Glasgow Courier. — 1844-04-30 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

INVERARY SPRING CIRCUIT. The Circuit Court of Justiciary was opened here, on Thursday last, the 18th day of April, by the Honoarable Lord Wood, and David Mare, Esq., Advocate-Depute, when the following cases were disposed of Janet MacDonald, accused of theft, aggravated by housebreaking and two previous convictions, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to 7 years' transportation. Catharine MacDougall, charged with child murder, or concealment of pregnancy, pleaded guilty to the alternative charge; nod In consequence of her having already been about 6 months in jail, ahe was sentenced to 3 months' additional imprisonment. Catharine APPliel, accused of various acts of theft, aggravated by a previous conviction, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced .to 12 months' imprisonment. Malcolm Munro' accused of assault, aggravated by previous conviction. pleaded guitypeo• loos usekosesd to 9 tuositine isoJ7lRcdittigre,t orkosagraysted assault, WO fugitated for non-appearanco, and ble bail bond forfeited. Archibald W.Leas wee nest placed at the bar on a charge of assault, with intent to ravish • young girl under the age of puberty. The panel pleaded not guilt., but the jury, by • majority, found him guilty, and he was sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment. AU4N Whines and John MlCinnon were next placed at the bar on a similar charge with kl‘Lean. The panels pleaded not guilty, but the jury nnanimousl,y found them guilty as libelled, when they were sentenced to 9 awaits' imprisonment. The Court adjourned about 6 o'clioek P.m. till 10 o'clock on day morning.  more  Ist ;h. .ed se,  ent ion ith the  Peter Campbell, sometime 'teacher in Lochgilphead, was then placed at the bar, on a charge of having murdered his aunt in the month of January last. The panel pleaded not guilty. After , esentining a number of the Crown witnesses, it appeared evillest the prisoner was labouring under some mental delusion or insanity when he committed the fatal deed. The Jury returned a verdict accordingly, and the accused was ordered.to be confined for life. The Court then proceeded to consider an appeal from the , judgment of the Sheriff-Subetitute at Inverary, regarding fishing in the river Awe, to which Cello WCalroan residing at Kirkton, ' was appellant, and Alexander Campbell, Eat;., of Monrie, and his Trustees, were respondents. In the month of February last the respondents presented • complaint to thstSheriff of Argyll, or his Substitute, against the ' appellant and wand others, under the Act of Parliament 9th Geo. IV., cap. 89, entituled " An Act for the Preservation of the Salmon Fisheriel In Scotland." Various preliminary objections were stated on the part of the accused to the relevancy of the libel, but were repelled by the Shear-Substitute, who found the parties guilty of contravening the Act of Parliament founded on. The appellant brought this judgment •coder review of the Circuit Court by appeal, and Lord Wood reversed thejudgment, unstained the appeal, dismissed the original complaint so far as regards the appellant, with modified eepenses. Counsel for the appellaut—J. T. Gerdob, Esq., advocate; Agent—James hi'Donald, writer in Inverary. Counsel for the respondents—A. T. Boyle, Esq., advocate ; Agent—Alexander WArthur, writer, Inverery.  G  getabiainents "would sot:4mill away."- The passage of the Eutech referred to occurs In the following extract from a letter in ha New-York Observer, dated Alexandria, March 16:— "The Bee. Mr. Lewis, of Dondee, who has recently arrived in his country, preached an excellent discourse in my pulpit to a on Sabbath night week. His text was in Jobs that they might have life, and might have It He spoke an hour and a half, the latter part taken up in the narrative of the struggles of ~the result of which is her emancipation from a patronage and power. Mr. Lewis frankly 'riends were not yet converted from tie to the Voluntary principle; but if their ed he thought that success must neonthe road back to the 1 every day; and It co help them in maths time the experiment was completed, r converts to Voluntaryism. That promos, in their minds with quite as much vapiplace in a Scotch intellect; and if all surch could study our ecclesiastical In. love of Church and State would soon  cloc"irine—oF  .;iITII  they might I I doubt no  t °old  more