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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 25 happened in the morning, which they attributed to their ignorance of his quality, and requesting it, as a particular favour, that he would horwur them with his company do dinner. To this polite card his lordship returned a verbal answer, that “he kept no company with people whose pride would not permit them to use their fellow-travellers with civility.” The latter years of this amiable man’s life were spent in the discharge of the duties of his office of a judge ; and the very last act of his public beneficence was the erection of the ornamental building t,hat incloses St. Bernard’s Mineral Well, in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh.’ His lordship died at Morningside, near Edinburgh, on the 22d of July 1793, in the seventy-second year of his age. No. VIII. HUG0 ARNOT, ESQ., ADVOCATE, AND GINGERBREAD J -0CK. THE strange figure of Mr. Arnot appears to have been a favourite with Kay, who has here ironically represented him in the act of relieving a beggar, the fact being that he had a nervous antipathy to mendicants, and was at all times more disposed to cane them than to give them an alms. John Duncan, the beggar here represented, was a poor creature, who, after having long endeavoured to support himself by the sale of gingerbread, sunk into mendicancy, which he usually practised at a corner of the Parliament Square. Jock‘s mode of conducting business while in active life, and before he had retired to enjoy the otium cum dignitate, expressed in so lively a manner in his countenance and general appearance in the Print, was to place four or five cakes of the commodity in which he dealt on their edges, at equal distances on the ground, he himself standing by with a short pole, which, on paying Jock a halfpenny, you were at liberty to discharge at the cakes, with the distinct understanding that all those you knocked down became yours. Jock’s traducers, however-for what public personage is without them +allege that the cakes were so ingeniously placed, that it was next to impossible to knock any of them over at all, and that therefore your halfpenny, was, a piwi, lost money. This ingenious mode of gaming is still well known under the appellation of “ Roley- Poley.” As to John Duncan, little more is known of him than what is recorded of the antediluvian patriarchs, that he lived and died ; although, indeed, after living the life of a beggar, he may be said to have died like a king, for his death resembled that of Herod, King of Judea 1 “ I stii continue,” says Mr. W. Smellie in a letter to Lord Gardenstone, 1790, “ to worship your lordship’s Saint. Upon .me he has performed the miracle of regeneration. From gratitude, therefore, I shall always pay my devotion to St Bernard, and my penny to George Murdoch.” E ... SKETCHES. 25 happened in the morning, which they attributed to their ignorance of his quality, and ...

Book 8  p. 32
(Score 3.63)

18 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. thought, sir,” said Arnot, sternly, “you took me for a scoundrel I ” The man withdrew, not a little abashed at this plump insinuation of the dishonesty of his intentions, On another occasion, he was waited upon by a lady not remarkable either for youth, beauty, or good temper, for advice as to her best method of getting rid of the importunities of a rejected admirer, when, after telling her story, the following colloquy took place :- “ Ye maun ken, sir,” said the lady, “ that I am a namesake 0’ your ain. I am the chief 0’ the Arnots.” ‘( Are you, by Jing ? ” replied Mr. Arnot. “ Yes, sir, I am ; and ye maun just advise me what I ought to do with this impertinent fellow 1 ” “ Oh, marry him by all means ! It’s the only way to get quit of his importunities.” “ I would see him hanged first 1 ” replied the lady, with emphatic indignation. “ Nay, madam,” rejoined Rlr. Arnot ; “ marry him directly, as I said before, and, by the lord Harry, he’ll soon hang himself! ” The severe asthmatic complaint with which he waB afflicted, subjected him latterly to much bodily suffering. When in great pain one day from difficulty of breathing, he was annoyed by the bawling of a man selling sand on the streets. “ The rascal ! ” exclaimed the tortured invalid, at once irritated by the voice, and envious of the power of lungs which occasioned it, ‘&he spends as much breath in a minute as would serve me for a month.” Mr. Arnot had a habit of ringing his bell with great violence-a habit which much annoyed an old maiden-lady who resided in the floor above him. The lady complained of this annoyance frequently, and implored Mr. Arnot to sound his bell with a more delicate touch ; but to no purpose. At length, annoyed in turn by her importunities, which he believed to proceed from mere querulousness, he gave her to understand, in reply to her last message, that he would drop the bell altogether. This he accordingly did ; but in its place substituted a pistol, which he fired off whenever he desired the attendance of his servant, to the great alarm of the invalid, who now as earnestly besought the restitution of the bell as she had requested its discontinuance. Mr. Arnot died on the 20th November 1786, in the thirty-seventh year of his age, exhibiting, in the closing scene of his life, a remarkable instance of the peculiarity of his character, and, it may be added, of his fortitude, For several weeks previous to his death, he regularly visited his appointed burial-place in South Leith Churchyard, to observe the progress of some masons whom he had employed to wall it in, and frequently expressed a fear that his death would take place before they should have completed the work. JAMES BURNETT, LORD MOXBODDO. This learned, ingenious, and amiable, but eccentric man, was one of the Judges of the Court of Session, He ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. thought, sir,” said Arnot, sternly, “you took me for a scoundrel I ” The ...

Book 8  p. 22
(Score 2.92)

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 17 Mr. Arnot, in his day, enjoyed an unusually large share of local popularity, proceeding from a combination of circumstances-his extraordinary figure, his abilities, his public spirit, his numerous eccentricities, and his caustic wit and humour. The reverse of Falstaif in figure, he resembled that creature of ima,u' lnation in being not only witty himself, but the cause of wit in others. The jest of Henry Erskine, who, meeting him in the act of eating a spelding or dried haddock, complimented him on looking so like his meat, was but one of many which his extraordinary tenuity gave rise to. Going alongst the North Bridge one day, Mr. Arnot, who was of so extremely na'vaus and irritable a disposition that he appeared, when walking the streets as if constantly under the apprehension of some impending danger, was suddenly surrounded by half-a-dozen unruly curs in the course of their gambols. This was a trying situation for a man of his weak nerves j but he wanted only presence of mind, not courage, and the latter, after a second or two, came to his aid. It rose with the occasion, and he began to brandish his stick ; striking right and left, in front and in rear, with a rapidity and vigour that kept the enemy at bay, and made himself, in a twinkling, the centre of a canine circle. The resolution, however, which had come so opportunely to his assistance on this occasion, in the end gave way. Perceiving a break in the enemy's lines, he bolted through, turned again round, and thus, keeping the foe in front, retreated, still flourishing his stick, till he got his back against a wall, where, though it does not appear that he was pursued by the dogs, he continued the exercise of his cudgel for some time with unabated vigour, a8 if still in contact with the enemy, to the great amusement of the bystanders, amongst whom recognising a young man whom he knew, he roared out to him in a voice almost inarticulate with excessive agitation-" W-1, you scoundrel ! why did you not assist me when you saw me in such danger 4" The man whom nervous disease placed in this grotesque attitude was originally of an intrepid mind, as is sufficiently proved by several incidents in his early life. One of them was his riding to the end of the Pier of Leith on a spirited horse, when the waves were dashing over it in such a way as to impress every onlooker with the belief that he could not fail to be swept into the sea. Another was his accepting the challenge of an anonymous foe, who took offence at a political pamphlet he had written. This person called on him to meet him in the King's Park, naming the particular place and time. Mr. h o t repaired to the spot at the appointed hour; but, though he waited long, no antagonist presented himself. In his professional capacity he was guided by a sense of honour, and of moral obligation, to which he never scrupled to sacrifice his interests. He would take in hand no one cause, of the justice and legality of which he was not perfectly satisfied. On one occasion, a case being submitted to his consideration, which seemed to him to possess neither of these qualifications-" Pray," said he, with a grave countenance to the intending litigant, "what do you suppose me to bet" -<'Why,'' answered the latter, "I understand you to be a lawyer."-"I D ... SKETCHES. 17 Mr. Arnot, in his day, enjoyed an unusually large share of local popularity, proceeding ...

