that he thought himfelf called upon by his office, to ftate in this public and explicit manner what he now faid, to caution every one against fuch dangerous tranfgreffions of the law and conftitution for the future; that in doing fo, he had at least done his duty, and hoped that every one who heard him, and the community in general, would do theirs. After fettling the relevancy, the Court adjourned till yesterday morning at nine o'clock, and having met, proceeded in the proof, when it appeared, that the pannel and fome others had foregathered with the deceafed at a public houfe on the road: That all the party had drunk a good deal of liquor: That the deceased had been much inclined to quarrel, particularly with the pannel, whom he had repeatedly challenged to fight him, and who had received much provocation for fome hours, and at last two or three blows with the deceased's whip, which wounded him on the hand and face, before he gave the deceased a blow with his whip, which knocked him down, fractured his fkull, and was the caufe of his death fome days thereafter. There was a very refpectable Jury, who inelofed at four o'clock, and at feven return ed their verdict, all in one voice finding the pannel Not guilty of the crime charged against him; who was thereupon affoilzied and difmiffed. There was no other business to come before the Court. JEDBURGH, Sept. 21. The Circuit Court of Jufticiary was opened here yesterday by Lord Hailes, and immediately proceeded to the trial of James Fairnington for horfe-stealing. His Majefty's Advocate-depute having, in refpect of certain favourable circunftances, reftricted the libel to an arbitrary punishment, the prifoner confeffed the charge, was of courfe found guilty by the Jury, and this morning adjudged to be tranfported for fourteen years. The Court then proceeded to the trial of Alexander Buglafs, alias Booklefs, for hamefucken. His Majefty's Advocate-depute, in this cafe, álfo restricted the libel to an ar bitrary punishment, and the ordinary interlocutor on the relevancy being pronounced, proceeded to the examination of witneffes, which lafted till three o'clock afternoon, when the Jury inclofed, and at féven o'clock this evening returned their verdict, all in one voice, finding the pannel Guilty art and part. The Court next took up the trial of Andrew Thomfor, a young boy between 15 and 16 years of age, charged with two different acts of houfe-breaking and theft. His Majefty's Advocate-depute, in refpe& of the prisoner's youth and certain other cir cumstances, reftricted the libel to an arbitrary punishment, and the pannel having confeffed the charge, the Jury inclofed for a few minutes, and returned a verdict, all in one voice, finding the pannel Guilty. Booklefs was fentenced to be whipt and banished Scotland for life; Thomson to be tranfported for fourteen years. There was no other criminal business to come before the Court. GLASGOW, Sept. 15. The Circuit Court of Justiciary was opened at this place, yefterday, by the Right Hon. the Lord Justice Clerk, and Lord Henderland. The first business that came on was the trial of James Day, late Gardener at Park of Inchinnan, afterwards at Auchroffan in Argylefhire, charged with the murder of James Day, his own natural child, a boy of about fix years old. It appears that the pannel had maintained this child at a heavy expence, which being unable to continue, he was fent home to the father's houfe by the perfon who kept him: That the pannel, changing his refidence, carried along with him his wife, and an infant child he had by her, and this boy; ftopping at Old Kilpatrick, he pretended that he was to fend the boy to his mother, and fet out with him to a house, from whence he faid he would get him fent with the carriers to the defined place, and, at his return, faid he had fent him off accordingly. This happened fome time after Martinmas last year; but, in the month of June laft, the body of a child was found in the Clyde, by some fishers, in a very mutilated ftate, which, from its clothes, and other circumftances, became fufpected to be this man's; and he being thereupon taken into cuftody, when examined, he faid he had not delivered the boy to any carrier, or other perfon, as he firft gave out, but had left the child on the high road to shift for itself. This was the fubftance of his acknowledgment; but in feveral particulars given out by him, he was contradiaed by evidence given in the trial. The clothes on the dead child's body were proved to be thofe belonging to his fon. The Jury this morning gave in their verdict, all in one voice finding the pannel Guilty of the crime charged. The Lords delayed pronouncing fentence till to-morrow. Andrew Clark, refidenter in Wester Moffat, and parish of Shots, was then brought to the bar, accufed at the instance of his Majefty's Advocate, of the murder of John Watt; but it being found that two of the witneffes were abfent, on that account the Advocate