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.BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 75 Dr. Smith happened to come late, and the company had sat down to dinner. The moment, however, he came into the room, the company all rose up; he made an apology for being late, and entreated them to sit down. “No,” said the gentlemen, ‘(we will stand till you are seated, for we are all yozcr schoZars.” His mother died in extreme old age in 1784. His own health and strength gradually declined (for he began very early to-feel the infirmities of age), till the period of his death, which happened in July 1790. A few days previous to this he gave orders to destroy all his manuscripts, excepting some detached Essays, which were afterwards published, having been entrusted to the care of his executors, Dr. Joseph Black and ‘Dr. James Hutton, with whom he had long lived in habits of the most intimate friendship. Although Dr. Smith‘s income for the latter years of his life was considerable, he did not leave much fortune, owing to the hospitality and generosity of his nature. No man ever did more generous things. It is understood that his library, which was a valuable one, is still .preserved entire. It had devolved to his nephew, the late Lord Reston, and afterwards became the property of his widow. The third figure represents GEORGE BROWPIT, Esq., of Lindsqlands and Elliestown, one of the Commissioners of his Majesty’s Board of Excise for Scotland, a gentleman of amiable temper and suavity of manner. He had been an officer in the army, and was cousin-german to the late Lord Coalstone, one of the Lords of Session. His brother James was an architect of some eminence. He built Brown’s Square (which was named after him), near to the Candlemaker Row, the west side of which has been taken down, for an opening to George the Fourth’s Bridge ; and having feued from the city of Edinburgh the ground upon which George Square is built, he erected most of the houses in it. He built also that large mansion formerly occupied by General Scott of Balconie, in Drummond Place, now the Excise-Office! The Commissioner was very attentive to the business of the revenue, and was for a considerable number of years senior member of the Board of Excise in Scotland. He lived in George Square, and latterly in St. James’s Square, and died on the 5th March 1806, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. He married Miss Dorothea Dundas of Dundas, by whom he had two sons and three daughters, Viscountess Hampden, Lady Wedderburn of Ballendean, and the Hon. Lady Alexander Hope. No. XXXIV. ADAM SMITH, LL.D. AND P.R.S. OF LONDON AND EDINBURGH. THE Doctor is here represented with his celebrated work, “The Wealth of This house wa removed in 1844-1845, in consequence of 8 railway tunnel being carried Nations,” on the table before him. immediateIy underneath ‘it. ... SKETCHES. 75 Dr. Smith happened to come late, and the company had sat down to dinner. The moment, ...

Book 8  p. 108
(Score 0.77)

Cowgate.] ANCIENT Both these relics are now preserved in the Museum of Antiquities. An act of the Privy Council in 1616 describes Edinburgh as infested by strong and idle vagabonds, having their resorts ?in some parts of the Cowgate, Canongate, Potterrow, West Port, &c., where they ordinarily convene every night, and pass their time in all kind of not and filthy lechery, to the offence and displeasure of God,? lying all day on CLOSES. 241 Close in 1514; Todrig?s Wynd is mentioned in 1456, when Patrick Donald granted two merks yearly from his tenement therein for repairing the altar of St. Hubert, and in 1500 a bailie named Todrig, was assaulted with drawn swords in his own house by two men, who were taken to the Tron, and had their hands stricken through. Carrubber?s Close was probably named from ? William of Caribris,? one of the three bailies in THE COWGATE, FROM THE PORT TO COLLEGE WYND, 1646. ( A f b cfdsthumay.) 17. The Cowgate ; 44, Peebles Wynd ; 45, Merlin?s Wynd ; 46, Niddry?s Wynd ; 47, Dickson?s Close : 50, Gnfs Wynd ; 5% St Mad5 w p d ; h St Mary?s Wpd Suburbs ; I; Cov&e Port ; g, Si M a j s Wynd Port ; 53, The College Wynd ; 54. Robertson?s Wynd ; 55. High School Wynd ; q, Lady Yeser?s Kirk ; .r, The High School ; w, The College ; y, S i M;uy of the Fields, or the Kirk of Fields ; 25, The Town Wall. the causeway, extorting alms with ? shameful exclamations,? to such an extent that passengers could neither walk nor confer in the streets without being impeded and pestered by them ; hence the magistrates gave orders to expel them wholesale from the city and keep it clear of them. The Burgh Records throw some light on the names of certain of the oldest closes-those running between the central street and the Cowgate, as being the residences or erections of old and influential citizens. Thus Niddry?s Wynd is doubtless connected with Robert Niddry, a magistrate in 1437 ; Cant?s Close with Adam Cant, who was Dean of Guild in 1450, though it is called Alexander Cant?s 79 1454, as doubtless Con?s Close was from John Con, a wealthy flesher of 1508. William Foular?s Close is mentioned in 1521, when Bessie Symourtoun is ordered to be burned there on the cheeks and banished for passing gear infected with the pest ; and Mauchan?s Close was no doubt connected with the name of John Mauchane, one of the bailies in 1523; Lord Eorthwick?s Close is frequently mentioned before 1530, and Francis Bell?s Close occurs in the City Treasurer?s Accounts, under date 1554. Liberton?s Wynd is mentioned in a charter by James 111. in 1474, and the old protocol books of the city refer to it frequently in the twelve years preceding Flodden ; William Liberton?s heirs are ... ANCIENT Both these relics are now preserved in the Museum of Antiquities. An act of the Privy Council ...

Book 4  p. 241
(Score 0.77)

140 13 I 0 GR AP HI CA L S ICE T C HE S. But hardly had I time to ken What lives are led by Aldermen, E’er thy joy-chasing, fearfu’ din Made me disrobe, An’ left me, baith in kith and kin, As poor as Job. But here it were ower lang to tell, 0’ a’ the ills ye heap pell-mell, Baith on my neighbours an’ mysel’, Frae day to day ; Nor do remonstrances avail, Ae single, strae. But lad, ye yet the day may rue, That now sae high ye crook yer mou’ ; Our B-lie sure can ne’er allow Things sae to gang ; Ye’ll wind yoursel’ a bonny clue Eer it be lang. 0 T-t I’ the witty, wise an’ just, Wee1 worthy 0’ B-eh’s great trust To thee we turn, wha ne’er nonplust 0 humble him into the dust- A righteous pray’r ! To rowte nae mair. Kent young B.-ch 0’ our distress, Frae Lunin he’d send down express, To strip him 0’ his gaudy dress, Frae tap to tae, He’d ne’er permit him to harass His lieges 8ae. Swith ! send him aff by Dunstaffnage, Wi’ winds an’ waves a war to wage ; There let him spend his pipin’ rage, That ceaseless scream h e age to age ’Mid gulls and whaups, Round Jura’s Paps. No. CCXIX. SIR JOHN LESLIE, PROFESSOR OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. , THIS distinguished philosopher, born in 1766, was a native of Largo, in Fife. His father, who came originally from the neighbourhood of St. Andrew, was a joiner and cabinet-maker. His elementary education was of a desultory and imperfect nature; but he read with avidity such books as came within his reach ; and having received some lessons in mathematics, from his elder brother Alexander, displayed surprising aptitude for that science. At the age of thirteen, he ent,ered the University of St. Andrews, as a student of mathematics, where, at the first distribution of prizes, his proficiency gained him the favour of the Earl of Kinnoul, then Chancellor of the University. His views being at this time directed towards the Church, he studied in the usual manner during six sessions ; after which, in company with another youth, subsequently distinguished like himself, James (afterwards Sir James) Ivory, he proceeded to Edinburgh, where he attended the University for three years. During that period he enjoyed the friendship of Dr. Adam Smith, who employed him in assisting the studies of his nephew, David Douglas, who afterwards became a judge under the title of Lord Reston. Buccleuch, and who died about 1831. (Mr. Tait), predecessor of Mr, Scott Moncrieff aa Chamberlain to Hie Grace the Duks of ... 13 I 0 GR AP HI CA L S ICE T C HE S. But hardly had I time to ken What lives are led by Aldermen, E’er thy ...

Book 9  p. 187
(Score 0.76)

PAGE Trinity College Church (restored) . . . . 289 Victoria Street and Terrace, from George Iv. Bridge. 293 George IV. Bridge . . . . Tofacej~ge 295 Plan for opening a communication between the North and South sides of the City by a Bridge, entering St. Augustine?s Church . . . . . * 292 the Lawnmarket nearly opposite Bank Street . 296 St. Mary?s Wynd, from the Pleasance . . , . Doorhead in St. Mary?s Wynd (the oldest extant), built into the Catholic Institute . . . . . Cowgate Port . . . - . . . . Old Collegiate Seals, Trinity College Church . . Trinity College Church, and part of Trinity Hospital , Trinity College Church, with Church Officer?s House, and part of Trinity Hospital . - . . Seal and Autograph of Mary of Gueldres . . - Ground Plan of Trinity College Church, 1814 . . Trinity Hospital . . . . . . . Trinity Church and Hospital, and Neighbourhood . Major Weir?s Land . . . . . . . Assembly Rooms, West Bow, looking towards the Lawnmarket . . . . . . . Assembly Rooms, West Bow . . . . . Mahogany Land . . . . . . . Romieu?a House . . . . . . . Old Houses, West Bow . . . . . . Provost Stewart?s Land, West Bow . . . . PAGE fie Castle Road , , . ? . . , . 328 Charles Edward in his Youth . . - * 329 The Weigh-House . . ~ , . . 332 Charles Edward in his later years . . . . 333 Palace of Mary of Guise, Castle Hill . , . . 336 The North Bridge and the Bank of Scotland, 1809 TOPcepage 337 297 3w 301 303 304 305 306 308 309 3?2 3?3 316 3?7 320 32 1 324 325 George Drummond, Lord Provost , . . . AdamBlack . . . . . . . . . View from the back of Shakespeare Square . . The OldTheatre Royal . . . . . . Mr. Clinch and Mrs. Yates as the Duke and Duchess of Braganza , . . . . . . The Old Theatre Royal, in process of Demolition . The Post Office in Waterloo Place . . . . The General Post Office, Edinburgh . . . . The Orphan Hospital . . . . . . Dr. John Hope. . . . . . . . The Register House . , . . . . . Antiquarian Room, Register House . . . . Dome Room, or Library, Register House . . . The Wellington Statue, RegisterHouse . . . Watt Institution and School of Arts, Adam Square . Surgeon Square . . . - . . . Old Surgeon?s Hall, f r m tlxe North, the Flodden Wall in the Background . . . . . DmieDeans? Cottage - . . . . 34 1 344 345 349 352 353 356 35 7 361 364 365 368 369 373 377 3% 38 ? 383 PAUL?S WORK. (Tke mmff in which Sir Waltcr Scoft cowected Jus proofs1 ... College Church (restored) . . . . 289 Victoria Street and Terrace, from George Iv. Bridge. ...

