SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1S2G. ABERDEEN ASSEMBLIES. AT a General Meeting of Subscriliers, held on the 6th inst. the following Gentlemen were appointed Stewards for tiie ensuing Season, viz. Mr. Bruce of Scotstnwn. Mr. James Haddefl, Jun. Mr. Patrick Bannerman. Mr. Thomas Bannerman. Mr. Mitchell. Mr. C. Luiuaden. Mr. Best. Mr. W. Hogarth. Mr. N. BCHNETT, Secretary. The first Assembly for the Season will take place, in the Public Rooms, on Thursday the 21st inst. Dancing will begin at 8, and end exactly at IS o'clock. Cards as usual— Tea at 10.— No admittance after 9 o'clock. Strangers introduced by Subscribers, to pry 7s. fid. each. N. B.— The Subscription List lies for Signature, with the Keeper of the Public Rooms. and all whose death might occasion pecuniary distress to their Families, to make provision fot a wife, children, or relations. It enables persons to raise money on loan, where real Security cannot be offered ; to provide for- fines, or the renewal of leases held upon lives ; to secure the eventual payment of doubtful debts, due to in- dividuals or bodies of creditors ; and generally, it affords a certain indemnity against any pecuniary loss, claim, or inconvenience what- soever, to which one individual may become subject, by reason of the death of another. The . following extract from the Tables of this Company, for In- suring £ 100 upon the lift of a healthy parson, will show that their rates are extremely moderate. A BBROKEN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. CAPITAL £ 750,000. Divided into 15,000 SJiares of £~ M each. DIRECTORS, Elected 9th December, 1825, for the year 1825-' 2fi. Extraordinary Directors. Right Hon. Lord FORBES, Governor. Lieut.- General W. Burnett, Banchory Lodge Alexander Blackie, Esq. banker, Aberdeen Alexander Brown, Esq. Aberdeen Colonel R. W. Duff of Fetteresso Thomas Alexander Eraser, Esq. ofTovat George Forbes, Esq. of Springhill Alexander Gordon, Esq., pf Newhall John Gordon, Esq. of Newton Lieut.- General J. G. C. Skene of Pitlurg and Dyce Major A. Leith Hay, younger of Rannes John Henry, Esq. ofWatchitoount William Jack, L. L- D- Principal of King's College James Knowles, Esq. of Kirkville Harry L. LumsdSn, Esq. of Auchindoir John1 Leslie, Esq. of Balquhain John Morison, Esq. of Auchmtotil William Robinson, Esq. of Pitmodden Stewart Souter, Esq. of Melrose The Rev. George Garipch, Oldmeldrum Captain U. Henderson of Torterston. Ordinary Directors. JOHN EWING, Esq. Chairman. George M'Innes, Esq. Old Aberdeen David Chalmers, Esq. Aberdeen Alex. Low, Esq". Aberdeen William Johnston, Esq. Aberdeen James Milne, Esq. Aberdeen John Gibb, Esq. Aberdeen Major Dunbar, Aberdeen George Thomson, Esq. Aberdeen Niel Smith, Esq. of Bogfbuton Robert Catto, Esq. Aberdeen Alex. Mitchell, Esq. Aberdeen Alex. Bell, Esq. Aberdeen Alex. Forbes, Esq. of Ainslie John Irvine, Esq. Old Aberdeen Professor H. Scott, King's College William Pirie, Esq. Aberdeen David Young, Esq* of Comhill , William M'Combie, Esq. pf Easter Skene Alexander Fraser, Esq. Aberdeen Alexander Stronach, Esq. ofDrumallan. Trustees. George Forbes, Esq, Alex. Brown, Esq. David Chalmers, Esq. David Young, Esq. William Johnston, Esq. William Gordon, Esq. Manager ami Secretary Thomas A. buff, Esq. advocate, . V cuunsei GeOfge Robinson, Esq. advocate, 3 John Shand, Esq.- W. S. Law Agent, Edinburgh • Janus Duthie, Esq. solicitor, Adelphi, Agent in London William Dyce, M. D. and Alexander, Ewing, M. D. Phy- sicians The Aberdeen Town and County Bank, Bankers to the Comj> any John Smith, jun. Esq. Auditor of Accounts Mr. John Simpson, jun. builder, Aberdeen, Surveyor and Inspector of Property. IN returning thanks for the liberal patronage their Company has ah- eady received, the Directors feel warranted in appealing to tl. e Inhabitants of Aberdeen, and those of the Counties adjoining, for c. cotrtinnance of that support, whieh this, the only • native I> UbiUi. aeat in thus Northern part of the Kingdom, has some reason to expect. It has iroiu the commencement been the anxious endeavour of the Directors, h> render this Establishment worthy of the particular support of tte hJtalntanU of Aberdeen. With this view, they have ordered a complete and powerful FIRE ENGINE, which, with its .' kpj-'.' Mteges, lic. ekeis, fee. wiH- very soon beat the service of tlie public ; and tber flatter themselves, that the promptitude and liberality tSicy have already, - on more than one occasion, evinced in settling losies, w'uhin Si hours after the. accident, will give them eome claim, the eye of their Fellow Citizens, to continued support, They'wuuld also irish strongly to press upon their numerous Share- holders, that although they are not { as in several other Companies) compelled to ei? ect< u » utance- i to a specific amount, yet the Partners, by the Contract, bijd themselves to use their utmost endeavours to promote the interest of the Company ; aud it is obviously on their exertions that the success of the Establishment mtist mainly depend. The Directors, therefore, have no doubt that every Partner will, on his own account, as well as to fulfil the fair expectations of his Copartners, continue not only to give his own support to the Com- pany, but also exeit himself in endeavouring to prevail upon his friends to give it a preference. Whilst the Capital of the Company, and number and respectabili- ty of the Partners, afford ample security to. the public, the Directors have framed their Tables, both in the FIUE aid LIFE Depai ttiients, in such a manner as they thought was most likely to give general satisfaction; combining the greatest degree « f security with the other advantages to be derived in the most favourite Offices. No problematical profits are held out to Insurers; and they are com- pletely relieved from ail responsibility. t Bqpartment. The advantage ® wising to society, from insurance of property against Fife, are now sniyersaHy acknowledged. By a very trifling annual payment, tie eSecte of i calamity, the most dreadful in its nature, and the- most distressing ia its consequences, are often com- pletely repaired, atfd the r « in ofiadividuals, of families, and of com- mercial establishment, happily prevented. Business in this Department is done at the following reduced rates. Common Insuraaces^ ™ -^ ™ ™ - 1 Sd- V cent. Hazardous Insurances ,——.,. 2s. 6d. ^ cent. Doubly Hazardous Insurances 4s. 6d. ^ cent. And Farming Stock may be Insured at 1 s. fid. cent. No charge is made for Fire Polices, amounting to £ 300 or up- wards ; nor for Indorsements, or the removal of Policies from other ' offices; and in no case will discharge he more than Is. 6d. for each Policy. „ » „ This Company will, in cases of . Fire, allow all reasonable • charges attending the removal of Goods Insured at their Office ; and pay the sufferer's loss whether the goods are destroyed, lost, or damaged, by such removal. ! Ufe Hepaitmcnt. In Scotland, more particularly in this northern quarter) the busi- ness of Life Insurance was, till lately, hardly known ; and it is still in its infancy. So great, however, arc its advantages, and so ap- plicable are they to the circumstances of almost every individual, as to render it a subject of deep interest to every considerate person. Life Insurant enables Gentlemen in the Army, the Navy, the phuj- ch, the Law, in Public Offices, Medical and p her Professional pien, Public M< 1 other Annuitants, Tenants for life, Tradesmen, Age, For 7 years, at For the whole next an annual pre- Lift', at an an- birth- For one year. mium of nual premium day. of £ s. i->. £ S. D. £ S. D. 20 1 2 3 1 4 8 1 17 6 25 I 111 1 6 10 2 I 4 SO 1 7 3 19 6 2 6 6 40 1 14 0 1 17 11 3 0 9 50 2 6 - 10 2 13 0 4 3 3 60 3 7 9 3 17 8 6 0 9 Henw, by the investment of so small a sum as £ 2 6s. fid. annually, ( less than 1 Id. ^ week, which, to save the interest, might " it © deposited" in a Saving Bank,' till th « end of the year,) a mechanic, of other person, whose age does1 not exceed 30, may se- cure to his wife and family ( or, if necessary, to his creditors,) £ 100, whenever his death may take place : or, should his object be answered by an Insurance for 7 years, it will only cost, him 9s. fid. a year. In the same way, an Heir of Entail, Farmer with a valuable life- rent lease, Professional man, or any other per- son, not exceeding 40, may, by an annual payment of £ 15 3s. 9d. secure £ 500 at his death ; and thus have the satisfaction of know- ing that he has at once, to a certain extent, provided for the future comfort of those who may have been dependent upon him during his life. Instances of advantage adapted to almost every contingency, in relieving pecuniary embarrassments, providing wives and chil- dren in Endowments, fee. might be adduced; but these can be seen ou reference to the Company's Tables. A small Committee of the Directors having been named for the management of this Department, the public may rely upon all pro- posals or communications being held strictly confidential. The most particular instructions on this head have also been given to all the Company's Agents ; and every facility will be afforded to those who may propose Insurances, consistently with the safety of the Esta- blishment. No Admission Fees are required, nor is any charge made for Policies, except the stamp duty, which is payable only once, at effecting the Insurance. Prospectuses, containing the Rates of the Company, together with every other information, may be had, by applying at the Company's Office, No. 56, Castle Street, or to any of the Com- pany's Agents. By order of the Directors, WM. G OltD ON, Manager and Secretary. Banff, Bertie, CayhUls, Dundee, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forfar, Fraserburgh, Huntly, Inverness, Keith, 01$ Deer, Peterhead, Portsoy, - Stonthaven, StKfyen, Tarland, Turriff, AGENTS OF THE COMPANY. Messrs. GEORGE II. FORBES, Solicitor. JOHN GRAY. Merchant. ROBERT CHEVES, Merchant. JOHN BOYD BAXTER, Writer. JOHN SHAND, W. S. ALEX. SELLAR, Writer. JAMES MURRAY, Jun. Writer. LEWIS CHALMERS, Writer. GEORGE BROWN, Writer. JOHN C. GORDON, Solicitor. ALEX. THURBURN, Banker. JAMES WATT, Merchant. WM. ALEXANDER, Writer. WM. MINTY, Merchant. JAMES BURNESS, Banker. ANDW. ANDERSON, Merchant, Aa- rtTLR UFITT, Weitt- r. JAMES GILMORE, Merchant. * » * In such Towns as Agents have not yet been named, those desirous of aeting for the Company, will please apply to the Ma- negcr, by letter, ( post paid,) arid give references. TO LEND. £ 070, £ 400, AND On Heritable Security. Apply to Messrs. Ewing, M'Hardy, and Robison, 58, Castle Street. Aberdeen, 8th December, 1826. RESOLUTIONS OF A MEETING OF THE_ SEVEN INCORPORATED TRADES OF ABERDEEN, Held within tli£ Trinity Hull of Aberdeen, upon the Ith day of December, 1826, for the purpose of taking into consi- deration the propriety of Petitioning Parliament for the re- vival of the existing Corn Laws. RESOLVED, E^ IIIST,— That this Meeting view with feelings of - the deepest sympathy, and commiseration, the very great and accumulated distress, under which so large a portion of their fellow subjects, in various parts of the Kingdom, havt; been long labouring, and are still continuing to labour. Second,— That the present high price of Provisions presses very heavily on the poorer classes, and greatly aggravates the pre- vailing distress. Third,— That any law, snch as that now in force, founded upon prohibition, at prices fixed by an average struck from returns of sales in public markets, must operate to produce a continual fluctua- tion in the price of Corn. Fourth,— That the existing Corn Laws, prohibiting the impor- tation of Fore gu Corn, have the direct effect of increasing the price of provisions, to the prejudice of every class in the country, with the exception of the Landed Proprietors ; and this meeting consider that it would only be fair and equitable, that these laws should b « abolished, and the restriction removed, if not at once, yet gradually mollified, that this object may be ultimately obtained. Fifth,— That this meeting express the fullest confidence in the ability, the wisdom, and good policy, of His Majesty's Ministers and trust that they will, in conjunction with Parliament, now as- sembled, adopt such wise and judicious measures, as that, while the blessings of peace are enjoyed, the present distress may soon be re- moved, and happiness and prosperity yet flourish. Sixth, That a Petition, founded on these Resolutions, drawn up, and signed by the Convener, Master of Hospital, a seven Deacons, in name, and by appointment, of this Sleeting. PUBLIC SALE OF QUEBEC STAVES. There will be sold by public roup, on Saturday the 16th curt, on the Pier, opposite to the Ferryman's House, Footdee, The whole of THE STAVES, & Imported from Quebcc, by the JEAN, Captain f WILLIAMSON-— consisting of PIPfi, HOGSHEAD, AND HEADING. The sale to commence at twelve o'clock noon Credit will be given. [ V. IiOSS, Auctioneer. Aberdeen, Dec. 8, 1826. FOIl JAMAICA, The fine new Coppered BARQUE RE SOWN, GEORGE WATSON, MASTER, Will be on the birth, 1st of January; and will sail for Moutego Bay, the 15th, For Freight or Passage, apply to DA VID MILNE. WANTED, TO GO TO JAMAICA, A FEW YOUNG MEN, of good character, who have been bred to the Farming Business, and understand the management Cattle. It is necessary that they have been educated as to writing and arithmetic. They will- meet with good encouragement; and if found deserving, will soon beadvav'ed to respectable situations. Apply a/ above. Aberdeen, Dec. 5, 1820. Published this Day, And to be had of the Booksellers, Gratis, SUmrs to ( eijaracms, os THE ruorosEo NEW POLICE UIIJII. THE PAMPHLET CONTAINS, A Dedicatory Epistle to Mr. JAMES MILIIS. A Letter to the EDITOR of the ABIRIIEEN STAR. Mr. FORBES* Jqn. Mr. CROMBIE, Chapel Street. A Statement, shewing that an assessment of - fid. on the pound of rent will be adequate to bring a copious supply of water to the city, from the river Dee. This estimate is formed on the assumption, that the Suburbs are not to be included iu the New Bill; but as it is not conceivable that a New Police Bill could be procured for the City, without including the Suburbs,, a plan is ( ioijiteil out to prevent the inhabitants of the suburbs from being a dead weight on the citizens. The Author is perfectly aware, ' that a con- siderable part of the work might, with propriety, be en- titled " much ado about nothing ;" and. therefore, those who take no interest in newspaper squabbles, will please begin the perusal atlhe 17tb . ti, p. WASTED TO BORROW, "^^ Offc ( TfeN Personal, and £ 150 and £ 100, or. J„ « m\ F\ V \ J Heritable Security. Apply to John Smith, Jun. Advocate, 35, St. Nicholas Street. gUjnuj) ( Mire, Bitten Sbttttu SPLENDID DISPLAY OF FURRIERY. Sale to commence THIS DA Y, and to be continued the two following Days : pONSISTlNG of MUFFS, TIPPETS, ^ FLOUNCINGS, and TRIMMINGS, in the most costly and fashionable Furs now in use, viz. Ermine, the various Sable Furs, Chinchilly, Squirrei, Lynx, Fitch, Mynx, Jennet, See. & c. See. The Sale t< 5 begin each day at twelve o'clock. * As there is with this Consignmentan assortment of DRESSED SKINS, - of the various kinds mentioned, TRIMMINGS may be had of any shape or size that may be required. Dec. 6, 1826. CONTINUATION OF THE SALE. H. Macswein begs leave to inform the Public, that in conse- quence of the arrival of a considerable addition to the consignment of FURRIERY, the Sale will continue thesethree days longer, viz. : Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday* Agency Office, Dec. 9, 1826. Sale on JWon& sg* SALE OF BOOKS BY AUCTION, IN THE EXCHANGE COURT SALE ROOM, UNION STREET. On Monday, 11th December, and following Evenings, at six o'clock, there will be SOLD bv auction, in tlje above Room, AN extensive and valuable Collection of ROOK!?, new and second- hand ; catafoguesof which may lie had at the Sale Room, 011 Friday, 8th December, where the Books may be seen, on the respective days of sale, from eleven o'clock forenoon till four afternoon. Commissions sent from those who cannot atted the sale, will be punctually attended to, P. M'LEOD, AUCTIONEER. Exchange Court, Dec. 8, 1826. JTNDER THE - PATRONAGE OF The Hon. the MA GISTRA TES of ABERDEEN. MR. KENWARO RESPECTFULLY informs the Ladies and Gentle- men of Aberdeen, and its vicinity, that his ANNUAL BENEFIT CONCERT will take place on FRIDAY, the 22d of December, in the County Rooms. A Plan of the Concert will be given in the bills. VOTE IN AH ELL D E E S S MR E. There will be exposed to sale, on Tuesday the 19th of December 1826, at two o'clock afternoon, iu the Waterloo Tavern, Edinburgh, HPHE SUPERIORITY of LANDS in Aberdeen- - S- shire, affording a Freehold Qualification. For further particulars, application may he made to Mr. John Archibald Campbell, C. S. or Mr. John Anderson, W. S. P' « M'. WC DE SPENbAte.' Y, NORTH DISTRICT OF THE PARISH OF OLD MA CHAR. AT a GENERAL MEETING of the Gentle- men who had entered into- a Subscription for the purpose of . forming this Institution, held within the Town flail of Old Aber- deen, upon the 29th November last, ihe llw. Dr. OGILVY sul » - mitfed to their Consideration a set of Regulations, for the manage- ment pf tbe Institution, which, after due consideration, were una- nimously approved of, and adopted. Thereafter, Dr. ALEXANDER EWING was appointed Consulting Physician, and Mr. FRANCIS IRVINE, Surgeon, Medical Attend- ant to the Institution. And the following Gentlemen were elected as a Committee of Management, for the ensuing year : George M'lnnes, Esq. William Read, Esq. Patrick Pirie, Esq. Alex. Muirj Esq. John. Duncan, Esq. George Allan, Esq. Peter Nicoi, Esq. Robert Ross, Esq, The Rev. Dr. Ogilvy. Principal, Jaefc. The Rev. Wm Gerrard. Dr. Alex. Ewing. Mr. Thomas Leask. - Mr. Alex. Fiddes. Mr. Alex. Dalgarno. Mr. John Poison; IFTTGFIUMUOUS XDCG, ROBERT Ross, Esq. Sec. and Treasurer. The Institution will be opened on Monday the 18th enrt. at No. 3, High Street, Old Aberdeen, nearly opposite the College. Hours of attendance, from 9 to 10 o'clock every morning.— Vaccirtation every Thursday morning. N. B.— The Committee beg leave to intimate to those who still wish to become Subscribers to the above Institution, that Subscrip- tion Papors lie for their Signature, at the Shop of Mr. Thomas Leask, Merchant, Old Aberdeen; and also at the Dispensary. TIIE LATE STORM.—( Further particulars.) SALE OP HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. Upon Monday the 11 th December current, there will be sold by Auction, in that House, Garden's Court, No. 15, Castle Street, lately occupied by the deceased Mr. JAMES TEMPLE, RGTHE Whole HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Ja- which belonged to him, consisting of Mahogany and other Chairs, a set of Dining Tables, Tea and Toilet Ditto, a Mirror Glass, a handsome , Register Grate, Fenders and Fire Irons, Car- pets and Rugs, a Chest of - Drawers and Rook Case, Bedsteads with Curtains, Feather Beds, Mattresses, Blankets, and Covers- r- China, Glass, and Stoneware— ix lot of Books, Kitchen Furni- ture, & c. Sale to begin at 11 o'clock Forenoon. BROWI^ & SON, Auctioneers. Sale on Cueg& ag* PUBLIC SALE OF MAHOGANY. I* o he sold, by public roup, on the Quay, opposite the Weigh House, on Tuesday the 12th current, at 10 o'clock A. M. LOGS sr. DOMINGO MAHOGANY, Table sizes. Logs Do. Do. fine rich Wood. Apply to DAVID MILNE. Aberdeen, 8th Dec. 1826. 0 3 T gale on ^ Initsftay. SALE ' X) F HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, BOOKS, & C. On Thursday the 14th curt, thrfe Vill be sold by public roup, in that House, in the Green, lately occupied by the deceased Mr. GEORGE HOGG, r » HE whole HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE therein, which bjlonged to him— consisting of a set Ma- hogany Dining Tables— Mahogany. Breakfast and other Tables Mahogany and other Chairs-^ an Easy Chair— an Eight- day Clock — a very fine Watch, Metal Case, Capped and Jewelled— a Chest of Drawers and Bookcase— Mahogany Night Stool— a Tent Bed- stead and Curtains— Feather Beds, Blankets, and Mattresses. Mirrors— Grates, Fenders, and Fire Irons— Glass and Stoneware— a Fowling Piece— Writing Desk— Kitchen Furniture, fee. The sale to commence at ten o'clock forenoon. And on Saturday, the 16th curt, there will be sold by public roup, in JOHN SMITH, Yost.' s Auction Kail, Broad Street, The BOOKS which belonged to Mr. HOGG, com- prising a neat Collection of favourite Authors, in various Brandies of Literature. To be seen liefore the sale. The sale to commence at 12 o'ckick noon. JOHN SMITH, YOST. Auctioneer. Broad Street, Aberdeen, Dec. 9,. 1826. tL\ U: on dPriflaj), WOODS IN THE FOREST OF BIIA'EMAR OTICE is hereby given, that another yitiblic SAL of the WOODS in this Forest will take place, on Wednesd; the 9th day of May next; when various Lots will be exposed Sale, of which the particulars will found in future Advertisements. Any inquiries will be answered by Mr. John Ewing, at Abei- deen; Mr. Af(; hd. Ypung, at Banff; Mr. Johp Archd. Campbell, C. £. ; and Messrs. Inghs aud Weir, W, S, BURSARS' HOUSE TO LET. There will be exposed by public roup, within the Trinity Ilall of Aberdeen, ou Friday the 15th Dscember current, at six o'clock afternoon, LEASE for Seven vears from Whitsunday next, of the BURSARS' HOUSE and BllEW- HOUSE CASTLE STREET, at present occupied by Mr. Mowat, includ- ing tbe two SHOPS, at present occupied by Messrs. Marianus I*. issie and A. S^ vesaon. For particulars, apply to Mr. James Cobban, builder, present master of the Trades' Hospital. 5 th December, 1826. A1 CRATITI77, Dec. 1, 1826 We were last week visited by one of the most severe snow storms that this country has witnessed for many years, the melancholy and destructive effects of which will be long remembered in the annals of the country. Not a few lives have been lost, and serious apprehensionse ' are entertained for more. The loss of property, principally sheep, is immense. It began to blow on Friday afternoon from the north east, accompanied with heavy showers of snow. During the night, it increased to a per- fect hurricane, and Continued the whole of Saturday with unabated fury. On Sunday morning, when it cleared up, the country pre- sented one dreary waste of trackless snow. Houses, woods, and rivers, lay hid beneath'' the formlessivild. So completely were the roads choaked up, that neither pastor nor flock appeared at church, a circumstance that has not occurred in this parish for the last eighty years from the same cause. ' The late mild weather, and scarcity of fodder, had induced many people to keep their sheep and cattle in the glens later than usual. During the Friday, on the appearance of the approaching storm, all were busy in collecting, and bringing to a place of safety their scat- tered tierd* ; a: n4 it only i- e « ii; irk;* ble. ' considering, . the . number exposed, that so few fell victims to that dreadful day. A man and two women belonging to Corgarff, on their' return from Tomintoul market, perished in the snow on the Friday night-: the bodies have since been found. One poor fellow, belonging to this parish, of the n4me of John Brown, in returning home from the hill of Crathienaird, perished on the Saturday. Ilis body was found on Wednesday last beneath a wreath of snow. Among the numerous hair- breadth escapes ofi; hat day, one deserves to be recorded. A young man belonging to this parish, and his sister, a girl of eigh- teen years of age, were obi ged to take refuge in a hut, two miles distant from any house,, where they passed the Friday night.