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Date of Article: 04/11/1826
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1S2G. Ko. 1048.1 Printed for J. BOOTH, Jun. Chronicle Court, Queen Street GEORGE KNIGHT & Co, GROCERS, TEA, AND SPIRIT DEALERS, ( ADJOINING THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS, ILTFLON STREET.) HATEFULLY acknowledge the very liberal share of public patronage they have received since tliey commenced business ; and beg to state- that, as they have been particularly careful in selecting, their present STOCK of GOODS from the first makers, they are enabled to supply their customers with every - article in their line of the best quality, and the lowest prices. TEAS, as under, are particularly cheap: — Good common Congou kind, 3s. 6d. to 4s. Do. strong Congou, 4s. 6d. to 5s. Do. do. full flavoured, 5s. 6( L to 6s. 6d. Superior Blackish Leaf, 6s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. Finest Souchong, 6s. Od. to 7s. Hyson, lis. 6d. • Finest Gunpowder Hyson, 14s. Wax, Sperm, Kensington, and other CANDLES. Very fine flavoured Old Jamaica RUM. London PORTER and STODTj Edinburgh and Alloa ALES. Foreign and British SPIRITS and WINES. Mutton and Pork HAMS, & c. £ cc. Novembers, 1826. MR. DO WNIE most respectfully informs His friends and the public, that his CLASSES will be opened for the WINTER SEASON, on Monday the 6th Nov- emlsT next, at the usual hours. Private Classes attended for SIXDRILT. ES, QIMIHU& LES, and every other style of New and Fashionable Dancing^ Mr. Downie, from his frequent visits to London and Paris, has the advantage of obtaining every useful novelty in his proiiasdun,. from the most eminent masters of the art iu Europe. Mr. D. also intimates to the Ladies and Gentlemen of OLD ABERDEEN, that he will open his Class in King's College, on the 6th November, and give attendance, as Usual, during the Session. Crown Court, Union Street, Oct. 31, 1826, DR. ALLAN, SUKGEON ACCOUCHEUR, will commence a COURSE of LECTURES on the PRAC- TICE of MIDWIFERY, and the Complaints incident to Early Infancy, on Wednesday the J 5th of November, at 12 o'clock noon, " for the Instruction of Women who intend to acquire a Prac- tical knowledge of that Art. He begs leave to offer his best thanks to those Ladies and Gentle- men who have employed him in the various departments of " the professsioil, and to assure them, that it shall ever be his study to merit their countenance, as well as that of the public at large. [ gy Gratuitous Advice to the Poor every morning, from 9 to 10 o'clock. M'COMEIE'S COURT, Union Street, Aberdeen. THE FOLLOWING WORKS Will be pullished in the course of the present and next month, by Longman, Jtees3 Orme, llr . wu, and Green, London. THE LIFE of NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE, Emperor of the French. By the AUTHOR of WA VERL Y, & c. 7 Vols, post 8vo. A TREATISE on the STEAM ENGINE, HUtnricaV, Practi- cal, and Descriptive. By JOHN FAREY, Ji. N. Engineer. 1 Vol. 4 to. with illustrative Plates and Cuts. The GOLDEN VIOLET, with its Tab- ofjtot- aneo am! Chi- valry, and other Ptsems. By L. E. L. Author of The Improvi- satrice," " The Troulwdour," & c. Foolscap 8vo- A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY of tho WEST INDIES. By CAPTAIN THOMAS SOUTHEY, R. N. In 3 Vole. 8vo. DOMESTIC ECONOMY and COOKERY, for Rich and Poor; composed with the utmost atttention to Health, Economy, and Elegance. In 1 Vol. 12mo. The ANNUAL BIOGRAPHY and OBITUARY, for the Year 1 826. Containing Memoirs of Celebrated Persons who died in 1825- 1826, PERSONAL NARRATIVE ^ of TRAVELS in COLOMBIA ; By BARON DE HUMBOLDT. From the original French, bv HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS. Vol. 7. The ANATOMY and SURGICAL TREATMENT of HER- NIA. By Sir ASTLEY COOPER. 2d Edit. By C. ASTON KEY, Surgeon to Guy's Hospital, Lecturer on Surgeryr ,&&. I Vol. folio. TRAVELS of the RUSSIAN MISSION through MONGOLIA to CHINA. By GEORGE T1MKOWSKI, with Notes, by M. J. KLAPROT1I. In two Vols. 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Its VICINITY, in a Series of Plates, to be En- graved by GEORGE COOKE, from Original Drawings. The work win be published in Monthly Parts, containing 1 Plates, im- perial 8vo. at 4s. each Part. A few sets on 4to. wiii be taken off at 6s. 6.1. each Part. MATERIA 1NDICA ; or some Account of those Articles which are employed by the Hindoos and other Eastern Nations, in their Medicine, Arts, Agriculture,, and Horticulture; together with Lists of Scientific Books, in various Oriental Languages, See. & c. By WHITELAW AINSIJE, M. D. M. R. A. S. late of the Medical Staff of Southern India. 2 Vols. 8vo. MUSCOLOGIA BRITANNICA ; containing" the Mosses of Great Britain and Ireland, systematically arranged and descrilted j with Flates iftn* f « iti* « of the Character of- genera atfd'Wfwdes. By WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, F. R. S. A. S. L. &<•, and THOMAS TAYLOR, M. D. M. R. LA. and F. L. S. In 8vo. with Plates. DESIGNS for PARSONAGE- HOUSES, ALMS- HOUSES, & c. arranged to accord with Village Scenery. By T. F. HUNT, Author of " Haifa Dozen Hints on Picturestpie Domestic Architec- ture." SELECT VIEWS IN GREECE ; engraved in the best Line- Manner, from Drawings by H. W. WILLIAMS, Esq. Edinburgh. Part VII. The PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW, Part II.— containing Essays on the principal sebjecta discussed in Parliament, together withnn Examination of the arguments employed in debate. PARLIAMENTARY ABSTRACTS, Part II I.-- containing the Substance of all important papers presented to each Iwruse during the Session. ILLUSTRATIONS of ORNITHOLOGY. By SIR WIL- LIAM JARD1NE, Bart. F. R. S. & c. & c. and PRIDEAUX JOHN SELBY, Esq. F. L. S. & c- The work will be published in Quarterly Part's royal 4to. each Part containing from Fifteen to Twenty Plate's on whiah wilt be figured from twenty to thirty species—- The price of each Part will be 1L lis. 6d. Tire EDINBURGH REVIEW, or Critical Journal; No. l. XXXIX. A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE; containing an Examination of the Antarctic Sea, . to the Scve ity- Fourth De- gree of Latitude ; and a Visit to Tierra Del Fuego :. with a particu- lar Account of the Inhabitants. By JAMES WEDDELL, Master in the Royal Navy. Second Editipn ; to which will J> e added, Observations on tlie. Probability of reaching the South Pole. 8vo. with numerous Maps, Plates, & c. & c. '' Mr. Weddel's volume deserves to find a place on the shelf of every library that pretends to a collection of. Voyages and Travels." Quarterly Review, No 68. The ENGLISH FLORA. By SIR JAMES E. SMITH*, Pre- sident of the Linnrean Society, & c. 8tc. Vol. IV. *** The work will be completed in five Volumes. NAVAL AND MILITARY BIBLE SOCIETY, UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF His Royal Highness the Duke of York, AND His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. AMeeting will be held on Tuesday next, the Ytli insfc. in the New Court House, to further the objects of the NAVAL » n< I MILITARY BIBLE SOCIETY, in this neighbour- hood. Mr. HORN of Logic Elphinstone lias kindly consented to take the Chair. ( The Chair to be taken precisely at 1 o'clock.) November 1. 18& 3. J DAVIS, Working Optician, from Glasgow, and late of London, WITH grateful acknowledgments for. the favours conferred on him. on his last visit . to this place, respect- fully informs the Inhabitants of ARERDKEN and its Vicinity, that he has taken that SHOP,. No.. 104., Union Street, where he has on hand every Article in tjie folio wing line :— Telescopes-— Microscopes— Opera, Reading, Hand, Claude Lorraine, arid Eye Glasses— Mariner's Compasses, Camera Obscuras, and Luciders— v Diagram and Landscape Mirrors— Thermometers— Barometers- Storm Glasses— Spirit. Levels— Magnets, new and improve!.- fildkig Eye Glasses, patent Kaleidoscopes, Instrument Cases, Measuring Tapes, Ivory and Box Rules, Sun Dials, Globes, Pantographs, Prisms, Air Pumps, Theodolites, Electrifying Machines,. new im- proved Phantasmagoria, Magic Lantern, with copper- plate Sliders^ •& c. & c. ' The nature of the various defects to wh, ich the eye is liable, hav- ing been the . subject of J. D.-' s persevering study, lie. is enabled* in - every case wherein artificial assistance can prove serviceable, to oifer decided advantages to persons requiring it. JITS IMPUO VED SPECTACLES, Of. which he has always a numerous and well assorted Slock of every 3dnd, ar<! of the best manufacture, and are carefully adjusted to the same standard, whereby the peculiar nature and degree of each de- fect in the sight is ascertained. By this means all the mischief, so often arising from uncertainty as to the proper remedy to be employ- ed, js effectually to be avoided. ggT* - Every article in the above line repaired.— A large assort- ment of Bird's Eyes. Aberdeen, November 4, 1S26. In consequence of the extraordinary encouragement has experienced in Aberdeen, and in compliance with the kind, and urgent request of many respectable families, the Inventor of the Mathematical and Anti- Angular systems for destroying all bad Writing, has determined to prolong his stay in this City A FORTNIGHT LONGER, in. order that every person of whatever age or capacity who writes an illegible scrawl, may have an opportunity of obtaining a truly beautiful style of PENMANSHIP, different in every respect and superior to any other system ever yet taught in Aberdeen. Mr. Lewis will continue to receive new Pupils till the 14< th day of the'present month j and on the 19th he will positively leave Aberdeen. » TERMS, ( for completing the Inst ruction of the Pupil), TWENTY- FIVE SHILLINGS. Persons who cannot write at all, are taught a Beautiful Running Hand, in Twelve Lessons, for Two Guineas. Numerous Specimens of improvement, made by his Edinburgh pupils, of every age and capacity, may be seen by applying to Mr. Lewis, at Mr. Singer's lodgings, No. 19, Unioil Street, opposite tp Broad Street. . The Invaluable and Delightful Art of FOR SALE, Entry on the Is* of 6th Month ( JUNv.) next, THE MEETING- HOUSE in the Guestrow, he- longing to the Society of Friends: there is no Feu- duty, and. if required, a part of the* price might remain on the property. I not SOLD, it will be LET. Apply to George Brantingham. ' Alierdeen, Ist of llth Month, 1826. TAUGHT PERFECTLY IN SIX LESSONS, FOR TWENTY- FIVE SHILLINGS, Upon principles essentially different from any thing that has ever yet appeared in print, and exactly as . he lias taught it to the moat eminent Reporters in London together with an entirely new method of abbreviating* without burdening the memory, aud of rendering its transcription perfectly familiar. : j^ p3. Strangers, who cannot remain long ia the city, may have- the whole system in. print, with the most minute explanations, which will enable them to learn it at any future period. N. B.- i- Pupils are detained only one honr eueh Lesson for " Writ- ing,- and half aa hmr. eal& Lesetm fi^ r Sfowi and may at- tend any time between the hours of 10 o'clock in the morning and eight at night. Separate Apartments for those who prefer it. PEN- MAKING TAUGHT FOR FIVE SHILLINGS. ON SALE, ^ HPONS of K ANTER CHEESE. ** X 3 Do. GOUDA do. 500 Kegs of BLACK BEER. TW fbr: ner just landed from the Rotterdam Packet, the latter from t! w? Mercui-\, « f « upevuvr quality*. and, in fine condition, A constant supply of every description of CHESIIiRE SALT, vhi AGRICULTURAL, FISHERY, BUTTER, CULINARY, TABLE, JOHN STUART. Crown Court, Aberdeen, Oct, SI, 1826. P. M'LEOD BEGS leave to intimate, that he has just received notice of an extensive consignment of a very valuable assort- ment of JEWELLERY, HARDWARE, PLATED, and JAPAN- NED GOODS; with a great variety of FANCY ARTICLES, which will be sold hy auction in the Exchange Court Sale Room., about the middle of November. Catalogues will be prepared, and particulars stated in future advertisements. Exchange Court, Oct. 24, 1826. It on CljHvg& ag* HOUSE IN BROAD STREET, BANK SHARES, & C. UPSET PRICES REDUCED. WANTED, A S AN APPRENTICE to the BAKING MX. BUSINESS— a YOUNG MAN, nat- under Hi vearc of age. Apply to JOHN MA TTHB W, ' 63, Queen Street, Aberdeen. ABERDEEN MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. AT a General Meeting of the Members of this In- stitution, held in their Hall, on Saturday the 21st ult. the following Gentlemen were elected as a Committee of Management for the ensuing year, viz.—• > Da. HENDERSON, PRESIDEKT. • DR. . DYCE., Vice- President. Mr. WILLIAM THOMSON, Jun. Treasurer. Mr. WILLIAM EKTTIE, Secretary. Mr. John Ramage, merchant. Mr. Geo,. Elsmie, manufactiner. Mr. . Robert Taylor, teacher. Mr. David Marshall, j) ainter. Mr. James Welch, teacher.. Mr. George Reid, turner. Mr. John Smith, architect. Mr. John Nicoll, turner. Mr. John Garrow, manufacturer Mr. David Carter, blacksmith. Mr. James Smith, coppersmith, j The. Convener of the Trades. There will be a CouRsfe of LECTURES delivered in the Hail on Algebra, Geometry, and Geography, by Mr. WELCH ; and on Electricity, Magnetism, and Optics, by Mr. RAM AGE, to com- mence on Monday the 20fch November, at a quarter past eight o'clock, evening ; and about the beginning of- February, there will commence Lectures on Mechanical Philosophy. Tickets will be ready for delivery, at the Lecture Room, on Saturday the 4th November, from 7 to 9 o'clock evening, and to be had of Mr. Thomson, the Treasurer, or of'Mr. Ramage, Broad / Street. : The Tickets, besides giving admission to the Lectures, entitle the holders to the use of the Library, which, now consists . of up- , wards of 700 Volumes of the. most approved . Works, upon every branch of. Science* such as are riot to be met with, in any one col- lection in this part of the country. NEW MACIIAll TRYST. ATRYST, for Buying and Selling CATTLE and GRAIN, ami Hiring SERVAVTS, will be hold at NEW MACHAR, on MONDAY - the Y& th November current. CORN LAWS. The PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY and REVIEW ft> r 1326, Part I. ; containing the DEBATES of the last Session, careful!^ revised and arranged under appropriate heads. In 1 thick Vol. royal 8vo. price 25s. ^ The ANATOMY and PHYSIOLOGY of the HUMAN BODY. By JOHN and CHARLES HELL, tith Edition ; in which the whole is more perfectly systematized corrected by CHARLES BELL, Professor of Anatomy and Surgery to the Royal College of Surgeons of London, j Surgeon of the Middlesex Hospital, & c, & c. In $ Vols. Bvo. ( with Numerous Engravings), 21. 12s. 6d, Bds. S£ LECT VIEWS IN GREECE ; engraved in the l^ t Llnc- Mijuner, from Drawings'by H. W. WILLIAMS, fesq. EdinLtii » rii. Part VL Iu Impaiiil 8* u. 1; I'roofs, on India royal - Wo. II. is. SOJJS ACCOUNT of the LIFE aud CHARACTER of the late THOMAS BATEMAN, M. D. F. J . S. P.- loc ft!. Bds. 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A COMPARATIVE VIEW ofthe more INTIMATE NATURE of FEVER. By JAMES BLACK, M. D. 8vo. 4s. ( id. . The EDINBURGH REVIEW,, or Critical Journal. No. LXXXVHL Price 6s. CONTENTS: Phrenology— Abolition of the Com Laws— Danish Revolution under Strueusee— Captain Maitland's Narrative of the Surrender of Eopapai te, and Residence on Board H. M. S. Beilero- phon— Independence of the Judges— Court of France— Licensing of Alehouses— Parliamentary History— The Church of England. Sar^ — ROBERTSON & BEAT HE ( Ue SIMPSON, ROBS^ TSON, & Co.) have now. the pleasure of intimating the arrival of the principal part of their WINTER GOODS, com- prising an extensive variety of things suitable tor the season. The following are a few of the leading articles, ta which they invite the attention of their friends, viz. Pelisse and Gown Cloths and Pii^ zes. Muffs, Pelerines, and Parisian Tippets* Printed Cambrics, Rambazetts, and, Norwich, Crapes. JBlack and Coloured Gros de Naples, very cheap. French Ribbonsz Handhercfuefs, mtd Plotters. Dresses in Swiss, Verona^ Windsory. and Lyojwse. Linens* Lazvn*. and Diapers— and ' Cambric- Hdndfterch tefs, & t very tow prices. Indian Handkerchiefs— French Lawn. Shirtings, Long Clxtths, and Muslins, all kinds. Thread and Grecian Laces— Veils and Collars. Elegant assortment of Shawls,, in the various fabrics now in me. The new articles of Plaid Coatings, and Custoritut for Cloaks, These Goods have all been carefully selected by one of themselves, at London and the diiierent Manufacturing Towns, under the most favourable circumstances, and they trust will meet tlue wishes of their friends and the public. Tho lowest NETT PHICKS are regularly stated, from which no abatement or discount can lie made. lfi, Rroad Street. Not). S. 1826. ^ IJEATRE EOS. WIULIAS33 RESPECTFULLY INFORMS THE NOUIUTY, ANA PUB- lic in general of Aberdeen aud its vicinity, that his BENE- FIT takes place on MONDAY Evening, November 6, when will be performed, the COMF. OY of THE WONDER, A WOMAN KEJSPS A SECRET! Don Felix, Mr. AITKEN. Colonel Briton, Mr. JOHNSON. Pedro, Sir. WEEKES. Gibby, Mr. WILMAMS. Viuj. Lnti'. ... Mrs. Porn. Flora, ™ Miss BARRY. , With the Interlude of T H11 S E C R E T. To conclude with the FAUCE of HOW TO DIE FOR tOVE! SALMON FISHING TO BE LET. FPHE POLDOWN SALMON FISHING of the A River Dee, immediately adjacent to the Bridge, will be LET for tlie period of three or live years, from the term, of Andennas next, as may he agreed upon. The Fishing Materials will bo delivered over to the Tenant by valuation, if required. Offers, in writing, to fee lodged with Alexander Gibbon, Advo- cate iii Aberdeen, on or before the 20th day of November next. CORN LA WS. On Tnesdav evening, a meeting was held in the Hall of the Me- chanics' Institution to consider the propriety of Petitioning Parlia- ment for a repeal or an alteration of the present Corn Laws. Mr. JAMES STKATOS was called to the chair.- Mr*' JOHN KJDI> read a set of resolutions, after which Mr. MEN NIB rejid the draft of the proposed Petition, upon whivh Dr « , KID © rose. He did not come here as a politician ; he came on the ground of wishing wt 11 to hi. Mlow- f- tihjects, without fa- vouring the views of any party. He respect< d the views which th « i meeting held on this important question-— the total repeal of the Corn Laws; and h « would do all in his power to assist them. But what he r< se for was to say, that their- propose'l pi'tition was defi- cient ii point of argument— it was full of assertions, unsupported by any argument w uitever, and assertions wont do in Parliames t. Theri were subtle men there— ever ready to lay hold on the weak side of an enemy; and why not approach them with good and solid argument? Thi • ' question' oiight to be approached with a consi- deration of tlie i rice of labour, o. f the raw material, of its prmluce, and of its constimpt. They ought to inquire, how it is that in these tim a man, with a family of two or three children, cannot actually procure the necessaries of life ? The Doctor then went into a state- ment of the price of labour, & c. and argued that the price of labour and high rents enhanced the value of grain. These Corn Laws- had taken eighteen millions a year' from the nation— tak( M> ff these hm% add these" oig- hUeii millions tothe Mad ofthe natiort, and. mince the government debt with. it. If f. fcese things were ' stated calmly, and respectfully, and. firmly, to the House of Commons, they may hear them, and grant the prayer of the petition. He would suggest that some proper person should be appointed to re- vise the petition. On application being made to himself for that purpose, the Doctor stated, that as he Was obliged to leave town on the. morrow, and was uncertain when lie wonld be back, he could not do it. Mr. MELLIS had a popular argument on this question, and one which had truth for its basis. The landholders had a saving of 80 per cent, hy the late reduction- of taxes, and yet they had not re- mitted one farthing of their high rents ? If a man cannot support; a wife and two or three children, why his only alternative is to starve or emigrate— to banish himself. Were the provisions move equitably regulated, it . would not he so. These were what he would coll knock- him~ ciown arguments. The first resolution, which was condemnatory of tho existing Corn Laws, WAS then read and cfirried. The second resolution, which expressed that the meeting desired a free and unkct rci! trade in grain, bein^ read, Mr. MELLIS observed that it went too far. He would not sup- port this measure, and he would tell them why. lie thought that agriculture would, in consequence of the state of matters on the continent, be ruiued, were there no restricting duty-—( hear, hcar% and disapprobation.) A protecting duty was necessary to the working again our niacin ue of government. The three pil- lars which supported the state were agriculture, commerce, and manufactures. Take agriculture from i^, and down it com; a — commerce frotn it and it cannot stand— nor can it. subsist if manu- factures are destroyed. There must be an equilibrium— rau equa- lity preservwl between them, in order to su^ oort the whole. lie Was sure that meeting would not willingly liurt any other class; but he maintained that it must be the ruin of tlie agriculturist al- together if a small protecting duty was not put on. For instance, supposing a boll of corn eon Id be raised on the continent for 7s. or 8s.-— 2s. more " would ship it here, and then, if there be no restrict- ing duty, here we have foreign corn in our market at 9s. or 10s. a boll. This would never do. But if 2s. a boll were put on, their corn would average about 12s., a very fair price, both for the farmer, under a slight reduction of rent, and for the operative. Cheaper than this would not do—( applause, end hisses. J lie did not speak from theory on this matter— he had experience he had cultivated a farm of upwards of ,£ 60 of yearly rent, and he found the hire of labourers to be a serious drawback on him. He could not procure a man under 2s. a day— too much, at least iu the country. He agreed with I) r. Kidd that there were subtle arid experienced arguers in the House of Commons, and if they found us presenting a petition like this, to comply with which they as well as those who did not lay claim to subtlety, would destroy a great portion of the Kingdom, why, they would laugh at us. But if we present a petition embodying moderate views, allowing as much of a protecting duty as would keep up the agricultural in- terest on a level with the other two state pillars, then these subtle ones are posed— every back- door is. shut against them— and they are forced to admit that this is a sensible petition, and that it comes from sensible men—( laughter.) He moved, as an'amendment, that; a petition should be . drawn out, founded on these views. ( Mr. M< lUs sat down amid much applause.