The Press.
London, England, 1854-09-23 00:00:00

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AHRANGEMENTB have been all but completed for
the purchase of the Theatre Royal and most of the
adjacent buildings for the site of the new post office.
No site could be more suitable or convenient, and
few could be found which would afford so much
room for the exercise of architectural talent and
taste ; it is to be hoped, therefore, that no Mistimed
and miriplaced economy will prevent the erection
of a building worthy of taking a place among those
other structures of which Edinburgh is so justly
proud.
THE excitement caused by the attempts of the
Kelso folks to destroy the toll-bars of their bridge con-
tinues. A lengthened correspondence has been pub-
lished between the Sheriff' of Edinburgh, the
Cointnissioner of Police, and the civic authorities on
the subject of sending a large body of police to kelso
without the authority of the magistrates, and in
winch Mr. Sheriff Jamieson distinctly requires that
the then may remain in the disturbed town. The
Lord Provost is highly indignant, and tells the
Commissioner of Police that he has no doubt that
counsel will be able to point out a course by which
the la* can be determined authoritatively as regards
his (the superintendent's) powers and duties, and
by which he or any other superintendent of police
will be prevented from setting the authority of the
magistrates of the city and the commissioners of
police at defiance ; and by which the force provided and
paid by the inhabitants of the city for their own pro-
tection shall not be improperly removed from the
city. Kelso still continues in a state of siege, and the
same injudicious and reckless conduct on the partof the county officials, which seems to have contri-
buted so much to the excitement, continues to ex-
hibit itself in novel and very dangerous forms.
Further accounts state that the Kelso disturbances
have at last received the proper check from tb
proper authority. At the Circuit Court of Justiciary,
opened on Thursday week by Lords Cowan and
Ilandyside, Thomas Wild, John Robson, Abraham
Rodger, and John Cameron M‘lntosh, were placed at
the bar, charged with mobbing, rioting, and assault-
ing, in having formed part of a mob of riotous per-

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th few could be found which would afford so much
he room for the exercise of architectural talent and
no taste ;itisto be hoped, therefore, that no Mistimed
ed and misplaced economy will prevent the erection
is of a building worthy of taking a place among those
;:al other structures of which Edinburgh is so justly
in proud.
rne THE excitement caused by the attempts of the
of Kelso folks to destroy the toll-bars of their bridge con-
sly tinues. A lengthened correspondence has been pub-
3d, lished between the Sheriff of Edinburgh, the
nd Cohnnissioner of Police, and the civic authorities on
vas the subject of sending a large body of police to Kelso
he without the authority of the magistrates, and in
rly, winch Mr. Sheriff Jamieson distinctly requires that
he the then may remain in the disturbed town. The
ten Lord Provost is highly indignant, and tells the
m- Commissioner of Police that he has no doubt that
Pew counsel will be able to point out a course by which
the the la* can be determined authoritatively as regards
the his (the superintendent's) powers and duties, and
sec' , by which he or any other superintendent of police
ith will be prevented from setting the authority of the
t a magistrates of the city and the commissioners of
we police at defiance ; and by which the force provided and
h a paid by the inhabitants of the city for their own pro-
we tection shall not be improperly removed from the
lis- city. Kelso still continues in a state of siege, and the
in- same injudicious and reckless conduct on the part
up of the county officials, which seems to have contri-
der buted so much to the excitement, continues to ex-
low hibit itself in novel and very dangerous forms.
and Further accounts state that the Kelso disturbances
the have at last received the proper check from th
red. proper authority. At the Circuit Court of Justiciary,
n a opened on Thursday week by Lords Cowan and
uch ilandyside Thomas Wild, John Robson, Abraham
y Rodger, and' John Cameron M'lntosh, were placed at
'eel- the bar, charged with mobbing, rioting, and assault-
-1 all ing, in having formed part of a mob of riotous per-

SEPTEMBER 23, 1854.

