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P44RLLLITEN7. HOUSE OF PEEKS. FRIDAY, JUNE 22. Couttsitt. were finally heard respeCting the Writ of Error, Lucena %P. CrAufurd ; vtz. Mr. ERACINE in reply, on -the Nil of the Appellants. - The LORD CHANCELLoa , then delivered his opi. nion upon the Cage. He concluded by moving, that certain prop9shions arising thereon; should he referred to the Coriii,lrristitro of • His maj c sty's • judges; and 'which Wits ordered ac cordingly. MR: JOTICE The Earl of Lllll ERICK- rose to notice an in. Coned report of his'speech,* on the subjeft-of -Mr. justice E. x!s Petition, which •had -appeAred in - one of the Papers, of this morning. That report, which pretended to express his sentiments in-tithe lines, cAmispletely misre'lltese'n,ted them. It . made his Lordship appear to vindicate the condod. of. Mr. justice' Fox, • notwithstanding - .that he , .had, stated he knew nothing 'of the fads .on. which, the- ac cusation against him rested,. and had declared, that if one-teoth part of those fads„were,proved,, he . should 'consider him ungt to exercise his ju. cbirial funCtions. sOpporring• the prayer of Mr. Justice Fox's Petition, his Lorship observed he only J'i.l►ed to give him a fair,opportunity of de fending' himself.- He had not even, a : common, ac, ipaiotance - of the Learned Judge, and had only done for him what he felt it to he his duty to do for any, person > tanding inhis,situatioo. His Lordship then repeated what he had staiod yesterday, when Lord CallittArov presented the Petition, but was. pleased to forh....ar making any . Mution on thOubjed of the misrepre,entat 10 which he had alluded. Theliarguis of A BERCOR Isa id, had Ome . to town for the purpase of cajling , their Lordships' attention to the subje&-the Klble_Eark had just -rn):., ticed. He unslersood that 4 . ..N0b1e. and Learned Lord tiprosite to him, had yesterday presented a. , r e.. tition from Mr., Justice Fox, praying for a copy ,of the Perition Mr. Hart., and that their Lordships had granted that request. .This was a ptpceeding : so striettY proper, that !reassured their Lordships ii was only from inadvertency he had not made -a motion to that effect himself;. but othr t Petitions would per_ baps be presented. ,Souse of those Petitions were already in his possession, and he declared,' that he not'present one of them, without moving that a coy he tr.mstnitte& to Mr. kritice Fox. 'Pre Noble• Marquis then gave notice, that, on-Wednes day next, 'he would mike a Motion, on the - sulljed ofMr. HART'S Pe' ition,, if he iiiirno't; hi' the Mean time, learn that His M fjesty's 'Ministers mant - ro' take up the business themselves ;• - at - any rate, he would, on that day, have occasion to trouble their . L rdshipi. with -only a very few observations-- Adj • ' • • • ' ' •' • - HOUSE OF COMMONS. FRIDAY, 'JUNE - 11: AVvsagc.from the Lord's announced their assent to 0$ Linen - baty Exemption Bill, to the Ayles. Bill, and to the 'Attornics' Indemnity EH. Mr. JOHNSTONE, from the Office of the Chief Sf!cretary of Ireland, presented an Account of the Officers on Half. pay in that Country.—Ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. OwEN presented certain Papers relative to the Maltratta pursuant to an Order of the Howe of the 7th of flay.—Ordered to lie on the Table. Colonel O'Dt.t.t presented a Petition from the County of Limerick, against some alterations in the present state , of the Corn Love., proposed by tort from the Committee on these Laws.—Ordered to lie on the Table. • Mr. FOSTER gavenotice, that on Monday, he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to appoint Commissioners to examine into the State and ices of the Public Offices in Ireland. The Resolutions of the Corn Committee were read and agreed to, and a Bill ordered to he brought in, pursuant to the said Resolutions.