Book 8  p. 21
(Score 2.89)

16 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 4to ; “Elucidations respecting the Common and Statute Zaw of Scotland,” 1777, 8vo ; “Select Decisions of the Court of Session, from 1752 to 1768,” 1780, folio; and “Loose Hints upon Education, chiefly concerning the Culture of the Heart,” 1781, 8vo. HUG0 ARNOT, Esq., the singularly attenuated gentleman who appears between Lord Kames and Lord Monboddo, was, in as far as his person is concerned, a sort of natural curiosity. He was of great height, but, as the Print shows, sadly deficient in breadth ; yet an intelligent friend, who has contributed some information to this work, and who knew him well, complains that the limner has made him “ really too solid ! ” If this be so, it is an error which is corrected in another likeness of him, which appears elsewhere in the present work Mr. Arnot’s person was, in truth, altogether an extraordinary and remarkable one, and it was in consequence the source of many jests and witticisms. Mr. Arnot was the son of a merchant and ship proprietor at Leith, where he was born on the 8th December 1749. His name was originally Pollock, but he changed it in early life to Arnot, on the occasion of his falling heir, through his mother, to the estate of Balcormo in Fife.’ He was bred to the law, and became a member of the Faculty of Advocates in the year 1772. A severe asthma, however, which was greatly aggravated by almost every kind of exertion, proved a serious obstruction to his progress at the bar, where, but for this unfortunate circumstance, there is little doubt that his talents would have raised him to eminence. Mr. Arnot published in 12m0, London, 1776, “An Essay on Nothing, a Discourse delivered in a Society,” which was favourably received. In 1779 appeared his “History of Edinburgh,” which makes, perhaps, as near an approach to classical excellence as any topographical publication which has ever appeared in Scotland. The merit of this work is sufficiently expressed in the fact of its not having been thrown into the shade, either in respect of information or composition, by any subsequent production In 1785, Mr. Axnot published a “ Collection of Celebrated Criminal Trials, with Historical and Critical Remarks,” which added considerably to the reputation of its author. Prior to the publication of this curious work, Arnot quarrelled with the booksellers ; and, in December 1784, he advertised the book to be published by subscription, adding, ‘‘ Mr. Arnot printed, a few days ago, a prospectus of the. work, that the public might form some idea of its nature, and he sent it to be hung up in the principal booksellers in town; but they have thought proper to refuse, in a body, to allow the prospectus and subscription papers to hang in their shops. The prospectus will therefore be seen at the Royal Exchange Coffee-House, Exchange Coffee-House, Prince’s Street Coffee-House, And Messrs. Corri and Sutherland‘s Music-Shop, Edinburgh, and Gibb’s Coffee- House, Leith.” ? “Died, December 6, 1773 deceased Mr. Pollock, merchant. ;, at her house in Fifeshire, Mrs. h o t o f Balcormo, relict of the ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 4to ; “Elucidations respecting the Common and Statute Zaw of Scotland,” 1777, 8vo ; ...

Book 8  p. 20
(Score 2.79)

St Gilds Churchyard. THE CHURCHYARD. I49 were a hospital and chapel known by the name of the ?Maison Dieu.? ?We know not,? says Arnot, ?* at what time or by whom it was founded ; but at the Reformation it shared the common fate of Popish establishments in this country. It was converted into private property. This building is still (1779) entire, and goes by the name of the Clam-shell Turnpike, from the figure of an escalopshell cut in stone above the door.? Fire and modern reform have effected dire changes here since Arnot wrote. Newer buildings .occupy the site ; but still, immediately above the entrance that led of old to Bell?s Wynd, a modern stone lintel bears an escalop shell in memory of the elder edifice, which, in the earliest titles of it . conceit which appears among the sculpture at Roslm chapel. So late as 1620 ?James Lennox iselected chaplain of the chapelry of the holy rood, in the burgh kirk-yard of St. Giles.? Hence it is supposed that the nether kirk-yard remained in use long after the upper had been abandoned as a plad of sepulture. All this was holy ground in those days, fQr in U Keith?s Catalogue? we are told that near the head of Bell?s Wynd (on the eastern side) there the pavement of a noisy street, ?there sleep the great, the good, the peaceful and the turbulent, the faithful and the false, all blent together in their quaint old coffins and flannel shrouds, with money in their dead hands, and crosses or chalices on their breasts ; old citizens who remembered the long-haired King David passing forth with barking hound and twanging horn on that Roodday in harvest which so nearly cost him his life ; and how the fair Queen Margaret daily fed the poor at the castle gate ?with the tenderness of a mother;? those who had seen Randolph?s patriots scale ?the steep, the iron-belted rock;? Count Guy of Namur?s Flemish lances routed on the Burghmuir, and William Wallace mustering his bearded warriors - ~~ ~ ~~~~~ that are extant, was written of as the ?old land,? formerly belonging to George Crichton, Bishop of Dunkeld, who held that see between the years 1527 and 1543, and was Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal under King James V. Overlooked, then, by the great cruciform church of St. Giles, and these minor ecclesiastical edifices, the first burying-ground of Edinburgh lay on the steep slope with its face to the sun. The last home of generations of citizens, under what is now ST. GILES?S CHURCH IN Tni PRESENT DAY. ... Gilds Churchyard. THE CHURCHYARD. I49 were a hospital and chapel known by the name of the ?Maison Dieu.? ?We ...

Book 1  p. 149
(Score 2.53)

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 325 this performance by myself. This practice, I assure him, has by no means novelty to recommend it, although it has not hitherto been openly avowed :- “ Three sages in three learned ages born, Three different polished stages did adorn. In dreams and prophesies the 6rst excelled ; With pies and tarts the next his pages swelled ; His high-dressed dishes praised in loud bombast ; But I, IN NOTHINGh,a ve them all surpass’d.” The publication of the Essay occasioned the following epigram, by the Hon. Andrew Erskine, brother to the musical Earl of Kelly : - “ To find out where the bent of one’s genius lies, Oft puzzles the witty, and sometimes the wise ; Your discernment in this all true critics must find, Since the subject’s so pat to jour body and mind.” The Hon. Henry Erskine was once disputing with Arnot about the disposition which the Deity manifests in the Holy Scriptures to pardon the errors of the flesh-the metaphysician insisting for a liberal code, and the wit taking a rather more confined and Calvinistic view of the case. At last, on Arnot avowing his resolution to live in the hope of pardon, Erskine readily conceded that great allowance is made for the $esh ; but, affecting to be doubtful in the peculiar case of his friend, he replied- “ Though bawdy and blasphemy may be forgiven, To flesh and to blood, by the mercy of Heaven ; Yet I’ve searched the whole Scriptures, and texts I find none, Extending that mercy to skin and to bone.” Mr. Amot’s tenuity of person, as a subject of satirical remark, was not entirely confined to the learned. One day as he was standing in Creech, the bookseller’s shop, an old woman-a hawker of fish from Musselburgh-came in to purchase a Bible. To quiz the old lady a little, Hugo said he wondered she could trouble her head reading such a nonsensical, old-fashioned book as that. Horror-struck at his blasphemous remark, the old woman eyed Hugo in silence a few seconds, measuring him from head to foot with inexpressibG amazement. At length she exclaimed-“ Gude hae mercy on us I Wha wad hae thocht that ony human-like cratur wad hae spoken that way. But you,” she added, with an expression of the most perfect contempt-“a perfect atomy ! ” Mr. Arnot was long afflicted with a nervous cough. He came into Creech’s shop one day, coughing and wheezing at a tremendous rate. Casting his eye on Mr. Tytler of Woodhouselee, who happened to be present, he observed to him “If I do not soon get quit of this d-d cough, it will carry me off like a rocket.” Mr. Tytler replied, ‘‘ Indeed, Hugo, my man, if you do not mend your manners, you will assuredly take quite a contrary directh.” ... SKETCHES. 325 this performance by myself. This practice, I assure him, has by no means novelty to ...

