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lIIGULAND SOCIITY OS SCO7L4Nn.

A General Meeting of thi. Society, in terms of
its charter, was held in their Hall, in Edinburgh.
on Monday se'nnight, at which there was a reseal-
able attendance of the Members :
The Right Hon. the hart of D A attousie, Vice
President, in the Chair.
lhe Secretary submitted to the Meeting the nro-
reeding, of the Diretiors, since the General Meet-
ing in Janutary last. The Society approved of the
continued attention of their DireEtnrs in prilinnting
the objelts of the institutien, and of the premiums
offered by them for the current year.
Th. Society highly approved or the zealous exer-
tionsof the Dire fors and their Commith e, to whom
the snbjelt of the Herring Fishery had, by termer
General Meetings, heels ref: reed, in having taken
such pains ro acquire particular information' with
respell to that important source of national we 41,11 ;
and which, in terms of the instruelions of last Gu -
nem! Meetinr, th uy had communicated to those
Members of His Majesty's Government, who. from
situation, are led to pay attention to this obje.i.—
The Society remitted to the Direetors to continue
their attention to the fisheries, and to make sum
farther communications, and take such measinec,
in name of the Society, in regard to 'hat ni..t eu , As
so them may appears roper and expedient ; and the
thanks of the Meeting were voted to John Tait,
Esq. Convener; Cohn Mackenzie, Esq and the
other Members of the Committee, fur their aflive
exericns in the business.
The Meeting were pleased to find, from a report
made to the Direetors, as appeared from the it mi-
mites, that the investigation taken up by this So-
ciety, for ascertaining the cpality and relative ye.
loft of and big, whew used fur malting. now
carrying on by the Board of Excise in Scotland, in
consequence of instiujions from Government, upon
an extensive seal-, was in great forwardness. That
the trials of these different kinds of grain, when
aid in brewing, had been completed, and that
same progress had also been made in ascertaining
dirk velues, when used in distillation ; and that
there was every reason to believe the results would
give satisfaßion Le the ceuntry at lerge
On motion, the thanks of the S iciety were una-
nimously voted to the Right tin. Sir James Mont-
bornery, Bart. Lord Advocate for Scotland, for
aying, at the requtest of the Society, procured an
order for having the different reports laid be-for.
Parliament, oa all subjeCts cinneeted with agricul-
ture, fisheries, ant manuftedures, tegalarle trans-
'flitted to the Snci.ty.
AmnoLe other matters w!.ich had been under the
consideration of the Direaots. was th.: propriety of
introducing into this country threshing machines,
upon a scale suited to farms of moderate extent. I:
having been stated to the Society, by Sir Archibald
Grant, Bart. that such machines, upon an im
*roved plat), had lately been construeted, and
brought into use in Erglaed ; the Meeting recom-
mended to the Direetors to make the necessary in-
quiry upon the subjeet, it being thought that sat .h
machines would be very useful to the general class
of ordinary farmers in Scotland.
The Secretary informed the meeting that he had
lately received from James Wardrope, Esq. surgeon
in Edinburgh, in order to be laid be. ore toe Society.
several pounds of the specie:if grass seeds generally
cultivated in Hungary and Syria. The Society re-
commended to the Secretary to distribute these
seeds in small quantities. among such of the society's
members as would pay proper attention in ascertain
sing. by trial. how far they would suit the soil and cli-
mate of this country.
The report of the Committee appointed some time
ago, for investigating the authenticity of the Poems
of Ossian, being now published, was laid before the
bociety. The meeting, on motion, voted the
thanks of the Society to Henry Mackenzie, Esq. the
Chairman, Lord Bannatyne, and the ether Mem-
bers of that Committee, for the very proper mode in
eehich they had coodueted the inquiry ; and particu- '
larly to Mr. Mackenzie, for the able manner in which
he had drawn up th. report.
The Meeting approved of the steps taken by their
Committee on publications, of which Mr. Fergtonn,
of Crosshill, 'Advocate, is Convener, in arranging
and preparing tha different approved essays and
communications given in to the Society, in order to
publish a third volume of the Society's transactions;
and it eas recommended to the Committee to have
inserted in this volume, the Servey and Plans now ,
executing by dire Rion of the Society, of the dif-
ferent modes of watering meadow lams-s, and grass
grounds, praltised on his Grace the Duke of Buc-
cleugh's estates in Dumfries and Setkirk,hires, for
the Information of the public.
weral other matters having been referred to the
Committee of DireCtors, the Society voted their
thanks to the Earl of Dalhousie, Vice President, for
his attention in the Chair.

In consequence of the condo& of Mr. W. Cot. a.
of Gosport, and the Volunteer Corps, late under his
command, in that town, on His MAJBITY'S
11 rah Day, when the Volunteer were assembled
mi Portssiewn, and for which an eseeptien was
made in the gtneral thanks of that day; the Ge-
neral has now ordered to be inserted in the Orderly
Book of the Brigade, that it i, his 14 4,F.STICI plea-
sure, •6 that the service of Captain Cots and the
Company under his commany,sliall be discontinued ;
and Major MA art' is direele.f to communicate the
same to Captain Cot rand his Company."
A fitter irdm a sailor on board His Majesty's
ship La CafFonn-,*to his father in Glasgerw, dated off
Fe Camp, June 11, says—• About four o'clock
yesterday morning, we perceiVed an enemy's squad-
ron, of six armed brigs, three merchant brigs, eleven
armed loggers, and 'seven sloops, in all raictity-seven
sail, coming oust' of Havre de Grace, with the in-
tentim of proceeding to Rotilogn,!. At half-p: s'
sine we brought thern'to anion, and, notwithstand-
ing their being' proteeted by numerous batteries, and
flying artillery *lung the shore, we so mauled them,
that they were giaa to anchor in a very stuttered
Mate, MT the town of F.! Camp ; out of C 7, only la
came to anchor, the rest were sunk. or blown up.
We were so closely engaged, that we could see the
Men jump into the sea, and swim ashore. They
must have lost a great number, as their vessels were
full of troop... Our squadron had four killed and
ire wounded. We are'vernifiing them here, and
if they have the teraellry to come mot, they will
aster reach Oculogae."
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