THE FATE OF MONTROSE.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 255, 23 January 1874, Page 4

THE FATE OF MONTROSE.

„ Montrose was sadly deceived in the* character of Charles, and with, a blind loyalty to monarchy; he followed the falseking. The last sad scene ■in the life of this brave, man is'described by Mr. Bayne as follows: " His sentence was that he should, behanged on a 'gallows thirty feet high, his head ?fixed ;uponithe tolbooth: of Edinburghhis limbs placed ""'over the gates-of four Scottish - towns., On the night before "his execution he'wrote with a-diamond upon i the:window of prison those well-known ■•lines-which in their pathetic, dignity, i-at-. test,'if nothing else, a composure of feeling, a serenity of intellectual consciousness, a : 1 perfect ; self-possession, remarkable in the immediate nearness of a cruel death :—»

Lofc them bestow on every airfc a limb, Then open all my veins that I may swim To Thee, my Maker, in that crimson lake ; Then place my parboiled head upon a stake"; ' > Scatter my ashes, strsw-them in the air :, Lord! 'since' Thou knowest where all'"those; '■' ' atoms are," recover once my dust, "An' confident Thou'lt' raise me'with the just.' , The "majesty of his 'demeanor,' both while being drawn into Edinburgh,on a-cart, and "as "he walked in scarlet cloak-trimmed' with gold lace to th<s place of execution, so' impressed, the multitude that not a taunt' was/utterecl, and many-an eye was wet.' All that, -is told of him when in prison J , tends to exalt pur conception of his" char--! acter. When the'clergy-remind'him that - 'he has been.'excommunicated, and urge him .to repent in order that the.Ch'urch may re-! hio've' her censures, he-answers that, the thought of his .excommunication causes' .'him.pain;;>arid that He, would gladly -have -it removed'by, confessing his sins as a man, but that* lie hasho'thin'g to repent of iii his' conduct to his' king and his country.'' He sharply check"the officiousness of the non-professional zealot. Johnston of Warriston finds him,;the,day before his r death,'-',combing out his beautiful locks of hair," and' murmurs-some suggestion that the".hour,is,too!* solemn for such work. -. 'I -will arrange my.,headias I please to day, while it is still my own,', answers - Montrose; .'to-morrow it will be yours, and you 'may,do as you list.' Pagan, proud and self-centred; but neither is he quite a Puritan. He rises into a more genial atmosphere, he approaches a higher t Christian type.than those of his-age. 'He does not crouch before his -Maker; He stands' erect; not arrogantly, not in mean terror and abject self "depreciation, -but in reverent affection, and _ trust: as a man ought to stand." '"'■,.'•' ',

MISCELLANEOUS; ' , ';. \ The first grass widow was Mrs. Nebuchadnezzar, an, ancient-Queen of Baby-flp'n/:!l-,j..<^5;:'",''..' ' - ' /;Wihatfmay one'always have his pocket filled;with,"even when they are empty?— Holes."' t ' ■",. .■', There, is one thing which the most improvident young men are always able -to .keep,- and'that ,is late hours. An escaped convict, who wants employ - 'ment, advertises that he had a good deal of experience in the " hide business." A British M.P. began a speech on the Judicature, Bill with the assertion that ," he* could«not keep silence without saying ,a few words." t , I No one supposes the Good Templars to be' a. " religious '' in the conventional sense of the term ; it is rather a political organisation,- having for its object the suppression of the drinking habits of the people. If-it succeeds in mitigating that evil, it will have done a great and noble work ; - and while, therefore, we may smile-at the -high-sounding-titles of its officers, t and'~'the tom-foolcry of its ceremonials and millinery, we are,willing to pass these;by t as harmless,,in consideration of the real good that is-being accomplished by it. An infant ' named • Joseph Davidson Wilson has .been burnt to death in Christchurch. ', It was in bed with another child eight : years old. A candle left near the bed fell, and set'the clothes on fire. The elder child slipped out, but,the baby was so severely burnt that it died next day. , A Loridori'paper says'that at the 101 st sitting ,of the Tichborne trial, Mr. Hawkins said that he had been so frequently insulted by the counsel for the defence, he had made up his mind,never to speak to Dr. Kenealy , again on this side of the grave. It is-rumored that Dr. Kenealy proposes, when he makes his final speech for the defence, to speak eight weeks of five days,each ; and it is v now conjectured that this trial will not end till the middle

