The Caledonian Mercury from Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland • 3

1 'Key set A When' they returned; and The Weft India outward-bound fleet palled Falmouth Ssmr.law mornine, with a fine wind. The- Jafon, ivfARRiEIh ps the 3i3t ult, 'Mr James Grat, Goldsmith dauSiit6r of Mr Mark Khuil, merchant in Greenock. At Ayr, on Monday, Dr Wm. Mehclmam, Professor of rracttcal Astronomv jn tin TTH? fn the fleet. nut into Falmouth with the lofsl of her foremafi, having run foul of another (hip.

The Lady Harriet packet was captured 00 her homeward-bound parage from Lisbon. She is valued by the ue 26th December, the Affociated Con; "on o.Shnftle-8ireer, Glafgow; made'bhoice of Kev. Mr Brown, of Inverkeithing; to be coU league and Tucceffor to tlie ReV. Mc Pirie, iheir prfii lent Paflor. Glaigow.has- conferred tlie tlegreS ot potior Divinity upon the Rev.

Koiaii Peat-I tdauKhter -David Scott, Esq. Banker in Ayr. JgTSt Edinburgh, on Thursday the 3d curf. Alex. Carre i sq.

Caverse. to Miss A French at four millions of hvres, lb that ihe mult havi Robert Boswell, Esq. W. S. -Bm 01 ofB axton.

DIED. had a very confiderable quantity of fpecie on board. Sit is faid that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in confequence of the calamity which has been farFered for two years paft by the high price of coals, and which Kiflermont. Dec. illness, which she bore with fortitnHp A kmCoboos, wife rf John Campbell, Esq of Clathick.

iu Kppti atrrinen a -great ueyccc lu wjw wauu ui aid.a www At Paisley, Robert Hunter, Esq. merchant. iu my a an eauivalent to the inhabitants of London, to repeal tiTj 5' 24 Mfs MoLbRup, wife of Thomas a oil th mnal acls. bv which no coals ixiuiuiuj), jisq. is juanisn Maiesty Consul.

i. 'irtOn the Dprpmlip Iac4 A tr. "'suspect mat tnese were the very persons who committed the said atrocities, as two men of their description were seen on the high road near the last mentioned house a-bout eleven clock that night, travelling very fast towards Dumbarton; and about two o'clock on Friday morning two men were met at Dunglass walking at a quick rate towards Glasgow- one ol them without a hat, and having something Wee a handkerchief tied round his head and on being asked what nme cj night it was, they gave an answer, and went on. One of the gentlemen having defended himself for some time with a pocker, it is believed he cut both or either ol the men on the face or head. A reward of One Hundred Guineas has been offered for apprehending the offenders.

One man has been taken into custody Bn suspicion of having been concerned the above outrage. Extract of a Letter from Norfolk, Virginia, dated dctbber 21. As touch has been faid on. the iabjecT: of our further negotiation with France, and the general belief that the appointed envoys would not be fent to Europe, we again aflure the public, from authority not to be qilef-turned, that the frigate United States, Commodore is now lying at Newport, to receive our envoys, a tr 0ti the'r Way to th" Plafce and are t0 fl on the lit of November. Judge Ellsworth paired through tins city on their way to Trenton, where we are told, he left Governor Davie, to receive fome papers which were not ready when he left the place.

The rheafure of, ah union with Ireland continues to engage much of the attention of the people in that coun- but thofe which are lea-oorne, can oe u.uugui: nctryy- Edinhurh. arrrf 111 -h, gw. 8 mi es to the metropoJis, At Manse of the z6th lilt. Alexander Rose, son to the Rev. John Rose at Udny, in his iist year; A SWINDLER.

On Tuefday evening a woman called at a grocer's fiiop, High-Street, and defired him to fend one of his belt cheefes and three dozen of porter to a gentleman's houfe in the neighbourhood with whom he had been accuftomed to deal. He accordingly fent his raaa with a cheese, but when near the gentleman's door, he was met by the fame woman, who defired him to run back immediately for the porter, and fhe would carry the cheefe Home. He did fo, but on going to the houfe with the porter, the whole was difepvered to, be a fwin-dling trick, but by this time the female depredator had made her efcape. Lord Bridport retires from the command of the Chan-oel fleet with a confiderable addition to his fortune in the late capture of the Spanifli plate frigates, he fhare half an eighth of the prizes, the other moiety going to the Admirals ferving under him. by this ftroke of fortune alone his Lordihip will realize 50,0001.

