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MAT
IEW CAREY.
ifUk r, v ritteti a short
::iise. to a iri- nd, bv Air.
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tlllie
c c ;Wtmrcati d to the. editors
l a Ihtei lioenct-r. The sen-
k- UhUL- olteti xnres;ed. to our
eiVs oy tliij &vp .s d philanthropist.
"Utar iSii : i send you. by this mail,
a copy couip ete k: the Q, erist, as tar as
it has o:ne 1, 2. and 3. . '
4,l am ortiutUi beiuw par. I arh fear-
fulilhar tije sjta.U'j of the country is .hope
Uss. PubUi' uiotals ;ire at the lowest
ebb; and private share a portion of "the.
same late. Ro;ird for self appears to be
the .predominant feeliiig ': Everviiai: for
niyhelf." as thf
Dutchnian said when
he had s -ize 1 a
1 he.could lay hi hands
on. P
i os pec ts
have heretofore been
olobmv' iti some points of viw as at pre
sent, but wejcould her. tofore see "a little
cherub smiling aloft," to cheer us on out
vay, but no j tt'leseope can enable us to
see. "a cheiub aJoft" at present. .; ' :
"My general health is as good as usual.
But the feebleness of my limbs rather in
creases. And rnv remaininr eve cannot
perform its functions by the Might of I the
lamp," as it; was wont to- do I think
much on "Mrs.! Thrale's Three Wafnr
insrs." I tco liave my three warnings,
not however exactly the same as hers.
I am in a great measure, toothless, a crip-r
pie, and half blind. But I find no decay
U my ititeilejctual powers : on the contra-
j rv. I flgree with the poet, (pope ) ,
mmmm
I he soul s aartf cottage, batter d and decayed,
Lets in new light hrough chinks which tune has
made. j. ,
i "Your' very respectfully,
L " MATUEW CAREY.
Philadelphia. Aug. 30, 1S39."
The Kgrhnton Toui nasnent.
. I tErom the London Aee.1
The preparations for the approaching
lonrnf,ment nre nearly completed, and
numbersjaro flockinVto the North. The
V' " 'JUnlon. "the uatrmi nl th-
mdchivAlry of Vor. " arrived at V. ,in
ton on Saturday snoight,.to hasten "for-
ward tht
ournamerjt arranmehts Sir
Lamb and Fvi'u 1 fi n t nrn rnur if
Charle:
vhe Earl's mother, who is, "ft is understood'
to do the
honors of the Castle, have also
The- Marnuess of Rnt T.nr-l
arrived.
Klburne. Sir Prd Tnimstnn Q n u
Duke, and various other dislingues, have
urr'VHd iti the neiglibourhoo i.
On Friday last the demand for posters
far exceeded the supply, and various de
tentions ejecurred in . consenuence on the
banks of jthe Annan, as wll as the Nith
The innkeepers have been advised to make
additions to tfieir respective studs as ihe
promised joustino at Irvine approaches.
'I'he Ma rjquess of Abercorh is .expected to
be presert, but only we understand, as a
spectator. His Lordship will bear the
-uniform of a Scottish Chieftain as head
of the Cl in. of Hamilton. The trappings
for-the horses, and the ancient armour
ha ve all arrived.
Lady Seymour, the " Q,ueen of Beauty
and offchtj" Tournament, was expected to
arrive at the Castle'yesterday, having left
town with her Lord by the railway on
Wednesday. Her Ladyship's dress" for
the occasion, made by Howell and James,
of Regent street, is composed of a jacket
of Ermine, the skirt of violet velvet, with
the front of sky blue velvet, on which are
her Ladyship's arms (those of the Duke
of Somerset,) richly embroidered in sil
ver, and a coronet, or crown, richly or
namented with jewels. The Marchioness
of Londonderry's dress is composed of
similar materials Her Ladyship's dress
was made at Holderness House, under
her own direction.
