The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-15 00:00:00

THE LAIRD OF BONNYMUNE

One of the many anecdotes current of the Laird of Bonny-
mune relates to his journeying home at night, which, after
dining at a friend's house, he invariably did; and to the soli-
tary instance on record of his riding homewards after a new
fashion, without reaching the place of his destination, or even
approaching a step nearer. For the time, he was like Don
Quixote, under the management of the gay dul •
This, perhaps, is w
It happened that a young Englishman, who inherited pro-
perty in Scotland, had been exceedingly diverted with the
eccentric appearance and demeanour of the Laird of Bonny-
miine in his boot-hose, antiquated coat, most peculiar wig,
and cocked hat. Moreover, the said youth, having been on
one occasion induced by the laird to transgress the hounds of
temperance, had a strong inclination to play the old gentle-
man a good-humoured trick in return, which was done ; but
to his dying hour Bonnynidne never forgave it, and would
not visit in the same house again.
I cannot recollect under whose roof the trick was played
off; however, that is but of little consequence. After din-
ner, just as the laird had imbibed a stout dram, quite suffi-
cient to impair the discriminating faculty of taste, two de-
canters, one labelled port, the other claret, were placed on
the table, and into the former were slowly poured the con-
tents of a dingy, cobwebbed bottle, duly chalked on one
side; all requisite formality being observed to detect on the
funnel whether the bee's wing were of the right transparency
and texture. This decanter was passed to the laird, who, on
trial, said it was a fruity wine, and of excellent body ; at the
second glass. he pronounced it to be the best port he had
ever met with in his life, and he " wad never wish to see bet-
ter drink." Being afterwards asked, whether he would not
take a glass of claret by way of variety, the laird answered :
" Na, na ! after port o' that quality claret tasted nae better
than sour milk; and he would not damnify his stomach by
mixing liquors." Accordingly, he adhered pertinaciously to
this " capital drink; and in the course of the evening fin
ished to his own share, under the name of port, three bottles
of brilliant, strong-brewed, cherry-bounce!
Such a dose would of course have annihilated any ordinary
man (or even George IV., who was partial to the same kind
of liqueur); but it by no means produced conclusive effects
on the Laird of Bonnymiina, who through the whole evening
seemed in the best possible condition, and highly pleased
with his entertainment. At the usual hour, Peter announced
that the horses were at the door ; but having been summoned
into the dining-room to receive his own " stirrup-cup," he,
on retiring, declared that the laird was " extraordinar' foo."
Foo or sober, however, the laird as a matter of course per-
sisted in his determination to ride home. On the present
occasion it happened that, in attempting to leave his chair,
Bonny mane tumbled down ; but this was of no consequence,
his friends being sober and willing to help him up again.
Meanwhile, by the activity of the young Englishman, who
had retired from the room, a saddle had been adjusted to
and fixed upon a " fell dyke," that is to say, a turf-wall,
close by the mansion ; such fell dykes, often centur es old
(and mixed with whin-stones), being then an adjunct of
every ancient residence

and duchess

The laird was somewhat confused by his fall, and began
himself to suspect that he was rather " foo." He adjusted
his wig, drew up his boot-hose, and his spurs were buckled
on for him ; finally, his great coat, shawl, and cocked hat,
all endowed ; and with a look of authority, out he marched.
But, by the kind interference of his friends his course was
directed to the fell dyke " instead of the horses. A groom
held the stirrup, the laird mounted, (taking up a snaffle-rein
firmly attached to a stump) wished his friends good night,
tipped them a chorus to the last song, flogged the dyke, and
did his best to ride away ; all of his friends retreating except
the young Englishman, who had sheltered himself in a neigh-
bouring broom-bush, and the faithful Peter, who stood by,
having tied the horses to a tree. In a little while the laird
whipped and spurred so bard that the saddle broke from its
fastenings, and he rolled down. Peter helped him up again,
and this time prudently seated the laird on the dyke without
any saddle. After about half-an-hour's whipping and spur-
ring, Bonnymfine again fell off ; and Peter going up, an-
nounced in a decisive tone, 4, We 're at hame noo, sir ! Your
honour has just fa'en aff at the stable-door. But his policy
was superfluous, for by this time the laird was sound asleep ;
and forthwith he was carried quietly to bed.—From pram-is
Magazke for December.

