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' ti lit‘lh. c. ;,/,'' '.N . ---I t 4 - :; - .. •-• ~. ..4,, , ,47 c, O , ...1/•- •- • - 0 .5„, -- ~,, i, . .5. ......,, , , ... • , ' t '1" •/.., • ~..,... .• ~, —-: , ; i 6l' , ____ \ ' ,...4 ~ e 4: A - .--, / / ),i' .- -47 ''S \'' t 1 ''''4 4,. 1114 - ~‘ ' ,e, 4 7 .0 # 8: - ?:!.. 4 . t i - ) : thrif, -,' i ~-_-. , 17 : , ,, , , 4 ...1 , . a - . ,itt), _- ''!. ' C .. .. 4 a , . .. . , . . . ANN* tO'l - c• 4 , / ' , / - •:..,-.=, . . l.. 40 11 t • „ 1 0 I ..,,,,, p.„ , ......i1,,,... PRICE ID. We are now in the enjoyment of excellent weather, and have been so for the last ten days. Within that brief space a great deal of harvest work has been performed, and reaping is quite general on the banks of the Nith, the Annan, the Esk, the Dee, the Ken, the Bladenoch, and the Cree. Cheerful bands of reapers are seen in almost every field, and it is now actually a plea sure to be in the country, and a punishment to be cooped up in a town. In regard to the for ward state of the crops, there is little difference betwixt hill and valley, inclosed uplands and open moors. This circumstance of itself will enhance not a little the agricultural wealth of 1827 ; and should September prove as favour able as the end of Augast, harvest will be om pleted under the happiest auspices. With the exception of the wheat, all the crops are falling well to the sickle, but unfortunately that species of grain is not only thin on the ground, but in many places wears a bleached, yellow, and sickly looking hue. At this rate, the wheat crop on many a farm will neither be great nor of good quality. But here we speak of Scotland, or rather a part of Scotland exclusively ; for in most of the counties in England and Ireland, the wheat crops are said to be healthy and heavy. To the South, and a good way to the North of London, the grain is cut and mostly housed, and the same remark, we understand, applies to all the district of country South of Dublin. Even at home the arass in the stack-yard will be choked and buried before b the end of the present week ; and altoge ther we have great reason to rejoice in the pros pect of abundance, and unite in fervent gratitude to that Divine Being who provideth for the wants of every living thing. We have often heard it said that the deficiency of grain and straw in 1826, abstracted more than 100,0001. sterling from the floating capital of Dumfries shire and Galloway, and it is certainly a matter of great thankfulness, that the present crop will not only prove a full average one, but go far to compensate the sterility and unkindness of pre vious seasons. In good years, the annual value of the grans grown in Britain (including, of course, wheat, oats, barley, bear, rye, and pulse), is generally estimated at one hundred and twelve millions sterling, and that, independently of black cattle, sheep, hides, wool, butter, cheese, and poultry, which, according to Dr. Colquhoun and other sta tists, amount to a hundred and eight millions more. Now, these are, truly fearful sums, whether taken together or separately . ; and the best way to judge of their magnitude is, to compare them first, with the national debt, and next, with the in come and expenditure of Britain. In either point of view they impress us vividly , sith the vast importance of the fruits of the soil, and at the same time, point directly to this conclusion—a conclusion as obvious as that two and two are four—that when any thing occurs to diminish the productive powers of the soil, we are just so much poorer as a nation. As climate and wea ther vary with latitude, importation from abroad fire had t destroyed will fill up the void, but the supplies thus ob tained must be paid for in specie or other com modities ; and the effect, though neither so visi ble nor alarming, is the same—reckoning in pounds, sh s i o ll m in e gs o , f a o n u d r pence--a s towns, a sif , a or storm overtaken and stranded the elite of our navy. The harvest, last season, according to many, was a full fifth below an average one, and if there be any truth in this calculation, the con sequences must have been felt not only in large trading towns, but in every glen and strath in the kingdom. If the poor weaver was forced to pinch and pinch grievously, the moorland farmer had either to anticipate future savings or fall back on resources previously accumulated ; and to say nothing of the numerous intermediate classes, whose interests were all more or less af fected, even the Chancellor of the Exchequer himself was feelingly reminded of the long con tinued drought by derangement of commerce, diminished consumption, and a consequent fall ing off in the ways and means. And