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430 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. man ” from many an awkward scrape. On one occasion he and two or three others happened to dine at an inn in Perth, and as usual sallied out after nightfall in quest of adventures. The street-lamps having attracted their notice, they began smashing them with sticks, till in a short time the whole city was in total darkness. Next morning, on learning that the Magistrates were met in full conclave to discuss the serious outrage that had been committed overnight, Maule very calmly repaired to the Council Chamber, and a,ddressing the Lord Provost, said, ‘‘ My lord, having just recently come to visit your city, I was quite ashamed last night to see the shabby-looking lamps in your streets, which are quite a disgrace to so fine a town, I therefore demolished the whole, with the view of presenting, at my own expense, a new and handsome set of lamps.” The astonished Magistrates of course accepted the apology,’ His excesses in this way, more characteristic of a love of fun, than of any ignoble quality of the mind, are not the only instances of that liberality for which the Generous Sportsman was distinguished. Others more akin to native goodness of heart deserve to be recorded. We allude, ip particular, to the sum of X50 annually given by his lordship (then Mr. Maule) to the widow of Burns, and which was continued until the eldest son of the poet, by his exertions in India, was enabled to provide for his mother ; when, with a laudable spirit of independence, the farther aid of their benefactor was respectfully declined. To this genuine display of generosity, which at once testified his respect for the Bard and his sympathy for the widow and her children, it remains in justice to his lordship, to be added, that advancing years tended not to contract, but rather to widen the channel of his munificence. As an instance, we observe in a local journal that Lord “Panmure has laid before the Council of Brechin plans for enlarging the building of the Public Schools, and for erecting a hall, with library, apparatus-room, etc., for the Mechanics’ Institution, above the schools. The nobleness of the gift is only equalled by the beauty of the proposed structure, which will be of Gothic architecture, with a handsome tower in the centre.” An unquestionable proof of the estimation in which Lord Panmure was held in his neighbourhood, particularly by his tenantry, was the handsome column erected in his honour, as a lasting memorial of their respect for his character as a landlord. The monument was designed by an Edinburgh artist : and on its completion in 1839, Lord Panmure presented each of the subscribers with his portrait. Lord Panmure married, 1st December 1794, Patricia Heron Gordon, daughter of Gilbert Gordon, Esq., of Halleaths, near Lochmaben, by whom he His lordship offers to be at the sole expense of these buildings. Being in London, Made happened on one occasion to meet a Scottish barrister, well known in the Parliament House of Edinburgh for his earcastic tongue ; and, having an invitation to an evening party, he (Scotchman like) took his friend with him, who began to display his talent in his usual insolent manner : but however much hia rudeness was tolerated by the natives of “Add Reekie,” the Cackneys entertained a very different opinion of his attempts at wit ; and Made h‘d the mortification of seeing his friend, the Scottish barrister, actually kicked down stairs. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. man ” from many an awkward scrape. On one occasion he and two or three others ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 38 1 Esq. of Woodhouselee.’ He was born in Edinburgh in 1747, where he attended the High School for five years, and afterwards studied at a seminary in Kensington, taught by Mr. Elphinstone, a man of reputed learning. Here he made rapid progress in the classics, and distinguished himself in the attainment of various accomplishments ; among which drawing and music-tastes he had early imbibed -were not forgotten. On his return to his native city, about 1765, Mr. Tytler entered on his professional studies at the University ; and in 1770 was called to the bar. The following year he went on a tour to France, in company with his cousin, the late James Ker, Esq., of Blackshiels. Through his father, Mr. Tytler had been early introduced to literary society in Edinburgh. The friendship of one so much his senior as Lord Kames, on whose suggestion he undertook a supplementary volume of the Dictionary of Decisions, was in the highest degree flattering. This work, which he executed with great ability, laid the foundation of his future reputation. It was afterwards enlarged, and published as the third and fourth volumes of the Dictionary. In 1780 he was appointed Joint-Professor of Universal History in the University of Edinburgh j and on the death of Mr. Pringle, in 1786, became sole Professor. His lectures, embracing a much wider range than had previously been deemed necessary for mere professional purposes, proved so generally popular, that he was induced to publish an abridgment of them, first in 1782, and subsequently, in a more extended form, under the title of ‘c Elements of General History.”’ The literary labours in which Mr. Tytler now engaged were of a multifarious nature. Although his name does not appear as one of the “ Mirror Club,” he was intimately acquainted with almost all the members, and contributed both to the Mirror and Lounger a number of lively and interesting articles. These, it is said, were mostly written at inns, where he happened to be detained occasionally on his journeys. Having become a member of the Royal Society on its institution, he was elected one of the Secretaries ; and throughout a series of years continued to interest himself deeply in its management. He was the author of several valuable papers read to the Society, and lent no inconsiderable aid in drawing up the yearly account of its Transactions. An ‘‘ Essay on the Principles of Translation,” published anonymously by Mr. Tytler, attracted an unusual degree of public notice, from a correspondence which ensued between Dr. Campbell, Principal of Marischal College, Aberdeen, Author of the “Inquiry, Historical and Critical, into the Evidence against Mary Queen of Scota,” and of an excellent “Treatise on Scots Mwic,” and several other works, illustrative of the Antiquities and Literature of Scotland. He was much celebrated for hia taste in music and painting. He resided :m New Street (then called Young Street), Canongate. It is rather a curious fact, that in this work the Jewish History in altogether omitted. The Lectures were afterwards published by his eldest son, and his immediate e u m o r in the chair (William Fraser Tytler, Esq. of Balnain, Vice-Lieutenant and Sheriff of Inverness-shire), under the title of “Universal History, from the Creation of the World to the beginning of the Eighteenth Centiiry.” 1834, 6 vols. 121no. The work formed part of the senm of Murray’a Family Library. ... SKETCHES. 38 1 Esq. of Woodhouselee.’ He was born in Edinburgh in 1747, where he attended the High ...

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towering mansions again filled with wondering, exulting, or sorrowing faces, as the wily Earl of BIorton lays his head under the axe of the ? Maiden,? and the splendid Montrose, as he is dragged to a felon?s doom, with the George sparkling on his breast and the Latin history of his battles tied in mockery to his neck; again, we shall see Jenny Geddes hurl her fauldstool at the dean?s head as he gives out the obnoxious liturgy ; and, anon, the resolute and sombre Covenanters, grasping their swords in defence of ?? an oppressed Kirk and a broken Covenant.? In the Cowgate-whilom a pleasant country when the dissolute Darnley was done to death I in the lonely Kirk-of-field. - Again we shall see her, when she is led in from Carberry Hill, a helpless captive in the midst of her rebel nobles, and thrust-pale, dishevelled, in tears, and covered with dust-into the gloomy stone chambers of the famous Black Turnpike, while the fierce and coarse revilings of the inflamed multitude made her woman?s heart seem to die within her. Turning into the High School Wynd, under the shadow of its quaint, abutting, and timber-fronted mansions, we shall meet the Princess-for such she was-Elizabeth St. Clair of Roslin, surrounded by the state which Hay records ; for he tells us that she ?was served (in the days of James 11.) by seventy-five gentlewomen, whereof fifty-three were daughters of noblemen, clothed in velvet and silks, with their chains of gold .and other ornaments, and was attended by 200 riding gentlemen in all journeys; and if it happened to be dark when she went to Edinburgh, where her lodgings were at the foot of the Blackfriars Wynd, eighty lighted torches were carried before her.? Here, in later years, was often seen one who. was to write of all these things as no man ever wrote before or since-a little lame boy, fair-haired and blue-eyed, named Walter Scott, limping to. school with satchel on back, and playing, it might be, ? the truant,? with Skene,.by seventy-five gentlewomen, whereof fifty-three were daughters of noblemen, clothed in velvet and silks, with their chains of gold .and other ornaments, and was attended by 200 riding gentlemen in all journeys; and if it happened to be dark when she went to Edinburgh, where her lodgings were at the foot of the Blackfriars Wynd, eighty lighted torches were carried before her.? Here, in later years, was often seen one who. was to write of all these things as no man ever wrote before or since-a little lame boy, fair-haired and blue-eyed, named Walter Scott, limping to. school with satchel on back, and playing, it might be, ? the truant,? with Skene,. Again shall be seen the city girt by its loftywalls and those embattled gates, which were seldom without a row of human heads on iron spikes-the grisly relics of those who were too often the victims. of dire misrule-with the black kites, then thechief scavengers in the streets, hovering about them. In the steep and quaint West Bow-now nearly all removed-dwelt the Wizard, Weir of Kirkton, who perished at the stake in 1670, togetherwith his sister and the wonderful walking-stick, which was surmounted by a carved head, and performed his errands. His lofty mansion, long the alleged abode of spectres, and a source of terror to the neighbourhood, was demolished only in the spring of 1878. ... mansions again filled with wondering, exulting, or sorrowing faces, as the wily Earl of BIorton lays his ...

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130 ROSLIN, HAWTHORNDEN, ~. heights on either side, one gazes upon a world of moving tree-tops in the ravine below. ~ A little way back, on the Ieft bank, lies the single-streeted village of Roslin. Between the village and the Esk, on a grassy height called the College Hill, stands the Chapel ; and some hundred yards below, on a rocky promontory, formed by a bend in the river, are the ruins of the Castle, accessible only by a stone bridge of great height which spans a natural ravine between the promontory and the College Hill. From this position the Castle derived its name-XmZianRe, the promontory of the waterfall. The Esk forms a cascade as it bends sharply round the promontory, and it is still at this point called ‘the Lynn.’ The St. Clairs, or Sinclairs, of Roslin, or Rosslyn, trace their descent from a ‘Seemly St. Clair,’ a Norman knight of fair deportment, who ‘ came in’ with the Conqueror, and whom Malcolm Canmore diplomatically allured over the border by big grants of Scottish land. Roslin, amongst other places, was given to the family, and the Castle probably dates from the beginning of the fourteenth century. In 1622, when it had begun to fall away, a newer house was built over its vaults; and this was inhabited about eighty years ago by a good old Scottish Laird, the last heir-male and lineal descendant of the ‘ Seemly St. Clair.’ It is still let in summer to families wanting rustic accommodation ; and for one season at least it was tenanted in this fashion by the late Mr. Robert Chambers of Edinbu?gh. . The ‘ground about the hoary old ruins is now bright with the fruit and flowers of a market-garden. But in the middle of the fifteenth century the Castle was the seat of the good and scholarly William St. Clair, ‘ Prince of the Orkneys and Duke of Oldenburgh,’ the founher of Roslin Chapel. He was a very great personage indeed, with a town mansion at the foot of Blackfriars Wynd in Old Edinburgh, and a great retinue of lords and gentlemen. Sevenv-five gentlewomen attended upon his lady, who, when she rode from Edinburgh to Roslin, was accompanied by a guard of two hundred horse, and also, if it was after nightfall, by eighty bearing torches. On one occasion - part of the Castle was set on fire by the carelessness of one of this lady’s handmaidens. The women fled in fear j and the Prince, who was upon the College Hill at the time, no doubt superintending the building of his pet Chapel, on hearing of the fire, ‘was sorry for nothing but the loss of his charters and other writings.’ These, which were kept in the dungeon-head, his chaplain cleverly saved, throwing them out-four boxfuls of them-and following himself on a bell-rope tied to a beam. The good Prince rewarded From that time it was the chief residence of the St. Clairs. ... ROSLIN, HAWTHORNDEN, ~. heights on either side, one gazes upon a world of moving tree-tops in the ravine ...

