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The votes of the Earls of Findlater and Marchmont were taken by the clerks, although neither of these titles have been allowed by the House of Lords.

The proceedings were opened by a most appropriate and impressive prayer, by the Rev. Dr John Inglis, one of the ministers of the Old Greyfriars' Church, and one of the deans of the Chapel Royal.

Their Lordships were attended by Colin Mackenzie and David Hume, Esqrs. two of the principal clerks of Session, in virtue of a commission from the Lord Clerk Register, the magistrates of Edinburgh, Mr Halkerston, bailie of the Abbey, and other officers.

The election was attended by the most numerous assemblage of ladies and gentle men we ever witnessed on a similar occasion.

New Chapel. On Sunday the 13th inst. the new Episcopal chapel at Dumfries was consecrated by the Right Reverend Bishop Sandford, from Edinburgh; after which he delivered a most excellent sermon to a crowded and select audience.

19.-Silk Gauze.-In the present depressed state of weavers' wages, it is gratifying to learn, that the beautiful manufacture of silk gauze has, after a suspension of thirty years, been revived, with every prospect of success, in Paisley. Many looms are already employed, and there is little doubt that the number will rapidly increase. It forms a splendid dress; and, as it can be brought forward at a cheap price, the use of it promises to be general, in spite of the injury which it sustains by washing.

21.-Provisions for Ireland. We have known, for sometime past, that government were anxious to procure supplies of wheat, and other articles of provisions, for the consumption and use of Ireland; but lest the dealers should avail themselves of the knowledge of the fact to raise the price of grain, &c. we remained silent on the sub

ject. We now feel ourselves at liberty to state, that Ireland was destitute of wheat for the purposes of seed; and what may appear singular, also of a sufficient quantity of potatoes. Of the former article, abundant supplies have been procured from the Baltic, and from various quarters in Germany; and from this stock, Ireland has been supplied with all she required. Shipments of wheat and potatoes have also been made up from England for the sister kingdom.

Saving Banks.-We find these institutions gaining ground everywhere, and that during a period in which such an effect was not perhaps to be expected. We instance one among many-the Hertfordshire bank. The annual meeting was holden at the Shirehall, Hertford, on Tuesday, the 8th instant, when the following statement of its accounts was laid before them by the managing committee:

Total amount of deposits received between the 30th March 1816, and 30th March 1817,

L.3994 3 3

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Servants, Tradesmen, Children, 251 3 6 In trust for children & others313 0 0 Belonging to various persons 860 13 6 Returned to depositors

Stock purchased Returned to depositors

Balance

193 9 3

-3994 3 3

6223 15 3

278 0 0

L.5945 15 3

The merit of these banks is, that their use may be understood at one glance by the meanest capacity; that they require no laborious calculations, no nice arguments, to prove their advantage. They are institutions by which industry may, at an easy rate, provide for the wants of families, for furnishing cottages, for stocking small farms, for providing against sickness, against unexpected distress, against bad seasons, for furnishing resources to prevent age from being burdensome to relations, to enable all persons to pass the last period of their lives in quiet, and to have that pause, which all should have, between active labour and the grave.

Horrible Event.-Murder of Captain Miller, late paymaster and agent to the Stafford militia, and suicide of Lieutenant Fleming:

Extract of a letter from the Rev. Mr Gale,

dated April 13, 1817.

Pray call immediately on the friends of Captain Miller, and inform them of the fatal accident here-under related: Poor Captain Miller, it seems arrived yesterday by the subscription coach, at the Heathfield Arms, near the Madhouse at Fivehead, where I visit as a magistrate. This morning he visited his old friend, Lieutenant Fleming, at Fivehead-house, where they dined together in the most friendly manner, retired soon after to Mr Fleming's bedroom, and in less than a quarter of an hour the explosion of pistols was heard, and

those two old friends were immediately poor unfortunate plaintiff in this case.' found lifeless.