} Mr. MENNIE professed himself to have no argument to answer Mr. MeUis* view of this question, but he was Sure he was wrong for all that—( laughter. J Mr. THOMAS CLARK said, this was a meeting for the consider- ation of the Corn Laws, and he thought that the meeting should confine their attention to them alone, without mixing up trade and manufactures with then*. A Voiced—- We cannot separate them; they are all linked to- gether. Mr. WARDEN confessed himself an advocate for free and unfet- tered trade in every case. He was astonished that those, whom in courtesy, perhaps- in justice, we might call the genteeler classes, did not countenance such a meeting as this; yet he was aware, that were two bakers to go to the doors of this class, the one selling the quartern loaf at 9d. and the other at 6d. they would, without hesi- tation, close with him of the 6d. loaf. It was the same in respect of corn. If a free trade were thrown open in it, then, instead of being ruled by the agriculturist, and made to pay such a price as he chnses, he would be forced to lower his grain to a moderate price, ami s « ll like hi# neighbours. It had been often said that . such a difference of circumstances existed between the nations of the continent and Ourselves, as rendered a free trade in corn im- practicable : for his part, he considered them as all one common family, and that the circumstances of the one should l> e brought, as nearly as possible to correspond with the other. To do this in the agriculturjil question, rents must come down— they must, there was a necessity for it. But to this we may suppose the landlord will object, in the following strain :— Landlord : Tak' down my rents! O no, I can't afford it: how am I then to uphold mv extravagance ? Why, what care I about your extravagance : I'll not pay for it. I must have cheap corn.— Landlord : But you'll make me retrench. I must forego my wine : I can't want it my mansion— my family. Why, what the d— 1 care I alxuit that, if I get what I want, cheap corn Landlord : Well, then, tins beautiful plot of ground will be uncultivated ; I could not do it, if you don't give me my price. And what the d— 1 do I care about that plot of ground j if you won't cultivate it you may let it alone— my object is cheap corn. In this way must we reply to the objections of the landlords. He did not like the idea of restrictions on any trade, but if the Legislature in its wisdom thought that a small protecting duty Was necessary, just as it were t; o throw a bone in the d— lTs mouth, why, let ' em have it. He knew well that Mr. Huskisson, and the IMInistry, were . afraid of the landed h;- terest; they had borne the ascendancy in Parliament for a long time; and h<* repeated, that if a small duty would satisfy them*, then let them have it. A person in the crowd, dressed like an operative, and whose name we afterwards discovered to be • JOHN C ANT, addressed the meeting, in so distinct a manner, AW called forth the admiration of all present. He did not like Mr. Meliis' view of the three pill; irs, and his view could never bear on the question, so long as the House of Commons was composed of such a numner ot agriculturists, who completely bore the sway there. If, as Mr. Mellis said, there was to be an equilibrium between the three pillars, then let them be eqrfally represented ( which at present tbey were not) in Parliament, or else throw open the trade altogether— liave no restrictions. Mr. M. had spoken of the high price of agricultural labour j that was true. In his younger years, a farm servant had about £ 3 in the half year for wages ; now many of them had £ 10. While this was the case, iind while the farmer paid snch high rents, he could not sell cheap corn ; and to enable him io'do so the most efficient plan was, dmvn with the rents. But there was something wrong in the farmers themselves— they were now above their trade. At the time before referred to, farmers assisted in sowing their own corn, in manuring, and iu the whole operations of their farms; now, however, thry lived like gentlemen, and counted themselves so; and when the selling cheap com threatens th « m with being reduced to their former standard, they cry out ugainst us for injustice. He would ask how it was that- tailors, and shoemakers, and wrights, and blacksmiths, and, in fact, all the trades— how it was that the masters of these trades, some of whom employed three times the numbel: of men the farmer did, and nmeh more capita!, engaged themselves in their business, and laboured along with their ser- vants ? Were tradesmen less gentlemen than farmers ? He pre- sumed not. During the war, the farmers had been thus exalted, they continued in a great msusure iij Hie same state, but they must come down. The commercial and manufacturing interest had sutfered severely, while the agricultures had flourished: The Aberdeen people knew little of that cup of misery which had been partaken of by those of the southern and western parts ofSro'- land. He had seen the distress, he had. tasted of it, and he had left those scenes of distress for Aberdeen, where there had lieen work for the labourer, and remuneration for his labour. Aftir somi- farther pointed observations, he fonelud d by beseeching the meeting' to pray for no restrictions, but a free and unfettered trade in grain. A desultory conversation here took place, from which it appeared that Mr. Mellis' amendment had a very con iderable number of supporters, and tlie Chairman being about to pot the amendment, Mr. MKLLIS would not divide the meeting, buJwonld withdraw his amendment, which he eventuilly did, and t/ e original motion was carried. Two othir resolutions being carried, it was' moved and carried, that a Committee be appointed to revise ( according to Dr. Kidd's hict) the petition, and eleven individuals were then chosen. It was afterwards agreed, that each person subscribing should pay a ponny Or more, ami that any overplus, after paying the expenses, should be given- to some charitable institution. Thanks- being voted to the Chairman tor his conduct, the Meeting separated. It mav be stated, that there could not be less than 1000 present; anil notwithstanding the circumstance noticed by Mr. Warden, the pro- ceedings were conducted iu a very orderly manner. No little enter- tainment was afforded, by the occasional rciusiks of silme qtilint Lnt invisible members in the gallery. To lie sold, by public roup, within the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aber- deen, on Thursday the 9th day of November proximo, at two o'clock afternoon, ff^ HE following SUBJECTS which belonged to the - It late WILLIAM LESLIE, merchant and druggist in Aberdeen, viz. I. That Wge and centrical HOUSE in Broad Street, lately oc- tnpied by Mr. LetUe and others.. The House was erected for the proprietor's aeeomuiodation, of the be* t materials, and in tlie most substantial manner. It contains three Floors, each shut in by it- p;. lf, fcessdea two Shops, with commodious Cellarage. • Uftut Price, £ 1400. 2. THREE SHARES of the STOCK of the BANKING fXV. il> ANY in ABERDEEN. Upset Price, £ f> 10 per Share. 8. TEN SHARES of the STOCK of the HERCULES IN- SURANCE COMPANY. Upset Price, £ 14, per Share. 4. THREE SIXTY-]? OUItTH SHARES of the BRIGAN- TINE VENUS of Aberdeen. Upset Price, £ 70. For particulars, apply to David Hutcheon, Advocate. HOUSE AND GUOUND FOR SALE. To be sold, bv pnblic roup, within the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aber- deen, on Friday the I Oth of - November, at two o'clock after- noon-, ALLnnd whole that PIECE of GROUND, situated at the Gallowgafeliead of Aberdeen, measuring 47 feet in front, along the Turnpike Road leading from Aberdeen to Inverury, and 80 feet backwards from the said Road, on which there is built a very substantial DWELLING HOUSE. This Property, which is situated in a healthy and pleasant situation, will be exposed to salo at a price so as to afford to a purchaser a good return for his money. For particulars, apply to John Fleming, Advocate. J, MA APE HAL STREET, Abereleen, October 24, 1826. FARMS J; V UnNV. rjPHE Farms of MEIKLE TILUEVE and jL BRUCKLE, at present possessed by James Rainnie and James Rae, will be let together or separately, for 19 Years and. Crops, frotn Whitsunday next. They consist of 38 acres of excellent in- field land, and 15 acres of outfield, besides several acres of pas- turage. The Dwelling Houses and Steadings of Offices are suffi- ciently commodious, and in good repair ; and the Farms have the advantage of the new Turnpike Road, from Aberdeen to Udny, passing through them. Farther particulars may be learned, by applying to David Hutcheon, advocate in Aberdeen, with whom offers may be lodged previous to the first day of December ensuing. QUEBEC: PACKET'S CARGO, from QUEBEC. ( V. RPH El? E is now landings the QUEBEC V -^ V- JVJPV - E- PACKET, Captain ANDERSON, from Quebec. Pieces WHITE OAK from SO to 50 feet long. J^ STEGLIS- JO ASH, 28 to 48 20 ELM, ' 30 to 48 72 RED PINE, 30 to 50 jo YELLQW PINE, large dimensions, and 12 inches on the side. 4016 OAK STAVES. The entire CAROO will be SOLD by public sale, on an early day, of which due notice will be given. Tl> e Cargo will be found to be of superior quaiity. For particular^- ^ ^ ^ Aberdeen, 3d Xov. 183U, * At a GENERAL MEETING of the Inhabitants of Aberdeen, held in the Hall of the Mechanics' Institution, King Street, on the evening of Slst October, 1826, to consider the pro- priety of Petitioning Parliament for an alteration or abroga- tion of the Laws which regulate the importation of foreign corn— Mr. JAMES STRATON in the CHAIR, rpHEfollowingRESOLUTIONSand PETITION JL. were moved, seconded, and unanimously adopted : — I. That this Meeting considers the existing Corn Laws as perni- cious and oppressive, inasmuch as they materially contribute to raise the price of the first necessaries of life to an unnatural and exorbi- tant rate, and thereby not only reduce the labouring part of the community to much distress, but also operate injuriously on the Commerce and Manufactures of the country, by preventing our entrance into Foreign Markets, with our surplus produce, on equal terms with foreign nations. II. 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Such is the abundance of apples here at present, that on Friday last, they were soft! the Cross, by the potatoc measure— one dealer bawling out " a bawbee the cogiefu." It appears that the small pox and measles have made prodigious havoc among the crews of the whalers in general; but the mortality has been almost wholly confined to the Orkney and Shetland men, who were taken oft board* according to custom, from these islands. Ou the 1 Oth instaut, a farm servant, while riding through the wood of Cordach, near Kincardine O'Neil, was stopped by a fel- low, who demanded his money. The servant instantly knocked him down with his whip, and the horse having sprung for. vard at the same time, he escaped. Returning a short timcafter, along with his master, they made search for the follow, but lie hid de- camped. On Sunday evening, aliout sevc- n o'clock, a oow byre, adjoining to the house of William Johnston, at the Washing- house, Peter- head, was accidentally set. fire to by a candle, which had been placet! too Mr the roof, which consisted of straw, while Johnston was attending to one of h> s cows, which had cheated upon a turnip. In a few minutes the Ir. re was in flames J two cows were got out, but the other that had eho. iked could not be removed. The ( lames communicated to a work shop adjoining, and both were consumed ; it required considerable exertion to preserve the dwelling house and stack yard ; and had it not been from the prompt assistance given by all classes from the town, there can be no doubt but the lire i would have extended much further than it did. THE KESSOCK FerRY The Twin Steam Boat for this Ferry is now in active preparation, in the basin of the Caledonian Canal. The machinery is nearly all placed ; the improved piers on each ' side of the passage are ill great forwardness ; and it is now con- fidently expected that the whole will be ready for service iu about a mouth or six weeks. EXTRACTS, Tahcn from the Aberdeen Records. In the Time of King Robert the TJiird, in the Year 1398, the Second of die Stuarts, on the Monday after Miclialmass 1S98, by a Court of the Community- of the Burgh, William Chalmers was Elected Provost; Robert Davidson, Town Betxnor; John Shirer and William Dickson, Buiffies. This Vear David Walker, Alexander Bcnr. erman, Matthew Pinks, and William Spclding, Keepers of the Forest, was Fined for Destroying and Suffering others . to Destroy Doers. In the Year 1399, the Baugli of fciilcomston was Set to Matthew Pinks for 8 Pounds Scots by the To\\- n, and the whole Town Lands and Wa- ters was Set Yearly at 1400 Pence. In the Year I t 17 the ffew Church of Aberdeen, called the Quire of St. Nicholas, by the En, coiiragcmeiit of the Bishop of , Aberdeen, called Thomas Spence, this was Begun to lie Built, and was Finished in the Year 1469. Richard Ancrum was Master Mason, and Matthew Finder Master Wright; the Expellees of the Wright Work was 300 Marks, and he made Present of the Stipel Doors and S I Stalls. Ill the Year 1438, a Boll of Meal was Sold at 4. Pence; a Boll of Malt at 4 Shillings Scots; a Roll of White at Si yen Pence. IT the Year 14- 88, no Man was to Open his Booth on the Sabbath Day, under the Pain of a Pound of Wax to St. Nicholas. In the Ytor 1193, Robert Walker was Fined in 8 Pennies, for Putting away the Water from the Sjiout of the Preaching Friars of St. John. In the Year 1498, the Town Grants to Manns Cobben 20 Pennies, to Buy a Coat, to Pass Ilk Morning of Ilk Monday, through the Town, to Name and Pray for their Souls, giving Him a Bell, ,1s use is, and has been in Times past. In the Year 1807, William Hay Chaplain to our Lady Chapel at the Bridge of Dee, Delivered to the Magistrates one Chain of Silver, one Image of Silver of our Lady, both over Gilt, three Napkins, an Altar Tool, together with the Keys of the Altar. The same Year, June the 12th, the Barbers was Admitted into a Free Craft, and all the Privileges that other Crafts have. The lh> nts of the Bishop of ABERDEEN, 157G. Money .£ 1053 IBs. 9- i. Scots. 3 C. 8 B. White. S5 C. 8 B. 3 F. 3 P, and a Half of Bear. 24- C. 4 R. 2 F. Meal. 8 C. 2 B. 3 F. 2 P. Outs. 46 Marts; 141 Muton; 65 Dozen and a half of Capons; 17 Swine; IS Laxesj and Ten Battels of Salmon: 119 Dozen of Poultry ; 56 Geese; 19 Dozen of Muir- fowls. The Prices of the above Dure. White .£ I pr. Boll; IJpar and Meal 10 Shillings pr. Boll; Oats 5 Shillings pr. Boll; Marts £ l 10 Shillings pr. Piece; Weoders 5 Shillings ; Poultry 4 Shillings pr. Dozen ; Swine .7 to 10 Shillings; Geese 1 Shilling pr. Piece;. Salmon ±' 4 the Bar- rel ; Muirfowls 4 Shillings the Dozen ; Capons 5s. per Dozen. N. B. The above prices is all Ucchoned in Scots Money. MEMORANDUM..— To Money paid to J. S. at his entering to the Mill and Farm of W h, 1715. Scots Money. Sterling. To 2 pair of Creels £ 1 4 0 £ o 2 0 To 2 pair Curroeks and 1 Harrow 0 18 0 0 1 G To one Cow - - - 19 6 0 I 10 G To a Milston - 21 \:> 0 1 10 0 For 3 Swine - . - 7 - 1- 0 0 12 0 For a Horse - 30 0 0 s 0 0 For a Mare - 24. 0 0 2 0 0 For an Ox -. - - 16 12 0 1 7 8 • For on Ox 22 0 G 1 16 8£ For an Ox - 12 0 0 1 0 0 To 20 Ells of Sacking 6 12 0 0 11 0 To 15 Ells of Harden 3 0 0 0 5 0 To a Crouck - 1 3 0 0 1 11 To a Girdle - 2 12 0 0 4 4 For a Brass Pan S 3 0 0 3 7 For a Fliiugliter Spade 0 10 6 0 0 10i To a fit Spade 0 7 6 0 0 7i . For a Ilackmuck 0 7 (> 0 0 7i For a Grep - 0 7 6 0 0 7i Fur a Sowen Bouy 0 5 0 0 0 5 For a Queed - 0 2 6 0 0 2i For 2 Sacks - 2 4 6 0 3 4 To 4 Lots of Corn and Fodder 146 10 0 12 4 2 For Meleradon of Biggen 5 18 0 0 9 10 To Buy Timber 2 14 0 0 4 6 THE SHIPPING INTEREST. PUBLIC MEETING AT NORTH SHIELDS. On Tuesday, October 24, there was a public meeting of the Ship o'. vncis of the Port of Newcastle, at Mrs. Seare's, Northumberland Arms, in • North Shields, to " take into consideration the de- pressed state of British Shipping, and to endeavour to devise means for the remedy thereof." The meeting was numerous, and highly respectable ; and W. RICHMOND, Esq. was unanimously called to the chair. MB. JOHN TINI. LV liaving read the advertisement, calling the meeting, THE CHAIRMAN commenced the business of the day by the fol- lowing observations :— Gentlemen— In consequence of a recent communication from Hull, and the concurring sentiments of various other seaports tliis meeting has been called for the, purpose of en- deavouring to devise some means to induce his Majesty's government to pause in their career of concession to foreign nations, and fur- ther to endeavour to prevail on them to afford that protection to the Shipping of their own country which it is so justly entitled to. Iris been our misfortune, Gentlemen, to live in times when the wisdom and experience of practical men are set at nought— when a false species of liberality, the offspring of the crude notions of abstract men iu their closets— is sent abroad, and adoptod as the governing principle of the country, iu detiance of positive evidence as to the erroneous nature of the application of such principles, to theaffaiis of tlie world— or. to those of this peculiarly, situated kingdom more especially. It doe9 seem, Gentlemen, most unaccountable thai we. natural and true. born Englishmen, the proprietors of the once- Ixiasted and mueli . eulogized commercial marine of England, should be reduced to supplicate for that protection which was our birth- right,.— which was secured to us by our navigation laws—- whirl] laws were of as much force and effect as the act of settlement itself. This does seem to me nuist unnatural, most unaccountable, but so it is. Geirlemen, . h is uot the least aggravation of our case, that the utter unprofitableness of our . ships does not proceed from nny stop- page of their usual channels of employment; nor does it proceed ironi want of wealth or capability in our great and glorious country to employ her children— far from it ;. the tables prepared, and now about to be distributed, will shew you heit wonderful increase, both as to export and import; but they will also display to you the b- ighting mildew of the fictitious liberality of Mr. Huskisson and his c , adjutors-— by tike absorbing encroachment of the untaxed foreigner, who can build and navigate at less than half the expcnce of our ships. Here is the cause of our unprofitaldeness : we are compelled to ac- * eept the same rate of freight, which to them is profitable and re- munerating employment, whilst to us, from our high wages and • equipment, it is certain ruin and destruction. MTT. JOHN TINU-. Y then arose, and. addressed the meeting as follows : Mr. CHAIRMAN aud GKNTLEMEN(— We are assembled together to day to take into consideration the depressed state of the. British Shipping, and to endeavour to devise means for the remedy ^ hereof. It is quite unnecessary for me to setout by proving to this meeting that the British Shipping is in a depressed state, because the fact is so notorious, not only to the public at large, but to you in particular, as vou can all speak to that fact from your own ex- perience, that it would lie an idle waste of time to do so. The im- portant question for our ronsiih'ration is, to devise means for tbe remedy thereof, and as in all cases a knowledge of the causes pro- ( hieing an evil is of absolute - importance previous to attempting to remove it, I will, as shortly as possible, state to this meeting my view of the causes produeiug the present destructive depression, iu the first place, 1 am ready to admit that the extraordinary impulse given t." trade last year, and the immense speculations consequent thereon, now that the bubble has burst, has left the body politic in a state of great lassitude and exhaustion : the speculative fever has now subsided, i nd like the fever of the human frame, has left a corresponding languor behind, aud I am willing to hope that the gradual but general re- action now taking place, may extend itself to the British Ship- owner ; but it will bo prudent, before placing too much reliance on this, to enquire whether there may not be causes operating particularly and peculiarly against the British Ship- owner, which may prevent him participating in the returning prosperity ot the country. Now, Gentlemen, I am decidedly of opinion, that such causes do exist, and unless we can either re- move them altogether, or in part neutralize their effect, it is idle to expect that we shall participate in the returning prosperity of the country. The causes I allude to are the changes that within these few years have been made in the navigation laws of this kingdom, and which changes are better known under the name of the Reci- procity Acts. Formerly the British Ship- owner had certain ad- vantages that enabled him to compete with the foreigners, who, from being less loaded with taxation, and having materials for build- ing, and facilities for navigating their vessels, considerably cheaper th in ourselves, could cfeourse K'ford to take lower freights. Gen- tlemen,— I believe I aiu correct in saying, that under the old system the Shipping and Commerce of this eonntry attained a height of prosperity unexampled in the history of the world, and one might have hoped that onr rulers would liave been satisfied to let well alone. But no— a siAly sentimental theory has got possession of them— more particularly of Mr. Husk mm, which he is pleased to denominate Hbcrality; end for the sake of proving it, the old ins- titutions of oar anoostors have been done away, and every body, or any body, allowed to entwr the ports of this eoontry on the same terms as the British ship- owner. Gentlemen, 1 do not impute to Mr. nnsktvjn any mnisfcr motive; 1 believe him to he sincere ; hut I believe him to have iarbifeod erricwotis Urns, * ad 1 consider he is nv. lv dangerous Iwotmse he is si were, for - if so, l'. « 13 the more likely to adhere to his measures, tinder the notion of being Jinn in right, although < wr muni ermviction 4s, - that he is obsti- nate In wrtmg. Gentkfiien, thine acts have « ow faaen in opera- tion some time, ani what are the rwulta ? Way, that the foruigner has increased his tenra^ e liior- toM, * i « l that lie is now tread- ing 80 closely on the h » e! s of the British ship- ewner, that un- less some change takes pkoe, he will shortly heat hici out of the field. This fiict, Gentlemen, i can prove « o you by the follow- ing tables. Sir. Tiuley then reti extracts from various table*, shewing the great increase of foreigners since those nets came into operation, and then proceeded. These, tables prove tha* sinoe 1622, there has Uien a progressive and enormous crease of the foreigner, and this year will, I am satisfied, shew' a " still greater increase when the returns can be got. Gentle- men, these Sicts ore so clear, that J am persuaded the Econo- mist,. will not attempt to deny that the effect of these acts has been such as I have stated ; bHt they will moat likely contend that there is a counterbalancing benefit to the country generally. I would ask thstii, where is it? Are we to « eeJc it ia the almost onivecsal distress of the rnan*£ » c. tnrers, in the poverty and embarrassment of the merchants, in the genernl languor of all branches of our com- merce, or in the deficiency of the revenue ? If these acts are to produce great benefit to the oauntry, it is time they niadea