Your geological readers will hear with infinite regret, that the celebrated _Logan Stone_ in Cornwall, which has for so long a period been regarded as an object of great national interest and curiosity, and which has been visited by persons from the remotest extremity of Europe, has within the last few days been overturned by _one of the Lieutenants of his Majesty’s navy, now_ commanding a revenue cutter, stationed between the Lizard and Land’s End, assisted by a party of his men. The barbarous and wanton folly which could induce an officer bearing his Majesty’s commission to commit so unwarrantable an act, as to remove a great national curiosity from a position in which it had stood for ages, defying the hand of time, and affording to the enlightened traveller an object of such singular interest, will, it is hoped, be visited with the severest displeasure of the Admiralty. In a tour through Cornwall in the summer of 1821, I was informed by a cottager who lived near the spot, that an attempt was made by a party of seamen some years before, to remove it, but without success. Cornwall by this wanton outrage, has lost one of its most interesting monuments. I remain, dear Sir, yours very truly, G. W. HARVEY.” N. B. For a description of the Logan Stone, and an interesting view, vide p. 61. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Footnootes ----- Footnote 1: If some of our most eminent Historical Painters were also employed to paint Altar Pieces, for the several new churches now erecting in London; it would be more beneficial to the Public, than the expenditure of so many thousands upon useless and meretricious ornaments: indeed some of the new buildings only tend to lessen the fame of the architects employed to erect them! Footnote 2: A Poem, descriptive of the beauty of the scenery on the banks of this river, has recently been written by Mr. T. N. Carrington, and published at Plymouth. Footnote 3: Beauties of England and Wales for Cornwall. Footnote 4: Worgan’s Agricultural Survey. Footnote 5: