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6 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. porch of the Parliament House, '' for she has stood lang i' the outside, and it mad be a treat for her to see the inside, like other strangers !'I He was of a kindly and inoffensive disposition, and, in keeping with this character, was extremely fond of children, and of those young persons generally who treated him with becoming respect. For these he always carried about with him in his pocket a large supply of tops, peerks, and tee-totums, of his own manufacture, which he distributed liberally amongst them ; while to adults he was equally generous in the articles of snuff and tobacco, giving these freely to all who chose to enter into conversation with him. The Laird was thus a general favourite with both young and old. He resided on the Castlehill, and was most frequently to be seen there, and in the Grassmarket, Lawnmarket, and Bow-head. He wore a cocked Highland bonnet, as represented in the picture, which is an admirable likeness, was handsome in person, and possessed of great bodily strength. He retained to his dying hour his allegiance to the House of St,uart ; and, about two years before his demise, gave a decisive instance of it, by creating a disturbance at Bishop Abernethy Drummond's chapel, in consequence of the reverend gentleman and his congregation, who had previously been Nonjurants, praying for King George 111, He died in J d y 1790. JOHN DHU, the centre figure on the Print,'was, in the days of Mr. Kay, a distinguished member of the Town-Guard, a band of civic militia, or armed police, which existed in Edinburgh till 1817, and of which some notice will be subsequently presented. John, a Highlander by birth, was conspicuous for his peculiarly robust and rough appearance, which was of itself as effectual in keeping the younger and more mischievous part of the population in awe, as any ten Lochaber axes in the corps. The Author of Waverley speaks of him somewhere as one of the fiercest-looking fellows he had ever seen. In facihg the unruly mobs of those days, John had shown such a degree of valour as to impress the Magistrates with a high sense of his utility as a public servant. That such an image of military violence should have been necessary at the close of the eighteenth century, to protect the peace of a British city, presents us with a singular contrast of what we lately were, and what we have now become. On one occasion, about the time of the French Revolution, when the Town-Guard had been signalising the King's birthday by firing in the Parliament Square, being unusually pressed and insulted by the populace, this undaunted warrior turned upon one peculiarly outrageous member of the democracy, and, with one blow of his battle-axe, laid him lifeless on the causeway. With all this vigour in the execution of his duty, John Dhu is represented as having been, in reality, a kind-hearted man, exceedingly gentle and affectionate to his wife, and of so obliging a disposition, that he often did the duty of lis brethren as well as his own, thereby frequently exposing himself to an amount of fatigue that few men could have borne. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. porch of the Parliament House, '' for she has stood lang i' the outside, ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 223 This municipal squabble was of come too good a subject for the genius of Kay to overlook; accordingly we are presented, in the foregoing print, with a group of the persons most zealous and interested in this bone of contention The figure on the left represents MR. ORLANDO HART, who carried on business as a shoemaker in the High Street, opposite the Old City Guard- House, and was considered one of the most fortunate of the city politicians. For a series of twenty or twenty-five years he was almost constantly a member of the Town Council, or a Deacon, or a Trades Councillor,-having been first elected Deacon of the Cordwainers in 1766, and thereafter Convener of the Trades in 1771. He possessed a happy knack of suiting himself to circumstances, and was.peculiarly sagacious in keeping steady by the leading men in the magistracy j the consequence of which was, in addition to extensive patronage in the way o€ his calling, the enjoyment of the pretty lucrative situation of Keeper of the Town’s Water Works, etc. He was of course favourable to the Lord Provost’s, plan of levelling the street. The popularity of Mr. Hart among the jolly sons of St. Crispin appears to have been of very early growth. In 1757 he was the victorious candidate for the honour of monarchy, in the spectacle of King Crispin, in opposition to Deacon Malcolm, whose party, determining not to be thrown into the shade, crowned him king also ; so that, what was perhaps unprecedented’ in the annals of Christendom, two rival kings and their subjects actually walked in the same procession, without producing a single “ broken bane or bluidy head.” Mr. Hart, though never famed among his friends for the depth of his understanding, appears, nevertheless, to have had a pretty good opinion of himself. On one occasion Mr. (afterwards Provost) Creech happened to put the question to Daft Davie Erskine-“ Who is the wisest man in the city P ” He received for reply, “Mr. Hart.” The next time Mr. Creech met the Deacon, he told him the story j upon which the latter modestly replied, “ Davie is no sic a fool as ye tak’ him for.” The Deacon and Provost Dalrymple resembled each other extremely in personal appearance ; so much so, that a gentleman meeting the Provost one day challenged him’ for not sending home his boots. The Provost, comprehending the mistake, which doubtless bad occurred on other occasions, good-humouredly replied, “ I will attend to it to-morrow.” Mr. Hart built the front, or centre house, on the north side of Charlotte Square, which we have been informed, cost Sl0,OOO. He died on the 9th September 179 1 ; and was followed to the grave, in seven days afterwards, by his widow, His son, Macduff Hart, whom he had assumed as a partner, under the firm of Orlando Hart and Son, continued to carry on the business, and was elected Deacon of the craft in 1782. He was particularly celebrated for his vocal powers. ’ No parallel can be found, excepting in the instance of the two kings of Brentford, whose exploits are recorded in “The Rehearsal.” ... SKETCHES. 223 This municipal squabble was of come too good a subject for the genius of Kay to ...

