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ArnecraraßAL REPORT FOE SEPTEMBER.
The new- Wheats are found to rise well and fine in
quality, and the increased number of threshing ma-
chines have thrown large quantities on,the markets,
occasioning a considerable reduction of prices, which
the foreign imports will for some tittle assist in keep-
ing down. Some districts in the Midland counties
find defective crops, from a partial mildew. The
Oat harvest has closed in the Fens, affording the
largest general produce that hat been known for many
years. The Barley crops are expected to turn out
- finer in sample, than large in quantity, not exceeding
an average crop. The Northern counties are late
with their Beans, which, however, prove abundant.
- All accounts from the principal corn districts of Scot-
-- • :land, st,te the produce of all kinds of grain to be
kiarge, and to have been early and well harvested.—
Clover-seed is likely to be .a pretty general crop, ex-
cept
upon light soils, where the, long continuance of
'dry weather proved injurious to it. The Turnip
countries have abundance of free-growing feed. Po-
taupe, turn out but a partial crop, owing to the dis-
ease of the 4urit which in many parts has been very
prevalent. The Hop plantations of Kent, Sussex,
and Farnham, have bagged a much larger weight
- tan was looked for; but those of Worcester and He-
refordshire have not yielded half a crop, and where
the Cyder produce has also generally failed.—The
Cattle-markets in the Midland counties have had large
shews of lean stock, but, the prices are still kept high,
from the prospect of abundant feed in Turnips and
Coleseed.—Smithfield has been well supplied through
the month with prime Mutton, Beef, and Veal, on
lo*er terms.—ln'the Wool-markets there has been
little or no variations since our last Report.

UNION-HALL.-W. George, a baker, was convicted
yesterday in the penalty of £5, for having in his pos-
vession a quantity of alum.
A respectable Coal-merchant was also fined 40s. per
sack for fifteen sacks, which he had in use in thede.
livery of coals, they being deficient in length, some
of them two, and others three inches. The defendant
contended the sacks were not' fairly measured, the
measure being taken from the outside instead of the
inside, and declared his determination to appeal on
that ground to the Quarter Session, against the con-
viction, _ _

Bow-stasgt.—Yesterday E. Harrison, a hackney-
coachman was charged with stealing a watch, the
property Of G. Henry. The prosecutor stated, that
on Monday night, about ten o'clock, as he was pass-
ing Drury-lane Theatre, the prisoner suddenly struck
him in the breast, and snatched his, watch out of his
pocket, with which he made off between the coaches.
Harding, a publican in Brydges-street, proved the
prisoner's coming to his house, about eleven o'clock
that night, and offering the watch for sale for 225. ;
that the next day, hearing that the watch had been
stolen, be found out the pi isoner, who said he had
given it to J. Tanen, another hackney coachman, in
Crown-street, where he went with the witness, and
Tatten produced the watch. 'Fatten swore, that on
Monday night, about twelve, he met the primer at a
public-house in Bow-street, who borrowed 2s. of him,
and gave him the watch to take care of till the next
morning.—The prisoner, in his defence, said, be found
the watch, on Monday night, in 13rydges-street.—He
was lay committed for a highway robbery.
A few evenings since the house of Mr. W. Hud.
son, of Grove Place, Bethnal Green, was broke
open, and robbed of several articles of plate; and
some very ve.nable pieces of silk, with which the vil-
lains got clear off.
By the present law regarding the distillation from
grain, the restriction expires , on the 31st December
next. Permission to distil may, however, be granted.,
by proclamation, on 30 days notice ; and it being re-
ported that the prohibition is accordingly to be re-
moved, the Magistrates of Edinburgh have sent a
representation on the subject, intimating the propriety
of allowing the prohibition to expire of itself, in place
of anticipating it. The Magistrates and Town Coun-
cil of Haddington have also sent a representation on
the same subject. The Magistrates have been induced.
to take these steps, in consequence of the effects al-
ready produced on the grain markets by the opening
of the distilleries in Ireland, large purchases having
been made both in Edinburgh and in Mark-lane, and
prices having proportionally risen. -
Execums.—Tuesday se'nnight Wm. Gritramt was
executed at Appleby, pursuant to his sentence at the
lag Assizes, for robbing James Bruce. From the time
of Ls commitment he appeared to be truly penitent,
and since receiving sentence of death, he had been
attended not only by the Rev. Mr. METCALFE, Chap.
lain of the gaol, but by the different Clergymen in
the neighbourhood. On Tuesday, the day appointed
for his execntioi, at nine o'clock, he received the Se-

