The Sun. — London, England, 1823-12-10 00:00:00

T V. LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning rapers, Dec. 10. [BRITISH PRESS.] There is nothing new from the Continent. Discontent is every day gathering in Spain, and will soon front the atrocious tyranny that treads on that country. All the , high roads and neigh bouring passes were full of armed bands, who will unite on the first occasion, and yet shake the tyrant on his throne, and carry terror to the very recesses of his palace. An army of obser vation, amounting to 12.,000 men, has, it appears, been decided on by the French Cabinet, which will be divided between Bayonne and its neigh bourhood, and Perpignan. Ferdinand, it is dear, has no reliance on the Spaniards ? his very guards within the palace are Swiss or French. The municipality of nallid under the Constitutional system, arrested by orders of the tyrant, and thing into dungeons, are to he removed in chains to the gullies at Ceuta. This is the paternal Government Angouletne's bayonets restored, and to commemorate which hs is now celebrating his mock triumphs in Paris. ''rbe roads through Spain were so beset with armed bands that the French couriers were inter terceptvd, and Guilletninot, who was some time since expected at Bayonne, had been afraid to leave Madrid. The French troops in the coun try will have to act as lens-d'arnies, and maintain tranquillity by force, if they can do so, over more than 700 miles of territory. But the win ter NI ill probably be a dangerous and a troubled one, Spain never will lie patiently down under her ptelient load of wretchedness and ty ranny ; and w hen the contest commences again it will be one of hatred and extermination. POUN I. NO cos-rd The reception experienced by the gallant Mina, and the hospitable treatment and attention he continues to receive front the principal Gentlemen of the neighbourhood in which he resides (in cluding naval and military, Officers), must be as gratifying to the feelings of that dis. tinguislmd I riot and true Royalist, as it is credi table to British generosity and our high national character. Mina, unlike some of his unworthy fellow-countrymen in arms, is at once a virtu ous and consistent man. Be has contended for thirteen years against the enemies of his- coun trl ; too' fought with Britons for the re-establish ment of legitimate' Monarchy in Spain :and, - can con(idently state, has at this moment no object, so dear to his heart as .the adoption of ' safe Untwitution under an hotteSt King. He i§, not flte :Id vocole of. Revolation.;- whilst, care 'tufty refusin g to lend himself to party, he is an enthusiastic adrnirer of 'the British Laws, the British Government, and the British King. Ilis views of freedom are neither loose nor licentious, -.ortvinced, as he emphatically expresses himself, that due order in the State is hull:Tensible IA so cial ray. Litmeotin4 the de , 4 raded state of his native c oninvy,, and admitinik coottition of this blessed Island, he feels its cupabilitieg, and would, tinder God, heroine, an instrument in re geM.rating pain, and forming her (*tor the model of Britain, whose Laws and Constitution he pro. flounces to be the best and most perfect in the world. - Such is the true character of this Brave and virtuously distinguished man, and as such is be eminently deserving the sympathy and atten tion he experiences from Britons. [Tut: Ttrees.] The Ilsrlmloes paper of September '25 states that the lion se of Assembly of that Island had met, and after a conciliatory answer to a com municatioe from Lord Bathurst, recommending a certain con PO.' of ificasurvs in relation to the Negroes, had adjoerned for four weeks. At a general meeting of " persons coucerned in the goverement of slaves," a report and resolutions, prepared by the Committee of Planters and Cler gyinee„proviously appoiuted, were read. Thes.e documents do not seem to reflect discredit on the liberality or sincerity of the colonists, although they do trot fully keep pace with the professed desires of the Government, much loss n ith the rapid and sweeping purposes ascribed to the abolition party. The reporters take nearly the same ground of observation which was alluded to some weeks since in this paper, as being dwelt npon by Mr. Hamden, in his address to the Council of the Island, where that gentleman ad duced arguments against the proposed allotment of another day in the week, besides Sunday, as a day of rest or recreation to the Negro, and supported them by statements respecting the nature of the soil of Barbadoes, and the supe rior care anti indulgence enjoyed by him in that island beyond most others, which we certainly have no means of refuting. A. fact is asserted, which mo,t of our readers may possibly learn with surprise, namely, that at least a " third part of 44 the week is devoted to the raising food for the " slave alone." Are we to understand by this that the time so devoted is exclusive of the hours given up to the Negro for his own spontaneous occupa l lions l' not, its meaniog is worth very little as reiclon for withholding sonic further cessation from labour. It uppears, however, that, ifs Mr. [Lundell had formerly suggested, the adults of 0, family are to enjoy successively, not, indeed, so often as once a week, but once for each individual in three or roar weeks, a holiday to be disposed of as he or she may think fit. Some one, though not every one in the family, will have the privil e ge every week. The Sunday markets are to be abo lished, and the Sabbath Set aside for leisure and re instruction. 