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The following are the several stations of.the Regi.
spent: of the Line now in.Scotland:— •
BitiVrick;--the 2d "Budalltin 25th Regiment, commanded by
Veutesanneolacei Scorr.. . . ,
Bettina aon.—The 4th Battalion Royal Scots, commanded by
Major Nixon ; and the 3d Battalion 117th Regiment, commanded
by Major Nest/mfr. • . . • - • •
Gtlictow.--The lid Biftalion 112th Regiment, eonunanded by
Lieutenant-Colonel DOUGLAS ; and sd Battalion 92d Regiment
commanded by lAentetiant 'Colonel I .AMO NT. •
PER —The •Yoth Regiment, tonunanded by Lieutenant.
Goland Ga AN r. • •
Dump RIES —The 2d Battalion 26th Regiment, commanded
by Major. Wnasta.

' Aailinerts.—The td Battalion 78th Regiment,- enallasitadeti
by Lieutenant Coionet.m.t.sun.
ft:mule:la.—The 2d Battalion 42d Regiment, commanded by
Lord Amity's's.
FORT G ton I.+—The 2d Battalion 21st Regiment, commanded
by Major Coot.,►N.
, It is now saidothat the long looked-for Brevet will
take place on the Nth of August. .
Majcrr.General DUFF is one of the Officers now
proceeding to Portugal.
The situation of Quarter-Master-General with our
army in Portugal is now vacant, as also that of De-
puty Adjutant General. •
The 70th regiment, under Lieutenant-Colonel
GILANT, have been ordered from Dundee to Perth :
they are about 550 strong, and expect very shortly
to be completed.
The 2d battalion of the 7th, or Royal Fosileers,
command:-d by General Sir ALUM CLARKE, has
been recently ordered into Yorkshire, to be more im-
mediately in tke way of receiving volunteers from
the Militia against the approaching turn•out of that
force, the York regiments having uniformly given
the preference to this distinguished corps. The Tusi-
leeisl have hitherto been more successful than any
other corps in obtaining volupteers, which is in some
measure owing to their being the only corps in the
servicn that can give the step of Finn Lieutenant to
the Officers accompanying the volunteers.
The 33d regiment have marched into Windsor.
From their long services in India, their.nurnbers are
mush reduced.
The Roscommon regiment of Militia were relieved,
on Saturday last, from the duty of the Prison-ships
ii,liamonze, by tke Gloucester regiment.
Friday. 300 men of the Aberdeenshire Militia ar-
rived at Dumfries, and the same number at Loch-.
anaben : 400 of the same regiment are arrived at
Carlisle.

