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fon to believe, that this refers to the the entertainments of the theatre, as of following melancholy, but notour facts, very hurtful tendency to the interefts of That one who is a minifter of the church religion and fociety. Secondly, That of Scotland, did himself write and com- the affembly do strictly inquire, if the pofe a ftage-play, intitled, The tragedy facts above mentioned, viz. That a miof Douglas, and got it to be acted on the nifter of this church has compofed, and theatre at Edinburgh; and that he, with procured to be acted, on the theatre in feveral other minilters of this church, the Canongate of Edinburgh, the trawere prefent, and fome of them oftener gedy called Douglas; and that the reprethan once, at the acting of the faid play, fentation of the faid tragedy was attendbefore a numerous audience: The pref- ed by him and feveral other minifters, bytery, deeply affected with this new and have been under the confideration of frange appearance, do think it their the prefbyteries refpectively concerned; duty to declare, as they hereby do, that and whether thefe minifters, being found they agree with the Reverend prefby- guilty, have been cenfured as their faults tery of Edinburgh, in the fentiments pu- deferved; and to give fuch directions as blished by them, with refpect to stage- they in their wifdoms fhall find necefplays; and particularly, that fuch en- fary, that fuch minifters, and all others, tertainments, from what has been umay be fenfible, that the church of fually exhibited in them, and alfo from Scotland will never protect her members the diffolute lives (for most part) and in- in a practice fo unbecoming their chafamous characters of the players, have racter, and of fuch pernicious tendency been looked upon by the Chriftian to the great interefts of religion, induchurch, in all ages, and of all different ftry, and virtue. And, laftly, That the communions, as extremely prejudicial affembly would use their best endeavours to religion and morality, as well as hurt to obtain fuch an explication and enful to the other valuable interefts of hu- forcement of the act of the 17th of man fociety, by the wafteful expence of George II. anent the playhouse, as it money and time they have occafioned; may not be liable to the pitiful eva fions and being convinced, by long experi- by which it is now eluded." ence, a fure teft of the tendency of any action or practice, how vain it is to expect fuch a reformation of the ftage, as is confiftent with the ends aforefaid; that therefore fuch entertainments fhould be difcouraged and laid afide. And the prefbytery further confidering, that the unprecedented countenance given the playhoufe, in the inftance mentioned, is greatly aggravated by a late act of parliament, rendering the stage (becaufe not licenfed) unlawful in Scotland; and alfo from the prefent circumftances of the nation with regard to the war we are engaged in, the dearth of provifions, and the awful tokens of the juft anger of Heaven against us: They therefore here by appoint and inftruct fuch of their members as fhall reprefent them in the enfuing general affembly of this church, to move and infift, in a regular manner, That the Venerable Affembly do declare, by a public act, their judgment, and that of this national church, against

Thefe remonftrances notwithstanding. Douglas continues to be acted. It was advertised in the Edinburgh Courant in which the above refolution was inferted, bearing to be with material alterations by the author.

The enfuing fpring circuit-courts fit down on the days following.

The weft circuit, the Lords JufticeClerk and Strichen, at Glafgow, on Friday, April 1.; at Inverary, on Fri day, April 8-; and at Stirling, on Friday, April 15.

The north circuit, the Lords Auchin

leck and Preftongrange, at Aberdeen, on Saturday, April 30.; at Inverness, on Wednesday, May 11.; and at Perth, on Saturday, May 21.

The fouth circuit, the Lords Minto and Kilkerran, at Dumfries, on Thurfday, May 5.; at Air, on Friday, May 13.; and at Jedburgh, on Tuesday, May 24.

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The felling of five and ten penny [Scots] bread is expressly prohibited.

As our finest flour bread is not equal in quality to the London fine, therefore the affize in that particular is proportionally lower in price.

The above table was inferted in the Edinburgh papers of Feb. 15.; as was likewife a paragraph, bearing, "that the incorporation of baxters diffented from it, judging themfelves lefed, and their manufacture of fine bread difcredited thereby, which they aver is equal

to any

in G. Britain."-This is further afferted in a letter in the Edinburgh Weekly Journal of the 17th, figned CALEDONIA, in thefe words. "The Edinburgh fine bread is inferior to none in Europe in quality; and much more wholefome than that of London. For it is the general practice of the bakers in London, to put large quantities of alum in their fine bread, which goes by the name of the doctor, on purpose to whiten it. The bad effects of which we fhall not pretend to judge of; but this we know, that the Edinburgh bread will keep ten or twelve days good, whereas the London bread will not keep above two days without moulding." VOL. XIX.

