The Sun.
London, England, 1827-11-15 00:00:00

ANECDOTES OF SHEEP.

The sheep has scarcely any marked character,
save that of natural affection, of which she pos,
sesses a very 'great share. •It is otherwise a
stupid, indifferent animal, ha*ing few wants, and
fewer expedients. -The old black-faced, orforest
breed, have far more powerful capabilities than any
of the finer breeds that have been introduced
into Scotland; and therefore the few anecdotes
that I have to relate shall be confined to them.

The most singular one that I know of, to be
well. authenticated, is that of a black ewe, that
returned with her lamb from the head of Glen-
Lyon, to the farm of Harhope, in TAveeddale,
and accomplished the journey in nine days. She
was soon missed by her owner, and a shepherd
followed'her all_ the way to CriefF, - where he
turned and gave her up. He got intelligence of
her all the way, and every one told him that she
absolutely persisted in travelling on ; she,wouyt
not be turned, regarding neither sheep nor shep-
herd by the way. . Her lamb was often far be-
hind, and- she had constantly to urge it on; by iM-
patient bleating.- She unluckily came to Stirling
the morning of a great annual fair, about the end
of May, and judging it imprudent to pass through
the crowd with her lamb, she halted on the north
side of the town the whole day, where she was
seen by hundreds lying,close to the road side.÷
But next morning, when all grew quiet, a little
after the break of day, she was obserVed stealing
quietly through the town, in apparent terror of
the dogs, that were prowling about the street.
The last time she was seen on the road, was at a
toll-bar near St. Ninian's ; the man stopped her,
thinking she was a strayed animal, and that sonie
one would claim her. She tried:several times to
break through per force when he opened the gate,
but he always prevented her, and at length die
turned patiently again. She had found sore
means of eluding him, however,. for home e
came on a Sabbath morning, the 4th of Jung;
and she left the farm of Lochs, in Glen-Lyon
either on the Thursday afternoon, or Frid#
morning, the week previous but one. The f -
mer of Harehope paid the Highland farmer the
price of her, and . she lived on her native - farM
till she died of old age, in her seventeenth year..
I have heard of sheep returning from Yorl4-
shire to the Highlands ; but then I always sus-
pected that they might have been lost by the way.
But this is certain, that when one, or a few sheep,
get away'from the rest of their acquaintances,
they return home with great eagerness and pl.-
severance. I have lived beside a drove-road the
better part of my life, and many .stragglers havte
I seen bending their steps northward in the
spring of the year. A shepherd rarely sees the
journeyers twice ; if he sees them, and stops the
in the morning, they are gone long before nigh ;
:ind if he sees them at night they will be gm
'many miles before morning. This strong ta-
tachment to the place of their nativity is much
more predoMinant in our aboriginal breed, than
in any of the other kinds with which I am ad-
!
quainted.
'Mtn e is another peculiarity in their nature, of
which I have witnessed innumerable instances.
I shall only relate one, for they are all alike,
and show- how much the sheep is a creature of
habit.

A shepherd ip Blockhouse bought, a few
sheep from another in Crawmel, about ten miles
distant. In the spring following, ,one of the
ewes want back to her native place, and yeaned
on a wild hill called Crawmill Craig. On a cer-
tain day, about the beginning of July following,
the shepherd went and brought home his ewe
and lamb—took the fleece from his ewe, and
keptihe lamb for one of his. stock. The latnh
lived and throve, became a hog and a &limner,
and never offered to.leave home ; but when three
years of age, and about to have her first lamb,
she. vanished ; and. the morning after, the
Crawmel shepherd, in, going his rounds, found
her with a new-yeaned lamb on the very gair of
the Crawmel Craig, where she was lambed her-
self. She remained there till the first week of
July, the • time when she was brought a lamb
herself, and then she came home with her's of her
own accord*; and this custom she continued.
annually with -the greatest punctuality as long as
she lived. At length her lambs, when they
came of age, began the Same practice, and the
shepherd was obliged to dispose of the whole
breed.

