No* 1039.] Printed for J, BOOTH, Jun. Chronicle Court, Queen Street. mS Mm<: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1826. [ Price TO COUNTRY PRACTITIONERS. HHHE Members of the Medical Profession in general, and gtfitlemen practising in the country, or provincial towns in particular, me respectfully informed that a New Series, of the LONDON MEDICAL AND PHYSICAL JOURNAL has lately been com- menced, on a plan calculated to render it extremely useful. The first part consists of important CASES occurring at the HOSPITALS and other Public Institutions, illustrating the prac- tice adopted by the most eminent professional men in the Metropolis. These cases are frequently accompanied by practical remarks and illustrations; and being obtained either through or with the im- mediate concurrence of the gentlemen by whom they have been treated, their accuracy may be depended upon, No case is publish- ed until it be completed, as cases of the same lurid are classed to- gether, so as to illustrate different methods of treatment, and to enable the reader to judge of their comparative efficacy. The second part of each Number consists of Critical Analyses, and Notices of recent Publications ; of CoUeetane, consisting of copious Extracts from Foreign Journals, & c. arranged according to subjects, as, Anatomy, Physiology, Practical Medicine, Sec. & c. add Intelligence, which department is allotted to short notices of tlhj Diseases prevalent in London, new Regulations which concern vither Practitioners or Pupils, Monthly List oi' Books, B. JMI iaiWrna- tum of every kind interesting to the Members of the Profession. No. 1 ( with an Engraving atwl Wood- cut), contains Cases of Cerebral Affections, illustrative of the different points in Pathology, treated at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, at St. George's, at the Middlesex, and at the Hotel Dieu in Paris, by prs. P. M. Latham, Chambers, Hawkins, aud Ricamier. Cases illustrative of the different Forms and correspond ing. Treat- ment of Rheumatism, by Dr. Chambers and Dr. Macleod, at St. George's Hopital, and at the Westminster Dispensary. Cases of Strangulated Hernia, illustrating different circumstances, by Mr. Travers, Mr. Brodie, Mr. Shaw, and Mr. Boyle, treated at St. Thomas's, St. George's, and the Middlesex Hospitals. Cases of injury of the Spine, by Mr. Jeffreys, treated at St. George's Hospital. Cases of Inflammation of the Veins, with observations by Mr. Guthrie, treated at the Westminster Hospital. . Paper on the Nervous Circle, by Mr. Charles Bel!. . Critical Analysis of Mr. Travers on Irritation ; Mr. White on Hydrophobia; Dr. Mills on the Brain ; Dr. Scudamore on the Stethoscope ; and of the Repertoire General d'Anatomie; with a variety of articles under the head of Collectanea and Intelligence. No. 2 ( with two Wood- cuts), contains Cases with Observation on Ulceration of the Bowels, by Dr. Hewett, Physician to St. George s Hospital. Cases of Rhumatism, by Dr. Chambers, an) continued from the preceding Number. Cases illustrative of different methods of treating Sloughing Ulce- ration, by Messrs. Travers, Green, and Rose, treated at St. Thomas's Hospital, and at the St. James's Infirmary. Case of Aneurism, in which the Femoral Artery was divided into two equal trunks, which again - united ; with remarks and a wood- cut, treated at the Middlesex Hospital, by Mr. C, Bell. Case of Uterine Hemorrhage, in which Transfusion was unsuccess- fully tried, by Mr. Jewell, at the Middlesex Infirmary. Case of Ovarian Tumor, in which an attempt was made to ex- tirpate the parts, by Dr. Granville, at the Westminster Dispensary. Documents connected with Vaccination, ( with a wood- cut,) taken from the Records of the Royal Metropolitan Infirmary for Children. Observations on the Specific Properties of Diseases and Medicines, by R. Allen, Esq. Besides the usual proportion of Critical Analyses, Collectanea and Intelligence. No. 8 ( to be published on the 1st of September, with an En- graving), will contain Cases and Observations by Mr. II. Earle, • St. Bartholomew's Hospital ; Mr. Brodie, Mr. Jeffreys, Dr. Jleweti, and Dr. Young, of St. George's Hospital; Mr. Babington, of the Lock Hospital; Dr. Hawkins, and Messrs. Bell and Shaw, < 1f the Middlesex Hospital; Mr. Chevalier and Dr. Macleod, of the Westminster Dispensary; Mr Higginbottom of Nottingham, and M. Dupuytren and Sauson, of the Hotel Dieu, Paris. Critical Analyses aud Notices of Dr. Paris on Diet j Dr. Alison on JSympa- tlty ; Dr. Bostock's Physiology; Mr. Fawdington on Melanosis ; Dr. Barry on Absorption, See. with copious Extracts under the de • partment of Collectanea, and various articles of Intelligence. The Numbers are published on the first of every Month, each contains at least ninety- six pages of letter- press, and is illustrated by Engravings and Wood- cuts when occasion requires, price 2s. 6d. Published by J. SOUTER, 73, St. Paul's Church Yard ; and to bf* hid of all Bookseller's and Newsmen in Town and Country, THE ABERDEEN GAS LIGHT COMPANY REQUEST, that such of the Consumers as have not yet settled theii accounts, will do so 011 or before Wed- nesday the 13 th curt, otherwise their supply of Gas will be with- drawn. . By order of the Directors, GEO. DUNCAN, MAMAGEK. Alerdeen, Sept. 1, 1828. [ Not to be repeated.] HAY. AFew Cargoes, about 50 Tons each, of fine up- land MEADOW HAY, commonly called Horse Hay, deliverable at any Port on the East Coast of Scotland— conditionally, that a proportion of OIL CAKE is taken to ballast the vessel, which Cake shall be delivered at the very lowest current price. It is intended that a considerable part of each Cargo shall be in Bales of from SO to 40 Stone each, very hard pressed, for the con- venience of inland carriage. Sample to bo seen at the Weigh House. Al3o, 50 Hhds. line fresh LINTSEED, for feeding, deliverable at Aberdeen ; four hhds. of which is esteemed fully equal in sub- stance to a ton of Oil Cake. Yen Ejsgg of superior PORT WINE, in Bond, Vintage 1820. WALTER it EUR Y. Skene Terrace, Aug. 30, 1826. TO SURGEONS AND DRUGGISTS. TO be disposed of, the SHOP FURNITURE, all lately fitted up, of an old established retail Drug Shop, in' a most centrical part of the town, along with an excellent assortment of GLASS BOTTLES, of a superior description, with Gold Labels, almost new,, and a complete stock of DRUGS, with entry to the Shop immediately. The person, who takes the Shop and Shop Furniture, will not be required to take more of the Shop Bottles and Stock than what suits him : and the whole, or any part, will be sold on such terms as to render it an object to any person wishing to commence business. For farther particulars, apply at the office of this Paper ; if by letter, free of postage. A TIMELY WARNING TO ALL THOSE WHO AKE LIABLE TO TOOTH- ACHE. NO W O PE y. At TILK PUBLIC ROOMS. GIWFFIBRKWCT nmttrMmm?^**** ™ -.? ™ - MR. BSEHAIS, SURGEON DENTIST, FROM EDINBURGH, BEGS respectfully to call the attention of the Nobi- lity and Gentry attending the ABERDEEN RACES to the im- portant subject of the TEETH and GUMS. The most wholesome and beautiful of these have often been destroyed by inattention, and diseases of a most excruciating kind thereby produced, viz. Tooth- ache, Rheumatism, & c.-— To avoid and discover a remedy for these, has long been the unremitting attention of Mr. B. on the Conti- nent as well as in this Country ; and he would humbly presume to say, that he is now in possession of such knowledge and prepara- tions, as, if attended to, will not fail to preserve the Teeth and Gums, and cure Tooth- ache and Rheumatism. Mr. BREKAM sets ARTIFICIAL TEETH, the enamel of which is not destroyed by Fruit or Acid on tbe stomach, as most others are, arid cannot be observed from natural ones after being an hour in the mouth.— He also cleans TEETH, and gives those who em- ploy him directions how to presesve them for many years. Mr. B.' s mode of Drawing Teeth will be found to be very easy and safe. N. B.— Mr. B. will undertake to show to any one, that many of the diseases to which mankind are liable, proceed from the Teeth and Gums being neglected. 11, UNION BUILDINGS, Aberdeen, Aug. 31, 1826. £ alc on SALE OF A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF NEW AND SECOND- HAND BOOKS, ATLASES, MAPS, PAPER EOOKS, & c. tljts © aj). AGENCY OFFICE, UNION STREET, ( ENTERING AT NO. 2, BROAD STREET.) VALUABLE COLLECTION OF GALLERY AND CABINET PAINTINGS, To le Sold, hy Auction, Tula Day, 2d Sept. HMACSWEIN lieos respectfully to inform the • Nobility, Gentry, and Public, that the PAINTINGS ailud t', 1 to in former advertisements having arrived, they will be ofiered for Sale Tins DAY, Sid September. This'interesting collection is chiefly old, and by the first Mas- ters ;— among which will be found, very line specimens by Van- tli/ che, Paula Veronese, Wouvermans, Peter Bloot, Adrian Van Ostade, Palamedesz, Broers, Schalchcn, fyc. < yc. The Painting* may be seen, and Catalogues ( price Gd.) may be had, at the llomns. Several GUNS, a beautiful Or- moln TIME PIF. CE, and a l. w articles of Sheffield PLATED GOODS, will be sold the i awe day. Sale to begin at 12 o'clock. There will also continue to ix? exposed for sale, by private bargain, au extensive consignment of FANCY GOODS, Chiefly in the Stationery Line; together with a few valuable BOOKS, in elegant bindings; a complete aud original copy of Hogarth's Works, with Notes explanatory of the subject of each I Hate; Euro| iean Scenery; * number of London- bound Ledgers and Memorandum Books, all sizes; Gilt and Embossed Paper and Vards, in various fancy colours; Fire Screens; Card Racks; Ladies' Albums; Morocco Port Folios; Russian Writing Cases; Work Boxes; Crayon Paper ; Bronze and Ebony Ink Stands ; Backgammon and Chess Boards; Sets of Pearl Counters and Ivory t liess Men ; Drawing Materials, See. & e. On Monday the 4 th September, there wilt be sold by Auction, a i assortment of the best ( although not most extensive,) SILVER PLATED GOODS AND JEWELLERY Ever offered for sale in this place: consisting of Silver Plated Candlesticks and Branches, Silver Waiters, Spirit and Cruet Frame*, Tea Sets, Jug Stands, Snuffers and Trays, Sec. fee Fine Gold Seals and Keys, Gold Ear Rings aud Finger Kings, Broaches and Pins, Neckla- ies, Gilt and Silver Watches, & c. To be seen This Day, at the Rooms. AGKXCV OFFICE, No. 2, Broad Street. THE WOODS OF THE FOREST OF BllAEMAR, IN THE COUNTY OF ABERDEEN. " WERE are now for SALE various Lots of WOOD in this Forest, which have been divided, so as to suitall purchasers. There are on the side of the river Dee fifteen or sixteen lots, containing from THREE HUNDRED TREES up- wards, some of which could again be subdivided, if purchasers in- cline. The trees from these lots are easily floated down the Dee. Some of them contain trees of considerable magnitude, fit for any Viiui of purpose. Besides the lots on the side of the river Dee, there are six lots for sale on the Water of Quoich, which runs into the Dee ; and these lots not being of so large timber as some of the others, will answer for various country purposes. The lots which have been sold are now in the course of being cut down by tbe purchasers. Patrick Gurdonat Anchendrien of Braemar will attend any per- ,00 wishing to inpsect the lots with the view of purchasing, and M ill give every requisite information relative to the woods. Air. John luues, land and wood surveyor, Aberdeen, lias examin- ed the woods— formed them into different lots— and will give every neneral information wanted. Particulars of the several lots for sale— the price asked for them— the terms of payment— and every other information with tbe view to sales of the different lots, will l> e furnished on » 1> I> 1>" « John Ewing at Aberdeen; Mr. Archd. Young at Banff; Mr. John Archd. Campbell, C. S. Edinburgh ; and Messrs- l » gl » and, Wen', Edinburgh. Ou Monday the 4th September, and following evenings, commenc- ing precisely at 7 o'clock, there will be sold, by auction, in tbe Exchange Court Sale Boom, Union Street, \ N extensive and valuable collection of BOOKS, in the various branches of Science and Literature— comprising several very scarce Works : with several ATLASES, latest edi- tions ; and a great variety of Large fine Coloured MAPS ; also, a large assortment of PAPER BOOKS, ruled and plain. Catalogues are ready for delivery at the Sale RoUm. p! M'LEOD, Auctioneer. Exchange Court, August 23, 1826. SALE OF PROPERTY IN SHIPROW, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Upon Friday 29th September next, there will be exposed to sale, by public roup, within the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen, twixt the hours of 0 and 7 afternoon, HPHAT TENEMENT of LAND, back and fore, under and above, with the Close and Pertinents, lying on the east side of the Shiprow of Aberdeen, which formerly belonged to Mr. Ninian Johnston, Merchant in Aberdeen ; all as presently possessed by William Smith, Merchant; Alex. Fyfe, Meal Seller ; Miss Agnes Itigli*, and others. This property is not burdened with any feu- duty, and if fully set, will produce an yearly rent of about .£ 40 sterling. For farther particulars, application may be made to Mr. A. Webster, Advocate in Aberdeen, with whom, those having Claims against the said Miss Agues Inglis, are requested to lodge the same previous to the day of sale. Abertleen, 29th August, 1826. S& aU on MR. ABEUDEIN has the honour of announcing that, in consequence of the highly favourable opinion \ frith which theMrs. AKERDEIN'S compositions have been honoured in Edinburgh, he has been induced to ppen the exhibition in Aber- deen. He, therefore, begs leave y » solicit the attention of the Nobility, Gentry, & c. to the PAP Y RU'SE U M; OK, ASSE8BLAO* OF MODELS OF PUBLIC CHARACTERS, Costume and Customs ofDifferen^ Nations, Historical and Domes- tic, Horticultural and Landscape. This Assemblage, at once novel in its plan and unique in its exe- cution, comprises upwards of On. Hundred and Thirty Specimens, among which are tbe following MODELS :— An Equestrian Statue of the Duke of Wellington— Alexander, Emperor of Russia— Buonaparte, late Eiliperorof France— The Don Cossack, who was ia London in 181S— A Russian B- jsr..— Children'* Ice llill in Rus- sia, ami coming down iu fci- jd^ i— B> » . s1. m » Queen of tl « . Gipsies— Au English Ballad- si,< ger, - well known in London— A Flower Girl in London— Monks and Nuns of various orders— Palanquin of Madeira— Chinese Torture— Costumes of Spain, Por- tugal, Madeira, Switzerland, Russia, Iccland, East Indies, and China. Admittance Is. OPEN FI'. OM ELEVEN TILL SIX. Catalogues at Is. and at Cd.— Tickets for the season, ( not trans- ferable), 5s. Oil, CAKE, FOR FEEDING CATTLE. THE SUBSCRIBER has just landed, ex t! ie Hoop, from Rotterdam, a large supply of superior LINTSEED CAKE, which will be sold Wholesale and Retail, on the most reasonable terms ; and for tbe accommodation of Carriers and others, there is lodged a quantity in the Weigh House, where it will be had, on applying to Mr. Paul, Storekeeper. LESLIE CLARK. 57, Broad Street. TO BE SOLD, BY PRIVATE BARGAIN, rpiIAT centrical and extensive PROPERTY in JL East North Street, and Peacock's Close, with the HOUSES thereon, having all tbe Back Ground from the Roman Catholic Chapel to North Street: lets well, and is in complete repair.— No Feu- duty. For further particulars, apply to Mr. Webster, Advocate, or the Proprietor, James Corbet, shipmaster, who will shew the premises, and give any information required. N. B Part of the purchase money may remain on the Property, if desired. Aberdeen, August 15, 1826. SALMON FISHINGS. GREAT REDUCTION OF RENT. There will be let by public roup, within the Hall of the Ship- master Society of Aberdeen, upon Wednesday tbe 13th day of September next, at two o'clock afternoon, unless the same shull be previously let bit private bargain, TWO HALF NETS' SALMON FISHING ON Nether Don, which, together with the Fishing in the Sea at the mouth of the river, corresponding to each, will be put up se- parately, at. a great reduction of Rent, on a lease of Three Years, from the Term of Andermas ensuing. Farther inquiry may be made of Alexander Gibbon, Advocate in Aberdeen, in whose hands ftre the articles of ronp. QUEBEC TIMBER AND STAVES. JUST landing, cx brig SHAKESPEARE, Capt. GOLDIE, from Quebec and Montreal, and will be exposed to sale hy public roup, on Saturday, the 9th September, at 11 o'clock fore- noon, upon the ground where it lies, at the back of the Bou- Ac- cord Whalefishing Co.' s Boil- yard, 81 Pieces WHITE OAK," from 20 to 50 feet in length. 82 Pieces large ELM, ... 85 to 53 35 Pieces do. ASH, ... SO to 48 ( One piece 4- 8 teet long, and 19 inches on tbe side.) 7 Pieces large BUTTERNUT. 1 Piece do. BASS, 44 feet long, 11 inches on the aide. 1 Piece MAPLE. 9 Pieces HICKORY. 26 Pieces YELLOW PINE, in short lengths. With about Two Standard Thousand PIPE, BITANNRM; T, HHD. and HEADING STAVES ; and Six Dozen HICKORY HAND- SPOKES. A considerable part of the Oak is of that description generally required by Cartwrights, being quite clean and free o! knots. W. ROSS, Auctioneer. Aberdeen, 25tfi Aug. 1826. SALE FOR BEHOOF OF CREDITORS. There will be exposed to sale, by public Toup, within the Lemon Tree Tavern, on Thursday the 14th day of September next, at 6 o'clock in the evening, HP HAT PROPERTY in JOHN STREET, lately JL belonging to William Smith, Merchan t in Shiprow, and now to his Creditors— consisting of a Dwelling Hon^ e, and separate range of Weaving Shops, with a Starching Lof'fc above- The Property is quite new, and well tenanted; and the whole will be disposed of so as to afford a handsome return to the purchaser* Apply to Messrs Ewing and Robison, Advocates^ ia whose hands the title- deeds and articles of roup may be seen. B A N K S H A It E S. TO BE SOLD, I^ IGIIT SHARES of the ABERDEEN TOWN A and COUNTY BANK, together or separately. Apply to John Fleming, Advocate, No. I, • Marisclial Street, Alierdeen. BUILDING MATERIALS FOR SALE. To be sold, liy public roup, within the New Inn, upon Thursday, the 7th t. ay of September, at three o'clock afternoon, rpHE MATERIALS of those HOUSES, South J- Side of Union Street, lying between the Foes of Messrs Lyall aud Hay. They will be put up in two lots ; the first being the Dwelling House next to Mr. L jail's, at the west end of the area; and the other, comprising the small Dwelling Houses and Work Shops, at the east end. The whole must be removed on or before the I st day of October next. Application may, iu the meantime, be made to Mr. Foulerton, Secretary of the Aberdeen Town and County Bank, T T DESIRABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE, IN TIIE VICINITY OF ABERDEEN. Upset Price reduced to <£ 3,600 Sterling. There will be exposed to sale by public roup, within the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen, upon Thursday the seventh day of September next at 2 o'clock afternoon, ( if not previously disposed of by private bargain), 1I1E M ANSION HOUSE, OFFICES, GAR- DEN, and GROUNDS of V1EWFIELD, delightfully si- uated, within a mile and a half of Castle Street. The Mansion House is substantial, elegant, and commodious, anil, with the Offices and Garden, would afford every comfort and convenience to a numerous family. The Grounds consist of about 43 acres of arable land, besides an artificial lake, and about 6 acres of thriving wood. The whole are tastefully laid out, inclosed aud subdivided by stone fences. The House commands an extensive and interesting view of the town and harbour ; and the roads upon the property, aud in the neighbourhood, are convenient aud in good repair. A place of residence, possessing so many local advantages, is rarelv in the market; and such an opportunity may not again occur, to those on the Outlook for a snug property of the description. If not sold in whole the property will be exposed to sale in three separate lots, as follows, viz.: — LOT 1 VIEWFIELD, ' consisting of the Mansion House, Offices, Garden, 23 acres, 31 falls, pr thereby of arable land ; and 3 acrcs, 3 falls, or thereby, of planting ; marked on the plan, No. 2. 3. - 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. and 9 Upset price, .£ 2,300 Sterling. LOT 2.— SPRINGFIELD, consisting of 11 acres, 2 roods, and 12 falls, or thereby, of arable land ; and 2 acres, 2 roods, and 36. falls, or thereby, of planting; marked on the plan, No. 10. 11. 12/ 13. 14. 15 and 16 Upset. price, £ 1,130 Sterling. LOT 3 That part of the Lands of Viewfield, being lot 10th of Kepplestone, lying on the east side of the road leading from the Alford to the Deeside Turnpike, including the Yard adjoining Joseph Tait's feu, containing 8 acres, 1 rood, 2 falls of arable land, a i laid down in the plan Upset price, .£ 570 Sterling. If sokl, part of the price may remain with the purchaser for years; and if not sold, the Mansion House, Offices, Garden, and what Land may be required, will be let immediately, with access at Martinmas first. Apply to Messrs. Alexander Smith, Advocate, 96, Union Street; or Alexander Stronach, Advocate, 31, King Street; either of whom will afford the requisite information to intending purchasers, and treat for a sale, or for a lease, iu the event of the subjects not b. ine sold. The Creditors of the said WILLIAJI SMITH are requested to lodge their Claims in the hands of Messrs Ewing and Robison; to whom those Indebted to the Estate will please order payment. Aberdeen, Aug. 21, 1826. STEAM BOAT, OF ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY HORSE- POWER* FOB SAIiE, BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, NOW building at Aberdeen, to be Launched in January next, and completed for sea early in May follow- ing. Length of Keel, 136 feet— on Deck, 150 feet— breadth with- in the Paddles, 26 feet— clear hold, 15 J feet— having two Engines of 70 horse power each, constructed on the most approved princi- ples and of the best materials, with malleable Iron Shafts, Con- necting Rods, & c. The Subscribers having erected an extensive Establishment for constructing MARINE and other ENGINES, are building this Boat purposely for inspection and sale, as a specimen of their work. She is thus early advertised, to afford intending purchasers an op- portunity of inspecting her Hull and Materials ; the timber is of ex- cellent quality, perfectly squared, free from sap and well seasoned, having been in the frame for the last four months, and as she is partly planked, will be best seen at present, or during the months of August and September. In the event of an early sale, the Vessel may be completed and her Cabins finibhed in any manner to suit the views of a pur- chaser. Any farther information may be obtained ( if by letter post- paid) by applying to JOHN D UFFUS fr CO. Chain Cable, Anchor,- and Steam Engine Mumfacturers; Aberdeen, Aberdeen, July 28, 1826. FIRMAN Addrp « ecl1> y ttiVSirrrAN to Ore C* snt'- CovsTA"?£ T?; sjr< OTff. f. find by which the DISSOLUTION of the JANISSARIES was declared •.