Edinburgh, Jan. 22. 1757.

HE EDINBURGH SOCIETY

Tfor encouragement of ARTS, SCIENCES, and MANUFACTURES, think it their duty to acquaint the public, that the premiums propofed by the Society for the year 1756, have been adjudged in the following manner. [xviii. 106.]

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For the best history of the Roman, and afterwards of the Saxon conquefts and fettlements, to the north of Severus's wall in Cumberland or Northumberland, a gold medal of five guineas value, by the felect fociety. Nothing produced.

For the beft account of the rife and progress of commerce, arts, and manufactures, in North Britain, with the caufes promoting or retarding them, a gold medal, by the felect fociety-- Nothing of fufficient merit produced.

For the most reasonable scheme for maintaining and employing the poor, and how far it can be executed by the laws now in force, a gold medal, by the select fociety. Nothing of fufficient merit produced.

For the best effay on tafte, a gold medal.- Not yet determined.

For the best discovery in the sciences, a gold medal. Nothing produced.

For the best invention in arts or agriculture, ten guineas, to Robert MacKail millwright at Dunipace, as inventor of a machine for cleaning. wheat, performed by two concentric cylinders, poffeffing fome advantages which are not reached by the machines commonly in 'ufe, even as improved by the Jame perfon.

To the perfon who fhall frame the best articles, on which a leafe of lands may be extended, whereby the ground may be laboured to the advantage of the tenant and without prejudice to the mafter, a gold medal, to John Swinton junior, of Swinton, Efq; Advocate.

For the greatest number of useful experiments in agriculture, five guineas, given by her Grace Henrietta Duchefs-dowager of Gordon.- Nothing of fufficient merit produced.

For the beft differtation on foils, and their different natures, a filver medal.- Nothing of fufficient merit produced.

For the belt differtation on the nature and o peration of manures, a filver medal. Nothing of fufficient merit produced.

To the perfon who fhall produce the greatest variety of marls, and other natural manures, with a fhort account of the places where they are found, and the ufes to which they are ap plied, a filver medal,— to Mr John Walker at Borgue, near Kirkcudbright.

For the best differtation on tillage, a filver medal. Nothing produced.

To the farmer who fhall keep the best covering ftallion for draught, not under fourteen hands and an half high, ten guineas,― to William Gun, farmer at Hope-park.

For the best model of a plough, five guineas, or a gold medal. No model of fufficient merit produced.

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To the farmer who fhall plant the greatest number of timber trees, oak, beech, afh, or elm, in hedge-rows, round inclofures, at proper diftances, not under one thousand, before December 1756, ten pounds Sterling, to Alexander Baxter farmer at Woodhead in the parish of Borrowftounnefs.

Second, ditto, not under five hundred, five pounds Sterling, to Alexander Walker, farmer at Auchwerie in the parish of Dunnoter and county of Kincardine.

For the greateft quantity of madder, not under ten pound weight, drefled and cured for the market, three pounds Sterling, to Archibald Malcolm furgeon in Dalkeith.

For railing and curing the greatest quantity of woad, not under fifty pound weight, three pounds Sterling to Robert M'Ewen dyfter in Nungate of Haddington.

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To the farmer who fhall fave and drefs the greatest quantity of well-ripened red clover not under fixty pound weight, two guineas. thing produced.

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To the farmer who fhall fave and dress the greatest quantity of ryegrass-feed, not under twenty bolls, two guineas, to Alexander Reid farmer at Hattonmains.

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To the farmer who shall feed, and fell to but chers, the greatest number of calves, not under eight, each calf being six weeks old at least, four pounds Sterling, to Anne Wade tenant near Yefter. To the farmer who fhall produce the greatest quantity of beft falt butter in firkins, not under one hundred weight, four pounds Sterling, to John Murray tenant at Middlethird in the county of Berwick.

To the farmer who shall produce the greatest quantity of beft cow-milk cheese, not under one hundred weight, three pounds Sterling, to Alexander Marjorybanks in Stanerigg.

For the next greatest quantity of ditto, two pounds Sterling, to Charles Dalrymple, Efq; of Orangefield.

N. B. It appeared that Mr Dalrmyple rents

lands of others.

To the perfon who fhall communicate a receipt for making original yest, a filver medal. Not determined.

For the best hogfhead of strong ale, brewed by public brewers, a filver cup,—to Bartholomew Bell brewer in Edinburgh.

