80

Register.-British Chronicle.

merset, deemed the most fertile, (Middlesex excepted,) average at 28s. per acre; the whole surface of England and Wales at 17s. 2d. per acre.

6. Execution.-Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, Bryne Judd and Thomas Clapperton, for a robbery at Roadmains, agreeably to their sentence, were executed in the Lawnmarket. Their behaviour was becoming their awful situation. Shortly before they were thrown off, Clapperton called out in a firm voice to his fellow sufferer" Are you ready?" And on his indicating, by a sign, that he was so, Clapperton dropt a handkerchief, and they were launched into eternity. Williamson, who was recently appointed common executioner, officiated on this occasion, under the superintendence of the Glasgow executioner.

Thomas

Melancholy Accident.-On the night of Tuesday last, James Sharp and John Hed, derwick, when riding home from Crieff market, proposed a race, and having accordingly set off at full speed, left the rest of When they their companions behind. came to Bishop Bridge, where there is a quick turn in the road, Hedderwick and his horse went over the precipice, nearly 30 feet in height. The horse was killed by the fall, and Hedderwick was so much bruised, that he is not expected to live.— The horse of Sharp kept the road, but the rider was thrown over the precipice, and killed on the spot.

are now

8. State of the Country.-The measures recently adopted by Parliament, supported as they have been by the manifestations of a great body of the community, have had the effect of quieting the country, and putting down that disposition to outrage, which excited such alarm in the minds of most people at the time of our last publication. The bodies of armed citizens, which that alarm had taken from their homes to watch the proceedings of the radical reformers in the west of Scotland and other disturbed districts, have now resumed their several peaceful avocations; and it deserves to be recorded to their honour, that they equally forward along with the wealthier classes in contributing to the relief of the operative manufacturers in distress, as they were to step forward in support of the constitution and the laws of their country, when these men, under the influence of flagitious demagogues, were deluded into measures menacing the tranquillity of the country. The necessary powers with which magistrates have been clothed by the new laws, will effectually prevent the distressed labourers being worked upon, as of late, by the orators of tumultuary meetings; and certain indications which now appear of returning activity in the principal manufacturing districts, give confi

[Jan.

dent hopes that distress and starvation, the
primary causes of all the discontent and
disaffection recently manifested, will soon
give place to prosperity and its consequent
cheerfulness and content.

The Weather-The present winter has
been more severe than any we have expc-
rienced since the memorable one of 1813-14.
For these some weeks past the frost has
been very intense; and in several places
Zero. Snow has also fallen in abundance,
the thermometer stood some degrees below
and in some instances stopped altogether,
and the mail coaches have been retarded,
and the mails forwarded in lighter vehicles
or on horseback. Several individuals have
perished in the snow, and carters and pas-
sengers travelling in waggons exposed to
death.
the weather have been found frozen to

13. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY.—
Sedition and Blasphemy.-On Tuesday the
21st ult. the Court met to try the case of
Matthew Shiells, residing in College Wynd,
Edinburgh, accused of vending blasphe-
mous libels, by having sold three several
numbers of the paper printed by Richard
Carlile, called the Republican, which con-
The prisoner had been ad-
tained matter alleged to be of a blasphe-
mous nature.
mitted to bail, and having failed to appear,
the Court pronounced sentence of outlawry
against him, and declared his bail-bond
forfeited.

Sedition. Case of Mr Kinloch of Kin-
loch. On the 22d the Court met in order
to proceed to the trial of George Kinloch,
of sedition. This gentleman, who is a
Esq. of Kinloch, charged with the crime
Commissioner of Supply and Justice of the
Peace for the county of Perth, presided
some months back at a meeting of radical
reformers at Dundee, where he delivered a
speech, which it is alleged in the indict-
ment, contained the most inflammatory,
mischievous, and seditious expressions,
"calculated to degrade and bring into
contempt and detestation the Government
draw therefrom the confidence and affec-
and Legislature of this realm, and to with-
tions of the people, and to fill the realm
with trouble and dissension." Upon the
diet being called, Mr Kinloch failed to ap-
pear, and he in consequence was outlawed,
his bail bond declared forfeited, and all his
-The Lord Justice Clerk
moveable goods and gear escheated for his
Majesty's use.
spoke as follows" Gentlemen of the
Jury-I am extremely sorry that you have
had occasion to be summoned here, and
You must be sensible,
that there are no further proceedings upon
this is not the fault of the Public Prosecu-
tor. He has done his duty in preferring
charge of sedition against this person,
was regularly cited; but, as he has

that summons.

