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Article UNCOMMON SENTENCE: ← Page 2 of 2 Article OLD LAWS. Page 1 of 1 Article ANECDOTE OF THE LATE EARL MOUNT EDGECUMBE. Page 1 of 1
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Uncommon Sentence:
o . ctained , and hereby ordain , the magistrates of Perth , and-keeper of their tolbooth , to deliver the said Donald M'Donald to the said Earl of Tullibaidine , . having the said collar and inscription , conform to the sentence and doom aforesaid . Extracted from the books of adjournal ofthe said district by me ' , James Taylor , writer to his Majesty ' s signet , clerk of court . Sic subscribitur Jamis Taylor , Clk . " P . S . Can any correspondent g ive information respecting the other pannels or their sentence ?
Old Laws.
OLD LAWS .
Thefollowing Exlracisfrdm the Laws and Constitutions of B ^ urghs , matde by King David I . of Scotland , commonly called St . David , may per ~ baps afford amusement to some of our readers . IT is not Iesome to the Provost , nor to the Bailies , nor to the Serjeants , to baik bread , or to brew aill , to be said in His or their awin house .
Na sowter , litster , nor flesher , may be brether of the Merchant-. Gilde , except they swear that they sail riot use their offices with their awin hand , but only by servants under them . Gif ony man railes or speeks evill to the Provost and Bailies in pleine court , he , in presence of his friendes , sail expresslie and loodliesay , that he did lie , and aske mercy with ane pledge ( that he sail 7 tot do the like againej , and upon the halie Evangel , sail sweare that be knowes no evill of him .
Forth of ilk house Inhabit , ane man sould come to watch , for feare of perrell , wha sail passe fra dure to dure , with ane staff in his hand , and sail be of ane man ' s age . And quhan curfure ib rung in , he sail come forth with tWa weapons , and sail watch cairfulie and . discretlie , vntil the morning . An g if he failzies therein , he sail pay ane vnlaw of foure pennies . " . . '
Gif ony man . unjustly slaies ane ither mans house dogge , orhund , he sail keip and walke his myddin , be the space of ane zier and ane day , and restore all the skaith quhilk sail happin in the mean time . - Na man suld play at the golfe , nor at the t ' ute ball under the paine of fiftie shillings . Because they are esteemed unprofitable sports for . the common gude of the realme and defence thereof . -
Anecdote Of The Late Earl Mount Edgecumbe.
ANECDOTE OF THE LATE EARL MOUNT EDGECUMBE .
WHEN the general change of ministers took place in 17 82 , his Lordship , who was then Captain of the band of Gentleman Pensioners , of course accompanied the ex-ministers in the turn out . The ex-ministers assembled at the Cocoa-tree , Pall-mall ; the day was remarkably dirty , and it rained incessantly . His Lordship , on his ali ghting from his carriage , hurried into the Cocoa , and was received with a general cry of— " What ! my Lord , are you turned
out also ?"— " Yes , " says his Lordship , dril y , " they have turned me out in such a day as no Christian would turn out a dog-, " Rr . ... . ' .. „ '¦
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Uncommon Sentence:
o . ctained , and hereby ordain , the magistrates of Perth , and-keeper of their tolbooth , to deliver the said Donald M'Donald to the said Earl of Tullibaidine , . having the said collar and inscription , conform to the sentence and doom aforesaid . Extracted from the books of adjournal ofthe said district by me ' , James Taylor , writer to his Majesty ' s signet , clerk of court . Sic subscribitur Jamis Taylor , Clk . " P . S . Can any correspondent g ive information respecting the other pannels or their sentence ?
Old Laws.
OLD LAWS .
Thefollowing Exlracisfrdm the Laws and Constitutions of B ^ urghs , matde by King David I . of Scotland , commonly called St . David , may per ~ baps afford amusement to some of our readers . IT is not Iesome to the Provost , nor to the Bailies , nor to the Serjeants , to baik bread , or to brew aill , to be said in His or their awin house .
Na sowter , litster , nor flesher , may be brether of the Merchant-. Gilde , except they swear that they sail riot use their offices with their awin hand , but only by servants under them . Gif ony man railes or speeks evill to the Provost and Bailies in pleine court , he , in presence of his friendes , sail expresslie and loodliesay , that he did lie , and aske mercy with ane pledge ( that he sail 7 tot do the like againej , and upon the halie Evangel , sail sweare that be knowes no evill of him .
Forth of ilk house Inhabit , ane man sould come to watch , for feare of perrell , wha sail passe fra dure to dure , with ane staff in his hand , and sail be of ane man ' s age . And quhan curfure ib rung in , he sail come forth with tWa weapons , and sail watch cairfulie and . discretlie , vntil the morning . An g if he failzies therein , he sail pay ane vnlaw of foure pennies . " . . '
Gif ony man . unjustly slaies ane ither mans house dogge , orhund , he sail keip and walke his myddin , be the space of ane zier and ane day , and restore all the skaith quhilk sail happin in the mean time . - Na man suld play at the golfe , nor at the t ' ute ball under the paine of fiftie shillings . Because they are esteemed unprofitable sports for . the common gude of the realme and defence thereof . -
Anecdote Of The Late Earl Mount Edgecumbe.
ANECDOTE OF THE LATE EARL MOUNT EDGECUMBE .
WHEN the general change of ministers took place in 17 82 , his Lordship , who was then Captain of the band of Gentleman Pensioners , of course accompanied the ex-ministers in the turn out . The ex-ministers assembled at the Cocoa-tree , Pall-mall ; the day was remarkably dirty , and it rained incessantly . His Lordship , on his ali ghting from his carriage , hurried into the Cocoa , and was received with a general cry of— " What ! my Lord , are you turned
out also ?"— " Yes , " says his Lordship , dril y , " they have turned me out in such a day as no Christian would turn out a dog-, " Rr . ... . ' .. „ '¦