Saturday 09 Jan 1819 (p. 3, col. 5) SCOTCH NEWS-JAN. 8. A fellow of the name of SHIELDS, an Irishman, who had been an in-patient in the Dumfries Infirmary for three months past, absconded from that house on Saturday night last, carrying with him two pair and a half of Scotch blankets, and several other articles. The Prince Regent has granted a free pardon to John MITCHELL, under sentence of transportation in Dumfries gaol, in consequence of some some [sic] very favourable circumstances in his case.