beginning, for hitherto their effect has been to eprich no one save strangers to. our soil and institutions, aud that at the expence of as loyal and pa- triotic a portion of his Miijesty's subjects as exists. Mr. Huakis- son's measures have placed this kingdom in the situation of the man who ordered to be placed on his tomb, the following epitaph :—" I was well, I wished to be better, aud here I am." I am not sure my quotation is correct ; but it will answer my purpose. But, Gentle- men, assuming, for the sake of argument, that a great counter lealjncing benefit will arise— it certainly has not arisen, aad I there- fore say will not arise to the kingdom— sorely a statesman would pause before be has consigned toruin the marine of this country, those ivoooden walls whieh we have always been taught to consider the best bulwarks of our native laud, to which she is mainly indebted for her present pre- eminent situation, and to which she may again be driven for succour and defence. If tlr. Huskisson and his brotlisr Economists can hire foreigners to import articles of commerce dur- ing peace, to the exclusion of the British Ship- owner, can they hire foreign seamen to fight our battles in time of war ? No, Gen- ! tlemen, or if they could, they would soon find out the ditferenoc . between the courage and prowess of hired mercenaries, and that of a Briton contending for the honour and security of his native kuid. Gentlemen, it is idle, it is worse than idle, it is absolutely wicked to even think of sacrificing the marine of tliis - kingdom, for God only knows how soon we may require it; and I still hope that Mr. Htife- kisson and his colleagues muy be induced to retrace their steps, again enable us to navigate to advantage, and thereby keep - up a race of hardy and brave seamen. Gentlemen, I shall not detain you longer, but now beg leave to move- the following resolutions. Mr. T. concluded by moving the following resolutions: " That tliis Meeting views with sentiments of the utmost alarm the alterations that have been made, by his Majesty'a Government, through the medium of tlie late Parliament, in tile Navigation and. Colonial Systems of Great Britain— alterations calculated to. de- stroy every national interest, naval, agricultural, commercial, manufacturing, and labouring, and the effects of which, as far il - this Meeting is concerned, are already severely felt iu the great and increasing Distress of the Shipping Interest of this and tile ad- jacent ports, and of the United Kingdom generally. u That tiiis Meeting under the pressure of the unprecedented , situation in which the measures of his Majesty's Ministers have. placed them, do consider it the imperative duty, not only of the Ship- owners of this, but of every other eea- pwt in the United " Kingdom, to use all the means and exertions in their power to induce his Majesty's Government to abandon the pernicious and destructive system tbey have adopted. " That this Meeting is convinced of the utter impossibility of the Shipping Interest of this country ever being placed on a foot- ing of real reciprocity with foreigners, by uny remission of direct taxation, whether on the materials used in the building and equipment of ships, or in the shape of local charges incidental to navigation. " That petitions to the House of Commons lie immediately pre- pared, praying that the depressed state of British shipping may be taken into consideration, and some measures adopted for its! relief. i " That the Hon. H. T. I- iddell, and Matthew Bell, Esq. the - Members for Northumberland; J. G. Lambton, Esq. and the Hon. W. J. F. Vane Powlett, flu- Members for Durham ; and j Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart, and Cuthbert Ellison, Esq. the Members for Newcastle, be earnestly requested to support their i prayer. " That Delegates be sent from this port to London, to confer and act in conjunction with the delegates from the other outports, in collecting and arranging evidence to lay before Parliament, and thai they be furnished with the best local evidence that cm be procured. " That the General Committee of the Ship- owners' Society be authorized to carry these Resolutions into effect." Mr. ANDERSON reoop^ cd the resolutions, and said, after the able manner in whioh they had been introduced by Mr. Tinley, it would not be necessary for him detain tlie meeting by any remarks! of his own. The CHAIRMAN suggested that the words " labouring classes" ought so be added, as he was oonvineed that they participated in the general depression of the Shipping Interest. Mr. WAWN tlien/ noved that a petition to the House of Com- mons be immediately prepar- ed, iu wliich the depressed state of the , Shipping Interest should be fully stated, and relief solicited. Whin Mr. Huskissoh was about to make the alterations in the Navigation Laws, lie held out that ' 1 reciprocity" would benefit every class of the United Kingdom ; but what had lieen the result ? Look at tie. tables produced, and they will speak in intelligible language that such has not been the fact. He then pointed out the insignificance of the trade with Prussia, of which power Mr. Huskissou seemed, to be in much dread, and said that timber had already been advanc- ed in Prussia, in consequence of free trade, while in our own co- lonies it has fallen one half. The exports to our North American' colonies were upwards of two millions per annum, whilst to the four northern states of Europe they were not one half of that amount. Reciprocity might have been admitted, had not an immense debt lieen incurred to procure peace to tlie world, and to hurl down an odious tyrant, wliich happily had been effected. He then said it was impossible we could compete with foreigners, as had been most ably shewn in the excellent pamphlet that had been distribut- ed that morning. The wisdom of our forefathers had raised, by cherishing the Shipping Interest, a mound that defended our na- tional safety and glory, but Mr. Huskisson had chosen to abolish those excellent laws which for 200 years had protected us. Liber- ality was an excellent thing ; but liberality must be guarded, or else it becomes prodigality. He still hoped that the petition would have the desired effect, as the members for the county had promised their support, provided a good case was made out. Mr. Wawn concluded by moving that a petition to the House of Commons be prepared, which was seconded by Mr. Young. Mr. H. MII'CAU'E proposed that the Members for Northumber- land, Durham, and Newcastle upon Tyne, be applied to, to sup- port the petition. The CHAIRMAN said that letters had been received from all the outports, concurring in the measures that were under discussion, and condemnatory of those of Mr. Huskisson. In fact, every sea- port of the United Kingdom saw the danger in the same light as the meeting did ; and he hoped that by a vigorous perseverance, they would succeed in obtaining relief. The resolutions unanimously agreed to at a meeting of the Ship- owners of Hull, on the 22d ult. were then read by Mr. Tinley, as follows :— " That this meeting contemplates, with increasing anxiety and alarm, the pernicious consequences of the late alterations in the Navigation Laws, being fully persuaded, that the ultimate effect of these changes will lie the annihilation of our foreign commercial marine— a result which cannot fail to operate injuriously on almost every other great national interest; to render dormant, or drive abroad, an immense amount of capital and labour; and to impair our natal strength, whilst that of other countries- will be- propor- tionally augmented* " That letters be written to the Society of Ship- owners in Lon- don, anil the different out- ports, suggesting the expediency of de- legates from those ports meeting together, for the purjwse of pre- paring a Report ou the present state of the British Shipping In- terest ; each deputation being provided with ail the local infor- mation it can procure, iu order, that from the whole, such a case may be framed as will be likely to engage the serious attention of the legislature, aud induce liis Majesty's government to propose some measures calculated to mitigate, if not to i.-. ert, the thieaten- ed evils. The CHAIRMAN then said that the committee had been indefati- gable in obtaining nil the information possible, which was now printing in a pamphlet. Mr. ATKINSON said that the Newcastle Members had pledged themselves to support the Shipping Interest)) aud concluded by pur- posing that delegates be sent upto London. Mr. PorrtmvKtL- seconded the motion which was carried unanimously. Mr. STRAKER said that he agreed with every thing that had.; been stated relative to die advantage the foreigner possessed over ! the British shiji- owner, but he did uot agree with the method they ' were about to adopt. It was very evident that the foreigners, . could build their ships cheaper; but he thought We could obtain vowel? as cheap as our opponents, by abolisliing a part ot' thy heavy duty that at preoeut exists on timber. He admitted that it would ojw- rate against the American trade; but that had all aloi^ been car- ried on under a false theory, and ought to bo done away, as it was the height of folly to go to America for aa inlerior article, while : we could procure a soperlor one at a quarter of the distance, lto- duoe tlie duty on the Baltic timber, und let us send a thousand sliips to Maim* 1, instead of three hundred. The CHAIRMAN replied to the observations of Mr. Straker at. considerable length, which the limits of oer paper preclude us giv- 1 ing more than a very slight sketch of. The opinions he expressed; twemed to meet with the universal aocordance of the moetijag. He ; observed that as related to cheap ships it would do little importing j die half- decayed oak of Hamburgh and Prn* ia ; if even tlie duty ' was wholly repealed It would not make a different of jl'& OO in the. priee of a ship of 800 tons measurement; hut in a happy strain of irony lie suggested that it woold be better to petition to be allowed to baild onr ships abroad, aud fit them with cheap anils aud ropes,, and when that was done, to man and victu. il them there too i and as one step more tuwaids potting us upon a fair footing of recipro- city, that the owners and their families should ttxnove into Ger- many also, to live upon the sheap provisions of that favoured coun- try. As reganltrf tbe timber from owr oivn colonies, be itegngly, insisted that the ml pine was full as good tbe beet imported from the Baltic, and as regarded the yellow pine, it. was never - used in., ship building, but that an immense supply of it was oiisolut.- ly « 3- • cessory for a number of purposes, for which it was pr- efotto tliq best that could be imported from Russia or IVt'ssu. tlw! as a vent for eur manufactures, Canadu, Nova S^ jtia, and ,?< evy lkuns- wick, took more than the whole of the nations witbiu. tlie Baltic sea, and as an employment for British ships and seamen it was su- perior to any other Foreign tiadu in whieh the ships of England were engaged. Mr. ANDEHSON wished to ascertain from Mr. Stroker . what was to be done with the ships already built ? Mr. Straker again condemned the duty on timber, and oom- plained of the ridicule the Chairman had indulged in, while com- menting on his speech. Mr. YOUNG said that some means ought to be adopted to assist the ooal trade; and suggested that a - deputation be appointed to wait on the coal- owners, in order to endeavour to procure a. remedy. The CHAIRMAN said that although he had not a vessel in die coal bade, yet lie would cheerfully exert his best energies, iu order - to assist his* brother ship- owners. Mr. G. CLEUQH said we ought to put our own shoulders to the • wheel, and we might oooomplish die objact ourselves, and that might be done by restricdng the number of voyages, which would prevent the coal market being inundaiad ae it was at present. This is all that is wanted, and it might be obtained without ej> p! yiag to the cad owners, as he was certain the application to them would be of no avail, and a degradation ou die part of the ship owners. The CHAIRMAN could see no motive why the coal owners should - sell tlieir ooals at a losing price, in order to allow ships to race . down. Mr. CEEOOH maintained diat liis doctrine w'aa true, and said that the ship owners ran into evil by their own foolishness; but a contrary method must be adopted, as there was a bad trade, aud ruin staring the* n in the face. Mr. ST « AKEJI was against any combination widi the coal owners, as that tendtd to die ruin of the trade. By restricting the vend, the coals would increase in price. Mr. TINLEY suggested that a deputation to the coal owners might be attended with a beneficial tendency; at all events It could do no ill. Mr. CLEUGH again deprecatod an application to the coal owners, and said it was impossible that the ship owners could Come to any terms with them; and added that the ooal owness nvorUl always act as they had done, as long as they had such blockheads i j deal ith. Mr. WAWN said onr interests were so blended with that of the coal owners, that it was desirable that a mooting should be had with those gentlemen, as he thought diey might oonsur in tlie measures of tlie ship owners. The capital embarked in the Ship- ping Interest in the Port of Tyne, amounted to the enormous sum of £ 1,700,900, while that Invested in the ooul mines did not ex- eeed .£ 800,000. If" they could get the coal owners to restrict the, ivend, the coal trade would again flourish. It was therefore de- sirable to have a meeting with the coal owners, and a mutual un- derstanding established between them. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up. ing that Talma Vegan fo he ron- viuffed, hy the extreme priwtfatton ' tittur of ttee eminent rans : Sii Simon - on? of the arbiters for of all his faculties, and ths, film that spread itself before his eyes, J determining the Balial's succession to the throne ; Sir Andrew of that his dissolution was approaching. He conld no longer dis- \ Ciithness, dominua de Touch, and Sh- rllV of Stirling ; and Wil- tinguish die persons who surrounded hUia He liitd two notaries ii im, Bishop of St. Andrew's ami Chancellor of the Kingdom. TALMA. Tliis extraordinary actor, and otherwise liiglily © cilel> ratc< l mau, died at Paris the 1 Oth October, as stated ( n our- last. The loss- which the French stage has su& tiiined by his death* is irreparable. He was to the French what John Kembie was. to the English Theatre. The absurdity of costume, reitmrdancy of JBonner, and extravagance of action, which the principal eharactaristios . of the stage before Tulma became eminent on it, and possessed ail im- portant share of the management of the TheG^ ne Frsg^ cftie, * vere never seen in that tragedian, altliougn a caricature leiiiatioa, iby a celebrated acfcor of mx own, wasld lead the public to a contrary : opinion 5 and, as jxiung men - of talent - rose up, they ielt pride in; following the S^ JS of « O gre<& a . master. The characters in whieh Talma was most powerful, wes'e the heroes qJ" Sha^^ are. His! Coriolanas . and Hamlet will long fce raziuuiberod with delight by all who saw them. HI0 declamation was bold wi^ houf being rant- ing, and. ia the milder parte nf tragedy, thece W53 a chastenees of feeling about him, which required on[ y to be witnessed to he fairly j apprsoiafcxJ. Of late years his popnlivfity as an actor fully equalled that, which hsA marked the zenith of his fame. Tlie part of ScyUa, in Jouy^ s tragedy of that name, was so admirably performed by Talma, that Cor more tliau & OO nights the theatre was crowded to witness it— nor was this surprising; for, If we can imagine a com- bination of the various poW « re of Kembie, Kean, Young,, and Macready, we may picture So ourselves Talma in his Javourite • character of SctfUa. It is a fact highly creditable to the French, as a play- going people, thai there was no caprice about them as to Talma. They felt and acknowledged his excellence, and his name upon the jilay- bill was the certain harbinger of a crowded audience. In this metropolis, even Kembie and Cooke, when the novelty had gone off a little, frequently failed to draw full houses 5 and in the present day it must be a dazzling star indeed which can attract admirers in crowds after the first month, or twt> of its appearance in the theatrical, hemisphere* Off the stage Talma was as attractive as upon ht— liis conversational powers were of no mean order, and as a politician his views and arguments would not have disgraced a Ministerial Cabinet. The Jate Empeix> r of France entertained a high respect for Talma, notwithstanding the freedom with which he expressed his republican feelings j and this circomstanee, so honourable to both of them, appears to have been recorded by Jouy, in his ( ScyUa, where Roscius, the Roman actor, is majde to act the same part towards the Roman tyrant as Talma did to Na- poleon. Xu hW domestic habits Talma yras remarkably plain* and, except when with friends,, rather ^ abstemious. He rose early, and wrote or read until ten or eleven o'clock in the morning, at which time he received the visits of his theatrical colleagues, the//£- terateurs Of Paris, and foreign writers who were desirous, during their stay in Paris, to see the " great actor." To the less fortu- nate in . the career which he liatl run so brilliantly lie was ever ft kind friend and a liberal patron ; his purse was as open as his heart. The sums bestow'ed by Talma upon distressed ' talent would, if brought together, form an ample fortune; and if, as we lear, lie has died rather poor than rich, the circumstance is thus easily ac- counted for. His regard for the English character was with him at once the result of natural feeling and of a sound judgment. He received and spoke of Englishnien with delight, and lie has been known, on more occasions than one, abruptly to quit a French saloon in which the English nation was being calumniated. One act alone of his life was sufficient to render; his fame immortal. It is a fact in history that, during the Convulsions in the south of France, when the bigotry and intolerance of the Priesthood work- ed upon an ignorant population to such ati extent that the life of a Protestant was never in safety, Young, the author of Night Thoughts, lost a beloved dauglitee, to whose remains the Priest- hood denied interment. The wretched father was compelled to bury tl e corpse of his child at night, and unaided, in the garden belonging to the house winch he then inhabited. Better times ar rived, but this outrage upon decency and humanity remained not only unpunished, but, as to France, almost unrecorded. Talma, who was playing in the neighbourhood, visited the spot, shed tears over the grave of sentiment, and, at a considerable expence, erected near it a tomb, bearing an inscription which at once record- ed the fact and shamed the perpetrators. The following account of the last hours of this extraordinary man is given in a letter from Paris :— » PARIS-, Oct. 2.0. — It was cot until Hvc o'clock yesterday mom- called, in whdre presence he conlirmud the dispositions of hw will, which. haS bcefe m. ule' three tfreeks t& fcfrt^. Atftef this exertion, his remaining- strength seavecly^ sufficed to mutter, itfah almost extin- guished voice, the wiigle wori'l, Adieu ! which Ise ittldressetT to orto of the notaries. Four hoqrs after,, at thirty- five' mintrfies after "' eleven- ty'cJoci^ he ^ rea£ lie< l Ins Lust, apparently without, any' suf- fering. It is generally supposed that the malady which few proved fatal to him was an intestinal sehirrus. Mons. Dtapuytren was de- sirous of performing an operation, which he was convinced would Have saved Talma, had he had strength enough to undergo it.— This openUiori was to extract? that portion of the intestines which, - - ocooiVfing to this ceM> rated Burgeon, were - twi'sfced, and to replace them in tlieir natural state. The ojiening of the body will show if M. Dupuytren's conjecture was oorreet. But conviiiced as lie was the efficacy of tlie operation, he was deterred from resorting to it by die state of extreme weakness to which Talma was red need, in esonaequenoe of the total oetisation of his digestive functions for 41 " hours previous to his deatlv. The singular fact of his continuing to Jive so long ' in such ft state is attributed by the physiciansto his re- markably strong constitution. Oiie of. ' these gentlemen lias as- serted, that, na opening the Iwdy, the region of the breast and I a aga will beibund in the most healthy and entact state. One of the last times the Arclibishop of Paris ( who has repeatedly endea- * voured to gain admittance to Talma) presented himself at his liouse, and was refused by one of the patient's relations tn be brought into Ms presence, lie said, " You probably suppose my intentions are very tUOcrent from what tlie^ i are in reality. My motives- are noble and elevated. For a long time back I have been endeavouring to procure from tlie Court - of Rome, that the ridi- culous excommunication jj*, onounced agiiinst actors should be taken and tlie present circumstance may nxwt powerfully conduce to tlie soooeas . of my endeavours. Talma dying in peace with the church would furnish me with a puissant argument. Moreover, I promise you net tt* say a single word atamfc religion, until Talma shall himself - mention the subject.* It is said that the last tfiine the Ardihtehop called, and nlet, as before, with a reftjsa>/ lie lost all . patience, and veiiemently apostrophised Talma's nephew, a physi- cian, in the fofiowlng terms * ** Unfortunate man'] see what a responsibility you are drawing on your head. Creat as is my in- dignation, I cacmoi ltere punish you for such unworthy- conduct— my re% Sbn forUds me. But, on the 4ay - of jucjgmer. t, when all • the souls of my feock shall appear In the presence of < 3o< i, mine thall pursue yours, and call upon it to answer f( f the less - of an immortal The young physician lister**? - ca'miy to these • terrible anenaces, and firmly but re^ ctfully re& v* xl: to introduce hb - Grace. The Archbishop did riot again return, ftfadame Vanhovc ® Tltlma's wife, also wished to ho admitted to his bed- side, hat ho refused to. see her. She (' Id not insi& t, l « it said, 41 I am sorry not to- be permitted to see him more. ' Tell htnj, I entreat yt » v tha£ I came to offer him to share my fortune with his* children. ® Madame Vanliove has . upwards - of 4O, 0GOl a- year* that had been Wt her by Dr. jVXorwm ( De la Surthe) with whom she had lived. It is precisely this fortune that prevent any re- conciliation - between her aiwl Talma, and induced him to refuse seeing her ' in his last moments. " As my wife is now wetilthy,' 1' - said he, it woul< l no doubt be said that I became recenciled to- ller tlirough motives , of inteiest. Her fortune places an insur- lCfMintab'e barrier between One of tlie theatrical journals of ' this morning givc& the ibllowhig account of Talma's last moments Talma preserved his intoUed uul :£ acnhles to the hat nvuner. t. fie ielt n » acute fwSn, and Only oomplaineil of having a cloud }*>- : fore his eyes. He prfectly reo(^ giiise< l the friers around his lxKl, ^ o& i on seeing Metsrw. Jouy^ Arn- wik, and- DovjZliers, he stretched Oi^ his nrnift, wept, - and" embraced tliesn. Hes. ua to his nephew. The physickms know nothing of my ( hsease, Rocommeiwl them to ojjen my body - tliat it may lie uaefu! to my fellow- ciNsaturos am? ^ n a minute after he .