—The. Report then recommitted, and certaio additional Row... lutions were agreed to. ." • Mr. WicitErtroitcit moved, that on Monday Counsel should be heard on the geport of the Slave Trade Bill. Ordered . . IRISH DUTIES. *The Resr,lutions of the Committee o(Supply rela tive to the Irish Duties - , were toad. Severaf of the Resolutions' . were agreed`tO ; hut "on the que'stion be ing, put upon the, Resolution to impose a .duty, of two shillings - on the stamps 'necessary for.regitteting Freeholds, ' s Mr. DAwsoN and Mr. HuTcHtwsoN objeAed to this Tax, upon the grounds that it, went 'to give.the Crown a certain degree of controul over, the': votes of Elettor , :, and materially to 'infringe the Freedom 'Eleftion. . „. Sir JoRN Ntwrotur defended the Tax, and.ob served, that those who were 'really Freeholders would feel themselves under great obligations tO'the Right ,Hon,. Gentletnan for. proposing such a.regi.i. lation, as it would in a great measure put a stop to I. the great number of fidi,tias votes, which had al., ways been fxtremely troublesome. Mr. FOSTER replied to the observations' of.the Hein. Gentlemen oppositt to him (I):Awsos and: HUTCH iNsoN) and declared his resolution to severe in the Tax, since he saw chat the IrisliAiein bers were divided in opinion upon it. Had they: - been- unanimous in their opposition, ,he came _to the i House -prepared to substitute instead of it a TaX upOn the lease granted by the landlord to the Leona ; but as this was not the case, .he.. would persist. Tire house then divided on this resolution—Ayes . , 1 1 9--Noes 31. The Resolutions were then all agreed, to, and a Bill or Bills conformable to 'them - otdercd to be brolight in. ' Mr. FOSTER then moved for several Accounts, isr, For an Account of the Funded Debt of Ire land, the progress of its increase for sortie years past, and as it now stand.' , . zd, Fur an Account of the Net Produce of the Irish Revenue, its Decrease fur some years past, and its present state. 3.1, For an Account of the Balances in the hands of the Revenue Coltetiots, and the Securities t og theui in the hand; fQotietittnert. _ _ 444 For an ACcotint of the , Balsnee in the hands of the Receiver General of the Stamp Duties...., sth, For an Account of the Balance in the hank of the - Posr_mas ters.General. ' Mr. FitArtois triquired whether it was intended to lay before the House the names of those persons io_wllose 1151,11(15_0e balances were left - • - Mr. FOiTER replied, that the names. of the de ceased Colle&ors were already before the •anti that :the balances in the hands of the existing 'Collators were comparatively trifling. Thi s Motions were then all agreed to. LORD ADVOCATE OF SCOTLAND. Mr. WI4ITBItS AD moved that the Papers re)a. . tiv,e .to the case of -the Lord Advocate of Scotland, shOuld be read . . • The LORD ADVOCATE'S Letter to the Sheriff 'Substitute of Baoffshire, together with the Letter of . the latter to the Sheriff Clerk, beitsg read, • Mr. IPrIIITR READ -expt'essed hit satisfadion . that the Right Hon. 'Gentleman, against whom the charge, founded on thLse.Papers, had. been brought, was noW in his place, , and in a situation to make'his own defence. The Papers to which he adverted - , had now- been regularly apdpubliely;read. He, hoped, that they had.heen privately perused by the Members of the.Hotise, who were prepared, he had no doubt, to give their decision - on the present important and inte retingquestion,witli f all the candour, justice and free, dem; which became abranchisf the British Legislature: He hoped that all -were free ,from prejudice and Pas. sion on this'orcasion. He himself too laid eloilp to .that freedom from prejudice. _He confessed that . when' the le«ers in questiOn