of the lady in waiting for the time
are connected with literature, the fine arts, or science, are
almost invariably accepted; articles of personal atttire or
ornament generally become the perquisites of the Queen's
principal attendants, however costly the fabric or curi-
ous the workmanship may be. Any departure from this
rule must therefore be considered as a marked compliment.
Such a one has recently occurred. A case containing a pre-
sent of the latter descripti, n was received at the palace on
Monday, intended for the Princess,Royal, should her Ma-
jesty be graciously pleased to sanction its acceptance. The
amiable donor, a venerable spinster, residing in the neigh-
bourhood of Huddersfield, seems, as the on dit goes, to
have taken especial care that the creation of her fairy fingers
should suffer no damage in transilu. Like the congruous
puzzle, there was case within case, one of curiously wrought
wicker-work, a second of Spanish mahogany, with the royal
arms, and the letters " P. R." in a lozenge, richly embla-
zoned on the lid. This was again enclosed in a strong tin
case, superscribed, " For the Queen's, most excellent Ma-
jesty, Buckingham Palace, London." These mysterious
cases contained an infant's cap, and robe, worthy of a princess.
They are described to be of the most chaste and fanciful de-
sign. The cap is composed of that delicate but almost ex-_

ploded fabric called " cushion" lace, in the manufacture of
which dames of high degree formerly delighted to excel. On
the crown-piece, the royal arms of England are embroidered
in dead gold, the circular fillet exhibiting the national in-
signia of the rose, thistle, and shamrock, wrought in gold
and colours within an interminable scroll of raised needle-
work. The robe is equally unique. The material is of the
finest Cachernere, lined with eider down, the colour royal
purple ' • the hood, which is quilted and padded, is lined with
rose-coloured satin, the loops of flock gold, with tassels of
small pearls ; the robe is edged all round by a broad stripe of
crimson Genoa velvet, having the royal arms and the insignia
of the three nations embroidered in dead and burnished gold,
and relieved with silver fretted work in points. The great
merit, however, of these elegant articles of infant apparel is
said to consist in the elaborate beauty of the needlework.
Her Majesty, to whom the presents were exhibited immedi-
ately on arrival, expressed her warm admiration of the skill,
taste, and patience bestowed upon them, and commanded in-
timation of their acceptance to be transmitted to the accom-
plished artist, who, no doubt, requires no richer reward for
her " labour of love and loyalty."

NAVAL COMMANDERS AT ACRE

(From the Glasgow Courier.)
ADMIRAL STOPFORD.

Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, G.C.8., third son
of James, second Earl of Courtown, by Mary, his wife,
daughter and co-heir of Richard Powys, Esq., of Hindlesham
Hall, in Suffolk, was born sth February, 1768, and entering
the navy at an early age, served for some time in the Prince
George, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Digby, on the
American station. In 1790, he obtained post rank, and in
that year commanded the Lowestoffe frigate, then employed
in the channel. His next appointment was to the Aquilon,
of 32 guns, stationed in the Mediterranean, which, in 1794,
acted with the fleet under Lord Howe, and repeated the
signals of the rear division on the memorable first of June.
In the following autumn, Captain Stopford was removed to
the Phaeton, 38 ; and in 1795, joined the squadron destined
to escort the Princess Caroline of Brunswick to England.
Shortly after returning to the grand fleet, the Phaeton formed
part of Admiral Cornwallis's detachment, which fell in with
the French squadron, and, by a series of masterly manoeuvres,
effected a retreat as honourable to those concerned as the
achievement of a brilliant victory. Stopford subsequently
drove on shore L'Echoue, of 28 guns •, and, in company with
the Anson, captured La Daphne and La Fiore. In 1798, the
Phaeton cruised under Sir John Borlase Warren, off L'lsle de
Dieu, assisted at the capture of several vessels laden with naval
stores and provisions, and rendered much essential service by
the destruction of many armed ships and privateers. In 1799,
Capt. Stopford was appointed to the Excellent, of 74 guns, in
which ship he took L'Arethuse, a national cutter, and seve-
ral merchant vessels ; and after remaining for some time with
the western squadron, sailed to the Leeward Islands, whence
he returned with a broad pendant in the summer of 1802. In
1803 he commissioned the Spencer, of 74 guns, at Plymouth;
in 1804, joined Lord Nelson's fleet in the Mediterranean ; in
1805, received the appointment of a colonelcy of marines;
and in 1806 acted a gallant part, and was wounded in Sir
John Duckworth's victory off St. Domingo. We next find
this enterprising seaman employed in the expedition against
Copenhagen ; and in 1808, having obtained the rank of rear-
admiral, appointed to a command in the Channel fleet. In
this distinguished position, his active exertions, his partici-
pation iu the attempt to destroy the French shipping in the
Aix Roads, the attack on the enemy s fleet in the Basque
Roads, &c., elicited the unqualified commendation of the
commander-in-chief, Lord Gambier, and a vote of thanks
from parliament. In 1810, the rear-admiral was nominated
to the command of a squadron employed at the Cape of Good
Hope, and while on this station conducted the naval part of
the armament which subjugated Java, a service which ob-
tained for him, once again, the thanks of parliament. In
1812 he became vice-admiral ; in 1813 returned to England ;
in 1815 was created a Knight Commander of the Bath, and
has since been made Admiral of the White, and a G.C.B.
His admirable conduct of the operations on the Syrian coast
is too fresh in the public memory to require any notice here.
Sir Robert married, in 1809, Mary, daughter of Commis-
sioner Fanshaw, of the Plymouth Dock-yard, and has several
children,—London paper.

COMMODORE NAPIER

Of the heroic services of the brave and daring Charles
Napier, no statement can be so interesting or so characteristic
as his own, contained in his address to the burgesses of Ports-
mouth, at the election of 1833
in the course of my canvass (said the gallant officer), I
have been asked who I am ? I'll tell you. I am Captain
Charles Napier, who, 25 years ago, commanded the Recruit,
brig, in the West Indies, and who had the honour of being
24 hours under the guns of three French line-of-battle ships,
flying from a British squadron, the nearest of which, with
the exception of the Hawk brig, was from five to six miles
astern the greatest part of the time. I kept flying double-
shotted broadsides into them. One of these ships, the
Hautpolt, only, was captured by the Pompey and Chstor,
the other two escaped by superior sailing. Sir Alexander
Cochrane, my commander-in-chief, promoted me on the
spot into her. At the siege of 'Martinique, the /Eolus,
Cleopatra, and Recruit were ordered to beat up in the
night, between Pigeon Island and the Main, and anchor
close to Fort Edward. The enemy, fearing an attack,
burned their shipping. At daylight in the morning it
appeard to me that Fort Edward was abandoned ; this, how-
ever, was doubted. I offered to ascertain the fact, and with
five men I landed in open day, scaled the walls, and planted
the union jack on the ramparts. Fortunately I was undisco-
vered from Fort Bourbon, which stood about 100 yards off,
and commanded it. On this being reported to Sir Alexander
Cochrane, a regiment was landed in the night. Fort Ed-
ward was taken possession of and the mortars turned against
the enemy. lam in possession of a letter from Sir A. Coch-
rane, saying that ' my conduct was the means of saving
many lives, and shortening the siege of Martinique,' 1 had
once the misfortune of receiving a precious licking from a
French corvette; the first shot she fired broke my thigh, and
a plumper carried away my mainmast. The enemy escaped,
but the British flag was not tarnished, On my return to
England, in command of the Jason, I was turned out of
her by a Tory Admiralty, because I had not interest : but,
as I could not lead an idle life, I served a campaign with the
army in Portugal as a volunteer, when I was again wounded.
At the battle of Busaco I had the honour of carrying off the
field my gallant friend and relative, Colonel Napier, now
near me, who was shot through the face. Busaco was not
the only place where he shed his blood ; at Corunna he was
left for dead ; but, thank God, he escaped with six wounds.
On my return to England I was appointed to the Thames, in
the Mediterranean ; and, if I could bring the inhabitants of
the Neapolitan coast into this room, they would tell you that
from Naples to the Fare-point, there was not a spot where I
did not leave my mark, and brought with me upwards of 100
sail of gun-boats and merchant vessels. I had the honour of
running the Thames and Furieuse into the small mole of
Ponza,- which was strongly defended ; and before they could
recover from their surprise, I captured the island without the
loss of a man. I was then removed to the Euryalus, and had
the good fortune to fall in with two French frigates and a
schooner. I chased them in the night close into Calvi, in the
island of Corsica, passing close under the stern of one,
plumpering her as I passed : and though we were going eight
knots, I tried to run aboard of her consort, who was a
little outside, standing athwart my hawse ; the night was
dark, the land close, and she succeeded in crossing me,
but I drove her ashore on the rocks, where she was
totally wrecked, and her consort was obliged to anchor
close to her. The Euryalus wore round, and got off,
almost brushing the shore as she passed. These ships
were afterwards ascertained to be unnee en flute, mounting
22 guns each, and the schooner 14. From the Mediteranean
I was ordered to America ; and if my gallant friend Sir
James Gordon was here he would have told you how I did
my duty on that long and arduous service, up to the Potomac.
He would have told you that in a tremendous squall the
Euryalus lost her bowsprit and alt her topmasts, and that in
12 hours she was again ready for work. We brought away a
fleet from Alexandria, were attacked going down the river
by batteries built'close to what was the residence of the great
Washington, and I was again 'wounded in that action in the
neck. On the peace taking place, 1 went on half-pay, where
I remained till I wris appointed to the Galatea, which ship I
commanded for three years on this station ; and I hope and
trust that I have faithfully done my duty during that period
to my King and country."

