Xd. 1020.1 Pi int jd for j, BOOTH, Jun. Chronicle Court, Queen Street.' < BALI*. PUBLIC II O O M S. | VfR. smtl MRS. WILSON arc- extremely sorrv to tuaoaacx, tint, in consequence « f the indisposition of seve- ral of their principal Pupils, they we obliged to POSTPONE their BALL till MONDAY tb* 1 « "/ MAT, and hope the change of the evening will not prove inconvenient to these Families who any propose ' honoring them by their attendance. ' DAVCINS to commence precisely at sevtn o'clock—- TEA and CorriK at ten—- ifter which, every accommodation for the Dancing cf the Company; and, by permission of Oipt. Gouuos, theJHi- litarv Band will attend. « > Gentlemen's Tickets 8*— L » di » 4s.~~: o be had only of Mr. WILSOK, 75, Union STREET. So Money can be takes a* the Rooms. The CLASSES re- conanmet on WknitKsnAr. ihe 3d. Mr. and Mrs. Wjtsox hurt the pleasure to inform those Fami- lies who honour them by their patronage, that they have obtained one ef the front apartment* in the Public Rooms for their Classes, and will commence teaching there an. the Sd of May— and that ttt c » we<) a » nre of their great incrwe of Wasinew, tli « numeroia. applioatioaa made ' to them for Private Mrs. Wii. sos » tvixftimj h- r Sister aa « a Assistant, whose alrtHtea m the art oJ directing a pleasing and graceful deporttueot, she can with great confidence and pleasure redemthend. Miss BmwwSH' h* had the advantage of receiving instraction under th .: most-- eminent Lou- don and Parisian Masters, aid acquired a method of teaching that has been univer- afly apptoved by the first Families and Schools in England, to whom she will have the honor to give the most satis- factory and unexceptionable references; CouxTKY- Familwo attended. Mr. Wilms gives LESSONS on the VIOLIN, TENOR, and VIOLONCELLO. Tlie CONCERT HALL, BROAD STKKKT, to be LET. H00gE}. T0 LET> IN Skene Street, near Cherrv Vale.— Each House contains Dining and Drawing Room, five Bed Rooms, Kitchen, Pantrit- v Cellars, he. Detiehed is a large Wash- house, with lii « i Boiler; a Pump Well of exeellent witer; a Bleach Green; end other conveniences- The Houses are wjl seasoned, and may be entered to immediately. Application may be made to John Simpson, jun. Silver Street, or Robert Skinner, mason, at the Houses. NOTICE. THE STRATHMORE TELEGRAPH COACH, THE CHAMPION. rH E Proprietors of' this lortg established COACH - 9- return their most grateful thwikfl to the Pttblite, for the dis- tinguished patronage they have rwnferred upon them for the last fourteen years; and beg respectfully t » intimate, that, having made arrangements through FICE for the eonveyanoe of Passengers and Parcels to EDINBURGH, in On: Day, THE € HAMPit.) N Will leave * he Mail Coach Offices, ROTAL HOTEL and NEW IXN, Everp EfKKjxo., at half- past Eleven ; And « h* Mail a, Bucc BULL and CHOWN HOTELS, Edinburgh, Extras Moxjfixv, at Seven. By this arrangement. Passengers will be enabled to go from EMNBIXTTGH to AI; RU: IT- KN, and from ABEEDKKK to EDINBUHGA, in One Day, either by Coras. FIFX or PERTH. ' The CoAessi. wszdby. t/ ds irtmpavy are ji'ti. uniform, and of the very best construction i mndAri& ng every r. Kiiiern. hn] i! 0& nu rd Jerr insuring ease and safety. The SAXE GOBODRG 0 » « h to Edinburgh, by Montrose, Dundee, and Perth, and the Ltt&' E of GORDON light Post Coach, to Inverness, by Hantij', Keith, Forba& ers, Elgin, Forres, and Nairn, coatinfte to leave the above Offices evert'Morning, at Six o'clock. ' ' FABES AVAUKOI- T CHEAP"! PARCELS Booked to all parts of the Kingdom. ROTA L HOTSL, 61, Union Street, Aberdeen, April 11, 1826.' £ ale tfjig SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. On Saturday tl » e SSdenrt. there . will be sold by public roup, in the Aliases Ginaou's house, Virginia Street, AGeneral Assortment o f HOUSEHOLD FURNI- TURE-. consisting - of Mahogany Dining Tables, Side- boards, Mahogany and other Chairs, Carpets, ' Feather Beds, Blankets, a handsome set of Dessert China, Glass, and Stoneware, and a number of other artieles. Sale to begin at 11 o'clock forenoon. W. ROSS. Balh & ale on SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. There will be sold, by public auction, on Monday the 2- tth curt within tile Sale Rooms of the Subscriber, AGeneral assortment of HOUSEHOLD FURNI TURE— comprising Sideboards ; Dining, Tea, and Card Tables; Piano Fortes; Sofas; i^ Ialiogaoy, Birch, autl Fancy < - hairs; Four- posted and Tent Bedsteads, with Curtains; Window Curtains ; Carpets; Clients of Mahogany Drawers; Feather Beds; iiiir, Wool, and Straw Mattresses; llegirter and other Grates; Silver Plate; China, Glass, and Stoneware, & c. Sale to begin at 11 o'clock. W. ROSS. 6, Upperkirkga'te, April 6, 1826. Salt on . irrttoy. SALE OF FOREIGN AND HOME TIMBER, Ann PROPERTY for SALE by PRIVATE BARGAIN. It. DUFF respectfully announces, that his BALL will be held in the Nuw Isa ASSEMBLY ROOMS, Castle Street, on Tuesday the Sd of May. Dancing to begin precisely at (> o'clock. Tickets to be had at the usual places, and of Mr. Duff, 36, Castle Street, - N. B Mr. DUFF will resume his Classes on Monday the 8th. He will, at the same time, open a PKIVATE CLASS for Young Gentlemen of the age of 12 to 16, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from 7 to 8 evening. This Class will be limited to eight. Music Classes on Tuesday and Thursday. ELEMENTARY ENGLISH A ND NE ED LE WORK SCHOOL. MRS. DUFF, with most grateful thanks for the patronage she has enjoyed for more than Twenty Years as a Teaclier of Children of both seas*, is happy . to inform her friends in the neighbourhood, and the families in the West End of the town, that slut has a pros- pect of soon procuring a more commodious School- room ; and begs to assure them, that the most unremitted attention will continue to be bestowed on the duties of initiating child rei^ ramiriatically in their i ifive language, instiling the principles ofre'ig'wn. and aKa umfrt^ eng Ur ftwak nchoffc- s HTBils of NEEDLE or FANCY WORK ; she therefore rmpeoffeUy se& its a continuition of their patronage and supjiort. Mari/ icell Cottage,' April 18, 1826. CLUNY AND KINSTEARY GRASS PARKS AND CROFTS TO LET. On Saturday the 29th April, at 12 o'clock noon, rriHE Grass Parks' at CLUNY ; and on Wednesday A the 23d May, the Grass Parks at KINSTEARY, will be Let for the Season, by pnbiic roup. Several CROFTS at CL0NY and SLAINS to be Let. Apply to Capt. - Ditguid, Dee Street, Aberdeen. GRASS. I" EI TIT- II ALL GRASS PARKS are to be Let, - i for the ensuing season, on Saturday the 6th May. The roup to begin at 12 o'clock. GRASS PARKS af SKENE- and FOR NET. milE GRASS PARKS at SKENE and FOR- 1 NET will be Let, by public roup, for the ensuing season, on Monday the 1st of May next, beginning on the Foruet, at twelve o'clock precisely. Skene, \ Sth April, 1826. " PLSLKTS^ ALE" OF TIMBER. To be sold by public roup, at thejLjnks, on Monday the 24th inst. at 3 o'clock afternoon, 330 I Datuzic and Gottenburgh TIM- 1000 DEALS do. and do. 600 DEAL ENDS, do. and do. 650. ( JOTTENBCTIGH BATTENS. A quantity ofRXCKEKS, SPARS, & c. The roup to commence at the Pocra Bonded Yard. Six months credit. DAVID MILNE. Aberdeen, April 18, 1S26/ SALE OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. On Tuesday the 2dMay, there will be sold by public roup, in that house in Union Street, ( entry from St. Nicholas Lane), presently occupied by Mrs. Peter Robertson, 4 rptlE whole HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE be- - » . lonsnng to her— consisting of a large Sideboard, Mahogany, Dining, Breakfast; Tea, arttf Card Tables— Dining and Drawing Room OJtAirs— Sofas, and Window Curtains— an elegant Lustre— a large Convex Mirror-— variety of Dressing Mirrors— superior Four- posted and Tent Bedsteads, with Moreen and other Curtains— a good Pianoforte— Brussels and other Carpets and Rugs-— Feather Beds and Blankets— a very large set of expensive Dinner China— Break- fast and Tea sets of China— a Dinner set of Blue Stone— great va- riety of Glass Ware and- Plated articles—- Fenders and Fire Irons— Kitchen Furniture, & e. & e. Sale to begin at 11 o'clock forenoon. Those having occasion to furnish will find this opportunity worth their attention. JOHN SMITH, Yost. Auctioneer. 29, Broad Street, April 19, 1826. LACES, SETS, andNOlllVIC 11 CRAPES, FOR SALE. There is to be Sold by Private Bargain, in One Lot, ALa roe Assortment of LACES, NETS, VEILS, NORWICH CRAPES, SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, and FRENCH CAMBRICS, lately belonging to Mr. William Weir, now to Trustees for behoof of his Creditors. The artieles will he seen, and offers received, by the Subscriber, at his house, No. 29, Broad Street. JOHN SMITH, Yost. Aberdeen, April 19, 1826. On Friday the 28th curt, there will be sold by public roup, within tlie Wood- yard of the Subscriber, at Poynernook, ALarge assortment of FOREIGN and HOME TIMBER—- consisting of 83 Logs Mtramichi YELLOW PINE. 24 do. teebec and Miramichi RED PINE. 9 do. Quebec WHITE OAK. 10 do. Quebec BLACK BIRCH. 350 Dantric and Memel PLANK S and DEAL- ENDS. 18,000 Feet American CLEI- TING, from f to 3 inches in thiefatess— well Seasoned. The Timber is of excellent quality, having been selected from various cargoes. Credit will be given.- Sale to begin at 11 o'clock forenoon. JOHN ALLAN. W. ROSS, Auctioneer. Also for sale by private bargain, Those three DWELLING HOUSES, lately built by Mr. Alias, in Constitution Street, with Gardens attached, substantially built, and well finished, fit for the accommodation of genteel families. They are at present occupied by Mr. llalfan, Captain Mellis, and • others. Rental £ 90. Feu- duty only 10s, And those two Whole and one Half HOtJSE, just finished, at Causewayend, Gailowgatehead, substantially built, and well finish- ed, and calculated for the accommodation of respectable families, The Half House would answer well for a genteel family. The whole having Pump- well, Bleach- greens, and other conveniences atfcichc- d. Present rental JC91. Fen- duty A considerable part of the purchase price of both properties may remain in the bands of the purchaser for a considerable time. Further information may be had on applying tri tjje Proprietor; * r 8* Mr- Jtmes NicoJ, Atbyocttt*, Adslphi ' t>; iff, ff'at CWem. V SALE OF TIMBER. To be Sold, at JOHN GRAY'S Timber Yard, Canal Terrace, on Saturday the 29th of April, at 11 o'clock, ABOUT 6000 feet of Yellow PINE TIMBER, and some hundred feet of Black BIRCH. Aiso, an assortment of Clean well Sawn TIMBER, of different dimen- sions, suitable for Cabinet Makers and Builders. J. G. can assure those requiring Timber, that they will find it their interest, to attend the Sale, as the Timber which has been cut up already, has proved superior to any imported here last season. J O likewise begs leave to remind his friends, that he car- ries on the COOPE R BUSINESS in all its branches, and that those favouring him with their orders may depend upon them being punctually attended to; and he shall ever make it his particular care to have his work made of the best materials. From the stock of materials which he has now laid in, he is enabled » o supply those having Distilleries or Breweries to fit up. arid they mav rely on . having their orders executed with dispatch, and on the most moderate terms. Coopers may also be supplied with any quantity of QUE- BEC* STAVES of excellent quality. N. B. Those wishing the IMPERIAL STANDARD MEASURES, Heaped and Streaked, may have them on the shortest notice. Orders taken in at Mr William Gray's, Frederick Street, or at the Cooperage ' l imber Yard. Canal Basin. March 28, 18' J6. ¥ EXTENSIVE SALE OF ARM STOCKING, & c. To be Sold, by public roup, on Tuesday the 2d of May nest, at LOFT HILLOCK, parish of Keith- hall, THE whole Stock of BESTIAL and FARMING JL UTENSILS, on the Farm of LOFTHILLOCK, occupied by Mrs. DONALD-— consisting of 6 capital Work Horses, one of these ( rising 5 years) being uncommonly powerful and active, is peculiarly suited for a heavy draiigft? K) ilitSn Cows; 31 8tots and Queys, two and three years oid; arid a few Calves.— Carts; Turnip and other Ploughs; Turnip Machine; common and Turnip Harrows; 2 Barn Fans; Harness; Meal Girnals ; and a consider- able variety of other husbandry articles. . The sale to begin precisely at 10 o'clock forenoon. Credit will he given, on security. SATURDAY,\ AP1UL 22, 1S26. j> W7 » i. Mr. DOWNIE most respectfully informs liis friends and the public', that his BAJLL. « ill take place on FMI> AY the 88( 4 inst. in the MEW IXK ASSRUSTR ROOMS, Castle Street. Dancing to commence. at 6 o'clock *. M. When Mr. Dowuie's I'npila have finished their Dances, he will conduct the Siidriilt- s, Quadrilles, and Country Dancing, for the company during the evening. The School will Re- open on Monday the lit May, at the usual hours. PRIVATE CLASSES will lie continued during the Summer, & r every style of new and l'a » hionable Dancing. The Vacation will be deducted from the fees, aa usual. CitowN Cauii- r, Usio> r Swaurr, I April Iff, 1886. S AN APPRENTICE WANTED to thtj HAIH- ORKISINO and PBttrtiMEM Bcstsitfs. Apply at 67, Union Street. WANTED, AN Experience,! HOUSE J^. t'l), for . Vlaroiiy in the Country, at Whitsunday. None need apply but oite who can bring a good charctor, and Who ha* lived several years in the above capacity, and thoroughly understand* her work. Apply to Messrs. Farquharson k Co. St. Sfcholas Street. BOTTLES. ' THE Siiliscriber bavins; been appointed AGENT J- for the EDINBURGH and ALLOA GLASS WORK CO. has new to iufbrni the Trade, that he has tor Sale a Cargo of BOTTLES, of superior quality, just landed, ex the LORD AIIFIEN- NON, from Alloa. ' . PETER MACFARLANE. Aberdeen, April 18, 1826. TO BE SOLD, by Private Bargain, rjHHOSE Two adjoining HOUSES in CHAPEL X STREET, which belonged to the late Capt. John Morrison, presently occupied by the Rev. Henry Angus and Mr. James Forbes. The Houses are substantially built ani well finished, a d have each a large Garden behind, stocked with iruit trees and berry bushes. Apply to Robert R.^ tnsny, Advocate, Aberdeen. MEMEL TIMBER. rr? HE Subscribers have on band a quantity of very JL fine MEMEL TIMBER. Price moderate. JOHN CATTO, SON, k Co. April 18, 1826. IiTME Sf- IFJ> S ' A T ABERDEEN, PORT ELPHINSTONE, AND KINTORE, FOR SALE. Tllere will be sold by public roup, within the Lemon Tree Tavern of Aberdeen, on Thursday the 27th of April curt, at 2' cloek forenoon, rpHE WALLS, ROOF, and other Materials of " A the LIME SHEDS at the QUAY of Aberdeen, sometime possessed by the Farmer Lime Company, being the second Lime Shed from the west. 2. The LIME SHEDS at PORT ELPHINSTONE and KIN- TORE, belonging to the naid Company. The articles and conditions of sale will be seen on application to John D. Milne, advocate in Aberdeen. GAR10CH FARMER CLUB, rip HE next Meeting of the Club bolds at Cooper's • JL Iun, Pitmachie, on Saturday the 29rli of April current, at half- past 11 o'clock.^— Dinner at S. WILLIAM LESLIE, Fsq. of Warthill, Prcses. Mr. GORDON, Main of Rhynie, V. P. JOHN SWING, Esq. of ftieeJa « reen, ( ' ANDREW JOPP, Esq. of Cobairdie, V an J. SHAN1), Sec. lr Treas. on jlKoniiaj). SALF: OF ELEGANT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. Upon Monday the. 24th April curt, there will be sold by auction, in that Shop, No. 31, Castle Street, rpiIE whole Stock of HOUSEHOLD FURNI- & TURE therein— consisting of a Set of Mahogany Dining Tables, 9 feet by 4< feet 2— a Set of neat small ditto— a rich Loo Table, 5 feet diameter—- a Square ditto 4- 9 by 3- 7-— four Tea Tables— Dressing ditto— a Sideboard— two. Chests of Solid Ma- hogany Drawers, with Columns— two ditto EJiptic and Square, Veneered— four Common Ghosts of Drawers-^— an excellent Ward- robe, Solid—- four Sets of Chairs, half Grecian— Cane and Rush- seated ditto'— two handsome Roman Couches— two Easy Chairs— two Sets of Bed- steps— two Night Stools— Carpets and Ilu^ s— Fenders and Fire Irons— 130 Yards of Oil Cloth, varions Widths Mirror and Dressing Glasses in great variety-— three Feather. Beds and Mattresses, with a numerous assortment of other articles in the Furniture line. Sale to begin at. 11 o'clock forenoon. N. B.— The Public attention is particularly requested to the above, comprising such a valuable assortment as seldom comes to market. A. S the whole is under the necessity of being immediate- hj sold, without the leskst reserve, intending purchasers may rest assured, that every article will be sold off at what they will bring. Sfrjf The Furniture may be seen previous to th^ Salt;. THROWN & SON, Auctioneers. HLOBJBRT WAKHtiN, Sole Manufacturer of his real Japan Liquid and Paste Black' ing, fj'No. 30, STRAND, LONDON, EGS leave to caution his friends, and the public in general, against a nefarious set of vile imitators of his genuine article. The imposition labels are artfully interlined with a different address, IN VERY SMALL CHARACTERS, between the more conspicuous ones of No. 30, and STRAND— and are black label; whereas those of the genuine Manufacture are a copper- plate engraving in red, and signed ROBERT WA RREN, all others are counterfeits : and it is strong]\ re- commended to Merchants and others, who are deceived by these base fabricators, to return the detW?>- d Trttt'l^ O the source whence it came, and expose the machinations of rascality to mtiiud 0" b? CfJilV. Salt on SriIPPWG MATERIALS FOR SALE. There will be sold, by public roup, on the Rope- work Ground at the Links, upon Wednesday, the 26th day of April inst. rpHE MAST, BOLTS PR IT, BOOM, GAFF, JL TOPMAST, ANCHORS, and other Materials of the Am of this place, recently wrecked near the harbour mouth; also, 2 very powerful purchase Screws; an Azimuth, and several other Com- passes ; a Capstan; several Ship Guns and Carriages ; and a variety of other articles. The sale to commence atll o'clock s. M. BROWN & . SON, Auctioneers. EXTENSIVE SALE OF CLOTHIERY, HABERDASHERY, AND SILK MERCERY GOODS. Upon Monday the Jst May, there will begin to be Sold, by auction, in BROWN. & SON'S Sale- Room, Union Street, HP HE whole of the GOODS which belonged to Mr. JL JOHN SHERRIFFS, Clothier and Haberdasher, St. Nicholas Street, Aberdeen - consisting of Superfine Broad and Narrow Cloths; Cassimeres; Duffles ; Flannels ; Waistcoatings; Cordu- roys ; Moleskins; Printed Cottons; Linen and Cotton Shirtings and Sheetings ; Stripes ; Checks ; Mpsiins; Shawls; Plaids ; Silk and Cotton Handkerchiefs ; Laces; Stockings ; Gloves; Ribbons, & c. & c. Alw), a large consignment, from LONDON, of Gros- de- Naples, Lavintines, Sarsnets, Lustres, Crape Dresses, Satins, Persians, about 30 Pieces of Suit Dressed Irish Linens, French Cam- brics, & c. The whole comprising, one of the most valuable lots of Goods ever oifcred for sale in this city. The sale to begin each day at 11 o'clock. N. B.— The SHOP, No. 5, S?. Nicholas Street, presently occu pied by Mr. Sherriffs, will be' LET for the ensuing year ; and the Furniture may be had on moderate terms. Entry immediately, BA* ST INJSTA TEA WA RBfrOUSEL KO. U, UNION STEET, ABERDEEN. CHARLES FYI'E, & CO. RESPECTFULLY acquaint tlnir nnmeranf ' friends of the arrival of a large assortment of TEAS, front the last March sale. The qualities are very good, and at greatly reduced prices, Tltey are glad to be able to serve the pnUic with tolerably good Congou kinds, at 4s. per lb. or 3d. per ounce. Genuine Congou, 5s. to 5s. tid. per lb. Rest Congou, full flavoured, 6s. to 0---. 6d. per do. Souchongs, very line, Its. 8d. to f- i-:. Chines? Mixture, a very tine Tea, higlily recommended for fami- lies, 7a. fid. and 8s. Caper Teas, of all sort.?, 6s. to I Os. Pekoe and Padrae, ail sortp, 8". to 10s. Green Teas, of all sorts, from 7r. to 1 fits. Ouchaine and Gunpowder Hysons, l?. s. to 14S. Roasted and Ground COFFEES, always Fresh, from Is. 8i to 2a. thl. per Ms. SUGARS, of the best qualities, on very reasonable terms, ll/ GGE'S CELEBRATED MAG SETh7 I5ASG3EI TABSiST, For producing a most keen and smooth edge on Razors and Cutlery in general » This TABLET combines the properties of both a Hone and a Strop, requiring no oil or other fluid* and in its use is extremely simple. It, fa most particularly recommended to Gentlemen who experienc2 the inconvenience of a tender face and a strong beard, as a Razor u « ed occasionally on the TABLET will receive and retain so perfect an etlge as to render the operation of Shaving as easy and agreeable as it was before unpleasant and painful. To Gentlemen in the ARMY or NAVY, it will be found highly desirable, on account of its extreme portability, price 7s. ( ii. Larger sizes in proportion. J. k T. RI^ GE respectfully return their most grateful thanks to their friends and the public, for the very extensive patronage and encouragement they, have received, and are daily receiving, for the above valuable invention, and likewise for the distinguished pre- ference given to their articles in general, more especially to such as relate to the depactment of Shaving Apparatus, amongst the foremost of which they most particularly recommend their AROMATIC TRANSPARENT SHAVING SOAP. This Soap makes a most durable and strong hither, does not dry upon the face so soon as the generality of Shaving Soaps, and will be found particularly mild and adapted to the most irritable skin. Prepared in round and stmare cakes at Is.— Is. tid.— and 2s. fid. each. RIGGE'S VIOLET SCENTED ALMOND SOAP, M • Washing Soap, stands unrivalled for its beautifying and softening properties ; to Ladies and ill the Ntirsefy is invaluable. RIGGE'S SUPERIOR LAVENDER WATER, a most de- lightful and refreshing Perfume fur the Handkerchief, Sick Rooms, & c. Also, an excellent assortment of OILS, for the Growth of Hair — BEAR'S GREASE for Ditto— POWDERS— POMADEiv— TOOTH POWDERS— TOOTll BRUSHES, Ike. with every Article in the Perfumery Line too numerous to mention. ,/. 4- T. lilGGE RKSFECTFYI. I. Y INTIMATE TO THE NOBILITY AND GENT& Y OF THE MOUTH, THAT THE ABOVE AHH SOLD BY MESS& S. CHARLES fVJFE & Co. No. .46, UNION STREET, ABERDEEN, TBEJR SOLE ACEXTS FOB TIIE IFOHM OF OTLAXD. EAU BE COEOGNE. The esetllent properties of which are so generally known and ap- preciated over Europe. The Royal, Nolle, and distinguisheii l'atraaage which the iVapr1e » or has ihe honour ujid lai> j. iut ss t, j possess, is a sufficient guarantee to the public, of the goodness and super- excellent quality of this incomparable Medicine and Perfume. As a Perfume and Cosmetic, it is powerful ami fragrant— an ex- cellent Fumigator in rooms— an immediate relief for :: 11 Nervous Disorders— and used in water to wash or bathe— greatly improves the complexion and betuitiiies the skin. SALE Of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, & c. A T MANSE OF COLD ST ONE. On Wednesday, the 17th of May ensuing, there will be exposed to sale, by public roup, A General assortment of HOUSEHOLD FURNI- TURE— consisting of a Sideboard; Modern Four- posted Bedsteads, with Moreen and other CurtaW; Tent Bedsj Maho- gany Tables; Chairs ; Chests of Drawers; Sofas ; Carpets; Mir- rors ; Grates, Fenders, and Fire Irons ; Glass and Stoneware ; Feather Beds, M, fosses, and Blankets; an Eight- day Clock; Double- barrelled Gun, See. Also, a set of Dairy Utensils, Kitchen Furniture, Meal Girnais, and a Mangle. At same time will IK- exposed to sale, an excellent COW, in Calf, g :- od Highland PONEY, ( rising six), and a Hive of BEES. The roup to commence at 10 o'clock forenoon; slid credit given. 