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$camp, the peace of 1802 came, and they closed their career of service on the 6th of May. Early on the forenoon of that day they mustered reluctantly on Heriot?s Green, where they were formed in hollow square, and the Lieutenant-Colonel commanding \ where the colours were formally delivered over to the magistrates, who placed them in the Council Chamber, and the corps was dissolved. When the alarm of invasion was again sounded, in 1803, in few places did the, old Scottish spirit THE NORTH GATEWAY OF HERlG?r?S HOSPITAL read Lord Hobart?s circular letter conveying the thanks of the Crown and also of both Houses. He also read the resolution of the Town Council, conveying in the strongest terms the thanks of the community to all the volunteers of the city, and a very complimentary letter from Lieutenant-General Vyse. Column was then formed, and the volunteers marched from the Green to the Parliament Square, blaze up more fiercely than in Edinburgh. A very short time saw Heriot?s Green again bristling with arms, and upwards of 4,000 volunteers were enrolled. On the 30th of September in that year the old colours were again unfurled by the Royal Regiment of Edinburgh Volunteers, mustering 1,000 rank and file, clad in scarlet faced with blue j and in I 804, prior to the temble alarm known as ? the Lighting of the Beacons,? there were in Edinburgh,$ ... the peace of 1802 came, and they closed their career of service on the 6th of May. Early on the forenoon of ...

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264 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [Leith.
teers and the Royal Midlothian Artillery, with two
field-pieces ; the Royal Highland Volunteers and
the Royal Leith Volunteers, all with their hair
powdered and greased, their cross-belts, old ? brownbesses,?
and quaint coats with deep cuffs and short
squarecut skirts, white breeches, and long black
gaiters. ?
Henry, Duke of Buccleuch, commanded the
whole, which he formed first in a hollow square
of battalions on the Links, and, by the hands
?of Mrs. Colonel Murray,? their colours were
presented to the Highland Volunteers, aiter they
had been (? consecrated? by the chaplain of the
corps-the Rev. Joseph Robertson Macgregor,
the eccentric minister of the Gaelic Chapel.
presentation of colours to the Royal Highland
Regiment of Edinburgh Volunteers, who wore
black feather bonnets, with grey breeches and
Hessian boots.
On that occasion there paraded in St Andrew
Square, at twelve o?clock noon, the Royal Edinburgh
Volunteer Light Dragoons (of whom, no
doubt, Scott would make one on his black charger) ;
the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers, and the Volunteer
Artillery, with two field-pieces ; the first battalion
of the Second Regiment of Royal Edinburgh Volunevery
hovel displayed the verdant badges of loyalty
as the procession passed. The elegant dress and
appearance of the several corps formed a spectacle
truly delightful ; but the sentiment which neither
mere novelty nor military parade, which all the
pomp, pride, and circumstance, could never inspire,
seemed to warm the breast and animate the countenance
of every spectator.?
What this ?? sentiment? was the editor omits to
tell us; but, unfortunately for such spectacles in
those days, the great cocked hats then worn by
most of the troops were apt :to be knocked off
when the command ?( Shoulder arms ! ? was given,
and the general picking-up thereof only added to
the hilarity of the spectators.
The ground was kept by the Lankshire Light
Cavalry while the troops were put through the
then famous ?? Eighteen Manoeuvres,? published
in 1788 by Sir David Dundas, after he witnessed
the great review at Potsdam, and which was
long a standard work for the infantry of the British
army.
? The crowd of spectators,? says the Ed&durgh
flerald, ?attracted by the novelty and interest of
the scene, was great beyond example. The city
was almost literally unpeopled. Every house and

... Scott would make one on his black charger) ; the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers , and the Volunteer Artillery, ...

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BIOGR APH 10 AL SKETCHES. 343
No. CXXXVIII.
ALEXANDER OSBORNE, ESQ.,
AND FRANCIS RONALDSON, ESQ.,
TWO OF THE ROYAL EDIK'BURGH VOLUNTEERS.
MR. OSBORNE was right-hand man of the grenadier company of the First
Regiment of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers. His personal appearance must
be familiar in the recollection of many of our readers. It was not merely his
great height, although he was probably the tallest man of his day in Edinburgh,
but his general bulk, which rendered him so very remarkable. His legs in particular,
during his best days, were nearly as large in circumference as the body
of an ordinary person. He was a very good-natured and well-informed man.
Shortly after the Volunteers had been embodied, Lord Melville introduced his
huge countryman, dressed in full regimentals, to his Majesty George 111. On
witnessing such an herculean specimen of his loyal defenders in the north, the
King's curiosity was excited, and he inquired-" Are all the Edinburgh Volunteers
like you 1" Osborne, mistaking the jocular construction of the question,
and supposing his Majesty meant as regarded their status in society,
replied-" They are so, an' it please your Majesty." The King exclaimed-
(( Astonishing ! "
Mr. Osbone was frequently annoyed by his friends taking advantage of his
good nature, and playing off their jests at the expense of his portly figure.
One day at dinner, the lady of the house asked him if he would choose to take
a pigeon. Bailie Creech, who
was present, immediately cried-" Give him a whole one j half a one will not
be a seed in his teeth."
In his youth, Mr. Osborne is said to have had a prodigious appetite ; so much
so, as to have devoured not less than nine pounds of beef-steaks at a meal. He
was no epicure, however j and in later times ate sparingly in company, either
because he really was easily satisfied, or more probably to avoid the observations
which to a certainty would have been made upon his eating. On one
occasion, the lady of a house where he was dining, helped him to an enormous
slice of beef, with these words-'' Mr. Osborne, the muckle ox should get the
muckle win1an"-an observation which, like every other of a similar import,
he felt acutely.
On another occasion, he happened to change his shoes in the passage of a
house where he was dining. Mr. Creech, of facetious memory, having followed
He answered-"Half a one, if you please."

... man of the grenadier company of the First Regiment of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers . His personal appearance ...

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236 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
At Gibraltar, on one occasion, the General ordered a regiment, which had
newly arrived to replace another about to embark on different service, to be
inspected by several of the field-officers-each private to step six paces in front
of the line for that purpose. The corps thus to be scrutinised was a battalion
of the Scots Brigade, which had been raised in Edinburgh in 1794 by the late
Lieut.-General Ferrier, and of such a diminutive size were the men, that they
were called “ the Garvies I’ by the inhabitants. Major Campbell was one of
the inspectors, and he patiently endured the tedious process of overhauling this
very indifferent sample of his countrymen, till at length one peculiarly coarsevisaged,
short, cross-made, elderly little fellow stepped out his six paces. Unable
longer to contain himself, and running up to the soldier, he stooped to the
level of the ill-favoured ‘‘ militaire,” then grinning, or rather girning in his face,
he bawled out-“ Well, doubly d-n me ! (his usual exclamation), but you
are an ugly b- ! my dear.’’ Then turning to a fellow officer (Lieut.-General
Ainslie) who stood by-“He seems conglomerated, my dear; from con arid
glomeo, as we used to say at St. Andrews, my dear.”
Major Campbell remained with his regiment until a very old man, and so
worn out that he could not poise his sword without the assistance of both his
hands.
He married Miss Macalister, sister to Lieut.-Colonel Macalister, 35th Regiment,
by whom he had one son, Henry Fletcher.
Our hero died more than forty years since. His son was an officer in the
same regiment, and having retired, married a sister of Sir Charles Turner, of
Abberley, near Witherley, in Yorkshire, by whom he obtained a handsome
fortune.
No. XCVIII.
THE ROYAL EDINBURGH VOLUNTEERS.
MR. ARCHIBALD GILCHRIST.
THE Edinburgh (or, as they were afterwards called, the Royal) Volunteers,
were embodied in 1794. The plan of instituting the corps was first contemplated
in the month of June of that year ; and, on the 3d of July following, a
general meeting of the proposed members were held in the Sheriff Court-Rooms,
when certain leading articles of regulation were established, and a committee of
management appointed.’ By one of the articles, the uniform is described to
The Volunteers were to bear all their own expenses of clothing and other necessaries ; and halfa-
guinea of entry-money was exacted from each member, towards defraying contingencies. Subsequently,
however, on application to Government, the usual pay was obtained for an adjutant ; pay
and clothing for a aergeant-major and twenty sergesnta ; and also for twelve drummers and twelve
fifers. The entire scheine of embodying the citizens 8s volunteers, it ia said, waa solely projected by
the late James Laing, Depute City-Clerk.

