On Thursday the 31st ult. soon after ten o'clock, Manchester and its neighbourhood were visited by a very serious and violent thunder storm, accompanied with a descent of hailstones of an amazing size. The electric fluid has left awful impressions of its destructive power: at Pendleton, two men, of the names of John Armitage and John Royle, were struck dead whilst making hay, and several others were much stunned, and narrowly escaped; Mr Gorton, bleacher, was knocked down in the same direction.

7-Chain Bridge.-A chain bridge is just finished at Dryburgh, which has been erected at the expence of the Earl of Buchan, for the convenience of foot passengers, across the river Tweed. The appearance of this bridge is uncommonly light and elegant, and, connected with the fine scenery of Dryburgh, it is beautiful and interesting. It consists of a platform of wood, supported by chains suspended from pillars on each side of the river, at the height of eighteen feet above low water, and has no support under it. The passage is easy and level, and has very little vibration.The span between the points of suspension is two hundred and sixty-one feet, being the greatest span of any bridge in the kingdom.

8.-Roger O'Connor, Esq.-This gentleman, so well known in the political history of Ireland, was apprehended in the end of April last, on a charge of having been concerned in the robbery of the Galway mail-coach, in 1812, at Cuppagh Hill, county of Kildare, where it was attacked and robbed of a considerable sum in bank bills, &c. This not being a bailable offence, Mr O'Connor was kept in prison in Dublin till removed to Trim, county of Meath, where his trial came on on the 5th instant, and ended in a most triumphant acquittal. The prosecution was carried on at the instance of the Post-office, Dublin; but their principal witnesses, Michael Owens and Daniel Waring, seemingly two of the most infamous characters that ever disgraced society, prevaricated so in their testimony, that no doubt remained on the minds of the Court and jury, that they had conspired against the life of the gentleman at the bar. Owens was recently under sentence of death for robbery, and obtained his pardon by swearing informations against Mr O'Connor, and Waring's brother was

hanged for the robbery in question. Owens stated in his cross-examination that proposals had been made to him for saving his life if he gave information against Mr O'Connor; and a Dublin paper states that the conspiracy has been traced to a Magistrate in the county of Cork, against whom Mr O'Connor has instituted an action. Sir F. Burdett was summoned as a witness for the defence, and gave a high character of Mr O'Connor for honour and integrity. The verdict of acquittal was hailed with loud acclamations by those within and without the Court, and the people were with difficulty prevented from carrying Sir Francis and Mr O'Connor in triumph through the town, which was illuminated with bonfires in the evening.

Canal between Edinburgh and Glasgow. The first general meeting of proprietors of the Union Canal, which is to extend from Edinburgh to the Forth and Clyde Canal at Falkirk, took place in the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh, on Tuesday the 5th, when the following gentlemen were unanimously chosen members of the Committee of Management, viz.Right Hon. William Arbuthnot, Lord Provost of Edinburgh-Sir John Marjoribanks, Bart. of Lees, M. P.—Colonel Robert Anstruther-Mr John Wigham, jun.-Mr Robert Morton-Watkin William Massie, Esq.-John Kid, Esq. Glasgow-James M. M'Culloch, Esq. of Ardwell-Robert Graham, Esq. of Whitehill

General William Maxwell-Alexander Munro, Esq. and Robert Downie, Esq. of Appin.-The meeting afterwards appointed Mr G. Moncreiff to be clerk to the Company, and Mr Hugh Baird to be their engineer. It appeared, on examining the subscription papers, that there was a deficiency of nearly L.27,000, which required to be filled up before the work can commence. Since the meeting, however, that sum is reduced by new subscriptions to a little more than L.15,000, which there is every reason to believe will be made up in a few days.

9.-Edinburgh High School. The annual examination of this school took place yesterday; when the gold medal, the gift of the late Colonel P. Murray, was adjudged to Master William Glover, son of Mr W. Glover, merchant, Leith.—Another beautiful gold medal was presented to Master George Napier, son of G. Napjer Esq. of Dales, the same young gentleman who won the Greek medal last year. elegant gold medal, given by Mr Pillans, the Rector, to the best scholar in his geography class, was gained by Master Henry Dundas Drummond.-The writing class, taught by Mr M'Kean, was examined on Thursday. Two elegant medals, the gifts of Walter Brown, Esq. College Bailie, and Mr M Kean, were adjuged by the exami

An

nators, and presented, the one to Master Gavin Milroy, son of Andrew Milroy, Esq. jeweller, Edinburgh, and the other to Master David Scott, son of William Scott, Esq. Leith Links.

