114 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



"by the means prescribed for re- 

 storing persons apparently suffo- 

 cated he was restored to life ; he 

 is now out of danger, but very ill 

 from the bruises he received. The 

 body of Ruby, tlie other work- 

 man, was not discovered until 

 near ten o'clock at night ; it now 

 lies in the vaults mider the church 

 for the inspection of the coroner's 

 inquest, which will be held at the 

 Crown tavern this day. Ruby was 

 in very indigent circumstances, 

 and has left a wife in a pregnant 

 state, and three young children, 

 to deplore his loss. A subscrip- 

 tion is opened for the relief of the 

 widow and orphans. The body 

 of Miss Burrowes was deposited 

 in a vault under the church. 



AUGUST. 



1. It is a circumstance deserv- 

 ing of notice, that while there 

 Iras been so much rain in the 

 south of Europe, there has been 

 a long series of dry weather in 

 tlie north-east. A letter from 

 St. Petersburgh, dated July 10, 

 says, "For these four weeks past 

 we have had a continued drought. 

 It is long since we have had in 

 the north sucli an uninterrupted 

 series of dry weather. At Riga 

 and Dantzic public prayers were 

 put up imploring rain." 



The annual competition for 

 prizes by the Highland Society of 

 London to the five best peiformers 

 on the Great Highland bag-pipe, 

 was held in the Theatre Royal, 

 Edinburgh. — Twenty-three com- 

 petitors appeared, besides several 

 superior peiformers who had ob- 

 tained prize-pipes at previous 

 competitions. Although from 



there being no races at Leith this 

 year, the company in town is less 

 numerous than usual, yet the 

 ancient martial music of Scotland 

 continued to be supported by all 

 ranks. The audience was highly 

 respectable and numerous, among 

 them not a few of the fairest 

 daughters of Caledonia, cheering 

 the performers. The sale of tic- 

 kets produced above 1251. steil- 

 ing. The following gentlemen 

 of the Highland Society of Scot- 

 land were the judges on the oc- 

 casion, viz : — 



Sir John Macgregor Murray of 

 Lanrick, Bart, preses. Sir George 

 S. Mackenzie of Coul, Bart. Ad- 

 miral Eraser, Duncan Campbell, 

 Esq. of Barcaldine, Hugh M'Lean, 

 Esq. Younger of Coll. John L. 

 Campbell, Esq. of Achallader, 

 Colin Mackenzie, Esq. of Kil- 

 cowie. Lieutenant-colonel M'j^l- 

 ister of Loup, Lieutenant-colonel 

 M'Quarrie, late 42d regiment, 

 John Graham Dalyell, Esq. ad- 

 vocate. Coll. Macdonald, Esq. of 

 Dalness, James Grant, Esq. Ro- 

 bert Graham, Esq. John Archi- 

 bald Campbell, Esq. 



The plan of competition having 

 been arranged at a previous re-s 

 hearsal, the same, with a list of 

 the names of the ancient pipe 

 tunes or pibrachds to be perform- 

 ed, given in Gaelic and English, 

 was printed by desire of the judges 

 for the information of the com- 

 pany who patronise the exhibi- 

 tion. 



From the excellence of many 

 of the performers, the judges felt 

 considerable difficulty in deciding 

 some of the prizes, which were 

 awarded as follows : — 



1st Prize — Being a handsome 

 pipe of superior tone and work- 

 manship. 