sons on 27th and 20th of July last, and in having
been aiding and abetting in the destruction and re-
moval of the toll-gates across the Tweed; also with
assaulting the officers of police in the execu-
tion of their duty, and with throwing stones at the
toll-house, and breaking down and carrying away the
Wooden porch. The prisoners pleaded not guilty,
and several police officers and the tecksman were
examined, all of whops deponed to the riot, and to
one or other of the prisoners having been present
and having taken part in the proceedings. The tacks-
man, in the course of his cross-examination, stated
that, since Friday week, when the gates were re-
erected, the same rates were not exacted, and that
they were only now one-sixth of the rate that existed
when the riots took place. , A gig is now lid., and
foot-passengers free. Mr. Boyd, the justice of the
peace before whom the declarations were taken,
stated in cross-examination that he thought the pri-
soner Rodger was weak in his intellect, although he
considered he knew what he was about; and other
witnesses stated that they saw him the worse for
drink. The crowd on both occasions numbered from
1,000 to 1,500 persons. Exculpatory evidence was
Also led. Mr. A. R. Clark, advocate-depute,
addressed the jury fcr the Crown, and was followed
by Mr. Gifford and Mr. Patton for the prisoners.
Lord Cowan, in the course of charging the jury,
said—"
.It has been stated that this toll, which has
been exacted for a length of time, was no longer
eligible froth the inhabitants at the time when these
disturbances took place. I shall most sincerely re-
ace if the inhabitants pf Kelso shall be found enti-
tled to pass along that bridge without paying any
toll ; but what I want to impress upon you, and
through you on the public, is, that be the exaction
legal or illegal, neither you nor I are entitled, irre-
spective of the judgments of the law courts, by force
or masterful means,. to prevent the exaction of a toll
the revying of which has been sanctioned by statute
for half a century. The remedy is to go to the
court of law, and, when it is fixed that the toll
is no longer , exigible, then the civil power can be
called in to prevent the trustees from exacting any
more toll. if a party unites himself to a mob with
the intention of countenancing any lawless act they
have in view, be must be responsible to the laws of
the country for the consequences of the acts of the
mob. It is always a question for the jury to consider
in such a case, quo aninto, with what mind the party
has united himself to the mob; and this will be con-
sidered by you at the present time. lam not at all
moved by the remarks made by Mr. Patton, that
probably a thousand people in Kelso united them-
selves to the mob. lam very sorry to hear it. lam
sorry they did not feel It to. be their duty either to
give their iud actively to the public authorites in
ogler to restore peace, or at once to leave the crowd."
e jury, then retired, arid were absent about half an
hour. When they returned into court they gave in
their verdict, finding the libel against APlntosli and
Robson not proven and Wild and Rodger guilty, but
recommended the latter to the leniency of the Court.
Lord Handyside then sentenced Wild to six months'
and Rodger to three months' imprisonment. The
'vase excited great interest, and the court was densely
crowded.
On Friday week the printer and the publisher of the
felso Chronicle were summoned suddenly to the Cross
Keys Inn, where they were ushered into the august
pretence of the she'riff,deppte, the sheriff clerk, and
the procurator fiscal of Kelio, who demanded to be
informed who wrote such and such au article in
the Chronicle of that day, and from what sources
the information It contained was derived. One is
at a loss whether td admire most the naive im-
pertinence of this inquiry, or the official silliness
rihich it dlifillyled. If the article was seditiOils,or
dingerouS the priipel• and the only dignified Nurse
WAS to indict OA Publisher; but, before thiS, it
I.icii:fid have been necessary to constilt the law officets
a the Vrown—and offiCioustiess, encite4 by
local acrimony, could not, probably; brook to be
delayed or thivarted by the cooler judgmefits in the
Tim Bent. which the litike or eacral , head of the
R4Bsell faintly, so graciously bestowed on the church of
Rosel, in the canton de Tilly.sur-Sealles, has been landed
at Caen, and is at this moment at Mr. Barrow's, the Fog-
-Ish Consul, whence it is to be shortly transferred Ito
Rose!. The church of this commune was built by the
family of Lord John Riisse,ll, and on a recent occasion his
lo,dship's brother and nephew (Lord Hastings Russell),
when visiting the locality, left with the poor of the parish
substantial proofs of their munificence.
Tits HOTELS or NEiv YORK.-T NeW York Weekly
Herald states that the value of the hotel, of all kinds in
that city, exclusive of the large boarding-houses, is over
twe vs million dollars ; their population about nibs thou-
sand persona, and their money receipts seven millions of
do tars early. There are two or three hotels, it is added,
now in contemplation, which will equal, if not surpass, in
extent and inagniEcence any one of those in operation at
present. it is the intention of Mr. Mormot, of the New
Yolk Hotel, to erect a gigantic structure on the site of the
Hippodrome. The building is to he constructed of marble,
and will Costs When completed, upwards of A million of