12.-Shocking Barbarity-The assizes at Trim, Ireland, terminated on Saturday last. One of the convicts, named Martin, has been executed for a barbarous murder, committed on the persons of a young woman and her infant child, of which child he was the father. He had promised the young creature marriage, and prevailed on her to cross the country with him, in order to go to a priest, by whom to be married; in a field upon the way the diabolical villain murdered his unsuspecting victim and her infant, and put the bodies into a hole. Providence sleepeth not: a heavy rain washing away the earth, the hand of the murdered woman was observed by a passenger, and this led to the discovery of this horrible transaction-one at which human nature shudders. The circumstances were so strong, the Jury had no hesitation in finding the wretch guilty. After his conviction he acknowledged the crime.

13.-Horrid Depravity. At the late Mullingar assizes, in Ireland, Thomas Clarke and Henry Burke were found guilty of the murder of Patrick Mahon, by beating out his brains with an iron crow. The villains, after their conviction, evinced a hardened depravity, which deeply shocked Lord Norbury and a crowded Court; they declared aloud, that on the night of the day they would be executed, their associates would have the lives of all concerned in their prosecution; and the brother of the prisoner, Clarke, had the audacity to call to him from

the gallery of the Court, in terms of apparent approbation.

15.-Riot in the Isle of Man.-A new code of criminal laws for the Isle of Man, including an act for regulating the sale of herrings, and an act for abolishing all paper money for the payment of sums under twenty shillings, both passed in the last session of Parliament, were lately proclaimed, according to ancient usage, before the inhabitants of the island, in presence of the constituted authorities.-During the recital of the latter act, there appeared a manifest disposition to tumult, amongst a part of the assembled crowd, which increased in such a degree as to require the assistance of the military. Only one of the mob was slightly wounded in the arm by a sabre. It appears that this tumult was occasioned by a false report, industriously propagated, that the new laws had for their object the levying a heavy tribute upon herrings, to support the bishop and clergy.

New Steam Vessel.A fine new steamboat, called the Tug, arrived at Leith yesterday morning from Glasgow. From the large dimensions of this vessel, she could not pass through the Forth and Clyde Canal, but came north about through the Pentland Frith, and although she encountered most boisterous weather off Cape Wrath, and in the Murray Frith, has arrived in perfect safety. In the hard gale of yesterday, she came up the frith against wind and tide, with a degree of velocity that astonished the numerous spectators.The Tug is the property of the Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Leith Shipping Company, and is intended for towing their vessels from Leith to Grangemouth.

JOHN RAFFIELD, of Edward Street, Portman Square, architect, for certain improvements on, and additions to, his former patent, for an apparatus to be attached to fire-stoves of all descriptions for rooms, for the removal of cinders and ashes, and for the better prevention of dust arising there from, which said additions may be used jointly or separately January 10, 1817.

To JOSEPH de CAVAILLON, Sambrook Court, London, gentleman, for improvements in the preparing, clarifying, and refining of sugar, and other vegetable, animal, and mineral substances, and in the machinery and utensils used therein. Jan. 23. ROBERT DICKINSON, Great Queen Street, Esq. for a method or methods of preparing or paving streets and roads for horses and carriages, so as to render the parts or pavements when so done more durable, and ultiniately less expensive, than those in common use, and presenting other important advantages. January 23.

DANIEL WILSON, Dublin, gentleman, for improvements in the process of boiling and refining sugar. January 23.

GEORGE MONTAGUE HIGGINSON, of Bovey Tracy, Devon, lieutenant in the navy, for improvements in locks. February 1.

WILLIAM WALL, Wandsworth, watchmaker, for a horizontal e capement for watches. Feb. 1. ISAAC ROBERT MOTT, Brighton, composer and teacher of music, for a method of producing,

from vibrating substances, a tone or musical sound, the peculiar powe s in the management whereof are entirely new, and which musical instrument he de nominates The Sostinente Piano Forte." February 1.