'l l he resolutions for advancing this object are indicative of good feeling and good sense. he chi ldren are LO be Compe Ile d--the adults invited and encouraged_ to attend prayer and lecture on . the Sabbath ; and u strong recom mendation is held out to proprietors of estates, to provide lostisictors and catechists approved by the parochilit clergy, for the improvement of the slaves n their moriil and religions duties. This, perhaps, is, all that can be done at present. - [New Tutir.q.] The great feature It the present state of the Money Market continues to be the abundance of surplus capital, the consequence of which is, that Exchequer Bills have reached 51i. premium, and Consols continue obeys 85. In the course .of yesterday thejr . had declined to 85 for the Ac count, but closed at 85t buyers. The demand for Government Securities daily increases ; and there is a prevalent opinion that this must pro . - duce an advance of prices before the Books open for the public investments. Many persons too be gin to speculate on the reduction of the Four per Cent. Stocks to Threes. No doubt as a general principle the lower the interest of money is the more active may the industry of a nation be ex pected to be and therefore we may be well assured that his,lgajesty's Ministers will keep a steady eye toward the practicability of the re duction mentioned.' At the same time care must be taken not to anticipate the natural decline of interest ; for any attempt to precipitate' the ac tion of causes operating toward such a decline would prove injurious, by forcing capital abroad. Even now we see many evil consequences result ing from the eager desire of individuals to obtain the high interest offered in many foreign Funds and other undertakings. The. Spanish Bonds of 1821 closed yesterday at : there is still a hope, and only a hope, that they . will ul timately be recognised ; but our last advises from Paris assure us that King Ferdinand turns a deaf ear to all the exhortations of the French Government on this head; and seems determined rather to try what can ,be done by economy, than to listen to any terms for a new loan connected with a recognition of the former,--- A Gentleman has tome over from Peru, it seems, 44 fully authorised " to borrow a few millions : the Mexicans, too, would rather put their hands into John Bull's pocket than into their own gold •and silver mines. On an average of ten yettrs, from 1795 to 1804, the annual coinage of silver in Mexico was upwards of twenty-one millions of dollars. And yet now they come to us for money ! Nor is it only the Mexican Go vernment that. solicits the aid of our capitalists, but. there was yesterday circulated at the Fo reign' Stock Exchange a plan for the formation of a Joint Stock Company, to be called the Franco-Mexican Company, for workitig the gold and silver mines of Mexico. We have elsewhere given the substance of the plan, which, like alt other plans of the kind, is abundantly .plau j sible, and premises interest and profits iu flat 7 tering abundance ; but we must again and again press on our Readers the much greater public benefit and private security to be found in the : employment of our own capital in our own' court try. We have mines• far richer than those of Mexico, namely, the Fisheries which surround our Islands. The reclaiming of the Irish bogs, and the extension of the growth of Ilex in that country, would pay us far better and moreeer-, tainly than the working of all the gold and sil ver mines of Spanish America. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The Courier has been the first to communicate* what is undoubtedly correct—the raising of new regiments of the line. But in SO doing it snatch ed a grace beyond the fact, by pretending to fix the limit, and explain the object of the augment ation. These regimesits, with certain alterations in the veteran battalions, arc said to be sufficient to replace the force lately dispatched to the Co lollies, and the matter is mentioned in a manlier as if it scarcely concerned the public to know it. But what will The. Courier say, when it an nounces (as it will shortly have to do) a still more considerable addition to our Military Esta blishments ? When the regiments of the line shall again require three figures to express their number ? The arrangements for the West Indies are admitted to be sufficient now. What is to be the next plea ? Alarming and wretched, as is the state of unhappy Ireland, a force of from twenty-five to thirty thousand men, already there, displays a full and melancholy attention to what the danger requires. England and Scot land enjoy profound tranquillity. Are the Army