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Janet Fraser, wife of James Laing, mason in Banff, and Janet Hepburn, a lodger in his house, for stealing or resetting a variety of articles of wearing apparel. Janet Hepburn pleaded guilty, and was banished Scotland for seven years. Janet Fraser was assoilzied.

the charge, and the Advocate Depute, after stating to the Court the enormity of the offence, agreed, on account of the pri soner's age, he being about eighty, his long services in the army, and other circumstan ces, to restrict the pains of law to an arbitrary punishment. The Advocate Depute adduced two of the Bailies of Tain, and a Minister, who stated, that the prisoner had been in the practice of bringing a number of certificates, for their signature, purport

the country, but who were not able, as he alledged, to appear and make affidavit on account of their age or infirmities'; and the witnesses not suspecting any fraud, had attested these certificates. Lord Meadowbank pointed out to these gentlemen the impropriety of their conduct, which might have been made the ground of a criminal prosecution against them, and admonished them to abstain from such a practice in time to come. Vass was sentenced to be put upon the pillory at Inverness, the 16th of May next, with a label on his breast, bearing this inscription-"For defrauding his King and Master by forged and false certificates," and thereafter banished Scotland during all the days of his life.

The Court decided three appeal cases, one of which is of general importance, viz. the right of Magistrates of burghs, and keepers of their tolbooth, to exact jail fees from incarcerated debtors; being an appealing to be for out pensioners who resided in from a sentence of the Magistrates of Aberdeen, at the instance of Robert Stewart in Burngallie of Mortlach, against Thomas Hutcheon, keeper of the Aberdeen tolbooth. The appellant had been detained in prison by the keeper for payment of the jail fees, after his creditors had agreed to his liberation, and was under the necessity of paying said fees under protest, and bringing an action of repetition against the jailor therefor, founding on the decision of the Supreme Court, " 7th Dec. 1803, McWhinnie against the keeper of the prison of Ayr," in which "the Court had found that Magistrates, or keepers of a county jail, are not entitled to exact dues from in carcerated debtors." The Magistrates assoilzied the defender from the action of repetition of the dues exacted, being tl. 16s, 6d. at the rate of 6d. per night for the time Stewart had been in prison: against which sentence he appealed to the Circuit Court, and his Lordship, after hearing counsel on both sides, In respect of the general importance of the case to the Royal Burghs, and of the Magistrates of Aberdeen having agreed to defray the expence of both parties, certified the same to the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh.

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Inverness April 29.

LORD MEADOWBANK. Janet Hoys, wife of James Austie, baker in Forres, for theft, was outlawed for not appearing.

Geo. Davidson, journeyman weaver, for a rape, being put to the bar, the Advocate Depute stated, that from certain circumstances which had come to his knowledge, he was induced to desert the diet; Davidson was accordingly dismissed from the bar. Nicholas Vass, an out-pensioner of Chelsea Hospital, was capitally indicted for ob taining a forgery of a great number of the certificates required from out-pensioners, to entitle them to receive their pensions, and fraudulently using such certificates, knowing them to be forged; and also, for procuring, by false pretences, attestations on said certificates, under the hands of Justices of Peace, and a Minister of the Gospel. The prisoner pleaded guilty to

John Macpherson, also an out pensioner of said Hospital, was indicted, for procuring by false pretences, certificates or attestations, under the hands of the said Justices of Peace and Ministers of the Gospel, and using such false certificates in defraud of his Majesty, This case was not capital, it not being charged that the prisoner forged the certificates. He was also convicted, on his own confession, and sentenced to be put upon the pillory, along with the other prisoner, having a label on his breast, bearing this inscription" For defrauding his King and Master by false certificates," and thereafter banished Scotland for seven years.

Alexander Dow M'Donald, lately residing at Fort William, was indicted for false. hood and perjury; but, on account of the absence of some material witnesses, the diet. was deserted against him pro loco et tempore, and a new warrant of commitment granted. He afterwards found bail for his appearance, and was liberated.

Perth-May 6.

LORDS JUSTICE CLERK AND MEADOW-
BANK.

