Valentine accordingly went down on the 19th of the same month; but on his arrival, instead of introducing Valentine, as he had proposed, to the persons whom he had stated as dealing in coin, the prisoner contrived to amuse and deceive him, in various ways, until Monday evening, the 25th of November, when, under pretence of taking him (Valentine) to Captain Best, he led him to a place or quay called the Broad Slip, in Fowey, and pushed him into the water, where he first suffocated, and then robbed him of 2601. which he afterwards deposited in a heap of dung on his own premises. No doubt whatever could be entertained of the prisoner's guilt, from a long but strong train of circumstantial evidence; and after a trial of eleven hours' continuance, on Thursday last, he was found guilty of felony and murder, and sentenced to be hung at Launceston.

The intended breakwater in Ply. mouth Sound, which is to render that anchorage safe from the dangerous swell which now rolls in from the Atlantic, it is estimated, will cost one million three hundred thousand pounds, and will employ 1600 men nearly seven years in completing. It will be formed of 850 fathoms of sunken masses of marble rock (only 180 feet short of a mile), at a distance of about half a mile from the shore, a proper height above the water, and on which are to be a pier and a light-house.

At Stafford assizes, Benjamin Maycock was found guilty of having shot his brother, a farmer at Ham, with whom the prisoner had lived as a servant, but had left him in consequence of a disagreement. On the night of the murder, the deceased was sitting with his family, his wife at her spinning-wheel, when a gun was fired

through the window, which killed the husband. The murderer was not seen; but in some sand a foot-mark was discovered, five or six yards from the window which was shot through.

Next day, the prisoner was sent for to fetch a brother of Mrs Maycock's, and while he was up stairs he left his shoes in the kitchen. During his absence, the widow of the deceased went with her daughter in-law, and compared one of the shoes with the mark of the footstep, and they exactly corresponded; the shoe-heel exactly fitted the impression of two large nails in the fore part of the heel, with a small nail between them. The judge (Marshall) in addressing the prisoner, said, he had not only shed the blood of a fellow-creature, but even that of his own brother, probably led thereto by sordid and avaricious motives; clothed in darkness, and in the privacy of night, he saw him in the bosom of his family in quiet and repose, and had left him a lifeless corpse. The circumstances which led to his detection seemed to have been guided by Providencethe print of the heel of the shoe; and Providence seemed to have directed that he should leave his shoe at the very house where he had committed the crime, that it might be compared with that print before it was effaced. He then pronounced the sentence of Death.

FASHIONS.-Pelisses, though they ever will serve for the promenade, are now, from the mildness of the weather, in which spring evinces its approach, generally thrown away; and a new article, the short Indian coat, seems to be very prevalent among our elegantes; it is generally of a fawn colour, and made of fine Merino cloth, richly embroidered with silk of the same colour, down

the front and seams, and the bosom ornamented a-la-militaire. Some of these coats are made in the form of the Sicilian tunic, open before, and are worn with a large Chinese hat, of pale brown beaver, entirely plain. The peasant's mantle of fine cloth of a drab colour, with the slope of the neck formed only of a few plaits, fastened down with a cordon and button, and the corners of the mantle simply rounded, are much worn by those ladies who affect a simplicity in their morning attire; we have also observed a few spensers; and over these is thrown in elegant drapery, a long India shawl of the scarf kind, the colour of the palest Ceylon ruby, the ends enriched by a variegated border; this is a beautiful article for a demi-saison costume, and is suited to every age.

The Ciudad Rodrigo cap of crimson velvet trimmed with gold lace, and pelisse or spenser of the same, have appeared on a few ladies who are seldom seen in the streets of the metropolis without a carriage.

The gowns are made in the same style as last month, only that high dresses seem more than ever discarded; even for domestic parties, or home attire, many ladies have entirely thrown them aside.-Embroidery on all gowns seems very prevalent.

Coloured crapes over white satin are much worn on an evening. Merino crape and plain sarsnet yet hold their pre-eminence at the dinner party, trimmed with lace, beads, or ribbon, according to the taste and fancy of the wearer; but the trimming most in requisition is a kind of chain gimp composed of dark chemise, intermixed with small white beads.

Bandeaux, either of jewels, bugles, or polished steel, are worn extremely

low on the forehead, almost a la-Bellisaire: the ladies wish to remind us that "The god of love a bandeau wears."

Pearls and amethysts intermingled with topazes of the deepest Brazilian dye, and elegantly wrought necklaces of the purest sterling gold, seem the most favourite ornaments in the jewellery line at present.-The hair is drest in the same style as last month.

