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HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARE EDINBURGH, JANUARY 17. This morning the Court met, in ordei to proceed to the trial of Andrew Marshall and Margaret Wright, his wife, of Glasgow, accused of vending blasphe mous and seditious pamphlets. el their names being c.111,:d, they tailed to appear, and sentence of out lawry was passed against them in the usual form. 'll.e Loeb AnvocATE then prayed for a warrant v) app bend the abave persons, and bring them be re th Court for trial. His Lordship stated, t:lt 11/1 this case gone to a proof, he would have Produced a document, consisting of an account cur-1 iel t between Andrew Marshall and the publisher of vali•.rais seditious and blasphemous publications, cc- - cupyin? . , no less than 1 t folin pages, and shewin4- that Y. wards of 16.000 copies of the pamphlets had been 7:.ceived by Marshall, circulation in Glasgow.— ach was the low price of these publications, that the amount did not much exceed the sum of El 00, chewed that they were merely intended for the ~ .‘ry lowest orders of the people.—llis Lordship fur ther observed, that die knowledge of such transac ti:ras as these must convince the most prejudiced that CI:: public prosecutor il'ad not interfered with the Press till it had become his imperious duty. FXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM DORNOCII, JAN. 10. I of :ncy Re. olve the 7 ntSt :at i• 'stet. 1g ti MEETING OF THE LOVA I, SUTIIERL,4ND lIL ANDERS. The Meeting of the Sutherland and Trans-At li:r;i: Association (in other words, the removed Tenants of the Sutherland Estate), which, by the Requisition which three weeks since appeared in the London journals, was to be held at Golspie, in Sotherlandshire, on Tuesday the I•th instant, for the loyal purpose of offering their services in a military capacity during these disturbed times, through the M il qui; of STAFeunn, Lord-Lieutenant, was re vented fr.‘rn proceeding to the object of it, by the local aathetkies of Suthe►land, on the ground that, under the New Bill, the Meeting • was not legally c,i;stituted: Oa Sunday, the 2..1 instant, prrTlamation was made at the several Varish Churches, by order of tl:e Sothrlanti Factor, prohibiting the people from a7tending the Meeting ; and on Monday, the 3d, it is stated, that a consultation of all the Magistrates was held at Mr. SUTIMICS residence, Ithives, with a, much solemnity as if, on the day following, they expected to meet, instead of a loyal body of High larders, eager to evince their attachment to the Throne. a body- of the Lanew-hire Radicals. " On Tuesday, the Ith, the Facto, s, Magistrates, and the puss:. comitatai, wet e in array at the village of Golsile, and twenty-four Special Constables were sworn in. About noon, seven hundred fine stout klighiandcrs as , embled, some of whom had travelled forty and fifty miles, through the deepest sncsw re membered here, with the intention of making a duti ful tender of their services, who appeared in utter asto:.ishment when they saw the preparation made to up , i ;ose them, and were told that the Meeting should not take place. About a quarter past one, the New Act was read, and the Meeting formally prohibited; in a few minutes after which, the gallant fellows dis persed in the greatest quietness and good order, to the sound of two pipes playing martial pibrochs, and among them, their favourite air of the " Gathering of the Suiherlands," but greatly mortified that their services v:ere not accepted, and their names enrolled, and declaring, that though then disappointed, nothing should prevent them from offering their services, in such disturbed times. Mr. DUDGEON, the Secretary of the Association, had proceeded as far as Dornoch, the county town, ignorant of the array, to attend the Meeting, .when he had several private notices that if he appeared at Golspie, he would be taken into custody ; in conse quence of which, with great prudence and propriety, he returned home, lest any disturbance should result from his appearing there, at the same time, sending notice to other Gentlemen who meant to attend to encourage the Highlanders in coming forward, in consequence of which precaution, they also did not attend.—lt was not known in the North, that the Bill in question was meant to apply in Scotland, to uny District except those disturbeehones of the West : at all events, it was not known that the Bill was in force until they came to the place of Meeting; con. sequently, they attended not to infringe the Law, but to stand by the Law and the Throne. " One would suppose, that a loyal body of men, who had come from the extremities of the County in such weather, for a purpose in itself so honourable to them, notwithstanding that they were informed in the :node of their offers and meeting, would have been received by the Sutherland Factor and the Ma• i,i•trates, in such a manner as would stimulate them to repeat their loyal offer, on another occasion, in a Mere formal shape; it is, on the contrary, positively stated by a Gentleman who was present, that orders had been given to all the innkee, , ers and Whiskey- Louses in the village, by Mr. author, not to suffer an of the men to