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,, Tiie lord president expressed his 

 ^ sense and that of the bench, re- 

 specting the attention and patience 

 ofthejuryin discharging tlie la- 

 borious task allotted to them, for 

 which they were entitled to the 

 utmost commendation. Tlie pri- 

 soiierwas then discharged; and the 

 ceurt adjourned to IVIonday the 1 6th, 

 7th. A dreadful accident happen- 

 ed in the narrow part of S:. John's 

 street : a loaded waggon was over- 

 turned, which, falling on two chil- 

 dren passing by, crushed themboth 

 to death on the foot-pavement. 



1 6t h . The judges under the special 

 commission, met this morning at8; 

 v.'lien, after a jury had been witji 

 some difficulty obtained, thetrialof 

 the rev. John Home Tooke com- 

 menced ; and continued till 9 in the 

 evening, when the court adjourned 

 till the next morning, and the jury 

 attended by proper ofiicers, were 

 Jodj^edinSurg-eonshall. Mr. Tooke 

 assisted his counsel, by pleading his 

 own cause with much animation. 



'I'l^. The lord president having 

 concluded his charge J the jury, after 

 withdrawing a very i^w minutes, 

 pronounced their veixWct not guilfj/. 

 Mr. Tooke was accordingly dischar- 

 ged} and the court adjourned to 

 Monday, Dec. 1 . , 



23d. Edinhiirgk. This morning, 

 about one, a dreadful tirebiokc out 

 f wL' in Mr. Beirs great brewery, in tlie 

 Pleasance, which, in a very fcnv 

 hours, wasinlireiy consumed, tcj;'- 

 iherwith the valunblt stock of grain 

 and utensils therein. Upon the first 

 alarm, the lord provo t and magis- 

 strales, a gregt number of the Edin- 

 burgh vdunteer3, tiremen, c'ty-' 

 guard, and two companies of ihe 

 Argyleshire fencible.s, at present in 

 the castle, attended, , together witli 

 fire engines, by whone exttriiouiti.e 

 fire was confined within the walls of 



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the buildings, and prevented from 

 slrelching to Mr. Bell's dwelling- 

 house, and otheraljacent tenements 

 The Edinburgh volunteers rendered 

 essential service, by keeping off the 

 mob, and accompanying the pro- 

 perty tliat was removed to a place 

 of safety. Theflames were so great 

 fhatthe whole city was illuminated, 

 as, well as Arthur's seat, and Salis- 

 bury-rocksj a person could have 

 seen to have picked up apin, on the 

 pavement, or read the smallest print 

 in streets. Happily the premises 

 were insured, but not neaily to the 

 amount of the loss. Fortunately the 

 ale-vaults were not touched, but jt 

 is not knownjf the liquor is soured. 

 Bell's ale has been famous all ovsr 

 the world for these 30 years past, 

 and he v;as always very careful to 

 guard against fire in his premises. 

 This, it IS said, began in one of the 

 kihis w!;erc the malt was drying. 



£5th. This evening, about S, a 

 new-built house, not quite iinished, 

 belonging to Mr. Godf.ill, coach- 

 maker, in L'jng-acre, fell to the 

 ground. The workmen having pre- 

 viously left off work for the night, 

 i\o lives were lost; and the wooden 

 fer.ce, placed in the front of the 

 building, prevented rmy misfortune 

 happening to the people who chan- 

 ced to be passing at the moment. 



26th. In the court of King's 

 Bench, the application made by _ 

 Mr. rrend'scoun-elfora mandamus, V| 

 to re-admit him into the university ^■ 

 ol Cambridge, was rejected. Lord 

 Kcnyoa s;iid, the university had 

 actjBd according to precedent ; and 

 in this opinion the other judges 

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. The nnyigation here 

 never experienced greater activity ; 

 207 vessel, liave been cleared out- 

 wards, 1:5.) of which were English, 

 whichexponed planks, &c. l)ut nc» 

 D 3 ship-timber. 