For the next best ditto, a filver medal.

N. B. The next beft ftrong ale belonged alfo to Bartholomew Bell; but the premium was not adjudged to him, as, by the rules of the fociety, no perfon can receive a premium for two articles of the fame kind.

For the best hogfhead of porter, a filver cup, to Archibald Campbell brewer in Edinburgh. For the next beft ditto, a filver medal.-No. premium claimed.

The fociety has the fatisfaction to acquaint the public, that the famples of strong ale produced were generally very good, and the porter much better than last year.

To the gatherer of the greatest quantity of fuperfine rags, of muflin, cambric, lawn, and fineft linen, not under ten stone weight, worth five fhillings per ftone and upwards, two guineas. No rags of this fort produced.

To the gatherer of the greatest quantity of fine rags, comprehending linen, cotton, mullin, &c. not under thirty ftone weight, worth from three to five fhillings per stone, one guinea.— No rags of this fort produced.

To the gatherer of the greatest quantity of rags, comprehending all forts of linen, tweeling, &c. that have paffed through the process of bleaching, and blue checks, worth from fourteen pence to fix pence per ftone, not a lefs quantity than thirty tone weight, one guinea, to Jean Chriftie.

For the greateft quantity of beft poft paper, not under fix reams, a filver medal,— to William Annandale at Auchindinny.

For the greatest quantity of beft pro patria paper, not under fix reams, a filver medal,- ta William Annandale at Auchindinny.

For the greatest quantity of beft printing paper, not under fix reams, a filver medal,— to Edward Collins, Glasgow.

For the beft printed and most correct book, in the Roman character, a filver medal,-to Meff. Robert & Andrew Foulis printers in Glasgow. -The book for which the premium was given an edition of Horace, well executed in all re

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spets.

For the best printed Greek book, a filver medal, to faid Meff. Robert & Andrew Foulis, for an edition of Homer, in folio; a work remarkable for correctness, and elegance of the type.

For the best drawing of flowers, from prints, paintings, or drawings, by boys or girls under fifteen years of age, three guineas.- No drawing. of fufficient merit produced.

For the best drawing of fruits or flowers from nature, by boys, or girls under fifteen years of of age, five guineas. No drawings of fufficient merit produced.

For the best landscapes from pictures or drawings, by boys or girls under eighteen years of age, three guineas, to Thomas Donaldson in Edinburgh.

For the neatest and best drawing from picture, print, or drawing, wherein the Doric, Ionic, or Corinthian orders, with their proper ornaments, are introduced, by boys or girls under eighteen years of age, four guineas. No drawings of fufficient merit produced.

For the best drawing from any busto, statue, or bas relieve, by boys or girls under twenty years of age, a five-guinea piece of William and Mary, given by Lt-Col. Oughton, to Richard Cooper junior in Edinburgh.

N. B. Some drawings were produced which did not come exactly under the defcription contained in the fociety's articles; but as these drawings were found to have great merit, the boys by whom they were produced, received the following premiums from the fociety, viz

John

Fobn Donaldfon, for a drawing after a busto of Horace, four guineas; James Macleod, for a drawing after a bas relieve, four guineas; George Willifon, for drawing from a picture, four guineas.

The fociety has the pleafure of informing the public, that the progrefs made in several branches of drawing fince last year is very confiderable.

For the best piece of printed cotton or linen cloth, not under twenty-eight yards, a filver medal,- to James Reid at Gorgie.

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For the greatest quantity of beft fealing wax, not under fix pound weight, a filver medal, to William Waterfton in Edinburgh.

For the greatest quantity of best fealing wafers, not under fix pound weight, a filver medal,― to the fame William Waterston.

For the whiteft, best, and finest lace, commonly called Hamilton lace, and of the best pattern, not under two yards in length, and not under three inches in breadth, two guineas, to Jean Forrest, one of the orphans educated at the expence of her Grace the Duchefs of Hamilton.

For the best imitation of Drefden work on a pair of mens ruffles, five guineas, or a gold medal, -to Mifs Jean Thompson, Edinburgh.

For dying the beft worsted in shades, of scarlet, crimson, purple, blue, green, and hair colours, (four colours at least to be in each shade, and a pound at least in each colour), three pounds Sterling. Nothing produced.

Next beft ditto, two pounds Sterling produced.

Nothing

For the best tent-stitch or petit-point in worfted fhades, for the back and bottom of a chair, five guineas, or a gold medal, to Mrs Ramsay, wife of Mr Andrew Ramfay at Dyfart.