Lord Eglinton's invitations are on cards,
ensTAvedlby West, and are as follows :
" The Earl of Eglinton requests the pleas
ure of Lord -'s company at the Tour
nament al. Eglinton Castle, on the 28th
and 29th of August" New uniforms
have . been made for the Ayrshire Arch
ers, and that ior their Captain,' Claude
Alexander, Esq is particularly splendid
The amateur Bayards, who ha ve already
left town , for Eglinton Castle, are the
Earls of Cassilis, Craven and Eglinton,
Lord Glenlyon, Sir Francis Hopkins, r
Lord Gage, the Hon Chas. H. Maynard,
and the Hon. Francis Charter s. .The
beautiful Lady Seymour, daughter-in-law
to the Duke of Somerset, : it seems,' will
be choseii t Qieen of the Tournament.
Marquis and Marchioness of Londonder
ry, .vho. a!re intimate personal friends 6(
Lotd Eglinton. have already left VVyn
yarc1 Park, en route to Eglinton Castle,
where'they will be the guests or the No
ble Eirl durit.'g the princely festivities at
his splendid seat. The Ear! of Eglin'on,
t he giver of this chivalric entertaintnent, is
in his 27th year; his Lordship succeeded
to-the; large, unincumbeaed estates of bis
trrandfather Htish, thirteenth Eirl of
'Eglinton,! in 1819, when his Lordship
was only seven years of ae, ind he had,
therefore a long minority. Hs Lord
ship's motiher rc-nia i t ied with Sn Charles
ALiutoiieii Lamb, Bar'.. Knight Marshall
u' thv Household '
From the Glasgow Courier.
V On SatnrtJav a party of si.xtv five High
landers, plothed in their native garb,
marched mto the city from. Fort Dundas
and gave rise to much curiosity as to who
iiud what! thev were. It soon became
known that they were "the followers" of
Lord GU nlyon from the 'braes of Athol,"
and that they were bound for the ;"tour
ney
T
hey embarked to-day at the
Broomielaw for Ardrossan.
Among the
dresses tobe worn, the Leltic seems to
be the favorite in this quarter; but we
consider this to- indicate great want of
taste Thetourney was of Gothic, not o
Celtic origin, It was never practised by
Celtic nations at all. We should sup
pose that Eglinton Tournament will have.
been tne irst at wnicn tnetartanna the
kilt, were ot all conspicuous. T here is
nothing in the Highland dress which
renders it appropriate for such a scene.
Its adoption is of a niece with thet-onduct
of stme ignorant payers, who dress WaL
Ja'ct and Bruce in kilts, although, in the
time of these w-airriors ihe kilt was con
sidereli only fit for savages. ;
From the London Morning Post.
Names of the knights and esquires,
with the regulations for the tilting. -
King of th Tournament the Mrqn is of Londonderry,
Enquires Colonel Wood, Mr. Irrine.
KNIGHTS. " BSartRKS.
Earl of Eglinton 5 Lord A. Peymour, Mr. Grant,
) Mr. G. imndas.
f Sir C. Kenf, Mr. F. Civindish,
Marquis of Waterford ? Mr L. Uicardo Pases lird
( Jn Beresford. Mr.AL W hite
Earl, of Craven Hon. F. CraveD, Hon. J. Mac-
dODald. '
Farl of Cassilis v n
Viscount Alford If on. Mr. Cnst, Mr. T. O
I Giscoifne, ; ; .
Viscount Glenlyon stir Da v Dandas, Mr. J. Balfour
Hon. Cnpi. Gage Mr A Marrnr, Mr. Rf ercuson.
Hon. Mr., Jeramghain Capt Stevenson, Mr. G- Camp-
Captain Fair lie
Sir Fred. Johnstone
- r T xr:i
Capt Pettat, .Mr. l-oi,
Vrsrt. Drumlanri, Hon. A.
Viuiers. . : . .
