SPOICLAND.
It appears, by a report of the proceedings of the Merchant Company of Edinburgh, that the Lord Advocate is at present engaged in prepar- ing a bill for the reform of the Scottish burghs.—Glasgetc Chrorfick. A .monument has been erected at Thrushgrove, the property of James Turner, Esq., to the memory of Andrew Hardie and John Baird, who suffered at Stirling for high treason in 1820. The monu- ment is a neat pillar, fluted, and surmounted by an urn, with a wreath and appropriate drapery. It bears the following inscription—" This monument was erected 10th November 1832, on the lands of Thrush- grove, the property of James Turner, Esq. ; where, on the 29th of October 1816, in spite of every opposition, 40,000 inhabitants of Glas- gow first bravely met and petitioned the Legislature for a redress of grievances and for a Reform of the Representation of the People in the Commons House of Parliament. Sacred to the memory of An- drew Hardie, aged twenty-eight, and John Baird, aged thirty-two, who were betrayed by infamous spies and informers, and suffered death at Stirling, 8th September 1820, for the cause of Reform now trium- phant, 1832."— Glasgow Chronicle. The defence of the Reverend Edward Irving was laid before the Presbytery of Annan on the 7th instant. He avows himself the author of the publications complained of by the Scotch Church. The Pres- bytery have therefore proceeded to put the instructions of the General Assembly of the Church in force.
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