enter them, or to s.rve them v.ith any refreshment whatever, though they would, ef course, have paid for the .ame, an order which the publicans, &c. dare not refuse ; by which unne ,:essary, and, we will add, arbitrary severity, many ei the poor people, who had come from distant loca lites, were much distressed before they could get to Ilaces of refre,hment. .; The primary object, however, of the proposed lkleeting, has been accomplished, which was to prove to the Public, and especially to the Lord Advocate f Scotland, who charged them in his place on the tizi of December, with the poison of Radicalism, that the loyalty of the Sutherland Highlanders, t!.o.igh dislocated, is unimpaired ; and we would :.:ke leave respectfully to ask that Noble Lord, whe z:.el, in Scotland, as in England, public-houses al c !•".i. established for the accommodation of the Public ti 1 Jige aßci whether every peaceable traveller, wi;o 1...7s Jur what he requires, has not as good a light to served as the Factor of Sutherland :•rvcr.il hundreds of stout paupers were ertiployc..l 'r•i day, ur.Lier the direction of the Officers of the Society, in clearing the ice and snow from pavements at the west end of the town. These \\ ere t;istingni,hed by a tin plate badge, heal slip cf the Society. tied tyon flu it left arm.— ry. are he allowed food and lid, a day each man, funds of the Society. COURT' OP ALlVRltiltit . . The LORD Maircia held a Court of Aldermen at the Guildhall, on Tuesday; for the purpose of hear ing appeals against the election or appointment of Constables and other ‘Vard Officers, and for the dis patch of the ordinary business of the Court. The Aldermen present were—Cußrts, HUNTER, GLYN, EAMER, LEIGHTON, SCHOLEY, BIRCH, WOOD, AT KINS, MAGNAY, THORP, WAITHMAN, and itorftwELL. The LORD MAYOR took the Chair at one o'clock, and the Court was occupied some time in a desul tory conversation between Sir WILLIAM GURTIS, Mr. Alderman WooD, and others, respecting certain im provements and regulations relative to Bridewell hospital, which had been recommended in a Report from a Committee appointed for that purpose some time since, and which Sir RICHARD CARR GLvx, who commenced the conversation, considered of the utmost importance, and had accordingly directed the attention of the Court to the subject. Mr. Sheriff RoTitwELL presented the usual Report of the state of the respective City Prisons. Mr. She riff PARKINS, who should also have been in attend ance on this occasion, had excused himself by letter to the LORD MAYOR, on account of illness. RECEIVERSHIP OF THE ORPII.SNS . DUES ON CO. Lgi As soon as the Sheriffs' Report had been read, Sir WILLIAM CURTIS rose immediately, and said, before the Court proceeded to any other business, he wished to occupy their attention for a short time, on the sub ject of some proceedings which had taken place at the List Court, relative to the Orphans' Fund, and the balances in his hands as the Receiver; and he trusted, before he sat down, he should be able not only to exculpate himself from all charges against him, but also to prove, that, instead of any impu tation, he merited commendation. It had been re presentell, that he had retained a three months' ba lance; that was very true; he did not deny it ; it ap . . pcared so by the account ; he allowed there was be- • tween £ll,OOO and 1'12,000 in his hands; but then the money was always given credit for up to the end of the month, and he did not receive it sometimes till the 10th of the next month ; so that the accounts made him have a larger balance in hand than he really had: and when it was considered that there was nearly £60,000 collected by these dues in the course of a year, and that the interest on his balances would not average more than £1 per cent. on.that sum (they might call it £5OO a-year): it was not too large a remuneraticn for all the trouble of the col lection, and the personal risk and the security he gave for the safety of the property. The worthy Alder man (Waith man) had abruptly made this charge, without considering all these matters. Ile had called him an opulent man : « I am not an opulent man, my Lord ; I appeal here," exclaimed the worthy Ba ronet with much warmth, striking his hand on his breast ; lam not a mercenary man, seeking to ag grandize myself ; .hut if this Court-think proper to give this to a poor brother, or an opulent one, if you will have it so, they have a right to do it : some one must have it, and whom would the worthy Alder man give it to? Would he give it to Mr. Hunt or Mr. Preston? or did he wish the Committee of Two Hundred of the Radicals to have it?" The. worthy Baronet then proceeded to state, that it was true his immediate predecessor in the office had retained only a two months' balance, but then there were instances where larger balances had been kept in hand than even his three months'. He allowed he had kept three months' balance, but he had since only kept two months'; but that was not because he thought he got too much, but because there had been such a piece of work made about it. All the accounts respecting the Orphans' Dues had been investigated before a Committee of the House of Commons, and the wor thy Baronet here read an extract