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LFROM VARIOUS SOURCES.] THE PRINCIPAL , OFFICERS of If is MA JESTY'S ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice' that Proposals will be received at their Office, in Pall-dlalt, on or before Friday, the 14th December Instant, from such Persons as may be willing to undertake the Supply of BREAD, FLOUR, and MEAT, for service of the Gentlemen Cadets, at Woolwich, for a period of Three 11167(ths. The Bread, Flour, and Meat, to be or the best Sort and Quality; the Bread to be of the best Household, and ac cording Ics'a Pattern Loaf, which may be inspected at the Cadets' Barracks, at Woolwich. Farther Particulars, together with the Terms and Con ditions of the Contract, may be known .by application to Colonel Ford, Me Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Military dlcademy at Woolwich, and also at' the Secretary's Office, in Pall -Mall aforesaid, any day between the Hours of Trn and Four o'Clock, where the Proposals must be delivered Sealed up, and endorsed "Proposals Or Bread, Flour, or Meat," as the ease' may be; but no Proposals can be admitted after the said 14th Instant, at Twelve . o'Cloch at Noon of the same .Day; neither will any Tender .e noticed, unless the Party making it, or ass 4gent in .his behalf, shall at tend. By Order of the Board, R. II CREW, Secretary. • THE GRAND LAST DAY, AND FINISLLOF THE LOTTERY, THURSDAY, 20TH DECEMBF,R. . lIAZARD and CO. CONTRACTORS, re spectfully lay before the Public the Rich State of the "Wheel o f th e Last and Only Day of •Drawing, THURSDAY, I) ce bem er 20, when all the following Capitals must be Drawn, ONE of, £30,000 ! _ , _ , £5,000 1 1 • S 500 • 3 4 Besides many other Prizes of 1001., 501 , 401., 301. &c. &c.— `ALL MONEY ! WITH NOT TWO BLANKS TO A' PRIZE! Tickets and Shares are Selling' by HAZARD and Co. at their Old and truly Fortunate Offices, 93, ROYAL EX CHANGE; 26, CORNHILL ; and :1'24. OXFORD-STREET. No. 16,427, drawn yesterday itiltlZE of 0,000, was Sold in Shares by HAZARD and Co. Is 'entered out at the Coate-n-house, and now Loading, . To Sail in December, • . • FOR LIMA. With Leave ti call at Gibraltar, .£" - - THE fine fast-sailing coppered \ - . , BRIG LAVINIA, A. 1, JOHN BROOKS, '.. ' , ‘ \\N''N Commander, bort hen 203 Tons ; lying at St. w ' l '544 , A,1 . E .Catharine Stairs. Has very good accoonno . ` l ' l.'2'. (lotions for Passengers. • For Freight or Passage. apply to Messrs. ANTHONY GIP,BS and SONS, Great Wiochestar:strevt ; or to BUC KLES, BAGSTEII, and BUCHANANi 83, Mark-lane. CORONATION of his GRACIOUS MAJESTY GEORGE IV. Patronised by the Royal Family. Shortly will he PUblished, • A. ELEGANT, and PICTORIAL ,„ REPRESENTATION of the . ORDER' of PROCES -"'N lo the CORONATION of his PRESENT MAJESTY, which has been honoured with the approbationand Patronage of the Royal Family, and of the Nobility in general. This highly interesting production, which . extends to the length of let yards, contains faithful Representations of every indi vidual in the Procession, together with the exact Costume, and the Banners. Regalia, Ste. Price Two Guineas in an triliin e and portable Box ; or it is calculated for Framing. A Specimen may be seen, with the-List of Subscribers, at the Publisher's, W. SAMS, Bookseller to his Royal Highness the Duke of York, 1, St..lamrs's-street. :Terms of Subscription to the Library may be had on appli cation. In a few days will be published, in Bvo. p►ice 9s. Gd. ETTERS of MARY LEPEL LADY HERVEY. With Illustrative Notes. Printed for JOHN M JRRAY, Albetnarle-Itreet. On Tuesday, December IS, will be published, in Bvu. price iGs. SARDANAPALUS,,a Tragedy. The TWO FOSCARI, a Tragedy. CAIN, a Mystery. By the Right 11 on. LORD BYRON. Printed for JOHN NI u (SHAY, Albemarle-street. To T. TAYLOR, Esq. No. 9, New Bridge-street, London. HoNnu RED S 1 IBEG- leave to inform you that ever since the year 179 t), I had been afflicted with the Lues Venereal, Which, from its obstinately resisting every coarse of medicine Prescribed by the most eminent of the faculty here, and un dergoing severalsevere courses of salivation, and twice dis charged from the Hospital with little relief, would appear to be of the most inveterate