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380 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. Hume, Alexander, High School H u e , don. Baron David, I. 121, I66 11.- Hum;, David. historian, I. 97, 98, gg, 101, 107, 110, 123, 231, 236, 273, 3 ~ 4 , 11.9. 27. 107, 160, 161, 194 28% 306 330, 111. 92, 2197 19;; hi grave 11. * I&, 161 ; IIIS nephew, Ii. zq; his biographer, 111. 42 Hume of Marchrnont I. 62 Hume of Polwarth,? Sir PatriFk, 111. 89; his daughter, G m l Hume 111. 8g, Hume $ i of E r t o n , Mansion of I. I19 Hu&ee?s Close 11. a3 Hunter, Dr.. bf the Tmn Church, Master 11. 289 11. I8 - Hunter, Dr. William, 287 Hunter, John, treasurer of the Canongate 11. SI ; lintel of his house 11. ?21 Hmter?Stephen Provost, 11. 7 8 Huntedan Musekn 11.87 Hunter Square, I.?-+, -5, 282, Hunter?s Bog, I. 326, 11. 115, 303, Hunter?s Clox 11. 232 Hunter?s Craii Cramond 111. 315 HFpter?s TaveA, Royal ixchange, 376, 11. 33s 31% 313 11. 3?3 Hunters Tryst, 111. 125, 326 Hunters, Honourable Company of, . . . 11. Huntcgdon, Lady I. 282 Huntly, Earls of, 1: )o, 83,246,298, Huntly, Houd of the Marquis of, 11. 4, * 8, * 9.10. 178 ; daughters of, 11.6 5 ; execution of h i son, 11. I0 Hutcheon, Abduction of Isabel, 111. 42 Hutchison Messrs., and the halfpenny dinage I. 157 Hutchison thesdulptor II.127~130 Huxley, Professor 11. i61 Hymeneal lectures: 1 1 . ~ 4 2 Hyndford Earls of 1. z74 2 5, Hyndford?s Close, L ?273.274, ?75, 11. 58, 1% 111- 4, 7, 29, 351 1331 134, 18Z1 2 K 8 298 11. a ; bunt-; of, I. &a, $1. 272 276, 11. go I Imperial Fire and Life Insurance ny, 11. 50 In%Xuse 111.338 *340 Inchcape Rbck, 111. & Inchcolm priory, 111. 13r. ISO Inchgarvie Castle, 111. 180 Inchkeith, 111. 171, 17a, ~ 7 4 , 175, 160 101 279 286 293-295, 301, p?; hi:tori&l sketch of Incha t h rsland, 111. agq q ~ ; its fortifications, 111. 29-94 ; view of, 111. * q 3 ; the lighthouse I11 2 5 Inchkei;hC&tL, 11. *45,III. 178, I n z i c k e r y island, 111: 315 Inchmnny House, 11.60 Incorporated lrades of Edinburgh, 11. 29; of Leith, 111. 180 Incomration of Tdols Hall 01 the; 111.331 India Place, Stockbridge, 11. *m1, India-rubber factories, 11. 219 Industrial Museum. The Greaf Hall, Natud History Room, 11. 274, 275, 276, Plate 22; site ot the I. 378 InddtriousCompany,The, 111.124 Infirmary, The old Royal, 11. *3m, 301 ; site of the, I. 258, 111. 3 hfirmary Street, 11.251, 284-286, 111. 74,75, 76 Ingi%k?%esident, 11. 127 Inglis Sir John 11. 267 Ioglii?of Cramdnd, Si John, 111. 317, 318 Inglis Captain John, 111. 323 Ing&xry, viscount, I. 275 I M ~ , Alexander, I. 50 Innes, Cardinal, 11. 87 Innes Cosme 11. 192, 111.94 Innes?of Stow, Gilbert, the rmllionairc, I. 97, 251, 11. I o ??Innocent Railway,? *he, I. 384 Insurance Offices, Numerou, 11. 139.168 ; annual revenue of the, 11. 171 Insurrection of 1715, Leith during the, 111. 91 Intermarriages of the Newhaven fishers, Ill. q5, 303 I n v e m n (see Battles) Inverkeithing 111. 279 Inverleith, I.?I~, 11. 234, 111. 71, Inverleith House, 111. 97, 98 Inverleith Mains, 111. 94 Inverleith Place 111. 97 Inverleith R ~ ~ , ? I . 226, III. 9 5 , ~ ~ ~ 98 IOI 102 163, 288 Inve?rleith ~e;ra=, 11.107, III. 95 Irvine. Marder committed al 757 919 94, 1642 3 d ~ Broighton by, 11. 182 Irving David I. 123 11. 348 lrvink Edwah, 1. 249, 11. 184 Irving; Henry comedian, I. 351 Irving Lieut. john III. p Irwin.?Hieh Schooimaster. 11. !:la ?Ea; of 11.348, 378 ? Ivanovitch, Alexander, 111. 40 I$ of M~~?A-,#S I. 230 marriageof, ib. Izett, Mr. Chalmer~, 11. 17 .- - . . 61, 310 343 James ViIl., I. 67 179 11. 243 j!3 III. 222; pr?ocdution oi ;27 ; death of, 11. 247 James Duke of Albany and York, I. & , , l I . 75, 306, 111. 57, 269; accession as James VII., I. 58, 11. 28, 33.58, 59, 74 James Kennedy?sgreatship, 111. xgg Jameron, the painter, I. q 9 , I I . 73, g o 8 382 James Street, Portobello, 111. 149 James?s Court, 1. 97, 98, gg, 100, 101 1- 132 24% 33?rII. 93>95r ?J-ie, Daft?(seeBurke and Hare) Jam!eson, the novelist, 111. 95 Jamieson, Dr. John, 11. 338, 339, Jamieson, Prof. Robert, 111. 27, Jam!;sonofPortobello, Mr., 111.146 Jamieson?s Close 11. 235 Jane, Queen, mdther of James II., 160: 111: 3111 111. 127 149 242 1. 29, 30 246 ; how atoned for, ib. ean Brown, Story of, 11. 31 Jardine Murder of Archibald, I. feffrev and Co.. Messrs.. 31. 174 47 111. 68 78, 19, IIO, 323; ifis?grandfather?s house, I. 240; sipn-buardofhis father anduncle. 1.-zaz enne?r Sir w i l l i 11.123 errold, Douglas, If. 2m erviswoode, Lord, 11. 208, log; Jesuit chdch of the ?Sacred Jeffrey Street, I. 239, 288, ago, p 11. 17 his sisters 11. zog Heart,?? 11. 223 ewe1 House, The, I. 35,36, 45 ewish synagogue, 11. 344 ews? burial-place, The, 11. 107 oanna Baptista, apothecary, I. 246 Joanna. Countess of Stair, 11. 167 Jock?s Lodge, I. 364, 11. 318, 111. Tohn of daunt. h. ~7 f 142, 146 * 148 165, 192 john Knois c?hurcx Edinburgh, 1. 213. at Leith, IiI. 227 John Row?s Coffee-house I. 78 John Touris of Inverleith I?. 222 Johnnie Dowie?s Tavern, 1. 119, John?s Coffee-house, I. 178,179~11. I20,*121 Jor2-n Dr I. 6, 92, IW, 101, 214 : his ;sit to Edmbureh. I. 99,? ?s.2, 262, 299, 11. 66; i43, Macaulay?s description of him, 1. 255, 339, 111. ~7~ 291, 352, 355; 99.1- Johnston, Sir Archibald. I. 226,227, 11. 14, 111. 99 ; his execution, 1. 227, 111. $q ohnston SirJames I 154 111.54 fohnston: Sir W i l l i i , d r d Provost, 11. 284 Johnston Si W. Pulteney I. 231 Johnsto; Messrs. W. and A. K., 11. 167, 168; their priming estab. lishment, 111. 128 Johnston Dr. Robert 111. 27 Johnston;? of Westerhall, Quarrel with, I. 315, 316 Johnstone of Westerhall, Sir James Johnstone, H. E., the Scottish Roscius, I. 347, 348, 11. 179 Johnstone, Chevalier, 11. 115 Johnstone Dr. David, the philanthropic hnister of North Leith, 11. a36 111. 254,3m 306 Johnstode Rev. Mr., fI. 338 Joh!:tCn< the antiquary and artist, 111. 195 111. 84 Johnstone Mrs. authoress 111.79 Johnstoni Terrace, I. 88, i ~ , 295, ohnston?s Tavern 11. 78 Johnstoun of the dciennes, Samuei, Joint-stockunion Bank of Scotland, 11.3? 11. 143 Jonen, Dr. T. S., lonea. the actor. I. qqo ? - I. 161. q61 132 ; at C h e Church 111. 332 ; at other daces. ib. Jordan, Mk, thiactress, 1,343,348 Jordan The 111. 39 Jorda<Hill?III. 151 Junction R A , Leith. 111. 24q Iuniper Green.111 3; ?- Jury :ourt, Tde Scotti& 11. :74 Justicmy, Court of, I. ?167, 172, 317, ~ Z Z , 11. ~91, 227, 268, 111. 179, 2x5, 2439 263, 3% 338 K KaiiHead I 8 Kaimes, Tie,: !It. 330; ancient camp near, d. Kames, Lord, I. 101, 156, 166, 170, VI, 236, 11. 18, 27, 86, 282,367 ; ?two shadows in conversation,? 11. *161 Kantore, The, Leith, 111. 224, 225, a27 Kapple?s (or Cable?s) Wynd, Leith, 111. 226 Katharine Street I. 366 Kay, John, caridturist, I. g, 113, 119, 131, 154, 181, I 1, 255, 3431 345, 346, 347, 363. 17. 19, 31, 76, 78, 792 115,121, 12% 123, 136. 144, 159, 166,170, 188, ?94, 102, 217, 242, 255, 3071 3187 3Z8t 3357 111. 31, YI, 39, 471 go, !397 1469 1595 162, 342,362,366 ; his monument, 11.383 Kean Charles actor I. 351 Kead Edmnnd actdr 1. 343, 349 Keepgr of the Seal, 1.? 72 Keeper of the Signet, 2. 167 Keith, Lord, 11. 255 Keith, Si Alexander, 11. 255, 111. Ke% Sir James, 111. 51 Keith: Sir William, I. 123 Keith, Marshal, 111.91 Keith, Bishop, 11. 22, 314, 111. p Keith kmily The 111. 106 Keith of Ra;elstoA. Alexander, 11. K:?t% of Ravelston, Mrs., 111. 106 Keith Fund, The, 11. 302 Keith Kirk Kellih, 11. I Kelloe, -ltev. xohn, the murderer, 111. 155 Kelstain The 111. * 326 Kemble ?John? I. 108, 348, 349 Kemble: Stepken 1. 646, 11: 178 Kemble, Mr.andhrs. harIe?,l.349 Kemble Miss 111. 158 Kemp, %. MI, architect, 11. 126, Kemp?s Close, Leith, 111. 226 Kennedy ohn Lord, 111. I Kepnedy-: LAndrew, I. 91 Kennedy, Sir Archibald 1.131 Kennedy of Kirkhill, Sir 1 homas, 127, 111. 79 1.378 Kennedy, Silver mace found in the Kennedy, BihopbfDunkeld, I. 240, Kennedy, Walter, the poet, 11. 305 Kennedy, Janet, Lady Bothwell, Kennedy?s Close, I. 91, 245 Kennet Lord 11. 242,3 9 Kenny kate (Canongate2 I. 199 Kerr, Sir Andrew, I. 214,II. 286 Kerr Sir Archibald 11, a98 Kerr? Sir Walter I.?223 Kerr?of Kernland, Memoirs of, I. 67 Kerr, Lady Mary, 11. 350 Keysofthe cityofEdinburgh,I.*k. Kilbirnie, 111. 151 Kilgraston Road, 111. 50 Kilkerran, Lord, 111. 367 Killigrew, Henry, I. 7, 48 Kilrnamock. Earl of. 111. 222 tomb of Bishop 111. 23 241, 11- 54 111. I, 2 Killrig, II1.?351 ? Kilwinning, Lord, 111. 29 Kilwinning Lodge,The Canongate, ... OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. Hume, Alexander, High School H u e , don. Baron David, I. 121, I66 11.- Hum;, David. ...