— " Excellent Eftendi, Cadi of Constantinople'; * * - Every Mussulman knows that kiamism aifesits maintenance to the mildness and the purity of its principles, and that the Mahometan- power is indebted for its increase, which embraces the east and the west, only to the victories armies of the believers, who are always ready to combat the enemies of the Faith. The Mussulmen, those warriors who believe in one only God, being necessarily divided from the beginning into dliferent corps, the first institution of tins Sublime Porte, which may God preserve to the end of time ! was that of the Odschak ( corps) of the Janissaries. But your Sublime Sovereign has remarked, that the Janissa- ries, who had formerly gained so many victories, and conquered so many countries by their courage in attack, and above all by their blind obedience to the orders of their piaster, had insensibly degene- rated, and become cowardly and mutinous : That these troops, in the wars which have been carried on for this century past, have des- pised the orders of their chiefs— have been seized with consternation from the slightest causes— have spread terror by false news— quitted their ranks, and shamefully fled before the enemy, abandoning to them the fortresses and provinces : That during this time the ene- mies of the faith, considering this degeneracy and cowardice as equally to be attributed to all Mussulmen, did not cease daily to im- portune us with fresh pretensions and demands; On the other hand, considering that the whole nation- is bound by law to arm itself with the zeal of the faith, and to find means to resist, under the auspices of religion, the enterprises of the enemy ; that it has convincingly shown in the late wars that the enemy owed his supe- riority only to the exercise to which his troops had been accustomed ; that since the wars of 1202 ( 1787), attempts have been twice made to introduce that exercise into the army ; that the corps of Janis- saries has shown itself unfavourable to the military manoeuvres; that it liaa disapproved, and always opposed them ; and that several sovereigns, who deserved to live as long as the world, have been the victims of the obstinacy and the ferocity of this corps. " In this state of things a General Council has been convoked in the palace, from which the decisions of the law should emanate; the august Viziers, the learned Ulemas, the Redschalf ( Ministers of State), and the Chiefs of the Janissaries themselves, were sum- moned to it. It was considered that the suspension of the Janissa- ries, who were an ancient corps, had never been thought of; that, however, they had long since been in the habit of Sometimes obey- ing, and sometimes exciting sedition, as their caprice dictated: that they persisted in their ignorance. Lastly, that the enemies whose eyes were always upon us, seeing our position, had conceived, the idea of attacking us on all sides. <( The holy union of the laws having been convoked in the Council, a noble Fetwa, the emanation of the light of the law? and accompanied by a Hodschet ( legal document,) signed by all the Members of- the Council, proclaimed the following decision — " With a view to revive the word of God, and to render vain the stratagems by which the infidels have obtained their superiority, the Mussulmen also on their side— " 1. Shall arm themselves with the zeal of the faith, and shall submit to subordination. " 2. Shall learn the military exercise, which is the only means of resistance to be employed under present circumstances ; and lastly, in order to obey the general wish and public voice of the nation, the corps of the Janissaries, without any change in its ancient sta- tues, and without any infringement of its privileges, shall furnish 150 men from each company, to be incorporated with the new exer- cised troops known by the name of Muullem I> kindief ( disciplined infantry). ik In consequence of this decision notice was given to the Janis- saries, that every individual who should oppose the execution of this measure, unanimously adopted, whether by acting or speaking against it, should be punished with all rigour of the laws. The enrolments were begun, arms and uniforms were distributed, and order was given last week to begin the new exercises. All these preparations were at the expence of the Treasury. But, without regard for the commands of religion, or the orders of the law, the Janissaries arutinied during the night of Thursday last, attacked the PpJace' of their Aga, and even the Sublime Porte, the Palace of the Grand Vizier, and several others ; and after having plundered these residences they cut in pieces with a knife a Holy Book ( the Koran), wherever they found it, and committed a thousand exces- ses, crying, ( We will not have any exercise.' " The Janissaries, therefore, having respected neither the Divine Law nor its organ, nor the Sublime Porte, nor the Ultimas— hav- ing dared, with sacrilegious hands, to turn against the most exalt- ed power the arms which have been delivered to them by the Law of the Prophet— and having thereby shown, that they have neither faith nor religion, have beeome the object of general execration. ; Immediately the respectable Muftis, retired or in office, the noble Kadileskeers ( Supreme Judges in Europe and Asia), the au- gust Grand Vizier, the learned Ulemas, whose number may the Almighty increase to the day of the resurrection, the ofReers on duty, and all the other Mussulmen, hastened to the Imperial Palace, brought thither the Standard of the Prophet, to which salutation and prayer may be addressed, and then went to the mosqne of the Sul- tan Achmet. Thence they sent criers into all parts of the city, to invite all good Mussulmen to come and place themselves under the Standard of Mahomet. Though the number of the faithful, who immediately, and with zeal, obeyed this summons, was universal, the seditious persisted in their detestable design, and occupied the place of assembly, which was become the threatres of their iniqui- ties, the only object of which, was to effect the total ruin of the Ot- toman Empire, to make the State fall into the talons of the enemies of the Faith, and to tread all good Mussulmen under foot, " Under such circumstances, the law commands blood to be shed without mercy. An armed force was therefore sent against them, their barracks were burnt, and the Omnipotent God punished them for their crime, by bending their heads under the sword of the law. . As it was positively known that seditious and ill disposed indi- viduals, and other corporations, had secretly excited and supported the revolt of the Janissaries, preparations were made to make them undergo the same fate. All these events have produced a convic- tion, that the institution of the Janissaries, the original principles of which were bravery aud obedience, had, in process of time, assum- ed a very different character, and was now founded on perversity and insubordination, so that the title of Janissary, the name Yolda- set ( comrade), and the badges of this corps, had become the shield of all those worthless individuate who wished to domineer over honest men. " It has happened, that among those who have been arrested and executed on this occasion, wretches have been discovered, who had marked on one arm the sign of the 75 Orta, and the Cross of the Christians, a certain proof that men of all sects had enlisted among them, and that there were always wretches among them, who, un- der the Mussulman habit, concealed the character of spies. It has been observed, that whenever proposals have been made to them to purge their corps, by the expulsion of this vermin, they have always made the greatest resistance and that it has never been possi- ble to recal them to the © bjeet of their primitive institution, so that the men of honour among the Agas, and other commanders of the> r corps, could no longer eontyoul them. As it has been thus, as it were, pointed out with tiie finger, that their amelioration was im-; possible, and that there was absolutely no means of making them useful, we have this day, by the unanimous ad/ ice of the respectable Muftis, of the noble Kadiieskeers, of the august Viziers, of the learned Ulemas, and of all honest men heartily devoted to the Go- vernment aud to religion, assembled for the public good under the Sacred Standard, in the 3&> sque of Sultan . Achmet, changed the name of the Corporation of ^ he Janissaries, and given another form to their ancient statutes. . " The name of January. shall no longer' ^ xistin. their . stead a sufficient number of troops shall be reorganised, uhder the name of Assiklri, mansuri i Muhamedic," ( victorious troops of Mahomet,) who will serve the state and religion with honour, And in future will know how to meet tbe enemy. The actual possesaii of the Land sehak of Hudawendikiar ( Brussa,) is appointed their General- in- Chief, and shall have bis residence in the Palace of the Aga ot the Janissaries. This Palace stall, henceforth, be called only the 1' a lace of the Scraskier Pacha; and the barraaks and guard- houses shall be occupied only by his troops. The titles of Aga Of the jAnia- sarics, Aga of Catar, and Aga of Buloe, are entirely abolish- ed. The latter Aga of the Janissaries is raised to the diguitv • f Capidgi Batch! ( Chamberlain), w ith the rank ol. Emiri AbJr El vet ( Chief Equerry), and the late Kill Kyavassi ( Lieute* aut of the Aga of the Jauiesartcs) is adjoined to the Si- raskier l'acha, with the title of Mii- i Mirain ( Pacha of Two Tails) ; the Zagariiseha Batch! ( Chief of the'Ho. mds) ; and the Sampon Iscl/ Baschj ( Chief of Ihe Keepers of the Bull- dogs), are appointed Gipidgj Basehi. The other Officers known by the name of Bu. lak Agoltti ( Generals of Cavalry), who have remained faithfni to die Gov « rn ment, are raised to the dignity of Silahors ( Equerries) ; iu short every one has received, according to hit rank, marks of the impe - rial munificence. Those who have hitl-.- rto occupied the place oi yajabuluk mutissarini ( popvessors of military benefices or forms), shall be considered henceforth equal to the other Zaiiu ( boldi-. r.. 01 - military. fiefs, in j^ j quality of Dcqolte Alie Ywieklvfsi ( irremuv .. ble Dignitaries), tad tin^ lojeA * eiW able office, under the Snbliuie Porte. " fur the Janissaries, who liaWi. in their hand* assighmenA for pay or daily allowances, thqy shall continue to enjoy tliein, w itli out uny diminution, for the remainder of their lives, under tiie shadow of the ever charitable protection of the Sublime Porte, by means of sealed bms, which they arc to present and have registci • ed. It may be relied upon that injustice thai) be done to nobody. Thus tbe Mussulman people, great aud small, the Ulemae, and the members ufthe corporations— in a word, the whole Mussulman na- tion will form, henceforward, only one body, All must consider each other as brethren- in the faith ; no disunion, no misunderstand iug must prevail among them. The great lhust look upon the little with commiseration, and the latter show respect to the great, 111 a word, all must be united, as long as it shall please the Almighty to accomplish the great work of the new system, which has been unanimously chosen and adopted, chiefly with a view to glorify ac- cording to the will of the Holy Law, and to diffuse the word of the protecting God, and to animate the religion and the law of the prince of the prophets. Beware of permitting dnv person what- ever to dare to sjieak or act iu a contrary manner, or to oppose the decrees of the Government. If this should happen, know that the resolution to employ with the aid of God, the sword of the lair, is already taken, and that every thing necessary will be done to carry it into execution. " As all these measures will be announced in Rninelia and Ar. a- toila, and iu the whole empire, by a particular firman, you will summon tbe Imaus of the quarteri tvhieh arc nilder your direction ; you will acquaint them with the state of things, and'furnish them with authentic copies of the present tirnian, that each of them may read it in the mosques and places dedicated to prayer. You will signify, and will explain to the people, that the sole cause of the dissolution of the Janissaries is the necessity and wish to vivify reli- gion, to fortify the Ottoman Powers, aud to ameliorate lslamism ; that for this roason the statutes of that corps have been changed, and put in their place exercisjd troops, under the denomination of victorious troops of Mahometthat no reduction will be made iu the pay of the late Janissaries ; that their assignments will be punc- tually paid during the life of the possessors. Yon will iiivite all those who have tbe faith, and are submissive to God and to his holy book, to address thanksgivings to the Supreme Being for this happy event; to live tranquil miller the protection of the most powerful Padischah, who is the shadow of God On earth, and not cease to im plore, with him, the benediction of heaven. Lastly, you will in- form them, that whoever shall maintain the contrary, will lie pu nished \ u tllis world . and in the other. " Yotl will, therefore, watch with the greatest attention over this, aud whatever concerns the commands of the law. " The 11th ZekWi, 1241—( iCth Juac 1826.;" ABEKDEEX AUXILIARY SliSSIONARY SOCIETY. On Monday the 21st uit. the annual meeting of this Society was held in Dempster's Hjjl, the Rev. DAVID CaimKN, D. D. in the chair. After priytr by the chairman, the Rev. Mr; Me a RAY read the Report / or the last year, which detailed tiie exertions of the Scottish jtfisssionary Society only, the report of the London Society saving not vet reached the Committee. The Rev. Di. DIE tfSOK, of Edinburgh, rose to move the first resolution ; though Hot very far advanced in life, he recollected the time when no such Societies existed, and when only one obscure individual was em- ployed as a Missionary by the Society for propagating Christian Know- ledge in Scotland. By and by, however, the feelings of Christians were touched, they were urged on in the cause of the extension of the gospel; aud now the London and the Scottish Missionary So- cieties were in extensive operation, supported by Auxiliaries iu all parts of the empire. The proceedings of the Loudon Society not being before the meeting, he would confine his observations to the operations of the Scottish Society, The Rev. Gentleman then en- tered into a detail of the different stations of the latter, in Bombay, Jamaica, and Russia, In the West Indies, they had one Missionary ( Mr. Blyth) in Jamaica j but if additional Missionaries would come forward, they had several stations in view, which pf- esented good hopes of success* Mr. Blyth, who was himself originally au Antiburgher, and now of the United Secession Chtii'ch, wrote, that none but Missionaries of the Established Church of Scotland had much chance of suceess : there they did not like, the Dissenters ;— he ( Dr. D.) did not mean any Reflec- tion on this respectable body by stating this, but did it merely to show how matters really stood. It was extraordinary, then", to think, that while there were so many preachers and probationers of the Church of Scotland, none had offered their services to go on this God- like errand. Tbe lley. Dr. concluded hy stating the many claims which the Society possessed on the benevolence of the meet- ing. The Rev. Dr. THOMSON, Footdee, and the Rev. Messrs, TEMPLETON, SIMPSON, PENMAN, and MACKECHNIE, severally moved the resolutions and addressed the meeting.—- The Rev. Mr. FOOTE, iu moving thanks to the chairman, took occasion to observe on the good- will which his reverend fatlier bore to the canst?, ex - emplified in his presiding that day under ao hruch sickness and bodilv infirmity.— Dr. DICKSON—" I cheerfully second the motion. And" ( bowing towards the venerable chairman,) " As your day i. s, so may your strength b'e. May the joy of the Lord be your strength. 1' Dr. CRUDEN then pronounced the Apostolic benediction, and the meeting separated, FATAL DUEL.— The principals in the affair near Kirkcaldy, the fatal termination of which We mentioned in our last, wen, George Morgan, junior, Esq. banker in Kirkcaldy, and Davi. l Landale, Esq. tanner, there. The parti s met on Wednesday morning at six o'clock, in Cardon Den, on the est; te of Raith, the former attended by WV Mille, Esq. and the latter 1 y Lieutenant Milne, R/ N. Two medical gentlemen were also present. Hav- ing taken their ground, at the usual distance, they fired, when Mr. Morgan, received his adversary's ball iu the left bi\ ast, audit*. stant'y expired. His body was brought ij his own house about an hour after. Mr. Landale and his second have, we understand, left Kirkaldy. Precognitions were taken during the day ; and as the causes which led to this melancholy rencontre will become the subject of legal investigation, We must decline giving publicity- to the statements which are in the mean time current.— We have au- thority from the friends of the survivor Co state, that measures are taken to bring forward his trial as early as the forms of coui t will admit of. Mr. Landale will most readily present himself before a jury of his country so soon as a day shall be appointed ; temporary absence being only intended to avoid unnecessary confinement. Stonehaven, Aug. S4.-— On the morning of Sunday, the, 13th instant, an old Woman was apprehended and lodged in jail, accused of having stolen from a carrier's cart, during the preceding night, two parcels containing gloves, & c. She calls herself Dolly Menzies, and when taken into custody appeared to bt* the, wor& e of liquor. We understand she is committed for t£ ial « Abbroath, Aug. 17.— We have pleasure in announcing that Alex. Smart, Esq* of Connonsyth, with praiseworthy liberality, last week, brought into this port a cargo of fine oatmeal, which he sold at prime cost, giving all his trouble and risk gratis. This act of philanthrophy, in the present distressing ti- mes, will not soon be forgotten by the inhabitants of this town and Forfar. CATTLE SHEW The Highland Society Itave appointed the 27th of next month for the Great Cattle Show and distribution of premiums in the city of Glasgow, This shew is expected to be the finest and most extensive of the kind ever witnessed in Scotland, and will, we have reason to believe, be very numerously attnwleti by Noblemen ajyt Gentlemen from all quarters'of the Couutrv. BI1AZ1LS, ft io JANEIRO, . Tune 10.— The fall owing is a copy of a treaty of Commerce concluded between the Brazils and France, which has just been published : — In the name of the Italy and Indivisible Trinity. His Majesty the King of France and of Navarre, and his Ma- jesty the Emperor of Brazils, wishing to establish and consolidate political relations between the two crowns, and also of commerce and navigation between France and the Brazils, have resolved upon the present treaty of amity, navigation, and commerce, for the common interests of their respective subjects, and for the reciprocal advantage of the two nations* By this act, his Majesty the King of France and Navarre, in his name, and that of his heirs and suc- cessors, acknowledges the independency of the Brazilian empire, and the imperial dignity in the person of Don Pedro the First, and his legitimate heirs aud successors. The two sovereigns, conform- able to these principles, and to this end, have named as their pleni- potentiaries, viz. His Majesty, the King of France and of Navarre, the Count de Gustas, Knight of the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour, French Charge d'Affaires and Consul- General to Brazil : and his Majesty, the EiVvperor of Brazil, their Excellencies the Viscount St. Amara, Grandee of the Empire ; and the Viscount de Paranaga, Grandee, of the Empire, & c, Who, after1 having exchanged their full powers, which they found ia good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles: Article 1. There shall be constant peace and pel petual friend- ship between their Majesties the King of France and Navarre and the Emperor of Brazil, their heirs and successors, and between their subjects ami all territories, without exception of persons or places. 2. His Most Christian Majesty, and his Imperial Majesty, agree to grant, the same favours, honours, immunities, privileges, and exemption from dues ami burdens, to their Ambassadors, Ministers, aid accredited agents to their respective Courts, according to the loims of usage ; and whatever favours one of ( he Sovereigns grants in this respect at lijs Court, the other obliges himself to grant also. 3. Each of the contracting parties shall have the right to appoint Consuls- General, Consuls, and Vice- Consuls, to such of the ports Or cities of the other's territory as may be required for the re- spective subjects, excepting in the ports or cities where the high contracting parties would deem the presence of such agents useless. 4. The Consuls, o* whichever class, duly named by their respec- tive Sovereigns, shall not enter into the exercise of their functions Without the previous approbation of the Sovereign for whose states, they bhali be appointed. T. liev shall enjoy in both countries, as riiuch in their own persons as for the exercise of their functions, and the protection they owe to the * subjects of their Sovereigns, the same privileges that are or may be enjoyed by the Consuls of the most favoured nation. 6. The subjects of each of the high contracting parties shall en- joy, in all the extent of the other's territory, the utmost liberty of conscience with respect to religious matters, comforrnably to the system of toleration established and practised in their respective countries. 6. The subjects of each of the high contracting parties, in obey- ing the laws of the country, shall enjoy in their persous, throughout the territories of the other, the same rights, privileges, favours, and exemptions, which are or may be granted to the most favoured nation. They may freely dispose of their property by sale, ex- change, notion. They may freely dispose of their property by tale, exchange, donation, testament, or any other way, without difficulty or obstacle. Their houses, properties, and effects shall not be seized by any authority, against the will of the possessors ; they shall be exempt from all kinds of military duty ; they shall not be bound to pay any kind of contribution to any extent above those which are paid by tlie subjects of the Sovereign in whose States they reside. They shall not he liable to arbitrary visits and searches, nor to any examination or investigation of their papers or books under any pretext soever. It Js understood, that in cases of trea- son, contraband, or other crime, which the laws of the respective country mention, the visits, searches, investigations, and examina- tions, are only to take place with the assistance of the competent Magistrate, and in the presence of the Consul of the nation to whom the ace used party may belong, of the Vice- Consul, or his delegate. 7. In case of misintelligence or rupture between the two Crowns ( which God ever forbid !) which case will not be reputed to exist but after the recall or departure of the respective diplomatic agents, the subjects of each of the high contracting parties reading in the dominions of the other may remain for the arrangement of their affairs or to trade in the interior, without being molested in any manner, so long as they conduct themselves in a peaceable manner, and commit no breach of the laws. In case, however, that their conduct should render them suspicious, they shali be called upon to tpiit the country, with liberty to carry away with them their pro jk- rt. y in a delay which shall n- t exceed six months. 8. The individuals accused in the States of one of the contracting parties of high treason, felony, or forgery, shall not be admitted, or receive protection, in the States of the other ; and that this clause may restive its full execution, each of the other sovereigns engages to expel" Horn his states the accused, so soon as it shall be so required bv the other. Each of the hi: r* i contracting parties also engages not to re- ceive wilfully in his States;- and not to employ in his service, the subjects of the other, who wv;* Hild be deserters from the military or naval service ; but that these si.^ 1 he seized and given up when claimed by the respective Consuls or . Vice- Consuls. 10. There shall be reciprocal liberty <* f commerce and navigation between the respective subjects of the hfjS*. contracting parties, in French as well as Brazilian vessels, in all ports, towns, and territories belonging to the high contracting paries except where foreign participation is positively forbidden ; with thT^ nderstanding, that whenever tiiese places are open to other nations, shall be equally so to the subjects of the two powers. 11. In consequence of this reciprocal liberty and commercc- navigation, the subjects of the high contracting powers may re- spectively enter wiah their vessels all the ports, bays, and anchorages of the territories belonging to each, discharge the whole, or part of their cargoes, load anew, and export. They may reside, hire houses and warehouses, travel, trade, open shops, transport pro-, auctions, metals, and moneys, and direct their own affairs them- selves, or by m » ana of their agents, as may suit them best, without the interventiau of brokers. Are excepted the articles of warlike contraband, and those reserved to the Crown of Brazil, as also the coasting trade from port to port, consisting of indigenous produce, or foreign already imported for consumption, which trading shall only be carried on in national vessels ; the subjects of the high con- tracting parties being at liberty, however, to load their goods and merchandise in the said vessels, on paying the customary dues. i 2. The vessels of each of the contracting parties shall not pay in the anchorages- of each other's territories, as tonnage, or any other denomination soever, any duties but such as may be paid by the most favoured nation. 