Houses of Parliament, founded on the resolutions, were adopted unanimously, and the Members for the City requested to present, and enforce them by every means in their power; which they severally declared their readiness to do.

New Alderman. Alderman Bridges having resigned his office, Charles Farebrother, Vintner, has been unanimously elected in bis place.

A general meeting of British Roman Catholics was held last month at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, the Hon. Mr. Clifford in the chair, supported by Sir E. Blount, Sir John Burke, the Hon. E. Petre, the Hon, W. Clifford, Mr. Canning, (of Foxcote, Lancashire,) Mr. C. Butler, Mr. Blount, (the secretary to the English Catholics,) Mr. Rosson, Rev. Dr. Collins, Rev. Mr. M'Donnel (of Birmingbam,) Mr. Wheble, &c. &c. Letters were read from several Catholic Noblemen, accounting for their absence from various causes. After numerous speeches, all of the same tenour as those which have so repeatedly been given at different previous meetings-but in this instance marked by the utmost decorum, good sense, and good breeding, so different from the bombast and scurrility of an Irish meeting a petition was adopted to both Houses of Parliament for a removal of the civil disabilities under which the Roman Catholics labour. Thanks were unanimously voted to the Bishop of Norwich for his constant and able advocacy of the Catholic claims: to Mr. Blount, for his able and effective exertions as Secretary to the Catholics; and to Lord Somers, for the liberal sentiments expressed in favour of the Catholics in his letter of resignation to the Pitt Club: after which the meeting separated.

APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &c.

G. Marriott, Esq. who heretofore usually offi. ciated as Deputy Chairman at the Westminster and Middlesex Sessions, in the absence of Francis Const, Esq. has been appointed one of the Magistrates of Queen-square.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

The Rev. R. Downes, to the Rectory of Berwick St. John, in Wilts.

The Rev. A. C. Price, to the Vicarage of Chesterton, Oxford.

The Rev. C. Green, A.B. to the Rectory of Buxhall, and the Rectory of Harlston, near Stowmarket, Suffolk.

The Rev. W. O. Bartlett, to the Vicarage of Canford Magna, with the Chapel of Kingston annexed. The Rev. G. W. Curtis, to the Rectory of Winnington, Essex.

The Rev. T. Turton, B. D. to the Rectories of Gimingham and Trunch, Norfolk.

The Rev. W. Mair, M. A. to the Vicarage of Fulbourn All Saints, Cambridgeshire.

The Hon. and Rev. H. A. Napier, M. A. to the Rectory of Swyncombe, Oxon.

The Rev. Dr. Busfield, Officiating Minister of Carlton, near Skipton.

Dec. VOL. XVIII. NO. LXXII.

The Rev, H. Atlay, M.A. to hold, by dispensation, the Rectory of Tinwell, Rutland. The Rev. J. Brinkley, D.D. to the Bishopric of Cloyne.

The Rev. W. A. Alderson, to the Rectory of Seaton Ross, Yorkshire.

The Rev. J. Barber, to the Perpetual Curacy of Wilsden, Yorkshire.

Staffordshire.
The Rev. J. Baylie, to the Chapelry of Bloxwich,

of the East India House, to Miss Hall.

Married.] At Friern Barnet, Mr. W. Morgan,

At Marylebone Church, Mr. C. J. Parsons, of Little Bushey, to Miss Eliza Williams.

At St. George's, Canterbury, J. Adams, Esq. to Alice, widow of the late Mr. James Warren.

At Marylebone, the Rev. G. H. Glyn, Vicar of

Henham, Essex, to Elizabeth, only daughter of the late Joseph Smith, Esq.

At Great Yeldham, Capt. Dickens, 95th regi ment, to Emily Charlotte, youngest daughter of the late T. C. Brackenbury, Esq.

At St. George's, Hanover-square, the Rev. W. Stenner, A. B. of Ingoldsthorpe, to Ann Margaret, second daughter of the late Colonel Lock.

of the Rev. G. K. Watley, Hone's green, WokAt St. John's, Hackney, John Watley, M.D. son ingham, Berks, to Aune, daughter of J. T. Butt, Esq. of Clapton.

