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Date of Article: 23/12/1826
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1326. .1 Printed for J. BOOTH, Jun. Chronicle Court, Queen Street, For the whole Life, at an an- nual premium For 7 years, at an annual pre- mium of BH1BGK OF BON. TO BRIDGE BUILDERS. WANTED, BY TIIE HON. THE MAGISTRATES AND TOWN COUNCIL OP ABERDEEN, CONTRACTORS T<> BUILD A GRANITE STONE BRIDGE, of FIVE ARCHES,, each 75 feet span, over tile RIVER DON, about two mile* north of the City, agreeably to a plan and specifications which may be seen at the Council Chamber, Aberdeen. Sealed Tenders may be delivered to Mr. CARXEHIE, Town Clerk ; or Mr. HA& JSIK, Chamberlain, ou or before Saturday the day of February next CottNeiL CH. AMOT. R, ? Aberdeen, 2' 2d December, 1826. ) N. B.— Each Tender must lie accompanied by a letter ( with satisfactory references) from two responsible persons, who are willing to become bound along with the Contractor, to the amount of .£ 5000, as security for his due performance of the work, and maintaining the same for three years after its completion. COBIFAMY, CAPITAL £ 750,000. Divided into 15,000 Shares of £ 50 each. WANTED TO BORROW, " fiXOO heritable Property in Aberdeen, Apply to John Smith, Junior, Advocate, 35, St. Nicholas Street. TO LET, ENTRY AT WHITSUNDAY, 1827, HI! AT well established TAVERN, " No, 6, Nether L kirkgate, belonging to John Keith, tailor. For particulars, apply at No. 8, Netherkirkgate. GENERAL DISPENSARY, At the Annual General Meeting of the Subscribers, held within the Court- house, on Saturday the 16th December current, JOHN GORDON of CRAIGMILE, Esq. in the Chair.* THE Report of the Committee of Directors, and an Abstract of the Accounts for the preceding year having been read, the Meeting unanimously approved of the Report, and directed the same, with the Abstract, to be printed and published The Meeting, at the same time, expressed their deep regret ' the little interest hitherto taken by the public hi so valuable an Institution as the Dispensary, and recommended that every- exertion be used by the Directors for the ensuing year, to procure the re- quisite funds for carrying on the Establishment. The Meeting farther resolved, That their warmest thanks are due to the Treasurer, for his gratuitous services to the Institution, and that he be requested to continue the same during the ensuing year. That the thanks of the Meeting be given to the Medical At- tendants and Secretary, for their services to the Institution, and that they be re- elected to their several offices for the ensuing year. That the following gentlemen be appointed Directors, in room of those who go out in terms of the Regulations : ALEXR. BANNERMAN, Esq. THOS. BANNERMAN, Esq. HENRY LUMSDEN, Esq. of Tilwhilly. JOHN GORDON, Esq. of Craigmile. HUGH FULLERTON, Esq. AT. EXK. SIMPSON, Esq. JOHN WHTTE, Esq. Mr. M. RETTIE. ( Signed) JOHN GORDON. Thereafter the thanks of the Meeting were voted to Mr. Gordon, Chairman. ROBERT ALCOCK, Sec. AGENTS OF THE COMPANY. Banff, Messrs. GEORGE R. FOHBES, Solicitor. Bervie, JOHN GRAY. Merchant. C> ayhills, ROBERT CHEVES, Merchant. Dundee, JOHN BOYD BAXTER, Writer. Edinburgh, JOHN SHAND, W. S. Elgin, * ALEX. SELLAR, Writer. Forfar, JAMES MURRAY, Jun. Writer. Fraserburgh, LEWIS CHALMERS, Writer. Iluntly, GEORGE BROWN, Writer. Inverness, JOHN C. GORDON, Solicitor. Keith, ALEX. THUREURN, Banker. Old Deer, JAMES WATT, Merchant. Peterhead, WM. ALEXANDER, Writer. Portsoy, WM. MINTY, Merchant. Stonehaven, JAM. ES BURNESS, Banker. Stricken, ANDW. ANDERSON, Merchant. Tarland, ARTHUR . REID, Writer, JAMES GILMORE, Merchant. * 4:* In such Towns as Ayfvts have not yet been named, those desirous of acting for the Company, wilt please apply to the Ma- negir, by letter, ( post paid,] and give references. MAGNIFICENT PANORAMA OF THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR AND BONAPARTE'S CASUALTIES, FROM LONDON, MESSRS. SEA'SS'J- ZAIjIJ, ( Proprietors of the Panorama of the Battle of Algiers, ivhich deceived the most unprecedented patronage here a few years since,) HAVE the honour most respectfully to annonnce to the Inhabitants of Aberdeen and its vicinity, that they will open on Wednesday next in Mr MORRISON'S Hall, Union Street, ( Entrance from M'Combie's Court) their New PERISTREPHIC PANORAMAS, illustrative of all the events that occurred to REPORT Of the Committee of Directors of the General Dispensary, presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Subscri- bers, December, 1826. The Committee beg to Report, that during the year just end- _ ed, Patients have been received at the Institution, to the number of - - - - 3403 Of whom have been Cured, - - 2922 Relieved, - - - - 143 Discharged and sent to the Infirmary, - 114 Died, - - - - - 94 Remain under cure, * - - - 130 3403 Of the above number of Patients, upwards of 2000 have been visited at their own houses; and 35 women have been delivered and attended gratis, by the Midwives attached to the Institution. Thus, nearly 3000 individuals have, in whole, been restored to health, and rendered capable of resuming their employments, through the medium of the Institution. The Committee, in referring to these facts, as evincing the great importance of the Institution as a means of restoring health to those members of the. community who, from their poverty, are dependent on the benevolence of their wealthier fellow- citizens, beg also to ob- serve, that the utmost accuracy is insured in the above returns, and every care taken that all necessary attention be paid to the nu- merous patients attending the Institution. Although these circumstances ought to evince the utility of a General Establishment, such as the present, the Committee have to regret that the Institution has not received that support from the public, which its manifest advantages over every Establishment of a private nature, for similar purposes, seemed to warrant them in expecting. By the Treasurer's account, there appeals to be only « £ l70, at present, available to the Institution, while the salaries for the last year, and rent now due, which ought to have been met by the past year's subscriptions, amount to £ 230, leaving a debt due by the Institution of £( j0, to be taken from the subscriptions of the ensuing year. In this embarrassed state of the funds, the Directors must make another appeal to the public, for that effectual Support to which they conceive the Institution entitled.—- Its benefits are amply shown by the returns quoted ; the regularity of ail its details, and the absence of those complaints and fraudulent applications so inseparable from private Establishments. Unless, therefore, a recurrence to the former system, with all the impositions and wasteful expenditure to which it gave birth, be desired, the public must immediately come . forward in support of the General Institution, over whose details they possess the right and the means of exercising a complete and effectual controul. The Committee, in the confident hope that their appeal will not be in vaiu, recommend that every publicity be given to the present Report ; and that application be immediately made for assistance ^ to the community at large ; the maintenance of a General Dis- pensary, which they consider of paramount importance in so popul- ous a city, being completely dependent on the success of that ap- , peal. ROBERT BROWN, P. ABSTRACT OF TREASURER'S ACCOUNTS. RECEIPTS. To Balance at credit of Institution, per last ac- count, ... - £ 264 9 10£ 1 To amount of subscriptions, - - 205 6 0 - Donations, including £ 17 lis. lid. from Com- mittee for checking contagious fever, - 22 15 11 - Collections from Chapel of Ease, Gilcomston, 11 4 2\ Proceeds of JYJr Cushnie's Legacy, from the Trea- surer ofthe Infirmary, - - 19 8 0 Fee from Student, - - - 110 Interest on Bank account, - - 4 6 6 SALE OF HOUSES, AND BANK SHARE. To be SOLD within the house of Mrs. Ronald, Lemoh Tree Tavern, Aberdeen, On Saturday the 23d day of December current, at six o'clock afternoon, THAT HOUSE fronting the GREEN, with the Back House, Back Court, and Ground, and other conveuf- encies attached, which belonged to the deceased GEORGE HOGG, of Shannaburn, and Was some time possessed by him and his tenants. Also, that other HOUSE, fronting the GREEN, which like- wise belonged to him, and is presently possessed by Glenuie and others. The whole will be sold so as to give a good rate of interest to a purchaser. Also, ONE SHARE of the Capital Stock of the BANKING COMPANY in ABERDEEN. The LANDS of S1LANNABURN will be sold on a day to be afterwards advertised. For farther particulars, application may be made to Alexander Smith, Advocate, 96, Union Street, agent for Mr. Hogg's trustees, : : gbnU on fflutffttaj> SALE OF JEWELLERY, SILVER PLATED ARTICLES, & c. On Tuesday, 26th December, there will be sold by miction, in the Exchange Court Sale Room, Union Street, RP HE whole Stock of JEWELLERY, PLATED - A- GOODS, & c. belonging to Mr. JAMES PIRIE, ( giving up business,) consisting ofa great variety of Plain Gold and Stoned Rings, in Pearl, Amethyst,. Topaz, Garnett, Cairngbruui, ike. Ear- Rings, Watch Keys, and Seals ; Silver Tea Slioous, Toddy Ladles, and Punch Spoons ; a massy Tea- Urn, Silver mounted ; Coffee Biggins and Tea Pots; Decanter Slides and Candlesticks, Silver Edges; Ivory- handled Knives and Forks, io sets ; Silver- handled do. with Plated. Blades, and a variety of other articles. Sale to commence at 12 o'clock noon, and again at 6 in the even- ing. P. M'LEOD, Auctioneer. Exchange Court, Dec. 20, 1826. FROM TIIE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, TILL HIS DEATH, Displaving Thirteen Views of St. HELENA, the BATTLES of SEVERAL Officers upon HALF- PAY having made applications to be employed upon the SURVEY of IRELAND, as Assistants to the Military Officers, in consequence of the advertisements which have been published : such Half- pay Officers of the Navy or Army, as may be desirous of employment^ in Surveying and Plan Drawing, are directed to apply to CAPTAIN WATERS, Royal Engineers, at LONDONDERRY. CAPTAIN WRIGHT, ditto, at GUNGIVEN. CAPTAIN YULE, ditto, at COLERAINE. CAPTAIN LANCEY, ditto, at BELFAST. CAPTAIN ENGLISH, ditto, at LISBURN. They are requested to state how far their previous pursuits may j have qualified them for these occupations; : WM. REID, Captain Royal Engineers, [ and Major. TOOTH- ACHE AND EAR- ACHE. PERRY ESSENCE has received the sanction ami support of the most distinguished personages in the Kingdom, together with the united testimony of the first Physicians in Europe* and numerous favourable comments in highly respectable Medic. il Journals, where it has been declared to be the u BEST THING EVER DISCOVERED FOR THE TOOTH- ACHE AND EAR- ACHE." It instan- taneously relieves the most excruciating pain, preserves the Teeth sound and firm, prevents further decay, effectually cures the Scur f in the Gums, fastens loose Teeth, and renders them firm and serviceable to the latest period, and elfyytually privevits the Tooth- Ache. Sold in Bottles, at Is. l- Jd. and 2s. 9d< by Butler and Stone, Chemists, 73, Princes- street,- Edinburgh; aud the principal Me- dicine Venders throughout the United Kingdom. Of whorft may be had, MORRIS's BRUNSWICK CORN PLA1STER, an ex- cellent. Remedy for Eradicating Corns, Bunions, & c. t N. B. Ash fur PERRY1 ® ESSENCE for the Tvoih- Ach$. EXPENDITURE. Paid Physicians' and Officer's salaries,. Rent - Medicines, Stationery. - - - Fire and Candles, Sundries, Balance in hands oT Trcasuier, £ 270 9 28 0 47 18 Imperial parliament. HOUSE OF LORDS. Tuesday, Dec. 12. Lord MELVILLE presented a petition from Dundee for a revi- sion of the corn laws. HIS MAJESTY'S MESSAGE. Tire order of the day for taking his Majesty's message into con- sideration having been read. Ear! BATHURST rose, in the absence of the Earl of Liverpool, and took a brief review of the affairs of Portugal, from the departure of Sir Charles Stewart from the Brazils to Lisbon, to the demise of the late King, when the government devolved on his daughter. In consequence of the change, observed the noble lord, there were m my revolts, some of which were suppressed with great difficulty. The rebels on these occasions always took refuge in Spain. The reception which they experience there induced others to take up arias for the same . purpose. In consequence of this, Portugal, in accordance with an old treaty, made two proposals to Spain, either to give up all the deserters, or to allow Portugal to give an asylum to such refugees as lied from Spain. But to neither of these would Spain accede, and it therefore became necessary for his Majesty's government to p » « « upon the Spanish government the impolicy of their conduct, ami to request tliat they should not give any en couragement to such deserters. There were remonstrances upon remonstrances, and in reply assurances upon assurances, that they wouhi remove ail such people from the territories of Spain, but all to no purpose. His Majesty's government had received intimation that a large l* flv of refugees had assembled in Old Castile, and set out for the frontiers of Portugal, apparently with an intention of making ionads into that country. The Spanish Government still made assnraueos that they would not permit any such attempt to be carried into effect; and so little satisfied were the French Govern- in Trt with this conduct on the part of Spain, that they directed their Ambassador to return to Paiis. The Portuguese Ambassador at this eoiirt'demanded assistance of this Government, who waited for uiUSligence- from their own Ambassador, as all they had pre- viously heard of it was through France. At length instructions were sent to Mr, Lamb, at Madrid, who made strong remonstrances with the Spanish Government, and told them that unless means were taken to remove the Portuguese deserters from the frontier* that his Majesty's Government would resort to forcible means. In tint state the uegociuti* i remained, and no intelligence had been received until Friday last, when dispatches announced that a large body of deserters, with arms furnished by Spanish authority., had set out front Estnjmadura, under the eye of the Governor of that place, who gave directions for some Spanish artillery to accompany them. These tr( xi> i took possession of several towns in Portugal, and it was rot i » the power of the Portuguese troops to resist their progress. It was evident that this sort of eneonragement was held out from one end of die Spanish territories to the other; for another body of troops had removed from Old Castile and Grenada into a different part of the Portuguese territories. When they went to this extent, itbehwd his Majesty'sGowromeatto considerwhether the aggression was not of such a magnitude as to demand their in- terference? His. Lordship, after referring to the natnre- of our treaty with. Portugai, jmd hmv we had relieved her on similar oc- casions before, said that there was no manner of doubt bat that this would cojue within the " augmentation of troops." His Majesty's Government would not allow tiie Portsgaese territories to be in- vaded ; they . have still some hopfis, that strrmg interference on their part, and strong remonstrances on behalf of hi* Christian Majesty, that these deserters will be removed, Kid peara and amity preserved. His Lordship, in cimclusion, moved that » humble address be pre- sented to fcca Majesty, thanking his Majesty for his gracious Mes- sage to, them, assuring'his Majesty of the ocrfiii ea- opera'ion of their Lordships in carrying into effect such measures as his Majesty might think proper to adopt, to prevent the progress of the hostile movements now going oil in Spain against Portugal. Lord HOLLAND observed, that it Was not words of course when he said, that, from the bottom of his heart, he considered a mes- s- ige which ought lead to a war, must be considered with feelings of regret. When he looked at the enormous debt which hong upon the country, and when he looked at the internal situation of the nation, situated as, it was at this moment, he was boond conscien- tiously to say, he regretted any thing that might lead to an open war. But, notwithstanding these conscientious feelings, still he was prepared unhesitatingly to say, the message, and the motion subsequent upon it, liad his most cordial and hearty consent, be- cause he looked upon the faith of treaties as binding and paramount to other considerations ; and, because, he said, that the present prompt and decisive course was inevitably called for. He wishetf, however, thatthe commendable steps which his Majesty's Govern- laent had taken might rather lie the means of preventing war than leading to it. Admirer as he was of the noble Duke's ( Wellington) military talents, and admitting they had been eminently useful, still he thought there was equal benefit to be derived from preventing a. war, as there was in triumphantly carrying it on when it hail begun ; and he hope*!, even in the present instance, by the firm and vigorous conduct evinced by this country, an actual war may pet be avoided. Hut if it should not, the war would be against an intolerant monarch, and he doubted not of its success. Hew happy to find that France hail joined with this country it its re- monstrances to tl « e Spanish government against its conduct. He hoped that, although those remonstrances were but on paper, they were sincere on tiie part of France. If the pusillanimity of the British councils . at the time Spain was invaded by France, had led to many evils, it might have this good effect of producing the active: strong, and effectual measures in contemplation 011 the present oc- casion. The Duke of WELLINGTON said, as he had for a great por- tion of his life resided in the Peninsula, and had directed for a con- siderable time the resourees- of Spain and Portugalagainst the com- mon enemy, . he might, he hoped, be permitted to express his opi- nion. His Majesty's government had lieen anxious to forbear taking any step that might lead to a war. When lie saw two armies march- ing on both sides of the Dourn, and that at the same moment, and when he saw also other military movements taking place in Spain, he had no hesitation in giving his decided opinion that those move- ments were countenanced in that country ; but he was sure that these perfidious acts met-— not so much with the approbation ofthe Spauish government, as the servants of that government. He con- curred with the Noble Lord ( Holland), that peace was preferable to war ; but whether or not his Catholic Majesty had encouraged these acts of aggression towards Portugal, it was clear a case of federal conspiracy had been made out, and he gave the motion his most cordial support. The Marquis of LANSDOWN, in a speech of 9ome length, re- peated the sentiments ofAord Holland, and said that the motion had liis decided approbation. The motion was then put, and unanimously agreed to. After which, their Lordships immediately adjourned. Wednesday, Dec. 13. The following bills received ihe royal assent— Thp Indemnity Bill, the Exchequer Bills' bill, and the extent in Aids Bill. Answer to the Address— Sari BA tiitiRST reported his Ma- jesty V » . most, gracious answer to tiie address moved last night. It was < x> uched in nearly these terms :— I thank you for your loyal and dutiful address. I accept, With sttisfcetion, your assurances of cordial concurrence and support for the protection of the kingdom of Portugal, as it affords the best means of arresting tlie war with Spain. l? pon the motion of Earl BATH0HST, the house then adjourn- ed till the 8th February. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Tuesday, Dec. 12. Every avenne to the House was crowded long before the Speaker took the Chair, owing to the anxiety felt by the jmtyic to hear Mr. Canning's statement with respect to the present state of affairs in Portugal. Sir JAMES MACINTOSH took the oaths and his seat. To a question ironi Mr. Baring, Mr. Canning replied thathe intended to move the adjournment of the House to the 8th Feb- ruary- MESSAGE FROM THE KING. Mt. CANNING said, that in proposing to the House to reply to his Majesty's Message, in terms that ivould be its echo, it be- came a British Minister in recommending any measure approaching a war to the language « f regret, Jfo one could be more con- vinced of the vital imj- Hu- fctnce of the continuance of peace. There was no question hut that of honour and good faith, which he could not t ither compromise or call on tiie House not to engage in.