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of the nanoveriamState was h‘!lic" . " (1 clay, till tht 3tl•Jitt. 1816."—(Oracic, Dec. 30.) There are generally a tiUmber of fallacious ru m oors in circulatiOn in the Party Prints, just be- , fore the Meetiug of Parlianfent, the purpose of '! which seems evidently to . unsettle the miuds,,af the Public. Among whets now prevalent, C4(ikei in the Cabinet are stated as likely to occur ) and it has been particularly intimated that Mr. VAN . " SITTMIT is about to retire* from the . Chancellor; ship of the Exchequer. The stoty also of thetcn tiered resignation of Lnrd WHITWaRTH, has been recently revived. Our Readers will recollect that we have repeatedly contradicted this last report from the best authority, and we can assure them that: ere have good reason to believe that the others which we have above noticed rest on no better foundation. • • _ On the 28th ult. Lord SALTOWN, COIOtidteMAC DONALD I.llld M ACKENZIE, and Mr. JAMES IL tt= TaN, Deputies front the Highland Society of Scot land, were admitted to an audience of Louts XVIII. and presented a Copy of Ossian, in the original Celtic, to his Majesty. The Qoartetn Loaf in Edinburgh is sevolpenee halfpenny ! In :,London our price ii nearly a third higher ! as appeari by the following Bikers' letin " BrEAD.—According to the Assize Tables lately in use, the Quartern Loaf Wheiltett for the ensiling week, from the stated price of Flour, would not have exceeded 94d." —• Nothing- new has tramipired respectinf the, eight of LAVALETTE. Some vague repaid; 'state him to have reached Brussels; but this wc ttitt. ecire to be mere rumour. • ti The Perrage OtTALLEYRAND has been continu ed, by a Royal Ordinance, to his brother and his Lairs male. BRIGHTON, JAN. J.—After the Council hell at the Pavilion an Saturday, Lord AMHERST took leave of the PRINCE ' ReesNT, previous to his pro ceeding on his mission to China. The Prince Regent invited Lord EllenhoroUgh and a select party to dinner yesterday. in the evening his Loyal Ilighness sent invitations to forma cancer zatione party, in' order to close the year. This morning Baran Jacohi, the new Prussian ilytiwt sador, and Count Hardenberg, lett the ravili:m in oneof the Prince Regent's carriages, 'l%e:ton don. Lord Melville, Sir Arthur Paget, ititit his brother, also departed this day. -.;ar The Quttet4 anti two of the PIUNCESSES arc ex 7 peett4 to leave NVinilsor an Saturday for Brighton, to spend four days with the REGENT. The Du x. Duke of Yoft arrived at his house in the Stable-yard, yesterday, from Oatlands, The Lid of I.laautvlcice bas arrived in Paris. seeempaiiied by bit amiable anti aceompliihed 'toughies., Lady gLIZABETH Yostos, whose hand (girl's a Paris pkiper) will in a Jew days be bestow ed upon the British Asubassadde, fir Cickittpis Sruhk7. The fortifications of 'Vienne, detitilistied 1805 by order of BUONARAITI, ufe to he re rstablisitect. The work will commebse in March peat Tue Emperor of AustatA is about to h ave built a most magoificent palace, the expeure of erecting which' is estimated at near four u,i llidt&ot florins: It is reported that General ExceLmAtcs ikt i heen apprehended, and brought to Paris. Ihc stations of Ge n eral DERELGE, eons at present in confinement, have been suspend ed for some days hark. The cause assigned for it is the conchs on created by the escape of LAV A• atm - re, and the disunion it his created among the French Ministers. The official Gate& of Naples contains the fol. awing '' All the C 'bluets at Europe have now been officially informed of the guilty attempt and punkliment of Multat. Al)- at them have ap plauded the WiiC conduct °lbis Majesty's Gorefn ment unanimous sentiment of all the Powers of Europe is. a homage rendered to the justice of the setvence pronounced en the coast of Zf the life of Music could have been made cottipl tible with the public peace and •tranquillity l doubt not that the clemency of the "King would