at Mr. Wyllie's shop, Union Street, and of Mr. D. at his own Lodgings. The SCHOOL to RE- OPEN on the 28th curt.' Mr. D. would recommend the summer as a very proper season for those who intend to enter for the first time. Vacation deductetj, CROWN COURT, UNION STREET. ~ April 8, 1823. NEW INN AND HOTEL, HUNTLY. JOHN ANDERSON begs most respectfully to return his sincere thanks to his numerous friends aud the public, for the distinguished patronage conferred on him since he opened the New Inn and Hotel in Huntly ; and also to state that he has retired from Business, in favour of Mr. JAMES MURRAY, lately in Mr. Louden's Hotel at Forres, whom he can with the greatest confidence recommend to his friends, and doubts not but his respectability and experience in that line, will ensure him a continuance of that liberal support which his predecessor has experienced. J. A. has to request that all those to whom lie may be any. wise indebted, will please to forward their accounts to him, iu order to receive payment ; an4 also begs of those who stand indebted to him to settle immediately, to save farther trouble. Huntly, April 15, 1823. INrcference to the above, JAMES MURRAY takes the liberty of acquainting the Nobility, Gentry, Commercial Travellers, and the Public, that he has entered on a lease of the New Inn and Hotel here ; and also to state, that no exer- tion on his part shall be wanting to add to tbe comfort and con- venience of such as may honour him with their favour. J. M. will always have on band a choice selected Stock of WINES, BRITISH and FOREIGN SPIRITS, ALES, & c. & c. Also, Neat POST CHAISES, a HEARSE, and the most careful drivers. The Duke of Gordon Coach drives to and from the House as formerly. Huntly, April 15, 1823. BLEACHING— 1S23. COTTON and LINEN CLOTH, and YARN, will be BLEACHED this vear atthe JVOODSIDE PRINT FIELD WORKS— Viz. Cotton Calico, ... ... Per Yd. 0* d. Ditto Shirtings, ... ... ... ... J Ditto Yarn, Per Lb. Plain Linen, Per Yd. 3d. to 4 Diapers and Tweels, 3- 4ths, 3 Ditto, ... 7- 8ths, ... 3f Ditto, ... 4 4ths, ,. » v 4 Damask, ... ... ... ... 4d to 5 Cloth above Yard- wide to pay in proportion. Cloth taken in at the Manufactory. Aberdeen, hy MR. MACNAUGHTEST. Oldmefdrum, Jnveruri/, >. » Huntly, ... Cvminestourn, New PUsligo, ... Stricken, New Aber(\ ou r, Peterhead, ... Ste war { field, ... Fetternugus, ... Stoneharen, ... by George Bain, William Fielding, Andrew Watt. John Milne. George Watt. Robert Stewart. James Taylor. Alexander Gunn. Thomas Sangster, James Farquhar. i William Christie. SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. Upon Tuesday the 29th inst. there wilt be sold by auction at the M ai ischai^ Col lege, AVARIETY of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE and other articles, which belonged to the deceased PRO- FESSOR COPLAND— consisting of M ihogany Dining, Breakfast, and Tea Tables; a Mahogany Sideboard; Chairs of various, kinds; a Mahogany Dumb Waiter; Soph as; Dfsks with Book Cases; Square Drawers; Four- post and Tent Bed- steads, witb Curtains j Window Curtains ; a Handsome Drawing Room Mirror • Feather Beds; Mattresses; Carpets and Hearth Rugs; Paintings and Prints; China, Crystal, and Stortewaie ; Grates, Fenders, and Fire" Irons; Kitchen Utensils, & c. & c. There will at the same time be sold a JAPANESE CA- BINET, and a variety of Curious Articles Also, some MECHANICS TOOLS, and Scarce HARD WOODS for Turners. The Sale to begin at 10 o'clock forenoon. JA. fG. M ASSIE, Auctioneer. April M, 1823. CIRCUIT INTELLIGENCE. £ CONCLUDEI> FHOM OUR LAST/] The sentence passed upon W. T. Duncan, convicted of the crimes of theft and stouthrief, was transportation beyond seas, forthe period of hi* natural life. The following is the Report of Dr. CAM- PBEIX, corroborat- ed by Dr. KERR, in. the Case of Scott, mentioned in our last. " Aberdeen Dec. 17, 1822. " In consequence of tfie remit to us,, of this date, by the Hon. the M igisirates, to examine the body of Alexander Reid, Mason, rn Wales Street,, we this day examined the body of the said Alexander Re id, and have to report as fol- lows : " The body seemed very little changed in external appear- ance, unless that a puffy s welling of a livid colour appeared about the wound in the side. Th* wound had taken place be- tween , the two last ribs of the left side, very chvsp- upon the angle ofthe ribsj and appeared to have been inflicted with a sharp cutting instrument, being about three- eighths of an inch in len& Ol externally.- Upon introducing a probe, it passed, readily to the depth of two inches, and a considerable quantity? of blood followed upon its introduction. Upon opening the-., Cavities of the thorax and abdomen, a large quantity of blooc w-, is found in the left cavity of the thorax, amounting, asW ly as \ ve ctfuld judge, to six pounds ; the wounding instru' was" found to have passed through the common ititegurn the la. tissimus cforsi. and serratus posticus inferior musclf^ T the intercostal muscles, and in a slanting direction through lie. fleshy part of th|. diaphragm, close to its insertion into the lower rib^. Upon close examination it was fou> d, that the pereosteum of the uppermost of the two last ribs and inter- costal artery had beeadivided ; but it. appeared, that the wound extended no farther that* to the internal surface of the dia- phragm. no blood being found in the cavity of the abdomen. The left side of the diaphragm was much inflamed, and also the whole extent of the pleura lining tlx? left cavity of the thorax, being of a deep crimson colour, and tbe neighbouring viscera bs » re evident marks of incipient inflammation. Although the blood effused had ^ pa^ sed into the cavity of the thorax, the lungs appeared uninjured, and all the viscera of both cavities in a sound state, tbe appearances of inflammation excepted, as far as. we observed ; but the light being insufficient for farther minute investigation, and the immediate causes of death al- ready fully ascertained, we were of opinion 4bat. it was quite unnecessary to examine parts uninjured by violence. " A knife was exhibited by an Officer in attendance with two blades, one blunt pointed, such as is commwnly used i> y gardeners, the other a penknife blade, sharp pointed, in length and breadth exactly such as would inflict such an wound as we had examined. Upon tbe sjajed paper attached to this knife, we, at the request of the Officer, wrote our initials/* charged, and Lord PITMU- LY concluded by saying, that the pannel went from that bar,; into society, without the slightest imputation upon his character, from'this charge. Ponn!. d\ Ciiristari, alias CAmfrVy- accused of theft. The diet inserted .-- and be was fitted upon a- new' Warrant, in order that his trial may I before the Sheriif of Aberdeenshire. \ xaiider Martin, accused. of the crime; of rope. The Ad- te Depute stated to the Court th. it. from th e novel1, y and portaiTce,- of this ea- ie,, and from his anriaty that it should " meet the solemn decision of the whole Court, he thought , be would* be best performing his duty, in moving, that it. he cer- tified to the High' Court of Justiciary. Ordered accordingly^ The pannel was recommitted' on a new warrant. The principal witness for lire Crown was the girl assaulted. She is deaf and dumb ; and we believe, there n no precedent ofa person in a similar situation baling been educed as a' witness. J. t/ tn Gaul, lately Shopkeeper at Newbyth. \ v: is ? hcn put to-' the bar, accused of Stefliooate and Real Tnjnry, co'ntnitted' against David Milne, hi A'n-; hrrauibon-, by throwing a quan- tity of aq- uafortis, or some' other destructive Buk), upon the face of the said D. ivid Mi'ne, whorebv lie lias louv; an ( ft red the most ertcriVciaftn'g p'vin', and entirely lost the sight of hi? left eye, and bad his right eye materially injured. Gaul pled! Nat Guilty r and tlve following v.' imesses were examined if* proof of the charge. David Milne, Auchnamoon. is- factor for IVXrs Elijfibelfa Urquhart, Newbyth ; a^ d was in her house on the evening of 16th Dec. last. Pannel Was also . there, anent lire payment; of rent, which IVe owed to Mrs. tlrquharty Irad n'o farther difference* with the pawi^ l than that he would not accept ot* what the pannel offered hirn; which was JS8 instead of £ o5 ; no high words passed, and wi { fries s invited pa- nnel to his break- fast on Thursday following, Panne! then left Mrs. Urqu-* hart's house. Has known pannel 20" years ; and saw hmi al- most everyday. In a quarter of an hour pan- rtel came back to. Mrs. Urquhart^ s house ; this wa's about nine in the evening. Mrs. Urquhart told witness there was a gentleman wanting to speak with him. Witness t^ ld Mrs. Urquhart. to tell the gent- leman to come in ; he declined ; witness then went to the door, and asked who was- wanting him ; the man at the door* did not speak to witne'ss ; witness went' in by. and looked iu his face ; the man'then turned afeoUty and gave witness a dose in the face, which hethiuks was from a syringe. It went hi at his month and up his nose. Witness suffered great pain from it. The stuff burned all his clothes. Had a good view of the man who threw the stuff ; is quite satfcljed that the pannel* is the man. It was light enough to be able to see the manV face when close irp to hirrw Witness was eight o* nine weeks^ con- ftned by the effects ofthe wound : has lost one of liis eyes. For the Pannel. — Mrs; Urquhart's. people were all about the door when witness- went to it. There was no moot)- light that night. Had no candle in his hand : does not thirik that Mrs. Urquha- rfc, nor any of them had a candle which wit- ness saw. For the Crown— Pannel did not come to witness* house on Thursday. Witness mentioned pa- nnePs name at the door mi receiving the dose ; it was Sometime before wituesi could speak ; witness, as soon as he could speak, called to soine one to run towards pannePs h- mse, and they would be there lie- fore him ; but nobody went, there was such a confusion at the time. Mrs. Elizabeth Urquhart. residing in Newbytk has known the pannel for 20 years. Pannel lives at one hundred and fifty or two hundred, yards from • witness* fomi- se - r was in witness' boose on 16th December ; same to pay his rent ; heard some conversation between pannel and Milne a& out the rent ; . no high words. Pannel left witness*" house betwixt. 9; and 10 o'clock. A fKan came to witness' door, and asked for David Milne, a6out a quarter of an hour af. er pannel hai left witness' house; witness'youngest daughter, Jean, went to tli- e- door ; Jean asked tbe man to come iu, who said he would not come in, as he could not stop • he wished to sco David Milne. Charlotte, another daughter of witness*, then went to the door ; witness heard all that passed ; \ vas in ari apartment close to the door. Witness then went to ihe floor and asked him to come in. he said he could not stop. Wit- ness had a good view of the man's person ; it Was middling dark, but he stood near to the window, and the light was shin- ing through'tbe window ; knows the ma- ti to be the paunel at the bar. He changed his voice a little, but not so much but the witness knew it. At this time David Milne came out, past witness, and as soon as he went to the door, pannel threw the' stuff in his face : witness saw pannel throw the stuff; it struck David Milne iivthe face, who came back into the hou^ e. He seemed to suffer excessive pain. The stuff burned his eyes- and clothes* For ike Pannel.— Witness told Milne when she first came' from the door that a person was wanting'him; Did not say to Milne it Was Gaul who Was wanting him ; she was not sure at that time. Milne was the frrst who mentioned that it was- * pannel who wounded him. For the Crown.— Has no doubt but the pa- nnel h the person-' who threw the stuff. Heard Milne name him; and' desire somebody to go after him to his noTise. Charlotte and Jane Urquhart, daughter* of Mrs. Urquhart, corroborated their mother's evidence ; they went to the door to desire the man tocome in who Wanted I>£ Milne.' He re- fused. They had a view of him by the light from the window. Knew it to be the panne!'; but did not say to Milne it was Gaul who wanted him, Alexander Meld rum was in Mrs. UVqtihart* s house in De- cwnher last, and' saw Milne there. Pannel was also there ; there was no quarrel between pannel and Milne. Pannel's from Mrs. Urquhart's' bouse. Pannel went away a • little after nine in- the cveninc. Soon after, Mrs. Urquha- rt came into .'! ie room, and said- there was a person at the door wanting Milne. Tlie man at the door did not come in ; heard- them inviting him to come ! in: heard a shriek immediately after Milne went cut; snw when they were sen- I Milne afterwards in'an adjuining room. Milne seemed to suffer much pain. Mr. Wm. Riddel, Surgeon, was called in December last, to attend l> ivid Milne, who had received a wound in the eye. Knows the pannel ; went fn consequence of an order from Aberdeen, to examine pannel's shop ; fomvl syringes, aqua* fori is, spirit of salt, and vitriol. Pdiiuet* s house is adjoining to his shop ; both in one house, hut have t wo different doors ; a person might go into the shop from outside without being ob- served from within. Dr. Gavin described to the Court ttie state of Milne's ey » at the time he was called ; found it nearly destroyed. David- Milne's clothes were shewn to liiin ; they were ragged, und apparently burnt. ritOOP FOTT DEFENCE. Ann Leirg was servant with John Gaul in December last. The Lord Justice Clerk summed up the evidence at great length, ( as was briefly stated in our last) and went minutely into the law of Homicide. He stated Ills decided opinion, that the charge of murder had been distinctly In ought home to the pri- soner, and called upon the Ji, ry-' to weigh the case thoroughly, and to return such a verdict, as would save the law ofthe coun- try, and be the means of repressing such heinous acts in fu- ture. His Lordship also stated, that even with the provoca- tion it was proved ihe pannel had received from James Reid, if panne! had inflicted a deadly wound on that person, ho would have bad no hesitation in saying, that the crime would have amounted to murder ; and the case was consequently much stronger, as to Alex. Reid, who had given him no pro- vocation or insult, but 011 the contrary had interfered for the purpose of preserving peace. The pan- nei had not during the whole time been in the slightest danger of his life ; and if a person were permitted, upon every trifling provocation or in- sult, to use a lethal wejpon, as on ihis occasion, it would be a sad state of things indeed. His Lordshipconcluded. by stat- ing to the Jury, that if they should find the paiiuet guilty, and should accompany their verdict by a recommendation to mercy, on account of the pannel's youth, ( being not yet 16 years of age) and tlie whole circumstances of the case, his Lordship could assure them their recommendation would not want his support ; and while iheir verdict would have the effect of pre- serving the law of ilie country, the conviction that would follow upon it might not affect tbe prisoner's life. The Jury were then inclosed, and appointed to return their verdict next day, at 10 o'clock. SATURDAY. — The Court met at 10 o'clock, when the Jury gave in their verdict, finding, by a plurality of voices, the Pannel Scott, guilty of the crime of murder ; but tin. uii- monsly and earnestly recommending him to mercy, 011 account of his youth, his former good character, and other circum- stances connected with the case. On the verdict bein<* record- ed, the Lord Justice Clerk, addressed a few words to the Jtirv. His Lordship began by saying, that he should without delay transmit to tbe proper quarter the earnest and unanimous re- commendation of so respectable a jury, in behalf of tbe unhappy young man at tile bar— a recommendation in which lie felt himself justified in concurring. At the same time he must de- clare, that in returning the verdict now read, the Jury had rendered a most important service to the country : for lie wish- ed it to be impressed upon the minds of all who heard him, that in such cases as the present, the use of deadly weapons is not to be resorted to, and can in no shape be justified. His Lordship, then, in a most impressive, and deeply affecting speech, ad- dressed the prisoner. He repeated his intention of transmitt- ing, without a moment's delay, the recommendation of the Jury in his behalf; but whether that lecommemiation would be the means of prolonging his lite, it did not become him to anticipate : it behoved him raiher to reflect, with the deepest contrition, upon he enormity of the erime which he had per- petrated, toset about the work of genuine and sincere repen- tance. and to humble himself before Almightv God. His Lordsliip implored him, as he valued his immortal soul, to spend the remainder of his days in this world, whether few or many, in such a manner as might compensate, in some de- gree, to the injured laws of his country, which lie had so griev- ou- ly outraged, and in the most earnest endeavours 10 make his peace with liis Creator, through the blood of our bless- ed Redeemer. His Lordship then ordained the unhappy youth to lie executed here, 011 Friday the 23d day of May next, and his body tu be given to Dr. Charles Skene, to be publicly dissected and anatomized. The prisoner conduct- ed himself with great propriety during the trial, and heard his sentence with submissive composure. • • . _ - - _ . . : IIICIG » v « o i » u utintcu uailtl' Joseph Watson, New Bridge, near Aberdeen, John Cordon, house is about 120 yards distant and Willtam Dam, alias Stewart, from Tamintoul, were ac- cused of tile crimes of assault and of deforcing officers of the Revenue. Bain was outlawed for not appearing : and the other two pannels pled guilty, art and part, to the crimes libelled. Mr. Gordon was heard in mitigation tenced to be confined in the Jail of this city for t[ » e space of six weeks ; and before liberation to find sureties, for their good behaviour, in a penalty of £ 3ty each, for five years, from and after the date of the sentence. Alexander Gordon, indicted for the crimes of assault and robbery, and deforcement of ihe Preventive Water Guard at Bridge of Don, was next placed at the bar. There were two separate charges of assault against tlx? pannel; but the Advocate Depute led no evidence as to the last, and altogether abandon- ed the charge of robbery. The assault and deforcement was said to have been comm- itt ed in tbe month of April last. It appeared lhat, one evening in that month, a party of the Preventive Water Guard, three in number, were stationed on the south side ofthe River Dim, at the Wooden Bridge of Grandholm. During their watch", they observed a number of men coming across ihe Brid carrying ankers on their backs. The officers succeeded" iii Her master went out on the 16th of that month about 8 o'clock ;. getting possession of si ankers ; whilst two of them, leaving I came in at the shop door before 9'; sat down by the kitchen tbe third to protect the property seized, went in pursuit ofthe fif till nlmn, 1 1. „< t, I „ ni n,, i 1.„„„,..;„ . .!.„.._ .