crament, and about half an hour afterwards he sent
for his fellow prisoners into his cell, and took an
affectionate leave of them, admonishing them at the
same time to leave off their evil ways; to avoid, more
especially, sabbath-breaking and swearing, the latter
of which one of them is notoriously guilty of. To
him he presented a Bible, and desired him frequently
to lead it, telling him he would find more consolation
in the perusal of it, than in all other books besides.—
At ten o'clock, a Minister of the Kirk of Scotland
strived, and had some conversation with him. After
• the arrival of the mail, about a quarter before twelve,
the awful procession set forward for Gallows-hill, the
place where the malefactors are usually executed ;
jibe Scotch Minister attended him, and sung several
Hymns on the road, in which he was joined by some
of the country people. At about half past twelve
they arrived at the place of execution, when the pri-
soner, in a few words, exhorted the people to take'
ivarning by his untimely fite ; after which he shook
it Inds with the Gaoler, thanked him for his kindness
to him during his confinement ; he also thanked Mr.
MWUCALFE and Mr. Scorr, the Ministers who at-
tended him, and the persons who joined in singing,
for their attendance; after which he gave himself into
• the hands of the executioner, and resigned his breath
almost without a struggle. He was buried about six
o'clock the same evening; when about 150 pereoes
attended the funeraL—To the honour of the county.
•t Westmorland it may be noticed, that there has
bees no execution in it since the year 1782, when
-t Irving and' Walter Gt.*, suffered for the
murder of R. Poker, at Hack.horse. Consequently
ere have Wen no less than thirty successive maiden
'us at Appleby.
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aßtarr lATILLIGENcI.
AIERDEIN, SEPTEMBER I&
The Circuit Court of Justiciary was opened Mete on
Wednesday last, by the Right Hon. Lord Gauss.
Jolts Eraser, accused of forging or counterfeiting
notes upon the Bank of Scotland, and of using and
uttering the same, knowing them to be for and
codaterfeited. The prisoner denied the forging and
counterfeiting, but pleaded guilty to the uttering and
vending, as libelled I and he was sentenced to seven
years transportations
John Henderson, accused of an let of theft and
housebreaking, and two other acts of theft, denied
the first charge, and admitted the two last. The pri-
soner was sentenced to 14 years transportation.
'John Roger, sometimes servant to Alexander Collie,
farmer, at Wantonwalls, in the parish of Insch, and
presently or lately residing at Drum of Carron, in the
parish of Inveraven, and county of Banff, indicted
and accused of the crime of bigamy, in so far as he
having, on the 18th day of August, 1805, or about
that time, entered into a matrimonial connection with,
and married Margaret Innes, daughter of John lanes,
crofter in Sunside, or Sinside, of Old Glanderstown,
in the paiish of Kinnethmont, with whom, subse-
quent to that date, and t;11 the end of the year 1812,
he frequently cohabited in the house of her said fa-
ther, and corresponded with her as his wife—the said
Margaret Innes, and the said John Roger, having,
during that period, visited, and being publicly consi-
dered and held to be husband and wife ; he the said
John Roger did, nevertheless, and while he very well
knew that the said Margaret Innes was in life, and
that his marriage with her subsisted, on the 15th day
of January last, or about that time, in the church of
Inveraven, in the county of Banff, or elsewhere, to
the prosecutor unknown, feloniously marry Mitchell,
otherwise Mary Hardy, daughter to John Mitchell,
residing at Drum of Canon, with whom he thereafter
cohabited as his wife. _ _