Pire granted it. The: plains of 'Waterloo were in t m. dated with blood ; that bloorl, would have been spared. had the prisoner of Elba been seized on his first eutvitnee into France." The German • Diet is now composed of forty menibers, viz. one Emperor, six Kings, seven Grand Dukes, twenty Dukes and • Princes, sod four Free Towns. While M. Cottateass, the Reporterof the Bn. mu, was reading - the Report on the .Amnesty Law, several Deputies rose to inscribe thelellllloo% for precedence in speaking upon the points, in ',hick it differed from the original projet. There bad, it appears,,been a previous selection of seats .the left, the middle s and" the right of the Chamber, according to spme:distribution of tlic limbers into parties more or 10110pp:iv! to'efilili other. 'those on the left were the first to .esetittots their intention,ta censure the Report ; but,asAte clauses were read, some Deputies from the piddle and some from the right of • the Chamber came over and ranged thems.elve, on their side.• To meet th's curly declaration of opinions, about forty meinbeis on the right hand of the President stand up, as a mode of ihtimating' their satisfac tion with the Report. • A letter front Canada says----" A number of valuable settlers from Scotland' have arrived, but they,shoold .future 'be sett out early Sprilig, and not in the Months (if. September anti October, as these.were ; for they caot,ot be pro pit,hy placed before winter, cot may become f t USICii." The system of Saving Banks is not a novel 064? a Gentleman loot now in his possession a noi . isite the Bank or Hogland tiatril a litgldred Trars•Ciack, r , tor the copit:a Slap of aispeace NAVAL NEWS.- Dz.v., JAN. I.—Came down . trom the tirer the Mary, liovr, for. the Cape. bf Goad Ranger, RENINTON, for Demerara, and remain with the rest of the outs ard-bound as before.— Wind 11 7 .. MARCIAtE, JAN. 1.-1 he brig Clara, J. We , ATS, ?Haster t has sailed from hence for London this day, ip continuation of her voyaA in from Calais. V. ,COLCHESTETti JAN. 1.--'-The brig Swallow, of London, laden with coals, has been. found at an anchor in the Sarin, leaky, and deserteid by the crew, and brought by two vessels into this port. liekt.mou'rit, Dec. ao.—Arrived the Er nest packet, Captain PErnei. with malls from ,Lisbon, in eight days. Sailed the Puke of Kent packet, Captain LAtirt2NCII, wins mail. for Lis bon ; Rapid packet, Captain. STEIttliA, WWI mails for Gibraltar and Malta ; his Majesty'stnig * elms, for Liverpool and the East Reg:du, Captain BARRETT, for Bengal ; George 1-liboert, Captain HEAD. for Antigua ; Russia,: schooner Dugate.Mutteo, Captain LUCHT ; : Dutch galliot Alercurius, Captain Ft-mato-se, lot Liston ; Su sannah, Captain Gots, fur Cad.z Capt. MeßoArt; for DuOllll.—Wind N. .SIAC A O (CHINA), JULY 6, • 1815.—Yesterday the American schooner 'Trader arrived, in 108 days, train Philadelphia, bringing accounts of the conclusion of peace with America. In conk qtience, the American slii,no I3eay.r, Levant, Brit sus, and Lelha Bird, which have remained here two years, dismantled, are prepat lug for sea, with cargoes for America. 'the only Atoerican prize mote by his Majesty's stops in this quarter is the schooner Viagent, of 170 tons. Site was fitted out by some Dutch agents .4 Batavia, tinder Eng lish colours, for a voyage to the N. W. coast of America. The Elk, .Captain CURRAN, fell in with her, bringing - a cargo of furs from Kamschatka, 10 days .before the period pre . serined for waking captures had expired. We have accounts front Manilla, of about 20 days date, when there was nothing new there. they %rare greatly in want at .specie, and had been so fora considerable time. There was much anxiety expressed 16r thearrivaiof their galleon train South Auterica. The ships lying at . Wbatuptia (in* the Canton river), besides the Amer►ca sim i nedabove,aretheDiotigen,tiSwede, loading fur Europe; tne Hope atwinceess, 14nglish country ships, loading tot