EDINBURGH.

Otago Witness, Issue 621, 24 October 1863, Page 6

EDINBURGH.

(prom the daily times correspondent.) August 25th, 1863. The present mail bears heavy tidings to your skilful General Cameron and the gallant 57th— indeed, to all British soldiers, all British subjects in the South. Lord Clyde- or Colin Campbell, rather, for that is the affectionately familiar name by which his contemporaries will continue to call him— was laid last Saturday in Westminster Abbey beside "The Indian Bayji-d," in the very spot on which, then paved, the taver_ of India had stood a short time before with woi king face and almost tearful eyes, when the body j of his brother in arms was lowered into the dark, narrow home, which Englishmen look upon aa a rich I reward for a life ime's dcv tion to their country Tiie veteran had left directions that he should be buried quite qu'e'ly in Kensal (xreeD, but Her Majesty who alone could persuade him to return to Jhe Crimea, aftu- he had been so shamefully sighted, took upon herself (in so doing becoming the true exponent _of her people's desire) to express a wish amounting to a countermand of those directions, and so Colin Campbell slumbeis beneath the hoary towers in the historic dust of We-ttninsfer. The Qiieeu felt sure that the shaJe of the chiv.ilrous old soldier, who had been willing to shoulder a musket at her bidding, would not be annoyed if she thwarted the purpose his manly modesty had prompted. It was a combination of congestion of tbe brain, bronchia and heart disease, accelerated by a fill from his horse' m ludia, that at lecptb consigned the tou°-h tanned, si arred body ot Colin Campbell to the tomb. Those of his couutrymen who chanced to be in London last Saturday will not soon forget the sight they saw, and must have felt with a twinge of self-re-proach how much mere Catholic ia their admirations are the English than the Scotch, who only become feally enthusiastic in their pr.usse of a compatriot, waereas the English are superior to such petty provmcialibm. From Berkeley-square to the Abbey the stieets were crowded with spectators although there was no pageant to behold— &ad, silent spectators. Through the sea of white faces slowly p,ssed the black hearse within which was the wreathcovered coffin. Slowly filed the fourteen mourninp coaches, and the E core or so of private carriages, hea.!ed by her Majcstj'.-, itself a mourning coach. As the dark train parsed the Go\ eminent offices the sentries without orders did their best to do military houuur to him who was being carried for ever fiom tue bunl ghfc by tho>e iix sible hor.-es with the sweeping velvet trappings and the tossing plumes. The fiont ranks of th^ crowd were thickly suwn with redcoats ; in the Abbey, too, they mustered strong. It is touching to think ilnt there was but one kin ma>i or connection of the departed hero in the train of mourner,, and that a far away 01 c. Lord Clvdc had but one near relative when bo did, a sister. The eyes of many a prizzlt-d old soldier, bowe- e'r, who h-id been bis coui'ade, or lojght under his command grew dim wlipii the last solemn worJa weie lead, vi.d the sobs of beautifat joung gins b!en.!el w'th the wailing funeral chant i)imbtle s s, many of thosj whom he awed from lion ible death, and moie horrible, dishonor, w«e iv the dark -robed tin o;ig of lovely v/onrn win had come toseetheclmalroua champion of women, who was willing to be called a coward so long as he could save them, laid down in the rest which" the trump of Israfil alone can rou«e him from. What a long a-^cl a crowded span wa a L-ud Clyde's life. Running baci tfiroudi it we pass from 1 ucknow to the "thin red hue, 1 ' at Balaklava, aud then to India again amongst the finy Sikh*, from the Pu«jaub to CUna, from China to livlant), from Ire.'and to Demern-a. lie is a victor at Wa-hingtnn, and one of the vanquished at New Orleans. He plays a noble part in the Fenimu m- war under Sir- Aithur Welletley, ho catches fevur nnd ague in tho ill-stalled Walcheren Expedition, whilst }uite a boy ha retreats under his ftllow-townsmau, Sir John Moore, on Colunna. l.usltyhas recently claimed to be the birthplace of J.ord Olyde, but there can be no doubt that he was born m Glasgow we have his own word for it. bundry myths as to his parentage have also ken invented by snobs who must find blue blood in a'l ereat men. The plain facts of the case are these :--He wis the illegitimate son of a Glasgow cabinet-maker of the name of M'Liver, by a Miss Campbell, the daughter of a farmer. Next to the Qaeen's carnage m the funeral train, was the Prince ot Wales?. He and his beautiful bride, who had begun to look like a withered white rose 111 hot, exciting Lon lon, are ecj yiug the fivsh air- the beautiful scenery— the solitudes, and the sports of Abergeldie. The Prinre is a crack shot; and the Princess, who has recovered her usual bloom and spirits, can whip a trout-pool in most knowing style, and has even-on cta-lnndel more than one salmon The fortune-favored young pair passed through Edinburgh about three weeks ae-o • hut tnere was not much seen of them. They came to the Waverley Ttirainus, and drove in a covered carriage almost at full gallop by the shortest Hussar-kept route to Slaney's Hotel. St. Andrew's Square was thronged with people, and the crowd determined r.ot to disperse without getting one good look at the lovely Alexandra. Accordingly cheer after cheer was raiyed until, for peace and quietness sake, the I'rince and Pnncess " showed" at aa open window. Next day, they drove out and visited Holyrood and the Castle ; and in the afternoon, started for the No. th in as expeditious unostentatious n manner ns that in which they had arrived from the South. It ii to be presumed that when the Princess visited the Oastle, a sl-arp look-out was kept on a ferocious member of the present gum-on. Regiments, it is well knoir , are iond of keeping pet animals. Like Loid Byr i>, tl-e 92ad Highlanders keep a pet bear. This saw nearly did for au English gentleman who visited the castle the other day. The channel fleet have again visited the Forth, and thousands upon thousands have flocked on board the noble iron-clads, which are the squadron's chief attract'on, receiving from both officers and men that heartily courteous treatment which makes intercourse

with men-of-war's ineu, whether in the ward-room or on the main-deck, so pleasant. In Teturn the oilkers have been entertained both Leith and at Edinburgh. Everything would have gone merry as a marriage bell, had it not been for the would be tyrannical Sabbatarianism of Dr Begg and some of his dictatorial brethren, including Dr Candlish, of Ua^moial Cairn notoriety. The Subbath Alliance of Scotland, which when the channel fleet was about to sail for the Forth, wrote to the Admiral in command, almost ordering him not to allow visitors to come on board his ships on Sunday. The Admiral replied that his orders from the Admiralty were to allow the public to visit the fleet on Sundays a3 on other days — that is, after divine worship hai been performed. Blacl adder, iv the nams ot the A'liance, then had the impudence to remonstrate with (he Luke of Somerset, and was contemptuously snubbed for his pains, to the delight of intelligent Scot«m(?n, who are vexed that the national character should be degraded by the ravings of these fanatics. Thereupon D s Begg and Candlish, before the Commission of fie General Assembly of their churches, prophesied woe and desolation. Dr. Begg actually was fclish enough to say, "I see no protection from such a flset, if these things are to go on." In the course of his speech. Dr. Begs: spoke of the sinfulness of Sunday omnibuses, but he forgot to explain th 3 fart that, every Sunday, cabs may be seen outside his churchdoors, and also outside Dr. Can-Jli-sh's, cabs which have been engaged by the admiring disciples of thnce ultra Sabbatarian teachers. The "event' of the F.'ecfs stay in the Forth was a trip down t!'e Fri'h in tbe Warrior. About 151) of both sexes were in yitcd, and spent a veiy jolly day, including some jolly dances, on the majestic Mammoth.