Sir Francis Hopkins
Captain Be i esford
Mr. Cbales Lamb
Mr. . Boothby
Mr. Lecheraere
Visr Matdstone, Mr. Luraley.'
Mr. B- Cxaufyr4, Mr J. Gordoo.
S Mr. Corry, Mr. J. Horloct, Mr.
J.Fane. -'
i The J)uke ollBeaufort.Sir Frederick
H. BatHuist, Lord Cranstoun, Mr. "Camp
bell, and the Horn! Captain Maynard,
have declined. j S
After some exertion I hare obtained
the 'Regulations for the Tilling," which
are as follows : lt. No knight5 can be
permitted to ride without having on the
ichole of his tilting piecet 2d. No.
knight to rid? more than six courses with
the same opponent. Particular attention
s most earnestly requested to be paid to
this injunction, for the general good and
credit of the tournament. 3d. It is ex
pressly enjoined by ihe Earl of Eglinton,
and n'lust be distinctly understood by each
knight, upon engaging to run a course,
that he is to strike his opponent on no
other part than his-shield, and that an
alleinte made elsewhere (or the lances
broken across) will be judged foul, and
advantages in former courses forfeited.
4th. Ltnces of equal length, substance,
and quality, as far as' can be seen, will be
delivered to each knight, and none others
will be allowed j . I "
The castle is a massive square build
ing of stone, with a round tower at each
anfje, and a keep of the same form and of
large proportions, rising from the centre
6f the'pile. - In an oblique direction from
the rear of the castle, and perhaps at
about a furlong's distance from it, are the
lists. The ground j which they occupy
would almost seem td hare been made on
purpose. It is a. fine level, with the turf
gently sloping up frpm it on both sides,
while fine trees surround it on ali ; and
and the keep just visible.aboye the wood,
supports the staff from which the founder
of the festivities will "fling to the breeze
the banner of his line." The inciosure
for the joust is a long square extending
about 200 yards in it3 greatest length, and
one side of it is occupied with . the gille
ries for spectators. They form a centre
and two wings, the centre being roofed
in, and the front of it vefy handsomely
finished in the gothjc style with pinnacles,
the whoie'being rather elaborately paint
ed and'gilt. At the ends of the lists are
pitched the pavilions of the knig hts,! each
distinguished by being mule in broail
stripr3 of the owner's colors. Each
knight has a larger and two smaller ones,
the former 'or his own use, and the lat
ter for that of his esq iires attendants '
Lord Eglinton, indeed has five pavilions,
and, very gay they look in thejr livery of
bjue and gold. Among the others is one
ff scarlet and white( that is exceedingly
rjeat, as is Lord Waterford's white and
btack The course of the procession is
fenced in with a double post and rail from
the entrance door of tie castle, over a
pretty gothic bridge that crosses a stream
in 'he park, and by a very long detour,
that will afford' a full view to all the
lookets on, op to the lists. The whole
arrangement is so good that I don't see
how tt is possible tor any body to fail of
having a capital sigh; On one side of
the castie thore is an immense temporary
rooih nearly completed, and capable, one
should think., of arcommodating eight
-hundred or a thousand guests Tents
are pitched, and temporary rooms con
structed, in various parts of the park, ap
parently for the purposes of refreshment;
and in short, no expense can have been
spared, no attention omitted, on the part
of Lord Eglinton, to make hjs hospitali
ties available to all comers.
From the London Morning Chronicle.
Vly yrsterday's communication will
have informed you of the sad state of af
fairs at Eglinton Castle. Never f was
there such a deplorable exhibition as the
g;rnu procession. The Marquess of
Loidonderry Was complete y drenched;
he ha'd a most grotesque appearance as
he sruugled to keep his royal robes
around him j and exposed, unconsciously,
a large umbrella in the . vain endeavour.