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380 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. Hume, Alexander, High School H u e , don. Baron David, I. 121, I66 11.- Hum;, David. historian, I. 97, 98, gg, 101, 107, 110, 123, 231, 236, 273, 3 ~ 4 , 11.9. 27. 107, 160, 161, 194 28% 306 330, 111. 92, 2197 19;; hi grave 11. * I&, 161 ; IIIS nephew, Ii. zq; his biographer, 111. 42 Hume of Marchrnont I. 62 Hume of Polwarth,? Sir PatriFk, 111. 89; his daughter, G m l Hume 111. 8g, Hume $ i of E r t o n , Mansion of I. I19 Hu&ee?s Close 11. a3 Hunter, Dr.. bf the Tmn Church, Master 11. 289 11. I8 - Hunter, Dr. William, 287 Hunter, John, treasurer of the Canongate 11. SI ; lintel of his house 11. ?21 Hmter?Stephen Provost, 11. 7 8 Huntedan Musekn 11.87 Hunter Square, I.?-+, -5, 282, Hunter?s Bog, I. 326, 11. 115, 303, Hunter?s Clox 11. 232 Hunter?s Craii Cramond 111. 315 HFpter?s TaveA, Royal ixchange, 376, 11. 33s 31% 313 11. 3?3 Hunters Tryst, 111. 125, 326 Hunters, Honourable Company of, . . . 11. Huntcgdon, Lady I. 282 Huntly, Earls of, 1: )o, 83,246,298, Huntly, Houd of the Marquis of, 11. 4, * 8, * 9.10. 178 ; daughters of, 11.6 5 ; execution of h i son, 11. I0 Hutcheon, Abduction of Isabel, 111. 42 Hutchison Messrs., and the halfpenny dinage I. 157 Hutchison thesdulptor II.127~130 Huxley, Professor 11. i61 Hymeneal lectures: 1 1 . ~ 4 2 Hyndford Earls of 1. z74 2 5, Hyndford?s Close, L ?273.274, ?75, 11. 58, 1% 111- 4, 7, 29, 351 1331 134, 18Z1 2 K 8 298 11. a ; bunt-; of, I. &a, $1. 272 276, 11. go I Imperial Fire and Life Insurance ny, 11. 50 In%Xuse 111.338 *340 Inchcape Rbck, 111. & Inchcolm priory, 111. 13r. ISO Inchgarvie Castle, 111. 180 Inchkeith, 111. 171, 17a, ~ 7 4 , 175, 160 101 279 286 293-295, 301, p?; hi:tori&l sketch of Incha t h rsland, 111. agq q ~ ; its fortifications, 111. 29-94 ; view of, 111. * q 3 ; the lighthouse I11 2 5 Inchkei;hC&tL, 11. *45,III. 178, I n z i c k e r y island, 111: 315 Inchmnny House, 11.60 Incorporated lrades of Edinburgh, 11. 29; of Leith, 111. 180 Incomration of Tdols Hall 01 the; 111.331 India Place, Stockbridge, 11. *m1, India-rubber factories, 11. 219 Industrial Museum. The Greaf Hall, Natud History Room, 11. 274, 275, 276, Plate 22; site ot the I. 378 InddtriousCompany,The, 111.124 Infirmary, The old Royal, 11. *3m, 301 ; site of the, I. 258, 111. 3 hfirmary Street, 11.251, 284-286, 111. 74,75, 76 Ingi%k?%esident, 11. 127 Inglis Sir John 11. 267 Ioglii?of Cramdnd, Si John, 111. 317, 318 Inglis Captain John, 111. 323 Ing&xry, viscount, I. 275 I M ~ , Alexander, I. 50 Innes, Cardinal, 11. 87 Innes Cosme 11. 192, 111.94 Innes?of Stow, Gilbert, the rmllionairc, I. 97, 251, 11. I o ??Innocent Railway,? *he, I. 384 Insurance Offices, Numerou, 11. 139.168 ; annual revenue of the, 11. 171 Insurrection of 1715, Leith during the, 111. 91 Intermarriages of the Newhaven fishers, Ill. q5, 303 I n v e m n (see Battles) Inverkeithing 111. 279 Inverleith, I.?I~, 11. 234, 111. 71, Inverleith House, 111. 97, 98 Inverleith Mains, 111. 94 Inverleith Place 111. 97 Inverleith R ~ ~ , ? I . 226, III. 9 5 , ~ ~ ~ 98 IOI 102 163, 288 Inve?rleith ~e;ra=, 11.107, III. 95 Irvine. Marder committed al 757 919 94, 1642 3 d ~ Broighton by, 11. 182 Irving David I. 123 11. 348 lrvink Edwah, 1. 249, 11. 184 Irving; Henry comedian, I. 351 Irving Lieut. john III. p Irwin.?Hieh Schooimaster. 11. !:la ?Ea; of 11.348, 378 ? Ivanovitch, Alexander, 111. 40 I$ of M~~?A-,#S I. 230 marriageof, ib. Izett, Mr. Chalmer~, 11. 17 .- - . . 61, 310 343 James ViIl., I. 67 179 11. 243 j!3 III. 222; pr?ocdution oi ;27 ; death of, 11. 247 James Duke of Albany and York, I. & , , l I . 75, 306, 111. 57, 269; accession as James VII., I. 58, 11. 28, 33.58, 59, 74 James Kennedy?sgreatship, 111. xgg Jameron, the painter, I. q 9 , I I . 73, g o 8 382 James Street, Portobello, 111. 149 James?s Court, 1. 97, 98, gg, 100, 101 1- 132 24% 33?rII. 93>95r ?J-ie, Daft?(seeBurke and Hare) Jam!eson, the novelist, 111. 95 Jamieson, Dr. John, 11. 338, 339, Jamieson, Prof. Robert, 111. 27, Jam!;sonofPortobello, Mr., 111.146 Jamieson?s Close 11. 235 Jane, Queen, mdther of James II., 160: 111: 3111 111. 127 149 242 1. 29, 30 246 ; how atoned for, ib. ean Brown, Story of, 11. 31 Jardine Murder of Archibald, I. feffrev and Co.. Messrs.. 