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11/02/1826

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The Aberdeen Chronicle

Date of Article: 11/02/1826
Printer / Publisher: J. Booth, jun. 
Address: Chronicle Court, Queen Street, Aberdeen
Volume Number:     Issue Number: 1010
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ml < „ , . jP&^ tS:' - / u f Ko. IOIO.]' Printed for J. BOOTII, Jun. Chronicle Court, Queen Street. ^^^^^^^^^ Tmatagwfj SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1], 1826. UXDEK TIIH PATHONAGE OF THE LOUD PROVOST AND MAGISTRATES OF ABRltflEF. X. " VS7" D K EN W A K I) respectfully informs the Ladies T T * and Gentlemen of Afcrtteer., aud its vicinity, that It. s AlfHUAt 3T- 1FZTZT CONCEPT will take [ dace, in the NI-: w ROOMS, on Friday the,' JA/ h if February, 1 KSff. Lender o? the Rind. Mr TAYLOR. Further particulars will l. e given in the hills. T' OTIC K.' THE It— W— R—- C— meet at Ss Ls op Thurs- day the 16th inst. at 9 o'clock, r. » . on which otca- < jui, a full Meeting is respectfully requested. By Order, D. K. S¥ cr. February 10, 1826. ".•-.. NOTICE TO MASONS AND CARPENTERS, Ac. " j\, Tli. BARCLAY of Uny having. resolved to build XV J. a r . rket Ilousr, of considerable extent, upon the Market Square ih tlie . New Town of Stonehaven, those who may he inclined to offer for the work will sec the If a is and Specifications, tin applying to Mr Fraser, Architect, No. 28, Gallowgote, Aberdeen; or Oavid Ross, Writer, Stonehaven. Estimates for the Mason \ Votk will be received by the said David Ross, till the 25th cltrt. and for the Carpenter, Piaster, and Slater Work, till ihe £ 0lh March next. Vry, Feb. R, 1826 [ Nof to be repeated. ] 1 NOTICE. T is requested that those having Claims against Mr. JOHN DOTUIE, Advocate iu Aberdeen, will lodge note> s of the amount wkh John Fleming, Advocate, 1, Marisclial Street, against Ist of March next. Aberdeen, Feb. 10, I82G. NOTICE. RIM] E~ Credito;- s of Jons MILNE, Perfumer in A Aberdeen, whose debts were incurred previous to 3.1 November, 1820, and who have lodged claims on his estate,{ « ill receive a final dividend of Tenpence Three. Farthings in the Pound, on calling at the Offices of Mr Alex. - Muir, Advo cate, 35, King Street; or John Fleming, Advocate, 1, Marisclial Street, any day after tile 10th curt. Aberdeen. Feb. 9, 1826. NOTICE. . To the DEBTORSand CREDITORS of WILLIAM ROSS, Auctioneer in Aberdeen. IT is requested, that those indebted to Mr. ROSS, will order immediate payment of what th* y owe him to Alex. Chevne, No. 30, Marischal Street, who has power to receive and discharge the same. Those to whom the said Mr. Ross is in any way indebted, will please lodge their claims as above. Aberdeen, Feb. 9, 1820. SHOP TO BE LET, Entry 4/ A June. fpi'AT large and commodious SHOP in Broad A Street, presently occupied by Mr Wilson, Glass Mer- chant. Ret| t moderate. Apply to JOHN FLEMING, Advocate. Abertleen, Feb. 10. 1826. TO BE LET OR SOLD, HMHAT HOUSE and GARDEN, Canal Terrace, • A- presently occupied by Mrs LAIJ. NIE. Eutry at 4th June next. Enquire at John Smith, Advocate, 28, Queen Street. TO LET, gEVERAL HALF FLOORS, HOUSE, in Catto's Square. and a BAKE Entry at Whitsunday nest. Apply to Mr Smith, Schoolmaster, Footdee. ALSO, The SECOND FLOOR of that House, No. 10, King Street, presently possessed by Mrs Allan. Apply to W. and J. Catto. Feb. 1, 1826. TO CARTERS. CONTRACTORS are WANTED to remove the DUNG from the Streels of this City, to the Public Dunghills, for one year, from 31st March next. Specifications will be seen on applying at the Police Office ; - and sealed Estimates must be delivered to Win. Chalmers, Clerk of Police, on or before Saturday the 25th curt. Police Office, Feb. C, 182S. INEVITABLY THE LAST. BUT TWO, AND THEN LOTTERIES FINISH, FOR EVER. T. BIS II. Respectfully acquaints his best Friends, the Public, that the New Scheme, which has repeatedly been advertised at length, fa inevitably the Lgst but Two that can be submitted to the Public, Parliament having decreed that, at the expiration of that period, fbey shall for ever cease. T. BISH therefore advises those Persons who wish for airopportunify of gaining a large Sum for a small Risk, to lose no time, *. t being more than piobable, as the end approaches, 1 Octets will get scarce and much higher in price, without any increased chance of sue « cess. Hie main points of the New Scheme are— it possesses SIX of £ 20, Besides other Capitals and minor Prizes to the Amount of UPWARDS OF A QUARTER OF A MILLION, A 1.1. ITKRI- INC. MOKXY ; And all to be decided in One Day, viz. ST. DAVID'S DAY, 1 ft MARCH. Being the Anniversary of One of BISH's famous Lotteries, wbeu his Welch Friends became such large Adventurers, and were so eminently successful. In the very last Lottery BISII Sold 7,349... Class A, a Prize of... £ 30,000 ! 10,97( 3... Class B, a Prize of...£ 30,000 ! They were distributed all over the United Kingdom ; and in (• he preceding Drawing, which, like tbe present, contained SIX =£ 20.000 Prizes,. BISH sold THREE out of the SIX ; via. 3,062 £ 20,0001 2,271 t' 20,000 ! 11,519. £ 20,000 ! And they, l& e tbe TWO £ 30.000, went over every part of Kingdom. T. BISH augurs favourably of his succoss, from the present Scheme having a similar number of Capitals : he has 011 sale a Variety of Tkk^- ts- and Shares at his Offices, 4, COKNHILL, and 9, CHARING CKOSS, London, and by his Agents— D. IVYLLIE, Bool- scller, ABOIDBBN. A. StKvwMOUT, South Bridge, Edinburgh. R. DAVIDSON, Postmaster. Ayr. 11. TULMS, Bookseller, Cupar, Fife. J. CuALMkiis, Bookseller, Castle Street, Dundee. T. OOILVIK. Bookseller, Glasgow. C. Sjnev, Post Office. Perth. J. IIltyCE, Bookseller, Stilling. Shares of the £ 50 000 and £- 20.000 Prizes were sent to I'. uiiiluigh. Pans id .£ 23,000 to Citenock and Inverntis. In the Press, And will be Published next week, A SHORT ST A TEMENT SHOWING TIIE NKCESSITr or EFFECTUAL C'ONTItOUL BglSO OIVEK TO THE COMMlifclTV IN A UEW HABBOTM BS&.& With the Corrtspeitdence on the Subject , l> etw » en tbe Magis- trates and certain Individuals; and Extracts frotn the Abel- deeti aud the Dundee Harbour Acts. Aberdeen— 1826. LUNATIC ASYLUM. A S great inconvenience arises to patients from their I being sent to the Asylum without previous intimation t Notice is hereby given, that timous application must, be niitdp at tiie Asylum before any- patient can be received. , TO M A ID EN G ENT LE WO M EN,"" RELATIONS OF T » E LATF. MISSF. S SMITH OF J*? VERA MSA Y; AND TO WOMEN OF THAT DESCRIPTION OF THE NAME OF SMLTIL. " VJOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the said J-^ TJMisses SMITH of Irtveramsay bequeathed to the President aud Manager? aflhe In( irinaMrs v Aberdeen, the sum of ONE HONDULi. . yO!;.\* r>< U p.- id f tor tiie spcci- tl use and better maintenance, in ali time com- * ing 1 of any Vestal or Maiden Gen tie worn a » , past the a » ; e of i forty-, five years, being of au unblemished character, and * residing within the town or county uf . Aberdeen : their own ' ftELATio^ s, down to the remotest degree, being always pre- 4 feire'd; and failing of them, any person of the name of 4 SMITH answering the above description." Sich persons as may be entitled to the benefit of the above mentioned anrtuity, are desired to, send their claims, in wriqtig^ and free of expence, to Thomas / park, Clerk at the Infirmary, on or before the 17th day of March next. The clearest attestation, in writing of propinquity, to the Misses SMITH, must be produced, in cases where that circum- stance is tlje " ground of claim. [ Not to be repeated.] Infirmary, Feb. 7, 18' 26. ENGLISH COMPOSlTIpN, PUBLIC SFF/ AKING, & cr''' THIS DAY ARE PUBLISHED, Hp H E E N G L I § H M A S T E ll ; or Student's Ciuijde to lieasnning and Composition; exhibiting an Analyt. lt. al Viewol'the Eug! i-: h Lot « tit'ge, of the Human Mind, and of the Principles of Fine Wrftinr. ISy WILLIAM HA NKS. Private Teacher of Composition, Intellectual Phiio- s pby, & c. lit 1 Vol. Svo. price 10s ( id Boards. " The Work novi submitted to the Public, is not the result of untried Speculation, hut is ap Outline of a Course of I11- s'rnctiou, which, fnr many Year*, he has delivered to his Pupils with the greatest Success:"— PRITACE. RULES for* ENGLISH COMPOSITION, and par- ticularly for ' I hemes : designed, for the Use of Schools, and in aid <> f Self- Instruction. By JOH N RIPPlNGHAM. In 12mo. price 4s Boards ( Dedicated to and under the Patronage of tbe ReV. Dr Vincent, Dean of Westminster.) with considera- ble Additions- ami Improvements. 5th Edition. The ART of EXTEMPORE PUBLIC SPEAKING, including n Course of " Discipline fur obtaining the Faculties of Disciimin& tioo, Arrangement, apd Oral Discission ; de- signed for the Use of Schools, and Self- Instruction. By JOHN RIPPlNGHAM. 3d EJItion iu 12tno. prico Gs Boards. The CLASSICAL ENGLISHt^. XYKy WRITER; ' or Eris'rei.* RY SjeV'ticiWs : designed to improve ju. ung per- sons in the Art of Letter- writing, and in the Prlncip es of Virtue and Piety. With Introductory Utiles » nd Observa- tions on Epistolary Composition ; and Biographical Notices of the Writers from whom ihe Letters are selected. 2d Edit, in ISnio. Ss Bd. Primed for Longman, Recs, Orme, Brown, and Green. Of whom may be had Gratis, A CATALOGUE of the MOST APPROVED SCHOOL BOOKS, used in public and private education. TUG STEAM BOAT. NEARLY 200 Shares, of L. IO each, having been subscribed for, but as .500 arc required, a MEETING of tbe SUBSCRIBERS is requested in Dempster's Hotel, on Mon- day next, the 13IH inst. at two o'clock. The Subsciiption Paper, in the mean time, lies at A. and T. Banneraiau's Counting House. THE PUBLIC are respectfully informed that a COACH called THE UNION, Will start on Monday first, from the STAR and CROWN HOTELS, EDINBURGH, at 7 o'clock A, M. and every lawful morning thereafter ; and proceed through Fife and Dundee, by Forfar and Brechin, aud will arrive at Dempster's Royal Hotel, Aberdeen, that evening, nt a quarter before 11 P. M. . THE UNION," on her route from the north, will leave Demp- ster's Hotel on Monday first, and' every lawful day, at half- past 1 1 o'clock, A. M. through Stonehaven and Laurencekirk to Brechin ; and proceed from Brechin next morning at a quarter before 6 o'clock, through Forfar, Dundee, and Cupar- Fife, 01, d'wili- arrive in^ Ettirburgh at iKtljUpast 1 r M. By this arrangement, Passengers can get from Edinburgh to Aberdeen the same day— a communication that has been long wished for by the Travellers to the north. Passengers and Parcels booked for the Union at the follow- ing places— Scott's Star Hotel, and Meldrum's Crown Hotel. Edinburgh— Low's and M'Glashan's, Kirkaldy— M'Nab's, Tontine, Cupar— Merchant's, Dundee— Ross', Forfar— Ross', Brechin— Downie's, Laurencekirk— Marr's, Stonehaven-— and Dempster's Royal Hotel, Aberdeen. BOOKS BY AUCTION. On Monday the 20th curl, there will be exposed to sale, hy public auction, within the sale- room of the Subscriber, No. 6, Upperkirkgate, ALarge and Valuable collection of BOOKS, in the various branches of Science and Literature; ' and amongst which are many rare aud valuable editions of the Classics— the whole composing ihe Library of a private gentleman. Catalogues will be ready for delivery on Friday the 1 8th inst and may be had at the sale- room ; or at the shop of Mr Wil- liam Gordon, bookseller, 20, Upperkirkgate. The Books may be viewed on the forenoon of each day's sale, at the sale- rpom— aud the auction to begin at six o'clock each evening. Orders from iliuse who cannot attend will be paid attention to by the clerk of the sale. W. ROSS. 6, Upperkirkgale, Feb. 8, 1826. FARM~ o/ H AYFIELDTNEAR PETERHEAD, TO LET. '{ PUIS FARM consists of about fifty Acres of Ar- il- able Laud, mostly inclosed, with a substantial Dwelling House, and complete steading of Offices; and a House, & c. for an overseer or servant. Lying within two miles of Peter- head, and being of an excellent soil, it is a desirable object for an improving tenant; aud good encouragement will be given to him. The Lease may be for 19 years, or such period as may be agreed on.—- Entry immediately. Apply to William Gamack, Writer in Peterhead ; or Adam Coutts, Advocate in Aberdeen, who will receive offers up to the 1 st March next. T HOUSE AND GARDEN TO LET. HE HOUSE of BELLEVUE, with the GAR- DEN attached, as presently possessed by Dr Alexander Boyle. It is situated on a rising ground, on the east side of the Hardgate, aud commands a view of the City ami B iv, as well as of the adjacent country. The House is substantially fitted up, and is capable of accommodating a large and genteel family. The Garden is large, and well stocked with fruit trees and berry bushes. The House may be seen on Mondays and Saturdays, from 12 till 2 o'clock ; and further information learned by applying to George Dick, the Proprietor, at New B. idge. Jan. 25, 1826. SALE OF HOUSE AND GARDEN. UPSET PRICE REDUCED. To be sold, by roup, in the Lemon Tree Tavern, on Saturday the 18th curt, at 6 o'clock afternoon, rgMIE HOUSE and GARDEN, lately belonging to - fi- and possessed by the deceased Mr JAMES LESLIE, OH the South Side of ihe Road leading. from Union Place towards liubislaw. The House was built only about three years ago, and of the best materia1.. The Garden, consisting of about half an Acre, is inclosed with very substantial walls, and stocked with Fruit Trees and Berry Bushes, of tile best kinds ; and contains a Well of excellent water. The Premises are within a mile of Castle Street; and com- bining the advantages of town and country, would be a most agreeable residence for a- family. The title deeds are in the hands of James Simpson, Advo- cate, to whom application may be made for farther particulars. FOR HAMBURGH. THE HAZARD, ^ tL^ f^ t- t Capt. SMITH, Is nnw on the Birth, taking in Goods, and will H^ gjjgjv^ psail on Tuesday first, the 14th curt. 1- or Ireigtit or passage fare, apply to the Master on hoard ; John Stewart, General Agent, Crown Court ; or A. C. Guides, Lime tiuay. Akcrdteu, i-'</.. T,' 1826. SALES IN THE Stgtnq? © fSce, Bnton direct SALE OF FURNITURE; & C. On Tuesday the l' 4tli curt, there will be sold bv auction, AN assortment of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE — consisting of a Set of handsome Dining Tables, large dimensions— two Sets of Mahogany Chairs—. several Sets of Hardwood'Chairs— Mahogany and Wainscot Tea and Break- fast Tables— several Sofas and Easy Chairs, iu Hair Cloth, Moreen, and Print— Chests of Drawers— a very useful Bed- Room Clothes Press, and Dressing Table— Toilet Tables— Night Tables and Bason Stands— a Mahogany Posted Bed, with real Chintz Furniture— several Tent Bedsteads, with Moreen and Printed Furniture— Feather Beds, Mattresses, Blankets, and Bed Covers— a variety of Kitchen Articles, & c. & c. The Sale will begin at 11 o'clock forenoon. SALE OF BOOKS, AND FOREIGN GUNS AND PISTOLS. Upon Tuesday the 21st inst, and following days, there will be sold, by auction, AVARIETY of EFFECTS lately the Property of a NOM- EMAN consisting of English and Foreign BOOKS— among which ore several curious, interesting, and scarce Works, in French, Spanish, Ital an, and German, as weli as Modern Works in English. The greater part ate quite new, and in the best order. There are also to be sold, a beautiful French Rifle Gun, and several Spanish Fowling Pieces, elegantly inlaid with Gold— some curious Spanish and Turkish Pistols, among which is one with Six Barrels I and several other Articles. The whole to be seen 011 the forenoons of the Days of Sale, when the Catalogues may be had. The Sale to begin at 6 o'clock in the evening. . & G. Union. Street, Feb. 7, 1826. FIRST SPRING SHIPS. FOR QUEBEC AND MONTREAL. THE SUPERIOR NEW BRIG, PRESENTLY FINISHING, CITY OF ABERDEEN, 2( 50 Tons Register, ALEX. DUTHIE, Commander, Will btT ready to receive Goods by the 1st and sail on the 22d March. FOR CAPE BRETON. THE SUPERIOR NF. W SHIP. PRESENTLY FINISHING, UM VERSE, 280 Tons Register, iSSSSSSSSSS? AIEX. CITAIFIIK, Commander, Will be ready to receive Goods by the 15th, and sail on the 28th March. For freight or passage, ( with spacious and elegant accom modation,) apply to the respective Captains on board ; or to WILLIAM ALLEN, 47, Quay. Aberdeen, Feb. 1, 1826. FOR HALIFAX, PICTOU,, & MIRAMICHI. Xr^ kl THE. FINE • 4> IBRIG ABERDEENSHIRE, _ JAS OSWALD, Commander, Will be on the birth for the above ports on the 12th ot February, and will sail on tile 1st of March : elegant accommodation lor passengers. For rate of Freight and Passage Fares, apply to JOHN ' CATTO. SON, $ Co. or, Jan. 21, 1826, Captain OSWALD. FOR QUEBCE. , The Coppered Brig QUEBEC PACKET, Capt. ANDERSON, a regular Trader, will be ready to receive goods by the 1st of March, and sail on 28th of that month, and return direct lo Aberdeen ; she will also take goods for Montreal, deliverable at Quebec, being a superior ship for dry goods. For Rate of Freight, out and home, and Passage Fare, ( having excellent accommodations) Apply to ROB. CATTO. Aberdeen, Feb. 3, 1826. FOR PICTOU AND MIttAMICHI. THE COPPERED BRIG LOUISA, FC. FLFF- S^ I? ALEX. YOUNO, Commander, ^-.•^ r'Jrl*^. Will be ready to receive Goods by the 15th inst. and will sail oil the 10th of March. For freight or passage, apply to George Allan; or Capt. Yoting. Union Street, Feb. 6, 1826. • ale on Cues& an. SHARES OF WHALE FISHING SHIPS, ^ Belonging to Peterhead, FOR SALE, BY ADJOURNMENT.— UPSET PRICES REDUCED. rpHE following SHARES of SHIPPING, which - 1- belonged o the deceased Mr ROBERT COKDINER, Merchant in Peterhead, w ill be sold, by public roup, within the house of Donald Fraser, vintner there, oil Tuesday the 14th February curt, at 6 o'clock in the evening, viz. : — ONE- EIGHTH of the Ship ALPHEUS, of Peterhead, measuring 254 tons; with the like share of her Stores and Fishing Materials. ONE- EIGHTH of the Ship ECLIPSE, of Peterhead, measuring 283 tons ; with the like share of her Stores and Fishing Mawrials. — And, ONE- SIXTEENTH of the Ship . TE AN, measutihg 265 Ions; with the like share of her Stores and Fishing Ma- t r. als. Apply to Messrs Robertson and Gray, waters iu Pelethead } or George Yeats, advocate, Aberdeen. Pact- head, Feb. 7, 1826. JAMES WAODSH & CO. . NURSERY, SEEDSMEN, * FLORISTS, 70, BROAD STREET, ABERDEEN-, EEG leave to inform their numerous customers, who who have long suppoi ted them with their kind orders, that they have got lo hand their yearly supply of KITCHEN GARDEN, and FLOWER SEEDS, which, are extensive, and of best qualities, selected from the, lirst growers in the south of England, France, Holland, and - Ocrmwiy— amongst . which ate many fine new sorts'of GARDEN PEASE. DWARFS, antl GREAT BEARER'S, and allowed to be of first quality for the table. Their S'nck of NURSERY PLANTSis vorv extensive ( as usual) ill FOREST, FRUIT, and ORNAMENTAL T R EE S— FLOWERING SHRUBS, and EVER- GREEN'S— ami a large collection of ROSES, of whito many are of ihn very j'inest and newest sorts. And have got to hand from thirteen to fourteen hundred Bushels of true PERENNIAL RYEGRASS, ami above five thousand pounds of best Dutch and English RED and WHITE CLOVER SEED. MIL. M'FCENZIE'S ( LEAVER OF THE ASSliMULV RAN D. J 31' RR BALL. or " — - "' • . a . .'. m-.- te' UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THT? ; LADIES, PATRONESSES. AND S'Pf- iVAftDS. THE ABERDEEN ASSEMBLIES. R. M'KENZIE begs leave to announce, that his BENEFIT BALL will take place in the PUBLIC ROOMS, on Monday the 20ih curt, and respectfully solicits the support of the Subscribers and Visitors to the Assemblies, Dancing to begin at 8 o'clock. Tea at 10— Gentlemen's Tickets, 7s. each— Ladies, do. 3s. G< 1.; to be had at the Musi- cal Repositories; and at the shops ef Messrs.. Brown & Co., and Mr. Robertson, booksellers. Mr. JVl'K. requests that those who intend to take tickets will call for them early, as he will be better enabled to make every necessary arrangement, by knowing the number of persons he may expect to attend. Mr TAYLOR has been engaged, and will bring forward two Sets of QUADRILLES, his own composition, and particularly got up for the present occasion. © I'VOIG, DRV^ CRKIT STREET, CLARK'S STUD or HORSES; ( THIS EVENING) SATURDAY, FFBRUARY 9, 182G. The performances to commence with ANIMATED ARCHITECTURE, Or, MEN PILLED UPON MEN J UPON THREE HOBSES! U Shcwiii- r the Method of the WARRIORS of the EAST in ° SCALING BATTLEMENTS, & c. THE SPIRIT OF, EMULATION. In the course of which every Equestiian will exert his best skill, in order to obtain public approbation as The Rest Rider. THE CORDE ROIDE, By the undaunted Youth Master Hicken, Who'will go through several astonishing Fe'atsofthe SLIKGS never before attempted here by any but himself. G Y MN AS TIC' EE A TS, Bv the Troop of Voltigeurs, viz, Powell, Taylor, Candler, Shaw, Decastro, Greig, Gunn, Smith, Hicken, the Indian, Campbell, and Scott the ClOA- n. A FANCY GARLAND DANCE, Bv Messrs. Taylor, Shaw, Campbell, Candler, Htcken, and Gunning— Miss Powell and Mrs Smith. PoLANDRTC EXERCISE on lite Geometrical Ectilihr, Bv Master Campbell. TIGHT ROPE, by Mr. and Miss POWELL. The Sagacious Colt NELSON Will go through his wonderful performance, leaping over Bars, Hoops, & c. THE RIDER~ IVFETAMORPHOSED ; Or, the CLOWN DECEIVED hy a LADY in the SACK' H GRAND SPANISH PARADE, By Eight High Trained HORSES, acknowledged by all who have seen them to be the most graceful and tractable in the kingdom. The INDIAN will ride his unequalled Act of Horsemanship, Without SADDLE or B HID I. E. And give his inimitable imitation ofa DRUNKEN' I1USSA R. The Entertainments will conclude with Billy Button's Journey lo Brentford. The whole of the Performance will be accompanied with APPROPRIATE MUSIC. The Dnors of the Circus will be opened at half- past Six, and the Performance will commence at half- past S^ ven o'clock precisely. Boxes, 3. s. Pit, 2s. Gallery, Is. Standing Places, 6d. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be had of Mr Simpson, at the Circus, from Eleven till Three ; and at the principal Stationery and Booksellers Shops in Town. Acting Manager, Mr. Greig— Conductor of the Ring, Mr. Powell. Clown, Mr. Scott. Good Fires are constantly kept, to render the House comfortable. be On MONDAY EVENING Will be Performed, a variety of Entertainments, as will expressed in the Bills of the day, being for the BENEFIT or MISS POWRLL : On which occasion, SHE humbly solicits the Patronage of the Public ai large. FINAL CONCLUSION OF LOTTERIES. 3. & S. SIVS WItlCIIT, THE CONTRACTORS, RESPECTFULLY invite the public to au early purchase. The Act of Parliament having limited the duration of Lotteries to Two more Drawings, it is very probable Tickets and Shares will rise considerably in price, as the. period fast approaches which must conclude for ever this only mode of gaining a for- tune- from a trifling liisk. In forming THElli FARE- WELL SCH EME, J. & J. SIVEWJUGHT have been not only studious to retain ail the approved points of. late Lotteries; ( many of which were first adopted by themselves,) but to meet the desire of Correspondents, they have introduced SIX ££ 20,000 .€ 20,000 .£ 20,000 £ 20,000 £ 20,000 £ 20,000 & c. & c. forming an aggregate of A QUARTER OF A MILLION STERLING ! All to be decided in ONE DAY, - WEDN ESP AY, 1st of MA ltCH. Tickets and Shares are selling by J. & J. SIVEWRIGIIT, the Contractors, at their fortunate Offices, No. 37, Cornhill ; 11, Holborn ; and, 38, Hay market, London, where they sold 12,478 a Prize of £ 30,000! 3,613 a Prize of £ 21,055! Besides other Capitals iu the last and late Lotteries. Tickets $ Shares are also selling by theJollowlng Agents :— W. ROBERTSON, Broad Street AB2UD££ N. P. Wilson, Asbroalh. W,: Davidson, Annuity Office, Hunlly. J. Smith, Bookseller,- Mont ruse. ALEX. FRASER, JUN. NURSERY, SEEDSMAN, AND FLORIST, FN. II PAD OK UJITJAFO STREET, E i URNS bis sincere thanks for tin; ' verv librr/ J support hi? liiTs experienced since, commencing on In own account, mid beg « leave to acquaint his Customers, th„ t he has got to hand a very extensive nndinew assortment ot' KITCHEN GARDEN, and FLOWER SEKUS— lthr Seads have bee il selected I rum the most experienced grower,, and Irt eaii with c- onlntence re^ njrmiend them a< jjood. Also, ( luces tho, liberty of Intimating.,, that i'or this last twelvemonth he has been collet ting verv extensive collections of FOREST,, b'RCrr. FLOWERING, .•• ml OltN' V MENTAL TREES and., SHRUBS: the fruit Tree-, have been all grafted in the North of Scotland, which givu them a tlecided advantage over those grown'in a more l. ivoni able climate. The collection is above ' I':, R-- THOI SAMI PLANTS, including Dwu'rfs, I Ialf- S? » pdur, fs, mid Siandaiil • oi Apples, Pears, Cherries. Plums. . iSc. of tbe most approved sorts for this clittlare, antl those wanting particular . oris ma- depend upon gelling them correctly named. The collection-^' Ornamental and Flowering Trees ffre also veiv extensive, in- eluding stun? beautiful varieties of hardy ICxotic Trees, manf of them newly cultivated in Britain— his Rose Cuilertimi in- cludes nil- ilt N- nuEi, and TWKSIY spiers, some of them tl> finest French and Scots- varieties •' ftuc'Dwri- 1' Carnation*, Double and Single Dahlias, with a good variety of TWisK I-' loVers. The Pl.- nts may he seen at the New Nursery, Ferryhill South Side, Union Place; antl those fWuuratg him w„; i their orders may depend on1 tltem receivin-^ jhe best Mkewton i and about October 1826, a detaih- d CaiitVjtc of ihe PI. m: cultivated by him will then be published. Broad Street, Jan. 26, 1526. TO LET, AT HON- ACCORD TERRACE, ANeat COTTAGE and GA RDEN, with ever- convenience for a family, to whjch access may be had m n fow weeks. Enquire at William Nicol, Concert Court, SALE OF HERITABLE AND OTHER ~ PROPERTY. There will be sold, hy public roup, wiihiri the Lemon T v; Tavern, on Thursday the 9th March next, at two o'clock afternoon, the following Heritable and other subjects. l. TH AT Piece of G ROUNDandflegH. itFAMI Lt HOUSE thereon situated, on tiie east side of Little Chapel Street, and presently possessed hy Mrs Davidson, m> i; Mr M- Naughten. The Ground extends 3; 7 feet ip front, alpng suit! street; aud it is hounded on the north by Chapel Lane. Rental ^ 39 10s. ; Feu Duty £- t 10s. 2. The piece of GROUND, and WEAVING . SHOP.-: tyid DWELLING HOUSES thereon, situated on the south- west end of Gordon Street, antl presently let as Weaving Shops, & c. to Messrs Maberly & Co. The Ground exien- i- t 125' feet along Gordon Street. Piesent Rental J'. SO 4s. under a lease of 7 years, of which three aud a half only are . cipireo Feu Duty £- 2 15s. 3. That DWELLING MOUSE in. George Street, ahM Piece of Ground attached, immediately np- postto to the Nv Flesh Market ; and presently possessed by William Boon , vintner, and odters. The Ground ^ extends - 10 feet along ibu ea^ t side of George Street. On the premises there is an -• 1 . cellent ST A BI , E, which fronts Jopp's Lane. Rental £ 3H j . Feu Duty £ 8. 4. The vacant STANCE, near the south- west ejitl of ( 1 Street, contiguous to tbe house presently octupiotl bv Mr- IKkrr, and extending 2J feet or thereby in front along tine west side of said street.. 5. The vacant S i'ANCE, on the south west side of lie-- Street, contiguous io the F « il and. House built thereon bv . V. Robt. Nicol, by which it is bounded on the north side : it e, tends 25 feet, or thereby, in front along said street. 6. TEN SHARES of the SCOTTISH UNION I s SURANCE COMPANY. 7. TWO SHAKES oithe ABERDEEN NEW Til A ')- INO COMPANY. For particulars apply lo John Duncan, advocate. No. Guestroiv. Feb. 7, ] k- ji; V A L U A B L E A N D E X T KNSIV LI SHEEP FARM, On the ESTATE of ROSEHALL. in SUTHERLAND. Entry at Whitsunday 1826. T FARM of GLENCASSLEY, at the of the Dornoch Frith, as at present possessed by W. i:.. Rose, Esq. will be Let, for such a number of years as may agreed on. The Farm is of great extent, and possesses a lar^ e portion of Arable and very line Meadow Land, and is calculated to keep about 2000 Sheep. It has for the la., i- Jbrty years IHOI exclusively occupied wi- ih Sheep, and is Well known to pro- duce excellent sound Sheep, of the Cheviot breed, with which it has been stocked for several years past, ft possesses many advantages for conveying smearing ma- terials- to the spot, as well as for conveying the Wool and Sheep to markets. Offers will, be received by D. Gilchrist, Est], of Ospesdnh-, hy Bonar Bridge; and by John Mowbray, W. S. 15; Hot** Street, Edinburgh, till 1st April next, when the Farm wi. l be Let. THE TOWKR, OR SUPERSTITION SUBDUED. 4 Ye Towers of Julius, LONDON'S lasting shame. With .. tany a foul and midnight murder Jed,* A Sentry who the Odes of GRAY ha « i read, The plaintive BARD, immortahVd by FAMET This SENTRY yet to superstitutioti prone, Mus'd on each deed of death— the fancied moan, Of slaughter^ victim strikes the list'ning ear, And now, in thought, the ghastly shades appear. His mind these dread ideas while possessing, Pond'ring tbe mode of properly addressing Ttie airy visitants, their forms if rearing, An Officer, his vigilance attacking, Appear'd, in BOOTS illum'd by WARREN'S BLACKING, The SENTRY'S image in the JET appearing. Undaunted, 4 WHO OOES THERE? the Sentry cried * A FRIEND!'— a lowy sepulchral voice, replied.— * Not so, if right I guess, no friend of IVIrNfc— ADVANCE, oneONCY—( JIVE THE COUNTERSIGN • The Sentry's image in the JET'S fine hue Now shone-*- A TINY IMP'S DARK FORM TO VIEW ! * ONE! cried the OlHcer, * Pray where's the OTHER' 1 4 Close by your CLOVEN FOOT. I spy ANOTHER,' The Sentry said— 4 So courteous MISTER DEVIL, ' With all your candying'tongue, and manners civil, * For once your subtlety with match is fitted ; 4 A BRITISH SOLDIER bas'your art outwitted.* His strange belief and dauntless courage noted, The Sentry late now Serjeant stands promoted ; The TOWER now no glaring £ liost attacking, Exorcis'd ALL— by WARREN'S splendid BLACKING ! > 0, ^// aAAC/ n^ STRAND, London; AND SOLD IN ABERDEEN BY Fyfe & Co. Union Street Smith, do. Davidson, Broad Street Reid, Castle Street Svmon, Gieen Mollison, St Catherine's Wvnd Brt- mner & Co. Union Street Sm'th, sen., Castle Street Lumsden, Broad Street Brantingham, Gallowgate Fraser, Union Street Duguid, North Sueet Leslie, do. Sutherland, do. War rack, Union Street John Pratt. Brocu^ Street Simpson, druggivt, Green Allan, Green P. Craik, Catto's Square L. Crtiickshank, Gallowgat ® A. Cruickshank, do. Win law, fc do. Dycf- v Broad Street Thomson, da. Anderson, Castle Street .- Esson, Gallowgate Affleck, Union Street Milner, Upperkirkgate Wm. Duncan, Castle Street Williamson, druggist, do. - M'Kny, Gallowgate. James Temple, Castle Street Geo. Watson, Netherkiikgate Mr Brodie, mereht. Newdter Atul Sold in every Tnwn in the Kingdom, LIQUID, in Bottles Od. 10.1. 12d. and 18U. each. NORTHERN TOWNS. ( From a Summer Rmnblc in the Xortk Highlands, 1825.) ELGIN l'rese" ta itself to the traveller while yet far distant. ' It stretches along ( IK* brow of i hill, fronting the morning IreaHi. Thick coppice- wood, the crest of a more remote and loftier, eminence, spreads in the background. The first glimpse of its gleaming watts won our favour; nor did we wijhdraw it even when distance no longer lent enchantment to the view. To the . antiquarian and historian tto town north of the Grain- pians <' H- Uts. sc. tnany attractions. It covers a forge extent of ground, and is hunt with a decree of regularity ; hut the tolhootii anil church, both venerable though unseemly pi'es, shiK- kingJv obstruct ami disfigure the principal street, ' l'he far- famed cathedral is situated at the lower or north- eastern extremity of the town, ruined, it is true, tint still retaining traces of architectural magnificence, which prove it to have once b'- en a fabric worthy of comparison with the princely ab- beys i. f St. Andrew and Aberbrothnck. Scotland has to ascribe the distruelion- nf lire noblest of her consecrated edifiies to the era of the Information.: but the fanatical fury levelled not, the proud spires of the cathedral of Elgin. Some emplv- ptleti financier, at a moment of exigeiitc, when the Exchequer' was impoverished, and the troops ill paid, suggested the nota- ble expedient of robbing this building of its ' leaden roof, and exchanging it with tin* Dutch for gulden din- ats. The sacrilegi- ous mandate was issued and executed. The cathedral of fit. Madiar, at Old Aberdeen, suffered similar spoliation; and the ore thus collected was shipped fot Holland. But the sea became a robber in turn, and avariciously swallowed all. ' iWe is a green uiount, called the Lady's Mill, itn uediittely ill liar of the tyivri, front whence the prospect is extensive and delightful, FOItRES Is smaller than Elgin, but presents more indubitably the stamp of antiquity. Lite that toy n. it has enjoyed, fur centuries, the privileges of a royal burgh. It is also silua'ed at such a dis- tance from the sea, us pr- iluded it from deriving any advant. i|> e from a difc- cl lmiritinie intercourse with other pails. The river Vmdliorii, indeed, is navigable for small vessels to within two miles of the burgh ; and a canal might be cut to the very wails, at a trifling expense ; but of this circumstance the honest bnrglteis shoiv. no anxiety to avail themselves, The street by which we made our entry consists of ranges of low cottages, neatly and regularly built, wilh tlieir gables turned inwards. Their appearances impressed us with an erroneous idea, that they formed paitof some public institution, appropriated for the reception of decayed tradesmen. There are several other decent streets,; and the town, on the whole, looked stirring and prosperous. It was at Forres that King Malcolm II. routed a powerful army. This is the defeat with which local tradition lias connected the erection of. Sweno's Stone. The Danish leader seems to hive, been one of tho- e lawless sea- kings, whom, in the. dark ages, Scandinavia sent forth to ravage fairer lands. ' Hie genius of Shakespeare wis also i xerjed to im- mortalize the town. Its name frequently occurs in his tragedy of Macbeth ; and the moor on which the usurper is understood to have encountered the wicrd sisters, is situated in the neigh- bouihoud. NAIRN. On this morr. Hior, we beheld, for the first time the solemn stiowd.' md brow of. Ben Wyvis, the king . of Ross- shire mountain-;. Our glances rested long and frequently on tbte impressive object. We entered Nairn by a mean bridge, thrown over a small stream that, flanks its eastern suburb. Fiom this insignificant river, called in Gaelic " The Water of Alders," the town is understood to derive its name ; and being situated nearly at its mouth, it enjoys the advantage of a small con- venient harbour, capable of improvement, should the place ever require it. ' Nairn is said to have undergone great muta tion in regard to si'e ; and the foundations of a castle, which formerly defended it, are now. like the ruins of Carthage, covered by the. sea. On the - opposite shore of the Moray Frith, which is here narrowed to eight or ten miles, appears a deep opening, abruptly cleaving a bold and precipitous coast. ' I his Assure marks the entrance into the bay of Cromarty ; and the bluff lands, by which it is distinguished, stretch dimly to the northern horizon. FP. RT- GEORGE Was yet at some distance when we descried its mighty bas- tion*. Ir occupies the extremity of a low sandy peninsula, whir h juts into the Moray Frith. The fortifications being re gular, and kept in complete repair, have a very imposing as- pect.— As we advanced over the isthmus, the surrounding country assumed many novel and interesting features. At the Fort, the- breadth of the Frith- does not greatly exceed a mile ; but immediately above, it expands into a spacious lake, beyond the rippling waves of which rise the spires of Inverness, backed by piles of lofty serrated mountains, towering, mass behind mass; in seemingly interminable array. The fortifications cover about ten Scotch Acres ; and tire barracks are calculated to accommodate a strong body of troops. Nothing appears to have been overlooked that could conduce to the comfort of. tbe gaTt- i- on, or add to the security of the place, save in the choice of a site. An old veteran, who escorted lis round the ramparts, and who had been honourably maimed at Bunker's- hiil, as- serted. ( bat ! t was so thoroughly commanded by the adjacent heights, that the bravest general of modern times could not at- tempt to hold it against an army well appointed with artillery. We did not presume to dispute this important point, with one whose snu- s declared that he fiad a right to give an opinion on such matters : indeed, Our own less experienced eye's led us to draw a similar conclusion. The' passage of the Frith however, completely commanded ; and as the fortress was erected merely to keep the clans in check, in case they should ever plan another raid'like that of Forty- five, the purpose con- templated is fullv answered. It was commenced 1747, and cost the nation JCIGO. OOO. We WT- re permit ed to enter and walk round the rampart*, without being interrupted or ques- tioned. The green sward of the bastions and glacis is kept us smooth and trim as a howling green ; and the paths on the top of the wails are coveted with beautiful gravel from the beach. Each bastion is named either from some prince of th ruling dy'tr- sry. or some renowned general of modern times and these distinguishing appellations are chiselled on the most conspicuous angles. FORTHOSE AND ROSEMAUKIE, Rosemarkie is comparatively a meaner place than Fortrose, though, in point of antiquity, it takes precedence. As th latter is famed for knights of the aw. I, so is Rocemarkie for knights of the shuttle- We noticed many industrious weavers busy hoeing the potafoe ridges in the outskirts. The high road from thence to Cromarty bends inland, hut we. preferred following a rugged foot path parallel to the coast ; and were ultimately repaid for a little additional fatigue, by the glorious prospect thereby enjoyed. A t first the people would close under ! ml penffdilt- emmfry ; and it is likely il. it . ill tint fori rocs o? in the North, except, Fort- George, will be allowed to fall into gradual decay. GOKDONBURGII OR M ARY15URG U, As. the village adjoining the fort is ijidilU- rvjuly called, is a stirring and apparently a thriving place. It , is built with some attention to regularity ; and h'as the advantage of a noble road- stead. which iriayjbe entered by. Vessels of any burden. Several, sloops were moored abreast of the town, and ' small craft were navigating the lake in every direction. The opening of the Caledonian Canal has added greatly to the importance and com-, mercial intercourse of the place. imperial i3ailtanunt. HOUSE OF LORDS. Thursday, February 3. Tin's day being appointed for the Meeting of Parliament, the E ul ,- f Harrowby. ( Lord President of the Council.) the Ear) of Westmorland ( Lord Privy Seal,) the Earl of Shaftes- bury, aifd Lord Gifl'ord, ( Deputy Speaker of the House of Peers,) as Lords Commissioners, cauie down to the House at a quarter past two o'clock, and took their sea's. A v^ ry short time afterward-;, the Speaker, attended by a considerable num- ber of members of the House of Commons, appeared at the bar, when the Ituyal Commission was read by the clerk. Lord Gilford then read the following speech : — " MY LOIIDS AND GENTLEMEN, " We it re commanded by bis Majesty to inform you that liis Majesty has seen with regret the embarrass- ment which has occurred in the pecuniary transactions of the country since the close of the last Session of Par- liament. This embarrassment did not arise from rtny political events, either at home or abroad— it was not produced by any unexpected demand upon the public resources, nor by the apprehension of any interruption to the gene- ral tranquillity. Some of the causes to which this evil must be attri- buted lie without the reach of direct Parliamentary in- terposition, nor can security against the recurrence of them be found, unless in the experience of the sufferings which thev have occasioned. But to a certain portion of this evil, correctives at least, if not effectual remedies, may be applied ; and his Majesty relies upon vour wisdom to devise such mea- sures as mav tend to protect both public and private in* terests against the like sudden and violent fluctuations, bv placing on a more firm foundation the currency and circulating credit of the country. His Majesty continues to receive from his Allies* and generally from all Foreign Princes and States, the strongest assurances of their friendly disposition towards his Majesty. His Majesty on his part is constant and unwearied in bis endeavours to reconcile conflicting inter- ests, and to recommend and cultivate peace both in the Old- World and the New. His Majesty commands us to inform you that, in pursuance of this policy, his Majesty's mediation has been successfully emploved in the conclusion of a treaty between the Crotvns of Portugal and Brazil, by which the relations of friendly intercourse, long interrupted between two l? indred nations, have been resorted; and the independence of Brazilian Empire has been formally acknowledged. " His Majesty losses no opportunity of giving effect