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SCOTIA'S VOICE; OR, THE HMG'S WELCOME TO SCOTLAND. When the Kruo condescends to come down to our shore, Happy day for our country, when that is our lot; For our King, to a man, we most fondly adore, And no heart is more true than the heart of a Scot! Coonui. " Here's then, health to the King, may he live long and well," A good, and an old standing toast in the North; svery• Scotchman has drank it, and every Scot shall, Four times four, in a bumper, to King George the Fourth! With affectionate love we will welcome him here, And, in gratitude bound, every heart will rejoice; Rich and poor, young and old, will in unison cheer, And a " Welcome to Scotland," proclaim every voice! Yes! the brave Sons of Scotia will welcome their King, From the West to the East, from the South to the North, We will pipe, and we'll dance, and hosannahs we'll sing, That HCAVEN may long bless and preserve George the Fourth) Where a Monarch so great ?—there is none upon Earth, For no Power can subdue his all-conquering hand; Be's unrivall'd in rank, riches, country, and birth, And the conquest aye his, or by sea or by land ! Where a Monarch so good ?—tbere is none to be natrid, And his goodness on all has been lavishly dealt ; For his goodness and worth, he's proverbially fatft'd, And by Scotland they always were gratefully felt! At the feet of a Monarch so good and so great, All duty and homage North Britons will pay; All our fortunes we'll risk in support of his State, And we'll fight in his cause, or by night or by day! Thotigh bleak be the breezes that o'er our hills roll, Yet warns and true-hearted are Caledon's swains; While the needle is faithful that points to the Pole, For the King we will shed the last drop in our veins! Hawk-Head, August. When the KING was viewing Ilolyrood House, on his entering the Picture Gallery, one of the house keepers was in w airing at the farther end to attend his MAJESTY. Being desired to go forward and make known who she was, but not possessing confidence sufficient to approach the Royal person, his MA JESTY was informed of the circumstance, who imme diately, with that gracious condescension for which he has ever been remarkable, walked down the room alone, and taking the Lady kindly by the hand, thanked her for the attention she had shewn in her depart ent, and presented her with ten sovereigns. Whilst the Royal squadron was coming up the Frith, a fisherman from the coast of Fife put offin his herring cable to see the KIM; :" and being quite ab smbed in the novelty of the expedition, rowed close up, sons ceremonie, to the Royal yacht. He was im mediately hailed by Captain PAcirr, and ordered to bear aloof, which, at,..acting his MAJESTY'S attention. brought bin' to inquire what WAS the matter? On seeing the inoffensive cause, he very condescendingly gave o: et s that the poor fellow should be allowed to come on boar.' ; and no sooner had the fisherman gained the deck, than he inquired very eagerly " If' this was the ship the KING was in:" Being led to understand that he was then in the Royal presence,. and, after a formal introduction, he immediately un covered, made his best and lowest bow, and address ing his MAJESTY very courteously, observed—" I believe, Sir, ye're no gaun to laun the day"—to which his MAJESTY replied in his best Scottish—" No ; I'm feat t I wa my claes—but gin its fair I'U maybe land the mot n !"—Stirling Journal. The body of Highlandet s from Sutherlandshire, who formed the guard of Lord F. L. Gowan in Edin burgh, arrived sate 4 at Dunrobin Castle last week. We are informed that a most amusing fund of Court anecdote has been carried to the remotest parts of Scctland by these primitive people, which will en liven their firesides for many a winter night. They were accompanied on their voyage by the Chief of the Gunns, and Mr. GILCHRIST, jun. of Ospisdale. The last number of the Annals of Pkilosophy con tains a statement, which we feel much pleasure in communicating to our Readers. It appears that two English chymists, Messrs. TYRDtLL and I3ADAMS, of Birmingham, have manufactured a new species of the composition called common verdigris, which is found to be superior to the French specimens of the same compound, hitherto deemed unrivalled. This disco very is the more important, as verdigris is an article of great value in commerce, from its use and beauty as an ingredient in dying cloth : and hitherto the French have supplied all the foreign markets : nor did there seem any chance of competition, as even men of science were not pfecisely acquainted with the elements of the compound. It is therefore with no small pride as well as pleasure, that we announce a discovery, that will destroy the French-monopoly, by the honourable means of superior excellence. EvEnvres Mamotas.