and the prisoners were dismissed with a proper admonition. 28. The Portsmouth Case.-On Monday the 10th instant, the five Commissioners appointed by the Lord Chancellor, under a Commission De Lunatico Inquirendo, met at the Great Hall of the Freemasons' Tavern, and a Jury, consisting of twenty-four of the most respectable freeholders in the county, were sworn, to in⚫quire whether the Earl of Portsmouth was in a fit state of mind to conduct his own affairs? Mr Wetherell, Mr Denman, and Mr Brougham, with two other bar risters, attended to conduct the inquiry on behalf of the Hon. Newton Fellowes. Mr Serjeant Pell, and four other barristers, attended on behalf of the Countess of Portsmouth. The proceedings closed this day, being the 17th of the sitting. Mr Commissioner Trower charged the Jury. He observed upon the law of the case, that it had been stated, that they must find whether the Earl, the subject of the inquisition, was a lunatic or not. But this was a mistake; the Jury were not bound so to find their verdict, or to find it (as had been represented) in the express words of the Commission, or in any technical terms. All the Jury had to consider was, whether or not Lord Portsmouth was in an unsound state of mind, so as to be incapable of managing his own affairs. The Jury retired, and deliberated upwards of an hour. Upon their return, which was at a quarter past seven, their names were called over, and Lord John Fitzroy, addressing his brethren, said, "Gentlemen, as many of you as are of opinion that John Charles Earl of Portmouth is of unsound mind and condition, and incapable of managing himself and his affairs, signify the same by holding up your hands." The Jurors then all held up their hands. The Foreman then said to them"Gentleman, as many of you as are of opinion that John Charles, Earl of Portsmouth has been of unsound mind and condition since the 1st of January 1809, signify the same by holding up your hands." The Jurors then all held up their hands. The Commissioner Trower then mentioned to the Jury, that as they had heard no evidence as to the question who was next heir to the title and estates, it became necessary to add to their verdict words to that effect. The Jury agreed, and the verdict was drawn up in a legal form, signed by each of the Jurors, and handed to the Commissioners, to be delivered to the Lord Chancellor. APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &c. I. CIVIL. Jan. 31.-Right Hon. John Frederick Robinson to be Chancellor of the Exchequer. Feb. 1.-Sir Henry Wellesley, R. G. C. B. to be Ambassador to the Court of Russia. The Earl of Clanwilliam to be Ambassador to the Court of Prussia. Feb. 8.-Henry Watkin Williams Wynn, Esq. to be Ambassador to the Court of Wurtemberg. Charles Richard Vaughan, Esq. to be Ambassador to the Swiss Cantons. The Hon. Algernon Percy to be Secretary of Legation at Paris. Gibbs Crawford Antrobus, Esq. to be Secretary of Legation at Turin. William John Crosbie, Esq. to be Secretary of Legation in Switzerland. Feb. 15.