— Thm* were bat two causes to justify war—- good faith and national Itttrmur. • In the present c< 1 « e both were engaged—( Hear.)— The present was a case of law aud of fact; of national law and of no- femoua Fact; oat which it was impossible not to arrive at o. ne de- kmoo. Among the aUian<* A s uf this country none was more ancient, m< ire constant, more precious, or more connected with the bril— ii; iut of our h » tor/, than our alliance with Portugal. It n j,- o! 4er than the present family's reign in that country, and was maicrt& med when ail other alliance* were shaken or broken, was soaietiiwes bttrtherisome, Imt always faithfully observed. In the latest emmpart of modern Euroj> e, this touatry, with its eyes open, ntMO'. wl the previcus'y existing obligations. Tlie third m « * le of the treaty signed with Portugal in 1815 stated, that the aorten? trwtiew of fr « * nd. 4 « p and g; iur; tntoe were renewal, and eon- t issued isi JkHfofce. To explain the foil force of obligation arigVt, he oftghi to stftte, that when Bonansrte declared that the House o*' Brj^ anaa ha;! efctml to reign, the Ki. g of Portugal went to Brr/. il, and we entered into a wcri't convention with him, not to awkaawhsige atJV other 8uveceign on the throne of Portugal than a Priac? of the Houw of Bs- xgaceea. When the overthrow of Bornt- fwwtc'a power mante this treaty' no longer necessary, it w; is then put . tueud tit; Imt without prejudice to all other existing treaties, ttuj with the exl^ sve of these oMigatioits, it was impossible not t » » My that. t. iwre was an ohtu^ ition mi us to be defenders of Portu- gal . our treaties were known to all the civilized world, aud they declared dial we would protect the kingdom of Portugal ah well as England ? No nation with a Sentiment of honour, and no states- England itself. The treaty of 1700 stated, that if France or Spain man with common sense, could recommend such a flagrant act of mode war on Portugal, Great Britain and Holland should make j perfidy.— His honourable friend ( Mr. Hume) and the honourable • war on the hostile n ttions. It might be possible to raise a . question, ; member for Dorset* had asserted that what was going forward in • whether change of times or circumstances had not caused an altera- j Portugal was matter of internal mauagement anil not of external j tion in the obligations; but without entering into pleading now, ; hostility. Surely they could not have heard the facts stated by the the time to take these objections was at the Congress of Vienna, j right lion. Sec. If the universal concurrence of the reports of all ! where we confirmed ail our ancient treaties. On this treaty he those who correspond with persons residing in that country ; if the J said, Portugal had an undoubted right to look to England for de- statements in all the foreign prints { some of them no doubt exag- fence and protection; and when Portugal, in the apprehension of the coming storm, called on this country for assistance, her right was cheerfully acknowledged. It was only on the 3( 1 December that the Portuguese Ambassador formally made this demand. The precise information which would sanction the interference of this country only arrived on Friday night. On Saturday Government resolved. On Sunday his Majesty confirmed their resolve; and on Monday it was communicated to the House; and* at the hour he addressed them, troops were on their march.—( Hear, hear.)— We could not act on reports ; it wa3 necessary to have authentic information; when that was obtained, no time had been lost.— His first enquiry was whether the call of the Government was sanctioned by all the authorities. It was but this morning he re- ceived the sanction of the Chamber of Lisbon. ( Hear, hear.)— The Right lion. Gentleman here read the extract of a dispatch from Sir W. A'Court, stating that the Minister had demanded power from the Chambers to call for. foreign succours, which was given bv acclamation.—( Hear, hear.)— The question was, if the danger demanded assistance. Bands of troops organized and armed in Spain had entered into Portugal in different places. A whole line eing attacked implied concert and co operation. The question was, should regiments armed in Spain be allowed to attack Portu- ; al because they were composed of men that Portugal had nurtur- ed. It was no part of the intention of his Majesty's Government to interfere ia the internal concerns of any country, but men are not to be allowed to put off their country for the sake of serving against it at the will of another country. Here were our well known treaties, and the undoubted fact of foreign aggression ; and was confident Parliament would enable his Majesty to give effect to those obligations. He wished it to be understood by all persons that it was not a question of interference with any nation or its Go- vernment. The vote which he would call call for was one of defence for Portugal, not of war in Spain. Contrary as the con- duct of Spain was as to the laws of God and man with regard to Portugal, it was not necessary to make it a part of the present question. From the period of the return of the Kiug of Brazil, re grew up a desire of independence in that country, and Great Britain prevailed on hiui to separate the two crowns. His death forcibly united the two crowns, but the Emperor of the Brazils de- termined to abdicate the crown of Portugal in favour ofthe daugh- ter, giving to that country a free Constitution, which was brought to that country by Sir Charles Stuart, at the desire of the Empe- ror, but without the knowledge of the English Government, which did not interfere. As a Minister of England, he would only say, may God prosper that attempt at Constitutional freedom— Hear, hear.)—- It received a ready acceptance from all orders in Portu- gal ; it was imj> ossibIe that any Englishman should not wish it well. But we do not go to Portugal to fight the battles of that Constitution, and would do nothing to enforce it 5 but would pre- vent any external force doing any thing to overthrow it. While Great Britain had on arm to use, external force should not control Portugal.—{ Cheers. )•—. Nor should external force change its char- acter by employing the citizens of Portugal. There was a faction in Spain, that overruled it in the Cabinet and despised it on the frontier. It would be unjust to the Spanish Government to say, that the aggre: « ion was its proper act;. There was a natural anti- pathy between tbe faction and Spain who were begging servitude, and the other looking to freedom. If the Spanish Government had been betr& yed, and disobeyed, not by its own will, but against it, our comhict would , remain a measure of defence for Portugal, not a war against Spain. The fact was, that great desertion, took place from the armies of each country to the other. Portugal did all that wis possible to discountenance this desertion on the part of the Spanish troops. There were treaties between the two na- tions for the restoration of deserters— Portugal only asked that her deserters should be dis< irmed and dispersed ; Spain only promised, but did not perform ; and the late aggression had taker, place. It would be an act of injustice to France not to say that her represen- tations for the preservation of peace was as urgent as those of Eng- land, and that when the first aggression took place she withdrew her Ambassador from Spain.—( Hear, hear.)— He did not dread war in a good cause, or from any distrust in our resources, but he dreaded the consequences of the tremendous power of this, country when carried to extremes. England was now in a state in which it might preserve the balance of principle, but a war in ' Europe might be one of conflicting. opinions—( Hear, hear.)— This country could not enter into such a war without seeing under her banners all that were dissatisfied with the present state of things in Europe. It w « ts well to have a giant's strength, but not to use it like a giant. ( Hear, hear.)— The consequence of letting loose the passions, might produce a scene that no one could contemplate without hor- ror. For these reasons he would bear much, would put up with any tiling but lossof national faith and law.—( Hear, hew.)— We went to Portugal not to rule but to protect— we would plant our standard there, where foreign dominion should not encroach.— ( Much cheering.) The Right J Ion. Gentleman concluded by moving an address in echo of tlie message. Sir R. WILSON said, 110 confidence could be placed in the de- clarations of the King of Spain. This country was irresistible in a just cause in defence of the liberties of mankind. When Sir W. A'Court said in Madrid, England would acknowledge the South American States, the Russian Ambassador said, " do if you dare." So long as France kept troops in Spain, she supported its despo- tism. The Constitutional flag had been raised in every town in Spain before the French troops eutered, and would again if France were to withdraw her troops. He highly approved ofthe deter- mination of the British Government. Mr. HUME said, if our treaties with Portugal were what they were represented to be, he co « ld not but regret their existence.— The Right Hon. Gentleman, ( Mr. Canning)* did not attempt tp defend them; he observed that they were ratified in 1815, in the face of Europe, and - called upon us to conform to them. The Right Hon. Gentleman liad declared his intention to plant the standard of England in Portugal, but he had not made out a case to justify such an interference. Spain disclaimed such an inter- ference, and was the hostility of Portuguese. rebels to justify this country in engaging in a war ? The Right Hon. Gent, in de- fence of Spain, reminded the House that if we had engaged in it some time back, the whole burden would have fallen on ourselves. He ( Mr. H.) mentioned that this war now proposed was not neces- sary for the preservation of good faith with Portugal, for the Right Hon. Gentleman had not stated that a single Spaniard had entered Portugal. He had expected that a call of the House would have been named, to deliberate on a matter of such importance. He had 110 confidence in the good faith of France, otherwise why should she not be called upon to withdraw her whole troops from Spain. He put it to the Right Hon. Gentleman, whether there was any thing in the state of the country at this day which could warrant so decided a change of tone with respect to peace or w< ir. He eon- tended that the first blow struck would lead to war with France. Ministers seemed now to have placed reliance upon France ; but what was there in the conduct of that Government which could entitle it to confidence ? Ought not the bad faith and wily policy Which the Duke of Wellington encountered at Verona teach us not again to be deceived by . the false promises of the French Ministers ? Let not the House then be deceived by the specious arguments of the Right Hon. Gentleman. The latter part of his speech was an answer to the first. lie had said he would not let slip the dogs of war. But had he not already let them loose, and they were on their march—( Loud laughter.)— Instead, therefore, of agreeing to tlie address, he would move, as an amendment, " that the House be called over for this day week ;" but he did not wish by any means to interfere with whatever steps tlie Executive might think proper to take. Mr. WOOD ( of Preston) seconded the Amendment. Mr. BARING said, the outrage was so gross, the aggression eo utterly without excuse, that the meanest individual or most eori- ; teniptible nation could not overiook it. ( Hear, hear.) If we were to hesitate aliout resources, we should be placing ourselves in a con- dition which would render us a power or a country not worth think- ing of.—( Cheers.) The countiy was in a condition to go to war, for the people were willing, and would go along with the Govern- ment. He believed that no Government, or Parliament, or King, could again make this country embark in an unjust war.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. BANKES coincided. Mr. BROUGHAM and Mr. IIOBHOUSE next rose, but there being a general cry for Mr. Brougham, the honourable and learned gentleman proceeded.—- There are situations in which nations and individuals might be placed, in which to compute their cost would tie frivolous, impossible, and disgraceful to the nation or the indi- vidual.—( Cheers.)— First, he would ask, was it an admitted pro- position that nations might lie bound by treaties, and were capable of entering into obligations, and of being. firmly bound by such obli- gations, and that the inhabitants of a country remaining from year to year the same— ay, for centuries:— having contracted obligations, in times, some distant, some recent, are bound to fulfil their con- tracts ? He presumed that was a proposition which would not be denied.—( Hear., hear.)— Well, then, England was bound by a treaty— not an old one. either, although the antiquity of a treaty would be no argument against it; but this could not lie called antiquated. His friends must remember that Bombay was obtained by stipulation.— Hear, hear.)— We might give up the L300,00() which Charles I[, had spent; but were they prepared to give up that settlement— r( hear, - hear)— which they must do if they now refused to perform the stipulations on which it was con- ceded by Portugal?—( Cheers.)— But this was not all. We re- newed this obligation in the 1.8th century. We renewed it in the 19th century. We renewed it not more, than ten years back, a period since his honourable friend and the honourable mem- ber ( Mr. Banks,) had taken a conspicuous part in the management of public affairs.—( Hear, hear.).— Would it therefore be denied that tliis treaty, after all these recognitions, was bindiug upon gerated), but all of them telliog the same history in substance ; if all this were given, to the winds, still we had the authority of the Right Hon. Secretary, upon which alone Parliament could act— and. for which he would hold the Right Hon. Gent, responsible, and from which, if he did attempt it, Parliament would not allow him to escape— on his respoasibility, lie contended, the House had a right to assume, and they could assume nothing less, than that a hostile aggression had taken place. ( Cheers.) The fact was this — four or five thousand men at different times escaped from Portu- gal and assembled on the frontiers of Spain— they are marshalled if not officered, and accoutered, and thus accoutred and equipped they are sent from that country— not into one p u t of Portugal, nor from one part of the Spanish frontier, but all at, the same tijne, and for the same obvious purpose These bodies of men, thus equipp- ed, are fent forth to accomplish their object. Now, cquld credu- lity go so far as to " suppose all this was accidental— the fortuitous concurrence of the atoms of ell these regiments? ( Cheers.) It was said, and not more painfully than truly, " that when war comes, no man can foresee where it will terminate." He acknow- ledged this lamentable truth; but also knew that, when submis- sion was once begun, it was more difficult to see where it would end than even the devastation of war. ( Hear.) It was an act of degradation which not only crippled the future exertions of a na- tion, but compromised tlie character of mankind, on whom those exertions must depend. The question was not now whether, tjven in order to retain our possessiuus, we should be content to forfeit our station in the eyes of Europe and ofthe world, and by so doing, avoid war. lie ( Mr. Brougham) would say No, even if that were the alternative which was presented to our choiee. But the ques- tion now actually Was, whether for a limited season we should sub- mit to an insecure, a precarious, a dishonourable, an unbearable truce— he could not call it a peace, for it had nothing of the hon- our, or the comfort, or the security, which render peace sweet— whether we should for the sake of a temporary, disgraceful, dis- gusting, aud intolerable postponement of hostilities, expose our- selves hereafter, when war shall inevitably come on, to be held up to the eyes of mankind,, and, what is a thousand times worse, ruined in our own eyes b j the loss of self- esteem— and, what might perhaps be still w © rse, in the judgment of those to whose minds topics of this kind did not find easy access under any other form—- namely, that a small sum, if expended in time, might have been the means of saving a disbursement of ten times the amount, with compound and accummulated interest, at a future time—( Hear, hear, and laughter) ;— and when the risking the loss of a thousand men noW, although the necessity of such a precaution was sufficient in itself to excite horror and regret, might avert the sacrifice of ten thousand lives hereafter, and might have the effect of preventing a war when our resources should he crippled— a war of boundless ex- tent, in which it should be observed, that other Powers besides Spain might take part, and of which it might be truly said, that no man could foresee where it would end ( liear, hear.) Mr. BRIGHT felt himself called upon at the eve of a moment- ous train of events, to declare his sentiment that no casus foederis had arisen, and that no event was shown to have yet occurred in Portugal which called for the interposition of this country in the way proposed by Ministers. Mr. CANNING rose to reply to the objections raised against the course recommended by his Majesty's Government. The Hon. Gentleman said—" I freely admit,- Sir, that I have understated the case. I have done so piirposely— I have done so designedly, I have done so, warning the House that I did it, wishing the House to take no more of the Conduct of Spain than would be sufficient to establish a casus foederis, but not so much as would render it impos- sible to avoid war, which would be the case if a full statement had been laid before tbe House.—( Hear.)—- I still maintain my opinion, that war ought to be avoided where it can, but when an absolute obligation binds us, it. is imposible to elude it. Another point in- sisted upon by the Hon. Gentlemen, with wliose speech I have no other fault to find ( for it was expressed in the most handsome terms, and most ably reasoned)— another point was, that* instead of re- pealing the Foreign Enlistment Bill, we ought to call on France to withdraw her Army. I do not see how the withdrawing of her Army would be of any advantage. 1 believe that that Army pro- tects, rathgr than otherwise, the very party which it first interfer- ed to put down— My firm belief is, that the first effects of with- drawing that Army would }> e to let loose party rage ; but when it is stated that the presence of the French ^ Army has entirely altered the situation of this country, and lowered our position, and raised that of France, I must beg humbly to say I totally differ upon that point. The house knew perfectly well that the entry of the French Army into Spain was not worth war for various reasons; amongst others, for this— that whatever efiect a war commenced on the ground of the entry of the French army into Spain might havp had, the effect it certainly would have had, would have been-^- not to get the French army out of Spain. The war might have enriched us with new provinces— rwe might or might not have heen the better for it; but as to a war begun for the express purpose uf getting the French army out of Spain, succeeding in that particular object, I will ven- ture to say, that at the end of the war, that one object, would not have been accomplished. Who supposes for a moment that this possession of Spain was a disparagement to England ? If it were, do you imagine this disparagement has not been amply compensat- ed ? Was it necessary, in order to compensate it, that we should blockade Cadiz? No. I thought of Spain and the Indies— I looked another way— I called the New World into existence, to re- balance of power !