India •.; and the Trader, just. arrived. At Macao, arcs his Majesty's ships Revolutionnatre, Captain WooLcosisa ; Alpheus, Captdiit LANGFOLD ; and the Lilt,' Captain REY NOLPS. Captain CURRAN, late at 1;n::' post( 41 into the V()lnge willed ship is 'panted t o retort) to England CaptAitt . nits t 4 OLDS •%% HS pro moted from time Doris. lime Cidinells and Royal George are hourly 1001,e,, to, flout Polo tartiang ; ti:ey were both there all well twenty days since. Mi? 09 SHIPS, WHICH Ant NOW LYING IN 016:01-.. WARY AT PLTMtiUTH. Find Rates--Britannia (building.), Caledonia, Hibernia, Royal Georgu, Royal Sovcrtign, Situ Joivf, St. Gefirge,'St. Vincent, Vile du Paris. • cood ft , tes—LondOn (boilditig), Neptune, Ocean, Te amain!, Union, Windsor Castle. Third Rufri—Abtrcrumby, Agincourt, Alexandre, :kale emu, Armada duck); BEA4VtI, Canopus On dock), Citiar, CCIlt4lll, 1.11411110 ik (501dj, Uubiiu, 014- gnu, Euudroyant in • ock ~ Ganges, Cienereux, Gibraltar, Hoooihot, Hector, luipticatile, indus, Intrepid, Invincible, Ken', Lion, Majestic, Muni 111,41 c, Milford, Mulgrave, Prince Prederieli, Renown, Repulse, Rippuii,Sirturit, Stirling Castle, Tigre, Vanguard Fuurth Fifth Rates—Atumzon ' Astrea, Bourhonnaise, Boadicea, Cambrian Chesapeake. Dartmouth, i.gyptien4e, Eudya l loo, Essex, Lavinia lii duck), Loire, Medusa, Nereids, Nisus i Niseau, l'sranius, Resistance, Topaze, Sealiorst, Surpriec, Virginie. • , • , i.rt/, Butts—Cyrenv, E.den, Mersey, Tees, Skim; Actia tea, Ailajcpre, 110acbuSi CePhains, Columbine, Fawn, Fairy, ifirrlegnut, Hornet, Imogene, Myrtle, Outatio, Kauguroo, l'clorits, Vetere!, l'heasaut, ftaltigh, Recruit, Rase ' , Rover. Scylla, Tuscan, Wanderer. Extract of a Letter from Newcastle, dated Des!. 30 t—" During last night it blew a hurri cane, the Carli,le and many other vessels went a drift ; she has not, however, sustained any set ious damage. All the ships at' Shields, it k said, ex cept ten, have driven to sea, many without bal last, and only one or t people ou board :in short, since. the great flood, the like has not:been known." I . His Majesty's ship Asia, Capt. SKIHNit, touched at Barhadues on the I ton October, oo her 'way to Jamaica, whither she proceeded without comit%, to anchor.. This ship had 254 tons of quicksilver on board, tor which she had been sent from En g • land On the 23 June to Trieste, a sea-port in the Adriatic, end she sailed thence on. the 23d An- gust UiUraltar, which the left on the 17th of Septembet. Commodore BAINBRIDGE'S squadron is returned to America, as well as that under DECATUR.-- Thirteen pendents ate now flying at Newport, KR. I. Viz, 1111epelltlellee, 74 ; trigates, CunAress anti Macedonian i brigs, ChippAtva, Saranac, Boxer, F;re-Fly, Flainbeati, Enterprise, and Spark ; and schooners, Spitfire, Torch, and Lynx. A vessel under English colours, laden 'vialeinanufaciured goods, but without any person or pa pers on board, was driven on shore the 19th ult.• near Brest, hot was got off and taken possession .of by the MiUistry of Marine. The hoes of Tassels now lying• in ordinary at Plymouth, extend from the town of Dock itO abaveSaltash, being a distance of. five iniletts. It is directed that such Captm i ts Clerks as, have passed their examination, qualifying theta as Pursers, may receive appointineots as Super numerary Clerks, in ships of the fifth rate and upwards. A Court Martial has assembled on board The 'Queen Charlotte, at Portsmouth, for the trial of - stnne of the crew of the Africaint. Two of them, ;Ralph Sarracti and John Westerman, were r o t in d guilty of detestable practices, ati'J .sintenced to be htfrig. POETRY. I?WROMPTU an seetzit Misr STZI UF.xs iit tinie Pri 31111 wero sure a, slily swain, „ It such aliciremente prom! In rain-- IWoncerthe scorii of 'Lim and Hymen:— With STELPUENS' form and angel voice, Yb hesitate aliout a choice, Incited would stamp him SIMPLE Cymon. Nei: Inn, Jan. 1, isiq• TARTAR.. The late peace with America was celebrated with great glee hi New York, by some British ? American Captains of vessels. After dinner, inerickin °nicer onposed that each person in' the company should compose and sing a verse of • a song to the national tune of Yankee Doodle.