May 18, 1801
n THE Herald reported: ''Saturday night the Loyal Stirling Volunteers were marched by Major Mayne to Tullibody, the centre of Sir Ralph Abercromby's estate, to celebrate the brilliant success of their illustrious countryman over the French in Egypt. They were accompanied by two field pieces and an excellent band of music, with the West Company of Clackmannan Volunteers. A detachment of the Stirlingshire Yeomanry closed the procession. On arriving at the summit of an extensive grass field to the east of the village, they halted to partake of a repast, after which they fired a Ifeu de joye and formed into two battalions, with a field piece attached to each.
''They continued to manoeuvre against one another in the avenues of the village and adjoining fields for a great while, showing with much accuracy the different movements of attack and retreat. The artillery was particularly well served, and it is hard to say what execution might have been done had not the yeomanry, with great gallantry, taken possession of one of the guns. The whole concluded with a volley and charge, after which they marched home highly gratified with their pleasant excursion.''
n AN ADVERTISER offered: ''Mr Ligum's Pills for a Certain Disease, without the least confinement in any season, restraint of diet, or hindrance of business, when all other methods have failed. Price 2/9d the box, with directions.''
n THE estate of Loup, Kintyre, was for sale. ''The estate abounds with game and there are oyster scalps along the shore.''
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article