Book 2  p. 394
(Score 0.75)

GENERAL INDEX. Abbey Church, I-IoIyod, 11. 28, I; west front of, 11. 53, mass celebrated there, 11. 59; ruins of the Abbey Church, ib. Abbey Close 11. 27,$8 Abbey Cow;-house he, 11. II Abbey Hill, 11. 30,?41.309, 111. 90, Abbey Port, The, 11. *64 Abbey-strand The 11. 2 ?Abbot,? &ne oithe, 11. 35 Abbots of Cambuskenneth Townhouseofthe, I. 118, 119, ;53 Abbots of Holyrood 11. 3, 4649, 6 III. 41,132.29?7 Abbots of Melrose, Town-house of the, I. 253. *256 Abercorn, Duke of IT. 123, 317~ 111.150 ; CounteL of, I. 127 Abercorn Street, 111. 147 Abercrombie Lord 1. l a r 15g,297 Abercrombie: Sir kalph,?II. 199, Abercrombie, the military historian, 11. 234, 111. 199, ZOI Abercrombie, Dr. John, physician, 11. 187 ; curious story of his death ib. Aberndmbie Place, 11. 158, 194 Abercromby, Sir Robert, 111. 158 Aberdeen, Earl of, 11. 157 ; Coun- Aberdour, Lord. 111. ZF Aberlad Bay, I. 154, 111. 292 Abernetxy Bishop 111. 354, 355 Aberneth;family, ?he, Ill. 354 Aberneth of Saltoun, Sir Law- Aberuchill, Lord, I. 116 Aboyne. Earl of, 11.27, rW, 111.735 Academy, The Edinburgh, 111. * 84, 85 ; the first in Edinburgh, 11. 120 Accident at Lord Eldin?s sale, 11. 187 Accountant-General The 11. 281 Acheson Sir Archibald,? 11. 27; Adam, Bishop ofOrkney, 11. 132 Adam. Robert architect, I. 367, Adad, Williak, a;chit;ct, +omb 02 I1 81 Adam, br. Alexander, 11. 168, 292, W. 296 295. (197. 30, 346,111. 135, I 6 his frugalf7are. 111. r35 Adam, b i d Chief Commissioner, I. 375 Adam, Right Hon. William, I T . 174 Adam?s design for St. Fcorge?s $Fyph, Charlotte Square, 11. -45, 148, 54, 58, 69; *7? III. 127, 128, 16 j 339. 111.138 tess of, 11. 21, 335 rence, $1.354 lintel &er his door, * ib. 379 IT.105 iO6 147 172 111. 2 Adaz-Square, I. *377,379,380,11. -4dam Street, 11. 330 Adamson Principal, 111. 27 Adamsonlot Craigcrook, 111. 107 Adelphi Theatre, Leith Walk, I. 51, 11. 1% Advocates? Close, I. 222, 223, * 225, 11. 82 111. 3? Advoca;es, Faculty of, I. 158, 166, 167, 222, 363, 11. 123, 163, 173, 270, 321,348, 3633 111. 91. 103 Advocates? Library, 1. IZ% 123, 371, 11. z+g, 314, 382, 111. 131 rdrnns, I. xa3, 111. 363 274, 311, 111. 39 . 216, a30, 297, 3?10; its lib: Brulapian Club The, 111. 124 Agnew Sir Andiew, 11. 168, 271, Agnew of Lochnaw, Lady, 11. 346 Agricultural improvers, 11. 348 Aikenhead, David, Provost, I. 198 Aikman, the painter, 11. 90; view Aikman?s Close, 11. 242 Ainslie, Sir Philip, 11. 18, 170, 111. 307. Ainslie, the architect, 111. 158 ; h~ plan of the New Town, 11. *189; his plan of Leith 111. *log Ainslie Place, 11.~200, *mI, 205, 206, zp7,III. 70 Aird, William, minister ofSt. Cuth- Airth, Earl of, 11. 41 Airth, Laird of, I. 194 Aitchimn, master of the Mint, I. 266 Alan Napier?s land, 111. 235 Albany, The Regent, 11.62, 251 Albany, Dukes of, I. ~7~ 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 42. *44r 97, 1679 11. 23, 9, 40, 222, 111. 59, 200, 298 Altany, Chapel and arms of the Duke of, in St. Giles?s Cathedral, I. 142 Albany, Darnley Duke of, 11. 68 Albany, Escape from prison of the Duke of, I. 33, 34, 111. 59 Albany Row, 11. 190 Albany Street, 11. 183, 184, 185, Albany Street, North Leith. 111. 111. ;o by, 111. sa bert?s Church, 11. 131, 132 1 9 0 1 191 235 - Albert Dock, Leith, 111. 245, * 285, Albert Institute of the Fine Arts, AIk<?ast public acts of Prince, Albert Memonaf , Charlotte Square, 11. 175 *17 , 284 Albert Piace, III. 74 Albert Street, 111. 159 AlbydClub, The, 11. ?75 Albyn Place, 11. zm,,q ?Albyn?s Anthology 111. 127 Alemore, Lord, 111.?13~ Alesse Alexander 11. 239 AlexaAder Lord df the Isles, 11.54 Alexander) II., I. 258, 11. 285, Alexandir III., I. a3, 78, 11. 47, 111. 164 Alexander Le Grand, 111. I Alexander, Sir William. Earl of Stirling, 11. 27 Alexander, William, Lord Provost, 11. 281 Alexander Hayes? Close, k i t h , 111. 2 0. its Bath stove for medicinaf Grpses, ih. Alison family, The, 11. 126, 194 Alison, Sir Archibald, 11. 194, 19s Alison, Rev. Archibald, 11. 140. Alison Square, 11. 327, 332 Allan, Sir Williarn, I. 1x0, 11. 26, Allan CunniAgham, I. 107 Allan, David, the painter, I. 253, Allan Captain Thomas 11. 159 Allan? Ramsay, I. 82, 63, 86. 154, 286, 287, 288 I. 358, 11. 27 111.58 274,343,362 156.158, 188,190, ?943 247 91,gz. 196 111. 74, 79, 84 11. 30, 111. 68 181, *zoB, 210, 233,238,378,II. 1% 23, 127, 128, 130, 143. 35% 111. 154. Wodrow?s opinion of his literary productions, I. 154 ; vexatious legal hindrances I. 155, 210, 239; hisshopandcuslomers, I. 155. * 209 ; his statue, 11. 128, * r30 ; his son, I. 83: 182, 11. go; his house, 1. * 89 ; his daughter?s fondness for cat*, 11. 18 Allermuir Hill. 111. 124 318 Alston, Dr., the botanist 1. 363 Alston, lony, the actor ?I¶. 23 Alva, Lord, I. 132,237 ;?his daughter and Lord Lovat, I. 237; his stepdaughters, ib. Alvanley, Lord, 111. 46 ilvanley Street, 111. 46 Ambrose?s lavern,? 11. 171, 182 Amory, Captain. 111. 140, 141 Anatomy, First Professor of, 111.15 Anchor Close, I. 235. 282, 283 Anchorfield Burn, 111. 306 Ancient manners, Last trace of, 11. Amrum, Battle of(rec Battles) Ancrum family, The, I. 210, 11. 39 Ancrum, Lord, 11. 120 Anderaon, Andrew, the king?s Andersoii, Dr. James 111. 335-337 Anderson, thearchire&, II.185,35e Andenon the sculptor, 11. 207 Anderson: Wm., theauthor, 11.187 Anderson?s Leith stage-coach, 111: 152 154 And&son?s Pills I. 5 Andrew General, !?ad of Teviot, 111. 26 Andrews, James, the last prisonei hung in the Grassmarket, 11.231 Anedo Tremamondo. or Aneelu. IZO printer, 11. 256 Ann Streei I. 33b Annabella ?Drummond, queen 01 Robert III., I. 27,II. So, 111. 354 Annand, Sir David I 24 25. ?97 Annandale, Earl o( 1: 66? Anne of Denmark, I. 175, 193, 266, 11.222. 280. 16r. III.1.80.214.21c , .. Anne, Queen,-Iy. 352. 353 ; pm Anne Street, 11. 92, 155, 156, 199, clamation of, I. 203, 11. 281 111. 719 7% 73. 74 Anstruther, John, advocate, 11. 27c Anstruther, Lady Betty, 11. 18 Anstruther of Anstrutherfield, Su Antemarkm Club The, 111.125 Anti-burghermee;ing-house, II.33t Antiquarian Museum, I. azg, 23q Antiquarik room, Register H o e , Philip 11. 270 !az, II. 83, zra, 241,282, 347; 11. 217 258 I. *.fiR ? Antiiiary ? The, 11. 35 Antiquaries,? Society of, I. 119, I1 86, 1039 ?54. 1% 162, 1952 239 2%; contents of, 11. 87 ?Apprentice?s Pillar,? The, Roslir cbd, 111. 3508 *353 trbuthnot, Sir William, Lord Pro. v a t I. 380, 11. 126 283 Zrbuthnot, John Viscbunt, 11.166 kbuthnot, Lord, 11. 31 krbuthnot of Haddo 11. 284 krbuthnot, Robert h a u n t , 111. go; his foster-brother, ib. hcades, The first, in Edinburgh, 11. 12; ?Archeeologia Scotica,? I. 56, 79 trchbishop of St. Andrews, 1. 253, 11. Z t i A Sr~hb~<oop?s Palace, The, I. 262, 263, 264 ; eminent residents in the, 11. 246, 251 kchers? Hall, 11. q z , 349, 2352, 354. dininghall of the 11. 353 4rche;s, Royal Companybf, 11.348, bckers oithe Guaid, 111. 6, 7 krchibald Bell-the-Cat 11. 279 Brchibald, Duke of A&yle, 11. 34, krchibald Duke of Douglas, I. IOI Archibald: Earl of Angus, I. *37, 4rchibald Place, 11. 363 4rdmi lan Lord 11. 174. 111. 3?. 4rdmitlan?Terra;e, 11. zrg 4rdshie1, the chieftan, I. 325 4rgyle Battery 1. 331 Argyle Bishop?of 111. 4 Argyle: Countess?o!, I. 49, 59, II. Argyle, Duke of, 11.75.86, r39.192, 316, 111. 63, 1x1, 124, 146, 191, 353. 354 111. 208 2 9 111.150 126, 11. 8, 251, 279 58, 70 i92, 311 Argyle, Earl of, I. 50, 5 6 58.6~~97, 126, 168, 170 256, 300, 11. 5, 13, 14, 101, III.?~, 4, 174, 189, 297; escape of, I. 58, 270; execution of, I. 59, 1r6, 151, 11. 15, 87, 262 Argyle and Greenwich, John Dde of I. 270 11. 271 111.311 ArGle, M&quis o t I. 56, 91, 227, Argyle House, Queen Street, 11.318 Argyle Square, 11.271,272,274, 362 Ariitocracy, Manners and customs Armadale, Lord, I. 259, 11. 253 Brmed men in law courts, I. 168 ArmsoftheCityof Edinburgh,I.* 16 Arnauld Lammius, Seal of, I. 182 &miston, Lord (sec Dundas, Robert) knot, Hugo, the historian, I. la, 192, 236, 238, 247. 251, 256, 262. 11. 31, 27a, 111. 62 of the, in 1730. I. 254 122, 135. 148, 14% 162,183, 184. 30% 3071 3% 3x8, 3387 34% 359, 364 363, 3% 371,376, 3% 11. 173 291 38, 397 5 4 59183. 94, 119, 159, ?64 2337 247, 252, 28% 298, 3% 3O6 3% 330, 334, 3% 375. 380, 382,111. IO,II, 12,13,16 47, 541 126, 152. 162, 186, 191, 194, 215, 235, 2 6 238, 243, 263, 276, 97, 326.; k d Kames and, 11. 161; views from his ? History of Edinburgh,? I. 85,161,1g3.11. 376, 111. 48 Arran, Earls of, I. *37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 195, 298, 340, 11. 64. 65. IOI, 192. a s , 279. IlJ. 2, 1%. . . .-. . . 203.204 Arson, Severe punishment or, I. 122 Art Galleries, The, 11. gz Arthur?s Seat, I. * I, a, 7, 11, 191, 11. 64 161, 303-?22, 111. 31, 56, ~ p , 143, 216 ; wew of, I. 13 ; 143 ... INDEX. Abbey Church, I-IoIyod, 11. 28, I; west front of, 11. 53, mass celebrated there, 11. 59; ...