Book 8  p. 456
(Score 2.11)

CHAPTER IX. THE WEST BOW AND SUBURBS. N the centre of the ancient city there I stood, till a few years since, a strange, crooked, steep, and altogether singular and picturesque avenue from the High Street to the low valley on the south, in which the more ancient extensions of the once circumscribed Scottish capital are reared. Scarcely anything can be conceived more curious and whimsically grotesque than its array of irregular stone gables and timber galleries, that seemed as if jostling one another for room along the steep and narrow thoroughfare ; while the busy throng were toiling up or hurrying down its precipitous pathways, amid the ceaseless din of braziers’ and tinsmiths’ hammers, for which it was famed, and the rumbling of wheels, accompanied with the vociferous shouts of a host of noisy assistants, as some heavy-laden wain creeked and groaned up the steep. The modern visitor who now sees the Bowhead, an open area nearly on a level with the Castle drawbridge, and then by gradual and easy descent of long flights of stairs, and the more gentle modern slope of Victoria Street, at length reaches The Bowfoot Well in the Grassmarket, will hardly be persuaded that between these two widely different elevations there extended only a few years since a thoroughfare crowded with antique tenements, quaint inscriptions, and E t i l l more strange and interesting associations ; unmatched in its historic and traditionary memories by any other spot of the curious old capital, whose memories we seek to revive. Here were the Templar Lands, with their antique gables, surmounted by the croBs that marked them as beyond the reach of civic corporation laws, and with their old- . ~IC+Nrrr+?tfajor Weir’s HOUS~. ... IX. THE WEST BOW AND SUBURBS. N the centre of the ancient city there I stood, till a few years since, ...

Book 10  p. 364
(Score 2.08)

324 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. conceiving that he might, in the course of events, become serviceable to his views, resolved upon making him his friend. Lovat then lived in a villa somewhere about the head of Leith Walk, and often observed young Home pass up and down between Edinburgh and Leith. Presuming upon very slight acquaintance, his lordship one day ran out, and, clasping the advocate in his arms, began to administer some of those compliments which he used to call his weapons- “My dear Henry,” he cried, “how heartily do .I rejoice in this rencontre. How does it come to pass that you never look in upon me 3 Almost every day I see you go past my windows, as if for the purpose of inflaming me with a more and more passionate desire for your company. Now, you are so finelooking- so tall, and altoget,her so delightful in your aspect, that unless you will vouchsafe me some favour, I must absolutely die of unrequited passion.” “ My Lord,” cried Home, endeavouring to extricate himself from his admirer’s arms, “ this is quite intolerable ; I ken very wee1 I am the coarsest and most black-a-vised b-h in a’ the Court 0’ Session. Hae dune-hae dune!” “ Well, Henry,” said Lovat, in an altered tone, “ you are the first man I have ever met with who had the understanding to withstand flattery.” “My dear Lord,” said Home, swallowing the compliment with avidity, and returning the embrace, “ I am rejoiced to hear you say so.” The following anecdote is told of the other “ shadow,” HUG0 ARNOT, and Mr. Hill, afterwards Professor of Humanity (Latin), who was then tutor to the Lord Justice-clerk‘s son. Arnot met him returning from the Grassmarket on one occasion when three men were executed there, and inqukng where he had been, Mr. Hill replied that “ he had been seeing the execution.” ‘<W hat ! ” said Hugo, “ you, George Hill, candidate for the Professor’s chair of Humanity /” “Yes,” said Mr. Hill. “Then, by G-d,” continued the indignant Hugo, “ you should rather be Professor of Barbarity ; and you are sure of the situation, for it is in the gift of my Lord Justice-clerk ! ” Mr. Arnot’s celebrated ‘( Essay on Nothing,” so full of quaint humour itself, and the subject of several good sayings by his contemporaries, is now, perhaps, only familiar in name to the generality of readers. As a epecinien of the nervous style of the author, the following quotation from the preface may not be unamusing :-“ I do not communicate this treatise,” says Hugo, ‘( to promote directly piety, morality, meekness, moderation, candour, sympathy, liberality, knowledge, or truth ; but indirectly, by attempting to expose and to lash pride, pedantry, violence, persecution, affectation, ignorance, impudence, absurdity, falsehood, and vice. Besides the stilts of Preface and Dedication, I intended to have procured some recommendatory verses, which may be called ‘ Passports for begging civility and favour from the Christiun reader.’ But as I know no person living (at least in the British realms), who is endued with any share of poetic fire ; and, besides, am persuaded, if there were any such, none of them would be so fool-hardy as to recommend this performance, I hope, instead of these, the reader mill accept the following verses, written in praise of . ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. conceiving that he might, in the course of events, become serviceable to his views, ...

Book 8  p. 455
(Score 2.05)

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 157 Between the years 1781 and 1785 Mr. Lawson published a full detail of the proceedings in his case, in a pamphlet occupying nearly 300 pages of letterpress ; also, '' Three Letters addressed to candid Christians of all denominations." He immediately thereafter went to London, where he was well received hy several Dissenting clergymen, and from whom he obtained a license to preach, which he continued to do for a few years, in connection with the Relief body. Mr. Lawson died at Leith on the 27th of August 1788. No. LXVI. AN EXCHANGE OF HEADS. HUG0 ARNOT, ESQ.-MR. 'CVILLIADI MACPHERSON, AND ROGER HOG, ESQ. THE " Exchange of Heads " is supposed to have taken place betwixt two individuals, so very opposite in every describable feature, that the one has been denominated a shadow, while the other, par excellence, may as appropriately be termed substance. The space between shadow and substance is ingeniously devoted to the full development of a back view of a third party, who, differing entirely from either, displays a rotundity of person more than equal to the circumference of both. Some account has already been given of MR. ARNOT, whose head, forming the apex to the solid pyramid of Macpherson's trunk, appears first to the left in the trio of figures. Respecting his substantial friend, however, whose ponderous head, as if poised on a needle, seems like an infringement of the laws of gravity, some amusing gossip has been preserved. MR WILLIAM MACPHERSON, whose father was sometime deacon of the masons in Edinburgh, was a Writer to the Signet, and, in many respects, a man of very eccentric habits. He lived in that famed quarter of the city, the West Bow, three stairs up, in a tenement which immediately joined the city wall, and looked towards the west, but which has been recently removed to make way for the improvements now in progress, and which have all but annihilated the Bow. Mr. Macpherson continued a bachelor through life, and seemed from many circumstances to have conceived a determined antipathy to the " honourable state of matrimony." He had two maiden sisters who kept house with him ; but whether they entertained similar prejudices, or remained single ... SKETCHES. 157 Between the years 1781 and 1785 Mr. Lawson published a full detail of the proceedings ...

