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SCOTLAND. PERTIISIIIRE. OA Tuesday, a meeting of Freeholders of the county of Perth, was held in the Sheriff court room. Mr. _Drummond, member for the county, being called to the Chair, after the usual correc tion of the roll. Sir PAraid: MoaRAY observed, that, as the Catholic question was at present the most import ant and interesting- subject which our domestic policy involved, it was desirable that the'Free holders should be acquainted with the sentiments entertaiped by their representative on a topic of such con*equence, and. expressed a hope that the honourable Preses of the Meeting should gratify his Constituents with .a declaration of the opini ons on which he would probably act in its . future discussion. • . 'Sir ATIWiANDER SUIR MAcKENtrn thought it extremely improper to call for such a declaration, or to expect that any Member of Parliament would say, at a moment's warning,- what conduct he would adopt with respect to a subject on which 'no distinct or specific proposal had yet been made. ' - Mr. HAGART was od a different opinion, and thought that a question, respectfully proposed, on so momentous .a point, was entitled to an answer. Mr. DRTYMMOND then rose, and said, that as an idepervient Member of Parliament, -be should c Irtain e ly rely on his own judgment, and not al low it to he dictated to by any person, with :re spect to the declaration of his sentiments on any particular subject. Perhaps the Hon. Baronet had means of knowing the intentions of Govern ment which he did not posSess, but when the ques tion alluded to came fairly under discussion, he (should he be then in, Parliament) would give bis vote upon it, with a conscientious regard" to'what appeared to him to be the interest of the country. This, however, he himself at liberty to say, in exploration of his intentions, that he never would ,consent to the full extent of the Catholic' Claims, until full security had been proyided,for the pre servation of the Constitution, 141.1 in Church and &vac, as, it at present stood. The . Meeting of Freeholders was succeeded by the.MichaeluuE General Head Court, in which his Gface the Lord Lieutenant presided. _ _ . . . . Mr ITApART reminded the - Court, that, , at its last meeting, he had given notice of a motion of thanks to Lord Wellington and his army for the victory of Salamanca. This motion he was about to make, when Lord KINNAIRIS rose, and hoped for Mr. H.'s excuse, if he anticipated him on the same subject. His Lordship - then, in a speech of considerable length, in which he dwelt - in a:strain of eloquent panegyric • on the military merits of Lord Wel, lington, which had exalted the reputation of our army to the same elevation' which, our navy had long enjoyed, and adverted, with. great felicity, to the bencfits which our successes in, , the Penin sula had conferred, not only on our injnred Allies, but on ourselves, concluded with reading an Ad dress to the Prince Regent. Lieut. General Sir THOM 45:'GRAHAII then rose to second the Address. He began with alluding to the eloquence' of the noble mover of the A - dress, and said, that -nothing could have made hint run the hazard of diminishing (if any thing could diminish) its effect, but the duty which he felt imperiouslY pressing upon him, to contribute his testimony to the 'merits Of that gallant • army, and of its noble commander, of which he had been so long an eye-Witness. The General . then bestowed on Lord Wellington that sort of praise, which, when proceeding from a brother officer, with a delicacy equal to its sensibility, creates such a complication of gratifying feelings in the audi tors. The results, he said, of Lord Wellington's exertions were known to . all • but the difficulties. which he had overcome could only be appreciat ed by those who were on the spot. From' au thentic documents, he had it in his power to say, that in the beginning of winter the enemy bad two armies, .one on the southern and one on the northern frontier of Portugal, each of which 'was s , incrior in number to that of Lord Wellington. I adzlition to this, the- French were masters of the strongest line in each of those quarters, by their possession of Badajos end Ciudad Rodrigo. What then, he would ask, must have been the re sources of which that mind was-conscious, which, in circumstances so distouraging, could conceive the idea of advancing to offensive operations ? Such, however, were the excellence of Lord Wel lington's arrangements,—such the felicity of ,his combinations.--and such his celerity of execution,, that all these difficulties were' surmounted; Ana the campaign of 1 812 rendered, in the opinion of Gen. Graham, a miracle in military annals. Ciudad Rod rigo was taken in winter, before the enemy had time to collect a sufficient force for its protection. lord Wellington then instantly turned south ward to Badajos, of which he made himself mas ter. After this, when; every man in Spain and elsewhere thought lie ,s-ould proceed farther south to raise the. siege of Cadiz, he suddenly returned ti) combat that / part of the enemy's force which, under the name of the " Artily of Portugal," he knew to be most formidable both in activity and strength.