- smugglers. During tiie time they were away, two of the smu". glers returned, severely beat and bruised the commissioned boatmen watching— took from him his pistol and cuilass— and carried off the half linker. A few minutes afterwards, a man, said to have been the pannel, was apprehended, handcuffed, and detained till next morning, when be was liberated. In the month of November last, tie was again taken prisoner in the streets of Aberdeen. This was the substance of the case, proved by the witnesses forthe Crown. On the part of the pannel to establish an alibi, two witnesses were adduced, who concurred in saying, thai the. pannel did not cross ihe Bridge 011 the night in question, till the time he wa, apprehended and handcuffed— thai he was not distant from either ofthe witnesses more than two yards all the time and that they did not see him strike or beat any person whatever. The Advocate Depute addressed tbe Jury for the Crown, and Mr. Gordon for the pannel. Tbe Lord Justice Clerk summed up the evidence, commenting on the contradictory evidence as he went along, and concluded by expressing his opinion, that the Jury would be warranted in returning a verdict of guilty. The Jury unanimously found the libel proven, and the pannel was dismissed from ihe bar. Counsel forthe Crown— A. Alison and'T. Ty tier. F.- qrs. Advucates. Agent— C. Donalds', n, Esq. Advocate, Aberdeen. For the Funnel — James Gordon, Esq of Craig. Advocate. Agent— James M Hardy, Esq. Advocate, Aberdeen. Alexander Troup and John Metvin, accused of the crime ol theft, aggravated by housebreaking, pled gmltu. Sentence, 7 years transportation. John Hatch- well, accused of theft. The diet was deserted against ihe pannel, and he w • » dismissed from the bar. It was staled from the Bench, that the Advocate Depute hud made in- quiry into the circumstances of this case. From that inquiry 61c about I, and was not out alter he came in ; there is a door from shop lo kitchen ; the shop is at the eild of the house. Pannel did not appear agitated when lie came in ; he did not speak of David Milne. Pannel could not have gone into the shop and out without witness hearing him. Mr. Cumine of A- uchry. and John Morrison, his clerk, give evidence a, to pannel's character, whom they considered a good- member of society, and a peaceable, cruiet. uroCennive man. The Jury were addressed for the Crown by Mr. Alison.. Advocate Depute, and forthepannel, by Mr. Mensies ; niter which Lord Iftuiilty summed- up ihe evideuoe. His Lordship seemed to consider the proof against the ptisoner as rather de- fective. The Jury, after being inclosed for some time, return- ed a verdict. tindii » g the pannel Guilty, by a- plurality of voices; ami he was sentenced to be transported for 7' years He was eilremely afeted on hearing the verdict. A certi- ficate in his favour, signed hv 1 tO- of bis neighbours-, in which Hi ey represented him as a peaceable industrious man, who was nf great service to th « ' poor in his vicinity, was road'to tba Court, after the verdict was given in, and which the Lord JiHijce Clerk said, should meet with due consideration. The Lord Justice Clerk-, hi addressing the SiiL- rilR at tin, conclusion of the Circuit, most pointedly alluded to the in- crease of crime in this district, as calling for the continued vigilance of the officers of the law, for a sedulous attention to- the religious instruction of the rising generation, and for the exertions of all" classes to promote those habit, of integrity, in- dustry, and good order, which twin the only lasihig bonds i f e . ry community. His Lordship, alluding to the stale ofthjr J: iiu< 01 this and the neighbotning'county of lyncarditie. said lie was happy to learn that measures w.- re in progress lor ren- dering them more commodious, and better calculated for lha sale custody of criminals, than ihey are a: present. This case finished the criminal business at Aberdeen. Th* hu had been led tu infer, the pannel was not gtiiliy ot' the I'ri. iie f. Court ; at each - of the three day, til! ntar qji& iuht. [^ Domestic Articles, be. formerly omilted.^ On Mondnv af'pmonni between < 2 and 5 o'clock, nn acci- dental fire broke o it in the Stenm Stove, over tbe principal p. oiler Ilonse at Mr. M. MlEal. Y's V.' oiks, Broadford. Tlie Fire Engines belonging to tlie Works, the Police, and the Insurance Cotupan'e*, as well as those of tbe neighbouring manufactories, were quickly brought to the spot, and in the course of an hour tile tire wan subdued, having been confined entirely to the house where it broke out. The crowd, which Tvns immense, evinced every solicitude to render asssistance, and ihed- iv being pniticularly ctlm, we are glad to learn that, the damage:!.; comparatively trifling. Thepreniise^ are insured in ihe Norwich, and North British Offices. The small pot have been very prevalent of late in the parishes cf I. auremekirk. Mary kirk, and Fellercairn, and have carried off several young persons in the latter parish, in the course of last fortnight. Dr. Fettes, i'i Laurencekirk, has offered to inoculate all I! M- child•' ell of- poor peoplein the neighbourhood gratis; and o'p'Saturday last, having appointed to meet any person who chose to bring their children* to Mr. M'Douald's t Eagle I no, Feirercaim. ; i pretly large company assembled, 1 and tbl-.' di etor inoculaleil no fewer than 8- 1 children. O i Mopdav, two yrtnng fellows, named Cameron antl Graham, w- efe detected. iii Brechin, tittering forged notes upon the Aberdeen Banking " Company,, and Sir William Forbes, Edinburgh. They bad succeeded in passing five notes, but were secured, while busily insisting outhe genuineness ofthe sixth. Having been taken before a baillip and searched, a let- ter was fi ttiid opon one of them from Cameron's brother, dated from Forftr gaol, and requesting their assistance to relieve him from durance, as be is standing over for trial at the ensuing Perth circuit, for a like offence. After a precognition before the baillie. they were sent to gaol. The remainder of their spurious paper having been dropped by them at the court door, was afterwards picked up. Saturday hist, three men and three women, genteelly dressed, went into a Public House near Kittybrowster. where, after cailipg for some liquor, they found their way into a chest of drawers and ether two chests, from which a black silk napkin and some lace only were taken away, money appearing to be their object. The thieves locked up ail as before, so that the disorder in which every tiling was found, and a Child's J Bonnet w hich had fallen from their child into one of the chests, ! was the first thing which led to the discovery. On Friday the 28th March, the following gentleman were admitted to the degree of Master of Arts in the University and King's College of Abeideen. Alex. Morrison William Lucas Allan Murray William M'Kenzie Andrew Anderson Hugh Ross Andrew I'anton James Cruickshank David Louson ' James Keaton David Menzies JameS Mearns Donald M'R. ie Robert Bremner Farquhar M'Rae Robert Fitldes Francis Etlmond Robert Shand Walter Taylor At the close of the Session, tbe following young gentlemen were preferred to Prizes in their respective Classes : — Prizes. FIRST GREEK CLASS. 1. John Kennedy, Losrie, Iloss- sliire. 2. J- unes Robertson, Dull, Perthshire. stone, Hull. do.— SO. Alplieus, Duncan, Peterhead, do—• Alexander, Picket, Aberdeen, do.— I, ee, Foster, Hull, tlo— Letiti, i,. Claik, Aberdeen, do. ' Jit Cumbrian, hnston. Hull, do— Albion, Humphreys, do. do. — I. Old Wellington, Nisbttt, ditto, Liverpool April 2. Resolution. Philip, Peterhead, do— Cove. Palmer. Newcastle, do — Persever- ance, Scott, Berwick, Liverpool. PASSED THROUGH HOY SOUND. March 29.— The ship New Middleton, Cargill, of Aber- deen, for Davis' Straits— Ythan, Craigie. Aberdeen, do— •> 0. Hannibal, Robertson. Peterhead, do— I) on, Brown, ' Aberdeen, do April 2. Four Leith vessels for Davis' Straits — At 1 A. At. this morning the wind shifted from SE. to NW. and blew strong. Twelve vessels have returned to Cair- ston Roads, and two passed to Long Hope. 3. 4- 5. 2. 4. 1. 1. 1. 2 4. 1. John Milne, Udny, Aberdeenshire. William Taylor. Rothieinay, Banff, hire. Colin M'Rae, Inverness. FIRST HUMANITY CLASS. 1. Alexander Forbes, Moy, Nairnshire. John Forbes, do. John Milne, Udny, Aberdeenshire. William Walker, Huntly. SECOND GREEK CLASS. Moral Philosophy Class. Adam Thom. B. erbin, Angus. Natural Philosophy Class. Alex. Somerville, Brechin, Angus. Mathematical Class. 1. Robert Clunes, Nairn. SECOND HUMANITY CLASS. Moral Philosophy Class. J. Adam Thom. Brechin. Angus. Natural Philosophy Class. 1. John M'Donald, Urqtihart. Ros- hire. Mathematical Class. 1. John Iuverarity, Brechin. MATHEMATICAL CLASS. 1. Duncan Campbell, Ardersier, Inverness. 2. James Mitchell, Edzel, Angus. 5. Robert Gillies, Brechin, Angus. 4. George Taylor, Tain, RosS- siiire. 5. Samuel Trail, Udny, Aberdeenshire. CHEMICAL CLASS. William Ellis, Aberdeenshire, William Robertson, Banff. Alexander Taylor. Donald Kennedy, Logie, Ross- shire. NATURAL PHILOSOSOPHY CLASS. William Stephen, Mortlacb. 2. Donald Stewart, Urr'ay, Ross- shire, John M'Allan, Fortrose. 4. James Simpson, Rothes. MORAL PHILOSOPHY CLASS. 1. Adam ' Thom, Brechin. 2. William Bremner, Speymouth. 3. Charles Milne, Montrose, 4. Jatnes Murray, Ralhen. Same day, tbe Hnttonian Prizp, value L. 10, after a com- parative trial in Greek, Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, and Moral Philosophy, was unanimously adjudged to WALTER TAVLOB, Cromarty. MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY. Presbytery of Deer. — Mr. Gardiner, Aberdour; Mr. Cum- miug, Frase'- hurgh ; Mr. Anderson, St. Fergus, Ministers. Alexander Youngson, Esq. W. S. Ruling Elder. Presbytery of Garinch— The Rev. Messrs. R. Shepherd, John Keith, and Pat. Davidson, Ministers. Robert Dalrym- ple Horn Elphinstone, Esq. of Logic, Ruling Elder. Presbytery of Alford.— The Rev. James Paul, Tullynessle; Rev. James Farqubarson, Alford ; Rev. Robert Cook, Clatt, Ministers. Lord Meadowbank, Ruling Elder. Presbytery of Fordoun— The Rev. Dr. Cook, the Rev. Dr. I. eslie, the Rev. James Milne, Ministers; George Douglass, Esq. Ruling Elder. Presbytery of Brechin-— Rev. Messrs. James Brewster, at Craig, George Whit-, on, at Brechin, and Dr. Joseph Pater- son, at Montrose, Ministers. William Paul, Esq. Edinburgh, Ruling Elder. Burgh of Brechin.— Hon. Lord Gillies. Presbytery of Aberlour.— The Rev. Mr. Grant of Inveraven, and Mr. Forbes of Boharm, Ministers, and Richard Wharton Duff of Ortoo, Esq Ruling Elder. Presbytery of Arbroath.— The Rev. George Walker, of Kinnell ; the Rev. Robert Barclay, of Lunan, Ministers; and William Walker, Esq. W. S. Ruling F. hler. Burgh of Montrose.— James Gibson Craig of Riccarton, Esq w. s: Presbytery of Kirkwall.— Rev. Andrew Smith, Ilolm ; Mr. John Dunn, Kirkwall, Ministers. Henry Jardine, Esq. King's Remembrancer of bis Majesty's Exchequer, Elder. Burgh of Kirkwall— Dr. Robert Grant of Newball, residing in Edinburgh. Presbytery of Skye.— Rev. John M'Kinnon, Sleat; James Souter, Duirinish, Ministers. Matthew Noruian Macdonald, Esq. W. S. Elder. Presbytery of North Isles.— T'ev. William Grant, Cross and Burness; John Armit, Westrav and Papa Westray, Ministers. William Balfour, Esq. of Elwick, Elder. Presbytery of Shetland— Rev. J din Paton Bryden, Sandsting, Ministers advocate, Elder. University of St. Andrew's.— Dr. united College of St. Leonard and St. Salvador. Presbytery of Nairn. — Rev. Pryce Campbell, at Ardersier, and Rev. William Barclay, at Auldearn, ministers— Rev. Robert Milne of Fort George, Elder. Burgh of Nairn.— Robert I lay. Esq. W. S. Elder. Burgh of Fortrose. — Colonel Mair, Deputy- Governor of Fort George. Elder. Presbytery of Turriff.— The Rev. James Cruickshatik, Turriff ; and the Rev. Robert J. Brown, Drumblade, minis- i; Robert Abercrombv, Esq. of Birkenbog, Ruling Elder. STROMNESS SHIPPING. ARRIVED.— March 28. Letitia, Clark. Aberdeen. Davis' - Resolution, Philip, Peterhead, ditto—. 30. Persever- Card, Liverpool, IMPROVEMENT IN NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY. On tlie 30tli of January last, we announced the satis- factory . result of the trial ofa new method ot'taking alti- tudes at sea, when tile horizon is invisible, invented bv Mr. Adam, Hector of the Inverness Academy ; and then promised communicate such particulars on this subject as might afterwards come to our knowledge.— We have now, therefore, the pleasure to state, that, in consequence of an application to the Admiralty, by Sir James Diinb. tr of Boath, Bart. Captain 11. N. for an opportunity to try this method on board one ofhis Ma- jesty's ships, the Cherokee brig of war, commanded by Captain Keats, with their accustomed liberality and readi- ness to promote improvements in nautical science, was immediately ordered on this service, aud, on the 22d January last, sailed from Inverness, with Mr. Adam on board. On passing down the Beauly Frith, the sun being invisible, we understand that Mr, Adam easily suc- ceeded in determining the. vertical angles contained be- tween the horizon and the tops of the adjacent mountains, seen at different distances from the ship ; and that at night, while the horizon was invisible, he took altitudes ofthe moon, so as to distinguish single minutes in her varying altitudes. On. the nights of the 23d and 21th, in Cromarty Roads, where the horizon was invisible, he likewise took altitudes ofthe Moon, Jupiter, and Aldebarran, with equal success ; and near the coast . of Caithness, on the evening of the 26th, when, from an increasing swell of the sea, the ship's motion had become considerable, be obtained several altitudes of the Moon, which agreed nearly with those taken, in the ordinary way, by one of the officers ; but early on Monday the 27th, when approaching Kinnaird's Head, with a strong east wind, which caused a violent pitching, rolling, and inclined motion of the ship, Mr. Adam, then much af- fected by sea sickness, was requested to try his method before the ship's head was laid about, which he accord- ingly did, although the Sun was then invisible, but found that he could not keep the instrument sufficiently steady, except for a few seconds, at the intervals when the vessel seemed to be suspended on the top ofa wave. Whether this period may be sufficient for an expert observer to complete the observation of an altitude, remains yet to be tried, as there was then no celestial object in view, and, from sea sickness, Mr. Adam was not in a state favourable for making correct observations. We under- stand, however, that after the ship's head was turned, and while she sailed before the wind at the rate of about ten miles an hour, Mr. Adam found that be could not hold the instilment sufficiently steady to take altitudes of the distant mountains, anil that, on the following day, betwixt Inverness and Fort George, where the horizon was concealed by the adjacent bind, he obtained man y altitudes of tire Sun, and easily distinguished his variations of altitude to less than half a minute. Captain Keats and the officers of the Cherokee expressed a very favourable opinion of tbe success of this method at sea, when the motion of the ship is not considerable, and an- ticipated that on land it might supersede the use of an ar- tificial horizon. We are informed that, without affect- ing the ordinary method of observation, Mr. Adam's method admits of' an easy application to the telescopes, of the quadrants, sextants, and reflecting circles already in use ; and that, when executed according to bis direc- tions by a skilful artist, he expects it will admit of a degree of accuracy approaching nearly to single seconds. Mr. Adam's method, we are told, requires no allowance for dip, and, if necessary, might be employed to deter- mine, directly from observation, the quantity of dip due to the different altitudes of an observer above the surface of the sea. We are therefore glad to learn that, in prosecuting this subject, Mr. Adam has lalely execut- ed the model ofa platform suspended on gimbols, to be placed when required, either in the main hatchway, or near it on deck, by which, when taking altitudes, he expects to relieve the observer from all inconvenience arising from the violent pitching, rolling, or inclined motion of the ship in a rough sea, which sometimes, though but rarely, we believe accompanies fog. Should Mr. Adam succeed in realizing these expectations, lie will then have perfectly succeeded in accomplishing the solution of a problem of verv considerable importance— viz. in affording the means of taking correctly, at sea, the observations necessary to determine the latitude and longitude ofa ship, when the horizon is either obscured by fog, or concealed by land, which had hitherto, we believe, remained a desideratum in nautical science In- verness Courier. " This st.-.' e of tiling', pt- wfit'tifs- inconveniences which must be provided for. " It is indi. spepstrtify necessary to create, at the commonce- •••" nt ofa ctj. muaitru. reserves proportioned to the importance' of theoperatiiiiis w hich are about lo be undertaken ; aud, w ith,, out repeating the general observations which I reecently bad occasion to develope on this subject in, the Tribune of the Chamber of Peers, I shall simply dtis'evve,' that prudence com- mands us not to remain during nearly a whole year deprived of the means of- iucieasing. or even maintaining to their full coin- ple'Pe. nt, our respective regiments." The Chamber. deci'k'd that this project of law should be printed and distributed, and fixed the preparatory exa- mination of it for Monday. l'lie order of tbe day was then read for resuming the' discussion upon the Finance I. aw. PARIS, April 7 It has been remarked that the order of the day by the Duke d'Angouletne, which announces war, was countersigned bv Lieut.- General Guilleminot, as Major- General. This Order of the Dav is dated March 30 ; yet tlieVDuke of Belliino named Major- General by the Roval Ordinance, arrived on the 29th at j Bayonne. The subject has given rise to all. sorts of j conjectures. Oil Monday last the grenadiers of the 1st battalion of the 6th legion ofthe National Guard of Paris, and the. chasseurs ofthe 2d company of the same battalion, | who joined them spontaneously, invited their former comrades to a dinner at Martin's, in the Rue de. jQhatelet. Their number was considerable, and the guests would have been still more numerous, if. the room could have contained more. Many citizens aud distinguished artists were also present. Tiie utmost unanimity and the most frank cordiality presided, at this meeting. Of the toasts given, t he following were received with tieculiar enthusiasm: n ' . o i " To the King, the Charter, and Constitutional Insti- tutions"—" To the National Guard"— To the pro- sperity of Commerce and Industry." Every thing was losu, direct for Madrid ; one npon Pampeluna ; and anoiher upon St. Sebastian. ' 1 he regiment Alex wider, in garrison at Iran, evacuat- j ed that town on the approach of tbe French. CHAMBEV. OF DEPUTIES, April 10. Before the opening of the silting the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Viscount Digeon, charged with the War Department, entered the Hall. A numerous group of Deputies belonging to the right side surround- ed them. They - conversed long together, and appeared I pleased. At two o'clock the Sitting was opened. ' 1' he Minister of the War Department rose—( A lively sensation) and said— Gentlemen— Al! efforts to stop the | course of the faction which governs the councils of Spain having proved fruitless, Moiiseignenr the Duke of Au- ' gouleme received orders trt'pwt? the frontier, and on the : 7th of this month passed the Bidassoa at the head of the i Army. 1 have now, Gentlemen, to read to you the first ! dispatch which the Government has received from the Major- General ofthe Army. Head- quarters, St. Jean de Luz, April 7, half- past 3 in the morning. Monstgneur— I have the honour, to report to your Excel- lency, that yesterday a troop of French and Italian Refugees . made iheir. appearance on tbe li. dassoa, and endeavoured by ngs and seditious cries, to instigate the soldiers ofhis Majesty j to desert. At the sight ofa piece of artillery, these wretches, j cried 4 Vive Vartillerie Francnise /' General Walin replied hy another cry. thus—' Yes, Vice V arlillerie. but Vive te ltoi / j Fire!' At Ibis very instant, a company of the 9th Light In- i f'antry, which had been masked, debouched, ami co'mpleted the j dispvrsihtrof those whom the grape- shot had spared. ' Thus the troops have manifested their love for the ' King l> y {• * nm,. thin'g more expressive than their habitual acclamations. I'Your Excellency w ill find annexed the ' summary of the exami- nation of four wv. unded men who'have been picked up ; it will give a just idea of tbe pitiable auxiliaries whotn the Spanish Revolutionists have chosen, and whom the Imperial Regiment Alexander, in garrison at Iruil, have in a manner delivered up conducted in the most perfect order. . j to s'aughter, as they. withdrew their posts before the arrival of re 1 ' be refugees on the banks of the River. A few moments after FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FROM FRENCH PAPERS. Thomas Nicoil Del ting ; John Elder Baird, Esq. Principal of the ters ; Straits- ... nnce, Scott, Berwick, Liverpool— Smart, Riga— Venus, Gouthorp, ditto, Greenland— 31. Cove, Pal- mer, Newcastle, Davis9 Straits April 1. Active, Gray, Peterhead, ditto — Cato. Kitchenman, Hull. do.