WILLIAM BUNDY, Pratt Place, Camden Town, mathematical instrument-maker, for machinery for breaking and preparing flax and hemp. February 1.

JAMES ATKINSON WEST, Crane Court, Fleet Street, brass-worker and lamp-manufacturer, for improvements in or on lustres, chandeliers, and lamps, of various descriptions, and in the manner of conveying gas to the same. February 6.

WILLIAM CLARK, Bath, Esq. for a contriv. ance called a safe guard to locks, applicable to locks in general, by which they may be so secured as to defy the attempts of plunderers using pick-locks or false keys. February 8.

ROBERT HARDY, Worcester, iron-founder, for inprovements in the manufacturing of cast iron bushes or pipe-boxes for chaise, coach, waggon, and all other sorts of carriage-wheels. February 20.

RICHARD LITHERLAND, Liverpool, watchmaker, for improvements in, or on, the escapement of watches. February 20.

RICHARD HOLDEN, Stafford Street, St Maryle-bone, gentleman, for machines for producing rotatory and pendulous motion in a new manner. February 20.

CAP. I. To continue and extend the Provisions of an Act of the Forty-ninth Year of his present Majesty, for regulating the Trade and Commerce to and from the Cape of Good Hope, until the 5th day of July 1820; and also for regulating the Trade of the Island of Mauritius.-Feb. 24, 1817.

Trade to the eastward of the Cape of Good Hope, to be regulated by Order in Council.Goods imported or exported contrary to Order in Council, forfeited, as also the vessels.-East India Company's rights not to be affected.

Cap. II. For raising the Sum of TWENTY-FOUR MILLIONS, by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year 1817.-Feb. 24. The Treasury may raise £24,000,000 by Exchequer Bills, in like manner as is prescribed by 48 Geo. III. cap. 1.-Treasury to apply the money so raised.-To be payable out of the Supplies for the next Session. -To bear an interest not exceeding 34d. per cent. per diem.-To be current at the Exchequer after April 5, 1818.-Bank of England may advance £15,000,000 on the credit of this Act, notwithstanding the Aet 5 and 6 Gul. & Mariæ.

Cap. III. To empower his Majesty to secure and detain such Persons as his Majesty shall suspect are conspiring against his Person and Government.-March 4.

That all or any person or persons that are or shall be in prison within that part of the United Kingdom called Great Britain, at or upon the day on which this Act shall receive his Majesty's royal assent, or after, by warrant of his said Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, signed by six of the said Privy Council, for high treason, suspicion of high treason, or treasonable practices, or by warrant signed by any of his Majesty's Secretaries of State, for such causes as aforesaid, may be detained in safe custody, without bail or mainprize, until the 1st day of July 1817; and that no judge or justice of the peace shall bail or try any such person or persons so committed, without order from his said Majesty's Privy Council, signed by six of the said Privy Council, until the 1st day of July 1817; any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding.-Act in Scotland of 1701, so far as relates to treason, suspended.-Persons committed there not to be tried, &c. without such order as aforesaid.From and after the 1st day of July 1817, the said persons so committed, shall have the benefit and advantage of all laws and statutes in any way relating to, or providing for, the

liberty of the subjects of this realm.-Privileges of Members of Parliament not invalidated.-Persons against whom indictments for high treason are already found, to be tried thereon.-The Secretary of State may order persons committed to be removed to any other goal; but per ons so removed are not to be deprived of right to be tried or discharged.

Cap. IV. To extend the privileges of the Trade of Malta to the Port of Gibraltar.March 4.

Cap. V. For continuing to his Majesty certain Duties on Malt, Sugar, Tobacco, and Snuff, in Great Britain; and on Pensions, Offices, and Personal Estates in England; and for receiving the Contributions of Persons receiving Pensions and holding Offices; for the Service of the Year 1817. March 4.