—At Salatnanca be-met with more resist- auce than be had expected, and when this was overcome, be would have immediately given battle to the enemy, had he not been aware that on his wn army depended time whole hope of the allies, a a that he must therefore watch a favourable opportunity, and take advantage of the first false movement of the enemy.. Such an . opportunityle iound, in tint Course of his retreat from the Douro :(for that he was then,retreating could not be dis uised),- and the , promptness and success With which he scized it were so great, as to warrant General Graham, from his knowledge of the coun try; to o t scrt, that if "there had been tv‘to hours more of day-light," the army of • Aiarenont miffs: not only halln — .e7:4 irrarieviablyfouted, but to tally annihilated: 'What cause (continued the Ge neral) What cause of congratulation to the Prince Regent ! What cause of exultation .to,the'coun 7 tyy, to be possessed of so incomparable a Corn mander ! And what reward can a grateful nation think too great for such distinguished services ? The General concluded by again seconding the Address, which was put and unanimously agreed 10. Mr. ITAGART then moved the Thanks of the Court to Lord Wellington and his Army,- and read a form of expression which he . proposed to be adopted. After a short discussion, in which Sir D. Baird insisted strongly on the propriety of the measure, the Meeting agreed to couch their thanks in the fohn of a resolution, which was unanimously carried,, and the Lord Lieutenant requested to convey it to Lord Wellington, through.whom it would be communicated to the army under his command. . CIRCUIT INTFLLIGENCE. Nutt', OCT. 1.-The. Circuit . Codt was opened here on Saturday, by Lords jUSTICE CLERK and thrtmAINIY, when, after the usual formalitieS, John-Harrison, ale -yeller in Perth, accused of murder and culpable homicide, was outlawed for non-appearance. Alexioder Joyce, alias Forrest was then brought to the bar,' indicted with feloniously abstracting from the pocket of DonakrForbes, in the house of James Stewart, at Inchewan, near Little Dunkcid,' from 10/, to 111. in bank and promis sory. notes, and also with being habit and repute a thief, to which charges the prisoner .pleaded guilty, and the .libel was restricted to an arbi trary punishment. • The jury then retired, and, in the evening, :re turned a verdict of guilty, by his own'. judicial confession. On Monday he 'was brought Up for judgment, When his Counsel made various objections. These were repelled by the • Court, ay 4 . the prisoner sentenced to transportation for the term of four teen years. Francis Pirnie alias John :Robertson was next brought to .the bar, on a charge of theft and reset of-theft. The articles he was accused of stealing were, shirts, neckcloths; children's caps, and other articles, from the washing-greens at Pit cairn, Stanley, Barnhill, and Bellwood: . The prisoner having pleaded not guilty, after a number of witnesses were examined,,who iden tified-the articles libelled on, the jury werein closed, and on Monday returned a verdict , ,:find-. ing the prisoner, by a plurality of voices,' guilty of the crimes libelled, with the exception of steal ing certain articles from Thomas Gorrie and others. Mr. Haggart (Counsel for the prisoner), objected to the verdict, on several grounds, which the Court repelled. The prisoner was then sen tenced to transportation for the term of seven years. When the Court met 'on Monday, Peter Gordon was brought to the bar, on a charge.of insulting, obstrticting, assaulting, and . wounding George Murray and . George. Greig'; - revenue officers at Arboath, when seizing some smuggled whisky, and of forcibly rescuing the seizure. 47' The facts charged in the indiettnentwere clearly • established, and the Counsel for the Crown hav ing addressed the jury, was followed .by Mr. Keay for the prisoner, who chiefly insisted on the erro neous description of the plaCe where the crime .was committed, .as fatal to the indietinent. The jury having refired, returned a verdict of guilty art and Part Odle crimes libelled, but not coM mitted in the parish ofArbroath. The LORD 'jUSTICE CLERa commended the ver dict for its correctness, in leaving the Court- to . decide the question respecting ~ the place. It was then referred - to the High Court of ,justiciarv, which meets on the 15th of November, to deter mine whether the objection' should be sustained, and till then the diet was continued against the prisoner. • Elizabeth I lkie, daughter of James Wilkie, flax-dresser in DUndee, was brciiight to the bar on a charge of child murder, and pleaded not guilty. The