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MAW .MLITId ALT.

The fnllr,w•ing litter has been received by the
Right Hnn the Lord Provoit of Edintatrgb fro.:,
the Bight k 144.1. Lord Hawk=thnr„ oue of His )4.4-
jetty's Pt:ratiml Srci etAriet nt State, rehttive to put-
ting this Ad into execution:—

(CIRCULAR.)

MY LORD, Arg. 17.
I have the honour to . to )00, Loodsitip, by IN
11.1jeite's erimman-tr, an Aet st pasted th.
for CIA6I, 41 14 t.. NAllit,a of Gloat Awaits, and do
inereusing the iume owlet c,rtaM I;o,ltatums and met tint...
The pees:it, exigency of the prerent moment !Nu. mit es
it does as immediate met laritc 111CITSN 1/f tbs torce of
the county, capped with tht edited parwd 01.i.:h till law
has u•eyerteed fur codspleting the key of in- d t•thl made utn•
tat: pleseat Act, sr It soo-st to ye, the ex-
t••ssiet sinionnittne of timing Lt•• ottnnit atm and divatch to
all the roceriiiitas to be had under Ms proyonots of this aO.
Tin. poi. I I. which I In-lonia bed leare to the 6,4 instance
Inca sods hanktitp's attention h, that at the f••••• General
Meeting to be holden, wh•rls to Log and ia to
yawn foortren days, and .o S.•••sis•..! seeks,
aft, the passing of the Al, toot I. yti Ist,• and the Wow!
I.seut, Bents should proceed to tago••• windier the ballot may
he t 5410,144 1100 i. with the Militia At at irateot exist-og,
or 'Omaha, at is become awn' xely ny•ussa.y, taunt il.a deft cis
n( those 1.., that, torvinut to any hal ot, airy should either
be amend d dd./ sate .dad • out !

Your LOrdrill;. Wilt prtrAir, be the Act, that the three
flirtrill, %IVAn which the t .11 .t. of i.e.. w rr.yelird to be
fiend, trod, a oeualti upon tee rl
dUrt3ie a• ,k.l! d, I% rite d• srovvi, J tare
01 a,rh Mr.r‘irr be eil,'oscd ty 11.. *.: ;e,y, in the c.s•c of
arn-reline the rota, tr.. Sour. rd of ro.kiii{ new 1.1., to ties
morons Mire them ow of eoldind .txh Gener..l Meetings.
I byte Illelylloore to regtirlt, tf you shqulrt bird such sitoatiou of
the .%ittit.i uii to be ..I!tspcn.f3l:totie a Te,t,tzl and equit-
•4le .5-cuthu% 8.5 tee yorr Lordahio will tuar,snait
to one, writ rot delay, the en mud. 011 which thzli uptnioa is
fore, .r Nn I,•ity 's cqnsitleral:mi and decleion, i.. order
Vara time nue toe land in me:taming with immersion the
craws, of piercer:lr,, tr, be pensucd, and the Vale within which
the .11 ...v under year charge is by law taquifed to
ac f4u .1.

Y war perceive, that the echedele loth, Ail hie
Sect. o liamed ogle render the lots to be made out eonsphte,
far wz rf Imullottiug outlier under use Militia or the
And it is desiratle, that lino het, fee the city of
4,1 be ea tinily made out acrordlig t• the form
of r. 9. .I.cdu'e, as it may 'wreaker be deemed expedient that
the pootsirro or tlin Training Ad theield be elude:led to
(host beano gowned,. Should a'.y 'lwamoto in the lists of
tom coy of Edinbsugh be astilturte4l to take place previth•s to
carrying the present levy a men for the Militia into sfee,
your Lordship will take partieular nee that the lists be made
out.' c•cfritieity thereto, and should the het. now in exist-
ence. be deemed wleepsete to the purposes of a Militia, but not
of • 'gaining tm lint, without belay tog in any degtes the premed-
togs under the former lasi, it is Inc loss's pleasure t'.at coffed
lute be made out as early as proolde of persona liable to be
trained wider the pro.. intent fai the Alt of the 46. Geo. 111.
rap.
Ala to acqoaint your Lookship that, fre the convenience of
the parishes, the Militia Regimeirts limb be eerie's.' to detach
Into their 1,-qm:is. et, .:otentecs proper parties to re•teive and take
charge of the Is. ,t, C,. b•agl as th,y may be oirmit in at the se.
yrs.' Subdivision filertinp; and 1 hare only fanner to Fablaesa,
(nab whilst your I.ordship will not fail ter exploit to th.rw with
whoa you mat Cibiallaallblatt, is 'Meets regret His Me.
*My loth at sorry fresh burden whi.b the exige•icy of
the war may impila on his subjects, yet l la Itlajesty rateftain,
a confident hope that the evident and indispeinable ineressity
M a great lailttary exertion fur the root:pity of his do :91110441n
the present moment, will not only induce all rL.v. of his
go.ropieto submit to this Outten cheerfully, but with a ihte,-
11110.01011 it, remise the our Civic answ enable in poem oi
ben to the expectation of the Legislature, cud an the demand,
of the psalm •entice.
'Ho Milroy she trusts that they will be sensible of the
anxious deem evinced by the Leant/aura to cause Mit estom
ordinary levy el men to be mole the mode lust expensive
burtenestues in the host historic,. to the pe..ple, and in
that description of 1 area which may eymtually mheve the
etpantry Imin the chaige of hawing to replace the whole or to
/Mk dem M a future poled.
I have the lostiourto be, My Lords
rr..ot obedient humble loteent.
ira. Lord Troves vf L.habergb. kIAWLOLSSUItY.

