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The Pleasure Tours in Scotland. To which is added an Itinerary. Corrected to 1824. 9s. bound.

Adolphe and Selanie, or the Power of Attachment; a Moral Tale, founded on Facts. By Henri L. Dubois, Teacher of the French Language. 12mo. 7s. 6d. boards.

On the Progressive Diffusion of Divine Knowledge, a Sermon, preached before the very Reverend the Synod of Aberdeen, on Tuesday April 13th 1824, and published at their desire. By the Rev. Alexander Black, D.D. Minister of the Gospel at Tarves. Is.

Views of the Principal Buildings, &c. in the City of Edinburgh, and its Vicinity, correctly delineated and neatly Engraved in Aquatinta, with Plan of the City and Environs. By Robert Scott, Engraver; in one volume 12mo., 10s. plain, and 12s. coloured, boards.

French Grammatology; or, a Complete Course of French. By Monsieur Gabriel Surenne, Teacher of French, Edinburgh. 3 vols. 12mo. 15s. bound.

Gow's Vocal Melodies of Scotland, arranged for the Flute. By Mr Henderson. Part Second. 4s.

Memoirs of the Rev. Thomas Halyburton. With an Introductory Essay, by the Rev. David Young, Perth. 12mo. 4s. boards.

The Mourner's Companion: containing Flavel's Token for Mourners.

Cecil's Visit to the House of Mourning.

Shaw's Welcome to the Plague, Farewell to Life, and the Angelical Life. With an Introductory Essay. By Robert Gordon, D.D. Edinburgh. 12mo. 4s. boards.

Essays and Sermons of the Rev. John M'Laurin. With an Introductory Essay, by the Rev. John Brown, Edin burgh. 12mo. 6s. 6d. boards.

Poems, by William Cowper, Esq. With an Introductory Essay, by James

Montgomery, Author of Songs of Zion, Greenland, World before the Flood, &c. 12mo. 6s. boards.

The Christian Martyr, a Tale of the First Century. Intended for Youth.

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The History of Mary Forbes, the Pious Sabbath-School Teacher. 18mo. 1s. 6d. boards.

The History of St. Columba, the Apostle of the Highlands. By John Smith, D.D. 18mo. 2s. 6d. boards.

Plurality of Offices in the Church of Scotland Examined:-exhibiting a view of their History in general-their inconsistency with the due Discharge of Pas. toral Obligation-the light in which they have been viewed by the Reformed Churches at large, and by the Church of Scotland in particular-and the power of the Church to put them down. The Work also contains a Review of the whole Controversy regarding the appointment of Principal M'Farlane to the Inner High Church of Glasgow. By the Rev. Robert Burns. 12mo. 3s. 6d. boards.

Novels and Romances, by "the Author of Waverley," comprising the Pirate, Fortunes of Nigel, Peveril of the Peak, and Quentin Durward, beautifully printed by Ballantyne, and embellished with Illustrations by eminent Artists and Vignette Titles. 7 vols. 18mo. £.29s.

Cases decided in the Court of Session from May 12th 1823 to July 10th 1824 : and in the Court of Justiciary from November 1823 to November 1824. Vol. III. Part I. Royal 8vo. 10s. 6d. Also Cases decided in the Court of Tiends from May 23d 1821 to June 29th 1824. Reported by Patrick Shaw and Alexander Dunlop, jun. Esqrs. Advo. cates. 4.8.

The Lyre: a collection of the most. approved English, Irish, and Scottish Songs, Ancient and Modern. Vol. II.

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and other Kings, which had been secretly preserved by loyal hands, at the time when revolutionary frenzy violated the sacredness of the tomb.

It appears to be determined that the French troops shall evacuate Spain at the beginning of next year; the French being of opinion that the country will now remain quiet, without the help of foreign ers; at least they are to try the experiment.

