24. Dingwall, Aug. 26, 1760. Poll Election. Petition of the late The Magistrates and Council who Magistrates and Coun-served for last year, authorized to cil, stating, that last proceed to the Election of MagisMichaelmas Election trates, and to finish or supply what had been disturbed by had been left undone of the usual the Rebels. proceedings at last election. Two petitions from The 8 Corporations to assemble the Burgh, stating, that and elect their 8 deacons for the curdouble elections of Ma-rent year, these 8 to make part of the gistrates, &c. had been Ordinary Council of 27. The Mareduced by the Courtgistrates, Office-Bearers, and 12 Merof Session, and the chant Councillors, to be elected by the judgments confirméd Burgesses, Merchants, and Tradesin the House of Lords.men residing in the burgh and liberties, (excluding Honorary Burgesses, Servants, &c.) Petitions from two The Burgesses residing in the burgh N. B. The re-sets of burgesses, stat-on the day when the voided election turn made was op-ing, that the Magis-was made, and Heritors bearing a part posed by Counsel tracy had been dissolv-of all the public burdens, (excluding before the Privyled by a judgment of Honorary Burgesses, Servants, &c.) Council, but con- the Court of Session. to assemble and elect fit persons, acfirmed. cording to the set and usage, to be Magistrates and Councillors. 25. Inverkeith-May 12, 1766. ing, Petition of the resi- The inhabitant Burgesses who reN. B. The re-dent Burgesses, stat-sided in the burgh on the day when Poll Election. turn opposed bying, that the Court of the voided election was made, (excluone petition and Session had, in 1761, ding Honorary Burgesses, &c.) to assupported by ano-reduced a double elec-semble and elect fit persons to be Mather, and confirm-tion of Magistrates and gistrates and Councillors, according led. Councillors, and that to the set. 26. Pittenweem, June 26, 1767. they had remained Petitions of two sets The Burgesses resident on the 10th N. B. The re-of Burgesses, stating, Sept. 1765, bearing a part of the pubPoll Election. turn opposed by that the Michaelmas lic burdens, (excluding Honorary petition, but con- Election, 1765, had Burgesses, Servants, &c.) to elect firmed. been reduced by the Magistrates and Councillors, &c. Court of Session. 27. Anstruther June 26, 1767. Petitions in similar Wester, Order similar to the above in the Poll Election. opposed by peti-Pittenweem, No. 26. 28. Jedburgh, May 4, 1774. 29. Stirling, May 23, 1781. Poll Election. Petition of the Bur- The Burgesses and Inhabitants regesses, stating, that the siding in and bearing a part of the Michaelmas Election common burdens of the burgh, quali1767, had been redu-fied according to law, to assemble and ced by the Court of elect by poll fit persons to be MagisSession. trates and Council of the Burgh, according to the ancient set and constitution thereof. Petition of Burges- The Inhabitant Burgesses of the ses, stating, that the Guildry or Merchants and Trades who Michaelmas Election resided in the burgh at and preceding 1773 had been redu-Michaelmas 1777, (excluding all Hoced by the Court of norary or non-resident Burgesses, and Session, and the judg-those who were not members, and did ment affirmed by the not reside at and previous to MichaelHouse of Lords. mas 1777, Servants, Pensioners, &c.) to assemble and elect fit persons, not exceeding 21 in number, properly qualified in terms of the set and usage, to be Magistrates and Town-Council of the same. An alteration to be also made of the set of the burgh. Petition of Guild- The Guild-Brethren, Trades, and Brethren, Burgesses, Inhabitant Burgesses who resided in Trades, Householders, the burgh at and previous to Michaeland Inhabitants, stat-mas 1816, (excluding Honorary and ing, that the Michael-non-residing Burgesses, and such as mas Election had been were not Burgesses at Michaelmas reduced by the Court 1816, Servants, and Pensioners,) to of Session. assemble and elect fit persons, 19 in number, properly qualified in terms of the set and usage, to be Magistrates and Town-Councillors of the same. An alteration also made in the set of the burgh. APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &c. I. CIVIL. August 14.