The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-01 00:00:00

OIPSEYS-A SECOND DERNCLEUGII.

The -sbuthetn declivity of the Ualiow-hill of
Cromarty is steep and precipitous, over hung by
a thick dark wood; and skirted by a rough and
almost inaccessible shore.. Perforating the base
of one of the steepest precipices, there is a huge
cavern, which from time immemorial has been
the haunt of rock pigeons, and which, according
to tradition, once served as a garner for the
corn of an eccentric speculative man, who, with
much labour, dug up several little patches at the
foot of the cliffs, and raised upon them crops of
barley. About three years ago, the original
tenants of this cavern were dispossessed by a
tribe of gipseys, about fourteen in number, who,
evincing a taste on the occasion which would
have done honour to an anchorite, fixed upon it
as a proper place of residence; and it has since
become the Derncleugh of this part of the
country. From the sequestered site. of the
cavern, which is nearly inaccessible froM the sea,
and only to be approached from above by a
rough narrow path which winds along the edge
of a lofty overhanging precipice, some time
elapsed before this accession to the population of
the country was known to the other iolnibitants ;
and boatmen who passed the cave during the
night, startled by strange sounds and sudden
lights, concluded it was the haunt of evil spirits.
Some time since it was suspected to contain
spirits of' a different kind. A crew of coast-
guardmen who were stationed on the opposite
side of the frith, when engaged in some night
expedition which led them abreast of the cave,
were surprised to see a large fire blazing at its
farthest extremity. Their boat's bead was im-
mediately turned' towards it, but after some head
rowing, their hope of a seizure was frustra'cd for
the time by two legions of angry combatants
who were engaged in a fierce and noisy strif'e
within a few yards of the cavern's mouth. Rough
pointed rocks and foaming waves: are head-
strong ungovernable things, so, without any
mention being made of the authority of the
King, the boatmen rowed for the town of
Cromarty, a distance of nearly four miles, where
they were informed that the poor inhabitants
of the cavern, so fiir from being defaulters
of the revenue, were, on the contrary, better
supporters of at least that part of it which is de-
iived from the duties on ardent spirits, than tact
who value themselves much more on their loyalty.
A few days since there was a report current in the
neighbouring town that a wedding was to take
place in this cave; and it was visited on. Friday last
by two men, who went thither in the expecta-
tion of seeing the ceremony performed. Some
years since a couple of a similar tribe were mar-
ried in the vicinity of Avoch by an old gipsev,
who read over to them the marriage service from
the book of common prayer, a feat which he
achieved without much spelling, and when he
had concluded the knot was considered as indiss
solubly tied. The visitors of Friday last were in
the hope of witnessing something similar, but
the gipseys of the cave, from their entertaining
higher ideas of the sanctity of the marriage vow,
considered that it could only be properly taken
in the presence of thc priest; and in procuring
one they were as much disappointed as the
Cromarty men were in not witnessing the cere-
mony. The latter, however, did not entirely
lose their labour, as it gave them an opportunity
of taking a minute observation of the household
economy of the tribe. The cave which they
hOd formerly seen covered over with grey lichens;
and overhung with bunches of fern, now re-
minded them of Virgil's description of the wog k-
shop of Vulcan. A cloud of smoke issued from
it as from the crater of a volcano, and through
the haze two huge fires were dimly discernible.
At one of these an old woman was employed in
baking, and directly behind her a savage looking
young fellow was busied in the manufacture of
spoons. In one side of the cave, and coiled un
in a heap of dried grass and withered fern, which
served the double purpose of bed and couch,
there was a young and rather good-looking
woman (probably the bride) engaged in sewing.
On the other side, and at the other fire, two
women were watching the progress of a large
pot. Near them a middle-aged man was ham-
mering a piece of tin ; and a whole horde of
children, miserably deficient in the article of
clothing, were basking at the fires, which, from
their occupying the middle of the cavern, were
centres of large circumference. In the mouth
of the cave, and apparently regarding the whole
scene with a quiet interest, there stood an excel-
lent study for Yorick, a young ass, the common
property of the tribe ; and at the foot of a cliff a
little distant, there were three stout young fellows
engaged in gathering fuel. The visitors seated
themselves in the middle of the horde on two
smooth blocks of granite which had been rolled
from the neighbouring beach ; and as a large
snuff horn which one of them carried served as a
common friend to introduce them to the gipseys.,
they were soon engaged with them ilicoirsaraa.
tion. " And were you really in this avid cave;'
said one of the visitors, after a number of topics
had been discussed in a manner by no means
common place, " were you really in this
wild cave during the late dreadful storm. I
wonder to find you all alive," " Alive !" es-
claimed the aged matron, " alive, dye say ! what
wad make us dee ! The ive buss aboon,
there, made an unco sough a' night long, an'the
sea yonner routed like a wheen o' mad kve, but
ne'er a bit o' the storm came near us. :Honest
man, this is a canny bield ; there were monv
gentles waur lodged yon night. Dec, forsooth,
my thither had a gay rough life o't ; a dikeside
oftener far her bed than a snug hauld like this,
an' it's only last year she dee'd. Her years were
aboon a hunder, an' for the last wheen I had to
carry her on my back." This was the first of a
long and animated dialogue in the same style ;
and when 'the visitors took their departume, it
was under an impression that human happiness
depends much less on external circumstoneca
than the great bulk of mankind seem to ima-
gine.—lnverness Courier.