and Navy to be increased, merely to indulge the visions of a modern race, who, with little or no qualification, go to the ex tent of judging of the greatness and prosperity of the country. by the lavish amount of its Ex penditure ? This is not to be supposed. Are the Ministers, encouraged by the gleam of pro sperity which the revolving of eight or nine years of peace is shedding on the land, to seek again for the fruits of an extensive Patronage I We think better of their ugderstendings than to believe it. What then is the danger they see or foresee? As long.as the French had military employment in Spain, not a breath, of preparation was heard. Naw 11.114 activity. LAM Liverpool, in particular, declared in the first ~ i nstance, that the conic. quences of .the invasion of Spain, and the prin. ciples which led to it, were likely to extend far beyond the termination of the contest. The Ministers are constantly dwelling on the ca pacity of this country for war, and the neces sity for our being prepared. The preparations now making are exactly such as men of the character of the present Ministers might be expected to make for an occasion, not immediate perhaps, hut so probable as to leave them no excuse if they should fail to guard against it. All this is attempted to be disguised,and the pre sent deceitful calm in the political horizon fa yours their purposes. A little while, however, and the inferences to which these remarks are intended to lead, will be fully illustrated and justified. "'she Chronicle is mistaken in this assertion. The intended increase of the Army was first announced in the 5un,...-and was contradicted by the Courier and other. Journals, which have: since acknowledged that our information on this subject was correct. [MORNING lIERALD.I The returned "heroes of the 'I rocadeto," as the French Army of Spain is styled, do not wear their laurels with , humility or moderation on their return to Paris. . A . serious outrage has been committed bya party of Officers upon the owner and company of a coffee-house in the Po lak Royal—but particularly on the former. It appears that after having dined together in cele bration of their victories, they visited the' Valais Royal, entered the Cafe Lemblin, and called for punch. They naturally toasted their owb 'achievements and political principles, insisting that the ceremonial observed by them should I be complied with by the other persons present.-- The latter resisted this dictation, and appealed to the owner of the house, who requested that no disturbance should be excited. The consequence was that the heroes of the Trocadero" at tacked the company and broke the head of the coffee-house keeper. The matter has been seriously taken up by the French Authorities, and a Commissary.sent to take the depositions of the parties chiefly maltreated. The outrage was entirely political. This house has been marked as the resort of 44 Liberals" and of Of ficers of the old Army. A similar scene of quarrelling took place there about two years since, in which some Deputies of the left side were insulted and maltreated. The Chiefs who commanded in Spain were for the most part of the old Buonapartean army, but the su. balteru Officers had, in general, never served before. It was their first campaign, and they are, naturally enough, intoxicated by their success. Some of them, too, were Officers of the Garde du Corps, who had not only their pre sent glory to transport them, but had also some former reproaches and humiliation to avenge. It must be allowed that the l)►eke of Angou- Lew bears his honours with great ineeknes.— A Dottier remarkable circumstance in his con duct is, that whilst . the war party in Paris openly demands the restoration of the Inquisi tion in Spain, and very distinctly advise the, abo lition of the Charter in France, he studiously impresses upon those who approach him with formal discourses of congratulation the duty of • obeying and supporting the institutions which exist in France at present. Hence he has almost got into favour with the Liberals. LAW INTELLIGENCE'. COURT OF CHANCERY', DEC. 9- The indisposition of the. Lonn CUANCELLOIL caused him to sit to-day and yesterday in his private room. ' • EXPARTE SAUMAREZ, IN THE MATTER OF SAIJ.MAREZ,A LUNATIC. This was an application filnu the wife, for the Court to order that some provision should be made for her out of the estate; and the petition also required some changes in the management • of the person and estate Odle lunatic. • Counsel were heard at great length in the course of yesterday 1 . 1(1 to-day. The Loan CHANCELLOR inclined to the opinion that the pe• ion must be dismissed. The lady was the same who had not long ago been put upon her trial at York for bigamy. Mr. Jus. Lice Bayley. who presided, was then of opinion, that the first marriage, which Was in Ireland, having been celebrated without a priest or clergyman, was not legal. But he had since read over the affidavits in this cause, and found reason to alter his opi. nice ; and he himself (the Lord Chancellor) coincided very much in that Sentiment, Ile would not,' however, pronounce upon that subject. He would dismiss the petition, because thfs lady had no right to traverse the inquisition; and as to any change required in the management of the person or estate, she had only the same right of interference which any 'One else had who might think thein improperly dealt with. TIM OPERA 11011t1E.