Star.
London, England, 1817-10-16 00:00:00

THE LION. HENRT ERSKINE.

We have also the melancholy duty to announce the
death of the Hon. HENRY ERSKINE, at his seat at
Ammondell, on the Bth instant. Thus at one and
the same moment the farmer great leaders and ma.'
meats '.t the Scottish B.sr, as well as of the Irish, have
paid the debt of nature. Mr. HENRY ERSKINE was
long the Dean of Faculty, to which he was raised by
his brethren, trout their respect for the superiority of
his talents, and his uniform maintenance of the dig-
nity and independence of the Bar. On the return of
the Whigs to office, he was appointed Lord Advo.
cite of Scotland, at the time when his brother was
made Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. Hi. devo-
tion to the cause of civil and religious liberty, was
proved by the sacrifice which he made of the titular
honours and advantages that woold have been gladly
lavished on him by successi►e Administrations, if he
had surrendered his political _integrity to their views.
He was inflexible only in his liberal opinions—in all
the relations of private life he was most placable
and conciliatory. It was peculiarly honourable to
the illustrious family of Buchan, that at one and
the same time, and for many years, the two bro-
thers of the Noble Eel should be the unrivalled
leaders of the English sad Scottish Bare—both
equally eminent, not only for the ardour with which
they maintained the privileges, and guarded the lives,
liberties, and properties of their fellow.citixens, but
also for the brilliant wit, perfect integrity, and irre-
sistible persuasion of their proles'sional exertions. The
conversational powers of Mr. HENRY Ettrictse were
of the first order—kompt; gently, and luminous—
his flashes of wit irradiated every countenance, while
its arty nsty left no stint *behind. His epigrams and
boa talrt: wrrt, innumerable 1 many ut them are on
record—and we trust that the 'elegant effusions of his
muse, and his imm.mptus at table, will be collected
by the biographer or his honourable life.

An intimation is said to have been given from au-
thority, that there is no business sufficient import-
ance to occasion the meeting of Parliament before the
latter end of January.
At a numerous and respectable Meeting of the
Members of the Aberdeenshire Agricultural Asso-
ciation, hill on Wednesday, the Ist instant, they
unanimously elected the celebrated Agriculturist,
Titoism WILLIAM COLE, Esq. M.P. fur Norfolk, to
be an honorary Member.
Tuesday se'nnight, at the Michaelmas Hied Court,
Ab deen, no less than twenty-seven gentlemen were
asioed to the Roll et Freeholders of Aberdeenshire.
Mr. JOHN MANNERS and the'Duchess of ItOrDunn
have left town for their seat, Broxriouth, near Dtutba.
His Excellency EDWARD TmoINTOm and suite ar.
rived on Tuesday evening knell Paris
On Sunday se'nnight, the Hon. Colonel BURTON
and Lord MOUNT CHARLES arrived in Ennis, from
Buncraggy. appearance of the Colonel, after.
an absence of some years, Occasioned a general sen-
sation of delight. About seven o'cl,ck the Staff of
the Clare Regiment entered the tows', attended by
their Band, and
_preceded by a number ot men bear-
ing a platform on their shoulder'; upon which war.
plated an ignited tar-barrel, ;Wording a spectacle at
once novel and ioterestint. The Band proceeded
to Sumer Park, where ' the,Colonel, Lord Oriomer
Coast" etc. spent the day..
it is again stated, that the disputes between Spain
and Portugal have-been subjected to the consideration
of the Allied Powers, with a viOirtit their adjustment.
The King of Poaructat. is said lobe willing to give
back Monte Video to Spain, provided be has in return
guaranteed to him the security of his trans-Atlantic
possession' against tile inroads of the Independents, of
South Amer lea. This report seems the more proba-
ble, as the troubles existing us Monte Video, and the
hazard resulting from a disturbed frontier,
.were
among the causes assigned. by the Portuguese Go.
vernment for the occupation of Monte Video.
A Portuguese Nobleman, who is arrived in town
Irons Lisboa within these few days, states, that Gette-
rs' Fames, who was at the head of the late conspi-
racy, and some others, have been found guilty of the
charges brought against them, and have been ern.
tented to be shot. At the time when the last accounts
came away, troops *ere said to be marching towards
Lisbon to witness the executtdu of df emote: