No. 936.] Printed for J. BOOTH, Jun. Chronicle Court* Queen Street. IMPORTANT. SAVING IN hoUSEKEEPIng, HEALTH ^ AND ECOnOMY COMBINED. HUNT'S Original. Celebrated, and Superiorly pre- pared ROASTED CORN. or BREAKFAST row DE 11— Ihe merits of Which, in lieu of Tea or Coffee, i. ••• d no comment : hut it muj- he stated, that it ivas owing to JVtr. Hunt's superior and ingenuous mode of preparation ( only I no » n t • ! iim « el ), that Parliament was induced to legalize its ;..| r, which was lietiTe prohibited. As a proof of its whole- si n enes « , many of the mo- t eminent medical ir. en in England iti. d Scotland, net only recommend it to those afflicted with in, i, esiior and nervous ir: itabiliiy. hut also use it constantly ir. their own families. It is excellent Sea Store, being an Antidote to sea sickness, as it is totally divested of every uii- t. iUe quality. to Pound. Half- Pound, and Quarter Pound Blue Paper Packages: e. itii Pack - ee has a libel pasted on it, with direc- ts s f,. r Use. ami a facsimile of Mr. Hunt's Signature — to iinitae which. i- fe! nv ; and without which none is genuine. Now or. Kale, st Is. per pound, ( sanctioned by Act of Par- ;•. „„.,.; • • williAM leiTh 30, King Street, opposite ttie foot of Queen Street, who has just received another fresh t. nd extensive supply by the last smack. S-' iopt supplied an the same terms as at the Manufactory, J. ondon. CAUTION.— As cheap and base imitations are now be- coming very general, the public are called upon to beware of i s'n<* w hat may be ex'temelv unwholesome and injurious, and to taste, compare, and fu- lsr for themselves, of tbe superiority of Mr. Hum's ROASTED CORN. Aberdeen, Sept. 10, 1824. N. B.— W. I,, is daily expecting to hand, a Supply of HUNT'S MATCHLESS LIQUID PASTE BLaCKInG, so much esteemed in England : 33 per cent, under the usual pi ice that such an article has yet been sold at. MR. SINCLAIR'S BENEFIT, Ana last night hut two of his and Miss hALLANDE's performing. This present Saturday, September 11, Will he performed ( Ist time here), the Opera of THE SIEGE OF BELGRADE. The Seraskier. by MR. SINCLAIR. And Leila, by Miss HALLANDE, with introductory Songs. With the revival of the celebrated Burletta of MIDAS. Ano'lo, 7 , . . , c ? Mr. SINCLAIR. , . f \\ t: h introductory Songs, - J ... D. pbne, J J * (_ Miss HALLANDE. Mr. SINCLAIR and M.' ss HALLENUE will appear in favourite Characters on Monday, And an Tuesday first, Miss hAllANDES Benefit takes pL. cc, icing positively the last nignt of performing. .' O nob. rpiIE following MAIL, & STAGE COACHES, S- leave A> DERSON'S New Inn and Hotel, Castle Street, l) ai'v : The ROYAL MAIL to EDINBURGH, via DUNDEE and PERTH— ai a quarterpast 8 o'clock i\ M. The ROYAL MAIL to INVERNESS, via BANFF, at a quarter before 4 o'clock r M. The MAIL t. PETERHEAD and FRASERBURGH •— at a quarter before 4 o'clock p. M. STAGE COACHES. The DUKE of GORDON LIGHT POST COACH, to INVERNESS, via HUNTLY, FOCHABERS, ELGIN and TORRES, ai 6 o'clock A. M. ; and arrives at GEDDES' Hotel, 3 nveiness. • same evening hv 10 o'clock. The STRATHMORE TELEGRAPH COACH to EDINBURGH, via BRECHIN, FORFAR, CUPAR ANGUS, and hrrives at PERTH same evening, hy 7 o'clock. 15- Ned POST CHAISES, and STREET COACHES, c. U of the b. st construction, with careful Dr. vers, and at the same rote as the Noddies. Good STABLING and HORSES kept at LIVERY, on moderate terms. %* Some excellent P AIRS of IIORS F. S. well matched, end fit fur any Gentleman's Cariiage, going on the Job— terms modera'e. August, 35, 1824. FREEHOLD QUALIFICATION, IS THE COUNTY OF ABErDEEn.- To be Sold, by Private R: ir « ain, AFREEHOLD QUALIFICATION, in tiie County of Aberdeen. For pir icr. lirs, apply to Junes Henry Robinson, Esq. Writer. Young Street, Edinburgh ; or Geo. Yeats, Advocate, Aberdeen. August 1 824. BY pERMISSION. Speedily will he Published, By GEORGE MAITLAND,, Bookseller, Elgin, A SSAIiF- UEIN CTH PORTRAIT OF COL. TIIE HON. F. W. GR ANT OF GRANT, M. P. IV FULL UNIFORM, As I. ord Lieutenant of the County of Inverness. Fram the Original Painting by the celebrated Mr. PHILIPS of London. ' JMIE Engraving is to be 15 by 12 inches ; and as tfie A Publisher has engaged one of Ihe first Artists in Loudon to execute the Work, he is persuaded it will meet the ap| iro- bulion of those who may favour him with their Subscriptions. Prints, ISs. ench, Proofs fin India Paper, 21s. each. Subscribers' names received by Mr Hay, Carter and Gilder, Mr Bishop, ditto ditto, and Mr Morris, Musical Repository, Aberdeen; Messis Imiach and Wilson, Booksellers. Banff; Messrs Lusk and Co. and . Messrs Morrison and Co. Booksel- lers, Inverness; Mr. Coghill, Post- Office, Nairn; Mr Grant, Postmaster, Grantown ; mr Forsyth, Dale of Abernei! v ; Mr Watson Postmaster, and the Booksellers in Forres ; Mr. Striarh, Merchant, Rothes ; Mr Maiquis, Postmaster, Fo- chabers ; Mr Anderson, Postmaster, and Mr Grant. Mer- chant. Cullen ; Mr Jack, Merchant, Portsoy; Mr Ingram, Merchant, and Mr Grant, Writer. Keith ; Mr Thomson, Wond Agent, Garmouth ; Mr Oliphant, Bookseller, Edin- burgh ; Messrs Griffin and Co. Booksellers, Glasgow ; and by the Publisher, at his Shop. Elgin. Sept. 7, 1824. J FOR SALE, AMAICA SUGARS. RUM. GINGER. COFFEE. LOGWOOD. EDS nc. LANCEWOOD SPARS. . CASTOR OIL. MAHOGANY. Now landing, ex the Expedition, Capt. WATSON. Apply to DAVID MILNE. Aberdeen, July 27, 1824. NEW LONDON SHIPPING CO.' S SHARES. AFEW SHARES of the ABERDEEN and LONDON NEW SHIPPING COMPANY lor sale, by the Subscriber, by private bargain. Price moderate. W. ROSS. Upperhirkgate, Sept. 5, 1824. SALE OF GROCERY GOODS; AND NOTICE TO DEBTORS AXD CREDITORS. FOUR of £ 20,000! ALL IN ONE DAY, AND NO BLANKS ! haZARD CO. rpilE Contractors for the present Lottery, are highly A gratified by, the approbation bestowed on the Scheme lo he Drawn in ONE DAY. 5th OCTOBER NEXT, WHEN ALL ihe FOUR <£ 20,000, Aril. a'l the other Capitals, and all the smaller Prizes, and the file of every Number must be decided. Scheme contains 4, PRIZES OF ,£ 20,000 ALL MONEY. 0 £ 1000 ik <£ 2000 ALL MONEY. i t - CM00 & -- -£ i> 00 ALL MONEY. 31 « £ I00 & £ 200 ALL MONEY. In addition to the above and the smaller Prizes, EVERY NUMBER WILL RECEIVE FIVE POUNDS IN MONEY, LEAVING NO BLANKS, As every Purchaser will be sure to gel a Prize, Or ha « e, part of his Money returned, on the 5th October. HAZARD & CO. sold hi Shares, in the last Lottery, THREE Prizes of £ 20,000. viz. No. 3G93, £ 20,000, IN SHARES. 10,693, 20,000, IN SHARES. 12,299, 20,000, IN SHARES. at their Offices, 93, Royal Exchange ; 2S. Cornhill ; and B- 24. Oxford Street, end of Regent Street, London, where a great variety of Numbers are now on Sale, also at their Agents, EDINBURGH, James Anderson, Bookseller, Front of the Royal Exchange. GLASGOW, Robertson and Atkinson, Booksellers, 156, Trongate. DUMFRIES, J. Sinclair, Bookseller, High Street. HARARD & CO. remind the Public, that they have now a-, lived at the Final Lottery Grant of Parliament, and that Lotteries will be < ti . continued when the present one expires. WILLIAM BOWMAN, GROCER in Aberdeen, having granted a Trust Disposition, i'or behoof of his Creditors, there will be sold hy public roup, within his Shop iu King Street, upon Monday first, the 13 th day of September curt, tiie whole Stock of GOODS, lately belonging to him— con- sisting of Teas— Loaf. Lump, and Raw Sugars— Spirits— Palter and Ale— Vinegars— Sulphur— Rice— Clover Seeds— Sr, off and Tobacco— Pins— Orange and Lemon Peel— Nut- megs— Cloves— Black and Jamaica Pepper— Ginger— Empty Bottles— Mustard — Italian Juice ~ Spanish ' ludigo— Button and Queen's Blue — Blacking — Currants— Molasses— Hops — Ashes & c.& c. also the whole SHOP FURNITURE — to- isis'ing of Coumers— Shelving— Canisters, Shop Barrels — Beams— Scales— and Weights. & c. and at same time the § 11 OP and CELLARS will be Let until Whitsunday first. Sale to begin at 10 o'clock forenoon. W. ROSS. It is particularly requested, that those having Claims against the said William Bow man will lodge the same, properly vouched, wiih ALEX. STRONACH, Advocate in Aberdeen, Agent for the Trustees, within one month from this date ; to whom ( loseindebted to the Insolvent must pay what they owe, with- n said period, to save expences. FERRY hILL. SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, AND GARDEN UTENSILS, Upon Wednesday 15ih Sept. curt, will be sold bv public roup. AN assortment of HOUSEHOLD FURNITUR E — consisting of Mahogany Bedsteads and Curtains— Tent Bedsteads, with Curtains— Feaiher I> eds— Mattresses and Blankets— Carpets and Bed Room Chairs— a small set of Mahogany Dining Tables— Breakfast and Tea Tables, and Teu Caddies— two Chests of Drawers— a small assortment of China, Stone; and Glass Ware— Bed Room Grates— Kitchen and Laundry Furniture— GaRDEN UTENSiLS— con- sisting of a parcel of Iron Fence Hurdles— Garden Engine- Metal Garden Roller— Melon Bed Frames, with Glass- Wheel Barrow, and Garden Tools, & c. Srile to begin at ] I o'clock forenoon. To be seen on the 14th, from 11 forenoon to 4 afternoon, W. ROSS. NOTICE TO CrEDITORS. HPHOSE having Claims against WM. STILL, late JL Farmer at Northtield, parish of Gamrie, are requested to lodge tbe same with James Shirrefs, at Auchmeddeu ; or Alex. Webster, Advocate in Aberdeen, against the 1st day of October next, in order that the exact stale of Mr. Still's mat- ters m- iy be known. Aberdeen, Sept. 7, 1824. ClIAETGB OP SAILING BAYS. r] pHE Public are respect fully informed, that, for their better accommodation, THE STEAM PACKET VELOCITY, CAPT. CRANE, Will, f<> r the remainder of this Season. SAIL from ABERDEEN TO LEITH, EVERY MONDAY AXD FRIDAY; AXD FItONf LFJTII ' IO AHTIRDEEV, Every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY, At Six o'l'locfc in the Morning; Calling regularly at all the intermediate Ports, as usual. *,* Light Goods and Parcels carried, as usual. The excellent accommodation on board this vessel, the we'l* known attention of Captain Crane. and / lis long experience on the Past Const, added lo her vnprtcedentedh/ quick passages, will, it is hoped, merit a continuance of thai decided prefer- ence she has already experienced. Aberdeen, I. eith, and Clyde Shipp, CO'S Office,? Aberdeen, July 2, 18- J4. ' J GEORGE WATSON; SHOEMAKER,\ NO. II, NEThERKIRKgATE, BEGS leave to return lus grateful thanks to liis Friends and the Public, for the liberal encouragement and support he has already had, and trusts to merit a continu ance of the same. He has always on hand a large assortment of BOOTS and SHOES, Wholesale end- Retail. N. B.— In addition to the above, he lias commenced LEATHER DEALER, a large assortment/ of which he has purchased from the lirst TannersSn Leadep'oall Market, and to he sold for Cash, at the undermentioned prices— CROP HIDES 20 to 351b, at ' JOd. per Lb. 1HTTO 55 to 40lb. at ' JId. DITTO 40 to 451b. at 2. id. 1) 1 !' TO 45 to 5011). at S5d. DITTO 50 to Colli. auSaii. INSIDE BELLIES, ."? 15d English and Scotch CALF— COrDoVAN, SHEEP, and LAMB SKIN'S, Sc. Men's Boot and Shoe BLOCK I. VSTS, ' it. 4ti. per Pair— Others proporti onally cheap. CUT LEATHER. ENGLISH CA'lF, 5d. ' perLb. SCOTS DITTO 4.1, OFFAL DITTO, Isd. HIDE LEATHER 31. KIP DITTO 3id. CORDOVAN DITTO, 4d. ENGLISH CROP, Light 2d. DITTO, Middling, 2| d. DITTO, from Ranges 2-| d SCO TS DITTO ad. OFFAL of Ditto, lid. September 9, 1824. FARM OF BILBO- PARK, PARISH OF L0GIE PC CHAN, $ c. To Let, on a Lease of upwards of thirty years, PART oftlie FARM of BILBO- PARK, consist- ing of eighty acres of Arable Land, mostly inclosed and improved ; with an excellent Steading of Offices, and a Threshing Mill, in good repair. This farm possesses great local advantages— being only two miles from the Newburgh, w hence Coals and Lime may be had by the river Yihan. which is navigable to the farm, besides being within a mile of the Aberdeen and Peterhead turnpike roa'd ; and only distant two miles from the post town of Ellon. For particulars, application may be made at the House of Bilbo- park or to Dr. Perry, Peterhead. There iviil also he Let, A centrical and convenient SH OP, in the Village of Ellon, long occupied as a Druggist and Apothecary's Shop; for which, or for general business, it is extremely well calculated. To accommodate a tenant, there will be let, if required, the DWELLING HOUSE above, fit for a large family, being very commodious. Along with these may at the same time be bad, a ST A BLE, with two Stalls, a GIG- hOUSE, BYRE, and HAY- LOFT. Application to be made, with regard to the Shop and House at Ellon, to Mr. Alex Garden, Saddler in that Village. Bilbo- Park, Sept. 6, 1824. PUBLIC SALE OF Mill A MIC HI TIMBER. On Tuesday next, the 14tH inst. there will be sold by public roup, about lOGS of MIRAMICIII TIMBER, of tJrlr JLi excellent quality and large scantling. The sale to commence at II o'clur*^ forem'nm, near Catto, Thomson, &, Co.' s Rope- work. Aberdeen, Sept. 10, 1824. PROPERTY NEAR CASTLE HILL FOR SALE. Upon Friday the 17th day of September curt, there will be exposed to sale by public roup, within the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberd en, at six o'clock afternoon, THAT PIECE of GROUND, part of the SOW JL CROFT, near the Castle Hill, measuring 134 feet in length . from east to west, and about 40 feet in breadth from south to north, with the Houses built thereon, which formerly belonged to Alexander Fyfe. Millwright, in Aberdeen, and now to his heirs. The yearly feu- duty affecting the whole property is only £ 2 5s. and from rhe extent of the ground backward from tbe street, houses could be erected at moderate expence, to produce a large return for the outlay. For farther particulars, application may be made to Alex. Webster, Advocate, in whose hands are the title deeds and art icles of roup. LAND TO BE FEUED. ABOUT TWELVE ACRES OF LAND, IN A high state of cultivation, within two miles of Aberdeen, pleasantly situated, commanding an extensive view, and well adapted for a Villa or Nursery Grounds— bounded on the south by the thriving plantation of Craigiebuckler, on the west by the lands of Hazlehead, on the east by those of Springfield, and on the north by Mr. Bannerman's farm, whose Grieve will show the grounds. Apply to David hutcheon, Esq. marischal Street. WITH TWO ENGINES OF EIGHTY HORSES* POWER, SAIXsS A B ErdEEN LEITH, EVErY WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY; LEITII TO ABERDEEN, EVERY MONDAY and FRIDAY, AT SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, Calling oil' tne following Bolts, to land and receive Passen- gers, Goods, Carriages, & c. riz. STONEHAVEN, | C RAIL. JO HNS El WEN, | ANS1RUTHER, MONTROSE. I AND ARBROATH. | EI, IE, And arriving at LEITH about Six in the Afternoon. First Cabin Fare, from Aberdeen to I. eith, 21s. Second Cabin Fare, Ditto, 12s. With a proportionate Scale of Fares for ail intermediate dis- tances. STATUE OR MONUMENT, TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE JOHN FUR RES. ESQ . OF NF. fV, Amount of Subscriptions formerly acffferiUfl, - £ 553 1 Mr Cumine of Auchry - - - 2 2 Mr M'Combie of Tilliefour - - - 2 2 Mrs Grassick, Foggiemill - - - 8. % Mr Charles Grassick. - - - 1 1 Mr John Grassick - - - I 1 Mr Farquharson. Belnabodach - - 2 2 Mrs Farquharson - - - 22 Mr. Alex. Farquharson ... - 2 2 Mr George Farquharstm - - - it 2 Miss Penelope Farquharson - - 11 Miss Mary Farquharson - - .11 Miss Ann Farquharson - - - -" 11 Captain Farquharson, E I. C. S. - - 2 2 Colonel Gordon, Coynachie - - - 1 1 Mr Charles Stewart, Deskie - - - 2 2 Mrs Stewart . .. - - - 2 2 Miss Ann Margaret Stewart - - . - 11 Miss K. Stewart - - - 1 1 Mr James Stewart ... - - 11 Mr Charles Stewart - - > 1 1 Dr Dauney - - - - » 2 . 2 Mr Young of Cornhill - - . 2 '_! Mr Alex. D. Young, Ditto - - - 22 Mr John Forbes, Windmill Brae - - 2 2 rev. Andrew Tawse, Aberdeen - - 1 1 Dr. Stewart, Skellater - - - - 1 1 Mr Forbes of Callander - - - - 2 2 Mr John Catto, Aberdeen - - - 2 2 Mr Adam Gordon of Newton Garfoch, - 2 2 AL. W. CHALMERS, SEC. II, Belmont Street. ATTAINTED PEERAGES. anil lienrt, that when, after tlt. o batjfs of Praftorpir.?. be declared in favour of the Pretend r, most of tin- gen- tlemen in his neiirhbotrrhoixfc- ptit themseK'- s under t. -; couimaiid, thinking that' in this civil struggle they conlJ hot fo'hnv r. better or safer esanij- L than the coi duct of Lord Pitsligo. IL - thus « t » t> mam! t tl a Lady of one hundred arid lilt v gentlemen, iu the subsequent scenes of the rebellion, at the fatal close of winch- he t- seaped to France, and was attainted. Tl/ c estate and honotirs which he then forfeited to the ; Crown, he a iter wards claimed before the Court of Session, on account of a m s- nomcr in the attainder, b: mg there styled , Lcr<! Pa. itgo,'. whereas bin real title was L ord Forbes of Pti. i'go Tne Lords decided in his favour, 1719 ; but an .-." p^ nl the House of Peers reversed their decision. His Lords! p was a man of liberal attainments, and jinbk.' ied one or two siiiult philosophical - treatises, none of wli'cl) havo come to celebrity, lie died at Auehlrlts.. in Aberdeen- shire, in 1762, after having poKsesed ids iitls f.. r sfvenf- one v. enrs. The present Sir WiJhsv, Forbes, his g" ; j grand- lit phew, is his ne i. cst L'ir in paint j « f kit); but the . title being limited to fiicfreirs til ale. * if the Ji- st Lord, and nonesuch existing, the iimil • u :: > e.-. ^ ttlcr- d CI- tirct. d. MACKAIN. Manager. 22, Bernard Street. LEITH. w. bIGGAR, Agent, 47, Marischal Street, ABERDEEN. N. N.— Mrs. DOUGLAS'S kin lest attentions are always at the strvicc of the LADIES in the State Rooms. BOYD, EARL OF KILMARNOCK. The ancient family of Boyd, so distinguished in our Scottish annals, is descended from Alanus Dnpifer, the common ancestor of the Stuarts. They are said to have acquired the surname of Boyt or Boyd, from the second of the race, who was ( in Celtic phrase) called Boidh, on account of his fair complexion. In the reign of James III. they possessed great wealth and poiver in the state : but after that period, another faction gaining ascendancy, thev declined in both. Robert Bovd of Kilmarnock was created a peer under the title of Lord Bovd in 14- 59, and was Governor of Scotland during the minority of the King. He had the address to get Ids son married to the eldest daughter of James II. the greatest honour to which a subject could attain - f but a few years saw the father die in exile, the brother perish upon the scaffold, and the son wandering n foreign countries to find an early death and a stranger's grave. The family honours were transmitted lineally down to William, ninth Lord, who in 1661 was created Earl of Kilmarnock. The fourth Earl, great grandson of the above, succeeded to the family honours in 1717, while only thirteen years of age, and soon proved by his con- duct the danger to which youth is subject in too early acquiring unlimited command of wealth. The young Earl soon lost by extravagance the greater part of his fortune, and, after a long course of impntdencies, em- barrased himself still further by marriage. Ilis lady was the onlv daughter of the last Earl of Linlithgow ; and, in right of her mother, was heiress of the title of Errol, to which, in her right, her eldest son afterwards succeed- ed. Their marriage was a love one, preceded by an elopement, and in opposition to the will of the lady's friends. At the Union in 1707, the third Earl avowed himself a Whig, by supporting that treaty in the Scottish Par- liament ; and in the rebellion of 1715, equallv proved his attachment to the House of Hanover, by arming in its cause a troop of retainers amounting to 500, which he commanded in person, assisted by Lord Boyd, then only eleven years of age. In consideration of these proofs of loyalty, Government thought fit to relieve the Earl's dis- tresses, by a pension of two hundred jiounds, anil calcu- lated securely upon his continued attachment. Vet, no sooner had victory declared for the Pretender at Preston, than his Lordship set out and joined him. The rest is well known. The Earl's conduct was too strongly marked, and his ingratitude too glaring, to permit his escape. He was rather thought one of the most proper victims that could be offered ; and he accord- ingly suffered on Towerhill, on the 18th of August,. 