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The Aberdeen Chronicle

Date of Article: 02/04/1825
Printer / Publisher: J. Booth, jun. 
Address: Chronicle Court, Queen Street, Aberdeen
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No. 9G5.] Printed for J. BOOTH, Jun. Chronicle Court, Queen Street, SATURDAY MIDWIFERY. ENGLISH, GEOGRAPHY, AND HISTORY. NEW AND FASHIONABLE SILKS, & TJEX-. SHASB &, Co. HAVE just got to hand a very considerable part of their Spring purchases, and they can confidently state, that, notwithstanding the very great advance that has taken place on every kind of ( io - ds, they have never been able to offer better value to their friends, than they can at present. They would therefore most respectfully solicit an early inspec- tion of their very extensive Stock of SARCENETS, and GROS DE NAPLES LUSTRINGS, LEVANTINES, and TOBINES SA'l'fNS. PERSIANS, and BOMBAZEENS Printed COTTONS, and SILK HAUPKEHCIIIEFS IaisH LINENS, and I. NDIA NANKEENS SII. K and other GLOVES, of every description Superfine BROAD and N Ali ROW CLOTHS C A SSI ME RES, and VJSSTING9. & c. & c. With Twenty Omens New PARA SOLS, and several Boxes of FANCY FLOWERS, uncommonly cheap. EXCHANGE CODKT, 7 Union Street, March 29, 1823, 5 ON Monday, 2d May, Mr ERASER wilt com- mence his Summer Course of. Instructions to Women, in PRACTICAL MIDWIFERY, and DISEASES of CHILDREN. Particulars may be known, by applying at bis house. Schoolhil!, April 1, 1825. " jVjTR. MES'I'ON respectfully intimates, that he will 1YJL Open a CLASS for the ALPHABET, and Two CLASSES for GEOGRAPHY, on MONDAY the4ih April ; and hopes that those who intend to join these, or any of his oiher Classes, will rome forward as early as possible, as they will find the present to be the most advantageous season for entry, previous either to the Vacation, or the Annual Exami- nation in October. ** Mr M. has lately published the following SCHOOL BOOKS for Children, with which Teachers or Parents may be supplied either by the Booksellers, or himself. INTRODUCTION to MESfON'S FIRST BOOK, for Children, price ... ... ... ... ... - Id. MESTON'S FI IIST BOOK for CHILDREN, 2d. SECOND, - Id. Of which a ntw Edition is Just published, considerably enlarged, and more suitable than the formerJ'or an intro- duction to the THIRD BOOK Is. Also lately published, by W. MESTON, A. M. Translator of St. Pr. ' i's Harmonies of Nature ; aud Head Master of the Protestant Academy. Caen, COUNTY ROOMS. MR. and MRS. WILSON have the honour to an- nounce their first BALL on Tuesday, April the 19th, in the Assembly Room, PATRONS AND STEWARDS. WILLI AM GORDON. " Esij; of Aberdour. ROBERT FORBES, E- q; of Castleton. Mr and Mrs WILSON beg lo observe, that from the short time they have been iu Aberdeen, their method ot teaching cannot be seen to perfection at present. It is u'ual, on lliese occasions, to bring forward Pupils who have received Lessons for years, and are therefore finished Dancers, an advantage tbev have had formerly and now sensibly fee! the loss of. Most of their Pupils are beginners, all of them so to their par- ticular system; on which- account, they have not requested the chief part of the families they have latterly had the honour of attending to appear in public at present j and anxiously trust, the improvement of those who do so favour them, wiil be found adequate lo the expectations of their friends. Dancing lo commence precisely at 7 o'clock. fj- After Tea, Quadrille. and Country Dancing for the Company. TicLets 4s. ( Tii and Coffee i. rlMtdj lo ie l. aa > niy of Mr. rs< f » i *,* No Money can be received by the Door Keepers. SO, Constitution Street. rjjniIE Subscriber wants a Youni; MAN, from the Country, as an Apprentice to the GROCERY BUSI- NESS. None need apply but those who can be well recoin- mended. JOHN FORREST. Castle Street, 2tl ApriI, 1S25. Ml& STIA USTB. ABERDEEN DISTRICT AMEETING of the LlEUTENANCYuillbe held in the Court House of Aberdeen, on TCESDAY the 5th day of April curt, for the purpose of revising and amending the Militia Lists for this District— comprehending tlx Pa rimes of St. Nicholas and Old Machar. Those failing to claim theirexemptionr,. And afterwards bal- loted, will be fined, io terms of the Act of Patliament. Aberdeen, April 1, 182S. AND PASTRY WAREHOUSE, No. 6, FOOT OF GALLOWGATS, ABERDEEN, WFARQUHAR begs of his Friends and the • Poblic to accept of his sincere thanks, for tha liberal manner in which they have patronised him during the time he has been in business, and hopes still t » be honoured with a share of their patronage, as he will at all times execute his orders in the neatest aud most fashionable manner. The following are a few of the articles lie prepares : ICE CREAMS, MARMALADE. JELLIES, BLAMONGES. CUSTARDS, ami TRIFLES. MARRIAGE aud SAVORY CAKES, & c. Ornament- ed in the neatest style. DISHES COVERED— OPEN TARTS, CASES, and TEA BREAD of every kind. Also, every thing for FUNERAL SERVICES. likewise got on . hand a good assortment of BLACK and GREEN TEAS, which, upon trial, will be found to give satisfaction. ItS* Orders from the Country carefully attended lo. ON THE MANNER OF STUDYING AND TEACH- ING IN SCOTLAND. & c. Sold by A. Ba- WN & Co. Broad Street. 41 Domestic Tuition and Travelling ate treated in this work with brevity, yet with that sagacity and discriminant n which are conspicuous through the greater part of the E » sav, and which ought powerfully to recommend it to the consideration of parents, guardians, aud teachers ; especially should their lot be cast on the other side of the Tweed."— London Monthly Eeiiicw. November 1824. AS it is certain that a Ballot for about fiOO men will soon take place, to supply the vacancies in the Militia of this County, those liable to serve in it w ill be protected upou reasonable terms, by JAMES M HARDY, Jdcocate. *„* At the last Ballot, a very considerable number were Insured, and for those Balloted out of that number, Substi- tutes were at once furnished. WANTED, t N APPRENTICE to the HABERDASHERY L and CLOTH I EH Y LINE. Apply to the Publisher. Aberd, en, April % 1825. ABERDEEN AND LONDON SHIPPING COMPANY. On Wednesday the I5 » h of April curt, at six o'clock after- noon, there will he exposed to sale within the Lemon Tree Tavern, HPWO SHARES of the above COMPANY Apply to William Stuart, Advocate in Aberdeen. JAMBS MACKIE, CUTLER, and RUPTURE- TRUSS MAKER, ETUKNS liis sincere acknowledgments to his Hm/ friends and the public, for the, very liberal support he has experienced since his commencement in business; and has to inform them, that he is now REMOVED from that Shop formerly Occupied by him, in ST. NICHOLAS STREET, to that Shop, No. 10. St. Nicholas Lane, where he continues to carrv on the CUTLERY BUSINESS, as formerly ; and hopes, hy his attention to business, to merit a continuance of that patronage which the public has already so bounteously confer- red upon him. No. 10. Si. Nicholas Lave, March 29, 1825. PERSONS liable to serve in the MILITIA, the BALLOTING of which, for between 500 and 600 men, soon takes place, will be protected from serving, on reasonable terms, by applying at the office of DAVID COPLAND, 47, Marischal Street. N. B. For the accomodation of those in the country, wishing to insure, Agents will be appointed iu the different Towns in the County. rPHE SUBSCRIBER begs to intimate to his JL Friends and the Public, that he has now laid in a STOCK of MARCH A LES, for Summer use, ofa very superior quality and flavour, and which be can with confi- dence recommend. Prices as under : In Wood. In Bottles. £ 5 5 per Illid. From 4s. 6' d. to 7s. 6< 1. per Doz. £ 6 6 per Do. „ . , , £ 7 7 per Do. I3o,, leS £* 8 per Do. W. AITKSH. Aberdeen, / pril 1, 1825. N. B.— Orders from the country will be punctually at- tended to. SHARES OF SHIPPING FOR SALE. To be sold, by private bargain, ? 0UR SHARES of the ABERDEEN and - LONDON SHIPPING COMPANY. Apply to William Smith, Advocate, No. 2, Long Acre. For a DISTILLERY, betwixt this and Whitsunday, APERSON w ho thoroughly understands the Pro- cess of M ALT1NG and DISTILLATION, and who may cither hold a Share in the concern, or have a certain Sa- lary, with a per cetitage on the returns of the work. The most satisfactory references, as to character and abilities, will be required. Applications may be made, by letters, pout- paid, to Messrs. GrindUy, Cowan, & Co. merchants, Leith ; Messrs. Dick- sons, nurserymen, Perth ; George Y'eats, Esq. advocate in Aberdeen ; Mr George Dawson, writer, Banff; or Mr Alex. M'Callutn. Inverne- s. N. B— The si uation for the Work is particularly agreeable. CLOVER SEEDS. DEALERS and others may be supplied with CLOVER SEEDS during the Sowing Season, by applying to BAILLIE GRAY- Pettmead, 1 st April. 1825. CLOVER SEEDS AND TARES, THE Subscriber will have a large and constant supply of CLOVER SEEDSand TARES during the sowing season, which will be sold on the most reasonable terms. ALEX*, J7RASER, Aberdeen, March 29, 1825. r ! 1If E Subscriber begs to intimate, that he expects to Jt Ijfnn. l, in the early part of next mouth, two Cargoes of SJEMEL CROWN, and MIDDLING PINE TIMBER, ofaftbtit 600 Loads, which will be sold off to the trade, on reasonable terms; and that a regular supply of ' he article will he afterwards kept at his Wood- Yard. Waterloo Quay. DAVID COPLAND^ Aberdeen, March 29, 1825. SEEDS, & c. FOR SALE, ASS5J& AHCE SOCIETY. CORN IIIIf.. LONDON P| UTCH LINTSEED ; Dutch, French, and - S Fvigli- h CLOVER SEEDS ; TARES ; SEED ATS;— 100 Barrels Prime MESS BEEF. Apply to PETER MACFARLANE. Aberdeen, March 29, 1825. SALE OF CONFECTIONARY GOODS, GIIOCEIUES, SHOP FURNITURE, & c. Upon Thursday the 7' h April current, there will be sold by auction, in that Shop, No. 52, Broad Street, lately occu- pied by Mr WILLIAM COCK Convctioner, THE whole Stock of GOODS which belonged to him, consisting of every variety of Sugar Confections— Preserves— Jellies— Jam — Marmalade — Pickles— Sauces— Spiceries— Essences, & c. An assortment of BAKING UTENSILS— BEAMS, SCALES, and WEIGHTS— CONFECTION GLASSES— CANNISTERS COUNTERS, SHELVING, and SHOP FURNITURE— together with a LEASE of the SHOP, till the 4th June next. Sale to begin at 11 o'clock forenoon. BIIOWN & SON, Auctioneers. Slgeiui) © ffife, 56, Sintott Street SALE OF SUPERFINE WEST OF ENGLAND CLOTHS, MILITIA PROTECTION. NOTICE. WE, the Subscribers, having become Members of the ABERDEEN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, beg to inti- mate, that we have withdrawn our Policies of Insurance for Five Years from all our Agents, and that the same Agents are now supplied with Policies of Insurance for One Year, from the ABERDEEN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION. JNO. SMITH. WILL. FRASF. R. The ABERDEEN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION now intimate to those liable to serve in the Abtrdeenshire Mi- litia, that they will rece. ve PROTECTIONS against the ensuing Ballot, on the most reasonable terms, by applying to WILLIAM ADAM, Advocate, Secretary and Treasurer, No. 7, Schoolhill, Aberdeen. And for the convenience of persons wishing to ensure, the Association have appointed the following Agents here and in the country, who are supplied with Policies ready for delivery : George Collie and Co. merchants, Aberdeen William Fraser, merchant, Union Street, ditto John Smith, ditto, Gallowgate, ditto William Cooper, Union Street, ditto Dnyuiri, Ingram, and Co. merchants, ditto Wiiliatn Robertson, Public Library, ditto Lewis Smith, bookseller, ditto William Collie, ditto, ditto Charles Downie, druggist, ditto Joseph Davidson, merchant. Union Street, ditto John Dunn, ditto, Union Place, ditto Thomas Leask, ditto, Old Aberdeen James Yule, ditto, Craigton, Insch Alex. M'Grcgor, ditto, Rothiemay Marsh aw Keith, ditto, Skene Alex. IVL'thieson, ditto, Midmar Alex. Bruce, ditto, Keig Robert Ilerd, ditto, Tough James Home, Oyne Robert Wilson, merchant, Tarves William Smith, ditto. Kmtore Alex. Forbes, ditto, Monymusk Adam Mackie, ditto, Fjvie John liae, ditto, Ellon William Chalmers, jun. ditto, ditto Robert Chivas, ditto, Clayhills John Daniel, ditto, Peterhead John She » - an, ditto, Rora James Watt, ditto, Old Deer James Center, ditto, Fraserburgh James Smith, ditto, ditto James Joss, ditto, Bovndlie John Gibb, ditto, New Deer George Sytnmers, ditto, ditto Alex. Taylor, ditto, Cumineston Alex. Morrison, ditto, Turriff Alex. Maurice, ditto, ditto John Ingram, ditto. Old Meldrum Stephen Wilson, ditto, ditto John Robertson, teacher, Craigdam William Christie, merchant, Inverury James Simpson, ditto, ditto Adam Gilchrist, ditto, Old Rain . — Home, postmaster, di'to Alex. Roger, merchant, lnsch William Smith, ditto, ditto Peter Smith, ditto, Rhynie Alex. M'Donald, ditto, Bridge End John Robertson, ditto, Old Road, Huntly William Simpson, bookseller, ditto John WiKon and Son, ditto. Waterside of Forbes Joseph Ernslie and Co. Tar land Alexr Fowler, ditto, Sauchen John and Donald Farquharson, ditto, Bullaler The Rev. Alexr Birnie, Lumphanan Jamas Smith, schoolmaster, Birse Alexi Ross, ditto, Kincardine O'Ncil On Tuesday the 5th April, will be sold hy Auction, ^ TJIECES of SUPERFINE WEST of ENG- " JL LAND BLACK and BLUE CLOTIIS, of su- perior quality. To begin at 12 o'clock exactly. — Credit will be given. SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. On Tuesday the 12th April, will be sold, a general assort- ment of New and S- cond- hand Furniture— consisting of 2 second- hand sets of Dining Tables— 2 do. Sideboards— a very neat new Sideboard— 3 Sofas and Couches— Dining anil Bed Room Chairs— Breakfast and Tea Tables— Chests of Draw- ers— Dressing Tables — Night Tables and Bidetts— Mahogany Posted and lent Bedsteads, with Moieen and- other Furniture — several well- seasoned Feather Beds— Straw and Hair Mat- tresses— a quantity of Witney Blankets— Bed Quills— a small Dinner Set of Blue Stone, & c. & c. Sale to begin at 11 o'clock. UNREDEEMED PROPERTY. On Wednesday the loth April, and following evenings will be sold by Auction, the Unredeemed Property Pledged with IL MACSWRIN. in the Months of January, February. March, and April, 1824— consisting of Men and Women's Wearing Apparel- Bed and Table Linen— Books— Jewellery— Watches, To be Let, for such term as shall be agreed on, and entered to immediately. HP HE HOUSE consists of two handsome Public Rooms, and five Bed Chambers, with Kitchen, Laun- dry, Cellars, & c. & c. ; and is in all respects suited for the ac- commodation of a genteel family. The Garden is well stocked, and in full hearing ; the Shrubberies in good order; and the Lawn consists of ten or eleven acres or' the finest Sheep Pasture. The Coach- house and other Offices are commodious, and at a proper distance from the Cottage ; and as there are several Grass Parks on the Property let annually, the Tenant may he accommodated to any extent he may require. He may also have an exclusive right of Shooting over the Estate. Disblair is 11 miles from Abeedeen, and 7 from Oldmeld- rum, and the Post road passes within a mile of it. Francis Boyne at the Cottage will shew the place ; and David Hutcheon, Advocate in Aberdeen, will treat. for a Lease. To begin each evening at 6 o'clock exactly. Under the Especial Patronage of the PRINCE and PRIN CESS ESTERHAZY. the PRINCE and PRINCESS POLIGNAC, the EMPEROR of PERSIA, and many Distinguished Personages, and recommended by the most Eminent Physicians, ROWLAND'S KALYDOR, POWERFUL OF EFFECT, - yet mild of influence. This admirable Specific posses- ses balsamic properties of surprising enprgv. It eradicates FRECKLES, PIMPLES. SPOTS, REDNESS, and ail cutaneous Eruptions, gradually producing a delicately clear soft skin; transforms even the most SALLOW COM- PLEXION iiito RADIANT WHITENESS; resists the scorching rays of the Sun, successfully opposes the attacks of inclement weather, and renders the harsh and roujzh Skin beautifully soft, smooth, and - even ; imparts to the NECK, FACE, and A RMS a healthy and juvenile bloom ; diffuses a pleasing coolness, and, hy due perseverance in the appliea tion of ROWLAND'S KALYDOR, produces a beautiful Complexion. ROWLAND'S KALYDOR K equally indispensable in the Nursery as at the Toilet. Perfectly innoxious, it may he used bv the most delicate Lady with the assurance. of safety anil efficacv, possessing softening and healing properties. To MOTHERS NURSING their OFFSPRING it gives, in all cases of incidental inflammation, immediate relief; cools the mouth of the Infant, and enhances maternal pleasure in the act of administering alitnen'ary nourishment. To GENTLEMEN whose Faces are tender after SHAV- ING. A great infelicity which attends the operation of Siiav- ing is the irritation of the Skin ; ROWLAND'S KALYDOR will he found excellent beyond precedent in ameliorating and allaying that most unpleasant sensation.— It removes unpleasant harshness of the skin, occasioned by intense solar heat or colu winds ; and thus to the Traveller, whose avocations expose him to various changes of weather, proves an infallible Specific— a prompt resource— and as conducing to comfort, a pleasing appendage and invaluable acquisition. Sold in Pint Bottle*, at 8s. 6d. and in Half Pints, at 4s. fid. each, duty included, l » y. the sole Proprietors, A. ROW- LAND and SON, No. 20, Hattoii Garden, Ilolborn, Lon- don; and, by Appointment, by Mr. J. ANDERSON, Perfumer, Queen Street, AND Mrs. J. LA ING, Perfumer, Union Street, Aberdeen ; And most Perfumers and Medicine Venders, who vend their celebrated MACASSAR OIL. To prevent Imposition, ask for Rowland's Kalydor, and observe the Signature, in Red fnk, on the Label. " A. ROWLAND and SON." STEAM ENGINE FOR SALE, AND NOTICE TO DEBTORS. Upon Monday the 4th April next, tbere, will be sold by public roup, at the premises near Causewayend, lately occupied by JOHN DOWNIE, Millwright, at three o'clock after- noon, AVERY excellent STEAM ENGINE, of from two to three horse power, with B& tler, Shafts, Drums, Belts. & c. Three months credit will be given on security. The Engine and Apparatus will he seen at the work, every lawful day before the sale. : ti At same time will be exposed to roup, a new STEEL- YARD, for weighing Hoy, Stones, oftoVher heavy com modi- tits. BROWN & SON, AUCTIONEERS. Those indebted to the said John Downie at the time of his death, by account or otherwise, are requested to pay the amount to Alex. Webster, . Advocate in Aberdeen, within one month from this date, a# the defuncts' executors are anxious to have his matters wound up as soon as possible. Aberdeen, March 25, 1825. TIIE MONITOR— No. II. BENEFICENCE. Nulla re propius ad Dei naturam accedtmus quam bene- ficentia.