in'additi-on, we may mention, that in 1833 Captain Napier
succeeded Admiral Sartories in the command of Don I'edro's
fleet, and achieved a signal victory over the more numerous
and powerful squadron of Don Mignel, which the gallant
Englishman, with his British followers, captured at a single
blow, by boarding. He now commands the Powerful, of 84
guns, with the rank of Commodore, on the Syrian coast. This
intrepid and enterprising sailor is the eldest son of the Hon.
Charles Napier, R.N., of Merchistonn-hall, in the county of
Stirling ; was born on the 6th of March, 1786, and married
Eliza, widow of Lieutenant Edward Elers, R.N.

TO MESSRS. CALLAN, REIMARS, BROWN, AND
THE CHURCHWARDENS OF ST. MARK'S.

.711 Y DEAR FRIENDS,--AS you were the medium of con-
veying to my hands a flattering testimonial from the congre-
gation of St. Mark's, permit me to return my thanks, through
you, for their kind consideration, and for this proof of their
affection and esteem. I feel fully conscious how undeserving
I am of the terms of approbation by which this was accom-
panied. At the same time, lam bold to say, that I will give
place to no pastor in the gospel folds, in my earnest desires
for the external interests of my flock, in labouring to the
best of my ability for their spiritual good, in endeavouring to
set before them the whole counsel of God, and " to give them
their portion of meat in due season." But Ido not mean,
when I say this, to arrogate to
inmyself any superior intelli-
gence, zeal, or amount of labour, the discharge of my duties ;
nor to a conclusion personally favourable to myself from the
spontaneous offering of the congregation : if the kind feelings
of the church have been favourably evidenced in my case, to
God be ascribed all the glory ! Nor does it follow that other
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mode of developement. In fact, wherever the gospel is sim-
ply and faithfully preached, it will be its own witness in the
corresponding friiits and behaviour of the people; and it is
to that blessed gospel alone, and not to any personal feelings,
that I attri'Bute this expression of attachment from the flock
that I love, to their unworthy pastor,
B. A. MARSHALL.
Dec. 12,1840.

The mahogany coffin which enclosed the remains of Na-
poleon at St. Helena, and which was evchanged for the ebony
one brought from France, was cut up by order of the Prince
de Joinville, and distributed in pieces to the officers and
men of the Belle Poule and Favorite.

