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London, England, 1821-06-12 00:00:00

THE DUKE OF YORK.

Copy of his Royal Highser the Doke of York's reply to
his appointment as Graud Master bf the Royal Orange
Institution :
" Horse Guard., Bth February, MI.
" SIR-1 have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
theeth instant, and to acquaint you, that Mr. Eustace eom-
stunicsied to me the Resolution entered into by the Mew•
Mrs of the Loyal Orange llamado'', appointing me their
Grand Master, with which I felt much gratified, and 1 am
sorry that my acquiescence therein should uot base bees
sooner communicated to you.
1* I am, Sir, yours,
• " FREDERICK.
" William Woodburn, Esq. Grand Secretary."

HIGHLAND PATRONYMICS.

(raoit Tax

ors )

I..—Markintoolo; the Son of the First.
I.—M .Donal ; the Son of Brown Eyes.
3.—M`Dugai; the Son of Black Eyes.
4.—WOlsorchy, or Duncan; the Son of Brown Head.
s.—M.Gregor; the Son of the Greek Man.
6.—M•Cssitlibert ; the Sun of the Arch-Druid.
7.-51`Kay; the Sas of the Prophet.
el.—M`Taggart ,• the Son of the Priest.
111 —Nt'LetKl ; the Soo of the Worader.
10.—M'Les• ; the Son of Lion.
111.—M•Kitiale; the Sun of the Friendly One.
12.--11'Intyrc ; the Son of the Carpenter.
13.—Car&pbell; Crooked :Mouth.
14.—Cantrun ; Crooked Nose.
15 —Stewert ; the High Stay, or Support.
111.—Faugal ; the Gut, Worthy Our.
17.—Ossian; the Top.

Lord HENNIKER. we are concerned to state, is
rev ioualy i,.disposed at his house its Grosvetlor-
►yu•trr.
A ft w days since, ■ rook, entirely while, was
Liken (tom the rookery of Colonel CoOPEK, Barton
orar Taunton.
Doctor flosin has horn elected to the Chair of
Pro.i.:or of Physic in the Uniiersity of Erlitiburlfh,
iacant by the death of Doctor GstscottY. Ike
notribr►s were—
Fur I),. Home
Dr. Alompu

hlsiority 8
Om- of the Council voted tor Dr. SANDURS, five
klrf lore(1 voting, end one was absent.—Dr. AGUE-
VIIOIII3I C, who was miginally named es oue of the
t .41,1.11dics, withdrew front the contest previous to

I)u
Nlotol4y, the 28th ult. No. 14,041 was drawn
Priz, 1,1 21,0001. Consuls, and tuld by litsn, in
Share.,
Pue Quarter OS enrmarthen.
44,1,41«, r ia..
Lossii
I h., Soocehtli .... .....
41).1.•
....at Edinbnrgh,
Inv S.‘teruth
tur xlrrullt ....at Maisislone,
tut. Si•lerittl.....al slarlb.. gh,

One Si ore-Hilt tif Ilargnir.
RIM! also !lola tem Prizes, all drawn die
auw• Do r:—

11,3;11
1,1116 l2O 19,564 2AI)
3.317 !O 11,176 llO

11,1167 ?VI I 16,521 llO
111,673 420
BIM shin sold, in the Lottery &sun in March, Three
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l'risee of 41.0110/. and several *mailer Capitals.
Erni', Ticket or Slone Chance bought on or before ilia
'23,11 May, was busily decided on Ibe 2l±th May. Ticket
and Sla,re ammo see on Sale at BISW,i Officer, ♦, Coro-
loll, cad V, Owing tru.+, Lunduu; and by his Agents in
the Cioenirg.
dll ilie d,002 Prises. including the 20,2110/. Prizes, mast be
draws OK Ulb of TIM Muniti (Jane.)

iloxiau....Tito battle between Oltrer and Hick-
mum,
.eogites great totem'', will take place
two day twenty-six miles from L lon. Oliver is
"3 extAletit condition, and alarmed at the
itUttle of 4et, although Locked at 7to 4. Lis-
leery will also tight iu the rime ring.

MR. !ALLISON'S LIFE PRtSRRVER.

It having been nor constant practice to devote
our columns to all matters that relate to the elle.
elation of human misery, we are happy in drawing
the attention of our readers to the following Petition,
presented last Monday ro the House of Commons
by Mr. Bernal. Shootd the shortness of the pre-
sent Session prevent the subject being taken into
immediate sconsideiation, we trust the interference
of the Lords of the Treasury, under whore control
all matters relating to this immediate service is
placed, will render any future application unneces-
sary. Should it, however, happen otherwise, the
Petition being sent to every Member, they will be
in possession of the continued and unubming cause
of the death of throe inend circumstance of which
we are continued they could not by any possibility be
aware. The Petition itself renders it unnecessary
fur us to add more