-His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased to grant unto Lieutenant-General the Hon. John Lesslie Cuming, (heretofore John Lesslie,) of Springfield House, in the shire of Mid Lothian (third son of the late Right Hon. David Earl of Leven and Melville, deceased;) and to Jane, his wife, (eldest daughter of Thomas Cuming, and grand-daughter of William Cuming, both late of the city of Edinburgh, Esqrs. deceased,) his Majesty's royal licence and permission, that they may, in pursuance of the direction contained in a deed executed by the said late William Cuming, Esq. henceforward continue to use the surname of Cuming, in addition to and after that of Lesslie, and bear the arms of Cuming quarterly with those of the noble family of Lesslie, Earls of Leven and Melville. 15.-Mr Peter Emanuel Schow to be Consul at Plymouth for his Majesty the King of Denmark. Sept. 5.-Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Hyslop, Bart. to be a Knight Commander of the Military Order of the Bath. Samuel M'Cormick, Esq. advocate, to be She. riff-Depute of the sheriffdom of the island of Bute, in room of John James Edmonstone, Esq. resigned. Robert Bruce, Esq. advocate, to be Sheriff-Depute of Argyle, in room of Sir Humphrey Trafford Campbell, deceased. James Walker, Esq. advocate, to be Sheriff- Members Returned to serve in the New * Bridgewater-George Pocock, and William Astell, Esqrs. II. ECCLESIASTICAL. Aug.7.-Lord Napier having presented Mr John Bennet to the church and parish of Ettrick, vacant by the death of the late Rev. Charles Patou, Mr Bennet was ordained and admitted ministèr there. 8.-Rev. T. Wright, LL.B. to the rectory of Greetham, Lincolnshire. Rev. H. Rolls to the rectory of Barnwell, St Andrews, Northamptonshire. 13.-The original Associate Burgher congregation of Kirkintilloch gave a second unanimous call to Mr John Russell, preacher of the gospel, to be their minister. The Associate Congregation of Annan gave an unanimous call to the Rev. George Lawson, Bol ton, Lancashire. 15.-Rev. T. Hallward, M. A. to the rectory of Stanlow in the Wolds, Notts. 17.-Rev. Dr Robinson, of Ravenstonedale, to the rectory of Clifton, Westmoreland. Rev. J. Leeds, late of Norwich, to the living of Montreal, Lower Canada, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr Mountain. 24.-Rev. Thomas Ludbey, M. A. to the rectory of Cranham, Essex. The Rev. J. G. M'Innes, preacher of the gospel, was ordained by the Relief Presbytery of Edinburgh, and goes over immediately to take the pastoral charge of the New Relief Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia, North America. 28.-Rev. T. G. Ackland, M A. to the rectory of the united parishes of St Mildred, Bread Street, and St Margaret Moses. 29.-The Magistrates and Town Council of Dumbarton have presented Mr William Jeffray, preacher of the gospel at Stirling, to the church and parish of Dumbarton, vacant by the death of the Rev. James Oliphant, 31.-The Right Hon. Lord Douglas of Douglas has presented the Rev Archibald M'Conechy, Glasgow, to the united parish and church of Buncle and Preston, in the presbytery of Dunse, vacant by the death of the Rev. John Campbell. Sept. 1.-Rev. H. Law, to the rectory of Downham, near Ely. 2 L. Gds. 2 D. Gds. 5 6 9 III. MILITARY. 23d July 11 13 20 Lieut. H. Higginbotham, from 5 Dr. G. to be Licut. vice Hodgson, exch. 23d do. 25 1 F. 90 Lieut. N. Custance, from 7 L. Dr. to be Lieut. vice Seymour, exch. 16th do. Gren. Gds. Lord John Bentinck to be Ensign & Lt. do. 97 by purch. vice Swan, 98 F. Lieut G. Mathias, from h. p. to be Lt. vice Vallencey, exch. rec. diff. 23d do. J. M'Gregor to be Ensign, vice Main30th do. waring, prom. Lieut. J. S. Hughes, from h. p. to be Lieut. vice Moore, exch. rec. diff. 3 98 Corn. S. W. Pophamn, fm. h. p. 13 Dr. do. 23d do. 99 Capt. H. Hill, from h. p. 14 F. to be do. 6th Aug. do. do. 26 27 Bt. Lt. Col. J. Hare to be Major by 30th do. Ensign W. B. Buchanan to Bt. Major G. Elliot, fm. h. p. 60 F. to H. Brown to be Ensign, 82 Lieut. G. O. Field to be Capt. vice 23d do do' 87 Ensign R. Elliot to be Lieut. 6th do be Surg. do. 8th July 1818 Lieut. vice Cotton, prom. do. Licut. Cleghorn, from 52 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Keen, from 97 F. with Lieut. Bradish, h. p. 2d Lieut. Poe, from 23 F. rec. diff. with Ensign Morden, h. p. 14 F. Dep. Assist. Commis. Gen. Bowman, having declined to proceed upon Foreign Service. Superseded. Quarter-Master Housman, 60 F. being absent without leave. Cashiered. Ensign Moriarty, 64 F. with Ensign M'Pherson, Lieut. Harrison, 9 F. 2 W. 1. R. M'Donald, from 76 F. with Ensign Tinling, h. p. 14 F. Bayley, from 90 F. rec. diff. with Cornet Popham, h. p. 13 Dr. Paym. Sherwood, from 53 F with Paym. Monk, h. p. Brunsw. Huss. Resignations and Retirements. Major Sparrow, 27 F. Captain Lidwell, 98 F. Burke, 99 F. Ensign Elderton, 13 F. Corbit, 40 F. Quarter-Master Bamborough. 