280 Preferments-Appointments-Marriages. church, and the plan is to tunnel the sewer at the depth of thirty-six feet under the houses, as we have been informed, nearly as far as St. Paul's. The sewer will receive the smaller streams of drainage, and carry the whole to one common discharge. In digging for the sewer the men have cut through a stratum of fine red gravel, twenty feet thick, and below that they have a stratum of clay and sand to the depth of eight or ten feet. We understand that it is at length finally arranged that the ceremony of opening the bridge is to take place on the 1st of August. British and Foreign School Society. The annual meeting of this society has been held at Exeter-hall. The report represented the Society to be yearly extending its useful labours, and, as a consequence, the blessings of religious instruction among the less wealthy classes of society. His Majesty has been pleased to take it under his special patronage, and to set down his name as an annual subscriber for 1001. The announcement of this gracious conduct on the part of the King was received with loud cheers. June 1, of Kettering, Northamptonshire, vacant by the resignation of the Hon. and Rev. Henry Watson. The Rev. H. Marthie, B. A. of Pembroke Col. lege, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Worthenbury, Flintshire. The Rev. H. Burton, M.A. of Christ Church, Cambridge, Rector of Upton Cressett and Vicar of Condover, Salop, to the Vicarage of Atcham, in the same county, vacant by the death of the Rev. H. Burton. The Rev. Dr. Stedman, of Pembroke College, Cambridge, to the Ministry of Margaret's Chapel, Bath. The Rev. J. Randall to the Rectory of Binfield, Berks, void by the death of the Rev. Dr. Gabell. The Rev. J. H. Harrison, M.Á. Curate of Aston, Warwickshire, to the Perpetual Curacy of death of the Rev. R. Sadler. The Rev. Mason Anderson, to the Rectory of Sherrington, void by the resignation of the Rev. Thomas Davies. The Rev. W. H. Dixon has been appointed Canon Residentiary in York Cathedral, in the room of the late Rev. R. Croft. The Rev. J. Jackson, to the living of Tullow, in Ireland, void by the death of the Rev. James The Rev. Edward Griffen, B.A., to the Vicarage of Wilbarston and Rectory of Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire. The Rev. William Smith, to the Vicarage of Honingham, with East Tuddenham, Norfolk. The Rev. John Harward, M.A. Curate of Frome Selwood, to the Vicarage of Wickworth, Derbyshire, on the presentation of the Dean of Lincoln. The Rev. Henry Hugh May, of Merton College, to the Vicarage of Henbury, near Bristol, on the Society for Building Churches. - The annual General Court of the Incorporated Society for Promoting the Enlargement, Building, and Repairs of Churches and Chapels, has been held at the house of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, in Lincoln's Inn-fields, at which his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury presided, supported by the Bishops of London, Winchester, Lichfield and Coventry, Lincoln, St. Asaph, Bangor, Bristol, Chester, Llandaff, and Gloucester, the Hon. Mr. Justice Parke, Sir T. D. Acland, Bart., the Rev. Sir Herbert Oakeley, Bart., the Very Rev. Rectory of Fritton, in Suffolk; and the Rev. Ed the Dean of Chichester, the Venerable Archdeacons Watson, Cambridge, and Hollingworth, Drs. Shepherd and Spry, Joshua Watson, Esq., and a large assembly of clergy and laity. The Secretary read the report, by which it appeared that, during the last year, grants had been made in ninetyeight cases, amounting to 15,976l. by which means additional church-rcom had been obtained for 24,265 persons, including 18,567 sittings, which are free and unappropriated for ever. Since the first formation of this Society, additional church accommodation has been provided for 207,991 persons, including 153,003 free-sittings, for the use of the poor for ever. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. The Rev. Paul Whittington, Minor Canon of the Cathedral Church of Norwich, to the Rectory of Baddingham, in the county of Norfolk. The Rev. John Chevallier, M. D. to the Rectory of Cransford, in the county of Norfolk. The Rev. Richard Vivers, B. D. to the Rectory joint presentation of Sir John Smyth, Bart. and the Rev. C. Gore. The Rev. John Preston Reynolds, M.A. to the Rectory of Beeston St. Andrew, in Norfolk, on the presentation of F. R. Reynolds, Esq. The Rev. Francis William Cubitt, B.A. to the ward James Moor, B.A. to the Perpetual Curacy of Brightwell, in the same county. The Rev. John Dufton, M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, and Head Master of the Classical and Commercial School, Whitby, has been appointed Domestic Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Earl