to the principles of trade and navigation which have re ceived the sanction of Parliament, and of establishing them, as far as possible, by engagements with Foreign Powers. " His Majesty has directed to be laid before you a'Copy of a Convention, framed on these principles, which has recently been concluded between his Majesty and the King of France ; and of a similar Convention with the free Hanseatie cities of Lubeck, Bremen, and Ham- burgh. " His Majesty has likewise directed to be laid before you a copv of a Treaty of A mity, Commerce, and Navi- gation, concluded between his Majesty and the Ilepub- ic of Colombia, the ratifications, of which have been exchanged since the close of the last Session. For the carrving- into effect some of the stipulations of this treaty: his Majesty will have need of your assistance. " His Majesty regrets that he has not to announce < be termination of hostilities in India; but the operations of the last campaign, through the bravery of the forces of his Majesty and of the East India Company, and the skill and " perseverance of their Commanders, have been attended with uniform success, and his Majesty trusts that a continuance of the same exertions may lead, at no distant period, to an honourable and satisfactory paci ficatioti. " His Majesty's attention has been directed to the consideration of several measures, recommended in the ast Session of Parliament, for improving the condition of Ireland. The industry of that part of the United Kingdom, his Majesty has the satisfaction of acquainting you, is in a course of gradual and general advancement, an ad- vancement mainly to be attributed to that state of tran- quillity which now happily prevails throughout all the provinces oflreland. " GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, " His Majesty has directed the Estimates for the year to be " prepared and laid before you. " Thev have been framed with an anxious desire to avoid every expenditure beyond what the necessary de- mands of the public service mav require. His Majesty has the satisfaction of informing you that the produce of the Revenue in the last year'has fuily the mighty precipices that impend over tne strand of the fifth, j justified the expectations entertained at the com men a: - Then it abruptly ascended the faceof a hiuh cliffy on the shelves 1 of which grew sea- daisies, aqd such other plants as derive nourishment from the ocean spray. From the summit of this cliff a most entrancing scene burst upon the eye. To the east and south, the couotiesof Moray and Nairn, with their towns, rivers, £ nd woods ; Fort George, with its ramparts and bas- tions ; and lt gory Culloden," with its coronal of russet heath, Uy spread before us. Wi s'ward far beyond the silvery waves of the inner firth, and neaily in a line with the scarcely visible spires of" Inverness, towererta huge cupola crowned mountain, the well known Mealfourvounie, flanked by innumerable sa- tellite peaks ; and in the foreground, almost at our feet,' re- posed Fortrose and I{ o-. i- rii. ti sie. There was wide scope, that fair prospect, both for the painter and tile poet; but wc could only befistow oti it a pilgrim's glance. * OItT- AUGUSTUS. The clout's rolled'off, to allow ftgltrtipse of sunsliine, just as FoVt- Augustus cann- into view. Tin- re it lay, far below, - in its Ireauty ; a little smiling spot, buried deep in the bosom - of the Great Glen, with th'e pure waters of Loch- Ness washing its white b'isti,, us. Tort- Augustus, as a fortress is of no import, ancfr. A few cannon and howitzers planted on the neighbour- ing heights would lay it in ruins in atr I. our. The trimness of the glacis, the gaily painted palisades, and tiff to'it cwcvUilc of ife harrar ks, belong rattier to the abode of a country squire than to a place intended for defence. The palace of Holy- rn- odhonse,' ns seen from the slope of Arthur's Seat, st ems to ri- e before jhe traveller's eye, when be looks down on Fort- Angiistus from rhe, height from which it is first described. A small, village adjoins the fort : and two streams, the Tarf and Oir-}-.. which here fall into Lb^ h- Ness, peninsulate the ground on ahich it stands. The Caledonian (' anal passes close under the vails, and presents a succession of mighty locks. FORT- WILLIAM Is situated at the lva* e of the western shoulder of Hen- Nevis, on the strand of Lnch- F. il, or Lnch- Linnhe, as it is sometimes erroneously tetn'wl it! the ip- p— ibe latter name being only ap- plicable In the gulf below Coran Ferry. It is a regular'forti- fication, of a triangular form, and has two bastions ; but, like Fort Angus' its, it is completely camnntided by the atljaevn- t heights. This fortress was built by General M" hk. ( lin ing the protectorate, avowedly to overawe lite unlaineahle Sir- Ewau Cameron of' Lnebell. who persisted in waging war against tfie forces of the (" ootnioowealth, long after eveiy other chieftain had recognised its authority. The station was then called ln- verlnchy : but King William on his accession to the tlnone. not only rchuilbut retiamod the fort. A small derachmt nt of iiifsiltrv is till quartered here ; and thesoldiers appeared as i lie as indolence could desire. Government lias now dis- covered tire inutility of maintaining fortresses in this reroute ment of it. " My LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " His Majesty deeply laments the injurious effects which the late pecuniary crisis must have entailed upon many branches of the commerce and manufactures of the United Kingdom; but his Majesty confidently believes that the temporary check which commerce and tnanufac tures may at this moment experience, will, under the blessing of Divine Providence, neither impair the great sources of our wealth, nor impede the growth of national prosperity."' ,•• » •• Wheii the Speech was ended, tlu- ir Lordships adjourned during pleasuie, and met again at five o'clock. The Earl ofVERULAM moved the address which was seconded by the Earl of Sheffield. Lord KING said the existing embarrassments, in his opirtinn, were partly owing to Government, . to Hanks in ge- neral, and to the Bank of England, its monopoly, and to prolonging the existence of the one and two pound notes. The Ministry had passed a . law for it, and, as the alarm commenced with the holders of these notes, so far Govern- ment was the cause. All its efforts had tended to lower the rate ' of interest ; for that purpose one pound notes had been is- tied. and the interest of the Exchequer bills reduced.— They would a 1 remember the memorable words of an ex- Chancellor of the Excl^ equer, who said, that if a man were to ri- se in the morning, anil find a guinea in his pocket, it would be of cfo use; but that if he awoke and found the in- terest of money reduced, that would be of mote consequence. This Chancellor of the Exchequer had fonrid very able coad- jutors to assist him in the present Ministers', for they had taken the guinea out of men's pockets, and. had left them only the scrip or the receipt for show. All this hftd been oc- casioned try the llank. He would ask whether there was any state of disordered currency in whith the Hank was not to blame? If they wished for a machine, for the purpose of creating mischief, they had first to remove all fear of rivalry; and secondly ( to construct it the better for mischief,) to order that the Directors should have no interest in the profit and loss, but merely in the mismanagement of the Hank.. The Directors had no- share, owing to some foolish idea of impar- tiality. - Nothing could be more beneficial to the manage- ment of the Hank than that the Directors should have an in- tense interest in the profits of the establishment, on the same plan as all other Hanks were conducted. ' I he machine, of the Hank of England was too vast to be conducted upon such principles, and he hoped that they wobld put an end to that monopoly; The Hank of England hail indexed their issues at the end of the year 1824, and the beginning of 1- 825, a' wild he proved itpnti tin- . i: i{ h, uify uf one nf tliejir. f mer- j ( hauls, which their Lordships tnrjjht- see by perusing a mo-. t excellent hook on that subject, written by a gentleman of the name of Tooke. He ( Lord King) knew that the Ministers would willingly control the issues of one ami twq pound bank non.- s, but the country banks and . Gentlemen were too strong for them. He wished to ask the" Knble Earl ( Liverpool) one question relative to the Corn Laws. He understood that there was to he a revision of the corn laws. ( The Earl of Liverpool1 said he should answer by and by.) The Noble Lord much feared that no revision would take place. This bi'dtight to his mind tiie di*< rraceful Canada corn bill of ljist year, and he feared that, the disgrace of that bill would not be easily wiped ;! Wav. That was a measure of Government which liad passed the oiln- r House. On reaching their Lord- ships it was opposed by a Noble E;" l. What was the con- duct of his Majesty's Ministers? ' Will you allow the bill to pass , for two- years ? they- said— No.. Will. . you. allow it for nue and a half? No. Will you'' allow it for one year? — Ves and the Minister tovk it for that period. lie was much afraid there would lie no corn bill, and the existing corn I iw A'as a most gigantic job. He doubted whether the avarice of those who proposed it, or the inipndstrce ijf those wlio said it was fur the public good, was the greater of the two. What was the West India job, which only tended to keep up the price of sugar, and the East India job, to this? He knew that their Lordships, on ' smile uccSsions, were sharp. sighted. They were very severe about breaking machines. Why was the breaker to be put down ? because machinery saved labour, and therefore was productive of cheap goods. IJut when they came to corn laws, they challenged theii. opinion ; why then, if cheap labour was ' necessary, ought not cheap food to be ne- cessary also ? We were tvld that the agricultural interest re- quired protection, and the diff'- rence between the duty and the price of corn on the Continent'was so great, that entire ruin would follow without protection. If then, so'great a differ- ence existed, it was evident, ( hat in proportion to their gain, would be the loss of the consumers. If the measure of corn was but two shillings at Odessa, in proportion would be their injustice in keeping it here at ten shillings. That celebrated traveller, Lemuel Gulliver, when relating his travels in Eng- land to the King of IJrohdiguag, amongst other things men- tioned the proceedings of the present assembly, how they were occupied in administering justice and framing laws to protect griculture". The King of Hrobdignag said, ihat lie thought! that they were the most contemptible race of men that ever " nfested the face of the tfartli. He now might have added that their rulers were the most selfish. As there was an ur- gent necessity for a revision of the corn laws, he begged leave to move ail amendment of the address to his Majesty—-' That as the best means of extending the general prosperity of Eng- land, this House will proceed, without delay, to revise the corn laws on true principles ef justice and policy.' The Marquis of LAJJSDOW'NE did not consider Ihat it would be just or decorous towards tlieir Lordships to enter into the important topics mentioned in his Majesty's speech, without being in possession of the documents which it. might be the wish or the intention of the Government to produce. It required deep consideration to ascertain how far the cir- culation of the country should be interfered with ; what de- parture should be made from the established system, and how far monopoly had been productive of the existing evils. He admitted that the corn laws must, sooner or latter, become the object of due- deliberation on the part of hot!) Houses of Parliament, but he differed from his Noble Friend. ( Lord King), and wasjiot di- posed prematurely to pledge tile House on the subject, or even to . call for an opinion, unassisted by the information which he had reason to believe Government eudeavoured to procure. The Earl of LIVERPOOL also thought that it would not be doing justice to the House or to the subject, to enter at once into the consideration of those topics of his Majesty's speech which involved such important questions, particular- ly that which related to commercial difficulties. After this statement, and the opinion iexprgssed by the Noble Marquis and Others, he f h tl\ at he was not called upon to engage in full discussion of those subjects. Yet they were of too much public interest for him to use any reserve as to the ge- neral nature of the remedies, or correctives , which, his Ma- jesty's Government bad in view. He would not follow tfie Noble Baron in the various causes to which he had attribut- ed the late difficulties, tlrough at a proper, opportunity lie would not decline entering into the discussion. But one cause was so obvious and- so paramount, that even if he were disposed to allow that it had/ been aggravated by others, it was completely sufficient to account for that general spirit of mad speculation which had pervaded the country for the last two years. In noticing that spirit, he had stated last Session that it was not confined . to the metropolis, but that it had extended itself to the country through the medium of tlie country banks. It was difficult to procure an exact ac- count of the issuesrof those Bank*, but he was. in possession of a document which contained the best attainable information on the sulject. It was known that all country notes must be stamped; now he held a- return of those which . had been stamped for the last five years. By this return it appeared that the number stamped in 1821, 1822, and 182->. was four millions and one or two hundred thousand, varying only be- tween one and two hundred thousand, according to the wants of the country. In 1824, when the mad spirit of speculation began, the number stamped was six millions, and in 1825, when it raged at its height, eight millions ; so that in the last year they doubled the amount of tlie. lhree years J821, 1822, and 1823. Was it not sufficient to state that fact to account for all the effects which over- trading and over- speculations had produced? He would not deny that during the same period there had been some increase in the paper issues of the Bank of England, but it bore lio proportion to ihat. He stated this as alone sufficient to account for all the results of the pecuniary transactions of the last year. The Noble Baron had charged his Majesty's Government with being a party to the creation of those embarrassments by its desire to lower the rate of interest. Had any forced measures been introduced by Government to operate on interest,, it would certainly be liable to the charge. But the rise in the amount of capital and the lowering of in- terest were the consequences of the prosperity of the country, and the Government would have been highly blameable if it had not availed itself of that opportunity to reduce the public burdens. It was by doingso that it had been enabled, at one- time, to diminish the interest of the national debt L. 1,400,000 at another . L, 500, QQO. He had said that he would point out the general nature of tile remedy intended to be applied to the present evils. For over trading and speculation no entire cure dould be found in a legislative measure. It could only pro- ceed from individuals being duly impressed with . a sense of the danger Which they incurred. Palliatives, however, might be applied, and the measures which were in contemplation were not new. As. it was desirable that all unrertainty and obscurity should be removed, he had no hesitation in stating that one of the measures intended' was to provide generally for withdrawing one and two pound notes out of circulation. He was satisfied aiso, that this Country had grown too large for the exclusive privileges of the Bank of England. Her wealth and greatness had arisen to too high a pitch to admit long of such exclusive establishments. One absurdity involved in the system was, that while they permitted any chandler, or butcher, or baker, to open a. country bank, they prevented companies to be fcrmed for that purpose. A spirit of this arrangement was to admit the weaker and exclude the stronger security against loss on the part of thj public, whereas the rule bf practice and of policy opght to be, to give a preference to the more solid Hanks. He did not mean to. say that there were not many solid Banks in the country ; on the contrary, he was persuaded thaj there were, but this could be no argument in favour of a rule which rejected the safer course in favour of the- moraexposed and dangerous. The charter of the Batik of England did not expire till 1833. Any arrangement upon that point must, therefore be postponed ; but if they could then he prevailed pn to . give up' £ o much of thi ir exclusive pri- vilege as regards the country banks, and to couple'that regu- lation with another for extending branches of their own estab- lishment in different parts of the country, those changes would be attended with the most beneficial effects. Such were the measures generally intended by Government to meet the dif- ficulties for which they were expected to legislate. It was better they should be stated than allowed to remain in uncer- tainty. With respect to the important question of the corn laws, he felt no difficulty in stating, that, suouer or later, it would be necessary to revise that system also. Many con- siderations, however, would suggest themselves to their Lord- ships* minds with respect to the time in which it would be proper to bring the question forward. For the present, be should satisfy himself with staling, that it was not the inten- tion of his Majesty's Ministers to bring forward any general measure on the subject during this session. Ministers were the more disposed to pursue that course, ffom considering that tjiere existed no necessity for its immediate decision. After a few observations from the Earls of Caernarvon Grosvenor, and Lauderdale, the amendment was negatived, and the address carried without a division,— Their Lordships, at half- past seven, adjourned until Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Thursday, February 2. At A quarter past four, the Speaker took the chair, when he read, to th< j House the speech of the Lord Commissioners ( for which see the proceedings in the yther House.) Mr J. SI'U A UT WO LIT LEY then rose to move an ad- dress to his- Majesty. Advocating fo the great shock which the country had lu\ elr sustained in its anrcantiU transactions, lie would ask if t'hrVr- wn-. r* pn- li!! y ai the present'armonf. ] any reason Cur aUnn ? In his conscience he believed not; the crisis seemed to have now psicged. The present was not lite only period in which mercantile affairsfhad been exposed to ( lis- • order; in the year 1793 and 179S there had been great want of ni6'|\ e- j?^ experienced, great difficulty in discounting hills, and great, commercial distress. .15 at j 793. Was the commencement of a gfejjtt war, occasioning a heavy and an unexpected pres- sure on th- eji^ tjon,^! resource*. The year 1 */ 9H was a gloomy peiioftf when commercial affairs w£> re agitated and suspended by the alarm of invasion. In both tiiese cases, the causes of distress couI'i be easily traced ; they must be charged upon the Government of the day, who were unavoidably the occasion of them ; for the real sources of the distress was the war. With respect to the events of last December, the fase was different j. there was no war— no public alarm. The year began with an apparent redundancy of capital. Immense sums had been e? pen(. led in loans and speculations of various kinds. Some unfortunate failures took place, which led, perhaps, remotely to the crisis. But whatever might be the real sources Of this distress, one proximate c^ use was known— the state of the cur- rency of the kingdom. In banking concerns, where there was a limitation as to the number of partners, there was no restric- tion on issues, and no securities. The temptation was there- fore great ; and the country was consequently deluged with a morbid circulation.