the part of the Crown. The Jury were then very ably addressed by Mr Boswell on the part of the Crown, and by Mr Campbell for the pannel, in a most eloquent and ingenious speech; after which, the evidence was summed up by Lord Armadale. The Jury were enclosed, and, in about an hour and a half, returned their verdict, finding, by a plurality of voices, the pannel Guilty, but unanimously recommending him

to mercy.

Friday, October 9.

Peter Drummond was brought to the bar to receive judgment. Both Judges delivered their opinions upon the case; and before pronouncing sentence, Lord Armadale addressed the pannel in a very impressive manner. His Lordship then read the sentence of the Court, ordaining the pannel to be executed here on Wednesday the 18th November next.

This finished the business of the Western Circuit, there being no appeals to bring before their Lordships.

the public road.-Affirmed, without hearing the respondent's counsel, with £.200 costs. 6. Masterton v. Meiklejohn.-Withdrawn by consent of parties.

7. Rankin v. Goodlet Campbell.-Affirmcd.

8. Earl of Elgin, heritor of the parish of Dunfermline, v. the Rev. Mr M⭑Lean, minister of that parish.-Affirmed.

9. MacNair, (Greenock,) v. FlemingAffirmed, without prejudice to any question that the appellant inay be advised to raise, respecting the effect of any act of the res pendent, upon any securities against any other person or persons.

10. Fleming . MacNair-(Cross Ap peal.)-Aflirmed.

11. Fraser v. Speiding-Affirmed, but without prejudice to any application that the appellant may be advised to make to the Court of Session respecting certain questions.

12. Boswell v. Morrison-Affirmed.
13. Ramsay v. Dundas-Withdrawn.
14. Stewart v. Fergusson.-Withdrawn

SCOTS APPEALS.

The following are the appeals determined by the House of Lords last session of Parliament, with their determinations generally:

1. Roxburghe Cause-Ladies Mary and Essex Kerr, sisters and co-heiresses of the late Duke of Roxburghe, v. Wauchope and other trustees of the late Duke of Roxburghe-the question was, Whether the Duke was in a proper state of mental health at the time of framing his will. The Court of Session unanimously found that he was. -Affirmed.

2. Roxburghe Cause--Wauchope and others, trustees of the late Duke of Roxburghe, v. Ladies Mary and Essex Kerr, referring to a question of trust disposition.-Affirmed.

3. Roxburghe Cause-Ladies Mary and Essex Kerr v. Sir James Innes Norcliff, Bart. -This question arose upon a claim of Lady Mary Kerr to be heir of entail to the Roxburghe estates, which was decided against her Ladyship.-Affirmed.

4. Roxburghe Cause-Important question respecting the feus.-Remitted to the Court of Session to revise their decision, and to state the specific grounds on which their decision rested.

5. Cadell v. Blacks.-The children of Mr Black, a farmer, had been awarded £.800 damages, besides expences, on account of their father being killed by falling,into a coal-pit belonging to Mr Cadell, which was left open and unfenced, within four feet of

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Total

During the last 29 sessions of Parliament, 317 appeals from the Court of Session have been heard before the House of Lords, only 39 of which have been totally reversed.

A great rumber remain for determination; but, it is supposed, measures will be taken, next session of Parliament, for exper diting the hearing of these and other appeals, by the appointment of a rew Judge, a ViceChancellor, to determine causes in the Court of Chancery, which will give the Lord Chan cellor more time to attend the House of Lords.

There are considerably upwards of 200 Sectch, Irish, and English apperis-appeals from the Court of Chancery-writs of error, &c. now depending.

FIRE AT DALKEITH.

On Saturday the 3d October, about four P. M. a most destructive fire broke out in a hay-loft in the scuth-west quarter of Dalkeith, which, owing to the high wind, soon communicated to some others, and we are sorry to say, that seven tenements, includ ing stables, a bake-house, &c. were com pletely consumed. These premises were occupied by Messrs Moffat and Charles, innkeepers, a baker, and other tenants, some of whom have lost all their furniture. Two engines were soon on the spot, one belong ing to the Duke of Buccleuch, and the other

to

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to the Town; but, from the scarcity of water and the very heavy gale of wind, it was difficult to approach the tames, which prevented the fire from being got under. houses were mostly thatched, which was the cause of so many buildings being enveloped in the games. Every exertion was made to extinguish the fire, by the inhabitants, and also by the soldiers of the Aberdeenshire mifitia, qum tered in Dalkeith. The Duke of Buccleuch was on the spot, and animated the people by contributing his individual exertions to suppress the flaines. We are happy to add that no accident of any consequence happened. Only part of the property is insured; the loss will, therefore, be consideable on individuals, and particularly hard on some poor families, who have lost their furniture.