nature. In tkc spring of last year Rly disorder had got to such a bead, as nearly to put a period to rey existence—l had a large ulcer on the crown of my head, one on each arm, and my legs were brake out in a frightful manner ; ray right was dreadfully painful, and had items- in a state of ulceration for the last seven years ; my left had also two large nodes on it, was very much diseOloured, and gave Me such excruciating pain, particularly when warm in bed, as nearly to deprive me of rest ; in this lamentable state, I Was recommended by Mr. .1. Thompson, (who received so great a cure by them here), to take Your Leake'S Patent Pills, Which I began to do on the 26th o. May; in the. course of a fortnight I began to receive benefit—in little more than a Month the ulcers on my head and arms were soundly healed— soon after, the sores on my legs healed also; leaving, how ever, considerablediscolouration in the skin, and pain in the hone of the left, which, by the blessing of God, an 4 a little ionger perseverance in your invaluable Medicine, subsided; the nodes dispersing, the skits regaining its natural. hue, and the nocturnal pains gradually going oaf.—l thus became, by Your liberal advice and medicine, perfectly free from all my former complaints—have recovered my former spirits a rid Strength, and am become jolly and fat, in which qat e having continued many months, to the astonishment of all who knew 'te, I am at a loss in what terms to express my gratitude, but beg you, for the good of other suffering mortals, to make this my case as public as possible, as I shall on every occa sion; in so doing you will greatly oblige, Sir, your grateful, obedient, very humble servant, • ALEX. MUIII:Elt Swan's Close, High-street, Edinburgh. Witnesses to the above Cure: — Joh n Thorxeson No. 3, New Poultry Market, Falinburgt John Mqvitosh, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh. , Prepared and sold by the sole Proprietor, THOMAS TAY ,_ 14 OR, Member of the Royal College of Surg eons, at his house, No. 9, New Bridge-street, London; where, after a constant residence of more than 40 years, in a practice parti cularly directed to the cure of Venereal domplaints and those incidental to the Parts of Generation, with t hat inviolable secrecy which men of his profession should always observe in such cases, he flatters himself the advice and assistance'he patuitosislY administers to persons taking this Medicine, will Oeestttmed b a discerning Public, as an advaLtage seldom a ttainable,and void of all ambiguity. Also sold, by his appoitittment, for the convenience of those , I ,viog at a distance, at the Toyshop* No. 103, Oxford - street; Disburough's, No. 7, Fish-street-hill; Mr. Baxter, S outh-bridge, Edinburgh; Mt . Callwel .'s, Dublin; and of re .person in every considerable town in Great Bri t ain and eland, in boxes )fonly 2s. bd. each, stamped, and sealed up With full and plain directions, •vhereby persons, of either s ex umsy•eute themse:ves will ease, speed,secrtcy, and safety, NOTICE is hereby 2iven,Tilat all WIDOWS who receive Pensions from the Charity for the Relief of the Wilows of Commission and Warrant Of ficers of the Royal Navy, must send or bring to this Office, between the 20th and 30th of this Month, the Affidavits re quired by the Rules of the Charity, in order to their being inserte&on the Pension List, which will be prepared next Month, and paid on the 10th of February. All Letters from Widows, respecting their Pensions, or requesting supplies of Blank Affidavits, must state the Rank their Heshands held in the Navy. .1. W. CROKER. VONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIArgiON for OPPOSING the PROGRESS of DISLOYAL and SE- Dinous PRINCIPLES. , Committee Room, 6,11 l idge-street, Black friars, fee. 6, 18'21. Resolved, That the List of Subscriptions received since the last publication, amounting to ‘343 14s Od. be published in the Newspapers. It having been falsely and industriously circulated through some of the Public Journals that the Funds of the Association have been applied in support of the prosecutions instituted by Mr. Sharp, their Honorary Assistant Secretary, against " The Times Journal, and " The News" Weekly Paper, the - Committee - feel it proper to contradict this assertion ; and to assnre the subscribers, that no part of the Funds has been, either directly or indirectly, so applied, and that it is not in contemplatimk to appropriate any portion of them to such a purpose. In justice to 'Mr. Sharp, to whOse useful and gratuitous services the Association is highly indebted, the Committee think it right to state, that no - application whatever, fur as sistance in these matters, has been made to them. By order of the Committee, CHAS. MURRAY, Hon. Secretary. Subscriptions received since last publication : A Friend, by W.Cardale F.lll . £5O 0 T. S. Barwell, Esq 5 0 Lieutenant-General Sir F. Maelean Admiral P. Halkett A. B. Z. 10 0 Halifax. Uptain Slade Major Priestley W. Greenup, Esq Wm Bates, Esq Edw. Wainbouse 1 it. Waiuhuuse, Esq 1 ltev. William L. Glover 1. 0 Captain William Henry Dulon, R.N. I 0 Rev..). Russell Deare r 1 Mr Charles I)eare 1 I Rev. Chas. Alnseric Belli ed subscription Mr R. Harris J. Sunderlend, Esq Nottingham. Reverend John Kirby, 5 Gotham G. de Ligne Gregory, Esq 5 Huthierbfield. W. Jacond, Esq; 1 Loughborough. Rev. Matthew Marsh 2 2 Mr. F. Chase 1 0 W. Nliddleton, Fig John Aciams,E , q _ . Edw. Hitucniari Esq. Rev. John Prior Rev. I. H. Jacob 2 e Rev. Charles Grove 1 1 John Pearson, Esq 5 0 M. Talb.t, Esq 1 1 Thotnas Jennings, Esq 1 1 Rev. Edward Northey,2d subscription a 3 .1. .I. Kirby, Esq l 1 Rec. J. Lou;s 5 Christopher Smyth, Esq 5 0 Rey. P. E. Boissier 2 2 Adam , Askew,Esq (an.) 2 e Rev r R. S. Dixon 1 Captain Fot rest 2 2 N. C. Smyth, Esq t Capt. Carmichael Smyth 1 Transferred from the Sub. scription of Life Guards. R. Davis and Sun t 0 Richard Birt, Esq 2 2 Mr Joseph Brasbridge 1 1 Joseph Price, Esq • 1 .1 Leeds. Sir John Beckett, Bart 5 5 John Blayds, Esq - 5 5 John Wilson, Esq 5 0 Peter Rhodes, Esq • 5 9 A. Basil Keck, Esq 5 0 Chris. Beckett, Esq Christ. 80l land, Esq 3 3 William Hey, Esq 3 3 Thomas Rini, Esq 3 3 Ital. R. Fawcett, Vicar 3 '0 M. Willon,Esq,Otley 2 2 Two Ladies by W. Hey, Esq 2 0 James Nicholson, Esq 2. 0 'fboinas Kirby. 1 1 Kennington. J. Smith, Esq nu-% . Miss Elizabeth nand' 10 10 _Jonathan Gray, Esq 1 1 John D. Tweedy, Esc( 1 1 Sou t h am pton. Rev. Thomas Mears A Ftiend, by the Rev. T. Mears Messrs. M. and M. Mad dison 2 2 Mr E. Langdon Olne e J. Hambortmg It, Esq 5 5 Joseph Birt, Esq 1 0 Mr. Joseph Lamer 1 0 Messrs. Futter and Chan nel! - 1 1 Kent. - Editor of the Maidstone Journal ' - 1 M. Lombard, Esq 5 Colonel Thomas Austen 5 .1. L. Minet, Esq - 2 Mr W. W. Gell 0 Witney. C. R. Henderson, Esq 2 Oxfordshire. Richard Curtis, Esq I Rev. Dr Loveday (Mag. dater' College) 5 Rev. 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Flithe Harries, Esq "My Country's Weal" 1 0 Benthall Hall (An ) 1 0 Notts. George Durant, Esq, T.W.Edge,Esq. Strelley 5 0 Tong Castle • 1 1 CCharltoti,Esq.Chlwell 5 0 (4eorge Baylis, Esq 010 - Bewdley. Wrn. Bayley, Esti 1 1 W. M. Musely, Esq. Wi n Corset - and Co. • terdyne 2 0 Whitchurch 3 3 Thomas White. Esi 1 1 Preston. . John Nichols, Esq. • 1 I The Gentlemen of the Warminster. Old Gate House 10 10 James Ludlow, Esti 1' 1 Abergavenne. The Proprietors of the Messrs. Osborne, Hill, Durham County Ad and Co 5 0 vertiser 10 10 The Letters of " Cato" are in course of publication bythe Society, as a Volume, N. B. The names of additional Sabscribers will be. occa sionally published. Donations acid Subscriptions will be received - by the Trea surer, John Atkins, Esq. Alderman, N0.:4 Watlbrook : and by the following Bankers in London: — Messrs. Barclay, Tlittou and Co.; Messrs. Barnard, Dims dale, and Co.; Messrs. Birch and Chambers ; Messrs. Bond, Sons, and Pattisall; Messrs. 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Ransom and Co.; Messrs. Sikes, Simon, and Co.; Messrs. - Smith, Payne, and Messrs. SII4IW Riot Paul ; Messrs. Stephenson and ; Messrs. Stevenson and Salt ; Messrs. Whitmore, and Co. ; Messrs. Willis, Pei cleat, and 'Co. ; Messrs. Lad brokes and Gilman ; Messrs. Praeds, Mackwortli, acid Co.; and by must of the Bankers to the Cuidatry ; also all he Oltiee of the Association, 6, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London ; where all other cuninumications may be addressed by letter, to " Mi. J. b Sharp, Honorary Assistant Secretary." 