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EDINBURGH', DEC. 19._ HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY. INIoNDAT the Court -- proceeded to the Trial of. Verriff, journeyman blacksmith in the Pie..hsincs , „4.ccuscil of mobbing and rioting on 'the 2,7J:ll:oott3ober last, in the Cowgate of this City, and-of; s seizing a cart of meal, and distributing the same i.lrtiong the knob. After the. libel %s-as read, the Pannel pled Guilty, and-expressed much sorrow for his condua.. A Jury was . tben chosen, and the Pannel having adhered to -his confession and signed it before them, they ,were inclosed in the Robing-room, and in a short time returned - a verdict finding him Guilty. The Court delayed passing sentence till Wednesday. On .moving the Court to pronounce sentence on, this. verdid, the LORD ADVOCATE took occasion to observe, that, although there . are many crimes • which argue greater depravity in those who commit them, -few. in a public light, and with a view to the probable consequences, are more atrocious than that of mobbing and rioting. Even in crimes the most destructive to the rights of individuals, the effed is generally .confined to the person injured, or a nar row circle* of his friends. In murder itself, the guilty person - seldom extends his malice beyond the individual objea of his resentment ; and we at once foresee the utmost : eXtent-of the consequences that .may result from the crime—the King loses one sub_ jed, one individual loses his life, one family has the loss of a parent or other relative to deplore. But in the crime of. mobbing, neither the people them_ selves, nor any human wisdom, can either foresee or prevent the dreadful consequences which may low. There is a contagious frenzy in a mob, which often leads them to commit excesses and outrages, at which every man in that mob would have re volted with horror, if in his indiVidual charader it had been proposed to him to commit such crimes. Besides, artful and designing persoiis-:often mix in kmults, with a view of direding their, movements to purposes totally different from those originally in view. Of this'we.have had many. miserable exam . - ples. And thus it : happens that mobs . not only often end in attociousinjUries to private person!, but fre quently disturb the peace, and endanger the'safety of a whole Kingdom.. " For this' reason,". added his Lordship, " although I shall be always happy, as far as depends on me, to condua the administra. tion of Criminal Justice with as much-lenity as is compatible with my duty, yet, I take this public . opportunity of declaring my fixed determination, that, to all disturbers of the public peace, whatever name they may assume, in whatever shape they may appear, and under whatever pretence they may ad, as far as depends on me, I will shew no mercy."— His Lordship, however, at the .same time candidly adMitted, that this was not a case which entitled him to ask the Court to pronounce as severe a sea fence as the Law 'authorises, in cases of aggravated riot ; and then his Lordship declared his knowledge of most of the alleviating citcumstances stated by the frisoner's Coteasel in his fas;our. ~ The Court then proceeded to take the verdiet under consideration, and were unanimous in pro nouncing the following sentence, viz. that the Pan ne' be imprisoned for two months, and find caution to keep the peace, under the penalty of ¢oo Dierks. On Monday the Cotir t of Justiciary gave judgement in. a Case that has been for some time depending, relative to the admissibility of a person - to give evi dence in a criminal prosecution, who had been pre sent at and assisted in a precognition. The cir ctimstances of the Case are as follows ; In August 'Soo, Mr. , A. Williamson, glass= merchant, South Bridge Street, Edinburgh, gave in a complaint to the Sheriff -against . W. Mac- - leod, a porter in his employment; stating that he (Macleod) ' had been in the praaice of stealing va, rious articles from his shop.. A warrant was ac cordingly granted by the Sheriff, at Mr. Wil. liamson's instance, with concourse of Mr. SCOTT; as procuiator-fiscal ; Macleod was apprehended, examined, and . committed to prison ; a precog nition was