The Hon. Mr Caulfield, an Enfign in the Guards, the beft fkaiter on the Serpentine. With one Foot, without allowing the other to touch the ice, he makes nine half circles. The croud was twelve deep, forming a ring round the Marquis of Lorn, Lord Villiers, Mr Caulfield, fkaiting together on Sanday and fo deeply did the ice bend in with the weight of the fpeclators, that the fkait-crs feemed as is on a riling ground in the middle. DOVER Dec.

31, at one o'clock. This moment a veffel arrived with fix paffengers, one of which is a Courier come over to our Government. There is likewife a French cartel. PROVISIONS FOR THE p. PRTfrTER OF TH CALEDONIAN MERCVAr.

I hen the diftreffes of trie labouring and induftrioul poor call fo loudly for relief, it is much' to be re gretted, that fo much time is ioft in digefiing the plans forfoaeties which. have any other than this immediate objeft fociety for bettering the conditio of the poor, and mcreafing their comforts may at all times be and Mr Walter Wood's plan hi employing the wives, widows, and children Of the in-duftnous poor may alfo be permanently beneficial to the labouring clafles in this community 5 but more, vigorous and a-ftive meafures than have yet been followed, are ri goroufly called for by the inclemency of the feafon, anct the high price of the neceffaries of life i and therefore It is much to be defired, that more attention were s- ven to the firft fuggeftion of Mr Wood's plan. Thofe workmen who, from the nature of their em pioyment, from' bodily infirmity, or from any other caufe, receive but fmail wages thofe who in ordinary years are barely able to maintain themfelves in tolerable comfort, appear to me the fitteft objects for benevolence at the ptefent period. I would therefore be, through the medium of your ufeful paper, to recommend it to mailers employing fuch workmen in the mean time, to give attention to the neceffities of thofe who are in their own immediate employment, and to relieve thofe neceffities in fo far as they can, by fending a final! quantity of Coals, or a loaf of bread occafidnally to thVe among them who ftand moft. in need of relief, until a regular fund can be eftablifhed for the purpofe by which means each may be certain, that he relieves the diftreffes of the iBduftrious and the worth'.

So.foon as a regular plan for the purpofe can be dU gefted, I would further recommend the eftablifhment of a temporary focietyj confifting chiefly of mafters employing workmen in the fituation I have preferred, bl gentlemen who have frequent opportunities of obferving the induftrious habits of fuch workmen-and generally of all thofe who may. approve of this mode of admini-fteririg relief the and fmgle object of fuch fti-cjety fhould be, to remove all. dread 6f famine from the door of the induftrious tfadefman, during the-continuance of "the high price of and to place him as nearly as poffible in the fituation he would have beeia in the ab'fence of this fcarcity. I am, Sir, your moft obedient fervant, Ein. 3d January, 1800.

BENEvcii.tr J. "owever appears, that the friends to that meafure have confiderably encreafed fince the period when it wai before Parliament, and many who thenoppofed, now profefs their approbationof.it. Ih. the county of Donegal, thofe who approve of it; have iubfenbed names in a lift for that purpofe, and the number already amounts to 6000. The Info Parliament meets on the 15th inft.

and this fubje9fc will occupy their firft attention. DUEL! Dec. 27: andv, it is reported, hai received notice to prepare for trial fome time in the middle of January. Yefterday a Mifs Co.solly, refiding. at No.

33. Dawfon-ftreet, was found ftrangled by forte unknown villain, fhe murder is fuppofed to have been perpetrated on the preceding day by fome ruffian acquainted with the unprotefted fituation of the unfortunate lady, whofe peculiarities induced a fufpicion of wealth, -and whofe unprotected fituation may have incited to the inhuman cataftrophe. Two perfons hare been taken np on fufpicion of being concerned in the inhuman On Thurfday morning a heavy fall of ibow commenced, which continued the whole day, accompanied by a gentle breeze from the eaftward, which, however inerea-fed in the evening to a violent gale. During the night a thaw took place, which has melted a great deal offnow. The wind abated in the morning.