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For the best imitation of Turkey carpet, as to colour, pattern, and workmanship, of at least two yards long and one and a half broad, five guineas, given by Miss Jenny Dalrymple. None produced.

For the best carpet all of wool, of the best damask figure, beft colour and border, four guineas,to William Gilchrift and company, in the wollen manufactory, Kilmarnock.

For the best imitation of Wilton carpets, making at least twenty fquare yards, to be divided into any number of carpets, four guineas.- None produced.

For the best carpet of that kind called the Scots carpet, making forty-eight fquare yards, to be divided into any number of carpets, the firmest and best made, best figure, best colour, and border, five guineas, to the Hawick carpet manufactory.

For the next beft ditto, four guineas-to David Hunter and company at Kilmarnock.

For the fix beft pieces of livery-lace, as to work and pattern, two guineas, to Patrick Bowie merchant in Edinburgh.

For the best half-dozen of blankets, in imitation of English blankets, not under three yards long, by two and a half yards broad, a filver me

dal,-to Robert Moodie and company, Glasgow. For the beft half-dozen coarfe blankets, in imitation of English blankets, not under one and a half nor above two yards broad, and from two to two and a half yards long, a filver medal,- to Archi bald & George Pitcairns, merchants in Edinburgh. For the best nine pieces of fhalloon, each piece to confift of thirty yards, to be dreffed and finished off in the English manner, three of the pieces to be black, three to be blue, and three cloth coloured, three guineas, to William Chriftie at Stirling.

For the three pieces of shalloon, best whitened, dreffed, and finished, in the English manner, each piece to confift of thirty yards, three guineas,— to the fame William Chriftie.

For the next beft ditto, two guineas,- to Andrew Ranken dyfter in Edinburgh.

For the beft ten pieces of plain fustian, five white, and five coloured, each piece to confift of twenty yards, dreffed and lapped after the Manchester manner, four guineas, to Mifs Chriftian Gardiner at Paisley.

For the fix beft pieces of linen, not under twenty yards each, beft dyed, glafed, and dreffed for lining of hats, three pound Sterling,— to William Wemyss at Bonnyhaugh.

For the best dozen of hats, four guineas,- to Thomas Buchanan junior and company, at Glasgow.

N. B. Thefe gentlemen appointed the premium adjudged to them, to be applied as a premium for the best dozen of felt hats for the year 1757.

For the best dozen of felt hats, three guineas, -to Robert Nichols at Beaverhall.

For the greatest number of straw hats, not under a dozen, two guineas.— None produced. For the next ditto, one guinea.None produced

For the greateft quantity of beft and clearest glue, not under fifty pound weight, three pounds Sterling, to Adam Frier of Innernethy, merchant in Perth.

For the second ditto, two pounds Sterling,- to Crichton Profit, at Coltbridge, near Edinburgh. For the third ditto, one pound Sterling, to James Mitchell in Kilmarnock

The fociety has the fatisfaction of acquainting the public, that all the glue given in, was extremely good.

For the greatest quantity of best buckram, not under fix pieces, of twenty-four yards each, three pounds Sterling,—to William Wemyss at Bonnybaugh.

For the second ditto, two pounds Sterling,- to James Mitchelin Kilmarnock.

For the greatest quantity of baked hair for upholfterers, not under fifty pound weight, the ftrongest, cleaneft, and beft curled, two guineas, to Robert Gilmour ropemaker in Edinburgh. For the best twelve grofs of mohair buttons for cloaths, one guinea. None produced.

For the greatest quantity of beft crown foap, not under one hundred weight, a filver medal.-—None produced.

For the greateft quantity of best white foap,
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Captures, &c. continued from vol. xviii. p. 627. By British men of war, &c.

not under one hundred weight, a filver medal,- to Gardiner and Heriot in company, foapboilers in Edinburgh.

N. B. A quantity of white foap produced by Francis Wood merchant and foapboiler in Edinburgh, was by the judges thought as good as the above; but the premium was adjudged to Gardiner & Heriot, because they had made the greater quantity.

For the best dreffed and glased kid gloves for women, not under half a dozen pairs, two gui neas, to James Thomfon, glover in Edinburgh. For the best two bread-baskets, made of wil

lows of the growth of Scotland, one guinea,—to William Young, gardener at Roidenraw near Haddington.

For the two beft cradles, made of willows of the growth of Scotland, one guinea,-to Andrew Tough in Edinburgh.