—The following curious cir cumstance is related as having led to the discovery of these invaluable reliques. The Lady must be some relation to Mr. Warburton's cook,who burnt the col lection of old Plays as waste paper. A short time before the publication of the Memoirs of John Evelyn, Mr. Upcott, of the London Institution, was at Wot ton, in Surrey, the residence of the Evelyn family, and, sitting after supper with Lady Evelyn and Mrs. Molyneux, his attention was attracted to a tippet made of feathers, on which the latter was employed. 4 Ah, Mrs. Molyneux, we have all of us our hobbies,' said Mr. Upcott. 4 Very true. Mr. Upcott,' rejoined Lady Evelyn; and may I take the liberty of asking what your's is?" Why, mine, Madam, from an early age, has been the collecting of the handwriting of men of eminence.' What, I suppose,' said Mrs. Molyneux, g you would care for things like these?' unfolding one of her threadcases, which was formed of a letter written by Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. Indeed I should, very much: Oh, if that be your taste,' said Lady Evelyn, we can easily satisfy you; this house is full of such matters; there is a whole washing basket full of letters and other papers of old Mr. Evelyn in the garret, which I was so tired of seeing, that I ordered the housemaid the other day to light the fires with them, hut probably she may not yet have done it.' The bell was rang—the basket appeared untouched ; and the result was the publics. tion of the Memoirs of John Evelyn." MIDDLESEX SXSUOSS.. . .---. • CHARON 07.CONSPIRACT. Thomas Gook, James Harrison, and John Connell, were indicted for combining, conspiring, and agree ing falsely to accuse Thomas J a y of a felony, in steal ing from a person unknown, a watch and key. The indictment was of considerable length, and contained various other averments. It will be remembered that Thomas Jay, one of the King's postillions, was tried for the felony at the last Old Bailey Sessions, and acquitted, no evidence being adduced against him. The three defendants now indicted were witnesses against the lad, and by their evidence at 'Bow-street, obtained his commit ment for trial. They were now indicted for the con spiracy. The Court was extremely full at an early hour, and Mr. Ex-Sheriff Parkins was present. Mr. ALLzy, on the part of the prosecution, having detailed the facts to the Jury at some length, called the following witnesses to substantiate his case: - Thomas Jay stated, that he_ was one of his Ma jesty's postillions, and was at Carlton-house on the night when the King went to Drury-lane Theatre.— - He was not on duty, and was in a postillion's undress, wearing a plain grey coat. After his Majesty had gone to the Theatre, witness, with some of his fel low-servants, followed the carriages, and arrived at Drury-lane at about half-past seven. A servant of the name of James Smith, and another named Sal. muel Berwick, were with him, and attended.to the horses whew necessary. About ten o'clock he went to a public-house opposite to the Theatre, and had some ham and beer. Soon afterwards he understood the King was about to leave the Theatre, and be assisted.rn bearing up the horses. The carriages had Icarcely driven off, and he had hardly got into the. crowd, before the defendant (Gook) came up and took him into custody. The other two defendants, Harrison and Connell, immediately joined Gook, and took him to the Bunch of Grapes public-house. They charged him with picking pockets. Ile had never attempted anything of the kind, and such an intention had never entered into his imagination.