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HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF SCOMIND.

1T7,Pe427 OP I= MTh
OF TAN GlOl.l IN IRELAND►

COUNTY ANTRIM.
RiN.Artichard naltha, laecal-Inspeeter.
Weia. lit•Cieverty, Gaoler.
A rest preipertiuu lit tie pet atmenare generally seat ten
Cur deltas', to crivimie of elleiblikitsg, ricking puke's, add
tub as aro mushy committed iu tarp ikipekius luaus. A
lerp basilmwell should be built its u a slim: able
eianpue, called die black/idle, w lb. euly gaol at isresaul,
irheraidurag porsoda otoparootked to modem %cohost food ar Lod-
qua( r, wade tenement livporttnit renal otter of fonsordimg Mad
to Curse Vies ea.

00UNTT CARLOW.
Edward Fits Gerald, Esq. M.D. Lacal-faspeetor.
Behest Kernels*, Gabler.
Tlis prison, though sew, is iasseare, it is too small far pre-
mei times ; it wee built by bump ar cuatract ; and is ;mother
lastanre of the iaipratleac• ef that set►ad of taffetas( pub-
fie •ark. The gaoler is obliged therefore to keep all his
prissaarsinard, a weaatur of,,real sewrity ; the laTevar has%
;11. 44E10 ON seesaws practice, t. tordefadaUy ealtgeal ia
t.s *bleat Allorquee of bread to the crossiesle is liberal,
Yet t►s debtors, alas ! is t►is coanty,tio eel rt. any.

COUNTY CAVAN.
Rev. Mr. Ascii, Local-Insrwetur.
%%sta .tewart, Gaoler.

Cooke,eiate ere Beretesetti Ine•'e nt. the Gaoler, who seems eat-
je,e, eceme.temeeeet.f ions repett.t..e, aid the United June. ap-
pear S. est rite ielltf.vest n. to ht. Cll4chlet ; the Loent-Inelmetter
to..l••ee Met sehemmee.feltme to (111.ar the pens were fn a., theeteetree
(L.-UM PICA 161,11 auty for IVrrr ptclirms Ist hip cosy...also.,
ay. when Shut geeetereean

irOVNIT or COIIK.
Rev. !ttr. Kennedy, Leathlmpugns,.
Jereinish Murphy sad atm, Gaolers.
laves. uAmro ..;.tested on tbefraids ceramett.ri on ge Inifil-
tsrver laid Goo, tint to repoat thin Ihr,ear tha 'na-
palm of Ilhallus, nod not • desire of reborn ; t,. Skit' trouble
of recarrinses 1 %hell nuns only observe, thrt this primm
begot la be I veiled la I i9l, that it hi out yet baidlied, that
several steams have been made from it, that the *ld Gaol
is out yet onereadeved by the tonsint•sioners to those who
purchiL,ll it, I &app..* e because the Cooler thinks it more
secure than the costly non oar. I veined this prison last
.tiogust, and karocd that the Architect who had contracted
trr ouit4ing this Gaul was dismissed, that a uew one was ap-
pointe.l, who repotted, that it will require two years more
to complete it, and to worm! straw 'Wits imperfm 'ions. Iliul
toy advice been followed, which I hail given in the year
to the roinintssionors, and that architect then ilisiihmed,
the Gaol would have Loren loan ago Swished, *Lithe county
;smut some thousand pounds expense.

CITY Otr CORK.
Res. Mfr. Doris, Local-laspector.
Jelin Kahn, Gaoler.
NEW GAOL. •
Trout the diauehts scut is by many artists, that of Itr
Idubiusiso, of ti outlay, bu bite preierred. I bed hop:di
that this ULU k ut dissuteresttilimus,m the anteet, would base
Nara (allowed by as impartial a selection of snootiest ; I
Mee hero grizved to find that it has hem immediately 1-
parted from sad that • iamb, which la frequently orerflosftil
by lid s aidtaad Gouda, has twos, by • majority of the l'oni-
miasioncis, preferred, sewn :114 sionawiteints af vefral arena.,
Oka if manor and If need4c.ii slag I examined this intended
eitintion last .tupist ; it was thus, even in the dog days,
easaled What as accumulated impose will be acquired by
snaking a fuuadatioe is this straw ! ? What agues aid
writs will be aerated ! Ft haw this it appears, joisisy and
water Moe is Innwain. A wore hamper auk thau this could
have stare* bees knurl 1.1 the city or its euwirouh

CITY MAlt•lfilskA, DUBLIN.
I).vid M'Cullegh, kerper.
A new buil/her, Not quite Bandied; • shensefolly built
prison, sail • resucialessaty job. Although the poi is in-
habited only three years its interior exhibits the appear-
ance ifs debtor: were iu custody, Jeauary the Ist,
1•08.

SHERIFFS' PAISON. DUIII.III.
Isaac De,histuer. Erg Loral-Isipeetur.
ranch Doss, Keeper.
This prim* contents mums ; them as* dm some space-
man@ usidet-ground, is whielli the poured class of primmer,
welds; it LW but IMO small court-yard; as the namsot of
debtors pusrally umbilical hers is from tia to pis, the prisms
iassidratiy tau banal ; gaoler bas uo salary pat he some-
times, as I bare bass informed, is 001welf to gam a- Mums to
the tiotrahorif for Um appointment ; no mottaits by feting the
mew aid op,iat for us the eltytharpre of Promoeri. "I lass
charges are sometimes eussidered high ; this circumstance
proves the seceudy there is fur a regulated table of fess,
o loch the Court et King's Beach bre often deelsced can ably
be obtaieed by a ate dal( Parliament.

TOWN Of titaialralr.
Rev. Mr: tahaw,Lecal-!•spetter.

Jolla iviefe.b, Glollif.

lisprcted this Gaul is May last, 'skids is is such a state
that l *milli not be surprised to sear that the roof had tidies
ad the brads at the wretched pennons*

L•NDONDERItY.
roe. Mr Babhinvoa, Local-Inspector.
Ha.,1% Slegeesou Gaokr.

1 visited the wit el Coleraine, June tend, is w►ic► were
et
that tisae a dell oil ; one of these was Jane Doodled, w►n
►ail attained de ,1"11 .t ; she sad her daughter wet:
thee i.uprierresd one .nont h for a debt ef ; the unfeelii.g
ereditoi ►ad iininediateiy &rice their arrest seised use thou
little cottage end fernitere. As 1 perceived snesething wax
wispier in the pryers ding, 1 waited en the Masse of the
loan, gave kite the Maiotisuance Act, and iwtr•eted hiss
boa to proceed, and oblip the creditor to maintain those ob-
jects or eseelleirie theta. Tits gael Ase xe Isspset.w, *sr a►t
pforiiim• chord d, ine e.eedy; a seherriptien was therefore
begets, bit supporting those prisoners until the benefit of that
sot wee Ntaiaed, eitoli +as effected in • kw steles show-
s a. Ga.

DUNDALK, carwri LOUTD.
Rev. Mr. Tinley, Loc•tl.lnepectopr.
Desisis Geuter.
. .

- • w,
Mien I last Moiled this gain, it as clean tad regular; We
11141 t felons, theses u.,t tried,ocre in irons l the gaoler, who
is am a c.rent man, explaieed the meassisg of it, saying, that
*others s n hat one yard t. the prison, it was accessary to
diassaisish betweini them and the debtors • lb* gaol should
biesterged, which might he tear essaiy, a:kJ at awned ex-
pose. The promisors complansed of the stsalloessef the
leaf; had ace weighed, the *Matt was tilh. the price of
it id. Like almost all the country ewes is Ireland, teem a
act Milli of breed struck here , teeters•O,rf primmer, sad Ike
fiskiie ore therslrov at tee mosey gf Ike baker. I directed the
Leask I ospectur In &soiled* meal and potatoes is hes thereof,
a messes/ he prmsised to adopt i• the len elmoneled ty Ike
(lore qf Ike Awe* ere wry hiyk. A had bndeseli bee hr. a
Mealy Intik at Aries is this ceeety. •

NUI.LINNAL COUNTY WieTMIATIL
la. Mr. Dudes, Lunal-Impecter.
Thomas C.odd, Gaoler.
At my last visit 1 fused this Gaol clean abd molar, en-
apt von apartment, whereas wait a most (misname female
animas (mobbed, who datnvitt *ray thing within her
rebel,. It is too cowman in Ireland to said soak wretched
Malaria to Gaul, wise am thereby made worm; the pri-
mmer* leo once far amissaiwut samaras thsto ; topsides all
aissehie perpetrated es the basidieg, wind, .1 us waits, is
yid to he conmettcd by the itamie ;semis The worse ti
howl being irregularly struck w 3fulkagar, and greasily
as the briar'. diacretem, the lw,/ ses44.4lowly well;
seiltral prisoners bad Item at tiat t:Lue summated from
Athlone, distant do miles boa that toadies aa.! !ovals e
liaLiefsme se wiser subsets...se lost the 5...1
allw-
sas, taut ill of ha ad a-day, erre aimaft

