The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-23 00:00:00

• EDI.P-119,11R.G17, JAN. 7

HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND.

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(ant;aster/fro; our Paper of Tuesday.)

The Secretary submitted to the Meeting the prO-
reedings of thelioardol Dire&ors since the General •
Meeting in June last, .and the Premium's adjudged
by them for the year 1805, which Were taken made?
-consideration and approved ; and as it was stated that
• much useful infortnation had been obtained, the Essays
,'-on different subje&s, for which Premiums had been
offere`d, particularly on the species of our different
plants and grasses most proper for cUltivation, the
properties' and uses of peat moss, and the dis-
eases of 'sheep, the - Society direded that such in-
formation should be published, for .the benefit of
the Country, at large, in the third 'volume of the So,
ciety's Transactions. •
It appeared, froM the reports made by 'the resi-
dent.MeMbOs of , the . Society, to whom the ma-
nagement of the . ploughing matches in the differ-
ent distriCts had been entrusted, that these had ex-
cited:much emulation and improvement in thdt
essential branch of husbandry. The Meeting, there-
fore, recommended-to the Dire&ors to pay clueattetal
tiou to this objea 'in the list of Premiums to be
offered by them this yeaia
On hearing the Treasurer on the Funds of the
Society,. its income and expenditure last year, -;the
Meeting was gratified to find that they were en-
abled to Tote a larger SLIM. for promoting the objects
of the Institution this year, to be laid out by the
Directors in Premiums, than on any former occasion;
arid, On the Treasurer's motion, the thanks-of the
-Society were Tilted to FRACIS FARQUHARSON, Esq.
of Houghton, Auditor of the Society's Accounts,- for
the distill& and perspicuous statement made up by
him, on the table.'
The Treasurer stated to the Meeting, That he
had the satisfaCtion of informing the Society, that
ids Grace the Duke of ARGYLL, their worthy Pre-
tident, had lately, in puisuance of his intention
formerly .annbunced, lodged with him, as Treasurer,'
the 'sum of one thousand pounds sterling,asthe corn-.
mencement of, 'and foi. the purpose of establishing
a fund, under the pationage and management of this
Society, to be applied by them for- defraying, in part,.
the education of the younger sons of Highland Gen-
tlernen for the Navy that his Grace bad been in a"'
great tneastite induced to make this handsome and
public-spirited donation, from observing, that corn,
parati vely few Gen tlemen from the Highlands were
to be found as* Officers of the Navy, which the
Duke of ARGYLL 'attributed in ' a great degree to
the considerable expence of . educating them for -
that profesaion, and maintainiug them while Mid-
shipmen. - a
His ' Grace farther thought that Gentlemen of
that Country, becoming more generally Officers of
rank in the Navy, a.aeuld be a great inducement to
highlanders and Islanders to enter' into the service
as seamen, to which they felt at present -no par-
tiality, no doubt from the circumstance of their
having so little chance of being under the com-
mand of Gentlemen of their own COuntry, with
whom they had a natural tie of conne&ion. The
Treasurer concluded by acquainting the Society, that
he had lent out the abuse suns upon proper heritable
security.
The Society, in the strongest terms, expressed
their approbation of the liberality and patriotism
displayed by the Duke of ArtoYta. upon this oc-
casion, so becoming his high rank, and so conso—
nant to his uniform Condit& ; and it was not
doubted,, that an example so truly praise-worthy
would be followed by many other Noblemen and
Gentlemen of the Society, as there was every rea-
son to expeCt, that the institution of the fund now,
begun by his Grace would not only be useful to
those who were the objects of it, but would
ultimately prove beneficial to the maritime strength
of the Empire : that the Highlands and Islands
of Scotland, being the seat of a great fishery, which
it was hoped would soon •be carried on upon a
more extensive and better plan than it had ever
keen before, that part of the Kingdom, it might be
justly expe6ted, would become a great nursery
for seamen ; and therefore any plan which tended
to make,the Naval Service more agreeable to the
natives was rendered of still greater importance.—
It was therefore

Resolved -unanimously,That the warmest thanks
of this Society be returned to his Grace the Duke of
AUGYLL, for this highly liberal and patriotic dona-
tion, which the Society acknowledge as a new proof,
in addition. to many which his Grace has former-
1y given of his attention to the interests of 'the
Highlands,. and of. that support and assistance
'which, as its President, he has uniforthly 4ffprded
to the useful purposes fur whiCh the Society. was
instimted."..