— About, day- break on Saturday morning, they left the hut for home. They had not goce far when the poor girl sunk down exhausted, unable to proceed farther. In this dreadful dilemma, the brother determined to save her life or share her fate. Sometimes carrying her on his back, sometimes in his arms, he at last succeeded, after an exertion of six hours, in gaining a wood, which he knew. She was now speechless. Having placed her under the shelter of some trees, and covered her with his coat and vest, he hastened for, as- sistance to the nearest house, whither she was carried, and the poor fellow had the satisfaction of seeing her restored to life. It calculated that upwards of one thousand sheep have been lost in the parishes of Crathie and Braemar alone,— a loss that will be severely felt by many a poor family. In several places, whole* plantations of young wood are laid level with the ground. Full grown trees of considerable size, and which stood the bitter blast of many a winter storm, have been torn up by the roots, or broken from the immense weight of snow on their branches. The body of a poor fisherwoman, of the name of Cook, was found on Saturday near Oakenhead ; it is supposed that she perish- ed on her return to Lossiemouth the preceding day. An itinerant saddler, named Alexander Roy, Was found dead at the . plantation of Barmuckity, having left Elgin on Friday, for his residence, near Longbryd. A man named John Chisholm, formerly of Lanan, near Gar- mojith, but who latterly resided at Lossiemouth, was, on Saturday morning, found dead on the street of that village, near a house where it is said he had been drinking the preceding night. The body of a blacksmith, who perished in the* storm, was found near Auldthash, east of the Spey. TOMINTOUL, Dec. 1, 1826 We had a violent storm here on the night of Friday last, the 24th ult. being our market day, and which continued without intermission until late on Saturday afternoon. The melancholy iate of seven individuals, going home from the market, in various directions from the village, and , w, ho perished in the snow, is already ascertained. Several horses also which were abandoned by the persons who j ode them, , are amissing, and supposed to be buried in the snow. The number of sh^ ep smothered is immense, and cannot yet be ascertained. On. Satur- day the village presented a scene of woeful anxiety and confusion. The snow had blown during the pight in many places higher than the walls of the houses, and so thick was the drift, that hardly could a house on the opposite side , of the street be discovered. The people ( of whom a great number had been obliged to remain in the village during the night), could not attempt to proceed home, and all were anxious for the fate of friends or relatives, who were known to have left the village the evening before, but of whom no intelli- gence could be got; and the numerous reports set afloat of persons having perished in the snow, were as various as . uncertain; and it was not until Sunday morning , that the greater number were able to proceed home. The persons known to have perished, are Ann Grant, a girl in Lagganavoullin in this parish ; a woman of the name of Fraser, belonging to the parish of Abernetby, and a man Cameron, belonging to the same parish ; the body of this man was found only yesterday. A lad Grant, son of Robert Grant, Glas chill, Glenlivate. The wife of John Smith, Corgarff; and a lad Lamond, belonging to the same place. Also a girl from Corgarff. There were persons in company with most of these unfortunate in dividuals, who had very providential escapcs with their lives. Or man, from Corgarff, left his wife for dead among the snow, and in company with another man reached home. This happened on " Friday night, and on Sunday morning the poor woman was observ- ed moving on the face of thejiill, aud was brought home alive, and is recovering. , Iii another district of the Highlands we have heard of four indi- viduals having been lost ; one in Urlan of Boli'raeks, near Tay mouth, and other thiee in the neighbourhood of Loch Tumme) and sU'O. ng fears arc enter taxied that many more deaths, will soon be heard of. A farmer in the parish of Fordoun lost onefine horse; and another rendered nearly useless, from being exposed to the storm in crossing the Cairn O'Month, The servant was obliged to abandon them and on reaching the house of Know- greens, was so exhausted - tha he had not strength of voice h it to call for admittance at the door. On Saturday two ponies, saddled and bridled, were \ vashed a- shore near Fort Geor& v. EGYPT. Extract of a Letlerfrom Epfflt, tided Sept. 27. " Enclosed is a copy of a notice our Consul- Genenil litis sent round. It is in consequence of a very sever circular received from the Foreign Office. ' After mentioning that the system of covering Turkish property has been carried to a great, extent in all parts of the Levant, it adds. " especially at Saloniea, Beyrout, and Alexandria," and threatens immediate dismissal to any consul who shall connive at, or permit hereafter the same. We rejoice much at this measure of our Go- vernment, as it will in, some degree, put a stop to the assistance which the friends of his Highness the Pacha have hitherto been giving him against the unfortunate Greeks, and it will enable them to carry on their war- fare with somq prospect of success. - The IVcha c- uld not have hitherto annoyed them So muth without En- glish aid, his troops and provisions having principally been transported agaiust the Greets iu vessels under the British flag. T • • . " We rejoice also at this measure for another reason, which more immediately interests ourselves. The cruet- lest system of monopoly has for several year! lieen Car- ried on by flie Pacha, who not content with extorting the produce of the labour of his people from them, at his own price, and on his own terms, lias » : fttial! y bro- ken the commercial treaties with Great Britain, by re- fusing to sell and preventihg sales on the spot, fancying it more for his interest ( in which, however, he has been mistaken) to consign his product to various places for his own account, and the British flag, has principally pro- tected his property from the Greeks. ' The French have an idea that this order our Con- sul has received will give encouragement to the trade between" Egypt and their country ; but the produce of cotton, the staple commodity of Egypt," is much greater than all France Can consume ; independent of which, the Pacha, we think, will he induced, from fear of the Greek cruizes, to sell his products on the spot; tlius the monopoly which extends to every article,. even antiqui- ties and mats, will receive a check, and enable those British merchants who have come hereunder the idea of being protected by the commercial treaties, to trade in the products of the country, and earn a subsistence. " COPY OF THE NOTICE. ' Orders have been received at this consulate from his Majesty's Minister for Foreign Affairs, ' to abstain scrupulously not only from encouraging, but from any way " permitting, or conniving at, the embarkation of Turkish property on board British vessels, or being privy to the furnishing of such vessels with simulated papers in order to cover property from Greek cruisers.'. Notice is hereby publicly given to all British merchants, and Ionian merchants uuder British protection, as to alt captains of British or Ionian vessels, and all others Con- cerned, that the office of our Consulate will not furnish itny papers to any vessels, sailing with ' cargo from this port, until a declaration in writing be given by the shipper or shippers that the goods or pro- perty named in the manifest are bona fide British or European property, and not Turkish property, it will in like manner be reffoircd of the captain of an v ves- sel demanding his |> apers, to sign a similar declaration to the best of his knowledge or belief, formulas of which declaration mav be seen at the Consular Office. ' Given under our hand and consular seal, this 26th of September, 1826, at the Consular House, Alexan- dari. ( Signed) " HJSNRY SALT." ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND. On Thursday, the 30th of November; being St. Andrew,' s'day, the Antiquarian Society held their ^ general annual meeting, in their new anil superb apartments on the Mound, when the fallowing gentlemen were elected office- bearers :— President— Right Hon. Earl of Elgin and Kincardine. Vice- Presidents— Lord Meadowbank, Gilbert Innes, Esq. and Sir Robert Dundas, Bart. Council— Dr. Borthwick, P. F. Tytler, Esq. John RiddelL Esq., Dr. Brewster, Right Hon. William Trotter, Lord Provost, John Bonar, Esq. of Kinsmerghame, Thomas Kinnear, Esq. Sir Henry Jardinc, and William Brodie, Esq. ot' Brodie. Secretaries-— Dr. Hibbert, John Anlerson, Esq. W S. and the Rev. Dr. B'. untoo, Secretary for Foreign Coi respondence. Curat. ors— James Skene, Esq. of Rubislaw, General Curator, and A. Macdonald, Esq. Assistant Curator. Treasurer— Thomas Allan, Esq. A large assemblage of the members afterwards dined in the Wa- terloo Tavern,, the Earl of Elgin in the chair, supported by Lord Meadowbank and Rear- Admiral Sir David Milne. Mr. Anderson, W. S. one of the Secretaries, croupier. PRESBYTERY OF EDINBURGH. Wednesday, at the monthly meeting of the Presbytery, a letter ' as read from the theological students, intimating their having had meeting, and come to the" resolution of appointing a deputation, who had waited on Dr. Ritchie, and respectfully informed hijn, that, frotn. the weakness of his voice, his lectures Were iuundible to the greater portion of the student* and pointed out the propriety of the venerable Professor appointing a substitute. The Rev. Doctor refused to listen to the suggestion of the students, and for this reason they laid the matter before the Presbytery. Some discussion took place as to whether the Presbytery coulil taSe up the subject in its present state. Dr. Inglis regretted that the stmler. Ss had not attempted to ac- complish tJieir object by private means. He did not think the hold- i itig of. a public meeting was acting, respectfully fowafds tbe vener- able professor. The students might have cause of complaint, but they should certainly have chosen anothi- r- mt de of stating their rea- sons than by. a public, meeting;— some of their number might have waited on the professor and mentioned their grievances, which would have bee4 more, respectful to him and to themselves. He sug- gested that, the letter should lie on the table tilt next meeting of Presbytery, by which time the Theological Faculty or the Senatus Acadeinicus might be consulted by the young gentlemen. Dr. Thomson was of opinion that tlie subjeci was one erf great importance, and any delay might. be jirejudicial. He conceived that the presbytery, was the proper court to which the students should apply, as they were prescribed particular stndies f> y the presbytery, and it was impossible they could attain any knowledge in those studies, if the lectures were delivered in such a tone that they could not be heard. He was inclined to take the most delicate wav that could be suggested to attaio the object in view ; at the same time lie submitted that the Presbytery was better fitted to settle the matter than the Senatus Academicu*. Mr. Simpson, of Kirkncwton, thought that the students had not acted improperly in holding a public meeting, as that appeared the only way by which, they could obtain, the opinion of each other. The suggestion of Dr. Ipgliswas unanimously adopted. Jurisdictions.— Impoftant to the Royal Burghs.— Ferguson, tacksman if the customs or impost leviable in the royal burgh of Linlithgow, prosecuted Harvie, a cafter or carrier iu ' Linlithgow, before the Magistrates of that burgh, for payment < ff. 10s. of cos. toms, upon goods brought into the burgh belonging to unfreeinen- Ilarvie, iu defence, declined the jurisdiction of the magistrates, on the ground of their being interested. The magistrate* sustained theif jurisdiction and gave decree. Harvie brought this judgment under review of the Court of Session by suspension. The Lord Ordinary ( Eldiu) sustained the reasons of suspension, but the Court ( First Division) nport advising a petition, with answers, and reports from the several royal burghs of Scotland", hy an nnanimou* judgment ( 17th Nrtv. 1826) recalled ( he interlocutor of the Lord ^ Ordinary reclaimed against, sustained the jurisdiction of the ma- i yatrutes for Linlithycw in this case, and found cxpeuces due. Xo. 1053.1 Printed for J. BOOTH, Jun. Chronicle Court, Queen Street. Smputal $ arl( ament. HOUSE OF LORDS. Tuesday, Nov. 28. the Marquis of BRISTOL was introduced by the Marquises of Ailesbury and Queensberry, and took the oaths mid los, seat. Lord Carteret was introduced by Lords Byron and Fevershaui, end took the oaths and his seat. The Marquis of Lothian also took the oaths and his seat. DISTRESSES OF THE WEAVERS. I ord KING said he had a petition to present from the weavers of Carlisle, and he felt it incumbent to make some observations upon It. He had heard from the Noble Lord on the Woolsack, that it was the most Parliamentary practice to refrain from making observations in presenting petitions, but he was afraid he should not often follow the advice ; because, in his opinion, that was the very way to perpetuate abuses, and his ( Lord King's) object was to get rid of them. The petition was one of many he should have to pre- sent from the weavers, aud it prayed not only a revision of the corn laws and a reform in Parliament, but that the chuich property might be appropriated to the payment of the national debt. Such was the distress among the weavers, that it was a question with them whether they should not, to prevent starvation, commit acts which might bring them to the scaffold. The petition was read at length, and laid on the table. Lord KING presented another petition from the Guild nf Arbroath, approving of the measures of Ministers with respect to the introduction of oats, and praying for a revision ot the corn laws. _ ATTENDANCE OF MINISTERS. Lord LAUDERDALE, just previous to the adjournment, would say a few words respecting the attendance of Ministers, He never before recollected a Parliament so conducted as the present appear- ed to be. The Noble Lord on the woolsack, and the Noble Earl of Westmoreland, who had just taken bis seat, were the only per- sons of the Cabinet present. He wished to have an opportunity of putting a fair question to the Eail of Liverpool to- morrow, and he knew not but that manv Noble Lords wished to put questions to the Nolile Lord. He hoped, therefore, that he should see his Noble Friend the Earl of Liverpool in his place to- morrow. The Earl of WESTMORELAND was convinced that no sort of disrespect was intended by his Noble Friend's absence. The usual course had been to give notice, in case it was wished to put any questions. His Noble Friend would, no doubt, IK- in his place to- morrow, or at any other time which might be convenient to the Noble Lord opposite. 1 he Earl of LAUDERDALE was sensible of the marked cour- tesy always shewn by the Earl of Liverpool, and wap satisfied, that not the slightest disrespect was intended. He, however, trusted the Noble Earl would be iu his place to- morrow. Wednesday, Nov. 29. Lord KING said he had some petitions to present from various classes of society at Manchester, praying au alteration of the laws respecting corn. He was desirous of seeing inqirovements in the present system ; but there was a party, he thought, in the Cabi- net, who seemed to be averse to all improvement. There was the evil and good genius— and he was afraid the evil genius would pre- vail. The sufferings of the people had been great, aud they were to lie attributed to the existence of the present corn laws. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said he did not wieh to be led into any premature discussion. Half sentences were worse than none at all, and therefore he should forbear going into any discussion until lie should have the opportunity of bringing the subject fnlly before the House, which it was his intention to do at as early a day as pos- sible after the recess, in the hope th. t by their LowWlips directing their full and undivided attention to it, it may he gone through with, and that with the least possible delay: nnd . to this end, with- out waiting for any result in the other House of Parliament, he should not fail to give to the House all the information in Ins power. The Marquis of Salisbury and Lord Canterbury approved- jf the course proposed to be pursued by the Noble Earl. Lord CL1FDEN contended for revision, and above all he trusted that the system of averages would be done away. with; they were a source of the greatest fraud. He hoped at all events they Would be got rid of. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he had in his possession several petitions on this subject, which he would have presented this evening, had he been aware that this conversation would have taken place. The Noble Marquis went into various statements, shewing the different operations of high prices and low prices, and the necessity which existed, looking et the extent of the national debt, and the present situation of public officers, for an immediate, impartial, and full investigation of the eubjcct, with the view of establishing a fixed system, by which the public at large might be benefited. He too thought that the system of averages was a vice which ought to be removed. The Earl of LAUDERDALE said, the question was not as be- tween the manufacturers and agriculturists, but had reference to the welfare of the country at large; to promote which he thought the only way was to encourage the internal agriculture of the country. . Lord KING then presented similar petitions from the six incor- porated trades of Brechin in Scotland. Also from the Magistrates and Town Council of Brechin Laid on the table. The Earl of L AUDERDALE moved au address, praying his Majesty would give directions to the Ambassadors and Consuls abroad, to cause returns of all the imports and exports of the dif- ferent sorts of corn Agreed to. Earl BATHURST laid on the table copies of orders in Conned relating to emigration to Canada. The Earl of ROSEBERRY moved for returns shewing the quantity of oats aud dried ( lease and beans received into thitj country since the date of the order in Council, viz. the 1st September last. Ordered. Thursday, Nov. 80. Lord KING had more petitions to present to their Lordships against the corn laws. If he were asked which was the most sig- nal instance of folly, the building a palace at Pimlico, a pyramid at Memphis, or even a pyramid at Piinlico, or the corn laws, he should sav the last was the most marked instance, for he could show that the corn laws produced the greatest waste of laliour ever wit- nessed. We were condemned to earn our bread with the sweat of our brow, and to eat it in sorrow and pain, and this corn law system was a fulfilment of the original curse with a vengeance.— He hoped this country would never be satisfied till it got rid of all the vexatious part of these laws, aud placed them on the same footing as to free trade ( for he wished all trade to be free) as any others. He then presented a petition from the incorporated trades of Arbroath.— Adjourned. Friday, Dee. 1. lairds Maynard and Duncan took the oaths and their seats. Mr. Craper, from the Treasury, presented an account of the prices of corn from the year 1545 to the year 182( 5, pursuant to the order of. the House on the motion of the Sari of Lauderdale Adjourned to Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS Tuesday, Nov. 28. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a petition from Mr. Colibett, complaining of an undue election for Prcstou. into consideration on 9th January. A ] ietition was presented complaining of an undue return for Berwick- upon- Tweed. Ordered to be considered January 9 - Ordered to be taken Mr. MONTEITH presented a petition from the Provost and Town Council of Glasgow, praying for on dteration in the Cxirn Laws. He read a passage from the petition, setting forth that the petitioners had no objection to the prosperity cf the Land- owners, but they could not consent to it at the expense of the ma- nufacturing interest.