offered for the difcovery of the perfons that fet fire to a barn and barn yards in Berwickshire, and a reward of Fifty Guineas for the apprehenfion of any of the two perfons faid to be principally ac tive in the riot at Jedburgh.

Glafgow, Aug. 26. On Friday the Deputy Lieutenants for the diftrict of Eafter and Wefter Kilpatricks, in Dumbartonfhire, having repaired to the village of Eafter Kilpatrick, for the purpose et executing the duty required of them by the Militia Act, they were forcibly obftructed by a body of about 300 peoole, affembled for that purpofe; and the Gentlemen having, with difficulty, efcaped from the hands of the rioters, after adjourning the meeting, rode off to the Lord Prefident's houfe at Garfcube, about a mile from the faid village. The crowd followed them for a little way, and then appeared to return; but, about half an hour afterwards, the alarm was given, that a confiderable party of them were upon their march to Garfcube houfe, armed with flicks and bludgeons, many others ftill remaining affembled at the village; upon which a fervant was difpatched to the Lord Provoft and the commanding officer at Glasgow, requesting the affiftance of a military party, and, in the mean time, the Gentlemen at Garfcube House,. with their fervants and fome labourers and work people, made the best preparation they could for their defence. The party of rioters ftopt fhort at the toll-bar, within a quarter of a mile from the houfe, feemingly undetermined what to do; and before it was known whether they were to advance or retire, the Lord Provoft of Glafgow, with the Royal Glafgow Light Horfe Volunteers, commanded by Capt. Orr, the first battalion of the Royal Glaf gow Volunteer Infantry, to the number of about four hundred, commanded by Col. Corbett, and detachments from the 8th and 21st regiments of foot, with Lieut.-Colonel Campbell at their head, were upon their march. The Light Horse arrived within little more than an hour after the servant had been dispatched from Garfcube houfe, and the other troops followed in a very fhort time after. In the mean time, the party of rioters at the toll bar had returned, or difperfed, before the cavalry appeared; but, as information was given that a confiderable number were still assembled at the village, the cavalry and volunteer infantry proceeded to that place, accompanied by the Deputy Lieutenants; and having furrounded the people who were fill there, the Riot

Act was read to them, and several of the Gentlemen earneftly admonished them to difperfe and go home; but many of them having declined to do fo, and fome expreffing themselves in a very infolent manner, about ten of them were laid hold of and made prifoners, after the hour was elapfed; againft fix of whom the Juftices of Peace granted warrants of commitment, and they are now lodged in the prison of Glasgow.

The Military and the Volunteer Light Horfe and Infantry, marched with the greatest alacrity. The Volunteer drums beat to arms at two o'clock, and, before four, they reached the Church of New Kilpatrick, a diftance of 7 miles, though they halted, by order, for fome time at Garfcube Bridge.

The inhabitants of the burgh and parifh of Rutherglen lately met, and in the moft harmonious manner made up their lift in terms of the Militia Act, and immediately began a fubfcription for a fund to provide fubftitutes in place of those who might be ballotted and not inclined to act; proceedings highly creditable to that ancient burgh, which has on every occafion been remarked for its unfhaken loyalty and attachment to the King and Conftitution.

The parish of Cambuflang have laudably adopted a fimilar line of conduct with that of the burgh of Rutherglen.

Aug. 29. The meeting of Deputy Lieutenants of Eaft Lothian, for the diftrict of Tranent, was held there; and as there had been fome diforderly proceedings the night before, it was judged prudent to have a party of Dragoons to protect the Gentlemen in the execution ef their dutý. A great concourse of people affembled, but at first every thing was quiet, and the Gentlemen corrected the lifts of two parishes: when, all of a fudden, the mob grew extremely outrageous, committing every kind of violence, throwing large ftones into the room where the Deputy Lieutenants were affembled, and maltreating the foldiers.-Every attempt was made that patience, temper, and humanity could dictate, to pacify the people, and warn them of the illegality and danger of their proceeding. But the forbearance of the troops was mifconftrued into fear; and the behaviour of the mob became fo violent, that the dragoons were at laft ordered to charge. The confe quence was (according to the heft information hitherto received,) that eight or ten people were killed on the spot, and feveral feverely wounded. Moft of

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the people killed and wounded were known to be active ringleaders. One woman was killed; it is remarkable that fhe was the perfon who beat the drum to affemble the mob. After the mob was difperfed, the Deputy Lieutenants finished their bufinefs.