—( Immense cheering.)— Thus I answer the question of the continuance of the French army in Spain. I say that it is a vain and unredeemed possession— I say they would be glad to get rid of it— I say that if we were to help them out of it, they would be thankful ; but I say that the way to rivet them in it, is to make it a point of honour to get them out. The other subject I have to advert to, is the support this . iddress has received. It is so honourable to those who have given it that I should be un- grateful if I were to obtrude a moment longer than is necessary upon the House. The object of this measure is not war.—( Cheers.) The object of this measure is to take the last chance for peace. If you do not go to the aid of Portugal, Portugal will be trampled upon, and you will be disgraced, and then will come war in the train of degradation.—( Hear, hear.)— If you wait till Spain has the courage to ripen her secret machinations into open hostility, you have then the warfare of the pacificators, and let us see how that war will end.—( The Right Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst loud clieers.) The motion for the Address was then unanimously agreed to. Wednesday, Dec. 18. Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS moved for a return of the tonnage of British and foreign vessels entering and departing from the several ports of the United Kingdom.— Ordered. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Mr. Secretary PEEL said, thatthe exertions made by his Right Hon. Friend last night, rendered it impossible for him to come down to- night to propose the motion of which he had given notice, respecting the adjournment of that House. It became necessary, therefore, for him ( Mr. Peel) to become his substitute. He could cot enter upon that motion without expressing ao anxious hope that nothing might occur which would give the least grounds for the supposition that the measures last night agreed to were not sanctioned by the unanimous approbation of the Legislature. No one deprecated more than he did the calamities which must neces- sarily attend the progress of war. Experience told us, that there was no human ill which drew so many evils in its train. It must necessarily check the progress of civilization, and contribute to the aggravation of any previously existing distresses ; but then it should likewise be remembered, that the surest method by which the peace of nations could be preserved, wa9 the manifesting, on all occasions, a jealonsy of tfau National honou r. He trusted that he should obviate any other , objection which might be raised, by giv- ing notice now of the particular day on which it was the intention of his Right Hon. Friend Mr. Huskisson, to bring forward that great question, to the discussion and arrangement of which the country looked with so much anxiety, namely, the state of the corn laws. Business would be actively commenced on Thursday, the 8th of February, and on Monday, the 12th of February, his Ma- jesty's Ministers would deem it their duty to call the attention of the House to that important subject, and to enter into a detailed explanation of the views of Government, and the plans they had formed for the adjustment of the subject.—( Cheers.)— The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving, that this House, at its rising, do adjourn over to Thursday, the 8th of Februarv next STAMP DUTIES— LAW OF LIBEL. P- Ir. HUME said it was not his intention, in the present state of the House, to offer any opinion on the question involving tbat important branch of the revenue, the stamp department. He rose merely to obtain returns, of the amount of revenue derived from the sale of stamps on advertisements, newspapers, pamphlets, and lou marine, fire, and life insurances. Some parts of the law regarding the duties on stamps required immediate revision, and he trusted the Right Hon. Secretary ( Mr. Peel) would lose no time in carry- ing into effect the suggestions recommended by the commissioners. The duty on newspapers was not only an impedimrnt to the dif- fusion of knowledge and information, but it was an injury to the revenue. He was prepared to shew that the increase of the tax on newspapers had so far lessened their circulation, as not only to limit their utility, but to injure the revenue. He was persuaded that, if Government would reduce the duty from threepence- half- penny to one penny, the revenue would gain, by the immense in- crease of circulation which such a reduction would occasion. I11 the United States, where there was no duty, no less than 598- newspapers circulated ; while in Great Britain and Ireland, it ap- peared, fronj the returns laid on the table in 1821, there were only 281- newspapers in circulation. In 1815 an additional tax of a halfpenny was laid on newspapers; and it would appear, by com- paring the returns for uine years before that period, and nine years after that period, tint the f^ femia gained nothing by that a-. ldi- tional tax. He concluded by moving for a return of the amount of duty arising from stamps ou newspapers, in England, Scotland, and Ireland, from the year 1793. Mr. BROUGHAM hoped his Honourable Friend ( Mr. Hume/ would persevere in his inquiries, as there was nq mode by which he could add so greatly to the numerous benefits he had already conferred upon the country. Whilst he was on his legs, he would_ take the opportunity of. saying, that it was only the st; ite of the. vse& siou, together with the absence of his honourable and learn- ed friends, the law officers of the Crown, that deterred him from . calling the attention of the HoU. se to the law of libel. He had, nine years ago, brought in a bill to render evidence of the truth of the assertions charged as libellous, admissible in courts of Justice. That bill had not met with encouragement, and had been dropped. But recent experience of the inconveniences which it was the object of that bill to obviate, led him to hope that the present session might be a favourable opportunity of recalling the attention of the House to the subject. It was one of the greatest opprobriums of the law, that however true the facts might be, if the prosecutor choose to proceed in a certain manner, not |> y civil action, rior by informa- tion, but by indictment, the truth of the tacts gave the party ac- cused of libel no greater chance than if they Were utterly false, of escaping conviction. He had himself been engaged 111 a cause of this nature, in which the prosecutor had been said to have been convicted of felony— and although he had an attested lopy of the record of conviction in his pocket, he was precluded by law from offering it in evidence. He would earnestly recommend this sub- ject to the attention of the right honourable geutleman, and if he should be induced to take it up, aiid be the same foster father to his bill, as he had boen to other measures which had been original- ly proposed from that side of the House, be would find his bill, which had been read a first time, very careful* y drawn up. His bill had been liieiely to render the truth of the tacts admissible in evidence, but not conclusive of the case. Mr. Secretary PEEL agreed with the honourable and learned gentleman as to the great importance of the subject, but thus un- prepared, it was imjHJS^ ible for him to give any decided opinion upon the merit of the suggested alteration. He should give the subject his best attention, and if he should deem the alteration desir- able, he would give the honourable aud learned geutleman ample notice of his intention. The motion was then carried. Mr. HUME moved for a return of tlie net amount of advertise- ment duty for the last 30 years.— Carried. Also for a return of stamp duty uj> on pamphlets, which, as he understood, was now yielding only L. 1000 a year, but which yet operated as a check upon literature - and information.— Carried. On the motion of Mr. HUME, returns were al. so ordered ofthe amount of duty on marine and fire insurance ; anil of the number of officers of the royal navy, the royal marines, the royal engineers, and artillery, dismissed the service without trial by court martial, in each year, since 1793. The other orders of the day were then read, and the Hoaae ad- journed until Thursday, the 8 th day of February next- Vaxizties* SHIP OWNERS' SOCIETY OP LEI Til. On the 7th inst. a Meeting of this Society took place, for the purpose of considering communications from the other seaperts on the subject of the late alteration in, the Navigation Laws, and also of considering the attempts made by the Town Council of Edin- burgh to obstruct the due operation of the Leith Dock and Har- bour Committee. Mr. SCAETH having been called to the chair, read several com- munications from Hull, Shields, and Liverpool, as to the injury done to British shipping, by the present system, but dhmrrved that the meeting required not these documents to prove its evil effects; they had unfortunately within their own port the most striking proofs of this ; for in the last year, out of (> 09 vessels which had entered Leith, not less than 273 were foreigners. But the injury done to the British ship- owner was not confined to so large a por- tion of the trade being thrown into the hands of foreigners, for the portion that remained was reduced to a most ruinous condition, from the freights being foreed down by the competition with fo- reign shipping, which could be equipped and navigated at an ex- pense so far below that of British shipping. Mr. CUICHTOW stated hfo belief, that his Majesty's government had projected the late change in the Navigation Laws, with the most laudable desire of increasing the intercourse with foreign na- tions to the reciprocal advantage of all; but if it should be shown that there was in reality no reciprocity, owing to the different cir- cumstances of this country from those of the other principal mari- time nations of Europe, he had 110 doubt that the case ofthe British interests would meet due consideration. It was most desirable that all the sea- ports in the kingdom should join in preparing a fair statement of their case, to show what had been the general effects of the change of system— and he should propose resolutions to that effect. The resolutions, of which the following is the substance, were Seconded by Mr. THOMAS YOUNG, and unanimously approved of. The first notices that the anticipated evils from the alteration of ihe Navigation Laws had l> een too truly realised, in proof of which, with regard to Leith, out of GO9 arrivals from foreign ports ( luring last year, 273 were foreign vessels.-— 2d, That without equal pro- tection is afforded to the Commercial Marine, as is extended to the Agricultural and Manufacturing Interests, it cannot exist.— Sd, That in the confident hope that his Majesty's Government and tlie Legislature wiil give the subject due consideration, Delegates be appointed' to act with the Deputations from other sea- ports hi pre- paring a case, pointing out the ruinous consequences which must arise to tlie British Shipping interests . from a longer perseyerance in the present system.— 4th, That in addition to the before- mentioned evils, the prosperity of the trade of Leith has been checked by the neglected state of the harbour, and the numerous exactions levied on it by the Town Council of Edinburgh.— 5th, That every means had heeu used by the Lord Provost aud Council to evade the Act of Parliament lately passed for the remedying of the evils complained of, which provided that a table of the rates and duties, legally leviable, which should have lieen adjusted by a Jury within three months after tlie passing of the acts, but which provision is still evaded. Mr. . IIA it DIE stated, that he felt it his duty to report to this society, whom lie . represented in the Dock Commission, the pro- ceedings of that body, which he much regretted were so unsatis- factory, from tlie line of coudnct pursued by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, as the Chairman of the Commission, and those mem- bers of it who adhered to him on all occasions. That the Edin- burgh Commissioners, whose pursuits were so very different, should know little of the concerns of the harbour, was not at all surpris- ing ; but that others who should know better, should attempt to defend their mismanagement, was most extraordinary. He ( Mr. Hardie) had felt it his duty to bring before the Commission at the two last meetings, the disgraceful state of the harbour about four- teen days ago, when it was literally blocked up by six vessels, which had grounded at the pier head. At the first meeting the subject was evaded altogether ; and at the second, Collector M'Nair, after a long statement, said he had considered it to be his official duty to make inquiry into the circumstances, and he found that all the mischief hail arisen from a smack having first taken the ground by attempting to enter the harbour - before there was water for her. This was very opposite to what he had understood to be the case ; but some of the gentlemen present, whose avocation so frequently called their attention to the pier, . must have, in all probability, witnessed the whole business, and it would be desirable that they stated what they knew of the circumstances, to prevent future at- tempts to stifle inquiry in the Commission. Mr. SMITH, one of the assistants of the Trinity House, stated* that so far from its having been a smack which grounded in com- ing in, the whole evil had been occasioned by a light foreign vessel having been allowed to lay to, for the purpose, of making sail, in the very fairway for deep- laden ships, and that they, to avoid run- ning aboard of her, had been obliged to run on the west bank, in succession, till the whole entrance was blocked up. Mr. DRYDEN said that he was also present, and saw that the mischief had arisen from a. vessel having been allowed to he where it should not have been permitted to be. Mr. GIBSON and Mr. CRICHTON stated that no smack lay aground in the entrance on the day in question- The latter stated that one of the smaeks in which he is concerned had been detained three days in the harbour, in consequence of the harbour being thus blocked up, and that in attempting to get out on the fourth day, she had grounded in a most perilous situation; indeed, had the late northerly gale set in twelve hours sooner, she and three other vessels lying near the pier- head must have gone to pieces. Mr. Hardie stated that there was another matter connected with this port which he felt it incumbent on him, from his immediate connection with the shipping interests, to press upon the notice of the Commission. He alluded to the adjusting, in terms of the Act lately passed, the whole rates and duties legally payable at the port, in sterling money, and according to the new standard weights and measures. For three monthly meetiugs of the Commission, he had brought forward this subject, and as often it had been evaded. LISBON EXPEDITION. Thursday morning the remainder of the second division ofthe 3d regiment of guards, destined for Lisbon, paraded on the Bird Cage Walk, from whence they marched about nine o'clock towards Kingston, on their route to Portsmouth, for embarkation. The men were all in high spirits. The first battalion of the first grenadier guards march to- day from Knightsbridge Barracks to Deptfoid, whence they will pro- ceed in a steam boat to the Nore, where they will be put on board a King's ship, and conveyed to Lisbon. The following is a list of the regiments selected to form our for at at Lisbon:— Lieut. Gen. Sir W. H. Clinton to command. 10th Hussars— 12th Lancers. Six Companies of the Gv. cnadier Guards* Six ditto of the 3d Regiment of Guards. Six ditto of the 4th Regiment of Foot. Six ditto of the 60th Regiment of Foot, 1st Battalion. Six ditto ofthe 63d Regiment of Foot. Six ditto of the 23d Regiment from Gibraltar. Six ditto of the 64th Regiment, from ditto. 15th Regiment of Foot, from Ireland. 75th Regiment of Foot, from ditto. Four Companies of the Royal Artillery have reoeived order prepare for embarkation. One Company of the Royal Staff Corps is ordered to procce Portsmouth for embarkation. Three Brigades—- Sir H. Bouvcrie, Sir T. Arbuthoot, and E. Blakeney. 1 tfth, 12th, and 15th Regiments of Dragoons. A Detachment of Engineers, and two Companies, of Sappers anili Miners. The Cavalry will be commanded by Oolorfel Wyndhanu Wednesday four Brigades of the Koyal Artillery marched fron/ Woolwich, on their route to Portsmouth, for embarkation. The 6 > d Regiment marched in two divisions, Tuesday anil yes- terday, from the Infantry Barracks, Windsor, to Portsmouth^ where they were emliarked for Portugal. The Gistle duty is now performed by the Royal Horse Guards dismounted. Commissary- General Bisset is to be at the head of the Commis- sariat in Portugal. A notice was this day put up at Lloyd's from the Navy. Office, thatthe Commissioners want conveyance to Gibrulter for ii 10 toW of provisions, and 131 tons of light ordnance stores. This moioiug the 1st battalion of the 1st regiment of grenadier guards left Kuightsbridge barracks soon after eight o'eJock, ami proceeded through St. James Park to the Birdcage Walk, accompa- nied by an immense concourse of spectators— the band of the regi- ment playing, alternately, the heroic Scots air of " Over tbe hills' and tar away," and the beautiful melody of Oilman's words of " Gin you to battle inarch away," tunes which warmed some hearts, and watered many a fair cheek with tears. The troops, on their arrival at Storey's Gate, unfixed their bayonets, and con- tinued their route to Deptford, where they are to embark ou board the George tlie Fourth steam boat, which arrived in the Ri ver yesterday from Lisbon, and is capable of accoilluiodatiii< r 400 or 500 troops. The 10th ( North Lincoln) regiment of foot, now stationed at Limerick, and the 11th ( North Devon) regiment of itliiintry, at' present stationed at Waterfonl, have received orders to prepare fur immediate embarkation at Cork, for Portugal. The English merchants, who liare large properties at Oporto, have ajiplied to Government for immediate protection, the place being threatened by a column of 8000 rebels. The General - Steitm Navigation Company have very promptly - offered the wbple of their fleet, consisting of between 20 and W vessels, for the use of his Majesty's service on the present emergen- cy. The Sir Edward Banks- has, in consequence of this offer, been ordered by Government to be iu readiness to prooecd with one of his Majesty's messengers to Lisbon. Portsmouth, Dec. 1 I Oilers came to- day to embnrk the 4tl » regiment of foot, now iu this garriaun, on board tlje Romney, & 0< guns, Capt. Lockyer, for Lisbon. Tliey, go. w » boanlat day- light to- morrow. Ilis Majesty's ship- Melville, 74 gura, Captain Hill, ordered t « take troops to Lisbon, has, by grent exertions, been got ready ( tir sea. She will go otit of harbour to- morrow. A ] » rt « f the tiSd regiment, which h to oome iu on Friday and Saturday, embark iu her. The first division of the guards is to march in on Sunday andi Monday, to embark in the Welleslev, 71, for Liibun. The Royal Ilorse Artillery, 900. men, ore ijMte ready fur oa- tive service. They expect orders to euibafk imtnotfiately. As much activity and zeal prevail in - our public dejiartmeats at the commencement of hostyitiv » whicli trere likely to last fpr another quarter of a century. Plymouth, Dec. 11.— Orders were receded yesterday ifl. tho Citadel, Plymouth, for the IstBatt. tiOth Regt. JDukeof YorkV own Rifle Corps), under the command of Iieut.