At High Wycombe, the Rev. C. Thurgar, of Catherine Hall, Cambridge, to Anne Cromwell, second daughter of P. Williams, Esq.

At St. Mary's Church, Bungay, the Rev. G. Gilbert, M. A. to Hannah, eldest daughter of Richard Mann, Esq.

At Bury, R. E. Lofft, Esq. of Troston Hall, to Letitia, youngest daughter of Colonel Richardson. At Hertford, J. Appleford, Esq. to Mary Anne, youngest daughter of Matthew Campbell, Esq.

Died.] At Windsor, Mrs. Hallam.

Nov. 26. At Highbury place, in his eighty-second year, sincerely lamented by a numerous circle of friends, John Nichols, Esq. F.S. A. author of the "History of Leicestershire," and "Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century," and for nearly fifty years Editor of the Gentleman's Magazine. In Mark-lane, S. Hanbury, Esq. jun.

Mr. N. Ray, sen. at Horton Kirby, near Dartford. Sophia, relict of the late J. Stephens, Esq. of Clapham.

Cottage, Bracknall, Berks.
Eliza, the wife of W. B. Angell, Esq. of Benfield

W. Lukin, Esq. of Great Dunmow.

At Pentonville, F. C. Searle, daughter of the late James Searle, Esq. of Saffron Walden.

At the Rectory House, Hutton, Essex, Sarah, wife of the Rev. R. Black.

At Petersham, Margaret, wife of the Rev. Dr. Sampson.

At Wokefield Park, near Reading, Frederick Brocas, Esq. younger brother of B. Brocas, Esq. At Barnes, Robert Hayward, Esq.

At Woodlands, near Southampton, Mrs. Westmacott, mother of the sculptor.

At Denston Hall, Suffolk, W. H. Robinson, Esq. At Joseph Boultbee's, Esq. Kineton, Warwick. shire, Miss M. A. Taylor.

In Queen-street, Mayfair, Mrs. C. Berens.

At Hammersmith, the Rev. T. S. Atwood, M.A. Rector of Buckworth and Morborne, Huntingdonshire.

In London, Richard Moore, Esq. of Kentwell Hall, Suffolk.

John Trotter, Esq. in his 69th year.

Sarah, the wife of W. P. Isaacson, Esq. of New. market.

In Kensington-square, Colonel Harnage. At Friary, in Newark-upon-Trent, the Rev. W. Rastall, A.M.

Mr. J. Gray, of Westham, Essex, third son of the late Owen Gray, Esq.

At Kelvedon Hall, Ann, second daughter of the late W. Brewster, Esq. of Bevington House.

At Kelvedon, Thomas Wyatt, a respectable member of the Society of Friends.

In Harley-street, Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late John Dixon, Esq. of Cecil Lodge, Herts.

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BERKSHIRE.

A material improvement is making on the London road between Wallingford and Henley, which is now in a great state of forwardness. By this alteration the Oxfordshire hills are much avoided, and the distance considerably lessened.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

The Duke of Buckingham thus addressed the Grand Jury at the late Bucks Quarter-Sessions:"This county enjoys the painful pre-eminence of having its poor-rates heavier than any other county in England: it is this distinction that 1 wish to get rid of. We ought to look for the co-operation of the poor in our endeavours to eradicate this evil; but unfortunately the poor have lost that spirit of independence which they once possessed, and which would lead them to so desirable an end. There is a general belief now prevailing among them that they have a right to a provision out of the property of the country; but it is our duty to undeceive them in that respect, and to tell them that the law of England directs that every man shall work for his own maintenance, whilst it allows us to provide them with labour. I come now to a consideration of the support which the labourer ought to receive. It is your duty to pay every one according to his earnings, and to make no difference whether the labourer is married or single. But a distinction should be preserved between labour furnished by the parish and that paid for by the farmer: parish labourers ought to be paid less than those who work for the farmer, in order to hold out an inducement for them to apply to the farmer for employment rather than to the parish. It is your duty to find work for the poor in your parishes, and not to have recourse to the abominable system of making them go the round." His Grace then detailed the means which he had used in several places to lessen the burden of the poor. rates, by letting each labourer a certain quantity of Jand, about three chains, at the full rent, for cultivation at his leisure bours, on engaging not to come upon the parish as long as the produce of their land returned a money-value. It was found that at Michaelmas the tenant had acquired sufficient from the culture of this piece of ground to pay the year's rent, and to have besides as much remaining as was equal to what he would otherwise have received from the parish. "In this manner," said his Grace," I get the full rent of the land, and the man and the parish are both relieved; and I seriously and anxiously recommend this plan to your consideration as the best mode that can be adopted to attain the end in view."

