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and a member of the Society of Friends from Belfast, with his daughter, who was going out to join her husband in America. It is melancholy to think-they all perished.

8.-Chain Bridge. A bridge of this description is just finished at Dryburgh, for the convenience of foot passengers, across the river Tweed. It consists of a platform of wood, supported by chains suspended from pillars, on each side of the river, at the height of eighteen fect from the surface of the water; the span, from the point of suspension, is 261 feet, affording an easy and level passage, with very little vibration. The appearance of the bridge is extremely light and elegant, and, connected with the beautiful scenery of Dryburgh, is uncommonly interesting. Much praise is due to the Earl of Buchan, for so noble an example in scientific experiment, as the bridge is done entirely at his Lordship's expense. The bridge was planned and executed by Messrs John and Thomas Smith of Darnick, and does them much credit as architects and workmen.

Trial of Roger O'Connor, Esq.-We mentioned in our Number for June, that this gentleman had been imprisoned on an accusation of robbing the mail-coach from Galway, in 1812. He was removed from Dublin to Trim, a few days before his trial, which commenced at the assizes there on the 5th instant. The principal evidence for the prosecution were two infamous characters Michael Owens, who had been pardoned while under sentence of death, in consequence of swearing against Mr O'Connor; and Daniel Waring, who had been himself engaged in the robbery, and whose brother, Richard, was hanged for the same crime. Dorothea Reynolds, a servant of Mr O'Connor's, had also sworn against him, but denied all she had said when before the Grand Jury; she was not therefore produced on trial. Owens and Waring differed widely in their statements in several points; and the Judge told the Jury, he had never seen a charge so completely rebutted by the evidence. The Jury, without retiring, returned an unanimous verdict of not guilty, which was loudly applauded by all present -great rejoicings took place at Trim on the occasion; and the populace could scarcely be prevented from chairing Mr O'Connor and Sir Francis Burdett, who had come from London to countenance and give testimony to his character on the trial. Owens and Waring are to be prosecuted for per

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11-His Majesty.-Respecting the condition of our beloved Sovereign, the public have not, for some time past, been put in possession of any particulars beyond the formal announcement in the monthly bulJctins. The following circumstances, tending, so far as our means extend, to supply the omission, will, it is hoped, prove acceptable. It has been reported, and we believe hartially credited, that his Majesty had lost

his hearing as well as his sight; but we are happy to state, that there is no truth in the report. Indeed, as if Providence kindly intended to compensate for the loss of vision, his Majesty's sense of hearing is not merely quick, but it has become, if we may be allowed to use the term, discriminative. When his Majesty is in a composed state of mind he can readily distinguish and tell, by their footsteps, the name of any one who is approaching or passing him. As but few are allowed to see him, he generally amuses himself, as they pass, by calling to them by name. His Majesty's habits have not, in consequence of infirmity or old age, undergone material change. His Majesty, as usual, rises early; breakfasts at eight o'clock, or soon after; dines at one, and continues partial to mutton and beef; and, when in a tranquil state, he orders what his dinner table shall be furnished with. The principal page is in constant attendance, as also the subaltern assistants of the medical men. A sunk walk has been made adjoining the King's suite of rooms; but latterly his Majesty, it is said, has declined walking there, alleging, that it would be no gratification to him as he is deprived of sight. The rooms that his Majesty and attendants occupy consist of thirteen, and they are extremely well ventilated. When the Queen is at Windsor, her Majesty, attended by Dr John Willis, generally visits her consort about ten o'clock.

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15.-Nelson's Pillar. The first stone of a naval pillar, to commemorate the victories of Lord Nelson, was laid this day on Yarmouth Denes, by Colonel Wodehouse, chairman of the committee of subscribers. In the stone was placed a plate, on which was engraved, in Latin, the following inscription. HORATIO LORD NELSOŃ, whom, as her first and proudest Champion in naval fight, Britain honoured, while living, with her favour, and, when lost, with her tears. Of whom, signalised by his triumphs in all lands, the whole Earth stood in awe, on account of the tempered firmness of his counsels, and the undaunted ardour of his courage, this great man Norfolk boasts her own, not only as born there of a respectable family, and as there having received his early education, but her own also in talents, manners, and mind. The glory of so great a name, though sure long to outlive all monuments of brass and stone, his fellow countrynien of Norfolk have resolved, to commemorate by this column, erected by their joint contributions. He was born in the year 1758, cutered on his profession in 1771, and was concerned in nearly 150 naval engagements with the enemy; being conqueror, among various other occasions, at Aboukir, August 1798,-at Copenhagen, April 1801, and at Trafalgar, October 1805. Which last victory, the crown of so many glorious achievements, he consecrated by a death equally mournful to his country and honourable to himself."