Book 11  p. 187
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188 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. In the foregoing sketch the character of the late Duke of Gordon has been drawn chiefly from the events of his public career. His conduct in the social relations of domestic life will be best estimated by those-and there are manywho had an opportunity of personal intercourse, Although not present on the memorable event of the King’s Visit to Scotland in 1822, his name was not forgotten by the Scottish muse on that occasion, In the “ Highland Chieftains’ Welcome ” the Marquis is thus eulogised :- “ And Huntly, at once the delight and the glory, The boast and the pride of the clans of the north ; Renowned not more in warrior’s story, Than in home’s happy circle, for true manly worth.” In the second part of “ Carle now the King’s come,” by the late Sir Walter Scott, he is also familiarly alluded to :- “ Cock 0’ the North, my Huntly bra’, Where are you with my Forty-twa ? Oh ! waes my heart that ye’re awa’- Carle now the King’s come !” The Marquis obtained the distinctive appellation of the “ Cock 0’ the North,” in allusion to his spirited copduct, as well as to the circumstance of his being the representative of an ancient and powerful family. Amid the occasional frolics of youth and the allurements of high life, however, the native goodness of his heart continued uncorrupted ; he was an especial friend to the poor, affection and confidence ; and we had fondly hoped that he might have been yet spared to us for many years, to strengthen our hands in the cause of charity, and to watch over the interests of the Scottish poor in this Metropolis. Of those excellencies which so strongly commended to us your late noble lord as the most fitting person to occupy the chair of this ancient Corporation, we can now only cherish the recollection-a recollection which, we’feel assured, is shared with us by his Sovereign who honoured him, and by his countrymen who loved him ; and, if we might allude to any topic of consolation less elevated than that which religion affords, we would particularise that heartfelt grief experienced at his loss by every one who was favoured by his friendship, or who came within the sphere of his beneficence. It is not the office-bearers of this Institution only who have reason to lament the decease of their late President ; for, in the death of the Duke of Gordon, Scotland has lost one of her most illustrious Noblemen, Great Britain one of her most consistent Statesmen, the King of these realms one of the firmest supporters of his throne, the cause of charity, generally, one of its most liberal contributors, and you, Madam, especially, have lost a companion, friend, and husband, by a stroke which can be healed by Him only who hath brought life and immortality to light by his Gospel. We embrace this opportunity of conveying to your Grace our hearty acknowledgments for your countenance and support so liberally bestowed on this charity, in co-operation with your late lamented husband. We know that your heart must be overflowing with grief, and to bid you check its present outpourings were to bid you do violence to the course of qature; but we recommend you unto Him who, having smitten, can also heal-wishing you that peace which proceedeth from believing, and after a prolonged life of usefulness in this world, in the world to come “that Crown of Glory, which is eternal in the Heavens.” Given nnder our common Seal, at our Hall, Crane Court, Fleet Street, on Wednesday the L. 5. I In conclusion, we are aware of our inability to estimate the depth of your Grace’s sorrow, Twenty-ninth of June, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-six. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. In the foregoing sketch the character of the late Duke of Gordon has been drawn ...

Book 8  p. 265
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198 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. “ For worth revered, 10 I full of years, Amid the sorrowing people’s tears, Does Hopetoun to the tomb descend, Who mourn their constant, kindest friend, Oft have I heard, as o’er hie land I wandered in my youthful days, The farmer bless his fostering hand, And ploughman’s ruder note of praise. Oft,(too, in Humbie’s fairy vale- Of Hopetoun have I heard the tale Romantic vale I so sweetly wild- Of sorrow soothed or want beguiled. The mausoleum may arise, But far superior are the sighs Displaying well the sculptor’s art ; That rise from many a wounded heart. The historic record shall survive, The legendary tribute live And unimpaired its meed bestow ; When time haa laid the structure low. In early life to warfare trained, He gained the glory arms can yield ; When Gallia had her lilies stained On Minden’s memorable field. Hsnce wreathed, the titled path he trod- A path (haw few pursue his plan !) Bright, marked with piety to God And warm benevolence to man. The niche he leaves a brother fills, Long, long o’er Scotia’s vales and hills Whose prowess fame has blazoned wide ; Shall Niddry’s deeds be told with pride !” Having no male issue, the Earl of Hopetoun was succeeded by his half-brother John, fourth Earl, G.C.B., and General in the Army, who had distinguished himself so much by his gallantry and abilities in the West Indies in 1794 ; in Holland in 1799 j and at the battles of Corunna, Bayonne, Bourdeaux, and Toulouse. For these services he was created a British Peer in 1814, by the title of Baron Niddry. A handsome equestrian statue has lately been erected to his memory in St. Andrew Square, in front of the Royal Bank, by the citizens of Edinburgh. . Earl John was twice married,-first, in 1798, to Elizabeth, youngest .(aughter of Charles Hope Vere of Craighall, who died without issue in 1801 ; secondly, in 1803, to Louisa Dorothea, third daughter of Sir John Wedderburn of Ballendean, by whom he had twelve children,’ of whom seven sons and It will be recollected that when George IV. visited Scotland in 1822, his Majesty embarked at Port-Edgar, having previously partaken of a repast at Hopetoun House with the Earl, his family, and a select company assembled for the occasion. While at breakfaat, one of the Earl’s sons, a lively He died at Paris on the 27th August 1823. ‘ ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. “ For worth revered, 10 I full of years, Amid the sorrowing people’s tears, Does ...

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412 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Mr. Sibbald was the son of a farmer at Whitelaw, in Roxbnrghshire, where he was born about 1747. He received his education at the grammar-school of Selkirk. Although fond of literary amusements, he does not seem to have contemplated following any other profession than that of his father. Accordingly, his first attempt to establish himself in the world was by becoming a lessee of the farm of Newton, which he held from Sir Walter Elliot of Stobbs. Here he carried on the business of farming for several years, relieving the monotony of rustic life by literary and scientific pursuits. In May 1779, however, finding the agricultural interest considerably depressed, he sold off his stock, gave up his lease, and, without any fixed purpose, repaired to Edinburgh with little more than a hundred pounds in his pocket. Having some acquaintance with Mr. Charles Elliot, an eminent and enterprising bookseller, he engaged for a short time as his shopman ; and, in about a year afterwards, bought the circulating library which had originally belonged to Allan Ramsay the poet.’ He then opened a bookseller’s shop in the Parliament Square, where, by a degree of enterprise surpassing his contemporaries, he soon obtained distinction. He was the first to introduce the better order of engavings into Edinburgh, many of which were coloured to resemble paintings. They were considered as altogether of foreign or English manufacture, and as such were extensively purchased ; but, having been one day detected in the act of colouring them himself, from that unlucky period his business in this line diminished. In 1783, Sibbald commenced the Edinburgh Magazine: which was exceedingly well received, and in which, as editor and principal contributor, he displayed much talent and great research. Anxious to devote his attention exclusively to literary pursuits, he formed an arrhngement .in 1791 with two young men, Lawrie and Symington, by which they were to have his stock and business on payment of an annual sum. Mr. Sibbald then entered into a newspaper speculation, the “ Edinburgh Herald,” which he conducted ; but it did not continue for any length of time. He next went to London: where he resided 1 It was from this librarp, originally established by the author of the “ Gentle Shepherd,” and we believe the oldest institution of the kind in the kingdom, that Sir Walter Scott, according to his own statement, read in his younger years with such avidity. The collection latterly contained above thirty thousand volumes. It was called the Edinburgh Circulating Library ; but the selection of books was very superior to what are usually to be met with in collections of that description. Almost all the eminent men of last century who studied in Edinburgh,’as well as many of a succeeding period (some of whom filled the first offices in the state), were readers of this library. After the death of Mr. Sibbald, it was purchased, and enlarged, by Mr. Alexander Hackay-of Blackcastle in Edinburghshire- who was then a bookseller in the High Street ; and who, upon retiring from business about the year 1832, and not finding a purchaser for the whole, sold it off by public auction. To this work Lord Hailea was a contributor. The Magazine wm subsequently conducted by Dr. Robert Andewon, author of the Lives of the Poets, and published by Mr. Mackay. While in London his Scottish relations altogether lost sight of him ; they neither knew where he lived, nor how he lived. At length his brother William, a merchant in Leith, made particular inquiry into these circumstances by a letter, which he sent through such a channel as to be sure of reaching him. The answer was comprised in the following words :-I‘ My lodging is in Soho, and my business is so-so.” ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Mr. Sibbald was the son of a farmer at Whitelaw, in Roxbnrghshire, where he was born ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 211 No. LXXXVII. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE DAVID EARL OF LEVEN AND MELVILLE. DAVID, sixth EARL of LEVEN and fifth of MELVILLE, was the only son of Alexander, fifth Earl of Leven, by Mary, daughter of Colonel Erskine of Carnock, and was born in 1722. His lordship entered the army in 1744, and held a company in the 16th Regiment of Foot ; but he left the military service on succeeding to the family titles and estates, by the demise of his father, in 1751. For a series of years his lordship seems to have interfered little in public matters. In 1773 he was appointed one of the Lords of Police-an office which he held till the abolition of that Board in 1782. In the following year he became Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly. In those days the “pomp and circumstance” of the Commissioner’s office were matters of much greater moment than they are at present. The levees ’ were then numerously attended by the nobility ; and the opening procession to the Assembly, in particular, created feelings of great excitement : the streets were thronged with people, and the windows crowded with all the beauty and fashion of the town, while the retinue of the Commissioner was generally numerous and imposing. The Sunday processions to church were also very attractive. In addition to the usual attendance of the military on such occasions, bands of music were in requisition, which, to the great annoyance of many a sturdy Presbyterian, struck up the moment the procession issued from the place where his Grace held his levee, and while it proceeded towards the High Church. The Commissioner was always preceded by the heralds, and followed by a long train of noblemen and gentlemen, both lay and clerical, besides ladies in full court dress.’ The Earl continued to act as Commissioner for nearly twenty years, and took much pleasure in the annual display of official greatness. The leader of the Assembly, during the greater part of that time, was the celebrated Principal Robertson, on the moderate side; his opponent being his own colleague in the Old Greyfriars’ Church, Dr. John Erskine of Carnock (cousin to the Earl), who led what was then called the dZd party. In 1801, the Earl (then in his 80th year) was succeeded in the Commissionership by Lord Napier ; and it may be mentioned, as an instance of the enthu- They were held in Fortune’s Tavern, Old Stamp-Office Close ; and when Fortune removed to . Princes Street, the levees took place in the King’s Arms Tavern, New Assembly Close, where the public dancing assemblies were held-afterwards the site of the Commercial Bank. The old Town Guard, who were always furnished with new unifoims for the occaaion, were allowed the honour of precedency, by takiug the right-hand side of the procession, in preference to the military. ... SKETCHES. 211 No. LXXXVII. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE DAVID EARL OF LEVEN AND MELVILLE. DAVID, sixth ...

