ADDRESS TO THE KING.

THE following Address, which was voted by the Lord Provost, Magis trates, and Town Council of Edinburgh on the 25th of October, has been pre. sented to his Majesty, and most graciously received.

To THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT
MAJESTY.

May it please your Majesty, We, your Majesty's most dutiful subjects, the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of the city of Edinburgh, in Council assembled, humbly approach your Majesty's throne, with our heartfelt congratulations on your having commenced the fiftieth year of your auspicious reign. On an occasion so joyful to the subjects of your empire, we cannot suppress the sentiments of affectionate attachment which we entertain to à Sovereign who is endeared to us by our long experience of the excellent endowments which add the dignity of personal worth to the splendour of royalty, and render the homage due to his exalted station the willing tribute of the heart to superior virtue.

In the strictness with which your Majesty has ever maintained the sound principles of our invaluable constitution, we have a conspicuous proof of your inviolable regard for the rights of your people. By the many salutary regulations made,during your Majesty's reign, for encouraging industry, protecting commerce, securing the impartial administration of justice, and preserving, in your empire, that righteousness which exalteth a nation, your Majesty has shewn it to be the most ardent wish of your heart to promote the best interests of your subjects.

By the firmness with which you have supported the dignity of your crown, you have manifested that energy of mind and high sense of honour which will suffer no encroachment on the rights of your empire. The alacrity with which your Majesty has interpo. sed to rescue the injured from the grasp November 1809.

of the oppressor, while it adds lustre to your character, entitles you to the gratitude of the world. We account it a signal proof of the goodness of the Almighty to this realm, that he has so, long preserved to us a Sovereign, from whose wise and beneficent government we derive such inestimable advantages; and the illustrious example which you exhibit of every private virtue, shews your Majesty to be endowed with that rare purity of mind, which prosperity cannot corrupt, and which combines the qualities which adorn the man, with those which add dignity to the monarch; and when we consider the prosperity of our country in these eventful times, the rapid advancement of this nation in science, and arts, and useful institutions, and the stability of your empire, upheld by the wisdom of your Majesty's councils, and the heroic achievements of your fleets and armies, amid the wreck of so large a portion of the civilized world, we congratulate your Majesty, that your paternal solicitude for your people has been crowned with such eminent success; and that, having devoted your life to promote the true interests of your subjects, you have the satisfaction of beholding the inhabitants of this great empire firmly attached to your person, united among themselves, and enjoying a degree of political happiness, which, if it has been equalled in this world, has never been surpassed.

That Almighty God may long preserve your Majesty to be a blessing to your people, a protector to injured nations, and an example to the world of a Sovereign justly entitled to be called the father of his people; that he may render eminently successful your mea. sures for promoting the happiness and security of your empire, and that Prin, ces of the illustrious House of Brunswick, formed by your Majesty's exampie to rule over a free people, may, to the latest posterity, sway the sceptre of this realm, is the fervent prayer of your Majesty's loyal subjects, the Lord Pro

vost,

vost, Magistrates, and Council of the city of Edinburgh.

Signed, in our name, by our appointment, and in our presence, and the seal of the said city is hereto affixed, at Edinburgh, this 25th day of October 1809.

WM. COULTER, Provost. Addresses similar to the above have been presented to his Majesty, from every city, borough, and University in Scotland.

JUBILEE.

GLASGOW, OCTOBER 25.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the great bells of the city commenced ringing, and continued till ten. At half past ten, the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council, with the Ministers of the city, in their gowns and bands; the Lord Dean of Guild and members of the Merchants House; the Deacon Convenor and members of the Trades House; the Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow, and the Principal and Professors, in their gowns, the Officers of the 1st, 4th, 5th, and 6th Lanarkshire local militia, assembled in the Town hall, and went, in grand procession, to St George's Church, where an excellent sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr Porteous, from Chronicles, chap. xxix. ver. 20. “And David said to all the congregation, Now, bless the Lord your God And all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the Lord and the King." After the service, an appropriate hymn was sung by the band, and the King's anthem in full chorus. The procession then returned, in the same order, to the Town-hall. The streets were lined by the permanent staff of the before-mentioned regiments of local militia. From twelve to two, appropriate tunes were played on the music bells. At six, the Magistrates gave a grand entertainment in the Town-hall, which was most numerously attended, enthusiasm and joy beaming in every countenance. After a short address by the Lord Provost, admirably suited to the occasion, many loyal and constitutional toasts, given by his Lordship, were drank with the most rapturous applause, the band of the Stirling shire militia playing appropriate tunes.