A NOTION !—The Boston Notion, surpassing its contem-
poraries in magnitude, has surpassed them all in its extrava-
gant admiration of the dancing of Fanny Elssler ! Noticing
her appearance in the Tremont, the Notion remarks that it is
no'longer wonderful that she has been able in Europe to
make crowns her playthings, and thrones her footstools ! !"
She is then likened to "the spirit of dreams, sporting in reck-
less and unrestrained delight." " A cloud wandering be-
tween earth and heaven seems not more etherial." " The
sea-bird on the ocean wave moves not more lightly." Her
dancing is said to be " the result of mind chastened and dis-
ciplined by study ! " And the Notion absolutely goes so
far as to intimate that the chief occupation of the tenants of
heaven will be such dancing as Fanny Elssler's !
THE ORIGIN OF PLOUGHING MATCHES.—T'
tion of the ploughman is one upon which the very existence
of the whole human race depends ; shall he not then be con-
.aspectable and worthy of support? " Let," says
Maidstone Gazette, " the origin of ploughing matches
answer. An extensive farmer in Essex, not many years ago,
happened to lose his ploughman, and went to the overseers
to make enquiries for another. To his surprise, however,
he discovered that out of upwards of 60 men who were then
working on the roads, not one of them could hold a plough !
The magnitude of the existing evil soon induced several other
farmers to join him in a society, which offered premiums to
the best ploughman. This, we believe, was the small begin-
ning from which our present numerous and valuable agricul-
tural associations have arisen."

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THE FORMATION OF PUBLIC COMPANIES IN THE UNIT-
ED STATES.—The President. steam•ship, brought us an
amusing specimen of the mode in which Trans-Atlantic spe-
culators attempt to procure capital in this country for the
formation of joint-stock companies in the United States. By
it we received a letter from a gentleman in New York, of
whose existence we had no previous knowledge, informing
us of all the preliminary steps he had taken to form one of
the most likely companies in that city ; how he had obtained
the best charter, induced men of the first-rate respectability
to join in the direction ; how he was determined to have
every dollar paid in cash, or bank and state stocks in sound
banks, whose stocks are above par; how he could command
the best business, and would pay the highest profits ; but
how unfortunately he could only procure one-half the capital
lie required in his own country. In this predicaurnt he
thought it possible—to use his own words, " we can render
each other some mutual assistance, either directly or indi-
rectly ;" we could draw " the attention of our capitalists to
the subject in a few lines ;" he would be all liberality. " If,"
said our correspondent, " upon examination of the subject,
you can, with the aid and influence of your friends, assist
Mr. —, the American consul at in forwarding our
views, and carrying out our plans in London, we shall be
disposed to pay you the liberal sum or bonus for your time
and trouble of 5000 dollars !" The proposal is certainly
liberal as well as characteristic; but it should have been made
to a stock-jobber, and not to a journalist in England. We
suppose they manage these things better in the States.—
London Journal of Commerce.

A GHOST STORY.—In the hot weather of this last summer,
Lord Ashburnham's very old uncle, the Bishop of Chiches-
ter, was waked in his palace at four o'clock in the morning
by his bedchamber door being opened, when a female figure,
all in white, entered, and sat down near him. The prelate
who protests he was not frightened, said in a tone of autho-
rity, but not with the usual triple adjuration, " Who arc
you ?" Not a word of reply : but the personage heaved a
profound sigh. The Bishop rang the bell; but the servants
were so sound asleep, that nobody heard him. He repeated
his question : still no answer ; but another deep sigh. Then
the apparition took some papers out of the ghost of its pocket,
and began to read them to itself. At last, when the Bishop
had continued to ring, and nobody to come, the sprectre rose
and departed as sedately as it had arrived. When the ser-
vants did at length appear, the Bishop cried, " Well! what
have you seen ?" " Seen my lord !" " AY, seen ; or who,
what is the woman that has been here ?" " Woman ! my
lord!" (I believe one of the fellows smiled ; though, to do
her justice Lady Onslow did not say so.) In short when the
lord had related his vision, his domestics did humbly appre-
hend that his lordship had been dreaming: and so did his
whole family the next morning, for in this our day even a
bishop's household does not believe in ghosts : and yet it is
most certain that the good man had been in no dream, and
told nothing but what he had seen ; for, as the story circu-
lated, and diverted the ungodly at the prelate's expense, it
came at last to the ears of a keeper of a mad-house in the
diocese, who came and deposed, that a female lunatic under
his care had escaped from his custody, and finding the gate
of the palace open, had marched up to my lord's chamber.
The deponent further said, that his prisoner was always read-
ing a bundle of papers.—Horace Walpole.