Book 8  p. 297
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YAMES VI. TO RESTORATION OF CHARLES II. 93 Memyss, his next door neighbonr, who sent a party of servants to his aid, and had the unfortunate prelate brought to the shelter of the Earl’s own mansion.’ In the Greyfriars’ Church the service-book met with a similar reception, while most of the other cler,gy prudently delayed its use, till they should see how it was relished by the people. This memorable day was afterwards distinguished by the name of Stoney Sunday.’ ‘‘ The immortal Jenet Geddis,” as she is styled in a pamphlet of the period, survived long after her heroic onslaught on the Dean of Edinburgh. She kept a cabbage-stall at the Tron Kirk, as late as 1661, and, notwithstanding the scepticism of some zealous investigators, the Society of Antiquaries for Scotland still show, in their museum, her formidable weapon-the cutty stool,-with which this heroine struck the initial stroke in the great civil war.’ The multitudes of,all ranks, who speedily assembled in Edinburgh, determined to unite for mutual protection, They formed a league for the defence of religion, each section being classified according to their ranks, and thus arose the famous committees called the Fow TABLES. On the royal edict for the maintenance of the service-book being proclaimed at the Market Cross, on the 22d February 1638, a solemn protest was read aloud by some of the chief noblemen of that party deputed for that purpose, and five days afterwards, between two and three hundred clergymen and others assembled at the Tailors’ Hall (a fine old building still existing in the Cowgate), and took into consideration the COVENANTth at had been drawn up. This important document was presented to a vast multitude, who assembled on the following day in the Greyfriars’ Chtrch and Churchyard. It was solemnly read aloud, and after being signed by the nobles and others in the church, it was laid on a &t tombstone in the churchyard, and eagerly signed by all ranks of the people. The parchment on which it was engrossed was four feet long, and when there was no longer room on either side to write their namee, the people subscribed their initials round the margin. The same National Covenant, when renewed at a later date, was placed for signature in an old mansion, long afterwards used as a tavern, and which still remains in good preservation, at the foot of the Covenant Close, as it has ever since been called. In the year 1641 Charles again visited Edinburgh, for the purpose of ‘‘ quieting distrac- - tion for the people’s satisfaction.” The visit, however, led to little good ; he offended his friends without conciliating his enemies, and after another civic entertainment from the magistrates of the city, he bade a h a 1 adieu to his Scottish capital. He is said to have been fond of the game of golf, and the following anecdote is told of him in connection with it:- While he was engaged in a party at this game, on the Links of Leith, a letter was delivered into his hands, which gave him the first account of the insurrection and rebellion in Ireland. On reading which, he suddenly called for his coach, and, leaning on one of his attendants, and in great agitation, drove to the Palace of Holyrood House, from whence next day he set out for London.’ The Covenanters followed up their initiatory movement in the most resolute and effective 1 (!hambera%~ Rebellions in Scotland, vol. i p. 66, 1 Edinburgh’a Joy, &c., 1661. ’ W. Tytler of Woodhouselee, Esq., Archceologia Scotica, voi. i p. 603. * Arnot, p. 109. Chambers’s Winor htiq., p. 180. Charles’s immediate departure for London, ae he stayed till the diaaolution of the Scottish Parliament. The anecdote is 80 far incorrect aa to. ... VI. TO RESTORATION OF CHARLES II. 93 Memyss, his next door neighbonr, who sent a party of servants to his ...