To the perfon who fhall manufacture the greatest number of hoops, made of willows or Laughs of the growth of Scotland, to be proved to the fatisfaction of the fociety, one guinea. None produced

To the perfon who fhall cure the greatest number of fmoky chimneys, to be proved to the fatisfaction of the fociety, a filver medal, to Alexander Carmichael mafon in Edinburgh. Contributions and fubfcriptions to the fociety's funds, are received by Mr Adam Fairbolm banker, their treasurer; and fubfcription-papers are lodged in the fhops of Meff. Hamilton and Kincaid bookfellers, Meff. John Clerk, James Callendar, and Alexander Bruce, merchants in Edinburgh, and in the clerk's of fice of every county and royal borough in

Scotland.

P. S. Edinburgh, Feb. 10. 1757. The EDINBURGH SOCIETY taking under their confideration the prefent fcarcity of grain, and the distress to which the poor may be reduced before the return of next harvest; and being defrous, for this year, to give fome encouragement to the culture of POTATOES, which they know, from experience, may be brought to market more early than any kind of grain: they therefore propofe the following premiums, and have ordered the fame to be immediately published, to the end that farmers and others may lose no time in preparing their grounds, viz.

To the farmer or perfon who fhall, this year, bring most early to any market in Scotland, the greateft quantity of potatoes, ten pounds Serling. To the next greatest quantity, fix pounds Sterling.

To the third ditto, four pounds Sterling. The least quantity for which any perfon may claim any of the above premiums, to be fifty bolls and this or any greater quantity produced, may be expofed to fale at different times; but the whole must be of this year's growth, and be brought to market and expofed to fale on or before the 20th August next.

The facts relating to the above, to be proved to the fatisfaction of the fociety.

Bygalle, Uprivater St Malocs, ofre carY the Unicorn, Capt. Edwards: The Ĉi

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riage-guns and 102 men, carried into Kinfale. By the Hunter floop, Capt. Cockburn: brig from St Domingo, fent into Briftol; and the Neptute of Amfterdam, from Bourdeaux for

Morlaix, carried into Plymouth.

Domingo for Bourdeaux, carried into Plymouth.
By the Leoftoff: The Greyhound, from St
By the Chesterfield: A fhip from Marseilles for
Valencia, with bale-goods, carried into Gibraltar.
for the West Indies, carried into Gibraltar.
By the Ambufcade: A fhip from Marseilles

By the Rye, Capt. Fuller: A large French ship, carried into Jamaica.

By the Monmouth: The Rackow, from Cayen for Rochelle, with fugar and coffee; and a privateer of Bayonne, of 10 carriage-guns and 95 men; the former carried into Plymouth.

mingo for Nantz, carried into Plymouth. By the Lyme: The Bellona, from St Do

from Smyrna, fent into Meffina; and the Mary By the Jersey: The Virgin de la Miseracordia, Magdelane, from Scanderoon, fent into Malta. By the Seahorse: A fhip from St Domingo, carried into Lisbon.

Cape St François for France, with the governor By the Bristol: A rich French fhip from of St Domingo and his family on board, carried into Barbadoes.

Alice, Sleight, from Hull for Viana; and the By the Dispatch floop: The William and Charming Molly, Walker, from New York for Amsterdam; both retaken; brought into the

Downs.

By the Seaford: The Neptune of Bridgewater, from Malaga for Plymouth, retaken, carried into Plymouth.

By the Otter floop, Capt. Harrison: The Tyger privateer of Biddeford, retaken; the French privateer that took the Tyger; a war-floop of 12 guns fix-pounders and 135 men, with provifions, arms, and bale-goods, on the King's account, for Miffifippi; the Jeune Mars, from Nantz for Martinico; and a fhip from St Domingo, of 400 tuns; all taken; carried into different ports in England.

By whom taken not mentioned: The Queen retaken, carried into Malaga. of Naples, from Gallipoly for London, with oil;

By privateers, &c.

By the Antigallican, Fofter: A rich French Eaft-India fhip, of 1400 tuns, faid to be worth 300,000 l. taken off Corunnah, afrer a smart engagement.

By the Defiance, Dyer: The Jupiter, of 400 tuns, 10 fix-pounders, and 75 men, from the coast of Guiney and St Domingo, with fur, elephants teeth, gold-duft, indico, &c. faid to be worth 30,000 I.; and a Dutch fhip from Rotterdam for Bourdeaux; both carried into Falmouth.

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