The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-12-28 00:00:00

N11V.4 L INTELLIGENCE.

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Arrived yesterday time Aurora, Cairn, (runs Barhadoes fur
Amsterdam, with the Captatu, enta, and cargo of the Dutch
slop Zaandam, which was condemned al Barbadoes.
Sailed the w hole of the outward buuml, except the Blamer,
and Thomas Coutis, Etat ludiarnen ; Princess Charlotte,
Sir Godfrey Webster, and John, for Jamaica.
Arrived to.day the Juba, Popplewell, from London for
Jamaica; Faith, Church, from ditto for Nevis ; the Active,
from Halifax; and Egsria, from Newfoundland.

TAL3IOUI DFCCII.VI 24:

Arrived the Sande ich picket from she Mediterranean, with
mails: sailed from Corfu the lith Noret.slier, Malta the
?Rd ditto, and Gibraltar the lath blatant. Also arrived the
Prince Eugene, Wilt, from Ivira and Gsdustry, Healey, from
Gibraltar.

Sahel! the Prince Ernest packet fur I Mon. Montague
packet fur the Islands, mill Francis Fretting paiket fur Ibe
Brasils—all with snails.

Arrived off this port the Canada, Robertson, from Quebtc
for London.
DEAL, DECEMBER 26.
Sailed yesterday the whole of the outward-bound.
Arrived the Tobago, Draggire, from Newcastle, and
sailed for Grand*.

Came down from the River and sailed the Hiadosian, Wil-
liamson, fur Calcutta.
Came down front the River to-day the Earl Balcarras,
Jameson; Thames, L 8 Blithe; and Warren Hastings,
Cookies, for Bombay and China; and London, Cameron, fur
St. Helena and Penang.
WIIITKIATTN, DEMISTS 24.
Arrived the Alexander, Dillon, from Miramichi ; un the
6th instant, in lat. 49. 30. long 30. W. fell in with the Age-
twin, Lyons, of London, from Quebec for Bridgewater, a
complete wreck; her masts and bowsprit were gone, sumo
store in, part of the cargo washed out, and the Captain, a
passenger, and one of the crew lost overboard. The re-
mainder of the crew,sia in number, had been uu the wreck
seven days without any other sustenance than tbedug, which
was nearly consumed.

We are happy to state, on the best authority.
that Government has consented to lend Dartmoor
prison fur a charitable, as well as manufactitriug
purpose. The exact mode in which it is to be
tenanted is not )et finally decided on, but we hare
reason to I.elleve, that it will he such as to give
pleasure to every locust°lent mind. The effects of
this intruded occupation of the prison will he high-
ly advantages's,' to the Plymouth sod Dartmoor
hail-way ; and to increase-its benefits still snore.
Mr. Alderman Woos has moved for the allotment
of the Dartmoor is/Jilts. as a source of maintenance
sod employment to the poor. Any apparent delay,
therefore, in the execution of the Railsway, will,
we venture to pronounce. be amply compensated.
in the end. by these and marly other benefits. Ois
the adjournment of Parliament. Sir THOMAS
TYRWIIITT will come down, and every thing will
be orroosted for the commencement of the measeurt.
—(P/ymuafh Triegraph.f

CALEDONIA'S
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

On Thursday, the std instant. • general Meeting
of this Society was held in the Ilall of the Royal
College of Physicians, George-street, Edinburgh ;
Dr. Duncan, sem in the chair.
The Secretary repoated the proceedings of the
Council and Committee for Prizes at their Meet-
lugs in the months of October and Novemlwr. We
shall particularize those cases only in which medals
were 11116Valf sled. lu the former months some 1111(7
moldy 6or specimens of the white French cucum-
bers having been prey-rated, the Committee seems-
tatiutr4 that the silver medal should be awarded
to Mr. Thomas tiglis, gardener at Bari:tun, for Its
attention to the cultivator', of this variety, which lie
has raised •nuwally sit Bannon for a 11111111ber of
years Om. Specimens of the white Beurre pear,
of eacelie•t quali.y and large size, having 'wen
presented by Mr. JOllll Mitchril. g:irtlelltr at Nlati-
crieff Holife, the Committee, considering that this
variety of pawn lade known its the neigliboorhotal
of Edinburgh, recommended that is medal N110111(1
he assigned sa Mr. Mit►hell, and that lie should lie
regoested to communicate his reinaoks on the cul-
tivation or mund4rmetit of this pear. In November,
several flower-pots, coot:. g specimens of Celo-
- of very uncounnou magnitude and hrslltailey,
were sent from Tulliallati, the seat of Lord Keith,
where they had been reared by Mr. Thomas Thom-
sue, gardener there. Ot the largest, the Hower stem
was above seven fret in height, and the length of
the crimson tuft about a faint and a half. Toe
Committee recommended that • ni:dal should he
given In Mr. Thomson for his very suce.tessful
treatment of this ornamental plant.