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→ Thunder Storm and Tornado. On the 12th instant, Aberfeldy was visited by a tremendous thunder storm, seldom equalled in that high latitude. It commenced about twelve o'clock noon, and conti..ued, with little or no intermission, until two o'clock. The lightning was so vivid that it alarmed every one; and at a Mr Stewart's, a farmer, the fluid struck one of his farm-houses, set fire to the roof, and gave the whole steading a shock resembling that of an earthquake. It went through the roof in a descending angle from the south to the north, ignited the roof on the south, and on the north made a perforation as if a twelve-pound shot had gone through it. This happened about a furlong west from this village; and about 100 yards east from it, and almost at the same time there was a kind of tornado, which swept away or levelled every thing that obstructed its course. It carried some hay quite out of sight into the air. It crossed the Tay, carrying a very large sheet of water into the air, and scattering it in various directions. In its progress, it swept from their roots corn, potatoes, and shrubbery, but happily neither lives nor houses were injured by it.

Itinerant Preachers.-In the course of last week, James Duncan, an itinerant preacher, was twice before the police magistrate at Glasgow, for collecting crowds of people in the streets of that city. The account which he gives of himself is this: "He was born in Dundee, and is a flaxdresser, and having attended the Latin class in St Andrew's University, and having an extensive memory, he commenced preacher." He was dismissed, and advised to gain his livelihood by other means. His collection amounted on some occasions to 20s.

21.Life Preserver.-The Commanderin Chief having lately learned, through the official returns, that out of 5511 men, embarked for foreign service, 1702, or nearly one-third perished, through the transports being wrecked, in the course of two years and a half, ordered that experiments of Mallison's Life Preserver should be made, in order to ascertain the service which the introduction of the invention into the British army might produce. A series of experiments was accordingly made at Woolwich, with the happiest effect, in the presence of upwards of fifty officers. Among the rest, a man was selected who could not swim, carried into deep water, and left to himself. In a few minutes after, obtaining confidence, he swam across the piece of water, about ninety yards, and back, nearly as well as the best swimmer, thus decidedly proving the impossibility of being drowned, when equipped with this simple invention.

27.Singular Incident.-Yesterday afternoon, a tremendous torrent of rain and hail, accompanied by thunder, came on at Edinburgh, which inundated some of the lower parts of the town. A remarkable and interesting occurrence took place at the foot

of the Cowgate. A crowd of boys, while amusing themselves near the common sewer, the grating of which had been taken up to give the water a free run, one of them, between seven and eight years of age, in endeavouring to save a basket, which had got into the current, was swept into its vortex, and carried down the drain. An alarm was immediately given, but the impetuosity of the current seemed to preclude all hopes of recovering him. The mother, encircled by a prodigious crowd, stood by in the greatest agony of grief. The people had begun to take the covers off the drain, and to use every exertion possible to get hold of him, when a countryman, driving a flock of lambs, came up; and learning the circumstance, borrowed an umbrella from one of the bystanders, and descended into the sewer. The boy, most providentially, had recovered himself while in the sewer, and, attracted by the voice of the countryman, laid hold on the hooked end of the umbrella, by which he was drawn towards his deliverer, who produced him alive to the overjoyed mother and the astonished spectators, after he had been upwards of twenty minutes in the

sewer.

Shooting. The Earl of Fife has been entertaining a party of gentlemen at his shooting lodge, in Mar Forest. The party consisted of General Duff, Sir John Hope, Mr Heathcote, Mr H. Heathcote, Sir Richard Sutton, Mr Hay, and Mr Balfour. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, it having rained almost incessantly, the list of slaughter during the first week, besides the red deer, roes, and ptarmigan, amounted to 821 brace of grouse; a number, we believe, unparalleled in the annals of sporting.