The Meeting farther resolved, to,request the'Earl
of DAidlousig, the Yice President 'in the Chair,. to
write a letter to the Duke'of communicat-

ing the above Rest)lutioq,and e7„pressing these senti-
rn,2nts of the SOcieiy; reatitted,to the Direaors,
with an instruction to consider. a 2.0 airarlgV iL pro-

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per plan fOr the man:s ernent of-thi§.liind, as Well as
for pfornefing . its lucre* 3. and 'approved of the
irbndtt Of ibeTreasurcr in having' the money pro-
•terly secured the mean time. , .
• Sir-Jot-1N SlitoLAiit then rose, and expressed the
SatiSfa6tion hey_ felt at being enabled to lay on the
gOciefrktable the printed sheets of a very large pro-
portion of the Poems olOssian, iii the -ongiiral Gae-
lic, with a Latin translation ; the whole of which
• work would be completed in' the space of two. or
three months. The publication of that work. in
Gaelic; be said,. lie was persuaded .Noulti not only
"remove the doubts- which had been'entertained,Te-;
garding the authenticity of these Poet*, but -would
also: teud..to excite agreater desire, than had lately
prevailed,: to be• acquainted with Gaelic liter:rinse,
with the music by,whieh the .Gaelic Poetry was,ge,
. nerally accompanied, --and with the language. which
• . containedthose,ancient effusions of natural feeling
and genius. He begged leave; theretOre, to submit
the Aojtoyikng—motion to the consideration of the
ci Soety
••• • •
:That this General Meeting do instruil"the Di-.
.:reEt&st-o take,under their consideration ::he most ef-

fecuml.ineanS':of Collating and of preserving what
het remain9-,:of Gelic. Literature and Music; and

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also take such tc them rbay seem moSt
ad-
viseable -for preparing; publishing a Gaelic Dic-
tionary:: That as such .care:, must necessarily be
attendedwith aVe Considerailit, expenee; a general
Subscription for defraying the same be set on fOot
among the Members of the Society, and other
friends of literature, both at home and abroad ; and
that, in otch* to promote th6:e laudable purposes,
the Dire6tors are hereby'; authorised to subscribe One
trandred Guineas in the name of the Society."

. JOHN MACGREGOR :MURRAY, in seconding
the motion, stated-his conviction, that the objea of
it was of great national importance ; that he was
satisfied a store-of music, with some valuable glean.
ings of Gaelic literature,.might still be colleted.
" I am old enough," said Sir Join, " to have
been delighted in successive seasons, before any
translation was heard of, with many of the Poems
which have been the suhtet of so much discussion,
'and I am happy to find that the publication of them
in the original Gselic is now in such tbrwardness.
Without pretending to be a critic in Gxlic,l know
so. much of it~ as to enable me, if necessary, to shew
that in very many instances even-the talents of Mr.
MACPHERSON had proved unaqual to do justice to
his original. I believe no Gentleman -AVM be found
who is enabled, from a proper. knew Lalge of the
Giielic languaN, fully to perceive and enjoy the in-
comparable beauties of these Poems in the original,
and has compared them with MsePnEnsoN's trans-
lation, who is not convinced that' he Was not the
author of that original. I most anxious that the
Gaelic language, which ,possesses so Much energy.
and excellence, should be preserved, and I think the
publication of a proper Dictionary contribute
greatly to that objed."
Sir J. 'At, MURRAY concluded by gising the mo-
tion of his Hon. Friend the most decided' support ;
which, having been put from the Chair, was unani-
mously approved, and the Directors- instrudted in
terms of accordingly.
Tlie Secretary stated to the Meeting, that a‘Com-
,
mittee -having been some time ago appointed for
.
colleding the ancient Scottish music, General Ro-
BERTSON;Of Lude, had, at the request' of the. Co-
mmittee, sent to the Society two Harps, long preserv-
ed in his family, one of them brought from Argyle-
shire in 14,30, the other a present from Mary Queen
of Schti to a Lady of the family of Lude. ' That Mr.
GUN, of Edinburgh, who had turned his attention
much to the subject of our ancient music and musi-
cal inatruments, besides being a general scholar, had,
at the desire of the Committee, drawn up a Paper,
which threw much light upon the objects of their
inquiry, and containing a description of these harps.
The Meeting voted their thanks to General Ro-
ZiWTSOIS'; for his ready attention to the request of
the .Committee'; and recommended to the Direelors
to have Mr. Guts's Paper, with proper drawings of
'these harps) published in the Society's Transactions,
and empowered the Directors to give a suitable re-
compense to Mr. GrN for his ingenious Treatise.
Mr. STEW ART, of AllaritOn, called the attention
of the Society to a Treatise lately published by Mr.
WM. AITON, Strathaver, entitled, "On the Osi-
gin, Qualities, and Cultivation of Moss Earth,"
which he stated to possess very great' merit, and
would prove particularly useftil to praaical farmers :
That it had been read by many Members of the So-
; ciety, and others, who understood the subjea, 'and
was generally approved of: That this subjed, being-
one to which the Society had particularly directed its
attention, and had offered high .premiums ; and, as
the Book promised to be so useful, be submitted to
the Society the propriety of 'taking some notice of
the Author, and recommending the Work to public
attention.