— Unanimous, Birnie, from Kirkwall, ballast 2. The brig Rose, from Kirkcaldy, Johnston, for Mir « tmichi. having lost an anchor and cable, also a warp, and kedge anchor, off Duncansbay Head. SAILED-- March 28. William, - Hawkins, Hull, Davis' Straits— Norfolk. Cleghorn. Berwick, ditto— Pomona, Han- dyside, Newcastle, New York Andrew Marvel 1, Or^ on, Hull, Davis' Straits— Duncombe, Coulberg. ditto, ditto— Kelly, Spence, Wick, Newry— 29. Traveller, Hutchison, Peterhead, Davis' Straits— Grenville Baj, Warnham, New- castle, do— Abram, Cousins, Hull. do.— Elizabeth. Rhodes, tlo. do— Middleton, Reid, Aberdeen, do.— Jean, Maddison, Hull, do— Bon Accord, Paiker, Aberdeen, do— Ellison, John,. « ARMY OF THE PYRENEES. " ORDER OF THE DAY. " Soldiers !— I arrive among you ! I have been satisfied with the good dispositions which animate you, and with your con- stancy in supporting the fatigues of a long march during the inclemency of the season. It will be by the splendour of every military virtue that you will soon manifest your devotion to tiie King and to your country. Fidelity, honour, discipline, these will always be the device of the white flag, under which we are going to fi# bt. " I shall watch over all your wants. ( Signed) " LOUIS ANTOINE. " Head quarters, Bayonne, March .30, 1825." " By order of his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief of ihe army. ( Countersigned) « The Major- General Count GUILLEMINOT." Reports were still prevalent at Paris, of great movements in the Russian army, which was advancing, it was said, hy forced marches, to the banks of the Oder. The Journal of St. Petersburg!) is warlike, and announces that roubles have fallen, because it is cetain that the Emperor will engage in a Continental war. M. de Lostande, the Aidc- dc- Camp of General Guilleminot, who had been arrested at. Bayonne, upon a charge of r eason- able conduct, arrived at Paris, on Wednesday, and was con- ducted to the Abbaye. The ground of his arrest is stated to he the seizure ofa parcel which was directed to him from Paris, containing tri- coloured cockades, aud other revolutionary em- blems. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES— APRIL 5. After having disposed of some preliminary business npon Petitions, the Minister of War ascended the Tri- bune, and delivered the following speech : " GENTLEMEN— The words which the King uttered at the commencement of this Session, having imposed upon the War Department the obligation of anticipating all the wants of an army ready to take the field, and to provide beforehand the necessary measures for maintaining the different corps which compose it upon the full war establishment. " An Ordonnance ofthe King, dated the 20th of last Nov. already brought into active service the 40,000 men voted by the law of the JOth Match, 1818, upon the class of 1822. ' The incorporation of these young soldiers gave to our regiments that full establishment which it was desirable. they should possess; but the execution of this measure makes it no longer available ( for the purpose of repairing dciily and inevitable, losses even in a state of peace,) with respect to the resources offered by the contingent of the class of 1823. " This contingent comprising all young Frcechmen who had attained the age of twenty in the course of the preceding year, the Government could not proceed to the successive operations prescribed by title 2 of the Law until after the expiration of the year 1823 ; and it would not be before the first quarter of 1824, that the men provided by that levy could Le marched to the army depots. APRIL 7-— The King announced yesterday, befo; Mass, that the French army was to pass the Bidussoa ' that day. It is added that t lie actual intelligence of that event reached Paris in the course ofthe dav, by the new line of telegraphs established on the line of Bayonne and Bordeaux. M. de Lusignan, Aid de- Camp of his Excellency the Dukede Beliuno, arrived on Saturday in Paris. Mis Excellency the Duke of Belluno,' Minister of War, arrived yesterday. ( Sunday) in Paris, half- past four o'clock, with General Coetlosquet. •• ARMY OF THE PYRENEES. " ORDER OF THE DAY. fi Soldiers— The confidence of the King has place 1 me at your head in order to fulfil the noblest of missions. It is not the spirit of conquest which has made us take up arms— a more generous motive animates us : we are going to place a King on his throne, to reconcile his people with him, and to rees- tablish in a neighboring country, which is a prey to anarchy, the order necessary to the happiness and" safety'of the two kingdoms. Soldiers— You will respect, and cause to be respected, re- ligion, laws, and property ; and you will render easy the ac- complishment ofthe duty which is imposed on me— of main- taining the most rigid discipline. - Head- quarters, Bayonne, April .3."" LOUIS ANTOINE. ( Countersigned by) " Count GUILLEM I NO T." APRIL 7 » Four o'clock, p, M.— The King yesterday received a letter from the Prince Commander- in- Chief, stating that on Sunday, the 6th of Apr'J ( yesterday), he was to enter trie Spanish territory at the head of his army. The troops were to. defile before him on the banks of the Bidassoa, and to cross that river in succes- sion. The first dispatch of his Royal Highness, in which he will give an account of his having entered Spain, may be expected in two days. It will be im- mediately communicated to both Chambers in a Royal Message, together with the Manifesto, or Proclamation, declaring to the army, to - Spain, and to Europe, the cause and objects of the invasion. Of this Proclamation I send you a copy :— PROCLAMATION. " THE DUKE D'ANGOULEME, GENERAL I NT CHIEF OF TIIE ARMY OF TIIE PYRENEES, TO TIIE SPA NIARDS. " The King of France, in recalling his Ambassador from Madrid, had hoped that the Spanish Government, warned of its dangers, would have returned to more moderate sentiments, and would cease to be deaf to the counsels of benevolence and reason. Two months and a half have elapsed, and his Ma- jesty has waited in vain for the establishment in Spain of an ordeV of things compatible with the safety of the neighbouring States. " The French Government has supported two whole years, with a patience without example, the provocations the most undeserved. The Revolutionary Faction which has destroyed in your country the Royal authority, which holds youj- King captive, which demands his forfeiture, which menaces his life and that of his family, has carried beyond your frontiers its guilty efforts. It has tried every m. eans to corrupt the army of his Most Christian Majesty, and to excite troubles in France ; as it had succeeded, by the contagion of its, doctrines and its example, to operate the insurrections of Naples and Piedmont. Deceived in its hopes, it has called traitor:;,. condemned by our tribunals, to consummate, under the protection of triumphant rebellion, the plots formed by them against their country. It is time to put an end to the anarchy which tears Spain in piece?, which depiives her ofthe power of giving peace to her Colo- nies, which separates her from Europe, which has interrupted all her relations with the august Sovereign's whom the same in- tentions and the same wishes unite with his Most Christian Majesty, and which compromise the repose and the interests of France. " Spaniards ! France is not at war with your country. Born of the same blood with, your King,. I can only desire your in- dependence, your happiness, and your glory. I ain about to cross the Pyrenees at the head ofa hundred thousand French- men, but itisto support the Spaniards who ate friends of order and the laws, to aid them to liberate their King, who. is a p » i- soner, to raise the Altar and the Throne, to snatch the Priests from proscription, the Proprietors from spoliation, the whole people from the domination of a few ambitious persons, who, in proclaiming liberty, prepare only the slavery and ruin of Spain. " Spaniards ! All will he done for you, and with you— the French are and will only be your auxiliaries. Your standard will wave alone on your cities. The provinces crossed by our soldiers will be administered, in the name of Ferdinand, by Spanish Authorities. The most severe discipline will be ob- served. Whatever will be necessary for the service of the army shall be paid for with the . most religious exactness. We pre- tend not to impose laws on you, or to occupy your country.— We wish only your deliverance ; when we. shall have obtained it, we shall return to our country—' happy in having preserved a generous people from the calamities generated by a Revolu- tion, and which experience has taught us too well to know. - LOUIS AN 101NE. " Head- quartersat Bayonne, April 2, 1823. " By his Royal Highness the Prince General- in- Chief, the Counsellor- of State, Civil Commissary of his Most Christian Majestv, " DE MARTIGNAC." their flight, all the inhabitants of' both sexes assembled toge- ther, and the communication between the two kingdoms was immediately established. The Alcade of Iron has even informed us that ihe Imperial Alexander regiment has evacuated that city, and that the Band of \' irmin lias also abandoned Fontarabia. in the number of this day's victims, who are eight kilted and four severely wonn.' ed. are recognized the persons named Mal- lett and Dalamot, already implicated in several conspiracies. I anv, & c„ . Count GUILLEMINO T, Major- General. After the reading; of this dispatch, unanimous cries of " Vive le 11 oi ! Vivent les Bourbons !" burst forth in the Chamber, The Viscount Digeon continued as follows : — This first intelligence would justify, if necessary, the mea- sures of precaution taken some time ago by the Government. Attempts have continued to be made to corrupt our soldiers up to tbe very moment when they were called upon to give proofs of their fidelity. They - have- worthily, replied, as the King and France expected of them. But'the King, who still cherishes paternal sentiments, even for his guilty children, cannot see without a feeling of pain, that French blood h: is flowed in ranks where treason alone have placed it. ' This blood will be 011 tbe heads of tiie instigators of the deplorable resolution of Spain. In conclusion, Gentlemen, every thing gives us reason to hope that this pest is going to end. Spain, which we go to succour, already rccognises us as her liberators and allies. [[ While the Interim Minister of War was reading this dispatch in'the Chamber of Deputies, M. de Villele, the Minister of Finance and President of the Council, had proceeded to the Peers to read' a similar dispatch fiom the Duke de Belluno. The dispatch of the Marshal, which enclosed that of Guilleminot, contained nearly the same facts. The bulletin ol his Royal Highness, which arrived yesterday, was not read in either Cham- ber- Neither probably, the whole of those of Dclluno or Gnilleminot of the 7th] The Minister of War descended from tbe tribune amidst cries of " Vive le Rut! Vivent les Bourbons!" The Duke Of Angouleme was to sleep 011 the 8th at Iran ; " 011 the 9th he will advance three or four leagues, and will proceed by short marches to l olosa, where lis wiil arrive on the 12th. He will stop there some days, , to wait a little the effect of his entry into Spain. The slowness of his march ' is said to be owing to the necessity of allowing time for all the materiel of the army to join. Guilleminot's dispatch was addressed to Marshal the Duke of . Belluno, Minister of War. It bore the follow- ing preface " His Royal Highness, bv order of liis Majesty, desires me to transmit to your Excellency the following dispatch." This, of course,' was not read to the Chambers. Tlie Moniteur of the 10th, contains the following Royal Ordinance dismissing the Mayor of Brest from his office, for the proclamation in which he attacked the conduct ofthe Swiss Guard. ORDINANCE- OF THE KING." " Considering the Proclamation published by the Mayor of Brest on the, 3! St. of last month, on the report of our Minister Secretary of State for the Department of the Interior, we have ordered antl do. order as follows . — j •• Art. I. The Sieur Kcrlios, Mayor of the town of Brest, is recalled frotn his functions. " 2. Our Minister Secretary of State for the Department of the Interior, is charged with • the execution of the present Or- dinance. " Given in our Palace of the Tuilleries, April 8, the • year of our Lord 18^ 3, and of our Reign the 28th. ( Signed) " LOUIS. tended to be commenced againstn country which has id- ways observed the most rigid circumspection in her con- duct towards the rest of Europe, should be well under- stood, and that the injustice and perfidy of such a pro- ceeding should be felt. If, however, this aggression against the principles ofthe law of nations and true po- licy should actually take place, the Spaniards, V. I16 are shielded against the arts of seduction by the prudent warn- ings of their public authorities, as well as by their pi, vn magnanimous sentiments, will firmly resist, and heroical- ly subdue, the enemy who shall dare to set foot 011 the land in which they have secured to themselves so many glorious advantages. E11 • conformity with these views, your Excellency will regulate your conduct, progressive- ly communicating to his Majesty whatever may bo wor- thy ofhis royal attention, as he has ordered. THE KING'S JOURNEY. Al every stage of the King's progress, the Ministers send dispatches to Madrid, i'lie last, which appears in the Esjicctator of the 27th, will serve to show the form and style of these official communications: — <£ I hereby make known, that the Secretary of Slate for th « Home Department has transmitted to me the following letter: " ' ExcEi. i. Kvr SENoit— Their Majesties and their Roval Highnesses arrived here, at two o'clock ill the afternoon of this day, without any alteration in their important health. They were received amidst repeated Vivas for the Constitution and . Constitutional King, pronounced by the inhabitants with an enthusiasm truly patriotic. Ily Royal order I make tliiscom- ' municatiun. God preserve you many years, & c. " ' Manzmares, March 24. " '• ' OA SCO.' " " The which 1 communicate to the inhabitants of this capi- tal, f,. r their information and satisfaction. " EL CONDK DEL ABISBAL. " Madrid, March 25." It is mentioned in accounts, dated Perpignan, that the fortress of Murvicdro had been taken by tjlipan's band— that BessiereS, with his corps, occupies Guada- laxara— that he is preparing to march 011 the capital, which is left destitute ot troops— and that in other pro- vinces corps of Royalists are starting up, which the Go- vernment have no force to oppose. Such are th& state- ments contained 111 the French papers, on the truth of which, however, we cannot rely, more especially as thev are . contradicted by other accounts, which represent tlio Rovalists as wholly unable to meet their enemies in tho field, and as- flying in consctpience to the mountains for shelter. A short time must now set at rest all con- jectures 011 this subject. When tiie the French armies enter . Spain, we shall be able to judge with greater cer- tainty, from the reception which they meet with, as to the dispositions of tiie people, and as to tlie resources of the government fir defence. ArniL 10.— It is stated with confidence, that, the members of the I iolv Alliance art; about to issue a Mani- festo, declaring that 150,000 men will be marched to the frontiers of France, and put at the disposal of the French Government,, unless the English Cabinet will make a distinct and unequivocal avowal of neutrality." ST. JEAN- DE LUZ, Aran, 7.— One hundred and fifty or two hundred French and Spaniards presented themselves to- day with a tri- coloured flag on the Spanish side of Bidassoa. The 9th regiment of light infantry, with General Walin at its head, were on that side.— The General ordered three cannon shots to lie fired on this body. Fifteen of them were killed or wounded.— Among the former are four French Officers, or persons who had fled from justice. The troops wished to cross the river 011 foot, and to pursue the enemy, who im- mediately fled. The Bidassoa was crossed on tlie 7th, and the Duke d'Angouleme sleeps 011 the 8th at I run. De Lamotte, formerly a Captain in the Lecrion of . . . 1 . ° the Seine, and implicated in the plot of the 19th August, 1820, is seriously wounded in this affair. He had been condemned to five years' ipiprisonment, and 2000 francs of line. The army marches in three divisions— one upon To- SPAIN. • M'ADUID, March 29.