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OF SCOTLAND. A General Meeting of this Society was held in the Royal College of Physicians, on Monday last, at which were present the Marquis of Lothian, the. Earl of Dalhousie, Lord Elibauk, Lord Pro vost of Edinburgh, the Lord Chief Baron, Lord lianhatVne, Hon. Barons' Norton and Clerk, Sir P. Murray, with many other Gentlemen of ex tensive landed property, .of high rank in the army, mad of the first respectability in the law, and of the commercial interest, to the number of upwards of one hundred and twenty. In the absence °this Grace the Duke of Iluc tmeucu and QUEENSBERRY , President of the So ciety, who is at present' in England, the Most Noble the Marquis of LOTHIAN, one of the Vice- Presidents in Office, was in the Chair, when, after a ballot; beterms of the Charter., Sir Robert Keith Dick, of: .Prestonfield, Bart. ; Colonel Sir Colin Campbell`, X. C. B. Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Wellington ; Charles Grant, Jim. Esq. M. P. one of the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury ; Robert Abercrmnbv,Esq. younger of Birkenbog, M. P. ; Charles Fraser, Esq. of Inverellochy and Castle-Fraser, M. P. ; Lientenant-Colonel Martin Lindsay, 78th regi ment ; and others were admitted Members. WALTER SCOTT, ESC!. in an elegant address, brought tinder the view of the Meeting the dis tinguished merits of .Mrs. Macleod of Macleod, who, since she became connected with the High lauds and Islands, had assiduously endeavoured to promote the industry and comfort of the pee sentry, where her influence extended, by esta blishing schools, building cottages, and such other measures as were conducive to their happiness ; rind, with a view, of enabling her to become more famiiiat to their habits and manners, had succes sively studied their langrusge„ He concluded by moving, that she should be elected a' Member of the Society, which was unanimously adopted. The proceedings of the Directors, since the General Meeting in January last, anti the pre miums offered - by them for the. year 1816, were then submitted to the Meeting, by Mr. Macdonald, the Secretary. and approved. From the Committee on premiums, it was re ported, that those offered for raising Wheat of the greatest weight, in the county of 'Edinburgh, stud for the greatest extent of ground tinder drilled Wheat, in the county of Paddington, crop 1815 (the'elahns for which were directed to be lodged on 420th March last), lied now been - decided ; that Mr. George I3agrie, farmer at Monkton, in the pa riah of Liveresk,. whose grain weighed sixteen stonys three and a half pounds avoirdupois per standard Liiilithow boll, was found entitled to the first premium for Wheat of the greatest weight,• / being at piece of Plate of Twenty Guineas value and Mr. George Reid, farmer attMonkionhall„.in the same parish, to the second,• being a piece of Plate, value Ten Guineas, his wheat weighing sixteen Bton-es - one and a half pounds. Mr. John Brodie, of Scoughall, was bound entitled to the premium of a piece of Plate, of Twenty Gitineas value, for the greatest extent of ground under drille'd Wheat its Last Loihian a lse having had about 130 Scots acres under this species of culture, the particulars of which were communicated to the Society, in a very 'Accurate report, by the Earl of Dalboosie, Mr. Hay of Spot, and other resident Members. It was also reported to the Meeting, that, from the information communicated in the above report, and also by Mr. Dickson, at Bang holm, Rs the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, who cultivates extensively in drill, and from other sources of information, a report of the compara tive advantages of the drill and broad cast Hus bandry, was prepared by a Sub-committee of the Society, which it was proposed to publish. The etteotion of the Meeting was next called to the proceedings of the Standing Committee on Machinery, as approved by the Directors. There )lad recently taken place under the directions of that Committee, with the assistance of 'several practical farmers, some comparative trials of the agricultural implement called the Grubber (a ma chine used for pulverising the ground, and saving the expellee of additional ploughings), and other IBaChilles for similar purposes of a different con struction, lately submitted to the Soc i ety. The Committee found that the grubber constructed by T. Hotter, Esq. 