— The defendants searched him, and found in his pockets a crown-piece, a half-crown, a pocket-hand kerchief, and a small key. The wages he received from his Majesty were a guinea per week, and be found them amply sufficient. Ile was afterwards taken to Covent-garden watchhouse. Gook told the watchhouse-keeper that he had brought a notorious character and pickpocket. The watchhouse-keeper answered, " Surely that cannot be." Witness re- Rained in the watchhouse all night, and the next d6y was taken before Sir Richard Birnie, at Bow street. Ultimately, he was committed for trial, and was tried and acquitted at the Old Bailey Sessions. The three defendants appeared as witnesses against ,him. He was suhsequently set at large. The witness was not now cross-examined, Mr. AnoLPHus, who was Coutisel for the defendants, wishing the cross-examination to be postponed until the other evidence for the prosecution had been produced. James Smith, one of the King's stable-keepers, deposed that he accompanied Jay on ,the night in question to Drury-lane. Witness conversed with him 'occasionally, and Jay frequently mounted the coach box of one of the carriages. Witness left the Theatre at about half-past eight o'clock. He never saw Jay attempt to do anything wrong that night. Cross-examined.—There was a great crowd at Drury-lane on that night. He stayed no later than half-past eight, and he then went home. Robert Duke, one of the Bow-street patrol, saw Jay when he was brought into the Bunch of Grapes public-house, and.was present at the examination at Bow-street. Two or three nights after the transac tion,Gook and Connell were in a public-house in com pany with a notorious thief, who went by the slang name of Colonel Barton. Witness was present, and heard them talking about the affair of Jay. Gook of fered to lay a Wager of two to one that Jay would be convicted, and said it was a very clear case. Cross-examined.—This conversation took place at a public-house near Leicester-square. He could not positively swear on what night it took place. It was two or three nights after Jay's examination, and to wards the latter part of the week. Gook's brother was present at the time, and one of the patrols of St. James's. Witness was drinking with a young man of the name of Waddington. It was about nine or ten o'clock at night. Witness had been a patrol only about a fortnight. Before this lie got his living by brokerage, but kept no shop. He sometimes did bu. sinus about the Police Offices, and had been em ployed as a special constable at Bow-street. Francis Holylands was also one of the Bow-street patrol, and had been so for nearly four years. He remembered the examination of Jay at Bow-street.— Previous to this examination,. and in one of the outer offices, the three defendants were together. There were a great many people in the Office at the time.— One of the defendants said that it was a very strong case, and he added, " If the swells do not come for went and settle the business, we shall lag him."— Witness told the circumstance to Mr. Woods, the Clerk of the Office. Cross-examined.—He never mentioned the circum stance to Sir Richard Birnie, and never went before the Grand Jury to tell the story. He was, he be lieved, in the country at the time, at Egham, or Staines, but did not continue there. Observing that Mr. Parkins had taken up the business, he mentioned.' the fact to him. He could not recollect whether.he, ,was in London at the last Sessions at the Old Bailey or not. He thought he was in London. James Pike, a publican, keeping the Harp, in Rus sell-street, proved that he saw Jay on the night in question, with the first of his Majesty's coaches.— Witness was taking some porter to the two-shilling gallery at the time. Jay was seated on the coach box. At a little after ten, Jay came into his public house to have a plate of ham. He ate it, and drank with one of his fellow-servants. He saw Jay nearly up to the last minute when the King left the Theatre, and saw him taking the cloths off the horses. He saw nothing improper in his conduct. Examined by the Couar.—About ten minutes af terwards the King came out; he saw no more of him. William Nettleton had been a parish constable of St. Martin's for seventeen years, and during that pe riod had been in the constant habit of attending Drury-Lane Theatre. He was there on the night in question. He wets always imam* vigilant i &look -‘w after t4ieres i and saw, nothing of Jay picking pockets. The probability was, that if he bad dent) it, he should have seen him. Cross-examined.