... DESnIPTION oF TIk ISLAND OF STr fAL,9N,* ( Conluddfl nmrE r (Concluded fromi our paper of Thuirsday last.) : O ?? are unknown here, -and umbirellas 'a are very little used. I saw ~tonjohn, a kind 'if sedan chair, that-had been used, but was now' a ,nut a'little the worse for wear. It blog, n believe, to Government, and was employed in d coniveying an invalid from the Valley to Planta- l11 tion ...

... Soot to be C;o7 neth b? purchase* vice Smart, promoted; co~ission dated fist Regim-nt of ?? -- 14o0.-mber So.lil -- - prornote4; Commission dated 1st Regisnt. of DragOns-C.cl.51et iionrable John Mail. sa'y to het ieatentant, withqg1%J ?? 6Sturges, 'appoint. Gd to the 2d dragoats dated Novealber IB11.' Thomas G arth to he Cornet, withotprieictvev promo redi; dated as above o ut ...

... ?? , , A grgr-ttrp. Q 11 ?? EDINBURGH, MNDAr-J3ANUARr 1. We have received Paris papers to the 24th,wbhich contain a discussion of the Chamber respecting the escape of Lavalette, together with the fol- lowing account of the state of the public finan- ces: WAYS and MEANS for the year 1816 are, Direct Contributioni . . , F. 320,000O000 Registers, Domains, and Woods, , 156,000,000 Indirect ...

... FRBXCH PAPERS. Parit, Dec. 22; Some persons have been astonished, 'and have, i perhaps, even complained of the slowness of a I famous cause which.' has just been decided with *the most awful solemnity. This slowness arose I from the rigorous observance of all the forms of 3 legal authority, from which it was judged the less proper to deviate, the more celebrated the criminal was. and' the' ...

... PRIPJTR GUARESPUNDANCE. London, Dec.29. -balf-past seven, P. M. By the French mail 'of Itoeday Paris journals iare received of every description, with private advices; the latter to the, date of Wednesday; the former are only to Tuesday, that day being a dies non with the French editors. The interesting work, containing the life and trial of Marshal Ney, has been suppressed by public orders. ...

... DESCRIPTION 1OF THE WONiAN ISLANDS. Corfu, the ancient Corcyra, and Phteacia of EHomer, id places]here his Garden~of.'Alin- .;ouAis about 6 iulelbng;'aid '2 brbat. It is situate opposite Albania, near the continent, be-: *tween 39 and 40 degree of'orth latitude, and' 19 and 20 east longitude. The air. iY healthy, . .and tbte soil fert.ilt particularlv the nortlhern . part, and the fruits of ...

... LOATDON. FRIDAY-Dec. 29. F'eporMarelative to- Lord Whitworth's retirir, from the Government of Ireland continuing a prevail, we understand that no ?? his Excellency's reti-ringbas yet been made, iswany time positively Aixed for, hi relinquielii the Governinent.-Courier. If we should hear of an *illtstrious strang retracting the errors of'the Church of Rome, u may have a clue to the grand ...

... Excellent fresh herrings are selling inEdin- vi burgh, at from 3d. to 4d. per doz. cd Thbe floods consequent an th'e late genieral er thaw, has, *e observe, done considerable da-' X mage in vatious parts of the cosntry. With the c- exception of breaking down some dam-heads on the rivers in this vicinity, we do not hear'of any other injiir' having been sustained. ay GLARGOW, JAN. 2.-The flood ...

... ?? my lete of last, Thursday-I inrftircd you* 1 ofthe escaipe of Lavalette. I now relate tO YOUI1 'ta the scene which passed in ?? on Mlon- r f; day last;- which I, do vvidi'the greater confidende, b ,,dbecause I had it from the lips of two ?? o who were presentV onei of whom had somew share a Vr-in the transaction. o irh Just previous to the Khig,,s going to mass, no (ifperson is permitted ...

... LOXNDO;AT i .O'41 AY'-Jaii. t., BarmclloN, Dec. 31.-Yesterday afternonisfX Priry Council, consistinog of the Members ait ta. sent here, was held. Rleport states, that the dlei berations related to the Prinpess Chiarlotte, b. tween whom and oinL of the illabtrinaus 6 reign Princes now in England, it is waispered, a matrimonial alliarnce is on the tapis; in blid case the latter of course would ...

... | INTERESTING PARTICULA4RS RELATIVE TO PEDESTRIANISM. Euclides, who was sent from Athens to bring some holy fire from Delphos, went and returned on the same day-125 English miles ini all. From hence comes the phrase relative top short visits, You come to fetch fire. 1'hilipides, dispatched by the Athenians to so- licit the aid of the Spartans against the-Persians, in two days travelled over ...

... B-MA.RZABLE OCCURRENGES-1815. JANUARY.' 7 Advices received of the Royalista sustaining a great de- feat in Upper Peru. 2. The Order of Knighthood of the Bath enlarged, and divided into three class s, Knights Grand Crosses, Knights tht Crominanders, and Knights Contpanions. S. The British army, under SirlEdward Parkenhant, having wi landed on tle 231 uot. attacked the enemy's lines hefnre New ...