The Sun. — London, England, 1803-08-10 00:00:00

1 , 1 • i SIR, bnt ON', 72 Echitivt. TO THE EDITOR. London; Aututt g HAv tNo commanded the Regimen" of DILLON or the last seven years of the War, and left them mly since the Expedition in Egypt ; and as during :hat time the men gave me ample satisfaaion in )(tint of dt,cipline , re.yea, and obedience to their Dfficer 4 , I consider myself hound in honour to come forward, and by every means i n m y power do owq the had opinion that must have been formed by. the public, in e( nscquence of the calumnious reports inserted in the Papers of. ye.sterday. I therefore re. quest you will insert the following corred statement rtlative to thatßegiment. The private men are chit fly Hungarians, and other Austri in subjefte. In the yea r 179 c, being Prisoners of War to the French, they o i sold by them . to the Spaniards, to be sent to it.eir Mines in America, but very fbrtunately they 4% cee retaken by our men of war, and pri. vareers, hrinight to . Corsica, where, having their dike to he set at liberty, or enter our service, seve n of them enlisted in DILLON'S Regiment, to . serve during the war only ; and others went on hoard the Al . ! rent men of war in. Lord. Sr. VINCt NT'i fit•rt. 'Their remaining so long in E vin has prevented their being disbanded at the fixed period ;. and the Regiment has, for that pur pose, been ordered to Gibraltar, the only place we have on the, Continent where this could be done. .The tre n were each .tw r.ceive- a certain. sum of rminey to pay their expenses hot - 11c. ;. bUt fresh orders tvere given since the breaking out of the War, :to off 7 ,:r a con , iderable bounty to those of the• men that those to re.enliht for seven yesits longer, A Letter from the Paymaster, dated the 26th of June, says, a great many ,enlisted the first day , and Lean only pre.ninie that this invidious report has those m en return i ng to their own C arisen from Country, that did not chuse to re.enlisr. • With regard to the behaviour of those men during the War, and particularly the CaMpaign in Egi pc, I shall re er to Sir RALPH ABERCkOMBy'N General Orders, after the As of ionsthe 13th and 2ISI of Marc!, ; when on the 14.111 he desired General CAA. bock to assure the Officers and men of the 90111 Regitrionr, that their meritorious condiA has commanded his admira t ion • that to t h e 492 d R meat, and t he Regiment oCDILLON, an equal share raise is due ; and where it has been so well earned, the Cominander in Chief has the greatest Pleasure in bestowing it." As to the Aiitin of the 21st, I am sure the Offi cers and men of the 28(11 and 4.2.1 Regimen n ts wtil do every j ust i ce to those of DILLoN's Regiment. In the General Orders the C o mmander in Chief says, 6.. rhe support given to the Reserve by Iltral STU skT, and the sth Brigade (of which Me- LON'S Regoneot had toe centre),• was as gallant as i t was and has entirely confirmed the fortunate issue of that brilliant day." I must add to this, that during seven years the men have been under my immediate command, not one' has been found guilty of insubordination. I therefore' posi. tively declare and certify, that all the time they have been in His Majesty's service, their Condod has been such as to obtain not only the approbaeion, bur also the thanks, of the Officers under whose Command they have been placed. F. DILLON, , Late Lieut.. Colonel commanding Dillon's Regiment in the Mediterunean. Lord Dowrqs has arrived at Hull, to take the Coen. mud of the Second West York . Militia, of. which be is,. Colonel. Lord LOWTHFR, Colonel of the - Cumherland'Militia, likewise arrival 'there a few clays ago, to join his Regimen:, and the Later have 111 A -cited from thence to Beverley. The whole of the Coast and Vale of Glamorgan is already in arms. - There are no less than sixteen companies of V o l unteer Infantry, and four troops of !Cavalry, whose offers of service have been accepted )y Government, 'independent of other associations i Yet firming ; and .the whole, are expeCted very bliortly to assemble a; SWansea. . The Dunbar Volunteers, commanded by Major IV ltnnLE:st . As Ornounting to 320), have cheerfully Come I , rward and pffered to serve in any part of Great Britain His Majesty, may be pleased to order them, either in case of appearance -of invasion, or internal Ois(urbance. t On the 2.1 inst. ,the Strad) Enrick Gentlemen and Yeomanry; commanded by Capt.Spiers of Pulcru jell, unanimously volunteered to extend their serviees, in the event of invasion, or of the appearance of the . Eeerny upon the coast; to:any part of Great' Britain. . 