— Under date ofthe 18th, the Secretary for the Home Department of the Pehi. ji> ula addressed the following Roval order to the Political Chiefs: ,. . ' :• ' CIRCULAR. " The present state of our relations with the French Government, and the fear that our just and circumspect conduct towards all the powers of Europe may prove in- sufficient to maintain that peace and harmony which is conducive to the interests of all, have; indued his Ma- jesty to put 111 practicejevery measure for avoiding a war, w hich the Spanish people neither fear nor provoke. " One of the most proper means for the attainment of this object, doubtless is, the removal of the Government to a point sufficiently remote from the Pyrenees to afford the least possible hope of surprise to the French army, which is now advancing to that frontier, and at the same time so situated as to enable the functionaries of the Government to act with their wonted rapidity and energy. These considerations occasioned choice to be' made of the city of Seville, the ancient residence of the Spanish Monarchs. This city is so situated as to combine ad- vantages which might iu vain be sought for in any part of the Peninsula, and on a former occasion it afforded the repose and security necessary for the welfare of the nation, when foreign armies, commanded by an usurper, came, with promises ofpeace and happiness, to spread terror and desolation throughout this favoured land. '• Designs ofa similar nature, which were premedi- tated by our enemie3, have been frustrated by the fore- sight of the King, who issued the necessary orders for effecting the above- nientioned removal with all due speed. The safety , of the King's . august person, that of the Royal Family, and all the high officers of the Govern- ment, being thus insured, his Majesty will continue to exercise his solicitude for the public welfare in Seville so long as circumstances may render his continuance in that city necessary for the preservation of the interests of the State, which his Majesty has sworn to protect at ail hazards. " Nothing can be more gratifying to his Maje ; tv than to observe the admirable zeal evinced by the Political Chiefs and other authorities in the discharge of their re- spective duties, which at al! times are esteemed sacred by the patriotic functionaries, but which are much more so at the present moment, when the state of public af- fairs presents additional excitement for the exercise of every honourable principle. " His Majesty wishes that the nature ofthe war in- FROM GERMAN PAPERS. SEMLIM, March 20.— Since the arrival of a second Tartar at Belgrade, in six days from Constantinople, nobodv ofthe former city doubts ofthe conflagration in the capital. The Te ks who have arrived openly speak of this dreadful event with their usual indifference. Ac- cording to the accounts given by the Turks, the Arse- i mil ( Tersana). as well as the Cannon Foundry, is burnt, as also many houses belonging to the Porte which were situated 011 tlie side of Pera. The number ofthe houses burnt is estimated, probably far beyond the truth, at 70,000, bv others at 40,000. The greatest misfortune, however, is certainly the destruction of the Arsenal, which deprives the Porte of means for completing its new naval armaments. There are various reports at Belgrnd- j respecting tiie cause of this fire ; some ascribe it to tho Greeks, others to tVe Janissaries, or to the soldiers that returned with the fleet. They relate at Belgrade, th it during the conflagration, the Sultan tore his beard, and exclaimed, " This is a judgment from God, on account of the Christian dogs 1" Another letter from Semlin, of March 21, states the number of houses burnt to be from 30 to 40,000. CORFU, March 6.— Sincj the fall of Corinth that of Patras is at band. On the 18th of February the last outworks were stormed, and'since the 25th of February from eighty to ninety persons daily perish from famine. The Castle of Lepanto also must soon fall, if it be not ah'eady taken. FRANKFORT, April 3— Public opinion in Ger- many is so adverse to'the war with Spain, that the Go- vernments are careful to contradict the reports that arc in circulation on the eventual participation ofthe Ger- man Confederation in this struggle; SWITZERLAND, March 25.— A disgusting scene took place some days ago in the village of Trullikon, in the canton of Zurich. A dozen iu ividuals, tne. ii and women shut themselves up in a house under pretext ot* praying. An hour afterwards a dreadful noise was heard. The people assembled, the inhabitants ofthe neighbour-' liourhood hasten to the. spot, and demand in vain, that the house shell be opened. Meantime, the tumult in- creased every moment, the door was at length forced open, and these wretched people were a'l found stretch* ed on the ground in various gronpes closely embracing each other. They Were all arrested. Their depositions present nothing but instances of deplorable folly : they pretend to be inspired by God, and a girl who is preg- nant is always the organ by which his will is manifested to thetn. Some of them have been taken to the mad- house. VIENNA, March 21' It is said that the voting- Duke of Reichstadt received, on the 20th of Marcii ( his birth- day,) tin Ensign's commission from lii^ august grandfather. All the grand Dukes and grand Duchesses, visited him on the same day to offer him their congratu- lations.— Algenuiiie '/. citiing. It is curious* tnough that the appointment ol'ths Duke of Wellington'.-; to ait Iinsigncv bears the same date. greatest to inflict; AMERICA. Mercantile'letters from Ilavanah, dated Fehitnry 1.3, wcrt> received yesterday. ' 1 hey contain accounts of the tiuwnful of liurbi'le, in Mexico, wl. o, seeing himself pressed on all sides, and knowing that the indignation of tfie whole provinces was ready to burst forth, and that, moreover, the treasure he bad rather robbed than amassed, for the payment of his troop, and supporters, was expended, deemed it most prudent quietly t. » lay down the imperial purple and diadem, and withdraw to hi* own house as a private iudhid. ua!. Tln^ e atcoituis were re- ceived from Vera Cruz, under date of 2d of Fibrtia' v, and by the Spanish fiigate Constitution, which was to leave Vera Cruz for Ilavanah ina few days, further particulars were expected, it bad, however, been ascertained, that the Government firmed immediately after the removal of Ituthiile, was on the plan agreed upon at Jguali, when the revolution first com- menced. The new Government had behaved vvilh the moderation to the fallen Emperor, not attempting t any punishment upon hint, notwithstanding the despotic man- ner in which lie bad exercised bis power as lung as he held i', and the great affliction into which he had plunged some of the first families of the country. Thus has ended the usurped authority of a ni. in whu sought to . turn the whole merits a net advantages ofa revolution lie once opposed, in the most strep-- uous aud blootly manner, to bis own advantage and that of his family. The first act he did was to ennoble a host of rela- tives, and place them as burdens on the State. He has. ia short, tnet with that treatment bis ambitious and faithless conduct deserved ; and we hope this example will be a war- ning to those aspiring Chiefs in the same hemisphere* v.' li, r may seek lo saciificu ihe w ishes and interests of ( heir country to their own personal views atid aggrandisement.— M. Ctiron. . win ... .. .' i . CIRCUIT IN TE L1. IGENCE. PERTH, April 4. —' This d. i'v Mhe Circuit Court w- ts opened here by the Right lion. Lord Justice Civil, and I. i I Fitmilly. * Alexander Miller was put to the bar, clnrpcd with I he' crime of housebreaking aud theft in the pa'i.' iof Uedgorton ami county of Perth. ' To which he plea ! d Guiliy, and was sen. teneed to nine months imp- ri'onrtlent in tliej. nl of Perth. May alias Mary Stewart, f'ur stealing various article? of wearing apparel, lied cloihes, Src. in ti e parish of l'erih. To which she pleaded Guihv, and was senteuu'il to nine months imprisonment. trillioni SaoU and Charles I. yon, alias triHiam » .". lister, were next put to the bar, charged w iih entering tiie bolhie oc- cupied by the servants on the Notth Muirtnwn firm, a*. id ab- stracting ihjrefrom four bank notes, suir. t silver and clothes. They pled not guilty ; evidence was . iiMite- d hy t! ic'public prosecutor, instructing that the bothie had been broken open- that the articles mentioned in the indietment hat! been sttrJen there- frotn— tbtit tl, e prisoners bad been seen by ttvo hoys i coming out of the bothie— that one of the witnesses setbfl.' on horseback in pursuit of them— that one of them was appre- hended at the foot of the North Inch, and the other sometime thereafter iu the South Street of Perth, ' i'he declarations v, vre then about to I e read, when the prisoner Scott retracted his plea of not guilty, aud pled guilty ; but Webster still adheied to his plea of not polity, and his declaration having been read, the Advocate Depute, after restricting the libel to an arbitrary punishment, addressed the Jury on behalf of the Crown, recapitulating the evidence, and showing that the case was clearly made out against the prisoners. Mr. Grant then addressed the Jury on behalf of the prisoners ; aud the T. ord Justice Clerk having summed up the evidence, the Jury returned a viva voce verdict, finding Scott guilty in terms of ins own confession, and Lyon guilty of the crimes li- belled. They received sentence of transportation for fourteen years. John Cameron, accused of bigamy, next appealed at the bar but on account of the absence of two material witnesses,• the diet was deserted pro loco et tempore, and be was recommitted <: i1. a new warrant. John Mackie, accused of theft, was outlawed for not ap- pearing. Thomas Davidson alias Roberts, nnd William Eraser, ac- cused of theft, pled guilty, aod were sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Peter M'Ewan. accused of theft, on being put to the bar, pled not guilty, but after a number of witnesses had been ex- amined, be pled guilty, and received sentence of transportation for seven years. trillion! Smith, for theft, pled auilty, and was sentenced to be imprisoned in Dundee Jail for nine cal. ndar months,— The Judge, in passing sentence, represented in strong terms the expediency of opening a House of Correction at Dundee for the terror and punishment of criminals. The advantage of such places was bee . ing daily more apparent. Stewart Rcitl and John Rei/ l. for theft, were then put to the bar ; when the former of the prisoners pled guilty of the simple at t of theft, but not aggravated as libelled against him ; and tiie latter pled guilty ofthe crime of theft as libelled against him : on which the Advocate depute departed from the ag- gravation, and the pannels were then sentenced— Stewart licit! to 12 months' imprisonment, and John Ueid to six months' imprisonment in luu fat jail. SATURDAY.— The Court met at ten o'clock, when tril- lion Jlines and Alexander Cameron were placed at the bur, accused of uttering forged notes. The diet Has deserted against Cameron pro loco el tempore ; and the trial against Innes having ptoceedad, he pled guilty of the third charge in the libel, of uttering or vending the forged notes therein mentioned— when the Advocate- Depute passed from the two tirst charges ; and the Jury having found him guilty in terms of hi » on n confession, he was sentenced to bi^ transported for 14 years. John Proud foot, accused of murder, was then put to the bar, and pled Nut Guilty. The Jury were i'mpannelled. and the indictment having been read over, the pannel adhered to bis plea cf not guilty ; and the first witness having been called, the Counsel for the pannel objected to the examination of the witness, on the ground that the officer, when he cited him, bad not upon his person the warrant for summoning the witness.-— After hearing the Advocate- Depute in answer, their Lord- ships sustained the objection ; and as the same objection lay to the other witnesses in the case, the Advocate- Depute gave it up, and the pannel was dismissed simphciter from the bar. Jean Christie, for concealment of pregnancy. & c. pled Guilty, anil uas sentenced to be imprisoned iu Cupar- Fife jail for 15 months. Alexander Stewart, accused of deforcing a revenue officer in the execution of Iiis duty, was put to the bar, when be pled N.' t Guilty, and gave in a written defence, stating that he had no connection with the smuggling transaction mentioned in the libel, end any violence shewn to the officer arose out of an accidental quarrel, in which he was first attacked, and com- pel., d to defend himself. The trial weut on, and seveial witnesses were ex mined ; when it appeared that the Officer of Excise having received information of two men, with horses laden with smuggled, whisky, being near Newburgh, he wetrt, accompanied by in assistant, in search of them ; and having come up with the parties, and seized the whisky, with which be was proceeding to the King's warehouse, the pannel at- tacked him. and having knocked down the officer's assistant, his accomplice rode off wilb the horse and the whisky. The pannel was found Guilty, and sentenced to three months' impri onment. William Davidson and William Scott, accused of theft.— The Advocate Depute stated, that as Scott had been ttlnady convicted and sentenced to seven years' transportation, lie tlid did not insist in the libel against him ; and Davidson having pled juil'y w as sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Johanna Scully i t Cameron, charged with using and utter- ing forged notes, was then put to the bar. when she pled Not Guilty. Several witnesses were examined; and after bearing Counsel, and ihe summing up by the Judge, the Jury retired, and returned with a written verdict, finding by a plurality of • voices, the libel Not Proven, whereupon the pannel was dis- missed from the bar John Clark and , Tomes Fairlie, accused of theft, pled Not Guil'y ; when, on- ill'; to an error in citing the witnesses, the trial was deserted pro loco et tempore. The Judge recommend- ed that this case should be recommitted to, and tried by the Sheriff. John Farquharson. John Ciilderwood, antl Matthew Catder- wood. junior, accused of theft, pled Not Guilty ; but the same objection applying t « this case as to the immediately preceding en", a similar result w is ti e consequence. MONDAY-- The Court met at nineo'clock. tri'Ji im WilkiA alias Rirrel, for theft, pled guilty to the first charge in the indictment'; and the Advocate- Depute having departed from the other charges the pannel received sentence of seven years' transportation. David Rrown and Elizabeth Allan, accused of theft. The foru er pled guilty to the first and second charges in the in- dictment, and of having been formerly convicted as libelled; the latter pled guilty to the sixth charge, and of having been formerly Convicted. They were sentenced to seven years' transportation. The Court then gave judgment in several appeal cases, which completed the business before them. The Judge, in addressing the Sheriffs of the counties of Perth. File, and Forfar, dwelt again upon the propriety of a House of Correction being provided for the prevention of crime, We conceive the advice ought to be taken ; and as Dundee has never been backward in furnishing her share of Culprits, we should tliir. k the old Barracks would be a very proper place for administering the wholesome discipline of the Tread- tmil, which in this adventurous age, might be used for the beneficial purposes of manufacturing. The depot formerly occupied by tlie French prisoners, at Perth, would also be a good place for an object of this kind And it would he an improvement of no ordinary importance in political economy, to see persons zealously employed in productive labour, who sue at present the pests of, aud the encumbrances on society. Tread- mills have been much an, I unjustly abused; but this lias only been by tbpse who do not know the value ofthe exercise which they " afford ; for every plan ought surely to be tried which can check crime at its commencement, and lead to the prevention of capital punishments. What signifies the Lock- np- bouse of Dundee, or . i few months imprisonment, or ba- nishing from the county— these arc only excitements tp father transgressions— the steps which lead upwards to the gibbet— because they shew the titter futility of the punishment; but tend the idle, the dissolute, and the worthless to the hard la- bour and the temperance of a House of Correction, and they come forth— with their old principles ii m. y tie— but certainly with new halrils. which may be turned to good account, and wiib an utter aiilmrer. ee of the discipline to which they have been subjected. In every view, therefore, we conceive that in this and lire neighbouring counties they are called upon im- periously to carry inio effect the plan which has been proposed to tiu'tii.— Edin. Observer. giniungof August 1822; ind with the assistance of a persan who resided iu the Hay Market there, from whom M'llm. i said he had four years before purchased 500 forged notes on the British Linen Company, employed an engraver whose place ( if residence is . tt King's Court, about 40 miles to the west of Dublin, to engrave ori two plates ( one for the printed partoi die ni>! e. the other for the orna. nebtal part ofthe note), I a one guinea bank bote by Carrick'and Bro- vn, GiSsgew; and that the plates. betistg prepared, tiiev bought paper, a. r i bad three hundred notes thrown otf iu Dublin. I rt this work liiev said they were occupied from two to three weeks, and that it cost them — For the two plates Engraving, L. 2 2s. per hundred Signing - Paper - - - Stamp - £ 1 1 6 0 DUMFRIES, April 9, 1S23. The Circuit Court of Justiciary w as opened here this day bv the liigbt Hon Lord Meadowbank. Jean DokoU or M'DowiiH, from die stewartry of Kirkcud- bright, was put to the bar, accused of child murder, and of concealing her pregnancy, under the act 14th Geo III. cap. f,. She pleaded Not Guilty ; and after a trial of some Soms. the Jury found her Guilty, and - be was sentenced to j' 2 months imprisonment in the Jail of Kirkcudbright. The next case which came before the Co. rrt excited o nsi- dcrablc interest. It was the trial of John and Hannah M'Kuna. and Joseph and William Richardson, accused of uttering as genuine, false, forged, and counterfeited notes 011 the Ship Bank of Glasgow, knowing the same 10 be false and forged. - ' lire indictmcnt was laid net only on the tuierioz as ge- nuine, knowing the notes to be forged, but 0.1 the act of I'arlia- tbe 45th of Geo. Ill- c. 83. making the possession of a ., knowing it to be forged, without lawful excuse, leiony. But before proceeding lo tri. d lire charge upon the statue was given up. aud the indictment was limited to the ot- tering of four forged no'ert at Langholm, at Kelhead, in Cum- bertrces, and at Dumfries. The wife of M- Kana being only charged with the crime of having 72 forged notes io her possession, was of course libe- rated, and dismissed from the bar. The three other prisoners pleaded not Guilty. The evidence commenced wilh t.'. cpioviiig and reading the declarations of ihe prisoners, IViim which it appeared that M'Kana, and Jostpb Uleliardsou want ta Dublin in the bc- ment, bank note ' felony. , ... • In all L. 26 15 O Joseph Richardson returned to Scotland before'the notes were finished ; M ' Kaiia waited till they were ready, and took them with him, Two hundred were given to Joseph Richard- son, one hundred whereof were rne. int for his brother William, and the third one hundred M'Kana himself kept. Seventy- two of the forged no'es were found in the possession of M'Kana's wife, and 19- 3 in a hush on a turf dyke, which in- closed Joseph Richardson's stack yard tit Giltuour Bank.— The remainder of the 300 forged notes, except a few which were destroyed, were altered by M'Kana and Joseph ar. d William Richardson, in Dumfries- shire, and in England, to the north of Carlisle. In support of tire uttering and of the possession, so far as it went to prove tile prisoners' knowledge of the forgery, several witnesses were adduced, and the proof being concluded, the Jury were addressed by Mr. M'Neill, Advocate- Depute, on the . part of the CrOvvo, and by Mr. Irving Henderson for the prisoners, and the case vvas summed up by ^. ord Meadowbank. The Jury returned an unanimous verdict through General Sharp of Hoddam, their Chancellor, " finding the indictment, as limited, proven against all ihe pannels, except in so far as regards the third charge ( the uttering at Dumfries), which they find not proven against James Richardson." Lord MEADOWOANK, after a feeling and impressive address to the prisoners, during which the prisoner, Joseph Richardson, fainted, sentenced them to be executed at Dumfries 011 the J 4th day of May next. iEmptrtal l^ ailtement. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Thursday} April 10. Mr. W. DUNDAS presented a petition from the Lord Provost and the members. of the Town Council of Edinburgh, praying for the repeal of the tax upon stones carried coast- wise. Lord HOTIJAM asked the Attorney- General for Ireland whether it was his intention to bring forward the motion re- lative to the Catholic question at the time for which his notice stood— namely, the 1 7th inst. Mr. PLUNK EFT said, he had no hesitation in stating, that it was his firm intention to bring on the discussion of that question on the 17th of April, the day for which it had been fixed. NEGOTIATIONS WITII FRANCE. Colonel DA VIES seeing the Ri. uht Hon. Secretary for Foreign Affairs in his place, asked him whether, if a1- he had given notice, he should, on Monday next, lav upon the table of the House, certain documents, it was his in' . ntion to enter into a general statement of the foreign policy of the Go- vernment? If he were right in supposing that that was the intention of the Right Hon. Secretary, the Members on that side of the House on which he ( Co! on* l Davies) sat, would be placed in this embarrassing situation— they must, either attempt to combat the statement of the Right Hon. Secretary, without having had access to the documents upon which it would he founded, or they must allow it to go torth to Europe uncon- tradicted. He thought the fairest course for Ministers to pursue would be to Jay the documents on the table on Mon- day, and to fix upon some subsequent day for the statement which the Right Hon. Secretary had promised to make. Mr. Secretary CANNING replied, that the Hon. Mem- ber, was perfectly right in supposing that it was his intention, when he should, on Monday nex , in obedience to the com- mands of his Majesty, lay certain documents on the table of the House, to state the general outline of the policy which the British Government had pursued with respect to the late transactions on the Continent. Far from thinking that he would by so doing place the House under any embarrassment, he was of opinion that he was adopting the course which would be most convenient to the House. The present case was one of an extraordinary and unusual character. It was not an usual practice of Government to lay documents on the tali, of the House on which they did not intend to call for some proceeding; but in the present instance; Government intend- ed to depart from the customary u'- age, by not proposiug to found any proceeding upon the documents which would be laid before the House: that, however, would not. preclude any Member from adopting what course he might think ex- pedient with respect to the papers. In most cases in which documents relative to negotiations had been laid before Parlia- ment. the negotiations had terminated in a declaration of war ; and on ail such occasions Government had possessed an oppor- tunity of stating to Parliament, the country, and the world, what had been the course of action and policy whicfh had led to the issuing ofthe declaration of war. The late negotiations, however, had not terminated iu the manner to which he had alluded, and the statement which he intended to make was merely meant to supply the place of a declaration of tlie Go- vernment. In what he should state next Monday, lie would not anticipate any Contested question, or call for any prema- ture approbation of the conduct of Minivers ; he would tie- liver a plain unvarnished tale, whicfh would leave it open for any Member either to contest, the fidelity of his statement, or to combat the • policy - of Government. In conclusion, he would repeat, that in the course which he proposed to pursue, there was a great convenience to the House, and particularly to the Hon. Members opposite, as they wcwjd come to the discussion with a full knowledge of what had been done by his M a j e st y' s G o v c r n r n e n t. IRISH FIRST FRUITS. Sir JOHN NEWPORT rose in pursuance of his notice, to bring forward his motion for levying in a more effectual manner, the first fruits of the Clergy of Ireland. Queen Anne, gave the first fruits to form a fund for the building of churches and glebe houses, and trie purchasing of glebes, for the Clergy of Ireland, and the augmentation of livings, where, from im- propriations they were too small to afford comfort to the in- cumbents having care of souls. The management of'this fund was given to Commissioners, who were for the most part the higher dignitaries of the Church, with power to levy the re- venue. and " to search out the just and true value of the bene- fices" of which they were to levy, the first year's inc- me from each incumbent who carne into possession. The sums which had been granted by Parliament to supply the deficiencies of this fund were by no* means trifling ; for in the 1 1 years end- ing 1818. nearly half a million had been, voted in aid of this fund. A fair valuation of the I » it » h benefices, m.' king an ex- ception in favour of livings under one hundred and fifty pounds a year, would produce, he calculated, from 50 to L- 40,000 a year. In consequence of the deficiency of this fund, and the want of residences for the clergy, these large unions of- parishes had taken place, which kept the Protestants of Ireland from the sight of a clergyman, and were a main cause of the decay of the Protestant religion. lie read his resolutions, which stated the grounds on which he proposed an Address to the Crown. ' i'he first resolution having been r » ad, Mr. GOULBURN sai l he should not oppose any measure which couid put the Church of Ireland on a better footing ; but the question now really before the House was, whether they should levy, a tax to the amount of L. 40,000 a year on the clergy of Ireland for a purpose in which every lay member <••* the establishment had a* strong an interest as the clergy. It. was impossible for him ( Mr. Goulburn) to subscribe to the motion of the Hon. Baronet. His arguments were all found- ed in one leading en or, which was, that the first fruits were to be considered as one year's revenue of the living, whatever sum ihat might amount to The whole tenor ofthe laws contra- dicts this view or'the matter, and therefore he should move the previous question. Sir J. NEWPORT said a few words in reply, and said that he should persist in taking ihe sense ofthe Ht; use on his motion. The House then divided on the first resolution, when there appeared— For the previous question, - 48 Against it, - - 39 Majority against Sir J. Newport's motion, .— 9 The previous question was then put on each of the other re- solutions seriatim, and carried without, a division. CROWN DEBTORS— IMPRISONMENT FOR CON- TEMPT OF COURT. Mr. HUME rose to move that there be laid before the House a return of all persons confined in the jails of the United Kingdom, stating the name of the debtor, the amount of the debt, the name of the sureties, and whether any and what portion of the debt bad been paid. At present, as the law stood, people might be confined for life, which he ( Mr. H.) thought- was extremely hard and cruel. In this respect tin- law required alteration. There were instances of people bein< r confined for several years who did not owe above 251. and this a debt Incurred for penalties* lo the Crown. Such a punishment was harsh, unjust, and partial. It mr^ ht be bet- B IO'ILTOTF, A\ M PCC paring t9 quit us • 11 10.— The Court is gradmljy fur the. noise and hustlu of London and . the Birsh- dav. ILs • Majesty's chief medical advi- sers recommend tranquillity- and quiet* . preparatory to thj oreat ' exertions which vtill neccfessaritv ' he sustained I oithe pointed !> irth- da v to heart ' ill be held at B vvas to have been th auspicious occasion, hammers closing rivets up; times thebe Birth- day," We are much surprised and disap- lat the'drawing room' on the birth- day' . ckinghatn House ; St. James's Palace scene of renewed splendour on that but notwithstanding the " clink of which have been heard many twelve nfonths, preparing for the u next we are now told that even the plasterers ter in such cases to establish a sort, tf sdoe and proprrli » n be- tween debt and imprisonment,, as ^ recommended by a Right Hon. Gentleman some t- iirn.' ago ai'iJ - if a. ru m owed IOOL he might be'^ eqnfined for ohe year'; if he owed '' 200b it wo years, and soon. There* would, fch- e'n-- at least be some certain- ty'ia the law. The second return (; he .13on. Member con- tinued) for which he . meant " to move, vvas also only a continu- ation of a return made'' on July 1 1, 1822 It was a return of the number of persons contineti in the Fleet Prison for con tempt of the Courts of Chancery and Exchequer ; and also, of the number of persons so confined, who'had died in the Fleet and other prisons, and the number of years they had been con- fined. He tlip- jght the power to commit for Contempt ought not to be„&>;^ te. d.- to " jaidges. particularly when he recollected what doctrines had recently been promulgated from the Bench. If cohfempt of Court was a crime deserving of punishment, it should be classed as a crime, and s one definite punishment affixed to it. He was not learned ( Mr. Hume said) in the law, and could not judge correctly, but it did appear to him that contempt of Court was not a crime meriting 23 year* imprisonment. v The SOLICITOR- GENERAL thougla the Hon. Mem- ber for Aberdeen wrong in his view of the law as it existed. All persons confined for non- payment of money pursuant to an order of Court; were already entitled'to their discharge under the insolvent act, persons who remained in prison for con- tempts, as they were called, of Court, were commonly per- j bg mate| 4! Iv widened.' sons who refused to do some act, within their power, winch the Court ordered tbe'tn to do. For instance— a case came before the Lord Chancellor. Upon investigation, it w. is de- cide;! that one of the parties — say the defendant— ought to do a particular act, such as the execution of a deed or instrument. Under such circumstances, ( and. the case was a case of every day), the Couit had 110 power to compel the execution of the deed or instrument iii question ; all it could do, vvas to im- prisi 11 for ' refusal. To deprive the Court of the power to im- prison was. in effect, to nullify its jurisdiction ; and surely the party suffering had no tight to complain of a confinement which he sought of bis own will, and to which he could put an end when Ire thought proper. As for cases of persons com- ; mitted for disrespect to a Court, it could not but be within the I i knowledge ofthe Hon. Member for Aberdeen himself, that j week, and is now in ! tins. it is supposed that the oli- iiave not finished the ornamental cornices, although the superh curtains and " lassos, chandeliers and girandoles, are all in readiness— Mr. Croker took leave of his Ma- jesty previous to his departure for the Continent. He is reported to be the depository of a Royal Slate Secret and Communication. Time will show if the repart ho correct. During his Majesty's absence the 0!. l Castle Tavern will be taken down, the new mansion for l) r. Hull built on the spot, and the road in this quarter will The blacksmith's shop near the north entrance is to be demolished, and the whole of the Palace grounds and buildings connected with them ren- dered more uniform, The King is to hold a Levee on Monday the 21st inst. and a Drawing Room on Wednesday the 23d iust. for the celebration of his Majesty's birth dav. Among the military appointments in Saturday's Ga- zette, ofthe 29th ult. is that ofthe Duke of Welling- ton's eldest son, the Marquis of Douro, to be Ensign in the 81st Regiment. Mr. Croker left this country at the latter end of last phce"' wltt- r? t? II Stflfast RM! 1 W-. K atiSck.-.- l etr. fr > Wiy< f tet January, and the scene o! tinny of- the celebrate f Collier's lieiirechitionsj The counties of Cork and Limerick still remain in a state of disturbance. Tfii! SOOTH OF ITTRR. AS N— rThj'A nns.- RABLE and devoted part of our counter, without anv occupation lor its inhabitants seenis to be destined to a repetition ofthe s: ir:: calamities with wha- a it win visited last year. ' 1 he g il'o'ws can destroy the criminal, but it cannot. g. ve em- ployment to the survivors ; and vet the wise, man at th.; head ofthe Board of trade in liii^ hmihwotild t. i'cs troui Ireland one of the best supports to the only manufacture sue enjovs. ' i'he 1.5 per cent. Transit Dutv on Foreign. Linen - would be taken oil'tiTrelaiuS had i: ' remonslrutetl and will 1) a taken off, unless site contiau: t to remonstrate in a tone that must bo heard — Irishman. MARKETS, \ VrRR AGK IT. ICF. S OF CORN'. The following is the General Avenge which governs portation, taken- from the Weekly li.-- turns of tiie qu ties and Price of British Com, Winchester measure England arid Wales, for tire week ended otb April.' Wheat, - 50 » 9: 1 ' Rye, - * ' Jfic <> d Barley, - 52 « 7d Oats, - 21s lid Beans. Peas. Oatmeal, Boar or Big, - 50, 51s Otis OOI The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Siigar, c ptired from the Returns made in the week ended the April is 35s. ' 1 ^ 11 per cwt. duty exclusive. Tnf- Itrli- vt oi 0( f OOd oin- » 9th such individuals were always, after a very reasonable infliction of imprisonment, liberated upon the" » r apology and submission. Mr. Secretary PEEL begged to disclaim any id,. a like that attributed to him by tlie Hon. Member for Aberdeen, of ap- portioning certain quantities of imprisonment to the liquidation ofceriaio penalties. I) r. LUSH ING TON thought the present course, where persons refused to obey an order of Court, inconvenient and ineffective. Mr. RICA EDO objected to the imposition of a fine by a Judge, afterwards to be remitted by a Secretary of State. It would be as well for a judge to pass but one sentence— say death — for ail crimes, and afterwards leave the Government to inflict what quantity of chastisement it thought tit. The Judge who tried the cause was the fit person to decide what penalty he offender shoold endure ; and a Judge was bound to consider deeply, before he imposed a tine, the means vviiich a defendant might have of discharging it. After a few words from Mr. Hume, the returns were ordered to be produced, Friday, April 11. Mr. SYKES gave notice, that on the 20th inst. he should move the repeal of the duties on tallow. Sir F. BLAKE presented a petition from Berwick- upon- Tweed, praying for leave to import Scotch whisky, on pay- ment of the duties. Mr. H UME presented petitions from Arbroath against the equalization ofthe sugar duties; DUBLIN GRAND JURY. Mr. WET tIE RELL said that he had received a petition, which he now rose to present to the House, from the Grand Jury ofthe city of Dublin, who sat upon the recent questions which arose'ont of the outrage offered to the person cf the Lord Lieutenant at the Tie ore. The Clerk then read the Petition at length. It complain- ed of misrepresentations on the part of Judge Moore, of the attacks of the IrK- h Attorney- General, and that be should have expres> rd the determination to proceed, although the Jury had ignored toe bills. The Petitioners also complained- of " Cor- ruption" having been attributed to them, Mr. PLUNKE VT e, ; i d at considerable length, and the Petition was laid on the table. NAVAL AND MILITARY PENSIONS The CHANCELLOR ofthe EXCHEQUER moved that the naval and military pensions* bill be referred to a Com- mittee. In doing so, he entered into a repetition of the terms agreed npon between the Government aud the Bank for the next five years, for tiie payment ofthe naval and military pen- sions. The arrangement might have been for one year, but that for fiv'e years was considered the more preferable, as the annuities were now at 41. 2s. Id. per cent, which was most advautageo;: ;„ Mr. P. GRENFELL said, he did not quarrel with the terms of the arrangement; he complained that any such ar- rangement was made at all. The Bank was not to blntne i'or agreeingto the terms; he was only against the plan ; and his amendment had for-' ts object to get rid of the scheme alto- gether. He maintained that there was a different mode of accomplishing the plan, supposing it to be good, to authorise the Sinking Fund Commissioners to contract for this loan ; for it was neither more nor less than a loan—( Hear.) — He concluded with moving as an amendment, that the bill be committed this day six months. Mr. ROBERTSON seconded the amendment. After a long discussion, the HoiiSe divided— For going into the Committee, 55— Against it, 44— Majority, 11.— ihe Bill then went through a Committee— Report on Monday. IRISH ESTIMATES. The House then went into'a Committee of Supply upon the Irish Grants; few of them passed without observation, but none of them were refused ; the grant of 1 7,0001. to the Pro- testant Charter Schools was inffectually opposed by Mr. H- u- me; and Lord A. Hamilton offered an equally unsuccess- ful; resistance . tp the grant of 92301. for building churches in Ireland, in which he vvas supported by Sir John Newport and Mr. Grattan. The other Orders of the Day were then read, and the House adjourned at half- past Twelve till Monday. ... - VEi;- jBifcHM.'"*. " rsMiijjwf to From the LONDON GAZETTE, April 12. Whitch. II, April 11. The King has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Right Hon. the Earl of Morton, K. T. to be his Majesty's Hi,. h Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Admiralty Office, April 9. This day. in pursuance of his Majesty's pleasure, the under- mentioned Captain were appointed Flag Officers of his Ma- jesty's Fleet, viz. i— clie Hon. Sir Charles Paget, Knight; Robert Williams, Esq.; Richard Wors'ley, Esq. to be Rear- Admirals ofthe Bine. Whitehall, April 10. The King has been pleased to present the Rev. James Mar- tin to the church and parish of Glenisla, in the presbytery of Meigle and county of Forfar, void by the death of Mr. Andrew Burns. LONDON, April 12. THE REVENUE. Abstract of . the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Bri- tain, in the Years and Quarters ended the 5th of April 1822, and the 5ih April 1323, showii each head thereof. ; the Increase or Decrease on jeet of his mission is not unconnected with the appearance of the French fleet in the West Indies, and perhaps with the subject of privateering, to which we alluded a few davs since.— Sun. Wednesday a ballot was taken i\ t the East India Mouse, for the election of Six Directors, when the scrutineers re- ported that the election had fallen on William Stanley Clarke, Esq. ; John Huddieton, Esq. ; Richard Chi- cheley Plowden, Esq. ; George Raikes, Esq.; George Abererombie Robinson, Esq. and John Thornhill, Esq.' On Fhursday Vv m. Wigram and William Astell, Esqrs. were chosen Chairman and Deputy Chairman for the year ensuing, Mrs. Hughes Ball, we understand, is not the daugh- ter of Lord Fife. She is the legitimate d'aughter of a Spanish gentleman of good family. When his Lord- ship first became acquainted, with t! ie mother, than a widow, Mrs. Ball was already five vears old. It seems he gave a pledge to the mother that he would take a charge of the education of young Mercandotti, and he is understood to have expended nearly L. 1000 a year on her education.