Book 8  p. 222
(Score 2.05)

THE OLD TOWN. 41 1845, Old Greyfriars Church was restored and reopened in 1857. What a strange and varied history it has gone through!--'not a church, but a caravanserai.' Here, after a sermon by Alexander Henderson of Leucbars in 1663, the Solemn League and Covenant was signed, laid out on a gravestone, the parchment at length failing them, and many of the signatures being written STONE ON WHICH TAB COVENANT WAS SIGNED. in blood ! (In the Engraving the stone is enclosedaithin' the railing, and a glimpse of light rests on it.) Here'"Dr>Robertson the historian rolled along his splendid sentences in the morning, and Dr. John Erskine in the afternoon pierced and scattered them by hii Presbyterian dagger ! the one contending that virtue, were she coming to earth in human form, would be adored ; the other announcing that sheshad come in the person of Christ, and had been crucified and slain. Here Dr. Robert Lee, a reformer too, in his own way, discerning perhaps his time as well as Henderson did his, introduced an organ and a liturgy, and struck a chord of innovation which his successor, the sagacious and daring Wallace-now Editor of the Scofsman-boIdIy and successfully followed. The Greyfriars Churchyard stands on the ruins of the Franciscan Monastery, and strange it was that the first man of note buried in it should be George Buchanan, the scourge of the Franciscans as well as of the other orders of monks-described by Miiton as 'white, black, and grey, With all their trumpery.' Buchanan's funeral was attended by a 'great company of the faithful,' and, standing near a small tablet erected to his memory by a working blacksmith-his only monument here,-let us recall for an instant into honourable remembrance the greatest of Scottish Latin scholars and not the least of Scottish poets, the noble, brave-hearted, outspoken, manly, and eloquent F ... OLD TOWN. 41 1845, Old Greyfriars Church was restored and reopened in 1857. What a strange and varied history ...

Book 11  p. 65
(Score 2.04)

416 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. century, it was his turn, along with another of the Royal Chaplains, to officiate. The latter opened the proceedings with a prayer most elaborately composed for the occasion. His eloquence attracted notice, and expectation was excited in regard to the prayer with which the proceedings were to be terminated, and which fell to be offered by the subject of this sketch, when the reverend gentleman stood up, and rightly judging that neither the circumstances nor the services called for anything but the femest and simplest words, with great solemnity repeated the Lord’s Prayer, to the no small surprise of the audience, some of whom had the bad taste to term it unsuitable to the occasion, The death perhaps of no clergyman ever produced a greater sensation in the neighbourhood where it occurred. It was announced by bills hawked about the streets of Edinburgh; and the presence of thousands of persons at the funeral attested the veneration in which their pastor was held. Only one of Mr. Paul’s sermons was ever published, although some of them have since appeared in the periodical publications of the day. His venerable widow survived him till 21st November 1828. This Print was executed by the artist from recollection, after the reverend gentleman’s death. No. CLXIV. BYRNE, THE IRISH GIANT, MR. WATSON, MR. M‘GOWAN, MR. FAIRHOLME, AND GEORDIE CRANSTOUN. THIS Print, which is one of the early productions of the artist, represents the Giant in conversation with Mr. Watson, while Mr. M‘Gowan, Mr. Fairholme, and Geordie Cranstoun are listening very attentively to what is going on. Some account of MR. FAIRHOLME, the first figure to the left, will be found in our notice of “The Connoisseurs.” The likeness here afforded may not be so accurate or distinct in the outlines as the one in the group alluded to ; yet the person and attitude are very characteristic of the upright and somewhat pompous figure of the original. The next figure presents an equally graphic portraiture of MR. JOHN M‘GOWAN, who lived for many years in the Luckenbooths, where he occupied the second and third flats above Creech the bookseller’s shop. He latterly removed to a house in Princes Street, between Castle and Charlotte Streets, where he died. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. century, it was his turn, along with another of the Royal Chaplains, to officiate. The ...

Book 8  p. 578
(Score 1.95)

I 2 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [University. posts, and make the Grassmarket their headquarters. The City Militia held the High Street, a guard was placed on the college, and the guards at the palace were doubled. Undismayed by all this, the students mustered in the Old High School Yard, with their effigy in pontifical robes, and proceeded without opposition down the High School Wynd, and up Blackfriars Wynd to the lower end of High Street, where, finding there was no time to lose, though unopposed by the militia, they set fire to the figure amid shouts of ?? Pereat Papa f I? but had instantly to fly. Arnot says the burning took place in the Blackfriars Wynd. Grim old Dalyell of Binns came galloping through the Netherbow Port at the head of his linquish their intention, and a few who were English were seized in their beds, and carried by the guard to the Tolbooth. All the forces in Leith and the neighbourhood mere marched into the Canongate, where they remained all night under arms ; and in the morning the Provost allowed the privileges of a fortified city to be violated, it was alleged, by permitting the Foot Guards and Mars Fusiliers (latterly zIst Foot) to enter the gates, seize advantageous of treatment not much more respectful than their own. In the course of this operation the head fell OK,? and was borne in triumph up the Castle Hill by a Dumber of boys. But this trumpery affair did not end here. Seven students were apprehended, and examined before the Privy Council by Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, the King?s Advocate, and after being a few days in custody, were liberated. So little were they gratified by this leniency that many street scuffles took place between them and the troops, whom they alleged to be the aggressors. Violent denunciations of revenge against the magistrates were uttered in the streets ; and upon the 11th of January, 1681, the house of Priestfield grey Dragoons; then came the Fusiliers, under the Earl of Mar; and Lord Linlithgowv, with one battalion of the Scots Foot Guards, in such haste that he fell off his horse. The troops were ordered to extinguish the flames and rescue the image. ? This, however, understanding the combustible state of its interior, they were in no haste to do ; keeping at a cautious distance, they merely belaboured his Holiness with the butt end of their musquets, which the students allege was a mode . THE LIBRARY OF THE OLD UNIVERSITY, AS SEEN FROM THE SOUTH-WESTERN CORNER OF THE QUADRANGLE, LOOKING EAST. (From an EngnauiqQ W. H. Lizursofa Drawing& Playfair). ... 2 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [University. posts, and make the Grassmarket their headquarters. The City Militia held ...

Book 5  p. 12
(Score 1.92)

14 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. No. v. LORD KAMES. HUG0 ARNOT, ESQ. OF BALCORMO, ADVOCATE. LORD MONBODDO. HENRY HOME, LORDK AMESt,h e first figure in this Print, well known by his numerous works on law and metaphysics, was a judge of the Courts of Session and Justiciary, He was born in the county of Berwick, in the year 1695, and was descended of an ancient but reduced family. But it was to his own exertions, his natural talent, and profound legal knowledge, that he was indebted for the high rank and celebrity he subsequently attained ; for his father was in straitened circumstances, and unable to extend to him any such aid as wealth could afford. His lordship was early destined for the profession of the law, in which he wisely began at the beginning ; having started in his career as a writer's apprentice, with the view of acquiring a competent knowledge of the forms and practical business of courts. After long and successful practice at the bar, he was raised to the bench, and took his seat 6th February 1752. Lord Kames possessed a flow of spirits, and a vivacity of wit and liveliness of fancy, that rendered his society exceedingly delightful, and particularly acceptable to the ladies, with whom he was in high favour. He is accused of having become in his latter years somewhat parsimonious ; what truth may have been in the accusation we know not. Notwithstanding the general gravity of his pursuits, his lordship was naturally of a playful disposition, and fond of a harmless practical joke, of which a curious instance is on record. A Mr. Wingate, who had been his private tutor in early life, but who had by no means made himself agreeable to him, called upon him after he had become eminent in his profession, to take his opinion regarding the validity of certain title-deeds which he held for a sum of money advanced on land. The lawyer, after carefully examining them, looked at his old master with an air of the most profound concern, and expressed a hope that he had not concluded the bargain. The alarmed pedagogue, with a most rueful countenance, answered that he had ; when Mr. Home gravely proceeded to entertain him with a luminous exposition of the defects of the deeds, showing, by a long series of legal and technical objections, that they were not worth the value of the parchment on which they were written. Having enjoyed for aome time Wingate's distress, he relieved the sufferer by thus addressing him-"You may remember, sir, how you made me smart in days of yore for very amall offences : now, I think our ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. No. v. LORD KAMES. HUG0 ARNOT, ESQ. OF BALCORMO, ADVOCATE. LORD MONBODDO. HENRY ...

