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 letter:—
" Secretary's Office, March 28, 1844.
" Sir,—l am desired by the Lieutenant-Governor to
inform you, that in consequence of recent public
measures with relation to the Government-house, his
Excellency deems it necessary to withdraw 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. 11. HAVILAND, Secretary.
"The Hon. 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 that 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the Lieutenant-Governor should have withdrawn himself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 for the
withdrawal of the influence of his name as its Chief.
The Society then proceeded to the election of a Chief,
in lieu of Sir Henry Vere Huntley, resigned • when R.
C. 111‘Donal'i, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Castle Tioram
Regiment, was duly chos n Chief of the Highland Society
of Prince Etlward Island.
Ordered, That Lieutenant-Colonel M'Donald be fur-
nished with a report of the proceedings of this meeting,
and a notification of his appointment as Chief.—The
meeting then adjourned. By order,
CHARLES YOUNG, President.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRXSYONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA.
THIRD DAY, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 14.
For a Sdbscription Cup value 501.
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 Guloure second,
the Champion third, Phantom fourth, and the Gnome
fifth, when the gave in and came into harbour. The
Blue Belle, in a heavy squall, carried away her bowsprit.
The four vessels continued the match a second time
round the buoys, weathering the gale in a very hand-
some manner, and came in as follows :

H. H. H.
Mystery 2 13 30

Champion
Gulnare
Phantom
There was only two seconds between the Champion
and the Gulnare. The match was a most interesting
one, but the weather could not have been worse—nothing
but rain till the match was nearly over, when 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.

Lumincay.
correspondent we learn that the sport on the moors in
THE TWELFTH or AUGUST.-From a Cumberland
Cumberland and Westmoreland, on Monday, was most
excellent. Birds were plentiful, but it required the
x greatest ingenuity to come within range of them, they
MARGATE, AUG. 14.--FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) being universally strong OH the wing. The Hon. Col.
—The weather here for the last week has been very un - Lowther, Sir James M'Adans' W. Holmes, Esq., and
settled, with continued rains and high winds. The town other gentlemen, on Shap and Birkbeck Fells, the pre-
is very flat, and half the lodgings are untenanted. This serves of the Earl of Lonsdale, made a tolerable good
is partly owing to the unfavourable weather ; but pro- day's sport. Colonel Lowther bagged sixteen brace, but
bably more so from the exorbitant price demanded for his sporting companions were not quite so fortunate. Sir
lodgings in good situations, which is proportionably George Musgrave of Eden Hall, Bart., Capt. Salmond, and
higher than in other places on the Kentish or Sussex
others, were more successful on the worthy Baronet's
coast. The occupiers of the lodging-houses are not so
blameable for their charges as their landlords, who re- preserves, on the moors near Kirby Stephen, in
Westmoreland. Sir George, we understand, brought
ceive nearly the same rents for their property now as in down twenty-five brace, and the other gentlemen of his
former times, when no railway communication existed
company made some excellent sport. W. Marshall, Esq.,
between the metropolis and Brighton, Southampton,
M.P., who was accompanied by three other gentlemen,
Dover, &c. These gentlemen will, however, soon find
on Crossfvll, traversed many a weary mile, and on their
it their interest to reduce their rents. Provisions are
return to the shooting box on the Fell, in the afternoon,
also dearer here than in Ramsgate, Dover, Brighton, or
were well loaded with fine birds. H. Howard, Esq., of
Hastings. The crops in the Isle of Thanet are most
Greysteke Castle, and his friends, were on Skiddaw
abundant, and if Providence should favour us with a
Forest, where the birds were numerous, but being packed
fortnight's fine weather, most of the grain would be
together in large numbers, they were difficult to come
carried. at. However, by unwearied perseverance, they made a
CAUTION TO LICENSED VICTUALLERS: A most good day's sport, killing eight brace each on an average.
systematic plan of plunder has been recently carried on, Accounts received from several other moors say that the
by which licensed victuallers have been severe sufferers, birds are numerous, but, in consequence of the long-
both in the metropolis and the suburbs, by having their continued dry state of the weather during the hatching
billiard-boards robbed of the whole set of balls, which season, they are packed and remarkably wild.
cost at least 30s. Two stylishly-dressed young fellows MEMORIAL TO THE LATE EARL OF DURHAM.--
walk into a house, and ask to be shown into a billiard- On the 28th instant the foundation-stone of this tribute
room, where they commence playing, at the same time to the late Peer will be laid on Pensher-bill, with
paying for the liquor ordered; should there be none else masonic ceremonies, by the Earl of Zetland, the Grand
present, one of them takes his departure, shortly after Master of the order.—Tyne Mercury.
followed by the other; and of course no suspicion being OLD GUNS FOR THE Towßß.—One of the three
raised on account of their respectable appearance, the
long brass guns brought from Aden to this country, and
balls are not missed till required, and the delinquents too
deposited in the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, has been
far gone, escape detection. Licensed victuallers cannot
selected for conveyance to the Tower, to be permanently
make their servants too cautious to watch strangers vi- deposited amongst the other specimens of engines of de-
siting their houses; for the fellows, if not convenient to struction in that ancient fortress. There is a lengthened
take all, will leave one or two about the board, which inscription near the breach of the gun, in Persian or
lulls suspicion, and leads the waiter to suppose all is Hindostunee characters ; and some idea of the value of
right, by the others being in the bags. We are happy to this piece of ordnance may be formed, when it is known
state, one of the fellows, named Danes, was committed to that it weighs 7 tons 5 cwt. and 191b5., and is 17 feet in
Newgate for trial, and convicted, for stealing the bags- length. The value of ordnance is calculated at 1831.
ton. The other two brass guns brought from Aden and
deposited in the Royal Arsenal are each about the same
per
telle balls front a public-house in the Bath-road. The 1
landlord had suspicion, though dressed so well; the I
other escaped out of the house, but it is supposed he is dimensions as the one intended for the Tower. An iron
1
making a tour through Kent, as a person answering his
gun, about eight feet long, recently brought home from
description was seen to pass through Greenwich, Dept-
the Isle of France, and having the fleur-de-lis and cap of
kilogramme. denoting, it
The
iron thatgun
ford, to Woolwich, and on to the Dover-road. No doubt liberty engraven near the breach, has been set aside for
he will ere long take up the same quarters as his coo-
the same destination. It is numbered 11, and the figures
panion, the convict. 2,300 areg s cutthat a
number
ut hmeb ebrr breach,
aocfb,
Lord Saltoun has arrived on a visit to his mother, it weighs
at Ness Castle, Inverness-shire. The safe return of the , must be, from its appearance, at least half a cen.ury old,
Noble Lord to his native country, from his command in and is a very close approximation in pattern and in every
China, was celebrated by bonfires and all the other de- other respect to Monk's guns, and tends to confirm the
monstrations by which the Highlanders are accustomed old adage, " there is nothing now under the sun."
to express their joy. His Lordship and his brother-in- LATEST FROM AMERICA.—" Did you present your
law, Mr. Grant M'Dowall, of Arndilly, have been en- account to the defendant ? " inquired a lawyer of his
joying the sports of salmon fishing in the Ness, previ- ' client. "I did, your Honour." "And what did be say?,,
onsly to the commencement of the grouse season, at his 1 you "He told me to go to the Devil." " And what did do
shooting quarter of Coignelern. I then ?" " Why, then I came to you."