this

who

Died

Removed to the Hulks at Sheerness,
preparatory to transportation
Do. to Portsmouth
Do. to Gosport
Do. to Woolwich
Do. to the Penitentiary
Do. to the Refuge for the Destitute
Do. to Bethlem Hospital
Do. by Habeas Corpus, for trial at
the Assizes

Do. to the House of Correction for
the city of London, pursuant to
their sentence

Do. to do. for Middlesex
Do. to Female convict Ships, destined
to New South Wales
Discharged, having had his Majesty's
free pardon

failed to appear, it remains only for us to Of which there have been executed pronounce sentence of fugitation against him. In the absence of the Lord Advocate and Solicitor-General, I think it right to state to the Crown Counsel now present, in reference to the person who has this day been fugitated, that the Court trusts especial care will be taken that he do not remain within any part of this realm, but that the Public Prosecutor will use the power of the law to bring him to justice, and to answer to the very serious charge that has this day been exhibited against him. The Solicitor-General here came into Court" I have just stated, Mr Soli"citor-General, that the Court relies upon the Public Prosecutor taking steps to have the person who has just been fugitated apprehended, if found remaining in any part of his Majesty's dominions."-The Solicitor-General replied " I presume it is not necessary for me to assure your Lordship and the country, that, in as far as his Majesty's Advocate and those bound to concur with him in the performance of the public duty are concerned, no exertions shall be wanting to bring to justice the individual who has now fled from the laws of his country, and to prove that the law will be inflexibly administered to all conditions of the people, and against the highest as against the meanest of his Majesty's subjects." Mr Kinloch, we are informed, is possessed of a landed estate in the county of Perth, amounting to upwards of L. 3000 per annum. He left Edinburgh for the Continent on the morning of the 21st.

Theft and Housebreaking.—On the 3d instant, John Reynolds and Robert M'Gie, for going into a byre, in the parish of Stow, breaking open a chest therein, and stealing a variety of articles of wearing apparel, were sentenced to 14 years transportation. On the 4th Henry Kerr and Alexander Fraser, for six different acts of theft and housebreaking, were sentenced to transportation for life and on the 8th George Begrie and William Paterson, for shopbreaking and theft, in Edinburgh, received sentence of 14 years transportation.

Do., being acquitted at the Old Bai-
ley Sessions

Do. by Proclamation, no bills being
found

Do. not prosecuted

Do., having undergone their sentence
of imprisonment
Do., being privately whipped
Do., being fined one shilling
Do., upon bail, and other causes

25

13

376

125

177

161

55

20

2

ས

73 310

44

15

426

254 34

101

51

73

25

2367

Remained in custody 1st Jan.
1820, Males

Females

248

the

Statement of the number of Criminal
Offenders in his Majesty's Gaol of New-
gate, who were convicted at the Old Bailey
Sessions in the year 1819, and the nature
of the offences they were convicted of; also
the number acquitted, discharged, &c., to-
gether with the number sentenced in
same period:-
Stealing in dwelling houses
Burglary
Highway robbery
Housebreaking
Sacrilege
Sheep-stealing
Horse-stealing
Cow-stealing
Unnatural offence
Forgery

Uttering forged notes
Stealing Post-office letters containing
Bank-notes

Stealing privately in shops
Murder

Cutting and Stabbing
Manslaughter

Maliciously shooting

The following is a comparative statement of the net produce of the Revenue for the Quarters ending the 5th inst. and the 5th of January 1819.

The above statement, it will be seen, gives an increase in the quarter ending the 5th inst. of L. 70,447; but on deducting what has been received of the new duties, calculated at about L. 200,000, there will be found a deficiency of I.. 139,553, as compared with the corresponding quarter of 1818. Scarcely any part of the new malt duty has yet been received, and of the duty on wool only about L. 1000 has come into the Exchequer. It is said, that the sum of L. 592,000 has been already advanced by the Bank, upon the credit of the malt duties for 1820.

