< 3 ® 1 0 J l i / d u S I ® 7 . 0 1 V t £ 0 Per Cent. o u r a r 1 ^ ^ NUMBER 19,049.] MONDAY, DECEMBER JO, 1833. \_ PRICE I D. Admiralty, 13th November, 1833. TO NAVAL AND MARINE OFFICERS ON HALF PAY. R BROUGHTON proposes opening a CLASS for YOUNG GENTLEMEN commencing the LATIN LANGUAGE, on the 2il of January lf' » 34. r SHHE Rifiht Honourable the LORDS COM. 1GB, George Street. B MISSIONERS of the ADMIRALTY I1EREBV GIVE NOTICE, that in future the Rotation in which Half- Pay will be paid to Officers will be as follows:— lst CLASS— Pursers. Masters. Surgeons. Sd S ^ E f f i S E and m 23d, 27th, 211th and^ Oth of neSt. month These six last consist ot 0010 I lckets only, the \ V heel Hamburg, December 1833. ElNE BROTHERS, in Hamburg, beg to inform the Edinburgh and Leith Public, and the Public in general, that the B2d HAMBURG G11EAT LOTTERY, guaranteed by the Government, begins drawing on the 11th inst., and the six last days will, conformably to the Scheme, be the 20th, This day is published, in 8vo. i price 7s. Od. ATREATISE on the GAME LAWS of SCOTLAND; with an APPENDIX, containing the subsisting Acts of Parliament, and Forms of Procedure, with Practical Directions on Trials under the Acts against Poaching by Night and Trespassing by Day. 9. Geo. IV. c. 69, and 2. and 3. Will. IV. c. 88. By ALEXH. GitlGOR, solicitor, Edinburgh. L I B R A R Y B Y A U C T I O N . B R I T I S H W I N E S A N D C O R D I A L S. JOHN CARFRAE & SON beg to intimate that they will SELL by Auction, in their Rooms, 3, DRUMMOND STREET, on TUESDAY, 17th December, and five following days f Sunday excepted), at one o'clock, the LIBRARY of a CLERGYMAN of the CHURCH of ENGLAND, and a smaller COLLECTION, comprising many valuable Works in DIVINITY, CLASSICS, and jOULL, SINCLAIR, and WHITE, British Wine Manufacturers and Confectioners, 21, Nicolson Street, and 7- 1, Prince's Street, beg respectfully to inform their Friends and the Public, that their present Stock of WINES and CORDIALS is very extensive, consisting of the under- noted, which can be well recommended both as to flavour and quality, viz. :— Printed for WILLIAM TAIT, 78, Prince's Street; . GENERAL LITERATURE, the greater part ele Chaplains. 4ili CLASS— Admirals. Captains. Commanders. days containing TWO HUNDRED PRIZES OF It will therefore be necessary,' in order to prevent de- , 500, 1000, 10,000, 15,000 20 030, 30,000, and 150,000 lay and inconvenience to the Officers themselves, that | ,, MARKS. . their Affidavits should be delivered into the Wages ! TICKETS ( that is to say, whole Tickets, for all Office, at the Admiralty Office, Somerset House— or ! those divided into Shares are already cleared off ) will forwarded to the Secretary of the Admiralty— or to ' be on sale at 200 Marks Hamburg Banco, or £ l o Stertheir respective Agents— as soon as possible after the ; ling, and those, desirous ot purchasing, are requested last day of every Quarter. ! to address the above named Contractors, Heine Bro- It s. metimes happens that Officers apply, person- ; tilers, in Hamburg, who will duly attend to any order ally, for their Half- Pay, without having previously , reaching them before the Kith January. 1 hey beg to sent i: i their Affidavits," as required by tbe usual Ad- remark, that orders from Edinburgh mi vertisement. Any delay or inconvenience to which 1 cd before the 4th ot January, and from . they might be subject by this oversight it is in the ! proportion to their greater or smaller c power of the Officers themselves to prevent, by an ad- , cost of Fifteen Pounds per picket can lierence to the existing Regulations. I Bank of Scotland Notes, Bankers D and sold by all Booksellers. gantly bound, and in excellent order; also a number J, l l. t. l^ CLilCllO > H>. >• » " I'il. O, Mll. il 1. ... - y . . . . - will admit of the Payment of Half- Pay always com- of the ticket, against Heme Brothers Draft, to some • aencing on the w10wthi. d. ia.. y.. a.. rf. t— er . t1h. e- e— ndi of e— achi Q. uarter, oof their Correspondents, at Edinburgh, Glasgow, or instead of at ihe uncertain and more distant periods Aberdeen, heretofore customary— of which however due Notice will be given when the next Quarter's Half Pay is advertised. liy command of their Lordships, JOHN BARROW. ' GOVERNESS^ WAN TEI), EY a FAMILY ill the Country, to undertake the Tuition of thice Pupils in the preparatory brauchcs of education. None need apply who has not had some experience in teaching and can be otherwise well recommended. Applications ( post- paid) addressed to D. S., Post Office, Kelso, stating qualifications, with reference and salary, which must be moderate, will meet with attention. TEACHER WANTED, FOR T1IE TRADES MAIDEN HOSPITAL. I'. S Tickets to be had with Mottos, or without. There are now some Tickets on sale with the Motto " New Year's Gift, for 1834," and several others, but no new Motto can be chosen for the last days, as they are inscribed before the beginning ofthe Drawing. OFFICIAL. B Y A U T H O R I T Y - O F P A R L I A M E N T. THE SECOND GLASGOW LOTTERY will be drawn at Cooper's Hall, in the City of London, on Wednesday the 22d of January next. The Scheme, which may be had ( gratis) at all the Lontlon and country offices, contains Prizes of— HE must be thoroughly qualified to Teach ENGLISH READING and GRAMMAR ; also HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, WRITING, and ARITHMETIC. He will be required to devote five hours each day to instruction in the above branches, and will receive a salary of £ 70 per annum. F'or further information application may be made to Mr Robert Sclater, 11, Souih Bridge, with whom all applications, stating the qualifications and age of the candidates, must be lodged within one month from this date. Edinburgh, 14th Dec. 1833. " WANTED, AYOUNG MAN, who has been bred to the Bookselling Business. Apply to W. and R. Chambers, 19, Waterloo Place. NOTICE TO THE CREDITORS OF The Late Mrs ANDREW, 6, Clarence S'. reet, AND OF Mr JOHN ANDREW, her Son. TIIE TRUSTEES for Mrs ANDREW and her SON request a Meeting of their Creditors within the Royal Exchange Coffeehouse, on Thursday the 26th curt, at two o'clock P. M., when a state of the affairs will be laid before them. In the meantime the Creditors are particularly requested to lodge their claims with Charles Campbell Stewait, W. S., 39, Great King Street, on or before the 20th curt. Edinburgh, 13th Dec. 1833. ' CROSS KEYS INN,~ D7VI7KE1T11, TO LEI'. ^ TMIOSR extensive and commodious VREJL MISF. S, situated in the HIGH STREET of DALKKITII, with Stable- yard, Stables, and other Offices attached thereto, all as possessed by the late Mrs Davidson, will be LET far such term of years as muy be agreed upon. The houses and offices are nearly new, and possess every requisite accommodation. The Establishment has been well frequented f'or upwards of twenty years, and possesses many local advantages from the large weekly markets held at Dalkeith, in the centre of which it stands, and from the great resort of company by the Railway from Edinburgh, Leith, Musselburgh, & c.; and by the extension of the Railway into the town, which is immediately to take place, further advantages may reasonably be expected. Every encouragement will be given to a tenant of enterprise and respectability ; and entry may be had immediately, or at Whitsunday next. Further particulars will be learned on application to Alexander Sanderson, Esq., senior, Dalkeith ; or to William Sanderson, W. S., 32, St Andrew Square. Edinburgh, 13th December, 1833. £ 15,000 £ 10,000 £ 5,000 £ 3,000 & c. The value of each Prize i £ 2,000 £ 1,500 £ 1, C00 £ 500 & c. / be received in Money as Volume 6th of T H E S C O T T I S H J U R I S T, Conducted bv J. W. DICKSON, W. H. DUNBAR, J . W. 11AY, and GEORGE DBAS, Esqrs. Advocates. Contains:— Weekly Reports of the Decisions of all the Supreme Courts in Scotland, Acts of Sederunt, and Statutes, as well as Decisions of the House of Lords, taken by Mr Gurney, in Appeal Cases. Printed by l i t M. ANDERSON, Law Printer, Mound Place, Edinburgh, of whom some copies of the previous volumes may be had. This day is published, Second Edition, with Frontispiece, os. L E T T E R S ON D E M O N O L O G Y & W I T C H C R A F T . By Sir W A L T E R S C O T T , Bart. ALSO, A New Edition, in one vol. royal 18mo. with 80 Woodcuts, .5s. LETTERS ON NATURAL MAGIC. Addressei to SIR WALTER SCOTT Ry SIR DAVID BREWSTER. JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle S t r e e t. This day is published, in 17 vols, uniform with the Waverley Novels, illustrated with Views of the most remarkable places visited or described by Lord Byron, from the exquisite Drawings of TURNER, R. A. bound in cloth, price £ 4, 5s. n p H E COMPLETE WORKS of LORD J L BYRON, comprising his POETRY, LETTERS, and JOURNAL, and his LIFE by THOMAS MOORE, Esq- Now first cullccted and arranged, and illustrated with Notes, by Per Doz. Fine Ginger Cordial, 12s. , of rare and singular PAMPHLETS', oil various in- Superior Do. Do. 15s. 1 teresting subjects ; and Original SERMONS, by Very Superior Do. Do. 16s. eminent American, English, and Scotch Divines. ! Wines. Catalogues of this Library to be had ( gratis) at the White, Red, & Black Rooms, I Currant, . 16s. The Books may bs examined on the evening and , Tent, Ginger, Goose forenoon previous to each day's sale. 3, DKUMMO. VD STREET, 14th Dec. 1833. Per Doz. Malaga, Orange, Smyrna, . . 16s.. Rasp, Strawberry, 16s. SparklingChampaigne and Superior i'rotitigniac. . 18s. : may soon as drawn if preferred. The chances in this Lottery divided agreeably to the Act, are on sale at all the London Offices, and by their Agents in the country. Present Prices— Whole chance . £ 13 13 0 Half . £ 7 6 0 1 Eighth . £ 1 18 6 Quarter £ 3 15 6 | Sixteer. th £ 0 19 6 SALE OF GROWING WOOD. Sir Walter Scott. Francis Jeffrey, Esq. Professor Wilson. Sir Egerton Brydges. Bishop Heber. J. G. Lockhart, Esq. JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street. MRS MA R KHAM'S LTgo Foscolo. Rev. George Croly. Mrs Shelley. George Ellis. Thomas Campbell. Rev. H. Milman,& c.& c. HISTORIES FOR YOUNG PERSONS. CHRISTMAS 1 RESENTS AND NEWYEAR'S GIFTS. Complete- in 1 vol. neatly bound and embellished, price ( is., printed uniformly with the " Waverley Novels," EUGENE ARAM. By the Author o f " Pelham." To which is added, to this edition only, T h e FRAGMENT of a TRAGEDY, by the A u t h o r, forming'the 34.1i vol. of H p i f E STANDARD NOVELS and ROA MANCES. Publishing Monthly. " Mr iiulwer is a man whose name always puts me in mind that I must look about me. I can hardly conceive a greater prOof, of tile. it than this, that a , writer should take for his subjectEugene Aram,' a ' story well known to almost every one of his readers, and flat he should be able to work it up in so artful a manner as to produce such intense interest. 1 read late— I coe. lel not lay it down ; and twice it lias spoiled my night's rest."— Sir Walter Scott. OPINIONS ON THIS WORK. " This publication must insure a prodigious success, for it is wonderfully convenient, and wonderfully chcap. We have seen no work more attractive in every way than ' The Standard Novels.' "— Literary Go xette. " We cannot sufficiently applaud a design that gives us the best standard works of fiction at the cheapest rate, and in the most elegant form."— Atlas. " \ Ve know of no recent Work that deserves- so hearty an encouragement from the great body of English readers."— Alhenceum. The following Works, by the most distinguished writers, have already appeared berry, . 10 s Their present assortment of LIQUEURS is choice, comprising Cherry Brandy, Ratafca, White and Pink Noyean, British and Dutch Cinnamon Cordials, Curracoa, Clove, Atiis, Shrubs, & c. They have reduced tbe prices of Wax and Sperm (. audit? to the following very low scale, - viz.;— Wax, 2s. per lb., Sperm, Is. 6( 1. per lb. best quality. N. B Currant Buns, Rich Cakes, Pitkeathly Bannocks, and Shortbread of the best quality in great variety, new daily. 21, Nicolson Street, and 74, Prince's Stteet, Opposite the Earthen . Mound. 16th of 12th Month, 1833. READING SAUCE. J COCKS & SONS, the Proprietors of the • celebrated READING SAUCE, beg most respectfully to CAUTION the Nobility, Families, and the Public, against, the daily " frauds and impositions practised by many London and country oilmen, who are offering for sale their own spurious compositions as READING SAUCE. None are genuine but those which have tbe corks sealed with the impression, " J . COCKS, Reading." And also, these words, on orange- coloured labels, : " Reading Sauce, for Fish, enriching Gravies, Sfc. prepared and sold, wholesale and retail, by J. Cocks, Reading." It is presumed that no Sauce ever met with such general approbation and extensive sale: it is patronised and recommended by most families in the kingdom, and retailed in London by 250 of the most respectable Oilmen and Fish Sauce Venders ; also by one or mora in every city, market town, and watering- place, in the kingdom ; most of whom sell . J . COCKS & SONS' GENUINE AND SUPERIOR ESSENCE OF ANCHOVIES, Made with prime Gorgona Fish, rich as possit/ e. The above Sauces are particularly recommended to Seafaring Gentlemen, as they are warranted to retain their superior qualities twenty yeais in any climate. WALLSEND AND SCOTS COALS. A To be SOLD by public roup, at Gilmerton, near Haddington, on Thursday the 6th day of February 1831, at eleven o'clock forenoon, LARGE extent of very valuable OAK T I M B E R , TREES, and COPPICE WOOD, growing on the estate of Gilmerton, which will be exposed in such lots as shall be fixed at the sale, and consist of— I. A flag of natural Oak Wood, Birch, and others, of considerable extent, 34 years old. The bark of this wood is of excellent quality, equal to the best English or Highland barks. The oak timber is partly measureable, and the smallest well adapted for wheel spokes. The Birch is likewise well fitted for barrel staves. I I . 280 Full- grown Oak Timber Trees, 31 Ash, and 24 of Beech. Many of these trees, particularly the oaks, are of large size, and fit for ship- building or canal gate purposes, being of excellent quality. The whole of these woods are well worthy of the attention of dealers and wood- merchants ; and the timber may be conveniently shipped at the port of North Berwick, which is only four miles from Gilmerton. Richard Holdon, overseer at Gilmerton, will show the woods ; and Robert Menteith, forester at Pittenweem, will show the articles of roup, and give such farther particulars as may be required. ADJOURNED SALE. TC'NGLAND. Fourth Edition, in 2 vols. 12mo. - t i l 16s. FRANCE, a New Edition, 2vols. 16s. SPAIN, on the Plan cf Mrs MARKIIAM'S HISTORIES of FRANCE a n d ENGLAND. By M r s C A L L - COTT. 2 vols. 16s. " These works are constructed on a plan which is novel, and, we think, well chosen. They are divided into chapters, and at the end of each chapter is subjoined a conversation suggested by the matter of the preceding text. By this arrangement a consecutive narrative is kept up, while, at the same time, everything interesting connected with each reign is made the subject of discussion and examination ; thus much valuable and curious information is imparted, without disturbing the continuity, or perplexing the progressive steps of the history— We are glad to find that these excellent little Histories are eleservedly popu. lar; they cannot be too strongly recommended, as adapted for the perusal of youth, while readers of more advanced age may find in their pages much that is novel and entertaining."— Journal of Education. JOHN MURRAY, A l b e m a r l e Street. Vol. 1. The Pilot 2. Caleb Williams 3. The Spy 4. Thaddeus of Warsaw 5. St Leon 6. Last of the Mohicans 7 and 8. Scottish Chiefs. 9. Frankenstein and Ghost- Seer, Vol. I. 10. Edward lluntlev, and conclusion of Ghost Seer 11. Hungarian Brothers 12 and 13. Canterbury Tales 14. The Pioneers 15. Self- Control , 16. Discipline 17. The Prairie Vol. 18 anel 19. Pastor's Fireside 20. Lionel Lincoln 21. Lawrie Todd 22. Fleetwood 23. Sense and Sensibility 24 Corinne 25. Emma 20. Simple Story, and Nature and Art 27. Mansfield Park 28. NorthangerAbbey and Persuasion 29. The Smuggler 30. Pride and Prejudice 31. Stories of Waterloo 32. Hunchback of Notre- Dame 33. The Borderers Inthe matter of JOUN ANDERSON, a Bankrupt. To be SOLD by Private Contract, THE FEE and INHERITANCE ofthe FERMOY ESTATE, situate in the County of Cork, consisting ofthe Town and Manor of Fermoy, containing 1038 a. 0 r. 16 p. of land, English acres, ( tithe free), nett yearly rental, £ 5319, 4s. 5d. British. Fermoy is a thriving, populous, and handsome inland town on the river iilackwater, ten miles distant from Walcr Carriage, and eighteen miles north of Cork on the high road to Dublin ; it is a constant military station, and a good market for all kind of grain. For further particulars apply to Robert L. Appleyard, Esq. Lincoln's Inn, Lontlon ; Cranstoun, Anderson, and Trotter, Esqrs. W. S. Edinburgh ; William Rose Robinson, Esq. Glasgow; Thomas Richard Needham, Esq. Dublin ; Mathias Ilendley, Esq. the Receiver, l'crmoy ; or to William Baily Wallace and Son, Solicitors to the Commission and Assignee, No. 12, North Great George Street, Dublin, who will furnish rent- rolls, and give every information as to the title and other particulars. October 1833. LANDS AND DWELLING- IIOUSE TO BE SOLD. To be SOLD by public roup, within the Old Signet llall, Royal Exchange, Edinburgh, on Wednesday - tile 29th day of January next, at one o'clock afternoon, ALL and whole the LANDS and SUBJECTS after mentioned, which belonged to the deceased Mr George Ponton, tenant in Mannerston, lying in the parishes of Dalnieny and Carridcn, and ccunty of Linlithgow, comprising, lst, These Four Acres of LAND, or thereby, lying immediately to the eastward of Muiryhall Loan, in the parish of Dalnieny, with the Teinds, and a right to Muiryhall Commonty, lying to the north and west of said acres. 2d, These Three Acres of arable LAND, or thereby, with the Butts, or Yards, thereto belonging, lying in the field callcd the Rave, bank, in the said parish, with tbe right to the Teinds and to Muiryhall Commonty, to the east and north- east of these lands. 3el, These Two Acres of LAND, or thereby, and Pertinents, being part and portion of Muiryhall, lying ill the different fields called the Ravelbank; Muirywulls, and Little Stoop, in tbe said parish, together with those Parts and Portions of the Commonty of Muiryhall to which the late Charles Black, baker in Quccnsferry, had right, as proprietor of four computed acres of arable lands, in the different fields called 11 ungryhill, Muirygreen, Ilavelbank, and Longhead ltiggs. 4th, That Piece of GROUND in the Ravelbank, consisting of one acre, or thereby, formerly possessed by David Park, with the Pertinents, lying in said parish. AND, 5th, That DWELLING- IIOUSE of two stories, Upset Prices reduced. To be SOLD by public roup, if not previously disposed of by private bargain, within the Royal Exchange Coffeehouse, Edinburgh, on Wednesday the 8th day of January 1834, at two o'clock afternoon, cither iii whole or in lots, ' I T H E following H O U S E P R O P E R T I E S , in J L Edinburgh, which belonged to the late John M'Kindly, Esq. of Condorrat : — 1. HOUSE, No. 16, STAFFORD STREET, being the street and sunk flats, lately occupied by . Mr M'Kindly, consisting of dining- room, drawing- room, six bed- rooms, kitchen, & c. l'" eu duty £ 6. Reduced Upset Price £ 590. 2. TOP FLA T of same Tenement, entering from Alva Street, consisting of dining- room, drawing- room, three bed- tooms, kitchen, & c. Feu- duty £ 2. Reduced Upset price £ 280. 3. HOUSE No. 7, UNION STREET, Top FLAT, lately occupied by Miss Watson, consisting of live rooms and a kitchen. Feu duty £ 3, 10s. Reduced Upset Price £ 240. 4. HOUSE No. 5, MILN'S COURT, FIRST FLAT, presently occupied by A. Forbes, bookbinder, consisting of five rooms and a kitchen. Held burgage. Reduced Upset Price £ 150. Application to be made to Messrs Hunter, Campbell, and Cathcart, W. S., No. 5, St David Street, who are in possession ofthe title- deeds, articles of roup, or to Mr Boyd, wright, 7, Scotland Street. CAPITAL FARM IN EAST- LOTH I AN. To be LET for 19 years, or such term as may be agreed upon, from Whitsunday, and the separation of crop 1834, HjPHE FARM of BALGONE BARNS, con- J L sisting of about 255 Scots acres, situated in the parish of Noith Berwick, and shire of Haddington, seven miles distant from Haddington, and two from the port of North Berwick. The lands arc all fully enclosed and subdivided, and the soil is well known to be of the first quality. The dwelling- house and offices are remaikably good, anel in every respect the situation is uncommonly pleasant and desirable. Also, to be LET, T h e valuable LI. VIE Q U A R R Y of B A L G O N E , together with 113 acres or thereby of lands'adjoining to it. Tlie lime rock is of excellent quality, 30 feet thick, without tirring, and level free, and the situation insures a constant demand. The land to be let witli the Quarry is of the best quality, well enclosed and subdivideel, anel a suitable steading and offices will be erected upon it. Offers may be given in to John and Alexr. Smith, W. S. 22, Charlotte Square, TILL FRIDAY THE 3D JANUARY, when those then received will be finally decided on. The gardener at Balgone will show the lands. ESTATE IN FORFARSHIRE F O R S A L E. To be SOLD by public roup, in Ross's New Inn, Forfar, on Wednesday the 8th day of January next, 1834, between one and two o'clock afternoon, rB" UlE LANDS of AUCHLISH1E, HILLJ L END, and REDIIALL, belonging to the MODERN VOYAGES AND DISCOVERIES. 1. PA R R Y ' S F O U R V O Y A G E S to t h e NORTH POLE. With 13 plates, 5 pocket vols. 20s. 2. FRANKLIN'S TWO JOURNIES to the POLAR SEA. 4 pocket vols. 24 plates, 20s. 3. DENIIAM'S and CLAPPERTON'S AFRICAN DISCOVERIES. 4 pocket vols, with 12 plates, 20s. 4. LANDER'S TRAVELS in AFRICA, and DISCOVERY ofthe TERM INATION ofthe NIGER. 3 vols. 15s. 5. SIR FRANCIS HEAD'S ROUGH NOTES across the PAMPAS, and among the ANDES. Crown Ovo. 9s. 6d. 6. SIR GEORGE HEAD'S FOREST SCENES anel ADVENTURES in the WILDS of AMERICA. 8s. 6d. JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street. P O P U L A R T N A T U R A L H I S T O R Y. Lately published, n n i l E J O U R N A L of a NATURALIST. - a- Third Edition. Crown Ovo. 15s. I I. GLEANINGS in NATURAL HISTORY. By EDWARD JESSE, Esq. Second Edition. Clown Ovo. 10s. Od. Vol. 11. in the press. I I I . LYELL'S PRINCIPLES of GEOLOGY, with Plates, 3 vols. 8vo. Vol. I. lis. Vol. II. 12s. Vol. I I I . 20s. I V . SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, SALMON1A, or DAYS of FLY FISHING. Third Edition. Small 8vo. 12s. V . CONSOLATIONS in TRAVEL. Third Edition. Small 8vo. 6s. VI. NATURAL HISTORY of INSECTS, with illustrations, royal 18mo. 5s. JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street. Vol. 35, to be published lst January next, will contain MAXWELL. By Theodore Hooke, Esq. Author of " The Parson's Daughter," & e. Each vol. may be had separately, price 6s. R I C H A R D B E N T L E Y , NEW BURLINGTON STREET, To be had of all respectable Booksellers throughout the United Kingdom. M A N G A N E S E MINES. F o r SALE, INKS producing a p. lnicnlai- ly good quality of MANGANESE ORE, situated in tlie kingdom of Sweden, province of Westergotliland, | about one and a half mile Swedish from the Gotha Cana1, where there is. every convenience for shipping, j Further particulars may be obtained by application- 1 to Mr i'. V. Troilius at Gothenburg. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF CHURCH'S COUGH DROPS. GENTLEMEN, H p O withhold fiom public knowledge a manifest - ft- fact of the utility, and perfect cure effected by your C H U R C H ' S C O U G H D R O P S upon m e , would be the greatest ingratitude, as long as it is an incumbent duty of every man to facilitate tile comfort of his afflicted fellow- creatures. In the year 1797 I caught a most violent cold, which affected my breast and lungs so much that I could scarcely speak to be understood, and remained so for the space of two months ; at same time accompanied with a gteat discharge from my lungs, which continued with unabated force until the year 1809. About this time a neighbour came to see me, who said he had been equally as bad as I was then, and he first told me of Church's Cough Drops, being tbe medicine that made him as he was then, in health, and persuaded me to make trial of a small bottle. 1 sent for one to Shrewsbury, to Mr Woods, the printer, at which time I had an incessant cough with little or no intermission, insomuch that I thought my lungs would be rent from my breast. In the morning at breakfast I took two teaspoonfuls of the Drops in the last cup of tea ; and no more wonderful than true, I did not cough for the space of ten minutes after, which would have taken place twenty or thirty times before that time. In short, it and a few bottles more perfectly cured me then, anel I have never been without it in my house for several years after, to use it upon any occasion after catching colel. 1 am now a living witness to the truth of what I have here said, and completed the 61st year of my age, the 4th day of June inst. and blessed be God, 1 have as good breath as any other man bf my age in the county of Montgomery. 1 am, Gentlemen, Your most obedient humble servant, J O S E P H R U T T E R. Guildsfield, Montgomeryshire, June 12, 1821. NEW WORKS OF FICTION BY DISTINGUISHED WRITERS. Gt SALE OF LANDS IN BERWICKSHIRE. To be SOLD by public roup, within the George Inn, Haddington, on Friday the 20th day of December 1833, at Two o'clock in the afternoon, r j p l l E LANDS of R I G F O O T ami ELM COTTAGE, containing 136 Imperial acres or thereby, lying in the parish of Longformacus, and county of Berwick. The lands are partly bounded by the White- adder, a good t routing stream. Beside the houses adapted fbr the farm, there is an Inn upon the lands, and a neat Cottage, which has been occupied as a summer residence. The lands will be shown by Mr Wilson, the tenant of the inn ; and the title- deeds and articles of roup will be seen in the hands of Archibald Todrick, writer in Haddington. ( N E W A N D I M P R O V E D E D I T I O N S .) ( JOSS'S WORKS. ( TWENTIETH EDITION), 1. TIIE jEGIS OF LIFE. " tlominem pagiria nostra sapit." MARTIAL. " Our page relates to man." A Non- Medical Commentary on the Indiscretions arising from Human Frailty ; with Practical Observasome interesting Observations on Vegetable and Animal Life ; in Part I I . is a Series of Cases illustrative ofthe Just published, By RT. CI1 A RD BE NTLE Y, New Burlington Street, and to be had of all respectable Booksellers throughout the United Kingdom, In 3 vols, post 8vo. ALE MIDDLETON ; a Story of the Present Day. By the Author o f " Brambletye House," < Scc. " The comic portions of this work will strongly remind the reader, in their breadth and tidiness, of Theodore Iloolt."— Morning Post. " Worthy of Horace Smith's genius. The present work will be peculiarly welcome, at this festive season, to all lovers of wit and humour." 2. TREVELYAN. By the Author o f " A Marriage in High Life." 3 vols. " A work of considerable talent, and must become popular. The author is deeply read in human nature. In this production the writer describes individuals who will be recognised at once— faces and fortunes as common as the air; and she inspires them with that, kind of interest which we feel in the events of real life."— Atlas. 3. THE HEADSMAN. By the Author of " The Spy." 3 vols. " Mr Cooper bere puts forth greater ability than in any of those fictions where he has confined himself to the land, The description of the storm on Lake Leman is in the author's finest vein.".— Atlas. " And almost surpasses the ' Pilot' ill awful magnificence."— New Monthly. 4. Second Edition, with Introduction, in 3 vols. GODOLPHIN; or T H E OATH. " Will be universally read, and as universally admired."— Town. 5. Second Edition, in 3 vols, post 8vo, THE PARSON'S DAUGHTER. CHURCH'S PECTORAL PILLS.— When, with the Cough or Cold, there is great uneasiness and shortness of Breath, attended with Wheezing, the Pectoral Pills should be immediately taken, as they will speedily produce relief. Observe the genuine will have " EVAN EDWARDS, 67, St Paul's." engraved on the stamp. The drops 2s. 9d. and 4s. Od. per bottle. The Pectoral Pills Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. per box. Sofd by J . Baxter, Scott and Orr, Duncan and Ogilvie, J . Robertson, Pugh and Plews, Cheyne, Wilson, Edinburgh ; and by all respectable dealers in medicines. VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, IN THE PARISH OF ICIRBY MALZEARD, IN THE COUNTY OF YORK. THE SUBSCRIBER begs respectfully to in-' timatc to his friends and the public, that he continues to supply Families with the best SH E R IFFII ALL J E W E L COAL, best New CRAIG HALL COAL, Household or SOM ERS1DE COAL, anel best Newcastle WALLSEND COAL, all warranted fresh', and the quality will, lie is confident, on trial,, give every satisfaction. Customers may rely that no exertion will be wanting on his part to supply them', at all times with Coals ot' the first quality, aud ai as reasonable prices as any in the trade. DONALD SUTHERL A N D. Edinburgh and Newcastle Coal Yard, 20, Broughton Street, 15th Dee. 1833. F O R C O U G H S , S H O R T N E S S O F B R E A T H A S T H M A S , See. FOWELL'S BALSAM of ANISEED, under tlie immediate Patronage of several of the most distinguished Nobility, and Gentry in the . Kingdom, in Botrles, at Is. l j d . and 2s. 3( 1. each. The great fame this celebrated Medicine lias so justly acquired throughout the world, in immediately relieving Coughs, Colds, Asthmas, &. C., and whicji is fully confirmed by the testimony of seveial of the most eminent Members of the Medical Profession, who, with great liberality, recommend it aa a Family Cough Medicine,— renders any eulogium on the ) art of the Proprietor unnecessary. The' following extraordinary case is inserted by particular request:— Mr Wright, of Mile- End Road, was many . years afflicted with Cough, Shortness of Bieath, and sense of Suffocation, whenever be attempted to lie down in bed, owing to tile great accumulation of Viscid Phlegm which he was unable to expectorate, lie bad tried every means to obtain relief, but without effect: he could get no sleep but in his arm- chair. In this state he continued to linger, without any hope of recovery, his friends expecting that every fit of Coughing would terminate his existence. At length he was prevailed upon to try a Bottlo of the Balsam, and ( very extraordinary !) half an hour after the first Dose, lie was able to lie down in his bed ; and, beiore he I ad taken Three Bottles, was perfectly cuted ! Prepared and sold by THOMAS POWELL, Blacklriars' Road, London. Sold also at his Store,' 172.1, Brodway, New York ; and, by appointment, by Messrs Pugh and Plews, Edinburgh; , J. Battel, Glasgow. Sold also by appointment by most of liie respectable Chemists, and Wholesale aud Retail Patent Medicine Venders in tbe United Kingdom. IMPORTANT CAUTION ! OBSERVE, that the w o r d s " i HOMAS . POWELL, Black Friars' Road, London," is ( by permission of his Majesty's Honourable Commissioners of Stamps) engraved 111 White Letters upon a Red Ground, iii the Government Stamp, pasted over the top of each bottle, without which it cannot be genuine. By the Author of " Sayings and'Doings." " A love- at- first- sight story, the scenes of which are full of interest."— Morning Herald. 6. New Edition, revised and corrected, in 3 vols, post 8vo. THE CHAPERON. Edited by Lady Dacre. " Most perfect pictures of the human heart under various circumstances."— Spectator. DR SOLOMON'S CELEBRATED CORDIAL BALM OF GILEAD. '" S'^ HE virtues of this celebrated Cordial arc daily ii. demonstrated in eradicating the most digressing symptoms, of Nervous Debility; and untiling has tended more to establish the fame of this medicine, than its certain success ill those complaints which strike their roots deeply in Ihe constitution, and are so fatal to the happiness of mankind. By taking this medicine according to the directions, the deplorable symptoms of disease gradually disappear, and strength, serenity, and every evidence of renovated health will be the happy result. Decays uf nature, whether the cffects of natural consequences, or proceeding from impTiulencies, or an advanced stage of life, have engaged ( he study and attention of the first physicians of fills and all other nations iti vain. I11 these affections, the Cordial Balm of Gilead has produced such good effects, as must convince the most incredulous of its amazing restorative powers. It is admirably calculated for bilious and oilier disorders of the stomach and bowels, and tor heatl- aches occasioned by indigestion. Persons too who iiave long resided in hot climates, and are languid and relaxed in their whole system^ take this medicine with the happiest effects. ALSO, THE ANTI- IMPEI'IGINES, OR SOLOMON'S DROPS, Which purify the blooet, eradicate scorbutic humours, anel restore ihe system when impaired by the iuipru- To be SOLD by Auction, at the Queen's Head Hotel, in High Harrogate, on Wednesday Ihe 18th day of December next, at Four o'Clock in the afternoon, subject to the conditions to be then and there produced, AVERY Valuable Freehold Estate, called the NEW YORK ESTATE, situate in the Townships of Hartwith and Dacre, in the parish of Kirby Malzearei, consisting of about 150 acres of Land in a good state of Cultivation, and including Wood of the best description. Also a valuable FLAX MILL and other premises hereinafter mentioned, well adapted for carrying on an extensive trade, which Estate will be Sold altogether or in the following Lots t— Lot 1. All those several CLOSES or PARCELS of Arable and Meadow LAND, containing together by Admeasurement 10A. OR. 30p. with the Cottage or , . „ , . - , . , - - Tenement, Stable, and Garden thereon, now i„ ul e i dent use of Mercury, have been found tile great and. tenure or occupation of Moses Skillington ; and also 0. n!? restorer of health and Mgottr in disorders where 6A. OR. 24p. of WOOD LAND, now in the occupa- i tion of Mr William Ilebden, making altogether 16A. ! 111. l ip. or thereabouts. Lot 2. All those several CLOSES or PARCELS of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture LAND, containing by admeasurement 28A. - 2II. 3P. wilh the Cottage, Barn, and other Buildings thereon, now in the tenure or occupation of Edward Reynard; and also 6A. 2R. 27P. of WOOD LAN'I), now in the occupation ofthe said Mr William Hebden, containing altogether 35A. OR. 30P. or thereabouts. Lot 3 All those 29A. In. 33p. of WOOD LAND, containing Trees of different growths, and of valuable kinds, now in the holding of the said Mr Win. Hebden. Lot 4. All those several CLOSES or PARCELS of Pasture LAND, and GARDENS, containing by Admeasurement 7A. OR. 34I\ now in the Tenure or Occupation of Mr Francis Thorpe, or his Undertenants; and also 15A. lit. 17P. of WOOD LAND, j in the Occupation of the said Mr Wm. Hebden, " A work which will go far to raise the standard bv 1 making altogether 22A. 2R. l i p . or thereabouts, which productions of this school have of late years ! Lot 5. All that very extensive STONE BUILDbeen judged."— QtiaWCT-/)/ Review. ING, now and f'or some Years past used as a FLAX n MILL, in the Occupation of the said Mr Francis Third Edition, reviseel and corrected, 3 vols. Thorpe, with a Water_ Wheel, 15 Feet jn Diameter, Salivation has repeatedly failed. Prepared accoiding to the receipts of the late Dr Solomon, at Gilead House, near Liverpool, in lis. and 33s. bottles, tire latter containing nearly t'- mr of tlie former. Every genuine bottle has u Stamp, which bears the original name and address, " Saml. Solomoil, Liverpool," to imitate which is felony. F'iva Pound Cases may be had at Gilead House, as usual. Sold by Messrs SCOTT and ORR, 67, Prince's Street, Da ALLISON, 100, South Bridge; AND BAXTER'S ITALIAN WAREHOUSES, 4, South Bridge, anel 34, Hanover Street, . Edinburgh ; R. NELSON, Surgeon, and ISAAC BAXTER, Confectioner, Glasgow ; W. BISSET, Druggist, Perth ; J . ANDERSON, Perfumer, Aberdeen ; W. BISSET, Druggist, Dundee ; belongin., , Trustees of the late George Wilkie of Auchlishie, : tions 011 Debility and Mental Irritation^ with merchant in Dundee. This estate will afford an op- interesting Observations on Vegetable and A portunity for a favourable investment of capital. ; Life ; in Part I I . is a Series of Cases illustrative The lands are situated within the parish, and about preceding subjects, explaining them in a familiar mantwo miles to the northward of the town of Kirriemuir, n c r . l-. y GOSS & CO. the distance from the county town being six miles. Surgeons, London. They are early, productive, and in the highest order, and have been for several years mostly in grass, let annually for pasture. Several streams run through the property, which, besides watering every field, might be made available f'or machinery. There are excellent i situations for building, and the property is susceptible ! of great ornament, by planting and otherwise. It , holds of a subject superior; the teinds are valued and with Stable, Out- houses, Garden, and Pertinents j exhausted, and the public burdens are trifling, thereto belonging, situated in the village of Blackness, | The estate will be sold in two lots, as divided by the and parish of Carriden. 1 water of Carrity, viz. :— The lands are situated in the immediate neighbour- 1 lst. The FARM of AUCHLISIIIE, extending to hood of the town of South Queerisferry, and to the about 250 acres. There is a comfortable dwellingsouth thereof; and from theii elevated situation anel bouse, with a large and substantial farm steading on exposure, command a delightful prospect of the Frith this lot. It is almost wholly inclosed with stone of Forth and surrounding country, and are admirably , fences, and is all in grass. Upset price. £ 10,000. adapted for villas. j 2d. HILLENDanel RE 1) 11 ALL, measuring about The dwelling- house and premises at Blackness were 230 acres, forming one contiguous and compact pro- 12, Calton Street, EDINBURGH within these few years greatly enlarged, and comfort, perty, bounded by the river l'roscn on the north, and — Price 5s. each, ably fitted up and repaired, by Mr Ponton, the pro- tbe Carrity on the south. With the exception of a Messrs GOSS and CO. are to be consulted, as usual, prietor, for his own accommodation ; are situated with- small part under lease for the subsequent crop, these every day, at their house ; and Patients in Edinburgh, in 100 yards of the sea- beach, and are capable of ac- lands are all at present in pasture. Upset pries, Glasgow, and the remotest part of Scotland, can be commodating a large family, with excellent sea- bath- £ 8000. treated successfully on describing minutely the case, ing quarters during the summer season. I The title- deeds, and a plan and report of the lands ' and enclosing a remittance for advice anel medicine, The lands will be exposed in whole or in lots as in- by Mr Blackadder, Glammis, may be seen 011 applical which can be forwarded to any part of the world. No tending offerers may incline; and fbr farther particu- tion to Thomas Deucher, 21, India Street, Edinburgh; difficulty can occur, as the medicines will be securely J ' T ' " * r, 1 It.......... lArtll.;,. ir: : i :. i c ngcliprl find mrpfiillv nrntprtprl Imm nlKpri nfinn Consultin Natura beati. s Omnibus esse dedit, si quis cognoverit u t i ." CLAUD 1 AN. " Since Heaven to all t h e f u n d of bliss supplies, Its trtigai i. ppiieatiou m a r k s t h e wise." 2. TH E S Y I'll 1 LIST, a Familiar Treatise 011 Disorders arising from Lues Venerea, with a variety of Remarks occurring in a most extensive practice, each Section explained by Cases. 3. HYGEIANA, a Non- Medical Analysis of some Complaints incidental to Females. Interesting and important cases illustrate the subject. " yuo 1' ugit Venus ? Heu ! qtiove color decens ?" Hoit. Lib. 4. Od. 12. " W h i t h e r flies Love? Ah! wnere the charming bloom ?" The above may be had of SHERWOOD, Pater, n o s t e r Row, LONDON ; 86, T r o n g a t e , GLASGOW ; ZOHRAB THE HOSTAGE. By the Author of " Hajji Baba." " The best novel that has appeared for several years past."— Quarterly Revicio. 8. GRACE CASSIDA ; or THE REPEALERS. By the Countess of Blessington. 3 vols. " The truth of the characters is the great requisite, and the authoress has drawn them from the life. Many of the scenes are of great power and beauty." — Athenceum. 9. THE HEIRESS. 3 vols. " This story is kept alive by the alternate importunities of the heroine's four lovers, whose courtship furnishes a series of unusualiy lively scenes "— Globe. 10, EBEN ERSIvINE; or THE TRAVELLER. By the Author of " Lawrie Tudd." 3 vols. " A capital novel; its episodes are highly entertaining ; its descriptions of scenery in Egypt and Greece sometimes take the tone of poetry, and the discrimination of character throughout is of the highest order."— Atlas. 11. New Edition, 3 vols, post 8vo. THE BUCCANEER. lars application may be made to John Henderson, 1 or Duncan S. S. C., 20, St Patrick Square, Edinburgh, who is in 1 whom, or possession of the titles and a plan of the lands; antl to will be communicatee!, James Watson, writer, Linlithgow, j Kirriemuir, 17th Oct. 1833, Wilkie, writer in Kirriemuir, by either of packed, and carefully protected from observation, by Mr Blackadder, all farther particulars GOSS and CO. M. R. C. Suigeons, have removed ' imunicated. j from No. II, Bouverie Street, Fleet Street, to No. 7, 1 LANCASTER PLACE, STRAND, London, By the Author of " Sketches of Irish character." 1, _ . " The plot is various, complex, and abundant i n , , . _. , , ,. - ,, -, -, liongate GLASGOW ; BCtj am, t,, e i n t c r e s t i s k ., pt f u l l „ a l i v e t i l l t h e l a s t roni Rip ev, and ten from Ripon,; well roatled, ; and ot all Booksellers m0nient." Times. in one of the richest and most beautiful parts ol 12. CONSTANCE. By the Author of the " Life of Henry V I I I ." 3 vols. " This novel, in its sketches of English country ! society, is most successful— its portraits are very happy ; — its scenes very amusing."— Spectator. I And in a few days, THE BLACK WATCH. By ANDREW PICKEN, Esq., Author of " The Dominic's Legacy." 3 vols. anel 15 Feet wide, and a Fail of Water 12.^ Feet fro- n the Whole of the Stream of the River Nid, calculated at nearly 40 Horse Power, with the Dry- House and Boiler for heating the Mill with Steam, and extensive W A R E H O U S E S and WORK- SHOPS, with TWELVE COTTAGES contiguous or near to the said Mill; also SUCH PART of the MACHINERY" therein as belongs to the Owner ofthe Estate, and other requisite Conveniences for carrying on Trade. And also all those several CLOSES or PARCELS of Meadow LAND, in high Condition, containing together by Admeasurement 23A. 2R. 22p. with TWO DWELLING HOUSES, SIX COTTAGES, and the Gardens adjoining thereto respectively, now in the Tennre or Occupation of the said Mr Francis Thorpe or his Undertenants ; and also 2A. 1R. 2P. of WOOD LAND, now in the Occupation of the said Mr William Hebden, making altogether 25A. OR. 24P. or thereabouts. Lot 6. All those several CLOSES or PARCELS of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture LAND, containing together by admeasurement 17A. Oit. 4p, now in the tenure or occupation of the said Mr Francis Thorpe, together with FOUR CATTLE GATES on Dacre Pasture, antl an unlimited Right of Stiay 011 Hayshaw Moor. The above Estate is freehold, discharged from land tax, and pays a modus of 6s. 4( 1. in lieu of tithes, and the parochial assessments are very moderate. It is situate about three miles from Pateley Bridge, seven and of the country, with the river Nid running through it, bounded partly by the estates of Sir William Ingilby, Bart., Richard Roundhill, Esq. and George Ingleston, Esq. It is also surrounded by preserves, anel consequently well stocked with game. Mr John Hebden, who lives near the Estate, will show i t ; and f'or plan and particulars apply at the Queen's Ilead, Harrogate, and to Robert Harrison, i Esq. of Moor Alleiton ; James Hubbard, Esq. of Leeds, and JOHN SANGSTER, Solicitor, Albion Street, Leeds. Alnwick, — Weddell AUoa, James Johnston Anstruther, W. Cockburn Arbroalh, Vannet, and D. Croll Ayr, David Auld, and P. W hiteside Banff, Dr White Berwick, G. Marshall Cupar Angus, G. Anderson Dumfries, Dickson, antl M ' Craeken Dunbar, Wilson Dunfermline, Alexander Elgin, T. Grant, perfumer Greenock, Alex. itl'Leod Girvan, W. Crawford Inverness, Tait, perfumer Irvine, W. Young Kirkaldy, T. Cretlie Kirkcudbright, A . M'Mil- _ lan Kirkwall, James Erskine Leith, lieid Leven, T. Blyth Montrose, P. Craigie Newt. Douglas, A. Carson Paisley, G. Browning Peterhead, Ogilvie, w i l l, and Co. Stirling, W. Anderson Stornoway, T. M'Kenzie Stranraer, P. Taylor Stromness, Adam Isbestcr Thurso, Millar & Levach Wick, Miller, Bain,& Co. NOTICE To PASSENGERS and SHIPPERS of GOODS for the CAPE of GOOD HOPE, 1IOBART TOWN, and SYDNEY. , The Ship SSfTj^ y NORTH THUTON, C a p t a i n MORRISON, as formerly advertised, will positively clear out from Leith 0: 1 Friday the 27tii ofthe present month. To prevent disappointment, therefore, early application is necessary, to George Young and Co, owners, or WM. ALLAN anel SON, Brokers. Leith, Dec. 3. 1833. 1 N V E R G O R D O N , C R O M A R T Y, A N D I N V E R N E S S. T h e J A N E M A C K E N Z I E, Capiain CONGAI. TON, Is now taking in GOODS fbr the above Ports, and all places adjacent, anil wiil be cleared out about the 21st current. Excellent accommodation for Passengers. JOHN SAUNDERS, Agent, Leith, 14th December, 1833, F R O M T H E L O N D O N G A Z E T T E. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13. [ The Gazette contains orders in Council for the regulation of British commerce, and the government of British subjects at Canton in China. The Chief Superintendent to be appointed under the new Bill is to have full criminal and Admiralty jurisdiction ; and he is to he empowered to hold a Court for the trial of British subjects, the proceedings of which Court shall be conformable, as far as can be, to the practice in the Courts of oyer and terminer in this country. The jury is to consist of twelve persons. The whole proceedings are to be public ; and the Chief Superintendent is to deliver his judgment in open Court.] WAR. OFFICE, DEC. 13. r 3d Dragoon Guards— Cornet J . Shelley, from half pay 22d light dragoons, to be Cornet, without purchase. 12th Light Dragoons— Cornet J . Philips to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice O'Callaghan, who retires. W. H. Tottenham to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Philips. 4th Foot— Ensign H. Zouch to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lardy, deceased. J. Snodgrass to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Zoucb. 10th Ditto— Ensign F. W. Hill to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Broom, who retires. Cadet R. L. Thomas from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase vice Hill. 15th Ditto— Ensign R. A. Houblon to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cronyn, who retires. J. H. Ashurst to be Ensign by purchase, vice Houblon. 27th Ditto— Ensign H. D. Cholmeley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Elliott, promoted. F. King to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cholmeley. 31st Ditto— Ensign F. Batine, from half- pay 1st foot, to be Ensign, vice Edward Sheffield Cassan, who exchanges. 50th Ditto— Staff- Assistant- Surgeon G. M'Gregor to be Assistant- Surgeon. 5( ith Ditto— Lieutenant E. E. Nicolls, from the 2d West India regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice S. Grayson, who retires upon half pay 32d foot. 68th Ditto— Lieutenant J. M'Gill Strachari to be Captain by purchase, vice Ivinlock, who retires. Ensign G. W. Denys to be Lieutenant by purchase, vie: Strachan. II. A. K. Proctor to be Ensign by purchase, vice Denys. 75th Ditto— Cadet C. E. P. Gordon, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign without purchase. 84th Ditto— M. Cassan to be Ensign by purchase, vice Baldwin, who retires. 86th Ditto— Ensign R. Steele, from hair pay 27th foot, to be Ensign without purchase, vice Scott, deceased. 89th Ditto— Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel Hon. G. L. D. Damer, from half pay unattached, to be Major, vice L. A. During, who exchanges. lst West India Regiment— W. C. Pinder to be Ensign by purchase, vice Demay, who retires. 2d West India Regiment Lieut. A. P. Kcnyon, from the Ceylon regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Nicholls, appointed to the 56th foot. Ceylon Regiment.— Lieutenant W. H. Lawder, from half pay 32d foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Kenyon, appointed to the 2d West India regiment. UNATTACHED Lieutenant W. Elliott, from the 27th foot, to be Captain, by purchase. MEMORANDA Captain F. Austin, half pay unattached, has been allowed to retire from the service, by the sale of an unattached commission, he being about to proceed to the colonies as a settler. The appointment of Staff- Assistant- Surgeon G. M'Gregor to be Assistant- Surgeon in the 10th foot, has been cancelled. BANKRUPTS. James Barber, No. 95, Drury Lane, St Clement Danes, draper and mercer George Bolwell Davidge, NeW Cut, Blackfriars' Road Surrey, printer . George Frederick James, Paddington Street, St Alaryle- Bone, grocer James Coward, Bath, linen draper Francis Mills and John Mills, Wood Street, London, wholesale stay makers Christian Frederick Trahn, the younger, Mark Lane, London, merchant John Bunkin, Berner Street, Commercial Road, Middlesex, carrier Joseph Gomersall, No. 58, Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly, umbrella maker John Priestley the elder and John Priestley tlie younger, Counter Street, Southwark, hop merchants James Nortbage Holbrook, Nottingham, lace manu facturer William Rowland Williams, East Retford, Nottingham, spirit merchant Robert Kendall, Gloucester, draper John Hooper Davis, Dowlais, near Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorgan, draper CORN AVERAGES— DEC. 6. General Weekly Avcraqe.— Wheat, 49s. 8J.; Barley, 29s. lOd.; Oats, 19s. 8d.; Rye, 34s. 5d.; Beans, 34s. 0d. ; Pease, 40s. 5d. Aggregate Average of the Siv Weeks, which requlales Duty Wheat, 50s. lid. ; Barley, 30s. 8d. ; Oats, 19s. lQd.; Rye, 34s. 8d.; Beans, 35s. 2: 1. ; Pease, 41s. Od. Duly on Foreign Corn.— Wheat, 36s. 8d.; Barley, Ids. lOd.; Oats, 18s. 3d.; Rye 18s. 3d.; Beans, 16s. 9d.; Pease, 8s. Od. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. At half- past four the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Richmond, and Viscount Melbourne took their seats, as Lords Commissioners, for the further prorogation of Parliament, in front of the Throne, wearing, as usual, their Peers' robes. T h e LORD CHANCELLOR t h e n directed the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod to summon the Commons to hear his Majesty's commission read. In the course of a few minutes, Mr Rickman, one of the Clerks at the table of the House of Commons, attended by the different officers and messengers of that House, appeared at the bar of the House of Lords. Mr COURTENAY, the Deputy Clerk of Parliament, then read the Commission, in the absence of Mr Rose, the Reading Clerk. T h e LORD CHANCELLOR—" M y Lords and Gentlemen— By virtue of his Majesty's Commission under the Great Seal to us and other Lords directed, which Commission has now been read, we do, in his Majesty's name, and in obedience to his Majesty's com. mands, further prorogue this Parliament to Tuesday the 4th day of February next, to be then here holden ; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday, the 4th day of February next." The officers of the House of Commons then withdrew, and the Lords Commissioners rose and quitted the House. SPAIN. Paris, Dec. 10. The Indicateur says:—" On a moderate calculation, the number of the troops lhat the Queen's Government has put in motion from Burgos to the Bidassoa amounts to 20,000 men, doubtless to prove to foreign powers that it could do without aid from abroad to put an end to the civil war." The popularity of the Queen must in fact gain if France has no need of risking in the Peninsula our treasures and the blood of our soldiers to support the new throne. The Indicateur of the 9th gives letters from Bayonne of the 7th and even of the 8th, which is rather expiditiotis, which speak of an expected attack by Valdez on the rebels about Onata. The following is from St Jean de Luz, dated the of the second order. Il is not conUhiplated to make open war upon the representative system, but^ as the duties of the Sovereigns are of two sorts, constitutional towards their subjects and federal towards the Diet, and incompatibility is frequently found between iheni, it would suffice to give the latter jpre- eminence over the former, and the federal obligation would destroy the representative constitutions. To temodel Germany, however, is impossible; and hence threatening measures are spoken of for the solution of the difficulty, a definition of the right of intervention which would give to the nationality of the German states the hlow with which the limitation of constitutional rights strikes representative institutions. We place hope in the wisdom of the statesmen who are seeking, with good faith, a remedy for an evil which lias hitherto defied ail tbe efforts employed. But even if this right of mutual intervention should be recorded in authentic acts, as no one can anticipate the assent of France and England to a declaration that would subvert all the principles of public right, and which, applied upon a large scale, would be equivalent to the destruction of the balance of power ill Europe, we do not see what the question would have gained in being thus treated and resolved in the absence of the only powers who would find cause for disquietude in the exercise of a right to which they could not consent beforehand. When the day shall come for exercising it, what weight would the Conferences of Vienna have ? England and France would have to pronounce. There are engagements which have no need of being written. The- situation of France is clearly defined. Because she does not beforehand promise or refuse her protection in an absolute manner, she does not voluntarily despoil herself of a right, the use of which, I if called forth by extraordinary circumstances, ! affrights the imagination with the terrible consequences. TURKEY. Constantinople, November 11. The disorganization of the Turkish Empire proceeds rather rapidly. The accounts from all quarters represent the people as highly discontented, and requiring but some bold chief to make some effort _ . . _ V. UU1 u ItVo get Ir1iUd Vo/ fI It h110e UdCeItCeUsLteUdU KSJ uII l1t atiln I, < • InA ll evUe > ry t. 1 V 6th:—" Yesterday the troops under the command district the opposition of the people has produced of General Lorenzo gave battle at Onata to the re- i • * ' . . .. bels that were still there; the issue of the contest is unknown. with their troops, who are at Tolosa, are preparing I an excitment which threatens sooner or later to , _ , „ , „ . terminate in a revolution. With Russia and General Castagnon and El Pastor, j A u j t r i a on ( h e n o r l h _ w i t h M e h e m e t Ali on the . , . . . . i south— with confusion antl disturbance pervading to march to Onata,^ in order ^ to effect their junction j a ] , t h f l d i s t a n t p r o v i n c e 8 f r o m Albania to B a g d a d - Sultan throwing himself more and more into the arms of Russia, while France and Great with the troops of General Lorenzo, and two regi- : w j t [ ) ^ ments detached fiom the corps of General Saarsfield, which were directed to the same point. It is B r i u i n n r e h ( , - [ he po r ( e ( Q m a k o SQm thought the rebels will be very soon attacked in the i._ u.. ir neighbourhood of Onata by these united troops." The Memorial Bordelais of the 8th inst. gives a effort 011 its own behalf— none can wonder at the general expectation that a few months will bring about great events in this country. The Duke of Wellington is entertaining a dis- Mr Sadler has relinquished his intention of tinguished party at Strathfleldsay. His Grace gave standing for the representation of Leeds, hut is to a grand dinner on Tuesday evening to the Prince and Princess Lieven, Lieutenant- Colonel and Mrs Maberly, Mr and Mrs C. Arbuthnot, & c. Lord Holland's health has considerably improved since his arrival at Brighton ; the noble Lord generally takes an airing when the weather permits. oppose Mr Biackburne at Huddersfield. The following is a copy of a letter, received from the Secretary of the African Inland Commercial Company, at Lloyd's, dated Liverpool, Dec. 10: — " I have the pleasure to inform you of the safety of the Quorra, Alburkah, and Columbine, which vessels arrived at Fernando Po, early in September. 