DIEPPE.—We were most agreeably surprised
by the unexpected arrival of the Duke of CLAnExcx.
under the title of Earl of Munster, who came with his
Duchess and suite by the Talbot packet, Captain Non-
WOOD. Their Royal Highnesses are sojourning at the
Albion Hotel, where it is expected they will remain about
ten days, on a visit to the sister of the Duchess. His
Royal Highness attended divine service on Sunday at the
Protestant Chapel, and heard a most excellent sermon. by
the Rev. Bishop LoscounE, who had the honour of
preaching before their Royal Highnesses.

The potato-growers round London are busily
employed in dicging up and housing thyir crops, which
are, in general, abundant in quantity and excellent in

CHILD MurtnEn..---we have to state, in re-
ference to the murd. rat Stephenstoue, the seat of the
Rig' t J-lon. Lord ItoLLE, that ANN SIITH has ma le a
full confession of her guilt, and swore hef tie two Magis-
trates that ele father olthe child is WILLIAM Dr-
TAME, a cook to Lord Dem. Site asserted that he first
seduced her, and that by him, also, she had the murdered
b the. She had made no preparation whatsoever fur the
bi tb OF the child.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(From the Messager des Chambres of Tuesday.)
SECOND EDITION.

PARIS, SEPT. 29.—From the news from the
East, given by the German Papers, it results that
negociations in fact commenced on the Ist of Sep-
tember at the Russian head-quartets at Adrianople,
that on the 3d the negociations were supended, but
not broken off, the Turkish Commissioners having
asked a delay to consult their Government on one
point, namely, the occupation of Rudschuk, Ghiur-
gevo, and Shumla, by the Russians, as a security.
The delay granted was to expire on the 14th Sep-
tember, when the treaty was to be ratified by the
Porte. Meantime the march of the Russians were
not suspended, and on the sth of September their
advanced posts were within ten or fifteen leagues of
Constantinople.

(From the Allgemeine Zeitung of Sept. 25, received with

the Express. )

PERA, SEPT. 6.—The state of the capital is very
alarming, and only a speedy peace can preserve it from
a dreadful catastrophe, which would lead to the over-
throw of the Turkish empire. A conspiracy directed
by astrologers, very powerful men, the object, which
was no less than the assassination of the Sultan and
his son, was, indeed, discovered in time to take
measures of security, and save the Sultan, but the
same spirit prevails. The approach of the enemy's
army, the advanced posts of which are only ten
leagues from Pera, would produce a general revolu-
tion, and give the evil minded courage to execute
their plans. The English Ambassador has there-
fore thought fit to have a number of English ships
of war come to the harbour to receive the Sultan, in
case of need, and protect the English subjects. At
the same time, in concert with Count Guilleminot,
he has applied to General Diebitsch, representing
to him the state of the capital, and asking him to
delay his military operations. This last point is
said not to have been granted, but the Russian
General appears purposely to relax the march of his
troops towards the capital, in order to leave the
Sultan time to sign the conditions of peace, for
which purpose the 13th of September is fixed. It
appears, therefore, beyond doubt, that the peace will
be definitively signed on the 14th, especially as the
demands of Russia are not extravagant, and every
thing is done on the part of England and France to
put an end to the war. It is said, that in case of
need the Coutts of England and France will take
upon them to guarantee the punctual execution
of the treaty by the Porte. The conditions are
stated to be as follows :—lst, The fulfilment of
the Treaty of Akermann.-2(11y, Free navigation
for the Russian men-of-war and merchantmen to
and from the Black Sea-3dly, ten millions of
ducats as an indemnity for the expenses of the war.
—4thly, Indemnification of the Russian merchants
for their losses of late years—(to be subsequently
determined at St. Petersburgh.)-sthly, The for-
tresses of Ghiurgevo and lbrailoff to be
razed.-6thly, The cession of the fortresses
of Anapa, Poti, and Akhalzik in Asia for ever.-7th,
A new political regulation for Moldavia and Walla-
chia, which should pay an annual tribute to the
Porte, but only in money, and to a limited amount,
and whose hospodars should he named in concert by
the Russian Emperor and the Sultan, but without
the Porte having a right to interfere otherwise in
the internal government. As for the Treaty of
London, it will probably not be mentioned in the
Treaty of Peace, except to notice that the Porte
engages to terminate the affair without delay, in
concert with the Three Powers. It is said that the
Turkish Commissioners at first hesitated to sub-
scribe to these terms but the Russian General de-
claring that if they were not ratified by the 13th of
September he would enter Constantinople, they
agreed to every thing, and besought the Sultan to
ratify it without delay.
(From the Austrian Observer of Sept. SO.)
VIENNA. SEPTA 9.—Metalliques, 1001; Bank Shares,
1184.—(No news from Turkey in the Austrian Obs.)

PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 29.—Five per Cents.
107 f. 15c. 107 f. 1061. 95c. 1071. 1071. sc. 10e. ; Three
per Cents., S 1 f. 25e. 30e. ; Bank Stock, 18451. ;
Reates de Naples, 87f. 13e. 20e. 15c. ; Roca! Spanish
Loan, 73, 72j 73.; Bente Perp. d'Esp. 50 ; Hay-
tian Loan, 3501. Exchange on London, one month, 25f.
65c.; three months, 25f. 45c.