afterwards taken in the Usual forml several persons were examined, and a variety of articles abstraaed by Macleod from his master's shop were recovered. At this investigation; Mr. Williamson, who had given the original informa don, attended during the Prisbner's •decla-rations, and also at taking the examination of some of the Witnesses. From this inquiry there remained lit tle - doubt of Macleod's guilt. Mr: Williamson, however, either from motives of humanity to the Prisoner, or not chasing to incur the trouble and expence of a criminal -Prosecution, after having recovered the _ principal articles stolen, declined proceeding any farther against him. The conse quence was, that the Prosecution must be carried on at the instance of the Public, or that the Prisoner must escape with impunity. Mr. SCott, therefore thought it his duty to interfere, and, as Public Pro secutor, entered his complaint against. Macleod be fore the Sheriff. Answers were given in byMaclend, which consisted of a simple denial of the charge. The Sheriff allowed both Parties a conjuna proba tion.---Mr.Scott accordingly gave out a list of Wit nesses, at the top of which. was the name of Mr. Wil liam3on. The - admissibility of Mr. Williamson as a Witness was objected to by the Defender, on the around that he had aced as private Prosecutor, and that he had been present at the precognition. The Sheriff sustained the obje&ions,and Mr:Scott brought the question before the Court of Justiciary, by a bill of advocation, which having been followed with answers; and the . case very fully argued, their Lordships thought the question of such importance as to order Informations, with a -/icw to settle the law upon this point in time coming. • If was argued by the Defender; that Mr.-Wil liamson gave the information on which Macleod was apprehended ; that the complaint originally ran in his name, with concourse • of the Procu. rator Fiscal; that he, afterwards' sought.. for, and recovered many of .the articles stolen from _him ; and, in short, took so aaive a concern in the proceedings previous to the case being taken - up by the Procurator-Fiscal, that he .must - he incapa • - cleated from being a Witness in the case. All this was admitted by the Prosecutor, but the inference he denied ; for, he contended that, " were such a doetrine listened . to, the greatest part of the crimes 'that are committed behoved both to escape a detec tion, and to pass with impunity : for as the Party 'injured must of necessity be the first to give infor_ [nation, and is, in most cases, the only person who can lead to the inquiries necessary towards the con viaion of the offender, and, besideS, is the only person whose testimony can establish the corpus .de iiai—to rejea his evidence, merely because he gave the previous infolination, and took a concern in the original proceedings; (with a view, as in this case, to the recovery of the goods), would in nine cases out of ten, be to hold out impunity to offenders, and completely defeat the ends of pubfi justice." To the other objedivn, founded on Mr. liamson's having been present at the precognition, and having.heard the Prisoner, and those who were .ro give evidence emit their declarations,.:it was an swered, that however these circumstances might af. ; le& the credibility, they could not affea the admix_ sibility of a.Witness,and that there was no grounds in reason, or expediency, for giving effed to the ob. :jetion, nor was founded on any authority of law,, .of even didum of• a lawyer. Here the Prosecutor quotes several law authorities, to shew that in' all • the enumerations of inadmissibly witnesses, not The most distant hint is given of the . objedion,in ques tion. • The Court, after full consideration of the case, found, that Mr. Williamson's having at one time appeared as prosecutor of the Respondent, was not a sufficient objeaion to his admission as a witness; and also that his having attended ,the precognition was not a sufficient objeaion in this case, where, it appeared that no improper motives on the part, either of Mr.. Williamson, or of the Public, Pro secutor, gave.rise to such attendance. They there .fore remitted to the Sheriff, to recal the interlocutor complained of, and to allow Mr:Williamson to be received and examined as a witness. THE Court of Sessions adjourns this day for the Christmas vacation, and meets again, on Tuesday the tzth of January, 1 Soa. Best Wheat advanced 3s. per boll yesterday in Haddington market ; and best Barley zs.