The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-06-08 00:00:00

OPINION.

" However unprincipled and oppressive Mr. Mo-
rison's condo& seems to have been, I am afraid that
the memorialist bas no claim 7.glinst him, except for
wages up to the day that he was dismitsed from his
service, to which be is certainly entitled. The °pi-
mon of
!Signed) "C. HOPE.-
" Edinburgh, Dec t 9, 303.
" SIR, " Edinburgh, Dec. SO.
" I return you the memorial, with my opinion ;
and in the circumstances of this case I decline taking
any fee, which I also return to you. 'fbe case in the
memorial is one of thosefor which, unfortunately, no
provision is made in any of the Volunteer Acts, and
therefore, of course, a person who tt:sleets his mas-
ter's work, on account of attending drills or reviews,
is, I am afraid, in the samesituation with a servantdo-
ing sn from any ether cause. The conduct of Mori-
son, however, is most atrocious, and every possible
means ought to be taken to stigmatise him, and to
punish, by the scorn and contempt of all the re
speCtable men of the country, who ought to cuter
onto a resolution to hare no communication or dmilinzs
meth him whatever. And, farther, as I consider that
Morison's conduct can only have arisen from a se.
cset spirit of disaffeaion and disloyalty, it is my or-
der to you, as Sheriff's Substitute of the county, that
on the first Frenchm.in landing in Scotland, you do
immedhstrig apprshead and secure Monson as a Illiteatli
parline, and UON vitt not !aeratehim swithout a commu-
nication with me; and you may inform him of these
my orders. And farther, / Mod do all I can to `re-
veal him from meriting any compensation for any part
of bus prorerty which may either he dr:ironed Ail the
teensy, or by the trveyst, to prevent it from falling
into the names hands. I am, Sir,
''our most obedient humble servant,
(sired) " C. HOPE.
" Addrered to George Fro,re, Esq. Sheriff
Subm.tute of Baaffsh,:e"
"I recommend to the Sheriff's Clerk to transcribe
this letter, and send the copy to Morison ; keeping
the principal in the record of Court.
sse.44l) " G FORBES "
11. SiR, " KanT, 4.:134n IP.`4.
" In consequence of what is above stated, tile be-
fore written copy has been made out, and is now sent
you. I regret you should have exposed yourself to
so notch censure, and would recommend to you the
propriety of settling with Garrow, by making him
as handsome an allowance as possible, as being the
best means of removing the severity of the Lord
Advocate's opinion.
*. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
" To Mr. IlAunis.,n. (Signml) " PAT. Rusr.^

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