1828.] 
Mr. Justice Park congratulated the grand jury 
at Bodmin on the calendar being so light; he 
thanked God that the law had lately been altered 
relative to the murder of illegitimate children, 
&e. Death recorded against 3 prisoners. 
Married.| At Marham, Mr. Forester to Miss 
Ann Charter,—At Penryn, Rey. R. Newstead, late 
of Ceylon, to Miss S, M. Richards. 
Died.] At Boyton, 83, H. Spree, esq; he had 
been surveyor to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales for 
upwards of 30 years for Cornwall and Devon.— 
At Larrigan, 82, Mrs. Honor Pascoe. 
WALES. 
The monument erected to the memory of the 
late Genera] Sir Thomas Picton, at Carmarthen, 
was opened to public view July 29, with grand 
cereinony, 60 Waterloo veterans walking in the 
procession, carrying banners, on which were in- 
scribed, Badajoz, Cuidad Rodrigo, Vittoria, Pyre- 
nees, Les Quatre Bras, Picton, and Waterloo. 
The structure in its general design, particularly 
the shaft and entablature, resembles Trajan’s 
Pillar in Rome, and is of block marble. 
A letter to the Lord Chancellor, on the ad- 
ministration of justice in Wales, has been pub- 
lished by Earl Cawdor, in which he displays the 
inconveniences of the local courts of the princi- 
pality in astriking light, shewing that the pre- 
sent system of Welsh judicature is as bad as can 
be. Wecopy from his lordship’s letter a bit of 
Jaw and equity, as practised in the principality ; 
itis a Welsh county court notice to a labouring 
man, to procure payment of one shilling, due for 
the mending of a pair of shoes :—‘.Sir, Having 
been directed by a A. B. to apply to you for 
£0. 1s, 0d. due to him, [I have to request that you 
will pay me that sum, together with my charge of 
5s., on or before Saturday next, as I shall other- 
wise be obliged to commence an action against 
you for the recovery thereof without further no- 
tice. Iam your obedient servant, C. D.” 
Died.] At Aberystwith, 105, Mrs. Elizabeth 
Newman.—In Llandovery, 76, Mrs. Jones, relict 
of the late Theophilus Jones, author of the “ His- 
tory of Brecknockshire.” 
SCOTLAND. 
By the 24th Report of the Commissioners of 
the Caledonian Canal just published, it appears 
that since January 1, 1828, the tonnnage rate has 
been reduced to one farthing per ton per mile. 
The produce of rates for one yearending in May 
last, was £2,870; the expense of keeping up the 
eanal, £4,173! ‘The number of passages made 
by ships through the canal, have been in the last 
three years, 944,766, and 882 respectively. The 
depth of water at present is 15 feet, and the sum 
of £41,000 is required to increase it to 20 feet, as 
originally intended. £977,524 have been ex- 
‘pended on the canal. 
In consequence of the want of employment, 
avising froma redundancy of population, and 
other causes, hundreds of our poorer countrymen 
on the western coast, are now quitting their na- 
tive shores for North America. <A brig went off 
Jately fromthe Isle of Harris, freighted with pas- 
“sengers for Upper Canada ; and two vessels sailed 
from Loch Maddy, in North Uist, with no less 
than 600 souls on board. Another is daily ex- 
pected to sail from Canna; and as fresh exporta- 
tions will follow whenever opportunities occur, 
Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. 
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a check will be given, for at least some time, to 
the effects of our rapidly increasing population. 
The silk trade continues to make great progress 
in the west of Scotland. The number of looms has 
of late greatly increased in this vicinity; and the 
business, though only of recent introduction, pro- 
Mises svon to be one of the most important trades 
in Seotland. The weavers’ earnings average 
from 15s. to 20s. week. TThetrade has also taken 
firm root in the western country ; in Kilwinning, 
Johnstone, and other places. Besides the ordi+ 
nary description of goods, the manufacture of silk 
velvet has been recently introduced, and avery 
superior article has been produced. The demand 
for tartan manufactures has of late greatly im- 
proved in the neighbourhood of Stirling. Most 
of the manufacturers are employing their full 
number of hands; and in consequence of some 
large orders having been received, the goods are 
sent off as they are finished.—Greenock Adver- 
tiser. 
During the thunder-storm on Monday night, a 
shoal of young whales, of the grampus_ kind, 
which had entered the Dornoch Firth in pursuit 
of herring, made a hideous noise in the water, 
terrified, it is supposed, by the vivid flashes of 
lightning. About 30 of them came on shore during 
the night at Ardjachay Point, and about as many 
more farther up the Firth, also on the Rosshire 
side; and next morning, a considerable number 
came on shore about a mile farther down, near 
Morangie. A number of men and horses were 
employed in dragging them to land, and about 80 
have been secured. They measure from 15 to 21 
feet in length, and from J2 to 18 feet in cireum- 
ference, and the blubber is from 3to 4 inches in 
depth.—Jnverness Journal, 
Married.| AtCalder-house, W. R. Ramsay, 
of Barnton, esq., to the Hon. Mary Sandilands, 
only daughter of Lord Torpichen. 
Died.) At Edinburgh, Samuel Neil, esq., sur- 
geoa in the royal navy, and late of the Hecla dis- 
eovery ship. 
IRELAND. 
The Catholic Association of Ireland have taken 
decided steps for purifying the representation of 
that country, They have determined that all 
candidates for counties, cities, and open boroughs 
in that part of the United Kingdom, shall be ealled 
upon to give solemnly and publicly the following 
pledges :—Ist. Not to support the administration 
of the Duke of Wellington or Mr. Peel, until 
after total, unqualified, and unconditional eman- 
cipation.—2d, To make strenuous exertions to re- 
peal the subletting act.—3d. To support every 
measure having any tendency to promote perfect 
freedom of conscience.—4th. To support every 
measure haying any tendency to promote consti- 
tutional reform of parliament, and in particalar 
to extend the elective franchise, and shorten the 
duration of each parliament.— Resolved, That 
every candidate for representation in Ireland, who 
shall refuse or neglect to give the above pledges 
in the most public and unequivocal manner, shall 
meet with the direct and active opposition of all 
the members of the Catholic Association in Tre- 
land.—Catholic Journal. 
Died.| At Newport-house, Sir Hugh O'Donel, 
bart.—J. Cuff, of Deel-castle, esq.,M.P., governor 
and custos rotulorum of Mayo county, and colonel 
of its militia. ; 