—His duty was both. in and out of the house to keep peace. Gook was a constable of the parish of St. James. He knew nothing of the other two defendants. The witness Thomas Jay was now called into the box, and cress•esamined by Mr. ADOLPHUS.—He had been about a year and a half in the King's service before this affair happened. He was not now in his Majesty's service, nor in any otber service. He was now supported by his father and mother, and partly by his aunt. He could read and write. Ile could not recollect whether he had written a letter to the Morning Post. Have you within this last week 'written a letter to the Morning Pest F—l cannot recollect. The CHAIRMAN desired the witness to recollect himself, and, to be on his guard. The question was repeated, and the witness answered, " I think a letter was written to the Morning Post." Cross-examination continued by Mr. ADOLPIIUSd•— Wits it within the last week ?—I think it was. • And written by yourself ?—Yes. Upon 'the subject of the trial? Mr. AUNT ob jected to this question, and it was waved. The witness said he did write this letter, and he thought it had been inserted in the Paper. He saw it in the Paper the morning after it was printed. He could not tell whether he saw it on Saturjay last, September 7, or not. He thought it might be there abouts. It was before Sunday he saw it. Cross-examination continued by Mr. Aooterres. Who told you to write the letter?—l wrote it my self. Do you mean to say that no one told you to write k?—l wrpte it myself. Did no one give you the words and form of it?—No, I wrote it myself, and had nobody to help me. Before I sent it, I told :tin Parkins I intended to send it. Oh, you did, did you? and did Mr. Parkins tell you also that he had expended £l2 for you?—lle might have spent it for me for anything I know. Did he tell you he had spent it ? I know nothing but what I can prove. How came you to send the letter to the Morning Pbst P—lt was by my own thought that I sent it. Have you received any subscription in consequence ?—That is best known to myself. Have you received any money to carry on this prosecution?— What I get I shan't tell. By the COURT.—lllave you received any?—l have. The letter sent to the Morning Post was here produced, and shewn to witness. He was then asked who wrote chat letter ? A friend of mine, a person of the name of Harrison. How came you just now to say that you wrote it yourself, and of your own suggestion?-1 said it was through me that it was written. I signed my name to it, and it was through me that it was written. Ile did not know who Mr. Harrison was. He saw Mr. Harrison write the letter in Mr. Parkins's office, at No. 16, Bridge-street. He never saw Ur. Harrison before, nor since be wrote the letter. Did you not say justnow that this Mr. Harrison was your friend ?—No, Sir. You did not say so?—He was a friend of mine, because he wrote this letter for me. He knew Mr. Harrison was not in Mr. Parkins's employment. He first saw him in Mr. Parkins's office, but Mr. Parkins was not there at the time. He knew Mr. Parkins had written some letters to the Papers, because he had sometimes taken them, some before and some after the trial. His Majesty owed witness now a balance for wages, but he did not know how much. On the occasion in questioh he was dressed in an undress suit. When taken, he never offered the officers the money in his pockets to let him go again. When searched, there were a great many people in the public-house. Re-examined.—He was'not yet dismissed from his Majesty's service, because he had not signed his discharge. William Woods, clerk to the Magistrates at Bow street, produced the examination of the defendants against Jay, on Thursday, 16th of May. He read the evidence of each from the minutes taken at the time. Cross-examined —l-folylands, one of the witnesses now examined, told him at Bow-street, something about swells which one of the defendants had said, but he did not remember the conversation. Witness said he should not mention it to Sir Richard Birnie, but that he (Holylands) might do as he pleased. There was one Gentleman in the office who said he had lost his watch in the crowd on the night in question. A certificate of the acquittal of Thomas Jay at the Old Bailey Sessions, and signed by Mr. Shelton, the Clerk