Scots Fir.-There is in Gordon Castle an uncommonly large square board of Scots fir, made from a tree which grew in Glenmore wood. The board measures five feet six inches square. It was presented to the Duke of Gordon by the Company who bought that wood from his Grace. A Scots fir, at Inverary, measures in circumference A Scots fir at Castle-Huntly, in Perthshire, was measured in 1796, and the circumference, at three feet from the surface of the ground, was F. IN. 10 0 F. IN. A sycamore at Torwoodlee, An old sycamore tree at The same tree, measured The Sycamore.-A sycamore at Nisbet, în Berwickshire, standing on the lawn behind the house, and from 60 to 70 feet in height, was measured in September 1795, and the girth 12 3 A sycamore at Castle-Campbell, near Dollar, growing at the back of the Castle, measured, in March 1812, at breast high, in girth There are other two sycamores on the same extremely exposed spot, but smaller than the one measured. These trees are remarkable for having lived many centuries, and until their neighbours, three ash trees of very considerable size, have died; the sycamores are still vigorous. A sycamore at Lord Morton's, Aberdour, was measured on the 10th March 1812, and the bole was found to be 45 120 The Prior Letham Plane, or sycamore, is of the striped-leaved variety, and meaured, in girth, at the surface, in January 1811, The Chesnut-A chesnut at Lord Murray's, in Fife, has 9 feet bole, and in girth measured, March 1812, A chesnut at Leslie House, in Fife, has a bole 36 feet in length, and was in girth at breast-high, in March 1812, 16 8 17 0 177 26 8 86 A chesnut at Newbottle, in Mid Lothian, near the house, measured in girth, in July 1789, - 119 A chesnut at Inverary, in Argyleshire, which has a stem 18 feet in length, measured in girth, in 1794, - - 12 6 There is a chesnut tree in the old garden at Balmerino, the bole of which measures At Fernie, in Fife, a little feet, and at breast high in girth 14 6 way south of the house, there Another, at the same place, has a bole of 50 feet in length, grows a chesnut tree in a deep and is in girth, at same height 13 5 in girth, in February 1812, Both these are very beau tiful trees. Black Poplar. A fine tree of this kind at Alloa House, in 15 0 140 Clack 1804; consecrated and crowned at Maria Louisa, Archduchess of Aus- Issue from this marriage :- 10 2 12 6 10 7 130 520 The Holly. At Lord Moray's, in Fifeshire, there is a holly with a stem of 12 feet, and the trunk is in circumference, at three feet high, - - 6 3 At Lord Morton's, Aberdour, there is a holly which measures in circumference, at the same height, BONAPARTE Family. 50 THE following account of the pre sent establishment and connections of this Family, which acts so important a part on the theatre of the world, is extracted from the French Court list, published by authority: Napoleon, born 15th August 1769; Emperor of the French, 18th May Joseph Napoleon, brother of the Em peror of the French, born 7th Jan. 1768; King of the Spains and of the Indies, 6th June 1808; a French Prince, Grand Elector of the Empire, married 1st August 1794, to Maria Julia, Queen of the Spains and of the Indies, 6th June 1808; born 26th December 1777. Issue from this marriage : Charlotte Zenaide Julie, Infanta, born 8th July 1801. Charlotte, sister of the above; an In- Issue from this marriage: Jerome Napoleon, brother of the Emperor of the French, born 15th November 1784; à French Prince, King of Westphalia, 1st December 1807; married 22d August 1807, to Frederica Catharina Sophia Dorothea, Princess Royal of Wurtemberg, born 21st February 1783, Queen of Westphalia. Jose Josephine, born 24th June 1768, Empress Queen. Marie Anne Eliza, sister of the Emperor of the French, born 3d Jan. 1777, Grand Duchess of Lucca and Piombino, having the Government General of the Departments of Tuscany, married 5th May 1797, to Felix, Prince of Lucca and Piombino, born 18th May 1762. Issue from this marriage :Napoleon Eliza, Princess of Piombiпо, born 3d June 1806. Marie Pauline, sister of the Emperor, born 20th October 1780; Princess and Duchess of Guastalla, 30th March 1806; married to his Imperial Highness the Prince Borghese, Duke of Guastalla, Governor General of the Department beyond the Alps, and in that capacity a Grand Dignitary of the French Empire. Marie Annunciade Caroline, sister of the Emperor, Queen of the Two Sicilies; married to Joachim Napoleon, born the 25th March 1771; Grand Admiral of the French Empire, and King of the Two Sicilies, 15th July 1808. Issue from this marriage :Napoleon Achille, Prince