Thomas Black, tenant at Forenaught, charged with falsifying and altering bank notes of 51. to tol. and fraudulently using the same, was outlawed for not appearing. John Westwater, flax-dresser in Kinghorn, accused of murdering John Orr, flax-dresser there, by stabbing him with a knife in the side, denied the charge. The Jury una

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nimously found him Guilty. He received sentence to be executed at Kinghorn on the 21st June. Margaret Cunningham, widow of the late John Mason, flax-dresser in Pathhead, and John Skinner, butcher there, were indicted for the murder of the said John Mason. Skinner having absconded, was outlawed. The Jury unanimously found Margaret Cunningham Guilty of the murder of her husband, by feloniously administering to him a quantity of arsenic, which, on a repetition of the dose (the first having failed), quickly occasioned his death. The prisoner's Counsel moved the Court to delay sentence against her, in respect that she pregnant, and craved their Lordships to take the course which in such a case should appear to them to be proper. The Court certified the case to the High Court of Justiciary, to meet at Edinburgh on the 26th May, and granted warrant for transmitting the prisoner from Perth to Edinburgh. Betty Murray, alias Barclay, for housebreaking and theft, in the county of Forfar, pleaded Guilty. She was sentenced to be transported for seven years.

Donald M'Craw, formerly serjeant in the 42d Regt. now merchant in Perth, accused of the murder of Euphan Couper, daughter of James Couper, baker in Perth, a girl between 9 and 10 years of age. The circumstances attending the commission of the crime, being repugnant to common decency, strangers were excluded. The Jury unanimously found the prisoner Guilty of murder, and the Court passed sentence, ordaining him to be executed at Perth, on Friday the 27th of June.

In the cases of appeals before the Court, the result of one may be of some general importance, viz. Murray v, Kelt, respect ing the right of an out-going tenant to carry away with him certain beams belonging to a threshing machine, which he had erected at his own expence, and which were inserted into the barn wall. The Sheriff found the tenant liable, but the Court altered that judgment, and found they were part of the machine, and that the tenant was entitled to carry them away, on his paying for repairing the walls.

OPENING OF THE NEW WET DOCK AT LEITH.

On Tuesday May 20th, the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Council of Edinburgh, and a numerous company of Ladies and Gentlemen, met at the Assembly Rooms, Leith, and about 3 o'clock moved in procession to the Ferry-Boat-Stairs, preceded by a band of music, where two very fine Smacks, decorated with the colours of the different European nations, lay ready to re-ceive them.

The Magistrates and company having gone on board, a gun was fired as a signal to unmoor, when the vessels proceeded towards the Dock, and at 20 minutes past three, the Fifeshire packet, belonging to the Union Shipping Company, entered, followed by the Buccleugh, belonging to the Edinburgh and Leith Shipping Company, amidst the reiterated acclamations of an immense number of spectators, and repeated discharges of artillery from the Fort at Leith, his Majesty's ships of war in the Roads, and guns stationed at the Quays of the Dock. The two vessels were attended by the Barge of Admiral Vashon, commanding on this station, with that of Mr Bruce of the Naval Yard, and several others all manned by their respective crews, and finely decorated for the occasion, and followed by the Edinburgh packet. Capt. Hall, another Snack belonging to the Union Shipping Company, and a fine Brig, called the Prescott, belonging to Mr John Hey.

The two Smacks were afterwards moored on the south side of the Dock, when the Lord Provost and Magistrates were addressed by the Master of the Merchant Conipany of Edinburgh as follows:

"MY LORD PROVOST-In the name of the Company of Merchants of Edinburgh, the Chamber of Commerce of Edinburgh, and the Traffickers of Leith, who have the deepest interest in the splendid work which we have been contemplating, I beg leave, upon this occasion, to offer our most cordial congratulations to your Lordship.

pletion of an undertaking from which "We now, my Lord, behold the comthe greatest advantages must accrue to the City of Edinburgh and its Port of Leith; advantages will not be confined to ourand it is a pleasing anticipation, that these selves and our posterity; while the Wet Dock of Leith offers safety and every ac commodation to the ships of all nations resorting to our port, the benefits arising from it, according to the beneficent nature and tendency of honourable Commerce, must be diffused to the most distant regions, as extensively as are the commercial connections of our industrious and enterprizing traders.

"I have only to add, my Lord, what 1 has witnessed the solemnities of this day, am sure has been f. It by every one who taking, and the perfection of the execution, that the magnitude and utility of the underreflect the greatest honour upon, and will I trust, to latest ages, remain a monument of the wisdom, the spirit, and the patriotism of the Magistracy of Edinburgh."

To which his Lordship made the following reply:

"GENTLEMEN-I return you my sincere thanks for the honour you have done me in your congratulations upon the accomplishment of a work of such general utility as the Wet Dock of Leith.