31. 174 47 111. 68 78, 19, IIO, 323; ifis?grandfather?s house, I. 240; sipn-buardofhis father anduncle. 1.-zaz enne?r Sir w i l l i 11.123 errold, Douglas, If. 2m erviswoode, Lord, 11. 208, log; Jesuit chdch of the ?Sacred Jeffrey Street, I. 239, 288, ago, p 11. 17 his sisters 11. zog Heart,?? 11. 223 ewe1 House, The, I. 35,36, 45 ewish synagogue, 11. 344 ews? burial-place, The, 11. 107 oanna Baptista, apothecary, I. 246 Joanna. Countess of Stair, 11. 167 Jock?s Lodge, I. 364, 11. 318, 111. Tohn of daunt. h. ~7 f 142, 146 * 148 165, 192 john Knois c?hurcx Edinburgh, 1. 213. at Leith, IiI. 227 John Row?s Coffee-house I. 78 John Touris of Inverleith I?. 222 Johnnie Dowie?s Tavern, 1. 119, John?s Coffee-house, I. 178,179~11. I20,*121 Jor2-n Dr I. 6, 92, IW, 101, 214 : his ;sit to Edmbureh. I. 99,? ?s.2, 262, 299, 11. 66; i43, Macaulay?s description of him, 1. 255, 339, 111. ~7~ 291, 352, 355; 99.1- Johnston, Sir Archibald. I. 226,227, 11. 14, 111. 99 ; his execution, 1. 227, 111. $q ohnston SirJames I 154 111.54 fohnston: Sir W i l l i i , d r d Provost, 11. 284 Johnston Si W. Pulteney I. 231 Johnsto; Messrs. W. and A. K., 11. 167, 168; their priming estab. lishment, 111. 128 Johnston Dr. Robert 111. 27 Johnston;? of Westerhall, Quarrel with, I. 315, 316 Johnstone of Westerhall, Sir James Johnstone, H. E., the Scottish Roscius, I. 347, 348, 11. 179 Johnstone, Chevalier, 11. 115 Johnstone Dr. David, the philanthropic hnister of North Leith, 11. a36 111. 254,3m 306 Johnstode Rev. Mr., fI. 338 Joh!:tCn< the antiquary and artist, 111. 195 111. 84 Johnstone Mrs. authoress 111.79 Johnstoni Terrace, I. 88, i ~ , 295, ohnston?s Tavern 11. 78 Johnstoun of the dciennes, Samuei, Joint-stockunion Bank of Scotland, 11.3? 11. 143 Jonen, Dr. T. S., lonea. the actor. I. qqo ? - I. 161. q61 132 ; at C h e Church 111. 332 ; at other daces. ib. Jordan, Mk, thiactress, 1,343,348 Jordan The 111. 39 Jorda<Hill?III. 151 Junction R A , Leith. 111. 24q Iuniper Green.111 3; ?- Jury :ourt, Tde Scotti& 11. :74 Justicmy, Court of, I. ?167, 172, 317, ~ Z Z , 11. ~91, 227, 268, 111. 179, 2x5, 2439 263, 3% 338 K KaiiHead I 8 Kaimes, Tie,: !It. 330; ancient camp near, d. Kames, Lord, I. 101, 156, 166, 170, VI, 236, 11. 18, 27, 86, 282,367 ; ?two shadows in conversation,? 11. *161 Kantore, The, Leith, 111. 224, 225, a27 Kapple?s (or Cable?s) Wynd, Leith, 111. 226 Katharine Street I. 366 Kay, John, caridturist, I. g, 113, 119, 131, 154, 181, I 1, 255, 3431 345, 346, 347, 363. 17. 19, 31, 76, 78, 792 115,121, 12% 123, 136. 144, 159, 166,170, 188, ?94, 102, 217, 242, 255, 3071 3187 3Z8t 3357 111. 31, YI, 39, 471 go, !397 1469 1595 162, 342,362,366 ; his monument, 11.383 Kean Charles actor I. 351 Kead Edmnnd actdr 1. 343, 349 Keepgr of the Seal, 1.? 72 Keeper of the Signet, 2. 167 Keith, Lord, 11. 255 Keith, Si Alexander, 11. 255, 111. Ke% Sir James, 111. 51 Keith: Sir William, I. 123 Keith, Marshal, 111.91 Keith, Bishop, 11. 22, 314, 111. p Keith kmily The 111. 106 Keith of Ra;elstoA. Alexander, 11. K:?t% of Ravelston, Mrs., 111. 106 Keith Fund, The, 11. 302 Keith Kirk Kellih, 11. I Kelloe, -ltev. xohn, the murderer, 111. 155 Kelstain The 111. * 326 Kemble ?John? I. 108, 348, 349 Kemble: Stepken 1. 646, 11: 178 Kemble, Mr.andhrs. harIe?,l.349 Kemble Miss 111. 158 Kemp, %. MI, architect, 11. 126, Kemp?s Close, Leith, 111. 226 Kennedy ohn Lord, 111. I Kepnedy-: LAndrew, I. 91 Kennedy, Sir Archibald 1.131 Kennedy of Kirkhill, Sir 1 homas, 127, 111. 79 1.378 Kennedy, Silver mace found in the Kennedy, BihopbfDunkeld, I. 240, Kennedy, Walter, the poet, 11. 305 Kennedy, Janet, Lady Bothwell, Kennedy?s Close, I. 91, 245 Kennet Lord 11. 242,3 9 Kenny kate (Canongate2 I. 199 Kerr, Sir Andrew, I. 214,II. 286 Kerr Sir Archibald 11, a98 Kerr? Sir Walter I.?223 Kerr?of Kernland, Memoirs of, I. 67 Kerr, Lady Mary, 11. 350 Keysofthe cityofEdinburgh,I.*k. Kilbirnie, 111. 151 Kilgraston Road, 111. 50 Kilkerran, Lord, 111. 367 Killigrew, Henry, I. 7, 48 Kilrnamock. Earl of. 111. 222 tomb of Bishop 111. 23 241, 11- 54 111. I, 2 Killrig, II1.?351 ? Kilwinning, Lord, 111. 29 Kilwinning Lodge,The Canongate, ... OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. Hume, Alexander, High School H u e , don. Baron David, I. 121, I66 11.- Hum;, David. ...

