The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-18 00:00:00

CORN EXCH/LVGE, JAN,
IS.

MERE is but little. fresh Wheat come in to.,
day,. and that at hanJ mostly of inferior qua-
lit ; fine is in demand, and fetches higher prices ;
some few fine Dantzic samples fetch Sos. per
quarter; in Barley, Malt; Pease, or Oats, there
is but little doing, and at about last prices; new
Tick BeanS are cheaper ; Flour- is plentiful, and
with difficulty letches top prices. 7

Wheat 35s a 42s a 53s od 1 Tick I3eans - 3os a 35s od
Fine ditto -54 s a sbs od 1 Oats - tEs a 21s a 23s od
Rye - - - zBs a 31s od 1 Poland ditto z 45 a 25s od
Barley '-. - zos a 255 od Rape S,teci - - 351 a 381
Malt - - -50 S a 575 od Fine Flour - , 45s a 485 od
White Pease 385 a 45s od Seconds . ios a 45s ocl.
Beans, - - - .szs a ;85 cd

The new stamp upon the doll,irs issued from
the Bank is much complained of, as being very
imperfettly executed, and therefore the more eabily
counterfeited.

Mar)day morning, fourteen deserters tied toge-
ther with ropes, were marched through St.
,James's
Park, on their way to the Isle of Wig,ht.

The following singular circumstance occurred on
Saturday se'nnight, in the garden of Mr. Mark-
wick, of Fittleworth; Sussex :—A hawk pounced
on a chicken, about half-grown, and whilst encum.
bered with his prey, was perceived by the parent
cock, who immediately made at the intruder, and by
one blow laid him at his feet ; the chick was by
this time disengaged, and a battle between the
hawk and the cock ensued, which ended, after three
rounds, in favour of Chanticleer, from whose feet,
Mr. Markwick (who with two other persons had
witnessed the confliCl) cook the petty tyrant of the
air, with -very few remaining symptoms of life,
which he presently resigned in his hands.
A youhg Lady, in the last stage of a consump-
tion, was lately restored to health by the following
extraordinary and accidental remedy she had been
long attended by the Faculty, but deri'ved no bene-
fit from their assistance, and considered her.elf verg-
ing to the end of existence, when she retired, during
Last summer, to the vale of Taunton Dean, in Sumer-
setshire, with intention to wait in solitude the hour
of approaching dissolution. Whilst in that situa-
tion, it was her custom to rise as early as her malts.
dy would permit, and contemplate the beauties of
nattre from her chamber window, from which she
:observed a dog belonging to the house, with scarce-
ly any flesh on its bones, owing to disease„coustant-
ly go and lick the dew off a camomile bid' the
garden, iri doing which the animal wit' noticed to
alter its appearance, to recover strength, and finally
look plump and well. The singularity of the cir.
cumstance impressed str:sugly on the Lady's mind,
and induced her to try what efFeCt might be pro-
duced from following the example of the'quadruped.
S'ne accordingly rocured the dew, from the same bed
of carnomile,.clrank a smoll quantity each morning,
and after- continuing so to do for sortie time, expe-
reinced a wonderful relief ; her appetite became
regular, she found a return vitits, and in the end
was completely cured

HIGHLziND ANN, ACRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF

.SCOTLAND

TII E Anniversary General fleeting, of this So_
cicty, agleeiible to the Ch!irter, was held in their
11411, South Bridge_street, Edinburgh, yesterday
ce'nnight, when there were present the Marquis of
LORNE, the Eatls t t iMottroN, MORAY, HAD„
DINGToN, ABOYNE, Moi KA, and NIAN,YIELD ;
Vi-count DUNCAN, Lord, MoN't COME Rl' and.,
RANCLIFFF, LORD PROVoST of EDINBURGH,
Hon. Mr. DursnAs, of Melville, Honourable
AitcullsALD M'DoNALD, Sir WM. FORB.ES, of
Piraligo, Sir HEW DALRYMPLE HAMILTON, Of
Bargenny, Sir JOHN SINCLAIR Of Ulbster, with
several other Baronets ; Lieut. Gen. YYsZ, .and
other military men of rank in the Army, Gentlemen
of, eminence in the Law, and inany others of the
most respectable consideration, as landed proprietors
and commercial interests in the Country, upwards
of an hundred in number. The Earl of HADomo..
TON, Vice President in office, having taken the
Chair, the Society proceeded to ballot for new mem-
bers from the Secretary's list, according to the
order in which they had been lodged, when the
'following Noblemen and Gentlemen were duly ad-
mitted, . their names ordered to be recorded, and
pubic notificaiion, as usual, given of. their eledion,
viz. -

