bittered the declining years of the aged and infirm members of this profession." We sincerely hope that this meritorious institution may meet with liberal support; and that those whose mimic life has been spent in the service and for the amusement of the public, may not, when veritable ills press upon their declining years, be abandoned without resource to the evils of absolute poverty. PATENTS LATELY ENROLLED. AUGUSTUS SIEBE, of No. 6, Crown Street, Soho, Middlesex; for an improved weighing machine. April 5, 1819. WILLIAM BUNDY. of Camden Town, Middlesex, mechanical instrument maker; for certain machinery for breaking hemp and flax. April 1. PAUL SLADE KNIGHT, of Lancaster Moor, Lancashire, gentleman; for an improved kind of fire-engines, pumps, and other engines; in which are used pistons working in barrels or cylinders. April 3. JOHN SEAWARD, of Kent Road, St George, Southwark, engineer; for a method or methods of raising or producing steam, for the purpose of working steam-engines and other apparatus. April 3. HENRY PETER FULLER, of Piccadilly, St George, Hanover Square, Middlesex, surgeon and apothecary; for an improvement in the methods of procuring or preparing sulphate of soda, soda. subcarbonate of soda, and muriatic acid, April 3, PHILIP PINDIN, of Farningham, Kent, shoemaker; for an improvement on single and double trusses. April 20. JOHN SMITH, of Bermondsey, Surrey, timber merchant; for improvements in making arms or axle-trees for coaches, carts, waggons, and all other descriptions of carriages. April 20. APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &c. I. CIVIL. June 3. The honour of Knighthood conferred upon William Draper Best, Esq. on his being appointed one of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench, London. The honour of Knighthood conferred on John Richardson, Esq. on being appointed a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, London. 15. Sir Samuel Shepherd, Knight, to be Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland. The Marquis of Lothian, to be Lieutenant and Sheriff-Depute of the shire of Mid-Lothian. The Marquis of Queensberry, to be Lieutenant and Sheriff-Principal of the shire of Dumfries. 24. Alexander Maconochie, Esq. to be a Lord of Session and Justiciary in Scotland, in the room of David Douglas, Esq. deceased. Sir William Rae, Bart. to be Lord Advocate, in room of Alexander Maconochie, Esq. Lieut. R. Muter to be Capt. by purch, vice Major, ret. do. Ensign C. Rowley, from 68 F. to be Lieut. by purch. vice Muter do. Ensign C. H. Brisbane to be Lieut. vice Hart, dead 20th do. T. Sandes to be Ensign, vice Brisbane do. Lieut. Gen. J. Champagne, from 41 F. to be Col. vice Gen. G. Garth, dead 14th June Lieut. J. V. Evans to be Capt. by pur." vice Coker, ret. 20th May Capt. J. Burton, from h. Capt. vice Bennett, 69.31 F. to be do. M. Gen. Hon. Sir E. Stopford, K. C. B. from R. Afr, Corps, to be Col. vice Lt. Gen. Champagne, 17 F. 14th June Capt. W. Bennet, from 55 F. to be Capt. vice Freeman, h. p. 31 F. 20th May Lieut. P. Sutherland to be Capt. vice Gethin, dead do. Ensign H. Rose to be Lieut. vice Sutherland 25th do. T. W. Nicolls to be Ensign, vice Rose do. Lieut. H. Jervis to be Adj. vice Coventry, res. Adj. only do. 79 VOL V. Capt. Jas. Campbell, (2d) to be Major by purch. vice Cameron ret. 3d June Lieut. J. Fraser to be Capt. by purch. vice Cainpbell do L A. R. C. Norcott to be Ensign, vice Dougan do. Afr. Cor. Lieut. A. B. Armstrong to be Adj. vice Adamson, res. Adjut. only 1st March Roy. Art. Capt. J. Briscoe, from h. p. to be Capt. 8th May 1st Lieut. G. Coles to be 2d Capt. do. J. A. Wilson, from h. p. to be do. 1st Lieut. 