The Sun.
London, England, 1802-07-08 00:00:00

HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND.

A General Meeting.of this Society, in terms of
their Charter, ,was held in their
,Hall here on Mon-
day last, at which there was a numerous and .re-
speaable attendance of Noblemen Gentlemen ;
when, in absence of His Grace the Duke of ARGYLL,'
President of the Society, the Earl of MORAY, one
of its Vice-Presidents, was called to the Chair ; and
after a Ballot, as required by the Rules of the So-
ciety, thirty-six were duly admitted MeMbers.:
• • The Secretary reported, that in terms of the

struations of last General Meeting, a Memorial on
the part ofithis Society had been transmitted to ;en.
tain Members of Administration, stating, in the
most forcible terms, the sense the Society entertained
of the propriety and necessity of. Government/ set-
, ting on foot some Public Works of utility in the
Highlands, particularly the facilitating communica..
tions by Roads and Bridges,' and also giving some.
additional encouragement to the Fisheries,' in the
view of at once affording a source ,of industry and
employment to the lower classes of the people in
Scotland, and as greatly tending to the perma-
nent improvement and benefit of the Empire at
large. And as it appeared, by an answer to the
Secretary from Lord PELHAM, Secretary of State
for the 'Home Department, and other 15tters on
the table, that Government was much disposed
to pay attention to these important • objeCts, the
Direetors had deemed it proper (especially as a good
'deal of information had lately been obtained, tending
to confirm the faCts stated in the Report laid before
. the last General Meeting, of the great utility and
necessity of some effeaual steps being speedily
taken), again to lay the matter before the Society in
a second- Report.

On motion from the Secretary, the Meeting,
with art utmost cordiality and approbation, una-
nimously resolved in the warmest manner to re-
commend to the Nbbility and Gentry of the Country
at large, especially such as are Members of this So-
ciety, and to their .Fatiors, topatronize and_ en-
tourage the recruiting for that gallant Corps the
4.2 a Regiment, or Royal Highlanders, who now,
after their well known exploits. in Egypt,. have hap:_
piiy returned to their native country and this me.
tropolis, to recruit their thinned ranks ; and the
Society have, no doubt that their Countrymen will
be proud to have their names enrolled in this highly
distinguished National Corps. •
On report from the Committee on Publications,
thanks were voted to thern for their attention and
trouble, in arranging and preparing the approved
'Essays and Communications given in to the Society.
The Secretary laid before the Meeting the Pros-
peaus of a Didionary of the Aire Cori; or ancient
Irish, compared with the language of -the Cuti, or
ancient Persians, with Hindoostanee,• the Arabic,
and Chaldean languages, by General VALLANCY,
Vice President of the Dublin Society, which had
been communicated to him by that Gentleman.
On motion from HENRY MACK ENZI E, Esq. the
Thanks of the Society were 'unanimously voted to
Major MAC LAcHLAN, of Kilbryde, ikrgyleshire,
forhis obliging communications to the Society of a
variety of curious Ancient Manuscripts in the Gaelic
and Irish languages, which had been in his family
'l4: some centuries back.