... pardoned accordingly . _—Newgale ( _, ' _iiieniiur , vol _. D . _]>• 70 . We understand , _that on _Tuesday last a _great _foot-ball nintcli _was pliiycd by the _young men of Wigtown . At ten o _' - clock _forenoon , _they _assembled in the _Court-room ...

... wliile die other _felt _( lie _wholesome _xtimulus of public _opinion—in _tile _one power _was _fugitive and penional , _the football _' _of _caprice or _accident , without _plan or _aystoiii i while _solid _and _permanent _Interests . guided the _counsels ...

... _of . humanity . ill those who follow the business of a ficshor . _'i '• _•••• - • _• • About _fifty-six _years _agi , a foot-ball _was played ani _. nually on _Ii ' astiTn _' B _eve _within _Inc _. town , the _inhabitants who lived , on the _M ' cst Side ...

... Duddingston , many of whom got inebriated there , and on _their way back joined in the general _tumult . ''A rude attempt _at _football was got up , which Iiad nearly proved fatal to one individual , who in a severe fall _pitched on his left _breast , and remained ...

... _siniw hat upon it , and , \\ _W was the ' _only slate , _' tile , or thatch . _Cricket _, was not known ; the _game was football , . ar _. d hurling ; tht _; _latter _striking tlic ball with a _wooden _bat , _( _lie ball r . _H _In _^ _Ciai i > man ' ...

... _without arnn or _iiccontrcmeniM , In ( heir drill _dresn . A _large oblong _nquare bring _( brined , lenping , running _; _'football , not _ftfrgttting the dance , tlicn look _place free from all In . trrruplion , to the _litgh _gratification of _( lie « ...

... _required ) , we _think , might _suffice for llie _following purposes : —Cricket , quoits , bowls , aidicry , llie rifli _ foot-ball , _leaping , foot-races , _and _wresiling ; anil in _tlie _winter _season tile same _piece of ground could be flooded willi ...

... _gloves—for really _we felt chill among tlie lit ) gc _mountains _ofice—enjoyed _ourselves for some ten _minutes in a _gameat _foot-ball with _Captain Parry _and _tile fiavagclooking _boors of the northern _regiona . _This is nfinc _picture , and we believe ...

... _, and _confessed llial on tlie Sunday of tile fast , in the time of preaching in tlie _afternoon , they were playing at foot-ball _in _the aleadow Inch of tlie Aluirtown , and tllat _the , _same was an offence . Therefore , _they were _ordained on _Sunday ...

... tlie Smisuian , 1755 Owe no man _anything , 1756 . _Prisons _ofScoil . _mil , _the , IK _09-I 720 Penli and Scone Match at _Foot-Ball , 1670 . Pertll _Circuit _Conn , 1749 Pious Frauds , 1674 . Pringle of _Clifton , Mr , dinner to , at _Selkirk , 1676 Pai ...

... Windsor . ' . _^ - _'Tliere _^ _-. _waa _;; tob _^ e _, a grand _^ te ; at Eton , a regatta dri ' the river _/ _wresdiiig , ' football _; _' and a variety ofgames . ' _^ _yhy _. _^ : ; _1 _• _r' _' _: _ _s _' _: _^ _: _^^ _: _r _' _' _t _•'•' _J _' _' r ...

... country bearing relation to this subject , citing tlie _acts passed in the _reign of Queen Mary prohibiting _games at golf and foot-ball , and also prohibiting tlie Provost of any burgli from _electing a _. _Robin Hood , Little John , or Abbot of Unreason , ...