Star.
London, England, 1809-10-12 00:00:00

TO TRE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

Sin—Observing, lately, some remarks in the vari-
ous Papers of the day, respecting the intended Jdhi-
lee, on account of the advanced period of the reign of
our beloved Sovereign over this empire, and having
temarked the stress laid on the long reigns of Edward
the Third, and Henry the Third, of England, I have
felt an inclination (natural, you will say, to an old
Highlander), that the glory of our once Royal Scot-
tish Line in this respect, should not be eclipsed : and
I therefore hope, that a few facts, from History, in
this view, will not be unacceptable. lam sure, they
Rill be highly gratifying to many of your Readers
beyond the Tweed.
The English Heptarchy was only subdued in the
year 823, when Egbert the Great became the first
sole Saxon Monarch of England, nearly about the
time that Kenneth the Second conquered the Picts.
Constantine the Third, the grandson of Kenneth,
was often victorious over the Dates, who during
his reign had invaded the east coast of Scotland. This
warlike Highland Prince, after a reign of fifty-two
years, died in peace in the monastery of Icolmkill,
to which he had retired, on account of his great age,
a short time before his death.
Malcolm the 3d, surnamed Caenmore, computed
his reign (as Charles the 2d of Britain) from the
death of his father Duncan the Ist, who was mur-
dered by Macbeth, anno 1010. Macbeth's usurpa-
tiori continued seventeen years until Malcolm was
restored to the throne of his fathers in 1.57, by the
aid of Edward tLe Confess-)r. Malcolm married
Princess Margaret, daughter to Edward, the son of
Edmond the Second of England, surnamed Ironside ;
and thus introduced the blood royal of the Saxon, or
English Kings, into the royal line of Scotland. This
warlike Prince was slain in the siege of Alntviek
Castle, the 13th November, 1093, in the fifty-third
year of his prosperous reign, and was the lust of the
Scottish Monarchs buried et Dunfermline.
The eldest daughter of Malcolm the Third married
Henry the First, the youngest son of William the
Conqueror ; and thus continued the blood r0y.,1 of
the old Saxon Monarchy, ie the line of the Normans,
Plantagenets, and Tudors.
King William of Scotland, surnamed the Lion, the
great grandson of Malcolm the Third, died at the
Abbey of Aberbrothwick, in the 4.9ih year of his
reign. This Abbey had been founded by him in ho-
nour of the memory of Thomas a Bee ket of Canterbury .
David the Second, son of the victorious Robert the
First, or the Bruce, died February 2d, 1371, in the
43d year of his rei:rn, in the Castle of Edinbargh, in
that part of the .'building named from his having
built it, King D -svid's Tower.
On the death of David 11. commenced the Stewart
succession, whose reigns were unfortunate and short,
until that of James VI. who reigned .58 years, '22 of
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which over England and Scotland, as one United
Kingdom. His present Majesty, Geo. Il I. is the
sixth in lineal descent, from that 'learned and prudent
• Monarch, the First of Great Britain, in whose veins
was centered all the Blood Royal of the different dy-
nasties that in Cornier ages held dominion in this now
happ4 United KinOom.
'Thus, Sir, 1 have cfmpleted my design—and this
Statement may be depcnded on, as from one who has
long been led to make hiuory and genealogy his pe-
cuhar study.
In conclusion, permit me, Sir, to hint that the ar•
poaching Jubilee might be signalized for ages to
erne, to the honour of. both our King and his Peo-
ple, if, instead of a waste of money fir purposes, the
memory and gratification of which will end with the
day—some of our leading men of worth wauld but
publish their resolutions, to countenance sub-:eripftons
and collections for founding, an ins:ituticn for the

maintenance of a certain n umberofdeservine- aged men
and women. Surely such a measure wouldmeet with
the cordial support of thf, enlightened and the good.
I would propose such an establishment to he fir
proportion of Eng Scot-
the reception of an equal
proportion
and Irish subjects —that thus the unisut of the
three Kingdoms might h. perp:tuatcd. The front of
the buqding might exhibit to admiring strangers and
to Albit4r.'s sons :And .langlters, for centuries to come,
such an Inscription as the following :
Jubilee t:5, I AO,
By puolic cetantat7 Subscriptions,
'rt. the Memory of the Mit of King', G Lc, ROY W.
The i'arher of his People,
"Who on the above thy entered the snth Year of his Reign.
Pardon this long intrusion. If loquacity be the pri-
vil,-ge of age, who can have a better title to it than he
who on the app; oaching Jubilee will, if Gun spare
him, complete his 70th year, and who hopes yet to
live I,lig to drink his Majesty's health in many a
bumper of Highland whiskey.—l remain, Sir, your
very faithful servant, JAHN liltOwN,
Genealogist to his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales, for Sccrt)and.
))10. 11, Oraoge.court,Swallowistreet, Oct. 4.