13- The high contracting parties agree upon the declaration that j- hall be considered as Brazilian vessels such as may be constructed and possessed by Brazilian subjects, and whose captain, with three- tourths of the equipage, are Brazilians; this last clause, however, sh. dl not be in vigour in ca^ e of impossibility of manning with Bra- zilian sailors, provided that the owner and captain he Brazilians, and that the papers of the vessel be iu due form. In like manner tre to be considered French vessels such as will navigate and are possessed according to the laws existing in France. 14. All the productions, merchandise, and articles soever, which are produces and manufacturers of the territory and industry of his Christian Majesty's subject", imported from French ports to those of the Brazils, iji French or Brazilian vessels, shall pay gene- rally and solely the same duties that are or may be paid by the sub- jects of the most favoured nation, conformably to the general tariff of the Custom- house, which Ui. this end shall be promulgated in isll the ports of the Brazils where custom- houses are or may be esta- blished. It is agreed that in speaking of the most favoured nation, that of Portugal is not to serve as a term of comparison, even should it over be privileged in Brazil in matters of commerce. 10. It is well understood that whenever the French production* cf agriculture or industry will have no determined value fixed in the Brazilian tariff, their expedition through the Custom- house shall b? made by a declaration of their value, signed by the party who imports them ; but in case the Custom- house officers charged with the levyiug of the duties should have cause to suspect this cviduation of being defective, they shall he at liberty to take posses- vA sion of goods so evaluated, by paying ten percent, above the evalua- ^ r tion, and this in the course of fifteen days, from the first day of the detention, and on returning the dues paid. 10. All the articles of production, manufacture, and industry, it the subjects of his Imperial Majesty, sent from the Brazilian to le French ports, in Brazilian or French vessels, and dispatched for mmrnption, shall pay generally and solely dues that will not ex- * ^ ceed tho. e which are actually paid according to the French tarilf^ ' being . sported in French vessels. ^ 17. It is likewise agreed that it shall be permitted to the respective ' ! Consuls to make representations whenever it will be proved to them that an article in the tariff has been overvalued, so that such repre sentations be taken into consideration with the shortest possible de- lay, without any stoppage being thereby occasioned in the expedi- tion of the goods. V^ l 18. His Imperial Majesty grants unto the subjects of his Most Christian Majesty the privilege,- of signing at the Brazilian Custom Houses; and, on the other hand,' it is agreed that the Brazilian subjects shall enjoy the tame privilege in France as far as the laws will permit. 1All the productions and merchandize directly exported from the territory of one of the high contracting parties for the territory of the other shall be accompanied with certificates of origin signed by competent officers of the Custom House at the port where the embarkation takes place. The certificates of every vessel are to be numbered progressively* and joined with the Custom House seal to tbe iwmifevt, which mu- t be certified by the respective Consuls, in order to be produced to the Custom House of the landing place Ju the ports- where there will neifhev- he Custom- House nor Consul? the origin of the goods f- huil'be legalized wild certified by the local authorities. 30. / U1 the production* and merchandizes from the territory of j h o¥ the hi" h contracting parties, which shall be dispatched om their respective ports for re- exportation, or re- shipment, shall ! pay the same duties as the subjects of the most favoured state. 21. If it happen that one of the high contracting parties should be ; at war with any power, nation, or state, the subjects of the other may continue their commerce and ^ navigation with those same states, excepting with such cities or ports as may be blockaded by land or by water, & c. 22. In order to give the most efficacious protection to their re- spective interests, the two high contracting parties agree not to re- ceive pirates in any of their ports, & c. ; and also to apply all the . igour of the law to all such as are conviqted of piracy, and all in- dividuals residing in their territories who may be convicted of cor- • espondence or participation with them. 23. If any ship of war or trader belonging to the two States jhould be wrecked on the coast of their respective territories, every possible assistance shall be afforded them for the preservation of their persons and effects. The objects saved shall not be subjected to any customhouse duties, except when used as imports for consumption. 24. The high contracting parties agree on the expediency of es- tablishing- a direct communication between them by means of packet- boats. A special convention shall regulate this service. 25. The stipulations of the present treaty shall 1 e perpetual, with the exception of the 12th, 14th, 15th, ! 6tb, 17th, and 20th tides, which shall have force during ten years, from the date of the ratification hereof. 26. The ratification of the present treaty shall be exchanged at Rio de Janeiro in the space of six months, or sooner if possible, from the date of the signature hereof. Concluded at Rio de Jaueiro, 8th January, 1926. ( Signed) Le Comte DE GESTAS. Viscount DE ST. AMARO. Viscount DE PARANAGUA. EMIGRATION- REPORT FRONT THE SELECT COMMITTEE OP THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Your Committee arc induced to consider, that the following im- portant facts have been established by the evidence which they have collected for the information of the House First That there are extensive districts iu Ireland, and districts England and Scotland, where the population is at the present r* % V. moment redundant; in other words where there exists a very con- siderable proportion of able- bodied and active labourers, beyond that number to which any existing demand for labour can afford em- ployment. That the effect of this redundancy is not only to reduce a part of this population to a great degree of destitution and misery, but also to deteriorate the general condition of the labouring classes. That by its producing a supply of labour in excess as compared with the demand, the wages of labour are necessarily reduced to a mini- mum, which is utterly insufficient to supply that population with those means of support and subsistence which are necessary to se- cure a healthy and satisfactory condition of the community. That in England, this redundant population has been in part supported by a parochial rate, which, according to the Reports and evidence of former Committees specially appointed to consider the subject, threatens, in its extreme tendency, to absorb the whole rental of the country ; and that in Ireland, where no such parochial rate exists by lav/, and where the redundancy is found in a still greater degree, a considerable part of the population is dependant for the means of support on the precarious source of charity, or is compell- ed to resort to habits of plunder aud spoliation, for the actual means of subsistence. Secondly— That in the British Colonies in North America ( in- cluding the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward's Island), at the Cape of Good Hope, and in New South Wales, and Van Diemen's Land, there are tracts of unappropriated land of the most fertile quality, capable of receiving and subsisting any proportion of the redundant population of this country, for whose conveyance thither the means could be found at any timej present or future. Thirdly—- that while the English, Scotch, and Irish evidence, taken before your Cominitte, appear to establish the fact, that this redundant population is practically found to repress the industry, and even sometimes to endanger the peace of the mother countryj the colonial evidence, which has been taken by your Committee, uniformly concurs in the opinion, that the industry and the safety of the colonies will be materially encouraged and preserved by the re- ception of this population. The unemployed labourer at home ne- cessarily consumes more than he produces, and the national wealth is diminished in that proportion. When transferred to new coun- tries, where soil of the first quality of fertility is unappropriated, and where the rate of wages is consequently high, it will be found that he pro luces infinitely more than he consumes, and the national wealth will be increased by the change, if the colonies are to be considered as integral parts of the nation at large. If the foregoing position be correct, your Committee feel justified in recommending the subject of emigration to the most serious and deliberate consideration df the House, as one obviou9 and immediate measure for correcting, in some degree, this redundancy ofpopula- tion, and for mitigating the numerous evils which appear to result from its existence. But in the prosecution of their examination of this most important, and comparatively unexamined subject, they have not had either the time or the opportunity to perfect that scope of inquiry, which would justify them in offering to the House any Specific recommendations, with respect to the manner in which it might be convenient to make any experiment of emigration on an extended scale ; they therefore propose to limit themselves to an ex- position of the principles by ivhicli the examination of the evidence taken before them has been uniformly directed, and to a short enu- meration of the points which have formed distinct objects of in quiry. * They hav? considered that no system of emigration could be re commended to theatre tion of Parliament which was not essential- ly voluntary on the part 6?> i. e emigrants, and which did not relate to that part of the community "\ t£ jch may be considered to be in state of permanetit pauperism. Th^ y also consider, that it would be in the highest degree desirable that any >^ pense incurred for the purpose of emigration, to be contributed from national funds, should be ultimately repaid : so that no gratuitous expenditure should be necessary, except in cases which might justifiably be made excep- tions to the general rule. It is true, the emigrations carried into effect in 1823 and 1825, under the superintenddftcfi of Mr. Peter Robinson, were supported by Parliamentary grants of lttouey, for which no repayment was pledged ; but those emigrations were ne- cessary for the purpose of experiment, and the justification of em- ploying public money for that purpose was specially pleaded, on the ground of their being experiments which were necessary to pre- cede any more extended scheme. The principal, if not the only, objections which were raised against these experiments, rested on the ground of the expenditure of public money which they involved being unrepaid. Your Committee, therefore, did not pause to consider the ques- tion, whether the benefits which might be expected to accrue, both to the mother country and to the colonies, from a measure so cal- culated to benefit both parties, would be sufficient to justify an out lay of national capital; but they proceeded to satisfy themselves with respect to the actual expenditure incurred in the Emigration of 1823 ( which, as an experiment may be considered to have entirely succeeded), and to ascertain whether an equal or a less expense in- curred in subsequent emigrations could be coupled with arrange- ments to supersede the necessity of any national outlay without re- payment. The number of emigrants sent out in 1923, was 182 men, 143 women, 67 boys between fourteen and eighteen, and 186 children under fourteen, forming together an aggregate of 568. The ex- pense actually i? icurred for this emigration amounted to .£ 12,593 3s. which was at the rate of £ 22' : I : 6d. per head ; the estimate on which the vote was taken, w as at the rate of .£" 80 per family taking the proportion of a man, a woman, and two children for each family. That estimate had been calculated with reference to the following details :— a man .£ 35, a woman <£ 25, two children .£ 14 each, forming a total of .£ 88, from which a deduction had been made of a little more than nine per cent, on the supposition that a combined emigration would be found to be Jes9 expensivi than an individual case; hut the total absence of all previous pre- parations, and a high rate of passage, carried the actual expense beyond the estimate. It will, however, be obseryed, with respect to the emigrants actually sent out, that the men were beyond the proportion estimated; if that proportion had been preserved, the numbers would have been 142 men, 142 women, and 284 chil- dren, consequently the actual expense would have been £ 12,496 instead of ,£ 13.347, and in that case the positive excess over the estimate would have amounted to .£ 1136. Various reasons hav induced your Committee to make the calculations at the rate of <£ 20 per head ; in making their calculations at that rate, which has pe- culiar relation to the colony of Upper Canada, your Committee beg it may be distinctly understood, that an opinion is not expressed that an emigration might not be carried on to Upper Canada at a still less rate of expense ; for by taking the proportion ia each family at three children, which your Committee have reason to believe would be found to be a more accurate proportion than two children to each family, the expense . would necessarily be reduced in propor- tion. But your Committee are also of opinion, that previous arrange merits, contracts " upon an extended scale, especially if made for i series of years, and order and method introduced into the whole of the system, would enable a less sum to efiect that which has been actually effected in the case of the emigration of 1823, where no facilities existed, except in the assistance of the local government of Upper Canada, and in the zeal and exertions of the superintendant, Mr. Peter Robinson Your Committee would also observe, that the calculation of ex- pense must necessartly vary in every different colony; it would 1 diminished in Lower Canada, in New Brunswick, in Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward's Island; but if £ 80 be taken as the maximum expense necessary to coixey one mini one woman, and two chii dicii, only to Upper Canada, and if th? evidence should show that that maximum" can be repaid, if follows, a fortiori, that inor expense can be repaid with greater ea<: • any With respect to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, the distance naturally creating so much additional expense in the passage, the calculations applicable to North America in no degree whatever apply to these Colonies. With respect to the Cape, the only emi- ation contemplated has been an emigration of labourers rather than of colonists ; which equally makes the calculation of Upper Canada inapplicable to that colony. Your Committee have supj> osed that the sum of £ 80 could be raised on an annuity of <£ 3 10s. 9d. for sixty years, interest being taken at four per cent. ; and under the supposition that such an annuity could be raised, their inquiries were directed to the question, whether, supposing that the payment of such an annuity for the first seven years were secured, the situation of the emigrant head of a family would be such as to enable him to undertake the payment of this annuity for the remainder of the period, in liquidation of the debt contracted for him for his removal from the mother country to the colon}', and this without any pre- judice or inconvenience to himself; it being provided, as a necessary collateral arrangement, that he might redeem that annuity at any time on the common principles of redemption, thereby freeing his land from the charges which otherwise would contingently attach to An examination of the evidence before your Committee will show that a large majority of the evidence which has been obtained on this subject is in favour of such a repayment being practicable, and that there would be little difficulty in collecting it, provided it Were to be clearly explained that it was in the nature of a repayment of a debt contracted, rather than in the character of rent for land. It will also be found to be generally stated, that in the case of an emi- grant leaving the land at the expiration of seven years, when the repayment by the terms of the proposition would commence, the improvement of his cultivation for seven years would make the land itself an adequate security for such repayment. It may be necessary to mention in this place, that, with respect to the sum advanced by the emignnt, your Comniirtee never con- templated an actual repayment of money to be transmitted to Eng- land, but a payment which should be applied in the colony for purposes which it is now necessary to defray exclusively from the funds of the mother country. In pursuing the subject in this point of view, your Committee were not only influenced by the considera- tion of the advantage of securing a practical repayment of any money which might be supplied from the national funds fox* this national object, but also by the conviction that the industry of the emigraut Would be more effectually stimulated and confirmed, by subjecting him to the repayment of the greater part of the debt incurred, the particulars and nature of which debt could be distinctly explained to him previously to his being received as a candidate for emigration, and which debt, if it be duly analyzed, will not be found to differ in principle from any other debt which may be incurred by any in- dividual for the object of bettering his own condition and that of his family. The inquiries of your Committee were then directed to the con- 6ideratie> n, whether the payment of the annuity for the first period, namely, seven years, could be obtained from those parties at home who were specially benefited by the removal of the redundant popu- lation. Your Committee feel it hardly necessary to observe* that the cases of England, Ireland, and Scotland, essentially differ from each other in this respect. In England, the poor rate affords an immediate fund which can be made applicable to the repayment of any expenses increased for emigration : the evidence of Mr. Hodges, the Chairman of the West Kent Quarter Sessions, is so copious and satisfactory upon this subject, that your Committee have only to call the particular attention of the House to it; and although Mr. Hodges' observations are limited to a particular district- in Kent and Sussex, it will be found that thd principle will apply generally to any part of England where a redundant population is found to ex- ist. In Scotland a poor rate exists, though so modified by local circumstances, and 60 varying in its practical execution, as to make it very doubtful whether it could be made applicable in the same manner as the English poor rate for such repayment. In Ireland, the case is entirely different; nothing in the nature of a poor rate exists by law ; and, therefore, voluntary consent on the part of the proprietors of ' and towards any contribution for the purpose of emigiation, must there, as well as in Scotland, be indis- pensible. In the case of Ireland, where 6uch voluntary contributions were made by individuals, or by local assessments to which indivi- duals might be consentient, the principle of voluptary consent still remains necessary as part of the measure. Your Committee, there- fore, beg to call the particular attention of the House to the very mportant evidence which they have received with respect to the state e> f that country. It will be found uniformly stated in that evidence, that the evils of pauperism are not less felt in Ireland, in consequence of the non- existence of a parochial fund for the support of the poor ; all the attributes of the most unbounded pauperism are to be found there; mendicancy, with all its train of evils, occasional outrage, habits of idleness, even in those for whose labour some demand exists, and a character of destitution and misery pervading all the lower classes of society. It is also to be observed, that in a pecuniary point of view an indirect burden is imposed upon that part of the country where a redundant population exists. Your Com- mittee therefore trust, that the most deliberate attention of the proprietors of land in Ireland will be called to this subject, and that they may be induced to make voluntary contributions for the purpose of emigration, as a relief from those burdens which though not legally imposed, are yet found practically to press upon them from the superabundance of the pauper population. ( To be concluded in our nextrJ Jfttgcdlaiuoug Xe& g* IN ADVENTURES OF AN ENGLISH OFFICER GREECE. ( From the New Monthly Magazine. J ULYSSES' CAVE. I joined Trelawney and Fenton a9 they were sitting together con. versing, on the battlements; and, not knowing of Fenton's arrival and seeing him in the Greek dress, with which his dark counten ance and fine features well agreed, I thought he was some Suliote or Albanian captain, who had been in our service in the Ionian Islands. His physiognomy, though handsome, did not please me, On my remarking to him how well he spoke English, he answered, " I am English, or at least Scotch, Captain H " Oh, then I replied, " you are Captain Fenton and cordially shook him by that hand, which was afterwards stained with the blood of his avow- ed friend and companion in arms ! One feels naturally prepossessed in favour of a countryman whom one meets in a distant land ; and Fenton'a lively manners tended to promote confidence and friendship but we have now too dearly proved, and Trewlawney nearly fatally, that be was a most accomplished, specious villain. He was in the habit of roaming about the mountains alone, night and day, and was the most active fellow I ever saw. Though swift of foot my self, and no bad mountaineer, I was not at all a match for him. and none of the Greeks themselves could equal him. He was covered with scars ; how got, Heaven knows, though he said he had received them in Spain ; and that he had joined the 23d Light Fusileers when only fourteen years old ( shortly before the siege of Badajoz), as an ensign. One of hid brothers, a captain in the same regiment, he stated to have been killed at the assault, and that he himself was thrown back over the chevaux- de- frize and stunned by a blow from the butt- end of a musket. He represented his father to be a gentleman who had an estate in Lanarkshire. The romantic story of the attempt to murder him, alluded to in Trelawney's letter, was nothing more than a specimen of FentonTs inventive powers. I believe it never took place. He had certainly been wounded by the peasants with stones ; bnt this was nothing more than a punish- ment in- licted on him for indecent conduct to one of their women. Trelawney had made one campaign with Ulysses in Negroponte, and his actions had been worthy of his English blood. Ulysses* nid, if he were supported bj a thousand such men, he would go to Con stantinople. In the evening * ST learnt Ulysses Was on his march from the camp, and was then at the town of Dystonia ; and Fen ton and myself determined to go early the next morning to meet him. whieh we accordingly did. The' chief welcomed me with his usual warmth, for I was a great favourite with him. His camp was now broken up and hrs troops dispersed ; for, he said, he could not support men on his own resources, while those of other captains in the same cause received pay and supplies from the existing government. He had retained with him, for the present, few more men than his body- guards, which consisted of about fifty of his most faithful followers. I had brought him letters from Prince Demetrius Ipsitanti, which mentioned tlie shortly expected arrival of his brothe Prince Alexander, in the Morea, ( though he is still a prisoner