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plead With great eloquence upon what they had picked up from the opposite counsel. When acting as a volunteer against the Highland army, in 1745, he fell into the hands of Colonel John Roy Stewart, and was nearly hanged as a spy at Musselburgh Bridge. He was author of several literary works; but had many strange fancies, in which he seemed to indulge with a view to his health, which was always valetudinarian. He had INTERIOR OF THE JUSTICIARY COURT.* ' he used to measure out the utmost time that was allowed for a judge to deliver his opinion; and Lord Arniston would never allow another word tc, be uttered after the last grain had run, and was frequently seen to shakeominously this old-fashioned chronometer in the faces of his learned brethren if they became vague or tiresome. He was a jovial old lord, in whose house, when Sheriff Cockburn lived there as a boy, in 1750, sixteen hogsheads young one, which followed him like a dog wherever he went, and slept in his bed. When it attained the years and bulk of swinehood this was attended with inconvenience ; but, unwilling to part with his companion, Lord Gardenstone, when he undressed, laid his clothes on the floor, as a bed for it, and that he might find his clothes warm in the winter mornings. He died at Morningside, near Edinburgh, in July, 1793. Robert Dundas of Arniston succeeded Culloden, in 1748, as Lord President. In his days it was the practice for that high official to have a sand-glass before him on the Bench, with which Dalrymple -said : " I knew the great lawyers of the last age-Mackenzie, Lockhart, and my OWD father, Stair-but Dundas excels them all !" (Catalogue of the Lords, 1767.) Among the last specimens ot the strange Scottish judges of the last century were the Lords Balniute and Hermand. The former, Claud Boswell ot Balmuto, was. born in 1742, and was educated at the same' school, in Dalkeith, with Henry Dundas, afterwards Lord Melville ; and the friendship formed by the two boys there, lasted till the death of the peer, in May, 181 I. He always spoke, even on the Bench, He died in 1787. Tn the dnwing visitors are represented as looking down the stairs leading to the cells below. ... With great eloquence upon what they had picked up from the opposite counsel. When acting as a volunteer ...

Book 1  p. 172
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241 CoWgab.1 THE EPISCOPAL CHAPEL. to preach openly, by taking the oaths to Govemment, had been founded in Edinburgh by Baron Smith, and two smaller ones were founded about 1746, in Skinner?s and Carrubber?s Closes; but as these places were only mean and inconvenient apartments, a plan was formed for the erection of a large and handsome church. The Episcopalians of the city chose a committee of twelve gentlemen to see the scheme executed. They purchased from the Royal College of Physicians the area of what had formerly been the Tweeddale gardens, and opened a subscription, which was the only resource they had for completing the building, the trifling funds belonging to the former obscure chapels bearing no proportion to the cost of so expensive a work. But this impediment was removed by the gentlemen of the committee, who generously gave their personal credit to a considerable amount. The foundation stone was laid on the 3rd of April, 1771, by the Grand Master Mason, Lieutenant- General Sir Adolphus Oughton, K.B., Colonel of the 31st Foot, and Commander of the Forces in Scotland. The usual coins were deposited in the stone, under a plate, inscribed thus :- EDIFICII SAC. ECCLESIW EPISC. ANGLIB, PRIMIlM POSUIT LAPIDEY, I. ADOLPHUS OUGHTON, CURIO MAXIMUS, MILITUM PRWFECTUS, REONANTE GEORGIO 111. TERTIO APR. DIE, A.D. MDCCLXXI. IN ARCHITECTONICA storm RFPUB. Towards this church the Writers to the Signet subscribed zoo guineas, and the Incorporation of Surgeons gave 40 guineas, and on Sunday, the 9th of October, 1774, divine service was performed in it for the first time. ?This is a plain, handsome building,? says Arnot, ? neatly fitted up in the inside somewhat in the form of the church of St. Martin?s-in-the-Fields, London. It is 90 feet long by 75 broad pver the walls, and is omamented with a neat spire of a tolerable height. In the spire hangs an excellent bell, formerly belonging to the Chapel Royal at Holyrood, which is permitted to be rung for assembling the congregation, an indulgence that is not allowed to the Presbyterians in England. This displays a commendable liberality of sentiment in the magistrates of Edinburgh ; but breathes no jealousy for the dignity of their national Church. In the chapel there is a fine organ, made by Snetzler.of London. In the east side is a niche of 30 feet, with a Venetian window, where stands the altar, which is adorned with paintings by Runciman, a native of Edinburgh. In the volta is the Ascefision; over the small window on the right is Christ talking with the Samaritan woman ; on the left the Prodigal returned. In these two the figures are halflength. On one side of the table is the figure of Moses ; on the other that of Elias.? At the time Arnot wrote L6,Soo had been spent on the building, which was then incomplete. ? The ground,? he adds, ?? is low ; the chapel is concealed by adjacent buildinis ; the access for carriages inconvenient, and there is this singularityattending it, that it is the only Christian church standing north and south we ever saw or heard of. . . . . . . . . There are about I,ooo persons in this congregation. Divine service is celebrated before them according to all the rites of the Church of England. This deserves to be considered as a mark of increasing moderation and liberality among the generality of the people. Not many years ago that form of worship in all its ceremonies would not have been tolerated The organ and paintings would have been downright idolatry, and the chapel would have fallen a sacrifice to the fury of the mob.? Upon the death of Mr. Can; the first senior clergyman of this chapel, he was interred under its portico, and the funeral service was sung, the voices of the congregation being accompanied by the organ. In Arnot?s time the senior clergyman was Dr. Myles Cooper, Principal of New York College, an exile from America in consequence of the revolt of the colonies. In the middle?of February, 1788, accounts reached Scotland of the death and funeral of Prince Charles Edward, the eldest grandson of James VII., at Rome, and created a profound sensation among people of all creeds, and the papers teemed with descriptions of the burial service at Frascati ; how his brother, the Cardinal, wept, and his voice broke when singing the office for the dead prince, on whose coffin lay the diamond George and collar of the Garter, now in Edinburgh Castle, while the militia of Frascati stood around as a guard, with the Master of Nairn, in whose arms the prince expired. In the subsequent April the Episcopal College met ?at Aberdeen, and unanimously resolved that they should submit ? to the present Government of this kingdom as invested in his present Majesty George III.,? death having broken the tie which bound them to the House of Stuart. Thenceforward the royal family was prayed for in all their churches, and the penal statutes, after various modifications, were repezled in 1792. Eight years afterwards the Rev. Archibald Alison (father of ... CoWgab.1 THE EPISCOPAL CHAPEL. to preach openly, by taking the oaths to Govemment, had been founded in ...