5 5 5 0 2 0 2 2 3 3 I 1 1 1 0 10 (No. XXVII.) ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE.--The Pro visional Council of this Society have recom menced their weekly sittings ; and it is antici pated that, by the date of its first anniversary, in January, the whole matured plan, the names of the ten Royal Associates, the code of laws by which the Institution is permanently to be regu lated, the election of officers, and all other ne cessary acts, will have been completed, sanc tioned by the Royal Founder, and a full exposi tion promulgated for the general knowledge of the kingdom. PROPAGATION OF SOUND IN ELASTIC FLUIDS. —M. Van Rees has.giveri the results of his ex periments on the propagation of sound in elastic fluids, made with great care,.. natd under the auspices of MM. Frameyer and Moll. The fol owing are some of the results : Velocity 10 deg. of centig. therm: 1233:3 Metres. 43.2 Hydrogen AinthOnia 422.6 341.1 339.0 377.4 317.7 817.4 305.7 298.8 270.7 270.6 Vapour of Water, .temp. 54 deg. cent. Carbonic Olide Azote - • Carburetted Hydrogen Oxygen Deutoxide or Azote Sulphuretted Hydrogen Hydrocloric Acid Carbonic Acid Protoxide of Azote Vapour of Alcohol - - - 262.7 Sulphurous Acid - 239.2 A fuller account of these experiments will he found in the J. de PhNsique. EXPERIMENTS OF 111: YELIN ON Et.F.crrao- MSGNETtsm.—M. Le Chevalier Yelin, a learned Bavarian, discovered sometime ago that needles of steel become magnetic when • placed in a glass tube .SurrOunded with a metallic spiral, and when electrical sparks, or the charge of a Leyden bat tery, were transmitted along the spiral. When the spiral was turned from left to right, and the sparks taken . from the positive conductor, the end of the needle which points to it becomes a south pole, and the other the north pole, and vice versa. If a third needle, reckoning from its middle, is surrounded in a spiral manner with waxed taffetas, then the poles appear at the points where the spiral begins and ends. If, in stead of a spiral wire, a rod of metal is extended along the glass tube, the steel needle placed within becomes feebly magnetic after several strong electrical discharges. The poles of a magnetic needle were entirely reversed by, seve ral electrical discharges along the spiral. GLASS OF TIIE ANClENTS.—A,cabinet has been opened at the Studii at Naples, containing a col lection of glass found amongst the ruins of Pom peii and Herculaneum. This valuable assemblage exhibits the greatest variety both in forms and colours, and proves in the most satisfactory man ner that the ancients were as well acquainted as ourselves with the manufactory of this material. STATISTXCAL. DETAILS.—A Spanish Journal contains ttte following detail Spanish Monarchy is composed of Spain and her Colonies. The kingdom of Spain contains 10,372,000 in habitantsopread over a surface of 24,661 square leagues. The Colonies, on a surface of 669,094 square leagues, reckon 17,700,080 inhabitants, distributed as follows : New Spain . - - Guatiniala - Cuba and: Florida Square Leagues. - 118,477 - 43,039 - 115,089 • inhabitants 7,550,000 1,200,000 592,000 Puerto Rico and St. Domingo New Granada Caraccas Chili La Plata The Philippines The Marnannes 2,805 493;000 80 7 -133 1,600,000 64,561 '900',000 Peru 60.172 92,000 144,955 1,500;000 900,000 1,000,000 , 13,888 1,740,030 1,425 80,000 The revenues of Spain in 1817 amounted to 620,000,000 of reals (or about 6,000,0001.) Its military force in 1806 amounted to 262,000, of which 110,000 were for the Colonies: Its navy was composed of 283 vessels, of which 43 were ships of the line. JOURNALS iv MdsCow.—The following daily and other Journals are published at Moscow : First, The Moscow Gazette, published by the University. It contains extracts from the, daily Papers of St. Petersburg'', and advertisements ; it appears twice a week in quarto, has a very great sale in the interior of the Empire, and prints no fewer than 7,000 copies'. Secondly, The European Courier, a Literary and Political Journal, begun in the pear 1802, by Mr. Ka ramsin, published every fourteen days, in num bers of 5 sheets Bvo., and containing very valu able information respecting the history of Old Russia, as well as critical examinations of the antiquities of the country. The present editor is Mr. Katchenowski, professor of archaeology to the University of Moscow, and perhaps the most learned of all the Russian Journalists. Thirdly, The Russian Courier, published by Mr. Serga Glinka, every fourteenilays, sincelBoB, in num bers of from three to five 12:no sheets: It is dedicated to Russian History and Education.