7 ,,,A Meeti ng o f t h e I n h a b itants in the Estate of ""ti) . rnesk, rehtive to the present situation of the ' 9Ll " tr 3' , ,Was held o n the 2.3 th ult. when upw ar d s tattoo mem immedi a t e ly i nro l led t h emselves to be ed to the use of arms ; I zo. Carts were also in. scantly 5.11,,,,rib. i c beat' . • ---• ~ tor, whir ..OrSCS and Drivers, to the (ail anti service Of GJvernment. , Ma' to (h e in D r- e Ge ncral AlotqF Y has published an Address H MSO to the P i ti i ,Z ue L r i s e , utenants and Magistrates, and &c. of the County of Norfolk. e i il ysr that to his knowledge a Plan of Yarmouth ~''''' a ll the environs, was sent to France by Mons. OE MONVILLE, who was seven or eight years here : his description 'of Yarmouth procured hint a !real from Hattiburgh, where he was when he sent it; and he not only recovered, after the absence of eight • • tlr "in lb e years; all hi s property, b ut was ma d e a he s Mciler of th e Institute, &c . &c. This Emigre aw at Path, and there he - did not deny but he !obtained his recal croon the report and description he tad given to th e F renc h Government of our liar rurss &c. The Ge nera l' s recommen da t i on to t h e ',timers, &C. is t o put the i r fowling pieces in or. der to run halls, to lay in a stock of powder, and . t() Pradise daily firing at marks, and to hold them. 'elves in. readiness to meet the foe. Lad.r ELLE.Noottouritr, we a r e sorr y ,t o h ear ,. has betm thought to b e i n - d anger since her late , ha",che.vrent. The.personal attr adiOns of this Lady or dome beem long A d m i re d , and she is so conspicuous ' domestic virtues, that it must he a satisfaditin we the Public to•learn that she i s o u t o f da nger ,-as ca l! on her own account, as on that of her near nn eetion wi t h one o f the most dignified props of tile • 4 rltiAh Constitution.' • • bEftNtk o:fr rftE WE have seep .with great satin anion the various means employed for the Defence of the Country, and particularly those adopted on the Coast, but there yet remains one measure which was resorted to last War, 'and which we are oniy surprised has not yet been revived 'in the present. Upon the suggestion of Captain ScHANK of the NaVY, a.proposal was made to the Masters and Owners of Merchantmen, in ever) Port in the Kingdom, to fit their Long-boats with a Gun upon a sliding Carriage and inclined plane, the latter of which improvements in Gunnery had recently been made by Capt. SCHANR. It was readily adopted, for its simplicity rendered it of small expence, and thus the whole Coast was lined with Gun.boats in the Course of a month. Upon a rough calculation there can be no.doubt that from 29,000 to 39,600( Gun-boats might be now immediate"y equipped, each tarrying a Gun proportiono to its size.; / We think that this plan cannot be more efficaci ouslyrevived. than by laying before the Public the mtans . yby which Capt. ScHANK's most ingenious and useful suggestions were at the period abOve al. infect to - carried into effed. - The scheme was con. Sidered of so much impoitance at that time, that it was conveyed- through the medium of the Secretary of State for. the War Department, the Right Hon. HENRY. DoNDAs, now Lord MELVILLE. If it was ronsidered, and we think most justly sn, a great National oti'd then, it may surely be asked why the.present Nliniaters;.have l int availed themselves of it, as..ev idently .contributing In a most essential degree to the General Defence ? • The following is Me Circular Letter of the Secre tary.. of State to . the Chief Magistrate of Sea.port Towns, &c. inclosing and recommending the Plant '" st R, Niliamertt.strea, April t7gB. • " intelligence having been received that the Enemy have, for some , time past, been making considerable preparations on dittercnt parts of the Coasts of trance and the United Pm vinceS, for the declared purpose of Invading. this Country ; and it having been represented to His Majesty,. that, in ad dition to the measures winch are now pursuing by the Naval and Mil,iary Departments, it will be adviseaolc that all the Launches and Long:boars belonging to Merchant Ships in the different Ports, capable ofcarrying Cannon or Carronades, should. forthwith.be armed, for the purpose ,of being em ployed as Gun-b Oats at the mouths of Rivers, and in the Cteeks, Ports, or