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NEW. ; POCKET ; , GERMAN DICT ONA RY. ~ I?+l . .flay. i vai- i Ailiel,ed, printed u n iformly with Nugent Grl \ ria'SDictionatiesboom, price ISs. bou, -11• ••- •. • • :1:1”Ei ITORSI"S POCK ET DIC TIONARY of the GERMAN and ENGLISFI LANGUAGES. By G. NOEHDEN, LL.D. Ph: D. The Third Edition, revised and improved, by 11. E. Lloyd. • Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green ; T. Cadell ; . T. Boosey and Sons ; Baldwin and - Cradock ; Booker ;.Simpitiii and Marshall ; Treuttell, Wurtz, and and W. and : .L Maynard. • Of 'whom' also may be had, by Dr. Noebden, A GRAMMAR of the GERMAN LANGUAGE, Fifth Edition, 12mo. price 10s. 6d. bds. ;rXtRCISES for WRITING GERMAN, according to the Rules of Grammar, Fifth Edition, 12mo. price Sc. We. .This day was publidied, in 12mo. price 8s 6d. boards, AN ACCOUNT OF PERSONS RE MARKABLE FOR HEALTH AND LONGE VITY.; exhibiting their Habits, Practices, and Opinions, ju:reference to the beat means of preserving HeAla), im- Proving a bad or impaired Constitution, and prolonging : Lif e . To which are added, Authentic Cases of Recovery from many severe and protracted Diseases, with the means auccessfully employed; it definite Plan for the removal of . that peculiar affection of the Throat to which Clergymen, and" other Public Speakers, are liable; and Maxims of Health for the Gouty, Paralytic, and Asthmatic. By 'A PHYSICIAN. " Knowledge 'is Power."—Lord Bacon. 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BRITISH AND FOREIGN ASSURANCE. PROMOTER LIFE OFFICE, 9, Chat ham Place, Blackfrlars, London. DIRECTORS. The Hon. George H. L. Robert Palk, Esq. Dundas, William Un win Sims, Esq. W. Goodenough Haiter, Rig. Samuel Smith. Esq._ John Towgood Kernble, Esq. Le Marchant Thomas, Esq. J. G. S. Lefevre, Esq. F.R. S. TRUSTEES. William Unwin Sims, Esq. John Deacon, Esq. J. G. S. Lefevre, Esq. F. R. S. The Premiums of this Office for healthy. persons are lower than any offered to the Public, both for short terms and the whole period of Life; those for persons afflicted, or esiding in tropical or other hazardous climates, are in pro portion to the increased risks. Officers in the Army and Navy are charged the ordinary rate* until called into active or foreign service. Prospectuses and all Lefessary information may b obtained at the Office. Proposals can be passed daily. MICHAEL SAWARD, Secretary. • ESTATE AND HOUSE-AGENCY OFFICE, No. 93 • B HOPSG ATE- STREET-WITHIN. HENRY L. COOPER, in submitting to his Friends the public ttion of his Register for the present month, is happy in bring able to state that, after having already disposed of a much greater number of pro perties than on any former season, and from the patronage his Agency Establishment has found with the Public, he has still the opportunity of laying before them a list of Houses and Estates, which few competitors can exceed, either in value, importance, or variety, and in situations which comprise most of the counties in England, thereby rendering it almost impossible but that patties, either as buyers or sellers, at the reasonable value of the day, may both be accommodated. An engagement of upwards of forty years in the upholstery department, on the same spot, will, it is presumed, be a sufficient guarantee for his inte grity and responsibility ; and when the locality, as to situa tion, is considered, being in the immediate vicinity of the Bank of England, Garraway's, and the Auction Mart (the resort of the monied and landed interest of the country), presents facilities peculiar to this establishment for effecting immediate and advantageous sales, at the fair marketable value of the day, of whatever interests may be committed to his care. N.B.—Noblemen or Gentlemen desirous of taking a pro fessional opinion will be waited on at their residences or estates.