-Right Hon. Nicholas Vansittart created Baron Bexley, of Bexley in Kent. Cornet Sir K. A. Jackson, Bt. Lieut. by 24. The Marquis of Tweedale to be Lord Lieutenant of the county of East Lothian. do Gent. Cadet J. Ogilvie, from R. Mil. Coll. Ens. do Lieut. Connel, from 61 F. Quart. Mast. vice Mackenzie, h. p. 7 F. Lieut. Cockburn, from 13 Dr. Capt. by purch. vice Wayth, ret. 11. Mr David Smith called to the United Associate 13 Congregation of Biggar. Rev. Alex. Cuthbertson, presented by the King to the Church and Parish of Edrom. 20.-Rev. Robert Clark chosen Minister of the Gaelic Chapel, Duke Street, Glasgow, 17 2 Jan. 1823. Lieut. Fenton, Adj. vice Kelly, prom. 26 Dec. 1822. Gent. Cadet. T. Blackwell, from R. Mil. Coll. Ens. do Bt. Maj. Despard, Maj. by purch. vice Beck, ret. 20 April. Lleut. Swinton, Capt. by purch. 2 Jan. 1823. do. 2d Lieut. Bouchier, Adj. vice Enoch, res. Adj. only Ens. Langwerth, from 67 F. Lieut. vice Prior, dead 7 March 1822. Gent. Cadet C. Tobin, from R. Mil. Coll. Ens. 26 Dec. Ens. Bainbridge, Lieut. by purch. vice 2 Jan. 1823. Ferrier, ret. Gent. Cadet W. Cockell, from R. Mil. 26 Dec. 1822. Coll. Ens. Lieut. Campbell, from h. p. 7 F. Lieut. vice Connell, Quart. Mast. 1 F. 2 Jan. 1823. Bt. Lieut. Col. Maclaine, Lieut. Col. by purch. vice Col. Broomhead, ret. 26 Dec. 1822. do. do. Capt. Bradshaw, Maj. by purch. do. 85 Ens. Vandeleur, Lieut. by purch. vice 5 do. 88 Lieut. Faris, Capt. by purch. vice Nickle, prom. 28 Nov. do. do. Ens. Jardine, Lieut. by purch. 1W.L R. Capt. Kenny, from 2 W. I. R. Capt. by purch. vice Mercer, ret. 19 Dec. Lieut. Hamill, from 1 Dr. Gds. Capt. by purch. vice Kenny do. 1 Ceyl. R. Ens. Braham, late of 85 F. vice Basset, dead 2d Lieut. 6 July. 3 Vet. Bn. Ens. Lane, from h. p. 25 F. Satchell, Quart. Mast. Ens. vice Ens. 25 Oct. Gar. Bn. do. Ens. Freame, from h. p. 2 Lawrence, h. P. 56 F. Eltham, Kent 25 Nov. Isles, h. p. 86 F. St. Andrew's, Auckland, 19 April. Ewart, h. p. 1 F. Limerick, Ireland 29 July 1821. Ensign Burbridge, late 8 Vet. Bn. Hampshire, 30 Nov. 1822. Quart. Mast. Cowper, h. p. 10 Dr. London 19 Jan. 1823. Heap, h. p. Royal Horse Gds. Alces23 Dec. 1822. Medical Department. ter, Warwickshire do. Dep. Insp. Rose, Ireland. Hosp. Assist. Butler, from h. p. Hosp. Assist. vice Bruce, h. p. Surg. Dr Wood, Berwick. do. Exchanges. Assist. Surg. Maxwell, h. p. 10 Vet. Bn, Watkins, late 7 Vet. Bn. Wolver3 Dec. 1822. hampton 8 Aug. Hosp. Assist. Allan, Sierra Leone 12 Oct. Donaldson, Sierra Leone Bt Lieut. Col. Churchill, from Gren. Gds. with Capt. Maitland, 18 F. 35 F. Jervois, from 8 F. with Capt. Booth, Major Carmichael, from 6 Dr. Gds. with Bt. Lieut. Col. Fitz-Clarence, 1 W. I. R. Hutchison, from 47 F. with Bt. Lieut. Col. Warren, 65 F. Bt. Major Elliot, from 32 F. with Capt. Reid, h. P. 29 F. Capt. Burnside, from 13 F. rec. diff. with Capt. Clarke, h. p. 60 F. 13 Dr. Capt. Goldie, from 88 F. rec diff. with Capt. Bray, h. p. 24 Dr. Cornet Ellis, Lieut. Cockburne, 17 Dr. R. Sugden, Cornet by by purch. vice 26 Dec. 18d purch. da. Lieut. Fineh, from 6 Dr. Gds. rec. diff. with Lieut. Scarlett, h. p. 9 Dr. Keogh, from 1 F. with Lieut. Urquhart, 20 F. — Cain, from 17 F. with Lieut. Keowen, 14 F. Lieut. Graham, Capt. by purch. vice Coldst. G. Ens. Rawdon, from 79 F. Ens. and Lieut. by purch. vice Smith, Royal Horse Gds. do. Hon. T. Ashburnham, Ens. and Lieut. by purch. vice Bowen, 55 F. dead Cassan, from 18 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Lord Wallscourt, h. p. W. I. Rang. do. 2 F. Ens. Harvey, Lieut. vice M'Carthy, Stevens, from 22 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. 