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.

Cambridge, Oct. 27.-During the Vice-Chancello's absence from the University, a letter was addressed to him by the Right Hon. Charles Williams Wynn, President of the India Board, of which the following is an extract:-" Inclosed I have the honour to transmit to you a copy of the regulations for the examination of candidates for Writerships in the service of the East India Company, which have been prepared by the Court of Directors, with the approbation of the Board of Commissioners for the affairs of India. You will find that it is pro. posed that two Examiners should be appointed from the University of Cambridge by the Vice

Chancellor and Regius Professors, with an annual stipend of 801. one of them to be annually re placed." Plan for the examination of candidates for admission to the civil service, who have not residedat the College of Haileybury.-"The candidates will be examined in the Greek Testament, and in some of the works of the following Greek authors: viz, Homer, Herodotus, Demosthenes, or in the Greek Plays; also in some of the works of the following Latin authors: viz. Livy, Cicero, Tacitus, and Juvenal, which part of the examination will include collateral reading in Ancient History, Geography, and Philosophy. They will also be examined in Mathematics, including the four first and sixth books of Euclid, Algebra, Logarithms, Plane Trigonometry, and Mechanics. In Modern History, principally taken from Russel's Modern Europe:-and in Paley's Evidences of Christianity."" Two Examiners were elected on Monday the 30th October.

DERBYSHIRE.

The improvements and additions to Chatsworth are under the immediate supervision of Mr. Wyatt ville. From the old and main body of the house a wing extends nearly three hundred feet on the west side, terminated by a lofty oblong tower, the upper room of which forms an elegant apartment. The roof is crowned by stone balustrades. The greater part of this new wing, between the old house and the tower, retires several feet from the front line. Amongst other beautiful specimens of ancient and modern art contained in this splendid mansion, are, a fine statue of Agrippa, an antique; some friezes from the facades of ruined temples, two finely finished busts of Fox, one of them taken when he was in or about his thirtieth year, the other towards the close of his life. There are also a bust and a fine painting of his present Majesty; and several productions of the immortal CanoVA, amongst them a full length sitting figure of Madame Bonaparte, mother of Napóleon, the statue of Hebe, and a bust of Canova. An admirable bust of George the Fourth, by Chantrey, adds to the other enrichments of the house.

DEVONSHIRE.

A meeting was lately held at the Royal Hote', Plymouth, for the purpose of considering the best means of establishing a District Committee in sid of the Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, which is about to be formed in Exeter, for the relief of the deaf and dumb of the four western counties. The Earl of St. Germans being called to the chair, stated the object of the meeting. The plan of this institution had originated with some benevolent individuals in Exeter, who were desirous to ascertain whether any effectual relief could be given to persons afflicted with loss of speech and hearing. It was at first interded to confine the operations of the establishment to Exe ter and its immediate neighbourhood; but since it was well known that the expenses of an institution on a small scale tear a larger proportion to the subscribed funds than in a more extended one, it was resolved, that the institution should include Devon, Dorset, Somerset, and Cornwall. In order to ascertain the number of deaf and dumb in these counties, 613 letters had been written to the clergymen of the different parishes. To these applications

417 answers had been returned, by which it was ascertained that there were no fewer than 247 individuals labouring under this distressing deprivation within the sphere of the intended operations of the institution.

DURHAM.

A numerous meeting of the ship-owners of Sunderland was held in the Exchange at that place last month, at which it was determined to co-ope rate with the ship-owners of the Tyue, in instructing the coal-factors in London not to sell any more coals at the present ruinous prices. It was also determined to petition parliament to adopt some means for improving the foreign trade, which is at the lowest ebb, and also that a deputation should, if necessary, be sent to London, to represent the state of the trade generally to ministers.