-93, Bishopsgate .strtet-within. BAR MONOPOLY. The following account is given in the Law Magazine, of a recent attempt to throw difficul ties in the way of admission to the Bar : " It has been proposed to subject all candi dates for admission to the bar to two preliminary examinations; one before admission to the hips, in classics—the other preliminary to the call, in classics and law. The plan was agreed to by the benchers of the Inner Temple, and submitted to the other Inns, at least to the Middle Temple aid Lincoln's Inn ; we have not heard that Gray's Inn was consulted. By. Lincoln's Inn, however, it was rejected at once; so that there is no chance of the plan's answering its intended purpose, of making the bar a still closer mono poly. We cannot say that we regret the failure ; the bencher's power has hitherto been fairly enough exercised ; but there is something so exceedingly preposterous in the notion of cer tain voluntary associations assuming the privilege of excluding whomsoever they please from a lucrative and influential profession, that discus sion should not be wantonly provoked. No such regulation as the one alluded to could be carried into effect without a struggle. Were men refused admission to an Inn of Couit on' the ground of their being unable to construe Homer, petitions to Parliament would rapidly pour in ; and where the same objection urged against members of an Inn claiming to be called, the twelve Judges would be most assuredly ap pealed to.* The benchers therefore had much better be still ; and even their private scrutiny is, in some particulars, objectionable. We are told of instances, in which benchers to whom mem bers, personally unknown, applied to be nomi nated, have prosecuted their inquiries into, not merely the life and conduct of the candidate, but his actual income at the time of being called, and his expectancies in respect of property. This, if true, is positively intolerable. Lord Mansfield, upon being asked what conduced most to a bar rister's success, is said to have replied, Bar risters succeed by many methods ; some by great talents, some by high connections, some by a miracle, but the majority by commencing without a shilling.' We humbly submit this opinion to the consideration of an eminent bendier of the Inner Temple, who is understood to have expressed his intention, since Greek and Latin parsing is not to be insisted upon, of proposing no man to be called who cannot command 4001. a year for life. Sir James Scar lett, we believe, has been the most strenuous supporter of the new system, Mr. Denman its most influential opponent." • " * Sve Doug. 339. and 4. B. and C. 858. Penchers are not compellable to give any reason for not admitting ; but an admitted member has an inchoate right, and may appeal to the twelve Judges, from whom, according to Lord Mansfield, all the power of the benehers is derived. See Dougl. übi supra." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL TUESDAY, JULY 1 4.--- MO water 13 minutes past nine o'clock.—Wind N.S.V.—Arrived the Perfect, Prince, from Charleston ; Margaret, Gardham, from New Orleans; Hanger, Robertson, from Carthagena ; Eliza, Punton, from Laguna ; Columbus, Johns, front Mira michi ; Monarch, Hudson, front ditto; Lune, --, from Quebec ; Horatio, Spats, front Montreal; Afena, from Antwerp ; &waning, Masoner, from Bristol ; Jo hanna Margaretta, Put, from Amsterdam ; Lime Cobb, from Newry. CLICAKED OUTWARDS.---The Aquila, Taylor, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Jones, for Newfoundland ; Cemerez, Kershohn, for Elsineur. Passed Holyhead, inward hound, at noon, the Thomas Dempsey. Passed Point Lyn ts, inward bound, the Henry Luke, from Charleston. GERMAN AND FRANKFORT ' PAPERS. (From the Agram Gazette) SEMLIN, JUNE 19.-With respect to Military operatiOns of the contending armies we know here nothing more than that the Turks chew great activity in their preparations for defence, and that large reinforcements are sent to all points where a battle is likely to take place. In Bosnia sod Servia every thing is quiet. AccountS from Constan tinople say that the most profound tranquillity prevails there also, anl that the Sultan proceeds in ull his enterprises with profound judgment and energy, which gains him the greatest respect both of his own countrymen and of .foreigners ; he justly deserves a place among the great. men of his age. P. S. Accounts are just received that the Russians have failed in their attempts to cross the Danube in some places. In fact, it seems that the Turks are resolved to do their utmost. At Cairo the Mussulmen have been obliged, by. order of Lrabirn, to cut off their beards ; this measure, though-sanctioned by the !Remus, caused much dissatisfac tion till it was resolved that the beards cut off should be preserved, and after death be deposited in the grave with the former remains. ViuS Ji,TLY 3.-51etalliques 98i, Bank Shares 1109. STUTGARD, JULY s.