from the Report of] that Committee, which stated, that, considering their various and complex nature, the accounts were kept with great accuracy. The worthy Baronet said, he felt these charges very severely, but he trusted he had cleared his conduct froin imputation, and ex culpated himself from all the charges of this report of the worthy Alderman's, and would not therefore take up the time of the Court any longer. Sir' liam then sat down, Mr. Alderman WAITIMAN said, the Honourable Baronet had made a most extraordinary speech ; and yet, after all, the matter rested exactly where it did before, and the report remained in every particular unrefined. NVith respect to the charge of having brought this business forward " abruptly," or with any personal motive toward the Honourable Baronet, the Court would recollect that he gave notice of the motion six or seven months ago, long before he could have had any personal motive furnished to him by the recent proceedings of that Court relative to him self, and in which the Honourable Baronet had been so prominently concerned ; and the worthy Baronet would himself recollect, that he thanked him for the candour and liberality with which he (Mr. Waith man) brought this business forward. Sir WILLIANI Cl:RM.—lt's true; I did; Mr. Alderman WAITHNIAN continued, that os to: the observation of the worthy Baronet, that although the money was credited, he did not receive it till ten days after ; and however extraordinary it might seem, that he should sign accounts, and give credit for money ten days before he received it, yet, even admitting that he did so, what was the consequence? Why, it only lessened the balance about 1.:12(X) or El 200 ; leaving in his himds, instead of £11,700, :C10,500 ; and when it was considered that there were £i?..AO or £AOOO more arising from the same duties-- CuaTts.--This Court has nothing at all to do with that. Mr. Alderman \VAITHMAN replied, that he was aware th.t Court had nothing to do with it, and that tile management of that business was under the con troul of the Court of Common Council ; but still he raust..assert, that it formed a balance in his hands, making, with the balance on the other account, a total balance of at least E 14,000 ; from which s if the wo: thy Baronet knew how to make use of money, he must have derived : 1 _!;00 a-year, which, by calcula don, a: compound interest, from the time of his ap pointment, must have realized him 4_30,000, and all this fions a duty upon so necessary an article of life as coals. As to the next point in the worthy Baronet's spccch, the great trouble of the collection, and the rersonal risk incurred, all this might appear very Iplausilale if the tact was not known blit ) unfortu nately for this argument, it was knsiwti, that au tne trouble of the collection , arid 'the personal risk too, I was with another person, whti receives a salary of £l5O a-year fOr collecting, which stun is allowed to the Receiver in his accounts, and who also gives security for the safety of the money intrusted to him ; so that all the great trouble incurred by the worthy Baronet was, to undergo the fatigue of receiving the money from the Collector once a month, and pay it into the hands of the Chamberlain once a quarter. — The question then was, were that Court, the trustees and guardians of this Fund, performing their duty, at a time when they were under the absolute neces sity of borrowing money, by permitting such a bad. lance as this to remain in the hands of one of their own body ? It was true, the balances had latterly been paid every two months ; but whatever might have been the worthy Baronet's motive, he could n't but think it very extraordinary, that for ten years to, gether he should have paid in his balance every three months, and immediately on this business being noticed, pay it iu at two months. He readily agreed that the accounts had been investigated by the Com mittee of the House of Commons, and found correct. There was no doubt on that subject. Nobody ac cused or suspected the worthy Baronet or the Cham berlain of receiving money and not accounting for it. The amount of the remuneration might not he too great, if it were true that the office was one of such great trouble and responsibility; but all put together could not justify the Court in allowing such balances to remain in any hands. The worthy Baronet called this Report his (Mr. Waithman's) Report. Sir WILLIAM CURTIS—I did not mean that. Mr. WAITHMAN continued—The Report was no otherwise his than as he was one of the Committee ; but the Committee did no more than direct the Cham berlain to prepare the statement which was made up from the papers furnished by the Baronet himself, and the Committee offered no opinion at all upon the sub ject. As to the insinuations in which the worthy Ba ronet had so repeatedly indulged, at a time when he was himself complaining of personality, by allying him with the Committee of Radicals ; all these he (Sir William Curtis) knew to be unfounded& He should, however, always resent them with as much spirit as was consistent with the order and regularity of that Court 4 and he would tell the Honourable Baronet, that he dare not make such insinuations else where ! but