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of the Emperor commander in Chief, his family, his officers, his suite and effects, the Chief of the Administration of Finances, the Commander of the Troops, the Inspector, and the Commandant of the Artillery, with their families. The arsenals, batteries, and every thing belonging to the Artillery, the small Arms, and Powder Magazines and the Provision Stores, shall be given up by inventory, and in the state in in which they now are. Private pro

perty, of whatsoever nature or description, shall be respected, and the inhabitants may dispose of it as heretofore. The inhabitants of the Colony shall preserve their properties, and re side there, conforming to the orders and forms established by the Sovereign under which they remain; they shall be at liberty to sell their properties, and retire wherever it may suit them, with out any obstacle. The Civil Laws known in France under the title of the Napaleon Code, and in force in the colony, shall be oberved and executed until the peace between the two nations; the Magistrates shall only decide on the interests of individuals and differences connected with them in virtue of the said laws. The present Capitulation shall be written in the three languages, and signed by the three Officers stipulating.

At the advanced posts of Bourde, this 12th January 1809.

VICTOR HUGUES.
JAMES LUCAS YEO.
MANUEL MARQUES.

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. FIRE AT CHRIST-CHURCH COLLEGE, OXFORD.

On Friday night, March 3. about 12 o'clock, a fire broke out in the great quadrangle of this noble College. It was first perceived in the rooms of Mr Brown, which being empty, it is impossible to trace the cause of this melancholy event. It communicated most rapidly to the adjoining house of the Reverend Doctor White, Regius Professor of Hebrew, which was entirely consumed, and the whole of his valuable oriental collection of books destroyed. The rooms on the south side of the quadrangle, viz. those, of Mr James,

Mr Mackie, Mr Buxton, and Mr Paris, were involved in the flames; and as they join the western extremity of the Hall, it was thought that nothing could have saved that splendid edifice. But the night being still, and the exertions of the gownsmen, as well as the inhabitants, being greater than was ever before witnessed on a former occasion, the fire was got under before six o'clock in the morning. No lives were lost. Mr Smith, of Oriel, Mr Hughes, of Jesus, and Mr Allen, of St Mary's Hall, who were indefatigable in their exertions, were severely bruised by the falling of a large body of lead. Dr and Mrs White were conveyed to the house of Canon Barton, whose hospitable mansion was filled with all the books and furniture that could be saved from the flames. Lord Downshire, Sir Charles Farnaby, Lord George Grenville, and Mr Eden, mixed with the populace, carrying buckets, and working the engines.

Dreadful Accident.-On Friday night, March 31st, about ten o'clock, an accident of a novel nature happened at Twyford, on the Paddington Canal, about five miles from London. One of the pissage boats, belonging to Mr Pickford, was on its way to the country, laden with various articles-among others, some barrels of brandy and rum, over which were ten barrels of gunpowder. The crew consisted of four men; one was with the horse which drew the boat, one in the little cabin in the after part or stern; when the remaining two, who were on deck, took it into their heads to help themselves to a little spirits; they bored a hole with a gimlet, by mistake, in one of the casks of powder, which immediately took fire, and the boat blew up with a most dreadful explosion. The two men were killed on the instant. One of them was blown to a distance of more than sixty yards, his entrails torn out, and his thigh and leg separated from his body. Three ricks of hay, belonging to Mr Willan, of Mary-la-bonne Park, were set fire to, and upwards of 360 loads of hay consumed. The shock was dreadful in the vicinity, and the houses were agitated as if by an earthquake. The man who was in the cabin asleep escaped, almost miraculously, unhurt.

SCOT

Scottish Chronicle.

COURT OF SESSION.

On Wednesday April 5, the above

ON Saturday the 11th March, at the Joseph Muir, Andrew Lyon, and Chas.

rising of the Court of Session, the Lord Justice-Clerk, in the Second Division of the Court, read an abstract of the business that had been done in that Chamber since the meeting of the Session in November last. It is, as nearly as we could ascertain, thus:-The Court began with an arrear of 43 superseded petitions against Inner and Outer House Interlocutors-37 causes upon the summary roll, and 155 Ordinary actions. Ati1th March 1809, there would be no superseded petitions, except one or two that might be boxed that day while the Court was sitting-six causes remained upon the summary roll-seven concluded causes, and about 20 Ordi. nary actions. The total number of petitions of all descriptions, advised during the session, were 882. Summary actions advised were 246, and Ordinary actions, upon petitions and answers or informa. tions 34-64 reclaiming petitions were refused without answers, and in twenty causes, the interlocutors of the Ordinaries or Inner-house were altered. In 23 causes, the judgements were not final, but interlocutory orders. There will remain upon the roll about 120 cau

ses.