Depute thought proper, to move the the Court to defert the diet pro loco et tempore, which being done, Clark was recommitted to prifon on a new warrant, in order to ftand trial at a future period; and warrant was granted for apprehending the abfent witneffes, and committing them to prifon. Thereafter James M'Ghee, fhoemaker in Biggar, was brought to the bar, accused of the murder of George Paterfon, fhoemaker there, at least of killing him by culpable homicide. The Advocate Depute thought proper in this cafe alfo to defert the diet against him pro loco et tempore, and he was recommitted on a new warrant, in order to stand his trial at a future period. It would be improper to enter into any further particulars in thefe two cafes, which are to be the subject of further judicial discuffion. September 16. The Court, having met this day, paffed fentence of death on James Day, ordering him to be fed on bread and water only, till 20th October; and on that day to be hanged at the ordinary place of execution here, and his body given to be diffected. At the late Autumn Cirruit, there was not a fingle criminal trial at three of the diftricts, viz. Inverness, Inverary, and Stir ling. CRIEFF, Sept. 8. The newly-erected ball-room adjoining to Mr Allan's Inn here, is a great improvement in this part of the country, where dancing is fo much the rage. It is 42 feet long by 24 broad, and finished in a very elegant but plain ftile. From this accommodation the Strathern balls are likely to prove as confpicuous for their numerous attendance, as they have hitherto been for the elegant, focial, and eafy file in which they are conducted. On Monday last a very brilliant ball was given by the gentlemen of the neighbour hood, in return for that given fome time ago by Mr Drummond of Perth. There were about eighty-fix Ladies and Gentlemen prefent, among whom were, The Duke of Athol, Earl of Errol, teel dinner, and paid them in full thofe debts of which they had formerly discharged him. Such inftances of honour and merit fhould be mentioned with esteem and respect; and fhould be recorded, as an example of gene rous and virtuous behaviour, worthy to be imitated by those who have been visited by misfortune, when a happy change in their circumstances occurs. September 13, The University of Edinburgh conferred the degree of Doctor of Medicine on the following Gentlemen, after the usual private and public trials: work. Several other copy-rights were fold at high prices, many of them confiderably above the original cost, although several years of the property are elapfed. It is a remarkable circumftance, that, fince the famous decifion in the Houfe of Lords, on Literary Property, declaring it to be limited to fourteen and twenty-eight years, in place of being perpetual, as was contended by Lord Mansfield and the Lon don bookfellers, the value of that kind of property has risen prodigiously; which is a Arong proof of the progrefs of literature in this country. 4 Wednesday 22d September being the birth-day of Mr Thomfon, the celebrated poet, a number of gentlemen, at the request of the Earl of Buchan, met at Ednam, the place of his nativity, and refolved that a meeting fhould be held yearly at the fame place; and that a monument to his memory fhould be erected on Ednam hill. The day was spent with great conviviality. During the festival, the Earl of Buchan addreffed the meeting in an elegant speech, expreffive of the great abilities and amiable qualities qualities of the poet.-Gilbert Elliot, Efq; of Otterburn, obligingly fent the chair in which Mr Thomfon ftudied his Winterwhich was occupied by the Prefes. Same day, the Knights Companions of the Cape, met at their Hall to celebrate the fame event. After the memory of Thomson had been drank by the Sovereign and all the Members standing, the entertainment began by Mr Woods reciting a beautiful occafional Poem, of his own compofition, in honour of the Birth-day of Thomfon. Several fuitable sentiments to the memory of those who were the particular friends of Thomson being given, Mr Woods proceeded to recite from a poem of Dr Langhorne's, the conteft of the Seafons, who are reprefented as appealing to Thomfon to decide on their refpective merits. At proper intervals, he afterwards delivered paffages from the four Seasons, each being followed by Songs applicable to the respective subjects by other Members of the Society. Mr Woods then recited a number of paffages felected by him from Thomfon's Poem of Liberty. This was immediately followed by another member finging Rule Britannia, who was join ed in the chorus by the rest of the company all ftanding; and which concluded an entertainment, gratifying in the highest degree to every person prefent. Mr Woods, had the principal hand in conducting this Attick evening entertainment, and difplayed in a very confpicuous his well-known and much-admired powers of Recitation. manner, traders have in its answering its patriotic