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370 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. pilgrimage to on May Day, I. 379 geology of the hill 11. 303, 304 origin of the name: 11.304, 305 plan of, I I. * 304 Articles of Union, The, I. 163 Artillery Park, The, 11. 41 Artois, Count d', I. 162,11.76,78,75 Ashbrook House 111.307 Assay Office and'(;oldmths' Hall I* 376 dral, 1. IM Assembly aisle, St. Giles's Cathe Assemblv Close. The old. I. I@U I . 242, II. 254 ' Assembly Hall, I, go, g6, 337, I1 Assembly House The I. a43 Assembly of Birds Club, 111. 123 Assemblyof the Freechurch, Firs1 meeting of the, 111. 87 k m b l y of the Kirk of Scotland Plate 13 Assembly Rooms, The, 11.148,150 111. 271 283; rules of, 11. 149 Assemblykooms Leith 111. 1y8 Aaociation of dorters,' Tablet o the, Tolbmth Wynd, Lith, 111 AstroLomicaI Institution, 11.106 Athens, Edinburgh the modern, I Athol, Earls of, I. ag, 3, 54 143 111.180, 3a3 ; Countess of, I. 46 Athole, Duke of, 11. log, 151.111 95. '99, 111. 123 228 'aa9 2,111.324 W5 Athole, Marquis OK 11.352 Athole Crescent, 11. z q , 210, 213 Athole Street, 111. 75 Auchindicny, 111. 359 Auchiuleck. Lord, 1. gg, 181, z g Auchtyfardel, Kennedy of, I. 1y6 Audience Chamber, Hol- Audley, ' h d , 11. 283 Augustine Canons of St., 11. 47 '' Auld 'Camcranian Meeung Auld Kirk Style 1. '53 "Auld Reekie "'111. 122 Austin, Dr. A&m I. 91 11. p a Avenue, The, B r k d l d L i k s Avonmore Lord 111.307 Aytoun, h e & r I. 88 11. 140, 158, m , *d, IiI. 68, 'as, 95 Aytoun, lady, 1 1 . p Aytounsof Inchdaunie, The. 1. d 11. I66 Palace 11. 74 house," 1. 259 111. * 33 B U, Worship of, 11.311 Baberton 111.31 334 Back Ro;, The, PI. 338, 111. 54 Back Stairs, The. 11. 247. a 4 ~ 246, . . . -. . -. . . 274 274 Baddeley, Mrs., the actress, I. 34C Bagimont, Cardinal, 11. 285; hh roll ib. Baije; Hole The I. 175 Bailie Fyie';Cl& I. 240 243 262 II. 173 ; fall ot i stone'tene'mei in, I. 240, *a41 Bailie Grants Close, I. y r Bailie Kyd, 11. IZI Bailie's Court, 11. 242 Baillie, Charles, Lord Jerviswde, Baillie Colonel Alexander, 11. 172 Baillie: Sir William, I. 186 Baillie, Murder of Lady, 111. 156 Baillie Robert 111. Sg Bainfiild, 11. dxg ; its mdia-rubber manufactories, ib. Bain Whyt, Songs in memory of, 11.219 Baud, Sir David I. Sg b i r d of Saughtdn, Su Robert, I. 88, 226 Baird Principal 11. 206, 238 Bairds of Newbyth, The, I. go, III.122 Bairdsof Sanghton, The, 111. 319 Baird's Close, I. 98, gg Bakehouse Close, 11. 9,27 Balc?nquall. Dr.. Heriot'sexecutor. 11. d, log II.3&,367 - Balcamq, Earl of, I. 66, 11. 143 ; Countess of, 11. 143 Balcarres James Earl of, I. 275, 276 ; wke of I. 276 Bale-fires, EAction of, I. 31, 78, Ralerno villaee, 111. 162 Balfour, Jamie, 1. 179 Bdfour Sir Andrew I 11. "5 62, 363; the Eknburgh bo&i$ garden, I. 362 Balfour, Sir James, I. 47, 51, 55, 1232 '958 2 0 9 q. '220 270, 3718 11. 222, 233, 285, 111. j, 7, 29, 56, 58, 59, 99, 178, 183, zaz, 263, 272, 2757 2Yt 291, 3351 351 Balfour, Dr., the botanist, 111. 98 Halfour, ohn, 111. 92 Balfour iobert, 111. 3, 7 Balfouiof Pilrig, James, 111. 91 Balfour Street 111. 163 Balgonie, LA, III. 250 BaIgmy, Lord. 11. 343 Ballantine, James, the glassstainer, Ballnnt$e Atbot 11. II his 172, Ballantyne, the printer, 11. 26, 30, Ballahyne's Close, Gnssmarket, Balloon ascents 111. 135 Balls, Old S c o t h , 1. 243 Balmuto, Lord, I. 175 173 Balmerino, Lord, 1. 5 5 z q , 2r3, 327, 11. 101, 103, 191. 111. 128, 131. 135. 186 186, 222,317 ; his brother 111. z6a Balmerinb House, 111. * 221 Baltic Street, Leith, 111. 239 Banff, Lord, I. 165 Hangholm Bower, 111. Bankclose, I. ~oa, 116, F;617r, 186, 111.99 Bank of Leith, 111. I 52. * a36 239 Bank of Scotland, I. 176, 4, 11. 1 3 , ~ s . * y6, P+r 12 ; i u charter, I. 93, 91; view from Princes Street, Plate '7 Bank Street, I. 101, 107, 219, 292, 11. 82, 93 95 139 111. 78 Bankton, Lrd: 1. Bannatyne, Sir Robert, I. IW Bannatyne, Sir William Macleod, II 348 111. 8 bridge a; Leith, iII. 161, '51,273 122 111.74 11. *azg 11.35 111. '87 Bannatyne, Lad, I. 1~1.111. 127 Bannatyne Club, The, I. 260, 375, Banner Place, 111. a8 Bannockburn (see Battles) Banquets at the Croy I. 1 ~ ) Barber, A contumacious, 11. 331 Barben. The 11.267 Barber-surge&, The, 11. 266 Barcaple, Lord, 11. z q Barclay, t m e s teacher of the High Sc 001 il. 191 Barclay, Rev.' Dr. Thomas, 111. 337 239 Buchy, John, and the Bereans, 1. Barclay Free Church, The, 111. B a r e s The 11. 225 Barganie,L.o;d,III.4); hoaseof, ib. Harker's panorama, 111. xr) Barnard, Sk Andrew, I. 276 ; Lady Anne, wife of, author of "Add Barnes Nook, Leith Harbour. 111. 34 *32 Robin Gray," ib. 210 Barnton, Sir Robert, 111. 3r7 Barnton House, III.316,317,~3~0; its suoCe5sive ownem 111. 317 ISaron-tFlilie, Office of,'II. IB~, 183 Baron Grant's Close, I. y x ; his h o w , ib. Baron Made's Close, I. 082 Baron Norton(wcNorton, Fktcher) Baron of Spittalfield, Provost bir Barony Street, 11. 181, 183 Barracks for the troops, I. 78 Barrier-gateway,Edinburgh Castle, Patrick, 11. 263, 278 I. *A6 gy 'the actor I. 343 Bartons The, merchants of Leith, am imming, Lkd, 111. 67 111.199, 204 =t m3, w =4 2'4 Rass the comedian, 11. 179 Baskdyne, Thomas, the typm grapher, I. q, 111, 213, 2x5, 277 ; his Bible I. q. 11. 131 Bassandyne's Clbse I. 213, 359 Bathheld Leith IiI. 19 Bathgate: Portdhello, 111. 147 UathStreet Portobello 111. r ~ ! 4 8 Bathing-michines, d o f , in irh, 11. 1x9, 111. 166 Battle or Camus Stone, The, 111. 326 Battles :- Antrum, 111. 170 Bannockburn, II.@, 92,197,111. Burghmuir, I. 297.111. 33 Corrichie, 11. 58 Culloden, I. 69, 11. 23, 27. 34, Drumclog 11. 231 Dunbar, i. 2% 55, 159, 11. 182, 32k 367,3837 111- 4% 1877 338 Dun lane 1.40 Durham i. 26 11.47 Falkirk,'I. 13&, 11. 298, 3 8 ~ 1 1 1 , 222 a 6 111. 107, 310 Flodden, I. 36, 38, 142, 1% 151, 191, 382,II. 155, 178, 279, 111. enlivat I. a46 Halidon kill 11. 216 Homildon Hill, 111. xIg Invercarron 11. 13 Linliihgow bridge, I. 42, 111. mz Melrose I. I Nisbetduir, #I. 91 Otterbourne, 111. 338 Pentland, I. %I, 11. 131 Pinkie, I. 43, 310, 11. 57, 65, 66, 244 2781 111. 35, 107, '74 218, 339 Preston ans, I. 327, 11. 281 Sark, I. 31, Ill. 346 Sauchiebum, I. 35, 111. px) Bavelaw Burn 111. '64 Baxter's close: I. 106,366 Baxter's House, I. 107 Baxter's Lands 111. 9( Baxters, The, dr bakers, 11. 266 hyll's, or Bayle's, Tavern, John, Beach and sands of North Leith, Bcaca newspaper The 11. 242 Beacons, Ligbtmgbf th: 11.371374 Bearford's Parks 11. 1;5 rr6,idz Beaton, Cardinai, I. 4?, 11. 64 III. 1% 1% ; armor!al bwingl of 1. *z6r 263' his house I. a?\, *At; kurdirof, I. 263, h I . 150 ; portrait of, 111. 45 Beaton, James, Archbishop of Gla4 gow, 11. 285, 287 hattie Dr., 1. 101, IZX, 156, 236, Beattre's Close, 11. 235 Bedford, Paul, the actor, I. 351 Bedford Street, 111. 7p Beechwood 111. 1% 105 Hegbk lviysterious murder 01 Beggars' aenison, Order of the, " Beggar's Opcra," The, 11. 38 Lkggar's Row I. 340 Heggaq Rulks for the riddance 06 Beith'r Wynd, I. I Z I , I ~ Z , 123 Belgrave Crescent 111.67 Belhaven Lord Ii.139; hiswife,ib. Llelhaven: Rodrt Viscount, 11.59; monument to IL 6u Belhawn. the 'Earl Marischal, I. 354 115. 1637 279, 354, 111. 243 G~ 29, 35, 51, 56, 317, 346 Ro&, PII. 351,352 IJJ. 125, 140 111.258, 159 11. ,a;, wiilikm, I. 280 111. 123 11. 241 67, 163. 271 ?haven, Lady Penelope, 111. p Belhaven's Vision," 1. 178 Bell, Andrew engraver originator of the 'I dncyclopdia Hritan. nica," I. 223, 11. IZI Bell, Dr. Benjamin. 111. 140 Bell. Dr. John, anatomist, 11.303 Bell, Prof. George Joseph, I. 15% Bell, Henry Glassford, 11. rm Bell and Bradfute, Messrs., 11. 139 Bell, the antiquary, 111.2, 3 Bell Close, 1. 91, 11. 23 Bell-house The I. 119 Bell Rock'lightLoux, 111. 224 Bell, The ten o'clock, I. I* Bell's Brewery, 1. 382 11. 157, 218 Bell's Mills, I, 324, 11. 115,111.63; the bridge. 111. 63. *64 Bell's Mills Loan, 11. 214 Bell's Wynd I. 149 240 i 5 Bellamy, th:actor, i. 34; ; ?us wife, Bellenden Lord 11. IT Hellenden: Lord' Justice-Clerk, 11. 11. 23, 24, 25 71 111. 7 Bellinden, Sir Lewis, 11. 3, 181 Hellenden, Sir William, 11. 181 Bellevue 11. 191, a6g Bellevud Crescevt, 11. 191, III. RR Biievue Gardens 11. 191 Bellevue H O ~ Z f. 217. III. 12) Bellevue Street'III. 88 Bells and clock), St. Giles's Cathedral, I. 146 Bcnf-syylvrr, or rushes, 11. zyo Bequests to Edinburgh University, 111. 26 BernardStrect, Leith, III.171,208. 234. 235, 936 * ~ 3 7 ~ 238, 23% 144 Bernards NooL Leith 111.238,17r Berri, Duc de h Hol;rood 11. 76 Bertraham, Piovort, I. - 7 , ' ~ . 278 Bess Wynd, 1, 48 Beth's Wynd, 1, 175 kkthune James Archbiihop of Ghgdw, 1. 26; Bible Society, Room where it was inaugurated 11. 161 Bider, or st&t disturbances. 11. Binnie Craigi 1. 86- Binnie's C I ~ , St. Gies's street, Binning, Su William I. 378 Binny, Sir William, Aovost, I. p, Leith, 111. 226 11 "Rw --. -"- Birrel, the historian, I. 246,383,II. Bishdp's Land I. 208 11. 38 Hisset Wi11iA I I I . ; ~ Black,' Adam, iond Provost, I. a85> Black, hr., 1.136,271, 274,II. 120, 168, '54s 2558 298, 30% 334 383 ; his house, 11. *340 Black John of Ormiston 1 . 7 Black, John, the Do&- friar, Black Acts, The 11. I I Blackadder Sir batri& 1. 36 Blackadder: Rev. John,' the Cow. nanter, 11. 19, 111. 18g !lackadder Castle 1.40 Black Bull" inn' 11.177 Black dinner," The 1. 30 Bkckford, Hills of, IiI. I, 36,38,41, Blackfrars Church 111. 223 Blackfriars Garden& 1. IIO Blackfriars Kirkyard 11.379 Blackfriam Monasteh, I. 266, 11. 284, 285, 286, 288, 302, 327; destruction of the 11. 286 Blackfriars Stree: I. 264 Blackfriars Wynd, I. 3, 38, 39, 75, 19% -8 4 119, 4 2537 255 *257, "258, 2;g1261,262,263 264: 3741 11: 24% 1.r9, 287,. 2931 lil. 4, la ; aristocratic farmlies formerly resident therein, I. 258, 11. 118; Catholic chapels in 1. 261 Black Friary 1.258 '11. 234 Blackie, Pro;, 11. z;8, 111. p ' Black Knight of Liddesdale. 111. 7 5 7% 034, 364, 374. 111. '34, 182 275 2942 ',339,*346 1I.128,194,284 11. 186 ;lack craig, lhe,'II. 103 499 32.6 354, 355 Blacklock. Dr. Thomas. the blind poet, I.'106 11. 330, 356, 346 Blacklock's dose I1 242 Black Murdoch oi Khtail, 11. Black rappee. I n d u c t i o n of, E. ~ -. . '91 Black Rocks, Leith Harbour, 111. '7 I m, 01 Blaci & d o f Scotland, 1. a3 " Black Saturday," The, 111. 133 BlackTom and theghost 111. 34 Black Turnpike The I. 136, m+, bitter reception of Queen Mary at, I. 204 206, 11. 71. ;Is, ;&, 111. 62; ... OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. pilgrimage to on May Day, I. 379 geology of the hill 11. 303, 304 origin of the name: ...