^ aid, " Let thew he no priests 1 aU I Ois^ is not -' obe l< urloxl- tee soon." ^ Jome tiine before, he • exviaim- ed, w What < lo require of ma, to make me al jure the art to vdaeh Lcweali myg. ory, an art tliat I idolize? to deny the forty lirighte » t years of my life, to separate my casvse from that of my eomrados, and to acknowlwlge tlieai to be infamous ? Never !" A fenv TiiQinents before his death he murmured Lva faint voice, "¥ dltairei! • Yo2t< ure ! as VostaireTims- the greatest tragedian of this age expired in invoking the name of the greatest tragic genius of the last age. [ From tlie Journal ises Debat&.'] Talma was born at Paris, on the 15th of January, 1760. Some modern biographers have nuule him . six years younger: this kind of deoepdon^ has no - utility. Talma had - done better than his biographers— he had renewed the youth of his talent. Four years ago, in tlie Orestes of IVIonsieur Soumet's Oytemneetrc, lie was only fi.^ j- e^ s of ege. For a long time, h was beKeveA that lie was horn in England: two - entires- ooncurrod to propiigate tliis error. He « ndei- stood, lie spohi, he wroV> Ej^ lisli language witli givat accuracy, and his. lcng- marked prwhlectioo for pieces imkat4: d f; x> m the, British stage, jn/' de fee: v< i » y be Kupp<*** l that his^ thcatrical education was begnn ai, Drury- Iane and Covent- gfu\ lcn. iU » £ i& or, bewakis, London exercised tlie protwsion of a dkmtisf. But Tuhna, bewn at IWis, studied also- at Paris, in a h'jarding- liouse which attended tlie clussa* of the M: izarin college. ThDP&- heeaily became aajuainted wkli the celebrated pixifessor of rhetoric, under xv} w<% t rodouhtable rod 1m> was j^ x- d niore rc- i - cently, wlien entcring. on a verjt different from that of his | nfancy, and iu which lie himself ix? came a muster. After his Parisian studies were finislied, Talma returned to Lon- don, and began to liaudiu the instruments of his father's pro- fession. ; By the consent of hit father he returned to France, was admitted to the Royal School of Declamation, and at tlie end of a fe\ v years made his debut in Mahomet, acting the part of Said. This was on the J5thofN< wember, 1787. Larive and Saint Prix then en- grossed die chief tragic characters. The figure mow than the age of Talma scarcely permitted him to steer a course between these two eolossusoa. Ilis pretensions were brought down to the employ- ment of jeune. premier ; and some days after his dohnt, lie played the part of Pylaiks, in Tpkigenie en Tauride. After the repre- sentation he appeared in the box of Larive, in which, as far as I can racolloct, were then jissembled Ducis, Palissot, Laland, and Lemierre 5 all of them, beginning with Larive, lavished upon Talma the most flattering encouragements. Two years afterwards tlie Revolution broke out; Chenier gave his tragedy of Charles IX. It was a piece to suit the times. Talma was intrusted with tlie priucip « il character ; tlie memoirs of the period have proved the remembrance of the terrible impres- sions which he produood in the last scene of that piece. He then '• pointed himself out as the interpreter of the furies of ( Edipus, and all theOrebteses, mule ami to be made, of the French stage. From that time it was conceived, that the characters which would be adoj) ted by Talma would be in preference those marked with the seal of fatality— those where the sombre and terrible pas- sions bore sway, anil where the poet had concentered " — ces tragiques fureurs, " Qui couvent sourdement dans Tabi'ine des cceurs." The event proved the justice of this opinion. Talma was burial on Saturday at nine o'clock. The fimeral Car was Burroundcd by his family and his friends. The members of the French stageand the men of letters, who were to pronounce a discourse over his grave, followed. Numerous other persons, such as artists, and literary people, attended him to the place of repose. Madame Talma, who was a Miss Vanhove, has announced her intention of bringing up the two children who were educating by her husband, and tliat she will, in this manner, honour the memory of the excellent man whose name they bear. This pro- ceeding displays as much sensibility as virtue. Why was this generous woman not at his pillow, to whom she was united ? To- day, perhaps, the pomp of religion would be united to that of the aits around tlie grave of Talma. After giving a just praise to the generous conduct by which the widow of Talma means to honour him, our readers will not find the following particulars relative to her misplaced. Madame Caroline Vanhove, daughter of the actor of that name, made her debut at the age of fourteen, at tlie Theatre Francaiso. She soon afterwards married M. Petit, the celebrated professor of dancing. The success she obtained Inith in Tragedy and Comedy, placed her in the first range of performers, till, in 1810, the extreme delicacy of her health compelled her to retire from the'stage. She had sometime before been married to Talma, but they had no children, as we have already stated. iMtsccUanrous; Ndus. NOTICES OF THE CLANS. FRASEKS. In spite of the lofty pretensions which the Highlanders arrogate to themselves, to a pure Celtic origin, there is scarcely a name of any eminence among the Clans, but refutes die assertion. ' The Grants,' of whom we last treutod, bear die indelible stamp of Nor- man ancestry. And the azure field of / raises marks out the ' Erasers' as a branch from tlie same root. No truth can be clearer than tliat Tuetouic barons ellected setdemcnts, and achieved conquests in the Highlands ; whilst the era of these events may generally be truced with much more certaiuty, than the tradition- ary tales of our countrymen will allow. The family of Fr. tser make a distinguished figure in our- national annals in very remote ages in East Lothian and Peebles- shire ; and rose to eminent lustre as Lords of Oliver Castle. This branch- was the head of the name, and its Chiefs were High Sheriffs of the County of Twceddale, as early as the reign of Malcolm IV. styled the Maiden; though in a donation of his Slajesty to the Abbey of Kelso, there is this remark- able clause : ' Pracipio etiam ut praidicto ecelesia de Inverlatian in qua prima nocte corpus fdii mti post obituin suuin quievit.' Sir Gilbert Frascr was the proprietor of the extensive domains of Oli- ver Castle, in the » igas, of Alcxaudtr II, and III. He was the Sir Simon was the father of that gallant patriot of the same iiaine, the friend and companion of Wallace autl Bruce, and doom- ed like the first to expiate his attachment to liberty, on the block,-' A. K 130( 1. Iil" him perished the direct mahi line of the ancient Frasers: his daughters succeeding to his estates. Sir Andrew, his uncle, now became the head of die family ; and we find him set- tled in Caithness ( a district then included in Inverness- shire) in 1 Froirrhim the family of Lorat deduce their direct descent, through his eldest son Simon, w- ho* married Margaret, one of the heiresses of the Earldom of Caithness ; and from the latter they also' derive their patronymic of ' Macshimi.' This Simon had a brother Sir Alexander, ( Cliamb- rlain of Scotland) who married tl- e Prpi cess Mary Bruce, altout 131ti, and whose succession terminated ire* A female, It is from an inattention to the Ler. i and characteristics of this Knight, that the disjHited precedency, of the Lovat and Sal-' toun Families, has its source. We shall en leavour to condense lit4 ns few words possible, a epnesdim, which lias fitnf alfeady put a/ rest by legal proofs, in a late publication. ( Anderson's Hist, of Erasers, £ J8. 119. The Erasers of Philorth, claim as their ancestor Alexander Fr. iser of Cowie and Durris, whom they assume to have been Sir Alex- aniler the Chamberlain, and the brother of Sir Simon the patriot, • executed in 1308 ; unfortunately for this theory, the very authority on which it is built— ( Bjrboui's Bruce)— makes it clear that ' Sir Alexander Fraser' and his ' brother Simon' were alive in 1308, at the battle of Inverury ; and consequently this' Simon ami the Knight of the same name, muat have been different persons. This fact is further proved by a legal document in the possession of Lord Arbuthnot. In the next place, it is said Sir Alexander Fraser the • Chamberlain had a son William, who was the immediate progeni- tor of this respectable branch of the Erasers. Ilcre again we are met by the fact, that Sir Alexander's succession terminated ill a female before 1355, ( Reg. Mag. Sig.) and that he was ouly mar- ried to the Priuoess Mary ( who died before 1324) iu l.' IKi. Long before this period, Alexander Fraser of Cowie aud l » urris was dead ; for WiUiam • Fraser, the son of the late Alexander Eraser swore - fealty to Edward 1. at Fernel, contiguous to die quarter - where the family estate lav, on 7th July 1- 290 ; and lie succeeded in the properties of Cowie and Durris it may be seen by the grant to him, in Robertson's Index, of these lands, where it is added, •* Jjhuilk dianedom of Collie was Alexandtr F.- aser his father's." Here it cannot cscajie observation, that Alexander of Collie is not even after his death termed a Knight • a title which it has been h'gslly proved in the above- mentioned work, Sir Alexander, the- Chamberlain, held from 1308 to 1332, when lie was killed;, whilst it is impossible to show he ever possessed the estate of Collie - or CowUK Thus, tbe Erasers of Philorth are « nhooked from the * main or even collateral Oliver Castle line; whilst the t- ovuts are - directly deacon, led of die next brunch after the great Sir Simrta. Fraoer, the patrii. 1— and, as such are the head of the name. That die Fraaers of Itiilurdi ore of a meet respectable lineage cannot be doubted; but when they may have sprung from the Erasers of tlui • arath, 1s buried in die darkness of conjecture. That the above Hir Alexander, the Knight, was younger than • his brother Simon is demonstrated by his succeeding his father inn the inconsiderable estate of Touch in Stirling, whilst die vast do- mains in the - north fell to Simon. Of die House of Lovat we shall say nothing. The world are r already iu piissession of their memoirs. They ap|) ear to have par- - taken of the * moving accidents,' of political change, in pretty much the stme ratio as ether dynasties. We are sick of hearing of tlieir noted Lord of the 1715 awl 15; but ive derive at least one lesson, from his life,— that of thaukfuhuw for living at a period when tli:;- law extends h- j*- ot<> ct. lou alike tw p « » r ami to rich, and no petty H- o< l. il despot cun wantonly sport with the lives or property of his inferiors. It W 1- uiieutable to think, when we take a retrospective view - of Highland History, how many cruelties have lieen perpetrat- ed, not only by the chfcif, but even by many persons whose names Were hardly known beyond their tributary wilds.— Inverness Cou- rier. MI?. ABRIINETIIY. Wc extract the followrng from the Anatomical Lc- tures of this humorous but skilful sucgeoo, at St. Car-* tholoiixswV Hospital:— " What's to lie done if a man gets a blow on his nose, and 1MI>< his crista galli driven in njion his brain ? Vt iiat's to lie done ' f why, yon must try to jiull It out again. You have to raise up tlie' ossa nasi, introduce an instrament lineil with sjKmge, raise- up die • dejjpes^ ion, and then pull it out. But, luckily, this is a very rare accident, and ilon't believe tliat every broken none is followed with such frightful consequences. You see tlx- nose is excessively well' constructed to elude tile effects of viok- oce ; the blow lights on the rtistic part of the nose, which tweaks the eflect of it, and the blow may ojierate on the nose- without driving in die Basal lamella ' Faith, if every one hail their crista galla driven in, when tiny have dieir nasal fcmella broken, I myself would have h id it, because on one occasion, when I was riding, my horse's head- and my own caine pretty near together. I was riding, aud on putting the spur to him and pulling the bridle, lie threw up his head, and struck nio- with it rieht u| iomlic nose. The hlmkl flowed from it, just lik » m it it h. i' 1 been streaming from an arnv after you had MtMfo0kt ' ho lanw, 1 jrnt off— f. ti ii ibl^ eoi- at lianJ— ivusherf fny tiice# and squeezed the bono* into their proyer sitnativn as well as I could. The people were certainly very bind, and wished to send for a sur- geon to me; but 1 told them that I would much rather they sent f'pr a hackney. cixieh—.( much laughter) which they did, and I went home in it. 1 then, pereeived, for the first time iiuny life, an iin- perfei'tion in my sight. I could not see more than two- thirds of an dbject. First of all, however, I should tell you, my vision was. indistinct, lnit I found it arose from the eclipse of the third of every ijbject on the right hand. I ascertained this p irticularlv ai 1 went home, because if I saw such a. lung name as my own, for init- wwe, A- ber- ne- thff, in a lmohselter* s shop window, or any sfteh place, i could see A- U- r- hiee, hut I could not see the thigh at all. ( Loud laughter.) Well, I looked with one eye, then I looked with the other, and I leoked with both, hut still I pereeived that the thinl of every object was eclipsed!, on what I may call my right side Now this sort of case W afliided to by Dr. Woollaston, and lie con- tends that it might be a defect in the optic nerves. Well, I was- telling all this to a medical friend of mine— a very clever man, twak he said, it was impossible. I said, well, I don't know whether At is impossible or not, but I know that what I tell you is true. In afterwards happened that he had a fall from his horse, I believe,, oc something of that kind, und he had the same iniperlection of sight, the eclipse of the objects being on the opposite side. I said to him, there- was ouly one thing I regretted, which was, that when I was in that state, I had not squinted, to have seen how the things, would have looked then. He told me he was convinced it aro . r from the nerve. But I said, did vou squint? O gad, u . he, I never thought of squinting. But siucc that time I have beei. entertained with it often, and often without having had any blow ;. and 1 have ou those occasions squinted too, and it'* just the same. And let those who can account for it as arising from a decussation of the nerve, do it ; my own opinion is, that it arises from the irregular actions of the retina. You know there are people aim, see ghosts, and goblins, and so on ; not blue- rleoil::: I suppose, ihey don't see any of those, but they absolutely see men and women ; you know all that, I dare say. There is a very curious case related, of a man who was a well known character, - anil a man of sense— where it was said he used to see a number of people in the room with him. Now he himself has described the whole » f the phenomenon, and all tbe adjuncts to, it. He . had said, after taking a cup of coffee, or tea, or so onK they came into his room in great numbers ; and as he got I letter, and less nervous, he has only seen the arm* or legs of the persons, without seeing any other part of them. Now this is all an irregular action of the retina. A gentleman, sitting in his library « ne . lay reading or writing, on turning round his head, saw, sitting in it chair, a woman in a red cloak. And he said, how came you in- here, good woman ? The woman said nothing. What is the meaning of your being here, woman? No answer was made. Yon have no right to he here; go out of the room. She took no notice • of him. He got up and rang the bell for the servant. The ser- vant came iii. Turn this woman out. What worn m, Sir ? Why the woman in a red cloak. There's no woman, nor any ml cloak, Sir. Well, go and fetch the doctor for me; tell him I anv ill, and I wish to speak with him. The man, howqver, was not to be frightened by this, because he knew it was a delusion of his. sight. Now I have had it so often, that it has been a matter rather of amusement to me, than any thing else. I have stood before a glass, and seen the upper part of my head, and eyes, and nose, very distinctly ; but I never saw that I had any month or juw ; antfc I have seen my shoulders very well, bnt idl was blank between my nose and shoulders. Why, now I say, what can yon make » f this,, but that it is, errors of action, or inactivity in parts of the retina Now this is a digression ; diis is iro part uf die lecture ; but I an* speaking about the fractures of tlie c » ia nasi, and I am telling you; wliat seems tube the surgery of those cases." PRESBYTERY OF EDINBURGH* On the 25th October, at the ordinary meeting* tlie Moderator laid before the Presbytery certain documents which hmf been trans- mitted to him— namely, extracts from the General Assembly re- cords, aBd certain statute's relative' t » the due observance of the Sabbath; queries by the General Assembly to the digerent Pres- byteries as to poor's funds, and injunctions by it as to a supply of Elders; also a letter from the Magistrates of Edinburgh as to a subscription for relief « £ the operatives— Ordered to lie on the table. The Moderator also produced a letter from certain Managers of die Scotch Church at Cape Town, Cape of Good H « pe, alongwith extracts from minutes of meeting of the Elders and Managers ; in, which it is set forth, that the Lutheran congregation of that place had kindly offered the Scotch congregation of that place the use of their church once every S j;! uth.; that thrv wished to have a clergyman, to whr. m thc- y- couul afford no rook iktn L. 500 pc- r annum of stipend and lodging money, but hojied it might be In— creased by the liberality of Government j and that they wished the Presbytery to appoint one for them. On tlie motion of Dr. Brunton, these papers were referred to a Committee, with power to correspond with the agents in this coun- try of the Cape Town congregation. _ , Thursday the 16th of November was appointed for the ordination of the Reverend Mr. Forbes to lie minister of Hope Park Chapel. Tile Presbytery then proceeded to consider the report of the Committee appoint**! to endeavour to effect a reconciliation between the Reverend Dr. Colquhoun, minister of the New Chui- ch of Leith and his congregation. The principal facts of this case arc already before the public. Mr. Patrick Robertson was now heard at great length on the Jwirt of the congregation, Mr. H. P. Brown on behalf of Dr. Col- quhoutfy " dttd Mr. Robertson in reply. 0r. INCLIS said, there could be 110 question in that Court, but i'very minister of a parish church had the sole right of disposing of liis own pulpit, in rcspect to the admission of either stated or oc- casional assistants, and he was not aware of any thing which existed \< i alter the law in the case of a minister of a Chapel of Ease. The learned counsel for the petitioners had said something as to the ex- istence of a contract entered into between Dr. C. and his congrega- tion', and had argued on the assumption that the contract was a va- lid and binding one. His ( Dr I.' s) mind was not satisfied with the proof attempted to be led, that such bargain could be considered as. legal in the eye of the civil law. The whole of the reasoning on that jM> iut, however, went for nothing— because, according to the law of- the church, 110 parish minister or minister of a Chapel of Ease had any power to enter into such bargains without first coming to his Preubytery, which alone had the power of fixing that con- tract by its own act and deed. With a distinct understanding that every minister has the undoubted right of naming and appointing as his assistant, any probationer of the church to the effect of preach- ing in his pulpit, and while lie stated that to be his own opinion, he. would be sorry that this business should go out from the Pres- bytery without their doing something to heal up and put an end to tins most unhappy distention between Dr. Colquhoun and his con- gregation. - Their Committee had done all that could be wished or - expected of them— but from a conversation with one g5 its mem- bers, lie learned that there were certain documents, which had not l> ecn called for, and which might, be thought, have a considerable t ffect in determining this question. He did not deem it necessary to allude to these documents more particularly ; but he felt R strong Wi^ li, that the whole matter should !> c recommitted, sincerely and firmly believing that the mast beneficial consequences i^ oukl result from that course of proeedwre. Under the influence of these feelings, he proposed, that Dr. Thomson and others should be added to the committee. Dr. BanxTON seconded the motion of Dr. Inglis, and suggested, that the name of tluit Reverend Doctor should also be added to the. committee. The motion w: is unanimously approved of, aud the whole ques- tion recommitted. After bome unimportant business, the Presbytery adjourned. VARIETIES?. & om to Oie tooth." . Mi. Fay, the American dentist, Who was. present, admitted with much canilour, that in iiu case:- out of 100, where surgeons and dentists are applied to for the purpose of extrac- tion relief might be obtained without that, or even excision. It may therefore be worth while to try the remedy prescribed by Dr. Blake, as, unlike many of the nostrums of the present day, it can- not do any harm, but it does not appear to possess the character of a specific. Mr. Fay submitted his instruments for excision and ex- traction to the inspection of the meeting, and he received some well- merited encomiums for the improvement which he has introduced in the practice of the dentist. CIIRONONHOTONTHOLOGOS OUTDONE. Tides of Sultan Mahomet IV.