This is a brief relation of this horrid business. I have seen the bodies, the place &c. this afternoon, and, after every examination of the circumstances, have no doubt Lieutenant Fleming first murdered his friend, partly by a sword, and lastly by a pistol-shot, and then murdered hiimself."

(Signed) J. GALE. Captain Miller received, on the 9th inst. a very pressing letter from Lieutenant Fleming, entreating him to go down, stating he could not live long, and wished much to see his old friend before he died. Captain Miller therefore left town on Friday, to perform the last act of humanity, as he thought, to one whose views through life he had always promoted.

21.-Mr Waithman.-On Tuesday, 15th, a most respectable meeting took place at the New London Tavern, consisting of the friends and admirers of the political principles and conduct of Mr Waithman (among whom were the Hon. Mr Bennet, Mr Brougham, and several other distinguished characters) for the purpose of presenting to that gentleman a piece of plate, purchased by public subscription, as a mark of the respect in which he was held for his conduct as a public man.. An elegant dinner was prepared, Mr Favell in the chair.

Spring Guns.-Among the causes tried at the Warwick Assizes, was one to recover a compensation in damages for injury sustained by a little boy, of the name of Jay, who was, in August last, severely wounded by the discharge of a spring-gun, set in a garden near Birmingham, belonging to a Mr Whitefield. The facts, as they appeared in evidence, were briefly these:-On the 7th August, between six and seven in the evening, the boy in question, who is about 13 years of age, accompanied by a younger brother, went into a field adjoining the garden of the defendant, in search of a stick, for the purpose of making a standard for a kite. With this intention they went to the hedge which skirted the defendant's garden, and while one of the lads was in the act of cutting a stick, he received the contents of a spring-gun in the lower part of his body. He was taken to the hospital, where he remained for many weeks in a most dangerous state, but afterwards recovered. The gun had been loaded with small pebbles, seventeen of which had been extracted, and seven yet remained within him. The learned Judge, in addressing the jury, observed, that the right to defend property in this way was questioned by the most eminent lawyers of the present day. He was, however of opinion in this case, that the plaintiff had a right to recover; and farther, that if the plaintiff had even broken into the defendant's garden, the action would lie. "Surely," said the Judge, "the law never intended to give any man the right of shooting another for so trivial a trespass as that alleged to have been committed by the

Verdict for plaintiff, damages £120.

Sentences at Lancashire Assizes.-Death 48.-Fourteen years' transportation, 8.Seven years' ditto, 2.-Imprisoned two years, 6.-Ditto one year, 3.-Ditto six months, 1.- -Ditto three months, 1.-Ditto one month, 1.-Ditto one week, 1.—Admitted evidence, 5.-Acquitted, 28.-No bills against 13.-Indictments removed, 9.Total 126. The number of prisoners condemned is more than ever remembered at one Assize; and, what is very remarkable, the convictions for minor offences do not amount to half the number, viz. 23.

24.-Mr Wright.-Last week Mr John Wright, who has of late delivered lectures, and held meetings for worship on Unitarian principles, in the Long Room, Marble Street, Liverpool (a place which has been frequently occupied by different denominations of Christians during the last twenty years), was summoned on three informations, to appear before the magistrates, on the charge of holding meetings for worship in a place not duly registered. Mr Wright attended at the town-hall on Saturday last, at the appointed time, when the Mayor (John Wright, Esq.) and Alderman Nicholson took their places as the city magistrates; they were afterwards joined by Alderman Sir W. Barton. After much discussion, Mr. Wright was liberated on bail.

We understand the Literary and Philosophical Society of New York have elected Drs Brewster and Home, and Professor Jameson, of this city, honorary members of their Society. Their diplomas were delivered by E. D. Allison, surgeon, Leith, who likewise has brought a fine copy of Professors Hosack and Francis' Medical and Philosophical Register from these gentlemen for the Wernerian Society of Edinburgh. Edin. Paper.

Strawberries sold in Covent-Garden market, on Saturday the 19th, at half-a-crown the "Alderman's Thumb" pottle; middlesized asparagus at 20s the hundred; and pea gooseberries at 5s. the pint pottle.

