1817, there were 142 prosecutions, and the Cattle consumed in London. The consumption of Sheep and Lambs in London during the last twelve months, amounted in number to one million sixtytwo thousand, seven hundred The number of Horned Cattle slaughtered, was one hun New Institution at St. Alban's. quiries are made by an intelligent agent of the Society, into the supply which the seve ral ships already have of the Holy Scriptures and, when needful, he invites the crews to purchase at a very reduced rate; or, if this, through their poverty, cannot be accomplished, he presents from the society, Bibles and Testaments for the use of the crews during the voyage; an exact record is kept of such supplies, and many opportunities have already occurred on the return of skips to port, to enable enquiry into the result of this attention to the moral and religions interests of our long-neg-dred and sixty four thousand; and by the lected fellow-men, and fellow-subjects; Inspector's return, it appears, that the number of Horse hides produced at Leadenthe results have generally been highly enhall Market, amounted to twelve thousand couraging. From a weekly report made to the Committee, we have the gratifi nine hundred. cation to learn the pleasing amount of information. Already upwards of 1,200 vessels have been supplied: those were navigated by more than 16,000 seamen, of whom more than 13,000 were able to read; 1,300 Bibles, and 2,785 Testaments, were gratuitously bestowed for the ships' use; and 275 Bibles, with 126 Testaments, were purchased by individuals of the crews. These are besides the supplies found on board, and which were either put there by pious owners for the use of the seamen (their servants), or were the private property of the sailors. Thus, in the short space of eight months, 1,200 vessels, bound to various parts of the world, navigated by 16,000 men, have taken with them for their instruction, the amazing number of 5,900 Bibles and Testaments. It is with much pleasure that we announce the establishment of a new Institution in this town, formed upon a liberal basis; of which the following Resolutions will covney some idea to our readers. 1. That a Society be now formed to be called the St. Alban's Permanent Library and Literary Institution. 2. That the object of this Institution be to acquire and diffuse Religious and Useful Knowledge. 3. That the affairs of the Society shall be under the management of a Committee, who shall have power to add to their number. 4. That a Subscription of One Guinea per annum, constitute a Member during the first year, and that Ladies be eligible to the Society. 5. That the property of this Institution be vested solely in the Proprietors; and any Member has power to transfer his share to any other person. We have given these Resolutions at length as an inducement to other towns in the United Kingdom, to follow the laudable example of St. Alban's Were Institutions of a literary and scientific nature still more numerous than they are, it might fairly be presumed that our Public Journals would not teem daily, as they at present do with melancholy details of rapine and bloodshed; nor the intellects of mau be drowned in that state of senseless apathy always attendant on the pursuit of pernicious luxuries which not only impair and weaken the body, but annihilate the nobler faculties of the soul, and render the man in too many instances, very little superior to the brute. Monument for Mary Ashford. By the Birmingham Chronicle, it ap pears, that a stone has lately been placed inquiring into the Duties, Salaries, and Emoluments of the Judges, &c. of the Courts of Justice in England, it appears, that the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, "according to ancient usage, receives annually at Christmas, four yards of broad cloth from Blackwell Hall, and 36 loaves of sugar, presented to him by particular Officers on the Plea side of the Court; aud that each Puisne Judge receives annually from the same Officers, a small silver plate, and 18 loaves of sugar!" SCOTLAND. Northern Herculaneum. Inverness Courier-" Lopness in Sanda, 26th Sept. 1818. Sir, the respectable te nant of this farm tells me, that he remembers the place for the last 25 years, and that during that period, the sand-hills, to the height of perhaps 20 feet, or thereby, have been dispersed. The space thus uncovered, extends probably to about a square mile, at the most northerly point of this island-and exhibits evident marks of having been the scene of human operations, at a period anterior to its being covered with the sand. Nearly in a line with the sea-beach, as it sweeps round the head of Tofts Ness, and about 15 or 20 feet above the high-water mark, there is a ridge of loose large flag stones, tossed together in irregular masses, and spread ont to such a width, and