'of Hambledon, Hampshite. was greatly preferable to the one in comniou use, in respect to its simplicity of construction, facility of regulation, and of its. requiring ft much less power of draught they also found that a grubber, on a new and different principle, by an ingenious mechanic, Walter Samuel at Niddry, West Lo thian, brought under the view of the Socrety by A. C. Maitland Gibson, Esq. of Cliftonball, was also in several respects preferable to the old me chine. The Meeting, in terms of the recommen dation of the Committee, resolved to vote a piece of plate of fifteen guineas value to Mr. Butler, and a premien' of seven guineas to Mr. Samuel. A premium of five guineas was voted to Mrs. toil of Eshinburgls, for the Glass Beads invented by tier for astertaluing the strength or specific grdvity of There was exhibited to the Meeting a new and improved Machine for sowing Grass and other Small seeds, recommended to the Society by Mr. Birder of Hambledots, above-mentioned,. and which has since been ordered frost London by Mr. Morton, agricultural implement-maker, Leith Walk. Mr. Morton alSo exhibited a new and in gcniOns machine, invented by himself, called a Revolving Brake Harrow, for bringing up conch grass and other root weeds, to which purpose, as appears by the certificates of several practical farmers, it.may he applied to great advantage, and with a considerable saving of .time, labour, and expellee. The . Secretary reported, that in pursuance of the remit aiid instructions of last general.meetiug, the Committee' on the distillery . laws bath been most unremitting' in their exertions to procure some statutory regulations, calculated to en courage the legal, and to prevent the illegal dis tillatiou of spirits ; that the Committee had lost is time its preparing a report, ou the subject, which was transmitted to all the counties in Scot land and otherwise circulated ; and that they had Aet with the niost'cordiat co-operation and sup port from the counties connected with the High :lnds, where the baneful influence of sinuggliog was mote particularly felt T.tut a memorial, founded upon that report, had been prepared and transmitted, in name of the Society, to the Lords of the Treasury ; and he had the satisfaction of stating, by the bill which had already passed the House of. Commons, and was now in progress in the House of Lords, the distillery laws were "to be placed upon a footing which there was every reason to hope would ; prove of the greatest .ad vantage,to the country, by affording a market for its barley, protecting the fair trailer, and repress ing the pernicious practice of smuggling. Mr. Faunas stated, that it might be satisfac tory to , the ; Meeting, and to the country at large, to learn, that by the proposed bill, three most important points had . been obtaitted.—lat, That there should be a free intercourse of spirits trout the Highlands to the Lowlands-2d; That; stills of a capacity of 40 gallons might be licenced—and 3d, That 14 gallons of spirits from 100 'gallons of wash were all that the distiller was ; Called upon to produce ; and farther, that a redaction of the former duties to a certain extent had been con ceded. These objects behig obtained, he con ceived that all• pretence for any illicit trade in the Highlands, from the state of the law, would be at an end, and it was therefore trusted that the members of the Society, in their respective 'Hs triers, would ;lend their cordial co-operation in enforcing the laws. It was reported from the CoMmittee on Saving Banks, that a copy of the Bill for regulating these InstitutionS, introduced into Parliament by the Right Honourable George Rose, haviny, been communicated to the Society, the Committee had suggested some amendmeto thereon as applicable to Scotland, in the event of the Act being extend ed to this country, which observatioirs were trans mitted to Mr. Rose, who had received them with his accustomed attention to any commuisication from this SoCiety. It appeared, by