ESSEX.

A very numerous and respectable meeting of landowners and occupiers, clergy, merchants, and tradesmen of Essex, met lately at Colchester, in order to take into consideration the depressed state of the agriculture and commerce of the country. Petitions to both Houses of Parliament were adopted, with only one dissentient voice, declaring "That the agriculture and commerce of the country are suffering under an unusual state of embar rassment and depression, occasioned by the sudden depreciation of property which occurred towards the close of last year, and materially increased by the apprehension of farther important changes in the commercial policy of this country;" and "deprecating any farther experiments or changes in those commercial principles under which the agriculture and manufactures of the country have been so long and so successfully carried on."

GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

Memorandum found in the Cabinet of the late John Browning, esq. of Barton, near Bristol:"Item, that Maister Canynge has delivered, this 4th day of July, in the year of our Lord 1470, to Maister Nicholas Petters, Vicar of St. Mary Radcliffe, Moses Conterin, Philip Barthelemew, Pro. curators of St. Mary Radcliffe aforesaid, a new Sepulchre well gilt with gold, and a Civer thereto. -Item, an image of God Almighty rising out of the same Sepulchre, with an ordinance that 'longeth thereto (that is to say) a lathe made of timber, and iron-work thereto. Item, thereto 'longeth Heaven, made of timber and stained cloths.-Item, Hell, made of timber and iron-work thereto, with Divels to the number of 13.-Item, 4 Knights armed, keeping the Sepulchre, with their weapons in their hands-(that is to say) 2 axes and two spears, with two pares.-Item, payr of angels' wings for angels, made of timber and well painted. -Item, the Fadre, the crown, and Visage, the Well with a cross upon it, well gilt with fine gould.Item, the Holy Ghosht, coming out of Heaven into the Sepulchre.-Item, 'longeth to the 4 angels, 4 Chevaliers.

HAMPSHIRE.

A general meeting of the gentlemen residing at Andover and in its vicinity, was lately held at Andover, for the purpose of establishing a" Bank for Savings" in that town, for the benefit of its inhabitants and of the neighbourhood in general. It is in contemplation to unite the advantages of this institution with those of the County Friendly Soci ety, a branch of which establishment has lately been fixed at Andover.

HEREFORDSHIRE.

Earl Somers has withdrawn from the Hereford. shire Pitt Club; in his letter to the Secretary, his Lordship says, "Although I shall ever continue

fixed in my attachment to those principles of the club,which support the monarchy against republican and levelling systems, I caunot, consistently with my known and avowed opinions, continue the member of a Society, who, from their late proceedings, appear to be as a body (which his Majesty's ministers are not) opposed to Catholic emancipation-a great and arduous measure I acknowledge, but which I judge essential to the good of the state, in order to cement the happy union of Great Britain and Ireland into one consolidated kingdom and one great public interest."

HERTFORDSHIRE.

St. Alban's may boast of being the third town in England to receive the art of printing, since we know that a press was erected in its magnificent abbey, founded by Offa, King of the Mercians, so early as the year 1480. Six specimens of the St. Alban's press in the fifteenth century are remaining to us, of which the King's library contains one copy.

HUNTINGDONSHIRE.

A meeting of the Huntingdonshire Agricultural Association was lately held at IIuntingdon for the purpose of taking into consideration the recent measures of Ministers, as affecting the present prospects of the farmer, and the permanent interests of agriculture. About seventy gentlemen were present, including Lord Viscount Mandeville, M.P. the Marquis of Tweedale, and the principal owners and occupiers of land in the county. James Torkington, Esq. of Stukeley, being called to the chair, a series of resolutions was produced; and when the Chairman was about to read them, Samuel Wells, Esq. Registrar of Bedford Level, entered the room, and said he objected to the meeting in toto. Why had not a requisition been sent to the Sheriff to convene a county meeting, where all interests would be fairly heard, and the subject fully discussed? The learned gentleman concluded by pro posing a set of counter resolutions, in which a large reduction of taxation was held out as the only effectual means of relief. The resolutions being read from the Chair, a show of hands was demauded, but only four were held up, including Mr. W. himself. He then left the room, satisfied, he said, with having performed his duty. The original resolutions, after some discussion, were read, and a petition drawn up to be sent to the House of Commons, against the unrestricted importation of foreign corn.

