The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-19 00:00:00

SCOTLAND,.

On the 12th iast. a fez-tie-joie was fired in the
Green of Glasgow, by the troops of the.garrisone
in honour of the Prince Regent's birth-day.; and .
the gentlemen of his Royal Highness's household
.dined together at the Prince of Wales tavern, Dr.
Jeffray in the chair, and Dr.. Freer, croupier,
when many loyal and appropriate toasts were
given,
evening and the was passed with, great cdn-
viviality.
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A number of the respectable- inhabitants of
Kelso dined together on Wednesday, in honour
Of the Prince Regent's birth -day, when niaoy ap-
peopriate toasts were given,, and the evening was
spent with much conviviality.
Oa the evening of Tuesday, and early on tha
Iporning of Wednesday, a rural festival was given
by the Earl of Buchan, at Dryburgh Abbey, at
the masonic dedication of a very simple and
pleasing building of the lonic Order, which was
founded on the 12th day of August last year,with
the design of doing honour to the memory of
Thomson, the poet of the Seasons, on the baaks
of his native stream. With this dedication was
combined the celebration of the birth-day of his
Royal Highness the Prince Regent.
On Wednesday a person was brought up from
Greenock to Glasgow, suspected of being a pri-
soner of war endeavouring to make his escape.
On Tuesday one' of the passage boats plying
between Gourock and the Broomielaw was met
by a sloop going down, the crew of which omit-
ting to drop the dragging rope, it came in contact
with the mast of the passage boat and broke it.
It fell upon a poor woman's hand, and unfortu-
nately fractured threCof her fingers. Some of
the passengers, apprehensive of- danger, imme-
,diately landed, and- proceeded to Glasgow on
foot.
A poor. man, a collier at Gilmerton, who ate
a very hearty supper on Sunday evening last, a
few minutes' after dropped down, and. instantly
expired.
fERTII, MG. 11—Yesterday being the 'birth-
day of the Prince Regent, .a feu-de joie was fired
by the Ilitary on the North. Inch at noon. The
line amounting, we suppose, to aboet 1800 men,
consisted of the Rerifrewshire and ifeshire regi-
ments of Militia, and of the 2d regiment of Royal
Perthshire Local Militia. It Was under the di-
rtetion of Major-General Dinham, who has
taken the command of the garrison here. After
bring, the ai:ferent corps passed the General in.
open order, and saluted, and went through a few
evolutions, which were executed with, much pre
vision. The Local Militia did themselves great
'credit, though they had on this oecasion to stand
a comparison with two of the best' disciplined 'mi-
litia corps in the kingdom. The former, we hear,,
are to' lie reviewed to-morrow. •
The French-prisoners who were brought to the
depot here, on Thursday last, from Dundee, were
',lodged tile preceding night in the ::Larch of &a-
tone, where, it is said, they contrived to draw
many of the. nails from the seats, and break a
number of the panes of the windows ; and one of
their- number stole the two morteloths (palls) be-
, longing to the church,—The beadle being sent
after them to, the depot„ the theft was instantly,
discovered, which so incensed the prisoners
against the thief, that they called out to, have hint
punished, and asked permission to do so, by a
cauft-martial. Having held, this court, they or-
, dered hhu a naval flogging, of two _dozen, with
the end of a hard rope. The culprit was tied to
a lamp-post, and with the first lash thieblOod
sprung ; the punishment went on. to 17 lashes,
when the poor creature. fainted away, but has,
seven more lashes yet to receive when he is able

to Caem.
The following circumstance .which occurred a
few days ago in this neighbourhood is inserted as
a caution to those who have the charge of chil-
dren :—A chilli about three years of age, being
left in a room where there was -a bottle with a
small quantity of'whisky (supposed to be about a
a gill), emptied the,spirits into a tea cup, and
continued to take-small quantities, till it had
sipped up the whole. It .was soon after seized
with a heavy drowsiness, and towards midnight
grew so ill, th. medical advice was procured.
This, however, was ineffectual, 'and the poor
child -died.

HAUNTED CASTLE.—The persons employed in
the-excavations which it has been necessary to
make in the improvement of the Gardens of the
Luxembotirg, have discovered the foundation of
a turret belonging to the famous Castle de Van-
vert, built in the 10th century by Robert, King of
Fran e. It was abandoned by his successors, and
became very celebrated in the dark ages, in eon-
.sequence of its being supposed that a number of
spirits had taken up their residence there. They
were accustomed, it was said, to howl most terri-
bly, and-to'-wander about, clanking their chains.
There was one green monster among them in par,
titular, who had a bushy heard (no barber having
been found bold enough to offer his services at the
Castle) and who seemed always:ready to seize the
passengers ; but it was thought by some unreason-
ably incredulous persons, that the phantoms were
in -reality rebellious linms, who sheltered them-
selves in-the Castle from the power of their Sove-
feig%is. St. Louis, wishing to, put an end to the
terror which had arisen from the tales told with
",respect to this Pandamonimn, made a present of
' it to the Carthnsians, who having duly exorcised

the spirits, and demolished the edifice, built a
monastery on the site of it, in the walls of which
, they placed several of the stones of the Castle,
with inscriptions, importing, that as long as they
were carefully preserved, the Devil could find no
ingress to the monastery.' Time place is now much
visited by the idle and curious, and•each person, as
he inspects the remains of the old turret, tells
some favourite tradition with respect to its former
spiritual inhabitants. •
THE CARLISLE METEOR.---011 Monday week a
brilliant meteor was observed from Carlisle, ap-
parently 40 yards in length! and afoot in diameter.
It began to kindle frown the north about nine at
night, and;stationed itself 'in the air between the
bastions of the, Court-houses, wher, in the pre-
' sence, of many people, it vanished.

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