— CICERO. ' « Of all the resemblances and imitations of the Divinity " that human nature is capable, of, the nearest approach " we can make towards him is in the exercise of bene- " ficence." Beneficence is one of the noblest of the social virtues, and accordingly, by way of eminence, has been styled as in the motto of this Essay, a God- like" virtue. Under the term beneficence, I would comprehend humanity, liberality, cha* rity, or relief to the poor. It is a subject of great, intricacy and difficulty, and one which opens a very wide field of commen- tary ; but it is not my intention to enter upon a minute phi- losophical discussion of it, as such would obviously be out of place in the Monitor, the subject matter of which ought to be level to the capacity of the most illiterate reader : all I propose is to offer a few simple practical observations on this deeply interesting topic, to be comprehended within the narrow com- pass of two brief essays. The true nature of this noble virtue is hut ill understood by the generality of mankind, it being identified in the minds of too many with simple " good works:" there is, however, a very marked distinction between them. The merit or demerit of any action falls to be estimated, not by the quality or na- ture of the action itself, but bji the motive from which it ori- ginates. Accordingly, to constitute the vi'tue of beneficence, it is not enough that a good deed he actually performed ; it is essentially requisite that it should be the re- ult pure benevo- lence, a heartfelt desire to benefit cur fellow creatures, without the intermixture of one iota oj selfish feeling. When any ad- vantage, therefore, is bad iu view, either immediate, remote, or contingent, in performing the good deed, it is not the vir- tue of beneficence, but a simple good deed. Tbp accuracy of this definition of genuine beneficence is incontrovertibly esta- blished, by the Contemplation of the goodness of- the Deity, as evinced in his works of creation and providence : He is omni- potent, consequently independent, and utterly' incapable of receiving the least benefit from any tiling insignificant man can perform ; it therefore necessarily follows, that his good- ness to his creatures is purely disinterested, and if nothing but disinterested beneficence can have any merit in his eyes. Again, every person who is conversant with the Scriptures of truth, must be satisfied that all the works of mercy and goud- ness performed by our blessed Saviour and his apostles, ema- nated from genuine benevolence and philanthropy ; and that THE FARMER LIME COMPANY. KOUP OF LIME SHEDS, CANAL BARGES, & c. On Friday the Sill day of April next, will be sold, by public roup, ai the Lime Quay, Aberdeen, rpiIE following SUBJECTS and EFFECTS, be- JL lOnging to the said Company: — 1st, The LIME SHEDS at Kintore and Port Elphin- ston. 2d, The WALLS and ROOF ofa Lime Shed at Aber- deen. 3d, FOUR CANAL BARGES, marked No. 5, 16, 17, 18, either together or separately. 4th. The BARROWS, PLANKS, and SHOVELS, and other UTENSILS, belonging to the Company. The roup wiil Commence at haif- past 10 o'clock forenoon. Further particulars will be learned, on application to George Cruickshank, the Company's Manager;, or J. D* Milne, Ad- vocate in Aberdeen. N. Pi. — Those indebted to the Company are requested to order payment of their accounts to the Manager, at Aberdeen ; or Mr James Nicol, at Port Elphinston, by Inverury, betwixt and ihe 2ftth of June next, otherwise they will be put into the hands, of a man of business. Aberdeen, March 1825. Domestic Ai- ticlcs, § c. formerly omitted. IRISH EVANGELIC AT, SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the Aberdeen Auxiliary Irish Evan- gelical Society was held on Monday last, in Ihe Assembly Rooms; ALEXANDER. BROWN, Esq. in the chair. The Rev. Messrs. WINNING and URWICK, the deputation from Ireland, gave a detailed and interesting account to the crowded and respectable auditory of the operations of the parent society, of the success which had attended its labours, as well as the la- bours of similar societies, and of the necessity which existed for continuing, and if posssible increasing the means which are now using for enlightening, regenerating, and exalting that benighted, immoral, and degraded portion of the British em- pire. A deep feeling of interest appeared to be excited; and 011 many occasions during Mr Urwick's long and eloquent address, tbe audience were rivetted into a motionless gaze, and listened with breathless attention. He begged them to read the reports of the society, and examine the economy with which its funds were managed; pledged himself that their contributions should be expended in such a christian and pru- dent manner as to secure their universal approbation; and invited them, should the society disappoint their expectations ill this matter, to say. if ever he or any other of its representa- tives again stood before them, You have broken faith with us, and we will not support you." After the deputation had finished their statements, the Rev. Dr. Kidd urged the claims of the society to liberal support, in his usual strait: of elo- quence, and with gte. it effect. We trust that the meeting will tie productive of much good. The place in which it w- as held, the gentleman who presided, the respectability of the audience, and tbe liberality of the collection, (£ 20) are all themes of congratulation and encouragement to Ireland's best friends, namely, those who are desirous to make known, to five millions of their fellow- subjects who a* e groping in popish darkness, the W3y of salvation through faith in Him, by whose oliedience unto death all who are saved shall he made righteous. Never at any former period has such an opportunity for evan- gelizing Ireland presented itself as now. An impulse has been given to the pu1 . lie inind in that country, and a spirit of inquiry excited, by the late discussions between the Roman Catholic priests and clergymen of the Protestant faith, re- specting the right of the laity to read the scriptures, which we trust will never be allayed, until all the children of Hibernia read in their own tongue the wonderful history of redeeming love. Never was there a time w hen all class s of christians were so im- peratively called upon to redouble their exertions ill furnishing means for the moral improvement of Ireland. Never was there a time when the various societies, which have for their object the diffusion of education and scriptural knowledge in that land of moral darkness, had so bright a prospect of suc- cess to cheer anrl to animate them 41 in their work of faith and labour of love." The fields are now white to tire harvest, and shall there be a destitution of means and of labourers, when we are call d to thrust in the sickle and reap a joyful and plenteous return? Forbid it christiins ! Forbid it, ye who are friends to man's best interests and happiness, either for time or eternity ! Now is the time when the various l> e- nevoleut institutions which bear 011 the moral improvement of Ireland should, by one simultaneous effort, gird themselves with renewed strength for the battle, that by means of gospel truth the axe may be laid to the root of the baleful tree of popery, under whose daik and deadly shade the sons of Erin have so long sat infatuated, and under which one generation of them after another have sunk into the grave, whilst " no man cared for their souU " We feel out blood run cold when we hear of the multitudes who are annually crushed to death under the ponderous car of Juggernaut; or when we hear of tender mothers casting their smiling babes into the Ganges, to be devoured by alligators ; or when we hear of the aged and infirm carried to the brink of some consecrated river, to be swept away by the rising torrent; or when we hear of widows led as lambs to the slaughter, 10 be consumed in the blazing pile, amidst the infuriated acclamations of their children and their relatives, and the surrounding multitude, who drown by their frantic joy the groans and the cries of the dying suf- ferers ;— arid yet these horrid cruelties are comparatively as nothing, when contrasted with the cruelties perpetrated by the church of Rome, when she made herself drunk with the blood af the saints. The cry too of the abominations which exist in heathen lands conies dviog upon our ears from afar ; but the cry of Ireland's ignorance— of Ireland's crimes— of Ireland's moral and political degradation— or Ireland's dark and dismal superstition— of Ireland's slavery to papal domination and priestcraft— and of Ireland's incessant discontentment and wretchedness, is near ; — it ir. waited 10 us by every breeze fiom our sister land ; it is heralded to every city in Britain, as the evei lasting and unvarying news of every post; and peals in our ears in loud, continued, and unbroken strength, " we are miserable, come over and help us."— Motives of pure pity may lead us to seek the diffusion of Christianity among the heathen, but, iu addition to ' his, motives of |> ersonal safety should lead us to seek the emancipation of Ireland from igno- rance and superstition. S > long as she remains under the dark . ness of pop IV ajld semi- barbarism, our own. and the lives atrd liberties of our Protestant fellow- subjects are in hazard. Let none think that the genius of the popish church is changed— and that from being a persecuting she has become a liberal and tolerant church. She is, according to her own account, ail infallible church, and therefore has not repented, and caunot repent of her former deeds. She is not ashamed of her mur- derous ciuelties, but would repeat them all, were circumstances favourable. If her stakes do not now blaze to consume a La- timer or ,1 Ridley— if her blocks are not now red with blood, and her scaff Iris covered wiih detruncated IK, dies— if the dungeons of her infernal inquisition are not now crammed, aud its thousand instruments of agoniz'ng and indescribable torture employed in tormenting the hapless victims of her suspicion — it is not because popery hath changed its cruel and murderous and dia- bolical natute, but br cause increasing light, and the better spirit and better conduct of Protestants, have shamed the Rotliish church out of coun- enance, and forced her to aban- don, at least until a more convenient season, her horrid deeds of darkness. Let those, therefore, who wish to see Ireland raised from her moral ant! political degradation, delivered from her crimes and her miseries, aud emancipated from popery and popish priestcraft, give no stinted support to those societies which have for their object the diffusion of evangelical truth ill that kingdom ; for not until the light of the knowledge of Christ has filled the cabins which are scattered ovei the green anti emerald fields of our sister gem of the ocean, shall the rose and the shamrock and the thistle, intwined in mutual love, flourish together in a triple union, and with lovely aud healthy and roseate hue adorn the diadem of our common Sovereign. The day lieforc vcstcrday, at eleven o'clock at night, primary colleges. It lias Keen my fortune to lie placed, an extraordinary courier sent out from the Austi ian Em- . by the divisions of sentiment prevailing among our cotm- bassy for Vienna. • » The state of Europe is remarkable. A short time ago, a word from England shook it to its centre— now it is alarmed bv the silence of Russia. The Alliance of Crowned Heads, which the revolutions of Spain had cemented, seems to dissolve before those powerful oppos- ing interests which follow subdued revolutions. The ill- dependence ofGrccce, the independence of the Brazils, the independence of all the world, is tlie subject of debate in the Councils of Kings, and may soon be contested on the field of battle. Different interests, and the different Powers seem, after a truce of ten vears, pr « pnriug for a new contest. The Universe is in labour ; what will it bring forth? The future will soon show. We have not hitherto endeavoured to pry into its mysteries. It is enough to recollect that Lord Liverpool lately said peace will not be eternal. One thing is plain, that evev State is fortifying its frontiers or strengthening its institutions, to enable it to influence the decisions of fortune. And what is- France doing ? . She offers us a spectacle never before seen in the annals of history. She is destroying herself; she is sapping her laws, her finances, her pub- lic spirit, all at the same time, as if foreigners presided iu her Councils, or as if she were afraid of being soon enough ruined, to merit of weakness and unimportance the right of preserving a long neutrality. A neigh- bouring nation employs her time in preparing the, recog- nisance of the New States of America, a reform in her jury system, the introduction of improved duties, and diminution of her public debt. MARCH, 22— The corpse of Princess Metternich was carried yesterday at one o'clock to the Church de la Madehiine ( Assumption). After alow mass by the Cure, the coffin a . d the box containing her heart were then placed in the hearse, which proceeded to the Bar- rier de Pantin, where they were removed to a caleche to be carried to Vienna. Her relations, the Ambassadors, and a great number of friends, followed the funeral pro- cession. Baron Vincent, the Austrian Ambassador, was at the head of the mourners. Prince Metteriuch has sent 1,000 francs to the Cure for the poor of the parish. MARCH 22.— Prince Metternich, whose fears ( too fully justified by the loss lie has just sustained) were the only motive for his journey, will quit Paris the day after to- morrow. We receive the following in a private letter from Tan- giers :— Some Spanish refugees having received EH order from the King of Morocco, to quit his estates, they went to the French Consul, who granted them a safeguard until he could receive orders cn the subject. Thev declared that they would embrace the Mahometan faith if he refused them an asylum." The reduction in the duties of entry on several objects of importation, recently made by the English Govern- ment, seems to have made a salutary influence upon several branches of industry in the Netherlands. We lenrn that already the iron foundries iu Liege and Namur have resumed their activity. It is remarked of a certain personage, who has great policy of Great Britain, that p rliey having always h? en di- rected to rally round her, as their common protectress, tlie smaller States of Europe. The other, by so reducing the ap- pointments of Ambassadors, as to render it impossible for any but men of large private fortunes to undeitake the office; a e should be aceesstbl ny other consideration trymen on this occasion, in competition, friendly and honourable, with three of my fellow citizens, all justly enjoying, in eminent degrees the public favour ; and of course which, he said, would he much at variance with the whose worth, talents, and services, no one entertains a j domestic policy of Engjand. one of the cardinal principles of higher and more respectable sense than myself. The | names of two of them were, in the fulfilment of the pro- visions of the Constitution, presented to the selection of the House, in concurrence with my own— names close- ly associated with the glory of the nation ; and one of them farther recommended by a larger majority of the primary electoral suffrages than mine. In this state of things, could my refusal to accept the trust thus delegated to me gave an immediate opportu- nity to the people to form and to express, with a nearer approach to unanimity, the object of their preference, I should not hesitate to decline the acceptance of this emi- nent charge, and to submit the decision of this moment- ous question again to their determination. But the constitution itself has not so disposed of the contingency which would arise in the event of my refusal. I shall, therefore, repair to the post assigned me by the call of my country, signified through her constitutional organs, oppressed with the magnitude of the task before me, but cheered with the hope of that gcncrons support from my fellow- citizens, which, in the vicissitudes of a life devoted to their service, has never failed to sustain tne ; confident in the trust that the wisdom of the Legis- lative Councils will guide and direct me in the path of my official duty, and relying, above all, upon the super- intending Providence of that'Being " in whose hands our breath is, aud whose are all our ways." Gentlemen: I prav you to make acceptable to the House the assurance of my profound gratitude for their confidence : and to accept, yourselves, my thanks for the friendly terms in which vou have communicated to me their decision. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. Washington, Feb. 10, 1825. The extent of the navigation of the United States may be judged of from the fact, that the American ton- nage alone employed in the foreion trade of the United States, for the year ending 1823, was 1,490,322 tons. The foreign tonnagewas 118,681 tons: both 1,609,003 tons. Canal between Atlantic and Pacific.— Decree of the Mexican Congress, Nov. 4.— 1st. The Government shall cause to be published, as well in this as in other countries, where it may be expedient, that it is about to undertake making a communication between the two oceans by the isthmus of Tehuantepec, and that to accomplish this ob- ject it will receive all proposals which may be made to effect it, cn the understanding that it will prefer that which ofiers, practically, most prefeotion, accommoda- tion, and advantages for navigation. 2d. The Govern- ment will fix the time, within which the proposals are to be made, during which they will cause to be examined closely the isthmus of Tehuantepec, and combine all the surveys, which may be necessary to undertake the canal of communication, with the requisite information. FRASER AND THE ABERDEEN COMPANY'. BANKING TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE COURAMT. SIR.— Having observed in your paper of Thursday last, and also irt our Edinburgh newspapers, a report of a decision pro- nounced by a Lord Ordinary, in the Outer House, in the case of Fraser tr. the Aberdeen Banking Company, relative to the right of a partner to demand interest on unclaimed Dividends, I take the liberty of addressing ycu to say, that the report defective and incorrect in many respects The point under discussion is certainly one of importance to ail banking com- panies. From the report in your paper it would appear that the plea of ihe bank ill this case, is at variance with the prac- tice of our banks. This I take it upon myself to deny. Tile- reverse was proved by abundant written evidei <' e ; and every person connected wiih the principal banks in this country, knows that is not their practice to allow interest on dividends, which it is in the power of the parlies lo uplift when tl. ey please. It is true that the I. ord Ordinary liar; now decided against tile batik but it is equa Hy true that he first decided in its favour, and may probably return to his original opinion, as tbe case is still to be revived by him. But at ail events, the report has been extremely premature, as a question of such importance could hardly be laid at rest by the decree of a single Judge, which is still under his review, and which, if not altered, will iu all probability be considered elsewhere,— I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, JOHN TURNER, W. S. EDINBURGH, March 17, 1825. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FROM FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, March 20.— The Princess of Metternich died yesterday morning at three o'clock. The Princess is nut to be buried at Paris. On Monday, after a short ceremony, which will be performed in the Church of the Assumption, the body will be sent to Germany to the family estates, where it will lie buried. A large sum of inonev lias been given to the poor, and fifty masses are to be said for the soul of the deceased. The King has sent his compliments of condolence to Prince Metternicb to the Princessis Ins daughters, and the Count and Cotmtcss Lsterhazy, 011 occasion of the death of the Princess. MARCH, 21 Prince Esterhazv, Austrian Ambas sudor at London, set out yesterday to return to England During his Excellency's short residence at Pars, he had frequent conferences with the Russian and Austrian Am I assadors, anu with our Minister for Foreign Affairs tnlluence, that if he is not a good financier, he is, at least, a good arithmetician ; for he has taught the emi- grants addition ; the fund- holders, substruction ; the great bankers, multiplication ; and Frenchmen, division. FROM GERMAN PAPERS. WARSAW, March 9.— His Majesty the Emperor has issued a Proclamation convoking tbe Estates of the kingdom of Poland to assemble for the third General Diet, which is to open on the ] 3th May, tnJ to close the 13th June, this year. The Proclamation concludes in the following terms :— Senators anri Deputies— Two Diets have already been held; that of 1818, guided hya spirit of concord and harmony, promoted by wise laws, and the welfare of the kingdom ; that of 1820, which spent its valuable time in useless disputes, has hardly left a trace of its labours. This will teaeh you to avoid the consequences of discord and the delusion of mistaken self- love. Faithful to your vocation, you will discuss with temper the important projects to be laid before you, and warned by xperience, will make us of Ihe third time of the dearest rights granted to you with that love for the general good, which doubtless animated you all, and will entitle you to the thanks of your countrymen. Assuring you of our Royal favour, we recommend you to the protection of Heaven. •• ALEXANDER, Emperor and King." A nother Proclamation is as follows :— < We, Alexantler, & c. — Faithfui to the paternal sentiments and intentions which induced us, of our own free will, to give a Cotistilution to our subjects of the Kingdom of Poland, in order to give to all classes of people what is so necessary to their welfare— pence, union, and concord ; desirous of remov- ing the danger which abuse of one article in the charter has al- ready caused and may cause again ; considering that the publi- city of the debates in bo h Chambers has induced the speakers to think rather of an ephemeral popularity, than of the public good, by which the debates degenerated into empty declama- tions, calculated to destroy the expected unanimity, and to banish the tranquillity- and decorum which should prevail in every important deliberation ; desiring to cure the evil in its source, to prevent the necessity of all influence in elections and opinions, and to cause our subjects of the Kingdom of Poland to enjoy all the benefits which ihe charier accords to them, we have resolved to fortify our work by altering, by means of an additional article, one point of the regulations, ex- perience has proved to us to be highly detrimental. We have therefore decreed as follows .— " ' fiie Sittings at the opening and close of the Diet, and those in which the Royal sanction at projects of law is declared, shall be public, as hitherto. I11 the elections of Committees, and in every discussion and debate in the two Chambers, they shall always form them- selves into a Special Committee. " This Article forms an inseparable part of the Charter. " Czarskojinto, Feb. 13. " ALEXANDER" ST. PETERSBUIIGH, March ,5.— The Journal of St. Petersburg!) contains the following article :—" Some French Journals speak of the sending a Spanish Com missioner to St. Petersburgh, and of a secret treaty for military aid, which Russia has engaged to give to Spain. The territorical cessions to be made in return for this aid, were also stated. All these statements are false. Since 1814, the Russian Cabinet has concluded 110 treaties but those which have contributed to the restoration of general peace, which all Europe desired, and its policy is confined to the maintenance of these principles which, in concert with Allied Courts, it basso often and so formally sanctioned by its declarations and its measures." A Brussels Paper says, the reduction of the import duties on several articles lately resolved upon by the English Government, seems likely to have a salutary influence on several branches of manufacture in the Netherlands. Already we learn that the iron works in the Province of Liege and Namur, are more actively employed than they have been for a long time. It may be remembered that it has been stated that the quantity of iron produced in England is at present insufficient for the manufactories and iron rail roads which are becoming more and more numerous ; but our speculators in the Netherlands will hardly confine themselves to the ex- portation of raw iron to England, but will profit by the immense markets which the New American States offer, where all articles of iron meet with a ready sale. Sir W. Congreve is at Berlin making preparations for lighting that city with gas. Kmpm& I Iterfiament HOUSE OF LORDS. Monday, March 21. I Lord SUFFIELD, understanding that a measure would be proposed from a much higher authority, withdrew his bill for larcenies in gardens. The LORD CHANCELLOR then brought in a bill for preventing larcenies in gardens, which was read a first se. The Bishop of ELY presented a petition from the Clergy and Archdeaconry of Ely against the Catholic claims. Tuesday, March 22. Lord ELLENBOROUGH presented a petition from at- torneys and law societies, against the clerks article bill. The petitioners stated, that of late years the annual increase of so- licitors every year had been about 600, while the decrease had only been about 40 per annum. The Marquis of DOWNS HI RE presented a petition from the Protestants of Newry in favour of the CaJholic claims. The army « nd nary mutiny bill was read a third time. Lord GIFFORD presented a petition from the Agricultural Society of Wigtownshire, in favour of the Scotch judicature bill. Upon the motion of Viscount MELVILLE, the house proceeded to the third reading of the above named bill, when one of the clauses was agreed to be re- drawn, and some slight amendments were made ; after which the bill ( as amended) was read a third time, passed, and ordered to the Commons. Thursday y March 24?. The Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Winchester, and the EarJ of Shaftesbury, as his Majesty's Commissioners, brought down the Royal assent io the annual duties bill, and several private bills. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition from Robert Gourlay, complaining of the proceedings of the Court of Chancery, in a case in which he bad been engaged, and praying that their Lordships would adopt measures to stimulate the energies of the Commission appointed to inquire into the proceedings and delays of the Court of Chancery. The Noble and Learned Earl should make no observation on the contents of the petition, but had thought it his duty to present it. The petition was laid on the table. Friday, March 25. Lord LAUDERDALE presented a petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and citizens of London, against the equitable loan bill. Several other petitions to the same effect were presented, which were respectively read. Lord LAUDERDALE objected to the bill as mischievous, and be should, on | jbie 2d reading, move that the petitioners be heard by Counsel. Lord LIVERPOOL was anxious to take this opportunity to say a few words on this subject. Looking at the immense capital in this country, and the low rate of interest of money at the present moment, he thought he should not perform his duty if he did not caution the House and the public against the various speculations now on foot. No one could answer for events. He never had greater cause to believe that peace was fixed on a permanent basis, but it was impossible for any man to answer for contingencies, or to say what might not happen. Events might occur, even less than a direct and positive war, in which these speculations might have a ruinous tendency. The LORD CHANCELLOR considered these specula- tions and transactions as dangerous to the public, and observed, that the persons who had been induced to deal so largely in them, had not been well advised.— The petitions were severally read, and ordered to lie on the table. Lord SUFFIELD moved the 1st reading of the equitable loan bill.— Read a first time. The Scotch Jury bill went through a Committee, wiih some amendments. AMERICA, $ c. The following is the Answer by Mr Adams to the Committee of the House who had waited upon him to notify his election as President ;— Gentlemen— In receiving the testimonial from the Representatives of the people and States of the Union, I am deeply sensible to the circumstances under which it has been given. All my predecessors in the high station to which the favour of the House now calls me, have been honoured with majorities of electoral voices in their HOUSE OF COMMONS. Monday, March 21. NEWSPAPER DUTY. Mr ABERCROMBY presented a petition from Pro- prietors of Newspapers in Edinburgh, praying for the repeal of the duties on papers and advertisements. He said, if the statements in the petition were correct, the revenue had suf- fered materially since the increase of those duties ; and it was, therefore, thought that the reduction of them would be bene- ficial to the revenue and useful to the country. Petition ordered to be printed. SUPPLY. The House having gone into a Committee of Supply, Mr HERRIRS moved (^ 100,000 having been voted) that there be panted for Court contingencies =£ 150.000. Mr HUME complained of our maintaining persons as Am- bassadors, Envoys, & c. at every petty Court on the Conti- nent. He wished this country to withdraw itself more de- cidedly from Continental politics. The outfits and salaries were enormous; and while the people were taxed so highly to maintain our national faith, these expences ought to be re- duced. Including the expences for Envoys & c. to South America, the annual expense for this class would be 400,0001. Mr CANNING, upon whom his late indisposition has made serious ravages, replied in a feeble voice. He explain- ed that there were but two ways in which the expenditure of the diplomatic department could be retrenched ; the one was, by diminishing I lie number of Ministers, so as to hold diploma- tic relations with the greater powers only, which, he observed, was utterly repugnant to what had always been the foreign which had always been, that every offi to every member of the Sute, without ; than those of character and talent. The Right Hon. S cr tary concluded by saying tb. it he would have tlie House pre- pared to receive a proposal to increase, instead of diminishing, the expenditure of the diplomatic department. =£ 160,000 were voted for civil contingencies. Mr HUME aski'd what progress was made in procuring restitution from Spain for the injuries done to British com- merce by that nation. Mr CANNING said our claims had been acknowledged to the amount of upwards of L. 200000, our whole claim amounting to between L. 400,000 and L. 500.000. The House resumed. The Report was ordered to be re- ceived to- morrow. COLONIAL TRADE. The House resolved itself into a Committee on the Ameri- can and West India Trade. Mr HUSKISSON said, the resolution with which he should conclude would be in accordance with the Speech from the Throne, and the principles adopted by the House. He meant to go more into explanation than at first he had in- tended ; at the same time he did not conceive that innovation was necessary improvement, but innovation arose from change of circmstances, and in that way only was he an innovator. He would submit, first, the necessity of revising our Colonial policy ; 2dly, to inquire into the duties o » i articles of foreign commerce, and whether some improvement might not be made in our Navigation Laws. At present he would confine himself to one colonial policy, reserving the others to a future even- ing. It had long been an object to confine all colonial pro- duce to the mother country, and that had become part of the international law of Europe; but of late years a great change had taken place in the Brazils, St. Domingo, and the States of South America— with all those a free trade had now taken place. The Mouse was Called on to inquire, if, amidst so great changes, a change ought not also to take place in our own Colonial policy. The change had been found beneficial to the colonies themselves, and, in the long- run, monopoly could not be continued without weakening the attachment of the colonies and injuring the cause of commerce itself. The commerce of America was also taken into the account; in looking at the state of our commerce, this country would il- lustrate the history of a perseverance and relaxation in the stem of our Colonial policy. The whole commerce of the world was now in a slate of change; and he ( Mr H.) harbour- ed no unfriendly fee! tug towards other States, when he wished to promote the commerce of Great Britain. Whatever tend- ed to impede the commerce of the colonies, must also impede the commerce of the parent state. The Government had per- mitted an intercourse to other states with our West India possessions. With respect to Europe, that intercourse was restricted to British ships; but with respect to America, the intercourse was to be carried on in American shipping; but the American Government admitted that their productions should be admitted into the colonies on the same terms as tiie staple commodities of onr own country. Such a demand had never been made before in any commercial transaction ; the British Government did not Suspend the intercourse. If the American Government did not relax in their demand, he hoped that the West Indies would do without the trade to America, though at the same time he trusted that would not be the case. But we ought to be equally just to the Powers of Europe as to the growing trade of America. He would propose to put the trade to the colonies on the same footing as the trade to Jersey and Ireland, with souie necessary limi- tations. All the direct commerce with the colonies was to be confined to ourselves ; but in other respects a free commerce was to be allowed with the rest of the world. At the same time certain protecting ad valorem duties must be imposed, and the produce of the duties would form the revenue of the particular colony. He would also propose to allow the ware- housing system, as carried on here, to extend to the colonies. The commerce of the United States had been found to derive much benefit from this system. The Sugar Colonies would have a chance, from this alteration, of disposing of their sur- plus produce to much advantage. It would introduce a new description of inhabitants, and of commerce. The colonies would not only produce sugar, but also silk and indigo. We also see in those colonies a much larger proportion of white inhabitants, an immense advantage both to the colonies and the mother country. From the restrictions that had been taken offfrom the trade to India, much benefit had accrued to this country, and the same would be the case with the West India colonies. A free trade would be far more advantageous to the mother country than ihe most rigid monopoly. The system would be of the utmost advantage to the British settlements in North America, aud that in the course of no long time. The population now amounted to a million of people, and from the boon of a free trade, their connection with the mother country would be drawn closer than before, and it would bind them by their mutual interests. The boons to them would be, ill fact, beneficial to ourselves, and without the proposed change we could not compete with the United States. The fisheries in our North American settlements were extremely valuable, and their rivals in that branch of trade were the neighbouring provinces of America. From the present stats af our maritime law, a bounty was in fact ;; iven to the Ame- rican trade over ours; because though a ship from Nova Scotia might carry a cargo of fish to the Brazils or to Petersburgh, yet the Nova Scotia ship could not, as the American, take in a cargo of the produce of the Brazils or of Russia. Ill that point of view, the trade of America had a decided advantage over that of the British colonies. He should also propose to put the sugar from the Mauritius on the same footing as that imported from the West Indies. He should likewise propose to put the corn of Canada on a new principle, as the duties no" imposed amounted to a prohibition, and the Canada corn, under tlie present system, might remain for years locked up in our warehouses. At all times free admission might be per- mitted, without any detriment to the British agriculturist.— That he should propose on a future evening. The attention of this House had often been called to the large fees now im- posed on shipping. He should propose that those fees be abolished altogether, and the officers be paid from another quarter. In fact, the alteration now proposed would render most of those officers unnecessary. For them a proper com- pensation would, as had been done in all similar cases, be af- forded. On Friday next he should submit some farther ob- servations to the House. The Right Hon Gentleman thank, ed tlie House for the attention with which they heard him— ( cries of hear, hear!)