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APPENDIX. 439 trA model of Edinburgh was executed by the late Gavin Hamilton, bookeeIler : it was most accurat& done, with his intended improvements of carrying a street of a gentle ascent from the Grassmarket in a line up to the west end of the Luckenbooths, for which purpose he could shift the repmentation of the home, and lay open his plan to public view. This finished work cost him some yeears’ labour, and was shown in a room of the Royal Infirmary in 1753 and 1754 : but after his .death it was neglected, and destroyed for firewood His proposals, like other commodious, salutary, and beneficial projects for the improvement of the place, were rejected ; as was likewise the scheme of an entry into the High Street of Edinburgh from St Cuthbert’s or West Church, along the hill side by south and west of the Castle, which by a gradual ascent might be completed at no very considerable sum, to facilitate the easier conveyance of carriages from the south and west than by the West Bow, a most inconvenient and steep height for horses with coals and other articles for the citizens’ me ; this might terminate the head of the causeway on the Castle HilL A south entry to the High Street being much wanted for the =me necessary purposes, has been of late proposed, but hitherto rejected also, from an excessof toll all needful carriages would be subjected to, which many of the inhabitants are unable to bear. “Sir John Dalrymple has been at uncommon care and expence in causing to be executed an accnrate survey and plan for an easy access inta the city from the south, by a gentle declivity and ascent from the High Street at the head of Marlin’s Wynd to Nicolson’BPark in a streight line, without any amh.” The following jm d’e8p-d may suffice, like some of the school-rhymed arithmetical and grammatical d e s , days of the month, and the like useful help8 to short memories, to preserve in the reader’s recollection some memento of the strange associations that have already been related in sober prose as pertaining to the old West Bow : the like of which he will in vain seek for in any existing corner either of the Old or New Town. THE WAST BOW. DEDICATETDO THE HON.BO ARDOF COMMISSIONEFROSR C r r ~IM PBOVEMWXTS. Through the auld Wast Bow, and to the Grass-Market, Mony a ane haa gane daun fast an’ erie ; Gentles wi’ htillands fn’ brawly besarkit*- Covenant hauldera 0’ warld’a care fu’ weary,- Doom gaol an’ gallows birds naething has carkit, Fu’ dauntonly fitting it to the Gram-Market. Hurrying doun, stoiterin’ an’ stumhlin’, The gleger ye gang better luck against tumblin’ : Up o’er its crooked an’ dingy suld oausey, Fu’ atately an’ trig in their cleadin’ 0’ braws, Our Jamiea escorted ilk royal Scottish lassie To weddin’ and beddin’ in Holyrood ha’s ; Our pedant, King Jamie, King Charlie the naucy, As’ bauld Noll, rade in state, ilka ane o’er ita caueey, Hurrying doun, 8c. An’ Provost an’ Bailies, fu’ prudely I’se warrant, Ha’e bided for Royalty doun the Wast Bow ; An’ speered at the yet\ whan he cam, fur his errand, An’ keeked round the corner, wi’ face in a IOW ; An’ h o n an’ Guild-Dean, an’ Town-Clerk auld-farand, Pracheging their beat bow id loyale I’M warrant. Hurrying douti, &O . ... 439 trA model of Edinburgh was executed by the late Gavin Hamilton, bookeeIler : it was most ...

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ECCLESIASTICAL ANTIQUITIES. 383 burnt as a heretic. Only two years before, the Dean of Guild paid 6s. (‘ for papthg of Sant Geile ; ” and for mending and polishing Saint Gelis arme, 12d.,” but his honours were rudely put an end to by the rioters of 1558; and only four years thereafter the Saint’s silver-work, ring, and jewels, and all the vestments wherewith his image and his arm bone were wont to be decorated on high festivals of the Church, were sold by authority of the Magistrates, and the proceeds employed in repairing the Church. Sir David Lindsay deserves more credit than has yet been ascribed to him for the irreverent handling of the saint on this occasion. His Monarchie was finished in 1553, and had then had time to have produced its influence on the popular mind. His description of the honours paid by the citizens of Edinburgh to their Patron Saint is sufEciently graphic ; nor does he hesitate to forewarn the clergy of the recompense that so speedily followed :- Of Edinburgh, the p i t idolatrie, And manifest abhominatioun, On thair feist day, all creature may see, Thay beir ane auld stok image throuch the toun, With talbrone, trumpet, schahe, and clarioun ; Quhilk hea bene usit mony ane yeir bygone, With priestis, and freiris, into processioun, Siclyke, as Bell wes borne throuch Babylone. Fy on yow, freiris ! that usis for to preiche, And dois assist to sik idolatrie : Quhy do ye nocht the ignorant pepill teiche, How ane deid image carvit of ane tre, As it war haly, suld nocht honourit be ; Nor borne on burges backis, up and doun : Bot, ye schaw planelie your hypocrisie, Quhen ye pas formest in processioun. Fy on yow, fosteraria of idolatrie I That till ane deid stok, dois aik reverence,. In presens of the pepill publicklie ; Feir ye nocht God, to commit sik offence I coundl yow do yit your diligence, To gar suppresse sik greit abusioun : Do ye nocht sa, I dreid your recompense, Sall be nocht ellis, bot clene confusioun. The arm bone of the Patron Saint, procured at so great a cost, and heretofore commanding the devout admiration of the faithful, was most probably flung out into the neighbouring churchyard, soon after the discomfiture of his adherents, to mingle unheeded with the ashes of forgotten generations. One fact, however, we learn, from the charter granted by the Magistrates to Preston of Gortoun, as to the appropriation of different parts of the church at that period-viz., that the Lady Aisle, where the altar of the blessed Virgin Mary stood, was part of what now forms the south aisle of the choir, or High Church. To this altar we find one of the earliest recorded gifts bestowed, in the reign of David IL, when the first mention of distinct chantries in St Giles’s Church is found-viz., “Carta to the Lady Altar of St Geille’s, of ane tenement in Edinburgh, given by William Here, burges of Edinburgh.” From the style of architecture which prevails through the older 1 Robertaon’e Index, 1798, temp. David IL, p. 66. The date of the charter is 1365. Regist. Mag. Sigil4 p. 54. The deed of gift to St &therinds Altar in the =me reign is dated 1359. ... ANTIQUITIES. 383 burnt as a heretic. Only two years before, the Dean of Guild paid 6s. (‘ for ...

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I 86 MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. The ancient prison of Edinburgh had its EAST and WEST ENDS, known to the last by these same distinctive appellations, that mark the patrician and plebeian districts of the British metropolis. The line of division is apparent in our engraved view, showing the western and larger portion of the building constructed of coarse rubble work, while the earlier edifice, at the east end, was built of polished stone. This distinction was still more apparent on the north side, which, though much more ornamental, could only be viewed in detail, owing to the narrowness of the street, and has not, as far as we are aware, been represented in any engraving.’ It had, on the first floor, a large and deeply splayed square window, decorated on either side with richly carved Gothic niches, surmounted with ornamental canopies of varied designs. A smaller window on the floor above was flanked with similar decorations, the whole of which were, in all probability, originally filled with statues. Maitland mentions, and attempts to refute, a tradition that this had been the mansion of the Provost of St Giles’s Church, but there seems little reason to doubt that it had been originally erected as some such appendage to t,he church. The style of ornament was entirely that of a collegiate building attached to an ecclesiastical edifice ; and its situation and architectural adornments suggest the idea of its having been the residence of the Provost or Dean, while the prebends and other members of the college were accommodated in the buildings on the south side of the church, removed in the year 1632 to make way for the Parliament House. If this idea is correct, the edifice was, in all probability, built shortly after the year 1466, when a charter was granted by King James III., erecting St Giles’s into a collegiate church ; and it may further have included a chapter-house for the college, whose convenient dimensions would lead to its adoption as a place of meeting for the Scottish Parliaments. The date thus assigned to the most ancient portion of the “ Heart; of Midlothian,” receives considerable confirmation from the style of the building ; but Parliaments had assembled in Edinburgh long before that period ; three, at least, were held there during the reign of James I., and when his assassination at Perth, iu 1437, led to the abandonment of the Fair City as the chief residence of the Court, and thh ’capital of the kingdom, the first general council of the new reign took place in the Castle of Edinburgh. We have already described the remains of the Old‘ Parliament Hall still existing there; and this, it is probable, was the scene of all such assemblies as were held at Edinburgh in earlier reigns. The next Parliament of James 11. was summoned to meet at Stirling, the following year, in the month of March; but another was held that same year in the month of November, “ in pretorio burgi de Edinburgh.” The same Latin term for the Tolbooth is repeated in the minutes of another Assembly of the Estates held there in 1449 ; and, in 1451, the old Scottish name appears for the first time in “ the parleament of ane richt hie and excellent prince, and our soverane lorde, James the Secunde, be the grace of Gode, King of Scotts, haldyn at Edinburgh the begunyn in the Tolbuth of the samyn.”2 A much older, and probably larger, erection must therefore have existed on the site of the We have drawn the view at the head of the Chapter from a slight aketch taken shortly before ita demolition, by Mr D. Somerville ; with the assistance of a most ingenious model of St Giles’s Church and the aurroonding buildings, made by the Rev. John She, about the year 1805, to which we were also partly indebted for the south view of the aame building. Acts of Scottish Parliaments, folio, vol. ii. ... 86 MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. The ancient prison of Edinburgh had its EAST and WEST ENDS, known to the last ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 321 . Such is a brief account of the election; but when the scrutiny had been entered into, the precaution of the Dean of Faculty was found to have been highly judicious. On finding himself in a minority, Dr. Carlyle wisely withdrew his claim before the report of the committee was presented. Professor Dalziel was thereupon declared the “ successful candidate.” PROFESSOARN DREWD ALZIELw as the son of respectable, although not wealthy parents. His father was a wright, or carpenter, at the village of Kirkliston, in Linlithgowshire. He was born in 1742, and educated at the school of the village. Dr. Drysdale was at that time minister of Kirkliston ; and, fortunately for the young scholar, took much interest in his progress, by assisting and directing him in his studies. In course of time young Dalziel entered the University of Edinburgh; where, with a view to the ministry, he studied with much success, and acquired a classical as well as theological education. In the Divinity Hall he is known to have delivered the prescribed course of lectures to the satisfaction of Professor Hamilton ; but it does not appear that he ever was licensed. About this time he was fortunately appointed tutor to Lord Maitland (Earl of Lauderdale), with whom he travelled to Paris, and pleased his pupil’s father so much, that, shortly after his return from France, the Earl resolved to use his influence with the Town Council of Edinburgh to procure his election to the Greek chair, then vacant by the death of Professor Robert Hunter. Among other obstacles in the way of his preferment, some of the Council favoured another candidate, Mr. Duke Gordon, afterwards well known for many years as under-librarian of the College.’ The interest of the Earl of Lauderdale, however, prevailed ; and Dalziel was appointed to the Greek chair in 1773. The enthusiastic manner in which the young Professor immediately set about discharging the duties of the chair justified the choice which had been made. 1 Mr. Duke Gordon was the son of a linen manufacturer, and born in the Potterrow, Edinburgh. His father was a native of Euntly-a Jacobite-and a thorough clansman. Hence, in testimony of his respect to the head of the clan, his son was called Duke Gordon. Duke (who abhorred the name) was educated at a school kept in the Cowgate by Mr. Andrew Waddell-a nonjurant-who had “been out in the forty-five,” and was of course patronised by all his Jacobitical friends. Duke Gordon made great progress under Mr. Waddell ; and, although compelled to follow hu father’s profession for several years, had imbibed such a desire for languages, that he contrived to prosecute his studies ; and, on the death of the old man, abandoned the manufacture of linen altogether, and devoted himself entirely to literature. He had views to the ministry ; but some peculiar notions which he entertained on theology shut the chorch doors upon him. In 1763 he was appointed assistant-librarian of the College Library -a situation for which he was peculiarly well qualified by his extensive learning and general literary acquirementa. The emoluments of the office being limited, he taught elasaes at his own house, by which he added considerably to his income. He never was married ; and, such was his frugality, he died in 1802 worth a great deal of money. To three of his particular friends-Professor Dalziel, the Rev. Andrew Johnston, minister of Salton, and Mr. William White, writer in Edinburgh-he conveyed, by his will, all his effecta, burdened with a life annuity to his only sister, the wife of a respectable shoemaker, together with several other private legacies. His public bequests were- E500 to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh ; the reversion of a tenement of houses, of nearly the aanie value, to the poor of the parish of St. Cuthbert’s ; and such of his books to the Library of the Univenity of Ediibnrgh as the Librarian should think proper to be added to that collection. 2 T ... SKETCHES. 321 . Such is a brief account of the election; but when the scrutiny had been entered ...

