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u ' - ( /e. 00 i f,_, : .".-,-7 1 .i . ~.. '• : -. et ; w .•, ,* iii., :& .. ii4, 0 .A.7 . Atrd , '1,1C,•:•514:4,1101--- -Z /77 C~ -jr NAVY-OFFICE, JAN. 25, 1827. THE Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, having appointed Money for %Il e PAYMENT of HALF-PAY to SEA-OFFICERS, horn the le t October to the 31st December last, according to His Majesty's . ‘tablishment in that behalf; these are to give Notice that the h 'oral Payments will begin to be made at the Pay-Office, by t he Treasurer of His Majesty's Navy, at Ten o'Clock in the kernin g on the following Days, viz. : On the sth, 6th, and 7th, of February, to Admirals, Captains, and their Attornies. On the Bth, 9th, 12th, 13th, and 14th of February, to Lieu ttnants and Chaplains, and their Attornies. On the 15th and 16th of February, to Masters, Surgeons, and Pursers, and their Attornies. After which the. I:ist.i;illl; . recalled the first and third Wed 11"day in every Month, that all Persons may then, and there, attend to receive, what may become payable to them ; and bring With them an Affidavit, as required by Order in Council of 80th J uly, 1819, the Forms of which were published in an Advertise- Mem from this Office, dated 16th September, 1819, and may be Procured at the Office of the Treasurer of the Navy ; and in case a ny of the said Officers should not be able to attend themselves, b ut employ Attornies for that purpose, the said Attornies are to produce similar Affidavits from the persons they are employed by. Where Officers are abroad on leave, their Agents are to pro duce attested copies of such leave, before:the Half-pay can be paid. And, as by Act of Parliament passed in the 35th year of His lat e Majesty's Reign, intituled, " An Act for establishing a more "AY and expeditious method for the Payment of Officers belong ing to His Majesty's Nayy," it , is enacted by the 20th Clause of t he said Act, " that if any Commissioned or Warrant Naval Of 6ceri who shall be entitled to receive Half-pay, and shall be de sirous to receive and be paid the same, at or near the place of his residence, he may apply to the Treasurer of His Majesty's Navy in London, to have such Half-pay paid at or near tie place of his residence, &c. in the manner pointed out by the said Act." And b y a further Act, passed in the 56th year of his late Majesty's f eign, i n tit u l e d, " A n A c t f or enabling the Officers in His Majes y's Navy, and their representatives, to draw for and receive their Ralf-pay," it is enacted, by the Ist and 3d Clauses of the said Act, " that if any Officer in His Majesty's Navy, who shall be e ntitled to receive an y sum o f money for or on account o f hi s nelf-pay, shall be desirous of drawing a Bill of Exchange for the earns, upon th e C omm i ss i oners of His Majesty's Navy, instead of receiving the same by Remittance Bill, he shall, signify such desir e , by Letter to the Treasurer of his Majesty's Navy ; and that if any Offioer in His Majesty's Navy who shall be entitled , 10 recei ve any slim of m oney f or or on ac count of Half-pay, shall ?,! . desi rous o f h aving his Half-pay paid to him by extract, at any WTs- Majesty's Dock Yards, where Clerks for the payment of ages for th e N avy shall reside, instead o f rece i v i ng the same r, Remitta nce Bill or Bill of Exchange, h e i s to app l y e i ther to :ie prope r Cl erk at the Navy Pay Office in London, or at the t : c e e y Offi ce at s uc h D ock Yar d , s i gn if y i ng suc h hi s d es i re. " No is hereby further given, that the Half-pay ending th e 31 s t D ecember last, will commence paying on the sth February next, an d all persons desirous of drawing for, or of having their Half pay remitted to them, may apply as above directed. , e A lEm•—Bill s o f E xc h ange d rawn un d er or by virtue of the -et e above recited, are not liable to the Stamp Duty. enti tled p ersons residing out of His Majesty's Dominions are to the privileges of this Act. T VI CTUALLING -OFFICE, JAN. 24, 1827. HE ComrnissioNers for Victualling His Majesty's Navy, &c. do hereby give Notice, that On FRIDAY, the *,l February next, they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for the supply of One Hunched Thousand Gallons of WEST INDIA RUM, of the usual strength of 5 per cent, under proof, by Sykes's Hy drometer. Thirty-five Tons of NEW BLACK SAIYRNA RAISINS. Arnl Fifty Tons of COCOA. To be delivered into his Majesty's Victualling Styes at Dept- I t'l], one-half of each by the 25th February, and the remainder by the 25th March next. Samples of the Racsins and Cocoa, of not less than three 1)6t ,& weight each, must be produced w ith th e T en d ers. he Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this Office. Each Tender must specify the price is words at length, and be "'were(' before One o'Clock on the day appointed ; and the Per " who makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, must attend to aninvot when calla for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. VIC TUALLING -OFFICE, JAN. 23, 1827. "VIE Commissioners for Victualling His Majesty's Navy, &c. do hereby give novice, that on TUESDAY, the 13 th February next, they will be ready to receive Tenders in Wr iting, (sealed up), and treat with such Persons as are willing to tater into Contract ter the performance of all such CARTAGE 'W ORK as may be required for the Service of His Majesty's v ictualling Yard at Deptford for Twelve Months certain from th e 28th February next, and further until the expiration of Three ignnths' notice given for the termination of the Contract, the - ' c uilitioss of which may be seen at this Office, or at that of the Co mmissioner of Deptford Victualling Yard. d , 441 e 1 :1 Tender must sp ec if y th e pr i ce i n wor d s at length, and be *li vered before one o'clock on the_day appointed ; and must be °- Pitnied by a Letter s i gne d b y t wo respons ib le Persons en guig to b ecome b oun d w i t h t h e party tendering in the penal 4-„41 of 1001., for the due performance of the Contract. half Person who makes the Tender, o r some P erson on h i s be ta"' ' , lust attend to answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. 