a report from the standing com, mittee on kelp, that, in conscotience of tin under stood intention of laying an , additional duty ort hard soap, in the manufacture of which a large quantity of kelp is annually consumed, a meeting of the proprietots of kelp had been held at Edin-, burgh 10 May last, when certain resolutions were entered into, and a copy of them directed to be transmitted to the Society. The Society's Com! mittee accordingly met to consider of the proper steps to be adopted in this matter, so important to the interests of the Highlands and Islands ; hut intimation having been communicated to the 11leetingo, that an arrangement had been made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in regard to the duties on soap, satisfactory to all parties interest ed, theCornmittee had reported, that they con .sidered it unnecessary fur the Society to, take any_farther steps in the business. • The Society having last year elected Field-Mar shal the Duke of Wellington and Prince Blucher. Honorary Members of the Institution, the Secre tary reported to the Meeting, that the Resolutions electing them, subscribed by his Grace the Dake of Bocclench, the President of The Society, hail recently been obligingly forwarded to. the Duke of Wellington and Prince Blucher—to the former by General Sir Henry Torrens, Secretary to his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief; and to the latter by Mr. Hamilton,. finder Secretary of State for Foreign Allaks ; and that an answer from the Duke of Wellington had already been received. From Prince Blucher there has trot as yet been time to receive au answer, The letter from the Duke of Wellington was read to the Meeting, and directed to be.entered on the re cords as' follows " Camhray, May 6, 1856. " blv Loan DtrgE,-1 had the honour of receiving yester day your Grace's letter of the Oath December but, in which you enclose the Resolutions of a General Meeting of the highland Society, electing me an Honorary Member of the Mlle, and I beg that your Grace will do me the favour to pre sent my acknowledgments' to the Soeitty for the honour which they have thus conferred upon Me. " I lutee long and frequently had occasion to applaud the• distinguished valour and other guoihivalities, as suldiers,_ of their countrymen, and I aln much flattered at being admitted a Member of. their Society.--I have the honour to be, my Lord Duke, your Grace's most obedient faithful humble servant, • , " WELLINGTON." (Addressed) " Nis Grace the Duke of Bucclench and of Queensberry, &C. &c. Itc.c. President of the Highland So ciety of Scotland, .Edinborgh." The Lord Chief Baron, Chairman of the Qom• mittee appointed to consider of and promote an application for a national monument to be erected in Edinburgh at the public expettee, in honour of the victory of Waterloo, reported the proceedings had by the Committee in this'matter. 1-lis Lord ship stated, that itt pursuance of the remit to them by last General Meeting, the Committee had trans mittill to his Majesty's Ministers, through his Grace the Duke of Eueeleuch, the. President, the , proceedings of the Society on the subject, anti had forwarded copies to all the Noblemen , and Gen tlemen, Members of both HOnses of Parliament, connected With Scotland, and to certain of the Members connected with Ireland, who, it was understood, •hatra similar object in view for the capital Of that kingdom t but that from the answers received, it appeared that it was determined to apply the parliumeutury grant exclusively to the monument to be erected at London ; sad that'si milar applications having previously been declined, his Majesty's Ministers regretted they could not ',accede to the request of the Society. His Lord ship concluded a most eloquent and animated speech on the subjectj by submitting-the follow ing motion to the Meetiog, which having been seconded by Lord liallantyne, and sopported by . other Members, was unanimously adopted " The Society, with reference to ,the motion at their Anniversary General Meeting; on the ifth of January last, and to the consequent application to Government for a monument to be erected at Edinburgh, at the public exitance, in commemo ration of the unparalleled victory of Waterloo, while they,regt et the unsuccessful result of that application, still cherish a hive, that the measure will not be abandoned by the country, anti the So ciety therefore resolve, so far to continue its pa tronage as to refer the subject to the directors, with a recommendation to adopt the hest means of bringing it under the eonsi.deratioo of the coon, t i cs , t own s, and royal burghs of Scotland, with a view to accomplish the object by subscriptioq, or in such other way to may be deemed most' ad amanimonsly voted the . visable.