—lt seems that the plan fur uniting the Rhine and the Danube will be now cai'ried . into effect by a Paris Company, which is said to have obtained from the Governments concerned, upon ertain conditions, a privilege of 99 years for the accomplarnent mist use of the new channel of communication. The whole details of the plan are not yet made out. In general the following seems to be the outline of the project. To make the Danube navigable from Ultn to Tuttlingen, and so into the Grand Duchy of Baden ; to make a canal through the Black Force in Baden, through the country about Villingen, St. George, Homburg, and Hansach, in the Valley of the Kinzing ; and, lastly, to snake the Kinzing, which fails into the Rhine near Kehl, navigable. The first part of the plan would probably be the easiest, nor would the last part be likely to meet with any insuperable obstacles; but the making of a canal through the Black Forest (using the waters of the Bug and other rivulets) is an undertaking Which in former times would have been declared im practicable (for a considerable past of the way it will be necessary to carry the canal under ground by means of a tunnel). The resources which modern inventions afford, in the execution of the mo,t difficult undertaking, will not allow us to doubt of a successful result, if the plan be judiciously formed, the execution entrusted to men per fvctly competent, and sufficient funds be always ready for the prosecution of so costly a work. TALDA, JULY s.—The plan of erecting a monument in honour of St. Bonifacius, the Apostle of Germany, in the vicinity of this city, is on the eve of being carried into exe cution. The ample subscriptions that have been received will enable the managers to have the monument executed in bronze, and of a colossal size. The statue is to be executed by the able sculptor Henschie of Cassel. . THE MARKETS. COAL MAR: Beaumont 265. 6d. Boundary Moor-. 24 6 killingworth 2S 3 Tanfield 24 0 Townley .27 0 Walls End Carr and Co. 26 6 ET.—July 15. Fawcett Lambton's Primrose 28 6 Russell's Lyon's 28 6 Walls End Hetton—.— 32 0 Walls End Stewart's 31 9 Russell's Hetton's W.E. 31 3 Silkstone Field and Co. 27 6 Walls End Elgin —3l 0 Dean's Primrose Trader 25 0 New 25 0 lips sold, 32—Unsold, 9. Ditto Northumberland 28 0 W. E. Perkins and Co. 27 9 Ditto Russell's —.... 31 0 Ditto Walket '2O 0 Ships at market, 41-Sli COUNTRY COItN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. a. 8. Abingdon 58 82 32 38 21 3'2 42 58 74 29 31 '24 27 46 Birmingham,.,... 72 52 32 36 24 36 46 Bridport 56 74 32 39 26 31 54 Cirencester 60 72 23 26 40 Faringdon--. 54 86 36 40 26 38 46 Guildtbrd 48 74 30 35 24 33 45 Henley 54 83 30 35 20 30 40 Hereford ---... 64 84 38 45 36 40 60 Highworth 62 80 32 42 28 34 56 Maidenhead 65 84 28 38 22 30 51 Oakingham 56 76 30 36 18 32 44 Reading 66 84 32 37 .24 33 43 Sal i sbury 56 76 31 37 24 34 50 Southampton 54 78 37 40 28 32 46 Stroud Tewkesbury 65 87 40 42 30 38 58 Uxbridge \Vantage 5O 78 30 37 22 30 42 Warminster 44 83 32 37 25 36 54 60 76 30 36 25 34 54 Worcester. - 72 80 36 40 24 32 44 CEI ELTEN HAM MARKET.—JuIy 14. Per Bushel. s. (1. to s. cl. Pei lb. d. to d. Wheat Barley ......... 4 0 5 0 Mutton Oats Beans 4l) 5 6 Lamb '7 8 l'ease 5 0 8 0 Pork 6 71 Hay 3l. los. to 31. 15s. pet toll. LEWES MARKET.—JuIy 14. White Wheat (per quarter) £3 14 0 to £3 16 0 Red ditto 3 11 0 31.4 0 Barley Oats, New 1 2 0 1 6 0 Pease 1 17 0 2 0 0 Oil Cake, New l2 0 0 per thousand. HULL MARKET. -July 14. We have had an increased demand for Wheats during the week, and a fair extent of business has been transact. ing at gradually improving prices; to-day the supply of English Wheat was very trifling, and we may fairly pre sume, from the weekly return in our market, that the stocks of the farmers in this neighbourhood are neatly ex hausted ; the weather has also been very unsettled, which caused more money to be demanded for Wheats, and an average of 2s. to 3s. per quarter has been realized on the best runs of both English and foreign, with a better sale for the secondary qualities, at an improvement of Is. to 2s. per quarter.—All descriptions of spring Corn remain without any alteration ; we do not therefore a!ter our quo tations, but consider the demand very limited for each ar ticle. Rapeseed and Linseed without alteration. The duty of 10s. Bd. has been paid this week on 16,513 quar ters of Wheat, 5008 quarters of which are from ship. Wheat, om —s. —s. —s. 565. 65s Foreign s 60s. 655. ln bond... —s. —s. Oats, Poland —s. 20a. 24s Old —s. —s. 265. Small or Feed.... —a. 12s. 18s. Foreign —s. Vs. 245. Barley, Norf. & Suf ... —s. 265. 28s. Litic..