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of the wounded bird. Within a 

 minute or two the gamekeeper 

 heard a shot, and imagining that 

 a chance had ocjcurred to Mr. 

 Simpson, turned round and saw 

 him falling from the stone. He 

 immediately ran up, and found 

 that a dreadful and fatal accident 

 had taken place. It would ap- 

 pear tliat, in going up to the last 

 point, Mr. S. had cocked both 

 barrels ; one he discharged, but 

 the other being still cocked, and 

 some of the strong heath probably 

 touching the trigger, while the 

 muzzle by some fatality was di- 

 rected towards him, the charge 

 •went off, entering the left side of 

 the head under the ear, and occa- 

 sioning instant death. 



On Sunday the 18th inst. Dr. 

 Alexander Faterson, lately ap- 

 pointed coadjutor Roman Catholic 

 Bishop of the Lower District of 

 Scotland, was consecrated in his 

 own chapel at Paisley, by Dr. 

 Cameron, from Edinburgh, pre- 

 siding Bishop of the district, as- 

 sisted by Dr. Eneas Chisholme, 

 the Catholic Bishop of the High- 

 lands, and attended by several 

 clergymen of both districts. There 

 was also present, as Patron of the 

 Bishop elect, Don Francisco An- 

 tonio Bringas, a Spanish gentle- 

 man, and Cai)tain in the royal 

 armies of Spain, Avho had accom- 

 jjaniod Drs. Cameron and Pater- 

 son from Spain, and whose father 

 had been instrumental in saving 

 much British property there du- 

 ring the late revolution. The 

 consecration took place before a 

 numerous congregation of Catho- 

 lics and Protestants, according 

 to the rites usually observed on 

 such occasions in the church of 

 Rome. Such order and decorum 



was observed by all present as to 

 call for the warmest acknowledg- 

 ments of Dr. Cameron to the Pro- 

 testant part of his audience — ac- 

 knowledgments which he repeat- 

 ed in an afternoon instruction 

 which he delivered, united with 

 appropriate and liberal remarks 

 to the Catholics, on the gratitude 

 which they owed their fellow- 

 subjects, and their duty, in con- 

 sequence, to vie with them in 

 order, submission to the laws, 

 and loyalty to the government of 

 their country. — {Edinburgh Cou- 

 rant.) 



iV most daring robbery took 

 place about half-past nine o'clock 

 on Friday evening, the 16th, at 

 Mr. Ashton Yates's cottage, at 

 the Park, near Liverpool. Mrs. 

 Joseph Yates was residing there, 

 expecting in a few weeks her ac- 

 couchement, when six men (sup- 

 posed to be all Irish) entered the 

 house, two of whom stood senti- 

 nels at the kitchen, and two at 

 the parlour doors, while the 

 other two entered the parlour 

 where Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Yates 

 were sitting : after robbing Mr. 

 Yates, one stood over him with a 

 pistol, and the other robbed Mrs. 

 Yates, turned out her pockets, 

 took the rings from her fingers, 

 and the brooch from her bosom : 

 he then made her go into another 

 room where her children were in 

 bed; she said, "You see my 

 situation, take what you can find, 

 but do not hurt me or my child- 

 ren." At this time Mr. Ashton 

 Yates rang the bell, and would 

 have entered the house, but the 

 two sentinels at the parlour door 

 prevented him, dragged him into 

 the park, and emptied his pockets 

 for him; he, however, unobserved 



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