first came to . his hands, he had read theM with'.warinth, and had entered warmly into, the conduit _which his feelings on the occasion-prompted. him to pursue. But. he assured ,the Houle that this warmth; sin his part, was perfed. ly free from passiorq-hot lit his zeal for the liberty of d the•subje, as it ,was reetignized by the British Con. ,•stitution,- did he forget char he was standing forward 'as the accuser of an, individual,.4.ho had certainly duous and difficult dutierto.perforin. . Having thus preparedliiinself to 'consider the point coolly. and:. , impartially, be trusted that what he had to offer wtitild - not exceed the hounds of what the:Papers on the justly and imperiously 'demanded. It was fortunate, in this case, every point of view, for s the ends ; of- public justice, and for -the interest. of the perionctiefly concerned, that the 'accuser and the accused had met face to face. The_ ,House by this means had an opportunity;of hearing ,the defence of the accused from his own m9tit lief° re they came to a recision, and would'thutlie enabled"' to judge_ .with accuracy and' precision, whether the inferences which he drew from the 'Papers on the Table' were founded or not.'. At all events, af. ter .the progress; which had been- already made in 1 'this business after the steps. which the House had thought proper already' to take in the present in stance, he was - confident that: every man would feel that it was necessary that- some decision . should be given. The House - certainly was • not pledged' in any way tot decide either 'for or • against - rhe per. son who was 'arraigned before ihem,-_ bur,rtm some! decision - they must come, and the decision would• rest upon the cleatest and most satisfattory from the fortiinate 'circumstance that. the Lord Advocate himself was present. For the sake of justice, -thee-',' to the individual, who, 'according to his :infoetnation, and as he was fat the present intitled io conclude, was unjiiStly and illegally oppressed; for the sake of justice to the People . of Scotland, who had a , right to claim from the House a proof that none should oppress them with' impunity ; for the sake.of justice to-the Right Hon. 'Gentleman himself - , whose professional charafter - is deeply involved, the House inttst One way or other come to a decision. They must either decide that. the whole of the materials-before them are false acid unfounded fabrications, or that the charge is true and well-founded '; in, which latter case, they must take care that -the .People of Scotland shall be, shel. tered from such proceedings for die future (loud cry of ." bear!")—li was but'fair, honourable, and just, that the individual accused should.be acquaint. eti with the precise nature and words of the Motion, which he was about to submit to the'HouSe. If the House, after having heard the Defence of the Right Hon. Gentleman, shotild feel it - incumbent upon them to go along with him in that Motion, his dutY'would not rest there, It would, intiectl, , be a-- • flagrant neglea •of his duty, if he , were in such an event to stop - short at the Resolution which he -ndiv meant., lo propose.- It rtiust-be followed op by a Motion for an Address to HI v`MA J ssTY, to remove that person froM an office which the House had pro. flounced . him unfit to exercise. The proposition, which he was now about to submit to the,House, was this, that the Right Hair. Gentleman aurasgnilty of illegal and oppressive condua, and had aded contra,:y to his ofcial duties. The powers of the:Lord.Ad vocate .uf Scotland were certainly great, but surely. they were not so great as to allow him to aft con.' trary . to the clearest Principles of justice, nor in such , a manner as he is stated to. have done by the papers before the House.., But sopi)ose for a moment; ,that. what the Lord - AdVOCite had "done was . not illegal, still he. contended that it wasin_ the highest- degree-- cruel and grossly oppressive.. ...