1-1 13U CK'S HEAD INN AND HOTEL, GLASGOW. ritANCIS MACKAY takes the liberty of offer . . tr ,„, : I his best thanks to the public in patrongenerl, and to the Com e.n4l Gentlemen in particular, who have aised him since 0 15 1 :tng the above lintel, and respectfully solicits a continuance of ,:r favours. F. M. has always been most anxious to promote comfort and convenience of Commercial Gentleman, and he t htt that from the improvements which have lately been made 4r4 t he house , the sup er i or sty l e i n w hi c h i t i s fitted up, an d th e 3a.,utablenses of his charges, he will not be found unworthy of Zaupport and notice. N . l n es and Spi r i ts o f the very best qu a liti es a t R e d uce d P r i ces . 7' Post Chais es an d care f ul Drivers on the shortest notice— '''uod Stabling, Sm. & c . Glasgow ; Jan. 1827. Novirovu nous', 160, S TRAND . ANDREWS, TAILOR- and th • N DRAPER, s leave to i n f o rm the Nobility, Gentry, and P u bli c, " th he has commenced business at the above house, and solicits .th !.. l4 "our of their kind patronage and supp or t, respectfully as j4 t hose who may honour him with their command., that his . " A e v ti , °l4 shall be used to merit future orders. bogs to submit the following list of priues for Stl---. NO EXTRA CHARGE FORsItoIuSRNING. 0 to £3 15 0 . ii.fune Blue or Black Coati p l' o P6L obi t fint .Coats (fashiouable colours) 2 12 6 to 3 3 0 ditto-4411.4 eil oialeila Trowers and superb, .............. 1 4 0 to 1 10 0 F a 11 ' tlue ob . Su Waii t t, om : '"taelt, or Cloth A Suit of Liver-y-00.113...i . te 4 4 0 to 4 10 0 W itn i t Iv:l%ler article proportiorahuly. ,lo.swot.ice. Clothes at A few RO Is 1, TMACHILBLAINS, SORES, BURNS, &c. RSHALL'S UNIVERSAL CERATE . .--; Wou. d e' c " , :te Will be found most efficacious in every kind_ f ilorn* ' -re ' °clad, Burn, Bruise, Eruption, Ulcers of every ck -64 Ination, especially Sore and Uloarated Legs, which hare been ftio 7. in to rapid a manner, that a new method of cure has been lion 'ed b y Ws useful Preparation ; Sore Breasts, Inflamma or ° F the Eyes, Scorbutic and Cancerous Humours, Erysipilas, bl a me Anthony's Fire, Ring Worm, Sore Throats, Chops, Chil k,„ iku. &C. C , C I4 ilk Boxes at Is. I id. and 2s. 9d. by Butlers, Chemists, l'aPside corner St . Paul's; 73, Princes-street, Edinburgh; and 84 s, '. • .4., ac kville-street, Dublin ; Savory and Co. 136, New Bond- Ikt -- " e i Willmott, 83, High-street, Borough ; and the principal hal4leuae Venders in the United Kingdom. Of whom may be , 4 BUTLER'S CAJEPUT OPODELDOC, strongly refrom- Z,,s 4 cled for CHILBLAINS, CHRONIC RNEUMATISIII, 'ABMODIC AFFECTIONS, PALSY, Stiffness, and Enlarge.. keut l o i f d the Joints, SP RAINS, BRUISES, &e. In Bottl es , at 18 .1 ~ ad 21. gd, ,' , 4 , ~,,, i r-- -- 1 41- * g il l-- ; ye e A.,..A.,,, , „...._ ii , -., ,--_„,-. .... „, , , ,... ,, , , ,„,._.,•,..ux, , ~,4,,, ''.:. !"' PL51;;;.".08 •- .f . ^',;'!,.. --. ,\ ''i o‘ t.(O-f_f-LT7,yibi , -- - 1, ~..., . , c , •:J ' f. i• -'-- '''''--- • ''. k tk , ~,,,,,,,..,.. i s, .. , ii ,,, , ,A. f , ~ g .. ., A te , ~, , ~,..., _, •,,.....„. 5tz:,4,,, -*.-- b,, tc,- 1 10, AL 0 ' i ''' s ' , ~ I lii -, (litthe "/ 1 . oil 10.14 7 , p . ANt...l il m , t „ 1... , .-n,.., 4 . D LO ' L2iittl TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1827. This day was published, price Is. CASE OF THE LATE DUKE OF YORK, &c. &c. 'FHE 134th No. o f th e MONTHLY GAZETTE of Health, containing- full particulars of the Case of the late Duke of York, with a Biographical Sketch.—A prescription for Indigestion, from nervous irritability, by Dr. Babington ; for aperient stomachic, or Dinner Pills; a remedy for Membranous variety of Pulmonary Consumption, by Dr. Reece; cases of Mor bid Irritation of the Bladder, Urethra, and ReetuM, cured by the Dioama Crenata ; of Paralytic Trernours, by the Tincture of Musk Seeds ; new remedies for Epilepsy, by Mr. Scott and Mr. Gun. An account of all the new French Chemical and other remedies, with directions for their use; Analysis of Dr. King's Pamphlet on the factitious German Waters of Brighton, with other Medical and Philosophical Intelligence. Sold by Sherwood and Co., Paternoster-row; Simpkin and Co., Stationer's-court; at 170, Piccadilly; 44, Foregate-street, Worcester; 4, East -street, Brighton ; and all other Booksellers. rr CLARK'S GENERAL OUTFITTING '• WAREHOUSE, for the EAST and WEST INDIES and SOUTH AMERICA, EXETER 'CHANGE, STRAND. Officers, Cadets, and Writers going to India, and Gentlemen proceeding to South America, or any other part of the Globe, will End iu this Establishment the whole of their Military Ap pointinents, Swords, Chaco., Sashes, Belts, Pistols, &c. toge ther with a large and well-manufactured stock of Sea Cots, Coitches, and Bedding ; Cabin Wash-hand Tables, Chairs, and Lamps ; Sea Chests, Mule and Bullock Trunks, and every ether descrip tion of Travelling Equipage. AN ASSORTMENT OF CANTEENS, ready fitted