Star.
London, England, 1831-01-15 00:00:00

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0111DIVATIONS. ^-_
WIND.
Highest, lit Jan. N. 30. 53. I 28th July,
Lowest, 16th Nov. & 28. 73. I 27th Dec.
avzxnre.
H.gheat, Ist Jan, NE. 30. 50. I 28th July.
Lowest,lf3th N0v.8W.211. 66. I 24th Dec.

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g• EM,=l.
DAYS. WIND.
. . 193 N. & NZ.
. . . 172 E. & SE.
2. & SW.
366 W. & NW. .
Extreme Cold and Heat, by Six's Thermometer.
Coldest, 26th December, Wind W.
Hottest, Seth July, do. SW.
Mean Temperature, he the year 18304
Results of Two Rain Guars . •
Hamnactx.—At the request of the bailors,
inhabitants, the Duke of Hamilton has agreed to 1
church. His Grace lately arrived at the palace,
pushing forward the improvements, and rendering ti
reception of William the Fourth and his Casseet,
there while in Scotland next summer.—Glosmo Cove
The low duty on Canada min appears to be inducing t.
rather to ship from Montreal and Quebec than from New
Canada wheat last year imported into the Clyde
greater than in the year before, amounting to about
The Irish wheat imported last year bus the Clyde
being 22860 loss than in 1829. Tbs Irish wheat la
in quality.
A Mom woe given on Wednesday by the Trades
Demos and Convener. There are about 70 gentlemen
Gamer Robert on In the chair; Provost ape was on ,"
right. A number deems were given, with addressee •
feelings entertained by the meeting. " Th. health
" Provost .liayne," " Conti:oar Burrell and the "
Guild lialne," "Mr. Thomson, sen. and tbs .
Town Council who supported Mr. Jeffrey.
Inv anwerreusei.—Tbs lidry, burgesses, and inhabitants of this
burgh, have ems to the resolution of petitioning Parliament for reform,
retrenchment, and eanteney. The petition lay several days in the
Town.hall for to which the inhabitants of all classes were in-
vited by beat of to affix their names.
1 The first meeting of the Committee :of the Renfrewahire Po.
Wad Union took plate on Tuesday, in the Saracen's Had
411 n, Paisley, Mr. Wallace of Kelly In the Chair. The Meeting was
alisnisil by several Gentlemen of distinctioo. A latter from Mr. Att.
Birmingham, to Mr. Wallace, on the subject of the
fl read by the latter gentleman to the Committee. TLC!
discussion as to whether the Union should embrace the
santy or Paisley only, it was at last unanimously agreed to that
the satinal proposition of a Union of the whole county would be ed-
its's" Ws.
Mr. Horton, a gentleman who has been engaged in boring for water
in Providence, R. 1. has presented to the public some remarkable re-',
salts. In his Mond experiment in boring, be selected the exhume
polar of a wharf, many yards from the original laud. He bored though
iseeream of mud, then through a bog meadow, containing a good peas,
then through and and quartz gravel. At this point, water ism".
Dated with copperas and arsenic broke forth ; but determining to pre.
cad further, Mr. Mitten next struck a vineyard, sad ,drew up view,
grapes, paps semis, haves, scorns, hazel nuts, *ease. eel dm sods
of stoknown baits, together with pure water. This was 38 feet Wow
the bed of the river.--Baidesero Chews.
.ILIRRIZIA—At Gamnatoomb, J. Dawson, Esq. Carron, to Jess
of - - Andrew Mackay, LL.D.

WitATHER.
Fair . .
Rain or Sao, .