" A Petition of William Henry Mattison was presented
and read, getting forth, that the Petitioner, during several
Sessions of Parliament, from the hopes Of rendering his
Life Preserver available to the preservation of his Majesty's
subjects when shipwreck necnrrod, presented Petitions to
the House, *hen, from reasons which do mot bicome the
Petitioner to impugn, it was considered by the House in-
applicable to that great and national purpose.
" The Petitioner must humbly submits that the arguments
then adduced do not apply,neither ought to prevent, through
the possession and vise of the invention, the &tore preserva-
tion of that meritorious class of takers and men at present
employed is She dangerous service of persuing smugglers,
in which hazardous duty, since the frassnetion of the corps
known tinder the designation of 01Seers And Men employed
is the Preventive Smuggling Duty, so less than thirteen
officers and ninety men have unnecessarily aad prematurely
perished.
_ _

Oaken. Men.
1213 Day, Jane 23
Morning Chronicle, Aug.2l
British Press, Nov. 24
Bosse: Advertiser, D.c. 1
Prem., Dec 8
1818 Hampshire Telegraph, Feb. 2 1 6
Statesman, Sept. 46 0 5
New Times, Dee .7
1819 Press, April 18
Colchester Gazette. Juue 28
Morning Herald, Sept 28
Press, Sept. 4
Courier, Oct 26 ..
Prose, Oct. 29
Ststesuiso, Dec. 23
Indepeudeut Whig, Dee. 26 .... • • 0 •
1821) New Tirwes,Jan. 15 0 3
Press, Feb.l 4
Press, Oct. 3 .... 1 0
Press, Dec. 13
Hull Packet, Dec. 26

" Valuing these lives at only Intl. tbe present peke of a
slave, they ammo. to 12,3601. a sum far more than sufficient
to pre►ent the recurrence of this untimely coma of death in
tamale.

The Petitioner trusts, that, honeout as he is by the Re-
moieties. of the Heuse in NU, sail other teen imegials of the
highest official characters, the House will learn with the

b,glwst gratification, that It is its the power of the Petitioner
to eunvioce any Committee that sissy be appointed, that the
lives of these officers and meta, whilst employed in the dan-
gerous service of porrairg smemelees, nay in future be pre-
served to their cottony, wise it is the will of Ilse House
so to do; the more particularly,sis, through the extension of
the. preventive nianggling system to the southern coast of
Ireland, the consequent extensiou of the unnecessary death
tames, entitled by every law, human and divine, to their
country's protection, must ensue.
.4 The Petisitmee has heard it stated, t►ere are other feven-
tions mole effectual to this desirable purpose; the Petitioner
knows °lnoue; but should such be the case it can make no
difference to the House, through whose iuceuioas Inventions
the lives of these officers and into are preserved, provided
the mesas of future preservation are not sitliheld from them.
" The Petitioner trust■ that the facts herein mentioaed
will acquit him of all presumptuous perseverance in thus
drawing the attention of the House to a subject so interest-
ing to humanity and the country, as, unless through the
interference of the House thus prayed for, the lives of more
British subjects must be added to this melancholy and
uo-
Necessary cause of death, which accrues solely from want of
such further artificial aid as will roable them to reach the
nearest shore, orremain in deep water without the possibility
of sinking nista assistance is afforded them.
" The Petitioner the more humbly submits the above to
the consideration of the House, as the prayer of this Petition
is now reduced to a specific and limited nature, and it must
be apparent to the House, that in this short apace of time
103 British officers and men have lost their lives, when, but
fur the danger attending this service, it is not probable that
one would have died in the course of nature.
4 The Petit r therefore prays the House, that a Com.
miller may be appointed by the House, in order to ascertain
whether the lives of the officers and men employed in the
pursuit of smugglers may slot be preserved in future through
their beiug permitted the use of the Sesmeses Friend, or
such other means or inventions as may appear best calcu-
filed to cattalo so desirable an end ; or that the House w 11,
in their wisdom, take such other means fur the application
of the Petitioner's invention to the purposes aforesaid as in
their judgment shall be most 6t and proper.

I.a.t night, at twelve o'clock, the remains of Mr,.
l'aue were removed from South A udley-street, to
be interred at Clopton, in Suffolk, attended by
Alderman WOOD, Mr. PAGE her son, and her
grandsoo, Mr. BRAND.
On the 19th inst. the two beautiful planets, Jupi-
ter anti &turn, will be in apparent conjunction,
their distance being only two minutes, and will
present to the contemplative mind a majestic ap-
pearance; their apparent place being its 21. of
Aries, they will rise about one o'clock, p.m. a.ol in
the evening, to the west, they may be observed ap-
proaching toward the horizon. About the begiu-
ning of August they will appear stationary, and,
from that time until the middle of December, pre-
sent an interesting appearance, moving ism a retro-
grade direction. About the middle of November
they will again appear to be in conjunction, after
which, this beautiful phenomenon will not again oc-
cur for twelve years.
A rat was killed at Annan on Sunday last, which
exhibits to the eye of the naturalist one of the most
striking circumstances we recollect ever to have
heard of. This rat seems formerly to have had one
of its hind fret snapped off by a trap, just below
the knee joint, and the wound has. through time,
healed up ; at this part, there is actually formed a
new foot, with the claws, &e. precisely the same as
any of the others; and the bone, which had been
cat through farther down titan the flesh, still
remains.