Abstract of the net produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the years ended 5th January 1819, and 5th January 1820.

Dec. 21. Samuel Gregory Marshall, Esq. to be British Consul at Ostend.

-Richard Rochfort, Esq. to be British Consul at Embden.

23. John Buchanan, Esq. of Ardoch, to be ViceLieutenant of the county of Dumbarton.

7. Dr William Pulteney Alison, to be Professor of Medical Jurisprudence and Medical Police in the University of Edinburgh.

Jan 1, 1820. Major-General Lewis Grant, to be Governor of the Bahama Islands.

5. Robert Graham, Esq. M. D. to be Professor of Botany in the University of Edinburgh. Members returned to serve in Parliament.

Borough of Cambridge-Lieut.-Colonel Frederick William French.

County of Hertford-The Hon. William Lamb,
City of Peterborough-Sir Robert Heron, Bart.
Office Bearers of Literary and Scientific
Societies in Edinburgh.

Speculative Society-David Constable, Alexander Macleod, G. W. Stedman, G. Spiers, and David Ross, Esqs. Presidents; Hugh Bruce, Secretary: J. Waugh, Treasurer; F. Pillans, Clerk and Librarian.

Theological Society-Walter Todd, Arthur Buist, John Whyte, Alexander Christison, and Thomas Smith Goldie, Presidents; James Grant, Secretary and Treasurer

II. ECCLESIASTICAL.

Dec. 16. Rev. Alexander Macleod, ordained minister of the Gaelic Chapel, Dundee.

19. Rev. Mr Fairlie, ordained minister of the Presbyterian Chapel of Whitehaven.

30. The Associate Congregation, Regent Place, Glasgow, gave a call to Rev. Hugh Heugh, Stirling, to be their minister.

Jan. 7, 1820. Rev. James Campbell, presented to the church and parish of Traquair, presbytery of Peebles.

15

Douglas, 20 Dr.

Cornet Mangles, Lieut. by purch. vice 16th do.

by purch.

17

Royal Society-Sir James Hall, Bart., President; Lords Gray and Glenlee, Vice-Presidents; Dr Brewster, Secretary; James Bonar, Treasure-Physical Class. Sir G. S. Mackenzie, Bart., President; Professor Irving, Secretary.-Literary Class. Henry Mackenzie, President; Thomas 22 Thomson, Secretary.

Astronomical Institution-Sir G. S. Mackenzie, Bart, President; James Bonar, Treasurer; Thoma Allan, Secretary; James Jardine, Astronomical Observer.

Society of Scottish Antiquaries-Right Hon. Lord Gray, President; Henry Jardine, Sir G. S. Mackenzie, and Gilbert Innes, Vice-Presidents; Robert Scott Moncrieff, Treasurer; Rev. Dr Jamieson and Alexander Smellie, Secretaries; Rev. Dr Brunton, Secretary for Foreign Correspondence.

Wernerian Natural History Society-Professor Jameson, President; Lord John Campbell, Sir P. Walker, Thomas Mackenzie, and Robert SteVerson, Vice-Presidents; Patrick Neill, Secretary; William Ellis, Treasurer; James Wilson, Libra rian; P. Syme, Painter.

12

25

Lieut. Hume, fm. h. p. R. Art, Cornet

do.

Cornet Clarke, Lieut. by purch. vice
Potts, cancelled

W. D. Kierulf, Cornet

Romilly, ret.

1st Jan.

do. vice

do.

Lieut. Douglas, fm. 15 Dr. Capt. by purch. vice Douglas, cancelled

16th Dec.

Bt. Lt. Col. Thorn, Major, vice Odell, dead

Lieut. Nicholls, Capt.

Cornet Elliot, Lieut.

Newman, ret.

9th Apr.

do.

do.

Lieut. Jeffries, Capt. by purch. vice

do.

Coldst. Gds. Ens. and Lt. Rous, Lieut. and Capt.
vice Duncombe, res.
18th Nov.

1 F.

Hon. H. Dundas, Ensign and Lieut. do.
Bt. Major Graham, Major, vice Mac-
lean, dead
9th Dec.

Lieut. and Adj. Galbraith, Capt.

do.

Serj. Maj. · Osborn, Ensign and Adj.

do.