— ( Hear.) However we might deplore the private di tress which had been produced byjthe shock wc had sustained, he ( Mr Stuart Wortley) had no doubt that the evil would eventually " do the state so? iie service." Merchants must now recal their extensive speculations ; for there could be no doubt that the mischief arose, in a great measure, from exorbitant speculations in commerce. Let not, said the Hon. Member, this result be charged upon- the new system ; it was the obstruction, not the play of the principles of that system, which had produced • Hieh distressful consequence—( hear, hear.) The Hon. Member then adverted to the great scope afforded to the'new ' commercial system by the treaties with foreign powers, particularly those in the new- world. The treaty with France be, considered to be l^ ss remarkable for the s'ipulations . it contained, than for the principles it established. It was highly gratifying to find, in respect to the state of the public revenue, that although the last quartet" had fallen short, the result of the whole year was satisfactory. ' vThe Hon. Member, after alluding very briefly to the state of Ireland, concluded by moving that a humble address be presented to his Majesty, which was, as usual, an echo of the speech of the Lord Com- missioners. air GREEN rose to second his Hon. Friend's motion ; and in doing so, went over the several topics insisted upon by his Hon. Friend. We have buffetted ( said the Hon, Member) through greater difficulties than we are now surrounded by and with the assistance of Providence, will shortly surmount all the apparent obstacles to the restoration of- our prosperity. The principles of free trade are every day better understood, and we may therefore shortly expect that all the shackles that ancient prejudice had imposed on it will be ronioved, and- that its free operations will convince all of their obligations to those of his M jesty's Ministers wh\ » have been zealous in establish- ing them,. Seeing the revenue prosperous— the combinations among workmen allayed— Ireland rising into rank and power, and knowing that the present stagnation of trade is but tran- sient, the Hon. Gentleman was sure the country, would be again on its prosperous footing of superiority over other nations, and that the record of history will only point to this crisis in her commercial affairs, as an instance of the ^ Ufgnanimotis spirit which prevailed in the contest, and vanquished ail diffi- culties.— ( Cheering.) Mr BROUGHAM regretted that it was now become irre- gular to adjourn the discussion after the reading of the address. The only alternative now left for him, whereby to' express his dissent, were either to resist the address by an amendment, or to give discussion the go- by, by moving an adjourn ment. In the present instance lie would resort to neither of these means; but in not opposing the address, he protested against infer- ence that he concurred in its spirit, or was committed to the spirit of the doctrines which it suggested. These doctrines he reserved to himself the right of opposing at a future period, and his present acquiescence was merely a matter of respectful courtesy, lie was astonished to perceive that the speech em- braced to slight a notice of the distress at present so universally prevailing. From it one would be led to suppose, that public embarrassment was entirely confined to pecuniary transactions ; but for his part, lie thought very differently. lie was con- vinced that distress pervaded our commercial interests in their widt'St relations, and notwithstanding its great present extent, it had not yet reached its full height, and would last longer . than Hen. Gentlemen seemed to imagine. He insisted that the distress of the country was by no means attributable to the liberal and wise policy of the commercial system introduced by the late enactments. There might be some reason for such a supposition, if difficulties were experienced in only one branch t^ ade; but such an idea could not . be admitted when the distress was obviously universal throughout the Commercial system. The silk trade was not the only suffering. Our manufacturers of wop], cotton, and other materials laboured under a similar state of depression. Hence it was clear that there was no connection between the distress and the law of the country, It could not be said, that an experiment had been tried, and that, after a fair trial of its merits, it had failed, inasmuch as public calamity was the consequence. In reply to such an assertion, the Hon. Gentleman would say, that the law not yet having come into operation, no experiment of its utility had yet been made—- that consequently it had not ftii ej, and therefore that public distress was not its result. The causes of distress might in part be traced to ( ate times, when new fields for trade had been opened in the South American states, which led to a system of over trading, productive of many failures. One effect of the rage for traffic was, that goods were purchased in London at a profit, after a re- importation from Holland. He trusted that there could be no difference of opinion in the minds of rational men, whether inside or out- side the House, as to the wisdom and policy of the late mea- sures; and lie hoped it would not be attempted to put in jeo- pardy a beneficial system before an opportunity was afforded the public to estimate its advantages by the test of experience. He now adverted to three topics which t- eemed to have been considered as beyond the control of the House— namely, the Debt, the Currency, and Ireland. The first of these, indeed, was beyond their reach ; the two latter were not. Ireland was stated to be tranquil and prosperous at the present period, but Could the House forget the cause of the present tranquillity in Ireland. Its quiet rested on the expectation which its inhabi- tants entertained for what wouid be achieved for their advan- tage dur injr the piesent session of I^ arliutiient. Peace was maintained in that island, solely by the hope of farther relief; and if those hopes were disappointed— if an appeal was made in vein to the justice of Parliament, in vain would England look to Ireland for assistance at the time of need- in vain would Par- liament expect a continuance of Irish tranquillity. He also attributed much of Ireland'squier to the acts and exertions of the Catholic Association. While that Association was firm and obedient to law, whether approved of or not, it was it'i able organ, constituted for the best purposes, and during its existence they ought to hope for success. The House had just heard of the late commcrcial relations'wbich had been established between Great Britain and tile States of South America ; and it was put forward as a sort of merit that Eng- land bore no part in accomplishing the independence of those states. True ; England bore no such part. To the honour of the South Americans be it- said, that they fought unassisted, and worked out their own liberty, That we had now Colombia among our commercial allies, and that we might soon hope to embrace other South American states in the same relation, must be matter of the purest delight to the mind of every Briton. A word as to our treaty with Brasii. Against one article of it in particular he would most Solemnly ^ mtest, viz. that by which the parties mutually bound themselves to give up each other's subjects, not merely those charged with mur- der, robbery, and bankrupu- y ( which was a usual provision) but also to surrender persons impeached with high treason — that is to say of any political offence, which a Government not. much accustomed to regard popular rights, might construe us high treason. In alluding to the Bank of England, without meaning to attach blame to individual Directors, he had no hesitation in expressing his earnest wish that the whole system was at an end, for he deemed it utterly inconsistent with public safely that any 24 men, wjiether a private club, or a recogn'e- ed public body under any other designation, should possess such powersas were intrusted to the Directors of the liauk of England over the commercial concerns of the nation. It was competent for thein, as matters tiow stood, to alter the rate of public interest at their discretion— to raise or lower djscuuu s at pleasure. These were powers inconsistent with public safety, which he deprecated, not from any distrust in the in- dividuals possecsing them, nor from any suspicion of the mo- tives by which they were actuated in the exvtciie of their authority, but from a lull conviction that they could nut, by any possibility^ possess all the foresight, the wisdom, and eveu the spirit of prophecy necessary to guard agitinst the mis- chievous effects, which, independently of such enlighiment, must result from tlieif acts, The remedy for this evil was obvious let the Bank of England have rivals, let their power be divided with otlidr similar establishments. Then, and not till then, would it be safe for that body to exist. In con- clusion, the Hon. Gentleman distinctly repeated the assertion with which he commenced— that, in not opposing the pro- posed address to the throne, he merely made a courteous ac- quiescence, but reserved his right of opposition to its topics at a future period.. :: rik> « ilia House Wf iulJ exorl it- ! n| l-. i? ncc ' nprevi" it die n'ter ruin which must accrue to the maunfacttumg and agrii- oluirttl interests from a continuance of the present system. I c- mnot agree with that of his Majesty's speech, in which it is said, that theevils which now press on the country are beyond remedy hv Parliament.. It is in the power of the Legislature to cure, or, at least, to alleviate those embarrassments; and that, by creating a demand for our own manufactures, bv employing our people, tm'l by pursuing a better course of policy in our Commercial arrangements. The interests of the foreign merchants of this country are fully followed up in this new system ; and, lookiilg on it as a foreign merchant, 1 do not find fault wiili it; but to England, as art' jig^ K- irkural and n; . a manufacturing country, the system is most lnj> « ious. With the property or Internal prosperi'y of the country, merchants, as foreign merchants, have but link' ctmcern— thii j'a'n'diiir aurl the manufacturing interests are the parties most deeply Con - cerned. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, after re- plying to some charges brought Against certain Members Administration for allowing their names to appear as nominal Directors to a Ccimp^ iuy Set till foot for pro nolinv the gfo'ii'tV of silk iu his M'ajesty's dominions, said.- the Hon. Oenileman' who had first spoken on the opposite side of the House n il' certainly entitled to their thanks for the ceneral candour with' which he had treated tire subject. Hut t Tie re v/ as. nevertheless/ one comment in which he ( ihe Chancellor of the Exchequer)'' conceived the Hon. Gentleman was not perfectly justified'. If*' bad accusen his Majesty's Ministers of treating that- most { Al- port ant, that most serious ami weitfhiy of all the topic, which tlie speech embraced— Ihe gre. lt and general distress that pre- vailed throughout the country— in a lighi nnd ctirs.' iry manner. Nothing surely could be more unjust than tl. is charge. If they bad entertained the slightest intentiotwif treating the Sub- ject witli levity ( and so far Wete they fVoin so doing, that the subject bad been placed in the very front of the address) ; but if they bad done so, it Was lieiini- e they felt it to be their im-' perative fluty to take the earliest opportunity of resorting to measures by w| iich— not indeed itie eVilj alrerfdy enduruil could be amended, for those were p- ist cure, but by which a recurrence of similar misfortunes might be. in a certain de- gree, prevented in future. He said in a certain degree, Ic cause it was obvious to any one who traced attentively the pro- gress of human society, that ot current'es of a similar oppressive nature have arisen, and do coutiuua ly arise, in all countries, and under all codes of governirien , from circumstances over which- the Legislature ran exercise no possible control, — » ( Hear, bear.) — lie would remind the House rtf the depression which existed in the year 1816, which was followed by a general re- vival, lejulting from that vtrry depression, by a re- action which was natural in all transactions of Ijfe j and it was not ( o be supposed that the present affliction should form an exception to the usual course of events—( Hear, hear )— There wero many points in which it was possible for the Legislature to do much towards relieving the country, though it might not li- able to secure tile permanent stability of the good cffect their interference would produce in a country which was necessarily under the constant influence of that species of fluctuation whicit leads to excess at one time and depression at another, and which is a needful consequence of file excess of paper circula- tion over that of coined money. [ Here the Right Hon. Gen- tleman stated to Ihe House, iu nearly the same terms as the Eirlof Liverpool did in the House of Lords, the great in- crease of paper circulation within the last four years, mostly one and two pound notes ; it therefore became a necessary tiling to adopt some measure for remedying the grievance.] This should be gradually done, he sard, for it was u.* t by run- ning headlong into the opposite extreme, that the extreme in which they now stood could be efficiently brought within bounds. It was evident that it was impossible for any one Chartered Company to perforin the otfice of bankers throughout the whole country ; and although the Bank < d" England was at first found sufficient for the purposes that were intended to he • accomplished by its establishment, it is quite obvious that it no longer continues to be so. It was therefore conceived to be a desirable object that the Bank of England should, by surren- dering a portion of its exclusive privileges, permit the adop- tion of a sv> tem by which country issue might be1 settled nprfit a a solid and substantial foundation. About two years since, a negociation hail been held between the Directors of Ihe Bank and his Majesty's Government, upon which occasion the for- mer bad consented to forego a portion of their exclusive pri- vileges, on condition that the term of their charter should be extended from its original expiry in t* o. 3 to 18- 13. This was not agreed to, and the matter was ( hopped at the time, be- cause Parliament did not conceive such extension expedient. And lo the credit of the Bank ( and it was to their credit, for they bad difficulties to contend with of which the public knew but little), they now did agree to surrender a portion of their exclusive privileges, by which Banks rriight be established on the same plan as in Ireland, within sixiy- Sve miles- of ' the Metropolis, without insisting on that condition which was tha " sine qun non" of their concession.—( Hear.)— It would he his ( Mr. 11.' s) dnty, at an early period, to submit to the House a measure, which, he conceived, might be of advantage ; and, indeed, he had been only induced to treat the matter at all » t present, becausejie felt thai it would be highly improper far him to suffer any time to elapse, without as tiring the public of the deep and serious intetest which' his Majesty's Government took in the stale of commercial affairs. ThWe was another point in the speech from the Throne on which he had one ob- servation to make, and that was the portion of it which alluded to the state of lire revenue. The speech stated that tire surplus equalled that of former years. Now this fell short of lite fact, for it exceeded former surplus iges ; the excess last year amount- ing to one million, notwith- tnuliiig'the loss of ^ oOO. OOU or £ 600,000, by the alteration in the du'y on winet during the year. The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by defending the policy adopted by his Majesty's Government, which was the policy of no sect, of no patty ; but a course approved by lite most reasoning, the most experienced, and though he hap- pened himself to be actuated by the same principles, he would say, approved by the wisest men to whom the reins of Govern- ment had ever been entrusted —( Hear, hear.) Air HUME attributed all the evils of the country to lha extravagance of the Ministers—( Hear, hear.)— The Hon. Gentleman spoke at great length on ihe expensiva and ruin- ous military establishments which were kept up throughout the country. He protested against giving any praise lo the Bank of England, who had" done more niischeif than it was possible for them to repair. He would as soon think of prais- ing the incendaries. who would set fire to his house. He wished an opposiiion bank should be set in London instead of 65 miles from it. Mr CANNING thought the nprehensions of an Hon. Gentleman opposite— that his Right Honourable Friend ( lha Chancellor of the Exchequer) was about to promote the esta- blishment of joint slock companies all over the country, was very unfounded. The conclusion of that negociation. by which the Bank of England made sacrifices of a portion of its exclu- sive privileges, did not, it was true, involve the extension of the company's charter ; but it would be recollected, that the power issued to country banks of continuing the issue of one pound notes, extended to precisely Ibesame period ; and thus they weie lefi with two alternatives— the adoption ofb anch banks, or the adoption of that which s. eemed to be considered the more advisable plan by some Gentlemen Opposite. There was. it was true, a third course lo lake, neitbeir of which it was their intention to pursue. After making some encomiums to the Bank of England, for the liberal manner In Which they had acted on this occasion, the Right lion. Gentleman was inclined to think the plan of branch banks best calculated tci arrest the progress of Ihe evil at present existing ; but at the same time, it was not to be supposed that, in taking advan- tage of the concussion lutul* by ih » li mit of England, his' Right Hon. Friend should he considered lo act un^ euefonsly, or lo display any ihing like a feeling of ir'. tuph over the Bank. No such thing'was intended, and the lughest'honour was clue to Ihe Directors of that Bank, as well for the temperate and liberal manner in which they had conducted the discussion on the subject, as for the decision at - which they had arrived, anil the good grace with which they bad made Ihe surrender. He followed up the arguments of the Right HonouraWe the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer in vindicating bis Majesty's Ministers for the charge brought against them, of treating too briefly ami lightly the great subject of national distress. That question occupied the greater portion of his Majesty's speech, and nil other subjects were comparatively thrown into shade ( Hear.) Hie Government felt that all men's minds were ajjiialeJ by tha utmost anxiety to know how the rate Of - commercial dis.' resn wottld lie treated by them ; a'nd all men might now see that it was tre.' ted with the serious consideration which its importance, demanded ( Hear.) The Honourable Member for Aberdeen had saitl, that since lite peace there hail been no reduction of- taxes— ho reduction fi/ the la. t ten yeaN. ' Ibis, to use th$. Honourable Gentleman's own expression, was not consistent, wilh fact, and it would require litile trouble upon the Hon. Gentleman's own part to be set right in liis argument. Thera. was one question pui by the I fonourable and Learned Gentles man ( Mr Brougham) to which lie must reply. He asked whether a certain treaty between this country and Br. i/. il, which has been published in the papers, has'ortias hot been ratified ? I entirely agree with him ( said ,\ Ir Canning) As to the charac- ter of the stipulation to which he referred. There- wore, how, ever, other stipulations which it was Equally impossible In adopt. The treaty was negotiated without instructions, and contrary to the views of his Majesty's Government, as lo what was fit to be done on the occasion. But though ihe tr « . « uy was Iiegociated without instructions, if it bad . been of an uneXr Mr ROBERTSON said the policy which has entailed the 4lceptionable nature, it would have been ratified.' ( Hear, hear.) existing misfortunes upon the counity is of ten years' duration. With regard to a very important question, to which allusion1 The evil has been long impending and gradually approaching. Ills been made, the revision of the laws all- cling ( lie trade in porn, it baa been fell, under all tlio ciroum. tanees oldie times, but this is only one of the steps ton- aids uioft; aggravated winery, ilint tins would not ho a rnnvonu ot ^ i. ilor) lo have the <& fjji- c! bionjrhi. i'orwartl J » y his Majesty's . Government. After a few. observations from Mr Huskwsrtn, and. Mr Dvnman, the question was put fion » the Chair, and carried item. dis. Tlie usual Committee was then appointed to prepare and present the address.