The Military was much annoyed by the mob, previous to any attack on their part. A ferjeant of the cavalry was ftruck on the head by a flone or brick, and fo feverely hurt, that his life is defpaired af. An Officer is flightly wounded in the thigh, and feveral of the privates bruifed. While we have to lament the above intelligence from Tranent, we are happy in having the fatisfaction to ftate, that two other District Meetings were held on the 29th Auguft in Eaft Lothian, at Haddington and Dunbar, at which places the bufinefs was conducted with the greatest quietnefs and order.

Some trivial oppofition has manifefted itfelf in the parishes of Strathaven, Kirkintulloch, &c. to the carrying of the Militia Act into effect, but in feveral of the parishes, fubfcriptions have commenced to procure Subftitutes for those who may be balloted for, and who do not incline to ferve in the Militia.

A very numerous mob, collected from the different parishes around, affembled at Lanark upon the 29th of Auguft, where a meeting of the Deputy Lieutenants was held, in order to receive the lift from the schoolmafter of the parish, of the men liable to be ballotted for to ferve in the militia for the burgh and royalty of Lanark. The gentlemen prefent at the above meeting were very much in fulted by the mob, and the lift made up by the schoolmaster was taken from him and deftroyed. It is believed that very few of the young men belonging to the town were engaged in thefe violent proceedings, as they have fince fent a letter to Mr Bannatyne of Castlebank, one of the Deputy Lieutenants of the county, who was prefent at the above meeting, expreffing their forrow and regret that any obftruction fhould have been given to the carrying of the militia act into execution within the burgh and royalty, and which had proceeded entirely from mif-reprefentations of the meaning of the act; and alfo inclofed to him a lift of all the young men liable to be ballotted for within his diftrict, much fuller and complete than the lift made up by the fchoolmafter which had been deftroyed, fo that no farther oppofition will be made to the carrying of the militia act

into execution in the Upper Ward of the county of Lanark.

Aug. 30. About 200 perfons, chiefly from Path-head in the parish of Dyfart, affembled together, and after taking the militia lift from the fchoolmaster of that parish, proceeded along the fands of Kirkcaldy to Abbotfhall, where they met about the fame number of the inhabitants of Linktown. Having obtained poffeffion of the militia lift, and parish regifter of Abbotfhall, they fet out in a body for Mr Fergufon's of Raith. Notice of this having been fent to the Kirkcaldy Volunteers, who were affembled at the time for the purpose of drilling, they immediately marched, with between 20 and 30 men of the 16th regiment, for Raithhoufe, The people, on reaching Mr Ferguson's tendered to him a declaration to be figned, the object of which was to bind himself that he would take no part in carrying the militia act into execution. This Mr Fergulon with great spirit and propriety refufed; and, after he had remonftrated with them on the irregularity of their conduct, the people withdrew, before the Volunteers and Regulars reached the house.

High Court of Justiciary.

Sept. 4. This day came on the trial of Thomas Urquhart, late Deputy PoftMafter at Kirkwall, in Orkney, and Da vid Urquart, his fon, accufed of taking several letters out of the Poft-Office there, fince Auguft 1794, and abstracting Money, Bank Notes, &c. from them. David Urquart, the fon, a lad of fixteen yeats of age, pled Guilty. Thomas Urquart pled Not Guilty. The trial then proceeded. Several articles were charged in the indictment. The trial lafted till 12 o'clock at night.

David Urquart the fon having pled Guilty, witneffes were called by the Lord Advocate, to prove three of the articles laid in the indictment againft T. Urquart.