-.ltre . did not think it necessary ,to :trouble - th.e-liouse with. a parti- cular detail of the transitdion,. :as they had heard , it before bUt as -the Right Hon. Gentlema'n 4 as - nof Present-duringhis fiitin'er . statement's, it was neces., sary that he should, touch upon it, that the:R ion. Gentleman and he, might agree upon the fittts. .The transadion • thin was shortly this c a person. Of the name of Robert GarroW„made a statement of a'case tO the-Right bon. Gentleman, merely as a Counsel, and not itrhis official situation of 464 Advocate.— In this ease it was set foith.that Garrow had entered. -into a Volunteer Corps,•,and that, contrary to thF, ,commands of his ntastel; lie had left his 'work .io order to go to an inspection_ of .thc Corps_to Which he belonged., In consequence of ,Illis.P;,rlgYi z%V.46 discharged, and made his application to Counsel, to know what wagei'lit was enttlerl. tti The answer was, 'that Morrison, the Master y had ClOne nothing contrary to Law.. - This Opinion, also,' contained a very on Mux.ris9t), Jf. • .opinion liad•passed secretly betty . e n Client, he would not aflirin• that any a n tam i on co :b, 1 Lund..l upon it i but when it was, promuf&atcd.: to 1 the manner it had been, it was certainly a mos un. just libel upon the person - whose condaa it was designed to attack. Now,- 'be had said, ,it this proceeding was oopressiv even if it bad been legal (a . cry of " hear hear I ") Was .IVh;rrison accused ut disloyalty ? 1 1 / 4 ,lo.—Was be denounced to the Lord Advocate in his Official capacity ? No.—But with.. out any thing .of this sort, when' it stood. upon the -Lord.Advoctite's- own-recoitled-opinions-thlt• Mot- - risop had done nothing contrary to lave, the Right. Honourable' Gentleman had. pronounced:sentence, - without hearing from the accesed, patty .one in his own defence—Thud cries of o. hear! hear P') —lt was'. ihrely very pos , ,ible, and the Bigler lio. nourable Gentlemen might - have 'considered' it so, that. Morrison, the: Person accused,,, might be . Orte. of the,.mosr loyal men in the empire, •and that the servant might at - thesarne time be extremely dia. fated, .He did not 'say, howeVer,. that the servant-', was disaffeaett, for . he professed' to know nothing . at all about - lite matter. At'ille time when the qd - ei-- tion was first agitaio in the Eause; .11e . kneW'nc. thing more about Mr. Morrison Allan bout his Kr. `vant ; but it appeared,onthe ;face of the letter of the 'Lord Advocate hiniself,' that he had not duneiny thing disloyal'of illegal ; for, in the letter, the Right, HonOurable.Gentleman.said, that he - suspeded Mor rison ofa secret spirit of dis-affeaion. Information, however ; badleached him since be had last men. tioned the present subjea, of the particulars of the , story, anti from this it appeared that the servant had -been .diScharged,upon giOundS,' he.or any other Member of the House would discharge a ser. vast; without that servant being, however, in the smallest degree, liable 'to' 06 . charge of distiffee. tioo. The servant: had, been employed - thatching . a batn, a thing that, at that time•Ofehe yett`i„ (La• not admit_olanY .delaY ; and, - therefore; his Master, told hire that lie intist not' leave it, in order to go to his insPeaion, otherwise he would discharge him. - The servant; natWiihstanding Went, to the speCtiOn, and his mastet . aecorstingly.turnid.him aft: this was the cause of • the servant beng,.oisthirgo, • and a very reasonable cause, mitts opinion,' for the • work necessary -Th• be performed, was -•-• very 'trgen't and pressing. But here 'he - w'ouh.l . mention a Or two with respea to-the. Volunteer Syst.em.., This was in he tire' it a free service.; butt ,. . were we to be drageonedr into being Vbltinteers ? ,-q Were we to be branded with the name of diSaffeeleti persons, because 'cifeurnstances might' prevent .us ,frorn allo wing otir Se'rVants'tdenter i ell nto e.Volun.,-, leer et4ps ? It , co'Oftt not be; ThiS:serviee %vas . vci. luritatY, anti it never WasApe:lpt, Oat . W''e tire - re to : be A chaStisett.