ORIGIN OF THE TERM " PROTESTA:NT."—The name of
Protestant took its rise from the following circumstance. At
a diet of the princes of the empire, held in Spires, in Ger.
many, in the year 1529, it was decreed by the majority there
present, " that in those places where the edict of Worms had
been received it would be lawful for no one to change his
religion; that in those places where the new religion (1. e.
the Lutheran) was exercised, it should be maintained till the
meetingi of a council, if the ancient (the Popish) religion
could not be restored without danger of disturbing the public
peace ; but that the mass should not be abolished, nor the
Catholics hindered from the free exercise of their religion,
nor any one of them allowed to embrace Lutheranism ; that
the Sacramentarians should be banished the empire ; that
the Anabaptists should be punished with death ; and that no
preachers should explain the gospel in any other sense than
what was approved by the church." Six princes of the
empire entered their protest against this decree, viz., John,
elector of Saxony ; George, margrave of Bradenburgh ;
Ertest and Francis, dukes of Brunswick and Lunenburg ;
Philip, landgrave of Hesse ; and Wonang, prince of Anhalt :
to these were joined the following free cities of Germany,
viz., Strasburgh, Norimburg, Ulm
, Constance, Lindaw,
Memmiugen, Kempen, Nordlingen, Halibrun, Reutlingen,
line, St. Gall, Wossenburg, and windscheim ; and from
this protest the Lutherans first obtained the name of Pro-
testants, which was afterwards given in common to all who
separated themselves from the tyrannical and idolatrous
practices of the church of Rome.

SACK OF A VILLAGE BY AN EGYPTIAN ARMY.—AS soon
as the general and his suite had disappeared, I and my
comrades, being resolved to see something, turned our
horses' heads towards the village whose smoking ruins the
general had pointed out. It lay about a mile and a half
from his tent. As we approached, the wind, which blew
from it, seemed actually laden with the foeter of half-burned
carcasses. It was an odour perfectly unlike any I had ever
before encountered. There was no escaping from it. It
clung to one's nostrils, clothes, every thing. But we had
short time for reflection, for we were soon on the spot. A
broken' part of the rampart served us as a gate, through
which our horses clambered with some little difficulty.
What a terrible sight burst upon our eyes ! Immediately
before us were a party of Nubians rooting amongst the rub-
bish and yet burning walls, still fringed by the half-expiring
flames. They were delving for treasure concealed by the
unfortunate inhabitants, nearly a dozen of whom lay dead at
the entrance of the breach, which they had died in defend-
ing. The appearance of the bodies was horrible in the last
degree. Most of them seemed literally to have been burnt
to death. There having been no outlet for escape which
was not taken possession of by the invaders, the flames
and heat of the adjoining houses, when fired, must
have consigned them to the most painful and torturing
end. Filled with disgust, I was urging my horse for-
ward, when the noble animal, with the instinct of his race,
refused to budge ; and on looking down I saw, stretched
across the narrow path, the body of a young woman, clasp-
ing an infant to her breast. Her clothes were still burning;
add as the offensive exhalations rose from her body, I either
heard, or fancied that I heard, the hissing noise of the flames,
as they licked up the juices that oozed through the pores in
the body. Even there—there, of the midst of all that is
horrible or d,iiiish—the bland smile of infancy seemed yet
to linger on the face of the infant, which in the struggles of
death she had clasped to her bosom with all that frightful
energy which a mother alone can feel. Yet one of the feet
of the child had been burnt off. It must surely have been
freed from all mortal suffering ere that terrible agony could
have reached it, for its face was as the face of slunal)er.—
From Fraser's Magazine for December.