in Austria), and proposing to Ulysses a plan of co- operation. Ulysses spoke of Prince Demetrius with great esteem for his devoted pa triotism and integrity of character ; and asked anxiously after Col Stanhope, for whom he had a great regard. Fenton appeared most devoted to Ulysses, who also seemed to repose great confidence in him. Shortly after Fenton's first arrival at Mount Parnassus, Trelawney accompanied Ulysses to the Morea, leaving Fenton in command of the cave. In one of his usual solitary rambles', he said he was accosted in tolerable English by a person in the dress of a peasant. Surprised at the circumstance, he entered into conversa- tion with the stranger, who concluded by offering him ten thousand dollars if he would take possession of Ulysses's fortress, and deliver it up to the government. Fenton immediately despatched a mes- senger to inform Ulysses of the affair, who wrote back to his mother to express to Fenton his thanks for his fidelity, and to tell him. that if at any time he might want money, he had only to say so. and he should be supplied to any amount. When Fenton was after wards with the eliiefat Salona, he pretended that he saw the in- dividual who had tampered with him, well dressed and mounted. Ulysses desired him instantly to take horse with some men, and pursue him ; but the chase was, of course, unsuccessful. To return to the cave at the time of my visit. How distinctly do the strange remembrances connected with it, arise in my mind As the evening closed, we sat, enjoying our pipes, on the battle- ments overlooking the steep below, while Trelawney and Ulvfcse conversed in theiis. trange language, which might have almost passed as a new dialect. It was composed of Italian ( not exactly the pure Tu=? c. in) mixed up. with - m- h wnr. h: of CneV And Eir- Veh 3S j they had acquired of each other ; Fenton, the while, with his dark restless eye glancing beneath his white turban, would- sit or walk about with a joke or a laugh. Beneath, Were seen groups of soldiers and peasantry, who tenanted the nnifterotrs caverns in the fr'jr-' rounding rocks, cr formed'- rude huts ( ft trees afrd branches, under the protection of the fortress ; and often the eagle, proudly soaring, would skim the high vault above us, his strong pinions smiting the air audibly as he rushed along. " It made you pause, and glance your eye • vTosee what movement was on high." At night the mildly- refreshing breeze blew from the mountain's side, and we lay on our couches placed in a rockv niche, and enjoyed its coolness. Alas ! though reposing on sacred Parnassus, the Muses did not reveal themselves to us, as they were wont in this their ac- customed haunts. Nevertheless, we were not destitute of works hich they had inspired ; and among our little library was one of the productions of the great Scotch romancer, " St. Ronan's Well." recollect that one night when I could not sleep, I finished, by lamplight, the last volume of this novel; then gazed upon the fires, just visible in the distant plain, which showed the halting-- place of Turkish parties of horse going from Negroponte to Dervish Pacha's camp. These wandering bands recalled my though is to my owu adventurous and unsettled life. England, it is true, affords not such wild and stirring scenes; but then 1 missed the delight of social intercourse, and, above all, the bright eyes and lovely forms of my country women. Lord Byron has said, and ofr^ u, in youthful re- verie, had I echoed the wish :— " Would that the desert were my dwelling- place, With one fair spirit for my minister !" And now I had grown to manhood, and in the wilds of fiery climes had made myself a home ; but that fair spirit, where was she ? I looked to the rocky balcony— beauty dwelt there, but devoted and conceded. In one of our rambles about the country, Ulysses showed us a rge piece of marble, with a bas- relief representing his famous predecessor of the same name, in his disguise of a beggar, being cognised by his dog on his return to Ithaca. It was the intention of Ulysses to have this interesting specimen of autique eculptor tran- iported to the cave. EMPLOYMENT FOR THE POOR. The following is a copy of a private communication, addressed by the Earl of Elgin to Dr. Chalmers: Jiroomhall, t* th Aug. 1825. My DEAR Sin— In consideration of the growing embarrass- ments of the manufacturing population in my own neighbourhood, as well as in other places, I have thought this a fit opportunity for attempting a partial introduction of some general improvements in agriculture ( sanctioned by the successful experience of some highly cultivated countries), which will furnish beneficial employment for a greater number of persons in farming than are usually occupied in it in Great Britain, and which, in this way, are applicable iu mitigation of the distress before us, while, at the same time, they would open up the prospect of advantages of the highest national importance. I have accordingly circulated the suggestions, of which I inclose & copy. The purpose more immediately before me was to find occupation for the manufacturers, thrown out of employment, and that of a nature free from the Objections to their habits and feelings, to which direct charity necessarily is liable; to avoid any overstocking of the manufactory, the market iu which is already glutted ; and to ren- der the contributions productive in themselves, which public works, however valuable' as such, do not effect; and I cannot but hope, that trenching, to which every man, capable of any work, may be supposed competent, wiil be found to have these recommendations; While, on the other hand, no farmer, in possession of land, suited for the operation and in a state to require it, will hesitate in giving as much towards that, expence as the ordinary pkaighmgs and harrow- ings, See. for which it would be a substitute, would require, on re- ceiving the surplus from the charitable fund and at the same time all the advantages, which will accrue to him from that labour, such as raising fresh earth, deepening the soil lie has to work upon, kc. Nor can there be any doubt, that this labour would be the most desir- able of all occupations for the unemployed manufacturers, inasmuch as its effect is to improve and augment the produce of the land. I am happy to say, that though these suggestions are yet little known, from having been but three days in circulation, they have already obtained the hearty assent of several most respectable tenants in this neighbourhood. The impression seems tobet that the work of deep trewliing, without at all taking into account the permanent advantages, which experience shews to l) e very considerable, may fairly !> e worth to the farmer three- fourths of the actual expence in- curred— making a saving to the charitable fund of that portion of the provision which tbe necessities would receive. But though this proposal is brought forward and framed with special reference to the immediate pressure of the moment, I cannot but look in it, towards the permanent object of giving an impulse to the spirit of agricultural improvement, such as may at once encou- rage the energies and obviate the peculiar difficulties which now obstruct it. For, in regard to agriculture, I do not know that the contrast has been duly felt which exists between the interests of agriculture and those of manufactures, in respect to their advance ment. In manufactures, capital, and skill, and science may ex- patiate Without constraint or limitation. The public suffer no posi- tive injury from failure, cr from delay, or experiments or changes in bringing a manufacture to perfection. This may be effected by an individual, whose efforts, if successful, suffice to establish it universally, and open to it an unbounded range of market. The case is wholly different in agriculture. The land is invari- ably in all parts of the country let out in small extents, for a lengtl: of time to tenants, who, during that period, are necessarily actuat- ed by the immediate pressure of their rents and personal wants. They cannot suspend their operation even for a season, nor interrupt their attendance on their farms to seek the advantage of distant mar kets; and they are frequently not persons of capital, and are wedd- ed to the practices with which they happen to lie familiar. Indeed any interruption to the ordinary business of their farms would be public calamity. Now when one considers how extremely simple and unquestion- able the principles of agriculture are ; that speaking generally, the results invariably correspond with the quantity of labour bestowed upon the land, the care employed in thoroughly cleaning it, judicious draining, & c. that agriculture is an inferior state of progress of the same science a9 horticulture, and productive in the degree in which approximates to it— one cannot but feel great astonishment that while there is no object among the elements of our national prosperity that ranks higher in substantial importance, than the providing beneficial employment for an increased agricultural population, still there is none that has hitherto been so little fostered by Govern- ment, or which the intelligence and public spirit of the country have been less employed to rescue from the character of a parti, and detached interest, and to elevate to the station of a great national concern, favourable, instead of being in opposition to all othe branches of public industry. For were it successfully established could there be any doubt that there would arise from it a valuable accession of hardy, healthy, and moral people; that tfie indepeu dence of the country would be promoted in the ratio in which the soil is rendered sufficient to supply our home consumption ? And in regard to the manufacturing iftteiests. In proportion as the population of the country came to be less dependent on manufac- tures than at present, would there be given a more unrestrained im pulse to the extention of machinery wherever it could facilitate or reduce the expence of manufacture. The chances of the recurrence of such distress as the operatives now suffer, wo tiki diminish, and the inconveniences and burdens on masters from occasional depres sion in trade would decrease ; while on the other hand there would be an augmentation of the home market, that most valuable of all markets, for our manufactures. And where so large a share of the capital of the country is appro- priated to mortgages on land ( and how much are the exertions in ail branches of industry dependent on loans so secured) what might noi be the benefit from an increase in the productiveness and consequent value of landed property ? Believe me ever, my dear Sir, Yours, & c. & c. & c. ELGIN. SUGGESTIONS TO FARMERS, On the benefit to them of employing more hands on their Farms, than is now their practice ; and availing themselves of the command of labour at easy rates, which the present want of occupation among the Manufacturers present. 1. Let any man look at a cottage- garden, placed in any field of his farm, and see how much greater and more valuable produce is raised from it, than from the rest of the field. 2. The practice which has so greatly im pro veil the agriculture of Scotland, of ploughing with only two horses, is liable to this in- convenience— that the depth of the soil brought into cultivation, may very generally, and even with good farmers, be found to be less than could be beneficially obtained ; and assuredly, it is very much so, in a great many cases, from negligence and weak horses. 3. In Flanders, which in point of clim^' e is much like our own, the leading principles of farming, such as cleaning the ground, manuring, & c. are most thoroughly and ably attended to ; so that, besides great and early crops, they are very generally enabled to have second crops in the same season ; but a very remarkable superiority in their practice, is the singular benefit they derive from a peculiar system of occasional trenching, in aid of the ordinary practice of ploughing, wherever the nature of the soil will admit of it. It is conducted on the following plan The depth of the operation varies with that of the soil, biat till this shall have arrived at nearly two feet of mellow surface, a little more depth is added to it, at each trenching, by bringing to the top a certain proportion of the under stratum, which, being exposed to the action of the atmosphere, and minutely mixed with a soil already fertilized, gradually augments the staple till the sovght for depth be required. Wherever there seems to be little necessity for any furt her deepening, still the repetition of the practice itself is as periodical as the recommencement of their rotation. It ir performed with a rpade< the iron of whit h fifteen inches and the handle two fort- in th. The labour? r standing in the last formed trench, with hi' left hand at the bottom of the handle, aud his right near the top. by the weight of his body, and without the assistance of the loot, sinks the vpade about eighteen inches, and standing sideways, throws off the soil with a peculiar sleight and turn of the wrist, so as to lod « e it in an oblique position in the trench, and against the preced- ing line of work, retiring as lie casts it from the spade, and thereby effecting some little mixture of the two strata, though the upper tiffeee is at the same time placed below the other. The object of this practice is, not only . to let a surface rest, that has been for seven or eight years employed in the p'roduction of vari- ous crops, but to bring another into action, which has not merely had the advantage of repose, but the enrichment of a considerable portion of manure, which, iu a soil rendered pofous, cannot have failed to find its way to the lower stratum. To the universality of the habit in some parts iff Flanders, for ages, much of tftrr fertility of the country is to be attributed. It is particularly observ; tfcle; tliatin every district where trenching takes place, -' lie quantum of manure is diminished, and the number of plonghings are less ; so' that eventually, it is not so expensive a process as at the first view . it may appear. The soil which has once undergone this operation is easily worked, and the trenching seems to go forward expeditiously ; indeed, in any of the light and deep soils, the labour is not severe. Some have sought to economise, by the use of two ploughs, the second working to a considerable depth ; but the objection made to tliis by skilful farmers in this country was, that sufficient depth was not thereby attained, nor were t he two strata by this operation sufficient- blended ; for though by the spade they are made to change places, yet by the oblique manner in which the mould is placed iu the trench, a certain degree of admixture of the Upper and under soil is effected, which is considered of importance. Intelligent farmers have a very remarkable encouragement t.? redouble their energies, now that the easy and popular form in which science is disseminated, affords theni the facility of ascertain- ing distinctly the chemical properties of every part of their soil, a>? well as of different manures ; so that they can now prepare their land, with knowledge and accuracy, for the seed that may suit it. Dunfermline, 15M Aug. 1926. THE CELEBRATED BURCKHARDT. The tomb of this incomparable traveller is no way distinguished from the tombs of the Turks, amongst which it is placed ; it w. i » his dying request that no mark might be placed on it. A ningie palm tree stands close beside where the ill fated Sheick Ibrahim, as lie was called, after his many hardships and sufferings, sleeps in peace. His only occasional companion survives him, awl resides nt Cairo, in the house of a renegade Scotchman ; she h an Abyssinian girl, whom he purchased iu twte of his excursions into Nubia, iu order that he might learn the Afeyssiuian language by residing with her. She is not haudsouie, as the females of her « > wntry are generally said to be, but her manners are lively aud animated ; her temper, however, is extremely irritable. All the property left by the traveller she at present possesses, aud this amounts to about L. 20U, a handsome fortune for a girl of Egypt. The hope of obtaining this sum has induced many designing fellows of different faiths to pro- pose marriage to the relict of the ill- fated Burekhardt, bnt she haa hitherto turned a deaf ear to all. The transition fsom slavery to wulepanck'tice, and such a fortune as two hnndred pounds, has rendered her as haughty and capricious as one of the favourite Sul- tanas of Mahmoud. She sometimes breaks out into fits of violent passion, that requires all the skill of the wary Scotchman to sooth and propitiate. She was born and brought up, as most of the na - tives of her country, in the Catholic religion, or a barbarous imita- tion of it. But her landlord, who says he was obliged to save his life, to change his religion, and is now thriving fast in it, feels strong compunctions about her being a Catholic, and says he wishes ex- ceedingly to have her converted to the Protestant faith, as he look ® forward probably to have her for his thimi wilip, a9 he has already two, and uot suffer her chattels to depart from under his roof. Burckhasdt consigned her to his own care, with strong entreaties for the kindest treatment?, for he could not endure tlie thought of leav- ing her destitute in a strange land. Mr. F. and Mr. J., the former a traveller for pleasure, the latter for religious purposes, resolved to proceed from Cairo to Jerjrealen* over land. The journey was prosj> eroii8 till the third night, when their tent was entered while they slept, and all their money, amount- ing to a thousand dollars, was taken. The thieves were Arabs, but there is no doubt the servants wero in lesigoe with them, and. the travellers, when they awoke, found themselves penny less in the midst of the desert, ami had no resource but retrace their steps in- stantly to Cairo, and abandon their journey. On their arrival they preferred their complaint through the Consul to Mahmoud Ali, the Pacha, who sent a. peremptory order to the Aga of the district where they were robbed, commanding him, under pain of death, to refuiwi all the money and effects that had been stolen. The Aga, deter-* mined the reimbursement should not come out of his pocket, levied a fine on the whole district under his command, and squeezed the spoil out of every one's gripe, innocent as well as guilty, so tksfcat the end of three mouths the travellers were repaid the money they had lost. But not so the i& hior articles, some medaLs, antiquities, kc. And, above all else, Mr. F. never ceased to lament a band- some miniature of himself, ia his Turkish costume, the cU? e re- semblance of which he doated onr and offefed a reward to any Arab- who might possess it, useless, he said- to them* but invaluable to him. But it was carried, no doubt, into seme deep aud patMesa- desert, and; was heard of no more. AN AMERICAN CFIIEF. Previous to the late war with the United State1', and while Ge- neral Harrison commanded their western armies, that officer sum* moned the Shawnee awl Pontawatamie nations of Indians to ineetf him in grand council ai Dehort, where a plan fwr purchasing, or, as it was considered by the Indians, for robbing tliem of. a large portion of their lands, was to be js » hmitted for their consideration. Those nations met a? eo « iiag! y, and seated themselves on benches ranged round the council- hall for the purpose, except their chief , Tccumsch, the most distinguished warrior and politician of the Indian tribes of North America, who took his station in front of the republican General and his staff, and, with folded wm? am? scowling looks, stood patiently waiting to listen to the humiliating proposals which were about to be made ; when the General, with great affability, sent an aid- de- camp to request that the chief might be seated on a chair, which a soldier placed beside him. 44 Your father, said the officer to the chief, u desires that you would ^. r whilst he proposes to purchase from your tribes, acres of land, lying in the wilds of the territory of ." Vftchigan, the sum of 50 000 dollars, to be paid for Lu twenty, years* " My father!" replied Tecumsch wk- fo inaffidde n: oru, while h<* pointed to the sun, whose beams sbwuc through the wwwfows the hall, " Yon bright luminary of ri « e Great Spirit is my father ! the earth is my mother ! and on her bosom," pushing the chair away," " I shall repose!" It is remarkable, that, some years after the conclusion of thi.% treaty, General Harrison, at the head of aai American army, in - vaded Upper Canada, where the British forces, consisting of tin* 41st regiment, some mllithv of the province, and a Imdv of In- dians, witln Tecumsch at tlku'r head, and the whole commanded by General Proctor, retreated before the pursuing army, till ait. action became unavoidable^, on the banks of the ri> vv » TIL; HCM:- S, at a place called Moravian Town, where the troops f. lced abutot t< » - the enemy, with their left protected by the river, and their light by the woods, which were filled with Indba- warriors, lu. a few: minutes the tuition began, and it as quickly terminated, by thn- unaccountable surrender of the wlude of? the British forces, ( the General and his staff exceptvd, who scampuied otJ' tW 20 mile-* without looking behind them,) before they had fired tkeir ihir fc round. Teeumsc. h and his warriors, however, maintained the unequal fight for art hour, when a Kentucky rifleman siwt'led out the hero, and he fell ! universally esteemed and regretPed, not only by the Indians, but by every British sulijtict, whether civil or military-* ' who chanced to be in Canada during wie late hostilities. It is- currently repotted in America, that the deiiii- savaws c » t Kentucky had the corpse < vf the deceased warrio* skinned, and that a piece of this horrid trophy is still held iu the highest'es- teem, by the men vrka- assisted in conquering a chief, who had ; i genius for war, superior, it was aJtiiaued, dWing the period of In-* exertions, to any of our own officers. Uartfttrs. When Fielding had finished! his nwwlsof Tom befHg much distressed, he sold it to an obscure bookseller for £' 25 on coridithu* of being paid on a certain given day. In the meantime, he showed the MS. to Thomson, the Poet, who was immediately struck with its creat merit, aud ad vised Fielding by all means to get free from the bargain, which he did without much difficulty, as the bookseller was not capable of estimating the vahic of li- purchase. Thtwws^ ti' recommended the work to Andrew ?* SUler, and the parties met at A tavern over a beef- steak anil a bottle. Milter began with saying - " Mr. Fielding, I always determine on affairs of tliis sort at once, and never change law offer. I will not give one farthing more tton- two hundred pounds,"—" Tw « > hundred pounds !" cries Heiding ; " Yes," says the othwr, " and not one farthing more," Fielding, whose surprise arose from joy, and not disappointment, shook him by the hand, sealed the bargain, and ordered in two lwttles of wirie. Miller got a very large sain bv tbe of the Ixiok. He at differ- ent times during his life, assisted FWWing with « £ 2500 which debt' he cancelled in his will. Truth a Libel — There- having appeared in cr* e of the Baltimore newspapers, some animadversions otv a |) erson who held an oiHciat situation, an action wan instituted by Wim ( ordamages, against the Publisher of the paper, iu which tlie * ha* ge appeared. Os* the trial, ( which took place before the Chiel Justk- e Chase), the Pub- lisher offered to give in evidence oi the truth of the pnli& satiom This defence the Judge refused to permit to go before th* Jury.; stating that the law was, that the ( hc/ rge was uot less a libel fir i hting fate, but rather the iuwew>. The- Juvy Wing ret loud ito> oon~ • ult. the foreman ( » l. e tr, i « h relative of mine) re- turned, stwl in- - formed the Court, the Jury'required to be supplied with an Abridge- ment of the British Statute ; on receiving which, he requested the Judge to point out to the particular Statute, which declared truth to be a libel. I must here observe, that the Statute Law of Eng- ]. md, prior to the American Revolution, is the law of the United States, except where altered by their own act since. This question from the Jury disconcerted the Judge in no trifling degree ; but he replied, that there was no particular Statute to that effect; but that Lord Mansfield, and the other Judges and eminent lawyers in England, hat! deduced, that such was the general bearing and spi- rit of their laws ; that Libel, when published, was not less so for being true, and in which doctrine he agreed. The Jury having consulted, informed the Court, that 11 as there was no ex- press law on the subject, they considered themselves totally unre- stricted in giving their verdict ; that they could not conscientiously reconcile such an anomaly, that in all cases truth was a libel ; that, inasmuch as the defendant had been precluded from offering Evidence of the truth, that thereby the rights of his Jury had been Infringed on ; and they hail lieen precluded from exercisiug their constitutional prerogative, of judging and determining on the facts ; mid that, therefore, they unanimously found a verdict for the de- fendant, with costs." Greelt Cause.