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106 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. No. LI. SIR RALPH ABERCROMBY, KB,, GIVING THE WORD OF COKI\IAP\’D. SIR RALPH ABERCROMBY was the son of George Abercromby of Tullibody, in Clackmannanshire. He was born in 1734 in the old mansion of Menstrie,’ which at that period was the ordinary residence of his parents. The house, which is in the village of Menstrie, although not inhabited by any of the family, is still entire, and is pointed out to strangers as the birthplace of the hero. After going through the usual course of study, he adopted the army as his profession; and, at the age of twenty-two, obtained in the year 1756 a commission as Cornet in the third Regiment of Dragoons. During the early part of his service he had little opportunity of displaying his military talents, but he gradually rose, and in 1787 had attained the rank of Major-General.’ After the breaking out of the French revolutionary war, Sir Ralph Abercromby served in the campaigns of 1794 and 1795, under the Duke of York, and by his judicious conduct preserved the British army from destruction during their disastrous retreat through Holland. He commanded the advanced guard, and was wounded at the battle of Nimeguen. After the returh of Sir Charles Grey from the West Indies, the French retook the islands of Guadaloupe and St. Lucia, made good their landing on Martinique, and hoisted their national colours on several forts in the islands of St. Vincent, Granada, etc., besides possessing themselves of booty to the amount of 1800 millions of limes. For the purpose of checking this devastation, the British fitted out a fleet in the autumn of 1795, with a proper military force. Sir Ralph was entrusted with the charge of the troops, and at the same time appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in the West Indies. Being detained longer than was expected, the equinox set in before the fleet was ready to sail, and, in endeavouring to clear the Channel, several of the trans- The estate of Tullibody and Menstrie, at the beginning of the seventeenth century, belonged to Sir William Alexander the poet, better known as Earl of Stirling, which title w8s conferred upon him by King Charles I. His lordship was much involved in pecuniary difficulties, and his succeasora had not sufficient prudence to economise ; the result of all which was, that their estates were swept away by their creditors somewhere about the middle of that century, by what, in Scots law parlance, are termed “apprisings.” Sir Ralph’s grandfather, who was a writer in Edinburgh, was the first of the name of Abercromby that possessed Tullibody. He is represented by the Peerage compilers as a descendant of the family of Birkenbog; but no evidence has been produced to substantiate this averment. Alexander, an advocate, was, on the 7th June 1792, raised to the bench by the title of Lord Abercromby, and died 17th November 1795 ; and Sir Robed, K.C.B., a General in the Army, who died in 1827. He had two brothers who attained eminence in their respective callings. 9 In 1788 Sir Ralph’s place of residence in Edinburgh was in George Square. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. No. LI. SIR RALPH ABERCROMBY, KB,, GIVING THE WORD OF COKI\IAP\’D. SIR RALPH ...

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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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228 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [West Port. had sent so many others ; and his skeleton now hangs in the Museum of the University. The Parliament Square rang with reiterated cheers as if thecity held jubilee, when sentence was pronounced; but the people were greatly dissatisfied with the verdict of ? not proven ?? in the case of M?Dougal ; and had Hare not effected his escape secretly by the mail home to Ireland, the people would infallibly have tom him limb from limb. In prison, and with death before him, Burke?s thoughts were ever recurring to earth. Once he was observed (says Alexander Leighton) to be silent and mediviously he had been unaccustomed to. The fact is,? continues the editor of the Week@ JournaZ, ? that the wretch, when awake, by means of ardent spirits steeped his senses in forgetfulness. . . . At night he had short fits of sleep, during which he raved, but his expressions were inarticulate, and he ground his teeth in the most fearful manner.? In the morning he was removed to the Calton gaol, and secured by a chain to the massive iron gaud. On the 27th January he was unchained and conveyed to the lock-up in Liberton?s Wynd, at the heap of which the gallows was erected. He was THE GRASSMARKET IN 1646. (Afl~r Gwah ofRothicmay.) 15, The Horse Market Street ; Y, St. Mary Magdalen?s Chapel. tative, and a pious attendant took it as a sign of contrition ; but Burke said suddenly-? I think .I am entitled to and ought to get that five pounds from Dr. Knox, which is still unpaid, on the body of the woman Docherty.? ? Why,?<? replied the astonished pietist, ? Dr. Knox lost by the transaction, as the body was taken from him.? ?That was not my business,? said Burke ; ? I delivered the subject, and he ought to have kept it.? He confessed in the lock-up house that he ? had participated in many more murders than those he had been indicted for j and said that after his mind was composed he would make disclosures, which would implicate several others, besides Hare and his wife, in the same crimes for which he was doomed to die. He was asked how did he feel when pursuing his horrible avocation 7 He replied, that in his waking moments he had no feeling, but that when he slept he had frightfuldreams, whichpreattended by two Catholic priests and two Presby. tenan ministers, for his ideas of religion were some. what vague and cloudy. When his heavy fetters were removed and they fell with a clank on the floor, ? So may all earthly chains fall from me ! ? he exclaimed, but went to die evidently with the hopeless secret feeling ?that he was too deeply sunk in crime even to think of the infinite mercy of Heaven.? Yet was he eager to be dead, and ascended the scaffold with his eyes half closed, as if anxious to be beyond the roar of the vast assemblage that thronged the great thoroughfare far as the eye could reach, and filled every window, roof, and foot of vantage ground. The deep hoarse roar of- voices rose into a terrible and prolonged yell, on which he threw around him a fierce glance of desperate defiance and hatred ; and again rose the prolonged yell of disgust and halfglutted vengeance when, after hanging the usual time, the body was conveyed to the College. ... OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [West Port. had sent so many others ; and his skeleton now hangs in the Museum of the ...

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64 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. out on a short tour to France during the Christmas recess. He travelled for some distance with Montgolfier, the inventor of balloons, and on his arrival in Paris was kindly received by Necker, then Prime Minister. “ The ladies of the family,’’ says his biographer, “seemed to have resolved on giving their Scottish guest an agreeable reception. He found Madame Necker reading Blair’s sermons, and Mademoiselle Necker, afterwards the celebrated De Stael, playing Lochber 710 more on the piano.” On his return to Britain, Mr. Sinclair communicated hints to Government respecting several improvements with which he had become acquainted in France ; and the title of Baronet was conferred on him (4th February 1786) as a reward for his public services. In 1786, Sir ,John proceeded on a more extended tour, in the course of which he visited Denmark, Sweden, Russia, and Poland ; from Warsaw he proceeded to Vienna- from thence to Berlin, Hanover, Holland, Flanders, and returned to England by France, having, in the short space of seven months, performed a journey of more than 7500 English miles. During his progress he was introduced to nearly all the courts of the various countries-was everywhere received with the utmost kindness and attention, and established a correspondence with many of the most eminent and remarkable men on the Continent. In Sweden, Denmark, and Russia, he met with several countrymen, particularly at Stockholm, where he found many of the nobles descendants of Scotsmen who had fought under Gustavus during the Thirty Years’ War. Not long after his return, Sir John again entered into the married relation, by espousing, on the 6th March 1788, the Honourable Diana, only daughter of Alexander first Lord Rlacdonald. The ceremony was performed in London, where the parties resided for a short time ; but they eventually settled in Edinburgh, taking up house in the Canongate.’ During his residence there, each day, with the exception of an hour or two, was laboriously devoted to study or business. His exercise usually consisted in a walk to Leith, between the hours of two and four; and it was one of his favourite sayings that “whoever touched the post at the extremity of the pier, took an enfeoffment of life for seven years.” To Caithness he performed regular journeys, generally diverging from the direct route to extend his agricultural acquaintance. On resuming an interest in Parliamentary affairs, he became gradually estranged from the support of the administration of Pitt, conscientiously differing with the Premier on many important points. The abandonment of Warren Hastings by the minister he considered an unworthy sacrifice to popular feeling -and on the “Regency Question” he was decidedly opposed to the ministerial propositions. Thus disaffected he naturally fell in with the “ Armed Neutrality,” a party so called from their profession of independence, of whom the Earl of Rloira was considered the head. Sir John now entered on a series of projects of great importance to the He afterwards removed to Charlotte Square, and latterly to George Street. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. out on a short tour to France during the Christmas recess. He travelled for some ...