— The editor is distinguished for his ardent patriot ism, and his hatred to every thing that is not Russian. Fourthly, The Historical, Satistical, and Political Journal, which has been carried on without interruption for twenty-live years; but is nothing more than a translation of the Political Journal of Hamburgh. A Journal is published at Kasan, in the Russian language, edited by the Professors of that University. ORNITHOLOGN.—M. R. Robinson, of Derby, has a beautiful living specimen of that scarce bird, the Great-fared Owl, which is not so much inferior in size to the eagle. Its head is very large,.andis adorned with two erect tufts more than two inches long, which stand just above each eye.; its bill is strong and much hooked ; its NATURAL HlSTORY.—(Account of the Rattle Snake.)—Mr. James Pierce, in his account of the Geology, Scenery, &c. of the Counties of Newhaven and Litchfield, has given the follow ing account of the rattle snake :—A young man, having met with a large and vigorous rattle snake, instead of killing it with his long cart whip, as he could easily have done, amused him self by provoking it, and gently playing his whip around its body. The irritated reptile made re peated and vigorous leaps towards. the young man, coming nearer to him at every effort ; and being teased more and more with the whip, at last threw himself into the air with such energy, that when he descended he seemed scarcely to touch the ground . ; but instantly rebounding, ex.. ecuted a succession of leaps, so rapid and so great, that there was not the slightest intermission, and he appeared to fly. The young man betook him self to a rapid flight; but - this dreadful pursuer gained rapidly upon him, till approaching a fence, he perceived that he could not pass it before the. fangs of the snake would be hooked in his flesh. As his only resource, he turned, and by a fortu nate throw of his lash, by which he wound it com pletely round the serpent's body ,he arrested his pro gress,and killed him. Mr. Pierce had a living rattle snake two mouths in his possession, and every day watched his manners. He immediately killed trip* birds and small animals, when pot into his qgt,but did not eat them. He permitted a toad, looitAer, to remain weeks with him unmolested, and allowed it to leap upon his body and sit upon his head. When he opened his mouth his fangs were not visible unless he was provoked ; at other times they were covered with a mem brane like a scabbard, only they were drawn back, so that the sheathing membrane formed only a slight protuberance on each side of the upper jaw. If irritated, he flattened his head, threw it. back, opened his mouth wide, and instantly the fatal fangs were shot out of their sheaths like a spring-dagger, and he darted upon his object.— " After his death," says Mr. Pierce, "I examined the fangs :—they are shaped like a sickle ; a duct led from the reservoir of poison at the bottom of the tooth, quite through its whole length, and terminated just by the point, which was exceed ingly sharp. Thus the fang is darted out at the will of the animal ; it makes the puncture at the instant, and simultaneously the poison flows through the duct, and is deposited in the very bottom of the wound. As this rarely fails to touch a blood-vessel, the venom is thus instantly issued into the system, and, without delay, com mences the march of death, through every vein and artery."