and carriages, with well-dressed ladies, poured down to take the places prepared for them. The coup d'oeil was beautiful. About 11 o'clock the Knights, Esquires, and Proxies, moved in the order prescribed to themthe Duke of York, with a real heron plume of great value. The Princess of Wales was present. Princesses Augusta and Sophia in a box prepared for them. The Duchess of York in another box. There was such a great demand for tickets of admission to Westminster Abbey that a number of extra seats were ordered to be erected on Saturday. The number installed were twenty-three; the following are their names: Right Hon. Sir Arthur Paget Earl Wellington-Hon. Sir Geo. Jas. Ludlow-Sir Samuel Hood, Bart.-Earl of Northesk-Sir Rich. John Strachan, Bart.-Hon. Sir A. F. Cochrane-Sir J. Stewart, Count of Maida-Sir Philip Francis-Sir G. Hilario Barlow, Bart-Viscount Strangford-Sir Richard Goodwin Keates-Sir George Beckwith-Sir David Baird Hon. Sir John Hope -Sir Brent Spencer-Lord Cochrane-Sir John Coape SherbrookeSir Wm. Carr Beresford-Lieutenant-General Graham-LieutenantGeneral Rowland Hill-Major-General Sir S. Auchmuty-Right HonHenry Wellesley, Ambassador in Spain. The surplusage of the subscriptionmoney for the erection of Mr Pitt's statue, in the Senate-house of Cambridge, is very considerable; more than 6000l. were raised, three of which were liberally paid to the statuary, Mr Nollekins, for his admired work; the remainder, after the discharge of a few incidental expences, is very properly directed to be appro priated to the institution of a scholarship, to be called the Pitt Scholarship, and the election to which is to be open to every college in the university. A circumstance worthy of notice in the Greenland fishery has happened this year. A whale, taken by the men of the Aurora of Hull, was found to have in its back a harpoon, belonging to the native fishermen of Davis's Straits. This settles a dispute among naturalists, whether the fish from the Straits emigrate to Greenland. There is a goose now living with William McNaughton, farmer at Lochearn-side, that is upwards of 150 years old; it is a stout animal yet, and is of the male kind. It is a little like the ancient Scots, rather hostile to strangers, while it shows the utmost complaisance to those with whom it is acquainted. It has been handed down from generation to generation, on the mother's side, till the present day, and is as lively at this moment as it was 100 years ago. AGRICULTURAL REPORTS. ENGLAND.-Sowing is at length finished, and the seed season may be generally reckoned three weeks later than usual. All the crops upon the ground have a healthy and promising appearance, excepting perhaps the earlier sown beans, which, receiving a check at first from the drought, have not yet recovered. The wheats, a breadth extensive beyond all former example in this country, look well enough to produce a most abundant crop, under the providential dispensation of a genial blooming season and good harvest. The immediate business in the country at present is, carrying out manure and planting potatoes, the landlords, in most parts, on the late recommendation of the Board of Agriculture, allowing their tenants to plant potatoes as a fallow crop. The hopbine has a healthy appear ance, and that culture is as forward as could be expected. The late high winds and heavy rains have not done any material damage to the fruit blossom, although vegetation has certain ly been checked by the easterly winds and frosty mornings. Grass promises to be a large crop, and as the stock of hay upon hand is considerable, that article may be expected at a reasonable price. All eattle are doing well abroad, and from the quantity of keep, store beasts and sheep have advanced to an excessive price; the same of milch cows, and horses of every description. Fat pigs in demand and dearer. From the high price of corn, the markets have been of late filled with sows and pigs, and young stores. Wool remains stationary. With the aid of the foreign corn lately arrived, and of more in expectation, there now remains no doubt of a supply adequate to the public demand, but it is the general opinion, that, by the time the new wheats are fit for use, very little old, of British growth, will remain in the country. braird is every where to be seen. The appearance of the young wheats is very flattering, as the plants are thicker, and fewer blanks observable than for some seasons past, although not so forward at this period as in ordinary years. The lateness of the grass caused a great waste of oats, potatoes, hay, and straw, and thence there has been more scarcity of fodder, for cattle of every description, than has been since the memorable 1799 and 1800. The sudden and very high prices to which grain arrived at the end of the last has continued stationary during this month, and it is hoped, that, if this fine weather continues, with the prospect of an earlier harvest than was once expected, it will keep prices from going higher. The farmers that have been benefited by the present high prices are very few in number, as the general crop was exhausted long ago, the markets at present being almost wholly supplied from other districts. The cattle markets continue to advance in