& Wold —s. 28s. 30s. L-- Foreign —s. 30s. 225. Beans 345. 365. 38s. Foreign —s. 365. 38s Pease, White —s. 365. 40s. Grey —s. 30s. 31s. Taros —s. 345. 365. Foreign —s. 28s. 325. Rapeseed, in bond none. Free, per last —l. 26/. 281. THE NEW CITY LIBRARY. The new library some time since determined upon . by the Corporation is now completed for public use, and open from ten in the morning until four in the afternoon of each week day. It is in rooms ad vantageously situated, and elegantly fitted up, which open in. the front of the Gtiildhall. AV:Herbert, the author of the History and Antiquities of the Inns of Court, mid several other learned productions, has been appointed librarian. The library commences under the most favourable auspices., It already contains 'the* finest collections of works•in the kingdOM; relative to the history of the metropolis, and of the progress of society. Now that good arrangements are made for the reception and care of scarce works, and that dtie honours are paid . to donors, it is expected, and, in several in stances, it is promised, that many rich collectors-in the metropolis will bequeath their 'libraries to the use of their fellow citizens, rather titan allow them to be dispensed by posthumous sales or leave them to heirs by whom they will not be appreciated. Nearly all the works belonging to the library are elegantly and substantially bound. A number of valuable works have already been presented, and do ‘4tationis. have been made to the use of the library. Several members of the coiToration have set ex amples on the occasion. Fifty guineas were given to it by the late sheriffs, Messrs. Wilde and Spottis woode. Mr. Bolland presented a very splendid and valu able copy of Hakluyes Voyages. Alderman Wood presented a complete and highly valuable set of the Journals of the House of Com mons, from their commencement, in the reign of Edward VI., with some scarce reports, making alto gether 92 volumes, folio. Mr. R. L. Jones, the Chairman of the Com mittee for the Management of the Library, has pre sented to it a valuable manuscript collection towards a History of London. Mr. Henry Butterworth, of Fleet-street, has pre sented 42 volumes of scarce tracts relative to the city of London. The City Solicitor has given a rare plan of the city as it existed in the reign of William and Mary, together with some volumes of curious tracts, with a superior set of the Parliamentary History. A collection is in the course of formation of prints and plans, with documents relative to each of the city wards, arranged under the head of each word. The collection of newspapers in the city library is, with the exception of the collection in the British Museum, the most complete in the metropolis. The city collection commences in the year 1640, and continues to the Restoration. It is then continued on by the London Gazette, and this is followed by complete sets of the London Chronicle, the St. James's Chronicle, Lloyd's Evening Post, and other daily papers. Altogether there are already 362 volumes of newspapers, exclusive of the copy of the London Gazette, which is the most complete copy in the kingdom. It is remarked that not one of the Aldermen, ex cept the one whose donation has been mentioned, and Alderman Lucas who presented to the library a marble statue of Shakspeare, has given either money or books towards it ; nor have the higher city officers, with the exception of the town-clerk and one or two others, displayed any zeal in its favour. The Court of Common Council have, by an un animous vote referred to the library committee to .consider the best mode of indexing their records. These consist of about 1,000 . volumes, containing the most valuable historical matter, which has hitherto remained useless and untouched, from the want of proper facilities of reference and access. Several of the most intelligent members of the cor poration discard the silly and superstitious notions entertained formerly, that unless these records were carefully locked up, the city would lose either its property or its privileges. It ►s proposed to deposit in the library as histori cal matter the various ancient records of the prisons, and magisterial books of examinations, &c., which now lie neglected, and arc rotting at the Mansion house and other places for want of proper care. A number of Roman and other antiquities, found in various parts of the city, have been deposited in the library, where they are kept in a state of good preservation. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METROPOLIS, Nearly the whole of the houses to be erected on the ground now in the course of being cleared in Charing-cross and its vicinity have been let, and at extravagant prices.* The ground rent is also exceedingly high, so that Goverment will, notwith standing the great outlay incurred in making com pensations, be considerable gainers. The ground in the vicinity of the site of the late Carlton House is not let by the foot, but at the rate of one hundred guineas per house, each house containing a frontage of about twenty feet. The Commissioners, it is stated, refused to let Mr. Clarke (whose family has occupied Exeter 'Change for more than a century) a site of ground in lieu of that taken away, and the whole of the ground in the narrow part of the Strand is under stood to be let to Mr. Baker at 5/. per foot, which has since been underlet, some as high as 6!. and 71. per foot. Sir Thomas Farquhar, the banker, has taken the whole of the ground in Little St. James's street, at five guineas per foot ; and has since, it is stated, refused eight guineas per foot, for individual lots. High as these prices may appear, they are comparatively low, compared with the ground rent of Crockford's house, which is nine guineas per foot, and that of the United Service Club, ten guineas per foot. The embellishments in the neighbourhood of Charing-cross, the Strand, &c., promise to be as profitable to Government as those made in Regent street, which, on the outlay of a million sterling, now pay, it is understood, an interest of 3/ per cent., yielding a great profit , to the State aver and above the per centage required to be paid on the advances. The improvements at Charing-cross and the Strand cannot be completed for at least three or four years, in the event of no greater activity being shewn than is exhibited at present. • The majority of them are to pay a rent of 3001. per annum, besides premiums for leases, varying from 51 - 0/. to 1,0001. BASINGSTOKE.—It has rained for nearly a month with very little intermission ; the consequences 01 which, in the agricultural world, have been various. Thousands, and tens of thousands of loads of upland and meadow hay have been spoiled—the former so completely as, even with the assistance of salt, to be scarcely worth the expense of stacking, and much of it will be drawn into the yards fur manure. On the other hand, had it not been for the rain—barley, oats, and pulse would have been under half a crop. The wheat could have dispensed with it, for, with the exception of now and then a feeding - shower, it fructifie s more abundantly under a cloudless sky and a warm sun. Neither is this all—the heavy showers, as sisted by the driving winds, have broken much of the straw, which will not only prevent the ears from filling well, hut a handsome sample is never produced from lodged grain--in addition to which, it becomes an easy prey to birds, who could Aot alight upon it, if upright. On the whole, I have reason to hope the harvest will not be an unproductive one, and the excellent plant of turnips, which the late showery weather has ensured, will obviate the damage to the hay, which does not appear to rise in price. RKETS.-July 8. DUMFRIES MA. s.d. s.d. s. d. s. d. Wheat, Imp. Bush S 9 to 9 0 Butter, 160 z..... ........ 0 oto 0 Barley 4 0 4 4 Eggs, dozen 0 0 0 0 Oats 2 S 3 0 Beef, per lb. Flour, 141 b. .2 4 2 6 Veal 0 3 0 4 Oatmeal Potatoes, cwt. CATTLE.—TIie number of Cattle on the Sands to-day was 1113. There was a ready sale for young Cattle, at rather lower prices, but fur other descriptions there was no symptoms of improvement. HOP INTELLIGENCE. MainsTowx, JULY 14.—With the exception of a few favoured spots, the Hops have been daily getting worse since our last—the continual rains having much increased the vermin, and so much confirmed the blight, that the quantity grown must be very short. From other parts our accouP.ts are much worse. CANTERBURY, JULY 13.—The Hops of this neigh bourhood and East Kent have not improved ; on the con trary, the severity and extent of the blight is now con firmed .come what weather triay,:an average of not more than a pocket per acre can reasonably be expected. Sir WALTER SCOTT, in company with the CHIEF BARON and some other gentlemen, paid a visit to Falkland on Monday week. The appearance of the dis tinguished Baronet in that ancient seat of royalty gave rise to as many conjectures among the town's folk, as.a visit from the Gudeman of B.