— The King of Bavaria has subscribed about .• C5000 for tlie assistance and relief of the oppressed Greeks. The Mowing is his Majesty's letter to the Secretary of the Committee for managing the fund in aid of the Greeks :—" To alleviate the misery of the Christians of the East, I had subscribed 20,000 flo- jins or 13,097 francs, payable in ten following months. As the relief might come too late, I place this sum now at your disposal, ami even double it, that you may be able to afford more effectual aid ; these 80,000, which you may immediately dispose of, are independent of the 20,000 francs which I remitted you to redeem the Greek women and children. With what pleas- ing satisfaction do I make this new sacrifice for unfortunate Chris- tians ; fur am I not a man and a Christian ?" Mexico.— The Mexican government, as appears from an article in the Moniteur, has taken measures for establishing a species of Concordat with the Pope, by which, amidst the most reverend expressions towards his Holiness, as recognised Head of the Romish Church, the Americans make no secret of their intention fo define and limit in temporal matters, that authority, to which, in points of a spiritual nature, tliev profess their ostensible obedience. While the Republic submit! to the Ecclesiastical Councils her opinions, so tar as doctrine is concerned, she takes especial care to reserve a per- fect freedom from controol on questions of discipline, patronage, church revenues, organization of dioceses, election of bishops, with respect to which latter subject it is promised merely, " qn'il en sera donne avis a sa saintete." It is further provided, that all ecclesia- stical affairs shall lie determined within, the republic, conformably to the canons and the laws. That no strangers shall, by virtue of any commission, exercise the least act of ecclesiastical jurisdiction. These, with the offer of an annual free gift of 100,000 pesos to the Holy See, - and a declaration that, where the monks and nuns were formerly amenable to the' authorities out of the realm, they slia', 1 now have recourse to their proper Metropolitan form, the chief provisions recommended by two commissions, which have present- ed a report to the Senate. The above scheme of connexion with the Church of Rome, if adopted, will not leave much room for en croachments by the Papacy on the national clergy of the republic. Lieut, and Adjutant Kenny, of the 89th regiment, who has been confined in Newgale for some weeks past, in consequence of an alleged d- ueJ, on board the Hon. Company's ship Bassorah, on her pass; ge front India to this country, accompanied by several friends, waited on the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench on • Saturday last, at Hanipstead, in custody of Mr. Harris, sen. ( a writ of habeas having been previously granted.) Several affidavits Hvere submitted to his Lordship ; amongst others, we understand, Was one from the family of the deceased, stating that they had minutely examined the circumstances which led to this unfortunate affair, aw! that they considered the strict intimacy which existed between the parties to the latest moment, justified them in con- sidering the quarrel was perfectly unpremeditated. Lieut. Kenny, who, we understand, was much distinguished iu his profession in India, appeared in extreme ill health. The Lord Chief Justice liberated him immediately, on producing four sureties in <£ 500 each. Bachelor, in its most general acceptations, is applied to a man wlio remains in a state of celibacy. Almost all nations have regarded bachelors as a set of delin- quents, who withhold from the state an important part of its due advantages, and who are therefore fairly liable to peculiar penalties. It is one of the 613 precepts of the Rabbins, that all persons ( with very few exceptions) are bouod to marry at the age of twenty ; and it is a maxim frequent among these, casuists, that he who does not endeavour to leave children behind him ought to be accounted a homicide. Among the Lacedemonians, bachelors were branded with infamy, excluded from all civil and military offices, and even debarred from the public spectacles and amusements. They were obliged to ap- pear at certain festivals, to be led naked round the market place, and thus exposed to the public derision. These insults were some- times accompanied with blows and scourging; and, to complete the - affront, they were forced to ^ ng certain songs composed for their own disgrace. Among the Romans, tooj. celibacy, though treqwent, was always greatly discouraged. Fines were often impos- ed by the Censers on old bachelors, and Dionysius of Halicarnassus mentions an old statute, by which all persons were commanded to marry as soon as they reached the age of maturity. A direct law against celibacy was proposed at the desire of Augustus, by the Consuls Papius and Poppeus, from whom it received- the name of Lex Papia I'oppo- a. This law, the immediate design of which was to repair the desolation occasioned by the civil wars, met with j- reat opposition from the nobility. It provided, that whoever in the city should have three children, in other parts of Italy four, and in the provinces five, should be entitled to certain privileges ? nd immunities J and that they who lived in celibacy should be in- capable of succeeding to an inheritance, except of their nearest re- lations, unless they married within 100 days after the deed of the testator. In this country taxes have occasionally been levied on bachelors ; and at present, by statute 25, Geo. HI. cap. 43, the taxes imposed on the puldic in general are, in some cafes, increased with regard to bachelors, particularly the duty on servants. King of Prussia turned Pimp. — It is said, in fact, that the delight which Paris has frit from the presence of Mademoiselle Sontag is due to a romantic passion which a youg nobleman, heir to one of the tir^ t families of Prussia, had conceived for her. The I rory is as follows r— The young Count of —— no sooner saw. Ma- demoiselle Sontag at the theatre of Berlin than he became desperately enamoured of her; his heart, his fortune, and his hand, were of- fered to her, Init she rejected every overture except be could obtain the consent of bis family. The young Count having received from his father a formal refusal, fell into a. state of torpid melancholy, from which nothing'could arouse liim : he renewed his entreaties to tlie lady, but with no better success thah before, and at length wrote to his father that, not wishing to act contrary to his com- mands, and being unable to support lite without the object of his love, he was determined to free himself from pain by putting a pe- liod to his existence. Oil the receipt of this letter, thi father, who was strongly attached to his only son, and no less strongly at- tached to tlie prejudices which the ancient German Nobility con- trive to unite with great simplicity of manners, answered his son in a letter, conceived in the most touching terms; nothing, he said, could induce hint to consent that any dishonour should be thrown on his name during his life- time by an improper alliance; but as the term of his life was approaching near, it would better become him than his son to part with existence,' and that if the Count persisted in his projects, he should very- soon have full liberty to execute them.— 1 be young Count, without renouncing his love, sacrificed it to a more sacred duty, when at length, the uliole affair reached the ears of the King of Prussia, who is very much attached to the old _\ olil, mau. His Majesty command)*! Ins attendance, and not partici- pating at all in the prejudices of b'irth, observed to him that if, as was generally reported, the conduct of . Mademoiselle Sontag was ir- reproachable and even exemplary, he could see no dishonour in the alliance, since the Count's passion was so violent ; that it was not the first time that the heir of a great name had raised an actress to his own rank ; but that it would be necessary to submit the young people, one to the proof of absence, the other to the trial of seduc- tion. The King of Prussia, it. appears, is well acquainted with the measure of the seduction to be met with in Paris, for to Paris he Was determined . Mademoiselle Soutag should come, and certainly she has not wanted admirers here. It is also said that emissaries are dispatched to watch secretly her conduct anil behaviour, and that no imprudence or levity escaped her which could furnish the slightest pretext for a sinister report. Such is the story told of Mademoiselle Sontag ; mil to be the heroine of such a story must be flattering to the heart of any prima donna. FRENCH VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY.— The French frigate Thetis, and the Esperance corvette, commanded by Baron Bougainville Slid M. Ducamper, have arrived at Brest, after a voyage of 2S months. The Thetis sailed from Brest 2d March, 1821-, and joined the Esperance on the 19th of May following, in the harbour of ilourbon. M. de Bougainville witnessed at Macao the burning of the convent of St. Claire, the nuns of which were earnest in re- maining faithful to their vows, that one of them was burnt, and in order to save the others from the same fate, the priest of the neigh- bouring parish was obliged to seize the image of the Virgin, and to call on them in the name of the Virgin to follow him. In Cochin China the Emperor caused the French Captains to be assured that the French commerce should always lie favoured in his dominions, lu the beginning of March, 1825, the vessels discovered in the An- nmbas a magnificent basin, to which M. de Bougainville gave the mame of Clermont Tonnerre. On the 1st of July they anchored at Sydney, in New Holland, anil in an excursion which the two Cap- tains made with the Governor, Sir Thomas Brisbane, they disco- vered a cataract, the fall of which is 1.500 feet, to which Sir Thos lmd the politeness to give the name of Bougainville. The French offi. ers were al- o indebted 10 his complaisance for being able lo erect a monument to the immortal La I', rouse on the sea shore, on the spot where the ilk- trio;:" navigator was encamped in the last place where we know of liis having stopped. OYSTER CAUSE.— A speculation which hail for its object the naturalization of the oysters of Cancale, in the Mediterranean, was some time since entered into by M. Bouffey, a merchant of Marseilles.' Nothing was neglected to secure the success of this un- dertaking. Three hundred' thousand oysters were purchased by direction of the agent ; they were put on board the ship St. Jean Baptists, in order that they might be transported to Marseilles, The most careful and minute precautions were, taken, according to custom, to prevent the shells from crushing each other. The pack- ing was made in boxes which admitted the sea- water from time to time, to keep them fresh. The administrative authorities en- couraged the attempt. A Parc- en- intr was set apart to receive the ocean colony, and much speculation ensued on the probable effect which it would produce on the civilization of tlie country. After a quick passage, when the port of Marseilles was almost in sight, a gale of wind drove the vessel over to the coast of Africa, where the hot breezes prevail, and Death extended his ravages among the testaceous race. In the meantime the speculator had insured his cargo for 13,300 francs, at a premium of a quarter per cent, for' the arrival of the oysters in a good state of preservation. Being compelled to pay for the bad success and the funeral expenses, the underwriters, after informations taken respecting the circumstances, entered an action against the speculator for the recovery of the amount paid by them. He, before he entered upon his own de- fence, commenced a prosecution against his opponents for defama- tion, in having attempted to tarnish the glory of his enterprize, by accusing him of fraud, robbery, and concealment. Eventually the Tribunal of Commerce of Marseilles condemned the underwriters to pay the sum insured, deducting at the same time thirty- two per cent, for discount. The cause was carried by appeal before the Court of Aix, but after a iong aud patient hearing the Court con- firmed the decision of the inferior tribunal. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS, Aug. 22 — Thunderstorms have caused great devasta- tions iu different parts of France lately. The injury done to the crops in the Moselle and the Lower Rhine has been very great.— On the 5th of this month a dreadful storm passed over the commune of Vadenay, department of the Marne. Some of the rivers in a. short time rose ten. feet, and overflowed their banks. More than twenty houses have been swept away, and a great number more or. less damaged The fall of hail was excessive, and the crops, in consequence, have sustained great injury. The damage done in the commune of Vadenay alone is estimated at 80,000 francs ( 3,2001.) About the end of last month, at two in the morning, as a man of the name of Quard was passing along the Rue des Lombards, he was attacked by four or five robbers, who treated him with the greatest cruelty. A patrol of the national guard soon came to his relief. The captain of the guard, after a violent struggle with one of the robbers, at length secured him. This man is a native of Poland, of the name of Winzer, and is r- markable for the beauty of his person, fie was brought before the Tribunal of Correctional Police, condemned for his attack on M. Quard to thirteen months imprisonment, and to be banished from the country as soon as re- leased from prison. These papers contain the Firman issued by the Sublime Ports, addressed to the Cadi of Constantinople, for the dissolution of the corps of the Janissaries. This is a measure which, if carricd into full effect, may be productive of consequenccs considerably import- ant, not only to the Turkish empire itself, but to the whole of Eu- rope. This curious document, after an exordium, declaring that Islamism owes its maintenance to the mildness and the purity, of its principles, and referring to the first institution of the corps of the Janissaries, details their degeneracy, cowardice, and mutinous conduct, which rendered their dissolution necessary for the safety of the empire. The Firman appears to be a well drawn up state- ment of the events which have occurred in Constantinople, and will be found in a preceding part of this plfpor. PORTUGAL. LISBOX, Aug. 8 The news from the provinces is satisfactory. The petty military tumults which were manifested on our northern frontier, have never given us any serious uneasiness. Tranquillity is springing up iu that quarter again, as well as in other parts of the kingdom, The voluntary departure of a few turbulent officers, is even looked on as an interposition of Providence ; they will carry to a distance their- foolish hopes and guilty projects. The Consti- tutional system is deeply rooted in Portugal, and its complete con- solidation will speedily enable it to set at defiance internal storms and foreign intrigues. The Queen has refused to take the oath to the charter. Her Majesty will not even hear of it. On the Sth inst. Saldanha, the Minister of War, addressed a circular to all the corps of the army, exhorting them not to be mis- led by the enemies of the- new constitution, and declaring- that Europe must not confound them with the few men of three regi- ments who mutinied and deserted. Then follows a decree of the Princess Regent, abolishing the 17th and 24th regiments of foot, and 2< 1 of horse. The resignations of Count de Porto Santo, Mi- nister df Foreign Affairs, and- of M. Correa de Lacerda, Minister of the Interior, have been accepted. The tranquillity of every- port" of the country seems to be restored. The Assembly of the Cortes is announced for the 19th Septemlier, but it i9 thought it will be deferred to the 12th October, DOH Pedro's birth- day. GREECE. The following letter lias been received from the Greek Govern- ment : — The Committee of the National Assembly to Mr. Spaniolacki, London. The National Assembly, whose convocation has been so long de- sired by the Greek nation, met about two months ago at New Epi daurus. As circumstances have not allowed sufficient time to com- plete its labours, it has instituted two Commissions— one the Gover- native, which is charged with the interior administration of Greece; and the other is called the Committee of the Assembly, which is charged with Foreign Affairs, and with the arrangements of all accounts from the first to the second period. This Committee composed of the undersigned, has received the express orders of the National Assembly to withdraw the Deputation from London, and to receive their accounts ; to which end three individuals, possessing its confidence, will be named, of whom you, Sir, will be one, and the Committee thinks proper that the other two should be respectable Englishmen. In the mean time, the Committee desires you will from the pre- sent. moment seek to elicit truth, and examine the accounts. The Committee, as soon as time will allow, intends to address you more at length on this subject. Nauplia, June 10 ( 22), 1* 126. ( Signed) PANUTZO NOTARA, President. The Archbishog of ARTA PORPHIRIOS, Vicc- Presidcnt. Spiridion Calogeropolos Anagotti Cossanitzos Anastasius Londos Emmanuel Xenos George Bencuri Cristo Vlassis N. S. Belisarios N. Revienis George Dariottis George Encan Busilios N. Berduci The Secretary General,. C, CLONARIS. AMERICA. FUNERAL OF JEFFERSON. NEW Yonv, July 19 The proceedings of Tuesday last fur- nished the strongest tribute which could have been offered to the memory of the illustrious Jefferson. The soldiers of the Revolution, the Ministers of Religion, the Officers of the Federal'and State Go- vernments, citizens, military and soldiers, tiie teachers and their pupils ; all descriptions of people, united in " doing honour to the man who had filled up the measure of his country's honour." The exhibition was the spontaneous offering of a free people to their distinguished benefactor. It was a brilliant illustration of the puri- ty and beauty of our political institutions. There was no compul- sion ; no adulation ; no sacrifice at the shrine of a deceased despot; no humiliating effort to propitiate his " legitimate successor." It was the " unbought offering" of an independent people. The h. arls of freemen poured themselves forth in paying the last tribute of respect to the ashes of their benefactor. The unbidden tear was shed in the fulness of gratitude to one of the most distinguished fathers of the Republic. Compare such an affecting and simple scene with all the Bplendid pageantry, with all the " mockery of woe" which surrounds the bier of a monarch or a conqueror, and how completely does the latter dwindle, into insignificance ! Notwithstanding the shortness of the period which had been al- lotted for the exhibition, all the arrangements were complete. The orator, and the ministers of religion, were prepared for their various exercises ; and the awning, which had been commenced on the Ca- pitol Square on Monday morning only, was completed by ten o'clock on Tuesday. A canvass covering had been spread over the large Lafayette arch to the east of the Capitol and wings thrown off to the right and left, and in front, sufficient to accommodate an im- mense multitude. In the rear of the arch a light platform was erect- ed, canopied, with crape, for the reception of the orator, and the ministers of religion. The day was uncommonly pleasant. At half after ten o'clock, the procession began to move from the Henrico Court House, ac- cording to the order which had been published by the Committee of Arrangements. A detachment of the Light Infantry Blues with music then the members of the Executive Council— Ministers of religion— the soldiers of the Revolution— the officers of government Judges and Officers of the Federal and State Judiciaries— Com- mittee of Arrangement-— Municipal Authorities of the City— Justi- ces of Ilenrico county— Debating Societies— Teachers with their Schools— citizens. Strangers, and Uniform Companies. The lengthened procession, four deep, extended from the Union Hotel to the I'nittd States' Bank. The whole march through the different streets which ha. lbecn designated conducted wiih the utmost possible order. A few minutes before twelve o'clock the pro- cession entered at the Eastern Gate of the Capital Square. At this point of time the scene was exquisitely beautiful and impressive. It pleased the eye of taste, whilst it delighted the soul of the patriot. The whole area under the awning was filled by a numerous assem- blage of Ladies and Gentlemen. ' 1 he military, and many citi- zens who were unable to obtain seats, were stationed around. All was order, and a solemn silence reigned through an assembly esti- mated to contain at least 5000 persons. The exercises were commenced with music ; Bishop Moore, of the Episcopal Church, then prayed. After another strain of solemn music, Mr. Tyler, tile Governor of the Commonwealth, arose aud delivered an eloquent address. As soon as the orator had concluded, the baud struck up a fine dirge, after which the Rev. Mr. Kerr, of the Baptist Church, closed the exercises of the day with prayer. The whole scene was of too impressive a character ever to he for- gotten. It was worthy of the great and good man whose loss it was iuteuded to commemorate. Minute guns were fired for one hour in the morning, and one hour iu the evening ; and the State- house and Penitentiary bells were toiled through the whole day. Advices received at Baltimore on Mondaj-, in 17 days from Vera Cruz, ( t. e. to the 1st of July), make known that Commodore Porter lias accepted the offer ot the Mexican Government, and been appointed Commander- in- Chief qf the Navy. Vera Cruz continued very sickly, There was a strong probability that Air. Poinsett would succeed iu making a good treaty with the Government. TRINIDAD. Trinidad papers, which have been received to the 9d of July, contain the following letter of instructions from Earl Bathurst to Colonel Young, who is gone out to the colony of Demerara, as the protector aud guardian of slaves :—• " Downing Street, 12th April, 1826. " SIR,— Previously to your taking possession of the very ardu- ous and important situation to which you have been appointed as protector of slaves, it is necessary that 1 should convey to you some special instructions for the regulation of your conduct in the exercise of its various duties. " It will be your particular duty as protector of slaves, to watch over the faithful execution of all such provisions or regulations with respect to the treatment of slaves as are at present in force in De- merara, or as may at any future time be established thire by any lawful authority. " You will, if necessary, apply to the Local Government for any facilities which may give you a more complete opportunity of receiving and considering complaints which may be preferred by the slaves against their owners, or any other persons exercising a delegated authority over them; and you will not fail to make a re- port to the Lieutenant- Governor, which will he transmitted to me, on the subject of any practical impediments which may. be found in the execution of any part of your duty. " You will deem it necessary in all cases to wait to receive com- plaints from the slaves themselves; but if you shall