The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-03 00:00:00

LOCH LOMOND.

Our readers are probably aware of the approaclAlg
sale of Tullichewen Castle and desmesne, by Mr-
George Robins—,his composition or announcement, im
the public prints, has already achieved a very high
panegyric from all the journals throughout Scotland.
To-day, we were favoured with what is termed
a Descriptive Particular of this renowned pro-
perty. We subjoin a sketch only, because we cavnot
refrain from giving his own version afterwards—"O f a
Day on Loch Lomond," and should not have space Icor
both. This appears, Ir? our humble judgment, to he
'the chef d'xitcre of this übiquitous gentlemen.

THE ESTATE AND
CASTLE OF TULLICIIEWEN
IS FREEHOLD OF INHERITANCE.

The approach to this noble Classic structure of ancient
chivalrous magnificence will first claim our attention : it
winds through the finely wooded plantations of ln:curiant
growth by a gentle ascent, until the Castle (a never- '
ending subject of admiration) presents itself in all its .
glory ; it will be perceived on the instant, that consum—
mate judgment must have presided when the spot was .
chosen whereon this splendid structure was to repose. t
The form is of the pure Gothic Order of Architec-
ture—it
prevails throughout, and for good taste and
execution it has no fear of rivalry ; indeed, it may be
eurNently stated, that for its size it will not yield to
any one throughout the Queen's dominions. The
drawings give but an imperfect notion of the
Castle and its Demesne—it cannot be thoroughly
appreciated without seeking ocular demonstration :
the reader will consequently be content with a brief ,
outline of the never-ending beauties that adorn Tulli-. 1
cheeen ; it claims, besides, a kindred feeling arising
from its association with the classic ground hard by :
Smollett and Wordsworth have both contributed by the
reminiscences of their muse on Loch Lomond ; and a
pillar reminds the traveller of the spot that gave birth
to our historian. From the summit, or THE ROUND
TOWER, an amphitheatre is presented, so fertile in luxu-
riance and splendour, so lovely, so extended, that no-
thing can approach it ; the human mind cannot con-
template anything more beauteous ; there is an ad-
mixture, a combination of His and Dale, of Wood
and Water, to an extent that A7wears almost inter-
minable ; it should be premised that: Lout LOMOND
takes its course from the foot of the Castle, and the
confluence of the River Leven with the Lake is
achieved in front of the Castle. First, Irmo the lofty
Towers will be viewed the never-tiring Hanging Woods,
all of luxuriant growth and feathering to the Valle..,Y,
and the interminable Mountains Whereon the eagle.s
build their nests ; then the silvery Lake, with its beau-
teous islands, which adorn and vary the scene in per-
petuity, while the majestic Hills look down upon the
famed Clyde. In another direction are seen the inter-
venng Villages dotted about, and the merry Villagers.
A man must be fastidious over much who could not at
this moment elevate his mind and at once imagine and
I
believe in the superintending hand and power of h s
Creator ; hut the tale is only yet half told— a
different and more magnificent scene is still to I e
developed, extending tO THE GRAMPIAN HILLS,
where the Lanscape is one of surpassing beauty ; the
setting sun, on a serene autumnal evening, reposing
upon the far-famed hills ; and later in the evening, .dur-
ing a bright September moon, to behold, from .the
Round Tower, Loch Lomond sleeping in the arms Of
her hundred hills, in something more than all their ac-
eustomed brilliancy and effect, is electrical—the ensemble
is unapproachable. All those who have seen it will
concur in this opinion ; those who have not been so for-
tunate he would invoke with all humility yet earnestness
to search for what the greatest novelist of bygone days
has said of THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF ALL THE CALE-
DONIAN LAKES—the magic touch of his never-erring
muse, must awaken a sensation first to see and then
to possess—the greatest feature of this vicinity : " THE
LEVIATHAN OF THE LAKE," and its indiscribably beau-
tiful objects that surround and adorn it.
" So wondrous v,ild, the whole might seem
The scenery of a fairy dream."
BEN LOMOND ig. next in our kind remembrance ; this
mountain, like Saul amidst his companions, o'ertops .all
contemporaries. The valley teeming in wild fertility,
relieved by Pasture and Corn Land, and varied by ALL
THE SOFTER BEAUTIES OF NATURE, complete a
scene which Walter Scott could have described,
. but NOW must be SEEN to be appreciated. It
. may be well to observe, en vassant, that it would be
an act of injustice to suppose that the new Possessor of
Tullichewen (if he be so inclined) would not be the
M.P. FOR THE BOROUGH TOWN OF DUMBARTON AT
THE APPROACHING CONTEST ; the influential conse-
quence that must soon attach to the Proprietor of this
fine Demesne, if hospitality be appended in int eili-
, gible letters on the portal, cannot be doubtful, as it
i regards his nearest neighbours (the independent con-
stituency of Dumbarton), always premising, that his
principles must be sound, by which it is meant that he
I will uphold the Church and State, without reference to
any political creed ; in this case, he may safely calcuiate.•
on the additional appendage of M.P. to his purchase ; and
if this fortunate man be desirous to extend his rural and
' field enjoyment, be may add to his Estate 7,000 ACRES
OF MOOR LAND, which can be purchased of the Corpo-
ration of Dumbarton, at an easy rate. The FISHING
1 is proverbially so good, the Salmon so delicately fine,
1 that it is immaterial to dwell on what is generally known
. and appreciated.
1 It may be permitted to the humble individual who
I has the conduct of the Sale, and who enjoyed
A DAY ON THE LOCH,