— Morning Paper. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION $ SUICIDE. Monday afternoon, a dreadful attempt a. assassination, fol- lowed by immediate suicide, took place in the neighbour- hood of Portman- square. which excited great alarm and horror. It appears that Sir Charles Bamfylde has in his service, as housekeeper, during the last eight years, the wife of a man of the name of Joseph Moorland. This person has often been very troublesome to Sir Charles, - and so frequently called at the house' and created disturbance, that the servants were ordered to refuse him admittance in future. Monday afternoon, about five o'clock, Moorland called at No. 1, Montague Square, the residence of Sir Charles, and inquir- ed for him. The servant who opened the door ordered him to TO about his business, and on his refusal endeavoured to force him from the door; he then struck at the servant, nor was it until some other person came to his assistance that lie vvas enabled to make him quit the house. Moorland then went down the square, and inquired of a woman, who keeps a fruit stall at the corner of Montague Street, if she had seen Sir Charles pass? The woman had scarcely replied in the negative, when Sir Charles came up. Moorland, on seeing him, instantly drew from under his coat a double barrelled pistol, and shot Sir Charles Bamfylde in the side ; and almost before he had fal- len lie discharged the second pistol into his own mouth. The ball passed through his head, and he instantly fell dead on the pavement. Sir Charles, though seriously, if not mortally wounded, was enabled to reach home, stemming the wound with his handkerchief. On inquiry, this forenoon, we find the b « vU im » not been extracted, and that Sir Charles, who is be- tween 50 and 60 years of age, is not considered out of danger. The body of Moorland was conveyed to the Worcester Arms, Portman Street, where it remains in an apartment which is locked up and sealed, until the Coroner's Inquest shall be held. Jealousy is said to have been the cause of this dreadful act. " ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Montague Square was crowded yesterday with persons curi- ous to learn more particulars. The name of the deceased was Joseph Moorland. His wife has. been for nine years. the house- keeper of Sir Charles, whose house has often been annoyed by the visits of the deceased, who conceived that an improper intimacy subsisted between her and her master. He had lived as a foot man in several families, and when out of place was supported by his wife. Sir Charles, at length', settled him in a public- house in Scotland, in which, having failed, he re- turned to Loudon. He had meals and a bed at the house of Sir Charles Bamfylde, until lately he became troublesome, and was taken to the Police Office on a charge of some offence committed there, for which he was held to bail. Having met Sir Cha les yesterday, he asked whether he meant to prosecute him, aud being answered in the affirmative, he drew out the pistols and committed the acts already stated. Moorland, it appears, had been waiting three or four days for an opportuni: y to commit the act. He was a little man, of a dark complexion, about 55 years of age. Sir Charles Bamfylde is seventy- one years of age. Great numbers of persons, during the whole of this morning, were assembled rouud the house in Montague Square, and ap- peared very anxious in making inquiries. At twelve o'clock, a consultation of medical gentlemen w- as he'd, and at half- past one the following bulletin was issued. : — " Sir Charles Bamfylde is going on as favourably, under all the circumstances ofthe case, as can reasonably be expected. " Wednesday, 9th April." The ball, which lies in the cavity of the chest, has not been extracted. Tuesday evening a Coroner's inquest was held on the body of Moorland. After an examination of witnesses, the Jury re- turned a verdict, of felo de se.. The following Bulletin w- as issued yesterday : — Sir Charles Bamfylde is going on this morning as well as can be reasonably expected. " J. HEAVISIDE." " Friday morning," On inquiry we find that the ball has not yet been extracted. On Wednesday last, Lady Bamfylde arrived in- Montague- square from Brighton. WADDING FON CORN MA RfctEvt\ April 11. A middling supply of Wheat in market, which met with a heavy sale. Prices nearly the same as last day — Top price of Barley the same as last day — Top price of Oats 2s. Iu. ver than ( last day. Wheat. j barley. Oats. Pease. ( Beans. j Firr> t 27s Od i 33s Oil 19s Gd los ( j tlltfs 6\ t j Second—— 25s Od j 3Ds Od 17s Od 13s Od I 13s 0c!/ | Third 23s Od | 26 s Od 15s Od lis Otl | lis Od J This day there were 359 bolls of Oatmeal in Edinburgh j Market, which sold at Is. 3d. per peck. F APRIL—< Find on, last Wednesday Cupar of Alibis, the Thurs- day before Easter Charleston of Aboyne, 2d Wednesday Byth, 1st Thursday Brechin, 3d Wednesday C- dbockie, Ross- shire, ditto Inverness, Wed. after 22d Pasch Market, Aberdeen, last Wednesday Old' Aberdeen, last Thursday ( Old Si lie. j Keith, 1 st Tuesday Crnden, ditto Duiftown, day after do. New Deer. 1st Tues. ik Wed. A MS. •( New Stile.) Donan Fair of Auchterless, 2d Tuesday and Wednes. Elgin Pasch Fair, the Thurs.' in Passion week Forres Pasch; Fair, 2d Wed- Ildwkhall Pasch Fair, ol Tuesday Inverury, Wednesday after Cuminestown, Thurs. after Logie, Thursday after Gran ton, last Tuesday Auchindore, last Tuesday Fettercairn, ditto Kepple Tryst, Bel h el vie, Jasi Tuesday Tarves, St. • George's, last Tuesday and Wednesday. Customs, ., Excise, Stamps, .. Post Of$ ce, Taxes, ... .. Miscellaneous, Years ended 5ih April 1823. £ 9.406,642 25.546,922 6,200,060 1,369- 000 6 874.355 426,578 1822. £ 9.335.711 26 695.623 6.227.318 1/ 288,000 7,518,708 320,483 51.335,843 ' 19 824,057 Increase. £ 70,931 81,000 106.095 258,020 Deduct Increase, Decrease on the Year, Decrease. £ 1,148 701 27,258 643,853 Quarters ended 5th April, 182 2. j 1823. Increase. Decrease. £ j £ £ £ Customs, ... 2.039 879 2.109.408 0,5 29 Excise, 5.856 798 5,(> 5S. 279 200 519 Stamps, -.,. 1.582,346 1.573,854 S, 492 P. rst Office, 320.000 330,000 10,000 Taxes 9^ 0.916 1 8G 1.764 119,152 Miscellaneous, 63.621 76.799 13.178 10 0 ' 1.560 - 10, COS, 104 32.707 328,163 Deduct Increase, 32,707 IRELAND. ROBBERY OF TIIE DERRY MAIL, AND ONE OIT THE GUARDS SHOT. DUBLIN, April 9.— The mail coach from Dublin to Derry was attacked last night between eleven and twelve o'clock, about a mile to the north of Gormanstown, or about eighteen miles from this city, by a gang of rob- bers. They placed cars aud a ladder across the road, and without any previous intimation fired at the coach, by which one ot the guards was killed : a gentleman, passenger, was also wounded slightly, ' i'he coach was robbed of the mails, parcels. & c. and it is supposed some | the horses were killed. There is a party of police sta- 1,819,812 j tioned within a mile ofthe place, but as yet the particu- j lars of the attack are not distinctly known, | ANOTHER ACCOUNT. | The Derry mail coach, which left this city last night, ! was attacked about six miles on this side of Drogiieda i by a large party of men, who fired on the guards, one of i whom, named Alex. Mack ay, a ( native of Banllphire) I we regret to state, was- ksiied, and a . Mr. Gibson, a j : passenger, wounded. The villains plundered the mail ; . bags and luggage, and took all die arms. The guards , ; ofthe coach who arrived this morning st ate that they j met the coachman, the other guard, and a ladv and child, j about a mile on this side of Drogheda, walking, An ! outside passenger, a man, is missing. Two carts and • a ladder Were placed across the road. One of the horses was shot dead on the spot. As soon as the guard had fallen, the villains showed themselves, and eommcnced liHing the coach, ' i'he lockers were broken open . and : property to a considerable amount has fallen into their A Lady, who was an inside passenger, was j TV tiling she'possessed. Tub is the 258,026 1,561,786 GLASGOW^ CATTLE MARKET. — On Monday there were 317 fat cattle and 40 white- fV. ce i sheep in Glasgow market. The cattle did not sel! so rapidly as thev hav. done for some time, and prices were rather lower. Ordinary beef brought from 7s. to 8s. and the best sold from 8s. to 9s. a stone* The sheep, being supeiior in quality, sold from 1 to 18s. MORPETH. April 9.— At our market tins day Was a short supply of Cattle and a good supply of Sheep ; being a great de- mand, fat of both sold readily; prices continue much tUe same as last week. Beef, 5s. to 5s. 9d. Mutton, 6s. to 7s. per stone, sinking offal. Ou Monday last the Great Annual Sheep Mnrket was held' at the flouse- of Muir, eight miles gouth- vvest of E onburgh.—. The market was well supplied ; and experienced judges con- sider there were iiot less than from 16,000 to 18 000 ewes o. i the ground. At the opening of the market, the prices asfeVd were higher than those o:.'' ast year : but as the day advanced, and the buyers appeared sliy the prices / ell considerably, and' may be quoted ss follows : Black ' a'Ced ewes for fambing sold" at from 9>- 6d• to 15s, each ; and the white faced breed brought from 10s. Gd. to 17s. ahead. Upon the whole* this' market is considered to have turned out unfavourably, as stock . did not produce the prices expected; and- there remained at least one- hjilf unsold. At- COLMONEI. L Cattle market, on the. 4' TH instant, ( which' vvas the. first for the season)" there was but a few. lots of cattle exhibited for sale, and few as they were, the purchasers were as few. There were no merchants from a distance, and, in consequence of worse accounts from the south, the gr « iZ'" i; s did nothing among themselves, There can he no quotation of prices,- but the account from the south is that they had fallen from 20--.. to 33s. a- head. On Friday se'enrdght, was held, as' u< ual, the Monthly Cattle market in Kilmarnock. The supply w^ as large; the sales, however, although considerable, were, on the whole,' rather dull, owing partly to the prices, which were rather high, but principally to fhekimlof cattle brought to market not being precisely that at present in demand. SMITH FIELD MARKET, A PRTFU" To sink the OfiUl, per stone cf 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 Oct Beasts, 2719 — Sheep, Sec. 16.950— Cakes. 144— Pigs, 890 3 perC. Red. 3 perCt. C. 5\ Cents. 4 per Cents. India Stock, PRTOF. OF STOCKS. 76$ I Imiia Bonds, ,7Sj£ f 77i I Ex. B. SO 31 pr. J '' i W. 1.5 17 pr. 88$ i Lottery Tickets, 251. 1 94 ' CouS. for Ac. 75* « Jf 7f4| j 24li 242£ I NAVAL REGISTER. FROM LLOYD'S MARINE LIST, Aprils. DKAL, April 4— Tire Harmony, Currie, for Junaica. drove on board the William Mills, bound to Madras and Bengal/ early this morning, and forced her to slip her c. rain cable,- broke her spate anchor, carried away her jib- boom, cat bead, bobstay, anil bowsprit rigging, aud considerably damaged her hull Thu Harmony's channels were torn up, ami her sides otherwise da- maged. The William Mills hasbeen supplied with two anchors aud cables from hence. SouTHrJRT, April •>.— Tiie George, Coleman, from Yong- hall to Liverpool, is on shore near this place Cretv saved. Bow BO HE ( Isle of I- liy). M trcb 27 — The Active of Islav, MDongall, from Colraiue t.> Tobermory, is lost in Laga- vuillin barbour, about fourteen miles south of this place, nidi all her cargo, except about four bolls of meal. APRIL 11. — GENOA. March 23— The master of a coast- ing vessel, arrived here from Cette, reports, that on passing the Outer Iloitl of Tortlbu, on 2L'd instant, be observed two line of battle ships and three frigates at anchor there, it is reported that 15 ships of war of different rales are Citing out in that port, and that orders bad arrived lo arm the bat i ries oit the coast, for the protection of their ir rde against criiizcis.— The fleet of this state is preparing to fit out. EAST ISDIA SIMPI'INO. DEAL, April 5.—'- Arrival this morning and sailed for the River, the Bombay Merchant, Kemp, from Bombay ; sailed 10th November, and from St. Helen* 8th February— spoke on tiie 20th February the lion. Company's Snip Herefordshire, in lat. 2. S. long. 21. W.- all well. Came down from the ltiver, tilt- Cha/ Ies For- bes, Boyden, for Bombay. Yesterday se'enm- jjht, the Mary, Boyd, arrived wi- the lliver from the Cap? of Goyd Hope, whence she sailed on the 1st February. j possession. ! ,- nlilie. l . si The Revenge, 74, was commissioned at Chatham, on the 26th ult. for the flag, of Vice- Admiral Sir 1 lurry BurrarJ, G. C. B. tor the Mediterranean command. Colt K, April 4-.— Intelligence from the West indies has just reached us, the intrinsic importance of which must strike onr readers at once. The brig Haw!:, John Roe,, master, lias arrived in our harbour in thirty davs from Burbaaoes. A little before she- sailed a l'rench opv-' boat from Martinique arrived, obviously dispatched to reconnoitre the strength of our naval force On th. it station. This ' purpose did not escape the vigilance of Commodore Owen, who immediately sent. the Forte fri- gate to Martinique, to ascertain the number of French biiijis of war lying, in that burbots:-. ' I'he report of tils French- force made by I lie Forte is as RillovtS':— Roiiiuius, 74- ; Vestal. 6'}.; Jean d'Acre, 63; ! tiiione, 44 ; Thetis, 44 ; Nerids, 44 ; Mozelie, 14 ; L'Genie, 44 : L'Fgerie, 44. Besides the a We for- midable squadron, in time ot peace, the foMewin" French- frioates, of the largest class, were hourt? ex. :.',:.: :— ' I I ( iiicrrerc, t'irc aid U it is difficult to suppose that the French Government would maintain so jicwerfnl a naval force in the West Indies, without bavin;* some decided political o'njoct in v'cw ; and as we do not choose to suspect it of being so preposterous in a!! its speculations and projects as to me- ditate n quarrel on the ocean with England, we are led to conjecture that some design is meditated against Cuba and we confess, for our parts, that we do believe the aco'iisitioii of this noble Island to be at bottom ft main incitenvnt to the quarrel with Spain. But in this, we apprehend, the French Government will be utterly dis- appointed. The following vessels compose the British squadron at Barbadoe? on the stn'io. n :— At Barbad ies— The Gloucester, 71-, Sir E. Owen ; multitude, with a view tliat time circtnvst. inrcs of winch judtf Fo ortc, 48. Sir J. Cochrane ; Phsston. 3S, Stuart ; Eden, 2G, Laurence; and Helicon, 10. Darkins. On the Station— PvrSmus, 38, Ne'. cords; Valorous, 2G, Murray ; Esk ( sloop), IS, Lee Warren ; Belette ( brig)/ 20, Leith : Surinam, IS, Croley ; Bustard, 10,'" Rich ; and Icarus, 10, Matthews. EDINBURGH, April 17. The Presbvtcrv of Edinburgh met on Wednesday. Dr. Campbell having announced the appointment of the Bev. Mr. M'Keil to be lecturer in the Gaelic Chapel, the Presbvlerv appointed his ordination- to take place on the 2.1th instant ; Dr. Ireland to preside. The ordina- tion of the iiev. John Clark, as minister of the Cannon- gate Chan: 1, was appointed to take place on the 25th | instant: Dr. Muir to preside. The Presbytery are to inert at Colinton on the 21- th, to moderate a call to the Iiev. Mr. Balfour. Ladv Henderson Durham, of Forde'il, has made a ! present of a verv elegant gown to the Bev. John Scott, j Minister of Dalgetv, Fif'eshire ; and his hearers have j made him a present of a verv handsome silver tea set, 1 accompanied with an inscription . expressive of their j " high - esteem and affection for him." A disorder has been prevailing in Paisley these ten tlavs past, which is a slight fever, occasioned, as is Into cold weather. It is allowed to complained on her trial might come to the ears of I hut having been dis- traded from indulging feelings of re- em- inent in Iter last moments, she said she w. uld refrain, ai d die in peace with all mankind. She expressed her gratitude to ' lie clergymen and the Magistrates — to tlie former for the great in- terest they had taken in her eternal welfare, and to the latter further indulgence, and attention to her comfort during her I confinement. She requested a gentleman, who had been atten- tive to her. to take cure of the handkerchief wliicb was to be userl as a signal, and to deliver it to the individual with whom she had lived in terms of intimacy, and also lit remember her to several other friends she named. An orange was now handed to her. sent by the individual above- mentioned, which she sucked, and then desired to be instructed how she should con- duct - herself, as she said she had never witnessed an execution. B. ;. tg seated on a chair on thedrop, she submitted readily to the necessary preparations by the executioner. She only ex- pressed a wish to keep on her bonnet and veil; but on its t » e- ing represented to her that it was not common, and that the multitude would expect to see her face, she submitted. to its being displaced. The rope was then adjusted round her neck, and fastened lo the beam, and a large muslin cap drawn over her face; which she lifted up for a moment with her hand, and beckoned a farewell to the multitude. The chair was then removed, and she stood for a moment or two firm and erect; and ejaculating '' Jesus Christ have mercy oil my soul," she dropped the signal, and seemingly died w ithout a struggle. Her body gave two or three convulsive heaves, but no motion was observed either of her hands or feet. After hanging the usual time, the body was lowered down, and laid into a coffin beneath the scaffold, to be conveyed to the lecture room ofthe Professor of Anatomy. An immense concourse of people, we should suppose be- tween 20,000 and 30.000, witnessed the execution, numbers of whom, we understand, bail arrived on the preceding ; day from various parts of the country. A great number of women were in the crowd. From the site ofthe oltl Weigh House to 1 the Exchange the multitude presented a solid mass; and the windows and house tops within that space were also covered with spectators. Although, at one time, rather a bitter feel- ing existed against the unhappy culprit, it seemed in her ex- tremity to have been subdued by emotions of sympathy for her fatal end. The behaviour of every one was suitable to the so- lemn and awful occasion, and. in a short time, the people dis- persed quietly to their respective avocations, without the slight- est accident or noise. A most extraordinary deception had been practised by this unfortunate woman; which she kept up almost to the very last. It appears that her name was not M'Kinnon but M'lrrnes, and that her father was a private in the, 91st, Her mother and two sisters visited her during the last few days of her existence. It appears she bad been mistaken for the daughter of a Quar- & 3T? IR2> ( OFFICE. SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. Or: Tuesday the 1' ld current, A G EN- En A t, assortment of excellent FUR MTU 11E, ^ consisting of a very handsome Hair Cloth SOFA— a Blue Moreen Ditto— sets of Mahogany Dining and Drawing Room Chairs— Mahogany and other Tables— a handsome Secretary anil Wardrobe— an excellent PIC D EST A I, SIDE- BOARD— Chests of Square anil Eliptic Drawers— Posted atttl Tenl Bedsteads— Dressing aud Work Tables— Convex Mirrors— Dressing Glasses— Feather Beds and Blankets— Fenders and Fire Irons— with a variety of other articles. Sale to be" in at 11 o'clock forenoon. NEW ESTABLISHE D CARPET, BLANKET, DRUGGET, AND MOREEN M ANUFACTOR Y VV A R liHOUSE, , NO. 2, XING QTREF. T, ABERDEEN. A N extensive Sale of BRUSSELS, KIDDF. li- - t MINSTER & VENETIA N C A RPETS; II E A RTH RUGS, OIL CLOTHS, MOKEENS, DRUGGETS, DIAPERS, ENGLISH BLANKETS, PELISSE CLOTHS. GREEN and BLUE TABLE COVERS, and HORSE CLOTHS. & c.