— Mahomet, Sultan, by the signal grace of the Omnipotent Creator, and by tlie abundance of miracles of the chief of the Prophets, glorious, grand, invincible, and always victorious, emperor of the emperors of Constantinople and Triezibonde, king of kings, distributor of crowns to the greatest princes on earth, servant of the two holy and most august cities of Mecca and Medina, protector of the holy Jerusalem, ruler of the great sea, lord of the greater part of Europe, Asia, and Africa, conquered by our victorious sword, lord of the east and of the west, of grand Anatolia, of Rytliinia, of the great city of Nice and Nico- mcdia, of Chalcedonia the great, of Phrygia, Paraphilia, Tarsus, Papldagonia, Carmania, Cappadocia, Cesarea, great and little Armenia, of Iberia, Georgia, Mongrellia, and the Iron Gate, of Turcomania, Curdistan, Partliia, Media, I'ersias, Tauris, Assyria, Messopotamia, Diarehcc, of Babylon the great, Balsora, Chaklea, the Holy Land, Syria, Judea, Canaan, Galilee, of Jerusalem, Sa- maria, Phoenicia, Palestine, Aleppo, Erzerum, Damascus, and Antioch the great, of the sea of Tiberias, and the Caspian Sea, of the three Arabias, stoney, desert, and happy, of the Indian Ocean and Red Sea, of Ethiopia, Egypt, Alexandria, Grand Cairo, Bar- bary, Tunis, Tripoli, Fez, Morocco, Cyprus, Rhodes, and all Greece, Peloponessus, Thrace, Great Romania, Macedonia, Thes- salia, Corinth, Cliersonesus, Albania, Bosnia, ( Bothnia), Servia, Bulgaria, Sclavouia, Moldavia, Temeswar, Dacia, Hungary, Wallachia, Scythla, great and little Tartary, and an infinite num- ber more of countries, kingdoms, empires, isles, straits, passages, families, generations; and of so many millions of millions of valiant soldiers, who repose under the justice, and in obedience to Me, whoarn the Emperor Mahomet, son of the Emperor Ibrahim, by the grace of God, resource of the most grand princes of the world, and refuge of honourable emperors. Theatrical Recollections JOHN PALMER was one of the finest men in the kingdom, aud, perhaps, the most useful man in, his profession, that ever trod the stage, but it was a matter of doubt in the Creen- room, whether the number of his debts or the extent of his gallantries were the most numerous; the former, however, accumulated to such an amount, that at length lie was obliged to make his dressing- toom iiis constant residence, and take his daily airing* on the flat leads at the to]) of the theatre, from which he could lijok down in security on the myrmidons of John Doc and Jiu- kard Roe, who closely besiegud every door. At this time he was engaged at the Haymarket as the principal performer. At the close of Drurv- lane, it therefore bocanie a matter of serious consi- deration how be could get in safety from tlie former to the latter house ; it was at last doteruiiaod that he should be removed in a sugar- hogshead ! One was immediately procured, and prepared for his reception by boring holes in it, to give liim air during his trans- mit. The moment for his departure arrived, and he was comfort- ably packed up in the novel vehicle, and gently carted to tliestagc- tleor in Great Suffolk- street, where lie spent most of the summer season, as he had done that of the winter at Drury- lone; hut hav- ing made an assignation, he unfortunately ventured but, and was instantly ai rested. BADHELBY, the original Canton in the Clandestine Marriage, and Moses in the School for Scandal, was, before his appearance on the stage,' cook to Bulib Doddington ( afterwards Lord Melbourne), and quitted his Lordship's kitchen for that of Foote, of the Hay- mni- ket; so that whilst the modern Aristophanes was indulging the then public taste of the - town for dramatic satire, Baddeley was pri- vately gratifying the epicurean taste of the Manager by his culinary art, and occasionally, during tlie time so employed, played the cha- racters of Frenchmen, and other parts, with such success, that he was afterwards engaged at Drury- lanc, and bade adieu for ever to the making of ragouts, French soups, and Perigord pics. He noon afterwards married Miss Snow, who became the favourite Ophelia, Putty in the Maid of the Millwood other principal parts in operas. Mrs. Baddeley's features were beautiful, her fi- gure genteel, but her mental energies did not exactly correspond withtbe attractions of her person 5 she was also rather near- sighted. Churchill thus descrilws Iter ia one line t— u The moon- eyed idiot with a smiling face." Mr. George Garrtck, who was a wine- merchant, Jermyn- strcet, St. James's, and brother to " Dainty Davy," as the gods of the pallery called the British Uoscius, had, it seemed, made some im- proper overtoils to the fair warbler, which coming to the know- ledge of Baddeley, he swore that he would spit poor George, anil afterwards fricasee him. Bransby, who was the very Downright, in Ben Johnson's comedy of Every Man in his Humour, both on and off tlie stage, hearing tlie threat of this ci- devant cook, ex- claimed " Pshaw ! spit liiin!. Curse your sharps and flats ! If I • was you my little fellow, I would give him a d— d good basting I" Badiieley's passion cooling, he scut a formal challenge to the offen- der, and the parties met the following morning in the Ring iu Hyde- park, the customary spot at that time for deciding affairs of honour. Swords were then the weapons resorted to, and Badde- ley, who, dining his residence in France, h id become a tolerable fencer, at the second thrust wounded his antagonist slightly in the arm, who Aen apologised for his previous conduct, and the mat- ter terminated amicably. Mrs. Baddeley, some time after, eloped from her husband, and after experiencing many " ups and downs," terminated her chequered lite in a wretched room np seven or eight jiair of stairs, in an old house, in the old town of Edinburgh. DEATH OF CHARI. ES MILLS, ESQ— This celebrated historian, whose late " History of Chivalry" has excited such an interest in the literal y world, died last Monday at Southampton, whither he li- id retired some months since, in order to recover from the effects of an illness, partly caused and nourished by habits of intense thought, and enthusiastic devotion to literature. The death of such a man must not pass without a comment. He was the youngest son of annuel Gil lain Mills, a surgeon of eminence at Greenwich, and was intended by his father for tlie law, which he quitted, iu consequence of his ardent love Sir literature. His first work, " The History of Mahometan's ™ ," was published about the year 1817, and strong- ly attracted the attention of Sir John Malcolm, who extolled it as the most promising history of tlie day. Tlie next work by Mr. Mills was the well known " History of the Crusades," which was distinguished beyond most productions of the day— by its deep and enlarged observation, its fearless inquisitive spirit, und its condensed vivacity of style. Of a work so well known it will be superfluous to say more in tile way of criticism, than that immediately on its publication it brought its author forward as the first and most elo- quent historian of his time. A few months after its appearance, accident led Mr. Mills to the study of Italian literature ; the result of which was a work of fiction, in two volumes, entitled " The Travels of Theodore Ducas, on the revival of Arts and Letters in Italy." Mr. Mill's last and most popular work is, " The Ilistoiy of Chivalry," which created sueh a general interest, from the very first moment of its announcement, that in a few weeks the whole fir. It edition ( an unusually large one) was disposed of; and he was called, but a few months before his death, to devote liia tune to a ti- cond. This work attracted the notice of Sir W. Scott ( previ- ously excited by tlie " Crusades," from which work he partly borrowed the plot of his novel, Called the" Talisman,") aud a cor- respondence passed between them, and which, coming through the medium of Mr. Constable, from the " Author of Waverly to Mr. C. Mills"— as contradistinguished from Sir Walter Scott— is curious. Mr. Mills, a few months before his death, was elected one of the Knights of Malta, ( an honour unsought for 011 his part,) now re- vived on the Continent, which was conferred on him ill consequence of his allusion to that celebrated fraternity ( the defenders of the Christian religion for so manv centuries throughout Europe) 111 his ' History of the Crusades.' In private life Mr. C. Mills was open, . renerous, and candid to a fault; his conversation, in his more cheer- ful moments, was particularly engaging ; and the vast and almost unlimited stores of his information were at tlie service of every friend As a literary man, he was, to adopt the language of the Quarterly rteview, in its notice of liis ' Theodore Ducaa'— of' first rate im- portance.' Mr. Jeffrey also pointed him out as one of the most promising writers of his dav; and, indeed, he was rapidly rising to the fondest object ofhis daily and nightly prayers— intellectual su- premacy ; when his constitution, always delicate, broke down under the severe exertions ofhis mind, and brought liim to % jravc at the early age of 38. In person, Mr. Mills was of middling eta- ture, with a countenance intensely expressive of thought and in- ' tellect. Cure for the Tooth- eehe At a recent meeting of the London Medical Society, Dr. Blake . stated that the extraction or excision of teeth was unnecessary. He was enabled, he said, to cure the most desperate cases of tooth- ache, ( unless the disease was connected with rhucniatism), by the application of the following remedy to the di seaseil tooth: " Alum, reduced to an impalpable powder, twi " drachms • nitrous spirit of xthcr, seven drachms; mix, and apply FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS, Oct. 21.— Lord Cochrane, whom the news- writers cause to travel in many foreign countries, arrived, on the 13th, at Marseilles, on board the English schooner the Unicorn : this vessel brought Lord Cochrane and nine other passengers from Malta, from which it sailed on the 25th of September. The King has been pleased to appoint Rossini to be Composer to is Majesty, and inspector- General of Singing. A copy of the works of the celebrated Persian poet Gulistan, has been received at Paris. This work, printed at Teheran, in the Persian language, is the first which has proceeded from the only printing establishment in Persia, which is under the care and pro- tection of the Prince Abbas Mirza. It is thought that the types by hicli these works were printed were cast in Russia. MADRID, Oct. 9.— On the 4th and 5th, the King had fresh attacks of the gout, but the pain was of short duration. However, his Majesty still suffers in some degree; and Dr, Castello, his phy- sician, as well as all the Royal Family, remark, with regret, that the King, who has always slept but little, and who in general did not easily go to sleep,, has, for more than this month past, fre- quently fallen into a kind of lethargy, and passes whole nights with- out waking. It is not known what may be the cause of this change in his Majestyconstitution; and Dr. Castello is the more uneasy about it, as lie considers it as an obstacle to the entire recovery of the health of our beloved Sovereign. „ The health of the Queen and of the Infant and Infantas conti- nues good. A circular addressed to all the Captains- General in the kingdom, enjoins them to form a junta composed of 12 of the most expe- ienced and loyal officers- of their province, in which they shall pre- side, and the object of which shall be the increasing, the recruit- ing, the regulation, and discipline of the corps of the Royal Vo- lunteers of the province. This junta is to send every week its Re- port to the Lieutenant- General President of the Central Junta at Madrid. . According to the official accounts received by the Minister of War, the number of Portuguese troops who have come into Spain is nearly 5,000. The Etoile mentions a singular meeting which is said to have taken placc on board the French Admiral de Rigney's ship. Both the Commanders of the contending armies, Karaiskaki and the Seraskier Redscliid Pacha, it appeal's, had determined to visit that officer, and happened to select the same day. With what counte- nance they met, and what courtesies they interchanged is not on record $ but it is a proud tribute to European civilization to see two barbarian chiefs, ready to rend each other on shore, suddenly chained by the conventional neutrality of tlie deck of a foreign vessel, and turned into friendly associates within sight of the very walls round which the day after they might renew the deadly struggle and shed each other's blood, AMERICA. TO THE EDITOR OP THE " RICHMOXD ENQUIRER." Suckasunny ( N. J.) Sept. 1826. A few days before Commodore Porter left this country for Mexico, he sent me a letter containing an explicit avowal of the motives that would govern him in accepting the offers of the Government of Mexico, if he should accept the same; and the circumstances which would impel him to become an exile from his country. I owe it to Commodore Porter, that the people of the United States should be informed of these motives and circumstances— a duty I can perform in no way more satisfactory to the public or. to my own feelings, than by sending you a copy ofhis letter for publi- cation. I am urged to the immediate performance of this duty, by perceiving that certain Editors of Newspapers attribute to the Com- modore motives of a mercenary character, in leaving the service of his country, and entering that oi Mexico. I am, with great respect, your obedient and very humble servant, MAIILON DICKERSON. Washington, February 19, 1826. My dear Sir— I have been prevented by a variety of circum- stances from replying to your highly- esteemed favour of the 12th, until this moment. Be assured, Sir, that the interest you have taken in my concerns, and the wishes and sentiments you express with regard to me, will ever be borne in grateful and pleasing recollection, the more so, as I feel myself forced to become an exile from my country, and from a service, among the officers of which, there is but one who has served as long as myself. Commodore Rodger3 was the first Lieute- nant, and I was the first Midshipman who entered the present navy, and we served together on board the first frigate that was launched. Should I determine on accepting the command offered me in the Mexican navy, I beg you to be assured, that I shall do so under the most thorough conviction, that I should fail in my duty to myself and my country, were I to decline. it. Resentment for the past ( as some have conjectured) will have no- thing to do with my determination. It is true, I feel that I have been harshly dealt with ; and it is true, that I am almost every day made to feel that I am not yet restored to the good will and con- fidence of the Executive. What is past I can forgive. The evils of the day I can bear ; but I have the utmost dread of tlio future. I feel that I have nothing to look for from the Government during the present Administration, but contumely and neglect. And seeing that there is no controlling or protecting power, to whom I can look for redress, I cannot bear the idea of remaining in a situation to be again exposed to treatment, similar to what I have already ex- perienced from the Government. I have met with much sympathy from my fellow citizens, and to those in Congress who wished to protect me ; but neither the one nor the other have been able to relieve me for the present, or give me hopes of security for the future. The punishment to which I was sentenced, and which I have borne without murmuring, has passed off without any abatement whatever. The Executive has been in- fluenced neither by the voice of the one, nor the call of the other but, to the last, has manifested a rancour which has heen increased by every expression of the good- will of others towards me. This feeling, which has been bequeathed from one Administration to the other, may remain to my prejudice, an heir- loom in the Govern- ment, at least as long as I can feel, an interest in the events of this life. And, under these circumstances, it would, I conceive, be but a useless waste of time, as well as a voluntary submission to degradation, were I to remain longer in the United States' Navy, if I can find honourable and useful employment in that of Mexico. Let those who would reprove me for leaving my country to em- bark in the service of a foreign nation reflect that I but pursue my vocation. If I canuot find employment from the Government here, where can I look for it in this country ? My life has been spent in. the navy— I have no other profession, and am too far advanced to learn a new one. The command tendered to me is the most honour- able that can lie offered. It is the Command- in- Chief of the Navy of a young and prosperous Republic, in amity with the United States, actuated by the same feeling and interests, and struggling, as she has done, against despotism, for the establishment of free principles. Let those who see disgrace in the act reflect on the un- paralleled honours which they have bestowed, nay, heaped on La fayette for doing the same thing. Why should I be disgraced by what was considered so honourable to him, De Kalb, Kosciusko, Steuben, & c. ? Why is it more disgraceful in me to accept the in- vitation of the Government of Mexico, than in General Bernard to accept that of the Government of tlie United States? We all ac- knowledge the value, of his services to this country ; and 1 hope and trust Mexico will experience equal benefit from mine, should I ac- cept her offer. • The profession of arror liar never br- en deemed dishonourable, and whether I go to learn it or to teach it, malignity can only t cause j to cenfcure me. ! I have served my country with fidelity, my country has treated ] me with more than kindness. She has estimated my poor exertions far beyond their value. I shall over appear grateful for the interests she has manifested for me, arid the praise she. has bestowed. It will be a severe struggle to separate myself from such a country. Until recently, I have had the happiness to pass through my offi- cial life with the entire approbation of the government of that coun- try. But I never find myself, aftei twenty- nine years of constant service, « under its ban, for doing all in my power to support its honour and interests. If the only reward of a faithful discharge of duty, of a laudable desire to sustain the " honour and interests," of the country, is de- gradation, and if there is, no power tocontroul . the Government that inflicts the punishment, then farewell, country, farewell friends, farewell to every blessing that the country and this life c^ n afford, if the enjoyment of them i5 only to be purchased by degradation. With sentiments of the highest respect, and with the best wishes for your happiness, 1 remain your very obedient humble servant, Hon. Mr. Dickerson. " DAVID PORTER. We have received tbe Caraccas Colombiano of the 30th ultimo. The only article of interest is an act of the Municipality of Caraccas, refusing to enter into the measure adopted by the Department of Porto Cabello, respecting the adoption of a federative system, and resolving again to await the arrival and decision of General Bolivar. The advices from Bogota were down to the 24th of July. No event of moment had occurred in that capital. The ' British frigate Druid arrived off La Guayra on the 28th August. A letter has been received from La Guayia, dated the 3d. instant, which states that the regiment of Apure ( formerly General Paez's regiment), had marched out of Caraccas, and taken the road to Barcelona, in order to put themselves under the command of General Bermudez, until they could reccrve orders from Bolivar. The Cabiklo of Caraccas had declared, in a manifesto, that it would take no decisive steps until the arrival of the Lilierator. ( Extract of a letter from Mr. O'Donnelt, dated La Guayra, September 4).—" It is most painful for me to announce to you, that the night before last, a most unexpected calamity visited my neighbourhood ( fire), and unfortunately its ravages liavo entirely destroyed my whole stock, indeed such a flame poured out that no- thing could possibly be saved, and that had it not been for the as- sistance rendered by II. B. M. vessels of war, Druid and Valorous, a great part of the" town would have been destroyed. This I wish published in the different, papers, with my sincere thanks for the very handsome and expert measures adopted by the officers of those - ves- sels of war nowtn port to protect'us from further danger." From the LONDON GAZETTE, Oct. < 27. Admiralty Office, Oct. 27. Vice- Admiral Sir Harry Neale has transmitted to John Wilson Croker, Esq. two letters from Captain Hamilton, of his Majesty's ship Cambrian, and one from Captain Sotheby, of his Majesty's ship Seringapatam, reporting the capturo or destruction of seven piratical vessels in the Archipelago, as under- mentioned, viz. A mistico burnt, and a bombard captured, at the island of Timo, on the 27tli July, by the boats of the Cambrian, under the orders of Lieutenant Gregory; five of the pirates being killed and several wounded, without any loss on the part of the Cambrian's detach- ment. A. pirate vessel burnt, and a bombard captured, in the begin- ning of September, at the island of Andros, by a party of" Royal Marines, landed from the Cambrian, under the orders of Lieuten- ant Parker of that corps. The pirates fled to the mountains, but the whole of their ammunition was taken. And two vessels, a mistico and a pirama, captured, and another p'rama burnt, at Andros, in September, by the beats of the Se- ringapatam, under Lieut. Burnett, and a party of marines, under Lieut. Parker. •, The two. last- mentioned services were likewise performed with- out any loss: and the good conduct of the officers and inch employ- ed on all the occasions is noticed with commendation by Captain Hamilton and Sotheby. Ihejr . country \ S honour, Cuk>..;- I Jones appears . to. Lay J conducted, himself with peculiar spirit and Judgment ; and we . call upon him — his country calls upon him— for the further exorcise of those qualities. The Greek cause has been betrayed. It has been be- trayed in- England. It would, have triumphed erenow, but for England, and the Eng! i> h Stook- Excliange.— Times. The accounts from Smyrna giye two versions, of the action be- tween the Turkish fleet and Greek ' squadron off Mitylene, 10th September. The one is, that the Greek squadron, consisting of 70 Vessels, attacked tho Turkish fleet, commanded by the Captain Pacha, and that, after a severe engagement,- both, parties cheerfully made sail for more quiet quarters. The other is, that the Turks were completely successful, and that several Greek Vessels were sunk, A very singular report has been, spread, and fs even mentioned in the Times, that ministers mean to propose, for one year, a tax to the amount of five per cent, on all real funded property, There are other reports also in circulation of tho repeal of the assessed taxes, in lieu of which wo are to have a small income tax. What good could possibly result from such a measure ? This would be chang- ing for the sake of change. A tax on income is practically one of the most ineligible that can be devised; and for what, purpose Mi- nisters should give up a better for a worse mode, of raising money, it is not easy to see. Our system of finance, . take it . altogether is well devised. We doubt whether in any other mariner so large an income could be got more easily from the people. The benefit of taking off taxes is plain ; but to shift tho load from one part , to another, where it would gall more severely, is rather a singular policy. It is folly to disturb the existing scheme of our taxes, and to make changes which can neither benefit the treasury nor the people. No sound financier would resort to such useless inno- vations. — Cid. Mercury. At the Admiralty Sessions, on Tuesday, Thomas Young, late master of the Malta, of Liverpool, was tried under the slave acts, for selling four negro won*, en to a Spanish slave ship, on the coast of Africa. The women had been placed in pawn to the prisoner, by their husbands, as security to him for the delivery of goods for which he had paid, and there was no doubt that he had put them on board the Spanish vessel; but his excuse was that he had done so, that they might 1x3 carried to the place to which they belonged, as he was leaving the coast. Several of the crew deposed positively to the facts stated in the indictment, but it appearing that there: had been quarrels on board, arid some discrepancy in the evidence being pointed out by tho learned judge ( Park) the verdict was— not guilty. The oftence is capitaland the ship and cargo had been condemned under the same evidence, at Sierra Leone. At the same Sessions, on Wednesday, Lieut. JSdw. Kenny- was convicted of manslaughter, l? y KiTling Mr. Robt. Charlton, .