The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-18 00:00:00

THE-0-XTORD TRACTS

,•
At a meeting of the Vice-Chancellor, Heads of Houses, and
Proctors, in the Delegates'-reom, March 15, 1841.
Considering that it is enjoined in the statutes of this Uni-
versity (tit. 111., sec. 2; tit. IX., see. IL, § 3, sec. v., § 3)
that every student shall be instructed and examined in the 39
articles, and shall subscribe to them; comidering al.o that a
tract has recently appeared, dated from Oxford, and entitled
" Remarks on certain Passages in the 39 Articles," being No.
90 of the " Tracts for the Times," a series of anonymous pub-
lications purporting to be written by members of the Uni-
versity, but which are in no way sanctioned by the University
itself.

Resolved, that modes of interpretation such as are suggested
in the said tract, evading rather than explaining the sense of
the 39 Articles, and reconciling subscription to them with the
adoption of errors, which they were designed to counteract, de-
feat the object, and are inconsistent with the due observance
of the aboyementioned statutes.
P. WYNTER, Vice-Chancellor.

LETTER FROM THE REV. MR. NEWMAN.
Mr. Vice-Chancellor,-1 write this respectfully to inform
you that I am the author, and have the sole responsibility, of
the tract on which the hebdomadal board •has just now ex-
pressed an opinion, and that I have not given my name
hitherto, under the belief that it was desired that I
should not. I hope it will not surprise you if I say that
my opinion remains unchanged of the truth and honesty
of the principle maintained in the tract, and of the ne-
cessity of putting it forth. At the same time, lam prompted
by my feelings to add my deep consciousness that everything I
attempt might be done in a better spirit, and in a better way ;
and, while I am sincerely sorry for the trouble and anxiety I
have given to the Members of the Board, I beg to return my
thanks to them for an act which, even though founded on mis-
apprehension, may be made as profitable to myself as it is reli-
giou,ly and charitably intended.—l say all this with great sin-
cerity, and am, Mr. Vice-Chancellor, your obedient servant,
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN.
Oriel College, March 16.
The University is in a great state of agitation. The printers
are engaged on both sides, hard at work.

A HIGHLAND OUTLA IV -DEFI
ANCE TO THE CIVIL POWERS.