with the necessary requisites for India, and other tropical climates ; like wise a great variety of Silver and Plated Articles, Knives and Forks, suitable for families going abroad; Military and Hindos tannee Books, Maps, &e. A FASHIONABLE STOCK of Carriage, Curriele, Tandem, Phreton, Stanhope ar.d Chaise HARNESS, with every descrip tion of Saddlery, &c. &e. for home use, East and West Indies, and South America, which merit inspection from their excellent quality, first style of workmanship, and moderate prices. All the Articles in this Establishment are warranted, and the excellent plan of fifty years standing is still strictly adhered to, of asking but one Ready Money Price, from which no abatement will be made. SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. SUBTERRANEAN SOUNDS HEARD AT NAKOUS, ON THE RED SEA. Baron Humboldt informs us, on the authority of most credible witnesses, that subterranean sounds like those of an organ are heard towards sunrise, by those who sleep upon the granite rocks on the banks of the Orinoco.— Messrs. Jornard, Jollois,and Devilliers, three of the natu ralists who accompanied Bonaparte to Egypt, heard at sunrise a noise like that of a string breaking, in a granite monument placed at the centre of the spot on which the palace of Carnac stands. Sounds of a nature analogous to these have been heard by Mr. Gray of University College, Oxford, at a place called Nakous, (which signifies a bell,) at three leagues from Tor, on the Red Sea. This place which is covered ;with sand i and surrounded with low rocks in the form of an amphitheatre, presents a steep declivity towards the sea, from which it is half a mile distant. It has a height of about 300 feet upon 80 feet of width. It has received the name of a bell, because it emits sounds, not as the statue of Memnon formerly did at sunrise, but at every hour of the day and night, end at all seasons. The first time that Mr. Gray visited this place, he heard at the end of a quarter of an hour a low continuous murmuring sound beneath his feet, which gradually changed into pulsations as it became louder, so as to resemble the striking of a clock, and even to detach the sand. * Anxious to discover the cause of this phenomenon, which no preceding traveller had mentioned, Mr. Gray returned to the spot next day, and remained an hour to hear the sound, which was, on that occasion, heard much louder than before. As the sky was serene, and the air calm, he was satisfied that the sound could not be attri buted to the introduction of the external air ;±, and in ad dition to this, he could not observe any crevices by which the external air could penetrate. The Arabs of the desert ascribe these sounds to a Convent of Monks, preserved miraculously under ground, and they are of opinion that the sound is that of their bell. Others think that it arises from volcanic causes; and they found this opinion on the fact that the hot baths of Pharaoh are on the same coast. M. Seetzen has given a similar account of Nakous, in Zack's Ephemerides for October, 1812.—See Daube ney's Description of Active and Extinct Volcanoes. London : 1826—p. 437. The people of Tor declare, that the camels are frightened and rendered furious by these sounds. t Mr•. Humboldt ascribes the sound in the granite rocks to the difference of temperature between the external air and the air in the narrow and deep crevices of the shelves of rocks. These cre vices, he informs us, are often heated to 48 or 50 deg. during the day, and the temperature of their surface was often 39, when that of the external air was only 28 deg.—Humboldt's Personal Narra tive, vol. iv. METHOD of PREVENTING by MEANS of GALVINISM the FORMATION of CALCAREOUS DEPOSITS in LEADEN WATER-PIPES. In districts where the springs are impregnated with carbonate of lime, it is well known that a calcareous deposit is formed upon pipes, &c. M. Dumas• has suggested a _ met h o d v f pravgnting -this..aa -the falkwing In a vessel containing such water he immersed a galvanic combination. At the end of two days he found the sur face of the copper only, covered with the deposit. Again, a plate of silver, soldered to a bar of lead, was immersed, and at the end of six months the silver was found covered with deposit, while the lead was perfectly clean Be therefore proposes to place at different distances along a leaden water-pipe, other short and small pipes perpen dicular to the first, and communicating with it, but closed at the other end, yet capable of being occasionally opened, into which from time to time may be inserted small bars of iron, and the end then closed. These bars being more electro-negative than the lead, will have the calca reous deposit formed solely upon them, while the lead will be perfectly preserved. After a time they will require renewal.---See the Edinburgh Journal of Science, No. XI. page 163. ST. JAMES'S PALACE.