—; This roposal %vas joyfully accepted, and each American sang a stave in honour' of his country. This being done, a British Captain was now called upon for his quota of poetry, but not helng skit- fill in . versifying, nor willing to,sound the praises of Colionbia . at the expence of England, he began the following strain in good time and measure "'Five times fit a are twenty-five, And five times sit are thirty.. • Five times seven are thirty-five, And five tittles eight are forty. Vuoliee doodle, doodle dual, Yotilitte doodle dandy, lie that's fond,of goosebe rry fool, ShOuld put imsugar-candy." When itlaolLienteniint was called upon, be conti part! the stiltin thus , — u) Five times nine are forty-fire, And e times ten are fifty, times vireo) are fifty-five, And live lime., twelve are sixty. doodle," &e. LITCRATVIIO, A RTS, ANOSCIENCES...../kt last Meeting of the Linntan Society was read an ac coma of .14 considerable number of specimens of Cinchona, by Mr. Loostiaitt. They• had been taken in .t Spanish ship. Fire specimens %%ere not returablv to any known species.- .A Society, similar -to that of the Arts, .is about to be vita. bush e d at Bath. 11 the new - Columbine at Druty-lane continues thus nightly to improve, she is likely very soon to be 4: the top of the professional Tree! ‘• Look at this picture, and on this"—Snrely:a clever oalieatnrist might make something of Bun-, NAPAR rr. playing for kingdoms and sugar plums I The.F.arl of Culcitasrmt, it is now said, 'will . he,the new Lord Lieutenant- of the county of Sussex. Mr. Goss, is appointed to succeed Mr. HurisoN at St. Paul's Cathedral. and 'Mr. BEAL, to succeed him at the Chapel Royal. Last, week a , petite piece (lea Rivaur, d'eux menses) was played at the Theatre Francais, a Character in it says, " He was a famous man that Marshal Saxe, he beat the 4nglish," &c. The audience interrupted the actor by five or six roimils of applause ; they even wished him to re., peat the phrase, but the actor passed on. The Livery Stables, notwithstanding the low price of oats, still adhere to their extravagant charges for horse-keeping ; if remnnorated with, they exclaim—" Oh, Sir, we. know .eorn is lower than it was,_ but the taxes are as high as ever ! ! „Cuatous INSECT.—The beautiful insect which mg, tliscovereel by JOSEPH SAUL of - this city, on the 13th of November last,.in the trunk of a• cherry tree. which had been'cut down in the gar den o f the Misses Loshe, of Woodide, upwards of a year agO, 1134 been transmitted to London with two sections of ,the tree, where it was exit. 'mined by the Lord Bishop of CARLIRLE, and some other Gentlemen conversant in Natural History. It proves to be. the Cerambyx Inquisitor of Lin ntatts and the Leptttra Bijiciuta.of Mr. Marsham. The insect was in its lest and most perfect state,, and consequently most have existed a considerable timeln the tree. It k a curious ,fact, that the cavity in which it had been long concealed, and he which it bad undergone considerable changes, contalued no remains of exuvias, or the smallest paHcle. of excremental matter—circumstances worthy of investigation. We beg leave to point out this to the attention of some of our Readers, and shall be happy to give insertion to .their re marks on a subject •so carious and' important to Natural History.