The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-20 00:00:00

SCOTTISH COURSING MATCH•
himself was the staunchest of anglers, Mr. Rose ; but n
The only guest who had chalked out other sport
.foer
too, was there on his "shelty," armed with his salmon-ton
and landing net, and attended by his humourous squtre
Hinves, and Charlie Purdie, a brother of Tom,
Th?
days the most celebrated fisherman of the district.
little group of Waltonians, bound for Lord Somerville
preserve, remained lounging about to witness the start
was
the main cavalcade. Sir Walter, mounted on Sibyl,
marshalling the order of procession with a huge
maidens,huriting
whip, and among a dozen frolicsome youths and ~
who seemed disposed to laugh at all discipline,
cat
each on horseback, each as eager as the youngest sp
men in the troop, Sir Humphry Davy, Dr. Wollastan, and
in thos.e
the patriarch of Scottish belies-letter, Henry Mackenzie.
The Man of Feeling, however, was persuaded with sobrnue.
difficulty to resign his steed for the
negro follower, and to join lady Scott in the sociable, u lot
Laidlay.v,
we should reach the ground of our " battue."
a long-tailed wiry Highlander, ycleyt " Hod din 61:01,
which carried him nimbly and stoutly, although his feet al"
most touched the ground as he sat, was the adjutant. P",
p: went to his fait
De!
the most picturesque figure was the illustrious inventor of
the safety-lamp. He had come for his favourite sport of
angling, and had been practising it successfully with lyne;
his travelling companion, for two or three days recee
ft
this, but he had not prepared for coursing fields, or had
,_
Charlie Purdic's troop for Sir Walter's on a
hate
thought, and his fisherman's costume—a brown hat
flexible brims, surrounded with line upon line of catgut, Inch
innumerable fly-hooks—jack-boots worthy of a Do
du of
smuggler, and a fustain surtout dabbled with the blovi
bite_
salmon, made a fine contrast with the smart jackets, less
cord breeches, and well polished jockey-bootg of the is
distinguished cavaliers about him. Dr. Wollaston was
black, and with his noble serene dignity of countenane:"
might have passed for a sporting archbishop.
zie, at this time in the 76th year of his age, with a .
hat turned up with green, green spectacles, green jacket,'
and long brown leathern gaiters buttoned upon his netheil;,
anatomy, wore a dog-whistle round his neck, and had all
over the air of as absolute a devotee as the gay captain °
Mr. Mack .to
Huntly Burn. Toni Purdie and his subalterns had Preelea-
ded us by a few hours with all the greyhounds that eout
he collected at Abbotsford, Darnick, and Melrose ; buci
the giant Maida had remained as his master's orderly,
jibe
now gambolled about Sibyl Grey, barking for rnere joCY
n;
a spaniel puppy. . . . On reaching Newark astle,
era,
we found Lady Scott, her eldest daughter, and the ve
ble Mackenzie, all busily employed in unpacking a 1315k,hen
that had been placed in their carriage, and arranging
luncheon it contained among the mossy rocks overhangi*
the bed of Yarrow. When such of the company as elinse
had partaken of this refection, the Man of Feeling re-
had
his poney, and all ascended the mountain, duly Mar-
shalled at proper distances, so as to beat in a broad line
over the heather, Sir Walter directing the movement from
oill
the right wing towards Blackandro. Davy, next tike
al3
bit
I chanced to be riding, laid his whip about the fern •,
experienced hand, but cracked many a joke, too, upon
own jack-boots, and surveying the long eager battalion 0'
bush-rangers, exclaimed. "Good heavens is it thus tt
I visit the scenery of the Lay of the Last Minstrel ?"(4:
then kept muttering to himself, as his glowing eye
finest and brightest that I ever saw) ran over the land"
scape, some of those beautiful lines from the " Conclusion
of the Lay—
--But still,
When summer smiled on sweet Bowhill,
And July's eve, with balmy breath,
Waved the blue-bells on Newark heath,
When throstles sung in Hareheadshaw,
And corn was green on Carterhaugh,
And flourished, broad, Blackandro's oak,
The aged harper's soul awoke, &c
Mackenzie, spectacled though he was, saw. the first sitting
hare, gave the word to slip the dogs, and spurred afte,r
them like a boy. All the seniors, indeed, did well as theloo
as the course was upwards, but when puss took down ;
declivity, they halted and breathed themselves upon woo
knoll—cheering gaily, however, the young people,
dashed at full speed past and below them. Coursing °"-f
such a mountain is not like the same sport over a sell,
fine English pastures. There were gulfs to be aviuue,k
and bogs enough to be threaded—many a stiff nag se the
a bold rider measured his length among tbe
peat-hags—and another stranger to the ground besidel
Davy plunged neck deep into a treacherous well-hes"'
which, till they were floundered in it, had born all Hum.sir
pearance of a piece of delicate green turf. When rphrey emerged from his involuntary bath, his habiliments
garnished with mud, slime, and mangled water-tresses, Shir
Walter received him with a triumphant encore ! But
.°
philosopher had his revenge, for joining soon afterwards
a brisk gallop, Scott put Sibyl Grey to a leap beyond her
prowess, and lay humbled in the ditch, while DAvY,,wll°
was better mounted, cleared, it and him at a bound. riar,,r;
pily there was little damage done, but no one was sorry
that the sociable had been detained at the foot of the b""'
—Lockliart's Life of Scott, vol. 5.