Book 6  p. 369
(Score 0.74)

Wright?s Houes.] WRYCHTISHOUSIS. 3.1 the genealogist of the Napier family conceives, with great probability, that the property was held by the tenure of payment to the king of a silver penny yearly upon the CasfZe aiZZ of Edinburgh. The edifice to which we refer was undoubtedly one of the oldest, and by far the most picturesque, baronial dwelling in the neighbourhood of the city ; and blending as it did the grim old feudal tower of the twelfth or thirteenth century with more ornate additions of the Scoto-French style of later years, it must have formed-even in the tasteless age that witnessed its destruction-a pleasing and striking feature from every part of the landscape broken, and the whole of them dispersed. Among those we have examined,? says Wilson, ?there is one now built into the doorway of Gillespie?s School, having a tree cut on it, bearing for fruit the stars and crescents of the family arms, and the inscription, DOMINUS EST ILLUMINATIO MEA ; another, placed over the hospital wall, has this legend below a boldly cut heraldic device, CONSTANTIA ET LABORE, 1339. On two others, now at Woodhouselee, are the following: BEATUS VIR QUI SPERAT IN DEO, 1450, and PATRIE ET POSTERIS, 1513, The only remains of this singular mansion that have escaped , the general wreck,? he adds, ?? are the sculptured THE AVENUE, BRUNTSFIELD LlNKS. around it, especially when viewed from Bruntsfield Links against a sunset sky. One of the dates upon it was 1339, four years after the battle of the Burghmuir, wherein the Flemings were routed under Guy of Narnur. Above a window was the date 1376, with the legend, SICUT OLIVA FRUCTIFERA. Another bore, IN DOMINO CONFIDO, 1400. Singular to say, the arms over the principal door were those of Britain after the union of the crowns. Emblems of the Virtues were profusely carved on different parts of the building, and in one was a rude representation of our first parents, with the distich- ?Quhen Adam delved, and Eve span, Quhair war a? the gentles than ? ? There were also heads of Julius jhsar and Octavius Secundus, in fine preservation. ? Many of these sculptures were recklessly defaced and 101 pediments and heraldic carvings buiit into the boundary-walls of the hospital, and a few others, which were secured by the late Lord Woodhouselee, and now adorn a ruin on Mr. Tytler?s estate at the Pentlands.? Arnot mentions, without proof, that this house was built for the residence of a mistress of Jams IV.; but probably he had never examined the dates upon it. It is impossible to discover the origin of the name now ; though Maitland?s idea, that it was derived from certain wnghfs, or carpenters, dwelling there while cutting down the oaks on the Burghmuir is far-fetched indeed. One of the heraldic sculptures indicated an alliance betxeen a Laird of Wrychtishouse and a daughter of the neighbouring Lord of Merchiston, in the year 1513. In 1581, William Napier of the former place became caution in LI,OOO for the appearance and ... Houes.] WRYCHTISHOUSIS. 3.1 the genealogist of the Napier family conceives, with great probability, that ...

Book 5  p. 33
(Score 0.74)

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. c13 of his lordship is somewhat similar to that of the drunk man, who, having fallen, was observed most anxiously attempting to grasp the floor; and when asked what he meant by so doing, angrily answered, ‘‘ Why, you fool I to prevent tumbling upwards, to be sure 1 ” The centre figure represents ADAM SMITH, LLD., who was born at Kirkcaldy, on the 5th of June 1723, a few months after the death of his father, who was Comptroller of the Customs of that town. His mother was Margaret Douglas, daughter of Mr. Douglas of Strathenry. His constitution was very delicate, and required all the care and attention which a kind parent could bestow. She is reported to have treated him with unlimited indulgence; but this produced no injurious effects upon his disposition, and during the long period of sixty years he was enabled to repay her kindness by every token which filial gratitude could inspire. A singular incident happened to him when about three years old. Whilst with his mother at Strathenry, where she was on a visit, he was one day amusing himself at the door of the house, when he was stolen by a party of vagrants, known in Scotland by the name of tinkers-AngZicd, Egyptians or Muggers Fortunately he was immediately missed, and his uncle pursuing them, found them located in Leslie Wood, where he was rescued from their hands. At a proper age young Smith was sent to the parish school of Kirkcaldy, then taught by Mr. David Miller, a teacher, in his day, of considerable repute. In 1737, he repaired to the University of Glasgow, where he remained hill 1740. Being elected as an exhibitioner on Snell’s foundation, he went to Baliol College, Oxford, and resided there for seven years. Mr. Snell’s foundation is perhaps one of the largest and most liberal in Britain. In the year 1688, he bequeathed an estate in Warwickshire for the support of Scottish students at Baliol College, Oxford, who had studied for some years at the University of Glasgow, in which the patronage is vested. They now amount to ten, and may remain at .Oxford for ten years. Dr.’Smith had been originally destined for the Church of England, but not finding the ecclesiastical profession suitable to his taste, he abandoned the path that had been chalked out for him, returned to Kirkcaldy, and lived two years with his mother. He fixed his residence in Edinburgh in 1748, and during that and following years, under the patronage of Lord Kames, he read Lectures on Rhetoric and the Belles Lettres. In 1751 he was elected Professor of Logic in the University of Glasgow, and in the subsequent year was removed to the Professorship of Moral Philosophy in the same seminary. He remained in this position thirteen years, and frequently was wont to look back to this period as the most useful and happy of his life. In 1755, “The Edinburgh Review” was projected, and to this workwhich only reached two numbers, and is now remarkable for its scarcity-he contributed a review of Dr. Johnson’s Dictionary, and a letter addressed to the editors, containing observations on the state of literature in the different L ... SKETCHES. c13 of his lordship is somewhat similar to that of the drunk man, who, having fallen, was ...