Sect. 38. Whereas his Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been graciously pleased to direct certain sums to be contributed and paid, from the Civil List revenue, in aid of the public service of the year 1817; and whereas many persons holding offices and places in his Majesty's service, and others having or holding pensions or other emoluments derived from the public, are desirous of contributing proportions of their respective official incomes, salaries, pensions, or other emoluments, for the same purpose; be it therefore enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or any three or more of them, or for the Lord High Treasurer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the time being, to issue such directions, for one year, commencing the 5th day of April 1817, to the officers of the Exchequer, and of the several departments of the Civil List of Great Britain respectively, as may be necessary for giving effect to the most gracious intention of his Royal Highness in such contribution, and for executing the intentions of such other persons as aforesaid; and no deduction shall be made, or fee, emolument, or allowance taken, by any person returning, receiving, or paying any such contributions as aforesaid.-Bank of England authorized to advance a certain sum, not exceeding three millions, on the credit of this Act.

Cap. VI. To make perpetual certain Parts of an Act of the Thirty-sixth Year of his present Majesty, for the Safety and Prescrvation of his Majesty's Person and Government against Treasonable and Scai

1. CIVIL.

Sir William Garrow, Attorney-General, to be a Puisne Baron of Exchequer, vice Sir R. Richards. Sir Samuel Shepherd, Solicitor-Gener 1, to be Attorney-General, vice Sir William Garrow.

Robert Gifford, Esq. to be Solicitor-General, vice Sir S. Shepherd.

G. F. Beltze, Esq. to be Portcullis Poursuivant of Arms.

July 1-Knighthood conferred on John Evans, Esq. High Sheriff of Middlesex.

2.-Knighthood conferred on W. H. Robinson, Esq. Commissary-Gen ra to his Majesty's Forces in Canada.

16. The Duke of Wellington granted the royal license to wear the insignia of a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Sicilian Military Order of St Ferdinand and of Ment, and also of a Knight of the Royal Sicilian Order of St Januarius, given by the King of the Two Sicilies.

22-The Right Hon. Edward Thornton to be his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of his Most Faithful Majesty-and

The Hon. Frane's Reginald Forbes to be Secretary to his Majesty's Legation at that Court.

30.-Mr Planta to be Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, vice Mr Cooke, resigned.

Aug. 2.-The Prince Regent has, by letters patent, authorised Lord Bathurst to exercise all the rights and privileges belonging to a Knight of the Garter, as fully as if he had been formally installed.

16. The Hon. Willian Maule, Admiral of the coast from Broughty Castle to the Tod Head, has appointed James Burnes, writer in Montrose, his deputy.

Members returned to Parliament.

Sir Samuel Shepherd for Dorchester.

Robert Gifford, Esq. for Eye, vice Sir William Carrow.

Edmond Wodehouse, Esq. for Norfolk, viee Sir J. H. Astley, deceased."

Jul 28.--The Right Hon. Nicholas Vansittart, for Harwich.

A. 1.-The Hon. J. P. Vereker, for the city of Limerick.

II. ECCLESIASTICAL.

July 17-The Associate Congregation of North Leith gave an unanimous call to the Rev. John Brown, of Biggar, to be their pastor.

31.-Mr Gavin Struthers, preacher of the gospel, was ordained assistant and successo to the Rev. James Stewart, Minister of the Relief Congregation, Anderston.

Aug. 3-His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Lewis Rose

to be minister of the church and parish of Nigg. Presbytery of Tain, vacant by the death of Mr Alexander Macadam.

Oxford, Aug. 16.--Friday se'ennight, the Bishop of Oxford was admitted Warden of All Souls" College, with the usual ceremonies, in the room of the Rev. Edinund Isham, D. D. deceased.

At a private Ordination, holden by the Lord Bishop of Kildare, Thomas Grantham, M. A. fellow of Magdalen College, was ordained a Deacon.

18.-The Rev. George Rous, to the Rectory of Laverton, Somerset.

Rev. F. S. Wall, to the vicarage of Stoke, St Milbro', Salop

Rev. Winnington, to the vicarage of Cliftonupon-Teame, Herefordshire.

Rev. James Sparrow to the Rectory of Hemlock, Devon.

The Rev. George Frederic Tavel, A. M. to the Rectory of Campsey Ash, in Suffolk.