1 have The Marquis and Marchioness of Abel- corn arriv- also the heartfelt gratification to add, that Mr Lander etl at Woburn Abbey on Monday, from a visit to ! a n d M r L » i r d w e r e in good health. The Columbine T- 1 1 '/- i , , t i 1 . 11 j was preparing to return with them to this port, and the Earl and Countess of Harewood, at Harewood , s h e £ 8 y ' b e ^ p e c t c d l n a f e w w e e k s . 0 u r le( P tcrs have House, in Yorkshire. His Lordship and the not yet reached us, but this is the substance of the in- Marchioness will pass the Christmas with their formation 1 have received from the George Canning, noble relatives, at the Abbey, where the distin- j just arrived from Fernando Po, and I hasten to com. guished circle is enlivened by the talents of Charles j municate it to you," Mathews, jun., who went on a visit to the Duchess of Bedford, at the Doune of Rothiemurchus. The Emperor of Austria has not yet entirely recovered from the effects of the fall from his horse in the camp at Taras. The swelling in the leg is, j indeed, reduced, but his Majesty still suffers from rheumatic pains, and is often obliged to keep his bed, for which reason there have not yet been any public audiences. We are glad to learn that hopes are indulged of the House of Representatives reading " At . in Montreal papers to the 10th, and Newfoundland to the 21st, have been received. The former are uninteresting. The latter state that the Governor had received a mandamus from the Colonial Office calling J. B. Garland, W. Thomas, and John Dtinscomb, Esqrs. to seats in the Council. broken- hearted wives and children of these unhappy men, I saw the tears of agony. Good God ! the man has not the heart of a man who can embark in crimes of this kind. Oil I look at the misery that is created ; look at the wretched family of the murdered man. Again, in the open noon- day, a man is murdered coming from bis work. Oh ! who shall tell me that the red arm of God's vengeance will not fall heavy upon him whose hands are stained with human blood ? ( Hear, hear.) I am bound to tell you that the vengeance of man, as well as of God follows the murderer in his track. ( Hear, and cheers.) You have a right not to work in the same shop or employ with any particular individual, if you so please. Unless, indeed, you violate a contract; because, by a recent act, if you violate a contract by leaving your employ, you can be committed for three months. Every man lias a right to give notice to 1111 employer that he will not work for him if he continue to keep a particular individual in his employment. But if you threaten that man, or give him a single blow, you do that which is illegal, and become liable to transportation. You have aright to refuse working with any man you don't like. You may say, " I don't like that fellow's face, and I won't work along with him"—( laughter)— but you dare not use any force or any violence. Let there be no vio- Philadelphia papers complain that in Georgia : lence, while, however, it is conceded to you that you nullification had again shown its cloven foot, inas-! have the power of arranging for what wages you yourmuch as Mr Cooper, of Putman, 011 the Clerk of, selves will work, and of refusing to work with any Hip House of Rpnrespnt. nlivps rpadin ™ » At. in mi. ' proclamation by General Castagnon dated from his, Th(? , of t | ) e B r i t i s h an(, F r e n o h G o v c l n. head, quarters at JTolosa, Dec. 3, which, h o w e v e r , ' ^ t h g ofIi(. j a l c o m m u n i c a l i o n of t h e , from the extreme rtgour of its provisions the Bot ( ha|. c l o . c s , h e D a r d a n e „ e s a t , h e d e m a m l of U„ ssiu deaux journal conceives cannot possibly be earned is d a j | ted. and the presence and increase of into execution. The following are the principal;- j [ [ ) e c o m b i l ! e d s q u a d r o n s in t h e Archipelago give " I f , after a lapse of eight days, arms are found in , r e . , s o n ,( ) , h e d i s c o n t e n t e d T u r k s t 0 h that t he any house, the master shall he personally responsi- j , o n 2_ v v i s h e d_ f o r o p p o r l u l l i t y is a t hand. The po- SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending the 10th day of December 1833, is Twenty- eight Shillings and Eleven Pence Three Farthings per Hundred Weight, exclusive of the duties of customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. F R O M L L O Y D ' S L I S T. FRIDAY, DEC. 13. Jeresy, 8th Dec— The Thomas Wallace, Tinlav, bound to Quebec, was wrecked near Cape Rosier I5th ult., five of the crew drowned. The Miser, Spurgeon, from Bordeaux to Quebec, is wrecked on Flat Island, Newfoundland. The crcw and a very small part of the cargo saved. Several flasks of oil and some Leghorn straw has been picked up on the coast; it is supposed a vessel has been lost on the Minquais. Whitehcven, 10th Dec The Ann, Lancaster, of Workington, is on shore at Holywood, but expected to be got off without damage. The Walney Star, Hiud, was driven on shore near Maryport. 4th instant. The Carricks, Donally, from Quebec, has been on shore near Kingston, but got off with considerable damage. Peterhead, 8th Dec.— A fleet of vessels having got embayed here this afternoon, during a heavy squall, ran for the harbour, arid many of them sustained damage by grounding and striking against each other. The Friendship, from Inverness, M'Donald, bound to Newcastle, is on shore at the back of the South quay, and it is feared will be wrecked. The John, Short, of and for Newcastle ; Margaret, Fowles, of Kirkwall, for do; and Lively, Watson, from Port Gordon to London, are much damaged. Shields, 10th Dec— The Mary Bulmer, Conner, from hence to New York, was driven 011 shore here this morning, but got off with assistance, and has not sustained any apparent damage. Bridlington, lith Dec— The Spencer, Scott, from Newcastle to Rotterdam, put in here last night with sails split, having experienced bad weather on the coast of Holland. Yarmouth, 11 th Dec.— The Aurora, of Exeter, with loss of foremast, has been assisted into these Roads; and a small brig, said to belong to Wells, with loss of both anchors. It blew hard last night from N. to N. VV. and is still fresh. Wivenhoe, 10th Dec The Osprey, Newburn, from Sunderland to London, has been brought here by seven smacks, having been assisted off the Gunfieet Sand, with teh feet water in her hold. St Petersburg, 2d Nov— It blew a violent gale last from S. W. and W. and it is feared there will have been a great deal of damage below Cronstadt. Reval, 22d Nov.— The John, Callander, from St Petersburg to London, in rounding the west point of l'aponwickburg, struck on a reef, unshipped her rudder, filled water, fell over, and is floating on her broadside. ^ Copenhagen, 30th Nov— The Mary, Jewell, from St Peteisburgh to London, is arrived in the Roads leaky, haying been on shore near Dragoe, and will have to discharge and repair. Cuxhaven, 3d Dec— The Wilhelminc Emilie, from Hull to Danzig, has been brought into this port with loss of both masts, boats, & c. and cargo thrown oveiboard. The Catharine Charlotte, Balle, from Konigsburg to Honfieur, brought ill here full of water, is condemned. Harlingen, 4th Dec— The Ann, Cullen, from London to this port, was totally wrecked near the harbour last night. Creiv and part of the cargo saved. Gibraltar, 18th Nov— The Plainer steam packet, sailed hence 15th inst for Malta, and put back lust night, having been run foul of by a brig of about 200 tons, to the eastward of Cape de Gatt, and lost bulwarks, boat, and paddle box. It is feared the brig went down. Fayal, 28th Nov— The Three Sisters, Davison, from Newfoundland to Halifax, put in here yesteiday leaky, and with loss of sails, rigging, and part of her cargo thrown ovetboatd, having been blown offthe coast. The Superb, Widegren, from Gamla Car'eby to Liverpool, wai driven 011 shore near Copenhagen during a gale on the 29th ult. The Merope, Blandford, from Quebec, was driven on a bank in ltchen Ferry Creek during a gale on the 9th inst., fell over and filled with water. Part of the cargo had been discharged. ble, and subject to a fine of 1000 rials, and the other penalties denounced by my circular order of the 23d ult. If the delinquent has no means of paying, he shall be condemned to two years' hard labour at the hulks.— Any individual who may conceal ammunition, accoutrements, money, or other effects, belonging to insurgents, shall be shot.— The house of any person who may have fired upon the Queen's troops shall be burnt down. If it was not the owner of the house that fired, the house and all it contains shall be confiscated, and the delinquent, if arrested, shall be shot. Every peasant taken in arms, and forming one of an assemblage of less than fifty men, at a quarter of a league from the royal road, shall be considered as a brigand, and shot. — Any one who shall be caught intercepting a government courier bearing dispatches shall be shot; and anyone who shall afterwards be convicted of a similar offence shall be shot. Every village that shall, without opposition, offVr the insurgents to make recruits from it, shall be punished ivith a heavy contribution. All the property of absentees shall be confiscated. The aleades and municipalities shall not furnish any rations to the rebels under a penalty of 200 ducats, antl they shall be liable to the same penalty if they have not taken every means to expel the insurgents from their districts. All alcades and municipalities, who shall not immediately point out and describe at my head- quarters all such persons as they know to be lebel chiefs, or who shall not give every information in their power which may be useful to the Queen's cause, shall be liable to a penalty of 300 ducats each, besides any other punishment that may be pronounced against them by the court martial. All curates and notaries shall assist the municipalities in making the searches and inquiries previously commanded, and shall be subject to a penalty on default. Every peasant who refuses to convey information from the municipalities to head- quarters shall be immediately put in irons, and condemned to two year's imprisonment, or be sent to hard labour at the fortress of Saint Sebastian. Ail women, who by woid or deed shall favour the rebellion, shall be condemned to close confinement for from two months to two years in the hospitals or houses of correction, according to the degree of their offences. All public servants, who shall continue to render their services to the rebels, shall be immediately dismissed from their employments, and still remain liable to any other penalties ihey may have incurred. Their places shall be conferred upon such military or other tnen as shall have merited them by supporting the Royal cause. A11 executive court- martial, composed of five members, shall be formed with power to lake cognizance of all causes that may be brought before them, and shall deliver their judgments within eight days. Every moveable column shall have with it one of the members of this court, who, with three officers, shall form a special court for carrying into execution all the provisions of this proclamation." The Indicateur of Bordeaux of the 9th instant, received by express, contains the following extract of a letter from Bayonne, of the 7th :—" The military authorities of the Queen have made known to the Basque provinces that los fueros ( the privileges) they enjoyed are provisionally suspended. It is well known what provisional means in such circumstances. For some time past the Government has hail the intention of placing these provinces under the common law, anil carrying to the extreme frontier the line of customs. The Biscayans, in particular, have always had the skill to effect the postponement of this project by the irresistible power of money. This pl. m, now carried into execution, is a proof that the Government has still the means of enforcing obedience to its orders, and that something is changed in the march of the old administration, whose Manifesto is in contradiction with that published shortly after Ferdinand's death." ptilar dislike to Russia increases every instant, as the schemes of that Power become more and more evident. The Sultan places all his reliance in the friendship of the Czir, who, in return, treats him with a great display of kindness. Achmet Pacha's reception on landing in Odessa was most flattering. Magnificent Persian carpets were spread on tho pier, and a carriage with eight horses was at hand to convey him to the palace constructed for him in the Lazaretto, where he had to perforin fourteen days' quarantine prior to his departure for St Peterstjurgh. Achmet Pacha is instructed by the Sultan to propose a full and complete surrender to Russia of the principalities of Waliachia and Moldavia. If Nicholas accept the proposition, how will the Austrians feel on finding the Russian serpent folding itself round the Empire. The latest intelligence from Bagdad represents the Russian influence us equally predominating at the Couit of Persia as in Turkey; for there, too, that overreaching Power has offered troops to keep all quiet, and it has also gained some of the Pachas and influential men on the frontiers, so that its future encroachments may meet with little opposition. The dissatisfied Turks maintain that Russia will have a war, even by forcing Fiance and England to begin it, and that for that purpose the army has been increased in the Crimea, and the fleet at Sebastopol has received six months' provisions. That similar preparations on the part of Russia continue there is no reason to doubt. The British and French squadrons remain in the Archipelago. They are at present anchored in the buy of Smyrna. It is affirmed that orders have been sent for an addition to tile British squadron, and that it will soon consist of three three- deckers, three two- deckers, and two large frigates. The Barham having sustained some injury in her masts, has gone for repairs to Malta. The Donegal and Caledonia are among the expected ships. The latest news from Egypt is that Mehemet Ali is resolved not to make any warlike attempts during some time, being occupied in increasing his I navy immensely, and in consolidating his system But as that able chieftain knows how to keep his own secrets, no reliance is placed on his affected disposition for peace. somewhat more docility on the part of Don Miguel to the Spanish mission, at least in the way of attention, than was at first entertained.— Globe. We are informed, from a quarter on which we can rely, that the absence of M. Van de Weyer is owing to the general conviction of the Members of the Conference, that the King of Holland is still indisposed to negociate in good faith, or while he thinks there remains any prospect of the affairs of Europe leading fo war. His present pretext for delay is the want of the unanimous consent of the Members of the Germanic Confederation.— Courier. We hear that the last portefuille from Paris brought letters from Prince Talleyrand, who at the time of its departure had arrived at his spacious hotel in the rue St Florentin, from Roehecolle, the romantic seat of the Duchess de Dino in Normandy. His Excellency's agent and regisseur tl* affaires died a short time back in Paris, and it is believed that he was desirous of ascertaining the real state of his property before lie returns to the embassy here. On dil, that the venerable diplomatist, on his first interview with I. ouis Philip, after his arrival in Paris, dissuaded him from any actual intervention in the affairs of Spain in the event of the King's death, which was then hourly expected. We heard yesterday that the Prince will positively return on or about the Ist or 2d of J uiuary.— Herald. At the election of Officers at the Royal Academy, on Tuesday, Sir M. A. Shee . was unanimously reelected President. The list of the Council was revised, 11 rid the new list contains Sir Jeffrey Wyatville, G. S. Newton, William Mtdready, and G. Jones, Esqrs. The old list— Sir W. Beechey, II. P. Brings, Richard Westall, and Richard Ramsav Reinagle, Esqrs. The Common Council of the City of London, yesterday, by an almost unanimous vote, abolished the practice of voting by billot, which has hitherto prevailed in the election of officers of the corporation. Private letters from Stockholm state that the King of Sweden is about to assemble the Diet in the early part of the ensuing year, to take into consideration tbe whole monetary system of S « eden. THE STATUTE BOOK.— In the last Session of Parliament, one hundred and six new acts were added to the s atute book, forming a ponderous volume person you don't like. I may, perhaps, be accounted a false prophet— it may be said that I am foretelling of ' he sovereignty and independence of the United J ^ ' ^ h h^ nv. al session, & c. in the year of our Lord, & t\, and ! States," & c-, moved to strike out the word " sove reignty." This word was in the usual form. " Mr Cooper's motion," says the Journalist, " was put down by an overwhelming majority, but had supporters enough to show that the Nullifiers are determined that the United States shall not be Sovereign ; that each state is to stand sovereign and supreme upon her own basis. This motion, and the support that it received, show clearly the spirit that the Nullifjers have brought into the Legislature, and the utmost vigilance, and the most determined patriotism, are required to keep down its turbulent and disorganising effort." TUB SUGAR CROP.— Letter's from Louisiana speak encouragingly of the prospects of the sugar crop. On many of the plantations the sugar harvest commenced early in October, and the product of the cane is of a superior quality. It is believed that more su^ ar will be produced in Louisiana the present than during any former year. The hot weather that followed ihe storm which recently blew down so much of the cane, ha. l the effect of restoring it again, and the present, it is reckoned, will prove as good a sugar year as 1828. The Richmond Inquirer says, " It is tbe opinion of many reflecting persons, that the emancipation of the slaves in the British West Indies, will have the same effect that it is said to hive produced in St Domingo. It will paralyze, at least for a lime, tlie agriculture of the islands, lessen their production, and raise the price of sugars. In this case, the duty on the article may be still further reduced."— New York Commercial. Letters from St Jago de Cuba, dated Oct. 17th, state that the ultimatum of the Kuig of tbe French to the ( Iaytians, demands the immediate payment of the indemnity ; in default of which an expedition will be fitted out against the Island. The sum is twenty millions of dollars. It is sniil that the expedition is near St Domingo ; but this wants confirmation.— 1 merican Paper. LONDON, DECEMBER 13. The King has been most graciously pleased, in FROM THE PARIS PAPERS. ( From the Constitutionnel.) PARIS, Dec. 10— England, by opening her market to the silk goods of Lyons, lias put her hand upon the industry of that town. She has been a purchaser of the productions of Lyons fur more than 20 millions of francs. Suppose that as a customs measure, she was now to close her market, what would become of Lyons ? England has the power of creating a tumult in the first manufacturing town in France. France litis nowhere in England the power of creating a tumult. Assuredly, such arms in the hands of nations are horrible. The means of miking them fall out of the hands of those who hoi'' them is to arm 011 the other side. Fiance could by iron exert in England the same action that England does in France by silks. Twenty millions worth of iron, bought at Birmingham, would give us lull security for the use tbat England might make of her orders at Lyons. Since the political bearing of commercial questions is sought for, let it he considered what an alarming ascendancy England has obtained over us, nut by the prohibitive system, but by a measuse of free trade. Il is by another measure of free trade that we could defend ourselves against her, or al least against her Tory aristocracy, it' it was lor a moment 10 recover power. ( From the Journal des Debats.) The subjects to be treated at the approaching Ministerial Congress at Vienna it is not easy to ascertain, but unquestionably one of them will be ths constitutional resistance of the German states addition to the important and distinguished command his Majesty lias already conferred on Major- General Sir Amos Norcott, to appoint that officer to be Lieutenant- Governor of the island of Jamaica. The Duke of Richmond, Lord J. Russell, ami Lord Auckland had interviews yesterday with Viscount Althorp. The Marquis of Sligo was occupied yesterday upwards of two hours at the Colonial Office. The Bavarian Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. Lady Brougham aud her daughters returned to the Lord Chancellor's residence in Berkeley Square, on Wednesday, from Brighton, where they have been sojourning five months for the improvement of Miss Brougham's health. The Lord Chancellor, who proceeded to the Pavilion to attend the King's Court, accompanied her Ladyship and the family to town. We believe lhat one of the first measures to be submitted by Ministers to Parliament, in its ensuing session, will be a bill for llie amendment of the reform act.— Morning Post. The Foreign Office has notified to the parties interested, that instructions have been sent out to Lord William Russell, at Lisbon, to demand the immediate release of the Caroline merchantman, from Newfoundland,' lately captured off Opoito by the ci'uizers of Don Pedro. The rumour is revived in the law courts that tifc. r next Hilary term Mr Burori Bailey retires fiom the bench ; his successor will, it is added, be Sir Wm. Home, who will divide with the Chief B. iron the equity duties in the Court of Exchequer. This would of course, cause a vacancy in the representation of Murylebon(>. Wednesday a Court of D rectois was held at the East India House, when William Byam Martin; Esq. was appointed Third Member of the Supreme Council of India, and Lieutenant- Colonel William Morrison, C. B. - of the Madras Artillery, was appointed Provisional Member of the same Council, to succeed thereto upon the first vacancy. Tbe following was the result of ibe ballot at Lloyd's for three members of the committee:— Mr \ V. Marshall, 430; Mr Henry Cheape, 39S; Mr G. Femiing, 355; Mr It. A. Gray, 225; Mr P. Bordeneave, 107. The first three gentlemen are therefore appointed. The number of subscribers polled was 508. We have learned that in reply to an intimation fro. n Vienna that the Austrian Government might be requested by his Sardinian Majesty to send iiis troops into Piedmont, it was answered by tile Due de Broglie, that if an Austrian army entered Piedmont, the French must take possession of Savoy and Nice.— Globe. Sir John Milley Doyle will shortly return to Portugal in a new steam vessel, purchased for Donna Maria, in which he will be accompanied by ^ 0 0 Belgians, enlisted for her service. of one thousand three hundred and fifty- two pages! In the first six months of the Session only 4( 3 of these acts received the Royal Assent; but in the last two days of the Session, namely, the 28th anil 29. h August, the Royal Assent was given to no fewer than GO acts, or about three- fifths of the whole. Besides the public acts, there were 122 local and personal acts passed, and 43 private acts, m iking a total of 271 additional acts of Parliament for the study of the lawyers. Mr P. Scrope has published another letter to the agriculturists in the West of England 011 the introduction of poor laws into Ireland, in which he defends his statement of the condition of the agriculturists of Ireland, as well from Ills own observation as from the evidence of Mr James Santlars and Mr Clendining. Mr Scrope says lhat in a tour of 300 miles in the South antl West of Ireland he saw nothing which by West of England agriculturists could be called a range of farm buddings, and he quotes Mr Sandars, who states that the people who raise corn live 011 potatoes and buttermilk, and Mr Clendining, who says that in the north of Ireland the occupation are generally only a fe. v acres. According to official returns, the average price of wheat for all France, for the month ending the 30th of November, was 14f. 95c. the hectolitre, which answers to L. I, 1- is. 3d. the English quarter of eight bushels imperial measure. The average price of wheat for England and Wales, for the six weeks ending the 29th of November, was L. 2, 1 Is. 2d. the quarter. The introduction of the progress of bleaching by clorine has added largely to the supply of materials for paper making; for not only the waste of our cotton factories, but even the worn out bags in which cotton is imported, are now made to serve the same purpose as linen rags; so that neither the loss of the continental rags, in which the Americans out- bid us, nor the daily increasing consumption of paper, have occasioned any increase of its price. It is not only of superior quality, but 50 per cent, cheaper than it was 25 years ago. STATE OF TRADE.