14 Ajrril, 162 6 ; MR. BR EH AM. SURGEON DENTIST, EEPLY impressed with a sense of gratitude for the liberal notice which Valetudinarians in Aberdeen and its vicinity have found it so much far their advantage to bestow upon him, takes the liberty of Craving public attention to the following extraordinary cases, which he, Under the blessing of divine provi- dence, has baen the means of curing. Ma. BREHAM, in the course of his extensive practice, has had many cases of Falling. Sickness, a relation of the particulars of which would " harrow up the soul" of those who have no intimate acquaintance with the symptoms, of this the most distressing affliction that humanity is " heir to.' 1 About a fortnight ago, he was c, tiled in to a patient, a citizen of Aberdeen, who has been for many years a martyr to this grievous complaint. So confirmed was the dis- ease, that, for ahout a week before every new moan, the members of his family were obliged to watch him regularly, in order to be at hand to prevent him from falling and injuring himself. Mr. Bv is happy to announce, that in consequence of administering a Botanic Svrup, the periodical return of the patient's falling sickness has passed over without a single attack f Many inhabitants of Aber- deen have witnessed this unhappy man falling down on the public streets, and can testify the cure. Of many similar cases which Mr. B. has had, he has never tailed in restoring the patients to the bless- ings of health. It were doing injustice to a decerning public to withhold from them the remarkable circumstances incident on the following case : A gentleman, turned of 50 years of age, who was alFiicted with a desperate swelling under the tongue, which gave him extreme un- easiness, and frequently occasioned an excessive internal and ex- ternal swelling, was induced, from the testimony of approbation be- stowed on Mr. B. by ail who have ever applied to him in desperate cases, to put himself under his care. On many occasions tbe pa- tient could not articulate so as to be understood. The " Odoutalgic Liquid" eradicated what in commonly called a ehack stone, in the course of two days, without any operation being- performed. Till this time the disease had always been supposed to be cancerous.' The stone, which is now in Mr. B.' s possession, and will by him be shown to any one who may apply for that purpose, is somewhat larger than a hazel- nut. Several medical gentlemen, who have seeu it, declare that they have never se^ n one of-* sueh an extraordinary aize. It is well known to numbers in this .* ty, that many individuals, of either sex, have recently applied to Mr. B. in desperate cases of Ophthalmia— which had resolved themselves into blindness— and that, through the efficacy of his applications, they have been re- stored to the enjoyment of that most inestimable blessing the percep- tion of light— the most useful of the five senses ! Many of those who lately passed their hours in inurky darkness, have been, of fate, ushered again into all the joys of the noon- day sun, and re- stored, in a great measure, to the stations which they formerly held in society. One young woman— residing in Gallowgate— who, from an in- flammatory complaint, was almost blind, has been, from following Mr. fy's prescriptions, restored so far to sight,, that on Sabbath last she was able to read her prayer book and bibk1, to the great as- tonishment of her family and friends. Mr. B. would do injustice to himself and the public did he not promulgate these cases : but were he to enumerate ail hi$ cuyes, the columns of this newspaper would not contain them. The most pressing solicitations from his patients in Edinburgh induced Mr. B. to visit that metropolis, for two days, in the early part of this week. But the receipt of the following letter, from his landlord in Aberdeen, compelled him to leave numerous cases un- visited. « Dear Sir, Aberdeen, April 17, 1826. " From the very numerous calls for you this day, 1 beg leave to say, that if you do not return soon, I know not what loss you may sustain. 1 trust you will not be absent above a day or two, as the people appear much disappointed on finding you are from home. " 1 am, dear Sir, & c. " JAMES DANIEL." " To Mr. Breham, Middlefield House, { Leith Walk, Edinburgh. J ' N. B.— Rheumatisms, and Diseases of the Teeth and Gums, Mr. Breham, above all other diseases, professes to cure. Coughs, Colds, and Asthmas relieved, Mr. Bi" s refined Balsam of H'jrehound and Coftsfoirt, is -" an- effectual remedy for iniiamma- lion in the throat, ' chest'and lungs. " f- Vorrs Extracted. Mr. Breham ha? in his possession- a piece of splendid Pluto, with an appropriate inscription, - presented te him, in gratitude for his prof^- ional abilities, by many ' of tbe fir*.! geutlenjcn m Stut* land, whic'k XKSV V at ImljjiHffs. MR. W. W2I. I, S, DENTIST, - Ei out jlfo. vi pose. ItKsi- ECTFt! L5. T iriHratttes to the Nyfailitjt and Gentry rf A « tm** tX tuid its Vicinity, his arrival in- this place, Wbere he iii'teuds to piac- n- se tor a few. days. Haviu" iBtttle the prm'wMtfti of a Deiiti'sr his study for upwards of twenty yeari, he trusts lie will fae aide to . « > v « satisfaction to » uch fetiifiea and UeutU- iueli. as may be piean'tf tj consult him. • Mr. ftliLLS way be consulted at Mrs. Hunter's, No. Sfl, Ath-' pfd CourtJ eriiou Street, thnn 3 t » 4- o'clock KM.— laiili,- K am) QMIHB. men also atteniVd- at their own houses, during the lvmainiug hou/ n of tlie- dav. Aberdeen, A/ iril 20, ISgS. NOTlCti. WILLIAMSON & CO. BRICK. & TYI. E- MAKKRS, TJiiCr to inform tlieir frietitls atstl the public, that - B-' they have cc- mmenetd hjxtuuw at PITiViyX'J'iJN, JMir Ahjir-,.. tlivu, where llipy will ii! v,-: tvs Have » « . ha< v) » •' bm siiwilv <•( BRICKS', TYl. fjs, CHIMNEY Ttd'S, and FLOV^' EU I'tiTS,. of the best . qualify, tthich they wfU scU'on'muder- ate trrnii Tho^ e persona wlio may be pleased to employ than, may always depend upon having their orders ' executed with neatness and dimsich. CoHinWoes left at the Shop* of Mr James Irviee, Irunmotiger 86, . Union Street; Mr. William Fyfr, i, Castle Street; or Mr. James Mcarns, 10, Shiprow, will be punctually atiend.- d to;~ and at th^ Shop of Mr. Mearns there will be nlways a large assort- ment of Flower Pots and Chimney Tops fcf Sale. Pitrrmxton, Ajiil 17, ] 82t>. ADJOUHNliD SALE. UPSET PRICES FARTHER REDUCED. There will be expo . ed to Salf by public roup, within the lemon Tree Tavern of Aberdeen, upon Wednesday the Sd djy ol Mtr next, at two o'clock ai'tu- notm, ^ 6^ NE- SIXTEENTH Part or Share 2 V/ of the BRIO UNION of ABCTDISX, mca- sarinar 173 1- 1- 94 pi- rt tons per register. 9 Fifteen Shares of the ABERJJEEN SEA IN- SURANCE COMPANY. Two Shares, of the ABERDEEN GAS LIGHT COMPANY, The articles of roup are in the hands of AJt- x. Gibbon, advoc.'. te in Aberdeen, of whom further enquire may be made. SOKES, liUKN'S, SCALDS," WOUNDS^ ULCEKS. & e. " ji/ TARSH- ALL'S UNIVERSAL CERATE— This Cerate will be found most efficacious in everv kind of Wound, Sore, Scald, Bum, Bruise, Eruption, Ulcer ® T of evetf denomination, especially Sore and tleerated Legs, wLieh h'tve been healed in so rapid a manner, that a new method of cure . has been established by this useful Preparation ; Sore Breasts, kftam-* mation of the Eyes, & c. Scorbutic and Cancerous Humours, Erysipelas or St. Anthony'* Fire, Ring Worm, Sore Till oats, Chops, Chilblains, & c. & c. Sold in Boxes at Is. Hd. and 2s. 9d. by Butler & Stone, Che- mists, 73, Princes Street, ( opposite the Mound,) Edinburgh, and by the principal Medicine Venders throughout the United King- dom. * NOTICJK.— E. Marshall respectfully informs the Public, that from and after the 1st of Match, 1826, Mr. CHAU im BLX. LSa, will be her sole Agent for the sale of the above Orate, which will bear her Name on the label of each Box, as executrix of the late John Marshall,- and a Government stamp with the Word* " CHARLES BCTLER, 4, Clieapside," engraved thereon. THAMES TUNNEL. I'hese works are now in a state of considerable forwardness, and, the present mode of proceeding is probably. the same that will con- tinue till the completion cf the undertaking. A particular shaft has been suniw of about mwefcy feet w dvylh trJk - itfty. M in dia- meter, lined with a strong wall of brrck, which Was not built from the bottom, but let down as the work of eieay-^ ion proceeded. This shaft affords an ample opening for the steain- englna pumps, and for the machinery destined to carry off the excavated ch; y or supply materials to the workmen. From the bottom it presents thtf appearance of a lofty dome. On the south side the workmen, ara just cutting a way the brick work, in order to commence the ascend- ing part of the tunnel road ; the other side, towards tbe" river, & U ready exhibits the aspect of the finished tunnel. Two strong arch>* » . T about fifteen feet high and twelve wide, narrowing a little toward* the ground, and separated by a wall of about three feet in thickness* are the portals of the subterraneous passages. The whole i* built of brick, and joined wi h a cement which r s'sfs t] e action < f water. , The manner in which the work is carried on is as follows : A machine called a shield, consisting of a frame of stifeug iron, at. d subdivided into 12 or > i> cells or cages, ' is presiicd lbrw;< rd . by ncrt ws into the excavation, which it exactly fills; in'each of these Rubdi- visions is a workman ; the back and lateral parts of the. shield - are fitted with boards well connected" together, and pressed against the sides of the cavern by screws;' in each subdivision Ortheshieli one only of these boards is removed at a time, and when the work- men has cut behind it to the depth of fou'r or five inches, i< id io;- t mediately replaced and ( screwed close to the clay : another board is then removed and thus the. work is ccmtiurOi'd, every p, irt of the cavern being supported except that on which the workinen actually employed. When the whole ititefior surface has been thus cut away to a small depth, the shield itself h driven i'oru ajii, at: d the spare which, it leaves unsuppcrttkl i* at the saxue moment buijj? up. Writh this Stiie and simple arraogeiuent, about thirty tevt <> t' the archway has been already built ; the ordinary weekly progre ss with nearly 500 men is only three feet ; at which rate the Work cannot be completed in less than six years. The obstaeU s to th$ a<' comp] whment of this bold design have been very much magnified in the vulgar apprehension. The weight erf so great a river, it was commonly believed, and the constant action of the water, would render any subterranean work imp'j^ i-. ibJv- ; but the pressure of the water on any part is to be measured solely by its perpendicular depth in that part; the greatuese of tlie r » vt. r being no element of the calculation. Tbe weight to be sustained would, in all probability, be greaW It' the superincumbent m<. s » Were earth instead of water ; and as to the action of this latter vie- merit, the stratum through which the- presefift works are being ear- ned on, and which there is very li.' tie reason to doubt ext » ? r » dp uci- forroly through the entire Hue of the in tended excavation, is n dfihm bituminous clay, almost iinjrcrveable to wan- r. We hv, e no drnibr, therefore, that the difficulties to be encountered in thi-- great v. grk will afford an easy triumph to the well proved abilities whi-' k direst its execution. • CUBA.;— According to the Anx. u: av. j.^ tpetifc, which h'tve be> n re- « ived to the 17th ultimo, the i- i . n. l of Cuba is likely soon to l>. the centre of great operations. (.% die one hand, we an? ioidfrofai the iiav. iun. ili that the Government of (? uba is firm and eoergetiV, and the piace itseft'extfefiieiy quiet ami tranquil; that the Governor is a man of the highest character, and the Iutetidant- G « ner; d u financier of extraordinary talents, and iudefati^ ibie industry ; that a most brilliant and efficient division of- vessels had arrived from Spain, consisting of five irigates and a sci oo- er, under a ( Auntu. ori'orc, who is brave, active, experienced, and of established rc- putafion ; thjv- this squadron, which will shortly l e joined by three, ships cf the line, has taken down 1& 00 ti'oops to Saiitiago, on the south side ot* the island, and is to proceed thence to erUi* e on the coasts of loml.' ia ; . that the ships are provisiei. e 1 for five months, and wBat is1 • most miraculous, in. the state of the Spanish finances, every indivi- dual on board, from the Coiaraodore down to the csbin boy, has r Ciived his pay, for those live months, in advance I if ail this be true, we must confess that it evinces a degree of emn, v, foresight, and wisdom, in thcCabinet of Madrid, extremely, unlike anything that we ever witnessed in the Spanish Couiicik. On the other hand,- the Aguila. Mexicana asserts, that the Mexican S. cnato has ' agi- eed to authorise the Executive Government to join the U « public of Colombia iu invading Cuba, for the purpose of render? n < that ir- land independent. It is very truly added, however, that, " this affair, of the independence of Cuba is one of the most delicate to h i handled in the present state of the political regeneration oc A inerk'a." It is, in fact, so delicate, and involves so many < onisiderut; ans of right, pf poiicy, and of prudence, that we are inclined to believe both the Mexican and Columbian Governments wil pause, before thv- y enter on such an act of aggression, it itiay not be a veiy undertaking to contpier an island bOO reiics in length, and TO iu bread ( Sly or even to take the Havannah, one of the best fortified harbours iu the world ; and as io exciting iie urrectious o » tne Lit— habitants, we own that we are not very partial to thai; mode of war- fare, in general, however justifiable it may be in se ine purticulitf cases. The chief reason given for the undertaking will hardly ha deemed by European surtt- tmui very conclusive, or built on a very close analog}' it is thus eJcpresscd in the Aguila ftlexicsna— u th « chosen peopiv of the i. ord cannot live in- pcaco while the soldiers of I^ vbuchddnc?. sw are encased fit tht » g- itcs of At He!)' — On'ticr. LITERATURE. Kiturm of Taivrt. s sad Drscnvjnmis in NorritiBV and CesjiiL Araic. tt in 1832, 182.1, ' and lti& i, \< f I-,- ( DX'KIMM, CAPTAIN CLAPI- KM- OK, and tlie late Doctof OUI> KET. 4to. Murray, London. . ( From the Scotsman. J ' THIS volume aflbr'ds us to ranch new and interesting inHmoation reflecting, that part of central Africa which has hitherto been ioao cwable to Europeans, thet if Captuiu Clapperton's new expedition from JJeniti Mi » liwahl, ' and Major Liang's, froth Tripoli'south to Timbuctoo, tuncevd, our ideas of the geography, of all that portion of the continent wh'ieh lies between the 5th parallel and the Medi terranean War be tolerably complete. We shall first describe the route of the travellers, ami then give a very brief summary of the ri- sult of their observations and researches. Our- travellers, biirmiBg- with their- servants a party of thirteen, and accompanied by 200 Arab's under eleven chiefs. started from Tripoli on the 5th of . March IS22. From Tripoli, which is in 18° of eai- t. Ioiigitude, tjlxy travelled almost due south, passing through Mourzok, the capital of Femo, and nnived at Kouktt, the chief two otBnrnou, on the 2 ith February 1823, the numerous delays and obstructions thev experienced having compelled them to spend nesriv a vear oa a journey which may be accomplished generally in three months. Kboka is situated in north latitude 13, ai'd is aWejt 1400 miles of direct distance from Tripoli, but, probably 1400 or < 000 he the rt « d. From Kouka Mijbr Dcntum made one jnilrtiOT about- SOO' tntiis" southward tt> the Oth parallel, " aoothtr about 800 miles ejntwaid. and from the same town Captain Clap- p- fton made an excursion to Suikateo; 500 utiles to the westwjm. Frtltn . Miiji'. ta, " the sout? iermo » t point to which . Major Denham pt- Betratctf," tile biy of Biafrt in tlmASanrie >• S00 miles distant, aud from Sackm- too to th » Bight of Benin the direct distance is aWtat 450 miles. From the » » me town to Si" lla, where lark's Krat journey terminated, w fTtif - more than 400 miles ; and from Tau- p » li, toe castmOst point, wired by Deuinsi, to the confines of D„-. i>,', r, whet- ewe h- ive Brown's researches to guide us,' is shout ( jifO miles. Thus out travellers, besides passing completely through the great desert,' having' explored a large tract ' lyitjg in the very r - rtrc of tiie Atrk- a". terra incognita, and from the information they ha-.' procured respcctiug the countries adjacent to those they survey- ed), very - little is . warned tor connect their discoveries with th- positions which were, previously ascertained. The ft'••• eat Paxrt.— This djsort, which our traveller* crossed, catends from Tripoli oriihe 13ih or 1 tth parallel, and isalmbt t* 00 mite* in breadth. It. ronsi. ts partly nt* hill, and naked rock, partly or iuternritrabV . plains covered with ssnd or gravel, on which not « single living thing, not even an itwet, is to he seen. Sometimes the stud is blown , jp into hills 400 or 500 feet high, on which the ( uue! sinjvs tn his knees et every step. By the action of the wind these hills shift their position, and the sand is drifted and whirled about In sncVdehse'douds, that the face ofthe. heavens is darkened, the travdl'T cannot sc.- the camel of his neighbour two or three yards before him ; olid it hsppnttaW unfrcqncnfly, that entire caVa- viifis are- snfibcated by these tcraadoei of hot sand, or overwhelmed and entombed beneath the moving masses. flair, is nut altogether unknown in the desert, but it. falls rarely and irregularly. At some pe- ts frtir triiteMers were told that intervals ofnve, eight, or nine yeOTsnnss without a shnwr. In this wide waste, however, there are spots where fxaciss, palms, and herbage, and what is still more precious, springs of wat- r, are found. A f" w wrctchwi Arabs in- habit thev- spots if the ground will bear a little millet, or the her- haee support' a few camels to supply them with mill. But from one well to another is Often a journey of two or three, or even six tins, and though the camels sre - admirably lormed by nature for enduring thirst, their powers sfteti sink under the trials they under- go, and of the number which started on the long journey across the desert with our travellers, we believe not, ohe- fonrth reached its termination. . Traveller*, too, , often perish from want ofwatiror provisions; aud the unfortunate negro slaves who ferm the great staple of African + r. ide, in the iurerior as v,- ll as on the coast, and are everv v » - ar driven s< r. iss the desert, fall « sacrifice to fatigue, thirst, and famine, in great numbers. Onr travellers saw many hundreds of these carcases in every stage- ofdecAy, strewed aJon- z the rout--, anil lying imburied. At some parts the surface of the desert i= eovered with salt, - or with csrbonste of sods, caHed in the coun- try tronn; and what is very remarkable, good fresh water springs Mvrc found on digging two or thiee feet below the ernat of salt on t'-. e aurtaw. This induced Or. Oudney to think that salt was depo- sited b;.- tie air. The whole line of the road froua Tripoli So Bor-. nou is infested by parties of wandering Arabs who plunder and murder travellers when they are baifly armed. JUTKE TI- K TTI.— Our travellers felt the most intense delight when they name within sight of this great short of water, which tl- ey eon- sidi- red as the key to their future researnhes. I' is situated in 18" oSoast longitude arid ISi of Dorth latirade, is aTwut, 8iM miles long from cast to West, by 150 broad, and occnpfe* Marty the precise position of the swamp or morass of Waugari, in Arrowsir. ith's lisp, in which swamp the Joliba or Niger wiwsispposed to terminate. It covers a surfjre about as large as the two American lakes, Erie and Ontario, put together. The Tchad receives a river tislled the Yecu, about 50 yards broad in the dry season, which h » s its source about eV.- llj ofcjvjlr. t. wliO ire aniitj X ith yM*. ISuWs and arrows are the substitutes for im . ts, . with which they are very little to ipuiuted, except from seeing them in the hands of the Arabs. IT: e sheikh had procured coats of mail formed of linked - cltaiiis tor a few^ ielcct ! ii) rsemeu. Fjion the whole, the state of ivilization in l'SS- t, and lffei, by* ifsjor j | j, an, j HouSsa is scarcely higher than among the Iwrharoos' tribes on thu coast. The chiefs of both, however, arc comparative-: • lv enlightened men, and are very union* to cucouragc comme^ ci-,; and iutroduie imfinmanent. But. they/ have . few equitalents to offer, which would he of much Value in-. a European market, acid unless it were from the benev olent motive of reclaiming, the country from barbarism we doubt if it would he worth the while of England or France to attempt the establishment of commercial relations with Bornou. , The A'igor.-—. This river has the various names of JWiba, Quolla, Qua'rra, and probably otherVi Onr travellers were exactly in the tract, of country where it should have been found according to the existing maps ; but although they pushed their researches far to the west and south, they never saw it. It seemed, in fact, to recede; like the visible horizon, and in the map where it is laid down ac- cording to the doubtful testimony of the natives, it lies very pro- voking just, a short distance beyond the limits of Major Denham and Caption Ol. ipparton's joumies. They ascertained, however, with considerable certainty, that from a point about 5 K. lorjg. ajtff IS N. 1st. it turns southwards, and continues in this direction till it, remises a town called Racka, which is near the confines of Oa- bomey, and probably within 200 or 350 miles of the'Bight of Benin., ' From this point some told them it weut to the Atlantic, andoibers that i » flowed eastwarJ, and passed Baghermi and Darioor. The. old s'orv of its joining the Nile was repeated, but this docs not now merit the least attention ; for Major Denham believes that this cele- brated name is ys& l- by the natives as- a general term to denote " n fresh or sweet stream of water," without any reference to the river of llrt i't. T.' pou t- bc whole the most probable opinion now is, that it falls iuto the Atlantic, and " forms a delta of less or greater extent in the Bight of Biafra or Benin. If tliis is found to be the case, it liny afford us what has hitherto bocn sought in vain, a communica- tion by water with the most papulous part of central Africa. We. begin onr extracts with the ancouut of the entry of the tra- v<. Ueis iuto Konka, the capital of Bornou, and their reception by El Kaueiuy, " the Sheikh of Spears," premising that the first pare of this narrative was given nearly two years ago in the < iuurterly Rtfiiv, from Major Denliatn or Doetor Oudney's letters, and was copied- us at that. dime. Boo Khsjtm was an intelligent and wealthy native merchant, who accompanied the travellers lrom Tri- poli, and proved a verv brave and faithful guide. He lost bis life in a Gkr. tzie or plunderi og expedition, in which Major Denham, who went wilh him, narrowly escapod the same fate " i had ridden on a short distance in front of JBoa- Kialoow, wkii his train of Arabs, all mounted, and dressed out in their best ap- parel, aud, from the thickness of the trees, soon lost sight of them. Fancying that the road conld not be mistaken, I rode still onwards, and, on approaching a spot less thickly planted, was not a little surprised to see in front of me a body of several thousand cavalry drawn up in line, and extending right aud left quite ss far as I could see ; and checking my horse, I awaited the arrival of my party, under the shade of a wide- spreading acacia. The Bornou troops remained quire steady, without noise or confusion; and a few horse- men, who' wre moving about in front giving directions, were the only persona out ofthe rauks. On the Arabs appearing in sight, shout, or yell, was given by tfce Sheikh's people, which rent the sir ; a blast was blown from the rude instruments of music equally kud, and they moved ou to meet Boo- Khaloom and his Arabs. There was an appearance of tact and management in their move- ments which astonished me : three separate small bodies, from the oentre and cash tlaak, kept charging rapidly towards us, to within • few feet of our horses' heads, without checking the speed of their own until the moment of their halt, while the whole holy moved on- wards. These parties were mounted on small but very perfect horses, who stopped and wheeled from their utmost speed with great precision aud expertness, shaking their spears over their heads, ex- c. ajming, « . Ilarca, Hare:!, Alia hiahhu. Tt cha, alia aheraga !