Glen, youngest daughter oldie late _
DIED.—At ifirtiall; the Rev. John Dunn, one of the middies et
that Burgh..—At Rdiobargh, aged 79, Dame Jane Dunbar, Mist of
the late Sir George Dunbar of kloehrumt. Ras.
DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY COURIER, JAW. 11.
Wool is sal ants* in price, and various mums are assigned fir
the start ; such ea the shortness of the dip in 11111111, the increased ad
bussing consumption of the article, and the briskness of the wpm
toads to America, Smeared Cheviot wool, 'Matt:odd have bean
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lasi year for Ss. or Ss. Id. per stone,
now commands and.whisk sed heavily at 16s.:goes of briskly at 22..
The bittern at one time taunted &mot every marsh, emitted monk
at nightfall rearaktiftkiran or Indies woo and hence Its Seettleh
sere of hiatterveeelmtm. But fee • amiebsr of pan, from the
hail" of hogs, sad edam imerovements, the bittern mosto have de.
mead oar shores almost entirely, and it is only ecomiseally deka to
diem by causes which it is net limy to ammo ter. Until yesterday,
*Stet we saw or bawd of was ohm .by Dodds Yoga& Rs* es his
"Maar OnUiyhdl, in the year 1816; and we wore a pod dad Oaf-
pained when Mr. Johnston, of the Grapes ins, sitheind to our inspec.
den two wry heaatilid epseimens, shm in the nisi at not week.' Ho is
Were Ono fewer don fve bittern Addams ham killed la the neigh-
hobbled, widths dm last few iaye—thess of which are in his own pos.
samba, far die puree of being stored.
Mr. T. Ailleek, of Dumfries, has invented a dredging.maclaine for
the porpoise:Car ng, straigtheuing, and improving the navigation
of riven or by retnoving bars or bias of grad! et ma.
formed by eddlus adverse currents, end of eentinieg Omaha! arid`
currents
ents ems oniihres line. A trial, apse smadseas Ms% WO mai-
cleanly proved its utility and superiority over the stem dredging.
machine in every situation where there is $ current, or even a swell on
the water. It on be made in the most eels:mai manner, at one quar-
ter, and ',roughest less than ow hundredth parr, of the exposes of the
steam shedging.usseitines at present in use, and in many situations with
much greater effect.
The petition of thelProvost, Magistrates, Fetters, Merchants, Ma.ter
Tabulates, and other householders of the burgh of Gatehouse-of-Flea.
in the Stewartry al Kirkcudbright ; and of the farmers and occupiers of
land he the vicinity, is as follows :
" That the system of representation in fisethmd is so defective. to
limited and partial in its operation, as to exclude by At the pester pm-
'portion of the community in the choice of their representatives, and la
Islamised to corrupt the constituents. lessen the responsibility of then
repressemdves, t the people from having any cheek on the public
expenditure, has an obvious tendency to weaken their attachment to
the goveramest and institutions of the country.
0. That the ewe of year petitioners affords a very wear instance of
the Inefficiency of the system complained of, for in the Burgh st Gate-
housr-oelPleet, and parish in which it is situate,• containing upward' of
two &mead individuals, there is only one person who has the right of
voting for a Representative in Parliament." • ,
At a public meeting of the inhabitance of Nelson Stewart and its
neighbourhood, held in the Town Hall, on the 31st December. 1103,
Daniel M,Lawns, Req. Banker, was called to the Chair; woes the
following petition was agreed to :-
0 That thermos Parlieseetway representation of the United Bing.
dem is defective in sway *mum imposts.
44 That is no pen of die kingdom us its ddects tales -shalom
than is Seeds* when die whole members for the sondes are
domed by about 2,000 %divided% a vary grem peered's of whom
possess popery, me ens reside, within the mendst in
wbithibey nee, but who moods* that privilege in widowed-owe
get up tor pweposs. Thm mere lambda*
retith=4l6esitaaty of Wigton, which amain a Idedett d UAL
the skean franchise is eselosa So fame them one
tatof whom have neither prepay ewe medusa to the aunty.
"That the representation of the loped Barest is lo" it. If
stlll more Imperfect, in Ismstrense onto remalviestrate
then et the system et adf abodes. That the amint. of
Ilthlthata, and Ilwarmr, iis t o this essay, 121=4
et llerrAleTharq, he fierwmtry at
all of widehile epemeear sodsta rowans, enjoy the
returning ellessiataelleielioNbere. WINO
it greatly sultivialt tollepantina M ihmetiewl"Hmeitshnme,
common with many Whir Towns that have erisas sine the Uniso, eo
abate. in the repreeentatioe."

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
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Montle, s If, Aftwases. .. 3 33.
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(Irma, Na 1, Pickatt-place, Tao* Bar.
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frafontitled dinner tin Palmas dal she local Newspapers. at the
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It, of Silksldy. The lake is now lower.
a day. The sluices, new channel, spill.
full trial, and have been found to 011ie?
By this insprovenswit a thousand acres of
ed foam dse lake, and mend thousands of r 1
made perfectly dry, rendered capable of
one of the !hest trams of thampidgn hid
he, which, after its partial drainage, will mi
hie
es, le sow placed under the complete re.
onufseturen on the Leven will be insured dm
if water, and will be secured at all time,. "
rorks, which in most years occurred during ins
by a want of water in summer, end partly sod
a. erki
r kept at Ethane Castle, North Britain. , dm
w keel of the sea 150 feet: krill
JAL RESULTS. tale
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Thermometer. —.
FIND. . WIND. 11(
I 28th July, SW. 73 4
. I 37th Dew W. 19
avzsrat G.
. I 38th July. NE. ei
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. I ildth Dec. NW. 21
IM EM,=ll. An
lATII. WIND. TIKES. Of il
193 IN. & NE. . .23 Pre
172 E. & SE. . . 148 RAI
S. & SW. . . lii aid
355 W. & NW. . . . 73 34,
Beat, by Six's Thermometer. dea
mime, Wind W. 14. COW
II do. SW. 79.
4he the year 18304 . an.
ire • • 30.4785 het. se
pest of the halters, and a number of the of a
milton hes agreed to build anodise parish the
mitred at the palace, for the purpose of
the
meets, and rendering the edifies flt for the Fee
web and his Cesmiset, who are to reside
muomer.—aleuroo Courier. Merl
thee
pain appears to be inducing the Americans eta
and Quebec than from New York: The will
ported into the Clyde was nearly six times BTU
re, amends, to about 49,000 bells. a
last year into the Clyde was WAN bolls ; and
29. The hhh wheat last year Is very poor
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edemas, by the Trades of Caper, to their
ere were about 70 gentlemen present ; old 1.
heir; Prevost Bayne was on the chairoun's
were given. with addresses exprseave of the Ma
meeting. " The health of Mr. Jeffrey," DWI
mar Shall and the Deacons," "Dean of and
moon, sea. and the other members of the
d Mr. Jeffrey. Bed
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