174- 6. The present Earl of Errol is great- grandson and lineal heir of the unfortunate Earl of Kilmarnock. MACKENZIE, EARL OF SEAF0RTH. The Mackenzies are of Irish descent. According to tradition, Colin, the first of the family, came to Scot- land in the reign of Alexander III., signalised himself at the battle of Largs in 1263, and procured the especial fa- vour of his Sovereign, by killing a stag which was furi- ously making towards him, the head of which animal, the saber fey of Highland lore, was conferred upon Ifim as an armorial distinction. Kenneth Mackenzie of Kintail, twelfth in descent from Colin, was raised to the peerage in 1609, bv the title of Lord Mackenzie of Kintail. Tiie celebrated Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh was a grandson of this person. C'olin, the second Lord,' was created Earl of Seaforth, in 1323. Kenneth, fourth Earl, a privy councillor of James VILand who owed to the Stuart family the restoiation of his title and estate, alienated by the extravagance of his father, followed the exiled monarch to France, where he died in 1701. William, his son, fifth Earl, engaged in the rebellion of 1715, for which he was attainted, lie escaped to the Continent, returned in 1719 with the Spanish troops dispatched by Cardinal Alheroni, and was wounded in the battle of Glenshiel. He again escaped to France, along with his companions, Tulhbardine and Marischal. George I , in 1726, was pleased to dis- charge him from the pains of imprisonment or execution upon his attainder; and George II. generouslv granted him a considerable allowance from his forfeited estates. He died in 1740, leaving a son, who, dying in 1761, left a son, Kenneth, who . died in 1781, without male issue. The titles of the family then became extinct, and the estates went to the cousin of the last heir, Colonel Thomas Frederick Mackenzie Huntberston, who dying in 1783, in the East Indies, ( where he is well remem- bered to have distinguished himself against Hyder Aiy.) was succccded by his brother Francis Huinberston Mac- kenzie. This gentlemen was raised to the peerage in 1797, bv the British title of Lord Seafortli. He had the misfortune to survive all his sons, and at his death the title became extinct. The estates descended to his daughter Lady Hood, now Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie, by whom they are at present enjoyed. 1 FORBES. LORD FORRES OF PITSLIGO. Alexander, fourth Lord Foib? sot' Pitsligo, succeeded liis father in 1891, while an infant; he protested against I the Union, and joined the rebellion in 1715, when fir- I tunately little notice was taken of his defection. This I nobleman, who possessed but a moderate fortu ne, was I held in such esteem for the exce llence of both his head We are requested to sav, that a statement on this subject, which appeared some time ago in the British Press newspaper,, and was copied from that into several other journals, is incorrect. In particular, this is lic- ense with regard to the title of the Earl of Cromarty, which is represented in the statement to bo extinct. ' The writer of it was snrclv not aware that the late Colonel Robert Mackenzie, of the East India Company's service, enjoyed a valuable succe sion as heir male whomsoever of George Viscount of Tarbat, first Earl of Cromarty, the Colonel being the great grandson of Alexander Mac- kenzie of Ardoch, the Karl's brother, and that Mr. Alexander Mackenzie, of the same same service, the Co- lonel's eldest son, now enjoys the same succession in the same character Such, however, is tiie litct ; and should it please his Majesty and Parliament to r pe; il the act of attainder of George, third Eail of Cromarty, anil the title hcrebv revive in terms of the original patent Mi. Alexander Mackenzie's right to it must be recognised as indisputably established by his father's retour and his own. It i; suspected the statement is equally erroneous in regard to other peerages. Indeed, it is certain that there are extant numerous descendants in the male line from collateral branches, both of the Scaforth and Pit- sligo families, of whom the nearest heir male of the pa- tentee will be entitled to assume the honours, should the forfeiture be rescinded. Die difficulty there to establish . the propinquity, the collateral origin lieing more remote, and the line gf descent more complicated than in the case of Cromarty, than which none can be less subject to cavil or dispute.— Caledonian Mercury. The following anecdote wia evince that public con- venience and accommodation in travelling were formerly almost wholly neglected. In December, 1703, Charl. s III. King of Spain, slept at Petworth, on his way from Portsmouth to Windsor, and Prince George of Den- mark went to meet him there by desire of the Queer), lit the relation of'ihe journey given by orm of the J •' e *' s attendants, he states, " VYe set out at six in the morning, by torch- light, to go to Petworth, and did not get out of the coaches ( save only w hen we were overturned or stuck fast in the mire,) till we arrived at onr journey's end. ' Twas a hard service for the Prince to sit fourteen hours in the coach that day without eating anv thi- ig, aed passing through the worst ways I ever saw in my life. We were thrown but once indeed in going ; but our coach, which was the leading one, and his Highness's body coach, would have stiff red very much if the nimble boors of Sussex had not frequently poised it or supported it with their shoulders, from Goihdming almost to Pet- worth, antl the nearer we appro iched the Duke's house the more inaccessible it seemed to be. The last nine miles of the way cost us six hours time to conquer them, and indeed we had never done it if onr good muster had not several times lent us a pair of horses out of his own coach, v hereby we were enabled to trace out the iva/ for him." Afterwards, writing, of his departure on the following day from Petworth to Guildford, and thence to Windsor, he savs, " I saw him ( the P. ince) no more till I found liim at supper at Windsor; for there we were overturned ( as we had been once before the same morn- ing.) and broke our coach ; my Lord DJ. twarre had the same fate, and so had several others." The following is related as one of the many extraor dinary exploits of Paul Haver, a celebrated brigand chief, who, after a long career of plunder, was, with seven of his followers, broken on tile wheel at Dreux, in Lower Normandy, about the year 1785. Having fallen in with a countrywoman going to market, ami who wept bitterly by the vtav, Haver supposed that she lamented the loss of her husband. T. iis she assured him was not the case, lint that her grief arose from a collector having made a seizure of htr goods to the amount of two louis ; on which account she was taking to maik, r her cow and the calf which was only two days old. He asked the value of her cow and calf. The cow she csti mated at three louts, hut as to the calf she could not do • termine. The brigand said to her, " here I make you a present of four louis, take home vour cow, bring tip vour children with care, and pray for me the Wickedest of men." The woman, declared that on the contrary he was the best man in the world, and that she would never forget him. She determined, however, to take her cow to market, and in coming back, Hayer robbed her; both of the money for which she had sold it, and thatwhieb he had given her. GlENGArRY — After the defeat of the King's troop-: at Falkirk, in 1745, when that town was filled with the Highlanders— having their Prince The Pretender at their head— many interesting occurrences took place, which, although still within recollection of a few old per- sons who cm carry back their memories to those eventful- days, yet, like other tales of tradition, they must soon be worn out by the lapse of years. The following Is perhaps not the least interesting. A private sulcher, while engaged in cleaning his musket at the gable win- dow of a house, near the middle of the town, accidentally shot the grandfather of the present Glengarry, who, at that unlucky moment happened to pass on tiie opposite s de of the street The sol. iier. w ho w as ignorant of the musket having been loaded, dreading the resentment of his comrades, endeavoured to conceal himself under his bed. But without allowing the unfortunate mac an examination, he was dragged out of the town hy the j enraged Highlanders, and suffere '• , i similar death to that j which only a few minutes before he had been the unfor- ! tunate, t ough u willing, cause of bringing upon his I Chief. The place w I to- re he was shot is a little to tlw ' north of Calander House MISCELLANEOUS. A PARODY ON HAMLET. RECITED IN A COMPANY OF BACHELORS. To wed, or not to wed ; that is the question : Whether ' tis nobler in the mind to suffer The stings and arrows of outrageous love, Or to take arms against the powerful flame, And by opposing, quench it ? To « * ed ; to marry j No more : and, by a marriage, say we end The heart- ache, and the thousand painful shocks Love makes us heir to ; ' tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished ! Towed ; to marry ; To marry ! perchance a scold ; aye, there's the rub ; For in that wedded life what ills may come, When we have shuffled off our single state, Must give us serious pause ; there's the respect That makes the bachelor's a favourite life ; For who would bear the dull, unsocial hours Spent by unmarried men, cheer'd by no smile, To sit like hermit, at a lonely board, Til silence? Who would bear the cruel gibes With which the bachelor' is daily teas'd, When he himself might his quietus make, 15y wedding some fair maid ? Oh ! who would live, Yawning and staring sadiy in the fire, Till celibacy becomes a weary life, But that the dread of some? Sting after wedlock ( That undiscovered state, from whose strong chains No captive can get free.; puzzles the will, Aud makes us rather choose those ills we have, Than fly to others which a wife may bring. Thu-, caution does make bachelors of us ail : And thus our natural wish for matrimony Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought; Aud love adventure of great pij- h and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry, And n » i* s the name of wedlock. Glasgow Free Press. PROGRESS AND PRESENT STATE OF TTIF. POOR LAWS OF SCO I'LAND- EXPEDIENCY OF PREVENTING APPEALS FROM THE DE- CISIONS OF THE HERITORS AND KIRK SESSIONS. The statute of ] 424 ( 19 J as. I. cap. 25,) is the earliest enact- ment of the Scots Pa> li « ment relative to ( he poor. Its object was to check ihe prevalence of mendicity, by interdicting all persons from begging between the ages of 14 and 70 who should not. be furnished with a pass; and ordering all other poor persons to betake themselves to some species of useful in dustry. under penally of burning on the cheek and banishment. The provisions in this statute were reinforced by several subse quent acts ( 1503 cap. 70, 1535, cap. 22); but owing to the rapid depreciation of money, caused both by the degradation of the coin and the influx of gold and silver from America, and to fbe confusion and disorders occasioned by the subversion of the Catholic establishment, and of the religious houses and hospitals attached to if, at which many poor people had provi ously been supported, their numbers seems to have rapidly increased subsequently to 1500, at the same time that the pro- visions in the acts against mendicity were but very carelessly enforced. In consequence of this increase of pauperism, some of the leaders of the reformers proposed that the estates and revenues of the Catholic church should be applied partly for the support of the ministers of the new establishment, partly for the instruction of youth, and partly as a fund for the re- gular support of the poor. Luckily, however, this scheme— a scheme wMch would have had the most injurious effect on the character of our clergy^ and which would have perpetuated and extended the vpry poverty it was intended to relieve— did not take effect. The nobles and others who bad seized on the church property, had no inclination to part with it for such ob- jects ; but rejected the scheme as being a devout imagination to the great regret of the ministers, who, notwithstanding thei secession from ihe Catholic creed, retained the warmest affec- tion for the good things formerly in possession of the Catholic priesthood. At length, in 1579 the Scots Parliament passed the cele. brated siafule ( 12th Ja<. VI. cap. 74.) which, with a few amendments subsequently made, forms the existing code of Scots poor IHWS, This statute is almost a literal transcript from an English statute ( 14th Eliz. cap. 5.) passed about seven years previously. It is very full and complete in its enact- ments. Il gives ample directions respecting the treatment o vagabonds and runaway servants, the mode of passing soldier and » eamen to their parishes, the regulation of hospital , the appointment of overseers and collectors, the manner of treat, ing those who re'use to woik, & c. & c. It orders that upon account being u. kt- n of those *• who necessarilie mon be sus- tained be aimes, *• the hail inhabitants within the parochin sail according Jo the estimation of their substance, without ex rep'ion of persones, be taxed and stented to sfk otikiie ( weekly) charge and contribution, as sail be tluicht exjjpedtent and suffi- cient to Misaine the sadis puir people." Sir F. M, EDEN fell into a curious mistake respecting this statute, supposing it had formed a model for the famous act of the 43d ELIZABETH and that, consequently, the whole of the English poor law system had been borrowed from the Scots !* The fallacy of this opi INON was pointed out. bv the late Mr. HORNER, who accounrs for Sir F. M. EREN'S mistake from the circumstance of the act of the 4.3d of ELIZABETH, from which the Scots act was cer- tainly copied, not being pub1!:, bed in the more common editions of the sta* u* fs, thongrh it is irt RASTKLI/ S. and some of the older collectionv.- j- Soclost ly, indeed, did our ancestors follow the example of the English in framing the act of 1579. that its execution, in country parishes, is committed •* to them wh sail be ciitistiluied JuSTICK- i be the Kingis commissionersthere being no Justices in > « la « d at that period, nor until eight years afterwards, when they were first established by the act of 1587. It is lucky for Scotland that she had no Justices of the Peace at the time when this statute was passed ; for there is no reason to think, had the powers created by the act of 1579 been commuted either to them or to overseers, that the Scots poor laws would « < ot have been quite as oppressive at this mo ment as the English. But in consequence of the want of Justice ® , an act of 1592 apjiointed the kirk- sessions of country parishes to carry the provisions of the act of 1579 into effee In 1663, however, the real bulwark which has saved Scotlan from the mischiefs of the English system was first erected for, in that year the power of stenting or taxing the inhabitants of the parish for the support of the poor was exclusively vested in the heritors or proprietors of Ihe parish, who, as they are by the same act, made liable in a half of the whole stent or tax, have an obvious and palpable inducement to keep the rates as low as possible, and only to resort to them in cases of th most extreme necessity. By subsequent acts passed in 1672. 1695, and 169*, t e k'uk sessions were associated with the heritors in the management of the poor; and although it would certainly have been better had the power of making assessment; continued exclusively in the hands of the heritors, yet as the greater proportion of the members of kirk sessions in most country parishes are either heritors or persons dependent on rbem, this regulation has been attended with less inconvenience than might have been expected. But, however odd it may appear to our English readers, it is on this side the Tweed of quite as much importance to know what the Court of Session has luled on any particular subject as to know the statute law respecting it ; and though we— meaning by we the writer of this arnclf— are no lawyers, yet we have looked a little into the authorities on this subject, from which we have gathered the following results. It appears there had been some ambiguity in the Scot statutes relative to lite question whether a period of three or sewn years restdeme in a parish was requisite to give a paupe a rijfht to relief; and upon this question being brought before the Court, in a case between the parishes of Dunse and Edrom, they decided, on the 6th of June 1745, that a settlement, and consequently a right to relief, is obtained by a residence of three yewrs, priding the party supports himself during the whole of that period by his own industry. This decision has fixed the law on this point. In the case between the kirk session aud heritors of tl parish of Humbie^ decided on the 15th February 175L, the whole Scots poor law system was y< 5ry fully investigated. The Court decreed that " the heritors have a joint right with th kirk sessions in the administration, management, and ( list bution of all and every of the funds belonging to the poor of the parish" In a case between D. trling. a farmer in the parish of D'. in<= e, and the parish, ihe Court decided oti the 17th February 1804 that an assessment was legal for the support of such poor per- sons as are, though without any personal infirmity, unable to maintain themselves in time of dearth. We believe the general understanding among lawyers has been, that the Court ol Session have a right, on the question being properly brought before them, to modify the decisions of the heritors and kirk- sessions, to the effect either of orderiu, fhcon to place poor persons on the roll, or to assess themselves for their support ; but as a doubt has been raised on this point, and as the question as to the competency of the Court to review the decisions of the heritors aud kirk- sessions, * Sir F. M. Eden, State of the Poor, I. p. 131. — Dr. Mac farlane seems to i; ave fallen into the same error. Inquiries w ith respect to ibe Poor, p. 53. Note appended by Mr. Horner to Mr. Wbitbread's Speech on the Poor Laws, 19th Feb. 1507. in dependence at this moment, we abstain frorr. mak- ng any observations upon it. In the event, however, of its being decided, as it is believed it will, that the Court of Ses- sion have a right to control the proceedings of the heritors and irk- sessions with respect to assessments, there can be no doubt, in the actual circumstances of the country, that they will be very frequently called upon to exercise that right ; and the whole practical operation of the Scots poor law system will be completely changed. Our only security against, the spread of pauperism Consists, as we have already observed, n the heritors and session, who have to pay the greater portion of the assessments, having the power of enrolling paupers and of fixing the amount of the assessment. So long as the power of assessing is vested in such bodies, th^ re is the best attainable security that the case of every pauper will be carefully inquired nto, that none but those who are really necessitous will be ad- mitted to the roll, and that the assessments will never be made so