Book 8  p. 105
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 95 might have ranked with the first names in the British Senate. He retired from the business of the Church Courts in 1780, but still continued his pastoral duties, preaching when his health permitted, till within a few months of his death, which took place at Grange House, near Edinburgh, on the 11th June 1793. His colleague Dr, John Erskine, in a sermon preached after his death, said, “ Few minds were naturally so large and capacious as Dr, Robertson’s, or stored by study, experience, and observation, with so rich furniture. His imagination was correct, his judgment sound, his memory tenacious, his temper agreeable, his knowledge extensive, and his acquaintance with the world and the heart of man very remarkable.” Dr. Robertson is said to have excited the enmity of Dr. Gilbert Stuart, in consequence of his assumed opposition to the appointment of that clever, but vindictive personage, to one of the Law chairs in the University. Whether the Principal really interfered is not certain, but Stuart believed he had done so, and that was quite sufficient to induce him to take every means in his power to annoy his imagined enemy. The “View of Society in Europe,” is in direct opposition to the luminous introduction to Dr. Robertson’s ‘‘ History of Charles V.,” and the ‘‘ History of Scotland, from the Reformation to the Death of Queen Mary,” is an undisguised and virulent hypercritical attack on the “History of Scotland ” by the same eminent writer, and does no great credit to the talents of Dr. Stuart. The Empress Catherine of Russia was so delighted with Dr. Robertson’s works, that she presented him with a handsome gold enamelled snuffbox, richly set with diamonds, through Dr. Rogerson, which is still in possession of the family. The eldest son, a Lord of Session, retired some years ago from the Bench ; he lived in Charlotte Square, and died only last year (1836). The next son, Lieutenant-General James, who distinguished himself under Lord Conmallis, still lives at Canaan Bank, near Edinburgh. The third son was also in the army, but, having ’married the heiress of Kinloch-Moidart, now (1837) resides almost entirely on his eshte. The eldest daughter married Patrick Brydone, Esq. of Lennel House, author of’ a “ Tour through Sicily and Malta,” one of whose daughters became Countess of Minto; and another, the wife of Admiral Sir Charles Adam, K.B. The youngest daughter married John Russell, Esq., Writer to the Signet. Dr. Robertson left three sons and two daughters. No. XIlIII. QUARTERMASTER TAYLOR. THIS gentleman was an officer in the 7th Regiment of Foot, and served under General Elliot, afterwards Lord Heathfield, during the memorable siege of Gibraltar by the Spaniards. While in Edinburgh, during the year 1788, his extreme corpulency rendered him very conspicuous, and induced Mr. Kay to make him the subject of the present etching. It is said that the night before his death he was offered €400 for his commission, which he refused ... SKETCHES. 95 might have ranked with the first names in the British Senate. He retired from the ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 425 The centre figure, DR, WILLIAM LAING, represented as holding a little girl, his niece, by the hand, was a medical gentleman of good reputation and respectable character, His conciliatory manner and amiable disposition gained him the esteem of a numerous circle of friends. He originally .came from Jedburgh. The attitude in which he is portrayed was suggested by the Doctor himself. As an instance of Dr. Laing’s kindly disposition, and the interest which he took in the encouragement of youth, a gentleman well known in the literary circles of Edinburgh, and to whose extensive information the proprietor of this work is much indebted, mentions that he was for several years a pensioner of the Doctor, who insisted on his calling every New-year’s-day to receive a gift of two shillings and sixpence; and which he obliged our respected friend to accept, even after he had become so old as to be ashamed of the donation. Dr. Laing lived in Carrubber’s Close, where he died 13th March 17 8 9. The last figure of the group, DR. JAMES HAY, of Hayston, was long well known in this city, where he died on 10th October 1810, in the eightysixth year of his age. Having adopted the medical profession, he served as an army-surgeon in 1744, under the Duke of Cumberland in Flanders, where, being a man of shrewdness and observation, the beautiful and well-cultivated fields of that country attracted his notice, and probably gave him a taste for agricultural pursuit,s, which afterwards proved a source of amusement to him, when he succeeded to his paternal property of Hayston, in Tweeddale. His spirited example and intelligence tended greatly to improve and advance the agriculture of that district. Notwithstanding these pursuits, Dr. Hay lived chiefly in Edinburgh ; and, as was the custom of the time, was a regular frequenter of the meetings of the citizens at the Cross,’ among whom he was esteemed for his gentlemanly manners and friendly address. It was probably on occasion of some of those accidental greetings that Kay may have seen the parties together whom he has grouped in this Print. Dr, Hay held the office of Inspector of the Military Ward in the Infirmary of this city till his death. In 1805, on the failure of the heirs-male of the body of Sir James Hay of Smithfield, he was served heir to the baronetcy, as the lineal descendant of Sir James’s next brother, and became Sir James Hay. His grandson, Sir John Hay, who for some time represented the county of Peebles in Parliament, was succeeded in the title by his brother, the late Sir Adam Hay, Bart. At the time the foregoing Print was executed, Dr. Hay lived in New Street, Canongate. He had previously resided in the Potterrow, near which there is a small street named after him. Edinburgh at that time was confined almost exclusively to the old city. The concouwe of the They there met to discuss the topics of the day, and These meetings always The Cross was situated in the centre of the principal citizens at the Cross served a double purpose. to see their acquaintances, without the labour and waste of forenoon calls. took place between the hours of one and two. street of the old town. 3 1 ... SKETCHES. 425 The centre figure, DR, WILLIAM LAING, represented as holding a little girl, his niece, ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 79 In 1794, while second in command of the forces in Scotland, in consequence of a mutiny in the Breadalbane Regiment of Fencibles, then stationed at Glasgow,' General Leslie, Colonel Montgomerie (afterwards Earl of Eglinton), and Sir James Stewart, left Edinburgh to take charge of the troops collected for the purpose of compelling the mutineers to surrender. By the judicious management, however, of Lord Adam Gordon, then Commander-in-Chief, an appeal to force was avoided by the voluntary surrender of four of the ringleaders, who were marched to Edinburgh Castle as prisoners, under a strong guard of their own regiment. General Leslie and Adjutant M'Lean of the Fencibles, having accompanied the party a short way out of town, they were assailed on their return by a number of riotous people, who accused them of being active in sending away the prisoners. The mob rapidly increased, stones and other missiles were thrown, by one of which General Leslie was knocked down, and he and the Adjutant were compelled to take shelter in a house, from which they were at last rescued by the Lord Provost, with a posse of peaceofficers and a company of the Fencibles. On his way back to Edinburgh, the General was seized with a dangerous illness, and died at Beechwood House, about three miles west of the city, on the 27th December 1794. General Leslie married in 1760 a daughter of Walter Tullidelph of Tullidelph, in Forfarshire, who died the year following, leaving a daughter, Mary Anne, who was married in 1787 to John Rutherford, Esq. of Edgerstown, in Roxburghshire. The General resided in St. Andriw Square. No, CXCVIII. DR. JAMES HAMILTON, SENIOR. DK HAMILTOwNa s for many years one of the ornaments of Edinburgh. His grandfather, the Rev. William Hamilton, was a branch of the family of Preston, and held the honourable station of Principal of the University in the earlier part of last century j and his father, Dr. Robert Hamilton, afterwards made a distinguished figure as Professor of Divinity.' 1 The mutiny, which occurred on the 1st December 1794, originated in the rescue of a soldier who had been confined in the guard-house for some military offence. The party afterwarda would neither give up the prisoner nor those who had been conspicuoas in effecting his release. The prisoneis, seven in number, were tried by a court-martial, held in the Castle, at which Colonel Moutgomerie presided. Sentence of death was recorded against all of them save two, but one only, Alexander Sutherland, sutfered. * It may be mentioned, to the honour of the last-named gentleman, and as indicative of that uprightness and independence, which were afterwards conspicuous in his son, that he led the way to the abolition of pluralities in the Church, by spontaneously relinquishing his parochial charge of Lady Yeater's, on being appointed Professor of Divinity-a distinction which was conferred on him without solicitation. The clergyman of a neighbouring pariah had withheld the privilege of baptism from a child, the conduct of the The others were ordered to the West Indies and to America. Another instance of the same qualities of mind is thus related. ... SKETCHES. 79 In 1794, while second in command of the forces in Scotland, in consequence of a mutiny ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 63 Session he resigned his seat, to the surprise of many, in favour of Sir Adam Fergusson, Bart., as he found his professional avocations required an attendance quite incompatible with his Parliamentary duties. , At Michaelmas 1784, in compliance with the urgent request of the Town- Council, he was elected Lord Provost of Edinburgh ; and he speedily evinced his public spirit by setting on foot various projects for the improvement of the city, not the least important among which was the rebuilding of the College. The access to Edinburgh from the south, on account of the narrowness and steepness of the lanes, was not only very incommodious but even hazardous ; and, accordingly, it had been proposed to open a communication between the High Street and the southern parts of the city and suburbs by means of a bridge over the Cowgate. This scheme, although its great importance was abundantly obvious, appeared so expensive, and was attended with so many other difficulties, that every previous attempt had proved unsuccessful, and it required all the address and influence of the Lord Provost to carry it into execution. In order to defray the great expense, Sir James devised means which, to men of less discernment or knowledge in business, appeared very inadequate to the purpose. His scheme was this: The property which lay in the line of the intended communication, and to a considerable distance on each side of that line, was to be purchased at its real value at the time ; and after the communication was opened, such parts of the ground thus purchased as were not to be left vacant, were to be disposed of for the purpose of erecting buildings, according to a plan prepared for the purpose. Sir James conceived that the sale of these areas, in consequence of the great improvement of their situation, would raise money sufficient, not only to pay for the first purchase of the property, but also to defray the expense of building the bridge, and whatever else was necessary for completing the communication. But lest there should be any deficiency, and in order to afford security for borrowing the money which might be requisite, the trustees for carrying on the work were to be empowered to levy a sum not exceeding 10 per cent of the valued rents of the houses in Edinburgh and the environs ; and, to remove all cause of complaint, he proposed that if any of the owners of the property to be purchased should not agree with the trustees, the price of their property should be fixed by the verdict of a jury? consisting of fifteen persons, to be chosen by lot out of forty-five proprietors of houses or lands in the city or county, named by the Sheriff in each particular case. These proposals were published in November 1784, and met with the same reception which has often attended schemes of still greater importance and more extensive utility. They were censured and vigorously opposed. A man of less ardour and public spirit would have yielded to the discouragements which Sir James experienced on this occasion. Fortunately he was of such a temper that they served only to stimulate his exertions, without rendering him less prudent in his measures. An Act of Parliament was obtained for carrying into execution not only the plan which has been mentioned, but likewise several others, of great importance to the city ; His perseverance surmounted every opposition. ... SKETCHES. 63 Session he resigned his seat, to the surprise of many, in favour of Sir Adam Fergusson, ...

