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CIRCUIT INTELLIGENCE.

DUMFRIES, OCT. 1.
The Circuit Court of .1 itsticiary was opened here
upon Thursday, the emir tilt. by the Right lion.
Lord MEADOWUANK, mini proceeded to the trial of
Joshua Brown. butcher m Castirslouglas, accused
of sheep-stealing. The Panne' confeseed his guilt,
and the libel was restricted to an arbitrary puirish-
meta. The Jury found the Paunch Guilty accord-
ingly, and lie was sentenced to tratuportation for
seven years, under the certification of death, in
cute of his return before expiry of that period.
Thereafter the Court proceeded to the trial of
Hugh Dallas, a private soldier iii the second but-
talion of the 72r1 regiment of foot, indicted for
forging a receipt of twelve guineas, by Captain La-
CAM of the said regiment, and issuing the same,
whereby he procured the money. timer the libel
being read to the Pannel, it was understood that he
intended to confess Mega& ; but farther procedure
was postponed till next -.morning, that he might
have time to take advicerropeetine the propriety of
confessing his milt of a crime that would infer the
punishment of death.
The Court next proceeded to the trial of George
Turdie, travelling chapman. accused of forging and
uttering notes of the Bank of England. IL pon
the libel being read over, the Advocate Depute
stated to the Court, that he restricted the libel to
that charge therein which averred that the Paunch,
though not an officer, workman, servaut, or agent
of the Bank of England, authorised and appoauted
for that purpose by them, had knowingly in his
possession, at the time and place libelled, the
forged notes libelled, being upon paper described
in the statute of the 45th of His present Meesty,
which, by said statute, was a felony, infernng a
punishment of trausportation for fourteen years;
to which charge so restricted, the Pannel pleaded
Guilty, and the Jury having returned a verdict ac-
cordingly, he was sentenced to fourteen years
transportation, under the same certification with
the former.
The Court met again at ten o'clock yesterday
morning, and now proceeded in the trial of Hugh
Dallas, who persisted in the confession of his guilt
of the crime of which he was charged ; but after he
had thus pleaded guilty to the libel, the Advocate
Depute adduced certain of the witnesses cited for
the Crown, for the further satisfaction of the Court
and Jury. The Jury returned a verdict, all in one
voice, finding the Panne! Guilty of the crime
; but in respect of his ingenuous confession,
and other circumstances specified in their verdict,
they unanimously and in the most earnest manner,
recotnmtnded him to the mercy of his Sovereign.—
Sentence of Death was pronounced upon him.
Daniel Ewan, and Alien or Helen Faggot, his
wife, were then brought to the bar, accused of is-
suing base coin to a very small amount.—They
gave it& a petition;subuntting to banishment from
Scotland for such period as the Court should think
proper; and the Advocate Depute having consent-
ed, they were banished for seven years, which
gliiished the business at this place.
EXTRAORDINARY rAcTI.--There is DOW living
at the Higher Ferry, near Chester, a widow lady,
the daughter of a Welch 'Squire that fired at Ba-
gilt, aged 89, who cart read, thread a needle, and
knit stockings, without the help of glassets. She
generally walks two or three times a week to
Chester ; her ether faculties are as strong and per-
fect at a person of twenty... There is also in the
same house a favourite cat, who never quitted the
room of the late Mr. Jon ts, during his four weeks
sickness, and upon his decease quitted the habitat-
tints entire for a mouth. It was with the utmost
difficulty she was enticed to settle in the house
afterwards. Mr. Jonas died twelve months ago, at
the advanced age of 74.
Great rejoicings took place, in the course of the
last week, at Moreton Corliet, Grinshill, Shaw bury,
Acton Reynold, High Hatton, Lee Bridge, Preston
Brockhurst, &c. &c. on account of the dignity
lately conferred on the worthy proprietor of estates
in that neighbourhood, Sir ANDREW CORSET,
Bart. Several sheep were roasted, which, with
plenty of good old Shropshire stitigo, bread, &c.
were distributed to the labouring classes. 'The
bells were rung for several days, and every other
denimistration of grateful respect sliewn on the
occasion.

Wednesday se'nuight was heard, before the
limit SHERI re of Norfolk, and a Special Jury, as-
sembled at Lynn, the question which has been PM
long depending. between the Commissioners for
the execution of the Eau Brink Cut, and the Pro-
prietors of the laud which is to be taken fur that
vurimse. It unpeared•in evidence before the Jury,
that the Cotittuissiouera had employed Mr. Binitt-
AM, an eminent land-surveyor, in Lincolnshire, and
Mr. Dui:wear, to value the lands in the manner
prescribed by the Act of Parliament. A variety of
evitleuce war adduced, on the part of the Defend-
ant, to prove that the valuation made, by order of
the Coinini..doners, was inadequate ; not only as a
fee simple valuation of the property, but as a re-
oompenee for the iajury and Meouvenience that
would be occasioned by the severance of the hail in
question from other lend belonging to the same
proprietors. The case on the part of the Commis-
sioners was ably argued by Mr. BEST, who sup-
ported the valuation 'made by Mr. BIIKIIAM and
Mr. DOUSIORE, and urged very forcibly to the
Jury, the estiavagant valuation on the other side,
as well in point of value as on the ground of da-
mages. It was alleged by the Defeudants' wit-
nesses, that the remaining landwould be deprived
of water ; and one of them stated, in aggravation
of damages, that the cattle would be liable to be
driven about by bargemen, and would not be al-
lowed to grow fat.--alie first case tried was thnt of
Mr. HANKINSON, whore property, amounting to
eighteen acres, was valued by the Commissioners'
Surveyor, at 1,0 tol. After a patient hearing of
upwanls of four hours, and an able and impartial
recapitulation of the evidence, by Mr. Serjeunt
Lees, who attended as Asupsor to the High Sherd',
the Jury retired for about an hour, and brought in
a verdict for Mr. Has IttNiON of 1,8101. as the
price to be paid for the eighteen acres of his land
required for the Cut.—The second case was that of
Sir Maltrin Foe hags, which related to about one
hundred and fifteen acres, for which the Jury
awarded him le,oool. for the land taken, and com-
pensation for the injury which his estate would re-
ceive, should the work be carried into execution.