. GLACIERS IN SCOTLANR,-Dr. Buckland has stepped
forward to support his friend, M. Agassiz, with respect to the
theory of the latter on the existence of glaciers in Scotland.
At the Geological Society, London, the doctor lately read a
paper to this effect. He seems to think that glaciers may
even have covered the Calton Hill and the Castle Hill of
Edinburgh ! They existed in all parts of Scotland ; and he
had observed grooves and striae on the surface of granite
rocks near the east base of Ben Nevis and also near the base
of Ben Wevis, where there is a high ridge of gravel, arranged
obliquely across the valley, and not explicable by any action
of water. These phenomena, he is convinced, since his ex-
amination of the 'SvOiss glaciers, may be explained by the ac
tion of ice upon rocks. It is impossible, Dr. Bucklaud ob-
serves, to refer the striae to the action of pebbles set in motion
by water, because fragments of stone moving in a fluid can't
produce continuous parallel lines ; and because, if they could
produce them, the striae would be parallel to the direction of
the current. The vast longitudinal and insulated ridges of
gravel, extending two of three miles up the valley east of
Blair Gowrie, and the transverse barriers, which form a se-
ries of small lakes on its west, in the valley Lunanburn, Dr.
Buckland considers to he moraines ; also the lofty mounds
composing the ornamental grounds adjacent to Dunkeld
Castle, the detrjtus which covers the left flank of the Tay,
along a great part of the road from Dunkeld to Logierait, the
left flank of the Tumel valley from Logierait to Killiecrankie,
and the left flank of the Garry, from Killiecrankie to Blair
Athol ; likewise The vast congeries of gravel and boulders
lodged in the shohlders of the mountain opposite the gorge
of the Tumel, and accumulated, the author believes, by gla-
ciers which descended the valley of the Tumel, from the north
side of Sehiehallion, and the mountains around Loch Ran-
noch. This elevated mass of moraines, and detritus of mo-
raines, in the lateral valley of the Tumel, Dr. Buckland con-
ceives was formed across the longitudinal valley of the Garry,
in the same manner that modern glaciers of the Alps, as in
the case of the Val de Bagne, occasionally descend from the
transverse across the longitudinal valleys. The climate of
Scotland must then have been cold indeed !—lnverness Cou-
rier.

THE WOUNDED SNIPE.—When snipes congregate in
" wisps" they are always wild ; but if they rise in flocs they
never keep together till they alight. I have seen fifty rise at
once from a piece of bog of half an acre, and disperse them-
selves over twenty times that space. Under such circum-
stances, if you can mark them they will be certain to lie—a
good dog is then indispensable, one, of course, that is not
afraid of water. On one occasion last season I shot and
wounded a snipe in a favourite bog, but did not at the time
bag him. The next time I beat the same spot the wounded
snipe rose with the cry of " scape," repeated many times
the moment I put rev head over the hedge surrounding the
bog, and every other snipe went with him. This happened
five or six times : the wounded snipe was so wary that I could
not get near to him, and he invariably so alarmed his com-
panions, that, in a place where I had generally eight or ten
or more shots whenever I visited it while he remained I sel-
dom got one. He was killed at last, by my using a wire
cartridge in each barrel, and firing them at almost the same
moment at a long distance. The snipes lay afterwards in
the bog as they had done previous to this occurrence. On
examining the bird, I found that the three outermost wing
feathers had been separated from the rest, and hung by the
skin ; it had not pined ; on the contrary, was fatter than
usual. Its flight was steady, and in a direct line, like that of
a partridge, but lopsided after beiug first shot at.—Old
Sporting Magazine for December.