But with regard to their natural affection, the
instances that might be mentioned are without
number, stupid and actionless creatures as they
arc. When one losses its sight in a flock of
short sheep, it is rarely abandoned to itself in
that hapless and helpless state. Some one
ways attaches itself to it, and by bleating calls it
back from the precipice, the lake, the pool, and
all dangers whatever. There is a disease among
sheep,- called by shepherds the Breakshugh, a
sort of deadly dysentery, which is as infectious
as fire in a flock. Whenever a sheep. feels itself
seized by this, it instantly absents itself froth all
the rest, shunning their society with the greatest
care ; it even hides itself, and is often very bard
to be found. Though this propensity can hardly
be attributed to natural instinct, it is, at all events,
a provision of nature of the greatest kindness and
beneficence. •

There is another manifest provision of nature
with regard to these animals, which is, that the
more inhospitable the land is, on which they
feed, the greater their kindness and attention to
their young. I once herded two years on a wild
and bare farm called Willenslee, on the border of
Mid-Lothian, and of all the sheep I ever saw,
these were the kindest and most affectionate to
their young. I was often deeply affected at
scenes which I witnessed there. We had one
very hard winter. so that our sheep'grew lean in
the spring, and the thwarter7ill (a sort of para-
lytic affection) came among them, and carried off
a number. Often have I seen these poor vic-
tims, when fallen down to rise no more, even
when unable to lift their heads from the ground,
holding up the leg, to invite the starving lamb to
the miserable pittance that the udder still could
supply. I had never seen aught more painfully
affectmg.—Hogg's Shepherd's Calendar.

THE SAILOR'S HAMAIOCK.-The Datives
of Brazil used to sleep in nets composed of the rind of the
Hamm& tree, suspended between poles fixed tight in
,the
ground, and from that the sailor's hammock derived its
name.

'We do not know whether there. was a clerk
of the fishmarket at Genoa in 16645 but Sir PuilAr
§kirroN tells us iu his Journal, that whenever a fisbekman
or fishmonger was guilty of taking or selling, unwholeSome
fish, he expiated the crime by standing for some time ex-
posed in an, on eage,• with his thumbs tied together be-
hind him.

IRISH EMIGRANTS.—WC are assured by a
entleman whO resides at Chippenharn, on• the Bristol-
road, that great numbers of the Irish poor who arc con-
veyed from the London parishes to Bristol to be sent back
by steam-boats to 'their own country, are no sooner deli-
vered at Bristol, than they return by precisely the same
week are passed by
1. that sometimes a hundred in
route to London. lie adds,
vans through Chippenham, and that
the very same faces are !seen returning in the retiree of a
iir.v days afterwards.— World.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Moniteur of Monday, Nov. 12. )

PARIS,. Nov. 1 L —We have just received from our cor-
respondent at Vienna the following letter, dated Nov. 2 :

‘‘ It is asserted.. that Prince Felix of Schwartzenberg,
who is gone to Lisbon, is the hearer not only of the accept-
ance of the Regency of Portugal by the Infant Don Miguel,
but also of the proclamation to the Portuguese, composed
and entirely written by his Royal Highness himself. The
Prince, in the most urgent manlier, calls on the Portuguese
nation to be united; and the whole. document clearly
proves that the name of his Royal Highness has been im-
properly used during the troubles, and that his Highness
has, remained the most faithful subject of his august
brother. It appears that the Prince intends to wait here
for the effect which this proclamation will produce, for
nothing is yet decided respecting his journey.
(From the Gazette de France, Nov. 13.)
(Private• Correspondence.)

"BEAULIEU, SWITZERLAND, NOV. S.

" Sir,—l have received news from Corfu of the 12th,
15th, and 18th October, .and from the camp at Voitizza,
of the 30th Sept. and 34 Oct. I receive the official coo-
firmation of the account of the Greek-fleet having burnt in
.the gulf of Lepanto six Turkish brigs, and taken three
Austrian transports.
",Gen.
.Church published, on the 22d of September. a
bulletin to thank the corps of General Coliopulc; for the
victory which he gained at Kafiari over the Turks, who
lost 700 men, 16 officers of infantry, two officers of en-
gineers, and three standards.
- " On the 2d Oct. there arrived at the camp of Vostizza
the commander of the Philomel brig, with despatches from
Admiral Codrington, addressed to Gen. Church and LOrd
Cochrane, to acquaint them, that under the present cir-
cumstances he was obliged to hinder the Greek' expeditifm
which was preparing 'against Albania.
" The Seraskier is at Zeitouni ; the Albanian troops
with threats, demand their pay, amounting to five millions
of Turkish piastres. In order to procure money, the in-
habitants are put into prison, without distinction Of age or
rank.

" Cottnt John Capo d'lstrias wits expected in Greece
with the greatest impatience. The journals have reported
that his arrival had been delayed because his presence in
Europe was advantageous to the Greek . cause
_ .

