certain A most extraordinary pamphlet has just appeared, from the pen of our corres. pondent who signs himself Thule, in which he grievousiy complains of our conduct, as editors, towards him.--A very few words will be sufficient to jus. tify us, and to shew that he has been treated with a degree of indulgence, be. yond what could reasonably be expected. His charges are three, 1. Our reluctance in receiving his first communication. 2. Our absolute rejection of his last. And 3. Our having called him a Zetland landlord. As to the first paper he sent us, we do not hesitate to say, that in suppressing it, we were doing a favour not only to the public, but to Thule himself. Nothing resembling it, we are persuaded, was ever written since the creation of the world ; for, besides being wholly devoid of common sense, it bore no relation whatever to the subject in question, nor seemingly to any subject *. All we could make out was, that it contained a most vehement and abusive attack, against mysterious characters, who were accused, not as might have been expected, of calumniating the Letland Landlords, but of other crimes the most dreadful and diabolical that human imagination can conceive. There run through it indeed a sort of wild poetical imagination, which rendered it sume hat amusing ; but we could not venture to amuse our readers at the expence of real and living characters. On our returning these esfusions, which seemed written too much under Lunar influence, an offer was made to write another paper, which the respectability of the channel through which it came, induced us to accept, though we had strong reason to suspect, that con. finement and low diet would have formed a more salutary regimen. But we then distinctly stared, and repeated in every successive stage of the business, as our decided principle, That all counter-statements upon matters of fact which appeared to him misrepresented, would be readily admitted; but that there must be no personal abuse. Yet upon this ground we were obliged to reject another paper. But when a third was presented, containing some portion of common sense, and matter of fact, we not only received it, but were at great pains in correcting the grammar and spelling, so as to make it fit to appear before the public, 2. We rejected his last. And for this no apology can be necessary to any one who can take the trouble to read a few pages, keeping in mind the principle which we have stated above. It is somewhat singular, that the only motive which Thule can contrive for our supposed maltreatment of him, is the desire of filling our pages with any kir; of matter, however indifferent. Now there is no doubt that, had we allowed the controversy to go on, we might, for months to come, have filled with it the whole correspondence part of our magazine, with great ease to ourselves, though to the infinite annoyance of our readers. 3. We have called him a Zetland Landlord. We certainly had reason to think him so, and in hastily making up the title, it struck us as tending both to make the communication more respectable, and to authenticate the facts. It offered also a kind of excuse to the public for the insertion of so singular a communication. Nor did it ever occur to us as possible, that, by the writer of the article, this could be considered as such an injurious appellation. We can most decidely deny his ridiculous allegations of a concert between us and P. N. The present editor, though he esteems that gentleman's talents, has no personal acquaintance with him beyond a few accidental meetings. As to any accidental delays, they have been entirely owing to the great extent and variety of business carried on by the publishers; or to the necessity of occupying the Magazine with more important matter. * If Thule considers himself as injured by this representation, he has an easy mode of justifying himself, by favouring the world with a perusal of these curious and original effusions. a TO CORRESPONDENTS. J. H. M., A. R., F., Dr Couper's poem, Daphnis., W. H., J. A., Specimen of Anacreon, C. 2., Mentor, L. are received. SCOTS MAGAZINE, AND Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, FOR AUGUST 1806: With a Plate of the proposed TUNNEL under the FORTH. CONTENTS: i . 633 Page Page 614 National Debt, • .. 573 POETRY. 574 GIS the Fine Arts, 576 A - short Sketch of the Improved Continuation of the Trial of Lord Vis. State of Paisley, including the Ab- courit Melville, 617 bey Parish, for the year 1805, 577 Memoirs of Dr Alexander Pennecuick Proceedings of Parliament, 626 of New Hall, 583 House of Commons, ib. Remarks on a few Select Authors, $84 East India Budget, 31 Beattiana ; or Select Passages from the Letters of Dr Beattie, 587 -Ossian's Poems, ib. MONTHLY REGISTER. 588 Historical Affairs, 589 --Italy, : 590 --Prussia and Sweden, ib. ib. -Negociation for Peace, .638 592 -Delicate Investigation, Scottish Chronicle, 641 Old Scotch Tunes, -Account of the Procession at Parisian Marriages, laying the foundation stone for Account of the Climate of the Mo. Lord Nelson's Monument at Glasrea, and Character of its present gow, ib. Inhabitants, 600 -Proceedings of the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh, • 64% 644 Fires,.. 646 II. The Poetical works of Sir David Marriages and Births, ib. Lyndsay of the Mount, Lyon King Deaths, 647 at Arms under James V. With a Prices of Stocks, 648 life of the Author; &c. By George Prices of Grain per quarter Corn ExChalmers, F. R. S. S. A. change, London, iba Prices of Grain at Haddington, ib. New Works published in Edinburgh, 613 Prices of Meal at Edinburgh, State 637 . , 640 •596 4 28 W. 5 38 Th. 4 655 7 22 8 19 Su. 7 70 O 40 W. 10 2 55 August 65 3 2 1 3 48 4 29.82 W. 17 State of the BAROMETER, in inches and deci- High Water at LLITH mals, and of Farenheit's THERMOMETER, in For SEPTEMBER 1806. the open air, taken in the morning before Morn. Even. sun-rise, and at noon; and the quantity of Days. H. M. rain-water fallen, in inches and decimals, M. I 4 6 from July 26. to August 25. 1806, in the Tu. 2 4.51 5 14 vicinity of Edinburgh. 3 6 3 6 28 1806. Barom. Thermom. Rain. Weather. Fr. 7 So July M. N. In, Pes. Sa. 6 8 48 26, 29.6 52 55 0.05 Rain 917 9 47 27 29.51 55 59 005 M. 8 10 17 10 46 28 29.3 52 59 Cloudy Tu. II 15 II 43 29 29.45 52 Clear OI2 30 29.5 52 68 I 8 31 29.56 55 I 34 2 1 2.28 29.59 53 0.01 Ditto 4 14 4 41 51 71 Ditto Tu. 16 5 5 35 5 29.5 55 66 5 2 6 30 6 29.43 53 64 Clear 6 56 723 7 29.2 72 7 49 8 16 8 29.1 Ditto 5477 9 6 9 29. 60 0.81 Rain 9 54 10 29.3 Clear 10 17 10 40 II 29.5 54 70 Ditto II 2 12 29.65 55 66 24 13:29:78 5263 0.15 O 7 Clear Fr, 26 O 49 I 10 15 | 29.82 Ditto I 52 16 29.85 5463 Ditto Su. 28 17 30.91 56 | 67 Ditto 2 58 18 29.8 45 3 45 Ditto 20 29.6 55 | 64 0.08 Shower MOON's PHASES. 29.5 54 61 0.06 Rain For SEPTEMBER 1806. 29.41 5565 0.07 Ditto 23 29.3 Apparent time at Edinburgh. 57 61 0.1 Ditto 24 29.1 60 H. M. 0.05 .:25 | 29. Last Qurtr. 5. 11. 14. even. 52 | 56 0.05 · New Moon, I2. 2. 15. even. First Qurtr. 19. 4. 7. even. Quantity of Rain 1.61 Full Moon, 27. 8. 16.even. 23. Equal day and night. THE 58 Th. 18 55 9 30 5367 Tu. 23 I[ 24 W. U 45 Th. 25. 0 28 5064 21 22 D. |