- Col. Kunbury, to get reaily immediately for embarkation in the Winduir Cmtle. The Vigilant ketch, Lieutenant Meredith, saiUI yesterday for Lisbon, with dispatches, which arrived here exprem from Loudon. COURT OF SESSION— FIRST DIVISION. December 5, 1826. THE DUKE OF GOITNON V M'DONELL 0 » OLBNGALTBY. Patronage of Kilinanivatg. The right of presentation in this case was originally iJenimJ by both parties from the Crown— but that . of. Macdonell was fifty years earlier than that of the Duke of Gordaw— and both were followed by possession. The Duke of Gortlon exercised his right by present- ing Mr. Ross to the parish of Kihnanivaig in the year 177&, anil Mr. Ross remained forty years minister of thin . parish. During this jieriod the Duke of Gordon exercised none of the other rjghls of a patron ; for although he claimed to be exempted in a locality from payment of stipend, on the gronnd that he was patron, yet ho- did not Insist on this claim, and his teipds were nut exempted. The question came to be— Couli} not one act of presentation in fa- vour of this minister, who survived forty, create a valid plea nt" prescription in the Duke of Gordon, although his titWtiail been found to £ W a nun habtnte patcxtatem ? - and - hail there not been, in this case, interruptions via f& fte, and by judicial proceedings, such as a process of locality, sufficient to neutralise the possession? The Court were equally divided in their opinions. Lorjl ISalgrajr and the Lord President on the one side, and Loids Craigie ami Gillies on the other. Under the new form of process, tlie caur must lie over to give the Judges time to re- consider their opinions,, and should they all remain ofthe same mind, Hie sentiments ( if one of the Judges in the Outer House, or of the whole Court, uuit be- taken. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. SPEECH OF TIIE KING OF FRANCE. PARIS, Dec. 12 This day, the I2tb December, tiie King . opened the Session of the Chambers, at the - Louvlv, with, tba- following speech:— GEHTLI MEK— Important labonrs have lx> en prepared fin- thf » . Session. Being well aware of your ical, I liave not hesitated to assemble you earlier than usual. Two Codes will be submitted to your examituition. They are intended to improve the laws respecting fort* ts, and to settle tbo regulations of military jurisdiction. J have . admitted little innova- tion into these work, s. The banes hare lieen tufcun from the actual regulations of the army, and from the Onloniiance of my august, predecessor respecting forests. I wish that it had been possible to avoid nil Interference witU tlie [ M- ess ; but iu proportion as the power of publishing n'ritings has been develo) w< l, it produced fresh instaucea uf abate, which . require to lie restrained by more extensive and eflMnut means. It was time to put a stop to these afflicting seandah, ami to preserve • the liberty of the press from the danger with which it is threaten- ed by its own exceiifses. A project of law will be submiited to yon for tbe attainment of this end. Certain imperfections had been discovered iu tV1 organization of juries. I shall order a project of ( aw to . be proposed to you for their improvement, ami for regulating the name, i- antUrmwWy the nature of this institution. Tlie penalties enacted against the Slave Trade proved deficient ! in efficacy ; and their infliction was liable to lie eluded. A more complete legislation became requisite. I ' have ordered a project, Gentlemen, to be proposed to you on this subject. I continue to receive from all Foreign Governments the assur- ance of their most friendly dispositions, which are iw perfect ac- cordance with my own wish for the maintenance of peace. Disturbances have lately broken out in some parts. of the Penin- sula. I shall unite my efforts to those of my- Allies, to put an eml to the same, and to obviate their consequences. The progressive increase of the produce-. of indirect taxation . wilt permit us- to. augment this year the funds available for the public service, by a sum equal to that of which the contributors have been exempted by - the last financial enactments. This increase will prove a real relief to my people. It w. ill free the communes from the supplementory sums which they pay ; and tin) indigent classes, will find abundant resources in the fresh activity and impetus given- in the construction of our highways, fortresses, ami naval arsenals. I have reason to hope that the allotments which ire to- be nvule- for the public service, will, for several years, sulbee for all their wants, aud that I may in ftiture apply the surplus of produce to- the . reduction of . the must burdensome taxes. Let us return thanks to Divine Provident"?, Gentlemen, for hav- ing placed us in circumstances so highly favourable, and let us join- our efforts to augment and corroborate the same, that my peopU- may, for a long time, reop the fruits thereof. France wiH acqpira- a new species'of greatness, hy industry and tranquillity, ami hec success in peace will prove as productive of glory as her \ yariiker and military virtues, should honour oblige her to display theiu. The King's speech being concluded, the Clflinoello, r, after taking his Majesty's commands, administered the path to the Peers atuli the Deputies. The Chancellor declared, hy the King's command, that the Session of the Chamber of Peers, and . of the Chtuulier of Deputies for the year. 1827, was opened, anil that each of them was requested to meet. to- morrow, at noon, in the usual place of. the Sessious, to commence the course of their labours. From the contents of the.' French papers, receiveibto the 14th< and 16 th, it would not be easy to form any opinion ofthe feelings of the French government on the steps which this country is about to take with regard to the affairs of the Peninsula. The Etoite,. in fact, does not contain a word upon the subject, and the other papers indulge only in a few loose observations. But it was not to> be expected that the French press, subjects as it is to the present ip, should 1) 0 allowed to promulgate any opinions. or obser- on a subject on which there is prolwbjy so much ( Inference uent in the French Cabinet, as on the one which at present » their attention. The Etoile contains the proceedings in miters of Peers and Deputies of the 13th, and a brief notice the latter on the 14th inst. but no message from the ive to the message of our King to Parliament is nten- lave been communicated. The report of die failure of I Co. at Naples is contradicted. The French funds lightly declined. icateur Bordelais of the 10th of December, gives, ac- letters from Bayontie of the 7th, some news which but with what we have published according to the corres- from Z. unora and tiie frontiers of Portugal:—" They at Silveira has been completely beaten ; that the half of his ce perished in the single attack which he has sustained ; that the rest took to flight; that Silveira himself disappeared without any one knowing what became of him." GERMANY. 2ASTE, NOV. 10 The Bavarian officers who embarked at An- cona oil board tlie I'egiuux, have happily arrived ae Napoli, where \ hey were received with the greatest respect by the Greek Govern- ment. Only one of them, who is Chamberlain to his Majesty, was Obliged by illness to return from Corfu to Ancona. NATOU DI ROMANIA OCT. IS.— An English vessel, which ar- rived here yesterday evening, has brought to the Committee of the Nstiiuial Assembly -( the Committee of Thirteen) a letter from Mr. Stratford Canning, the Br itish Ambassador at Constantinople, in which he informs the members of the Committee, " that he has re- Waved the dxpeteted instructions respecting tlie arrangement of the differences between Greece and the Porte, and positive orders to make proposals to the Turkish Ministry, founded on the demands iif. tlie Greeks ; that die negociations between Russia and the Porte iaust Wended by the 7th of October ; and that he ( Mr. Canning) would immediately inform tbe committee of tiie result; and that in cine of an amicable termiuatiou of these negociations the Russinfl Ambassador would cooie immediately from Akermann to Con- stantinople, lu order to terminate as soon as possible, the affairs of the Greeks. ( The letter is said to be- signed) " Your friend and Servant, * Vienna, 4th Dee. " STRATFORD CANNING." Vienna, Dec 1-— The letters from Constantinople of Novem- ber 10, bring little worthy of notice from that capital, where tran- quillity hail not Iwm disturbed since the last commotions, on the ISth and 13th October. The death of Goura is confirmed by accounts from Smyrna of November 3. Some say he was murdered by one of his own soldiers, while pointing a cannon at the enemy ; others, that he was killed by a bomb. The siege of the Acropolis was carried on with great activity by the Seraskier Redschid Pacha ; unfortunately, many of tiie monuments of antiquity, particularly the Parthenon, had suffer- ed considerably by the bombardment. According to positive accounts, another attempt to relieve the Acropolis, on die Slot of October, had been defeated by the be- siegers : it was made'hy die Greeks aud Philhellenes assembled at F, kiwi a ami Salamis, nnder Narajskaki and Fabvier ( whose force is stated at between 2,000 and 3,000 men). The Greeks, however, are said to have succeeded in throwing 200 fresh troops into the citadel. A landing was spoken of, which Celetti and Karatosso, who had assembled soine troops at Scyatho and Skopelo, intended to make in die canal of Talauta, in order to oblige the Seraskier, by this diversion in his rear, to raise the siege of Athens. But as this plin was in agitation at the end of September, when Count H& remrt left die Archipelago, and nothing lias since been done, the execution of die plan seems to have metv/ ith some difficulties. ALXXAMDMA, Oct. 19.— Two merchants' houses here are to advance money to the Pacha ; probably they will obtain permission to export cotton and linseed. The whole qnantity of cotton will not exceed 9,000 bales. The people become daily more dispirited. Hereand in the vicOuty tranquillity has not been interrupted, but near Cairo die country people had revolted ; however) they were soon qaelled by severe measures. A regiment with four cannon re- stored order. The peasants are oldigwl to furnish corn at so low a price, that after paying tbe taxes they have hardly sufficient to live; besides, they are paid in Treasury bonds, which are 20 per cent, lielnw par. The whole country aud the public tranquillity aie thereby endangered. Mijuel!" At Oporto, the popular/ eeling towards our countrymen AMERICA. RUF. NOS AYRES, Sept. 15.— Yesterday evening the English corvette, the Dinger, Captain Lord Tliynne, arrived here from lUonte Video, having on board Lord Ponsonby, Mr. Scott, his Secret- ry, and nine servants. SKIT. 21 On the 19th, the Right Hon. Lord Ponsonby was received by the President as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to this Republic. His Excellency having been brought to. the Palace of the Government with much ceremony, was received by the President, accompanied by the Ministers, the Diplomatic Body, all the general and superior Officers, the Chiefs of the Departments of the Administration, the Deputies of the Con- gress for eael Province, and many respectable citizens. His Lord- ^^^'^ Lli^ vi^ taVenhis seat, ipadc the following speech in English:— " I am commissioned to deliver into the hands of your Ex- cellency a letter from his Majesty the King of Great Britain, ap- pointing me liis Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni- potentiary. I am highly flattered by the honour which has been conferred on me, by choosing me to bring this additional evidence of the sentiments of esteem and friendship which animate my So- vereign in favour of the Republic of the United Prov inces of the Rio de la Plata, and I shall constantly endeavour to execute the im- portant mission which has been confided to me, in such a manner « s to merit the good will of this Government, and to promote the friendly relations which happily exist lietween tbe two parties." To this Speech the President replied in French, expressing the facts which guarantee die particular affection with which the Ar- gentine Republic regards the United Kingdom of Great Britain, for the recognition of oar independence, setting itself above the re- serve which the other European nations have observed in this re. spect; and that it was with great satisfaction he saw this noble sentiment stil! confirmed, since his Britannic Majesty had chosen to represent himself to die Argentine Republic, by a person so dis- tinguished by his rank and personal merit. Tlie PresidenI for his part, aud in die name of ail the Members of tbe Republic, took this occasion to it press to his Lordsliip the particular esteem that w due to him, as well as to his JJajesty George IV. aud the' British Nation. His Lordsliip was tben reconducted to his Hotel, with the same ceremony as lie had been brought to the Palace of the Government. By a vessel, tlie I'orUy, Captain Callan, which left Lima on the 24th August, and arrived at Liverpool « o Monday last, we have received the important intelligence that the Electoral College of Lima, at tluif sitting of the 16th Augwst, passed an act investing Bolivar with die office « f saprewie Magistrate of the Republic of Peru for life, with power to nominate his successor. Of dus in- telligence thare ean l> e no doubt, fts the act of the Electoral Col- lege has beeu publish*'! in tbe El Peraano of- the 19th August, and tt translation has appeared in the Liverpool papers. After detailing all the difficulties at liu' country m the new situation in which it is placet!, die luemlxjru agree to pass resolutions, the first declaring the necessity of reform ; the second is as follows— 2dly, The Liberator, the President « f Colombia, being the only • nan on whom the eyes of our uentineat are fixed, and the only one capable of allaying political tempests, and causing the nation to advance with a steady pace to the destinies to which Providence calls lier ; the Liberator and no oa." else ought to be the perpetual President of - this republic, ou the terms pointed out in his project. Such is the unanimous wish of the electors of the province of Lima, manifested by an acclamation the most decided by this sanctum. With wlrioh the Electoral College was dissolved, all the indivi- dual electors assembled, signing this act. ( Then follow the signatures.) A true copy of the original act deposited in the archives of the Secretary under me. The Minister of the Interior, JOSE MARIA DE PANDO. was any tiling but favourable. The whole of Tras- os- Monte, according to those accounts, declared in favour of Don Miguel; or, in other words, under the pretended sanction of his name, they had armed against the legiti- mate Government. The Santa Marciti has arrived in the River, this, Saturday mor- ning, from Oporto, which she left on the evening of the 7th. At that time no apprehensions were felt by the inhabitants, as it was re- ported the Marquis de Chaves had been defeated, with serious loss. Two seam- boats had arrived at Oporto, with troops from Lisbon. Two regiments, it was reported, had also arrived at Lisbon from Gibraltar. The Santa Marcite brought no passengers. The following article from the Globe of Saturday, furnishes the latest accounts from Oporto, the place against which the efforts of the rebels are at present directed : We have received the following letter from Oporto hy the George and Ellen, which sailed one day latter that the Fanny Voase; it is consequently the latest intelligence in town. On the 8th we learn the alarm, instead of increasing, had rather decreased at OporSi, and that confident hopes were entertained that the Constitutional troops, from the advantageous nature of their position, would be able to stay the progress of the rebels, who may thus be tempted, if they find the approach to Oporto difficult, to try their fortune in another direction. Oporto is situated near the sea, on the north bank of the Douro, which runs from the east to the west; and the Tamega, a considerable river running from north to south, falls iuto the Douro about 40 miles from Oporto. The line of this river, the Constitutional treops sent from Oporto, and collected from the rest of the province, will, it is supposed, be able to defend. The sitation U no doubt very favourable, and as all that is needed is de- lay, we have every hope that, in opposition to a tumultuary force, however superior, they will be successful. Oporto, Dec. 8—" Every thing here bears a gloomy aspect, apprehensions being entertained for the safety of this place. We have determined on shipping some goods for England, and we have little doubt but the vessels will be enabled to sail before the Marquis of Chaves reaches us, should he succeed in driving back the Con- stitutional troops that are assembled on the Banks of the Tamega to oppose his progress ; but we think they will in all likelihood tie able to arrest him, as we understand 500 men could defend the position through which the insurgents must pass." At a late hour on Saturday afternoon, the following letter was received by express from Paris : — " Paris, Thursday evening. " A report has prevailed during the afternoon, that M. de Villele has resigned: This is not true. But it is certain that he, yesterday, after an interview with the English Ambassador, laid a formal complaint before the King against several members of the Mont Rouge ( Mont Rouge is the name of tlie Jesuits' College near Paris, where the heads of the ultra faction hold their council,) faction, among whom are Fauchet aud Delavaux, two persons who enjoy the King's confidence. De Villele charges this faction with having ventured, in the name of the King, to de- sire the French Ambassador in Spain to foment the intrigues against Portugal, aud not to obey the order for his recal which was sent by De Villele. The King listened coolly to De Villele, and the fac- tion boast that they will go to war to vindicate the honour of France. We fear de Villele must give way. The consequences of his doing so would be dreadful for the moment; but as the nation generally hate the Jesuit faction, the result would be a civil war, with English encouragement for the liberal party, and we should see the faction destroyed for ever— perhaps the Bourbon dynasty put an end to." The Captain of one of the merchantmen which left Oporto on the 8th, states, that he met with two steam- boats with English troops on board, enteiing the harbour. On being informed no such vessels had been detached from England, he still persisted in the correctness of his assertion, which appears to confirm the report of troops being sent from Gibraltar to Lisbon, and from thence to Oporto. The private accounts, in ad. Htion tea the letter we have given, contain little information to be relied upon. The numbers of the rebels, and the motley group from Spain, are stated at 15,000 men. But this number, ( unless it is a mere blunder for ], 500,) is inconsistent with the hesitation which is said to have taken place in the movement of the reliels after the pillage of Bra- ganza. It was this pillage, and the promise to his ragamuffins of a similar license at Oporto for three days, that had so alar^ ied the English at the latter place. The Marquis of Chaves* immense estates are chiefly on the boundaries of Portugal: he has great influence with the church party. Several row boats, to capture Portuguese property, had already sailed from Vigo, but we suppose they will not lie particular as to the flag ; and what ledress can bit, expected after the property is in a Spanish port ? of Hastings, and tie ifielmoholv duty devo'veil upon us last night of recording the death og that distinguished person. By a letter had j which we have received- from Naples, dated the 30th of Nov. we learn, that the Noble Marquis died on board his Majesty's ship Re- venge on the 28th, and that his remains were to be conveyed by his Majesty's ship Ariadne, Captain Fitzclarence, to Malta, for in - terment, in conformity with the wishes his Lordship had expressed. The Marchioness of Hastings would remain at Naples for some time. Vice- Admiral Sir II. Neale, in the Revenge, was ? o proceed on the 3d inst. to Marseilles.