The Sun.
London, England, 1812-05-01 00:00:00

,SCOTCH. CiECUIT 11V7'ELLIGEIV:T.

PERTH, APRIL 23.—Yesterday the Circuit Coort
of Justiciary was opened here, by Lords AIImAnALY
and GIGUES.'

When, after the usual preliminary forms, Robert.
Fenton,' flesher\in With; aocused of stealing sheeri,
the propeity of Robert Ditammond, at Friarton, was.'
brought-to the bar.—The panne' being called to
plead, confessed the -charge,. and the .I,:ry
tog withdrawn, broUght a verdi6l of Guilty.
After the verdia was . read, Mr.- Hagatt, coon'
set- fur the prisOner, stated to the Court, ill
Mitiption of the punishment which might be
inflicted, that he had' a family, and 'that ltd
had, some years ago, been accessary to saving the
live and property of a number of people at a fire
in Perth, when he, to the asto:tishment of the
rounding tuultitode, rushed through the flames 16 a
plAce where two barrels of gunpowder were der',
sited, and after bringing out one in his arms, re-: -
turned, nolwithstandiug the danger, and brought.
out the other. This Eby he,was again brought info
Court, and sentenced to be transported beyond soli,
for seven year..., with the usual certifi. wion.

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This day the Court prdceeded to the trial of Piero',
Hoskins, shoemaker, it) Perth, for the inurcli:'r of
ciiii‘:, a boy of four< years of age, on,the 17th of:
September last, by repeated cuts with a knife. The,
fact of the murd,r was•clearly established bye nurri-
ber of witnesses; but it appeared, in the course of
the proof, that the prisoner had been a soldior,
and had served in Arnerica and the East I-3'
dies; that he had been occasionally subjei9 to
firs of delirium after drinking; and that-the crime
was committed while he was in a state of intoxi-
cation. Mr. Hagart, Counsel for the prisoner,
brought witnesses to, prove' that his client W
to be regarded as insane... The Jury having heen.ad-
dressed, on the part of the prosecution, by Mr..Ao';-
well, King's Advocate-depute, and Mr. Hagar, 03
that of the prisoner, retired about an hour; and re-
turned a verdia all in one voice, finding (he prisoptl
guilty' of hat-log inflicted the wounds which oce3"
sioned the death of, hiszclUld ; but that it was dune
in a temporary fit of insanity. The Court there-
upon adjudged the pannel to be keo in prison till,
he find bail for the safety-of the public against
future fits of insanity.

At the Curragh,Meeting, on Monday se'on:4'lt,
Mr. Mark Brown's Pope won tire cup alit] I‘.?,t''-'
guineas; a tine race over the course, beating 1-101!.F.'
Bork.
We understand- that the'nartel of bank notes anA,
bills lately lost by the gOard of the mail-coach, Fe"
tween Berwick and. ti>e COniinerc;al B tuk.of
land, for which a reward of too guineas was
has' been found. It was -picked,up on the morui:l
of the accident by.a.butClier in Dunbar, on Ow
between Press and -Berwic!‹. A-knowledge-of 1)4-4
-thara6.ler, and of his having beer on the road tl)''t
morning, and other circumstances, excited a susPl-
Ci3ll against' him, arld, on a warrant to searchhouse being obtained, one of the gentlemeir et
bank,. accompanied bm y Archibald Campbell, city !:1'
firer, were :dispatched foal Edinburgh, when
whole property w.,s foniid in his possession, exZept-,
ing a few pounds which he bad spent. He is
in custody. •
n
HOItSC.-UACEI AGAINST TlMlV.—rctraca of a
ter from Mr. George Hiiton, at Brrerrni 'A)
his Mother, Mrs. Hilton, of King-street, Black`
burn, in Lanc.ishire:—
" I have to inform von -of a race which I po! -
formed, never equalled in this part, of the world.-'
Mr. Wanklyn, "trom Man Chester, bet 200 oovices
of gold that there- was an Englishman at Bu- toli4
Ayres, meaning myself, who would ride 10 Span's"
leagues, upwards of 30 English miles,lin an lrltir,
mounting as many horses as he thought proi.er.""
This b.2'ng thought improbable byi the Spaniards,
bets to tire drnount of 5000 dollars were riiked
agents! the performance. I was allowed to try the,
exploit as often as I:pleased during 18 days, and It
once performed it in that given time, the wager %573
won. In my first attempt I exceeded the hour fivei
minutes ; my second attempt was successful„ as
went the distance in 28 seconds less than the boa
'About 12,000 people assembled to witness ibis
equestrian fete.
" I did not bet a farthing myself, neither Shoo
I have rode the race, had it not been for the pride (1'
my country."