—Besr Oats declined about is. 6d. per boll ; and Pease and Beans were also a little lower, The sloop M‘George, of Kirkcudbright, from Dublin, was put ashore near Kititandrews, in Bor_ gue, on the night of, Friday se'ennight.—Crew saved ;' but it is supposed the vessel will be a wreck. Yesterday seennight the water in the Forth and Clyde Canal overflowed the banks at Grangemouth. The warehouses, which were full of valuable goods, were above 20 inches underwater, which did con siderable darnage On Friday last was executed in front of the Tolbooth at Aberdeen, according to his sentence, John Young, alias Robertson, a travellingj'inker, for the murder of Hugh Graham, also a Tinker, at Chapel of Garioch. Since his condemnation he has shewn every mark of sincere penitence, and he behaved at the last in a manner becoming his un 'happy situation. His body was afterward3delivered to the Anatomical Leaurer in Marischal College -for dissedion. ecuted their work in a ve►•y good stile and the Committee ordered three *hillifigs to be paid to each of them. This being the first ploughing match that ever took place in Annandale, it attraEted the public at tention very much. And it is to be wished, that this great Society would continue to give similar prizes in different parts of the 'Country, for the good of the Public ; as it will .create a spirit of emulation among that useful class of people. The day fixed upon was uncommonly favourable, and it altogether formed a pleasant and interesting sight.. .We hope the .farrners and ploughmen in Annandale will be long justly sensible of this mark of.the.Society's attention to them : and we think that this competition will have a tendency to excite a laudable emulatiOn ampugs4 farmers and plough_ men, in this part of the South of Scotland. The members of the Committee and Gentlemen present, were inviked to dine at Murraythwaite, where the success of the Society, 1n all its views, for the improvement of . the country at large, was drank with great sincerity. SHIP IVEIM GRAVESEND, DEC. 23. Passed by—the Embden Packet, Wukman, from Ham burgh; Traveller, Harrisson, from Guernsey ; Trinity Buoy Yacht, Putdy, from Bremen ; and Ann, Sporting,' from Messina. Sailed—the Nelson, Scott, for Martinique • Fame, Daw ' son, fOr Cadiz ; Flora, for Smyrna • 'Ralph Nichol= son,. Stephenson, for Berbice ; and Vrow facoba, Nith,_ for • Dieppe. STOCKS, RDAY. India Stock Exclieq.: Bills patif s. prem. Fundable ditto prem. 3d Exchequer tills jar New S. S.• Stock ()trillium !Mint. 3 per Cent. 66 Ditto. Ann. 12 1-16 Bank tin-Account ' • India roc Account ' ConsCils for Open. 681 - TO Tltl AFFLICTED. - - - T HAT Consumptions, so universally considered • as incurable,. however hereditary, inveterate; or of }wig standing, 'may now be with certainty removed, and that the constitutioninay be restored, though emaciated to so great a degree that existence is considered as nearly at an end—is highly, fully, and beyond a doubt exemefied in a recent lett.;:r from John. Carter Mulliner, Esq. of Shotley, hear Ipswich, dated agth August, iSet. • SIR, -Gratitude impels nie not only to thatik you, but also to request you to make my case puLalie for the benefit of others. family have always been consumptive, having lost two sisters and a brother;. and I should certainly have fallen a vidirn, if. }our 13ahn of Gilead had not saved me. I have. been under almost all the Ficulty of eminence near me; par ticularly Dr - . Hawes, of •Cavendish, so eminently fantods: 'for consumptive cases. You have my hearty ooncurrence to make my case known. Finding relief from a small bottle, when nothing else aitorded me the smallest ben4t, I perse vered till a 51. case cowletely cured we. I assure you; I will recommend the balm of Gilead to all I know labouring under similar complaints. • I am, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN CARTER MULLINER. To Dr;•Solomon, - -Liverpool. N.B. Persons