-THE KING'S ROOMS. That his Majesty prefers small and comfortable rooms for his common abode, to spacious and magnificent state chambers, has frequently been mentioned ; but that the greatest potentate in the world should be contented and happy with a suite of apartments (as his metropolitan pa lace) which would hardly satisfy a country esquire in a shooting box, is, perhaps, news to his people. It is, how ever, even so; we had an opportunity of walking through them, during a late mournful occasion, and what we de scribe is from personal observation. The private apartments are on the ground floor, at the west end of St. James's : principally beneath the throne room and audience chamber in the range above. There is one entrance by the Engine Court from the northern side, chiefly for officers sad attendants, &c., and another, for his Majesty, from the garden on the sid e - of the Park. The latter opens into a small vestibule, whence the stair (and a most conveniently constructed one it is) runs up to the state-rooms in the superior tier. On the right and left of this vestibule, as you enter from the Park, are all the King requires_for his dwelling-place, consisting of one chamber on the left hand, and four on the right, with a single bed-room and a room for his page above. Parallel to the lower suite are four apartments looking into Engine Court for the officers and attendants. The decorations throughout are of a very humble des cription, sans glitter, sans gold, sans finery. The walls are covered with an ordinary paper; the chimney-pieces of plain marble ; and the whole furniture composed of rose wood and simple chintz calico, such as may he seen in any private gentleman's habitation. We would say, that the rooms are rather of small dimensions; for example, his Majesty, in his dining room, could not well dine more, than half-a-dozen in comfort. Such is the accommodation of the King of Great Britain, at this good day, in the capital of his kingdom. We should notice, that the principal ornaments of these rooms are derived from the Arts, of which his Majesty is so judicious as well as so liberal a patron. Three of the four are hung round with ' pictures from various of the Royal Palaces : and what, if we could venture to give our humble opinion on such a point, reflects great credit on the selection, is, that they are all of a beautiful and pleasing character. In passing through the royal closet to the funeral cham ber of the late lamented Commander-in-Chief, our atten tion was attracted by. a model, which on inquiry we found to be that of the Fountain proposed to be erected in the centre of the opening which will be made by the removal of Carlton House. - We examined it slightly, and per ceived that it was an octagon, of four principal and four smaller .sides :- each of the smaller sides formed of two columns, supporting an attic on which are placed the Prince of Wales's Plume and two lions couchant. The larger sides are each formed of an open colonnade of four colnmns. consequently 16 in all, in - which we recognised the eight noble columns of the portico in Carlton House, to which, of course, eight similarly magnificent columns arc to be added. We could have liked to see these, our old favourites in London architecture, better applied. Over each of the chief intercolumniations or sides, there appeared to-run a row of balusters; the whole crowned by a ponderous dome. The entire structure stands upon a flight of steps. At each .coraers is a jet d' eau, of dolphina v lige. and basin (we presume for the public, and long a deside turn in the metropolis). In the centre under the dome, is the principal jet, beautifully composed of naiads and other classical forms. Apropos, the employment of the portico columns noticed above, is not the only application of the fine materials of his Majesty's late residence to other uses. Some of the newspapers seemed to have "found' tongues in stones 9" for they have absolutelrappropriated the well-kown and much-admired screen in Pall-mall to a hundred different destinations : the Duke of Devonshire had got it for Piccadilly, and the Duke of Wellington for Hyde Park-corner; but, after all, as we have long known, it is to form the conservatories which terminate the terrace to the west front of Buckingham Palace, which we de scribed in our Gazelle many months ago. Perhaps we ought to say, that the Palace of St. James's is appropriated to state purposes..—for levees, drawing - rooms, banquets, ball, &c., of which we most sincerely wish there were ten times as many as there are, because we are persuaded there is not in Europe a Royal building so well arranged for such entertainments mid ceremonies. But for our gracious King, he takes the corner of the house, and seems to be perfectly satisfied with a set of rooms which could not be boasted of by the youngest en sign of his guards ! Literary Gazelle. DESIRABLE ESTATE in PERTHSHIRE, with a FREE HOLD QUALIFICATION, for SALE. THERE WILL BE SOLD, . Within the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh, on a day to be afterwards named, if not previously disposed of by Pri vate Bargain, THE LANDS and ESTATE of FINCASTLE, with or without the FREEHOLD QUALIFICATION belonging thereto. As also, the LANDS and GRAZINGS of RICHAEL and GLASCHORRIE. I. The LANDS of FINCASTLE ,are situated in Athole.— They consist of upwards of 460 acres of good arable land, and about 2600 acres of excellent green, woodland, and bill pasture, These pasture lands are well watered, and are esteemed of a very superior quality for the rearing and feeding of cattle. -A considerable portion of them is susceptible of being brought into high cultivation, for there is great abundance of shell marl very near the ontfaee, and an inexhaustible quantity oflimestone acces sible to every part of the estate, and of peat moss and wood for burning the same. The lands are subdivided with stone dikes, and a stierstintial boundary fence of the same description almost surrounds the whole property. • There are also several valuable plantations of oak, birch, DA, Rue., and the props ietor has recently planted upwards of 70 acres of hill land with larch and spruce fir, which is well inclosed, and remarkably thriving. The grounds are well stocked with game of every description.