having such an ap The Gazette of the 17th of Oct, contains a most extraordinary advertisement: it auBounces to the creditors of Bogle and Co, late of Love-lane, East cheap, who were bankrupts in the year 1773, (being a lapse of forty six years,) that they or their legal representatives may receive the full amount of their respective debts. The total amount advertised is about five thousand five hun-pearance as a row of cottages in ruins might dred pounds. The lowest sum mentioned is a glover's bill for 5s. 4d.; the largest a banker's, 9201. The list of creditors enumerates a curious medley of professions. viz, snuff merchants, tailors, haberdashers, shoe-makers, &c. and one debt is due to a Mr. Shakespeare, Alderman of the city of London, merchant. Typhus Fever. be supposed to exhibit. Besides this range, there are several others running off at right angles, and in various directions, some of them, perhaps the remains of dwellings, or walls for defence, and others nothing more than old dikes, common in this country. There are still to be seen along the whole line of what may be supposed either fallen habitations, or fallen walls, the forms of round towers, crumbled down, some of them considerably more elevated than the adjacent ground, and one large mount or tumulus, evidently artificial, within the range of the enclosure, points it out as a post of some importance in its day. There are various tumuli or barrows, disposed on the outside of the rows of stones, which may have been outworks of defence. Some of them are evidently of this description, while latter fact I ascertained by getting all the others are only places of sepulchre. The earth and sand taken out of three stone coffins, which have been exposed to view in one tumulus; and in each of them we found hunian bones, some of which I have reserved to show to the curious. There is In the Report of the Commissioners for one mass of stones different from the ordi Dr. J. C. Smith obtained 5,000l. from Parliament, for the following recipe:-R. 6 dr. powdered nitre, 6 dr. of oil of vitriol, mix them in a tea-cup by adding to the nitre one drachm of the oil at a tine. The cup to be placed during the preparation ou a hot hearth or plate of heated iron, and the mixture stirred with a tobacco pipe. The cup to be placed in different parts of the sick room. Cure for Corns. The bark of the willow tree, burnt to ashes, mixed with strong vinegar, and ap plied to the parts, it is asserted, will re move all warts, corus, or excrescences on any part of the body. Legal Christmas Boxes. Having been fixed upon as the consort of George the Third; as soon as the preliminary arrangements for demanding this Princess in marriage, had been made, his Majesty, on the 28th of July, 1761, (baving just then turned the three and twentieth year of his age), caused his Privy Council to be speedily summoned. The Council was attended by all the great officers of state-and to them his Majesty declared his intention in the following words; nary Picts' houses, as they are vulgarly | daughter of Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxecalled here; these are circular; but it is Hilbourghausen, was born on the 6th of May, oblong, and seems to have been constructed 1744. by laying flagstones overlapping one another, the highest regularly sloping inward until the opposite sides met. We meant to have explored it, but a dreadful blast of wind and rain, from the south-east, had already drenched us thoroughly, and in- | creasing compelled us to desist. The forms of ridges, freed from the sand which had long covered them, are quite apparent; but whether their formation and culture are of the same era with the broken down walls and towers, it is quite impossible to ascertain. The situation of Toftness, on the very extremity of these islands, protected on one side by the tremendous Frith betwixt it and North Ronaldsay, and on the other by a fresh water lake, pointed it out as a position easily capable of defence by the rude bulwarks and towers, the vestiges of which still remain, in those predatory times when Orkney was the scene of rapine and violence. Whether it has been a colony of Celts, Picts, or Scandinavians, I leave to the sagacity of antiquaries to discover. The subject might afford materials for controversy between our old and respected friends, Monkbarns and Edie Ochiltree. I must close these memoranda, however, by adding, that the stone coffins are only about four feet in length, and that the bodies which they contained were laid with the heads at the narrowest ends, so that the legs must have been folded sideways across the broader end. The coffis were in width about three feet, composed of thick slate, without top or bottom, and about two feet deep. I am, &c. P.' New Cod Bank. An immense bank covered with Cod has been lately discovered, extending from Papa Westra, in Orkney, along the west coast of the Shetland Islands. Already the fishing has been great. Next season it is expected that this hitherto hidden treasure will afford lucrative employment to several hundred sail of fishing vessels. The fishermen report, that from 150 to 200 sail of vessels can fish in it, and out of sight of each other. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HER LATE MAJESTY QUEEN CHARLOTTE. Her Majesty the Princess Sophia-CharlotteCaroline, of Mecklenburgh Strelitz,the youngest daughter of Charles Lewis, brother to Adolphus Frederick, third Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, by Albertine Elizabeth, "Having nothing so much at heart as to procure the welfare and happiness of my people, and to render the same stable, and permanent to posterity, I have, ever since my accession to the throne, turned my thoughts towards the choice of a Princess for my consort; and I now, with great satisfaction, acquaint you, that, after the fullest information, and mature deliberation, I am come to a resolution to demand in marriage the Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburgh Strelitz-a Prin cess distinguished by every eminent virtue, and amiable endowment, whose illustrions line has constantly shewn the firmest zeal for the Protestant religion, and a particular attachment to my family. I have judged proper to communicate to you these my intentions, in order that you may be fully apprised of a matter so highly important to me, and to my kingdoms: and which, I persuade myself, will be most acceptable to all my loving subjects." This declaration was immediately made public, and was received with great pleasure by all ranks of people. The Earl of Harcourt soon after left England, as his Majesty's plenipotentiary to the court of Mecklenburgh, and arrived at Strelitz on the 14th of August. He was accompanied by the Duchesses of Ancaster and Hamilton, the two finest women of the British Court, and Lord Anson was appointed to command the fleet of convoy on this important occa sion. On the 15th of August, the Earl of Harcourt performed the ceremony of asking, in form, her Serene Highness the Princess Sophia Charlotte in marriage for the King, his master. The contract of marriage was immediately signed, and the Princess was afterwards complimented by the states of the country, On the 17th, and the deputies of the towns the Princess, accompanied by the reigning Duke, her brother, set out for Stade, where she arrived on the 22nd, and embarked on board his Majesty's yacht, accompanied by the Duchesses of Ancaster and Hamilton, the Earl of Harcourt, and Lord Anson. Falling down the Elbe, she proceeded to Cuxhaven, whence she sailed for England, on the 28th. After a voyage of ten days, during which the fleet endured three violent storms, the Princess arrived in the port of Harwich, on Sunday, the 5th of September. She landed on Monday, at Harwich, and was received by the mayor and aldermen in their usual forma Addresses of congratulation poured in from all quarters, and the union of their Majesties seemed to be viewed, not alone as a measure of political importance, by which the regular succession to the Crown was likely to be preserved, but as a species of national blessing, from which the best moral consequences were likely to proceed. In addressing the Parliament, which was assembled on the 6th of November, his Majesty thus alluded to bis recent union: lities. Proceeding on her journey to London, he Solomon King. 2. That the duty and end about 5 o'clock she came to Colchester, where of Royalty is to do judgment and justice. she stopped and took refreshments at the house The rejoicings throughout the country on of a Mr. Enew. While she remained here, this occasion almost exceeded any former Mr. Great, of Colchester, being introduced precedent. by the Earl of Harcourt, presented her with a box of candied Eringo root, a product of Colchester, which the Royal Family always receive when they travel that way. Continuing her journey, she arrived at the Marquis of Abercorn's soon after seven o'clock, where a sumptuous entertainment was provided for the Princess and her suite. She remained that night at the Marquis of Abercorn's-and at noon on the following day, came to Rumford, where the King's coach and servants met her Having refreshed herself at the house of Mr. Dutton, wine merchant, she entered the Royal coach and proceeded to London. On her arrival at the garden gate of the PaJace, the Princess was handed out of the coach by the Duke of Devonshire, as Lord Cham berlain, to the gate, where she was received by the Duke of York. As she alighted from the coach, his Majesty descended the steps from the Palace into the garden, and they met each other half-way. As the Princess was going to pay her obeisance, the