Pays of our Coasts, where a iorce - of this ,lescraption might be of material service, in case the Enemy: ~iiould attempt to c a rry their hostile designs into execution:. I have mewed His Majesty's COmmatida to transmit to you' Six Plans, describing the manner in which it is proposed the Launches and Long-boats should be fitted, with a paper ex planatory thereof; and' to desire you will please to distribute them,among the merchants and shiptoWners at nut doubting that they will adopt, without delay, the. Plan I have herein pointed out, and exert every endeavour in their po: o power this fotd Country eteatirgthe projects of the enemy, and' for se curing the enjuytnents of its happy Consti tution, Religion, and Laws. - on an examination of tite Plan, you will perceive that the Boats in q uest i on can b e armed in the Manner I have de scribed without difficulty, and at - a very trail.% Expence ; anti that they will not thereby 'be rendered in the least de gree use less, ,in case they 'smith' at any time be. v&ntect for any Dufies,or the Ships to whiCh they May belong. I shall be glad to hear front you as soon as convenient on this stibjeei; and I shall, at the • ' • .11 • • win e nine, w ish to receive from you a list of the Boats which may he ordered to be fitted at. your Port, describing their Burthen and Force, and in what Time they may be likely' to be ready:' Tice following is 'a Letter from.a most respea4ble. Individual highly approving of ir. f{ SIR, North Shield:, April 18, 1798. HAvisc been favoured with a Copy of your Letter, dated the 1 3th . inst. to the M a y or o f Newcastle-upon-'Tyne, on the tinkled of Merchant Ships' Long Boats being adapted to carry one Cannon, and made capable of being used as Gun Boats, in case of the Enemy attempting to effect a Landing in these kingdoms near to any Port where Merchant Ships may happen to be, - -l' he above Scheme strikes me as one of the most im. poilaht that has made its appearance this War, and furnishes to this Country a new and wonderfully efficacious mode of I),:fence. It would be' presumption in me to attempt to point out to you, or the, l'artics who, so honourably fur themselves, anti so beneficial to.their Country, have hit upon tins mea stile, the many purposes to which those Boats, so fitted, may be em ploy ed . • It sufficient for me to say, that. I ant forcibly struck with the importance'of the Plan, and very desirous to pro mote its success, which is the occasion of tny taking this great liberty of writing to you. I have the Honour be, with deference, • • "'St R your most obedient Servant, (Signed) "T. YOWL)! ICH." Right lion. Henry Dundas. INSTRUCTIONS FOR FIT TING A BOAT. To . those who may nor have had any opportunity of carrying the plan of arming their launches or boats 'into execution, it ,may be necessary to explain that the•only thing to be done is, .To make two catUrgs to reach from the stem to the stern of the launch or boat, in such manner as to ship and unship at pleasure. To have a gun carriage made as described in'the drawing, so as to rest on the carlings or slides (of a proper size to rest ye one of the guns belonging to the ship) ; the gun to be taken off its proper carriage, and to he hoisted into the launch or hoar', wheneverit may be,wantech CarrOnades would in most cases be preferable far this service. A portable magazine should be made, 'which might always be kept in the magazine of the ship, filled with cartridges for cannon or carronades and musquetry, and, when:Wanted, be removed into the boat, with the usual stores and furniture belonging tv the. gun ; the whole operation might be performed in twenty Minutes. Boats of any moderate size might be fitted in this manner:, if the thwarts should he ton High or too low, no great difficulty would be, loand in lowering or raising them; but in the former case, the'diffi. citify might „be more easily removed by fixing a wash streak. Even in the case of decked vessels, carlings might he fitted upon the deck for receiving the gun carriage. Merchant ships - might at times derive consider. .able prOteCtion from - haying their boats fitted in this. Manner, particularly in very light 'Winds, or calms. if approached by the enemy's privateers, especially if more merchant ships than one should he parry ; for, from the great advantage latiqches long boats of this. description would have, from 'their being enabled to chute their Tosition, na pri 'vateer of the common 'size would venture to come near thent. • Shlps'hound on voyages, which 'might be obliged to vi s it the shores of unciviliied people for rlie per. pose of wending or 'watering, `would also derive great advantage from having their latmehes or boats, so fitted ; and if eight or ten men beyond the oirm. ber'ilecesiary to Wolk :the gun, armed with mus. A, et ry, could be put on board them, 'they. Would be. rendered very formidable. . , The whole expense of fittill the lAnt:K. , 's boats in the manner.