of Mulgrave. APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &c. The King has been pleased to appoint MajorGeneral Richard Bourke to be Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, and their respective dependencies. Mr. Rice has been appointed by his Majesty a Privy Counsellor of Ireland. The Right Hon. Laurence, Lord Dundas, has been appointed by his Majesty, Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the Shires of Orkney and Shetland. Dr. William Mac Michael has been appointed one of His Majesty's Physicians in Ordinary. It was announced in the Gazette of the 13th, that His Majesty has been graciously pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignities of Baron, Viscount, and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain The Lord Chancellor has been pleased to appoint Marriages.]-At Trinity church, St. Marylebone, William Milligan, Esq. late Captain in the 2nd regiment of Life Guards, to Caroline, third daughter of Sir Charles Des Vœux, Bart. Leonard Thompson, Esq. eldest son of G. L. Thompson, Esq. of Sheriff Hutton Park, Yorkshire, to Miss Mary Wentworth Fitzwilliam, second daughter of Lord Milton, and grand-daughter of Earl Fitzwilliam. In the church of Glendermot, G. Hill, Esq. eldest son of the late Rev. J. B. Hill, and nephew to his Excellency the Right Hon. Sir G. F. Hill, Bart. Governor of St. Vincent's, to Elizabeth Sophia, eldest daughter of J. Rea, Esq. of St. Columb's, county of Londonderry. At All Souls church, Langham-place, F. Hawkins, M.D. of Curzon-street, May Fair, Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford, to Hester, third daughter of the Hon. Baron Vaughan. And on the same day, Le Marchant Thomas, Esq. only son of J. Thomas, Esq. of Brunswick-square, to Margaret, fourth daughter of the Hon. Baron Vaughan. At Henley-on-Thames, R. King, Esq. of Grosvenor-place, to Georgiana Anne, youngest daugh.. ter of the late Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel G. Carleton. Thomas Taylor Vernon, Esq. of Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire, to Jessie Anne Letitia, second daughter of the late Henry Foley, Esq. Ridgway, Pembrokeshire, and niece of Admiral Sir Thomas Foley, G.C.B. Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. At St. Margaret's, Rochester, the Rev. Aylmer Farquhar, M.A. of Jesus College, Cambridge, to Mary, second daughter of the late Thomas Scholes, Esq. of High Bank, Lancashire. At Berlin, Adolphus Goldschmidt, Esq. of Great St. Helen's Passage, to Jeannette, second daughter of the late S. Jacobson, Esq. of the former place. The Rev. William Gilson, to Eliza, third daughter of the Bishop of Chester. At Paris, the Count de Montebello, son of the late Marshal Lannes, Duc de Montebello, to Mary Teresa, eldest daughter of T. Roddington, Esq. of Cumberland Place. At St. Marylebone, Samuel Clement, Esq. of Wyndham Place, Bryanston Square, to Louisa, daughter of the late William Paley, Esq. Barristerat-Law, grand-daughter of the late Archdeacon Paley. By the Rev. E. Bagshawe, of Eyam, Derby shire, Charles Herbert White, Esq., of the 8th Bengal Light Cavalry, to Georgiana Jubilee, fourth daughter of Sir W. C. Bagshawe, of the Oaks, Derbyshire, and of Bath. William, eldest son of Sir William Curtis, Bart., to Georgiana Maria, eldest daughter of the late John Stratton, Esq., of Portugal-street, Grosvenorsquare, and of Farthinghae Lodge, Northampton. Jarrett Dashwood, Esq. surgeon, Guy's Hospital, to Matilda, the third daughter of the late Samuel Cowel, Esq. Sutton-at-Hone, Kent. At Kensington Church, and afterwards at the Catholic Chapel, Maximilian Joseph Jacques Bernhardt, M. D. to Mademoiselle Julie Corbet Calmus. Deaths.] -At Worthing, the Right Hon. Edward Garth Turnour, Earl of Winterton, aged 73, and two days afterwards, at Shillinglee Park, Sussex, aged 77, Harriett Countess of Winterton. At Marks Hall, Essex, William Philip Honeywood, Esq. James Laing, Esq. of Streatham, in the county of Surrey, and of the Island of Dominica, in the West Indies. At Eltham, Elizabeth, relict of the Rev. John Wilgress, D. D. At Allahbod, Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Wrottesley, of the Bengal establishment. At his seat at Perdiswell, Worcestershire, on the 23d ult. Sir Henry Wakeman, Bart. In Harley-street, in her 69th year, Viscountess Nelson, Duchess of Bronte, relict of AdmiralLord Nelson. At Bath, Vice Admiral the Right Hon. Sir W. At Richmond Park, Elizabeth, Countess Dow- In the island of Tobago, on the 25th January last, William Wilson, Esq. late of the Customs there. At Singapore, in September last, whither he had gone for the benefit of his health, the Rev. Dr. James Brown, junior clergyman of St. Andrew's