13th Sept. 1817.] Domestic Affairs. 19 imbrued in blood; and I may say, without fear, Cut off, Al- committee, that, as far as respects the debtor, the whole is rea. lized in at least one case detailed in the appendix." The committee, after thus pointing out the extreme oppression often worked by this mode of procedure on the unfortunate debtor who is the object of it, and the injustice it occasions to his other creditors, direct their attention to the validity of the reasons urged for its maintenance. Is the revenue, they enquire, hereby secured? Is the public interest advanced? Both questions they answer decidedly in the negative." Of the numerous cases," they state, "which have of late been brought within public observation, this (the pub-gins, aged 23, were executed at Penenden-heath, pursuant to the lic interest) does not appear to have been the object, in one single instance; in very few can it be shewn to have been even incidentally or probably served; and in several the interest of the individual prosecutor of the extent has been pursued, to the absolute injury of that very revenue, for the safety of which, exclusively, the process was originally instituted." "It seems scarcely doubtful," the committee conclude," whether the whole process for private debts (i. e. extents in aid) might not be abolished without any dis. advantage to the public interest; while it will be worth consider. ation how far any supposed benefit may be outweighed by the evils attendant on continuing the practice-the ruin of unfortu nate debtors, the injury of innocent and unsuspecting creditors, and the extensive injury wrought among the community at large, by the breach of good faith, and the consequent destruction of that honourable confidence on which the interest and prosperity of a commercial country so essentially depend." A Manchester paper of Tuesday se'ennight contains a list of 54 men who have absconded from their families. A contagious fever rages with great fury in the jails and cirfuit towns in Ireland. Mr Justice Osborne, one of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench, has died of that disorder. Mr W. Ridgeway, an eminent lawyer, and a most worthy man, has also fallen a victim to a fever caught while attending his professional duty on circuit at Trim. In Strabane, and the vicinity, its effects have been peculiarly fatal, 107 deaths having occurred since the 27th of July. From the number of patients already confined, and its being inferred that the contagion was likely to spread, it was deemed advisable to fit up the court-house for their reception, which was ordered by the Provost, and a voluntary subscription entered into by the inhabitants; in consequence, 40 patients were removed thereto. It is generally believed that this calamity hasarisen from the distress and misery of the suffering poor. If we may judge from a proclamation of the Austrian government, an infectious fever had spread great terror throughout the North of Italy. The fairs usually held in the course of the present month at Bergamo, Pavia, Chignole, &c. are therefore prohibited, by order of the Emperor, crowded assemblies being so mischievously calculated to receive and propagate contagion. In the meantime, the ravages of that fatal disorder are said, on the same authority, to have sensibly subsided; and hopes are held out that all danger will soon be at an end. Five persons were burnt to death by the explosion of the firedamp in a coal pit, near Bradford, Yorkshire, on the 21st ult. owing to the bottom of one of the safety lamps of Sir Humphrey Davy being separated from the body, from its being soldered in stead of rivetted. An attorney, who left London in great disgrace upon pecuniary matters, some years since, was detected in swindling at Berlin, and was there seen sweeping the streets in a chain; he is now marker at a billiard-table at Brussels. This man once lived handsomely in one of our western streets, and was employed by some people of consequence, as well as by half the thoughtless and profuse of both sexes in gay life. A baker's boy, aged sixteen years, who has seven times committed the crime of arson, in Hungary, has been condemned to be burnt alive. On the 23d ult. one Willaume and his wife were executed on the Place du Greve, at Paris. They were found guilty of an at. tempt to commit robbery and murder on a female cook, while her master was absent. At three o'clock Willaume was brought into the keeper's lodge, where the executioner tied his hands and cut off his hair. He asked for his wife; and was told he would see her presently. He then said, "I have seen service, and. I have never trembled-I shall not tremble now; my hands were never After sentence passed on them at the Kent Assizes. The crime for EDINBURGH. On Monday the 1st instant, at the quarterly meeting of the British Linen Company, a Bonus of 25 per cent. and the annual dividend of 10 per cent. were declared. On the 2d instant, came on the election of master and assistants of the company of merchants of this city for the ensuing year, when the following gentlemen were unanimously elected :William