A stt of swindlers have been practising their
depreilltions to considelable extent in the towns of
Plymouth, !Jock, and Sionebouse, and with so►ne
*neural', by pureliasiiig articles and giving bills
(boon on our of the party whore residence we un.
derstand was m ■ garret. From one person they
succeeded in obtaining 200 sacks of flour. awl
oilier goods to a considerable extent were agreed
for, but the commitment of the Captain has put an
eud to the proceedings of the gang.

'OLD BAII.IiY. Mfetxi►rr, juNg 11.
DANK PROSECUTIONS.
This morning Mr. Serjeent Rosemount. attend-
ed on the part of the Bank, when. the Bank Prole.
eutions commenced.
Robert Ilkoctitopogh, a young lad, stood indicted
for uttering it forged one-pound note, knowing k to
he forged, with intent to defraud the Governor and
Company of the Bank of England.
Thomas Warner, a tailor, residing at 41, Grub.-
street, deposed, that en the 24th April la•t it person
somethu►g like the Priamier came to his shop. mud
purchased a waistcoat for Ss., in ryinent of which
he tendered a oae-pound note. The following day
he Caine and purchased a coil, and paid another
note, both which proved to be bad. The person
gave his address, 's Robert Browne, Rastoke-street,"
but tin such persona resided there. In consequence
of some information he received, he went, in cote-
puny with a peace-officer, in search of the person,
and met the Prisoner at the bar in Barbican. and
there arrested him. He told the Prisoorr he was
the man he had been in search of, for putting off a
bud note, and the Prisoner answered, " I know I
am ; but, fur Gud's sake ! don't hurt ine."

Cross-examined by Mr. LAW.—He said he would
not swear ptentively to the person of the Prisoner.
Prisoner told witness be ►old' his watch to a person
in the street, from whom he got the notes.
Mrs. Warner, wife to the former witness, corro-
borated put of his statement.
Win. Thomas, shopmatt to Mr. Harris, opposite
the house of Mr. Warner, stated, that on the 24th
of April he gave him change of a note, which he
said was the note produced to him.
Robert Saps/ell, constable, proved that he ar-
rested the Prisoner in Barbican; he begged him
to let his father know, who, he said, lived in Bar-
tholomew-square.
Mr. Christmas, inspector of Bank notes to the
8111111 of England, proved the notes to be forged.
The Prisoner being called on for his defence,
stated that he sold his watch to a stranger, and got
the notes in qiiesiion in payment.
Several wittiesees gave the Prisoner a good cha-
racter.

The Learned JUDGE having summed up the evi-
dence, the Jury retired for half an hour, and re•
turned a verdict of Guilty; but recommended him
to mercy on the ground of his youth, Isis good cha-
racter, and the probability that, having been out of
employment, lie was made the dupe of designing
persons.

John Low was convicted of the minor offence,
of having in his possession forged Bank of Eng-
land notes. It appeared in evidence that the
police-officer who searched his lodgings found
in a tub no less a number than sixty forged notes.
blizabeth Webster was capitally indicted for ut-
tering three forged notes, knowing them to be
forged.

It appeared that the Prisoner, on the 24th of
February lust, went into the shop of Mr. Vomiter,
a chandler ut Bromley, and there gave in payment
for some articles she purchased a forged one-
ironed note. Some time after she went into
the Moor's Arms, opposite to the house of
Mr. Poulter, where ►he offered another note,
but Mr. Underwood, the keeper of the tavern,
refused to give her change. She was seen by a
little girl, and was brought into the house of Mr.
Poulter by a peace officer, and on being charged
with passing a had note iti the house, she immedi-
ately swallowed the note she had in her hind. She
was then taken to the watch-house, but from that
she made her escape. Oil the 31st March she went
into the shop of Mr. Browne, a chandler at Mlle End,
and there she purchased some bread, butter, tea,
anti cheese, and offered • note in payment.
Mrs. Browne put the note up to the candle, and
immediately told the Prisoner it was a bad note,
end asked her where she got it. First she said she
knew, and afterwards she denied it. While in
conversation with the Prisoner, a man came into
the shop who pretended to be drunk, and after some
inquiries he pushed the Prisoner out of the door,
and thus she made her escape. Mrs. Browne kept
the note, and the Prisoner .vas subsequently ap-
prehended.
The note was produced, and • Gentleman from
the Bank proved it to he forged.
Mr. Justice BAYLICY, in summing up the evi-
dence, expressed his regret that the Prisoner hsd
not followed the example of so many otherp, and
pleaded Guilty to the minor offence.
The Jury, without hesitation, found her (hairy—
Death.

Mr. Justice BATLEY stated to the Jury, that she
appeared to have acted under the influence of a
mutt who had been convicted of the saint offence,
iO coosequence of which the Jury recommended
her to mercy.