The London mail due yefterday morning did not arrive till eleven at night. The one due thii day had not come in when our paper went to prefs, The North mails due yefterday and to-day have not arrived. Thofe from Dumfries are alfo due. Yefterday was received here, from an Honourable Lady, her annual donation of five ton of coals, for the benefit of the prifoners in the Edinburgh tolbooth and this day a donation of one guinea from a Gentleman. On Tuefday, at a refpeftabie meeting of the inhabitants of Leith (Mr Andrew Cassels in the Chair) a public fubfeription was refolved on for the relief of the Poor.

The plan fa Public Kitchen is alfo, we un-derftand, to be adopted. The thread manufacturers fociety in Glafgow have authorifed their Prefes, Mr David Smith, to fub-fcribe one hundred guineas towards the fund for importing grain from foreign ports. The Rev. Dr Lockhart, Glafgow, on Monday, received an anonymous letter, inclofing ten pounds, to be employed by him for the relief of the neceffitous poor, at this very inclement feafon he has alfo received, for the fame benevolent purpofe, one guinea from oneperfon, and two pounds from another. On Wednesday a number of the inhabitants of Dumfries and Bridgend, affembled in a riotous and disorderly manner, and carried to the market a confiderable quantity of.

oat-meal intended, for the confumption of different parts of the county. The magiftrates of the town and county immediately met and publifted an advertisement, dating, that every attempt to difturb the public peace would be infrantly repreffed, and feverely punifhed at the fame time, to mew how anxious they were that the inhabitants fhould be Droned fimnliVl' WAR-OFFICE, (DUBLIN-CASTLE) Dec. so. 793. JltZM-Lotbian Fencibls Dragoans.

Cornet Andrew Marjoribanks to be Lieutenant, vice Evatt, jesigned; dated November 16. 1799. 'id Battalion Argyle Fenciblts. Donald Livingstone be Ensign, vice Ogilvie, resigned. Patrick M' Arthur to be Ensign, vice M'Pherson, appointed Quartermaster in the 88th foot both dated October 19.

1799. Rothsay ar.d Caithness Fencibits. William Falconer, late a Captain in the 1st battalion, to be 3Captain, vice Williamson, resigned; dated October 19. 1799. Reay Fencihles.

Ensign Walter Ross to Lieutenant, vice IV. Scobie, resigned. S. M. Scobie to be Ensign, vice Ross both dated tjctober 19.

1799. Breadalbans Fencille Xnfantty. Thomas Robertson, late a Lieutenant in the 2d battalion, to he Ensign, vice M'Martin, proirtoted. Thomas Daunt Lord to be Ensign, vice M'Dougall, superseded both dated October a6. 1799.

1 Tay Fcndbles. Alexander Thompson to be Ensign, vice Bagnell, resigned; dated October 26. 1799. LLOYD'S MARINE LIST December 31. The Harriet, Cusack, from Liverpool to Africa, has been taken, retaken by the Amethist frigate, and arrived at Cork.

The Jason, Watt, from London to Jamaica, arid the Brilliant, Wyatt, from London to Tobago, are put into Falmouth the former has been run foul of by a large ship, and the latter has lost her 4 The Violet, Conway, of Baltimore, is upset at sea. Some of the crew arrived at Jamaica. The Ferret privateer, of 14'guna, and 60 men, Jrom St Ma. loes, is captured off the Ram-Head by the Viper cutter, of guns, after a gallant action, and carried into Falmouth; the privateer had taken a Yarmouth brig with toals. The American ship Packet, of Boston, fell in with the fcarcque Betsey, Gassen, from Honduras to London, iSth September, on the Banks of Newfoundland, all well.

The Industry, Chevalier, from Jersey to Oporto, is captured and carried into Morlaix. Captures ttlin from tie French papers. The Welcome, laden with hops, taken on the coast of Eno land by the Intrepid privateer of Calais, Captain Saillard, and sent to Boulogne. The Jane, an English brig, of 6 guns, taken Le Barras privateer of Ostend, Capt. Fromeritin, and sent into that port.