SPAIN. Ferdinand has published another proclamation or decree, in which, after pronouncing an eulogium on his own benevolence, he proceeds to issue forth against his loving subjects threats of confiscation, imprisonment, and death. In all this we are told he does violence to the natural benevolence of his heart; and the people are therefore to understand that it is for their ease and happiness that this decree is to be issued; that they are, in short, to be hanged, drawn, and quartered without mercy, that they may be made happy. In this production, his Majesty specifies a variety of new cases of high treason, in which cases, the punishment of death, also, by a military commission, (and this is no bug-bear in Spain,) is denounced against the offenders. The first article comprises in the list of traitors, and subjects to death, "all those who, since October 1823, have declared or proved themselves enemies to the legitimate rights of the throne, or partisans of the selfstyled Constitution of Cadiz." Such are the maxims on which Spain is now governed, and such is the sort of tranquillity which the interference of foreigners has established in that country.

PORTUGAL.-Lisbon papers of the 31st October state that a treasonable plot had been discovered among the military, in consequence of which, certain indivduals were put under arrest, and, it is said, will be brought to trial without delay, that they may suffer the punishment they deserve. No mention is made of the parties arrested, nor is the nature of their crime stated.

The troops in the garrison, and the royal guard, are warmly praised for their fidelity.

PRUSSIA. The Prussian Government, it appears, is at length about to convene the Provincial States, a step long meditated, and closely connected with the prac tical freedom of the country. In order to insure the cordial support of these assemblies, the Government has taken care to deserve it, by measures of strict and rigorous economy, having made a reduction of no less than four millions of crowns, out of an expenditure of fifty millions, of which one-third was for the war depart ment. The cities of Cologne, Minden, Erfurth, Stralsund, and Dantzic, will be

no longer the seat of Provincial Government. It is said the Minister of War, De Hac, resigns, and the five sections of the Ministry of War will form in future but two, which are to be superintended by Witzelben, the Adjutant of the King. In all the departments of the Government there will be numerous reductions. for the army, the reduction will not extend but to the staff, the artillery, and the landwehr. The Adminstration of Commerce will be united with that of the Home Department.

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TURKEY & GREECE.-The continental journals bring rumours, from various quarters, of fresh victories obtained by the Greeks over the Turks. The accounts are from Trieste, Corfu, Zante, &c., and state, that on the 25th September, the united Turkish and Egyptian fleet had another engagement with the Greeks, between Patmos and Samos, in which the former was again defeated, and fled to Mitylene. All the Egyptian transports were either left at Boudroun, or had been taken by the Greeks. Letters from Corfu say, that Ibrahim Pacha, son of the Vice. roy of Egypt, and commander of the Egyptian expedition, the Vice-Admiral Ismael Gibraltar, and a renegado, formerly aide-de-campe to General Grouchy, who had directed, for some years, the military affairs of the Viceroy of Egypt, together with eight millions of piastres, taken in the engagements, had been carried by the Greeks into Napoli di Romania. The Greeks, after having, in the preceding actions off Rhodes, Cos, and the coast of Caramania, burnt, taken, and sunk nearly 100 large and small vessels, at length succeeded in setting fire to the Viceroy's last and finest frigate. In the second action, near Rhodes, the Greeks took thirty-two transports, partly of the Turkish, partly of the Egyptian fleet.

The same letters report advantages on land gained by the Greeks, in Thessaly, and in Eastern and Western Greece. The substance is, that Dervish Pacha, with 15,000 men, had been repulsed at Thermopylæ, and forced to retreat on Larissa in confusion, with the loss of fourteen stand of colours; that the Greek General Odysseus had defeated a party of Turks advancing from Negropont; and that in Western Greece, Omer Pacha's force had been routed near Arta. The Sultan has dismissed Ghalib Pacha, the Grand Visier, and appointed Mahomed Selim Pacha in his place, with particular instructions to attend to the rebellion of the Greeks. It appears that there are disturbances in various provin ces of the Turkish empire. Tripoli has rebelled, and expelled its Governor. An

tioch has followed the example. Upper Syria has deposed its Pacha, and threatened to withdraw itself from the Ottoman yoke. Discontent and epidemics afflict the principalities on the Danube. The Pacha of Acre is also said to have rebelled.