Book 8  p. 90
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46 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. IHolyrood these ecclesiastical foundations :-The Priory of St. Mary?s Isle, in Galloway, gifted by Fergus, Lord of Galloway, who died a monk of Holyrood in 1161 ; the Priory of Blantyre, secluded on a rock above the Clyde ; Kowadill, in Hemes, gifted by Mac- Leod of Herries ; Oransay and Colonsay-in the former still stands their priory, built by a Lord of the Isles, one of the finest relics of religious antiquity in the Hebrides; the church of Melgynch, granted to them by Matthew, Abbot of Dunkeld, in 1289; the church of Dalgarnock, granted to them by John, Bishop of Glasgow, in 1322 j and the church and vicarage of Kirkcudbright, by of Haddington, mm ferra de Clerkynton, per rectas divisas. In 1177 the monastery was still in the Castle of Edinburgh. In 1180 Alexius, a subdeacon, held a council of the Holy Cross near Edinburgh, with reference to the long-disputed consecration of John Scott, Bishop of St. Andrews, when a double election had taken place. VI. WILLIAM II., abbot in 1206. During his time, John Bishop of Candida Casa resigned his mitre, became a canon .of Holyrood, and was buried in the chapter-house, where a stone long marked his grave. VII. WALTER, Prior of Inchcolm, abbot in 111. WILLIAM I. succeeded in 1152. He witnessed several charters of Malcolm IV. and William the Lion; and when he became aged and infirm, he vowed to God that he would say his Psalter every day. He enclosed the abbey with a strong wall. IV. ROBERT is said to have been abbot about the time of William the Lion. ? He granted to the inhabitants of the newly-projected burgh of the Canongate various privileges, which were confirmed, with additional benefactions, by David II., Robert III., and James 111. These kings granted to the bailies and community the annuities payable by the burgh, and also the common muir between the ? lands of Broughton on the west and the lands of Pilrig on the east, on the north side of the road from Edinburgh to Leith.? V. JOHN, abbot in 1173, witnessed a charter of Richard Bishop of St. Andrews (chaplain to Malcolm IV.), granting to his canons the church the chapel of St Mary. XI, HENRY, the next abbot, was named Bishop of Galloway in 1253; consecrated in 1255 by the Archbishop of York, XII. RADULPH, abbot, is mentioned in a gift of lands at Pittendreich to the monks of St. Marie de Newbattle. XIII. ADAM, a traitor, and adherent of England, who did homage to Edward I. in 1292, and for whom he examined the records in the Castle of Edinburgh. He is called Alexander by Dempster. XIV. ELIAS 11. is mentioned as abbot at the time of the Scots Templar Trials in 1309, and in a deed of William Lamberton, Bishop of St. Andrews, in 1316. In his time, Holyrood, like Melrose and Dryburgh, was ravaged by the baffled army of Edward 11. in 1322. XV. SYMON OF WEDALE, abbot at the vigil of St. Barnabas, 1326, when Robert I. held a Parliament in Holyrood, at which was ratified a concord ... OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. IHolyrood these ecclesiastical foundations :-The Priory of St. Mary?s Isle, in ...

Book 3  p. 46
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 123 circumstances of the case were these. On one of his rounds to see that the day of rest was properly respected-a self-imposed task undertaken by certain of the citizens-he happened to meet a person in livery carrying a cage and bird. Conceiving this to be a violation of public decorum, he remonstrated with the footman, who retaliated in such an abusive manner as led to the forcible seizure of the feathered songster. Mr. Braidwood was a man of great personal strength, and well calculated to act as a conservator of order. On another occasion, hearing a noise issuing from a tavern in the neighbourhood of James's Court as he passed, he immediately entered, and began to expostulate with the landlord. The latter at once acknowledged the impropriety of entertaining such brawlers on a Sabbath morning, but told him in a whisper that he was afraid to challenge his customers, one of them being no less a personage than Captain Partwus of the City Guard. This notorious individual-whose fate is well recorded in the Heart of Mid-Idhianwas a man of loose habits, and so reckless and tyrannical that few were inclined to come into angry collision with him. Mr. Braidwood felt no such dread. Armed with a small sword, which he usually carried, he rushed into the apartment, denounced the conduct of Porteous to his face, and seizing the cards with which the party were engaged, threw them into the fire, while the Captain and his associates-astonished and overawed-retreated with precipitation. MR. FRANCIBSR AIDWOOtDh,e subject of our sketch, was apprenticed in early life to a cabinet-maker. On the expiry of his indenture he repaired to London, where he remained for a short time in order to acquire a more thorough knowledge of his profession. He then returned to Edinburgh-set up in business on his own account-and was for some years eminently successful. He was elected Deacon of the Wrights in 1795, and Deacon Convener the year following. His workshop was at one period in the Pleasance, near the head of Arthur Street, and his furniture shop or warehouse on the Sodth Bridge. Latterly he removed to Adam Square, and occupied the premises afterwards possessed by Messrs. Dalgleish and Forrest. Mr. Braidwood inherited a considerable portion of the personal prowess of his father. In every way respectable as a citizen, he was no bigot in religion, and participated joyously in the amusements and recreations peculiar to the times. He was a member of the Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Club, and was greatly celebrated as a golfer. He used to say that " fatips was merely ideal." A contemporary member of the Society recollects having played at golf with him on one occasion from six in the morning till fuur in the afternoon; and while our informant admits being " quite knocked up," he states that Mr. Braidwood did not seem in the least fatigued' So devotedly fond was he of this ancient game, that when no longer able, by reason of age, to go round the Mr. Braidwood was in the practice of taking beta at golf, the stipulations of which were, that he should have two strokes at the ball with a common quurt hottZe, whhile his opponent should have one in the usual way with hie club. . However disadvantageoua this might seem, he inqariably came off the victor. ... SKETCHES. 123 circumstances of the case were these. On one of his rounds to see that the day of rest ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 107 attainted Earl of Linlithgow, and who succeeded eventually upon the death of her aunt to the title of Errol, was naturally desirous of recovering her father’s possessions, but she only survived the execution of her husband a short time. Her descendants,’ it was said, entertained a similar anxiety for these estates, which, when brought to the hammer, were set up at a low price, to favour them. Forbes, however, did not fail to appear on the spot; and, with his copper transmuted to gold,” became the purchaser at a remarkably cheap rate :’ so much so, that he has been frequently afterwards heard jokingly to remark that even the wood on the estate would have bought the whole. The inhabitants of the ancient burgh of Fallrirk, always noted fqr their clannish feeling, were in a paroxysm. The house of Callendar had ever been identified with 44 the bairns 0’ Fa’kirk,” and kept up till a late period the old feudal dignity that had long distinguished it. So late as 1759 the following entries appear in the household accounts-“ 4th Nov. Shoes to my Lord’s pyper, 2s. ;” “ 3d Dec. This we presume, must have been the piper of Kilmarnock. Mr. Forbes and his brothers experienced the height of insult and abuse whenever they entered the town. His younger brother, James, in particular, was a favourite source of amusement to the then unchecked mob. He was not of the most shrewd intellect, and his simplicity subjected him to much rudeness. His coat-tails were cut away on one occasion ; and on another, his *queue was docked, from which he was ever afterwards named Rumpock. It is singular that the colliers, who had been the hereditary bondsmen of the old family, were the most devoted to them. One night in autumn, during the militia riots in 1797, a great band of them, aided by a few of the town’s lads, went out with a drum, and parading round the house, so alarmed Mr. Forbes and his brothers that they fled by a back door, and ran up through the wood. Looking round from among the trees, they beheld the flickering blaze of Carron Works, and imagining that Callendar House was in flames, proceeded with all speed by the village of Redding to Lialithgow, from whence they posted to Edinburgh, where, applying to Lord Adam Gordon, the Commander-in-Chief, they caused a troop of the Lancashire Dragoons to be sent out to Falkirk, who inflicted their unwelcome presence on the inhabitants for nearly half-a-year. It is to this affair the caricature of Copperbottom’s Rctrsat alludes.” Not long after he became proprietor, numerous disputes occurred between Mr. Forbes and the tenants of the estate. The Rev. Mr. Bertram of Muiravonside and he disagreed about the rent of a park attached to Haining Castle. The neighbourhood was much excited when this result was known. To my Lord’s pyper, two weeks’ kitchen money, 1s.” The titles of Lithgow and Callendar were in the person of the hair-male, Livingston of Westquarter. s When asked for his security, “I have it in niy pocket,” said he, and instantly tabled the cash in one of the two largeat bank notes ever issued in Scotland. Mr. Forbes had a favourite old black horse, with a long tail, only ridden by hia faithful servant Johnnie Howie (who waa with him for twenty-four years), to which he playfully gave the name, appropriately enough, of Copperbottom. ... SKETCHES. 107 attainted Earl of Linlithgow, and who succeeded eventually upon the death of her aunt ...