During the entertainment, the music bells were played. The company broke up at eight o'clock, when there was a bril. liant display of fireworks.

The public buildings throughout the ci ty were splendidly illuminated, and a vast number of beautiful transparencies were

exhibited in the course of the evening; a great proportion of these transparencies, and, in particular, those at the town and court-halls and coffee room, were executed by Mess. Brooks, artists from Edinburgh, whose taste and execution have given general satisfaction.

The collection, at St George's church, which is to be applied towards the education of the children of soldiers and sailors in this city, amounted to 801.

The Glasgow Public Observatory was opened on the day of the jubilee, as one of the most appropriate compliments to our Sovereign on the present occasion.

The Lord Advocate of Scotland walked in the Glasgow procession from the Town Hall to St George's Church, as Lord Rector of the College of Glasgow; and afterwards gave a dinner, at Killermont, to his tenants, and another dinner to the workmen and other persons in Killermont; and in the evening a dance to all of them and their families.

Same day the University of Glasgow unanimously voted a congratulatory address to his Majesty, on his entering the 50th year of his reign, which was immediately transmitted, by the Lord Rector, to his Grace the Duke of Montrose," their Chancellor, to be presented to the King,

PERTH, OCTOBER 25.

Ringing of bells;—a feu de joye from the local militia; divine service in three of the established churches and in the Episcopal chapel; collection for the destitute sick, amounting to 731. On the preceding Sunday, about 20l. was collected for the purpose of making an extraordinary distribution among the poor of the place in general, on the 25th, that comfort, and gratitude, and loyalty, might be united in their minds, and that they might have an opportunity of rejoicing as well as the rich.

At four o'clock a very large assemblage of town and country gentlemen, amounting to not less than 220, sat down to dinner. They occupied two spaci ous rooms, in one of which his Grace the Duke of Athole presided, and in the other, the Provost of this city. The croupiers to the former were, General Drummond of Strathallan, and James Paton and John Young, Esqrs. The croupiers to the latter were Sir David Wedderburn, M. P. and David Morison and Thomas Beatson Esqrs. Among the persons of distinction present were the Duke and Duchess of Athole, Lord

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CIRCUIT INTELLIGENCE. · Aberdeen, Sept. 28.-LORD HERMAND. Isobel Wood, lately servant at Tur. ner hall, was indicted for child murder; and Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of George Wilson, merchant and sail-maker in Banff, was indicted for administering poison to several persons. Those two culprits having failed to appear, sentence of outlawry was pronounced against them.

John Grant and Alexander Stables, two young lads, were indicted for an assault, with the intention of commit. ting a rape, but, on account of particular circumstances, the diet was deserted pro loco et tempore.

James Cumming, soldier in his Ma jesty's 94th regiment of foot, was indicted for murder; but, on account of an omission to fill up a blank in the in. dictment, it was found that the trial could not proceed, and he was recommitted for trial on a new indictment.

Alexander Mitchell, servant to Sir Archibald Grant, Bart. of Monymusk; James Skene, farm servant to Thomas Wilson, shopkeeper in the Kirktown of Monymusk, and tenant of the farm of Damhead; Alexander Jessman, servant to Alexander Singer, tenant of the sawmill of Monymusk, and shire of Aberdeen; and John Burgess, weaver at Byresfold, parish of Premnay, and shire aforesaid, were indicted for being very active or ringleaders of a mob or riot, which obstructed and prevented the Deputy Lieutenants of the district from executing the act of Parliament for raising the local militia. After a long trial, the whole were found guilty, by an unanimous verdict, and were sentenced to transportation beyond seas for seven years.

Christian Murray, lately residing at or near Strichen, was indicted for child murder; but an objection to the indictment was sustained, and she was dis. anissed from the bar.

indicted

Ronald M'Donald, was for theft, and being habit and repute a thief; but, in the course of the trial, the libel was restricted to an ar. bitrary punishment; and, after a trial of some length, the pannel was found guilty, and thereupon was sentenced to transportation for fourteen years, which finished the business.

Stirling, Sept. 25.-LORD MEADOWBANK.