"When so much of the prosperity and strength of this country depends upon the extension of commerce, and the facility with which navigation is carried on, the accomplishment of a measure so well calculated to answer these important ends, as the admirable work we have just beheld, will be looked upon as no inconsiderable advantage towards the accomodation of individuals, and the gradual increase of the wealth and prosperity of the United Kingdom.

"Other Nations, also, will participate in the advantages of such a work; and we shall have the pleasure, I hope, soon to behold an increase of shipping to this Port, from the comparatively great accommodation which the Wet Dock offers over the present harbour of Leith."

The company afterwards returned to the Assembly Rooms, where an elegant entertainment had been prepared, and the evening was spent with the utmost conviviality.

This Dock, the first of the kind in North Britain, has been wholly executed within high water mark, which added greatly to the difficulty and expence of the undertaking. The space occupied by the Dock is above five acres, but including the ground on its sides and ends, upwards of fifteen acres have been taken from the sea; on these parts it is proposed to construct graving docks, building slips, shades and warehouses.

The sea wall of this Dock being exposed to the accumulated swell from the German Ocean, required to be very strong; it is accordingly one of the strongest pieces of Masonry we have seen, and is wholly composed of large ashler stones, from Rosyth quarry, belonging to the Earl of Hopetoun, laid in a mortar of Pozzolano. The stones on the outside of the wall are bound together by chain bars of iron, inserted in the different courses horizontally, and connected by vertical bars of the same metal; thus uniting the whole in one common mass. The binding the work in this manner with iron was a very necessary measure, as during the building of the wall, it frequently happened that stones of several tons weight were displaced by the heavy eastern swell. The quay walls, and those of the entrance lock, are also fine massy pieces of masonry, and the whole are so con

structed that every stone forms part of an arch.

This Dock is only the first part of a most magnificent plan extending to Newhaven, where the principal entrance is intended to be made to the largest dock, which will have depth of water sufficient to contain frigates of the first size; and the whole, when completed, will form one of the finest rapges of docks in the world.

The present Dock, and other works connected with it, have occupied five years in the execution, the first stone having been laid on the 14th May, 1801, under the Magistracy of Sir William Fettes, who has also had the singular good fortune to preside on the present occasion.

The plans of this work are the production of Mr John Rennie of London, Civil Engineer, and they have been executed under the superintendance of Mr John Paterson, of whose unremitting attention, as residing engineer, the style in which the works are finished, which has met the ap probation of every one who has seen them, will afford a lasting proof.-The money already expended upon this immense undertaking exceeds L. 100,000.

A guard of the Argyleshire, Aberdeenshire, and Galloway Militia, lined the streets, and kept the quays of the Docks; and it gives us much pleasure to add, that no accident whatever happened on the oc

casion.

On Thursday May 22d, the Edinburgh and Leith Shipping Co.'s smack Hazard from London, entered the Wet Dock, and discharged her cargo, being the first loaded vessel that has entered and paid the dock dues.

CIVIL APPOINTMENTS.

Carleton House, April 22.-His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has been pleased to appoint the following Noblemen and Gentlemen to be State Councillors for the Principality of Scotland:

The Marquis of Bute,-Earl of Lauderdale.-Earl of Eglinton.-Earl of Breadalbane.-Earl of Cassilis.-Earl of Moira. -Earl of Stair.-Wm. Adam, Esq.-Adam Gillies, Esq.-And David Cathcart, Esq.

Robert Adair, Esq. is appointed Envoy extraordinary to the Court of Vienna.

The Right Hon. Bowes Daly and Thos. Sheridan Esq. are appointed muster-masters general of Ireland.

On the 30th of April, John Davidson of Ravelrig and Thos. Gloag of Chapeltown, Esqrs. were elected Joint Collectors of Cess for the county of Edinburgh, in room of Mr Cranstoun of Dewar, deceast. ECCLE

ECCLESIASTICAL APPOINTMENTS. His Majesty has been pleased to promote the Rev. John Kearney, D. D. Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, to the Bishoprick of Ossory, in room of the Right Rev. Dr Hugh Hamilton, deceased.

To constitute and appoint the Rev. George Hall, D. D. Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, in room of the Rev. Dr Kearney.

The King has presented the Rev. James Wightman to the church of Kells, in room of Mr Gillespie deceast.

Mr Somervell of Hamilton-farm has presented Mr Lewis Balfour, preacher, to the church of Sorn, in room of the late Rev. Dr George Gordon.

MILITARY APPOINTMENTS. Gen. the Right Hon. Richard Fitzpatrick to be Col. of the 11th regiment of foot, vice Gen. Grant deceased.