76 F. Appointments Cancelled. Supernumerary Assist, Surg, in India Ligertwood. METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. THE month of August has been unusually dry. Between the first and the 25th there fell only about one-tenth of an inch, and that on five different days, and at considerable intervals. After this period there were some heavy showers, but not such as materially to interrupt the harvest operations. The barometer, till towards the end of the month, was high and steady, at a mean elevation of about 30 inches, the variation in 24 hours never amounting to two-tenths. The hygrometer generally indicated a considerable degree of dryness, and altogether the month forms a striking contrast to the corresponding month of 1817. The rain hardly exceeds one-eighth of what fell in August last year, the mean temperature is nearly 24 degrees warmer, the mean elevation of the ba rometer four-tenths greater, and the average of Leslie's hygrometer one-third higher. It is perhaps unsafe to hazard any conjectures on a subject whose general laws are so little understood as that of the weather, yet the continued uniformity of the state of the atmosphere, particularly with regard to temperature, would dispose one to believe, that some decided change has this season taken place in the climate of at least the northern regions of the globe. The character of the last four months does certainly favour the opinions of some philosophers regarding the Polar ice, and to an ingenious theorist, cannot fail to furnish a subject of plausible and amusing speculation. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, Extracted from the Register kept on the Banks of the Tay, four miles east from Perth, Latitude 56° 25', Elevation 185 feet.-AUGUST 1818. Means. Fair days 25; rainy days 6; wind, west of meridian, 16; cast of meridian, 15. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, Kept at Edinburgh, in the Observatory, Caltonhill. N. B.-The Observations are made twice every day, namely, at eight o'clock in the morning, and four 'clock in the afternoon. The observations in the first column are taken from the Register Thermometer. THE harvest is now nearly brought to a close in the earlier districts of Scotland, as well as throughout the greater part of England. With the exception of wheat, the crops are very generally complained of as deficient in quantity, and in some parts the quality also of the barley and oats is said to be inferior. The state of the markets tends to confirm this, for while wheat during the month of August has been at a medium about 5s. per quarter lower than in July, all other sorts of grain have supported their prices, and most of them are rising, in particular barley and beans. In the heat and drought of the summer, earliness of harvest, and, perhaps, also in the productiveness of the crops, there seems to be a considerable resemblance between this season and the year 1800, which, like the present, succeeded one of the worst harvests ever remembered. As fodder must be scarce, store cattle have fallen. The pastures, latterly, suffered much from the drought. In some places the stock had to be supplied with other food, and driven to a distance to water. Potatoes, we are sorry to learn, do not prove upon trial so productive as was once expected. There seems to be a great scarcity of this root, as well as of other vegetables in the London market; and we hear of large purchases being made for it in this neighbourhood-15th September. N. B.-WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.-The Linlithgow boll, which is to be understood in the following tables where no particular measure is mentioned, is for wheat, beans, and peas, about two per cent. more than four bushels, or half an English quarter; and for barley and oats, something less than six Winchester bushels. But, though these are the standards of Scotland, the measures of every county varies a little from them; and even in the same county, two or more customary measures are found different from the standard, and from one another. The Stirlingshire measure, in the Glasgow table, is more than 8 per cent. above the Linlithgow wheat boll. The boll of oatmeal is 8 Dutch stones, or 140lb. avoirdupois, and the peck is a sixteenth part, or 84 lb. avoirdupois; but the peck of potatoes, in Ediuburgh, ought to weigh 28 lb. The weight by which butcher meat is sold, is commonly the Dutch pound of 171⁄2 ounces,-the stone containing 16 of these pounds, and being thus equal to 14 stone avoi dupois. Hay is sold by the stone, weighing from 22 (which is the weight in Edinburgh) to 28 lb. : and butter by the lb. of as many ounces. 00 VOL. III. |