Book 4  p. 247
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INDEX TO VOL . I . PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES . A No . Page Abercromby. Sir Ralph. K . B., giving the word of command ........................ li 106 Abercromby, General Sir Ralph, K.B., viewing the army encamped on the plains of Egypt ........................... lii 108 Adams. Mr . John, master of the Royal Riding Menage ........................... clxi 410 Aeronauts, a Group of .................. xxxviii Arnot, Hugo, Esq . of Balcormo, advocate ... v 86 16 cate ....................................... Viii 25 cate ....................................... lxvi 157 cate .................................... cxxxii 324 X ........................................ lxxxix 215 Beat, Rev . William, Kilrenny, Fifeshire ... cx 271 Bell, Mr. Andrew, engraver .................i.v 13 Bell, Mr . Andrew, engraver ............ lxxxvi 210 Beuuet. Mr . John, surgeon ...............c lix 401 Black, Dr . Joseph ........................... xxu 52 Black, Dr . Joseph, lecturing ............ xxiii 54 Black, Dr . Joseph ........................... xxv 56 Provost ................................. xxviii 62 Blair, Sir James Hunter, Bart ............. xcu 226 Blair, Sir James Hunter, Bart ............. cii 252 Arnot, Hugo, Esq . of Balcormo, advo- Arnot, Hugo, Esq . of Balcormo, advo- Arnot, Hugo, Esq . of Balcormo, advo- Artois, Count D’, afterwards Charles B Blair. Sir Jcmes Hunter, Bark, Lord Blir, Robert, Esq., Solicitor.Genera1, afterwards Lord President of the Court of Session ..................... cxxvii 313 Blair. Robert, Esq., Solicitor-General cxxviii 314 Blair, Rev . Hugh, D.D., of the High Church .................................... lvii 120 Blair, Mr . Thomas, of the Stamp-Office ... cxlii 355 Boruwlaski, Joseph. the Polish Dwarf . cxxxiii 327 Brodie, Deacon William ..................... cv 256 Brodie, Deacon William ..................... cVi 264 and Elliestown ........................ xxxiii 75 58 61 Brown, George, Esq . of Lindsaylands Brown, Dr . John, author of the “Brunonian System of Medicine ” ......... xxvi Brown, Dr . John, in his study ......... xxvii No . Page Abwsinian Traveller ..................... lix 128 Bruce. James. Esq . of Kinnaird. the Buchan. Right Hon . the Earl of ......... cxvi 286 Bucks. Four .................................... cxx 292 Burnett. James. Lord Monboddo ............v 18 Burnett. James. Lord Monboddo ............ vi 21 Buttons. General. an American Officer ... cvii 266 Byrne. Charles. the Irish Giant ............ iv 10 C Campbell. Major. of the 35th Regiment.xcvii 235 Campbell. John. Esq . of Blythswood. Lieut.-Colonel of the 9th Regiment of Foot .................................... clu 383 Byrne. the Irish Giant ..................... clxiv 417 Carlyle. Alexander. D.D., Inveresk ... xxix 65 Chalmers. Dr . John. Principal of King’s College. Aberdeen ..................... xxxv 78 Chalmers. Dr . William. Professor of Medicine. King’s College. Aberdeen ....................................... xxxv 79 Charteris. I&., in the character of “Bardolph” .................................... lxiii 151 City Guard. Three Captains of the ......... xv Clarkson. Major .............................. clx 409 Cochrane. the Hon . Basil .................. cliii 384 Cock- fighting Match between the Counties of Lanark and Haddington .......................................... xliv 96 Congregation. a Sleepy ........................ x 28 Contemplation ............ .......................... 21 Courtship .......................................... Ix 139 Craig. Lord .................................... cxxii 302 Cranstoun. George .............................. xx 50 Cranstoun. Geordie ........................ clxiv 417 Cmwford. Miss. of Jordanhill ............ xlvi 98 Crawford. Miss. of Jordanhill ............ xlvii Crawford. Captain ........................... xlvii 99 the Awkward Squad ..................... clv 390 Cullen. Dr . William. in his study ......... civ 255 D Dalzel, Professor .............................. xxx 67 41 99 Crichton. Colonel Patrick. of the Edinburgh Volunteers. with a view of Cullen. Dr . William ........................ ciu 253 ... TO VOL . I . PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES . A No . Page Abercromby. Sir Ralph. K . B., giving ...

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206 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Why two heads, apparently so nearly proportioned, should have been distinguished, in the one case, by so much genius, and, in the other, by so little, we leave the phrenologists to determine. We need not tire our readers by any of our lucubrations on the life and character of the “Little Philosopher,” whose writings and principles are so much interwoven with the late history of France. MR. WATSON, who is represented by the figure on the right, was a person little known beyond the sphere of his calling. He continued a bachelor, but is said to have had a particular affection for children. He formerly resided in the Covenant Close, but latterly removed to the Anchor Close, where he died not many years ago, leaving his property, which was considerable, to a nephew. No. LXXXVI. MR. WILLIAM SMELLIE, PRINTER, F.R.S. & F.A.S., AND MR. ANDREW BELL, ENGRAVER. THE figure on the right represents the late MR. WILLIAM SMELLIE, printer, the author of the Philosophy of Natural History, and translator of the works of Buffon. It is by no means one of Kay’s happiest efforts, as, instead of the vacant expression here delineated, the prevailing cast of Mr. Smellie’s features was grave and thoughtful; but this defect may have arisen in consequence of the figure being originally that of a Mr. Gavin, and afterwards changed to Mr. Smellie. He was born in the Pleasance of Edinburgh in 1740. Both his father and grandfather were architects, and were possessed of considerable property at St. Leonards, in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh. He married, in March 1763, Miss Jane Robertson, daughter of an eminent army-agent in London. This lady was full cousin to Mrs. Oswald of Dunnikier, their mothers having been sisters. Mr. Smellie’s only brother, named John, married Miss Apes Ferrier, sister of the late James Ferrier, Esq., Principal Clerk of Session. Independently of his professional eminence-being the most learned printer of his day-Mr. Smellie’s talents procured him the constant society and friendship of nearly all the eminent literary characters who flourished towards the latter end of the last century. For his great convivial qualities and brilliant wit we have the testimony of many kindred spirits ; among whom may be mentioned the poet Burns, who thus describes him, in a letter to a venerable old gentleman, Mr. Peter Hill, late bookseller in Edinburgh :-‘‘ There in my eye is our friend Smellie, a man positively of the first abilities and greatest ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Why two heads, apparently so nearly proportioned, should have been distinguished, in ...

Book 8  p. 290
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NOTES TO VOL- I. BY PROFESSOR DANIEL WILSON, AUTEOR OF ‘MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH IN THE OLDEN TIME,E’T C. ETC. Page 7, JAMIDEU FF. Strictly speaking, Widow Duffs lodging was in the College Wynd ; though, as it was at the foot of the wynd, its windows niay have looked into the Cowgate. Scott, whose birthplace was in the same wynd, has introduced Jamie Duff in “ Guy Mannering,” in attendance on the funeral of Mrs. Margaret Bertram of Singleside, to the family burial-place in the Greyfriars’ Churchyard. Page 18, ARNOT’RSE SIDENCE. Mr. Arnot, according to information communicated to me, resided for a time on the south side of the Canongate, immediately below St. Mary’sn Wynd. From thence he removed to the New Town, where he occupied a floor in South St. Andrew Street-the probable scene of the above occurrence. Page 20, LORD MONBODDO. An allusion will be found in Lord Cockburn’s dlemm‘als of his Time to the suppers of Lord Moiiboddo as the most Attic of his day. Burns enjoyed them while in Edinbur, qh, and was greatly charmed by the beauty of his daughter Eliza, of whom he makes special note in his “ Address to Edinburgh,” “ Thy daughters bright thy walks adorn,” etc. See the poem, and also Burns’s letter to Chalmers, in which he says-“ Fair Bis the heavenly Miss Burnet, daughter to Lord Monboddo, at whose house I have had the honour to be more than once,” etc. etc. See also the poet’s “ Elegy” on her premature death from consumption, Page 22, LORD GARDENSTONE. In The Court of Session Garland, by James Baswell, notices of this and others of the Judges will be found. It is reprinted by Robed Chambers in his Traditions, with notes of his own. Page 30, Dr. WEBSTER Dr. Webster was one of the rare exceptions to Dr. Samuel Johnson’s antipathy to a Scotsman. Brown’s Court, Castle Hill, where he entertained the lexicographer, bore in his day the name of Webster’s Close.-Vide Dr. Johnson’s letters to him, relative to his “Journey to the Western Islands.” Page 37, MARIONVILLE. Marionville is, or was, a handsome old-fashioned house near Restalrig, which originally bore the popular name of “Lappet Ha’,” owing to its having been built by a fashionable milliner of Auld Reekie with the proceeds of her professional services among the grandees of the old closes and wynds. Page 54, Dr. BLACJL Dr. Black’s earlier residence was in the College Wynd, not far from the house in which Sir Walter Scott was born, and in the immediate vicinity of the College. ... TO VOL- I. BY PROFESSOR DANIEL WILSON, AUTEOR OF ‘MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH IN THE OLDEN TIME,E’T C. ...