of the Arraigns, was put in by Mr. ALLEY ' as evidence. Mr. ADOLPHUS objected to its being received as evi dence, and a long legal discussion arose on this point. The COURT thought it unnecessary under; this in dictment to produce the instrument, and it was ac cordingly withdrawn. Here the case for the prose cution was concluded. Mr. ADOLPHUS now addressed the Jury at consi derable length on the part of the defendants, and in the course of his speech adverted to the manner in which this prosecution had been commenced and bolstered up. The Learned Gentleman made some severe remarks upon what he styled the conduct of shuffling individuals, who, with the basest and blackest designs, tried to contaminate the very fountain of justice, by introducing paragraphs and letters into the public journals, a day or two before this case was to be tried, in order, if possible, to bias the minds of the Jury against men who had throughout the whole of this business only acted in accord with their public duty ; two of whom (Gook and Harrison) were peace officers, and the third was called in by them to their aid and assistance. A quack adventurer, now stand ing before hirn—CMr. Parkins stood in the centre of the Court during the whole of the Learned Gen tleman'sNspeechj—might be almost said -to be the prosecutor in this case, but why did not his Learned Friend, Mr. Alley, place him in the witness's box?— No ; his Learned Friend was too careful of his client's interest to place Mr. Parkin's there; had that been done he would have tried to prove, out of the Ex- Sheriff's mouth, the difference between notoriety and fame, although some people were so simple as to think that by constantly appearing before the Public in print, they acquired fame because they succeeder* in making themselves notorious The above person, be said, bad filed the public Papers with puffs and paragraphs to answer his own private ends, and he and his hardy myrmidons had come here to-day.' [Mr. Ex-Sheriff Parkins, now rose up, and en treated the protection of the Court. He had come here to-day merely in the character of a witness, and he would not submit to be so grossly insultedl3 Mr. Anot.ritva concluded by naming the witnesses be should call to the characters of the defendants. Mr. Lee, the High •Constable of Westminster, Mr. francis Robinson, and many other witnesses, spoke to the character of Gook, and spoke highly of bis conduct. Other witness were called to the charac ters-of the two other defendants. The CHAIRMAN summed up LO the Jury, and with great pertpieuity recapitulated the evidence. He, upon the whole, thought that the evisleace to prove a . d coneislritey,was light, but of this the jitry . woril de. tcrmme. The evidence 6f Duke and ifolilands he thought bore in a very slight degtee against the de fendants when properly considered. With respect t the witness Jay, he had certainly fenced with the subject, but had at length declared the truth. The Jury would take the whole facts into their considera. tion, and would, no doubt, give them their due weight. The Jury retired for about a quarterof an hour; and returned a verdict of Not Guilty against all the defendants. Mr. Es-Sheriff Parkins again applied to the Court for protectiOn, and complained of the insults he had so unmeritedly received. . The Court said it could not interfere in the matter. The trial lasted about five hours, and the Court was completely crammed during the whole investigation: LORD MAYOR'S COURT. Yesterday the LORD MAYOR held a Court, at whi t ?! the RECORDER sat as assessor. !MAINE V. DAVIS. This was ar action brought by the plaintiff,wito is a sworn broker, to recover 51. ss. 6d. from the defend ant, who is the clerk of an attorney, but practising himself. On the part of the plaintiff the case shewn was, that he was employed to distrain for rent in the house of the defendant. He found the latter in,great distress, and in such circumstances as induced him to take the man out of possession, and to advance the money himself, upon the defendant's promise to repay him. The plaintiff sent repeatedly for the money, but could never obtain more than a part, although on these occasions the debt was never denied, and it was proved that the defendant made a promise to pay the plaintiff the 51. The defendant's Counsel said that the Et. which