(Abridged from the Inverness Courier.)
About the centre of Loch Quoich, under the shadow
of two high mountain terraces, streaked with snow, is a
small island, scarcely more that' half an acre in extent,
on which are seen a few birch trees. It is about
a quarter of a mil,/ from the nearest mountain,
and is as solitary as the heart of hermit or recluse
could desire. On this spot resides a Highlander,
now old and stern, who bids defiance to all the
civil powers, and laves a free denizen of nature. Some
forty years ago, Ewan M'Phee, a fine sprightly, athle-
tic Highland lad, enlisted in a regiment of which his
proprietor was an officer. He was promised, or was
led to believe, that he would soon be preferred in tLe
army. He went through his exercises with correct-
ness and regularity, but preferment came not, and
Ewan deliberately one day m ached out of the ranks,
and betook himself to the hits. His retreat was
discovered, and two files of soldiers were sent to
apprehend him. With the concurrence of the late
Glengarry, Ewan was seized, handcuffed, and carried
off a prisoner. As the party proceeded through
Stretherick, the dauntless Highlander watched
a favourable opportunity, made a tremendous leap
over a precipice, and bounded off from his mart.
The party discharged their muskets after him, but
without effect, and, breaking off his handcuffs, •
by dashing them against a rock, Ewan was again
a free man among th wilds. He e.,tablished himself
on Lochiel's property in Corrybuic, an out-otthe-world
retre. t. where he Eved unmolested for many years, hunt-
ing, fishing, and rearing goats, without any man daring
to make him afraid or presuming to speak of rent. As a
companion was wanting to soften or enliven his sollude,
Ewan wooed, won, and ran off with a damsel of fourteen,
now his wife, and the mother of five children. At
length, however, the law prevailed for a time, and the
a;:v nturer was ejected from Corry Buie. He sub-
mitted vietly, and toik refuge in this little
island in Loch Quoich, where he deems him.
self safe and impregnable. With turf and birch
trees he raised a hut, and found or made a boat to
enable him to communicate with the mainland. He
has about fifty goats, which he quarters on the neigh-
bouring hills, and his gun and rod, we suppose, supply
him with fish and game. In winter the situation of
this lonely family must be awful. Ewan's strung, mus-
cular, and handsome frame is still clad in the Highland
costume, and he never ventures abroad without
his dirk by his side. Some of the tenants fear him
froth his daring character, and others reverence him
for his supposed witchcraft or supernatural power,
which is firmly believed in the glen. In this way, a
boll of meal now and then, and perhaps a sum of
money, finds its way to the trimly island, and the home
of the outcast is made glad in winter. He bil:eves himself
that he is_ possessed of a charmed IVe, but a loaded
gun is constantly at his bed-side during the night,
and his dirk is ever ready by day, to supply mortal
means of defence. When Mr. Edward Ellice
visited Glen Quoich, after purchasing the property.
E van called upon him, like a dutiful vassal in the
old feudal tiaie, doing homage to his liege lord,
and preserted some gnet,' milk as a relce-offerincr.
His terms were simple but decisive. He told Mr.e
Ellice, not that he would fay rent for his island, but
:hat I e would not molest the new laird, if the new
laird did "not disturb him in his possession ! The
grizzled Agra, intrepid bearing, and free speech of
the bold outlaw struck the Englishman with sur-
prise,
ite. It is probah:c he will not again be disturbed ;
for the island is not worth a shilling to any person
but Ewan M'Phee, and it would be cruel to dispos-
sess even. this durieg and desperate man, now upwards
of sixty years of age. The situation of his family,
growing up in wild nee'ect and barbarism, is tie most
painful circumstance in 'Ewan's singe lar story. His wife is
sti.l comp- at. vely a young and agreeable-looking person,
and as she bad some ed ,cation, it is probable she may t-ach
her chillreo a kneel d,eaf their 1, tters, and some outline
of Christian duty and bylief. Of this, however, he peal 1!
of the o.n rye v hotly ignorant. The law who hate
had intercourse w.th Evan represented him as
strongly attached to his family, and of this, we had
indirectly a sort of proof on the eay we were 'n tare
g'en. Oaue of E tai's children bad died died
in 44'. • maws, which was desti,tve of neigh-
bourly aid •or nsolation. Overwhdrned with grief
the old man took his boat and crossed to a shepherd's
hat, begging the .shepherd to assist him in making
a coffin for the dead child, as he could not steady
his
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people of Glen Quoich
is also an island, small in extent, which rises out of the
waters of the Quoich, near its junction with the lake.
This incident is in keeping with the whole hiStory of
this wild, unconquered. Highlander—one of the last
types fierce and hardy race, in whose nature strong
of a erce .
passions were mingled, bo.t2b, for good and for EVII.

ADVANTAGE OF HAVING AN INTELLIGENT
POLICE.—Tbc following singular detection of an utte:er
blue bottles,"
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shows the advantage
nlingderetopinoelricoefobveasrethineodneo-ynothing fourteen shillings 5,0::k
" raw lobsters„"gneniollnY A y A
At the Borough Court,
the int, od uc t ion of which wtieleo'oiniiineaitno: denominated
a nßtei-scwo.iirepkorsattaotres
thatd
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go
down
wSita Saturday
stye.
t,t Iwi eh
when
nnd theyinspoebesteorrve
observed
o theti y weremale
prisoner, Cornelius Teurney, coming out of
rublic-bouse, kept .hr Mr. Dormer,
.andth,esPusin7er tAinic;
the prisoner to be an' utterer of .4 -• ,
in to rule what he had bean theretbf.oer.c 'Tube; sfeiru.tindßilbhhayt
h.: had been attempting to Ltter a base shilling. Tory
followed the prisoner further, and he went into the Bowl-
ing-green public-house, kept by Mr. Htl, and there
they afterwards found that he had offered anctber base
shilling. They followed him to a third house, where he
offered a base -shilling again. They there appreLeaded
hi n. He said he did not live in the town, basing but just
ar,ived froni Sheffield. They bad reason to disbelieve
his story, and took him to a number of grocers' shops in
Salford, until at longth they found ono at which he had
been in the habit of buying grocery, and thus succeeded
in finding evidence. In the house they found the female I
Prisoner, who at first said she was his wife, but, on a hint
from Te,reey, afterwards said that her name was Mary
Richardson,` and she hal never seen him before. On
searching
the house the? re-ecived a piece cf Lreken wood
in the wall, and, on looking behind it, a mould for coining
shillings was touncl there, and five base shillings, evidently
from the same mould, were found there also. The prise-
ners were committed for trial at the .issizes,Manchester
Times,