— Atlj umitjd at eleven o'clock. Friday, Feb 3. PRIVATE BILLS. It was ordered tlu'. t no private foil! be received after the I7'!> FeUniary, that no privnte hill ht? read a first time after the 15th March, nmtno report received after the 1st of May. Mr 11U . VI E ^ ave a notice of a motion for Tuesday next, for of Officers retained on full pay, belonging to the two disbanded troops of Oxford Blues, & c. He also gave notice for Tuesday week, of a motion for a Committee to in- quire into the extent of sinecure offices, or of places executed by deputy. The Honourable Gentleman also moved for ab- stracts on the produce of the revenue for six years past, to ihow that he was correct, notwithstanding the contradiction of She Foreign Secretary, in stating that there had been no ac- tual reduction on th. e burdens of the people. , The Foreign Secretary. was not: the Fir* t Secretary who had denied the cor- rectness of those facts drawn from the public records. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no bbjeetion to the motion. , He should undertake hereafter to show that if the faHsof the Hon. Gentleman were correct, the reasonings d » awn from them were incorrect.— Abstracts order* ft. BANK AFFAIRS. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER SAID, vLih reference to the , question winch1 ho should submit on Friday next shout Branch Batiks, he should move for copies vf the correspondence between the Government and the Bank of England, acquiescing in the views of Ministers. He had understood that the Court of Proprietors assembled that ( iyy bad agreed to the proposed alterations, & c\— Papers ordered. ADDREoS ON THE SPEECH. Mr S. WOUTLET appeared at the bar with the report of the address <> n the Lords Commissioners' speech. Mr W. WHI TMORE expressed his regret that the speech had made, no mention of the corn laws, and that the Mini- sters- had stated no intention of revising them. He ft It the regret, because be was persuaded of the tremendous import- ance of the question. As to the contemplated interference in the currency of lUe country, it ought not to be done with- out the jnost anxious and grave consideration. If the cur- rency were rendered unsound * here might be changes of property of the most frightful character. At no distant day • be should bring forward the question connected with the corn laws. Mr CURVVEN said that he was satisfied of- the necessity of protecting duties for agriculture. Sir C. FORBES mentioned his regret that the Burmese war, vhich had assumed the character of extermination, had not been brought to a close. It was a war that must end with disaster, if not disgrace, to the British army, and per- haps endanger our Indian empire. He hoped the Ministers would bring it to a close. Mr C. WYNN remarked that Lord Amherst's declarations that the war was necessary against the Burman empire to re- sist aggressions had never been ' disproved. He felt confident that rtcent, successes would lead to a speedy pacification. Mc H UME gave notice, for Thursday the 2Jd instant, of a motion for the production of documents relative to the Bur- mese war.— Adjfturued till Monday. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. 1 itb, , was ACIUCULTURAL REPORT FOR JANUARY. KINCARDINESHIRE. TJte weather since our Inst was first very stormy, and U'U- tly extremely mild. A keen frost set in on the ( 3th, which continued until the 17th, hut its clients wcrje moat severely felt on the 1 1th and 1,3th, when the hoar- frost was intense. A good deal of snow fell on the 12th, and 13th, which, on the two latter days drifted, to a considerable depth, rendering the roads im- passible for carriages in several parts of the county for some days. Upon the whole, the weather has not been unpropitious to the farmers' operations— the frost prov- ing beneficial for carting dung from the court- yard, and delivering grain, & e. The wheats and young grasses have suffered little by the stoan, and so far promise well. The prices of grain and catlle have fallen considerably since our last, brought about by the causes which we formerly stated ; and there cannot he a doubt but some time must elapse before such a deranged state of affairs can be brought to rights. Fat cattle are a . shilling per stone cheaper than they were at the beginning of Dec. aryl as many farmers will be short of keep for them until • ass— the turnips being much hurt by the frost, and scarcity of fodder anticipated— there is little chance of the fodder being well paid. FRANCS. OPENING OF THE FRENCH CHAMBERS. The French Chambers were opened on Tuesday the 31st Jan. bv the King in person. There is not much in the speech of his Majesty Charles X. upon which po- liticians can comment. With the exception of the de- claration, that his Most Christian Majesty continues to receive, from all his august Allies, assurances of their amicable dispositions, the topics alluded to are nearly all of a domestic character, and relate to matters purely of national concern. The most important part of the Speech is that which relates to the law of primogeniture, and the intended modifications of the existing laws as af- fecting the distribution of property. The speech commences by stating that there existed no necessity in the- jndgment of his Majesty, for anti- cipating the period originally fixed'for calling the Cham- bers together; and his Majesty therefore expresses the satisfaction he feels, at not having " abridged the re- pose on which they were allowed to depend." Xka, ileaUt of the. Emperor Alexander is briefly de- plored, as the loss of " one of the most magnanimous" of his Majesty's allies. The Convention concluded, with Great Britain, for the purpose of rendering more uniform the condition to which the reciprocal navigation of the two kingdoms, and their colonies, is subject, is described as a measure from which his Majesty anticipates happy results for the maritime commerce of France. The fate of St Domingo being fixed, it is intimated that one of the subjects to which the Chambers will have to direct their attention, will be a law for the division of the indemnity, which has been reserved for the ancient planters. His Majesty assures them that thft progress of the national prosperity will allow of the reduction of those burdens which press most on the people; but it is also intimated that increased allowances will be proposed to the Ministers of Religion. A Journal has been suppressed at Stockholm, for hav ing copied from- an English paper " the absurd story re- lativc to the death of the Emperor Alexander. BRAZIL. IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE FROM BRAZIL. By the Tartar frigate arrived from Rio Janeiro, we have received intelligence of the rejection of the prof ferred mediation of Sir C. Stuart, in the disputes l> e- tween the Brazil Government and the Republic of Bn- tiios Avres,— of the change of the- Ministry at Rio Janeiro, and of the determination to prosecute the i with the greatest vigour.— Glohe. The following is an extract of a letter: — " Rio JANEIRO, Nov. 29— I hasten to acquaint you with the great political events which have taken place here,- occasioned, as it is stated, by the events i the Baitda Oriental, and the dispatches recently received Irom Buenos Ayres. It is mentioned there are also threats received of the co- operation of Bolivar with the forces of Buenos Ayres, However this may be, war is certain-— the political changes here are as great as un expected.; the ministers are all changed, and Mr. — newly arrived from Europe, is the chief of the new Government; 1500 men were immediately em barked and a flaming proclamation issued. Sir Charles Staart is disgraced, his mediation being pointedly re fused, and lie s. iilcd on. the 23d, in the Diamond fri gate, for Bahia;. lie set off in a great huff. To all ap pearance this war will be prosecuted with the greatest vigour, trade is therefore at a, standstill; the Exchan liaa fallen from 52k to 52." Wo have seen several other letters of the 28th and 29th November, but tiiey are all to the same effect iind we have no doubt the determination to prosecute the laws with vigour was taken after the arrival of the dis jiirtchfi and the state p. iper6 issued at Buenos Avres on the 5th November ; the refusal of the mediation of Sir { ' liarles Stuart followed as a matter of course. I he Brazilian Government, we are inclined to believi will ere long repent of this delpRnination. Another letter states the uumder of troops embarked lit Uio for the Banda Oriental at 1200 men. We are sorry to state the intelligence respecting the mines Brazil is not favourable. Onr letter mentions that two I'- nolishmen Jiave been murdered liv the natives and that the Government had recalled tiie miners generally, t.> save their lives. The letters from Lima this morning bv the Tartar frigate, are dated to the end of Septemlier. It is stated that the Tartar, frigate brings two millions of dollars to English merchants. She has been loin* btatioiied on the south ae; t coast of America. ANTIQUITIES. About a quarter of a mile in a fir wood to the cast- ward of the village of Pitcairngreen, there are two very large cairns of stones. They stand at a distance of nearly a quarter of a mile from each other, almost in a south and north direction. The largest of them mea- sures upwards of three hundred feet in circumference at he base, and is between thirty and forty feet in height; the other tumuli is not so large.— When, or on what ac- count these huge heaps of stones were gathered together, tio^ persou can now with certainty tell. There are various conjectures relative to their antiquity anil their original purposes. Many pretending to be antiquarians, sup- pose that tliev arc as old as the Roman or Danish in- vasions. It is pretty certain that a division, at least, of the Roman legions, went by this route upon their march from the south, preparatory to the sanguinary battle fought between them and the Scottish army under the brave and patriotic Galgacus, at the foot of the Grampian Hills, near Inchuthill. These tumuli are composed of 1 irge round stones. A man who was some years ago building a house in the village of Pitcairngreen, took upon him, without any leave, to fasten upon those cairns, and carry off a quantity of its stones to assist in the erection of his building; but, upon the circum- stance coming to the knowledge of Lord Lyndoch, on whose property those remains of antiquity stand, the Goth was obliged to desist from his work of demolition ; and ever since they have remained unmolested. In the middle of a field to the » iorth- east of the farm steading of Bamblair, also in this parish, there is a Druidical temple of a circular form, composed of nine arge stones. It is about thirteen paces in circumfe- rence. The tenant who, before the present occupier possessed this farm, was at the trouble and expence of planting the interior of this temple with shrubbery, and nclosing it with a thorn hedge in a very tasteful manner ; but it has now fallen agin into a state of dilapidation. Farther to the eastward, in the same parish, near the hamlet of Battlefield, now vulgo vocat Battlebv, there a knoll or little hill which still goes by the name of hillock of " Turriagain." This appellation is supposed to have beetn derived from its contiguity to the. field where the memorable battle of LunCarty, between the Scots and the Danes, was fought,. and, according to the poet, 41 Where, with his sons in rural toils employed, Old tiny his fair paternal acres plough'd. Great Ilay, enraged, commands his sons to rise. Rush up the stream, and kill each soul that llies. < Q souls of Cow'rds V the General ( Canute) cries. Shall wfe to these, ye Gods! return ajrain. And tell we Hed before three single me a .'" Contiguous to the same spot, there was found some years ago, in a peat moss, a considerable way under the surface, a large oak tree hollowed out in the middle, and resembling a canoe. In the middle of a park to the south- east of this'place mav be seen a large stone of a conical form, which has long gone by the appellation of the " Mare." Until oflate years lav near it another stone of considerable weight, with a hollow in its cen- tre, which from its shape was called vthe " Saddle." Among the swains in the neighbourhood, and indeed by almost every braggard that passed by, it was a feat who should be able to " saddle the mare," by lifting up the smaller stone or saddle on tho larger stone or mare no easy, or, in those days, unimportant task. In that age of chivalry scarcely a nymph far or near, who heard of this gymnastic and manly exercise, would take for a husband a man who could not perform it. The mare in our days was never knowu to have been saddled bv any one man, except a north country Highlander of the name of Lewis Mor- Macdonnell, an overseer on the King's highway, which then passed near it ; but it is said that he was repeatedly seen doing it with apparent ease. When the bridge of Perth was building, the saddle was carried off by the workmen, for the purpose of being used in that erection : but the late Mr Sande- man of Luncarty,; hearing of it, caused the saddle to be brought back and replaced. The. saddle, however, was again subsequently driven away, by some workmen who were, employed in rebuilding or repairing the bridge of Almond, and was never afterwards restored. In an eastern direction from the mare, stands, in a field near the west bank of the river Tay, a stone or slab, about four feet and a half in height above the ground, said to be a memorial of the King of the Danes, or at any rate one of their first rate Generals, killed at the battle of Luucafty.—• From a Correspondent— Dundee ' Advertiser. • i cure j. re- uhci! a cornr~. fi , i£ ninst the Cuiisti'utiorincI newspaper, and vehemently i- shortrd his flock not to read it, declaring to them, m express terms, that it was edited by 12 blackguards. Gaol and work- house.— A pauper iu Vaterford work- house, who refused to work, was on Tlunsdny com- mitted to St. Alban's gaol for 21 days. On hearing his sentence, he sarcastically thanked the magistrate, aiuUltoped that he would allow him to st'pp in the gaol all the winter and next sitmifter.. Hones'y.— No man is bound to be rich or great," no, nor to be wise, but every man is bound to be honest. Sir BENJAMIN RUOYERD. Tythes.— In the time of king Edgar, ( a. ay 970), the parochial clergy had each an income adequate to the support of himself and family, notwithstanding his par- sonage was charged with the repair of his church, and the relief of the poor ; for the price of labour being then well proportioned to that of the necessaries of life, none needed relief but the impotent, the destitute wi- dow, or the infant orphan. Ill a late number of the Military Magazine. which is published at Copenhagen, there is a parallel between Napoleon and Hannibal, which is very ingeniously pur sued. Both of t >- se great warriors, says the writer, carried war into the bosom of the enemy's country; both passed the Alps; both employed infantry in masses — Napoleon formed a reserve of veterans ; Hannibal did the same at Zauia. Both were skilful, inflaming the courage of their troops by harangues; and both knew well how to meet danger at the right moment. Both of them rose at an early age to the highest dignities of the state ; both were about 26 years of age when they began to signalize themselves in war. Both sought to conquer Italy; Trebia was for Hannibal, what Marengo was for Buonaparte, and Austerlitz and Jena were the paral- lels of Thrasemene and Camia>. Hannibal sank before Scipio ; Napoleon sugk before Woitfifgton ; Zaxm was Waterloo. To crown all, both d?<? H itl exile* One com- plained of being tormented by Flaminius, . and the other by— Sir Hudson Lowe. A pun in perfection James the First of England and Sixth of Scotland, though in some degree a mar. of sense and wit, seems to have been remarkably deficient in the more important talent of steadiness and vigour of mind. It is said that he was unconscious of this defect ; and that he was once told of it in a very carious man- ner from the pulpit. He heard of a famous preacher, who according to the fashion of the times, was very wittv in his sermons, and peculiarly happy in his choice of texts. James got this person to preach before him ; who, with all suitable gravity, gave out his text in the following words:—" James, first and sixth, in the latter part of the verse. ' He that wavercth is like a wave of the sea, driven by the winds and tossed.' " " God's chickens 1" whispered the King, " he is at me already." " The preacher went on, and trimmed the King soundly. The text is genuine, and the application of it witty, even independently of the pun, which seems so well suit- ed to the taste of the times of" James, First and Sixth." To Cheese Tasters.— Or. Thursday se'ennight, at the Worcester House of Industry, a person offeered cheese for sale at 40s per cwt. and one of the Directors was so well pleased with it, that six cwt. was ordered for the use of the house ; but after the order was given, the price appeared so low for cheese of such good quality, that the Director desired to have another taste ; the dealer was about to give him a sample from the'same side as before, but being desired to give a taste from the other side, it proved that the cheese was of a very, in- ferior quality, and that the knavish dealer had inoculated it with a portion of fine old Cheshire! The order was of course countermanded.— Hereford Independent. mportwt subject ; snhte . Jf the pripriwor tlinkinj his would be a lucrative sofiYi- o to the metropolitan es- tablishment ; others imagining that the great subdivision of management would do away with the profits. It is understood that the experiment will be ma le, in the first instance, in a few large towns ; and that the bran- ches will . be extended according to circumstances. A meeting of the creditors of Mr. Whittuker, the bookseller, was held on Thursday, by which it appears that the debts of that gentleman amount to £ 271.011 2s. 8d. and his assets to £ 245,351 : 0 : 3d. It was esolved at this meeting that the arrangement of the O i") • affairs should be confided to trustees, to whom the pro- perty should be conveyed. Eetlers from Holland report, that trade there has not been in such a state during the memorv of merchants, who have been in business during a period of from 40 tn 50 years, and the distresses in the comiilercial world , s excessi ye. His Majesty's ship Tartar, Captain Brown, arrived at Portsmouth from Lima, & c. is a most important ar- ival; she; brings, it is said two millions of dollars on merchants' account; her specie was insured at Lloyd's to the amount of L. 150,000. We are sorry to announce that a serious riot has taken place at Norwich, the origin of which appears to have been the jealousy felt at the employment of country weavers by the manufacturers of the town. The coun- try weavers were attacked bv a large body of the town workmen, severely handled, and their goods seized, and thrown into the river. The rioters then attacked the. connting- housesand warehouses of several manufacturers, and were proceeding to acts of still greater violence, from which thev were only deterred by the calling out of the military in aid of the civil power. UARTCLTT^ Profligacy among the clergy.—" If the enemy of man kind," savs Bishop Elrington, has an agent in human form more likely to do him service, it is a profligate clergyman. If he has upon earth a victim absolutely hnJeternally his own, it is a profligate clergyman." Priest- ridden monarchs.—" At Genoa, before the King ( of Sardinia) could even set foot in the hereditary dominions to which the British arms- had restored him, and while he was vet under the protection of a British escort, Lord William Bentinck most earnestly pleaded for the oppressed churches of the valleys ( of Piedmont.) The king listened to the eloquent and feeling appea' with worse than indifference. His determination, most probably, was already made, for in four days afterwards, and the morning. after he had taken possession of lus palace at Turin, the ungrateful monarch issued an edict, bv which he dispossessed the Vaudois of all that they had enjoyed ( under Buonaparte) during his dethrone- ment ; and put many vexatious decrees Iu force, which had been proclaimed against them by his bigoted and insolvent predecessors." Rev. W. S. SiLLY. Economy.— A French writer recommends the use of potatoes three- fourths boiled, as a substitute for soap, We can assure our readers that boiled potatoes cleanse the hands as thoroughly and easily as common soap ; thev prevent chaps in the winter season, and keep the skin stjft and healthy.