—The Meeting Thanks of the SoCiety to the MarqUis of Luthitio, for his conduct in the Chair, &c. , OLD BALLEV SESSIONS. Yesterday these Sessions commenced before the Long MAYOR, Mr. Justice PARR.E, Mr. Justice ABBDTT, the RECORDER, &C. CUTTING AND MAIMING. William Dodd and. Andrew Batton were indicted capitally for having, on the `2sth of March, ‘vil fay awl maliciously cut and maimed a Man whose name is unknown, with intent to kill, Or do him some grievous bodily harm'. Several witnesses were examined respecting this mysterious case, the substance of which have already appeared in our Police . Report. Mr. ALLEY opened the case on the part of St. Martin's parish, and called 'witnesses. Mr. Justice Phatc observed, that he had taken the evidence at considerable length, and that he had carried on the investigation under an idea, that witnesses would be called to prove the hand that inflicted the wound. Mr. ALLE7? had comniuni, sated to him, that he could not carry the fact any farther than by the blow. Under these circum stances, however strong the suspicion might 'be against the prisoners in this most mysterions case, the evidence was•defectivelo make out the charge on the particular Act under which they were in dicted. Tl.e parties would consequently be en titled to an acquittal.—Vcrdiet-Not Guilty. COINING. Junes Malioffy, Elizabeth his wife, Mary Mitchell the elder, .and Mary Mitchell the younger, +.•ere indicted capitally for making and forging certain /pieces of base coin called sixpences. All the pri soners said in their defence that the pieces found were brought there by M'Alillan, and that he had been in prison for the offence. This - - I‘l'lllillan denied. . Mr. Justice ABBOTT summed up the evidence, and the Jury retired for ten minutes, and returned with a verdict of Guilty against all exceln- Mary Mitchell, who was found Not Guilty. • MIDDLESEX Sb'SSIONS. BRUTAL ASSAULT.--4;fIiNINEY-SWEEPING. Ar ten o'clock yesterday morning the trial of William Moles took place at Flicks's-hall. Our readers will recollect that the prisoner wa3 a mas ter sweeper, and lately stood his trial et the Old Bailey, on a charge of murder, for having, by brutal treatment, caused the death of John , Hew hugs, a child of five or' six. years of age, his ap prentice. Hewas, however, acquitted of this charge, but retained on an indictment for an assault on the same child.---To this change the prisoner pleaded mot `guilty. The Counsel for the prosecution stated tlye case. He related several cases of atrocious violence. on the part stf the prisoner towards the deceased, John Hewlings; who was little more than five years old, and had been for a few months his apprentice. • Elizabeth Ware proved that she saw the pri soner striking at the child's legs with a britsh to force him up a chimney, which he was unable to ascend, and then dragging hint down, and dash ing him with violence upon the boor. The child screamed bitterly. Sarah Reeve corroborated the last witness's tes timony, amid added, that the prisoner &elated he would serve the boy out when lie got him home.