Saturday 23 Jan 1819 (p. 3, col. 5) SCOTCH NEWSJAN. 22. ---------- On Wednesday se'nnight, after a stormy night, a human body was found thrown ashore, on Preistside merse, in the parish of Ruthwell. It was dressed in a blue jacket and trowsers, with two waistcoats of different colours, and light blue worsted stockings; a silver watch was found in the fob, in which was a watch paper with the words "Robert WOOD, watch and clock maker, Workington" engraved on it. The maker of the watch appears to have been J. ROBERTS, Liverpool. A shoe of the deceased has been preserved, and the heads of the stockings, on which the letters E. B. are marked with black silk. The body had probably been some weeks if not months in the water, as the face and other exposed parts, were entirely deprived of flesh. These marks may probably lead to a discovery of the unfortunate individual, and it will be some consolation to his relations to know that he was decently interred in the church-yard of Ruthwell. As another proof of the improvement in value of landed property, we are informed, that a few fields in the neighbourhood of Dumfries, consisting of about 17 acres, sold on Friday last for £2200. A man of the name of Robert DAVIDSON, formerly a serjeant in the 76th regt. and lately one of the Police officers of Glasgow, poisoned himself on Friday. He sent to a surgeon's shop for 6d. worth of arsenic, which he swallowed, and shortly after expired in great agony. He had served in India, and had the most flattering testimonials from his regiments, with a pension of 2s. 4d. a-day, was considered quiet and intelligent, but had notions of honour not suited to his situation in life.