1 OCTOBER 1842, Page 11

Several correspondents in Scotland, most of them civilly, and only

one—a "John Thompson "—abusively, have called our attention to the fact that Charles the First could not have written in the Perth Guildry- books in 1650. Of course everybody knows that Charles was beheaded in 1649: our blame is, that we copied the anachronism, which was re- peated in every paper, without scrutiny ; attention being fixed on the man, and the date escaping notice. John Thompson quarrels not only with our facts, but our doctrines, and points to the fate of the Regi- cides to show that no one injured Charles with impunity : "Nemo me impune lacesset," said Charles. Was the headsman ever taken to task ? He must have been one " Nemo," and the King's declaration not threat- ening but prophetic.