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Southland Times, Issue 1292, 12 August 1870, Page 3

Highland Costume nr Pabliament. — The London Scotsman says .* — We most heartily congratulate Lord Huntly, the premier Marquis of Scotland, on the able speech which he made with so much modesty and grace in moving the address in the House of Lords, but still heartier are our congratulations on the nationality which he displayed in appearing in the Highland dress. A nobleman in whose veins is the blood of the " gallant Gordons "—the " Cocks of the North "— could never wear a more appropriate costume on a state occasion. We observe that some of our contemporaries in the north speak of the circumstance as if the Marquis of Huntly was the first who has ever worn the Highland dress in Parliament. This is not the case. It was indeed in Westminister Hall where, at the coronation of George IV., the gallant Glengarry was summarily delivered over to the custody of the keepers of the peace because a silly woman shrieked when she saw a pistol in the belt of the Highland chief. But during the present reign there have been at least two appearances of the Highland costume in Parliament. Mr Campbell, of Islay, M.P., for Argyleshire, wore it in his place in the House on the morning of Coronation Day ; and a few years later Lord Glenlyon appeared in it when moving the Address in the House of Lords. Furtively, beneath greatcoats | and paletots, the Highland costume is no ! rarity in either House on one night of the year — that of the Caledonian Ball in rJuna. A_. __