— Blessing ! blessing ! Sons of your country 1 Sons of your country ! aud returning quickly to the front of the body, in order to repeat the charge. While all this was going on, they closed in their right aud left flanks, and surrounded ths bttle body of Arab war- riors so completely, as to give the compliment of welcoming them very much the appearance of . a declaration of their contempt for their weakness. I am quite sure this was premeditated ; we were all so closely pressed as to be nearly smothered, and in some dangvr from the crowding of the horsesand clashieg of the spears. MOT ing on was impossible, and we therefore came to a full stop. Our chief was much enraged, but it was all to no purpose he was only answered by shrieks of ' Welcome !' and spears most unpleasantly rattled over our heads, expressive of the same feeling. This annoy an « e was not, however, of long duration; Barca Clana, the sheikh'; first general, ft negro of a noble aspect, clothed in a figured silk to lie, and mounted on a beautiful Mapdara horse, made his appear- ance ; and, after a little delay, the rear was cleared of those who hail pressed in upen us, aud we moved on, although but very slowly,, from the frequent impediment thrown in our way by these wild equestrians, " The sheikh's negroes, as they were called, meaning the black chiefs and favourites, all raised to that rank by some deed of bravery, four hundred miles distant in the south- we » >, and which was well j ^ habited in coats of mail composed of iron chain, which covitred ascertained not to be the Niger. Another river six times as large, them from the thru with a delta 50 miles broad at. its embouchure, flows iota the lake 9;< je 0; tllc'ho' front the Hjjit]^ Uii. i « called tbt Slrtrv, whiA rnav be, but roosi proha'bly is not, the river idiuded to. What is rather a puaaling f. u- t i- i physical geograply, this lake, though it has no effiox, is fresh,* and yat saline incrustation are found in some par's ofthe country around, and small salt pools are formed close to its northern margin. It was distinctly stated, however, to Major Dvuham, that formerly a stream Uowal out of it on the east side, and carried itji waters to the Ilahr el Ghoaal, which was a lake or swamp, now dried up. The dry bed of this stream still remains filled w ith trees, and Covered with herbage, and the old people believe that she Tchad is yearly diminishing. The lake Filtre was ' described as lying four days journey ( SO or 100 miles) north east of the Tchad, that is in position about 250 miles westward of the one which it j occupies in our map, oil the authority of reports received by Brown. The Fittre receives a river fro u the south- west— the Bahr Misselad no doubt of Brown— but whi ; h some of our travellers were inclined tn think might lie the Niger, liaghermi, hitherto p'aiied on the , b ulks of the lake Fittre, was fuurnl to extend to the lake Tehsd and the Sleirv. In most of these parricu'ors the information coilested : by our travellers is not very much at. variiuoe with whai was pre- , viousiy known. The lake 1' chud has a number of idatids on its \ cisH- rn side, which ore inhabited by the Bidiotnajis, a ra « of pi- rt^ ical savages, who come in fleets of a h- aedred boata, and rob, or carrv into slavery, the people living near ite banks. The lake swells irreatly when the periodical rains fall, and va* numbers of ekphsuts, lions, and hyenas, driven from their retreats on its banks In- the waters, destroy the small crops of the villagers, and earn- nil" the cattle or the women who are sent to watch the fields. Some- times these animals attack the villages. Bornuu and fjqvsna.— From the accounts of our travelers, these si- t m to b.- two most t- imsiderable static in central Africa, They two extend over a space of COO or 7, W mUea, between 5° and 1,6° of east longitude. Their breadth in the other direction is not exac'- lv stated, but they may be described as occupying o tract of 100 miles broad, lying on the two sides of the ISth parallel of latitude. The territory of both is bounded on the north by the great desert, aw! on the south rises into hill and mountnin^ some of which about the meridian of 15' J must be 5000 or ( 1000 feet above the pfain, according to Makir Heiiham's estimate. From the lake Tchad, the country rises gradually to the westward, " nd about 9 and 10 of east 1 ' V,;: ul. le the thermometer in the morning stood at fort)- or forty- T. vo HI January; fires were UR- d in the houses, and o: I one. occasion Captain Olapperton observed a film of ice. on the water. The country undulates much, is well planted, and would be healthy as well as pleasant, were it not for the many lakes ami swamps famed by the riv.- rs, which' produce agues and bilious fevers.— The herbage is so luxuriant that, it conceals a man on horse- leu- k. As a protection against the. - VTabj of the dosett, and against the hostilities of their acighbonrs, the people hva in for- thied'totrns of ttBagesi ( snue < 5f wiiich. contain atkOOO nr- MO. fOtt ' tnteui^ lart.- i " The towns are su'rrfmudetl by a single, or sonierimes a double wall, which is generally 20 feet high, and 10 or 13 thick. It is mile of bricks or earth, and has a ditch 15 or 20 feet deep hefitH. it. The houses ore of a very rude deso- iption, formed ot' mats or clay, thstchw! wi' V straw, and shaped exactly like a bee bin', with a low hole to creep in at, but neither doors nor win- ctows. All the arts are ip a very bad state. Iron tmd bniss are extremely sc. n- ce ; they boil water in earthen vessels ; they spin, w- v. ve, and dve coarse cottons for dresses, arid cultivate a very little « heat « nti hji- ley ; but gkssub ( a species of millet), eaten raw or jlnvbrsi the se. n, is the principal article of food. They are ig- D. ii jot of the art of making bread, anil do not knuw the use of salt. Three or four kinds of beans are in use, and rice and Indian corn are known, but very little cultivated. Of fruits and vegetables, efceept. a few - mangoes and figs, they are almost entirely destitute. They have r. o ploughs, but turn up the earth with a sort of hoe. The domestic animals are dogs,- sheep, goats, cows, anil ei^ en the latter in immense herds. The ox and ass are the only beasts of burden used. The1 horse is employed in war. The wild animals fire verv numerous. Gigantic elephants are- to IK-, seen in droves of One, two, ot four hundred ; there are lions, panthers, hyenas, jackals, monkeys, and in trie rivers, crocodiles and hippopotami. IV two latter and the elephant are eaten, anil'accounted del'cacies. Tfe peon!.- are bigbtted Mahometans, but mild, civil, and utide- aigmng. Tiie rich have several wives; the poor- generally but one, fields, tend the rattle, and per- The armies of Bornnu consist throat to the knees, dividing behind, and coming on irse : some of them had helmets, or rather skull caps, of the same metal, with chin- pieces, all sufficiently strong to ward olf the shock of a spear. Their horses'heads were also de- fended by plates of iron, brass, and silver, just leaving suilici. it room for the eyes of the animal. " At length, on arriving at the gate of the . town, ourselves, Boo- Khaloom, and about a dozen of his followers, were e. lono al lowed to enter the gates; and we proceeded along a wide street completely lined with spearmen ou foot, with cavalry in fr6fit of them, to the door of the shekh's residence. Here the horsemen were formed up three deep, and we came to a stand ; some of the chief attendants came out, and after a great many ' Barcas ! Barcas! retired, when others performed the same ceremony. We were now again left sitting oa our horses in the sun : Boo- Khaloom began lose ail patience, and swore by the bashaw's head, that he would return to the tents if he was not immediately admitted : he got however, no satisfaction but a motion of the hand from one of the chiefs, meaning 1 wait patiently ;" aud I whispered to him the necessity of obeying, as we were hemmed in oa all sides, and to retire without permission would have been as ditlicult as to advance. Barca Gana now appeared, and made a sign that lloieivh. uoom should dismount : we were about to follow his example, when an intimation that Koo- Khaloom was alone to be admitted, again fixed us to onr sad, lies. Another half hour at least passed without any news from tho interior of the building ; when the gates opened, arid the four Englishmen Only were called for, and we advaeced to the skiffs ( entrance). Here we were stopped most unceremoniously by the black guards in waiting, and were allowed, one by one only to ascend a staircase ; at the top of which we were again brought to a stand by crosssd spears, and the open Hat hand of a negro laid upon our breast. Boo- Khaloom came from the inner chamber aud asked, i If we were prepared to salute the skeikh as we tiid the bashaw ?' we replied, ' Certainly,' which waa merely an inclina- tion uf the head, and laying tiie right hand on the heart. Head, vised our laying our hands also on our heads ; but, we replied, ( The thing was impossible ! we had but one manner of salutation for any- body-, ere git our own sovereign Another parley now took place, but in a minute or two he re- turned, and we were ushered iuto the presence of tbo Sheikh of Spears. We found him in a small dark room, sitting on a carpet, plainly dressed in a blue tobe of Soudan and a shawl turban. Two netrroes were on e:. eb side of him, armed with pistols, and on his carpet lay a brace of these instruments. Fire- arms were hanging iu different parts of the room, presents. from the bashaw and Mv'apiia- L'Achmar, the Sultan of Kezzan, which are here considered, inva luable. His persoual appearance was prepossessing, apparently not more than forty- five or ibijy- sk, with an expressive countenance and a benevolent smile. We delivered our letter from the bashaw and after he had read it, he inquired, ' What was our object in earn- ing ?' we . answered-,- ' To see The criuntry merely, and. to givx* an account of its inbabitnnts, produce, and appearance : as onr sultan was desirous of knowing every part of the globe.' ilia reply was, ' That we were Welcome ! and whatever he could shew us would give him pleasure ; that he hail ordered hut3 to be built for nsin tb town; and that we might then go, accompanied by one of his peo- ple, to see them; and that when we were recovered from theft tigue of our long'journcy, he would be happy to see us.' With lib we took our leave. ( To he conclude^ in cur ne. rt. J ,_ J —— —..:.... — 1—^ lif three months in the iniriiur,, and JutKnky$ ur t » * letters, wf April ml May, with the newspapers ; and what is a greater novelty, the printed prospectuses uf tbe . n.- verjl mining companies got up in Lon- don for Peru, Chili, and Buenos Ayres. To us, at So great, a dis- ince from England, these things appear very- strange, to on be lists of Directors, names of men pretending to charaetf'iV'aud many of them rich, thus exposing themselves to be covered with i- gvace, for not ( etc of these companies can do any good— it is physically impossible ; ami this must b> known to every man who as b.' ou here, or'wKh would take the trouble of. inquiring-; so that the promoters of these schemes ought to be brought to account, and • ery severely, for the- loss must be enormous, especially, if they proceeded to work.. Avenr* from f. cnuon are ecu or heard ol in every province of this Continent, bargaining for mines ; tiiey have urned tbu brains of the Spainarife, who had long given up mining, ill de- part*. 1' otosi i. all iu an uproar, with the competition of iCnglishmeu for pits full of wat.- r. This celebrated place wiil, in my opinion, be the most ditiicult of all the mining districts to get into working order again ; indeed, I do not think it possible, with- out. forcing the unfortmmta Indians to work for nothing, as before the revolution. No ageSt had yet arrived at Potosi from London, ir the Grand Company, but they were . variously expecting one, as it was rumoured that he was bringing out the whole nominal apital of five millions of dolDrs. A Captain Andrews, from the company called Chilian and Peruvians, bad commenced purchases at Cordova and Famatin. v and was expected every day at Petosi ; another agent for this company- is at Arequipa, waiting to- combine Operations. A joint stock1 cornfiany of Spaniards and English has been lately form- id, towor* ^. n; mines of Puuo sud Lam;- a ; their bank or capital at Areqnipa. The mine of Huantajaia, near Iquique, ou Tiii- i coast, has also been contracted for ; the nearest water to it, for man or beast to drink, is 50 miles, which caused it to be aban- doned by the Spaniards miny years ago ; hut a llcilr. i of Directors in Loudon has voted a, canal across au arm of the desert of Atac. una, a moving sand, to convey water to this mine ; the materials, as well as the workmeif, must come frotn London, for there is neither earth, stone, nor lime. Footers J. ameneiSy and Severity in Hepartee A gentleman with whom he was iutimite, happening, in the course; of conversa- tion, to say something ia jest about a - gimiti- Jeg. Foote replied, ' Pray, Sir, nuke no allusion- to my waskest part ; did I ever at- tack your head !"-— Cr< td" ek'$ Memoirs. Toote's Propensity to Jesting, and Defence of it Foote, at times, spared neither frieh^ nor foe ; he suffered no opportunity of saying a wi* ty thing to e* ta, pe him. If he ever ^ ntemined a serious reg- trd'far any one, it wai fur Holland the actor. The hitter Was the son of a baker, and died young. Foote attended as one of the mourners ; am! the ' friend, from whom I had this account, de- clared that, his eyes were swollen with tears ; yet, when this gentle- man said to him afterwards, "' So, Foote, you have just attended the funeral 6f Our. dear friend," 1 he replied, " Yes, ' we have j list shoved the little baker into his- oven." Yankee . Vu/ i'. nnt.—-" Why - ay more of that period when I was a poor boy, beset on every side, in every possible way, tidth every possible tenaptat'on will not. I will pass on to the day of my power, the davofpriile, when, after haling been successively a shop- boy,- a writing- master, a- clerk in a store, a drawing- master, " a rete. ll merchant," a - wholesale mercb.- viif, with large property, and almost unbounded prdit; a lawyer, a student of law I should say, without friends and vithout money, obliged to write whiie other men were asieep, to ." iroid starvation ; a writ- n- for a journal, v.- hieh paid nothing to its cintributors ; a novel- writer ; a co- editor of a periodical, which appeared by" Jits and st irts, now mohtlily, now quarterly ; a poet— j a politician ; ' a newspaper editor ; a critic ; a dramatist; a literafy drudge, for 1- compiled au index, in the hea- of my poetical ferve. nl, to a work which' has no parallel on God's Carth, 1 hope ; a si% of historian, for I made my share of a his- tory, which purport^ to be the history of the American Revolution, by Paul Allen, whe never wrote a word of it, and my share was about one- third part of the whole ; a thorough- paced hovel- writer, having made tip soriiewhcre about a score of good- sized volumes, . of which a word or more in a future paragraph'; I Came to be counsellor at law ii the Supreme Court of the United States of North- America. Mould and Cadcf.—— In talking of the spiritc^ the papal empire, it is ofren argued that the let11 remains the same ; that the pontiff tcoulJ, if he ewiii, exercise the same influence in Europe; that tbe Catholic church » ' 0<! if, if it, could, tyrannise over the rights and Opinions of mankind : btrt it'tbe powfr is taken away, v.- ba signifies the wilt ? if the pope thunders in vain against, the kingdoms of the earth, of what consequence is his disposition to thunder ? if man- . kind are too eniighttned and Wo numerous to submit to the cruel-, ties - and hatred of a eathoBopriesthood, if the protestants ol' the em- pire are sufficiently strong to resist it, why are we to alarm ourselves with the barren volition, unseconded by the requisite power ? I hardly know in what order or description of men I should choose to confide, ii" they could do as they would; the best security is, that the rest of the world will not let them do as they wish to do, and haying satisfied myself of this, I am not very careful about the rest.— Rev. SydMy Smith's Tetter to ISIeetors. Simplicity of a Perttr Mademoiselle de Charolois, sister to the Duke of Bourbon, was endowed ti ith au exquisite sensibility,' which turned entirely to hive. She had many admirers, and brought forth children almost every year, with little more secrecy tharf an opera- girl. During the period of hei confinement she was report- ed to be ill, and the Court, which understood the matter perfectly used to send to inquire after her' health. She had once a Swiss at her gate, who had not been regularly trained to his profession, and who answered these inquiries with an unceremonious message; that " the Princess is as well as can be expected, arid the child too."— ' Vie Prixfee de Louis X 1'. Picture of a Xegro Cottage in Jamaica.— The house is about forty feet long and almost eighteen wide, built of boards, and cover- ed with fan- palms, divided into five ' apartments, of which the prin- cipal is eighteen feet square. This is the hall ; the other apart- ments lead from it; three serving for sleeping- rooms, and the fourth for a sort of pantry. There is a door at- each end of this ball, through which the smoke escapes when it is necessary to boil the pot; at no other time is there occasion for fire. When I entered, I saw a negro woman squatting on the floor, attending the cookery oi'her husband's dinner, which was simmering in an iron pot, and eoasisted of ocllfa and cocos, picked crabs, and salt frsh, with a bit ofsaltpork. The lady was peeling a few plantains to roast, and the lord of the mansion was inhaling the fumes of tobacco Iron! a short jnnkopipe, as he lolled at this ease iu his hammock, suspend- ed from one of the rasters to within two feet of the floor. There was a fuhstaiitiai deal table in the hall, with tour rush- bottomed chairs aud a wooden bench, over which hung a bunch of corn and a inaehet or cutlass ; above these was a shelf, with a range of white plates and a few glasses, and above these hung several pieces of salt lish, and a good bunch of plantains. There was a basket of yams near the table, as if just brought in, aud on it a coco- nut shell with a handle, to ladle water or soup. Several tin pans hung from one of the beams, and among them a large net full of cocos. There was au oil jar in one corner to hold water, and a hoe and hill- hook in another, beside a Targe gourd with "! f hole . in. it, which serves as a musical instrument, aud is called a drum. There was likewise a gontbay, and a bouja, which is much like a guitar, and several calabashes Were ranged along the beams, containing sugar or coffee. I must not fofget to mention three young children, fat and sleek as moles, tJatwere playing about the house and garden, which con- tain plantain suckers, an alligator pear tree, mangos, two or three coco- nut trees, orange trees, a few collee bushes, and many other fruits aud vegetables, and a pine- apple fence separated it from the adjoining garden. There Was a pigstye in one corner, occupied by a sow and her family. This is a portrait of one of the inferior cottages, some of the best having jealousies and piaazas, with tenuis floors. Every garden lui3 a pigstye, and the poultry roost at a little distance from, the'house. i— William,'* Jamaica. FOn'F. rV; x i : vrKCAAC< KF.. PORTUGAL. RIO DE JAXH? tiO. s * [/ vow / let- l) im; r>) fa/ nr'.-.-*/ M. Y\•,/,.'. » ; 1 - Ki-- 5Tti'i. J. y Iias- bcHl pleevd to ajtpobit fhs- Viwoitut de ' Fbfpi'tiiry; CotmsWi.' r J5' sitate, to be Mtiiisfei of Finance and' President of the TreasutVv - j.'^ y h- e beeli plehs^ d'fo accept the resignation- ciT S.- rmor Sebastian Luir Finoco da Siiva, who requested leave to retire from the office of Minister of Justice, ou account of his advanced n„ re and ill " health. The Viscount do ' Cirivellas, Counsellor Of Stife, i.> appointed Minister of Justice. DECREE. - • " siring to accept the in", i- a* -- n matfe to - me by tbe Government- of Colombia, through my Plenipotentiary at. London, to take inert in the Congress to he assembled iu Panama for the purpose of pro- posing, discussing, and debating on the important measures which may serve to establish and consolidate the future destination of seve- ral independent, states, laying down the true principles of their po- litical relations towards eaehothfcr, paying due regard to tbe legiti- mate and well understood interests of the- European powers, and in general of the otter parts ofthe civilised world, according to the forms of their respective governments, and the luminous principles of the universal law of nations; and this commission requiring a person qualified . by bis knowledge, talents, and patriotism, for such an office, I . am pleased to appoint Theodore Bujuear. li, m- mbcr of my council, IM. to be my Plenipotentiary of the said CorgivtO OI Panama. Signer! Isy liis- Majcstv the EMPEROR. Sea. Viscount de IN'HAMBUl'E DE CiMA. Itio de Janeiro, Jan. 25, IBtfe'l. The following - paragraph is frotji the Lisbon papers of March ~ 0 :—" The public, is informed, by superior authority, that in au apartment of the Palace of Aiuda a box is placed for the reception of any representations w hich they ihay wish to address directly to tho Government; and this box will be opened every day by the members of the Government. T'amtt'c?', wb^ p is ^ ompdl-' d'io smli'iyijte tin? form t'vei'v sjk'i^ v^ iiiniiig^ rv. * In warm 4- onntrj'^' lak^- wljk'ji ivt- « \ Tp rivers and « rive out none # r<-> idmost- inj* arkMy- vi3t. Of this we have; a b- i. rikin^ . prtyjf in'the Dead ! se; t, iKjth formed by the watt- ps of r, v. hieb the riVv'rilow* through,. i H no stream Hows ouf". i- rawoli tfiltkr - than a to be olrPfryod, which esea^ es'bj' (- vapora- J. ikt' oi' lvif> eri.,' s aad tin the JonUri, but the ihn and liit1 latrt- r, from \ v Si tl. eoivan. The water, j tition. oarrie* no salt with St, and henee, however sinaH the ^ uanti-- 1- v t » 4' sylf e.: wt< l urus be, if conufinallv ^(• ciiuudafe*. Goethe.— A medal has lately Ix'en struck in Germany In honour of- the celebrated Goethe. The design is by Profeswr Levezow, and execution by Keening, Medalleur to the King of Saxony. On { the front in the head of the poet, ( a str? kmg likeness) crowned with the consecrated ' laurel, with the inscription " Julm Wolf von Goerhe."' On the reverse, the full- length figure of the poet, in the antique costume, between the tragic and comic* Muaes, wh » are crowning him with the garland of- immortality. Egyptian Antiquities.