this hasty view of the subject brings us back to the point from which we started—namely, that the agricul tural prospects of the country furnish a theme for universal rejoicing. Particular branches of trade may flourish or decay, ant the great bulk of the people remain ignorant of the circumstance ; but the state of the crops and the state of the weather affect, more or less, the fortunes And feelings of all classes,—from tile peer in his palace to the beggar on the. bridge. Here the very poorest have " a stake in the hedge," and at particular seasons, a fortnight of good or bad weather may influence the future weal or woe of millions of men, by giving to, or taking from, them millions of money. In one word, -and without discussing the principle of high or low prices, abundance is a blessing, scarcity a scourge ; and we conclude as we began by recommending all to bow the knee in gratitude to that kind Providence which crowns the joyous year with abundance, and scatters plenty over the land for man and for beast. Within the last fortnight we received so many wonderful stalks of corn, that if the grain had been ripe, we would have thrashed it ourselves, and got new meal made without delay. Mr. Shortridge, w e think, would have milled it for n othing. Two of these grew on Mr. Brown's f ar m of Bellriding, and contained—the one 301, and the other, 280 pickles of grain. Another stalk, which slew at Carth agena, was upwards of seven feet in length, and was at the same time so bushy at the top that we tired counting the in dividual pickles. But the crowning stalks of all were two which grew in a field on the estate of Cargen. Both were most beautiful, and would yield singly a return of 500 fold. One of them, which we have preserved, is liker a young tropi cal tree than an ordinary stalk of potato oats. Near the root, it measured one inch in circum ference, and as near as may be, a foot and a half betwixt the commencement and termination of the grain. The flag leaf is an inch and a quarter in breadth, and altogether we never witnessed such a gigantic specimen of what, according t„ Dr. Dr. Johnson, forms the food of men in S co.,_ land, and of horses in England.—Dumfries EXTRAORDINARY CASE of MONOMANIA. PARIS, AUG. 24.—0 n the 20th inst. a woman named P.-nvetre, the wife of a tailor, who a few montlisback,put to death two of her children, by fracturing their skulls with an iron bar, was brought tip for trial before the Court of Assize of Versailles. The prisoner walked slowly, and with difficulty into Court. Her complexion was yellow and livid, with here and those rc deep red flush. Her head was reclined upon her breast, and her eyes constantly fixed upon the ground ; ,she seemed under the in fluence of no emotion, and looked as if unconscious of what was passing around her. After the reading of the indictment the following interrogatory took plweel— At what hour did .yxr get up on the 2d of May ? —I do not know ; s&*etime in the morning. When did you strilii your children P—l do not know. row You know very w1i4,1 however, that you struck them, you declarediho yourself?—Yes, since they always tell me so. I. ost Did you love your thildren ?—Yes. What urged yol kill them ?—An idea; I do not know. They wanted to go out, and you made them remain ?—Yes. What did you do afterwards ?—Why do you ask me, since you know it. Did you not take an iron bar and strike them both with it ?—I did what you say. The prisoner avoided giving any details, and ex pressed great impatience at the questions being re peated. When the iron bar and knife with which she had cut her children's throats were presented to her, her countenance underwent no alteration. On being asked if it was her intention to kill her third child ? she replied in a faltering voice—Yes, I should have done it, if I had had the courage, and if he had not been at school. These answers she gave in her first examination, adding, that it was the profound misery in which she was in that urged her to commit the crime; that she wished to die herself, but was anxious that her children should quit this world before her. One of the witnesses stated, that he was present when the prisoner's brother and her husband re proached her with what she had done, and asked her if she was not sorry for it, whet} she replied, that she was not, for her children were too unhappy. The PRESIDENT having asked her if she had any thing to say to this testimony, she answered in the following incoherent and insane manner :—There is a mystery in all that which I cannot discover. My `relations were not there. They were persons re presented—besides, if that has been done, that has been done in spite of me. A Doctor Courtois declared that the