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304 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [Newhaven. ~~~~~ ~ being inadmissible from the broad belt which supports the creel, that is, fish-basket, crossing the forehead. A sort of woollen pea-jacket with vast amplitude of skirt, conceals the upper part of the person, relieved at the throat by a liberal display of handkerchief The under part of the figure is endued upon a masculine but handsome form, notwithstanding the slight stoop forward, which is almost uniformly contracted-fancy the firm and elastic step, the toes slightly inclined inwardsand the ruddy complexion resulting from hard exercise, and you have the beau idiab of fishwives." REV. DR. FAIRBAIRN. (A&r a Photagrajh 6y John Mojat, Elnburgh.) invested with a voluminous quantity of petticoat, of substantial material and gaudy colour, generally yellow with stripes, so made as to admit of a very free inspection of the ankle, and worn in such numbers that the bare mention of them would be enough to make a fine lady faint. 'One half of these ample garments is gathered over the haunches, puffing out the figure in an unusual and uncouth manner. White worsted stockings and stout shoes complete the picture. Imagine these investments The unmarried girls when pursuing the trade of hawking fish wear the same costume, save that their heads are always bare. The Buckhaven fisher people on the opposite coast are said to derive their origin from Flemish settlers, and yet adhere to the wide trousers and long boots of the Netherlands; but there is no reason for supposing that those of Newhaven or Fisherrow are descended from any other than a good old Scottish stock. ... OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [Newhaven. ~~~~~ ~ being inadmissible from the broad belt which supports the creel, ...

Book 6  p. 304
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INDEX TO TEE NAME S I N C I D EN TAL L Y hl E NT I0 NE D IN THE FIRST VOLUME. A ABERCROMBGYe, orge, Esq., 106 Abercromby, Sir Ralph, 213, 289, 290 Abercromby, Lord, 106, 302, 303, 307 Abercromby, Sir Robert, K.C.B., 106 Abercromby, Lord, of Aboukir and Tullibody, 109 Abercromby, the Hon. James, Speaker of the House of Commons, 110 Abercromby, Alexander, C.B., 110 Abercromby, John, G. C. B., 110 Abercromby, Ralph, Esq., 110 Abercromby, Captain George, 237 Aberdeen, Earl of, 72, 204 Aberdeen, Magistrates of, 135 Aboyne, Earl of, 187 Adam, Admiral Sir Charles, 95 Adam, Dr. Alexander, 298 Adam, Robert, Esq., architect, 406 Addington, Mr., 74 Addington, Justice, 380 Agnew, Sir Andrew, 170 Agnew, Miss Mary, 170 Aikenhead, Miss, 88 Aikman, Mr. John, 300, 334 Ainslie, General, 236, 419 Ainslie, Andrew, 257, 258, 259, Aleck, Blind, 110 Alemore, Lord, 248 Alexander, Helen, 1 Alexander, Sir William, 106 Alexander, Provost William, 224 Alexander, Emperor of Russia, 392 264, 265 Alison, Rev. Mr., 179, 180, 182 Alison, Mr., 270 Allan, Robert, Esq., 42, 43, 261 Allan, Thomas, Esq., 43 Allan, IIiss Adriana, 128 Allan, Colonel Ethen, 267 Alston, Mr. John, 399 Alves, John, Esq., 307 Amory, Mr., 38 Ancrurn, Lord, 238 Anderson, Dr. James, preface, Vii Anderson, David, Esq., 193 Anderson, Dr., 303 Anderson, Provost, 390 Anderson, Dr. Robert, 412 Andrew, Nr. Gcorge, 418 Angelo, Henry, 70 Angouleme, Duke D’, 215 Angouleme, Duchess of, 215 Annandale, Marquis of, 196 Anstruther, Lieutenant John, 237 Anstruther, Lady Betty, 417 Anstruther, Mr., 271 Arbuthnot, Lieutenant Robert, Argyle, Duke of, 254 Armadale, Lord, 170, 306 Armstrong, Lieutenant Thomas, Armstrong, Martyn John, 247 Arnold, Dr., 30 Arnot, Rev. Robert, 80 Arnot, Hugo, Esq., of Balcormo, Arnot, Mrs., of Balcormo, 16 Arundel, Lord, 302 Asaph, Dean of St., 207 Atholl, Duke of, 213, 385, 420 237 237 119 Atholl, Duchess of, 213 Atkinson, Mr., 11 Auchinleck, Lord, 350 Anchterlony, Miss, 404 Aylesbuv, Earl of, 327 Aytoun, Lieut.-Colonel, 237 B BABY, the dwarf, 328 Baikie, Miss, 262 Baikie, Robert, Esq., 262 Bailie, John, 305 Baillie, Mr., of Mellerstain, 196 Baine, Rev. James, 348 Baird, Robert, Esq., 81 Baird, Sir James, of Newbyth, 96 Baird, Sir David, 130 Baird, Sir David, Bart., K.B., 204 Baird, William, Esq., 204 Eaird, Rev. Dr., 237,240,354,359 Baird, Mr., 292 Balcarras, Earl of, 204 Balfour, James, of Forrett, 23 Balfonr, Rev. Dr., 67 Balfour, John, Esq,, 307 Balfour, Mr. E., 354 Balgray, Lord, 393 Ballangiech, Gudeman of, 190 Balmuto, Lord, 126, 298 Bankton, Lord, 225 Bannatyne, Rev. James, 124 Bannatyne, Katherine, 124 Bannqtyne, Lord, 303, 417 Barclay and Cross, Messrs., 22 Barjarg, Lord, 127, 299 Barnard, Dr., 74 Bath and Wells, Bishop of, 336 Bauchope, -, 309 ... TEE NAME S I N C I D EN TAL L Y hl E NT I0 NE D IN THE FIRST VOLUME. A ABERCROMBGYe, orge, Esq., ...

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the neighbouring .collegiate church, to a brewer?s granary and spirit vault ! The ground floor had been entirely re-paved with hewn stone ; but over a large window on the first floor there was a sculptured lintel, which is mentioned by Arnot as having TAILORS? HALL, COWGATE. interesting remains, so characteristic of the obsolete faith and habits of a former age, afforded undoubted evidence of the importance of this building in early times, when it formed a part of the extensive collegiate establishment of St. Mary-in-the-Fields bore the following inscription, cut in beautiful and very early characters :- ???itbe Baria, gratia pkna, lomfnus tecum.? A most beautiful Gothic niche was in the front of this Suilding. ? It is said to have stood originally over the main gateway,? he continues, above the carved lintel we have described, and without a the wealthy citizens of the capital. To complete the ecclesiastical feature of this ancient edifice, a boldly-cut shield on the lower crowstep bore the usual monogram of our Saviour, I.H.S., and the window presented the common feature of broken mullions and transoms with which they had been originally divided.? ... neighbouring .collegiate church, to a brewer?s granary and spirit vault ! The ground floor had been entirely ...