ASIA.

PALESTINE.-The French papers state, on the authority of letters from Constantinople of the 11th October, that a great earthquake has nearly destroyed Jerusalem that the ancient Temple of Solomon and the Mosque of Omar have been thrown into ruins, and the Holy Sepulchre cast down.

AMERICA.

WEST INDIES.-CUBA.-An attempt has been made in this island, the only colony which Ferdinand now retains in the New World, to throw off the yoke of the mother-country, and to proclaim the independence of the island, which is large and populous enough to form a state of itself. The enterprize was openly declared for in the town of Matanzas, on the 23d of August, by the Lieutenant of the American Dragoons, Don Gaspard Rodriguez, and a part of the corps under his command. It is stated to have failed; but it is acknowledged that its author and his partisans, though they had retired from Matanzas, had not been reduced to submission. It is not certain, therefore, how far they may have succeeded in other places; and when we find, that, on learning this intelligence, the Spanish Ministers, notwithstanding the exhausted and distracted state of Spain, immediately ordered transports and 2000 men to be collected at Corunna, in order to reinforce the Governor of Cuba, there is no doubt that fears must have been entertained at Madrid for the safety of that great and valuable island.

PERU. The report of a victory obtained by General Bolivar over the Royalists in Peru has reached this country, by the New York papers of date the 8th ult. The following is an extract:— "Captain Cole, of the brig Delaware, arrived at Philadelphia, from Santa Martha, which he left on the 12th of September, states, that the day he sailed, information was received there, by letters from Bogota, that an action had taken place in Peru, between the Colombian army under Bolivar, and the Royalists, in which the former were completely victorious. General Cordova, of the Colombian army, was killed." Neither

date nor place are mentioned; and one of the New York papers transfers the victory to the Royalists, by substituting the word "latter" for "former;" but this is supposed to be an error of the press. A report of a victory by Bolivar has also come by way of Carthagena, from Bogota, in which General Canterac is said to have fallen. It neither men. tions place nor day. It is added, that the Royalists had evacuated Lima, and retreated to Callao. Further advices are anxiously expected.

In the meantime, the posture of affairs in Peru, at the date of the latest authentic accounts, was such as there is every probability would lead to the event which is now said to have taken place. The date of these accounts is the 30th of June, from Truxillo, and of the 14th of July, from Guayaquil ; and both concur in stating, that Bolivar, having left Cojatambo on the 17th of June, was in full march to attack Canterac at Jauga. Bolivar was to reach Jauga between the 8th and 10th of July, a circumstance which gives weight to this report of his success. With respect to the other Spanish Generals, the accounts are somewhat discordant. The most probable of them represent Olaneta as still acknow. ledging, to a certain extent, the autherity of the Viceroy La Serna, by paying him a certain monthly contribution towards the expenses of the war. Valdez is stated to be in ill health at Arequipa, and the jealousy between that General and Canterac is stated to have reduced the Viceroy to the necessity of consultting them both on a very important measure, lest either of them should secede from his duty.

BRAZIL. The only news of importance which has been received from Brazil, for a long while back, is the intelligence of the Emperor's troops having obtained -possession of Pernambuco, brought by the Agnes, arrived at Liverpool on the 2d inst. The Imperial troops, assisted by 400 or 500 sailors, a great proportion of the latter Englishmen, carried the town on the night of the 17th of September, meeting little or no resistance, there being not more than 100 men on the Recife, under arms, to oppose them. Carvalho, the late President, managed to escape, and went on board his Majesty's ship Tweed, where he was protected. The British merchants considered that this change would tend to restore public confidence and revive commerce, which had been completely suspended by the measures of the ruling faction. There has always been a republican party in Brazil, though manifestly small in number and deficient in respect.

ability. To this faction belonged Carvalho, the Governor of Pernambuco, who openly resisted the Imperial authority, and maintained possession of his post, though he had been removed from his command by the Emperor. Carvalho probably aspired to be the Dictator of a visionary Republic; but he was soon shut up, with his small force, within the walls of Pernambuco. Lord Cochrane for some time had blockaded the port. His Lordship had retired to Bahia before the attack on the town.