prisoner bad been sick since her last accouchement; that towards spring she became better, but a few days before the death of her children her malady resumed its inten sity. He added, however, that he did not perceive any symptons of insanity in her. Another physician, with nearly the same name (Doctor Courtis), gave a very dissimilar testimony. He declared that he saw the prisoner the morning after the Grime, and that she exhibited all the symp toms of the most decided monomania. Whilst she was made to look upon the mutilated bodies of her children, he felt her pulse, on which not the slightest variation took place. Doctor Petry, who frequently visited her in prison, also declared that she had all the syrnpt)ms of mo- nomania. The Jury, after an hours' deliberation, found the wretched woman guilty of murder, but without pre meditation. She was 'sentenced to hard labour for life, and to be branded. She heard her doom with the utmost apathy. On the 17th and 18th instant, the Court of Assize of Rheims presented the deplorable spectacle of a mother and daughter placed in the same dock, under the charge of the murder of the husband of the one and the father of the other, an old man named Denon Villiers. Both prisoners were dressed in black, and of remarkably tall stature. . . . The deceased, from old age and infirmity, being I unable to work, became an object of continual re- , proach and ill-treatment to his wife and daughter; that on the 3dof May last, Florentine, his daughter, told one of the neighbours that her father had died suddenly during the night. She then went to ano ther• village, for a woman to prepare him for inter ment. Both the mother and daughter told the woman to go through the operation as quickly as possible, and commence with the head. From the previous cruel treatment of the old man, some sus picions were entertained as to the cause of his death, and the body having been exhumed on the 7th of May, the most undeniable signs of strangulation were found upon the neck. So tight had the cord been drawn, that the impression made by it on the back of the neck was deep enough to admit a finger. Various witnesses bore testimony to the previous unnatural conduct of the prisoners. One stated that he heard the daughter say to the deceased. " You must go and look for some money; if you do not bring back some, you must drown or hang yourself, or we shall strangle you." The mother repeated the last words, saying to her husband, " Yes, we shall strangle you." The daughter then struck her father, saying, " There's for what you gave me yes terday." The father said, " You are not my daugh ter ; it is not God that guides you." " No (replied she), it is the Devil." On another occasion, the mother and daughter, in presence of the Mayor, pushed the old man and threw him down. The daughter going one day to the mill with the Mayor's wife, said to her, " Is it not disagreeable to have to support a father who is incapable of doing any thing ?" " Wretch! (replied the Mayor's wife) who, then, would support him, unless it be you ?" In all the examinations, and during the trial, the prisoners constantly persisted in denying the charge imputed to them. The Jury found them both " Guilty," and they were sentenced to death. The daughter, besides, was condemned to be led to the place of execution en chemise, bare-footed, her head and face covered with a black veil ; to stand on the scaffold while her sentence was read to the people, and to have her right hand cut off before de capitation. A most numerous and respectable meeting, including a great number of ladies, was lately held at the chapel of the Blue Coat Hospital, at Liverpool, for the purpose of establishing a Li verpool Branch of the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts. The Bishop of Chester was in the chair. _ _ _ In the report of the Assizes at Bridgewater we are sorry to notice by far the heaviest calendar that ever appeared in this county : seven persons are viz.—Richard Lovell, aged 7 1 ; left for William execution ,Kerslake, aged 33 ; John Burton, aged 30 ; William Southwood, aged 35 ; *Wil liam Latcham, aged 26 ; and Elizabeth Dix and Thomas Wiltshire, for a burglary at Lark-hall, in the house of Mr. Jameson, in whose service Elizabeth Dix was at that time. We hope that the severe but necessary measures which have been thus taken to check the increase of crime, will operate as a beneficial example to the idle, faithless, and dissolute, who must now know that neither age nor sex will interrupt the d ue a d m i. nistratwn of the hiw. A CIIAPEL FRACAS.