— There is a right of fishing in the river Tummel, which abounds with pike and trout, the latter of a very superior quality. There is also a right to a third of the salmon fishing in the Linn or Falls of Tummel. At one of the falls there is an excellent meal mill, with a command of water, and fall sufficient for turning mach' • nery to any extent. The water has never been known to freeze or run short. The Mansion-house, to which a suitable garden is attached, is fit for the accommodation of a large family, and is surrounded with fine old trees, part of which farms an avenue of great beauty. The offices are substantial, and in good repair. The road to the Mansion-house of the property is good, and diverges from the great north road to the celebrated Pass of Killi cranky, the scenery of which and of the property itself is of the most picturesque description, particularly that of Loch Tummel, which, from its `many peculiar beauties, is much admired and re sorted to by strangers. The Highland coach passes daily at the Junction of the roads. 11. The LANDS and GR A ZINGS of RICIIAEL and GLAS CIiORRIE are situated in the forest of Atbole, and comprehend some arable and about 5,000 acres of hill ground. These gra zings form an excellent sheep walk, and abound with grouse, ptarmigan, and every description of hill game, and are surroun ded on all sid es by the Duke of Athole and Gordon's preserved grounds. The propriet or has recently built and furnished a very complete substantial Shooting Lodge, with stable and dog kennel, which is of easy access, the great north road running within a mile and a half of it. The Lodge, with the Shootings, have been let for several years past at 150/. per annum. The rental of the whole estate is 1,22 e/. 15s. 4d.—The public burdens are trifling. An estate combining so many advantages, and affording every requisite that a complete Highland property can possibly furnish, is seldom in the market, or to be met with. For further particulars apply to Patrick Stewart, Esq. at Fletcherfield, near Forfar; Captain James Stewart, at Kinvaid, near Perth ; Captain Gilbert Stewart, at Allean, who will give directions for shewing the property; James and Alexander Macdonell, writers to the signet, 10, Broughton Place, in whose hands are the title-deeds ; onto William Wedderapoon, writer in Perth ; either of whom will receive offers for a private bargain. Edinburgh, 6th January, 1827. HAYTIAN MINING COMPANY. A Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company was held on Saturday, at their Offices in Finsbury Circus, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of dissolving the same. Lord Nugent, who took the Chair, observed, that the Directors had totally failed in the objects for which the Company was esta blished ; but the proceedings of the Association had been conducted in the most economical manner. As soon as there appeared no prospect of success, all expenses were immediately suspended. He (Lord. Nugent) had entered the Company with strong hopes of su ccess ; and in the belief that, through the means of the Com pany, free labour would be encouraged. He had never parted with a single share, although at one period they bore a high pre mium. The Report was read, in which it was stated, that a deposit of 51. per share, on 6581 shares had been paid, the amount of which was 32,905/. Mr. Hendricks, the original projector of the Company, had been paid 8,000/ , and he had received a fur ther sum o f 1, 000/. from the Direc . tors, for giving up his claims on the Company, according to agreement between them. There now remained in hand a balance of 8075/. 76. 4d., which was about 11. per share. Mr. JOII SMITH, M.P., read a letter from M r. Brougham,which stated, that his name had been introduced as a Director, in order that the plan he so muc h approved of might be promote d , and not from any desire to traffic in the shares. Mr. ROBINSON said, that Mr. Brougham adopted apitiful mode of sneaking out of a concern. The Noble Chairman, IVIr. Smith, Mr. B. Lousado, and several of the Directors, rose together, and declared they would not allow any imputation of that kind to be cast on Mr. Brougham. He had lent his name solely from benevolent views, for the purpose of promoting the plan. After some further conversation, a Committee was appointed to inquire into the state of the Company. The farmers in the south of Devon are selling their wheat from fear, while their barley, although a deficient crop, is completely unsaleable. There is little or no malting going on, because there is no demand for that article at Liverpool, whither they were wont to send large quantities. Sherborne Journal. PARALLAX OF THE FIXED STARS. One of the most important and long agitated questions in respect to our knowledge of the constitution of the uni verse has been that concerning the distance of the fixed stars from us. If the distance of the nearest fixed star were such that the diameter of the earth's orbit bore any sensible proportion to it, the star would necessarily appear, when referred to a fixed point in the sky, to be in a small degree higher or lower, more to one side or the other, ac cording to the position of the earth in its orbit. The small arc measuring this difference is called its parallax, and to the detection of such a quantity have the labours of several distinguished Astronomers been long directed. Such minute differences in space are exceedingly diffi cult to measure; and the difference, if it exist, is by all ad mitted to be exceedingly minute. Suppose two stars situated so nearly in the same line from the earth as to present the appearance of a double star. , Suppose further, the nearest of these two to be at such a distance from the earth as to hare a sensible paral lax, while the more remote is too distant to have any. It is obvious that their apparent distance from each other, as projected on the sky, will vary according to the position of the earth; but this difference in space is too stnall to be accurately measured. Mr. Herschel has recently pointed out, what, however simple, no one previously thought of, viz, that besides varying in distance, the line joining two such stars, varies in position, or forms different angles with a fixed line. These angles are comparatively easy to measure, and from them the parallax may be deduced. STATE OF TRADE.