LANCASHIRE.

The Chamber of Commerce at Manchester has taken alarm at the proposed bill for legalizing the exportation of machinery; and a special general meeting of its members was lately convened, to consider of the state of the laws on that subject, and also to petition Parliament for an alteration of the Corn Laws. On the first of these questions there was not the slightest difference of opinion, and fifteen resolutions, comprising the chief arguments that have been urged against perinitting the exportation of machinery, were passed unanimously. Upon the propriety of altering the Corn Laws, each gentleman had his own measure to propose, and the opinions varied considerably; but the majority being favourable to the imposition of a moderate protecting duty, at first to be gradually reduced, and finally abandoned altogether, resolutions to that effect were voted.

A meeting of the Liverpool Ship-owners' Association was lately held, Robert Gladstone, Esq. in the chair, when resolutions were agreed to, ascribing the present depression of the shipping interest, in a great measure, to the recent alteration in the navigation laws; appointing a sub-committee to

prepare, for the approval of the association, e pe. tition to Parliament, praying that the state of the shipping interests may be taken into consideration, and the desired relief be granted; and resolving that a deputation shall be appointed to join the deputies from other parts, on their assembling in London, to promote the objects of the petition.

LINCOLNSHIRE.

The fact that great part of the county of Lin. colu was formerly covered by the waters of the ocean, has not only tradition for its foundation, but the general appearance of the earth, both on and under the surface, corroborates the theory. In addition to inany other articles which have been found at various places, denoting the above fact, a small anchor was discovered about ten days ago, in digging out a pit on the farm occupied by Mr. Jackson, at Birtoft, a hamlet about four or five miles distant from the nearest navigation, which is Fosdyke. It was found embedded in clay, about fifteen feet below the surface of the carth.

NORFOLK.

A Lecture was delivered by the Rev. Charles Valentine, at the assembly-room, at the King's Head Inn, Diss, Norfolk, last month, introductory to a course, to be delivered during the winter by gentlemen connected with the Public Library and Scientific Institution of that town. The Lecturer gave a very interesting sketch of the rise and progress of the arts and sciences, and of their state in the different ages of the world; and pointed out, in a striking manner, the advantages derived in the present day from the cultivation of science, and the general diffusion of useful information.

NORTHUMBERLAND.

Proposals for erecting a corn and seed exchange, together with a cloth hall, in Newcastle, have been submitted to the public. From the report of the committee for conducting the project, the whole expense is estimated at 50,000l. This is on the supposition of the undertaking being carried on on the largest scale, that is, on the plan of taking down all the houses which form the Middle-street. Should there be any difficulty in raising the funds for the whole at present, it is proposed to confine the erections to a part only of the fabric, which may be occupied and let by itself. For this purpose 15,000l. is stated to be sufficient. The rest of the work to proceed as funds can be obtained. The shares are to be 50l. cach.

SOMERSETSHIRE.

A beautiful and magnificent marble altar-piece has been fixed in the course of the autumn, in the parish church of Burnham, Somerset, by the Bishop of Rochester, vicar of that church. It was ori ginally designed by Inigo Jones, for the chapel of the palace intended to have been built by King Charles II. at Whitehall. When this intention was relinquished, the altar-piece, which was com. pletely finished by Inigo Jones, lay a long time unappropriated at Hampton Court, until, in the reign of Queen Anne, its exquisite beauty and workmanship attracted the notice of Sir Christopher Wren, under whose direction it was removed and placed in the choir of Westminster Abbey. In this situation it remained until the time when the alterations were made in the Abbey for the coronation of his present Majesty. It being then found necessary to take it down, the Bean and Chapter came to a determination to replace it by a new altar-piece more suitable to the Gothic structure of the Abbey, the altar-piece of Inigo Jones being of the Grecian style. Upon this occasion it

was offered to the Bishop of Rochester, who had formerly been a member of the Chapter of Westminster; and was by him removed to Burnham.

SUFFOLK.