Church, Calcutta. At Fort William, Bengal, in November last, Captain M'Lean, barrack-master of Fort William. At Calcutta, in November last, Mrs. Roderick Robertson. At Calcutta, on the 27th of November last, Harriet, the lady of Colonel M'Leod, of the En.. gineers, Hon. East India Company's service, Bengal Establishment. At Calcutta, in November last, John Smith, Esq. of the house of Ferguson and Co. Calcutta. At Calcutta, Dr. Adam, Secretary of the Medical Board. At sea, on his passage to England, Dr. Waddell, Deputy Apothecary General, Hon. East India Company's Service, Bengal. In the early part of April last, (in consequence of a fall in ascending one of the Egyptian Pyramids,) aged thirty-two years, James Maze, Esq. eldest son of Peter Maze, Esq. merchant of Bristol. On the 11th instant, John Gamble, Esq. of Strabane, Author of "Views of Society and Manners in the North of Ireland," "Stanley," "Charleton," and several other popular works. This es teemed gentleman walked partly to Lifford, and accompanied the funeral of the late Mrs. Humphreys to the grave-yard, and, whilst in the church, at the reading of the funeral service, he dropped down and instantly expired. He was a gentleman universally respected. PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES IN THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND, AND IN WALES, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. BERKSHIRE. A most destructive fire broke out in the outskirts of Hungerford, in Berkshire, on the 19th, by which a number of cottages were destroyed. This calamity has deprived upwards of one hundred poor people of their homes; but, happily, no lives were lost. CORNWALL. The quantity of ore sold in Cornwall, in the Quarter ending the 30th of December, 1830, was 36,137 tons, producing 3000 tons 11 cwt. of copper; the average produce of the ores in copper, was 8 per cent.; the total value of the ore was 203,9031. and the Average Standard was 1007. 188. DEVONSHIRE. The foundation stone to the flying bridge over the Dart, was laid on the 28th of April, at Sandquay, near Dartmouth, by Miss Seale, daughter of the lord of the manor, with the accustomed ceremonies, in presence of a large number of spectators and well-wishers to the enterprize. The Western Bridge, Okehampton, is undergoing the process of demolition, preparatory to a new one to be erected in its place, from the plans of Mr. C. Vokins, architect. The Corporation of Okehampton have laudably undertaken to defray the expense. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. The late sharp frosts have proved lamentably mischievous to every description of garden product. The wall-fruit, except in very protected situations, is entirely gone, and the gooseberry and currant bushes are much stripped. The orchards, which, not long since, displayed a delightful luxuriance of blossom, exhibit sad evidence of the nipping effect of the weather. - Gloucester Journal. Some of the advantages to the public from the use of steam on the turnpike roads already begin to show themselves. Previous to the starting of the steam-coach between Gloucester and Cheltenham the fares were four shillings each person, now the public are taken by all the coaches at one shilling per head. GUERNSEY. The subscriptions in Guernsey for the distressed and starving Irish amount to near 5007. part of which has been remitted. In 1822 upwards of 7001. were collected there for a similar purpose. Such deeds do the island much honour. HEREFORDSHIRE. The accounts which have been received from Herefordshire, and other "apple counties," contain most gloomy information. It appears that the late north-easterly winds, which have been so general during the past six weeks, have so materially injured the bloom, that the crop of apples is expected to fall short of an average harvest. Cider is expected to maintain a maximum price as the season advances; the price has already advanced upwards of 20 per cent. KENT. We are sorry to have to state, at this season of the year, that the frosts have been so severe, as to cut off nearly the whole of the filberts, apples, &c. in this neighbourhood. We can state, on good authority, that one gentleman will be a loser of 3007. by his filbert plantation. - Kentish Gazette. The ominous monosyllable, "Swing," is written with chalk on most of the walls and buildings in and about Dover, in apparently the same hand. writing as before the awful occurrences of last autumn. It is attributed to the lowering the rate of agricultural wages, which, we regret to hear, has occurred in some places. Kent Herald. The late severe frosts have greatly retarded the growth of the bine, and the fly has made its appearance in Kent. The bine is extremely weak. The price has