- Burgeon of the-" 3£ u%> orab Igdiaman, in a duel on board that ship at sea, and was fined 10/. and to be imprisoned till paid. LONDON, Oct. 30. Windsor, Oct. 22.— On Friday last, Sir Walter Scott arrived at the Royal Lodge, by special invitation of his Majesty, writh whom he l*. d the honour of dining and passing the evening, in com- pany with Lord and Lady Maryborough and his Majesty's suite. The King's Private Band was in attendance, and played a variety of the finest piece.; during the evening. Sir Walter Scott's visit to Paris is for the purpose of inspecting the Official Archives of the reign cf the Emperor Napoleon, and to collect from authentic sources genuine anecdotes relating to that ex- traordinary character, previous to the completion of his history, which is already in the press, aud far advanced towards publication. The attention of the higher circles in London is occupied with the state of the Duke of York's health. It is obvious from what takes place under the eye of the public, that his Royal Highness is Seri- ously ill j and private letters are by no means calculated tore- move the uneasiness that may be felt on this head. All that medi- cine can do will unquestionably be done in this instance ; and, until all efforts be manifestly vain, it is unwise to despair of what may be accomplished by, the healing art. CORN LAWS.—' We are- hajVpy to amitunce that' a lfcqutsition to the Mayor is now in course of signature, praying that his Worship will convene a public meeting of the inhabitants of Liverpool, on the interesting and important subject of the Corn Laws.-— Liverpool Mercury. , A public meeting was held at Manchester on Thursday, at which it was resolved to petition both Houses of Parliament for a repeal of titie corn laws, reduction of taxation, and for a reform in the House of Commons. A number of similar requisitions have been called in different parts of England. The King's speech to the new Parliament will, wo understand, be made on the 20 th November. The friends of Government have not been urged to be present, as no business of importance is expected to come on before Christmas— with the exception of the bills of indemnity. The Houses, it is supposed, will hot sit more than three weeks before the adjournment for the holidays.— Globe. Mr. Macready, the tragedian, arrived at New York on the 28th ultimo, after a passage of twenty- six days from Liverpool. We leavn, from authority which we cannot doubt, that his Ex- cellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is shortly to resign his situa- tion of Viceroy, and is certainly to be succeeded by the Duke of Rutland. As the strongest proof we can give of tho expected change, directions have been received in London to select a suitable mansion for the Noble Marquis.— Neibry Telegraph, Mr. and Mrs. Secretary Canning, accompanied by the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, arrived at Dover on Saturday morning from Paris by the route of Boulogne. Mr. Canning ; pro ceeded to Walmer Castle, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Liverpool, for a few days. Mrs. Canning, and the . Marquis and Marchioness of Clauricarde, proceeded to town, where they arrived on Saturday night. Captain Parry, the celebrated navigator, was married on Mon- day last, at Alderney, to the accomplished daughter of Sir John T. Stanley. * ' Death of Alderman Magnay.—- Some sensation was excited in the city on Friday afternoon, in consequence of the reported death of Alderman Magnay. It appeared, that, about three weeks since, the worthy Alderman was thrown out of his chaise, severely bruis- ed, and Confined for some time. Having, however, incautiously ventured out earlier than prudent, he caught cold, aud inflamma- tion having ensued, he breathed his last at an early hour yesterday morning. The worthy Alderman was very far advanced in years, being upwards of seventy years of age. GREEK LOANS.— The Greek loan has had the luck which the parable describes as attending the man who travelled from Jerusalem to Jericho—" It has fallen among thieves." Wo fear we cannot be like the good Samaritan ; we cannot bind up its wounds, pour- ing in oil and wine ; but we do hope to lay opeu the gashes, paid ill part to expose the cruel authors of them. 1* 001- Greece ! How little was such treatment to have been- expected from England ! In the first place, we think it incumbent on Mr. Robertson— a gen- tleman whose name even we did not know how to spell in the fust instance, and for whom, therefore, we can have no partiality, but who appears hitherto to have indicated peculiar penetration, and to have shown proper spirit— to explain at largo what he knows of the transaction. With respect to M. Luriattis, the Greek Deputy, he also appears not to have been deficient in either talents or seal for tho service ofhis countrymen ; neither has he partaken, so far as wo can perceive, of any of the illicit gains; on tho contrary, wherever bribes have been distributed, he has . clearly not participated. The representations which have sprung from him against tho conduct pursued, have been incessant and powerful; but what could one do among so many— particularly, speaking, as we understand he speaks, imperfectly our language ? Iu one matter only he has erred. He conceals, on a false principle of honour, the name of the man who has robbed the Greek nation to tlie amount of one hundred per cent, by forcing them to accept stock at double its price, because " he was their friend," " and had done a great deal in tlieir service." The friends of M. Luriottis will explain to lam— and we hopo even this our article will explain to him— that the man who hajs done this is what we call in English " a swindler ;" that M. Luriottis must dis- close the name of the man ; and that when he has done that, the Lord Mayor of London will grant a warrant for his apprehension. Tho next thing that we conceive to lie requisite is a committee of stockbrokers— we really know not of what description, but of some that bear a better character than the rest— to investigate the prin- ciple of tbe sixty or sixty- four thousand pounds commission Upon this Greek loan ; and to require an explanation, why seven thousand five hundred pounds were distributed out of that commission among the members of tho Greek committee personally, always excepting Lnriottis, who appears to us at present to stand very clear of every fraudulent transaction. In an att'air of this kind, we ore really ob- liged, with doubts and hesitation, to look around for defenders of Kabal nig. fr FROM LLOYD'S LIST, OCTOBER 31-. Whitehaven, Oct. 29— The Favourite, Fearon, hence for Cardiff, spi ung a leak and went down in sight of this port this morn- Crew landed in the boat. Smith Ronaldshay, Oct. 18 The Catharine, Toole, of and , om Belfast to Riga, ran on the Little Pentland Skerry yesterday morning, and was totally wrecked. Crew saved. OCT. 27 Smyrna, Sept. 19 The Enchantress, Kellock, • rived from Belfast, was boarded on the 9th inst. off Zea, from a mistico, by about thirty men, < vho rushed on board, bound the Captain aud crew, and plundered tho vessel of stores, great part of the running rigging, clothes, and every thing portable. Boston, Sept. 26.— Arrived the Columbine, Cook, from St. Petersburg!!, she bus brought the master and crew of the Wcstbm- y - f Liverpool, from St. Andrews, New Brunswick, for Ireland, ' Inch vessel they abandoned on the 23d inst. in lat. 41. Ion. 61. having lost her foremast, and being water- logged Mem. The Westbury was f. dk'n in with the next day, by the Bolivar, Wilson, "•' rived at New York from Havre, which put an officer and five men l board, and ordered them to take her to the first port. New York, Sept 20 The Fairy, Sclfridge, from Boston to Gottcnburgh, was scuttled and sunk near the coast of Labrador, by some of the crew, after murdering the master and mate. Mundesley, Oct. 21 The master, ( Thomas Roberts) and part of tlie crew of the Eliza of Yarmouth, from . St. Petei sliiirgh to Liverpool, landed at Cromer last evening, leaving the vessel on her broad- side and water- logged, about sixty miles east of that place; two of the crew lost. Memcl, Oct. 1- 1— Tho Maria, Finny, from St. Petersburgli Dublin, which was driven on shore near here on the 12th ult. went to pieces last night during a heavy gale to the westward. Yarmouth, Oct. ,23.— The Estafette, Brandt, from Memel to London, struck the Lemon Sand, on the 20th inst. and was aban- doned by the crew, who landed here yesterday. Portsmouth, Oct. So It blew a hard gale all last night from tho SSW. and moderated this morning about nine o'clock. Plymouth, Oct. 25—- It blew a heavy gale during last night; tho shipping ill port rode lu safety. MAILS Arrived— 1 Hamburgh, 1 Dutch, 1 Flanders, 2 French, 1 Mediterranean, I Brazils, and 1 Buenos Ayres.— Due 1 American. EAST INDIA SHIri'ING. Tho Lady Nugent, Coppin, from Bengal, has arrived off Ports- mouth, Bailed from Calcutta on the Ctli March, Stuignr, & 2d March, Madras 7th May, the Cape 4th August, and from St, He- lena on the 27tli August. The Wilna, Te't, from tiro Mauritius, lias arrived at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight; sailed 1st July. Cape, Aug. 4 The Osprey, M'Gill, from Bengal to Liver- pool, still remained at the Cape, with her rudder damaged. The Castle Follies, Ord, was not to sail for Bengal before the end of August. Arrivals at St. Helena— The Earl of Egremont. Johnson, from the Capo ; and the Norditsh, Brukmeyer, from Batavia, in August. Sailing from St. Helena — Tho Fortitude, Barcham, for Lon- don, on the 26 th of August. St. Jago, Cape de Yerds, Aug. 11.— Sailed the Britannia, Ferris, from Loudon for the Cape of Good Hope. Liverpool, Oct. 20—.. Arrives! the Osprey, M'Gill, from Cal- cutta. The James Sibhald, Forbes, from London to Madras, and Ben- gal, was spoken with on the 9th Aug. in lat. 4. S Ion. 18. Portsmouth, Oct. 21 On Thursday the Philomel, 10, Cap- tain Lord William Paget, sailed for the Mediterranean. The Peli- can, 18, Captain Hon. C. L. Irby, is expected to sail on Tuesday- next for the same station. The Aruchne, 18, was paid off on Tues- day by Captain Baird, and laid up. in ordinary. The Dartmouth frigate, Captain Henry Dundas, came into harbour on Monday to be docked. The St. James, Gemmell, from Jamaica to Glasgow, was towed into New York on tho 22d ult. by the Alert, Revenue Cutter, with loss of koth mast i, and her cargo shifted during the gale on the 7th inst. lat. 32 long. 74. Boston, 23st Sept.-— Thu Maine, , from Virginia to Scdt- land, is arrived here with loss of most of her sails and spars. The Master dead, and the crew sick. The Isabella, Munn, from Jamaica to Glasgow, which hail been ou shore on Florida Reef, was spoken with 9tli ult. iu lat. 33. long. 7(>. Her bowsprit was sprung during a gale on the Gtli, and she was making for the first port, supposed for Charlestown, as part of her cargo had been sent there. Glasgow, Oct. 23.— The St. James, Captain Gemmell, from Jamaica, for Glasgow, has arrived at New York, dismasted. It is with great concern we learn by private letters, received from his Majesty's ship Rainlmw, ill India, that the most lively ft.'. rs are entertained for the safety of tho Martin sloop, Captain Thomas \ 7Uson, Tho Martin sailed from the Cape of Good Hope for the East Indies some short time before the llaiuliow, and although at the dote of these letters the Raiubow had been two months in India, no tidings liad then been heard of the Martin. iHatfects, kc. GENERAL AVERAGE TRICES OP CORN. Tho following is the General Average which governs Importa- ion, taken from the Weekly Returns of the quantities and prices of British Corn, Winchester Measure, in England and Wales, for the week ending 20tli Oct. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Bye. Beans. Pease. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s, d. 54 3 35 3 27 8 39 4 48 G 54 4 AVERAGE bv tlio imperial Quarter. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Rye. Beans. Pease. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 55 11 37 4 28 6 | 39 5 50 0 56 0 The AVERAGE PHICE of BROWN or MUSCOVAOO SUGAR, com puted from the Returns mode in the week ending the 25tli Oct. is 30s. ll^ d. per Hundred Weight, duty • exclusive. CORN EXCHANGE, Oct. 30. The arrivals of wheat and flour during last week being very limit- ed^ aud but little of fine quality left on sale for Friday's market, rather higher prices were then obtained for picked samples : this morning, although we had not much fresh up, the demand proved less extensive than was expected, and after a lew sales were effect- ed early in the day at an advance of Is. to 2s. per qaarter, tho trade became dull, leaving off but little, if at all, dearer than on this day se'enuight. Malting barley sold more freely at late prices, and grinding parcels, if dry and sweet, commanded full one shilling per quarter more money. Malt dull sale, and not at all dearer. In the value of oats there is scarcely any alteration ; the supply is al- most exclusively foreign, and a steady demand continues. Beans have become extremely scarce, and at a further improvement of 2s. per quarter, the whole of the supply was disposed of. Peas are also Is. to 2s. per. quarter higher. Flour unaltered. Wheat, Ditto superfine, Wheat, red, ... Barley, Ditto, fine, .... Rye, Malt, Oats Potutoe, .. Ditto Poland, ... . Curr- ciU- Prices of C,,,. s. s.- d. . - 1G to SS 0 , 52 to 58 0 , — to —^ , 85 to 37 O . 37 to 39 0 . 36 to 40 0 . 55 to 60 0 . 26 to 29 O . 25 to 28 0 Oats, Feed, .... Beans, small, ., Ditto Tick, Beans, harrow, Pease, Maple, . Ditto, White, . Ditto, Boilers, . Ditto, Hog, ... Ftflllr, j. s. d. 2i lo 20 0 tfl to 5( 1 it to to 43 O 43 to 46 0 43 ttr50 O 45 to 50 a 52 to 54 b 45 to 47 OL 45 to 50 ( S HADDINGTON CORN MARKET, Oct. 27. We had a large supply, of Wheat in our market to- day, which met with a dull sale; prices lower than last day— Top price of First.... Wheat Barley. Oats. Vcase. • 33s. 6d. 21s. Oil. 2Is. 6.1. 30s. Od. Second. • 30s. Od. 19s. Od. 19s. Od, 27s. Od. Third... • 28s. Od. 16s. Od. 16s. O. U 2 4s. Od. Beans. I 30s. Od I 27s. 0,1 21s. 0,1 Nqri'. iimsii— Forfar, 1st Wednesday Doune, do. Dornoch, Blair's Fair, do. Edinburgh, llullowfiur, 2d Monday Longside, 2d Tuesday Aboyne, Hallowfair, 2d Wed. Fortrose, do. Cullen, 2d Friday Beauly, XIallowmass, ! 2th day or Wednesday after Ruthrieston, 3d Tuesday Macduff, 3d Wed. nod Tlmrs. Inverness, Wed. after 18th Beauly, Martinmas, Wednesday after Inverness Oldrain, Monday before 22.1 Potarch, Thurs. before 22< 1 Turriff, 22d, or Sat. before Tarland, Tuesday and Wednes- day after 22il G lam mis, do. after 22d Huntly, Thurs. after do. or on 23d, if a Thursday Newdeer, do. or ou do. Oldmeldrum," Sat. after do. Dustan, Abel lour, last Thurs. Rorichie, Ross- shire, last Thur. ( New Stile. J - Kelso, 2d day Linlithgow, 4th day Inverury Feeing Market, Thurn before Term. . ( Old Stile. J Strichen, Hallow- fair, IstTucs. and Wednesday Ellon, ditto Huntly, Martinmas, 1st Tes. s Grautown, 1st Thursday Banff, Lst Friday Peterhead, 2d Tuesday Methlick, St. Dennis' Fair, do. and Wednesday Forres, St. Leonard's, SdWcd. II unilton, Carstaire, 2.1 Thins, Falkland, lst or Tues. after Stonehaven, Thursday before Martinmas Montrose, l. st Friday after Keith, Miirtinmass, 3d Tues, Cromarty, 3d Tuesday l/ dny, do. Lenabo, do. and Wednesday Ritvne, Andermas, 4th Tins. Fetiercaini, last Tuesday Fordyce, 4th Thursday Edinburgh Cattle Market, Oct. 25 The supply of sheep in the market this morning was greater than last week, and that of lambs less. Sheep ( 3000) wedders sold from 14s. to 18s. ; ewes from 9s. to 16s. Dull sale, and a good many of both kinds left unsold. Lambs ( 250) from 6s. fid. to 10s. Quick sale. Tlurc were 200 Cattle in the Grassmarket, which sold best from 7s. to 8s. ; inferior from 63. to 7s. A few left unsold. Prices of Hay and Straw. OCT. 24 Oat Straw, 20s. to 21s.; Barley ditto, 8s. 6d. to 9s.; Wheat, do. 9s. per kemple. Hay Is. 2d. to Is. 4d. ptr atone, tron weight. Glasgow Cattle Market There were 356 cattle in Glasgow market on Monday, and on the whole they had more the ap|> ear- ance of lean stock than fat cattle. There was only one lot of twenty, which were fed in East Lothian, that could be called prime licet. The best part of them sold at 1 >.) l. 15s. which would run about I Os. Gd. a- stone tron beef and taliow. Inferior beef sold at all prices according to quality. Three bulls appeared in the market, butonly one was sold, and though fully as heavy as the best of the stots above mentioned, it brought only 9/. There wcr « 2830 sheep and lambs. A lot of fine black- faced wedders sold at 19s. 6d. and a lot of 50- excellent crock ewes sold at 14s. Od. There were no clieviots in the market. Morpeth, Oct. 25.— At our market to- day there was a very great supply of cattle, sheep, and lambs ; there being many buyers, fat of the former met ready sale, at a little advance iu price.— Beef, 5s. to 5s. 9d. per stone, sinking offal. Mutton, 4s. 6d. to 5s. 6d. Lamb, 4s. 3d. to 5s. York Wool Market, Oct. 26.— Although there was more wool at market to- day than was ever before known at so late a period of the year, there were not half a dozen purchasers in attendance, con" sequently what few sales were effected were at a reduction of Is. per stone from the prices of last week. The market was extremely dull, and hog and ewe wool sold at 14s. to 15s. 6d.; aud locks 9s. 6d. to 13s. Gd. per stone of lGlbs, FOREIGN MARKETS. Antwerp, Oct. 13— Our market has not been quite so lively this week as it was during the last, the transactions having been chiefly confined to the supply of the wah's of the home trade. White Wheat of 1825 is held at 35s. 3d. of new none appears ; red of 1825, 35s. 3d. to SSs. 3d.; new 34s. 3d. to 35s. 3d. Rye comcsi forward very sparingly, and as high as 28s for one year old, and 27s. for new, are tlie ruling rates, and which are submitted to by our distillers, who purchase merely for their temporary wants. Barley is steadily held at 20s. 8d. to 21s. 8d. for new winter, Iwit there does not appear much inclination to pay these prices on the p; trt of our brewers ; the expectation of an export trade inducts holders to granary the supplies which they receive. A few new pigeon Beans begin to appear, but they are in general Iield too high to admit of their being purchased for England, 37s. Od. to 38s. 6d. are the prices asked, and at 35s. 6d. to 36s. 6d. there are buyer-. Some purcliascs of new bastard brew Oats ( which are a sort of brews, with a prevalence of feeds) having heen made for the Dutch markets, our prices for each had advanced to 21s. 9.1. nt which rate 30 lasts were sold two days ago, hut the last English mail having brought less brisk accounts, we perceived less disposition to buy, and a large lot is offering to- day at 20s. 9d. for which, how- ever, only 20s. 3d. are obtainable ; old feeds are scarce, and hardly to lie had under 20s. 9d. New light good coloured feeds 18s. 8d. to 19s. 9d. per imperial quarter. Hamburgh, Oct. 10.— The supplies of all grain to market con- tinue very small, whilst the demand is brisk. The supply of good Wheat is small ; of fine there is none for sale. New Barley is very scarce, and the weight light. Tbe currency as foil, ws :— Wheat 22s. to 23s. 9d. Barley 13s. 4d. to 23a. Oats 17s. 6d. to 22s. 2d. per qr. „ DUNDEE MANUFACTURES. 31b. lint handsp. -— —- Sib. mill- spun, 2s. 2d. a 2s. 5.1. - lib. ditto, Os. Od. to OH Od. 51b. ditto, . Os. Od. to Os Od. 61b. ditto, . Os. Od. to Os Od. 71b. lint do. . , — — 6lb. tow, do. p. lb. 0s4Jdto Os 5iil 71h. towdo. do. 0s 4| d to Os 4 § 1 Slb. towdo. do. Os 4| d to Os 4id 10 and 121b. do. 4d to Os 4jd FLAX. Petersb. 121i< l. .€ 37 a € 38 00 I Riatens, 3 Brand,€ 30 0 a £ 00 Ditto, 9 ditto, 30 a 34 00 ! Liebau, Riga Thiesenhaus> 41 a 00 00 I Archangel, Drujana cut, . 35 a 37 — | Flemish, . IIEMP. 34 0 a 32 O a 00 0 a 35 37 () Petersburgh clean, .£ 38 a . C— I lino halt- clean . 31 00s a 32 Riga Rhine, 41 a 0 00 Drujana rass, Common rass Cod ilia, £ 35 a £— . 34 a 00 . 21 ft 00 SMITIIFIELB MARKET. Beef, 4s. 4d. to 5s. Od. I Pork, 4s. Gd. to 5s. - Id Veal, 4s. 8d. to 5s. 6d. 1 L « mb, ....,'.. Os. Od. to Os. Od Mutton, ... 3s. 9d. to 4s. 4d. | Beasts, 6G3— Calves, 20G— Sheep and I. ambs, 6360— Pigs, 120. 3 per C. Red. 3 per C. Cons per Cent. Red. 4 per Cent. 1826 New 4 Gent. PIIICE OF STOCKS. 81j| 80£ si| a if 99$ WM India Bonds 41 pr. Exch. Bills, 10001. 25 26 pr. Bank for Acc. Consols for Acc. 82 \ Ij EDINBURGH, OetoJicr 31. Law Changes.— It is currently stated and believed, that those venerable and respected Judges, Lord H.- rmand and Lord Robert- son, have resigned their gowns. Lord Ilermand was raised to the bench in 1790, and Lord Robertson in 1805. The Dean of Faculty ( Mr. Cranstoun) and Mr. Irvine, Professor of Civil Law in our University, are confidently mentioned as their successors. King of France— At the Meeting of the Town Council on Wednesday, the Lord Provost said it gave him much pleasure to have the honour of making a communication to the Council, and through them to the public, from no less distinguished a persouage than his Majesty Charle3 X. King of France. Sir Patrick Walker* his Lordship stated, having been lately in Paris, had been com- manded by his Majesty to attend liim at St. Cloud on an early day, when his Majesty was pleased to direct the conversation particularly to Scotland, and so completely to lay aside his Kingly dignity, us to make him ( Sir Patrick) almost forget that lie was iu the presence of Royalty. Nqr had his Majesty forgotten Edinburgh, for, in the course of the conversation, he had many inquiries regarding its streets and squares, there extension since the time of his residence in Edinburgh, and the other improvements which had taken place « in the city generally; and, in taking leave of Sir Patrick, had desired him to wait on the Lord Provost, and to assure him, and the Magistrates and citizens in general, that lie remembered with gratitude the many kindnesses he had during his long residence in Edinburgh ; that the recollection of them would never be effaced from his memory, and that he would ever hear with delight of the prosperity of Edinburgh, and her citizens. Such, his Lordship said, was the communication he had to make. This statement was to the Council not less gratifying than, we are sure, it will be to the inhabitants generally. The Council requested the Lord Provost to tender their ac- knowledgments to his Majesty, in such 3 maimer as to him might seem best. The Senatus of the University of Glasgow has conferred the degree of Doctor in Divinity on the Rev. Caesar Malan of Geneva. A forgery has appeared in the five pound note of the Bank of Scotland, and a reward of one hundred guineas has been offered for such information as may lead to the discovery of those con- cerned. A more horrible and atrocious case of unnatural feelings is not on record, than one which we are about to relate. A woman, a na- tive of Ireland, apparently about forty years of age, went into the shop ofa respectable surgeon in Glasgow, and without any mis- givings of affection, ottered to sell him, for dissection, a line living healthy child of her own, about two months old. The price de- manded was £' 7. rhe surgeon, wishing to see how far the wretch's inhumanity would go, said he was afraid she would return and trouble him afterwards. She replied, that so far from returning about the infant, she was willing also to sell him her son, thirteen years of age, whom he might kill and boil, or do what he liked with him. She then stipulated to retain the infant's clothes, and actually began to strip them off the intended victim. In doing this, her eyes filled with tears. The surgeoaremarked, that she had an atiection for the child, and had better keep it. She replied no, ehe would part with it ; and dried her to'Ers. The surgeon sent her to the Police Office, where she remains in custody. A warrant was issued against the husband ; but he has been some time se- parated from the woman, arid declares his Ignorance of the dreadful affair. Glasgnv Paper.