The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-22 00:00:00

SCOTLAND.

STIRLING BCROHB.—Lord Dalmeny announces, in an
address, that he is not to be a candidate for these burghs at
the next election. The reason assigned is, that a majority of
his constituents disapprove of his vote on the Maynooth
grant, and intend to exact a pledge from him against voting
any endowments to Maynooth or the Catholic clergy in
future. Such • pledge he declined to give. Supposing he
had retained his seat, we (Scotsman) believe his concord
with his constituents was not likely to be soon disturbed by
any vote upon the one question or the other. We now know
that Mr. Gillon, an able and tried man, is to Mier himself.
The PATRONAGE of the CH t- Reff and PARISH of Wenvits,
the property of the town council of Edinburgh, was on
Wednesday again exposed for sale, in the Council Chambers,
at the upset price of 500/. ; but no competitors having ap-
peared, the sale was adjourned. It is said that a sum nearly
in amount to the upset price has been privately offered for
the property.
A HIGHLANDER FROM Anorg INVERART called last
week at the office of a respectable steam-boat company,
and told the clerk that he owed them eighteenpencc,
having cheated one of their captains to that amount in his
fare, about three years ago. Donald was told never to
mind the matter, and to keep the money. This he would
not listen to. exclaiming, " 0 gudesake, no, I has na been
able to sleep in my bed for a whole year aboot it." He then
tabled the sifter, says the local paper, and hastily left the
countinghouse, saying to himself, as he retired, " Gude be
thankit, I has got it aft' my conscience at last."
STRANGE EFFECTS OF AN ACCIDENT.-0U Saturday
afternoon last an accident of a serious nature happened to

Mr, John Bayne, ben., builder, in Crieff. lie fell with
great violence to the ground, receiving several *vier: bruises
and dislocating his shoulder. On finding that his shoulder
had been dislocated, he was immediately placed in a ale, and
driven towards Stirling by his son, to he placed under the
care of Mr. Daniel Ferguson. whose knowledge of fractutet
and bone-setting has gained for him a wide-spread celebrity:
On descending the steep beyond Ardoch, however, their
horse came down, and Mr. Bayne was thrown out with cone
sid. ruble form., bat on rising tip be found that he not only
had escaped further injury, but that the concussion had
reduced the dislocation—the arm being replaced in the
socket, all further necessity fir their pursuing their jourtley
having thus speedily been brought to an end.—Edinburg4
Courant. _

Deis OF RICHMOND'S Carrie Suow.—The cattle show
which has been established under the auspices of the Duke
of Richmond in the various districts of his estates, fur the
encouraging of the breed of cattle, was held at Gordon Castle
on Tuesday, the 16th inst. The stock exhibited far surpassed,
both in number and quality, the expectations of the most
sanguine. The day was uncommonly fine, and consequently
called forth a great number of spectators, both from Fochabera
and the surrounding country. The arrangements on the
show-green were most excellent, and regularly laid out, and
did great credit to the managers for the Duke of Richmond.
Among some of the claret of the cattle were very m Ignificent
animals, which were much admired by competent judges, of
whom there were not a few on the ground. There was a
number of very fine short-horned hulls and cows, as also of
all the other various breeds. There were some excellent
horses and brood mares, colts and fillies. Mr. Hunter,
Dipple, exhibited a fine boar, and Mr. Reid, Stynie, a splendid
breeding sow, with litter of pigs. There was also exhi-
bited a show of first-rate horses, cattle, sheep, and swine, of
the Duke of Richmond's own stock, not entered for pre-
miums, among which were a number of animals in the dif- •
ferent classes which gained the first prise at the last Ifighi-
land Agricultural Show at Inverness. There was also
great vanity of sgricultural implements of every description.
On the whole the show was splendid, evincing the very gene- `
ral anxiety among the tenantry fur agricultural improve-
ments. And what added greatly to the gratification of das
spectator', the Duke and Duchies with their usual kitidnesa
and condescension, threw open all the grounds, gardens,
- • that the -I had ' - full liberty ••.'

tower-gardens, so . publics the fun ...„ety of
enjoying all the pleasures of the place. At three o'clock,
about three hundred gentlemen sat down to dinner, in a
large tent on the lawn, the Doke of Riehmoud presiding,
and after a number of toasts and suitable speeches csnneeted
with the occasion, and reading over of the prises, the com-
pany broke up about eight o'clock, highly gratified with the
prorreiiings of the day —Aberdeen Banner.
THE SIEGE OF ARDROSSAN. On Wednesday last the
village of Ardrosaan was placed in a state of great alarm, if
not some peril, from an accidental came, which, bon ever,
passed away without aey serious harm, It appears that, on
the preceding evening, a large party of Irish reapers
amounting, it is said, to between 600 and 800—who had bees'
hooked from Glasgow to Londonderry by railway and
etwasner, arrived in Ardrossan so far on their way. The
Isabella Napier, however, having been detained by the
slaw fogs which have recently prevailed, did not make her
OrP;rin^ to ship the passengers, who, in the course
dneaday moraing . and forenoon, began to lose all
patience, and threaten something like military execu-
tion on the local railway superintendent, and the peaceful
inhabitant,' to boot, unless they were forthwith put under-
weigh for Derry, in spite of the fog or any other of the
casualties arising from the detections and dangers of the sea.
The authorities and inhabitants of Ardronan endeavoured to
mollify the " Irish deputation," by representing the unfore.
seen and unavoidable cause of the delay, and the prospect of
its immediate removal ; but soft words had no effect upon
them, and as a elencher the inhabitants—unguardedly per-
haps—threatened, if they would not listen to reason ho other
terms, that they would turn upon them the guns of the fort
which overlooks the village. A word to the a lee isenough, and
no sooner had the threat been uttered, than the "breve boys,"
who had been parading the streets in hostile fashion,
in various directions, formed together in a body, many hun-
dreds strong, and marched up to the summit of the fort,
where they formally took possession of the hill and all its
artillery, consi,ting of live told guns, and two ricketty mor-
tars. Most mercifully, however, the successful storming
party had neither powder nor shot, nor did they know where
to get them, o'llerwise they might have played in earnest
the game against the good folks of Ardrossan, which the
latter had threatened to p!sy against them. On the strength
of the demonstration which they had made, and the around
which they held, a foraging party made a seizure of a quan-
tity of vivers in the village below, in the shape of about a ton
of potatoes and a barrel of herrings, which is said re
have had a wonderfully composing effect on the multi-
tude. In the meantime, an el prera had been sent to Glas-
gow requeeting the aid of a detachment of wilier, which was
sent off by the half-past eighto'clock train, under the charge of
two experienced division officers. Previous to their arrival,
however, the Isabella Napier had made her long-looked-tor
and welcome appearance, and was hail, d as the much-needed
peace-maker, and the valiant Irishmen, who had just Ms-
played so much courage in capturing the battery, iturnedi-
melt, rushed to the quay, and ho' the time the police force
arrived, were found busy rendering assktance to unload the
vessel, that they might the more speedily embark Gar their
" own native isle." The passengers were embarked as soon
as circumstances permitted, and the steamer sailed for
Derry at three o clock on Thunslay morning. 'the Mile-
sians, or Goths, as our Ardroman friends may term them,
gave three cheers when they went an ; and no doubt
they will take the shiue out of us by Isn.fting M their own
countrymen that they lissoically took a Scotch l,rii ad city,
and kept possession of it for a night aid a day. --Glasgow
Saturday Post.