great as to afford any considerable temptation— for they must ways afford some—' to idleness and want of frugality. Bat if the Court of Session—\ fjioe gentlemen residing in Edinburgh, destitute of local knowledge, and without the means of sifting articular cases to the bottom, can be called upon to control all the kirk- sessions in the kingdom, to decide who shall be put on the roll, and what each shall receive, every check to the spread of pauperism founded on the care, knowledge, and self interest of the local authorities, will be effectually put down. Under such a system it would not be the heritors and kirk- sessions, but the Court of Session, who wjuld hive the whole charge of the concerns of the poor, and the power of imposing taxes for their support! Now, though we entertain the great- st possible reject for the Court of Session— though we be- ieve there are few tribunals in. which such a power could be odged with less risk of its being abused, still, were the Court a thousand times better and more enlightened than it is at this moment, or than it will ever be, we should most decidedly object to its being allowed to exercise any such controul: A nd as it is always easier- and better to - adopt measures to prevent ve adop iotv of a bad system— occurrile venienti morbo— than to get rid of it after it lias been in full operation, we certainly think that it is the bounden duty of all who wish to check a spirit of litigation, and to save the country from the intolerable mischiefs which the poor laws have entailed on England, not to delay a single moment in petitioning Parliament to have a law passed, rendering the judgments of the heritors or kirk sessions j^ ii. i/ in all matters touching the poor, and taking away all power of appeal from them to any other tribunal whatever. Perhaps some of our readers may not be aware that one of the clauses in Mr. KENNEDY'S bill for the improvement of the Scots poorjaw system, had for its object to take away the right 6f appeal from the decisions of the heritors and kirk sessions; and we trust that the ou'ery that was raised on the subject will not prevent Mr. KEMNKDY from again introducing a bill to that effect* If Mr. K. carries this measure, he will confer a signal service on the country. No good or even plausible ob- jection can be made to it. We have heard it said, indeed, that it would be really equivalent to an act for the total aboli- tion of assessments ; for, it is contended, that if the power of assessing were vested exclusively in the hands of those who have to defray the greater portion of the assessments, they would speedily be abolished altogether. If such, however, were to be the effect of the act, it would in our apprehension be rather an argument in its behalf. The law has ordered, and though it had been silent, the principles of humanity would have done the same, that those who are deserving, and who really have no means of supporting themselves, should be sup- ported by the parishes in which they have obtained a residence. But it is not, nor has it ever been held to be, enough to con- stitute a title to relief, that a person should affirm he is destitute. The grounds on which he solicits charity ought to be carefully inquired into by some competent tribunal, who should also have the power to fix the sum to be paid him in the event of his claim proving well founded. The only question, therefore, is— to whom can these powers be most advantageously trusted? And we certainly think that every principle o » ' justice and ex- pediency suggest. that they should be given to those who have the greatest interest in the | rosperity of the parish to which the pauper belongs ; or, in other words, to the heritors and kirk- session. In a country so civilized and refined as this, with a press ready to denounce any inhumanity or improper conduct ou the part of the parish authorities, there is no reason to think that any really indigent and deserving person would ever be refused relief; aud even though such a case were occasionally to occur, still none can doubt that it would be most impolitic to attempt to obviate an evil of such rare occurrence, by sanc- tioning a system that must have the effect to nullify all the pro- ceedings of the parish authorities, and to open the floodgates of litigation and pauperism. We have already seen that the act of 1663 vested the power of assessing exclusively in the hands of the heritors; but that, by subsequent acts\ the minister and elders, or the kirk ses- sion, were empowered to vote along with them. Hitherto, for the reason previously stated, the granting of this privilege to the kirk session has not been attended with any very serious inconvenience. It is plain, however, that in the event, of the decisions of the kirk sessions, with respect to all matters touch- ing the poor, being rendered final, the elders' right to vote in the imposition of assessments might lead to the greatest possible abuse. For it would be the easiest thing in the world for the minister, should he chance to d/ ffc- r in opinion with the heritors, to create such a number of elders a » would secure him a ma- jority in the session ; and in this way assessments might be imposed by those who not only contributed nothing towards them, but who might be actually depending on them for sub- sistence ! It is indispensable, therefore, to guard against so enormous an abuse. Aud for this purpose a clause was in- serted in Mr. KENNEDY'S bill vesting the power of imposing assessments exclusively in the minister and heritors, to the exclusion of the elders. On the other hand, however, Mr. K's bill gave the kirk session the sole power of disposing of all the ordinary funds belonging to the poor— such as those derived from bequests, from collections at the church doors, & c. We are inclined to think that the existing law on this subject, as settled by the decision in the case of Humbie, is preferable; but at all events it is plain that while Mr. KEN- NEDY'S bill gave the elders, along with the minister, the un- limited command of the ordinary parish revenue, it deprived them of n thing but the power to assess or stent the property of others ! We are not, however, surprised that the elders should have opposed this arrangement— that they should have been unwilling to part with the lordly privilege of imposing taxes which do not affect themselves ; but we acknowledge that the fact of the heritors having joined the elders in their opposition to Mr. KENNEDY'S bill, infers such an unparalleled ignorance of their own interests as we were not prepared to find even among country gentlemen / Ii seems to us to be of extremely little importance, in the event of the decisions of the heritors and kirk- sessions being rendered final, whether the heritors choose to support the poor by voluntary contributions or assessments ? And it would cer- tainly be most inexpedient to narrow their choice by confining them either to the one mode or the other. Those who are to defray a charge ought to be le't to judge for themselves of the mode in which its payment may be rendered least burdensome and oppressive. It is quite obvious, too, that as soon as the right of appeal is abolished, an assessment will be, with re- ference at least to the majority of the heritors, just another name for a voluntary contribution, and will be received by the pooi as such. We do not, therefore, think that Mr KENNEDY ought to hazard the success of his bill for preventing appeals, and for vesting the power of assessing exclusively in the hands of the heritors, by mixing it up with any other and more doubt- u! measure Take away the power of appeal, and there is not the slightest reason to apprehend that assessments will ever become oppressive, or that the country will ever suffer any of the mischiefs of the English system.— Scotsman. held beon irregularly admitted io continue in the council, a dis- turbance arose, aud the clerk of the burgh being in the in- terest of the eight, some of the eleven took the council- books from him, to prevent the protest being entered therein ; upon which, the eight, being the provost, two bailies, aud live coun- cillors, having removed to another part of the room, and re- quired the eleven to concur with them, but which was refused, they proceeded to elect six new councillors, which was the first step in the election ; and the eleven made a separate election of three new councillors only ; and the eight and six new council- lors made choice of one set of magistrates, and the eleven and their three new councillors made choice of another set of magis- trates, amongst which was Provost Wardlaw, a subscribing witness to the bond, and two of the bondsmen were chosen bailies. The two several elections were challenged by reci- procal actions ; and that made by the eleven was particularly challenged on account of its being made under the influence of an illegal bond. Besides which, it was objected to that elec tion, that Mr. Man ought not to have been continued in coun- cil ; that only three new councillors had been chosen in place of six ; and that the election was void by reason of its being car- ried on without the concurrence of any of ihe magistrates, who were said to be a necessay part of the electors. There had been two bonds entered into of the same tenor ; and the Court of Session, on hearing counsel, pronounced one interlocutor, by which they found, " That the bonds produced were contra bo- no$ mores unwarantable and unlawful." But they pronounc- ed another interlocutor, finding, " That the bonds produced were not per se relevant to annul the election against Provost Wardlaw, and other magistrates chosen with him." The Court, by another interlocutor, found. That the objections proposed for the defenders are not sufficient to avoid and annul the election of the pursuers, magistrates and councillors of the burgh of Kiughorn, at Michaelmas last, for the year then cur- rent in totum. and remitted to the Lord Ordinary to proceed accordingly." In the course of the proceedings before the Lord Ordinary, it was found, That in respect of the interlocutor of the whole Lords, the exception against the bailies was not sufficient per se to annual their election." And, by another interlocutor, decree was given in terms of the libel brought by ihe eleven. But upon an appeal to the House of Lords, taken by the eight and those elected by them, these interlocutory judgments were reversed, and the election made by the eleven was declared null and void, and those eleven were left at liberty to proceed before the Court of Session in that part, of their action by which the election made by the eight was challenged." AMERICA.— It is hardly possible for any nation to allow a greater superiority over another, than the Ame- ricans, in this particular, have done over this country. They fairly and completely, and prohablyjor ever, ex- tinguished that spirit of religjous persecution which ha? been the employment and the curse of mankind for four or five centuries— not only that persecution which im- prisons and scourges for religious opinions, but the tyranny of incapacitation, which, by disqualifying from civil offices, and cutting a man off from the lawful objects of ambition, endeavours to strangle religious freedom in silence, and to enjoy all the advantages, w'thout the blood and noise and 6re of persecution. What passes in the mind of oue mean blockhead, is the general history of all persecution. ' This man pretends to know better than me— I cannot subdue him by argument; but I will take care he shall never be mayor or alderman of the town in which he lives ; I will never conse nt to the re- peal of the Test Act, or to Catholic Emancipation ; I will teach the fellow to differ from tne in religious opi- nions !' So says the Episcopalian to the Catholic— and so the Catholic sa\ s to the Protestant. But the wisdom of America keeps them all down— secures to them all their just rights— gives tb each of them their separate pews and bells and steeples— makes them aldermen in their turns— and quietly extinguishes the faggots which each is preparing for the combustion of the other. Nor is this indifference to religious subjects in the American people, but pure civilization— a thorough comprehen- sion of what is best calculated to secure the public hap piness and peace— and a determination that this happi- ness and peace shall not be violated by the insolence of any human being, in the garb, and under the sanction, of religion. In this particular, the Americans are at the head of all the nations of the world : and at the same time they are, especially in .. the Eastern and Midland States, so far from being indifferent on subjects of reli- gion, thrit they may be most justly characterised as a very religious people : But they are devout without being unjust ( the great probfom in religion); a higher proof of civilization than painted tea cups, water- proof leather, or broad cloth at two guineas a yard. Though America is a confederation of republics, thev are in many cases much more amalgamated than the va- rious parts of Great Britain. If a citizen of the United States can make a shoe, he is at liberty to make a shoe any where between Lake Ontario and New Orleans — he may sole on the Mississippi— heel on the Missouri— measure Mr. Birkbeck on the Little Wabash, or take ( which our best politicians do not find an easy matter), the length of Mr. Monro's foot on the banks of the Po- towmac. But wo to the cobler, who, having made Hessian boots for the aldermen of Newcastle, should venture to invest with these coriaceous integuments the leg of a liege subject at York. A yellow ant in a nest of red ants— a butcher's dog in a fox- kennel— a mouse in a bee- hive— all feel the effects of untimely intrusion ; but far preferable their fate to that of the misguided arti- san, who, misled bv sixpenny histories of England, and conceiving 1: is country to have been united at the Hep- tarchy, goes forth from his native town to stitch freely within the sea- girt limits of Albion. Him they mayor, him the aldermen, him the recorder, him the quarter- sessions would worry. Him the justices before trial would long to get into the tread mill; and would much lament that, by a recent act, they could not do so, even with the intruding tradesman's consent; but the moment he was tried, they would push him in with redoubled energy, and leave him to tread himself into a conviction of the barbarous institutions of his corporation- divided country.— Edinburgh Review, No. 80. yields an abundance of food for sheep : consequently lambs command higher prices shan we have latterly been accustomed to, and lean stock in general has manifestly improved in value. FORFARSHIRE. The month that is now concluded has gratified all the wishes of the farmer and the country. The weather has generally been warm, with occasional genial showers which have kept the harvest somewhat later than was ex- pected, but have been of great service to the country in general, and whatever may be the quantity of the present crop, the grain will doubtless be of excellent quality, and fulfil all the expectations which its appearance has led us to entertain. In early districts harvest commenced about the 20th ; it is now general throughout the county ; in the very latest places a week may yet elapse before there be much cut down. Our expectations of the crop seem to rise as the harvest advances, and we are fully per- suaded that these hopes will suffer no disappointment when the grain passes through the fanners of the mill. KINCARDINESHIRE. The weather still continues remarkably favourable to the agriculturist, so that there is now every prospect of the grain crops being of superior quality, if safely got in. Barley harvest commenced in some instances about a week or ten days ago ; and in the earlier districts a good deal of this species of crop is now in the stook. Some part of the wheat is also harvested ; and, in a few days, if the weather hold thus favourable, shearing will be gene- ral in the latest districts. Wheat is a fair crop as to hulk, and the quality expected to be fine. Barley is also con- sidered to yield a fine sample, but in general somewhat deficient in bulk ; and oats look in many instances both thin and short in the straw. Pulse crops have a good appearance, and are expected to yield a deal of corn. Potatoes every where promise well; and turnips perhaps never had a better chance of yielding a good crop. Lint has turned out a better crop than expected in the early part of the season, and most of it is now on the grass. Summer fallow is in a forward state ; and wheat sowing, in some cases, will shortly commence. Hav has been well got in, but is a deficient crop. Cattle- markets continue much in the same languid state as at the date of last report ; and sheep, except lambs, are almost unsaleable at any price. CASE OF KINGHORN\ House of Lords, June 15. In this case, it appears, that, on the 3J October 1732, thirteen of the magistrates and town council of the town of Knwhorn entered into a bond, " that forasmuch as they, mem- bers of the town council of Kingborn, and each of them, bad for sometime past been maltreated and abused by several vex- atious, officious, and turbulent people within the burgh ; there- fore, and/ or preventing the like in time coming, they all, with one advice and consent, and without any mariner of compul- sion. bound and obliged them, conjunctly and severally, each under the penalty of 500 merks." {£ 11, 15<. 6d. 8- I2ths ster- ling) '' and of being esteemed infamous and unfit for society, to act in concert with one another, and to give their votes plum at the election of Magistrates" ( which was to be next day) - to such persons as the major part of them should think most worthy for managing the burgh till the next election at Mich- aelmas 1733, and then to stand by one another without any difference or dissent, and to vote plum with one another, not only for such person as the major part of them should judge proper, but also to vote out such members of the council as the major part of them should think fit, and to stand by and assist one another to the utmost of their power, not only in the choice of council and magistral s, but in every other cause whatsoever ; and that the cause of any one should be held as the cause of the whole." The council of Kinghorn consists of seventeen merchants, sailors, and brewers, and five deacons, making in all twenty- two ; who, upon Monday before Michaelmas, annually elect six new councillors, in the room of six who go oil'; and on Wednesday immediately after Michaelmas, the old and new councellors and deacons cl. u e the provost and two bailies. At the election 1743, there were present eleven of the per- son, who signed the bond, and eight other magistrates and councillors ; and one of the eight having taken a protest against the allowing one Jlr, Mail to bit ill the council, who, he said, AGRICULTURAL REPORTS FOR AUGUST. ENGLAND. No class of Bocicty is so tmicli expose;! to reverses which human foresight is unable to prevent, or pru- dence guard against, as that connected with the culture of the soil; and the period has but recently escaped ( we mean during the late hay- harvest) when numerous ins- tances of severe calamity, arising from the uncertainty, of our climate, were utifiappily forthcoming to subs- tantiate our assertion : even during the early part of the. present corn- harvest, each day was pregnant with its hopes and fears, its copious showers, and more inviting prospects. Nevertheless, although there appeared to be abundant reason for apprehension and alarm, in conse- quence of the lodged state of the crops, and repeated falls of rain, we believe more service has accrued from the latter circumstance, than injury been sustained— the ripening process was protracted, and fields, which would have produced inferior crops of shrivelled corn, have matured the kernel, and perfected the grain. No ex- ertions have been spared to facilitate the process of reap- ing, nor have we ever before observed so little delay in the commencement : wheals have been severed ere they had assumed the hue of sober brown, which, but for the intervention of the thrashing- machine, could never be separated from the straw. A considerable extent of land is already divested of its burden, and the produce secured in excellent condition ; nor do we anticipate a less favourable conclusion ; on the contrary, there is every reason to apprehend that the harvest, generally speaking, both as regards the quality and productiveness of the crop, will prove amply sufficient to remunerate the grower, and supply the community with the first ne » cessaries of life at a cheap rate, without their value being fictitiously depressed by the shameful collusion which is practised upon the market by unprincipled speculators.