►llengiech would have done among their ancestors. It was surmised by some that a new novel was on the tapis, in which Falkland was to have the honour of furnishing the hero, and Fife the scenery ; by others that Sir WALTER bad been sent by the KING to ascertain if it was really true that the ruins at Falkland had again assumed an appearance worthy of one of the Scottish palaces: and some supposed that other improve ments are projected by the present liberal proprietor, still farther to grace the national associations of his domain, and in which he desired the opinion of the first of Scottish literati and antiquarians. Of course the mystery remains unsolved ; and as the author of each conjecture remains convinctd of the correctness of his own, we hope they may be all in the right.—Fife Herald. CAPTAIN ROSS'S EXPEDITION. The following extract of a letter, dated Loch Ryan, 14th and 15th of June, from Captai►: Ross, gives the particulars of the accident, and state of matters previous to his sailing, to which we alluded on Saturday. It also contains the latest news of public interest respecting the cx pedition " We had the engine working 50 hours, and during that time made a very satisfactory experi ment upon the paddles. We found, by draw ing up'the paddle on the windward side, and leaving the lee one down, with the whole power of the engine upon it, she made excellent way against the wind ; and she was doing quite well, when a very appalling accident happened to William Hardy, one of the stokers; his foot, while on the side of the engine, slipped, and in attempting to save his fall, his arm got between the guide wheel and rod .of the piston, which shattered it so completely, that I found it neces sary to take it off' myself, which I did; and also succeeded in taking up the artery, by which his life has been saved. The doctor had not joined, and I of course made way for the nearest port (Logan), and sent him to my house at Stranraer, where he had every possible advice and attention. I am happy to say that the vessel is a most ex cellent sea boat; in all the storms we have had, we did not take in a drop of water; and she sails fully as well as I expected. But what has given me most satisfaction is the conduct of my crew, who behave in a manner which assures me they will surmount every obstacle, and that ulti mate success is certain." On joining the John (a vessel that was to have accompanied him), Captain Ross found that great discontent pre vailed among the crew of that vessel ; and upon his going on board, the crew individually refused to heave the anchor. Captain Ross then goes on to state—" On my saying that my men (i. e. the crew of the Victory) should do it for them, the cowardly vagabonds took to the boats, and landed amidst the hisses and execrations, not only of our gallant crew (who gave three cheers, and said, Let us go without them'), but of the villagers who assembled to witness their landing. A scuffle took place between the Captain and the crew ; and in their attempting to take one of our boats to escape with, one man was knocked overboard ; but no lives were lost. I imme diately decided on removing what stores were necessary to complete us from the John, and to proceed without her ; which has, I am happy to say, given my brave fellows universal satisfac tion. They answered my determination with three cheers, and declared they would follow and stick to me wherever I went. We are all in the highest spirits ; the wind is fair, the engine, bel lows, and boilers, are all in repair, and the an chor is now up. Farewell !"—Literary Gaz. REMINISCENCES OF FORMER DAYS. MY FIRST INTERVIEW WITH SIR WALTER SCOTT. BY TILE ETTRICK SIIEPLIERD. One fine day, in the summer of 1801, as I was busily engaged working in the field at Et trick llouse, Vat Shiel came over to me and said, that " I boud gang away down to the Ramseycleuch as fast as my feet could carry me, for there war some gentlemen there wha wantit to speak to me." Wha can be at the Ramseycleuch that wants me, Wat ?" " I coulna say, for it wasna me that they steak to i' the by-ganging ; but I'am thinking its the Shirra an' some o' his gang." I was rejoiced to hear this, for I had seen the first volumes of the Minstrelsy of the Border, and had copied a number of old things from my mother's recital, and sent them to the Editor preparatory for a third volume. I accordingly went towards home to put on my Sunday clothes, but before reaching