The Sun.
London, England, 1815-07-18 00:00:00

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HIGHLAND (iCIDITY OF SCOMAND.

A gen'eral -Meeting of thin Society was held in
thes!Nill of the Rival Colle!.'ze of Physicians, Eillll-,
lniv'n; fin Mon-daY se' n night ic44 ve as attended
`be the t:H on. the Lord Chief .insticv,Cleuk, Lord
Loral Heenrand, Unnourabl
. Nor cm, ''Sir John Sinclair, Sir Gr.orgy M7)-eken-
'2.e, Sir 'George Steward, 'Sir Jolea.l‘lacGregor
lAlurrny,'Sir A. Muir. MaCti.enzic,:and Sir A. Mac-
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Oonahr.Lockhart, Baronets; Mr. Innes of Luc-
M. P. Geneial Graham StirVax,' A(lmiral
Fraser, and other respectahle Members of the Si)-
. • eiet y; to the of ninety. .In absence of his
(-;race Ira! Duke of Buceleugh, President .of the
Society, Right llOnourabie Sir Johu.Sinciair, Bt.
-in-the Chair, when-after a ballot, a., required by
'the Rules of the Society, the following were duly
admitted Mendiers .
'Nioo Noble the Marquis of Bute,
Lieutenant-General Right Honourable Lord Niddry, '
Sir Thomas Lit iogston, of West Quarter, Bart.
Stewart Menzies, Esq. of Culdares,
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'William Napier, Esq. of Blackstone,'
Colonel David Stewart,•Garth, •
11Nornom Lockhart, Esq., Writer to the Signet,
Jame 3 Macuair, Esq. of Ghtsgow,
John Flen.-y., Esq. of Curse,
'Valium Coda-line,. Ek. of Ladyland,
Alexander Robertson, Esq. of Hathjaig, Colonel Honoui:able
East Ilona Coriipany's Service,
John mot's Crkw.ord, Esq. of Bellfield,Cleghorn-house, La-
fraAltshi rc,
D'uncan Shall, Esq. Factor to Chinronald.
Sir Jon !ti S:NCLAIR stated, that io the course
of last spring he had visited Flanders, to ascertain
the circusustauces which 'enabled the farmers_ (if
that counlry to sell their wheat, and other grains,
at a c..ever rate than we could rake them. That
though our agriculture teas in several respects
superior to that of Flanders, yet, lie was conl-
vinced, iii the course of his 'inquiries, that -we
might detive several valuable- hints front our Fle-
mish brethren—that, iii particular, there was
reason to hope, by adopting the mode of dressing
wheat practised in Flanders, we might,escape the
and that by cultivating winter instead of
spring barley, the quality of the grain would be
great y improved, and the crop would ripen much
earlier.••
The Meeting voted the Thanks of the Society
to'Sir John Sinclair,,for this new proof of his at-
tention to the interests of agritulture.
Upon considering a report of the standing Com-
.Thit:ec on-Machinery; the Society, or, the Motion
of Sir A. Mutn-MAcKENztu, voted a premium
of
twenty guineas to Mr. John Rutliven, printer in
Edinburgh, for a printing-press invented by him.'
A premium was likewise voted to Mr. Altx.
Mackid, mill-wright, Thurso, for his- turifip cutter
utain an improved _construction, trausinitti.d to
the„Society„
Mr. TACT stated the progress made towards an
equalisation of weights and measures—that dor-
iag the present session a Bill hail been hitt-whir al
into Parliament, oy S;r George Clerk, founded on
the Report of the Committee of the house
.of
Ciiintnnns, of last session, lin this subjectihat
the Bill: with amendments, had been printed by
order of the House, in order to its being again
• mutt oduced, in as complete a state as possible,
early in the next session, when there was every-
. prospect of its being passed into a law. The So.:
day requested Sir George Clerk to continue his
laudable exertions in this. business until the ob-
ject i t view shnuld he accomplished.
Lord BANNATYSIT stated the prligress made in
- a compilation of a Gaelic dictionary, a particular
repie,l of which had , been laid before the Com-
mittee of the Society, upon this and relative ob-
. 'jeers, by the Rev. Dr. INPLeod, of Kilmarnock--
His Lordship,• at the same time, brought in the
' View of the Society, a hook recently published
by James Grant, Esq. of Corryinonny, upon the
history and language of the Gad, when the thanks
of the Society were voted to Mr: Grant, for this
learned and ingenion. treatise, which it recom-
mended to the notice of its members.
'The Meeting-voted its ,thanks to the Society of
Minitlactures, and Commerce, London, for
contaiunicating to this Society a complete set of
- the 'fratislictions of that respectable Institution.
Mr. A. CAmysin.i. having laid before the So-
ciety the plan of the work entitled "
Anthology," designed to connect the national
music, particularly that of the Highlands, with
hit;torical events, the Society, after .hearing the
lionOnrable Baron Norton, Sir A. Muir Mac-
kenzie, and Mr. Graham Dalyell, resolved to en-
• .1 tountAe the work, by voting thirty guineas to Mr.
• Camdliell, towards deftaying the expeiices that
Inn!" be incurred in making. the collection.
'the Meeting was gratified to find that the esta-
. b_shinent of Parish, or Saving Banks, to which
th Society had sometimo ago called the atten-
rto ; of the country, by a published report, had
bee •; very generally aJOpied , and proinised the
inns` beneficial results, particularly to the Indus-
and.labouring classes of the community.
\t.TER SCOTT., in an tlmpiew address
to thz tiociety, called its attention' to the late glo-
rious battles in Flanders, in which he described
the rin ci pal features of thole memorable achieve-
m,los —the share ~bielt tip! ,Scottish and High-
' land r-giments '11;1,1 in them, and 'suggested the
propriety .of the SoCiety's inark!ng its sense of the
titstin!;niisha gallantry and exploits of their cOun-
trymLat on this occashin. Mr. Scott proposed
Resolutions upon the subject, which having been
seconded by Lard- 11;innaty..e, and impressively
sno!iciv to by rite Lord Justice Clerk, the Pre.es,
- and other Members, the SOciety nuauimously
odopted the Resolutions, ttiti named a Committee
to have them ("o).6ed into effect.
othtr nuitters.-having been referred to tine
'Director*, the thaAks ot the,.tp.eeting were voted
to the prc,F,;, for I! s conduct ill the chair, and his
attention i 4/ the ioterestS of the Society.

Mutt" regret to barn, that on Wed
uesii;tv !.,it, Mr. THOMAS LRA HY, High Constable
of the liaronyof Kilnanianaglh, flails waylalll aod
murdered t,:. a giin4 0.1 his reinill
S front the fair of :::ooOnity. lie Bras
knocked oil his horse, an4'. neat:m to death with
tones ; and the he rode shAreti the fate of
1 is ma:l r. Lt:aby was a in:io of excellent
thFracter--an,l the assignahle cause f(tr the horrid
Image coionitted on hint, was the eousc,e,tious
iseharge of his duty.—Clonmel Adverli.scr.