The iniil clad knights looked grim, in
jfed not with valor, but vexation as
the rain descended in pertinacious torrents
upon the fine caparisons and nodding
plumes of their steeds. The heralds and
the poursuivants, andthe esquires and the
pages, and all the motley multitude, were
sore dispirited ; and Lord Eglinton him
self, it was evident, althou.- h he strove to
make the best of it, and put on a smiling
countenance, was vexed and disheartened.
And well he might! To have planned such
Wexbibition a year a go to have passed
the interval in arranging, and practis
ing;, and inviting, and to have spent twen
ty; or thirty thousand pounds besides, and
allun vain was enough to sour the tem
per of the most equable philosopher that
ever existed, r Bui as the French proverb
says. "L'horame propose et Dieu dis
po5e," and there was no help for it. One
would have! supposed that, seeing the
hopelessness of finer, weather ,for that day,
a herald would have been ordered to an
nouoce the postponerjaent of the. sports un
til a more Iivourable opportunity. With
this expectation hunareds of the specta
tors hurriediaway as fast as their legs
could carry ' them, 'splashing themselves
and their neighbours in the most woeful
manner as they trode through the uni
versal puddle, into which the ground bad
been converted by the torrents. Never
in my life did I witness such an exhibi
tion.; There was something irresistibly
comic in the hurry and distress of the
flying multitude. ,Up went many scores
of fine silk dresses, which the? fair vvef
ers were all solicitous to shield from
damage; and off came hand reds of pair of
shoes & stockings, from the feet both of men
and women, young and old, which were
safely stowed away in baskets or in great
coat pockets. This was a piece of Scotch
economy which uas very sensible; but
it found no imitators among the multitude
of southern visitors. More than a third
of the spectators left the ground, the tilting
began in the presence of the remainder;
but I could see nothing, I had the fortune,
good or ill. to be ensconced behind a gen
tleman with a. huge umbrella, the supera
bundant moisture from which was deposit
3d inmy lap, in addition to the full share
upon 'my luckless shoulders from the
angry heavens. Between the portly gen
tleman and his umbrella, I could see but
little of ihe sport sport to some, but sore
annoyance to many, and almost martyr-,
dom to me. I once caught a glimpse of a
horse's tail, and once a hurried view of
the end of a lance. Another time I just
distinguished-, for an instant, the nose of a
doughty combatanf, and once, afterwards
obtained a full view of the Marquess of
Waterford, who seemed really to enjoy
the fun, and to like it all the better for the
mud below & the moisture above, around,
and on every side ; but if I could not see,
I could hear, and I hope never again to
bear such a confusion of disagreeable
sounds; theneighing of horses, the bray
ing of wheeay trumpets, the patter of the
rain in the puddle, the mournful howling
of a "cold wind among the trees, and the
cursing, swearing, and, groaning of my
neighbours. Feeling was another of my
senses which was remarkably acute; for
I was nudged by one, pushed by another,
had my feel trodden on bv a third, and a
stream of water poured on to me from
my fat friend's umbrella. All these ac
cumulated miseries became at last too
great for endurance, and I rushed from
the lists to the friendly cover of the walls
of Eglinton Castle with the energy of a
desperate man. There Tremained till 1
heard that the entertainments (save the
ihark !) were concluded and consoled my
self by a refection, washing down the re
membrances of my grief with .some bum
pers f claret, wh'u'h i prol-ured through
the xtra official 'kindness of some under-
ling of the establishment. This done, 1
took a peep into the once gay pavilion
Set apart for the ball and the banquet.
The cloth was laid in the latter ; but wo
ful sight !. it was as wet as if it had just
come out of the wash tub; the plates
were filled wil
h ivater, oozing. and drip
ping from the
roof, and half a score of
buckets were placed at regular, intervals
upon tne tables and oetween them, and, at
the time I saw them", gave promise of soon
becoming brimful. The ball room was
in as sad a plight. Its covering was not'
weather proof in the slightest degree, and
the floor was flooded. It was quite clear
that there-could be nei'her . ba II nor ban
quet i hat night, and that over their bowls.