it, I met with the Shirra and Mr. William Laidlaw coining to visit me. They alighted, and remained in our cottage for a space better than an hour, and my mother chaunted the ballad of Old Maulan' to them, with which Mr. Scott was highly delighted. I had sent him a copy (not a very perfect one, as I found afterwards, from the singing of another Laidlaw), but I thought Mr. Scott had some dread of a part being forged, that had been the cause of his journey to the wilds of Ettrick. When he heard my mother sing it, he was quite satisfied ; and I remember he asked her if she thought it had ever been printed ; and her answer was, "Oh na, na, Sir, it was never printed i' the world, for my brother and me learned it frae auld Andrew Moor, an' he learned - it, an' mony ma', frac) ane auld Baby Mettlin, that was houbekeeper to the first laird of Tushilaw." " Then that must be a very auld story, indeed, Margaret," said he. " Ay, it is that ! It is an auld story ! But mair than that, except George Warton and James Steward, there was never ane 'o my sangs printit till ye printit them yoursell, an' ye hae spoilt them a' thegither. They war made for singing an' no for reading ; and they're neither right spelled nor right setten (loon." " Heh—heh—heli ! Tak ye that Mr. Scott," said Laidlaw. Mr. Scott answered by a hearty laugh, and the recital of a verse, but I have forgot what it was, and my mother gave him a rap on the knee with her open hand, anal said, " It was true enough for a' that," We were all to dine at Ramseycleuch with the Messrs. Brydon, but Mr. Scott and Mr. Laidlaw went away to look at something befort, (limier, and 1 was to follow. On going into the stable yard at Ramseycleuch, I m c.4 with Mr. Scott's liveryman, a far greptx original than his master, when I asked i the Shirra was come ? " 0, ay, 14d, the Shirra's come," said ho. " Are ye the chief that that maks the auld bal lads and sing them." " I said I fancied I was Itc: that he meant, though I had never In :;fie ony very mild ballads." " Ay, then, lad, gae your ways in an spier for the Shim. They'll let ye see where he is ; he'll be very glad to see you." During the sociality of the evening, the discourse ran very much on the difFerelat breeds of sheep, that curse of the community of Ettriik forest ; the original blackfaced forest breed being always called the short sheep, and the Cheviot breed the long sheet). The disputes at that _ neither perceived the quiinor the reproof; fell to answer with great sincerity, " It is the woo, Sir—it is the woo, that make the difference, the lang sheep hae the shoit woo, and the short sheep hae the lang thing, and these-.are just kind o' names we gie them like." .Mr. Scott could not preserve his grave face of strict calculation, it went gradually away, and a hearty guffaw fol lowed. When saw the very. same words re peated near the beginning of the Black Dwarf, _ _ how could I be mistaken of the author ? It is true, Johnnie Balentyne persuaded me into a nominal belief of the contrary, for several years following, but I could, never get the better of that and several similar coincidences. The next day we went off', five in number, to visit the wilds of Rankleburn, to see if on the farms of Buccleugh there were any relics of the castles of Buccleugh or Mount Comyn, the an cient and original possession of the Scotts. We found no remains of either tower or fortalice, save an old chapel and church-yard, and a mill and mill-lead, where corn never grew, but where, as old Satchells very appropriate says— " Had heather-hells been corn of the best, The Bueeleugh mill would have had a noble grist." It must have been used for grinding thechief's black-mails, which, it is known, were all paid to him in kind.—Many of these still continue•to be paid in the same way ; and if report say true, he would be the better of a mill and kiln on'some part of his land at this day, as well as a sterling conscientious miller to receive and render. Besides having been mentioned by Satchels, there was a remaining tradition in the country that there was a font stone of .blue marble, in which the ancient heirs of Buccleugh were bap tized, covered up among the ruins of the auld church. Mr. Scott was curious to see if we could discover it, but on going among the ruins we found the rubbish at the spot where the altar was known to have been digged out to the foun dation—we knew not by whom, but no font had been found. As there appeared to have been a kind of recess