King took hold of her hand, raised her up, saluted it, and then led her up stairs. At nine o'clock in the evening, the m rri ge ceremony was performed at the Chapel Royal by the Archbishop of Coterbury, in the presence of all the Royal Family; the Duke of Cumberland giving the Princess's hand to the King. "My Lords and Gentlemen,—At the opening of the first Parliament summoned and elected under my authority, I with pleasure take notice of an event, which has made me completely happy, and given universal joy to my loving subjects. My marriage with a Princess, eminently distinguished by every virtue and amiable endowment, whilst it affords me all possible domestic comfort, cannot but highly contribute to the happiness of my kingdom, which has been, and always shall be, my first object in every action of my life. I dare say, your affectionate regard for me and the Queen, make you go before me in what I am next to mention the making an adequate and honourable provision for her support, in case she should survive me. This is what not only her royal dignity, but her own merit calls for -and I earnestly recommend it to your cousideration.' On the 22nd of September, their Majesty's coronation was performed with great Parliament attended liberally to this resplendour in Westminster Hall, which was laid commendation, and provided for the support open, and fitted up for the occasion. The of her Majesty, agreeably to the sovereign's usual but singular ceremony of the cham- wishes, a jointure of £100,000. per annum, pion's challenge to any person who should dis- which was settled upon her by au act of the pute the succession was regularly goue through. legislature, together with the Palace of RichMr. Dymocke, lord of the manor of Scrivels-mond aud Somerset House. At the conclusion by, in Lincolnshire, the King's Champion, of the Session, on the 2nd of June, 1769, bis entered the Hall in white armour, on a white Majesty thanked his faithful Commons in these horse, richly caparisoned (belonging to the words deceased King, George the second, and rode by him at the Battle of Dettingen), attended by two esquires, and the herald at arms, who read the words of the challenge three times; when the champion threw down the gauntlet, which, after remaining some time, was picked up and returned. His Majesty then pledged the champion in a gilt bowl of wine which he sent by the cup bearer; and the champion drank to the King, and retired with the gilt bowl as his perquisite. The Coronation sermon was preached by the Bishop of Sarum, who took for his text, 1 Kings, x. 9" Because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee King to do judgment and justice." From these words he deduced two important truths-1st. That when great and good Kings reign, they are the means by which God blesses a people. It is not said, because the Lord loved Solomon, but because he loved Israel, therefore made "I returu you my sincere thanks for the proof which you have given of your regard to me, and to my family, in the ample provision you have made for the Queen—whose virtues and affection to this country will, l`am confident, be found to deserve it." In the following year the nation exulted in the birth of an heir to the throne. The hope of continuing the Protestant suecession in his Majesty's family was DOW changed to a kind of certainty, and the birth of an heir was of itself sufficient to have established the popularity of a Queen of England, even had she wanted those many virtues which her Majesty was so well known to possess. The following are the issue of the royal pair:-1. George, Prince of Wales, born Aug. 12, 1762, K. G. appointed Regent, Feb. 6, 1811, mar. April 8, 1795, to the Princess Caroline of Brunswick, born May 17, 1768, become in the relations of domestic life, every unprejudiced man might behold in the character of her late Majesty. During the long period in which her Majesty may be said to have presided over the English Court, it was remarkable for the steady countenance uniformly extended to virtue, and as uniformly withdrawn from its opposite. Having married at an early period of life, it required a more than ordinary effort of intellect to resist the false glare of a court and all its fascinations. and by whom he had issue Charlotte Augusta, b. | Jan. 7, 1796; mar. May 2, 1816, to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Cobourg; d. Nov. 5, 1817. 2. Frederick, Duke of York, born Aug. 16, 1763; elected Bishop of Osnaburgh Feb. 27, 1764, K. G. mar. Sept. 29, 1791, to the Princess Frederica Charlotte Ulrica, Princess Royal of Prussia, b. May 7, 1767.-3. William Henry Duke of Clarence, b. August 21, 1765, K. G. and K T.-4. Charlotte Augustus Matilda, Princess Royal of England, Lady of | the Imperial Russian Order of St. Catherine, When her Majesty was united to our revered b. Sept. 29, 1766, m. May, 18, 1797, to the Sovereign, there was hardly a Court in Europe Duke, late King, of Wirtemberg.-5. Ed- that was not marked by its licentiousness. ward, Duke of Kent, K. G. b. Nov. 2, 1767. The vices of the French Court notoriously led 6. Princess Augusta Sophia, b. Nov. 8, to the Revolution, which deluged that fine 1768.-7. Princess Elizabeth, born May 22, country with blood; and it is equally true, 1770.-8. Ernest, Duke of Cumberland, K. G. that the same cause occasioned in a great meab. June 5, 1771; mar. May 29, 1815, to Fre- sure, the horrors with which Spain and Naples derica Sophia Caroline daughter of the Dake were subsequently visited. During that time of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, born March 2, 1778. England presented from the throne the exam-9. Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, ple of those virtues that form the great and K. G. born Jan. 27, 1773.-10 Adolphus Fre-binding links of the social chain; and to it we derick Duke of Cambridge, K. C. born Feb. may in part ascribe our happiness in having withstood the storm which visited the rest of 24, 1774.-11. Princess Mary, b. April 25, 1776 12. Princess Sophia, born November 3, 1777. Europe with all the horrors of invasion or Decorum and correctness have been the lead-anarchy. This example was the more saluing characteristics of the court of his present❘tary, as every thing in our situation tended to Our an excessive dissoluteness of manners. Majesty and the duties demanded by such a court have been performed by the Queen with sudden and rapid prosperity was calculated the greatest success. to produce the greatest moral relaxation it is undeniable, that the influence of the domestic life led by their Majesties, powerfully contributed to check the torrent of corruption which, from a vast accumulation of wealth, threatened to overflow the face of the country. In public her Majesty never tolerated any person in her presence, however bigh their rank, who had been guilty of any gross breach of those laws which refinement has introduced among men for the preservation of society; of which the following anecThe Countess dote is a striking instance: of C, a woman of high birth, aucient family, and great connections, applied to a lady who was much about her Majesty's person, to beg her interference with the Queen, that her sister, who had committad a faux pas, and was divorced, might be allowed to go to the drawing room, she having been married to the man against whom her former husband had obtained damages. This was a very delicate task, and required great address, even to bring the subject before her in any shape. The lady, however, succeeded so far as to prefer the request. Her Majesty for that time turned the conversation, and it there ended; but ou the repeated solicitations of the Countess, this lady, who was high in her Majesty's favour, again ventured to urge it; and on receiving no reply, demanded of the Queen what it was her gracious pleasure she should say to the Countess. "Tell her," said the Queen, with indignation, you had not the impudence to ask it.” Her Majesty's figure was pleasing, but her countenance, though not without attraction when she smiled, could not boast any claim to beauty. It is a well known fact, however, that the King declared himself satisfied with his connubial fortune. She was no way deficient in those external and elegant accomplishments which add so much grace and dignity to those who hold a pre-eminence in rank and station; and although her manners were somewhat tinctured with the distance and reserve of superiority, yet they were blended with a suavity and benignity that compensates for any imposed restraint. A knowledge of most of the European languages she could hardly fail to acquire. She was a great proficient in music, and composed many pleasing pieces. She was also extremely skilful in the embroidery of flowers. It was in her Majesty's private and domestic character, as we have already stated, that she was most admired. As a wife and a mother, she was a pattern and ornament to her sex. Her Majesty performed all the tender and maternal offices of nurse to her Royal offspring, an example which, although but too seldom followed, reflected the highest honour upon her exalted station. She behaved from the first with a gentleness and conciliation which formed the basis of that conjugal felicity which subsisted between her and the King for so many years. With the exception of the calamity that has befallen her Royal Consort, and latterly some unhappy events in her own family, perhaps no Queen has had fewer sources of uneasiness.-and what every honest man would wish to see his daughter ¢ In private life, her Majesty has ever been noted for her strict attendance on divine worship; and, unless prevented by illness, the fa |