with regard to making other Receivers, did the worthy Baronet think that Court had no al ternative ? hid he really suppose that the money could not be lodged in other hands as secure as his own ? His sole object, in the part he had taken in this business, was, that these and future balances should he paid into the Chamber, to be applied in the liquidation of the debts of the Corporation, and the worthy Alderman concluded with a motion to that etkct. The LORD MAYOR observed, that there were seve ral persons in waiting on the subject of .Appeals against different Ward appointments, and suggested the propriety of deferring the discussion till the ordinary business was gone through. On this suggestion the discussion was deferred, and the Court was for a considerable period occupied in hearing several such Appeals, none of which were of any public interest ; the hearing of several others was adjourned to the next Court ; the debate was then resumed by Sir WILLIAM CURTIS, who ob served, that he did not see why these charges should be brought against him, when there were many others who got more than he did : he only got £1 per cent. There was the Collector of Scavage and Package, who derived a much larger per centage, and there was the Collector of the Customs for the Trinity- House, who collected 1:35,000 a-year, and got five per cent on it, and did nothing but sit down and re ceive the money. Mr. Alderman WOOO thought the business was of great importance ; and as it was likely to create a very lengthened discussion, and it was then late (past five o'clock), he suggested. that the motion he withdrawn, to be resumed or brought forward again at another Court. Mr. Alderman TllORP.supported the suggestion of Mr. Alderman Wood, and wished the motion ad journed, Mr. Alderman ATKINS saw no reason why the question should not be decided at present, and he thought the Court ought to feel no hesitation in ne gativing the motion at once. It was throwing an odium upon the character of the worthy Baronet, who, considering the trouble and risk he had in curred, he conceived, was by no means paid too much. The worthy Alderman reprobated the pre cipitancy with which the business had been brought forward, and urged the Court to an immediate decision. Sir RICHARD CARR GLYN asked what it was the worthy Alderman meant by his motion ? If it was intended that all monies collected should be in fu ture directed to be paid into the hands of the Cham berlain direct, it should be recollected that the per son now employed as Collector was not an Officer of that Court, and it would, therefore, be necessary previously to appoint au Officer of their own. If die motion were agreed to, he did not see how it could be carried into effect, under the present circumstances. Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN replied, that his ob.. ject was, that the present balance should be paid into the Chamber; and all monies subsequently collected should be paid in in the same manner, instead of being paid to the Receiver. if his motion were car ried, it would probably be right to refer it to a Com mittee, to arrange in what manner, and by whom, the collection should be made. It was, however, quite immaterial to him whether his motion was ne gatived now, whether it was withdrawn, or referred back to the Committee: for he was certain that, in its present shape or any other, either at this time or any subsequent period, whenever it was brought for ward, the motion would be negatived. it was a strange charge of the worthy Alderman (Atkins) of a want of due consideration, and the More so coming from that quarter, after what the Court had recently witnessed. He could, however, assure that worthy Alderman, that trifling as he might deem the sub i ject, the Public did and would consider it of serious importance, that 1.:700 per annum should be paid by them to one of their Own Members, at a tirne of such general distress, and out of a tax upon the necessary xrticle of coals. • After some further conversation, the motion was withdrawn, with an understanding that the subject , - cl . Would be litotisht forward again u no (Attila period; and the Court adjourned at nearly. six o'clock. The City Solicitor having, at the List Court, de clined any furtter interference in the prOsecution against Sheriff Parkins and other's, fot the alleged tumult in Guildhall, on Michaelmas-day last, had delivered up his papers to the Committee for con ducting those proceedings, top ether with his bill fa the eipenses already incurre d, amounting to 5901. and it was expeet6d that the subj ect relative to the payment would have come oir be fore the Court ; butt on account of the press of business, and the Liter** of the hour, the subject was not mentioned. DULCE DOMUNT. Says Mrs. Cod. " I do declarli This living suits me to a hair— At Ilona to ma is such delight, ithrvad I'm alw:ns every night !" 