his client promised to pay, according to the evidence, might be some other V. perhaps belonging to a cli2ir. In fact, the defendant had long paid the debt, aa..l witness would prove the payment of A Jew was then called into the box, who swore that he was present vk hen the defendant, some tiuie about June, paid the plaintifF2/. This mitnes underwent a iong and severe cross examination by Mi. BOLLAND, and the effect was declared by the verdict of the Jury. Mr. BOLLAND said the object of the defendant, in return for the kindness shewn him, was, if he could not get rid of the whole debt by puttiit the slip shod fellow whom the Jury had seen in the 'lox, to throw the costs upon the plaintiff, in ieducing the debt to SI. for he doubtless conceived that, by re duciug it below 41. the plaintiff would be lial)e to costs, as the sum ought to have be.:n p: oceedod for in the Court of Requests. But it should be k;)fmn that,where a debt amounted originally to a sum above 41. and was paid by instalments, the balance could be recovered in that Court, with costs, although under 41. The Jury immediately returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 51. ss. 6d. The RECORDER remarked that this case forme,l strong instance of the utility of the Lord May(a's Court, and the advantage which it presented to the citizens. Had this action been brought in one of tilt! higher Courts—of the Common Plea or the Kind's Bench—although the plaintiff gainer: the action, y•t he would have had heavy costs to pay—costs far beyond the amount of the damages he tecovered.— In four actions like the present, which he had tried that day, the costs which the plaintiffs would have had to pay,beyond the legal costs and damages which they recovered, would have amounted to above I Oi. He was aware that he should have an increase of his labours when this became known, but he did wish to see the Citizens aware of the advantage of their pri vileged Court, and that they could there avail them selves of the services of sensible Juries, and obtain justice without a loss. CORN Buts.—The following humorous and apt description of our Corn Bills is from an Agricultural Report of the county of Dublin, for the last month, in the Dublin allorning Post, of Tuesday last :—" Par liament has done no good for the farmers. Corn Bills have been worse than useless, in promoting the desi deratum—high prices; and they may be compared in that respect to the race of the little dog alter the hate the longer he ran, the farther he was behind.'" - COTTON.-During the last week, there was im ported at Live, pool 16,441 bales and 300 serous of cotton. The sales at Glasgow, during the last week, amounted to 288 bales. Mouse Irrattunwca.—Copper ores sold at Pool on Thursday —Total 1775 tons—standard £ll3. Bs. Copper ores for sale this week at Redruth—Total 1341 tons. BIRTH. Saturday, at Boyle Farm, Lady Caroline Ann Macdonald, of a daughter'. DIED. Saturday, at Mead Lodge, Huttsdon, Herts, Marion, Lady of Capt. J. K. Forbes, East India Company's Service. June 27, at Goshen, parish of St. Ann, Jamaica, aged 23, Mr. George Shirley M'Andrew, late of the Royal Navy. Sept. 8, Lieut. Daniel Ilaghton Simons, youngest son of the Rev. John Simons, Rector of Paul's Cray, Kent. Sept. 3, at Breechwood, General Oliver Delancey, Colonel of the 17th Dragootka. - COURSE OF Amsterdam l2 8 C.F. Ditto at sight 12 5 Rotterdam... l2 9 2U. Antwerp, ex-mo 12 6 Hamburgh 38 0 21J. Altona 3B 1 2U. Paris, 3day'ssight 25 60 U. Ditto 0 5 90 2U. Madrid, effective 36* Cadiz effect 36 Barcelona 351 Bilboa, effective M* ZX CHANG E. Seville 3si Gibraltar ...... 3ot Leghorn ..... 471 Genoa 431 Venice Ital. Liv 27 SO Malta Naples Palermo ll7 pet OS. Lisbon 594 Rio Janeiro 4s Dublin • 9l Cork.. ..... .... PRICES OF GO . Foreign Gold in Bars . New Doubloons A. • New Dollars Silver, in bars, standard MAILS. •RR. DU 11. Dublin 1 0 Waterford 1 0 Guernsey and Jersey 0 0 Lisbon 0 0 Holland 0 0 Leeward Islands 1 0 •11116 001, 0 .0 Hamburg 0 $ Flanders 0. 0 _ Malta 0 0 Gottenburgh • 0 1 Brazil 0 0 HIGH-WATER at LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW, Morning - • . - 23 minute, after 10. Afternoon • , - 42 minutes after 10. .LONRON ; Painted and publis_hod by Laval. Katir, Piaci% place, Tentide•ft'. 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