... whom he obtained a handsome fortune. No. XCVIII. THE ROYAL EDINBURGH VOLUNTEERS . MR. ARCHIBALD ...

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240 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHEd.
Such is a sketch of the first era of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers. They
were not, however, allowed to remain long unembodied. The peace which had
been proclaimed with great ceremony at the cross of Edinburgh on the 4th of
May 1802 lasted something less than a year, when the threatening aspect of
affairs again roused the scarcely tranquil feelings of the country. The great
preparations made by the Emperor Napoleon to invade this country were met
by a corresponding effort on the part of the British Government, which was
supported bp the united energies of the whole people. In few places was the
spirit of the country more signally displayed than in Edinburgh. Upwards of
four thousand volunteers were enrolled ; and notwithstanding the great sacrifice
of time which the proper training to arms required, all men seemed actuated
with one spirit, and cheerfully and without complaint submitted to the tedious
process of military instruction, aware of the importance of order and discipline
against an enemy whose bravery was unquestioned, and who had given so many
proofs of great military skill and enterprise. On the 30th September 1803
the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers resumed their warlike banners. On this
occasion the regiment was augmented to a thousand rank and file; and, in
conformity with the general orders previously issued, their dress was changed
to scarlet with blue facings.
Notwithstanding the " mighty note of preparation," the military operations
which followed this new enrolment were happily not of a more sanguinary nature
than those of the former. With the exception of forming guard occasionally
when a fire occurred in the city, the duties of the Volunteers were confined to
the usual routine of drills, field-days, and reviews-and these they continued to
perform year after year with unabating zeal. In 1806, when new regulations
urere issued limiting the allowance to volunteer corps, the First Regiment stood
unaffected by them. The circumstance seemed rather to stimulate their patriotism.
" I wish to remind you," said their Lieut.-Colonel, addressing them one
day while on parade, " that we did not take up arms to please any minister, or
set of ministers, but to defend our land from foreign and domestic enemies."
One of their great field-days occurred on his Majesty's birth-day, 1807,
when the Lieutenant-Colonel, the Right Honourable Charles Hope (then Lord
Justice Clerk), was presented with a valuable sabre, of superb and exquisite
workmanship, in testimony of their regard for him as an officer and a gentleman.
The sword was presented by Thomas Martin, Esq., sergeant of grenadiers,
in name of the noncommissioned officers and 'privates.
In the year 1820, during the disturbances of the west, the Edinburgh
Volunteers garrisoned the Castle, to enable the regular troops stationed there
to proceed to G1asgow.l It was then, aa many professional gentlemen were
w a ~pr eached by the Rev. Principal Baird (their chaplain), from Isaiah ii. 3, 4. "he Lord Provost
and the Magistratea were present in their robes, and the congregation was very respectahla and
genteeL A liberal collection, amounting to upwards of $111, was made for the industrious poor
and destitute sick."
The c o y volunteered, if necessary, to leave Edinburgh, and co-operate with the regular troops,
and one night remained actually under marching orders.

... SKETCHEd. Such is a sketch of the first era of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers . They were not, however, ...

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from the chaise, and, in the twinkling of an eye, prostrated the nearest assailant.
The other fellow took to his heels ; but Aytoun, who was as swift of foot as he
was strong of arm, gave chase, and captured the unlucky footpad, whom, along
with his companion, he bundled into the chaise, and conveyed to Manchester,
where they were handed over to the civic authorities.
In a very short time the regiment of Royal Manchester Volunteers (afterwards
the 72d of the line) was raised and sent out to Gibraltar, under Lieut.-
Colonel Gladstone. Mr. Aytoun was appointed to the Command of the Grenadier
Company, and remained in the fortress during the whole of the memorable
siege. On the return of the regiment to Britain he was promoted to the rank
of Major, and shortly afterwards married his second wife, Miss Sinclair of Ealgregie.
After this he retired on half-pay, and was never again actively engaged,
although he subsequently rose to the rank of Major-General.
On the formation of the First Regiment of Edinburgh Volunteers-somewhat
emphatically denominated “ the True Blues”-General Aytoun, as one of
the military men residing in Edinburgh, was invited to superintend the drilling
of the corps. This, it may be imagined, was no easy task, considering the
material of which the regiment was composed ; however, the volunteers themselves
were abundantly satisfied with the appearance they made, and were
undeniably as good “ food for powder” as if they had handled the musket from
their youth upwards. Their nominal Colonel was Provost Elder, who, it is
allowed on all hands, cut a most martial figure in his bandeliers of a Saturday,
but was not quite the fittest person for a drill, being somewhat unused to the
complicated evolutions which it was his duty to direct.
In 1797, when General Aytoun was drilling the Blues, Count d‘htois and
the Duc d’Angouleme were residing at Holyrood. The Duke, as we have said
before, was a constant attendant at the drills ; but Count d’Artois never could
get over his horror at the uniform of the Volunteers, which reminded him too
sadly of his own domestic tragedy in France. Kay’s contrast of the Duke and
General Aytoun is very happy. The Portrait of the General, in particular, is
acknowledged by all who knew him as an excellent likeness. The title of the
‘‘ Great and the Small” is further applicable to the figures of the other volunteers.
Mr. Osborne, the right-hand man of the company was a perfect.giant, being two
inches taller than the General ; and his burly form is well set off against the
diminutive figure of Mr. Rae the dentist, who acted as fugleman to the corps,
and was very expert at the manual exercise.
General Aytoun died at his family estate of Inchdairney, we believe, about
the year 18 10, leaving behind him a large family of sons and daughters. He
was succeeded by his grandson, Roger Aytoun of Inchdairney, eldest son of John
Aytoun (served Aytoun of Aytoun in 1829), and who was long a prisoner at
Verdun.‘
Jam- Aytoun, Esq., advocate, who for several years waa an efficient member of the Town
Council of Edinburgh, and who stood candidate for the representation of the city in Parliament, waa
a son of the General.

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 289
Besides the voluminous correspondence which he almost constantly maintained
with men of literature of all nations, and the incessant exertions into
which his active mind betrayed him, the Earl was not insensible to the softer
wooings of the Muses, to whom his leisure moments were sometimes devoted.
Only a very few of these productions, however, have been given to the public ;
but we have been informed that he excelled in a “light, elegant, extemporaneous
style of poetry.”
The Earl of Buchan married, on the 15th October 1771, Margaret, eldest
daughter of William Fraser, Esq. of Fraserfield, but had no issue. His lordship
died in 1829,’ and was succeeded by his nephew, Henry David, eldest son of
his brother, the Hon. Henry Erskine.
No. CXVII.
HENRY D UNDAS, VIS COUNT MELVILLE,
IN THE UNIFORM OF THE ROYAL EDINBURGH VOLUNTEERS.
As we have previously mentioned, MR. SECRETARDYU NDAbSe came a member
of the “Royal Edinburgh Volunteers” on the 6th July 1795. He was immediately
requested to accept the station of Captain-Lieutenant-an honour
which he declined. In his letter of reply, addressed to Lord Provost Stirling,
after acknowledging in handsome terms the mark of respect paid to him, he
says-“ I shall always recollect the proposition with the sentiments I ought.
But it is my sincere conviction that the precedent of filling any commission
with the name of a person whose other avocations may prevent him from exercising
the duties of it, may ultimately prove detrimental to the principle of the
establishment; and I trust, therefore, my declining to accept of it will be
received as an additional proof of the sense I entertain of the incalculable utility
of the corps, established and acting upon the principles which have contributed
to bring them to that perfection which cannot but secure to them the,admiration
of every lover of his country.”
At the “grand field day of the whole brigade of Edinburgh and Leith
Volunteers,” which took place at Drylaw Mains, on the 16th October 1798, Mr.
Secretary Dundas was present. Sir Ralph Abercromby was then Commanderin-
Chief in Scotland. The following particulars from the Courant of that period,
relative to the review, may be deemed interesting :-
“ The different corps paraded in the New Town at ten o’clock, and marched
There are numerous portraits and busts of his lordship. An excellent paiuting (from Sir
Joshua Reynolds) adorna the hall of the Scottish Antiquaries. Another, by Alexander Runciman,
is in the Museum of the Perth Antiquarian Society. He also presented to the Faculty of Advocates
a portrait in crayons, with an inscription written by himself, and highly complimentary to the donor.
2 P

... D UNDAS, VIS COUNT MELVILLE, IN THE UNIFORM OF THE ROYAL EDINBURGH VOLUNTEERS . As we have previously ...