11, now," says Mrs. Eliane,, " t Am just like you, or very nigh, For I am a dwnsstical, 1 never am ay tiour at all ! Indeed my little snug abode Could never bear this strange Ini-nad And viewing well the monstrous mat, To be at holne, I must go out !" Monday, a dead robin, in full father, was taken out of large oak tire, which the mechanics in the yard were sawinti No aperture of any kind was apparent VT which it could hate found entrance. During the late frost upwards of siity persons; who met with serious accidents in conseqi en:e of the slippery state of the streets, have been received at St. George's Hospital, near Hyde Park-corner. We have been told that a dreadful accident hap pened, on Sunday last, at Knottingly, in con: equence of the breaking of the ice. Of fotty-five that were precipitated into the water, thirty-five sunk to rise nu • more.—( Sheffield Mercuryl. The thermometer, at Hartwell, near East Cr! in stead, fell, in the course of Friday night, as low as 10 degrees of Fahrenheit's scale, or 10 degrees below zero. It was the severest night ever remembered by the oldest inhabitant in the neighbourhood. The property of Mr. KER, of the Strand, whose house was burned down on Tuesday, was not insured, in consequence of an alteration required:in the policy, which hehad not, since Christmas, time to effect. The plumbers were at work in his shop until a la e hcisi in the evening. In addition to his own Calamity, a family from the West Indies, who had occupied the lodgings in hii house only for three or four days, have lost the whole of their personal property, which was very valuable, including diamonds and jewellery: We are sorry to hear that the loss suffered by Mr: CARY, the optician, by the fire in the Strand, on Tuesday morning last, is wholly irreparable. He had, it seems, been upwards of 35 years in collecting his pattern tools and models. Such a loss, indeed, admits of no adequate insurance; and the Public must sympathize with the sufferer, as a scientifill character, as well as a respectable tradesman. A fire broke out on Monday at Manor Howe, six miles from Epping, the residence of J. H. TALBOT, Esq. It appears to have originated in the laundry, situate in one of the wings of the mansion, as it was consumed before an alarm was given. The family had a narrow escape, and from the severity of the • weather, there was a great want t:f water and also of hands, from the time it broke out. The house had been fitted up in the most costly manner, with an elegant library, and no part of the property Was. saved. The whole was a heap of reins within two hours. A groom lad, who slept over the laundry, was dangerously burnt. Yesterday, as some boys belonging to a chirnney sweeper, were removing soot in a vault, in Bird: street, the arch gave way, and buried two of them in the ruins : one was soon extricated, with a slight injury only ; the other, twelve years cf age, although every possible exertion ss as made by the neighbours, was not found for more than an hour (the greater body of rubbish having fallen upon him), when all signs of life were gone. Saturday last, Mr. Redmond, a ship-owner, re siding in Gloucester -terrace, Cannonstreet-rcad, aca companied by Mr.. Evelio, of le, Russell -street, Cos vent-garden, Captain of one of Mr. Redmond's ships, repaired on board one of the vessels, which was under repair in Limehouse-dock, for the purpose of seeing it, when the stage on which they stood gave war, and they were both precipitated into the basin of the dock. Mr. Redmond was carried home with several of his bones broken, and he expired next day. Mrs Evelin has one of his thighs, his right arm, and sere• ral of his ribs broken, and is so dangerously ill, that his recovery is not expected. Money has been termed the sinews of war.—lt May also be called the marrow of peace ; and, though :it all times a scarce commodity, may be had in large sums for A Mere trifle, by purchasing a Ticket or Share of Brsis, 4, Cornhill, or 9, Charing Cross, who recommends an early purchase before Saturday, the 29th inst. when Two of £20,000, and all the other Capitals must be drawn. The whole.will be paid in Sterling Money, Bank Netes, or Gold Bars at the option of the holders. G. CAitRoLL has the honour of informing the: Public, that ALL the. Prizes remaining in the %I'heel are of Sterling Money; including Two of 00,000, and that they will be ALL drawn on the 29th instant, when the Lottery will Really close. G. Canhoui Sold in Shares, on the Last Day of Drawing, 7,355, a Prize of £3OO, and the last drawn Prize of £20,000 Sterling, and of 20,000 Guineas, were Sold bt CARROLL, at his Fortunate Offices, No. 19, Cornhill ; and 26, Oxford-street. Dame Fortune appears to be always in good hu moth- when SivEwittour has the dispensing of het' favours, as the great sales caused by his ingentotis schemes, amply pay him as Contractor, and the grand Capitals sold in "Shares amongst the PubNei make it beneficial to adventure's. In his present Contract no less than Six Prizes of £20,000, besides othet,Capitals, have been shared and. &so ibuted over • various parts of the United Kingdom ; and we anti cipate having the pleasure to announce in a few days, that the Two Grand Twenty Thousands, With a furs ther Excess of Money Prizes now in the nee', have been _disposed of in like manners However, a short time will detertnine, as every Ticket must be drawn Next SATURDAY, '29th instant, and we observe with pleasure that every Prize now in do Wheel I. Ster , ling Money. I 11* "I I. ! . •1I i! ' 1 , I ,1 .~ I~ .4 •