-"W AT It Its V ellE4M9Fita. '.{'!ifs was a ease whiett Involved the interest and property of the Opera House. The defendant was brought before the Court in the three-fold capacity of judgm ent creditor, with pp*. session by execution, trustee for the management and sale; and purchaser bye contract which the court set aside for insuf ficient value? It appeared, that on the sale ordered by the Cwt. in 1813, in the case of " Waters v. Taylor," Waters Occame.the purchaser; anti from that time the house of Birch and Chambers had ad vanced money until the sum due to them amounted to 50,0801., and this circumstance, of course, gave them considerable do minion over the property in all the subsequent transactions con nected with that ill-fated estate. The present motion sought to drive Mr. Chambers to the elec tion Of one out of the three characters above-mentioned, in which lie at present holds ; and also the appointment of a: receiver on behalf of the general creditors. The Loan CIIA NCE t.t.ort heard the arguMent at consider able length, but from indisposition was induced to postpone it till the next seal. His Lordship again took occasion to observe upon the impolicy of the parties bringing their th,?atre into the Court. It was in the time of. Lord Thurlow that the Royal Circus was first brought hither. Lord Thutlow lost no more than about Live days on that subject. Since then all the theatres had been before the Court, and this case of the Opera house alone had occupied several year's of his I.4ordsliip's time. —lt was a little hard upon the poor Court of Chancery, which was - m ade answerable to so many complaints of grievance and delay. In the common law courts, no sooner did a theatre case appear, and the counsel shew their faces, than they were driven by the Judges out of Court, and compelled to go to arbitration. They got rid of the business and went on, while the Court of Chancery could do no such thing, and was con. elled to hear the parties out. For his own pert , he had no knowledge which enabled him to take the moutgentent of the concerns of a theatre upon him. How could he deter . - mine whether a singer, Who was to have so many thousands a-year deserved it or not ? lie recollected very well that Mr. L'owten, who was not idle, in business, being asked whit' he did not go on in Court, answered the Chancellor,, that indeed he could not, for on the subjects referred to the Master concerning the theatre when he attended the office, other people would appear, and sometimes a man would converse with the Master in Italian for half an hour, Mr. Lowten not understanding one word of what was said.. At the conclusion the Master would ask him what he had to say to it ? Mr: Lowten would answer, that he could have nothing to say, unless .he knew what had been Najd ; upon which the Master would set about explaining, anti by the time that was half done, the . period of attendance would arrive. These and other inconveniences rendered it im passible ever to conduct the business of a theatre, with advan tage to the parties, by means of this Court. Equity after the injunction which he had formerly obtained had been dissolved, and the action tried in a court of law ; and he therefore moved that the amended bill should be removed from the file. Tht-VIcE-CtrAficELLon said that there was no rule which prevented the plaintiff' from filing an amended bill in this case, and he dismissed the motion with costs. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Dim. 0. BULL V. DE *R. This action was brought to recoverthe sum of W. 15s. which it was alleged the . plaintiffpaid for a horse bought for the de fendant, at his desire. It appeared that the plaintiff and defendant were corn-chand lers at Somers-town, where the latter had recently commenced business. Mr. Bulrwas-acquainted with a Major Dowbiggin, who had a pony to sell, which Mr. Dear authorised him to pur chase. The horse was accordingly sent to Mr. Dear, with a paper,. warranting him as steady in harness, but not as sound; on which Mr. Dear refused to receive him without a warranty of soundness. The horse, however, remained that night at the defendant's, and the next morning was offered to the plaintiff, who refused to receive him.. ,Major Dowbiggin stated, that the 15/. 15s. had been allowed to him, in account, by Mr. Bull ; but admitted that he only gave 14/. for the horse, with a gig and harness. As soon as he heard the objection of Mr. Dear, he wrote a warranty of sound ness, but it appeared this had never been tendered to the de fendant. There was no direct evidence whether Mr. Dear, when he authorised Mr. Bull to purchase the horse, directed himto obtain a .warranty of soundness. The LonD.Cuizr JUSTICE held that if the defendant au thorized the plaintiff' to purchase the horse only on condition that he should obtain a warranty of soundness, the action could not be supported, because no such warranty was ever tendertxl; and whether the condition was expreased'or not, he left, as a question of fact, to the jury, on which their verdict would depend. The Jury almost immediately found- a verdict for the de fendant. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Dvc.9. LORD STAIR V. MURRAY. Mr. AGAR. moved, on the part of the defendant, that the Court wbuld direct en amended bill, which the, plaintiff had put in, to be taken off the tile of the Court.. The facts of the case were as follow the year 1812, Lord Stair, then Mr. Dalrymple, being in Paris, visited the gaining-houses of that metropolis (his Lordship alleged that he,waa trepanned into dim), and there lost several sums or money , for which h e gave three hills of exchange for JAM. each. lie subsequently called in these hills, And; issued in their stead, two promissory notes, which were endorsed by Major Sir A. Don and Lieitte+ mint-Colonel Morgan. The last-mentioned gentleman depo sited these notes with Murray, the defendant, who was an army tailor at the west end of the town, who swore in his affidavit that be gave a just cowlick:ration for them. When the notes became due, Mr. Murray applied for payment, but Lord Stair was unable to pi# them, and he prevailed on Mr. Murray to take two other promissory notes of a later date,,in exchange. These notes, alio, hie Lordship was unable to liquidate when they be eruntidue, but he' asked:Mr. Murray to take a. poit obit bond, payable on the death of the then Lord Stair. Accordingly, on the 3d of . November, 11113, Mr. Murray. did receive from the plaintiff a pest is bond for the value of the two promissory notes which he held. The death of Lord Stair took place shortly after, anti Mr. Murray applied for the payment of his bond. The plaintitre hen refused to satisfy the demand, on the ground that it was founded on a gambling transaction. Mr:Murray immediately brought an action against his Lordship in the Court of King's Much, His Lordship then applied to that (the Vice-Chicoitiellor's) Court, and obtained an injunction Th 6 defendant having shoWed cause,why the injunction should notvbeOTlfirilled, iris flollotli directed the injunction to he this. scar" ed. The fiction was tried in the King's' Bella, and the ve diet was in favour of Mr. Murray, thus establishing the vali d ity of his . Lord Stair, -however, obtained a rule for a n trial, hut he was equally unsitecessful on the second occa aion, the verdict being against him. lie , had now filed an amended, bill in that Quirt, on which he intended to Tom for .an injunction to prevent Mr. , Murray - from acting on the judg. merit which he had 'obtained. The LearnedCounselcoutended that the plaintiff was not entitled to come again into a Court of LIDDIAIID V. UORNE. This was an action by Messrs. Liddiard and Co., warehouse. men, in Friday-street, to recover against the book-keeper of the coach-office at the Cross Keys Wood-street, the value of a parcel booked to go by the mail to Cheltenham, but which was sent by another coach called the Defiance, and lost. It appeared that on the I lth of October, 1821, Mr. Davis, of Cheltenham, went to Messrs. Liddiard's warehouse, andlooked out goods to the value of 481. 125., which he directed should be sent to Cheltenham, by a coach from the Bull and Mouth.— When, however, the porter came to that inn, he found that the coach had set out, and he accordingly took the parcel to the Cross Keys, and there booked it, to be dispatched by the mail that evening. The parcel was never delivered at Cheltenham; anti, on subsequent inquiry, it was admitted that it was sent, not by the mail, but by the Defiance. Mr. ScanLETT, for the defendant, said he could prove that the negligence occurred at Cheltenham, after the termination of the journey; and also that there was a notice exhibited at the office, that the proprietors would be answerable for no parcel above the value of 5/. unless entered and paid for in proportion to the risk. The LORD CIIIEF JUSTICE held,, that neither of these grounds of defence were applicable to the case of a bookkeeper who engaged to send a package by one coach and sent it by an other ; if they could succeed in such a case the public would tie deprived of all option as to the conveyance to which goods ought to be intrusted. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 481.125. COURT OP COMMON PLEAS, DEC. 9. TAYLOR V. SINGLE. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, Messrs. Taylor ' and Waters, the porter-brewers, against the defendant, Single, to recover of him a compensation in damages for the injury which he had done to their reversionary interest in certain premises in the. Mile-end-road, called the Weavers' Arms, whilst - he was act ing under the authority of Mr. Barber Beaumont. The real question, however, which this action was brought to deterniine was, whether a slip of ground, six feet in breadth, adjoining the Weavers' Arms, belonged to the plaintiffs or to 111 r. Barber Beaumont. A variety of witnesses were examined upon this point, whose testimony would excite no interest except with the parties 'themselves. It was proved that lilt.. Barber Beaumont, to assert his right to this property, had ordered Single to pull down certain buildings which were erected Upon it, and that the cost of re-erecting .them would amount to 1051. The Jury, after hearing the whole of the evidence, which was very volu minous, returned a verdict for the'plantiff—Damages, 10.5/. MAR - SIMOTING lIIS WIFE. tl TT n ot-G Att t) 1.1 , 4 .