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124 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Links, he came regularly every Saturday and played at what are termed the s h t holes; and to the last he continued to dine regularly with the Society at their weekly and quarterly meetings. Of Mr. Braidwood‘s good nature and social humour, the following instance is told. At a convivial meeting of the Golfing Society at Bruntsfield Links on one occasion, a Mr. Megget-one of the members, and a good golfer-took offence at something Mr. Braidwood had said. Being highly incensed, he desired the latter to follow him to the Links, and he “would do for him.” Without at all disturbing himself, Mr. Braidwood pleasantly replied, ‘‘ Mr. Megget, if you will be so good as go to the Links and wait till I come, I will be very much obliged to you.” This produced a general burst of laughter, in which his antagonist could not refrain from joining; and it had the effect of restoring him to good humour for the remainder of the evening. Mr. Braidwood was a member of the Xpendthw)? CZub, so called in ridicule of the very moderate indulgence of its members j and he was one of the four B’s- “ Bryce, Bisset, Baxter, and Braidwood”-who, after attending church during the forenoon service, generally devoted the latter part of the day, if the weather was fine, to a quiet stroll into the country.’ Several others joined the B s in their “Sunday walks.” Mr. Smellie, and the late Mr. Adam Pearson, Secretary of Excise, were frequently of the party. They usually met at the Royal Exchange, immediately on the dismissal of the forenoon church ; and, as suggested by Mr. Braidwood, their plan was always to walk in the direction from whence the wind blew, as by that means they avoided the smoke of the city both in going and returning. Mr. Braidwood was a captain of the Edinburgh Volunteers, and entered with great spirit into the military proceedings of the civic warriors, Not satisfied with the prosperity he had experienced as a cabinet-maker, he latterly began to speculate in the working’ of quarries ; and contracted for buildings not only in Scotland but in England. In these, however, he fell so far short of the success anticipated, as to occasion a considerable diminution of the wealth he had previously acquired. Mr. Braidwood’ married a Miss lfitchell, daughter of a brewer in Leith. At his death, which occurred about the year 1827, he left two sons’ and two daughters. The brother e&?rs of Nome of the B’s were not a little dissatisfied at being so frequently left to officiate singly at the church-doors in the afternoons. His brother, Mr. William Braidwood, NBS long manager of the Caledonian Insurance Company, and for upwards of forty years one of the pastors of the Baptist congregation, which then met in the Pleasance. He died in 1830, universally esteemed by all who knew him as a man of great moral worth, and exemplary in all the duties of life. He was the author of several valuable religious publicationa, among which were Letters to Dr. Chalmers regarding his address to the inhabitants of the parish of Kdmeny. James, the eldest son, who, at the hazard of his life, distinguished himself so much during the great fires in Edinburgh in 1824-and for which he was deservedly and widely applauded-was chosen superintendent of the fire-engines in London ; where his conduct was such as to call forth the merited eulogium of all who ever witnessed his daring and praiseworthy exertions for the preservation of life and property. William, the youngest, settled in America, and the two daughters in Edinburgh. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Links, he came regularly every Saturday and played at what are termed the s h t holes; ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 463 The late Sir Alexander Boswell of Auchinleck wrote a song, in 1817, commemorating the leading members of the Duddingston Society of Curlers. He thus introduces Mr. Millar :- “ To the kirk we maun bow, sae we needna be sour, For there, I how, stands our best pillar : But gif 0’ keen curlers ye’re wantin’ the Jmw, For Jour ye maun look to a-MILLBrc.” His fondness for this game inspired Mr. Millar himself, and he wrote an excellent Fang to the air-“ The Laird 0’ Cockpen.” It was printed at the time as a single leaf, but it may be found, somewhat curtailed, in a volume on curling, entitled “ Memorabilia Curliania Mabenensia,” printed at Dumfries, 1830, 8vo. We are not aware of any other composition by this gentleman, who was truly considered by his friends as a most agreeable companion and a keen curler.” Mr. Millar died at Meadowsale, near Strathaven, on the 17th August 1824. IT.-The late SIR WALTER SCOTT, Bart., of whom as the world is already in possession of so much, no apology will be requisite for the brevity of our notice. By way of pointing out the locality, we may state that he was born on the 15th August 1771, in a house (removed to make way for the University buildings) which stood at the head of the College Wynd,’ partly in what is now North College Street, near the spot where a wooden erection has been formed for exhibiting the skeleton of a whale belonging to the College Museum (now removed). His father, Mr. Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet, resided in the third $at, the two under floors being occupied by Mr. Keith, grandfather to the late Sir Alexander Keith, Knight-Marischal of Scotland. The author of “Marmion” became an advocate in 1792; but, as is well known, he never made.any figure as a barrister. His fame and emoluments were destined to be gleaned in another field ; and though he failed in securing the golden harvest he had reaped, the triumph of his genius is now beyond the reach of cavil or the chance of accident. Sir Walter is classed in the Print as one of the advocates who (‘ plead without wigs ;” but prior to the date of the Engraving (1811) he had been appointed one of the Principal Clerks of Session-an appointment, which precluded practice at the bar. Sir Walter Scott died at Abbotsford on the 21st September 1832. This might well have been the most appropriate site for the monument erected to the memory of Sir Walter, had the improvements at one time contemplated by the Commissioners for the University buildings been carried into effect. The plan comprehended the removal of all those tenements between Bailie Grieve’s ehop, corner of Adam Square (running in a straight line through that large self-contained home, middle of the Horse Wynd, built and formerly inhabited by the Earl of Galloway, and subsequently by Mr. Paton, the publisher of the first edition of this work), and the centre of @le Square ; thus leaving a considerable open space round the College, The monument, occupying the natd spot of the Great Magician of the North, and immediately fronting the centre of the north parallel of the buildingfl, would have added greatly to the b u t y aa well aa the intereat of the scene. ... SKETCHES. 463 The late Sir Alexander Boswell of Auchinleck wrote a song, in 1817, commemorating the ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 363 but at that time a Bow Street officer of much repute), who, commencing his investigations at Glasgow, and from thence carefully tracing the route of the robbers in their progress to London, was soon able to connect a chain of circumstantial evidence, well calculated to raise the hopes of his employers. The case having been again postponed, the trial was ultimately fixed for the 11th of May 1820. The Court was crowded to suffocation at an early hour. No civil case had ever created agreater sensation. The Judges were, the Lord Chief Commissioner Adam, Lord Gillies, and Lord Pitmilly. Counsel for the bank, Francis Jeffrey, Henry Cockburn, and James L’Amy, Esquires, and James Smyth, W.S.,’ agent ; for Mackcoull, J. P. Grant and Archibald Alison, Esquires; and Rlr. William Jamieson, W.S., agent. Mr. Cockburn‘was in the act of addressing the Court, and detailing the leading features of the case, when, to the astonishment of all present, Mackcoull appeared pressing through the crowd, not stopping till he got close to Mr. Cockburn. Here he stood with great composure, looking round with an arch grin peculiarly his own j and as the speaker proceeded, he came so close that Mr. Cockburn feeling interrupted by his presence, demanded that he should be removed to another part of the Court. Mr. Jeffrey joined in the same request, when the pursuer took his seat beside his own c~unsel.~ The identity of Mackcoull, as one of the three individuals who lodged in the house of the late Mrs. Stewart, Glasgow, previous to the robbery of the bank, and who posted their way to London immediately after its committal, was fully established by the various witnesses produced, and many facts were brought out tending to expose the whole plan of the robbery. Notwithstanding the turn which the case had thus taken against him, Mackcoull continued to walk about in Court, without betraying much uneasiness, and occasionally entered into conversation with those around him ; but when he heard the name of John Xcoltock, blacksmith in London, announced as the next witness, he rose and attempted to get out of Court. This he found impossible, owing to the hensity of the crowd ; and the instant he saw Scoltock, he changed colour and sank down by the side of the wall in a kind of faint. He was then carried out of Court, and did not again appear for some time. The evidence of the smith at once established the guilt of Mackcoull beyond the possibility -of doubt, and Mrs. Houghton White confirmed his testimony Mr. Smyth, who had been repeatedly insulted on the streets by Mackcoull, at length brought him before Mr. A. Sniellie, then a Police Magistrate. Mr. Smyth began his complaint by stating that Mackcoull bad robbed the Paisley Bank to the amount of %20,000. The latter instantly interrupted him in the host impudent manner, saying, “No, sir, that is not true, for the sum waa E20,406 !” ‘‘ Then,” replied Mr. Smyth, “the less I lie.” Mr. Smellie bound him over to keep the peace towards all his Majesty’s subjects, and in‘particular towards Mr. Smyth. It is believed he kept his promise. * Afterwar& Sheriff of Lanarkshiie, and author of the valuable and popular Histories of the French Revolutiou and Europe. The behaviour of Mackcoull was impertinent in the extreme : he stared at the judges with matchless effrontery. His agent, Mr. Jamieson, observed to him, that no man but himself could have acted as he had done in Court. Mackcoull, it is said, felt miwh pleased at this compliment. ... SKETCHES. 363 but at that time a Bow Street officer of much repute), who, commencing ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 413 for a number of years, and produced a work, entitled “Record of the Public Ministry of Jesus Christ,” which was published at Edinburgh in 1798. Mr. Sibbald again returned to Edinburgh, where, in 1797, he brought out a musical publication, entitled “ The Vocal Magazine.” In a year or two afterwards the bookselling stock devolved into his own hands, and he continued to carry on business as a bookseller until his death. His next work, published in 1802, and by which he is best known, was a selection from the early Scottish poets, entitled ‘‘ A Chronicle of Scottish Poetry, with a Glossary of the Scottish Language ”- a work of taste and erudition, and a valuable accession to Scottish literature. Mr. Sibbald died at his lodgings in Leith Walk, at the age of fifty-six, in April 1803. “He was a man of eccentric but amiable character. He belonged to a great number of social clubs; and was beloved by so many of his associates in those fraternities, that for some years after his death they celebrated his birth-day by a social meeting.” The third figure, with a print of Martin the auctioneer in his hand, is GEORGE FAIRHOLME, Esq. of Greenhill, near Edinburgh, and of Greenknow, in Berwickshire. This gentleman, together with his younger brother William (of Chapel, in Berwickshire), had long resided in Holland as eminent bankers, where they realised a very considerable fortune ; and, on their return to their native country, they became extensive shareholders in the Bank of Scotland, and in other public securities. While in Holland, Mr. Fairholme had an opportunity of cultivating a strong natural taste for the fine arts ;’ and was subsequently well known as a keen and judicious collector of pictures and rare works of art. His collection of the inimitable etchings of Rembrandt was nearly complete ; and these, together with his cabinet of pictures, are now the property of his nephew, Adam Fairholme, Esq. of Chapel. Mr. Fairholme died on the 1st February 1800, aged seventy; and was interred in the family burying-place at Greenhill-which estate now belongs to Sir John Stuart Forbes, Bart. of Pitsligo. The fourth figure, behind hlr. Fairholme, represents JAMES KERR, Esq. of Blackshiels. His father, Alexander Kerr, having left Scotland to reside at Bordeaux, as a wine-merchant, he was brought up and educated along with his cousins, the Tytlers of ?Voodhouselee;2 and, at a proper age, was bound apprentice in the banking establishment of Sir William Forbes and Co. After the expiry of his indenture, having succeeded to an ample fortune by the death of his father, Mr. Kern went abroad on his travels, and remained a considerable 1 Mr. Fairholme’s taste for the fine arts has descended to his nephew, George Fairholme, Esq., now of Greenknow, who, during repeated visits to Italy, has acquired a small but extremely choice cabinet of pictures of the highest class, together with a valuable collection of original drawings by the old masters. Mr. Alexander Kerr maiTied Miss Craig of Dalmair, sister of MIX. Tytler of Woodhouselee. The last of the Dalmair family was Sir James Craig, Governor-General of British North America. ... SKETCHES. 413 for a number of years, and produced a work, entitled “Record of the Public Ministry ...