— His Majesty has jrnt presented, at the expense, of his civil list, a splendid collection of Egyptian antiqui- ties now at Leghorn ; the cost is 250,000 francs. The collection contains 3000 articles. There are colossal sphinxes ; the Sanctu- ary of Philte ; a royal sarcophagus, taken from a, tomb at Thehes ; the famous r. umerical Wall ( murviUe nnmeriqneof That Palace of Camac- entire ; an immense has relief relative to the conquests of Scsostris ; nearly SO MSS. on papyrus, Egyptian, Greek, Coptic, and Arabic; - many articles of gold and previous- stones ; beautiful Greek and Egyptian inscriptions ; the entire frieos of an Egyptian tomb at Thebes- ;• several portraits of the rimes of the Greeks, on . panel, and one on canyr..., — Paris Paper. Peru.— Extract of ft letter from Ariea, dated 2# th St'pfemher, . ; I re hi rued ftv th'^ plare fen dsys a^ o, after a'u iil* » ence ' tl^ ir IlAppiu « . v CireOtF. SATIRE ON TUP. MISSION A Hi i de Buekr*, hi! You wha- for he da crow* de sea. Wi^ wljjte' fer'aait" him twinkling yeye ; lie lub, make hd>, as he preach to we, He lull on his knees but he pray for me, Hi! deBugkra, hi! Hi! de Buckra, hi! Sfassa Vf— f-^- e ila come oser de sea, Wjd hi% Roguish.' • itsHrt'an&' di} m tender look,, And While he palaver and preach him book, At the negro girl; he'll winkie him yeye. Hi! de Bukra, hi! Williams's Jtmalca. STATISTICS.—- In Great Britain, the mirnber of individuals m a state to bear arms, from the age of 15 to 60', 2,741,81- 7. The number of'marriage^ is about 08,030 yearly ; and it has been remarked, that'in 03 of these unions there were only throe which had no is^ ue. The number of deaths is abont 332,708 yearly, which makes nearly ^ 5,592 monthly, 0398. weekly, 911 daily, and 40 hourly. The deaths among the woftien are in proportion « to those of the men as ;"> 0 to 54. The married women live longer ithan those wl^ continue m celibacy. In the country, the mean t nn of the number of children produced hy each marriage is 4 ; in towns the proportion is 7 for- every two marriages. The number of married women is to the general, number of individuals of the sex • as 1 to- 3 ; and the number ot married men, to that of all the in- dividuals of the male w- x, as 3 to 5. The number of widows is to : th. at of widowers as 3 to 1 ; brittle nuraber of widows who marry again, is to that, of widowers in the same e tso, as 7 to 4. The individuals who inhabit elevated situations Jive longer than those who reside in less elevated places. The half of the individuals die - before attaining the age of 17 years. The number of twins is to that of ordinary births as 1 to 65. According to calculations, founded upon the bills of nfortalitv, one individual Only in 3121> at- tains the age of 300 years. The number of births of the male sex is to that of the female sea. as 9- 0 to 95— Edinburgh Phil. Jour- nal. An essay--- said to ' be written by Bonaparte at the a^ e of twenty, is announce^ l - by General Gourgaud for early publication. The • title is, On the T. r- ut! is, which- it. is necessary to. t » a$ v Men for RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, March 03— We have passed through a wcrk of. the most profound and heartfelt grief. From the 18th till to- day the mortal remains of the late Empeip'r reposed in the splendid Oasan Cathedral, which was founded by him. The thmn>>' ix « of thousands to the church was beyond all description, and dto'ugh the strictest onler was maintiiiijeii, many persons have incurred sericoia injury ia the dreadful pressure of the crowd. The manner iu winch the Githedral is deenrated for the tnonaiful occasion is eUremely- tttagnificcnt and worthy of the' august decea- ed. The Iuiperi » l fa- mily has arttendf- d the si'rvir- c for the dead twice a day, ' aid' then Only persons of the two firm iiusiu have been admitted with tickets. • ard- d ay toe body will be " finally removed. Various regulation* have bern published for maintenance- of order and public security'.' The proeeSsion is to go from tlw Cathedral through the Newskv Pewpectivc, fce. and across the Newabridue, to the church of St. Peter and Jjt. Paul, in. the fortress. Here ths remains of the late Emperor will be deposited in the vault of tbe- Imperial Family, ® « t to those of his august Cither, the Kmperor Paul I. of glorious memory. Th. « procession is again divided into thirteen- sections, aud the military are toline ail the strsvts. On account of the confined state ofthe fortress non* bufpersoba of Che two first classes can lie admitted to the funeral ceremonies in the church of St. Peter and St. Paul. According to accounts from Taganrog the health ofher Maiestv the Empiesi Elizabeth has bbcome considerably worse. On the SIst, the anivertary of the talcing of Paris, there i « So he a grand review of- tbc WlioJe garrisonisa- tlie- Field of Mars, in honour ofthe Duke of Wellington. Medals, attached to the ribbon of tbe Order if St. Alexander Kewski, are to he distributed on that dav to tbe still surviving soldiers who entered the French capital. The following is an extract of a letter received this morning by • jrptw, from WkM Rely that every arrival from Russia brings more alarming intelligence, more warlike news. The ultimatum df Russia has been transmitted to tbe Porte ; the armies Are concentrating in tbe south; Moldavia sod Wallachia will be forthwith seized. It is also stated that the Duke of Wellington is leaving Sr. Petersburg*!, but this re-* ts upon lesser authority. Th cause of the fall in our funds is the great sales of Rothschild. Globe, April ' IS. GREECE. Misfiolonghi fell after a seige of ten months and - a half. It was On the 8th of March that Ibrahim's troops gave the first assault. We are already informed that the Christian garrisons of Anatolico and Vassiiade were, put to the sword, and that several of the com- manders and the priests Were burnt alive by tire order of the fero- cious conqueror and of his worthy European counsellors and allies. "\ Ve do not yet knov/ what has been the fate of the garrison of Mk- solonghi; but' if is probable that at the moment we write ( Corfu, March 24,) the heads of ten thousand women, children, and old men, have fallen. As to the soldiers,* there did not remain font hundred of them capable of bearing the weight of a musket. For three weeks they had* been without provisions. Greece has lost one 6f her bulwarks but she possesses others. Napoli di Romania, the Acropolis of Corinth, that of Athens, Napoli di Malvani.- t, the mountains of the Mainotes, the warlike isles of Hydra and Speszia, the array of Fabvier, and the vessels of Mlaoulis and Oanaris, still remain. Nothing, therefore, is yet to be dimpaired of.— Journal lies TJebats. [ From, the Mioile of Wednesda- t/, April 15. ) The " heroie defenders" of 2\ Iissolorighi have, ceased- to live ! Reduced to 1400 men, who were reduced to four ounces, of biscuit, thev saw till the 1- 7th the storm, gathering which was to swallow them up. The Egyptians, directed by Europeans, among whom ' there we're unhappilysSome- Freachmen, having at that time completed the pon- toons, by meaus of v/ nich they were to cross the shallows to attack Missolonghi, on the side of JUavri Aliki, at which ] « int there Were no fortifications, - because the Langoon defended the '( town on that side. On the ISfch, the enemy examined the ground, and the Turkish fleet having re- a^ peared at ProcOpanistros, a? the entrance of the gulf of Missolonghi, there was every reason to expect an at- tempt to Storm.' " JYonV that very day every individual prepared him- self fo. r death, and from the 19th to the 21st of February al! the Chrifttlrfns celebrate'd their obsequies. The Bishop Joseph adminis- tered the sacrements to them, and the service for the dead having' been recited, everyone repaired to his post. From the 22(\ to the 25th all was'tranquil in the camp of Ibra- him, and the enemy began in the night to place his pontoon-'. Two bourse after sunrise,* the European engineers succeeded in approach- ing Within a hundred tones'of the town, and shou ts announced the attack. Tho lines of pontoons, ending at the same point, joined ; the Christians began to roar, the firing of musketry commenced, and at eleven o'clock, two pontoons having been destroyed, the barbarians retired in di Girder. Acclamations and cries of jov announced t6 the inhabitants of Missolonghi the triumph of the Cross. The BBth February, Ibrahim having united all his forces, a' second at tack,., but without success, • On the 2d March, in a third attack, tiie barbarians made themselves masters of the head of a causevr'ay, and from that moment* the pontoons having been united at that point, the destruction ofthe Christians, who had only four hundred'and twenty- seven - men - abhvto- fight, was considered as in- evitable. Yet no thought, of surrender entered any body's mind, and no'month pronounced the word eapitidatioil; eveiy one seemed to think only of selling his life dear. At. length, on the 8th March ( 200i March, new style), the last hour of the Christians sounded/ At ten o'clock, the Turks had taken Missolonghi by storm, the Bishop Joseph had been burnt by a slow fire, all the men had been put- to: the « W0rd, and- the namfeer of corp^ es. of drowned wommftvffii thildreu - ehoaked Up the XagoOns. Eleven thousand Christians have ceased to live, are before the tribunal of God, the Judge of Kings, where they accuse apostate cabinets. The following is givn as a correct statement of the combined Turkish, and Egyptian forces ^ before Missolonghi.: Mamalukes Disciplined troops of Ibrahim, inclnding the. Artillery " Cjrmrn- rnikd a. fl'l directed hy French Eng- ihem ..... 8,000 Light Troops of Ibrahim, Egyptians, Cundiots, and Alban<' xe in the pay of Ditto of the Captain P^ clia Officers of Health, Gt>. Jhmis « ariat, & c. Troops renKiining of the Array of Redwhid Pacha ... 10,000 Tot: d 2 b,$> 0 Against this force, supported by a naval armament of nearly 100 vessels manned bv at least 0000 searqeri and marines, the Greeks had nothing to oppose hut a garrison of 1800 brave men, and the co- operation of their fleet, itselfbut ill provided, and already ex- hausted by repeated efforts. INBIA. IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE. Intelligence have been received tfom Calcutta to the 31 it Deceio- tier, being several days later than the la « t accounts. Tb. c papers and lettei- s which have arrivivl, cofitirm the previous statement, of a severe battle having been foujhfc by Sir A. Campbell, aud add, that the result was the total defeat of the Burmese. Tho latter statement, however, rests, as yet, upon no official authority, though it may be safely assumed, from the known valour of the troops em- ployed, and the skill of the oflicersby whom they were conim. iv. iied. The Calcutta John Bull, of Efec,. lift, - soys " In our paper, this morpiog, we anjioancod the arrival rif the Commodore Hayes, from Rangoon, with the important intelligeiKe, of the defeat, of tbe Burmese army ; tbe ( Commodore Hayes left Ran- goon on the l.' Jth. and brings dispatches to Governmr- i-. So Un- as we have Won able M gnlher particul. irs, the action lasted three ds- vs, vhf.' i tbe cfieinr were beiteit and ibsper- e- l; and are turn * iij to oci'. upy i « « tWc j. « sitio!>, SO miles fmui Attuao. The loss 0! sir Arcbibald Ciuupbill's officera are, six killdi and live wounded. The following is a list ofthe killed aud wounded : — - KILLED. I. ii iiteusTit T. B. . M. Sutherland, and W. Goasep, • Irt regi- ment. l. i< iit. If. (','• Pwrtor, his Majesty's 38th regiment. C. ipt. Dannu, his Majisty'sfliip Aradiae. vof'. Yurn. Eesi+ n J. Cknif^*!!, royal regiment, sincc dead, J.' S.. Abbott, cngiii'tr,- slightly. Lieut. I.' nderwood, Madras, slightly, not dangerously. Ciiot. iiu iliid iTrHet-.'. f ijili* Backhouse, his Mojesty's'iyth rbgU nlent, ditto, ditto. I. ieuWiuul J, OflfiJtffl,- his Majesty's 47th regiment, ditto,' ditto. Major W. S, ( Ju'ily, his Majesty's 87th re'girtent, slightly. Lieut. , f. it. Baylie, ditto, dangerously, since dead. We eit!'.-. ct- t',- e following - from the Cdeutta- John ' Btfll, of the H th 0e.- enif) ff ' i~- Our intelligence yesterday. from Prome states, tnaf a party nonsuiting of four battalions of Madras sepoys under Colonel M'Dou-' g, il', was ditpati- hed , to di » Tiidge « body of the" enemy supposed to bo ^ 000. strong, and « ' ho hid takfn a position about 80 miles ( nun- 1 th.- bi. Alter reaching the neighbourhood of this position, the ad- vance of tbe party cauie suddenly on a strong ettxikade, and wcr. » .'( ruicked h, y, I'.' i.- OW) of the enemy. IieutenaUt- Colonel M'Daiigafi' lias killed by the first shot, also Lieutenant Ranking. The troop* being dispersed, ' were piir'sued by « Ame Cassty hotse of tho enem-,, wh-' n' the SSth- regiment of native infantry formed a sijuare, aud re- pelled the cava!-, y, and prevented a still greater loss than was un- fortunately sustained— A officers killed, lO woumled, G dangerously so; 51 rank- ami hie Tubed, liO wounded, 40 missing, " We noticed, some time ago, that the Burmese had been riven to understand, that oil firing the first gvfa, after the umiiisriee closed, Peico would lie dHachcd from the Empire of Ava. W « now learn this less b" en carried so. far into effect; proclamations have been issued, Ksrrhitf the Peguese of tbe protection of tho British sgartist, th-. ir old enemies and conrjuercrs." The latest private letters from Prome, were dated the 5th De- cember, Slid mentioned that the Roynlv at she post in advance of Prome, where Brigadier- General M'Creagh left them, hodhadsofcie skirmlsbing - fvith the enemy, and had beaten them. The main body of the army was Sjlpictod, at that time, to move lonrards oti Meeady, about- rhe Sth. Sblua. of these letters state, that not a single " Btifitiese w. m then to be wen On the banks ofthe river. I. i" B-.,: ia » t WAtShaH,' of the Surrey pepartnient, rearhud Itsngoirti f. bui Pegu' in sit days, oa an elephant. He fonnd the roadjgood. 1 he body guard had all arrived with the horse artillerv, so that fluiy Were fuHy prepared there ibr an;,- hostile attempt that might be tb iile. Several ships Wore about to tail for Madras, for more troops. The tt- etrfher at Rangoon was cool and agreeable, in the moraiugs and evening.. On tho ^ Ist December, a report was current at Calcutta, that Rhurtpore had ftllen into onr hand? ; but no official intelligence Ujion thcf ibjeHit Imd been received. The J uterpri/ j-, steam vessel, had been purchased by the Go- vernment for L. 40,000, and was to proceed shm- tly to Rangoon. Captain Johnston, it was umJerstood, would reuiain ill command. Ejetrcwtof a Lelicr, dated Ztiodinna, 17th Xor. 1820. Bimrtpow js how itooued to destrnctiou— nn army of 20,000' foot, and 8000 cavalry it forming at Agra anil Muttra, andexyect-- ed to break givBwM^ jfore it the end of this month. Never was th< ' re such a glaring iu* tauce tit imbecility hi a Government as iu this business. L'tst April Kir D. Ochterlony had attendetl the old llajah in liis last illn? « s and, at hij urgent request, aud sanctioned hy Government, hrtd ulaeisl on tin; Guddee the son, a bov seven years old, and given the nsual presents ou the occasion! J'his made the fathi'r die in pivice, aa he oonocired it would j* eveut all distrurbauceti ats. mt the succeseion. ' Sir D., after noir. inatmg the Ranee's brother ( the boy's maternal' uncle) returned to Delhi, about a month after which the Rajah diet), lie had not Iieen dead a week, when. « nephew, Doorjun Saul, usurped the government. Seducing part of the troops, he got into the fort, murdered tie uncle ami als- iut GO of liis adherent*, and assumed the rr5u » ofgo- vernment. When this news reached Sir D., he instantly sav the necessity of pronipt and vigorous measures, in order to snpprft the dignity of our Government, . which hail iu fact bound itself to sup- port the legitimate heir. He assembled an army of 15,800 aicn, and a tram of 1 Kfgaris, i- u less than three weeka, and no one cau doubt but in a fortnight more fie would, by negoaalfw. by strata- gem, ( for the had a strong party in the fort M oi) r sidt- j ; « t by fighting, have succeeded a » upletely. The ftrt was out of repaitr; and every thing wwin favour of success, when an order came from Government, disapproving of his measures, and ordering the force to be sent to their stations again, as it was a point the Council had not. settled, whether they were compelled to support the son or not. Sir David never held up his head afterwards and died at Mix rut a short time ago. And now the business is- to he done, but under every disadvantage-— the fort in thorough repair, the ditch filled during the rains, a large force collected, arrangements entered into by the usurper, with other native chiefs— ia short after he has had six or eight montha to do AIL in hi, pow. r to niaki, IH'TI. I I/' secure. Tbe loss of lives, if tbe, stand an atnault, will be awful. Onr service is faib » g off stuflv, Ktng'a officers getting a shameful assendency over olfleompanies, Sir Gabriel Marteniell ha* tnig- ti- the command of the Cawnpore division in. disgust, IM a King's Ma- jor- General ( lteynell), intieh hi. junior, was to command the a. rnly assenting. This army is iu three divisions, all commanded by King's officers— 1st, General Reyneil; Sd, denend NichoHs : ad. Colonel Sliigli— all under Lftrd Combermere. At Chitsagong, a King's - ifficer, M^ Kellar, was sent to eonmurid, although his re- giment w » at Ringoon, and not a single soldier of- any ' King** corps was in the district. Many uther cruel inumntions iu their favour are gocg m, and di « ; ust is tiSorder of the day among all tho Coih[ « r. ies troip* and servanCa. Accounts frun Java have been received to the 4th Deo. Thev give the most, mclincholy dotails of the sitaatioh of that rich but Itnhappy K! ttieu) e » t The jnnurgcnts were in possession i> f the whole of the eastern side of tire island, and had eommitSed grent ex- cesses ; they had destroyed the viibges of I> ankalanga and Inderma- go entirely, ar. d incendiaries hail been sent from the e » iop iato Stl » marang, who had set hre to the town iu several placcs. One rich China merchant lost 20,000 pekuls of coffee in one conflagration. The letters represent the Itutvh troops as so weakened hy continual services, that they are now entirely confined to strung and fortified places ; and as the Gbverbtnent in HollanUsfiad only 600 or 600 ' tne. i at a time, they are cut dff by the n- itrves, or rednci'd by the climate and fatigue so much, that each of the rontorciinente has to coiinuencc the wai'fare anew. 1,800 2,+ 00 2,200 500 350 . AMERICA. The GaeHa de Cio/ nhia of the 80th January contains an, article of interest, as hearing upon the question, whether Solitor will take any part in the contest between itueuos Avres aud'Jtrazil. The (' olornfiiano of Caraccas had expressed its alarm at the mention* in the orders of General. Sucre, that the Liberator was about to re- pa r to tiie Argentine ( La Plata) territory." The officird paper shows itself very anxious M dispel . the u. iscont+ pt. ion which aris « out of this iiiio phrase. V, 1iat Sncre meafit to alltlde to was PotoM ' and the neighbouring provinces, since fonnvd into the Republic of Bolivar, which were tbruierly pert of the Captain Generalship of Buenos Ayre- i. The- whole tone Of the Columbian Papers tends to convince us rtuit Bolivar will take no part whatever ia tbe contest. . Son ® .-* Tenriros and Agtiero, vrho had arrivoil in Bogota, com- missionrfl by the CortrtitUetit CVingress of Peru t. » thank the C. v- luiitbian Senate and ilepi- esennitiVi'S for the aid allbrded to theip eounrry, ir. ade their cottlmunicAtions to those liodies on ihe i-. li aud- Gfji January. In order to marktiiiore eo » YiMtonsly - fiie" gratitnile of Pern ti> Sdlt'Sr, two ' distinctUddresit-,. were presented to the Legislation tody by the Commissioners— the one to thank Columbia for its- eflorti in favour of Peru— the other specially to thank them for bar- iug given Peru the'benefit ofthe pnnem- e of the Liberator. A MnmiUsiou from the Mtnieari Secretary of State is inserted ia the paper ofifhe S « d January, in which the thank* of'Mexieo ant given tot the preparations which the C'oiuinlsans had nuide to send a rtaV. il thrc,'' tbr the reduotiou of St. John d'l'lloa, which huwever- had been rendered unnecessary by' the sum- niier of tliat fortri « This is. saiil in the Gtte'eitt to be one of the points alluded to in the Mi ss ige of the Vice lYtesiiiertt to Congwss, wlieti he nays that hit had dispiwd of apart ofthe force ol'Die Repulilic in pursuance of a treaty with Mexico. This p, issage hail bei- u supposed to refrr tohisi. in ten; ion of sliding airerpvilition ngain » t Cuba. imperial lOailiament, HOUSK OF LORDS. M- oiUliy, April 10. The Duke of ARGVLE presented a pKitsdn: frnnv tXe " eolltity Argyle, andotiefrom. Itiverary, against my alteraliun in the Scotch, batiks—- I^ iid nn the talile. A number of petitions, from Yariouv pbices, were pre « n » cJ ami: laid on the table, against'negro. iMVtVy. ct'RaX.^ t The Mar. piis of LAK. SfHtWJfE brnught m a KB to make- country uot. a payable ut the place from which they may be- issued. The Earl of LATDIlRDALll wisixsl to know if the provisions, of. the bill esteaik'il to Seotlnnd? Tbe Marquis of LANSDOWNK answered in the affirma- We Kirrl- of LAti> ERDALE thought the time chosen to bring- in the bill iuHmiper, when au inquiry waa going ou respecting the b. uikitig sy stem of Scotland- i he Jfanjois of LA. VSDOWNE said he should have delnyed tbe iuh- oiluctioH of the bill, if lie ltud thtHight the result of the Com- mit; would affect- his opinion, or the opinion of the Ilnv*-. The Kurtm' t. Ai nr. RBAM: - akl U sboulil I,* able ft, prov.- I 1 If. 11% IliT. UUil II II ' ' ' 11 ' • Msrqitis of I, ANSPPWNE thought if world he right, at nts to discuss the principle of the hill on Ihe second- Wailing, ' and afterwards it would he open to the Noble Karl to propose * nt- l amendments in the bill, confining i! to EtJgiaod oidy, as he tuigb in tlit t& iMuiiU' f) that flil ar « * » - nJiAll- iWuiia in iruiiaud would be injured bv the bill, it it extended to that country. Tb all events, BM^ BB^ M 2 Ml eh • Hit think proper. The bill was reail a fitst time, and the recond reading fixed for Friday next Adjourned. 7' tiSedny, April 11. Th » following bills received tte roysl araent:— The- Chelsea ami Kilmainh'sn b « . Jpitjs biil; the'Irish - lunatic asylum bill; thi as- sault arid • battety Bill; the u! raecM « m< y- prisons bill; the King's Inn, Dublin, hrfl; the county of Durham - administration jurisdic- tion bill; and several private hills. The Commissioners were the Esrl of Shaftesbury, Lord GiSord, and the Lord Chancellor. rte » vESTivK strnvrcE. Earl DARNLEY, in pursuance of notice, rose to bring forward Vie motion- feisting to the sy'siem pursued on the coast for the pre- vention of smuggling. The death of the officer, a few days since, Vis entirely an accident, b>:> a esse happened not a long time ago % t adiftrent nature, when a verdict of murder was brought in by viis jnqui- st. lie objected to the manner in which the pre- ventive Sefviee then were chosen, many of them were country men, wholly ignorant of the use of tire- ants. He ( Lord Darnley) ttnderweut sotne ineonvenience from the" .' ' men himself He laod- W in the open day at a pi we near Sai-.'