When the rumour of -am intestisa to erect the
howes iu Ifyikspark Was first circulated. a Me-
morial itgaiwit tile• inesaqure was tir.twu up, sod
si:/ucti by She followimt Noblemen an Lathe. :
Earl. IA igt.tituties, Bwrsost.ttAsy. (;aswrt:sua,
told Filters% ; Vistisunt.MlarEtw ; Lord Llct-
t.t:r n,,.1 '6V A:ti) ; Lathes Musrurt. M. BOWLUT,
&.

A General Meeting of this Society, in terms of
its charter, was held to their hall, in Edinburgh,
on seunight, ut which them was a respect-
ahlejitti 110111 lee of the Noblemen and Gentlcemen
of the Society, to the Gunther of seventy ;

Right Hon. Land Viscount CATHCART, Vice.Passiddat,
in the Chair;
when, after a ballot, its required by the rules of
tie Society, the following were duly admitted
Members, their names ordered to be recorded, and
public notification of their election given, viz
Right Hue. Lord Ruben Kerr, Hon. P. R.. Drammousl
Burrell, Hum Gilbert F.ilwt, of !Cato, Sir James Norelif
Inoes lavr, Bart. Peter Bailie, Esq. younger, of Douelifour,
Member of Parliasnetit for the hurgbd of Immures, &c.
Captain Aka. Meek.y, gad rtginiest, brother to Lord Reny,
FredsCHLFullierbigliam, Esq. one of the 01111111111F1011erS of
Ewan!, Mex. Corson, EAT of Auebaletidan, Captain istli
King's Llgtlit Dragoons, Capt Colin 51aekm. of the 75th
r.rglmetit, lobe farvalooson, l.q. of Houghton, of the
Hun. Mast bobs Company's service' Major John M'latusb,
of the Royal Marion, Captain David Milne' of the Royal
Nary, Gregor Mae Gregor, laq. of laverarderaii, Cliptaiu of
the stth ieginieut, Thum:. Esq. sarteliant, in !Am-
ami, James Harrower, Esq. younger, of Eimievur, Advocate,
George Tait, Esq. Advonitr, Captain Alex. &smart, of
Strailigsrey, of the Royal Pertlivhae Militia, Chalmers I set,
Esq. of Amunird, merchant I. Edinburgh, Putrid: Neil,
/sq. Edinburgh, Alex. 'Aims, Esq. Art hdem, Editiburgh,
Rev. !William Singers, Ministmof Ke.hpatriel-Junta.
The Societ) then took under conattleriation the
proceedings of their Directors since the General
Meeting in January last, sod approved of their
continued attention to pronioting the objects of the
Institution, and or the rammint offered by them
for the current year, for Essays on different useful
subjects, and for Practical Improvements in agri-
cuttore.

After hearing the reptirt of a Committee, of
which Mr. Forbes, Advocate, is Convener, and the
minutes of the Directors thereupon, respecting ap-
plications made to them by Dugald Kennedy.
smith, and Robert Mackay, marhinc-maker
Glasgow, stating, that they had souse time ago con-
staicied, and iutroduced into the district of Kin-
tyre, Argillahire, a proper machine for carding
wool; and a similar application from Mr. Daniel
Clark. of Canspbeltowu, who was an original part-
ner with them id that concern; and, besides har-
ing been aiding in the introduction of this manu-
factory, now carries it on for his own hehoof, amid
has extended it to spinning the wool, amid maim-
farturiiig it into cloth, of which specimens were
laid before the meeting ; the Society, as an encou-
ragemiit to the iiitroductioa of such manufacto-
ries into the Highlands, voted a premium of twenty
guinea. to the said Dugald Kennedy and Robert
Mackay, and to Mr. Daniel Clark, a premium of
CA. per yard on the first 1000 yards of cloth ma-
nufactured by him during the current year, Ma.
The attention of the Meeting was next called to
the steps taken by this society respecting the fishe-
ries, particularly the White Herring 1- ishery.—lt
appeared from the proceedings, that, in 1804, the
adventurers in this trade had requested the inter-
ference of the Society, when a Special Committee
hail beta named for the purpose of acquiring the
most accurate information upon this important sub-
ject ; and, in consequence of an extensive corre-
spoinlence, it had obtained a great body of infor-
mation respecting the Herring Fishery, which had
been, from time to time, communicated by the So-
ciety to such Members of His Majesty's Govern-
meat as, from situation, were led to pay attention
to the object, and particularly to the sight Hon.
George Rose, ho had finally drawn up, and
brought forward in Parliament, a bill " for the
farther encouragement cud better regulation of the
White Herring Fishery." It appeared from a copy
of the bill upon the table, since passed into a law,
that Commissioners are to be appointed specially
for the White Herrin Fishery. A tonnage boulity
is to be given for a Deep Sea Fishery, similar to
that carried on by the Dutch. Premiums are to
be given for introducing a tystem of fishery, in re-
gard to which the Society have been particularly
solicitous, viz. by encouraging the adventurers to
get boats of a sufficient size to leave the Lochs and
Bays, where the arrival of the herring,' is uncertain
and precarious, and to fish in the open ocean,
where there is reason to believe fish will be found
ii abundance during the whole herring season.
Barrel bounties are also to be given. Very strict
rogu:ations are to be laid down as to proper caring,
but at the same time inspecting officers ale to be
appointed at the different fishing stations, by which
the adventurers will be freed from man hardships
of which they formerly complained. The art, as
to the fishing, is mot to commence till let of June,
11109, but the Board will no doubt be formed be.
fore that time, so that the necessary arrangements
may be made, and publicity given to the provisions
of the art.