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Major-Gen. John Lord Elphinstone to be Col. of the 26th foot, vice Lieut. Gen. Andrew Gordon, deceased.

Lieut. Gen. John Lord Hutchinson, to be Governor of Stirling Castle, vice Gen. Grant, deceased.

Gen. John Earl of Suffolk to be Governor of Londonderry and Culmore, vice Lord Hutchinson.

Lieut Gen. George Don to be Governor of the Island of Jersey, vice Gen. Gordon, deceased.

Col. Alexander Mair to be Lieut. Gov. of Landguard Fort, vice Blake, deceased.

Lieut. Col. Thomas Rudsdell, of the 61st foot, to be Lieut. Gov. of Sheerness, vice Colonel Mair.

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April 9. At Edinburgh, Robert Watson, Esq. to Miss Lawson, daughter of Mr Robt. Lawson, surgeon in Edinburgh.

11. At London, Sir Stephen Richard Glyn, Bart of Harwarden Castle, Flintshire, to the Hon. Miss Mary Neville, second daughter of Lord Braybrooke.

12. At Chelsea, Alex. Hepburn Mitchelson of Middleton, Esq. to Miss Gamage, eldest daughter of the late Captain Gamage, of the Hon. East India Company's service.

12. At London, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, his Excellency Prince Bariatinsky, to the Hon. Frances Mary Dutton, daughter of Lord Sherborne.

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younger of Bogton, to Miss Mary Corse, daughter of Mr Walter Corse.

16. At London, Thomas Hope, Esq. to Miss Louisa Beresford, youngest daughter of the Archbishop of Tuam.

17. At London, Captain Digby, of the Royal Navy, to Viscountess Andover, daughter of Thomas Coke, Esq. M. P.

18. At London, John Abernethie, Esq. to Miss Susan Harris, daughter of the late Richard Harris, Esq. of Sandown, Surrey.

21. At St Quivox Manse, the Rev. John Stirling, minister of Craigie, to Miss Mary M Quhae, daughterofthe Rev. Dr M'Quhae, of St. Quivox,

22. At Bath, Rob. Pringle, Esq. younger of Stitchel, to Miss Sarah Macleod, daughter of the late General Macleod of Macleod

22. At Edinburgh, Mr Robert Allan, surgeon, to Miss Anna Scott, daughter of William Scott, Esq. of Seabank.

24. At Edinburgh, William Glas, Esq. Stirling, to Miss Jane Moir, daughter of the deceased John Moir, Esq. of Hillfoot, writer to the signet.

25.At London, John Bushby, Esq. of the Madras Establishment, to Miss Macdonald, daughter of Thomas Macdonald, Esq. one of the Commissioners for settling the American claims.

25. At Capt. Donald M'Leod of Tallisker, to Miss Catharina M'Lean, daughter of Alex. M'Lean of Coll, Esq.

28. At Stranraer, Robert Hannay of Ruscoe, Esq. to Miss Kerr, only daughter of John Kerr, Esq. Stranraer.

29. At Glasgow, the Rev. James France, minister of Moniaive, to Miss Isabella Square, Buchly vie

29. At Torrie-house, by the Right Rev, Bishop Sandford, Jas. Moray, Esq. younger of Abercairny, to Miss Erskine, daughter of the late Sir William Erskine, Bart. of Torrie.

29. At Dalgoner, the Rev Jas. Keyden, ́ minister of Keir, to Miss Helen Grierson, eldest daughter of James Grierson of Dalgoner, Esq.

May 1. At London, John Drummond, Esq. banker, Charingcross, to Miss Barbara Chester, daughter of the late Charles Chester, Esq. of Chicheley, Bucks, and one of her Majesty's Maids of Honour.

2. At ditto, Lord Robert Seymour, to the Hon. Miss Chetwynd, sister of Viscount Chetwynd.

6. At London, by special licence, the Right Hon. Charles Lord Kinnaird, to Lady Olivia Catherine Fitzgerald, young. est daughter of the late Duke of Leinster.

9. At Gressford, in Denbighshire, by special licence, Chas. Watkin Williams Wynn Esq. M. P. to Miss Cunliffe, eldest daugh

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ter of Sir Foster Cunliffe, Bart. of Acton Park, in that county.

9. At Chesterfield, the French General Henin, to Miss Jane Dickson of that place.

12. At Worcester, Thomas Constable, Esq. of Woodford in Essex, to Miss Walhouse, second daughter of the late Moreton Walhouse, Esq. of Hatherton, in Staffordshire.