* ich, and one of the pt- c- ventive men not only searched his boxe<, but his person. The man * vas tinned, and of course, he could not resist, and he could only tell his condiict to his cflioer*. He only mentioned ijhis circnm- SUtice tb slate" that if he, who was well known, and in the open dav, suffered this inconvenienc*, what would lie the fate of the poor li- hertlteii ? He thought that smuggling was carried on as extensively in some place* as previousto the adoption of this system. He concluded with moving for an account of the number ol the nteo 3tid officers employed in the preventive service. He should at present make no motion on the subject. Lord MELVILLE stated that strict orders were given to the preveritive service men to molest no one in his peaceful avocations, and offensive weapons were never to lie used unless an attack were made. With respect to the accident that hod happened lately on the coast of Kent, there were bands of smugglers on the coast, and the man who fired the gun on the impulse of the moment unfortu- nately ( and certainly contrary to strict order*) killed his own officer. That some system was neoessary to prevent smuggling, and for the protection of the revenue there could be no doubt, that information had lately been njwiwid at the Admiralty, of large ban'b of smug- glers, which called for additional exertions. Smuggling in spirits - was carried on to the greatest extent; and, consistently with the health of the people, spirits were reduced to as low a rate as was expedient. It appeared that towards Ilythe then: were regular armed law less bands which mast be put down by force employed for that purpose. Earl DAKKLEY said a few words in reply. According to the admission of the Noble Viscount himself, aimed bands of smugglers nopear.- d in the very face of these preventive men, at Hythe and along the coast. He had heard nothing which would prevent him from pursuing his original plan when the papers were pro- duced. The motion was then agreed to, and the papers ordered.— Ad- journed. On - Wednesday uud Thursday, the business was routine and unimportant. Friday, April It. Lord DUDLEY and WARD presented a petition proving for compensation if slavery were abolished, frotn the House of Assembly in the island of Antigua. In the petition expressions would be found per haps too sewre and b& rsh, against certain bodies of men in this country, bat what the petitioners wished to impress npon the House was, that whatever measures might be adopted by Par- liineut, they should have a foil and fitir indemnity. The Noble I. ord procetsled at some length to show tliav the owaers of slaves were clearly entitled to some compensation if their property were taken from them. His own property in the West Indies was but small, but he was anxkras that others who were more interested sh'otSd not he losers if the plan for the total abolition of slavery wire carried into efiect,— The petition was referred to the Com- mittee. kOOAL PATME7TT Of NOTES EILI- The Marquis of LANSDOWN rose to move the second reading of the hill making notes payable in gold at the place at which they were issued. He was aware that the baiiking system in Ireland ' nnd Scotland was carried on differently to that of this country, and, therefore, he- would allow that in each e ® * it anight admit of some exci utions and modifications When the system of banking in Scotland and Ltdand tame to he discussed, he was wire it wotdd be disci--..- d with unanimity. With reference to the present measure he - - aaxious to receive the West information before it was de- cided whether the bill should extend to Scotland. He concluded by moving that the lid be read a second time. The Earl of ROSSLYN Contended, that if the hill was allow- ed to extend to Ireland - and Scotland, It would, instead of doing good' defray puMii credit He wished the subject to undergo the fuller e,? nsi4cr* tiuih . Lord MELVILLE snid t- hat the present bill partook a little of unfair dealing, As respected Scotland, what was the situation i which Scotland stood ? A Committee was now sitting with a. view of ulterior ineaeoies, aud if the present bill passed, it would have an injurious efiect on the branch banks, some of which, no doubt, would be obliged - to - withdraw. Great alarm had been occasioned in Scotland by the introdnction of this bill ; and he would put it to the Noble Marquia, whether it would not be prudent, under all the cireumstaDeestif the case, to refer it for a time. The Earl - of LAUDERDALE opposed the bill; he thought tli. it if the bill p; ts-* d in its, present form it would effect nothing. He was convinced that it' this, bill passed not a single branch bank would remain in Scotland, except, perhaps in Glasgow. Lord LIVERPOOL said he si ion Id vote for the second reading, hut hoped that the Committee might be fixed for Tuesday se'en- night to give time for consideration- The hill was ultimately read a second time, and committed for Tuesday ee\- nuight.— Ad- journed. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mondep, April 10. # Mr. J. MACKENZIE presented three petitions from Ross- shire, against any alteration of the banking system in Scotland. ttotTtfBss itoirrHovsxs. Mr. HUME presented « petition from ship- owncis, fee. of Fife- shire, complaining of the ehargea far the Scotch Lighthouses, and of the management of them, in which prayer he agreed with the petitioners, thinking that lawyem and Sheri& were not the best persons to control these maritime affairs. Sir J. YORKE urged the aesewity of placing the whole of the lighthouses under same respectable authority. Sir I. COFFIN exported that the Government were about to consolidate all the lighthouses, as existing leases fell in, and that all of them - would be placed under the authority of the Trinity House.— Ordered to be printed. Leava was given to bring in a hill to continue an net to prevent private distillation in Scotland. ASSKSSKO TAXES. The House then reserved itself into a Committee on the Assessed Ta. tes Composition Bill. Mr. HERR1ES explained thai the ohjeet of tbe bill was to en- able persons who had compounded for a time to continue their com position without any additional charge. Mr. HUME said, that if Government would examine the evi- dence taken before a Committee that had been appointed on his mo- tion, they would find that economically, 1.60.000 might be saved in the collection of tie* tales. If he should have a seat in the House next scseion, he would again bring the subject under con- sideration. Pttr. SIUFTTTT OP THE SO . VHP OP TRADS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the bring- ing up of Ihe report of the Civil List Act. Mr. HOBHOUSE protested against the proposed augmentation 4if salaries to public servants. The effort to split one placeman into two ought not to be countenanced. The Ministers had not shown that orie person'yd not efficiently filled the two offices. He had no objection tt an increased salary to Mr. Huskisson, but he did ob- ject to the' introduction of another placeman into the House of Commons, and that in reality was the question. On that account he felt that he had a right to cotr- daia of the difficulty in which the connecting of the two inea- tures placed not only his Majesty's Ministers, but eVen his Majesty's Opposition.—( A laugh.)— He thought it wus the best way to get rid ol it, by resisting the report, for out of doors it was called a " monstrous job," and indeed it was very like one. Lord GIJtiNOnCIlY also opposed the report. The present Ministerial influence was strong enough. The seats opposite were already amply filled with placemen. He hoped the case would be reconsidered ! y Ministers. Mr. CANNING, in a speech of considerable length, spoke in favour < jf the motion, as did Mr. TIERNEY against it. Tha question was then put on the original Resolution, that L. .1000 a- year he granted to bis Majesty for the payment of a eolary to the President of the Board of Trade. The Jlonsrdivided, when ths numbers were— Ayes, 87— Noes, 7 « — Majority. 11. . Mr. CANNING expressed his regret that the smjlness of the majority would prevent him from persevering in the course, which, iiH a matter of principle, he had conscientiously supported; but v which, ;:> a matter of expediency, httnow felt himself bound, under all the circurnst. • - s of the case, to abandon. The expression of opinion bad, undoubtedly, been very strong, and his Majesty's Government would not farther press tbe measure. As it seems to be the M hit of tbe House, they would consent to the ynion of the ancient office of the Treasurer of flu> N. ivy with that of the President of the ISoaxJ oif Tv. ufc.-~/ The House resounded • wirh chefr-,'. iir. TiV. itN'F. Y uiJ, ' he ,' uo<) U iftitv ob.- H- ve, lliat l, i, Ma- jesty's Government had entitled themselves to the approbation ol his M. tjost. v's . Opposition—( Hear ! and laughter.) | The'CHANCELLOR- of the EXCHEQUER said, it became ' his doty to move as an Amendment to the Resolution of the Coin- ' mittee, that his Majesty be enabled to affix a salary of L. 2000 per j annum to the office of President of the Board of Trade.—( Hear/ hear.) Sir VT. M. RIDLEY seconded the motion, which was agreed to unanimously with loud cheers. Mr HUME said, he hoped now that they were all agreed, lie might be permitted to say a word—( A laugh.)— He hoped the Opposition would' learn from the decision of that night the utility of being st their post. If they persevered in the faithful discharge of their duty would gain many more victories. The Resolution, as amended by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, was then agreed to, and a Bill ordered to be brought in to carry the same into effect. RANK CHARTER AMKNIlMEtrr BII. L. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved the Ordir of the Day for the farther consideration of the Bank Charter Amendment Bill. _ After a few words from Mr. BARING, the Bill was committed pro forme , the 1 louse resumed, and the Report was ordered to be received on Friday next. raiiidatioii of sY W„ lter's Works in and Initio. 1ijj now iu ihs press, an edition m royal ifimo. vvitii pltteii. M. ( t. intends this to the most beautiful edition of Sir M ilter Scott published in either kingdom. Fast India Directors—- Wednesday a ballot was, taken at the East India House, for the election of six Directors. At six o'clock the glasses were closed, and delivered to the Scrutineers, who re- jiorted the numbers to- be as follow, viz : James " Pattison, Esq." John Loch, Esq. ...— James Stuart, Esq. ... Charles Mills, Esq. .. John Bebb, Esq Tuesday, April 11. A ballot to fry the merits of the petitions regarding the right of election for Huntingdon being fixed for to- day, it was requisite that there should be 100 Members present before four o'clock, but at that hour there were only Members present. The House was accordingly declared to stand adjourned. It is remarkable that this is the first day during the present ses- sion that there has not been a requisite number of Members pre- sent, at the hour of meeting, to enable the House to proceed to business. Wplncsday, April 12. Mr. CTTMSnNG presented a petition from Fortrose, aud Sir R. FERGUSSON petitions from the Magistrates and inhabitants of Inverary, of Rothesay, and of Campbelton, against any alteration in tbe currency of Scotland. Mr. LOWRY presented a petition from Birmingham, praying for some modification in the existing corn laws. Mr. HUME postponed tiil Wednesday next his motion respecf- T the laws which interfere with - the Trade and Manufactures of the United Kingdom. ... Lord PALMIiRSTON obtained leave to bring in a bill for re- gulating the payments and allowances to innkeepers aud others ou whom soldiers are billeted. The Noble Lord also presented an ac- count of the number of officers of the army now on full pay, which was ordered to lie upon the table. A biil was brought in to prevent private distillation in Scotland, which was read a first and second time. Thursday, April 13. Mr. IIU. SKISSON presented a petition from Dunse against any alteration in the Scotch banking system. Referred to a Com- mittee. Also a petition from the weavers of Glasgow for a repeal of the corn laws. REPF. ESEXT. VTION OF EDINBrKCH. [ Mr. Abercrombv introduced his motion for an alteration of the mode of electing a Representative for the City of Edinburgh. After an animated debate, in which Mr. Wm Dundas, Mr. J. P. Grant, Sir George Clerk, Sir R. Ferguson, Sir F. Burdett, Lord A. Hamilton, tbe Lord Advocate, and Mr. Canning took part,^ the motion was lost hy a majority of 25 ; the numbers being— For it 97—. Against it 122. From the importance of this question, in a general point of view, we intend giving the debate at greater length in our next, than onr limits will at present admit. ] WKSTXIMSTER ABBEY. Mr. HUME, in order if possible to relieve the public from the collections which were made for viewing Westminster Abbey, mov- ed for a copy of the charter by which Queen Elizabeth granted fee Abbey to the sole management of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. The motion was resisted by Mr. Secretary Peel, and, after some discussion, wis lost on a division of 72 to 56. Mr. HUME then moved for certain other papers relative to this subject, which was also negatived. Mr. HUME then stated his intention to propose, on a future dav, a motion expressive of the sense of the House on the extraor- dinary conduct of the Dean and Chapter. Lord PALMERSTON moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the act for granting* retired allowances to Quartermasters of cavalry and infantry. The present bill was merely intended to place Quartermasters on retired allowances, who were incapable of service, although they had served only SO, instead of 30 years, as required by the act. The bill was afterwards brought in, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time ou Monday, and to be printed. Friday, Ajiril l- l. Mr. HUME presented a petition from ship- owners, fee. of Arbroath, in favour of the Norwich Navigation Bill. Captain GORDON presented petitions from Kincardine and other places against any alteration in the Scotch Banking System. Fht/ CATION or IRISH ROMAN CATHOLICS. Mr. JOHN SMITH presented a petition on the Education of Irish Roman Catholics, which, after some conversation, was re- ceived and ordered to be printed. NEW SOUTH WALES. Mr. J. SMITH took occasion to put a question to the Hon, Secretary for the Colonies. He had read in a New South Wales Paper, entitled The Sydney Gazette, that the Grand Jury had visited the prison and found certain warrants signed by a Magistrate, authorising what every one would term the infliction of torture. A prisoner named Paine was confined there, and by this warrant ' t was ordered that he should receive 25 lashes every morning, until he confessed where he " bad secreted some money which it was sail he had stolen. The Grand Jury who had visited the prisoner, stated in their report, that the prisoner had received those. 25 lashes for five mornings successively. On the 6th day, he was taken before a Magistrate, but was ordered back to prison, and the lashes again inflicted. On the 7th, iu the morning, he was again brought before the Magistrate, and ( as was stated) banished, without sufficient evinencs. Now the information he wished to obtain was, whether the Magistrate who gave such orders held any situation under Government in the Colony— what that situation was— what was his salary, aud whether he was still continued in it? Mr. W. HORTON said it was the practice there, that when the punishment of flogging by the inflictiou of a certain number of lashes was ordered, that number was given, not all at once, but at different periods. He did not mean to defend the practice; on the contrary, it ought to be, and had, he supposed, by this time been discontinued, but the practice had long existed, and was not con- fined to one Magistrate, for even the accusers of the Magistrate in question had themselves been guilty of it. The Magistrate in question held the office of secretary to the council, the emolument of which was L. SOO a- year. Sir M. W. RIDLEY gave notice, that on Monday week he should call the attention of the House to these punishments. BANK CHARTER. The CHANCELLOR of tbe EXCHEQUER moved that the House go into a Committee on the Bank Charter Amendment Bill. The first clause was agreed to without discussion. The second, that each partner shall be liable for all the debts of the Company, was also agreed to, after some observations from Mr. Pearce, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, . and Mr. P. Grant. The clause for prohibiting Country Bankers from discounting bills, in London was postponed. The next clause, that the names, & c. of the partners be returned to the Stamp Office, after being strongly objected to by Mr. Den- man and Mr. Hume, was also agreed to. A long desultory conversation took place on the wording of seve- ral clauses, after which the House resumed. Report on Friday next. Whereupon James Pattison, John Loch, James Stuart, Charles Mills, John Bebb, and Henry St. G, Turker, Esqrs. were declar- ed duly elected. Tuesday a ballot was taken at the East India House, ou tbe ques- tion that £ 5000 be voted to Mr. Buckingham, as a compensation for the. loss of property sustained by him in India. At* six o'clock, the glasses were closed, and delivered to the Scrutineers, whor*- ported the question to be . decided iu tbe negative, the numbers being— 157 for the question— and 4: 16 against it. Thursday, a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the six new Directors took tluur oaths and their seats. Sir George Ah: reronthie Robinson, Bart, was elected Chairman, and the Hon. Hugh Lindsay, Deputy- chairman, for the year ensuing. Funding M. vche. qner Wednesday the scheme of the Chancellor of the Exchequer for funding Exchequer Bills was made public ; it was in substance as follows:—— Books are to be opened at the Bank ou the 17th, 18th, and 19th, of April, for receiving Subscriptions for Funding .£ 8,000,000 of Exchequer Bills. .£ 107 New Four per Cents, is to he given for every 100 Bill. The dividend is payable from the 5th of April, rid *. w,..> tock thus created is not to lie paid off till after the divi- dend due 5tli April, 1833. The Bills are to be paid in at the fol- lowing periods:— 10 per Cent, on the amount to be deposited at the time of Subscribing. - 1736 - 16- 16 .1112 .1379 .1306 II. St. Geo. Tucker, Esq. 1078 J. Rivet' C irnacy Esq. .— 10a t C. Maekinnira, Esq. _ « 97 Sir W. Young, Bart. — 018 10 20 10 20 10 20 £. 100 24 th May. 14th July. 22d August. 17th October. 21st November, ltith January 1827. led to hi iir." li.'.- tlui. t, ! . ov, Tm-> Mi<-!' irti* hi ih . jvii. ; pelhiit, li- ofil A.' tjeci' I., 1. mu. The Waterloo left | rn- bre't IVfle, which vessel saiL- d from Berrgnl { he En'erpris. e steam- Vessel -' from London, had C Subscribers are to be allowed to pay Exclieqtier Bills in advance. Money may be paid instead of Exchequer Bills, with a premitim of 10s. per Cent. Money paid in advance is to be allowed interest at the rate of 2d. per Cent, per diem. Wednesday. morning Mr. Wakefield was brought up before the Judges of the Court of King's Bench, and was admitted to bail by giving two sureties of L. 1000 each. If Ireland paid a revenue as large in proportion to its population as that of Great Britain, the revc nue of the United Kingdom would be aliout 70, instead of 50 millions, and the national debt might be Extinguished in about 25 years. This is a tangible, instance of the benefit to be derived from the civilization of that country. DESTRUCTION OF THE ROYALTY THEATRE BY FIRE. About half- past one o'clock this ( Tuesday) morning this immense pile of building was discovered to have taken fire. The first alarm was given by the firemen on the beat, aud, from what was then seen, it appeared to have commenced at the back of the stage. By halt- past one the whole building preseufed one continued flame, and the appearance on the horizon was truly grand. The height of the building, composed principally of wood, gave every effect to the scene, and a farthing might have been picked up on either side of the bridges from the glare of light. The flames assumed the more awful appearance of the tremendous eruption of a volcano than the result of a common casualty. By a quarter to two o'clock the en- gines from the different fire- offices were in motion, but from the variance of the wind many were led astray, some crossing the water, aud others going to the northward. By two o'clock there were it least 20 engines ready to go to work, but not more than, eight or ten could be kept going, and those with lfttle effect. About a quarter past two, several of the adjacent houses caught fire on the top, from the flakes of burning embers, but we are happy to say, by the great exertion of the firemen, they were preserved from destruction. At three o'clock the immense roof of the Theatre fell This circumstance somewhat damped or smothered the flames, and the firemen were enabled to approach the front of the building, and consequently could play upon the ruins with more effect. At about halt- past four o'clock, tbe conflagration was so far subdued, that there was no danger of farther mischief. Not five pounds worth of property was saved from tbe Theatre, and though no lives were lost, we regret to state several persons were injured in trying to save the property. Whilst the fire was at its height, a sailor rushed through the flumes at the extreme hazard of his life, and extricated a piano forte belonging to Mr. Dunn, from the Green Room. At one o'clock all appeared safe to the vVatchman of the house, and so rapidly did it proceed that those in the house nar- rowly escaped. With respect to the cause of the calamity, ail that could be learned was, that some of the wadding from the fire- works, used in the new piece in which Motlfit- Etna" is represent-.*?, trmst have lodged in the canvas, and being ignited, set the whole fabric in a blase. The entire of the inferior of the building was com- pletely burned to ashes. The loss is estimated at about £' 18,000. Shocking Murder Friday night, about eight o'clock, a shock- ing murder was perpetrated at No. 26, High- street, Mary- le- bone, by a man named James Pollard, a butcher. It appears that this man had been living with the sister of Mr. Cooper, the deceased, but, in consequtuce of the dissolute habits of Pollard she had left him, and had taken shelter under the protection of her brother. Pollard having found where she lived, went last night to a public- house in the neighbourhood of High- Street, where he continued drink- ing for a considerable time, lie was heard to say, when at the public- house, that he was going to fight a duel that niglit and he'd be d- d but he would kill them. At eight o'clock he left the house, and proceeded to that of Mr. Cooper. On his entering the shop he made a thrust with a butcher's knife at a little boy, but missed him. Mrs. Cooper and her sister ran into the shop, when he attacked and v.- ounded the sister. He then stabbed Mrs. Cooper on the arm and nearly severed one of her breasts from her body. Mr. Cooper, hearing a dreadful screaming, ran into the shop, when the ruffian stabbed him in the left side. A great number of per- sons by this time had assembled round the house, who secured the murderer. He was taken to Mary- le- bone office ; on arriving there the prisoner was very faint, and it was discovered that, he had also stabbed himself under the ribs. He was instantly taken to Mary- le- bone Infirmary ; he was alive at eleven o'clock, but was not ex- pected to survive until the morning. Mr. Cooper was instant'^ carried to a surgeon's house on the opposite side of the street, but he expired ere they reached the house. Mrs. Cooper and her sister are in a very precarious situation, - from the injuries they have re- ceived. The knife with which the, horrid deed was committed was found behind the counter. It seems he had gone with a determi- nation to destroy the whole family, as he ground the knife in the afternoon; and observed to a boy that turned the stone that it would do well to cut throats now. Pollard has been a master- but- cher in good circumstances, but of late has wholly given himself up to drinking. It. is said he is a married man, and has a family. Pollard, died at three o'clock on Saturday morning. The following instance of ferocious duelling is copied from the Norfolk Herald ( United States paper) of the 6th jilt. " Lieute- nant W. T. Bourne, of tbe Marine corps attached to Major Ander- son's command, at the Gosport navy- yard, was killed by a pistol shot on Saturday morning last, near the foot bridge between the marine barracks and the hospital. The parties stood at two paces distance— the ball of Bourne ( the deceased) passed through the breast of Smith's coat. Xabal aXtgistcr. LONDON, April 17. Windsor, April 14.