—[ The woman certainly must have been intoxicated or in a state of mental derangement at the time.] PERTH A respite, during his Majesty's pleasure, of the sen- tence of, death passed at the late Justiciary Court upon Dur. can Clark and John I. ocky, was received in town on Saturday morn- ing. The " Lord Provost and Baillie Wright lost no time in com- municating the joyous intelligence to the two convicts. Clark, on b: ing apprized of the prolongation of bis forfeited life, feelingly anil gratefully exclaimed, " God bless his Majesty and Mr. Peel!" Lucky, who occupies a separate cell, heard the interesting infor- mation with the sullen and stoical indifference that has marked his demeanour since his conviction. ' 1 he news of Clark's reprieve cir- culated, almost with the rapidity of electricity through the city, and was everywhere the cause of heartfelt congratulation : nor did tliis genera] expression of joy indicate in any way a mitigated abhor- rence of the crime for which the unfortunate individual was sen- tenced to suffer. The dubiety which still exists as to the prisoner's guilt, when associated with the extreme innocence of his farmer habits, justifies the prevailing anxiety that was felt and expressed for ; ui extension on his behalf of the ' Royal clemency. BIRTHS. At Pisa, on the 7th inst. the Lady of Alexander Anderson, Esq. ofKingask, of a son. On. the 24th inst. Mrs. Carlyfc Bell, 7, Royal Circus, of a daughter. On the 2d inst. the Lady of Lieut.- Colonel Marshall, Military Secretary at Gibraltar, of a sots At Dundee, mi thp 2oth inst. the Lady uf Lieut.- ColojieJ. Wm. Chalmers of Glenericht, of a son. MARRIAGES. At No. 1, Hanover Street, on the SGtfc Invt. Mr. John Moinet, to Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr. John Brash, secretary to tlie North British Insurance Company. On the 25th inst. by the Ew. Dr. David Dickson, Mr. Daniel M'Leod of London, to Elizabeth, second daughter of John Hunter, Esq. merchant, Edinburgh. At Alberley, Cheshire, by the Rev. Edward Stanley, on the 23d inst. Captain William Edward Parry, R- » . to Isabella Louisa, fourth daughter of Sir John Thonias Stanley, Burt. On the 25th inst. the Rev. James Martland, minister of Kdls, to Jess ie, third daughter of the late Capt. - Cosby Swindell Norvell of Boghall. ' DEATHS. At Rothesay, on the 17- th inst Alex. M'Lean, Esq. late Lieut.- Colonel of tiie 2d West India Regiment. At Barbadoes, Captain Thomas Swyny and Lieut. Ilcnry Kean, of the 25 th Regiment, who fell victims to the disease of the island. killed off Buenos Ayres, in a severe action between the Argen- tine and Brazilian squadrons, on the 30th July, Mr. Andrew Laps- lie, second son of the late Rev. Mr: Lapsiie of Catapsie, near Glas- gow. At St. Peterslmrgh, of tlie typhus fever, on the £ 7th uit. Lady Porter, wife of Sir Robert Ker Porto', Ins Majesty's Consul at Carracas. At Edinburgh, on the 22d last Charles Tawse, Esq. writer to the signet. TEA WAREHOUSE, 44 UNION STREET. CIIAB3L13S FIFE 8C. CO. ESPEC'I'FULLY acquaint their numerous frienik ' and customers, of the arrival of a fresh atbiirtu. ie. ijt of BL'ACK and GREEN TEAS, frojn the September Quarterly Bale, and they have the pleasure to am, ounce the qualities to be generally better than for some quarters past— Good Common Congou kind, 4s. to 4s. Cd inferior sorts lower. Good Congou, Ss. to 5s.. 4d. Strong Congou, full flavoured, 5s. tkl. to 6s, 6d. Souchongs very fine, 6s. 6d. to 7s. Chinese Mixture, a very superior . Tea, and very much uSed by families, 7s. 6d. to Ss. Green Teas, of all sorts, very fine, 12s. to 13s-, Caper, l'adrae, Tetson, and Pekoe Teas, from 6s. to 11 s. Also, a large Stock of Raw and Refined SUGARS, very cheap — Wholesale and Retail. London- made SOAPS, superior qualities, JAMAICA RUM in Bond, or duty paid. HIGHLAND WHISKY, very fine-— excellent GI- ENLIVAT, equal to the best Smuggled Whisky. All sorts of Foreign and British SPIRITS, on the most reason- able terms* CLOTHING SOCIETY. nnilB Amn. fl General Meeting of the CI. OTH ! KG 1 SOCIETY is to he held at the Poor's Hospital, on Monday ( he 6th November, at one o'clock I'. M. ALEX. MILNE, JUNK. GROCER, TEA, WINE, AND SPIRIT DEALER, 22, GALLOWG ATE, ABERDEEN, 13EGS to intimate to his Friends and the Public, that - O he has opened Shop in the GROCERY, TEA, and SPIRIT LINE, aud laid in a stock of GOODS of sUch genuine quality as to enable him to recommend them with great confidence. And as he has determined to have always ort hand, articles of the best quality, and to sell them on the most moderate terms, he hopes by stfict atten- tion to business, to merit a share of public patronage. Aberdeen, November 3, 1826. rsf CLE. ABE1DEEH: SA TURD A V, NorKMBEB 4, 1626. SUMMARY OFPO LI TI C S. PROGRESS OF FREE GOVERNMENT— No. 2. IURSUING the classification of'tlie States of Chris- tendom, founded in the developetnent of the represen- tative principle, we find in the second rank those states, in which, although the principle txists, its develope- ment is partial and imperfect. This imperfection may consist either in the control of the hereditary o- Jers— tiie ifiipt- rfcct constitution of the representative body— or the excessive limitation of its powers— or in tiie united operation of two or ail of these causes. England affords the most signal and interesting ex- amjile of representative institutions labouring under tlie united tfiict of the two first of these counteracting causes— tire control of the hereditary orders and the im- perfect constitution of (^ representative liodv. Thelast ol these, arising from the absurd distribution of tin; elective franchise, has thrown the representative branch of the legislature almost entirely under the control of the exe- cutive— ami has converted that which nominally and in theory, is a onion of the three simple forms of govern- ment monarchy, artstcrcraty, and representative democracy, into an oligarchic and anomalous compound, in which, from the imperfect developement, or rather gradual corruption of the representative principle, the jwople are in fact deprived of all direct political power. Although, however, fortunately for the cause of social improvement, and tiie progress of political science, the world is now in possession of incontrovertible proofs of die vast superiority of institutions thoroughly representative, over those in which the principle has only a partial and imperfect operation, let us » ot Con- clude that the principle of representation is altogether without value, unless it is fully arid thoroughly develojied. To avoid this conclusion we have only to cast our eyes at once over Europe, to perceive the great superiority iii the social condition of those sections of it in which the people have been admitted to any share, however email, of political power— aud in which, even where the change is ( as in most instances it is), of recent date, we shall find it as well tijc cause as the effect of fhe improv- ed suite of society. With ourselvi- s, the oligarchic compact, which forms the i- ssence of the actual government of England, and which is the direct effect of that modification of the re- j- u'eseumtivc principle, ( however imperfect), which exists with us, contains the elements of a purer and lietter system, thnu would result from the uncontrolled sway of either of the hereditary brandies. Still more Valuable is tiie indirect influence of the re- presentative ' body, exercised by means of its right of discussion, and the consequent exposure of the opera- tions of government, and as the great means of stimulat- ing, concentrating, and enforcing public opinion. It is peiLaps, to the gradual although slow operation of this iudiicct influence' of the great organ of the people, more tliau to its original and tinc'uait purity, or the occasional concessions obtained during revolutionary crises, that » e owe those invaluable positive institutions— which place us comparatively almost on a footing with govern- ments thoroughly representative and are the real source of the distinguished rank we have so long main- tained among civilized nations, Lastly, it must always be a matter of just pride, that imperfect as is the devolopeinent of the representa- tive principle with us, it is from this country that those more perfect institutions have been derived, which it should now be our study to emulate. If this invaluable principle hassattnined its full lustre in the west, its native soil was England. the « vfe ooBijiiiujd oflMy l » ' taoMl, and th," Hftodic* ' the jostle.. J the efcse ctxL h » the f* ei'i&, trlJcfc tf » ibtrm StWmnfcd tk HjSS, ' ft. lllisr. t csmiwliv. r, raiding the latter of • U'hicli, We U « ti? eu ' being' now generally of stieh an ordinary quality, that no consider- i favoured With the following particulars: FAHCY WAREHOUSE, 46, UNION STREET. Just arrived, an extensive assortment of Foreign and British FANCY GOODS, all selected by Mr. FYFE in London, tkc. which « . liu'accs every thing. new in the line ; and for eleganoe and variety ixceeds any thing of the kind hitherto offered to the public iu this part of tlfe country. Also, a large variety of CAPS, in Fur, Silk, Leather, 8us, & e. all Shapes and Sizesnr— London- made. SUk and Cotton UMBUELLASj London- made— Wholesale and Iletai'. T. & J. RIGGE, MANUFACTURING FEFTFUMERS AND SOAP MAKERS TO- III3 SIAJBSTY GEORGE IV. Having, after great labour and expense,, brought to an unequal- led degree of perfection the following articles, respectfully recommend theVn to general patronage. RIGGE'S CELEBIVATED MAGNETIC RAZOR TABLET, for produc- ing a most keen and smooth edge on Razors and Cutlery in general. This tablet combines tiie properties of both a Hone and a Strop, re- quiring no oil or othev fluid, and in its use is extremely simple, it is most particularly recommended to gentlemen who experience the inconvenience ofa tender face and. a strong beard, as a Razor u ed occasionally on the Tablet will receive and retain so perfect an <- dge, as to render the operation of shaving as easy and agreeable as it was before unpleasant and puinful. Price 7s. ( id. Larger sizes in proportion. RIGGE'S VEGIJTAELE IIAIJI ' WASH produces the most attractive aud pleasing appearance to the flair, to which it imparts a most delightful and unoppressive fragrance, as well as that brightness and luxuriance pf growth, so univtfsaljy adiaired. Price 3s. 6d. to 12*. RIGGE'S BRITISH BOUQUET, a highly fashionable and peculiar Handkerchief Essence, possessing extracts from the most fragrant fit, we is, and forming a perlume at once refreshing and distingue. Price 3s. 6d. to 5s. 6d. IIJGGE'S GENUJ- NE MILK OF ROSES improves the complexion, prevents sunburn and freckles, and renders' the skin pleasingly soft and fair. Price 2s. 3d. to 10s. t> d. RIGGE'S CREAM OF ROSES, or COJ CREAM : also, their cele- brate*] Lip Salve, are prepared as usual, and are earnestly recom- mended to be used in every Nursery and at every Toilette, for chap- ped hands, lips, & c. Brilliantly White Teeth and Sweetness of Breath being infallibly attained by the use- of Rigge's AFRICANA DENTIFRICE, it has be- come an universal Tooth Powder amongst those who Value the above pleasing advantages. J. and T, Rigge have also preptfred a Vegeta- ble - MOUTH- TINCTURE, which, if only occasionally usfed, prevents Gum Boils, & c, is of great relief in Toothache, Scurvy in the Gums, & c. The above with a most extensive variety of Washing and ^ having Soaps, Oils for the growth of the Hair, Genuine Bears' Grease for do. Essences, Pomades, & c. are manufactured on principles familiar alone to J. and T. R. ; who " respectfully invite the attention of Merchants, Captains, and Dealers generally— confident ' hey can otter advantages in Exports to the East and West Indies, South America, & c. unusua'ly desirable. N. B..— All sorts of Combs, Brushes, Cutlery, Dressing Cases, Toilette Sponges, in uny quantities, and in great variety. Manufactory, ( 35, Cheap side, men |) r : nt consider can alone save them from thp baneful effects of the system under which they suffer. So strong a case has seldom or never been brought under the eye of the Legislature, nor one, from every consideration, more fully calculated to secure that co- operation of the Ship- owners here, and in the other great sea- ports of Scotland, which is now requested in support of the mutur.! interest and security of all concerned in this invaluable branch of our national industry, forming tt principal source of its greatness and independence* VISITATION OF SCHOOLS. The attntial visitation of the public schools of this city took place last week, iu presence of tile Honourable the Magistrates, the Principal and Professors of the University, and the Rev. the Clergy. The. high character which the GRAMMAR SCHOOL has held for upwards of two centuries as a seminary for the instruction of youth in the Latin Language* was on this occasion fully sustained in all the classes. The examinations and comparative trials occupied the whole of Wednesday ; and on Thursday, sixty premiums were pre- sented by the presiding Magistrate to the following pupik ; the number allotted to each clufcs being, as proportioned to the number of scholars in it. FIFTH CLASS, uader the care of Mr. MELVIN, Rector. }> able sales can be effected. 44 Buchan Cheese" j superiority, as Cheshire is in Engl and ; now, lie noted for its the for- mer, with a few exceptions, presents a dry and saltless curd. In > these circumstances, the dealers have turned their attention to the | Dutch for cheese J which, notwithstanding the duty of 10s. 6d. J por ewtv, can he sold for tli*> same price as Scotch. The quantity landed last Week, } x* r the Rotterdam Packet, WJIS extr. umiinary. We hoj> e onr fair countrywornen will l> estir themselves, an< l regain their former fame* 1 he Brilliant sailed from Quebec on the 5th October, the City of Aberdeen in company ; left there tlx? bri^ s Jean, Williamson, and Atlantic, Law.^ on, the foi'mer loaded, the latter tw'o- thirds full In the lower hold* On the 6th, whilst riding abreast of the Pilgrims, spoke the ship Ulster of and from Londonderry, out 4( i days, anil had lost an anchor and chain the night previous, on Red Island Reef J next morning stav? the Rob Roy, Kenn, of \ ber- deen^ ptisSihg Upwards with a fair wind ; saW a number of vessels trfumd up, some as far east as Isle St. Peter,, Newfoundland^— spoke The King has btx » n pleased to present the Rev. Gtwrge Tod, as- [ only one vessel on rhe passage, viz. a schooner, 4- days from Sf. sistant minister in the parish of Invetesk, to tho church and parish i John's, N. F. bound to C'ork^ Had very fine weather until tk of Teal ing, in the county of Forfar, and prew!)} rttvry of Dundee vacant by the translation of the Rev. Charles Adie to Dundee. The Right Ilowmntble Charles Grant, Vice- President of the Board of Trade, and Representative in ParlkmenC for the county of Inverness ; and Rolx- rt Grant, Esq-. M. p. for that District of S3d, when he experienced a heavy gale at NNW, on the evening' of which, whilst lying to, a sea broke on board, which carried away the greater part of the bulwarks on both sides, sfcoved tho cook- house, & e. On the 27th, whilst lying too, a tremendous sea struck the bowsprit, which broke us high as the fore- yard and Burghs, being lately in Forres, the Provost, Magistrates, ami Teamed away tiie jib- boom, \ Vhen a seaman, William Thomson, be- Town Council, at ttreir annual Michaelm: uj Meeting, availed them- ing then out on the bowsprit* loosing the for ^ top- mast stay- sail, was selves of the opportunity of conierring on these distiri^ ukhe<] gentle-| unfortunately washed away. About four hours after1 the art'ival men the freedom of the Burgh. of the Brilliant in this harbour, the carpenter, James Duncan, lost Alphonsus W. H. Rose. David Dyee. James W'allaca. George Cromar. David Morice. George Dickie. FOYANK CLASS, uoder the care of the RECTOR. William Fraser. Alex. Grant Maconachie. David Monro. Robert Stephen. James Ferres, William Pirie, minor. William Pirie, major. William Bathgate. William Primrose. Alex. M'Robie. Arthur Simpson. Le slie Clark. Thomas Ewen. Thomas Walker, THIRI> CLASS, under the care of Mr. VV^ ATT. William M'Kinnan. William Taylor. William Clerihew. William Shepherd. James Templeton. John Rose. George Maconachie. John Rae. Alex. Rae. SECONI> CLASS, under the care of Mr. FORBES. Charles Paterson. James Watt. Patrick Grant. Alex. Ronald. John L. Smith. Peter Stuart. James Shirrefo. Robert Brown, Robert Harthiil. FIRST CLASS, under the care of Mr. DUN. Roliert Philip. Peter Duguid. Thomas F^ rquhar. Alexander Skene, Francis Stewart. Duncan Pirie, John Keith. Ale*. Duthie. Alex. Webster. John Wliyte. Andrew Leslie. Arthur Read. 1 John Miickie* Samuel Cooper John Dunn. George Thomson. Joseph Davidson. Alex. Fraser. John Donald, William Milne.. David Craig. James Bryce. N. B. R— J. & T. RIGGE having appointed Messrs. FYFE & Co. ABERDEEN, their Agents for the above, and every other article of their genuine Perfumery,' l> eg to inform ijielNohility and Gentry, every article procured from Messrs. FYKE may be faithfully depended upon, as being of Rjggi'V Genuine Jjfa^ ufacturi, MARRIAGE?. At Mountquharrnle, Fifeshire, on the 25th ult. by the Rev, Dr. Paterson of Montrose, HARRY GORDON, Esq. of Knoekespock, to ANNE, youngest daughter of the lace George Carnegie, Esq;, of Pittarrow, Upon the 19th Oct. by the Rev. James Paull, Tullynessle, the Rev. JAMES FARQUHARSON, of Alford, to HELEN, eldest daughter of Mr. Alex. Taylor, in Wellhouse. On the 30th ult. iu St. Andrew's Chajiel,, King Street* by the Right Reverend Bishop Skinner, Mr. DANIEL NICOLSON, Com- mercial Bank, to Mrs. ANN STRATH, Diamond Street,, Aberdeen. At Beanstpfl, on the 2< 3th ult. by the Rev. Edward B. Ramsey* Captain MACJDONALD, Roj- al Engineers, to RAMSAY, daughter ot the Hon. WILJ. IAM MAULE of Panrnure* M. P. DEATHS. On tlie 2f) th ult. at the coast guard station at Don, HENRIETTA, iuiknt diuighter of Lieutenant H. CROCKER, Royal Navy. On the 2oth ult. Mrs. ELIZABETH LESLIE, in her eighty- third year, relict of the late Alex. Leslie, Esq, of Newlands, merchant in Aberdeen. At the Manse of Rothiemay, on the 21st of October, the Rev. Dr. JAMES SIMMIE, minister .. of that parish, in the 63d year of his age, acd the 36th of his ministry. An apparently slight illness of a few days contiuuance, and from whieh ifo danger was appre- hended, terminated his valuable life.— Dr. Simmie was esteemed one of tlie first dasuical scholars of his time. Iiis Biblical know- ledge, and iiisscientific attainments, were most extensive and ac- curate"; and while he performed, with exemplary diligence, every duty of a parish minister, he possessed talents and acquirements which fitted liim for the highest ranks of literary eminence. On Sunday, the 22d ult. Mrs. ELIZA FORBES, wife of Lieut.