Star.
London, England, 1826-06-30 00:00:00

MOVEMENTS.

The Earl and Countess Verolam left town yesterday, for Wal-
nrer Castle, on a visit t• the Earl and Countess of Liverpool.
Sir Philip and Lady Egerton and family have left the St. George's
Hotel, Albemarle street, for their scat in Shtopshire.
The Honourable and Rev. A. Grey has left his house in Charles.
street, on a tour.

J. Brown; Esq. arrived yesterday at Fenton's New Hotel, St.
James's street, from Bath; William Lawley, Esq. has left ditto.
Ai rivals at Jordan's Hotel, St. James's street—Mr and airs.
Frankland, from Cheltenham; Mr and Mrs Do'thin and family,
from Essex.
Arrivals at Berner's Hotel, Berners-street—Mrs and Miss

O'Connor, and Miss Blake, from Dublin.
Departures from Warreatalcei, Regent street—Lord Lyne-
duch, fur Brighton; Idr s Brown, for Scotland.

SCOTLAND.

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY, EDINBURGH.
SPRING GUNS.

Monday, James Craw, gamekeeper to the Earl of
,Home, was put to the bar, accused of wilful murder,
having, on the Ist of February last, loaied a spring
gun with
,powder and shot, which he placed i the Her-
sel plantations, and atoched a wire or string to the
-.trigger, -wherby John Guthrie, son of the late James
•Guthtie, carder in Coldstream, who tmving trespassed
•in the said planation in quest of game, came in contact
with the said suing, which caused the Rim to be dis-
. ;charged, and the contents lodged in the knee of the said
John Guthrie—who died in consequence of the wound,
•on the 28th March last.
• The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Cocenunwsaid, that upon the main facts of this
case—that a spring:gun had been set within the Hersel
pLintation, and that:3 man had tome by his death in
-consequence of trespassing, both parties were agreed.
But there was still a grave, and hitherto untried, ques-
tion in this country involved, whether it was illegal to
set spring-guns without notice, and being illegal, whe-
tf.ee it justified so serious a charge as that preferred
against the pannel ? It was his opinion, and that of his
Learned• Friend (Mr. Jeffrey), who appealed with him.
that no Vet bal argument could supersede that more
grave mode of disposing of new questions which was
usual in that Court.

The LORD AkovocaTa admitted that it was of great
importance to htve a solemn decisi•,n of the Court on

this questkn. He was not quite prepared to go into

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any lengthened verbal discussion, and should therefore
agree to writtzn pleadings, provided that they wire
.seen and intetchatigrd by an early day.
The Coos'. then ordered informations to be lodged before the
first and second box days—and the diet was continued against Craw
till the 14th of November.

MURDER.

• Peter Moffat, juni.o, was next put to the bar, nn a
'charge with the wi fol murder of his lath: r,
Moffat, late carter in Kilsyth, having, on the 2J day of
April, 1822, assaulted and attacked the said l'e er
Dioffat with a knife, or o her lethal instrument, and in-
fi cted several wounds in the belly of his father, whereof
he died in four days Ihereafter. ."4104
The fact having been proved y two iiitntsi
Loan JUSTICE CLERK summed up, and the Jury, after
in absence of a very few minutes, returned a verdict
finding the pannel guilty as libelled."
The Lone JUSTICE CLERK then mid the sentence of
the Court, ordaining ihe pannel to be executed at Stirr
ling, on Friday the ‘2Bth July next, and his body there-
after to be given to Dr. Munro for dissection.
• The pannel is a very dull looking young man, about
21 or 22 years of age. He seemed to feel his situation
most acutely, never lifting his eyes from the floor, and
often shedding tears during the course of the day. We
•heax that before the trial be anticipated the worst, and
was. therefore prepared, in some measure, for the sen-
tenie of condemnation, which Le heard with apparent
,composure. His mother and sister were in attendance
a, witiososs, but neither were called. After the trial
was over, the-former had to be led from the Cotyt•
room, suppottecl- by two men, apparently suffering an
iadisiribable itenty of mind.

, Such was the intensity of the heat on Wednesday, that
several persons fainted in the streets ; sone apparently
hale young man, while proceeding up Lonprane.from
Smithfield, fell so suddenly, aild with such violence, that
he cot his temple in a high ful manner.
. Witham Jones, who was ordeied for eve'cution for
burglary in the houie of the Hon. Mr.--arautiorr, and
was respited till this day, .bas been respiatl during his
MA JibT 11 pleasure. , •