---(Corlis/e Patriot.) CAUTICW T0 . ..8AKER5.....4 • respectable looking wonuri, under pretence of buying a loaf, of bread goes into, a baker's shop, end not having money, she otters alraper. parcel conraining about seven ponds of alum for sale, in order to pay for .the breads'-if-she succeeds, her point is gained; it they refuse to buy it, she .pretends to be going further, and requests permission to, leave, it until her .return-; es soon as her request is complied with repairs to a'Poliee Office, and gives in formation against the baker fur- having alum in poSseSsnin contraty to the statute ; a warrant is granted, Ow baker's hoase is searchid, the slims fiiiind he is brought before a Magistrate, the charge of finding the atom is proved by the Officers, ,and the baker is cooVieted in the penal ty, of whiclrtthe informer of cuiase receives her part. 'TR RMRMDOUS STORM AT Du IttlAbt.—A most tre mentions gale, front the west, has blown during the whole of last ttight, nod very considerable damage nal in coUsequence been done in this city and neighbourhood. The cathedral bus suffered in Ilse roofs anti windows. In the college, a chim ney limn the house of the lice. Dr. Gray, fell ult. •on 'the house of his. neighbour, the Rev. D. Du ren', intl made its way through the roof to the drawing-room ; 'the houses of the Rev. H. plats, and of the-late Rev. Dr. ?ouch, are also damaged. The houses of the Rev. Edward Da. •ViSon, iii Church-street, and of Mr. Guth, in Sil ver-street, are in a great degree 'woofed, and the street in all parts of the town are strewed %k•ith tiles, and bricks.---(Durham County dtieer• ti4tr of sl,':4 urtlay.) ierin ti UilF of iV r, Clutha, Elq. of Mon Court, near Citepitow, is committed to prison on suspicion of sating tire to two buildings, which ccititaitieci threshing machines belonging to his ma'ster, in October hest. In nne of these build ini:ts John Jones, a poor labuiirer, who slept there, unhappily perished in the conflagration. Several plans are ender consideration, with is view to suppress Ile extending octariints practiCe of 3111uggiiils, • - t iS!ANSiaII-FlOt;Sti.—it . t,ele7ll.olV .sara Scott, aft I Aged w9'niatt, %vac brtvogl , t befort. I,OAO iklAYott, And' itottirwent Ktii cx.lntimit no, • barged. by the Pathirthiirers of Bishoptsgatv %vial having stolen, starved,,and efterwards deStrted a female child of about 'two years and on half old. The prisoner bad absconded about a month, but a description of her person being given to the OM errs, she was taken into custody. on Saterdiy afternoon. Mary Jacobs (Termed, that she resided at No. 3, Angel-alley, liishopsgate. . About the prisoner hired from her a small swim upon this ground floor, which she took posse.siou of on a .londay. She remained in. the , apartment until the folloWing Friday . when she • left the hoUss,, having locked her door, and never returned... 7. Witness was . not aware that the prisoner bail, brought a child with her into the house. J. GreenliVW stated, that Ile worked in a room opposite th..!:Vii'ti . Hrneot,of e,prisoner, with whom. he saw a: Child • - • .- I,le . remenihrred.her going out on. the ilaurning . Or I,4ldny, and in about an hour after— Wards heard the' : Clies of the infant issue front the room, when' h e HAvaneed to•the.wiudQw and saw it lying upon the ilciOr in the most deplorable con dition. In consequetree of thiS the room door was broken in,. andlthe child was found totally naked. its Whole form emaciated, the extremities con : . traeted, and marks of mortification on it! feet and.severat parts of thehody. There was a basoß containing a little water, and some ras.pings of bread upon the floor, and the infant kept crying for blew', The child was instantly conveyed to the workhouse of Bishopsgate, and tlke prisoner never returned, to hei lodgings. Another witness.deposed. to the prisoner's havesing lodged nit!) her in Lintit..fdleY). oboW eighc weeks since, towards the close of which lilies brought in the child, stating it to he the laugh-. ter. of her sou, The treatment, however, whicli flit yeettived, anti its constant cries and screami,.inducedithe witness to turn her from thes house, qiter - havi4,,in vain attempted to take the child from under. ltrr charge: A dog wns kept for.' a NW dilyS iii themiont, and on one occasion this witness saw the child bleed, from the effects of the animal's hunger or