§ MR. FRASER-MACKINTOSH (Inverness-shire)asked the Lord Advocate, Whether he has received information of continued outrages, supposed to be instigated by persons in authority in the neighbourhood, being lately committed against the peace and comfort of the parish minister of Duthil, in Inverness-shire; and, whether a neutral and unbiased investigation has been, or will be, instituted?
§ THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. H. A. MACDONALD) (Edinburgh and St. Andrews Universities)I received a letter from the minister of Duthil some weeks ago, and at once ordered an inquiry, the result of which was communicated to me last week. Nothing of the nature of an outrage occurred on the occasion to which the letter referred. Some parties in the parish celebrated the result of a litigation, in which the minister of Duthil was on the losing side, by lighting a bonfire on a farm half a mile from his residence, and firing shots from guns at the same place; a torchlight procession was formed, which marched along the public road past the house in which Mr. Bain lives, cheering as they went. Nothing occurred calling for the interference of the Lord Advocate.