On Monday forenoon, a boat with twelve men, going off to a cutter in Leith Roads, was upset when about half way by a sudden squall. The accident was observed from the shore and from some vessels at anchor, and boats were instantly despatched, and reached it in time to save the whole of the crew, some of whom could not have kept up many minutes longer. In the afternoon it blew a heavy gale from the castward, during which a boat, with two men, from Leith, endeavouring to make Newhaven pier, was driven among the rocks to leeward, and soon filled with water. A boat from Newhaven attempted their relief. but could not come near from the heavy sea. Several people from the shore then attempted their rescue; and wading into the water, linked by each other, the tallest of them got near enough to throw a rope, by means of which the men were, with much difficulty and danger, got ashore.

Union Canal betalen Edinburgh and Glasgow. 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 lateness of the harvest will permit the

levels to be renewed, and the ground staked out. The 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.

The first meeting of the Union Canal Company was held on the 5th instant in M Ewan's rooms, Royal Exchange, pursuant to act of parliament,-Robert Downie, Esq. of Appin, in the chair. Mr George Moncreiff was chosen clerk by a great majority, and Mr Hugh Baird was unanimously elected engineer; after which a committee was appointed to conduct the concerns of the Company. The meeting was

numerous.

Salmon Fishing.-Last week, the Scotscraig fishings on the Tay were let, by public sale, at £1105 sterling per annum-to be fished by net and coble. This rent,

though regarded as very considerable, is but about one half of what the same fishings formerly brought when under the improvement of stake-nets.

Edinburgh. The causewaying of our streets with blocks of cast-iron, as has been lately done in London, appears to be in contemplation, as we observe a part of North College Street laid with this material by way of experiment.

So daring have the juvenile depredators of this city become, that they actually scale the walls of the Castle in search of plunder. A quantity of clothes, laid out by a serjeant's wife to dry, near the Sally-port guard, were lately carried off. The FortMajor's servant saw two boys taking away clothes from the Sally-port, who, upon his calling to them, hid them among some nettles, and, after descending from the rock, ran off in the direction of Frederick Street.

APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &c.

I. CIVIL.

Sunday se'e night the following gentlemen were ordained in the parish church at Kendal, West

July 1-Knighthood conferred on John Evans-moreland, by the Bishop of Chester 2→→→→ Esq. High Sheriff of Middlesex.

16.-The Duke of Wellington granted the royal license to wear the insignia of a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Sicilian Military Order of St Ferdinand and of Merit, and also of a Knight of the Royal Sicilian Order of St Januarius, given by theKing of the Two Sicilies.

30. Mr Planta to be Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, vice Mr Cooke, resigned.

Aug. 2.-The Prince Regent has, by letters patent, authorised Lord Bathurst to exercise all the rights and privileges belonging to a Knight of the Garter, as fully as if he had been formally installed.

16.-The Hon. William Maule, Admiral of the coast from Broughty Castle to the Tod Head, has appointed James Burnes, writer in Montrose, his deputy.

25.-Lieut.-General Francis Thomas Hammond, to be Chief Equerry to the Prince Regent, and Clerk Marshall of the Stables, vice Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, promoted.

II. ECCLESIASTICAL.

Aug. 8.-His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Lewis Rose to be minister of the church and parish of Nigg, Presbytery of Tain, vacant by the death of Mr Alexander Macadam.

12.-The Prince Regent has been pleased to appoint the Rev. James Thomson, jun. to be Assist ant and Successor to the Rev. James Thomson, sen. as minister in the Parish of Rerrick, in the Presbytery of Kirkcudbright.

Oxford, Aug. 16.-Friday se'ennight, the Bishop of Oxford was admitted Warden of All Souls' College, with the usual ceremonies, in the room of the Rev. Edmund Isham, D. D. deceased.

Deacons.--John Wm Trevor, B. A. St John's College: Robert Brade Brocklebank, B. A. and John William Sinclair, B. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge; Henry Richardson, John Master Waller, Jeffery Hebdon, James Hayes, Joseph Docker, and Humphrey Brown, Literates.

Priests.-John Thomas Bowe, B. A. Richard Moore, A. M. Christopher Barnes, Win Rigg, Jola Douglas, Literates.

22 The Most Noble the Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford have been pleased to make the following presentations:

The Rev. Alexander Macpherson to the parish of Golspie, vacant by the death of the late Mr Keith.