17. At London, the Hon. Wm. Herbert, son of the Earl of Caernarvon, to the Hon. Letitia Allen, youngest daughter of Lord Viscount Allen.

19. At Lambeth Palace, by special licence, the Hon. Hugh Percy, third son of the Earl of Beverley, to Miss Manners Sutton, eldest daughter of his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury.

BIRTHS.

April 16. At Donavourd, the Lady of A. MacFarlane, Esq. of Donavourd, a son. 22. At Berlin, the Lady of Francis James Jackson, Esq. British Envoy, a son.

22. At Sinton House, the Lady of John Corse Scott Esq. a daughter.

27. At Edinburgh, Mrs Gilmour of Craigmillar, a daughter.

30. At Kirkmichael House, the Lady of David Kennedy, Esq. of Kirkmichael, a daughter.

May 1. At London, the Lady of Coutts Trotter, Esq. a daughter.

2. At Edinburgh, Mrs Hamilton, wife of Dr James Hamilton, a daughter.

9. At Ballindalloch, Mrs Macpherson Grant, of Ballindalloch, a daughter.

10. At London, the Duchess of Beaufort, a daughter.

10. At Edinburgh, the Lady of Colonel James Pringle, a daughter.

20. At Coull, Lady Mackenzie of Coull,

a son.

DEATH S.

Aug. 3. 1805. At Bombay, Major Henry Brown, youngest son of Thomas Brown of Johnstonburn, Esq.

Nov. 12. At sea, Mr Archibald Ramsay, second son of Mr Robert Ramsay, writer in Dumfries.

30. On his passage to Bengal, Dr Francis Maxwell, of the East India Company's service.

Dec. 10. At Berbice, Mr John Campbell, Commissary department there, son of the late Mr Patrick Campbell, Royal Bank, Edinburgh.

25. At New Calabar, Mr Thomas Kirkpatrick, surgeon, aged 25.

Feb. At Dominica, of the yellow fever, Joseph McLaren, Esq. garrison surgeon

there.

9. In the Turkish dominions, Mr James

Wood, eldest son of Mr Alexander Wood, merchant in Elie.

March-. Ar Tangier, J. M. Matra, Esq. Consul general to the empire of Morocco. March 8. At Surinam, the Hon. Geo. Cranstoune, Col. 64th regt. and uncle of Lord Cranstoune.

24. At Whitekirk Manse, the Rev. Mr James Williamson, minister of the gospel, aged 64. And on the 8th of October last, his son, Lieut. Thomas Williamson, of his Majesty's ship the Atlas, in the West Indies.

Lately, At Dusseldorf, Wilhelmina de Buylen de Nyevelt, widow of Lieut.-Col. Robt. Douglas.

Lately, Wm. Woodfall, Esq. Chief Justice of Cape Breton, son of the late Mr Wm. Woodfall, the well known reporter of Parliamentary debates.

Lately, at New York, James M'Ghie, Esq. an eminent planter of Trelawny pa. rish, Jamaica.

April 1. In the island of Islay, after a short illness, the Rev. Archibald Robertson, minister of Kildalton.

2. At Manse of Kinnethmont, in the 46th year of her age, Mrs Minty, wife of Dr Minty, minister of Kinnethmont.

2. At Kilniver, Mrs Mary M'Leod, wife of the Rev. Donald Campbell, and tenth daughter of the late John M'Leod, Esq. of Rasay.

3. At Burntisland, Mrs Ogilvie, wife of James Ogilvie, Esq.

3. At Musselburgh, Mr Robert Scott, master of the Mathematical Academy there.

4. At Neufchatel, in Switzerland, General Count de Meuron, Colonel proprietor of a regiment of his name in his Britannic Majesty's pay.

4. At London, Mrs Janet M'Kenzie, relict of the deceased Mr Alex. Weir, painter in Edinburgh, and collector of that elegant assemblage of natural curiosities, which, during his lifetime, was distinguished by the name of Weir's Museum.

5. At Paddington, in the 42d year of his age, William Garthshore, Esq. M. P. for Weymouth, late one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and son of Dr Maxwell Garthshore, physician in London. 5. At Edinburgh, Col. James Francis Erskine.

5. At Dalswinton, Jean Erskine, eldest daughter of John Thomas Erskine, Esq. younger of Mar.

6. At Seafield-house, near Greenock, Mr Alex. Campbell, late Deputy Comptroller of the Customs at Greenock, in the 8ad year of his age.

6. At Edinburgh, Miss Margaret Mh. tosh, second daughter of the late Captain John M'Intosh of Harwood.

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