APRIL.

2d.-BANK OF SCOTLAND.-Oa Tuesday, the following noblemen and gentlemen were unanimously chosen Governor, Deputy-Governor, and Directors of the Bank of Scotland: GOVERNOR.- -The right honourable Lord Viscount Melville.

DEPUTY-GOVERNOR.. -Patrick Miller, Esq. of Dalswinton.

ORDINARY DIRECTORS.-James Walker, Esq. one of the principal clerks of session-John Marjoribanks, Esq. banker-David Reid, Esq. one of the commissioners for fisheries, manufactures, &c. in Scotland-Adam Rolland, Esq. advocate-George Kinnear, Esq. banker-Robert Wilson, Esq. accountant-Donald Smith, Esq. banker-Robert Dundas, Esq. writer to the signetJohn Irving, Esq. writer to the sig net-Andrew Bonar, Esq. bankerJohn Dundas, Esq. writer to the sig net-Henry Davidson, Esq. writer to the signet.

EXTRAORDINARY DIRECTORS.His Grace the Duke of MontroseThe most noble the Marquis of Douglas-The right honourable the Earl of Kellie-The right hoppur

able the Earl of Glasgow-Robert Clerk, Esq. of Mavisbank-Archibald Douglas, Esq. of AdderstonSir Patrick Inglis of Cramond, Bart. -General Sir David Dundas, K. B. -Alexander Keith of Ravelston, Esq.-Right honourable Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, Bart.-Alexander C. Maitland Gibson of Cliftonhall, Esq.-Honourable David Williamson, Lord Balgray.

3d. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY. -Tuesday came on the trial of Robert Gunn and Alexander Macdonald alias White. To the relevancy of the indictment, which charged them with six different acts of robbery, committed on the streets of this city on the night of the 31st December, or morning of the 1st January, no objections were made, and the prisoners having pleaded guilty, and subscribed a judicial declaration of their guilt, in presence of the court and jury, the Solicitor-General, in a short address, in which he stated, that it appearing the prisoners were not the leaders, but the led, in the late disgraceful outrages, and as he trusted enough had been done in the way of example, restricted the libel to an arbitrary punishment.

The Lord Justice Clerk addressed the prisoners at considerable length on the enormity of those crimes which had brought them to the unhappy situation in which they then stood, and sentenced them to be transported beyond seas for life, under the usual certification.

George Napier and John Grotto, whose trial on a former occasion was adjourned, were then put to the bar, and on being asked what they had to say to the indictment, to which at that time they pleaded not guilty?

Napier pleaded not guilty of the murder, but guilty of the tenth

charge of robbery, viz. that of robbing Peter Bruce, student of medicine, on the South Bridge, of a green silk purse, 5s. 6d. in silver, a gold ring, having a glass in it, and a man's round hat.

Grotto likewise pleaded not guilty of the murder, but guilty of the eighth charge of robbery, viz. that of robbing John Buchan Brodie, writer, residing in York Place, of a watch, with a shagreen case, a watch-ribbon, four seals, set in gold, a gold watch key, a blue Morocco leather purse, containing a one-pound note, a sevenshillings piece, 8s. in silver, and a man's round hat.

The Solicitor-General in this case also restricted the libel to an arbitrary punishment, and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty.

4th. Such intense frost in this country, and in this season of the year, is not in the recollection of the oldest inhabitant, nor has there in all probability been its equal during the last century. On the 25th ult. a grand curling match was decided, on a beautiful sheet of ice, in the parish of Kelton, stewarty of Kirkcud bright.

At Carnyhill, in the neighbourhood of Dunfermline, a fine young child was lately attacked by a furious game cock, who brought him to the ground, leaped on him, and picked out one of his eyes. The child was speedily rescued, but lingered a few days in great agony, and then died.

We are very much concerned to state, that the last accounts received from the Mediterranean mention, that Lord Henry Lenox, third son of the Duke of Richmond, had fallen from the top-mast of the Blake (of which ship he was lieutenant) into the sea. to the sea. Lord Henry being ex

The nominal value of the forged notes, presented for payment, and refused, within the above-mentioned period, is 101,6611.

H. HASE, Chief Cashier. Bank of England, 26th March, 1812. N. B. The above return includes all forged notes, supposed to have been fabricated on the continent, and presented within the aforesaid period. 6th.-EDINBURGH NEW POLICE BILL. The report of the committee appointed to concert measures for obtaining a more efficient system of police, has been published.

