• ^ bveWnI snorts,- th?'parliamenti--Edafifting b f <air^(6mfj^nsr,raffaipbkd-,in to n e
MENT- hall. - That- efiligh'tened prjnc'e, james!%.ofciSh®tkni>i |e$*df$H<^^ch to
• eft'ablifh» a^-h^fe^of* eommaiis, -in tr imitation' f0 f (tbaJfi-oEt,E$g^iHd,
whene k e ^H fe ^ tp& te d y»but\iMer pdei|d^^mdft',fir#SEly and-t>Y<ig&lb.h%
defended their Slavery.?/ The moftHfplfendid ijep&iniixg fea-tuiFenof
•government‘Ws^otlhnd,. is the>Oenerai^ffera^ly% >Next:.tof,which!-Hiay
be daffed/ the high cfcmrts.bf ijufticei efpeciallf Kthat .,fty4fdt th ^S e ffio n ,
cotififting o£ a pcefident,.and fourteen«fenators. t T j|e .Lords g@ iSe/Eon,
a'sfthey arO ftykd in Scotland, upon ,their .promotion ’to; af^ce*affume a
title, generally from the name o f aflreftate^h.y ,w h ic h 'itjm y /a re ^ ^ |y n
and addreffed, a sjif pe§£s by . c r e a t i ^ ^ w h U e ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ y j ^ n f t i t ^ t p d
Idjd&fby fuperior intereft or talents.x court is .jh ed a fe ffe fo ft^ fe -
veral oaufes, and th e ^ ly ^ a p p e a l.is ,tft(& , p f
I t Is io be regretted^ that the fcaufesdsb b y jd iteA 'jk
England... -.The jn f t i e i a r 7 |^ u r f r .^ ^% Ԥ | ^ ^ U ^ ^ m h ^ ^ J ^ | ^ i f e
l o r ^ k f i e f f io n ^ u t \yith a prefidentjft.yled||he Lord
as -tally un'derdood to represent the formerly, gre,af f J iA ie e
IQeherali This is th& fupreme -cpurt, w p jd ^ ^M ^ e -
terminecLb^ the majority o f a ju fy * ,an d npt by,the,;unam'piity, ,as «
England. There uudfo a, Court, o f Exchequer, p c ^ f o & j |’f£ a L o ll
i T fjie f Baron* and four Barons ^ftnd a fc
■which there is only, ong ju ^ g e ti - T h e , keepers q ^ th^g're ^t. jjJO T ip "
feals, and the lord regifter, or keeper o f the records,, may f e l f M &n'
tioned under this head. ,
Xaws. *■ The law of- .Scotland differs effectually fhai p^Tt^^pW^^ig
founded, in .a great meafure, upon .the civil Iaw.,M ^partly cqnljM^gf
ftatute law.; but many of the ancient ftatutes never h,a'n^g beer!,, enforced,
the chief .rule p£ this fort.arifes from- the ^eifioM'Q|^ii@’ffe^on,
which are carefully preferred and publilhed, and afford precede^, generally
deemed unexceptionable^ Of commbnrjaw tbejne is hardly,a tjace,
while the- civil and canon- laws,, may beTai^j ;|o form $l]afs of
Scotifli judicature. Thfe modes ofsprocedure have, however, the, advantage
of being free from many of-thofe legal fi&ions, which difgracethe
laws offome other countries. -Itmay, indeed, be.-deemed a,fi&bMhat
a debtor* who refufes or neglects to pay, Ihould be proclaimed a rebel to
H n p
the*kwg, and^^MiijgalSij, put, to lieforp hg jatr be imprifoned. Goviruk.
The infepoii^courts m^giftrates, and jdftkes o f MENT
; ( he^di^y'^ptifdiSiQn.s, (happily abolifhed, the
pge,r3^ Other .ps^eaf - mehy.^iMtitainld^ a flower. almoft abfqlq|e, over
their.tenants iiid|e^s, J^that the© was n6 law but the will of the
mafteij^ andAtbejCfltid®^aloB^-i could he .deemed? feats- of freedom-. , -
' Theimdfipexadt'.account ofiphe population sf.Scetiand, is that given in Population..
t^jlRatiJdcal v^irndtappears that the amount, in 1798,
was1 f£,<S[2^5492 > "while, by; < $9; thq ihcreafe,
t f i c ^ f iK j ’!® s (j i , i 1 2 .'' 'T h b 'm p f f ’ liopulousficqliHllfs^aFfe, Iff thefbrflet :
o4h'fil^^SiT&r!h^^Ms^§|^atiarik;’''i% ,254; Aberdee’fl, jb ira d^921 ; t
'^id^llOThrau',-u 2 Eoifa^jg'^o^^jFife,. 8^|fo’; Argyll,-
thofe,(OfeErigla&d ;'th a t Colonies^
?g rD a '^ p f f at'lemfpfecf i n t& r reign ,‘i)f'WiMiatir III, wastuufucdefsfuli
perfe£tfy th a t’ the
ffnKedthyy and, dnfit for "€iiy 'fetetkteent, -fe th a t the Spaniards
tffemfetvesfRive nfeglefted it,
’rTWetiurn'y^navy, poIittcWimpqrtaiice and felationsrof Scotland,
a b ^Ow infeparably mtermihgled withushofe o f England.-
Vok JJS. p. 620,