Tl:e Ross-shirettlilitia arrived in Glasgow on Mon-
day se'nnight, from Paisley and Pollokshaws, to re-
line the Aberdeenshire Militia.
The 2d battalion of the 41st regiment, at present
quartered at Brighton, under the command of Colonel
Evdtris, has received orders from the War-Office to
hold themselves in readiness for foreign service : their
expected destination we understand to be the North
American continent, where the Ist battalion has long
been serving with eclat.
A disgraceful occurrence mak place in• the streets
of Perth, on rridz.y the 19th ult. Many men from
the Renfrew, and some from the Fife regiments ei
Militia, after. being dismissed from the garrison pa-
rade that morning, about eleven o'clock, proceeded
in the most riotous and disorderly manner, to the
prison, with the determination of liberating a private.
of the Perth Militia, who wasveally not in prison, but
only ordered to appear before the Sheriff for exami-
nation, and was actually on the street at the time.—
The Officers did every thing in their power to check
the men, and with the assistance of the Durham re-
giment, succeeded in getting the men to the barracks.
Every measure of precaution which prudence could
suggest was adopted on the eccason, and executed
with a-degree of promptitude and decision which re-
fleets the greatest honour on Colonel DUNLOP, the
Commanding Officer in absence of General Dunnasr.
The ringleaders who had been secured were instant')
sent. off, in post chaises, under a proper escort, to
Edinburgh ; and to prevent the immediate recurrence
of the.outrage, two of the regiments were marched
offihe same evening, one of them to Dundee, and the
otl*r to Crieff and Dunkeld. During the whole of
the riot, the Du:ham regiment of -Militia to a man,
behaved with the greatest coolness and steadiness, and
seemed resolved to sutler every thing, rather than dis-
grace their military character. The whole of the
officers of the different regiments behaved with the
:greatest intrepidity ; and, in many cases, incurred
sonsiderable personal risk in securing the offenders,
and restoring subordinallons The Fifeskire regiment
was recalled on Saturday se'nnight; the Renfrewsbire
marched from . Dundee to Perth, on Thursday last ;
hallway on the road they were met by the durham
Militia, a squadron of the carabineers, and two pieces
of artillery. They were then ordered to ground their
arms, which was quietly complied with ; ten of the
rig:healers were then selected Troni the corps, and
sent off to Edinburgh ; and the rest were ordered to
':take their arms, and were marched back to Dun-
dee. The Ayrshire Militia are not in the slightest
degree implicated in these transactions. •
'COURT MARTIAL.—A Court Martial was lately held
'tit 'Wakefield, to try Lieutenant Colonel Barsout, of
'lthe 2d, or Royal North British Dragoons, for having
'issued, in the Orderly Book, on the 20th of March,
a Regimental Order, authorising W. Weir, Quarter.
Master, to supply the regiment with necessarieS, in-
terfering with the - duty and responsibility imposed
Upon the Captains and Officers commanding troops ;
and for Naving ,-since the 20th of March, 181.1, per-
mitted the sala:W. Weir to make exorbitant charges
on several articles talkte dragoons, thereby deriving
An unwarrantable` and illegal profit, or with conni-
ving at his so doing. The Court were of opinion,
that Colonel Balfour is guilty of both the charges,
arid stmtenced him to he cashiered ; and in General
Orders, issued since from the poise Guards; it is
ttated, that the PHINCE REGENT has confirmed the
sentence of the Court. But his Royal Highness was
as upon. neither of the char-
thing to impute dishonourable
to Colonel Balfour—that in
20th of March, 1811, he acted
i misconstruction of die real
dons—that his absence from
titat of ill health for snail),

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lisle otherwise nyglit baits done Land' a nas repre;
:emotion having ben.;:inade lb him the other
officers daring his absence, Colonel Balfour visa igno-
rant of the articles being been overcharged by
Quarter:. Master .ikeiri„ Upon: thm grounds, and
taking ioto Coosideration the kal* of-Coloriel Bid-
four's serviCis, the Fatitc: was pleased to consider
him a fit object' for clemency, and to command that
he should be restored-to the fmtstions.of his commis-
sion. He was further pleased, to command, that Co-
lonel Balfour should he severely reprimanded, and
admonished to be more obseriant to the rules and re-
gulations of the service.
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" Honer Cl/AIDS, ties. is; 1115.
'4l Stn.Hoving laid before the PRINCE' :REGENT
the proceedings of a General Court Martial, held in
the'llarritck> of Dublin, on the 7th of January, 1819,
and continued by adjournments to the 25th of the
same month, for the trial of Captain-FIUME O'Klilt.FP
Eitiounnt, of the 98d Kegiment of Foot, who was
arraigned upon the undetmentioned charges, viz. :
" la. For sending a challenge by
.Lieutenant G. Mooae, of
the North Mayo Militia, on or about the evening of the 14th of
November, 1812, to Lieutenant Karrr, of the 21st Light Dra-
goons, stationed upon the recruiting service in Dublin, with in-
tent to provoke him to fight a duel.
" 2d. For scandalous and infamous conduct, unbecoming thi'
character of an Officer and Gentleman, in assaulting Lieutenant
KaNT, of, the 21st Light Dragoons,in the public streets, during
the time of Divine Service, on or bout Sunday, November 15,
1812, accompanied by the before-mentioned Lieutenant Moose.
and several others, apparently Officers, by coining up to the said
Lieutenant Reirr(who was in conversation with Captain Hot.
Lis, of the 18th, Foot, at his brother-in-law's door, in Gloucester.
street), and, Without the slightest provocation, striking a most
violent blow, with a large stick, at Lieutenant Kr/4.es head,
whereby be received a severe contusion, which, for the tnomin!,
deprived him of recollection, befog a gloss violation of Civj
Order, subversive of all Military Discipline, and in breach of the
Articles of War." •