Pattison, Esq. merchant, Master. Assistants-Mr David Kinnear, Sir W. Forbes, Messrs. Alex. Smith, Adam White, Kin. Mackenzie, Robt. Anderson, T. Maeritchie, John Clapperton, Wm. Trotter, Wm. Gilchrist, John Turnbull, Alex. Henderson; and Mr Thomas Blackwood, Treasurer. Lady Yester's church, on which some alterations had been considered necessary, was again opened for divine service on Sunday last. The congregation were much gratified by the improvements which have been made, and by the general attention which seemed to be shewn to their comfort and accommodation. "It is but justice to the present Dean of Guild," the newspapers observe, "to mention the unwearied attention he has given to the improvement of this and several of the churches of the city. In the High Church, the Old. Grayfriars, and in St Andrews Church in particular, some very useful alterations have been made under his direction; and it is expected the New Grayfriars, which is the only church in town which has not been repaired, will be the next object of his attention. The want of comfort and cleanliness has long been the reproach of our church and country, and the zealous exertions made by this spirited and active Magistrate to remedy this defect, are the more praiseworthy, from having been made while the splendid and extensive improvements going on in Princes-street, the Calton Hill, and various other quarters of the city, necessarily required such arduous and unremitting attention." To this well-merited eulogium we give our most cordial assent; and are not without some expectation, that the example which has been shewn for some years past of attention and zeal to the interests of this great city, will have a due effect on those who for the future may be intrusted with the important duties of a Magistrate. At Cupar, on Tuesday the 26th August, the Bible Society of Fife and Kinross-shires held its fifth annual general meeting since its establishment, when the Earl of Moray was unanimously reelected President of that Society, and the other usual business was harmoniously transacted. The meeting had the satisfaction to find, that though the contributions to the funds of the Society during the past year have somewhat declined, the sum actually received by the treasurer, in the twelve months ending on the 4th Tuesday of August, was above £.558, while there were some arrears of subscriptions for the year, and a few contributions from Bible associations not yet remitted to him, which will add considerably to the amount, and will raise the whole sums contributed to the Society's objects, during the first five years of its existence, from the district for which it was formed, to above £.3000. Union Canal-The state of the subscription for this work is now such as to enable the committee of management to assure the public, that the work will commence as soon as the late harvest will 20 Domestic Affairs. The permit the levels to be renewed and the ground staked out. surface plan of the country is already more than half completed, and the other preliminary steps are also in progress, so that there is now no doubt of the canal being begun this winter. One half of the new jail on the Calton-hill is now in a finished state, and was inspected on Tuesday se'ennight by the Commissioners, previous to occupation, who expressed themselves satisfied with the manner in which the work is done. Among the Commissioners present were the Lord Provost, the Lord President, Lord Pitmilly, Baron Clerk Rattray, Sir George Clerk, M. P. Sir William Rae, &c. Friday se'ennight, the materials of the old jail, with the shops attached to the west end of it, were sold, by public roup, for the sum of £.280. The taking down of the shops commenced on Tuesday, and the taking down of the prison is to commence on the 15th instant. The whole must be removed in three weeks from that date. The unfortunate inmates will take possession of their new place of residence in the course of the week. Several additional seats were lately placed in the Meadow Walk for the accommodation of the public, two of which were last week wantonly torn from the ground. A little girl not exceeding 12 years of age, was put to the bar of the Police Court on Tuesday, charged with wandering about the streets at night, and having no fixed place of abode. Her father, a poor labouring man, attended. He stated that every attempt to make her lead a life of industry had failed-he had locked her up in the closest confinement; that, upon one occasion, she had unguardedly been sent to the well for water, when she absconded, and was heard no more of until found wandering betwixt Canterbury and Dover; that a gentleman had taken her into his family at Dover, from whence she again absconded, and was found wandering in London; that upon receiving her home, he had watched her with the utmost care, but about six weeks ago, she having begged hard to be taken to church, he indulged her, but, in going in at the church door, she again give him the slip, and he never heard any thing of her until now, and he begged of the magistrate to send her to Bridewell as an act of charity. The