price. Fat is scarce, and the number of good lambs very li mited, the season having been so adverse to them. From the frequent rapid changes of the temperature of the weather, SCOTLAND. The same kind of the wheat, in many situations, about cold and ungenial weather that pre- the beginning of last week, had assuvailed throughout the last month con- med a yellow and very sickly colour. tinued during the first week of the Fortunately, however, the mild genipresent. Afterwards, it became more al weather, experienced within the temperate, especially the last ten days, last eight days, has had a wonderful in which the vegetation has been un- effect in restoring the fields covered commonly strong and vigorous. The with that grain to a far more promispring corns have generally a promising appearance, and as, with very few sing aspect, although they were so exceptions, they continue to be well late in being put into the ground. planted, a favourable summer, it is to The frosty nights made the land har- be hoped, will have the happy effect row fine, so that the seed was easily of producing an early and abundant buried under the clod, and an equal harvest. The late showers have rai sed an equal and vigorous braird of barley, which is not always obtained, especially of that sown after turnip, when the first of the summer happens to be droughty. Oats and beans have also come up well, and at present shew a healthy plant. In some instances ruta baga has been got sown, but the generality of farmers are only preparing their ground for the growth of that crop, the most of the summer fallow, at the same time, ha ving already received the second furrow. The grasses have made great progress within these few days, but none are as yet fit for the scythe, although that has frequently been the case at this season of the year. In the gardens the present pros pect of fruit is very flattering, and, as it seldom happens that the crop suf. fers materially from the weather after this period, it is to be hoped, that the present promising appearances will be fortunately realized. "If an officer shall be wounded in action, and it shall appear upon an inspection made of him by the Army Medical Board, at any period, not sooner than a year and a day after the time he was wounded, that he has in consequence of his wound lost a limb, or an eye, or has totally lost the use of a limb, or that his wound has been equally prejudicial to his habit of body with the loss of a limb, such officer shall be entitled to a pension, commencing from the expiration of a year and a day after the time when he was wounded; and depending as to its amount upon the rank he held at that period, according to the scale annexed. This pension, being granted as a compensation for the injury sustained, is to be held together with any other pay and allowances to which such officer may be otherwise entitled, without any deduction on account thereof. "Officers who shall have lost more than one limb or eye, shall be entitled to the pension for each eye or limb so lost. "And as the pension is not to commence till the expiration of a year and a day from the date of the wound, it is to be independent of the allowance of a year's pay, or the expences attending the cure of wounds, granted under the existing regulations. "All officers who may have sustained such an injury as would entitle them to this pension, by any wounds received since the commencement of hostilities in the year 1793, will, upon the production of the proper certificate from the Army Medical Board, be allowed a pension proportioned, according to the scale, to the rank they held at the time when wounded, and commencing from the 25th of Scale referred to in the preceding ReDecember, 1811." gulation. Ranks. Rates of Pensions. Field-Marshal, General, or Lieutenant-General, commanding in Chief at the time, to be specially considered. Lieutenant-General Major General, or Brigadier-Gene L.400 Major-Commanding * 250 200 Major, Deputy Adjutant-General, *Deputy Quarter-Master-General, Deputy Inspector of Hospitals, each Captain, *Assistant Adjutant-General, *Assistant Quarter-Master. General, *Secretary to the Commander of the Forces, Aide-deCamp, Major of Brigade, Surgeon Regimental Paymaster, *Judge Advocate, Physician, Staff Surgeon, Chaplain, each Lieutenant, and Adjutant, each Cornet, Ensign, Second Lieutenant, Regimental Quarter-Master, Assistant-Surgeon, Apothecary, Hospital Mate, Veterinary Surgeon, Purveyor, Deputy Purveyor, each 50 The officers marked thus (*) to have the allowance according to their army rank, if they prefer it. 100 70 JUNE 1st. By the arrival of the Sandwich packet at Falmouth, advices have been received from New York to the 9th ultimo, and a vessel has arrived bringing further intelligence to the 14th. The accounts received by both conveyances are of a most hostile tendency. Several bills have been brought into Congress, which, if passed, would certainly lead to a rupture. The most violent of these measures is the bill for punishing as felons, all those who impress American seamen; but it did not go the length of a 3d reading without great opposition. It was proposed for a 3d reading on the 15th June, and negatived. It was then recommitted to a committee of the