— and concluded by moving a resolutihti, the effect of which was, to amend the acts to which he had re- ferred in the course of his observations— namely, the acts for regulating our commerce with the West Indies and America, and also the act relative to the warehousing goods, & c. Mr c. R. ELLIS spoke highly of the proposed ameliora- tions, as far as he could yet understand them ; bill as many of them must be regulaied by the principles of reciprocity, it was impossible to foretel how they would operate. Mr BARING expressed the great gratification lie received from the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman, from which he augured much advantage, both to the mother country and the colonies. No nation could become rich from the poverty of others. The system of the Right Hon. Gentle- man must be called the emancipation of the West India Co- lonies. In the alterations proposed, policy and justice went hand in hand, and the more they were examined, the more they would be approved. Sir F. BURDETT said, he had not quite clearly compre- hended the Right Hon. Gentleman, but as far as he under- stood him, lie thought his speech contained much maiter of gratification, and he hoped that he would not stop short, but give the colonies the fullest extent of freedom to their trade, and allow thetn to refine their own sugars if they thought proper. Dr LUSHINGTON animadverted, with some asperity, upon the conduct of the great body of West India proprietors ; and was replied to with corresponding warmth by Mr Gordon, Mr R. Ellis. Mr Cust Grant, & c. The Resolutions were unanimously agreed to. POLICE MAGISTRATES. Mr PEEL brought forward his proposition on the Police Acts, to amend them, particularly as far as regarded the sa- laries of the Police Magistrates. He proposed to increase their salaries from 6001. to 8001. per annum, which was ulti- mately agreed to. The remaining Orders having been disposed of, the House adjourned. Tuesday, March 22. CATHOLIC BILL. Mr ESTCOURT begged to ask Sir F. Burdetta question. It was reported that the great measure was til be discussed on the 14th of April. That day fell on the middle of the sessions, and therefore would be most inconvenient to the magistracy. He therefore hoped that the honourable baronet would postpone the discussion until at least the week following the 14th April. Sir F. BURDETT said he should be glad to take time till to- morrow to consider ; but he had every disposition to con- sult the wishes of gentlemen on the other side of the house ( Hear.) Mr GOULBUltN asked the honourable gentleman opposite ( Mr Hume) to postpone till after the holiday* his motion which stood for Thursday next, on the abolition of the office of Lord Lieutenant in Ireland, Mr IIUSIE consented. but wished In defer for the present moving any day when he should bring forward his motion. POO It OF IRELAND. Mr G RATTAN said, that as his bill would not be opposed ill the outset, he sh. Hild only state the general objects of the measure be intended to bring in. Tbe lion, gentleman wished to effect his object by subscription, but under certain circum- stances to allow the assessment of the parish when the subscrip- tions were not sufficient. The plan partonk of a system very generally adopted in Scotland, and not partaking of tile vices of the poor laws of England. In his neighbourhood it had been adopted to a considerable extent, where the subscrip- tions were nearly compulstny. A parochial system was wanted in Ireland, that vestries might classify the poor, and relieve irrand juries from many of llieir minor labours. His bill would form parochial bodies lo effect his purpose, only lo exist ill the present state of Ireland. Mr GOULBURN admitted the great importance of the object, but wished the bill to be before the house before lie offered an opinion upon its merits. He would do all in his power to aid the Hon. gentleman.—( Hear, bear.) Sir II PA RNELL feared that if tbe poor laws were es- tablished in Ireland, the whole rent of ihe country would be consumed. Sir J. MACKINTOSH said, that she poor laws was the only curse not inflicted on Ireland. Mr C. WILSON supported the bill ; and after a few words from Mr Monck, . Mr Beimel, and Mr Grattan, leave was given to bring in the hill. Mr CANNING laid upon the table certain treaties entered into with tbe United States. Mr HUME moved that there be laid upon the table, a re. turn of the 11. ' 270 Accounts of Armv Agents aud Paymasters of Regiments, existing previous to 1810, and remaining un- settled ill the War Office in February 1X25; together with the date of each account, when delivered iu, the names of the parties, & c. CAPE WINE. Mr HUME said, in 1811 the colonists of ihe Cape were recommended to cnltivatn the vine as an article likely to prove of great benefit and importance to them. Now, however, by theplin proposed by the light lion, gentleman ( the Chancellor of the Exchequer) the duly on Portugal wine would be reduced from six to four shillings a gallon, while that on Cape wine was to'continue at I wo shillings and sixpence. He moved for a return of the number of gallons of French and other foreign wines, and also of Cape wine, in bond on ihe 28th of February 1825. The CHANCELLOR of the EH CHEQUER said, be bad tio objection to the motion, but the subject would tie tnorc properly introduced when the remission of the wine duties should lie brought under con- idem! ion. The returns moved for by the hon. member were ordered. Mr HUME said, he would bring on at an early period a motion for altering the system of impressing, and preven ing ilia flogging of seamen without a court- martial. Several other resolutions were then agreed to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved, that the house should go into a committee on the wine duties bill. The right lion, gentleman observed, the only alieratiou he now intended proposing extended t > Cape wines up to the year 1830 ; the duty on Cape to be two shillings for the fi- st three ( or two) years, and for the remaining period to ] 83i>, 2s. fid. Mr HUME wished the duty to be Is. Gd. for the first two years, and 5s. for the next three years. Mr Alderman WOOI) wished to know on what quantity of wine tbe drawback would be allowed ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that the drawback would be allowed on half a tun, or 12G « *..! — ions, The report was then brought up, and ordered to lie re- ceived to- morrow. On the motion for the second reading of the Caledonian Canal Bill. Mr HUME said, that he was well aware of the Rijit Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer's objections to Joint Stock Companies; however, he ( Mr Hume) thought, in tbiscase, that if ihe Right Hon. Gentlemen would advertise for some Joint Slock Company to take this canal off liis hands, the pub- lic would save considerably by it, and the canal be imusageil much better than it was now likely to be. The CHANCELLOR of tbe EXCHEQUER I have no objection, provided the Hon. Member will allow ine to nominate him as the principal director.— ( A lauoli ) Mr Alderman WOOD — If he were, 1 can only say, mucl&> of the public money might be saved. The bill was then read a second time. Mr HUME gave notice of a motion for the production of certain papers relative to the expenditure in the wa> r wi India, under the command of the Marquis of Hastings. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, a « d the- house adjourned a few minutes before ten o'clock. Wednesday, March 2 k A conversation of some leng h took place upon the day to be fixed for the second reading of the Catholic emancipation bill - Tuesday, the 19th of April, was at length determined upon. Mr SYK. ES obtained leave to bring in a bill for the regula- tion of the law respecting the recovery of small tithes. Sir J. YOIIKE presented a petition from a gentleman named! Robert Eyre, representative of Captain Samuel Eyre of the- navy, who according to tbe allegations of the petition, had been unjustly deprived by the East India Company of nearly a million of money captured, in the year 1781, by him and men, in a fort near Calcutta. Sir J. Yorke observed., that this was the sixteenth petition which Mr Eyre had offered- up'oa the subject. It was laid on the table., Thursday, March 24. Mr P. MOORE moved the third reading of the equitably loan bill. Mr ROBERTSONopposed the bill, on the grouikl of th<* general impolicy of encouraging these kind of companies. The House then divided, when the numbers were— For the bill ... ... ... 59* Against it ... ... ... J 2 Majority in favour of the bill ... — 27" ILL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS. Mr MA RT1N moved for leave to bring in a bill still far- ther extending the protection to cattle. Mr F. Palmer, Sir G. Heathcote, Mr Lockhart, Mr Alderman Thompson, ami- others opposed the motion, as lending to encourage the practice- of over legislating. On a division, Mr Martin's motion was rejected by a ma- jority of 55 to 23. SEAMEN'S WAGES. Mr I1US3KISSON ( for Mr Croker) moved for leave to- bring in a bill authorising the payment in monthly sums of money in commutation for ardent spirits, allowed to sailops^ it* ships of war ; and also to permit Ihe payment of sailors on foreign stations, though an authorised Commissioner sboirld not be iit hand. Mr HUME professed to feel surprised that no steps wertt in contemplation to raise the warges of sailors in his Majesty's; service, when merchant sailors were receiving three and four guineas a mouth. Sir G. COCKBtJRN questioned the policy of paying- sailors on foreign stations : he thought that the effect of ihe proposed arrangement would be to deprive the families of sea- men of any share of their waires— Leave given. CRIMINAL uAW. Mr PEEL moved for leave to bring in two1 bills for the amendment of the criminal code. The first, he soiit. related to the offence of charging persons with the commission of, or ihe attempt to commit, certain odious climes, and woold gi » to put both kinds of threats upon the same footing— the threat to charge an attempt not being punishable by the existing law. The other bill, the Right Hon. Gentleman explained, was intended to render pardons under ( he sign manual, counter- signed by the Secretary of State, of equal efficacy wiih par- dons tinder the Great Seal ; and also to take away all distinc- tions between actual clergymen and other persons pleading to clergyable felonies. A short conversation followed, in which several Member* engaged, and leave was given. INDIA. Mr HUME said, that no subjects were more overlooked in that House than those connected with India. In most in- stances the laws for the management of foteign colonies were made by the local Government, and their regulations were seldom subsequently reversed in that House. When, bow- ever, he observed the hazard which threatened their East In. diail possessions, and the meagre materials which had been offered, from which to judge of the prudence of running into the war which raged there, he could not help bringing the question in some shape before the Hou e. During the Mar- quis of Hastiiig's government all was contentment; but bow- ever amiable Lord Amherst might be in private life, be was certain it was neither wise nor prudent to send him to India. The country had been suddenly plunged in war, and no man who knew any thing of India could approve of the measure adopted by Lord Amherst. He had lost the confidence of all parlies there, and excited an unpleasant, if not a hostile feeling, among the native troops. He would state lo tbe House tliu information he bad recently received as to the mutiny which had been so severely punished. When the officers and soldiers of the 47th native regiment were ordered to quit the ranks, if favourable to the Company, n whole battalion instantly quitted their ranks, and yet tile officers of that very battalion were subsequently deptived of their rank, it being alleged lhat they must have been aware of the mutiny. It was a poor excuse for such untimely and impolitic, as well as unjust severity, to say, that an inquiry should lie afterwards instituted, and that, if proved innocent, they would be restored. As if to add tlie tiutie"-, on foreign gl ivcis, porcelafn, Sc(. which operated unfa- vourably with foreign powers, and only encountered smuggling on our own coasts. He edso proposed to reduce the duties on metallic substances; first, the duty tin foreign iron from L6 : ] 0s. to Ll : iOs. Since he had given the intnnation he had seen many iton masters, but they all seemed to think that freedom of trade was excellent in all branches, except the iron ive regiments, and of those since returned, stating how far trade— there monopoly was the best thing in the world. — ( A se orders relative to allowances had been carried into effect, j laugh ) — The high duties, however, were occasioning ortlers finishing stroke to the insults given to the native population"" Lord Amherst had placed upon the roads, in chains, Bramins of the highest class. lie would conclude by moving, that there be laid upon the table copies of the dispatch sent by Marquis Wellesley to the Secret Department at the India House, in the year 1819 ; and also of that sent to India in 1823, relative to the military allowances to officers in the liat those Mr C. W. WYNNE saitl, in . a country so very distant, and so very populous as India, a very large discietion must be left in the hands of ihe Governor. At present they had before them only a letter written within five days after the mu- tiny had taken place, antl before the commission of inquiry, which hat! been ordered by the Government, had commenced tlieir functions. The dispatches moved for by the Hon. Gen- tleman had no reference to the military allowances to the native troops. They, in fact, related entirely to the European forces, and had been carried into effect without eliciting any unpleasant representations to the authorities at home. Let the Hon. Gentleman conceive the situation of a regiment under arms refusing to obey orders. Instead of from 400 to 500 men, that had been stat- d in all the private letters to have been killed, the real number wn3 only 180. The punishment of di.- banding appeared to him the most proper that could he adopted ; as if it appeared proper to the Government, it could most easily he done away. The attack of Rangoon was the most proper mode of commencing the war, and that had been the opinion of a most experienced officer. Major Kelly, who had since fallen a victim to tbe climate. The Hon. Gentle- man had no opportunity of estimating the abilities of Lord Amherst ; and at the time of his going out there was every appearance of the continuance of peace. Tbe most exception able of all Lord Amherst's acts was, it seemed, that he had handed to table the lady of the Commodore of the squadron before the ladies of the senior merchants.—( A laugh). No act of Lord Amherst's Government had excited so much dis- content, or been made the subject of so many private com- munications from India. He must oppose the motion, Mr HOBEItTSON said, that the Burmese were tributary to China, and that ihe Emperor of China had ordered his frontiers to be fortified. The Chinese would not suffer the Burmen government lo be overthrown. Colonel DAV1ES thought had the sepoys been reasoned with, they would have laid down their arms. No men were more attached to iheir officers than the sepoys. He should support the motion. Mr FREEMANTLE was sur; rised at the speech of tbe gallant officer, who must be aware of the necessity of the most prompt measures in the case of mutiny ; and mutiny too when the troops were under ordeis to march against the enemy. In providing for the comforts of the army, the Company added nearly L. 200 000 to their expenditure. Colonel BAILEY said, thai at the commencement of the Nepaul war greater reverses had been experienced than ot present. A mutiny of the sepoys, that had taken place 50 years ago, had been put down exaitly in the same manner as the present. From his long acquaintance with the Indian army he was confident that the native officers must have been awate of lite mutiny. But a very small proportion of the native troops were Bramins, and he doubled if a single Bramin had been exposed on the road. Sir C. FORBES said, that on the question of prudence, he wholly disapproved of the conduct of Lord Amherst. Tlie regiment that had mutinied had marched 1000 miles lo JSarrackpore at tile commencement of the war; then they had all their usual comforts, but of those they had been de prived before the mutiny, and of that mutiny such depriva- tion had been tie cause. No fewer than 13 Bramins had tin the late occasion been degraded. The man who had brought India into such a stale was not calculated to remedy it. He had never heard a single voice raised in favour of Lord Amherst, and he challenged any member to say that one n as. Sir J. SEBRIGHT said, if the character of the Gover- nor- General of India was to be sacrificed on a letter from a Lady iu India, he, for one, most protest against such mode of proceeding. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought that most unjust attacks had been made upon public men, for the Commander- in- Chief was equally attacked with the Governor- General. The motion ofthe Honourable Gentle- man had no reference to the conduct of the Governor. General. The Burmese war had nothing to do with the document mov- ed for by the Hon. Gentleman, and sent by Lord Hastings in 1819. lie was not called upon to differ with Lord Amherst, as the subject would be put into a fair discussion, aud not argued upon an incidental question. The House divided, when there appeared, For the motion, ... ... 15 Against it, ... ... ... 58 Majority against ihe motion, — 43 GAME LAWS. The House went into a Committee on the game laws a liendment bill. On the clause for making game the property of the land- owners. The Committee divided, when there appeared, For the amendment, ... ... ... 4 Agair. st it. .. ... ... ... 32 Majority in favour of the original clause, — 29 The House resumed, the Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again. The ether orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned. Friday, Man h 22. Lord A. HAMILTON presented the report of the Scots Courts Sheriffs' Fees Bill. Ordered to be recommitted on Monday next. REDUCTION OF IMPORT DUTIES. On the motion of Mr. HUSKISSON, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House, on the Customs and Stamp Duties Consolidation Acts. — Mr Hart Davies in the chair. Mr HUSKISSON rose to move the qualification of certain duties paid on the importation of various articles used in- our domestic manufactures, with the view of encouraging our do- mestic manufactures. The principles on which he proceeded had now had some experience; and the expectations of their prejudicial result, formed by some, had not been realized. As he and the Chancellor of the Exchequer had hitherto had much support, and as tlieir plans were found beneficial, h tru- t d that they would continue, to have the support fully equal lo what they had heretofore enjoyed.