General DIROM, Mr. HAGGART, of Cairnmuir,
and other Gentlemen, 'having eKpresscd their coh-
viaion of the utility and merit of Mr. AtToN's'Essay,
the Meeting, after hearing the Treasurer and. Mr.
H. M'KENztE, resolved to recommend the publica-
tion to the attention otihe Members of the Society,
as well as to praelical farmers.; and authorised the
Directors to afford such encouragement for the
publication of a second edition as they should think
proper.
The Secretary Stated that- General VALLENCY had
lately transmitted to the Society some additional
publications of the Dublin Soc.cty, with others of
his own. The Society expressed their acknow-
ledgments to that --respeeable and learntd Gentle-
man for his continuea attention, and recommended
to the Secretary to communicate to hits any add'.
tional publications made by the Society.
Several other matters having been discussed, and
referred to the Diredors, • the Meeting noted the
thanks of the Society to the Earl of DALHOUSIE fOr
his condud in the Chair, and his attention' on all oc-
casions to the interests of the Institution.

In•the afternoon, about fifty.of the-Members at-
tended the Anniversary Dinner, at Fortune's Tavern,
Sir Jon 9 SINCLAIR, Bart. in the Chair, when many
loyal:, Constitutional, •and-appropriate patriotic toasts
were drank, and the evening spent with that plea-
sure and satiiifaaion which the association of Gen..
tlemen for such objeas•as those of the Institution is
calculated to produce.

BET.---On Monday, se'nniglit a bet of
ss. visas decided in the Castle-yard, York, between
j-blin Hodgson and Samuel Whitehead, both debtors;
it was which of them 'Was to appear as the most sin-
gular and original charkier. The former was deco-
rated- with 'a ten guinea bank note •on his WaiStcoat
breast, five guinea notes 'down the ,same, and on
both sides of his coat breast, with guinea notes on
his shoulders and arms of his coat; round his hat:,
band were a great number of five guinea notes, and
near the top of the hat crown was 'fixed a purse of
gold., which went round the same. On his back a
paper with the words, JOHN' BULL. Whitehead
peared in a woman's dress on one side, with a silk
stocking, a neat ..slipper, and, that side • of the face
painted?' The other side of his faCe and body re-
sembled a ilegro; with a,-• man's dress; with a new
boot and spur. The wager was given in favour of
,Hodegson, whose bills amonnted,of 375 guineas, in-
dependent of th© gold. •
On Friday night, about .twelro -tVeloCk; an alarm-
ing fire was discovered in the shilling mill of Mr.
Kelita Kitchen, of Selby, oporiy destryycd
the saute; and 'COmpletely Kattcd'A• large granary,
containiner a etreai quantity oftiatj,..: •
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POLTC.,`

/4.11'TO:1-GA RD E 11.—A Man of the IcAtiae 'of
nolly wai brought up fOr 'a -second 'eXafnination,
charged with obtaining goo as under false.,pretences.
It appeared
,that the •Prisoner had represented
himself fo be an Overseer of some old
belonging to Mr. Isaac Cuff, is .Fetter-lane, whjch,
he was then pulling clown, 'and, by this story, he.
obtained a quantity of porter and spirits, from a pub-
lican in that neighbourhood, in the name of Mr:
Cuff, pretending that it was for his labourers.
Mr. Cuff attended, and stated, that the man had
not been in,his employ, neither had he ever autho-
rised him to get any thing in his name, or had he
any old houses whatever in Fetter-lane.
The Prisoner was, accordingly, fully "committed
to take his trial the next Sessions.

TITAMES PpLICE OFFlCE.—Yesterday, four per-
sons, apprehended by -Sluith and Gill, Oincers, under.-
went a private examination;, being charged on suspi:
cion of having forged a Will of the late .I\fajor Hack=
ing,s, who died in .the Nand of Trinidada. One of
the subscribing:Witnesses to the forged Instrument
is in Newgate, under sentence of transportation for
fourteen .years, for reCeiving stolen . (roods.. There
being much intricacy in, the nature of the charge, the
I;?risoners were committed for re-examination.

PUBLIC OFFICE, SHADWELL.-Yesterday three
men were put to the,bar, being charged by two of
the Officers with stripping off the Parish Church of
St. Paul, Shadwall, a great quantity of lead. The
Church=wardens attended on behalf of the prosecuL,
tiOn. After the whole of. the eviaenCe:was gone
through, the Prisoners were fully committed for trial.