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238 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
The Lord Provost, by virtue of his office, was Oolonel of the regiment ; and
all the other commissions were conferred by the King on the recommendation
of the Volunteers themselves.’
The first review of the Volunteers took place at Bruntsfield Links on the
22d November 1794, when they were inspected by the Duke of Buccleuch,
Lord-Lieutenant of the county. On this occasion the spectators were very
numerous and highly respectable. Among the nobility and gentry present were
-the Duchess of Buccleuch and family, the Earl of Morton, Lord Ancrum,
the Lord President, the Lord Advocate, and many of the Lords of Session,
On the 6th July 1795, they had another “grand field-day ” at the Links, when
the Right Honourable Mr. Secretary Dundas was received as a volunteer into
the corps. The same day he gave an elegant entertainment, in Fortune’s
Tavern, to the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council, and to several other
gentlemen. As a mark of respect, Mr. Dundas was immediately afterwards
requested, by the Lord Provost, in name of the COTS, to accept the station of
Captain-Lieutenant, which he declined, but gratefully acknowledged the honour
in a highly complimentary letter.
The patriotic example of arming in defence of their country which had been
shown by the gentlemen of Edinburgh, was speedily followed throughout
Scotland. Every district had its band of armed citizens-the discontented
became silent, and loyalty was the order of the day-
“ We’ll give them a welcome, we’ll give them a grave,”
was the prevailing sentiment, should the enemy dare to set a foot on Scottish
ground. Burns, in his impassioned song of “ The Dumfries Volunteers,” seems
to have thoroughly embodied in it the spirit of the times,-
“ Does haughty Gaul invasion threat ?
Then let the loons beware, sir :
There’s wooden walls upon our seas,
And volunteers on shore, sir.
The Nith shall rin to Corsincon,
And Criffel sink in Solway,
Ere we permit a foreign foe
On British ground to rally ! ”
* * *
“ The kettle 0’ the Kirk and State,
Perhaps a clout may fail in’t ;
But dei1 a foreign tinkler loon
Shall ever ca’ a nail in’t.
hut for its extreme length, might have been worth transcribing. At that period no less than fiftyfive
members of the celebrated “ Cape Club ” were enrolled in the corps. Five old Bovereigm of the
Cape were doing duty in one company, and seven knights were officers of the Volunteers.
The privates of each company were permitted to name individuals of their number to be their
officers ; and it is related, as a curious fact, that several of these officers owed their elevation solely
to their being unfit to march, or keep their places in the ranks properly, having been selected by the
privates in order that they might get rid of the annoyance of an awkward comrade.

... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. The Lord Provost, by virtue of his office, was Oolonel of the regiment ; and all the ...

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322 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [Arthur?s Seat
simultaneously halted, and the royal salute given, 1 the hour of need, of the freedom and integrity of
caught up by the crowds on the hill, and rolled
back fo the plain, again .and again to burst forth
with redoubled energy, until it merges into one
the silent grandeur of the scene, broken only by
the National Anthem, sent a thrill of heart-stirring
awe through the assembled multitude. But on a
sudden the death-like silence is broken, and the
pent-up enthusiasm of the Volunteers breaks forth
like the bursting of some vast reservoir. A cheer,
such as only Britons have in them to give, goes
forth with the full power of 22,000 loyal throatsa
cheer such as old Holyrood never heard before,
Castle, August 26th, ?the spectacle yesterday
presented to her Majesty was an admirable
sequel to the great review held recently at
the empire.??
On the sameground, in August 1881, and before
a vast multitude, Her Majesty reviewed a force of
40,000 Scottish Volunteers. So many men under
arms had not been massed together in Scotland
since James IV. marched to Flodden. ? Although
unhappily marred by continuous rain,? says the
Duke of Cambridge?s order, dated Edinburgh
est accident occurred, and
the slopes of the great hills were bared of their
multitudes as if by magic. The great review
was over, and in due time came the following order
from the Adjutant-General Sir J. Yorke Scarlett :-
?Horse Guards, August Ioth, 1860.
? The Adjutant-General has received the Queen?s
commands to convey her thanks .to the several
corps of Artillery and Rifle Volunteers assembled
at Edinburgh on the 7th instant, and to assure
them of the satisfaction and gratification with
which Her Majesty beheld the magnificent spectacle
presented to her.
I? Her Majesty could not see without admiration
the soldier-like bearing of the different corps as
they passed before her ; and she finds in the high
state of efficiency to which they have attained in
an incredibly short space of time another proof
that she may at all times surely rely on the loyalty
and patriotism of her people for the defence, in
donald; and perhaps
none were more applauded in the march past than
the London Scottish, led by Lord Elcho. The bands
of the Black Watch and 5th Fusileers were placed
beside the saluting post, whereon was hoisted the
royal standard, as borne in Scotland, the lion
rampant being first and fourth in the quarterings.
Undeterred by the incessant deluge of rain, the
Queen remained till the last, and so did the rest of
the royal party; but even ere the second division
had defiled before her the vast slopes of Arthur?s
Seat had been greatly denuded of spectators, ? and
the great mass of umbrellas slipped down and
gathered about the Holyrood gates, egress through
which was still denied,? owing to certain instructions
adapted evidently to a fair-weather gathering.
It was greatly to the credit of theseScottish troops,
and a proof of their excellent discipline, that to the ,
very close of that trying and harassing day, their
behaviour was quiet, orderly, and admirable to the
last, and not a single accident occurred.

... OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [Arthur?s Seat simultaneously halted, and the royal salute given, 1 the hour of need, ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 327
his troops, and the place was speedily retaken. Ever since the Cape has
remained in possession of Britain.
General Dundas wasappointed Governor of Dumbarton Castle in 1819. He
died at his house in Shandwick Place, Edinburgh, on the 4th of January 1824,
after a long and painful illness, “which he supported with the patience of a
Christian, and the fortitude of a soldier.”
The next of the military figures, with the volunteer cap and feather, in the
centre of the Promenade, is SIX HENRY JARDINE. His father, the
Rev. Dr. John Jardine-who died in 1766, aged fifty-one, and in the twentyfifth
year of his ministry-was one of the ministers of Edinburgh, one of the
Deans of the Chapel-Royal, and Dean of the Order of the Thistle. His mother
was a daughter of Provost Drummond, of whose patriotic exertions for the
city of Edinburgh, the New Town and the Royal Infirmary are honourable
memorials. Sir Henry was brought up to the profession of the law, and passed
a Writer to the Signet in 1790. He was appointed golicitor of Taxes for
Scotland in 1793 ; Depute King’s Remembrancer in the Exchequer in 1802 ;
and King’s Remembrancer in 1820, which latter office he held till the total
change of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland in 1831. He was knighted by
George the Fourth in 1825.
Sir Henry was the original Secretary to the Committee for raising the Royal
Edinburgh Volunteers in 1794, of which corps he was appointed a Lieutenant
on the 20th October of the same year; a Captain in 1799 ; and Major in
March 1801. He was the last individual alive enumerated in the original list of
officers ; and he was one of three trustees for managing the fund remaining, after
the Volunteers were disbanded, for behoof of any member of the corps in distress.
Sir Henry Jardine was long conspicuous as a public-spirited citizen, there
being few institutions for the promotion of any useful or national object
of which he was not a member. In the lists of the year 1838 his
name appeared as one of the Councillors of the Royal Society of Edinburgh;
one of the Vice-Presidents of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland;
one of the Extraordinary Directors of the Royal Institution for the
Encouragement of the Fine Arts,; one:of the Ordinary Directors of the Scottish
Naval and Military Academy; one of the Brigadier-Generals of the Royal
Company of Archers ; one of the Councillors of the Skating Club ; one of the
Directors of the Assembly Rooms, George Street ; and one of the Sub-Committee
of Directors of the Royal Association of Contributors to the National Monument.
He was also one of the Ordinary Directors of the Bank of Scotland ; one of the
”rustees for the Encouragement of Scottish Manufactures ; one of the Trustees
for Promoting the British White Herring Fishery j and one of the Vice-Presidents
of the Caledonian Horticultural Society.
With the charitable and humane institutions of the city the name of Sir
Henry was not less extensively associated. He was one of the Managers of the
Orphan Hospital; one of the Auditors of the Society of the Industrious

... SKETCHES. 327 his troops, and the place was speedily retaken. Ever since the Cape has remained in ...