Advocate-Depute gave up,the charge 'of mur der, but as the prisoner had concealed her preg nancy, and not called for assistance at the birth, she was still subjected to the penalties of the sta tute 49th Geo.. 111. cap. 14. The prisoneihaving admitted the concealment -of her pregnancy (being with child by a married man) and that she did not • call for, pleaded guilty, under the sta tute libelled, which was distinctly explained to her, and the libel, as restricted, was found re levant. The jury having retired, brought in a verdict bf guilty of the statute crime libelled, by her own judicial confession; and Mr: Haggart having pleaded in mitigation of punishment, she was sen tenced to he imprisoned six months in the jail of Durvlee, from the date of her sentence. John Edwards, Thomas Short, and Mary Lamb, were called to'the bar on a charge of theft, reset of theft, and house-breaking. 'Edwards was out lawed for non-appearance. On the part of Short, who also did not appear, Mr. Haggart pointed out 'an error in the summons', the prisoner being. t therzin ed " Founder of Arbroath, now in the jail of Montrose ;" whereas the summons is delivered to Aleiander Spence, weaver. Lord lIERMAND said there was a defect in the citation, from the officer's omission to. spew that •he had traced a connexion between Spence and Short, and that, on.account of this irregularity; no sentence could be pronounced against Short, but his Lordship ordered the diet to be continued against Mary Lamb. Some appeals having been heard, the LORD JUSTICE CLER; addressed the. Sheriffs of Perth, Fottfar, and Fife, and congratulated them on the tranquility which, during the late disturbances, had prevailed through their several districts. • He expressed his particular satisfaction with the in tention of establishing a Lancastrian school in this district; as likely to improve the morals of the lower classes, and thus assist in preventing the commission of crimes. He then adverted to the incommodious state of the prison and court house of Perth, and congratulated the Sheriffs on the - prespeet of superior accommodation being speedily provided. This concluded the business of the circuit. I.oNDON,:Prmted by'THOM,\S WOOD, of N 0.35, Ma i den-b!ic; Corent-6.rdeli; Ord Published by WILLIAM ARMIGER SCRIPPS, South Molton- s ti t , G rommo i ..s la are • At the SUN OFFICE, No. 1 12, Strand, where ildterlisements j .Orders for the Paper, -LOWS for the Editor &c: (post paid), must b e addressed, iItELANb. We are extreiriely happy to state, tinit A. consi derable reduction has taken place in our Markets, . within the last weck. Oatmeal, which was re tailed at 3s. 6d. per peck of 10Ib. heretofore, fell on Thursday last to 2s. 4d. and new. oats in pro: - portion. Potatoes still keep high ; but from the favourable season, and luxuriant appearance - of the crops in General throUgh the country, we th-e satisfied every article of provisions will shortly come at a moderate rate.,--Etne Packet. DARING OUTII 4GE.—Wednesday morning ; at one o'clock, as Mr. Edward O'Hara, was . ga ing into his house in Thomas-court, he heard a noise thatappeared extremely suspicious. There:, are two or three entrances to the premise,t, and when Mr. O'Hara Went in, every thing ar peared as usual. The noise, as if working at a wall, still continuing, lie called tip both his clerk &.i one of whOrn, named Patrick Byrne, behaVed himself in a most courageous manner. Having armtd thenr . selves with pistols, Mr. O'Hara stationed the two young men at convenient places to prevent any one,escaping, and went to look for a watclnan. He brought three of them to the house, and having ascertained there were robbers in the lower room, he placed the watchmen atthe place he suspected they entered. In this, however,' lie AMS disap pointed, for they had hroken a door that it was isupposed they would never have attempted ; and jUst as ,Mr. O'Hara canie near it, a bloW was le velled at his head, which luckily only kaocked, off his hat. He instantly knocked the villain down with his pistol, he got up agzain and knocked Mr. O'Hara down. As soon as he recovered he pur- . sued the ruffian, and after many running skir mishes at length' secured 'him, 'and brought him •to the Ivatch-house. He was next day charged before Mr. Joshua Dixon, at the Police Otlice, James's-street, and was fully committed to dew date. He had but one arm, and called himself Alfred; which is no doubt a fabricated name. The rest of the villains effected their escape.