-into it, and treated. as :mere This'Was not the ,case•here; nor could iTt*'the case . in,Seotland. Loyalty Was-, unitersally wread most unexampled Mariner over all-the , Empire, and ! he believed theseverity,.ernploYe4 ;an ; this occasion': to'be as 'unnecesaary as it w:as ilkgala,ndOpPresive ;. 4 I (loud crier of " bear I. hear!" Tl.tete ,fives another feature in this eiv:e' which he Would not have -tneii: honed wiless the Right Hon. Gentleman had been ice his , place. Marrison,•hetinderstood,.tatf appliedtti. Olt Lord Atlitwine after he had received his leiter +—stated i:.e circumstances of the eio;,, acid request.l ed . that the Lord Advocate would write a letter, ' iicknoWledging that had affect upon Misibferma tion.—(liere the..Lerd Advocate said, that .Murri eon had applied to him, but not • in the terms that -iHon. Gentle he man mentioned). Well, he had appl . ied, however, - and the request, in his opi.. nion, was a verfreasonableone. The answer-given, according to his.. infOrmat ioe, was, that Morrison was a fool for not quietly consenting to pay his fines, and -, acquiesce in the sentence of the'Lord Advocate in the present 'state of. the Country. Really if such an answer was given, and he was to consider himself omnipotent in Scotland, if his information on ,this point was true, then he 'considered the offence as ' being ; highly aggravated (crier,of."heav,/ hear!") and it was a proof that the Right Hon.. Gentle. man was unfit for the situation Which .he 'had. -- - - , - - Hehad not the psesumption,to claim much acquaint.: • ante' with the laws of Scotland, , 'but he would refer- , thei House to the Statute of William . the 3d, 'passed.: expressly. for - the purpose of, securing, the. Liberty of the.Subjed. It Might, however, be said, : that: though the law was" precise, still there 'night ly a:, crisis-when-a person-who- was placed in a situation of such responsibility,. must not strialy. adher e to the' 'fortns:of law: BLit here the, precise case- Was provided fat .in case of Invasion, A peled person was . to. be apprehended 'by a 'War rant -from the Privy •Council, but even in . thiscase heisVis‘to hive infcirrhation ofthe cause of his deten. tian, and'a right to. trial within 6o days after his commitment. But here there was neither Warrant nor. information. A person too was entitled .ta.bail in such cases as the present,- but here there was no bail allowed, but the - man was to remain Con fi ned till the Lord Advocate's sovere ign will and pleasure should be:known. Undoubtedly, when the Country' was in danger of Tnvasiiin, a great responsibility,,' attached upon the Office of the Right Hon-Gentle nun, but, as he had already observed, this case ,was spe - cially provided for, and therefore the Lord Ad-' vocate's conduct was not only oppressive but gal.; forip his Official Situation he had no business with the matter and if the, man was,disloyal; the . proper power to, commit him, .upon an emergency,' was the Privy COuncil.: The powers of Lord Advo cate.were certainly high.. He would not, now talk , 'of the propriety of his uniting in himself all the powers of the Grand Jury, the,Corooes.'s Inquest, and • the At torney.General; But lie nut only. had the power . to prosecute, but to abstain , from prosecution when. - he thought fit. It had been so decided not many years ago in the House