—( Hear, hear.) — The Home would recollect that in the course of the last ses- sion, when an entire change was proposed to be made in the laws relating to an important branch of our manufacture— h meant the silk laws, it was suggested, that instead of the entire prohibition of foreign silks, an import du'y of 30 per cent, upon the value of the article should be paid. Sume gentle- men at the time thought that duty too high— not the manu- facturers, for they thought it inadequate to the protection of their own article; but others, and he ( Mr. H.) for one, be- lieved that it was too high for a very different reason, and that was, that it would still leave too great a latitude for the opera- tion of the smuggler. The fears ofthe manufacturers had, b liopcd. by this time subsided. Indeed, if any fear remained, lie believed that it was transferred to the manufacturers of other countries, whom, he had reason to know, already felt much apprehension and uneasiness at the progress which our silk manufacture had made, aud the improvements which were still going on in il. If then a protecting duty of 30 per cent was sufficient, upon the only branch of our manufactures in which we were in some respects behind hand with foreign countries, il became them to consider, in respect to other branches which bad long flourished and maintained a superi ority in all parts of the world, whether they should continue to preserve a system of useless prohibitory duties which only placed the trade in those articles of foreign produce in th hands of the smugglers, instead of the legitimate merchants in the country. With this view, he should first call the attention of the committee to that branch, which was the greatest antl most extended of all the manufactures of this country— th manufacture of cotton. He apprehended no one would doubt that we excelled all rivals in the manufacture of this article and that we had the preference in every market of the world, both in respect to price antl quality. So much had it in- creased, that the exports of last year of cottons, official va- lue. amounted to =£ 30 000,000, and yet that trade was op- pressed wilh duties on raw materials, in some instances to the extent of 75 and G7 per rent. ; he proposed tbat all the raw materials, wherever imported from, should be at 10 per cent. ( Hear, hear.) — The woollen trade had been petted by Parlia- ment, and like other favourite children, it was not so vigorous. The duties on woollen goods imported amounted to 50 per cent.; be proposed to reduce it 15 per cent. The great increase of the trade that might be effected, would, he apprehend, justify this change. The cotton manufactures had been more succiss- ful than those of woollens ; antl it was surprising how greatly the demands hot! increased. The next branch of trade was linen. The. duties on Foreign linens varied from 40 to 180 percent, ; he proposed 25 per cent, duty, ad valorem, oil ail Foreign linens. He should also reduce ihe duty on Foreign paperto twice that of the duty on English paper. On Foreign Foreign glass bottles he should reduce die duty ; for now the duty was twice as much as that on the precious liquors they contained; he would therefore reduce the duty from 18s. to 3s. per dozen.—( Ilear.)— Our selling price was about 3s. Gd. per dozen, so that it would not injure the home trade. It would be for foreign bottles 20 per cent, over and above Ihe Excise duty paid on home manufactured bottles. The duty ou foreign earthenware he meant lo reduce from seventy- five to fifteen per cent. He should also propose reductions of the It) be sent to Germany instead of England. The duty on copper lie should reduce from L54 to L27 per ton ; zinc, which formed one third of brass manufacture, to have its duty reduced one- half. Similar reductions he should propose oil ead, & c. He also contemplated to reduce the duty on manu- factured articles from 50 to 20 per cent, and those that paid 20, to 10 per cent. Those duties had occasioned many incon- veniences. A friend of his had imported a mummy ihree thou- sand years old. The Custom- house could not call it a " raw material;" so, after much debating, they voted it a " manu- factured article."—( Loud laughter.)— It was valued at L400, ml being pronounced a manufactured article, lie had to pay 1.200, or 50 per cent. All these doties and plans required change ; and while smugglers were put down, he contended that our revenue would be largely improved. The repeal of the prohibitory duties, for many of them would be little else, would be most beneficial to trade antl commerce, as well as to the revenue. All experience hnd proved as much ; and the repeal or alteration of them hail been resisted by some imagi- nary or peculiar interests. He trusted that the groundless- less of alarm on such points was now evident. The changes mielit occasion the introduction of foreign articles, but even- tually, they would only lead to imp'ovements in our own trade and manufactures. The silk trade had so increased now, that it was the practice to accommodate the empire of fashion, to manufacturer in England " French" ar- ticles, to be sent down to the coast of Sussex to be " smuggled back." — ( A laugh.)— The ingenuity and enterprise of man would" lead to the most beneficial results to the trading interests of the country. As to the reprocity of duties he had had much correspondence— otie letter in particular from Mr Finlay, the ate Member for Glasgow, said that, as we reduced the duties to benefit ourselves, we ought not to wait for others.— He reed in such doctrine. At pre. eot foreign countries did not belieye us to be sincere in the changes we had made; they had viewed them as so many lures, but in time they would see that we were sincere, and the advantage of the system.—( Cries of hear, hear.)— As there would be considerable alarm amongst Ihe manufacturers, he should propose various reductions in articles used iu dyeing ; also in oils, from rapeseed, & c. used largely in the manufacture of wool. The articles were very numerous. He proposed to revert to our ancient system re- garding flax, flax cake, & c. He also intended to propose the duty on wool imported to he reduced from one penny to a half- penny on wool under one shilling per lb.—( Hear.) — His next three hea^ s of relief were, to benefit shipping in particular— First, all quarantine charges to be home by the public, in- stead of being imposed on ships; Second, to abolish all fees on all commerce to the Colonies; and Thirdly, to abolish transport fees, and stamp duty oil transfer of property or shares on ships. He should next apply himself to our Con- sular Establishments, which appeared to be guided by no principles. In some instances, the consular fees were on the goods, in others on ships. At Rotterdam, the Consul had no salary but fees; at Antwerp there were salary and fees; he thought our Consuls ought to have fixed salaries.—( Hear.) — The sum already voted would not be sufficient; however, some small fee would be retained. He had only one other point to mention— that was the state of our trade in the Levant, under the Levant Company, established in the reign of James I., who had the power of appointing Consuls, which thty had exercised with discretion, but it was proper that Consuls, who might be calLd on to act politically, should be appointed by the Crown. It was proper that they should be considered by foreign powers as the servants of the Government, and not the servants of a Commercial Company*; Tbe Company had offered a voluntary surrender of their power to appoint Con- suls, which hail been accepted by the Crown, and a bill would be brought in for the future regulation of the appointments — He was ashamed of . having detained the committee so long, but was anxious fully to state the views of Government on the subject of trade before tbe recess, and he hoped it would be considered by gentlemen during that period, that the House might be prepared to act oil it before the termination of the present session.— ( Hear, hear.) Alderman THOMPSON said, improper motives had been imputed to him for supporting the reduction of the duty on iron ; but though tbat measure might injure his profits as a trader, he. could not suffer his private interests to interfere with his public duty.—( Hear.) Mr BARING thought the measure submitted to the Com- mittee by the Right Hon. Gentleman were highly calculated to remedy the numerous evils that had been the result of our system of restrictions on commerce. There was still an im- portant question, he meant the Corn Laws. He did not wish to stir that question without necessity, but he thought the time would come when it could r. ot be avoided. The Hon, H. LINDSAY deprecated the sudden repeal of the duties on flax and hemp, aud feared that it would be sen- sibly felt in Perthshire and other parts of Scotland, where those articles were cultivated. Sir 11. FERGUSON spoke to a similar effect. Sir It. H. PARNELE said, he should much prefer a system of gradual reduction to that now proposed. If any al- teration should be made in the Corn Laws, he hoped that the export- duty on wool would be reduced. Mr C. GRANT said, that when tbe Hon. Baronet ( Sir H. Pariteli) spoke of a gradual reduction, lie forgot the influence their commercial pi licy had upon that of foreign nations. Even now they thought this country could hardly be sincere in the measures proposed. It was of the highest importance, therefore, that they should not appear to delay, and for their own interests it was the best policy to interpose as little delay as possible. The question was, whether it was possible for them to keep up, by law, a higher price than other countries obtained ? If that was impossible,- the sooner they gave up the system the better. In alluding to the subject of the Corn Laws, he would merely deliver his opinion as an individual, and he must sty, that he could not see on what principle of common sense or of consistency they should pursue a different policy wiih respect to that particular article. Indeed, the reason of the thing was so clear, that it was now commanding the reluctant assent of those Gentlemen who were mo.- t v. olent- ly opposed to it. — ( Hear !) Sir II. VIVIAN said, he did not clearly understand the regulations proposed by the Right Hon. Gentleman ( Mr Iluskisson) with respect to copyright. He thought property of this kind should be protected against that sort of piracy carrried on by some of the booksellers in Paris. Mr HUSKISSON said, that when ihe property in any book was vested in a person in this country, it could not be printed or introduced legally. It would be an act of fraud, without the consent of the proprietor, and he would have his remedy by an action. The celebrated novels by tbe Great Unknown, as he had beeu called, might be purchased in France and Germany. He himself saw them in all the book- sellers' shops in Frankfoit. This could not be prevented; but if a copy should be brought to this country or sold here, the person so acting would expose himself to an action. With respect, however, to the productions of foreign authors, in which no petson here had any copyright, it would be hard to oblige the people of this country to pay a heavy duty on them for the protection of their own manufacture. The same might be said of many English books, in which there was no copy right. Mr HUME asked whether it was the intention of Govern- ment to remove the high duly on Baltic timber, and expressed great satisfaction at the prospect of an alteration in tbe Com Laws, which would be of the greatest benefit to the country. Mr HUSKISSON said, there was no trade increasing s fast as that in Baltic timber, which showed that it was not ne- cessary to lower the duty. The several resolutions were agreed to. The House resumed. The report was brought up, and or- dered to be received on Monday. etc noil much' regretted departure from this country, to assume his command in India. It appears hy recent letters from India, that Lord Amherst is in had health ; that Sir Thomas Mnnrodoes not intend to proceed to Europe, in consequence of the present state of affairs ; and that Runjeet Singh has shown a vers' hostile disposition towards the Company. The following is an extract of a letter from Madras, dated the 6th November 1824' :—" The unfortunate affair that took place at Kittoe, and, in consequence of which, Mr. Thackeray, Captain Black, and Lieutenant Diglfton lost their lives, and Messrs, Elliot and Steven- sou were made prisoners, will not, it is confidently ex- pected, lead to any unpleasant result. The greater part of the artillerymen that had been missing, had returned to Darwa. and all the prisoners, with the exception of Messrs. Elliot and Stevenson, have been sqt at liberty. In fact, the affair was considered to be quite at an end." At the meeting at the East India- Hott e on Wed- nesday the pension of 10001. per annum to Sir John Malcolm was voted unanimously. The last night of Miss Foote's acting will certainly be next Saturday, as the marriage will take place immedi- ately.— Courier. RETURN OF MAJOR DENHAM AND THE MISSION FROM THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA. We feel great pleasure in announcing the safe arrival in Tripoli of this gallant and enterprising officer and his companions from Bornou, in central Africa, after a re- sidence of eighteen months with the intelligent Sheik of that powerful and extensive kingdom. A letter which we have seen says, " We shall leave this place in a few lays for England, and are happy in stating that we have been successful beyond our hopes." When we consider the many attempts which have been made to explore the interior of Africa, and the number of travellers who have fallen victims to their laudable curiosity, it is some consolation to learn that an officer of great abilities, in- defatigable zeal, and the most respectable character, with other intelligent coadjutors, have been successful ' n the pursuit in which others have unfortunately failed, ami who are likely to return in safety. We have now reason to hope for authentic information on a subject that may eventually prove of great importance to this country in the extension of its commercial intercourse with regions but little known ; and we trust that we do not flatter ourselves in presuming to expect that the more the British character is understood the more it will be respected, particularly in the example afforded by Major Denham and the partners of his mission.— Sun. NAVAL REGISTER. preferring to die than to surrender. Six of tlicm wore wounded, and the other, who had jumped overboard during the scuffle, was taken out of the water, having been swimming for ten minutes, and so desperate were these fellows, that this one even snapped his pistols at the marines, although surrounded bv an armed force It appears that this gang had followed this trade for some. time, and made the haunt of a small island near Negropont. The Diamond, 46, Captain Lord Napier, arrived at Davenport on Thursday afternoon, with dispatches of a very favourable nature from Vera Cruz, which she left on the 7th of January, Lrinainf passengers Lionel T- • * ' Harvey, Esq. and suite, and Lieutenant Charles Brown- rigg, of the 9th Regiment. The Mexican Govern- ment was firmly established, but the castle of St. Juan d Ulloa still held out, and was likely to do so for many months, provisions being tin own in by the Americans. The place being declared in a state of strict blockade, an American schooner, attempting to get in with supplies, was sunk a few davs before the Diamond sailed, by the guns from Vera Cruz. The fire was returned from the Castle, and kept up for thirty- nine hours, without oc- casioning much damage on either side. The Diamond has brought home 156,000 dollars and 250 serons of cochineal. Having landed Lionel Hervey, Esq. the Mexican Commissioner, and suit, who set off' from Whitton's Royal Hotel, Plymouth, on Sunday morning, for London, the Diamond proceeded for Portsmouth. MARKETS, S,- c. AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN The following is the general average which governs impor- tation, taken from the weekly returns of the quantities and prices of British Corn, Winchester measure, iu England and Wales, for the week entlingT9. l1 March— Wheat, - 68. Id I Beans, Rye, . 39s 7d I Peas, Barley, - 40s 2d I Oatmeal, Oats, - - 2- ls Id J Bear or Big, - 37s 7d 40s 4d 00s t. ki 00s OOd CORN EXCHANGE, March 28~ Although the supplies of grain in general, and Flour, have been more moderate since this day se'ennight, than for some ime previous, our market has continued uuabatedly dull throughout. Wheat even of the best quality might have been obtained at 1 s. to 2s. per quarter cheaper this morning, and second and inferior at a still greater decline. The mailing season dra « - ig to a close, has bad its effect on the value of Barley, which has declined full 2s. per quarter since last Mon- day, with a corresponding heaviness in the sale of Malt. CURRENT PRICES OF GRAIN. FROM LLOYD'S MARINE LIST, MARCH 22. Elsinore, March 12. — Last night it blew very hard from SE. with a heavy fall of snow. There are 110 vessels in the roads. Holyhead. March 19.— The Elizabeth, Simpson, from Demerara to Glasgow, bilged the first tide after she struck on rock about a cable's length from the main; about 80 hogs- heads of sugar and 54 hales of cotton, were with great dif- ficulty saved ; and the sails, some rigging, and stores were got on shore. Yesterday morning, during a tremendous sea, she broke up. MARCH 25.— Memel, March 12.— The ice on the Hoff is strong ; the entrance from the sea is, however, open, witb 14$ feet water on the bar. An entire free navigation cannot be expected before the beginning or middle of next month. Ships may safely arrive, but those for square timber cannot be dispatched. All Ihe ponds are completely blocked up with ice. Dunbar, March 19— The Charles XIV. Jackson, from Gothenburgh to Grangemouth, which was driven on shore at Thortonloch, has been got 01T and brought into this harbour. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. COWES, March 20— Arrived the American ship Superb, George, from Canton, in 121 days. Passed by last ni, ght, the Simpson, Simpson, from Bombay, iu 18 weeks, and from St. Helena 7 weeks; the Hon. Company's ship Berwickshire from China, was spoken with in the Channel, on the 17th inst. by the Superb. [ The account of the arrival ofthe Berwickshire, in the Channel, is supposed to be incorrect.]] PLYMOUTH, March 19 Arrived the Henry Por- cher, Thomson, from Madras, sailed 9th Nov. Arrived the Mellish, Cole, from Bengal. The fol- lowing came passengers : F. Macnaughlon, Esq. Hon. Company's Service; Major Gale, 1st Native Infantry; Lieut. Gardner, his Majesty's 13th regiment; Lieut. Eraser, his Majesty's 47th regiment ; Lieut. Bracken, 45th Bengal Native Infantry; S. Arnott, Esq. Lieut. Biscoe, Madras Establishment; died on the 25th November, Misses Gale and Martin S. Read, child- The Catharine, M'Intosh, from Bengal to London, was spoken with on the 13th January, in lat. 31. S. Ion. 37- 34. E. by the Superb, arrived at Cowcs. The Sarah, , from Loirdon to Bombay was spoken with on the 1st December, by the Louisa, Wools, which arrived at the Cape of Good Hope 4th January, froin Bengal. The Vansittart, Dalrymple, Indiaman, from London to Bombay and China, was spoken with the 3d of February, in lat. 12. north, long. 24. west, having the staffof his Majesty's 98th regiment of foot on board, proceeding to the Cape of Good Hope, having left the Downs the 8th of January, and passed Madeira on the 21st; had fine weather. In the month of March 1824, a vessel, called the Rose, sailed for the Cape of Good Hope. From that time there has been no intelligence of this vessel. By one of tlie South Sea whalers, arrived off' the coast of Cornwall, several hundred letters that were sent out bv the Rose have been returned to the Ship- Letter- Office. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, Jan. 8— His Majesty's ship Andromache, arrived here from the Mauritius, sailed thence 11th ult. and reports that a slight hurri- cane was felt there a few days previous, and that his Majesty's ship Ariandc received some damage. PORTSMOUTH, March 20 On the morning ofthe 19th, off Lancing, the Scorpion, Lieut. Applebv tender to his Majesty's ship Victory, seized and brought to the Ciistom- house at this place, a tub boat and galley, belonging to a lugger, the tub boat contained 344 half ankers contraband spirits, and six packages of tea. On board the galley there were three English and five Frenchmen, all of whom were detained. On the 18th his Majesty's ship Brazen, Captain Willis, seized a tub boat and galley, with 120 half ankers of Geneva, 15 packages of tea, and 225 bales tobacco, near Bog nor ; the men escaped. The prize has not yet ar- rived. MARCH 21-— The experimental squadron of ships has sailed under the orders of Capt. Henry E. Stuart, consisting of the Phaeton ( Commodore); Champion, Captain Studdert: Pvlades, Capt. Fead; Orestes, Captain Litchfield ; Pandora, Captain William Gor- don ; Rose, Captain Hon. C. Abbott; to be joined off Plymouth by the Gannet, Captain Francis Brace, and Martin, Captain Wilson. All sloops of war, which the squadroti may fall in with during the cruise, will be required to join in the experiments of sailing to be made. The Phaeton has been fitted with an experimental iron mast and bowsprit, which will thus be put to the test of usefulness, as compared with those made of fir wood. The squadron will cruise about a month ( if necessary) about fifty leagues to the westward of Scilly. Letters from Smyrna of the 6th February say, that on the 31st of January the boats of the Cambrian and Seringapatam, commanded by Lieutenant Marsham destroyed some small piratical vessels near the coast of Negropont. Four of the crew of the Cambrian were killed, and 16 of the crcw ofthe boats wounded in the mere a magnificent and sumptuous entertainment at affair. Out of 70 men, which was the force ofthe Morison's Hotel, preparatory to his Lordship's imuuhli- pirates, only seven were made prisoners, they rather market— Retail price Is 4d per peck. LONDON, March 28. Saturday's Gazette notifies the appointment of C. R Vaughan, Esq. late Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Cau- tons, his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary to the L^ nited States of America. Also, that the Duke of Northum- berland and the Right Hon. C. Vaughan, were on Wednesday sworn as Members ofthe Privy Council. It was currently reported, both yesterday and to- day, that unpleasant accounts had been received from Russia, importing a serious disagreement between Mr Stratford Canning and the Russian Minister, Count Nessclrode, on the subject of the affairs of Greece. It was added, that Mr Canning had demanded his audience of leave. We can state that there is not the slightest foundation for these reports. Mr Stratford Canning will, of course, return, when the objects of lus mission are accomplished ; but, meanwhile, every thing is proceeding in the most amicable and pacific manner.— Courier. On Saturday se'ennigbt, the Field Officers of the garrison of Dublin gave Lieut.- General Lord Comber- s. s. d. s. s. d. Wheat, .. 50 to 80 0 Do. Feed 24 to 27 0 Do. superfine ... — to — 0 Beans, small ... 40 to 42 0 Wheat, red .. — to — 0 Do. Tick 36 to 38 0 Barley ... .. 46 to 48 0 Beans, harrow — to — 6 Do. line .. — to — 0 Pease, Maple ... — to — 0 Rye ... .. 54 to 38 0 Do. White — to — 0 Malt ... .. 60 to 70 0 Do. Boilers 40 to 41 0 )| US Potatoe . .. 28 to 31 0 Pease Hog 37 to — 0 Do. Poland 27 to 30 0 Flour, GO to 65 0 HADDINGTON CORN MARKET, March 25. A small supply of Wheat in market, which sold readily Prices considerably higher than last day— Top price of Barley Urst. • Second - Third L Wheat. - 37s - 34s liartei/. Oats. Pease. Reans. 6d 40s Od 23s Gd 21s Od 21s Od Od 55s Od 29s Od 19s Od 19s Od Od 30s Od 17s Od 17s Od 17s Od Edinburgh Cattle Market, March 23.— This day there were 1215 sheep in the market. Black faced sold at 33s. — White- faced at 34s— Ewes 16s. to 20s In the Grassmuket. there were 262 cattle. Best fat, 7s. Gd.— inferior, 6s. to 7s. per stone, sinking the offal. Prices of Hay and Straw. March 23.— Oat Straw, 8s. to 8s. 6d. — Wheat ditto, 6s. Gd. — Barley ditto, 6s. per kemple— Hay, 10,1. to lid. per stone. Glasgow Cattle Market— There were 523 fat cattle in Glas- gow market on Monday, of which 430 came from Angus. An unusual number of country fleshers came forward, and the whole supply was sold offat last week's prices. Best beef brought from 9s. to 9s. 6d. a stone ; and cows and small slots, in marketable condition, from 7s. to 8s. a stone, beef and tallow. It was a bad market for sheep. Out of 570, a num- ber remained unsold. One lot of fine four year old black- faced wedders, the last in the market, sold at 54s. The others sold cheaper, according to their quality. Morpeth, March 23— At our market to- day there was a very great supply of cattle and sheep ; although many buyers, both met with dull sale; prices much the same as last week. Beef, 5s. 9J. to 6s. 6d. per stone, sinking offal. Mutton, 6s. od. to 7s. 9d. MARCH— Nairn, 1st Tuesday Dunkeld, 8th day Dornoch, 1st Wednesday Dumblane, ditto Perth, Ist Friday Mintlaw, Sd Tuesday Dunfermline, 13th day Tain Spring Fair, 3d Tucs. Eeht, Wed. before last Thurs. Banchory- Ternan. Midlentran Fair, last Thursday ( Old Stile. J Marnoch, 1st Tuesday Inverury. 2d ditto Lochel, ditto ( New Stile. J Migvie, ditto Turves, 2d Tues. & Wednes. Fraserburgh. 2d Wednesday Old Deer, 3d Thursday Marnoch, 3d Tuesday Leilabo, 3d Tues. & Wed. Udny, the day before Cornhill, Lady Fair, 2.5thday, or 1st Thursday after Huntly. last Tuesday Turriff, last Tues. & Wed. Fochabers, last Wednesday Ochterarder, lOili day Kenmore, 1st Tuesday APRIL—(. Fortrose, 1st Wednesday Findon ditto Cupar of Angus, the Thurs- day before Easter Melross, ditto Inverury, 2d Tuesday Charleston of Aboyne, 2d Wed. Blylh, 1st Thursday Brechin, 3d Wednesday Culbockie, Ross- shire, ditto Inverness, Wed. after 22d PaschMar. Aberdeen, last Wed. Old Aberdeen, last i hursday ( Old Stile. J Keith, 1st Tuesday Cruden, ditto Dufftown, day after ditto Rulhrieston Trust, 3d New Stile. J Newdeer, 1st Tues. & Wed. Donan Fair of Auchterless 2d Tues. and Wednes. Elgin Pasch Fair, the Thurs in Passion. week Forres Pasch Fair. 2d Wed. Hawkhall Pasch Fair, 3dTues. Inverury, Wednes. after ditto Cuminesiown, Thurs after do. Logie, Thurs. afterCumiueston Granton, last Tuesday Atichindore, last Tuesday Fettercairn, ditto Kepple Tryst, Belhelvie, last Tuesday Tarvcs, St George's, last Tues. and Wednesday. Tuesday, NtW Style. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL MARKETS. Beef, 2s 4d to 3s 4d I Veal, 3s 4d to 4s Rd Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s lOd Pork, 3. s 8d to 5s 4d PRICE OF TALLOW, To » n Tallow, 44s to — s Graves, - 16s to Os Yellow Russia, 39s to — s Good Dregs, 6s to Os White ditto, — s to — s Yellow Soap, 70s to — s Soap ditto, — s to — s Mottled, - *? 8s to — s Melting Stuff, — s to — s Curd, - 82s to s Ditto rough, — s to — s Palm. - 00s to — s SMITH FIELD MARKET. To sink the Offal, per stone or 81bs. Beef. 3s 8d to 5s Od j Veal, 5s Od to Gs 4il Mutton, 4s Od to 5s 4d I Pork, 4s Od to 6s Od Beasts, 2721— Sheep, & c. 13520— Calves. I 10— Pigs, 130 PRICE OF LEATHER, Butts, 50 to 56lbs. each, Ditto, 56 to GGlbs. each, Dressing Hides, Fine Coach Hides, Crop Hides 35 to 40lbs. for cutting, Ditto 45 to 50' bs Calf Skins 30 to 40lbs Ditto 50 to 70lbs. Ditto 70 to 80lbs Small Seals ( Greenland) ... 20( 1 to 21 d per lb. 23d to 25d 16d to 19- 1 20d to 2 I ± d 15d to 17^ d 18d to 20d 18d to S4d 23d to 2Sd 22d to 24d nd to 18d Bank Stock, 3 perCt. C. 3 p. Cent. Red. New 4 Cents. Long An. PRICE OF STOCKS. India Stock. 92J 9" i India 8onds. 75 77 pr. Ex. B. 10001. pr. 105^ Cons for Ac. 93- jf was sentenced to be imprisoned for fvtp've calendar nVjnf*:". Thomas Merzies; son of Mr Robert Merziys. shipbuilder, Leith, charged with committing a violent assault on William Aultl, K- i]- one ofthe Magistra es of Leith, was then placed at the Bar. lie pleaded Not Guilty. Special Defences were put ill anil read, after which Mr M. increiff shortly slated the circumstances of his client's case, all prejudice towards whom, lie was conf- ilent, so respectable a jury would throw aside, and attend only to the facts that would be stated in evidence, the time for ili- closing which the gentle- man at the Bar w shappy had arrived. After the examination of wmesses. Tile Lord Justice Clerk said, from the view which he took of the case, if would not be necessary totlet'iin the Jury long, and CO lie! m' ell a brief summary by stating th. it there was oil the whole a defect of evidence, the Prosecutor ha, l not made out in a legal manner the assault which he charged, and the verdict they were entitled to give was that of Not Proven. If they did not take this view of the case, the. y would have to decide on testimony of the most contradictory nature, antl they would give such verdict as the circumstances of llie case seemed Uy warrant. The Jury almost immediately gave a verdict of Not Proven. The Lord Justice Cleik, addre-. sed Mr Menzies, saitl, from the manner in which he had conducted himself this day, and the testimony which had been borne to his, Haracter, it was un- necessa y lor him to say any thing by way of admonition, as there was little reason to fear he would again be concerned in any similar proceeding. Upon his returning from the bar, a number of the friends of Mr Menzies came forward and congratulated him on the issue ofthe trial, and much satisfaction was loudly expressed out of doors. - , DINNER TO MR BROUGHAM.— We learn that the application for tickets to this dinner, from ail quarters, is totally unprecedented. The original number issued, five hundred, was taken up in the course of the two first days: and although, if. a plan since suggested bv Mr Trotter is adopted, the Assembly Kooms can be made to hold eight hundred persons, it will, even then, be out of the p. nver of the committee to provide tickets for all who have applied. We understand that the orchestra is to be fitted up for the accommodation of Ud ies, and tickets to the number of 30 have according- ly been distributed. With the exception ofa few places reserved for stran- gers, al! the tickets for the public dinner ill Glasgow, to Sir James Mackintosh, are already sold. Oil Sunday the 20th inst. Dr. Mathew Henry I. tis- combe was, in the Episcopal Chapel at Stirling, con- secrated a Bishop, for the purpose of visiting the several congregations of British Protestant Episcopliatis, which, with their pastors, are settled in different countries on the Continent of Europe. Murray, who was tried lately before the High Couit of Justiciary, accused of having been concerned in the robbery of the Stirling mail, has been sent off to Eng- land under the charge of a Sheriff's officer. EXPLOSION OF GAS.— On Wednesday evening, about a quarter past eight o'clock, the inhabitants of Shandwick Place, Maitland Street, and the adjoining neighbourhood, were thrown into a sudden consterna- tion by a violent explosion, which shook their houses as if they had been visited by an earthquake, at the same time causing a great destruction of windows. Lady Hams, ay and her family, whose house is next door to Mr Colin Mackenzie's, in Shandwick Place, feeling themselves much annoyed by a strong smell of gas, that was supposed to be escaping from a pipe at Mr Mac- kenzie's, Lady Ramsay's butler went and mentioned their suspicions to Mr Mackenzie's servant boy, who, being of the same opinion, got a candle, and with u maid- servant and Lady Ramsay's servant, proceeded to examine an out- house in the area below the steps of the street door, used for cleaning knives and shoes, ou opening the door of which, the explosion instantly took place, which forced the unfortunate persons to the op- posite end of the area ; the boy was so much hurt that he lived only a few minutes, and little hope is entertained ofthe recovery of the female: Lady Ramsay's servant is also much scorched. The out- house is entirely demo- lished, and some ofthe steps above it are moved from their original position ; the front windows of Mr Mac- kenzie's house, and those of four others on the same side of the street, were nearly all destroyed, and considerable damage was done to the windows of several houses ou the opposite side ofthe Street. This unfortunate acci- dent caused a great sensation in the city, and crowds of persons were attracted to the spot throuhout the whole of yesterday. So melancholy a catastrophe should ope- rate as a caution to employ the greatest attention in the construction of gas- tubes, and strict care wherever they are used. The following account of the accident has been smt us for insertion ;— Edinburgh Advertiser. " We state from authority that the account of explo- sion of Gas in Maitland Street, which appeared in the Edinburgh papers of yesterday is erroneous. The matter is at present the subject of judicial investigation, and we therefore refrain from stating the particulars, farther than that the accident was occasioned entirely by the most extraordinary carelessness and rashness ofthe unfortunate boy, who has fallen a victim. He appears to have been in the habit of trying experiments on Gas Burners; and it would seem that in the absence of his master and family from town, he removed the burner from a pipe to which he had access, in a small and wholly unventiluted out- house, the dimensions of which were only six feet by four, without securing the Gas by the stop- cock. The consequence was, that in a short time, a very great stream of Gas issued from the pipe, aud filled the out- house, where it was pent up; on the boy approaching it with a light, it exploded with such viol- ence as to cause his death. No blame whatever is at- tachable, to the Gas Company, whose pipes, meter, & c. were iu the best order; and the accident is one which it is not likely can again occur. Equal danger might have arisen from the same degree of c trelessness and imprud- ence in tampering with oil, spirits, of many other in- flammable substances." EDINBURGH, March 29. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY. Yesterday John Corner was placed at the B it, charged wiih J Breach of Trust and Embezzlement; he pleaded Guilty, aud BIRTHS. At Douglas's Hotel, Si. Andiew's Square, on the 23d inst. Mrs Lochart of Castlehill, of a daughter. On ihe 20th inst. Mrs Eduiiigton, Wesf Maitland Stree', of a son. At Broughton Park House, 011 the 22d inst. Mrs Yule, of a daughter. At Meggerney Castle, oil the .3d inst. the Lady of Steuart Menzies, Esq. of Culdares. of a daughter. MARRIAGES. I11 St. Paul's Chapel, by the Rev. Archibald Alison, on the 21st inst. Archibald Alison. E- q. Advocate, to Elizabeth Glencairn, youngest daughter of Lieut.- Colonel Tytler, lalt- ly of the North' Bri'ish Staff. At Ayton- Law, 011 Ihe 21st inst. Mr James Allan, of Reston, to Mary, daughter of James Herriot, Esq. Ayton- Law. DEATHS. On the 19th inst. Sir Ralph Millbanke Noel, Bart, wh >, having no male issue, is succeeded by his nephew, now S. r John P cnistou lYIillbanke of Halnaby Hall, Yorkshire. At sea, on the 9th of January, on board his Majesty's ship Diamond, Gilbert, youngest son of William Elliot Lockhart, Esq- of Cleghorn, M. P. At Prince of Wales Island, on the 8th October last, John Maealister, E* q. Senior Member of Council. At Edinburgh, on the 17th lust. Mrs Margaret Maitland Makgill of liankeilhuir, widow ofthe Hon. Frederick Lewis Mailland, Captain in the Royal Navy, son of Cliailes, sixlh Eail of Lauderdale. At Glasgow, on the 15th inst. the Rev. Dr. William Taylor, of St. Enoch's, tfnd one of his Majesty's Chaplains for Scotland. His loss is deeply and generally lamented) At Spanish Town, Jamaica, on the 13th of January, David Macvicar, E- q. one of Ihe Masters of Chancery there, sou of the Lie Neil Macvicar, Esq. of Fergushill, writer in Edin- burgh. At 27, Frederick Place. Ilampstead Road, London, on the 15lh inst. John Brotl- e, Esq. At Douglas, Isle of Man, on the 23d ult. Arthur Craw- ford, Esq, merchant, Belfast. At his house. St. Ann's Yards, on the 18th inst. Mr Robert Playfair, Solicitoi before the Supreme Courts. At Hope Pai k, on ihe 23d irst. George aged 6 years, ami,, on the 25ih, Archibald, aged 8 months, sons uf Mr Aiciubald Fyl'e, Weekly Chronicle Office. R5BB2BSSE3a5FSrflir2HSS3: HAVANNAI- I SEGARS. ea& RXi'SS i'YFE & COMPANY, HAVE received a Box of very fine SEGAIIS, warranted equal lo any imported into Britain. A large assortment of Foreign and llriti ll SNUFFS, as usual, consisting of more than forty different sorts. Gentlemen residing at a distance, may have Stgars, Snuffs, or Tobaccos, sent in pound or half pound Cannisters. CHARLES FYFE & Co. Have on Sale an extensive and elegant assortment of USEFUL and FANCY ARTICLES, among which are the following: — PORTABLE WRITING DESKS, in Rosewood, Ma- hoganv, & c Some neatly Brass bound, and fitted up for Dressing, Drawing, & c. DRESSING CASES, in Rosewood, Mahogany, Mo- rocco. Ac. Ladies' WORK BOXES in great variety. TO RTOISESH EI. L COMBS, Plain, Inlaid. and Ornamented, in great variety ; Hory, Bone aud Horn COMBS, all sorts. BAG ATELI. E and BACKGAMMON TABLES. CHESS BOA I! OS. aid MEN. TEA CHEATS and CADDIES, in various Woods. BF. ADS, Cornelian, Coral, Pearl, Torquois. Steel, Seed, & c. BEAD SH \ WLS and NEGLIGEES, very handsome. Ladies' RETICULES, iu Shell, Beads. Leather, and Velvet. Ladies' CLASPS and BUCKLES, in Pearl, Gilt, and Steel, a large assortment. Pt: ltsrs, in Bead', Gilt. Silk, Steel. Leather, Velvet. COM) SEALS. WATCH KEYS. Finger and Ear RINGS. SILVER THIMBLES, I'KNCIL CASES, and I'lCKTOOTtls. with a variety of other Jewellery. La, lies' NECK CHAINS. BROACHES. FANS. OPE It A GLASSES. SMELLING BOTTLES. STEEL BRACELETS. &<•. Morocco and Itu- sia POCKET BOC- KS, THREAD CASES, NEEDLE BOOKS, PIN CUSHIONS, & c. Silver S. N UFF BOXES, with a great. variety of Foreign, English, and Sec'eh Snuff lioxes. Ehonv INK STANDS. Plate Diir. ssiva GLASSES. Spiiif'nud Cruet FRAMES.