desiious of further information, may be sa tisfied in. every particultr by Kr. Woolfrey ".l+liddlediu h, Chyinist, Ipswich. Information has also been received from Mr. R. Phillip- son, llookseller, Chichester, that many wonderful cures have been .perforined by -the CORDIAL. BALM OF GILE AD, in that neighbourhood, in consequence of Which the dertOlid for It is most - astonishingly great. Extract of a I.etter from John Jackson, Esq. of Castle Car berry, Cdunty Kildare,' Ireland, dated -rst August, dot. TO DR:: SOLOMON. Dear Sir, I. inform you with. great -pleasure, that. Mrs. !Jackson (my wife) was two years and a half completely bed ridden, 'and not able, from her great weaknesss, to ear, drink, ,yr digest any thing, till she -was advised. by a friend to tfy our truly celebrated Cordial Balm of Gilead, .nine bottles ot, which has had so extraordinary and happy an elfeet, , that she is-now,, , though at the age of Sixty-three years, able to walk out, .and exercit,e herself; being most perfeiftly- recovered, to the surprize and astonishment of all her neighbours, in 'con sideration of which; and in justice to your Medicine, you have my permission to-publish the- same, should you think :proper. I am, dearest Sir, your much obliged JOHN JACKSON. Extract fromthe,Glasgovt , ,Courier. . Mr. Alexander Hunter, Merchant, in Glasgow, was for a' long time in a bad state of health, so` much io . that: he was under the necessity of giving up business,. and retiring to the country ; , and even the country air had no cited in . restoring him to health. At length he was advised to make triat, of the Cordial Balm of Cilt..td, a few' bottles of - winch restored him to health. He has sutne time since resumed business, and enjoys good health. Each of the above Gentlemen will :satisfy thOse who in. tend to begin - a course of the Cordial -Balm of Gilead, on per sonal application. The Cordial Balm of Gilead is most earnestly recommend ed to those-who, in advanced age, feel the consequences of youthful excess, or unfortunate youth who hare thereby brought on themselves.a numerous train of evils. it is at once the most elegant and efficacious.Mediclite ever y6t dis .. .covered for ne rvous diseases: Persons in the country requiring the Dodoes opinion rela tive to inveterate cams:, are to inclose his usual .ice of One Guinea, in a letter, with the statepf their rase.--Stich let ters should, for safety, be thus directed—" Money-letter, Dr. Solomon, Solomon's-place, Liverpool; paid double pos tage." *„,. Answers may be ordered to be addressed Or' X. Z. of A. 13: at the Post-Office till called for. A saving Oil- 6s. N.B. 'The Cordial Balm of Gilead is sold in bottles, Trice half- a-gninea . each.--There are also ca.sesat 5 1. containing equal to twelve bottles, at ics.6d. by which the patient saves 11. 6s. which may Ile had of J. Mathews,. Strand. A book of ciiredions, with a variety of remarkable cases, is sealed, up with each bottle. TO HE LOU) BY..gUCTtuN, By Mr. CHRISTIE. On the FIRST of M 0302, . . - TINE FIRST PART, (and very shbrtiv after the SECOND PART), of the VA LUAILt and - EX. TENSIVI: LIERAItY, of the • GREF FIER lAGEL, of the HAGUE; Comprelicts,!ing atchoice Collecition of looks, in Theology 'and Ecclesiasticalliistory ; Classical, Philological, and moat branches of Polite Literature ; Physics, NPili.- Tll klistory, Sciences, and the,Fine Arts ; -Gfetkand.Routata Antiquities ; Anri-,!nt and Modern History, and furispru dence i" Geography, Voyages, and 'I ravels. The said (..'olleti ion h:oi been accumulating for upwards .of a CENTURY, by the same FAMILY, which,-during that period have hell the .FIRST DEPARTMENTS of STATE in the eNITED PROVINCES of the NE.: THE RLAN DS ; and as an Ilistorical,, Topographical,_.and StatistiAral Library, may justly 7. - ..,k aMong the most distin guished, 'The' Books,• in general, arc in fine Condition, and many of them printed on large paper. . May be. viewed six days previous to the Sale, and Catar logues of the first . Part may tx had after the -First of Fe;.- bruary next, •ot Mr. Christie, - in Pall Mall. HOSIERY. 