Book 4  p. 252
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West Bow.1 THE TEMPLE LANDS. 321 and diversion from other patients, and his lucrum assans, he has lost more than &so sterling, and craves that sum as his fee and the recompense of his damage.? But as it was represented for the Laird of Netherplace, that he had done his work unskilfully, and In the city the order possessed several flat-roofed tenements, known as the Temple Lands, and one archway, numbered as 145, on the south side of the Grassmarket, led to what was called the Temple Close, but they have all been removed. It was a lofty pile, and is mentioned in a charter of that the sum of seyenteen guineas was sufficient payment. At the foot of the Bow, and on the west side chiefly, were a few old tenements, that, in consequence of being built upon ground which had originally belonged to the Knights of the Temple, were styled Templar Lands, and were distinguished by having iron crosses on their fronts and gables. In the ?Heart of Midlothian,? Scott describes them as being of uncommon height and antique appearance ; but of late years they have all disappeared. It was during the Grand Mastership of Everhard de Bar, and while that brave warrior, with only 130 knights of the order, , was fighting under the banner of Louis VII. at Damascus, that the Grand Priory of Scotland was instituted, ~~ KOMIEU?S HOUSE. ( F Y o ~ a Measured Dnrwing by T. Hamilton, pzr6Zislud in 1830.) and the knight who presided over it was then styled Magziter Domus T?YZi in Sotid, when lands were bestowed on the order,first by King David I., and then by many others. To all the property belonging to the Temple a great value was attached, from the circumstance that it afforded, until the extinction of heritable jurisdictions in 1747, the benefit of sanctuary; thus the Temple tenements in Fifeshire are still termed houses of refuge. Tempillands, lyand next ye Gray Friers? Yard;? and in 1598, ?a temple tenement lyand near the Gray Friars ? Yett ? was confirmed to James Kent (Torphichen Charters). On these the iron cross was visible in 1824. On the dissolution of the order all this property in Scotland was bestowed upon their rivals, the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem ; and the houses referred to became eventually a part of the barony of Drem (of old a Temple Priory) in Haddingtonshire, the baron of which used to hold courts in them occasionally, and here, till I 747, were harboured persons not free of the city corporations, I to the great annoyance of the adherents of local monopoly ; but so lately as 1731, on the 24th of August, the Temple vassals were ordered by the Bailie of Lord Torphichen, to erect the cross of St. John ?on the Templelands within Burgh, amerciating [fining] such as did not affix the said cross.?? This was a strange enactment in a country where it is still doubtful whether such an emblem can figure as an ornament upon a tomb or church. CIearly there must have been some disinclination to affix the crosses, otherwise the regulation would scarcely have been passed. buildings shops templar knights ... Bow.1 THE TEMPLE LANDS. 321 and diversion from other patients, and his lucrum assans, he has lost more than ...

Book 2  p. 321
(Score 1.63)

UISTORICAL INCIDENTS AFTER THE RESTORA TION. 115 ancient building had been preserved ; the heads, in basso relievo, which surmounted seven of. the arches, have been referred, by eminent antiquaries, to the remote era of the lower empire. Four of these were placed by Mr Walter Ross, in his tower at Deanhaugh, and on its demolition in 1814, they were secured by Sir Walter Scott, along with a large shallow stone basin, which served as the fountain from whence wine was distributed at the Crosa on occasions of festivity. All of these objects are now among the antiquities at Abbotsford. The ancient pillar which surmounted the octagonal building, has been described by Arnot,’ and most of his mccessors, as a “column consisting of one stone upwards of twenty feet high, spangled with thistles, and adorned with a Corinthian capital.” It is still preserved on the Drum estate, near Edinburgh, whither it was removed by Lord Somerville in 1756, but it in no way * corresponds with this description.’ It is an octagonal gothic pillar, built of separate stones, held together by iron clamps, with a remarkably beautiful gothic capital, consisting of dragons. with their heads and tails intertwined, and surmounted by a battlemented top, on which the unicorn was formerly seated, holding an iron cross. From this ancient edifice, rogd proclamations, and the more solemn denunciations of the law, were announced; and here also the chief pageants were displayed on occasions of public rejoicings. Before the art of printing was invented, all Acts of Parliament and other matters of public interest were published from it to the people, and from thence also the mimic heralds of the unseen world, cited the gallant James and the nation’s chivalry to the domains of Pluto, immediately before the Battle of Flodden. No incident in history appears to us more strongly to mark the perversion of taste, and the total absence of the wholesome spirit of veneration, that prevailed during the eighteenth century, than the demolition of this most interesting national monument. The love of destructiveness could alone instigate the act, for its site was in the widest part of the High Street, at a time when the Luckenbooths narrowed the upper part of that thoroughfare to half its breadth, and immediately below it stood the guard-house, “ a long, low, ugly building, which, to a fanciful imagination, might have suggested the idea of a long black snail crawling up the middle of the High Street; and deforming its beautiful esplanade.”’ No such haste, however, was shown in removing this unsightly building. Its deformity gave no offence to civic taste, and it continued to encumber the street till near the close of the century. Propositions have been. made at various times for the restoration of the City Cross. \$ 1 Arnot, p. 303. * Restored in front of St Giles’s Cathedral, 1869. Heart of Mid-Lotbian, vol. i. p. 247. VmNErrE-The c a p i d of the City Croua. ... INCIDENTS AFTER THE RESTORA TION. 115 ancient building had been preserved ; the heads, in basso ...

Book 10  p. 126
(Score 1.62)

80 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. gave the signal at ten minutes to three, when the balloon ascended in a S.S.E. direction, “ in the most grand and magnificent manner,” amid the acclamations of the people. He passed over the city at a great height, waving his flag as he proceeded. According to Lunardi’s own account, “ the balloon, after rising, took a northeast direction, and, near to the Island of Inchkeith, came down almost to the sea ; he then threw out some ballast, and the balloon rose higher than before. A current of mind carried him east to North Berwick; a different current then changed his course, and brought him over between Leven and Largo. After this, a S.S.W. breeze brought him to the place where he descended,” which was on the estate of the Hon. John Hope, a mile east from Ceres. “When the balloon was at its highest elevation (about three miles) the barometer stood at eighteen inches five-tenths. Mr. Lunardi at this time felt no difficulty in respiration. He passed through several clouds of snow, and lost sight at times both of sea and land. His excursion took about an hour and a half; and it would appear he passed over upwards of forty miles of sea, and about ten of land.” On his descending, Mr, Lunardi was first welcomed by Mr. Robert Christie, and next by the Rev. Robert Arnot, who came running, with a crowd of people after him. He wag accompanied to Ceres by a body of gentlemen who soon collected, where he was “ received by the acclamations of a prodigious multitude, his flag being carried in procession before him, and the church-bell ringing in honour of such a visitant.” At the manse of Ceres he drank a few glasses of wine, and both there and at the house of Mr. Melville he received the compliments of a great many ladies and gentlemen. The same evening he started for Cupar, having been invited by the authorities, where the most enthusiastic reception awaited him. After having been next day entertained at dinner, and presented with the freedom of the burgh, he proceeded to St. Andrews, to which place he had been invited by the Club of Gentlemen Golfers, where he was made a citizen, and had, by diploma, the honour of “ Knight of the Beggar’s Benison ” conferred upon him. Such is a brief account of Lunardi’s first aerial trip in Scotland. Brilliant it certainly was, and it is as unquestionable, that although half a century has since elapsed, it has not been surpassed.’ Many anecdotes are told of the surprise and terror of the peasantry on first beholding the balloon. Some reapers in a field near to Ceres were dreadfully alarmed-judging from so uncommon an appearance, and the sound of Lunardi’s trumpet, that the end of all things was at hand. Certain it is, however, that the Rev, Mr. Arnot, who was previously aware of Lunardi’s ascent, required considerable persuasion to convince the people that they might approach the object of their terror without fear of supernatural injury. Mr. Lunardi’s next adventure took place at Kelso on the 22d of October. In t,his flight he did not ascend above a mile, keeping constantly in view of the * An eye-witness informs us “that there has been no exhibition nearly so grand as Lunardi’s first ascent. All the other ascents since his time have been dosing, sluggish-looking exhibitions, whereas Lunardi went off in the grandest style, precisely resembling a sky-rocket.” ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. gave the signal at ten minutes to three, when the balloon ascended in a ...

Book 8  p. 115
(Score 1.61)

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