As soon as his arrival was known in London Mr Mackenzie, who lately carried on the negociation for the exchange of prisoners, was dispatched to Portfmouth by Government, in order to wait on Lucien in their name, and to communicate to him their intentions refpecting the place of his refidence in England. Government are anxious to shew him every civility not incompatible with the attention they owe to the public fecurity. They will not it is said permit him to come to, or refide in the capital; but they have pointed out two or three places for his refidence, one of which he may choofe. Lucien appears to be about 50 years of age, about five feet seven inches high, of a fallow complexion, thin vifage, and is very much like the pictures seen here, which are said to be a good likeness of his brother the Emperor. Madame Bonaparte is a ftout handfome woman. The children confift of five daughters and two boys, the eldest daughter is about 17 years of age, and very handfome; fo are her fifters; the boys are young, the eldest not more than 11 years old. DREADFUL ACCIDENT. DOVER, DEC. 11.-It has blown very hard all night and to-day, with a great quantity of rain. Indeed the quantity of rain which has fallen within a month or fix weeks, greater than ever was known by the oldest perfon here; it is judged that this great moisture had made the Cliff very rotten, for this morning about fix o'clock, a large portion of that part of the Cliff which is above the Ordinance-yard, near the Moat's-Bulwark, in the road the Caves, suddenly gave way, the quantity was fo great (some persons judge three thoufand loads) that it filled up the hollow between the foot path and to the houfe of Mr Poole, the foreman of the carpenters, and the large rocks and loofe earth fhooting on the roof, crushed it in, and, dreadful to relate, killed his wife, a most amiable woman and tender mother; and five children belonging to Mr Poole, and one belonging to his wife's fif the rubbish, and endeavouring to find the other bodies. ROBBERY OF ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL On the night of Sunday, the 23d inftant, the St Paul's Cathedral, London, was robbed of the church fervices of plate. The difficulties and ingenuity required to get at the property, prove the villains to be complete matters of their profeffion, and that no human means are fufficient to enfure the property of any one, when fuch mifcreants as these fet their machinations to work. The plate carried off confifts of a large waiter, of fingular workmanship, weighing 128 ounces; the back of a large bible and prayer-book, (filver), 200 ounces; two filver falvers, nearly 200 do.; other waiters, and two large filver candlesticks, 330 do.; two other candlesticks, 200 do.; four floggons, 400 do.; two chalices, &c. 112 do. two fmaller, 30 do. These articles, or moft of them, were used on Friday laft, at a pri vate ordination, at which the Bishop of Lincoln prefided; and after they were done with, they were locked up in the plate room immediately over the veftry, in iron chefts for the purpose, which had on them padlocks as well as others. There were two doors to the room. an inner and an outer one: the former was entirely iron, and the other plated, and made as strong as hands could make it. To thefe principal doors there are feveral paffages, leading thereto, all of which have doors, always locked, through which perfons muft pafs before they can reach the plate rooms, and it is only known to few, to what apart ments they lead. All thefe doors remained unlocked, and it was not until Sunday morn❤ ing, that the plate was wanted for the church fervice, that the robbery was discovered. The perfon who had the plate under his care, opened the paffage doors with the keys belonging to them as ufual; but the lock of the main door he could not open until he had procured the mafter key. He then found the cheft, containing the plate, had been broken open with an iron crow, or fome fuch inftrument, after having opened the padlocks in the ufual way. The alarm was immediately given to the Magis trates at Bow-ftreet and elsewhere; and Mr Reid, the Magiftrate of Bow-fireet, and Mr Stafford, the chief clerk, infpected the apartment. The most vigilent means are ufing to detect the villains, and to bring them to condign punishment. Scottish Scottish Chronicle. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY. George Stenhouse, labourer at Ford, was on the top of a hay ftack adjoining to the MONDAY, the 26th of November, pannel and the deceafed's gardens, on the came on the trial of Walter Redpath, grocer in Ford, Pathhead, accufed of the murder of Andrew M'Kechnie, or M'Ketney, fhoemaker in Ford, Pathhead, by fhooting him with a mufket, on the 10th day of Auguft last. The prifoner pleaded not guilty to the charge; and his counfel ftated in defence, that the gun or mufket, by which M'Kechnie met his death, went off by accident, without any inalice or previous intention to kill on the part of the pannel. No objection having been ftated to the relevancy, the following witneffes were examined on the part of the Crown. William Tait, portioner at Pathhead, deponed, That the prifoner and the deceased had both occupied property belonging to him, in Ford, for nearly two years and a half preceding the death of M'Kechnie. A fhort time ago, by the confent of the deceafed, witnefs laid off a road through part of his garden, by which the pannel would have access to a ftable with a cart and horfe, an advantage which he did not formerly poffefs. At an angle of this road, there is a fmall piece of ground, upon which the deceafed had erected a fow-house, but without afking witness's confent to do fo. On the Thuriday previous to the unfortunate accident, the deceafed came to witnefs's houfe, and complained that the pannel had thrown down the fow-houfe. He was, at this time, much in liquor, and in a great paffion; in confequence of which, witness cefired him to go home, obferving, at the fame time, that he would come next morning and fettle matters between them. This, however, he was prevented from doing, by neceffary bufinefs; and, on Friday evening, when he came home, he heard of what had happened. On being examined by the pannel's counfel, this witness ftated, that he' confidered him on all occafions to be a peaceable, quiet, fober, and induftrious man; while he knew the deceafed to be very apt to get intoxicated, and, while fo, was very quarrelfome. It was the general opinion, alfo, among the inhabitants of the place, that he was a very troublesome man. December 1810. forenoon of the day on which the latter was fhot, and could diftinctly fee all that paffed. Saw the deceased throw up a trench on the road, by which the pannel had access to his ftable, which completely fhut it up. In the afternoon, the pannel's boy, leading a horse, with a cart full of grafs, came up to the fpot; but, as he could not get through, he gave notice to his father, who came out, and, while attempting to make the road paffable, the deceafed made his appearance, and ftruck him either on the arm or fhoulders, with a pretty large stick. On this, the pannel lifted a ftone from the ground, to throw at him, which, however, he did not do; he then lifted another, but this he also threw down, without aiming at the deceafed. He then went round to his own houfe by the front door, and, almost immediately after, came out at the back one, with a mufket in his hands, which he held prefented, breaft high, towards where the deceafed flood. This was in his own yard, which is feparated, by a railing about three feet high, from a road at the back of the houfes, leading to where the trench was thrown up. On arriving oppofite to where the deceased stood, he ftruck at the mufket in the pannel's hand, to beat it down, but whether with his hand or with a stick witnefs was not certain, when it immediately went off, and M'Kechnie fell down dead. Witness then obferved the wife of the deceased, who was crying out that her huf band was killed, on which he came to the fpot, where he faw the body lying, and obferved the pannel deliberately throwing down the obftruction which the deceafed had reared up. James Stenhouse, carter at Ford, corroborated the teftimony of the preceding witnefs, he being on the hay stack at the fame time. He alfo ftated, that the distance from where he was and the place where the pannel flood might be about fifty yards; and was pofitive that the former ftruck the musket with a stick, on which it instantly went off. The evidence of the two last witnesses was alfo corroborated by the testimony of J James Douglas, fervant to the preceding witnefs, and by Foreft Hay, fon of Peter Hay, labour at Begbie, near Haddington, who were both affifting in rearing the hayftack. Helen Barclay, widow of the deceased, was next examined. She mentioned a number of circumstances that occurred previous, to the death of her husband, which of themfelves were not of very great confequence, but all tending to fhow that a misunderftanding had fubfifted between him and the deceased. She flated, that, at the time they had an altercation together, on the day and at the moment he was fhot, fhe was present; and that he was too far diftant from the pannel's mufket to touch it at the time he was shot. He had a flick in his hand, with which he ftruck the pannel before he went for the mufket; but, whether he had it when he returned, fhe could not fay; as, on feeing the pannel with a gun in his hand, and having a child in her arms, the became alarmed, and drew back a little. She then heard it go off, and, on turning round, fhe found her husband was dead, James Holiday, fmich in Ford, having heard from his wife that M'Kechnie was dead, went and carried his body into the