—It is very gratifying to ob serve, that the leading Journals in the manufacturing districts, have discontinued their weekly article under this head, thereby intimat ing that Trade is getting into its usual channel. We augur well from this circumstance, and with pleasure announce, that our pri vate accounts, derived from various disinterested correspondents, warrant us in asserting, that uniform, though gradual improve ment in manufacturing interests, is perceptible.—Maecks.field Herald. EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCE OF GENEROSITY. —We beg to call the attention of the public to the case of six orphans, the eldest a lad of 15, the next a girl of is, and four youngest under eight. Their father, Johnstone, was a school master at Stanmore, who, having become involed in debt, took his family to the Continent : their mother previously died in child bed.—He left these children at Aix la Chapelle; they were then driven from their lodgings, and begged their way to England. A Gentleman chanced to meet with these distressed orphans on their way to London, ragged and pennyless. lie discovered that the only person in England with whose name even they were ac quainted, was Mr. French, a butcher, who, after some search, was found to be residing in Great Quebec-street ; and though he had suffered a severe pecuniary loss from their father, yet, when ap plied to by the children, he at once, to his infinite credit, took charge of them, housed and fed them, and continues to maintain them entirely, with the aid of some small contributions. We understand a subscription has been set on foot, in the hope of re lieving Mr. French (who has eight children of his own) from an expence which he is unable to support, of affording some tempo rary aid to the orphans, and of procuring admission for the younger children into some of the Charitable Institutions with which the Metropolis abounds. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTINIOUTM, JAN. 27.—This morning his Majesty's sloop Redwing, of 18 guns, D. C. Clavering, arrived from the Western Coast of Africa, via St. Thomas's, which place she left on the 27th of November, bringing home the Commissioner of Inquiry, that left this country in the latter part of 1825, and a number of invalided officers and seamen from the squadron on that station. By her we are sorry to learn, that the slave traffic goes en with increased activity; in a short cruise round the Bight of Benin only, this ship boarded nearly thirty sail of vessels, under the French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Brazilian Rags, all fitted for the reception of slaves, and, from the best authority, it is sup posed, that there are nearly thirty thousand of these poor wretches ready for embarkation, along the coast, and only deterred from being instantly shipped through the vigilance and activity of the British cruisers. The late decisive victory obtained over the Ashantees, by the British and their numerous allies, tinder the command of the gallant Col. Pardon, on the plains of Doo-doo wha, has greatly increased the number of slaves for exportation, as all the prisoters who were not immolated (after the African custom) to the manes of the deceased friends of the conquerors, have been sent to the coast as slaves. This ship presents another i ns t ance of t h e grea t num b er of Eu ropeans !sacrificed in the hitherto ineffectual attempt of putting a stop to this traffis, she having lost, during the time she has been in commission (a period of less than two years), nine officers and nearly fifty men. Of five officers who went out in her gun-room mess, and 13 in her midshipmen's, only one in each has returned ; the rest (except two promoted) having either died from the effects of the climate, been lost on board detained slave vessels, or obliged to leave the coast from ill health. A few d n a e ys fbe herfat Capeand she lost most melancholy i affect ing manner :—The man had been working hard in the fore-h o ld, and, being very dirty , lowered himself down on the c abl e , un d er tooorebest leaving seamen th statio n , a the bows, to wash himself; while thus employed, a large shark attacked him, and before he could get out Of the water, seized him by the lower part of the belly, and tore great part of his en trails out. Notwithstanding this, the man succeeded in disen gaging himself from the animal, and regaining the cable; but before assistance could be procured, the shark returned and took him down, the poor fellow being too exhausted to offer any re sistance. He was again seen to rise with him at a short distance, evidently endeavouring to bear away his prey from the number less others, who, attracted by the blood, had gathered round the spot, and were all eager to have a