26.-On Friday the 18th, two gentlemen appeared by appointment, before the magistrates of London, in General Quarter Sessions, at the Sessions Hall, in the Old Bailey, as members and officers of the Academical Society held in Chancery Lane, and produced the books of regulations, list of members, &c. together with a petition for a license. The magistrates present were, the Lord Mayor, with Aldermen Sir John Perring, Sir William Domville, and Joshua Jonathan Smith. Their petition, which was duly presented and read, prayed for a license" for the investigation and discussion of philosophical, literary, historical, and political subjects, as heretofore," at the rooms of the society. Some question arising upon the word political, a long discussion took place, which terminated in the license being refused.

28.-Col. G. Harris.-The superb sword,

value 150 guineas, which had been voted to Colonel the Honourable George Harris, by the officers who had served under him in the 2d battalion of the 73d regiment, on the occasion of his retiring from the command of that corps, in testimony of the high regard they entertain of his character and conduct, has been recently finished, and was, a few days ago, presented by Captain Henry Coane.

Iceland Fishery.The Society of Fishermen's Friends, at Deal, have succeeded in procuring a bounty from Government of £3 per ton, for the Iceland Fishery, and two vessels, of about 100 tons each, will shortly proceed under the superintendence of an old and experienced Dutch skipper. The crews are chiefly composed of boatmen belonging to Deal. Another vessel of about 100 tons is also intended to be sent. It is hoped that this enterprise will form a new era in the history of Deal, and, if successful, will in all probability be followed up next summer with a more extensive outfit.

28.-Gaelic Society.We learn with pleasure, that a branch of the Gaelic Society of Perth has recently been established in this city. This society, like those of London and Edinburgh, has for its object the preservation of the martial spirit, language, dress, music, and antiquities, of the ancient Caledonians. It has established a Gaelic school in Perth, and will extend its benefits in this way as its funds increase. Its efforts in this view may be considered as closely allied to those of that most excellent society lately instituted here, for the support of "circulating Gaelic Schools" in the Highlands of Scotland, which have been already productive of incalculable advantage to thousands of old and young, formerly incapable of reading the Scriptures even in their native tongue. For the accommodation of members resident in this city, a commission from the parent society, appointing the Rev. Mr Simon Fraser and Mr John M'Gregor presidents of the Edinburgh branch, with certain powers, has been granted; and at a meeting held here on the 9th current, which was well and respectably attended, the commission was read, and suitable addresses delivered from both these gentlemen, explanatory of the nature and objects of the institution, and expressive of their confidence that these would be promoted by all who wish well to their country. We with pleasure anticipate a considerable accession to the numbers and respectablity of this patriotic and useful institution, in consequence of the establishment of a branch in the metropolis.

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he returned by a circuitous route to London. He proceeded to the house of Pendrill, a bootmaker in Newgate Street, who was one of their party, and who, it will be recollected, was one of Preston's bail accepted by the Lord Mayor. Pendrill received him with the welcome of a partizan, and it was determined that he should wait till the probable fate of the elder Watson was known. This delay produced the necessity of immediate concealment, in consequence of the reward offered for his apprehension the next day, and a room for his accommodation, in the back part of the house, was prepared; Pendrill, from his own close connexion with the party, feeling a more than common interest in the fate of his friend. He continued Pendrill's tenant for upwards of a month. and, in fact, till the vigour of pursuit had abated. During all this time, however, he did not remain a close prisoner, for his host having procured him the costume of a Frenchwoman, he frequently wandered forth in the dusk of the evening. During these excursions, he frequently encountered perilous adventures; but at last, at a convenient opportunity, still attired in his female dress, he repaired to Liverpool, in the care of a female friend, and there, after due precaution, he took his passage on board an American vessel across the Atlantic. Soon after his departure, Pendrill, apprehensive of some disclosures affecting his own safety, sold off his property, and followed the course of his friend, and set sail for America also. Within the last fortnight a letter has been received by a publican in the neighbourhood of Moorfields, from young Watson, announcing his safe landing in the "Land of Liberty," and expressing his gratitude for the generous protection which had been afforded him by his friends in London, and by whom a subscription was entered into to defray his expenses.