UNiox-HALL.---7A Sailor accused of feloniolisly
personating' his -Messinate while lying ill-
Thornas's Hospital, and thereby receiving from Mr,
Fisher, of the Elephant and CaStle at Newington, a
sum of money.lodged in his bands, :Was yesterday
brought up, and an examination of some length took:
place. , He was.again remanded.

The following singular-charge has. been Made be-
fore the INligistrates at 'Marlborough-street A
young female, the pupil of a coJebratedltaliin-singer,
charged her mistress witllbewitchinghen.-.The com—
plainant stated, that she: liad raised,the,indignation
of her mistress; by receiving the addiresses otan Old
,Gentleinan, who had long been her 'Suitor 3.-that- the
mistress, being apprehensive _that` the married. state,
would 'soon deprive her of the comPlainane4 se'r-viCeS,,-.-
sbe informed her,that,
,if sift listened.ot her lover,'
she would dispossess her of ail peisbharcharms, arid'
inflia vengeance on her body by She,:.
said, that her.mistress.statedherself to.hgin possesSion
of this Charm, in consequence-of her hacjno- a brown"
breast: The complainanCfni-thei' Stated,- that, in a•
few days after, she. lost her vOiCe.;-WhiCh was before::
melodious, thatherbody,became.covered-witlLSores„
which induced her to prefer this complaint; .as the'
only way of obtaining redress:"` The mistress in d=
fit of rage, uncovered her breast, to convince the Ma.--
gistrate. that she had no charms, andthe complaint was
discharged. •... . .
Yesterday morning the-liiati W 135). was convi&ed of
stealing a water-bUtt at the- late-Middlesex Sessions,
the property of Mr.. WAGE, .the .Magitrite,- was
whipped at the cart's tail from .Aston Church, to the
house of Mr. WAGG; at ibe- top of they? illao-e pur-
, . .
suant to his sentence.

A quantity .of gin and brandy Was stolen out of
the Custom-house at ROmney, in the night,- of, Fri-.
day last, by some persons at present. undiscovered :
they accomplished their purpose by breaking thro'
an 18-inch wall at the back of the building, and left.
a large stick on the premises.
During the time Patterson the Attorney, stood in
the Pillory, in front of Newgate, on Tuesday, Mr.
HALFORD; a Farmer. at Hendon, wlio had just
come to town Kith his hay for. Smithfield-market,
was hustled among the crowd by a gang olpiCk-.
Pockets, who robbed him -of his pocket-book, con-
taining 501. in notes, and got clear off .with their
booty.
On Sunday se'nnight the newly-ere6led iron
bridge over the river Tees, at' farm, fell with a
most tremendous crash. The concussion- was so
great, as to. be ;felt: in every part of the town.--
Workmen, we understand, are busily employed in
getting the iron out of the 'river, to prevent the
town from being inundated in case of heavy rains.—
Fortunately the old bridge remains standing, or the
road into that part of the County of Darb Arri must,
at least for sometime, have, been totally,stopped.
On Tuesday se'nnight, a villain was fired upon,
by a servant, from the. Parsonage. of Leybourne,
Kent, the residence of the Rev. Mr. WALKER. • On
the following night three men were discovered,upen
the same premises,. and again a blonderbuss was dis-
charged at then'. On Friday night, however, seine'
assassin of the gang had laid in wait, at so early an.
hour as ten, to murder this faithful servant, as he.
providentially escaped a pistol ball, which was fired
at him on the instant of his opening a kitchen door.
Every possible search is making after these despe-
radoes.

At Lancaster, 'on: Saturday week, an Auctioneer,
from the neighbourhood of Garstana, was convicted
in the penalty of 2001. for not maillg a due return
of his sales ; but the penalty was mitigated to ten
guineas.—Two MaltSters were also convi6ted in 2001 i
each,. for sprinkling their corn on the floor, when
making.inp malt; bitt their penalties were mitlgated
to 30L each.

• On the 7th inst.. from half past pine to half past
ten at night, a Lunar Iris, or rainbow of the. MOOD,
was seen at Horbury, near-Wakefield, very beautiftil
and entirely perfect in its arch. It continued much
longer than rainbows usually do. • A second bow
Was clearly discernible above the 'first, which was
also Rerfed iii its arch, but the colours could not be
distinaly seen. This phenomenon. was seen at
Wakefield and several places adjacent, and also at
Leeds, but not quite-so vii id.
A letter from Liverpool; dated the 16th instant,
says, " We had a most tremendous stone of thunder
and lightning, hail and rain, accompanied with a
very violent gale,, last Frida474-fig.ht • tWo men were
struck dead by. the lightning on.board. a vessel in the
dock, and several vessels were lost. The Telamon
Westlndiaman, in endeavouring to come round the
rock, was driven by the wind upon it, and every
soul on board perished." . ,