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IMPROVENFNIq "V SCOTLAND.

EXTRACT FROM 1146 THIRD REPORT OT TIES
COX sussiostes ►UR HIJIIL AND ROADS AHD
ARMORS SN ccorLAbn.

DUNICILD Banana, BaAMD Betnoc—ln elar
!Act Report, we had occasion to mention, not with-
out some regret, that although his Grace the Duke
of Athol had di►counted bills at the Bank of Scot-
land to the am tent requisite to enable us to afford
him public aid in treeing the Bridge over the ny,
at Dunkeld, he had not appropriated it to that un-
dertaking, in such a form as to warrant us in afford.
ing him the assistance specified in the agreement
made in May 1804.
Tois difficulty was not removed until July 1800,
when his Grace represented to tts by letter, that he
had aheady been at a very considerable expense,
and much beyond the raise of the intended toll or.
pontage, and therekre requesting us to order an
account of the money already expended, and an
estimate of the expense still necessary for completing
tie Bridge.
By referring to our original agreement respeaing
Dunkeld Bridge, it will appear to be founded on the
convidlion that we were authorised in this case to
defray one half of the expense to be incurred be-
yond the value of the toll; and it was therefore con-
sonant to the spirit of such agreement (the execu-
tion of which had been so long interrupted) that if
the expense already incurred appeared to equal or
exceed the value of the toll, we might contribute
half the expense of the work yet to be performed.
We therefore direaed Mr. Telford to form such an
account and estimate as was desired by his Grace;
the account of money expended to end on the 16th
lily 1806: and the estimate to commence from that
time.

After a careful examination of the works at Dun-
keld, Mr. regoid transmitted the account and es.
tinsite,-wh,ch were found to exceed the former esti-
mate very considerably. Mr. Telford explained
this excess, by stating, that the Duke of Athol, in
Lis great earnestness for the expeditious progress of
the work, had employed a much greater number of
labourers and masons than was necessary, and that
since our agreement with his Grace, he had also
deepened the foundations, and enlarged the dimen-
sions of the bridge beyond the original plan; which
improvements (though not absolutely necessary)
added much to the stability of the work, and afford-
ed sisie.paths for the accommodation of foot-pas-
sengers.
As we could not but be sensible of the advantage
of a 'Aid s:rufturc to nopose the rapid current of
the Tay, and as it appeared that the Dukctif Athol
had expended upwards of six thousand pounds be-
yond the computed value of the toll, we agreed to
defray halt the expose yet to be incurred, and
his Grace the I)uke of Athol hereupon entered into
a contradt to complete the bridge for the estimated
expense, at Michaelmas, isoe; 4o t by the progress
already made, we expea it will be finished before
that time.

the great lw;dge over the Tay was known to re•
quire rriaL:s of approach to it, i cluding a bridge
ov.r the River Brand. and we had nr4inally
'cited ro defray Fah the expense of these works ;
Mr.:le-Hord was thereforeinstmEled to prepare ;fans
and es t •rmahle to the intentions of the
Dirke nt .s • ; lid in February last, on Mr. Tel-
forl' •P r.• dun, we had as opportuniry of
irry r 7 • plans and estimates, aided by
pt.( St liela it,ianations. On this occasion we
fou 4 that ute impr:wernents suggested by the
Duke of Athol surpassed what we could deem
merely roads of approach to the great bridge, and
we thereupon notified to his Grace the extent to
which we 'nought ourselves authorised to second
his exeri.ons. A new bridge over the river Brand
appears unquestionably necessary ; and the Duke of
Athol has recently signified to us his readiness to
enter into a further contrad for building it, and also
for making a short road of approach to miasma it
with the main r•,ad.