The defects of the present system are considered by the committee to have originated in there being too many unconnected police establishments, all of them having a distinct set of officers and acting independently of one another; but, in order to remedy these, it is proposed that the sheriff should be placed as much as possible at the head of the police establishment, and all offences committed beyond the boundaries of the city to be taken cognizance of by him alone, while the magistrates are to judge of such as occur within their own jurisdiction. All cases, however, where, from the nature of the offence, it may be necessary to take a precognition with a view to future

trial, are to be left to the sheriff, and for this purpose the present magistrates have passed an act of council, waving their right to take such precognitions during the subsistence of the proposed act, and have recommended to their successors to do the same.

The sheriff is to have under him a superintendant of police, to be chosen by a commission, consisting of the lord president of the court of session, the lord justice clerk, the lord chief baron, the sheriff of the county, and the lord provost of Edinburgh, who is to hold his office during their pleasure only.

The villages of the Water of Leith, Restalrig, Jock's Lodge, and Portobello, are to be omitted in the new act, and in place of the six wards into which the city is at present divided, with sixty-eight commissioners of police, there are to be twenty-four wards, with three commissioners for each ward, but only one of these is to attend the general meeting. Their powers are to be confined to the subject of assessment and money payments, and to the making of general regulations as to the mode of watching, lighting, and cleansing the metropolis, while the power of naming watchmen is to rest solely with the superintendant of police. Instead of the present mode of giving the watchmen one half of the fines imposed on delinquents, a fund of 5001. is to be set apart to be applied by the sheriff towards rewarding those who shall distinguish themselves by diligence and extraordinary exertion. The city guard is to be retained.

The present judge of police is to retire, and receive a pension of 3001. during the continuance of the new act, and the expences of this esta

blishment are to be defrayed by a duty of one shilling and five-pence in the pound on the yearly rent of all shops and houses, not under five pounds per annum. This to be regarded as the ultimatum beyond which the assessment is in no event to be carried. All fines are to be applied towards the maintenance of prisoners in Bridewell, and the rates presently exigible for that purpose are to be suspended.

9th.-A separation, by mutual consent, is, we understand, about to take place between the Crown Prince of Sweden and his consort, who, it is said, has an irreconcileable dislike to the climate and the society of Stockholm.

A forgery on the bank of England, to a large amount, was discover. ed this morning. This was obtained by forging the power of an attorney of a Mr B. who had 40,0001. in the three per cents. and the circumstance was not discovered until Mr B. came to town, and applied at the bank to sell out. No trace of the party who effected this robbery has yet been made, nor is the name of the stock. holder suffered as yet to transpire.

BARON GERAMB.--The King George packet, Captain King, sailed yesterday from Harwich, with a mail for Anholt, and the Lady Frances packet, Captain Rutter, with a mail for Heligoland. On board the former embarked the celebrated Baron Geramb, lately arrested under a warrant from the secretary of state, and sent out of the kingdom under the

alien act.

This much-talked of person, who has for a year or two past made so conspicuous a figure in London has thus been hurried out of the country. He must now try his luck in some other quarter, where, very like

ly, in spite of his gold-laced boots and enormous sable moustaches, he may experience similar treatment. This singular person ushered himself into public notice in London, by publishing a most inflated and ridiculous letter, which he dedicated to the Earl of Moira, in which he described himself as an Hungarian baron, who had headed a corps of volunteers in the cause of Austria, against Buonaparte, and stated, that after the peace he went to Spain, to give the benefit of his courage and profound military experience to the oppressed patriots of the peninsula. It is said that he alleges he had proposed to engage 24,000 Croat troops in the service of England, a proppsal which he pretends to have considered as favourably received by our ministers abroad, because they (Mr Bathurst, General Oakes, and Mr H. Wellesley, to whom he appeals), did not hesitate granting him passports, to enable him to come to England, to submit his plan; and for this service his charges were-journey from Cadiz to London 2501.; establishment in London, twenty-two months, at 2001. per month, 44001.; return to Hungary, 7001.-Total, 53501. The Baron, it seems, while the officers were besieging his castle, told them he had 200lbs of gunpowder in his house, and, if they persevered, he would blow up himself and that together; but finding them not intimidated, he surrendered. The baron, it is reported, has had uncommon success in the gaming-houses. He is said to be a German Jew, who, having married the widow of an Hungari an baron, assumed the title by which he has passed.

10th Wednesday a ballot was taken at the East India-house, for the election of six directors, for four