— Sun. By the death of thr Nol/ le Marquis the Constableship of the Tower, the Colonelcy of the 27th Regi- ment of Faot, and the office of Governor and Commander- in- Chief of the Island of Malta, and its dependencies, have become vacant. DEATH OF Loan KINNAIRD.— Brighton, Dec. 12.— Tlie se- vere indisposition of Lord Kinnaird here, we mentioned some weeks back ; but subsequent to that, a favourable change was thought to have taken place, anil fervent hopes, in consequence, were enter- tained of his recovery; but such hopes, unfortunately, xwere not fated to be verified ; and we have now the painful task to state, that his Lordship expired, at his residence in Regency Square, yesterday morning. THE ARMY. The 1st Division of the 84th Regiment of Foot, embarked on the 4th inst. on board the Jupiter transport, at Cork, for Jamaica. The last division of the 22( 1 Regiment of Infantry embarked on the 2d inst. on board the Arab transport, at Cork for Jamaica. The 50th and 92d ( Highland) Regiments of Foot, now stationed at Jamaica, have received orders, on being relieved by the 22( 1 and 4th Regiments of Infantry, to return to England. The Depot of the 21st ( Royal North British Fuj'de'ers) has re- ceived orders to proceed, from Portsmouth, for the Isle of Wight. CORN EXCHANGE, Dee. IS. A considerable quantity of every Kind of grain, will over from last week, W is augmented this morning by further large a-- rivals of wheat and barley from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, and an extensive importation of foreign oats, beans, and peas, of all of which we had an extreinly heavy market. Wheat, even of the first quality, has given very full Is. per quarter, and though a still greater reduction would have been submitted to on inferior descript tions, but little progress could lie effected. Barley, which sold rather freely on Friday, has again become very dull at last quota- tions. Fine heavy eats maintained their value, while ordinary qua- lities, together with lieans and peas, severally declined Is. to 2s. per quarter. Other grain and flour unaltered. Current Prices of Grain. s. s. d. , Marsh or Zealand qinlities being obtainable under 25 ® . to 2C-. — • Ii remain, ,1 I supplies of new oits are rather larger than they have been of Wheat, , Ditto superfine, Wheat, red, ... Barley Ditto, fine, .... Rye, Malt Oats Potatoe, .. Ditto Poland, ... 46 to 52 0 54 to 58 0 32 to 34 0 35 t « 36 0 34 tn 38 0 55 to 60 0 31 to 34 0 28 to 31 0 Oats, Feed, .... Beans, small, .. Ditto Tick, Beans, harrow, Pease, Maple, . Ditto, WJiife, . Ditto, Boilers, . Ditto, Hog, ... Flour, s. s. d. 27 to 30 0 48 to 50 0 40 to 43 O 42 to 46 0 48 to 50 0 45 to 50 0 52 to 54 0 45 to 47 0 50 to 53 0 Nabal Uegtetcv. HADDINGTON CORN MARKET, Dec. IS. We had a good supply of Wheat in to- day, which met with a very indifferent demand. To effect sales, a considerable decline in price had to be submitted to ; top price Is. below last market.. Wheat I Parley. I Oats. I Pease. I Beans. First 30s. 3d. | 20s. Od. | 20s. 6,1. I 30s. Od. | 30s. Od Second.... Ws. Od. I 18s. Od. I 18s. Od. I 28s. Od. | 28s. Od Third 25s. Od. 16s. Od. 16s. Od. 25s. Od. 25s. Oil FAIRS— Dxcuiiiuat, ( New Stile. J LONDON, Dec. 18. WAR IN PORTUGAL. Advices have been received from Oporto to the 7th inst. at which time considerable alarm aud anxiety prevailed in that city. The Marquis of Chaves had, it was said, reached Mirandella ( about fifty miles from Oporto), but the approach by that road, owing to the peculiar nature of the country, was considered to be one of great difficilty. Clandino was at Villa Real, and Mello at Salamonde, or Sa vamonde, a pass near Braga. There are two roads from Bra- gauza to O[ » orte, viz :— by Braganza, Mirandella, Villa Real, Amatante, Penifiel, Oporto ; or, Brafanza, Chaves, Braga, Oporto. Tlie Uirandella road ojiens on the crossing of the Douro, at St. Joaosde Rosquieira, and hence by Vizen to Coimbra and Lisbon. The Utter, it is asserted, is the one which the rebels lutve chosen. Villa Real and Salvamonde are, both of them, roads by which an attack may lie made upon Oporto ; but if Claudino and Mello he at each of them respectively, they will find themselves so situated as to oppose the inarch of the Marquis de Chaves on Oporto. They will also lie enabled to retire upon the latter city, and there unite with General Stubbs, who had proclaimed his determination to defend Oporto to tbe last, and fight in the streets, if bis men would stand him. The march of tbe reliels on Mirandella appeared to leave 11( 1 doubt of the course { hey would pursue. According to some, it was thought they would proceed at on'ce to Lisbon. Colonel Val dez, after nui.- h severe fighting, had lieen made prisoner, and his men, it was said, had gone over to the rebels, under' the Marquis de Chaves. No satisfactory accounts of tbe movements of Claudino and Mello, who commanded the Royal troop, had been received at Oporto on the 7th inst. but it was supposed they had separated.— The cry of the rebels was, " Death to the English ! Long live Don A report lias prevailed, that the English Ambassador has taken umbrage and demanded his passport for England. This not true; his Excellency has been going to England for some time past to take his seat in the House of Lords, but he will probably postpone going until after the recess. We extract the following from the Dover paper, which has reached us this morning :— " Au order has come down for all die able- seamen on tbe coast blockade of this district to hold themselves in readiness for imme- diate service in the navy." The river presents a scene more than usually animated. The Transports formerly in the Government service are towed down hy the steam boats; the vessels newly taken up are fitting out with the greatest expedition, nearly the whole for the horses of the cavalry. The Government has ordered all the coast blockade men on the Southern shores to repair to Portsmouth, to man the outward bound men of war; they are still sadly deficient in the requisite numbers. The fear of press- warrants is so great among the seamen in the river, that the crews of several coasting vessels have set off, by land, for their homes ; hot we understand there is little fear 011 this point, at least for the present, as volunteer sailors go 011 board the Tender off the Tower, aud in such numbers, that only the best young able- bodied men are engaged. Present State of the Portuguese Army The following is an exact account of the present state of the Portuguese army, taken from official sources. The army is divided into two grand divisions, of which the first, called " the troop of the first line," forms the active force. This division consists of 57,219 men, thus made up— 24 regiments of infantry, forming a total of 37,258 men ; 12 regiments of chasseurs, 8,316 men; 12 regiments of cavalry, 7,140 men ; four regiments of artillery, 3,568 men ; a battalion of artificers, 681 men; and four companies of guides of 261 men. The second grand division is called " the troop of the second line,' and is composed of the Provincial Militia corps. They are armed and clothed at the expepse of the Government, but receive no pay. They consist for the most part of husbandmen and others engaged in agricultural pursuits, and are not obliged to perform active duty, except in case of emergency. It is needless to say, that at present they are on duty. This second section of the army consisted in 1822, when it was last on active duty, of 40 old regiments, pre- senting a body of 56,104 men, and of four new regiments, com- posed of 4,723 men, in all, 59,827 men. From this it will be seen, that the Portuguese army, exclusive of any additional forces that may now be raised, consists of nearly 120,000.— New Times. Saltpetre rose suddenly this morning, from 24/. per ton, die price of yesterday, to 30/. but it has since declined to 26/. Slave Trade.— A letter has been received at the Admiralty from Commodore Bullen, Commander- in- Chief on the coast of Africa, giving a detailed account of the capture of a slave vessel under Bra- zilian colours, called the Prince of Guinea, by the Hope schooner, manned by officers and men from his Majesty's ship Maidstone, and under the orders of Lieutenant Tucker. The Hope fell in with tbe Prince of Guinea ou the 5th of August, shortly after she had sailed from Whydah, with 578 slaves on board, " and after a chace of twenty- eight hours, a severe action took place, which lasted two hours, when the British party was successful. The Hope mounted five guns, and was manned by 32 officers and men; she had none killed, and only three wounded, among whom was the gallant com- mander, Lieutenant Tucker, severely. The slave vessel was 280 tons burthen, built at Philadelphia, pierced for 16 guns, but mount- ing 9 ; she had eleven seamen and two slaves killed, and fifteen seamen and twelve slaves wounded. The Commodore eulogizes in very marked terms the gallant conduct of Lieutenant Tucker and his little party. The Duke of York, we are very sorry to say, continues in a state of great bcdily suffering ; and, though the physicians enter- tain no apprehensions of immediate danger, there is little hope that his Royal Highne- s will ever be restored to perfect health.— Herald. We have heard that there is a prospect of a speedy reconciliation between his Majesty anil tlie Duke of Sussex. Their estrangement has long been matter of public notoriety, and very general re- gret - Ibid. We can state with some confidence, that the present Quarter's Revenue is now on the increase, and we hail the improvement with much gratification.— British Traveller. East India House On Wednesday the vote of thanks of the Directors and Rroprietots, to Lord Amherst, Sir Thomas Monroe, and the officers aud troops, for their conduct in the Burmese war, and also motions of thanks to Sir Archibald Campbell, and the officers and crews of the navy who were engaged In the affair, were carried in the affirmative, after some opposition by Mr. Hume, Colonel Stanhope, Sir John Nicol, and Sir Charles Forbes, to the vote of thanks to Lord Amherst. Bank of England.— A General Quarterly Court of Proprietors was held at die Bank 011 Thursday, to declare a half- yearly divi- dend, for the term ending at Christmas next. A dividend of four per cent, was declared, payable, at Christinas, and tlie Court adjourned. Death of the Marquis of Hastings.— It was our painful duty about a fortnight ago to mention the alarming state of the Marquis FROAI LLOYD'S LIST, DECEMBER 12. Coden, ( Sussex) Dec. 8 The Princess Charlotte, Pixley, from Loudon to J-.' maica, caught fire this morning, and notwith- standing every exertion, the ship and cargo are nearly consumed. Beaumaris, Dec. 10.— The Liverpool, Gowan, of Dundee, lias been raised upon her keel in a very bad state. Honduras, Oct. 4.— The Gratitude of London, bound to Liver pool, sailed from Nicaragua about the 13th August. A few days afterwards the master, mate, and a seaman died, and the remain- der of the crew, four in number, were sick. On the 13th of Sep- tember she struck on a reef of rocks near the island of Coznmel, and the people were taken out by some Spanish fishermen, and carried to the Maine. A passenger ( Mr. William Duncan) ha » arrived here in a Spanish craft. DRC. 15.— Hull, Dec. 12 The John Harrison, from hence to Wakefield, was run down and sunk the 1st inst. between Fax- fleet and Blacktoft. Crew saved. Lima, Aug. 23 The French ship Fulgon, in going through the Boqueran Passage, ran on shore, but was got off by the boats of his Majesty's ship Cambridge and Blanche, and is now in Callao Bay, with loss of anchors, rudder, & c. and making twenty- two inches of water per hour. MAILS.— Arrived— 1 Gottenburgh, 2 Hamburgh, 1 Flanders, 2 French, 1 Lisbon, and 1 Brazils. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Cape of Good Hope, Oct. 5.— Arrived since the 27th ult. The Madras, Beach ;, Jessie, Winfer ; and Ceylon, Davidson, all from London ; Exporter, Bullen, from Weymouth ; and Ellen, Camper, from Plymouth The Madras and Exporter have since sailed for Bengal, and the Castle Forbes, Ord, for Bombay. On Wednesday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Captain Wrft. H. Clarence Dalrymple was sworn into the command of the ship Vansittart, consigned to Bengal and China. Deal, Dec. 14 Arrived the Mary Ann, M'Donald from Bombay ; sailed the 31 st July ; from the Cape of Good Hope 21 st Sept. ; and St Helena the 15th Oct. , Dublin, Dec. ] 2 Arrived the Arethusa, Brooks, from the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena. The Barossa, Hutchinson, from Bengal, has arrived in the Thames ; sailed from Bengal the 12th Slay, from Mtidras the Sth June, Mauritius the 5th Sept. off the Cape the 25th ditto, and St. Helena the 17 th October. Cape of Good Hope, Oct. 25.— The Britannia, Bourchicr, from London and Madeira to Bombay, put into St. Helena Bay the ^ Otli inst. and in standing out on the 22d, struck on a sunken rock at the mouth of that Bay, about sixteen miles from the land, and filled with water to her decks by the time she grounded about a quarter of a mile from the beach. Arrived the Britannia, Ferris ; Australia, Wilson ; and Ann, Bunker, all from London, ( part of the crew of the latter in a state of mutiny) ; the Ionia, Furnell, from Liverpool; Sir Francis Burton, Martin, from Shields.— Sail- ed, the Reaper, Broad, for Bengal ; Calista, Robertson, for the Mauritius ; and Globe, Johnson, for Bristol and Liverpool. Mauritius, Sept. 4.— Arrived the Boyne, Millar, and Re- covery, Chapman, from Loudon for Bombay. The Bonavista, Towns, arrived from London and the Cape 31st ult. Arrivals at Bombay.— The James Scott, Richards, from Bom- bay, on tlie 21st July, to be docked ; the Eliza, Smith, from sea, having put back three times from boisterous weather ; she was bound to China, is damaged,-" aitftdtaeliuigM'hiJi rar^ Vi to liedock- ed. Sailed the Milford, Jackson ; Caledonia, Johnson ; Lord Lowtlier, Stuart; and Norfolk, Greig, all for China. Ceylon, Aug. 17.— Arrived the Palmyra, Lamb; the Iloogley, Reeves, arrived on the 10th, both from London. Madras, Aug. 17.— Sailed the Marquis of Huntly, Fraser, for Penang, Sincapore, and China. The Castle Huntly, Drummond, sailed on the 4tli for China. Bengal, . July 26 Arrived the Dunira, Hamilton, and Eu- phrates, •, from London. Stratlillon, 1st Tuesday Kincardine, Ross- shire, do. Upper Banchory, 1st Wed. Newmachar, 2d Monday Culbockie, 2d Wednesday Perth, 11th day Ruthrieston, 3d Tuesday Mortlach, Dustan, 2d Tliu. Inverness, 22d day Banff Christinas l'air, 6t. John's Day. ( Old Stile. J Huntly, Andermas, Ist Tu. Ellon, do. Turriff, .1 st. Tu. and Wed. Elgin, Audernias Fair, do. Rothiemay, 2d Tuesday Old Deer, Dustan Fair, do. and Wednesday Fochabers, Bellie Fair, 3d • Wednesday Dingwall, Tuesday before Christ- mas Stonehaven, Thursday before ditto Turriff, Saturday before Christ- mas. late ; new bastard bretrs of 38 lb. 2( 1 rial Quarter. Os. to 27s. 9d. per impe- EDINBURGH, Dec. 19. DUNDEE MANUFACTURES. 31b. lint handsp. — — 31b. mill- spun, 2s. Id. a 2s. 3il. 41b. ditto, Os. Od. to Os Od. 51b. ditto, . Os. Od. to Os Od. 61b. ditto, . Os. Od. to Os Od. 71b. lint do. . . — _ 61b. tow, do. p. lb. 2s Sd to 2s 9d 71b. tow ( lo. do. 2s 4d to 2s 8d 81b. towdo. do. Os 4d to Os 4id 10 and 121b. do. 3d to Os d.| d Petersb. 12hd. ,€ 36 a £ 37 00 Ditto, 9 ditto, 31 a 82 00t Liebau, Riga Thiesenhaus, 41 a 41 10 1 Archangel, Drujana cut, . 85 a 36 — | Flemish, HEMP. Ristens, 3Brand,£ 30 10 a € 31 — 0 a 35 35 0 a 40 00 0 a 0 Petershurghclean, ,€ 41 a £— Ditto half- clean' . 31 00s a 82 Riga Rhine, 46 a 0 00 Drujana rass, - Common rass Codilla, £ 36 a £—. 33 a 21 a 00 22 SMITHFIELD MARKET. Beef, 4s. 2( 1. to 5s. Od. Pork, Veal, 4s. 4d. to 5s. Od. Lamb, Mutton, ... 3s. 9d. to 4s. 4d. Beasts, 541— Calves, 180— Sheep and Lambs, 4140 4s. fid. to 5s. 2d Os. Od. to Os. Od - Pigs, 110. PiilCF, OF STOCKS. 3 per C. ReiJ. 77f 79^ 3 per C. Cons 3J per Cent. Red, 85 84f 85j 4 per Cent. 1826 New 4 Gent. India Bonds 13 15 pr. Exch. Bills, 10001. 4 6 pr. Bank for Acc. Con. for Acc. 80j Edinburgh Corn Market, Dec. 13.— We had a full supply of all sorts of grain to- day. Sales flat, and prices in general considerably lower, except the top price of Barley, which remains as last market day. Edinburgh Cattle Market, Dec. 13 The supply of sheep in the market this morning was less than last week ( 2970). Wedders white- faced sold from 19s. to 24s.; black- faced from 16s. to 22s. • ewes from 1 Is. to 17s. ; a good side, and prices fully better than last week. There were 302 cattle in the Grassmarket ; good fat fully maintained last week's prices ; best 7s. 9d.; inferior 6s. to 7s. The following letter was posted on Friday morning at Lloyds :- r- Portsmouth, Dec. 14 Arrived the Fancy Voase, Lester, from Oporto, sailed 7' Ji instant. She had brought passengers, who re- port that the Spanish Ambassador was ordered away from Lisbon, at 24 hours' notice, but he had petitioned to remain a few days as private individual. The rebels had pillaged, burnt, and destroyed the town of Braganza, and ill- treated the inhabitants. The Mar- quis of Chaves, alias Silveira, the Commander of the rebels, had reached Mirandela, according to report, and fears were entertained that they would attack Oporto. It was likewise reported tliat the Ministers of State, with the exception of two, had proved faithless. Nine British vessels Were left at Oporto. Captain Francis Augustus Collier, C. B. is appoint- ed Commodore and Commander- in- Chief of his Majes- ty's squadron on the West Coast of Africa, in the room of Commodore Charles Bullen, C. B. whose period of service has expired. The Commodore will hoist his broad pendaut in the Sybille, fitting at this port. Portsmouth, Dec. 10.— Sailed his Majesty's ships Galatea and Plumper, with sealed orders to be opened off the Lizard Sand. A letter from an Officer of his Majesty's ship Rose, dated Garden Bay, Scio, Sept. 16, states that that ship, in company with his Majesty's ship Cambrian, had just captured two Greek pirates : one laden with gunpowder, the other with 80,000 piasters, thirty bales of raw silk, eighty packages of saffron, a bag of pearls, and various other valuable articles of merchandise. The Iloyal George, of 120 guns, building at Chat ham, is ordered to be finished with all possible speed, that a two- decked ship, which is to carry 100 guns, may be laid down oil the same slip. This vessel ( being of a new class) will carrv eighteen guns on a side, on the lower and main decks, and fourteen on a side on the quarter- deck and forecastle— 36 or 4- 2 pounders. On Friday morning, Rear- Admiral Sir George Eyre struck his flag on board the Welleslcv at Portsmouth, immediately upon which the flag of Rear- Admiral Sir T. M. Hardy was hoisted oil board the same ship under the usual salute. Sir Thomas proceeds directly, in the Wellesley, for Portugal. Portsmouth, Dec. 13 His Majesty's ship Alligator, 28 guns, Captain Chads, arrived this afternoon from the East Indies. Left Madras on the 3d August, Trin comalee on the 1st of September, and the Cape of Good Hope 4- 8 days since, bringing dispatches and letters from these places. No news of any great importance. No specie. Good cattle met a quick sale ; inferior kinds stood lon^ Prices of Hay and Straw. Dec. 13 Oat Straw, 15s. to 17s. ; Barley ditto, 10s. to 10s. 6d. ; Wheat ditto, 10s. to Us. per kemple. Hay Is. 3d. to Is. 5d. per stone, tron weight. Glasgow Cattle Market There were 254 fat cattle in the mar- ket on Monday, Owing to die open weather, country cows were very plenty, but prime West Highlanders were most" in demand. There were a few heavy cattle, fed in distilleries round Stirling, and a few Galloways, which were in excellent order, and brought from 9s. to 9s. 6( 1. a- stone beef and tallow. Country cows, and West Highlanders, sold at from 7s. to 8s. a- stone beef and tallow. Coun- try cows, and West Highlanders, sold at from 7s. to 8s. a- stoue beef and tallow. There were 1550 sheep brought forward, and they sold pretty well. Wedders brought from 14s. to 18s. ; yeil ewea, from 7s. to 12s.; and best fat ewes from 13s. to 14s. Ear- ly in the season, a drover purchased a mixed lot of wedders and ewes for 1/. 