On Saturday, March 11, the Court (Second Division,) gave judgement in the complaint his Majesty's Advocate against Joseph Muir, and Charles Murray alias Morran, labourers, and Andrew Lyon, shoemaker, all in Glasgow, ordaining them to stand on the pillory there, after which to undergo an imprisonment of six months, and then to be banished from Scotland for life. Their crime was giving false evidence in a cause betwixt Robert and James M'Alpin, (brothers) spirit dealers in Glasgow, advised in November last. James M'Alpin, who had been liberated upon caution to abide trial, accused of suborning these persons, (and other two, not yet apprehended, of the names of Brodie and M'Kay) was fugitated for non-appearance, and his bail forfeited.

Murray, convicted of perjury, stood on the pillory, at the Cross of Glasgow, for one hour, between twelve and one, in terms of their sentence, each having the following label on his breast," Perjured witness in a cause brought before the Court of Session." They are to be imprisoned six months, and banished Scotland for life.

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY.

On Monday, March 20, came on the trial of John Black, private in the 72d regiment of foot, accused of having, in company with several other persons, on the night of the 24th of September last, broken into the cellar of Mr Robert Sheppard, merchant in Edinburgh, and stolen therefrom a quantity of articles, (soap, sugar, and currants.) The Counsel for the Crown, having restricted the libel to an arbitrary punishment, the prisoner pleaded guilty, and the Jury, having retired to the robing-room, soon after returned a verdict, finding the pri soner " guilty of stealing the soap libelled." On this verdict, it was pleaded by his Counsel, in mitigation of the punishment, that the Jury had only found the prisoner guilty of one single act of simple theft, without taking any notice of the aggravating circumstances of housebreaking alledged against him. In consequence of which, and the other circumstances of the case, the Court only ordained the prisoner to be transported beyond seas for the space of seven years, under the usual certification.

Monday, April 10. the Court met and heard Counsel on the relevancy of the libel, raised at the instance of his Majesty's Advocate, against John Monroe and Wm. M'Farlane, apprentices to Francis Orr, pocket-book maker in Glasgow, for fraudulent and wilful imposition, in enlisting into the army, and receiving the bounty, and affirming they were not apprentices. The Court found the libel relevant to infer the pains of law; but that in the circumstances of the case, it was not expedient to pro

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At a general meeting of the Corporation of the Orphan's Hospital of Edinburgh, on Monday, Feb. 13. forty-two children were admitted into the charity. -There were upwards of 80 applications for admission into this useful institution. The heritors and inhabitants of the parish of Ratho have sent a donation of 251. to the above excellent charity, which is not limited to any particular spot, but embraces helpless indigence, at the most important and interesting period of life, from every quar.

ter.

We are sorry to mention the loss of the Thames, Craigie, one of the London Traders, belonging to Dundee, on the sands near the Nore. The crew and part of the cargo were saved, but the vessel is gone to pieces; and melancholy to relate, four of the passengers (a Miss Menzies and three female servants of Lord Keith's,) who were left on the wreck, have been drowned. The others escaped on the rigging.

Earthquakes.-Letters from various parts of the Highlands state, that shocks of earthquakes have been felt within a short period. The following is the substance of a letter from Strontian, in the west of Argyllshire-" On Tuesday the 31st of January, we distinctly felt five shocks of an earthquake. It extended over the neighbourhood, and was accompanied with a noise like distant thunder. On Wednesday there was another, on Saturday following two more, on Sunday two, and this day (Feb. 6.) one. The first, on Saturday, was the most severe; every moveable in my house was displaced, and the building much shaken, but fortunately alarm was the only consequence, as I have heard of no accident. The shocks were distinctly felt by the miners below ground; they continued only for a few seconds, and have all taken place between five and seven in the evening."