The remembrance of which cin never be obliterated,
to give a scanty glance arising out of the reminiscences
that occurred to him in his progress to the termination
of the Lake ; he owes an apology for intruding this un-
pretending account on those who have seen it, and rest;
his hope of forgiveness by reminding them of the count-
less thousands who have not had the good fortune to par-
take of this splendid spectacle. It has been already
observed that the confluence of the Lake and the River
Leven is immediately in front of the Castle—its banks
arc adorned by Castles, by Mansions, and by Villas, all
of which retire in silent submission before the great Le-
viathan, the Castle of Tullichewen' rearing its lofty
towers above the Woodland Scenery, by which it is encom-
passed, and proclaiming beyond all doubt its supremacy.
Not far distant is Dalquhurn House, Stirling, the birth-
place of our great novelist and historian, Smollett. It
was near Tullichewen he penned his beautiful Ode to
Leven Water ;
" On Leven's banks, while free to rove,
And tune the rural pipe to love,
I envied not the happiest swain
That ever trod the Arcadian plain.
Pure stream ! in whose transparent wave,
My youthful limbs I wont to lave."
Beyond is Broomley House, Balloch Castle, and the
Ferry House of Balloch—the islands (romantic from
their bold and rocky beds) at this part begin to put on
their wonted charms ; in every direction they are seen
in all their native freshness ; the landscape is heightened
by the luxuriance of the foliage, and the variety of tint
that aids in the illusion.
" All the fairy crowds
Of islands which together lie
As quietly as spots of sky
Among the Evening clouds."
The lofty mountains which environ them are themselves
lost in the misty clouds that hover on their summits.
Next in our remembrance will be seen Inch Murrin
(the largest island of the Lake) and a Deer Park for
the Duke of Montrose. Turning to the left is seen the
burying place of the M'Gregors. There are still re-
maining monuments of these men, the descendants of
King Alpin. A few miles on (for the reader must be
prepared to travel quick if he would keep pace with
the writer), is a gigantic Mountain, " The Great Ben
Lomond," sole monarch of this vast undisputed terri-
tory, emerging as it were from the placid surface of the
Lake and towering far above the clouds. " When
the Sun is going down o'er this stupendous moun-
tain, and leaving the red clouds to preside over the
scene," the pencil of a Titian, accustomed as he
was to the splendour of an Italian sky, would fail
to convey the richness, the mellowness and beauty of ,
the tints, in this unparalleled landscape. Nature may I
be contemplated here in all her wild and stupendous
forms : Mountains rising one above another into fearful
height, and in all the dignity of irregularity, until the
eye is lost in the vast and astonishing variety that adorns
the landscape. It is here that the mind of Man is filled
with reverential awe abundantly sufficient to incline him
to look with unaffected love, admiration and homage
1.
to the

" GREAT ARCHITECT OF NATURE."
The Northern part of the Loch is bounded by tre-
mendous Precipices, overshadowing its Waters as it
penetrates the Arroquhar Hills, precipitately sweeping
its borders with the rugged rocky Promontories which
project within it, the Mountains receding in the softened
distances as the Vessel nears the termination of the
Lake. There is a pretty Waterfall at Inversmail Mill,
where Wordsworth wrote one of his most delightful
Poems:

" Sweet Highland girl 1 a very flower of beauty;
The lako, the bay, the waterfall,
And thee, the spirit of them all."
The Lake is seen in all its beauty at this spot, and
although the picture is one of uninterrupted beauty and
variety to the end of the Lake, the writer stops short,
fearing he has already been too prozy in his bumble
attempt to seduce others to partake of the glorious
The Steamboats vary the scene, return-
scene that a Day on the Lake must provoke in every
humndifferent course, passing the more distant
n a
Islands, and thus extend the distance to about Forty
Miles from Tullichewen to the end of the Lake—we
accomplished the distance, about Eighty Miles, in
Seven Hours.

GLASGOW BANKS.—We understand that the
Banks of Glasgow have this week advanced the rate of
interest upon bills of four months and upwards to the rate
of 1 per cent., and have also intimated to some of their
customers, that there is every probability of its being next
week raised still farther. They have net, however, as yet
announced any determination to
.give more than 3i per
cent. en deposits.—Glasgow Courier.