" The chiefs have approved of this delays ; but the people
continually exclaim, Where is our Governor? We de-
mand our Governor. We will not acknowledge any other
authority.' The Government had just received the Count's
letter in reply to his nomination. " EYNARD."

In the letter of Count Capo d'lstrias, which M. Eynard
guaranteed as authentic, and which is dated London, the
26th of August, the Count says, that he had received, just
as he was leaving St. Petersburgh, the decrees of.tbc Greek
Government gracing him at the head of affairs, and
authorizing him to contract a loan. He expresses a sense
of the honour they have done him, and his determination
to exert himself to the utmost. Being informed of the
fate of Athens, and the pecuniary distress of Greece, he had
sent to his brother the remains of his moderate fortune,
and desired him, if a loan should be contracted in the
lonian Islands, to take part in it, or to place in the hands
of the provisional Government the sum of 2,000/. sterling,
Which he had sent him. He had also endeavoured, with
some success, to induce Greeks settled in foreign countries
to follow his example. He promises to lose no time, and
exhorts them to union, and entire subordination to the
orderS Of the chiefs.

Pants, Nov. I2.—The German Journals arrived this
morning have no account of the late events at Navarin, but
the letters of their correspondents seem to indicate the ne-
cessity of the blow which has been struck. The Austrian
Observer, under the head of Motion, October 10," says
that Ibrahim Pacha had sent, on the 9th, a corps of 6,000
or 7,000 men to Calainata, another of 3,000 or 4,000
men towards Arcadia, and intended to go himself with a
third corps of 5,000 or 6,000 men to the district of Mains.
The Augsburgh Gazette, in a letter from Trieste, speaks
of the ravages committed by Ibrahim in the interior of the
Morea, and is surprised that the European squadrons are
contented with quietly observing the fleet.
We now know what the squadrons have done, and the
astonishing harmony between the three united nations in
one of the wonders of history.
A letter from Vienna of The 3d of November says— •
" A French courier has just past through, who btings
news from Constantinople to the 20th of October. The
city was tranquil, but the Porte seemed to be uneasy re-
specting the events approaching in the Mores, yet it had
not taken any decisive resolution.
(From the Constitutionnel.)

.MADRID, Nov. I.—His Majesty, it is said, will enter
Barcelona, escorted by a battalion and a squadron of his
guard. The command of the place will remain with the
French. The citadel and the castle of Montjoui will be
occupied exclusively by the French.
The Count de St. Priest, the new Ambassador from
France to our Court, had instructions respecting the en-
trance of the King into Barcelona.

The Cour Royale of ,Barcelona has set an example of
the firmness which distinguishes the Spanish tribunals.—
It has sent to the King a repiTsentation, in which - it ex-
poses on evidence that it is the recular and regular Clergy
of Catalonia, exclusive of the. Bishops of Barcelona and
Tarragona, who are the real promoters of the disturbances
which desolate that province. Insurgent bands have
made-their a4earance near Madrid. A troop of 25 horse-
men entered the village of 6t. Augustin d'Alcobendas the
day before yesterday,. and carried off all the
.post horses, as
well as those belonging to private individuals.
The Bishop of Calahorra is dead, and has been interred
in the habit of his order, that of the Jesuits. His tie•
phew, who is also a Jesuit, is tutor to the young Prince,
the ton of the Infant Don Carlos, th! heir presumptive to
the CrOwn.

(From the Journal des Debuts.)

Lisnow, OCT. 27.—1 n oue of my former letters I told
you, in consequence of a note from Sir Wm. A'Court,
there had been a Council of State held to decide on the
convocation of the- Extraordinary Cortes. It would ap-
pear that the Council had come to no decision on the sub-
ject, for Sir William has since addressed two notes on the
same subject, and in the last he declares Government res-
ponsible for the unfortunate events which may happen to
the country, if the convocation of the Cortes do not take
place previous to Don Miguel's arrival. On the 25th
there was another Council hell, when, notwithstanding
much op osition, the Princess Regent declared, that the
Chambers should be convoked in Extraordinary Sessions
on the 22d November, but if the Infant Don Miguel, who
is soon expected, should delay his coming until, the new
year, no extraordinary' convocation should take place, as
the Chambers meet, at any rate, on the Ist of, Ja-
nuary. The Gazette of to-day contains the following
Ordonnance