— Ordered to be printed. Mr. Alderman WAITIIMAN presented a petition from Mr. G. Flattery, complaining of wrongs from the Arigna Mining Company, he having sold the mines for LI0,000, and having had them charged to the Company at L25,000, and praying inquiry into the conduct of the Hon. Member engaged in this aud other Companies. Next week lie should move for a committee to inquire generally into the conduct of lion, members of that house respecting such com- panies. The petition was read. The petitioner ( who fives in Dub- lin) having alluded to several members without naming them, and ou other points, the petition, at the suggestion of the Speaker, was withdrawn and amended. Mr. Hume presented a petition from Arbroath, for a revision of the corn laws. PRIVATE BILLS. Mr. LITTLETON moved the resolutions of April last respecting private bills, and committees on them. He should now move these resolutions, not as standing orders, but as sessional regulations, in many instances, members of the committee had had direct pe- cuniary interests ; that surely ought to be remedied, for the credit of the house. He concluded with moving the first resolution. Mr. J. PEEL seconded the resolution— alteration was required, a id there could be none but I'm- the better. It would tend to put a 1 end to the tricking heretofore practise, 1. Colonel DAVIS admitted the evils, but denied that the remedy now propoted would correct them ; he therefore should oppose the r ' solutions. ML. MABERLY admitted the gross abuses, but contended that these resolutions did not propose an adequate remedy. Select com- mittees would lie more advisilde. Lord ALTHOHP also urged the necessity of doing something to remedy the evils. Mr. Alderman WAITIIMAN thought this subject was most properly brought before the house, but he thought that the plan was liir from supplying an adequate remedy. In the last Parliament— ( he might speak freely of the dead, whatever he thought of the living) there had been gross abuses, and the most absurd objec- tions were raised agaitint the efforts of tfe city of Ion, Ion to resist, against Equitable Loan Bill, as he personally experienced. He then with great difficulty obtained the right to resist the bill and adduce evidence, aud on that Committee sat many members of the house who were also directors and shareholders in such company, anil who bad sold some of the shares, having the money in their pockets tor the same. Was not that disgraceful conduct ? A Member spoke to order. Mr, Alderman WAITHMAN said he was in order, otherwise he should have experienced the interruption of the Speaker. He was prepared to prove what he said, and if he succeeded in getting a Committee he would prove it. Memliers without interest in the bills ought to be appointed. The resolutions were not calculated to give a complete remedy, but he should support them iu the hope of some remedy being formed. Me. Secretary PEEL said lie should support the resolution as an experiment. He did not think the late Parliament deserving all the reprobation heaped upon it. It might be dead, but some of its members must be alive, and they must naturally feel some anxieiy about its reputation. Though there might have been some instances where peculiar interests had geincd an undue ascendency, he had no reason to admit that the Committees had been so cor, upt as some would make out. The arrangement of forming committees out of neighbouring counties was bad ; and select committees, he feared, were not practicable. The best correction of the committee would be by letting in the light of day— that would lie effected by the committee of appeal— the order to submit evidence to the House, & c. ( Hear, hear.) He thought it was honourable to tk'house to at- tempt improvement, and not to be deterred from such course by the idea that by so doing, they censured their former conduct— he sup- ported this resolution as an experiment. - Mr. C. WYNN said, he was against the plan for select com- mittees, because local knowledge might be thereby excluded. He should vote for the resolution as an experiment. The first resolution was put, and agreed to. The second reso- lution having been put, was also agreed to. The third resolution, for a new distribution of counties by the Speaker, was agreed to; as were the rest, including that for the appointment of a committee of appeal. On the resolution regarding the L500 deposit with the clerk of the fees, Mr. J. LAMB wished this resolution to lie postponed for the pre- sent, that more information respecting it might be obtained ; if a litigious peril inner was dissatisfied with the result, and brought an action against the clerk to get hack the L. 500, what would be the situa ion of the House ? Mr. C. WYNN observed that it would be as if a sum were de- posited to abide an arbitration ; but he thought it would be as well to lie postponed. Mr. LITTLETON agreed to postpone it. ST. DOMINGO POSTAGE BILL. On the motion of Mr. Hemes, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole house, ou the St. Domingo Postage Bill. The bill was intended to apply to the regulation of postage between this country, the new South American States, anil severally be- tween those Stale-. It was also intended to obtain the sanction ot the legislature to certain rates already imposed on the couveyancc of lett. rs to those places. Mr. HUME asked if a clause were intended to lie introduced into this bill, allowing all newspapers to be sent out to our foreign posm sions, on the payment of a duty of three half- pence each. Such a clause he knew was contemplated in the last bill; but that was defeated by another clause, which enacted, that papers could not be forwarded at that rate of duty, unless put into the Post- office on the day of their publication, and if put in after that day, that each paper should be paid for as a letter. Now, no such re- striction was imposed upon the circulation of country papers pa sing through England, and he was sure it ought to be the oliject ol this government to open as widely as possible every possible channel of iuformation to persons residing in our colonies. The restriction caused considerable inconvenience ; for suppose, in a York paper, lie found something iut r. stiug to a friend in the East or West Inuies, would not be allowed » o forward that paper, unless it was sent back to Yojk ; whereas, the same principle was not applied to the circulation of newspapers between this country and Ireland, fee. & c. He thought the principle of allowing periodical publications to be conveyed by the packets at a moderate rate, might be very usefully adopted, inasmuch as it was found to confer great benefits in the United states, where it was now in active operation. A packet of 800 tons was frequently employed to carry the mail bag, and lie saw no reason why it should not be allowed to carry such publicity at a moderate rate, and thereby confer many advantages to our neighbours in the colonies. Mr. HERRJES said, the question asked by the lion, member would not at all be prejudiced by his resolutions. lie thought, however, there would lie some objection to enlarging the principle, In the first place, ii: would to a certain extent injure the revenue; and, in the next place, he thought it would be objectionable to the proprietors of newspapers. Mr. HUME denied that the revenue would suffer from such mea- sures, and, though it might be thought so small a consideration should not outweigh the advantages resulting from a full, free, iuid open communication between England, her coionies, and other states. A Member, whose name we could not learn,, observed, it should be the pride of England to make lier policy, her language, and her Parliamentary proceedings known to all the world. The paltry consideration of revenue should not be interposed to prevent so de- sirable an object from being realized. Sir A. GRANT thou brought up the several resolutions, and the report was ordered to lie received to- morrow. CORN INDEMNITY BILL. Mr. HKIIHIES brought up a bill, for indemnifying all con- cerned in issuing, or advising the issue, or acting in execution of an Order in Council of the 1st day of September 1826, Sir allow- ing the importation of certain sorts of foreign corn. Read the first time, and ordered to lie printed. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Mr. HUME gave notice, that, on Friday next, he should move for certain papers relative to Col. Bird, as connected with the re. cent management of affairs in the Cape of Good Hope* The house adjourned at a quarter after seven. Wednesday, Nov. 22. BANK NOTES. Mr. MABERLY said, every one admitted that tlie amount of bank issues affected prices ; he therefore thought it necessary that their amount should at all times be known. He would therefore move for a monthly account of the import and export of gold for the last year. The hon. gentleman gave notice that, after the holidays, he would move for the repeal of the assessed taxes. Lord MILTON preseuted a petition from the weavers of Carlisle, for a reduction of taxation— praying the sale of church property— the reduction of expenditure— the sale of Crown lands— aud the abolition of the corn laws. Mr. HUME preseuted a petition, which he conceived of great impoi- tancc to the civil and religious rights of the people— it was from a person of the name of —.— Taylor, a graduate of Cam- bridge, who states that he had been ordained to a cure in the esta- blished church, but haviug a full examination of the evidences of Christianity, he is become a Deist, by which he is subject to much grievance,— not meeting with the due protection of the law. He states that a shopman of Mr. Carlile was lately robbed of a watch, and was not allowed to prosccute tlie thief, . because he would not take the oath according to the forma established; and that his ( the petitioner's) oath'would . not be taken from the same cause. This, therefore, proved that a law must be passed al- lowing Deista to be sworn in courts of justice on the works of Na- ture. Mr. PEEL esid, if the non.- gentleman followed « p the petition by a bill to admit the petitions of such persons to give evidence the way they choose, for the >. ke of the pitre administration of justice, he wauld oppose it, but not the ^ presentation of the pe- tion, not thinking it should be treated as a matter of much impor- tance. The question for the printing uf the petition xtsa negatived with- out a division. Mr. HUME presented petitions from Birmingham and Arbroath, for a revision of the corn laws. BOROUGH OF TREGONY. On the order of the day for resuming the consideration of the motion to take the second return off tlie file, Mr. WORTLEY supported the motion. Mr. PEEL rejoiced iu the delay that had occurred, because the subject was of great importance, and after the best consideration, he thought the return of the last two gentlemen should either be taken off the file, or not considered a return at all. On the motion of Mr. PEEL, the return for the borough of Tregony was not a double return, which was agreed to. The Corn Importation Indemnity Bill was read second time, and ordered to be committed. Thursday, Nov. SO. ' Mr. MARSHALL presented several petitions from places in Yorkshire, praying for a repeal of the corn laws. The Honourable Colonel LYGON presented a petition from the inhabitants of Kidderminster, praying for a repeal of the corn laws. Mr. HUME presented a petition, signed by 13,000 seamen of North Shields, in the county of Northumberland, praying for a repeal iu the corn laws— Brought up, and ordered to be printed. DEBTORS. Mr. HUME said, that he moved last session for a return of the number of persons confined for debt in England, and seeing the Right Honourable the Under Secretary of State for the Home De- partment in the House, he wished to know if that return had as yet been made out. Mr. DAWSON said, that every possible diligence had been used to comply with the desire of the Hon. Gentleman ; but it was ne- cessary to consult 500 persons to make out the returns. Mr. D. W. HARVEY had intended to submit a motion for a return of the number of prisoners confined under Crown prosecu- tions, nnd he conceived that if his motion were included in that of the Honourable Member for Montrose, it would save much time and trouble. Mr. DAWSOft M: i, that it would take at least six months to make out the united returns. MR. BROGDEN. Tim SPEAKER having called upon Sir II. Par. nell to proceed with the motion of which lie had given notice relative to the quan- tity of foreign goods imported, & c. fee. The Honourable Baronet was about to address the House, when Mr. BROGDEN begged to be allowed to offer a few observations. A charge had been held out against him, and he had expressed his most anxious wish that the Worthy Alderman ( Waitliman) would take the e irlicst opportunity of bringing that charge forward.— ( Hear, hear). Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN said it was certainly his intention, when he first heard that the Honourable Gentleman was to lie pro- posed as Chairman of Committees of Ways and Means, to propose certain inquiries relative to the Arigna company, and other compa- nies of which that Honourable Gentlemen had been a Chairman or Director. Since that period he found that the Honourable Gentle- man had declined the office which he had formerly filled, and there- fore he ( Mr. Waithman) felt that there were other Honourable Members connected with companies into the affairs of which it would lie also necessary to inquire. He therefore stated, that he should, at the earliest possible period after the recess, bring forward his motion. Mr- I1ROGDEN, though out of order, hoped the House would indulge him for a few moments. 1- Ie had been given to understand by the Worthy Alderman, that he should postpone his motion until after the holidays. He entreated— he implored the Worthy Alder- man— to afford him the earliest opportunity of rebutting the calum- nies which had been put forth against him—( hear, hear.) Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN maintained that he was most ready to bring forward his motion, and that he had only been induced to delay it until after the holidays, by representations from Hon. Mem bers over the way. The Hou. Alderman was proceeding to call the attention of the House to what took place upon the South Sea Bub- ble of 1720, when Mr. C. W, WYNNE rose to order— they were really entering into the merits of a nuist important question without having any specific motion before the House—( order, order.)— Here the dis- cussion dropped. ARMY HALF- PAY. Mr. HUME ventured to call the attention of the House to a subject relating to what he. considered a deviation from the public service. It would be reuoflccted that, in 1817, the half pay was iparatcd from the general accounts of the current expenditure. It then amounted to L. 2,800,000, and he ( Mr. Hume) would show, that it was now greater tliqn at that period. He would take, as his foundation, an abstract of the return laid upon the table of the House. His Majesty's Ministers had taken credit upon that occa- sion for having reduced the expenditure of the country within the lowest possible limits. In order to prove, however, that they had not, he had moved, in the last Parliament, for returns, and he should state the result. He would not then go back, to 18.17, but only to the period when the loan was raised by Ministers, to pro- vide for that part of the dead weight relating to the army, which amounted to L. 2,000,000. The Minister had said, that it was not to be expected, after twenty years w- ar, that the country could be without a great half pay list ; but that it was confidently ex- pected, from the measure proposed, that there would be a diminu- tion of expenditure to the amount of L. 115,000 per annum. The honourable gentleman then desired the House to see how it was at pre.- ent; and after stating the various amounts for the intervening period, said, that in the fourth year after that arrangement, the amount was LIS, 000 per annum more than in 1822 ; anil that if Ministers were upheld in not making the proper reductions, he could not anticipate relief for the country. If the House would follow up the amounts respectively, they would find, that, at the present time, in place of a decrease, the charge was increased more than L. 100,000 per annum over 1817. He would then allude to Chelsea Hospital, the charges for which had increased from L. 940,000, in 1817, to L. 1,270,000 at present. He thought that this increase of pensions must have proceeded from an extraor- dinary desire of putting persons off the half pay lists, because they might not be sightly to look at. Whether half pay was to be re- garded as a reward for past or future services, it was never known, nor thought, that it could be made a permanent charge upon the country, beyond the life interest of the party who enjoyed it. Up to 1825 that had continued to be the rule, but in 1825 a general order, of the date of the 25th April, or 22d May, was issued front the War Office, by which all officers could sell their half pay, whose ages did not excccd sixty years, provided they had bought their commissions, or had been twelve years in the service. What was the consequence ? Four lieutenant- colonels and five majors had sold out, after forty years service in the army, and out of the number of captains there were eleven who had served forty- live years, and others who were longer ; and all those commissions had been Bold to young men. Thus, by this novel order of the Horse Guards, the country would be charged for twenty, thirty, or forty years half pay. The honourable gentleman then went through a variety of cases where parties had beeu permitted to sell their half pay to persons likely to enjoy it for quite as many years as it had previously beeu in the possession of the seller. Amongst others, lie mention- ed the case of General Cunningham, who had been allowed to sell out tweoto'- fiye years aftur he had beew put upon the half piiy list. Another officer had sold out after a retirement of fol ly- five years, to one who was likely to enjoy it for forty- five years more. Major Macrae, after forty years, did the same. Major Clavering was an ensign, a lieutenant, a captain, and a major, all in one year. He had never served; he was on half pay since the year 1798, but he was allowed to sell his half pay. In making these observations, he thought it but justice to say, that in making these promotions, there had been no undue preference shewn to the friends of the honour- able members on either side. He complained too of the regulations relating to the sale of brevet ranks, and the permission granted of purchasing actual regimental rank previously held by the purchaser. He then moved for returns of all the officers who had been permitt- ed to sell their full pay, half pay, and brevet commission, since the last return ill March ; also a return of the money paid and received for the Bame, distinguishing those on full from those on half pay, together with the number and names of those who had purchased on the half and full pay, when they had obtained their commis- sion, and their length of service at home and abroad. The re- turns to be brought down to the Slst of March inclusive. Also a return of officers holding a brevet rank higher than their regimental rank. Lord PALMERSTON said, that in replying to what had fallen from the honourable gentleman, he must beg leave to remind the House of the circumstances which had led to the regulations of which they had just heard such heavy complaints. When we had been so deeply involved in a war on so large a scale, and our army had been so very extensive in all its branches, it became absolutely necessary that we should have a very large and expensive half pay establish- ment. Our balf pay had been made only proportionate to the for- mer extent of the military service. Now the half pay establishment being once fixed, he saw but two ways by which it could be di- minished. The one was by the deaths of those who were on the half pay list; and the other was by removing them into active ser- vice, or putting them on full pay. He begged the honourable gen- tleman to reflect, that the half pay list was, to a great exteut, tilled by persons not altogether eligible to be put upon full pay. Many half pay officers Were by no means desirous of resuming active ser- vice. They were, on the contrary, much averse to it from family and ivjmeroNH other circumstances. Many were not fit to be put upea full pay ; and they were, in the fullest sense of the word, a[ dead weight upon the public. One object of this regulation had l> een, to enable individual^, ynder certain circumstances, to sell or dispose of their annuity, or half pay, in order that half pay may be taken by persons efficient and capable of being put upon the full pay list. This was the very case put by the hononrable member for Aberdeen ; and, so far from tills regulation being acted upon improperly, it had fully accomplished one of the advantages which it was intended to pro- duce. The honourable gentleman had complained, that persons of family had been able to purchase promotion more rapidly than they wotild have been able io obtaia it tmder a system of regular routine. He did not dispute the fact ; but so far from considering this to be an evil, he was convinced that it was substantially a benefit. He totally differed upon the principle on which the honourable gentle- man had founded his observations. In this country he thought it desirable to connect the highest classes of society with the army. Unless persons of this descriptiou advanced in military rank more speedily than by seniority, they would not enter the service at all. So far from this system being unpopular in the army, it was liked and approved of by tbe officers at large. He would maintain, that the promotions made by the Royal Duke at the head of the army were impartial. The honourable gentleman had maintained, that the Comman( ler- in- Chief ought to be compelled to fill up exigencies in regiments from the half- pay list. If such a regulation were ever to be- established, all he could say was, that the country would soon find its army to be a most inefficient force. Peihaps the honour able gentleman was not aware that the half- pay ensigns themselves would consider it a most grievous punishment to be compelled to re- sign their half- pay, and to enter upon full service. The half pay officers had retired upon certain principles, tacitly acknowledged, and which could not be violated either with justice, or with benefit to the public. What officer would thank you to bring him back from half to full pay, if, at the same time, you told him, that whatever were his merits— however eminent his services— or whatever might be the contingencies of the regiment— it was ut- terly impossible for him to rise in rank, until all the half pay list had been drained and exhausted ? The other regulations to which the honourable gentleman objected, stood precisely on the same prin- ciple. The House must understand the difference between brevet and regimental rank, to comprehend the proposition of the honour- able gentleman. In the first place, officers rose more rapidly by brevet than by regimental rank. He did not know whether the House generally understood that many officers held brevet rank higher than their regimental rank, and to those it was inconvenient to do duty with their regiments. It had therefore been deemed ad- visable to propose that such officers should go on half pay or^ an attachable commission, one step higher than that of the commis- sion which they held in their regiment, and they were, moreover, allowed to dispose of their half pay.' The honourable member should be reminded, thdt v. ince last March, no less a Ptim than L45,£ St> had been paid to the public on this account for commissions. The seller of the commission received the old regulation price from the purchaser, who paid the new regulation price, and the difference was paid to the public. This had amounted to L. 28,26i), both sums liyikingL. 62,090, pajd to the use of the public service. [ vjr. CALCRAFT said, that he could bear the most unequivo- cal testimony to the very impartial manner in which his Royal Highness had administered the patronage of the army. . Sir RQNALD FERGUSON1 said, he believed that no public officer had ' ever been placed' in a high department who had admi- nistered its duties more impartially and with more integrity than his Royal Highness. Sir C. FORBES expressed a most sincere wish that the promo- tion whbh had been giyen to the army should as speedily and as ef- fectually as possible be extended to the navy. An Honourable Member, who was understood to be a naval officer, observed, that he had always found the Admiralty most ready to attend to every case which was recommended for and de- served promotion. The motion was then agreed to, and returns ordered. IMPORTATION DUTIES. Sir H. PARNELL complained of the very high rate of duties still kept up on imported goods; He observed, that in the course of the last year, a Right Hon. Gentleman had made some very strong statements of evils occasioned by these high duties, declaring that they decreased the revenue instead of adding to its amount, and very properly describing them as premiums for mediocrity in every article of manufacture. In these statements he agreed with the Right Hon. Gentleman, and believed that high duties on im- ported articles not only decreased the amount of the public re- venue, but were detrimental to the commerce of the country The Hon. Baronet concluded by moving, that there he prepared and laid before the House, as early as might be convenient, a list of articled imported lroin foreign countries in the years 1821 and 1826, together with a statement of the rate of duties payable on each " of these articles. Mr. IIUSKtSSON said, that as he certainly did not feel the least wish to object to the statement for which the Hon Baronet had called, and as lie did not think this the fittest occasion to enter into the subject of the importation duties, especially in the present thin state of the House, he should make but few observations on the question. He was of opinion that the great principles which regulated, or which ought to regulate the commercial policy of this and of other countries, required a more solemn discussion, hud more consideration, than could }> e £, iven to them at the present moment. Perhaps he might now be allowed to observe, that a great difference of opinion seemed to exist among the impugners oi the measures which he had the honour of advocating. Perhaps he might be permitted to say, that tlioso who, out of doors, clamour- ed against those measures, as injurious to the trade of this country, had founded their clamours upon the speeches of gentlemen op- posite, some of whom now complained of these very measures as not being sufficiently strong-—( Hear, hear.)— On the one hand, there was the complaint that too much had been done for free trade; while, on the other, there was an equally loud assertion that nothing had l> een done-—( Hear, hear.)— He should not now stay to discriminate between such conflicting extremes of opinion— ( Hear, hear.)— However, he could not but wonder that, while gentlemen within the House asserted that the principles of free trade had not heen carried far enotigh, there should be others of the House persevering in their attempts to direct tlt& opposition of the misinformed towards those measures which, he could boldly de- clare, had in no degree contributed to the distress lately experienced in this country.—.( Hear.) Mr. Alderman THOMPSON thought that the country was highly indebted to the Right Hon. Gentleman for the libeH course he had hitherto pursued. The motion was then agreed to. Friday, Dec. 1. Mr. ABERCROMBY moved a resolution, that there be l: ud before the House copies of any correspondence with the Lords of the Treasury on the subject of the circulation of L. 1 notes of Scot- land in the adjoining counties of England. Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN gave notice, that he would, on Tuesday next, bring forward a motion on the connexion of Mem- bers of that House with the Arigna Mining Company, and other joint stock companies. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the inhabitants of Man- chester, praying for a repeal of tlio corn laws, aud for economy in the public expenditure. Sir R. FERGUSON concurred in the prayer of the petition, and protested against the conduct of Ministers, who had assemWed Parliament at an unusual period, for the sole purpose of passing an act of indemnity for the only act of their administration that had met with-' the universal approbation of the country, and neglected to bring forward the vital question of the corn- laws. Mr. D. W. HARVEY said that Ministers had given the people an opportunity of expressing their sentiments, of which he hoped they would avail themselves. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. Mr. IIERRIES moved the order of the day, that the Honse re- solve itself into a Committee of Supply. Lord FOLKESTONE asked whether Ministers intended to continue the Committee on the small note bill that sat last ses- sion ? Mr. HUSKISSON was not prepared to give an answer. Lord FOLKESTONE thought the conduct of Ministers most extraordinary. They had called Parliament together under extra- ordinary circumstances, while the people were suffering under tbe most severe calamity, and yet the House was told that nothing was to be done to ally the public distress. Ministers stated that nothing should induct' them to divulge iheir plan respecting the corn laws till after the recess:— he fully believed them, because he thought they had no plan to propose, but were waiting to see how tlie people would act. He at present wished to call the attention of the House to the currency system. He inferred, from the answer he had received, that Ministers did not intend to renew the com- mittee on the currency, Mr. IIUSKISSON said, more was assumed from his answer than was warranted. The Noble Lord had inferred that no steps were to be taken. He meant to state that his Malesty's Ministers had not a sufficient opportunity of considering the question; and, as it was a subject of such great imjiortance, it was not surprising that in ten days after the meeting of Parliament, at an unusual time, and for a special purpose, Ministers were not prepared to de tannine on their future proceedings. Parliament was called together at present in deference to the constitution, because Ministers ad- vised his Majesty to break the law, and therefore had called Par- liament to sit in judgment on their conduct. He was prepared to say that Ministers were agreed 011 the plan they meant to propose to Parliament for the permanent regulation of the corn laws ; but they were of opinion that the present was not the moment for bring- ing it forward. The House then resolved itself iuto a committee of ways and means. Mr. HERR1ES moved that the sum of L. 5,000,000, voted in the year 1820, should lie made applicable to the year 1827. Agreed to. The House resumed, and the report was ordered to be received on Monday. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. An express Irom Paris on Saturday, lias brought some unfavourable accounts respecting tlie health of the King of France, who, it is said, has been confincd to his room since Tuesday. The advices are of Thursday afternoon, and hold out the expectation, that, unless the King is not better, bulletins from his medical ad- visers will be published. The precise nature of the com- plaint is not mentioned, but it is understood, that the King has been suffering more or less from it for at least a year. PARIS, NOV. 22.— A respectable tradesman named Lallier has been stopped in the liue Montorgueil by five men in the dress of labourers, robbed of all he possessed, and wounded in a severe manner with a sharp instru- ment : his life is in danger. A gentleman named Roux was attacked in the Hue Piepus by several robbers, who took his money from him, and beat him in the most violent manner. It appears that some of the hacknev- coachmen have been engaged with tlie robbers of the metropolis. There have been several instances of their driving their fares into dark and unfrequented streets, where they were set upon and robbed.- The police now take the number of every hackney- coach that leaves the theatres at night, and the address of the fares. IMPORTANT!— Nov. 23. A few days ago, as ihe young Prince, Duke of Bordeaux, and the son ol the Marquis de Riviere, were playing together, they, bv some aukward rencontre, knocked their heads together with considerable violent^. The Duke of Bordeaux felt the pain of the shock very sensibly, and he van to cry. The Duke de Riviere's son, quite sad for having invo luntarily hurt his Royal competitor, began also to crv for sympathy sake, and retired into a corncr to deplore the unlucky termination of their amusement. But the young Prince observing him wipe away his tears, con cealed his own pain, and running towards Ins little friend, exclaimed, " () L. ouis, don't cry then, therj is nothing the matter with inc.!"— Q. uctiJienne. Nov. 23.— I. ailv Cochrane, on her arrival at Leg- horn, was received with every demonstration of joy bv the numerous Greeks residing in that city. It is said that this lady, after staying a short time at Leghorn, proceeded to Pisa, and f at she was escorted the whole way by a grt- afc number of Greek gentlemen, all wearirig the costume of their country. The son of Milr. 1t has fought a duel iu America, witn Colonel Macrpmb. The former was wounded. The last French papers contain accounts from Con- stantinople to the 2< jtli ult. A plot had been arranged, among some of tlie ex- Janissaries, who had been incor- porated amongst the new troo| is, to shoot at a review, Mehcuied Pacha, the Seraskier. Pacha, anJ the Top- schi- Bachi; but their intention haviug lieen revealed iW some Topschis who could not be persuaded to join hi the conspiracy, the Government immediately took the most vigorous measures to punish the conspirators, anil confound their plans. Decapitation, stranglings, anil banishments, then ensued, and the tranquillity of the city seems not to have been interrupted-. The Mufti, however, had determined to disarm the Mussulman as- well as Christian population, and a proclamation had lieen issued li> r regulating thp dress of the Ravas. A letter from Paris, mentions some particulars df the. arrangements in progress for establishing the inde- pendence of Greece. It is affirmed that all tile five great European Powers, Russia, Prussia, Auatriif, France, and England, have united in one firm repre- sentation to the l'urkish Government, in the necessity of putting an end to the horrible- warfare carried on in Greece, with uo prospect on either side of coming to a termination ; that it can no longer lie suffered liv the European Powers ; and they call therefore on the Turk- ish Government to take immediate measures for putting n stop to it. They have no desire to interfere iu a di- rect manner, unless compelled to it by a refusal on the part of the Divan to accede to their recommendation; but should that lie tlie ease, the ships of war of those Powers which have naval stations ofl'the coast of Greece will be instructed to prevent the landing of any new ar- maments in the Morea, and to seize all vessels beatin- r stores for the supply of the hostile troops already iit that country. ' I lie Pacha of Egypt will not lie permitted to send any more expeditions against the Morea. These are said to lie the terms, in substance, dictated to the Porte, which are to be considered conclusive, and which were conveyed in the dispatches to Mr. Stratford- Can- ning at Constantinople, tent off by a messenger which left town on Tuesday last. Thus pressed, there is little likelihood that any resistance will lie offered by the Tur- kish Government, which, it is farther said is so heartily tired of the contest, as to ueed only some decent pretext for putting an end to it. GERMANY. VIEMMA, Nov. 17— Among the arrivals, in the Court Gazette, is his Royal Highness Prince Gustavus of Sweden, Lieut. Colonel iu the Austrian regiment called the Emperoi's Hulans. HAMBURGH; Nov, 24.— In reply to an article in our yesterday's papers from the Lower Ems, we have leen favoured with a communication by tlie agents for lie Rhenish West India Company in this citv, gtatino that " The Company has neither sent a ship to the Brazil, nor has any share in the vessel in question." It was bound to Valparaiso, and was the English brig Louisa, Capt. Robertson, which sailed from the Elbo the 12th November. STOCKHOLM, Nqv. 14..— Swede* lias suffered a severe loss by the suddeu death of Baron Von Skolde- brand, Chief Director of Customs, who was carried off on Saturday by an inflammation of the bowels of a few hours' duration, at his seat at Criksland, to which ho went the day before. . On the 29th June ' tat, he mar- ried the widow of the wealthy proprietor of the great iron works B. M. Biorkm. nt. HAARLEM, NOV. 27— The nnmlw- r of deaths at Groningen, in' the week ending the 2.1d inst, was 85, being 43 fewer than in the week preceding. In general the accounts from those parts, aud from Frlesland, aro more favourable. IVl ' ELTSBUKGH, Nov. 4.— We have Iiefore men- tioned an Iinfierial Decree of the 17th August last, which abolishes that branch of the department of the M inistiy ol the Interior which had ihe carejof the secret affairs, and the censorship of the books imported into Russia. This office, and the persons lielonging to it, are now annexed to the Emperor's own Chancery, and to form the third section of it. General Von Benken- dorf has the direction of it. The Emperor's own Chan- cery will be still further enlarged, and hare in nil live sections. The department of the General Post Office for the censorship of all foreign newspapers and other periodicals brought into the empire, will likewise pro- ceed, next year, in a much more rigorous system of censorship than hitherto. Thus it is now positively affirmed, that for the year 1827 many English, French, and German newspapers, and other periodicals, will be tot .' ly prohibited in Russia. Tlie list cf them, which will be comniunicrted by tbe Post OSk- e to t- ie public at the close of the yet. r, must very soon acquaint us with the extent of the prohibition. Two Ukases, of 28th Sept. and 17th Oct. issued by his Majesty on the representations of Clic Governors of East and West Siberia, grant to several persons, who have been in exile there for various periods, mitigation of their punishment, in consequents of their blameless conduct. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. MADRI D, Nov. 13.— The multiplicity of couriers arriving and departing— tlie freqtient conferences be- tween the Foreign Ambassadors antl our Ministers— and, in fact, every symptom of diplomatic movements^ are presenting themselves before us ; still mystery septus to involve the affaire of our Cabinet, though one thing is evident, that our Court is on the eve of declaring in. favour of the Portuguese Royalists. The protections nay, the menaces, of Mr. Lamb, have not induccil our Monarch to deviate from a certain line of policy. It is probable that it will lie intimated to the English Ambassador, that aa England has begun iiv favour of tho innovations which have taken place in Portugal, Spam has every right to disapprove of them. Anil since the British Cabinet has thought proper to disem- bark troops at Lisbon, since she keeps a squadron in the Tagus, to which the Constitutionalists in-. iy retire when unsuccessful, tlie Cabinet of Madrid has equal right to assemble on their own territories those men who come to seek an asylum against persreutiort and death ; and if the army which has thus emigrated should think proper to go back to Portugal, why slioulit we wrest their arms from their hands ? The Spanish fortresses can aHiird the Portuguese Royalists the same protection that the English vessels allord tlie Liberals,. So far things are equal. The Portuguese Rovaljstsi under the Marquis de Chaves amount to about 5000 op 600Q men : and the other two Royalist columns arc not less than 10,000 ; one of them commanded by Silvevra, and the other by the Governor of Tajrira. The pro- vince of Tras- os Monti s is said, to be the Scotland oF Portugal, and if the PVetender shows himself there, lie will hot want partisans. There are few Constitutiona- lists in this province. AMERICA. The mail from Jamaica puts us in possession of a great mass of South American intelligence, tho greater part of which Is of the most important character. No less than seven departments of Colombia have declared against the existing system by which that republic is go vorned. The nnmes of tlie departments are as follow : Venezuela ( known liefore)/ Apure, Guayaquil, Asuay, tlie Isthmus, Zutia, Magdalena. Tlie sentiments of nil arc declared more or less to lie in favour of tlie fede- ral form of government; some of tliem invoke in strong tortus the return of Bolivar, with dictatorial powers for that purpose. Bv accounts from Lima to the middle of August, the Liberator still remained there, and no- thing was positively known respecting the period of his intended departure for Colombia. The officer who, as we mentioned some time back, had circulated the false Veport of the President's arrival at TroxiUo on his way to Bogota, had been taken into custody, and was to be ' punished for the deception practised on the people in an • ifliiir of so great importance. Some letters state that * Uolivar had written to Paez to appoint a meeting at Bo- gota in November ; but in the correspondence from Lima, the opinion that he would dcclijie visiting Colombia at nil, and that he intended to fix his residence permanently in Pern, is very unhesitatingly expressed. lie is said to be by sio means popular in Lima, and to have given much offence bv marching tbe Peruvian troops out of Call, io, and supplying their places by Colombians. Even hisownoffuys are said to have formed a conspiracy Against him, and twelve, of them, among whom was Ad- miral Guise, the commander of the fleet, had lieen placed under arrest. Bolivar had farther issued an order, requiring all Buenos Avres merchants to quit Lima in fifteen days ; a most extraordinary proceeding, for which no explanation has Wen given. These circumstances, and close observation on the whole of Bolivar's recent conduct, had given rise to the suspicion that, forgetting the patriotic views with which he had entered into the contest, and the model he had proposed to himself in the character of Washington, his mind had become tainted with ambitious views, ending in the acquisition of the supreme power in his own person over the fairest portion of South America, with the title of King or Emperor. Such a conclusion ought not, we admit, to lie adopted cxcept on the clearest evidence ; and the actual accom- plishment of such views ought to be waited for before anv comment in offered upon them; but the suspicion, at least, that they are entertained by the Colombian Pre- sident, is not confined lo Peru, but has been current for some time past among the diplomatic circles of Europe, in the Bogota Constitutional of the 24th August, is a long letter addressed to Bolivar by Santander, the Vice- President, but it is not worth publication, and is only remarkable for evencing implicit confidence in the ad- herence of the Colombian provinces, almost at the mo- ment that the- majority, and by far the richest portion of them, were protesting, by a solemn act, against any farther dependence on the Government of which San- tander was the head. tVah. md gflods in her possession caused 11 general search among the ladies, aud, in the course of it, " Man <! ieu, e'r. it un how me.'" was shriek- ed out by one of the astounded matrons employed in the scrutiny. The unfortunate masqucrader found a very different reception from what he would have experienced at the Argyle Rooms— Hewasconsigned, sans cereniome, to the town gaol ; and, instead of Mr. Charles Wright's " sparkling Champagne," was IUcoimnodated with as much water as he chose to drink, and the usual gaol al- lowance of bread, till the interference of some friends in the town explained the circumstance to the local au- thorities, and procured his release. The petticoats, however, appear to have been confiscated, or, at least, abandoned by their wearer, who returned en cavalier. A HORNED WOMAN. From the American Medical Review. Marlborough, Montgomery County fPennJ, 10</ i July, 1826. DEAR SIR,— I take the liberty to forward for your perusal the following ease of a horned woman, hoping that from its very rare recurrence, it may not prove unacceptable. The account may be relied on, as many besides myself have seen her, aud as she resides but five miles distant from this place. Mrs- B -, aged about 70 years, the wife of a farmer of Bucas county, of a robust constitution, was affected, four years ago, with a very troublesome itching, over the centre of the parietal ione of the left side. In a short time she perceived a hard tumour of a horny structure occupying the place thus affected, which cori- nued to increase, so that by the end of twelve months, it attained the length of one inch. Without any considerable pain, it has progressed iu growth an inch every year, and it is at present four inches in length, and as thich as one's little finger. It is not at- tached to the bone, but it is evidently an affection of the cu- ticle, commencing with a granular hour- glass, shaped tumour of throe- eighths of an inch in length, from which the horn abruptly • iscs. After growing straight for one inch and throe quarters, it ikes, a spiral direction, and has completed nearly a circular turn id a half horizontally of about the diameter of a quarter dollar In appearance it so closely resembles the horn of a buck sheep, that was it placed near a real sheep- sliorn, it would bo dif- ficult to distinguish between them. It is of the'same colour, a dingy yellow ; is as perfectly hard, and has all the rings natural to horn of that animal, tapering also, as it does to the end. As it occasions no pain, except when a blow compresses its flesliy base bctwen the horn aud the bone— and as it is perfectly concoaled by her head- dress, aud on account of what, is of