The Most Hart. the Ilarquis of Douglas and Clydesdale
Right Hon. the Etrol
Right lion, tnt: Earl a Dalhousie
Gel-wral the Right Hon. thr Eail of Moira
Right Ho ja:nes Murray -
Ri,4ht 1-1,;o. Lord Viscount Duncan
Rfght lion. LOrd Binning
Right lion. Lord Elcho
Right Hon. Lord Ranclitfe, Aid-de-Camp to Earl Moira
Bon. Lord l'Oikeinmett
Robert Hodshon Cay,, Esq. judge of the High Court of Ad-

-miralty • .
Sir George Wariender•of Lochend, Bart.
Major General Alexander Dori
Rear-Admiral Robert Deans of. Huntington
Lieut. -Colonel Sir William Keir, Aid-de-Camp to the Earl

of Moira
Lieuter.ant Thomas Sheridan, ditto
Colonel john Randall Mackenzie of Sutidie • ".
Hugh Rose, Esq. of Kilravock
George Gordon, Esq. of HaMead
Keith Turner, Esq. of Turnerhalt
Moneypenny, Esq. of Pitmillic, Sheriff of Fife
Colonel Bertram of Kersewell
Hugh Mosman, Esq. of Achtyfardle
John Hamilton, Esq. of Sundrum
George Paterson, Esq. younger of Castlehuntly
Tinomas,Hunter, Esq. of Glencarse
Thomas Hamilton Miller, Esq. Advocate
ionnNlactionAd, Esq. of Burrodale.
Rev'. Dr. Robert Douglas, Minister of Galashiels
Donald Mackenzie, Esq. of Newhall
Peter Canipbcil, Esq. of KilmOry
Richard Lowthian Ross, Esq. of Statibld
Hagart, Esq. wine-merchant, Leith
Neil Malcolm, Esq. of Poltulloch
.Doctor lolui Rogerson, Physician to the -Forces in North

Britain
Greaves, Esq. 'Assistant. Inspeaor of Hospitals,
N. B.
join Lloyd, Esq. of l3roadmeadows
1); fn alas Charles Hope, Physician, Edinburgh
1..-ries Hope, Esq. W. S.
ampbell, Esq. of Carradale
Major John Macleod, of Unish
Lieut.-Cola, i Muir, of Caldwell
David Lioyie, Et 9. Advocate