The Directors of the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge, having taken into consideration the intelligence lately received from ludia, respecting the great loss sustained by the Baptist Missionary Society, in consequence of the fire in the printing-office of their mission at Serampore, on the 11th March last, have been pleased to grant from their funds, destined for the support of foreign missions, the sum of £.200, to be applied exclusively for furthering the translation of the sacred Scriptures into the different languages of the East, carried on under the direction of the Baptist Mission at Serampore.

The election of a Member of Parliament for the city of Edinburgh in the new Parliament, came on the 9th of October, when the Right Hon. William Dundas was unanimously chosen. After the clection, the new Member made an elegant speech, returning thanks for the honour conferred upon him. In the evening he gave an excellent entertainment to the Town Council, and a number of the principal inhabitants, in George Street Assembly Rocms.

APPOINTMENTS.

[From the London Gazette.] Downing Street, Sept. 21.-The Prince Regent this day appointed Sir Ralph Woodford, Bart. to be Governor of the island of Trinidad.

Whitehall, Sept. 26.—This day the Prince Regent appointed Charles Stuart, Esq. his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Portugal, to be an Extra Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.

Sept. 29. This day the Prince Regent appointed the Right Hon. Robert Viscount Melville; William Domett, Esq. Vice-Adiral of the White Squadron of his Majes

ty's Fleet; Sir Joseph Sidney Yorke, Knight, Rear-Admiral of the White Squadron of his Majesty's Fleet; the Right Hon. Willem Dundas; George Johnstone Hope, Esq. RearAdmiral of the White Squadron of his Majesty's Fleet; Sir George Warrender, Bart.; and John Osborn, Esq. to be his Majesty's Commissioners for executing the office of High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the dominions, islands, and territories thereunto belonging.

Same day, the Right IIon. Richard Earl of Clancarty, and in his Lordship's absence, the Right Hon. Frederick John Robiason, President of the Committee of Council appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to trade and foreign plantations.

Oct. 3.-This day the Prince Regent appointed the Right IIon. Robert Banks Earl of Liverpool, the Right Hon. Nicholas Vansittart, the Right Hon. William Fitzgerald, Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland, the Hon. Berkeley Paget, the Right Hon. Frederick John Robinson, and James Brogden, Esq. to be Commissioners for executing the office of Treasurer of his Majesty's Exche quer.

Oct. 6.-Lieut.-General the Honourable Edmund Phipps, the office of Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance of the United Kingdom.

Oct. 10.-The Prince Regent appointed Major-General Isaac Brock to be an Extra Knight of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath.

John Walker, Esq. Admiral of Leith. John Waugh, Esq. Baron Bailie of Easter and Wester Portsburgh.

Robert Smith, Esq. Baron Bailie of Ca

nongate.

& son.

Colours.

In Dublin, the Countess of Castlesteuart, a son.

26. At Serlby, the Viscountess Galway, a daughter.

At High Park, Westmeath, the Hon. Lady Levinge, a son.

27. At Edinburgh Castle, the Lady of Capt. Biggar, Royal Perthshire militia, a sou. 29. At Clober, Mrs Hamilton, a daughter. Oct. 1. Mrs Child, Pilrig Street, a son. 2. Mrs Alex. Wright, Greenside Place, a daughter.

4. At Inverness, Mrs Inglis Nicol, a son. 6. At Dublin, the Honourable Lady Hope,

Aug. 27. At Bearhill, John Barrie, Esq. M.D. to Miss Rebecca Gardiner, only daughter of the late David Gardiner, Esq. M. D. formerly of the island of Jamaica.

Sept. 1. Sir James Bland Burges, of Bean Port, Sussex, Bart. to the Right Hon. Lady Margaret Fordyce, sister of the Earl of Bal

arras.