The .prisoner pleaded Not Guilty, denying. the
first marriage stated in the indictment, and admitted
the last, upon which the case went to proof.
Margaret Innes' the prisoner's alledged first wife,
being called, was objected to as incompetent as a wit-
ness, and the objection was sustained by the Court.—
She was, however, admitted as a haver, and she pro-
duced two letters addressed to her from the prisoner,
which, however, were not read in Court.
John Innes, crofter in Sunside of Old Glanders-
town, father of the said Margaret Innes, was then
brought forward, and he stated, inter aka, that he con-
sidered his said daughter as the lawful wife of the
prisoner. That, about eight years ago, she having
fallen with child by him, they were both called before
the Kirk Session of insch, for the purpose of being
rebuked, as he supposed—on which occasion, he a -
terwards understood, they were lawfully married by
Mr. Daun, the Minister of that parish ; and that, in
consequence, they have since cohabited frequently in
his hraise, in'el corresponded together as husband and
wife. which he would not have allowed, if he had not
considered them married persons.
In that evidence Christian Innes, his wife, and
mother of the said Margaret limes, concurred.
The Rev. George Daun, Minister of Insch, being
sworn, stated to the Court and Jury, that in the year
1805, the prisoner and Margaret Innes were called
before him, and the other Members of the Kirk Ses.
SIGH of Insch, for the purpose of being rebuked and
fined as fornicators ; that, on this occasion, he, the
witness, addressed Margaret Innes, andsaid, that he
was confident, from her demeanour and general good
character, that she would not have surrendered her
virtue to 'the prisoner without a previous promise of
marriage from him : to which she answered, that she
had not done so, for that he bad promised her mar-;
riage. Upon which Mr. Daun interrogated the pri-
soner, whether or not he had promised to marry Mar.
garet Innes ? and he admitted that he had done so.
Mr. Daun then observed, that perhaps he repented
now ; and the prisoner said, that he did.not repent,
and was willing to marry her. Upon which Mr.
Daun instantly declared them both married persons,
and proceeded to deliver the usual prayer at the din.,
missing the Session ; at which time the prisoner was
about to say something, and called out—di Ay, but
." Mr. Daun, however, proceeded with
prayer ; and, when he had concluded, the prisoner
told him, that he nor no other man should marry him
against his will. Mr. Damn then stated, in explana- '
tion, that he had not married the prisoner and Mar-
garet Innes, but that he considered them as being so
by the law of Scotland.
His Lordship then addressed Mr. Daun, in terms
expressive of his firm belief of Mr. Daun's good in-
tentions, in proceeding as he had done ; but that he
felt it his duty to inform him, that he had acted
rashly in declaring a marriage, without first having
the full, deliberate, and unequivocal consent of both
parties.
No other witnesses being examined, the Jury was en-
closed,,and returned a verdict for the prisoner of Not
Guilty,.when, after an appropriate address from the
Bench, he was dismissed from the bar.
The Court afterwards gave judgment in one or
two cases of Appeal, and proceeded this morning to
Perth.

Wednesday se'nnight, pursuant to a sentence of the
Magistrates, a gingerbread-baker stood on the plat-
form in front of Glasgow Gaol, with the following
label on his breast ,r John Morton, convicted of
stealing flour—banished the City."
The inhabitants of Perth were greatly annoyed, on
the evening of Monday se'nnight, by parties of Mili-
tia parading the streets, and knocking down with
bludgeons all who had the misfortune to fall in their
way. Nay, respectable and unoffending citizens were
assaulted even in their own shop doors. The ruffian
carnival was renewed next day. Among others
who were attacked on that evening were the Earl of
Fitz and a Spanish Gentleman, as they alighted
from their carriage near the George Inn. The Earl
defended himself very dexterously with a good stick,
and got into the inn with little hurt ; but the Spa.
niard, who stood aloof from the scuffle, was appre-
hended by some townspeople, and not being able to
speak English well, or to give any account of himself
that they could understand, was carried off without
ceremony to the low iron-house. ,He was soon re.
leased, however, from this inglorious durance, on the
pessongl application of Lord life.