— Trades Newspaper. The pulpit v. the press.— A few.. days ago, at Cha- teau Salins, in the department of La Metirther ( I'rance,) From the LONDON GAZETTE, Feb. 4. Foreign Office, Jan. 31. The King has been pleased to appoint the Hon. It. Gordon, PQW Secretary lo his Majesty's Embassy to Court of ; Vit enna, to be his Majesty's Envoy E^ trjiordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Brazil. The' King has also been pleased to appoint A. Aston, Esq. to be Secretary to his Majesty's Legation to the Emperor of Brazil. The King has also been pleased to appoint E. M. Ward, Esq/ 1 ate Secretary to his Majesty's Embassy at the Court of St. Pitersburgh, to be Secretary to his Majesty's Embassy at the Court of Vienna. LONDON, Feb. 6. NEW HOSTILITIES IN INDIA. By the arrival of the Recovery merchant vessel from Bombay, we are put in possession of intelligence which, in the present condition of our Indian army and finan- ces, is of considerable importance:— the invasion of Cutch bv a formidable tribe or collection of freebooters, who arc described in the letters as Pindarrees, and are. stated to be in considerable force. The importance at tribnted bv the Bombay Government to the hostilities is shewn bv the fact of their ordering all the disposable troops 111 and about the scat of the Presidency to Cutch, and taking up all merchant vessels lying in the port at the high rate of 48 rupees per ton per month. WINDSOR, Jan. 31 Last evening his Majesty entertained the following distinguished- personages at dinner, at the Itoyal Lodge :— Prince Esterhazy, Count and Countess Lieven, Duke of Dorset, Earls Liver- pool and Bathurst, Earl and Countess Mountcharles, the Lord Steward, Lord Graves, Sir W. Keppel, Mr, Canning, Colonel Thornton, & c. After the entettain- mer. t, the Earls of Liverpool and Bathurst took leave of his Majesty and returned to London. We understand ( and we have very . great pleasure in communicating the fact to the public) that his Majesty has been graciously pleased to direct the application of one thousand pounds towards the relief of the distress at present existing among the journeymen silk- weavers- of Spittalfields Conner. On Tuesday the Lord Mayor gave a mast splendid dinner to his Koyal Highness the Diike of York and a numerous company of his Majesty's Ministers, and other distinguished personages. At half- past twelve the doors of the Egyptian Hall were thrown open, and the company, to the number of about 800 persons, par- took of a most elegant supper, after which dancing was kept up in the saloqin to a very late hour. We understand that Mr Robinson's scheme for with drawing the small notes from circulation has produced a considerable sensation among the banks in this city as It is believed that he means the operation of the bill to extend to Scotland. — Scotsman. It is not at present the intention of Government to call out the Militia for training and exercise during the present year. THE ARMY The regiments Stationed at Jamaica viz. the 33d, 50th, 77th, 91st, and 92d Foot, are- to receive reinforcements, amounting in all to about 500 men, by drafts from their respective depots at present stationed in Scotland. These reinforcements will be embarked as soon as tonnage can be provided for them. THE LORD CHANCELLOR.— We are happy to state that the health of his Lordship continues to im- prove. Wednesday afternoon he was enabled to sit up longer than on anv occasson since his indisposition He was more free from pain, and passed a very good niidit. The answers to the numerous inquiries on Sa turdav were, his Lordship continues mending. The Bank proprietors are bv no meaifs unanimous on the subjcct of branch banks ; but it is well ascertained that the Court of Directors have ' secured a sufficici • majority. There. is niuch difference of opinion on th KABAL REGISTER. FROM LLOYD'S M A KIN E LIST, . Tan. 31. EMIKOIUS, Jan. 17.— Arrived the Aline, Grenlba'cfc, ami Hope, Doort, both from Leiih to Pillau ; they cannot pro- ceed for the ice, and are at anchor close by tile ! i. u bour. There has been a Kmart frost for rorne days. / YKTWERP, Jan. 27.— The river continues full of drifting ire. and a return of frost and easterly wind took place oa the 25th inst. UOTTEKDAJI. Jan. 27. — We have had the frost again from the 25th, but very moderate, and the ice has but little increas- ed. The wind prevails from the eastward, and there is no appearance cf thaw. LISBON, Jan. 14.— The Fanny, - Stone, from Bristol and Dartmouth, on entering the ' l'a^ us on the 11 til inst. struck upon the Catchups, when the cre « ( juitted her, and she went onshore near the Rngio. The Aurora frigate went to her as- sistance, but before any person from her could get on board, the sails, cabin- furniture, clothes, & c. and even the vessel's papers, had been carried away. The cargo has been discharged bv the Aurora's pio; de, and the vessel got off, and is at anchor off Belem Castle. DEMERARA, Dec. 1— During the passage of the Barque, Henry when in latitude 41 deg. IS min. north, and longitude 19 deg. 41 min. west, she fell in with a piece of wreck, which, from its rough formation, and other circumstances. Captain Westmorland conjectured must have been formerly part of the groauimber ship Columbus. It was a log of red pine about 45 feet long, nnd 20 inches by 22 inches square. There v ere several bolts in it, and mortices cut out in various parts ; one, n the middle, had a large bolt remaining. An attempt was made to hoist it on board, but on account of its great weight, and there bring a heavy swell at the time, it was abandoned. From the description of the timber, and our own knowledge of the construction of the Columbus, we entertain no doubt but that the Captain was right in his conjecture. M AILS. — Arrived— 2 Hamburgh, 1 Dutch, 1 Flanders, French, 1 Lisbon, and 1 Mediterranean.— Dun— 3 Gotten- burgb, l American, and 1 Jamaica. FEB. 3.— WHITEHAVEN, Jan. 30.— The City, Scott, sailed from Dublin for Glasgow on the 21st ult. and has not since been heard of. MA RAKHAM, Dec. 14.— The brig Catherine, John Sword master, bound to'Liverpool. with a cargo of cotton, sprung a leak about twelve hours . ifier sailing, and the day after the enw were forced to run her on shore, iis she was in a sinking stale, and too far to leeward to fach Maranham. She struck on a bank six miles from land, and soon weni to pieces in the surf. Therrew landed on Cassapuira, a desert island, when the master, John Sword, died i( i four days from thirst, want of food, and fatigue ; the remainder of the crew were all saved. ANTWERP, Jan. ST. — The .' weather'bas become very mild, and it is expected the navigation will be free in a few days. MAILS. — Arrived — 1 Dutch, 1 Flanders. 2 French, I Lisbon, 1 Mediterranean, and 1 Brazils Dee— 3 Gotten- burgh, 1 Hamburgh, I American, and 1 Jamaica. EAST INDIA SHlrPISTG. OFF TIIF. WIGHT, Jan. 29— Arrived the Isabella, Wallis, from Bengal ; sailed on the 19th July ; from Madras 6th September ; and Cape of Good Hope 2' 2d November. FALMOUTH, Jan. 28.— Arrived the Kerswell, Arm- strong, from the Cape of Good Hope ; sailed 18th November. COLOMBO, Sept. G.— Arrived the Africa, Skelton, fr6m London and Mauritius, and was to sail on the 13th fgr Bengal. MAD TIA?, Aug. 26.— Arrived the Sarah, Milne, from London and the Cape of Good Hope, and sailed on the 29th for Bejieal. On Tuesday, the dispatches for Bengal and China, by the ship Dunira, were closed at the East India House, and delivered to the Purser of that ship. On Wednesday a Con rt of Directors was held at the East India House, when Captain Johu Orr M'Tag- gart, of the ship Sir David Scott, took leave of the Court, previous to departing for Bengal and China. On Friday the'following Commanders were sworn into the command of their respective ships, viz. Captain John Barnet Sotheby, London ; and Captain Bryan Broughton, Canning ; consigned to China direct.— The same day the dispatches for Bengal and China, by the ship Macqueen, Captain James Walker, were closed at the East India House, and delivered to the Purser of that ship. DEAL, Feb. 2— Sailed the Juliana, Innes, for Madras and Bengal. FALMOUTH, Feb. 1.— Sailed the Emulous, ( Steam- er), Williams for India, ' litis packet met with some damage to midship boiler, and not being- able to regain Falmouth bore tip for Fowev. The East India Company's ship Waterloo, arrived at Calcutta the 3d June, without either casualty or ac- cident'throughout the voyage. o o The W arren Hastings arrived at Trincomalee the 10th, and at Madras. the 14- th August. She was to proceed on to Bengal the 23th August. Initio very l'ilrte in r<< tj; ip> t, , n » d }, . rfVv- r. * r. » V nnarter, arrival of IV, 1 s, without being, 1 " ijual to tile demand, which h. isliecn rathe;- > 1 Monday, and the currency was barely maintjitu-. Wheat, Do. superfine Wheat, red Barley ... . Do. line live Malt ... . Oats Potato? , Do. Poland CUItltENT ntiCES OF C+ ltAirt. s. 1. d. 50 t » 5- 10 5rt to 63 0 _ i,. _ 0 SS to 30 o Do. Feed Beans, small ri>. TicS . .. Beans, harrow 33 lo 37 0 iVase. Maple SO to 40 o j Do. White 50 to 60 O | Do. Uoilers . '<! 3 to 25 0 [ Pease Hog 22, to 2,5 0 Flour, ilmnl ts p, i r >, proved - 1c sin,-,- I,. t I tills krt. Kit . , S, S. ( 1 So lo 24 < » 4$ to 47 d' 3S to 42 (> 40 lo 11 ( 1 4r, to 4K I) 42 < o 46 0, 5,< to 56 ( I ' 25 to 46 O 55 to 60 (> HADDINGTON CORN MARKET. Feb. 3. A small supply of Wheat in market, which met with a heavy sale; prices lower than last day — Barley Is an! Oats 9,1 lower than last day. Parley. I Oat<. J Vfitne. 29s Od i 20s 3d J 20s « d i 27s Od | 18s Oil j IS* Od 25s Od 16 s Od 16s ISl Wheat. first 3fs- Od Second 2Ss Od Third 25s Od 7? en v s. 20s O I8< Od 161,0( 1' This day there were 370 bolls of Oatmeal in Edinburgh' market—- Retail price Is 3d per peck. Edinburgh Cuttle ' Market, Fi b. 1.— Tln- re were 2149 in the market, Main i\ iint, two- thirds of which were of th? j Cheviot breed, lilack- faced wedders ti) 0 of which bronchi - 10s ; they w., re of ihe l> e-, t. Cheviots, wedders, 70 of win;,,' sold for 35s 6d ; Ewes bmt 24s inferior I 6s. This mai Uyt has been more fully supplied iu stock to day than it has ln- t for three weeks past, but oil the whole it looks do* vt|, Iu the Grassmarket there were 192 fat cattle; best, < 7s4dj second 8 » 8d ; inferior 8s per stone, sinking ofTils. l'rices >} f IT"?/ nail Strar. r. . LJ'V. 31.— Oat Straw, 10s to 10s 6d : White do. 9. 6d ; Barley do. 8s per ketnple. ' Hay Iroin 12d. to 14dper sione of 22 ounces to the lb. old weight. Gt'issom Cattle Market, Jon. ." 0.— There wore 352 blink cattle in this day's market, which sold at 8s to 10s 6d. a- stunc, being Is lower than that at the last market. There were 6;,," sheep, which also sold at Jg lower than l** t week's quotations. Du. nl/ ries C'Ule XAMfct, Jan. 25.— The show to- day con- sisteil of 280 Galloway bntlocks, partly two, and partly three, vear olds. Dealing was very dull, set much SA. indeed, that four lots remained upon tlu sands until eight o'clock in ihn evening, and were, after all, driven oil'unsold. The bwt lot brought £ 12 17s 6d a head i the second £\ 2 5s ; a third, I 10s f and a fourth, which comprised the wh6le that were sola, £ b 10. Skiplah Cntile Market, Jan. 24— We had a very eicollcnt show of fat Beasts and Sheep, with a numerous attendance of buyers, but little alteration took place in prices. Bet'f < ui, l Murt'in, 6d to 6ld per lb. f.[ orpeth, Feb. 1. — At our Market to- day there was a great supply of cattle, which met with a very dull sale, at a reduc- tion in price ; being a short supply of sheep, they sold readily at last week's prices. Beef, 6s S- J to 7s 3d per stone, sinking offal. Mutton. 6s 3d to 7s 2d. Accounts from St. Thomas's, dated Dec. 12, state that several Spanish crnizers had appeared among the islands ( one account savs four) ; thev had made several valuable prizes. Two English merchantmen were re- ported to be captured by these freebooters. Letters from Valparaiso, dated October 9, state the arrival there of the Blond frigate, Lord Byron, Captain from the Sandwich Islands. IFLAR& TTI • OS" FEBRUARY Dornoch, Callan's Fair, Jst Wednesday Echt ditto Newmacbar Tryst 2d Monday Monymusk 2d Wednesday Ruthrieston 3d Tuesday Charleston of Aboyne 3d Wed Forfar last ditto Nairn 18th day Aberj.' ldie last Friday Inverness Wed. after 24th. ( Old Stile.) EanfT. Candlemas, 1st Tucs. Hat tray ditto Forres, Candlemas, 1st Wed, Dingwall ditto Stonehaven the Thursday be- fore Candlemas Banchory Ternan day before New 1' itsligo 3d Tries. & Wed. — I " Kent Stile. J Miutlay 3d Tuesday Cornhdl ( Newton of Park) lMl Thursday after Candlemas \ Boiriphniy, Fumack, 15th day ' Old Dear 3d Thursday Iluntly last Tuesday Alford ditto Stricken do, A Wednesday Tarland last Wednesday Redcastle ditto t Oldmeldrum. day before Fj Tte Fyvie, Fasten's- even, Ut Tin—, and Wednesday after NV « Moon next alter Caudleui. n Elgin ditto Sttowan Murray, CrietT. plh day ; but if that day lie S - turday. Sunday, or Monday, it is held ttie Tuesday after. SMITIIFIELD MARRET. To sink the Ortitl, per stone of Hlbs. Beef. 4s 6d to. 5s Oil j Veal, 5s 2d to 6i o.) Mutton, 4s Sd to Si- Od J Pork, 4S 6d t<? 5- s (-. 1 Beasts, 54,1— Sheep, Ac. 3070— Calves. 142— Pigs, <*> Bank Stock, 21l-| 212| 3 perCt. C. 79j 79j SOf so 3p. Cfiit. lted. 80i| N. 4 Cents. 96f 97 96j IrfmgAa. PR1CF, OF STOCKS. India Stock, 93 1 J India Bonds, 6 4 pr. Ex. B. 5001. par 1 p, Cs for Ac. 79| 80} V Lottery Tickets, ltd 1!'. AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN. The following is the general average which governs impor- tation, taken from" the weekly returns of the quantities anil prices of British Corn, Winchester measure, in England and Wales, for the week ending 23th Jan. \ V heat, Rye, Barley, Oats, • 6U 43i 38s 24s 4d 8d Id 2d Beans, Peas, Oatmeal, Hear or Bi » - 39s 4d 43s 2d 00s Od 00s OOd CORN EXCHANGE, Feb. 6. We had another short supply of w hent for this day's market, chiefly from Kent and Essex, the quality ami condition of which being mostly inferior, occasioned it a heavy sale at a decline of per quarter ; fine old and selected parcels of ijie last crop obtained full at good piices. Barley ana malt con- EDINBURGH, Feb. 7. STEAM NAVIGATION.— We understand that the Lord Advocate is about to bring a bill into Parliament for the regulation of steam vessels. It is, we believe, proposed to be enacted, that all such vessels shall bit provided with a licence, the powers of granting which, nnd following out the provisions of the act, are to be ited in a bodv politic. Of the necessity of some am ii enactment we have had the most melancholy testimony, and we have little doubt, from the deliberation the sub- ject has undergone and will yet receive, the bill will en - brace the most ample security for the persons and pro- perty of all who may henceforth avail themselves of that excellent, and what, under proper management, mti: t still be considered safe mode of conveyance. Partridge and pheasant shooting terminates on Tues- day next, it is generally stated that the number of birds which survive this season is unusually great. A poor man of the name of James Duncan, a native of Poilockshaws, but who latterly resided iu Graham Square, has come to an untimely end under mysterious circumstances. About 12 o'clock on the night of Mon- day the 16th ultimo, a blacksmith, who resided on the same flat, entered his house in an outrageous manner. A scuffle ensued between him arid Mrs Duncan, in the course of which Mr Duncan was pulled out of his bed, and received a wound in the forehead. The wound ix- eited little alarm at the time, and was dressed oil Tuesday morning at nine o'clock by a student of medicine, liv Saturday following, the poor man began to exhibit symptoms of derangement. He was conveyed to tin; Koval Infirmary, Glasgow, on Sunday, and underwent the operation of trepanning the same day. He remained in a delirious state till Tuesday morning at four o'clock, when he expired. The bodv was examined by Dr. Corkindale, . and Mr Francis Neilston, surgeon. Thev found a fracture in the forehead which had caused an in- flainmation of the bruin. They are of opinion that the fatal blow was given with some sharp implement, and that the external violence was the cause of death. Mrs Duncan states, that the person who entered the house struck. her and the deceased witli, a large three sided file. He was taken to the Po^ ee Oliice on Wednesday the 17th tilt. ; but as nobody appeared to conoborate Mrs Duncan, he was dismissed. He has since absconded. The uiifoitunate man Duncan lias left a widow and four you rig children to bewail his death. Bill 1' ILS. At 16, Royal Circus, on the 30th ult. Mrs Renny, of a daughter. At Btrroch House, on the 29th ult. the Lady of John Sinclair, E* q. of B irroch, of a sou, At Jessfield Mouse, Portobello, on the 6tll inst. the Lady of { Thomas Stepheu*> n, Esq, of a son. DEATHS. At his house, York Place, on the 27th ult. James Whyle, Esq. formerly in the service of the Hon. East India Company. At Princc of Wales' Island, in November 1824, Mr An- thony Gramie, in the 23d year of his age, youngest soil of George Giaeme of Iachbiakie, E- q. At Hoynicm Street, Kensington, on ( he 17th ult. Alex. Murray, Esq. lute of the Coinniis- ariat Department. At her house in George - St: eel, on the 27th ult. Mis; Catherine Hope, daughter of the late Sir Archibald Hope of Craighall, Bart. At Edinburgh, on the 27( h ult. Mrs Mary Brown, wife of the Rev. Dr. Audrew Blown, one of the Mini& WfS ot this city, and Professor of llhetmic in the University. At Crossford. near Lauaik, on the 17th ult. aged 6f), Rich- ard Vary, Lsq. late Cleik of the Peace for tile county of Laii'ttk. At Stonelaws, F, tst Lothian, on the 2.7; h n! t. Mrs Lilli. n Lindsay, rtil'eofMr V.' iliiaui Mitchell, J 0 the lililTOR of the Ab£ RDSEN ClIRONlCl. E. Slit, Puimil ir. e, through the medium oF your useful Taper, to ask our Civic Killers, if they can spare a little leisure from the turmoil of devising tfii^ s and means, with the no less im- portant matter of obtaining a renewal of the Harbour Bill, without any diminution to their honours power alto eonsetptt'oee in that measure, to look a little to the interest of their fellow, citteum in the matter of their food. Our linkers are at the present time petting the flour laid down in their . Bakehouses at 52s. per sack, at which rate the quartern loaf of bread ought li.'. t to e « ceed ijjncpence halfpenny — I think - wo are paying at the rate of One Shilling for this Loaf, at least my baker thinks himself warranted to demand that price from me, when J wai. it a I. ci. J'that he can uphold to be a Quartern Loaf.— Why ? 1 would a^ k, is the old practice of setting the standard by the Quartern Loaf ( riven up ? Without tins. their ti'uu i. iend, bv which they couhl at once see what proportion the price of tiieii breail bore to the price of flour, tin) public have no stcuir or reutiy mvanato ( jeiect imposition. 1 aiu. Sit, yours, iic. Q. V. CutUifieofCunscu- nre. Feb. 9. i826. To iho EDITOR of' ike ACEUOBEN CHRONICLE. SIN, Fr& MiT me to request the attention of your numerous leaders, both in the South and in the North, to the actmints in Chronicle of tflst and SSthult. of the very interesting IJec'f- ing lately he'd here, in behalf of the abolution of Negro Slavery ill the British Colonies,. So very numerous and respectable's Meeting, and xuch a general expri ssioit of public feeling, have • K'I baps never lieen uitne- sed in this city at any former period, iitcrv turfnidital viio has coniidrtfui the subject with any • •• vasutf of aiteolion and impartiality, must doubtless anxious- ly desiie, that the iuHueuoe of this meeting may be very gt- deial and pern. MieUt. The subject being of the very highest import ante, deseuvs hnmedb'tii and universal attention. I titist evety iimlc member of the roinmunitv who knows Ibat a W< riiinber of his fellow- subjitts ate bought and sold like our horses or cows, cart- wbipp d, and placed on, or rather below, the level i( f the brute cieation, has embraced the op- poitui. ity of testifying ttis disapprobatioti of such a system, ao. i bis ' teshe for iu abolition, by signing the Potiiimm to I'at. bamei. t. Happy, indeed, i! t> 1 feel to hear, that these have beet! vety iiuthe. ously and respectably signed. May the example Le followed by cveiy town, village, and palish in the Empire. l<* t our Scottish friends only lock at what is now tolujj on in tug land. From thegieai Metropolis down to Hie helll'" k » t h. ouiel, every county, city, town, and village meeting, and- fietuimiiiiji for the abolition of Negro Bondage. The Lmidnn Newspapers are almost daily teeming with ac- counts of such Meetings. In tiie Morning Chn nicle of the ° 3d Jiintiarv, will be found a most interestingaccouut of the Leicester Anti- Siavery Meeting, occupying nearly cyi- half of the paper, the peiusal of which must be gratifying tot veiy well di- p- s. td mind. I must s. sv, tltut before this, we ought to have heard of Meetings and Petitions .