advanced from 15 to 20 per cent. The hops of 1823 are in the greatest request. Some boys at play in a field near Wincheap, known by the name of The Green Field, the real name of which is The Martyr Field, from the numerous burnings and torturings which took place there in the bloody reign of Mary, discovered, near Buck's Oast, close by the hole in which torment of every description used to be inflicted, and which now exists to perpetuate the brutality of those days, an earthen vase, glazed inside, and in excellent preservation. Two ancient coins were deposited within, a ring, and a curious sort of dirk, the haft of which is studded with silver. But these are not all the curious contents of this ancient vessel. A piece of parchment, rolled tight, bearing the following singular inscription, was found at the bottom: "Profesye. 1550, Januarie 12.- [A bytter froste.] "In ye yeare 1831 theyre shalle be mightye trobeles. Ye contrye shalle be on ye brynke of destroctione, but theyre shalle aryse menne aboundinge in virtew and talente who shalle restor it to helthe and soundeness and causse the pepel to lyve in prosperytye. Ye power turned against ye peple shalle be yeelded to its rytefull owners." The vase and contents remain for the inspection of the curious at the cottage near the Oast. LANCASHIRE. We regret to state that an explosion from firedamp recently took place in a coal-pit belonging to Mr. Bromilaw, near St. Helen's, attended with dreadful loss of life. Sixteen persons were in the pit at the time. Six bodies have already been taken out, and great fear is entertained respecting the fate of the other sufferers.--Liverpool Courier. Last week we announced an import of upwards of 200 casks of butter from the United States of America, and this week we have 800 barrels of flour by the St. George, from Calcutta.- Liverpool Advertiser. 1831. Lancashire-Lincolnshire-Norfolk-Nottinghamshire, &c. 283 A meeting of the proprietors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was held at the Clarendon Rooms on Wednesday last, when the previous plan of creating 6,375 additional shares, at 25l. each, was confirmed by them. This new capital will be applied to paying the debt due by the Company to Government, and to erecting warehouses, &c. The net receipts of the concern, to the end of next month, will amount to 30,000l., by which another dividend of 4 per cent. will be paid, making, in the whole, a dividend of 8 per cent. per annum. The average number of passengers conveyed by the railway each day is about 1,300.-Liverpool Mercury. At Pendlebury, near Manchester, the colliers refused to allow Mr. Knowles to keep in his employment about a dozen hands who had not persisted in an advance of wages. Nearly four hundred of these deluded men assembled around the pit, and some of the party having descended, compelled the obnoxious individuals to ascend, which they had no sooner done, than a furious attack was commenced upon them by the ruffians assembled at the surface. They were hunted about the fields and roads in every direction, beaten with large bludgeons, and kicked most unmercifully, until the whole number bore terrific marks of the violence with which they had been treated; and several of them are now in a state of very considerable danger. The assistance of the military being obtained, seventeen individuals were apprehended, and committed to gaol until the fate of the injured parties is known. LEICESTERSHIRE. The Ranters of the town and county of Leicester had a grand field-day on Sunday last. They erected their camp on a waste piece of ground in Wharf-street, and, during the course of the day, "converted" nearly twenty "hell-deserving deluded wretches." - Leicester Herald. LINCOLNSHIRE. We are informed that an officer from London has paid a visit to the Custom-house, Boston, and effected the following reductions; -From the salary of the collector, 10007.; comptroller, 501. per annum. The collector's clerk and another officer to be superannuated, and a tidewaiter to be removed to another station. He came to Boston from Hull, where also he has been paring down the emoluments of the officers, and has proceeded to Lynn for the same purpose. The above is correct in the main, though, we believe, some of the alterations are not yet finally determined. Bos ton Gazette. The New Road at Lincoln is undergoing some improvement at Pottergate Arch. This part of the road is a great nuisance to all passing to and from the North, being very steep, and running through a small arch, only just sufficient to admit of the passage of a coach. The improvement is to be effected by cutting through an unnecessary rise on the north side of the arch, and thereby very considerably reducing the steepness of