Royal, born 20th January 1801. Napoleon Lucien Charles, his brother, born 16th May 1803. Latitia Joseph, his sister, born 25th April 1804. Louisa Julie Caroline, her sister, born Issue from this marriage:Augusta Napoleon, Prince of Venice, born 8th December 1810. Josephine Maximilienne Eugenie Napoleon, Princess of Bologna, born 14th March 1807. Hortense Eugenie Napoleon, her sister, born 23d December 1808. We have given the preceding ac count literally as it appears in the French Court List, revised by the Government, and sanctioned by its authority. We have now to offer some observations, which probably occur still more strongly to most of the French readers, but which the state of the press will not allow any body in their country to publish : 1. It is worthy of notice, that Napoleon's marriage with Josephine, and his subsequent divorce, are passed over in perfect silence; and that mention is made only of the existing mar. riage with Maria Louisa. It is stated, however, by those who have ar rived recently from Paris, that since the birth of the young King of Rome, Maria Louisa is not the object of that extreme solicitude which Napoleon shewed for her before; some suppo sing that he never regarded her in any other light than as the mere medium of having an heir; although others attribute the change in his manner towards her to the delay of a second pregnancy. All agree that he is extremely particular in his attentions to Josephine, with whom, indeed, he never ceased to be on terms of the most cordial intimacy. 2. The list makes no mention whatsoever of Lucien Bonaparte. 3. Maria Julia, Queen of the Spains, wife of Joseph Bonaparte, is noticed simply by name, without mentioning her origin, which, as our readers will observe, is always done when the person is of any sovereign family. Joseph Bonaparte's wife is the daughter of the Prefect of a principal town in the South of France. She has a sister married to Bernadotte, Crown Prince of Sweden. It has been recently reported that this last mentioned Lady was to be divorced from her husband, and to reside in France; but the latest accounts from Sweden contradict that statement, and assure us that they live on the happiest terms. 4. Louis Napoleon, King. This was recently the king of Holland; but since the suppression of his king. dom, and the incorporation of his territory with the French Empire, he seems to be in the situation of a King unattached, like an Officer having army rank by brevet, or rather to be allowed to retain his title by courtesy, after having been deprived of it in reality, like a retired Captain. 5. Hortense Eugenie, Queen.The wife of Louis, and formerly Queen of Holland, seems to hold her royal title on the same grounds as her husband. She was the daughter of the Empress Josephine, by her first husband, the Viscomte De Beauharnois, who perished in the Revolution. She grew up to marriageable age after Napoleon's union with her mother, and being a very beautiful and amiable girl, was a great favourite with him, insomuch, that when he gave her in marriage to his brother Louis, scandal said that it was for the pur pose of covering a criminal intimacy of his own with her, already existing, or contemplated by him. The issue of this marriage, Napoleon Louis, styled Prince Royal (that is ci devant Prince Royal of Holland) passed for a long time for presumptive heir to Bonaparte's whole empire-an opinion which gave additional force to the scandal about his birth. This scandal has been since further confirmed by the separation between Louis and his wife; the latter having for several years resided at Paris, while Louis was at the Hague. Since the incorporation of the kingdom of Holland, she has continued to reside there, while Louis, altogether out of favour with his brother, and not concealing his sentiments respecting him, passes his time in visiting the obscure watering places of Germany. Louis did not hesitate to insinuate his suspicions in his addresses to the States of Holland at the period of his abdication, when expressing his confidence that his wife and son would find favour in the sight of the Emperor. The boy has been made a Sovereign Prince, being appointed Grand Duke of Berg and Cleves, in the room of Murat, when the latter was promoted to the kingdom of Naples. This rank the child still holds, while his father, though a King in name, is a wandering outcast in Germany; and his mother, though called a Queen, is a discarded favourite at Paris. 