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THE CLAN CUMYN.

John Cumyn, or as he is called by the Gael,
lan linadh Mhac lan Ruadli Chiumein (Red
John, the son of Red John Cumyn), was Lord
of Badenoch, Lochaber, and other extensive
districts, and the head of the most potent clan
that ever existed in Scotland. His power was
more formidable than any of his fellow-compe-
titors for the crown. Upwards of sixty belted
knights and their vassals were bound to follow
his banner ; and the influence of the family was
such, that during the minority of Alexander 111.,
after driving from Scotland a strong faction,
formed and supported by the interest of Eng-
land, the Cumyns and their adherents negotiated
a treaty with Llewellyn, a Prince of Wales. In
this instrument, John, the father of the sub-
ject of the present notice, appears as Justicary
of Galloway. This document is preserved in
Rymer's Fcedera, vol. i. p. 653. Those, how-
ever, who may not have access to that work,
may have their curiosity gratified, by referring to
Tytler's History of Scotland, vol. i. p. 424.
it is uncertain at what time John Cumyn
succeeded to his father. He appears, however,
in 1289, as joint agent along with James the
Steward, in the letter of the community of
Scotland, directed to Edward 1., from Brigham.
According to Henry, be was married to a cousin
of the King of England ; and this from all
authoritieS, seems to have been the case, for
he espoused Joan, the sister of Ayiner de Val-
hence, whose father, William dc •Vallence, Earl
of Pembroke, was uterine brother to Henry
111. With this powerful connection, he no
doubt expected a different decision in the submis-
sion respecting the throne of Scotland. This
disappointment, in all probability, made him af-
terwards more ready to join the insurrection
under Wallace ; and if it had not been for the
odium which he afterwards drew upon himself
by his conduct at the battle of Falkirk, he might
have figured in the annals of his country with a
fair and honourable reputation. While Regent of
Scotland his behaviour was not only unexcep-
tionable, but often praiseworthy. This, how-
ever, may have been partly owing to the strict
surveillance which Wallace still exercised in the
affairs of the country, or partly from a wish to
conciliate his countrymen in the event of a
favourable opportunity occurring for his obtain-
ing the crown,—an object of ambition of which
it is pretty evident he never lost sight.
The treachery towards Bruce, which has been
charged against him by all authorities except
Lord Hades, also tended to deepen the stain on
his character. This charge, whether true or
false, we have no means of ascertaining. A
number of the objections stated by his Lordship
against it are, however, of considerable weight.
That a bond existed between them of the tenor
already described, there is little doubt ; and that
the terms of this bond became afterwards matter
of dispute, there is some reason to believe, as the
fulfilment of it would have been dangerous to
both. For had Bruce been placed on the throne
by the assistance of Cumyn, and the latter had
received the estates of Bruce, according to agree-
ment, he would have been a subject far too
powerful for the crown ; and vice versa in the
case of Bruce. The quarrel, therefore, which
subsequently took place in the chapel of Dum-
fries, and which ended in the death of Cumyn
(the particulars of which are known to every
reader), might have arisen in an altercation
respecting the difficulties involved in the com-
pletion of the bond, without either party
having been guilty of a breach of faith.—
It was no doubt the policy of Bruce and
his confederates, that the stain of treachery
should be affixed on the name of Cumyn,
as it afforded the only plausible excuse for
committing a murder in a place of such re-
puted sanctity. Indeed the circumstance of die
latter having requested an interview within the
precincts of a church, showed nothing like a
premeditated intention to quarrel ; but since the
deed was committed, it seemed necessary to the
future safety and views of Bruce and his faction,
that with the influence the character of the
Cumyns should be diminished. That they
assisted in this last object themselves, is but too
apparent ; otherwise it would be difficult to
account for that odium which afterwards became
attached to them. For while the Scots, in the
low country, cried out against the " fause
Cumyn's kyn," their vassals in Badenoch and
Lochaber re-echoed the charge till the very
name became cognomina' with deceit ; so much
so that the following proverb is at this day re-
membered in those parts of the Highlands to
which their influence extended :

Fhad's a bhios crann an e6ille,
Bi'dh-foill on Cuimeineach."
" While there are trees in a wood there will be deceit
in a Cumyn."
We will not, however, assert that the enmity
of the Gael arose from the conduct of the Cu-
myns in the low country ; for if we may credit
tradition still current in the West Highlands,
this once powerful and oppressive family gave
sufficient cause in their own territorial bounds,
for the antipathy of their neighbours and vassals.
The atrocities which they committed in their
castles of Inverlochy, Badenoch, and other
strong 1101(13 which they polluted viith their
crimes, at last roused the slumbering vengeance
of the people ; and tradition, in her vague man-
lier, dates the downfall of this potent clan, from
the time of " Cumyn's flight from Onnich."
At what period this occurred, cannot now be
ascertained ; but with the particulars of the story
we shall close this imperfect notice :