MEXICO.-Accounts have been re

ceived from this city to the 11th of September, which is very gratifying. Tranquillity was then completely restored, trade improving, and the demand for British goods was reviving. They had again begun to work the mines; and in every branch of business activity had begun to prevail. The election of a President was about to take place. There were two candidates for the office, General Paravo and General Vittoria, and it was supposed the choice would fall upon the latter.

PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-June 14, 15.On Monday the 14th the Duke of Atholl presented the Petition from Perthshire against the Scots Juries' Bill.-Lord Viscount Melville presented a petition from the Writers to the Signet against the Scots Judicature Bill. On the 15th the Bill was read a third time and passed. 20. The Earl Marshal's Qualification Bill, the Slave Trade Laws Consolidation Bill, and the Marine Insurance Bill, were severally read a third time and passed.

24. A rather lengthy discussion was occasioned by a notice of Lord Holland, regarding the incorrectness of the terms of a Protest taken by two Noble Lords against the Earl Marshal's Bill, which was lately passed, and by which, from the Oath of Supremacy being dispensed with, the Duke of Norfolk, who is a Catholic, is permitted to exercise the duties of the office in person. The result of the discussion was a motion by Lord Holland, which was agreed to, that the Noble Lords who had signed the Protest might confine their signatures to such reasons, or parts of reasons, as they might approve.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-June 14.A letter, signed by Sir George Tuthill and Doctor Monroe, pronouncing the insanity of Mr Gourlay, (who assaulted Mr Brougham in the lobby on Friday) was then read by the Speaker; and it was agreed that Mr Gourlay should be detained in safe keeping, to be delivered over to his friends.

Mr Peel brought down the bills for reversing the attainders of Lords Stafford, Marr, Strathallan, Nairne, and Kenmure,

Mr Abercromby and Sir J. Macintosh expressed their approbation of the measure, and professed a hope that the principle would be still further extended. Mr Bruce, who described himself as a collateral heir to the attainted Lord Burleigh, complained of the partiality manifested in

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the selection of the objects of the Royal favour. Lord Binning intimated that that apparent partiality would probably be remedied by extending the boon. Peel explained, that the Crown, in the se lection that it had made, had been guided only by considerations of the certainty of the succession in the persons claiming the benefit of the restoration in blood, and the probable advantage to them from conferring the Royal favour upon them. The Bills were read a first and second time, and ordered to be committed.

Mr Maberly moved to bring up the Report of the Land Tax-Redemption Bill, which, on the motion of Mr Herries, was ordered to be read that day six months.

Mr Goulburn moved the second reading of the Irish Insurrection Act, which, after a discussion of some length, was carried by a majority of 112 to 23.

The third reading of the New Churches Bill was opposed by Messrs. Hume, Brougham, Denman, and Monck. The House divided both on the third reading and passing; the former was carried by 95 to 20; the latter by 85 to 15.

15. Sir James Macintosh presented, according to a notice which he had given, a Petition, signed by more than one hundred of the first mercantile houses in London, praying for the recognition of the South-American States. The Hon. and Learned Baronet introduced the Petition with a speech of extraordinary length, temper, and eloquence, in which he gave a perspicuous and striking view of all the States of the South-American Continent, of our relations with those States, and of the general principles of international law by which we ought to be governed in our conduct towards them. He approved of the general policy of the Goverment, and avowed his confidence that that policy would be maintained; and explained, that his present purpose was to obtain 41

from Ministers an express declaration before the rising of Parliament. Mr Canning expressed his gratification at the manner in which the Petition was introduced, but felt himself bound to abstain from any explicit declaration upon the subject of it. He explained, however, that England was now free to act as she might think proper; but intimated, that a hasty recognition by England might withhold, for a long time, from the late Spanish Colonies in America, the recognition of the Mother Country, which, to the South Americans, must be much more valuable. Mr T. Wilson, Mr Ellice, Mr Brougham, and Sir F. Burdett, spoke shortly, and the Petition was ordered to be printed.