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238 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. not subscribe to that opinion ; for even when in his more devoted hours at the shrine of Bacchus, he preserved a modesty and gentleness of manners, exhibited by few of his age, sprightly humour, and unpatronised situation." Of the intimacy betwixt the poet and his biographer, the following anecdote affords a characteristic instance. Mr. Sommers, alluding to his shop in the Parliament Square, states that he was frequently visited by the poet, when passing to or from the Comniissary Office :-" In one of those visits I happened to be absent ; he found, however, my shopboy Robert Aikman (a great favourite of Fergusson), then engaged in copying from a collection of manuscript hymns one on the Creation, given to him by a friend of the author, in order to improve his hand in writing. Fergusson looked at the hymn, and supposing that I had given it to the boy, not merely to transcribe, but to learn its serious contents, took the pen out of his hand, and upon a small slip of paper wrote the following lines : - ' Tom Sommers is a gloomy man, His mind is dark within ; 0 holy - ! glaze his soul, That light may enter in.' He then desired the boy to give his compliments to me, delivered to him the slip of paper, and retired." Another circumstance relative to the only portrait known to have been taken of the poet, is too interesting to be omitted. Speaking of Ruiaciman, the painter, Sommers says-" That artist was at this time painting, in his own house in the Pleasance, a picture on a half-length cloth of the Prodigal Son, in which his fancy and pencil had introduced every necessary object and circumstance suggested by the sacred passage. I was much pleased with the composition, colouring, and admirable effect of the piece, at least what was done of it; but expressed my surprise at observing a large space in the centre, exhibiting nothing but chalk outlines of a human figure. He informed me that he had reserved that space for the Prodigal, but could not find a young man whose personal form and expressive features were such as he could approve of, and commit to the canvas. Robert Fergusson's face and figure instantly occurred to me ; not from an idea that Fergusson's real character was that of the Prodigal; by no means-but on account of his sprightly humour, personal appearance, and striking features. I asked Mr. Runciman if he knew the poet? He answered in the negative, but that he had often read and admired the poems. That evening at five I appointed to meet with him and the poet in a tavern, Parliament Close. We did so, and I introduced him. The painter was much pleased, both with his figure and conversation. I intimated to Ferpsson the nature of the business on which we met. He agreed to sit next forenoon.. I accompanied him for that purpose; and in a few days the picture strikingly exhibited the bard in the character of a prodigal, sitting on a grassy bank, surrounded by swine, some of which were sleeping, and others feeding ; his right leg over his left knee ; eyes uplifted ; At his own desire I called to see it. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. not subscribe to that opinion ; for even when in his more devoted hours at the shrine ...

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viii LIST OF ILL USTRA TIONS, 74. OLD ASSEMBLYR OOM&W ESTB ow, 75. Clamshell Turnpike, . 76. Lochaber Axes, . 77. Ancient Inacriptiong, from Blackfriars’ Wynd, 78. Allan Ramsay’s Shop, opposite Niddry‘s 79. Ancient Gothic Corbel, North Gray’s Cloae, . 80. Ancient Sculpture, the Offering of the Wise Men, from Sandiland’s Close, . 81. JOHKNNO X’BH OWBNEE, THERBOW,. 82. Ancient Doorway, Blackfriars’ Wynd, 83. CARDINABLE ATON’HS OUSEC,O WGATE, 84. Ancient Doorways, Fountain Close, . 85. NETHERBOPWO RTF,R OM THE EAST, . 86. Canongate Tolbooth, . 87. Gothic Niche, Old Fleshmarket Close, Canon- 88. SYOLLET’HS OUSE,S T JOHSNT RF.ETC, ANON. 89. Canongate Cross, . WPd, . ,. gate, . OATE, . 90. MANSION OF aEOUCiE FIRST NARQUIS OF HUNTLYB, AKEHOUSCEL OSE,C ANOXGATE., 91. .NISBETO F DIRLETON’HS OUSEC, ANONGATE., 92. Jenny Ha’s Change-House, Canongate, . 93. BACKO F TEE WHITE HORSEC L OC~AN ON- 94. Ancient Turnpike Stair, Symson’s House, 95. Tirling Pin, Mint Close, . 96. Ancient Inscription, Cowgate, 97. Initials from an Ancient Doorway, Cow- GATE, Cowgate, . gate, * 98. SYMSON’B (THE PRINTER’S) HOUSE, COWGATE, . PACE 232 244 246 249 251 254 256 257 264 265 272 273 276 278 288 293 293 297 300 304 310 317 321 323 324 PAOB 99. Tailors’ Hall, Cowgate, . . 326 100. FRENCAHM BASSAIIOBC’HBA PELC, OWGATE,. 328 101. BROWNSQ UAREFR, OM THE SOCIETY., . 332 102. Uothic Niche, College Wynd, , 332 103. Major Weir’s House, West Bow, . . 333 104. THE WEST BOW, ENTRANCE TO MAJOR WEIR’S HOUSE, . . 336 105, Ancient Finials, from the Grassmarket, . 343 106, THE POTTERROW, . . 344 107. HOSPITAOFL OUR LADY, PAUL’8 WORK, 352 108. ST NIKIAN’SR ow, 1845, . . 356 109. Sculpture Arms, Vinegar Close, Leith, . 356 110. ANCIERTCO UNCIL-HOU8E, COALHILL, LEITH, . 361 111. ANCIENTS IGNALT OWERT, OLBOOTWH YND, LEITH, . 365 112. Cinerary Urn, dug np at the Dean, . . 370 113. The Tolbooth of Broughton, . . 372 114. Chapel of Robert, Duke of Albany, St Giles’s Church, . . 377 115. Norman Doorway, North Porch, St Giles’a Church, . . 379 116 ST GILES’S CHURCH, FROM THE NORTHWest, . 384 117. Sculptured BOSBf, rom St Eloi‘s Chapel, St Giles’s Church, . . . 387 118. Ornamental Details, from Trinity College Church, . . 395 119. TRINITHYO SPITAL,W OMEN‘RW ARD,, 396 120. Abbot Crawford’s Arms, from Holyrood Abbey, . , 406 121. OLDG REYFRIARCS’H URCH, . . 412 122. Wrychtishousis, . . 432 123. GROUNDPL ANO F STG ILE~’Cs HURCH, 452 . ... LIST OF ILL USTRA TIONS, 74. OLD ASSEMBLYR OOM&W ESTB ow, 75. Clamshell Turnpike, . 76. Lochaber Axes, ...

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CON TENTS. V CHAPTER XIII. THE DISTRICT OF RESTALRIG. PAGE Abbey Hill-Baron Norton-Alex. Campbell and 'I Albjm's Anthology "--Comely Gardens-Easter Road-St. Margaret's Wellxhurch and Legend of St. Tnduana-Made Collegiate bv James 111.-The Mausoleum-Old Barons of Restalrig-The Logans, &c- Conflict of Black Saturday-Residents of Note-First Balloon in Britain-Rector Adams-The Nisbeb of Craigantinnie and Dean -The Millers-The Craixantinnie Tomb and Marbles-The Marionville Tragedy-The Hamlet of Jock's Lodge-Mail-bag Robberies in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries-Piemhill House and Barracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . I 27 CHAPTER XIV. PORTOBELLO. Portobell~The Site before the Houses-The Figgate Muir--ctone Coffiqs-A Meeting with Cramwell-A Curious Race-Portobello Hut- Robbers-William Jamieson's Feuing-Sir W. Scott and "The Lay "-Portobello Tower-Review of Yeomanry and Highlanders- Hugh Miller-David Lamg-Joppa-Magdalene Bridge-Rrunstane House . . . . . . . . . . . . I43 CHAPTER XV. LEITH WALK. A Pathway in the 15th Century probable-Genera1 Leslie's Trenches-Repulse of Cramwell-The Rood Chapel-Old Leith Stazes-Propsal for Lighting the Walk-The Gallow Lea-Executions there-The Minister of Spott- Five Witches-Five Covenanters-The Story of their Skulls-The Murder of Lady Baillie-The Effigies of "Johnnie Wilkes" . . . . . . . . , . . 150 CHAPTER XVI. LEITH WALK (conchfed). East Side-Captain Haldane of the Tabernacle-New Road to Haddington -Windsor Street-Mrs H. Siddons -Lovers' Loan-Greenside House-Andrew Macdonald. the Author of" Vimonda "-West Side-Sir J. Whiteford of that Ilk-Gayfield House-Colonel Crichton --Prince Leopold-Lady Maxwell-Lady Nairne-SFr;ngfield-McCulloch of Ardwell and Samuel Foote . . . . . ' 157 CHAPTER XVII. LEITH-HISTORICAL SURVEY. Origin of the Name-Boundaries of South and North Leith-Links of North Leith-The Town frrst mentioned in History--King Robert's Charter-Superiority of the Logans and Magistrates of Edinburgh-Abbot Ballantyne's Bridge and Chapel-Newhaven given to Edinburgh by Jam- 1V.-The Port of 153c-The Town Burned by the English . . . . , . . . . . - . 164 CHAPTER XVIII. LEITH-HISTORICAL SURVEY (continued). The Great Siege-Arrival of the French-The Fortifications-Re-capture of Inchkeith-The Town Invested-Arrival of the English Fleet and Army-Skirmishes-Opening of the BatteriesFailure of the Great Assault-Queen Regent's Death-Treaty of Peace-Relics of thesiege . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .r7o CHAPTER XIX. LEITH-HISTORICAL SURVEY (catinued). rhc Fortifications demolished-Landing of Queen Mary-Leith Mortgaged-Edinburgh takes Military Pasession of it-A Convention-A Plague-James VI. Departs and Returns -Witches-Cowrie Con%pkacy-The Union Jack-Pirates-Taylor the Water Poet- A Fight in the Harbour-Death of Jamer VI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 178 ... TENTS. V CHAPTER XIII. THE DISTRICT OF RESTALRIG. PAGE Abbey Hill-Baron Norton-Alex. Campbell and 'I ...