James Christie and Nicol Robertson, residing at Craigmill, in the parish of Logie, and county of Clackmannan, accused of obstructing and deforcing the officers of his Majesty's revenue. The jury, by a plurality of voices, found the charges against them not proven, and they were assoilzied simpliciter, and dismissed from the bar.

Glasgow, Sept. 28.-LORD MEADOW

BANK.

George Stewart, John Armstrong, and John Gordon Macintosh, accused of having, on the night of the 17th Oc tober 1808, broke into the warehouse of a callenderer in Glasgow, and stolen therefrom 104 pieces of calicoe. Stew art pleaded Guilty. After a trial, which lasted till eight in the evening, the jury retired, and next morning returned a verdict, finding the charge not proven against Armstrong, but finding Stewart and Macintosh Guilty. Macintosh's defence was, that he was in Edinburgh when the robbery was committed, and that fact was sworn to by several witnesses; but there was positive evidence that he actually dined in Glasgow that day with the other prisoners, and was seen there late in the evening. The Court passed sentence on George Stewart and John Gordon M'Intosh, to be executed, at Glasgow, on the 8th of November.

William Cook, for forging a Royal Bank note, which he did upon common paper with a pen. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to be transported for life.

Two old women, Christian Buchanan, and Grizel Campbell, accused of stealing cloth from a printfield, were next brought to the bar. They pleaded Guilty, and the Advocate Depute restricted the libel. They were sentenced to be imprisoned for six months, du. ring which time they are to stand once

in the pillory, and thereafter to be banished Scotland for life.

The last case was one of a very interesting nature. Margaret Ferguson, a young woman, from Hutcheson town, was accused of child murder. It appeared perfectly evident, however, that she had never been with child. The circumstances of the case are of a na. ture which prevents us from detailing them. After the evidence was conciuded, the Advocate-Depute said, that he not only did not insist for a verdict against the prisoner, but expected that, in justice to her character, they would find an unanimous verdict of Not guilty. The audience expressed their ap probation of this issue of the trial by a general burst of applause. Upon this, the Lord Justice Clerk observed, that if ever there was a case where the popular feeling was pardonable, this was the ...case. She was accordingly acquitted. Inverary, Oct. 3d--LORD JUSTICE CLERK. Alexander Stewart, from the island of Arran, accused of deforcing the offi cers of his Majesty's revenue, was found Not Guilty by the Jury, and he was assoilzied simpliciter, and dismissed from the bar.

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Lieut. Col. Bunbury is appointed one of the Under Secretaries of State in the War Department, in the room of the Hon. F. Robinson.

John Manners Sutton, Esq. is appointed Judge Advocate General, in room of the Right Hon. Richard Ryder.

Temporal Peer, to represent the Peerage The Earl of Rosse has been elected a of Ireland in the Imperial Parliament, in the room of the late Earl of Normanton. Lords Leitrim and Rosse were the only candidates. The numbers were-For Lord Rosse, 30--Lord Leitrim, 17--Majority 13.

His Grace the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has, by his Majesty's command, con. ferred the order of St Patrick on the Marquis of Thomond, vacant by the death of the Earl of Arran.

Queen's Palace, Nov. 1. The King of Knighthood on Alexander Johnston, was this day pleased to confer the honour Esq. on his being appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature in the island of Ceylon. On Francis Macnaghten, Esq. one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Madras. On William Plomer, Esq. Alderman of the city of London. And on James Athol Wood, Esq. Captain in the Royal Navy.

Whitehall, Nov. 4. The King has been pleased to grant the dignity of a Baronet of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Hon. Charles Flower, of Lobb, in the county of Oxford, and of Woodford, in the county of Essex, Esq. Lord Mayor of the city of London, and the heirs male of his body lawfully beoften.

The King has also been pleased to grant to the Rev. William Howley, Doctor in Divinity, the office and place of Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxford, together with the place and dignity of a Canon of the Cathedral Church of Christ in the said University, properly belonging to the Regius Professor of the said University, both being void by the promotion of Doctor Charles Henry Hall to the Deanry of the said Cathedral Church.

John Philp Wood Esq. is appointed Auditor of Excise in Scotland, in room of John Macdowall, Esq. deceased.

MAR

MARRIAGES.

Sept. 28. At Hales Hall, Staffordshire, William Geddes, Esq. of Leith, to Charlotte, third daughter of the late Thomas Turner, Esq.

29. At Edinburgh, Mr James Thomson, merchant in Leith, to Jane, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Robert Walker, one of the Ministers of Canongate.