— Business still continues flat ill'the lower descriptions of cloth goods, but at the markets 011 both Saturday and Tuesday there was a better demand for coloured cloths of superior qualities. I11 the white cloth trade there is no material alteration Leeds Intelligencer. AT HUDDEISSFIELD MARKET, on T u e s d a y, there was 110 material alteration iu the demand for goods. AT HALIFAX MARKET, on S a t u r d a y , low priced stuff goods were in better request, but superior kinds were little asked for. No alteration in prices. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, D e c . 9 . — T he market was moderately attended to- day. Low goods for dyeing were much in request, but finer goods were rather slack. Considering the season of the year the market may be considered to have been pretty good. 1 here was 110 variation in prices. EXTRAORDISAUY ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL IN ENGLAND— Though thousands of millions have been spent in rendering England the most habitable country in the world— in making bad land good, 011 fences, farm- buildings, roads, bridges, canals, and docks, on the openings of mines, the building of manufactories arid warehouses, not to mention houses— will it Appears as if thousands of millions would he forthcoming for similar purposes, it'there were but' room for carrying such purposes into effect. Abundance of capital invested, and ready to be invested, is the most marked, nay the peculiar, characteristic of England. By guessing at what it would take to put France, or one of the American states, into the same condition as England, with respect to the improvement of land, to farm- buildings, roads, bridges, canals, wharfs, docks, manufactories, warehouses, and machinery, & c. we may form some idea of the degree in which the fixed! capital of the English exceeds that, of the French or Americans ; and yet the French or Americans, who have invested so small a cap'tal in comparison with that invested by the English, have far less than the English ready for investment. Money makes money, says the proverb ; which translated into the language of modern science, means that capital creates capital. I11 America, where there is so much room for the investment of capital, because so little capital has been invested, innumerable works, holding out the certainty of large profits, aie projected, but for the want of capital are not begun ; while in England where, by reason of the vast masses of capital already invested, there seems but little room f j r the profitable investment of more, millions accumulate so lapitlly, that funds are never wanted for even the most hazardous undertakings. How to obtain capital, is the question in America; what to tlo with their capital, is the puzzle of the English. I11 this difficulty, the English build Waterloo bridges, which yield 110 profit; send goods to be sold in distant countries at less than prime cost; squander J millions on South American speculations ; lay out immense sums in the purchase of foreign securities; and lend money by tens of millions at a time to North American States, South American anarchies, and European tyrants, great or small. If the wealth of a society depend on the proportion which capital bears to numbers, then it is clear the English are the richest people iu the world.— England and America. C O M B I N A T I O N - M E E T I N G A T T HE C O M M E R C I A L B U I L D I N G S. Dublin, Wednesday, Dec. II. lu compliance with a requisition, very numerously and respectably signed by the bankers, merchants, and employers of this city, addressed to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, requesting him to call a public meeting, for the purpose Of adopting measures to prevent a recurrence of outrages arising from combination, antl to consider the expediency of petitioning Parliament to enact such measures as might tend to so desirable a consummation, his Lordshin was pleased to appoint yesterday, at the Commercial Buildings, for the holding of this meeting. Before one o'clock, crowds of persons, of the operative classes, assembled in Dame Street, and a strong body of police was stationed at the entrance and through the Commercial Buildings to preserve order. At two o'clock the square yard Was densely crowded, as it was announced, that in consequence of the numbers pressing for admission, tbe meeting would not be held in' Mann's great room, where it was originally appointed to take place. Soon after two o'clock The Lord Mayor took the chair on a temporary platform, upon which tbe chair was placed; the two High Sheriff's took their places beside his Lordship, and among others we observed three Messrs O'Connell, E. S. and E. Rutliven, members of Parliament; Thomas Reynolds, John Wal* h, Sleviti, and other members of the late Trades' Political Union. The windows of the surrounding buildings were filled with influential gentlemen. Mr WALSH read the resolutions, which he said, had been prepared that morning, as amendments to any resolutions which the requisitionists might bring forward, but as those who had signed the requisition shrunk away from appearing to enter upon the business for which they had caused the meeting to be called, he would propose them at once for adoption. The first resolution was declaratory of the good disposition existing at present among the operative classes, and the others in contradiction to the latter terms of the requisition. There was a fifth, declaratory of the necessity of the repeal of the Union, but this the Lord Mayor would not permit to be read, as it was foreign from the object of the meeting. Mr Walsh was contending that this resolution was necessarily incidental to the subject of the meeting, when Mr O'Connell declared the chairman had a right to prevent the resolution from being read, and added, that he was sure when a proper requisition was laid before his Lordship, to call a meeting to take into consideration the subject of repeal, he would comply with the request of his fellow- citizens.—( Laughter.) Mr WALSH then proposed the first resolution, and made a long speech. He was several times called to order by the Lord Mayor, when introducing the topic of tbe repeal of the Union. Air JOHN REDMOND seconded the resolution, which was as follows :—" That the existing laws are fully sufficient to repress and punish every outiage upon the persons and properties of his Majesty's subjects in Ireland." Mr LAWLESS next presented himself. He said, I think there is a combination. I think those who published the advertisement for this meeting aie the conspirators. ( Hear, hear, hear.) What, call for more penal law, more torture, to humiliate and degrade our unfortunate country? ( Hear, hear.) Mr Lawless continued to speak for a considerable time, and to amuse his auditors with boils mots, ln the course of bis speech the Lord Mayor had to call him to order, for digressing from the subject, and observing upon the benefits likely to result from a repeal of the Union. Mr O'CONNELL said, with great respect, in his own name, and in the name of his auditors, he thanked tbe Lord Mayor for calling the meeting. He agreed with those who censured the requisitionists for not follow, ing up the business for which tbe meeting was called. They should have appointed a committee to prepare resolutions, and brought forward those resolutions in due form. They shoultl not have left his Lordship to preside here unsupported by their presence, and in the hands of whoever might choose to attend. The city had been degraded, they said, by outrages, arising from combination. Why are they not here to state the dates, the places, and crimes which degrade us! The prosecutors are not in court. There is no evidence of the crimes for which the accused are called to trial. Then I say, triumphantly, the city is entitled to a verdict of acquittal. The tradesmen are acquitted. ( Hear, hear,) I agree, said Air O'Connell, in the propriety of operatives combining, but any secret combination is illegal, and any secret assembly, bound by oath for the purposes of combination, involves a capital felony. ( Hear.) But the combination which 1 speak of requires no se. crecy ; it is just and legal. If a man ask you to belong to any secret society, believe roe he wishes you to belong to something that is bad. I go to the full length of approving of open legal combination. There is a general opinion among those who combine, that every operative should be equally paid. This is a bad, a mistaken principle. Why should a man pay a bad artisan the price of a good one ? It is cheating cither the master or the good artisan. If the bad artisan be paid as much as the good, the master is cheated ; and if the good artisan be paid only as much as tbe bad, he is cheated, bv not having a fair remuneration for his labour. Why, when a man goes into the hall of the Four Cour s, does he employ Sergeant Pennefather or Sergeant O'Loghlen ? Would you give the management of an important case to a young gentleman of yesterday, unpractised in his profession ? No; you employ these eminent men of whom I have spoken, because they are the best workmen in their trade. 1 know this is a subject upon which there may be much discussion, but I solemnly protest that I would not contiuue to represent this city or any other place, if I were obliged to conceal any part of my opinions from my constituents. I told 3 ou I agree with you on the propriety of combination generally, but I am decidedly opposed to force and violence. I am sure you aie all so. ( Loud cheers.) 1 knew I should get that cheer from you. Five or six years ago, Dublin was disgraced wilh outrages proceeding from combination. Was not I myself counsel for two or three men, who were tried for a base and barbarous murder, in the evening, on a poor wretched man who was miserably beaten to death. Five or six men were executed, most properly executed, for that deep crime. Oh I I saw the better days in store for Ireland. The learned gentleman sat down amid the most enthusiastic cheering. Air RICHARD BOYLAN moved, and E . RUTHVEN, Esq. AI. P. seconded the following resolution :—" That while we deprecate, in the most unqualified manner, any breach of the law, and any outrage upon the person or property of the subject, we rejoice to find that at no former period was this city in a state of more profound tranquillity and good Older than at present. Thanks were returned to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, and the meeting separated. MANSION HOUSE. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ALLEGED BURGLARY AND ROBBERY— A robbery was committed on Sunday in the banking- house of Messrs Lawson, Newham, and Co. of Bucklersbury, the particulars of which were yesterday stated to the Lord Mayor by one of the gentlemen of the firm. On Monday morning some painters, employed in painting the premises of Alcssrs Lawson, Newham, and Co. went to the house, and for some time knocked at the door, but in vain. Nobody answered. They suspected that some accident had happened to the porter, who they knew slept in the house for the protection of the property, and they agreed to get upon the premises from the exterior and look through'the skylight. They did so, and were astonished at seeing the porter lying on the ground, with his bands tied, behind his back, his legs bountl to a table, and a pocket handkerchief crammed into his mouth. They immediately descended into the counting- house, and the first thing their feet encountered was one of tlie tin cash- boxes which lay empty 011 tho ground. When they pulled the handkerchief out of the porter's mouth he told them that the house had been attacked by two robbers, who seized and tied him up, and threatened, if be said a word, to murder him. Forrester, the officer, was, when the firm were made acquainted with the transaction, sent for, and he examined the premises. He found that the thieves, whoever they were, had g. ine to work with good tools. They had broken into the strong- room through the brickwork, which was thiee feet thick, forced open tha iron safe, and abstracted from thence a tin box containing from £ 130 to £ 150 in gold. It was extraordinary that although they could have possessed themselves of bank notes and securities to a very great amount, they did not touch uny thing but sovereigns. The officer, whose acuteness is well known, thought many little matters connected with the robbery very strange, and questioned the porter, who told the story in exactly the following style ;—. 1, Timothy Carrol], went to bed at about eleven o'clock on Monday night, and about half- past twelve, when I was laying down, in came two men. One of them, a big mail, came up to me, and says he, " If you move a peg I'll blow your brains out." The big fellow had a pistol in his right hand, and held it up, but the other man said, " Don't shoot," or " Don't kill him." I never said a word to them at all, only asked them to spare my life. Upon that one of them took a handkerchief from his pocket, and tied it tight round my eyes. They then took my own handkerchief out of my pocket, and tied it across my mouth to stop me from calling out, and they tied my legs together and my hands across. Tile big man had, before they gagged me, asked where tbe iron safe was. I said we had Bad never a one since we left the other house. The big man then said, " Where is the money kept ?" i said, " I don't know anything about the money. I don't know where it is kept." There is a flap over the place where tho valuable property is kept, and the big man asked me where the key of that flap or door was, and I told him Air Lawson had it. They then began to work at the flap, antl got it up in about ten minutes. As the carpenters hud been at work in the premises, and had left their instruments behind them, the thieves used those instruments in breaking open all before them. They did not return to say any thing to me again, only to remove the handkerchief from my eyes, which they did, and then they left me tied up in this way. Forreiter said he supposed that the porter would know the two thieves again. He replied that he should not. The big man was dressed in a fustian jacket, and the small one was in his shirt sleeves, but he should not be able to know them again, as their faces were blacked. They had, be added, taken his watch out of his pocket when they bound him, and he remained tied up eight hours on the floor, It appeared that very little effort could have been made by Carroll to release himself from the disagreeable predicament iu which he bad been so long placed, and it seemed to those who looked narrowly at all the . bearings of the case, and the manner in which the porter had been tied, that a vigorous exertion might have enabled him to extricate himself at least from the necessity of lying in the painful position in which he was found. The porter yesterday came to tbe Justice- room for the purpose of making his statement of the particulars of the burglary and robbery, and repeated the description given above. No comment was made by the Lord Alayor, and tbe porter departed after lie had given his account of the matter. THE ARMY. REDUCTION IN THE ARMY The contemplated reduction in the army will amount to sixty in each in- ' fantry, and thirty in each cavalry regiment. Each company and troop is to be reduced by eight men, which will leave the aggregate reduction nearly the ' same as already stated. Tne reduction will be gradually effected, recruiting being, for the present, altogether suspended. A Royal Commission has been issued, appointing tbe Duke of Richmond, Lord John Russell, the Right Hon. Edward Ellice ( Secretary at War), Sir James Kempt ( Master General of the Ordnance), and Alajor General Sir Robert L. Dundas, K. G. B., members of a Board to examine into the expediency and practicability of consolidating, or in any other way so to arrange the different offiice3 in the civil department of file army, sucli as the ordnance, the office of the Secretary at AVar,' and the Paymaster of the Forces, and also the Commissariat office at the Treasury, as to produce a diminution of expense, but without lessening the efficiency of those establishments. Sir John ' Biss et is, we believe, tbe Secretary to the Board, who has bad practical experience in the Commissariat Department; but he receives 110 remuneration for this service, nor do the members of the ltoard. Lieutenant- Colonel Ilailes, and all the officers of the 28tii regiment, messed together last Sunday, at - the new barracks, Limerick, 011 the occasion of giving a farewell dinner to a distinguished brother officer, Captain Carrothei' 3, who is retiring from the aimy, after having served five- and- twenty years in this gallant corps, with a character for unsullied honour, courage, and humanity, the best criterion of which is the universal regret evinced by both officers antl men, companions in aims through many a bloodstained field, at parting with this highly- esteemed veteran. Lieutenant- Colonel St Clair has been withdrawn fiom the Special Staff' appointed in Ireland to preside at courts martial under the coercion act. The Staff is now reduced to four. Alajor Dutton, half- pay, is appointed Alilitary Secretary at the Cape of Good Hope. The 99th depot still remains at Newbridge, awaiting their embarkation. THE FIFTEENTH HUSSARS.— It is confidently stated this regiment will be shortly ordered to India, and that, in consequence, a resignation or two is or are expected. We hear that there is some difficulty in tbe preliminary arrangements for the Court Martial cn Captain Wathen, 011 account of discrepancies between the charges, as framed in the Judge Advocates' department at the Horse Guards, and the complaint preferred by Lieutenant- Colonel Lord Brudenell ' Meanwhile pending the settlement of these matters of military etiquette, Captain Wathen continues under arrest, and the uninitiated and ignorant civilian will doubtless learn with surprise, that, according to the rules of the service, he may be and is prevented, while the charges are hanging over him, from holding any personal communication with ths officers of his own tr any other regiment. To a high- minded antl honourable man, this, of course, must be a great privation ; but he who selects the army for his profession, must be prepared to submit to rules and regulations, which, in private life, would be deemed severe and oppressive.— Cork Reporter. • The young nobleman who commands the 15th Hussars is son of the Earl of Cardigan. His Lordship was appointed to a Cornetcy in the 11th Dragoons in May, 1824; he became Lieutenant in January following; got his troop in June, 1826; a Majority in the same corps, 3d August, 1831); the rank of Lieutenant- Colonel unattached, 3d December, 1830; and on the 16th March, 1832, he became, by purchase, Lieutenant- Colonel of the 15th Hussars, a corps distinguished by its gallantry in the field, and its excellent system and discipline in quarters. At the time of obtaining this proud and honourable post, his Lordship was thirty four years of age, and had been in the army nearly eight years. The otherparty, Captain Wathen, is the son of Mr Wathen, barrackmaster at Knightsbridge. He entered the army as Cornet in the 8th Dragoons, 9th July, 1820; became Lieutenant in the 15th Hussars, 24th June, 1823; and Captain 26th September, 1826. Lord Hill and Sir Colquhoun Grant, the Colonel- in- Chtef, are greatly distressed respecting this hitherto fine corps ; and we therefore shall not be surprised to find one, if not more, of the officers removed upon the temination of this court- martial, whether the result is the acquittal or otherwise of Captain Wathen— Limerick Chronicle. ,. , The late Major- General Lemuel Warren, who died of apoplexy on the 29ih, obtained his first commission In the 17th foot, 7th March, 1787; his Lieutenantcy in October, 1788; and on the 2d Januaiy, 1/ 94, exchanged into the 27th foot; was at the siege of Morne Fortune, in St Lucia; when the 27th had three officers killed, six wounded, and one hundred and twenty rank and file killed, & c. Major- General Warren was one of the Board of General Officers for inspecting and regulating the army clothing. BRITISH INFANTRY. ( From the United Service Journal.) What moital ever beheld a bayonet conflict? or who can imagine a conflict with an instrument so utterly ridiculous? an instrument with which you must actually thrust away to the north- west, if you would hit an enemy bearing due north. What chance would a bayoneteer have against an active adversary, armed only with a sword, who should parry or seize the bayonet with his left hand and use the right hand in the old ' Highland or Turkish fashion ? When or where did modern infantrv ever resist a bold onset of swordstarn ? The defeats of the tacticians have been pretty numerous, but their victories we have yet. to learn. As to " ihe steady hands accustomed to use i t , " mentioned by the reviewers, no bands ever were accustomed to ' use it. The infantry soldier is only taught to comc into action, but he is not yet instructed in the skip ill use of arms or taught to fight. Why it should be so, those may explain who uphold the system, holard alrea ly tells us, that no band- to- hand combat took place, during the war of the Spanish Succession; Berenhorst relates tbe same of the Seven \ ears' War; and it is now pretty generally admitted, that no bayonet contest took place, during the last war, so that all close combats seem to have ceased, from the very time this most formidable weapon was invented. That, at the storming of works, a soldier, who could not get away in time, may here and there have been killed or wounded with a bayonet, is possible enough; it is also possible, that, when Colonel Coulburn's brigade was galloped over at Albuera, some stubborn Englishman hi ay have attempted to defend himself with his ricketty zig- zag bayonet. But a few isolated cases of this kind, if they did happen, cannot tell against the avowed fact, that no resisting men were ever forced back at bayonet's point, nor can soldiers be expected to close in mortal strife, armed only with a weapon, that every man, who has poised or wielded it, feels to be below contempt. Men will run at the enemy, or run after them, if they give way, but, if the assailed stand fast, the assailants invariably halt and begin to fire. The French always did so, during the war, and those, who read this, will know that British troops have done the same. The troops, possessing in the highest degree the most essential military qualities, personal strength, courage, energy, and activity, must, of course, be the greatest losers by the change, that has taken place, from a close to a distant method of fighting, and it might have been expected, that the British, who claim a superiority in these higher qualities, would have attempted to render them as available as possible. But this has not been the case. We have fallen into the system, followed by very inferior nations; we wished perhaps to show our enemies, that we could beat them even with their own arms, and deemed it, no doubt, illiberal to attack them with arms more formidable than those with which they could oppose us. Still there was always a good deal of rhodomontaile about the wonders effected, or to be effected, with the bayonet. It was even stated in evidence, on General Whitelock's court- martial, that the second in command directed some of the soldiers to take their flints out of the locks of their muskets, as every thing was to be done with " the bayonet." One man was actually killed, in obeying this strange order; When charges of cavalry are made in close column, and when Generals make the infantry soldiers throw away their flints, we may well be allowed to question the value of a system, that has fostered ideas- leading to conduct so extraordinary. the land at any great distance, the current and prevails stance and its great rigour, it is probable lliat it will ing winds continually bearing the plants and ice along e x c j t e m u c h discontent, in its course towards the north- east, some of the latter ' ' embracing fragments of a rock, of a kind the existence of which we could discover nowhere on the islands we i Of the many theories and expedients that are visited. When Palmer's Land becomes properly ex- j ( l a i h . s , , „ „ e s t e l j f o r U l e r e l ; e f o f l l l e distressed ntrriplorcd, together with the known islands, I think, they , " . . " . . . . . „ , , ,, ,, will prove to be ar. extensive chain, stretching out to j cultunsts in Great Britain, that of Mr P. Scrape, near where Captain Cook's progress was arrested, by j which he is circulating with great assiduity, is not the firm fields of ice, in latitude 71- 10. S. and west , • , , .... , , , , , . t, i e , l east. „ c. u,„ r ;„ o, u,„ s . rH> e' • i s „ opf „ o„ p: i„ n: i o„ n , that , o', w„. itn„ g„ it„ o longitude about 105.0.; had that skilful navigator sue- I the least curious. 1 ' s ceedeel in penetrating this mass" of ice, he would un- j t h e low wages and degraded state of the Irish peasantry and tenants, corn can he produced cheaper iti that country than in England ; that the Irish are enabled, in short, to undersell the English cultiv."- questionabiy, in a short time, have made the land to which it was formed.— From the Report of Dr James Eights, Naturalist. H i s MAJESTY'S PACKET THE FLAMEU, WEYMOUTH — Early on the morning of Saturday the Casket lights were seen, and soon after, the wind shifting to the southward, with a heavy squall and a tremendous sea, the power of the vessel was found to be of no avail. She made lee way for upwards of six hours, when it was supposed she bad drifted halfway back. About one the waves ran mountains high, when a sea struck her on the larboard side, carried away her boat, which was lifted to the height of the chimney, and falling on deck before it was washed away, may in a great degree have occasioned the accidents to the men. Some of them, who have crossed the Channel every month for 20 years, declare they never experienced such a sea. The poor remaining sufferers are in a veryprecarious state. EMTLIANI'S CONCERT— Tiie concert of this eminent performer took place on Friday evening, in the Hopetoun Rooms ; and we ard happy to say it was attended by a numerous and fashionable audience Though the merits of this great mastet of the violin are well known and highly appreciated here, and it might seem superfluous to enter into any detailed description of them, yet we shall, in our next, make some remarks on this concert. Friday night a grand entertainment Was given in the Assembly Rooms, Aberdeen, to tile Provost 1 K EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The William, Boag, from New South Wales, has arrived off Rnmsgate— sailed 31st May from Rio Janeiro ; the Nancy, Self, from New Zealand, has arrived oft'Plymouth— sailed 18th August. Arrivals at Calcutta The David Clark, from Rangoon. 