The National Register.
London, England, 1820-04-03 00:00:00

TUE NAIIONAL REGISTM.

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The clergyman of the parish in Hosslore in which
the late unhappy disturbances took place, has, by his
persuasive influence alone, accomplished what the She-
riff, the Hosshire Staff, and a powerful posse of gentle-
men and constables, were tillable to effect. " Had I
been apprized," he says, in a letter to the editor of the
Inverness Courier, " of what was to be done, I would
have taken measures to prevent the necessity of the She-
riff or any armed force appearing among us at all ; but
I knew it not till the eietiing before, and to go to my
people at the head of an armed lorce, is what I would
never do." The reverend gentleman convened them all
(the tenants) at Colrain, on the Bth cm rent, and, after
pointing out the matinees and Motility of such violence,
and the destructive consequences that must inevitably
ensue, he prevailed upon every man of them to go
down to Arduay-inn, to receive -their summonse3 of
removing, which they did on the 54th, when the Sor-
rel. officer met them from Many were pre-
vented by sickness from coining. The Sheriff's officer
went to their houses and executed their sit u ttttttt nses, and
returned to Aolgay, after experiencing the greatest hos-
pitality. This clergyman seems well entitled, afier
this, to say, " There is no occasion for a body of 300
men, and 3 ft.:ld-pieces to come among us. I shall go
round for the peace of the parish, and that no obstruc-
tion s!,all he given to the execution of the laws:'—
While thus enforcing on his people the necessity of sob.
mission to the laws, this worthy mioister of peace makes
at the same time this feeling appeal on their behalf:—
" Of all the lowan race," he sans, "there is not a more
grateful or affectionate being than the Highlander, to
the man who feels for bis case, and sympathises with
hint ; but alas: few of the present day •know his value—
if they did, the system of extermination would not con-
tinue. I trust Mr. Munro will still avert, front the first
days of his possession of the estate, so dreadful a judg-
ment as the expulsion ot. nearly 600 persons, able and
willing to pay their rents, who are nut One penny in
arrear, and who have hitherto paid a higher rent than
the taxman who is to succeed them:' Of these 600
souls there are more than too leal-ridden and aged
suns, whose locks have grown hoary on the soil, under'
the lbstering kindness of their late excellent landlord,
Sir Hector Munro, and whom no earthly power can
remove till death come to their relief.
AN INGENIOUS PIECE OF VaLtsv.—On Good
Friday a robbery to the value of about 2001. was
effected in the house of Mr. March, of Powell-
street, Goswell-street-road, in the most cool and
ingenious manner. Mr. March had gone in the
morning to. the house of Mr. Hick, of Cheapside,
whose business he superintends. Some time after
his wife left the house to visit a friend in the Mino-
ries, leaving the servant girl and a child at home
At about four o'clock a man called at the house.
and, in apparent alarm, told the servant girl that
her mistress was suddenly and violently taken ill ;
that her master had been sent for to Mr. Hick's, in
Cheapside, and was at that moment attending his
wife, and that she (the servant) must go off to the
Minories without delay, and take the child with
her. All those particulars convinced the girl, that
the story was true. She locked up the house and
followed the supposed orders, but upon going to the
Minories she was surprised at seeing her mistress in
perfect health, as well as at her expressing astonish-
ment at the visit. The fact was soon suspected.—
Mr. Marsh ran oft to his house, but he arrived too
late. The house was stripped of most of its valuable
contents. A quantity of plate had been stolen, as
well as children's dresses, which, as they were
presents, were more valuable. Immediate infer
matiou of the robbery was given at the Mansion-
house, where active measures were adopted for the
discovery of the thieves. A person who resides in
one of the adjoining houses saw two men leave the
house between five and six in the evening. They
walked out as if they had been employed by the
inmates, and betrayed not the slightest confusion.—
The house was entered evidently by means of a
pick-lock key, and all the places where property
could be supposed to have been placid had been
broken open.