29. At Salt-hill, near Galway, the Hon. Charles French, eldest son of Lord French, to Maria, eldest daughter of John Browne, of Moyne, Esq.

The Hon. Edward Harbord, second son of Lord Suffield, to the Hon. Georgiana Vernon, only daughter of Lord Vernon.

At London, Rear Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, to Lady Rumbold, widow of Sir George Rumbold, Bart.

Mr Hunter Dewar, to Miss Theodosia Desaill of Hammersmith.

Oct. 2. At Scarborough, Mr Andrew Craig M Lehose, writer to the signet, to Miss Mary Goodrum, eldest daughter of the late Mr John Goodrum of Shropham, Norfolk.

2. At Shawfair, Robert M'Kearlie, Esq. Ordnance Storekeeper, Edinburgh and Leith, to Marion, second daughter of Mr Handyside, Shawfair,

4. John Stewart, Esq. of Stenton, to Joanna, eldest daughter of the Rev. David Moncrieff, minister of Redgorton, near Perth.

4. At Edinburgh, the Rev. Alexander Small, Stair, to Catharine, daughter of the late James Murison, Esq. of Dunbrae.

5. At Islington, the Rev. Robert Young, D, D. Minister of the Scots Church, London-Wall, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late John Strother Ancrum, Esq. Canonbury Grove, near London.

5. At Haddington, Mr John Dunlop, merchant, Leith, to Jean, second daughter of Mr William Shiells, brewer, Hadding

ton.

5 At Eaglescairnie, the Rev. Dr Andrew Stewart, minister of Bolton, to the Hon. Margaret Stuart, daughter of the late Alexander Lord Blantyre.

10. Mr R. B. Blyth, agent, to Barbara, third daughter of Mr William Cooper, Rosebank, near Edinburgh.

11. At Glasgow, Mr David Brown, bookseller in Edinburgh, to Euphemia, daughter of the late Mr Wm. Ramsay, Haddington.

12. At Edinburgh, Walter Cook, Esq. W. S. to Miss J. Moncrieff, second daughter of the late John Moncrieff of SauchopeWood, Esq.

13. Captain Walter Ross, Over Skibo, to Fanny, eidest daughter of William Munro of Achary, Esq.

16. At Duff House, Richard Wharton Duff of Orton, Esq. Comptroller of Excise for Scotland, to the Right Hon. Lady Anne Duff, second daughter of the Earl of Fife.

16. At Selvieland, Mr Andrew Vannan, merchant in Paisley, to Janet, daughter of the late Mr Alexander Dunlop, of Jampherstock.

16. At Edinburgh, Mr William Ford, merchant, to Janet, daughter of the deceased Mr Robert Spalding.

17. At London, Lieut.-Colonel Harris, 73d regiment, eldest son of General Harris, to Miss Dick, daughter of Dr Dick, of Hertford Street, London, and Tullimet, in Perthshire.

17. At Aberdeen, the Rev. Laurence Glass, to Margaret, eldest daughter of Mr Scott, upholsterer there.

19. At Barlington house, Chiswick, his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, to Lady Elizabeth Foster, The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr Priddy, Chaplain to his Grace, in the presence only of two gentlemen from Doctors Commons.

21. At Kirkwall, James Stewart of Brugh, Esq. to Marion, daughter of James Strong, Esq. Leith.

At Bothwell Park, Thomas Edington, Esq jun. of Glasgow, to Anne Hamilton, eldest daughter of the late Alexander Gray, Esq. Attorney General of Quebec, and grand-daughter of William Hamilton, Esq. of Bothwell Park.

30. At the collegiate church, Manchester, Mr Thomas M'Douga!, to Frances Weslow, fourth daughter of the Rev. Ro

9. At Dundee, James Young, Esq. sugarrefiner, Leith to Christian, second daughter of James Duncan, Esq. merchant, Dundee.

10. The Rev. George Monro, minister of Carstairs, to Margaret, daughter of Mr John Smith, Glasgow.

Rev. Dr Fleming, one of the Ministers of Hamilton, and one of his Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary for Scotland

30. At Glasgow, Lieut. Young, 42d regiment, son of the late Rev. Dr Young, of Hawick, to Margaret, daughter of Lieut. Dougall, Stirlingshire Militia.

30. At Ayr, George Torrance, Esq. son of