2d July ; the Indian Oak, from Couelong, 3d ; the Fifeshire, from Madras and Ennore, 7th; the Adelaide, from Moulmein, 9th; the Will Watch, from Pc- nang, 10th. Arrivals at Anger.— The Scaleby Castle and the Thomas Grenville, August; the Waterloo, 14th; and Minerva, 15' h, from London. Arrivals at Hobart Town The Thomas, from Leith and the Cape, 11th August; the Blackbird, from Sydney, 13th; the Mary Ann, from Plymouth, 13th, the Lmmav Kemp, from Itio Janeiro, 12th; the Prince Regent, from Launceston,- 4t! i; the Harlequin, from Sydney 12th, the Carolihe, front whaling, 11th ; the Brazil packet, from Launceston, 2d; the Emperor Alexander, from London; the Curler, Hunter, from London, 15th j the Scamander,. from Liverpool, 19th J u l y ; the Eliza, from Sydney, 20th; the Enchantress from England, 31st; the Isabella, from Launceston, 25th ; the Fnnchal, from Sydney, 20th. Departures from Hobart Town The Prince Regent, for Launceston, 5th July; the Strathfieldsaye, for Sydney, 11th; the Defiance, for Flanders Island, 19th; the Warrior, for Sydney, 21st; the Tamar, for Port Arthur, 26th ; the Isabella, for New Zealand, 31st; the Funchal, 5th August, and the Scamander, 8th, for Sydney; the Jane, for Swan River, 12th; and the Prince Regent, for Launceston, 14th. Arrivals at Launceston.— The Prince Regent, from Hobart Town, 16th J u l y ; the Hind, 19th, and Susanna, 24th, from New South Wales; the Thistle, from Swan River, 6th August; the Duke of Kent, from London, 9th; the Friendship, from New South Wales, 12th. Departures from Launceston The Leslie, Ogilby, and Ann, 20th July ; and the Hind, for New South Wales, August. Ships spoken with.— The Marquis of Hastings, from London for Bombay, 31st August ( fifty days from the Downs); the James Grant, from Liverpool for Bombay ( out fifty- nine days); the Eliza, from Singapore for London, 1st December, oft' the Western Islands. Arrivals at the Cape The Fallowden, from the Downs, 8th September; the Dorothys, 9th May; the Alexander, from Portsmouth, 10th May, and sailed, 15th, for Calcutta; the St George, from Bristol, 16th, and sailed, 22d, for Calcutta; the Atlas, from Madagascar, 15th; the Atlantic, from Johanna, 13th; and the Amsterdam, from the Texel, 23d, for Batavia. Departures from the Cape.— The Lord Hungerford, for Calcutta, 22d September, and the Margaret, for Liverpool, 25th. CALCUTTA, July 24— The honourable Company's ship Duke of York; two- thirds of the cargo have been saved in a damaged state; value one- third, on account of expences to Calcutta; the ship must be broken up. The honourable Company's ship'Lord Amherst could not be got . off, and has bilged; the wreck sold for 72,000. rupees, stores, 5000 rupees; only sixty bags Company's cargo saved, and much damaged; the seamen paid, and the ship fast settling in the sand. The Robert repaired in dock, to sail in August. The Earnont not got off. The General Gascoigne repairing. The Hercules repairing. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DEAL, Dec. 12 Wind N. N. W. by N— Arrived the Divino, from Batavia; Julian, from Virginia.— The Flora, fcr Jamaica, and Cora, for Demerara, and several of the outward- bound from the river, passed this morning in a strong breeze from N. W. HOLYHEAD, Dec. 11.— There are a great many pieces of cork wood floating off this place. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 12— A Court Martial, instituted by Mr Charles Caseley, late Second Master of his Majesty's brig Charybdis, against Lieutenant Crawford, Commander of the same brig, on charges of wilful waste of store, false entries in the log, and oppressive conduct, took place on board his Majesty's ship Victory, on Monday last, and continued by adjournment till to- day, ( Thursday.)— President, Sir F. S. Maitland, K. C. B. Members of the Court, Captains Dacre, of the Edinburgh ; Strong, of the Belvidera; Williams, of the Victory ; Hastings, of the Excellent. — S. Hoskins, Esq., officiated as Judge- Advocate. Lieutenant Crawford was supported in his defence by R. Missing, Esq., Counsellor, and S. Newland, Esq. Solicitor, Chichester. Several witnesses were called to prove the high character of Lieutenant Crawford. After a deliberation of more than two hours, the Court atljudged that Lieutenant Crawforel should be dismissed from his Majesty's service; but, in consideration of tile very high testimonials of character produced, recommended him to the favourable consideration of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. SALE OF SHIPS OF WAR.— Yesterday a sale took place at the Admiralty Office, in Somerset Place, by order of, and in the presence of, the Commissioners for executing the offices of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingtlom, of several of his Majesty's ships and vessels. The sale commenced by Dutch auction, viz,, the Commissioners fixing a price, which is gradually lowered till a buyer is found or tbe property is withdrawn. The Echo steam vessel, coppered and copper fastened, was put up at £ 3500, but no purchaser was found at the reduced price of £ 1900, at which she was bought in. The Supply transport was offered at £ 1700, and taken in at £ 9110. This vessel was offered at the last sale, and bought in. The Philomel gun brig was put up at £ 1200, and sold at £ 690. The Cordelia gull brig was ottered at £ 1200, and sold at £ 710. The Plumper gun brig was put up at £ 700, and sold for £ 400. The upsetting price of the Manly gun brig was £ 800, and she was purchased for £ 550. The Barracouta gun brig was put up at £ 1200, but no buyer was found at a reduction to £ 640, at which she was bought in. An offer was made by a party to take her at this price, but it was refused by the Commissioners. Tne Zenobia gun brig was put up at £ 1600, and bought in for £ 891). The sale was fully attended. The following official communication was received yesterday at Lloyd's :— " Foreign Office, Dec. 9. " Sin,— I am directed by Viscount Palmerston to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th inst. j Trieste upon the subject of the detention by a ship of war belonging to her Majesty the Queen of Portugal of the British vessel Caroline, and I am to acquaint you in reply, for the information of the committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, that in consequence of an application from Messrs Bradford, Clayton and Co. agents for the owners of the vessel, an instruction v/ as addressed on the 80th ult. to Lord Wm. Russell, his Majesty's Minister at Lisbon, directing his Lordship to cause inquiries to be made into the matter, and if it should appear that there were no just grounds for the detention of the vessel, to demand her immediate release from the Portuguese Government. " I am, Sir, " Your most obedient humble servant, " G. S H E E. " W. Dobson, Esq. Lloyd's." The fact of the detention of the vessel above referred to was made public some time back. CONJECTURES RESPECTING THE EXISTENCE OF A SOUTHERN CONTINENT.— The existence of a southern continent, within the antarctic circle, is, I conceive, C O L O N I A L M A R K E T S — D E C . 1". TEA— The East India House tea sale finished this morning. The following are the particulars :— Boheas, and the lowest description of congous, are 3d. to 4d. cheaper than last sale, but the best strong. and the best blackinh leaf kinds have fully maintained former prices. The campois were all refused, aiid some of the souchongs. Twankays and hysons are a little lower. From the unprecedented quantity which has been refused ( exceeding in the aggregate 600,0ll01bs.) it is confidently believed that the sale prices will be fully maintained, if not at a profit. SUGAR— British Plantation.— The market continues dull and inactive; prices, however, are maintained, excepting for brown descriptions, which are again rather lower. Foreign Sugar—- No business whatever has been done in these descriptions. East India Sugar Prices are nominally the same ; the extent of business is extremely limited. Refined Sugar.— Very little has been doing by the home trade, and lower prices have been accepted. COFFEE— Business in British plantation is very limited, but prices are firm. Good anel fine ordinary Jamaicas are Is. to Is. Od. dearer, but the better qualities are comparatively cheap. In Foreign and East India hardly any thing has been done worthy of notice. COTTON.— In consequence of tbe Liverpool prices being well supported, this market is firm, but the business, however, has been very trifling. Ru31— Rather more business doing in fine Jamaicas this week ; about 300 to 400 puncheons, good marks, from 30 to 32 per cent, over proof, have changed hands from 3s. 2d. to 3s. 4d., common Jamaica, 30 per cent., cannot be had under 2s. 9d. For Leewards there are buyers readily to be met with at Is. lOd. for proofs. In Brandy and Geneva little variation. CORN EXCHANGE, Dec. 13.— We have had a good many fresh arrivals this morning ( particularly of barley from Suffolk), and the trade in general was dull at Monday's quotations. SMITHFIELD, Dec. 13.— Beef, for the finest oxen, is 4s. 6d. to 4s. 8d. per stone; and mutton, for prime Downs, sells at 4s. Od. to 5s. per stone ; the best young calves are worth 5s. to 5s. 4 d . ; and dairy- fed porkers are 4s. to 4s. 4d. per stone. Beef, 3s. to 4s. 8.1. ; mutton, 3s. to 5s.; veal, 3s. 6.1. to 5s. 4d.; pork, 3s. to 4s. 4d. Hay, £ 2, 15s. to.£ 4 ; clover, £ 3, 10s. to £ 4, 15s. ; straw, £ 1, 0s. to £ 1, 12s. STOCK EXCHANGE. • 210j India Stock- 3 per Cent. Red H7 J 8 India Bonds -. 22 23 3 per Ct. Cons Ex. Hills •- 44 5 3 3| per Ct. Red • tiiil 8 Cons, f o r acct. •• •••• 883 COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam CF • 12 4 Bilboa 30 Ditto at sight • 12 2 Bai celona ---. 36 R o t t e r d am • 12 4 Seville ---• 3,1 \ l l t w e rp • 12 li Gibraltar . . . . 47 Hamburgh, mes. bco -< 13 12 Leghorn . . . . 48 Attona • 13 12 Genoa -. 25 115 Pal t s , 3 d a y s s i g h t -. • 25 55 Milan -• - - 31 Dltti • 2 r, ( 10 Venice .- ..-• 47 llourdeaUx • 23 115 F r a n k f o r t on Maine 151 + Palermo, per oz. « . - . - . 122 Petersburg, per rble .. 10 3U Lisbon . . . . 51* Berlin Cur. P o l . 7 Oporto . . . . 514 Vienna . < 1 51! Rio J a n e i ro — •'">! T r i e s te . . fl 58 Bahia i l Madrid . . 3' iS Dublin 2ld. slghtlJ. Cork 1 j Cadiz -. 378 Madras E D I N B U R G H EVENING COURANT. ( H ' u v u u v q ; : MONDAY, DECEMBER 16. The Paris papers of Tuesday and Wednesday do not contain any important news from Spain, but i t was rumoured in Pails on Wednesday afternoon that a telegraphic dispatch had been received from ' Bayonne with favourable news. ' T h e particulars,, j however, had not transpired. The war in Spain j does not seem to be terminated. The Carlists of a matter of doubt and uncertainty, but'that there are j Biscay antl Navarre, to the number of 7000 men, extensive groups or chains of islands yet unknown, ! o r e s a i j t 0 have entrenched themselves at Onarsun, I think, we have many indications to prove, and, were , , . , 1 to express an opinion, 1 would say, that our course, | w h a r e they occupied a convent situate on the sumfrnm the South Shetlands to the south- west, until we mit of a mountain, antl where they intended awaitreached the 101st degree of west longitude, was at. no ;„ t h e i M u e o f a 1 ) a t l l e be[ - o r e t l l e i r r e l r e a l , i n t0 great distance along the southern shores of one ot these . . , . , chains. The heavy clouds of mist, which encircled us Navarre— a movement in their power to make so often, could arise from no other cause than that of without serious impediment- General C& stanos the influence of large quantities of snow or ice on has i35U3d a v' 1 ( Jbnt proclamation, in which the settle temperature of the atmosphere; the lulls of floating ice, we encountered, could not form elsewhere than at the land; the drifting fuel, we daily saw, grew only in the vicinity of rocky shores; and the penguins and terns, that were almost at all times about us, from my observation of their habits, I a i n satisfied, never leave he suggests for this purpose, is the institution of poor laws in Ireland, which, by relieving the misery of the labourers, will, according to his hypothesis, raise the wages of labour; will render it thus more expensive to produce corn ; antl will consequently add to its price ; while by improving the condition o f t h e great mass of the Irish people, they will be enabled to consume the corn which at present they are unable to buy, and which accordingly has to seek a market in the richer country of England. In this manner, paitly by slopping the supplies to England, and partly by increasing the expenee of producing Itish corn, he proposes to free the Eng- 1 sli farmer from his Irish competitors; thus to raise the price of his produce, and finally to enable him to cultivate with a profit. Such is the very ingenious and complicated theory of Mr Scrope for the relief of agriculture ; to which we object in limine, that, granting him nil his premises respecting ih^ chespdc cultivation uf corn in Ireland than in England, his conclusion does not follow. He does not seem to consider, that the price of such articles'as afford a rent, i. e. a surplus above paying the wfiges and the capital employed in producing them, does not depend on their original c o s t ; and that, though corn were produced cheaper— nav, though it were the spontaneous produce of the fruitful earth, and cost the landlord nothing, it woull not be sold at a lower price. The very nature and existence of rent proves tbe t r u t h of this. Rent is no way necessary to tile production of corn, and it arises from its high price, which not only pays the expences of production, but affords a surplus, which goes into the landlord's pocket under . the name of rent. Now this high price is determined by the state of the supply, and not by the cost of production. In this country the supply of grain is produced only once a year, and thus the annual supply must last until tt new supply can be procured. But supposing that, in a scarce year, one. twelfth or one- fifth of the supply is wanting, then, at the ordinary rate of consumption, the supply woull be consumed in eleven or in ten months, and there would be no provision for the one or two remaining months. But this, we know, never occurs. A short supply lasts for twelve months in the same manner as a more abundant supply; and this result is brought about by the operation of a higher price, by which tfje community are, as il were, put on short allow, ance. This fact then clearly points to the causes which determine the price of corn. It plainly proves that the equal distribution of the supply of corn over the whole year is effected by means of the price; if the consumption goes on too quickly it is arrested by a rise, as it is quickened when it goes too slowly by a fall of price; and thus the price vibrates, rising or falling in order to regulate the consumption ; and that priee which suits exactly the consumption of a month, a week, or a day to the general supply of the year, is the natural piice— it is the point to which the pru'e naturally tends, and where it settles as at a centre of continuance and " repose. It is clear, therefore, that the price is not determined by tli& cost at which corn is produced ; it has no relation lo i t ; the price of com must no doubt be sufficient to pay the expences of its production, but when it once rises above this, it has no longer any connection with the original cost. The price which it cost to bring corn to the market might be too low a price ; it might admit of too rapid a consumption; and it furnishes no standard, therefore, of the market price, which must be fixed on an entirely different principle, namely, with a view to regulate consumption according to the supply of the year ; and though, as we stated before, corn were to be produced! spontaneously and at no expence, still the price must be such as to make the supply last until a new supply can be obtained ; and ill like manner an increase in the expence of producing corn occasions not rise of price, but a deduction from the landlord's rent. Hence Mr Scrope's theory of raising the price of Irish corn by increasing the expences of its production is wrong in principle, as the price would not rise, though the expences were increased. Mr Scrope dwells at length on the miseries of the Irish tenantry and labourers, who, he states, are reduced to subsist on potatoes and butter milk, and cannot afford to consume any other produce of the farm. We have no doubt that they often suffer great misery, antl if Mr Scrope could devise the means of increasing the demand for their labour, of improving their condition, and of diffusing comfort and plenty through the cabins of the Irish peasantry, his name would deserve to be more honoured than all the patriots or heroes who have gone before him. But he has contributed nothing to this great object but his good intentions, for which we freely give him credit, and in the mean time, the condition of Ireland remains the same as be'ore. Nothing is more vain than to suppose that anything new is to be disclosed on such subjects, or that the general condition of a whole people can he improved by any human device. The present age, no doubt, teems with projects of this nature, and sanguine declaimera hold forth the hope of a state of things, almost approaching to perfectibility. But we put little confidence in tlieir promises. What can we reason, but from what we know. The past we imagine to bo the true index to the f u t u r e history of the world. The great moral truths which affect the happiness of mankind were as well known before the present race i f modern projectors came into being, as they will be, to use the expressions of a great man, " when the grave shall have imposed its seal oil their pert loquacity ; " and though we would by no means discourage tbe spirit of improvement, yet we know that the seeds of vice and misery are too deeply sown in the very constitution of society ever to be removed ; and her. ee to effect any practical good, our plans should be framed on a very humble scale, and with a view merely to palliate what we ought to know, we never can cure. This Prince, however, remains in tbe back ground. It was understood at Madrid that a very high price was about to be set on his head by the Government at Madrid, and that it would be better for him to remain in close quarters. The Spanish Prime Minister Zea Bermtulez, appears, contrary to expectation, and direct assertions, still to enjoy the favour of the Queen. The most intelligent persons at Madrid did not believe that tranquillity would be completely restored until affairs in the adjoining kingdom became more settled. Accounts have been received from Canatla of the 16th ult. The question relative to the continuance of and Town Council, ill celebration of the passing of the emigration lax was about to be agitated in the Co- • t ! , e Burgh Reform Bill— Alexander Bannerman, tors; and bv wav of remedy he proposes to secure ! lonial Legislature. It meets with a'strong opposition j Esq. M. P. in the chair. Upwards of two hundred the ' tier aTainst the rnmnetifion of chetn corn in Upper Canada, in consequence of that province, b y gentlemen were present. The Chairman was supine l a t e r agamst tho competition ot cheap corn ^ ' J* J completely ! p o r , c d 0,1 t I , e n S h t P « * ost Blaikie, and on the from Ireland, and thus to raise its price in England, s ° m e o m e n t a l omission it is sa d being completely , l e f t s; r > company i , , . . . , , . . , . , „ ,. , shut out from the appropriation of the tax. The com- „,„_„ J o:- . n ' ' , - in order to alleviate the distress which the English i . , . „ . 1 ' 1 , _ , . ,. were— nil- Alex. Hannerman, Mr Forbes of Blackfarmers are at present s u f f e r i n g The expedient S T '" formation from Lower Canada is of a gloomy j f o r i , M r P o r b e s o f R n l h m a i M r Gerard of Midpiesetit s u n e r u v expedient c h a r a c t e r . The defective state of the currency is dwelt [ s l r a t h , t h e V e r y Rev. Principal - Tack, Professor upon as the principal cause of the depression so uni- j Brown, Dr Kidii, and the Conveners of the Incorversally felt. j porated Trades of New and Old Aberdeen. Both stock markets have been nearly deserted to- j PITTENWEEM.— A number of vessels bound for day, and in the absence of business, prices arc rather : the Frith, from the Tay and other places to the giving way. The account price of consols this after- 1 n o r t h , put into our harbour on Sunday last; and on noon was quoted at 88g, a forced bargain, the neares' | Monday the sloop George, of Dundee, Scott master, price up to the moment the dealers separated, having j also was put in here. When a little to the eastward' been 88!}. Reduced 3 per Cents, continue fixed to the j of Inchkeith, while one of the men, of the name of prices this stock has fetched since Monday. The 4 per | Campbell, was on the main boom, in the act of reef- Cents. have improved } percent. Exchequer Bills are ' ing the mainsaii, the sloop fell into the trough of a rather lower. j sea, and, by the sudden heave of tile boom, he was Closing prices:— t precipitated into tbe yawning element. One of his Bank Stock, 211. Red Ann., 875. 3J per Cent j companions threw a rope to him, but whether from i tot R: '; y the r;> ^ V f W T he ; lul • prem. Consols for Account, 88f. | not seem to avail himself of ibe aid offered, and in Foreign.— Belgian, 95$. Brazilian, 60J. Colum- ! c o n s f q ' i e n c e was left to perish; the sea was running bian, 1824, 22J. Mexican, 1825, 37. Peruvian, 19J. ; s 0 h, S » > t , l l l t t ! le vessel could not be brought in time Portuguese, 57. Do. new, BOjj. Russian, 102|. Spa- to his aid. " nisli, 23J. Dutch 2J per Cents. 49f. Do. 5 per Cents. - On1 the 11th December, at Eaton Place, London the Lady of Sir JOHN OGILVY, Bart, of a daughter. On the 10th December, in Bedford Street, Bedford Square, London, the Lady of Captain DAVID FRASER, J of the ship City of Edinburgh, of a daughter. At Moray House, Canongate, on the 8th December, Mrs COWAN, of a d a u g h t e r. At Dalmeny Manse, oil the 14th December, Mrs SCOTT, of a d a u g h t e r. Married, at Corsbie, on the 29th November, Captain HORATIO STEWART, son of the late honourable Lieutcnant- General Sir William Stewart, to SOPHIA, fourth daughter of the honourable Montgomerie Stewart. Died, on the 9th December, at East Hill, Wandsworth, in the fifty- ninth year of his age, after a long illness, the right reverend JOHN JEBB, D. D. F. R. S. Lord Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert, and Aghadoe. Died, at Ayr, on the 6th December, Lieutenant- Colonel REID, ofthe honourable East India Company's service. Died, at Tarsus, on the 10th October, WILLIAM WALLACE, Esq. civil engineer, in the service of his Highness tbe Pacha of Egypt. The Court of Session rises for the Christmas recess on Saturday the 21st instant, and sits again on the 14th of January. The box- day is on Saturday the 4th of January. CITY TRUST.— By the late act of Parliament for placing the financial affairs of the city of Edinburgh under trust, for behoof of the creditors, the six following individuals, we believe, were named, viz. Sir William Rae, Sir James Gibson Craig, the late Lord Provost ( Learmonth), Mr Richard Mackenzie, Mr William M'Hulcheon, and Mr Bonar of Ratho, with power to them to nominate six other gentlemen, from whom the body of creditors were to elect two. The creditors accordingly met on Thursday for this purpose in the Council Chamber, when the following gentlemen were named to them, viz. The Earl of Rosebery, Viscount Melville, Sir J . Da'rymple, Sir H. Jardine, the Solicitor- General, and Mr Allan of Glen. Lords Rosebery and Melville were then proposed, seconded, and unanimously elected to fill up the list of trustees. The Lord Rector of tbe University of Glasgow has given a donation of ten guineas to purchase two prizes for the students of the two mathematical classes in the University during the present session INVERNESS— At so late a period rs a centurv ago a deputation from tbe Town Council of Inverness was sent to Dingwall to see and report what ' 1.1 I. r n ,, 1 ...... — ' I'I. : - , , II ,. We are authorized to correct an inaccuracy ivhich appeared in the Morning Post of the 5th inst., in the statement relative to ihe late Lieiilenant- General Sir Kenneth Mackenz: e, who as- umed the name of Douglas on his being created a Baronet in 1831. Sir Kenneth was descended hy tbe female line from the ancient family of Douglas of Glenbervie, therefore could have no claim to reviving their Baronetcy of Nova Scotia, which was granted by Chailes the First to heirs male, of whom there are at present several— The Duke of Hamilton, Douglas of Brigton, & c. On Thursday tho 28th ult. being the marriage day of Miss Keith, of Dunnoltar, to Colonel Murray, younger of Oehtertvre, the tenants of Dtinnottar manifested their feelings of pleasure on the interesting occasion, by meeting together and drinking, with enthusiasm, in copious libations, happiness to the union of the heiress of their kind and liberal landlord, the Knight Marisclial of Scotland, with the heir of the Knight Baronet of Ochtertvre. A bonfire was kindled on the top of Brackmuirhill, and another on the loftier summit of Laive of Lumgair. The work of charity was not forgotten ; ten pounds being distributed by Miss Keith's directions among the poor of the estate, to gladden their humble hearths; and a distribution of blankets and warm clothing was made among the most needy of the poor of Stonehaven, who received with much thankfulness from the benevolent giver the timely supply at this inclement season. COMBINATION.— On Wednesday, three calicoprinters at Kincaidfield, were tried at Stirling before the Sheriff- substitute, for attempting to force one of the foremen at the work to contribute part of his wages to the fund of the " Association of tbe Calico- printers for Scotland," for the support of calicoprinters who have struck, or are out of work. They were found guilty, and sentenced to be imprisoned in Stirling Jail, for one month. On Friday last, a melancholy accident happened at Boddin, in this neighbourhood. Two children, a brother and sister, ot the name of Nicol!, were playing together on the cliffs to the westward of that place, when the youngest, the boy, fell headlong over the rock, and bis sister, who anxiously strived t a snatch him from impending destruction, tumbled ot? er after the unfortunate child. Their fates \ Vefe different. The first was found in almost a lifeless state, and expired on the following day. The girl, from ( it is supposed) the houyancy of her clStiies, was very little injured.— Montrose Review. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT— On t h e 2Gth u l t . , t he remains of a respectable old lady were interred in Si Richard's burying- ground, Clanmoriston, when a number of the people of Fort Augustus and on Abertarff's estate attended the funeral. In the evening the weather became exceedingly boisterous, and when the people were returning from Clanmoriston, it was with much difficulty they could keep within sight of each o t h e r ; much apprehension was consequently entertained that some of the more less accustomed than their neighbours to tempestuous sort of a place it was.' The intrepid traveller who ventured on ihe task of exploring a burgh twelvemiles distant was Bailie Thomas Alves. The first notice of this subject appears in the Town Council Book under the date of 11th J u n e 1733, when Sir Alex. Fraser was Provost. The appointment of Bailie Alves lo visit the town of Dingwall is recorded, and his duty is described to be " to report the state and condition thereof, and of the common good and trade." Accordingly, it appears the Bailie undertook the office and discharged it with all fidelity. Under the date of " 20lh August" in the same year, il is stated, « that Bailie Alvvs reported that, agreeable to the appointment on him by the list Sederunt, he went to Dingwall antl examined the state of the Burrow, and made report thereof; which report was that they had nn pryson, that they had a lake closs by the town in t h e middle ! of the parish which keept people from kirk and ' market for want of a bridge; that they had no trade in the town, though there was one or two that were inclined to carrie on a trade, but cculd not for want of a harbour, and that the state of the building of the town was very ruinous. And as he had been two days from home, the Council ordained the treasurer to make payment to him of the sum of Eight Pounds Scots monie." We fancy we s.- e the worthy Bailie returning lo his joyful family after he had been " two days from home,'' exploring the recesses of Dingwall, and his cordial reception Ly his brother Magistrates and Councillors, wiio received him like another Captain Ross returned from the north, and presented him with eight- pounds Scots, or thirteen shillings and fourpence I It ought to be remembered, however, that this sum a hundred years ago was double its present value.— Inverness Courier. The comforts and luxuries of civilized society were slow in penetrating beyond the Highland frontier, and reaching a town like Inverness, remutely situated, and without manufactures or foreign trade. It was long after the Union, we are told, before wheat and grass seeds were sown, or potatoes planted in the northern counties. The houses were neither sashed nor slated, and few of the ceilings were plastered. There was here and there a shop up a pair of stairs, kept by three or four merchants in partnership, and stored with small goods and wares. Fish and game were plentiful and sold cheap. Smuggled tea, brandy, and claret were also abundant; hut in 174 4 t h e Town Council seem tp have been struck with a fit of self- denial and patriotism; for they entered into strong resolutions against the use of tea and brandy which, they said, " threatened to destroy the health and morals of the people." The Councillors bound themselves to discontinue the use of these " extravagant and pernicious commodities in their own families." The Old Pier was built in 1G75; in 1690 the Guillry established a manufactory of plai ling, and in 1714 the same Incorporation set on fout a linen manufactory, but neither of these concerns lasted longer than a few years. In 1740 the Magistrates advertised for a saddler to coma and settle in the town. Two trades are found in all communities, tailors and shoemakers ; and accordingly they appear in the annals of Inverness. The shoemakers, however, would seem to have been a little camstairg by times, for in 1698, complaints having been made against those in t h e b u r g h . t h e Town Council took up the matter with a high hand, and engaged two able Shoemakers to come from the south." The tailors were prevented from cabbaging by an ingenious process thus described by Captain Burt ( who was stationed ill the Caslle of Inverness) in 1724 :—'• I shall give you a notable instance of precaution, used by some of the men against the tailor's purloining. This is to buy every tiling that goes to the making of a suit of clothes, even to tbe staylape and thread ; and when they are to be delivered out, they are altogether weighed before the tailor's face. And when be brings home the suit, it is again put into the scale with the shreds of every sort, and it is expected the whole shall answer the original weight."— Inverness Courier. We understand the EdinburgJh Polish Association have made a first remittance of £ 100 towards the relief of the suffering refugees in Switzerland; SALMON FISHERIES OF SCOTLAND.— It is i: i con » templation, we understand, and arrangements arfe iri progress to bring in a bill next session of Parliament, to supersede or rectify the present law, usually denominated Mr Home Drummonel's act, for regulating the Scottish salmon fisheries. One striking anomaly in the present act is the clause making it imperative that all the rivers in Scolland shall be fished at the same time. By this regulation the Ness and other early rivers, which produced more weight of the best and richest salmon from St Andrew's day to the lst of February than they produce throughout the whole of the rest of the season, were cut oft" from tiie chief advantage they possessed, and denuded of more than two- thirds of their value. Salmon in December would be worth 2s. a- pound in Billingsgate market; but after February, when the produce of all the Scottish streams is brought in together, it is scarcely worth sixj pence. Why, then, pass a law prohibiting any riveifrom being fished previous to February ? We can prove that these are undoubted facts, and that the salmon caught in November, December, and January, used to be of the best quality ; and it is not a little hard that a legislator like Mr Home Drummond should step in, and wiih a dash of his pen, aided by the omnipotence, or rather the dullness of Parliament, blot out this source of national emolument and gratification. The enactment of such a regulation is happily described ( see Mr Fraser of Dochnalurg's excellent treatise on the salmon) as about as sensible a plan as, it would be to prohibit the farmers of England from cutting their crops till the harvest was ready in t hs Highlands. However, we know that some tilings wer. thrust into the bill without Mr Home Drummond' knowledge or consent, and the act was so far beneScia that it tended in some degree to repress poaching. We anticipate far higher and better things from its intended successor.— Inverness Courier. The popular Scries of Works of Fiction entitled ' The Standard Novels," now includes many of the most celebrated fictions written subsequently to the time of Fielding and Smollett, and will, therefore, with the " Waverley Novels," complete in a uniform series, the circle of English Classics in this branch of literature. Among the celebrated authors whose w- orks are included in " The Standard Novels," are. Bulwer, Cooper, Godwin, Madame de Stael, Miss Potter, Airs Shelley, Brockden Brown, tiie Misses Lee; . Mrs Brunton, Gait, Miss Austen, Mrs Inchbald. and Baniru. To residents in the country this Work will prove an acquisition of the highest value. We heartily recommend i t ; and those who may be induced to act upon our recommendation will have reason to thank us for having pointed out to them a fund of entertainment and information, such as may not be procured in any other way except at immense cost. City knights have furnished, time immemorial, abundant food for ridicule. Witness the farcical scenes in the comedies of Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Wycherly. The modern humourist of the " Rejected Addresses" has also seized on these rich, but, in other respects, luckless personages, and has transplanted, from his counting- house in Lawrence Pountney- lane to a mansion in Portland- place, a geimine merchant of the old' school, whose talk is of underwriters, invoices, bills of lading, and bills of exchange, and whose sole other enjoyment is confincd to the good things of the table, Such a personage, of course, affords " fine f u n , " as the phrase goes, to the aristocratic circles into which the silly ambition of his wife forces him. TO T H E E D I T O R OF T H E COURANT. Edin. Dec. 14, 1833. In your paper of Thursday last, I observed, in the notice given of the Town Council proceedings, that a letter was read from Principal Baird, Intimating, that the city clergy had declined to comply with the relquest made them by the Council, regarding a collection at the church doors in aid of the funds of the New Town Dispensary. On the grounds, upon which this request was refused, I presume not to pass an opinion, but, as a committee is appointed to meet and confer with the clergy again upon the subject, I wish to know upon what grounds the New Town Dispensary is considered to be more entitled to have a general collection than the other institutions of a similar nature in this city. No doubt, as was represented ai the Council Board, their case is a very clamant one, but so also, iu the same degree, is that of the other Dispensaries; their medical officers give attendance gratuitously also' and are not slack, when the general funds of the in! stitudon does not permit, in giving out of their own pockets what their poor patients may require. I would put it, therefore, to those who are to meet and deliberate on the subject, if it would not be better, in tbe event of a general collection being resolved upon, that the whole should be placed in the hands of a committee, and by them to be distributed among all the Dispensaries of this city, upon their being ' satisfied with the report which, the medical officers of each institution may submit to them ? As a subscriber to a different Dispensary, I could not feel myself warranted in giving to another, so long as the one I am at present connected with maintains its high place of usefulness. I am, & c; W. G. SCOTTISH JAILS, POLICE, & C. The following letter on this subject fiom the Lord Advocate to Mr Cameron, Dingwall, was read at a general meeting of the county of Ross on the 20th u l t . :— Edinburgh, 29th Oct., 1833. " SIR,— I had last night the honour of receiving your letter of the 26tb, with the minutes there referred to. " The resolution to which you particularly call my attention, relates to a subject which has recently occupied a good deal of my thoughts— though I cannot say that my views are yet so matured or my information so complete, as to enable me to say that a general bill for the purposes you mention, shall be brought into Parliament in the course of the ensuing Session. < e The condition of the gaols over all Scotland is for the most part, deplorable, and the system according to which they are built and maintained, appears to me ( with all its recent improvements) fundamentally defective. There are great difficulties, however, and great diversities of opinion as to the plan that ought to be adopted— and it would evidently be undesirable to introduce a general measure which should not be tolerably complete, and lay the foundation at least for all necessary amendments. The rights and interests of the Burghs as well as the Counties must be attended to— and suggestions obtained from all quarters, and explanations given before any tiling likely to give general satisfaction can be proposed. " I am exceedingly indebted to the gentlemen of your county, not only for the information they have afforded, but for the example they have set, and the communication they propose to hold with other parts MARKETS. KIRKALDY, December 14— Sales of wheat and cats were again dull to- day, but barley sold more freely- We cannot quote any alteration in prices. Quarters. Top. Current. Inferior. 113 Wheat... 56s Od I 5' 2s Od 4( is Od 264 Barley... 29s Od 26s Od 22s Od 176 Oats, ... 21s Od | 19s Od 17s 3d Oatmeal, per bag of 2U01bs. 27s. 6d. to 28s. 6d. YORK FORTNIGHT FAIR, Dec. 4 The supply of fat stock to- day was small and was. readily sold Beef, 6s. to 6s. fid. per stone; mutton, 6d. to 6Jd; . per lb. YORK QUARTERLY LEATHER FAIR, Dec. 4. This fair was thinly supplied with leather, and very' few buyers were present. Common hides sold heavily. The supply of crops and good horse hides was not equal to the demand. KELSO, Dec. 13.— Wheat, 32s. to 34s Ditto, fine, 35s. Pease, 23s. Barley, 17s. ; ditto, fine, 18s. to 19s. 6d. Potatoe Oats, 12s.; ditto, fine, 13s. 6d. to 14s. Common oats; 13s. per boll of six imperial bushels. EYEMOUTH CORN MARKET, December 12 At our market we had a fair supply of grain and sales were brisk, especially for barley, although prices may be quoted much the same as on this day week. Wheat, 41s. 4d„ to 44s. Barley, 23s. 4d. to 24s. 8d. Oats, 17s. 4d. to 17s. 8d. Beans, 26s. 8d. WAKEFIELD, December 13 - There is a short supply of all grain fresh up to this day's market, partly owing to boisterous weather and high waters. Wheat of good dry quality has met ready sale at last week's prices, and in many instances Is. per quarter more has been obtained. Oats are without variation. Barley, of the best quality, is Is. per quarter dearer, but there is no improvement in middling sorts. Beans are much the same. At Margaret's Fair, held at Culbockie, Ross- shire, on Wednesday, few cattle were shown ; indeed the severity of the weather was such, that many persons in the higher districts of the country could not leave their homes. Lean cattle changed owners, for wintering, at prices varying but little from those given at the Muir of Ord November tryst. Some fat cattle were disposed of at from 6s. to 7s. per stone. Large quantities of oatmeal were purchased by the meal dealers at 15s. pet' boll of nine stones, Dutch weight. It cannot be expected that much business will be done in cattle or. sheep at this advanced period of the season. , of the kingdom. I am myself about to enter into weather might perish, many of them having become such communications— and can sincerely assure them verest measures are announced against all insurgents. He suspends all the ancient privileges o^ Biscay, which have been always so dear to the in' habitants of that province, and, from this circum- P R I V A T E CORRESPONDENCE. Royal Exchange, London, Friday Night. The weather has continued too boisterous to allow all'the foreign mails to arrive in due course. From Spain, accounts have beeii delivered to the lst instant, and their contents have excited a good deal of surprise, for it was expected, from the tenor of the previous news, that the Carlists were nearly put hors de combat, whereas it appears that in the provinces of Biscay and Navarre, they still muster several thousands strong.— The proclamation issued from head- quarters by Castagnos, shows at once that the revolutionary war is proceeding, and that it has been deemed necessary by the Queen's Government to threaten the infliction of summary punishment upon the heads of those who are directly or indirectly aiding the cause of Don Carlosexceedingly faint, and so weak as to be unable to walk without assistance. Peter Macdonell, about 19 years of age, was so exhausted that his companions were obliged to carry him, and ere thev reached their destination, it was discovered that he had died. A respectable inhabitant of Fort Augustus was saved, with much difficulty, by Mr Mackinnon, merchant, and Mr Angus Macdonell, ( who, as mentioned in the subjoined paragraph, was drowned the following day), both of whom deserve much credit for their manly conduct, in insisting that the weak and faint should be assisted, and that none should be left behind. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE— On t h e 5 t h instant the body of a person, named Angus Macdonell, was found in one of the locks of the Caledonian Canal, near Fort Augustus. The u n f o r t u n a t e man, it would appear, had fallen into the water during the tempestuous weather the preceding night. HIGHLAND ROAD BLOCKED UP.— We have scarcely known severer weather, and for such a continuance, as since our last publication. There is now, we learn, from two to three feet, and in some places seven and eight feet of snow Ori the I l i g h - ( a n l load.— Inverness Courier, TO BAKERS. AN excellent O P E N I N G for a B A K E R , in the most centrical situation in Dalkeith, consisting of House, Shop, Bakehouse, and Loft. The shop is fitted up with counter and shelving ; the Bakehouse lias also table, trough, boiler, & c. belonging to it. The. present tenant, who is carrying on the baking business, will temove as soon as the premises are Let. Apply to Mr Andrew Thomson Law, Dalkeith. that I shall not only be ready but anxious to move for a legislative enactment, as soon as its proper scope and object can be duly ascertained. " As to a general rural Police for the counties, this too is a subject which has recently engaged a great deal not only of my attention, but that of his Majesty's more immediate advisers— and with a view not to Scotland only, but to the whole United Kingdom. It is a subject, however, of still greater delicacy and importance than the gaols— and I can only say that great masses of information and suggestions are already collected in the Home Office; and I have no doubt will speedily be taken into consideration with a view to practical regulations. " With regard to the probable abolition of imprisonment for debt, I think it extremely probable that the law in this respect will be altered or mitigated, in both parts of the Island ; although the change will probably be greater in England than with us— where the cessio and the Act of Grace have long greatly alleviated the severities of the practice. I have no idea, however, that it will be totally abolished— or that it will for the future be unnecessary to have a Debtor's Gaol— although in cases of innocent insolvency, and where no contumacy is alleged, liberation may be easily , effected. " 1 have tbe honour to be, & c. " FRANCIS J E F F R E Y ." | " To H. I . Cameron, Esq. Dingwall." ADVANTAGEOUS OPENING. THE P R E M I S E S of the LONDON, L E I T H, and E D I N B U R G H STEAM M I L L COMPANY having been reconstructed, with every ail-' vantage derived from the experience acquired in the former manufactory, the Proprietor is making preparations for resuming the business previously carried on in all its branches. He has now added an extensive BREWERY, which will enable him to supply the public both here and in London with every description of Malt Liquor on the most favourable terms. From the extent of the works, he requires tbe aid e a P A R T N E R , to whom such share of the businC*. will be assigned as would afford an adequate remunc » ration for his investment and assistance. Every information will be given on application, cither personally, or by post paid letter, addressed to the Company. Leith, 16ih Dec. 1833. P R O P E R T Y IN L E I T H FOR SALE. To be SOLD by public roup, within the New Ship Tavern, Shore of Leith, on Saturday the 21st current, at Two o'clock afternoon, H f U d A T T E N E M E N T of LAND, lying in the J - PEAT NEUK, or P A R L I A M E NT SQUARE of SOUTH L E I T H , presently occupied by sundry tenants, and consisting of three flats or stories and garrets. The whole Is in good repair, and will be sold in one lot. It will be put up at a very low upset price, so as to insure a sale. The property is presently let at about £ 25, antl the feu- duty is only two pennies Scots. For particulars apply to John Harvey, solicitor, 22, Bernard Street, with whom the title- deeds lie. Lcith, 12th December 1833. LONDON. THE ALLOTMENT SYSTEM.— The Bishop of Bath and Wells has given permission to Mr Emery, druggist, of Wells, to allot oat another piece of land to make 200 lots for letting to the industrious poor, which altogether make 100 acres that his Lordship has let in allotments in the vicinity of Wells. I t is the intention of the Greek Government to send twenty- four youths, of families that have deserved well of the state, to the Greek I n s t i t u t e in the Bavarian capital, paying all expences attending their education. THE UNIVERSAL CLUB.— Most of the London clubs are exclusive. No one can be a member of the Guards' Club House who does not belong to the household troops ; no one can enter the Senior or J u - nior United Service who is not a combatant; none but an attorney can insinuate his way into the handsome new building in Chancery Lane, which the lower branch of the profession have erected for their own special convenience ; no one but an A. M. ( if we remember right) can associate with the gentlemen of Oxford and Cambridge ; even authors and literary men ( beggars since the days of Homer) have an exclusive place of refuge, from which they shut out not only bailiffs, but all who have not passed through the critics' furnace, where they recite their own poetry, and have dinners and wine which vie with their verses in hadness. Those clubs which do not belong to particular professions are not the less exclusive on that account. None but a Whig must presume to enter Brooke's, or a Tory to offer himself at the Carlton ; and as for all the rest, it is essential that a candidate should hold some particular opinions, belong to some particular clique, be connected with some particular section of mankind, or pay homage in some way or other to the particular local divinity worshipped— • whether it be Mars, the god of war; Minerva, the goddess of wisdom ; Mercury, the patron of rogues ; or I'lutus, the god of wealth. To remedy this inconvenience, a club is just about to be formed to which all the world will be eligible, or rather all that part of it • which can obtain the recommendation of one of the committee and five members. This club is to be called the Universal, and any one who can obtain the six securities above mentioned, who has a decent coat on his back, and enough ready cash to pay the subscription— in short, any one who is what is in England called a gentleman— may become a member without having to pass through the otdeal of the ballot. At Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the 13th ult., Ja most curious and extraordinary phenomenon was seen. About an hour before daybreak, the whole of the heavens were suddenly illuminated; myriads of shooting meteors were observed in every part of the horizon, resembling the falling sparks from an exploded rocket, and altogether had the appearance of a shower of fire. Such was the consternation it produced, lhat numbers of persons hastily rose from their beds, conceiving some neighbouring house was pn fire. THE LAND OF LIBERTY.— C a p t a i n C h r e t i n , of the ship Jeune Ernest, just arrived at Havre from Charleston, has addressed a letter to a French paper, one paragraph in which may be of use to captains of vessels trading to the southern ports of the C n i o n : — " Oil my arrival at Charleston," says Captain Chrelin, " a free man of colour, whcm I had taken on board as a seaman at Bordeaux, was arrested by the police. My applications to the authorities for his release were to no purpose. The American law forbids free people of colour from entering the southern States, and this law is as rigo. Tously enforced with respect to foreign as to native ships ; the seaman was therefore detained in prison at my expence up to the time of our departure. Tbe motive of these severe precautions against emigrant free blacks is to be found in the fear of the planters that they may endeavour to excite dissatis faction and disturbance amongst the slaves." T H E SIGNERS OF AMERICAN I N D E P E N D E N C E . - ' MEDICAL EDUCATTO- J.- TIIO different professions . . „„ ,1,- (;, II ™ I„„ . I . i p m e r l have one way of glorif. ing themselves, which is com- An American review gives t h e following statement ^ (<) ^ ^ . fc fortb a v a s t a r i a y o f 1> re. relative to the individuals who signed the treaty ot p a r a t o r y s t u l i i e s ) a n r t pretending they are indispensable independence of the United States :-— Nine were , f n o r d e r t 0 a m a born in Massachusetts, eight in Virginia, five in n f o r t h e s i m p i e exercise of its prac- Marvland, four in Connecticut, four in New Jertical duties. I have heard lawyers make such a mighty parade of what a man must know before he is called to sey-, four in Pennsylvania, four in South Carolina, j the bar, that, according to the average of human ca three in the State of New York, three in the Stales of Delaware, two in Rhode Island, one in the States pacities, not one man in fifty has the smallest chance of mastering them ; anil of those who do master them, ,. - , - . v - . T i j . •„' ir.,.. i„„ A , „ , „ : „ i not one in fifty can employ them to the uses for which ot Maine, three in Ireland, two m ii. iig. aiiu, 4 „ „ m are i n t e n ' d e d _ l once saw a list of books recom -. 1 1 1 :.. rT,,.,„,, f « _ nno uiflVP J Scotland, and one in Wales. Twenty- one were lawyers, thirteen merchants, four medical men, three farmers, one ecclesiastic, one printer, and sixteen non- professional men living on their property. Five of them died above the age of 00, seven between 80 and 90, eleven between 70 and 80, twelve between 60 and 70, eleven between 50 and 69, ' - s u s u a l ) t h e t i m e c h o s e n . a n d t h e n , what a crowd of seven between 40 and GO, one died at the age or i j„. r„ i . i,;„„„ „.„ , „ „ . „ > , . , i , „ ..., ii,„- it„ nr,,,, n< l mended by a professor of divinity to the study of ihose going into holy orders. They were more numerous than the majority of even studious men ever read in their whole lives ; yet these were a few prolegomena introductory to the office of a parish priest. We, too, conceive that it befits our dignity to magnify ourselves at certain seasons. The commencement of a session 27, and the exact ages of the other two are not wonderful things are marshalled by authority around the entrance of our profession ! And through this known. The youngest of all, named Edward Rut- 1 c r 0wd, it is implied," every man must press his way ledge, born in South Carolina, was only 27 when he j before he can gain admission. As if we wished to signed the treaty. He died at the age of 51. The next youngest was of the same state. Benjamin Franklin was the senior ; at the time of his signing the declaration he was 71, and he lived until 1790- Charles Carroll died l a s t ; when he attained the age of 96 all his colleagues had preceded him in going down to the tomb. THE LATE MARSHAL JOUHDAN— Marshal J o u r - dan, who lately terminated his earthly career, was one o f t h e veterans of the whole of the wars of independence. He made his debut in America, where he fought for liberty, and remained in France from the guard and garrison ourselves against invaders, rather than to gain good and useful confederates 1 In the affair of literature are reckoned Latin, and Greek, and French, and Italian, and German. In the affair of science, mathematics, and metaphysics, and mechanics, and optics, and hydraulics, and pneumatics, mineralogy, botany, zoology, and geology. Of astronomy I find no mention ; and I marvel much that it should have been overlooked. Such are the portentous forms that guard the threshold. But further onward are placed anatomy, human and comparative, and morbid; physiology and pathology; chemistry, general and pharmaceutical, and materia medica; surgery, the.