girl, having been interroga. ted by the magistrate, acknowledged these facts, and that her father and mother had been kind to her. The magistrate humanely recommended to her father to make another trial of her, as he was unwilling to send so young a creature to Bridewell; and promised that he would get her put into a free school. On Thursday se'ennight, the North Briton post-coach, on her way to Edinburgh, was upset about a mile from Berwick, owing, as is supposed, to the leathern strap which secured the linch pin being cut by some malicious person. Two of the passengers were severely hurt; one of them, Mr Spittal, captain of a West Indiaman, had his foot so severely bruised that amputation was found necessary. The linch pin was found nearly half a mile from the place where the coach upset. The jail of Perth was broken on the evening of Saturday the 30th August, and a prisoner under indictment for house-breaking made his escape: the Magistrates have offered a reward of fifteen guineas for his apprehension. Wednesday se'ennight, the following melancholy accident happened in a tenement building in George Street, Glasgow ::-While about ten masons were working on a scaffold five stories high, two labourers with a stone and another with a hod of lime, came upon it at nearly the same time; in an instant the scaffold gave way. and eight men fell, only two of whom reached the ground, the others being stopped in their fall by the intervening joists; and, excepting one who went home, the others, seven in number, dreadfully bruised, were carried to the Royal Infirmary. One died just as he entered the premises; a second underwent the operation of trepan, but expired next morning. Of the surviving five, three have received such severe internal bruises, that it will be some days before they can be deemed out of danger. The other two will recover. Consecration of the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland. On Thursday the 28th ultimo, a supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter was held in St John's Chapel, for the purpose of constituting a Grand and Supreme Chapter, to preside over and control the different chapters and lodges of this masonic degree in Scotland. The meeting was most respectable and numerous, and thirty-four [13th Sept. 1817. representative chapters, from various parts of the country, give their aid and attendance on the occasion. The first Principal of the Royal Arch Chapter of Edinburgh, as the premier, proceeded to consecrate the Grand Chapter by prayer, and with corn, wine, and oil, agreeable to ancient custom, which was then proclaimed by the name, style, and title of "The Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chap. ter of Scotland." The Chapter then proceeded to the election, when the following grand office-bearers were unanimously chosen : The Right Hon. Sir William Drummond of Logicalmond, K. C. M. E. Gd. Z.: Sir Patrick Walker of Coats, Knight, M. E. Gd. H.; George Douglas, of Arbeadie, Esq. Advocate, M. E. Gd. I.; Alexander Robertson of Prendergast, Esq. Dy. Gd. Prin.; James Harrowar of Inzievar, Esq. advocate, Grand Chancellor ; George Burnet of Pirnteaton, Esq. Gd. Chamberlain; Rev. Archibald Gracie, Gd. Priest; Robert Wight, Esq. accountant, Gd. Treasurer; Wm. Macknight Crawford of Cartsburn and Ratho, Esq. E. and Benj. Bartlet Buchannan of Drumskibo, Esq. N. Gd. Scribes Murray Pringle, Gd. Recorder and Vice Gd. Chancellor ; Lieut. William Munro, of the royal artillery, Prin. Gd. Sojourner; John Hepburn of Colquhalzie, Esq. and Lieutenant Patrick Deuchar, of the royal navy, Assist. Gd. Sojourners; James Neilson, Esq. W. S. Gd. Standard Bearer; William Deuchar of Morningside, Esq. Master of Ceremonies and Vice Gd. Chamberlain.→→→ A procession was made to the robing-room of the Royal Arch Chapter of Edinburgh, the band of the Scots Greys playing the anthem. Having prepared and invested the Grand Principal, the pro cession returned to introduce him, a march being performed by the organ and vocal band as the procession moved along, and the bre. thren paying every honour and salute. Wednesday se'ennight a young man was killed by the lightning near Old Monkland church, and several persons were thrown to the ground, or struck with temporary blindness. Fingask Hermit, in the Carse of Gowrie. This venerable character, who has, for a long time, inhabited a cave of great rural beauty and retirement in the braes of the Carse, near Fingask, and who was, perhaps, one of the most innocent of beings, has lately disappeared. His disappearance has naturally occasioned considerable uneasines to those who were in the habit of frequenting his abode, and who considered him to be one of the interesting spectacles of the place. Some circumstance have occurred, which make it highly probable that he has been forcibly carried off, and that a few young men in the neighbourhood have been the wicked perpetrators of the deed. This they could do with the greatest facility, as he never used his voice-seemingly incapable of doing so, whatever might be the cold or heat of his exposed residence. Indeed, his insensibility