Sunday se'ennight the following gentlemen were ordained in the parish church at Kendal, Westmoreland. by the Bishop of Chester:

Dracons,-John Wm Trevor, B. A. St John's College; Robert Brade Brocklebank, B. A. and John William Sinclair, B. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge; Henry Richardson, John Master Wall er, Jeffery Hebdon, James Hayes, Joseph Docker, and Humphrey Brown, Literates.

Priests,-John Thomas Bowe, B. A. Richard Moore, A. M. Christopher Barnes, Wm Rigg, Jolun Douglas, Literates.

The 67th Foot to bear the word "Barrosa" on its colours and appointments.

The 74th Foot to bear the words "Busaco," "Fuentes d'Onor," "Ciudad Rodrigo," "Badajoz," "Salamanca," "Vittoria," "Pyrenees," Nivelle," "Orthes," and "Toulouse," on its colours and appointments.

The Royal Scots to bear the words "Busaco," "Salamanca," "Vittoria," "St Sebastian," " Nive," "Peninsula," and "Waterloo," on its col. ours and appointments.

The 34th Foot, "Vittoria."

2 L. G. Cornet and Sub.-Lt. T. Marten to be Lieut. by purch. vice Meares, 18 F.

25d June 1817 G. Greenwood, to be Cornet and Sub-Lt. vice Marten do.

2 D.G. Lieut. C. Kearney, to be Capt. by purch. vice Hunter, retires 19th do. Cornet J. G. Green, to be Lieut. by purch. vice Kearney, prom. 3d July

3D. G. Cornet Charles Drury, to be Lieut. by purch. vice Stuart, prom.

5

19th June Jocelyn Willey, to be Cornet by purch. vice Drury 19th June Lieut. B. Christie, to be Capt. by purch. vice Brunskill, retires 3 July 2 Dr. Lieut. James Gape, to be Capt. by purch vice Bt. Major Vernon, retires 19th June Cornet A. Trotter, to be Lieut. by purch. vice Gape

6

10

do. W. H. Oram, to be Cornet by purch. vice Trotter do. Cornet H. Cazalet, from 4 Dr. to be Lt. by purch. vice Biddulf, prom. 26th do. H. E. Porter, to be Cornet by purch. vice Smith, prom. 3d July S. A. H. Lucas, to be Cornet by purch. vice Armstrong, prom. do. Capt. H. R. C. Stapylton, to be Major by purch. vice Lowther, 12 F. 19th June Lieut. E. F. Meynell, to be Capt. by purch. vice Stapylton

R.Y.R. Gent. Cadet G. Taylor, to be Ensign, vice Eager 19th June G. T. Ridsdale, to be Ensign, vice Acome3d July R.W.I.Ran. Ens. G. Flood to be Lieut. vice Stewart, dead do. Canad. Fen. Capt. J. M. Wallace, from 23 Dr. to be Maj. by purch. vice De Haren, retires 1st January

Brevet Major W. M. Leake of R. Art. to be Lt. Col. in the Army 4th June 1813

5 D.G. Cornet Wm Locke to be Lieut. by purch. J. Gardiner to be Cornet by purch. vice Watson, prom. 10th July 1817 Ass. Surg. D. M'Gregor, fm. 56 F. to be Assist. Surg. vice Speer, ret. upon h. p. do.

4 Dr. Thomas Harrison to be Cornet by purch. vice Cazalet, prom. 6 Dr. do.

John Trollope, to be Cornet by purch. vice
Brown, retires

10

do.

do.

Cornet Wm Gale, to be Lieut. by purch. vice Meynell

26th do.

24

Hon. R. Watson, to be Cornet by purch.

vice Gale

do.

6 F.

12

P. N. De Carteret, to be Cornet by purch. vice Mayne, 1 Life Guards 19th June

16

18

Cornet S. C. Simpson, to be Lieut. by purch. vice Bacon do. Cornet W. H. West, to be Lieut. by purch. do. vice Procter, prom. Ensign T. Holyaoke, from h. p. 58 F. to be do. Ens. vice Edwards, ex. rec. diff. Lieut. Wm Orr, from h. p. to be Lieut. vice Hasleham, ex.

do.

50

Ensign T. Edwards, from h. p. 83 F. to be Ensign, vice Lumsden, ex.

do.