brutality. The Master of the Wolkhouse stated, that the. child had been put under his eine,. and that the physicians, having considered it as starved, or--; tiered the usual treatment, in such. cases, to be exa ercised towards it. During the time it was irt the workhouse, it had conveyed the information, that its real home was in the neOihourhond of the Curtain-road, and it was now in a fair way of recovery. The prisoner, in her defence, said that she was the griadmot her of the child, who was pLiced tinder her care by itsp,trents, to prevent other family. . difference. she declared that she hall gone back, to the lotigini, on the night.of the Friday in. question, hut finding the dour had been opened, and the child glum, she ran away in .a fright. Ilse answer to a -question Irom the Lo) MaYoa, she denied all knowledge of the.abode of the child's_ parents, whom she stated she had not semi for SC.• veral weeks. The Low) MAYOR aaid i lte had not the slightest doubt of the child being stolen, and, advised the ii;.• rish officers to have, it brotiOit to the Curtain-road, where it might possibly point out the residence of its parents. He ttustrd iklso; that the affair would obtain such publiCity, as would put the relailvei of the churl in possession of its discovery and safety. The prisoner was then remanded for tk Gut examination, SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. SEQUESTRATIONS. threynt)er es. George Lawson, tanner, Edinhurgh.—Cre dstors meet in the Royal Exchange Luflee-hoase there, 99th December and 17th January, at 12. December M. Robert Miller, horsescleiler and lintesmer.. chant, Over Mulched ) parish of Vvith . • - CieOitors Ine4 its Wilson's Inn, Britt+, td and MI January. at M. ' EXAMINATIONS, DIVIDENEA,Ae: Jahn Gardner, booloteller and stationer; Oltogoet, tn'bei examined lathe Sli,rili•elerk's oilier there ) et h and 20th dun. at 11. William Thrteen, merchant, Elie to he exemined in the Sheriff'-clerl.'s adicoi Cupar, Bth and 93d January,' at 19. dames Diviner', iattle-destler, Newryie, to be exaatined it'. the' ordinary conel , ronta, rorlar, 9tb and 24th January,. at I. John Young, 'lrrirtseAtitler,and grazi9r. Newton, parish of. Strath4rcne to he eesiltiti&J lit' th 4.• Hamilton :aims l ute, Ha—t milton.6than,dagisi-.4insitry, at 11. Creditors' of and Thxott, merchants, Olatgoni s inert in the trtistei * ski lcc, 3utli January, at 13. f THE SNOW PLOUGLI. The Editor of R Very well conducted Provincial, Journal, the Carlisle Patriot, adverting to (me recommendation of this user.' invention, says— ",A London. Editor, speaking of the snow its this part of the country, and the interruption ex perienced, with pitch self-complacency adds,. that the Show•plOttgh wbich be recommended last year.,,llltonid have ,been instantly used. He seems to know little of northern wilds and .cross roads, still less of a severe fall of snow in them,' when he talks of n remedy in the operation of , it Snow-plough. LOptioners frequently chink that we poor Nlif, } 3f, the country are tad dull. beings. In pitOy i spp l ations, a man with a gimlets hoe would hitic.b . etta, As effectual as '.Use Snow.. • plough !"' . 3 ,,0 1 y We assure this firittpal Gentleman, that we Mt • no ;.elf-complaecitcy on the occasion alluded tn, but simply a wish to recommend a very effectual remedy for the evil of interrupted . communica tion even , for ,northern wilds and cross roads, of which the London Editor bus seen as much as 'his . Country Contemporark, Early in the morning of yesterday sennight; the Marelituness of BUcKlNolifribl, residing at Avingtoo House, near Winchester, beard an common noise - in the house, when site rang the bell immediately and .alarmed the family. The servants, on searching, discovered that some per-. sons had broken imp ; the mansion at the parlour window, who, 011 ! Ii1c.' alarm being given, mad* off, leaving behind two bludgeons. A reward of 501. is offered fur the apprehension of the offenders.