houfe. The pannel at this time was walking carelessly about the place; did not feem any way diftreffed or agitated; nor did he affift in removing the body of the deceased. The pannel's declaration was then read, in which he ftated, that he brought out the musket to frighten crows from his garden, and did not know it was loaded with fhot, The deceased was making a very great noife, and had a large piece of wood in his hand, with which he ftruck the pannel, and afterwards feizing the mufket by the muzzle, it went off. He denied having taken up any ftones to throw at the deceased on the forenoon of that day, and stated, that he neither cocked the musket nor drew the trigger. The evidence for theCrown having clofed, James Sharp, a boy of only thirteen years of age, was adduced for the pannel. After having been properly questioned by Lord Juftice Clerk as to the nature of evidence, efpecially the import of an oath, and the confequence of giving a false testimony, to which he gave very diftinct and ready anfwers, he stated, that he was staying with the pannel at the time of M'Kechnie's death, and was employed by the pannel in driving a horfe and cart with grafs on the day this happened. On coming up to the head of the entry, M'Kechnie was standing there, and would not let him through, on which he defired the pannel's fon, a boy who was prefent, to go for his father. Th the mean while, McKechnie went into the cruive, and brought out a stick, which he concealed behind his back, and, on coming out, he clenched his fift, and faid he now defied Redpath. On the pannel's approach, and attempting to clear the road, the deceased aimed a blow at him with a stick, on which the pannel took up a stone to throw at him; but, neither the deceased nor the pannel hit one another. On the pannel returning with the mufket, the deceafed again attempted to strike him with the flick, but, not having fucceeded in this, he laid hold of the mufket, and, while he was pulling at it, to get it out of the pannel's hand, it went off. Witnefs did not fee the deceased's wife there, during any part of the occurrence. James Graham, excife officer, and Janet Cairns, wife of Robert Cairns, fawer in Ford, deponed to fome circumstances connected with the deceased, which showed that he was rather inimical towards the pannel, on account of his having thrown down his fow's cruive. Robert Cairns ftated, that the deceased at one time went under the name of M'Donald, in confequence, it was fuppofed, of his wishing to conceal that he was a deferter. He once had a quarrel with a wright, whom he attempted to ftab with a knife; but was prevented from doing this by witness and another perfon who happened to be prefent. Baron Clerk, Mr Dewar of Vogrie, and feveral others, gave the pannel a most unexceptionable character for quietnefs and peaceable behaviour. He had been in the fervice of the two former for several years; and latterly he farmed fome land from Sir John Callender and Sir John Dalrymple, both of whom, Mr Dewar ftated, gave him a most excellent character, which was also the cafe with many refpectable families in whofe fervice he was before he engaged with him. Mr Dewar further ftated, that he also knew the deceased, who in general had a very bad character. He had detected him himself in theft; and Mrs Dewar, in particular, had always a horror at him, when the faw him near the houfe, where he fometimes came, on bufinefs to the wit nefs. The evidence having been concluded, the Lord Advocate addreffed the Jury on the part of the Crown; and Mr Jeffrey, in a moft eloquent and ingenious speech, on the part of the pannel. Lord Juftice Clerk then fummed up the evidence, with his ufual candour and ability. Tuesday, Tuesday, the Jury returned their verdict finding the pannel guilty of culpable homicide. After a very impreffive address from the Lord Justice Clerk, fentence was pronounced, ordaining the pannel to be tranf ported beyond feas for life. Counsel for the Crown, the Lord Advocate, Solicitor General, and James Wedderburn, Efq.-Agent, Mr Hugh Warrender, W. S.-Counsel for the pannel, Francis Jeffrey and Henry Cockburn, Esqrs.-A-_ gent, Mr J. O. Mack. Monday, Dec. 3, came on the trial of Henry Lloyd, midshipman, belonging to his Majesty's gun-brig Gallant, lying at Leith, accufed of the murder of Martinus Franz, a Danish feaman; the indictment alfo contained an alternate charge of culpable homicide; to all which the prifoner pleaded not guilty. It appeared in evidence that the Gallant gun-brig was ftationed in Leith Roads, as a guard-fhip, to examine all fhips and veffels of whatever nation, going into Leith harbour. On the 13th Auguft laft, a Danish galliot, the Gode Vervagtning of Chriftianfand, was obferved, Danish colours flying, directing her course towards the harbour. The prifoner was, in conféquence, ordered, by the Sub-lieutenant of the Gallant, to