MILITARY APPOINTMENTS.

March 25. The King has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. General Sir David Dundas, K. B. to be Commander in Chief of all his Majesty's Land Forces in Ireland, in room of the Duke of York, rethe united kingdom of Great Britain and signed.

General Sir David Dundas was, by his Majesty's command, sworn of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly.

CIVIL APPOINTMENTS.

Whitehall, April 4. The King has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Francis Lord Napier to be his Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland..

April 8. The King has also been pleased to appoint Archibald Campbell, Esq. to be a Lord of Session in Scotland, in the room of Sir William Nairn, Bart. resigned.

March 28. The King has been pleased to grant the dignity of a Baronet of the United kingdom unto Sir David Baird, Knight, Lieutenant-General of his Majesty's Forces, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, with remainder to Robert Baird of Newbyth, in the county of East-Lothian, Esq. (brother to the said Sir David Baird,) and the heirs male of his body lawfully be gotten.

April 1. The King has been pleased to grant the dignity of a Baronet of the united kingdom unto Sir Samuel Hood, Knight of the Bath, and Rear-Admiral of the White Squadron, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, with remainder to Alexander Hood, Esq. nephew of the said. Sir Samuel Hood, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.

Queen's Palace, April 12

His Majesty has been pleased to appoint Hugh Elliot, Esq. to be Captain General and Governor in Chief of his Majesty's Leeward Craribee Islands, in America.

Robert Moorsom, Esq. (formerly Secretary to Lord Mulgrave,) isappointed a Lord of the Admiralty, in room of William Hope, Esq. resigned.

MARRIAGES.

Jan. 27. At Antigua, Capt. Henry Pierce, of the Royal Artillery, to Miss Helen Pringle, of Edinburgh.:

March 16. At Forres, John Downie, Esq. merchant, London, to Mary, third daughter of the late James Shaw, Esq. of Muirtown. 21. At Glasgow, Mr John Brown, merchant there, to Agnes, and Mr James Burnhill, tanner, to Margaret, daughters of Mr William Ferguson, merchant, Glasgow.

21. At Kelly Hall, Devonshire, Samuel Laing, Esq. to Miss Agnes Kelly.

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27. At Taaphall, near Bonnington, Peter Couper, Esq. writer to the signet, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr Archibald Richardson, merchant, Leith.

27. At Newton Stewart, John Fullerton, Esq. of Jamaica, to Jane, youngest daugh ter of Anthony M'Caa, Esq.

28. At Edinburgh, Mr Thomas Scott, merchant, Edinburgh, to Mary, second daughter of Mr John Bell, merchant there.

29. At Collairnie, Mr William Scott, farmer, Dunboig, to Miss Walker, daughter of Mr James Walker, farmer, Collairnie.

At Heligoland, J. Grant, Esq. Paymas ter of Artillery, to Johan, daughter of Mr Thomas Wemyss, merchant. Dundee.r

At London, Captain Woodley Losack, R. N. to Miss Gordon, only daughter of the late George Gordon, Esq.

April 4. At London, Thomas Hamilton Miller, Esq. advocate, third son of Patrick Miller of Dalswinton Esq. to Miss Ram, daughter of Abel Ram, Esq. Member for the county of Wexford.

7. At Edinburgh, Capt. Thomas Folziott Baugh, Royal Navy, to Mary, daughter of the late Francis Scott, Esq.

7. At ditto, the Rev. Simon Reid, to Miss Sutherland, daughter of the late Mr William Sutherland, writer, Edinburgh.

7. At Dalswinton House, Capt. Leslie Grove Jones, of the 1st Foot Guards, to Jean, youngest daughter of Patrick Miller, Esq. of Dalswinton.

8. At Edinburgh, Capt. Alexander Mackay, 93d regiment, to Mrs Ross, widow of the late David Ross, Esq. of Calcutta.

9. At London, Thomas Erskine Sutherland, Esq. of Edinburgh, to Miss Highley, of Fleet Street.

10. At Pittencrieff, James Harrowar, younger of Inzievar, Esq. advocate, to Miss Hunt, daughter of the late William Hunt, Esq. of Pittencrieff.