or end of January next. , Dr." Eeid, the .celebrated medical writer, was requested by a lady of literary eminence to call at her house. "Be sure you recollect the address." said she, as ■she .quitted the room, "No. I Ohester'field Street." " Madam," said, Doctor, ." I am too great an admirer of politeness not to remember Chesterfield, and, I fear, too selfish ever to forget number' one." ' '

, At a recent agricultural show in Norfolk one of the inhabitants uttered his sentiments on a canvass banner :—r f Of all the crops the farmer raises, Or capital employses, ' None brings such comforts and such praises As a crop of girls and boyses^"

"' Mr. John Cross, the Poet Laureate of Westland, has (by the influence of manyfriends)'been induced to publish some of his best poems; which, we-are happy to state, are now in the press, and will -be published in a few days. The publication is under the patronage of the Hon. Julius Vogel, G.M.C., and several other influential gentlemen of high standing New Zealand and Victoria. The : ipretace to this present edition has been written by John Lazar, Esq., and the poeins included in the volume are, " Florizel the Exile," the " Poet's Dream ; " " Westland's Lament; " an address to H.R.H. Prince Alfred, after his attempted assassination in Sydney ; and' poetical'* addresses, to the Governors who have visited, Westi- land. We heartily wish Mr. Cross every success' 'in this publication, and' hope it may lead-* at some future period to the whole of his" political pieces being printed in one volume, so as.to serve as a memorial; of the author in future years; in- this .his' ■* adopted' home, the "-Britain of 'the ■South.—? : H6kitika Star.' . [lf is..pleasant to see things put strongly and, pointedly. Some one asked . Col. Howard, of Georgia, lately; if he - thought that a certain 'Radical in that State,would steal. ".Steal!" responded the' colonel." " Why, if he were paralysed and hamstrung, I wouldn't trust him by himself in the middle of'the" Desert of Sahara

with the biggest anchor of the' Great 1 Eastern ! Steal! I shouldthink he would." A little girl probably six years of ■ age, appeared at one of the juvenile balls held recently at Long Branch in an entire dress of lace of the most .valuable . description. - "It was made in the style of the day, and. worn over pink silk. / The lace being white in , color, the effect was beautiful. The dress was valuediat £2,000. The -little child also woreJpamond earrings, necklace, and rings. '3Fl};e years ago, says Grundy, this sarne child's father was a .bar-keeper* in?. California. A-minister 'had a negro-in his family." One "Sunday when he was preaching, he happened "to" look in the - pew" where the' negro was," and could-hardly contain himself as. he,'saw the negro, who could' not read" or. write a word, scribbling away "most industriously. After meeting, he said to the,riegro—" Tom,.what were you "doing 'in 1 church ?"- '*" Taking f- notes, massa";'air *de gemmen ' takes / notes." "Bring 1 your notes .here and let me see them." I Tom- brought his riotes,_ which looked more like-; Chinese than English. *'" Why,- Tom', this is all nonsense." I thought-so, massa, all'the.time you '-were .preaching it." . " • Hugh ■ Williams, a farmer, who some time ago' bought the -wreck of the - Royal Charter, : lying' on .the coast of Angle'sea; vvent.down on Friday in a diving'suit witbJso'me gunpowder for the purpose of blasting. -The powder exploded prematurely, and when taken up Williams! - was quite .dead. , , \ t • A '"son,ofv Mr. /.Grahame, the author -of " The Sabbath," was very tall and exceedingly lean One day, walking on the '.floor;of the Parliament House,', he attracted the-notice of Mr. Clark. . ," Who is,that?" asked the wit., -Hewasanswerered, " The son of ' The Sabbath.' " "Is he indeed?" said Clark/" he looks more like the, son of the ,JPast-day"

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