to external good and evil was so perfect, that none living ever saw him laugh or smile, or change his attitude. His beard was extremely long. He had lately renewed his raiment ; and it is suspected that it was to get possession of those that the villainous deed has been perpetrated. Some magistrates of the country have very properly taken an active part in the endeavour to bring the guilt home to those accused, but hitherto without effect. His cross and some small articles have been picked up on the neighbouring hills, which excites a painful apprehension, that something worse than theft may have happened. The Duke of Argyle has appointed the Rev. Mr Story, proba. tioner, to be assistant and successor to the Rev. Dr Drummond, minister of Roseneath. On the 26th ultimo, the right honourable the Lord Chief Com missioner was presented with the freedom of the burgh of Inverkeithing, enclosed in a silver box of elegant workmanship. Friday se'ennight, the Principal and Professors of the College of Glasgow unanimously elected Doctor Thomas Thomson, now of London, Lecturer in Chemistry in the University. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY. On Friday se❜ennight came on the trial of Bernard M'Ilvogue, Hugh M 1lvogue, and Patrick M'Cristal, accused of breaking into the house of Robert Morris, farmer in Everton, near Greenock, on the 23d March last, by forcing open one of the windows, of attacking the said Robert Morris, blindfolding him, and holding him by force on the ground, and stealing from the house some money, wearing apparel, &c.—and of assaulting and attacking Janet Crawford, sister of Mrs Morris, and Mary Black, servant to Robert Morris, and committing violence on their persons.-After perpetrating the robbery the pannels fled, and were apprehended in Argyllshire some days after. The pannels pleaded Not Guilty. From the nature of the charges, the public were excluded, and the doors lock. ed. The examination of witnesses continued till five o'clock. One of them. Bernard Hutton or Hatton, an accomplice, who was admitted in evidence, was committed to prison for gross prevarication. The Solicitor-General declined addressing the jury, as the case was in his opinion clearly made out. Mr Hunter, for the prisoners, said only a few words. - The Lord Justice Clerk made a long charge to the jury, who retired for about ten minutes, and returned an unanimous verdict, finding Bernard M'Ilvogue and Patrick M‘Cristal, guilty of housebreaking, robbery, and rape; and Hugh M‘Ilvogue guilty of house. breaking and robbery. The Judges, Lords Justice Clerk, Pitmilly, and Succoth, severally delivered their opinions on the verdict. They were unanimous in thinking that this was one of the most aggravated cases that had ever occurred in this country-it was quite uncommon here, and had been proved by the clearest evidence. 21 After an impressive address from the Lord Justice Clerk, on the enormity of the crime, the prisoner was sentenced to be executed at Edinburgh on the 15th of October next. The prisoner is a young woman about 20 years of age, and was formerly employed at Gilmerton coal-works. Robert Reid, chimney-sweeper, was next brought up, accused of the murder of John Frazer, alias Thomson, a boy of eleven years of age, who, having been sent up a vent at Albany Street chapel, stuck so fast at a turn in the vent, that he was unable to extricate himself. The prisoner, in concert with Joseph Rae, got ropes fastened to his legs, and by repeatedly pulling them with great force, dragged him down the vent, notwithstanding his cries of distress. The boy died in consequence. Joseph Rae, for the same crime, was formerly sentenced to be transported for fourteen years. The public prosecutor having restricted the libel to Culpable Homicide, the prisoner was found Guilty on his own judicial confession. The Court sentenced him to transportation for seven years. He received a very impressive admonition from the Lord Justice Clerk. Tuesday, Sept. 9.-John Jeffrey, or Jeffreys, mate of the Prince Edward revenue cutter, for murder. It appeared that Mr Jeffrey was sent, by his commanding officer, Sir John Reid, the captain of the Prince Edward Cutter, to seize some smuggled goods that had been observed landing on the island of Arran; with a party of armed seamen, he went several miles up the country, and, about four miles from the shore, seized some whiskey. In the course of returning to his boat, he was join Before pronouncing sentence, the Lord Justice Clerk addressed the unfortunate pannels He said their conduct was most atrocious and brutal, and he was well convinced that their accomplice was as guilty as any of them. That it was vain for them to look for mercy-they could expect none; and although Hugh M'Ilvogue's case differed in some respects from his companions, yet he was to expect no mitigation of punishment. He conjured them to apply for mercy to God by repentance, and concluded by pronouncing sentence, ordaining them to be detained in the tolboothed by four or five persons, who declared themselves the perpetraof Edinburgh till the 6th of October, and then to be transmitted from Sheriff to Sheriff until lodged in the tolbooth of Greenock; and on Friday the 10th of October to be executed in such place in or near the town of Greenock as the Sheriff-Depute of Renfrewshire shall appoint. They are all young men, natives of Ireland, and received their sentence with much unconcern. Counsel for the Crown, the Solicitor-General and James A. Maconochie, Esq.Agent, Mr Hugh Warrender. For the pan. nels, Robert Hunter and E. D. Sandford, Esq.Agent, Mr Daniel Christie, S. S. C. Saturday, Sept. 6.