53

Serj.-Major John Collins, to be Quart.-Mas-
ter, vice Tarleton, ret. h. p.
John Hall, to be Cornet by purch. vice Dun-
do.
gan, prom.

3F.G. Lieut. W. L. Forster, to be Lieut. and Capt.
vice Lake, resigns
26th do.
Ensign G. R. Abercromby, from 51 F. to
be Ensign and Lieut. více Forster do.
12 F. Lieut. John Baxter, to be Capt. vice Keap.
pock, dead
12th June
Ensign Luke Prior, to be Lieut. vice Baxter
do.

C. U. Tripp, to be Ensign by purch. vice Vernon, 1 F. G. 11th do. Serj-Maj. J. K. Leith, to be Adj. and Ensign, vice Priestley, res. Adj. only 12th do. Assist. Surg. W. Morrison, to be Surg. vice O'Hara, dead

Lieut. A. F. Gregory, from 4 Dr to be Capt. by purch. vice Fernandez, ret.

do.

60 F. Qrt. Mast. J. Kiens, from h. p. to be Qrt. do. Mast. vice Burrough, ex.

Lieut. G. E. Scott, from h. p. 52 to be Lieut. vice Grant, ex.

do.

W. J. H. Bowen, h. p. to be Lieut. vice Cameron, ex. rec. diff.

do.

Capt

Capt. F. Langley, from 82 F. to be Capt. vice Bruce, ex. W. Bruce, from 79 F. to be Capt. vice do. Langley, ex.

Lieut. John Carrol, from h. p. to be Lieut. vice Fennel, ex.

do.

George Hill, from h. p. to be Lieut. vice Mahon, ex. rec. diff.

do.

Paym. J. Fairfowl, from h. p. to be Paym. vice Campbell, ret. upon h. p.

Staff.

do.

Hosp. Assist. J. Cousins, from h. p. to be Hosp. do. Assist. to the Forces, vice Sibbald, canc. Limerick. Lieut. T. Walsh, 2 W. I. R. to be Town Maj. vice Fitzgerald, dead 19th June Staff Surg. W. Wallace, from h. p. to be Surg. to the Forces, vice Rodgers, ret. on h. p. 25th do. Hosp. Assist. A. Cumming, from h. p. to be Hosp. 12th do. Assist. to the Forces J. Sibbald, from h. p. to be Hosp. do. J. L. Warren, from h. p. to be Hosp. do. J. Robertson, from h. p. to be Hosp. do. Peter Lamond, from h. p. to be Hosp. do. Robert Sillery, from h. p. to be Hosp. do. David Ewing, from h. p. to be Hosp.

84

Lieut. Col. G. Muttlebury, from h. p. to be Lieut. Col. vice Robbins, dead 3d July Lieut. H. Stoddart, to be Capt. vice Thome, dead Ensign E. Woolhouse, to be Lt. by purch. vice Croker, prom. 26th June

do.

T. H. Powell, to be Ensign by purch. vice Woolhouse

do.

Assist. do. Assist. do. Assist. do. Assist. do. Assist. do.

do.

do.

Royal African Corps

12th June

R.Afr.C. Ensign J. Adamson, to be

Lieut. vice

Exchanges.

Steret, dead

M'Rae, dead

11th do. Lieut. vice 12th do. E. Hunt, from 1 W. I. R. to be Ensign, vice Adamson

-H. B. Adams, to be

Wm M'Rae, to be Ensign, vice Adams

11th do.

12th do.

Brevet Major Marlay, from 1 F. rec. diff. with Capt. Wetherall, h. p.

Capt. Chapman, from 6 Dr. with Capt. Gardiner, 50 F.

Webb, from 12 Dr. rec. diff. with Capt. Goldsmid, h. p. 72 F.

Warren, from 18 F. rec. diff. with Capt. Hammill, h. p. 7 F.

- Colley, from 45 F. rec. diff. with Capt. Gordon, h. p. 1 F.

Andrews, from Rifle Brigade, rec. diff. with Capt. Pattenson, h. p. 43 F.

Sir John Cox, from 2 Life Gds, rec. diff. with Capt. Meares, h. p. 18 F.

Barry, from 75 F. rec. diff. with Captain M'Adam, h. p.

M