The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-26 00:00:00

SUN,

AUGUST z 6, 1847.

HER MAJESTY S VISIT TO THE
HIGHLANDS.

On Friday morning, at eight o'clock, the royal
squadron left Tobermorey, and, passing down the
Sound of Mull, proceeded amidst heavy rain and
thick mist to Fort William, where it anchored about
midday. The sail up the Linnhe Loch would have
been greatly admired by the royal party had the
weather been propitious; but during the early part of
the morning the land was completely shrouded from
the view, or was only faintly discernible through the
darkened atmosphere. As, however, the squadron
proceeded, the clouds -lightened, the rain descended
with less violence ; and though the appearance of the
sky was still damp and sombre, and the summits of
the mountains were obscured, enough was visible to
satisfy the mind as to the stateliness and grandeur of
the scenery. Nor was it altogether inopportune that
her Majesty, having examined other portions of the
western coast under circumstances of climate the
most favourable for disclosing their unrivalled beau-
ties, should, on the last few hours of her marine ex-
cursion, approach Ben NOvis and the wild hills of
Lochaber amidst the obscurity and gloom which best
befit the majestic features of the scenery, and which
undoubtedly is the usual sort of weather in these re-
gions. It is also worthy of remark, that upon the
variations of light and shadow falling upon the High-
land mountains and glens a great portion of their en-
chanting appearance depends, and the royal party on
Friday saw the mist, which had been first hanging
like a shroud over the sea and land, lifted slowly up-
wards with a fine irregularity, revealing glimpses of
green islands and a dim seaboard, rising boldly from
the water's edge, and gradually expanding the range
of sight till the prospect from the dreamy uncer-
tainty of a vision was spread out in all the massive
and commanding features of a grand reality. The
route of the squadron lay along the island of Lismore,
and passing the green island of Sturna, with the steep
mountains of Kingairloch on the left, and Appin, the
country of the Stewarts, on the right, it crossed the
entrance of Loch Leven and entered the narrow
passage of Corran. Here the people of Ardgour
were assembled with the venerable Colonel M.Lean,
who is the head of his tribe in that district. As the
royal fleet swept past they welcomed her Majesty
with hearty cheers, and did further honour to the
occasion by dancing on the green sward and drinking
in bumpers of mountain dew the health of the Queen
and the Royal Family, and good sport to the Prince at
Loch Laggan. As the squadron approached Fort
William the day cleared up, and the fine hills which
bound the prospect on each side of Loch Linnhe
were seen to great advantage, the heather on their
sides clothing in the view with broad masses of
rich brown colour, gray fleecy clouds magnifying
while they rested on the summits, and, seen
between the mountains, ample glens, from
whose retired heads streams issued, which,
swelled by the contributions of a hundred
springs, at last emptied their waters into the loch
below. In front lay Glen Albion, with the river
Lochy running through it, the entrance of the Cale-
donian Canal, and the broad outline of Druim
phatugh ; and to the south, its head lost in the clouds,
its vast base resting on an area thirty miles in circum-
ference, towered the bold and massive form of Ben
Nevis. At Fort William Mr. Tytler, Sheriff and Vice-
Lieutenant of Inverness-shire, Mr. Fraser, Sheriff
Substitute, several of the county gentlemen, and a
body of about one hundred Highlanders, stood upon
the pier ready to give her Majesty and the Royal
Family a hearty welcome. It was, however, inti-
mated soon after the squadron arrived that the landing
would not take place till nine o'clock on the following
morning, and that in the interval, while the Queen re-
mained in the royal yacht, Prince Albert would pro-
ceed down Loch Leven to Ballachullish, and view the
scenery of Glencoe. This arrangement was adhered
to, and the Prince in the afternoon visited that wild
vale, where nature, seen in her most severe and
awful forms, so well harmonises with the dark story
of the ill-fated race who once peopled these solitudes.
Prince Albert, besides visiting Glencoe, inspected
also the extensive slate quarries of Mr. Stewart, of
Ballachullish ; on his return two hundred of the
tahtethheorbusoesnoduatrioe of
of his
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it themselves,-amidst every demonstration of enthu-
iaSgteewd'arret:ws.
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siastic loyalty, to the point of embarkation. His
Royal Highness was greatly delighted at this recep-
tion, and on departing gave a sum of money to the
men with which to enjoy themselves. During last
night large bonfires were lighted in honour of her
Majesty on all the surrounding hills, and we are told
that there was one of these blazing away on the very
summit of Ben Nevis, so that on the highest point in
the United Kingdom her Majesty's visit to the High-
lands might be duly celebrated. There were great
rejoicings, too, in the town of Fort William, and a
ball was given at the Freemasons'-hall, which wa,
attended by many officers from the squadron, and at
which her Majesty's piper, by her express command,
was present to play.
This morning broke heavily with rain, which came
down faster and more furiously as the day advanced;
yet punctually at nine o'clock her Majesty landed 'in
her barge. She was received on the pier of Fort
William, which had been suitably prepared for her
reception, by Mr. Tvtler, Vice-Lieutenant, and Sheriff
of the county ; Mr. Fraser, Sheriff-Substitute ; Major-
General Riddell, Lord Lovat, Sir James Millis.
Riddell, of Ardnamurchan ; Mr. Keith Wm. Stewart
Ni‘Kenzie, of Seaforth ; Mr. James Murray Grant,
of Glenmorrion and Moy; Mr. John Cameron,
of Glennevis ; Mr. Charles Stewart, of Ardehuil ;
Mr. William Robinson, of Kinlochmodart ; Mr.
Charles Stewart, of Balachullish ; Captain Wil-
liam Maclean, of Ardgour, R.N. ; the Master 01
Lovat ; Mr. Charles Henry Forbes, of Kinguloch ;
Mr. Angus M'Donald, of Glenaladale ; Captain
M'Donell, R.N. ; Captain Robertson, R.N.; Mr.
Coll M'llonald, of Locheheal ; Mr. Duncan Came.
ron, jun., of Luviroilart ; Mr. Thomas Riddell,
jun., of Ardnamurchan ; Mr. Donald Cameron, of
Clunes ; Mr. Allan Cameron, of Polonally ; Mr.
Thomas M'Donald, banker, of Fort William ; the
Rev. Archibald Clerk, of Kilmallie, and the Rev.
Thomas Davidson, of Kilmallie.