Mr Wilberforce presented a Petition from the County of Carlow against Negro Slavery. He took the opportunity to animadvert upon the opposition to the moral improvement of their slaves offered by the West-India Planters. Mr Bernal replied with some asperity, imputing the late disturbances in the West Indies to the arts of Missionaries. Mr Canning deprecated the warmth exhibited by the two Members who had just spoken; but professed to agree with such as thought that the friends of the abolition of Negro Slavery were doing mischief by their intemperate precipitation. A long desultory and rather angry debate followed, and the petition was ordered to be printed.

18. Mr Hume presented a Petition from a person named Taylor, praying for permission to open a Chapel for the dissemination of his theological principles, which he had promulgated in Dublin with so little success in the way of making converts, that all classes in that city joined in manifesting their abhorrence of him and his doctrines, which last are borrowed from Paine and Carlile. Mr Hume took the opportunity to animadvert upon the severity of the sentences imposed upon the blasphemers convicted at the last London Sessions.

Mr Brougham presented a long Petition from the House of Keys, in the Isle of Man, complaining of the violation of their privileges, and of various acts of general oppression and injustice, which they alleged to have been committed by the Duke of Atholl. Mr Peel met the charge by a specific refutation both of the matters of law and of the facts. The only allegation of the Petition which he suffered to pass uncontradicted related to the removal of a Judge of that act he took the responsibility upon himself, and at the same time made out a case of very foul corrup tion against the disgraced Magistrate.

The Irish Insurrection Act was read a

third time and passed, after a feeble opposition on the part of Messrs. Hobhouse, Denman, &c.

Mr Peel gave an outline of the Jurors' qualification bill, which he proposed to bring forward next session. One of its most striking provisions is the taking from the Master of the Crown Office the selection of the special jury panel, which, in future, is to be formed by a promiscuous ballot, as election committees are struck in the House of Commons.

20. Sir J. Mackintosh took occasion, in presenting a petition from Manchester in favour of the recognition of the inde. pendence of the South-American States, to render a very handsome tribute to the heroism of Lord Cochrane, who, he said, desired nothing so much as to be restored to the country and the service, of which he had been so bright an ornament. Hon. and Learned Gentleman's sugges tion seemed to make a strong impression on the House.

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On the motion of Mr Herries, the House went into a Committee on the Cus. tom Laws' Consolidation Bill. The object of this measure is explained by its name; and the good promised by the attempt to abridge and simplify the multifarious, complex, and incongruous provisions of the Custom Laws, was readily acknowledged by several Members.

Lord G. Cavendish moved the first reading of the Earl Marshal's Qualification Bill. Mr Peel declared that he would support the measure as standing upon its own merits, in the same way in which he had given his vote for the Bill extending to the English Catholics the privileges enjoyed by the Catholics in Ireland, but protested against being understood to give any pledge in favour of further concession by his vote on this occasion.

22. The petition of the merchants of London, praying for the recognition of the independence of those States of South America which, de facto, have established the same, was presented by Sir James Mackintosh. The subject, which has excited deep attention, was ably and temperately brought forward by the Hon. and Learned Member, and Mr Canning's reply was, in consequence, as candid. The only fact, as the responsible agent of the Government, the Right Honourable Secretary said he would then state was, that after the communications this country had already made to Spain, whatever steps Great Britain might now take respecting South America, she would act without any reference whatever to Spain, and be guided solely by her own Councils. Mr Canning added, that recently we had again refused the most urgent entreaties

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