Scottish Corporation.-On the 26th, the Spring Dinner of this admirable charity was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand, and was numerously attended. We reckon that the company amounted to nearly three hundred persons, who were of the most respectable classes of society; the Marquis of Huntly was in the chair, the Duke of Clarence being prevented from attending by indisposition. A very liberal subscription was made in support of the charity.

Burnt Fen.-The Board of Agriculture have received the satisfactory information, that the extensive tract of land in the Isle of Ely, called Burnt Fen (nearly 16,000 acres), which was deluged early in the winter, from a breach in the banks of the river, has been so well drained by the constant working of the windmills, that the whole of it is now in a proper state to be sowed with oats.

Obelisk. The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Obelisk at Cheltenham, dedicated to his Grace the Duke of Wellington, took place at one o'clock, 26th instant, attended by Lord Hill, and all

the fashionables at Cheltenham, in the ground of Colonel Riddell, and immediately opposite the oak that was planted by that illustrious personage. A band of music attended, and a most pious, impressive, and appropriate oration was read by Colonel Riddell. After the solemnity of the occasion, the company joined in hearty cheers. The day was fine, and the lawn was crowded with beauty and fashion.

Caution. Mr Thomas Garton, farmer of Luton Marsh, has lost six horses in consequence of their being inadvertently poisoned by a servant man, who fed them out of a measure in which a quantity of wheat had been steeped for sowing. The white arsenic had set and dried at the bottom of the measure, and was shaken out with the corn into the manger.

Provisions for the Highlands.-Upon the representation of the Highland proprietors of land now in London, government are to grant a considerable supply of oats to such of them as choose to guarantee the price. The Duke of Athol has greatly exerted himself in this praiseworthy object, and he has been zealously seconded by Lord Macdonald, Mr Grant, M. P. for Invernessshire, Colonel Macdonald of Lynedal, and others. Several of the proprietors of Highland estates have met the distresses of their tenants by lowering their rents, and supplying them with meal on credit, particularly the Duke of Gordon, Colonel Grant of Grant, M. P., Mr Macpherson of Ballendalloch, M.P., and Lord Reay, who pledged his credit to government for 1800 bolls of

oatmeal for his tenants, The Marquis of Stafford has sent 3400 bolls of meal, and 500 bolls of potatoes, for seed, to the tenantry on the Sutherland estate, at an expense of nearly £7000, besides purchasing 500 cattle from the smaller tenants.

Stage Coaches.-The rate at which the coaches between Liverpool and Manchester are driven ought to be the subject of magisterial investigation. Last week, we are assured that one of them arrived from Manchester to Low Hill in two hours and a half, averaging about fourteen miles in the hour, or twice the speed of the mail.

29.-Roger O'Connor, Esq.-This gentleman, formerly of some figure, and greater notoriety in this country, has been apprehended at Palace Anne, near Bandon, and is now in custody in this city, on a charge of having been an accomplice in the robbery of the Galway mail-coach, in the year 1812, when it was attacked at Cappagh Hill, county of Kildare, and robbed of a considerable sum in bank post-bills, and a gold repeating watch, the property of Mr Pearse of Loughrea. Bail was tendered to the Mayor for Mr O'Connor's appearance to answer the charge, but was refused, on the ground of its not being legally bailable. A magistrate of this county having guaranteed the appearance of Mr Arthur O'Connor, his son, who was also apprehended on the same charge, when called on, and his state of health not permitting his removal with safety, he was suffered to remain for the present at Fort-Robert.-Cork Advertiser.

APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &c.

I. CIVIL.

G. F. Beltze, Esq. to be Portcullis Poursuivant of Arms.

William Pennel, Esq. to be Consul for the Province of Bahia.

Harry Scott, Esq. to be Consul at Bordeaux.