Mr. George Bayley lately gave his promised lecture at the Ipswich Mechanics' Institute, being the first of a series on Compound Machinery. In some judicious remarks, introductory to his subject, Mr. B. pointed out the importance of ma chinery to society at large. To Great Britain, especially, it gave superiority over other nations, and, owing to that superiority, her artisans were better fed, and better clothed. Mr. B. then enumerated the many operations employed in preparing Cotton for the use of the manufacturer, and explained, at considerable length, the uses of the several wheels, pinions, rack-work, rag-chains, &c. and particularly the methods of changing the di rection of motion in Mechanics. The concluding part of the lecture was exceedingly interesting: a model of a high-pressure steam-engine was exhi bited, and after an explanation from the lecturer of its principle of action, and of the manner in which the power of a steam-engine is applied to machinery, the model was attached to another of a Dutch mill, and both were set in motion, exhibiting at once to the eye a practical view both of compound machinery and the application of steam as its moving power-illustrating, in the clearest and most satisfactory way, the leading points of the lecture.

SURREY.

It is a singular fact, that from disuse the inhabitants of Croydon parish are unable to prove a road there to be a carriage-way, although there is not the slightest doubt whatever of the road being an old Roman Watling-street-road.

SUSSEX.

Among the extraordinary productions which the strata of Sussex have presented to the notice of the geological observer, there are none more striking than the bones of the Iguanodon, an extinct animal of the lizard tribe, which, upon a moderate computation, must have been upwards of fifty feet in length. Mr. Mantell, of Castle-place, has dis covered in the strata of Tilgate forest, a hora, much resembling in shape and size the lesser hora of the rhinoceros; but which, from its structure, is known to have belonged to a reptile; and no doubt to the reptile whose enormous bones and teeth are found in the same strata.

WARWICKSHIRE.

The first Annual Report of the Birmingham Iofant Schools has been published, from which it ap pears that they are in a very flourishing condition. There are already 166 children in the schools, and a great number of additional applications have been received. The Report mentions, that not less than 100 of these schools are already in active operation, in different parts of the kingdom.

WILTSHIRE.

In a parish in Wiltshire, Mr. John Bennett, M.P. had a large estate, which at one time was let at 600l. a year. The farmer then sold his wheat for 20s. a sack, giving 6s. a week to his labourer. The same estate was now let for 18007. a year. The farmer now sold his corn for 11. 6s. or 12. 79. a sack, while the labourer received only 75. per week. Now, when the farmer gave 600l. a year for his farm, he could pay his rent with 600 sacks of corn; whereas, at present it took him 1300 sacks; while the labourer, who could then purchase all the Decessaries of life at a cheap rate, found them raised

to a price which he could not accomplish. The land-owner thus, it appeared, was benefited 200 per cent., the farmer only 35 per cent., and the labourer no more than 15 per cent.

WORCESTERSHIRE.

The glove trade of Worcester has not yet participated in the improvement which other branches of the manufacturing interests of the kingdom are de. scribed as having recently experienced, to the extent which could be wished for the welfare of the respectable individuals engaged in it as masters, and the numerous class of artisans depending on them for employ. It is consolatory, however, to state that it is mending slowly.

YORKSHIRE.

There is at present a project on foot for erecting a magnificent iron bridge at Scarboro', extending from the South end of the Cliff (across the deep valley down which the foot-path and also the carriage-road wind to the sands) to the hill on the opposite side, called the Spa Cliff; and the forma tion of a very delightful terrace connected therewith and running on the front of the elevated ground thus highly situated above the sea, all along to the Spa Terrace, the same winding round the newsroom there, and throughout commanding the most extensive and gratifying prospect of the sea, the shipping, the castle, the town, &c. The bridge is intended to be of cast iron, having four arches of sixty feet each, with two others of stone, the length of the whole being 350 feet. The height of the bridge will be 70 feet, supported by immensely strong stone piers; its breadth will be 13 feet within the railing or palisadoes; and although intended for foot passengers only, yet it will be so firinly constructed as to render it sufficiently secure for both horses and carriages to pass over, if de sired. This terrace will generally be 14 feet in breadth, but in some places will extend to 20 feet, for the purpose of erecting open seats or elegant alcoves. The height of the terrace, from the sands, will be 70 feet at the end of the bridge, and it will form a gentle declivity, varying from that to 60, 50, 40, and at the close, down to about 30 feet above high water mark.