000KE . continues to have on Sitle.at his 'Mano. fadory and Nottinghant.Warehouse, No. 434, Strand, an extensive and valuable Assortment of HOSIERY ofeviery description; which, for elegance, neatness, taste, and quality has never been equalled, and, he flatterS himself, can never be surpassed. The many advantages he possesses over every other person in t t his line of business, and tit.: peculiar degwoc of perfection to svhich, by indefatigable attention, and uoli -zoned expense, he has brought his Manufaclory, while they atthrd him an opportu4ity of altering to the Public a variety of Goods,,sunertor in every reaped to those' ofaray other per— son, and render all competition fruitless; also enable 141141.30 accommodate the Public, either in the wholesale, retail, or -export trade, upon terms more moderate than can possibly , he.afforded by any other }louse in the Metropolis. Wl - EN Professional Men of • Education anti, Responsikiiity deviate 4om the gencr.il System by the selection of a peculiar branch, the sanction of con tinued success is the best criterion of superiority. Eigln years hhVe I devoted my practice tO titq exclusive treatment of Three Dis,rders i and the successa l l res u lt o r my plan gives me additional ardor t(, ;Tose, a 4 far-as I WI" able, the. ravages of those Complaints which are the most important in the Catalogue of Human Infirmities. - Atter initiation into 'every Branch, as an Army Surgeon, I formed a wish at an early period of Practice to rescue in dividuals irom • the ignorance of uneducated men, or the equally dangerous precipitancy. of general Practitioners. The Thiee Disorders, to the Cure of which I have .de voted my attention, comprise every stiecies of - VElsl E, REAL IN I' ECTION,. whether of a recent or 'long ration: idly, All kinds of debility, whether arising from the habits of school-boys; or the indulgences Of mature age: -Itnd, lastly, that - derangement of the syston men which is called BARRENNESS, or ST LRIL rr V., NuMe,rous Diseases arc the result of i.gliorztnce i • or haste in the treatment of a simple Gonorthota; and it not • un frequently happens thitt , the 'AvedS of Life arc poiartied by . the indiscretion pf au unguarded' hour.—By a superior ril thDd such Coinplaints are easily cured; and, even where ethers have failed, I trust'that, I 'may presume to otret A radicakie-establishment.. Few', however, 'are• the: cases of rnawlic:tted• distress this disorder, c,inpared with the .cithamitdus situations of Men, who; from an indttigence in 4 . 'sMitary • vke, or the prev \ alent gaieties - of a fashionable.. life, aCiluire that star* of Debility, which is the LixrAvuiciable eonsecluein:r. of tivt's pernicious -habits. . • Where the unlialTy't , tifFerer'faficxicts 'over his mi . sery, bni carefully cone egis nis misfintitne4 i t may be some ) - 5 , ! , .;- lation for Into to knaw., that althOtiglf - it be :111 . „OLICCt of doubt or uncertainty with other Practiticners, the rer6val of these Deficiencies- by the. gradual rogre,s' of Renova tion, is the acquirement of Ely, ji)ivrienc..... If the filer of bacuhus or Ven::;• hav' began'to. :dank , much amtiety Nvi.t tie ore Vented by 741 earl.::'• Ciiiiitter;“:- tion of this languid- Stine , and in thetic Cases, 'llt, great difficulty will occur. . . • But where this Defi.;ieney has for years existed,: a iirciper. perse/efance is indispensably •-eci . t'fite . torovi've the slum bering Sparks of Lite, anti to re-animate-theConstituti6n. MARRIED WOl4liitd, wifo have lout- been disappointed. in their ekpeclations of a relay be assured, that in most instances, such deteCtz; are curable by Medical skill. The secrecy which is- •so essential -to my. iinciertaki!g, and the qualifications which 1 havepresuntc_i to state, form the basis of my pretensions, and 'hi coinc:dence with such t hYs ultiMation 'is given. that, 'B. /Illy. •bit• p!ersonally, or by Letters (inclosing a small Note), at :his halise No. i 9.; Arundel street; Sr and, war, "l'entplellar. fri' There 'is an additional Entrance in- Water-street; adjoining, and the Name is st'i both the doors. M. B-, Member . orthe Royaf Collegeof Surgeons. To T. , TANI.V,Ii. r Surgeon, No. q, New Bridoe-stweti . er a,' • Edinburgh, 'May 2, goo,. TN. the Spring of i794._ I was atiliEted with a ;Venereal Complaint, which I treated with inchtl;rr encJ for•tive months; bat was then. obliged to apply ,to - a regulay Physician, who put a• temporary stop to ene viru lence of the Disease (by mercurial appliLations',ltbr time ;- but growing; in spite •of all medicicc - - of the first -Gentlemen 'jar the . Faculty here, . • ~ worse for two.years,. I ;tray reduced to a stets paralleled and beyond •description, being en land ulcerated frtirn beau ro•foot.