Sir William Garrow, Attorney-General (not Mr Alexander, as stated in our last, that gentleman having declined the office) to be a Puisne Baron of Exchequer, vice Sir R. Richards.

Sir Samuel Shepherd, Solicitor-General, to be Attorney-General, vice Sir William Garrow.

Robert Gifford, Esq. to be Solicitor-General, vice Sir S. Shepherd.

Maj.-General Bolton, K.C. Rob. Shafto Hawkes, Esq. John Salusbury, Piozzi Salusbury, Esq. have received the honour of knighthood.

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Members returned to Parliament.

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15th do.

Ensign C. Drury, from 33 F. to be Cornet by purch. vice Addison, pro. 10th April M. M. French, to be Cornet by purch. vice Clubley, pro.

1st May

R. Grant, to be Cornet by purch. vice Prosser, pro. 8th do.

Sir W. A. Fletcher, to be Cornet by purch. vice Inglis 15th do.

Cornet A. S. Broomfield, to be Lieut. by purch. vice Fawcett, ret. 10th April Thomas Magan, to be Cornet by purch. vice Broomfield

do. J. L. Higgans, to be Cornet by purch. vice 17th do.

Walker, pro.

Archdale, ret.

Lieut. J. Goldie, to be Capt. by purch. vice 24th do.

II. MILITARY.

Brevet Capt. Hon. J. H. Fitzgerald de Ros of 1 Dr. to be Major in the Army 8th May 1817

W. F. Hindle, to be Cornet by purch. do. Peter Wright, to be Cornet by purch. vice 27th March

Duff, retired

Rob. Warren, to be Cornet by purch. vice O'Malley, retired 1st May

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C. T. Blicke, to be Cornet by purch. 1st May David Brown, to be Cornet by purch. vice Hammond, pro. 24th April Lieut. R. Mansfield, to be Capt. by purch. vice Dundas 9th do.

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10th do. Bt. Lt. Col. H. C. Dickens, to be Lt. Col. vice Roberts, dead

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W. Bellairs, to be Capt. by purch. vice Wodehouse 10th do.

W. G. H. Joliffe, to be Cornet by purch. vice Buckley, pro.

J. Buckley, to be Cornet by purch. vice Arnold, pro. 3d do.

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10th do.

F. to be

15th May

by purch.

10th April

do.

Surg. G. Redsdale, from h. p. 79

Surg. vice Cartan, h. p. 79 F. Lieut. T. Wheeler, to be Capt. vice Swetenham, ret.

Hon. E. S. Perry, to be Cornet.

J. Montgomery, to be Cornet by pur. vice Arnold, pro. 8th May Cornet T. Herring, to be Lieut. vice Hawworth, dead 12th Aug. 1816 Lieut. T. C. Askew, from 1 F. Gds. to be Lieut. by purch. vice Brett 26th Mar. 17 Cornet G. Gregory, to be Lieut. by purch. vice Snead, pro. 24th April Ensign H. Mitchell, from 62 F. to be Lieut. by purch. vice Wyndham, 60 F. 15th May Robert Douglas (gent. cadet), to be Cornet by pur. vice Webster, pro. 26th March Lieut. W. Williams, to be Adjutant, vice Salmon, dead 3d April

Lt. E. G. Taylor, from 25 Dr. to be Capt. vice Dudley, dead 19th Jan. J. Proctor, to be Capt. by purch. vice Beatty, ret. 8th May Cornet J. Aslop; to be Lieut. vice Macartney, dead 3d Oct. 1816 John Clyde, to be Cornet, vice Shaw, pro. 1st March 1817 Rob. Turnhoe, to be Cornet by purch. vice Taylor, pro. do.