— Turnips never exhibited a more pleasing appearance. Hay is plentiful ; second- crop clover a fall swathe ; and andaftennath- grass superinduced by invigorating showers, It is noticed as extraordinary, that scnrcelv any wasps have been seen in the country during the present IliEL AST). ASSIZ E INTKLLIG E N'CE. coxrrcrrox OF srx MURDERS. Afthe Assizes of Kilkenny, on Monday six unfortunate men were convict, d of the murder of Mr. Marum, which excited so great a sensation when it occurred. The trial lasted fifteen hours ' hree and a half of which the Lord Chief Justice ( who presided) occupied in charging the Jury and recapitulating tile evidence, from one hundred and thirteen pages of notes. His Lordship was upwards of sixteen hours on the 13 Mich. The verdict was returned, and sentence of death passed, at eight o'clock on Tuesday morning. The scene was awful beyond any thing which has occurred in that county for many years. The following is an abstract report of the trial alluded to : — TitiAt. AND CONVICTION OF THE Mriu, EREits or THE LATE MR. MARLM.— On Monday ( the 23d instant,) this most impor- tant trial came on before the Lord Chief Justice, in the County Court House, Kilkenny. We have ample notes of the pro- ceedings, but find ourselves quite unable to transcribe them for the press this day, even if > ur previou- arratigments had left space for the report. The persons charged with this atrocious offence were Michael Campion. Robert Marsha'!, Patrick Whelan, Thomas Sales, William Whelan, and William Del- yan. They refused to join in their challenges, and Campion was put forward alone. After he had challenged his quan- tum, and a number bad been set aside by the Crown, a very- respectable Jury was sworn, by whom the rest of the prison r-. then agreed to he tried. The miserable men were giving in charge by 10 o'clock on Monday, and the Jury did not retire until one o'clock on Tuesday morning The patience and impartiality of the Learned Judge his anxiety t-> unravel the mystery, and to ascertain the truth, during th.' whole ol this protracted and fatiguing trial, was h; .'. hly honourable to the Irish Bench, and, though we shall not presume to declare it was never equalled, we are sure we can with safety say it neve1- was surpassed, in any similar case, on the other side of the channel. Every prisoner bad his alibi witnesses; and, what was to us a novelty, one of them brought forward three wit- nesses to prove that the informer was innocent of the murder with which he accused himself and the prisoners, and that he was idling at Kilkeenv, 1C miles from the fatal scene, at, and for days bef re and after, the time it was committed. About eleven o'clock P. M. the Chief Justice began to sum up the evidence. Hi « preliminary remarks were eloquent, forcible, and lucid. lie had not gone over the whole of the evidence before one o'clock, and be wailed on the Bench till a quarter past two, when, the Jury not being agreed as to two of the prisoners, be retired. At eight o'clock be returned to the Judgment Seat, and the Jury were called out, when they gave in a verdict of Guilty, against all the prisoners. The scene in the crowded Court now surpassed any thing we had ever witnessed. A great number of women and some men began to cry aloud : clapping their hands and tearing their hair at the same time. Campion and Marshal turned about and cast an indignant look on the mourners. When the Chief Justice began his solemn and affecting address, it produced temporary calm, but when lie put on the black cap to pro- nounce sentence* of death, the screeching and loud hysteric solibing were renewed. The unhappy men are to be executed to- morrow ( Thursday last, 26th) in Galmoy, on the spot where they commtted that dreadful cri. ne which lias brought them to a premature and ignominious eti. l. Their bodies are to be brought hack to the C.' Unty Hospital to be dissected and an- atomised. Some of them exclaimed innocent." One called for " a long day," and one of them threw his hat indignantly from him to the ground. The crowd rushed out of Court as the prisoners decended through the dock, and the loud and tcrrilic symptoms of affliction were doubly manifested in th street, and till they passed up James's Street ( ihe entrance of which was guarded against the multitude) to the county gaol. The only indifferent persons were the prisoners. At half- past five o'clock on Thursday morning, the six prisoners were conducted from the County Gaol, tinder a strong escort, consisting of a troop of Dragoon Guards, which had been ordered from Caller for this service, a company of 78th Highlanders, and a numerous police force, under command of their respective Chief Constables. On leaving the gaol, Michael Campion, Robert Marshall, William Delany, Win. Phelan, and Thomas Sales, made the strongest declarations of their innocence, but Patrick Phelau continued silent. Their language and deportment, we were happy to observe, evinced a juster sense of their condition than had been before apparent, and it was gratifying to trace the infi& ence of religious impres- sions in the earnestness of their devotional exercises. Thecars in which the prisoners sat left the gaol, accompanied by the military and police, who were drawn up on either side, and followed by multitudes from every part of the city. The pro cession' moved shortly from the gaol, and exhibited a striking array. The attendance of our country gentry was numerous. As each of the culprits ascended the scaffold, ( with ihe excep- tion of Patrick Phelan, who observed a sulleo silence), he pro- tested in strong terms his innocence of the crime for which he was about to suffer. Immediately after being tied, and previous to their caps having been put on, the Sheriff addressed I'lielan and observed to him, that he alone, of the six unfortunate suf- ferers, continued silent ; he therefore exhorted him to dis- avow or acknowledge the justice of his sentence, upon which Phelan replied, 4< I have nothing to say ; he I'll leave it all to God Almighty." Upon the Sheriff's telling him that such a declaration was tantamount to an acknowledgment of his guilt, Phelan again repeated what we have stated above, and the caps were then drawn over their faces. Just as they were about to he turned off, Phelan desired that it might he signified to the Sheriff, that if an opportunity were afforded him, he would w ish to say something, whereupon his cap was raised, and be then, in a loud voice, and with much energy, said, '' I acknow- ledge I bad a hand in the killing of Marum." He added, that 11 Divyer, the informer, had nothing to say to it, nor did he know any of the party concerned in it." The Rev Mr. Gor- man, one of the attending Clergy, then asked him " whether any of unfortunate fellow- sufferers had been implicated in the murder ?" to which he replied, " they had nothing to say to it." Afier hanging for upwards of half an hour, the bodies were brought into town under the same cseort, where they arrived soon after eleven o'clock this evening, and on the following morning they were handed ever to the Surgeon of the Cqunty liit'iriaur*- for disseciivn. i FROM FRENCH PAPERS. The Paris papers contain the following official ac- count of the recapture of'Tarifa, which appears to be a more serious affair than was at first imagined. " Paris, Aug. 50. « FRENCH ARMY INT SPAIN. " OftDEK OF THE DAY. " A revolutionary party, consisting of about 100, had taken possession of the fortress of Tarifa, on the morning of the 3d of August, after having surprised the Sp anish garrison. The rebels, commanded by an individual, named Valdes, had increased their number by liberating the galley slaves who were in prison at arifa, a recruitment worthy of them ; these and some soldiers of the garrison, a few Spanish deserters and out- casts of society, who joined them, augmented this troou about 400 men. " On the first intelligence of this event, the Lieuten- ant General, Commandant of the Division of Cadiz sent a column of infantry and cavalry, under the orders of Count d'Astorg. Col. of the Ht'h regiment of chas- seurs, and on the 7th Tarifa was blockaded by land, and soon afterwards by sea : but as it is surrounded by ram- parts, the heavy artillery was, of necessity, brought up against it to effect a breach. " At length, on the afternoon of the 19th, the breach was practicable ; at four o'clock the town was taken by assault, as was also the fort of St. Catharine by the brave 34th of the line, and the Spanish troops - ho had come from the camp of St. lioeh. " The following morning ( the 20th) at day- break, ie isle, defended by 20 pieces of cannon, in which a party of the rebels hud taken refuge after having aban- doned Tarifa, fell into our power. " We have made. prisoners two Chiefs, Pediw Val- des, and Domingo Gonzales, and 160 of the factious band; the principal Chief made his escape in a coward- ly manner during the night. ^ During the whole course of the expedition against Pari fa, we have to regret the loss of one Lieutenant; of the 3kh, and two non- commissioned officers and soldiers killed ; two artillery officers and 27 lion- commissioned officers and soldiers were wounded." P The order proceeds to mention the names of the officers who particularly distinguished themselves, a.' id to eulogise the steady conduct and bravery of the troops, ai. d thus concludes]]:— " it is under these happy auspices that the French troops will to morrow celebrate the day of St. Louis the festival of their good King. Viuelc I} oi Kn'g temps,, tt ies Bourbons louj airs. ( May the King live lono, aud the Bourbons always.) " Head- quarters at Madrid, Aug. 24. ( Signed) Viscount DIOF. OJI, " The General Commanding- ia- ChiiR" PARIS, Sept. 2— The plague has appeared at. Ator in the Ionian Islands. The High Commissioner- has re- established the Sanitary Laws previously in force in all their vigour. A revolt, which has been long anticipated, took place on the 23d, among the convicts condemned to hard la- bour at Toulon. The guards fired, and sixteeuofthe convicts were killed, and several wounded. Order has been re- established. Mr. Hurtado, Minister from Colombia, at London, has just arrived at Paris with his family. He alighted at the Hotel d'Orvillers, Rue de llivoli". FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FROM GERMAN PAPERS. BRUSSELS, Aug. 30— Mr. Hill, Minister from the King of England to the Court of. Turin, has arrived herefrom London, going to Aix la- Chapelle. A Ca- binet messenger from the Haguepassed yesterday through Antwerp on his way to Paris. It, is affirmed that he is ooing to meet a person of rank trotu Russia, who is said to lie now at Paris. BKUSSKLS, Aug. 28.— Some of our Journals have said that Joseph Bonaparte was returning from America to England on board the Crisis ; and we have seen that that vessel had pissed, on the 2Jst, by Portsmouth, bound to London, with Joseph Bonaparte and his family 011 board. The truth is, that it is the daughter' of Joseph, Countess Survilliers, who embarked 011 board that vessel for Dover, and then on board another vessel for Ostend, from which place the Countess and suite arrived here last Tuesday. FRANKFORT, Aug. 26.— A document has been communicated to us, by which the King of England approves the reasons which induced his Ministers of the kingdom of Hanover to dissuade his Britannic Majesty from the project of sending a corps of Hanoverian troops to Portugal, after the conference which took place at Johannisbcrg, between Count Munster and Prince Mettcrnich. The organization of the Prussian Catholic Bishoprics will now be carried into execution : the principles of this organization were first laid down in the concordat concluded with the Court of Home, and farther deve- loped in the Papal Bull, which was made public at the time; but some difficulties having unexpectedly arisen, the execution was suspended. Some of the Prelates nominated by his Majesty to the Archiepiscopal and Episcopal Sees in ihe new Prussian provinces declined accepting the new dignities conferred on them, but thev have now changed their minds; among them is M. de Spiegel, nominated to the Archbishop of Cologne. FROM THE MAINE, AUG. 27— The Hessfan Com- missioners in the Committee of Enquiry at Mavencc arrived at Darmstadt, and went to the hotel of the Minister Von Grolhnan. On the following day a Coun- cil of Ministers was called, and after it broke up M. Hoffman, advocate in the High Court of Justice, was put under strict confinement ; it is said that it is for hav- ing attended a meeting of revolutionists at Erfurth. M~ VVilkins, son of one of our most distinguished lawyers, has been in prison these four months, accused of demi- go'gical intrigues, " without any hope of being speedily re- leased. There must be some connection between his a flair and that of Hofermtuin, a person who filled the office of teacher here, and was sent to Berlin at the de- sire of Prussia. MUNICH, Aug. 11.— Great attention was excited here bv a pastoral letter, issued bv the Archbishop, under the date of the 9th of June, this year against the prevalent want of zeal in the exercise of religion, and the increasing licentiousness of morals; the letter con- cludes with a notice, that according to directions which have already been sent to all the French priests of the diocese, those parishioners who shall be guilty of illicit intercourse with the other sex, both the seducer and the seduced, shall not only be held to a more frequent use of the religious means of salvation, according to a certain gradation, but, on the first off. nee, be reproved in presence of the parents; on the second, in that of some respectable members of the congregation ; and on the third, before the whole congregation ; but on tho fourth, be excluded for a time frcm the congregation. This pastoral letter has given Jcc. ision to a royal declara- tion, which, after recognising the salutary views that may have actuated the Archbishop; disapproves the pro- mulgation of this letter, without the roval consent; de- clares null and void the regulations, threatening punishi meat for repeated misdemeanours in the commerce oftbe sexes, from consideration of the numerous difficulties in the execution, the consequences that would ensue, en- dangering the honour and tranquillity of families, as well as the respect due to the clergy themselves, and because they evidently exceed the limits of the spiritual authority, The Magistrates are directed in general to employ all proper and legal means in their jurisdiction, in order, with the active co- operation of the clergy, to check the progress of immorality, and gradually to restore a better state of things ; but at the same time to keep strictly within the bounds of their authority, vigilantly lo see to the maintenance of the rights of the royal supremacy, and preserve the subjects against any threatened infringe- ment, since, though the church may be assured of the most powerful support from his Majesty in all its efforts for the promotion of good morals, his Majesty never could allow objects in themselves the most laudable to be pursued with the violation of the legal forms of the state, and that the limits fixed to the spiritual power be in any manner exceeded. An edict has been issued, forbidding the students of the kingdom of Bavaria to study in any university, except that ofKrlangen, his Majesty having taken such mea- sures, that Protestant divines shall have all necessary in- struction in that university. THE AUSTRIAN OBSERVER'S ACCOUNT OF THE RETAKING OF IPSARA. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jnlv 26.— For some days past a report has been spread that a Hvdriot squadron has retaken the island of Ipsara, overpowered the Turkish force of several thousand men, and destroyed or carried away several of the Capitan Pacha's ships. Letters from Sinvtr. a confirm this report. The Government, which affirms that it has no knowledge ofsuch an event, thinks itself entitled to look on the whole as a fable. We are of opinion, however, that the report, setting aside the exaggerations, was well founded, though the numerous accounts from Smyrna are at variance on so nianv other points, that it is impossible to form a de- cided opinion on any facts. The following seem to be nearest the truth :— Some of the Ipsariot ships, which had escaped bv flight the catastrophe of the 3d July, < liJ their utmost, when they reached Hydra, to obtain .' issistancc, from which they might expect some advan- tage, because, when they left Ipsara, two of the stron- gest forts were not yet taken. The Hydriots, in fact ( int so sea with all expedition, with thirty armed vessels, landed at Samos, took on board Albanian and other troops, appeared on the 16th before [ psara, when the fate of the unfortunate island had beeen long decided The Capitan Pacha had left behind only 600 or 700 men ( according to his own account only 300), some boats for removing the booty, and a couple of gun boats. The Hvdriots having destroyed these and cut the Turks in pieces, immediately retired. A Turkish frigate, which met with the'- r squadron, had an action with it, bnt feught its way through, and reached Mity- tene. uninjured. This is the report given by more cre- dible letters, the authors of which, however, will not be answerable for their correctness, as all depends on unauthenticated statements. QThe narrative confirms the blowing up of the fort of St. Nicolo by the garrison, and the dreadful destruction caused by it. It is uncertain, but probable, that the fort Policastro, which held out till the evening, was also blown up.] The accusation of treachery brought against the Albanians can apply only to part of them if true ; the 500 who perished in fort St. Nicolo could not be traitors; and the Jaffa ( bulletin) accompanying the heads, fire, expresslv said the sword spared neither the Ipsariots nor the Albanian allies. Since the taking of Ipsara the Turkish fleet has been at anchor at Mitylene, and the Capitan was on the island till the 17th, but it is said he left it on the 21st He has repeatedlv and urgently exhorted the Samiots to avoid further bloodshed, bv submitting, and has given them 20 ( some sav 30) days to consider. Unfortunate- ly it is not likelv his proposals will be acceded to. ^ The Turkish flag is said to have been really hoisted at Samos on the 9tli and the following days, but to have since been taken down. The attack on Samos is acknowledged to be far more arduous than that oil Ipsara ; there are above three times as many me inarms, and the means of defence, which have been augmented without Intel ruption during the last year, threaten an obstinate re sistance. On the other hand, fresh bands of Asiatic troops hasten from all quarters to join the Capital) Pacha's army. The Hvdriots and Spezziots will do their utmost to save Santos. They have sent their wives and children, for the most part, to the Morea. The vessels and fire ships traverse the sea in all directions Before the taking of Ipsara part of them went to meet the Egyptian fleet, in the hope of effecting something decisive against the ntune'rous transports belonging it. Accounts from Alexandria say, that 12,000 or 16,000 men were assembled there at the end of June but were not expected to be embarked before the end of July. The minds of all parties have been so occupied by the late military events, and the expectation of those that mav ensue, that little attention has been paid to the re moval of the Greek patriarchs, which, under other circumstances, would be thought important. This measure, being made known at the same time as the capture of Ipsara, was ascribed to political causes It is now known that the patriarch Eugenio was remov cd at the instance of his own Clergv. Cheypanto, Bishop of Seres, was installed as his successor on the 20th with the usual ceremonv. In the room of the late Tahja Eflfendi, dragoman of the Porte, the Sultan has appointed Ischak Effendi, Jew, born at Janina, who has turned Mussulman, an was for many years Professor in the school of Geometry he has the reputation of great learning, and a jjood character. ODKSSA, Aug. 8.