in the eastern gable, we fell a turning over some loose stones to see ifthe font was not concealed there, when we came - upon one-half of a small pot, encrusted thick with rust. Mr. Scott's eyes brightened, and he swore it was an ancient consecrated helmet. Laidlaw, however, scratching it minutely out, found it covered with a layer of pitch inside, and then said, " Aye, the truth is, Sir, it is neither mair nor less than a piece of a tar pat that some of the farmers have been buisting their sheep out o' the auld kirk langsyne." Sir Walter's shaggy eye-brows dipped deep over his eyes, and sup , pressing a smile, he turned and strode away as fast as he could, saying, " that we had just rode all the way to see that there was nothing to be seen." I remember his riding on a terrible high spirited horse, who had the perilous fancy of leaping every drain, rivulet, and ditch that came in our way; the consequence was, that he was everlastingly bogging himself, while sometimes his rider kept his seat despite of his plunging, and at other times he was obliged to extricate himself the best way he could. In coming through a place called the Misley-bog, I said to him, " Mr. Scott, that's the madder deil of a beast I ever saw ; can you no gar him tak a wee mair time? He's just out o' ae lair intil another •1 1f ,vi ye. " . Ay," said be, " we hae been very oft these twa days past like the Neils, we could stand straight up and tie our shoes."l did not understand the joke, nor do I yet, but I think these were his words. We visited the old castles of Thirlestane and Tushilaw, and dined and spent the afternoon and the night with Mr. Brydon of Cross lee. Sir Walter was all the while in the highest good humour, and seemed to enjoy the range of mountain solitude which we traversed exceed ingly ; indeed I never saw him otherwise. In the fields—on the rugged mountains—or even toiling in the Tweed to the waist, I have seen his glee not only surpass himself, but that of all _ _ other men. I remember of leaving Altrive Lake once with him, accompanied by the same Laid law and Sir Adam Fergusson, to visit the tre mendous solitudes of the Grey Mare's Tail and Loch Skene. I conducted them through that wild region by a path, which, if not rode by Clavers, was, I dare say, never rode by another gentleman. Sir Adam rode inadvertently into a gulf, and got a sad flight, but Sir Walter, in the very worst path, never dismounted, save at Loch Skene, to take some dinner. We went to Moffat, that night where we met with some of his family, and such a day and night of glee I never witnessed. Our very perils were matter to him of infinite merriment ; and there was a short tempered boot•boy at the inn, who wanted to pick a quarrel with him, at which he laughed till the water ran over his cheeks. I was disappointed in never seeing some inci dent in his subsequent works laid in a scene re sembling the rugged solitude around Loch Skene, for I never saw him survey any with so much attention. A single serious look v . .. a scene generally filled his mind with it, ',rind he seldom took another ; but here ,ietook the names of all the hills, their ; :.ides and relative I situations, with regard to one and another, and several times. It m a y made me repeat O . : cm occur his works which I h a ve n o t e Ithii f ik it will, for he his n e v er b ee n sl u i some known to interest himself, either in a scene or a character, which did not appear afterwards in all its most striking peculiarities. There are not above five people in the woild who, I think, know Sir Walter better, or under stand his character, better than I (10 ; and if I ouCtive him, which is likely, as I am five months and ten days younger, I will draw a mental por trait of him, the likeness of which to the original shall not be disputed. In the mean time this is only a reminiscence, in lily own line, of an illus trious friend among the mountains. The enthusiasm with which he recited, and spoke of our ancient ballads, during that first tour of his through the forest, inspired me with a determination immediately to begin and imitate them, which I did, and soon grey tolerably good at it. Of course I dedicated the Mountain Bard to him. Blest be his generous heart for aye ; He told me where the relic lay ; Pc:inted my way with ready will, Afar on Ettrick's widest hill ; NlTatch'd my first notes with curio's eye, And wondered at my minstr,lsy. Me little ween'd a parent's tongue Such strains had o'sr Lay Mill. wig.