CHESTER ASSIBAS.
S. Enrols and ,Rearhow *ere indicted for a bur-
glary in the dwellingahouse of Js Harding, of Hen-
bury.
J. Harding—l keep a shop at Henbnry, I fastened
the doors, and went to bed at nine o'clock ; op thel
28th of April last, about two,o'clock. I was awoke
out of my sleep by threeanen, in my room, who had
each a shirt over his clothes, and crape over their
faces, one guarded the door while the others 'de-
manded my money ; they said if I did not deliver up
my money, they would blow my brains out in a mi-
nute. They bad each of them a pistol in one hand
and a candle in the other. I observed the shirt of one
of them was rent on the left side behind. Two went
down stairs, while the other was left
.guarding the
door with a pistol. They came up stairs again, and
rummaged every thing in the room, they pulled off
the bed-clothes and searched under the bed ; they
made my wife unlock the drawers in the house; I
saw one of Them 'with a £4O bill in his hand, he aid
it upon a box near my bed ; .I told tkem that- would
do them no good ; one of them answered, 4g I don't
know that.', While they were bending down exa-
mining a box, I crtpt under one of their arms, and
jumped out of the window, and ran to alarm' the
neighbours (seven in number). We returned to my
house, the robbers were gone ; we went in pursuit,
we saw two perons, who, upon our approach, drop-
ped some sugar, and escaped from us : we saw the
prisoners in a field about five miles from my Louse,
one was leaning his head like a person asleep, the
other was reading some papers ; there was a bundle
*lying between them ; Woodhall (one of my neigh-
bours who accompanied me) accosted them, and alter
some conversation they agreed to go with us to But-
ley Ash, 'they went quietly till we came to a place
where there were two gates on each side the road.-
-Beston then jumped on one side of the road, and
presented a pistol, and said, gg Stand off, or I'll shoot
you." I had a pike in my hand, and I knocked him
down, and we secured him ; Renshaw was secured
by I. Woodhall ; we took them to' Mr. Downes, the
Magistrate; when they came there the prisoners were
searched; there were found on Beston a lot of silver,
and some brass; among the silver there were two
shillings that were mine, one was a lettered shilling,
and the other was a Queen Anne's shilling, which
wait given to me by my sister. In the bun* was
found, among other things, a £4O bill which was
mine ' • it was the same 'that I saw upon the box,
when they were in my.room • there were some tax
papers and some mill bills which belonged to me ; in
the bundle we found some black crape, some sugar,
an old shirt, and a little soap. I told my neighbours
before they opened the bundle, that they would find
in it an old shirt, torn behind ; and when they opened
the bundle, such a shirt was tere (the shin was pro-
duced, and shewn to the Jury, it was as the leitness
had described). When I returned home, exaTined
the house, found the house window out ; across the
casement, three squares were taken out, and the iron
stauncheons broken ;the hale made writ large enough
for a man to get through.—On his cross.examination
by Mr. Barnes, he said—As T slept tip the second
landing, no person in the house but myself and my
wife ; I thought I knew one of the men '4 I saw a bit
of his face, but was so fluttered, and they were so
disguised, that I 'could not swear to them. When
we pursued the prisoners, we traced them by their
steps along the dew • when we found the prisoners,
it was about five miles from my house. We saw tato
other men on the road near Hollingsworth's smithy,
we pursued them, but they dropped some sugar and
escaped ; I knew Beston before, he lived but a short
way from me. I told Woodhall that 'I knew him,
that he was a weaver, but I could not recollect his
name. The prisoner at the bar is the man."
I. Woodhall and •J. Oldham assisted to secure
them ; saw Beston throw a steel away, which he
picked.up.

W. Robinson, a constable, remembers receiving
the prisoners on the morning or the rubbery—took
them to Mr. Downes—there examined the bundle;
among other things found some tinder wrapped up in
a ballad, a pocket knife, a large piece of black crape, 'I
and an old shirt, which Harding described before the
bundle was opened. [Witness here produced an in-1
ventory of the articles found in the bundle.] The
bundle was given to Mr. Lloyd, of Stockpor.

Mr. Lloyd here produced the bundle, and the pis-
tols ; the pistols were in the same state as when taken
from the prisoners. Mr. Pratt, Clerk to Mr. Lloyd,
took the pistoli into the Castle-yard, to unload them,
and he brought them back, produced several slugs
and large shot, which he took out.ot the barrels, but
said there was no powder.
Oldham said he had knocked the powder out
through the touch-hole, to prevent accidents.
An attempt was made by Renshaw's father to
prove an ahti, but without success.
The Jury, without hesitation, found both prisoners
Guilty and they were ordered for execution on
Saturday next.

MARRIED.

At %nnan Manse, on the 40th ult. Mr. Walter Batty, of
Becks, near Langholm, to Miss Helen Moncrieff, second daugh-
ter-of the Rev. W. H.Muncrieff, of Annan.
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On the 19th ult. Captain John Carey Champion, of the Est
regiment, to Elisabeth Herres 'Urquhart, daughter of the late
William Urquhart, of Craigaton, Esq. -
At Stonehouse Chapel, Plymouth, on the 11th ult. John M.
Fortescue, Esq. 122 d foot, to Jane Eliza Marshall, eldest daugh-
ter of the late Captain Marshall, R. N. Norfolk, NortLumber-
land.
At Dundee, on the 20th ult. Mr. William Kirkaldy, merchant
there, to Miss Susanna Davidson, daaughter of the Rev. Dr. Da-