of Lords. These were certainly enormous poners; a'nd he Who was . intrusted wide them, ought to be a 'man - Of no Party, and who ought to •suffer under no imputation, of improperly and. partially prosecuting; , or abstaining from prose. % eating; when there was just cause for it. Therefore,' lie 'asset<t'ed, 'that sent lnst,tnce, t he nottll,e course he r i; tie pur sued ; in. nd cthe v eriPr e. s if was the right course, still his coo.' duct was ext'remety blameable. "Xhat defence lie '• ineendetii.to set he, did.. not know, nor would .1 ) 4 presume to anticipate.- He conclUded with oh. serving, that in e;ise the charg e should be made ,Our, rile trriAise ,would feet it was improper that a per joia, so intlyettet in Iris ze'al should• hold the situe- , . 2100 of LW* Advaeste of Scotland. He would' th,elefore 'proceed t0 , 111.4. - MOtio'n; 1 The -SrPAKEI here observed, that tale leg" i ni n ot ht c:1 }puce 'l ( b . () le g t w he s' M w o w heir ' i n t .; ::;e7a l after having delivered his defence, he was 10 I tire, • - Th • e LORD' ADVOCATE.—" feel and ackoowledoe the very manly • 1 ol'en way and in which, the Hon. Gentleman has brou_glit forwar thii . e . ctisairon - i'heli:tidone every titfiig in pow er to make a charge of grave and serious inature as this'B9•PalataiYle• asvissible.; and I have nothing. to lay to his charthat I e 110 Pr °- cxcqt, perhaps,' ceide'd on too tnformation. It has seldoui happeried'to• me to have addreSsed this Rous e ' little expeeted that I shouldhave nowbe4o ° l) °g e fi I certainly_ iii the ehargs myself ave been Obliged defend f do so ; ,and i'ticli.Jess did I, eXp - e:q. that Those ar of mr) , , il . fid injustice and o;opresiiati, charges I am tint ictustOineit to 'Rave made ag"i n ' t rice . me,. and . will .say,. ,I believe the words, d e and oppression have. never' befdre. been cOul' i y th'at .with thenairieTbear.. 'I at *h n very all: wa s charge which .has brought against ine , brought by 'a Gentlemen not -acqUainted melt ,ic or With my CharaL4er. The FLiuse too is sP ine 'unactivainted.,with.ine;, - - but I will. -ventur e 53Y n ' that in my own Country, where I. au" 1 , °° : 1 , ( 1.) it would "nOt 'be'. believed that I had II*" than wilftti injnstice 'opPression against ' 2 "Y me - s hout , Was drel-toctourable Gentleman •to' . rcP : r f e ; l E.,;ini so in the. .where . I - principally t ong borgli),4here_ would be a ..hutiarld th..6usod ready to repel the charge, and •,roba.blY Z can arms 'aISo ratsd - igaiti - sr him' who m ade it; ,ion assure - , the ilopourable.Geotleinari ,that the acct i '' 4 . if itself is to me a considerable poni,hmentia. ,41 Ihave in the least. a'st,ioinr'ed Mr. Morrison;.....he. A e. . his friends haveiound the way:to retaliate.nyst soft' verely. The trinSaltizyn Which-ts now the silbje6l 4 'the charge,- turd;. p1a,.ce.40 long air) a s IV - 30 15 agO,, and 'did ,nOt, bear a 2-..svnahle of it. while was,'attending the Rouse daily ; ..,O ' or'Pfter I had .tetttrrieiPtc;..Scattand, V , the b"'` ) . 3l. f tots .„sharge,„apd obliged o datTe } , s;:' i d 7.lo l u ) n).4.l P y d ge "-t ii i n i tt x .exercis e 4 ° l l y ni t u 'rc i g-' c e 'adi ... defend myself. " d t) ',.. l - Ic it j a y tfie least ~bl.itine to T i4lll. t:011-• - vinced„.btOttglri - fOr'Waid'ihiS.b6siness a; soon as 116 . Pat LIP posv.ssi l on ,of tAe.iliformail°• ". "P: lit-greiunds•his ac p t • l suion:.; gu st ° I; server in "dipswer to-anobseivatiert_flial ids . 03 ` , on a Ike , ocCli'sllia; r Opfesiirh." suflioten sly ac to -.0141:1;:01..t. here to, Ccrunt ftir theisilkiets of Al rAorri Apili sk oiovas not tO-besci ti,ted:;4l.le • 'f t . how to •-•clopkleity,piri.k7tesl-;,"-atiir)fte r•tfaJ.l,,s; S:Pote ,to me a mast respectable Ageni - «i CO oh the subject. :" 1; Agetit:"-thathe' teiit :itOn'nf *!fiiigrs't‘resli'ielabilllyZ in .l,is ,; man . MOrfis:OP 4. aliO . 