Saturday 19 Sep 1818 (p. 3, col. 5-6) SCOTLAND. Mr. NORVEL, Bookseller, of Annan, is appointed Agent for this Paper, in that town and neighbourhood, and all orders, advertisements, and articles of intelligence handed to him, will meet with due attention. On Monday, the incorporations of Dumfries had their annual election, when they chose the following deacons of crafts:-Messrs. William HAYLAND, of the Hammermen; Kinlock WINLAW, of the Squaremen; John M'GEORGE, of the Weavers; Robert GRAINGER, of the Taylors; Peter ANDERSON, of the Shoemakers; Alexander LOOKUP, of the Skinners; & James ROAN, of the Fleshers. On the following evening, Mr. GRAINGER was re-elected Convener. On the 11th inst., the freeholders of the burgh of Gatehouse-of-Fleet, elected the following gentlemen as magistrates and councillors for the ensuing year:-George BROWN, Esq., Provost;-Messrs. Samuel M'CLELLAN, and James CARSON, Bailies;-John M'WHAE, Joseph M'NISH, Nelson RAE, and John GORDON, Councillors. Burgh of Maxwelltown.-On Friday the 11th current, as appointed by the charter of election, the Burgesses of the Burgh of Maxwelltown assembled to elect their Magistrates and Councillors, for the ensuing year, and again made choice of Philip FORSYTH, Esq. of Nithside, to be Provost; Messrs. James BROWN and William M'KAY, to be Bailies; and Messrs. James SHORTRIDGE, John FORSYTH, James LOCKE, and David M'LELLAN, to be Councillors.-The meeting, on this occasion, was very numerous, and far beyond any former occasion.-An anxious canvass had taken place for some time past; and it is remarkable, that not a single individual who wished to get into office was elected, and those who have been chosen never asked a vote, nor was one asked for them; on the contrary, they were disposed to decline the offices, but, yielding to the wishes of a virtuous majority of their fellow-citizens, they accepted them. Melancholy Accident.-On Monday last, the sloop Salmon, sailed from Annan for Liverpool, but the wind proving contrary, the captain was obliged to put about the vessel and attempt to gain the port he had just left. While in this situation, beating against the wind and tide, the boom of the sloop, which was yielding to the force of the gale struck John BECK, one of her crew, and carried him overboard, by which accident he was drowned. The deceased was a young, industrious, and sober lad, the only son and support of a widowed mother, who is now left in distress, to deplore his untimely fate. Viciousness of an Ass.-On Saturday last, while a son of Mr. BROACH's, farmer in Riggfoot, was attempting to drive away an ass that had escaped from a neighbouring park into one of his father's potatoe fields, the animal turned upon the astonished boy, knocked him down, and while in that situation repeatedly kicked him on the head, and otherwise bruised his body in a shocking manner. The poor boy having at last extricated himself from the ass, was attempting to climb an adjoining fence, when the animal, after uttering a most unearthly yell, renewed the attack, and would soon have killed the boy, had it not been for the timely interference of some of the servants belonging to the adjoining farm.