Star.
London, England, 1822-12-11 00:00:00

corrar.or sisszov. ea11.44.08ff.

SZCOND DiVlllloA—SALtanuarestAacik
.91/TIC,ERi OF STATE s'. EARL. OF 111A8R1149.7„T.
Last week the tords of the Second Division eidte,
Court of Session pronounced judgment in the proms
of declatator, at the instance. of tle Officers of State,
for the int‘rg4t Ahlt 495V114 *BA* *444 of
Haddington.
In this pincess, the pursuers maintained 'thus the
defender was not entitled, by virtue of the !felt be
bid to the Royal• domains sirrounding the PCice of
Holyrood, to sell, quarry, or take away manes from
Sal6burY Craggs. The Earl contended that he aid
his predecessors bad used that,lfht for liuudied
yeArs, and he was doing nothing i egal insoatliming
these operations. The Lord Ordinary reiir" seri to
grant the interdict, and the Officers of State .peti.
tioned the Inner House, who advised the Petitioit
with answers, and adhered to the Lord Orginary*,
interlocutor, and, in hoc state, refused ttie.retitiots
fr. the Officers of State.

ace.
The Loan ADVOCATE plead for the Crown, artd Mr.
CLERK and Mr. Hop& for the Earl of flatlcliagtoo.

A free pardon has been received at the olkce4the
Crown Agent, Eiinburgh, for William Roberts();
condemned at last Circuit at Perth.

ASSIZES.

' WINTER HOME CIRCUIT—HERTFORD, Ditc,..9.
The Commissions issued on the present occasion
were similar to the Commissions usually issued, ex-
cept that a proviso was inserted in each leaving it to
the Judges to exercise their discretion whether they
would try such cases, wherein the recognizances re-
quired the prosecutors and their witnesses to appear
and prosecute the offender at the General Sessions of
'the Peace, "• or other Wise." The Learned Judges
named in the Commissions were Mr. Baton GRAHAM
and Mr. justiee BAvt.,Ey, both of whom arrived this
morning. in this town, and proceeded to the Town
Hall to open. their Commissions, after which they at-
' tended Divine Service.
The Calendar contains (23 cases, two of which are
,capital felonies ; the rest are petit larcenies.
• There. was a very full attendance of the Nobility
and -Gentry' of the County on the Grand Jury.
Mr. Baron GRAHAM, as the senior Judge named
the Commission, charged the Grand Jury, and
pointed out to. their attention the disadvantage of a
Circuit at this time of the year—the inconvenience to
which it subjected the Judges, the Grand Jury, the
Petit Jury, prosecutors, and witnesses. With respect
to the Judges, his Lordship observed, that it was
inconvenient for a man advanced in years to perform
Such a duty at so unfavourable a season. The Gentry
of the country were also called upon, at a seaso:l
Usually devoted to recreation and domestic retile-
ment, to leave theiL homes to perform duties of a
nature not the most agreeable. 'Lie yeomanry teo,
-who could ill afford the expense of ti avelling, and
loss of time consequent upon their services a, Petit
Jurymen, at so inhoseitahle_a season, were as much
the subject of consideration ; whilst, perhaps, the un-
happy persons confined in jail did not suffer mote
than was commonly the consequence of the criminal
law, as it at present exi-te.d.
The business of to-day was wholly destitute of pub-
. lic interest: the cases tried being principally petit
larcenies. Only three Gentlemen of the loag robc
I were in attendance at the Assizes.