Book 6  p. 395
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LEZTH, AND THE NEW TOWN. 373 stairs and loop-hole windows, contrasted most strangely with the ailjoining fashionable streets and squares. This ancient barony and the surrounding lands comprehended within its jurisdiction were granted by James VI. in 1568 to Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney, in whose time the Tolbooth of the burgh appears to have been erected. The bishop surrendered the lands to the Crown in 1587, in favour of Sir Lewis Bellenden of Auchnoul, Lord Justice-clerk ; who obtained a charter from the king uniting them into a free barony and regality. Broughton is reputed to have been notorious in old times as the haunt of witches, who were frequently incarcerated in its Tolbooth. An execution of these victims of superstition, which occurred there under peculiarly horrible circumstances, during the period of its possession by the Bellendens, is thus noticed in the minutes of the Scottish Privy Council :-'' 1608, December 1.-The Earl of Mar declared to the Council that some women were taken in Broughton as witches, and being put to an assize, and convicted, albeit they persevered constant in their denial to the end, yet they were burned quick, after such a cruel manner that some of them died in despair, renouncing and blaspheming [God] ; and others, halfburned, brak out of the fire, and were cast quick in it again, till they were burned to the death." Sir William Bellenden, the grandson of Sir Lewis, disposed of the whole lands to Robert, Earl of Roxburgh, in 1627, and by an agreement between him and Charles I., this ancient barony passed by purchase to the Governors of Heriot's Hospital in 1636, to whom the superiority of Broughton was yielded by the Crown, partly in payment of debts due by Charles I. to the Hospital. Thenceforward the barony was governed by a bailiff nominated by the Governors of the Hospital, who possessed even the power of life and death, the privilege of pit and gallom, which every feudal baron claimed within his own bounds. In 1721, the Treasurer of the Hospital complains of the expense incurred in prosecuting offenders in the case of some murders committed witkin the regality ; but these onerous and costly privileges were at length abrogated in 1746, by the act abolishing heritable jurisdictions, and the Governors a few years afterwards granted the use of the Tolbooth to one of their tenants as a store-house, " reserving to the Hospital a room for holding their baron courts when they shall think fit"2 The last occasion on which Old Broughton was directly associated with any event of public importance, was during the memorable campaign of 1650, which preceded the Battle of Dunbar, when General Leslie made it his head-quarters, while he threw up the line of defence from the base of the Calton Hill to Leith, which we have already described as the origin of the great roadway that now forms the chief thoroughfare between Edinburgh and Leith. Beyond the village of Broughton lies that of Canonmills, on the Water of Leith, which owes its origin to the same eource as the Burgh of Canongate, having been founded by the Augustine Canons of Holyrood, doubtless for the use of their own vassals on the lands of Brough'tbn; and their neighbouring possessions. Above this, on the Water of Leith, are the villages of Stockbridge, Bell's Mills, and the Dean, all of considerable antiquity, and now joined to the extended capital, or disappearing before the encroachments of its modern streets. King David L grants to the Abbey of Holyrood, in its foundation 1 Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, Sir Walter Scott, p. 315. ' Dr Steven's History of Heriot's Hospital, pp. 118, 119. ... AND THE NEW TOWN. 373 stairs and loop-hole windows, contrasted most strangely with the ailjoining ...

Book 10  p. 410
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 389 Smith, the late Professor Thomas Brown, Francis Horner, and Henry (afterwards Lord) Brougham, he was one of the original projectors of the Edinburgh Reeriew, begun in 1802, and was for many years the editor, as well as a chief contributor, to that celebrated work. While thus wielding the editorial wand of criticism with a felicity and power that astonished and subdued, Mr. Jeffrey daily rose in eminence at the bar. Brief poured in on brief; and amid so much business, of a description requiring the exercise of all the faculties, it was matter of astonishment how he found convenience for the prosecution of his literary pursuits. The following lively skktch of the Scottish advocate, in the hey-day of his career, is from Peter’s Letters to htk Kinsfolk :- ‘I When not pleading in one or other of the Coiirts, or before the Ordinary, he may commonly be seen standing in some corner, entertaining or entertained by such wit aa suits the-atmosphere of the place ; but it is seldom that his occupations permit him to remain long in any such position. Ever and anon his lively conversation is interrupted by some undertaker-faced solicitor, or perhaps by some hot, bustling exquisite clerk, who comes to announce the opening of some new debate, at which the presence of Mr. Jeffrey is necessary ; and away he darts like lightning to the indicated region, clearing his way through the surronnding crowd with irresistible alacrity -the more clumsy, or more grave doer, that had set him in motion, vainly puffing and elbowing to keep close in his wake A few seconds have scarcely elapsed, till you hear the sharp, shrill, but deep-toned trumpet of his voice, lifting itself in some far-off corner, high over the discordant Babe1 that intervenes-period following period in one unbroken chain of sound, aa if ita links had no beginning, and were to have no end. t t t t c “ It is impossible to conceive the existence of a more fertile, teeming intellect. The flood of his illustration seems to be at all times rising up to the very brim ; yet he commands and restrains with equal strength and skill ; or if it does boil over for a moment, it spreads such a richness around, that it is impossible to find fault with its extravagance. Surely never waa such a luxuriant ‘ copia fundi’ united with so much terseness of thought and brilliancy of imagination, and managed with so much unconscious, almost instinctive ease. If he be not the most delightful, he is by far the moat wonderful of speakers.” In 1821 Mr. Jeffrey was elected Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow, an honour the more gratifying that it was obtained in opposition to powerful political interest. In 1829 he was unanimously chosen Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, on which occasion, we understand, he gave up all charge of the Edinburgh Reukw. In December 1830 Mr. Jeffrey was appointed Lord Advocate for Scotland, and returned to Parliament, in January following, for the Forfar district of burghs. In the course of his canvass he was well received, especially by the inhabitants of Dundee, four hundred of whom sat down to a public dinner given to the Lord Advocate and his friends, Sir James Gibson-Craig, Mr. Murray of Henderland, etc. ; but at Forfar, where his opponent, Captain Ogilvy of Arley, was a favourite, he was so roughly handled by the mob as to have been in danger of his life. At the general election in 1831 he stood candidate for the city of Edinburgh, in opposition to Robert Adam Dundas, Esq. Great excitement prevailed on this occasion. Besides memorials from most of the Trades’ Incorporations, a petition to which were appended seventeen thousand signatures, was presented to the Town Council in favour of Mr. Jeffrey; and ... SKETCHES. 389 Smith, the late Professor Thomas Brown, Francis Horner, and Henry (afterwards Lord) ...

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108 QUEENSFERRY TO MUSSELBURGH. of the Forth, the Fife and the Lothian coasts, with the different towns and villages along their sea-board, are distinctly visible ; the Lomonds forming a bold and picturesque background to the one, and the gently rising and finely wooded hills of Carberry and Falside a quieter and more subdued background to the other ; with Inchkeith, of pious legend, in the foreground ; the great Bass Rock, of Covenanter tale, further off on the right j and the mazy, half-seen and half-unseen May, with its wonderful tragedy of ‘doul and wae,’ far away in the distance, lit up with the bright fierce radiance of a noonday sun, or ‘mistied with the golden breath of departing day;’-a quiet careless saunter out to the further end of this fine sea promenade in the afternoon or evening of a mild, sunshiny July or August day is a great enjoyment; a happiness that lingers in the memory like some low sweet strain of music heard across some moonlit lake, or warbled in some remote and shadowy glen. The town originally appears to have been built close to the harbour, the most ancient part of it reaching from the shore along the east bank of the stream for nearly half a mile, and the houses moved back sufficiently far to form a pretty roomy quay for the loading and unloading of vessels. From this quay eastwards the town diverged into a number of narrow streets and lanes which are still extant : the dwellings tall, dark, and dingy, all very old, and bearing obvious traces of having housed a much higher class of occupants than now inhabit them. In these earlier days the principal thoroughfare to and from the shore was Tolbooth Wynd, over which of late has come a great change in the disappearance of almost all the edifices of the olden period, with the substitution of shops and business premises in their stead, of an ornateness of structure and grandeur of window-display that will contrast favourably even with Princes Street itself. Kirkgate, into which in general all the other streets, alleys, and lanes conducted, was then the chief street, although now-adays a little shorn of its glory, and led to the foot of Leith Walk, a fine, broad thoroughfare leading up to the city, and which, with an ordinary degree of architectural taste and enterprise, might have been made the handsomest street in Europe. Bernard and Constitution Streets, both of them of comparatively recent formation, and in which are many substantial and elegant edifices, are now the more common thoroughfare to and from the harbour and docks ; while away to the south-east of Constitution Street, again, and facing the Links on every side-an extensive grassy plain of nearly a mile in length and over a quarter of a mile in breadth, the common playground of cricket and golf-are rows of houses and villas of the most stately and imposing ... QUEENSFERRY TO MUSSELBURGH. of the Forth, the Fife and the Lothian coasts, with the different towns ...