CON AN Baioaa.—After much correspondence re-
fitive to Conan Bridge, wa had to announce, its our
last Report, that it waited for the operation of the
P.oss-►hire Aueument Aft. That :la hairless passed,
we immediately transmitted our Resolistsoos ay-
proving of the bridge, and thereupon it was adopt-
ed by a special County Meeting, holden Bth Sep.
umber, 1105. Since that time mach delay has
arisen from various discussions relative to the As.
sessment Aft, and the cotsstruaion and situation of
the bridge ; and in oar earnest desire so comply
with the washes of the County, we transmitted, in
September last, another Resolution, founded on the
new Plan and Estimate, which the County having
adopted, and baying raised half the estimated ex-
pense en the credit of the Assessment Aft, And paid
it into the Bank of Scotland, an advertisement for
offers of contra° was limn. diately inserted, and of
the several offers made, Mr. Thomas Flet:her's has
been accepted, and he has engaged to complete the
work by the Ist of Odober, iBO9 but since the
signature of this Contrail, a Meeting of the County
of Ross has desired that the situation of the Bridg?
may be as at first intended, and we understand that
Mr. Fletcher has no objetetion to the alteration. As
the accommodation to the public will be equal in
either situation, we have not hesitated to comply
with the wishes cf the County.
The Conan Bridge being intended to supersede
the use of the Ferry of Scuddal, it was r.ecessary to
indemnity the Proprietors for the Ferry Right, which
was valued at foist hundred pounds, and we ?greed
that this mom should be added to the estimate, as
part of the expense necessary for opening the Bridge
for public use, without the inconvenience of a toll.
Such a tell or pontage was proposed to us by the
County in the year 1804; upon which we intimated,
that, in such case, the Public, as contributing a
or.iety of the expense necessary for building the
fitidge, must receive the same proportion of auy
toll to be levied.

°sato Onria Bridge was consi-
dered, together with the Conan Bridge, in oar early
proceedings, and was postponed for the same reason.
Oaabllf ISO), upon an application horn the
County Meeting of Ross-shire, that we should af-
ford our aid in bailditig a Wooden Bridge over the
Orrin, we felt it necessary to withhold our concur-
rence from any such proposal, as nut promising
durable acconsisosiatiisa to the public.
WICK DILI Dug —A lia rf ,it th.. minuted ex-
pense of butisi.ng a brik: • at 'A ..:k, in Cann-


nest, having been paid into the bank of Scot.
land, in February, ISM we were about to proceed
to insert the usual Advertisement, when it e . s re-
presented to us, that Mr. George Burns had a pre.
ferable claim to the contra), having been induced
to expel, and indeed to make some preparation Ins
it, before we had agreed to defray a moiety of the
ezaense. Under this circumstance, whi:h was fully
authenticated to us by Mr. Telford, we deemed it
no more than justice required, to permit Mr. Burns
to undertake the contra) at the animated expense,
he eagagieg to complete the wok by the Ist of
June, ISO 7 ; and it is accordingly finished.
BALI.•TIR 14111,01.-111 June. 1806, we re-
ceived a Memorial. signed by the Earl of Aboyne
and others, setting folds the importance of a bridge
over the River Dee, at Ballater, in the county of
Ah2rdeen. It appeared from the Memorial, that a
bridge at this place was built and completed in the
year 1783, by private subscripion, aided by three
hundred pounds from the Board of Annexed
Estates ; and that this bridge was unfortunately
swept away by an uncommon flood io the year
1799, and now lies in reins.
Upon this reptessatation, we readily consented
to contribute a moiety of the expense of rebuilding
this bridge, and instrutked Mr. Telford to examine
the proposed site, and to make a plan and estimate.
He found it necessary to enlarge the proposed di-
mensions, in order to prevent any similar accideist in
future, and the amount at the estimate was neeessa-
rily augmented accordingly ; however. the exten-
sive utility of the bridge was so mach felt in a
large distil& of country, that au adequate sub-
scription was raised, and paid into the Bank of
Scotland in March last. Previous to this, sufficient
security had been given to enable ns to advertise
the bridge for contran. but the offers not being
deemed eligible; it has again been advertised. Nu
contra& has yet been settled : it is understood, how-
ever. that if no such off: T sittni'd be made. the con-
tributors themselves will undertake the work At the
estimated expense.
We have beard with mach satisfaaion, as the
strongest proof of the propriety of affording public
aid to this work, that many even of the tenaurry in
the neighbouring parishes have, according to their
ability, contributed towards the subscription.
Bea Liam( Be MG Z.—The situation of the town of
Beauley, at the Head of the Murray Frith, renders
it the necessary thoroughfare to and from an the
more northern Highland Counties ; and at the com-
mencement of our transaaiuns, we were informed,
that for this reason, expe&ations of public aid to-
wards building a bridge, these had already Inca en-
couraged by G.overnroent. Upon this, we home-
diately addressed the Convener of Inverness-Mire,
offering to defray a moiety elf the estimated ex-
pense. In an.; .ver. he stated. that though the
site of such a bridge would he in that county, the
bridge itself was of much greater importance to the
inhabitants of the more Northern Counties, who
therefore ought to contribute largely towards it.
Hereupon we requested ti .e several Conveners of
Ross-shire, Sutherland, and Caithness, to commu-
nicate with the Convener of Inverness shire upon
this subje) ; but all their efforts to raisen sufficient
sum to meet the aid of Government, were ineffec-
tual.