" Upon which charges the Court came to the fol-
lowing decision:
gg The Court, taking into their serious considera-
tion all the evidence laid before them, and the mat-
ters urged by the Prisoner in his detenct, do find the
Prisoner, Captain PERSSE O'KEEFE Boutmen, guilty
of the first charge, as above pi'eterred against him.
And the Court do find the Prisoner guilty of part of
the second charge, in very improperly striking Lieu.
tenant KENT, of the 21st Regiment of Light Dra-
goons, a violent blow on the head sith a stick, on
Sunday, the.lsth of November last, about the hour
of two o'clock. But the Court do not find the Pri-
soner guilty of so striking Lieutenant KENT-w:thout
provocation, or of acting in a scandalous• infamous
manner, as charged against him, and 'do therefore
acquit the Prisoner front those parts of said second
charge. And the Court, in consequence of such
their finding, do adjudge and sentence, ishAt the Pri-
soner, Captain PERSSE O'Ktive BOULGER, shall be
cashiered.

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" Bin the Court, from the peculiar circumstances
of the case, and considering the continued. provoca.
tion sustained by the Prisoner, and the highly ho-
nourable.evidence and test;monials adduced by him,
as to his conduct and character, and also his long
and distinguished savices: do beg leave most humhly,
and in the strongest manner, to recommend the Pri-
soner to the most gracious clemency of his Royal
Hishocas the
" I am to acquaint you, that the Pninca REGENT
was pleased,
.in the name and on behalf of his Ma-
JesTr, to approve the finding and sentence of the
Court: but, under all the circumstances of the case,
his ROYAL HIGHNESS was further pleased to extend
his gracious clemency to the Prisoner, by giving
effect to the recommendation of the Court, and to
command that he, Captain Boveoee, should be re-
stored to the functions of his Commission. •I am, &c.
(Signed) • " FREDERICK,
Commander-In-Cklef."
" To Lieut.-General the Right Hon.

Sir Jour; HOPE, K. B. or Officer
Commanding die Forces, Ireland."

A letter received at Hull last week from Mr. J.
Shephtrd, of that place, announces his arrival at
Malta, on the 9th of Janutty, in the brig Wylam,
of Newcastle, after having escaped from the prison
of Longwf, in France. it appears, that on the 6:h
of September last, on a dark and wet evening, Mr.
S. a Mr. Burkitt, of \Vhitehaven, and another per-
son, let themselves over the ramparts (a height of 50
to 60 feet), by a rope provided for, the purpose ; and,
travelling by night, hid themselves in woods, &c. by
day, being frequently without food for forty-eight
hours. After travelling about 350 milei they fell in
with three French soldiers, who demanded their pass-
ports ; after attempting unsuccessfully to bribe them,
their companion ran off, but was pursued and taken.
Messrs. B. and S. however escaped, and hid them-
selves till night, when they pursued their journey,
and in two days reached EgrA, in Bohemia, whence
they got passports for Pragne, and subsequently pro-
ceeded to the borders of the Adriatic. '
Some time since a straager arrived at Looe, Corn-
wall,,where he assumed the character of the Rev.
Mr. Whitmore, and, by his insinuating address, he
obtained permission of the unsuspecting Minister of
the parish of Talland, to officiate occasionally is the
church of that parish, where he joined several con-
ple in holy matrimony. His Reverence turns out to
be a vile impostor, and, having contracted several
debts at Looe, decamped. T;re bans of four couple
who were married by this person, were re-published
at the church. on Sunday last, and the parties have
the *pleasure of again going through the whole ce-
remony.

Wednesday se'nnight, the 17th ult. between the
hours of six and seven in the evening, as .J. Leeson,
steward to Mrs. Minton, was scturninx from Beech
Mount to his house, oa part of Brinny, near Bandon,
he was way-Lid, and brutally murdered, when n ithin
two fields of his dwelling, by some ruffians, who had
witched him for .their diabolical purpose. An In-
quest was held on the body, and a verdict of Wilful
Murder was returned against some person or persons
unknown.