The meetings of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society commenced for the season on the 3d ult. The museum of that Institution has lately been much enriched with donations.

The Reading-room of the Mechanics' Institute, in Hull, was crowded last month to witness the exhibition of a model of a steam carriage to run on common roads. This machine weighs 82 oz. is eleven inches in length, has three wheels, and is guided by a lever in the front. The boiler and engine are placed in the hinder part of the carriage; the steam cylinder is half an inch bore; and the stroke of the piston is seven-eighths of an inch. The eighth part of a pint of water being put into the boiler (which is heated by a tallow lamp,) causes it to go for the space of half an hour. It will turn in a circle, the diameter of which is only twice the length of the carriage, and the inner wheel will form the centre of its motion. It is capable of being backed in a moment with the greatest ease, and when allowed to run in a straight direction, at its greatest speed, will proceed at the rate of upwards of five miles per hour. The youthful inventor is a clerk, and the machine is the production of his leisure hours.

WALES.

At the meeting of the Breconshire Agricultural Society, on the 18th October, the Rev. Canon Williams produced a piece of mangel wurzel, grown upon his own land, which weighed 15lbs. and measured 21 inches in girth, and upwards of four feet in length, including the leaves, and so

convinced was he of the importance of this vege. table as an article of husbandry, that he offered a premium for its cultivation. Too much praise cannot be given to the worthy Canon for his perseverance and public spirit as an experimental as well as a practical agriculturist, and especially for the liberality with which he has always communicated the result of his experience.

SCOTLAND.

University of Edinburgh.-The Senatus Academicus lately conferred the degree of Doctor in Medicine on 118 gentlemen, after having gone through the appointed examinations, and defended their inaugural dissertations; of these 32 were from Scotland, 29 from England and Wales, 13 from the East and West Indies, America, &c,

There has been for some time in agitation amongst the influential members of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, a plan of erecting an Episcopal College in Edinburgh, where a course of study similar to that pursued in the English Universities will be adopted. At a convocation of the Bishops, which was held there lately, the subject was taken into considera. tion, and measures, we believe, are now in progress for the establishment of an institution, which cannot fail of diffusing amongst the numerous and increasing body of Episcopalians in Scotland more accurate knowledge of the principles of the Apostolic Church to which they belong.

At a Meeting of the Freeholders and Heritors of the County of Nairn, on Tuesday the 17th ult. W. Mackintosh, Esq. of Geddes, in the chair, it was resolved, that the Right Hon. Lord Cawdor be requested to present a Petition to the House of Lords, and J. Stewart, Esq. of Carnousie, M.P. to the House of Commons, praying for a protecting duty on the importation of foreign grain for home consumption, and leaving it to the paternal care of Government to determine the amount of that duty, so as to afford a prospect of a fair remuneration to the home grower.

IRELAND.

The military survey of Ireland is making great progress. The greater part of the counties of Derry and Antrim are finished, and will shortly be published in parish maps of six inches to a mile. As it is the intention of Government that the military survey should be combined with the naval one of the coast, which is to commence next summer, the whole strength of the military corps employed will next commence at Donegal. Thus in two years the three counties will be complete, and a correct delineation given of the sea-coast, extending from Sligo Bay to Belfast Lough; one on which there are more lives and property lost is not to be found in equal extent along the coast of the British Isles.

The prices of Irish produce are improving-not indeed in a rapid degree, but slowly, and progressively. At some of the late fairs in the county of Tipperary, black cattle, which a short time since would not fetch more than eight pounds, have brought ten pounds, and ten guineas. Prices have tallen in Ireland in proportion to the increase of commercial embarrassment in England. So intimately are the concerns of the countries connected, and so great the intercourse between them, that the state of England, whether of prosperity or the contrary, re-acts sensibly, and almost immediately, upon this country. The interior is in a state of great tranquillity-the very favourable state of the weather has enabled the peasantry to attend to their potatoes: they are now busily employed in digging them in. The after-season has been so very mild that vegetation appears as advanced as it has been in the spring of other years. Apple-trees, in some places, are actually in full bloom-pasture