- Plated CANDLESTICKS, SLIDERS Sir. Brass TODDY URNS, Britannia KETTLES, TEA and (' OFFICE PO TS. PARASOLS, Silk and Cotton, UMBRELLAS, all • Siz- s. Also, FUR CAPS. IiOXXETS. TURBANS, <$- c. in g* eat variety. COMMISSION WAKKH USE, 4G, Union S'reet. BRIG FOR SALE. To lie Sold by public roup, within the Office of William and Robert Mowbray, merchants in Leith. on Thursday the " ill day of April nex', at one ..' clock after 110011, ( if not previous- ly- sold by private bargain.) ' X& U THE MUG DAPI1SE, ^ W. FELOTJF OF KIRKWALL, ^ SatJu? Burden per Register, 102 69 94/ A Ions. The Daphne is a very superior sailer, as few roasting lessels are equal to her: she is more than commonly well found in Rigging, Spars, Sails, Chain and other Cablts : shifts without Ballast; and carries a large Cargo, on an easy draught of water. ' Ihe Daphne is lying in the net dock here, where she call be seen at any time; and tbe inventory and further particulars tliay be obtained oil application to WILLIAM & ROBERT MOWBRAY; or JAMES DUNCAN iu CO. BROKERS. Leith, Hatch ' 26, 1825. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS; STOC&- IX TRADE TO BE DISPOSED OF, AND SHOP TO BE LET. TAMES THOMSON, HATTER, Union Street, W Aberdeen, having granted a Disposition to Trustees for I, hoof of his Ci editors, it is requested that those Indebted to him. will enler immediate payment of their accounts, to Messrs. Muir and Mair. advicaies in Alerdeeu; and such as have Clain s against the sod Janus Thomson, will lodge the same, properly vouched, as above. The whole Stock of Goods which belonged to the said Janes Thomson— consisting of a very excellent and fashionable selec- tion of SILK and BEAVER HATS, FUR and other CAPS— with a large assortme. it oft Ladies and Gentlemen's GLOVES. Sc.; and also, tbe SHOP and SHOP FURNI- TURE, will be assigned ove . upon a fair valuation, to any person wishing lo commence business iu the above line; the purchaser having right to the lease of the Shop, of which there aie two years to run after Whitsunday next. Aberdeen, April 1, IS- JS. DWELLING HOUSES AND STABLES, For SALE by V HIV ATE BARGAIN'. 1. HP HAT Centrical, Commodious, and well fre- JL qm- n » ed HOUSE and STABLES in Harriet S'ri- et of Aberdeen, occupied !> v William M Hardy. 2. That IIO U S LO and ST A fJLES in the Bark Wynd of Aber< leen. presently possessed by John Taggart. The whole, « r part of the purchase price- of both, will be allowed to remain with the purchaser for any reasonable period-; and w ill be taken by instalments, if required. If not sold they will be Let— Entry 1st June next. Apply to James M Hardy, Advocate. HOUSE AND GAIJDEN TO BE SOLD. There w ill be exposed for sale, by public roup, within the New Inn, Aberdeen, on Monday the 1 lib of April curt, st ivo o'clock afternoon, rSMlAT GARDEN or PIECE of GROUND. it part of the Land of Ruthrieston, con- isting of about Half an Acre, situated between the Old and New Road lead- ing towards the Bridge of Dee? hounded on the south by a New Road or Lane, called East Si'eet, and oxtendhig back- wards from said street, to the property belonging to the Weaver Trade of Aberdeen, fro 11 which it is divided by a permanent burn or stream of water— together with the DWELLING HOUSE presently electing, and a Three- stalled Stable already built upon the premises. The property is enclosed by a Mihstantial Wail of stone and lime, six feet high ; and the Garden is tastefully laid out ami wtll stored with fruit byshes of every description. Besides having the 11- e of the Burn upon the north boundary, there is ail excellent supply of Spring Water within the premises. Vhieb. with evdiy other circumstance combined, will render the situ at i 11 a mo., t eligible and delightful sumu er residence. For particulars, apply to John M'Donald. Iwp Surgeon, Aberdeen; or to Messis. Muir & Mair, 35, King Street. Aberdeen, April 1, 1825. LANDS AND BARONY OF KINNEFF, IX KINCARDINESHIRE, TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE BARGAIN. npiIE LANDS and BARONY of KINNEFF and A L AUG 11$, extending to about 773 acres Scotch mea- sure. The Estate consists of three valuable farms, all inclosed and subdivided hy stone dykes, and upwards of twenty small possessions of various sizes, from half an acre to fifteen acres, Tbe Lands are, in general, of { rood quality, and tbe two p incipal farms of FcrnyfUtt and Hallhill of the best descrip- tion of « oil, The climate is good, and there are few farms, indeed, in any part of the country, where the soil is so uni- formly fertile, being fitted for every sort of crop, and produc- tive in every kind ofseason, The current leases of the two principal farms, and some others, were granted nearly 40 years ago, during which period great improvement on the lands has taken place, by draining and inclosing. The situation of the estate is particularly fa- vourable, extending nearly two miles along the sea- cost, be- tween tbe seaport towns of Stonehaven and Bervie, to both of w hich there ate good roads. The jrffat coast read to Aberdeen by Montrose, along which the Mail and other Coaches pass daily, goes through tbe estate, and tlie steam vessels plying betwixt Edinburgh and Aberdeen pass close to the property. The Lands are valued in the Ct^ s Books at 1,908 : 6 ; 8d. Scots, aud tbe pure' aser will get ,: ght to one freehold qualifi- cation. The land- tax is redeemed, and there is an heritable right to the teinds. This Estate ought to be an object to a capitalist, who would obtain an immediate return, without expense or risk, for bis money, not ' much under what can now lie obtained in the way of interest, with the certainty of a large addition to the rental, when the above leases expire. Particulars will be obtained from, and any further infor- mation given by, Mr Ferrier, Accountant, Northumberland S reet. Edinburgh ; Mr Low- son, Town Clerk of Arbroath ; Mr David Hu'cheon, Advocate iu Aberdeen ; Mr John Brand, Writer, Stonehaven, Messrs. M Gregor and Murray, Writers. Glasgow; and Messrs, Scotland Boog, W. S. A1- l> ai: v Street, £ diohurgb. Xcttij Mvititfj FIRE & liSFE INSURANCE CQ2KP. INCORPORATED BY ROYA L CHARTER. President. The Marquis of 1IUNTLY. K. G. C. B. Vice- Presidents. The Eat 1 of A BOYN'R. Loid Viscount DUNCAN. 1) 1 It ECTORS. Extraordinary. Ordinary. Lord Viscount Stiathallan Hugh Broughlon. Esq. Roger Avtoun, E- q. Williajo Burn, Esq. John Cuoinghame, Esq, Robert Coi- kburn. E- q. Charles Cuuingham, Esq. John Furman, Esq. Sir Robert Dundas, Bait. Captain James Hay G. Macpherson Grant, Esq. Robert Menzies. E q. M. P. James Nairne, E- q. Sir Hugh Inties, Bart. M. P. Claud Russell. E- q. Sir Thos Dick Lauder, Bart. Jan es Scott, Esq. James Moucriiff, Esq. James S uart, E- q. Henry Monteith. Esq. M. P. John Tweedie, E q. Dav. Geo. Saiideman, Esq. Ruben Wright, Esq. William Trot'er. Esq. JAMES BOKTHWICK, Manager— Jens BRASH, Secretary. r| MIE system adopted liy this Institution combines - it security with economy, considers every Insurance as a transaction for the mutual advantage of the contracting par- lies, and gives the Assured an interest in the prosperity of the Otlice, without incurring any ia sp msibility. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Persons Insuring with the North British Office may either secure a precise sum at the lowest rate of premium, at which the risk can be safely undertaken, or. on paying nil equivalent premium, may participate in the profits without sharing iu the responsibility. The following extract from the Company's Table of Rates shews, that the terms, asenmpared with those of other Offices, aie favourable to the Assured. ANNUAL PREMIUMS, For the Assurance of £ 100 on a single Life. Age. 20 30 40 .50 60 For one year. For seven Years, at in Annual Premium of £ 3 1 3! 1 0 1 102 93 4 9 17 13 17 FOR THE WHOLE LIFE. Rates, with a] Reduced participation ; rates without of profits. pEjofits. 0 6 11 11 2 d. 6 6 9 3 9 Annuities, or sums corresponding thereto, may be assured at the North British Office, either by single or annual pay- ments, tinder the following forms, to suit different objects : I. Deferred Annuities, to commence at any given lime, w hereby the savings of the more active period of life is made more effectually to contribute to the comfort of declining years. ?. Annuities on Survivorships, whereby provision is made for widows or others. 5. Endowments lo Children, to commence at any period, a- d to continue for the remainder of the life, or for any num- ber of years. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Properly of every description is insured against loss or da- mage by Fire, at the usual rates of premium, . corresponding to ( lie risk. Loss or damage by Lightning is made good. Farm- stotking is insured, without the average clause, on a plan which saves the farmer from 20 to 25 per cent. Persons v ho have made seven successive annual payments on their Policy, previous to each division of tbe profits, or who, by one pavment of the premium for seven years, have had their property assured at this Office for not less than the above period, are entitled to participate in the profits, and are guaranteed from all responsibility by the capital of the Company. JAMES BORTHWICK, MANAGER. NORTH BRITISH FRIIE AVII Lira INSURANCE OFFICE, 429. High S. reet, March 29, 1825. The dividend, ordered by the last General Meeting of Pro- prietors. in payable on Monday, the 4th day of April next, at the Company's OJJice; but Proprietors resident in the country will receive their dividcndsfroni the Agents. AGENTS. MR. JVILLIAM ST UART, ABERDEEN. Mr CIIAEI. ES MDNRO, ... Stonehaven. Mr CHARLES BROWN, ... Huntly. Mr JAMES MACKIE. ... Peterhead. Messrs W. JAMIESON & JOHN GORDON, Fraserburgh. Mr JAMES CHALMERS, ... Banff. Mr JAMES THOMSON ... Elgin. MR CROMBIE, DENTIST, T> ESPECTFULLY intimates, that lie has RE- AV MOVED to his Piemises in CHAPEL STREET, entry from Kidd I. ane, where as usual attendance will be given, from 11 o'clock forenoon, until 3 o'clock afternoon. Ladies or Gentlemen preferring to consult bim at their own Lodgings, may be waited upon eiiher befcre or after these hours, X Mr C. has to Let in Chapel Street, a genteel small FAMI- LY HOUSE, with the use of a Wash- house, large Bleaching Green, and Mangle; together with " a Garden in Crop, stocked with Fruit Tiees and Berry Bushes. Rent will be very moderate. ChajKl Street, March 29. EDUCATION. R JAFFRAY respectfullv intimates, that he is presently arranging his SUMMER CLASSES for ENGLISH. WRITING. ARITHMETIC. MATHEMATICS, GEOGRAI'HV, ELOCUTION, and the LATIN LANGUAGE. On 4th April, Mr J. will open Morning Classes, from 7 to 9. chitfly' for READING, ENGLISH GRAMMAR, WRITING, and ACCOUNTS ; and also a Class for GROGRAFHY. and the uses of the Globes, to meet three limes a week, at 6 F. M.; a Class for ELOCUTION at 8 r. M. Day School as usual. Mr J. gives Instructions in the above branches of Education, Privately, to those who cannot attend Classes. MILNE'S COURT. 7 27, Gulloivgate. March 28. 1825. J rpHE NORTHERN UNITED SERVICE - B- CLUB, meets in ANDERSON'S, on Saturday 23d April. Dinner at 5 o'clock. Members who intend Dining at the Club on the 23d, are requested to leave their names at the Bar, by Thursday 21st instant. Aberdeen. April 2, 1825. 7YJIE Cllliom ABERDEEN SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1S25. SUMMARY OF POLITICS.- UPWARDS of six mouths ago, it was declared by certain leading members of the Catholic Association, that one object of the Rent collected was to procure a seat in Parliament for Mr. COBBTETT. Since that time he has commenced in numbers, of which four have been published, a History of the Protestant Reformation in England and Ireland : and from these productions it would appear, either that the Catholics have converted Mr. COBBETT, or by some other means seeured his services— for his argument amounts to this, that it is direct blasphemy to question the infallibility of the Church of Rome, and that Magna Cliarta and the su- premacy of the Pope are in fact identified. That " ease, happiness, harmony, and Christian charity, were fully enjoyed by our Catholic forefathers ; and that the Re- formation, which he says signifies a chanpe for the better, brought forth hypocrisy and perfidy, and that its remote consequences, as we now witness them, are misery, beggary, nakedness and hunger, everlasting wrangling and spite." The inference cannot be mistaken: we must humble ourselves before the legitimate and infalli- ble successor of St. PETER, and pray to lie again ad- mitted into the bosom of the Holv Catholic Church, on condition of stedfastly believing all her dogmas— all her miracles down to those of Prince HOIIENLOI- IE in- clusive— and submit ourselves ss is becoming to the Holy Inquisition. " Can \ vc believe that CmtlST, who died to save sinners, who ser. t forth his fie.- pel as the means of their salvation, would have sullered a false Chris- tian religion, and no other than a false Christian re ligion, to be known among men for twelve hundred years ?" Mr. COBBBTT writes with fury, but corrects not with phlegm. The purpose of the Reformation was to bring buck the Christian religion to its pristine puritv and simplicity. Reforming is a recurrence to fust principles ; and it does not follow that a religion is to be held fdse, because its institutions had been for a long period grosslv abused by corrupt and deprived men. But how came the reformers to prevail Against tin in- fallible Church ? How happens it, that He, who sees with equal eye as Lord of'all, permits a vast majority of the human race to live out of the pale of this'infalli- ble and onlv true Church i We shall see whether Mr. COBBETT can fairly answer these questions ; and if he cannot, his charge of blasphemy against Protestants, because they believe the institutions of the Christian church grossly abused by Roman Catholics, must prove very harmless. But says Mr. COBBETT, from whom did Protestants receive the Scriptures ? " Who gave us this real and genuine word of ( lot) ? From whom did we receive these words of eternal life ? After the death of CHRIST there was a long space of time before the Gospel was pnt into anv tiling like its present shape. It was preached in several countries, and churches were established in these countries, long before the wii. hu Gospel was known much of, or at least long before it was used as a guide to the Christian churches. At the end of about four- hundred years, the written Gospels were laid before a Council of the Catholic Church, of which the POPE was the head. But there were several gospels besides those of MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, and Jon v ! Several other of the apostles, or early dis- ciples, had written gospels. All these, long after the death of the authors, were, as I have just said, laid lie- fore a Council of the Catholic Church ; and that Coun- cil determined which-, of the Gospels were genuine, and which nut. It retained the four Gospels of MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE,, and Jons ; it determined that these four should b^ received and believed in, and that all the rest should be njectcd." All this may safely be admitted by Protestants, But Mr. COBBETT must be reminded, that previously, to the selection of divinely inspired Gos- pels, Councils pf the infallible Church had differed toto Crelo concerning the Divinity of CHRIST. At first it was determined, that he was not GOD, but a highly favoured servant ; and at a subsequent Council, the in- fallible Church determined, by a majority of one vote, that he really , was GOD, The Gospels were in like manner voted ditine or spurious, and of the Apocry- phal Books, the infallible Church was real! ' at a loss to say, whether they are to be held divine or r. ot: " much was to be said on both sides." Mr COB- BET is either ignorant of the early historv of the Chris- tian Church, or he wilfully suppresses these facts :— does he know that SYNESIUS, the Bishop of Cyrene, was ordained upon the express stipulation, that he should not be required to profess his belief in the resurrection of the dead ? Yet SYNESIUS was a highly respectable character, descended of tbe race of Hercules, and with d a man of great influence and wealth— aud the infallible and only true church was glad to receive li. m upon his own terms. But why, asks Mr. C^ BBETT, does the Church of England retain in its calendar the names of • Catholic Saints ?' Why did Catholics continue to call the davs of the week by the names of heathen objects of worship ? The answer to both questions is the same, it was thought proper to grant some indulgence to the prejudices of education— and for the same reason, our first Christian churches were built close to the druidical places of worship, where our forefathers adored the Majesty of Heaven, aud not gods made with hands, as Mr. COBBETT asserts. Idol worship never took place, unless as certain symbols were supposed to re- present divinity— and in this sense, the Catholics have carried it farther than any other religious sect whatever. Mr. COBBETT reprobates the conduct of Archbishop Cn ANM ER fdr his tergiversations, which are no doubt very reprehensible; but the infallible Head of the Church, after his infallibility had been conferred upon him, denied his Master thrice, cursing, as LUKE savs, and swearing that he knew not the man; and really Mr. COBBETT ought hot to be too severe on the sin of tergiversation. Like a prudent advocate, Mr COBBETT passfes over in silence the practices of the Holv Inquisition— the solemn burnings for heresy— the manv persecutions of the Pro- testants of Savoy, and the Huguenots— the Sicilian vespers— revocation of the edict of Nantes— the fires of Sinithfield in the time of Queen MARY— and the Irish massacre of 164- 1. History informs us that, within one hundred years after the Christian religion had be- come the religion of the Roman Empire, the Emperor was under the necessity of issuing an edict against the rapacity of the clergy, and to declare tliem incapable of inheriting property left by will. Mr COBBETT calls upon " his friends, sensible and just Englishmen," to believe that the Catholic clergy were in all ages of the church models of generosity and charity. But we have devoted too mach of our space to this subject. We shall see how Mr. C. proceeds in the numbers to follow ; he may fail in producing any beneficial results to the Catholics, but it must be admitted, that he is strongly illustrating his own character. The Madrid official Gazette of the 19th March, contains a very amusing account of the entire defeat of BOLIVAR bv CANTERAC, on the 17th of Septem- ber, between Guamacga ami Cusco. " A single charge of the bayonet decided the most complete victory. All the Colombian army dissipated like smoke. The cavalry performed prodigies, six thou- sand of the enemy killed, wounded, and prisoners; artillery, baggage, and all the materiel taken. Among the prisoners four Generals. MlLl. KU ( Englishman,) SUCRE ( Colombian), CEKD0BA( Grenadin), NIC0CHEA ( Peruvian). BOLIVAR fled » ith some aides de camp — the cavalry pursued tbe fugitives for fifteen days, and pushed as fac as Trujtillo ; in this pursuit of 360 miles, very few escajjed. BOLIVAR arrived in a state of ex- haustion at ( iwyaquil, after iiaving killed three horses in his flight." ^ This document comes abroad sanctioned by his Most Catholic Majesty and his confidential ad- visers, sons of the infallible and only true church ; it would be blasphemy to question its veracity. The Emperor ALEXANDER has lately banished from Russia certain Professors, Physicians, and Ecclesi- astics, & c. having made an arrangement with the King of Prussia that these persons may pass through his do- minions— but not take up their residence there. From this lenity, we suppose the delinquents have only been suspected of Carbonarism: had they been proved Car bonari, they would have been sent to Siberia at least. By his Imperial Majesty's orders, the Samoilds, living in the government of Archangel, are to be converted to Christianity, and he has employed missionaries for that purpose. Ilau the Etnperor been a true Catholic, he might have accomplished his purpose at once, bv means of the prayers of Prince HOHENLOIIE. We should think the report of a war to take pkice be- tween Spain and the United States perfectly absurd, were it not ( Kissible, that the Emperor ALEXANDER may become a party ; but the following extract of a letter, with a paragraph from a New York paper, prove that the Americans are making preparations. WAR BETWEEN SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES. The following extract of a letter from New Yoik has been banded to us by Messrs. Hirst and Heycock, cloth merchants, of this town i — " DEAR SIR— Enclosed is the whole that appears in the papers ccncernitig- the repott of war. The dispatches from Spain mention, that if il. e t ni'ed States do not r> cal t! o'r ar- kuowl" dgment of S uth American independence. Old Spain is determined to make war, and lo resume the Floiidas, which she ceded about two years ago to this country. The United Slates are preparing for any thing that may occur; either for war or peace. It certainly will be some lime before w- ar is declared." NEW YORK. February 24.