hear of any unwarrantable- treatment to which any slave, or any gang of slaves are exposed, you will repair to the estate, anil there institute a di- ligent inquiry into the conduct of those persons who may be re- sponsible ujion the, occasion. " You will not, however, forget, in the execution of your office, that it is also your duty to secure all the legal rights of the pro- prietor as \ jrril as of the slave, as far as they are involved in any transaction with you as protector. " You must exercise a constant discretion in impressing upon ^ fie minds of the slaves, in the most forcible manner, that the mea- sures, which have been provided for their protection, are in no degree to interfere with the unremitting practice of industry and obedience, to which, under prescribed regulations, their owners are by law entitled ; but, on the contrary, that those duties are the more strictly to be observed by them, in proportion aa the law and regulation interpose, to prevent any improper exercise of the authority of the master. " You must explain to them, that, although they may always expect to fiud in you a vigilant friend and protector in ail cases-, where such protection can be properly required, they will, at the same time, find you entirely determined to discountenance any fri- volous and unfounded complaints which may be preferred by them against their masters. " You will not fail to make it your early and peculiar study to fix on the mind* of the slaves, by such arguments and explanations as are suited to their state of information anil comprehension, the principles which are contained in this letter, and which pervade all that course of legislation which his Majesty's governnieut have established and recommended, in pursuance of the resolutions of both HouseB of Parliament. I have, & c. ( Signed) " BATIIUKST. " Lieut- Col. Young, Protector of Slaves," The Trinidad Guardian of the 30th of June contains a long ac- count of a meeting, held in the town of Port of Spain, to remon- strate against the proposed measure Of Government. GERMANY. FUOM THE FROHWIW* OV POLAKB, AUG. g. .. Uij Majtsly t'ue Emperor Nicholas who left St. Petersburg!! on the 28th of last month, was to arrive on tlie 30th at Moscow. It is said that his Imperial Highness the C'zarovitch, and Grand Duke Constantine, will not be present at the coronation at Moscow— ot least we have not yet heard of any preparations for the journey. The continued presence of the Grand Duke in the kingdom of Poland may indeed be considered as the more necessary, because his Highness is Com- mandc- r- in- Chief of the Polish and Lithuanian army, and the cere- mony of the coronation at Warsaw will take place immediately after that at Moscow. Among the many unaufhentieated reports that are in circulation here, is a revival of that of a change in the ministry immediately after the return of the F. mperor to St, Petersburg!!. Our politici- ans, whose vocation, it is true, originates with themselves, have a list of the new ministry ready drawn up, in which important de- partments are assigned to Lieutcnant- Gencral Baron Von Diebitsch and Count Capo D'lsti ia. It is also said that the Russiau Govern- ment will make an application to that of Great Britain, desiring it to give up the Counsellor of State, Ttirgucneco, who is reported to have fled to England. Whether this application will be acceded to is another question, though there ale sonu? classes of criminals to which the English laws afford no protection. ROME, Aug. 14- The 21st of July was a day of rejoicing for all the antiquaries and literati at Buscia, and highly interesting to the inhabitants of that city. On a neighbouring Jiiil there has stood, from time immemorial, a large marble column, and there was a tradition that it belonged to' a great temple of Hercules, which had stood there in remote antiquity. For these two years past the Magistrates have caused excavations to a great extent to be made on the spot, the result of which confirmed the truth of the tradition. From time to time important monuments of ancient architecture and Roman inscriptions were brought to light, and eveiy thing indicated that a most extensive edifice had stood there. At length the foundations of an immense temple were uncovered, with entrances t0 several covered passages. These were examined, and on the day above- mentioned, the workmen found in one of them several niches walled up. They were opened, and in one of them was found a colossal winged Victoria of bronze, and of ad- mirable v.- oikmanship. In another, six large busts, one of them representing Faustina, the consort of Marcus Aurelius, and a highly ornamented breast- plate of a horse. In a third and fourth, a richly gilt statue, 4*} feet high, of a captive king, and a colossal arm; all of them are likewise ol'hronze, aud of fine workmanship. There are also several inscriptions in the building, one of which mentions the Brixia Roman a. The eyes of the king and of the Victoria are of onyx. They are all in perfect preservation, and from the situation in which they were found, it is evident that they were concealed and walled up fur security, for both the wings and arms of the Victoria were taken off and laid at her feet. Moscow, July 24 For some weeks we have had an extraordi- nary continuance of hot weather, the thermometer lieing at 28 deg. The number of strangers come to be present at the coronation daily increases, and the rent of apartments round and near the Kremlin increases in the same proportion. The British Ambassador, the Duke of Devonshire, has hired, for the time of his stay here, the largest and handsomest private residence at, Moscow— viz. the pa- lace of General Chepiloff, near the Jansa- bridge ; for which his Grace is to pay 2,5001. sterling. Count Potocky, chief Master of the Ceremonies, arrived here on the 17th ; aud two days afterwards the regalia of the Empire, used in the coronation, with the Em- peror's gold and silver table services, in fifteen heavily laden wag- gons, escorted by military. LONDON, August 28. Brighton, Aug. 24,— Notwithstanding the daily improvement in the health of his Royal Highness the Duke of York,, and the visible change for the better in his appearance, it is said that he will proceed to London on Saturday next, to littve a consultation of bis physicians. The answer to the inquiries at the Pavilion this morn- ing- was, that " his Royal Highness had a good night, and is bettor this morning." His Royal Higness was prevented from taking his usual drive yesterday evening, owing to its being wet. The debts of a High Personage are reported to have engaged the attention of Ministers during tin} resent deliberations, and the liquida- tion of them is said to have been recommended by his Majesty ; the Chancellor, and a Noble Lord at the head of the Government, are understood to advocate the measure strenuously ; but what is generally called the liberal portion of the Cabinet are said to have firmly resisted any application to Parliament on this delicate subject, at a crisis when the country is nearly overwhelmed with distress. Here the matter rests for the present—- Morning Chronicle. Thursday being the day to which Parliament had been adjourn- ed, the Lord Chancellor, accompanied by Lord St. Helens, ap- p - arcd iu the House of Lords. The officers and clinks oi' the House of Coroy. OT? attended at tW h:, r. , ti. i Inr IVluifet, k purinniire of- the kite proclamation, was prorogued to the 2d of November next, in the usual form. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER. We are. yet unable to announce . any such im- provement of trade as will effect any improvement in the circum- stances erf the working classes. The goods' market, for the last three or four weeks, has been more animated than it was during the summer months ; but the demand has, a very, few instances ex- cepted, occasioned no advance of prices, nor has it encouraged the manufacturers to give out to the unemployed weavers, W--. 6 conse- quently continue in a state of mcladHu>! y destitution. There are thousands, and tens of thousands, to whose RSsistanee the law can not, by even the most liberal construction of its fweficent spirit, be extended, liod who are consequently enduring a di-. tre53- khe in- tensity of which it is impossible to imagine— for every variety tfi" wretchedness which the most active imagination could combine for the formatioil of one picture of exquisite misery, could not furnish such a scene as may be beheld in almost every cottage in the back streets of this town.— Manchester Gazette. We have great pleasure in copying the following paragraph from the Leeds Intelligencer of Thursday last:— " It has been mentioned, as a proof of improvement in business here, that the land carriers between this town and London, were unable last week fo convey all the goods consigned to them for transport. " The public, however, are not to infer from such a circumstance, even if strictly stated, that any sudden bound to actual prosperity has taken place in the woollen and worsted manu - factures. The fact is, that lately several customers from London have been in this part of Yorkshire, and they are always anxious to have their purchases forwarded to the metropolis, as soon as possible after being made. Hence the extraordinary activity noticed among the carriers, which lV nevertheless a pleasing index of increasing trade generally. We arc ourselves enabled to say, that on Tuesday, appearances still more symptomatic of permanent amelioration were visible. There was an additional demand for wool, with a tendency to higher prices, and a show of confidence iu the future on the part of the sellers. lo a word, things are gradually growing better in all the branches of the staple manufacture of Leeds and the neigh- bourhood. In Bradford, we have likewise grea t pleasure, in affirm- ing, that at length the gloom which has so long overhung that town and its trade, is perceptibly vanishing. More goods Were sold there last Thursday, than on the market day for months before ; and as the best possible evidence of improvement, we may add that the masters have made an advance of 3d. per piece to the stuff weavers, and the latter expect a farther advance of 3d. per piece more either this or tlie enduing week, on the same description of work,** We announce this week a slight improvement in our trade ; but our manufactures are stiil retrograding. There fe « more business doing in reference to demand of goods, than we have lately been able to notice. One factory, however, limited employment to three days and a half this week— a proof that something more substantial is necessary to produce any thing like briskness.— Car- lisle Journal. In Glasgow, since our last, there , has not ber> n much doing, and we cannot say that there is any material improvement in any species of manufactured goods. Rather more work continues to be given out than formerly, but at dreadfully depressed wages, and • generally without any certainty of making sales. The wool mar- ket in Liverpool remains in statu quo.— Glasgow Free Press. • A morning paper has for some months been lojid in its denuncia- tions against the Government of Lord Charles Somerset, at the Cape of Good Hope. Lord Charles came home, a Parliamentary inquiry was set on foot, and the result is an entire acquittal of any thing like abuse of the important interests entrusted to hi9 Lord- ship's administration.—- Sun. The public were likely to have sustained a serious loss a few days since, in the death of Mr. Matthews the comedian. This cele- brated pourtraver of character, though perfectly at home when sur- rounded by a noisy audience, has not the same confidence amidst the noisy sea ; and. has consequently been in the habit, when bath- ing, in addition to the security of an inclosed bath, of using a life- preserver. Having put this on, as usual, he plunged into the water ; but from some cause- or other, it slipped from its position round the chest lo\ yer down the body, and his head and the upper part of his body were thus. sept under water, his legs only appearing above. Such a position immediately excited the attention of two or three gentlemen who were at that time dressing, and the alarm having been given, the comedian was shortly rescued from his unpleasant situation by one of the attendants, without having sustained much inconvenience beyond the necessary fright at such an unexpected occurrence. We are sorry to hear that M. Firmon Didot, the host printer in Europe, and who conducts the largest printing establishment at Paris, has suspended payment. The reduction of the printing busi- ness at Paris almost equals that of London, which is certainly two- thirds less now than it was a year ago. LANCASTER ASSIZES, Aug. 21. SENTENCE OK THE RIOTERS WHO DESTROYED THE POWER LOOMS. When the affair of the Wakefields had been prematurely brought to a close, ( as stated in our last) the Judge gave orders that the convicted rioters should be brought up for judgment. Forty- two persons were placed at the bar, when an impressive address was delivered by the Learned Judge, in the course of which he intima- ted to them his intention of recommending to his Majesty not to carry the sentence he was about to pass into full effect, but that he would be pleased to pardon them so far as their lives are concerned. " My motives for so doing,'' said his Lordship, " are these— that I think it probable that the lenity which is about to be shown to you will have a due eflect upon your minds, and that what you have already seen and heard will convince you that the law is able to reach you even to the extent of your lives for these offences, and that it is your own interest, happiness, and comfort, to lead quiet and respectable lives. The injury which you do to your fa- milies by these courses cannot be calculated, because, if parents, brothers, and sons, will commit offences, they must involve in their punishment flieir innocent relatives. Another motive tor my lenity is, that most of those who have been convicted are extremely young persons, and, although their outrages have been dreadful and disgraceful as against property, I have not found any instance, with a single exception, of personal violence being resorted to. Another motive which has. induced me to take the course I have done, is, that the respective juries who tried > ou have recommended the first six of you to mercy ; and that on a ground which is applicable to all the cases, namely, the severe pressure of the times. Do not, however flatter yourselves too strongly that you will escape without any severe punishment. I have nothing more to say, but that I earnestly trust that the dreadful example of punishment which Is now about to be made, and which must be made, though I trust it will not reach the lives of any of you, will convince yon that no hap- piness can result from a life of turbulence and riot, but that peace and good order are always conducive to the interest and happiness of man." Sentence of death was then recorded against them ( 35 men and 7 women) ; and four others, three women and one man, found guilty of the minor offence, were sentenced to twelve months' im- prisonment in the House of Correction at Preston. At the Carlisle Assizes, Patrick M'Vey, who had been convict- ed at the last assizes, before Mr. Baron Kuilock, of uttering in that county a counterfeit note of the Royal Bard; of Scotland, was put to the bar to receive judgment. Mr. Justice Park said that a question had arisen upon the terms of the 40th and 53d Geo. III. as to the power of the Royal Bank to issue notes, or to re- issue them after they had been once paid in. The twelve Judges had duly considered those statutes, and they were all clearly of opinion, that the power of the Royal Bank, though not created by those statutes, was so distinctly recognised by them, as to render the conviction sufficient. The prisoner must therefore have the sen- tence of death recorded against him ; but it was the intention of Mr. Baron Hullock to recommend to his Majesty that the sentence of death should be commuted to transportation. • The sentence of death was then formally recorded. BRIGHTON.—= A person while hanging over the rails at the Chain Pier, on Friday, at the time the Quentin Durward steam packet arrived, had his pockets picked of .£ 24 ; but did not miss the money till he got home, when he recollected having observed two men looking very earnestly nt. him, so that their persons were fresh in his memory. On the following day he went to the races, accompanied by a friend, and had not been long on the course before he espied the two men alluded to ; he immediately went up to and accused them of the robbery, adding " if they had taken only half, he should not have cared ; but that they had taken all, and left him in distress." To this strange speech, one of the thieves, after a faint denial, re- plied, " that if he was in distress he would make him a present © f :£ 5 which he accordingly did, and which was instantly imitated by his companion. Subsequent to this the parties met by appoint- ment at an inn in the town, when the rogues very liberally added £ 5 each to their former donations, reserving the odd <£ 4, aa a re- ward for their trouble and generosity. This concluded, the pick- pockets and their innocent victim sat down amicably together, and enjoyed themselves over a bottle of wine. Nabal iUgtefcr. FROM LLOYD'S LIST, AUG. 22. Liverpool, Aug. 22.— The David Shaw, from Pictou for this port, struck against an iceberg on the 23d wit. off the banks of Newfoundland, and immediately filled with water. The Captain was killed by the falling of a spar. The crew were picked up by the Hope, hence for Mirumichi* Lisbon, Aug. 5.— His Majesty's brig Reynard returned here on the 2d inst. from St. Mary's and St. Michael's, after ftn unsuccess- ful search for a water- logged timber laden ship, which his Majes- ty's ship Diamond fell in with and manu^ i oft' the Western I& lande, AUG. 25.-^ Portsmouth, A;.^. 25. — 7 P. M.— Wind blowing hard in rqualls from the ^ accompanied with thunder and light- ning. • Mo, if* YiJed. hmc 12.— The Monarch, W, r.. ar. J Henry, ar. d Anne, are ordered to: Riofor adjudication. The latter had been partially liberated,, and it was thought the difficulties wvre at an end. AS they will hot go for several days, there may yet be eome change. - . •. ' . ... .. Gibraltar, Aug* I,— An Algerine squadron fconsisfi^ g of one frigate^ two corvettes, three i> Hg$ » ,.' arid " cH'ie * clk> oner,) vfa$ r seett off Majorca five days since, and it is reported intends to cfuise iu this neighbourhood*:, Newfoundland, July 18,— The schponer Brothers, Fowler, Was lost in White Bay, about the 14th inst.—- The master reports. that a brig, and a French ship,, have also beerrlost. MAILS.— Arrived—- 1 Hamburgh, 1 Dutch, 1- ' Flamler?, and 9 French.— Gottenburgh, I Lisbon j and I American. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Dealy Aug. ^ Sailed the Achilles, Henderson, for the Cipe < 51 jpood Hope* Portsmouth, Aug. 21— Satfed the Royal Geergp, Reynolds, for Bengal. Passed by the Victory, FarqiiharSi> n, & r Calrltfa; Madeira,**-' The Laburnum, Tate, arrived from Loridtm oh the 22d July, and sailed for Bengal on the 25th. St. Helena, June 19.— Arrived the George Home, Ilippins, from Bengal. Vessels spolttn with.—- The Mariner, Starkins, from London to the Cape of Good Hope, on the S5th Jnne, in lat. 17 lfSig, 26. with damage, leaky, loss of topmasts, and one man overboard, supplied her with spars and water, to enable her to reach the Cape, by the.' Lang, arrived off Plymouth. The Leandtr, Richmond, from the Mauritius to London, on the 19th July, in lat, 37, Ion. 40. The Boyne, Miller, from London to Bombay, on the 15th J', ne,- rn lat. 7. long. 23. V/. The Calista, Roberts, from Lon- don to the Cape, on the 13th June, in kt. 2. 18- 32. On Wednesday, a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the following captains were sworn into the command of their respective shipN, viz. : Captain Whiteman, of the Here- fordshire, Bengal and China; Captain Ladd, of the Kellie Castie, China direct; Captain Hine, of the ship A. tlas, St. Helena, Bom- bay, and China; and Captain Shea, of- the Thomas Gfenville — The undermentioned ships were thus timed The Atlas, for St. Helena, Bombay, and China; and the Bridgewater and Lowther Castle, fof Bombay and China, to be afloat the 14th November I& 26, sail to Gravisnd 29th, 6tay there thirty days, and be in the Downs 4th January 1827 ; the Repfilse, Duke of York, and Herefordshire, for Bengal and China, to be ailoat the 29th November 1826, Fail to Gravcsend the 14th Decem - ber, stay there thirty days, and be in tlie Downs 19th January 1827 ; the Vahsittart, Buckinghamshire, and Scaleby Castle, for Befigdl f. rwl China, to be afloat 14th December, 1820, sail to GraveserwTSSth, stay there thirty dap, aad to be in tlie Down* the fid February .1827 ; the Inglis arrd Charles Grant, for Bengal and China; the Windsor and Hytfie for Bombay and China ; and the Farquharson for St. Helena, Penang, Sincapore, and China, to be afloat the 28th December 1826, sail to Gravcsend the 12th January 1827, stay there thirty days, and be in the Downs 17th February; the Bombay, General Kyd, and Waterloo, for Madras and China, to be - float the 12th January 18^ 7, sail to Gravesend the 8Gth, stay there thirty days, and, be in the Downs the Sd March, The new ship building in the room of" the Kent, and the Kellie Castle, for China direct, will lie afloat the 25th February 1827, sail to Gravesend the ISth March, staj there thirty days, anil be in the Downs the 18th April. DUAL, Aug. 83.— Arrived the Lady Campbell, Murphy, from Bombay, Gibraltar, and Cadiz ; left Calcutta, Jan. 1 ; and the Cape, April 2. She parted her cable in bringing op for the Downs tiiis morning, and has been supplied with new anchor and cable, aud remains under quarantine. Landed her passengers at Portsmouth. The Diamond, 4G, Captain Lord Napier, iscxpseted in England, to repair. her detects ; and it is probable she will not return tu the South American station. SVDSEY, March II.— On Wednesday last, arrived the sLtj> Toward Castle, Captain Jeffrey, with a cargo of sundries. She left London the 17th of August, Madeira the Ififh of September,- Tern- rifle the 18th of September, Cape of Good Hope 21st ofDe- cember, and Hobart Town the 25th of February. The following came passengers from England— Mrs. JeHery, Mrs. Campbell ( wife of R. Campbell, jun, Esq.), Miss Worley, Douglas Mills, Esq. ( eldest ton of Colonel Mills), Miss Spencer, Mr. Saunders, Mrs- T. Saunders and child, Mr. Henderson, Mr. Jarvis, Mr, Hoptou. Elizabeth Bayne, aud Catherine Slade. Saturday at noon, the Prince Regen', 120 guns, hearing the flag of Vice- Admiral. Sir Robert Moorson, K. C. K. Commander ill Chief in the river Mvdway, & c. was taken iuto the basin of Slieerness- yard ( preparatory to her being docked) with her guns and stores onboard. This is the first ship of that class which has entered that basin in a state of equipment since its completion. The vacancies on the list of First Lieutenants of Royal Marines, caused by the recent promotion, are to be filled up by the same number of officers of that rank ( 32) being called into service of those who were placed on the reduced peace establishment. The following First Lieutenants of Royal Marines have been call- ed in from half- pay, and appointed to the Plymouth Division : — Robert Leonard, Thomas 1{. Thomas, John Thomas, Henry Har- rington, James Shute, Charles Robinson, Samuel Barton. Portsmouth, Aug. 19 On Monday, his Majesty's frigate Bri- ton, Captoin Sir Murray Maxwell, Knt. C. B. arrived from Callao IS-, iy, last from Rio Janeiro, in 6ft days, having landed there tlig Spanish General Rodil, who surrendered the forts of Callao to the Patriot forces, whence he intended to take his passage to Cadiz. The Briton did not bring any political news of moment. Lord and Lady Ponsonby had arrived at Rio iu the Thetis frigate, Sir John Philimore, on their way to Buenos Ayres. The Wellesley, 74, Re ir- Admiral Sir George Eyre, had returned to Rio, leaving the Doris, Sir John Gordon Sinclair, in the River Plate, to protect the British interests. The Eclair, 18, Captain Bourchier, was gone to San Bias, to collect freight for England ; she was expected to come round Cape Horn in August. The Ranger, 28, Lord Henry Thynne, had left Rio- to relieve the Doris. The Briton brought only about 500,000 dollars on the merchants' account. Mrs. Chamberlayne, the lady of the Charge d'Afiaires at the Court of Brazil, came passenger. The Briton sailed ou Wednesday for Dfcpt- ford, to be paid off. Port Royal, June M.