Since that time Co:onel Fraser, of Lovat, has
exerted himself with great zeal and liherality in
promoting t.it object, and in June, 11106, he held
out such strung expectations that the bridge, tor-
ther with a more convenient Road from Inverness
to Beaule;, might be made under some modifica-
tion of the County Asse:sment Aft, that we diteded
plans and estimates to be prepared, arid transmitted
them with our usual Resolution of Approval, to the
last Michaelmas County Meeting. At that Meet-
ing it was agreed to apply to Parliament for the
establishment of a toll upon the Bridge, in order
that the Northern Counties might thus pay for the
accommodation to 6e afforded them.

As the nature of the situation had induced Mr.
Telford to reernumend a wooden bridge of Ame-
rican pitch pine, a kind of strueure which we had
already rejeeed in the case of the Orrin Bridge,
we thought this proposition inadmissible, unless
such a revenue could be raised upon the bridge as
would keep it in perpetual repair, and we have
therefore informed the Convener, that we can-
not consent to join the county in ereeting tills kind
of bridge. unless upon condition that the tolls to
be " levied thereupon. shall accumulate as a fund
" towards providing for such repairs as may from
" time to time become necessary. '
SPIT Batocre.—Having mentioned in our first
report an applicati-n for aid towards completing a
bridge over the Spey at Fochabers, we have now to
state, that a special grant was made for that ser-
vice by Parliament in the Session ending July
1110 i, and that this most useful undertaking has
been accordingly completed.

. .
A late traveller oa the Min.-, observes. that he
often saw the Conscripts on the parade at Cologne,
on the German Frontier. They underwent a very
short and simple course of drilling. They were taught
to wheel, form close column, load, fire, and charge
with the bayonet ; in five days they were considered
qualified to march with veteran troops ; very little
attention was paid to forming line—a more slovenly
one, he says, be Dever witnessed. Lude atten-
tion too was paid to the dress of the men, who were
uniform only in +mein a short jacket, and in every
other article seemed to consult their taste or
their pockets. This might afford some useful hints
to those countries where drilling is a process so
labourious and troublesome, both to officers and
men, and where there are so many profound
consultations ahuut the shape of a cap or a jacket.
How beautifally clothed and elegantly drilled
were the Prussian soldiers, in comparison of this.
Even if we look nearer home, we shall And too mach
of Ore fantastic dresses, which, if any thing could
render valour rilictilous, could certainly have that
effeet. He mentions a fin, which strongly shews the
decided military spirit of the French. He travelled
several days in company with a Conscript, an
elegant young man, the son of a Gentleman of for-
tune, and nephew of a General in that part of the
army where lie was going to serve. He had no
hopes, he said, of rat-ing himself from the ranks,
but by good condua and good fortune. He neither
blamed his father for not paying the price of a sub-
stitute, nor repined at the conscription—" Teas re
Teti tee few reeliteoiref," ht observed, " ear, sir
wan. as 44,4 soldat."