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

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402 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Soon after he began business, a circumstance occurred, which not only tended to increase his professional fame, but proved the origin of no less an incident in his domestic history than that of “setting up a carriage.” One day Mr. James Dempster, jeweller in the Parliament Square, after a fit of hard drinking, threatened, in the company of some of his cronies, to cut his own throat. One of the individuals present (Mr. Hamilton of Wishaw), a gentleman of very convivial habits, jocularly said--“I will Bave you that trouble;” and, suiting the action to the word, advanced with a knife in a threatening attitude towards the jeweller, and very nearly converted jest into earnest, by accidentally making a severe incision. Hamilton, in a state of great alarm, instantly sent for Mr. Bennet, who closed up the wound, and afterwards effected a rapid cure of his patient. Mr. Hamilton was so much satisfied with the important service rendered on this occasion, that he presented Mr. Bennet with an elegant chariot. of a well-bred gentleman, and was accustomed to mix in the best society. With the late Duke of Gordon (then Marquis of Huntly), Made of Panmure (Lord Panmure), and many other persons of family, he was on terms of intimacy. He is accused of having occasionally indulged in those excesses and frolics which, some thirty years ago, were deemed extremely fashionable. On one occasion, having lost a sporting bet for “dinner and drink,” Mr. Bennet entertained his friends in a house of good cheer at Leith. It had been a condition of the wager that the party should be taken to the theatre at night at the expense of the loser. After dinner Mr. Bennet caused the wine, as well as a more stimulating beverage, to be pretty freely circulated; so that the wassailers were soon, according to the notions of the Indians, in a “state of perfect happiness.” At the hour appointed, instead of the common hackney conveyances, a number of mourning coaches drew up, in which the revellers seated themselves, and were driven to the theatre in slow time, amid the wonderment of a numerous crowd, who were no less astonished at the mirth of the mourners than amazed at the place where the procession halted. These and other unprofessional frolics did not injure Mr. Bennet in his career ; on the contrary, they rather tended to increase his celebrity. He was appointed Surgeon to the Garrison of Edinburgh Castle in 1791 ; and elected President of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1803. And such was his status among the citizens in 1805, that, when the volunteer corps called the “ Loyal Edinburgh Spearmen” were embodied, he held the honourable commission of Lieut.-Colonel Commandant of the regiment. This band of citizen warriors had their stand of colours delivered to them on the 12th of August, in Heriot’s Hospital Green. We quote the following brief account of it :- Mr. Bennet possessed the polish and pleasant manners “The colours were presented by Mra. Bennet, the Colonel’s lady, and Miss Scott of Logie, with an appropriate speech from each ; and consecrated by the Rev. Mr. Brunton, one of the ministem ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Soon after he began business, a circumstance occurred, which not only tended to ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 213 marching a short distance along the coast. This they accomplished in doublequick time, without having almost ever seen the face of an enemy. At St. Cas Howe had every thing in readiness, so that not a moment was lost, the troops entering the boats just as they arrived on the beach. Lord Adam Gordon greatly distinguished himself by bringing up the rear of the troops, and resolutely retarding the advanae of the enemy. The embarkation took place on the 11th September, thus finishing, almost without bloodshed, the long campaign of seven days ! Lord Adam Gordon next became Colonel of the 66th Regiment of Foot, and served for several years in America. He returned in 1765, having been entrusted by the heads of the Colonies with a statement of their grievances. Lord Adam had a long conference with the Secretaries of State j but his mission was not productive of any favourable result. In 1775, he was appointed Colonel of the 26th, or Cameronian Regiment; and, in 1782, was made Governor of Tynemouth Castle. Lord Adam sat in Parliament for many years, having been' first returned for the county of Aberdeen in 1754. He afterwards'represented the county of Kincardine from 1774 till 1788, when he vacated his seat, and was next year appointed to the command of the Forces in Scotland. Lord Adam thereupon took up his residence in Holyrood Palace, which he caused to be materially repaired ; but displayed very questionable taste in having all the oak carvings painted white ! While Commander-in-Chief, Lord Adam frequently amused himself by reviewing those domestic warriors, the Edinburgh Volunteers, and the other defensive bands which the emergencies of the country had called into existence. He also had the honour of presenting a set of colours to a battalion of the Scots Brigade. The ceremony took place in George Square, on the 19th of June 1795. Lord Adam, who was then a very old man, addressed the corps in the following terms :-" General Dundas, and officers of the Scots Brigade, -1 have the honour to present these colours to you j and I am very happy in having this opportunity of expressing my wishes that the Brigade may continue, by their good conduct, to merit the approbation of our gracious Sovereign, and to maintain that reputation which all Europe knows that old and respectable corps have most deservedly enjoyed." This oration was received with great applause, and the veterans were visibly affected. Lord Adam resigned the command, in 1798, in favour of Sir Ralph Abercromby, and retired to his seat of "The Burn," in the county of Kincardine, where he died suddenly on the 13th August 1801, in consequence of inflammation produced by drinking lemonade while over-heated. His lordship married in London, in 1776, Jane, daughter of John Drummond, Esq. of Megginch, in the county of Perth, the widow of James, second Duke of Atholl, but had no issue.' Her Grace died at Holyrood pause, on the 22d February 1795. 1 It waa on the Duchess that the song-beginning, " For lack of gold "-was composed. ... SKETCHES. 213 marching a short distance along the coast. This they accomplished in doublequick time, ...

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244 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. to assume. These two gentlemen *had been acquainted from infancy; and duriug a long period their intimacy had suffered no interruption. His lordship’s name was Alexander Murray. He was the son of Archibald Murray, Esq. of Murrayfield, advocate, and born at Edinburgh in 1736. Being early designed for the profession of the law, he was admitted a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1758. He was appointed to the Sheriffdom of Peebles in 1761, and succeeded his father as one of the Commissaries of Edinburgh in 1765. In the course of a few years he became Solicitor-General for Scotland, in the room of Mr. Henry Dundas, who had been made Lord Advocate. He was elected member of Parliament for the county of Peebles, and soon after was raised tQ the bench, and received what is called a double gown,-on which occasion he assumed the designation of Lord Henderland, from an estate he possessed in Peeblesshire. He also held the office of Clerk of the Pipe in the Court of Exchequer; an office which, through the interest of Lord Melville, was given to his two sons. Lord Henderland died in 1795, leaving two sons and a daughter, the issue of his marriage with Katherine, daughter of Sir Alexander Lindsay of Eveleck. Mrs. Murray died in 1828. The eldest son, William, joined the English bar. John Archibald, his youngest son, while Lord Advocate for Scotland, was four times elected member of Parliament for the Leith district of burghs.’ His daughter, Amelia Jane, died unmarried in 1798. MR. GEORGE PATON, whose figure occupies the centre division, was a keen bibliographer and antiquary. His father, hlr. John Paton, a respectable bookseller in the Old Parliament Square, was one of the committee of philanthropic citizens who, in conjunction with the worthy Provost Drummond, originated that invaluable institution, the Royal Infirmary. The facts and circumstances in the history of Mr. Paton, the younger, are scanty. He received a liberal education, but without any professional design, having been bred by his father to his own business. This, however, he relinquished, on obtaining a clerkship in the Custom-House, at a salary for many years of only 360. In this humble situation, the emoluments of which were subsequently augmented to S80, he continued during the remainder of his long life, apparently without the smallest desire of attaining either to higher honour or greater wealth. The chief aim of his ambition seemed to be the acquisition of such monuments of antiquity as might tend to elucidate the literature, history, and topography of his native country. His father had been an antiquary of some research, and at his death left a valuabIe collection, which the subject of our sketch took care, by every means within the compass of his narrow income, to augment. As illustrative of the strong bibliomania both in father and son, it is told of them, that whenever they happened to meet with any curious publication, instead of exposing it in the shop for sale, they immediately placed it in Nr, Murray was afterwards raised to the bench, and took the title of Lord Mumy. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. to assume. These two gentlemen *had been acquainted from infancy; and duriug a long ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 341 he calmly, yet with spirit, urged the groundlessness of the accusation, and the unprovoked asperity of his opponent. In the meantime law proceedings had been instituted against the publisher of the ‘‘ Guide,” in order to discover the author, while Dr. Hamilton commenced counter-proceedings against Dr. Gregory, for the injuries his character had sustained by the manner in which he had been traduced. In 1800, another paper warfare occurred, in consequence of a memorial addressed by Dr. Gregory to the managers of the Royal Infirmary, complaining of the younger members of the College of Surgeons being there allowed to perform operations. This was replied to by Mr. John Bell, surgeon; and a controversy ensued, which for some time engrossed the whole attention of the Edinburgh medical profession. Again, in 1806, the Doctor.entered into a warm controversy with the College of Physicians, owing to some proceedings on the part of that body which he considered derogatory to the profession. In 1808, he printed, for private circulation, a small volume in 8170, entitled “ Lucubrations on an Epigram ;” also, in 18 10, “ There is Wisdom in Silence ” -an imitation from the Anthologia; and “The Viper and the l?ile”-an imitation of the well-known fable of Phiedrus, “Vipera et Lima.” As a specimen of his epigrammatic talents, we give the following- “ ‘ 0 give me, dear angel, one lock of your hair’- A bashful young lover took courage aud sighed ; ‘ You shall hare my whole wig,’ the dear angel replied.” ’Twas a sin to refuse so modest a pray’r- Dr. Gregory was of an athletic figure, and naturally of a strong constitution. He had enjoyed good health; and from his abstemious mode of life, might have been expected to live to extreme old age. The overturn of his carriage, whilst returning from visiting a patient, by which accident his arm was broken, proved injurious to his constitution. He was afterwards repeatedly attacked with inflammation of the lungs, which iiltimately caused his death. He died at his house in St. Andrew Square, on the 2d April 1821, in the sixty-eighth year of his age. By his second wife-a daughter of Donald Macleod, Esq. of Geanies, and who survived him-he left a numerous family. His eldest son was educated for the bar, and was admitted a member of the Baculty of Advocates in 1820. A younger son, Donald, who died in October 1836, in the prime of life, was for several years Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland ; and in this situation he highly distinguished himself by his zeal, assiduity, and agreeable manners. In his late work entitled the , “ History of the Western Highlands and Isles of Scotland,” brought down to the year 1625, he has fortunately left us a permanent memorial of his learning and accurate research-not the less valuable that it is in fact one of the first attempts to investigate the history of that portion of the British Empire, not by reference to vague traditions and idle reveries, but by the most careful Dr. Gregory was twice married. ... SKETCHES. 341 he calmly, yet with spirit, urged the groundlessness of the accusation, and ...