-The court then proceeded to the trial of Murray Stewart, tide-waiter in Greenock, accused of breaking into the Custom house of Greenock, on the night of the 9th February 1816, and stealing bank notes to the amount of £.1200 sterling; the greater part of which he soon after deposited in the branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland at Glasgow, and in the Banking Company at Greenock. The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty. After an investigation of no great interest, the Jury returned a verdict of Not Proven; and after a suitable admonition from the Lord Justice Clerk, the pannel was dismissed from the bar. tors of this breach of the law. As he proceeded back to the coast, ⚫ Counsel for the Crown, the Lord Advocate, the Solicitor-Gene-shots over their heads. When this took place, the mob appeared ral, J. A. Maconochie, and A. Wood, Esqrs.-Agent, Hugh Warrender, Esq. W. S. For the Prisoner, Francis Jeffrey and James 1vory, Esqrs.-Agent Mr W. H. Sands, W. S. Monday, Sept. 8.-Robert Dingwall, from the parish of Fearn, county of Ross, accused of attempting to commit inurder by means of poison, which he intended to administer to his wife, Christian Clark, was put to the bar. Mr John Hope, his counsel, before allowing the prisoner to plead, objected to the indictment. The - charge being merely that of an attempt to poison, which was a new case, the Court ordered informations to be given in. Janet Douglas was then brought to the bar, accused of "Childstealing," she having, on the 12th of May, carried away Margaret Reach, a child between three and four years of age, from the house of her father James Reach, at King's Stables, Edinburgh. The case was clearly proved by the evidence of the child's parents, and by other witnesses, her father having, after great anxiety, tra. ced and overtaken the prisoner, at Halbeath-colliery, near Dunfermline. The declaration of the prisoner also admitted that she 'stole the child. The counsel on both sides having addressed the Jury, the evidence was summed up by the Lord Justice Clerk, in his usual able and impartial manner, and the Jury, without leaving the box, returned a verdict finding the prisoner Guilty. to hesitate, and to deliberate a few moments; and then, with a general cheer or hurra, they immediately rushed forward. A few women were selected to begin the attack. Some of Mr Jeffrey's men were knocked down. One was dragged along the ground several yards. Mr Jeffrey was knocked down; and, while lying upon his back, he gave orders to fire, and some of those then lying upon the ground, and engaged with the assailants, fired. In consequence of this firing, which had become necessary for the safety of the sailors, several of the mob, who happened to be proprietors of the whiskey, were killed. Lord Justice Clerk said, that after the very fair, open, and candid manner, in which his Majesty's Solicitor-General has disclaimed even a conception of any thing like guilt attachable to the prisoner under this indictment, but, on the contrary, having borne his testimony to his conduct upon this unfortunate occasion, it would be an useless waste of your time, and tending to throw distrust on the opinion you must have formed upon this case, to have detained you by any evidence in exculpation. I have no difficulty in stating to you, from the evidence disclosed, not only by the persons belonging to the revenue vessel, but from that drawn, some part of it with reluctance, from persons who took a considerable concern in the transaction, there is no ground for a verdict in terms of this indictment. Throughout this unfortunate F 22 Scots Bankrupts-Agricultural Report-British Legislation, &c. day, the conduct of the pannel was most distinguished, for moderation, propriety, and determination to do the duty incumbent up on him by the office he held under government, for his country. Therefore, I have no doubt it is your duty, and will give you satisfaction, to find he is not guilty of the charge in the indictment. The Jury, without leaving the box, immediately returned an unanimous verdict of Not Guilty. After the witnesses for the crown had been examined, the Solicitor General admitted that the jury were bound to return a verdict in any respect favourable for the pannel. SCOTS BANKRUPTS. Thomas Harvey, merchant, Glasgow; in the King's Arms Inn, there, on the 13th and 27th September, at 12 o'clock. William Hyslop, corn-merchant and miller at Maxweltown, in Pagan's In there, on 8th and 29th September, at 1 o'clock. James Johnston, tanner, Glasgow; in the Star Inn there; on 16th September