-Yesterda y . Thos. 11 , osapay, residing at Geoige-strat, Battle-bridge, was brought up in the custody of James Smith, patrol at Burton-crescent, charged with wilfully and maliciously firing a pistol, loaded with slugs, at his wife, with intent to murder her, or to do her sonic grie vous bodily harm. Blake, a constable, deposed, that about eight o'clock the pre ceeding evening, Dr. Macdonald, of Constitution-row, Gray's Inn -lane, called on him, and informed him that a mahin eorge street, Battle-hridge, had shot his wife with a horse pistol (here he produced the pistol.) Witness went immediately to the pri soner's house, and found that the woman, who had received the contents of the pistol, which was loaded with slugs, in the thigh, was taken to the Middlesex hospital. Witness took the prisoner into custody, and lodged him in the watch-house that morning. He called At the Hospital tojeara the state of the Woman, when the house surgeon informed him that the con t nts of the pistol were lodged in the thick part of her thigh ; that as yet none of them were extracted; and that she.must undergo amputation. [Here the prisoner, who was in the box, gave a deep groan, and exclaimed—" Aly wife, my poor wife !"I Witness produced a certificate from the surgeon as to her dangerous state. Elizabeth Melburn deposed, she is aunt to the prisoner ; she lives at 4, George-street, Battle-bridge, next 'door to the pri.: loner; the prisoner is an .engineer -smith, and worked last for Messrs. l'ontifex, in Shoe-lane; Martha, his wife,, was a straw •honnet-maker, and about 26 years of age; they were married about three years, and had one child, which is six months old ; prisoner had lived in the house,about nine montbS,,to which he came from George-street, Hampstead-road; the prisoner, having no lodgers in his liouse and being lonely, kept that pistol for his protection, which was generally hung up over the chimney. piece the prisoner beingout of work, both he and his wife, after breakfast yesterday, wentout to look for employment; the pri soner came home at dusk,'and not finding his wife before him, he came into witness's house, and she made him sit down to have a cup of tea ; his wife came in at the time, and she said to him—" Here you are, comfortably seated, feasting yourself; why not be at home and have the fire lighted and tea made ? you ,know I am tired carrying the child, all. day."—He an, swered he was tired of walking about, and wanted refreshment. The wife went home, and the prisoner fisllowed'; and shortly after, she heard the report of a pistol ; and immediately the prisoner came in and said,--." Aunt, I have 'done mischief, though I meant it for myself."—l went, and found his wife lying on the floor weltering in her dood. Dr. Macdonald was sent for, and lie ordered - her to be taken to the Middlesex Hospital. The prisoner, in his defence, said that he and his wife had some aggravatinn• words, while he stood with . his back to the fire-place ; he took down the pistol, which hung over the mantle piece, cocked and loaded ; he held it in his hand down .by his side, for a minute,' while she kept aggravating him ; and, in a fit Of desperation; while in the act of raising his hand with the pistol, with intent to destroy himself, the pistol exploded.; but she received the contents, and tell on the floor with the child in ter arms. The MAO &STRIAE said, that he had no reason to believe but what the prisoner said was true ; still he found it his duty to remand bun for further examination.—The prisoner was re. mended accordingly. ON HORSE BOATS.—The moving of boats and other vessels by wheels moved ,by, cattle, as has been lately practised in America, ,is mentioned by Vitruvius. His vessels had three wheels on each side, aud were moved , by six,oxen within tilein.—(lfeckanks' Magazine.) We learn from authority, that in consequence of the Postmasters of Edinburgh having raised the, rate of posting from is. 3d. to Is. ad. per mile, while the price of hay and oats continues at the present depreciated prices, •and , while in almost every other part• of Scotland no such ad vance has been made; and, indeed, in many parts of England, only 'is. per mile is charged— a resolution is about to be entered into by the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Edinburgh and its vicinity, to patronise and support the Post master or Postmasters who shall first reduce their rate of posting• to Fl s. 3d. per mile. The intimation of such reduction to be made by ad viortisinnent in the Edinburgh Newspapers.