— The Captain Pacha has sent nearly 500 heads and 1200 ears to Constantinople the trophies of Ipsara. They were exposed in public on the 20th Julv, and brought together a large con course of true believers, who had not seen so may tro jilaes since the beginning of the Greek insurrection An inscription, in the Oriental style, is posted beneath them, which contains the following sentence :—" At last God has blessed the arms of the Mussulmans, and the detf stible rebels of Ipsara are extirpated from the face of the world, & c. & c. Let the friends of order and tranquillity rejoice at this signal and glorious triumph All the powers in amity with the Sublime Porte have sent in their congratulations on the event. The following is from tbe Extraordinary Gazette of Panama, dated June 3, 1824: " By the schooner San Francisco, which has just anchored this port, from Paira, in fourteen days, the Intendant- Ge- eral has received the following official communication : To the General of Brigade J. M. Corerna, Iniendant of the Department of the Isthmus. " Paira, May 19, 1824. " I have the pleasure to announce to you the official notice, liich has this moment heen received by me, express, from the Prefect of the Department of Truxillo, referring to a com- munication from his Excellency ihe Liberator, of which the following is a literal copv : " REPUBLIC OF PERU. ' Truxillo, May 13. 1 TO THE INTENDAKT OF THE PROVINCE OF PAIRA. SIR— By an extra courier I have just received from his Excellency the Liberator the following intelligence:— That General Olaneta, who lias been with a considerable division in the provinces of Upper Peru, after having beaten General Carratala, who had followed him with an equal force and taken him prisoner, he immediately consenied to serve the Patriotic cause, and cordially recognised the justice with which America had recovered her liberty and independence. ' You will be pleased to give this general circulation. ' JOSE GABRIEL PEREZ.' " This unlooked for event assures us of the establishment of e national freedom. The Liberator, with the rapidity that haracterises him, will avail himself of its consequent advan- tages, and Columbia, now in her glory, will give general in- dependence to South America. " I have the honour to felicitate, " MANUEL DE TORRES VALD1VIA." ( Frajn the Jamaica Courant of the9th July) 41 Parties of guerillas presented, themselves before Lima, and passed the walls on tile 5th of May. They spread themselves over the cily, and the valiant Ramairez surrounded the Con- vent of Mercy. At length they resolved to present themselves n the place of the Cathedral, where they experienced a slight resistance, in which an officer and two soldiers of the adverse party perished. The guerillas retired from the capital with- out being molested by the Spaniards, and without the loss of a single man. Such is. the stale of Lima ! The hospitals teem with more soldiers than the barracks; every thing con- spires against the infamous conspirators," SOUTH AMERICA. The Jamaica mail which arrived on the 1st, contains some favourable intelligence from South America. Th following is an extract from a letter of the British Con snl at Panama, Malcolm M'Gregor, Esq. dated the 27th of June, giving an account of the defection of the Spanish General Olaneta from the Royalist cause. He Jias, it appears, put himself in communication with tl troops of Buenos Avres in Upper Peru, and his force will, no doubt, prove a powerful diversion in favour of JJolivar. This letter, of which the following is a copy was brought to Jamaica in his Majesty's brig Helicon Capt. Dawkins: " I send you an official account of the defection of the Sp: Iiish General Olaneta who, it appears, has put himself communication » iih some Buenos Ayreans on the frontiers Upper Peru, which will act as a powerful diversion in favour of the operations of General Bolivar on this side. MARKETS, SfC. AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN The following is the General Average which governs Im- portation, taken from the Weekly Returns of the quanti- ties and Price of British Corn, Winchester measure, in England and Wales, for the week ended 28th Aug. W heat, Rye, Barley, Oats, 57s 35- 9d Hi Od 7( 1 Beans, Peas. Oatmeal, Bear or Big 35s 8d 36 s 3d 00s Od OOa 00( 1 The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com- puted from liie Returns made in the week ended the 1st Sept. is 30s. Id per cwt. duty exclusive. CORN EXCHANGE, Sept. 6. Two o'clock. — The fresh arrivals of Wheat this morning were moderate, hut these, added to what remained ovei unsold from last week, formed a considerable supply The trade, however, was very depressed, and the sales of the finest qualities could only be effected to a small extent, at a reduction of about 3s. to 5s. per quarter in the currency since Monday last; whereas secondary and inferior descriptions were unsaleable, even though a still greater decline had been submitted lo. No al- teration in the price of Barley. Fine fresh Oats are quite as dear as on this day se'ennight. Beans and Peas remain the same. Flour is 5s. per sack cheaper. HADDINGTON CORN MARKET, Sept. 3. A small supply of Wheat in market, which ( net with a ready sale. Pi ices rather higher than last day. Top price of new Barley same as last day. ' Top price of old Oats 6d. lower than lasi day. Wheal. I Ttartey. I Oats. I Pease. I Beans. First 51s Gd | — s 6d | 22s Od | 20s Od | 20s Od Second 28s Od | — s Od j 20s Od 18s Od | 18s Od Third 25s Od j — s Od j 18s Od | 15s Od | lGs Od This day theie were 440 bolls of Oatmeal in Edinburgh Market, which sold at Is. 2d. d and China ; to be afloat the 6th of December 1321', ail to Gravesend the 20th ditto, stav there thirtv d. ivs, and be in the Downs on the. 25th January 1825. The Kent, for Bengal and China ; I'arquharsoi), for St. Helena, Bonibav, and China,; and the Kellie Castle, Inglis, for Bombay and China, to be afloat the 30th December 1821, sail to Gravesend the 4th January 1825, stay there thirty days, and be in the Dow; is oil the 9th of February. DEAL, Aug. 27.— Came down from the River and sailed the Cambrian, Clarkson, for Bombay, and Kers- well, Armstrong, for the Cape of Good Hope. SEPT. 2 Sailed the Cynthia, Thomson, for Bom- bav. GRAVESF. ND, August 27.— Arrived the Lady Am- herst, Clifton, from Bombay. Mr. II. Prince came passenger from St. Helena. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. Sept, 2.— Sailed the Hero of Malown, Garrick, for Madras. FALMOUTH, Sept. 2— Arrived the Lady Flora, Macdonald, from Bengal. Arrived off Seilly, the Eliza, from Bengal. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Duke of Bedford, Cunvnghame, 19th May, off the Cape of Good Hope, all well. Lavron, Miller, Lon- don tp Bengal, 6th July, in lat. 87. 30. N. long. 13. W. all well. Sir Edward Paget, Geary, London to Bengal, 9th February, lat. 38. S. long' 26. E. Isa- bella, from Liverpool to India, on the 12th Lilt. lat. 37. long. 17. LONDON, Sept. 6. WINDSOU, Aug. 31 At half- past two o'clock his Majesty, with his Royal Highness the Duke of York, and the rest of the company, with part of his household attendants, left the Royal Lodge. His Majesty was accompanied in his pony phaeton by the Duke of York, and some of the party followed in the double bodied phaeton and landau, and the remainder on horseback — l'hey proceeded to Virginia Water. SEPT. 3.— This afternoon at half after two o'clock his Majesty left the Royal Lodge in the poney phseton, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Duke of York ; the remainder of the Royal visitors shortly afterwards fol- lowed in an open carriage and on horseback, and pro ceeded through the plantations to Virginia Water. The Royal party amused themselves with angling, a sport for which this extensive lake is peculiarly adapted, until nearly five o'clock, when thev left the fishing boats for tlit Royal banque. ing barge, to partake of a most sumptu- ous repast sent in a caravan from the Ifcoval Lodge. The band of the Grenadier Guards were in attendance, and played the whole of the afternoon some of the finest pieces from Rossini and Mozart. His Majesty and visitors did not quit the water until some time after seven o'clock, when they returned to the Royal Lodge. His Majesty, on the recommendation of Mr. Secre- tary Canning, has appointed Lord Erskine Ambassador to the Court of Stntgard. The manner in which Mr. Canning communicated this to Lord Erskine is spoken of in the higher circles as having been most gracious and kind. Madmae Catalani's husband, formerly an officer of cavalry, has been made a Chevalier at the last promo- tion. The following letter has been received this morning ( Saturday) from Corfu, by a member of the Greek Com- mittee :— " CORFU ( July 20. o. s.) Aug. I. " I have the pleasure of fully confirming my letter of the 22d of July ( New Style), relative to the destruction of the Turks, to the number of 15 or 16,000 men, at Ipsara. The timely arrival of Admiral Mianlv contri- buted to their total extermination. Manv of the brave Ipsariots likewise fell fighting for the defence of their country. The enemy's fleet, pursued and shattered, sought shelter in the port of Smyrna, where it inav be easily blockaded bv a small part of our naval force, leav- ing the remainder free to annov the eneniv's eoast, or O ', ' to go and encounter the Egyptian fleet, should it ever put to sea. This news, though already known, hals been confirmed bv the Secretary ofPrince Mavrocordato, who is arrived here to prevent the annoyances which the Ionian vessels trading with the Turkish dependencies might be exposed to from the Greek cruizers. Nothing of interest has taken place on the Continent." Letters from Madras, dated the 3d of April, the day on which the ship Lady Amherst left that port, state that there were about 5000 men intended to be embarked thence; for which purpose 20 ships, of from 400 to 600 tuns burthen, had been taken up. They were to sail on the 12th of April for the rendezvous at PortCorn- wallis, in the Andaman Islands, which lie about midway between the coast of Coromandel and the coast of Ava, and at the entrance of the bay of Bengal. At this port the ships from Madras and Calcutta were to unite their forces, and proceed together to Rangoon, under convoy of his Majesty's ship Liffev, Commodore Grant, and under the military command of Sir A Campbell, the Military Commander in Chief at Madras. ^ o serious resistance was apprehended at Rangoon, though it was thought not improbable that an attempt might be made there to destroy the ships on their anchoring, by means of fire rafts sent offat night under the influence of the land breeze, a mode of defence which it appears has be- fore been used bv them with success. The will of the late unfortunate Sir Charles M'Car- thy was registered in the Prerogative Office, in Doc- tors' Commons, on the 28th ult. Probate was granted to his sister, Adelaide Guerou'it, Countess de Merve, as sole heiress and executrix, the property being stated ( within the province of the Canterbury jurisdiction) to be under the sum of £,' 20,01.< 0. It is contained in a se- ries of papers, marked Nos. 1, 2, and 3— the last being merely an envelope with a superscription, and the first a letter declaratory of the purport of No. 2, which is written throughout ill French, and contains all his testa- mentary dispositions. It consists of three letters address- ed to his sister and her husband : the first of them is dated, like the paper writing No. l, the 27th of Oct. 1821. The tenor of the whole is expressive of the utmost af- fection and confidence in the Countess and his brother- in- law, to whom he gives the bulk of his property, with certain provisions, at their entire discretion, for his na- tural children : of these there are four ; he mentions them with much solicitude, and laments his never having formed a lawful connexion : two of them are by the same mo- ther. The second letter in the testamentary paper, No. 2, is dated the l'lth of November,. 1822, and begins in this manner—" Thinking it was my duty to repair to the Gold Coast on account of a hostile aggression from the chief of the Ashantees, a barbarian to whom they give the title of King, and who in the bosom of peace has seized and made prisoner a Serjeant, whom he may murder Edinburgh Cattle Market. Sept. 1. — This day there were 8726 sheep and lambs in the market. White- faced sheep sold fiom 14s. to 2Gs. 6d. ; black- faced wedders sold from 14s. to 20s. Lambs, white- faced, 3s. Gd. to 7s. 9d. ; black- faced, 3s. 4d. to Gs. 9d. In the Grassmarket there were 1G4 fat cattle, which sold at from 5s. to Gs. 9d. per - tone, sinking the offals. A good sale. Prices of Ilay and Straw. Oat Straw, 8s. ; Wheat, do. 6s. to 7s. ; Barley, do. Gs. per keinple. New Hay, 9d. to lOd. per stone. Glasgow Cattle Market, Jug. 30.— The fat ca'tle sold very slowly to- day. There were 218 in the market in all, and of these there were not a score sold at eight o'clock, A few of the large stots from Angus, the very best fat, brought 8s. Gd. a- stone. Marketable beef brought from 7s. to 7s. Gd. a- stone. A number of the fat cattle remained unsnld at the conclusion of the market Sheep and Lambs did well. The supply amount- ed to 4 130. Small Highland L imbs sold from 3s. Gd. to Gs.— A few lots that were in excellent condition sold from 7s. to 7s 9d. Black- faced Wedders brought from 12s. to 18s. Ewes sold from 12s. to 16s. A few that were very superior brought 19s. Best white faced Sheep sold at 29s. Morpeth, Sept. 1. — At our Market, to- day, there was a very great supply of Cattle, and a full market of Sheep and Lambs, which met with a dull sale, at last week's prices. Beef. 5s. to 5s. 6d. per stone, sinking offal. Mutton, 4s. 9d. to 5s. 8d.— Lamb. 4s. 9d. to 5s. lOd. At Melton Fair on Saturday the 21st August, there was a liberal supply of country stock. Incalvers sold briskly at im proved prices ; fat cattle were in tolerable demand, producing from 5s. 6d. to 6s. 6d. a stone ; and stores were sold at about the some rate as at late fairs. This fair has been long cele- j brated for the greatest and best show of Scots cattle exhibited j in the midland counties ; and the stock shown this year there. i and at Six Hills, ( a previous show connected with the Melton Fair,) was considered by the oldest graziers to be more nu- merous and to comprise more valuable animals than any former fair within their recollection. Tile Scots fair being held in a field appropiiated to the purpose, is a correct epitome of the celebrated Trysts at Falkirk, without the corresponding pro- portion of small cattle which are not adapted to the midland market. The polled cattle or doddies. from Aberdeenshire and Angus, were in great abundance, and met a ready saleal good prices, there being, in addition to the usual attendants of the fair, many graziers f rom the south, who purchased large lots of cattle. First quality sold at nearly 5s. a- stone of ttie antici paled weight when fat ; second rale 4s. Gd. ; the quantity sold was as great as ever known, but the supply being superabun- dant, many beasts were driven forward to supply the fairs of Northampton and Barnet. Ya>- k Leather Fair.— The supply of Leather at York Quar- terly Fair, on Wednesday last, was considered the largest of any since the establishment in 1815, aud much greater than at any of the north of England fairs ; so that York may now be considered as the greatest regular leather market in Eng- land, London and Bristol excepted, t'tie deitiana, however, wasaltn > st < qual to the supply, and nearly the whole was sold, at prices averaging a> iout one penny per lb. lower than at the June fair ; which prove, that though the demand has increas- ed, yet the supply is rather more than keeps pace with it. Ttie cause prop. ibly is, the immense importation of raw hides and skins, from all parts of the world, in the autumn and winter of last year, aud which are now coming to market ; and it i thought by many that prices are not yet quite at the lowest.— Plenty of English and foreign bark was offered at reduced prices, but we did not hear of any sales being made j and per- haps the great influx of foreign and plentiful supply of English bark are secondary causes of the depressed prices of leather. A general engagement was expected to take place in Peru , unjcr pretence of his having spoken ill of him, I think in all this month. The appearance of a Spanish force on the j U) | nfonn >• & c_ The last nf the lett Other coast has prevented the arrival of some troops here, des- , t ' October 1823 at Sierra Leone cou- tined for that country; but, notwithstanding this circum- 1 dated theiZyth Uctober, l< w, atoieira L, eone, con stance, I am not apprehensive of the issue of the campaign, sists chiefly of an enumeration ol property, and notices General Bolivar has a three of upwards of 10.000 good troops t| le probability of shortly having another child, for whom with him, well clothed, organised, and disciplined, and far ] le entreats his sister's kindness and protection. The - superior to any thing, from what I can learn, that can be te8tator has lt, ft annuties of 500 francs and 300 francs b'°."? rhea" tuv! a"' are not Spartans- they are at the lowest to two aunts. The other bequests are very trifling. All ebb of moral debasement." I the documents are in Sir Charles s own handwriting. FAIRS. SEPTEMBER—( Ken Stile.) Tarves, 2d Tuesday, and Wed- nesday St. Cuthbert's, Cornhill, Thursday after ditto Afford, Friday after ditto Ballatcr, 2d Monday and Tuesday Fraserburgh, 2d Friday Grantown, 3d Tuesday Braemar, ditto Hawkhall, Michael Fair, do, Greenburn, do. and Wed. Cullen, last Tuesday Echt Ttyst, ditto Kinkell, Michael Fair, ditto and Wednesday Broadstraik, the day after Newmills; ditto New Pitsligo, ditto. K ingusle, 1st Tuesday Abertour, 1st Thursday Falkirk, 2d Tuesday Bervie, 2d Thursday Inverness, Wed. after 18th Trinitymuir, Tuesday preced- ing last Wednesday Durris, last Wednesday Forfar, ditto Nairn, 29th clay, and Friday fortnight after. ( Old Stile.) Coldstone, 1st Tuesday Inverury, ditto St. Itufus, Keith, 1st Tues. Wednesday and Thursday Rhynie. Friday after ditto Hunily, Charles Fair, 2d Tuesday and Wednesday NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. Beef, 2s 4d to 3s 8d I Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 8d Mutton, 2s 6( 1 to 3s lOd Pork, 3s Gd to 4s 4d SMITH FIELD MARKET, To sink the Otfal, per stone of 8lbs. Beef, 2s Od to 4s Od I Veal, 3s 4d to 5s 8d Mutton, 3s Od to 4s Od | Pork, 3s 4d to 5s Od Beasts, 403 — Sheep, & c. 10. G30— Calves.. 