The ship Abeguile, alias Abigail, takenjin the Road ONDO knteredin wards. Dec. 30. Aberdeen, Peggy anH Mary, Lawsdn-Berwiclc, William and Thomas, Wh.te; Newcastle and Berwick Packet. Ord; Elizabeth, Patterson-Bo'ness, Stirling, Mackie Thames, Mitchell Inverness, M'Kenzie-iDundee Tav iirown: COR Dec.

19. The bakers of this city having refufed to bake, from fome caufe which we cannot help thinking infufficient-ly explained, and which has too much the appearance of combination, the public ovens in were laft night fet to work. at the inftance of the Mayor, through the fuppiy and under the direction of D. Cal-laghan, Efq. and this morning, the bread fo baked was fold publicly at the county court-houfe, to a great concourfeof people who attended.

We underltand that, not Ids. thai be.bo fupplied daily, to counteract the alarming confequen-ces of fuch a diftreffing fcarcity. Several gentlemen of the town attended to afHlt the diffribution-; however, fome further regulation will be neceffary, which will no doubt be adopted, to prevent the confufion which fo rapid a demand muft DECEMBER 24. SherhTDiGHY yefterday annrehended man nf thp LONDON Dec. 31.

A BEAR KEf. A continuance of the froft fince yefterday fe'ennirfit, which prevented the working-of any grain by waters of courtTtt ped the bufinefs of the corn trade for the prefent, artd no regular prices can be quoted. JKEZS9 FXTCES OF 'GRAlk, Dec. 27' isariey 40s oa to 46s od Wheat 50s 5d to 66s od Peafe os od to os od Per boll of 6 Win. uats 29s od to 34s diS Per bol! of 7 Wine bulh.

refolved to give, bv way of premium, twn shilKrmc f- BERWICK PRICES OF GRAIN, Dec. 48. -Per bollof fijc Winchefter bulhels. Wheat 453 od to 60s od Barley a8s od to tia nrl uiU 20 uones or oat-meal brought to the mar- Peafe uanci wciearn tnat tneaivenion at by le orana yiaoie privateer, ot Dieppe, and sent into CouTseule. os odto os od Oats 25s odto28s oi An English ship from Newfoundland, laden with cod, oil, and BOOKS, TO BE SOJ.D BY iirr-Tinu hi FOR HE BENEFIT OF PUBLIC KITCHEN.

On Wednesday, 8th January, 1800, at o'clock noon, A fARCEL OF BOOKS, Consistuig of aoout 260 volumes, name of Casey, in the neighbourhood of Macromp, for forgery on the National, and the Cork Banks. In a room in the houfe where he was apprehended were found a complete roling-prefs, flannels, with all the apparatus for copper-plate printing; on the top of the prefs there were difcovered 144 National guinea notes, and the plate with which the fame were impreffed like-wife 235 notes of 9s. and 6s. forgeries on the Bank of Sir T. Roberts and Co.

and the plates -by which they were produced. The whole apparatus, with Casey at their head, were yefterday evening brought to town, by the Sheriff, who lodged Casey in gaol, and immediately fent off an exprefs to Dublin, communicating the circumftances to the National Bank. We1 copy the following extraordinary relation of an affair in the county Wexford, from the Dublin Journal of the 28th ult. An occurrence of a very extraordinary kind took of Divinity, History, Vo-lrao'es. A-r-.

asn, taKen by 1 Aventuner, ot 1 Orient, and sent tor Corunna. The Halifax packet, three masts, taken by the Vengeance privateer of Bourdeaiix and sent into that port. A Russian ship from Patrass, laden with cotton, wool, currents, wax, corn, taken near the Island of Capraja, by the formidable privateer of Toulon, Captain Bonne, and sent to Villefranehe. The Lady Harriot from Falmouth to Lisbon, and the Fly, from Madeira to Hamburg, laden with copper and Madeira wine, taken by the Mars privateer of Bourdeaux, and sent for Corunna. The Oretidon, a Portugueze vessel, laden with salt, wine, and oil, taken by the Tarn privateer, fitted out at Cadiz, and sent also to Corunna.

MAILS. Arrived Ireland, 5, Hamburgh, o. Lisbon, 9. Dut Ireland, 4. Hamburgh, 5.

