The National Register.
London, England, 1820-04-02 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Tire clergyman of the parish in Itosshire in which
the late unhappy disturbances took place, has, by his
pets•tasive itilluenee alone, accomplished what toe She-
riff, the Russ!lire Stall, and a powerful posse of I:emir:-
welt and ronstables, were unable to effect. " Had 1
been apprized," he says, in a letter to the editor of the
Invernrs7 Ce?r?ier, " of what was to he done, I would
hate taken measures to prevent the necessity of the She-
riff or any armed force api•cating among us at all ; hot
I knew it not till the evening before, and to go to my
people at the head of an armed force, is what I would
never do." The reverend gentleman convened them all
(the tenants) at Colrain, on the Bth cut rent, and, after
pointing out the mallnees and inutility of such. violence,
and the destructive consequences that must mevitaaly
ensue, he prevailed upon every man of them to go.
down to Arditay-inl, to receive their summonses of
removing, which they did on the 14th, when the She-
riff's officer met them from Tain. Many were pre-
vented by sickness from coming. The Sheriff's officer
went to their houses and executed their snot mouses, and
returned to Aulgay. after experiencing the greatest hos-
pittlitr. This clergyman seems well entitled, after
to say, "'There is no occasion for a body of 300
men, and 3 field-pieces to come among us. I shall go
romid for the peace of the parish, and that no obstroc-
holt shall be given to the execution of the
panne'
IYhile thus enforcing on his people the necessity of sub-
mission to 0:e laws, this worthy minister of peace makes
at the sante time this feeling Appeal on their behalf:—
" Of all tile hinnatt race," he s. s, " there is not a more
grateful or affectionate being than the Highlander, to
the man who feels for his 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. NI nitro will still avert, from the first
days of his possession of the estate, to dreadful a judg-
ment as the expulsion of newly 600 persons, able and
willing to pay their rents, who ate not one penny in
arrcar, and who have hitherto paid a higher rent than
the taxman who is to succeed them." Of these 600
souls there sic more than 100 LAI-ridden and aged per-
sons, whose locks have grown hoary on the soil, under
the fostering kindness of their late excellent landlord,
Sir Hector Munro, and whom Ito earthly power can
venture till death conic to their relief.
DUEL.—Another dispute has taken place at Gibraltar,
bilween an American naval officer and an officer of the
British army in that garrison. The parties were Lieut.
Smith, of the 27th regiment, anl I,ieut. Dowling, of
the navy. The case was reported by the former to the
commander of the garrison, with a request that he
might be tried by a Court Martial, he conceiving that
his conduct had been perfectly correct. This request
was refused. The American officer was brought to a
Court Martial by order of hi; Commodore, and acquit-
ted, but it is understood that the Commodore, dkap-
prey preying of the acquittal, has transmitted the verdict to
zs
the President of the United States. A few, days after, the
parties wet, when the American officer threw cot souse
reflections On the testimony of Lieut. in conse.
micirce of the acquittal. The result was, a message was
sent by Lieut. to the American Officer, which
the letter refused, in the first instance, limit Lieut.
having insisted mom honourable satisfaction, a meeting
took place on -the actual ground. Toe parties stood at
nine distance, and by the first tire of the American
the Britislt officer was woottiled slightly in the le_; on
toe second lire the hall of hits adversary's pistol grazed
of e of his .fingers ; and, on the third shot, the ball
passed through diis thigh, and brou6ht him to the
The Inv:Hess here terminated. and Lieutenant
5--, was conveyed to the Military Hospital, where
was.left in a fair way of recovery at the departure of
tie Rochfor, which has brottlit home the account of
ihis affair.

Trtutt.s Fon Tn CASON.-h has been finally
arranr:cd, that the whole of the prisoners connected
with the Cato-street conspiracy shall be arraigned
at the bar of the Ohl Bailey on Saturday, the 15th
of this month. It is probable that nothing further
than their arraignment will take place on that day,
but the business will proceed on the following Mon-
day, to the exclusion of the tegulur business of the
• Sessions, which commences on the 12th inst.