— From the change of weather at the com- mencement of this week, his Majesty became slightly affected with gout, but he was so much better yesterday as to be able to take an airing for two hours in his poney phieton, in the Great Park. In the evening his Majesty dyied with his suite. The King is expected to resume his airing this day, tlie carriages being in readiness for that purpose. It is expected that there will not be any drawing- room on the 21th inst. the day on which his Majesty's birth- day is kept; indeed, had there been any intention to have one, as it, is customary to give at least, a fortnight's notice, it would have been announced in Satur- day's Gazette. Two levees in the course of the season, however, are spoken of. We understand that letters have been received in this town, stat- ing tlmt Lord Cochrane has arrived in Greece. It is stated to be his Lordship's intention to carry the war into the enemy's territory Liverpool Mercury. The bill now in progress through the Hatse of Commons for making Norwich a port, via Lowestoife, embraces one of the grand- est and most important improvements that has for many years been submitted to Parliament. The design of forming Like Ldthing into a harbour, the converting an expanse of water of 100 acres in extent iuto a place of refuge for ships ( at the mqst easterly point in the kingdom, and on a coast so dangerous, that every storm with the wind m- land is pregnant with fatal consequences, the inevitable destruction of property, and the probable loss ofhuman lives,), ap- pears well worthy the attention of the legislature. Sir Walter Scott's works have been published in Paris in 8vo. and Itfrmo. in English ; there are two translations in French, an 8vo, edition, and two editions in 12mo. Yet, with all these editions, comprising nt'le.- tst 10,000. copies, the public curiosity is yet unabated ; and M. Chivh- s f. o si hu, the onbihtiei- of the bi- st bit wj( Sjipo Baron Von t at St. II Jena th tlie 1st January, arrived at Bengal— ITS ihi. vs' passage. Off Portsmmdh, April 10.- - A- rived the Lt- dy Flora, Earl, j from Bengal; sailed the 9th Die. itnd from the Cape the 8th Feb. ' Also the Siifcpson, . Simpson, from Bombay. Arrived off the Wight, the foromindel, Boyrs, from Bengal; sailed the 18th November, and from the Cape, the 25th. J; au. iry. Liverpool, April 21 Arrived the Mary,'. leif.' SoM, from Cal- cutta ; sailed the 2< 1th Nov. The John Taylor, Atkinson, was to sail in foiirteeu uuys for this port, und the Columbia, Chapman, iu a month. Cave of Cork, April i— Sailed the Drain, Hamilton, fur Bengal aud China. Madeira, April Ms- Arrived the Circassian, Douthv. nite, from London for Madras aud Bengal ; the Matin Tufton, Braird, sailed for do.' ou the lOtli. Ca. pe. of Cowl Hope.— Arrived previous to the Sd F. h.— Pa- tience, Kind, from London, dismasted oa tbe 31st. ult. in Ut. 36. S. Ion. 1. E. ia a heavy gale. The Pyrainus, Urodie, from Lon- don, and sailed the 23d lor Ceylon and Bombay. The Cambridge, IS trh.- r, from Bombay, . Bombay.— Arrived the Maitland, O'Brien ; Sarah, Tucker ; and Upton Gwtle, Thacker, all from London. .. Madras, . Nov. 3.— Arrived the Neptune, Curoberledge, from London. Bengal.,—. Arrived previous to the 27th Dec - Berwick, F. l- bcck ; l. tird llungerford, Talbert; Bussorah Merchant, Stejvert ; Mellish, Cole ; Victory, F. irquharson ; Kingston, Botven ; Ciesar, Watt; Maria, - ThomsAn; Sir E. Paget, Geary; Lady Nugent, ; and George Home, Hippius, all from London. The Helicon arrived at the. Cape of Good Hope on the 2ith De- cemhcr ; and the Fly, . on the I Oth January, from Plymouth. Tile Royal Charlotte, , from London for Bengal, was spoken with, ou the Mill of February, in l.-, t. 5. 10. S. long. 26. 81. W. by the Globe, Hamilton, arrived at Philadelphia from Canton. The Aquil. tr, Watson, from Sinoapore, Penang, and Mauritius, to London, has been condemned at the Cape of Good Hope, as > m- seaworthy. About, 200 tons of her cargo were supposed to be da- maged, and would be sold. On Wednesday the following Commanders took leave of the Court previous to departing for their ri spectiye destinations, viz Captain J- !). Sothebv, London; Captain W. E. Farrer, Or- well; Captain J. S. mton, General Harris ; Captain T. Blair, William Fair lie ; and Captain B. Broughton, Canning, for China direct. St. Helena, Feb. 19— The Cambridge, Birber, from Bom- bay and the Cape of Good Hope, passed tor London. Bengal, Dec. 13— Arrived the Portsea, Lamb and Sincapore. Ships spoken'with. The Duke of Bedford, Twe< don to Madras and Bengal, on the 16th ult. in fat. 40. long. 15. The John Biggar, :—, from Bombay to Liverpool, on the 28 th January, between the Cape " of Good Hope and St. Helena, bv the Ranger, May, arrived in the Thames from the South Seas. FROM LLOYD'S LIST, APRIL 11. Liverpool, April 6.—- The George, Brown, from Maranham to this port, was abandoned 26th tilt, in lat. 50. long. 12. having six teet water in her hold. The crew with a small part of the cargo, sails, and rigging, arrived at Londonderry in the Courier from New York. The Good Intent, Russell, of North Shields, has been run foul of by the Janet of Kirkaldy, and sunk. Crew ( except a boy) sav ed by the Ybrkshireman Steamer. Tbe Caroline ( whaler) Taylor, was totally lost with her cargo at Maequarrie Island in Slarch 1825. APRIL 14 Deal, April 13.— During last night it blew very hard from the northward. Several vessels let go their second anchors ; about day- light this morning it modferated. Portsmouth, April 12.— It has blown a heavy gale all night and to- day, from W. S W. At seven r. > t. more moderate, - but every appearance of a boisterous night— tie slips at Spithead rode in safety with two anchors a- hfiad. Bade, ( Cornwall) April 13.— The Giraffa of Scarborough, Brown, frout Cork to London, was driven on shore last night dur- ing a gale at NW. about two miles from hence, and will be lost with her cargo of oats. A boy drowned. MAILS.— AKRiVEn— 2 Hamburgh, 2 French, 1 Lisbon, 1 Leeward Islands, and 1 Brazils— Dt'E— 2 Gotteoburgh, 1 Dutch, and 1 Flanders. EAST INDIA Sinrrl\- G. Heal, April 12 Arrived the Waterloo, Alsager, from China; sailed the 22d Dec. and from St. Helena tbe 25th Feb. The Herefordshire, Hope, also from China ; siiiied the 30th Nov. and from St. Helena the 11th Feb. The James Sib'oaId, Forbes, from Bombay ; sailed the 26th Nov. and from the Cape of Good. Hope tbe 23d Jan. The Orient, chartered ship, from England, and the Charles Grint, from Bengal, were the only ships due in China. The Atlas sailed ou the 15th" of December for the Cipe. The Van- svttart and the Ih. the were the » e* t to h. 1 dh-' 1 . i ,--, I. ' l'hr Bom- Sydncy, New South ITn/.- s Arrived previous to the 20th Oct.— Medina, Brigs* ; Security, Ross; and Andromeda, Mud- dle, from London, but all la'sffrom Van Diemen's Land. Steam Vessels.— In a Coutt held on Tuesday, by the Bailie of the river Clyde, several persons, masters of steam- boats, were fined for contravening the regulations lately enacted by the Magistrates and Gonad], Two were fiiu- d each in the mitigated penalty of £ i 10s. for having, on Thursday, morning, tailed to stop the engines, when the one boat was attempting to pass the other, on which oc- casion the boats came in collision. And two were fined for not having off the steam when passing the dredging machine then at work near Renfrew Ferry. Arrival of the first Steam Ship in India The Enterprise ( Johnson) steam vessel, arrived at Calcutta about ttte 6tl or 7th D^ cembtir ( 113 days) all well; and had been taken up by the Bengal Government. We have been favoured with the sight of a letter written on board his Majesty's ship Revenge, 74, Admiral Sir II. Neale, giving an account of a dreadful squall which had overtaken that vessel, in com- pany with the Algerine sloop, of 10 guns, commanded by Captain Wemyss, while among the Greek islands in the Archipelago ; they were making a passage, and as the night was very fine they hid single reefed topsails and top- gallant sails set; soon after ten o'clock the weather began to threaten. The Revenge hail lowered her top- sails down preparatory to reefing, when one of the most sudden and terrific squalls th. 3t ever blew from the heavens came on, arid seemed to threaten destruction to every thing in its way, the Revenge < ras thrown on her vim ends, and all her sails torn into ribbons, not even the boit ropes left; it also carried away her fore and crossjack yards. At this time the Algerine was about two miles asteru of the Revenge, and in an instant disappeared ; upw.- u- ds of a month litis elapsed since this letter was written, and every inquiry has been made in vain. We regret to say there is little doubt that the AJge- rine upset, in the squall, and every soul on board perished, not leaving one to tell the sail tale. It was fortunate that the Revenge had Jbwered down in tuiiu, or she would have bwa. dismasted. Captain Charles Wemyss was a very promising young officer, and made a commander in the brig in April last year.' Lieutenant Albert Croker, First Lieutenant of the Cambrian, died a few days before this letter left the Mediterranean. _, S/, ir. The squadron sentto Tripoli and Tunis by the French Government to demand satisfaction of the Regencies'for the siesure of vessels under the Papal flag, has been successful. The vessels seined have been given up, an indemnify to the owners, aud a promise made that the outrages, shall not be repeated. A letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Deal, dated on Sunday, says, " We beg leave to acquaint you, for general information, that the buoy on the south end of the Goodwin Sand is at present with- out its distinguishing staff and vane." ... fraJteTds M. 1 ft. jf. KT3i li ' rgj'j j'- iyh if$. -- tj; i oiu-. eorn insrhet rh.- re . wry l; ftU doing in ativ kind of grain. The ground is . new oMer.- d w ith eriow, triiT we'ajipf. or in a sW'O. nd iv irifci-, which must check Ve?,.--. r. tion, already, perhaps, too far advanced-. Experienced ;.-,-< > '- say it must have injured the rape jil inr, which was ft- t reepvehbv^ f- om vhe former effects rffrost} but ail - t ill depend on irs tlhration : and it the snow his been general, it w iil find • protection beneath it* We have riot heard of any tr. invtetion m vtheat and'b'irley. The present low rates 01-' agricultural produce make the prt. s.' iit a vers- interesting moment with regard to the future Crop, both in hp., hind on the Curitiue.' it, as The cultivation ofktnd-. tbr tillage hits r-,- much decreased on the latter, . owing, to tle- encourageitjent trivet:,' to the growth of- wool and production of butter; but neither of which articles will now veiMuueraro our farmers.- Current prices as follows :'— Wii, s', 17 s. - Id. to 2< s. Oil. Earlev, 9 « » . tola, 10,1. Qats. fi « , Od.' toSs. pe- t- ijr. _ _ ___ „ , Arsiir.-^ New Stile.)" Fortrose, 1st Wednesday, j Dufl'ton, day after Crttden. Findon, ditto. ' Nrtvdcet, lfit TSeS. oivt Wc!.- - Cupar of Angio--, the Thursday i IJoovi F. iir of AuclrtcileSs, Sd before Easter. , Tuesday and Weduesd. iv. MelroSs, ditto. ] Elgin Paseh Fair, the Thuraitiy Inverury, 2d Tuesday. ! iu Passibn- weok. Charleston of Aboyne, 2d Vr'etj- J Fortes Pssgh Fait, 2d Wtilner. ncsday. ! Hawklall Panel Fair, 3d To. su Biv'h, 1st Thursday. j Invcrtiry, Wedaes. alter djfto. Brechin, fid. Wednesday.^ i CuniiiieKf& tt, Thors. oftei' - hi. Colbockie, Ross- shire, ditto. j Logic, Thtirs. nfuv Cmniuestun. Inverness, Wettues. after 22d. Paseh. Market, Aberdeen, litst i Aucmnttore, ! I-' ettercairn, ditto. 1 ! Kepple Tryst, Belftelvre, ditto. • Turves, St. George's, hist Tues. ; and Wednesdav. I Grail ton, last Tues'day, I Anchindcire, ditto. Wednesday, Old Aberdeen, last Thnrsdav. : Old Stile.. Keith, Ist Tuesday. Cntden, - ditto. i) I " lb. lint liandsp. Sib. mill- spun, 2s, 2d. a 2sl 4d 4ib. ditto, . . 51b. ditto, . . ... tjlii. ditto, . . ' NDKK . Vi A. N V'. U " IT RES; - j / ib. lint do. . . [ ( iih. tow do. p. Jb. 71b. tow do. do. Bill.- tow do. dtr. 10 and 121b. do. Pctersb. 121x1. Ditto, 9 ditto, . Riga Thiest- uhaus, Drujana cut, . . £' 32 a £' 33 i a 29 39 a 40 33 a 0 Kitten,- S Brand, 1. it- bail, Art- hang ol, Flemish, . . 2s. 7d. a .' is, • Hd. o Ad, « - Id. it ad. £' 27 a .£'< » SO a 0 27 tl .30 On 0 11 ?. M P. Petorsburgh clean, £ 12 « £ 0 Dr. ujana rass, £ 40 a £ 0 ( hum Ditto hatful. 33 a 0 Common taV, . . 37 tl t; Riga . Rhine, 44 a 0 Codilln, . . . 23 a 0 SMITHF1ELD MARKET. B- ef, ...... 4. s. ( ij, to 4s. 8d. | Pork, 4s. 94.^ o 5s. 8J. Veal, M. 4d. to tie. Sid. i Lamb, 4s. Od. to 6s. 8d. Muttoft, ... 4s. Od. to 4s. 9d. j Beasts, 348— Calves, 151— Sleep and Lambs, G310 - Pigs, 80. __________ . 3 per C. Red. - 78 § f India Bonds 5 6 pr. 3 per C. Cons. Exch. Bills, 10001. 8 9 p:-. per Cent. Lottery Tickets 21). lis. New 4 per Ct. 953- 1 j Bank for Acc. ct. Red, 85£ 85- j j Cons, for Acc. 7 KS? IHAILMS', kc. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OP CORY. The following is tie. General Average which governs Importa- tion, takenfroin tbe Weekly Returns of the quantities and pricei of Barrisu Cows, Winchester Measure, in England and Wales, tor the week ending 8 th April. Wheat. Barley. Oats. liye. Beans. Pease. s. d. s. d. 9. ,/. H. d. s. d. « . d. 58 6 31 10 23 4 36 7 35 a 35 6 AVER Ac E bv the lmneriiii Quarter. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Bye. Beans. Pease. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d: s. d. e. d. 60 4 32 10 24 0 39 0 85 10 36 7 The AVSIIAGE Piut- 2 of BROWN or Mi SCOVADO SUUAR, eotn- puted from the Returns made iu the week ending the 12th Aprd, is 31s. 7jd, per Hundred Weight, duty exclusive. CORN EXCHANGE, April 17. Since this day se'ennight the arrivals of wheat have formed but a very moderate supply, and the accession by land' carriage this morning being also small, induced higher prices to be generally asked, which were, in a few instances, submitted to at the opening of the market; but the mealiug trade afterwards became very dull, and closed not. at all dearer than on Monday last. The malting season being nearly over, and malt having given Way 2s, per quarter, there was scarcely any demand for 11 It- lev, though it might, hav e been obtained at a proportionate reduction in price. Current Prices of Grain. s. tl. D. » . d. Wheat 82 to 56 0 Oats, Feed 91 to 23 0 Ditto superfine, ... 60 to 64 0 Bean's, small, 43 to 47 0 Wheat, red, — to — - Ditto Tick, 38 to 4? 0 Barley, 24 to 28 0 Beans, harrow, ... 40 to tt 0 Ditto, fine, 31 to 05 0 j Pease,' Maple, .... 46 to 48 0 Rye, 3* to 40 0 : Ditto, White, .... 42 to 4fi 0 Malt, 46 to 52 0 j Ditto, Boilers 55 to 56 0 Oats Potatoe, 22 to 26 0 . Ditto, Hog 23 to 46 0 Ditto Poland, 21 to 24 0 1 Flour, 53 to 55 0 HADDINGTON COKN MARKET, April 14. A small- supply of Wheat in market, which met with a quick sale. Prices higher than last day—- Top price of Barley the- satne, and Oats Od. lower than last' day. Wheat I Barley. | First 33s. Od. | 29s. Od. Second.... 82*. Od. I 20s. Od. Third 27s.. Od. 21s. Od. Oats. | Pease. I Beans. 21s. Od. | 18s. 0- 1. j 18s; Od. | 18s. Od. | 17s. Od, | 17s. Od. | lis. Od. I 15s. Od. | ISjt. Od. Edinburgh' Cuttle. Mark.*, April 12.— There were this dav 1204 sheep- in the market. Black- faced wedders sold frout 30s. 32s. Od. to 37s. ; Cheviot do.- from 33s. to 34s. ; 110 lambs, which sold from 16s. to 20s.— In the. Grassmarket there ivere 280 fat cattle, which sold from 6s. 8d. to 8s. iter stone, sinking ofi'als. /" Vices of Hay and Straw. April 12.— Oat S'. ra, 10s. to 10a. 6th; Wheot do. 10s. to ] 0>. Oil. ; Barley do 8s. 6d. per kemple Good Hay from 1 Id. to 12d. per stone. Glasgow Cattle' Market, April 10 There Were 322 black cattle in this day's market, which sold at from 8s. to 10s. Od. a- stone. There were 000 sheep. Sales were tltill, but little abate- ment iu prices were submitted to. Best black- faced wedders sold at about 28s. ; do. ewes at 26s. ; whi » -- faced wedders' 32s. a- head. Morpeth, April 12 At our Market to- day there was a great supply of cattle, which met with a dull sale at a reduction in price. We had a good many sbeejt, vhith sold readily at last week's prices. Beef, Os. 9d. to 6s. Oil. per stone, sinkiug offal Mutton, 7s; to 8s. fid. At Cupar Market on Wednesday, there were a few lota of ex- cellent fat, and few sales Were eth- ft.^, but those few Optra ra'her bett-.- r terms than formei- ly. There was a considerable demand for milch and cubing cows, but lew good on.- s were in the market. 1 ii.- teh linseed was selling from 11,1. to Is. p - rlippie. lliga do. about 30s. per'barrel, h.- i^ li. h clover sgetfs iVojo 7t'--. u 8 N. js r .- v. i. EDINBURGH, April 18. At a meeting of the Presbytery of Annan, ou the 6th inst. a. motion was made by the Rev. Mr. Sloane of Dornoek, and se- conded by Dr. Duncih of Ruthwell, to lay an overture before the uext General Assembly against all pluralities whatever in the Scot- tish Church. The motion was unanimously agreed to. On Saturday, the Ist inst. the first stone of the new Presby- terian meeting- hou. se of Lurgan, was laid by Charles Brownlow, Esq. M. P. ; the present one being too small for tbe growing in- crease of the congregation. On Wednesday, the Rev. James Denham was almost unani- mously elect ad Presbyterian minister of the ancient aud respectable congregation of Brigl.— B^ fast News Letter. We learn that Professor Molis, who wes appointed to fill the chair of the illustrious Werner, » ', Frevberg, is about to change his residence tiir Vienna, ia the University of which, the Emperor ha* just etablished a chair for the instruction of mineralogy. ' Ihe lover* of the science will be happy to hear that so . distinguished a compli- ment has been conferred On so deserving an individual. Dr. Horn's LKCTUUKS—- Dr. Hope concluded, 011 Friday last, his course of popular lectures on Chemistry, to which ladies were admitted, and the undertaking las been completely suceesthil. For nearly an' hour before each lecture, the gayest equipages ia the city were beginning to arrive iu CoJlege " Street, so great, was the anxiety to obtain the best, seats; and the bustle oti the street, at tbe conclusion of each lecture, resembled that after the moru! n- » performances during the Musical Festival. It was also not ie-' s singular' to « ee such an assemblage of beauty and fiafcy collected in a scientific theatre, than delightful to witness the intelligent zr » l with which the fair part of the audience entered upon 0 branch of study from which they bad been hitherto almost excluded, ' lo crown the whole, Dr. Hope has mo., t muuiiicently presented, the emoluments derived from the course, amounting to no lr*. thin seveti bnndred pounds, to the Senatus of the University, tor th » establishment of a prize fund for promoting the science of f ' henii^ tiy. The'effect of a fluctuating currency in lamentably evident in the pridt of commodities. Aberdeen butter, w hich, at the. beginning of winter, sold at. 105s. has this week been sold by auction at 48s, to 50s. and the pick of the cargo wos sold at 06s. ; yet there at? persons among the landholders who endeavour to prop the small note system. Masons' wages were at this time last ) ear 23s. a week. At present they are only 10s— Scoismdm. Ma MORTON'S SLIP. We inserted in our last, from Nile*' Ttc- r gister, an account of what is called Thomas's Ship Ifailwab, erect- ing at New York. We copied the article solely because if. struck us at once that this pretended American invention was a plagiarism from Mr Morton's pstent. We have ascertained since, that Mr Cumb"? lain, a memlier of Congress, visited England in August last ; that one leading object of his journey was to lean) the con- struction of the slip ; that he corresponded with Mr Morton on tha subject, antl with hit* consent had a model ilia's- at Liverpool, which he carried home with him to ifcw York. In these circumstances it is scarcely possible to doubt, that the Mr Thomas who was con- structing this ship railvtajf ® t New York for the first, time in February last, is knavishty | rjs » iUg off Mr. Morton's Slip, now seven years old, as his own indention, otid has probably secured th « theft by a patent. But Mr Thoimrs is probably no more than a su- baltern in the business, nailer the member of GingresS. The latter carried Mr Morton's model with him, and if he does n- it stand for- ward to maintain our oouatryman's title to the invention, the ob- viom conclusion is fhst he is a party in the fraud. We call it a fraud, for morally it is such, though not legally. Mr Morton's patent does cot extent! to the United States ; but it is a vers- un- grateful retarn for bis liberality in supplying every sort of informa- tion about the machine, to attempt to rob him of the honour of the. - The duties of Grangemouth Custom- house, quarter ended 5th April, amounted to L6124. 19 « . Oid. DEATH ov SIJ. ALKXAsunn Do. v, BAV. T. M. P It is with feelings of deep regret tb » » we have this day to announce the deatl of Sir Alexander Don, Hart, M. P. for Roxburghshire. This me- lancholy event took place on Tuesday forenoon, ar Newtondon, near Kelso, after a very short illness, occasioned by a spasmodic affec- tion of the stomach. We understand that two candidates lave, already started for the county— Sir W. F. Elliot of Stubs Usrr, and Sir John J. S. Donglss of Springwood Park, llart. TT'irrid Murder.— On the evening of yesterday Be'e.- inight, a bar- barous murder was committed near Falkirk. As a teat, of the natiiB of Boyd, along with another msn and- two women, were goiii" home, from tint fair, four young men came up, imd insisted 011 the. girls going with them, at the same time using them very roughly, when Boyd interfered, telliug them it was a eh. ime to behave in such a manntr, when they desisted. After proceeding a little farther they separated ; Boyd's home being in a diflerent direction from the others, he a* followed by. the young men, who knocked him down, and stabbed him in a manner too horrible for description, lie was carried to the nearest house, and medical - assistance got from Falkirk, but in . vain, as he lingered in great agony till next morning, when he expired. lie has left a wife and two children. We have, however, the satisfaction to learn, that three of the murderers were next day apprehended, nnd sent to Stirling Castle. There names are Armstrong a tfesher, M'Nab end M'Lareii, la- bourers ; tbe fourth who has at present escaped, is 11 sins- maker of the name of Iuglis. They are all from sixteen to eighteen years of age. BIRTHS. At Spanish Town, Jamaica, iu January last, the widow of Alex." Deans, Esq. Master iu. Chancer)- there, of a sou, 1 At West ham, on the Oth inst. the Lady of James Webster, Esq. of Bahnure, Forfarshire, of a sou. tin the 12th iut. 1. Mrs. Haldane, 16 George Street, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. At Dtrase, on tic 30th ult. the Rev. John Jlirrell, one of the mii: i » ter « of Cupar, in Fife, to Isabella, fourth daughter of the Jlatet John Tevnheh, Esq. 01" Abbey St. Bothans. At Richmond, Surrey, on tin- l flhinst. the Eatl of Clare, to the Hon. Elizabeth Julia Georgian a Burrell, only daughter of tho late Lord Gvvytiir, and the B. trone.