—Sunday last a scene oifc i n greatity s , P ermits any tradesman residing within the dis c o hold occurredr forth dis trict of the chapel to on a Sunday. While a builder was holdi ng f or th, thr ee men , bricklayers, walked up t o t h e pulpit, an d de manded their wages, which they alleged were due for the last week, which so enraged the builder that he endeavoured to turn them out. The proprietor of the chapel came to his assist ance, when th e f e llows attacked and beat the two gentle men i n a most brutal manner, leaving them both prostrate town, i on The ilproprietor r i e t or 0 f the chapel on the chapel floor. NEW EDITION, THE TENTH, ENLARGED. With Observations on the Danger of trusting to Nostrums as an Internal Remedy for the Cure of Stricture ; illus . trated by Cl.sPs ,price 3s. PRACTICAL - OBSERVATIONS on' STRICTURES of the URETHRA and RECTUM; recommending an improved Systeni for their Treatment and Cure, illustrating its efficacy by numerous remarkable and highly important Cases, in some of which Strictures of from ten to twenty years' duration have been totally re moved in a few weeks, and its superiork thereby fully established over every other method hithert ) practised. By C. B. COURTENAY, M.D. To which are added, Observations and Practical Com ments on Gleet, Seminal Weakness, and the Miseries oc casioned by Self-abuse, for the cure of which a mode of Treatment, the result of long and successful practice, and at once safe, speedy, and effectual, is adopted by the Author. 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She then sent her servant lout for change, and the note having been taken to Mr. Williams, the banker, suspicion was excited, and the prisoner being questioned, he said he had taken it , from a man at the Coach and Horses public-house, for a pair of shoes. Mrs. Ewens, wife of a confectioner of Newport, proved that the prisoner, on the 30th of April, came to her shop, and after purchasing some trifling articles, tendered in payment a note resembling a Bank of England note, for 11. At first she declined changing it; but being told it was a Bank of Eng land note, she gave the prisoner change. Mr. Wood Deane, an inspector for the Bank of England for the last 16 years, pronounced the note uttered to Mrs. Hillier, and the note uttered to Mrs. Ewens, to be forgeries in every respect. Both the notes now produced appeared to be from the same plate. A confession, signed by the prisoner at the time of his apprehension, was then read, stating that he had received the notes at the Coach and Horses, from Mary Floyd, the wife of William Floyd. She had plenty more, and there were three other persons concerned in it,. Wm. Probert, Floyd, and his wife. The prisoner was to have 10s. allowed him for every note that he got rid of. On being called on for his defence, the prisoner gave a similar account of the transaction. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE having summed up, the Jury found the prisoner Guilty. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE—Prisoner, you have been convicted on the clearest evidence; but I don't think it.necessary for the purposes of justice that you should be executed : your life will, therefore, probably be spared, but only on condition of your quitting this country for ever. Thomas Badham and Joint Keys were indicted, charged with killing and slaying Timothy Pritchard, at Llanvihangel Crucorney, on the 29th of July last. The prisoners, on being called on for their defence, expressed • their sorrow at what had occurred, and called a witness who gave them a good character for humanity. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE having summed up the evidence, the Jury found the.prisoners " Not Guilty." AUGUST 29. James Ford, aged 14, was indicted for having assaulted Ann Martin, aged nine years, with intent to commit a rape. The Jury found the wisoner guilty of the assault. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE having commented on the nature of the offence, and recommended the prisoner to regulate , his passions in future, sentenced him to one month's imprisonMent. THE RING V. - SMITH AND OTHkII,/ , .. The defendants were indicted for a conspirAcy, in removing a person named Baker to London, in order to prevent his giving evidence again 4 them at the July sessions for this county, held at Usk, on a charge of stealing certain doors and door frames from an unfinished house in ChepstosV. The case was wholly devoid of interest, and occupied the Court the whole day. At nine o'clock at night, the Jury returned a verdict, finding two of the defendants guilty, and acquitting the third. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—BRISTOL, AUG. 29. WHITE V. ROWDEN. This was an action for certain slanderous words spoken of the plaintiff by the defendant, imputing to the former that lie had committed a rape on a child under 12 years of age. The Jury, after about fire minutes' consultation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 51. Died, at Dryburgh Abbey, on Wednesday, the 15th inst. Mr. George Lyon, butler to the Right Hon. the Earl of Buchan ; and on Satur day, the 18th, while preparing some refresh ment for her son (who had come from Edin burgh to attend the funeral of his father), Mrs. Lyon, his widow, who had previously been in good health. This respectable couple were buried in one grave, on Monday last. —Edin burgh Courant. A RUSSIAN REGIMENT.—The Colonel of a regiment in Russia is bound, both morning and evening, to keep open table for all his officers, 1 pay the music of the regiment, whether of in fantry or cavalry, defray all the expences of the hospital of his cantonment, and take charge of the handiwork of every article for the complete equipment of his regiment ; so that the Emperor, or in other words the Crown, furnishes each re giment with only the pay, arms, leather, clothes, copper and iron, and a certain sum for the re. mount of the cavalry. Thus it is calculated, in Russia, and especially in Georgia, that an in fantry soldier completely equipped for war, his arms excepted, costs the Government 25 rubles, (assignats) which are equivalent to one pound sterling. With respect to the Colonel's table, whether he be absent or not, it is always pro vided at his house, either with music or without, according to the pleasure of him who presides, w ho is the officer highest in rank. If a stranger arrive, he is always hospitably received, and placed beside the president, provided only that he be introduced by one of the officers. On the other hand, th e Colonel, to be able to meet the great expellees which he incurs in thus support ing the regiment, has the right of employing, in the time of peace, the third part of his troops for his own benefit, during certain months in the year, when the military instructions are suspended. The soldiers then become masons, carpenters, smiths, &C., or engage ill whatever occupation they ma y be hired for ; so that, as they are fur nished by the Colonel with suitable dresses, that their uniforms may not suffer during the time they are thus employed, they cannot be recog nised as soldiers except by their mustachios. Besides, there are always a certain number of them employed in the work - shops belonging toinie the regiment, sier y t i t i l a e t s description t p i o o i s i s i o b f l y trade b eN:acnot wanted everynt in thingevery by the corps is made by the soldiers. It is by this kind of administration that Russia is enabled to maintain the immense army it keeps at present on foot, and which, according to the statement circulated among the various divisions of the army at the time of my serving ill it, amounted to 600,000 infantry, 100,000 cavalry, 26 regi fdrartillery, a 3 p B p ers, exclusivesquadrons of tohfe the s same, and passiveand 11n2enstqsuoa regiments, or in garrison, the Cossacks, and a multitude of other armed corps of the empire.— Juan Van Halen's Narrative. GENEALOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE• The Duke of Devonshire descended from liam Cavendish, second son of Sir William Cavendish, Knight (formerly Gentleman Usher to Cardinal Wolsey), by Elizabeth, sister and heiress to John Hardwicke, Esq., of Hardwicke, in Derbyshire, who was elevated to the Peerage as Baron Cavendish, of Hardwicke, on the 4th May, 1605, by James I. and to an earldom, as Earl of Devonshire, on the 7th Aug. 6, 1816, during the reign of the same monarch. (His father, the aforesaid Sir William, was lineally descended from Sir John Cavendish, who had been Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, as early as in the reign of Edward III.) This first Earl of Devonshire of the Cavendish family, died the 3d March, 1625, and was succeeded by his eldest son, 'William, who died in 1628; and was suc ceeded by his eldest son. William, who married Elizabeth, the daughter of William Earl of Salisbury, by whom he had a daughter, and his successor, William, who was created on the 12th of May, 1694, Marquis of Hartington and Duke of De vonshire, and installed a Knight of the most illustrious order of the Garter. His Grace died on the 18th of August, 1707, and was succeeded by his son, William, K.G., who departed this life in 1729, and was succeeded by his son, William, K.G., born in the year 1698, mar ried in 1718, to Catherine, only daughter and heiress of John Hoskins, Esq., by whom he had four sons and three daughters. His Grace died on the sth December, 1755, and was succeeded by his eldest son, William K.G.,. born in 1720 ; called to the House of