The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-15 00:00:00

HIGHLAND SOCIETY.

(From the Palladium, Charlottetown, Prince Edward
Island.)
A special general meeting of this Society was held on
the 2nd ult., at the Royal hotel.
The Hon. the President laid before the meeting the
following leter:—
" Secretary's Office, March 28, 1844.
" Sir,—l am desired by the Lieutenant-Governor to
inform you, that in consequei,ce of recent public
measures with relation to the Government-house, his
Excellency deems it necessary to VI ithdraw his name
from the several public institutions of the island. And
I am therefore directed to request, that,his Excellency
may no longer be considered as Chief of the Highland
Society of this island.'—l have the honour to be, Sir,
your obedient, humble servant,
(Signed) " T. H. HAVILAND, Secretary.
"The Hun. Charles Young, President
of the Highland Society."
Whereupon, the meeting came to a resolution as fol-
lows, which was carried by a majority :
Resolved, That the Society regrets ghat his Excellency
the Lieutenant-Governor should have withdrawn himself
from it as-its Chief; on account, as he alleges, of recent
public measures with relation to the Government-house;
that this Society being in no way identified with these. -
public measures, and having no connexion therewith,
concurs that his Excellency had no just grounds fur the
withdrawal of the influence of his name as its Chief.

The Society then prociTded to the election of a Chief',
in lieu of Sir Henry Vere Huntley, resigned ; when
C. li'Donald, Lieutenant• Colonel of the Castle 'Doran!
Regiment, was duly clips• n Chief of the Highland Society
of Prince Edward Island. _ _ _

Ordered, That Lieutenant-Colonel 111‘Donald be fur-
nished with a report of the proceedings of this meeting,
and a notification of his appointicent as Chief.—The
meeting then adjourned. By order,
CHARLES YOUNG, President.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA.
THIRD DAY, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 14.
For a Subscription Cup value 50/.
At twenty-six minutes past eleven o'clock seven yachts
started ; it was intended that they should have started
exactly at eleven o'clock, but the badness of weather
kept the yachts from their stations. They got under
weigh together, the wind blowing strong from W.N.W.
The Mystery came round the first, the Gulture second,
the Champion third, Phantom fourth, and the Gnome
fifth, when she gave in and came into harbour. The
Blue Belle, in a heavy squall, carried away her bowsprit.
Th" four vessels contii,ued the watch u second time
round the buoys', weathering the gale in a very hand-
some manner, and came iu as follows :

M. M. 5.

Mystery 2 13 30
Champion
G u !Dare
Phantom

There was only t%o seconds between the Champion
and the Gulnare. The match was a most interebting
one, but the svelither could have Is en worbe—noildog
but rain till the match %Jab nearly over, %heti it cleared,
and a more beautiful afternoon could not have been
wished for.

The Royal Yacht Squadron dinner is expected to be
very fully attended this evening. To-morrow—Fire-
works. Friday—The ball. Saturday--The Queen's
Cup.

MARGATE, AUG. 14.—(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
—The weather here for the last week has been vcr) un•
settled, with continued rains and high winds. The town
is very flat, and half the lodgings are untenanted. This
is partly owing to the unfavourable weather ; but pro-
bably more so from the exorLitant price demanded for
lodgings in good situations, which is proportionably
'lightr than in other places on the Kentish or Sussex
coast. The occupiers of the lodging-houses are not so
blameable for their charges as their landlords, who re-
ceive nearly the same rents for their property now as in
former times, when no railway communication existed
between the metropolis and Brighton, Southampton,
Dover, &c. Theie gentlemen will, however, soon find
it their interest to reduce their rents. Provisions are
also dearer here than in Ramsgate, Dover, Brighton, or
Hastings. The crops in the lsle of Thanet are most
abundant, and zf Providence should favour us with a
fortnight's fine weather, most of the grain would be
carried.

CAUTION TO LICENSED VICTUALLERS.—A most
systematic plan of plunder has been rt cently carried on,
by which licensed vicluallers have been severe sufferers,
both' in the metropolis and the suburbs, by having their
billiard-boards rubbed of ti:e whole set of balls, which
cost at least 30s. Two stylishly dressed young fellows
walk into a house, and ask to be shown into a billiard-
room, where they commence playing, at the same time
paying f,r the liquor ordered; should there be none else
present, one of them takes his departure, shortly after
followed by the other; and of course no suspicion king
raised on account of their respectable appearance, the
balls are not missed till required, and the delinquents too
far gone, escape detection. Licensed victuallers cannot
make their servants too cautious to watch strangers vi-
siting their houses; for the fellows, if not convenient to
take all, will leave one or two about the board, which
lulls suspicion, and leads the waiter to suppose all is
right, by the others being in the bags. We are happy to
state, one of the fellows, named Danes, was committed to
Newgate for trial, and convicted, for stealing the baga-,.
telle balls frora a public-house in the Bath-road. The
landlord had suspicion, though dressed so well; the
other escaped out of the house, but it is supposed he is
making a iota through Kent, as a person answering his
description was seen to pass through Greenwich, Dept-
ford, to Woolwich, and on to the Dover-road. No doubt
he will ere long take up the same quarters as his com-
panion, the convict.
Lord Saltolin has arrived on a.visit to his mother,
at Ness Castle, Invertv§szsfrtre, The safe return of tho
Noble L'l'd to his native country, from his eotemlind in
China, was celeini!"d by
bonfires and all the other de-
monstrations by which the
..aerhlauders [Lt.e accustomed
to express their joy. His Lordship anie .4.!s brother-in-
law, Mr. Grant M‘Dowall, of Arnililly, have been en-
joying the sports, of salmon fishing in the Ness, previ-
ously to the commencement of the grouse season, at his
shooting quarter of Coiguaferu.