- s Willqughby, of I. resin. At C. irtmcl Church, Lancashire, on the 12th iitst, Alexander Murray, Esq., ailv ocate, 6on of the late Wm Murray, Esq. of l'td- maise, to Johitina, second daughter of the Utc John W ilkinson, Esq. of Castli- head and Brymbo. , At Edinburgh, on the l.' ftb ills'. William Horton Lloyd, F- tj. of Bedford Place, I. omim, to Mary, youngest daughter oi firorjr J W ititeioekC. 1'.-- J. of Seymour Piaoe. Povtm. ln Square. tJEATHS. At Plymouth, on the 24th tilt. William Richard Smith, Esq. Post Captain in the Roy; d Navy. At l, w apartments, York BuiUings, Mary- Ja- bonhe, London, on the 26th ult. Dr. John Gray, late physician lo Ilaslar Hospital. At Edinburgh, on the 3d inst, James Bell, Esq. Advocat?. At the Mill of Aiotutly, parish of. Kinijlaveuy on the oth inst. Mr. Thomas Stewiif,. in the 101st year , of lis age. This respect- able man enjoyed tiiroijjjhliiij an. uiioiuraion. portion of good - health. By his last illness lie confined . m b. ed for a few days, but lie re- tained the perfect, use of hie msuital finalities to the Lour ot his dealt.. At his honse, in Smith's PI ice, Unfit Walk, on the Sd inst, in the OSd year of his age, and Sftth of his ministry, the'Revi Thomas A'tchison, pastor of the first United Associate Congregation, Leith. IN ( he Glasgow Royal Infirmary, on the 10th inst. of typhus fever, caught in the discharge of his duty, Mr. Samuel Gordon, physician's clerk. A! r. ILlOUS AM) LIVER COMPLAINTS. S n mil;! and effi- ctnul renwlv for nil those disorders which originate in n vitiated action of the Liver and Biliary PRYINA, namely, ISWOIWTIOS, to » » OF .\ rev. riTK, HK. VU ACHE', JC-. IRTSL- LI. N, VXATCLKXCIES, SPASMS, COsflvUNFSS, AJTICTJOKS or Til: I, I « » ; & c. &.-. DIXON'S ANT1BILIOUS PILLS ( Which do not contain Mercury in any shape) have met with more p :. e: tl approval tl. '. u any other Medicine whatsoever. They unite every VtH't- mmendation of mild operation with successful effect; and require no histr& int or conftaiffient whatever during their n « e. In tropical r! im* te « , where the consequences'of redundant and bile are to prevalent - and alaritiing, they are an invaluable utd efficient pro- t, Ktion. They are likewise peculiarly calculated to correct disorders ori- inc from era- esses of the table, to restore the tone of the stomach, and to remove most complaints occasioned by irregularity of the bow. K Sold in Bore" 0d.: 4r. Cd. ; and 2 > s. ; " by Butler, mid Stone, Chemists,' 73,'' Prima Street, ( opgosi; e the . Mound,) Edin- burgh, and tiie priiiciptd Medicine " Venders throughout the United KWieifofn. N. B. The 6<. Barest heretofore sold are diicbntihutd, ( ml the ^ e. dd.- mbstiluted vi their place, by which a Considerable taring « i.' 7 urine tn the eentsirmer. ' I ( The SOLD oil LET, ' jpHAT HOUSE ill Deo Street, with the G A U- • I. IWiN aml- OPFIfES at the back thereof, pfesdnfly occupied by Captain Scott, R. >'. for psrtkulnfs, application may be made'to Alex. Web- tor, AMvoCrtt". • ' \ ii' TO BE LET, ' 7. Y T. R V IMMEDIA TEL V, rjHIAT HOUSE ftml GARDEN. No. 8, Const'.- R tet'O^ i S » rcet, containing on the first or ground floor, Kirch- « S, Wasiiitigrhouse, Cold and Beer Cellars. The second, coivtain- iii; u sitting Parlour and Bed Room. The third, consisting of a Dinting Room and two Bed rooms, with two Attic Room* and a Slore- rot. ni. - The lumse has been newly pcipered and painted ; and if everv way suitable for the accommodation of a genteel family. It V iil he shown by applying ot No. 17, opposite. ON. SALE, 250KFGS I> AN'T3tIC —- Also, maiea RUM in Bond, and duties paid. JOHN REID, 33, BLACK BEER. Castle Street. P. M'X. EO. 3 > EOS leave to intimntp, that ho is preparing a CATALOGUE of a LIBRARY of BOOKS, of a'very mpericmr class, which be will submit for Sale by auction, on • Wednesday the Sd of May, and following evenings, at half- past 6 o'clock. • RICBASWE Cor April ii, 1826. Ooi'HT, ] 1826. i THE CHRONICLE. ABEBBEEN: SAT run A Y, APRIL 52, 18S0. SL'MMAHY OF POLITICS. REPRESENTATION Of EDINBURGH. A t l tupies of I'iirliamentiirv discussion yield in im- portitnce to that of Reform; not indeed that any pecu- liar interest can attach to the rliscusi/ ori itself'of that or <> f aiiv other question, in an tttemUy where, in ninety, nine east* out of n hundrCil, the result is to he calcti- hned not from'the strength of the arguments ifpffbseil in the cirhate, hut from the known Sentiments of the party in power, where tin* state of, the vole cnn. besafely p'' e- ( iicteil, from tiie completion of the first paragraph of the first spieeii fiom the • Ministerial Benches : w here, In • lion, power kimflv indulges reason and justice with the. privilege rf talking, although sometimes iiiilsiivdly siie iiUlii'tges herself in a smile at their patriotic garnil ty.* The aJvOciifts of reform are ctjtleavonring to nrtive at their great object bv two different roads ; by pressing the (. i- neral Question, and bv endeavouring to procure ail al- teration in tin. state of the elective franchise in individual i'in) fla^ riint cases. Their pt rseveringexetlionstnavgradual- lv cinbodv suc h a force of public opinion in favour of the measure, as to overawe that tacit compact between the crown and the borough proprietors, which forms the teal govern Hie nt of England. But we confess, that this iHtirahle cohsilinmatioti seems at present, removed to an indefinitely distant period. The ea^ e of Edinburgh was again brought liefore the House on the 13th inst. by Mr AnfiRCHOMBT, and of course with the usual tesult. We have no manner < i( doubt that the lliirtv- three gentlemen, who compose tiie coqiorafion of that city, are highly respectable and < siiiij.' d. lo individuals ; but that they should monopolize tiie. elective franchise of' the Scotch metropolis is hii ab- Mirditv ninth thev themselves cannot fail to see in its full force. ' 1 his is not a matter, however, that can stagger for » moment a practised ministerial debater. if the reformer? move the general question, their op- ponents are idarr. itd at the possible consequences of so sweeping a measure, and are ready to listen to any iu- liiviifiwl case of grievance, from the unequal distribution of' tiie elective franchise. If tile individual case is 1 jouofif foraard, the answer is easy. This case is not wnOi; than tnauy others, or if so, not much worse. Tixsre are as many electors in Edinburgh as in Calne, jiKhou^ h, to fie sure, Cahie Is not so populous as Edinburgh. Besides., the elective: franchise is fi vested una chartered right, and tiie Magistrates of Edinburgh hate been always readv to aid in the improvements of tile town. The i. ORD A nvorATK had an aroumeiit of . o his own about the weaker vessel, which we solemnly nvnvt we ran irialse nothing of, though we have conned it over mid ovt r. Ih. it these profound arguments of the Scotch Mem- bers might not. " be without a spice of philosophy, Mr. I'AN. SINO, after reiterating the whole of them ( the wVakei vi sst- 1 lmlosive) ami tis- ettiug maiifnllv, tlnit there w is no direct charge of bribery or corruption against the Magistrates of Edinburgh, threw in to their assistance ttic nolable doeuine of Democratic Infusion, which formed so. lopg tiie staple of the Edinburgh Review, until ii has at length been. discarded by its reputed editor, with a candour becopiing his character and genius. VVe wonder that Mr. CANNING'S naturally liberal and compreheneite mind has not at least carried him ihe length of the theory of'representation by classes, which is that of the breuch d*> cl in. iireef or us they are sotne- times ternie. il, iiiain or ninnies. We are afiaid it would not suit the terms of the present ministerial compact, but it is nt least more rational than the doctrine of democra- tic infusion, which may be termed the true noodle theory nf representation. Aai'Sf. ftoMa/ s motion nut lost by a ni. ajunly of only 25. in a. House of 219 members; a majority which, olthonohquite sufficient for the purpose, indicates pretty clearIv the sense of the independent part of the Lower House on the merits of the question, We should not be surprized if, taking the hint from this division, the Secretary should find it necessary to have a fit of liberality, and in a year or two allow the Bill for auitmding the Representation of Edinburgh to pass the Lower House. The stnailness of the majority, along with, the democratic infusion doctrine, will allow tiim to change his position without difficulty. What then ? we will venture to predict, that the good Jiumourcd Secretary will not break his heart, if the Bill should be lost in the L'pper House. He has not lived so long in Litis world, not to know the most approved mode of emancipating Irish Catholics and reforming Scotch Burghs, if these things must be done. To be serious— w lien we reflect on the grotesque and barbarous distribution of the elective franchise in this country, we much fear tluit, standing as it does at pre- sent at the head of European civilization, there is no section of Europe doomed ultimately to pass through a more tedious and hopeless 9tate ot mediocrity. Our ideas of'reform are exceedingly moderate. We care neither for universal suffrage, nor popular elections— and have no desire to see a Scotch hustings. W eeare not almost how high the qualification for the exercise of the elective franchise is made. But we are convinced that, until property is nnuie the criterion of the fran- chise, so far at least as to secure an independent majority ill the Lower House, we cat) never be put ill possession of the benefits of the representative principle; on the ef- ficiency of which, we are firmly convinced, more than on any thing else, depends tilt; progress of civilization, of public prosperity, of social happiness, and the devetope- ment, in fine, of " all the resources, both physical and intellectual, of civil society. There is, as we have said, perhaps no section of Europe, whose ultimate prospects in the career of poli- tical improvement are not at this moment brighter than our own, if we except the facetiously so called Re- public of the Ionian Islands, our German bantling, Hanover, and some perhaps of the petty German States, who have ingeniously formed their representative sys- tems'on something equivalent, if not similar to our own grotesque mode. This position may startle some of our readers; but we think we shall, on a future opportu- nity, find little difficulty in making it good. The debate of the 13th cannot be said to have been altogether unproductive, since it drew forth the talents of Sir FRANCIS BUKDKTT. From the exposition we have given of our sentiments on the subject of Reform, it will be seer, that we hold few opinions on that Subject in common with Sir FRANCIS. But no difference of opinion can make us withhold our admiration of talent and integrity, wherever we find them. We do not know any character more estimable than that of the ge- nuine independent English Gentleman, and we know not a more accomplished Representative of their class than Sir FRANCIS. What a noble contrast does his manly and classic eloquence afford, to the glitter and tinsel, the prosing » arid quibbling, the round and pedan- tic periods, the everlasting- small jokes, and li- ttle urgu- intHta ad homines, of the Foreign Secretary. CONGRESS Of PANAMA. The American papers bring n message of the Presi- dent to Congress, on the subject of the Congress of Panama. We never thouoht that the Congress would assume .. ~ . .. any other form than that of a diplomatic conference : and this opinion is confirmed bv the message of the President. He states distinctly, that in So far as the deliberations of the Congress . may be occupied with the measures to be taken by the Republics of the South, in reference to their contest with Spain, the United States will take no part in them ; but be enumerates one or two important international questions, which may pro- bably form subjects of discussion, and in which the Plenipotentiaries from the Korthcrn Republic may take an active and useful part, without any risk of compro- mising the neutrality of their government. 1 le mentions, in particular, the placing on a more definite footing the rights of neutrals in their intercourse with belligerent powers, and the mitigating the honors of naval warfare, by abolishing the practice ot privateering; a humane ob- ject, to which the attention of the Government of the United States has 1 een much directed. We have seen a good many erroneous statements on the Subject of the discussions in the American Senate, with regard to the Congress at Panama, and observed a lurking suspicion that there was something unenglish and despotic, in their discussing, or proposing to discuss, tne subject with closed doors. The fact is, that the powers of the Senate are two- fold, being both legislative and executive. When acting in the former . capacity, their discussions are invariably open to the public. In their latter capacity, thev pos- sess a veto on the ministerial appointments of the Presi- dent ; and it was upon the question as to the ratification of the President's appointment of Commissioners to the Congress of Panama, that the matter came before them. Their executive or private business is generally transacted with closed doors ; although from the liberality and courtesy which pervade the public institutions, as well as the private society of America, strangers seldom find anv difficulty of admission, even when tiie doors are nominally closed. BIRTH. On the 10th inst. at I. oinr, the seat, of John Kinloch, F,. q. of Kilrie, the Lady of the Honourable DOSALD OGILVY- of Clova, of a sou. MARRIAGE. At St. Mark's, Kennington, on the 6th inst. hv the Rev. Wm. Otter, A. M. WILLIAM LTAI. L, Esq. of London Street, Fen- church Street, London, to JANE, eldest daughter of Mr. Charles Lyoll, of Newington Place, Surrey. DEAi US. At Ahfrdeen, on the ISth inst. Mr. linos CociimS', iu the 83il. year of his age. On the Srli inst. at May- field, uear Edinburgh, Miss MAY FKR- GI; SO\ ROSERTSOW, third daughter of the late James Robertson, Esq. of Mayfield, \ V. S, At. Edinburgh, No 3, North. St. Jmnes' Street, on the 9th inst. MARGARET, youngest daughter of the late James Saunders, Esq. V. riter to the Signet, and wife of Thomas lteveridge, Esq. Writer there. At Keith, on the 10th inst. Mrs. MART MURRAY GRANT, re- lief of Jumes Gordon, Esq. late Snrgeon iu Keiih, and daughter of the late John Grant df Gallovie, Esq. At Calcutta, on the 4- th December, AI. EXANDEB MINTO, car- penter on board the Sir Charles forbes; deeply lamented by his relations, and regretted by all who knew him. At Meernt, on tlie 10th October last, Captain JAMES IX » * S GORDON, 35th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry, third son of the kte James Gordon, Esq, of RosieVirn. On Thursday the 6th inst. at his own residence, Shaftisbiiry- I'mse, Bayswater, near London, WM. DAVIDSON, Esq. iu the ti 9 fli year of his age. At Montrose, on Tuesday, iu the 80th year of her age, Mrs. Mii. su, relict of the late fcaillie Andrew Milne. tioiuiy ti- ialii, llit* . oinutng of di&. iv. tii Viml. of vers.-, atnl all ever- eise ia writing ; and, their knowledge of the Elements of Greek, by the tr< iu. lariou of a passage from one of the Greek poets, and by various questions respecting the grammar of that language. The examinations being concluded the examiners reported to the Town Council i; h-.- iR uuauimous opinion, that Mr. JAMES Msxvis.- one of the present Masters of the Grammar School, was greatly su- perior to the other candidates, and that he had highly distinguished Kims.-];' during this trial; In consequence of this report, the Town Council, on the 21st instant, unanimously nominated and presented. Mr. MELVIN to be principal Master or Rector, of said School, and remitted to the Ma- gistrates to instill him into his office, in the usual manner. Mr. MELVIN, we regret to st ate, laboured under severe indis- position during the trial; but notwithstanding the great. disadvan- tage to which he must have been thereby subjected, the result of the examination.- was such as to justify, in the' fullest manner, the high character he lias hitherto maintained, not only for his superior ta- lents aud acquirements, but for his excellent qualifications as a teacher. And we think we may congratulate the public on the appointment of a person so eminently qualified in all resp-.- cts to preside over a seminary which liA long and justly been distinguish- ed for its excellent system of teaching, aud in which the commu- nity at luge, must feel a lively interest. Upon the 19th. inst. we were silown a specimen of Barley grown upon the mill lands of Ferryhill, part of it, in fall ear, and the re- mainder in the hose ; length of the steins 18 inches. The speci- men is from a handful of barley thrown in thj ground ( which had received no manufe) towards the end of October last. A report is current, that it is intended to postpone till next Ses- sion any determination relative to the system of Banking iu Scotland. We incline to attach some credit to this, and to believe the cause to be, that Ministers are anxious to obtain some previous experience as to the manner in which the reform works, which is :— to commence in the system of couutry banking throughout England. Meanwhile some otheiy witnesses have been summoned from Scot- land to give evidence before the Committee ; atnongwhom we ir. ay mention James Hadden, Esq. of TantWld, manufacturer in this city ; and Thomas Allan, Esq. banker in Edinburgh. Steeple Chase.— A great Steeple Chase for 20D0 SOYS, between Lord Kennedy and C'apt. Ross, to ride from Barkby Holt to Biiles- don Coplow, Leicestershire, a distance of five, miles as the crow flies, was decided on Saturday week. Captain Douglas rode for his Lordship ; at the livjit fence in his route, the C iptain made a leap, but his horse not clearing it, fed ; he agaiu dashed at the feneo, but a « eeond tiirtefell, and this decided the race—- he was Seen no more in it. Immense sums are lost on the occa- ion. On Saturday last, 15th' inst. the Aberdeenshire Poyul jYaval and Military Pensioticrs' Friendly Society, of which MAJOR FISHElt is PATRON, held their yearly meeting in St. James' Lodge Hill, where they collected their quarterly contributions, and examined their accounts for the by- past ye'ir, aud found, all very correct; they then pro- ceeded to elect managers for the . ensuing year, wThen the following members were unanimously elected, viz. ALEXANDER DDJ » CAN, 93d Regiment, re- elected President; Alexander Sim, Royal Artillery, Viee- president; James Edwards, 55th Militia, treasurer ; Alexander Burnett, Royal Artillery, and James M'Attey, 9^ il Regiment, stewards; James Henry, 71st Regiment, Arthur Stephen, 92d do. Joseph Dower, Sd Garrison Battalion ; Thomas Hicks,. 4 9th Regiment, Robert Cumming- s, 93d do. Edward Moir, 32d do. and James Strachan, 12th Ve- teran Battalion, committee ; Aleiauder Cummiugs, 53d Regiment, clerk ; and Htigh Munro, 92d do. officer. The Dowager Duchess of Richmond aud the Ladies S. and G. Leunox have arrived at Gordon Cistle from Ireland. On Tuesday evening, 11th. April, the aunual meeting of the Iteliyious Tract Society was. held in Trinity Chapel— ROUEUI BROWN, Esq. in the chair. The meeting was numerously attended, and proved highly interesting, from the able and eloquent manner in which the claims of the Society were enforced ou the public. The motions were put by the following gentlemen :— Rev. Mr. M'Millarl, Rev. Mr. Penman, Rev. Mr. Leiih, Rev. Mr. Foote, Rev. Mr. Shipman, Rev. Mr. Thomson, Itev. fill-. D. Grant of Alvos, Rev. Dr, Kidd, Hey. Mr. Lyon, Rev. Mr. Simpson. Air. Gillespie, excise ofHcer,: Skene, made another seizure on Sunday morning, of a liorse and cart, conveying 8 contain- ing between 70 and 80 gallons^' smuggled whisky. Last week, an old woman, it is said above 90 years of age, who resided at Auchmull, was burnt to death in consequence of her clothes catching fire : and a liftle girl, at the Printfield, on Tues- day, was, while labouring under a fit, burnt in a severe manner, but being rescued in time, promises to recover. Fatal Accident.— It is this week our painful duty to record another fatal case, occurring from the same cause, and accompanied with nearly the same circumstances, as the case at Grandholm men- tioned iu our last. On Saturday morning, at Messrs. Mtlherly's works, Broadford, as a young man of the name of Alexander Sim, was putting up his haud to clean some part of the machinery, it was suddenly caught hv one of the wheels ; when trying, as is supposed, to extricate it with- his other hand, his body was immedi- ately drawn in, aud the exclamation, " God have mercy on my -'' ( the sentence was unfinished), and 3 scream, gave dreadful note of his situation to his companions, who gave the necessary directions, and the machinery w as instantly stopped, but, alas 1 too late; hia body being dreadfully torn and mangled, and life totally extiuct.— One of his arms was taken ofi; excepting a little bit of skin which held it at the shoulder, and his whole person much disfigured. He was a seriously disposed young man ; and it must be gratiiying to his surviving relatives to think, that a few minutes before his death he was conversing with a boy at the work, to whom he promised a penny weekly if he would lear^ certain passages of seripture. The agonized feelings of his wife, who is left with 3 children, when she learned tlie circumstance, are indescribable. Last, week, a bpv who was working at a carding roller, by in- cautiously putting his hand too near it, had his arm taken away near the elbow ; and at the same work, and within a few minutes, another boy's hand was split and smashed, by coming in contact with a pinion wheel. The two sufferers were taken to the Infir- mary, and are recovering. Some days ago, the Serjeant of a recruiting party, who had given his coat to lie mended, unguardedly leaving iu it his pocket- book, containing a sum of money ( it is said £ 8,) found, 011 getting hack the coat, that the money was gone, snip having, it is supposed, made free with the contents. The young man accuscd was led hold of in the street by one of the party, on Thursday last, and hurried along to meet the charge amidst a crowd of spectators. Another Serjeant had, - about the same time, his watch stolen by a soldier, who slept in the same room with him. Saturday last, a thief, in the shape of a short thick woman, pale faced, and wearing a dirty grey cloak, made her appearance on the Denburn, and proceeded with all due speed to collect several articles frem the green, which she deposited in a basket. She hud already baetged a petticoat, apron, & c. when the owner of the first men- tioned article arrived, and missing it, instantly guessed by her sin- gular appearance that the stranger must have taken it. A chase now commenced, and before the thief had run many yards, she of the petticoat overtook her, and made her refund. The apron was next missed, and a pursuit again took place, which ended in the thief being again taken ; she, however, denied having possession, and the inob, now immense, spite of all shame proceeded to search her, when a bullying fellow interfered, and in the tumult . he was suffered to escape. Iu the night trf Friday the 14 th instant, a weaving shop at a Manufactory in this place was broken into, anil two webs ot cloth cut out of the looms. A noted character, of the name of Fyfe, v/ as afterwardr. detected selling part of the cloth near the Bridge of Don, and after an investigation of the circumstances of the case, we un- derstand, has been committed for trial. Charles M'Donald alius Charles Brown, present prisoner in the tolbooth of Perth, has been indicted to stand trial at the Circuit Court of Aberdeen, on the 25th. curt, for housebreaking and theft committed in Kincardineshire spme two or three years ago. * Air. CANNING hoped '' that the General Question would lie Iccpt wepanee, rait only liiie session hut fur many sess'ons to coroe, kail that » ff/ r the Noble Lord had himself retired from the scene, it would r r. iiu/ « liieux- for declamation, and for anmui, or he sUooM tr- b'. tttT setislrid, . for rriy. ni. il display for Parliamentary M.