The Meeting thereafter tank under consideration
the-business which had been before their Committee
of Direanrs sines the General Meeting-in June last, '
and of their continued attention to the
objects of the Institution, as appeared from a number
of premiums adjudgeal to Authors of Essays of
merit, on subjetts connected with the improvement
:Ngriculture and the Fisheries, whereby much
~,,rut information had been obtained. The Society,
also approved of the premiums voted fur the im-
provement of .waste. lands, raising green . crops,
intli.fating the black cattle, curing the diseases in.
cident to sheep, and the emulation lately excited
among ploughmen by the premiums bestowed at the
sight and -approbation of Committees of the mem.•
Las of the Society, in different parts of the country.
On hearing the Secretary upon the Funds of the
Society, which had considert.biy increased since last
year, ilie_,Weeting voted a largerisum than usual to
l)e.laid,osst by their Committee of DireOors in Pre-
nnunis towards the enc:;uragement of useful objefts,
f-r the present year, over all the country ; and the
Meeting was pleased to fuhl, from the number of
noble and respettable names daily coming forward
in support of this institution, that notwithstanding
their expenditure, the FUnd, which has been ac-
cumulating progressively, must be soon considera-
bly increased, by the countenance and support of the
Public.
On hearing Mr. CAMPBELL, of Carbroke, in his
.lace, and a report from the Committee of Direaors,
and of the Proceedings of that Committee in regard
to, the application and reference made to this Society,
- c„rnposed of a great body -of the landed interest of
the Ct.untry, by many of the Counties of Scotland,
fOr an investigation and inquiry into the compara-
tive quality of English and Scotch barley, and of
bigg c,,opared with barley, for-the purpose of being
m. 0.: Iwo malt, the Society, on motion by listutv
Esq: approved of the proceedings of
tie Ditedors. and remitted .to them' to take such
measures as shall appear proper and expedient for
obi such information as may be useful to the
Cumaittee of Parliament expe&ed to be appointed
for yrosecutingthe investigation as a matter of the
Iti,ilest importance to the Country, at large. . .
Tilt Meeting afterwards, upon hearing several of
th... Members, resolved unanimously, upon (notion,
ti it the thanks of this Society be voted to the LORD
Pe.ovosT, now present in his place, and to the Ma.
gitrates and"f own Council of the City of Edinburgh,
thr baying recommended to His, Majesty IWuzit'r
jAmrsote, Esq. Author of a valuable work, intitled
the " Mineralogy of the Scottish isles," to 'the
vacant Clair, as Professor of Natural History itt
the University of Edinburgh. That Mr. JAMESON
having some time ago agreed to undertake' a general
Mineralogical Survey •.of Scotland, including the
nature of its soils, tinder the direelion of this Society,
which the appointment in question would enable bins
by degrees to execute, during.tlie vacations of his
class, this Society considered themselves' particularly
interested in a recentrti;mdation of so much import.
ante, not only•to the University, but to the general
improvement of the Country.
Having heard Sir joint SINCLAIR, Bart. and a
presented by him on the general utility

of opening a speedy em-mtunication b). a Diligence
or Mail Coach from Perth by the flighlatitl..road to
Inverness, and of course to the Northern Counties of
Ross, Sutherland, and Caithness, WiliCh was sug-
gested might be obtained .upon appliciition to -„;t:
Postmaster General Sir J.attr Moved, that it showd
be remitted to the Committee of Dirtaors to take
such measures as might appear to them. Most prOper
for obtaining this desirable objeef; and the same was
agreed to accordingly.
It was mentioned by the Secretary, that Reports
had been tnade by some of the Members, as to the
success of the Egyptian barley and Ruta 133ga, for-
merly stated to have been presented to the Society
by Mr. BENJAMIN BELL, and distributed in very
small parcelst,or experiments, and particularly a very
distind and accurate report from L'srd l3ALtAtrro, by
which it appears that the Egyptian barley, when
properly attended to in the cultivation, may prove
a valuable acquisition.
Thereiftet, the Meeting proceeded to the elec-
tion of .President, Vice Presidents, and other Officers
of the Society, for the current year, when

His Grace the DUKE of ARGYLE was re-eleaed
. _ Vtez Pitts:l3 E4ll .s,
•.. . .

His Grace the Duke Of Atholl,
Right Hon: Earl of Morton,
Right.lion. Lord Viscount Melville,
Right Hon. Lord Montgomery,
William Macdonald, Esq. Secretary,
•A lexander Keay, F.sq. Auditor of iittounts,
Mr. Lewis Gordon, Depute Secretary and Collcaor,
Mr. David Watson, Recorder and Clerk;
Rev. Mr.:l/Quaid Macintosh, Keeper of Gaelic Papers,:
and Translator of that Language,
Mr. Alexanckr Cunningham, leweller'and.Mstiallist.
A large parry of the Noblemen ,and Gentlemen
attended afterwards at the Anniversary . Dinner
in °woes, forrnelly BAYLL's, Tavern, the
Earl of HADDINCTON in the Chair, supported on
the right and left by the Earl of Mot RA and Lord
Viscount DUNCAN, Lord MONTGOMERY, the ju.
nior Vice .President, Croupier, when many loyal
and constitutional Toasts were given from the
Chair.; and, in the 'course of the evening, several
appropriate Songs were well sung, particularly the
celebrated verses on the battle of Ca mperdtiwn, with
great taste and elegance, by a Noble Lord present,
and received with great applause, and three times
three, and the evening spent in great conviviality
and good humour, highly gratified with the success
and prosperity of so useful kind extensive an institu-
tion, for promoting a spirit of induitry and im-
provement over all the Country, as well as its ori-
ginal obje6l in the Highlands, which will always be
steadily kept in view.