280— Pigs, 150 PRICE OF STOCKS. 3 perCt. R. 93J- J- j India Bonds. New Fours, ) Ex. B. 10001. New 4 Cents. 105- J 10G . Lottery Tickets, 4 per Cents. Ass. | Cons forA- c India Stock, 84 88 pr 39 41 p 191. 19 9- 3 NAVAL REGISTER. FROM LLOYD'S MARINE LIST, Acs. 31. YARMOUTH, Aug. 27.— A large galliot, supposed to be Prussian, struck on Corton Sand last night, but was got off with assistance, and proceeded on her voyage. WHITBY, Aug. 26— The Harrison of South Shields, arrived off this place yesterday, being leaky, took ten men on board and proceeded for London. The schooner York Packet, rived this day in ballast, with considerable damage, bavin been run foul of yesterday off Rubinliood's Bay, by the bri Nancy of London, a collier. SEPT. 3— The Skene of Leith, Skene, from St. burgh to London, was totally lost 22d or 23d ultimo, Island of Rottum, near Groningen. The King David, , upset while loading at Prince Edward's Island, for Bristol, and is totally lost. Peters, on tb EDINBURGH, Sept. 7. Wednesday the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council, conferred the freedom of the citv on the Right Hon. James Earl of Lauderdale, K. T. J. A. Stuart Wortley, Esq. M. P. for Yorkshire, and Chafes Marjoribanks, Esq. in the Civil Service of the East India Company. The repairs of the Palace of Holyroodhouse are com- menced in earnest, and it is to be hoped that the wishes we have formerly expressed of removing the old rubbish of houses that surround the royal domain, will yet be accomplished. We regret to mention the sudden death of Mr. Thos. Lees, precentor in the High Church, and long admired as a glee singer in this city. He was professionally employed at the annual dinner of the Horticultural So- ciety, on Thursday, and was suddenly taken ill in the evening. He was immediately conveyed home, and medical assistance procured ; but he died between eleven and twelve o'clock the same night. We had a change of weather yesterday, which was wet throughout, but at two o'clock the rain fell heavily. Between two and three a vivid flash of lightning was fol- lowed by a loud peal of thunder, which was succeeded bv two more. There was also a heavv full of rain at night. This morning was fine, but the atmosphere has since thickened, with every appearance of more rain. Ill Dalkeith market, yesterday, oatmeal fell two- pence halfpenny per peck, and in Edinburgh market this day, , twopence per peck. On Monday, the Magistrates and Town Council of Stirling, unanimously elected the Rev. A. Bennie, one of the Ministers of the North Albion Street Chapel, Glasgow, to the West Church of Stirling, vacant bv the death of the Rev \ rchd. Bruce. The congrega- tion, we are happy to state, were consulted by the Ma- gistrates, and were unanimous in their choice. Upon Wednesday, the 18th ult. a unanimous call was given bv the United Associate Congregation of Crieff to Mr. William Ramsay, preacher, to be their pastor, when the Rev. John Jamieson, Methven, preached and presided upon the occasion. KING'S ESTATE IN ORKNEY. — We understand that the Lords of his Majesty's Treasury have intimated to the Landholders of Orkney and Zetland, that the ancient Bishopric of that Stewartry, which now, since the abolition of Episcopacy, belongs to the King, is to be under the management of the Exchequer of Scotland, the leases to Lord Duntlas and others being recalled. This estate consists of the feu- duties, besides extensive tracts of property lands of eight parishes, containino a population of about 10,000 inhabitants, whose interests individually or collectively, wiil thus, it is to be hoped, be very materially and beneficially influenced. The patronage too of all the churches in Orkney and Zetland, ( 39 in number) constitutes a part of the Crown rights in this estate; and a considerable revenue will now be drawn from a source which hitherto has been ne. irly un productive to the public, the Bisnopric having been leased during half a century past, for the sura of only 501. a year. EXCISE JUSTICE OF PEACE COURT Oil Friday a Court was held in the County Rooms, for the trial of offences against the revenue laws The Justices present were, George Fait, Esq; Sheriff Sub Slitute, Sir P. Walker, and William Macfarlane, Esq, The first case of interest, was a complaint against a. carter for deforcing an excise officer, and refusing to show his permit. The circumstances that came out in evi- dence. were : An officer, in passing through the village of Corstorphine, observed a cart standing at a public- house door, with some casks oil it. He went into the house and enquired for the driver, who imme- diately acknowledged the cart to be his, but pere. np torily refused to tell what he was driving. The officer followed liiin for half a mile, and repeated the interro gatorv, when he was knocked down by the carter, and severely cut. A supervisor came up before the cart reached Edinburgh ; who having ascertained that the casks contained spirits, and accidentally discovered a per niit accompanied the goods, he merely followed the cart to its destination ; where, oil examining the permits, they were found to correspond with the contents of the casks. Inconsequence, however, of some irregularity, a portion of the spirits were seized, but subsequently given up by order of the Board of Excise. The carter, in his defence, denied the assault, and alleged that he did not know he was bound to show the permit. The Justices considered this a most aggravated Instance of de- forcement, and suggested that the offender should be made an example of ; and fined him for refusing to show his permit L. 20, and for deforcing the officer L. 30. There were three complaints against maltsters. The first was, for malt being pressed down in a couch, which being gaged on thejlour, gave an increase of 7 lOths of a bushel upon 134 bushels beyond l\ iejlveper cent. allow ed by law, for the turning over the grain. The defence set up was, that so trifling an increase might arise from accidental circumstances, for no trader, to defraud the revenue of only Is. 4d. would render himself liable to the heavy penalties which attached to the offence. The Justices held that any increase was chargeable with duty, but the law allowed an increase of five per cent, as the maximum, without being subject to a charge of fraud unless fraud could actually be proved. The law, how- ever, having allowed this without inferring fraud, enacts, that by an increase beyond five per cent, it shall be held as proof that a fraud has been committed by compression of the malt in the couch, and that the penalty shall of Course follow. The brewer had actcd under a mistake in supposing he was allowed the increase of five per cent, which was merely a criterion of ascertaining a wrong, and supposed sufficient latitude to cover all mistakes ; consequently, however small the increase beyond that allowance might be, the law was imperative, and the defendant must be found guilty. Under ttie circum- stances of the case, the penalty was mitigated to L. 2. When the seizure was- mntle, it was alleged that malt hud been removed from the couch to a place more coo! ; but a servant, who appeared its an evidence for the de-< fender, gave a different account of the matter, although it was himself who said to the officer that the- barn was too hot. He stated in the Court that the malt, which was in proccss of making, he- bad removes.? tcrbal. iuee an error of the officer, who had made an cscess on a for- mer gunge, and without his rna.- tf r being privy to the act : that he did so with no fraudulent motive, as lie purposed to have returned it to its proper place on tin: following dav. He farther alleged, th. it he. was not aware he had rendered his master liatih; in heavy penal- ties. To a question bv the Solicitor of Excise, this 111: 111 answered, that what he had now told the Court was just as true as the statement he had formerly m. ule to th « officer who seized the malt. One of the Justices was against giving heavv penalties' in this case, because the trader was a man far above conniving at fraud. The other Justices, however, 1 were inclined to concur in so far as regarded a matter of proof, but in the present case, where an apparent fraud was attempted, the respectability of the defendant became an aggravation, and there fore it was the more necessary to mark the offence in a man- ner that would serve as a warning to others. lVua'. t•-- £ 20. . HERRING FISHERY. We have been favoured with the following Accounts from a correspondent, relative to the' herring fishery at Wick and Thurso : Wick, August 27. The herring fishery at this place has been uncommonly productive this season, and none of the oldest fishermen recollect such favourable weather. Since, the commence- ment of the fishing the boats have not been one single night prevented from going to sea by bad weather, ami the only accidents tluit occurred were the swamping' of two boats, by taking in more fish than they conl I carry, by which four men were unfortunately drowned,. Al- though the usual fishing period of six weeks has not yet expired, the greatest number of the boats have already gone home after delivering so much fish as exhausted the stocks laid in by the enrera. The quantity offish brought ashore here duri ig the last four ( lavs exceeds considerably what was caught at any former period in the same space of tune. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the 21th ami 25th, the quantity caught exceeded 10,000 crans ( bar- rels) each day ; and although the number of boats thaS went out the next two nights, Thursday and Friday, the 26th and 27th, were fewer, they fished equally well iu proportion If there had been a sufficiency of salt and barrels, an immense quantity might still be taken, as the appearance along the coast is still as good as it was at any time, and the weather continues extremely favourable ; but al- though 7s. 6d. or 8s. wouid now be given for empty barrels, none can be got, and herrings are selling as low- as 3s 6d. percran. The number of boats employed io the fishing here this season was nearly 600, about 0110 half of which belong to the country, and the remainder are from other pfacis, principally from the Frith of Forth, and the Moray Frith. With these tile cu'rers generally stipulate that thev are not bound to take more than 250 or 300 crans ; which quantities the most of them ex ceeded considerably before they were paid off'. The fish- ing here gave employment to not less than about 3000 women, gutting and packing the fish ; and during the last few days the greater number of these have been earning from three to four shillings per day. Thurso August 26. The herring fishery here has been uncommonly suc- cessful and early this year ; and in fact it is now incon- trovertibly established, that there is nothino wantino but . . j. 00 a spirit of enterprise to render this a more valuable fish- ing station than any on the east coast. The herrings set in here early in May, and 011 the 7th of that month, eight cruris a boat were delivered, and at this date the fish is plentiful. No less than four vessels were dispat- ched this season from this place with herrings to foreimi parte before the comme'iicement of the Rolling on the east- const; and the fishermen who were in practice to go to Wick and other places to fish, have, by the exer- tions ot an enterprising and spirited individual, not only found employment two months earlier than usual, but by continuing to fish on their own coast, have the com- fort and satisfaction of earning a provision to their fa- in lies, without wandering from their homes, or resort- ing to other fishing stations in search of what it is proved can be got at their own doors. EAST INDIA SHITPING. On Wednesday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the following ships were thus timed, viz. The Atlas and Herefordshire, for Madras and China Vansittart and Windsor, for Bombay and China ; to be afloat 5th Nov. lS2 t, sail to Gravesend the 20th ditto stay there thirty days, and be in the Downs 011 the 26tli of December. The Repulse for St. Helena, Bencoolen and China ; the General Kyde and Hythe, for Bengal and China ; to be afloat 29th November 182- 1, sail to j The second one was clearer, in so far as the proportional Gravesend the 6th of December, stay there thirty days, j increase upon a less quantity of malt was greater, and and be in the Downs on the 11th January 1825. The 1 the defendant was fined L. 3, The third case was for a Royal George, Bndgewater, and Waterloo, for Ben- i quantity of malt being concealed in an unentered • lace. A oentleman in this citv is in possession of the cap which the Karl of Argyll, who was beheaded in 168i » upon an iniquitous sentence, wore upon the scaffold. 1c is of white saitin, lined with linen, and having a border beautifully wrought. It is also much stained wit n the blood which flowed from the veins of the Noble Martyr. The gentleman is a Tory, but feels a profound and be- coming veneration for this sad relic of one of Scotland's greatest and most upright patriots. Oatmeal was 011 Saturday announced by the public- crier at one shilling a peek. This will a'ifjrd a most es- sential relief to the weavers, whose narrow wages could barely afford a sufficiency of victuals to fit them for their never- ending toil •') « » : lee Advertiser. Home- grown timber is now one of the principal ar- ticles of exportation from the port of Perth— chief!/ firwood, for the Scottish and English collieries. IH It TITS. At Edinburgh, on the 2d fust, the Lady of Stair Stewart, Esq of I'hyigill and Glasserlin, of a son and heir. In Queen Street, on ihe 30th ult. the Lady of John Archi- bald Campbell, Est}, of a daughter. At 20, Heriot Row, on the ,30. h ult. Mrs. JIurison, of a. daughter. At Dean House, near Edinburgh, on the 29th ultimo, the Lady » f Gvneral Sir Thomas Bradford, iv. C. B. of a daughter. At Ilolkharn. Norfolk, 011 the 20th ult. Lady Anne Coke, of a son. Ai DJ tij on the 5th inst. tlitj I^ ticly iYnu& Bciird- of A tluuiT! i » tor. At Eildon Hal I, on the 27th ult. the Lady of the Hon. J. Elliot-, of a son. At N; i|> le » . on the 5tli ult. the Lady of Alexander Thomson, Esq. of a daughter. ' MAR It IA G ES, At Portland Place, on the 30th ult. Adam Dawson, Esq. jun. Linlithgow, to Helen, daughter of the late Mr. John liamage, merchant, Edinburgh.. At Overshiells, on the 30th ultimo, Mr. A. O. Turnbtill, Edinburgh, to Margaret, daughter of the late James Sommer- ville, Esq. Latlton At Heatberwick House, East Lothian, on t" e 30th ult. Samuel Anderson, Esq wine merchant, to Anne, eldest daughter of the late James Milnes, Esq. and niece to Lieut. General Hardynrin. At Dublin, on the 20th ult. Anthony P. Marshall, E^ q. of Edinburgh, to Frances, fourth daughter of the late Smollet Hoiden, Esq. of Dublin. At Leitn Walk, on the 3d inst James Murray. Esq. sur- geon, Edinburgh, to Elizabeth Wilson, eldest daughter of Mr. James Allison, vinegar maker. DEATHS. At Marseilles, oo the 8th ult. whither lie had gone for the recovery of his health, the celebrated German pbfluloger, Frederick Wolf, iu his 6G1I1 year. In Argyle Square, ou the 2Glh ult. Janet the wire of Win. Wall. iee, Professor of Mathematics uuhe University of Edin- burgh. At the residence of his son, in the Vale of Neath, on the 24th ult. the Right Hon. Earl of Dunraven, aged 72. At Deinerara, on the 4lh July, John Macinlyie, Esq. late Merehaiii, Liverpool. Ai Bankhead, South Q, ueensferry,. on the 26th ult. Captain William Gordon, second son of the late James Gordon, E- q. ol iiossiehurn. At Edinburgh, on the 29th ult. James Butter, Esq. writer to the signet. At Edinburgh, on the 29th ult. Elinhelh, eldest daughter of the late William Cumnii. g, Esq. of Ri., a. At Pentonviiie, on ilie 28ih ult. after a° short illness, Mr. Alex. Grey, in bis CCth year. R BUILDINGS BELONGING to the V NIERStTY anil KING'S COL I EG R of ABERDEEN. The ruinous stale of . his vcwralile pile of Building his for some, time na- t been ihe snbii- cl of regret to the admirers of ar. fi, . t architecture, as well * s in nil who ale interested in the r-. use of literal, ire and of education, throughout ihe northern districts nf Scotland. The funds appropriated by the rounder forth.- support of ill- fabric, consi ting principally of a money pnmiin- were originally ad< quale to the purpose for which they « ere destined ; hut in process of time they have sunk into a Hate of complete exhatistion. They were in part dilapidated at time ofthe Hefoni. atipn ; and while their value was still further diminished by thai rt'reme depreciation tiv. pi v ha', in Scotland he n siihjccic thr- e centuries. the na'ural decay of the buildings demanded an increasing expendilu- e for their support. Under these circipv! stances, the funds became unavoidably involved in debt, to suih an amount as to absorb the entire revenue, parts . f the building have, in consequence, p'e'e ruin ; and the remainder is in a miserable stale ofdisre- ,,- iir. Ti e apartments, in particular, now necessarily oc- . np'i'i! t. v the everal classes, are not Only wretched in ap- fvaraiiee". I. tit incapahle. of containing, with any degree of com- fo. t, the rsni'llv increasing number of students, which, in suite of all disadvantages arUtoV from the want of suitableclass forrss. observatory, museum, & c. has been more than doubled Si ithln t'-. e ! a - t 24 years. It is with no small degree of satisfaction that we are now i n. J. te. l to stale, that litis reproach to the taste and the literary spirt of, or rt. rn. 1rv is lik- ly lo he removed. On a represent!! ti- on ir- ansmilter' by the University to the I. i ds of his Majesty's « i: d Barons of Exchequer, prying for to which '.! in the course ofthe last Certain fallen into com- reasti rv. aid from Government, his MaW. v was pleased toofd, rn sra. it ofvfOOOI. irt aid of a pnWtc subscription to he raised for the renovation ofthe huihllnsrs. From the plans an. l estimates with which litis representation to Government was accompanied, it appears that a - um little exceeding I... TOOO would be sufficient lor i,.. cmin » llt « more necessary repairs, and affording the ac- e,. n. m ™ letlo:. s immediately and indistiensibly required ; and the very liberal Donations given by the Chancellor and Rector Willi the Slim subscribed Itv the Principal nod Professors, and the contributions. which, during the few days the subscription has been owned, ' have been made in this vicinity, justtiv ihe hop, that a sufficient sum will uHmately be raised. I" mHi. e this ancient seminalv lo maintain its original rank among similar ins'iuitW. s. Fiooj, communications already received, there i. reason lo believe that a very general disposition to pro- mote the mei'Sioe prevails throughout the north of Scollal. d ; and it cannot he supj. ns.- d that the numerous alumni scattered . v'er the v. « ', w, inanv of whom have owed their education, and 1- onseofient- snreess in life, to the Urge e- tahlishment ol bur Si„ les- placed at the disposal of this University, will be indd- ferent to an object of suil. vital importance to us prosperity, and even existence. the following are Hie Cjtilribulions tvhiclt h tm already been intimated : — A Grant frc. m Government, - ilis Grace the Duke of Gordon, Chancellor cf the . University, - The Kuril. Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen. Lord Rector The Principal and Professors of the College, James Urquhart, Esq. of") • Mehhuin, I .. P. Wtlltatn Duff, Esq. of ! Assessors lo the ( pe teresso, - j Lurd Rector, C C- Banneiinan, Esq. of r Crimoomogate, J , Alex. Brown. li t]. Eo> d provost of Aberdeen, John Garineti Esq. of Heathcot, S. io. uel C Macphe. son, E-- q. Old Aberdeen, Rev. James Scott, Minister of Be. d. oltne, Alex. Thomson. Esq. of Banchory, - Duncan Davidson, E- q of Tdlii- hetly, William l ower. F- o of Kinaldte. Hi beit Foil. es. EM); of Cas. leton, Dlvid Huirl. con. Esq Advocate. Alex. Panncrman. Est;. - p.. Junes Tnrrie, - - Dr. Alt-*. Ewing. - - - - I'. trii- k ba. tnerman, Esq. Advocate. - ' 1 iieodoie Gofik. n, Fsq. of Overhall. Mis-- I eslie. of Fowls Lodge, - Mtss I'eeti L'slie, do. ... . J hp. Hantsi » , Esq. iif Ha* a. - . - The Right Hon. Lord j-' o. hes. - F - ' I be Kev. George Morisbn, Minister of Banchoi Devtnick, - - Triumtts Bannefn. ao. F.- q. * - Dr. J .. p. es Shin- el's of Fi'iendville, *„ » Snhscrip^ ions payable to. be Older of tbe Chancellor and Rector ' f ti e Univcrsitv may b- lodged at any of the BanWog OlSt.- es ' v> Aberdeen ; at the Offi.- e of ( he British l/. neii Co. Elgin ; tifalie Bank of Scotland, Inverness; and of the Cii. nmc. ci .1 Bank of Scotland, l ain. =£ 2000 0 400 0 r, r> o 0 300 0 21 0 21 0 21 0 10 0 - 30 0 10 10 - 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 - 5 5 - 10 10 - 5 5 5 5 _ 5 5 - 5 30 0 - 5 5 - 5 5 - 10 10 - 50 0 ry - 15 15 - 5 5 August 16. Impel commands, 10 10 SHAKES OF SHIPPING FOR SALE. Open Sa'"..-.' . y the 11 lb September current, there will he sold by auction, within '. be Lemon Tree Tavern, al six o'clock after noon, f7- 0rH SHANKS of t! ie ABERDEEN and X LONDON NEW SHIPPING CO MY ANY. Six months Credit « ''!! br aiiru cn Security. BROWN & SON. Auctioneers. RPHE A » hie SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, AND HOUSE TO LET. Upon Thursday ti e Ifiih S p. ember curl, there will he sold ly A union, in that House. Well Court, No. 14 Broad Street, lately occupied by the deceased Mrs, DOWNIH. Whole HOrSEHOLD FURNITURE aliich heionecd to her— consisting of Maho « any and other Tables— Chairs— a S' fa and Cover— an Eight- day Clock— Che- ts p. Drawers— Mirror Glasses — Carpets, Grates, Fenders, and Fire ITOI — Bedsteads, with Curtains— Feather ji^ ds— Blankets— Bed and Table Linen— China, Glass, and S pin ware— Kitchen Furniture, & c.— A very good Piano Forte, ill-. Sale to begin a> 11 o'clock for. noon. BROWN & SON, AufrioNEF. as. The atm. ve vervcommodious FAMILY HOUSE, and aKo a sejifira- e Die Cellar in the SJtd Court, will be Let, etnry iuni'. edisteiy aft? r tbe roup. 10 USD, A VALUABLE GOLD KING. Whoever can j> r< v;.- it to he their property, v. » il please apply to the Poblishe. npiIE SUBSCRIBER l. egs to intimnte, ( hat ( in nd- JL dition to his otter Business) he i- appointed AGENT, by a most respectable House, for the tale of MOREENS; and that be has oil hand, u Stoik of the most Fashionable Colours, which be is enabled to offer so low as Is. Gd.— anB Lest Starlet diito. for ? s. IVsi CARS EG IE. Ko. 7, Union Buildings. Hfl P f J » Ml ' 1 4 < if S » j< f. ' 11 i k. f 1., mrotjg arQCs- SE » : ABERDEEN: SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER II, 182I. QF PJIilTICS. IN our next number we shall give an Ex- tract of the Instructions given by the Duke de RAWZAN to M. CRIASFIERIAU, sent on a secret mission to COLOMBIA." HOW this document lias become public we do not know ; but as it ap- peared iu the Morning Chronicle ofthe lst, and bears strong features ol probability, we think it deserving of notice. If it be really genuine, the intentions ofthe French Government with regard to South' America, and the real object of the armament now in the West Indies, are no lonsrer doubtful : and we may expect to hear very toon of the commencement of operations arn- inst the patriots. The departure of ITDR- I, I PK from England, and certain counter- re- the concerted pkn— for, says the Duke de UAWZAN, " It is essential to strike everywhere at the same time, without which it will be ne- cessary to give up the idea of replacing America under the sceptre of those sound principles which have once more saved society in Europe." " Bring before the people, ( says the noble diplomatist) perpetually the issue jn Europe ofthe revolu- tions of Naples, Piedmont, Portugal, _ and Spain ; make every thing perceptible that is vi- cious in the system, that tends to separate America from " Europe, and to destroy in con- sequence the commercial relations which alone can give life and motion to political bodies which were created as it were, only yesterday." All this is very well— but how is the example of the United States to be disposed of? The North Americans did not succumb when the battles of liberty were to be fought; treachery and cowardice, which have placed Naples, Piedmont, Portugal, and Spain, under the voke'ofdespotisin, were to them unknown— and their commerce has prospered from the time their independence was secured. " But," says the Duke, " the clergy are animated - JoUh the bat dispositions. Take care, particular care, in all the relations you may establish,, to give im- portance to the Ecclesiastics, it is not possible to attach them too strongly ; for the influence that they exercise over the Spanish Americans, is not less than that which they have preserved over their countrymen in Europe." We trust these instructions shall obtain all due publicity in Colombia ; that the people may know how to . estimate the character of their clergy, and the real causes of their devotion to arbitrary pdwer. Free states scorn the aid of supersti- tion, for delusion is only necessary to despotism; but the French Government knows what val uable services priests can render, when the fears of a credulous people are to be worked upon, that they ma) r prove quiet slaves. Another curious and interesting document, explanatory of the views ofthe 1 loly Alliance has made its appear- ance, and seemingly with the sanction ofthe Frenc h Government, who perhaps think it very clever and convincing, we mean the Message of the Emperor of Austria to the Diet, held It . must be borne in mind that his esty's recommendations are in fact ud are immediately complied with by the minor states. He recommends to the Diet the most particular attention to Universities and Schools. It is, he says, unfortunately shewn, that in Germany, as in other states of Europe, pains are incessantly taken to sow in the minds of youth, susceptible of every impres- sion by their first instructors, the germ of prin- ciples calculated to'make them, at some future time, the useful instruments of that political sect, which endeavours to overthrow all that exists to govern the world, according to dreams which they call theories ; he therefore recom- mends to the Diet to provide against the pro- mulgations of anti- monarchial principles in the Schools and Universities ; and to guaid against those abusesofthe Press, thatwouldrendersubjects under the ancient regime, which must be good because it is old, dissatisfied . with their situation. Whether his Imperial . Majesty may hereafter recommend it to the Diet to make the Germans again good catholics, that the priests may have more influence over their po- litical opinions is not yet known— bet loyalty imd at tachment to the monarchist principle are paramount— science and reSigion^ of much less importance in his Im- perial Majesty's estimation. The concurrence of all the minor States, in the proposals of his Imperial Majesty, appears, r. a we have already said, to be a matter of course. They return their humble thanks for the pro- vident care taken of their best interests by his Majesty, and agree that the resolutions proposed shall become laws throughout their territories. Indeed, it might not be prudent, under the present circumstances to dissent, as the Alliance have declared hostility against all who do not adopt their political views, and does not admit of neutrality upon the old maxim, that whoever is not for tis must be against us. In the meantime, the senti- ments of the Germans certainly do not coincide with those of their rulers. Liberal opinions are gaining ground in every part of the confederation ; and great political changes may be expected', without violence or bloodshed. Even in Prussia, the people are fully sensible of the ad- vantages to be derived from a free constitution ; and tbe Sovereign must, it is to lie hoped, soon see the ex- pediency and necessity of yielding to their reasonable de- mands. The restraints upon the press cannot eradicate convictions already ' formed upon mature ' deliberation, and the very attempt to suppress the knowledge of facts, and free discussion concerning them, must eventually produce- good effects, as the attempts to continue secret tribunals terminated in the establishment of open courts, so that judicial proceedings are carried on immediately tinder the public eve. The Editor of the Scuts- man, of the 8tn, has some very pertinent remarks upon the sub- ject. There are literally no foreign news since our last publica- tion. The i ffieial journal of Austria— a power which is very inimical to tbe Greek cause— does not question that the Turks have been expelled from Ipsara, while it tries to lessen the im- portance of what has been accomplished on the part of Chris- lianily and liberty, against the tyranny and fatalism of the Turks. 35ut no one wonders now that the pure despotism of Asia should have the sympathy of brotherhood from the li « iti- thacy of Europe. Alexander and Francis, in holy league, have sworn that they alone— as the only vicegerents of heaven -— know what- isgood for the human race; and that it is— through tbetn— t- tbe v." Ii of 11 . ' veil that society shall retrograde, and fall down to the low est depth of ignorance aud superstition. Such, in ' substance and effect is the blasphemy which is now- embodied in the state papers bf Russia, Austria, and their satellites in Paris, Madrid, and Lisbon. It will not, we trust, he the case. lono ; but at present there is only one government on the Continent — that of the Holy Alliance— the avowed enemies of knowledge— of truth— of the prosperity, security, and happiness of the human race. 11. is gratifying, however, to observe that a conviction of these truths, and ofthe peril into which the civilization of Europe has been brought by the policy of our late Premier, is beginning to extend itself even among our ' Tory brethren Thanks, ne believe, to Mr. Canning, we have now various indications of British feeling — by which we mean a love of rational freedom, and a generous interest in the fortunes of the human race— in those who conduct the aiinKte- ri.- il prest For this we are grateful, even although llie Courier should palliate or attempt to justify all the oppressive and un- constitutional acts of all the unpaid magistrates in the kingdom. In the present stale of the country — and under the policy ob- served by ihe present administration— the press of England w ill carry society forward in spite of all the existing defects in our institutions. — Scotsman. pean powers, the Porte would bv this time have a [' know- leged the independence of Greece, although a principal source of their wealth would thus be lopped off at once. As to South America, « - e find tiiat some of our con- temporaries still entertain doubts concvrnir^ the real intention of Ministers ; but in these doubts we do not participate, because the personal characters. of' Ministers stand pledged, that Britain shall not remain p. issive when any attempt shall be made by foreign interference, to put donn the present form of Government of South America. That the French Government has been, for these last two years, busily employed in preparing the means of effecting a counter- revolution, is well known ; the wealth and activity— the very intelligence of the Holy Alliance— oil are concentrated in France ; and the skill of the French in diplomatic intrigue is universally admitted. But the South Americans, and those who wish well to their enn^ e, have been forewarned of ap- proaching danger, and consequently they ought to be duly prepared. The opening the ports for the importation of. foreign oats will not prove so formidable to our farmers as has been given out. We are satisfied, front the information of iHiiuv well informed persons engaged in the corn trade, that foreign oars cannot at present be imported at less than a fair market price, the luxuriance ot the present clop considered— and in respect of quality, our own oats always maintain a decided preference. Bonded oats may, indied, be sold at present under a fair remunerating, pi- ice for the British grower, but the quantity is small— and none can be imported without payment of 6s. per quarter duty, so that, freight and charges included, the boll of imported oats, low as the prices are on the Con- tinent, cannot be sold without loss for less than 18s 6d. ' Ihe farmers, therefore, in this pait ofthe country, should not part with their stock, under any panic appre- hension, that the opening ofthe ports must compel them to sell their poduce at what they can get. No doubt, it is ' the misfortune of some, that they must sell;— but those who can afford to wait will obtain very fair prices, whatever nta. v be asserted bv interested speculators. It will be for the legislature to consider how far corn bills are good things, and conducive to the real good of the country. That bur climate, soil and necessary expences. considered, our farmers cannot afford to sell corn on the same terms as the growers on the Continent, is a well known fact : and it is unquestionably true, that were foreign grain admitted into our ports without any duty, a great part of our soil must be thrown out of culti- vation, and incase of war, we should receive supplies at the discretion ol foreigners :— but the question is, whe- ther an adequate equalizing duty would riot . guard against the evil, without allowing the interested speculators of Mark Lane to open or shut the ports, as may bcit suit their interests ? BIRTHS. At Aberdeen, upon the 5IH curt. Mis. JAMES Njeot, of a Son. In Cnnnaught Place, London, upon Tuesday the 51st ult. the Lady of WALTER S. DAVIIKOX, of luchmarlo, Esq. of a daughter. MARRIAGES. At St, Martin's in the Fields, London, on tbe 25th ul>. GSOKGE f( 7sN11. Esq. junior, of Phantassie. E tst Lothian, to JANE, eldest daughter of the late John Rennie, Esq. On ' Tuesday the 31st ult. at Sr. George's, H fnover Square, Miss MiTCBEI. 1., eldest daughter of the late Colonel Campbell Mitchell, niece to Lady Fletcher, of Ashley Park, and Lady Leith, to Lieut.- Colonel ALLEN, of the late 23d Lancers. After the ceremony, the happy couple set off for I nchmartin, Perthshire. At ' Taunton, Somerset, on the 29th uli. Lieutenant WM. BRYANT, R. N to MAKY, eldest daughter of the late Kenneth Mackenzie, Esq. At St. James's Church, Piccadilly, London, on the 2d current, by tbe Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Bayning, Lord ELLIOT, only son of the Earl of St. Germains, to tiie Right Hon. Lady JEMIMA COIINWALLIS, third daughter of the lote Marquis Cornwaliis. DEATHS. At sea, oti the 25th ultimo, in the 43d year of his age. Mr. DAVID RAITT, commanding the brig Ceres, of this place, from which vesse' lie w as swept overboard, by the wreck of the main top- mast and rigging, carried away on the passage to Minimi- chi, lat. 2.". W. and unfortunately drow ned. ' The estimable qualities which distinguished the < harac'. er of Mr. Raitt justly endeared him to his Iriends and acquaintances, by whom the melancholy accident which, has thus cut him off', in tbe prime of liie. is deeply regretted ; while those who had the best oppor- tunity of appreciating his worth, during the period of 25 years ihey experienced his faithful services, will long cherish and res- pect his tin mory. At her house Ann Street, St. Ilernard's, on the 2S. li August, Mrs JEAN SPALOING. eldest daughter of the late Alexander Spalding Gordon, Esq. of Holm and Shirmers, and relict of James Eraser, Esq. of Gorlhleck, writer to the sig net. At Madras, in the East Indies ( on hiswaybome to Britain,) ou the lst September 1823, ' THOMAS ERASER, Esq. of Gorih- ieck. in tiie Civil Service of the Hon. Easl India Company, at Nellore. It is reported, and apparently upon good authority, that in South America the patriots have obtained some advantages, and that Lima and Callao are again in then- possession. Tbe news has reached this country by several channels, and we are therefore disposed to believe them true ; indeed, from New York, details of opera- tions are given ; but so ntanv frauds are practised, that it wiii be prudent to await for farther conformation. With regard to Greece, it is quite certain that the Greeks have obtained signal advantages, and that the ' 1 arks Cannot do anv thing against them of a decisive nature during the present campaign. It is even probable that olationury movements in Mexico, form part of: wire it .. not fur hopes held out as the fame is, by Euro- UNITED MEETING. The Unitv'd Meeting of ihe Counties rf Aberdeen, Forfar, Kincardine, ami Banff, which commenced here ou Wednes- day last, and continued the two following day>, has been m<> re numerously attended than was expected ; and in point of splen- dour, has given place to few meetings we have had on former occasions. A great number of carriages and fine equipages has daily appeared on the race ground : white the stand has been nearly alwaysfullof genteel company. The Ordinaries and Balls, at the Public Rooms, have been graced by a large and brilliant assemblage of Nobility and Gentry, and the gay and pleasant style in wliicb they hnvebeen conducted has been highly grati- fying to all present. Tiie polite attention of the Stewards, and that engaging affability and urbanity which characterises the . noble President, the Ma quis of HUNTLY, gave, at the same time a zest to the enjoyment of the splendid festivities And the arrangements of the whole, under the direction of the Hon. Colonel RAMSAY, have, as usual, been excellent, and contii- buted greatly to enhance the enlivening gaiety ofthe Meeting. ' Ihe Dinners, & c. we learn, were served in the be.- it style and taste. by Messrs. ANDERSON and DEMPSTER, whose atten- tion on tbe occasion gained them great credit. MR. RYDER has, with his accustomed attention, exerted him- self to render the Theatre worthy the public patronage, and parti- cularly that of the distinguished families and personages present at the Meeting; so that the lovers ofthe Drama have hadarich treat in hearing the excellence of Mr. SINCLAIR'S singing, and the superior and chaste acting of Miss HALLA> DE. w ith that ofotfter • res; pec tab Iff perform On Thursday, the Cabinet under1" the patronage of the Marchioness of HUNTLY; and last night, the Lord of the Manor, with other entertainments, under the patronage of Laiy KENNEDY, were given— the house both nigh swell filled with a splendid audience £ and we understand, the endeavours of the Manager to please have been on the whole successful, and hav « ? not gone unrewarded. On the turf the sport has not equalled that of some former oc- casions, fewer running horses having been brought forward, in a great measure owing to several meetings io the southward ; par- ticularly that of the Caledonian Hunt being held about this time, so as to prevent the number of Horses which otherwise might have been expected. On Thursday, an accident prevented what promised to be a good race; a carriage having, as is said, by some misconduct of the driver, come across the course at the moment the running horses were com in o up. The consequence was, that the rider of Tod, the last ofthe two horses then running tiie first heat, for a plate of Fifty Guineas, finding it impossible to avoid tl carriage, w s obliged for the safety of himself and the horse to endeavour to run out of the course, " hen coming iu contact with a stone pillar, placed at one of tbe turning.