— The Druid, 46, Captain Sfamuel Chambers, lately arrived from England and St. Domingo/ is gon « to the windward station, fo relieve the Hussar. It is satisfactory to know the reception of Charles Mackenzie, Esq. and of J. Mac- kenzie, Esq. the Consuls, with Captaiu Fisher and M/. Bishop, at Hayti, was very gratifying. They were received at Vbrt- au- Pnuee with all the honours that conld lie bestowed upon tlu/ r rank. Their services will prove of great importance to the I^ iglish merchants there. Russian Fleet.— A Russian fleet of thro* line- of- hattle ship, and six frigates, which sailed from Cronst^ k on a cruise, for the exercise of the crews, may lie daily expected to arrive in the Road;, as Captain Wallace of the Barossa whicfarrived at Leith on Mon- day passed them on Sunday night in the' North Sea, about 70 miles off the laud. JMAV& TTSF, kc. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OP CORN. The following is the General Average which governs Imports- ion, taken from the Weekly Returns of the quantities aiid prices bi British Corn, Winchester Measure, iu England and Wales, for the week ending 19th Aug. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Rye. Beans. 1 Pease'- s. d. s. d. s. d. s. < f. s. d. » . d. 56 6 32 9 28 3 41 6 46 C j 58 3 The Avr. itACE P » ic. r. of BROWN or MuscovAno STRUARG com- puted from the Returns made hi the week ending the Sjfd Au". is 29s. lOjd. per Hundred Weight, ditty exclusive » CORN EXCHANGE, Aug. 29. We had a fair supply of new Wheat at market this morning from Essex and Kent, but very little from Suffolk, fn the early part of the morning the millers bought to a moderate extent, at an ad- vance of Is. | ier quarter ; but the demand, Afterwards slackened, and a good deal was left unsold at the closn of the market. Then- was scarcely any Barley fresh up j some samples of new from Kent sold at 40s. Oats are 3s. and Beafis ly per quarter dearer. Peas are dull sale. In other articles no Variation. Current Prices of Grain, s. s. d. Wheat, 4S to 0 Ditto superfine, ... 54 to CO 0 Wheat, red, — to/ Barley, W 33 0 Ditto, fine SS to 34 0 Rye, to 4.8 0 Malt, 48 to 54 1/ Oats Potatoe, 80 to 33 0 Ditto Poland, 31 to 93 0 Oats, Feed, Beans, small, .. Ditto Tick, Besus, harrow, Pease, Maple, . Ditto, White, . Ditto, Boilers, . Ditto, Hog, ... Flour s. s. d. 30 to 32 O 48 to 52 O 43 to 48 O 46 to 50 0 46 to 48 « > 40 to 43 ft 48 to 96 ft 38 to 48 O 50 to 55 U HADDINGTON CORN MARKET, Ath". 25. We had a good Apply of Wheat, in our market to- day, which met with a ready eale. Prices rather higher than last day- 1 Top If heat Barley. Oats. Pease. Beans. First... .. » 4s. Od. 29s. Od. 30s. 6.1. 28s. Od. 28s. Od Seconjt, ... 32s. Od. 27s. Od. 28s. 0.1. 26s. Od, litis. 0,1 7] lsird.. ... 30s. Od. 25s. Od. 26s. Od. 24s, ( W. 24s. Od Edinburgh Corn Market, Aug. 23.— We had a good supply of Wheat to- day, which sold heavily at the beginning, but quicker towards the end of the market. Old was nearly Is. cheaper ; but new 2d. dearer. A small supply of Barley, which fully maintain- ed last prices; best, 29s. 6d. ; current, 23s. to 26s. A small supply of Oats, which sold readily, and prices were full Gu. dearer ; « est 28s. j current 23s. tn 20s. Pease am! Beans 27s. to 29", Edinburgh, Cuttle Market, Aug. 83. The supply of sheep in this day's- market was greater than last week ( 67l>), which brought 12s. 22s. 6d. and 26s.; sales tolerably good— Wedders, White- faced, 18s. to 21s. ; black- feCiM, 16s. 6d. to 21s. Lambs were very plenty ( 7300) ; about sixty brought 9s. 6d. ; the double that number brought 8s. 6d. ; the general price os. 6d. to 6s— There was 163 Cattle in the Grass- market, which sold much the same as last week, from 6s. to 8s. per stone, sinking olfals. A dull sale, but the stock was superior to last week's show. Prices of Hag and Straw. Augu » t 22 Oat Straw, 16s. ; Barley ditto, 10s. ; Wheat do. 10s. to lis. per kemple.— Hay Is. 2d. to Is. Sd. per stone, tron weight. Glasgow Cattle Market, Aug. 21— There were 111 black cattle in this day's market, the greater part of which were but in ordinary coudition. Sales dull and rather declining. There were 4910 sheep and lambs. Black- faced wedders sold at from 21s. to 25s. White- faced ditto at about 26s. A lot of 200 white- faced, 1' of which 35s. Were asked for the best, left the market unsold. I ambs, according to quality, sold at from 3s. to 16s. a- head. Lodserby Lamb Fair.— This great annual mart for lambs was held on Tuesday the 15th current, The show of lambs, in point of numln'r, was considered inferior to that of last"; but in size and condition they were greatly beyond what might have been antici- pated, considering the scorched state of the pastures. The demand seemed at least equal to the supply, and though the store- farmers had to dba'e their first " askings, the prices given were above those obtained at Langholm. Prices altogether Were from 40 to 50 per cent, under those of August 1825. The horse market was poorly attended, and the show far below par. Beyond selling, or rather, perhaps, covping, a few small aud inferior auunals, very little business was done* Falklatui Lammas market was held on Thursday week. The rttarket, we believe, is the greatest of any held there during this year, ami at it there is commonly a great deal of business transact- ed, being frequently attended by cattle- dealers from beyond the Tweed. Fewer cattle were in the market than had been expected, find indeed fewer than in ordinary seasons. Several extensive lots of tat, or nearly fat, were sold at advanced prices, lean beasts were few iu number, and low in price. Milch cows were quite unsale- able. The demand for horses was not great, neither were the jniiss in any way improving. Morpeth, Aug. 23 At our market to- day there was a great pretit supply of cattle, sheep, and lambs; although many buyers, they met with dull sale, at last week's prices.— Beef, 5s. 6d. to 6s. per Stone, sinking offal Mutton, 5s. to 6s. 3d. Lamb,, 4s. 9d. tn 6s. Kingnsie, 1st Tuesday Aberlour, 1st Thursday Falkirk, 2d . Tuesday hervie, 2d Thursday Perth, 9th day Inverness, Wed. after 18th Dundee, 19th day ltuthrieston, Sd Tuesday Falkland, 4th Tuesday Trihitymuir, Tuesday preced- ing last Wednesday Durris, last Wednesday Forfar, do. Nairn, 29th day, and Friday fortnight after ( Old Stile.) Coldstone, 1st Tuesday Werury, do. St. ltufus, Keith, 1st Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday Khynie, Friday after do. FAIRS. SxFTKZtBKr.—( New Stile. J Huutly, Charles Fair, 2d Tues- day and Wednesday Tarves, do. St. Cuthbert's, 2d Thursday Alford, Friday after do. Ballater, 2d Mou. and Tues. Fraserburgh, 2d Friday Grautown, 3d Tuesday Braemar, do. Hawkhall, Michael Fair. do. Greenburn, do. and Wed. CuHen, last Tuesday Echt Tryst, do. Blackburn, day before do. Kinkell, Michael Fair, do. and Wednesday Inverury, Tuesday after do. llroadstraik, last Thurs. Newmills, do. New Pitsligo, do. MARRIAGES. At Older, h. im Herts, on the 22d inst. Captain MucdougaTl, R. N. oi Macdougall, to Elizabeth Sophia, only child of Charles Shel- don Timins, Esq. of Oriel Lodge, Cheltenham. At St. Andrews, Dublin, on the 16th lust. Capt. W. Childcrs, 42d ( Royal Highland) Regiment, grandson of the late Lord Eard- ley, to Mary Elizabeth, relict of Robert Hume, Esq. 41st regiment. AtArlary House, Kinross- sliire, on the 22d inst. Lieut. Edward Bayley, R. N. tu Mary, youngest daughter of the late David Walker Aruott, Esq. of Arlary. DEATHS. At Bombay, in February, last, Lieut. Frederick A. Arnaud, of the 22d regiment of Native Infantry. On the 2Qt. ii inst. aged 82 years, the Right Hon. Lafly Sarah Napicv, relict of the Hon. Colonel George Napier, aud daughter of Charles, the second Duke of Richmond. At Naples, on the 22d inst. in his 80th year, the celebrated as- tronomer Piazzi, of the order of the Thcolines, discoverer of the plaaet Ceres. At Spring Garden, Jamaica, on the 12th June, Mr. James Somervail Bisset, son of Mr. Adam Bisset, Leith. At. his house, Inner Leven, Fife, on the 18th inst. David An- derson, Esq, late examiner of his Majesty's Customs, aged 87. At Allau Park, Stirling, ou the 16th ult. Clias. Mercer, Esq. PROPERTY IN PARK LANE FOR SALE. Upon Friday the 3d day of November next, there will be exposed to sale by public roup, within the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aber- deen, betwixt the hours of 6 aud 7 afternoon, NPHAT TENE. VIENT of Foreland, under and above, J- with the pertinents, lying on the south side of Park Lane, presently possessed by Donald M'Donald, weaver in Alicrdeen, and others. The property is burdened with an yearly Feu- duty of ;£ 1 10s. sterling, and will be exposed at such a price, as will yield a large rate of Interest to the purchaser. For farther particulars, applicrtion may be made to Mr. Webster, Advocate, Aberdeen. Aberdeen, Is* August, 1826. driven, l. v thf unfuitlinate dissensions mam tlifc C. ipi- l » » t, wU- u her bed was removed, and partly caught liiv tani. The same cause, however, led to a qualification j ' l" ™ ? of a" « ^ n> Pti't » » ' k ™ ' » P""> {•>' g » ° V° wd tool; place on occasion at the Notice. DAILY CONVEYANCE BETWIXT ABERDEEN AND LEITM. The BRILLIANT & VELOCITY S TEAM PA CUE TS, In addition to their present Days of Plying, Will sail every THURSDAY at the usual hour, Until farther notice. By this arrangement, a Steam Packet will leave I. FITII and ABERDEEN every DAY, except Tuesdays, for the accommodation of Passengers during the Shooting Season. gSP FARES MUCH REDUCED. STEAM PACKET OFFICE, 33, Quay, Aberdeen, Aug. 4, 1826. DUNDEE MANUFACTURES. Sib. lint hnndsp. — — Sib. mill- spun, 2s. Od. a 2s. Id. 41b. ditto, 0s. Od. to Os Od. 51b. ditto, . 0s. Oil. to 0s Od. tdb. ditto, . 0s. Od. to 0s 0( 1. 71b. lint do. . . — — 61b, tow, do. p. lb. 0s 5d to 0s Cd 71b. tow do. do. 0s 4d to 0s 4Ad 81b. tow do. do. 0s 4d to 0s 00d 10 aud 121b. do. Sid to 0 » 4d Petersb. 12hd. .£ 34 a £ 35 00 Ditto, 9 ditto, 27 a 28 00 I Liebau, Riga Thieseuhaus, 38 OuOO 00 j Archangel, Drujana cut, . 33 a 34 — | Flemish, . . HEMP. Petershurghclean, £ 33 a £— Drujana rass, Ditto bait- clean . SO a Common rass, Riga Rhine, 40 a 0 Codilla, Ristens. S Brand,.€ 25 0 a £ 26 . 32 a — SO a 35 0 a 0 £ 33 a £ 3i . 32 a 0 . 20 a 0 SMITHF1ELD MARKET. B- ef, 4s. Od. to 4s. 9d. | Pork, 4s. Od. to 4s. Bd Veal, 5s. 2d. to Cs. Od. | Lamb, 5a. Od. to 5s. 8d Mutton, ... 4s. Od. to 4s. 6d. j B- asts. 652— Calves, 312— Sheep and Lambs, 11930— Pigs, 90 PRICE OF STOCKS. 3 per C. Red. 3 per C, Cons. S i per CVnt. 4 per Ct, 1826 Sj per Ct. Red. eeii India Bonds 26 25 pr. Exch. Bills, 10001. 18 1 9 pr. Lottery Tickets 241. 7s. Bank for Acc. Consols for Acc. EDINBURGH, August 29. His Grace the Duke of Argyll has presented tlie Reverend Donald Smith to the first charge of the parish of Campbelltown, and the Iteverend John Macdougall to the second charge of the same parish. Sunday, Mr. Fletcher of London preached in the forenoon in Leith Links, and iri the evening on the Caltpn Hill, from the follow- ing tpxts: Psalm xxxvii. 87— Isa. Ixiv. 4. His auditory in the morning was very numerous, and that in the evening could not be 1 : ss than from 12,000 to 15,000. On the latter occasion the collec- tion, which was for the relief of the unemployed operatives, amounted to £ 30. Lamentable Occurrence.-— A LADY SHOT.—- On Monday after- n > on, a mostt distressing accident occurred at the country seat of Mr- John Lang, writer, which is situated near Kirkintilloch. Mr. Lang's grandson, a little hoy, had unfortunately laid his hands upon a loaded pistol, which Mr. Lang thought he had deposited in h place oi sufficient security, and with it in his possession, he came to the lobby, where his cousin was standing, the Lady of Mr. Wight, an advocate, on a visit to her grandfather, from Edin- burgh, who desired him to lay it down, on which he said, " O. there is no danger, there is nothing in it," and holding it in the direction of Mrs. Wight, pulled the trigger, when most melancholy to relate, the ball which the pistol contained, went through her head, and she almost instantly expired ! ! Mr. Wight, it is said, is still in ignorance of his calamity, or has come to the knowledg< of it very recently, he being gone with a shooting party to the moors. Some accounts say that she had her infant child in her iftms at the time of the accident. She was only two years married, 1 he distress winch this mournful event has occasioned, is beyond description. Cupar Angus;.— A band of generous Highlanders from the parish of Little Dunkeld,' have again this year left their mountains, 1 accom panied by two pipers; and, arriving at the Rev. Lawrence Butter1 Lethenday, have cut down his crop gratuitously. MAJOR L AING.— When theLondon papers of Friday announced iixe arrival of Major Laing at Timbuctoo without any details, we rt- fcddy concluded, as we wished it to be, that he had reached that pla< i£ in safety. But it appears we have been mistaken ; and that the amounts of his misfortune, which wo received several weeks ago through a channel exclusively our own, js unfortunately confirmed, iSubsequeotly to his leaving Twait, the caravan with which he was travelling \ Vas attacked and dispersed by a banditti of barbarous Arabs, in which attack the Major, was unfortunately severely wounded in the shoulder, and his servant killed. This misfortune will, it is apprehended, obiige Major Laing to return again to Tripoli, instead tit" prosecuting hixSourney down the Niger, and solving the great geographical prob) eift; the course arid termination of that celebrated river. We shall stilJ'hope tliat he will proceed, as we conceive he nans more danger in returning across the Desert to Tripoli than in descending the Niger to the ocean. But on this subject, we must a Iniit, that he is the best } yJge— Glasgow Courier. The John fcull says—" VPfr . have received a private letter via Marseilles, announcing the arrival of Major Laing at Timbuctoo. ife had lieen attacked on his way to that place, and wounded in the shoulder, but hat I tecovered ; hN servant was killed. If he thou Id not meet Captaiu Clapper ton* i& w his intention to return to ' iripoli, instead of proceeding to the Bigf. t at Benin. Ma| or Laing's anxiety to return to Tripoli is to account?*! for, by the fact, that he had married a daughter ot'Mr Warrington, the Consul there." Ct. AREA's ROMBKUY.— A family residing iii Dalrymple Place, v,> n?. to the country about a month ago, at which time they left a. Well furnished house, and every thirty in good order. On return- ing home on Wednesday last, what wast their surprise to find, that, doting their absence, every article in tha house had been carried away— bed « , tables, fchairs, Carpet and table cloth, cup and saucer*, pot and pan— all carried off at " one fell swdop," and • nothing left to welcome them but bare and ghastly walls. Tfee house, it would appear, had b'etn entered by means of false keys, Ss the door was found ku'ked, and t- very thing externally had the earnP. sappearance as when the family went away. No trace as yet has been discovered ot the depredators. BIRTHS. At fto. 8, Royal Circtre, cn the inst. Mrs. Waiter Dick- on, of a S< VN. At 12, Howard Place, on the 18th inst. Mrs. ReAnie, of a daughter. At Beiidmm, Fife, on ihe Cod inst. the Lady of Capt D^ rie, of a Kon. At Prestonpaiw, on the Inst. Mrs. Hislop, of a sou. TO BE LET, For Nineteen Years, from Martinmas next, ry HE FARM of BALFOUR of M13NMUIK, on J&- the Estate of CARESTOJJ, as now arranged in two divi- sions. The first comprehending the greater part of the Croft subset to, and at present in the occupation of, Mr. Croekat, with the addition of some Waste Land, extending in whole to 26 acres or thereby of Arable Ground, and 105 of Waste Land and Pasture. And the other division comprehending the remainder of the Farm, as occu- pied by the late Mr. John Guthrie, and containing 185 acres or thereby of Arable Land, and about 90 of Waste Land and Pas- ture. Encouragement will be given for the erection of a Dwelling House and Steading; and offers may be lodged with Mr. Hillocks, at Finhaven ; or Messrs. Blaikie and Bannermari, advocates in Aber- deen, on or before Monday the 4- th day of September next by 12 o'clock, when a bargain will be concluded at the Mains of Cares- ton. John Duncan, at Cruigend, will point out the boundaries. MAINS OF CARESTON, ? July 24, 182G. ) BAMK NOTJG. AFIVE POUND NOTE, of the ABERDEEN BANKING COMPANY, was dropped on Thursday last be- twixt the Offices of the Aberdeen Bank and the Bank of Scotland. If the person who found it will have the goodness to leave it with the Publisher of this Paper, a suitable reward will be gratefully presented. Aberdeen, Sept. 1, 1826. THE CHRONICLE. ABERDEEN : SATURDAY, SniTKMjizr. 2, 1826, SUMMARY OF POLITICS. THE war with the Ilurmesc has been at length ter- minated satisfactorily, l> y the ratification of the former treaty, on the part of tlie Burmese Monarch, almost under the walls of his own capital. The public attention is naturally much occupied at present with the unfortunate detention of the two Steam vessels, destined for the expedition under Lord Cocil- RANE, which, it appears, has been- occasioncd by de- fects in the construction of their machinery. It is to be hoped that this circumstance will not occasion any serious delay in his Lordship's operations. Next to the efficient aid which will no doubt be ren- dered by Lord CocilUANE to the cause of Greece, we think there is at present more than one circumstance tending to revive those hopes of its ultimate success which had been so much damped by the progress of the Egyptians, and the fall of Missolonghi, The revolution at Constantinople, although, if ulti mately successful, it must teiul not less to the consolida- tion of the Turkish government than to the improvement aud efficiency of the Turkish army, can hardly be con sidered as complete, w hen it is recollected that the Ja- nissaries stationed in t.: e metropolis, and who have thus been either destroyed or disarmed, form but a small pro portion of this formidable body. Some time, at least, must elapse, before the Porte can lie well assu: ed of the submission of the Janissaries of the provinces—; circumstance which must, 111 the meantime, be decidedly favourable to the CI reek cause. We think, too, that those who can trace the bene ficent an I steady operation of the representative prin ciple, even amidst the jealousies of the rival chic- fs, and the barbarism of the lower classes, will have no difficulty in perceiving, that it is gradually but surely producing its natural fruits of consolidating both the moral and physi enl resources of the country. Nothing else, we are well convinced, ( notwithstanding the prevalent cant about the vigour of concentrated authority),— nothing else could have produced or sustained that Universal enthu siasra in the cause of independence that heroism worthy of the best days of Greece— those disinterested personal sacrifices, bv which ( amidst so much sectional and personal jealousy) the contest lias been so honour ably distinguished. As the best evidence of the saiu tary operation of this principle, we find, in the two per- manent committees appointed at the last session of the national assembly for the provisional administration of the internal and foreign relations of Greece, the names of influential individuals from all parts of the continent and the Archipelago. It is, on the other hand, a matter of regret, certainly, that that assembly should have unanimously ( as it is said) entertained an opinion in favour oi a monarchical go- vernment— a course to which it lias no doult been of that opinion, which, it ii to be hoped, will ticn- | tralize its object, namely, that the Crown should be given to a foreign Prince. The jealousies of the dif- ferent reigning families of Europe will, we trust, op- pose an insurmountable obstacle to the success of this measure, aud lead to the establishment in Grcece of the only government worthy of her one tho- roughly representative. It is evident that the influence of tiie American and Continental Phil- Hellenists, as well as of the more intelligent among the English, will be excited in favour of a republican government. Whe- ther it should assume a central or federal form, is a question of very inferior importance. But it is not for regenerated Greece to submit herself spontaneously to the imbecility and vulgar trappings of a hereditary exe- cutive. We may be allowed to feel some little pride in the re- flection that our countryman, Mr. GORDON, seenis destined to act a prominent part in this, which we hope will be the final and triumphant struggle of Greece— We have reason to believe that she does not possess a more able, more zealous, or more disinterested friend ; and we trust, that by the tinited exertions of this gentle- man and Colonel FAEVIEH, the Greeks may at length be induced to submit to that organization and discipline so essential to their success, and now rendered the more necessary, by the European organization of the Egyp- tians, and the military changes at Constantinople. BIRTHS. On the 25th ultimo, at Inch- house, Mrs. GORDON of flall- liead, of a daughter. DEATHS. At Aberdeen, on the 24th ult. the infant son of JOHS TUL- loh, Esq. 11. N. At New Norfolk, Vaa Diemen's Land, on the 7th of April last, Captain IICCH WUSQS, 68th Regiment of Bengal Native In- fantry.. - 1 At Allan's Hotel, Banff, on the 20th ult. Mr, CHAM. F_ S RAT- THAY, commercial traveller, aged 83. At Arbroath, on the 17th ultimo, Mr. WILLIAM MCIB, de- puty- comptroller of his Majesty's Customs at that port. At Ballater, on the 10th ultimo, aged seventy- eight, JAMES DICKSON, Esq. merchant, Montrose. At Montrose, on the 21st ultimo, at the advanced age of eighty- five, Mr. JOHN HUICHEON, cooper. At Trinidad, on 22d June, after a short illness, Mr. JOHN M'LEOB, a partner in the firm of Simpson and Macleod, aged 32 - ears. At his house in Argj- le Square, Edinburgh, on the 21st ultimo, Dr. JOHN BAHCLAY, for many years an eminent teacher of anatomy, and a distinguished ornament to the medical school of Edinburgh. Dr. Geo. Pirie of Stains.— Died, at the Manse of Slains, on the 22d ult. deeply and justly lamented by all who knew him, by the com- munity at large, but especially by his nearest relatives and friends, the Rev. Dr. GEORUE PIRIE, Minister of that Parish, in the 66th year of his age, and the 33d of his ministry. The illness which terminated his life was a paralytic stroke, under which he laboured a consider- able time, and, after a temporary prospect of recovery, unexpected- ly expired— Dr. Pirie was distinguished by most excellent qualities, intellectual aud moral. As a husband, a father, a friend, and neighbour, he will ever be remembered with the most cordial esteem, and the deepest regret, by all who stood to him in these several relations. His attachments were formed on solid grounds, and remained steady and constant. His fidelity and prudence render- ed his friendship an acquisition truly valuable. Not only did he enter tvarmly into all the feelings and circumstances of those who had the happiness of being connected with him by that sacrfcd tie ; but he inspired them with the confidence, never disappointed, that whatever was committed to his faithful bosom was deposited in in- violable security— a quality this very rare among the sons of men ! He sympathized strongly with the distresses of others, aud to re- lieve them, exerted himself to the utmost of his power. He was upright in his sentiments and conduct, candid in his judgments, and mild in his opinions of others, even when severity might, in some respects, have been justified. If he had fault to find, he always stated it, in the first instance to the person chargeable, and fairly allowed him an opportunity of defence or alleviation. Yet, if pe- tulance, presumption, selfishness, vanity, or pride, were too ob- trusive to be endured, he would make them feel, in a playful man- ner, the edge of sarcastic wit. He was a most agreeable companion and enlivened every company in which lie sat. He had, however, in convivial society, sometimes too great an aversion from graver, tho' interesting discussions, in which he was so well qualified to bear an instructive part. Dr. Pirie, whose piety was enlightened, sincere, firm, anil modest, was assiduous and faithful in all his pastoral du- ties, and will long lie lamented by tlie people from whom he has, by the will of God, been separated. As a preacher he was emi- nent, His discourses always tended to the intellectual, moral, and religious improvement of his hearers. The practice inculcated by these striking addresses, was founded on Christian principles. They were always instructive aud impressive, frequently pathetic, and at times sublime. They were delivered with that animation which comes from the heart of the speaker, and seizes that of the hearer. This will be attested hy his own congregation, and by that in Aberdeen, where he so long officiated on sacramental so- lemnities. Possessed of great natural talents, he had cultivated and expanded them by assiduous study. His knowledge, however, he often erroneously shaded and concealed : but his friends were not ignorant of its extent. They regretted that while so many ostenta- tiously display the scanty learning which they have gleaned, and even pretend to possess more than they have gathered, he should so sparingly disclose his ample stores of erudition It were easy to enlarge on Dr. Pirie's excellent qualities ; but it is necesssarv to abridge ; and what has not been stated will be supplied by the warm and retentive recollections of all his acquaintance. These will derive their chief solace for his loss from the firm persuasion that he has exchanged a state of trial and endurance for one of eternal and con snmniate felicity and glory.