WINDS AT DEAL. The 'sJng'frdm the above1 sale to be paid to Catalogues will Be had at the Sale Room, on Tuesday, front la to 30 clock. HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND A 1 of thi Siety, agreeable their charter, to be held in their Hall, Sotth Bridge Street, on luesoay the 14th January next, at twelve o'clock noon, when it is expected that all the Members then ih towa w.lUttend precisely at the hour of meeting; as besides the ordinary business, there will be a JlTJ -5 Dec. 37, E.N.E 28, N.E. 29, N.N.W, 30, E.

01 cuning is to be turned to the advantage of the poor. A match has been taken on between fome perfons in the parife of Traqueer and the Bridge Vennel of Dumfries, for 4Cltones of meal, to be given to the poor. Thurfday, the James, Liddel, from Newcaftle, took the ground in coming into Leith harbour, and is alhore on the well bank. The Facny, of Greenock, Mackie, mailer, from Baltimore, with tobacco, for Embden, is arrived at Portlmouth, having been on the fhoal near Selfea Bill, and damaged. The flibps and warehoufes of MelTrs Pemberton and bon, on Snow-hill, in Birmingham, were on Tuefday morning broken into and robbed of pearls, and gold and filver articles to the amount of 800I.

The robbers muft have been fome hours in the warehoufes, as the mod valuable and portable articles were carefully felecled from every ihelf.and they had'evidently been occupied in en-, deavouring to force open the iron-cheft, in which, if they hadlucceeded, a moft confiderable addition would have been made to their booty, in gold and filver. A reward of 200L is offered by MelTrs Pemberton and bon, lor the ducovery of thefe rogues. ROBBERY. On Thurfday night, the 26th ult. a moll daring outrage was committed at Rofs Lodge, in Durabartonlhire.

fcrpm the accounts given, it appears That two men, stout made, and of middle stature, havi their faces blackened, entered by a back-door of Lieutenant-Colonel Colojjhoun-s kitchen, and the noise they made, in endeavouring to conceal themselves in a small pantry, havine been heard by the female servants, one of them took a candle, and looked into the pantry on which the said two men darted out, and one of them instantly struck th niri .1,. STOCKS Sake Stock 3 per cent, can, '4 per cent. con. 5 per cent. ann.

India Stock Short ditto Omnium I7-9-i6 5 13-16 new Members, and by the rules of the Socie no bS ca commence till at least 20 Members are present Edih. December 19. 7 LEWIS GORDON, Dep Sec TMf 'BOOTS AND SHOEs" FMAS GREGORY respectfully informs his Employers Thousand Pairs of Snoes, and a few Dozen Pairs of Boots all his own Manufacturintr. which will place a lew days since in the county of Wexford, at Clough-eaft-caftle, the feat of Dr Richard Waddy Dr Waddy having rendered himfelf very obnoxious to the rebels by his active loyalty during the rebellion, particularly by having been principally concerned in the appreheniion of Bagenal Harvey, found it neceffary for the fafety' of his life, to refide in the old vaulted Caftle of Clough-eaft, where the entrance of his bed-chamber was fecured by an antique portcullis thus fortified, Dr Waddy had hitherto defied all the threats of affaflina-tion which- came againft him from every fide. A few days ago, a mendicant Popifh Friar of Taghmon, named Burn, vifited the Doctor at his caftle, and was hofpitably entertained at dinner in the evening, when it was time to part, Burn begged to be allowed to remain, and after fome difficulty on the part of his faoft, was permitted to lie in a fecond bed in the vaulted chamber.

While the Doctor and the Friar were going to their beds, the Friar expreffed great anx o. w.u vii uic jowesc read' moneX to account at three months punctu- any paid. Also has received several hundred pair of London Shoes and Clogs which are not only cheap, but real good. The walking Shoes and Gloss are well calculated fr. Ujfmp.

A regular supply, and a respectable number may be ae- Famil.es and relatives purchasing a quantity will have such, articles and allowance as will merit their commands. Any part of workmanship failing repaired gratis. T. G. by last ship from London, has got a large supply of prime materials i particular Kid Shapes for Ladies Shoes, of new and beautiful and Gentler -Calf, Legs and Skins for Hussar Boots, which wiU.receiysfie.highest polish.

Edin. 3d Jan. 1800, No. 3. Soara-- Fu" Sr David's Street SHOPS ON SOUTt? TLDtnnc HE following SHOPS to be Solo by public -roup, on eduesday tne aad Tamiarv' iSno.