DUBLIN, JAN. 13.

(CIRCULAR.)

TO OFFICERS COMMANDING YEOMANRY CORTS.
" Dublin Castle, Dee. 31, 1803.

." SlR..—The LORD LIRUTEKANT •having taken
into Consideration the irregularity, as well as seri-
ous inconvenience whiCh has arisen from the want of
a fixed scale for rise establishment of Officers in Yea.
tnanry .Corps,and the great expenea which has been
p
incurred by too large a proportion in many Corps
having been .placed on permanent duty, I am diretted
to acquaint--you that his Excellency has been pleased
to order, that the scale hereunto annexed, as applica.
hale to. the establishment of each Corps in the Yeo.
mAnry service, should be adopted in future ; and his
Excellency is satisfied of your concurrence iii an ar.
rangement which' is calculated to produce a system
of regularity, and to promote public economy.
•' It is not of course tntended that • any Officer,
now holding a commission, should be deprived of it ;
but those who are at present on the establishment
beyond the number in the proposed scale, are to be
considered as Supernumeraries ; and such vacancies
as may occur, are not to be filled up until the num-
ber of-Officers is reduced to the proper proportion.
" I .am further commanded, state, that when
detachments are placed upon permanent duty; the
proportion of Officers will be 1S ttrite.l according to
. the instrations which the Brigiai'M'ajors have re-
ceived, so as in no case to exceed the number stated
in the scale. And I am to observe, that Supernu.
merary Officers cannot be entitled to draw pay, ex..
cept.in cases of emergency, or under particular cir-
cumstances, which will be made known to the Coin.
manding Officers; through the Brigade Majors, by
the General Officers commanding DistriOs.
(Signed) 4, E. B. LITILIHALES."

The scale referred to in the above circular let.
ter appoints to Corps of Cavalry of from 20 to co
rank and file inclusive, I Captain and I First Lieu-
tenant ; and from 6o to too rank and file inclusive,
a Sub-Lieutenant in addition.

To Corps of Infantry, of zo to 45 rank and file
inclusive, r. Captain and t first Lieutenant, and
from Soto 96 inclusive, an additional Sub-Leute.
nant ; from too to 140 inclusive, two Sub-Lieute
-nants add►tlonal ;. from 6o to 180 inclusive, three
Sub,Lieutenants ; and to Corps of Zoo rank and
file, there are to be four Sub-Lieutenants,
kale also fixes the proportion of Officers to Corps
consisting both of Cavalry and Infantry.

An important Improvement ;n Shoes and &ILI.—
The ,following Method of preparing water-proof
leather, at i very small expense, will be found in-
variably to succeed :—Take one pint of drying oil,
two ounces of yellow wax, two ounces of spirit of
turpentine, and one ounce Burgundy pitch, melted
carefully over a Slow fire. With this composition,
new shoes and boots are to be rubbed in the sun, or
at a distance from the are, wittliutßunge, as often
as they become dry, in t.l thFixl,ar,e.fully saturated ;
the leather is then impervious ta.wet the shoes and
boots last much longer, acquire softness. and pliabi-
lity, and thus prepared, are the most effectual pre-
servatives against cold and chilblains.

A number of per Sons were alarmed in Truro and
its neighbourhood, about midnight on Wednesday
last, with a violent noise in the air, like the explo.
sion of a cannon, or the bursting of a bomb ; it was
followed by violent and sudden gusts of wind and
rain. ,