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270 MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. of the‘antiquities of Edinburgh. It consists of two fine profile heads, in high relief and life size, which the earliest writers on the subject pronounce to be undoubted specimens of Roman art. It was first noticed in 1727, in Gordon’s valuable work on Roman Antiquities,. the Itinerarium Septentrionale, accompanied by an engraving, where he remarks :-“ A very learned and illustrious antiquary here, by the . ideas of the heads, judges them to be representations of the Emperor SEPTIMIUSES VERUaSn, d his wife JULIA. This is highly probable and consistent with the Roman history ; for that the Emperor, and most of his august family, were in Scotland, appears plain in Xephiline, from Dio.” This idea, thus first suggested, of the heads being those of Severus and Julia, is fully warranted by their general resemblance to those on the Roman coins of. that reign, and has been confirmed by the obgervation of every antiquary who has treated of the subject. A tablet is inserted between the heads, containing the following inscription, in antique characters :- gn Buboce butts’, tui botecis’, pane tu& a Q * 3.’ This quotation from the Latin Bible, of’ the curse pronounced on our first parents after the fall, is no doubt the work of a very different period, and was the source of the vulgar tradition gravely combated by Maitland, our earliest local historian, that the heads were intended as representations of Adam and Eve. These pieces of ancient sculpture, which were said in his time to have been removed from a house on the north side of the street, have probably been discovered in digging the foundations of the building, and along with them the Gothic inscription-to all appearance a fragment from the ruins of the neighbouring convent of St Mary, or some other of the old monastic establishments of Edinburgh. The words of the inscription exactly correspond with the reading of Gutenberg’s Bible, the first edition, printed at Menta in 1455, and would appear an object worthy of special interest to the antiquary, were it not brought into invidious association with these valuable relics of a remoter era. The characters of the inscription leave little reason to doubt that it is the work of the same period, probably only a few years later than the printing of the Mentz Bible. The old‘ tenement, which is rendered interesting as the conservator of these valuable monuments of the Roman invasion, and is thus also associated in some degree with the introduction of the first printed Bible into Scotland, appears to be the same, or at least occupies the same site, with that from whence Thomas Bassendyne, our famed old Scottish typographer, issued his beautiful folio Bible in 1574. The front land, which contains the pieces of Roman sculpture, is proved from the titles to have been rebuilt about the beginning of the eighteenth century, in the room of an ancient timber-fronted land, which was (‘ lately, of need, taken down,” having no doubt fallen into ruinous decay. The back part of the tenement, however, retains unequivocal evidence of being the original building. It is approached by the same turnpike stair from the Fountain Close as gives access to l Itiner. Septent, p. 186. * Maitland and others have mistaken the concluding letters of the inscription, as a contraction for the date, which the former states aa 1621, and a subsequent writer as 1603. Mr D. Laing was the firat to point out its true meaning as a contracted form of reference to Genesia, chapter 3.--P& Archaeologia Scotica, vol. iii. p. 287, where a very accurate and spirited engraving of the Sculpture, by David Allau, is introduced. ... MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. of the‘antiquities of Edinburgh. It consists of two fine profile heads, in high ...

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418 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. addressed from the bar ; and entered either on the margin of the papers, or in a blank paper book, the opinion of each judge as it was delivered. In the Criminal and Jury Courts, where he presided, he recorded the evidence that was adduced with remarkable precision and accuracy, omitting what was really extraneous, but preserving everything in the slightest degree important. Though necessarily resident in Edinburgh during the greater portion of the year, he took a deep interest in whatever related to his native county, and was at all times a ready adviser in cases affecting its welfare. His paternal estate of Shewalton, to which he succeeded on the death of his elder brother, John Boyle, Esq., is situated within a mile or two of Irvine, and has long been distinguished for a full participation in those agricultural improvements which have probably . been nowhere carried to a greater degree of perfection than in Ayrshire. His lordship was a member of the Privy Council. In 1841 he was promoted to the presidentship on the retirement of the Right Hon. Charles Hope. The Lord President was twice married; first, on the 24th December 1804, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Alexander Montgomery of Annick, brother of Hugh Earl of Eglinton, of which union there were several children.' Upon the demise of this amiable lady, his lordship married, secondly (11th July 1827), Camilla, eldest daughter of the late Lord Methven, by whom he also had issue. ADAM GILLIES (LORDG ILLIES)y, oungest son of Robert Gillies, Esq., of Little Keithock, and brother of the late Dr. Gillies, Historiographer for Scotland, author of the " Ancient History of Greece," etc.: was born at Brechin, in the county of Forfar in 1766. He passed advocate in 1787, and was appointed Sheriff-Depute of the county of Kincardine in 1806. In 181 1 he was elevated to the bench on the death of Charles Hay (Lord Newton); and, the year following, succeeded Lord Craig as one of the Lords of Justiciary. In 1816 he was nominated one of the Lords Commissioners of the Jury Court ; and in 1837 appointed Judge of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland. Having on that occasion resigned his gown as a Lord of Justiciary, he was succeeded by Lord Cockburn. Opposed as he was in politics to the party in power in 1811, the elevation of Mr, Gillies to the bench was a marked tribute to his legal knowledge and experience at the bar. When the proposal was communicated to him, a limited time was assigned for his acceptance ; and being wholly unexpected on his part, he mentioned the circumstance to some of his personal and political friends. From the standing of Mr. Gillies at the bar, and the large professional income enjoyed by him, they viewed his elevation to the bench as involving too great a pecuniary sacrifice on his part j but not coinciding in this opinion, he placed The eldest of whom, Patrick, born 29th March 1806, and admitted a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1829, married, 17thAugust 1830, Mary-Francis, daughter of Sir Robert D. H. Elphinstone, Bart., of hgie and Elphinstone. Dr. Gillies died at Clapham on the 16th of February 1836, in the ninetieth year of his age. . Lord Gillies ww by twenty-one yeare the junior of his brother the historian. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. addressed from the bar ; and entered either on the margin of the papers, or in a blank ...

