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trading company has attracted the attention of a number of our Glasgow Premier. But there is a wide distinction between the two parties. merchants, who are determined to participate in the advantages arising Lord Grey has honestly cut down the lavish cost and profligate expen-
We were averse to believe the report when it first reached us, of a disgraceful attack having been made on the Duke and Dutchess of Bac- cleugh in the town of Biggar last week, because we imagined this par- ticular species of rudeness was confined to the Hawick Radicals. We regret to find, however, from subsequent information, that the report is true ; and sorry are we, for the credit of the country, that it is so. His Grace, it is well known, had agreed to preside at the great Agricultural Meeting which was held on Friday last at Stirling; and for this pur- pose he left Drumlanrig Castle, one of the family mansions in Dum- friesshire, on the preceding Monday, on his way to Dalkeith Palace, in company with the Dutchess. The same evening, they reached Biggar between seven and eight o'clock ; where it was necessary to halt and change horses. No sooner were the distinguished travellers recognized, than the carriage was beset by a rabble of the lowest description ; who, not content with applying the most vulgar and contemptible epithets of abuse to his Grace, assailed the Dutchess in the same rude and ruffian- like manner ; advancing close to the carriage-door, that their gross and indecorous language might be the more annoying. No attempt, so far as we know, was made to put a stop to these insults. It is but fair to add, however, that the authors of the outrage were the mere canaille of the streets ; and we are satisfied that no respectable person in the town of Biggar, whatever his political sentiments may be, would for one mo- ment lend his countenance to such shameful proceedings. This base and dastardly assault, therefore, cannot be viewed as any indication of the general feeling in the country ; it is merely one of those ebullitions of popular phrenzy which bas, unfortunately, not yet cooled and sub- sided since the agitation on the Reform Bill.—Edinburgh Advertiser.
On Sunday afternoon, while the Marquis and Marchioness of Lon- donderry were driving along the Trongate, Glasgow, on their way to Whisbaw, a girl, five years of age, came in contact with the carriage, and both wheels passing over her, one of her legs was broken. The carriage was detained by the crowd a considerable time, till the riders
were taken to the Police-office. His Lordship left 21. for the girl, and requested the Police Superintendent to write to him atWhishawHouse, or London, and he would defray all expenses. The child was sent to the Infirmary. On Wednesday week, a fine new ship named the Maria, was launched from the ship-building yard of Mr. Lang, Dumbarton. The Maria is
from the opening up of the China trade.- The draft of a very large ship for the China trade has been sent out to Quebec by a Glasgow corn- patty. This ship is to be one of the largest hitherto seen on the Clyde. The price of ship-building at Quebec is, per ton, 8/. ; at the Clyde ship-building yards from 101. to 121., which makes a material difference in the first cost ; but the Clyde-built vessels are by far the best in every respect, and are, latterly, cheapest. A Quebec-built ship, on her ar- rival here, has to be decked, and her overhaul will cost about 2/. per ton.—Glasgow Chronicle. No fewer than seventy-three vessels arrived in the month of Sep- tember at Dundee from foreign ports, whose registered tonnage amounts to 11,200 tons. Of these upwards of sixty were from the Baltic, including Archangel, with cargoes consisting of flax, hemp, and codilla, to the extent of nearly 8,000 tons, being more than the whole amount imported a few years ago.
As the executioner of Robert Tennant, who was hanged on Wed- nesday week at Stirling for murder, was proceeding through the Castle Hill, on his return to Edinburgh, a crowd followed him till he reached some gardens near the bridge, in one of which he took shelter to escape the vengeance of the mob, who had become outrageous. They pursued him into the garden, where they got hold of him, and struck and abused him. Seeing his life in imminent peril, he made a desperate effort to escape, and ran towards the river; followed by the crowd, who showered stones after him, several of which struck him. On reaching the river, he plunged in and swam towards the opposite side ; where he was in great danger, till the High Constable arrived and drove off the crowd, and conveyed him to the gaol for safety. Two men are in custody charged with being engaged in the assault.—Glasgow Chronicle.
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