"No jolly revellers would proclaim
Craven's or Alford's conquering name 1"
. And so it turned out; for ere dusk it was
announced by the Earl of Eglinton, bare
headed and much dejected, but-still most
courteous and kind, that all the festivities
of the evening were postponed, in conse
quence of the unfavorable stale of the
weather. As the evening wore on :-
" Fiercer by far the tempest grew,
And louder still the wild winds blew,
And from beneath the greenwood tree ?
Rode forth the bold Montgomerie,
His men at arms, with glaive and spear,
Waddled, Hke wet ducks in the rear.
There many a youthful knight was seen:
With rueful countenance I ween;
And without favour in his glove,
Memorial of his ladye love !
So rode they back in sail array,
Till full their half drowned lines display.
Each shook his locks, and wiped his nose,
And rushed to dinner and dry clothes."
Having seen ail this, I began to think
of returning to Ardrossan, eight miles
off for I was wet and uncomfortable, and
longed to get to bed, and there was not
the slightest chance of accommodation at
Eglinton Castle Even standing room
could not be afforded. I was, therefore,
obliged to walk a mile and a half to Kil
winning, which is dignified here with the
name of a railroad station. I found to
my consternation that the last train, con
sisting oi three open vans, linked togeth
er and drawn by two horses, had sta rted an
hour pr"vioaiy. I was toid, however,
that if I walked on I might very easily
overtake it about half way This was
small comfort to One in my desperate con
dition and to increase my Woes, the rain
came down thicker jhan ever, and the
wind blew fast and furious. One thing,
however, wasclearlo me, which was, that
I would not remain by the road-side all
night; and having met with two other
persons, bound on a similar errand, and
in exactly the same forlorn condition as
myself, we resolved to push boldly for
ward, defy the wrath of the elements, and
sleepat Ardrossan in spite of adverse for
tune It was a weary way the miles
seined indeed to lengthen as we went.
When we arrived between Kilwinning
and Saltcoats.? the oad woond a ongbr
the seacoast; and we could see in the dim
obscurity; and close bes.de us. the waves
ra.sing into white foam, and lashing fhe
beach with the most melancholy roarings
that l ever heard. Thre was, however,
a strong sea-w-tll to keep off the ad vane
iog tide, or I verily believe that I should
hJZ heeo washed away "to the , bourne
rm vhieh no traveller rttums.' I was
IIUWI J" - -
actuajly knee deep in mud the Toad, ex
cept the rails, which-wereof course jcept .,.
clear, was full of deep rut's and holes, and
sprinkled with shaD nrbiecline stone in
tended for sleepers, which were fully fight
inches in diameter, and against which, I
knocked my, unfortunate ahinssome hun
dred of times. At Saltcoats itook'thelte
for a few minutes, but could get noaccom-. ,
jnodation for the nighty was ' obliged , t
tramp on again fir two- rriiles further, ,
exposed i to the pelting . of the pitiless
s orra, an outcast & a vagabond upon the
face of the earth. However, the longest
journey has an end ; and I arrived half
an hour after midnight at Ardrossan, and
turned into bed immediately. j
. This morning the weather is equall y
unpropitious. Tlie raiu has pot cea.seo
during the night, and, at the time Jl nuw
write, is pouring down in torrenti." . Tho '
weatherwise people of the place eay that
in all probability We shall not have a
grimpse-of sunshine for a week, The
tournamtnt. I hear, is postponed till : to- -morrow,
and the opinibnains ground that
ultimately it will be postponed sine Ji.