TIDE TABLE

Mrn. Evn. J Height

Sundays, Holydays, &c,

u. N. I t.
Tuesday 15 331 358 13 4
Wednes. 16 423 1 455 12 3 Dumb. Mich. Term ends.
Thursdayl7 52g 557 12 0 Oxford Mich. Term ends.
Friday .. 18 623 7 5 11 11
Saturday 19 I 736 8 6 12 11
Sunday.. 20 837 9 6 13 5 4th Sunday in Advent.
Monday 21 I 9 31
_9 53 14 3 'St. Thomas. Winter begins

LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, DECEMBER 12,

The imports of Grain, &c., for the past wee k,have been moderate
and the duties have been paid on Foreign produce to the extent;
only of 620 qrs. of Barley, 611 qrs. Beans, 550 qrs. of Peas, and 12
barrels of Flour. Most of the parcels of free Foreign that were
pressed for sale at the close of last week having beers cleared off,
the Wheat trade on Tuesday, assumed a firmer tone, and, with a
fair amount of business, prices recovered the decline we had to
quote in our last weekly report. Holders have continued to ask
rather increasing rates: this, however, has checked disposition to
purchase, and the subsequent transactions have been to a limited
amount. Sweet barrel Flour becoming scarce, it has brought ad-
vanced prices : 35s has been paid for good brands of United States,
whilet 36s is demanded for some choice parcels. In the absence
of fine samples, the secondary qualities of new Oats, which have
been in limited supply, have been rather better sold : good mealing
at is to 3s Id per 451bs. Oatmeal has moved slowly, and has barely
sustained previous rates : 26s 6d per 2401b5. the top quotation for
Irish manufacture. No change as regards Barley, Beans, or Peas,
A few small parcels of United States Flour have been sold, in bond
at 253 per barrel.

Henry Edwards, Edgeware-road, and Crawford-street, Maryle.
bone, London, surgeon.
Michael Stewart Wallace, otherwise Michael Stewart Wallace
Cooper's-row, Crutchedfriars, Loudon, shipowner.
Thomas Marshall, Somers'-place-west, New-road, London,
licensed victualler.
William Smith, Bartlett's-passage. Fetter-lane, London, stationer.
Edward Hemming, Heckenham, Worcestershire, needle-manufac-
ture's.
James Robinson, Kingston-upon-Hull, scrivener.
Henry Lewis, otherwise, Henry Price Lewis, Llandovery, Car-
marthen, draper.
George Hannam, Manchester, Lancashire, victualler.
Edward Hill, Woctwell ,Norfolk, mile .
illiam ,and Benjamin Hulke and John East Dixon, Deal,
bankers,

Richard and John Melling, Chorlton.upon-Medlock, Manchester.
coach. makers.
George Brown, Bilston, Staffordshire, mister.
DIVIDENDS.
_

Jan. 9. J. Hearn, Jun., Salisbury, bookseller—Jan. 9. J. Higgs.
Walling-street, London, cheese-factor—Jana 4. J. Threlfall and
W. Oliver, Manchester, tailors—Jan. I. R. W. Johnson, Gloucester,
merchant—Jan. 5. Millichamp, Birmingham, wine-merchant—Jan.
1. G. W. Earle, Devonport. printer—Jan. 4. T. Chanter, Hartford,
Cheshire, banker—Jan. 4. T. Watts, Manchester, victualler—Jan,
2. T. Halsall, Liverpool coal-merchant—Jan. 1. T. Mofllt,J.Carter.
and T. Halsall, Liverpool, marble-masons.

CERTIFICATES

To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on or
before Jan. 1.

A. Wilson, Heaton Norris, Lancashire, cotton-spinner—R.
Richardson, Judd-street, New-road, bootmaker—C. Marshall.
Kingston-upon. Hull, victualler—E. Smith, Great Yarmouth,
Norfolk, and Norwich, linen.draper—J. and C. Macpherson and A.
Robertson, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, London, milliners—N. M.
Priaulx, Southampton, wine-merchant.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

William Pyle. Kelso, grocer, Dec. 16, Jan. 6, at 1 o'clock, at the
Queen's Head Inn, Kelso.
David Davidson, Edinburgh, brewer, Dec. 16, Jan. 6, at 3 o'clock,
at the Old Signet Hall, Edinburgh.
William Barr, Glasgow, glass-merchant, 'Dec. 18, Jan. 15, at 12
o'clock, at the office of Mr. M'Alister, Glasgow.