The Cumyns, it seems, in the plenitude of
their power, paid little attention, when it suited
their wishes, to the abrogation of the infamous
law of Evenus, and the ‘, nzercheta mulierum"
was generally spurned, when the charms of the
bride happened to please the eye of the chief.—
It would seem that three marriages were about
to take place at Onnich, a little town on the
borders of Lochaber. The women were beau-
tiful, and the men spirited and brave. The half-
merk had been tendered at the gates of Inver-
lochy, by the bridegrooms and their friends, and
the refusal of it by the chief gave them reason to
apprehend the fate that was intended for them.
The case excited deep interest. The day of
marriage approached, and brought along with it
the Lord of Badenoch and his two sons, with
their usual retinue. The half-merk was again
tendered, and refused. The men drew their.
swords, determined to guard the purity of their

fair ones. A conflict ensued ; friends gathered
to the assistance of the injured ; the two sons of
Cumyn were killed ; while he, with the remains
of his myrmidons, betook himself to flight. The
country arose, and made after him, till the affair
swelled to a general insurrection. All his train
were sacrificed to the fury of the pursuers, many,
no doubt, having more serious grievances to re-
venge. The flight continued till their obnoxious
chief reached a hill near the present site of Fort
Augustus ; where, overcome with fatigue, he
was seen to sit down apparently to rest himself.
On coming up to him, however, they found
that the wretched man had already paid the for-
feit of his crimes. He was carried down and
buried on the spot where the fort now stands,
which is still known to old Highlanders by the
name of " Cill Chiumein," or the burial-place
of Cumyn ; and the hill on which he died re-
tains to tins day the appellation of "
Chiumein,"or Cumyn's Seat. Very few of the
clan are now to be found in these districts.—
Constable's Miscellany, Vol. UV. Life of
Sir William Wallace.

AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR MAY.

We have before remarked on the anoma'y, and a
remarkable one it is, that inalg,re the great distress
actually existing in the country, all rural occupa-
tions are proceeding regularly, the land is fully
tilled, though certainly not in the best and most ad-
vantageous manner, more corn, particularly wheat,
has been sown than in any former year, and more
cattle bred.

The last two months, bating about a fortnight in
April, and the intervention of several changes to a
north-eastern temperature, have been most propi-
tious to all the growing crops. The fortnight of
unfavourable weather much retarded the final pre-
parations for seed, of heavy and wet lands. Thus
though a favourable, this is not a very forward sea-
son, yet from the healthy and luxuriant appearance
of the corn crops, should the summer solstice com-
mence favourably, and the redoubtable Sr. Swithin
prove auspicious, we may reasonably expect an
early harvest. The wheats, with the exceptions
formerly made, of poor hungry soils, and of the late-
sown and insufficiently tilled, exhibit universally a
rich, healthy, and exuberant show of deep and
shining verdure. The same verdict may be given
of the spring crops, both corn and pulse, particu-
larly of the early sown, though those unavoidably
deferred to the last have been committe4 to the
ground under very favourable circumstances, and
are springing up with the appearance of much
health and vigour.—/Ifonthly Magazine for Jane.

FOREIGN DiTELLIGUNCR.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Gazette de France of Saturday.)
" The Gazelle announces that Tahir niche is ay.
iiced at Marseilles, and that he is the bearer of a
letter to the King of France from the Sultan. It is
,aid that the Pacha, whose arrival is thus announced,
has not come direct from Constantinople, but from
Algiers, to which place he had been sent for the
purpose of inducing the Dey to submit. It is added
hat the commander of the blockading squadron
would not allow him to land.

" The following telegraphic despatches have been
received by the Government from the Maritime Pre-
fect at Toulon --' May, 27, Twelve o'clock.—The
transports of the third division are getting under
weigh.—Half-past Three o'clock.-136 transports
hive just set sail for their destination, under the
convoy of the Daphne and the C'igogne. We have
no more vessels remaining, except a few which have
met with slight accidents, and which will sail with
the Dragon, on the arrival of the ships that are still
at Marseilles.'
" Extract of a letter written in the roadstead of
Toulon, May 22 The proclamations addressed
to the troops by the General-in-Chief, and by Ad-
miral Duperre, touch very cautiously on the mo-
i ices of the war—an insult to avenge—the honour
of France to maintain. Such are the vague expres-
sions which they have thought necessary to make
use of. Nevertheless, whatever may be the views
and policy of the Ministers, it is not difficult for
those who approach M. de Bourmont to know that
his wishes are for an occupation of Algiers. In fact
the troops desire to repose upon their trophies, and
to gratify their countrymen with the fruits of their
victories. The nation aspires to.shake •fl' the yoke
of foreign influence, and the country loudly calls out
for an opening for its population, its produce, and its
industry. Nobody will be surprised if M. de Bour-
mont, who so anxiously seeks to be re-established
in public opinion, opposes his-colleagues on this oc-
casion, and renders the expedition popular and bene-
ficial to France. We shall see if he will be carried
away by the timidity of the present policy. It ap-
pears that if the fortune of arms puts us in posses-
son of Algiers, Arabian and Turkish women will
be prohibited from entering, or at least lodzing in the
town. Three camps will be established in the en-
virons to prevent excesses, so hurtful for the dis-
cipline and health of the troops."—Journal du Com-
merce.

" L' Auxiliaire Breton, of the 22d, announces that
the fires which ravage Normandy have commenced
in Brittany. A child of 14 years old is said to be
the author of six fires, and has avowed that he has
received large sums for doing so from individuasls
whose names he cannot mention. On the other
hand, we see, in a letter from St. Etienne, that a
great number of fires have taken place in the de-
partment of the Loire since the beginning of the
year. On the 19th ult. a young man was arrested,
accused of setting fire to the domain of Darinii. A
young woman was also under arrest for the same
cause. Among the fires which afflict our depart-
ment, there are some that cannot be stir bated to
invention : the thunder fell a few days ago upon the
village of Juzennecourt, arrondissement of Chau-
mont, department of Upper Marne, and occasioned
so tremendous a fire, that several houses were en-
tirely destroyed in a few minutes : nothing remained
of the houses—the stones, even, were reduced to a
state of lime. The Prefect of the department, and
the Mayor of Juzennecourt, went to the scrne of
the disaster, and contributed every thing in their
power to arrest the progress of the fames. The
Sun Company, in which two of the burnt houses
were insured, immediately paid the value to relieve
the distress of theproprietors.—Jouen. du Commerce,
" The following intelligence, of the 211 instant,
frnm Toulon, although of a date anterior to that of
the telegraphic despatches given by us, will be found
of interest If the fleet could have departed
with the light north-west breeze that blew for ik
short time on the 19th, it would have now bee.
very near the coast of Africa ; but it was impossible
to place 160 ships of war and transports, which
must necessarily all sail together, at the mercy of a
wind that regularly fell every evening, and might
leave them at sea in a calm, subject to all the acci-
dents likely to occur among such a multitude of
vessels. Mesides, when the first division of the ar-
neent has taken its departure, the next must follow
within 24 hours, or be waited fir at sea, so that
the delay would still be the same, and the risk
greater. You may imagine that the Admiral is im-
patiently waiting for the moment when he can give
the signal for sailing. On the firing of the first gun
for their departure, the whole fleet will utter a
shout of joy that will reach the shore. The sol-
diers begin to be weary of their confieement, and
many are sick. The horses sutler much, as they
have not the air they have been accustomed to,
and are limited in their allowance of water.
To-day, ten days' provisions for the men have
been seat on board ; the same supply for the
horses was embarked yesterday. General Bourmont
is much out of humour, but he can have nobody to
blame but the gods of the wind, for every ream in
the fleet has used his utmost endeavour's to avoid
delay. The visitors who came to see the fleet take
its departure, have become tired of waiting, and
many have left Toulon. It appears that if we take
the town of Algiers, our troops will not be suffered
to enter it, sr at least to take up their quarters there.
Three camps will be formed under the walls. This
resolution has for its object to avoid the excesses
destructive to discipline, and so injurious to the
health of the men.'

" The Journal de Paris says—' It is reported
that Marshal Marmont, Duke of Ragusa, had drawn
up the plan of attack against Algiers, which he sub-
mitted to M. de Bourmont in the following terms-
You are Minister, cause my plan to be adopted;
I give it you, and you shall have all the glory of the
success,'---' And you,' replied the Minister, ' shall
have the command-in.chief. It is due to the author
of the project.' Hereupon many protestations passed
on both sides; the plan was adopted by the Council
of Ministers; the Duke of Ragusa received from,
his friend M. de Bourmont a fresh promise of the
command-in-chief. He made his preparations, de-
signated the Generals he wished to associate with
himself, and delivered the list to the Minister, who
pressed his hand, and repeated his promise; but
soon after the Duke of Ragusa learnt that the King
had appointed M. de Bourmont to be Commander-
in-Chief.'

" M. Royer Collard passed through Orleans in
the night of Tuesday }tat, on his way to hie country
seat at Ronaoruntin.