and 1st October, at 1 o'clock. Andrew Pringle, merchant, Coldstream; in the Black Bull Inn there, on 17th September. and 24 October, at 1 o'clock. James Largie, ship-owner and merchant, Johnshaven: in Hunter's Inn, Montrose, on 17th September and 4th October, at 12 o'clock. Examinations. James White & Company, merchants, Glasgow; in the Sheriff-clerk's Office there, on 18th September and 2d October, at 11 o'clock. Duncan Monteath & Co. grocers, Glasgow, and John Duncan, grocer there, as an individual; in the Sheriff-clerk's Office, Glasgow, on 22d September and 7th October, at 11 o'clock. Thomas Stewart, carrier between Leith and Glasgow, and general agent residing at Leith; in the Sheriff-clerk's Office, Edinburgh, on 19th September, and third October, at 1 o'clock. AGRICULTURE, &c. Report from East Lothian.-The alternate frosts and rains have retarded the progress of the crop, and the heavy crops, pretty ge. neral in the low parts of the country, are much laid. A few patches of early barley have been cut, and several fields are nearly ready for cutting; but it will be after the middle of this month before wheat harvest becomes general, even in the low parts of the country, though the weather should be good: the oats have very little changed colour. The crops of all kinds, on good soils, appear to be bulky, but it is feared the wheat will be coarse in quality, and much light grain in it. The barley appears generally good, and the oats may yet be a good crop in the low country, but are generally light, and will probably be very ill filled in the higher parts. The beans and pease can scarcely now be any thing but a failing crop, and the turnips, except on very dry and good soils, have suffered from the wetness. Hay, which was but a middling crop, has been selling at 7d. and 8d. stone. The prices of all other farm produce have declined during the month.-1st Sept. Report for England.—The hay harvest has been generally protracted, by the constant rains, but at last finished: both the natu ral and sown grasses, more fortunately than could have been ex pected, leaving the prospect of an abundant aftermath. Scarcely any stock of old hay on hand. The long succession of cool and rainy weather will occasion a much later corn harvest than was expected, in which, however, there will be the advantage of great fulness and substance in ear from gradual vegetation. The want of sun has been generally felt since the great heats in June, and,|| in the northern parts of the country, much corn of all kinds is yet in an immature state. In the forward districts, and upon the best soils, great breadths of corn have been cut within the last fortnight, and as much carried as the wet state of the weather would permit. On such soils, the crops of wheat, barley, oats, pease, and rye, are great: and the few samples yet shewn at market are of fine quality. Beans will, perhaps, turn out beyond expectation, but the Heligoland beans have not succeeded so well as the native. On the least promising soils, grain of all kinds seems likely to prove an average crop, granting a favourable latter harvest. Potatoes and turnips are almost every where fine crops. The weather for some days past has been universally favourable [13th Sept. 1817. for the harvest: it has been very warm, and the wind at the east gives promise of a continuance of settled weather; in consequence, the corn-market has become exceedingly heavy; scarcely a sale of wheat was made on the 3d inst. in London, the purchasers antici pating a great decline. From every manufacturing district in the kingdom we learn, that extensive sales and orders (both domestic and foreign) have gladdened the hearts of the working classes of society. The iron and the woollen trades are described as particularly flourishing.Of the cotton trade, of which Manchester is the centre, we can ourselves speak in the highest tone of gratification. Every hand which can be usefully applied to manufacturing is employed. The tran sit of goods, both in an unfinished state, as they are sent to undergo one process after another, and in a finished and packed state, give a different appearance to our streets from what they exhibited a few months ago, when care and hope deferred" sallowed every face, in the listless crowd who trailed their steps along. Now, borne by the quick step of profitable business, almost every one exhibits that satisfaction which the philanthropist loves to see seat. ed on the faces of his fellow-men. Lord Forbes has allowed twenty per cent. to his tenants, on the Polmood estate, upon the last year's rent, due at Whitsunday 1817. The canker in sheep.-This disease had manifested itself in one of the flock of M. Morel de Vinde, Peer of France. A shepherd began by the use of the ordinary remedy, an acid lotion, without effect. The contagion, which had affected two lambs, reached in six days 32 others. Nitric acid (aqua-fortis of the shops) was used, and it had immediately the fullest success. All the animals affected were cured, and the contagion was stopped in one day.Journal General. BRITISH LEGISLATION. Acts passed in the 57th year of the reign of George III. or in the fifth Session of the fifth Parliament of the United Kingdom. Cap. XXXV. For punishing Mutiny and Desertion; and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters.-June 20. : Number of forces, 121,035. Cap. XXXVI. To regulate the Trade to and from the Places within the Limits of the Charter of the East India Company, and certain Possessions of his Majesty in the Mediterranean.—June 20, Cap. XXXVII. To explain and amend an Act of the Fiftythird Year of his present Majesty, relating to Tolls on Carriages used in Husbandry, and to remove Doubts as to Exemption of Carriages, not wholly laden with Manure, from Payment of Toll.➡ June 20. Not to exempt certain carriages from tolls. Cap. XXXVIII. To continue, until the 15th Day of June 1818, an Act of the 52nd Year of his present Majesty, for the more effectual Preservation of the Peace, by enforcing the Duties of Watching and Warding.-June 20. Cap. XXXIX. To extend certain Provisions of the Acts of the 36th and 52nd Years of the Reign of his present Majesty to Matters of Charity and Friendly Societies.-June 20. Cap. XL. To authorize the rewarding Officers of the Customs for their Services in preventing illicit Distillation in Scotland, un der an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament.-June 20. Cap. XLI. To repeal two Acts passed in the 54th and 55th Years of his present Majesty, relating to the Office of the Agent General, and for transferring the Duties of the said Office to the Offices of the Paymaster General and Secretary at War.-June 20. Cap. XLII. To revive and continue, until the 25th Day of March 1819, an Act made in the 44th Year of his present Majesty, for permitting the Exportation of Salt from the Port of Nassau, in the Island of New Providence, the Port of Exuma and the Port of Crooked Island in the Bahama Islands, in American Ships coming in Ballast.-June 27. Cap. XLIII. For granting, for Two Years from the 5th Day of July, 1817, Bounties on Sugar refined otherwise than by Claying.-June 27. Cap. XLIV. To allow Corps of Yeomanry or Volunteer Cavalry, when assembled for the Suppression of Riots or Tumults, to be quartered and billetted, and Officers on Half Pay to hold cer tain Commissions in such Corps, and to exempt Members in such Corps from serving the Office of Constable.-June 27. Cap. XLV. For the Continuation of all and every Person or Persons in any and every Office, Place, or Employment, Civil or Military, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Dominion of Wales, Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Isles of Jer. sey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sarke, and Man'; and also in all and every of his Majesty's Foreign Possessions, Colonies, or Planta. tions, which he or she shalt bold, possess, or exercise, during the Pleasure of the Crown, at the Time of the Death or Demise of his present Majesty, until removed or discharged therefrom by the succeeding King or Queen of this Realm.-June 27. Cap. XLVI. To prevent the issuing and circulating of Pieces of Copper or other Metal, usually called Tokens.-June 27. No copper tokens to be made, or issued, or circulated. Every person who shall, after the said Ist of January 1818, circulate or pass, as for any nominal value in money or goods, any such token, shall for every such token so circulated or passed, whether such persons shall be or have been concerned in the original issuing or circulation of any such token, or only the bearer or holder thereof for the time being, forfeit any sum not less than two shillings, or more than ten shillings, at the discretion of the Justice or Justices of the Peace who shall hear and determine such offence. Not to affect Bank of England tokens.-Sheffield penny tokens issued for the relief of the poor, may circulate to 25th March 1823. Birmingham penny tokens issued for the relief of the poor, may circulate to 25th March 1820. Cap. XLVII, For settling and securing Annuities on Lord Colchester, and on the next Person to whom the Title of Lord Colchester shall descend, in consideration of his eminent services. -June 27. Cap. XLVIII. To make further Provision for the Adjust. ment of the Accounts of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, and for making good any occasional Deficiency which may arise in the said Fund in Great Britain or Ireland respectively and to direct the Application of Monies by the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt.-June 27. Cap. XLIX. For altering and amending the Laws of Excise with respect to Salt and Rock Salt-June 27. Cap. L. To continue an Act made in the 54th Year of his present Majesty's Reign, intituled, “ An Act to provide for the preserving and restoring of Peace in such Parts of Ireland as may at any Time be disturbed by seditious Persons, or by Persons entering into unlawful Combinations or Conspiracies.—June 27. Cap. LI. To regulate the Celebration of Marriages in Newfoundland.