—(American Journal of Science.) GIANT LIZARD, OR DRAGON OF ANTIQUITY. —The bones of an animal found imbedded in rocks, near Maestricht and Vicenza, which had hitherto puzzled Cuvier and other eminent na turalists, have been determined by Sommering to belong to -a species of lizard, which, from its great size,. he calls the giant lizard. It is now unknown, but he conjectures that it is the dra gon of antiquity, so universally, though (if he is right) falsely, reputed fabulous.. This enormous lizard is twenty-three feet in length. NV e need not, after this, despair of finding in some rock or gravel pit the skeletons of centaurs, griffins, har pies, or even that of the renowned Pegasus. ALTITUDE OF DDWALAGIIII AND OTHER MOUNTAINS OF THE HIMADAYA.—The superior altitude of the lihnabaya ranges to the moun tains of the Andes has been established beyond a doubt by the survey of Captain Blake. The following are the altitudes deduced from his observations by Mr. Colebrooke Peak without a name Chandragiri, or Mountain of the Moon Peak w4thout a name - - Alt. in Feet, above the Sea. 21,935 23,001 21,103 _ ~..., Sevelagar, or Nepal - - -25,1 M Dhwalagiri, or tiliasu Coti, or the White I 28,0 , 5 Mountain - - - - j . ? METHOD OF SAVING LIVES IN CASES OF SHlP wrikut OR FIRE.-Mr. John Murray has found that the common musket may be employed in propelling. an arrow and line to the shore from the ship, or • vice versa. The arrow, made of hickory or ash, and loosely fitting the calibre of the musket, is discharged with gunpowder, the charge being less than the usual qUantity. These arrows are three or four inches longer than the barrel of the musket, and are shod with iron at the point, having an eye, through which : the line .is threaded. The lower end enters a socket, which must be in complete contact with the wadding of the piece. The line never snaps, and the average distance to which the arrow and a log -line can be projected, may be estimated at 230 feet; in one case, an iron rod was carried 333 feet. The arrow may also be projected over buildings on fire, and carry a line, attached to a rope-ladder, which could be drawn over the roof to the other side, and instantaneously afford a fire-escape. NEW CHEMICAL A PPARATUS.-An apparatus has been invented at Glasgow, for the imnufac ture of any mineral water requiring to be charged with carbonic acid gas, which amounts, in fact, to the developement. of a power hitherto un known, but equal to that of steam. This ma chine is described as having neither gasometer nor air-pump, yet the strength of a boy is as serted to be capable of compressing into any vessel from thirty to forty atmospheres of gas in a few minutes; while, to effect the same with a forcing pump, 'would occupy the strength of several men as many hours. A machine equal in PATENTS LATELY GRANTED. Sir W. Congreve, of Cecil-street, for improvements on his form'r patent, bearing date 0ct..19, 1818, for new methotils of constructing Steam-engines. Sept. 28, 1821. J. Fergusson, of Newman-street, for improvements upon, additions to, or substitutes for, certain materials or apparatus made use of in the process of printing from Stereotype plates. Oct. 18, 1821. S. Hawkins, of the Strand, for certain improvements on air traps for privies, water-closets, and chamber conveniences, to which the same may be applicable. Oct. 18, 1321• : - J. Lees, the younger, of Birmingham, for irnproementis in the construction of snuffers. Oct. 18, 1821. P. Davey, of Old Swan Wharf, Chelsea, foi an improved preparation of coal flitfuel. Oct. 18, 1821 . • - J. Poole, of Sheffield, for improvements in plating iron or steel with brass or copper, or copper alloyed with other met? or metals, both plain and ornamental, for the purpose of roll.' 7, and working into plates, sheets, or bars, and such goods or wares to which the same may be found applicable. Oct. 18, 1821. • Christophers, of New Broad-street, for improvements on, or a substitute or substitutes for, anchors. Oct. 18, 1821. 0. Griffith, of Tryfan, for an improvement in the principle and construction of manufacturing or making trusses for the cure of ruptures or hernia. Oct. 18, 1821. SPAIN. CORTES.-SITTING OF NOV. 24. Ltsuow, DEC. I.