The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-27 00:00:00

STORIES OF THE REBELLIONS IN

SCOTLAVD 1 Vol By A. D. Fillan, MA.
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Three stories of the Rebellions in Scotland have
been penned by Mr. Fillan in a manner which must
prove to many a reader not altogether devoid of fas-
cination. The first narrative entitled—" Ua-na-
brock ; or the Badger's Cave"—is another of• those
tales which so beautifully illustrate the heroism, the
devotion, and the self-sacrifice of woman. The hair-
breath 'scayes of Drummond, as for example when
he crosses the torrent hurling down the ravine the
bridge by which he has been enabled to shun his
pursuers, are fraught with breathless interest; and
around the fortunes of Drummond are clearly grouped
such fictitious characters as Janet Bane, Esther
Maccallum, Grigor Garach, the Laird of Bracklyn,
Matilda GrEeme, and Baillie Mackillop. The second
tale—designated " Duncan, the Seeker; or the
Forty Years' :Seerch"—is an account of the
peregrinations of a wandering monomaniac called
Duncan Graham. The miseries, anxieties, and
sufierings which turned the brain of Duncan are
painfully but affectingly described, and serve to
illustrate the brutality of Hawley, that man who was
as pitiless an executioner as Jeffries and as stern a
soldier as Claverhouse. The third and final tale—
called " Eachain Maceachain of Colquhainziet
Castle; or,What's in a Name ?"—is the longest and
most elaborately finished of these three enthralling
stories. It bears reference like the preceding one to
the Rebellion of '45 (the first story relating, on the
contrary, to the Rebellion of 'l5) ; and be sure of thin,
that that Chatterton of Heroes, Prince Charlie, is
one of the most conspicuous of the personages intro-
duced into the narrative. Among the numberless
other instances of devotion for the gallant Chevalier
already recounted the following is not undeserving of
remembrance :

"A young man, named Roderick Mackenzie, who had
held a commission in the Jacobite army, bore a remark.
able resemblance in face and figure to the royal fugitive.
Discovered in his hiding•place, and assailed by over.
whelming numbers, Mackenzie resolved to turn this
accidental resemblance to account for the Prince's safety.
He made a desperate resistanco. lie avowed his deter-
mination never to be taken alive; and finding himself at
length mortally wounded, in the act of dying he ex•
claimed, • Villains I ye have slain your prince l'
" This declaration, coupled with his so striking resem-
blence to the Prince, imposed even on those to whom the
appearance of the latter was not unfamiliar ; and the
head was accordingly cut off and sent in triumph to
London as that of the Pretender. This generous act of
personation was soon discovered to be a stratagem. But
for a season it had the effect of lulling the vigilance and
relaxing the activity of the pursuit."
Mr. Fillan's "Stories" will in prose form a com-
panion volume to the charming "Lays" of Mr.
Ay toun.

FISH AND FISHING4c. 1 Vol. By Henry

William Herbert.

Frank Forester has in this splendid volume proved
himself the Apperley of anglers. He has accom-
plished, in reference to the fish and fishing of the
United States and the British Provinces of Nortb
America, what Izaak Walton did so welt in regard to
the piscatorial art of Great Britain. Nor does he
want the supplementary annotations of a Yankee
Cotton. He is his own Walton and Cotton together.
Not a single department of his subject has been over-
looked; he refers in succession to the peculiarities,
the produce, the apparatus, and the use of the ap-
paratus required or relating to—deep-sea fishing,
river fishing, shoal-water fishing, and lake fishing.
He tells of the Salmonidm, and the Siluridee, and the
Cyprimidae, and the Chipeidte, and the Esocidle, and
the Anguillidse, and the Percidee, and the Scienicke,
and the Sparidre, and the Scombridm, and the
Labridse, and the Gadic'ear--each in succession, He
explains the mysteries of salmon fishing, and of trout
fishing ; of pickerel fishing, and of perch fishing; of
eel fishing, and of carp fishing; of striped bass fishing,
and of black bass fishing in the St. Lawrence. He
describes the barb, and the tantog, and the sheep's-
head, and the drum, and the weak, and the blue fish,
among the rest of the curiosities of ichthyology. To
render the work, which is profusely embellished with
wood engravings, yet more complete, there are three
appendices, one explanatory of the angler's apparatus,
another of the fly-fisher's apparatus, and the third of
a culinary character, telling us " how to cook fish"
with the gusto and skill of M. Alexis Soyer. After
what we have here said, is it necessary to say that we
commended the new work of Frank Forester unre-
servedly to all the lovers of the Gentle Craft ?

THE SHERIFF'S CARRIAGES.-.-TWO of the Sheriffs
carriages are now exhibiting in the front of Mr. Ilone's
(late Iloulditch's) establishment, in Long-acre. That of
Alderman Lawrence is exceedingly striking from its
gorgeous artistic tic coration, the opposing colours being
blended into a most pleasing harmony by the dark neu-
tral or ground tint of the body. The Sheriffs Arms, the
Aims of the Carpenters' Company, and of the City, are
are exquisitely painted, and as beautifully and correctly
drawn. The interior is equally worthy of remark, from
its air of luxurious taste, it being lined with a costly
white satin, and the roof drawn into the resemblance of
a star in the same material. The Under-Sheriff.', Mr.
Millard's carriage, is in strong contrast to the above,
being distinguished for a chaste and simple elegance of
form and colour, and embodying many of the latest im-
provements for which this firm possesses patents.
MOUNT'S BAY FISHERY.—The Mount's Bay boats
have been taking considerable quantities of mackerel—
from 1,500 to 2,loo—which have been selling for Gs. to
Bs. per 120. No pilehards have as yet appeared in our
bay. Five seams are now in water at St. Ives, supposed
tc) C/101950 abn; 4,000111 AL Of Wis.... Wotern ,Luminctry.