-pointed our, Would probably not exceed ten pounds. N.. 13. It is partictilarlyiecaminerided4b , have the. gun carriage fitted on the, inclined' plane, ds.the gun may then he fired athwirt. ships, ot .in any direr ion that may be thought necess.ry. ROYAL ,11,11.? INES: LIST OF Tits, LAI Ps3storzoNs IN TPII:ROit'AL MARINES. Major-Cenerals—John Campbell, joint Barclay, and Colo nel Ch.orge Elliott, to bc iccond Co luoels Cornmandatftt. Majors—Antlany Buin. I kitty Bell, Thomas Tro!lupe, Tho mas Struck land, Wa11:1 Stiiith,ltobert Winter, Theo- pilaus Lewis, and Richard Williams,' to be Lieutenant- Colonels. Captains—ladFs Meredith, lames - Young, William Davids, LaWrence Desboroligh, Matthew Muuarty, Richard Hill • • -Farmer, %Vat 4 in 7 Tencli, lami.s Nathaniel Moor -Wm; David Ballingnall, Georgc Dyer, and Sir john Doug las, Knight; to he 111,Ajors. Captains—W. Reding...ll.d S. Busiguey, to be Captains: Gsptains—Wit ham Barry, George 111ortimer, B. W. !!'Gibbons, David Boyd. , Samuel Williams, Anthony Sitatisham, Samuel M. Middleton, Robert Torkington, Thomas Mitchell, Martin Horlock, Michael Arnett, Win. Morrison, Rod Kent, Robert Foy, Paul Creblun, Thomas Peas, Moses Phillips, W. M. Combe, Alex. ackenzie, John Warillaw, Francis Williams, Frederick. Leardett, , Benjamin Dickenson,l;eorge Wolfe, Charles Griffiths, and lames Tynmore, to Full Pay. Captain-Lieutenants Vallack, Mich. Perceval, I. U. Bright, Thomas Shepherd, William Johnson, Geo. P Wingrove, Ceo. -Lewis, I , ,hn Kellett, li, ilhana Clements, John Bartlyman, Elias Lawrence, IVillter llolland, Charles W. Adair, Win. A. Bell, Bryan (Z"aleilly, Henry Hodge, .and j. May, to heVaptains. First Lientenants—A m. Collins; Henry Cox, Thomas Wil son, Tnontis Mould t rliarles N. 11. English, j. It Fletcher, M. R. Gino, E. C. llornby,.George Varlo, George Jones, F. G. Gardner, Charles Sladden. Alex. %Vatson, John A bbs, Charles I. Blackstone,' Andrew Kinsman, j. H. Kinsman, I • H. Graham, A. H. Bah, Robert Nl'LeOil, Richard Blme, W. H. 111. Bailey, Charles Noble, J Estern, tirancis Wel4B3', Samuel Claperum, John 'I% Sterling, and john Burn, to be Cap tain- Lieutenants. • - We feel infinite satisfattion in being able to com municate 4i - the - Public the result of an experiment, Made by the commending Officer of one of the Vo lunteer Corps 'of Edinburgh (Lieutenant Colonel CR I CHTON), for the Transporting of Troops in an easy and expeditious manner from one part of the Count-ty to-another It 14 long been considefed a matter of'very material consequence to ascertain the prompt and effettual ei-operation of the Troops in different Distrits, in case bf Invasion ; • and, hay ing this in view, a Machine, upon a very simple principle, has been constructed, which, - being fixed upon the carriage of, a common post-eh:Use, carries twelve or thirteen men, with their armc, accoutre ments, ammunition, and baggage. Before corn. municating this plan to the Public, it appeared that it would be necessary to prove the cff:Ct of it by a&ual experiments. Accordingly, nine Officers, a Scrjeant, and two.Privaies, set off from Edinburgh on Wednesday morning at five.o'clock, proceeded to Greenock in the carriage, •marched three miles farther, nod fired , fifteen rounds of ball ;, marched back to Greenock, from whence the party returned in the carriage to Glasgow, which they reached before eight o'clock in the •evening, having per tiAniril a journey of 92 miles, and fired Is rounds, in less than 15 hours. • - The issue of this experiment proves, that in the ev ent of invasion, the whole Miiitary Force of the Country, for 8o or 96 miles•round, could he con centrated at the point of danger in-a few, hours, and in such a state of strength and'alaerity, as to be capable of immediate service. The clear demon strati :n of this raft will create a degree of cons. thence among the inhabitants of the different parts of the coast, arising from the absolute certainty of immediate and