—Two dispatches were read, sent (treed) , from Recife to the Cortes, by the Ouvidor of Recife :—The first, of 24th September,. relates the formation of a Junta of Government at Goianna; and the attack made by a force sent from that place on the city of Olinda, which was repulsed with great loss in killed, wounded, and pzisoners. The second dispatch, of Bth of October, states the measures that had been taken to prevent the effusion of blood, by using the most conciliatory means ; that 300 men having arrived from Bahia, it was hoped that this force, and the want of means in the Junta of Goianna,would oblige the latter to listen to the pacific and moderate principles adopted by the Government of Olinda, but that those of Goianna again approached the fortification ; that the troops and inhabitants of Olinda were resolved to em ploy force, but the Government of Pernambuco did its utmost to spare the lives of those imprudent enemies, and arranged, by means of negociation, that the Junta of Goianna should continue to govern that part of the province which had joined it, the rest remaining subject to that of Olinda ; all this till the plans of Government should be adopted, which shall be prescribed to the Cortes. Mr. FEnnrina.DA SILVA said, that the discontent of the people of that province arose entirely from the bad and arbitrary Government of Luiz do Rego Barret?, and of the -Ouvidors; principally of him who signed the dispatches•, and that, when the orders of the Cortes should arrive at Pernambuco; the pro. vince would be entirely tranquil, since it desired merely the same liberty that the other provinces enjoyed. M. PEaritta: DO CAW...MO said, he thought the Cortes should suspend their opinion of the proceedings of Don Luiz do Rego till it should be clearly proved whether his conduct was an effect of his tyranny, or whether it had been necessary to curb the factious. The Papers were referred to the Committee of the Cozstitu ion. Some Papers were read, brought from Bahia and other places is Brazil, by the brig Aurora, from Pernambuco, giving an ac count of the events mentioned above. The captain speaks in the highest terms of General Luiz do Rego. The Cortes have continued the discussion of the Articles of the Constitution. They have likewise commenced the discussion of a project of law, for the abolition of the auditors, physicians, and surgeons of the array, and the reform of the military hospitals, by .veduc ing those establishments to a footing suitable to the actual peace establishment. ANCIENT CALEDONIAN Cows.-On Friday last two cows and a bull, supposed to be the only existing remains in Scotland of the ancient Caledonian breed, •were removed from afield. near Ardrossan, -where they have been kept for nearly 30 years, to Mr. CORBETT'S, of Doughall, a distance of 22 miles. Being in their wild and. untamed state, they became quite unmanageable on the road. The bull rushed at one man on horseback and tossed both over a hedge—he threw down another man and horse, aid attack ed several horses and carts and peeple on the road, in the most furious manner, but luckily his want of horns prevented him from doing any ma terial injury. It was at length found necessary to fasten the bull and one of the cows on sepa rate carts, which was accomplished with, consi derable difficulty, and in this state they were carried to their place of destination, where one of the cows died in about an hour from fatigue, and the bull was not expected to survive. These animals are of the common size, but of a very handsome make—they have no horns, and with the exCeption of part of the ear, which is brown, their bodiesare entirely white.—(Edinlntrgh*Cou rant, Dec. 8.) FORTUNATE ESCArE.-On Sunday evening as Lord MUNCASTER and Mr. STIRLING were corn ing into town in a tandem, on their returh from classic avocations at, Oxford, about the two-mile stone the wheel-horse getting his foot on a loose stone, came down and precipitated both into the road. His Lordship escaped without injury, but Mr. S., who was driving, received a slight contu sion, being thrown with some violence under the heels of the leader; he was however not so much hurt as to prevent his resuming the reins,:'and bringing them in in a true Jehu style. During the late heavy gales an Irish packet, we hear,' was blown over in the short space of six hours to Liverpool, and was seen driving with alarming velocity, as every one apprehended, against the pier; but, providentially, the dock gates were open, and she was directed by. the unseen hand of berllerciful Preserver into it in safety !—( Leeds Intelligencer, Dec. 10.)