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The Society of Writers to the Signet requested his lordship to allow his
portrait to be painted for the Society; and the picture, as painted by Mr.
Watson Gordon, in the robes of Justice General, is now hung in the staircase
of the library.
No. CCLIV.
RIGHT HON. CHARLES HOPE,
LIEUT.-COLONEL, COMMANDING THE EDINBURGH VOLUNTEERS.
WHEN the warlike spirit of the country was roused by the menacing attitude
of “haughty Gaul,” no one stepped forward in her defence with greater alacrity
than Lord President Hope, who was then Sheriff of Orkney. He enrolled himself
as one of the First Regiment of Royal Edinburgh Volunteers, and served in
it as a private and Captain of the Left Grenadiers till 1801, when, by the unanimous
recommendation of the corps, he was appointed Lieut.-Colonel. From
that period, with the exception of one year, when the corps was disbanded at
the peace of Amiens in 1802, he continued in command until the regiment was
again disembodied in 18 14. His lordship did much to improve the discipline,
and animate the zeal of. the Volunteers. While he personally set an example
of unweaiied exertion, his speeches on particular occasions, and his correspondence
with the Commander-in-Chief, breathed a patriotism not less pure than
hearty in the common cause. ‘(We did not take up arms to please any minister
or set of ministers,” is his declaration on one occasion, “but to defend our
native land from foreign and domestic enemies.”
On the King’s birthday, 1807, the Volunteers paid a handsome compliment
to their commander, Previous to the grand military parade in honour of his
Majesty, the regiment having been formed into a hollow square, Thomas Martin
Esq., sergeant of grenadiers, in name of the non-commissioned officers and
privates, presented him with a valuable sword, of superb and exquisite workmanship,
as a testimony of their regard for him as an officer and a gentleman ;
and for his great attention in promoting the discipline and welfare of the regiment.
Mr, Martin addressed the Lieut.-Colonel in the following words :-
“ I am deputed to deliver you a sword, as a small mark of the sincere regard and high esteem
entertained for you by your fellow-soldiers of the regiment.
“ It is now upwards of thirteen years since an alarming and eventful crisis gave birth to the
volunteer system. On that occasion this regiment was among the first to step forward in
defence of our King and country. We recollect with pleasure your serving in the ranks ; and,
by your exemplary attention, affording an instructive and impressive lesson of the first duties of
a soldier. When afterwards called, by the unanimous voice of your associates, to command us,
we found your abilities as an officer not less conspicuous than yonr conduct as a private. In
both capacities you have earned the meed dearest to a mind such as yours, the gratitude and
affection of your fellow-citizens.
‘‘ I consider it a happy coincidence, that the first opportunity which has occurred for
presenting this sword should be the birthday of our beloved Sovereign. In putting it into your
hands, we add an additional safeguard to his sacred person and throne, while we feel assured

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 239
“ Our fathers’ bluid the kettle bought,
And wha wad dare to spoil it 4
By heaven ! the sacrilegious dog
Shall fuel be to boil it.”
In consequence of the alliance of Spain with’ France, a meeting of the
Lieutenants of the city, and the officers of the Edinburgh Volunteers, was held
on the 14th September 1796, when they resolved,--“ that as this apparent
increase of strength on the part of our enemies must give them additional
confidence, it is highly necessary to show them that this country ‘is capable of
increasing its exertions in proportion to the force brought against it.” Accordingly,
an augmentation of their corps being deemed necessary, another battaliod
was speedily organised, called the Second Regiment of Edinburgh Volunteers.
In 1797, when the French were every day expected to attempt a landing in
Ireland, the First Regiment tendered their services to perform the duty of the
Castle, in order to allow the withdrawal of the regular troops ; and, in 1801,
when the danger seemed more immediately to menace our own shores, the former
offer of service was followed up with characteristic spirit.
The Lieutenant-Colonel commanding, the Right Honourable Charles Hope
(Lord President and Privy Councillor), in his letter to General Vyse, at
this alarming crisis, says-“ In the event of an enemy appearing on our coast,
we trust that you will be able to provide for the temporary security of Edinburgh
Castle by means of its own invalids, and the recruits and convalescents of the
numerous corps and detachments in and about Edinburgh ; and that, as we have
more to lose than the brave fellows of the other volunteer regiments who have
$xtended their services, we trust you will allow us to be the first to share
in the danger, as well as in the glory, which we are confident his Majesty’s troops
will acquire under your command, if opposed to an invading army.”
On the cessation of hostilities in 1802 the Volunteers were disbanded, after
eight years of military parade, during which period “they had many a time
and oft ” marched to and from the camp at Musselburgh, and, on the sands of
Leith, maintained the well-contested bloodless fight. They closed their first
period of service on the 6th of May 1802. Early in the forenoon of that day
they assembled in Heriot’s Green, where they first obtained their colours ; and,
having formed a hollow square, the Lieutenant-Colonel read Lord Hobart’s
circular letter, conveying his Majesty’s thanks, and also the thanks of the two
Houses of Parliament. He likewise read a resolution of the Town Council of
Edinburgh, conveying, in the strongest and most handsome terms, the thanks of
the Community to the whole Volunteers of the city ; and a very flattering letter
from his excellency Lieut.-General Vyse. The regiment was afterwards marched
to the Parliament Square, where, being formed, the colours were delivered to
the Magistrates, who lodged them in the Council Chamber, and the corps was
dismissed’
Not the least important practical ’benefit reaultiog from the patriotic feeling of the Volunteers,
consisted in the frequent collections made among them in aid of the poor of the city. “ On the 3d of
January 1797 they assembled in their uniforms at St. Andrew’a Church, where an excellent diecourse

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76 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
plantation, which added materially to the shelter and fertility of the land, as
well as to the amenity of the place.
Catherine Home was married to a near Berwickshire neighbour, Robert
Johnston, Esq. of Hilton, then a captain in the 39th Regiment of Infantry, who
served in Gibraltar during the noted siege, and afterwards, with much credit,
during the last war with France, as Lieut.-Colonel of the Berwickshire Light
Dragoons-a well-disciplined, provincial corps, raised towards our defence against
French invasion and Irish insurrection. Of this marriage there survived two
daughters, Margaret and Catherine Johnston. An elder daughter, Agnes, was
married to the Rev. Alexander Scott, a cadet of the distinguished house of Scott
of Harden, and rector of Egemont, and then of Bowtel, in Cumberland. She
died, leaving issue two sons, Francis, a Lieutenant in the royal navy, and the
Rev. Robert Scott, fellow of one of the Colleges, Cambridge.
Agnes Home was of a more delicate constitution than her sister, and died at
her brother David's house in Edinburgh, unmarried, on 9th March 1808.
No. CXCVI.
MR. WILLIAM GRINLY,
BROKER AND AUCTIONEER.
THE Royal Leith Volunteers, of which corps this gentleman was Quartermaster,
were embodied in 17 9 5, and received their colours on the 26th September of that
year. The regiment was drawn up on the Links-a detachment of the Royal
Edinburgh Volunteers being present to keep the ground-when shortly after
one o'clock the Lord-Lieutenant, attended by some of the Deputy-Lieutenants,
arrived on the field, and presented the colours to Captain Bruce,' the Commandant,
who delivered them to two ensigns. The ceremony concluded with a
prayer by the chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Macknight.
Mr. Grinly was originally a merchant and shipowner at Borrowstounness,
the place of his nativity, where his father and brothers were respectable shipmasters.
In early life he had frequently gone supercargo to Holland, France,
Spain, Russia, and America, and was no stranger to the vicissitudes of a seafaring
life, having been twice captured by privateers, and as often shipwrecked.
The Isabella, a fine new ship, homeward bound, with a,valuable cargo, was one
of the vessels taken by the enemy. The ship's company, after being robbed,
were put on shore, and Mr. Grinly was stripped of everything but his watch.
One of the cases of shipwreck occurred in a storm off the coast of France, when
the crew narrowly escaped with their lives, and the ship and cargo were totally
Brother of the late Mr. Bivce of Kennett, whose father, Loid Kennett, waa one of the Senators
of the College of Justice.