EDJNB URGHJAN UAR 4. Paris papers to the 28th ult. have been received. They contain fome interefting details, which will be found in the firft column of the forgoing page. The French claim a vidtory in Italy over the Auf-trians, in which they 200o were killed, and 1 00 made priibners.

Buonaparte has ifTued three proclamations. One addreffed to the French peoples one to the French fol-diers and one to the army of Italy. He fiates that a number of the foldiery had deferted their colours. Cons furrendered on the 3d of December. It is faid that the veffel which brought over the Pans papers, aflb brought a courier from France, charged with difpatches to Government.

Five Hamburgh mails are now due. The Amencan frigate United States, failed from Newport, in Rhode Ifland, on the 3d of November, having on board the Envoys bound to Europe it was fuppofed they would effeft a treaty with France, Griffith Wiluams, an American Tailor, has his indidlment to 'food trial before the High ourt of Judiciary, on the ioft. He is ccufed toe murder of Am with a bludgeon, and knocked her down and the. other woman, having screamed aloud, ran out of the kitchen That Colonel CoLquHooN, and two gentlemen, having been in a parlour, attended by his man servant, the latter left the room and was going to the kitchen, when the two men met him in the passage, and one of them having seized him, the other knocked him down and they thereupon entered the parlour, and, without uttering a word, violently assaulted the Colone! and his two friends with bludgeons; and having inflicted many severe wounds, two of the gentlemen were laid senseless on the floor, and the third with difficulty escaped to alarm the neighbourhood That the said two men then broke open presses, and rummaged the house; and, before any assistance was procured, they made their escape by a back-window That as Colonel Colojjhoun had been'collecting Sir James Colqjjhoun's rent; at Arnburn on that day, and had only come home with the collection betwixt eight and nine o'clock, it is evident that the money was the object of the villains, who probably intended to have waylaid him betwixt Arnburn and Ross Lodge, but were too late That said men mfl heard to speak bad Earse or Irish; and a plaid, a coarse old hat, and a common tin pepper-box, with culm or blackening, and a woollen rag in it, were found near Ross Lodge on Friday morning, which must have been left-by the miscreants That, between seven and eight o'clock of said night, two men called for, and got a dram at the door of Archibald Bell's house, at Burnfoot of Auchindenan and having given some silver, to tb pwson who served them, went og hastily towards Lass, iety that his hoft fhould fay his prayers, a duty which the Doctor who had drank freely, feemed difpofed to neglect in the middle of the night, Dr Waddy heard fomebody drawing his cavalry fword which hung at his bed's head, and immediately after was by the Friar, who had arifen from his bed, relied himfelf, and was now endeavouring to-murder his hoft the latter received feveral wounds in the head and arm, and at the Friar fuppofing that he had accomplifhed his purpofe, attempted to efcape under the portcullis. Dr Waddy had juft ftrength enough remaining to loofe the cord which fupported and it fell on the Prieft with fuch violence as almoft to fever his body, which fell down lifelefs into the apartment below- The next morning the body of the Friar was found, and the' fer-vants going into their mailer's apartment, Sfound him covered with his own blood.

Immediate medical aid was had, and we have the fatisfaction of learning that Dr Waddy is now out of danger. "A Coroner's inqueft was held on the body of Barn, and the Jury (compofed of the Roman Catholic inhabitants of the neighbourhood) found a verdict: of accidental of one and two o'clock, in tlie Royal Exchange Coffeehouse, in separate Lots. I. That possessed by Mrs Crichton, Haberdasher. Mr Aitchison, Hard-ware merchant.

3. l- Mr Mudie, Bookseller. 4 Mr Scott, Cloth Merchant. S. Tlje large Warehouses under the above Shops, together with 1 wo Vaults under Adam's Square, and a very extensive one under the Bridge.

last Lot will either be exposed by dr along with-any of the other Lots, as purchasers may mcliber For particulars apply to lnglis, Horner, Co. AT LEITH FOR LONDON DIRECT Tie Union Shipping Cimpam's armed Smack, tiJ GLASGOW PACKET, William Haj-s. Master, Will take in goods till Tuesday morning at teno'clotk, when she will sail. Shippin'Csmpanj QJjiie, Itith, 4j iia..