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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. 71 use of the small-sword, and subsequently, to teach them to ride in the menage.”-(‘ During this time,” continues Angelo the younger, ‘‘ my father frequently took me thither, when he attended his royal pupils, and I rarely came away without a pocketful of sweetmeats.” At an interview with the King, on which occasion Tremamondo displayed the various styles of riding on his favourite horse Monarch, among others that of riding the “great horse,” his Majesty was pleased to declare that Angelo was the most elegant horseman of his day ; and it was in consequence of this interview that the King persuaded Mr. West, the celebrated artist, when he was commissioned to paint the picture of the “Battle of the Boyne,” to make a study of Tremamondo for the equestrian figure of King William. He also sat to the sculptor for the statue of King William, subsequently set up in Merrion Square, Dublin. While in London, Tremamondo was challenged to a trial of skill with a Dr. Keys, reputed the most expert fencer in Ireland. The scene of action was in an apartment of the Thatched House Tavern, where many ladies and gentlemen were present. When Tremamondo entered, arm-in-arm with his patron, Lord Pembroke, he found the Doctor without his coat and waistcoat, his shirt sleeves tucked up, and displaying a pair of brawny arms-the Doctor being a tall athletic figure. After the Doctor had swallowed a bumper of Cognac he began the attack with great violence. Tremamondo acted for some time on the defensive, with all the grace and elegance for which he was renowned, and after having planted a dozen palpable hits on the breast of his enraged antagonist, he made his bow to the ladies, and retired amid the plaudits of the spectators. Angelo the younger relates another anecdote of his father, which he calls “ a fencing-master’s quarrel.” Shortly after Tremamondo’s appointment as fencing-master to the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York, a Mr. Redman, an Irishman, who had been formerly patronised by the royal family, was continually abusing *Tremamondo for a foreigner, and for having supplanted him. They met one day in the Haymarket, where words ensued, and then blows-the Irishman with a shillelah, and the Italian with a cane. On this occasion also, Tremamondo was victorious, having broken his opponent’s head ; but next day, to wipe off the disgrace of having fought like porters, he challenged his rival to meet him with swords, but Redman answered that he would put him in (‘ the Crown Office,” and immediately entered an action against him in the King’s Bench, which ended in Tremamondo having to pay 2100 damages and $90 costs. We find little more recorded of him than that he was acquainted with almost all the celebrated characters of his day, whether of the ‘‘ sock and buskin,” or the gymnastic (( art of equitation,” He was generous in the extreme, and Angelo the younger had an opportunity at his father’s well-replenished table of forming a most extensive and interesting acquaintance. Old Dominico died at Eton in 1802, aged eighty-six, aid was so much in possession of his faculties that he gave a lesson in fencing the day before his death. So much for the gallant Dominico Angelo Malevolti Tremamondo. ... SKETCHES. 71 use of the small-sword, and subsequently, to teach them to ride in the menage.”-(‘ ...

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60 B I 0 G RA P H I CA L S K E T C 13 E S. introduced to him by the late Dr. Mackenzie, shortly after the publication of the first edition of his poems. The bard never forgot the kind attentions extended to him. In his correspondence he frequently alludes to Sir John ; and, in the lines addressed to him, enclosing a copy of the “Lament for James Earl of Glencairn,”’ he pays him’a very marked compliment :- “ Thou who thy honour aa thy God rever’st ; Who, save thy mind’s reproach, nought earthly fear’st ; To thee this votive offering I impart, The tuneful tribute of a broken heart. The friend thou valued’st, I, the patron, lov’d ; His worth, his honour, all the world approv’d. We’ll mourn till we too go as he has gone, And tread the dreary path to that dark world unknown.” After leaving Ballochmyle, Sir John resided at Whitefoord House in the Canongate of Edinburgh. He was a remarkably smart, active, little man ; and having been some time in the army, he retained much of the military air in his appearance. His manners were affable, and his address that of a gentleman. He died at his house in Edinburgh in 1803: and his son, resident in England, inherits the title. The females figured in the Print were well known in their day. The eldest of the two-“ MEG MURRAY,”a s she was familiarly called-kept lodgings in Shakspeare Square, and realised a fortune of several thousand pounds. The other, MISS BURNS,w ho was much celebrated for her beauty, will be described under her own proper Portrait. Why these ladies have been introduced into the group the artist has not stated. The scene, well calculated to strike the fancy of the artist, was most likely a real occurrence, The meeting between Major Fraser and Erskine seems to have been accidental ; while Sir John, who generally walked a few paces behind his friend, is represented in his usual position in the rear. The females are passing in the opposite direction, apparently at some distance. 1 The heir of lime of the family of Glencairn was Sir William Don of Newton, whose grandmother waa sister to the last Earl. The late Sir Alexander Don inherited the estate of Ochiltree, which belonged to the Earl of Glencairn, in right of his mother Lady Henrietta. Caleb Whitefoord, Esq., who died in London in 1809, aged ninety, waa uncle to Sir John. ‘‘ He was well known in the first polite and literary circles, and possessed great talents and information. He was the author of many works of approved merit, though he never put his name to any of his productions. He struck out a new species of humour, which was known by the name of cross-readings; and when he first communicated it to the public, he added the apt signature of Papyriw CUTSW. He was a man of talent-a zealous friend to his country-a loyal subject-and a respectable member of society. His friend Goldamith winds up his character, in Retaliation, with the following appropriate lines :- ‘Merry Whitefoord, farewell I for thy sake I admit, That a Scot may have humour-I had almost said wit : This debt to thy memory I cannot refuse, Thou best natured man, with the worst humour’d muse.”’ ... B I 0 G RA P H I CA L S K E T C 13 E S. introduced to him by the late Dr. Mackenzie, shortly after the ...