far more moment with her, a supcrstituous belief that it is a judgment from above for some of her manifold sins, she resists all persuasion to have it re- moved. With sentiments of gratitude, 1 am yours, & c. GEO. R. MORTON. Dr. R. Rush Rccs. pie ^ Tavtcttc< J. KINCARDINESHIRE REPORT FOR NOVEMBER. The weather, with the exception of slight showers of snow with pretty sharp frost on the 6th, continued very favourable till within these few days; lint winter has made its appcarance in pretty good earnest. On the forenoon of the 25th, it blew a tremendous storm < if wind, snow, and sleet, from the north— by far the most disas- trous day for the storemaster that has occurred since the memorable 1st of April; TS13. Owing to the violence of the storm, no assis- tance could be rendered to the poor animals in the hills, till the following day, when they were found, in almost every instance, completely blown up, generally iq braes and hollows ; and in many parts covered with snow to the depth of several feet. In some in- stances, they were found lying on their backs, with only their legs sticking out, and in such a benumbed state, that they could not stand for a considerable time after being extricated. Had the snow lieen drier, which, so far as we recollect, was the case on the lst of April, 1813, the slu- ep would have stood I letter out ; but being so wet, more weight of it soon adhered to the wool than they were able to bear; and as the frost was very intense, it was not without considerable difficulty that they were relieved from their perilous situation. They, in short, more resembled frown lumps of snow, when dug out, than sheep. Tbe loss no doubt must be consider- able, but as a number of them is still undiscovered, and as not a few of those found are not likely to live, it is quite impossible to give any correct account of it. Wc liave already heard of several having Jjecn found dead, and some alive, with their eyes picked out by the corbies, which generally soon occurs, wKeh the animals nre uuable to make any resistance. This very unexpected storm has also lieen much against wintering cattle, being driven in all at once from the grass, where they were in no pinch for food, to the fodder, which is too hasty a change for them. Since the 21th, the frost lias been very keen; but to- day the weather is soft, and as it is like- ly to be some rain, perhaps the fields may again be soon cleared of snow. Ploughing of stubble is aliout finished, and in a few in- stances, that of lea commenced; but till now, the land was far too dry for that operation. Uncommonly little of the new crop is yet thrashed out, though the stackyards look as if it were Candlemas; and of course will require the greatest possible economy in regard to foddering the cattle, so as to make the straw do its own turn Many have not yet sold a peck of cither grain or meal of the present crop ; and as they will liave extremely little or none to sell, nnd as the grass rents are everywhere lost, and in many cases something „, ore, landlords will do well to keep this in view at rent time, as it ii quite impossible for tenants to give what they have not to them- selves. There maybe exceptions, but generally speaking, the pro- prietors of this country are not behind their neighbours iu other quarters, in point of liberality to their tenants; and we are sorry to say, that they halve seldom had more occasion to exercise this laud- able principal than this season. At our three hiring markets, via. Stouehaven, Aucliinblae, aud Laureopekuk, last week, there was a great out turn of servants of all descriptions— but many, after at- tending al) the three, were unable tu find masters even at a consider- able reductiou of wages. ISose who kept their places have made the best job of it, as their wages Were little reduced compared vi i h those who were hired in the market. The rate of market wages may be stated th » s : Ploughmen who were getting last half year from til. to ill. were engaged from il. to to 61. 10s. ; and, women who hail from ...'. 10*. to il. from 17. Os. to 1/. 15s aver- age 1/. 10s. T? ie number who appeared for hiring exceeded any thing of tlie kind we recolloct to have seen. Barley has rather de- clined in pricc within this week or two, and oats, on the other hand have continued to advance. Wheat remains pretty stationary. Good fat cattle bring from Os. . o 7s. a stone, and in pretty fair de- mand ; aud good small winterings have also been in rather more re- quest since the date of our last. Indigo We have received letters from Calcutta to the 14 th of July. They give very unfavourable account of the state of the indigo crop." One letter of the 8th, says—" The general opinion of tie crop is, thai it will be very deficient. The estimated quan- tity is— M, GO, to 70,000 lhauuds. Last year's crop if as 110,000 jmiunds. The river is rapidly rising, and tfie crop in no case can exceed 75,000 mauniis. The expa ts to England will consequently be from 10 to 1*, 0OO chests less ' than last season. There are no eomplaints of money being scarce." In another letter, of the 13th, k is mentioned, that « Accounts of tlie ind igo crop, of the most discouraging ilesoription, continue to be received from all the in- digo districts; aud the failure particularly in Bengal) is likely to exceed the most gloomy predictions. There is no indigo in the market; and no prices are quoted for it. Large shipments of cotton have taken place— freight I.. 5 10s. to L. 7. Exchange, 2s, 3s. 111. ; discount on private bills, 7 per cent. ; European good; now in the market, selling generally at an advance of 2s. ( id. per sicca rupee." By letters from Madras, of tlie SOth July, we learn that the second instalment from the Burmese had lieen received, ant' that even- thing displayed tlie appeatance of profound peace. Con- siderable fluctuations had- taken place in the market there, but the difficulties were all surmounted, and money was becoming plentiful again. The Exchange Is. lOd. Requited Lore-— What words can lie more delightful to the hu- man ear, than the unexpected effusions of generosity and affection from a beloved woman ! A young gentleman, after great misfor tones, came to a lady he had long courted, and told her his cir- cumstances were become so reduced, that he actually wanted five guineas. " I am very glad to hear it," said she. " Is this your affection for me ?" lie replied, ill a tone of despondency. " Why • - e you glad ?" " Because," she answered, " if you want five guineas, I can put you in possession of five thousand." Sugar from Wheat Berlin, Nov. 22 We hear a great deal nf the important discovery of M. Wimmel, a brewer of this city, who aims at nothing less than putting an end to all establishments for refining sugar. He has applied to the Minister of the Interior for a patent for a mode discovered by him of refining sugar from wheat. The trials he has made are said to have been very successful ; and as M. Wimmel engages to produce from one Berlin bushel twenty . pounds of perfectly crystal ized sugar, the discovery may be of great importance to the farmers. A Mr. A., of London, a young gentleman possessed of a most delicate complexion, undertook last week, for a considerable wager, to cross from Dover to Calais, ami pass the Custom- house, as a lady 1 Unluckily, real female on board the packet was ilctcctcl *\ ith eon From the LONDON GAZETTE, Dec. 1. St. James's Palace, Nov. 27, 182fi. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight- hood upon Nicholas Conyngham Tindal, Esq. his Majesty's Solici- tor- General. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight- hood upon Lieutenant- General John Fraser, Colonel of tho late Royal York Rangers. Whitehall, Nov. 29, 1826. The King has been pleased to order a writ to be issued under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for summoning the Right Hon. George Granville Leveson Gower ( commonly called Earl Gower) to the Hoielfe of Peers, by the style and title of Baron Gower, of Stittenham, iu the couuty of York. Tills ciretflttsJanco' Covont Garden. After Oodsttte the King kid Ipcn stinj by Mrs. Geesin, Miss Graddou, and Brabant, the opera appointed for the night, the Deed's I. ridge, was gone through with grcnt applause, both on the part of liis Majesty aud the a< » & nee. The Picture Song, which Braham gives with such taste and effect, was encored, anil Miss Graddon and the other performers exerted their best ta- lents with the best result. The national anthem was then repeated, and Rule Britannia succeeded, and we could not but admire the very perfect manner in which the whole house, but especially the galleries, performed the chorus. The afterpiece was Kenny's Lore, Law, and Physic, in which Liston made his first appearance this season* iu his aud the public's favourite part of Lubin Log-. He went through the part with all his original humour and effect, and the King laughed heartily, both at his appearance and his perform- ance. Harley went through the character of Lawyer Flexible with great alacrity of spirit, and W. Beimet made a sufficient Doctor Camphor. As a conclusion, God save the King was called for a third time, after which his Majesty left the house, amjd the cheers of the audience. When the carriage of the Kiyg drove off, the acclamations of the crowd outside the theatre was almost deafening. LONDON, Dec. 4-. THE KING'S LEVEE.— On Monday his Majesty held his first levee for the seaeon ; it was held at St. James's Palace, being the first ever held there by his present Majesty. Soon after two o'clock, his Majesty left his private apartments, and proceeded to his draw- ing- room, habited in a dark blue uniform, decorated with several splendid orders, and ascended the throne, surrounded by his great Officers of State, several of the Cabinet Ministers, and various at- tendants. The Archbishop of Canterbury, with the Dekn of Pe- terborough, Prolocutor of the Lower House, on bis left hand, ad- vanced to the foot of the throne, and read tha address voted by the two Houses, which was received hy his Majesty with gracious ex- pressions of satisfaction. The King's reply contained assurances of continued favour and protection to the Church of England.— Among the dignified clergy were the Bishops of London, Exeter, and Llandaff; of the Lower House, - the Dean of Peterbor ough, Archdeacon Pott, Rev. Dr. Goodenougli, Rev. Dr. D'Oyley, Rev. Dr. Richards, Rev. Mr. Lonsdale, Rev. Mr. Poole, and others. A/ ter his Majesty had returned the answer, he retired to his closet, and gave private audiences to Mr- Secretary Canning and Mr. Secretary Peel, received fhe compliments of tlie diplomatic corps, his Cabinet Ministers, and others who have the privilege of the entree. The King then returned to the drawing- room, in which a chair of state had been placed. Immediately after his Majesty had seated himself, he commenced receiving tbe numerous presentations and visitors. On Saturday afternoon, aliout half- past three o'clock, the King left his Palace, in St. James's, in his private carriage, and paid a visit to his Royal Brother the Duke of York, at the residence of the Duke of Rutland, in Arlington Street. His Majesty's travel- ling chariot and four, with the King's outriders, followed some time after. Soon after five o'clock his Majesty, after taking leave if his Royal Brother, left town in his travelling chariot for his Royal Lodge in Windsor Park. The Princess Sophia also paid a Ion;, visit ou Saturday afternoon to the Duke of York, and took her de- parture shortly before the King. THE KING'S VISIT TO CO VENT GARDEN THE A TRE. Much interest was on Thursday cxciicsl at tbe intelligence of his Majesty's intention to honour this Theatre with his presence. As early as four o'clock, the avenues leading to the Pit and Galleries \ vere crowded with persons anxious to gain admittance, vud the rush upon the opening of the doors was tremendous. On the King's entry at seven o'clock, the anxiety which had been all along manifested burst out in long and repeated shouts of applause, and warmest greetings. His Majesty walked with a firm step to the front of the box, and bowed several times to the audi- ence. God save the King was immediately sung by the whole vocal corps, and joined in at tlie end of every stanza by the audi- ence. No sooner was it finished than an enthusiastic call procured its repetition. The overture then began, and the opera proceeded, with which his Majesty seemed highly delighted, keeping time with his hand during most of the musical pieces, and expressing his ap- probation of the exertions of the performers. His Majesty, whose correct ear and fine taste in music are well known, has often ex pressed himself to be an ardent admirer of Weber's compositions ; a proportionate anxiety was of course felt by the performers to do their best iu " such a presence," and the Obcron never perhaps went off with greater eclat. We never heard Miss Paton in finer voice; the same stimulus, probably, excited her to even more than lier usual exertion, and the applauses, in which the Royalty itself condescended to join most warmly, were commensurate. His Ma- jesty commanded her duet with Madam Vcstri- 3 . to be repeated ; and especially applauded her verse in Rule Britannia, which was given with astonishing brilliancy and effect, and excited a strong sensation in the house. At the conclusion of the opera an instantaneous call for God save the King took place, and the national anthem was- again sung, the audience responding each verse, aud standing as before. It was followed by Rule Britannia. After the fall of the curtain, God save the King was once more repeated, and joined in as before. His Majesty again gracefully bowed to the audience, and retired amidst fresh tokens of public regard. The King's appearance, wc were gratified to observe, indicated most perfect health, aud he was iu most excellent spirits. The Royal Cavalcade to the Theatre, consisting of six carriage? escorted by a party of Life Guards, left the Palace by the garden gate, and proceeded into Pall- mall, through the gates adjoining Marlborough- liouse, passing from tlience by Charing- cross up St, Martin's- lane, Long- acre, James- street, and finally into Hart- street. As his Majesty passed through the various streets, he was loudly greeted by the crowds who had assembled. The King alighted in Prince's place, and entered the Theatre exactly at seven o'clock; Sir. Kemble and Captain Forbes, the proprietors, and Mr. Fawcett, the Stage Manager, in full dress, were in readi to receive his Majesty. The hall by which the King entered the Theatre was lined with a party of the Yeomen Guard, under the command of their Lieu- tenant, Mr. G. Coiman. The Prince aud Princess Esterhazy, Mr. Canning, and a long list of distinguished visitors, were among the company. THE KING If the season should- continue very- damp and open, it has been recommended to his Majesty to visit Brighton, where the air is keen and bracing. The Pavilion is quite ready to receive the Royal Suite. The King remaine 1 at the Cottage in the Great Park during the whole of hist winter. In consequence of the dry- ness of the season, and the continued frost, the character of the wet ground on which the Cottage, stands was corrected by tha weather. A very high paling has lately encircled the whole of the ground on which the Cottage stands, by which passers by and casual travellers are excluded from a sight of even tho smoke that issues from its numberless chimneys. The rides and drives through this beautiful Park, and on the borders of Virginia Water, which were formerly permitted to theneighbouriug gentry, are now wholly devoted to the King and his suite ; and most of the private keys substituted. Windsor Castle will not be habitable until the spring ; and the apartments at St. James's are too confined, and, altogether, too inconvenient to be tolerable for one who lores domestic com- fort; in fact, a large portion of the King's attendants, are compell- ed to lodge in tho house recently occupied by Sir Walter Stirling in Pall- mall. Buckingham Palacc will not bo fit for a Royal resi- dence till late in the ensuing spring. The lofty mound, on which shrubs have been planted, and the meandering water in the, gar- dens behind the house, are nearly complete. These luxuries alone are computed to cost nearly eighty thousand pounds. This esti- mate, we suspect, will not appear in the ^ architect's calculation Morning Chronicle. A letter received from an eminent quarter in Paris states*--" There is great excitement here on account of a proposition made to Eng- land, by Portugal, to allow English officers to get immediate rank, and to take command in the Portuguese army." A morning paper mentions the re- entry into Portugal of some of the rebels who had taken refuge in Spain, and who had been there allowed to organize themx- lves. If this has occurred aud with the knowledge of the Spanish Government it will force upon the French Court effectual steps to restrain folly of its ally. AN UNWELCOME INTRUDER.— Mr. Clifford, a gentleman re- siding in Cursitor Street, made an application to Sir R. Birnie, at Bow Street, on Friday, to compel Mr. Dibble, a butcher in Drury Lane, to pay for damage done to his window, uuder the following laughable circumstances :— Mr. Dibble's man was driv- ing a fine ox towards his master's house, when the animal ran away, and got into Cursitor Street, where ho very deliberately walked into the hall of Mr. Clifford's house, the front door being open. An inner door, however, arrested his progress, and he began poking about the passage until one of his horns caught the bell- wire, aud the house- bell rang. Mr. Clifford's daughter came to answer the call, and, on opening the door, wa3 terribly alarmed at the sight of her horned visitor. She ran screaming up stairs to her papa, who, on hearing the cause, threw up the window and ordered the butcher to remove the animal instantly. The butcher said it was impossible he could alone get the bullock out backwards, and at length a ladder was procured, anil tlic litau got in at the first floor window, and proceeding down stairs commenced the task ot getting out the huge intruder, in which he was assisted by some persons outside, who took hold of the animal's tail and tugged away with all their might. They at length got him out, but not until he had pocked his horns through several panes of glass, and it was to compel Mr. Dibble, the master, to make good the damage that he now applied. HE had made application to Mr. Dibble, but tha latter refused to pay, alleging, that the ox was short- sighted, a defect that he could not be answerable for. Sir R. Birnie said a Magistrate could not interfere; if Mr. Clifford had any remedy at all, it was at the Court of Requests. Singular case.— We copy the following from - a Cape of Good Hope paper of the 19th September:—" Marquis of Hastings,, late Commander Wm. Ostlir, Mr. Martin, Second Officer, in com- mand, ( the Chief Officer Mr. Rowe, having been suspended from duty on the 9th August, for repeated drunkenness and' temporary derangement.)— On the 8th September, about 2 o'clock, tlie ship was discovered to be on fire in the store- room ;— it was soon ex- tinguished, when Mr. Martin observed to the Captain that it was a very strange circumstance ; the Captain answered so it was, the fire must have been put into the scuttle by sonic person maliciously inclined. The Captain then struck his forehead, and retired to after- cabin » fee afterwards wc- nt « Wf mrf • ivBhr'i - t^- raaiB^ ifag^ about two minutes, and then retired td' his state- room. On tho following morning, the cabin boy, about " eight A. M., went in and found the Captain absent Mr. Martin - thai Went to liis ( the Captain's) cabin, and found a paper as follows :—' A bad crew aud a bad first officer is the destruction of William Ostler.' She has put into this port by desire of the qrew, and for refreshments. The fore and spring stays were found burnt, apparently by vitriol, and supposed by the Captain, as a leather bag, which he got made on shore, was found in the state- room, with rosin and burnt paper. The Marquis of Hastings is from China and Batavia." Wednesday morning the penalty of the law was carried into effect on John Hayes, aged 25, George Nichoils, aged 24, James Goulby, aged 18, John Robinson, aged 19, James Boyce aged 25, Robert King, aged 21. They all died penitent. After the men had been turned off some time a cry pf murder and deafening hisses were heard from the crowd ; it was then discovered that the rope was not properly adjusted round the neck of Robinson, and that he was was suffering dreadfully ; the under- sheriffs returned to tbe scaffold and ordered the executioner to adjust the rope, on his doing which the vociferations of the moh were terrible ; it was near ten minutes before animation ceased. The others ( lied without a struggle. don to Bengal— put in or. nrffliirt of tlij crew being in a mutinous state. Madras, July 15..— Arrived the long- expected ship* Juliana, Captain Inncs, from London on the 30-' h January, Portsmouth 8th March, Cape 31st May, and Trinco. - lee 2! s't iust. The Earl Iluntly, Marquis of lluntly, and Circtssian, have iilso arrived. The Earl of Balcarraa, Cameron, Lady MelviHe, Clifford ; George the'Fourth, Barrow; anil. ? Hr. David Scott, M'Taggart, from London, had arrived at Cal- irUa. The country ship Bomb- iy Merchant was wrecked on the lGth June in Bengal Iliver J the master and thirty- five of the crew drowned. The Coldstream, from London to Madras, spoken with on the IS til Oct. in hit. 8. N. Ion. 20. Portsmouth, Nov. 85 Yesterday arrived the Rifleman, 18, Captain W. Carleton, in nineteen days from Halifax, to lie paid off. The following promotions have taken place in the North Ame- rican squadron :— Commander Wcbh, of the Rifleman, promoted to the rank of Captain, and appointed to the Jupiter, vice Sir Wm. Wiseman, Bart, invalided ; Coiiimander Henry Edwards, of the Dotterel!; Lieut. W. Carleton, of the Jupiter, to the rank of.- Com- mander, and appointed to the Itiflem m. Sir W. Wiseman and Capt. Edwards came passengers in the Rifleman. The Orestes sloop of war, Captain W. Jones, while lately cruis- ing off the coast of Labrador, suddenly, in a thick fog, fell award of an Iceberg, and but for the furtHnate circumstance that she had just hove to, to sound, cvei'y one would have been lost, as sbe had just previously been running seven knots. The first intimation the crew had of the ice was by the jib- boom and bow- sprit being carried away, by striking against it; tho rebound happily prevented her bows from touching the mighty mass, and she drifted from it: it wis . con siderably higher than the Orestes's masts head, and appeared comple- tely to overhang thcin: it was drifting to the southward. A few days afterwards the Orestes fell iu with a new American sloop of war, call- ed the Lexington, a flush decked vessel, of 670 tons, with 400 men 110 board, and mounting 28 long I S- pouuders. They cruised together several day to try tlieir rerpectiva rates of sailing, on all points ; and although the Orestes had a jury bowsprit, she distanced the American vessel so greatly, both in going large, and sailing close to the wind, tliat the American Captain was induced to go into Halifax to re- stow his shipn's hold. The Orestes left Newfoundland on the 1st Sept. for Halifax. Kabal lUgistei'. To MARINERS— Deal, Nov. 4, 1820 We beg leave to ac- quaint you, that tl e Galloper light vessel has drilled from her mortrings, and that on the morning of the lst, inst. she bore by com- pass E. N. E. from tho buoy of the Kentish Knock, distant there- from two miles ; it is important to the safety of ships and vessels navigating to and from the northward that the fact should be made known immediately, which is our object in transmitting this in- formation, as received this morning from Mr. James Logan, a pilot of Leith. iWarfctts, $ vC. GENE RAT. AVERAGE PRICES OF COI1N. The following is the General Average which governs Importation, taken from the Weekly Returns of the quantities and prices of British Corn in England anil Wales, for the week ending 24th November. Wheat. d. 55 11 Barley. Oats. Rye. Beans. s. d. s. d. s. d, s. d. 37 0 30 8 40 9 51 1 AVERAGE bv the Imperial Quarter. Pease. » . d. 53 7 Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Rye. Beans. Pease, s- d. s. d. s. d. I s. d. s. d. s. d. 57 8 39 2 31 7 | 42 0 52 8 55 3 The AVERAGE PRICE of BROWN or MuscovAno SUGAR, com- puted from tha Returns made in the week ending the 29th Nov. is 31s, 3jd. per Hundred Weight, duty exclusive. CORN EXCHANGE, Dec. 4. We had a fair supply of Wheat by land carriage samples from Kent anil Essex for this day's market, and, during the morning, several vessels got up from Suffolk, presenting, on the whole, a good shew as" to quantity, and the mealing trade ruled heavily, not- withstanding tlie advance which took place in flour last week. The finest qualities, of Wheat maintained the quotation of Monday last, but other sorts of barley did not; a good deal remaining unsold throughout the day. Barley also experienced a dull sale, as did oats ; and liotli articles would lie noted one shilling per quarter cheaper, though the importation of the latter has been less exten- sive than at any period since their admission. Beans and peas par- took of the almost general depression, anil severally declined from two to three shillings per quarter, according to their respective qualities. No alterations in flour or any other article. Current Prices of Grain. Wheat, Ditto Superfine, Wlieuf, red, ... itrrjey, ...... VK Ditto, fine, .... Rve, Malt, Oats Potatoe, .. Ditto Poland, ... s. s. d. s. s. d. 48 to 52 0 Oats, Feed, . 28 to 31 0 54 to 60 0 Beans, small, ... .' 48 to 50 0 — to Ditto Tick, . 40 to 43 0 ta - SS - 0 1 leans, Imrrow, . . 42 to 46. 0- 38 to 40 0 Pease, Maple, .. . 4- 8 to 50 0 34 to 40 0 Ditto, White, .. 45 to 50 0 55 to 60 0 Ditto, Boilers, .. .. 52 to 54 0 32 to 35 0 Ditto, Hog: . 45 to 4- 7 0 29 to 32 0 Flour, . 50 to 53 0 HADDINGTON CORN MARKET, Dec. 1. We liad a middling supply of wheat in our market to- day, which met with a dull sale; prices lower than last day. Barley ( id. lower and oats tile same as last day. If heat First. 32s. 3d. Second..., 30s. Od. Third 27s. Od. Barley. 20s. Od. 19s. Od. 17s. Oil. Oats. | 22s. ( id. I 20s. Od. | ,18s. 0.1. Pease. 29s. Od. 25s. Oil. 23s. Od. Beans. 29s. Oil 26s. Od 24s. Od NorF. MBKR—( New Stile. J Forfar, lst Wednesday Kelso, 2d day Doune, do. THE KING'S VISIT TO DRURY- LANE THEATRE. The house and the loyalty of the audience were equally over- flowing and exuberant on the visit of his Majesty to Drury- Jane Theatre on Friday. Not a seat remained unoccupied in either boxes, pit, or galleries, immediately after the opening of the doors ; and many hundreds went away disappointed, unable to obtain ad- mission even to the passages. The King arrived at exactly seven o'clock, and was immediately conducted to the Royal box, by Mr. Price, Mr. Wallack, and Mr. Winseon, where lie was greeted by the united acclamations of thousands, which lasted for several mi- nutes. He was dressed in dark blue and gold, aud wan accompa- nied hy the same olfia'i's of ceremony as on the nyht of his visit to FROM LLOYD'S LIST, NOVEMBER 28. Holyhead, Nov. 25.— The Marquis Wellington, Jones, from Liverpool to Baliia, parted her chain cable yesterday evening, at the enterance of this harbour, during a tremendous gale from the N. W. and drove upon the rocks at the S. E. part of the bay, where in a few minutes she went to picces, and all on board, iucluduij pilot belonging to this place, drowned. The Aimwell, Anderson, of Alloa, from Riga to London, hav- ing touched the ground, has put into Copenhagen leaky. Rio Janeiro, Sept. 18.- 2— The following vessels have been sent up here by the Brazilian squadrdn iu the River Plate, being taken as prizes for attempting to break the blockade of Buenos Ayrcs: English brig Atalanta, French brig Jnnon, and ship Courier j Da- nish ship Fortunji; and French brig Jenny. DEC. 1.—. Liverpool, Nov. 27 The Dusty Miller, of this place from Kirkcudbright, is on shore near Soutkport, aud the crew supposed to be drowned. The Ann, Longdill, from Lynn to London, was lost off Lowes- toffe the 26th ult. Crew Saved. MAILS Arrived— 1 Dutch, 1 Flanders," 2 French, I Lisbon, and 1 Jamaica.— Due— 1 Gottcnburgli, 9 Hamburgh, 1 Ameri- can, and 1 Buenos Ayres. EAST INDIA SHITPING. The Katherine Stuart Forbes, Chapman, and Zenohia, Lelion, have ai rived in the Thames from Bengal. Cowes, Nov. 25 Remains, the Hottentot, Sinclair, for Sinca- pore. Portsmouth. Nov. 25 Yesterday arrived the David Scott, Thornhill, to embark passengers for Madras and Bengal; got under weigh this morning, put b ick owing to the wind being N. W.— 27. The David Scott again got under weigh after eight o'clock last night. The Louisa, Mackie, from Leith to Calcutta, was spoken with on the 5th ult. in lat. 1. 20. N. long. 27. W. all well. Arrived in the Downs, the Catherine, Mackintosh, from Cal- cutta ; sailed the 14th June; damaged her rudder, and put into the Cape to repair; sailed the 9th September, and on the 25th spoke a ship, supposed the Catharine Ward, bound to England with troops on board. Also arrived the Sir T. Monro, Coates, from Bengal, and the General Palmer, Truscott, from Madras: the latter with loss of jib boom, having been run foul of; sailed from Madras the SOth July, and St. Helena 3( 1 October. Deal, Nov. 29 Arrived the Marquis of Hastings, Martin, from China ; sailed the 30th April ; from Batavia the 23d July, and the Cape of Good Hope the 26th Sept.— 30. Arrived the Re- liance, Mankind, from Bengal; sailed from the Mauritius the 27th July, and the Cape of Good Hope 11 th Sept. St. Helena, Oct. 7 The Celia, Sherwood, ran on shore on the S4th July, in the Straits of Banca, and was got off by assist- tance of the crew of the Oryntliia.—( Mem. The Celia, was from Manilla and Sincapore for London). Mauritius, Aug. 22.— The Sir Godfrey Webster, , from Penang, Sincapore, & c. for London, arrived here a tew days ago in a very shattered condition, and it is supposed that she will not be able to proceed 28. The Sir Godfrey Webster, is to be surveyed iu the course of the week ; Captain llcynoldsou died two days ago. Cape of Good Hope, S'pi. 14 The Woodburne, from Lon- don, which w is stranded in Table Hay on the, 28th ult. has been condemned anil sold.— 17. Arrived the Reaper,' Broad, from Los- Dornocli, Blair's Fair, do. Edinburgh, Hallowl'air, 2d Monday I. ongside, 2d Tuesday Aboyne, Ilallowfair, 2d Wed. Fortrose, do. Cullen, 2d Friday Beauly, Hallowmass, 12tli day or Wednesday after Rutlirieston, 3d Tuesday Macduff, 3d Wed. and Thurs. Inverness, Wed. after I8th Beauly, Martinmas, Wednesday after Inverness Oidrain, Monday before 22d Potareh, Thurs. before 22d Turriff, 22d, or Sat. before Tarland, Tuesday aud Wednes- day after 22d Glammis, do. after 22( 1 Iluntly, Thill's, after do. or on 22d, if a Thursday Newdeer, do. or on do. ldmeldrum, Sat. after do. ODtan, Aberlour, last Thurs. Itorichie, Ross- shire, last Thur. DECKMIW 11— Strathdon, lst Tuesday Kincardine, Ross- shire, do. Upper Banchory," lst Wed. Newmachar, 2d Monday Colbockie, 2d Wednesday Perth, 11th day Mortlacli, Dustan, 2d Thurs. Inverness, 22d day ( Old Stile. J lluntly, Andermas, lst Tu. Ellon, ditto Linlithgow, 4th day Inverury Feeing Market, Thurn before Term. ( Old Stile.) Strichen, Hallow- liiir, IstTucs. and Wednesday Ellon, ditto Huntly, Martinmas, lst Tess. Grantown, lst Thursday Banff, 1st Friday Peterhead, 2d Tuesday Methlick, St. Dennis'Fair, do. and Wednesday Forres, St. Leonard's, 2d Wed. Hamilton, Carstairs, 2d Thurs. Falkland, 1st or Tues. after Stonehaven, Thursday before Martinmas Montrose, 1st Friday after Keith, Martinmass, 3d Tues. Cromarty, 3( 1 Tuesday Udiiv, do. Lenabo, do. and Wednesday Rayne, Andermas, 4th Tues. FettercaiVn, last Tuesday Fordyce, 4th Thursday •( New Stile. J Turriff, lst Tues. and Wed. Elgin, Andermas Fair, do. Rothiemay, 2d Tuesday Old Deer, Dustan Fair, do. and Wednesday Fochabers, Bcllic Fair, Sd Wed- nesday Dingwall, Tuesday before Christ • mas Stonehaven, Thurs. before do. Turriff, Saturday before do. shown fn- d. iy, war- milch about the « Mnt> - is hit week, viz. 1209, mostly G. dKways. Price? ran from 5s. 6d. to ( is. ( id. perhaps some of the very licit as " high n< vs. per stone of 10 lbs. sinking the offal. The demand for winterings was vcry: limited, and prices again a little lower, efjxjpt good Galloway h'eifers, which were eagerly sought after by the biwdcr dealer*. There Were a few cart loads of pork in the market, which went off slowly, at from 4s. 3d. to 4s; 8d. par stone of 16 lbs. • - ' Dunoon Cattle Market TS'o new trysts having lately been appointed to lie held annually at DunOon, the first of them toiik place ou Tuesday the 21st November. There were present many lots of very good cattle, both for the shambhw and for wintering, attended by almost all the respectable graziers in Cowal ; hut few or no low country buyers appeared. The native dealers, however, made some purchases, at what Were considered fair prices. .... Morpeth, Nov. 29.— At our market to- day there Vas a very great show of cattle-; which met witn dull sale, at a reduction in price ; being a short, supply of sheep, they sold readily, at an aiW vance in price.— Beef, 4s. 9d. to 5s. 6d. per stone sinking offal Mutton, 4s. 9( 1. to 5s. lOd. The Martin- lias Fair of Doon began on Tuesday. There was a pretty fair supply of the usual sorts of lean stock. Business began with cattle for wintering, such as young cows and qUeys. Best sorts sold readily at the prices obtained at last market, Stota Were dull, and prices rather lower. There was a large supply of ewest but wedders were scarce. The best lot of wedders that appeared were pastured, ou the Ochil Hills. They were four years old, an: l sold at nearly twenty pounds a score. There Were no wedders ap- peared in the market so good as these by 5s. a- head. The prices in general ran from 13s. to 15s. Ewes sold from & 1. to 9/. IOs. a score, being a fall of- from Is. Cel. a- head. No English or south country dealers appeared in the fair. FOREIGN' MARKETS. Antwerp, Nov. 17 The favourable intelligence brought by th" laat English mails but one, respecting grain in general, and iu par- ticular in respect to oats and beans, had such an cffect on our trade, that every article was held, and in many instances paid much de, it- er. New red wheat rules at 39s. 8d. to 39s. 8d. the weight is 61 to 62 lbs. per imperial bushel; new white, of about 60 lbs. is held at 38s. 8d. and there are purchasers at 37s. 7d. We do not ob- serve that any farther purchases of rye are making for English ac- count; our prices remain at 27s. ( id. to 28s. Id.; there is a toler- ably brisk demand at 27s. for the Dutch distilleries. We are well supplied with new winter barley, nnd fair quality, weighing 8 4 lbs. per imperial bushel, might be obtained at 2 Is. 9d. New bnuik" 24s. New bastard brew oats, ofabout; 38 lbs. per imperial bushel, are not obtainable under 26s. 9( 1,; good ditto, of 30 to 37 lbs. tin-, der 22s. 5d. to 23s. ti'd. New uneven coloured feeds, of SI to : i; 3 lbs. 2; ls. 10( 1. to 22a. 5d. ' file supplies of all sorts are scant -, and the market docs not appeltr to have as ye't attained the highest pitch, Copenhagen, Nov. 10.— The prices of grain with us have risi. il within these eight days 25 to 35 per cent, and as many purchiser.^ for Swedish account have been made, onr stocks are for the moment cleared off. Oats are very high, and harley, which is scarce, fetches great prices. When the exportation can no longer be continued, probably our prices may incline so as to induce purchases for foreign account to be made,, and placed in granary until open water. COTTON.— There has been rather an increase in tho demand for Cottons this week : the sales for the week ending last night inclu- sive, consist of 100 Surats 5| d. a 5| d.; 500 Bengal 5| d. a 5jd. 500 Madras 5( 1. a 5jd. ; 50 Bowed 7( 1. The letters from Liver- pool this morning state that on Wednesday 2000 bags of Cotton were sold ; the market was steady. From Manchester the letters state there was more business doing: DUNDEE MANUFACTURES. 31b. lint handsp. — — 31b. mill- spun, 2s. 3d. a 2s. 4d. - lib. ditto, Os. Od. to. Os Od. 5lb. ditto, . Os. Od. to Os Od. 61b. ditto, . Os. Od. to Os Od. 71b. lint do. . . — 61b. tow, do. p. lb. 2s 4dto 2s 10( 1 71h. tow do. do. 2s 5d to 2s 8( 1 Slb. towdo. do. Os 4d to Os 4id' 10 and 121b. do. 4d to Os OOd FI. AX. £ as 00 I Risten< t, 3 Brand,£ 30 0 a £ 31 33 0 a — 40 0 a 0( P Pctersb. 12hd. .€ 36 Ditto, 9 ditto, 32 a 33 00 ! Licbau, Riga Thiesenhaus, 40 a 42 00 I Archangel, Drujana cut, . 35 a 37 — | Flemish, . . 00 0 a II HEMP. Pctersburghclean, ,£ 40 a £— Drtijana rass, . £ 00 a £—- Ditto half- clean . 82 00s a 00 Common raSs . . 00 a 00 Riga Rhine, 00 a 0 00 Codilla, . . 20 Os a 00 SMITHFIELD MARKET. Beef, 4s. Sd. to 5s. Od. Veal, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 9d. Mutton, ... 3s. 9( 1. to 4s. 4d. Beasts, 654— Calves, 222— Sheep and Lambs, 4270- Pork, . Lamb, , 4s. 4,( 1. to 5s. Od Os. Od. to Os. Od - Pigs, 120. 3 per C. Red. 3 per C. Cons 3 J per Cent. Red. . 4 per Cent. 1826 New 4 Gent. PRICE OF STOCKS. 625} mil 88} S7i oeiH India Bonds 37 36 pr. Exch. Bills, 10001. 18 19 pr. Bank for Acc. Con. for Acc. 8SJ 84 j EDINBURGH, Dec. 5. Edinburgh Corn Market, Nov. 29.— We had a fair supply of all kinds of grain to- day— sales flat. Top prices the same as last day, with the exception of Pease and Beans, which were 6( 1. lower. Edinburgh Ceittle Market, Nov, 29 The siqiply of sheep to- day was great, that of lambs small, number, 2973. The sale of sheep was dull, and a great many remained unsold. Cheviot weddcrs 15s. to22s. ; ewes 10s. to21s.; black- faced wedders 13s. togh ewes 8s. to 15s. In the Grassmarket there was a great supply of cattle, 360 ; prices from 5s. to 7s. 6.1. per stone, sinking otfals. The sale was slow, and a good many remained uusold. Prices of Day and Straw. Nov. 28 Oat Straw, i5s. tolOs.; Barley ditto, 9s. to 10s.; Wheat ditto, 9s. to 10s. per kemple. llay Is. 2d. to Is. 4d. per stone, tron weight. Glasgow Cuttle Mecrhet There were 193 fat cattle in Glasgow Market on Monday. Of these about 30 were country cows; about a dozen were brought in from distilleries, and the remainder of the supply was composed of West Iliglanders. At this season a number of these fine little beasts are sold for marts, but owing to the severe pressure of the times, the demand in this way is very, limited. Many families who formerly purchased a mart are now unable to purchase a quarter, and tile Went Highlanders were purchased al- most exclusively bylleshers. Prices ran, according to their quality, from 6s. 6( 1. to 8s. 6( 1. a- stone beef and tallow. The sheep amounted to 2210. Iilack- faced ewes, from 6s. ( id. to 10s. ( id. and a lot very superior sold at 18s. Black- faced wedders sold from lis. to 18s.; and a lot of line Cheviot hogs at 16s, a- head. The sheep were all sold off. Dumfries Cattle Market, Nov. 22 The number of cattle HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY. Yesterday the Court met, when Hugh Hoscy was placed at [ fid bar, charged with entering the house of Major Jamieson, LertU Links, on the 27th August, by means of a false J; ey, and with stealing therefrom a silver snuff- box, a gold repeater and suals, a silver knife and fork, & c.; he was also charged with being habit » and repute a thief. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Tlie Lord Ad- vocate restricted the libel, and Lord Gillies proposed that the pri soner should be. transported for fourteen years, which sentence wa4 passed accordingly. This youth had liefore been tried and convicted' at this bar, but owing to one of the Jury being under age, the pro- ceedings were annulled. George Thomson, carver, and James Fowler, Wright, were charged with five different acts of theft in dwclling- hoitses, to all of which Thomson pleaded guilty, its did Fowler to a'l but the se - cond. The Lord Advocate restricted the libel, and the prisoners, who were both young, were sentenced to fourteen years' transpor- tation. Michael Logan, labourer, was then placed at the bar, charged with uttering as genuine four forged notes, of the nominal value of one pound, purporting to be of the British Linen Company, know- ing the same to lie forged. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the two first acts. The Lord Advocate in this case also restricted the libel, aud the prisoner was sentenced to be transported for fourteen years — The Lord Justice Clerk animadverted strongly on the enormity of the crime, and its dangerous tendency in a country relying so much on its paper currency, and remarked that the crime was capital, and should the commission of it go on, his Majesty's Ad- vocate would see the necessity of letting the law take its course as an example. On Saturday, tho following prisoners were indicted to stand trial before the High Court of Justiciary :— R. Holmes, for robbery • William Alexander and Janet Broomfield, or Martin, for mur- der ; George Wilson and Robert Wilson, for housebreaking; and Margaret Bruce, and others, for theft and reset. GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND. Thursday being St. Andrew's Day, the Grand Lodge of Scotland assembled in Freemasons' Hall, for the purpose of electing the Grand Office- bearers for the ensuing year, when the following Noblemen and Gen- tlemen were unanimously chosen : His Most Gracious Majesty GEORGE IV. Patron of the ancient Order of St. John's Masonry for Scotland. The Right lion. Thomas Robert Earl of KinuouU, Grand- Master- Mason of Scotland. The Right Hon. Francis Lord Eloho, Deputy- Grand- Mister. The Right Hon. John Lord Viscount Gicuurchy, l'ast- Gi- and- Master. Wm Inglis of Middleton, Esq. Substitute- Grand- Master. John Warrender, Esq. Senior Grand- Warden, Sir David Moncriefte, Bart. Junior Grand- Warden. Sir John Hay of Smithfield and Hayston, Bart. Grand- Treasurer. Alexander Lawrie, Esq. Grand- Secretary. W. A. Lawrie, Esq. Assistant. Jainea Bartram, Esq. Grand- Clerk. John Maitland, Esq. Assistant. John Thin, Esq. Architect tb the Grand Lodge. William Cunningham, Esq. Jeweller. Mr. Archibald Paterson, Bible- bcaren Mr. George Buchanan, Tyler. After the election, the Grand Lodge havino been joined by a large body of the brethren, proceeded to celebrate the great annual convivial meeting or festival of St. Andrew, Wm Inglis, Esq. of Aliddleton, in tlte chair. We think every person possessing common candour, must be dis- gust d by the heartless and base attempts made to run down Mr. Hume, the most, useful [, u! lie man in the kingdom, for a transac- tion, which, whatever difference of opinion thyre may be as to its prudence, implies not the slightest violation of the laws of morality or honour. Mr. Hume would have acted more wisely had he either not sold his Greek stock, or having sold it, had he refused to be indemnified for his loss. We think tills, because though he has done m thing that is wrong in itself, and nothing that would have exposed a less conspicuous man to one word of censure, he ou » ht to have known that the servic. s he has rendered tothe country, so far from sheltering any errors he may fall into, only iniluce men to try his acts by a more rigorous standard than is applied to the conduct of uthcr persons. Habits of economy and business accuracy have made Aft. Ilume the man lie'is ; and fault is found with him, that Vie does not display that magnanimous disregard for money, which might be expected from a Dcke of Devonshire or Bridgewater, but ih not so cheap a virtue for " man of moderate wealth like Mr. Hume, and which is moreover rarely found - in those who are the architects of their own fortune. We wish Mr. Hume had not taken the thirteen hundred pounds, localise the reputation of a public man is precious, and it imports him much not only to be scrupulously pure in his conduct, but to avoid evergact that may afford a handle to malignity. But having taken it, we trust he will not be bullied into the weakness of giving it up, by the atrocious calumnies of a !} Wrt of the press. He may rest assured that those who urge him to this act would turn roUnd on him the moment it was done, and tell . bim that he stood self- convicted by the proceeding. The confidence of the honest and discern! ng% part of the public in him is unshaken; and, till he does something to forfeit this, he will never gain the . good opinion of his enemies. When those who now libel him be- come his eulogists, or cea « e to blacken him when they think they have an opportunity, he may depend upon it, his usefulness as a public man is at an end.—- Scotsman. John Dickson of Hartree, Esq. advocate, has presented Mr. James Proudfoot, preacher of the gospel, to the church and parish of Culter, in the Presbytery of Biggar, vacant by the death of the Rev. Wm Strachan. ECLIPSE or THE SUN.