[ 1 this subject from Edinburgh, iiiasgow, IV: tU, Dundee, Arbroath, Montrose, Inverness, El'ill, UatilF. Peterhead, See. & « •• Let the good folks in these towns take the hint, if they wish to be considered possessing any portion of humanity for their much injured follow- suijects in the West. With much pleasure. I have just now been informed, that very popular and interesting Meetings to petition Parliament, were belli vesierdav in Edinburgh and in Banff, and that there is now a verv laudable movement in our own county. Our fellow- cit'zeits having done themselves lasting hot. > uron this occasion. 1 trust bur fellow- countrymen will also universally honour themselves, und promote the good cause in a similar manner. Although' the good people iit Inverness were amused not a little, bv the farcical display made there by a knot of Wist India Slave- holders, some twelve or eighteen months ; r" np thev will surely not be intimidated on the present occasion from expressing their abhoi retice of Colonial Slavery, in the most manly and decided manner. If they do, they deceive neither a name nor a- place among free- born Britons, who ou-' ht all to know the value of their birth right, arid the duty ofeiitluwii'fi others with the same privilege, who have not yet been so favoim d. The inhabitants of Glasgow, distinguished for tiieir enter- prize aud public spirit, will, 1 trust, by their exertions on this ticasion, let the British empire know, and feel how they ap- pelate the sophistry of M'Queen,* who has laboured so arduoustv to perpetuate the can- whip system, and is now about to el joy the wages of his iniquity. Ltt the enlightened inhabitants of both these cities recollect, that ei. lv two years ago, a benevolent attempt made here to petrtiOn'ParUanient, and call the public attention to the. evils of Slavery, was frustrated by means of only one West India proprietor, who, with other of the interested abettors of negro Irondjfce. has ever since laboured with indefatigable indus- tiv, b. jth in public and private, to whitewash the offensive monster, Slavery; but truth, as it always must do, baspie- vuiitil. 1 am, & c. A I" PelEN1> TO TRUTII AND FREEDOM. Aberdeen, ' 2d February. 1826. ' How confounded must this wholesale dealer in misrepre- sentation be, by perusing the exposure of his dishonourable mutilation ot'cffieial documents by Mr Stephen, in his pamph- let, ' England enslaved by her own Slave Colonies' just pub- lished, ' 1 his uoik deserves to he perused by every member of the community. And the Colonist who has so frequently ( lining the last two years advocated the Continuation ol sh. very, in the columns of the Aberdeen newspapers, to. the great an- noyance of ninety- nine out of every hundred of their readers, and who. with a few other interested owners of men. women, ui. d children, have betn veiy active in disseminating the writings of theii champion, must surely feel deeply ashamed ( it i: is possible for a West Indian to be so) of his vile and dishonest proceduie, which has been so fully diluted by Mr Stephen. MFAV CANDLE WORK, | ) w « rnt. TliC m » j « > fciv of Profrsinms tn tta Uipeling- " I. U'. ll. F. S STREET, AHEUDEl'. V, | tlilitis ( IK1 laviuirnlik' to their claims : Imt they would, as JAMKS WILLIAMSON and J AM KS MID- j before, t> c resisted iu the House of Peer*, and it is be-. DLKTON having commenced theC A N Dl. K MAKING j lievetl, tliftt the influence of certain individuals in high BUSINESS, under the Firm. of WII. I. UJIISIIN & MimJt. r- TON. j gtntionS'would be used against them. The crv of So beg leave to intimate that they will ajways have on hpijdnn ex- • p„ mn/ lms alrefulv l, cc! l raised, with the view of'inllttetl tt nsive Stock ol every sort and size Monldtd and Oitnied. made of the best hom and beg to solicit a share of public patronage, which it wi alwnvs be their study to merit. Orders from the Country carefully attended to, 31, 11' alH Street. I82G. FLLDING AND RAPE CAKE FOR SALE. L\ FEW Toil's of each kind, of excellent quality, now i. A on board the Superb, in Stonehaven Harbour. As the- vessel will be discharged by this day next week, early orders would save the expense of Waiehousing, by taking dehverv Irom the ship. Applv to GEORGE JACK, Stonehaven ; Or, to ALEX. l-' ORBES, Aberdeen. TO WOOD MERCHANTS. y| M! OM 3000 to 1000 FIR TREES, of the BKST X QUALITY, from the woods of Finzean, can be delivered ut Aberdeen this year, containing each from 5 to J 5 cubic tee* of wood, if a fair price is offered. ' 1 i: e term of payment, if good bills were given, would be made, to suit purchasers. If desired by purchasers, a contract might be entered into to deliver - the same quantity at Aberdeen each year, for six or seven years. Offers by the solid foot will ho received by Thomas Lines, W. S. 59. Frederick Street, Edinburgh, or John Brand, writer, Stonehaven, till the last day of February, when the highest oiler " ill be preferred. if)( 8 Sag. M1IUMACHI PISE TIMBER. To be sold by public roup, at the Timber Yards, North End of Wellington Street, on Saturday the 11th curt, RPIJE entire CARGO of the 15ri « GEORGE JX CANNING, from Miiimachi— consisting of 370 LOGS YELLOW PINE TIMBER, just landed. Hie Timber is of excellent quality and well worth ( he at- lenutMi of puichaser*. t ^ _ Sale to commence at 11 o'clock forenoon. " Credit will be given. H. MO II HEX. BROU N & SON, AUCTIONni; its. Aberdeen, F, b. Z, 1 Si' 6. SA1 OF SUBJECTS, FOR BEHOOV OF CJiEDITOItS. Upon Saturday the llili February'ensuing, there w- ill be ex- posed to S^ le by public roup, within the Lemon Trea ' J nveru of Aberdeen, at two o'clock afternoon. nPHA'f Commodious PROPERTY on the East JL sitfe of tiie Cfallowgate, extending from said street to lJf. rt- inli, consisting of Dwelling Hcuse, Court of Otrices, (! lose. Garden, and Summer HOH^ C, presently occupied l » y l\ Jr Gt- o. Bin net., iintry imrnetliaiely after the sale. This is a nu> st cottipa'ct and desirable Property, s> hu!^ ir » g in l) y it- • cfif, and tounnanding a fine view of the bay to the eastward. WiHiani Chalmers will attend to bhew the premises, THIS d\ v, betwixt twelve ar. d two. sit same time, there will be So hi t That larue an< i chnttnodious SHOP, No. 109, Gallowfjate, presently occuj> i? d by George Leslie, grocer. Entjy at Whit- uudfiy tir'- t. This last I'ropetty wdi be sold either separately or fi- oti^ wit!) House. At. It! the neamitjit, further particulars n » ay be learned, by fMjplieatioii to JVIr FarqUhfirs « iu, Advocate, with whom the C.' redinus are » equ*- sted to lodge their claims, with affidavits t fit roan, with us little delay as- possible. MRS. STB.& HAGJS BEGS to acquaint her Fricmls an J the Public, tliat she has just received a variety of I. oNli" N MiOK FAKIUON AULE MJLLINBUV—" consisting of Blond, Net, I . are, and Gauze CAI* S ; also Black Crape and Ciau*/ ' 1 TJKMANS CAPS,- Futu. s, & c. lit Mourning— some French Worked Mo r. tN COI. I. AKS, LACE CATS— likewise, handsouie FLOWEIIS for the head, FEATHERS & C. Ladies LONDOX- MAIIE BOOTS and SHOES of all de- scriptions. fv. B This being the last, supply Mrs S. will receive, previous to her going to London early in April, sin.' will he happy to receive orders from her friends, for any article they may rtTjuire before that time. 10, Queen Si reel, Feb. 10, lSt-' 6. r8ys bawo.; h » . j « ia » ex- • p has alre9tlv beet, raisetl, with the v : e of ( ANDhhS, both ' , i "• . i i • . . , ' St home- nu lte. 1 Tallow ; t! le " ppi'oat'hiiig election ; and the intemperate Ian- onage of Mr. O'CONN r, ami some of his fwnds t'ur- nisiit'S plausthle topics for declamation pgainst tiie claims of the whole Catholic Body. At present, therefore, we anticipate no legislnlivp enactment in favour of the Catholics ; but thev will ultimately obtain justice, mid, we trust, at no distant period, provided they do not in- jure their own ceuse, by exciting alarms in the minds of their Protestant friends. The subject of the final abolition of Negro Slavery will be discussed during* t! ie present Session, numerous petitions having been drawn up, and most respectably signed, to be presented to both Houses, proving that slavery may finally cease in our colonies. The petitioners keep in view, the justice pf milling compensation to the owners of slaves, for tiie loss of what is called their pro- jieitv ; and if this compensation can be adjusted, there is reason to believe that the measure may be carried into effect. In the mean time, a verv gfjat amelioration of the state of slaves has taken place in our colonies of De- merara and Esseouibo, who are now treated as men, tiie use of the cart whip being absolutely prohibited, aud means of education afforded,- w hich must tend greatly to prepare the r. egrocs for full emancipation, and the enjoyment of liberty. that LASTAOfi I- ROM HOTTEItDAM. iiJE LivrnronL packet, T.' KAUC; I: KLID. MASTBH, will'Vail- lor liotterdam, on Tuesday first the 1 - Ul invt. wheie she wilt he laid 011 a General S i. o. i . U » en1ee; i. Those iniemlinjr to bring good* by her, p oiienjariy Spring Sreds, are requested tn forward their orders iinmeiliately, « s she will ly on at Rotterdam for a few days - iberde n, 1 Pith mid Clyde Shippi"!! Co Ab< rdeen. Feb. 10. 1S. U By the latest accounts from Russia it appears the accession of NICHOLAS I, is not yet approved by the whole of the } 2ussi. m armv. An order of the day issued at St. Petersburg!!, by the chief of the Etat Ma- jor, on the 20th of January, announces that Lieut. Colonel MOUJ. SAOEFF of the Tchetiigoif; regiment of infantry, had prevmJed upon six companies of his regi- ment to- revolt, representing to them the obligation they were'tifidcT to, remain faithful to the oath they bad taken to the Grand bufce CONSTANTISJE, and to resist the acknowledgment pf his younger brother as Emperor. Troops were immediately marched against the insur- gents, who made some resistance, but were overpowered, and their ringleader wounded and taken prisoner. ' 1 l-. is affair appears to be of itself of very little consequence, but it is an indication, that the troops are not unanim- ous concerning the alterations of the order of succession, and conspiracies ; tre still apprehended by the government. By the arrival of the Recovery, a merchant vessel from Bombay, bringing letters and papers to the 20th of September, we are informed, that a new war in India has broken out on the side of Cuteh, the north- western frontier, of our eastern empire, and considered as under the protection of the British. ' Hie Journals give out that this territory has merely been disturbed, bv a plundering incursion of the Pindarees; but private letters state, that the invaders nre in great force, and that - there are no troops to withstand them, all being employed in the Burmese war. This event is not cal- culated to remove the fears of thyse who considered the stability of our Empire of the East as endangered by an unnecessary war, the expence of which has al- ready proved enormous, and the result altogether un- certain. It is admitted, that the Burmese could not successfully invade our territory; and it is the opi- nion of men of the best information concerning the affairs of India, that we ought never to have invaded theirs. The Marquis, of HASTINGS vanquished the Pindarees without much difficulty, but now that our troops are employed in other enterprises, the result, may be differ- ent. A few troops have been sent from Bombay ; but as they do not amount to three battalions, if the enemy be really in they cannot be expected to resist then). No accounts hove been received of the state of affairs in Greece during the week, so that the favourable news, mentioned in our last number, are neither confirmed nor contradicted. ABERDEEN: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1826. SUMMARY OF PQOTICS. The. state of the Money Market'occupied the atten- tion of the Legislature the very first day of the Session, and we are happy to find, that some liberal measures have been adopted with a view to the relief of the pre- vailing distress. The monopoly of the Bank of Eng- land is to be done away unless in London, and sixty- iive miles round it, and the English country Banks, like those in Scotland, are not to be restricted to any limited number of partners. That the Bank of England en- couraged the mad speculations of the last two years too much is certain ; but it is also evident, that the Country Banks had increased their issues to a still greater extent : so that, according to a statement made by Lord LIVER- POOL, in tiie House of Lords, the paper issued by Country Banks, in 1823, was about tour millions ; in IS' 24, six ; and 1825, eight millions. If then the issues of these Banks in 1823 were sufficient to carry on the business of the country, it is evident, that the issues of last year were excessive and injurious. Injurious to the speculator! and fair traders, and in many instances ruinous to the Banks themselves. The evil has no doubt produced Its own remedy, but it has been the source pf much misery, and has thrown many industrious opera- tives out of employment. That Ministers are well in- clined to do every tiling in their power to relieve the sufferings of the people is not to be doubted, and as the Chancellor of the Exchequer lias declared his conviction, that the reduction of taxation has proved highly advan- tageous to the rev" itue, there is no probability that any tax will be re- iinpoicd, but rather that farther reductions mav gradually be made. With regard to the monopoly of the Bank of England, which has proved so ruinous to the English nation, it is, as we have staled, to be modi- fied immediately, and Ministers deserve much credit for their positive tefusal to extend the Bank Charter, which finally expires in 1833, when the nuisance will be wholly abated. We observe, that the Directors propose to es- tablish Branch Banks throughout the country ; but if Banks are established in England upon the model of those iu Scotla* « *, it is more than probable, that the public will be rather inclined to do business with Banks, the state of whose affairs may be known, than with the Bank of England, which lias everbeen involved in mysterv and Concealment, and which, iiad it not- been screened by an arbitrary act in 1797, must have long since been insolvent. In the mean time, it is reallv painful to look over the list of Bankruptcies and declarations of insolvency in each succeeding Gazette, that of Saturday last contain- ing sixty names ; and it is generally believed that the evil is not yet at its height. The vast number of bank- rupt estates now in England must occasion a great de- falcation in the revenue, which may render any im- mediate reduction of taxes impossible, although iNjmi- sters have credit for being well disposed to lessen the public burdens. We observe, that iu some instances the distresses . of the labouring classes have led to acts of rjolence, particularly at Norwich, where considerable property lias been destroyed, and the Houses of several manufacturers attacked. The silk weavers are in very great distress, and liberal contributions have been made in London to relieve the immediate wants of tfiose of Spittaii'ields. ' I he reason of this is said to be the reso- lution of Ministers to do away the absolute prohibition of foreign silks, and to admit them in July next on pay- ment of a duty of 30 per cent, ad valorem. The rnanu1 facturcrs say, that on these terms they cannot meet fo- reigners in the English market, and discharge their operatives, who are thus thrown at once upon the parish; but the alarm is supposed to be without foundation, and notwithstanding the pressing remonstrances of the ma- nufacturers, Ministers adhere to their resolution, and foreign silks are to be introduced in July uext at the duty stilted. It was understood, that the question concerning the Corn Laws was to be agitated during this Session, and indeed Ministers were pledged to bring it forward ; it has huftever iieeu mentioned in both Houses, that such is not now their intention. Much disappointment hua been expressed on this account ; but as it is said hotices of motions upon this subject have already been given in the Commons, Ministers will then have an opportunity of assigning their reasons for abandoning their former re- solutions, It is said, that the chance of getting rid of the corn monopoly is better during a last Session of Par- liament, w hen Members are again to meet their Consti- tuents, and the measure would be highly popular ; but Ministers have perhaps to consider their relations with country gentlemen, for general elections are complicated concerns. " 1 lie Administration of the present day can much better afford to act an independent part, than any of its predecessors of our times for the Adminis- tration of 1806— was well known not to have enjoyed the confidence of a great Personage and may confide iu the support of the people, as well as in that of their representatives. Ministers held plain language to the Bank Directors, who contended hard for tiie integrity of their monopoly, and told tlieni, that if they would not consent to the modification, that they would adopt means to dispense with their future co- operation, and close the connexion that subsisted be- tween them. This argument prov'ed irresistible, and the Directors at their ineeting^ said, " tlicy had agreed to the arrangement for the good tflhe coiuitri/. Yet v. e must recollect, that Ministers have had many obstacles to contend with, in the introduction of liberal counsels into the Cabinet, < tnd they certainly deserve credit for good intentions. Petitions are to be presented to bot'i Houses dm- ine . \ • - i A r'i i) i-* \ r according Jo quality ; and a great many the present C ession on the part ot the Itoman Catholics, , , " .! , ' , *, i- i i • , • ' market would have found ready porch,"' but there appear very little clitirice ot ilicir'sucress at1 „ 0 Ii I it TIIS. At Tester House, on the 29th uliimo, the Marchioness of TWKERDALE was safely delivered of A soil. At Aberdeen, on the Ist curt. Mrs LUMSDEN of TTIwhilly, of a daughter, MARRIAGES. At Inverness, on the Sih inst. by the Rev. Thos. Fraser, COUN MUN- RO, Esij. Dingwall, to AI. ICE. eldest surviving daughter of tb. e itite Colin Munro, Ivq. of Grenada. At Montreal, Lower Canada, by the Rev. Mr Esson, on the 15th December last. W'II. MAW SOT**, Esq. to EI. IZA, eldest daughter of Captain William M'Culloch. At the Manse of Tain, oil Thursday the 2d. curt. JOHN DALLAS, ESQ of Carriacou, to Miss EI. IZ » IJAILLIE, eldest daughter of the Rev. Dr. Macintosh, of Tain. DEATHS. At Aberdeen, ontbeSihh ult. JOHN GILL, Esq, Advorate, in the 32d year of his age, after a short but severe illness, which he bore with patience and Christian resignation. He was a young man of great literary accomplishments, and exemplary character, and his mild, affectionate, and obliging disposition, had endeared him to his friends, and ail- a lio had the pleasure of enjoying his acquaintance. At Westburit, on Saturday the 4th inst, CHARLES, the in- fant son of Mr Chalnnys, Printer. On the 31st ult. the Rev. JAMES SMITH, Minister of Canis- by. in the comity of Caithness, ifi the 51* t year of his age, and 27ih of his ministry. He was much esteemed by his numer- ous acquaintances, as a Biblical Scholar, and a faithful Preacher of the Gospel ; and for his mildness of temper, sua- vity of manners, and hospitality to strangers. At the Manse of Lonmay, IIOIIINA CUMMINE, fourth and infant daughter of the Iiev. C. Gibbon. Near Kingston, Jamaica, on the 28th of October last, JAMES, eldest son of Mr Falconer, blackhills, near Nairn. At Gask of Cruden, on the 1st itist. Mrs CHRISTIAN SIMP- SON, relict ofthe late Mr Alex. Johnston, manufacturer, iu the 91 st year of her age. On the 23d ult. at Keithfield, Tarves, WILLIAM MIDDLE- TON, A. M. aged 24. some time Teacher in Aberdeen. At Montrose, on the 2,5t1i ult. HEBUY RENNT, Esq.; aged eighly eight ; much and justly regretted. At Nagapatain, on the 20ih August last, JAMES SMART, M. D. surgeon, in the Honourable East India Company's service, Madras establishment. At Glasj^ w, on the 26th ult. Mr JOHN DICK, student of Medicine, third son of the liev. Dr. Dick, Glasgow. icxrccTi x of irti r. uu . n l. ix. Yesterday, pursuant to <; en1eni'e p- i^ sed nt'Oti hint <'< l h-• STili December Inst by the High Court of . losticiioy it Ed- inburgh, Jl'iliiam Allan, from the parish of IWonqnhitier, suf- , fered in front of the Jail of this city, the awful but just penahy ! of the law, for the atrocious crimes of Murder and Kris! t ry. | The circutnstanccs attending this case were of an extraordin. ily , nature, aud maiketl very, strongly the ferocious character of i the culprit. This fully appears from the enormity of the ; dime committed, for the attainment of so insignificant : m oh- j ject as the possession of 3t> s. which he had seen in the hands i of ( he hapless vie im of his perfidy and cruelty, a drover of the | name of Alex. MTCav. This old man, between 50 and GO years of age, it will be in the recollection of our readers, hail travelled two days with Allan, who, under the mask of friend- ship, had induced him to continue journey in his company, until at a lone place, the Wood of Den of Ilotnie, the assasin I ncc.