— The latter compliincil bitterly that his knees were hurt. Ann Chandler proved, that the prisoner came to her house in Whitechapel on tile 211 of April, with the deceased boy and another, to sweep a chimney, into which he put up the former, who stuck in the flue for nearly au hour. The prisoner 'was at length prevailed upon to get to the top of the chimney and extricate the child, which he did with loud imprecations against him. The mo ment he got him down, be knocked him against a chest of drawers in` the roost) ; and when the chilli, almost senseless trout the blow; was endeavouring to recover himself, he kicked him across the chamber ; and in this case, as in the former, 're peated his asseveration, that he would serve him out when he got him home, Mary Craig, who lived next door to the pri. cuter, proved, that, in helping the wife of lat ter, who was drunk, into her own house, she saw the child on the ground near the prisoner, who desired hint to get up, which he was unable to do without the al silt; Mice of a stick. Witness looked at the boy's leg, which she found greatly swollen: At her suggestion; the prisoner robbed the wound ed part with ointment ; and when the latter found the boy still unable to walk, he dashed him on the ground. George . bolts and Esther Jacobs proved theit having on the 23d of April, while accidentally passing near the prisoner's. house, been alarmed with screams and cries of murder and mercy. , -- Rolls kicked in the door anti upbraided the pri soner and his wife with their unnatural conduct. The latter held a strap in her hand, with which she avowed she had been beating the child, and repeated that she would do so again. The prisoner, on being called upon far his de fenee„ put in a written paper, containing a gene ral denial of the charge, and stating that he was the victim of persecution. He did not call any witnesses, The Court then summed np the evidence, and the Jury instantaneously returned a -verdict of Guilty. The Court, after severely .animadverting on til e atrocity of the prisoner's guilt, sentenced hiss to two years',imprisonmen4 POLICE INTELLIGENCF. BOW4STREET. Yesterday, after the night charges, were gone through, 'the whole of the day was occupied by the Magistrates, Sir NATHANIE4 CONANT, Mr. Naatts, and Mr. Mimic, from between twelve and one o'clock till between five and six, in the investigation 'of the ciretunscances relating to Vaughan, one of the Bow-street Parole. The Magistrates, in add Lion to suspending him (tom being a patrole, ordered hint to find bail, to an swer a charge of inciting persons to cotawit felony. He found bail in the evening. His comduct will be further investigawd by the Magistrates in a few days. Mr. Dawson, of Covent-garden Market ,appear td to a summons to answer a charge, of carrying on his trade nn the Lord's nay, having his shop open, and persons shelling pease on the outside, was , convicted in the penalties.--The parish officers attended, and said they were deter- Inined•'to put a stop'ro opening the market ott Sundays; and as the dealers did not attend to the ' small fines, they were determined to take them • all in future into the Ecclesiasticar Court, which would be CU. expence. QUEEN-SQUARE. Mr. Jackson, of Chelsea, summoned a water man before the Magistrates of this Office, under the following circumstances :—On the '2Bth of June the. complainant went dto Hungerford-stairs to inquire it there was any Chelsea boat' The defendant said, he would take him for 25.-- Mr. J. said be never made a bargain in these cases, and asked which was his boat i which being, shown to hint, he got into it, and, on arriving at ltanelagh-stairs, gave him a shilling. Defendant said, " What ! is this all I am to have ? see you d—d before you shall ever enter my boat again - ; mark you." • Mr. Jackson replied, he would mark hit by a summons for his ill behtt viour. The Magistrate said, as it seemed to b 2 tt hasty ebullition of anger, rather than intentional abuse, he would only punish hint by making hin pay the expellees. UNION-HALL, Robert Hinton, alias Scotch Bob, was yesterday brought up by Snow, who apprehended him aC Peckham, on suspicion of his having been con cernedoots Foots-crag,- i n. naalig. Kent,his•a highway robbery iwhich.ch took place at . F earned also nc charged iip on u divers robberies rob s be s i p i i e e s i suspicion O e ce f n ia ttlyvg The b pri sonerenf the counties of Kent an d 'Surrey. The prisoner i nel was cuturnitted for re-examination 00 Monday. next. ELY. JULY B.