—Dublin Journal. The following is a copy of the Address delivered by Mr. MARSHALL on Wednesday night, at. the lyceum, on the conclusion of the season at that Theatre. ." LADIES AND GANTLEMEN, " According to annual custom, I have the ho nour to. present tnySelf before you on this, the last night of our season. " It must be obvious to your notice, that the Propric:tors _have telaxed nothing of their exer tions for your amusement, and that they have more than kept pace with their promise to present you with a round of novelties', equal, at least, to the exertion of any other -Theatre whatever. They have, during their past short season, courted your approbation with a constant succession of varieties, which, if they have not always been so fortunate as to please you, have possessed at least this merit, that they were the best they could pro cure. The outcry against modern authors, Ladies and Gentlemen (which, if it be just,. may fairly be retorted against modern - critics); has become •so popular, that the Proprietors have deemed it expedient to re., , ort, in some degree, to those whose wrn'ks have been stamped as sterling by your former approbation. They have, therefore, selected Dramas, which, for various causes have of late been lost to the Stage, though timpiestion. ably possessing intrinsic merit, from their having formerly been favourites with the Public. These have been carefully revised and altered ; and is hoped, they have been so accommo dated to their musical interpolations; that as dramatis, productions, they have suffered no in jury. Much condemnation, however, with which the Public did never appear to concur, has been uttered against the transformation of •Mr:Cum herland's Comedy of the Brothers into the three act Opera of the Privateer. But the Authbr of this alteration has flattered himself, that some haste and elegant writing, and strong delineation of eharacter, which had been nearly forgotten, have, by this expedient, been rescued from utter oblivion, and that he has rather served the cause of Dramatic Literature than injured it, by the revival of the Drama in question, in an altered shape. " Ladies and Gentlemen—l an desired to state to you, that the Proptietors,.ever , , ready to bow to public opinion, are still coafidgnt in their reliance on public candour and on public support. They arc attentive to criticism, but unmoved by scurrility. Your taste is their study ; and so long as you continue to honour them by your pa tronage, and to guide them by your approbation, so long will they refuse attention to all that pri- vate animosity and personal mortification candic tate to their prejudice. The Proprietors, Ladies and Gentlemen, are determined to persevere at any risk or exoence in the sincerest - endeavour to de serve your applause. An experience of four sea sons has convinced them that an English Opera is congenial to the taste of the English nation. And they are persuaded that this Establishment, though yet in its infancy, Under'your fostering care, may become in due time a national ornament- and a na tional benefit. - " With this hope before them, and with heart felt thanks for the indulgence their efforts have received, the desire me to conclude—and with no less sincerity on the part of the performers and myself, I beg leave to bid you respectfully fare well " ; The precaution adopted by the Sub-Committee of New Drury, of requiring all persons free of the Theatre to sign their names on entering, is only intended as •-a tenroorary measure, until all. the, parties become • known to the box-keepers. The new Subscribers to the .Company, will, of course, comply with.cheerfulness, as their own interests are. so materially ,concerned in preventing frauds. The Regent's Canal is, at present, in a state of forwardness, and its utility will he great to the pa rishes of Pancras, Islington, Shoreditch, Bethnal Green, Whitcchapel, Mile-end, Stepney, and :Liznthouse, through which it is intended to be carried to the Thames. tDNAM The anniversary .of ,the bi.rji.of -Thomson woi celebrated in his native vilia4e Tti=laYl, lls t , ,the 22d inst. at tbeihoq.se_pf spiAs; by : ezc , thembers of the . Ednarb - Cli;:b . „ _Major: Douglas ,of -- galenside, in the.chair. • The -company, s t it down to an eicellent dinner, 'prOVided by Mr. Currie of the Swan Inn, Kelso. This -Was follOwed.by a ck sert:, consisting of the Traits of the season, n'eatly :Ornamented with flowers. " The ma u r,ry Thomson " was then drank, by ,the coinp.e . e: standing, with expressive silence. Several toasts of a patriotic nature suceceled ; after "The. Wooden Walls," our inspiring ,national song i 4 "CC Rule. Britannia," the ‘‘,•e3h4(nown production 'of-Thomson, was finely sung . by Mr. Waldie;, younger, of liendersyde, th e co m p an y j o i n i ng ill the chorus. A variety-of .toasts and sentiments; zither arising from, or strictly in unison With; . the subject of the niecting, were given in trio, course of the evening, and the virtues of many: of the frie'rids and patron S of the honor red bard. were thus in a most pleasing manner recalled td the remembrance of the ineeting.. 'Among those to whom a tribute of :respect was .paid, were, A. Trotter, the rerered mother of Thomson ; calton, the early conipanion arid 'counsellor of Thomson, a Juan who though known to the pub lic only as the author of a metaphysical work on theology, is, on goOd grdunds, belleVed have given the first idea of '' The Seasons " Thonison, 'be poeid nieh be wrote; entitled, we believe; " Prospect of - a Storm from Rubere.