- General BENJAMIN FQ- RBES, at his residence^ in the New Road, London. At Lynn, Glenlivat, oil the 14th ult the Rev. F » ANCJS WTAIXER, Missionary Miuinter : a man whose mild and ansis- ble manners will render his naeuiary Wig dear to hearorw and numerous acquaint- ances. SHIPPING INTEREST, The unexamplt> d depression'of our commerce has been long se- verely felt, and has involved the Shipping Interest in such difficul- ties, as to engage the most serious attention of the Ship- owners, as to the removal of the causes which, they believe, have power- fully operated in producing such ruinoes effects. Those evils, of such alarming' magnitude and extent, the British Merchant and Sliip- owner has viewed with the most lively apprehension, as flow ing from that reciprocity system which the Legislature ha « , from the most pure and upright motives, been induced to adopt, doubt as a measure. of experiment, or, as far as it might be found expedient to carry it for the public benefit. The advantages, how ever, which it was judged would result to the maritime interest of Britain, from this liberality on the part of our Government, have, it is alledged by the Ship- owners, from the experience of the last two vears, not only proved illusory, as regards Britain, but have actually been transferred to rival powers both in Europe and Ame- rica, which, profiting by this mistaken policy, now enjoy such a decided preference in the carrying trade, from the trifling compa- rative expence of navigating and victualling their vessels, and low rate of other charges, & c. as to put all competition on our part in many cases at defiance. Impressed with these sentiments, the Ship- owners at several of the principal sea- ports of England have held meetings, and entered into resolutions, expressive of grievances so great and so discouraging, as, if satisfactorily established, cannot fail to secure the favourable regard of Ministers, in a matter of such vital importance to the country, and to the maintenance of the naval superiority, by which Britain has hitherto been happily distin- guished. In a former part of this paper will be found, the pro- v. ceedings of a numerous and respectable meeting, held at North Shields, which we would recommend to the attention of our readers, as depicting,* in clear and energetic language, the hardships to which the Sjiip'Owners are at present yubjcctcd, thscitwes to ^ Jjicli By authority of the patrons and visitors of the School, instruction in the Elements of the GREEK LANGUAGE now forms a part of the business of the fourth and fcftfc classes, under the aire of the RECTOR. In the public Mathematical and Writing School, - taught by Messrf. GORNON ti& d CRAIQMTLE, the visitors were highly pleased with the progress of the scholars in Writing, Arithmetic; and various branches of Mathematic- i. In Mr. FALCONER'S parochial School in Drum's Lane, the pupils presented numerous specimens of excellent Writing, and gave very satisfactory proofw of proficiency in Reading and Reciting va- rious pieces of English j and also in English Grammar and Spelling, On Thursday, Messrs.' GRANT'S School in Long- acre was ex- amined, and exhibited great proficiency in Reading, Spelling, English Grammar, and Writing, Iu Mr. Falconers and Messrs, Grant's Schools, tlie visitors wer © satisfied that due attention was paid to instruction in the Christian Religion. At the visitation of the English School, Long Acre, taught by 5- Iessrs. Grant,, prizes were given to the following pupils y- Yottny Ladies' Writing Class* Misses Margaret Beaton, Margaret Watson, Catherine Smith, Margaret A, Smith, Susanna Harthiil, and Eliza Humphrey. Young Gentle- men's Writing Clos » . ' Masters William Beaton, John Newton, Arthur Rose Macleod, David Sutherland, and Aiexaiuler Troup* First, or Highest English Class. , Masters Robert Jamieeorv, Wiiiiam Smith, David Sutherland, William L. Mackenzie, and John Craig. Second English Class. Masters Thomas Macki- e, Peter S. Mackenzie, William Milae, Alexander Brown, Andrew Blackball, and Thos. RiddeL Third JSngluh Class, • Masters John Baird, Peter Riddel, George Barclay, and Andrew Murray. Fourth English Class. Masters George Wood, Adam Harthill, and William Duguid. Two medals were gained by Masters John Craig and Andrew Murray, for good behaviour, by the v^ tos oi the Scholars. Old Amwdkxx, Oct. 22, 1826 The parish sehoo] of Old Machar, taught by > ir, CO\ VIE, and his assistant, Mr, A. STEWART, was this day visited by the Magistrates, Professors, ayd Clergy, who were unanimously of opinion, that the progress manifested by tke echolars, in Reading', Writing, Arithmetic, & c. were very creditable to the diligence and ottention of the rnastei s » BURGESS OF GUILD SOCIETY. On Monday evening, the first General Meeting of this Institu- tion was held in Dempster's Hall, when the following Gentlemen were appointed Managers for the ensuing year :— President— ALEX, WEBSTER, Advocate. Vice- President— ALEX. LOW, Merchant. Treasurer— JOHN WHYTE, Merchant* Counsellors. James Black of Wiliowbank. James Blaikie of Craigiebuckler. Alexander Burness, merchant. Robert Cat to, merchant. Charles Chalmeis, advocate. David Chalmers, printer. Leslie Clark, merchant. Leslie Cruickshank, merchant. < jeoTge Elsmie, merchant. George LyaU, merchant. David Milne, m rchant, Bailiie James Milne. Joseph Norrie, tobacconist. William Philip, merchant. William Pirie, merchant. Baillie Alexander Steward Secretary-— ALEX, RUST, mer. hant. We congratulate our townsmen on the establishment of this Im- portant and valuable institution. It has commenced under the most favourable circumstances; the scheme is of considerable magni- tude,. and founded on the best principles ; it ha* already met with most respectable support, and we doubt not will continue to add to its list of members a large portion of the respectable guild brethren of the city. Early oja Monday morning last, tlielxxly of a male child, seem- j his life by the following unfortunate and distressing accident: lie ingly about two years of age, was fount! iu a close at the head of had jnst parted from his wife, who had been on board to see and wri- the Broadgate. It was in a i> ag5. and had been very recently disia- \ come home her husband, and was returning to the vessel, when, i/ r terred, which circumstance having led to some inquiry, it was | jwssing from the Qnay on a plank, he slipped his foot and fell into found that the child was that of a respectable inhabitant of this the water, from whieh, although he was taken up in less than thfetf place, and had the same night been raised from the burial- ground at Pctcrculter. On Thursday, MI old woman in the Wynd had her clothes minutes, he was Found to be gone, every endeavour to restore ani- mation having proved ineffectual. By this sudden and melancholy catastrophe, his wife and two children, with an aged mother, aro kindled, and tvas so severely scorched, that she died yesterday I left dependent on the public liounty, while the wife of William morning in oonswjuerce. * Friday evening, a woman of a very advanced age, residing in Gaelic Lane, while doing something about the fire, it caught held of her head^ dres% and in a moment she was enveloped in a blaze, iu which state she ran into the room of a neighl> our on tlie same floor, who succeeded in checking the progress of the destructive ele- ment, and tho sufferer, although considerably burnt, is in a fair way of recovery. More distressing, however* was the case of another woman, in the Notherkirkgate, who, about the eamertin* e » vas so severely injured in consequence of her clothes taking fire, that she died iu giKeat agony in a few hours theieafter. Yesterd; iy, a y* mng maik pf the name of Guion, a banian, be- longing to the tvhale- fkhiftg ship Alexander, fell from the main- top, and pitching" with his head on the deck was killed on the spot, his skull being fractured in a shocking manner. On 3\ L> nday afternoon, a bleach- green on Union Terrace was robbed of a quantity of linens, by a woman, who*, standing outside the piling, with a long stick and liook attached to it, drew the articles towards her ; and in this way had secured several,, when she was observed by a tradesman passing, and decunpad, On " Wednesday lost, the Old Town Market was held, but the sale w< is very limited, from the small proportion of good cattle which was offered ; tha whole, with the exception of two or three lots, being lean and in no demand, We uiKlerstand, that- sat a Justice of Peace Court, held at Ilunt- ly, upon the 10th ult. — Cockburn, residing at Largne, in Cabrach, was couvfcfced in the statutory penalty of 1 OOi. Scots, for hunting and shixiting at deer, in the Duke of Goi- don's Forest of GlenSddich j and upon the 28th ult. Jamtv M'Combie, at Ard- well, in tlie same parish, was convicted in a similar penalty* for the like offence. We hope these examples will have the effect of check- ing the pernicious practice of poaching. Offenders of this descrip- tion may rely upon being brought to punishment, as the Duke of Gordon is determined to prosecute, in the severest manner, all trespasses on tlie Game upon his Grace's estates. A Dutch vessel from Rotterdam arrived at Montrose lasT week with the cats ordered by tlie Trades of Bcechio. The quality is said to be excellent; and it iscalculated that they will not cost much more than Is. 44. per peck when made into meal. Another Dutch galliot has ako recently arrived with pats ordered hy a country gen- tleman, chiefly, we believe, to relieve the tenants in his neighbour- hood from the pressure of a scanty supply, and consequent high price of oatmeal, Montrose, Oct. 26.~^ On Saturday Iasf, a man designating himself" Colbert the Ventriloquist,'* pasted up bills iuour streets, announcing a performance in the theatre, and drew together a small audience ; when the performance should hate begun, he informed them he could not proceed, as he would not realise enough to pay the expence ; but he would give cheques to all present, and he hoped they would come again on Monday evening. They accordingly came atd a few more with them, end a tolerable house was got,, but he had thcught proper to decamp. He contracted- debt to a con- siderable amount* and has left booksellers, printers, vintner*, kc, to bewail their loss. We understand this bird of passage lias taken his flight north. The present notice will therefore smooth the way for him. Arbroath, Oct. 25,— Gux manufacUiring business is much im- proved, although it cannot lie said wages are better ; but there is plenty of employment for the weavers, and large shipments of linens, & c. are now going on. The woman formerly mentioned as being implicated in administer- ing poison to her sister anil child, is not yet relieved from prison. The Sheriff was here last- woek ; but the result of the precognition and report pf the medical men have cot transjrired. The woman firmly declares her innocence, / Tlie shop of a olotliier. in Aiu? litermiiclity} Hfeshu- e, was broke into last week, and goods to a considerable amnnmt cui rie< l off. The tlueves, two men and a woman, were tracwl to Dundte, which, however^ they liod left for the north, and are now supposed to be in this quarter. Thomson and 4 children remain also objects of its bcnevolcoce. 1 On ThursAiy last, the Phesdo, M'Bain, j> assed through this- Bay, on his paisoge from Archangel to London. The Friendship, Btadie, arrived at $ t. Michael's, on the 17th Septembir." 1 he Sir William Wallace arrived at Rnstigouche, Chaleur B; iy, 14th Sept. and expec^ i to he loaded about the 8th. O. tober* The Highlander had wrived, at tiie same place, and was> Commenced loading mi the September. The Crimtnunogatc arrived at Sunderland from Banff, the ultimo. William ma, Melville, at Sm\* rna, previous t> 15th Sept. Hazard Smith, at Graveeend, 22d ult. from Tonningen. Success, Shartd, at Sififna, lOfh Sept. from INlalta. At DunIxwj-— Oct. II. Halcyon, Valentine, from London ; Radiant, Philips, Aherdeen : Rival, Bruce, do. John, Allan, at Memel, l Ith ult. fctun Tarmouth. Dispatch of Peterhead, Hutchinson, sailed from GravesCnd, 24th ult. for Elsincur. Success oS do. Hulchinsoo, at Deal, 25th ult. from TenerlfiLv Jessie of do » T-. KM^ at Gravesead, 25th ult. from Riga. ARRIVALS AT ABERDEEN. October Glasgow l^ ket^ Glasgow, goods; Frfendshipr Ross, Snnderland, coals j Marmion, Struthers, do. do; Ruby, Linklatter, do. do; C- iiwlme, Gr. wet,. Rye, timl> er; Pljjntei, Smith, C^ porto, wine ; Navigator-, Christie, Liverpool, goivls—- 28. Tyne, Sim, <\ irdiffr iron; John, Cargill, Banff, herrings ^ Forth, Davidson, Leith, g, oods^ Emmanuel, Hutch von, bunder- fend, coals— 29. Young Charles « nd Jean, Laurie, Wick, goods• Janet and Isabella, EbeneawV Dundee, \ pheat; Vertmnnus, M^ Iardy, SumierLirid, cflals— 3( K. Prospect. Alexander, S\ inder- l; vnd, coals ; Jean, _ Wattle* Archiiugel, goods ; Mayflower', Thom, Inv « ! rke; thing, co^ k^,. Star* Kirkhopey Eafiaie,. slates-— 31. Quebec Packet, Anderson, QUebt- c,. goods-; Grampian, Alcock, f underland, coak-; Hunter, Scot* St. . David's, do; Isabella,, Kerr, Limerick, oats-; Lobelia* Daniel, Perth, timber— Nov. L Vesta4 .- Greig, Sunderland, coals ;. Brilliant, Barclay, Quebec^ timK r; Matchless, Nicoll, do. do ; St. Jlaginw, Deans, Kirk wall, fish j Friends, - Urquhart, Fraserburgh, goods— 2, Pursuit^ Alexander, Stonehaven, Imllast; Georgeina, Saudieson, Inver- ness, goods ;. Diadem, Wallace*, " Quebec, timber ; City of Aber- deen, Divtlite, do, do, , BAILINGS.,. October 27. Hero, Taylor,. Newcastle, goods ; Liberty, Law- son, Dunbar, doj Alexander,. Martin, Sunderland, ballast; Commerce, Aldburg, Jersey, dQ 28. . Reward^ Alexander,. London, stones.; I'j rate, Ti^ om, do. do ; Mansfield, Morrison, do. goods ; John, Corgil^ do. W'n iugs ; Countess of Elgin, Steel, Montrose, g< x> ds;- Bromby,' Mid die ton, Hull, do ; Deveron, Duthie, Suml- rlnnd, J^ dlast— Isabella, arid En- pJiemia, Livie; St. David's, ballast;. Lord Algernon, Gowan, Kirkalde, gmids ;. Maxwell, Burgess, Leith, manganese j Oak, Wyness, London* stones— 30, Lonifon P: tcket, Meams, Leith, goods ; Y/ aterloo, Monro* Fraserburgh, ballast; Hojie, Ganson, London, stones; Juno, Blues, Dundee, goods— 31. Sir R. Barclay, Smith,. Macduff, ballast— Nov, I, Fergus* Goodchild, Newcastle, Iwl- hisfc; Aypron, Moir, do, da; Carolina, Smith, do. do; Henrjr and William, Allan,. SunderlajuL, Imllast ; Aberdeen Packet* Barnett, London, gooi^— 2. Mercury, Walker, Sunderland* ballast; Erasmus, Webster, Newcastle, do ; Mountaineer, Philip* London* stones; Ariel, Reaburn, do. do; Emperor Alexander* M'Kinnon, Shiehls, ballast. At LONDON— Regent, Kerr, 27th ; Catto, Davis, SO ; ami Champion, Sim, 81st; ult. ABERDEEN CORN MARKET, Nox, 8, 1826. We had a fair supply of Oats at market, hut from the high prices asked; to which the buyers arc not yet willing to submit, comparatively little business was done. In Bear there is no altera- tion. Oatmeal scarce in the market. Potatoe Oats,, new* .24s. Od. to 2Bs. Od. Do, do, old, .26s. Od. to 29- s, Od. Common Oats, new, 22s. 6< L to 25s. Oil, Do. do. old, * 25s^ Od. to 2- 7*. OM. .......... 25^ Od. to 28s. Od. Wlxeat — Meal, ^ sack of 280tb ,.,.. 45s. Od, to 50s. Od. MEAL MARKET. OATMEAL in the Market on Thursday and Friday, 125 sacks of 280 Imp. lbs. per sack, wliich sold from 42s. to 48s. jier sack. Oatmeal, j> er stone^^—— 2s. 3( 1. to 2s, 6d. Bearmeal, per do. Is. Ild. to 2s. Od. Sids, per do. — 8d. to Os, I Od. Malt, per busha2, 5s. 4d. PRICE OF PROVISIONS, & c IK ABE It I) IS K N MAllKKT YESTERDAY. Quartern Loaf, Potatoes, imp. peck} Beef, per lb. Mutton, Veal, Pork, Butter, imp. lb. Eggs, per doe. lOd, to I2d. Cheese, per imp. st. 3s. Od. to 4s. Od. Tallow, — Os. to Os. Od. Hay, la, 4d„ to Is. 6d. Raw Hides, Coals, p. bar. Is, Id. to Is. Hd. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. On Thursday last, the Rev. Mr. THOM, late of Gordon's Hos- pital, was ordained Assistant and Successor to tiie Rev. Dr. CRU- DEN of Nigg. The Rev. Mr. Corbet, assistant and successor to the Rev. Dr. Fraser, Drum oak, preached and presided on the occasion. Dr. Cruden afterwards gave a sumptuous dinner to the Magistrates, Professors, Clergy of the Presbytery, and a large company of his Friends, to the number of upwards of K) 0 Gentlemen. In the coarse of the evening the Rev. Dr. expressed, in a very feeling manner, the obligations he lay under, for the many favours he had to acknowledge from a large proportion of those . whom he had the pleasure of address- ing, such - As had induced him to take this method of seeing them, to express liis warm sense of gratitude, on this last occasion of • his . meeting so many of his friends; but one peculiarly gratifying to him, as it crowned the wish nearest his heart, of having so valu- able a Pastor to, assist him at the close of life, and one on whom he could so fully ami confidently devolve the impoitant duties of his parish, for the discharge of which, the many estimable qualities the Rev. Mr. Thom possessed, justly pointed him out as eminently qualified. The evening was- spent with much hilarity and har- mony, and the company parted at an early hour, highly pleased with the attention of their venerable host, and the social gratifi- cation the meeting had afforded. It will gratify the friends of humanity to be informed, that the first public examination of the School of the Seamens' Friend So- ciety in this city took place yesterday, which was very respectably attended, by a company consisting of Town's Ministers, Magis- trates, and Friends to the Institution, The progress of the nu- merous' 1 Pupils in Spelling, Reading, the Rudiments of English Grammar, Geography, and the elementary principles of the Chris- tian Religion, were alike creditable to both teacher and scholars, A Meeting of the Committee was subsequently held, to consider of proceeding to the establishment of that original part of the Institu- tion, which was intended to promote the exclusive instruction of the Female Children of Seamen. The discussion led to some com- munications on the subject, which left no doubt of the lamentable want there is of such a blessing to the class in question; and as there is a School Boom ready for their accommodation, and other conveniences for the Instructress, it was thought advisable to in- vite the public so to add to some contributions already made for that benevolent purpose, as to admit of its being commenced with- out further delay. Cheese.— Out countrywomen, we are sorry to say, are in a fair ' my to base thi'ir former g* ood us uukcrs of this article : DAVIS* STRAITS WHALE FISHERY. The following Whale Fishing Ships have arrived here since cur last:— On Saturday, the Lietitia, Clark, with 1 fish, 15 tuns; ou Tuesday, the Middleton, Cargill, 4 fish, 45 tuns; Hercules, Thomson, 2 fish, about20 tuns; aiul Alexander, Fairburn, with 3 fish, 40 tuns; on Wednesday, the Neptune, Prodo, 5 fish, 50 tuns ; and on Thursday, the Dee, Cook, with 4 fish, about 45 tuns of oil, the last ship of the season belonging to Aberdeen, and it is believed the last ship at the fishing ground, which she left so late as about the 13th ult. The ships being now all arrived at or near their respective ports of destination* the success of the whale- fishing, both at Greenlaud and Davis' Strait^ can be fully ascertained. The following, upon the most accurate calculation, is the supposed quantity of oil im- ported, presenting a larger average for each ship than was at one time, in the early part of the season, anticipated ; but, from the very reduced number of ships engaged in the fishery, affording a result as to the amount of the whole importation, which shews a deficiency in the quantity beyond precedent, for many years back - ward. At both fisheries there were only 95 ships, of" which 5 were lost; the nearest average which can be calculated on the re- maining 9 G ships, is 74 tuns to each, taking the fish generally at 14 tuns each, which gives a tot d of less than 6500 tuns, not more than one- third of the importation of a late successful season : the price of course must experience a considerable advance, although, we fear, not such as to aiiord an adequate remuneration, to the Ship- owner. On Sunday, the Hope, Volum, arrived at Peterhead from Davis' Straits, with one fish, 17 tijnaof oil; the Hannibal, Bruce, with four fish, 55 tuns; and Perseverance, Gray, five fish, 70 tuns. On Tuesday last, tlie Jean, Wattle, arrived here after a long and boisterous passage of six weeks and three days, from Arch- angel, where ha left about 20 vessels, including the Cyrus, Lamb, of this place, waiting her cargo. On the 21st Sept. after coming over Archangel Bar,, spoke. the ship Manfield, of and from Lon- don, 22 days passage, and afterwards saw about a dozen of outward bound vessels in the White Sea. Freights were advancing, and seeking ships would get favourable charters, as the close of the season approached. The following vessels have arrived here this week from Quebec : on Wednesday, the Quebec Packet, Anderson ; Brilliant, Barclay; and Matchless, Nicol: on Thursday, the Diadem, Wallace ; and Oity of Aberdeen, Duthie. They have all had passages of about a month, the latter part rough, with'some hard gales pf wind, from uliiiii $ ctuo of tluoa to* lust Uih^ ksj, the Pi^ lem and-'] TIDE TABLE, Calculated for Aberdeen Bar.— Mean Time. Nov. 4. Saturday,..,,,.., 6, Sunday.. 6, Monday - V. Tuesday., Wednesday Thursday... Friday....... 8. a. 10. Morning Tide. 3 B, 42 M. 4 5 6 • 7 10 84 83 43 58 8 2 Evening !• 11. 5 0 7 8 9 10 Tide. 8. U- t T S2f Si, 85 £( f MOON, y AC. It. FIRST RUAKTEH, 6th day, bit. 1M. Evening. P O S T S C R I P T. & 0WBOH. THE DUKE OP YORK.— It IS with much satisfaction that, IIV direct contradiction to the alarming reports which were industriously propagated on Saturday, and which found their way into some of the Sunday papas, respecting the present state of health of this illustrious personage, we. ate enablad to state, that a decided cham » for the better haa recently taken place in the Rcjyltl Dtdie's disorder, and that rapid advance to his Royal Highness's complete recovery is now conlideatly eutertaiacd by ius medical attendants Vo » - rier. Dutch Papers to the 28th of October contain, axsong other ex- tracts from the German Papers, an article dated Berlin, Octobt r 24-, in which an account is given of anather defeat of the Persian- , by the Prussian General YEK. MOI. OFF. Aecordiug. to this aceotm'. the victory of the Russians, was ofa most decisive character ; but it. seems that a battdion of the guards which wja- seat against the* Persians mutinied. Nothing is said of the cotirs.: adopted by General YEIIMOLOJ- F to prevent other troops froto. Mluwiug. th.' e*>- ample. JIAKCKLONA.—- We are all in the greatest alaim, without, how- ever, being able to assign any cause for pur consternation. For the last three nights the French garrison of this'place has been un l « r arms. General Reisset anil the Marquis de Catapo Sugrado are in constant communication. Patrols, parade the streets* and nil in- dividuals who are found out after eleven o'clock at night are MtaMetfi. Letters from Calcutta state, that the Court of Avil had solicited, through the medium of Dr., Price, an extension of the time for the; payment of the second- instalment— viz. twenty- five. lacs, of rupees- — that the solicitation was. reacted by the Supreme Government, who bad written also that the British troops should retain posses- sion of Rangoon till the several stipulations of the treaty should bit fulfilled. ,../'• t Mr. Edward Gibbon Wakefield pissed through this tmrn yester- day morning on his way to Manchester, apparently in exccllunt, spirits— Stoekport Advertiser. The East India House sale of Indigo, which begaa on the 5tl » inst. ended on Thursday; of 7231 chests, only S50 were bought in by the,, proprietors. The great proportion of the entire pur- chases was for exportation, though towards the eud of tiie sale, there wtas a trilling increase in thy. purchases for home consump- tion. A deputation from ti • calico- printers In Scotland left Glasgow on Saturday, to join a deputation from the Lancashire printers ia London. The object is to have communication with Ministers o; t the subject of obtaining a repeal of the excise, duties on jkriutetl calicoes. The trial at the persons charged with having been concerned ii^ the disinterring of dead, bodies, took place at Liverpool on Friday- last. Gillespie, the man who was first apprehended, had been d is-, charged out of custody, the grand jury ignored the bill preferred against him. Donaldson, the other, person concerned iu this infa- mous transaction, was found guilty, anil sentenced to be imprisoned, and kept to hard labour iu the House of Correction for twelve ca-,' lendar months, and to pay a fine pf L. 50. What is singular in cases this kind, no expression of feeling esoaped from any part uf the audi- ence, on hearing either the verdict or the sentence. At Florence, large quantities of grain had been purchased for England, which had caused an increase in the price of that article. There are at Buenos Ayres two daily papers.; one in Spanish, printed three times a week j and an English apd French Gazette, I'LLR- LL 1VI", f'V I * a first dividend of 6s. 8d. : each weekly, Tlie Leominster Bit. nk is paying the pound. Thirty- three priests are expected at Lyons to preach during the ensuing jubilee tohe held iu that place. ' The receipts at the English Opera House, on the night of Mr. Connor's benefit, amounted to 3301. Pr. ict ofa single Paper, 7. I.—.-£ 1 10s. Cd.. per annum, deliv • vfml in Knflt-^& l' isk seat ty poet.
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