-., both came d<- wt « , by which the h irse was consult1! ably injured in the shoulder ; but the rider, although hurt, happily escaped with- out suffering any thing of a serious nature. The Meeting being scarcely broken up when our piper went to press, we are prevented giving, so completely as we could wish, a list of the Company— which, with other particulars, shall appear in our next. The following is the result of ihe Races— Wednesday. Sept. 8. The Meeting Stake of Thirty- five Guineas each. Ten Guineas f. with Thirty Guineas added from the Funds of the Meeting, Two miles, Mr. Farquharson's b. h. Kiel Gow, 1 Lord Kennedy's b. c. Negotiator, . . bolted. High odds on Negotiator cn starting. A Plate of Fifty Guineas, given from the Ladies' Sul sciiptiou. Heats two milts. . _ - 1 Mr. HawkinVph. C. The Tod, ... 1 I Mr. Fraser of Lovat's gr. c. . Richmond. 2 dr. 6 to 4 against The Tod, who took the lead, was never headed, and won easy. A Sweepstakes of Ten Sovereigns each, with Twenty- five Sovereigns added by the Hon. Captain Gordon, M. P. for the County of Aberdeen, for all ages. Two mi'es. Lord Kennedy's b. c. Negotiator, bv Prime Minister, walked Mr. Lumley's b. b. Niel Gow, bv Muley, ... dr Mr. Furquharson's b. m. Meeta, by Prime Minister, dr. Thursday, S'. pt. 9. A Plate of FJfiy Guineas given by the Citizens of Aber- deen, for all ages. Two miles. Mr. F irquharsonVb. m. Meeta, bv Prime Min: ster, 1 1 Mr. F'raser of Lnvat's gr. c. Richmond, ... dr. Mr. Hawkins'ch. t. The Tod, hy CeivAutes, fell. A Sweepstakes of Twenty Sovereigns each, with Twenty added from the Funds of the Meeting. Tiie winner of the Meeting Stake to carry 3IK extra. Two miles. Mr. Lumley's b h. Niel Go v, ... ... 1 Lord Kennedy's b. c. Negotiator, ... ... dr. Mr. Farquharson's b. m. Meeta, .. b » hed. Match— For Two Hundred Sovereigns each, p. p. One mile eadu Lord Kennedy's poney . IlaHz. ... J Mr. Farquharsoii's b. poney- Number Nip, ... 2 Number Nip took the lead the first three- fourth's of the race, but afterwards Hartz came up— aud won easy. Friday. September 10: The Caledonian Welter Stake erf Thirty Guineas each, Ten Guineas f. for ail ages. T M> miies. - , Lord Saltoun names Mr. FarqoharsonV Meeta, walked. Lord Kennedy's b. c. Negotiator. ... .. dr. Mr. Ramsay names Mr. Hawkins' ch. h. The Tod, dr. Mr. F; aser of Lovat's gr. c. Richmond, ... df. A Plate of Fifty Sovereigns, given by the Marqu's of Hutvtiy, added to a Subscription ot Tea Sovereigns each. The winner of the Meeting or Caledoniau Welter Stakes to carry 51b. 1' extra. Two miles. Lord Kennedy's b. c. Negotiator, ... walked. Mr. Hawkins' ch. e. The Tod, ... dr. Tiie whole concluded with a Hack Itace, which afforded good sport. ACCEL1RRATJ0X OF THE MAILS. The attention of the heads of ti e* Post Office department has been for some time back intensely directed lo this interesting subject. Mr. God by, Secretary to the Post Office, with other official gentlemen, arrived here on Mond- iy from Aberdeen, where they bad previously been making arrangements, and having completed their purpose, they returned yesterday morning. That the arrangements when officially communicat- cd will be the best practicable for public convenience, we en- tertain no doubt; but it is impossible, in all cases, to reconcile conflicting interests, and disappointment in some instances must follow. " We understand that the objections we anticipat- ed, when the mail was proposed to be brought by the Highland royd, hare been found insurmountable ; several bye mails are however to be established in the commercial districts ; and the Edinburgh mail is to be dispatched about nine hours earlier so that the ferry may be crossed at all seasons with day light, and by the steam boat. This will be a great convenience also to passengers, as will be acknowledged by those who have been drenched while crossing in an open boat, at midnight, in win- ter.— The time lost at Wick wili also be redefined. It is not j intended that the alterations shall be carried into effect until February next.— Inverness Journal, Sept. 5. After enjoying for some time the fi iest weather any season could produce, we have experienced in the couri- e of this week, an unfavourable change— the usual indication and attendant of the Equinox. On Monday last, the wind shifted to North- Eistward, which throughout next day brought a considerable fall of rain ; and towards midnight it fell in such torrents, and continued with such unabated violence fot about four hours, as to exceed anything in the recollection of the oldest person. The noi- e which it occasioned was increased bv ihe tremendous gale from the North- Eastward, with which, and vivid flashes of lij'htryY. g, it was accompanied. On Wednesday, the gale had abated of its extreme violence ; but it continued cold, and there was a good deal of rain the night following : and al- though yesterday was fine towards afternoon, the sky was vercast. and we had some showers in the evening. The Harvest, which had become general throughout the country, has in consequence been somewhat inteirup'ed in this neighbourhood particularly, although the labours of tiie reapers have only had a very temporary suspension. On Tuesday last, the Rev. Mr. HAKT, of Paisley, . was unanimously elected Minister of the OU Relief Chapel, Shiprow. The very inadequate supply of Spring Water, for the in- creasing demands of this city, has. for a considerable time past, engaged the attention of the Commissioners of Police ; and, in consequence of an overture from that body to the Ma- gistiates and Council, it will be in the recollection of our read- ers, that a general meeting of the inhabitants was held about 18 months ago, when a Committee was named for the pur- pose of instituting an inquiry into » he l> est means of remedying that defect. The labours of this Committee h ive now termi- nated ; and, at a General Meeting of ihe Inhabitants, held on Tuesday— the Lord Provost iu the Chair— a Report of their proceedings was presented, embracing the Report of Mr. JARDINE, Civil E ngineer, ou the subject; and observations thereupon by Dr. KNIGHT. From these documents it ap- pears that Mr. Jardine, along with Mr. JOHN GIBB, Engineer, and Mr. SMITH, Architect, had visited the various sources of supply in the neighbourhood, viz.— the Loch of Loirston, the Burn of Cults, the Black Tap Spring, Hazlehead Spring, and Burn of Powis, and had found, that, neither in point of quantity or quality, would any of these answer the purpose in- tended— while a supply, to any extent, and of a quality, by filtration rendered every way unexceptionable, could be ob- tained from the River Dee; and, by means of a steain engine, be raised to the requisite level. Founded upon the Report of Mr. Jardine. therefore, the Committee unanimously recom- mended the River Dee as the source from which « he water should be drawn, affording the means of obtaining an ample supply, as well for the present, as for the future wants of the inhabitants. Toe report concluded by recommending, as in other towns, the formation ol a Joint Stock Company, for car- rying the measure into effect. We are glad to hear that the Aberdeen and London Ship- ping Company have in view to build two Steam boats, of a superior construction, and of the largest class, for the accom- modation of the trade between this port and London. The 78th ( Highland or Ross- shire Buffs) regiment of in- fantry, marched from K Ikenny to Dublin, where it arrived on the 30? h ult. The 7pth (£ ameronian Highlanders) regiment of foot, marched from Dubim to Kilkenny, where it arrived on the 28th ult* Of late, the Humane Society's boit, on our beach, has been ihe means of saving several lives: particularly in the case of two young men, who were a few weeks ago successively brought on shore, when on the point of drowning. Yesterday morn- ing, about eight o'clock, another striking example of its utility occurred. Two stout miudie- aged men, strangers, who were at that time b- Hhing, were observed together for some time, a* if amusing themselves iu the water, when one of them wav- his hand as a S'gnai of danger, which w s immediately con- firmed by loud cries of distress. Two of Mr. Walker's ser- vants, the only persons then on the bcach who could manage tbe boat, with a prompt* tide; which docs them great credit, pushed into the sea, on the alfctftt being given, and in eight minutes thereafter rescued- the drowning men from their peri- lous situation, These strangers, like many other unwary bathers, had gone pretty deep in the water with the ebbing lide, by which they were carried, one of them in particular, a long way into the sea, so that although both were able to keep their heads above water, they were much exhausted. They expressed tbe utmost gratitude to their deliverers, whom they rewarded with half a guinea. Indeed, thcKe who thus promptly listen to the call of distress, perhaps not without risk to themselves, should in such cases be suitably recompensed, by persons whose circumstances will allow them to pay this debt of gratitude. An acknowledgment, at the same time of their sense of obligation should be given, by making a donation to such a valuable establishment as the Humane Society. Village of MonymusK, Sept. 3.— The annual general Meet- ing of Sir Archibald Grant's Monynusk Lodge of G ardeners was held here this day, when after collecting quarter pennies and examining their funds, which were found to be flourishing they elected she following Office bearers for the uiiouing year, viz,— ALEX. COOPER, MASTER; Alex. Croickshank, depute- master; Patrick Mitchell, trea- surer ; Wm Mitchell, secretary; Thoa Hall and Charles Masson, stewards; Alex. Reld, Charles Forbes, Alex. Kjng John Tough. Jones Barron, and James Adam, managers; Wm Adam, clerk; and Wm Angus, officer. On the 2d current, the Pre- bytery of Kincardine O'Niel met at Birse, when, with the unanimous approbation of all concerned, Mr. GEORGE SMITH was ordained and admitted assistant and successor to his father, the Rev. JOSEPH SMITH, minister of said parish. The Rev. William Campbell, of Coull, preached and presided. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford and family, and Lord Wm. Russel, are at Inversbie, in Badenoch, where they will remain during the shooting sea- on. NEW IOPSAIL — A gentleman of the name of Tonge has invented a topsail, w hich is said lo be a great improvement in the art of rigging a vessel. Tbe advantages of Mr. Toiige* invention are, that a ship's topsails can be reefed in one- third I the u » ua! Lime iu any weather, vuihuut the & hip losing her way, rr a single man going aloft ; ' t provides also agafnst the dan- ger of being wrecked on a lee s! ore, in a heavy gale, by the facility with which the sails can be reefed and taken in ; w hereas a \ essel rigged in the ordinary way neither can no." dare take in sail, for fear of the vessel drifting on shore before the sails can be reefed and sot ; but the most valuable part of Mr. Tonge's new plan consists in if ex- ra yard, bv means of which a vessel can carry sail much longer, and with a greate « * degree of safety than in the old mode ; this yard bein" secured just above the lower mast head. it. naturally takes the strain off the topmast head, especially when gf> ing before the win 1, v. iih all steering sails . set, when thp strip is rolling ; consequently, vessels v. ill not be liable to lose their top- na t- and yards a- j heretofore. Mr. Tonge's new method of reefing appears lobe highly deserving the attention of shipJauhlcrs and ship- ow ners. The following persons are iudkled to stand t. ial before tho Circuit Court of Justiciary, to be he'd at Aberdeen on the 2i- t of September, JS- 4: — FRO. U THE COUNTV OP ABERDEEN", Wm. Kin « ', juu. and Richard King, Gartly, sheep- steal ing at Km < » ck a lido. Morayshire. William King, sen. there, reset of theft. Alex. Cow it;, house- breaking and theft at Auchmull, near Aberdeen. Andrew Keith, theft at Rubislaw*. Janet Stewart, Crathiv, conce dment of pregnancy, Robert Clark, A'ex. inch's, and George M'Kay, assaulting and deforcing an oHL er of the Ri'Veoue. Thomas Leslie, Alex. Lindsay, and Robert Iladden, for the same offence. I'HOM THS CITY OF ABSftDKEtf. John Downje, rind Alex, Mi! m\ housebreaking and theft. Peter Davidson, jun. aud John \ Vo< » rhe/ r. Helen Wood, or Hughes, and Mar_ oeron, or Floyd, uttering forged notes. On Monday the 30th ult. the foundation stone of a very necessary and useful new Bridge was laid at Tarjand, by th* » Earl of ABOYNE, as Provincial Grand Master, and with the* usual masonic ceremony. We understand this bridge will comp ete the free and easy communication betwe. n I) ee and Don- side. There were present on the occasion— the Hon. Captain Gordon M. P. 11. N. ; the lion, Frederick Gordon, R. N. ; Capt. Tower, R N. ; John Forbes, vor. of Edit?- glassie ; the Rev. Dr. Geo Forbes of B'telaek ; Capi. Bur- gess, R. N. & c. & c.—- The Company were well entertained, at tbp Ion of Tarland, by Captain Gordon - and. in the even ing, a ball aud supper were triven to ihe villagers, and other respectable tenants, on the Earl of Aberdeen's estates in Cro- mar. The meeting was'uniformly conducted with delightful Order, haimony. and social hilarity ; and separated, at a late- hour, all highly gratified with the urbanity and polite attention, for which the Honourable Member for the County of Aber- deen is so eminently distinguished. The- ABERDEEN CORN MARKET, Sept. k>. There were lew samples ot'nuy niiu shewn . o- d. i market . vui exceeding < lui', and luwer [. rires aetejrteil, I'litaloe Out. 1 Si. od. to 1! K Oil. Common O^ ts, ... ... lj'-;. 0.1. to Ifis. Oil. Bear . £ 2*. ( VI. to l> 6. i. Oil. Wheat, ... 20s 0.1. to 2,5s. Oil. Meal, .. 16s. 6.1 to 1 8s. Oil. Oalineal in the Market < m Thursday anil Friday. 458 l. olls, which sold from 15*- to 18s. r boll- Heiail jiriee, J to Is 2d. Bern- meat, 9.1. to JOJ.— Sids. 5.1. lo 6J.- M. iit, 2, 6 i. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Jean, Work, arrive ! here on Saturday last, after a pas- sage of 30 days fiom St. John's. N. B. ; left the Mary, M ich- ray, of this place, within about two d : ys of being loaded ; spoke on the 15ih u't. on the banks of Newfoundland, ihe ship Alfred, Blanchfotd, bound to Naples, supposed iron; St. John's, New- found hind. On Monday last, the sloop Mars, Fettes, from Liverpool, with salt, was towed up to this harbour hv the Royal Ch nlotte cutter, having carried away her mast he td in the Moray Frith. Yesterday, the HeVcules, Fairburn, and Jane, B- uce, ar- rived here, the last of our ships from the Greenland Whale fishing ;. the former with 3 fish, t; t 30 tuti « , and the latter 2 fKh, expected to produce 40 tuns of oil. ' Hie Hercules left the fishing ground on th' 19 b ultimo, but having encountered strong south - westerly gales, was driven to th" coast of Norway while ihe Jane, w hich sailed homeward on the 24th, had » tolera- ble passage to Shetland, from which, in the north east gale wt* fuesdayand Wednesday, the vessel rail in the uncommonly short space of 15 hours to this bay. which, as well as the Hercules, she reached on Wednesday evening. C q » t. Bruce gives a li.- t ofthe ships, with their success, differing in nothing from the accounts formerly received, but in that ofthe Walker of Hull having got a large fish in August. Wi h the exception of two Hull Ships, all the ships at Gieenhind had been at Shetland;, or were known to liaVe sailed homeward ; and as their success was ascertained, the calculation is an average of 53 tuns cf' oil to each of tbe 30 fishing ships — one being previously lost— but including the above t^ o Hull ships, as last seen, but not arrived. Dee, Collie, at Archangel, 5- h August, from Aberdeen*. ARRIVED AT AllEIiJJEflN. S pt. 3,— Lord Huntly, Stewart, and Triumph, Findlay, London, goods ; Fancy, Jaffray, Montrose, staves ; Juno, Blues, Dundee, goods ; Lconidas, Smart, Southampton, bark ; Brilliant, ( steamer) Dick. Leitb, — 4. Jean, Miller, Peterhead, goods; Velocity, ( steamer) Crane, Leith j Elizi, Thomson, Inverness, goods; Friendship, Cat hues.?, Arbroath, ditto ; Ebenezer, Ryder, London, passengers.— 5. Bell and Ann, Thorn, Peterhead, goods; Rotterdam Packvt, M'- Donald, Rotterdam, do ; Superior, Duntap, London, do ; London Packet, Davidson, Leith, do ; Ma » y and Elizabeth, WiKon, Spev. salmon.— ( 5. Mary. Feites, Liverpool, goods ^ Brilliant, ( steamer) Dick, Leith.— 7. Rye Meschant, Fowler, Rye, timber.-— 8. Ranger, Davidson, Ri^ a. flax; Cat.), Davis, and Search. Hogg. London, goods.— 9. Velocity, ( steamer) Crane, Lei; h ; Wellington. Gi/ bertson, Hull, goods,; Expert, Leslie, London, do ; Brilliant, ( steamer) Dick, Inverness* Three vvitli coaU, aud 2 in ballast. SAILED. Sept. 3.— Velocity, ( steamer) Crane, Leith,— 4. Brilliant. Dick, do, ; Elizabeth, Thomson, Nevyeasde, timber; Banff, Stephen, ditto, kelp ; Edinburgh Packet, Hossack, Leith, goods.— 6. Velocity, ( steamer) Crane, Leith ; Nirnrod, Philip, London, goods.— 9. Lord Huntly, Stewart, and Tri- umph. Findlay, do ; Fox. Allan, Hull, do ; Hero, Gilbert- son, Newcastle, do ; Clyde Packet, Weir, Glasgow, ditto ; Patriot, Kenn, Dronthiem, do. Three with stones, and ] I in ball. a- t. At LG- NBON. — Regent, Kerr, 6th inst. TIDE TABLE CALCULATED FOR ABERDEEN BAR. ( A r PA RE NT Tl M E.) Sept. 11. Saturday, - 2 11 20. VI 12. Sunday, - - - 2 — 5.3 13 Monday, 3 — 28 14 Tuesday, - - - 4 — 8 15. Wednesday, • 1 — 54 1( 1. Thursday, - - - 5 — .33 17. Friday, - - - ; 7 — 12 2 If. 56 XL 3— 10 — SO . — 21 MOON S AGE. D Last Quarter, 16th dav, at 7h. 9m. Morning. p o s t s c u i r T. LONDON. New York, paper* to the 16th, and Philadelphia and Balti- more. to the 14th uit. have been'received. The Baltimore paper of the 2d contains intelligence from vPanama, stating the sur- renderor Callao and city of Lima to the foiees of Bolivar.— We hope this information will prove correct, but ii is to be ob- served, that from the 2d to the 16ih no farther accounts had been received confirming these important events. Dispatches, dated the 5th July, have been received at the Colonial Office from Sierra Leone. Accounts of tlie 15th June had arrived therefrom Cape Coast Castle j and at that period nothing material in the way of military operations had occurred between the British aud ihe Ashantees. The Paris papers last received say nothing of ihe King's health ; but according to private letters, u slight improvement has taken place. Letters irom Quebec this morning, dated Ist Aug. state the immense float or rat't which is reported to be able to convey lo England 6,000 tons of timber, is at length launched into the St. Lawrence, and was about to commence loading. This great undertaking has fjr a length of time attracted ti. e atten- tion of the merchants connected with the Canada trade. It tonk fire some months ago, and was nearly destroyed. An express, dispatched from Constantinople by the Austrian Internuncio, baron Ottenfels, brought to the office for Foreiilg Aftairs at Vienna, dispatches, , he contents of which were not permitted to transpire. Commercial kttirs, however, from Tera, which arrived almost at the s'ime time as the express, communicated circiunstatiii. il details of the retaking of Ipsara, and of the loss wihich the Turk, sull'ered of nil the gun- boats and transports they had collected in the principal port of tha island. These letters related also to circumstance, hitherto but impeifectlj- known relatively to what took place, alter the re- taking of i psira, between the Greek squadrons aud the Captain Pacha's fleet. On Thursday last the thermometer stood at 89 deg. in the shade— a greater ifegr^ e cf beat than has pcen experienced since 1321,