2d Lieut. D. Thorndyke to be 1st Lieut. do. S. A. Serverne, from h. p. to be 2d Lieut. do. Garrisons. Lt. Col. G. J. Reeves, h. p. 27 F. to be Lieut. A. Lane, h. p. 98 F. to be Town Med Dep. Hosp. Assist. B. Conway, from h. p. to be Hosp. Assist. vice Nelson, dead 20th May Exchanges. Capt. Heathcote, from 10 F. with Capt. Mac. dowall, Staff in Ionian Islands Barralier, from 33 F. with Capt. F. Barrallier, h. p. 101 F. Grant, from 18 Dr. rec. diff. with Capt. Vernon, h. p. 23 F. Crosse, from 8 F. with Capt. Fraser, h. p. 78 F. Arnold, from 19 Dr. rec. diff. with Brevet Major Stewart, h. p. Rifle Brigade Hutchison, from 1 F. Gds. rec. diff. with Capt. Butler, h. p. M'Donald, from 42 F. rec. diff. with Capt. Middleton, h. p. Lieut. Ross, from 1 Dr. with Lieut. Green, h. p. Staff C. of Cavalry Wigley, from 63 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Fry, h. p. Stuart from 88 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Hon. C. Napier, h. p. 73 F. Mason, from 47 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Stewart, h. p. 92 F. Letham, from 64 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Boyes, h. p. 26 F. Thomas, from 64 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Jull, h. p. 50 F. M'Phee, from 79 F. with Lieut. Crawford, h. p. Cornet St John, from 12 Dr. with Cornet Morris, 13 Dr. Smith, from 3 Dr. rec. diff. with Cornet Gulston, h. p. 11 Dr. Deaths. [July 2d Lieut. Bruce, from Rifle Brig. rec. diff. with Cornet Falconar, h. p. do. Ensign Williams, from 3 F. rec. diff. with Ensign J. Cameron, jun. h. p. 92 F. 19 M'Lachlan, from 57. F. rec. diff. with Ensign Ferrier, h. p. 56 F. Anderson, from 57 F. rec. diff. with En 31 F. sign Bainbrigge, h. p. 2 Gar. Bn. Hurst, from 11 F. rec. diff. with Ensign Tuckett, h. p. 87 F. vice Beamish Qua. Mast. Buchanan, from 26 F. with Qua. Mast. M'Gregor, h. p. Assist. Surg. Murray, from 60 F. with Assist. 43 Surg. Simpson, h. p. Staff Surg. Rawling, with Staff Surg. Thompson, 54 h. p. F. Ward to be Ensign by purch. vice Smyth do. Major W. Haverfield, from h. p. to bę Major, vice Napier, exch. 17th do. Lt. Col., J. Daniell, fm. h. p. 98 F. to be Lt.-Col. vice Earl of Waldegrave, exch. do. Capt. A. F. Macintosh, fm. h. p. 60 F. to be Capt. vice Langley, exch. rec. diff. do. Cape Corps. Lieut. C. H. Somerset, from 21 Dr. to be Capt. by purch. vice Harding, ret. do. 2 W. I. R. Capt. W. Armstrong, from 19 Dr. to be Capt. vice Major, exch. do. Lieut. H. J. Ricketts to be Adjut, vice Anderson, res. Adjut. only 25th March. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, Kept at Edinburgh, in the Observatory, Caltonhill. N.B.-The Observations are made twice every day, namely, at eight o'clock in the morning, and eight o'clock in the evening. The morning observations in the first column are made on the Register Ther NOTWITHSTANDING the variable weather, and occasional night frosts in June, crops of all kinds wear a promising aspect. Hay is, however, but a light crop; and considerable injury has been done to the fruit-trees by the frosts in the latter end of May. Turnip sowing is generally finished. The early sown wheats promise an abundant return; and barley and oats will reach a fair average crop. The prices of grain have re mained nearly stationary during the last month, but seem rather on the advance. England, hops have in general a good appearance; and a great breadth of turnips have been sown under favourable circumstances.-July 14. In The Potamogeton natans, an aquatic plant, came in flower on the 13th June, and the flowers of the water millfoil appeared on the 15th; the common spearwort, the water flag, and lesser bur-reed, came in flower by the 18th. In the fields, wheat came in ear, and clover came in flower, by the 19th. In meadows, the Lychnis flos cuculi expanded its blossoms by the 21st, the flowers of the Digitalis purpurea appeared on the 25th, and those of the Veronica scutellata, a water plant, on the 27th. Virginian strawberries were ripe by the 30th, nearly eight weeks from the time they came in flower. The floating fescue grass was in flower on the 1st of July, the greater bur-reed on the 5th, the Campanula primula on the 7th, Ayrshire roses on the 9th; early oats came in ear by the 10th, the lesser water plantain opened its blossoms on the 11th, and the flowers of the common privet were expanded by the 14th. Temperature of the water in the pond 52°.—July 14. Aggregate Average Prices of the Twelve Maritime Districts of England and Wales, by which Importation is to be regulated in Great Britain. Wheat, 69s. 5d.-Rye, 46s. 8d.-Barley, 38s. 4d.-Oats, 25s. 4d.-Beans, 483, 11d.-Pease, 49s. Od. Oatmeal, 27s. 3d.-Rape Seed, 69s. 4d. Average Prices of Grain in Scotland for the Four Weeks immediately preceding 15th June 1819. Wheat, 60s. 11d.-Rye, 47s. 1d.-Barley 36s. 6d.-Oats, 24s. 5d.--Beans, 40s. 2d.-Pease, 40s. 7d. Oatmeal, per boll, 19s. 9d.-Bear or Big, 32s. 1d. |