The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-09-20 00:00:00

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Since the Court of Session rose in July list. the Outer
Parliament Home, Palisleirgh, has received a farther eta-'
belfisliment. The plain glass has been wholly taken out of
the great south window. and replaced by new and beauti-
fully stained 'laws, in that rich variety of hues of which
:‘the discoveries of modern ehemistry.have rendered this
•highly oranomeotal art still more susceptible titan in ancient
times. In jlie centre division of the window is a tamale
figure, representing Justice standing on the base of a
trigon, balanced on a pline at its apex, and holding her
:balance beam in equipoise, with clouding in the hack
ground. It ie taken IKOIII &design by Sir Joshua Reynolds,
executed din* his direction, in the west window of New
College Chapel, Oxford, and is said to be a correct fac-
simile. •

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ANNI7ERStRY OF 7116 1116711 or Fenotissex.—The
birth day of this celebrated poet happening' on Friday the
ittlsinst..,tho Edinburgh Fergusson's Clob held their anti-
ve y dinner in Mr. It. ilephurn's (St. Andrew's) Tavern,
''s close. Afte; the cl.,th vr.• removed. many ap-
propriate toasts were given, and Scotia's living bards were
ciotlergolten. Songs, some of which were composed for
the occasion, were sang is fine style by several of the mem-
Isar'. An excellent bind attended, and greatly enlivened
the complany by performing many. select national airs. The
evening was spent in the erinvivial manner which always
characterizes the meetings of the club ; and at an early hour
the company separated, regretting only that time bad run
so qnickly on.
Last Stinging morning se'nnight, a man presented himself
ip the Police Office, Edinburgh, in a state of complete
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snility. lie had been in a house, he knew not where ; and
had been completely stripped of every article, and then I
turned out upon the streets.
A short time ago, a young man residing within a few
miles of Gatehouse. was seized with Typhus Fever, and
during the delirium se frequently attendant on that dis-
temper, he seemed chiefly anxious as to how be should
settle the doctor's bill. Sleeping or waking. this idea oat
'ever uppermost in his mind ; but at length he closed the
account, in a very summary and satisfactory manner. and
told his friends that he had waited on, and satisfied the
Doctor, mentioning even the exact sum he had paid. The
lever terminated favourably; when the youth paid a.reakin,
visit to his medical attendant. and received a discharge in
fill of all demands. The •Dactor at first knew nothioreof
.tAto above strange hallucination ; but the story after-
wards reached his ears, and whit amused all parties was,
that the Imaginary hill which the young man bail so often
rased about, corresponded to a farthing with the account
actually presented to him. It is lucky that these fits do not
last, otherwise there would the so little doctoring in the
country that the celebrated Prince Hohanlohe would soon
have inure patients than he could well manage, even if he
were to celebrate mass every hour in the day.
On Friday, the 2d instant, Mr. John Scott, farmer, de-
scended incautiously into a pit which be was sinking as a
ventila'or for the Mined of Iron Stone, at Crosshasket. In
consequence of suffocation, produced by.the asotic gas or
choke damp. as it is termed by miners, be fell from' the
bucket to the bottom of the shaft, and when the body was
at length found, and Incise-lit up, after expelling the de.
steuctire vapour, the vital spark was irrecoverably extin-
guished. The frequent recurrence of similar accidents must
• excite astonishment, when we consider that the presence of
the asotic may be at once ascertained by the simple ex-
periment of lowering a light, which the gas will instantly
extinguish, if collectedin a dangerous quantity. Mr. Scott
was much respected as a man of talent and information,
and has left a widow and family to deplore his loss.
JIJSTICIART COURT, I NTERNRS 11, Sept. 12.—The Circuit
.Court was opened here to-day by Lord (Allies. Wm.
M'Cillivray. from Elgin, was indicted for several acts of
forgery, particularly for having in the course of this year
purchased, or pretende I to purchase, the Csmand iron.
,works from Messrs..W. Cadell,Sons, and Co.s'of Edinburgh,
for the price of 8,(1731. sterling, and forged the name of his
(I:sce the Odkii. of Cordon to a letter of guarantee for
3.(XX11, of that sem. The indictment having been read,
1 Alr. Grant,. of nothieinurchus, stated, that there were
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several parts of thir panel's conduct, besides the act,
now charged against him, which at a strong pre-,
' simptiOn that be was not of sound mind, and lie adduced
Dc.ifoirtt Fraser, of Inverness, who swore, as his opinion,
that.hlr. Idillieray was eat to plead to the indictment. The
Equart, therefore, ordered the prisoner to be transmittal le,
ffrin, and 'remitted to two medical gentlemen there, ie.
'to.tiiinine Min, Mid reptsrt on the state of his mind in the.
• High Court of Justiciary, in November. The Court there.'
'IAN adjourned tiU to-morrow.

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Yettardoiy,mOrPtnit, between one, and two o'clnek, a
Iroise out tn the house (If Mr. Smart, carverr. ton4r. gilder.%
Nassau-strut, Soho. whit h nas io a abort time notoptrtely
rtsttettJt We in* happy to say that bb iivelitere lost t' keit;
I.thott 0141. prere,attl Iron; extending. to. tilt seigki
houses by the speedy arrival of the engines.