2s. which were to be lifted at this time. Pursuant to bar- gain, he drove them away, and sold them yesterday for 16s. Dumfries Cuttle Market, Dec. 6 Our market was poorly at- tended to- day ; the whole show did not exceed 195 head. Sales were dull, and prices the same as formerly, although few, if any, were driven off unsold. Some of the best two- year- olds brought from 5/. to 61. and some of the worst sEirks rated so low as 21. Morpeth, Dec. 13— At our market to- day there was rather a short supply of cattle and sheep ; being a good many buyers, fat of both sold readily at an advance in price. Beef, 5s. 6d. to 6s. per stone, sinking offal. Muttun, 5s. 3d. to 6s. 3d. Andrew's Mass Market was held in Perth upon the Sth curt. The show of horses was scarcely so numerous as usual, but greatly too much for the demand ; a few of the better sort sold at pretty fair prices, but there was nothing like a general sale, and the in- ferior kinds were selling at very low prices, and perhaps more than a usual proportion remained unsold. The cattle market was very poorly supplied either with tat stock or lean ; the former might bring from 6s. to 7s. per stone, Dutch weight; the lean stock was generally of the inferior kind ; year olds and two year olds were sel- ling at little more than the value of the milk that cattle should re- ceive. Tl. e general dullness of the market for live stock might, in a great measure, proceed from the unusual scarcity of fodder which prevails throughout the country. The quantity of butter and cheese presented for sale was not nearly so great as at the October market. TJie prices nearly the same ; butter may be quoted at from 19s. to 20s. per stone; cheese from 6s. to 7s. in both cases Tron weight. The hiring of servants went on slowly, wages still lower, and not much demand. Little seamed to lie doing in the corn market, prices nearly stationary, except for oats ; that article is much in demand, and prices rather rising. COTTON The prices of Cotton continue to be firmly maintained, but there is no briskness in the market, though the holders continue sanguine of an improvement in the Cotton Trade generally early in next year. The purchases for the week ending last" night inclusive, consist of HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY. On Monday, Ruliert Holmes was convicted of stealing a silver watch anil gold seal from the person of Hugh Munro, near die Watergate, on. the evening of the Sth of October, aggravated bv' his being habit and repute a thief. Tfie Jury unanimously found him guilty, anil he was sentenced to be transported for life. George Wilson, shoemaker, and Robert Wilson, tailor, were charged with housebreaking and theft, to which they pleaded not guiltv. The first named prisoner resided in the fifth flat ofa house in Skinner's Close, in which Wm. Williamson, late Serjeant- major of the 72d regiment occupies a room and closet. Williamson hav- ing occasion to leave the town, locked his door, leaving the kev with bis nephew, Adam Richardson, by whom, on the 5th day of '. September, it was discovered to have been broken open, and all his uncle's wearing apparel and bed- cloaths carried off. Hn" h Munro, a broker in the 1' leasance, and his wife, proved the pur- chasing of blankets, and some articles of apparel, from the prisoner George, being strongly urged to do so by his brother, whom Ire • had long known, and believed him to be an industrious honest man. A numlier of articles in Court were identified by Williamson and his nephew as the property of the former, and also by Munro and ' his wife, as being those purchased from the prisoners. The Jury unanimously found the prisoners guilty of the theft libelled, but the housebreaking not proven. The prisoners were sentenced to be transported, for seven years. Margaret Bruce, John M'Kay, and Violet Malvina Lawson or M'Kay, were placed at the bar, charged with theft from lockfast places ; the two latter were also accused of reset of theft. Bruce pleaded guilty, and the others not guilty. The charge being fully established, the Jury unanimously found the prisoner guilty, but on account of the candid confession of Brnce, and her previous good character, they unanimously recommended her to the leniency of the court. The Lord Justice Clerk forcibly dwelt on the dangerous'nature of the crime of which the prisoners had been convicted, and after an earnest exhortation as to the future, sentenced the prisoner Brtico to six months' imprisonment, aud M'Kay and his wife to be transported for fourteen years. ELECTION OF A PROFESSOR OF CJVLT I. AW IN TltE UNIVERSITY" OF EDINBURGH. We understand that a ifleeting of the Faculty of Advocates was held on Friday, for the purpose of electing a leet of two members of that liody, to be presented to the Town Courfcil, one of whom the : Council must nominate as the Professor of Civil Law in the Univer- sity, in room ofMr. Irving, who has licen recently elevated to the Bench. The candidates who Were proposed to the Faculty, were Mr. Robert Bell and Mr. Douglas Cheapo. A very keen canvass among the members of the Faculty had been carried on for the last two months by the friends of the candidates respectively ; and as it was known that the mendiers were nearly equal . on each side, a very great degree of interest was felt both in and ou t of the Faculty as to the result of the election. Some gentlemen of tbe bar came from Lon- ^ don, others from Caithness, and many ftoiri intermediate distances,. ? to be present at this election ; and we understand that the meeting was more fully attended than any that had ever taken place before. We learn that no fewer than two hundred and seventy- two mem- bers voted on this occasion, and some were present who diil not vote. Mr. Dnndas of Arniston, seconded by Mr. Forsyth, proposed that Mr. Cheape and the Dean of Faculty should compose the leet to lie sent to the Town Council ; and Mr. Jeffrey, seconded by Sir. John Sinclair, proposed Mr. Robert Bell and the Dean as'tlie proper persons whose names should be sent in. Of course it was understood that the Dean would not accept of the professorship, and consequent- ly the Town Council would be obliged to nominate to the vacant chair the one of the two real candidates who had most votes iu the Faculty. This has been the practice since the institution of this professorship ; and tlje appoinjment of a Professor of Civil Law, though nominally vested in the Town Council, substantially and iu fact is thus made to belong, exclusively to the Facility of Advocates. We hi : ar that at the close of the vote the numbers stood thus —- For Mr. Cheape - . _ 13!) For Mr. Bell ... 133 Majority for Mr. Clieape 6 Tbe emoluments of the chair of Civil Law will hereafter lie con- siderably increased in consequenesof a late resolution of the Writers to the Signet, by which all their apprentices are bound to attend this class before they can be admitted as members of thei » society It is generally stated that the fees of students and the salary of th" Professor, will amount hereafter to between four and five hundred a year. DIVINITY CHAIR.- At the meeting of the Town Council of Edin- burgh On Wednesday, the Lord Provost produced a letter front Dr. Ritchie, acknowledging tbe receipt of. die communication made to him, and requesting the honourable patrons to accept hi, dianks for their attention to the state r. fhis health,. Irt reference t„ which he begged to inform them, that the Principal hail agreed to read his lectures in his place when it might, be necessary. The Lord Provost also laid before the Gmncil a letter from the Rev. Principal, stating his rcadincssto comply with the request of the Rev. Dr. After some observations, the Council agreed to tier interim arrangement thus made for teaching the class. On Monday the Lord Provost informed the Council that lie bad called this extraordinary meeting for two purposes— 1st, To proceed to the election of a Professor of Civil Law ; aud, 2d, To deliberate in regard to the city improvements. Civil Law Chair An extract from the minutes of the Faculty of Advocates was then read, hearing, that the Faculty has ma. le choice of Messrs. James Monerieff and Douglas Cheape, as a feet for Professor, and " requesting the Council to nominate either olT the said two gentlemen, as shall to them seem proper." The clause of the Act of Parliament, 9. Geo. I. fixing the mode of election, having been read, the Lord Provost stated it to be bis understanding, that Mr. Moncrieff would not accept of the office and therefore he moved that Mr. Douglas Cheape lie elected. Convener Sawers observed that he could not agree with the motion of the Lord Provost; that the situation which Mr. M011- crieff held at the bar, and the eminence to which he had risen in his profession, in his opinion, rendered it impossible for the Coun- cil not to prefer that individual to any other ; and as to any un- derstanding by which the return might be managed, so as to throw the nomination into the Faculty, the Council, sitting as judges of the fitness of two individuals, had nothing to do. He therefore moved that Mr. James Moncrieff lie elected. The Convener's motion was seconded by Deacon Nasmyth, o » was the Lord Provost's by Deacon Fraser. After several members had delivered their opinions on the sub- ject in which all of them seemed to condemn the practice of sending up a merely nominal leet, the roll was called, when the votes stood thus : — For Mr. Cheape For Mr. Moucrieff Absent .... 650 Surats,_ 100 Bengal, ~ 100 f 70 Pernam ™ 100 Bowed- ~ 4| d. to 5fd. ~ 5d. to5fd. - io^ d. to i< 4d. ~ 6jd. to 7( 1. iHavfms, & c. GENERAL AVERAGE PltfCES OF CORN, The following is the General Average which governs Importation, taken from the Weekly Returns of the quantities and prices of British Corn in England and Wales, for the week ending 8th December. Pease. s. d. 53 11 Wheat. Barley. Oats. Rye. Beans. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. ( 1. s. d. 58 2 38 3 31 8 ' 4.2 6 54 4 AVERAGE bv the Imperial Quarter Wheat. Barley. Oats. Rye. Beans. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 58 3 83 10 31 10 55 8 Pease, s. d. 54 10 Tlie AVERAGE PRICE of BIIOWN or MUSCOVADO SUGAR, com pitted from the Returns made in the week ending the 13th Dec. is 32s. 4d. per Hundred Weight, duty exclusive. Liverpool, Saturday, 9th Dec. 1826. There has been a good demand for Cotton throughout the whole of the week, but particularly since Wednesday, when it became very brisk, The sales are chiefly to the dealers and spinners, who have taken freely of American descriptions at the full quotations of last week, and latterly to per lb. advance has been given on the prices of Bowed and Mobile. The sales amount to 17,500 bags. The arrivals are 3037 bags. FOREIGN MARKETS. Frankfort, Nov. 27 The late rise in the prices of corn in the Dutch sea- ports, where wheat especially has risen from 15 to 20 florins per last, in consequence of the recent favourable accounts from the English market, lias also caused a considerable advance here and at Mayence : 011 wheat, rve, and barley, it is about 30 kreuzers per quarter, and on oats from 15 to 20 kreuzers. Rotterdam, Nov. 27 For this day's, market there was a libe- ral supply of wheat of home growth, but not many arrivals from foreign parts ; the trade ruled exceedingly heavy. Barley was in better supply than last week, and moved off heavily. I11 foreign barley nothing has been done for export. We had a large show of oats, principally light new feed, whereof a great proportion sold at an abatement of fully 20f. per last; several holders would, however, not submit to that decline, and have withdrawn their sample : fine heavy feed, Polands, and brews, haye nearly reached our lasWpio- tations. Currency as under :— Wheat 33s. to 46s. Barley 26s 7( 1. Oats 20s. 6( 1. to 36s. 3d. per quarter imperial. Antwerp, Nov. 21 During the whole of l. ist week an unusual degree of activity was observable in our com trade, which was chiefly attributable to the brisk accounts from Great Britain. New red wheat of 61 to 62 11 » . per imperial bushel is in brisk demand at 40s. 9( 1. but merely for home consumption. White wheat of 60 lb. is much sought after for exportation, at 39s. 8d. to 40s. 9d. ; the supplies are short, and some holders are not inclined to sell even at the latter rate. Barley lias at. length got its turn, and a rise of 2s. to 3s. per quarter has taken place this week, no good 17 13 3 33 This discussion having occupied the Council from ten till half- past eleven o'clock, the subject of the improvements was then con- sidered, which occupied the Council till past one, whoa thev ad- journed to the meeting in the Church Aisle. The Presbytery of Dunblane, at their last meeting, agreed to transmit to the ensuing General Assembly, an overture against pluralities. On Saturday oe'enDight, Alexander Irving, Esq. Advocate, presented the Court of Session his Majesty's letter appointing him one of the Lords of Session, in room of Lord Robertson, resigned. After going thruugh his trials as Lord Probationer, his Lordshiji on Thursday took the oaths aud his seat on the Bench, by the title of Lord Newton. Mr. Louis De Maria has lieen appointed one of the Depute Clerks of Session, in the room of Thomas . Manners, Esq. W. S. deceased. Presbytery of Dunbar— Curious Case At a meeting of the Presbytery of Dunbar, on the 4th October last, a case of an inter- esting* and. novel nature was brought before them. Mr. Jeffrey, minister of Dunbar, having declined to baptize a child of a respect- able parishioner, because he did not regularly attend the parish church", but frequently went to a dissenting meeting house, the case'was brought before'the Presbytery by )> etition, and after both parties were heard, the Presbytery agreed to delay the considera- tion of it till next ordinary meeting 011 the 6th December. On tliat day the case was taken up, when, after much warm debiting, the prayer of the petition was refused. Against the deliverance of the Presbytery tbe complainer protested, and appealed to the ensu- ing Synod. There were six members present, two sf whom dissen • ted from the judgment. ^ Royal Caledonian Ilunt At a meeting of the Royal Caledo- nian Hunt, held in Edinburgh on Tuesday Week, they fixed that their autumn meeting shall be held at Dumfries ; and they elected for the ensuing year—^ 6ir John II. Maxwell, Bart., preses; John Hope Johnstone, Esq. treasurer; Hon. Captain Gordon, Hon. John Gray, and David Baird, Esq. councillors ; William Haggart, Esq. secretary. James Dawson, the Scotsman, who has been noticed, in the newspapers, as supcrintendant in die testing of brass ordnance and construction of artillery carriages to the King of Persia, is a native of the village of Buinsford, in the parish of Faikirk. He was ori- ginally bred a moulder at Carron Iron Works, but afterward en- listed as a private in the Royal Artillery, and went to Persia with the Embassy of Sir George Ouslcy. From his skill and activity he was appointed to teach the great gun exercise, and was honour- ed with a gold medal, & c. from the Prince Abbas Mirza. lie re- turned bona to Baiiufoid about nine years ago, and again, at the invitation of the Persian Embassador, went out, since which period he has held Ids important trust with great advantage to the army, and so as to have gained for him the confidence of the Prince Royal. Mary Elder or Smith, prisoner in the tolbooth of Dundee, accus- ed of murder, in having administered poison to Margaret Warden, her servant, on the 5th of September last— Peter Currie, Robert Flockhart, John Penman, junior, and John Duncan, colliers, ac- cused of riot and assault, for the purpose of deterring other colliers from continuing in their employment—- and Alexander M'Kay, prisoner in the Tolbooth of Aberdeen, accused of theft. Mary • Smith's t. ial is fixed for the 28th inst. There are twenty- seven witnesses on the part of the prosecution. Mr. Jeffrey has been re- tained as counsel for the prisoner. A couutry clergyman, who on Sundays is more indebted to his manuscript than to his memory, called unceremoniously at a cottage, while its possessor— a pious parishioner— was engaged ( a daily ex- erlise) in iietusing a paragraph ofthe writings of an inspired Pro- phet. " Wee! John," familiarly inquired the clerieid visitant, " what's this you are about ?" " I am prophecying," was the prompt reply. Prophecying. /" exclaimed the astounded divine, " I doubt you are only rending a prophecy." " Well," argued the religious rustic, " git reading a preacliin' be preaching, is na' read- ing a prophecy prophecying ?"— Dundee Advertiser. BIRTHS. AtMoncrieffe House, on the 10th instant, the Lady Moncreiffc, of a daughter. On the 9th inst. Mrs. Waugh, Northumberland Street, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. AtXirkaldv, on the 30th ult. Captain Robert Tod, ofthe whale ship Caledonia, of that port, to Jane, daughter of William Hutchi- son, Esq. there. At Toinperran, on the 11 th inst. the Rev. James Walker, A. M. minister of Muthill, to Christian, daughter of James M'Lean, Esq. DEATHS. At' Fort William, on the 7th inst. Captain George Graham ® tefe| rt, Royal Navy, of Hillside, Dumfries- shire. At' 121; Prince's Street, Edinburgh, on the 6th' inst. in the v^ year m his' ige, William Bell, Esq. merchant, formerly of Charleston, South Carolina. At the Sandwich Islands, in December 1885, Dr. John Law, surgeon to the King of Woahoo, second son of Mr. John Law, Bristo Street. At Brighton, on the 1 Ith inst. in the 47th year of his age, the Right Hon. Lord Kinnaird. At Edinburgh, on the 10th inst. Mr. James Ranken, solicitor- at- law. For the ABERr. EF. il CIIROHICLE. ODE TO MISS F E. O dilecta Dea? quse Paphios tenet I. tieos, et viridem protegit Idahim ! Brumales glacies, te veniente, Amor Dissolvit: Boreas fugit. Cum scenas decores, et gravioribus- Vox, cultura placet: gaiulet Ionicos Motus aspiciens, egregium et decus Miratur populus tuum. Cum suras teretes, cum teneros pedes Complexes agitas per volucres choros, Cervicrmque premunt, et niveos tegunt Errantes humerus coma;; Quis, quis, Diva, potest viucla Cupidinis Blaudi rumpere ? Quis lumine fervido Fulgentes oculos, et nitidas videt Malas, nec statuet tibi Aram, qui, qnoties alma redit dies Qua primitm, Veneris filia lucidae, Te vidit dominant pectoris ; et mero, Et te thure colat pio ? TTt Laertiailis sanguinea in feras Mutavit comites Telegoni parens, Sic, nostri juvenes ne pereant tuis Devicti ulagicis, abi. PHILOPOUS. To lite EDITOR of the ABERDEEN CHRONICLE. Sin, I think it incumbent upon our Dean of Guild to look a little tnore into the way in which matters are conducted in our'tveekly markets here. From the extraordinary number of Hucksters who frequent the Poultry Market, it is nht possible to get a single pound of- butter, or a dozen of eggs, without being under Ihe necessity of buying from them, at an advance of 15 to SO per cent. This is really a s; ul grievance, and ought to be put a stop to ;— it is a robbing of the public; and falls most heavily upon that class of people who can worst afford it. Provisions, I am sure you will allow, are sufficiently high when purchased at the first hand ; we have little need of a parcel of sharks lying in wait cn a market day, and, by forestalling, getting provisions raised to a ransom. Trusting you will oblige Die by giving this hint a corner in your useful paper, I am, Sir, your obedient servant, MEG DODS. Cleihum Inn, St. Ronan's, Dec, 16, 1826. To the EDITOR of the ABERDEEN CHRONICLE. Silt, It has been for a long time past a matter of surprise to me, that so little attention has ever been bestowed upon our Fish Market, since there can be no doubt, that by a little attention and exertion, much might be done towards increasing the quantity and variety of fish brought to market. At Edinburgh, much good has resulted fromacommittee of activc intelligent gentlemen, who have established a. set of wholesome regulations, and procured encouragement to strangers, who bring the commodity to market; and thus the Edinburgh market; from being proverbially the worst, is now per- haps the best supplied in the island. I shall not enter upon the question how far the fish- curers are entitled to pick up aud export all our fine cod fish ; but considering that our fishers are furnished with houses at moderate rents, and perhaps have other privileges, may it not be asked, whether those advantages entitle the Magis- trates to any control over the fishers, so as to compel them to bring to the market a due projiortiou at least of the fish Caught ? If such his not, been the case hitherto, it is now high time that a new bargain should be made, and eveu that some additional al- lowances should be made, if necessary, oil the score, of rent, pro- vided the fishers will exert themselves and promise a good supply. If ever there was a time when a regular aud abundant supply of fish was desirable, now is that time, when every article of provi- sion is becoming scarcer and dearer. If a committee of active intelligent geritleinen were to bestir themselves in this matter, I am convinced . that much Jmight be done in the way of improve- ment, in corte& irertce ' with the Magistrates, to whose serious at- tention I would beg leave ta refer the above hints. I atu, Sir, your most obedt. servt. cms. Aberdeen, 20th Dec. 1826. NEW YEAR'S GIFTS. FOR SALE, BY PRIVATE BARGAIN, rip WO SHARES ofthe ABERDEEN and LON- J- DON SHIPPING COMPANY. One SHARE of the ABERDEEN, LEITH, and CLYDE SHIPPING COMPANY. • One SHARE of the AEEUDEEN TOWN and COUNTY BANK— Add Ten SHARES ofthe ABERDEEN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR- ANCE COMPANY. Apply to Alex. Webster, Advocate in Aberdeen. ALMANACKS FOR 1827. ILLIAM ROBERTSON respectfully intimates, that he has just received an extensive Collection of the Newest and most Esteemed Publications, containing the greatest variety. of Elegant; Moral, and Useful Books,' for the Amusement and Instruction of Youth; together with Games, on Canvas, Paste- board, & c Amusing and Instructive Cards— Dissected Maps and Puzzles— Painted Velvet Pin Cusliions— Ladies'Pocket Books and Thread Cases, in Russia and Morocco, plain and silver mounted— Purses— Backgammon Tables— Chess Boards— Chess Men, Ivory, Bone, and Wood— Card Counters, pearl, Ivory, and Bone— Net,- man and Reeve's Colour Boxes, all sizes— Silver Pencil Cases — Ladies' Work Boxes, in Morocco, Russia, & c.