effectual support and co.operation, which is altogether incalcultirde, and which is, at this 'present crisis, of the utmost importance. The machine may be completed at an expense of about 50s. and may he adapted to the carriage of any post.chaise in a quarter or an . hour. A Gentleman who has just come from Devon. - sitire has communicated to us a nest 'invention, which no witnessed with great satisfa(lion, for. reit. deting the some guns twit!! in boats or as field ar. tillery. This is the invention of an old and dis. tinguished Officer in the British Navy. In the village on the sea coast where he resides, •he has had two brass cannon, 'three.pounders; fitted on a carriage as simple as a common cart. On this car. riage every thing can he done with the gun that field ariiilery can accomplish. This carriage can he run-to 'the side of a boat, and the gun moved from the carriage to the boat, and vice versa, with. out 'llia smallest difficUlty. With the gun upon the carriage a jOUrney of twenty miles a day might be perfortned, and a good fire kept up upon the enemy all the time. We hope this plan will soon be Inure known, and universally adopted. A contemptible Print that is distinguished chiefly by .its abject servility and devotion to every Mini. ster, 'has the weakness as well as the effrontery' . to prop the prisent Ministry by silly and ridiculous aspersions upon the last. It asks why Mr. Pt who we confidently assert, without fear ot contra. , ditftion from any Member of the present Admini. stratiori, whatever its wretched tools may do, sag. gested every measure of vigour fur the Defence of the Country which has been adopted, (li.l nor him. , self bring forward these measures upon former ucca. aions There; son is plain—there was then no tic .easion for them. Great as Was our danger' and great our' difficulties in the year ;798, they :Were nothing compated to the crisis that now hangs titer us. Mr: PITT has done his part in preparing the Country to meet that crisis—we hope the weakness and timidity of .the Government will not renter un. vaihr% the pitch) of entPusiasm to which Mr. ?ITT's Geniusdias roused the spirit of the nation. • Yesterday 'the Logy IVIAYcia, alter. .examining - the iettiniS Of the MealWeighets, ordered the price .I3read to he lOwered'itilf an •Assiie, or •one per, in the Peck to if, to eminence to-morrow ; O'Quartern Loaf Wheaten is to be sold tor 9id. and li-wieholi t(l4 4 A Correspotnient of veracity and accurate obser. vation, who has lately travelled through the CountieS: of Hants, Dalt, and Dev.on,; and who has conversed with Farmers from the., Counties 'of Gloucester, Worcester, and Somerstt e , positively assures us, that the present hat vest is.tive• most abundant that has been knowo.for a series of ye ars; an d t h, t the grain is . wholly lice from. 'blight s smut) or mildew. kua. ~- the ssassinations a ua y e e er on the R ' - if ' o evening:of the i3d_of July:, there was one attern, , t7 ed, Which has' not been hitherto :men;ioned; will therefore interest your readers, A Mr. Leech, of the Custom "louse, wits passing through Thomas_ street; in s hackn:y.clach, when he was stopped by a hand of rebek ; they dragged him 'rim of the Coach, Without pr,ceding their violence by any en... quiry ; it Was enoo ? ;'l•that lie was a respeetable mart, not one of the iaht..,2; he fell on his knees, ing their•mercy,- hut all in vain; they began the work of blood, and gave hirn a dreadlul pike wO t i.,d in the groin ; %hen their attenti n was diverted from 'thetr humbler victim, by the approach of Lord Kilwarden's coach. Poor Mr. Leech dun rue. ceeded in creeping to Vicar-street ‘Va ch.h where he lay a Considerable time for dead, htiii los* of-blood S ho; is now in a state of recovery. Avery day some latent branCh of the conspiracy is discovered thr.mgh the' confessions of pri\oners implicated. in that if:•sverate undertaking. Several persons were arrested vesterday—one sof Itom i§ said to be a leader, and was coi.cealedsin a kish on his way to the counrry. .Miles Roche, Committed a few days ago by Mr; Justice Bell; on a charge of being engaged in Tho; . mas.street, 'on the night of the late insuriTaion, brother to the celebrated G. nerd lkOche, of Wex ford. He is also, it is sa , t, charged with offence* of a capital nature, in that county, during the late Wednesday evening .14w, Mr. Justice Bell, and a party of the Liberty Rangers . , apprehended, at A public house in Mirold's Cross, a eonitnittee of those deluded wretches; who have a second rime suffered themselves to be duped into iebellitin and intirder. They were, together with the owner of the house, committed to the Provost: Capthiti Wiis - onthat aciive'and.valttible officei who was piked in birty.lithe on the night of the 23d July ) is pettedly recovered froiti his -wciioJ-. Abct U 6. Yesterday was brought into •the Castle iii a carr_ riage from Newry, Dremil Redmond, of the Coal quay, in whose house and concerns were found the quantities of pikes, Sre. a - few days ago.