the hill at this point. NORFOLK. Norwich, which, for the past six weeks, has suffered severe stagnation of trade in the maritime department, owing to the late affair of the colliers in the North of England, appears again to enjoy the smile of commerce, occasioned by an amicable adjustment of the differences of the pitmen and the proprietors. - Norwich Mercury. A sharp drought, easterly winds, and frosty nights have affected the young barley plant in many places, and checked any tendency towards a decline in prices, which barley might have experienced in common with all other grain, during the last few weeks. The wheats do not look so healthy on the land as they did a month ago, the blade being rusty at the tip, while the plant is disposed to spindle; it should be observed, that this is not an unusual appearance in the month of May. The arrivals of foreign wheat and flour have been larger than was anticipated; and, although the quality is, generally speaking, of a very inferior description, still the supply is so great as to have had considerable effect in depressing the price of the best article. Beans are in good reguest, from a prevailing opinion that the grain is qetting fast exhausted in Essex and Kent, the two counties mainly depended on for supplies at the London market. Peas are a very dull sale; and the very large arrivals of foreign oats have thrown a gloom over the trade. Good, handsome, and dry oats, however, are tolerably firm in the market, though the importations, particularly from Ireland, are very large. NORTHUMBERLAND. It gives us much pleasure to learn that the pitmen of the Tyne and the Wear are returning to their work. Though they have but partially commenced, from the number who, we understand, promised to resume their occupations, it is probable that the strike will soon be entirely abandoned.-York Herald. Some workmen are now employed in taking down the premises in the High Bridge, Newcastle, formerly occupied as the sonp-kitchen, where it is in contemplation, we understand, to erect a public house. In excavating the earth for the purpose of making a cellar, the remains of a gothic arch was discovered, and amongst the rubbish some very large stones were found, and three fragments of dressed stone, which appear to have formed part of a church or chapel window. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. In the "Nottingham Mercury" is an address to the freeholders of the county, calling on them to sign a requisition for a county meeting, " for the purpose of considering the propriety of presenting a petition to his Majesty, praying him to dismiss from the situation of Lord Lieutenant of the county of Nottingham, the Duke of Newcastle, and to replace him by a nobleman less inimical to the British Constitution, and to civil and religious liberty, and more talented to fulfil the duties of so important a situation." A similar call has been made on the freeholders of Bucks. We understand the committee of magistrates, in Nottinghamshire, for "investigating the county expense," continue to pursue their labours very rigidly. It would be an excellent thing were committees to be formed in all counties, to inquire into the calls, the heavy calls, upon the county purse. SOMERSETSHIRE. At a public meeting of the inhabitants of Bridgewater, held at the Bristol Arms Inn, under the presidency of the Mayor, John Evered, Esq. (who 284 Warwickshire - Wiltshire Yorkshire. opened the business of the day by a very able appeal to the electors), it was resolved to establish a Political Union, for the purpose of "promoting purity of election, and of prosecuting and destroying, by all legal means, bribery and corruption." B. Lovibond, Esq. followed the Mayor, and, after an excellent speech, read the rules and articles, which were seconded by Mr. Brown, and carried unanimously. Nearly two hundred voters immediately subscribed their names and cash. Bath Chronicle. SUSSEX. The works of Shoreham New Bridge are in rapid progress. It is to be a suspension bridge, and the centre span will be of considerable width. The new road with which it communicates on the opposite side of the Adur is also in an advanced state. We shall be extremely glad to record its coinpletion; for the improvement will be very great, not only as regards the two towns of Shoreham and Worthing, but for all those who have occasion to travel along the coast. We understand that the distance from Brighton to the lat. ter place will be reduced, by means of this road and bridge, from twelve to ten miles. Atrocious and destructive acts of incendiarism are unhappily still heard of as occasionally occurring in some parts of the country. Copies of a proclamation from the office of Lord Melbourne, the Secretary of