— This striking phenomenon in nature was seen to great advantage here on Wednesday. It began at 34 min. past 9 A. M. and ended 4- 7 min. past TI. The morning for a November one, was remarkably fine. The splendid luminary was occasionally hid by light passing" clouds, which tended to im- press the mind of the observer with more sublime ideas of the ob ject of his wonder, and rendered it more distinct to those not pro- vided with suitable glosses. The' conjunction too': place at 41 ' min. past 10, soon after which the atmosphere thickening, the eclipse was altogether hid from observation, aud rain succeeded. BIRTHS. At 17, Great King Street, on the 28th ult. the Lady of James Curtwright, Esq. of a son. At No. 4, Hermitage Place, Mrs. M'Kean of a daughter. On the 27th, ult, Mrs, George Hill, 8, St. Andrew's Square, of a daughter. At Weens, Roxburghshire, on the 20th ult. the Lady of George C'eghom, E » q. of a daughter. MARRIAGES. At the Marquis of Ailesbury's villa, at East Sheen, on the S3d ult. Thomas Frederick Vernon Wentworth, Esq. of Wentworth Castle, county of York, to Lady Augusta Louisa Bruderiell Bruce, tlie eldest unmarried daughter of the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury. At the Right Hon. the Lord Provost's, on the 29th ult. by the Hev. Dr. Thomson of St. George's* Liueenant- Golonel Command- ant William Douglas Knox, of the Hon. East India Company's ser- vice, on the Bengal establishment, to Jane, eldest daughter of the late John Wattie, Esq. London. At Morpeth, on the 30th ult. William Thomson, Esq. to Ann, daughter of the late Robert Car, Esq? of Bowsdon, Northumber- land. . DEATHS. At Ashling, near Chichester, on the. 23d ult. Stair Douglas, Esq. Rear- Admiral of the White. In Great Marlborough Street, London, on the 22d ult. Mr. John Gow, who was for many years an able conductor of the ball- liinsic iu that metropolis. lie was oldest surviving son of the cele- brated Neil Gow. AtLichdon, Barnstaple, in the 20th year of his age, Mr. Valen- tine Hewlett. The death of this young man was occasioned by drinking cold water when in a proluse perspiration from excessive exercise. At his house, No. 1, Hope Street, Leigh Walk, on the 23d ult. Mr. James Weir, aged 67. At Dun dries, on the 18th ult. John Anderson, Esq. banker. f ed 82. a At the College of Montevilliers, near Havre de Grace, on the . iJth ult. Archibald Buchanan, Esq, At his house, in Albemarle Street, London, on the 26th ult. Lieut.- General Alex. Kyd. At Highbury Place, London, on the 26th ult. in the 82d year of his age, John Nichols, Esq. F. S. A. author of the History of Leicestershire and Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century, and for nearly fifty years editor of the Gentleman's Magazine. At his house, . No. 2, Baxter's Place, Edinburgh, on the 28th ult. in the 71st year of his age and the 50th of his ministry, the Rev. James Hall, D. D. minister of the United Associate Congrega- tion of Broughton Place, and for many years the Father of the Edin- burgh United Associate Presbytery. B MIIS. STUANACK F. GS to inform lier friends and tin4 public* that she has just received from London, some Boxes of FRENCH and BRITISH MILLINER Y, consisting of Ladies Head Thesttes o f every description. ami Silver and Artificial Flowers. Muslin, fjace, and Dress Collars, Pelerinesf § •<% Baby Linen of all kinds. Children's Cloth Pelisses, handsomely braided. Bonnets and Hats. London- made Ladies Boots and Shqes, in great variety ; also Lined with Fur. . .. Chiltlren's Dancing Shoes « French Jointed, Patent Waterproof.\ Spring, and other Clogs. 10, QUEEN STKEET, CHRONICLE. COURI^ 6th December, 1826. . N. B.— LADIES WORK, of ingenuity, disposed of as itsual. ^ SALE OF ELEGANT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. Upon Tuesday, the 19th December curt, there will be sold, by auction, within the Town and County Furniture Ware Room, No. 31, Castle Street, rjMIK Whole HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE therein— consisting of 4 sets of Mahogany Grecian and other Chairs— a set of Dining Tables— one Loo, and two Card Tables, pillar and claw, of best rosewood—- also 1 2 Chairs, imitation rose- wood, all to match, to be sold together or separately, as purchasers may incline ; one Zebra Wood Loo Table, and Card Tables to liiatch— one rich Mahogany Loo Table, pillar and claw-— two Ma- hogany Dining Tables, with pillar and claw— 7 Tea ditto, some with rich curls— a handsome Mahogany Sideboard— 8 solid Chests of Drawers, with columns— 5 Common, and 2 Wainscot ditto—- 2 Prince Regent Easy Chairs, in hair cloth— one Common ditto— 2 Hair Cloth Sofas— 3 pair of Bedsteps— Mirror Glasses—- Carpet- ing and Rugs— about 100 yards of Floor Cloth— a second- hand Sideboard— Feather Beds and Mattresses— Kitchen Furniture, & c. The above, for elegance and variety, is such an assortment as seldom comes to market. They will therefore be found well worth the public attention ; and as tlie whole is under the necessity of being immediately sold off, without reserve, bargains may be expected. Sale to begin at XI o'clock forenoon. ...... BROWN & SON, Auctioneers. N. B.— The Furniture may be seen any day previous to the sale. HOUSES FOR SALE BY PRIVATE BARGAIN. ALL and Whole, these TENEMENTS ofLAND, built au, l re- edilied by James Thomson, Messenger in Aber- deen, aud John Sligo, Wheelwright there, lying on the east side of the CASTLEGATF. of ABERDEEN, measuring about seventy feet in length, aud twenty feet in depth. This Pro pert)', which consists of three DWELLING- HOUSES, will 1M; sold at a price, so as to insure to a purchaser a good return for his money ; and as the Houses are in the neighbourhood of the large Cotfon Mill, erected near the Links, they will always be sure to tin,) tenants. For particulars, apply to John Fleming, advocate, Aberdeen. 1,- MAHIS£ HAL STRHET, 5th Dec. 1826. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. DAVID EARQUIIARSON, Merchant, North Street, " Aberdeen, having granted a Trust Despositign, in favour of WILLIAM GRAY, Advocate, in Aberdeen, for behoof of his Creditors :— All those having claims upon him are requested to lodge ths same with Mr. Gray, within ten days ; and those indebt- ed to him are requested to settle their Accounts with Mr. Gray, withinthe like space to avoid prosecution. Aberdeen, Wh Dec. 1S26. NOTICE TO THE CREDITORS OF GEORGE N1COL, residing at Pilmuxton, near Aberdeen. ' I NICOL hereby reqnire all those having Claims on him to lodg, the same, with the vouchers, and affidavits to the verity thereof, with William Smith or William Westland, Advocates iu Aberdeen, Agents to the Trustees, within one month from this date; certify- ing that those, who fail to comply with this intimation, will not be entitled to any share of the trust funds. Ann, Tpon Monday first, at 1 1 o'clock forenoon, will be sold, by public roup, at the said George Nicol's house, at Pitmuxton, the HOUSXHOI D FURNITURE, and other Effects belonging to him, con- sisting of Horses and Cirts. Milch Cwws, Bear and Fodder, kc. Aberdeen, Gtli December, 1B20. ABERDEEN: SATURDAY, December 9, 1826. SUMMARY oYTb LIT ICS. ON tlie 29th ult. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the Rev. ItoBKRT TAYI OR, who^ tates himself to lie an ordained Clergyman of the Established Church a Bachelor of Ai ts of St. John's, Cambridge, a Mem her of the College of Surgeons, and Chaplain of the Universal Benevolence Society— narrating that, after a ' aborious investigation and research, he cannot give credence to the Christian Faith, and praying that the House will take measures for removing that absurdity in the practice of the Knglish law, which rejects tiie testi- mony of persons professing the principles of Natural Theology, or pure Deism, while it admits that of Jews: Mahometans, Hindoos, Chinese, and Pagans of any and*; very denomination. Nothii g can be more edifying than the sort of de- bate or discussion, which ( it is alleged) ensiled on the question, of receiving this very moderate petition of the Rev. Chaplain of the Universal Benevolence Society, nor ( if we mav credit the reporters.) would it be easy to select a choicer instance of the complacent sangfroid, nav the chuckling self- congratulation, with which it is usual to violate the rules not of reason, not of sound logical deduction only— but of plain common sense, under the broad shield of political and legal as cendancy. It has lieen well said, that the absurdity complained of by Mr. TAYI OR is heightened by this, that in the mere matter of civil right, the exclusion of the testimony of the Sceptic is injurious in general, not to the Sceptic, but to the Christian, who needs it— the testimony of the former bein£ excluded, oil other grounds, ill the general case, irr matte rs w here lit has a personal interest— and that in cases of this nature, where it is admissible, the only effect of this absurd stigma must lie, to defeat the ends of justice for the advantage of the individual to whom it attaches. The personal character of the Reverend Chaplain of the Universal Benevolence Society is a matter obviously of very little importance to the merits of a constitutional question like this. It has lieen somewhat testily ob- served of Mr. TAYLOR, that he wears a shovel hat, and that his sect is a " little sect." We certainly have our own misgivings as to whether, in the present state of his faith, Mr. TAYLOR has any well founded title to a shovel hat: Aud in one sense it niuy lie true that his sect is a " little sect"— that part of it, to wit, which embraces those, who, bv a candid profession of their opinions, deprive themselves of all credit for Veracity, is beyond question " little." What may be their numbers who, bv their hypocrisy, fully qualify themselves to lie believed on their oaths, is a question which, God forbid we should hastily enter on. That liesides wearing a shovel hat, and belonging to a little ' aect, the Chaplain of the Universal Benevolence Society is chargeable with being somewhat fantastic, may be fairly argued from that part of his Petition which prays that his little sect may be swoyn " on the Works of Nature"— a prayer which, to our Scotch ears, ( ac- customed as we are to a very deistical form of oath) has, certainly, a smack of alilctation. The truth of the matter is, that the Rev. Chaplain seems to be a sort of amiable enthusiast, or as it may- be more ill- naturedly expressed, a fanatic in his own way— with a spice of vanity, and a little love of singu- larity. These are foibles. Alas ! they are not peculiar to the " little sect" of Philosophical Theists, and form but sorry reasons for putting their possessor beyond the pale of English law, and of Christian charity. BIRTHS. At Sunnybank, on the 3d iustant, llie Lady of Lieutenant- Col. D. FORBES, of a daughter. At George Town, Demerara, on the -. V. h of September, the Lady of JOHN MURRAY M'GUSTY, was safely delivered of a daughter. MARRIAGES, At Aberdeen, on Tuesday lust, by the Rev. James Foote, the Rev. ALEXANDER URQUHAKT, of Tough, to MARGARET, youngest daughter of the late Baillie George Forbes, merchant in Aberdeen. DEATHS. At Maybank, on the 24th ult. in the 89th year of her age, Mrs. GI. EN. NIE, after much previous suffering, aud giving birth to < t daughter, who survived only a lew hours. At her house, Rosebank, on the 25tli November, Mrs. MARY OCTERLOSY, daughter of the late David Ochterlony, Esq. of Tilly- h- isky, aud widow of the late Alexauder Dyce, Es< j. of Aberdeen, at the advanced age of 95 years. At Ashgrove, on the 29th ultimo, Miss ANN FORBES, eldest daughter of the late Rev. George Forbes, Minister of Lochell. At Pitgaveny House, on the 26th ultimo, in the 67th year of his age, JOHN BRANDER, Esq. of Pitgaveny. AI Montrose, on the 23d ult. JAMES REN NY, Esq. At Peterhead, on the 28d of October, GEORGF. ARGO, Esq. Surgeon. In this person the following things were highly estima- ble and remarkable :— Genius and professional skill : the liberality and independence of his opinions ; the vigour, activity, and in- ventive nature of his understanding; equanimity, mildness of man- ners, and facetious wit ;' charity, humanity, and integrity ; and his intrepid coolness, dexterity, and self- command in the hour of danger. His mind was sincerely religious and devout, without ever having lieen contaminated by the hidecus presence either of bigotry or of fanaticism. At Inverness on the 21st November,- Mrs. MACKINTOSH, Tullich, aged 71 years. At New York on the 24th October, JOHIJ MATHESON, Esq. late ofAttadale. At Port- au- Prince, on the 29th August, CHARLES GORDON, E& fj. Vice Consul to the British Government. In Tobago, on the 15th September laat, CHARLES GRAY, Esq. of Observatory, and ChailotSe- ville, Jged 66. Mr. Gray was a Member of Council, and Colonel of the Militia ; a man of the greatest heipitalitv, and strictest integrity ; and is much regretted by his friends and correspondents. Extract from the Jamaica papers. " Died atElam estate, in St. Elizabeth's, on the 7th September, sincerely regretted, DA^ ID MORRICE, Esq. an old and much re- spected inhabitant. His remains were removed to George's Valley, attended by a numerous assemblage of his friends and all classes of the inhabitants, who deplored- the death of so good a man. His loss will long be felt by the poor particularly, to whom he was a kind benefactor ; and it may troiybe said, that few men ever quitted this life more lamented." The deceased was fourth son of the late Rev. William Morrice, of Kincardine O'Niel, Aberdeenshire. PROPOSED TAX ON THE NAVIGATION OF THE OPEN SEA. We consider it our duty again to call the attention of the public to the proposed New Act of Parliament for the Harbour of Peter- head. We observe, by a notice in a contemporary paper, that tlie Trustees for improving that Harbour mean to persist in endeavour- ing to obtain powers from Parliament to levy a Tonnage Duty on all vessels which may be under the necessity of taking shelter in any of the bays of Peterhead. We have already given it as our opinion, that such a measure would be altogether unwarranted and unprecedented; and after reading the statement of the Trustees, we must 6ay, that the opinion we formerly expressed remains un- changed. . In the article which appeared in the Journal, there is a rather lengthy historical and topographical account of the Harbour of Peterhead. We are told,' that in 1735, the Royal Burghs of Scotland, the Shipmasters of Leith, the Merchants of Edinburgh, the Town Council of that city, all bore testimony to the ne- cessity of constructing a proper Harbour at Peterhead; and that in 1772 the Provosts of Aberdeen and Banff expressed a similar opi- nion. Now, this may be all perfectly true. But we should like to be informed in what respect it justifies the imposition of a Tax upon vessels taking shelter in the bays. If a vessel find shelter in a harbour, it is right that she should pay a proportion of the ex- pense by which that harbour is maintained, but surely there can be no justice in making any one pay for an advantage which had never been received. In favouring the public with a history of the Harbonr of Peter- head, the writer of the article in the Journal has forgotten to state some circumstances of which it may be worth while to take some notice. The good people of Peterhead have, at no distant period, received upwards of £' 15,000 from Government, in aid of the improvement of their harbour; and they also received at an earlier period, subscriptions from Leith, Alierdeen, Banff, and many other places, for tlie same purpose. It therefore appears to us, that the Peterhead Harbour Trustees ought tu be well satisfied with the advantages they have already obtained, without seeking to extend their jurisdiction nearly half a mile into the open sea. It would be just as reasonable to apply to Parliament for power to tax a vessel for the water » m which she floats, or for the wind by which she is propelled, as for the shelter she may receive from a headland or a bay. It must lie obvious, that if such a precedent were once establish- ed, no one can tell to what extent the principle may lie carried. In process of time, there may • not be a creek on the coast into which a vessel can run for shelter, without being boarded by a tax- gatherer with his claim fiu' tonnage dues. We trust, therefore, that the ship- owners in this and the neigh- bouring ports will take immediate steps to prevent the establish, meut of such a danger, HIS precedent. When we consider the man- ner in which Parliamentary Committees are too often constituted, we would not at all wonder at this imposition receiving the sanc- tion of the Legislature, unless it were opposed by the parties in- terested; and we are very certain that if it meet with opposition it must be thrown out. We hope alHO that our Magistrates, as Trustees for the Harbour of Aberdeen, will step forward, aud de- terminedly resist such an unwarrantable addition being made to the burdens which already press BO heavily on the shipping interests of tlie kingdom. THEL HARBOURS OF PETERHEAD. ( Aberdeen Journal. J A notice having been given, that it is intended to make applica- tion to Parliament, daring the present session, for leave to bring in a Bill, to alter and amend the Act of the 47th year of his late Majesty, entitled, " An Act for deepening, enlarging, maintaining, " and improving the harbour of Peterhead, in the county of Aller- deen and for farther improving the said harbour. Sec. The fol- lowing particulars, in regard to these liarbonrs, are deserving the attention of the public, especially those concerned in chipping, fre- quenting the east coast of Scotland. The harbours of Peterhead, ifr is well known, are situated upon the most easterly point of land in Scotland, and are near ly at equal distances from the Frith of Forth on the south, and the Moray Frith on the north ; and vessels passing either south or north, when met by contrary winds, take shelter either in them, or m the bays adjacent, until the wind gets fair. Previous to the. erection of the present south harbour, many ves- sels coming to an anchor in the south bay, having no harbour to run to, were either obliged to put to sea again during storms, or were driveu upon the shore and totally lost; and even after a har- bour was built, yet, owing to its small size, and the want of a suf- ficient depth of water, vessels were frequently prevented from taking j the beneMt of it, and in consequence, on various occasions, lost. These facts are sufficiently established by two attestations of a pub- lic kind j one in 1335, by the royal burghs of Scotland, the ship- masters of Leith, £ he merchants of Edinburgh, and the Town Council of that city ; and the other in 1772, by the Provosts of Aberdeen and BanftV Since the period when these attestations were given, the harbours of Peterhead have been much improved, and very considerably ex- tended ; the south harbour, containing a space of six acres, and the north harbour, nine acres ; and they have been known to afford shelter, at one time, . to upwards of 120 sail of wind- bound vessels. It at present happens j, however, that vessels taking shelter in these harbours are detained for a very long period, and at a considerable expence to the owners, from the difficulty of getting out of them, except when the wind blows from particular quarters! Thus vesseis taking shelter in the south harbour, and bound for the north, cannot get out of the south bay while the wind is from the south ; aud vessels in the north harbour, and bound for the south, cannot get out while the wind is from the north ; but, were tihere a commu- nication to be made between the two harbours, so that vessels could pass from the one, to the other, wind- bound vessels would not be detained an hour after the weather moderated. If a cut, or com- munication of this description were made, a very great saving of time and expenee would certainly accrue to the owners of vessels frequenting the east coast of Scotland. It seems unnecessary, to detail the various steps that have been taken to improve these fyirbours since they were put imderthe charge of the Parliamentary trustees, appointed by the Act now about to expire ; or to show that the improvements made by these trustees have tended equally to the general accommodation of the shipping interest, ami the prosperity of the port of Peterhead. It is deserv- ing of attention, however, that these harbours are vested in the Parliamentary trustees aqd community of Peterhead, under an ex- press condition, that thq whole revenue arising from them shall be for ever laid out for their, farther improvement; and that no indivi- dual or individuals can derive any benefit directly or indirectly from this revenue. In preparing the Bill for a new Act, of which the notices have been published, it appeared to the trustees of the harbour, that it would be of the greatest importance to the shipping interests of the country, to have the cut before alluded to, made between the har- bours, and to have the north harbour farther protected, in order that vessels either taking shelter in the bays or harbours might not be detained longer than necessary from proceeding on their voyage ; that vessels coming to anchor in the bay might be enabled, cretary, have, in tlie handsomest manner, agreed to give tTieir large Silver Medal, annually, to the person iu the AWrdeenshire Society who may have the greatest merit in Exhibitions, Cultiva- tion, or Communications on Horticultural subjects. They have also offered to give, on application through the Aberdeenshire Com- mittee, any plants, seeds, cuttings, & c. the produce of their gar- den at C'niswick, for distribution at the general meetings. We took occasion some time ago to direct the attention of such of our readers. as had. been the pupils of the late Professor DUNCAN, at the Public Writing and Mathematical School of this city, to the subscription then commenced, for erecting a Monument to the memory of that distinguished teacher, as a tribute of respect for his amiable character. We have now the pleasure to state, that it has been executed in London, in a very superior style, and since its dry letters and papers, as also some small parts of the vessoi. I have secured the whole at and m ar Port Gordon, ami 1 shall take care of that, and any thing else that may happen to be cast on shore, until you or some person either come or give directions \ yhat is to be done. I have written Messrs Simpson at Helrtwdaie, by tlie night's post. There can l> e no doubt that every soul ou board perished, although not one has yet been found, nor is there rt vestige of the vessel to be seen,, save what drifts on shore in sural) pieces* The storm was dreadful. ( Signed) CHAS. FRE* CB, Chief Officer, Coast Guard. In addition to the above a letter lias l> een received at Leith from one of the passengers who was on board the Janet, dated Helms- dale, 27th November, which states t^ at. the vessel, after reaching t • » » - # | ' ewwj LSt< U arrival here, has been inspected by many ot the subscribers, who J Helmsdale, anchored opposite, the entra and _ ..... ^ if sreccsBary, to - take shelter in the harbours without the risk of being detained after the wk) d becomes fair. And as it is a fact that cannot be disputed,' that vessels could not, with safety, come to an anchor in the bay without having a safe harbour to run to, in case of need ; and as tbe harbours of Peterhead have been made as much with a view to public accommodation as to the trade of the port, it does not seem unreasonable that a small duty, not exceeding one half- penny ton, should be exacted ( for the farther improve- ment of. these harbours, and consequently for the benefit of vessels frequenting the bays,) from vessels coming to an anchor within 800 yards of the harbour mouth, in these bays; this duty, however, to be returned if these vessels- afterwards enter the harbour. These, we believe,. to be the views by which the individuals were actuated, with whom the_ proposal to exact the duty above mention- ed first originated : and, certainly, whatever objections may be stat- ed to the measure itself, the trustees of the harbour, at least, cannot be accused of having acted; from interested motives, as they have proposed that their own ships shall pay the same rate in the bay as strangers; and as every penny which may be raised by it, will go to the general fuud for improv ing the harbour. As to duties on goods landed in the bay, it cannot be disputed that such goods are liable to be charged with reasonable dues— and no dues were over intended to be levied on goods, unless landed. The Treasurer of the Sick Man's Friend Society, Gilcomston, has received, with gratitude, One Pound sterl. from Mr. Stephen, Union Place, for the Benefit of that Institution. The Treasurer of the Coal Fund has received from a Friend, his annual donation of One Pound sterling, by the hands of Mr. George Anderson, merchant. The Treasurer pf the Shipwrecked Seaman's Fund gratefully acknowledges the receipt of one pound from the Right Rev. BISHOP SKINNER ; and also a one pound note, transmitted through him by " A CITIZEN."