& c. BRUSSELS CARPETS, from 5s. to the very best, 5s. lOd. per yard. KIDDERMINSTER, do. 3s. 3J. to4s. 8d. HEARTH llnr. s, 12s. to 37s. Blankets. Moreens, Oil Cloths, and Druggets for Carpet Covers, on tbe same reasonable terms. For Heady Money oillf. Dealers supplied atthe Manufactlirer'spiices. rgi E. ABERDEEN: SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1S23. supposed, by the late lie contagious, as some hundreds of persons have been [ termaster M'Kinnon, and found it her interest to keep up ihe more or less affecttd. Whole families indifferent parts deception, which was the cause of the evidence given by Cap- of the town have been confined for two or three days s ° a ' » ' r <"">• she was' b> own account, only from the disease. It is neither very sickly nor deadly, j thirty- two years of age. but still it is the constant and general complaint almost in every company that they, or some of their relatives, have been s title ring under the prevailing malady. The fair weather, it is hoped, will soon remove the infec- tion. The same disease, under the name of influenza, is prevalent in Edinburgh and in Glasgow. A revenue officer, at no great distance from Perth, l itelv seized five horses with a quantity of mountain dew. He could make no sale of the horses on the spot; and ralher tlmn let the owner have them at any price, he brought them to town, and sold them to a tanner for the price of their skins. Fearing that the buyer might restore them to the smugglers, he made it an im- j perative clause in the sale that he should see their throats cut.— life IIera! d. EXECUTION OF MARY M'KINNON. Yesterdav morning, between eight and nine o'clock, this unfortunate woman sufil- red. according to her sentence, at the ordinary place of execution in the Lawn Market, for the mur- der of William Howat, on the 8th of February last. From the period of her condemnation, till Monday lavt. she entertained sanguine hopes that her sentence would be mitigat ed ; and evert since the failuie ofa second application on her behalf, which was announced to htr on that forenoon, she still occasionally indulged a hope of remission. She had « ';!! along denied her guilt, asserting that, although she saw the blow struck, it v as not given by her, but by another woman, andshe at onetime named Macdonald. The wound she said was given with a large broad pointed skewer, that would be found in her house if searched for ; and as she was innocent of the crime, she said she trusted that God would in some way inter- pose, to save her from her ignominious fate. She reflected frequently on the evidence of the witness Kerr, some part of which she said was true, and much of it false ; but she did not accuse him of having intentionally injured her in his testimony. On Monday morning, at four o'clock, when the order for her removal to the lock- up- house was communicated to her, she expressed somcdisplea.^ ure, but on its being- explained that it- was to avoid the idle gaze ofthe crowd, that the Magistrates, wished to remove her so early, she said, " O! that is very pro- p" r," and made immediate preparation. Atthe front of the Signet Library she was taken from the qoach, and, in passing to the lockrup- house, expressed her thanks to one ofthe atten- dants who assisted in bearing her chains. Since her condemnation, the Reverend Andrew Thomson, Dr. ! Mpir, and Mr. Porteous, chaplain of the jail, have been assiduous in their endeavours to communicate to her religious instruction; on which subjects she was found to be lamentably ignorant. She gave hut little attention to their exhortations so long as she buoyed Uerselt up with the hopes of pardon. But afterwards she gave more heed to their instructions, and in the end her mind seemed to be deeply impressed with the awful scene that was before her. She then confessed that she had been a great sinner, although not guilty of the particular crime for which she was to suffer, and hoped, that God would be merciful to her through Jesus Christ, the Saviour. On Mon- day evening s'! e was visited by a person with whom she had . been long familiar, for the purpose of taking a last farewell, and observing that he was accompanied by two Magistrates and police officers, she bccame uneasy, and complained that she was not allowed to converse and take farewell of her friends in private ; but she soon became tranquil, and said, 44 No doubt, gentlemen, it is done from a proper motive." During her confinement she took little food, subsisting chiefly on oranges, figs, or raisins, with occasionally a glass of ale. When, on Monday, she learned the failure of her last application, she betrayed considerable bitterness, and broke forth in execrations against several individuals, whom she blamed for her want of success in her applications to the Crown ; but in the course of Tuesday she became gradually more resigned to her fate ; and in the evening spoke of it with a composure approach- ing to cheerfulness. In adverting to her approaching dis- solution, she said she trusted the individual ( to whom we have above alluded) would see her decently buried. It appears when that part of her sentence which ordained her body to be given to the surgeons for dissection was pronounced, that she was in a stale of insensibility, and her attendants very humanely kept her ignorant of this circumstance. In the evening she cut a quantity of hair from her head for thepur- pose of being presented as remembrances to her friends. She was yi> ited on Tuesday evening by Mr. Thomson and Mr. Porteous. who engaged her in religious exercises, in which she now seemed to join cordially, till about one o'clock yes- terday morning, when they left her, and she endeavoured to » leep. Her rest, however, was broken and disturbed, and about five o'clock she rose and went into a cold bath, and • while there, observed to her female attendant, that she wished her soul were as pure as her skin. She then attired herself, in the same dress in w hich she appeared at her trial, with the addition of a white frill round her neck, and weepers on her tjleeves. The feathers she also removed from her hat. When the clergymen again arrived at seven, they found her more composed than they had expected, but durrng Mr. Thorn son's prayer she w as seized with a violent fit of sickness.— Some restoratives were applied, and on her recovering a little, she said she was thankful this had taken place before her going on the scaffold, as it might have prevented her from meeting her fate with the firmness she would wish. She then prayed to God tosupport her dui ing the approaching awful moment ; and on rejoining the clergymen apologised for the del. iy, and said she was now perfectly ready to go with them. Before leaving the lock- up house she expressed her most sincere thanks to Captain Young for his unwearied kindues and attention to her, during her confinement, and also to the Surgeon of the Police establishment who had occasionally visited her, On the executioner approaching to pinion her arms, she bade him be under no concern, as he was only doing his duty. Every thing being now ready, the criminal, leaning on the arms of the two reverend gentlemen, and preceded by Bailies Hill and Dallas, with the city officers, proceeded from the lock- up- house to the platform at the h^ ad of Libberton's Wynd, about half- past eight o'clock. On the way, Mrs. M'Kinnon recognised some of her acquaintances, to whom she beckoned witli her hand, and bade farewell to the bystanders. She as- cended the scaffold slowly but steadily, where Mr. Thomson again prayed, in which, by the motion of her hands, and oc- BIRTHS. j At his house, at the Admiralty, London, on the 8th inst. the Lady of Sir George Clerk, Bart. M. P. of a son. j At ( iiasgow, on the I' 2th inst. the Lady of Mr. Keith Mac- ? donald Macalister, East India Company's Service, of a son. | At Camis Eskan, on the 5th instant, Mr*. Dennistoun, of I Colgrain, of a son. ! At Comisfon. on the 6th inst. Mrs. Forrest, ofa son. j At 132, George Street, on the 9< U inst. Mrs. Dickson, of i ! son. j MARRIAGES. | At Matoonga, near Bombay, in November, Dancleson C. | Bell, Esq. surgeon in the East India Company's service, to j Jane, daughter of Mr. Smytan, Maughend. Perthshire. At Edinburgh, on the 9th inst. James Robert Scott, Esq. of Coud- house, Roxburghshire, and Tbirlestarie- house, Glo- cestershire, to Harriet, daughter of Thomas Gray, Esq. Chel- tenham. # On the 31st ultimo. Charles Calvert, Esq. M. P. to Jane, youngest daughter of Sir William Rowley, Bart. M. P. for Suffolk. At Ardwell, in Kirkhohn, by Stranraer, on the 1st. inst. Mr. Andrew Agnew, High Portencalzie, to Jane, daughter of Audrew Aguew, Esq. Arc! well. DEATHS. At his seat, Leap Castle, King's County, Ireland, on the 30th ult. Admiral Sir Henry D'Esterre Darby, K. C B. At Niddrie, on the 4th inst. Andrew Wauchope, Esq. of Niddrie Mariscball. Iu Elder Street, on the I0 « h inst. Mr. Alex. Davidson, late surveyor of taxes. At Chester House, Colonel the TToti Sir Robert Le Poer French, K. C. B. Lieutenant- Colonel of the 74th Regiment, youngest son of the late Lord Clancarty. At Biightou, oh the SJDth uk. Sir J. Earner, Alderman of London. At sea, on board of the Hon. Company's ship Berwickshire, an the 25th ult. Dr. George Grant. At Braehead, on the 1st instant, Mrs. Elizabeth Howison Crawfurd of Braehead and Crawfurdland, wife of t! » o James Howison Moody Crawfurd of Braehead. She was the representative of the ancient families of Howison and Braehead of Crawford of Crawfurdland. At Leith Walk, on thu 3d Mr. John Anderson, eldest son of John Anderson, Esq. of Gladeswood. On the 1st inst. Adam Crooks, Esq. merchant in Glasgow. At Kirkaldy, on the 29th ult. Miss Morgan, eldest daugh- ter of Mr. George Morgan, sen. At St. Andrew's, on the 8th inst. Robert Meldrum, Esq. late Provost of that city. At Glasgow, on the 5th inst. AVilliam Calderhead, Esfj. merchant, formerly of Virginia. men ice In- the present struggle in Spain, . so convinced arc his Majesty's Government oi' the uselessness and danger of any such interference— so objectionable does it appear to them in princi- ple. as well as utterly impracticable in execution, that when the necessity arises, or ( I would rather say) when the opportu- nity olfers, I am to instruct your Grace at once frankly and peremptorily to declare that, to any such interference, come what may, his Majesty will not be a party. In this short dispatch we recognize the appropriate language of a British Monarch, and a British States- man ; and had our Governors acted thus at the breaking out of the French Revolution- r- had the French nation been permitted to exercise the right now claimed for Spain, of settling their own Constitution, how different would the state of Europe and of our own country now have l> een ? The retrospect is" in some points una- vailing— in others it is highly important, and we trust the time is not far distant, when the policv that govern- ed our councils with regard to foreign affairs, from 1790 to 1822, shall be formally abandoned as utterly incon- sistent with international law. There certainly appears in the correspondence between Mr. CANNING and Sir WILLLIAM A'COURT, a decree of indecision — something of a relaxation of the principle so ex- plicitly asserted in the document we have quoted— but still the sincerity of our Government appears unques- tionable, and the publication of the official documents must in so far give general satisfaction. 44 The King ( says Mr. CANNING) has exhausted his endeavours to ' preserve the peace of Europe*— and let those who enter upon a crusade against the liberties of mankind look to the consequences of their own wilfulness. We <* ive from the last communication from Mr. CAMMING to Sir CHARLES STUART, of date the 31st March, the fol- lowing extracts— and must for the present postpone far- ther observations. Contemplating all the mischiefs which War might inflict upon France, and through France ultimately perhaps upon all Europe, and which it must inflict more immediately and in- evitably upon Spain, whose internal animosities and agitations a foreign War could not but exasperate and prolong, the Bri- tish Government was deeply impressed with the necessity of Peace for both kingdoms ; and revived, therefore, whether invested or not with the formal character of Mediator, to make every effort, and to avail itself of every chance, for the preven- tion of hostilities. The question was now become a question simply and entirely between Spain and France ; and the prac- tical point of inquiry was not so much how the relations of those two Governments bad been brought into their present awkward complication; as how that complication could be solved, without recourse to arms, and an amicable adjustment produced, through mutual explanation and concession. Nothing could have induced his Majesty to suggest to the Spanish Nation a revision of its political institutions, as the price ofhis Majesty's friendship. But Spaniards, of all parties and descriptions, admitted some modifications of the Constitu- tion of 1812, to be indispensably necessary ; and if in such a crisis as that in which Spain now found herself— distracted at once by the miseries of civil war, and by the apprehension of foreign invasion — the adoption of modifications, so admitted to be desirable in themselves, might afford a prospect of compos- ing her internal dissensions, and might at the same time fur- nish to the French Government a motive for withdrawing from the menacing position which it had assumed towards Spain, the British Governmen felt that no scruple of delicacy, or fear of misconstruction, ought to restrain them from" avowing an earnest wish, that the Spaniards could prevail upon themselves to consider of such modifications, or at least to declare their disposition to consider of them hereafter. h is useless now to discuss what might have been the result of his Majesty's anxious endeavours to bring about an accom- modation between France and Spain, if nothing had occurred to interrupt their progress. Whatever might be the indispo- sition of the Spanish Government lo take the first step towards such an accommodation, it cannot be disguised that the princi- ples avowed and * he pretensions put forward by the French Government in the Speech from the Throne at the opening of the Chambers at Paris, created new obstacles to tile success of friendly intervention. Tbe communication of that Speech to the British Government was accompanied, indeed, with renew- ed assurances of tbe pacific disposition of France; and the French Ministers adopted a construction of the passage most likely to create an unfavourable impression in Spain, which stripped it of a part of its objectionable character. But all tbe attempts of the British Government to give effect at Madrid to such assurances and explanations proved unavailing. The hopes of success became gradually fainter; and have now va- nished altogether. It remains only to describe the conduct which it is his Ma- jesty's desire and intention to observe, in a conflict between two nations, to each of whom his Majesty is bound by tbe ties of amity and. alliance. The repeated disavowal by his Most Christian Majesty's Go- vernment, of all views of ambition and aggrandisement, for- bids the suspicion of any design on the part of France, to es- tablish a permanent military occupation of Spain ; or to force his Catholic Majesty into any measures, derogatory to tbe independence of his Crown, or to his existing relations with other Powers. A case wa- 3 decided by the Justice., of Peace at Mmilrose. 011 Monday last, which excited considerable amusement. A. barber brought an action against a gentleman for 9s. o. i. ster. forgoing to his bouse and (. having him, at threepence each time. The charge was disputed on various grounds, particularly the alteration in the value of the currency, occasioned by the pass- ing of Mr. PeePs bill. The gentleman was most particular in stating the war price of shavintz, which he maintained w1, lower than that now charged in lime of peace. Much eloquence was displayed by the defendant. The plaintiff, as is not the case with barbers in gene- al, said but little. Tbe justices thought the charge moderate, even iu peaceable times, and gave a verdict for the plaintiff, with expenses. This sentence seemed to give satisfaction to a crowded court. PRICE OF PROVISIONS, & C. IN THE MARKET, YESTERDAY. Quartern Loaf - Oatmeal, p. peck, Bearmeai. — Potatoes, — Malt. — — Beef, p. lb. — Mutton, — — - — 00.1 lid a ISd - 8d a Od fid ? is 3d t 3d t 4.1 : Veal, — — 5d 10.1 Od 6d Gil Cd Pork, _ . Butter, — • Eggs, p. doz. Cheese, p. st. Tallow, — Ilav. — Ka-. v Hides, p. Coals, p. boll, ABERDEEN — 2< 1 a Id — 12d a 1 Id • Id a 6d 4s Od a 6s Od 8s 0.1 a 9s 01 — 7d a Oil 11, 3d a 54 4s. Od. a 4s. 4,1 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MR. CORBY N RESPECTFULLY informs his Friends and the Public, that his BALL will take place in Mr. Morri- sou's IJall, Union Street, on Wednesday the 30th inst. Dancing to commence precisely at 6 o'clock. The SCHOOL will HE- OPEN on M mday 5th of May. Mr. C. will make no charge for the holidays. Aberdeen, Jprd 19, 1823. LE1TII HALL GRASS PARKS ARE to lie let, for the ensuing Season, on Mon- April. day 28th Apr The roup to begin at eleven o'clock. ABERDEEN PSALMODY. This day is published. By WILLIAM KOBEHTSON, Public Library, Broad Street, Price, 7' ti « Shillings and Sixpence, THE ABERDEEN PSALMODY; Being a collection of TUNKS in Four Parts, adapted to the Psalms and Paraphrases of the Church of Scotland : carefully selected and arranged from the best Authors, By WILLIAM MAITLAND, UMON STRECT. Summm- 5) cf lIMittas. AFTER long preparation, and an open avowal that the Cordon Sank/ lire, afterwards an A rmv of Observa- tion, was formed to prevent the moral contagion ot the Spanish revolution from entering the French territory, the armv under the command ofthe Duke II'ANOOU- LEME has crossed the Bid: issoa, and is now in Spain. It does not appear that any Spanish army is vet organized of sufficient force to meet the invaders, and it i3 said, they will prolralilv proceed without any serious opposi- tion to the capital; but before they reach it, the difficul- ty of supporting large masses oftroopsin such a country as Spain must be severely felt, even if tlve population were not hostile. Concerning the event of this war, it certainly does appear probable, that the invasion can- not prove successful; but we have of late years had so manv practical illustrations of the truth of the saying, that the race is hot always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but- time and chance happeneth unto all," that it is most prudent to be sparing of conjectures con- cerning the events of the war thus commenced. True accounts of passing events we cannot possibly expect through the medinm of the French press, upon which it is proposed to impose restraints still more