The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-22 00:00:00

In '
THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD, A DU.,Li'
of the
General Sir George Murray being President ())ll'
Highland Society of London) that night, anrt, ob'
Hogg seated on his right hand, Mr. Lockha 030
serving that his old friend never proposed for
gave him a hint in a whisper, knowing well. coo°'
tiality for a certain class of society in his nati`',/,gi
try. On receiving the hint the shepherd sPrie tlO
his feet and threw his plaid over his shoui"i 'esrk
homely countenance glowing with ardour, while n'oille"
dressed Sir George as follows. The speech isgertel#
word for word ; and as it has never been relrted°
give it for the first time, and expect to see it
letters of gold in the Northern Papers :---"
George, you have given to-night the healths °oo)
b
of
of the first nobility of the United Kingdom, 0811
these who are connected with this society, 11'
others who are not. You have, moreover, s l
them in scores, under certain great leaders;,
il
suppose, you think you have included them 81 511Wii
never were farther mistaken, Sir George.
,rePi
no •
therefore, with your permission, toast a bilitV
xe°lt ,
superior to them all. I'll give you, Sir,
prosperity to the only legitimate nobility in I.tles''/
dom, nay, in the world--a nobility wiinaejoi,i
King or Government can bestow, and n° hotels°l
Government take away—the Chiefs of the 'vl;so
Clans.' Their's are patriarchal titles, ten t tbs,l,
times more venerable, and of higher resr
courtly ones, which can be obliterated at the corP';
caprice of a Sovereign. But no attainder, "°l,berel,
cation, can affect the Highland Chiefs in their
rights of nobility. They have their charters.o
higher source than the lordlings you have 1510
They hold them from the King of 1-learetil")j
I say again, that no power or influence .41k,
, can either bestow them or take them EtwilY) tv,r
now, Sir George, when I am on my feet, ant,
ing on this subject, I cannot help appeahle fori,
whom I know to be a sterling Highlander in t 101 Al
sense of the term, and to have all the patriareopicrof
ing of that brave original people—is it not a 'liter,/
thing in society not to give the ladies and (lag j 10,
Highland chiefs honorary titles ? I think'
Opt
proved to you that they are the highest of our 110
ps
so that the title of lady is not gratuitous, hut r e5i51,114.
tural, that I wonder any well-bred person 0" s".O
It is true they get these titles among their °lbela
and people, which is beautiful ; but to hear crelf to
London, and even in Edinburgh, addressed 0 15
if they were the wives of grocers and butchA e7old
me perfectly insufferable and disgusting. Thtivise
I am, and rather infirm too, I would not be i°
nian to call Lady Glengarry Mrs. Mactioo„—ee c ire
me, or any of them all. I once sent a cha-ueossli,lo,
very particular and esteemed friend of my
he
Chief of Macleod, for calling his own lady the test
cleod before me. He apologised, by Sarrill by' 'lf to
deemed he had a right to call his own wife, wrote,,
title he pleased. I denied the position, an Ifacjeal
him again, that it was not the insult to Lad, claisl,rl
that I resented, but it went to invalidate the•• huntf
all the wives and daughters of the other nt o
Chiefs. He thought himself obliged to aced,challenge, at which I was terribly alarine
esr 'ICC° $'
always thought he would recant and yield, d to $:
as Lady Macleod sent me a note to star'of
system, for I was right. We met in a rep.t
jnol;
the back of Great Cumberland-street. of for;
Argyll was his second, and Mr. Davids° fterir bf
loch was mine. We fired I know not how' °fooall,o,et
got so frightened I lost my senses, and just boo"
random, as if I had been an automaton. the I',#e
stood to him, till at last he wounded me in, pOtiFtefs
and I fell ; but even when lying flat I woo dog of
up the genuine claim that the wives and thei titleibe
of acknowledged Highland Chiefs have oti sil
lady. " The Highland Chiefs,”---2
honours—three times repeated.
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„aggocc e
BIR H S
On the 18th inst., at BrightonT , the. Lady Jane 1,0
urs•
of a daughter, which survived its birth only a few
lady of
On the 20th inst., at Kensington Palace, the l3.
Barrow, Esq., of a son. f titer',
On the 20th inst., at Brokenhurst, the lady °
Esq., of a son. f a of J 3
On the 18th inst., the Lady Louisa Whitmore, °the /a
On the 16th inst., at Ambleside, Westmoreland' a '
°t he
of
dell Frederick Noyes, Esq., of a son. .rriof tbe 10
On the 20th inst., Mrs. Cheer, of Finsburr,°',434,
On the 19th inst., in York-terrace, Regent t'
the Rev. Wm. Dodsworth, of a daughter. fhq