28 MAY 1831, page 13

Topics Of The Day.

HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE. THIS week, the Standard pours forth his lament over the fall of another—almost the last—hold where the friends of his heart, and none but they, had......

Tiie Scotch Elections.

WHEN the Scotch Reform Bill was introduced into the House of Commons, Sir WILLIAM RAE denounced it as a measure that would lead to riot and bloodshed among his countrymen.* Sir......

Capital Punishments.

Two men were hanged on Wednesday ; one for sheep-stealing, the other for stealing in a dwelling-house. It was alleged, in aggrava- tion of the crime of the former, that his......