-June 27. LIST OF PATENTS FOR INVENTIONS, &c. Thomas Wedrake, of Hornchurch, Essex, agricultural implement maker; for certain improvements on ploughs. arts. * David Brewster, of Edinburgh, Doctor of Laws; for a new optical instrument called the Kaleidoscope, for exhibiting and creating beautiful forms and patterns of general use, in all the ornamental Samuel Brown, of Mark-la, commander in his Majesty's navy;|| for an improvement in a construction of a bridge, for the formation and uniting of its component parts, in a manner not hitherto practised. William Henry Simpson, of Bickington, Devonshire, mechanic; for certain improvements in the machinery for the spinning of wool, cotton, and other fibrous substances. Richard Farmer Brain, of Salford, Lancaster, brewer; for an improvement, or apparatus, calculated to obtain or generate gas in a more economical manner than heretofore, from coal, or any other article, material, or substance, for lighting or heating houses, manufactories, or other places, where light or heat is required. · Henry Tritton, of Clapham, Surrey, Esq.; for an apparatus for distilling. Thomas Aspinwall, Esq. of Bishopsgate Church-yard, London; for an elliptic valve pump-box. Reuben Phillips, of Exeter, gentleman; for a method of purify. ing gas for the purpose of illumination. George Wyke, of Bath, Somersetshire, Esq. and Edward Shorter, 23 of Union-street, Borough, Surrey, mechanic; for certain improvements in the construction of wheel carriages. Peter Hamlin, of Albany-place, Kent New Road, Camberwell, merchant, for an improvement or improvements in the making a cement or composition for ornaments and statues, and for making artificial bricks, or an imitation of bricks, tiles, and stones, and joining and cementing the same; and for erecting, covering, and decorating buildings, internally and externally; and also an im provement or improvements in the mixing, working, and moulding of the said cement or composition, upon any sort of materials, or in working and moulding whole and entire erections and substances therewith. Frederic Brunton, of Bride-lane, Fleet-street, London, gentle. man; for a mode of employing silk, or other materials, in the making of hats and bonnets. BIRTHS. Friday se❜ennight, the lady of Dr Edward Rigby, M. D. of Norwich, three sons and a daughter. Mrs Rigby, who is as well as usual so soon after childbirth, has now twelve children.-At Durie, on the 25th ult. the lady of C. M. Christie, Esq. a son.— At Edinburgh, on the 24th ult. Mrs Maitland, of Eccles, a son.At Rochsoles-house, on the 22d ult. the lady of Lieutenant-Col. Gerard, of Rochsoles, a daughter.-At Dunmore, on the 26th ult. Mrs Campbell, a daughter.—At Quebec, the lady of Colonel Myers, deputy quarter-master-general to the forces, a daughter. MARRIAGES. fries, to Miss Janet M'Lean, daughter of the late Daniel M'Lean, At Edinburgh, on the 26th ult. the Rev. Walter Dunlop, DumEsq. supervisor of Excise.-At Eglinton Castle, on the 21st ult. Richard A. Oswald, Esq. of Auchencruive, to the Right Hon. Lady Lilias M'Queen.-At London, John Holman Hay, Esq. of the Admiralty, to Anne, fifth daughter of the late Henry Dyett, Esq.— Captain Burney, of the 44th regiment, to Diana Boyleson, youngest daughter of Hugh Somervill, Esq. of Mount Pleasant.-Mr James Dunlop, merchant, Glasgow, to Marianne, only daughter of the late Andrew Macmillan, Esq. merchant, Port-Glasgow.-At East Connage, Kenneth Mackenzie, Esq, of Dundonnel, to Isabella Colina, daughter of James Roy, Esq. Surgeon to the forces.-The Rev. Charles Ross Matheson, minister of Kilmuir Easter, to Caromoreland, Mr Thomas Mounsay, farmer, to Miss Atkinson, only line, youngest daughter of Colin Shaw, Esq.-At Moreland, Westdaughter of Mr Thomas Atkinson, yeoman. The bride is heiress to property to the amount of twenty thousand pounds, and has been brought up with the most exact economy, and exclusively employed in the dairy. DEATHS. At Ballachroan, county of Inverness, Mrs Captain Forbes Macdonell, second daughter of the late John M'Pherson, Esq. of Inverball.At Setonhill, East Lothian, on the 21st ult. Mr Peter Bairnsfather, junior, farmer.-At Doonfoot, on the 10th ult. Mr Charles Abercromby, civil engineer.-At Grenada, aged 21, of the fever of the country, Mr Benjamin Brown, hospital assistant to the forces. At London, the Right Hon. Frances Lady Redesdale.— At Burntsfield Links, on the 26th ult. Mr Robert Walker, surgeon, royal navy.-At Mill-hill, Musselburgh, on the 23d ult. Charles Stewart, Esq. formerly commander of the Honourable East India Company's ship Airly Castle.-At Edinburgh, on the 25th ult. Mr Adam Brooks, merchant.-At Kersehill, on the 20th ult. Mrs Christian Rattray, wife of Alexander Ramsay, Esq. banker Falkirk.-At Kingston, Jamaica, Major John Lee, of the Royal Scots, aid-de-camp to Major General Couran.-At London, aged 84, Major John Plenderleath, formerly of the royal regiment of artillery.-— At Edinburgh, on the 27th ult. Miss Fyffe, daughter of the late John Fyffe, Esq. banker in Edinburgh. At Auchnefauld, Perthshire, on the 30th ult. Elizabeth Murray, in the 116th year of her age. She was in good health, and enjoyed the use of all her faculties, till within a few days of her death.-Charles Revel, Eso near Enfield. This gentleman had been for some time past s |