The Rev. Angus Kennedy to the parish of Dornoch, vacant by the death of the late Dr Bethune

The Rev. Duncan Macgillivray to the parish of
Lairg, vacant by the translation of Mr Kennedy.
The Rev. Hugh Mackenzie to the parish of As
synt, vacant by the translation of Mr Macgillivray. !

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At a private Ordination, holden by the Lord Bishop of Kildare, Thomas Grantham, M. A. fellow of Magdalen College, was ordained a Deacon. 18.-The Rev. George Rous, to the Rectory of 10 Laverton, Somerset.

Rev. F. S. Wall, to the vicarage of Stoke, St Milbro', Salop.

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Rev. Winnington, to the vicarage of Cliftonupon-Teame, Herefordshire.

Rev. James Sparrow, to the Rectory of Hemlock,

Devon.

The Rev. George Frederie Tavel, A. M. to the Rectory of Campsey Ash, in Suffolk.

51st do.

Thomas Harrison, to be Cornet, by purch. vice Cazalet, 6 Dr.

Arthur Sullivan, to be Cornet,

vice Coney,

Brown, retires

John Trollope, to be Cornet, by

10th dc.

by purch.

7th August

purch. vie

10th July

Lieut. Geo. Doherty, to be Capt. by purch. vice Holmes, retires " 31st do.

Cornet John Hall, from 19 Dr. to be Lieut. by purch. vice Mill, prom.

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Cornet J. Atherton, to be Lieut. by porch.

vice Doherty

John Pott, to be Cornet, by purch. vice
Atherton-

do

15 Dr. Comet Char. Fallon, to be Lieut. by purch. vice Mansfield, prom. 16th do. Cornet Edward Studd, to be Lt. by purch. vice Bellair, prom. 17th do. Cornet Barham Livius, from 6 D..G. to be Lt. by purch. vice Carr, prom. 51st do. Ensign H. W. Sparrow, from 53 F. to be Lieut. by purch. vice W. Byan, retires 7th August Thomas Coventry, to be Cornet, by purch. vice Fallon 17th July Edward Wheler, to be Cornet, by purch. vice Cook, prom.

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do.

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Lieut. C. Bacon, to be Capt, by purch. vice
Wallace
Cornet S. C. Simpson, to be Lt. by purch.
vice Bacon

10th do.

do.

24

Cornet W. H. West, to be Lieut. by purch. vice Proctor, prom.

do.

1 Foot. Alexander Wetherall, to be Ens. by purch.

vice Cooper, 66 F.

17th July

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Lieut. T. Price, to be Adjutant, vice Street,

resigns Adj. only

31st do.

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Capt. G. C. Hicks, to be Major, by purch. vice Burer, prom.

7th August

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Ens. D. Macnab, to be Lieut. vice Dawson, dead 17th July Hon. M. Stapleton, to be Ens. vice Macnab

David Brownrigg

Hosp. Assist. J. Cousins, from h. p. to be Hosp.

Assist. vice Sibbald, cancelled

10th do J. F. Nichol, from h. p. to be Hosp. *Assist. vice Gilmour, h. p. 25th do.

Exchanges.

Lt. Col. Dalmer, from 23 F. with Lt. Col. Pearson, h. p. 43 F. do.

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Capt. Fra. Fuller, to be Major by purch. vice Hoysted, ret.

do.

Lieut. Edw. Duncan, to be Capt. by purch. vice Fuller

24th do.

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Ensign H. K. Bloomfield, to be Lieut. by purch. vice Duncan

7th August Capt. Cha. Cuyler, from 69 F. to be Major by purch. vice Batteley, ret.

do.

Lieut. Wm Wynne, to be Capt. by purch. 24th July

do.

vice Gomer, ret.

Ens. Walter Bernard, to be Lieut. by purch.

vice Wynne

72

Lieut. J. M. Cameron, to be Capt. by purch. vice Tetlow, dead

7th August

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91

93

104

Ensign E. T. Thomson, to be Lieut. vice Brewster, dead 17th July Ens. F. Hammond, from 103 F. to be Ens. vice Thomson

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3 W.I.R. Ens. J. R. Young, from h. p. 8 F. to be Ens. vice Johnstone, canc. 24th do.