— The writer of this article speaks from an intimate intercourse of more than thirty years. While he re- collects with affectionate melancholy the many happy hours which he has spent in Dr. Pirie's society, and repeated proofs of his kind- ness, lio will ever deplore, with all the tenderness of friendship, the severe loss which he has sustained by his death; cherish, with un- fading respect and esteem, the memory of his friend ; and retai for his mourning family that attachment which their affliction tends more and more to confirm. [ it will be recollected by out reader shop contiguous to the old woman's apartment being broke into and robbed, of which aggravated crime Katharine Urquluirt, a relative ol the deceased, stands accused, and is to he brought to trial here at the ensuing Circuit Court of Justiciary. UNITED MEETING. On Wednesday last, the United Meeting of the counties of Aber- deen, Forfar, Kincardine, aud Banff, commenced and continued for three days, as usual. From the absence of the noble President, the Ear] of AEOYNE, and some of the other Noblemen and families of distinction who have generally been present, the meeting was thin, although very respectable. The race ground, indeed, did not exhibit the wonted number of splendid equipages, but some of those which appeared were very handsome; and there was ou the two last days a greater display of fashionable and genteel company the Stand than from tlie circumstances stated might have been expected, while the line band of the Aberdeenshire Militia played number of favourite tunes and delightful airs for their entertain- ment. The Ordinaries and Balls at the Public Rooms have been conducted in the usual splendid style, and although not numer- ously attended, have always been graced by a brilliant assemblage the Nobility and Gentry, to whom the polite attention of the Stewards has always been shewn, in such marks of urbanity as have tended greatly to the enjoyment of these festivities, still ren- dered more engaging by the excellent arrangements of the Hon. Colonel RAMSAY, to which, ae to the gratification of all present, his unwearied attention is uniformly directed. The dinners, by a new arrangement regarding the two principal inns, have this year been served by Mr. Anderson, of the New Inn, in a style of great taste, such as, we learn, to give general satisfac- tion, onse- , Manse of I_. ichbror. rn ; and as tlie matni i to he the fuhject of h- prd This. | investigation, we forbeir for the present to retail the - toiies ini ir- - idation about it. — Inverness Conner. PRICE HI- PKOVISIONS, tic. A UK no £ r A' MARKET Y KS T F R D A Y. Quartern Loaf, Potatoes, imp. peck, Beef, per lb. — . in, Lamb, per quarter, Os. ' Od. Veal, Pork, Butter, imp. lb. 3d. tn 10.1, Eggs, per iloz od. to 7d. Cheese, per imp. st. 3s. Od. to 4s. Od. Tallow, 9s. to Os. 6d, Hay, Is. 3d. to Is. 4d. Raw Hides, per lb. 5d. to ( iid. Coals, p. bar. Is. Id. to Is. lid. The Papyruseum in the Public Rooms.— We call the attention to this admirable display of taste aud ingenuity. Aud now we des- pair of impressing our readers'with any thing like a true idea of its excellencies. There are no less than 125 figures, some of them representing models of real life, others most beautiful pieces of sculpture, aud others vases and baskets of flowers and nosegays, all wrought in paper with the most exquisite skill. To the ladies it affords a complete spectacle, and a proud proof of female abilities the artist or the man of taste will not think the models and design; beneath his notice ; the botanist will here have a rich treat: and the exquisitely correct delineations of the costume of different nations, at once unite instruction and amusement. We know not, amidst so many beauties, on which to fix our attention the most.— Among the English costume, to which we are Introduced by the Catalogue, the more remarkable models are— No. S8, A Lady of 1750. with large toupee and- fortliingale, find all the stiff extravagancies of that period, which forcibly reminds us of the gallant Lieutenant L'lsmaliago's bride, or the not less amiable Miss Lucretia MacTab. There is so nrnch of the air, manner, and tart humour of that age • about this model, that we cannot withold our encomiums : but when Contrasted with No. 60, ( A LadyoflSlSJ, there is much amusement in the comparison. The former, so bulky from enormous hoops; the latter so slender from opposite fashison; the first despising convenience, dressed to resemble an umbrella; the second, disregard ing health, seems laced up like the broken limb of a fowl. Yet, how ever opposite to reasou and comfort the fashion of these periods may seem, they are not the more distant from truth on that account, and the knowledge of the artist is most conspieuous~ in these two figures. We beg our friends to lose no time, and we are certain when they have seen it, they will not be disappointed. TOOTH ACHE, ike—( From a Correspondent. J Mr. Bre- ham, Surgeon Dentist, from Leith Walt, Edinburgh, delivered a Lecture in the Academy here, on Thursday evening, the 24t. h inst. in which- he displayed an intimate acquaintance with the for- mation and structure of the teeth in man, and in the infi- rior animals, the changes they undergo, and the diseases to which tliev are subject at different periods of life ; also, the diseases to which, when neglected, they give rise, such as head- ache, rheuma- tism, & c. and the means which he has discovered, and successfully employs, in order to give relief, and effectually to remove these diseases, together with those arising from a disordered stomach. Upon the composition of remedies which he employs with success, he pro- posed to enter more fully at his next Lecture, and by experiment upon himself to prove the immediate efficacy of his antidote againss burning or scalding. It is, however, but justice to state, that hit auditors left the room highly gratified with his first Lecture In- verness Journal, Aug, 25, 1826. MEAL MARKET. OATMEAL in the Market on Thursday and Friday, 144 sacks of 280 Imp. lbs. per sack, which sold from 40s. to 44*. per sack. Oatmeal, per stone,— — 2s* Id. to 2s. Sd. Bearmeal, per do. Is. 6d. to Is. lOd. Malt, per bushel, 5s. 4d. NA VAL IS 1 ELLIG £ A CE. The brig Aurora, Burgess, of this place, 39 days out from Archangel to Dundee, was on Tuesday last taken with a heavy squall when off Peterhead, which carried away her foremast, about five feet above the deck. Copt. Burgess had rigged a jury mast, and would have been able to prosecute his voyage, had not lour of his crew next ilay, tatam the boat aud left the vessel; in conse- quence of wliich, he found it necessary to avail himself of the assistance of a Revenue cruiser, by whom the Aurora was towed to Fraserburgh, where she now lays to refit. The Migvie, lilack, passed through this Bay on the 25th ult. for l\ , , , . , , Arundel, S9 days from Arckuigel, having experienced strong galea rhe Bjtort on the turf was very good, and several of the horses fr0UI s_ w_ t0 g. S. W. oil the passage. being pretty well matched, there were some excellent races ; and, on the w- hole, the running was superior to what we have had for some years, although in a few of the matches the interest fell short of expectation, from some of the horses being drawn. The assemblage in the links was not great on the first day, but the fine weather of Thursday, and the concluding day, Friday, rew out a vast concourse of all ranks, who seemed much gratified, and enjoyed the gay awl varied scene which the multifarious and attractive objects over the extended plain and on the Broad Hill so auiiplv afforded, RACES. Wednesday, 30th August. The Meeting . Stakes of Twenty- five . Sovereigns each, Five for- feit, with Twenty added from the Funds of the Meeting, for all ages.— Twice round the course. Mr. Howe's b. h. Skiff, by Partizan— IK Boynton 1 Sir A. Ramsay's b. c. Gift, - - 2 Won in a canter. A Plate of Fifty Sovereigns, given by the Citizens of Aberdeen, added to a Subscription of Twenty Sovereigns each, for horses that have been regularly hunted with any established pack of foxhounds, during the seasons of 1825- 6. Twice round the course, aud a distance. Mr. Howe's ch. h. the Tod— walked over. Thursday, 31st August. The Dunnottar Stakes, of One Hundred Sovereigns each, p. p, for all ages. One mile and a distance. Mr. Howe's b. h. Skiff— W. Boynton 1 Mr. Carnegie's b. c. the Major, 2 Won easy. A Gold Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns, given from the Ladies' Subscription, for all ages. Twice round, and a distance. Mr. Carnegie's b. c. the Major— 1 Ml. Farquharson's b. c. by Catton - - 2 This w- as a well contested race. A Sweepstakes of Ten Sovereigns each, with Twenty- five adileil by Hon. Capt. Gordon, M. P. for the County of Aberdeen, for all ages. Twice round. Sir A. Ramsay's b. c. Gift— Templeman - 1 Mr. Farquharson's b. c. by Catton - 2 Severe running, and won only by a neck. Friday, ls< September, A Plate of One Hundred Sovereigns; added to a Sweepstakes of Fifty Sovereigns each, h. ft. for all ages. Twice round. Mr. Howe's b. h. Skiff— W. Boynton - - 1 Mr. Carnegie's b. e. the Major 2 An excellent race. A Sweepstakes of Ten Sovereigns each, p. p. with Fifty Sove- reigns added by the Marquis of Huntlv, for horses, & c. that never won a Hundred Sovereigns or Gold Cup, at any ODe time, plate or stakes, before the day of naming. Heats, twice round. Sir A. Ramsay's ch. g. Jack Careless— T. Ley I 1 Mr. Smyth's ch. h. Hazard - - 2 2 Mr. Howe's ch. h. the Tod - - - 3 3 Won easy. The Caledonian Welter Stakes of Thirty Sovereigns each, Ten forfeit, with Ten added from the Funds of the Meeting* Twice round. Mr. Howe's b. h. Skiff— 1 Sir A. Ramsay's b. h. Gift 2 Won only by a length. As the Meeting had not broke up when our paper went to press a List of the Company, and other particulars, must be postponed to our next. THEATRE— Mr. RYOER'S Corps Dramatiqujc, on the pre- sent occasion, seenis very respectable; and we are glad to find, that during the short time he has been with us, he has been well supported by the public. He deserves our hearty thanks for those merry convulsions which have been produced in us, by the drolleries of Paul Pry. Mr. RYDER, to do him justice, makes a very decent Paul. Were we iu the humour of saying it very ill- natured thing, we might remark, that he at least gives us an idea of what a treat LISTON must be in the character. We pro- test we have nothing ill- natured to say of Miss DYER, who, in Phoebe, is graceful, arch, pretty, and pleasing. Nothing can be more complete and peremptory, than our old acquaintance, WJL LIAMS, in the Colonel—; and JOHNSON, who is also evidently a great favourite, does all justice to his part of Harry Stanley, which is in fact too short and inconsiderable to do justice to him, Two new claimants to the property of the late Mr. FARQUUAR of Fonthill, lately started up in the persons of a Mr. Ledger and Air. Pennington; and the former of these has been in this neigh- bourhood, endeavouring to trace out and establish a relationship with the deceased, in which, however, we understand, he has en- tirely failed ; and he has since written to Mr. AIKEN of this place, nephew of Mr. Farquhar, that he has given orders to his agent in London, to withdraw his claim, and that of Mr. Pennington. Caution We have to remark that a considerable quantity of counterfeit silver has lately got into circulation here. It consists principally of shillings, of the date 1820, and pretty well executed, with the exception of the milling round the head ; the colour is a dull greenish wl> ite. One poor country woman received no less than seven of them on Friday last, in the market. They are passed, we understand, by a set of vagrants, who generally make some trifling purchase, and receive the change. The following persons have been indicted to stand trial before the Circuit Court of Justiciary, to be held at Aberdeen oti Friday the 15 th of September : — COUNTY OF ABERDEEN Thomas Davidson, theft. Helen Murray, or Lamb, theft. Andrew Keith, theft. Katherine Urguhart, housebreaking and theft, and wilful fire- raising. James Reid, and Margaret Sheriffs, housebreaking and theft, John Coutts, junior, fire- raining, or malicious mischief. CITY OP ABERDEEN. Alexander Robertson, housebreaking and theft. Robert Kennedy, ditto. William Fyfe, ditto. John James Allen Nelson, theft, and habit and repute. Outrage A party from the Atalauta Revenue Cutter were last week fired upon while on the Strathglass road, about four miles above Beauly. The deadly purposes of the misguided men who committed this outrage is unquestionable, as their first ball- shot passed between two of the Revenue party. They effected their es- cape ; but a circumstance so disgraceful to the country we live in, ought to call for the vigilant and active pursuit of the delinquents. The great Cattle Market, Marymass Fair of Ellon, held on Wednesday, was better attended and more business done than at any market for some time past. The shew of cattle was not very great, but there was certainly an increased demand and an im provement of about 7i to 10 per cent, on such cattle as were in good condition, the sale of which was considerable. On Saturday night last, a gentleman's garden at Old Aberdeen was brolie into, and robbed of all the choice fruit which had been reserved for the family of the proprietor. The law against such offences, even when committed by boys, is very strict and severe; but in this case, the delinquent appears to have been a grown up person, as the print of a man's foot was observable in the ground. No trace could be had of the depredator, who, it is believed, was without any accomplice. INVERNESS, August 30. " About 2 o'clock on Saturday morning last, part of tlie back premises of the Royal Hutel occupied by Sir. GEOOES, was disco- passage. The Evaoder, Bathie, of this place, arrived at Archangel the 3d ult. Belina, Philips, at Riga, 1st wit. from Aberdeen. Thomas and Ann, Shield, at do. 3d nit. from do. Vesta, Greig, and Manly, Kenn, at do. 6th ult. f,- om do. The Diana, Nicholson, at do. 7th ult. from do. The Isabella, Faulkner, at do. 13th nit. from do. City of Aberdeen, Duthie, iu lat. 49. 30. N. long. 28. W. oo the 11 th Aug. all well. l-' reelaud, Thomson, at Liverpool, 24th ult. from Bahia. Sail- ed from thence 6th June, Left tin; Bolivar, Small, of Aberdeen, loading for Liverpool. Prince of Waterloo, Deary, at Alexandria, ( Egypt) 4( h ult. from Constantinople. Earl of Aberdeen, Mearns, at Belfast, 18th ult. from Virginia. Margaret, Troup, sailed from Leith SSd iust. for Cape BreUin. Enterprise, Anderson, of and for Aberdeen, bound to C » pe Breton, was spoke on the 11 th ok. in lat. 48. long. 38. by the Im. John, Baker, arrived a't Dublin. Janet, Robertson, from Aberdeen to Riga, passed the Sound, 12tli ult. Extract of a letter fitwi Bremen, dated 19th August, 18° 6 The Kiero, uf Hull, left Greenland, for Davis's Straits, the 1st July, having only caught one fish. About the same time, the Margaret of Loudon, Venerable of Hull, and two Scotch ships, all clean, proceeded from the Greenland seas for Davis' Straits. Of the four ships from Bremen to Greenland, this season, two are ar- rived, one is supposed to be lost, and the other is daily expected home." ARRIVALS AT ABERDEEN. Aug. 24.— Newcastle, Leslie, Newcastle, goods; Velocity, Beverly, Leith, ) « ssengers; Carolina, Dennison, Flecketiord, bark ; Friendship, Cantlv, Sunderland, lime; Rebeoca, Sim, do. coals ; Barbara and Margaret, Ross, Wemyss, doi 25. Mally and Jessie, Macpherson, ABsa, coals; Betsey and Ann, Coll, Berwick, Hour; Union, jMiUchell, Sunderland, coals-; Hoop, Sherele, Rotterdam, oil cabst— 2*. Friends, Urquhart, Fraserburgh, goods ; Velocity, Beverly, Lvith, passengers 27. Courier, Campbell, Glasgow, goods— 28-. Three Brothers, Mair, do; Janet, Davidson, Leith, do ; Confidence, Alexander, Sunderland, coals ; Scaton, White, Alloa, do ; Eupheinia, Gor- don, Jersey, apples ; Edinburgh Paeket, Nonit, Leith, goods ; William and Margaret, M'Donald, Bnrghead, stones ; Welling- Gilbertsou, Hull, goods; Ossian, Brace, Sunderland, coals; Myrtle, Davidson, do. do ; Edward, Duncan, Allua, coals ; Three Friends, Thomson, Dantzic, Uaek beer and grain; Su- perior, Duncan, London, goods— oO. Velocity, Beverly, Leith, passengers; Lord lluutly, Stewart, Loudon, goods; Speculation, Dalil, Lougsound, timber; Friends, Gilchritt, Banff, fish 31. Venus, Jamson, Jersey, fruit ; Don, White, Allua, coals ; Maria, , Hamburgh, goods ; Br& lant, Crane, Leith, pas- sengers. SAILED. Aug. 2 4 Hercules, Scott, Shields, hslhst; Julia, Fraaer, Antwerp, do; Elizabeth and Ann, Brown, Kirkaldv; flax; Triumph, Leslie, London, goods; London Packet, Davidson, Leith, do. 25 Velocity, Beverly, do. passengers; Itub;-. Craig, Wick, goods; Stirlinghill, Collie, Peterhead, ballast; Magdalina, Hume, Shields, do; Bell and A. nri, Tboin, Peterhead, goods; Superb, 1' aton, Sunderland, ballast; Bromby, Miildleton, Hull, goods ; Plough, Cravie, NewburgV lime— 26. Mercun , Walker, Sunderland, ballast; Swift, Alexander, do. do; Isa- bella and Euphentia, Lowrie, do. do; Henry and William, Allan, St. David's, do; Lord Algernon, Cowan, Alloa, do; Catharine, Smith, St. David's, do; Lord A. Hamilton, Masson, London, stones; Nelly, Bell, Leith, slatw; Mary Ann, Ferguson, do. do; Young Johns, Abel, Berwick, ballast; Eraser, Davis, Blvtl Two Sisters, Gray, Kirkaldy, do; Champion, Sim, Loir- don, do ; Cato, Davis, do. do; Robert Garden, Walker, dc. stoues ; Alert, Davidson, do. do; Maria, Henderson, Spey, iie Cliarkiton, Atmand, Perth, timber; Juno, Blues, Don- dee, goods; Clyde Packet, M'Gee, St. David's, ballast— 2 « . Velocity, Beverly, Leith, passengers ; Friends, Urquhart, Fraser- burgh, ballast— 29. Content, Scott, Baltic, do.— 30. Marquis of Huutly, Law, Leith, goods— 31. Velocity, lh- verly, do. pas- sengers ; Nimrod, Philip, London, goods; Janet, Davidson, Hslmsdale, do ; Maxwell, Burgess, . Sunderland, ballast, lion Accord, Brown, at London, 27th nit. TIDE TABLE, ' Calculated for Abei- deen Bar.— Mean Time. Moi - ning I ille. Evening- Title. Sept. 2. Saturday 3. Sunday 4. Monday 5. Tuesday 6. Wednesday 7. Thursdav 8. Friday..". MOON'S AI-. E. FIRST QUARTER, 8th day, at I In. 34M. Eveninp. On. 55. yt. lit. 14 vi 1 31 I 48 2 6 g 24 2 42 3 I 3 • 20 3 4 1 4 3 4 20 4 57 - 6 89 vered to be on fire. Bv the prompt exertions of the watchmen, and one of the Fire Engines, which was instantly brought to the — , , , , ,, . ., . , . „ , . sPot ' he alarm hell being rung, the fire was soon extinguished Last week, a helpless old woman, m the parish ot Cruden, dur- without any material damage to the premises, or the propeity con- ing the temporary absence of the family with which she lived, had tained in them. The buildings are insured. her clothes kindled, and although her situation was soon discover- Infamous Outrage.—" Mr. Roy, W. S. proceeding on Sunday ed, and the flames speedily extmguished the poor woman was so las*, to his newly acquired property of Dundonell, wa's attacked at much scorched that she only sumveu the accident a few hours. Fascrenich, on the borders of his eitate, and narrowly escaped wieh The unfortunate sufferer was in her. Soil, year, of the name of, his life. One of his horses was killed , » , the spot, and the I fijuhait, and nad a narrow escape from a hk death m DscewWr ' other dteadfullv maimed. Mr. lie, „ „ w h. j. plK- ,' nhurt „ „,.'. P O S T S C III P ' P. LONDON. Dispatches has been received this morning hy his Majesty's Go- ernment, overland, from Calcutta, by way of Bomltiy and Con stantinople, confirming the intelligence we receiied some days exclusively, by way of. Boston, of the arrival ol" Sir A. ('. implicit before the Burmese Capital ; anil in u- eover, announcing the clos.. of the Burmese war— When the 1 ri , sh Arjny wss under the wall i uf Ummerapoora, the Burmese monarch ratified the former treat*. At the date of the advices, Sir A. CwnpbeH had set outfor Gilcutta, and the troops were returning to Rangoon. These facts will lie announced in this evening's Gazette. Freight had fallen from 81. to 51. aud 61. jier ton.— Glotte. Greek Steam Ships.— The correspondent of a morning paper makes some charges of a serious nature against the persons who had the yianagement of the ( Honey reserved from the Greek loan, for the purpose of sending out vessels to lie put under the command of Lord Cochrane. This is a delicate subject, and discussion and in- quiry have been dreaded, lest they should defeut the expedition it - self ; but sincc all concealment is at an end, we may mention what the charges of mismanagement are. It is, said that L. 160,000 were set aside for the fitting out of the vessels in question ; that eight months have elapsed since the time at w hich it was stipulated that they should have been completed ; that the works ( the enghn- work we presume is meant, have been entrusted to a single uieclianist, who, at the time of undertaking the contract, was employed in i- i- milar business for the Pacha's service ; that till the present time, or very recently, no engiueer was appointed to inspect this me- chanist's engines, which are now found unfit for the purpose lor which they are destined, the LI 60,600 having lieeu already spent. Whether these allegations are correct or not we do not knmv. If they are false, we hope the persons concerned will soon be able to refute them. If they aie true, they excite at once regret and in- dignation. What men of hu.-, iness or os common sense can have been engaged in such transactions ?— Globe. Letters from Monte Video have brought news that the Rio de la P'ata fleet had been completely destroyed by that of Brazil. Admi - 1 11 Loho was expected to lie sent to Bio de Janeiro, to be called to an a - count for his late conduct. The Duke of York drove out in his cabriolet yesterday morninn- for nearly two hours, to take his usual airing. ' His Royal High- ness inspected the new building erecting- in the KING'S Palace, St. James's, for his future residence, drove up Constitution- hill, & c. Sir Herbert Taylor, his Royal Highuess's Military Secretary, and and Sir Willoughby Gordon, Qjrter- master General, transacted business with trie Royal Duke yesteiday morning. Sir Henry Hal- ford, aud Mr. M'Gregor, Serje„ nt. Surgeon to the King, Visited his Royal Highness yesterday afternoon. Soon after attending the Royal Duke, Sir Henry Half, in] left town, on a visit to his Ma- jesty, at the llbyal Lodge, Windsor Park. The Sybilie frigate has lost 20 men in on attack on a horde of jMfires Iii a mall island near Gwdia. lt, r, i!, ir convoy., art- now IS » • « ! by the English Cumm n, d.; nt.