—The bodies of the five unhappf Sufferers for the late- riots (whose execution we have already noticed) were committed to the care of the chief constable, who, at the express wisk of their relations, provided a house to deposit them in, where they were decently and respect fully laid in their coffins, attended by four con stables, until the funeral took place ou Saturday" evening, wben they were carried to church in the following order :—A company of singers from Littleport walked before, singing the 104th Psalm through the street to church ; next the chief con.. stable and Mr. Barlow, keeper of the prison, wide their staves of office, covered with black, .and themselves also dressed in black ; then followed the corpse of Beamiss, being the elder.; next his , relations ; the other four were carried two. abreast, with their respective relations following each'corpse. From the great concourse of spec.. tators, it was .thought necessary to have the ato tendanee of several constables. The bodies were - all deposited in one giave,. by the side of each other, in the church-yard of Ely St. Mary's. • SUICIDE.—A dreadful act of suicide was colfl 4 mitted about nine o'clock on Tuesday morning by Mr. Botillan, House-Steward to his Excellency the Russian Ambassador. The unfortunate mmi, retired to his apartment, where he putan end to his existence by blowing oNat his brains with a• double-barrelled pistol. The report brought some of the domestics to his room, where they found him in a state too shocking to be'described. Hayes, a neighbouring, surgeon, was sent for, but he could render no assistance, the balls hav ing passed completely through his skull. He ex pired in about half an hour afterwards. No cause can be assigned for his committing this dreadful , act. Mr. Boullan was a Gentleman of the most cheerful disposition, much respected by his Ex• cellency, and esteemed by the domestics and neighbours. ADJOURNED INQUEST.--Yesterday a Jury had been .again impannelled at the Red Lion, in l'ort.r' land-street, Berwick-street, to resume the ins veitigation respecting the death of an infant fe male child, brought tp St. James's watch-house on Sunday night, when the Jury returned their verdict—,Found dead. ' METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL.. .............r.........r....w.••••u0ak...............er•0•1•• 'thermometer. I I I Weather. ..........,...... ,........,................P......... .••••• •• • • '..• . 1 1 • ' • 1 . • 4'• , J) ^ri 4 ,) i,,, „...th ,o, - .„, :., ~ att • _ - ____,----- _ y ny , o • . o 1 0 • inches 26 51 AO 62 1 46 30.1.5 Fair Fair , 27 51 50 58 4B .07 .04 Rain Cloud/ 28 56 57 65 52 .22 Fair 00 . 20 , 88 57 68 54 ' . 2 0 Do. Fair :30 59 57 67 52 .00.00 D u . Do. 141. 57 54 65 50 425.96 - Do. Do. June. 1 54. 60 70 58 1 30.10 ' I . . Da, no, .04 COAL.MA ItK ET. (Tv Lilo. Ships at Market. Ships sold. 'Price. 1 i i Newcastle Ships at Market. Newcastle S►uulerland , 3 Cuth Pric.e. .955. 3d. to 459. Od. .35i. thl. to Os. (14 .304. od. to ads. Gd. BIRTHS. Yesterday morning, in GrosvenorLsquare, the Marchioness of DoWneilire, of a von., • On Tuesday, hi Itleckicnhurgh-square, the Ltyly of Henry Down, Esq. of a son. MARRIED. Yesterday, at St. George's, Hanover-square, Capt. Hawker, R. N. to JeanHe Maria, eldest daughter of the late, George Poore, Esq.. On.the !mit inst. at St. James's, Clerkenwell, WilliaEfl • Tilwaytes, Esq. of Fenebureh-street, to Miss Ann Hook, of Nortbainpi art-squire. On Tuesday last, at St. George's, Hanover-square, - Lieu' tenant-Colonel Brownrigg, to , Emma, daughter, of the let! Major-General Colebi (Joke Nesbitt. Tuesday, at Bishopwearmouth, Lieut. Kirtley, of the 11 0 9 111 Navy, to Miss !tow, of Newbottle. - In ' November hut, at Madras, paptain .Tames C. Hurdis.., IRth to Caroline, eldest dauffliter of the late Thom a ! Jettereys, Esq. of Brecon, S o uth Wales. On the sth inst, at Tennochside, Scotland, Captain nogbi e l aid Regiment, to Mary, daughter of Lieutenant-Gener a ' 13 Same day, at -Wellshat, Archibald Douglas, Esq. to Misav Frances More, daughter of John More, Esq. DIED. On the both ult. at Whitehaven, William Don, Esq.. Car tan, H. N.. At St. Helena, an the scl May last, Mrs, Janet Robeits"! wife of Major David Kinnaird. LONDON: Printed by J. B. CARSTAIBS, No.l, Crocco,. noltd4nts; and Inibliihed by W. A. !WHIN'S, of Brioton , at ;the Surz-Ocricz, 12 t Auaikd ; virtvre Adyprtis` alcntsinrdors 4 Letters (postltlitt),&c, must be addressid i~~.~ _y