disgraceful than the censorship under which it is now placed. It is proposed, that the Ministers of Louts shall send to everv Editor of a public Journal, paragraphs which he shall publish as if from himself; but we have reason to believe that manv Editors will ratiter submit to the sup- pression of their Journals, than yield to conditions so base and unworthy. From Spain we may from time to time have accounts that irniy so far be depended upon, making allowance for the colouring of a party engaged in war ; but the I3ourbon press has long since proved it- self utterly unworthy of credit. For six weeks after the Spanish soldiers in the Isla of I. eon had declared for a free Constitution, the Parisian Journals assured their readers that no such event had taken place ; and subsequcntlv, when tlie fact could no longer be de- nied, gave fabricated accounts of the soldiers having returned to their allegiance, imploring the pardon of FERDISAKD, having given up the authors ofthe revolt, KLEGO and QutROGA, to deserved punishment. On the contrary, the Spanish paper?, since the estab- lishment of the Cortes, have been distinguished for sim- plicity and truth, and in no one instance have we found an important fact mistated. But the Spaniards can af- ford to make the truth known, they fear not public opinion, and a free press is the most powerful auxiliary of a good cause. The appearance of a strong French squadron in the West Indies appears to have surprized Ministers, who but lately declared, that they had no information of any French ships of war having put to sea. A French spy boat had appeared at Barbadoes, for the purpose of ascertaining the strength of Com- modore OWEN'S squadron— and he immediately dis- patched a cruiser to Martinique, where three sail of the line and live frigates were expecting every day to be joined by several frigates of the first class from France. It is supposed, that this force is intended for Cuba, of which the French will no doubt, if they can, take possession in the name of FERDINAKB ; it is much superior to ours in that quarter, and troops are said to be on board. Mr. CROKER, upon the receipt ofthe intelligence, immediately set out for France ; but if the influence of the Duke of WELLINGTON was unavailing, when he attempted to dissuade Louis and his Mini- _ ,,_. . -, 1s;- . J'onald Cartslan, alias Christie, cooper, present prisoner m sters from entering upon a war with bpatu, we cannot Aberdeen jail, has beet, indicted, at the iuLt. ce of the Pro- think it probable, that Mr. CltOKER can prevail upon j curator Fiscal of the County of Aberdeen, to stand trial before tbe Sheriff of Aberdeenshire, and a Jury, on Thursday the first The object of the Compiler of this Volume was to present to the Public, at a moderate price, a Collection of all the Tunes which are used in the different established Churches in this place. The want of such a Collection has, for a long time, been a subject of complaint, as it has hitherto been ncccssary. to have recourse to many different Publications, before all tbe Tunes in general use could be procured. The Compiler has spared no trouble or expence in rendering this Collection as perfect and complete as ]'/ .. title ; and he, therefore, trusts that it will meet with the patronage of a discerniug Public. To be had at Uobertson's Library, Broad Street; Morris' Musical Repository ; Union Street; and of all tbe Booksellers. BIRTH.— At Teddinglon, on the 29th March, Mrs- GORDO,.- of Auchlunies, ofa Son. HEATHS. — At bis house, Margaret Street, Cavendish Square, London, on the loth inst. Lieut- Colonel DAVID LIIJISDK. V, late in tbe Hon. East India Company's service. At Brompton, on the 9tb inst. aged 19, ELIZABETH, youngest daughter of Sir James Mackintosh. At Aberdeen, on the 8th inst. JAMES CRUICKSHANK, son time Wine Merchant in this town, aged 75 years. ^ At Mill Inn, Stonehaven, on the 19th ult. Mis. KELFNORA COI. I. INS, wife Of John Collins, in her 48th year, much and justly regretted by all her relations and acquaintances. ' lhe Right Hon. CHARI. ES GRANT has been re- elected Mem- ber of Parliament for Inverness- shire. At Inverness, on the 12th insu in the 31st year of bis age, MATTHEW TOWNSEKD BRTHUNE, Esq. M. D. Surgeon in Inverness. At his house in Telford Street, Inverness, on the 12tli inst JAMES COCHRANE, Esq. Collector of Excise. SAH. ED FOR AMERICA. — Aimwell, Morrison ; Suspense, Beetlie ; and Anne, Uobertson, for Miramichi, the 4th inst.—. Highlander, Moir. Bay of Chaleor, 6' b ditto St. Nicholas, Hogg, Miramichi, 11 ch do.— Brilliant, Beverly, Quebec. I2ill do.— Aurora, Lawson, Virginia; and Hannah More, Kenn, Halifax. 14th do. — Aboyne. N rrrie, Mirainichi, 15th do. The Granite, Young, passed the Sound on the SOtli ult. for Memcl. UAitwicrr, April 8 — The Maria, Lavgie, of and from Aber- deen for London, with stones, was lo,: t this morning on the Shipwash Sand. Crew saved, and arrived here. The Princess of Wales, White, of this place, went through the Pendant) Frith on tbe 28th ; and the Hercules. Fairbalrn. and Henrietta, Small, arrived at Shetland on tile 29th ; and sailed again on theolst tilt, for the Whale Fishery, Tbe Duchess of Gordon, from Portsoy for London, broke the head of her main- mast and main- boom in a heavy sqoall off the Staples. On Friday last she run upon the Herd Sand at' Shields, but was got off with damage, after discharging part of her cargo, and is now in the harbour to discharge the re- mainder. NORTH SHIELDS, April 7.— The Andate, Young, from Mon- trose to Shields, was lost upon the Fern Islands on Friday Crew and part of the stores saved. MILEORD, April 10.— On the 5th inst. was driven on shore in St. Bredes' Bay, the head and stern part of a vessel, paiuted on her stern, " Mary of Greenock." AtlRIVED AT ABERDEEN. April 11. — Mary, Gordon, Dundee, goods ; Newcastle, Leslie, Newcastle, do. — 12. Hannah More, Kenn, Leith, do j Eliza, Moore, Inverness, do.— 13. Gowun, Meant*, Shields, ditto; Peterhead Packet, Watson, Peterhead, do ; Rotterdam Packet, M'Donald, Rotterdam, do; Haa. ird, Smith, Ham. burgh, do; Juno, Blues, Dundee, do.— 14. London Packet, Davidson, Leith. do; Janet, Thorn, Peterhead, ditto 15. Glasgow Packet, Campbell. Glasgow, do ; Countess of Elgin, Still. Montrose, do ; Kromby, Middleton, Ilull, do j James and Margaret, Brown, Perth, timber.— 16. Regent, Turner, London, do ; Blossom, Smith. Spey, sal tnon.— 17. Sophia, Williamson, Thurso, goods; Phiiorth, Urquhart, Fraserburgh, ditto ; Search, Ilogg, and Superior, Duncan, London, ditto. Thirteen with coals, 12 with lime, and 2 in ballast. SAILED. April 11.— Williamand Ann, Laird, Dundee, goods; Flora, Loftet, Inverness, do.— 12, Expert. Leslie, and Mansfield, Morrison, London, do ; Guihries, Blues, Dundee, ditto.— 14. Lady Forbes, Falconer, Dundee, ditto. — 15. Prompt, Mackie. Dundee, ditto ; Marquis of Huntly, Norrie, Leith, do— 17. Cato, Davis, London, do.— Eleven with ballast, 7 with stones. At LONDOU.— Alierdeen Packet, Kerr, 8th ; and Champion, Gilbert, 12th itist. TIDE TABLE CALCULATED FOR ABERDEEN BAR. ( ARRARENT TIME.) Morning Tide. | Evening Tide. April 19. Saturday, - - - | 811. 7M. 811. 50 A 20. Sunday, - - - 1 9 ~ 28 10 — 5 21. Monday, . - - [ 10 — 30 10 — 5.5 22. Tuesday, ... i 1 I — 17 ; i — 57 23. Wednesday, . 1! — 5G — _ 24. Thursday, - - - 0 — 15 o — 32 25. Friday, ... 0 — 50 l — 7 MOON' S AGE. Full Moon, the 25th day, at 6li. 51m. Morn. Timothy Plain, in onr nest. DESIRABLE OPENING FOR A MERCHANT OR INNKEEPER IN PORT GORDON. FOR SALE BY PRIVATE BARGAIN, fTMIE HOUSE, and other premises, belonging to JL and presently occupied by WM. ANDERSON. Likewise, his whole STOCK of GOODS, consisting of GROCERIES, WOOLLEN, and COTTON GOODS, HARDWARE, DRUCS, ice. will will be disposed of, at and under prime cost. Should any intending purchaser incline to take the whole stock, he will have it in bis poarr to step into a well established rade, and a most advantageous bargain will be given. The house was built by the present owner a few years ago, and is fitted up in the most commodious and substantial manner ; so that it may be safely affirmed, there is not such an agreeable situation, nor one so well adapted for trade, within several miles of it. As W. A. intends leaving the place in a few weeks, he i. therefore under the necessity of calling in all accounts due to him, by tbe middle of May ensuing, as no farther time can he I allowed. i W. A. cannotomit this opportunity ofreturninghismostsin- cere thanks to his friends and the public in general, for the very casioually lifting her eyes upwards, she seemed fervently to j liberal share of favour be has experienced while iu this place ; ' —!-—:-- » -'— 1 aild begs to intimate, tint hi, present Stock of Goods, and the very cheap rate they are to be sold at, will be found to be more deserving of public notice than any thing ever oHcred in this join. At one period, havingbecome somewhat faint, she lean- ed her bead on Mr, Porteous's shoulder; but having drank a glass of water, she again completely revived. Ilere she ad- dressed tbe Magistrates in an earnest tone, and most solemnly J place, as tbe whole uiust be disposed cf in a very short space . , i ..- .. i* . L.. i ! .: ssserted her innocence of the crime for which she was about to sufl'er. It was her intention, she added, to have spoken lo the of time. Port Gordon, April 4, IS?; them to suspend operations in the West Indies already determined upon. We believe the commanders of the British and French squadrons sailed with scaled orders : but from circumstances already known, it seems very probabh", that the orders of both related to the Island of Cuba, and may bring on acts of hostility before there be any formal declaration of war. It is now admitted, that Britain may find it necessary to take a part in the war just commenced ; and as this country stands pledged, tosupport Portugal in case the country shall be invaded, and Portugal is in alliance offensive and defensive with Spain, the entrance of the French army into the Pen- insula must be considered, by the Portuguese Govern- ment as the commencement of hostilities. In tlie mean- time the first of Mav approaches, when Batik Notes are to be paid in cash should the holders demand it, and the financial difficulties of the country, already great, must in that case be so far increased, that those uniniti- ated in the. secrets of State, pay think the poverty ofthe Exchequer a sure guarantee for our keeping- the peace. A fleet, however, must be equipped, lor the, protec- tion of our commerce, and to prevent our coasts from being insulted, and there can be r. o doubt that supplies for this purpose would be promptly raised by a volun- tary subscription, should that be necessary. The papers laid before both Houses of Parliament on Mondav are too voluminous to admit of their insertion in this day's paper at length : but from their general tenor there appears reason to believe1, that Britain cannot avoid taking a part in the war. In these papers, we think there are indications, that our Ministers have been over- reached in intrigue ; but we are liv no means dis- posed to question their sincerity, in their endeavours to prevent foreign interference in the adjustment of the Spanish Constitution; for, from the period of the death of Lord LONDONDERRY, and the accession of Mr. CANKINO to power, the foreign policy of Britain has assumed its old and manly character, and must conciliate and command the respect of the people of Europe, in whatever lijjht It mav be viewed by despotical Govern- ments. The dispatch from Mr Secretary CANNING, No. 2, to the Duke of WELLINGTON, then at Verona, dated the 27th of. September last, ufibrds, as we believe, a distinct and irrefragable proof pf what we have stated. No. 2.— Mr. Secretary Cantti, ng to the l> ttke of Wellington. ( Extract) Foreign- office. Sept. 27, 1822. If there be a determined project to iotufcre forcc or by day of May next, for tbe crime of theft, aggravated by brent ing open lock- fast places. On Thursday evening last, about ten o'clock, as a Farmer was returning from tbe Meal Market, carrying under his arm a considerable quantity of Copper, being part of the price of the Meal, which he had sold ; he was accosted near the Gal- Ibwgate- bead by a mall, who expressed a desire of accompany- ing him, and requested him to go into a bouse to get a dram. As these offers were declined by the Farmer, the fell - w then laid hold cf tbe handkerchief, with the copper, which he had no sooner done, than he received a violent blow from the clinched fist of the Farmer, which laitl him sprawling on the ground— when the farmer proceeded to his quarters without further molestation. At a Court of Commissioners of Supply and Justices of Peace of Aberdeenshire, held at Old Deer on . Monday the Jth Inst. John Milne, residing at Ilythie, in the parish of Old Deer, and William Penny, residing at Netherton, in the parish of Lotunay, were convicted of killing Game without licences, aud were each fitted L. 10, besides the dsity. On Monday the 14tli current, the Justices for the County fined upwards of 100 Carters, some fort riding, others for having no name upon tlieir cart's, aud a third description, for . J- iving negligently upon the streets, without some pet son on. toot to guide their horses and carts. JO* The most desirable London Weekly Newspaper for country readers is The Englishman, which is regularly pub- lished at the early hour of four o'clock, every Sunday morn, ing. by Messrs. II. & W. Smith, No. I;);-, Strand, London. In ' The Englishman no advertisements, whatever are inserted. It is ( with tbe single exception of the Monday's Edition of The Observer), the cheapest, thu best, and the largest sized Weekly Newspaper published in London without advertisements. It consists of twenty folio columns, at the price of sevenpence. The Englishman can be forwarded by the coaches th. it leave London early on Sunday mornings, and by the mails which leave- on Sunday evenuigs, so as to reach any part of the coun- try on the blank post- day, for eight shillings and twopence the quarter. This Journal, containing such an unusual quantity of matter, and no advertisements, will, if tlie papers Ire pre- served and bound, form a sort of miscellaneous library in itself, very different, from papers that are half filled with advertise- ments.— f Advertisement J. POSTSCRIPT. LONDON, April 15. The French Papers of the 12th, add little to tbe accounts- formerly received : they merely give different versions of the crossing of tbe Bidassoa. BAYONNE, April 5.— The artillery and cavalry, which- had been sent more than a month ago to the rear, came up again yesterday and to- day. All Ihe columns will arrive here by the day after to- morrow, and it is no longer doubted that the Pyrenees will be crossed, as you will perceive by the offi- cial documents annexed ( the Order of the Day, Ac ) That which most embarrasses the operations of our armv i- » that of ' the Faith,' which had taken the title of tbe Army" of Navarre. It is impossible to form an idea of the folly of i< M Chiefs. Questioned by the Duke of Angotileme as to tha resources they had in their own country, they replied that they knew not. Quesada will remain atthe head- quarters of the Prince, without doubt, in order to be less exposed. The Duke of Belluno lives here very retired ; it is said that he awaits the King's orders. General Guillemiaot has pre- vailed over him. The Spanish ships in this port have set sail, whether loaded or not. FRONTIERS OF SPAIN, April 4— General Ballas- teros has arrived at Vittoria and reviewed a select bodv of troops amounting to 5000 men,, without including the militi* of the surrounding provinces. It is asserted that his instruction* were, in the first instance, not to oppose any resistance to the invadi ng army, bu t that now : t is decided to repel force by force, and to make it cost dear at the defile of Salinas, He 1 a, or. dered various measures of defence, such as incumbering the gratrti route, by cutting and blowing up the high road. It is well known, however, that nolhingcan impede the progress of the French army, and that it will in a few days reach the Ebrn. but this second line will farm, another kind of obstacle. Si. Sebastian and Pampeluna ana according to all accounts in a state of defence, which will keep in check many thousand men. O • the oilier hand Ihe guerillas are ready, r^ nd at Ihe fitst sound of the tocsin every one knows to what quarter to repair. Lord Fitzroy Somerset, in a conversation lie had with Lord Henry Somerset, is reported to have somewhat damped titer ardour of the Duke d" Angauleme, hy doubting whether tl'ie honesty ofthe Bands of the Faith would equal their orthodoxy ; ami hinting that the French had at least a » much to fear lion, their friends as- from their enemies. Government has at length, in compliance with fhe wish of tbe merchants, made suine arrangements for maintaining a re- gular communication with Spain by sea, now that tbe p « ssag » through France is interrupted. Tire Lisbon packets are to- leave letters at Vigo, and call on their return for those whiclc may be iu readiness for transmission to England. In tbe out- ward voyage, the plan may answer; but it has not occurred tty tbe projectors h.> w much time must constantly be lost in beating up the coast to Vigo on the return. The Lisbon packets have little chance of effecting the passage borne in time, but br standing to the westward and getting out of the currents of the Bay of Biscay. BULLETIN.— Sir Charle* Bamfylde has had a restless nighr, and is not so well this morning. — Monday, half- past twelve. Letters from Germany state, ascertain, that Prince Eugene Beanharnois has bad two apoplectic attacks on the same day. The first took place whilst he was at mass with the King of Bavaria. The Prince Regent line- of- battle s'. ip was launched at Cha- tham on Saturday. This magnificent vessel has been two years in building.. IIer dimensions are nearly tlx; same as those of ihe Caledonia, Howe, and Nelson, but she has a circular stern, constructed on the principle of Sir Robert Supping*. ' J'lie length of her goii deck is 205 feet, Iter whole length 244, htr greatest depth 5.1, and her width Her tonnage is 2S20- tons, and she is to carry 120 guns. PORTSMOUTH," April 12 — We have heard of no other orders bein^ issued consequent upon the French having passed tbe Spanish frontier, than the immediate equipment uf thirteen sail of frigates and smaller vessels of war, which had, been, soma time putting intoa state of preparation for commission. We have been requested to state, that the false alarm of murder given in a house in the end of Broad Street, o:. Friday s--' ennight, proceeded from a thoughtless young man iu a house on the opposite side of the street, to that originally sus- pected. This notice is given, as well to sheiv that tho various | Orders and Advertisements for thi- n- ports since circulated on the subject are groundless, as . to point out not only the very censurable conduct, but Ihe tl tt- ger this lad. incurred by (,- xposiug himself to merited punishment, especially from tbe degree of limitation aud alarm, bis folly Lad occ*. tuned. Paper are taken in liy NEWTON and Co. No. 5. Warwick Square, Newgate Street R. BARKER. 3.3, Eleet Street, London; and J. T. SMITH Hunter's Square, E'lit- burgh. Price, L. l 10s. 6d. pe, t annum,, duli^ ereJ in. tcwii— aoJ L. l 12s. bent by puit.