Peers in the lifetime of his father, the 13th of June, 1751, as Baron Cavendish. — His Grace married the 28th March, 1748, Char lotte Baroness ,Clifford, only daughter and heiress of Richard Earl of Burlington and Cork, by which union the Barony of Clifford, created by the writ of Charles I. in 1628, came into his family. His Grace, who was Lord Lieu tenant of Ireland in 1755, and died on the 2d of Oct: 1764, was succeeded by his eldest son, William, K.G., who inherited the Barony of Clifford from his mother ; born the 14th of De cember, 1748 ; married first .on the sth June, 1774, Georgiana, daughter of John Earl of Spencer, by whom, he had William Spencer, the present Duke and • two daughters. The eldest, Georgiana, married George, the present Earl of Carlisle ; and the youngest, Viscount Granville. Her Grace, whom his present Ma jesty pronounced the most accomplished of her sex, died in 1806; and the Duke married again the 19th of October, JEW, Elizabeth, daughter of Frederick Earl of Bristol, by whom he had no issue. His Grace died the 29th of July, 1811, and was succeeded by his only'son, William Spencer, Duke of Devonshire, Mar quis of Hartin g ton, Earl of Devonshire, Baron Hardwcke, and Baron Clifford, Lord Lieutenant and High Steward of the County of Derby, a Doctor of Civil Law, born the 21st of May 1790, descended as aforesaid of one of the most illustrious houses in the British Peerage, whose princely fortune and extensive real estates are su hperior to all others even among the wealthy Aristocracy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. His Grace succeeded to the 'family honours upon the demise of his father in 1811, and has since had the honour of repre senting his Sovereign as Ambassador Extraordi nary at the Coronation of his Majesty Nicholas 1., the present Emperor of Russia, with unprece dented splendour, at Moscow, with whom he con tracted an intimacy during that Prince's visit to England in 1817. His Grace has been subsequently invested with the insignia of the most noble Order of the Garter ; and tills, since April, 1827, the distinguished situation of Lord High Chamber lain in his Majesty's Household. His Grace continues to live in a state of celibacy; arid, unless he changes his condition, his titles, and immense real and personal estates, together with the incomparable collection of the most rare and precious monuments of the Fine Arts which they contain, must, at a future day, go to the collateral branches of MS family. In his person the Duke is tall and graceful—in his manners and deport ment dignified, affable, and condescending ; and, although much esteemed by his Majesty, it i s supposed that, as the Duke's delicate state o f health requires an occasional residence i n a milder climate, on account of an asthmatic com plaint, constant and close attendance at Court must necessarily cost his Grace the sacrifice of much personal comfort and convenience. A few days since, two English gentlemen pas sing the Faubourg Montmartre, in a cabriolet, let fall the reins between the rue de Provence and the rue Cadet. The servant alighted and restored the reins to his master. The latter wished to revenge his awkwardness upon his horse, but the horse became restive, reared, and s prung back at the moment that the servant was about to resume his place behind th© vehicle, squeezed him against the wall, and then darting forward with the rapidity of an arrow, left the unfortunate man dead upon the spot, without his master's o f th e ca b r iolet, who was , as may be sup -- perceiving it. A wat er carrier lifted u p the body, an d ca rried it to the ho use of the pro prietorposed, very d ee ply grieved by the u nf o r t u nate ac cident. Frenc h Paper. sopneeakosf withthe c a r l e e w Hecla, CAPTAIN PARRY'S EXPEDITION.—A let ter dated Hammerfest, April 24th, 1827, from greatest of his confidence Alajest ; s of sii their ulti mately attaining their object. fhe writer, pre vious to this expedition, was fourteen years in the East India Service, and consequently appre hended he would not be able to bear the cold ; but it se em s his fears were ill founded, for the sharp air had had the effect of making him not only look, but feel, quite young again. He speaks in the highest terms of Capt., Parry, whose on ly study, he says, is to make his men com fortable. None of the crew have had any salt meat yet, the beef that was shipped at the Nore being quite fresh. They term it " a fine full belly voyage." The Lapland ladies paid the ship a visit, and appeared highly pleased. There are but few inhabitants, and one of them is a S c otchman. On the 24th they bad their rein deer alongside, a nd all their water filled fit fcr rrinity olborn