The Meeting was much gratified to And, that an
object of such importance to the wealth and pros-
perity, as well as to the naval strength of the king-
dom, as the British fisheries, was to be properly en-
couraged and regelated; and en the motion of
M. Macdo:iald, the Treasurer, the thanks of the
Siciety were unanimously voted to the Right Hon.
George Rose, for the uncommon trouble he had
taken in collecting and arranging information, and
bringing forward this tuemare, which, while it pro-
ruised to he of great national importance, was of
peculiar interest to Scotland, the coasts of which
were the principal seat of the Herring Fishery.
The Meeting also voted the thanks of the Soci-
to Mr. Tait, Convener, Mr. H. Mackenzie,
Mr. Maelachlan, of Maclachlan, and the other
Members of the Committee of the Society on the
Fisheries, fur their great attenti•n, zeal, and perse-
verance, in promoting the object of their appoint-
ment.

Thereafter it was mentioned to the ',Meeting,
that, in terms of the authority of last Getiviul
Meeting, a Memorial hid been prepared and trato,
mated to the Treasury, suggesting certain alter-
ations in the Distillery Lao as applicable to the
Highland district ; but as it appeared to be the
intention of the 11.egi.hiture to pat a stop to the
distillation from grain alto4ether. for a limited
time, it had of cow,r become unnecessary, in the
seam time, to regill.ite the liw as to distilidtion
fro. th.it arts, le.

The .l. I of a thrashing machine, upon a sim-
ple and t hiwp empitrisetion.ltevinsg beets laid before
the Director, Lid winter by Major Mayne, from
One conailueird by Mr. Monteath at Harper-
stone, and a thrastiong mill, upon a similar plan,
orcctad Ili Mr. Bob, on Ins fine of Datbioaten,

near Daublane, haring been, at the request of the
Society, inspected by I,dr. Starting, of Keir, Gene-
• ral Graham Stirliug, and Mr. 11 Menu Campbell,
Members of the Society, connected with that slia-
triet, assisted by a prufestatmul mill-wright, Mr.
_Campbell, as Conveuer, gave ia their report to the
Society, whereby it appeared that the machinery of
this mill is by far the simplest of any which had
hitherto beau tu the view of the Society, but that it
will only answer in a situatiou where there- is a
water-fall, in which case the expense of ea outer
wheel, with its horizontal shalt, and of the pit-
wheel attached thereto, are entirely Paved. This
machine appears to be of considerafide power,
thrashes very clean, and is particularly well adapted
to farms of moderate extent 11l Highland situations,
a here water-fulls so frequently occur.
The model of an instrument for expeditiously
ascertaining the relative level of adjoi ii ii ig
invented by Mr. Graham Dalziel, Advocate, uti,
laid before the Meeting. It, with several other
matters, was referred to the Directors.

The Meeting then, with much approbltion, voted
the thanks of the Society to Lord Viscoont
cart, for his polite attention, as Vice-Pre.ide;it, to
the Immine•is of the Meeting, and his readii.e.s to
promote the views of the Society.