The. Glasgow folk, & the Paisley bodiea,
and the Kilmarnock weavers, are. hasten
ing a way to their" own homes, having
bad quite enough of it All the parapher
nalia of the a how, with the exception. u(
the armour, are spoiled or sadly damag
ed, so, that even 'if we were to have a
cloudlet sky and a warm un again, the
exhibitionwould be, shornv "of the splen
dour which the day before yesterday
might have excited the admiralioh of! ap
plauding thousands. I have not been up
toEglihton Castle to-day, having -learned c
the postponemet of the display, whrch-Wat v
published here at an early hour. My
opinion, derived from; good authority, is
that all is over and that the. Eglinton tour
nament is among the things that were, ;
and will be long remembered ti the tnist'
.magnificent abortion that haai' been" iff fi
nessed for two centuries. Should, how
ever contrary to my expectation, any-
i-hinff further occur, i shall sena aa ac
count of it by to-morrow's post.
"Ill would it suit the dullard eat
Of distant Usteuers, to hear
All the vexations I have borne.
Since Tuesday night tp Thursday mora.' '
I shall therefore cover my woes with the
veil of silence, endure theni like -a philos-
opher and a Christian, pray in the mean
time for the hour that shall libefale -ttte
fiom thd thralls of the tournaravht, and
everything belonging to it." .
: From a Glasgow ptper.) I ' ' "' ;''
It was announced that the processioq . ;
was to h ave EglintohjCastleat ohe of clocks :
but it was nearly, twd befce the whole
could be arrayed in proper order. 4 When a
it b-gan to rain heavilyi-the idea" df the
"(iueen of Beauty" (Lady Seymour) pro
ceeding on horseback, as had been a f rang
d, abandoned, and her ladyship andr '
her attendant maids of honour went to the.
lists in carriages. ' This spoiled the effect
of tht procession very much, and wai a.
good deal lamented. ' - J j
The banners were drenched, and had
a soiled and flagging appearance, while'
the plumes of the knight's bung in "fad
ed glory"' over the helmets o! their wear
ers. The very horses had; a demure as
pect the specta tors we re dreadfully cow
ed;" and though the procesfion was; not
withstanding all this, the beat part of the'
exhibition, saving always the grand stand,,
its reception along the line, and in 'the"
iists, wa3 inexpressibly cold. Thee beer-
ing was feeble ; and the presence X Lofd'
Eglinton, as he rode" along, seecied; the'
only circumstance that could call fdrth
any thing like a hearty hurrah, from 'the
onlookers. His lordship, who fustaihea
the character of " Lord if the Tou'rna'-
ment," wore a splendid sut of armour,
which was, in. a manner covered with
gold, and richly chased. Ilia horse
though not a powerful animal, was a yer
spirited one and richly caparisoned in doth
of blue and gold The noble earl seemed.
to take a great delight ip caracoling roami
the lists, and was, as we have' already,
stated, received every where wb cheera.
" The King of the Tournament," Lord
Londonderry, was the most uncourtfy .
looking night in the field." His lordship
certainly does not appear to much advan
tage on horseback; he leaned towards the
mane of his horse very much in the pos
ture of a person who bad never been oa .
horseback before, and who. was afraid lest '
at every movement of the animal, he should
be thrown in the.mud.. He sported a robe '
of black velvet, over a lower dressi ef er-
mine.; and wore his coronet set with vane-v
gated plumes. The Ma ruess of-Water- -ford,
who appeared as jbe Knight" of "the -Dragon,
had the oldest armour in the fietdf
being of the reign of Richard the Thifd.J
It was a suit of polished steel; fluted,1 His ;
horse was caparisoned iri blue arid 'white.
Lord Glenlyon, tfie. ICnightr CJaell
was of course attended, by' b if Aihordl
lowers." a'body of men whom.jttwoW
be difficult to matcfirin this' or any P&x' '
country. It was, however,! ratn.ef diffir
cult to account far th ia : Celttfr rppendage
in a tournament, as wejjeliey naiostanftS
or Lo w I a n d e r V v e t ppeaedin the Jgb . .
land, dress at . a, tMtatfJ.Kf-- ' .'"
The tilting Was ihehVomnfpnc
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