6 Feb. Matson, h. p. 60 F. Ens. Raitt, Ens. do. Grant, from 46 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Button, h. p. 2 Ceylon Reg. N. Suckling, Ens. 16 Jan. 55 G. F. Horsford, Ens. vice Lizars, dead 30 do. Lieut. Sargent, from 89 F. Lieut. vice Waters, h. p. 83 F. 16 do. Capt. Le Blanc, Maj. by purch. vice Dalyell, prom. 31 Dec. 1822. Lieut. Hill: Capt. by purch. do. Ens. Ward, Lieut. by purch. A. Denham, Ens. by purch. vice Fer guson, 17 F. S. Tryon, Ens. by purch. vice Ward 2 Jan. 1823. 23 do. do. 3 B 47 54 55 58 99 Gen. R. Earl of Cavan, K.C. from 58 F. Lieut. Mandilhon, Capt, by purch. vice Ens. Gascoyne, Lieut. by purch. 30 Jan. 1823. do. do. Lieut. Bowen, from Coldst. Gds. Capt. do. H. R. Clarke, Ens. by purch. by purch. vice Welsh, ret. Gen. T. Lord Lynedock, G.C.B. from 90 F. Col. vice E. of Cavan, 45 F. 10 Feb. Lieut. Richardson, Capt. by purch. vice Myers, ret. Lieut. L'Estrange, Capt. vice Blakeney. 63 2 Jan. Ens. French, Lieut. by purch. do. T. F. Hart, Ens. by purch. do. 66 dead 16 do. Ens. Dodgin, Lieut. do. W. H. Dodgin, Ens. dc. 76 Lieut. Stevenson, Capt. by purch. vice Torrens, ret. 6 Feb. Ens. Kennedy, Lieut. by purch. do. W.F. Webster, Ens. by purch. do. 30 Jan. M. FitzGerald, Ens. by purch. vice Rawdon, Coldst. Gds. Lieut. Vanspall, Capt. by purch. vice 86 Bt. Lieut. Col. Lanphier, ret. Ens. Grant, Lieut. by purch. W. Osborne, Ens. by purch. 89 90 93 Lieut. Molony, from h. p. 83 F. vice Sargent, 41 F. do. Lieut. M'Kie, from h. p. 14 F. vice Worsley, dead Lieut. Gen. Hon. R. Meade, Col. vice Lord Lynedock, 58 F. 10 Feb. Bt. Lieut. Col. Hon. Sir C. Gordon, Lieut. Col. by purch. vice Milling, 26 Dec. 1822. Capt. Johnston, from 85 F. Maj. by purch. do. Lieut. Cradock, from 27 F. Capt. by purch. vice Mackinnon, ret. ret. 30 Jan. 1823. 2 Ceyl. R. E. B. Fraser, 2d Lieut. by purch. vice Sloper, ret. 9 do. 1. R.V. Bn. Maj. Bircham, from h. p. 30 F. Maj. vice Ebrington, ret. list 30 do. Maj. Crofton, from h. p. York Lt. Inf. Vol. Maj. vice Reynolds, ret. list 2 Unattached. do. mas 18 Dec. 1822. Maclean, 2 W. I. R. Fort Charlotte, Baba18 Dec. 2 Feb. 1823. Swayne, h. p. 64 F. Middleton, Cork N. Hood, late 5 Vet. Bn. Deptford 4 Dec. 1822. Burke, h. p. York. Rang. Galway, Ireland 26 do. Ensign Lizars, 35 F. Nevis 25 Nor. M'Laughlin, h. p. 4 W. I. Reg. Tortola Kemmeter, late 2 Vet. Bn. Chelara 22 do. 24 Jan. 1823. Chaplain Pohse, h. p. Ger. Leg. Hanover Paymaster Fisher, h. p. 60 F. Guersney Quart. Mast. King 47 F. Bombay Martin, h. p. 7 Line Ger. Leg. Heidleburg 2 Dec. 1822. 11 Jan. 1893. 25 Dec. 1822. Adjutant Duxbury, h. p. Cambridge, Fen. Cav. Halden, Kent 1 Nov Gow, 82 F. Port Louis, Mauritius 4 Aug. 12 do Freer, h. p. 48 F. London 26 Jan. 1823. Behusen, h. p. Foreign Vet. Br. Surgeon Dr. O'Donel, 4 Dr. Kaira, Bombay 14 Dec. 1822. ————————— James Dunn, h. p. Forces, Dublin 7 Ang. 5 Dec. 17 Sept. Hanover Assist. Surg. Browne, 69 F. Madras buttel June. 25 Dee. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, Kept at Edinburgh, in the Observatory, Caltonhill. N.B. The Observations are made twice every day, at nine o'clock forenoon and four o'clock after noon.-The second Observation, in the afternoon, in the first column, is taken by the RegisterThermometer. THE mean temperature, for the four weeks that has elapsed since the date of our last, is only four degrees above the freezing point. Nightly frosts have been frequent. The mercury in the thermometer ranged between 26o and 48°. A considerable quantity of sleet and snow fell during the last two weeks of February. On the 2d of March, it blew a fresh gale from the west, which dissolved a considerable quantity of snow; and, on the 3d, ploughs, that had not been occupied from the first week in January, were again at work in the early districts; but even in such situations, the operation of ploughing was again obstructed by a fall of snow, accompanied by keen frost, on the evening of the 8th: the snow, which was about three inches deep, lay till the 10th, when ploughing was again resumed. In the northern districts, little seed furrow has been turned over, and in such places, a late seed-time will be unavoidable. Few beans have as yet been sown, in the most favoured situations. The progress of vegetation, as well as the operations of seed-time, is at least two weeks later than usual. The vast quantities of snow that lie undissolved in hollows, where it was drifted, offer a serious obstruction to Spring ploughing, and also tends to chill the air near the earth's surface. Wheat, where deeply covered with snow, has a blanched and sickly appearance; in exposed situations, the foliage is completely faded; but where the seeds were de posited deeply in the soil, the roots are still safe. Young clover plants exhibit a shrivelled foliage, but few plants have been thrown out. The late frosty nights have been hurtful both to wheat and clover plants; but they have been favourable to carse clay lands, by producing a free mould. The unfavourable appearance of Spring weather, or the prospects of a continental war, or both, have raised the prices of grain since our last. Wheat now brings 5s. per boll more than in the Winter months, and other species of grain are in demand. Potatoes, in consequence of the vast quantities used in the feeding-byre during the storm, are becoming scarce, and considerable quantities have lately been shipped for the London markets. The Winter and Spring weather has hitherto been unfavourable to sheep, either at pasture, or on turnips in the field. Fodder is every where scarce, and the operation of thrashing seems unusually far advanced. 12th March 1823. Barley. Oats. Pease. Bls. Prices. Av.pr. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s.d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Feb. 12 96116 0 27 0 20 10 18 6 22 0130 170 120 15 0 19 928 15 9 270 21 017 0 21 0 13 0 16 6 120 146 26 983-180 280 23 0180 23 0 140 17 6130 15 6 864 220 300 25 6190 23 0 17 6 22 0 13 6 176 914 22 0 31 0 2511 ||22 6 25 018 6 26 016 6 19 0|| March 5 12 Quar. Potat. |