" The Government receives from every quarter the most
satisfactory intelligence. The Ambassador of his Britan-
nic Majesty at Lisbon has communicated to the Princess
Regent, by order of his Government, the most positive in-
formation of the faiourable disposition of his Royal High-
ness the Infant Don Miguel. That' Princ'e accepts the
Government of Portugal on conditions prescribed by his
august Brother, and comes to govern the Kingdom with a
firm resolution to perform all that shall be in his power, to
maintain the institutions granted to the nation by his Ma-
jesty Don Pedro IV., to which his Royal Highness is
boand by the sacred sanctions of an oath."
The whole of the intelligence received by Government
from Vienna confirms the intelligence communicated by. Sir
William A'Court. The Infant Don Miguel enjoys the
best health, and there is every reason to believe that a Pro-
clamation of that Prince will speedily announce his royal
intentions towards the nation.

(From the Journal des Debals of Monday.)
FRENCH ELECTIONS.

Pails, Nov. 11.—The most extraordinary reports have
been spread throughout Paris as to the violence to which
the Administration would have recourse to prevent the
OppOsition Papers from reaching the provinces. We hear
of couriers suppressed or only suspended ; apocryphal jour-
nals substituted for ours. This act is so culpal)lo.._it is
so roughly treated by the laws, it would cause to the
printer in whose premises the offence should have been
consummated, and the A'dministration who should be his
accomplice, such severe punishment as we could not believe.
One fact is, however, certain ; and that is, that we have
been deprived of the lists of our Addresses ; and by some
means, unknown to us, Ministeriali pamphlets, withou;, the
!lame of printer or publisher, have been substituted. The
Ministry is not content with all its misdeeds, but its de
fence even must he a violation of private property, and a
violation of the laws.

The provinces may be flattered by the esteem which the
Ministry has for them. The, Ministerial pamphlets are
carefully with‘lrawn from the penetrating eyes of the Pari-
sian readers. It thinks the provinces more easy to de--
&wive. Would the Departments justify this insult, by send-
ing.back to the Administration the smallest majority that
ever Was ?
We have received from several places these shameful
apologies. Some of them have been suited to the spirit of
the different Journals. There are Royalist ones like the
Quotidienne, and liberal ones like the Convitutionne/.

LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING; NOVEMBER 15, 1827.

We received last night the Paris Papers of
Monday, and the Gazette de France dated
Tuesday morning, but their contents are gene-
rally uninteresting, and do not furnish us with
any intelligence from Constantinople, or from the
scene of the recent victory. A letter from M.
EYNARD furnishes a few new facts relative to the
state of things. in Greece at the beginning. of
October. The Exiiedition which was preparing
by General CHURCH and Lord COCHRANE at
Vostizza, to act against Albania, had been stopped,
by a communication from Sir Enw. CODRING-
TON ; but the SERASKIER was committing
acts of great severity and injustice in the
neighbourhood of Zeitouni. It appears also
by an article ,under the head of " Modon,
October 10," in the Austrian,Obs‘ erver, which
the French Papers copy, that IBRAHIM had
sent on the 9th, a corps of 6,000 or .7,,000 to
Calamata,, another of 3,000 or 4,000 toward
Arcadia, and that he intended to proceed him-
self with a third corps of 5,000 or 6,000 men to
the district of Maim. Itviras in the latter that
he committed the horrible atrocities which Capt.
HAMILTON, of the Cambrian, reported to Sir
E. CODRINGTON.

The intelligence from Spain is not important.
The KING is to enter Barcelona, escorted by a
battalion and a squadron of his guard, but the
command of the place will remain with the
French. If this MONARCH has any ,feeling
or sense of honour, how degraded must he
find himself, at being in one of his own fortified
towns, while it is actually garrisoned by the
troops of another nation !

DOll MIGUEL appeais to have dispatched
Prince FELIX, of .SchwartzenbOrgh to Lisbon,
with a Proclamation to the Portuguese, com-
posed and entirely written by himself. This will
be one of the most curious State Papers which
have appeared for many years ; and we think his
Royal Highness has come to a wise determina-
tion in waiting to see the result of this produc-
tiCin of his own bead, before he quits Vienna to
assume the Government of Portugal.

The French Funds do not appear to have
risen as reported yesterday, having been on
MOnday at 101 f. 60c. 70c.; and 71f. 10c. 20c.
Extracts of these papers are given in another
column. •

Hamburgh Papers of the 10th inst., and
Dutch Papers to the same date, were received
last night, from which we make the following