purposes, that we can affure our readers that a numerous and confiderable company of refpectable merchants refiding in Greenock, Glasgow, and its vicinity, has been formed under the firm of The Forth and Clyde Shipping Company, who are forthwith to employ feveral vessels, adapted to the Canal navigation, for the purpose of carrying goods from Greenock to the Canal Ba fon and to London without tranfhipping, and from London to Greenock in the fame manner. Lord Gardenfton lately purchased a confiderable eftate, adjacent to his thriving village of Lawrence-kirk, by which he became poffeffed of that arbitrary power of oppreffion, called Bonage, in the exercife of which a defpotic Laird may call a farmer, with all his fervants and cattle, perhaps in the very heat of harvest, and make them drudge in his fields, and leave their own to the mercy of the wind and weather; but, inftead of this, his Lordship, with that generofity for which he stands fo eminently confpicuous, invited his new tenantry to a liberal entertainment, and, to crown the feftivity of the day, furprised them with an abfolute renunciation of all prestations whatever, except their ftipulated rents. PREFERMENTS. The Marquis of Huntly, chufing & military life, is gone an Ensign into the 35th regiment, of which his brother-inlaw is Lieutenant-colonel. Lord Hawkesbury is appointed Collec tor of the Cuftoms in London inward, a place oi L. 1800 a-year. Dr Hudfon is elected Bishop of Virgi nia, and confecrated at Lambeth by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and as fuch prefented to his Majefty. Mr William Hardie is prefented to the parish of Inchinen, prefbytery of Paisley. The following Captains in the Royal Navy are promoted to be Rear-Admirals, nage. Patrick Maxwell, Efq. Enfign in the 6th regiment, and fon of Sir William Maxwell of Springkell, drowned by the overfetting of a boat at Nova Scotia. Viscount de Mirabeau, Deputy to the National Affembly of France, and younger brother to the celebrated orator of that name, being fufpected of favouring a counter-revolution, and taking offence at fome proceedings of thofe called Patriots, fled to Turin, where he died on the 12th August, and was interred with great funeral pomp, attended by all the Refugees then in that city. The Right Hon. the Countefs of Clarendon, when on a journey to Cheshire; she was daughter of the Earl of Effex, granddaughter to the laft Earl of Clarendon and Rochester, and as fuch ufed the name and arms of Hyde; her Ladyship married the Hon. Thomas Villiers, brother to the Earl of Jerfey, who firit was created Lord Hyde of Hindon, and afterwards Earl of Clarendon, in honour to his Lady; and being Ambaffa dor at the Court of Berlin, his Pruffian Ma jefty, as a mark of his efteem, created him a Count of the kingdom of Pruffa, which was approved of by his Majefty; and after go ing through the different offices of Pottmafter General, Lord of Trade and Planta tions, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancafter, died in 1786, leaving the prefent Earl, two other fons, and a daughter. At Boulogne, aged 77 years, William Chambers, Efq; 50 years of which he has been in the wine trade Aged 72, the Right Hon. Archibald Achifon, Vif. Gosford, Bart. of Nova Sco tia, and Privy Councellor of the kingdom of Ireland; he was created Baron Gosford in 1776, and Viscount in 1783, and is now fuc ceeded in title and eftate by his only fon the Hon. Arthur Achifon M. P. for the borough of Old Leighlin in faid kingdom. At Bath, in the 57th year of his age, General John Smith, formerly in the Eaft India Company's fervice, and who enjoyed a penfion for life of L. 4000 a-year. Mr Patrick Robertson, goldsmith, and brother to Principal Robertfon. David Rofs, Efq; Mafter of Revels for Scotland, and original Patentee of the Theatre at Edinburgh, and the last of the fet of players fo much admired about 40 years ago.. John M'Adam, Ef of Craigengillan, formerly one of the greatest dealers in cattle in this country. Archibald Campbell, of Knockbuy, Efq; John Aitkin, M. D. Fellow of the Royil College of Surgeons, and Lecturer on Anatomy, Surgery, &c. On the 18th, His Royal Highnefs Henry Frederick Duke of Cumberland and Stra thern, and Earl of Dublin, Admiral of the White, and Ranger of Windfor Great Park, K. B. his Majesty's fecond brother, born 1745, married 177 Anne, fifter to the prefent Earl of Carhampton, and widow of Chriftopher Horton, Efq;-no iffue. Mrs Mary Thómfon, mother of Mr Craig architect, and fifter to the author of the Seafons. The most noble William Duke of Montrofe, Marquis of Graham, Earl and Baron Graham of Belford in Northumberland, a widower; his Grace is fucceeded in titles and estate by his only son James Marquis of Graham, M. P. for Great Bedwin; Joint Paymaster of his Majesty's Forces, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Counsellors. Alexander Hamilton of Gilkerfeleuch 'Efq; and brother-in-law to the Lord Justice Clerk. |