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in sub-divisions to Drylaw Mains, about three miles from town, in the following
order :-Light Horse, Royal Edinburgh Artillery, First Regiment, first battalion
of the Second Regiment, Royal Edinburgh Highlanders, second battalion of the
Second Regiment, Leith Volunteers, Mid-Lothian Artillery. After arriving on
the ground, the brigade drew up in a line, which extended a great length. A
salute mas then fired by the Artillery on each flank; and his Excellency Sir
Ralph Abercromby, Commander-in-Chief, attended by General Vyse, the North
British staff, several other officers, and the Right Hon. Secretary Dundas,
entered from the right, and rode along the whole line. Mr, Dundas was dressed
in the uniform of the First Regiment, of which he is a private. In passing the
line both times he rode with his hat off. The appearance and discipline of the
different corps gave general satisfaction to the military gentlemen and a numerous
body of spectators. A party of the Norfolk Cavalry and Shropshire Militia
attended to keep the ground clear.”
Lord Melville at one time proposed that a certain allowance weekly should
be given to the members of the First Regiment of Edinburgh Volunteers, but
the offer was declined.
No. CXVIII.
ANDREW NICOL,
WITH A PLAN OF HIS MIDDENSTEAD.
THIS is one of the “ Parliament House worthies ” mentioned in the Traditions of
Edinburgh, where, he is described as “ a sensible-looking man, with a large blue
bonnet, in which guise Kay has a very good portrait of him, displaying, with
chuckling pride, a plan of his precious middenstead.”
MUCKA NDREWa,s he was familiarly termed, was a native of the ancient burgh
of Kinross. He was a linen-weaver to trade ; and, if,not in affluent circumstances,
could at all events boast an honest independence, in the possession of a house
and a kail-yard, which had descended to him through a long line of forefathers.
About the beginning of this century it was esteemed quite an unfashionable thing
for a gentleman of property not to have a law-suit. Poor Andrew unluckily fell a
victim to the mania. Some misunderstanding having arisen between him and
a neighbour proprietor about the situation or boundary of a dunghill, nothing
less could adjust matters than an appeal to a court of law. Andrew
seems to have been successful in the inferior courts; but his opponent,
having a longer purse, carried the case to the Court of Session, and by one
expedient or other, protracted a decision until he compelled poor Andrew
to litigate in forma pauperis. The whole affair was certainly a satire on judicial
proceedings j but it took such possession of the simpleton’s mind as to engross

... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. in sub-divisions to Drylaw Mains, about three miles from town, in the following order ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 171
(( This spirit of false chivalry,” adds Barrington, (( which took such entire
possession of Hamilton Rowan’s understanding, was soon diverted into the
channels of political theory.” The (( wrongs of Ireland,” real and imaginary,
were not without their influence on a mind so susceptible of humane and
honourable impressions. In 1782 he had participated in the memorable but
short-lived triumph obtained for their country by the Volunteers, whom the
emergency of the times called into existence j and he saw with equal regret the
return of anarchy and disorganisation which so speedily followed that propitious
effort of national unanimity. The spirit of democracy, so fearfully awakened in
the Revolution of France, acted with talismanic effect upon the people of Ireland,
where the patriotic exertions and eloquence of a Grattan and a Curran were
expended in vain against the corruption of the Irish Parliament.
In Hamilton Rowan the promoters of the societies of (( United Irishmen,”
the first of which was held in Belfast in October 1791, found an influential and
enthusiastic coadjutor. The first sitting of the Dublin Society was held on the
9th November following; the Hon. Sirnon Butler in the chair, and James
Napper Tandy, secretary. Of this body Hamilton Rowan was an original
member; but it was not till 1792, at the meeting on the 23d November,
that we find him officially engaged in the proceedings. Dr. Drennan (whose
talents as a writer have been much admired) was elected chairman, and Mr.
Rowan, secretary.
The views of the “ United Irishmen ” were ostensibly the accomplishment
of political reformation-and probably nothing farther was at first contemplated ;
but it soon became evident that measures as well as principles were in progress,
which were likely to increase and streugthen in proportion as a redress of
grievances was denied or postponed. That national independence was an event,
among others, to which the United Irishmen looked forward, is strongly countenanced
by concurring circumstances-although it ought to be borne in mind
that the original political associations were entirely distinct from those subsequently
entered into, bearing similar designations. Early in 1792 a body of
volunteers were formed in Dublin, approximating in design to the National
Guards of France-the leaders of whom were Hamilton Rowan and Napper
Tandy. This body of armed citizens-who “wore clothing of a particular
uniform, with emblems of harps divested of the Royal Crown ”-had hitherto
met only in small divisions ; but a general meeting, to be held on Sunday the
7th September, was at length announced in a placard, to which was attached
the signature of Mathew Dowling. Alarmed at this procedure the Government
issued a counter proclamation the day previous, which proved so entirely
authoritative, that the only individuals who appeared on parade in uniform
were Rowan, Tandy, and Carey, printer to the Society.
Immediately following this, the ‘( United Irishmen ” met in consdtationan
energetic address to the Volunteers of Ireland, or rather the disorganised
remains of that once powerful body, was agreed ob-and the Guards of Dublin
were summoned to meet in a house in Cape Street, belonging to Pardon, a

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summons (said Sir Walter Scott, in the Quarter@
Revkw,) instead of rousing the hearts of the
volunteers, like the sound of a trumpet, rather
reminded them of a passing knell. Most pitiful
was the bearing of the volunteers, according to Dr.
Carlyle of Inveresk, who was one of them on this
occasion. ? The ladies in the windows treated us
very variously; many with lamentation, and even
with tears, and some with scorn and derision. In
one house on the south side of the street there was
a row of windows
full of ladies, who
appeared to enjoy
our march to danger
with much mirth and
levity.? He adds
that these civic warriors
were about to
fire on these ladies;
but they pulled their
windows down.
Summoned from
Leith, the 14th Dragoons
came spurring
up the street, huzzaing
and clashing their
swords in silly bravado
; the volunteers
began their march,
with wives and children
clinging to them,
imploring them not
to risk their lives
against wild Highland
savages ; but resolutely
enough their
The preposterous idea of meeting the Highlanders
in the open field was abandoned; the
remains of the force were led to the College yards
and dismissed for the evening ; but the City Guard,
the men of the Edinburgh Regiment, and the
cavalry, went out to reconnoitre as far as Corstorphine.
Seeing nothing of the enemy, the famous
~ and pious Colonel Gardiner of the 13th Dragoons,
who commanded the whole, halted in the fields
between Edinburgh and Leith, leaving a small party
OLD HOUSES, WEST now.
(From a MeawredDrazuing by T. Hamilton, pirUiskd in 1830.)
commander ex-Provost Drummond led the way,
till the most ludicrous cowardice was exhibited by
all. ?? In descending the famous West Bow, they
disappeared by scores under doorways or down
wynds, till, when their commander halted at the
West Port and looked behind him, he found, to his
surprise and mortification, that nearly the whole of
his valiant followers had disappeared, and that
only a few of his personal friends remained. The
author of a contemporary pamphlet-alleged to be
David Hume-afterwards compared their march to
the course of the Rhine, which at one place is a
majestic river, rolling its waves through fertile
fields, but being continually drawn off by little
canals, dwindles into a small streamlet, and is
almost lost in the sands before reaching the ocean.*
It was said that the volunteers rushed about in the
sorest tribulation, bribing with sixpences every
soldier they met to take their arms to the Castle.
to watch the west
road, while fresh
volunteers came into
the city from Musselburgh
and Dalkeith.
That night Brigadier
Fowkes arrived from
London to assume the
command, and he at
once led the cavalry
towards Coltbridge,
which spans the Leith,
about two miles distant
from the then
city.
Here a few Highland
gentlemen, forming
the Prince?s van,
fired their pistols, on
which adreadful panic
at once seized the
13th and 14th Dragoons,
who went
?threes about,? and,
laden with all the property
they could
?? loot ? from Corstorphine and Bell?s Mills, were
seen from the Castle and the city, flying in wild
disorder eastward by the Lang Gate. At Leith
they halted for a few minutes till a cry was raised, in
mockery, that the Highlanders were at hand, when
again they resumed their flight as far as Preston
Pans. Then a cry from one of their comrades, who
fell into a disused coalpit, filled these cravens with
such ungovernable terror, that they fled to North
Berwick. The road by which they galloped was
strewn, according to Dr. Carlyle, with their swords,
pistols, carbines, and skull-caps, which the mortified
Colonel Gardiner, who had passed the night at his
own house at Bankton, caused to be gleaned up
and sent in covered carts to Dunbar.
General Guest sent a detachment into the
city to spike the cannon, which in his heart he
had no wish should be used against the Prince,
tG save them for whom the Provost declined all

