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Wanganui Herald, Volume III, Issue 575, 7 April 1869, Page 2

FLORA MACDONALD MEMORIAL FUND. FROM time to time, for many years, strangers visiting- »the Churchyard of Kilinuir, in the Island of Skye, have complained that no memorial has been placed' over the grave of Floha Macbonald. Reference is made to the' fact in the • last edition of Boswell's Journal of Dr Johnson's " Tour to the Hebrides :" the late Alexander Smith speaks feelingly on the subject in his "Summer in Skye;" many letters" have appeared in the newspapers, .. upbraiding the descendants of Highland Jacobites for. this neglect, and within the last few weeks attention •' has been drawn to it in the Illustrated London News. Flora Macdonald's grave has thus acquired a celebrity which, in its present neglected state, is, to say the least of it, undesirable; and it i& evident, from the.lone of the public communications on the subject, that the only • thing necessary to remove this reproach from the Highlands is that some one should take a little trouble to^ collect Subscriptions, and ascertain the wishes of Subscribers as tothe form the Memorial should assume. With a view to giving practical shape to the sentiment which has been expressed in so many ways, Macintosh of Macintosh lately requested that subscriptions might be received at the office of the Inverness Courier, and at his instance an advertisement has appeared in thnfe journal soliciting contributions. About £20 has been sent in; cash. This money has been paid into an account opened at the Caledonian Bank, Inverness^ and the Fund must , be dealt with in some form. It is insufficient to carr} r out what are, no doubt, the wishes of the present Subscribers, and there most be many persons, representatives or descendants of old Highland families, as well as other admirers of Flora Macdonald, at home and abroad, who would be sorry not to have had an • opportunity of adding a stone to theY cairn of one whose name will be fop ever associated with the- most interesting national event in Highland history. In the present stage of the Fund,, the subscribers being very far apart,, it is out of the question to call a meeting- to appoint a Secretary and Treasurer. It may be sufficient, in the meantime, to intimate that contributions will be received by Macintosh of Macintosh, Moyhall, Inverness; Charles Waterson, Esq^'of the Caledonian Bank, Inverness, Scotland; or by the undersigned; and, at a later period, the wishes of subscribers will be consulted,- either by circular or by public meeting, as to the disposal of the Fund. Money may be remitted in postage stamps, by cheque, or by registered letter. W. F.RUSSELL, Bank of New Zealand, April 7, 1869. WANGANUI LAND, BUILDING, AND IN. VESTMENT SOCIETY. ________ • 3 ,pHE. Adjourned Meeting, to con-1 JL sider the proposed alterations in Rules 52 and 88, will be held at the ; Odd Fellows' Hall, J Oh THURSDBY ; Bth April. The Chair will be taken at 8 p.m. EDWARD CHURTON, Secretary, ; April 7,1869. : . ; : _~ -fi WANTED IMMEDIATELY—A strong active lad. Apply at Hamilton's Shoeing Forge, Camp*, belltown. April?, 1869.