1-f,undil-soinc e tl u t t Y )B l : 3 lll P :! . ;l l l a i l ( l l l : e r,S~lYr i Vit 'i h n i t .-- , J..... (if • f t , l .6 l 'f a l c ° ll l .t".. l cali. was by. n' mearis 4 , - as cud jtidget (liar. titer loyal Mary that .k-believed him to be-;:- that business ab ut Jte . 'l,li•as surd' de , froth misapprehension, .I had said ,qg' 4 " s ::ou'iJ come to me and say so, I shtiulci ghats l'• i m . s 4 e v• ert tisfaetion in-my power.„- Mr. : never did' conic ,to the tor the purpos• e ; of irttouse any -explanation, Ldo not think. the .`" -/Vloc.; . Would' expeef. that I was to search out for Mr' ~,o n . rison,. and go upon my; knees for. his satisfati) lLti Froth the time of this conversation • I had wt l,u 4kgent, I never heard a syllabic more about,thf :to ainess, until, when exercising my oftcial ; Scotland, ,. 'l learned that - a charge wasinale ag` me , ': i n this HOse,. for unjust opi)resiv e iv e duet. I.am sure, nothing Mr. IVlorrisoo coo 4 , l l l ' . s n felt from my! letter, wag equal to the pain having so serious an: accusation brought aVia.:fica in my. absence.—Before I enter into the co r ''' e - : it tion .of Mr. Morrison's condo and: of 47 ' 4 ,:,:in0 w ill ,be necessary, to put the Floitse in 11,,; t iand of-the peculiar ind critical situation or" t ytll be at the time that . Letter was written, Ic tIIC vg. hat tSGtnetal I'l ttl e r e e e -44 a a ri r d Y, du ties f r w rn h e ;f t t . o . t i h s ei the yes i t , o h .o f e. n m s A i . b d vv i Y i of Scotland .; art times to the situation, .but tricire peculi‘ lo ; the. times and 'circumstances when I the" he ,' i • 3, I station.. Ai to the peetiliar situation particularly alfude to i4,ineaiis or det•eirce, to were then so very Small,: -that Scatland wi t: be.considered ai a CoUntry:•standing bY-itself;,'Ejj'ai , were wholly inadequate.- I d o not meat i , pute the feast bl;me to His Majesty's la te much k , ss to Highness,-wfto siii)P"iti direct the disuibulioo of orc'4s.-- Ire r yas 11ecC sally feltt in Sdotla'nd, it was ar's° l ` it i e ,'' - a pira , ' sary to concentrate the principal 0 ' 1. ,"; t - t he' - about .the Scat at the G ( k, e ini n ent, Mi d ' e; " 1 hcart of ! the EMPire, Might be• felt ex-posed- to-ai:ack. it • 'lnown 'to'an tfilliary - Men what %le . & 1arg e ,4,4.; portion - of. the British Army is •fornished by laod,,it would hardly be helieVed, that, the left for the defence.of Scotland were iwck olions of ae'scrve,atid one-Regime:fit of Drafro l ,' 47hieli, with thirteen -Battalion of Scotell even 'though, the extrernittir filmed the whole of iii;:Defelisive.E.JrCe of ~li3 Country,. exclusive of ilte Volunteers, I liAd' r f 4 ,c s i'vd a letter f'rom Commander to of aSc Ni and (Lord ,MP I infi) fining me' o (jay s ;distribution of the Forces.‘ On the . w hole .E / .1 st of Scotland, Nortli'of the Frithof,Forth,.ther e ' v ; ' ‘ ,. bat one.:lt'lifitia Regiment, an but ue',,c - , l y . raised (the R Ross.shire.eginieni.). Coincatuu. in Chief of 8!..70i Lind had judged it proper ; ) , 3 - 1: c'entrate.all his Forces 4t Edinburgh, ilia! the of . the Country, at least; might be defended .I° 6 , any attack'. 'Li those circumstances, it Was evid°o. the-defence of the North! of Scotland rested .11 0 ,f:- entirely tipon the V . "6lUriteers. Of the Volanteer°;.. BanfEhire, not a third part, were armed, an d -tr most evident,thzt if other -farmers would follt~ chi ekample of Mr. ,Morrison, that only,de,fence Of' Country would 'have failed. • Under, t hose '''fy cratstances,. would 'ad :AS the safetyfety l -tate_zetlured; afld respon sil ; . e t by the old and frigid. rules of. strict law. f 1611 convtaioii, that if tfie to land: in the . .Nortn ) :the - salvation 01.5c`71. I