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Lord Ponsonby, according to the :411genzeine
fun", had been to pay his visit of congratulation to the l'e°
Turkish Minister, Akim Effendi. Lord Ponsonby, it 'e°
pears, was the last of the corps diplumatique who comp
with this customary formality.
Considerable alterations and improvements are fl°kw
in progress at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich Pa"
which was built in 1675. ,
On Saturday the splendid new steam-ship Mei: r
pool, which for a length of time past has been building °
Sir John Tobin, at Humble and Milcrest's yard, Trentb3°s:
street, was launched under the most favourable ausPiic,en..
As a specimen of naval architecture, this is the ralstbuilt
did we ever saw in the port of Liverpool. She was
by Messrs. Humble and Milcrest, and, with one exceP
st'ilii;
is the longest in the keel of any ship laid down. The her
measures 240 feet in length from her figure-head t°
taffrail, and .5'7 feet over her paddle-boxes. She 15 1,1'500
tons by adineasuremeL: but will carry a cargo ofd ''sho
tons ; her depth of hold is 20 feet. When conapleteiders
will cost at least 45,0001. She occupied the b° 60
460
twelve months in building. Her two e2e:ines are „ bY,
horse power, and are now in progress of co2structio"wilt
Messrs. Forrester and Co., of Vauxhall foundry, P,nd yee
not be completed fbr some months. The model of tilt!t ;
sel is exceedingly elegant, and has been greatly osll°,i is
her figure-head is the full-length figure of a man•
tati
expected to be the fastest vessel afloat ; which expec
may not be unfounded, from her appearance. Her'
b°
1000
when seen in the water was immense, her paddlefiver
looking as big as two good sized cottages. One of tben"
steamers made up to her to tow her into the Graving Dock'
and we remarked that her paddle-boxes were higher t
the steamer's chimney. Her destination is not Ws".
Liverpool Standard.
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London, informs the Public, that he offers ILVER
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Watches purchased in exchange.

On the 19th inst., at StoßkelllNTewilington, Mrs. Lewis J3urni"--"
of a daughter. ..•
On the 17th inst., at Islington, Mrs. Thomas Baird, of a sell.
MARRIED. „c.v., of
On the 11th inst., at Liverpool, John Hughes, Esq.,
..rionet
that town, and of Llwyn-y-Brain, Carnarvonshire. to ' etford,
daughter of the late Rev. A. Youle,M.A , Rector of WesAtlß
and of Grove, Nottinghamshire. . John Alosea'
On the 18th inst., at St. Margaret's, Westminster,err- '
sure, Esq., barrister-at-law, Lincoln's Inn, to Charlotte de, smith,
youngest daughter of the late Major-General Sir Sigismilo°
K.C. H., of Austey House, Hants. OW,
On the 16th inst., at St. Peter's, in the Tower, John
eldest
Esq., M.D., of Steward-street, Bishopsgate, to Mary Jane'
daughter of Lieut.-Colonel A. S. King. of Mr'
On the 18th inst., at Abingdon, Berks, Henry Hicks,
oll's°.noli_r„,,eodt
Depufy Hicks, to Emma, eldest daughter of Air. J. C
of Abingdon. h, of the
On the I ith inst., Captain Henry Rowland Brand.
rberdt
Royal Engineers, to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of H. J.
Esq., and-Lady Mary Shepherd. Ghir of
On the 10th inst., at Spilsb Lincolnshire, Mr. S. - eV,
Grove-street, Hackney, to Mary,' only daughter of Wu''
Esq., of Pelham's Lands, in the same county. ri, les Serrig'
On the 19th inst. at St. Pancras New Church, Char chtudiuo
eldest son of E. A. 'Wilde, Esq ,of College-hill, to ErailY
Thomasine, only daughter of Mi.. Sergeant Wilde, ALP.
DIED. , Thoo
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Goddard Mackintosh, Esq. g ' os. Jons.'
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Rector of Lao,.
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ham, Essex, sister of 'Sir T. B. Lennard, Bart., of ofilf
same county.
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On the 18th inst., in Gower-street, Thomas 1N aon, ysq.,
On the 17th inst., Elizabeth, relict of John Jacks
of the
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Rev. W. Wilkinson, aged 82. Eleanor ....este „D.,
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of F. Stevens, Esq., of Sidmouth, and St. John s-r asi .--
of tb.
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of
and eldest daughter of the late Mr. Stephen
Horse, in that town.
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Strand, at The Sun Office, O. 112, Strati
of Mbldlesoic,...—Fricloy, ("gobs( 20, 1537.
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