... caletionian ;fflcrrltr?. ? EDINBURGH. TI-HURSDAY-lrfr 1. On Friday evening the Chancellor or the Exche- quer brought forward his annual exposition of the l finances, which, however, had no great interest, all in 1:i ?? the most important details having been already anti- dal - cipated. It appears that the great majority of the holders of 4 per cent. stock have agreed to the proposition of Fthe ...

... HISTORY OF ANiVIENT AND MODERN * _FI s, i Tr i.t- In this luxurious age, every thiing that relates to wine and its various qualities' must 'excite intere't; and the present work, which is both learned and philosophical, contains besides a great deal of inform- ation that is equally curiou s and useful. The inqui- ry into the nature and-properties of ancient wines shews great research, and an ...

... NEGRO SLrA VERY. e First Annual Report of the Edinburgh Society for promo- the e ting the mitigation and ultimate abolition of negro dre t slaverv. fic i (Concluded from our last paper.) cifi But our opponents have also facts on their side to pro ant duce. They bid us look to St Domingo, and say, Whe- all S ther it is our wish to produce in 'he British West India ten - islands those dreadful ...

... FROM LLOYD'S LIST-Oct. 26. .. V- V-, Yor. 4t Iut1svI JI2IVI I Aw. New York., 29th Sept., The Wilding of London, Richardson, from Honduras c to Cork, foondered 14th ult. in lat. 32. Iong. 79.; two sea- D men and a boy drowned; the rest of the crew arrived at Charleston. The Hebe of Guernsey, Jones, from Phila- p delphia to Wilmington, is totally lost on Cape Fear-crew b saved. The William, ...

... urt I ots MIadras, JulyI3. We have no farther accounts from Rangoon. The vy following, relative to movements on the Bengal side, 1eare from Calcutta papers be. We have seen letters from Chittagong of the 20th as instant, confifming the account of the Burmese ha- oys ving evacuated Ramoo. One account represents the .ch- whole enemy's force as havingretired; another confines S the movement to a ...

... PRE.SBYTEIY OF LDIN3C N1EW PAD. A r~ PASE515 OF E. , :h At the ordinary meeting of re m paishis o eten fro a oin ?? l '*burgh yesterday, Mr Bell, Cnuc onceko , an act of Couancil erectin, ai IPedi in royalty, to be coaled Bellevue parhe j t ' seand Dudaisi t, to anb th ptl0°'t s- Strates requested ner Sanctien or the Preso t1e NOM c- paish iso thao in exten waro d pntho, in 1therhll~ inthe new ...

... MONDAY-NovEsitE5. 15. Parliament, it iq said, will not meet before the be. ginning of February. %VINDSOR, SUNDAY, NOV. U.-The King has completely recovered from his late slight indispo. sition. The King, we understand, will arrive, towards the close of the ensuing week, at Carltoan Palace from Witidsor, when the Recorder will make his report of the convicts tried during the two last sessions, ...

... A small promotion in the navy has just taken place, bht the promotion of Flag Officers, which it has been rumoured would come out on the anniversary of his Majesty's corona- tion, has been postponed. The following Lieutenants have been made Commanders; ?? D. MIKenzie; W. A. Agar, late First of the Blossom; G. V. Jackson, commanding the Serapis convalescent ship at Jamaica, which command he has ...

... PRIVA TE CORIRESPONDEYCE. London, June I.I. 1824. Tb; We have been favoured with a copy of the speech ad- lctt dressecl by Colonel Hamilton, the English Commissioner diei of C lomblia, to the Vicc-Prcsiderit of the Eepublic, pre- Go senting him with a gold snuff bax in the name of his edl, Britannic Majesty. conceived in the following terms, an;l which must be considered to be highly ...

... HOUSI~ 0oF C1.1MONS-Armi. G. lord . HAMI.TOMpre~eated a petitto', signed by 27,000 pesoe jiilabitaflts of Glasgow an Id I'ts neigh- bnairhoort, qtatiniii their- gritificatiutl alt learninlg t vireo Wluinn of th~e House in favoukr of the abolition of ,slavery, anid praying that (though no sodden or unjost change might he eff'ected. to the detrimentof prpry)ten nre ntetbe finally raised from ...

... SMITl' S SYSTEM OP ENGLISH1 GRAIMMAR. Ey~tl'S SYSTEM 'oF ENGLISH GRAOSMMAR. (Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh.) This scca s to be a comiipendious and very complete thc- ory oferaminer. and viell calculated to initiate the learner in all its minute ani necessary rules. It evinces great di- ligence and attenti m; and net only embraces the techni- cal ?? of grammar, but enters at co)siderable length lio ...

... PRIVATE CORBESPONDEXCE. S London, D:ec. 13. 1824. An express from Paris arrived this afternoon, d bringing papers and letters of Saturday last, which - contain no political intelligence of any importance. h Our private letters are chiefly interesting as they an- nounce a farther improvement in the French funds on Saturday, which closed at 102f. QOc. e THE Futrns. s Our consol market to-day has ...