R.YK. R. Lieut. Col. Wm Smelt, from 103 F. to be Lieut. Col, vice Stewart, ret. upon h. p. 103 F. 31st do. Capt. W. M. Mills, from 6 W. 1. R. to be Captain, vice Radford, ret, upon h. p. 6 W. I. R. 24th do. 17th June

R. Art., M. Gen. Fran. Laye, to be Col. Comm. vice Lloyd, dead

Gent. Cadet George H. Hyde, to be 2d
Lieut. vice Darby, prom. 17th July
Thomas B. Flude, to be 2d
do.

Lieut. vice Williams, prom.

John M. Savage, to be 2d Picard, prom. do.

Lieut. vice Picard Hayne, to be 2d Lt.

vice Greenwood, prom

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Brevet Lieut. Col. Raitt, from 2 F. with Major Thistlethwaite, h. p. 90 F.

Major Joly, from R. W. I. Rang. with Major Mas sey, h. p. 6 W. I. Regt.

- Manby, from R. York Rang. with Major Fogerty, h. p. 5 W. I. Regt.

Brevet Major Elder, from 31 F. rec. diff. with Capt. Milles, h. p.

Moncrieff, from 13 F. with Captain Yorke, h. p. 52 F.

Capt. Bruce, from 79 F. with Capt. Langley, 82 F. Henderson, from 50 F. rec. diff. with Brevet Major Maxwell, h. p. 6 Gar. Bat.

Bontein, from 1 L. Gds. with Capt. Oakes, 1 Ceylon Regt.

- Priestley, from 33 F. rec. diff. with Capt. Bennet, h. p. 5. Gar. Bat.

Hurd, from 4 W. I. R. with Capt. Appelius, h, p. 60 F.

Ince, from 38 F. with Capt. Webster, h. p., 3 Gar. Bat.

Leahy, from 95 F. with Capt. Bishop, h. p. Lieut. Hasleham, from 16 F. with Lieut. Orr, h. p. Grant, from 68 F. with Lieut. Scott, h. p.

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Walsh, from 61 F. with Lieut. Conroy, h. p.

Thornton, from 94 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Orr, h. p. 42 F.

Wilson, from 97 F. with Lieut. Waller, h. p. Uniake, from 7 Dr. rec. diff. with Lieut. Strangways, h. p.

Paxton, from 11 Dr. with Lieut. Brown, h. p. Coles, from 11 Dr. rec. diff. with Lieut. Sandys, h. p.

Dawson, from 18 Dr. rec. diff. with Lieut. M'Bean, h. p. 26 F.

Delgairns, from 55 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Hall, h. p.

Hollis, from 57 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Powell. h. p.

Hon. G. W. Massey, from 20 Dr. rec. diff. with Lieut. Hon. J. Massey, h. p. 1 Dr.

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Lieut. Jones, from 81 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Lut

man, h. p.

Gillmore, from 3 W. I. Reg. with Lieut.
Johnston, h. p. 27 F.

Cornet & Sub-Lt. Still, from 1 L. Gds. with Lieut.
Walsh, h. p. 72 F.

2d Lieut. Eyre, from Rifle Brig. with Ens. Pietel,
h. p. 81 F.

Ensign Edwards, from 6 F. rec. diff. with Ensign
Holyoak, h. p. 58 F.

Lumsden, from 50 F. with Ensign Edwards, h. p. 83 F.

Lum, from 16 F. with Ensign Connor, 16 F. Gibbons, from 55 F. rec. diff. with Ensign Champion, h. p. 2 Gar. Bat.

De Courcy, from 3 F. with Ensign Browne,

h. p. 2 Greek Lt. Inf.

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In our last Report we took a comparative view of the summer months of 1816 and 1817, particularly with regard to the quantity of rain that fell, and we doubt not that statement surprised many of our readers. We have now, however, to record a still more extraordinary fact, the fall of more than five inches of rain in the course of one month. We have kept a regular register of the rain gauge since November 1812, but till the present year we never had to record in any one month so much as four inches. The whole quantity of rain that has fallen since the commencement of the present year is 21 inches, being about the yearly average. If it be true then, that the whole quantity in any one year does not far exceed the yearly average, we might be induced to predict that the remainder of this season will be dry. It is, however, dangerous to prophesy. The mean temperature of August 1817 is fully half a degree lower than that of August 1816.

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