The way from the point of landing to the royal
carriage was covered with the Royal Stuart tartan,
and along it margins of heather in blossom. The
extremity of the pier was occupied by a detachment
of the 27th Regiment stationed in the garrison, and
along it were ranged in order all the Highlanders who
could muster dresses in which to receive their
Sovereign. They formed a motley array of gentle-
men, shepherds, and boys but the general effect of
their appearance, from the contrasts it suggested,
was not unpleasing, and all of them, each in his
own way, wore the kilt as if they had not put it on for
the first time that day. Had the heads of families
and the great leading proprietors exerted themselves
to do honour to the occasion, the result might have
been far more brilliant and imposing ; but, con•
sidering that it was not so, all that was done was very
commendable. Her Majesty, it-is true, was obliged,
after landing, to walk to her carriage with an um-
brella in her hand, but she appeared greatly pleased
with everything she saw, and received most affably
and graciously the homage of her Lochabar subjects.
As she proceeded to her carriage, accompanied by
Prince Albert and her royal children, she was loudly
and enthusiastically cheered, and when, during a mo-
ment's pause a tall gentleman with a red face pro-
posed three cheers more " For their Royal Highland
Queen," she seemed gratified and laughed heartily.
In proceeding through the town her Majesty's car-
riage was driven very slowly, and at its extremity
she saw the Camerons t f Lochiel drawn up to wel-
come her. None of them were in Highland dresses
or wore an inch of tartan, but they had sprigs of oak
in their bats and bonnets, and although it was clear
from this circumstance that they had not forgotten
the badge of - their clan, there can be no doubt that
some great change must have taken place in • their
numbers and respectability since they were out with
the " gentle Lochiel" in the '45. At the Lochy
Ferry Mr. M'Donald of the Benneviy distillery,
with eight men in the Highland dress, each bolding a
bottle of whisky and a glass in his hand, welcomed
her Majesty to Lochabar.- Proceeding through Lord
Abinger's estate to Speau-bridge the royal cortege
passed through a triumphal arch of heather erected
there, and on which was the following Gaelic in-
scription :
" Failt' is Furan air ur korachd
air ur cloiun 'o air Prionusa Ghola."
of which the translation is " Hail and welcome to
your Majesty, to your children, and the Prince of
Gotha." At Blarowr an arch was erected p
with thise
inscription :
" Air na h—ailleaquain cheutach
Suliechd eufachdach Bhaacho."
which is literally " A hundred welcomes to the lovely
jewels of the powerful race of Banquo." At Tirin:
drish there were no less than three arches erected by
Colonel David and Colonel Hugh Ross, with suitable
inscriptions, while a royal salute was fired from the
hill Mohl Roy, the scene of the last feudal battle,
fought with great loss on both sides, between the
M`Donalds of Seppock and the Mackintoshes. At
the bridge, of Roy, and near
B the ancient stronghold o'
the Iteppoeh family, the Lochabar people assem-
bled to the number of.spo,raeheaded by Captain Georg(
Pet Gqrdon onell! 'and: Mr. Ronald M`Donell, both
great grandsont-of the Keppoch Who fell at Cul-
loden. They were dressed. in full Highland costume,