An awful circumstance
_tack place at Melborne•
port, on Saturday se'maight.—A poor woman in the
work-Inise being charged with some trivial article
that was missing, wished God might strike her dumb,
blind, and dead, if she knew any thing of it. About
sir o'clock she ate her supper as well as usual ' • soon
after her speech faltered ; her eyes closed; and before
seven she was a breathless corpse I

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`ILKINSON V. ADAM AND OTHER!.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, on Monday, pronounced,
judgment in this great cause, which arose upon the%
construction of the will of the testator, Mr; Wilkin-
son, of Lancashire, an iron•founder, who bad devised:
to his three illegitimate daughters a property ainoun•
ting to about a million sterling. The doubtful words
in the will were,“ to such children as I hale& may
have, by Ann Lewis."
The opinion of the Law Judges to whoriftlie case
was submitted had been delivered in writing, on a
former day, when his Lordship reserved the farther
consideration of his final decision l and now, in the'
space of an hour and a half, gave a learned and ela-
borate discuisiori upon the various doctrines on cases
so ably argued at the bar. on both sides of this new
and interesting case. The 'case he should ground kis
deeree upon principally was that of Mallom v. the
Duke of Devonshire, decided by Lord Hardwicke,
about the year 1720, in which-it was settled, that il-
legitimate children may take, as a clasr, or by vari-
ous other designations, without obtaining names by
reputation, or the other strict rules laid sown by
Lord Coke, whose rules, in such cases, related to.
deeds, and not to wills. From the best considera-
tion he could bestow upon the case, he felt in unisc n
with the Law Judges, that these children, being be-
gotten and born in the life-time of the testator's wife,
and the will made so recently before the: death of
the testator and his wife, were the objects in his con-
templation at that time, and not the future possible
children of the said Ann Lewis by him, after the
death of his. wife, and his possible intermmiage af-
terwards with the said Ann Lewis, who was, afer
the wife, provided for in the will. Upon every and
therefore he felt satisfied that the children, represcr.-
ted by the defendants, the execivors and trustees of
the will, in this case must take the fortune, rear and
personal, against the plaintiff, the heir at law and ne-
phew of the deceased.—Judgment for the defendants:

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEBRUARY 24.
LOWE V. wom.

This was an action to establish the Patent Right
vested in Mr. Lowe, for the exclusive sale and ma•

nutacture of what is called " Patent Shit ti,e,
Cloth," against Delimt'ant, for Having sold cloths as
described in Lowe's Patent, and which it was a Iled:sed
were not his manufacture, although described as such
by Defendant. •
Mr. Serjeant BF. ST stated PlaintiTs case :—he de.
scribed the nature of the invention, and contended
that it was highly advantageous to the public. It was
An admixture of flax and cotton. Tile properties of
the El ix were strength and whiteness ; of the cotton,
warmth and cheapness. No one was so happy as the
plaintiff to succeed in this new manulacture: he, by
a process of bleaching, &c. reduced the fibres of the
flax to a remarkably fine texture, producing cloth
equal in strength, fineness, and colour,. to Irish linen,
and at a very interior price. •
The Plaintiff produced his Patent and specifica-
-1 Lion, and proved that the Defindant had sold a
quantity of Lind:, representing it to be Lowe's ma-
nufasture, and purchased of the same manuf;acturer ;
that it was equal to what Lowe sold, &c.—the coa-
-1 vary of which was alledged.
The Learned Jung e desired to know whether
Counsel for Defendant meant to dispute the Patent
Right 3
Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERD replied, the case would
assume a different aspect.
Mr. Justice Galas then interfered, and retom.
mended Defendant to compromise.
Verdict for the Plaintiff, with nominal damages on
the Courts for infringing cn the Patent.
The Learned Junise then added, that he had no
hesitation in saying, that, as the evidence then stood,
the Plaintiff must have prevail:d : and he would rot
have consented to any other adj•istn:ent of the dill r-
ence than that of a distinct admission of the Patent
Right.