— ( Edinburgh Couranf, Dee. GO SCOTLAND. UNION CANAL. .A project is now in agitation which in coarse of time may create a little town at the other end of this Canal, Thhe Company, from the difficulty of getting a part of Glen ?l fair grounds, which lie at the 'unction ot the Union Canal with the Forth and Clyde, were obd • to purchase the small est ate altogether. That part which they have not occasion for being divided by the Canal and cut by several roads, lessens the in ducement to any person to purchase it in a single lot. It is therefore proposed, after setting aside the necessary portion for, wharfs, keys, officer' lodges, and inns for the accommodation ot passengers, to sell or feu the rest in lots for building. M'° ll l erected here would be in the immediate neighbourhood of irl' i exhaustible mines of coal, lime, and iron stone, while thetielt district of the Carse would afford them corn with very little It pence of carriage. Placed at the junction of three greatlines ei water communication, they could conini and the markets of GUl gow, Greenock, Edinburgh, Stirling, with all the towns on the Forth and the Clyde, and procure on the easiest terms all the products of the Baltic, America, and the - West Indies.—A tr il l impulse seems to have been given l a t e ly in building, ow, dwelling-houses and warehouses, in the vicinity of the Canal Basin. A tine large building for the luggage boat companies is now getting up at the bash), upon the projecting square used as a landing place tbr passengers ; and several offices for the coal companies have just been completed. The greatest activity is employed in raising houses of the usual height of five stories in the adjoining streets and roads, the stone for which is brought from Redhall quarry, three miles to the wirtstwara, on the banks of the Canal. It may not be uninterest ing to learn that- several boats from this quarry au' el l :. stantly employed—each carrying betw e en linty and h'il tons, and making generally three trips in a day. The stone is conveyed from the extremity of the quarry in low carts on 3 rail-way along a scaffold erected close to the side of a perPenl dicular rock, and brought by machinery up a considerable ae'' clivity to the wharf, where a boy or lad transfers the load into a boat. The cart being then allowed to go hack, passe s to one side, when it reaches the bottom of the d escent , an d thus !pact' way for another loaded cart, which is discharged in like man'; ner. A steam engine, of about four horse power, is emploYe'; in these admirable contrivances to supersede the use of a nimal ' labour.—(Edinburgh Courant.) EDINBURGH ACADEMY'. We are glad to observe that the building of the Edinburgh' Academy is proceeding very rapidly, and although the contr a ' tor has been very much impeded from the difficulty of getting the stones from the CoHallo and Denny quarries in suffic l ei2! quantities to carry on the front part of the building 'vial ; same rapidity as the rest of it, we are t o ld th ere is no dou", that, in terms of his contract, the building will be ready nes' season, so that the classes may be opened on Ist October next. We understand that the general outline of the 1 ,13 1 of education to be followed at the academy has been seal' d by the directors, and that the details of the arrangements fo i r i carrying it into effect are now unde r consideration, and, v'the soon be brought under the notice of th e contr ib utor s an pUblic. According to this general plan, there are. to four Masters and a Rector, as in the fligh School, who are each to teach Latin, Greek, and geography in t heir Teepee' five classes. English reading is to be an object of attention during the whole period of attendance, and a separate teacher , who is to be a native of England, is to be employed, where duties shall be confined to tile department of English retina' elocution, and modern history.—There is to be a head wrifint master, who is to provide such number of assistants so the directors may think requisite, according-to the number of ' XI : who attend. There is also to be ahead master, with WWI in proportion to the number of boys„ for teaching . aritione„ ; who will be required to get testimonials of their being Tien cated mathematicians; and it is contemplated to extend el: rise struction in this department to the elements of geometrYi," other objects of the academy will afford the time. LBW; Greek arc to be taught according to the accustomed mod e 0 pro nunciation in Scotland, which is to be the foundation 0_t_24.1. system but the boys are also to , be made as familia r as 177_, ble with the English mode of pronouncing these 1ang! 1 417 0 7 - 0 The number of boys is to be limited to 110 in the IT' , _., d ; classes, and 160 in the rector's class. The children and it 'i on children of subscribers are to have the preference, if spin:, o f is made for them three months before each annual op is be the classes; aud in all other respects the prefereoeereitatroy:it given according to priority of application to , er inti rt " p b l e i l e n an g a ts h f v o a r y s ad u m nd is er si once ent by possibility school. 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