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372 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [Heriot?s Green.
a round hat, with a cockade and black feather on
the left side, buttons having on them the arms .of
the city and inscribed, Edirzburgh Yolunttes (Scuts
Zug., 1794 &c.), their oval belt plates also bearing
thecityarms. Twoof the companieswere grenadiers,
and all men of unusual stature. They wore bearskin
caps, with the grenade thereon, and on their skirts.
The belts, black at first, were afterwards painted
white: but, as the paint scaled off, plain buff was
A second regiment of Edinburgh volunteers was
formed in the same manner in 1797, when a landing
of the French was expected in Ireland, and the
first battalion volunteered to garrison the Castle, to
permit the withdrawal of the regular troops. This
offer was renewed in 1801, when the Lieutenant-
Colonel, the Right Hon. Charles Hope, afterwards
Lord President, wrote thus to General Vyse, commanding
the forces:-
HERIOT?S HOSPITAL : THE COUNCIL ROOM.
substituted, and the first showy uniform underwent
changes.
The colours presented to them were very handsome;
the King?s bore a crown and the letters
G.R. ; the regimental bore the arms of Edinburgh.
The magistrates, the senators, Academicians and
the whole Town Council, were on the ground in
their robes of office. From the green the battalion
marched by the bridges to Princes Street, where the
colours were presented to them by Mrs. Elder,
after which they went to the house of the Lord
Provost, Sir James Stirling, Bart., in Queen?s Street.
The ?latter, in virtue of his office, was honorary
colonel of the regiment; but all the other commissions
were conferred by the king, on the recommendation
of the volunteers themselves
?In the event of an enemy appearing on our
coast, we trust that you will be able to provide for
the temporary safety of Edinburgh Castle by means
of its own invalids, and the recruits and convalescents
of the numerous corps and detachments in
and about Edinburgh ; and that, as we have more
to lose than the brave fellows of the other volunteer
regiments who have extended their services, you
will allow us to be the first to share the danger,
as well as the glory, which we are confident his
Majesty?s troops will acquire under your command,
if opposed to an invading army,?
But in the following year Heriot?s Green saw
the last of these two regiments.
After eight years of military parade, and many
a sham fight on Leith Links and at Musselburgh

... OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [Heriot?s Green. a round hat, with a cockade and black feather on the left side, ...

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76 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. Holyrood.
~ ~~ ~~ ~
period, and in 1736- one of unusual brilliance
was given in January, the Hon. Charles Hope
(afterwards Muster Master-General for Scotland)
being king, and the Hon. Lady Helen Hope
queen. In the Gallery of the Kings a table was
covered with 300 dishes en ambigzr, at which sat
150 ladies at a time . . . . illuminated with 400
wax candles. ?!The plan laid out by the council
of the Company was exactly followed with the
their dark days had found refuge at St. Germains.
He entered Holyrood under a salute from the
castle, while the approaches were lined by the
Hopetoun Fencibles and Windsor Foresters. He
held a levCe next day at the palace, where he was
soon after joined by his son, the Duc d?Angoul6me.
The royal family remained several years at Holyrood,
when they endeared themselves to all in
Edinburgh, where their presence was deemed but
greatest order and decency, and concluded without
the least air of disturbance.?
Yet brawls were apt to occur then and for long
after, as swords were worn in Edinburgh till a
later period than in England j and an advertisement
in the Cowant for June, 1761, refers to a
silver-mounted sword having been taken in mistake
at an election of peers in that year at
Holyrood.
The ancient palace had once more royal inmates
when, on the 6th of June, 1796, there
landed at Leith, under a salute from the fort,
H.R.H. the Comte d?Artois, Charles Philippe, the
brother of Louis XVI., in exile, seeking a home
under the roof of the royal race that had so
often intermarried with his family, and which in
a natural link of the old alliance that used to exist
between Scotland and France.
The count, with his sons the Duc d?Angoul6me
and the Duc de Bem, was a constant attender at the
drills of the Edinburgh Volunteers, in the meadows
or elsewhere, though he never got over a horror of
the uniform they wore then-blue, faced with redwhich
reminded him too sadly of the ferocious
National Guard of France. , He always attended in
his old French uniform, with the order of St.
Ampoule on his left breast, just as we may see him
in Kay?s Portraits. He was present at St. Anne?s
Yard when, in 1797, the Shropshire Militia, under
Lord Clive-the j ~ s t English regiment of militia
that ever entered Scotland-was reviewed by Lord
Adam Gordon, the commander-in-chief.

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390 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
solemnly taking farewell of the public concerns of the church on earth, with
the glory of the church of heaven full in his view ; and to perceive that, while
the frail tabernacle of the body was evidently coming down, there was no want
of mental vigour, and no want of deep interest in what respected the spiritual
improvement of the community with which he had been so long connected.”
Dr. Davidson died at Muirhouse on the evening of Sabbath, 28th October
1827, and was succeeded in the Tolbooth Church by the Rev. James Marshall,
sometime minister of the Outer Church of Glasgow.
Only three of Dr. Davidson’s sermons were published, and these were
delivered on public occasions. One of them, preached before the Synod of
Glasgow and Ayr, on the propitiation of Christ, has been much admired.
By his first wife, a sister of the late
Provost Anderson, bookseller in Stirling, among other children, he had a son,
Captain William Davidson, who succeeded him in his estates. By his second
wife, a sister of Lord Cockburn, he had several children.
Besides the estate of Muirhouse, Dr. Davidson was proprietor of the Old
Barony of Hatton, which had belonged to the Lauderdale family, and which,
having been acquired by the Duchess of Portland, was sold in lots; and a
considerable portion of it, including the old mansion-house and patronage of the
parish of Ratho, was purchased by him. The residence of Dr. Davidson in
Edinburgh was successively in Windmill Street, Princes Street, and Heriot Row.
Dr. Davidson was twice married.
No. CLV.
COLONEL PATRICK CRICHTON,
OF THE EDINBURGH VOLUNTEERS, WITH A VIEW OF THE AWKWARD SQUAD.
THE principal figure in this scene at Bruntsfield Links gives an excellent
portrait of COLONELP ATRICCKR ICHTONi,n the attitude of directing the
movements of a body of Volunteers. The stout personage in the background,
to the rear of the Colonel, is Captain Coulter, afterwards Lord Provost, who
obtained great celebrity for a declaration which he made on one occasion, at a
civic feast. His health having been drunk, he embraced the opportunity, in
returning thanks, of placing his martial avocations in oppostiion to his civic
ones, and wound up the harangue by exclaiming-“ Although I am in body a
stocking-weaver, yet I am in soul a Sheepyo !” (Scipio). He retained the name
of Sheepyo ever afterwards. The left hand man of the grenadiers is Robert
Sym, Esq., W.S.
Colonel Crichton, whose father, Alexander Crichton, carried on the business
of coach-building in the Canongate for many years, was a gentleman well known

... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. solemnly taking farewell of the public concerns of the church on earth, with the glory ...

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321 Arthur?s Seat.] VOLUNTEER REVIEW IN 1860.
many a strong man?s heart beat high and his eyes
glisten. The vast hilly amphitheatre was crowded
by more than IOC),OOO spectators, who made the
welkin ring with their reiterated cheers, as the deep
and solid columns, with all their anns glittering in
the sun, were steadilyforniing on the grassy plain
below. Every foot of ground upon the northern
slopes not too steep for standing on was occupied,
even to the summit, where the mighty yellow
standard with the red lion floated out over all.
When the Queen, accompanied by the Prince
Consort, theaged Quchess of Kent, and the royal
children, came in front of the grand stand, the sight
one o?clock all the regiments were in Edinburgh,
and defiled into the park by four separate entrances
at once, and were massed in contiguous close
columns, formed into divisions and brigades of
artillery, engineers, and infantry, the whole undet
the command of Lieutenant-General Sir G. A.
Wetherall, K.C.B.
The scene which burst upon the view of these
volunteers as they entered the park, and the vast
corps being played past by the pipers of the Rossshire
Buffs.
?So admirable was the arrangement,? wrote one
at the time, ?by which the respective corps were
brought back to their original ground, that not ten
minutes had elapsed after the marching-past of
the last company before all was ready for the
advance in line, the officers having taken post
in review order, and the men standing with
shouldered arms. On the signal being given, the
whole line (of columns) advanced, the review
bands playing. The effect of this was, in one
word, indescribable, and when the whole was
was magnificent, when more than two-and-twenty
thousand rifles and many hundred sword-blades
flashed out the royal salute, and then the arms were
shouldered as she drove slowly along the line of
massed columns. The ground was kept by the 13th
Hussars, the 29th Regiment, 78th Highlanders (the
recent heroes of Lucknow), and the West York
Rifle Militia The Queen seemed in the highest
spirits, wore a tartan dress, and bowed and smiled 2.9