--;-' He was escorted by Mr. REEn, the Magistrate of Carlingford,. who apprehended him, and a par:. ty of the Regular Cavalry. The offender when arrested was in a collier, o Cariingford, which sailed from Dublin, and had been previously search:. ed by the Officer of a Revenue Carter, from whom he hid. Redmond was not at first known to the Magistrate, but 'finding hint in . the Vessel without a -passport, anti an Officer and another Gentleman in it ,with passes, it occasioned his de within, and much credtt is due to the circu:n4ptc tion..of the Magistrate: The delinquent threw . a trunk he had overboard. . Mr: Wm. Todd j , ines, who was arrested at Clqlinakilty, in the COunty olCork, on the. tst inst. by order of General Mv Fits, has been many months on a. tour through the Provinces of Leinster and Munster., making , peCUlations on the state of the country through Which he passed:, Oti Wednesd ty last, a Funeral Sermon was preached in the College Chapel on the death of the Right Honourable ARrHUiC Viscount Kt r,wmto s late Vice. Chancellor of the UniVersity. An An. them was.performed on'the occasion. • •coßn., AUG. —This day eight persons were brought to the city, from the counuy, charged with treasonable practices; some of them belong ,to the Yeomanry of the county of. Cork. A Psoclamation was issued this morning for the. purpose of suspending the Habeas Corpus At. TJle ,persons taken up in this City are confined on general charges, some of them are persons of opulence. We expet that the Colati.Martial will assemble in the course of the week. The Yeomanry Corps are ordered on p.:rmarrent duty. '\Ve understan,4 that a person 'whose political principles may be considered as . inost'notoriothly and decidedly - hostile to our Constituiton and Go. , vermilion arid w 11,) has been for, seine rime on, a mission in the wc4:ern parts of this County, was yesterday taken into custody in the neighbourhood, of No t ion ; a detachment of Yeoluari Cavalry ha's bctri dispatched from hence. for the purpose of escorting him to this City, together with some other persotis who have bean deluded by his adive e;tei lions. This City remainq in a state of perfea tranquilli. ly, as aces every part of this most extensive and populous country. LOirDONDERRY, ALIO. 2.—We are happy to state, ►hat no disturbances of any kind have taken place in any part of this County ; on the contrary, all parties are uniting in tie common cause of De. fence against foreign Foes and domestic Traitors. CORN EXCHANGE, Avo. to. WHEAT IS to-day in middling supply for the liar. vest Season, and appears readily to obtain List prices, as do -Beans is Barleys, wiili Maur, remain nearly at unaltered prices ; there are several la. rival; of Oats from the North Country, .with a few ',foreign cargoes, for which liii4lier prices are a!,ked .for prime samples ; , although Plour is in vod sup. ply, it is rather on the advance. , v heat 48s a 54s a 6as oti Tick Beans' - 236 a 32S 0:1 1:11C ditto . 6IS a fiti 6.1 .01ts •.- . gas 3 24i a 2 5 3 rye. - -33 s a 3 55 a a : Pf.land .! titto , 263 a2L oa Lte) , - 2os - a 263 od i(3p S c ued - - 4ol• a 4 4 1 Malt. . . sz s a s 9 i od.i.ituve i•lottr . 483 a 52' od " " White P ease 4 . 0 .a 5 is o 4 seconds 443 AO S Beans . 3 as 2 363 cu t, . On Monday se'nnight, Matthew FindlAy, Miller and Knitter in Cassidis-miln, was summoned !wore a meeting of Lieutenancy at Ayr, and was convided of making a false return of hite,fmnily to the Scho.4. master, .when employed in taking lists 1,, t the Militia, in the month of Avist last. On his pro. lessing.rnueit peniteneeod m throwing himself on the mercy of tle Court, they, were induced to drop any farther prwecittion on his paying 20!. to the parish of Kirkmichael, tp be applied in procuring ;Substitutes for the Army of Reserve, That being the parish in which the return alluded to Wits made; ,which sum was' immediately - ter+