proceed with the rowboat, in order to bring the Danish vessel too. There were fix men with him in the boat; and, agreeable to the uniform praçtice, the prifoner took a musket and fome fhot with him, in order to fire a-head of the galliot, as a fignal for her to heave too. Accordingly, when he came within about a quarter of a mile of her, he fired a fhot, but, this not being attended to, and the veffel making confiderable way towards the harbour, the prifoner fired a fecond fhot, intending that this fhould go over her. From the diftance, however, the galliot being fully half a mile off, this fecond thot appears to have fallen into the veffel, and ftruck the deceafed, who was at the helm, and who afterwards died of the wound. The galliot then lay too; and the boat's crew of the Gallant, not knowing immediately of the accident, proceeded towards another veffel in the Roads, to receive fome naval inftructions. On leaving this vessel, it was obferved that the galliot had again attempted to make the harbour, on which the prifoner ordered the boat towards her, and, having fired a third fhot, fhe lay too, when, on the boat coming up, the fatal effects of the fecond fhot were discovered. The prifoner expreffed deep regret for what had happened; and having ordered the body to be taken into the boat, he proceeded with it to the fhore, and procured medica, affiftance. It appeared that the galliot when she was fired at, did not bring too, in confequence of a Newhaven pilot on board having erroneously faid to the mafter, that the fhot had not been fired by a King's boat, but by one belonging to a Greenlandman. This pilot was examined as a witness on the trial; but his evidence was feverely animadverted upon, both by the Counsel for the pannel and by the Court. Several refpectable witneffes bore ample testimony to the prifoner's character, and that he was always an agreeable meffmate, and welldifpofed young man. It was likewife proved, on the part of the prisoner, by the evidence of Admiral Otway, that he had acted in ftrict conformity to the orders prevailing in the British navy; and that if he had even fired into the galliot on the first fignal being difregarded, instead of firing over her, he would not have gone beyond his duty. If he was entitled to do this in ordinary cafes, he was much more fo in the prefent inftance, where the galliot was an enemy's veffel, having an enemy's flag flying at her top. After the Jury had been addressed by the Lord Advocate on the part of Crown, and by Mr Adam Gillies on the part of the pannel, Lord Juftice Clerk fummed up the evidence; the Jury then retired for a few minutes (the Court fitting all the while) when they returned a verdict unanimously finding the pannel not guilty, on which he was fet at liberty. Counsel for the Crown, the Lord Advocate and Mr Solicitor General Boyle, Agent Hugh Warrender, Efq. W. S.-Counsel for prifoner, Adam Gillies and Wm. Erskine, Efqrs. Agent Alex. Greig, Efq. W. S. ST ANDREW'S DAY. The Grand Lodge of Scotland, confisting of the Masters of Edinburgh Lodges, and Representatives of Lodges from the country, affembled in the Free Mafons Hall of Scotland, yesterday, the 30th ult. being the festival of St Andrew, and proceeded to the election of the Grand Office-bearers for the enfuing year, when the following were unanimously chosen, viz. His Royal Highness George Prince of Sir James Gardiner Baird, of Saughtonhall, Sir John Hay, of Smithfield and Hayston, Rev. Dr John Lee, Grand Chaplain. The Grand Lodge had previously refolved to wave the ancient ufage of the Craft of a public proceffion, and a convivial mafonic meeting on the anniversary of this feftival, on account of the continued and much regretted indifpofition of his Majefty. At the annual meeting of the Royal College of Physicians, held here on Thursday the 7th December, the following gentlemen were elected office-bearers for the enfuing year, viz. Dr James Home, Dr Tho. Cha. Hope, President, Censors, Dr Thomas Spens, Treasurer, Dr Alexander Monro, jun. Secretary, Dr Alexander Wylie, Librarian, Dr Andrew Duncan, jun. Fiscal, and Alexander Boswell, W. S. Clerk. Physicians Hall, Edin. Dec. 6. 1810.] On Monday the 26th inft. the following gentlemen were elected Annual Prefidents of the Royal Phyfical Society of Edinburgh Jonathan M. Alcock, A. B.C.T. D.-Cork. 355 940 282 53 9 11 355 The patronage of the Crown was much increased by forfeitures during the last century, particularly in 1715; that of Peers and Commoners is more fluctuating, Commoners fometimes fucceeding to patronages connected with extinct Peerages, and being at other times created Peers. Wednefday the 14th inft. Gillan, who was condemned, at laft Inverness Circuit, for rape and murder, was executed, at Speyfide, on the fpot where the murder was committed, He was afterwards hung in P. Sime, Esq. Painter of Objects in chains. |