- rc- C O U R T O F E X C H E Q U E R — D U B L I N , DEC. 11. THOMAS BARNWELL V. SAMUEL COOPER. Before Baron SMITH and a Special Jury :— MT MAJOR opened the pleadings, which set forth an action on the case against defendant, for having deprived plaintiff of the services of his daughter, Henrietta, whom he ha( l seduced from her father's house, & c. The damages were laid at £ 5000. Serjeant O'LOUGHLEN stated the plaintiff's case, who was, he said, of highly respectable family, and had, for some years, been claiming the title of Viscount Kingsland. His family consisted of four daughters, and one son. One daughter had been married to an officer of the 40th, and was left a widow in 1831 ; two were unmarried, and the fourth was the unfortunate subject of the present action. The defendant was well known as the son of the late Mr Cooper, of Merion Square, who had left liis children well provided far, and to this son ( Samuel) an estate in the county of Dublin. The defendant had first become acquainted with Miss Henrietta Barnwell in 1832. She was then about in her 17th year, and it is supposed, first met him at the lodging of her married sister ( who had returned a widow from India,) on the Bachelor's Walk, where she was on a visit about the month of June or Julr.— This intimacy began without the knowledge of her father, who then lived at Kingstown; lie also met her at Mary's Church, in the month of A u g u s t ; he contrived to get himself introduced to her by the name of Robert Cooper, and told her that his friends were desirous cf getting him married to some one else, which lie was determined not to do ; he professed a violent attachment to her, and soon so won on her affections first moment of th'e Revolution. Throughout the pro - j tical, clinical, operative, and ophthalmical ; medicine, tracted civil commotions of his country, and the varied forms of its Government, he was slill consistent. His disinterestedness enabled him to look unmoved at all the efforts of power, and the nobleness of his character withstood the intoxicating seductions of imperial sway. Born at Limoges, on the 29th April 1762, Jean Baptiste Jourdan enrolled himself, in 1788, in the regiment of Auxerrois, and proceeded with a part ofhis regiment to America, from which he did not return until the peace. In 1791 he commanded a battalion of volunteers of Haute- Vienne, which he led to the army of the north, and distinguished himself under Dumourier in the campaign of Belgium. His military talents were appreciated; and, in May 1793, he obtained the rank of General of Brigade. In 1794 he was advanced to the superior command of the army of Moselle. It was at the head of these troops that he gained the victory of Fleurus, and that he planted the colours on the Rhine from Coblentz to Cleves. France owes to him the possession of those beautiful provinces, which constitute its natural boundaries, and which, at the restoration, were shamefully abandoned. In the succeeding year he crossed the Rhine, and maintained the war with various success. The same results followed in 1796. In 1797 he started in his political career, having been nominated to the Council of Five Hundred. From this era his devotion to his country was di- COURT OF S E S S I O N - S E C O N D DIVISION NOVEMBER 14. ELIAS GIBB, Pursuer, v. the MAGISTRATES and TOWN COUNCIL of HAMILTON, Defenders. Aliment— Liberation— Liability of Magistrates and Jailors. On the 21th November 182!), the pursuer raised letters of horning against John Burns, distiller at Langside Inn, for not making payment of the sum of £ 88, 14s. 4d., and interest and expences thereon, due by a bill accepted by Burns on 28th December 1825, under deduction of £ 10 paid to account. Burns was accordingly incarcerated in the tolbooth of Hamilton on the 3d October 1831, between six and eight at night, in virtne of letters of caption, 10th December ! 1829. On the 7th October thereafter. Burns applied | to the Magistrates for aliment, under 6 Geo. IV. j cap. 0 s e c . 2, and obtained it, " at the rate of Is. per j day," " from the time that he shall have been brought I to prison." The pursuer, from time to time, deposited | £ 7, 10s. being aliment for 150 days. On the 1st March 1832, a cerlificate was issued that no aliment had been lodged, and on the same day the debtor Burns was liberated about twelve o'clock A. sr. on the warrant of William Hamilton, one of the Magistrates of the burgh, proceeding on the certificate of John Simpson, the jailor. The pursuer then raised the present action, concluding that the Magistrates and Jailor of Hamilton were liable for the debt for which Burns was incarcerated, on the ground that he had been liberated several hours before the aliment furnished was exhausted. Defences having been given in, the pursuer pleaded,— The defenders having liberated the pursuer's debtor, John Burns, from the jail of Hamilton, contrary to law, while lie was incarcerated theoretical, clinical, obstetrical, and forensical. The general display of objects, so grand and multifarious, is formidable enough, but not half so formidable as their representation in detail. Of the great cosmogony of medicine there are several departments, and each professor never fails to magnify his o f n , by counting the cost of time and labour which you must be prepared to bestow if you wish to make any reasonable progress in it. " Ilaller ( perhaps such a one will say) surely knew what anatomy is, and how much goes to make an anatomist; and H'aller has estimated the cost at twenty years of time and labour." Now I am persuaded that there does not exist at this day ill the profession an individual who comes up to the standard which ( it is implied) all ought to reach. It has been my happiness to know many men in my time who have had enough of attainment to command my highest respect; some who have reached great eminence during their lives, and some who have been thought worthy of monuments since their deaths ; yet I have known one, and one only, who came up to the requirements of an introductory lecture, which 1 have read, and that was Dr Thomas Young. But Dr Young stood alone among mankind. The most learned and scientific men of his time were struck with wonder at the extent and variety of his knowledge : yet Dr Young was the only person whom any man that she consented to elope with him, and they went therein under legal diligence, and duly alimented by off together in the month of September, since which the pursuer, his creditor, in terms of the statute time she has never been seen by her afflicted family ; ! 6 Geo. IV. cap. 62, and the award of the Magistrates he also has been hiding, and the plaintiff, in the pro- ! proceeding thereon, they have thereby rendered themgress of this suit, was obiiged to obtain leave of the selves liabie to the pursuer for the full amount of the Court to substitute service on his land, for neither his land agent or his attorney knew where he resided.— Since the elopement letters of his have been received by his agents, and by Mrs Hailcs, signed " Robert Cooper." This lady showed three or four of these to his brother, Mr J . Cooper, and returned them to a box where she kept them, in his presence and that of another person ; but in a few days afterwards was surprised to find box and letters gone— stolen away by some person evidently anxious to prevent their publicity. He said that the greatest obstruction had been thrown in the way of this trial by the defendant, who had behaved in a similarly unprincipled manner to two other females ; one was a relation of his own, residing at his father's house in 1821, and whom, in consequence, he was obliged to marry. The other seduction occurred in 1824, and he would be able to prove that the defendant had found it necessary to make her a similar reparation. He had heard of one or two other females with whom the defendant was vided between the Tribune, the army, and his diploma- now alive ever saw learned and scientific enough for a tic duties. On the 18th Brumaire he was among the small number of those who foresaw the ambitious views of Bonaparte, and who acted on the reserve. The Emperor eyed him with disfavour, but he eventually rendered justice to his deserts and his unbending integrity. He was successively employed at Naples, as Governor, and in Spain as Majc r- General, under King Joseph. In the latter post Marshal Jouidan physician, according to the Utopian measure of things. — Remarks of Dr Latham, in the Medical Gazette. I t is believed that an individual can at this moment produce about 200 times the quantity of cotton goods, by means of the improved machinery now in use, that an individual could have produced at the accession of George III. in 1760. The imwas overwhelmed with disgust, and his councils were j p r 0vements in other branches, though for the most met with contempt by the courtiers who surrounded t l e s s s , . i k i ng than in the cotton manufacture, is the King of Spain ; yet he did not seek to retire until f ... w r v „ . . • s n m p - .. „ . . . , SLAVERY.— The Minister of the Marine has received from the Governors of Martinique, Guadaloupe, and French Guiana, reports making known the emancipation granted in those colonies, pursuant to the royal ordonnanee o f t h e 12th of July, 1832. At Martinique, up to the 21st Sept. 1833, the following acts of emancipation were delivered :— 1. To 2001 patrones ( 629 men and 1372 women), and their children to the number of 1172 2. To 298 slaves ( 103 men and 195 women), and their children to the number of 125. At Guadaloupe, up to the 6th of August, the following • were delivered :— 1. To 582 patrones ( 201 men and 381 women), and to their children to the number of 322.— 2. To 252 slaves ( 81 men and 171 women), and to their children to the number of 123. At French Guiana, the Governor has, by a decree of the 20th of September, delivered acts of emancipation to— 1. Sixtyeeven patrones ( 33 men and 34 women), and to 17 of their children. 2. To 26 slaves( 7 men and 19 women), and to 2 children. In all the above cases, it was in consequence of demands made by the masters. Independent of these emancipations, which passed without opposition, several local decrees had been issued agreeably to the instructions of the Minister of the Marine, by the Governors of the tluee colonies, between December, 1830, and July, 1832, declaring free, at Martinique, 5597 individuals ; at Guadaloupe, 1708, and at French Guiana, 371.— Paris paper. THE FATE OF GENIUS Lord B y r o n is r e p o r t - ed by Lady Blessington, in her Conversations with t h e noble bard, to have asked, " who would willingly possess genius f " and to have answered and reasoned upon his question thus:—" None, I am persuaded, who knew the misery it entails, its temperament producing continual irritation, destructive alike to health and happiness; and what are its advantages ? to be envied, hated, and persecuted in life, and libelled in death. Wealth may be pardoned ( continued Byron) if its possessor diffuses it liberally ; beauty may be forgiven, provided i t is accompanied by folly ; talent may meet with toleration if it be not of a very superior order ; but genius can hope for no mercy. If it be of a stamp t h a t insures its currency, those who are compelled to receive it will indemnify themselves by finding out a thousand imperfections in the owner, and as they cannot approach his elevation, will endeavour t o reduce him to their level by dwelling on the ^ irors from which genius is not exempt, and which form the only point of resemblance between them. We hear the errors of men of genius continually brought forward, while those that belong to mediocrity are unnoticed ; hence people conclude that errors peculiarly appertain to genius, and that those who boast it not are saved from them. Happy delusion 1 lint rot even this belief can induce them to commiserate the faults they condemn. It is the fate of genius to be viewed with severity, instead of the indulgence that it ought to meet from the gratification it dispenses lo others; as if its endowments could preserve its possessor from the alloy that marks the nature of mankind. Who can walk the earth with eyes fixed on the heavens, without often 6tunibling over the hindrances that intercept the path ? while those who are intent only on the beaten road escape. Such is the fate of men of genius elevated over the herd of their fellow- men ; with thoughts that soar above the sphere of their physical existence, no wonder that they stumble when treading the mazes of ordinary life with irritated sensibility and mistaken views of all the coilimon ( occurrences they encounter. PHILOSOPHERS AND PHILOSOPHY.—( From the after the~ battle of Vittoria. The restoration sought to join the Marshal to its side, but when he came back, in 1815, and found that the Emperor had given him a peerage and a command, be went away into retirement. There he lived in tranquillity until the revolution of July. During its first days he was called to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, but the men of the next day came in, and he willingly surrendered to them his place. Shortly afterwards he was appointed Governor of the Invalids, where he made himself as beloved by the aged warriors under his care as he had been by the soldiers when he was in the army. Labouring for some time under a fatal disease, the Marshal supported his protracted sufferings without the least diminution of his sweetness and amenity of disposition. He had attained only his 72d year. The Marshal died poor. After holding his rank of Marshal for 30 years, and filling some of the most important offices, he has scarcely left 15,000 francs in the funds. BONAPARTE'S HOUSE AND TOMB.— On a r r i v i n g at the tomb, a serjeant stationed there in charge presented us with a book in which to write our names ; which done, he proceeded to inform us of the length of time he had vegetated on the island, and how Napoleon used, when alive, to frequent that spot, when he would recline on the green sward and read some favourite book which he brought with him for that purpose, and not departing until he had quenched his thirst with a draught of the pure water which flowed from a fountain close by. After presenting this veteran guardian of the tomb with some silver tokens of Our approbation, we hurried on to Longwood, which we just reached as a shower came on. Showers thete are frequent, but of short duration, and depart again with the passing clouds. The wind that blows from Heaven, whether in winter or in summer, whether in seed- time or in sums contained in the diligence against his debtor. Answered by the Magistrates and jailor— I. The defenders are not liable, because the pursuer's debtor was properly liberated for want of aliment— 11. In the particular circumstances of the case, the defenders would not be liable, even although a mistake of a few minutes or hours as to time had been committed. Mr Hamilton, the Chief Magistrate, pleaded— I. The defender, as a Magistrate, is entitled to absolvitor on the grounds pleaded for the Magistrates and jailor.— I I . Although the Magistrates and jailor be liable, the defender is not personally liable as an individual. Lord Medwyn thereafter pronounced this interlocutor, 25th May 1833:— " Having resumed consideration of the debate and advised the process, Finds it admitted by the defenders, that the incarceration of the debtor, Burns, took place en the 3d day of October 1831, between the hours of six and eight o'clock in the evening: Finds, that aliment having been awarded, at the rate ten shillings, or one hundred and fifty shillings in all, was paid into the hands of the jailor: Finds, that, lodged for the prisoner, it is admitted by the defenders, still very great; and in some, as in the lace manufacture, it is little, if at all, inferior. CARPETS In the earliest ages the place of carpets was supplied by having the floors strewed with rushes ; afterwards these rushes were platted into mats. Previously the human race contented themselves with having their rude apartments covered with sand or strewed with dead leaves. In these times mankind went about the earth with naked feet, but the introduction of carpets was the forerunner of other comforts, and may be considered as the elder brothers of sandals and shoes, though these succeeded them at a distance of upwaids of twenty centuries. France was ill possession of shoes before carpets. It is upon record that in the age of Charles Martel, when her children tied before the Saracens, they carried their shoes in their hands. Her barbarian conquerors in some degree requited the miseries of their invasion by teaching her the art of making those admirable imitations of Turkey carpets made in Persia. It must, however, be acknowledged that France, though she wore shoes, was at this period far from having obtained the acme of civilization, and it remained for Henry I V . to improve the carpets introduced by the soldiers of Abderramen- But it was left to Louis X I I I . to give the manufacture of carpets a new feature, by taking them under his particular protection, and establishing the Gobelins. When the productions of this royal manufactory were seen, it was believed that art had produced its masterpiece, and lhat civilization, in respect of carpeting, had reached its zenith. This was erroneous. Chemistry \ of the last century the art of colouring was confined to applying the various dyes and tints to the yarn after it was spun ; but becoming every day more and more skilful from repeated experiments, it reached at length the present perfection with which wool in its natural state is coloured, and sho. ded with that exquisite beauty and delicacy which is requisite to give to carpets the unrivalled brilliancy they now possess. harvest, is south- east, and " rolling- down" from the j was yet ill its infaucv, and even towards the close Cape to St Helena has become a by- word. Occasion- '' . . . - ally it varies from east- south- east to south- south- east, but beyond those points, towards the east on one side or the south on the other, extends not. We went over all tbe rooms at Longwood, and also into the one iu which the Emperor breathed his last, which is now converted into a receptacle for thrashing and winnowing machines 1 Sic transit gloria mundi— and 1 thought of residences of great men in other parts of the earth, and to what uses they have been appropriated ; for instance, visitors to Rotterdam have the mortification, on inquiry for the house which was so long the residence of Erasmus, to find that it has been converted into a gin shop I People, curious to see the house in which Shakspeare was born, find it now tenanted by a butcher I whilst Cardinal Wolsey's house at by " an operative in the bread line." After a hurried look at the interior of the new house, in which Bonaparte would never reside, and which is really a beautiful building— lower roomed, then inhabited by an old French dame and her daughter, who passed their time in rearing silk worms ; we hastened back to the ship. — Alexander's East India Magazine. SIR WALTER SCOTT S LIFE OF NAPOLEON. It is altogether a marvellous book ; the narrative is vigorous, pictuiesque, and flowing; the varied fortunes of the wondrous man, are followed from the cradle to the grave, and we see him a solitary boy under the trees of the School of Brienne, reading Tasso, or tracing with his finger the lines of siege or battle ; he is next presented to us as a penniless cadet in the regiment of La Fere, with his thoughts more on literature than war ; the scene shifts and he is busied laying down his profound but simple lines of attack on RUSSIAN PEASANTS. The Russian peasant may with propriety be called J1LCU , „ u l t „ „ . a slave, for, notwithstanding the partial emancipations York is occupied 1 effected at different times by Catherine I I . and Alexander, this class of slaves forms in Russia more than nine- tenths of the whole population. The reproach of this humiliating degradation of lhat portion of the human race, which is plunged in the most abject and debasing state of servility, attaches to those who govern that vast empire. Not only is every means neglected which might raise this people from that state of barbarous ignorance in which they at present lie, • but, on the contrary, every thing is done to keep them in that state, and, if possible, to make them worse than they aie. The Russian empire is composed of ninety- five different nations, who speak in more than forty different idioms. Thus there are ninety- five nations which ought to be civilized at once— to be freed from their prejudices, their barbarous manners,/ and their superstitions. This work would be, indeed, ' very difficult, if not altogether impossible. The Russian peasant is a slave by nature ; he has no feeling of his own existence ; he knows not that he was a man connected by ties of various strength, but these would ! of one shilling per day, the sum of seven pounds be sufficient to exhibit him in his true colours as a ' — 1 >— 1 — 1 c c ' ~ —. - n mairied man at the time he seduced the daughter of the plaintiff. Witnesses were then called in support of the case. The letter of defendant to Captain Barnewell, at WiUiamstown, dated the 28th May, 1833 ( proved to be his handwriting, and signed " Samuel Cooper,") was then read by Mr Glasscock. In this epistle he refused to tell the present residence of " Henrietta," or to allow her to travel home, in consequence of the delicate state of her health, and also declared his intention not to marry her again in public, as the ceremony had already taken place in private, and he would not condescend to propitiate the scandalous public, who indulged in reflections to their disadvantage. He asserts his unalterable attachment to Henrietta, whom he loved from the first moment he saw her, and who was now perfectly happy in his society. He begs to be excused allowing her to see any of the melancholy letters which her mother had addressed to her, and which he had prevented reaching her hands, on account of the nervous excitement into which they threw her. He said that he had insured his life on Henrietta's account, and meant to effect another insurance, in respect to which he begged to be informed of her age. He farther told Mr Barnewell that he had delivered his communication to her respecting the settlement of the business relative to Lord Anglesey. ( Laughter.) Here the case closed for the prosecution. Mr BENNETT, K. C. addressed the Jury for the defendant. No witnesses were called for the defence, Baron SMITH charged the jury, and informed them that the action in this case, for the loss of services which were merely nominal, was founded on a technicality well understood, and which did not involve any difficulty in the present day. If they believed ' that the evidence established the fact, the only difficulty which they would have to contend with was, that of translating the injury done to the peace, honour, comfort, and reputation of plaintiff, his family, and his daughter, by the seduction of the latter, into pounds, shillings, and pence. In doing so, and awarding damages, they would do well to form their estimate on a liberal principle, in consideration that their verdict would have reference as much to the maintenance of the cause of public morals as to that of the peace of private families. As to the evidence laid before them, he must say that it was marked by a good deal of peculiarity in some instances, and thereupon arose one of the difficulties they would have to encounter in making up their verdict. Ilis Lordship referred in particular to the evidence given by the widowed sister, Mrs Hailes, on which a question might arise, how far it was satisfactory to them ; and if not, how far it was material to the establishment of the case. There was little doubt that the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict; and the only really serious question was, that of the amount of damages to be awarded. The production of the individual seduced was not at all necessary to establish a case of this kind ; but if it appeared that she were kept back from fraudulent motives, that would be an item for the consideration of the J u r y in their estimate of damages ; they would also consider what had been stated of the absence of any testimony of the friends of the family. The chief point for their consideration with respect to the mutual position of the principal parties was, that the defendant had one wifede jure and another de facto, and that in running away with the daughter of the plaintiff he had done her an irreparable injury. The jury retired for about a quarter of an hour, and then returned with a verdict of One Thousand Pounds damages and sixpence costs. IMPORTANT TO FARMERS We have before us the draft of a bill intended to be brought under the consideration of Parliament in the forthcoming session, and which if passed into a law, will make it imperative that every kind of corn, grain, pulse, seed, meal, and flour, shall be sold by weight throughout the United Kingdom, and the weight so employed shall be the pound avoirdupois, or any multiple of a pound avoirdupois, ascertained and established by a certain act passed in the fifth year of the teign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, " All r. ct for ascertaining and establishing uniformity of weights and measures."— The draft of the bill also contains provisions, that corn returns are to be made of the weight or nominal bushel; a memor ndum is to be given with the sale of all corn exceeding a certain weight, to be decided upon in committee, and inspectors may call foi the production of such memorandum, which must be produced under a penalty ; inquisitions may be held by magistrates at Quarter Sessions, for ascertaining rents payable in grain or malt, & c. in England, under the oaths of twelve substantial freeholders, and the sheriff- depute of each county may summon juries for the same object in Scotland Such is the brief outline of the leading provisions of the draft of this important bill, noon which at present we offer no decisive opinion.— Bell's Messenger. CLYDESDALE BnEED OF HORSES On the 28th ult., 87 ploughs, drawn by the genuine breed, appeared on the farm of Carnwath Mills, to give a day's work to Mr Hugh Smith, the incoming tenant. Such a sight never was exhibited before in the Upper Ward. Competent judges valued many of the pairs at 100 guineas a pair ; and, averaging the whole field, they were estimated at CO guineas a pair. Fifty- five acres were turned over in a superior style. This was occasioned by Mr Smith's return to the farm where he was born, after an absence of twenty- one years ; and in his return, the character of Sir Norman M. Lockhart holds a highly honourable part. Air Smith, with a brother and a widowed mother, were obliged at that lime to quit, to make room for a Mr French ; and report says, owing to some jukerty pawlcerty transactions that had taken place at the time. Sir Norman having learnt this at the expiry of the lease, determined to make restitution, and accordingly gave Mr Smith the preference over other two gentlemen of much higher offers. MANGOLD WURTZEL.