^ CI- I \ nit? ilia.' GRAMMAR SCHOOL. On the 17th instant, a comparative trial of three candidates, » ho entne forward tor the office of Rector of the Grammar School of this city, took place within the Town Hall, before the exSminers appointed by Dr. DUNN'S L> eed of Mortification. Ihe examination continued during that and the. two following days, with a degree of strictness well calculated to call forth the talents and classical abili- ties of the candidates. Wc understand that the exercises proposed were as follow, vi/. passages from the Latin Classics, both in prose and poetry; requir- ing the candidate* to translate, construe, and analyse the same, and answer such critical and other questions as the passages sug- gested, and to go over parts of; those passages in such a manner as they considered best adapted for illustrating them to scholars, in tli highest class of a Grammar School, and also by proposing a pas- sage of Englifch pro* ie, to he translated into f. al: in ; and farther, by ii- treTtaifciiq; thejr UrtO'. vh'dgf of Lntin Profody, hj taeans of qu The fouuuatioRi- ifiitie « f the istw Psi'UIi Clll1re. I1 « t 1M.- 11L. rvir wa- laid, on Friday week, by . la--;. Mitchell Nieulsun, Esq. The toll- keeper at Trinity Muir has been apprehended on a charge of having,. on Friday last, nearly cut off his w ife's hand. Some matrimonii quarrel, it is said, had arisen while the parties were at dinner ; when the man, in a paroxysm of rage, caught, his wifif- hy the arm, and iufiicted the injury with his table- knife. JloxritosE.-— The Bridge tolls were let, by roup, on Friday, for one year otily ;- cud, by the emulation among the bidders, they were sold at an advance 01 upwards of & 5G— the r.:-:-. t being now considerably above £ 1200. Had the lease been for three yeirs, instead of one, we ore assured that a still greater rise would have taken place. Surely such flattering prospects will decoy the Com- missioners to take active steps iu the erection of the proposed chain bridge. J lUr& rtt CiKiuiii^ harf), M'AiiA. Lii- i- keiili- ng, juJ llrwmi. j Allison, . SunderJandy balla- it.;" I'harming. Moth. I '. uVui- i's, W< J I- Maria, Henderson, Spey, empty boxes—' 21. Velocity', Bevm- ty, * Leith, gi. ods and passengers. At LONDON— Mansfield,- Morrison, 14th; Expert, Leslie,"* 16th.';' and Onto, Davis, 18th inst. MEAL MARKET. OAIMRAI. hi the Market on Thursday and Friday; 180 sacks, at 2801b.' Imperial per sack, which sold from 32s. to S4s. per sick. Retail price is. !) d. to Is. lid. per stone-— Bear,- iie. il Is. Sd. to Is. 4d. per stone Sids, 10d. to 12d. par stone - Malt, as. per bushel. PIUC'E OF PROVISIONS, « ( o. ASEapEH. V ICJr. KET ¥ ESTEXDAr. Quartern Loaf, — 1 Oil. Oatmeal, per stone, Is. 9J. to Is. lid. Bearmeal, pur stone, Is. Sd. to Is. 4. J. Potatoes, imp. peck, 5d. to 6d. Malt, per bushel, — 5s. Beef, per lb 3d. to Sd. Mutton, „ 5<). to Sd. Veal, „„. Pork, Butter, imp. lb. « 5 » > ,_ 4d. to 8d. — 3d. to yd. 8d. to 9df Eggs, per doc. fid. to ? d. Cheese, per stone, 6s. to 7s. fid. Tidlow, 9s. to 9s. 6d. llaw Hides, per lb. fid. to 6jd. Coals, p. bar. Is. 1 id to Is. 2d. ABERDEEN CORN MARKET, APRIL 21, 1826. Oats Were firfn at'ofir quotations; but as the farmers generally asked higher ju ices, the business done was limited. Bear is si ill dull. Oatmeal in fair demand. Potatoe Oats; 18s. Od. to 20s. Common Oats, 15s. 6d. to 18B, Bear, ISs. to 23s. Wheat, Meal, ....; 17s. to 18s. 6d. To the EDITOR of the ABERDEEN CHRONICLE, SIR, 1 have observed going the round of the Newspapers, an intima- tion that the duty on Tobacco is to be reduced to 3s. and that on Sugars from 19s. to 9s Quere, for Sugars, should we lead Scgurs'! ,. Yours in haste, PUFF. A A VAL INTELLIGENCE. MEMBERS OF . ASSEMBLY. On the Oth instant, the Magistrates and Town Council elected Hcon LOMSDEN,. Esq. ofPitcaple, to be their Commissioner at the ensuing General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. liurgh of C'ullen Jair. es M'Kenzie, Esq. W. S. Elder. Burgh of Banff.— The Right Honourable James Earl of Fife. Presbytery of Fonts The R.-' V. William Robertson, Riidoss; and the Rev. Win. Hoyes, Forres, Ministers. Major Cuinining Bruce of Kinnaird, Elder. Presbytery of Uiugu- afl.— The Rev. John Macdonald of Cfquhart, and t- lie Rev. Hector Bethune of Dingwall, Ministers. John Hope, Esq. Solicitor- General, Elder. Burgh of Elgin The lion. Gtneiul Alexander Duff of Leucliars. Burgh of Fortrose—- Governor Mair, Fort George, Elder. TIDE TARLE, Calculated fir Aberdeen Bar.~ • Mean Time. April g£. Saturday Morning Tide. Evening Tide. Oa. 56M. LH. llfM. 23. Sunday........... I 36 1 bb 24. Monday Hi a 37 £ 5. Tuesday 8 - 68 3 19 26. Wednesday * 43 • t 7 S7. Yhursdav 4. 34, e> 0 as. Friday........ 0 8S) 6 0 MOOS « AGE. Lust Quarter, 59th day, at Ou. 30M. Morning. TO COltiiESPONDEXTS. We have a regard for M. R. and will positively not insert her charming Tt- rses to P. It would only maka matters worse. Wo would recommend a little coquetry, and if that wont' do, we shall reconsider the matter. A * bet) to § in our next. PO S T S CR J P T. TiONDON. but The School hi the New Town of Stonehaven taught by Air. JOHN LONIJMUIR, having been lately visited by the minister of the parish, and the scholars examined by him in presence ot' several of their parents and other respectable inhabitant*, it was found that the progress which the scholars had made under the tuition of Mr. I. oagmuir, bore strong testimony of the great industry and atten- tion of their teacher. There appeared a marked improvement in the scholars' writing, from a comparison of their performances at entry aud their latest, copies. The. great attention evidently paid to correctness of- pronunciation of the Euglish language, as well as orthography, was al.- o very satisfactory ; and altogether there was every reason to be pleased with the state of the school- It is rather » peculiar feature in Mr. Longmuir's teaching, that he lias never been known to apply corporal correction to his scholars, yet his authority over them appeared nowise deficient. On Tuesday evening-, the 8th iust. as the Union coach was pro- ceeding to Laurencekirk, about half a mile beyond BrecKin, she came up on Mr. Simr- ou, farmer, Striian, on horseback. Although the guard blew the horn, Mr. Simson could not get out of the way until they came upon him— they were going so rapidly, that the driver was unable to pull up until the horses and coach hud gone over him. One of his legs is broke iu two places; he is u- h-. T- IvterwrnvK bruited ; - his lior « i « idw- iEtfeti hurt, - The sloop Bee, M'Hattie, which sailed on the 27th idt. from Sunderland, lime loaded for this place, was not hoard of before Thursday last, so that the greatest apprehension was entertained for her safety. The letters received here on that day, bringing the welcome intelligence of her safety, state, that soou after sail- ing from Sunderland, the vessel experienced a heavy gale of wind from W. N. W. and after splitting some of her sails, was put ou the land ; in consequence of which, after being 17 days at sea, she with difficulty reached the Orkneys, the first land they made, and got into Ham Sound, near Kirkwall. The crew were for some time ou very short allowance, and had only two bissuit* em board when they descried tee Orkney Llanos. On Sunday last, the sloop William of Dunbar, et- iBek on that dangerous reef of rocks iu the Moray Frith, called Stotfield Skeri Lis. The vessel floated off next tide, and sunk in deep watee, a tew feet of her topmast only being above the surface. She ia about a mile and a half from the shore, and directly in the tract of srls going up and down the Moray Frith, so that if she doeaimt soon break up, she may do much damage. A light erected ou the Stotfield Skerries would be attended with great advantage, ai tew • easons pass without the melancholy loss of vi^ uablc liv « « and much property. - • Tl e Louisa, Young, was near tin: Pentium! Frith on the 28th ult. when a boat with 5 men, which had come off to some of the shipping tben in sight, 17 in number, came alongside, the men coining ou board, but it came afterwards to blow so hard, that on laying the vessel tOj the boat was lost. The weather continued < 0 tem- pestuous, that the Louisa was driven nearly to the latitude of Aber- deen, aud did not reach the Pentlimd Frith until the 1st in » t, but next day got through with a favourable prospect of making her passage. The City of Aberdeen, Diithie, was going through the Pent- land Frith on the Sd inst. The Eagle, Brass, of Hull, which had put in here leaky, as formerly mentioned, is now about ready to proceed for the Davis' Straits fishery. The leak proved to' be part of a seam near the gurboard stroke, which, had been left almost entirely without oakum, when th » vessel was in di: pk before sailing. By advices from Bahia up to 3d February, the Duncan Forbes hail sailed for Gibraltar SOth Jantiary. The Bruc » , Capt. Greig, was loading lor Hamburgh, and would sail about 20th February : very little vvas doing; produce high, and freights scarce, at little more than half the usual rates. An indistinct account of a rencounter between the Janet of Kirk- caldy and the Good Intent of South Shields having been published, we are requested to insert the following extract of a letter from the master of the Janet to his owners:— " London, 1st April, 1826. " On the night of Tuesday the 2Sth ult. at eleven o'clock, with the wind about S. W., and dark liizy weather, the Spurn light bearing N. N. W., dist. twelve miles, we had the misfortune to be run on board of by the Good Intent of South Shields, which carried away our boltsprit, figure head, & c. besides damaging the hull of the vessel considerably. She struck with such violence that she immediately filled and sunk; the captain and eight of her crew just having time to save themselves by getting on board of the Janet. One of her boys, who happened to be below at the time she struck ui, was unfortunately drowned. We immediately cleared the wreck and steered for the 1 lumber, but the wind inclining from the north, we bore tip and proceeded for Yarmouth Roads. Next morning at ten o'clock, seeing a steam vessel bound to the north- ward, the captain and crew of the Good Intent left us anil pulled on board of her.' The weather continuing favourable, and our ves- sel making little water, we persevered and arrived here to- day." Lady Hood, M'Kenzic, " at Gibraltar, 23d ult. from Dublin. Hazard, Smith, at Hamburgh, 8th inst. in three days from Aberdeen. Sir Charles Forbes, Foulerton, at Deal 12th inst. from Bengal; sailed 3d December. We regret to state, that the third Mate and Carpenter Were unfortunately drowned, the former three weeks before the ship sailed from Calcutta, and the latter the day aft. r sailing. Both of them were promising young men, and are much regretted hy their friends and acquaintances. Sir Robert Barclay, Nicol, at Cowes, 11th inst. from St. Do- mingo. Horn, of Dundee, Jeffers, at do. 2d inst. with loss of topmast Norval, Leslie, at Nassau, ( New Providence), 20th . February;., Peterhead, April 17.— The brig Messenger, of London, — master, from Cromarty to inverkeithing, in ballast, got on shore on the rocks at Rattray- head on Tuesday morning, about 4 o'clock. Part of the materials have been saved, and if the weather comes to be favourable, it is likely the vessel may be got off. ARRIVALS AT ABERDEEN. April 14.— Pearl, Watson; Ariel, Reahuru ; James Hender- son, Smith; and Scotsman, Mitchell, Sunderland, coals; Two Sisters, Gray, Kirkcaldy, and James and Mary, Gilehrist, - Dun- dee, guqds-~ 15, Joseph, Collie, Spey, salmon ; Three Sisters, Mearus, Banff, and Marquis of Jluntly, Mearns, Leith, goods ; Eliza, Greig, Sunderland, coals—- 16. Helen, f. i- vie, ami Re- liance, Gordon, Stmdtjrland, coals; Phoenix, Walker, dp. lime ; Friends, M'Queen, Newcastle,- coals 17. Active, Wear; Eupheniia, Watt; and Jamaica, Levie, Sunderland, coils ; Isa- bella, Lawrence, Lerwick, and Mary and Margaret, Anderson, Berwick, goods; Fury, Wilson, Be. iuly, salmon; L'Augusta, Delpliia, Dunkirk, salts— 18. Pursuit, Alexander, and Traveller, Moir, Sunderland, coals; Molly Leight'on, Milne, Montrose, goods; Grampian, Alexander, Sunderland, coals; Nancy, Ander- son, Easdule, slates ; Aberdeen Packet, Burnett, London, goodb-— 19. Johnstown, Brodic; Deveron, Cobban, and Favuurite, Wat son, Sunderland, coals; Velocity, Beverly, Leith, passengers ; Charming Molly, Chalmers, Rochester, ballast; Swift, Alex- ander, St. David's, coals— 20. Maria, Henderson, Roeh'sttr, ballast ; Lillic, Burgess, aud Isabella, Falconer, Sundtiland, cods ; Ariadne, Collie, and Newburgli, Downie, do. lime ; May- flower, Thorn, Bo'ness, coals; B011 Accord, Brown, London, goods. SAILED. April 14..—- Iluddleston, M'Hattie; Johnstown, Brodie; and Maxwell, Burgess, Sunderland, ballast; Alecto, Simpson, and Eliza, Sutherland, London, stones ;. Isabella and Euphemia, Livie, St. David's, ballast; Juno, Blues, Dundee, goods; Janet, Chal- mers, Helmsdale, goods; Hope, Genison, M'iramichi, ballast ; Young Charles and John, Lowrie, Wick, goods— 15- Broniby, Middleton, Hull, goods; James and Margaret, Milne, Newcastle, ballast ; Regent, Kerr, Loudon, goods ; Helen, Cruigie,. Sun- derland, ballast— 16. Alexander, Carnegie, Quebec, gorids; Isabella, Falconer, Sunderland, ballast ; Joseph, Collie, Spey, empty boxes— 17- Velocity, Beverly, Leith, passengers ; Uni- verse, Craigie, Cape Breton, goods-; Two Sisters, Brown, Frusur- burgh, stenes ; Effort, Wood, Peterhead* ballast ; Fury, " Wilson, Beaufy, goods—- 18. Liverpool Pocket, Reid, Liverpool, goods ; Enterprize, Anderson, Dantzic, ballast; Ann, M'Tagart, Mon- trose, flax; Henrietta, Spellie, Spt- y, ballast ; Reliance, Sellar, Pullers of Buohun, coals; Triumph, Leslie, London, goods— 19. Active, Wt.- ir, Newburgh, coals ; London Packet, Davidson, Leit. li ; Caledonia, M'Gregor, Jamaica ; and Glasgow Packet, Siu.' rt, 0' « jftY,\ joorls - 0. Orient, - Mnrri- on, Lo'uJcti, ) foW » .; • Itapp- ara the health off- he King is by no melius established, communications on this subject are at all times made so cr. utiou. Jy," that there iif much difficulty in obtaining correct information, it appears, that long before the public vW officially made acquainted with the alarming indisposition of his Majesty some weeks back,' the state of his health had been such as to incapacitate him for attention to business, and matters of public importance were, for a length of time, delayed, as the royal sign manual could not be obtained'to official document*.— Times. Nothing has been decided on the subject of the diWatjoa, of Parliament, the time firf which will, it semis, depend very niueh on the state of the King's health. With respect fo the business f the present Session, it is thought that it Will be got through lie- fore the end of May. The flankers' Partnership Bill gonnther languidly ttrough the House of Commons, The new partnerships are not to be aSswed to draw bills of Exchange u| Kin any agent in London, payable at sight, or for sums lens than £ 50 ; so that from the business of re- mitting small sums the new partnerships will be shutout. The business thus excluded is,* perhaps, in itself of no great value, but the inability which the new Bunks will thus lie under will make it inconvenient for many persons to deal with them, the mass of whosa' business may be of a different and more valuable description. In this rcspect too these new' establishments will b « under a disadvan- fcYfe as compared with the branches of the Banff of England ( ifany such be established), which will be free from all restriction upoii iha nature of their transactions. The Chancellor of the Exchequer ex- prc- ised his regret at the restriciions imposed upon the new banks, Which are, if seems, required by the Bank of England, who are anxious to quality the con< v « siou thty have mule to the p'ublic. An the part of the monopoly Aey gave up was one of which thev never availed themselves' for tueir own gaiu, they might have bten'a little more unreserved ia their liberality. The new Exyeditkm into flat Interior of Africa, Dispatchaa, public, and private, have, been, received from Cap. tains Clappertnn ami Peiirav dated Badagry Roads, in ( he Di^ t of Benin, the 29th of November Int. On the evening of th. » t day they were to land at lladagry, where, fortunately, they - found Mr. Uratms, a British merciUuC well known in that part of the ewteuy, who- not only arranged for them a safe passage in palanq'aim^ through the King; of lludagry's dominions, but agreed tn . Trtxmpany them to the mikt kingdom, Hio, or Eyo, about five dayu' journey of twenty- fire miles each, and there to settle a palaver with the King of thou aountry, who fa ill. constant communication with Nyffe, and otter parts of L'CTO- sa. From fiim they learn, that, Onoe arrived at Hio, he appre- hends thgre i » little reason to fear any check to their future pro- press. From Hio to Tassa is- about- nine days* joiiruey, nod from ' fossa to Nyffe nine dlys' more; so tfeat tiie whole dinrmco ftota the east to Nytfe is twenty- tjbee dsjs, or about JM- mus. At Wbydah they met with a W, de Soaua, a. P « rtug;, e^>; and a- s> Mr. JameH, who makes so i- etnarkable a liijin in K*. L'owditc; j book, who both recommend!*! a visit to the King! rf Duhnune , as the direct road to the Sufbui lotto's douihW wc.. through t part of his; and aa M. de Sjui;. wan most intimate - v- .- h this" capi- tal, Abonu y, la obfiam permi-.^ iOii Ibr thein^ to jat » throiwh his ter- ritory : for tfiis purpose Dr. DicktiWt Wi? ji dispe-, 1 order* to join the party ia the brttrior. Tbey were all i* the b- st health ^ J. high - piritf. The Duke of Wellington Kv » reached Berl'n m % ffta ref « rn, II5 was extremely well reaeiv.- d by the Emperor ; ' but; failed la effect any thing, and the question of war or peac> h Turkey re- mains precisely where it did, excepting thftt the iWi.- t fur war'', , the people and army is nicch mere anient ( han when hi* Grace left' England. We are given to aaderstaad that ile Etfpresa Motdur ( who govern,.) must he mliedto the peoyie and arm^ L. Whilst Lord CorHRiAXK's arrival Lk Grew ® tmvdlei ( he- entire rounds of nearly all the toiidun esud Provincial Journals, the Noble Lord himself, Lady CIV HRAKS, and their family, are quiet- ly residing in their pretty " little ehattO% in the Par!.*, at Brussels. An act is iu progiwie just now throuph ParSamtnt, which makes a great alteration . ca v- uifrtia import ihitkn, Thixt on rewwood, mahiigany, end ebony, are" to be rednted about a hali'; ( in cochineal and rhubarb about tfie saraeon the Peruvian lwi", the reduction is to be from Hs. j » r poend to Id. Manafactured, wooUens are to pay 2( y per Bent, ad valorem, cottoUr tie sun*, tad iinehs - til per cent Foreign pictures, which pay at present from L. S- 8s.' up ' y HO - fa. each, uccordi/ ig to the sise, are to pay only Js, each, witu an additional shilling for every sijnate foot. • Mr. Ward has signified his intention of offia- ing himself as a can- didate for tiie representation of Lcudua. Mr. Meatw, ( Jje KingV Messenger, who V- ft. London a j^ sv nights since, is gone to matt tlai Duke, of M'tilliuj^ n, ou his GruoeV return to Lnglaail. We understand tlint the puhSoare $ ompiataibg griavouriy of the exorbitant charges mode by soun; iniikii- epers- rm the inUodjiction of the new measure*) it seems they lire out of aH propoitiom It will take Some time hefore the people are rcfonaUed to. them, even though there be ait injustice practiseiL We burn also tliat several have 1 subjected themselves to fines, fiir not nsiafj the new measures,, or Selling with the old when tho proportions they huaa- to the new are not engraved upon theifl. MELAKCitotT Ai FA la A inefauoholy eitenmstanee occurred at Hythe oa Wednesday mohiing. Lientenanf- Dyer, It N. of the ' coast blockade service, commanding thie Fort Twiss. station, was on duty, for the prevention of smuggling arnt w.- w shot by a seaman of the Ramilies, under excited feelings produced by the report of a hotly of annul smugglers being at hand. An inquest was held on the body, when George Jwwis, a petty officer of the Ramilies, stated, that about ha) f-] Jast two a firing was heard iu the direction of Shorncliffo ; I sung out to Lieutenant Dyer, •'• Sir, there's firing to the eastward 1" ' when James Lemon, a seaman also on duty, fired } I exclaimed " You foot, what do you fife for ?" he said, " I did not know Who was eomiiig— 1 hailed, but no jfi'su- i i1 replied, if they were . • mitgi'lers, why should you fire without an act of violence f" Ah i, istai) t* rtef the firing, Divine ( the orderly) sung out, " Good God'. . Mr. Dyer is shot." The deceas- id was uUiut ten yards l'rwm u Morehouse no. the' beach ailvancing towards me when I reported the fifing. I did not hear Lemon' flail ; Lemon might have been about fifty . yard* from the Lieutenant ; found the Lieutenant apport utly dyad. It is a general order in the service, that no one shall fire without violence having been first threatened or offered ; a com- munication had been muite along tlie coast from the westward, that an armed party hud been seen ; the ui^ ht was di^ f, and an objiet could not be identified at fifty yards distance. Other witnesses cArroborat.- d the ahove Maternent. Tlie inquest, after a patient investigation, recorded a verdict of Manslaughter against James Lemon. " The cle. » -* Hed was much respected as an officer and a gentleman ; and eis unfortunate end is tile theme of generid sympathy and regret. An actitin for scandal' is about to be tried at Westminster, re- specting Mrs, M. Coast, who was intended to have performed the Columbine at Drury- lune' Theatre two years back, but who was prevented hy certain persons aspersing hvr professional character. The trial is appointed for the Sittings after the present Term. Mr, and. Mrs- COR. RI are at present at Liverpool and Manchester. The ' uovelty of the case will create much interest in the theatrical world, Mr ruing Paper. We fuel it to be an act of justice to the liberality and judgment of Mr Peel, and to the merits of Lord Alloway as a lawyer and a judge, to notice, in this particular manner, the appointment ( if til3 latter to the Justiciary Bench, in ri^ om of Lord Hermand, who has resigned. Had ;!: e legal appointments of the last 20 years been, all of a similar kit. d, the decisions of our Supreme Court, as well as tho improvements of our judicial proceedings, would have been more satisfactory to the country th> n they now happen to be.-— Scots Times. Sn gross are some of the instances of fraud and robbery which hav come to light in investigating the aftuirs of some" of tile many insolvent banking- houses, . that criuiin. il proceedings arc talked of as likely to lv. adopted on more than one occasion. ' t he Russian imports in 1S25 were leas by 1,093,346 rubles than in " IS?*; fj » e » nj> crf « -, ye « risk emzid. robte by • H^ tt'D •