whole house, and made one of the orders of the day for the 11th May. A loan for eleven millions, voted for the war supplies, went on heavily, and the monied men were by no means disposed to subscribe to it; but a small portion had been obtained-not more than two millions. The elections in Massachussets, and even in New York and Virginia, are decidedly federal. Mr MALONE. This distinguished character terminated his mortal course, on Monday morning, a few minutes after four o'clock. Few men enjoyed health less interrupted than Mr Malone, until the vital powers suddenly lost their tone; and, from the early symptoms, his friends were not allowed to deceive themselves with any expectations of recovery. He had the consolation of his sister's affectionate assiduities in his last moments, and the anxious enquiries of a long list of illustrious friends. Mr Malone had the great happiness to live with the most distinguished characters of his time; he was united in the closest intimacy with Dr Johnson, Mr Burke, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Lord Charlemont, and the other members of a society, which for various talent and virtue can scarcely be surpassed. Mr Malone is best known to the world by the distinction upon which he most prided himself, his association with the name of Shakespeare. Like Mr Steevens, he devoted his life and his fortune to the task of making the great Bard better understood by his countrymen. As an editor, this is the peculiar fame of Edmund Malone, that he could subdue the temptations to display his own wisdom or wit, and consider only the integrity of his author's text. For many years Shakespeare's page was the sport of innovation; and men, who knew nothing of the ancient language of their country, suggested as amendments of a corrupt text, phraseology that the father of the British drama never could have written. Mr Malone, still more pertinaciously than Mr Steeyens, adhered to the ancient copies. To obtain them was the great effort of his life, and a large part of his very moderate fortune was devoted to purchases, to him of the first necessity, to many collectors, of idle curiosity. The library of Mr Malone was accessible to every scholar, and in any diffi. culty his sagacity and experience were received, and gratefully acknowledged by men themselves of profound erudition. The last article which he printed was a sketch of his friend Windham's character, and he distributed it privately among his acquaintance. Since the year 1790, he had been zealously continuing those labours, which in that year produced his edition of Shakespeare's Plays and Poems. Had he lived to carry a second edition through the press, for which preparation had for some time been making, and were on the very point of completion, the world would have received a large accession to its knowledge of Shakespeare. From the careful habit which he had of entering every new acquisition in its proper place, and the accurate references which he made to the source of his information, we should apprehend there will be little difficulty in the carrying this design into effect. With such a stock of materials as perhaps no other man than Mr Malone could have collect ed, the executor of his critical will must have a delightful task. Mr Malone died unmarried.—He was the brother of Lord Sunderlin, and had he survived his lordship, would have succeeded to the title, the remainder being in him. Few men ever possessed greater command of temper; it characterised his virtues; they were all of the gentle, yet steady kind. His reputation as a critic will vindicate itself as a man, he needs no vindication. 2d.-Last week, one of the most terrible accidents on record, in the history of colleries, took place at Felling, near Gateshead, Durham, in the mine belonging to Mr Brandling, the member for Newcastle, which was the admiration of the district for the excellence of its ventilation and arrangements. Nearly the whole of the workmen were below, the second set having gone down before the first came up, when a double blast of hydrogen gas took place, and set the mine on fire, forcing up such a volume of smoke as darkened the air to a considerable distance, and scattered an immense quantity of small coal from the upper shaft. In the calamity, 93 men and boys perished, the remains of 86 of whom are still in the mine, which continues unapproachable. LONDONDERRY.-On Wednesday last, was witnessed the most extraordinary storm ever remembered. A. bout three o'clock the sky began to lour, and the atmosphere became so dense that respiration was found difficult in the streets; several flashes of lightning were instantaneously succeeded by loud peals of thunder. In a few moments, the rain began to descend in torrents. Next day, upwards of sixty loads of mud and gravel were taken up at Ship Quay Gate, where the flood from several streets rested, and had formed a little sea. The rain continued to fall for about sixty minutes, and was occasionally intermixed with hail of an astonishing size, which broke many windows on the high grounds about the city. Fortu nately the storm did not extend far into the country, nor has much injury been done, excepting to a few gardens, where the fruit-trees suffered heavily. |