superseded

S.C.ofC. Cornet E. Gibson, to be Lt. vice Rooke, 27th March Wm Amice, to be Cornet, vice Gibson do. 1 F. G. Capt. C. I. Vyner, from 5 W. I. Regt. to be Lieut. and Capt. vice Burgess, ret. upon h. p. 8 W. I. Regt. 8th May Ensign F. Vernon, from 12 F. to be Ensign and Lieut. by purchase, vice Askew, 18th Dragoons 26th March Hon. W. S. Lascelles, to be Ens. and Lieut. by purch. vice Vyner, 5 W.I.R. 27th do. C. A. Lord Howard de Walden, to be Ens. and Lieut. by pur. vice Hurd, 4th W. I. Regt 24th April C. F. G. Capt. S. Sowerby, to be Capt. and Lt. Col. by purch. vice Adams, ret. 14th May Lieut. M. Beaufoy, to be Lieut. and Capt. by purch. vice Sowerby 15th do.

J. Kingscotte, to be Ensign and Lieut. by purch. vice Beaufoy do.

3 F. G. Ens. and Lieut. W. H. Hamilton, to be Lt.
and Capt. by purch. vice Burrowes, re-
tired
17th April

Ens. and Lieut. W. James, to be Lt. and
Capt. vice Montgomery, dead 8th May
Geo. Suttie, to be Ens. and Lieut. by pur.
vice Hamilton
17th April
Horace Walpole, to be Ens. and Lieut. vice
James
8th May
27th March

2 Foot. Ensign T. Meldrum, from 63 F. to be Lt.
vice Richmond, dead
Lieut. L. R. Dickens, from h. p. 3G. B. to
be Lieut. vice Grant, dead 3d April
James Imlach (late Staff at Albany
barracks), to be Lieut. and Adj. vice
Spencer, dead
4th do.
Lieut. G. K. Malthy, to be Adj. vice Brown,
resigned, Adj. only
25th March

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6th do. Fred. Moore, to be Ensign by purch. vice Williamson 3d do. Lieut. W. A. Neafield, from 76 F. to be Lieut. vice Clarke, retired upon h. p. 76 F. 25th March Bt. Lt. Col. S. Rice, to be Lieut. Col. vice Mitchell, dead

24th April J. T. Keyt, to be Major, vice Rice `do. Lieut. H. Bayly, to be Capt. vice Keyt do. Ens. G. J. B. St John, to be Lt. v. Bayly do. W. G. Lord Hay, to be Ens. vice St John do. Lieut. T. Price, to be Capt. by purch. vice Lieut. Andrews, ret. 19th April 1816 Ensign R. J. Anderson, to be Lieut. vice Montgomery, dead 20th Sep. 1815 vice A. Brown, 21st May 1813 be Ensign, vice 1st Aug. 1816 be Adj. vice Arm10th April 1817 from 67 F. to be

R. J. Anderson, to be Ens.
pro.

(Vol.) C. O'Hara Booth, to
Anderson, pro.
Lieut. W. Dalguimes, to
strong, res. Adj. only
Assist. Surg. A. Mackay,

Assist. Surg. vice Martin, ret. upon h. p. 27th March

67 F. Ensign W. Burrow, to be Lieut. vice Nelson, retired

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W. D. Ferguson, to be Ensign by purch. vice White, pro. 3d do.

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Ensign W. Rhynd, to be Lieut. vice Pardy, 6th June W. Morton, to be Lieut. vice Whitney, dead 1st Sept. Ens. & Adj. W. Gilbert, to be Lt. 14th do. Ensign John Clarke, to be Lieut. vice Harvey, pro. 15th do

John Curige, to be Ens. vice Morton

25th Sept. 1815 Qr.-Mr. Serj. John Bacon, to be Qr.-Mr. vice Macdonald, dead 18th April 1816 Lieut. Moore Scott, to be Capt. vice Noble, dead 4th Feb. Ensign D. Duff, to be Lieut, vice Scott do. C. Rainsford, to be Lieut. vice A. Clarke, dead 5th do. ➖➖ L. French, to be Lieut. vice Evans, cashiered 4th May A. K. Huston, to be Lieut. vice Ronald, dead 5th do. T. Kiernander, to be Lieut. vice Stevens, 22 F. 1st August

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