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which were seated the ladies of the country, dressed
as Highland ladies should he, and wearing in their
bonnets the white cockade, with a sprig of he...ther
the badge of the clan. As the royal carriage passed,'
Captain M`Dooald presented to Prince Albert a
bouquet of choice flowers for her Majesty's accept-
ance, as an offtring from " the Keppochs." her
.\l:ijesty immediately took possession of the offering,
and acknowledged this little mark of attention in the
most gracious and condescending manner. After
passing the bridge of Roy the cortege swept on with-
out interruption until they arrived at the head of
Loch Laggan, where they were received by Cluny
Macpherson, of Cluny Castle, at the head of his people...
About 40 of them were dressed and completely armed
by him for the occasion, and as they were picked
men, and equipped in the most perfect manner with
target and claymore, their appearance was most pic-
ruresque and imposing. They were led by the here-
ditary standard bearer of the "Mac Vourichs," as
the clan is called, a fine tall Highlander, and
who carried the colours which in 1715 and 1745 his
grandfather had unfurled in the Stuart cause. Cluny
p of ot fh
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Chattan, was in full Highland costume, and looked
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remarkably well. He carried on his arm the target
which Prince Charles Stuart presented to his ancestor
after " the '45." It is a very curious and interesting
piece of workmanship, richly ornamented with mili-
tary insignia and heraldic devices in silver. Cluny
was attended by his three sons, all wearing the High-
land garb, and whose youthful and interesting ap-
pearance at once attracted the attention of the Queen.
Mr. Davidson, of I'ulloch, was also present with his
henchman and piper, and the number of Highlanders
altogether assembled could not have amounted to less
than 150 men.

After the royal party had crossed the pattock on
their way to Ardverikie, a cask of whisky was
broached, and the inhabitants of Badenoch, who were
nearly all assembled on the occasion, were invited to
celebrate her Majesty's visit by drinking her health,
and that of the Royal Family, in flowing bumpers and
with Highland honours.

In reporting the excursion of the royal squadron
to the westermost part of the Scottish islands, round
f obermory, when the Belvidere, store-frigate,
Master Commander Wellington, fired a royal salute
as the Victoria and Albert passed, the North British
Mail says : The appearance of the fleet was striking
and pleasing, when the royal yacht, followed by the
Dolphin, a vessel splendidly fitted out for tourists,
Ind belonging to the Messrs. Burns and Messrs.
Alacconnell and Thomson (that kept the sea with any
of the vessels with which it came in contact), by the
tender of the yacht, the pretty Fairy, at consider-
able distance by the Scourge and Garland, and at
a more creeping pace by four or five steamers
from Oban and other ports, with an equal number
of sailing vessels at the entrance of the Sound, and a
variety of little boats and yachts, giving still more
animation to the scene, went sweeping round the
point of Lagg, and returned away from Ardna-
murchan of the bare, ragged, riven, and torn
rocks rocks that look so stout and rough, and
guard so much men love and value well. Dark
and stern Arnamurchan, though thy cliffs be grey
and hard, they meet the first shock of the At-
lantic waves in all their unbroken force, and
stand the Sentinels of Scotland at its most western
point.
The mainland of Scotland is behind, and the
Hebrides spread out before. One by one the. islands
of the west, to the right and the left, came into view,
as if they were springing from the ocean's depth.
Immediately before the Sound ofiplull there are
Coll and Tyree. Farther to the sight, Muck and
Eig--71ium anii.Canna. The mountains of Rum rise
to a.very great height, riling those of Mull and
Skye We sAld say that Canna, though belonging
to this range,N concealed, we iziesume, by the high
lands of Rum,
The fleet iNairned south-west.ward, with till vet
till on the left, and the Tresimi,,h group on the right
—a fantastical group of mountain peaks springing
iut of often chafed and angry waters. Far away,
migty are the pap of Jura. To ui they
seem to be four sugar loaf hills—two of a size like
twins, the third smaller, and the fourth still less, for
they have quite a family graduation. Back they
)/-ing to memory the Eildon hills, and all of story and
If song, of old tradition and romantic history, of
field and river, and rich culture, that cluster round
them.