Book 11  p. 161
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224 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. The next figure, in the centre, represents MR. WILLIAM JAMIESON, mason and architect, whose father, Mr. Patrick Jamieson, built the Royal Exchange,’ which was begun in 1753. He was elected one of the Deacons of Mary’s Chapel in 1767 j and, like his friend Mr. Orlando Hart, was very successful in avoiding those political quicksands which, in the good old days of corporate omnipotence, were so dangerous to individual prosperity. As a reward for his steadily having “shoulder kept to shoulder,” he possessed for many years the sinecure office of Engraver to the Mint in Scotland, with a salary of $50 a year,-in which appointment he succeeded Convener Simpson. This sinecure is now abolished ; and no wonder, when the duties of the office could be sufficiently performed by a stone-mason. The most memorable public performance of Mr. Jamieson was the renovation of the Tron Kirk, which he accomplished much to the satisfaction of the public. The steeple was built principally of wood, and existed until the great fire in November 1824, when some of the embers from $he burning houses having lodged in it, and the wind blowing hard, the steeple was set on fire and destroyed, along with the bell, which had been hung in 1673, and cost 1490 merks. The steeple was rebuilt in 1828, and the bell recast and placed in its old situation, where it now again performs its usual functions. Mr. Jamieson was also contractor for making the public drains of the city, at an estimate of no less than 3100,00O,-the rubbish from the excavations of which was to be carted to Portobello, without being subject to the dues leviable at the toll of Jock‘s Lodge, the bar being partly under the management of the Town Council. The toll-keeper, however, having taken it into his head that he ought to be paid the regular dues, on one occasion closed the gate against the carts ‘of the contractor. The circumstance being made known to Mr. Jamieson, “ Weel, weel,” said he to the carters, “just coup the carts at the toll-bar ;” which was accordingly done, to the grievous annoyance of the toll-keeper, who never afterwards refused the right of egress and ingress. The greater part of Portobello was the Deacon’s property at one period, and feued out by him. He himself latterly resided there, although, when this print was done, his house was in Turk’s Close. Mr. Jamieson married, about the year 1759, Miss Christian Nicholson, sister of the late Sir William Nicholson of Jarvieswood, by whom he had six sons and six daughters. The eldest daughter married James Cargyll, Esq., W. S. ; The parties in the agreement for erecting this building wer+the Right Honourable William Alexander, Lord Provost ; David Inglis, John Carmichael, Andrew Simpson, and John Walker, Bailies ; David Inglis, Dean of Guild ; Adam Fairholm, Treasurer, etc., on the part of the City,- and Patrick Jamieson, mason ; Alexander Peter, George Stevenson, and John Moubray, wrights ; John Fergus, architect-all burgesses, freemen, members of Mary’s Chapel of Edinbnrgh-undertakers. In the contract, the sum to be laid out in purchasing houses and grounds whereon to erect the Exchange is stated at f11,749 : 6 : 8, and the cost of erection at f19,707 : 16 : 4,-amounting, in all, to 231,457 : 3s. sterling. The first stone was laid in 1753, by George Drnmmond, Esq., at that time Grand Master of the Freemasons. A triumphal arch, and theatres for the Magistrates, and galleries for the spectators, were erected on the occasion. The work, however, was not fully entered upon till the year following, and WBS Wished in 1761. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. The next figure, in the centre, represents MR. WILLIAM JAMIESON, mason and architect, ...

Book 8  p. 316
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98 MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. block of stone, for the purpose of erecting a colossal statue of his Highness in the Parliament Square. The block had just been landed on the shore of Leith, when the news arrived of Cromwell’s death. Monk altered his policy, and the magistrates not only found it convenient to forget their first intention, but with politic pliability, some years after, they erected the fine equestrian statue of Charles II., which still adorns that locality. The rejected block lay neglected on the sands at Leith, though all along known by the title of Oliver Cromwell, till, in November 1788, Mr Walter ROSSt,h e well-known antiquary, had it removed, with no little difficulty, to the rising ground where Ann Street now stands, nearly opposite St Bernard’s Well. The block was about eight feet high, intended apparently for the upper half of the f i p e . The workmen of the quarry had prepared it for the chisel of the statuary, by giving it, with the hammer, the shape of a monstrous mummy, and there stood the Protector, like a giant in his shroud, frowning upon the city; until after the death of Mr Ross, his curious collection of antiquities was scattered, and the ground feued for building.‘ General Monk, commander-in-chief of the army in Scotland, having resolved, after the death of Cromwell, to accomplish the restoration of Charles II., proceeded to arrange matters previous to his march for London. He summoned a meeting of commissioners of the counties and boroughs to assemble at Edinburgh on the 15th of November 1659; and after having communicated his instructions to them, and ,received a special address of thanks from the magistrates of Edinburgh for his many services rendered to the city during his residence in Scotland, he returned to England to put his purpose in force. On the 11th of May, in the following year, the magistrates sent the town-clerk to the King, at Breda, to express their joy at the prospect of his restoration. The messenger paved the way to the royal favour by the humble presentation of ‘‘a poor myte of 31000, which the King did graciously accept, as though it had been a greater business I ” The ‘‘ happy restoration ” was celebrated in Edinburgh with the customary civic rejoicings, bonfires, banquets, ringing of bells, and firing of cannon ; though some difficulty was experienced in reconciling the soldiers to the unwonted task of firing the Castle guns on such an occasion of national rejoicing.a There was much wine spent on the occasion, ‘ I the spoutes of the Croce ryning and venting out abundance of wyne, and the Magistrates and Council of the town drinking the King’s health, and breaking numbers of glasses I ” Caledonian Mercury, Nov. 10, 1788. The block was afterwards replaced at the end of Ann Street, overhanging the bed of the Water of Leith, and, either by accident or designedly, waa shortly afterwards precipitated down the steep bank, and broken in pieces. a Nicol‘s Diary, p. 283. I ... MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. block of stone, for the purpose of erecting a colossal statue of his Highness in the ...

Book 10  p. 107
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IS2 MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. the nynt day of Aprile, the zeir of God 1566 zeris, Johne Sinclare, be the mercie of God bischope of Brechin and Dean of Redalrig, deceissit in James Mosmanis hous in Frosteris Wpd, ane honest and cunning letterit man, and president of the College of Justice the tyme of his deceiss, &c.’” Another diarist records, in describing the firing of the town by the garrison of the Castle, under Sir William Kirkaldy, in 1572, “ the fyre happit fra hous to hous throw the maisterie of ane grit wynd, and come eist the gait to Bess Wynd at the kirk end of Sanct Geill,” e in consequence of which ther wee ane proclamatioun maid, that all thak houssia suld be tirrit,’ and all hedder stakis to be transportit at thair awine bounds and brunt; and ilk man in Edinburgh to haue his lumes full of watter in the nycht, wnder the pane of deid ; ” a very graphic picture of the High Street in the sixteenth century, with the majority of the buildings on either side covered with thatch, and the main street encumbered by piles of heather and other fuel accumulated before each door, for the use of the inhabitants ; and, from amid these, we may add the stately ecclesiastical edifices of the period, and the Eubstantial mansions of the nobility, towering with all the more imposing effect, in contrast to their homely neighbourhood. The venerable alley called Bess or Beth’s Wynd, after suffering greatly from the slow dilapidation of time, was nearly destroyed by successive fires in the years 1786 and 1788. On the latter occasion it was proposed to purchase and pull down the whole of its buildings extending from the Lawnmarket to the Cowgate, in order to open up the Parliament House.* This was not effected, however, till 1809, when the whole were swept away in preparing the site for the Advocate’s Library. ‘‘ All the houses in Beth’s Wynd,” says Chambers, “ were exceedingly old and crazy ; and some mysterious ‘looking cellar doors were shown in it, which the old wives of the wynd believe to have been kept shut since the time of t4.e plague.” The same superstitious belief was prevalent in regard to some grim and ancient uninhabited dwellings in Mary King’s Close, part of which now remain. An old gentleman has often described to us his visits to the latter close, along with his companions, when a schoolboy. The most courageous of them would approach these dread abodes of mystery, and after shouting through the keyhole or broken window-shutter, they would run off with palpitating hearts,- ‘‘ Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round, walks on And turns no more his head ; Because he know a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.” The popular opinion was, that if these houses were opened, the imprisoned pestilence would burst out, spreading disease and death through the land,-a belief that was probably thrown into discredit on the peaceful demolition of the former wynd. A house at the head of Beth’s Wynd, fronting the Old Tolbooth, was the residence of Mr Andrew Maclure, writing-master, one of the civic heroes of 1745. He joined the reluctant corps of volunteers who marched to meet the Highland aruy ou its approach towards Corstorphine ; but they had scarcely left the town walls a mile behind, when their Diurnal of Occurrents, p. 98. Ibid, Part 11. p. 326. . a i.e., All thatched houses should be unroofed. 4 Caledonian MeTcuTy, 17th JanuaT 1788. ... MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. the nynt day of Aprile, the zeir of God 1566 zeris, Johne Sinclare, be the mercie of ...

Book 10  p. 199
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142 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Racking their brain for gold to line your pockets. Since Heav’n ha8 cut and form’d thee out for gain, And fate haa fixed thee in the &chest vain ; Led by Dame Fortune, that blind fickle L h , Who’s smit you with the whilie silver itch, Selling what hungry authors coin in heaps, Supporting printers’ pressecl, and their types. Now since you’ve rais’d yourselves by your own nurit, Ddl lake them who envy what you inherit.” About 1793 Mr. Martin sold his premises in Gourlay’s Land to the Bank of Scotland, when he removed to 94 South Bridge, where he continued for a number of years. Not long after this he bought the Golf-House, at the east end of Bruntsfield Links, as a private residence, where he resided for several years. In 1806 Martin moved to No. 2 Lothian Street, but in a year or two after retired altogether from business, and died in the month of February 1820, nearly eighty years of age. He was twice married, and by his first i f e had several children j but as he mentions himself, in the letter already alluded to, they died in infancy. His second wife (to whom he was married in December 1788) was a Miss Katherine Robertson, daughter of Mr. Robertson, schoolmaster in Ayr. She had a brother many years surgeon in the 42d Highlanders. Mrs. Martin survived her husband about seven years; and at her death his nephews in America received a sum equal to the half of his estate, and her brother received the remainder. While in his auction-room, Martin was full of anecdote and humour, but somewhat fond of laughing at his own jokes. “ He is apt,” says Mr. Kay, ‘‘ to grin and laugh at his own jests, and the higher that prices are bid for his prints, the more he is observed to laugh and the wider to grin.” Martin (nothing to his discredit, considering his humble origin), was somewhat illiterate-at least he was no classical scholar-and perhaps in the course of his business he frequently suffered by his ignorance of the dead languages.’ If the book he was about to sell happened to be Greek, his usual introduction was-‘‘ Here comes waw-taes, or whatever else you like to call it ;” and on other occasions, if the volume happened to be in a more modern language, but the title of which he was as little able to read, he would say to the students, after a blundering attempt, “Gentlemen, I am rather rusty in my French, but were it Hehew, ye ken I would be quite at hame !‘Is 1 Owing to ignorance, he sold many valuable Greek and Latin books for mere trifles. Sometimes when at a loss to read the title of a Latin or French book, he would, if he could find a young student near him, thrust the book before him, saying, “ Read that, my man ; it’s sae lang since I was at the College I hae forgotten a’ my Latin.” a Having one night made even a more blundering attempt than usual to unriddle the title of a French book, a young dandy, wishing to have another laugh at Martin’s expense, desired him to read the title of the book again, a8 he did not know what it was about. ‘‘Why,’’ said Martin, ‘‘it’g something about mnners, and that’s what neither you nor me has ower muckle o’.” ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Racking their brain for gold to line your pockets. Since Heav’n ha8 cut and form’d ...

Book 8  p. 202
(Score 0.71)

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