The first article related to a letter fent by James Fey a feaman, inclofing a guinea, directed to James Fey in Rothifholm, his father, which letter was never delivered. The witneffes fwore, that another letter had been previously fent, directed as above, which likewife never came to hand :-This contained a guinea and a half, That the letter first mentioned was often called for, but never came to James Fey: That at the fearch made in T. Urquhart's houfe, the letter which inclofed the guinea was found in a box belonging to him. The fon, in his

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declaration, admitted, that he broke open the letter, and took out the guinea, and gave his father 198. of the money. The fecond article concerned a letter wrote by May Griffin, refiding in London, directed to Stephen Muir, in Benecot, inclosing a Poft office order for five guineas. The witneffes proved, that the letter was forwarded to Kirkwall, but never received by the perfon to whom it was addreffed. On the contrary, it appeared that T. Urquhart had opened the letter, and taken out the order, on the back of which he forged a receipt, and sent the said order to Edinburgh as part of a balance due by him to the General Poft Office on account of the revenue. The letter not being received by Muir, an inquiry was fet on foot near twelve months afterwards, which clearly traced it to T. Urquhart.

The third article charged, was abftracting a guinea note from a letter wrote by David Rutherford, fpirit-dealer in Perth, directed to Alexander Walter in Shapinfhay, his father-in-law. The witneffes proved putting the letter into the Poft Office in Perth: That in confequence of the letter not coming to hand, another letter was fent by a fhip, which Walter receiving, he asked the advice of the Minifter of the parish, who defired him to call on Urquhart for the letter, which he accordingly did. This did not produce the letter and money-upon which the clergyman wrote a letter to Urquhart, ftating the cafe, and his determination to prob the matter to the bottom. After the receipt of this letter, Urquhart came to the Minifter, and told him, that a child in its mother's arms had torn the letter and the guinea note, but he delivered a guinea to the Minifter, that Walter might fuftain no lofs by the accident.-David Urquhart, the fon, in his declaration, admitted that he had broke open the letter, and taken the guinea.

It appeared from evidence, that T. Urquhart was attempting to leave the country before he was apprehended. It alfo appeared, that D. Urquhart was taken to Caithness by an acquaintance of his father's, where he ftaid fome days, and who procured his paffage from Cromarty to London, where he was apprehended after he had bound himself an apprentice to the fea in the Eaft India Company's fervice, and was brought down to Scotland.

On the 5th, the jury returned their verdict, finding, all in one voice, the first

article relating to Fey's letter, Not Proven against Thomas Urquhart-finding, all in one voice, the fecond article, viz. abftracting the Poft-Office order from Mrs Griffin's letter, and forging the receipt, Proven against Thomas Urquhart,

and alfo finding, by a plurality of voices, the taking the money from Walter's letter, Proven against Thomas Urquhart. They alfo found David Urqu hart Guilty, but in refpect of his youth, and his confeffion of the crime, earneftly recommended him to his Majefty's mercy. Mr Erfkine faid, the verdict was not complete, not having mentioned their having confidered the exculpatory evidence. The Solicitor General replied, that the verdict was exceedingly accur ate, and nothing omitted that was laid before the Jury. The Court repelled the objection; after which fentence was pronounced, ordering the prifoners to be hanged at the ordinary place of execu tion here, on the 18th October next.

Lord Swinton in pronouncing fentence, addreffed both the prifoners in a speech that did much honour to his feelingsadvifing them to make the beft ufe of their time to make their peace with God, particularly the father, who, he faid, could not expect any pardon.

Thomas Urquhart, the father, is a decent looking man, seemingly above 50 years of age. David Urquhart, the fon, is a pretty lad, of a very youthful ap pearance, aged 16.

The trial lafted about fifteen hours. The Court was uncommonly crowded, and the audience much affected by the appearance of a father and son at the bar. Aberdeen Races.

Tuesday the 5th Sept.-5ol. given by the Northern Shooting Club.

Mr. Kincaid's Rolleker walked over. Same day, a fweepstakes of 100 guineas each, five subscribers-three paid forfeittwo miles:

Major Pierrepont's Juba,

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Colonel Nevil's Quickfilver, Wednesday the 6th.-The Ladies' Subfcription Purfe of 501.-four mile heats: Mr Maule's Scorpion,

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