Inat a conglomeration of hills and mountains,
eitks and crags, and cliffs, from this Mull l Loch
faa i. opened out to the left, and there is a mass of
seven or eight conical mountains.
The royal yacht is piloted by Captain M'Killop, of
the Dolphin, and he takes care to keep Gometray at
a convenient distance to the left—holds farther off
Colonia Isle and Inch Kenneth, by the mere neces-
sity of his course—clears the mouth of Loch na Keel,
And suddenly brings the vessel close down upon the
most uninteresting island we, have seenblows off
the steam, and there the ships are all brought up as
they come forward. A number of persons are running
hither and thither in a state of great excitement on
the rocky islet. By and by the ship wears gradually
round the island of Staffa. The strange fashion and
iirm assumed by the rocks begin to be more marked
—its array of wondrous pillars is unfolded, with the
great overlayer of rock; then comes Fingal's Cave—
its spacious arch, and the clearer development of the
;gland's formation on the west side of the arch, where
those wonderful pillars, set up and chained together,
Are seen upholding still their heavy table of rock, but
supported also by a massive basement of apparently
the same formation. We have watched the German
Ocean throwing its huge waves into larger caverns,
and boiling up through chimneys of 100 feet bored
through the solid rock, and flinging its spray cloud-
ward, by another 100 feet; till it fell like a water-
spout around, and washed the surface as it returned
from whence it came; we have seen caverns superior
in size, in mystery, and darkness, and danger, with a
wider water channel , but the formation of the rock
is unrivalled, except perhaps at the Giant's Causeway,
from which, but for the distance, it would seem to
have been detached.
The Queen's boat from the yacht, with its swift
rowers, swept round the island with a speed that
steam could hardly rival. It stood out for a few mi-
nutes towards a lesser island—a black rock naturally,
hut now literally white with sea fowl. We feared a
sacrifice to the shade of that monk who discovered
gunpowder; but his ashes rest not in lona, and these
poor birds, so very tame, would not yield any honour
to the marksman in their death. So the boats turned
with the celerity of one of the birds themselves, and
not unlike them in the white uniform of its oarsmen
and their steady practised strokes.
Several of our passengers were discussing the pos-
sibility of getting into the cave ; some held that there
was rather too much swell, though that was not very
perceptible ; others cautiously doubted whether the
swell might not rise, which, of course it might ; but,
to solve all difficulties, in a moment the boat from
the yacht turned right towards the cave. The
movement was taken only to afford a nearer view of
the pillars. So, at least, our knowing neighbours
supposed. But it did not slacken its speed; two or
three strokes of the oars brought it under the arch.
The royal standard, raised only when the Sovereignth:
is in its yacht or the tender, was glittering in _ n .
gal's Cave, until its ye
sun, and in a moment swept into the gloom of
Bow folds were scarce dis
cernible in the darkness.
Lord Eldon, had
Sovereign tbe rashness of the
exposure ; but the
have died of a broken he
of 1847, unlike his
kings, j he lived tofosree the day, would
d
and seems determined to make a personal acquain-
tance her claim to be Queen of the Seas,
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On Friday morning thaenderor
steamer Porcupine, Lieut.-Commander Turnour ; the
Vestal, Trinity steam-yacht, with Sir John, Pelly,
Bart., and other officers of the Trinity Corporation,
on board, were in the loch, dressed out in gay colours,
waiting the arrival of the royal squadron. The
steam-packets Edinburgh Castle and the Queen of
Beauty were alongside the pier, and some small ves-
sels at anchor, crowded with people anxiously expect-
ing the Queen, imparted an air of gaiety afloat to the
natural bleakness of the place.
On shore the village rapidly filled with the gentry,
farmers, and peasantry of the surrounding country,
at an early hour, notwithstanding the morning was
so miserably wet as to destroy all hope of a royal
visit to Ben Nevis. This monarch of the Scottish
mountains was shrouded with impenetrable mist, al-
most to the base, and 'though the rain ceased before
noon, and the sun' occasionally shone through the
clouds, King Ben was determined not to be at home
throughout the day.
All the preparations for receiving her Majesty on
landing had been completed two days Vlootu _imer r and
at half-past twelve' o'clock, whPn the- 13-1
DOlphin, arOveas:inP°T)cP7g hei;
self the avant cowrie,. of the royal squadron, the

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shortly
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the loch,wh I
ities
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slowly
lb;
. occupied their respective posi
and tastefully decorated pier.
;ht, fullowed by the Fairy, Garland, and ',Scourge,
afterwards arrived at their 'anchorage, when a royal
salute was fired from the head of the loch, and Lord
Lovat, Mr. Sheriff Tvtler, and one or two other'
gentlemen, immediately proceen'ed on board the Vic-
toria and Albert, and ascertained that it was her
Majesty's intention not to land on that day, but that
the royal debarkation would take pisce on the follow-
ing morning at nine o'clock. On this information
being communicated to the assembly on shore, huzzas
were given by the gentlemen and the Highlanders
on the pier; the people began to leave the stands and
gather into groups, and the royal yacht :ITO the
general appearance of Loch Eil, with its flee,'. of
steamers and the numerous small boats passing aod
repasiing to the different vessels, became the greagt

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' ' topics of conversation.
About an hour after the ships of the royal squadron,.
had taken up their berth in Loch Eil, opposite Fort
Wi li•ltn, the Fairy, tender, .was ordered to be in
readiness to proceed on an excursion with Prince
o.knelOceint
t;inauneddhsiusenteoaolnHoirghlannedsss,caipnesste.ad of attempt-
ing the ascent of Ben Nevis, as at first. intended,
I proceeded with Prince Leiningen, in the royal tender,
down Loch Lynne and passed Loch Leven,
which, from • -
, its mouth to its furthest extremity, is
The Prince slowly steamed up this beL•utiltil loch,
passed Balacullish ferry—celebrated for its slate
quarries—and landed -at Glencoe, ro less famous for
its historical recollections, than it is the theme of
admiration for its natural sublimity
The lower part of the glen, next Loch Leven, is
cultivated and wooded, but the signs of cultivation
gradually disappear on approaching the upper
portion, which ',resents a scene of .unming]ed wild-
ness and grandeur. In the 'middle of the valley is
the small lake Treachtan, from which issues the
wild stream of Cana, celebrated by 0-sian, who is
said to have been born on its banks. On both sides
of this river the hills shoot up perpendicularly to a.
tremendous height, casting a deep gloom on this wild
vale, calculated to strike the traveller with the deep-
est awe. At the head of the glen the disposition of
the mountains becomes peculiarly grand and impresm
sive. Their magnitude, form, and colour, all contri•
bute to the greatness of the effect. In the huge cleft&
of their rocky and blackened summits wreaths of
snow may be seen all the year round, and the
scream of the eagle and the roar of the moun-
tain torrents, are the only sounds heard in
" the waste howling wilderness." From one end
of the vale to the other only one solitary farm-house
is to be seen. Captain Basil Hall has pronounced
that, " as a piece of perfectly wild mountain scenery,
Glencoe has no superior that I know of. In the Alps
there are many ravines and valleys immensely larger,
but I am not aware of any which has better claims

to attention in all that relates to the fantastical dispo-
sition of barren rocks of great magnitude tossed in-,
discriminately about by the hand of nature."
The well-known massacre of Glencoe, which casts
so signal a stain on King William's reign, renders
the glen a locality of no little interest in an his-
torical point of view. This tragic incident seems to
have had its immediate rise in the disappointment
felt by the Secretary of State, Sir John Dalrymple,
Master of Stair, and the Earl of Breadalbane, at the
failure of a project to organize the Highland clans
into a force for the support of Government. In the
negotiations for the purpose, too, the Earl had been
provoked by Mac lan, chief of the Macdonalds of
Glencoe, who insinuated that he had appropriated to
his own use a part of a sum of money intrusted to
him for distribution among the chiefs. The Mac-.
donalds altogether stood in the way of the attempted
arrangements, and those of Glencoe were ever looked
upon with an evil eye by their neighbours the Camp-
bells—a disposition heightened by the Glencoe men's
share in the defeat of the latter by Montrose, at In-
verlochy. On the unsuccessful issue of the project
of conciliation Government issued, in 1691, a procla-
mation, enjoining the submission of all the chiefs be-
fore the Ist of January, 1692, by taking a formal oath
of allegiance, All the chieftains had complied ex-
cept Mac lan, of Glencoe; and he, too, a few days
before the expiry of the appointed period, re-
paired to Fort William, and tendered his oath to
Governor Hill, who, however, was not the proper
authority, and he found himself necessitated to pro-
ceed to Inverary, to the Sheriff of Argyle, Sir Colin
Campbell, of Ardinglass. A storm of-snow prevented
his arrival within the prescribed time; but the oath
was administered, and the certificate forwarded,
with an explanatory letter. On the llth of the month

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directions to proceed to the tremitsrof fire and
sword with all who might ha's neglected the pro-
clamation were signed by King William ; and on the
16:h he issuel a second set of orders, but containing',
like the first, a reserved power to extend the indem—
nity to such as might have delayed to comply for
some little time beyond th.tt originally specified, yet
expressly excepriw the .I!acdoriatd:, of Glencoe, wbo
were directed to be extirpated. The Sneritf of
Argyle s letter was not produced to the council, and
th- certificate W:l% cancelled. Instructions of the
mot savage nature were committed by Stair to Go-
vernor 11111; and a detachm,nt of the Earl of Argo se's
regiment wa., under a plau, ble pretext, quartered
in the glen, under the command of Captain Camp-
bell, ”f G,ealyon, whose neice was married to one of
Mac lan's sons. The soldiery were most hospitably
entertained for a fortnight by their intended victims,
wkioin, on a winter's morning in February, they pro-
ceeded to murder in cold blood. Another party, un-
der thc command of Major Duncanson, was to have
occupied the eastern pass, but having been prevented
by the snow from arriving in due time, an opportunity.
presentedoflNhomto,
consequently,
oernittlyy,otfhtehen
ummisbeerr-
oabfinhabitants,a s

killed was only 38, but who were murdered under
circumstances of most wanton barbarity. It is re-

lated of the principal actor in this tragedy—Camp-
bell, of Glenlyon—that having some years afterwards
to superintend a military execution of a soldier for
whom a reprieve had arrived, he, at the time for pro-
ducing it, inadvertently instead dropped his handker-
chief, the fatal signal to fire. Horror-struck he exclaimed,
that the curse of Glencoe hung about him, and in
deep despondency immediately retired from the
service.

At the farthest extremity of Glencoe is the rugged
mountain of I3ucharel Etive, and on the opposite
side of the road is the steep ascent called the "Devil's
Staircase," by which pedestrians may reach Fort
William.
In the basin between Ballachulish and the Dog's
Ferry are several islets. One of these, called St.
ancestora pl
Mungo's Isle, has long been used as a burying-place.
n itwol l i knolls,ng ht theon one
bones e so whichf t their e iirs
dletscceonndsiasntststouf
riated to the district of Glencoe, and the other to the
p
people of Lochabar. On the latter are the ruins of a
mall Roman Catholic chapel, in which the body of
Mac lan, the Laird of Glencoe above alluded to, was
interred. No more than thirty years ago some of his
should repose anywhere but
among those of their
o.,vn clansmen, had them removed to the
Glencoe
of
portion of the isle. They were great size. As
he was a remarkably powerful
man, his assassins
were careful to pour a simultaneous volley on
him as
he lay asleep, and all the balls lodgedbetwee n his
shoulders. He was called Alhic lan Vohr, " the son
of John the Great," whence several of those who
escaped the massacre took the name of Johnson.
In the royal visit to a neighbourhood so prolific of
beautiful scenery and historical fact and wonderment
the Princes spent a long time, arid then returned
rapidly to Loch Eil, and when Prince Albert and his
royal relation rejoined the Queen on board the
Victoria and Albert at Fort William, in the evening,
the liviest demonstations took place. A grand hall
was given in honour of the arrival of the Queen. It
was a very gay scene, anl was attended by a lar,,e
proportion of the youth and beauty of the place.
Large bonfires blazed on several of the hide, and the
houses in the neighbourhood of the pier were bril-
liantly illuminated.

COURT CIRCULAR.
ARDVEREKIE, MONDATI AVG. 23.
A continued wet day yesterday. In the afternoon
her Majesty and his Royal Highness Pines Albert
and his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen
walked in the Forest.
The Prince and the Prince of Leiningen went out
grouse shooting this day.
The Marquis of Abercorn will join the royal dinner
party.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by
Lady Gore,
Hon. Mtbs Mitchell, the Earl Howe,
General Sir A. Barnard and the Rev. G. T. Hudson,
left her residence Bushy-house, Bushy-park, :Fester'
day morning for ,Ryde,lsle of Wight. Her Majesty
and suite proceeded to the Kingston station and
travelled by the London and South-Western Railway.
Her Majesty, it is expected, will make a short stay at
Ryde.

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