A curious trial tcok place on Friday last, in the
Court of King's Bench, Dublin, respecting a pointer
dog, in which t!..e Rev. Mr. BAKtai was plaintiff, and
Mr. Euvracy, Pay-clerk of the woi ks at Houth, de-
fendant. The witnesses on the part of the plaintiff
all proved. the identity of the dog, which, as farther
evidence, was produced on the table, to the great
merriment of the Court, who were convulsed with
laughter at this unusual witness's te,timony. The
Jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages RSO.
Tuesday a Court of Aldermen was held at Guild,
ball, at which the Loup Mavon, twenty-three Al-
dermen, and City Officers were persent, The
LORD MAYOR of Dublin, previeus to the Court
breaking up, was shown into the Common Council
Room, where Sir W. CURTIS and Sir JOHN EAAIER
were in attendance to receive him, and the Court bu-
siness being over, was Introduced in due form, hav-
ing cri his scarlet gown and collar of S S, and was
congratulated by the LORD MAYOIC and Court, who
conferred on him the Freedom of the City. His
Lordship was then conducted to the Chamberlain's
Office, where the Comptroller of the Chamber ad-
mitted him as a fieensan ; and afterwards accompa-
nied the LORD MaYon in the state coach, in proces-
sion, to the Mansion House, and partook of an ele-
gant entertainment on the occasion.
Last week as a Gentleman was walking along Lea-
denhall-street, he was accosted by a labouring man,
who begged for Gou's sake, that he would relieve
him, as he was in great distress, had a wife and two
small children, and was out of employment ; and
that he and his family had nut had any victuals for
the two days preceding. The gentleman gave him
A shilling, when the poor fellow ran to the shop of
baker near the spot, and purchased a two-penny loaf,
and directly he eat a Nit or the bread he fell down
dead. He Was conveyed to his hovel, where it was
found that his wife and childtea wereexceedingly
in consequence of havir,g had nothing to eat for too
da}s, having pawned every article of apparel that
they were possessed of.
CHILD STEALINO.—A little boy, four years old, of
the name of Waylan, was decoyed from Om door a f
his home, in Fulham-rents, Tottenham-court Road,
on Monday evening last, hy.an elderly woman, name"
Chaucer. She was detected in the act of stripping the
child of his coat and hat by a neighbour, who took
her into custody, and she has been committed.

DIVTDOMB'teVe mi OtTB.DHACL.
alh Benjamin' Why's Suney-place, at
tins. March 6,,John Henderson Valentine; old Jour!, ins ranee
broker, at ten. Mulch SO, Trancis Wriest, atlibone-place.
bolstelvi, at tweßre:"March S i, Rich. and Tho ns. Kennard',
Elngston:ipte-Hbll4 Merchants, at eleven. April 8, Charles
No, Southampton, surveyor, at ten. March u 7, Charles Key.
nobis, Bridge-court, plcture-dea!er, at eleven. March 7, Edwd
Warren and Leonard Smith, Austin-friar-, mercl.a..ts, at One.
April B,‘Robert Jennings, Cherniey. bricklayer, it ten. July 9.
Christian Balthasar Von Essen, Gray's Inn Coffee-Iniuse,aset►
chant, at one. May 4, James Hampton, Woolwkb, broker, at
tell. April-8, Robert Barber, Wading-street, merchant, at ten.
March YS, Edmund Couttrilljiinior, of Vine-street, bacon-met-
chin*, at eke.
• DIVIDENDS to be made is the COUNTRY.

March 25, Thomas Simpson, Win. Taylmpel John &Mt"-
son, and Joseph Granger, York, bankers, at eleven, at the Black
Lion, Stockton. March 26, John Procter, . sen. of Lanc: ster,
brewer at eleven', at the Commercial Inn, Lancaster. 11 arch
24, John Lathy, Holthon, mercer, at eleven, at ti e Dolphin; in -
Nonstop. Match 20, Gregory Tothury, Sidmoorh, r.shiret-ma-
ker, at the Dolphin, Hontton. March 21, Thomas H Ink s La-
kin, Birmingham, hatter, at eleven, at the Warwick Arms Inn,
Warwick. March 24, Francis Millard ,Board, of Chew Magni;
plumber, at eleven, at the Commercial Rosms, Britt'''. March
99, John Bramley, Halifax, merchant, at eleven, at the White
Lion, Halifax. March 2S, Riohard Lydon ItoUs, South -•
monerserivenee, at ten, at the Warwick Inn, M'arvcick. li- '
8, James Lana, Portsmouth, vintner, at one, at the "cilia! i
Portsmouth. March 27, William Wilks, Leeds; merchant, at
eLven, at the White Horse, Lec,l4. _

1 pleased to explain, that
ges there appeared any II
' 'or unworthy motiv_es
issuing the order of the 2
uncle, a- mistakef by a
LLii weaning of the kegulati
r his regiment, on accou