6. Jerome Napoleon, it will be recollected, when sent to sea, some years since, to learn the profession of an Admiral, took refuge in an American port, and married Miss Paterson, the daughter of a respectable merchant of Philadelphia, of Irish origin. This Lady he afterwards deserted at the instance of Napoleon, and returned to France, still vowing inviolable faith towards her; but, when she followed him to Europe, she found that she was prohibited by the special orders of Napoleon from landing in any port of France or of the countries dependent upon it. She was, therefore, compelled to return to America, after a short sojournment in England, where she received the most polite attention. Jerome afterwards married the German Princess, whom the power of Napoleon compelled to give her hand to him. 7. Marie Pauline, sister of Bonaparte, married to the Prince Borghese, whom the Parisians ridiculed by translating his name Prince Bourgeois, was formerly the wife of General Le Clerc, who went on the expedition from France to St Domingo, in the last peace, and having amassed an immense fortune, by plunder, died of the the disease incident to that climate. His widow returned to France with his riches, which, as well as her brother's power and influence, induced the Prince Borghese to marry her. 8. Eugene Napoleon, son of the Empress Josephine, by her former husband Beauharnois, Viceroy of Italy, &c. was adopted into the Imperial Family by Bonaparte, whence he takes the addition of Napoleon, which is also borne, for a similar cause, by Joachin Murat, King of Naples. Account of the different modes of Fishing in the Solway. By Brgiadier General Dirom. From Dr Singer's Survey of Dumfries-shire. THE Solway Firth, which divides Scotland from England, and into which the Aunan empties itself, not having been subject to the legal restrictions which existed in either country, every mode of fishing seems to have been practised there that human ingenuity could devise, particularly within the last thirty or forty years. Although the different modes of fishing which have been practised in the Solway, and the rivers connected with it, do not come strictly within the scope of my communication, yet as you may not get an account of them from any other quarter, I shall, agreeably to your desire, endeavour to describe them from what I know myself, and the information I have received from persons conversant in this subject, particularly from Mr William Irving, whom you know, and who is a very intelligent young man, and an active fisher. Cruives may be said to be a fence built across a river or water of any kind. They are generally founded upon rock, and consist of alternate pillars of stone and of framed wooden racks, which permit the water to pass, but prevent the free run of the fish, unless in great floods; and have spar, red boxes under the racks for catching the fish in their attempts to pass up or down the channel. Yairs are constructed on the same principle as cruives, but are formed of wicker work, fixed into the sand by stakes in a frith, and may be set across a river or a bay, and are more likely to have been used in Solway than cruives. Neither the one nor the other can be erected or placed in any waters, unless by a special grant from the crown, to which all salmon, fishings originally belonged as an appendage of royalty. The breadth of the Solway, its shifting sands, and the rapidity of the tide, have probably rendered cruives acts of parliament, impracticable to be and yairs, although sanctioned by old erected or used in that frith; and there are no remains of such works to show that these modes of fishing have been practised in the Solway. The Leister, or three pronged spear, is used there with great dexte rity in hunting salmon, both on horseback and on foot, in the shallows of the frith at low water. In the use of this instrument on horse-back none have of late years equalled Mr James Graham in Hirst, who is now near ninety years of age, and has lived all his life on the shores of the Solway. In his younger days he was an excellent horseman, as well as an expert fisher, and followed this sport till within these few years, often killing several salmon during the ebb-tide. He has two sons who still practise it with success; and it is eagerly followed also by some active fishermen on the English side of the frith. When the tide is out, the rivers that fall into the Solway 'spread over a great breadth of flat sand, and in some places run with a considerable current. The salmon, upon being seen working their way up the stream, are pursued by the horseman, frequently at full gallop, and it requires considerable skill, both in the management |