Note C. (See Page 234.)
In the Inverness Courier for 11th October, 1837, appears the following:—
A large body of emigrants sailed from Tobermory, on the 27th September, for New South Wales. The vessel was the “Brilliant,” and its size and splendid fittings were greatly admired. “The people to be conveyed by this vessel are decidedly the most valuable that have ever left the shores of Great Britain. They are of excellent moral character, and, from their knowledge of agriculture, and management of sheep and cattle, must prove a most valuable acquisition to a colony like New South Wales.” The Rev. Mr. Macpherson, of Tobermory, preached a farewell sermon before the party sailed. The total number of emigrants was 322, made up as follows:—From Ardnamurchan and Strontian, 105; from Coll and Tiree, 104; from Mull and Iona, 56; from Morven, 25; and from Dunoon, 28. There were two teachers and two surgeons. A visitor from New South Wales presented as many of the party as he met with letters of introduction, and expressed himself highly gratified with the prospect of having so valuable an addition to the colony. A Government agent superintended the embarkation.
Footnotes
1 Mackenzie’s Pamphlet, 1881.
2 Author of “Gloomy Memories,” etc.
3 “Clearances” had, however, been effected in some parts of Sutherland previous to this period, although to a smaller extent. From along the banks of the river Oykell, for instance, many families were evicted, in the year 1780. (Statement by the Rev. Dr. Aird, of Creich).
4 “Sketches of the Highlanders.” First edition.
5 Leading articles on Sutherland as it was and is.
6 An Account of the Improvements on the Estates of the Marquis of Stafford, by James Kinloch, General Agent of the Sutherland Estates. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1820.
7 “Sunny Memories,” Letter xvii.
8 From enlarged edition of “Gloomy Memories,” published in Canada in 1857.
9 Macleod wrote this in 1854.—Ed.
11 The italics are mine.—Ed.
12 London Times of Tuesday, 20th May, 1845.
13 By Alexander Mackenzie.
14 Major W. S. Butler in MacMillan’s Magazine for May, 1878.
15 See pamphlet published at the time entitled Report on the Leckmelm Evictions, by Alexander Mackenzie, F.S.A., Scot., Editor of the “Celtic Magazine,” and Dean of Guild of Inverness.
16 Celtic Magazine for July, 1882.
17 The Days of the Fathers in Ross-shire, 1861, pp. 15, 16.
18 A very full account of these proceedings, written on the spot, appeared at the time in the Inverness Courier, to which we are indebted for the above facts.
20 Quebec Times.
21 Dundas Warder, 2nd October, 1851.
22 Leading articles from the Witness.
23 Compiled partly from evidence submitted to Deer Forest Commission of 1892 (see Minute of Evidence, vol. ii., pp. 884-5 and pp. 912-3), and partly from notes of conversations which the Editor has had with actual witnesses of the incidents described.
25 Reminiscences of a Highland Parish.
26 Farewell to Fiunary, by Donald Macleod, D.D., in Good Words for August, 1882.
27 Megantic, by Dugald Mackenzie Mackillop.
28 Land Nationalisation, its Necessities and Aims; being a Comparison of the System of Landlord and Tenant with that of Occupying Ownership, in their influence on the well-being of the People, by Alfred Russel Wallace, author of “The Malay Archipelago,” “Island Life,” &c. London: Trübner & Co., 1882.
29 Including 948 military and militia in Fort-George in 1881.
30 The lands of Helmsdale and others previously in the parish of Loth were, about this time, added to Kildonan, which accounts for this large increase. It also accounts for the decrease in Loth.
31 Note that Reay is given both in Caithness and Sutherland records same figures. The parish lies one half in each county.