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374 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [Greyfriars Church.
and, forming a part of her volunteer forces, six
battalions of infantry, two of artillery, and a corps
of cavalry.
On the night of the False AZam, on the evening
of the 31st January, 1804, Scotland was studded
with beacons-something on the system ordered by
the twelfthparliament of JamesII. By mistake, that
on Hume Castle was lighted ; other beacons blazed
up in all directions ; the cry was everywhere that
the I;rench had landed! All Scotland rushed to
arms, and before dawn the volunteers were all on
the march, pouring forward to their several rendezvous
; in some instances the Scottish Border
men rode fifty miles to be there, without drawing
bridle, says Scott ; and those of Liddesdale, fearing
to be late at their post, seized every horse they
could find, for a forced march, and then turned
thein loose to make their way home.
When, in 1806, new regulations were issued,
limiting the allowance to volunteers, the First
Edinburgh Regiment remained unaffected by them.
?I wish to remind you,? said the spirited Lieutenant-
Colonel Hope, one day while on parade,
?that we did not take up arms to please any minister,
or set of ministers, but to defend our native
land from foreign and domestic enemies.?
In 1820, when disturbances occurred in .the West
Country, the volunteers garrisoned the Castle, and
offered, if necessary, to co-operate with the forces
in the field, and for that purpose?remained a whole
night under arms. SOOA after the corps was disbanded,
without thanks or ceremony.
Northward of the hospital, but entering from the
Grassmarket, we find the Heriot brewery, which
we must mention before quitting this quarter, a
being one of those establishments which have long
been famous in Edinburgh, and have made the
ancient trade of a ?brewster? one of the mosl
important branches of its local manufacturing in.
dustry.
The old Heriot brewery has been in operation
for considerably over one hundred years, and foi
upwards of forty has been worked by one firm, the
Messrs. J. Jeffrey and Co., whose establishmeni
gives the visitor an adequate idea of the mode in
which a great business of that kind is conducted,
though it is not laid out according to the more
recent idea of brewing, the buildings and work:
having been added to and increased fmm time tc
time, like all institutions that have old and small
beginnings; but notwithstanding all the nurnerou:
mechanical appliances which exist in the diiTeren1
departments of the Heriot brewery, the manu?
services of more than 250 men are required then
daily.
In Gordon?s map of 1647, the old, or last, Greynars
Church is shown with great distinctness, the
,ody of the edifice not as we see it now on the
outh side, but with a square tower of four storeys
.t its western end. The burying ground is of
ts present form and extent, surrounded by pleasant
ows of trees j and north-westward of the church is
species of large circular and ornamental garden
#eat.
Three gates are shown-one to the Candlenaker
Row, where it still is ; another on the south
o the large open field in the south-east angle of the
:ity wall ; and a third-that at the foot of the ROW,
ofty, arched, and ornate, with a flight of steps
zscendiq to it, precisely where, by the vast accumuation
of human clay, a flight of steps goes downward
Over one of these two last entrances, but which
le does not tell us, Monteith, writing in the year
1704, says there used to be the following inscripion
:-
low.
?? Remember, man, as thou goes by :
As thou art now, 50 once was I.
As I am now, so shalt thou be ;
Remember, man, that thou must die (a?ee).?
The trees referred to were very probably relics
Df the days when the burial-place had been the
Sardens of the Greyfriary in the Grassmarket, at
the foot of the slope, especially as two double rows
of them would seem distinctly to indicate that
they had shaded walks which ran soutli and
north.
Writing of the Greyfriq, Wilson says, we think
correctly :-? That a church would form a prominent
feature of this royal foundation can hardly be
doubted, and we are inclined to infer that the existence
both of if, and of a churchyard attached to
it, long before Queen Mary?s grant of the gardens
of the monastery for the latter purpose, is implied in
such allusions as the following, in the ? Diurnal of
Occurrents,? July 7th, 157 I. ? The haill merchandis,
craftismen, and personis renowned within Edinburgh,
made thair moustaris in the Grey Frear
Kirk Yaird;? and again, when Birrel, in his diary,
April ~ 6 t h ~ 1598, refers to the ?work at the Greyfriar
Kirke,? although the date of the erection of
the more modem church is only 1613.?
In further proof of this idea Scottish history tells
that when, in 1474, the prince royal of Scotland,
(afterwards James IV.) was betrothed, in the second
year of his age, to Cecilia of England, and when on
this basis a treaty of peace between the nations
was concluded, the ratification thereof, and the
betrothal, took place in the church of the Greyfriars,
at Edinburgh, when the Earl of Lindesay

... OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [Greyfriars Church. and, forming a part of her volunteer forces, six battalions of ...

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432 INDEX TO THE PORTRAITS. ETC .
No . Pap.
Dalzel. Andrew. A.M., F.R.S., Professor
of Greek in the University ......... cxxxi 32(
Davidson. Rev . Dr . Thomas. of the Tolbooth
Church .......................... cliv 386
Davidson. John. Esq., W.S ............... xcix 242
Devotees. Three Legal ..................... cxix 291
Dhu. John. or Dow. alim Macdonald ...... ii 8
Dhn. John. of the City Guard ...............x c 218
Dhu. Corporal John ........................ clxx 429
Dickson. Bailie James ..................... xlix 10 4
Donaldson. James. a half-witted baker .. .xlv 97
Downie. Mr . David, goldsmith. tried
for High Treason along with Robert
Watt in 1794 ........................... cxli 352
Doyle. William. of the 24th Regiment ...... 1 105
Duf. Jamie. an idiot ........................... ii 7
Duncan. Right Hon . Lord Viscount ... cxlv 360
Duncan.Admira1. ontheQuarter-Deck ... cxlvi 362
Dundas. the Hon . Robert. of Arniston.
Lord Chief Baronof the Court of
Exchequer .............................. xlviii 103
Dundas. the Hon . Robert. of Amiston.
Lord Advocate of Scotland ......... cxxix 316
Duudas. Henry. Viscount Melville. in
the uniform of the Royal Edinburgh
Volunteers .............................. cxvii 289
Dundas. Henry ................................. cl 376
E
Edgar. Janies. Esq., .Commissioner of
Customs ................................. cliii 385
Eiston, Dr., Surgeon ........................ cxx 292
Elder. Thomas. Esq . of Forneth. Lord
Provost ................................. exliv 358
Errol. Earl of .............................. lxxxiv 203
Erskine. Rev . Dr . John. of Carnock ...... xxx 67
Erskine. Hon . Henry. advocate ............ xxx 67
Erskine. Hon . Henry. Dean of the Faculty
of Advocates ..................... lviii 124
Erskine. Rev . Dr . John. of the old Greyfriars'
Church .......................... Jxxiii 171
Erskine. Rev . Dr . John .................. lxxiv 175
Ewing. Rev . Greville. of Lady Glenorchy's
Chapel. Edinburgh. afterwards
ofNileStreetChape1. Glasgowlxxx 194
F
Fairholme. George. Esq . of Greenhill ... clxiv 416
Fergusson. Neil. Esq., advocate ...... cxxxiii 386
Fisher. Major. of the 55th Regiment ...... xxi 51
Forbes. Sir William. Bart . of Pitsligo.
banker ................................... lxxvi 180
Forbes. Sir William. Bart . of Pitsligo.
banker ...................................... cii 251
Fmter. William. of the 24th Regiment ...... 1 105
Praser. Thomas. (a Natural) ...........l.x xvii 184
Fairholme. George. Esq . of Greenhill ... clxii 413
Fergusson. George. Lord Hermand ...... clvi 392
G
No . Page
Garden. Francis. Lord Gardenstone ......... vii 22
Gerard. Dr . Alexander ..................... XXXP 77
Giants. Three Irish (two of them twin
.brothers). with a group of spectators ... iv 10
Gilchrist. Mr . Archibald. of the Royal
Edinburgh Volunteers ...............x cviii 241
Gingerbread Jock .............................. viii 25
Glen. Dr .......................................... ix 26
Gordon. Right Hon . Lord Adam. on
horseback ........................... lxxxviii 212
Cordon. Right Hon . Lord Adam. arm-inarm
with the Count D'Artois ... lxxxix 214
Gordon. Alexander. Lord Rockville ... xxxiii 72
Gordon. Professor Thomas. King's College.
Aberdeen ........................ xxxv 78
Gordon. CaptainGeorge. ofthecity Guard ... lvi 118
Graham. the Most NobletheMarquisof ... cxvi 285
Graham. Dr . James. going along the
North Bridge in a high wind .........x i 30
Graham. Dr . James lecturing ............... xii 33
Grant. Sir James. of Grant. Bart., with
a view of his regiment. the Strathspey
or Grant Fencibles ............... cxiii 277
Grant. Colquhoun. Esq., W.S. ............ clxv 418
Grrgory. James, M.D., Professor of the
Practice of Medicine in the University
....................................... cxxxv 339
Gregory. Dr . James. in the uniform of
the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers . cxxxvii 342
Grieve. John. Esq., Lord Provost ......... Ivi 118
Grose. Francis. Esq., F . A.S., of London
and Perth ................................. xviii 46
Guard.House. the C i g ..................... clxx 429
H
Haddington. the Right Hon . the Earl of ... cii 251
Haddo. the Bight Hon . Lord ............l xxxiv 204
Hailes. Lord. one of the Judges of the
Court of Session ..................... cxlvii 364
Hamilton. Dr . Alexander. Professor of
Midwifery ........................... cxxxiv 330
Hart. Mr . Orlando ........................... xciii 223
Hay. Charles. Esq., advocate. taken a
short time before his elevation to
the bench .............................. lxxxii 199
Hay. Dr . James, deacon of the surgeons ... xciii 226
3ay. Dr . James. of Hayston ............ clxvii 426
lay. Miss. of Montblairp .................. xlvii 99
Teads. an Exchange of ..................... lxvi 157
Tenderland. Lord ........................... xcix 243
lenderson. Mr . John. in the character
of .. Sir John Falstaff ................. lxiii 146
3ercules. the Modern-Dr . Carlyle destroying
the Hydra of Fanaticism ... xxx 67
€igh Street, Levelling of the ............ xciii 222
€ill. Rev . Rowland. A.M., delivering one
of hisSermonsontheCaltonH ill ... cxxxv 333