— A great r e c o m m e n d a t i on n favour of mangold wurtzel, is the quantity of manure it produces; by constantly keeping the byre and feeding shed supplied with bog stuff* or earth, and removing it as it becomes saturated, a large quantity of manure will be accumulated. I venture to say, that, in this way, the land will receive much more value in the way of manure, from the leaves which are cropped off' from August to November, exclusive of those which remain on at the time the roots are to be taken up, ( by which time the field should be gone over three times,) than it would by ploughing down not only the leaves, but the roots also. Pigs arc very fond of both leaves and roots of this plant, and should have pleuty upon a certificate by the jailor, that no aliment was | o f i e a v e s ,| l r own into the sty- yard throughout the summer and autumn. Weeds and litter, garbage that he was liberated from prison, on the lst March 1832, j f r o m t], e garden, & c., being thrown into the yard, between the hours of twelve and two o clock afternoon : w i u b e converted, together with the stalks of the Finds, from the terms of tlie act 6th Geo. IV. cap. 22, ' - • and from the nature of the thing, as well as from the decision Blair against the Magistrates of Edinburgh, 11th November 1794, Fount., that the days, mangold wurtzel which they do not eat, into the finest manure. Poultry will also eat it when chopped fine— the leaves are excellent as spinach. Beer, nay, sugar . - . - - , . , , . . . also, is made from this excellent root, which, in my during which aliment is to be paid, are tempus con- j o p i n j o n ! ranks next to the potatoe. As an inducement tinuum, and so must be counted de momenta in mo. mentum ;• and, as the aliment lodged was sufficient for one hundred and fifty days, that is one hundred and fifty times twenty- four hours, from the time of the incarceration, the liberation, in this case, as in the case cited, has been anticipated a few hours, therefore, decerns against the defenders, the . Magistrates snd Members ofthe Town Council of the burgh of Hamilton, in terms ofthe libel: Finds expences due, allows an account thereof to be given in, and remits to the auditor to tax the same, when given in, and to report: Assoilzies the defenders, Mr Hamilton and John Simpson ; finds them entitled to expences, so far as separately incurred by them ; allows an account thereof to be given in ; and remits the same, when given in, to the auditor to be taxed, and to report." The Magistrates of Hamilton and the pursuer reclaimed. At advising: Lord GLENI. EE said— Is the day of incarceration to be counted ? Had the debtor been imprisoned in the morning, there might have been some room for doubt, but he was imprisoned in the evening. No aliment was given on 1st March, because there was none lodged. LORD JUSTICE- CLERK said, he could not distinguish between this case and that of Blair. The Magistrates were liable qua magistrates. The Court then pronounced the following inteilocutors:— ON NOTE FOR GIBB : " Alter the interlocutor reclaimed against, in so far as it finds the defender, John Simpson, entitled to any expenses, and in so far as it assoilzies the defender Hamilton qua Magistrate; quoad ultra, adhere to the interlocutor reclaimed against, and find the defender, Mr Hamilton, entitled to such separate expenses as He can show to have been incurred by him in resisting the conclusions against him personally, and remit the account," & c. ON NOTE FOR MAGISTRATES OF HAMILTON : " Adhere to the interlocutor reclaimed against, reserving to the Magistrates of Hamilton any claim of relief they may have against the defender John Simpson, and to him his answers thereto as accords, and decern : Of new, find expenses due ; allow an account," See. Authority Blair v. Magistrates of Edinburgh, Uth November, 1794; Fount. T- lor, ml, l ,„ , ' , • 1 C atiacK on . b f j d , ; d f h ; o us f „ ^ representatives of the i l i b . w h i c h „ ^ lw, e a n al r i h t *' ti_ people, to whom aUis a mystejy,^ till theJ. gnaljs j ^ ^ H( J c o n c e i v e s h i m s e ! f b m l f o r £ h e r s . ^ he will obey the machines will they in their present state of ig- given a' nda toe ci- tfy, r tails, \ vAyre see hi i• m not. aga « i. n' , b, ut, | cjpaie. xite conce• ives iuiiu • s e. it uu, r- u ui f / • i • . o rxi m i government require machines which or eaUng a chance mofsel wUh T a l ^ a ^ f i l H h e ^ ^ t i o n s I ^ < - of Paris rise on the Convention, and he is called, in the moment of peril and dismay, to wave his hand, and restore order. His march from school to high Command is vividly painted ; nor is his march from Paris to Rome, and from thence to Germany, overturning armies and thrones as he goes, less historic 1 and masterly : in fact, the heart of the writer ( and the reader too) accompanies the all- but beardless conqueior, and - sympathizes with all lie does ; even his daring invasion of Egypt, his scientific manoeuvres, which sweep away as grass with the scythe the magnificent cavalry of the Mamelukes ; the turning ofhis face towards India, and when repulsed, towards them A S ^ L T n o u ^ U r nd S ^ r e men scarcelv inferior'to himself, were « thl, e » rre » ii « s scarcely . a town ; in„ • thTe,„ lki. iin„ g.„ di om, in which „ a„ n. y, preparing his footstool— all enlist our heart cr our fidgety litile prig, who has nothing better to do with liis time, might not get up a philosophical society. If f fancy. Nay we even aid him ill pulling the attornies out of their seats, and wotch with deep interest what you have a tileScopeT and an almanack, and a pair of I J ® j ? ® ^ ' < ' h : e ™ o r d o r w i t h t h c P e a * n, or .. I„ I,„„ -.. a I„., I. . i. ... AI. '..:._>.. i do we h e s i t a t e to say, that we are among those who globes, and if you look at the moon with your night- I e> r » nf tnp imnrrP nt' tTm rnnnVilic in tVio Virer c,-.! cap on your head, you are a philosopher ; if you j have an electrical machine, and serve your friends shocking tricks, you are a philosopher ; if you have a barometer, thermometer, hygrometer, and hydrometer— if you chronicle the clouds, and tell the world once a- week which way the wind blows, you are a philosopher ; i f y o u h a v e a niantlepiece covered with brickbats, and a bureau full of black- beetles and cockchafers, you are a philosopher ; if you roam about the fields and thc ditches with a tin box in your hand, picking up chickweed, groundsel, and duckweed, you are a philosopher; if you become cat's- butcher, and kill mice with an air- pump, you are a philosopher ; if you risk the blowing up of your house willi hydrogen gas or other combustibles, you are a philosopher; if you hunt for a soul with a dissecting knife, and then, because you cannot find one, say that there is 110 such thing, you are a philosopher ; if you read German metasphysics, and talk moonshine that no body can understand, you are a philosopher ; if you disbelieve • what yout neighbours believe, and believe what your neighbours disbelieve, you are a philosopher. If you do not care who is hanged or drowned, or whose cat lias kittened, you are a stoic philosopher ; if you growl at every body and every thing, you are a cynic philosopher ; if you have a fancy for fish, flesh, and fowl, and like good cookery better than bad, you are an epicurean philosopher; in short, 1 verily believe that the difficulty now is to avoid being a philosopher— the • whole air and the whole nation is thoroughly bephilosophized— saturated with philosophy : we cannot open our eyes or ears but wisdom must come in— we cannot, ppen our mouth but wisdom must go out. Every thing is made on philosophic principles— wigs, whiskers, boots, breeches, and bed- posts : so that we are almost all of us forced to be philosophers, whether we will or W>( keep by leavin. norance. It may be said without even the slightest fear of contradiction, that the Russian slave is not yet ripe for civilization. Before they shall be capable of receiving and feeling its benefits a long period must elapse, and a great change must take place. There is no such thing at present as education of the people in Russia. The peasant knows what his father has taught him, and what he knows, as it were, by instinct — to eat, to drink, to suffer ( if he know what suffering is), and to obey. Curbed under servitude, he cannot raise his ideas to any thing above the soil to which he is perpetually attached. He cannot call anything his own. The nobles only, and a few privileged bourgeois, can possess landed property. His children even aie not his own, they belong to his lord, of whom he is the dependent, who can either sell or exchange him and his children, together or separately, as he may Ihink proper. He is looked upon as a mere piece of furniture or fixture, depending on the humour and caprice of his master. The Russian peasant is an enemy to everything new ; he does what his father did before him, and therefore he brings nothing to perfection. Hence the mechanical arts are in their meie infancy. Their furniture, utensils, and vehicles are all of the same kind as those used 200 years ago. Even the education of the animals is in Russia in its infancy. In the mines, however, the Russian peasant is seen to ' : a little more advantage, both as regards industry and lose not the image of the republic in the I irst Consulship, but hope on, and will not persuade ourselves that the hero of so many pitched battles is to ascend tlie throne of a despot. We awake from our dream at l a s t ; the hero of many hopes " the likeness of a kingly crown has on ; " mar-' shals stand around him ; lie lias divorced the wife of his bosom, and married an hereditary princess by contract; he marches east, west, north and south, and i T i u victory is with him : but we I'IO longer rejoice i . his ' h, e ra, neS> ^ 0we, v e r> » > e , ^ u s s l a » peasant is seen to fame, or clap our hands at his triumphs ; he has be- i ? ' ' " I 6 m o r e ^ vantage, both as regards industry and coine' the o1p pressor.. of,. nat. i. ons, and. vo ur hearts turn intelligence, than anywhere else. In the- e subteragainst him; nor do we sympathize any more in his fortunes, till crushed by a combination of kingdoms, he is driven into exile, and, returning from his work in despair, gathers around him the comrades of a hundred battles— some of whom he had placed on thrones — and is vanquished in the death- struggle at Waterloo; a battle fought in favour of hereditary right, and fought, as France has lately shown us, in vain. The narrative of Scott was written when national animosity was unsubsided, our wounds green, our daughters mourning, and the blood of battle on our swords. Tile author, too, was an ardent lover of his country, and of the order of things which the genius of Napoleon sought to abolish; he was a maintain er of old birthright, and an admirer of the far descended; he of whom he wiote, sought to establish the reign of genius : it was his ob. iect to bring all the natural talent of thc land into action, and he would have succeeded, had he not attempted it by arbitrary means. Yet, with all this diffeience of education and feeling, Scott is not unjust to the merits of Napoleon ; the estimate of his character is fair in the main, and it wjl} be long before a woik appears to eclipse its glowing narratives, and give us a more lively or accurate account of that terrible and all- but invisible warrior. » 4</ ie « ( rnm. ranean prisons labour an infinite number of slaves, who are kept to work by the fear of the " knout," and other punishments, as terrible as they are infamous. The greediness of the Russian is extreme ; but it is natural enough that a man who possesses nothing ofhis own should wish to take something from his master's rapacity. As soon as he has saved a few rubles he buries them, and often dies without having been able to enjoy his treasure, which remains lost and buried in the earth. The use of water as a drink is almost unknown amongst them. They commonly drink a species of hydromel, but brandy takes the first rank ; brandy drinking is their ruling passion— as soon as they get any money they get drunk with brandy. The innumerable fetes of thc calendar are all days consecrated to intemperance. As the morrow always feels the effects of the previous evening's debauch, it may be said that the Russian peasant is intoxicated thieequarters out of the whole year. The effects of this course of life are felt at an early period ; at sixty he becomes quite deciepit, and few attain the age of seventy. The poorness of the food taken, and tbe manner of protecting themselves from the cold, namely, shutting themselves up in their heated apartments, the air of which is seldom changed, also contribute to the depopulation of the empire.— Prom thc Polonais. COUNTY CLARE.— The fair of Mountpelier, O'Brien's Bridge, is commonly a scene of riot and bloodshed. Monday last ihe two hostile factions who assemble on such occasions to avenge an old animosity, met in considerable force at the same arena, with sticks and fire- arms, prepared to turn a public market for the sale of cattle and country produce into a scene of outrage and blood. The very erediiable precautions of the Magistrates, the Hon. William Massy and Joseph Wallplate, Esq. assisted by Captain Barry, Chief Constable of Police, and a detachment of the 4ih dragoon guards from Limerick, were in this instance successful, and us the deadly conflict was about to commence, after frequent warning from the authorities to disperse, the military and police charged upon the rioters, and made prisoners of twelve most active leaders, who are now in custody, the others retreating, and leaving in the possession of the military a number of heavy sticks pointed with iron and lead. OUTRAGE.— A few nights since, a large party, well supplied with alpeens, attacked the house of a widow, Igo, on the lands of Tubberclare, and forcing open the door, dragged out her servant man, named Kenny, and beat him so much that his life is tn danger.— While striking him they repeatedly exclaimed—" take this for your evidence at the last Glasson Sessions." It appears that some days before this occurrence took place, a carpenter named Cunningham had employed the widow Igo's plough and horses to sow some wheat on ihe lands of Streamstown, the estate of the Baroness Talbot de Malahide, when a man named Rush, who formerly held this farm, came up, and struck the horses with a spade shaft, and endeavoured to prevent the plough from working; on this Cunningham struck him ; he then got a summons for the Glasson Petit Sessions, and on the evidence of the unfortunate Kenny, having been proved the just aggressor, his case was dismissed ; and for his honest and disinterested evidence, Kenny, was beaten as related. So much for club law.— Athlone Independent. THE WOOLLEN MANUFACTURE OF BELGIUM.— In the town of Verviers alone it occupies a population of 40,000 souls. It produces there annually 100,000 pieces of cloth, of the average value of 25,000,000f. ; and the capital employed is valued at 75,000,000f. The commercial activity consequent on this trade is prodigious; and the whole of this complicated mass of industry is that which suffers the most fiom the restrictive system adopted by the greater part of the nations, from France, Austria, and Sweden, where the cloths of Belgium are altogether prohibited, down to England, into which country they are admitted at a duty of 15 per cent. In Russia the duty is 86 on the several colours admitted ( but black, white, and green are prohibited) ; in Naples it is 80f., in Portugal 60f., and in Denmark and the United States 5 0 ; in Prussia and the German States but 17; and in England, as before stated, pnty 15 per cent.— Times. COURT OF SESSION—( SECOND DIVISION.) December 6. T h c MAGISTRATES a n d TOWN COUNCIL of DUNDEE u. CHRISTOPHER KERR, one of the Town Clerks thereof. In September 1822, Mr Ken- was appointed, by the Magistrates and Town Council of Dundee, one o f t he Town Clerks, and then received possession of certain apartments of the Town- house, rent- free, as pertinents of his office. From 1827 to 1831 the burgh was disfranchised, and there was no legal magistracy. In 1829 the Magistrates and Council, with a view to increase their own accommodation, and also improve that of the Town Clerks, fitted up part of the premises on the main floor, occupicd by the latter, into committee rooms, and induced Mr Kerr lo give up those apartments which had been assigned to him on his appointment, and to take posseesion of part of the floor below, which had been converted from shops into apartments for his use The lower flat was thus occupied by Mr Kerr, without interruption, till 23d September 1831, when he was desired to remove from the greater part, and confine himself to one apartment. Mr Kerr then stated, that if the Town Council would allow him thirty guineas a- ycar to provide himself with new chambers, he would give up all the apartments he occupied in the Town- house; or he would quit the lower flat altogether antl return to the apartments in the main flat of the Town- house, which he had surrendered for the accommodation of the Council. This was refused ; and the Town Council having demanded £ 30 a year of rent, Mr Kerr refused to pay i t ; and the Magistrates and Council, on 10th November 1831, raised against him a summons before the Sheriff of Forfarshire, concluding for removing and ejection of him and John Kerr, his partner in business, from said premises. The Sheriff- substitute doubted the competency of the action— took the opinion of the Sheriff; and, after minutes on thc point, dismissed the action, on 16t. li October 1832, and found Mr Kerr entitled to expences. The Magistrates immediately advocated the cause to the Court of Session, and pleaded— 1. That Air Kerr possessed the premises in dispute at the pleasure of the Magistrates and Town Council, who were, therefore, entitled to eject him summarily, or by an action of removing before the Sheriff, when they thought proper. 2. That in proportion to the duties discharged by the Town- Clerk, the Magistrates, &. C. were entitled to alter and restrict his accommodation. 3. The Town Clerk had no title to a possessory judgment, so as to render it incompetent for the Magistrates to pursue a removing in the Inferior Court, without an action of declarator. 4. The Town Council of 1829 was illegal, being disfranchised by a judgment ofthe Court of Session, affirmed by the House of Lords ; and, therefore, the transaction entered into between them and Mr Kerr was ipso facto, null and void, Mr Kerr answered, that the action at the instance of the Magistrates was incompetent, and that the Sheriff ' s judgment dismissing the same was well founded. Lord Mackenzie, on the2d July 1833, finding " that the present action may be taken as an immediate order of removal and ejection, 1 remits to the Sheriff' to recal his interlocutor dismissing the action,' " & c.— Mr Kerr reclaimed to the Inner- House. At advising, Lord Justice Clerk said, he was totally unacquainted with such a form of process as that insisted in by the Magistrates— their conduct was a most tyrannical attempt to turn - Mr Kerr out of his premises, which as Town- Clerk, he held by tenure independent of them. He had given up the rooms originally occupied by him in the Town- House to accommodate the Magistrates, and no sooner was this done than they turn round and attempt to eject him brevi manu. But they would soon be taught this was not the law of Scotland. It was incompetent to change an ordinary action into one of ejection, which was of a summary nature. He thought the Court should dismiss the advocation. Lords Glenlee, Cringletie, and Meadowbank, concurred. The Court thereupon pronounced the following interlocutor :—" The Lords having considered the Note, with the proceedings, and heard Counsel thereon, necai the interlocutors complained of: repel the reasons of advocation, and remit simplicitei to the Sheriff: Find the respondent entitled to expenses ; allow the account thereof to be given in ; and, when lodged, remit to the auditor of Court to tax the same, and report.— Dundee Courier. to the cultivation of mangold wurtzel, it may be observed, that an acre, such as I have described as producing seventy tons, will afford one hundred antl twelve pounds per day to each of ten beasts, from the first of November to the middle of March, and supposing these to be cows, laid in with judgment off the after- grass, they ought at least to leave £ 3 each. This alone would amount to £ 30, and tbe nlanure and leaves would be nearly as valuable. It is known, that plants with large leaves, particularly if these plants are taken off before they seed, do not impoverish ground so much as those with small ones ; accordingly, we find that, cabbage, turnips, mangold wurtzel, & c., do not injure the land nearly as much as corn, and hence the superiority o f t h e new over the old system of farming. It is, however, an error to suppose that any of these crops improves the ground— they all, more or less, injure it ; but I ihink mangold wurtzel does so fully as little as turnips, and much less than potatoes; but when we take into account its overshadowing property, by which weeds are so effectually ke'pt down, and the facility it affords by adding to the manure heap, we may, without hesitation, assert that there is no crop, the cultivation of which tends to keep the farm in such good heart.— Irish Farmer's Magazine. THE TURNIP- FLY ( Altica.)— The turnip- fly is not always of one kind, but the difference in them is not very important, for they only alter in their paint, their build is always alike. The most common is bottle- green, but on some fields all are painted black, with a white line on each side from stem to stern down the neck. They are so active, that the only way ill which I could ever obtain them, in newly sown fields, was by sweeping the surface with a gauze net, on an iron hoop at the end of a strongish stick. They jump like fleas as soon as they see you. This insect, or rather grub, commences its attack cn the turnip as soon as it is up, devouring the two cotyledons and the little heart, and sometimes in a few days leaving the field as brown as it was on the day it was sown. Schemes without number have been tried to get rid of or kill this little pest wherever it has appeared. I have always observed the greatest quantity of grubs on very young piants ; they are very various in size, and it is not before the plants are a fortnight or three weeks old, that the beetles appear in any quantities. Yet there are some beetles observed at the first coming up of the plants. Now I know from experience, that the turnip- fly feeds on wild mustard, and several other hedge plants, and therefore it is not improbable, that when they smell the fragrance of the fresh bursting cotyledons cf their favourite food, they would skip down from then spring habitations, tile hedges, and make the attack. 1 first sowed some seed in a flower- pot, with earth out of my own garden ; it pioduced the animal in abundance Secondly, I enclosed the pot with pasteboard and canvass, with the same success ; but still there was a possibility of the enemy getting in, as I had not the cover sufficiently close. Thirdly, I made a l i g h t fiame about eight inches square, covering it with very fine silk gauze, carefully stopping the crevices of the door with pasted paper, and round the pot wheie the cover was fastened on with putty, so that there was no possibility of any thing coming to it from without. Yet this experiment was attended with the same success; except that one point, a negative point, was now proved, namely, that the fly did not come to the turnip from other plants, and this was a point gainer. Fourthly, I baked the earth in a cast- iron pot over the fire, and used no other water to water the seed but such as I had boiled myself, applying it at the bottom o f t h e pot wiih a common feeder. Then I exercised the same care, and took the same precautions as before. I did not take off the cover till the plants were cf a considerable size, and I found them all a- hop with beetles. I had now made another step ; having before found that the beetles did not come from other plants, it was now clear that it was not in the earth or the water. Fifthly, with a lens I examined the seed, and found on it a number of white flatfish substances; some c. f the seeds were without any, but ihcrewere generally one, two, three, four, and in one instance five on a single seed. These I concluded were eggs, and I thought the only way left me was to attack them. It would have been easy enough to poke them off with a needle, but I could not see how I was to employ a needle and a magnifying glass on a sack of turnip seeds. I therefore ipade some pretty strong brine, and soaked the seed in it for twenty- four hour3, then dried it thoroughly, and with all the precautions which 1 have mentioned, I sowed it again, and there was not a single fly, neither was there a single turnip injured. I tried again and again, and I found that without weakening the brine, if the seeds were only kept in it three hours, there were no beetles, but yet the seed came up as well as ever. I now practise this method with turnip- seed, cabbage- seed, and in fact with all the cruciform plants in common cultivation, with very satisfactory success. The whole of these experiments were made on the Swedish turnip, which is generally more infested by these beetles than any of the other sorts.— Entomological Magazine. [ We some time ago mentioned, in regard to avoiding the attacks of the turnip- fly, that a farmer completely succeeded in avoiding them for many years, by rubbing, keeping, and sowing his turnip- seed among flour of sulphur. Since the turnip insect is attached to the turnip- seed, it is cleai that the sulphur must have destroyed them. This attachment o f t h e nidus of the insect to the seed is a very remarkable circumstance, and requires farther investigation than the experiments above related, to establish the fact as a general one.—. Editor, Q. J . A.] S H I P P I N G I N T E L L I G E N C E. LEITH. Arrived, December 13. Gratitude, Paton, from Dundee, stones— Unity, Williamson, Lerwick, goods— Dispatch, Hoseason, Arbroath, do 14. Maria, Watson, Aberdeen, grain— Nancy, Ainslie, Dundee, ditto— Gipsy, Kincaid, do. goods— Eliza and Jessie, Watson, Helmsdale, do Don, Cook, Wick, do.— Margaret, Gavinson, Lerwick, do. Cleared out, December 13. Leipsic Packet, Young, for Rotterdam, goods— Tyne, Smith, Newcastle, do.— » Diligence, Smith, Findhorn, do.— Sir Joseph Banks, Garriock, Kirkwall, do.— Industry, Anderson, Arbroath, earthenware. HIGH WATER AT L E I T H. Tuesday,... 57m. past 5 Morn., 18m. past fi Even. Wednesday, 42m. past 6 Morn., 8m. past 7 Even. Thursday,... 35m. past 7 Morn., 4m. past 8 Even. 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