- tlhplished his horrible purpose, by means of a loaded horse- whip, with repeated iilows fr< in which, he fractured thesk- ull and otherwise wounded the peilon of the unfortunate M- K- iy. in so shocking a manner as that, although he survived about a fortnight, part of the time iu great distress, the poor man at last sunk under the weight of his sufferings, leaving a wife and destitute young family to lament the catastrophe, which had thus prematurely deprived them of their support. Soon after being brought back to this place, the criminal confessed his guilt, but without shewing any feeJiil'g of that compunction, the commission of a crime of such deep dye was so much calculated to produce. The zealous and peisevering labours of the pious Chaplain of the Jail, the Rev. Mr Tlioni, have been uniformly employed to overcome the lamentable apathy which the conduct of' the . unhappy criminal exhibited ; as well as to remove bis ignorance, in which latter lie had so far succeeded, as to bring him to read wiih tolerable readi- ness. Indeed, at one time, the anxious endeavours ofthe worthy Chaplain to awaken his conscience and arouse liitn to a sense of his danger, seemed to promise success, but the sequel leaves it doubtful, how far they had the desired effect. Un- moved by the awful situation in which he was placed, Allan about tlvee; weeks agn, shewed thnfothir thoughts than those which regarded his spiritual interest, occupied his mind, and that he meditated his escape from prison, which he then made an absurd and unsuccessful attempt to accom- plish. Several of his friends hav- since visited him, his interview with whom, especially his wile, a very interesting young wo- man, w ho fainted away on seeing him, seemed to aftVcl him for a short time : and the affectionate and tenner manner in which his younger sister addressed him on the necessity of pre- paring to appear before the great tribunal of his Almighty Judge, appeared to draw bis attention to this subject of the last importance. This favourable impression, however, was hut temporary, and seemed only to arouse him to another at- tempt at escape, the person who now attended him through the night, having found it necessary to give an alarm, in consequence of the violence of his behaviour. To traee the aberrations of his conduct and conversation from this pe- riod, were both painful and " unprofitable; suffice it to say, that both the worthy Clergymen, the Kev. Mr, Thom and Or. Kidd, who had for some time joined iu assi- duous endeavours to promote his eternal welfare, found their efforts fruitless, beyond any former example ; the wretched man seeming to give himself up to " a reprobate mind." The approach of death, however, wrought a favourable change, and the day before his execution, liisobdurate heart was so far softened, as to lead him to express his penitence fcr his past misconduct, and his earnest desire, that one or other of the two Clerygtnen might not leave him in the trying hour of adversity, hut administer religious consolation to liiin through the night. J The ltev. Mr Thom readily complied with his reqnest, and fondly chetished this spirit of devotion with which the dying man seemed to join in the several religious exeiciste, until morning, when the Rev. Dr Kidd succeeded him, rendering the like humane offices at this awful crisis. In the course of the night, and especially on hearing the wotkmen employed in erecting the scaffold, & c. his agitation was extreme, and siech the fear of death which had always haunted bis imagina- tion, that now, on its near approach, his resolution seemed almost entirely to forsake him, and he fainted while his arms were pinioned, and again when he leached the bottom of the stair, on his way to the scaffold. About five minutes lietore two o'clock the criminal, dressed in black, with weepers, entered the old Court- room, in which he took a seat, seemingly much agitated. On being asked by the Provost if he had any thing to say, he desired to ex- press his warm thanks to the Magistrates and " Clergy, as also to the Jailers, and some private families, who had been at- tentive and kind to him, as the unhappy man said, " beyond what he- could have expected." Part of the 51st I'sahn was then sung, in which Allan joined with seeming devotion, when Dr. Kidd gave a fervent and impressive prayer. The criminal was now conducted to the scaffold, attended by the Rev. Mr Thom and Dr. Kidd, and supported by some of the tpwn- serjeants. Here the prisoner, having been informed that there were no farther devotional exercises intended, ex- pressed his disappointment so strongly, that both the Reverend Clergymen, each in succession, offered up a short prayer in his behalf, although the Rev. Mr Thom was interrupted by the unhappy man falling into a faint, partly from great weak- ness. He then desired the jailer to come forward, aud on his coming near saluted him, and prayed God to bless him. And at eight minutes past two, the necessary preparations being completed, the drop fell, and he was launched into eternity, dying with little struggle. The body, after hanging the usual time, was taken down and conveyed to Ma rise It'll College, to be delivered to the surgeons for dissection, in terms of the sentence; and the crowd, which was not so numerous as was expected, quietly dispersed, William Allan was an athletic young man, in the 20th year of his age, and had been employed as a farm servant, in which capacity he conducted himself with tolerable pro- priety, until after his marriage, wlnn he took a croft, and occasionally was employed as a drover; but from the influ- ence of drink and loose company, he gave farther proof of that vicious and violent disposition which early distinguished his character, and from this'period he dated his misfortunes. Yesterday morning at an early hour, and, it is believed, at the precise time the apparatus of death was erecting iij the Castiegate for the execution of William Allan, the shop of Messrs Iiaird and Ellis, coppersmiths, was broke into. The thieves appear to have got access to the work shops by forcing a window which opens into Littlejohn Street; from this they made their way into the front shop, and broke open a desk there, wrenching off the lock, by means of a file, when they abstracted about £ 6, viz: 2 £\ bank notes, 1 Sovereign, and the balance in silver: and having obtained this booly, which seemed to be their sole object, as nothing e'se was missing, they went off* by the front door facing North Street, which, iu the seeming liuiry of their retreat, they left open. The Treasurer of the Poor's Hospital and United Fund, has received the following Collections, in the Quarter ending the 5th of February current, viz. ColleciiimsJ'ur 11 Sabbaths. The'TreasiitW of the Fifflinte tiSaefiy fias received L. I from Sir D. W. Smit*, Alnwick, by the bauds of Collector CAUJ'- JIKLI,. :. Miss FOIIEES, Ash grove, has sent, through the hands of Kaillie MILNE, the following seasonable donations T To the Ladies' Society for Clothing the Poor, - ' £\ To the Sick Man's Friend, - - 1 To the Coat Fund, - - - I To purchase coals for the poor prisoners, - - 1 Lady llamsiy ofllalmain has, W'iih her accustomed liberality, distributed a quantity of cloth among the poor children on the estates of lialtiiain and Fasqtte, & c. which has proved • season- able relief to uiany at this inclement season. Tuesday a young man of the name of MCRRAY, farm ser- vant at Fetterletter, in the parish of Eyrie, was brought into town aud lodged in prison, accused of the crimes of assault and rape, committed in the adjoining parish of Mpntquhitter. On Tuesday evening last, an old men of the name of Harry. a cattle drover from the neighbourhood of Stonehaven, was observed on the south road, near Pitmuxton, leading to the Bridge of Dee, iu a stale of intoxication; aud next day, his body was found iu a ditch by the road side, from which he hail fallen and been unable to extricate himself. Yesterday forenoon, a farmer and his servant,' after going into a Stable- yard in George Street, had uliyoked the horses and led them into the stable, but they had not been five minutes absent when, on their return, they found some dexterous thief had snatched up the seivaiu's new greatcoat, left in the cart, with which he had escaped, The public ought to he on their guard, as there is an extra- ordinaty quantity of bad silver, principally in shillings, in cir- culation here at present. Their execution is good, but their badness can at once be discuvered by tinging them. At the Bridge of Don tryst on Tuesday, there was but a small supply of cattle. Cows were iu request, and brought ood prices. Fat cattle also gave from 50s. to 60s. per cwt. more fhan were in the liters. For lean beasts West Church , .£ 39 5 4} East Church . 41 11 + College Church ,. .. . a I 3 H Footdee Church .. .. . 12 19 • ii Trinity Chapel . 28 3 H Union Chapel ... ... .. . 23 2 0 -£\ 6f, 4 7 West Church ' East Church '.""."*., College Church Footdee Church Tiinity Chapel Rev. Mr Bryce's tlo. ... St Paul's Chapel ... ... Roman Catholic Chapel Methodist, ( 2 Quarters) Quarterly Collections. '..£ 53 17 11 ,. ...-;.. 2i in" i* 15 9 7 15 12 12 16 0 20 II 3 4 2 19 H C, i H o G Q o -£\ 35 7 Naif Yearly Collection. Rev. Mr Angus Chapel ... ... ... Annual Collections. Rev. Mr Primrose's Chapel- 5 0 0 Itev. Mr Thom'oil's do. 5 O 0 Rev. Mr Spence's do. 5 O 0 Rev. Mr Hart's do. 5 0 0 2 10 0 20 0 0 Fl'Zihi'th Meiihint, flr Wii.- l t , nii'. m %!> nnn > 1 ... .! alone, in i h.' tM' III Old . Uicr. it nr. ilietl tin NtitMl. iv hist, -. 1,4 lint belly h- ckt tl tip ill In i c> it ". prolment by l. er in! ttn- n . During Monday night, the corpse was carried aw iv hv some persons who entered tin1 room by taking out the lower Sash of the window. The relatives, upon applying to the proper au- thorities, obtained a search warrant, to endeavour to recover the body ; when, after- an active and tedious search in various suspicious quarters, Mr JOHN 1' YI- E, Messenger, succeeded in discovering the remains of the poor woman buritd in a sack, about ti foot under ground, in it plou.- hed Held near ilie Ohl- town market stanre ; and the same was lihrnediuiely delivered to her friends for interment. ECHT, Feb. 2 — To our trvst ye- lerdav several lots of fine Cattle, many of them fat. were brought up j niosl 0/ theirt found a ready market, as the dealeis were numerous. Cows in calf sold wet! ; and the prices in general felt scarcely alt r depression. Nearly 40 guineas was refused for a pair of su- perior heifers, three years old. Some u > e year old slots sol 1 at £ H a head. STONEHAVEN. Jan. 31, 182G— Some weeks a to, a report was raised of a woman of the name of Calln rine Clark, from Menmuit, having met with her death hv the administra- tion of poison from a person in the Mearits. That report has now been strictly investigated by the public prosecutors of this and the neighbouring county. The woman's body has been exa- mined ; several witnesses who were tr ist hTe'y to speak to the facts have been precognosoeil ; and, otvtlte whole matter be* li£ submitted to the crown lawyets, tltey have reported that tbero is no ground for such an accusation against any one whatever, and thai farther proceedings tire unnecessary. Ii is a hardship such leports should be raised, and the character of individuals thus traduced, without its being in their power to find out the offenders, or to bring tlietu to punishment. The workmen have- begun to quarry the stones on the site of the intended harbour ot S: ouebaven ; unci masons are offer- ed liberal w- ages tn engage at the erection of the quays. A numer- ius an. l most respectable feeling of lite inhabi- tants of the town and county of Banff', was held at Banff; on Wednesday the 1st of February, for the purpose of Petitioning Parli. iment. for the immediate melioration of the condition of the Staves, and the speedy and gradual abolition of slavery throughout the British dominions. HOBKHT AtiKKciiniiBY, Esq. of Birkeubog, Ac. was called to the Chair, and several Reso- lutions were p issed, ami Petitions to both Houses of Parlia- ment unanimously approved of. ABERDEEN CORN M A IIKET, Feb. 10 Business in our Corn Maiket is quite at a stand ; there ara few buyers, and as the fanners a~ e stiil unwilling to submit to u rednctinn. few salts have been effected at our quotations. Pot a toe O its, 17s. fid. to 19s, Oil. Common Outs; ... 15s. 6", l. to 17a. 6d. Bear 20s. Od. to 24s. ( VI. Oatmeal, 15s. fid. to lfjs. 0.1. MEAL MARKET. Oatmeal in the Market on Thursday and Friday, 540 bolls, which sold from 14s. Od. to 16s. Od. per boll Re- tail price, 12d. to l ltl. — Bearmeal, 8d. to9J Sids, 9d. to 10d.~- Malt, 2s. 7d. Price of Provisions, in Aberdeen Market yesterday. — 1 c Pork, per lb. ... Sfii * 5tf Butter, Is 6d a Is lOit Eirgs, perdoz ... 9d a Os 10tl Cheese, p. stone ... 7s Od a Tallow, • ... 9v a 9s 6tl Hay, Quartern Loaf j Ocl Oatmeal, p. peck 13d a f4d Dearmeal, ... 9d a 10- 1 Potatoes, Is 4da Is 6d Malt, Beef, per lb. Mutton, Veal, ... ? s 7d 4,1 a St! 5d a 8d 4tl a Si! nay, • .. Is 2d a Is 4.1 Row Hides, per lb. 5d a t| il Coals, per boll, 5s Cvl NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Evander, Buliie, at Bathurst, river Gambia, 29tb Novem- ber, in tlmt^ < lays from Aberdeen, and suvenleeij, days from Portland Koad>, all Mill. Success. Hortrje, at Sfannate Creek, c2- 1 inst. from Tnesf^ t Castle Forbes, Old, at Madeira, 14ih ult. from Portsmouth, bound for Bengal and Calcutta. Betsey of Peteibead, Dutiiie, at Alicant, l* 2th ult. from London Enterprise of Peterhead, Laurie, at Malta, 20th Nov. from Newcastle. The brig Woodcock, of Aberdeen, Wemyss, sailed frnm St Petersburg for Liverpool, on the / 50 b of September, pas. v- ed the Sound downwards on the JOth of October, and not since been bean! of. A boat belonging to her was driven on shore near Stromstadt, in November. Starling of Peterhead, Keith, at Malta, 5d December, from Sunderland. On Wednesday last, a fine Hermaphrodite Schoonfcr, witl » an elegant gilded figured head, and registering 155 tons, was launched from the building yard of Messrs William Stephens & Sons, and wentinto her future element with uncommon velo- city, loudly cheered by a great concourse of spectators pre- sent, ATtlUVED AT ABERDEEN. Feb. 5.— Pearl, Watson, Newcastle coals; Edinbnrgh Packet, Noriie. Leiih goods, Mary, Puilip, Sunderland, . coals; Pomona, Clark, MacdufT, grain—> 4. Jason, > • Sunderland, and LUlie. Inverk- itbing, cools — 5. Ariel/ Haeburn, Wemyss, and Union, Mitchell, Sunder- land coals— g. Swift, Gordon, Sunderland, coals— 7. Liver- pool I^ acket, Re id, Liverpool; Superior, Duncan, London; Triumph, Find lay, do; and Heio, Connon, Newcastle poods— 8. Friends. Urquhart, Fraserburgh; Marchioness- of Huntly, Manson, Wick; and Two Sisters, Gray, Pitten- weem goods; Biothers, Reid, Peterhead, timber; Latona, , do. grain; liose, Robertson, do. oil; Mail}' Leigh- ton, Milne, Montrose goods; William, Kirkhope, Sunder- land, coals; Resolution, Kidd, Portsoy grain; Cossack, Mason, lsdale, slates ; Ocean, Gray. Wick* herrings; Jessie, Mackie, Fraserburgh, potatoes; Plough, Cowie, New- burgh, grain. S All. ED. Feb. ,7.— Euphemia, Paton, Wick, and Rambler, Watson, Peterhead goods— 7. Expert, fJo< ig. Ixmdon, and Murqim of Huntly, iMearns, Leith goods; Helen, * Levie, London, herrings; Mountaineer, Clark, Sunderland, ballast; Dili- gence, Gordon, Leith, goods; Aimwell, Morrison, Shields, and Acorn, Rennie, Sunderland ballast : Newcastle, L^ liu, Newcastle, goods ; Lord A. Hamilton, Massoa. London, stones; Edward, Linklatter, and Nevvburgh, Downie, Sun- derland ballast; Wellington, Gilbert, Hull goods; Em- peror Alexander, M'Kinnon and Waterloo, Reid, Sunder- land ballast ; London Packet, Davidson, Leith goods; En- terprise, Kelman, do. timber; Sir C. Banks, Baxter^ Lon- don, stones ; Diana, Black ; Hind, Davidson; Aria^ lno Collie : Mercury, Walker ; 13< diua, Philips ; Alfred, Cad- enhead ; Rebecca, i Linklatter: O^ stan, Cumming; anil Dove, , Sunderland ballast : Courier, Campbell, Glasgow, goods: Don, White, Hull, potatoes: Myrtle, Davidson, Burntisland, and JBounty, Gordon, Dundee ballast: Acorn, Mearns, Leitb, wine: Countess of Elgin, Still, Montrose, goods— 8. Cato, - Davis, Lundon, goods-— 9. Margarets, Logan, Wick, goods. Aberdeen Packet, Baniett, at London, 5th inst. TIDE TABLE r Aberdeen Bar.— Mean Time. Morning Tide | Kvening Tide U. 3H. 21) 51. 3 II. — 4- 1 a. 12. SunJav 4 — 1 4 — 18 13. Monday 4 — 37 4 — 57 14 Tuesday ... A 5 — 19 5 — 43 IS. Me. LNEMINY 6 — 9 r, — Sti lfi ' I hursday......... 4 — 12 7 — SO 17. Friday 8 — 32 9 — 13 MOON S AGE. Ffr.> t Quarter loth day, at 2h. 17m. Morning. ^ 324 2 ? A The Annual general meeting of the Operative Slater Society in Aberdeen was held on Thursday the 2d of February, in their Hall. George Street. After examining the treasurer's ac- counts, which were all found just and right, and their funds in a flourishing condition, the following ' Members were unani- mously elected OMce- bearers for the eusuiug year : — ALEX. COLLIE, Master. John Ruchan, depufe- ma » ter; James Anderson, treasurer; James Gray, and William Robbie, stewards ; George Milne, and James Scott, key- bearers; James Shanks, James Bucban, James Smith, and Angus Sutherland, assessors; George Nicol, clerk; Alexander Adam, officer. YVe understand, the Petitions to Parliament, for the Miti- gation and Abolition of Negro Slavery in the I3r, itibh Colonies, from the inhabitants of this city and vicinity, have been for* warded this week, most respectably signed, by nearly five thousand persons. We h^ ve " also been informed, that Peti- tions are already forwarded, on the same subject, from New PiitfHgo. R* JL, dvie, and Udny, and that many others are in a r. tate of forwardness from various towns a ad jmlahcs ii) this aud other counties in ih* north,' P 0 S TS C11 IP T. XiOHBON, PARIS, F » b. 3.— It is stated here, in the best circles, that the Duke of Wellington goes to Russia chit Hy for the purposu of obtaining the concurrence of the Empetor of Russia to a plan for placing the aft\ frs of Greece and Turkey under the* mediation of France aud Great Britain. I think you may re^ jy upon this statement. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, ni\ d family, still rc-\ main in Paris, where the Nob'e Duke has bees* remaining1, very quiet during the winter. We are happy to, hear tlleboalf!}. ofhisGcace is perfectly restored, j The. rage for enlarging Newspapers beypnj all reasonable, magnitude, has reached America., A New York Joumot thus speaks of ( he NaiLmiU faiL'I'i^ encer — ^ This paper, by, j \\ ie bye, has lately been enlarged, to a most formidable sizfv and now resembles tire mainsail of a man of war, about much as it does a new spaper of 20 years ago. It almost n^ ke*. one's arms ache to open it !" -. The health of Earl Grey ha » been renovated, by ^ r^ y q, two years' residence in the mild and genial climate, pf Devon port. The Noble Eail was in his place in the llons^ \ Lords on Thursday. We understand that the health of the Emperor of Aqsjriair in a declining" state." He has lj^ eu advised to take up his re- sidence at Florence, for the vake of breathing hi* natal, ai . The malady u ith which his Majesty is a( H < ted . irises an at - i fe- tion Of the pylorus, which has manifested itself by external ; symptoms. ' Hie Itnperial Government will he confined to n | Council of Uegercy at Vienna, under the v, OMcjcuQ of one of » the Arvhdufces, — Mornin" Paper*
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