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256 THE GAEL. Octolier, 1873.He was emplo^-ed to supeiiiiteud iuEdinburgli the first issue of theGaelic New Testameu translated byMr Stewart of Killin, and so highlywas heesteemed by competent judgesthat it was proposed to oi'daiii hiinas the first minister of the Gaelicreligious ideas of the highest oider inpo.etry than tlio Gaelic languagewliich Buchanan employed. Buchanan'sclaim, then, to a monumentcan bo readily made out ; so canthe claims of Rannoch to be the siteof it, although his dust lies with thatof his kindred at Callander. Thiswas the great scene of his labours, andwdth this spot his memory ischieflyassociated. Let me express theearnest hope that a littlecongregation in Edinburgh. This lasteffort mayproposal was not carried out for secure what we so earnestly desirereasons variously related ; but I feel•—the erection of a granite obelisk ata ]iersunal inttiest in this movement Kinloch-Rannoch to the memory offi-om the fact that the name of Dugald Buchanan."Buchauaii was iu some measure associatedwith the congregation ofNEWS OF THE HICxHLANDS ANDwhich I am now the minister. It isISLANDS.perhaps not so generally known thatGreenock.—The Rev. Murdoch Macaskill,formerly of Glenlyon, has beenBuchanan was a prose writer. Hisaccount of his own spiritual history inducted to the pastorate of the Freedown to the year 1750 is a remarkablecomposition, full of life, ofGaelic Church.Glasgow.—On Saturday, the Gth September,the Sabbath scholai's of St.miction, and of knowledge in the Cohmilja Church had their annual tripthings of God. It is worthy of being " down the water." The children assembledat the Church, and on the arrival'put side by side with the Spiritualof the Mission School children from GarscubeRoad, they marched to the steamerAutobiography of Boston.' Hispoetry is so well know in the Highlands"Hero," which had been chartered forthat little requires to be said the day, headed by the Sabbath Schoolabout it. It speaks its own praise. iiag, displaying a picture of the Church,under which on a scroll were the words,There are eight pieces extant, called " Tigh 1ÌI0 rhrldhe, tujh mo yhraidh."'Laoidhean Spioradail' or Spiritual The procession was preceded by twopiper.s, who played a grand HighlandHymns. These are of almost unifoi'mexcellency, both in matter and mauner.The Skull ' and The Daymarch. The day was one of the finest ofthe season, and the large company,'numbering,between children and friends,' ofJudgment' have been said to excel 1053, thoroughly enjoyed themselves onthe others, but I own that I do not the beautiful banks of the Holy Loch,observe that the superiority is very and returned in the evening loaded withbunches of heather and wild-flowers.marked. Buchanan has been calledThe Queen's Journey through the'the Cowper of the Highlands,' and Caledonian Canal. — Her Majestyif that be high commendation it is no has expressed, through her Secretary,higher than what his genius and his General Ponsonby, her high approval ofthetaste deserve at the handsmanner in which sheofwas conductedallthrough the Caledonian Canal. As a testimonyof this the Queen has presentedtiiose who can i-ead and relish thelanguage in which he wrote. Nor Mr. Hutcheson with a handsome scarfpin,set with three diamonds and twolet it be said that his powers sufferedemeralds. Generalby the use of his mother tongue,Ponsonbyforhas alsobeen commanded by the Queen to send athere is no language living that issum of £10 to be divided by the captainmore capable of giving expression to of the "(gondolier" among the crew ofof that vessel. Altogether, the Queen'svisit has been one of the highest gratification,without the slightest accident tomar the loyal demonstration and joyousfeelings called forth by the royal progress.