share in the spoil. Several of these destructive creatures followed the ship, when at sea, for many days after. Since the setting in of the dry season, the squadron were gene rally healthy, and were stationed as follows :—Commodore Bul lion, who had been unwell, had recovered his health, and left St. Thomas's on the 27th of November, in the Maidstone, for Sierre Leone, calling at Cape Coast in the way. The Commodore in tended proceeding afterwards to the Gambia, Cape Verdi, The North Star sailed on the same day for Ascension ; the Esk was cruising in the Bights of Benin and Biafra; and the Conflict was at Sierre Leone. The Governor, Sir Neill Campbell, had been to leeward, inspecting the forts of Cape Coast and .Accra, and had reduced the eEtablislutents at Dix. Cove, Ananiaboo, ang Accra, sending all the white troops to Site - re Leone. His Eteel.- lency was to leave Cape Coast, in the African stearn-voesel, for the same destination, towards the close of November.—The Redwing left Cape Coast on Nov. 13. She has not visited Sierra Leone since July last. It is already known that the last season at that place was still more than usually fatal. Lieutenant Tom, of the Esk, Mr. Rogan, surgeon, and Lieut. Campbell, R. M. of the North Star, have come home passengers by her—all in a very bad state of health. Mr. ToHervey, of the Esk, has been promoted to the Esk, vice Lieutenant Tom, in valided. The Redwing, on the night of the 23d of December, in lati tude 19.20. long. 84.30., spoke a large ship belonging to Loft don, from Batavia, hound to Rotterdam ; and on the 27th of December, in lat. 24.0., long. 39.40., spoke the ship Rochester, belonging and bound to London, last from St. Catherine's—all well. Off Ushant, Paw two line-of-battle ships, supposed to be the Wellesley and Gloucester, from Lisbon, and Is-head of them, a Portuguese line-of-battle ship, supposed to be the Don John VI. from Rio Janeiro, bound to Brest. The Redwing, from having peen on shore OR one of the Cape Verds on her passage out, re quires docking. There is no news whatever by the Redwing, either of Captain Clapperton or Major Laing; but we are happy to hear, that this is not regarded as a very unfavourable circumstance. There was rea son to believe, that their progress through the country would not be so rapid as they in their ardour anticipated. We have received a letter from Lisbon, dated Jan. 8, which says, " The troops are ordered up the country, to take up posi.. tions ; but Mother to give confidence to the Constitutionalists, who are pursuing the rebels to the Spanish territory, or to sup. port the negotiations av - tjch our Minister is carrying on with the wily Ferdinand, we know no: no one siho knows any thing of the personal character of that deep,* expecte any thing from him or his Government but deception and trsZcherl." The_Wellesley, Gloucester, Windsor Cast;.; and Melville, left the Tagus on the bth inst. ; an d th e R omne y , 01 , ',Pyramus on the 4th inst., for Gibraltar. Major John Arnaud (eon of Elias Bruce Arnaud, fn., of Port mouth), is is appointed Town-Major at Lisbon. The George the Fourth steam-packet, Captain Black, erived here on Tuesday, from the River, took in her coals (about 1k." 0 chaldrons) and sailed about half-past six r. sr. on Thursday, with a mail and passengers for Lisbon ; she will reach the Tagus on Monday next. Sir Edward Codrington, K. C. B. arrived this morning, and hoisted his nag in the Asia, of 84 guns, Capt. Edward Curzon, and will sail on Monday, to assume the command in the Medi terranean. We last week briefly stated the loss of his Majesty's sloop the Nimrod, 18, Captain Samuel Sparshott, in Holyhead Roads, on the night of Sunday, the 14th inst., whereshe took shelter, on her passage from Cork to the Clyde, having been nearly lost at sea on the previous day, in the seine violent gale of wind by which she was driven on shore at that anchorage. The following nar rative of her loss, written by one of the officers, shews that all the resources and energies of the officers and men were employed to avert the danger, though not attended with the desired suecesa —her fate was inevitable. NARRATIVE OF THE LOSS OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP itm,.OD. " JAN. 13, ~x,—Fesh gales and squally-12. SO. three reefs of main topsail-1.50. Trimmed sails, Taskar light W. g. W. —4. Strong gales and squally, clown top gallant yards-3.Steong gales-8. 20. Close reefed the topsails, reefed and set the fore sail, and furled foretopsail, in five reefs of maintopeail, struck top gallant masts-9. Bray Head N.N.W. five leagues-10. 30. A heavy gale, while hauling up the foresail, shipped a heavy sea, which carried away the larboard bulwarks, the star board quarter boat, and davits, filled the lower deck, waist. cabin, and gun room with water, and threw the sloop almost on her beam ends, where she remained some seconds, very doubt ful if she would recover herself; put the helm up, but it was wins time before she would answer it, being water-logged; at length she got before the wind, the sea sweeping every thing from else side to the other; continued before the wind until the water was got off, and some spare half ports shipped (the pumps had born kept going all the time); furled maintopsail, hauled to the wind, but was obliged to keep her away again, from her not rising to the sea, and shipping a great deal of water; and it was remarked by some of the officers; that she appeared very much by the head, from which we inferred that the ballast had shifted forward.— Noon. A perfect hurricane.—P.M. 1. 