— The managers of this valuable Institution would at ths same time beg respectfully to call the attention of a benevolent public to the present low state of their funds, and to the destitute situation of the unfortunate orphans and relatives of those who have perished in the late gales, now applying for relief. The smallest sum will be thankfully received by any of the managers, or by the treasurer, No. 38, Quay. On Monday last, the following Gentlemen were, in terms of the Charter, elected Additional Managers of the INFIRMARY of ABER- DEEN, for the ensuing year, viz. :— The President of the Shipmaster Society Rt. Rev. Bishop Skinner 3 Robert Garden, Esq. John Ross, Esq. Ferryhill Dr. Davidson, Mariscbal College Major Mitchell, Ashgrove . William JMackie, Esq. Merchant Rev. Jamjw Cordiner Alexander Stewart, Esq. Merchant Rev. James Foote William Stratton, Esq. Union Place Dr. Dyce John Abcrerojnbie, Esq. Deacon George Smith On Thursday last, being the anniversary of Rt. Andrew, the followipg- Gentlemen were elected Office- bearers of St. Andrew's Society in this place, for the ensuing year : Mr. JOHN DUNCA$ R, Manufacturer, Preses. Mr. DAVID LYAT, L, Merchant, Vice- Prescs. Mr. WILLIAM SMITH, Advocate, Treasurer. Mr-^ JAMES SIMPSON, Advocate, Secretary. OFFICE- BEAREUS of the SHIFROW SOCIETY- for the ensuing year : — Mr. GEORGE ANDERSON, Jun. Preses. Mr. JOHN BARRON, Treasurer. Committee : have expressed their entire satisfaction with the elegant simplicity of the design, and the admirable execution of the sculpture, finish- ed under the superintendence of our townsman Mr. Robertson. In the centre of the tablet, is . a medallion of Professor Duncan, a good likeness, from $ miniature by Mr. R. over which leans an exqui- sitely beautiful full length figure of Flora, of pure statuary marble, on a black ground ; the whole supported on a polished marble base, containing the inscription. We understand the Magistrates have granted leave to erect it in the West Church. Although the sculp- tor has most liberally offered to accept of a smaller sum than would haee been charged by. artists in general, for so splendid a specimen of the art, we are sorry to understand that the subscriptions are not so numerous as we anticipated, and that there is still a small defi- ciency of the requisite funds, which, we make no doubt, when known, will induce many former scholars, both ladies and gentle- men, to come forward, and avail themselves of the opportunity of testifying their regard to their once loved master. We understand that at the Quarterly Meeting of the EAST CHURCH ASSOCIATION, held on Tuesday evening, it was resolved to give JflO to the Aberdeen Religious Tract Society; £ 5 to the Baptist Missionary Society j and £ o to the Aberdeen Female Sabbath School Society, It is remarkable that the following Ministers of the Church of Scotland have died at such advanced ages within these few weeks Age. Ministry. The Rev. Dr Peebles, Newton- Ayr, 74 49 Dr Simmie, Rothiemay, 80 £ 1 Dr Cruden, Nigg, - 80 67 Dr Dobbie, Linlithgow, - 81 bi Mr Scott, Stichel, - - - 83 54 These clergymen were the fathers of their respective presbyteries,- highly esteemed as useful- and respectable ministers, and ornaments of the Church of Scotland. Last week, a woman, under pretence of begging, went into a room in a house in Berry- lane, and succeeded'in carrying off a pair of new blankets from the bed. Although the property was almost immediately missed, the thief eluded detection. REPAIRS 6F THE BUILDINGS or KING'S COLLEGE. Subsci'i]) tions received since pur last. Mr. William Jamieson, silver- smith, Broad Street, <£' 1 By the hands of the Rev. John M. iedonald, Stewart Mackenzie, Esq. cf Seaforth, « £'£ » () 0 0 Rev. Alex. Wood, Rosemarkie, - 8 8 0 Rev. Roderick Mackenzie, Knockbain, g 2 0 Mr. John Macqueen, Reetor of the Fortrose 1 0 Academy, Interest on last four sums, Rev. John Kennedy, KiTlcarnan, Rev. John Macdouald, Urquhart, Rev. Wm. Grant, Duthel, Capt. Alex, M'Arthur, H. E. I. C. S. Capt. James " Kitchen, do. .64 2 5 20 Gavin Had< len, Esq. Alex. Simpson,- Esq. Alex. Webster, Esq, David Hutcheon, - Esq, James Morrison, fcsq. Messrs. Wm. Farquliar. James Barclay. Alex. Barren. George Ronald. Alex. Keith. The yearly meeting of the Barber and Wigmaker Society was held here on the 4th current, when the following were re- elected Office- bearers for the ensuing year, viz,:— ROBERT LAINC, Preses. John Garioch, boxmaster; John Adam, James Robertson, and Alexander Fcttes, assistants ; John Sutherland, Gordon Walker^ and George Mitchell, key- bearers. On the 17th ult. was held in Marischal College, the annual competition for the Mathematical Bursary of <£' 25 a year, for two years, founded by JOHN GRAY, Esq. The - successful candidate \ yas JAMES WHYTE, son of JOHN WHYTE, Esq. Merchant in Aberdeen. We are gratified to hear that the ABERDKENSHIRE HORTICUL- TURAL SOCIETY has attracted the notice of the LONDON IIORTI- CULTUKAL SOCIETY J who, by a Communication from their Se- It is with great pleasure we observe the establishment of ~ Public Dispensary for the north district of the parish of Old Machar —• an institution which has long been a desideratum in that quarter ; and, placed as it is, under the most able medical superintendance, cannot fail to be productive of great benefit to the sick poor of that populous and extensive parish. IxrKRuur, Dec. 7, 1826.->— At our Market, on Tuesday, we had a more than usual supply of fat Cattle, but few were sold, owing to the supply being greater than the demand— but what were sold brought good prices. Grain was in request, but few samples were produced. Good Oats sold at 31s* Little was done in the Bear or Barley way. On Sunday last, a Collection was made in the Parish Church of Peterhead, for behoof of two classes of the poor of that parish, Lunatics, and Orphans not otherwise provided for. Tkj Rev. Mr. Donald preached au excellent sermep on the occasion. STONEHAVEN, Nov. SO. A young - man was lodged in jail on Friday last, accused of having stolen some goods from a merchant in Auchinblae market, on W ednesday week ; he was apprehended at Laurencekirk market on the following day, and brought in here by a constable. On the night of Thursday last, some persons entered the Wash- ing- house of John Innes, Esq. burst open one of the servant's chests, and took therefrom several articles of wearing apparel, with which they got clear off. Between one and two o'clock on Wednesday week, Mr. F. Lawson, travelling betwixt Forfar ancf Kirriemuir, was attacked by two footpads, who used him in'a barbarous manner, and rob- bed him of about L. 125 sterling. A man named William Smith, in a sailor's garb, suspected, was apprehended in Kirriemuir, and conveyed to Forfar ; he underwent an examination, but nothing being elicited to warrant his detention, he was set at liberty. Second Crop of Apples, from an Qslean tree, in Mr. Ferguson's garden, at Pitfour. First crop, a good one, pulled the 1st of August last ; and the tree wholly covered witblossom , as in spring by the middle of August, and from this blossom were pulled, 4th Dec. inst. four dozen of Apples, one and a half doeen of which the full size of ordinary seasons, with tlie same colotn- by the stin, freckled yellow, & c. and fully ripe ; the remainder of a lesser size, down to about one inch diameter. The tree is upon fen outer wall, and had no forcing of any kind. ABERDEEN CORN . MARKET, Dec. 8, 185JG. In our Meal Market yesterday, Oatmeal feH Id per stone, and in consequence, Oats are a little lower, and dull sale ; few sam- ples, however, appeared at market, and little business was done. Bear as last week. Potatoe Oats, 28s. 0,1. to 29s. 6d. Common Oats, new, 25s. Od. to 27s. 6d. Do. do. old, 27s. Od. to 28s. 6,1. Bear, 26s. 6d. to 29s. Od. Wheat, Meal, ^ sack of 280ft> flls. Od. to 53s. Od. MEAL MARKET. OATMEAL in the Market on Thursday and Friday, 151 sacks of 280 Imp. lbs. per sack, which sold from 50s. to 63s. per sack. Oatmeal, per stone,... „. « » . 7d. to 2s. 8d. Bearmeal, per do. i Is, 6d. to Is. 6d. Sids, per do. Os. 8d: to Os. 10 !. Malt, per bnslul, 6d. PRICE OF PROVISIONS, & c. M AHKBDE.: N XARIET riismn DA r. Quartern Loaf, Potatoes, imp. peck, Beef, per lb. Mutton, Veal, Pork, 10id. 5d. to 7d. - 3d. to 7,1. Butter, imp. lb. Eggs, per doz. „ 3d. to 6,1. ~ 4d. to 6d. 2^ d. to 5d. 9d. to 12,1. lOd. to 15d. • Cheese, per imp. st. Ci fid. to 3s. fld. Tallow, 281b or 2 utone, 9a. Od. to 9s. 6d. Hay, Is. Sd. to Is. 6d. Raw Hides, Sd. to Sid. Coals, p. bar. K Hd* t » . Qs. Od. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Mountaineer, Clark, of and fyom this place for Sunderland, in taking Shields Bar, with . several other Aberdeen vessels, on Monday last, with a strong gale of win< l from N. N. W. and a heavy sea, was driven on the Herd Sand near the entrance of the harbour. The crew was, taken ashore by the Life Boat, but the weather having next day moderated, the cargo of coals was thrown overlwiard, when the yessel was got off and cw'i'ied into Shields, with the loss of her bulwarks, rails, & c. but without appearing to have received any other material damage. The Alexander, Carnegie, passed through this Bay on. Sunday, from Chaleur Bay . for Eye^ uouth^ wliere she arrived on the 4th inst. And on Monday the Universe,. Craigie, in 27 days, and the Renown, Mitchell, in 28 days, both from Cape ^ reton, passed also to the southward, the former for Grangemouth and the. latter for Leith. The Alexander had a most narrow escape from being wrecked on the Sutherland coast, where, in the tremendous gale of the 25th, having lost her main- sail, the vessel was unable to clear the land, when a small creek was discovered, into which she was run with the greatest difficulty., This creek lays near Loch Eribol, and proved a place of perfect security and good shelter from the violence of the storm, . during which, the Alexander, the first ves- sel ever known to have entered it, rode in safety. The Alexander left the John Twissel, Miller, which, would be ready in about G days afterwards, and the. Gateshead, of Newcastle, stapling up in1 the lower hold, at St. Peter's Bay, Chaleur. [ Farther particulars of tlfe Loss of the Janet of IJcjmsdalts The following letter has been received by tlie agent at Leith :— Coast Guard Station, Buckie, 26th Nov. 1826* SIR— Having been informed by the muster of a vessel now lying in Speymouth, that you are agent for the sm. wk company irora Leith to Helmsdale, 1 beg to acquaint you, thttf the sloop Janet of Leith^. for Helmsdale, Chalmers, master, is without doubt foun- dered in Spey Bay, nearly abreast of Spev, through the night of the 24th, or morning of the 25th inst. The boats' stern, marked as above, is picked up, together with two casks of porter, four casks of In in and brandy; one cask of rum is No. 1459 AP L. and 011 the Other are N<\, and 128, Jas, F » " Test, Lejth; several casks of butter, and boxes of cloth and weanac npparel, with s « n- • ance to the harbour, and landed the passengers, of whom there were about twenty on l> oard, in safety, and was waiting till she could obtain water enough to enter the harbour. Not above an hour had elapsed from the timo the passengers were landed, when a violent hurricane, accompanied by a heavy fall of snow, came on, and drove her out again to sea, with only the crew on board, consisting of four men and the Cap- tain, all of whom, it is melancholy to observe, have found a watery grave. The passengers' luggage was all on " hoard when the JuneC was driven out to sea, which, we understand,'. fas valuable. The vessel is nearly covered by insurance. The John- o- Groat,' I. eed, from Leith for Thurso, for which fear* were entertained in the end of last week, we are happy to learn, rode out the gale and reached her port of destination in safety. This vessel sailed from Leith on Thursday the' 23d ultimo, and hitf! got as far as Peter head, wkea overtaken by the dreadful gale of Friday, by which she w:: « driven back, and was oft" the isle of May on Sunday when the wind came round, so that Captain Leed was able to keep his course, ami reached Thurso on Wednesday the 29th, without losing a single article. The body of only one of the crew of the Janet of Helmsdale, lost olf Buckie,. has been found. The cargo of the Marchioness of IFuntley of Wick, which was driven on shore near Knockhead, has been landed, considerably damaged, and the vessel is expected to be got off. SHIPWRECK IN ORKNEY. On the 1 st current, the brig Midasy or Meedeas, of 250_ tons, Laike master, of and from Finlaud to Liverpool, with tar and deals, struck upon the Lother, a sunken rock in the Pentland Pirth, lying off the islam! of South llonaldshay, and will l> ecomc a total wreck. It appears that this vessel had two pilots on board, and that she was making for Widewall Bay, with a light breeze at W. N. W., when she was set in- shore with the tl< le, and got upon the Lother. At day- break, Mr. W. Gray, of the Pentland Skerries* attending boat, haviug heard the loud cries of people in distress, immediately put to sea iu the lighthouse boat, arnf with much diffi- culty succeeded in getting seven of the crew of tlie Midas, and the two pilots, on board of! his boat. But it is painful to relate, the remaining five of the crew, being then in a state of intoxication, were quite .. unable to make any exertions for themselves, and Were unavoidably left upon the rock till the next tide, when they were got safely ashore about 3 v. M. The ship's crew have lost almost all their clothes; and none of their provisions were saved, except- ing a little salt beef.—- The South Ronaldxhay boats, however,- were busily employed, when this notice was sent off, in saving the nig- ging and part of the cargo, while the weather keeps moderate,, be- fore the vessel is washed into deep water. The Captain and two of the crew have been much braised, while clearing the ship'of the masts to ^; eep her ft oca rolling. Extract of a letter from a correspondent in Shetland.— Lerwick, 27th Nov. 1- 826.—" Night before Last, it blew a perfect hurricane from\ ENS. fco much so, that 1 was nearly shipwrecked in the/ rouse ; the A lphin dvove foul of i. t ; and it was a moot point which of them was the hardest; however, onr side prevailed at last, and she lies water- logged liefore the door, but Kot before she had put. me in bodily fear." The other vessels hung it * » ut. Much damage has also been done in Orkney. The Sir Joseph Banks drove from bet anchors; and most of the shipping have been more or less injured. The Fairfield, arrived at Port Jackson, on tbe $ I th July, from . omlon. Rival, TJtjoe, at Belfast, 23d nit. Spring, Murray, at Gravesend, 29th ult. from Cork. ScotTr. an, Mitchell, at Jer « ey, 26th ult. from London, with loss of an anchor and chain cable. Prince of Waterloo, Deary, at Alexandria, 7th Oct. from Siitta'iia. . . Success, Allan, at Alexandria, 14th October, from Smyrna. Herald, Goldie, at Charleston, from Dundee. Jamaica, Lovie, at Lcith, 2> 1 inst. from Rotterdam, last from Harwich. Colombia, Wilson, sailed from Deal, 1 * t inst. for Malta. Quebec, Oct. 2S.-^- The Pomona, Handy side, which sailed from hence, 29th Aug. for Peterhead, was struck by a heavy sea, ia lat. 34. which started her stern post, and she became immediately water- logged. Three of the crew died ; the remainder, after being 6 days in the foretop, were taken off by the Traveller of Bristol, and on the 6th inst. were put On board the St. Lawrence, which vessel arrived here this day. Success, Hutchison, at ftamsgate, 30th ult. from London for Teneriffe. Acorn of Pete » head, Christie, at Dundee, 29th alt. from St. P& tersburgh. Ramsgate, Dec. 1.— Tlie Columbine of Peterhead, Brown, from London for Jamaica, incoming for the harbour strwek the east pier, and went to the back of it ; bdtgOt clear, with- the assistance of boatmen, from the shore, after cutting from a kedge and warp, and proceeded for the Gull Stream, where she brought up. Passed the Sound downward*. • Nov. 1Belina of Aberdeen, Philips, from Dantzic, to Aberdeen. 17. Diana, of do. ^ ficholsoa, Rostock, London. 20. John Catto, of do. Moore, Windall, do. 21. Pearl of do. Watson, Pillnu, Newcastle. ARRIVALS AT ABERDEEN. Dec. 1.-— Reliunce, Sefiar, Jersey, apples ; JJeTeit, Ormomf, Cardiff, iron ; Ann, MfcTaggart, Arbroath, geed » ; Union, Baxter,, and Isabella and Euphemia, Levio, St. David's, coals ; Robert Garden, Walker, and Friendship, Ross* Sunderland, coals— 2- Halcyon, Valentine, Sunderland, coals; Newcastle, Leslie, Newcastle, goods-— Farmer, Jamicr", ^ ewburgh, grain: Jean, Williamson, do. staves; Clyde Peeket, M'Gee, Glasgow, goods; Charleston, Ac. anv, and Briton, Wallace, Sunderland, coals; Jean, Thomson, C'- arbston, do-- 4. William Stoveld, Davidson, St. B » vidvs, coal"-— 7. K- Ward, PavitLieu, St David's, coals; Forth, Davison, Loith, « ; ood » ; TVo>}> eet. Alexander; Heart of Oak, Booth; Ar'^, haelnirn ; and lIo;> e, Gannon, Sunderland, coals; Gordon Casta*, Dundee, bdlast; Tw © Sisters, Gray, Bo'acss. coan a « d & T ( UiILIKVS Dec. 1.—- Eagle, Ktn^, L* atLti| t^ ones; Marquis of Huntly^ Law, Leith, goods; t^ or- u a; wl ^ T- et, T' ra, l\ terhead » do — CiimonnH « gatc, Yo y f. H* de* ly. r; ii, ti '" u ; Champion* Sim, London, goods--- S. BroxJdV, li L- k, 1- adl, tip; Sisters Crawford; Hope, GoW ; Henry aid A1N* ? TWpXi- lu « , Runcy ; and V ufcttef* Sen • nSt^ l; Two Brothers, Alexander, < b. gootU; Jano, itowMifcc, < Uv— 4. Lavely Maria, O'Jyhant, Kirkcaldy, ar* i Friuce of Waterloo, Neilson, Shiekh, 1 ml las* ; Glasgow Packet,, dniaiiy Glangww, goads; Byron, Soupper, London, stones— 5. Afceideeu Packet, Ba. nett, London, goods-- tu Falinburg'u Paekofr, Norrie, Leith, gw> ils—•?. Superior, Duncan, Lomkm, and Eliza, Thomson, In- verness,. good* ; Ph^ nix, Walker, Portsoy, oallast. Regent, Ke* r, 29th ult.; MiUisftekl, Morrison, and Caton Davis, at London, 6 th inst. Thetis, Allan, 4th, and Brorolvy, Robb, at Hull, 5th mst. . TO CORRF^ PONDENTS. We entirely agree with " A. W." iu his main position, that the principle of the Corn Laws will bo fuund, io the hmg run, u> be equally injurious to the agricultural, a* to every other interest* and that all the sources of our national prosperity are mutually de- pendent. ERHATCJ. VI— In Summary last week,, fi » r ' 1 veguluti/. g the of duty," ve* d vtyxdUwy the , ,,„!„, HAMULI,,,| J, L H ^ POSTSCRIPT, liONDOH. The accounts from Portugal received by way of FVanee to- day,, state that great doubts are entertained of the fidelity of the army generally to the new system, and that the chief- dependence is to lie placed in the militia, who are thought not strong enough to resist their opponents, if it comes to a. strqggle. • The necessity, there-* fore, for assistance by a body of English troops, bec** « ies every day more pressing,, i » the opinion of the Portuguese, and there is cause for believing that very urgent representations to that effect haVft ' been recently made. •;.,.' ",. , We are glad to see that some, eve% of the Mwiste^ xal Papers^ are beginning to speak of the liberal doctrine \ fc'hich. has been acted Upon in the Courts of Law, in the manner whii^ it deserves. We admit there is" a cruelty in many casesHn recalling even in the pas* crimes of an individual, but it really is a trteie hard upou os, if wo meet with a thief, that we may not u suspect him by Virtue of our office to be no true man." We do no* kuow or eare anything abbu't the history of the man whose Yeoeiat prosecutions have attracted attention, but surely the slanders propagated against him, if they be ' slahders, are precisely tly\ t kind which are most easily refuted. To say of a hum, t!$ t he has l> een convicted at the Old Bailey', is as easy susceptible of being refuted, if it be untrue, a^ the allegation that he has been hanged.-— Glob » % Prince Charles" Bonaparte, eldest sop of Lueien Boryiparfc^ ar- rived at Liverpool on Monday, in the Canada, from New York. Tie was to proceed in a few days to London, and thence to Jtaly, by way of Brussels, to join his family. To prevent immediate piracy abroad, it is said that Sir Walter Scott's forthcoming V Life of Nap^ eon'^ will appeav simultaneously in English, French, aud Garnao,