Saturday 26 Dec 1818 (p. 3, col. 5) SCOTCH NEWSDEC. 25. In a Court of Commissioners of Supply, held at Annan, on Monday the 14th curt., a number of offenders against the game laws were convicted of killing game without the legal certificate, and fined in the following penalties, besides the game duty of £3 13s. 6d. sterling, and expences of process, viz.:John MARSHALL, late in Rigg, £20; James LORIMER, in Boushawside, £20; James BELL, in Upper-town of Boushaw, £20; Andrew MOFFAT, in Wysbie Hill, £15; George BELL, ditto, £15; William BYRES, in Lowries Close, £10; James MURRAY, jun., in Priestside, £10.And in case of non-payment or recovery thereof, by sale of their effects, warrants of imprisonment for six months were directed to be issued. Mrs. SAUNDERS, of Moffat, is elected Mistress, or Housekeeper of Dumfries Hospital. On the night of Wednesday se'nnight, Mr. A. KIRKPATRICK, farrier of Dumfries, fell down his own stairs, and fractured his skull so severely as to cause his death. A fine girl, about two years old, was burnt to death in Maxwelltown, Dumfries, on Saturday last, having been left alone for a few minutes by her mother.