Star.
London, England, 1811-09-14 00:00:00

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TO THI EDI7YSR Oi TXE STARSII%
Sin—Having observed in the Edinburgh Evening
Courant, of the Ist July, that the Trustees for ma-
' staging the Cumbraes and Cinch Light-houses, the
former in Ayrshire, the latter in Renfrewshire, had
commenced a -similar useful erection on the point of
'rowan, in Cowan. Arlo leshire, it gave me much
pleasure, as a native of the parish of Dunoon, to hear
of this improvement. In winter, 1756, a vessel corn-
ing from West Talbert to the Clyde, in a dark No,
vember night, was wrecked on the point of 'rowan;
and the monument on the graves of the sufferers, op-
posite to the Manse of Dunoon, abundantly shews
the usefulness and necessity of such an erection at
this point, which forms the boundary an the Highland
side of the Frith of Clyde, and leads in to the Bay
and Hacbour of the royal burgh of Rothesay, so
erected by King Robert 111. by letteri patent, dated
at his favourite Castle of Rothesay, January 12, HOC
This tender-hearted Prince died two years afterwards,
on hearing that Prince James, hits only son, on his
voyage to France was taken prisoner by King Henry.
IV. of England, and first of the House of Lancaster.
James Lamont, Esq. of Knockdow, on whose pro-'
perty the above Light-house is to be erected, was, a
few years ago, the father of eleven sons, several of
whom have fallen with glory and honour in the naval
service of their King and Country.—And here it may
not be deemed improper to mention the gallant and
heroic acti n which obtained for their ancestor the
estate of Towart, as far back as the reign of King
James IV.—The Earl- of Argyle WAS living in the
castle of Dunoon ( which fortress was retaken from the
English by his Fogmime. the Lord of tochow, in the
minority and absence of KingDavidll. then in France)
And Gurrie or Godfrey Lamont, Baron of Knockdow,
hearing how unguarded and fearlessly Argyle lived
at the Castle of Dunoon, thought proper, by way of
putting him on hisguard in the: turbulent times ; and
Baron Ruogh (as Lamont was called from his flaxen
'coloured hair), crossing the hills from his residence
at Innerchaolen, at sunrise, presented himself in Ar-
•gyle's bedchamber, and thew his sword to shew his
goad neighbour that he was in his power. He then
advised Argyle to appoint a Captain over Dunoon,
of which appointment this warlike Baron bad the first
offer ; but he, having defined it, recommended a son
of Campbell of Auchenorlin, from whom the present
Colonel John Campbell of Dunoon, and his sister;
.Margaret Countess of Rothes, are lineally descended.
This Arcliibald, second Earl of Argyle, was slain at
.Flowden, September 9, 1513, along with his brother-
in-law the Earl of Lennox, with most of their vassals
and military tenants ; and it is admitted by an Eng-
lish historian, that if King J ernes IV. had been equally
supported by his Southern subjects, as he was by those
of the North and West Highlands, different accounts
L would have been given of Flowden. It would ap-
pear, however, that our warlike Baron survived that
fatal day, as he l:es buried at Innerchaolen, where, on
his grave-stone, his figure, with that of his two-edged
broad sword are eograved, and still to be seen.
I am, &c. JouN Bnown,
Genealogist to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent.

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Thursday evening, Samuel Banfill, Esq. of Ex-
week, near Exeter, was thrown from his horse within
a few yards of his own house, and received so serious
an injury, that his life has been despaired of for seve-
ral days past ; but, we are happy to add, that the ac-
counts received to day are of a more favourable na-
ture, and afford hopes of his recovery.
Oa the same evening, as the Rev. Mr.. Copleston,
of St. Thomas, was returning from Downes, the seat
of James Buller, Esq. he was by some accident,
thrown out of his gig, and had several of his ribs
broken, but we hear he is in a fair way of doing well.
On the same evening, a lad ahout 16 years of age,
servant to a farmer at Whitestone, was thrown from
a horse, and had his skull fractured in a dreadful
manner, but he has been trepanned, and is likely to
recover.
The old adage, " Good wine needs no bush," is
justly appropriate to our present State Lottery
Scheme. With only 19,500 Tickets—an increased
variety of Capital Prizes—the lowest Prize £2o—
Tickets and Shares much cheaper than for some
years last past—are all facts so strikingly prominent,
as to require little or no public display of former
modes of Lottery encomium.
We undastand that H. Sumt, Esq. from Bristol,
who had been many years languishing in a state of
total darkness, and who lately came to town for me-
dical aid, is again returned to that city, having had
his sight perftcrly restored by Mr. Etzeite, Oculist
and Aurist, at the Surrey Infirmary, near the Lying-
in Hospital, Westminster -road. This event no doubt
has raised Lim to the highest pitch of human happiness,
as he is a man of considerable talent, and has a large
family to protect.
Worm are the most frequent sources of Childrens
disases. Their symptonis every parent and guardian
of children should be acquainted with. They occasion
loss of aepetite, a paleness of the colour of the face,
emaciation, and irregular state of the bowels, atten-
ded after with violent pains ; they bring on convul-
sions, they affect the growth of the body, and they
.drove fatal, by ending in a consumption or decay.—
Both as a preventative and cure of theie alarming
complaints, Ching', Pairtat Worm Lezenzes is univer-
sally allowed, on the testimony of the highest charac-
ters in this country, both in rank, and respectability,
to have no equal. The public approbation given to
the Proprietor, Irons a personal knowledge of its won-
derful success .in their own families, stamps its merit
beyond competition, and gives a sanction to it, of
which nn other medicine of the kind can boast.—
Parents and others who have the care of children
should have this remedy as a family medicine to re-
sort to, whenever the stomach or bowels of children
are any way disordered, which it will always. be
found to relieve. Sold, wholesald and retail, at Mr.
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Butler's, No. 4, Cheapside, r- `-
. and retail by Belam and
and Johnson, Gosport;
and Jones, Portsea ; Trewenan,
thy, Glenville, Gilbert and"
Newbery, Dublin ; Baxter '
Smith, Manderston. Scott
oruttwell, Bath ; soss
and Billit ge, Liverpool ;
cheater ; . Bowen, Norwich
mines:nit ; Gregory, Beigiton g
Vesdens in Bozos at la:Ild; and
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