The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-03-09 00:00:00

JURY COURT. SCOTLAND.

Twn trials of considerable importance took place
• Nlonday •ud Turaday sr' •KM: in the Jury
Coml. The guest' s :wise out of the io-rtiarri of
• !.t..ge coach at Ai1(16,, by which 11111 individual
received considerable ii.jorry. The accidet.t was
neca•unlyd principally by stones having been laid
down on the rood for the purpose of building ■
house; Nod the prop►ietols of the couch brought an
act .•f relief Igain•t the road tru.tres, who again
held the proprietor of the house liable far hating
Inid dorm these atotn-a.

Oii the tint issue, the Jury found, th►t as the
•tours were laid trlown within 50 'rids of the inn
at Airdrie, the master of which heinv one of the
couch p►oprietors, they held that he was eulpHide
of tirghgence in permitting such a iiiiisance to be
led down in the mail of hi. coaches. The de.
triages we►e laid at 500/. but were MitVied by the
Jury al 1501.
On the second issue, after a pointed and most his.
titict charge f the Ju Igr, Ilse Jury found, that
it was the duty of the road tru.teru to prevent the
practice of laying down builibog ►tones, or soy other
nuisance, within the limits or the mud, which pi,.
tended from fence to fetter. mul not to the metal' il
part of the mud only, its tutsrited by the trustees;
81111 with regard to the builder, it was the opimuu of
the Jury, that as the practice was tolerated by cus-
tom, lie could not be bleated for availing lifinitelf
of that privilege; although th►e trustee• loud nu
right tis grind 1,, and might to have prevented it.
A bill of exceptions was tendered by the cimosel
for the trupters against the conclusions of the Judge
iii his charge to the Jury ; bu► if his charge be sus.
hinted, this tlecittion will reuder it nee:rustily Ism toad
trustees generally to be much inure particular that►
they have hitherto been where buildnigs are elect-
ing on the stile► of roads.

There was a full market at Norwich on Satur-
day, with a good supply of kVlirat and Birley, the
former of which was a trifle cheaper than last week.
—The Hill was umbel thin of stink, and prices
lower. The Sheep peas were not full.
About thirty prisoners have already beets 044. M
in the new House of CUM filoll at Kirutaforal—rer-
tastily one of the most magnificent fur the imrpuos
in Great Britain. They are employed in complet-
ing the intrufor.

A malignant spirit has been d,plsyrd in Hari-
leigh, by the anonymous addrrs•iug or letters to
the principal Inhahrtrnt•, corttsmrog thirsts that
their property will Le set fire to, and even the own-
ers murdered. On Monday petini4ht a ►tack of
lily and stover belonging to '.Jr. J. CRAY. Nas
burnt, it is brlit‘rd through the till
cendiary, and indeed hit whole lorrtuises would
have been consumed, loot for the meritutious eery-
Items of the iiihrhitaiiis.—(awry SI. Ildntunds
Paper.)
The town of Peterofirld, in Yorkshire, was thrown
into great confusion on Sunday we'roitight. by the
appearance of a norulter of person marching in
military array, armed with muskets awl ►tick• ; and
11010, alter pudding the town, attacked a house
occupied by a cto►per. of which tin t• took for.itole
pussessioo. We understand the authors of this
outrage are known; awl that uu inforniatiori, moiler
the Seditious Aleetiiigs Act, hilb lotto laid organism
theta --((:hester Paper.) •
The firllowirsg is copied from the Inverness
Journal of Friday fart, %larch 3. lii. dated hall-
past two. p.m.: -
Itoss-siloax.—The mail joist arrived from the
north hub brought the disagreeable iiitelligence of ■
serious riot which occurred yesterday sitar Colrain.
to lio•a-shier. We usislerstsiod, that 4111 Ulre.lolll of
coirryirig into effect the legal measures fur reams-
nig the tenants on the ratite of Culrsin. for which
purpose, on accuuat of previous resistassce, it lie-
risme necessary to employ the whole civil power of
the comity. headed by the Magistrates,• together
with the militia staff. a nun.her of men mid woolen
aiweiribled at the march dike, and resisted the exe-
cution of the legal process, by overpowereirig the
civil and military force. It is said a 'somber of the
rioters, as well as of the officers of justice arid
militia, were seriou►ly hurt. The Sheriff-Depute,
who was preseut, is arid to Isaac been persurially
hurt ; and he and the other Ithigistratrs had their
carriages broken. Particulars in our WM." •

At the Seiko Spring A•figpn—
William Drury, rronovr4l by Habra* Corpus from Orford,
rb rg..l wish retrain( silver les4p.voss, the pmp►rty of
Wis. Velar Karnak, Eul. of the Loirersily of thifoid.••-
ow rate 'optima:meld.