30. Took the bonnet off the fore-trysail, and set it, being the only sail that could beehewn, the fore-sail hanging in the leech-lines was blown to pieces... 4. .Ratter more moderate; set the main-topsail, and got a new fore sail up.-4. Saw Holyhead E. by N. five leagues; set main-try sail and fore-staysail, to keep to windward of the Head, but find ing we could not keep the sloop to the wind, in consequence of her shipping so much sea, kept her away again; and, as we could not weather the Isle of Man, and no room to stand, as we were going for the night, and not having room to go on the starboard tack for the night, and finding great alteration in the conduct of the sloop, with no appearance of the gale's abating, the Master and pilot being both well acquainted with Holyhead Bay, and knowing that, with the wind as it then was (W.N.W.), we could ride in safety, proposed to anchor, and stood into the Bay. At seven, dewed up main-topsail, and let go the small bower anchor in quarter less five, Pier Light W. by N. about half a cable dis tant, Skerries Light N.N.E. half E. ; when about half a sable, we let go the best bower, veered to a whole cable on the former, and half a cable on the latter, which brought us up; bent sheet cable, sent top-gallant-mast on deck, cud strnek lower yards and top-masts. The wind, soon after we bad anchored, changed to N. by W. and N. by E., which brought in a heavy sea, and blew with great violence. At about nine the best bower parted, and we drove; we let go the sheet anchor, which did not bring her up, and shortly after - she struck with great violence on a reef of rocks, which unshipped the rudder; fired guns of distress, and cut away the masts, continued veering out the sheet, to let her beat over the ledge ; soon found the water above the lower deck, the ship striking all the time very hard. The people on shore came down with Captain Manby's life apparatus, and fired twice to throw us a line, but without effect. About midnight, being sheltered by the reef, over' which we had passed, the gale haling rather abated, and the tide fallen, lowered the larboard quarter boat, and Lieuten ant Ricketts effected a lauding, with a small rope. Finding that nothing further could be done to save the sloop, and she being nearly on her boom 'ends, began to land the people; cut the booms away, and launched the yawl overboard, and about six A. rt. on the IKth, the whole of the crew were landed." The Triumph, Green, for Bombay, and the Enchantress, Tay lor, for St. Kitts, embarked passengers, and sailed on Thursday. The brig Mope is arrived from Leghorn, with beans, has performed quanontine, and sailed for Southampton. On Tuesday next will be launched from this Dock Yard, the Sapphire, of 28 guns, Captain Henry Dundas, constructed and built by the School of Naval Architecture. She is to compose one of the experimental squadron. Commander Charles J. Hope Johnstone; of the Chanticleer, it promoted to the rank of Captain. Captain Henry Bourehier, R.N. is appointed Superintendent of the Quarantine establishment at Milford Haven, ♦ice Captain J. Marshall, C.B. removed to Standgate Creek Quarantine station.--Lieut. M'Donald to be Superintendent of Quarantine at Liverpool ; Lieut. John Smith (a) to the Ordinary at Portsmouth, vice Stone ; Lieutenant t. T. Gill is appointed Agent of Transports ; Lieutenant Townshend, to the Alligator ; Mr. C. M'Lean (the survivor of the Magpie schooner), to the rank of Lieutenant ; Mr. Thomas Shears, to be Secretary to Sir Charles Ogle. Mr. Patrick Inglis, Midshipman of the Revenge (eon of Capt. Charlet Inglis, of the Victory), is promoted to the rank of Lieu tenant.—ltampshire Telegraph. The Exeter, Young, has arrived at Co rk from Valpara is o, f rom whence she sailed Aug. 2 ; and from Rio Janeiro, Nov. 2. The Ferguson, Taylor, from Havre to London, was totally wrecked between Dover and Folkstone, on Saturday, ysenylerghalt. coasters A s ever h e a gvaele been was apr The Eliza, Simmons , from Kiel to Bristol, was driven on shore larrchplare, andFrida driven on shore, but expected to be got off. experienced near ce d Yarmouthat tlm ANECDOTE.—Le Mere:ere de Londres, a French journal published weekly in London, has in its last number the following anecdote :—" The Portuguese fancy themselves the first people in the world ; and the Spaniards, on the other hand, are convinced that there is nothing more easy than to trick a Portu guess. These opinions lead to innumerable epigrams, hoaxes, and jests : witness the following :—One day last summer a Portu guese and a Castilian agreed to go out shooting together ; but the former fearing some roguery on the part of his companion, made him agree, a priori, that whatever they killed was to be Out into one common bag, and in the end equally divided. Well, they shot their best all day, but with such bad luck, that at nightfall the hag contained only a partridge and a crow ! Now, friend,' quoth the Portuguese, how can we divide our game fairly ?' As conditioned, without doubt,' answered the Castilian, each his half.' Yes,' rejoined the other, but a crow and a partridge!' Hold !' replied the Spaniard, scratching his head, ' there are two ways to get out of this dilemma ; either I take the partridge and you take the crow, or you take the crow and I take the partridge.' Right, right,' said the Portuguese ; and the division was made accordingly." , ( t 'Cr No. 10,730. i f:ft. ...: • C...,... -,.!••:„.•,..-.•,„•,:,,, .., ,' .., ...., • .. • • -.. . . ,-.., ... • ••• ::-: . -,- . '. - ,• • ...- , ..,.., - „, ••• • ... .• PRICE ID.