.‘ We understand that M. Jacques Lafitte pre-
sents himself as a candidate to the Electoral College
of Bayonne.
" A letter of the 18th inst., from Ancona, con.
tains the following The latest intelligence
brought by the steam•packet from Corfu, which ar-
rived yesterday after a passage of 54, hours, states
that serious disturbances threaten the tranquillity of
Greece, and that the measures taken by the Presi-
dent to maintain order are insufficient to allay the
discontent and check the insubordination that pre-
vails. Commercial letters from -Venice and Na.
varin confirm the intelligence from Ceti. The
Greeks, already displeased at the appointment of
their King by England, have become still more so
by the assent which the Senate gave to the election
of Prince Leopold, on receiving the protocols front
the Three Allied Powers, The agitation, which at
first seemed to have been owing only to part:-
ipirit, has assumed a more serious aspect since the
iiesitatiou of Prince 13eopold and his reluctance to
accept the sovereignty of Greece have been known
in the Murea. It was with a view to increase this
hesitation, and to bring about a formal abdication,
that the Greek Senate, in a long memoir addressed
to the Prince, bitterly complained of the new
boundaries of Greece, as certain to be the cause of
many future disturbances. The Senate attributes the
narrowness of the boundaries-to the selfishness; of the
English Cabinet, which,ist order to extend to the Pule-
ponnesus the dominion that it exercises over the loniaii
islands, wishes the territory of Greece to be open on

all sides ; and adds, that it seems even to have been
its wish that-the immediate contact of Greece with
the provinces that have been restored to Turkey,
after having -long fought for their independence,
should be between the two nations a constant cause
of agitation and hostility. It is worthy of remark,
as it clearly indicates the character of Greek faith,
that the memoir of the Senate to Prince Leopold
was made public, it is not known why ; and after its
publication serious disturbances broke out at various
points of the country, armed multitudes opposed
the payment of taxes, and the soldiery, called in to
d'sperse them and to protect the tax-gatherers, was
rendered effective only by the assistance of the
French troops. The garrisons of the latter, how-
ever, being very inconsiderable, they cannot carry
their powerful influence in all directions, and there is
every probability of a strong opposition to the Go-
vernment on the part of the people, if France and
Russia should leave it without the means of enforcing
obedience, and the execution of the laws. The
tribunal of appeal for commercial affairs gives some
importance to Ancona ; but the road from Terracina
to Brindes, which has lately been opened to the
kingdom of Naples, diminishes the number of tra-
vellers who embarked at Ancona for Greece and the
lonian islands : the passage from Brindes to Corfu
is made in 12 hours. We shall therefore soon lose
on one side what we have gained on the other.'
" The following intelligence from Vienna is dated
May 19 :-4 It is announced that a contract has been
concluded with Messrs. Rothschild for a loan to
Turkey, of which the following are the details :
The amount will be sufficient to enable the Porte to
discharge the whole of the indemnities and war con-
tributions engaged to be paid to Russia, and is to
be advanced in the course of the year ; so that the
Turkish territories may within that period be eva-
cuated by the Russian troops. The contractors are
to advance 80 for every -100, and the bonds for 100
will bear 5 per cent. interest, payable at Vienna,
Frankfort, Amsterdam, London, and Paris, at the
various establishments of the Rothschild family in
those cities. Some persons assert that Austria has
undertaken to guarantee the whole loan, and that for
her security she will be put into possession of several
fortresses upon the Turkish frontiers, where she will
receive the duties till the whole of the loan is liqui-
dated. Within the last month, the various branches
of Rothschild's house have been making large sales
of public securities of every description, and it is
to this circumstance that the late depreciation in the
value of the Metalliques and other Funds may be at-
tributed. It is also asserted that the Rothschilds of
Paris have disposed of the whole of their Four per
Cents. in one lot at 100. The natural inference is,
that this has been done in order to enable them to
effect some financial operation, the profit of which
will ultimately compensate them for the sacrifices
they are making at present.'
" The following extract of a letter from Smyrna
is of April 20 Our trade, already suffering from
the introduction of the Miri, a tax on all Asiatic
produce, is menaced with a fresh blow, which will
greatly diminish the traffic of this port. It is the
intention of the Porte, in order to restore its ex-
hausted finances, to follow the example of Egypt,
and establish a monopoly of some of the principal
productions of Asia, which form our chief exports.
The probable adoption of this plan causes mach
anxiety, for when once adopted, no representations
to the contrary will be of any avail with the Turks,
as was the case with the itiliri, which continues in
spite of the representations of the European Minis-
ters at Constantinople.' "

FRENCII FUNDS.—PARIS, MAT 29.—Five per Cents., 104 f.
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Stock, 1,900 E; Rentes de Naples, 90f. 75e. 90c.; Rentes d'Es-
pagne, 14% ; Royal Spanish Loan, 86 86; llentes Perpetuelle
i,P.magne, 77 77% % ; Haytian Loan, 542 f. 50e. 510 f
Exchange on Lonaon—One month (paper), 25f'. 50c.; three
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