... There is a re, Paris this vear_ port that the Emperor Nicholas iutends to visit The trienniel conference of the Britis’ Association will be held in London on the 4b of next month. » Charch The Farmers Clabs throug’ hout the cou favour of Mr. Pasey’s Tenant ...

... trained from their youth. this respect they possessed an advantage over their enemies, who, not being much accustomed to athletic recreations, were awkward in th« management their arms; this defect, if existed in the inhabitants of Manchester, was more ...

... the gate as used to do.” Prince Albert learning Gaelic. —We trust will not considered infringing the privacy of Balmoral, to state that is understood Prince Albert is taking occasional instructions Gaelic from the Rev. Mr. Anderson of Crathie, with view ...

... in which several Highlanders displayed great nimblcness of foot; then followed the sworddance, which was danced by threo athletic young men successively, and by Master John Arthur Farquharsou, one of the Farquharson's boys, who distanced all the others; ...

... for centuries. The Picts far more resem- bling the Gaelic inhabitants of Ireland, and the Scots having all those substantial qualities and enduring vig- our which characterise them yet. The pure Gaelic people are still in the Highlands ; the lowlanders ...

... place, the meeting of the Association—its first assemblage out of the Principality—was of course event of unusually great interest and importance. The proceedings commenced on Monday evening by the annual meeting of the Association, which was held in the ...

... his inaugural address to the association. He began by expressing his own diffidence in undertaking the duty of presiding over a learned body, a duty from which he would have shrunk but for the kind request of the association, and his own desire to assist ...

... Edward Ljtlon are derived from Cambridge association!. Ho had gone to the university at earlier age than is usual, end, though he did not enter into competition for the regular pritea, was well known hie associates for leading the life of student, neither ...

... appearance of submission, have a good deal surprised and disappointed enemies.” The Highlands or Scotland 1690. —While the old Gaelic institutions were in full vigour no account of them was given by any observer qualified judge of them fairly. Had such observer ...

... sun one day.— Dickens's Little Dorrit. CONDITION OF THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDERS AT THE CLOSE OF THE 17TH CENTURY. Whde the old Gaelic institutions were in full vigour, no account of them was given by any observer qualified to judge of thsm fairly. Had such ...

... some copsewood and some pasture land ; but a little further up the defile no sign of fruitf uluess was to be seen. In the Gaelic tongue Glencoe siguides the Glen of Weeping ; and, in truth, that pass is the most dreary and melancholy of all the Scotti-h ...

... ready to otter the welcome of that flag to all, whatever their name or clime, who sought for refuge. And names, too, are I associated with it not readily forgotten. In oar own I day Franklin has planted it, and yet a shred may hang over some rude cairn, ...