The Committee for Prizes, which met on Thurs-
day, reported that a very cou•idersble show of
choice tipples end I,e rs had hero submitted to them,
slid that they litid that the prizes should
be awarded as fulluirs

lit, Fur the best three sorts of at ples. not generally rill-
Bested in Scotland, 611 t which hive been found to ripen well,
id Mr. James gardener to Lady Buchan Heyburn, of
Smeatuii.

ti, Fur the beet three kinds of rrench pears produced
in Scot!awl, in Mr. Alexander Kelly, gardener to the Right
Honourable the Eat' of Moray.

3.1, For the best six Admit pears, to Mr. Mathew F .
•„rirdener to the Duchess Dowager of ltoxburghr, antl 31r
Manners, at Broxtnonds.

The Committee further reported, that a column-
niestion of considerable importance had been te-
velvet' (ruin Mr. Robert Ingram, gardener at
Turry, accompauiell with showing that
the Gansel's Berrarnot, when budded or grafted
on the Swan-egg pear tree, yielded fruit of greatly
superior quiriity ; and they recommended that an
extra medal should be awarded to Mr. Ingrain.

The Secretary reported from the Council, that
the medal for the finest dr•rs log of Scottish fruit
had been assigned to :Miss Borthwick, of Crook-
ston ; that the 1411t113:11 gold meths', given for the
most important commmocatiout toritttrd in the Su-
ciety's Memoirs, had been voted to Mr. Parkes,
for Iris Essay oil the use of sea Galt its horticulture;
that the mcdil to gardeners fur long and faithful
service had this year been given to Mr. James
Moffat, who had been 48 !tars gardener to the fa-
mily of Fordyce, of Ay lon ; sod, lastly. that the
Council recomtneurled that the Society's silver
medal should he awarded to Mr. Alexander Smith.
gardener to Thomla Bruce, Esq. of Grarigemuir,
for his invention of paper screens, fur protecting the
blossom of wall-trees in the spring zealot).
It deserves to be remarked, that several parcels of
apples had hero sent to tl e C Ater for examina-
tion (hut without oily view of competing) by Mr.
%%rancho,* of Elmira-tone, Sir Geo. Mackenzie,
and Sir John Alajuribatiks. Mr. Robert Johnstone
exhibited a splendid collection of apples from Co-
vent Garden, among were sonic of tine qua-
lily. The same gentleman produced two flower-
pots, cotitatiiing if the Arbutus Unedo, or
strawberry tree, with flowers and ripe fruit upon
theni. A seedling, baking and keeping ripple, of
good promise, was sent from the garden of Sir
Alexander Hour, of Luffness, Bart. East Lothian,
where it was raised by Mr. George Fowler, gar-
dener. Mr. Ileriderson presented a parcel of the
Strasburg onion seed, of which, in consequence of
the floe season, he had saved (iBlb. last autumn, in
his nurseries at Meadowbaiik.
Several cumnsunications were reed at this meet.
jog, particularly,

lit, On tke mateliala commonly employed for making
melon Imblads, by Mr. Peter Lowe, gardemr, at 'fur.
woodier.

1.1, Notice retarding She cohort of the Celosias, sent to
the Society, is °cluinr boa, by Alt. Thomas Thomson, gar-
dener, at Tit Malian.

3d, On the Ayrshire Rose, by Mr. Neill, Secretary.

A letter from Liverpool, dated Dec. e 5. nee :
Arrived the Belmont, Fercustm, from Demerara. On
27th ult. i■ 1at.:W.43. lock nit the crew of the Isabella,
Crorkley, from Norfolk fur Portsmouth, having lost her
►udder, and being Iruky. On 13th lust. took the crrw from
the Maria, Effort!, of and fur Dartmouth, from Newfound-
land, disroasted. On 14th iust. put four of the Stables
crew ois hosed the Providence, from St. John's, New Bemis.
wick, for Loudon.

The General Court-Mas tial alluded In in our last,
assembled in the Court-martial room, Government-
House, on Monday last. when I.ieut. Col. Hocu,
of the 55th regiment, was tried on the following
charge, vie.—" For being drunk on duty when pa-
rading the Guards and Pievuets of Use 53114 Regi-
ment, on or about the 916 of October last."—Tite
proceedings conitneuced by en addreve from the
Prosecutor, when witnesses were ex:tatioeil its sup-
port of the charge, and the prosecution closed ; on
which the Court adjourned till %Wednesday, the
2'2d instant. to give time for the Lieut. Colonel to
prepare his defence.—Ou %Wednesday the Court as-
sembled at ten o'clock, when au able defroce was
read to the Court for the Colonel, and witnesses
were examined in proof of his innocence, after
which a reply was read by the Prosecutor. wheat the
proceedings closed, and the Court was cleared for
the Members to form opinion, and sentence to be
submitted to his Royal Highness the Prince Re-
gellt.—(Plyinosais Telegraph.)
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