- law."--This poem, which would be so interesting 'to those who delight to study the - progress of ge nius, and to mail the circhlinstance by which its Course has been determined, has, , we are sorry to say, eluded the most diligent search, _and unless it shall yet be found in some old forgotten ne riodical work, is, we fear, irrecoverably lost. A tribute of . respect was also paid to Lady Gruel Bane, the amiable daughter of that illustrious patriot Sir Patrick Home, afterwards Earl of ,Marchmont, as one of the earliest, friends patrons of the poet ; and to Frederick ,fringe of INTales, the enlightened friend of liberty, honoured Thomson with•lais esteem and . affection. The meeting was attended by the Earl of , Buchan, whOm the President, in, the name of tire society; had invited to lie Present on this occA' lion, in testimony of their respect and gratitude for his Lordship's', taste and:patriotism, as re cently displayed in the erection of the .Temple.Pf the Muses, at Dryburgh Abbey, to .the" menial; of the poet of the '' Seasons," on the banks 0 ! - what he himself c a ll e d hi s " p u r e parent strea m. His T ordship,,when___liis _ health was drank, ex" • pressed the pleasure he felt in making his Coln" pliance with this invitation - an exception to the resolution he bad formed, In consequence of 'hi; advanced age and general habits, not •to attend public meetings ; and added, that thongh be 10 4 built a Grecian Temple in honour of TifonisoP , yet he had constructed it on a small scale, as suit able to the place, and far from wishing to strel"'",, sede the design of th e Ednam CIA, he intended to stimulate them to - eomplete• their long delay desiizn, either by placing a handsome Doric bnitha ing on Ednam-hill, or an allegorical monlieleu t in the church-yard, or on the . wall of the einio-I' of Ednam, as his father was, at the time of ti e poet's- birth, the - pastor of that church. Lordship also hinted the design of building a:.v 6 " tage near the monument at Dr,Tburgb, as 4 1 '._ asylum for some poor .relation of the poet, ji" -whom he Meant-to-give a small yearly aliOivenee' and whose duty it should be to take care of and shew it-to strangers. This is certainly, 0 1 ' 6 . of the best modes of spewing respect to: his us" mory, nor could any hil ve 'b een . M o r e . grateHl in the feeling and benevolent heart of Tlionion , could he have anticipated the posthumous honour s which were intended to perpetuate the rentelt 3 ".. .brance of his genius and his worth. The day Was spent with the utmost liarti:i9i,i)! and conviviality and the JolloWing gentle" were elected members of the- club Brandling, Esq. -M. 'P.; the Reverend .Pinf es . Thomson, Minister of Eccles'; and Mr: . , Smith of Kelso. On Thursday, - the 29th tilt. his MajestO s."l. Aleeste was paid (Ara Deptford, and the half 0 t her crew granted the accustomed leave of absencri at the - expiration of which time they are to rem ). 3 to Adiniral Sir CHAS. IlimuiroWS 111: 'Greenwich. Fifty of these 'brave"fellOws • are drafted to the Pembroke, 74, Capt. 13RisBANr.i. late of the Belle Poule, and the gallant coileapl g of the Aleeste, in the attack on the fort and twill of Parenza, in the Adriatic, where they s unk the Semplion, Frenehbrig of 'War, of 18' guns: Tb e Alceste, Captain 'MURRAY MANWELL, has five years and a half up 'th'e Mediterranean, during which time the frigate, and her boats, have bee° fifteen times en,atrect with the enemy, or- tbc whole of which occasions she wa s completely sac cessful. The Officers and 'crew .share' for sixtr" eight captures, besides four gun-boats, with Pomone, of 44 guns, and La Persrme,..nf 30 gun -5.- The LordS Commissioners of the Admiralty, have been pleased to promote Lieut. A WILSON, senior of that ship, to the rank of Coramander. - . 11111.1.11. At - his Lordship's house. in Grosvenor-square, the .roe. Hon. Lady Foley, of a Daughter. MARRIED. On Saturday last, at St. A n d rew ' s Ch ape l,Aberdcen, ler ander Mitchell, Esq. of St. Alh an 'S- s t ree t, Pall-Mall , -0 Christina, ividow of James Thomson, Esu. of 'Stonehav en, Kincardineshi re. DIED. On the 2d inst. at St. Helier's, in the Island of JerseP q.ines Amice Lempriere, 'Rso. On tilt Gth inst. at HarrielAam, in Kent, in the 740 " 1- . 63 of his age, the - Rev. lames Robinson Hayward. ip On Tuesday last,. Mr. Aaron Brundreti, of Altrincham, Cheshire, aged 76._ PRICE OF STOC] Bank Stock, shut' Navy 5 per Cent: S 4 per Cent. shut " 3 per Cent.Red. - shiut 3 per Cent. Con. Mifit 13:111i L. Ann-slint India Stock, 1641. 1631 India * * • Bonds, 6a. is. 6s. els. :KS YESTERDAY. Exctiattier per daYt 3i. Is. dis. Ditto, std. per day, Is . Pr. Par' Ommuth, pr. TalPeiial :3 per Cent. DittO Ann. 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