—My head, throat, mouth,: nose, legs, arms, &c. have been afteri:nely in danger £4 beCOM111); useless ; in- short, 1 have had from twenty to . thirty eating ulcers on my body, and nearly totally (it : priyed of sight.-1 t would be - voluminotis- 'to particula rize all my case—sulfice it to say, there never 'vas, or ever will be, one of a more dangerous, or of a more . compli-.• catch intuit. I was long looked upon by. - my friends, anrt imagined, myself; beyond -all hopes of recovery ; atetf, 'deed, in my then condition, death Was preferable to my 'more, than miserable state. In this dreadful 'situation dirt I. drag a most miserable existence, till Divine Protidence threw in any way .a Newspaper containing the case - of a" nr. B. of Plymouth—my .iriends read it, I could sent and procured some of your LEAKE's PATENT PILLS, wiiich; by using 4 40171 time'to time, inn now, and, have long . been,. (after more than four years indescribable distress), m as good a state of health as ever I enit.----yetl; as : proof of this, I had a lin; thriving, healthy child, born to me a few Months ago. en gratitude to Gaut, and is hopes. of rendering •my tellow-creature service, I- rurest you . to. p t) w u is b i l i is to h b t t e his; isittitedtiy of ti the e ay t ig iti i. t in o y i f t i i i i e s, re o fe r rp e furtherr.pNavri: culars*, to me or my 1-iends, by letter-or person. As few cases- far badness • will ever equ k i mine, and none exceed it, I have front experience every reason to assure , mankind, that in yoUr LEAKE's PILLS theylvll tind a sure, speedy, cafe, and radical cure, t,r.that nr, - _-:3.1- ful stage of the Venereal Disease, whack. is .ezille.<l tOES. ' Insurmountable family reasons prevent making my name and .address . public; but crediiimbieir lersons really wanting intbrmation may also be' referred to me and my friends by Mrs. S. Clark, Itarrtsit,Gardens,, Edinburgh. Prepared and Sold by t Sole*P , Ciimimetur, T. TAYLOR; Member Of the . 'Rby.al College Or Surgeons in London, at his house; No. 9, New Bridge-street, Where he will 'give Advice •without a fee, to persons tk» ing these Pills, and willanswer patients letters, if post paid, on the same terms, obsecaing in. all cases the moss inviolable, secrecy, no person's name or ; case having been• mentioned, but at their own particular reque,l, by the Pro— prietor, during the course of more than thirty'-sic years,. that he has had time concluding of an extensive sale of the above Medicine, .and the priktiee arising tberetrom. They, are also. sold -by his ii!, , pointnient, for the conve.- nience of those living at do;6.nce, by Mr. Baxter,. South-bride, Edinburgh; Mr.. Macdonald, Prirtter, G las r)lV, -to whom also Mr. T. refers ter his address;. at the Perfumer's, No, Ss, St. Alban's-street, Pall-inall; Mr. Robertson's Toy-shop, No. 103, Oxford-street; Mr. Dis-- borough's, No. 7, Fisn-sfreet-hiil, nearly opposite the Mo nument; Mr. Steel's, Books4ler, No. :t, Union-Tow, Lithe Tower-hill; Mr. Callwell's, Dublin; and by one person in every considerable town in Great-Britain and lrelarici. in Boxes of only zs. gd. each, scaled up, with full and plain direttions, whereby persons ef either Sex arty. curs them. selves with ease and secrecy. N. 13. Every Box sol , t in Great Britain is sealed up with a Stunp, rm which, by favo:.:.: of the Commis sioner, is. Flnted, at the Srernp-tj I . :cc--" T. Taylor, No g r New Brid4e-street," to imitate WtliCil is felony, and. all others - are counterfeit. - I rC Pe th tic I h an ANNANDALE PLOUGHING COMPETITION The Highland Society of Scotland, in prosecu_ 'tion of its patriotic institution, particularly in the improvement of .Agriculture in every part or the country, was pleased-to allow certain Premiums to be-distributed among the Ploughmen of Annandale; and a Committee was appointed to carry the mea .sare into effeet,. - consisting of the following Gentle men, members of the Society, resident in. Dumfries shire Sir Charles Douglas of Kelhead, Bart. 