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•December, 1873. THE GAEL. 319Kelt is written or spoken instead of Celt." Ijut in itself sweet, expressive,— Professor Blachie. and powerful in its simplicity,natural,He ex-presented him to ilr. Pitt, by whom he Fort-William.— Capture of a Largewas introduced to his Majesty, who Skate.—A monster skate, measuring 6iimmediately gave him a lieutenant's by 5 feet, and weighing upwards of 120commission, with the liberty of serving in lijs., was caught by a fisherman of theany corps he mit^bt choose, or to retire to name of John Macmillan while fishing onhis family and friends, with full pay duringLochiel recently. It had attempted tohis life. The name of this gallant swallow a common bream, hooked on oneHighlander was Malcolm !Macpherson, of of the fisherman's hooks, and was itselfPhones, in Badenoch. His broadsword, hooked on the spines of the bream.with which he so nolily revenged himself The 42d for the Gold Coasx.—Theon his country's foes, had descended from 42d Highlanders are about to depart fromfather to son as a pai-ticiilar legacy for Portsmouth garrison for the West Coastupwards of three hundred years.of Africa. The Highlanders will go outas a regular fighting regiment ; the bandis to remain at home, with the exception,it is believed, of the pipers. No horses areNEWS OF THE HIGHLANDS ANDto be taken, and each oflicer will beISLANDS.allowed only 50 lb. weight of luggage.Dornoch.—The Duke of Sutherland It is not yet known what uniform theypresented the Eev. Charles 3klacgregor, are to wear. The available strength ofJNI.A., minister of the parish of Ardoch, the regiment will be over 600 men.to the church and parish of Dornoch. Macpherson and O.ssian.—A corresjjondentof Notes and Queries sends theCallerxtsh.—At a meeting of theRoyal Archfeological Institute in London, following from the back of the title. pagesketches of the stone circle at Callemish, to an edition of Ossian:— "F.C. EraserIsle of Lews (drawn by Mr Carrington) of Lovat, Esq., told me that he was informedby the Eight Eev. Bishop Mac-were exhibited by Mr Loden Smith. MrChurch gave a description of the temple, donald, that Mrs. Eraser of Culbokie, towhich he said was the most remarkable his certain knowledge, had MS. copies ofhe ever saw.several of Ossian's poems long beforeEmigr.ìtion to Canada.—Mr Arch Macpherson published them, that sheand Mr Clayden arrived at Leamington lent them to Macpherson, but he neverlast week from Canada. They believed returned them :—F. C. Hussenbath, Aprilin Canada being most eligible for the 12, 1828."emigrating of agricultural labourers, but A Plea for Teaching Gaelic inowing to the present stagnation of trade Schools.—On Nov. 5, Rev. Archibaldin America, he considers it would be Farquharson, of Tyree, delivered a lectureinjudicious for artisans to emigrate.— in the Association Hall, Inverness, underInverness Courier.the title of " Highlanders at Home andAlexander Ma.cdokald and Iain Abroad, including a plea for teachingLom'.s Poem.s.—Dr M 'Galium, Millpoi-t, Gaelic in our National Schools." Rev.is now editing, for Messrs Maclachlan iSt Mr. Macgregor was in the chair, andStewart, a new edition of the poems of introduced the lecturer in a Gaelic speech.Alexander Macdonald (vUastair Mac- j\Ir. Farquharson began by avowing himselfa true Gael ; he would not part withMhaighstir Alasdair). We understandthat Mr. D. C. Macpherson is also engagedhis Gaelic for "the lands of wide Breadal-in editing an edition of the Life bane;" and he had himself composedand Poems of Iain Lorn, to be published eighty poems in his native language. Thebj' the same firm.lecture was a homely, patriotic and forcibleargument for the proper teaching ofCeltic oh Keltic.— "According tothe fixed traditional law of English Gaelic to the young. Mr Farquharsonorthoepy, Greek and Latin proper names objected to the way in which Gaelic iscommencing with K, or its equivalent ( !,often translated into English. For example,when followed by a soft or slender vowel,calling the "Gael," Highlanders;are written with a C and pronounced like the name " Gael" was as distinctive andS. It is by virtue of this law that we say applicable as "French" or "German."Cicero and Cwmr, not Kilero and Kcesar. But a greater grievance was the exclusionIt is therefore a wretched afi'ectation of of Gaelic from national schools, and herecent scholars, and directly contrary to urged the preservation of a language notthe genii;s of the English language, when only ancient and native to the country,