22. At Glenfeachan, Argyllshire, the Rev. Mr M'Donald, minister of Gigha and Cara, to Miss Margaret Stevenson, 10. At London, the Right Hon. Lord daughter of John Stevenson, Esq. of Glen-Gardner, to the Hon. Charlotte Smith, feachan."

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23. At Southampton, Captain Gilbert Heathcote, of the royal navy, to Ann, daughter of the late Charles Lyell, Esq. of Kinnordy.

23. At Edinburgh, Mr Robert Oliver, of Venchon, to Miss Richardson, of Woodside.o

daughter to Lord Carrington.

14. At Blyth, Mr Thomas Scott, writer, Lauder, to Miss Robina Mabon.

16. At Inverernan, the Rev. Mr George Forbes, to Mary, only daughter of Alexander Forbes, Esq. of Inverernan.

17. At the Isle of Whithorn, Francis Shand

Shand, Esq. of Liverpool, to Miss Reid, daughter of Sir John Reid, Bart.

April 17. At Stirling, Jas. Porteous, Esq. late of Jamaica, to C. A. Somerville, daughter of the Rev. Dr Somerville, of Stirling.

17. At Glasgow, Mr Alexander Dalgliesh, merchant, to Ann, daughter of Mr John Thomson, manufacturer..

18. At Newton, near Doune, John Macdonald, Esq. of Kintyre, Berbice, to Miss Christiana Cameron.

Viscount Bernard, to Miss Broderick, daughter of the Archbishop of Cashel..

At Dover, Robert Dalgleish, Esq. of London, to Miss Collett.

At Southampton, Captain Baird, of the Guards, to Miss Dixon, daughter of T. Dixon, Esq. formerly of the East India Company's service.

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year of his age, Mr James Renwick, Lieut. of the Royal Marines attached to his Majesty's ship Porcupine.

Jan. 7. At Cape Town, Andrew Cassels, Esq. King's Advocate at the Cape of Good Hope, and son of Mr Andrew Cassels, Leith.

20. At Kingston, Jamaica, Mr William Imray, jeweller.

20. At Dominica, John Trotter, Esq.

Feb. 12. At Rait, Perthshire, Mrs Fergusson, wife of Mr Robert Fergusson; and on the 18th March, Mr Robert Fergusson, writer, his eldest son, a very promising young man. ·

March 9. At Clapham, Surry, Mrs Thornton Astell, widow of William Thornton Astwell, Esq. of Everton, in Bedfordshire, and aunt of the Countess of Leven and Melville.

11. At Tiverton, Devonshire, after two days illness, Mrs Cowley, the celebrated dramatic writer.

12. At Newlands, Liddisdale, John Elliot, Esq. of Coomes, aged 68.

15. At Dundee, Mr Henry Johnstone, merchant.

16. At Perth, Mr Duncan M'Diarmid, writer, much and justly regretted.

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18. At Edinburgh, aged 17, Mr Francis Bell Grant, eldest son of Francis Bell Grant, Esq. of the island of Barbadoes.

19. At Battle-Barrock, John Boyce, Esq. of the 36th regiment.

19. At Bath, Mrs Erskine, wife of Alexander Erskine, Esq. of Bathall.

19. At Edinburgh, Miss Anne Bruce, daughter of the late Rev. J. Bruce, minister at Airth.

20. At Forres, Mrs Elizabeth Arnot, wife of John Gordon, Esq. of Edintore.

21. At London, her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Bolton, aged 75.

21. At Paisley, Mrs Margaret Mason, wife of the Rev. William Smart.

21. At Bath, Miss Hart, daughter of the late Mr Robert Hart, merchant, Boness.

21. At Ullapool, much regretted by the inhabitants, Robert Melvill, Esq. to whose public spirit that village, in a great measure, is indebted for its rise and progress.

22. At Aberdeen, aged 75, William Fidler, Esq. late of Carriston in Fife.

22. At Torbay, Lieut. Lewis Lamb, of his Majesty's ship St George, son of the deceased Mr John Lamb, Leith.

22. At Chigwell, near London, Captain Joseph Honyman, Royal Marines, ninth son of the deceased Patrick Honyman, Esq. of Gramsay.

22. At Edinburgh, much regretted, Mr Roderick Stewart, aged 30, surgeon of 8th West India regiment,

23. At London, aged 61, Thomas Holcroft

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