— Portable Writ- ing Desks, plain aud ornamented— Best Playing Cards, of a most superior quality, plain and coloured Backs. Ackermanu's Forget Me Not— Friendship's Offering—* The Amulet — Litciary Souvenir for 1827, and a varietyof other articles, well suited for Presents at this season. Aberdeen, Moore's, Partridge's, Goldsmith's, and Prophetic ALMANACKS, for 1H27— White's EPHEMERIS— Kearsley, Baldwin, and Simpson's Gentleman's ANNUAL LEDGERS— Ladiess ANNUAL POCKETS, various kinds— Housekeepers' ACCOUNT BOOKS, & c. An excellent assortment of SELECT WORKS, in Superb Bindings. NBW PUBLIC LIBRARY, NO. 19, Broad Street, | December, 1826. STAKE HUTS. A Meeting of those interested in ST AKE NETS is - La- t.) be held, withiu Dempster's Hotel, Union Street, Aber- deen, upon Friday next, the 29th of December curt, at two o'clock afternoon, upon urgent aud very important matters ; at which it is requested, that all concerned iu maintaining the right of Fishing by Stake Nets will attend personally, or by Agents duly authorised. Aberdeen, Dec. 22, 1826. £? alc on Jflon& a^. TO SALMON FISHERS. ADJOURNED SALE OP STAKE NETS, COBLE, AND OTHER MATERIALS. Upon Monday the 25th December current, there will be sold by auction, within the Virginia Street Brewery Close, A Large Quantity of STAKE NETTING; one A Sea Coble NET; one Bag Ditto; a large parcel of New TWINE ; one COBLE, almost New; about 200 SALMON BOXES ; and a variety of other articles. Most of the above are almost new, of the best quality, and in excellent condition. The Sale to begin at twelve o'clock noon Credit will be given on security. BROWN Sf SON, Auctioneers. EXTENSIVE SALE OF GROCERIES, DYE STUFFS, & c. SHOP FURNITURE; AND SHOP TO LET. Upon Monday the 15 th day of January, 1827, there will be sold, by public roup, in the premises lately occupied by the deceased Mr. Andrew Simpson, late Merchant in the Green of Aberdeen, ( if not previously sold by private bargain,) ' JMIE whole STOCK in TRADE, which belonged JL to him, consisting of upwards of 30 chests of Tea, of various qualities— Roasted and' Raw Coffee— 20 cwt. of Refined Sugar— about 20 hlids. of Raw Sugar— several casVs of Molasses— 30 casks of Ashes and Soda— 50 whole aud half firkins of Soft Soap— boxes of White and Yellow Soap— Starch— 30 barrels of Tar and Rosin — 250 kegs of Black Beer— Whale, Lintseed, Green, and Flo- rence, Oils Paints— J5ye Stuffs— Drugs and Spiceries— 30 doz. of Wool and Tow Cards— 50 doz. of Corn Hooks— 140 Reams of Writing and Packing Papers— Slates, Pencils, and Quills— Cotton Wick— Bristles— Shot Lead and Gunpowder— Glassware and Sta- tioner)'— a large Crane— Beams, Scales, and Weights—^ Counters, Shelves, and Shop Furniture— with a variety of other articles, too numerous tor insertion. Sale to begin each day at 11 o'clock forenoon— and Credit will be given on Security. BROWN & SON, Auctioneers. And in the meantime, offers for the whole of the above Stock, together with a Lease of the Shop, and Good- will of the Business, wil be received by the Executrix, or Alexander Smith, advocate, 96, Union Street, betwixt aud the 8th day of January ensuing ; till which time the Business will be carried on, as formerly ad vertised. The respectable Firm of Andrew Simpson and Co. being one of the oldest and best established Houses in the North of Scotland ; and having long enjoyed the confidence of the best connections, in this and the adjoining Counties; such an advantageous opening for any person or company who may wish to engage in the Wholesale business, seldom occurs in this quarter. Those anywise Indebted to Mr. Simpson, will please pay what they owe to the said Alexander Smith; or to John Liilie, at the shop. : Ait on Cuesiraj). EXTENSIVE SALE OF SILK MERCERY, CLOTIIIERY, AND. H A BERDASHERY GOODS, SHOP FURNITURE— AND SHOP TO LET. Upon Tuesday the S6th day of December curt, there will - begin to tie sold, by Auction, in that Shop, No. 79, Union Street, lately Occupied by WILLIAM PITSIISY, Haberdasher, rjPHE whole STOCK in TRADE which belonged S. to him— consisting of Habit aud Pelisse Cloths— Welch and • Swanskin Flannels Bombazetts and liombazeens Norwich Crapes Poplins and Gauzes— Gros de Naples, Sarsnets, anil other Silks— Silk and Corton Velvets— Persians an,: Satins— India, French, ami British Silk Handkerchiefs— Shawls and Tippets Sarsnet, Crape, auil Muslin Dresses— French Cambrics— Plain, Figured, and Striped Muslin*—- Lawns and Cambrics— Linen and . Cotton Shirtings— Printed Cottons and Muslins— Ginghams— Dlmmity aurl Jean— Furs, Mulls, and Tippets—-" Nctts, Laces, and Edgings— liihtmns and Tapes— Leghorn liounets— Plumes and Cornflowers— Parasols— Cra| ies, Black aud White— Gloves and Stockings— Silk and Cotton Threads and Trimmings— Needles and p, ns— Counters, Shelves, anil other Shop furniture. The s- ile to b-' gili earh day at 11 o'clock forenoon. The SHOP wilt be Let till WhilamuLuy next— Entry im- mediately after the side. BROWN & SON, Auctioneers. CHILBLAINS, SORES, BURNS, & c. MARSHALL'S UNIVERSAL CEIIATE.- This Cerate wil] be found most efficacious in every kind of Wound, Sores, Scald, Burn, Bruise, Eruption, Ulcers of every denomination, especially Sore and Ulcerated Legs, which have been heated in so rapid a manner, that a new method of cure has been established by this useful Preparation ; Sore Breasts, Inflam- mation of the Eyes, Scorbutic and Cancerous Humours, Erysipilas, or St. Anthony's Fire, Ring Worm, Sore Throats, Chops, Chil- blains, See. & c. Sold in Boxes at Is. ljd. and 2s. 9d. by Butler and. Stone, Chemists, 73, Princes- street, ( opposite the Mound), Edinburgh; aud the principal Medicine Venders throughout the United King- dom. Of whom may be had, BUTLER'S CAJEPUT OPO- DELDOC, strongly recommended for CHILBLAINS, CHRONIC RHEUMATISM, SPASMODIC AFFECTIONS, PALSY, Stiff- ness and Enlargement of the Joints, SPRAINS, BRUISES, & c. In Bottles at Is. lid. anil 2s. 9d. HOUSES FOR SALE. On Thursday thf 4th January next, there will be exposed for sale, by public roup, within the New Inn Tavern, at 6 o'clock iu the evening, npHOSE Two adjoining HOUSES in CHAPEL JL STREET, which belonged to the late Capt. JOHN MORRISON, presently occupied by the Rev. Henry Angus and Capt.. Bissct.— The Houses are substantially built and well finished, and have each a large Garden, stocked with Fruit Trees and Berry Bushes. The Title Deeds and Articles of Sale are in the hands of Robert Ramsay, Advocate FOR WICK DIRECT, The Sloop RELIANCE, CAPTAIN JAMES SELLER, Is piesently taking in Goods at the Upper Quay, and will positively sail on Tuesday first the 2titA curt. For Freight or Passage, apply to ALEX. FARQUHARSON, Quay; or, GEO. THOMPSON, Insurance Broker. 38, Marischal Street, Dec. 23, 1826. WANTED TO PURCHASE, NE SHARE of the ABERDEEN TOWN and COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. Apply to John Duncan, Advocate, No. 2, Guestrow. Aberdeen, Dec. 22, 1826. THE CHRONICLE. A2EHBSEN: SATURDAY, DECKMKKR 23, 1826. the only means bv which she Crm uith onv consistency surrender the military occupation of Spain, is through j the opportunity now afforded her of conniving with Britain, at the establishment of some rational form of I government in that unhappy country— it is equally true, | on the other hand, that, considering the present com- i position of the French Cabinet, anv arguments drawn j from views of the real interest and honour of France, ' must comparatively be of little weight, and that the very j circumstance of the advantage arising from the military occupation of Spain holds out a grievous temptation to the ambition or caprice of that government. However gratifying too may he the bold and manly language of the Foreign Secretary, when touching on the possibility of a contest with Fiance, it is impossible not to remark, that ( giving him everv credit for the liberality of his private sentiments) such language eould scarcely have been used bv him without strong reasons. By boldly avowing himself at nice as the champion of liberalism, he may induce bigotry to take counsel from its fears, when it would have spurned the suggestions of honour or even of expediency. SUMMARY OF POLITICS. THE WAR. IT must be confessed that we are still in the dark a? to the only question of anv real importance in reference to our approaching contest ( if it dessrves the name of a contest) with Spain— namely, whether we shall be brought by it into collision with France. i-' o far as profession goes, there can be no question that the overt acts of the French government in its com- munications with that of Spain are perfectly satisfac- tory ; but it is another question whether these can be depended on as furnishing conclusive evidence of its real intentions. The language of Mr. CANNING on this point, iti moving the Address, seems to be not a little guarded and ambiguous. If, on the one hand, it is true, that the real interest of France requires the preservation of peace, and that BIRTH. On the 12th inst., at Manse of Fochabers, Mrs. RANNIE, of a son. MARRIAGE. On the ISth inst. at Setou House, East Lothian, by the Rev. J. Henderson, Traueut, Mr. ROBERT HECTOR, Fernyflat, to FRANCES SUMNER, third daughter of JAMES SETON, Esq. Setou House. DEATHS. At Rotterdam, on the 27th ult. ALEXINA, iii<* nt daughter of Richard Smith, Esq. merchant there. At her residence near Aberdeen, on Sunday 1 Oth inst. Mrs. ISABEL HARPER, relict of the late Mr HARPER of this place, in the eighty- sixth year of her- age. At Auldbarr, on the. 8th current, PATRICK CHALMERS, Esq. of Auldbarr, in the fiftieth year of his age, deeply lamented, and whose loss will be severely felt as a worthy and public spirited in- dividual. At Elgin, on. the 15th inst. Mrs. MARGARET BROOIE, relict of the lute James Brotlie, Esq. of Muiresk, in the 91st year of her e. At her house, No. 5, Moray Street, Leith Walk, on the 7th curt. Mrs. MARION M'LEOD, widow of James Watson, Esq. and daugh- ter of the late Alexander M'Leod, Esq. of Loskiutor. At St. Fergus, near Peterhead, ou the 12th curt. Mr. JAMES LATIMER DUFF, ofthe Excise. He was a steady officer, aud a wor. thy man. At Kilmichael Glassrle, on the 5th current, the Rev. DIIGALB CAMPBELL, Auchnellan, minister of the parish of Glassrie, in the 77th year of his age. At Kirkwall, Orkney, on the 15th ult. much. lamented by his friends, Mr. GEORGE BKOTCHIE, many years a respectable mer- chant of that place. We are authorised to state, in reference to a paragraph in a paper of yesterday, that the Meters furnished to the different consumers, by the Gas Company of this place, are constructed in the most ap- proved manner. They are the same as are adopted by other Gas Companies, and the consumers have already been instructed as to the proper mode of regulating these instruments ; besides that the Meters are periodically inspected by the overseers of the Company. No loss can arise to the consumers by the Meters being deficient in water, although there is certainly some risk that, in severe frost, the water in them may be frozen, if they are placed in exposed situations. Our readers will observe, that Messrs. MARSHALL who, some years since, exhibited the grand Panorama of the Battle of Algiers, with the greatest degree of approbation ever bestowed on any similar occasion, will, on Wednesday next, open a PANORAMA, illustrative of such a variety of important events as cannot fail, from the very superior style in which they are represented, to prove no less attractive, thau'the fine exhibition to which we have alluded. Transmission of Petitions It may be useful to our readers to know, that by the 54th Geo. III. cap. 169, sect. 17, it is enacted, that it shall be lawful for every member of either House of Parlia- ment to receive by post any petition, addressed to either House of Parliament, free from duty of postage, so that the same may be sent in a cover open at the sides, and that it does not exceed the weight of six ounces. THE LATE JOHN FARQUHAR, Esq Administration of the es- tate and effects of this wealthy man has been granted, by the un- animous consent of the parties interested, to J. F. Fraser, one of nephews. The property is chiefly personal ( the splendid estate of Fonthill having been sold by Mr. Farquhar some time previous to his death), and will, therefore, be divided equally among his nephews and nieces. There are three nephews, viz.— Messrs. George Mortimer, James" Mortimer, and J. F. Fraser ; and four nieces who are murried to the follon. ug gentlemen :— Sir William Templar Pole, Bart. Messrs. James Lumsden, William Aitken, and P. Trezcvant, of America. It is supposed that the share of each will be about 100,000/. The landed property is compara- tively small, and will go to the heir- at- law. The Collection on Sabbath Evening lust, in the West, church, in aid of the Funds of the Clothing Society, amounted to .£ 44 13s. In addition to which the Treasurer has since received, From Provost Browd, £\ O Mr. Webster, 1 0 Mr. J. Laing, , 1 0 Inclosed to Baillie Brown, 1 O From Executors of late Dr. Ross, his annual subscription, 1 0 By hands of Mi. A. Simpson, „ ™ 2 0 Mr. Hardie, 0 10 Right Rev. Bishop Skinner, 0 9 The Committee of Ladies return their most respectful acknow- ledgments to the Hon. the Magistrates, for the use of the Church, and for their countenance and attendance on the occasion To the Clergy and Church Session, for so readily allowing the Collection to be made ; and to the numerous and repectablc Congregation, for their liberality on this and former occasions. Their warmest thanks are particularly due to the Rev. JAMES FOOTE, for his excellent Sermon on that occasion, and for the ability and success with which he advocated their cause. The Treasurer of the Poor's Hospital has received, by the hands of Duncan Davidson, Esq, a donation of One Hundred Pounds sterling, from the executors of the late Mr. GEORGE ALLAN, in Orchardtown of Udny. The Treasurer of the School of Industry, Unicn Terrace, has received from the Executors of the late Mr. GEORGE ALLAN, in Orchardtown of Uilny, by the hands of Mr. D. Davidson, Ten Pounds sterling, in aid of that Institution, The Treasurer of the School of Industry in Chronicle Lane, has to acknowledge the receipt of a donation of £ 10 sterling, from the Executois of the late Mr. GEORGE ALLAN, in Orchardtown of Udny. The congregation of the Scots Episcopal Chapel, Monymusk, have very generously transmitted the sum of Six Pounds, per the Rev. D. BUCHAN, for the relief of the unemployed operatives ofthe south and west of Scotland. The annual report ofthe General Dispensary was laid before the Managers ofthe Infirmary at their meeting on Monday, when they unanimously expressed their cordial approbation of the principles on which that Institution is conducted, and their deep regret at find- ing that it has not hitherto been supported by the public to the ex- tent which so useful an Institution demands. They at the same time warmly recommended, that every means should be adopted to make the public fully aware ofthe important benefits resulting from the Institution, and of 0' ;' consequent claims which it has to their support. - , At the last meeting of the Kirk Session, a committee, which, at a former diet, had been appointed to take into consideration the propriety Of affordiug an opportunity to seamen, especially those em- ployed in the Greenland fishery and American trade, to engage in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, ( which at present they are prevented from doing, owing to their being generally at sea at the ordinary time of administering that holy ordinance in this city,) gave in their report; which recommended that intimation should be given to such seamen as were disposed to communicate, to apply to any of the Ministers of the city belonging to the establishment, that the Session, at an early meeting, might make the proper ar- rangements for carrying the measure into effect. The Kiik Ses- sion adopted the report, and the necessary intimation was given from the pulpits of tbe- several churches on Sunday last. The Ruthrieston Tryst, on Tuesday last, was well attended, and there was a great advance in the price both of fed quality and those of an inferior description, above that of the former Tryst in No- vember. Few horses were brought forward, but the number of sheep was greater than usual. On Thursday evening, a woman went into a shop in Woolman- hill, under pretence of purchasing some ai tick's, and while the shop- keeper turned round to serve a customer, she very adroitly opened his desk, from which she abstracted between two and tiree pounds iu bank notes and silver, and got off undiscovered, Thursday last, in Long Acre, a woman who lets lodgings, hav- ing gone into a room for the purpose of showing it to a person who intended to take it, found on her return to the kitchen, from which she hail been absent only two or three minutes, that some thief had carried off a watch from above the fire place. Thursday evening, some persons who were drinking in a shop at the Denhurn, during the temporary absence of the shopkeeper, laid hold of a quantity of liquor in bottles, cash, and some groceries, with which they niade off. Two young men, brothers, named Hugh and Murdo Ross, were expected to return home to Fearn, Ross- shire, from Straithnairn, on the expiry of their engagements as farm servants there, at the j term u!' Martinmas ; and as they have cot since been heard of bv their friends, who do riot know on what farm tliev anxiety is felt lest they should have perished in the We understand that the Incorporated Trades of Elgin have very liberally resolved to allow their tenants a deduction from their land- rents, of 25 per cent, for List crop. * On Tuesday, last week, a young man named James Leslie, who was floating a raft of timber down the Spey, finding, it unsafe to proceed in consequence of the swollen state of the river, endeavour- ed to secure the raft above the bridge of Spey, near Grantown, but being unable to drag it ashore, he attempted to regain his station on the raft, to guide it to a more convenient place, when, ful'ilig into the water, he was carried by the current under rhe wood, and drowned, ftis body has not been found. We hear from Banff, that the tine new fast- sailing Smack, the Banffshire, C. ipt. Watson, built at that place by Mr. Francis Dockar, carpenter, arrived at that port on Sunday evening last having performed the voyage from London in the very short space of 70 hours— running at the average rate of 8 knots an hour on the voyage. On the farm of Hill of FechiH, occupied by Lieut. W. LESLEY, R. N., on the 12th inst., a two year old quey calved three calves. We understand that the two commercial travellers, mentioned in our last as b, v ag so narrowly escaped pwishing iu the snow near Dalwhinnie, during the storm of t- he 25th and 26th ult. were - Mr. Robeit M. llar of Glasgow, arid Mr. John Machattie from the Carron Iron Works. These gentlemen give an awful description of the horrors of the storm. They express themselves in the wann- est terms of gratitude for the great hospitality and attention shown by Mr. and Mrs. Watling of Dalwhinuie Inn, both when they ar- rived in so exhausted a state, and during their subsequent stay. They also speak highly of the conduct of Hugh M'Pherson, coach- man on the stage between Dakvhionie and Pitniain, who, soon after their arrival, and while the fury of the storm was little abated, set out in search of the horses, and although unsuccessful in the first attempt, ultimately, by great exertions, succeeded in bringing them to Dalwhinnie. Ou the night of Friday or the morning of Saturday last, the mansion- house of Eskmount, occupied by Alex. Binuy, E.- J)., was broken into, and a quantity of silver pldte carried away. It would seem the thieves had been acquainted with the premises, having gone directly to the pantry where the plate lay. TIDE TABLE, Cahulnltdfor Aberdeen Bar Mtu. Time. ABERDEEN CORN MARKET, Dec. 22, 1826. A good deal of Oats Were offered in our Market to- day, and readily bought up at prices a shade under those of this day week. In Bear there is little doing. Potatoe Oats, new 28s. Od. to 80s. Od. Common Oats, new, .... 25s. Od. to 27s. fid. * Do. do. old, 26s. Od. to 28s. Od. Bear, 25s. Od. to 88*. Oil. Meal, tp* sack of 280 fb .51s. Od. to 54s. Od. MEAL MARKET. OATMEAL in the Market on Thursday and Friday, 145 sacks of 280 Imp. lbs. per sack, which soid from 51s. to 52s. per sack. Oatmeal, per stone,. * 2s. 6d. to 2s. 8d. Bearmeal, per do. Is. 6d. to Is. 8d. Sids, per do. —_ Os. 8d. to Os. lOd. Malt, per bushel, frs. 6d. I* RICE OF PROVISIONS, & c. IN A n E U1) E K , Y M A II A" K T YESTERDAY. Quartern Loaf, lOd. C- heese, per imp. st. 2s. 6d. to Potatoes, imp. pech, 5d. to 7d. Beef, per lb 3d. to 7d. Mutton, 4d. to 6d. Veal, 4,1. to 7d. Pork, 2Ad. to 5( 1. Butter, imp. lb. 9d. to lid. Eggs, per doz. 9d. to 14d. 3s. 6d. Tallow, 281b or 2 stone, 8s. Od. to 9s. Od. Hay,-— Is. 3d. to Is. 6il. Raw Hides, 3d. to Sid. Coals, p. bar. Is. I jd. to Os. Od. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Altnaskiach, Fraser, which was driven ashore near Nairn, in the late storm, as foimerly stated, was got off last week aud car- ried up to Findhorn, without much damage. The Expedition, Sim, 4- 5 days from Cape Breton, and after experiencing very bad weather, passed through this Bay on Thurs- day last, ..' 1* Leith. Spoke on the 5th inst. the Margaret, Troup, from Quebec to Aberdeen, 35 days sailed, aud thought he saw hitn a day afterwards near the Pentland Frith. The Belina, Philip, after being in this Bay on the 1 Oth inst. was driven to Kirkwall, in the southerly gale which succeeded, having in consequence partly shifted her cargo. The Pearl, Watson, of this place, from Pillau to Newcastle, was put into Christiansand on the 2d inst. very leaky, and must discharge. The Patriot, Patterson, of Newcastle, from Memel to London, was totally wrecked during the- gale of the 26th ult. about 20 miles to the westward. No account of the crew A foreign vessel was wrecked at the same time, the crew and cargo saved. Several other vessels were about the same time put into Christiansand with damage. The Jaines Iladdeu, Moffat, of tliis place, passed Gravesend on the 17th inst. from Rotterdam- The Albuera, Bortliwick, arrived et Naples, 30th October, from London. On Tuesday last, in launching a schooner from the Inches here, the Telescope, a serious accident had nearly happened the vessel, which was without ballast and loftily rigged, having almost upset upon getting into the water. For a short time she lay nearly on her beam ends, and a poor fiddler who was adding tothe gaiety of the scene, by playing " Through the muir she ran," gwve reason to the spectators assembled to conclude, that " Lochaber no more" would have been a more suitably tune, when they saw the unwary inusician thrown overboard into the tide, from which he was with difficulty rescued in life. Liverpool Packet, Reid, at Helvoet, 4th inst. from Aberdeen. Castle Forbes, Ord, sailed from the Cape of Good Hope, 5 th Oct. for Calcutta. Harwich, Dec, 10.— The Latona of Arbroath, Airth, from Banholm for London, has been assisted in here by a boat's crew from Southwold, in a very leaky state, having sh ack, as is sup- posed, a wreck, on Friday last, just as she got through the Stam- ford. ^ Elsineur, Dec. 2.— The Neptunus, Bernecke, from Macduff, with herrings, was lost 22d ult. near the Soaw. Crew, part ofthe cargo, and materials saved- Fayal, Nov. 30 The Ajax,, Millar, from Dundee, for New York, which put in here 9th inst. leaky, having discharged her cargo, was driven on shore during a gale 19th inst. crew saved. Herald, Goldie, at Savannah, from Charleston. Pursuit, Alexander, at Stonehaven, 18th iust. from Rotterdam. Vesta, Greig, at Rotterdam, 14th inst. from London. Rambler, Hodge, at Liveqiool, 14th iust. from Newfoundland. Evander, Bathie, sailed from Ramsgate, 15th inst. for Africa. • Mansfield, Martin, passed by Deal, 15th inst. from. Monte Video, for Antwerp. John Catto, Moore, off Whitby, ISth inst. from Riga, for London. Dee, Edwards, at Dundee, 14th inst. from Hamburgh, in 3 days. Phrenix, Walker, at Leith, 18th inst. from Portsoy. A fine new ship of 700 tons, incoming over the bar of Richebucto on the 9th ult. was totally lost ; and on the following morning, Messrs. Jai- dine, her owners', house and stores were burut down. ARRIVALS AT ABERDEEN. Dec. 15.— Mansfield, Morrison, London, goods— 16. Travel- ler, Anderson, Sunderland, coals— 17. Champion, Sim, Lon- don, goods— 18. Alexander, Garnegie, Eymouth, ballast; Gowrie, Fraser, Peterhead, gram— 19. Spero, Anderson, and Lively, Mitchell, Stonehaven, coals ; Edinburgh Packet, Norrie, Leith, goods; Sir D. Moncrieff, Wisely, Wemyss, coals; Mally Leighton, Milue, Montrose, and Young Charles and Jean, Laurie, Leith, goods; Stephen, Stephen, St. David's, coals; Comme. ce, Albury, Jersey, fruit; Elizalieth and Ann, Clark, Arbroath, wheat; Ehterprize, Anderson; Ythan, Law; and Euphemia, Livie, St. David's, coals ; Deveron, Duthie, Sunder- land, do— 20. Mary, Milne, St. David's, coals; Diligence, Croma, Inverness, and Reward, Alexander, Macduff, do; Ardent, Livie, Gardenston, herrings ; Hotspur, Robertson, Dundee, grain ; Phesdo, M'Bain, Shields; Aberdeenshire, Oswald, St. David's ; James and Mary, Hill, Stonehaven ; and Ceres, Barclay, St, David's, coals; Rover, Walker, EsdaJe, slates— 21. Jeremiah, Duncan, Dundee, timber; James, Stephen, Peterhead, ballast; Mary, Young, Banff, wheat; Barbara, Thorn, Peterhead ; Friends, Urquhart, Fraserburgh; and Dispatch, M'Donaid, Murray Frith, goods; Grampian, Alcock, Suuderfaud, coals; Douglas, Jaffray, Liverpool, goods. SAILINGS. Dec. 15.— Nimrod, Philip, London, goods— 17. Newburgh, Downie, Wick, ballast— 18. Triumph, Leslie, London; Fox, Middleton, Hull; Wellington, Gilbert ™ , do; London Packet, Mearns, Leith; Newcastle, Leslie, . Newcastle; and Guthries, Blues, Dundee, goods ; Spencer, Huggup, . Newcastle, ballast— 19 Hazard, Murray; Mercury, Walker; Banchory, Morgan; Perseverance, Ritchie; Hind, ' Fowler; Ariel, Raeburn ; uud Halcyon, Valentine, Sunderland, ballast; Prince Coburg, Fobester, Kirkwall, oil; Gowrie, Fraser, Dundee ; Forth, Davidson, Leith; Courier, Campbell, Glasgow ^ md Ann, JI'Taggart, Arbroath, goods; Diana, Nicholson, L- Bon, grain ; Prospect, Alexander, do. stones; Ranger, Dav' ,. n, and Helen, Ormond, Dundee, goods; Liberty, Dawson, Dunbar, ballast— 21. Bon Accord, Brown, London, goods; Acorn, Rennie, Portsmouth, tar ; John, Cargill, Sunderland, ballast; Commerce, Albury, Berwick, apples ; Berwick Packet, Walker, do. goods; Betsey and Ann, Moll, do. ballast; Countess of Elgin, Still, Montrose, goods ; Friendship, Ross ; Edward, Davidson ; Halcyon, Valentine ; Ariel, Raeburn; Jean, Wattie ; Hind, Fowler; Eliza, Sutherland; Lord A. Hamilton, Masson ; Alexander, Carnegie ; and Orient, Morrison, Sunderland, ballast; Ranger, Davjdson, Dundee, goods; Reward, Alexander, and Ardent, Livie, London, herripgs; Ossian, Cumuiiug ; Sir E. Banks, Baxter ; and f- tirlinchill, Coliie, London, stones; Diligence, Gordon, Leith, goods. Dec. 23. Saturday 24. Sunday 25. Monday 26. Tuesday 27. Wednesday 28. Thursday.......... 29. Friday . Morning Tide. 0a. 59M. Evening Tid. 8 9 11 0 1 28 58 11 83 15 7H 9 10 II 0 0 I MOOLI's AGE. NEW MOON, 28th day, LOU. 15M. Evening. F 0 S T S C li I P T. EiO- KDOSf. No news from Portugal has lieen received to- day ( Tuesday.) Late on Tuesday night M. Thorn, Secretary to the Austrian Embassy, left Paris for London, charged with dispatches of so im- portant a description, it is said, that rendered it necessary th^ t t'. iis gentleman should be the bearer of them. " • •'' v • Lieutenant- General Clinton,. whO'liaS been appointed to tftPCDm'j maud of the British army, left town last.' » i£ ht' fo( f'Port'ugdf. ' A waggon, containing the Gallant General's luggage, left- hit hotis,.; Queen Ann Street, Cavendish- square, at four o'clock vi- sterd. lv tor Portsmouth. • •* A notice has hem sent from, the Navv- ofiice to Dcptford, that Government, out ofthe hundred transjwts- engaged, - will only re- quire the employment of twenty ; but whether this alteration arises from the employment of steam- boats and ships of war in preference to transports, or from the intention of diminishing the number of the troops composing die expedition to Portugal, did not trail spire.— Times. • ^ PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 17, 1S26— An Admiralty messMtger ar- rived this morning from London, with dispatches for Sir George Martin to dispatch the Homney and Pyramus, with the 4th Re- giment on board, to sea, wifliout a moment's delay ; also to send a small vessel out; to cruise off the Owers, to prevent the Gloucenter fom coming into Spithead, but to ^- ect her to proceed on without delay; she has the . Guards on board, fom Deptford. The Ist division of the 63d arrived yesterday afternoon,: and instaritlv em- barked on board the Mtkille, which ship was towed out of har- bour yesterday morning by two steam- boats. The 2d division of the 6. Jd arrived this afternoon, and immediately embarked ou board the Melville, which ship, no doubt, will proceed to- inorrow, not to wait tor others, as the wind, which is now fair, may change ill a short time, and be the lucans of the whole force being delaved. The 4th embarked on Thursday in the Ronuiey and Pt/ rajntts, anil only sailed this morning, owing | o contrary wind. The poor sol- ders' wives, with their children, arrived in hundreds, having marched 26 miles a day in a deplorable cooditipn, and the scene of distress at witnessing their husbands' departure was heart- rend- ing. Two children died from fatigue on the road yesterday, he- longing to the 63d. While the libera] party in France, like all others who wish we If to that country, und know its interests, wish for the continuance of peace, they, and those who act with them, seem ( partly for the purposes of annoyance,- partly in the hope of inducing their adver- saries to take a false step) to strive as. much as possible to place the recent measure of England in a light annoying to the pride of the Royalists. What a contrast, they say, is the conduct of the Eng- lish in respect to Portugal, to that of the French in respect tr* Spain ! " The policy of M. de Vilkde," says the Journal de » Debate, " has brought hack the power of England on the eonti- nent."— What can we do— cau we remain in Spain with stir smalf number of troops, while England dictates to our ally ? Or shall we march out, and seem to evacuate the Peninsula, at her bid- ding ?" These are the vexatious queries with which the Parisian opposition papers annoy the Ministers. If, however, the conduct of England be fairly weighed by France in reference, not to the vanity of her parties, but to our duties, aud to the interests of Europe, she certainly has not the ilightwi ground for complaint, still less for hostility. We have on! y per- formed promptly a plain aud unpleasant duly, a duty whieh might have delayed, but which we eould not have avoided to. per- form, without a sacrifice of our national faith and houiior. Vp^ according to our treaty, step forwar4 to defend Purtagal agaimt aggression committed upon her in violation of treaties. This Is the- plain state of the c. we; and in this there is nothing which Franco- ought,— which she can take ufienec at, and this we have always btlieved. The best way in which France can make up for whatever con- sideration she may have lost by the measure we have taken,, is not. to support Ferdinand in an absurd and dangerous course, but to. use her power to induce him to follow the wiser policy, which her wisdom must have long since suggested— to make such reform* in his government as. his monks will tolerate ( very slightly we pre- sume), and to put an end to the name of wan; which he keeps up, with the new States of America, and which is imly a license tor piracy, and an impediment to the commerce of his own subject* and of other nations. This will be the true glary of France— to, unite with England in the cause of peace; and if she do so in tlie present instance, though she may not have the merit of being the first to act, she may have tlie liouotir of e& cting the greatest por- tion of good Ghl'e. . THE FUNDS. No panic lias ever been carried to a greater extent at the Stock Market, since the last war, than that which has occurred this week : in fact, it conlil not have been supposed; that if a declara- tion of war were issued by the British Government against any other Power of Europe, it cetrld have made a greater impression for a time. The depression in the coarse of two days amounted to cot less than 7 per cent. It was on Monday afternoon that an idea was first entertained that Government had an intention of in- terfering in the affairs of Portugal, and Consols for Account, which had opened at 84|, declined, before the close of bnsimss on that day, to 82i. Ou Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, tlie alarm was so much increased, that it was impossible " to foresee when the Market would make a stand. The impression was, that Consul* for Account would, Iwfore the end of tie', week, fall over belmv 7j ; and this idea was the more general, as money becanie mi the sud- den so extremely scarce, that even in the Stdck Market, wlii- ji tlW facilities of raising it are greater than i/ u the Royal Exchange, the- current rate ofiutmst amounted to from 6 to 8 per cent. ' Jilt-' lowest price given for Consols for Account was? On Tflursdav'tfWW- noon, viz. 77i ; and Reduced AnmritiVs ' till to 76 J, fiiiikhtg ' a. difference of 2 per cent, between the value lit' the one stock ' arid the other. '.,' » .' The Funds have undergone great fluctuations again to- day, Sa- turday, operated upon tiy every report whieh is put iu circulation- We understand that,, as SOOH as the ann « al- ih- awiri » for the militia is completed, it is intended to embody about ooe- halt' uf these battalions, and send them to Ireland,, in owlet to whew the regi- ments ofthe lipe, which will be required- far the Peninsula: The Irish militia will also, most probably, he railed out, to relieve the tew troops of the line in garrison in England.. A report reached the City late yesterday afternoon that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced his inlentiwi to. retire from office on account of the declining state of healths This report is supposed to have made some slight impression on the funds, which,- ale generally susceptible of any change iu the existing Finance Mi- nister, whatever his course of policy may have been. At least, as the news from the Continent was not unfavourable, it appeared the only explanation of the decline which took place in the morn- ing.-— Times. Alarming and Fatal Fire at Bristol.— Between 11 and 18 o'clock last night ( Friday) the premises of Mr. OxJey, luttcr ami hosier. Wine Street, in this pity, was discovered to he ou « ro, which burnt with such rapidity, that iu less than an hour the Ul- terior of the house was entirely destroyed. Mr. Oxlev, and souw - members of the family, were seen to escape from a window in the upper story. Two o'clock— We. have just been iaforaied by a gentleman, of the most - heart- rending and melancholy fate of Mrs. Oxley and three of lier children. Their bodies have just been found in the rains, burnt almost to cinders. The shopw6nian threw one ofthe children out of the upper bed- room wiudqw, awl she, after much persuasion, jumped down among the assembled crowd, without sustaining luueh injury. Mr. Oxley's hands insl. arms are much burnt, and he is now, with one of his children nt . the Bush Tavern. The fire is nearly subdued Bristol Jourmd. RECORDER'S REPORT On Saturday the Recorder of London made his report to the King in Council, of 22 prisoners tinder sen- tence of death in Newgate. H « Majesty was graciously pk- 4sC. t to, command thiit all the said prisoners should lie respited tlw*!' W* Royal pleasure, excepting George Houghton, Jaines Bishop, Amelia, Roberts, Patrick Riley, and Charles Thomas White, upon whom the law is left to take its course, aud they are ordered for exeeutiot* on Tuesday, the 2d of January. Houghtou and Bsshop for robbing on the highway ( in ( he ncigh- Iviurhood of Bethnahgreen,) Mr. Fuller, a surgeon, Riley Amelia Roberts, for stealing in the dwelling- house of Mr. Aimtiu, of Cleikeuwell, plate and other property to the amount ( jf 4001. ; the female was a servant to Mr. Amrtin, and during the. alienee of her master's family she anil Riley, by whom » ho bail Us » . frw| WHtl) t visited contrary to the orders of Mr! AWWi absconded, vwyhig away the goods. The prisoners were at ( vngth traced t<> Newport, io Monmouthshire, where tluy were appiH- Jionded and brought to, Newgate for trial; this is the first instance of a female being order- ed for execution in London since the accession of his present Mi- jesty, excepting, one fur murder. The lasf case is that of Charles- Thomas White, a bookstdler in Higli- Holborn, for setting fire to his house, the circumstances of which are well known to the puhlii. It is said that on the fatal intelligence uf tlie decision of the Privy Council king communicated to him, the unhappy young lpan in- mediately fell sepseless in the arms of one of his fellow prisoners, an! was some time in a state of most distressing convulsive agitation i the paroxysm at length subsided, and he became calqi and re- signed. He is only twenty- three years of age; had not been mar- ried many months before the event occurred for which his life ia forfeited, and belongs to a family highly respected in tint neigh| mu » > hood where the fatal ci iaie w.- i compntted.
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