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THE ARMY

... j no v -. ?? Lieutenant-General Sir John almroilton, Bart. whose death bat been announced, was appointed an Ensign in the East India service in May 1773, Lieutenant ill Oc- tober 1776, and Captain in March 1781. In 1787, after seeing much active service, ho nvas transferred to his Majesty's 87th regimient, with which he served under Cornwallis and Maade in the Mvysnre country. After obtaining ...

Published: Saturday 02 January 1836
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 992 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

IRELAND

... TABr.E, slo nn h numbr of Catholic Tenants driv en to destituio, or niiticd -to quit the estattao Lr Beresford and others, in the county, Canroe, as ascer- tained by the Rev. Aitr Phelan, of said county W (ows &- Dietricts. Families. Souls. Orphitns included. Townland of Ballankillen .. 39 205 5 Ditto of Ballykoocker ?? 7 83 i8 ?? 9 64 13 Clowvater ?? 6 29 13 ?? 25 161 30 Noticed to quit ...

Published: Saturday 02 January 1836
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1654 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

Caledonian Mercury

... Qralfbon tan Aelcufy. EDINBJURGH. SAT AURDAY, JAJUARY 2. We beg to direct the attention of our Argyll- Shire friends to the excellent observations w hich we have copied from the columns of our able Icontemporary the Perthshir ?? of Thurs- day. We find we were not mistaken in setting down, in the category of the Orange and Pur- ple, the young 'aspirant who is ,at tpresent ad- dressing himself ...

Published: Saturday 02 January 1836
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2984 | Page: Page 2, 3 | Tags: News 

A REPRESENTATION OF L'ENLEVEMENT DU SERAIL

... A REPRESENTATION OF L'rNLEVEMENT DU SERAIL. . The bell hadjust given warning that the actors were ready. At this sound each spectator seated himself square in his- place. Pocket handkerchiefs and snuff-boxes werereturned intothe pockets. The greatest silence reigned in the theatreof Berlin ; they waited with impatience for the representation of the opera called L'Ealbvement du Sdrail, by ...

Published: Saturday 02 January 1836
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 684 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

TO THE SUB-COMNMITTEE FOR THE SCOTT MONUMENT

... TO THE SUB-COMNMITTEE FOR TIHE SCOTT MONUMENT. MY LoinDS AND GwwrLmENE-The qluestion as to the character of the proposed monument to the memory of Sir Walter Scott being greatly narrowed by the decision of the late meeting, bearing that a atatue shall be aiuce qua Pion, and consequently that the obelis6 is altogether a abandoned, your powers and duties are necessarily much bi restricted. The' ...

Published: Saturday 02 January 1836
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 865 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

... FOlOM TrM LONDON GAZETTE. I __ . III FOREIGN OFFICE. DEC. 29. pi The King has been graciously pleased to approve of tb Mr George Manders as Consul at Cork for her Most E Faithful Majesty. re WAR OFFICE-Dec. 29. B 4tb Regiment of Light Dragoons-Cornet William R Persse to lie Lieutenant, by purchase, vice IMaude, who o ?? Drysdale to be Cornet, by purchase, w vice Persse. Sa 6th Regiment of ...

Published: Saturday 02 January 1836
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 622 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: News 

EDINBURGH PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION

... I EDINBBURG 1H PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION. TO TIHE EDITOR OF THE CALEDONIAN ErtmicUnY. ed 1 SIt-I was for many years a citizen of Edln- red time resided aft burgh. but have for some considerable onmy resid sed in a distant part of the country, where only al oc- casionall newspaper informs me of the proceedings the il votur good tow. I left it, I was happy to think, gre in avery flourishing state ...

Published: Saturday 02 January 1836
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2124 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

PRESBYTERY OF PERTH

... PRESBYTERY OF PERMT. al n A A f -AA ~ .. .PA This Reverend Body met on Wednesday, for general busineas, but very little matter of public interest came befiore them. Iassie CLEaGY.-In consequence of a communication from Edinburgh, Dr Thomson brought the suffering stnte of the Irish clergy before the meeting, and called on them to co-operate with others in doing what they could to alleviate ...

Published: Saturday 02 January 1836
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1347 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

PARLIAMENTARY TALK—IRISH APPROPRIATION

... t PALLiA^NTARoIP.L'iIRISH I .,e APPROFKXA 'nOI-. The following are exitft*6l11 this pamphlet on the sacrilege andpluhhde to'whtch the appro- priatiorioclause is accusud otedilg Whatever be the origitiO ib orf the practice, the principle 6on which the 0dedtlivw*e. ,oF national objects to the Deity is founded ?? at variance wvith the peculiar doctrines of Protestants, who so scropulous- 3v ...

Published: Saturday 02 January 1836
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1876 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

ADDRESS TO THE READERS OF LAS CASES' JOURNAL, AND OF BOURRIENNE'S MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON

... ADDlfSS TO f111. READung Or I LAS CASES' JOURNAL, - . . AND OF . BOURRIENNE'S MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON. New Burlington Street, Dec. 17, 1835. The Proprietor of LAS CASES' JOUnNAL having thlought fit to. publish, a statement unfairly rovlcutia4 up- ,n BoURtEiNNIK'S Mootoiits ()F THE EIrPEROoR APO' LEON, I feel called upon, as this has been dune with a vies of injuring my property, to state a few ...

Published: Saturday 02 January 1836
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 982 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

Foreign Intelligence

... gorciall EntiHiorrur. POLAND. Some small guerilla parties have been formed, and rencontres of slight importance have taken placebe- tween themn and the Russian troops in the north- west of Lithuania, between Rosienv and the coast of the Baltic, in the country between Konigsbierg and Courland. There will be no insurrection of importance unless a war should break out betweeh Russia and G(reat ...

Published: Saturday 02 January 1836
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2161 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: News 

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC PRESS

... SaIsIs OF T. E PUBLIC PRElSH Ithas never been held by us that the cause of reform, or the final success of any question in- volving the interests of the mass of the people, is lependent upon the support of Mr O'Connell, or that of any other private person. We feel assured that, not only without Mr O'Connell's aid, but in the teeth of his opposition, Liberal principles would extend themselves, ...

Published: Saturday 02 January 1836
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1165 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News