... cxxxv 339 Gregory. Dr . James. in the uniform of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers . cxxxvii ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 43
career, towards the end of the last century, evangelical doctrine was at a very
law ebb in Scotland; and t4hrough their instrumentality, it was owing, in no small
degree, that so striking a revival has since taken place. Both brothers were
authors of theological works highly esteemed in their day. James wrote on the
Nature and Doctrine of the Atonement, and an Exposition of the Epistle to the
Galatians. Robert’s writings consist of Works on the Evidence of Divine
Revelation and Inspiration of Scripture, and an Exposition of the Epistle to the
Romans. Robert died in 1842, and James in 1851. Their lives, by Alexander
Haldane of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-law, were published in 1852, and
the work reached a second edition,
No. CLXXXV.
SERGEANT-MAJOR PATRICH GOULD,
AND
AN EDINBURGH VOLUNTEER.
THIS is an accurate representation of the late SERGEANT -MAJOR
GOULD, in the act of teaching “the young idea how to shoot.” Gould (or
rather Guild) was a native of Alva, in Clackmannanshire, one of the little villages
located at the foot of the Ochils, where both his grandfather and father appear
to have successively held the situation of vilhge piper. His father, John Guild,
was twice married.’ Patrick, the youngest of thirteen children, was born on
the 31st of January 1749. On the death of his father, which occurred suddenly,
the widowed mother removed with her young faniily (four of whom survived)
to Glasgow, where the future Sergeant-Major was brought up as a tailor ; but
having a strong desire to be a soldier, and entertaining no great partiality for
the board, very soon after completing his apprenticeship he enlisted in the Foot
Guards, where his activity procured him promotion.
In 179 3, Gould was appointed Drill-Sergeant to the Argyleshire Fencibles,
then about to be embodied ; and the year following he was transfemed to the
First Regiment of Edinburgh Volunteers. How well the Sergeant-Major
discharged the duties of his office is in the recollection of many citizens,of
Edinburgh who profited by his instructions. He was accurate, attentive, and
active ; and as a drill none could surpass him. During his connection with the
Volunteers--a period of twenty-one years-he trained upwards of two thousand
men to military exercises. Gould added materially to his income by private
drilling, many families being in the habit of employing him to give ‘‘ the young
folks ” a proper carriage, as they termed it. His manner to a pupil was some-
Gould was related (but the precise degree of relationship is unknown, nor indeed does it matter
much) to certain persons of a name almost similar, of considerable opulence in the district where he
wag born. Latterly they fell back in the world j and some of them had charges of no very creditable
description brought against them.

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-198 OLD .4ND NEW EDINBURGH. [Leith.
park and ample stabling; and there are always
two batteries, with guns and horses, stationed there
now.
Here, on the 6th October, 1781, trial was made
of a Ioo-pounder carronade, which in those dayswhen
Woolwich ? infants ?? were unknown-excited
the greatest wonder; and on this occasion there
-were present the Duke of Buccleuch, the Right
Hon. Henry Dundas, Lord Advocate, and Captain
John Fergusson, R. N., who died an admiral,
In the same year, the fleet of Admiral Sir Peter
Parker, consisting of fifteen sail of the line and
many frigates, the Jamaica squadron, and a convoy
of 600 merchantmeii, lay for two months in Leith
Roads, having on board more than zo,ooo seamen
and marines ; and so admirably were the markets
of the town supplied, that it is noteworthy this addition
to the population did not raise the prices
one farthing.
Five years subsequently Commodore the Hon.
John Leveson Cower?s squadron anchored in the
Roads in July. Among the vessels under his command
was the Helm frigate of forty guns, commanded
by Captain Keppel, and the third lieutenant
of which was the young Prince William Henry, the
future William IV. The squadron was then on a
cruise to the Orkneys and Hebrides.
In I 788 a paddle-ship of remarkable constmction,
planned by Patrick Miller of Dalswinton, an2
called the Experiment (the forerunner of the steamboat),
was launched from the yard of Messrs. Allan
and Stewart, ship-builders, at Leith. In the Edinburgh
Magazine she is described as being a species
.of double ship, built something like the South Sea
prahs, but larger, being ninety feet long, with other
dimensions in proportion. She was provided with
wheels for working in calm weather.
?She
-.went out of the harbour about mid-day, and was at
-first moved along by the wheels with considerable
-velocity. When she got a little without the pierhead,
they hoisted their stay-sails and square-sails,
.and stood to the westward; but, her masts and
:sails being disproportionate to the weight of the
She made her trial trip in September.
hull, she did not go through the water so fast as was
expected.?
Another feature that impeded lier progress considerably
was a netting across her bows for the
purpose of preventing loose wreck getting foul of
the wheels, and the steering machine, between the
two rudders, was found to be of little use. When
these were removed her speed increased. Those
who managed this peculiar craft went half-way over
the Firth, and then tacked, but, as the ebb-tide was
coming down and the wind increasing, they anchored
in the Roads.
Weighing with the next flood, notwithstanding
that the wind blew right out of the harbour, by
means of their wheels and stay-sails they got in
and moored her at eleven at night. A number of
gentlemen conversant with nautical matters accompanied
her in boats. Among others were Sir John
Clerk of Penicuik, and Captain Inglis of Redhall,
afterwards one of Nelson?s officers.
In the same month and year the drawbridge of
Leith was founded. The stone was laid by Lord
Haddo, in the absence of Lord Elcho, Grand Master
of Scotland, accompanied by the magistrates of
Edinburgh and the Port, who, with the lodges and
military, marched in procession from the Assembly
Rooms in Leith. The usual coins and plate of
silver were placed in the base of the east pier.
?The drawbridge,? says a print of the time, ?will
be of great benefit to the trade of Leith, as any
number of ships will be able to lie in safety, which
in storms and floods they could not do before when
the harbour was crowded.?
In 1795 was established the corps of Royal Leith
Volunteers, who received their colours on the
Links on the 26th of September. A detachment of
the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers kept the ground
The colours were presented by the Lord Lieutenant
to Captain Bruce, of the corps, brother to Bruce of
Kennet ; and in 1797 120 ship-captains of Leith
-to their honour be it recorded in that time of
European war and turmoil-made a voluntary offer
to serve the country in any naval capacity that was
siitable to their position.

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