3. At Cupar, Mr David Dow, of the British Linen Company Bank, Edinburgh, to Miss Durham Burn, youngest daughter of the Rev. David Burn, late minister of the gospel at Largo.

4. At the Manse of Dollar, Mr John Drysdale, Red House, to Miss Jean Sharpe, eldest daughter of Mr Francis Sharpe.

At Edinburgh, the Rev. Mr Johnstone, Roxburgh Chapel, to Elizabeth, eldest daughser of the late Mr John Home, Edinburgh.

8. At Jedburgh, Charles Baxter, Esq. Edinburgh, to Mrs Reid, only daughter of the tate Rev. William Scott, Southdean.

9. At Monktonhill, Mr James Templeton, Edinburgh, to Jessy, eldest daughter of John Gardner, Esq.

13. Captain Patrick Blair, of the Madras artillery, to Mary, second daughter of Thomas Goldie, Commissary of Dumfries.

- At Aberdeen, Dr James Selby, physician, to Mrs Alexander Booth, daughter of the late Patrick Forsyth, Esq.

Henry Boyce, Esq. nephew to the Earl of Coventry, to the Right Hon. Lady Sophia Amelie, youngest daughter of the Duke of Marlborough.

- At London, the Hon. John Thornton Leslie Melville, sccond son of the Earl of Leven and Melville, to Harriet, youngest daughter of Samuel Thornton, Esq. M. P. for the county of Surrey.

17. At Monymusk, John Farquharson of Haughton, Esq. to Mary Anna, eldest daughter of Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk, Bart.

18. At Edinburgh, Mr John Hogg, of the City Chamberlain's Office, to Miss Jessie Fraser, daughter of the late Mr William Fraser, merchant, Edinburgh.

21. At Hendersyde Park, Richd. Griffith, jun. Esq. of Milbant, county of Kildare, to Maria Jane, eldest daughter of George Waldie, Esq. of Hendersyde, Roxburghshire.

24. At Kelso, the Rev. John Pitcairn, to Elizabeth, daughter of Mr Lockie, of Kelso. 25. At Spotswood, Mr James Watson, cooper, Edinburgh, to Miss Janet Rutherford.

Oct. 1. At Edinburgh, Henry Raeburn, jun. Esq.. St Bernard's, to Miss White, daughter of the late John White, Esq. of Dunmore.

Right Hon. the Lady Baroness Howe, eldest daughter of the late Admiral Earl Howe, and widow of the Honourable Penn Ashton Curzon.

Oct. 2. At Edinburgh, Capt. William Davidson, 14th foot, younger of Muirhouse, to Jane, third daughter of Alexr. Horsbrugh, Esq. of Horsbrugh.

3. In Aberdeen, Alexander Mitchell, Esq. of St Alban's Street, London, to Christina widow of James Thomson, Esq. Stonehaven.

6. Mr John Hutchison, writer, Edinburgh, to Agnes, daughter of Mr George Henderson, Fawside, Berwickshire.

7. At Edinburgh, the Right Hon. Lord. Ogilvy, eldest son of the Earl of Airly, to Miss Clementina Drummond, only child of the deceased Gavin Drummond, Esq. of Forth Street.

June 4. At Buenos Ayres, Mr Alexander M'Minn, merchant, youngest son of the late Mr John M'Minn, in Crofts of Crossmichael.

14. At Jamaica, Captain Edward Rushworth, of his Majesty's ship Barbadoes, in the 25th year of his age, eldest son of Edward Rushworth and the Hon. Catherine Rushworth.

Aug. 13. At Ciudad Rodrigo, of wounds received in the battle of Salamanca, Major James Miller, of the 68th regiment of foot, son of James Miller, Esq. Fort-Major of the island of Jersey.

19. At Gibraltar, John Smith, Esq. aged 75, and formerly of Inverness.

20. At Glasgow, aged 26 years, Mr Andrew Hosie, late teacher of Partick school.

25. At Edinburgh, Mrs Elizabeth Anderson, wife of Mr Andrew Roughead, piano forte maker.

26. At Glasgow, in the 78th year of her age, Mrs Agnes Buchanan, widow of John Buchanan of Ladrishinore.

At Cairnhill, Thomas Wallace, Esq. of Cairnhill.

27. At Bray, near Dublin, the Right Hon Lord de Blaquiere, K, B. and a Baronet

At Burntisland, Robert Boog, Esq. 30. At Cupar, Miss Elizabeth Bell, daughter of the deceased George Bell, Esq. Rochester.

31. At Old Aberdeen, the Rev. Mr William Mackenzie, of that place.

Sept. 1. At Largs, Mr William Forlong, jun.

2. At Edinburgh, Mr D. H. Bruce, assistant-surgeon, Royal Navy, Fellow of the Royal Physical Society, son of Major-Gen. Robert Bruce, of the Hon. East India Company's service.

-At Elvas, of a violent fever, brought on by fatigue and exertion in the discharge of his duties, Captain Leatham, of the 4th dragoon guards, eldest son of Lieut.-Colonel Leatham of George's Square.

At Edinburgh, Mr William Begbie, late Deacon of the Incorporation of Tailors in this city.

Lately, At Calcutta, in the 87th year of her age, Mrs Frances Johnson, the oldest British resident in Asia. She was grandmother of the Earl of Liverpool.

- On his passage to England, Major J. Blair, of the Hon. East India Company's service, on the Madras establishment, and eldest son of the late Rev. Dr Blair, prebendary of Westminster.

While sitting in his chair at dinner, at Cork, Sir Patrick O'Connor, merchant.

At Gottenburgh, Mr William Gardner. He had returned from a difficult and dangerous journey to Riga and Petersburgh, through Finland, and was to have embarked next day for England; but he fell into a canal the evening before nis intended deparsure, and was drowned.

3. At Canonmills, near Edinburgh, in the 94th year of his age, Mr George Anderson, who long kept a public garden at Easter Wariston. He was a private in Lord Lewis Gordon's corps in 1745-6; and it was the boast of his life, that he had been near the person of Prince Charles Edward from the day of the battle of Culloden, till his departure from Sky in the disguise of a female,

when the scrvices of George, and other humble but faithful attendants,were no long er required.

Sept. 6. Major-Gen. Bowles, late an officer on the Bombay establishment.

8. At Aberdeen, Margaret Stewart, relict of the late Mr Daniel Mowat, merchant in Aberdeen, in her 105th year. She retained every faculty till within a few hours of her death.

9. At Brechin, at a very advanced age, Mrs Gillies, the widow of Robert Gillies, Esq. merchant in Brechin; and mother to the Right Hon. Lord Gillies, to Dr J. Gillies, historiographer to the King, &c.

10. At Prestonpans, Mr Robert Elder, Gilmore Street, aged 38.

11. At Mainhouse, Andrew Wilson, Esq. Mr George Glen, late merchant in Glasgow.

Esq.

At Edinburgh, Mr James Dalrymple, late merchant.

13. At Hope Street, Leith, Mrs A.Young, relict of Mr John Young, solicitor in the Supreme Courts of Scotland.

15. At Aberdeen, Mrs Silver, widow of the late Alexander Silver, Esq. of Balna. gubs, in the 75th year of her age.

At Bristol, in an apoplectic fit, preceded by repeated strokes of the palsy, Captain George Miller, of the Royal Navy. At Arniston Place, Mrs Isabella Calder, wife of William Sinclair, Esq. of Fres wick.

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16. At Maybole, Master Adam Gladstone, second son of Robert Gladstone, Esq. Liver pool.

17. At Gateshead, Isabella Sharpe, widow of John Sharpe, pitman, at the great age of 114 years, it appears by the baptismal re gister of the parish, that she was christened the 17th of August 1698.

18. At Edinburgh, Thomas Wm. Lowes, Esq. of Ridley-hall Northumberland.

At Brompton, Robert Alexander Scott, Esq. younger of Benholme, aged 23.

At Edinburgh, Miss Margaret Thynne, daughter of the late Mr Robert Thynne, surgeon.

At an advanced age, Miss Jean MacDonald, relic of Angus MacAlester of Loup, Esq.

At Nisbet, aged two years, William son of Mr Walker, Nisbet.

The Honourable John Astley Bennet, Captain in his Majesty's Navy, and third son of the Earl of Tankerville.

20. At Berwick, Mr John Thomson, searcher,