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xii OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. PAGE The First Trades Maiden Hospital, 1830 . . . 273 TheIndustrialMuseum . , . Tofacrpa,oz 275 Old Mmto House . . . . . . . 276 Chambersstat . . . . . . . 277 Sir James Falshaw, Bart., and H.M. Lieutenant of Edinburgh . . - . - . . . 285 LadyYester?sChurch, 18x1 . . . . . 288 Carved Stone which was over the Main Entrance to the High School from 1578 to 1777 . . ? . 289 TheHighSchoolerectedin 1578 . . - 292 TheSecondHighSchool, 1820. . . . . 296 Dr. Adam . - . . . . . . . 297 TheOldRoyalInfirmary . . - . . . 300 The OldRoyalInfirmary, 18m. . . . . 301 Plan of Arthur?s Seat (the Sanctuary of Holyrd) . 304 TheHolyroodDairy . . . . . . - 305 Clockmill House, 1780 . . . . . . 308 Duddingston Village, from the Queen?s Drive . 309 StMargaret?sWell . . . . - . - 311 DuddingstonChurch (Exterior) . . - . 312 Duddingston Church(1nterior) . . . . 313 Gateway of Duddingston Church, showing the Jougs andhuping-on-Stone . . . . . 314 Duddingstonhh - . . . . . I 316 Prince Charlie?s House, Duddingston . . . . 317 Ruins of St. Anthony?s Chapel, looking towards Leith 320 The Volunteer Review in the Queen?s Park, 1860 To facc page 3 2 I St. Anthony?s Chapel in 1 5 4 and 1854 - . . 321 St. AnthonfsWell . - . . . . . 322 Thecharity Workhouse, 1820 - . - . . 324 DarienHouse, 1750 . . . . . . . 325 The Merchant Maiden?s Hospital, Bristo,. ISZO . . 328 Bristo Port, 1820 . . . . - . 329 Clarinda?s House, General?sEntry . . . . 332 1 Room in Clarinda?s House, General?s Entry . . The Mahogany Land, Potterrow, 1821 . . . Surgeon?s Hall - . + . . . . . The Blind Asylum (formerly the house of Dr. Joseph Black), NicolsonStreet, 1820 - . . . George Square, showing house (second on the left) of Sir Walter Scott?s father . . , . - Park Place, showing Campbell of Succoth?s House . TheOrganintheMusic-classRoom . . . . TheMeadows, about 1810. . . . . , The Burgh Loch . . . . . . . The Archers? Hall . . . . . . . Archers? Hall: the Dining Hall. . . . . Thomas Nelson. . . . . . . The Edinburgh University Medical School, Lauriston . George Watson?s Hospital . . . . - . Bird?s-eye View of the New Royal Infirmary, from the North-East, 1878 . . . . . - Reduced Facsimile of a View of Heriot?s Hospital by GordonofRothiemay . . . . . . George Heriot . . . , . . , . Reduced Facsimile of an Old Engraving of Heriot?s Hospital . . . . . . . Heriot?s Hospital, from the South-west Tifutepage The Chapel, Heriot?s Hospital . . . . . Heriot?s Hospital : the Council Room. , . , The North Gateway of Heriot?s Hospital . . . Heriot?s Hospital, 1779; Porter?s Lodge; Dining Hall ; Quadrangle, looking North ; Quadrangle, looking South . . - . . . A Royal Edinburgh Volunteer . . . . . The Repentance Stool, from Old Greyfriars Church . GreyfriarsChurch . . . . . . Tombs in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh - . MonogramofGeorgeHeriot?sName - . . - ?AGE 333 336 337 340 341 344 345 348 349 352 353 356 . 357 360 361 364 365 368 369 369 372 373 376 377 379 3% 381 384 ... OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. PAGE The First Trades Maiden Hospital, 1830 . . . 273 TheIndustrialMuseum . , . ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. No. CCXIV, THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF EGLINTON, WHEN MAJOR OF LORD FREDERICK CAMPBELL’S REGIMENT OF FENCIBLES. 185 HUGHM ONTWMERIEtw, elfth Earl of Eglinton, was the eldest son of Alexander Montgomerie of Coilsfield.’ He was born about the year 1740, and entered the army so early as 1755, as an ensign in Lieutenant-General Skelton’s Regiment of Foot. He served in America during the greater part of the Seven Years’ War, where he acquired the reputatioh of a brave soldier, and was fourteen years Captain of a company of the First or Royal Regiment of Foot.’ At the breaking out of hostilities with France, in 1778, he was appointed Major in Lord Frederick Campbell’s Regiment of Fencibles? which was raised in the counties of Argyle, Bute, Dumbarton, Renfrew, Lanark, and Ayr, and of which Lord Frederick was Colonel. In 1780, at the general election, the Major was chosen Member of Parliament for the county of Ayr, in opposition to Sir Adam Fergusson of IGlkerran, 1 A branch of the house of Eglinton, descended from Alexander, the sixth Earl, better known by the expressive appellation of Graysteel. He was of the Seton family (one of the most ancient and widely connected in Scotland), but in consequence of his mother Mafgaret being the heiress of line of the Montgomeries, Earl Hugh (whom he succeeded) executed an entail in his favour ; and, having taken the name of Montgomerie, he was (through the influence of hi8 uncle, the Earl of Dunfermline, who was Lord Chancellor, and of Lord Binning, afterwards Earl of Melrose and Haddington), allowed the earldom by James the First. In the civil wars he supported the popular party, but was greatly opposed to the execution of Charles the First, He died 7th January 1661, aged seventy-three. The subject of this menioir was descended from Colonel James Montgomerie, fourth son of Earl Alexander. 9 His lordship told mauy interesting anecdotes of the American campaign-among others, the following of Sir Ralph Ahercromby. That celebrated commander was leading an assault, at which his lordship was present, upon an American fort, when, as they approached, the enemy suddenly opened a tremendous fire on the assailants, who, for a moment were confounded, and stood still. Sir Ralph marched on unmoved ; but not hearing the tramp of the column behind, he turned round as the smoke of the stunning volley was clearing away, aud pointing to the fort with his sword, exclaimed-“ What ! am I to take the place myself?” The response was a hearty cheer, and a furious rush updn the enemy, by which the fort was carried. At the same onset the gallant commander was followed by a tall captain and a short lieutenant, both of the name of M‘Donald. The former waa unfortunately shot in the breast ; and he reeled back upon the latter to measure himself with the earth, and finish his career of glory. The brave lieutenant, who had not observed the fatal cause of this retrograde movement, and fearing the courage of his clansman had given way, seized him by the coat, and in a half whisper cried in his em-“ Remember your name is M‘Donald.” This regiment was raised under the joint influence of the Argyle and Eglinton families, the latter having the nomination of officers for two companies-of one of which the last Earl of Glencairn (on whose death Burns wrote the “ Bard‘s Lament ”) was appointed Captain. ... SKETCHES. No. CCXIV, THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF EGLINTON, WHEN MAJOR OF LORD FREDERICK CAMPBELL’S ...

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62 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. panied by his brother, then in bad health, and who died on the journey. On his return he married Sarah, daughter of Alexander Maitland, Esq. of Stoke Newington, near London, a gentleman of Scottish extraction. The lady was heiress of a considerable fortune, and had many suitors; but her choice was influenced inadvertently by a rival, who, having just returned fyom an excursion in the Highlands, unfortunately for himself related the feat which had been performed at the hill of Ben Chei1t.I After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair took up their residence at Thurso, where his attention was chiefly occupied for a short time with a work on the Sabbath, but which, by the advice of Dr. Adam Smith, was never published. The friendship of this eminent philosopher he had early obtained, and to this circumstance he probably owed his taste for the study of political economy. Among the first of Mr. Sinclair‘s literary productions was an essay entitled ‘‘ Observations on the Scottish Dialect,” the object of which, while it afforded one of the fullest collections of what are called “ Scotticisms,” was to facilitate the acquisition of a purer style of English among his countrymen. A deficiency in this respect was then considered a formidable barrier to the success of a Rorth Briton in the capital. The essay was well received, not only as an ingenious, but useful and amusing production. During its progress he had the honour of forming the acquaintance of the great English lexicographer, to whom he was introduced by Boswell. The Parliamentary career of Mr, Sinclair began in 1780, having been chosen, at the general election, M.P. for Caithness. The prospects of the country were then extremely gloomy. The American war had proved ruinous-the ministry were unpopular, and a pdwerful opposition existed in the Commons. Not coinciding with the alarmists, whose views he conceived to be anti-national and violent, he at first gave his support to the cabinet of Lord North, with whom he was for some time on the most friendly terms. The first of Mr. Sinclair’s political pamphlets appeared in 1782, entitled, “Thoughts on the Naval Strength of Great Britain,” and was intended to dispel the gloom into which the nation had been thrown by the desertion of her ancient allies the Dutch, and the formidable aspect of the marine of France. This publication was peculiarly well-timed, and the victory of Admiral Rodney over De Grasse, on the 12th April, happening a few days afterwards, the author was highly complimented from all quarters for his sagacity, and the solidity of the opinions he had advanced. This pamphlet he followed up by another Previous to Sir John’s tour to the Continent he had entered into a matrimonial negotiation with Miss Maitland. His proposal was accepted; the marriage contract drawn up; and nothing more required than to name the day : but Mrs. Maitland felt insuperable repugnance to the removal of her daughter from her own neighbourhood, and insisted on a promise from her future son-in-law, that he would reside permanently in England. To this condition public spirit withheld him from consenting ; and tu he now considered the engagement brokeu off, he made his excursion to the Continent On his return, however, he learnt, with equal surprive and satisfaction, that Miss Maitland did not approve, BS he had supposed, of the arbitrary stipulation made by her mother. He intimated his readiness to renew his addresses-a favourable answer waa returned, and the maniage was celebrated on the 26th March 1776. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. panied by his brother, then in bad health, and who died on the journey. On his return ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 19% one daughter still survive. John, the eldest, succeeded to the titles, and married, in 1826, Louisa Bosville, eldest daughter of the late Lord Macdonald, by whom he has issue one son. His lordship’s remaining six brothers and one sister are all unmarried. James, the second son, was for some time Member of Parliament for the county of Linlithgow. The Countess-Dowager died at Leamington 1836. No. LXXXII. CHARLES HAY, ESQ., ADVOCATE, TAKEN A SHORT TIME BIWORE HIS ELEVATION TO THE BENCH. CHARLES HAY, son of James Hay, Esq. of Cocklaw, Writer to the Signet, was born in 1747.’ After the usual preparatory course of education, he passed advocate in 1768, having just attained the years of majority; but, unlike most young practitioners, Hay had so thoroughly studied the principles of the law ‘‘ that he has been frequently heard to declare he was as good a lawyer at that time as he ever was at any after period.” He soon became distinguished by his strong natural abilities, as well as by his extensive knowledge of the profession, , which embraced alike the minutest forms of the daily practice of the Court and the highest and most subtle points of jurisprudence. As a pleader he. was very effective. His pleadings were never ornamental, but entirely free of “ those little arts by which a speaker often tries to turn the attention of his boy about twelve years of age, came into the room and sat beside his mother. The King asked the Countess how many children she had ? On being answered by her ladyship that she had ten sons and an infant daughter, his Majesty, either struck by the number of male children, or by the beautiful and youthful appearance of the mother, exclaimed, “ Good God ! is it possible 2” After breakfast, Lady Alicia, then an infant, was presented to his Majesty, by whom she was affectionately kissed Thomas and Adrian, the two youngest sons, were next led into the dining-room, and presented by the Earl to his royal guest. The king graciously received the little boys ; and raising Adrian’s frock, took hold of his leg, saying, “ What a stout little fellow ! ” The child, thinking the King was admiring his frock, held it up with both his hands, and cried, “ See, see ! ” His Najesw was amused with the notion of the child, and said, “ Is that a new frock, my little man ? ” The other sons of Lord Hopetoun were presented to the King in the drawing-room. During his Majesty’s short visit at Hopetoun House, the honour of knighthood was conferred on Captain Adam Fergusson and Mr. Henry Raeburn, the celebrated painter. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, the lawns around the princely mansion presented a scene of a most animating description. Great preparations had been made for the reception of his Majesty, and an immense concourse of all ranks, including a body of his lordship’s tenantry on horseback, were assembled to greet their sovereign. The band of Royal Archers, who acted as the King’s bodyguard, were in attendance, under the command of the Earl of Elgin. The Earl of Hopetoun was the commander-general of this ancient body, and acted as such on the day of his Majesty’s arrival at Holymod-House. As a memorial of that event, they entreated the Earl to sit for his picture @ the dress which be wore on the occasion. The painting was executed by Mr. John Watson, and has been hung up in the Archers’ Hall. He is said to have been descended from the Hay3 of Rannes, an ancient branch of the family of Hay. ... SKETCHES. 19% one daughter still survive. John, the eldest, succeeded to the titles, and married, in ...

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