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216 religion; and do solemnly declare, that they infinitely prefer their present situation in the state to any emancipation which may be directly or indirectly coupled with the veto.

New Coinage.—It is not, perhaps, generally known, that on all the new coin the letters W. W. P. (the initials of the Right Hon. William Wellesley Pole) are conspicuously placed on the ornamental part round the royal arms, between the harp and the word "Honi." On the opposite, also in the ornamental part, is the letter W. for worker. The following is the exact weight of each piece:—

12.—Hampshire Meeting.—A meeting took place yesterday at Winchester, in consequence of a requisition to the High Sheriff. A loyal, constitutional, and dutiful address was moved by Sir C. Ogle, which accorded with the views and sentiments of the great and respectable body of the people of Hampshire. An amendment was moved by Lord Cochrane. Mr Cobbett and Mr Hunt both attempted to speak, but they were violently assailed with hisses and groans, and were forced to quit the field without a single huzza from the people.

Mildew—The Rev. William Elliot, of Bishop's Stortford, Herts, and Mr James Leader, of Dunmow, Essex, have lately addressed the public through a contemporary print, in recommendation of a friend of theirs, a gentleman of family and respectability, who has made one of the most important discoveries ever yet offered to the agricultural world; no less than a prevention of the mildew in wheat, with invariable certainty. He professes to be able to mildew one land of wheat, and prevent the adjoining one from all such infection. He has, in conversation, told several fanners, while looking over their crops, that he is in possession both of the cause and cure of mildew. The method and expense quite within any man's reach. A remuneration is expected, but not until after absolute conviction of success.

17—Grand Duke Nicholas.—The Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia, accompanied by the Duke of Devonshire and several other distinguished personages, embarked at Dover this morning, on board the Royal Sovereign yacht, for the Continent. His Imperial Highness had been several months in the country, which he employed in visiting the principal manufacturing towns, and inspecting the most distinguished public establishments of the kingdom. He arrived in Edinburgh on the 16th of December, and was received with all the honours due to his high rank. After remaining here a week, his Imperial Highness set off for Glasgow, visiting the iron-works at Carron, &c. on his way. He returned to London by the western road, passing through Carlisle and the principal towns in that quarter. The agreeable manners of this prince rendered him very popular in this part of the kingdom; and he was pleased to express, on different occasions, his high satisfaction with the reception that he had everywhere experienced.

20.—Commitments to the Castle.—Nine persons, apprehended at Glasgow on suspicion of treasonable practices, have been lodged in Edinburgh castle, the gates of which are shut, and the sentinels have orders to exclude all but those belonging to, or having business with, the garrison.

Melville's Monument.—We hear that the committee of subscribers for erecting a monument to the memory of the late Lord Viscount Melville have fixed upon the north-east corner of the Calton Hill, exactly overlooking the excise-office, and in the line of George Street a most excellent situation for such a structure. On Wednesday last, in consequence of an application to the Town Council by the committee, for liberty to build on this spot, they unanimously agreed to their request.

Bonaparte—A gentleman named Wallis, who touched at St Helena on the 9th of December last, in the ship Fanny of London, states, that the following is a correct account of the provisions allowed Bonaparte and his attendants, which he receives daily from Messrs Balcombe & Co. who are appointed by Government to be his purveyors, viz.

With a proportion of pepper, salt, oil, and mustard; the whole amounting to about £174, in fourteen days.

Curious Case.—At the Lincoln assizes, in an action, Wright v. Jessop, the plaintiff, an apothecary of Bottesford, sought to recover from the defendant, a bachelor of opulence, residing near Lincoln, £787, 18s. for medicine and attendance during twenty-five years. By the statement of the plaintiff's counsel, it appeared that the defendant was of a hypochondriacal turn, and had taken pills for a great number of years: he used to have from 600 to 2000 pills sent to him at a time, and in one year he took 51,000! being at the rate of 150 a-day. There were also thousands of bottles of mixture. From the ravenous propensity of the patient for physic, it Was deemed necessary to call in two physicians, who, inquiring of the defendant what was the course of medicine