State, were forwarded on Monday to the police-offices, containing an offer of the Royal pardon to any one concerned, who shall give information against his accomplices in the destruction of a barn, filled with wheat and straw, and a straw-rick adjoining, the property of Mr. Borrer, at Hurstpierpoint, in Sussex. The person who actually set fire to the property is, however, excepted from this offer of mercy. A reward of 3007. also has been offered by Mr. Borrer, for the discovery of the guilty parties. WARWICKSHIRE. A colossal statue in bronze, of the late venera. ble Major Cartwright, who used to be designated the father of Reform, has been completed at Birmingham. It is to be stationed in some conspicuous part of the metropolis. Major Cartwright resided many years at Brothertoft, near Boston, and was once a candidate to represent that Borough in Parliament. WILTSHIRE. At the recent Quarter Session for Wilts, the following Resolution was unanimously adopted by a full Bench of Magistrates:-" Resolved, That it is the opinion of the Magistrates here present, that in the villages and country places the provisions of the Act 1 W. IV. c. 51, have been productive of great inconvenience and injury, both to the peace and good order and morals of the people; that in towns similar bad consequences do not ap pear to have arisen; but that, on the whole, the multiplication of houses for the drinking of beer on the premises has been productive of serious evil. At the same time, they are anxious it should be understood, that they are not of opinion, that it is advisable to restrict the sale of beer by any persons who do not allow it to be consumed on the premises." YORKSHIRE. The citizens of York have extended their protecting care to the remains of antiquity, in pre June 1, L serving not only their far-famed organ screen, but also the picturesque ruins of St. Mary's Abbey, ale and the walls around their city. For the latterin purpose, a restoration Committee has been formed, and subscriptions entered into amounting to above 30007. which have enabled them to commence their labours. The Corporation have approved the plans, and have pledged themselves to use their utmost endeavours to perpetuate the benefits expected to result from this undertaking. A keen frost on Friday night, the 6th of May, 18) did considerable mischief to many parts of the country. We have received melancholy accounts of its injurious effects. In some places the thermometer fell to twenty-six, six degrees below the freezing point. At Reading, on the morning of 12 the 7th, ice was seen half an inch thick; the thermometer was at thirty degrees, and it is feared the fruit trees have suffered much, especially the walnut. On Thursday, in one heavy shower of short duration, a quarter of an inch of rain fell, as indicated by the gauge at the Reading Philosophical Institution. THE CIRCUITS.-The judges met on the 28th and chose their respective circuits as follow:Norfolk-Baron Lyndhurst and Baron Garrow. Midland- Chief Justice Tindal and Justice Littledale. Home--Lord Tenterden and Justice Gaselee. North-Baron Vaughan and Justice J. J. Parke. Western-Mr. Justice Taunton and Mr. Justice Alderson. Oxford-Justice J. A. Park and Justice Pat teson. Welsh-Baron Bollond and Mr. Justice Bo sanquet. This is the first time of the English judges going the Welsh circuit. The only judge excepted is Mr. Justice Bayley. SCOTLAND. Famine in the Western Islands. - The last summer being very cold and wet, rendered the crop less productive, particularly the potato crop, which is the principal support of the lower classes, not only in the islands but throughout the Western Highlands. We understand that, particularly in the island of Bana, the people are in a most distressing state. Hundreds of them, with their horses and creels, may be seen upon the sands at low water, every spring tide, collecting cockles and other shell-fish, some of which are carried on horseback nearly ten miles, and which, along with a scanty supply of milk sometimes from a starving ewe, constitutes the main support of many families.-Perth shire Courier. The central committee for managing the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the floods in Morayshire, have now had the satisfaction to complete their purpose of rewarding the brave men who, at the most imminent hazard of their own lives, rescued from impending destruction one hundred and seventy-one fellow-creatures, on the memorable 4th of August, 1829. A separate fund to accomplish this object has been collected, and a very handsome silver medal, of the size of a crown-piece, produced. On the front is a most correct representation of the noble bridge of Spey at the moment when the two northern arches had 45 |