— The Philadelphia Gaaette says, orders have been received from Washington to finish im- mediately all the United States* vessels hoildiug al this port, and to put two ntore on the stocks. We hope we are not going to have war, ( at any rate, this is the best mode of preserving peace.)—' The Na\ y Cnn. missioneis, under date of the I8ih instant, have issued proposals for timber, masts, & c. for three ships of the line, three fiigates of the larger, and three of the smaller class; for three sloops of war, and for schooners, to be delivered at the navy yards, at Washington, Gosport. Balti- more, and Charles- town, ou or before the first day of May next. — Leeds Mercury-. BIRTHS. At Altyre, on the 22d ult. Lady C. G. CUMMING. of a Daughter, On the 24th ult. the Hon. Mrs. GEO. MACDONELL, of a Son. MARRIAGE. At Ullapool, 011 the I7; h iiist. by the Rev. Dr. Thomas Ross of Lochbroom, MCHDOCH MACKENZIE. Esq. St. Vincent, to Miss ANN, eldest daughter of Mr John Macdonald, of the Custom- house, Ullapool. DEATHS. At Aberdeen, on 22d ult. Mr JAMES KAY, Shipowner, iu llle 65th year of bis age. In tlve vicinity of London, on the 23d ult. Lieutenant JAMES BEATTIS GLKNNIE, in the Honourable East India Company's . service, eldest son of tbe Rev. Dr. Glennie, Maris- chal College. At his house in Aberdeen, on the 21st ult. ALEXANDER ANDERSON, E- q. of Bourtie, aged 80. At Itoilimaise, on the 24th ult. Mrs. FORBLS, younger of Blackford. At Ardersier, in the 80th year of his age, JAMES MAC- PHEI: S' » N, Esq. At Muirtown, near Forres, on the 21st March, afler a se- vere and lingering illness, which he bore with the greatest fortitude and resignation, JOHN GRANT, Esq. aged 51. On Monday last, a General Meeting of the Proprietors and the Occupiers of Houses and Shops, iu the West District of the Town, was held in the Court House, inconsequence of pre- vious advertisement. Provost HAODEN in tbe Chair; for. the purpose of receiving the Report of the Committee named lit a General Meeting of the Inhabitants of Aberdeen, held upon tbe 21st Oct. last, for conceiting such preliminary measures as might be deemed necessary, for having rhe West part of tbe City protected by an efficient watch, and properly lighted. Tbe Provost having directed the Report to be read over to the meeting, it appeared from it, that the present rental of ihe different properties within the district, ( not including tbe Hard- gate, Holburn, Windmill Brae, or College Street) bad been estimated at L. 62I9 : and that the annual expenditure, for supporting the establishment in a proper manner, would amount to about L58C, whereby the Assessment would be nearly equal to Is. 10.1. per pound, independent of the ex- pence of an act of Parliament fur carrying the measure into effect. It was likewise pointed out in the Report, that if this district were taken under ihe charge of the Commissioners of Police for the city, the Assesment might be reduced to about Is. 6d. per pound, as a considerable saving of expenditure would be effected, by not having to keep up a separate police establishment. The Report concluded by stating, that tbe Committee felt at a loss what to propose, on account of the heavy rate of Assessment, which was shewn to be necessary ; and they therefore left the matter to their constituents, that they might determine what farther steps ought to be taken in the business. The Chairman observed to the meeting, that be, for one, could not agree to coine under such an Assessment as that mentioned in the Report ; and that he thought tbe most ad- visable plan, in the meantime, for the Inhabitants of the Dis rict would be, to divide themselves iiro different Wards or Quarters, and enter into an arrangement for obtaining lighting and watching by voluntary contribution, as is already done ill the Golden Square Quarter. The Meeting, however, after some discussion, broke up without coming to any resolution on the subject. On Monday last was held, in Mariscbal College, the An- nual Competition among the Students in the Greek Class, for the SILVER PEN, given by the Right Hon. the Earl of BBCHAN. The exercise prescribed was a Translation from Greek into Latin and English, which many of the Competitors perform- ed much to the satisfaction of the Judges. The Priaa was gained by WILLIAM WEBSTER, son of John Webster, black- smith in Aberdeen. Tuesday, the Rev. DAVID SIMPSON, of Burghbead, was, by a 1- rge majority of the Congregation, elected Minister of Trinity Chapel of Ease in this place. Last week the M, N. the Marquis of Huntly passed through to Huntly Lodge. It is. said that the Milijia of this county will be called out for training and exercise about the 27th June. We understand that the arrangements noticed in our last, for establishing an additional mail between London a'; I Edin- burgh, will take effect from tbe 1st of May ; after wltffh Mr JOHNSTON, of tbe General Post Office, comes to this quarter, for the purpose of settling the arrangements of the accelerated mail from Edinburgh northwards. - At a meeting of the Directors of the Aberdeen Town and County Bank, held on the 21 st ult. it was resolved toestablish a branch in Stonehaven. This appears to give ve y general satisfaction, and will, we have no douht, be well supported, as we understand there aie many partners of the bank in Kin- cardineshire. Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in Lexington, Kentucky, to his Friend in this place. '• The following gentlemen of distinction, the three former Members of Ihe House of Commons, in the course of their travels through the United States, paid a vist, in November last, al this place, where they have been hospitably received Mr S'anley, son of the Earl of Derby ; Mr Bsnnison ; Mr Wortley, grandson of Lady Mary Montague ; and Mr La- bouche, a partner in the house of Messrs Baring of London. The talents and political as well as general knowledge of these distinguished travellers, procured them reaily access to the so- ciety of the inhabitants, to whom their urbanity and polite ac- complishments rendered them highly acceptable.'"' All extraordinary instance of fecundity has occurred at the farm of Middleton, Pitfoddels, iu possession of Mr John Cadenhead, where an Eive, 6 years old, in 5 years had 16 Lambs. 4 of them on the 27th ult. The two men who were so severely injured at Messrs Ma- berly and Co.' s manufactory, as mentioned in. our last, are, we are glad to say, in the way of recovery. On Friday the 25th ult. the following young men were pre- ferred to Plixes, in their respective Classes, in the University and King's College of Aberdeen : lst HUMANITY CLASS. ls< Prize, Thomas Simpson, Dingwall 2d Do. John M Intosh, Duihill 3< l Do. John M- Lachlau, Kilbrandon 4lh Do. Robert Ross, Old Aberdeen. 2d HUMANITY CLASS. lst Prize, John Inverarity. Brechin M Do. John Milne. Udny 3d Do. Robert M'Pherson, Montrosa Ist CREEK CLASS. lst Prize, John M- Intosb, Dutbill 2d Do. Peter M'Kenzie, Lochcarron 3d Da. Charles Ritchie, Brechin 4th Do. John M'Lachlan, Kilbrandon 5th Do, Thomas Simpson, Dingwall 2d GREEK CLASS. 1J< Prize, Robert Clunes, Nairn 2d' Do. William Taylor, Rothiemay 3d Do. George Fraser, Calder CHEMISTRY CLASS. lst Prize, John Rogers, Kincardine O'Niel 2d Dv. John Kennedy, Logie 3d Do. John Smith. Old Deer 4th Da. Robert M'Pherson, Montrose MATHEMATICAL CLASS. Is I Prize, Stephen Gurbs London 2d Do. Robert M'Pherson, Montrose 31 Do. James Smith, Montrose 4// i Do. John Bolton. Old Deer 5th Do. John Smith, Old Deer NATURAL PHIl. OSOPHY CLASS, Ut Prize, Alexander Davidson, Dyke 2d Do. James Low, Brechin 3d Do. Alexander Rhynd, Alves 4th Do-. John Watson, Duffus. MORAL PHILOSOPHY CLASS, lst Prize, George Legg, Hunily 2d Do. William Ellis, Oid Deer 3d Do. Alexander Taylor, Upper Banchory 41 h Do. James Foiheriugbam, Orkney. Toe Huttonian Prize, value L. 10, was utrariimously ad- judged to SAMUEL TRAIL, from Udny Academy, after a com- parative trial on Greek, Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, and Moial Philosophy. Same day, the following young men, having passed through a regular c urse ,. f Academical Siudv, were admitted to the degree of Master of Ails. Messrs Alex. Taylor Messrs Jas. Fotheringbam Charles Crawford Jam,* Millie Charles Thomson James Mtinroe Colin Sfwart James Milchel! Donald Kennedy John Grant Duncan Campbell I. eiih Elmslie George I. egg Pitrick Dewar William Robertson Robin Gillies William S. cott Samuel Trail. James C ahlie On Wednesday the 16th ult. the Presbytery o1' Brechin met at Menmuir. lor the purpose of inducting the Rev. Win. Ciow to the pastoral chaige oftb. it parish. After this service was performed, the Pnsbytery adjourned to the Church of Brechin, where they received the resignation by Mr F. wte of his charge of the parish of Logic Pert, in cousequence of his nomina iou to the East Church of Aberdeen. Air Foote will depart with the universal respect of the neighbourhood, and ihe grateful attachment ot his flo k, who have so long enjoyed the benefit of' his ministerial labours. MEMBERS OF GF. XF. RAL ASSEMBLY. Presb'itery of Afford—' The Itcv. James Paull, Tullyms- Ie; James Faiquiia'son, Afford; Alex. U. quharl, Tuugti; Mi- nisters. Lord Mcadowhank, Ruling Eider. IXVER \ ESS, March 25 VIOLENT ASSAULT. — O o Wednesday momin<* 1 ist. Mr Clark, supervisor of Excise here, having gone to IWSK- shire in discharge of his duty, discovered, be: Ween S and i) A M st vera I casks in a field at We. ter Kessock, from which smuggled whisky had been recently de ivereU : when he pro- ceeded to destroy the casks, he was assailed by * shower of stones, thrown by a party of smugglers, two of whom were sta- tioned on a bank above ; ai d two others who h^ d dodged hint from tbe beach attacked him with sticks ; he fell lepeatedlv, and the ground is covered with his blood. He bad called for assistance from Paler son, the ferry- man, and his crew; but though the* assault lasted about a quarter of an hour, withru view of the houses at Wester Kessock, antf only about 5 or 6 hundred yards from the feiry^ ier, no person came to his aid till smu^ Iers had <^> ne iway with their bor-. es, leaving Mr G. fyiij- r on the ground in a sta'e of insensibility. He was c° nve) ed to town, Uis head dreadfully cut, and his body covered with bruises. He is stilj urn able to spe, « k or hear, blood continuing to fi> w from his ears j and the medical gen- tlenien in attendance consider bis life as in danger. A dili- gent investigation is going on, which, it is feoped, will lead to the detection of the ferocious band. A' MONSTEll.— A young woman died last week in Nairn, inconsequence, it is said, of the barbarous treatment she had experienced from her husband, Angus Kt- nnetly, shoemaker, wiih whom she bad only been about a tWelvemotuii marri « u. It fs said that- lie had been in the habit of frequently beating her ; that he bad some months ago brutally d » rj\ iiu her do* i* stairs within three days of her confinement ; a. nd that on Sun- day the 6th inst. he bcai her ciuelly, and threw her, wiihth* infant at her breast, into the Are. The unfortunate wo- uau survived the injuries she received on this occasion about a fort- night. A precognition has been taken, and Kennedy has been imprisoned iu the jail of Nairn. ABERDEEN CORN MARKET, AprilT There were few farmers at market to- day ; yet the fevr samples shewn did not find buyers at the | » r Ce.* of last Week, Oats may be considered ratSrer lower. Meal 2s. 6' d. cheaper, aniV Bear at nearly the price of last wetk. potatoe Oats, } 9s. OA to 21s. Od. Common Oats, 15s, Od.. to 18*. ( M. Bear, ... ... ... 25s. 0* 1. to oOs. Od. Wheat, 26s. 0 » f. 4 « > Od. Meal. 15*. Od. to I6' s. puice.) Oatmeal in the Market on Thursday i » nd Frwhiy, 470 I oils;, which sold from 14s. to 17s. per boll- Retail price, ls. to liJd. Bearmeal, 10d.~ Sids, 9d. lo 10J—= Malt, 2s 84. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Alexander. Fairburn, arrived at Lerwickon the 21st, and sailed 24th March, for the Greenland Whale Fishery ' The following ships were lying at Lerwick, bound for Davis* Straits: the Comet, Dordon, Exniouth, Elizabeth, Gilder. Zephyr, William Torr, and Swan of Hull. The Swan hail sailed on theflt b March, ami reached tbe longitude of 12 W. and on the lltli, in a gale of wind, lost bis bulwark , stauuehions, and four whale boats from tbe twain. deck, but lost no men, the crew having been aft when the sea struck hen- Tile Swan returned to Lerwick on the 2Isl to reSt. Capt. Davis, of tho smack Cato. reports seeing a sloop sink, on Friday I81h inst., off the Tod Head, when all on board perished, although every eflbrt was made by those ot » board the Cato" to save the unfortunate sufferers. For a con- siderable time one of the unfortunate crew was seen above water, supposed floating on part of ( he wreck ; but although several ropes were thrown over him, be could not t » _- mingly lay hold of them, and from the high sea running, he was of necessity abandoned to his fate. 1' iie sloop was paiu. iei( erecn, with iinitati « n windows on her slero, a while oui- t- head, and some crates'on deck,—^ supposed to be from Sun* dei land. The Norval, Leslie, arrived at Bali la, 5th January, and proceeded for Rio de Janeiro. Ocean, Struthers, at Plymouth, 22d ult- from B. ihia, iii 49 days, for Hamburgh. Maxwell, Burgess, at Gravesend, 24th ult. from Water- ford. Success, Hodge, sailed from Gruvesemd, 21st tvlr. for Rio Janeiro. Columbine, v of Pe'erhead. Brown, at Hampton Roads. 9th Feb. from Liverpool, for City Point, Virginia. • Ariadne, Collie, al Grivesend, 22d ult. frbih Jersey. Map net, of Pitcrhead, Taylor, sailed from Graveseud, 25th ult. for Teneriffe. ARRIVED AT ABERDEEN. March 25. Stirlinghiil, Philips. Sunderland, coals ; Blos- som, Gleghom, salmon, and Young Charles, Lowrie, Wick herrings; Dun- robin CaStle, Johnston, Durgbhead. grain 26. Lomlon Pai ket, Davidson, Leiih, and Countess- of Elgin, Still, Montrose, goods— 2T7. Hero, Gilbertsou, ami J unes and Margaret. Milne, Newcastle; Bon Accord, Brown, London; and Friends, Urquhart. Fraserburgh, goods * Bri- tannia. Robertson; Supply, Wilson; and Bee, Crofteiv Sunderland; and Helen, Craigie. limekilns, coals, Peggv, M'Kenzie, Kirkcaldy, ballast; Marquis of Huntly, Norrit, Leith, goods; Hope, Smith, Sunderland, and Catharine. Brown, Shields, coals— 2.8. Clyde Packet, Weir, Glasgow, goods; Eclipse, Greenside; John, Walker; Henry anil William, Allan; Reward, Alexander, lime; Union. Baxter, and Ilousedale, Hunter, Sunderland, coals— 29>. Elizu Thomson, Inverness, goods; Peggy, Robeitson, Berwick, Sour— 30. Bell and Ann, Thorn, Peterhead, goods 31. Elizabeth and Jean, Bell, Sunderlai d coals Carnatie, Emerson, do. lime ; E' pert. Leslie, Loudon, goods SAILED. March 25. Gutliries Bluest Dundee, goods; James and Mary, Burton; Theophilus, lluilry ; and Myrtle, Jamie- son, Sunderland, coals; Hbliina, Philip, London, stones; Newbirrjjh, Brand, Sunderland, ballast ; Edinburgh Packer, Hossack, Leith ; and Tyne, Leach, Newcastle, goods; P. n* uix, Walker. London, stones; Rebecca, LinSilaier, do. do; Ri'bv. Greig, Sundeila- d, ballast; Two Sisters, Gray, ant Barbara and M igaret, Abel, Desart, strain 26. * Stork cutter, Reirl, ( on a cruise); Sir William Wallace, Anderson, and Diadem, Barclay, Quebec, ballast ; Aberdeen Packet, Barnet, London, goods— 27. Diligence cutler, Pike, ( on i> cruize); Fortitude, Thomson, and Providence, Burnett, Sunderland, ballast; Swift, Alexander. St. David's, do; Catharine, Murray, Stonehaven, grain—? » . Scotia, Robert- son, Quebec, and Flora, Shuffle, Memel, ballast 29. Ran- ger, Davidson, London, stones; Lively, Forties, and Ceres, Wilson, Fraserburgh, ballast; Halifax P. wfcet, Leslie, ami Highlander, Birnie, Miramichi; and Briliant, Beverly, Quebec, ballast ; Glentanner, Kenn, Cape R'iton, and Re- gent, K. rr, London, goods— 30. George Ann. Davidson, Wymess. manganese; London Packet. Davidson, Leith, goods; Bee, Craf. on, aud Neptune, Waddet. Sunderland, ballast; Fairfield, Work, Riga, do; Ann Wilson, Bay of Chaleur; and James anil Margaret, Milne. New York, goods; Ei. za, Sutherland, Peterhead, goods; llazird. Smith, Ham- burgh, goods— 31. Rroraby, Middleton, Hull, do ; Mar., la- li n. i, Adie, and Eclipse, Greenside, Sunderland, coals; ' Triumph, Fuidlay, London; Q lebec Packet, Anderson, Quebec; Jean, Williamson, S\ John's; Alexander, Hogg, Bay of Chaleur; Fame, Law. Fraserburgh ; and Aimwell, Morrison, America, goods; Caledonia, M'Gregor, Quebec, ballast. At LONDON— Superior, Dnncsn, 23- 1 ult.; Cato, DAVIS^ 25th ult. ; Search, Hogg. 26tll ult. POST $ C II I P T LONDON. Both Houses of Parliament will adjourn this week for the Easter Recess— the Lords on Wednesday, and the Common* on Thursday. The adjournment will IK- for a fortnight. A meeting of the Cabinet Ministers took pl. ee on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign Office, which lasted for nearly two hours, A letter from Palis says—" Upwards of fifty mechanics have arrived in Paris within thi., fortnight from England, and have obtained profitable employment. ' They say they were com- pelled to leave home by the increasing price of llle necessaries of rile in England."
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