1 Colonel Ronaldson Macdonell of Glengarry-who died in land, was permitted to act as deputy for his mother in that January, 1828. honourable office. After obtaining his Majesty's permission The Earl of Errol is hereditary Lord High-Constable of Honourable John M. Stuart, second son of the Earl of Moray. to depart for Dunrobin Castle, his place was supplied by the Scotland. 3 In more correct Gaelic orthography, Banamhorar-Chat, or the Great Lady, (literally Female Lord of the Chatte;) the Celtic title of the Countess of Sutherland. "Evin unto this day, the countrey of Sutherland is yet called Cattey, the inhabitants Catteigh, and the Earl of Sutherland Morweir Cattey, in old Scottish or Irish; which language the inhabitants of this countrey doe still use."-GORDON'S Genealogical History of the Earls of Sutherland, p. 18. It was determined by his Majesty, that the right of carrying the sceptre lay with this noble family; and Lord Francis Leveson Gower, (now Egerton,) second son of the Countess (afterwards Duchess) of Suther -ED. 4 The Author's friend and relation, the late Sir Alexander Keith, of Dunottar and Ravelstone. 5 MS." Rise up, Sir John, of projects rife, And wuss him health and length of life, And win the thanks of an auld wife." The Right Honourable Sir John Sinclair, Bart. author or "The Code of Health and Longevity," &c. &c.,-the wellknown patron and projecter of national and patriotic plans and improvements innumerable, died 21st December 1835, in his eighty-second year.-ED. (3.)-CHAP. IV. Ay, sir, the clouted shoe hath ofttimes craft in't, (4.) CHAP. V. Wherefore come ye not to court? Skelton Skeltonizeth. (5.)-CHAP. VI. O, I do know him-'tis the mouldy lemon The Chamberlain-A Comedy. (6.)-CHAP. VII. Things needful we have thought on; but the thing Of all most needful-that which Scripture terms, As if alone it merited regard, The ONE thing needful-that 's yet unconsider'd. The Chamberlain. (7.)-CHAP. VIII. Ah! mark the matron well-and laugh not, Harry, I mean that ear-form'd vault, built o'er the dungeon, (8.)-CHAP. X. The Conspiracy. Bid not thy fortune troll upon the wheels Of yonder dancing cubs of mottled bone; And drown it not, like Egypt's royal harlot, Dissolving her rich pearl in the brimm'd wine-cup Who might have lived an honour'd, easy life, (9.)-CHAP. XII. This is the very barn-yard, Where muster daily the prime cocks o' the game, (10.) CHAP. XIII. Let the proud salmon gorge the feather'd hook, Then strike, and then you have him.-He will wince; Spin out your line that it shall whistle from you Some twenty yards or so, yet you shall have himMarry! you must have patience the stout rock Which is his trust, hath edges something sharp; And the deep pool hath ooze and sludge enough To mar your fishing-'less you are more careful. Albion or the Double Kings. (11.)-CHAP. XVI. Give way-give way-I must and will have justice. I have a heart to feel the injury, A hand to right myself, and, by my honour, me. The Chamberlain. (12.)-CHAP. XVII. Come hither, young one-Mark me! Thou art now (13.) CHAP. XVIII. Mother. What! dazzled by a flash of Cupid's mirror, With which the boy, as mortal urchins wont, Necessity-thou best of peacemakers, Anonymous. You shall have no worse prison than my chamber, Help us to composition! Nor jailer than myself. The Captain. Anonymous. He was a fellow in a peasant's garb; (8.)-CHAP. XXIV. The Ordinary. We meet, as men see phantoms in a dream, The Chieftain. (9.)-CHAP. XXV. The course of human life is changeful still As is the fickle wind and wandering rill; The Black Dog of Newgate. (14.)-CHAP. XXXVIII. Speak not of niceness, when there's chance of wreck," The captain said, as ladies writhed their neck To see the dying dolphin flap the deck: We dine upon them, if we haul them up. |