'General toss of Castlemilk. Colonel Dirom of Mount-Amian. Hugh Mair of Wiseby, Esq. William Graham of Mossknow, Esq. William Stewart of Hillside, Esq. John Murray, younger of Tundergarth, Esq. and . • Mr. Jelliey of Allerbeck, writer in Edinburgh, Convener.. The Committee advertised the competition to take place the 7th November last, upon a field in the estate of Hoddom, which had been pointed out by , Mr. Murray; of Murraythwaite, as suitable ground and in a central situation. On the day and place appointed', there assembled the following members of the Committee : Messrs. Dirom, Stewart, Mur ray, jun. and Jefrey. There appeared seven.tean ploughmen offering to compete, and some thousands of spectators. The Committee chose three pralical farmers, of charaler and skill to be judges of the work,/ These Judges immediately withdrew into a house. at some distance. The Committee then divided the field into seventeen equal parts, con sisting of a rood each; and the part.upon which. each competitor was to plough was determined by lot. The whole ploughs started at 1-,ice.; and in the space of about two hours and a half, each of them'had ploughed their lot. The Judges were now called out, and having deliberately viewed every lot in the field, they declared that No. 6, was intitled to the first prize— No. 5, to the second—and No. 7, to the third. The 'Committee accordingly adjudged the first prize of three guineas to Robert Dalgliesh, servant to Mr. Davidson, farmer at Cushethill—and the Society's Medal was given to him on the spot, by Master John Pasley Dirom. The second prize of two guineas was adjudged to George Bell, servant to Mr. Clew, farmer in Mainholm. And the third prize of one guinea to Alec. Scott, servant to Mr. Church, farmer at Hitchell. The Ploughs which gained the first and second prizes, were made by Hutton of Carlisle, and seemed to be as nearly as ppssible after the , model 'Of Small's plough. - The other which gained the third prize was Made by Young of Roxburghshire. It is but justice to the unsuccessful Candidates to say, that the Committee reported their °pillion to the Society, that the whole of the Ploughme& ex- LONDON : Printed by BU CH ANA N M.MII LAN, (of Bow-S rm.! r, Coven t- C t arden); and PutoliSi?ett by WILLIAM ARMIOE'r. S c RiPrs, (Of liorse,lerry-road, Westminster); At the SuN,OFvICE j No. ti z, Strand ; where Advertise/no:is, Order; the etipei,'Litters for , die Editor, &c. (post-naid), must. be addressed. BIRTH. At Largie, on the loth instant, Mrs. M'Donalct, of Largie, of two sons. MARRIED. Lieutenant W. Taylor, Marines at Chatham, to Miss Eliza Bugere, of Nortlifleet; in Kent. On Tuesday last, at St. George the Martyr, Queen-square, Mr. W. W. Cheveley, of Devonshire-street, to Miss Weddi of Gerrard-street, Soho. On the =I just.. Captain Robert Rolies, of-the Navy, to MiSs Scott, daughter of Rear-Admiral, Scott,of Spring-Hill, Southampton. - On Thursday the - gth inst. at St. Andrew's, Holborn, Richard Van Heythuysen, Esq. of John-street, Betlfor& roW, .to Miss"Tulic, of P,hillilnore-place, Kensington. On Wednesday iast, at Newport, in the Isle of Mr. William Knyvettis Of. Park-lane, London, to Miss Laney, of Newport. .e • DIED. On the 17th inst. g Stockport, Cheshire, in the 23d year of his age, Mr. George Brown, Check-nr.4tlifatfuter. His death was awfully alarMing, occasioned by his skull• being frat.Thred by a 'fill 'from his horse on his return from Man chester Market on the Tuesday preceding. On Monday,' at Woking, - Surrey, ndvancecl in years, Mr. Edmund Vincent: • • - _ _ The same day, Madame d'Abla ing de G rissenburgh,daugh ter of the late Sir Clement Cortrell Dormer, and reli4 of the late john Daniel, Baron or Abla g gig ale Grissenburgh. PRICE 0 YEST sank Stock Navy s per Cent. shut ; per Lent. 1797, 9 2 711 I rigi s per Cent. 4 per Cent. Con. 83; 4 3fa per Cent. Rea. 67 • 3 per cent.. Con. sh ut Ditto Scrip Bank Long .Ann.. 19 9-161 Ditto 'Short 'Ann. Ditto Scrip T il cl^ tit x of . r..i U T du Si