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73 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. been thirty-nine years a Judge of the Supreme Court. It is somewhat remarkable that he and his two immediate predecessors occupied the same seat on the bench for a period of ninety years; Lord Ropton having been appointed a judge in 1710, and Lord Tinwald in 1744. By his wife, Lady Grace Stuart, daughter of James second Earl of Bute, and sister of the Prime Minister, John the third Earl, his lordship had seven sons, all of whom predeceased him. The second of these was Lieutenant- Colonel John Campball, whose memorable defence of Mangalore, from May 1783 to January 1784, arrested the victorious career of Tippoo Sultan, and shed a lustre over the close of that calamitous war. Lord Stonefield resided at one time in Elphinstone’s Court, and latterly in George Square. Of his lordship’s professional history no record has been preserved. As a scholar, his attainments were considerable, and as a judge, his decisions were marked by conciseness of expression and soundness of judgment. He was a zealous and liberal supporter of every scheme tending to promote the welfare and improvement of his native country. No. cxcv. JOHN HOME, ESQ., OF NINEWELLS. JOHHNO MEo, r HUME,o f Ninewells (for they are truly the same name) was the elder and only brother of Da,vid Hume, the historian.’ They were the children of Joseph Home of Ninewells and Catherine Falconer, who was a daughter of Sir David Falconer, Lord President of the College of Justice. There were two subjects of playful controversy between the historian and his kind friend John Home, author of the Tragedy of Douglas, etc. One waa about the preference of port or claret as the better liquor. David was an advocate for port ; John was strenuous for the honour of claret, aa the approved and genuine beverage of the old Scottish gentleman, in untaxed times, before the union of the kingdoms. The other controversy related to the just spelling of the surname, Home or Hum. David inclined, though with due temperance, for Hume, for which he found authority in the inscription on an old tombstonr, and in some other memorials of past times. John rejected this opinion of David’s as heterodox, and stood up stoutly on all occasions aa the hed of the How faction. With reference to these two matters, the historlan, in a codicil to his settlement, written with his own hand, expresses himself as follows :-‘‘ I leave to my friend John Home of Kilduff ten dozen of my old claret, at his choice, and one single bottle of that other liquor, called port. I also leave to him six dozen of port, provided that he attests, under his hand, signed John Humq that he haa himself alone finished that bottle at two sittinge. By this concession, he will at once terminate the only two differences that ever arose between as concerning temporal mattera.” This writing ie preeerved, but not entered on record. Mr. Humo died on the 25th of the same month. On one occasion, David jocularly proposed to John, that they should terminate the controvenry about the name, by casting lots. “Nay, Mr. Philosopher,” said John (for so he often addressed him), “that is a most extraordinary proposal indeed i for if you lose, you take your own name ; and if I lose, I take another man’s name.” It is dated 7th August 1776. He had for some weeka been io a condition of evident and increasing decay. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. been thirty-nine years a Judge of the Supreme Court. It is somewhat remarkable that he ...

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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; ...

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304 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Lord Craig never possessed a robust constitution, and fell into bad health several years before his death, which happened at Edinburgh on the 8th July 1813,.in the sixty-eighth year of his age. He resided for many years in George Square; but latterly removed to York Place. While Sheriff-depute of Ayrshire he chiefly occupied a house called Strathaird, on the banks of the Waterof- Ayr: No. CXXIII. MUNGO WATSON, BEADLE OF LADY YESTER’S CHURCH, ETC. MUNGO was a living chronicle of the Presbyterian Church, or rather of the passing events in what he called the religious world. He was keeper of the hall for the meetings of the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge, beadle of Lady Yester‘s Church, and one of the door-keepers during the sittings of the General Assembly. Such a variety of official employments gave him every opportunity of acquiring early notice of what was going on, and enabled him to fill up the rest of his time profitably-for Mungo never lost sight of profit-as the following anecdote proves :-Mr. Black, the minister of Lady Yester’s Church, was perhaps the most popular preacher of his day; and strangers visiting the church generally gave a trifle to the beadle to procure a seat. A gentleman had con- It may perhaps be worthy of notice that Lord Craig was cousin-german of Mrs. Ill‘Lehose, the celebrated CLARINDAo f Burns, who is still living in Edinburgh, and was left an annuity by his lordship. We found her sitting in the parlour, with some papers on the table. Her appearance at first betrayed a little of that languor end apathy which attend age and solitude ; but the moment she comprehended the object of our visit, her countenance, which even yet retains the lineaments of what CZarinda may be supposed to have been, became animated and intelligent. “That,” said she, rising up and pointing to an engraving over the mantel-piece, “is a likeness of my relative (Lord Craig) about whom you have been inquiring. After a little further conversation about his lordship, she directed our attention to a picture of Burns, by Horsburgh after Taylor, on the opposite wall of the apartment. “You will know who that is-it was presented to me by Constable and Co. for having simply declared, what I knew to be true, that the likeness w a good.” We spoke of the correspondence betwixt the Poet and Clarinda, at which she smiled and pleasantly remarked on the great change which the lapse of so many years had produced on her personal appearance. Indeed, any observation respecting Burns seemed to afford her pleasure ; and she laughed at 8 little anecdote we told of him, which she had never before heard. Having prolonged our intrusion to the limits of courtesy, and conversed on various topics, we took leave of the venerable lady, highly gratified by the interview. To see and talk with one whose name is so indissolubly associated with the fame of Burns, and whose talents and virtues were so much esteemed by the bard-who has now been sleeping the sleep of death for upwarda of forty years-may well give rise to feelings of no ordinary description. Burns, she said, if still living, would have been much about her own age-probably a few mont,hs older. She is now nearly eighty years of age, but enjoys excellent health. He WBS the best friend I ever had” In youth Clarinda must have been about the middle size. Yeb. 24, 1837. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Lord Craig never possessed a robust constitution, and fell into bad health several ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 423 to receive him at that hour, three times a week, and Burns gladly availed himself of the offer ; and, for three months, whatever happened to be his engagements, and however agreeably he might be occupied, he regularly attended at the hour appointed; and so diligently and so successfully did he apply himselq that, as Mr. Cauvin has often stated, he made more progress in the acquisition of the language in these three months, than any of his ordinary pupils could have done in as many years. In the year 1824 Mr. Cauvin was seized with a disease which terminated in mortification of the toes of the right foot; and it was only after repeated remonstrances that he was induced to call in medical aid. From the vigour of his constitution, however, the disease was checked ; but being attacked by dropsy, it proved fatal to him ; and he was cut off in December of the following year, after a lingering confinement, during which he displayed remarkable fortitude under great suffering.‘ In pursuance of the directions contained in his will, his remains were interred in Restalrig burying-ground, where his father and the rest of the family had been buried. The site of the tomb is on the right hand, immediately before the entrance to the chapel. The following is the inscription, which was placed there by his trustees :- To the Meniory of LOUIS CAUVIN, ESQUIRE, for many years an eminent Teacher of French in Edinburgh, who bequeathed a fortune, acquired by his own skill and industry, to Endow the Hospital in the parish of Duddingstou, which bears his name. He died, 19th December 1825, aged seventy-one.a In passing from the “ Windy Cowl ” to Wester Duddingston the eye ir caught by a square building overtopping the adjoining houses, which might be regarded as the village priron. The history of “ The Tower,” for it is so ycleped in the village, is somewhat remarkable. Having purchased some feu-ground, lying betwixt the mansion-house of the late Colonel Graham and the main street of the village, Mr. Cauvin proceeded to build upon it, having beforehand declined, aa might have been expected, to accept of an offer from the Colonel of the exact purchase-money. As the windows of the new house overlooked the Colonel’s grounds he raised his garden-wall so as to overtop the gable. To countervail such procedure, Mr. Cauvin had the roof taken down and two storeys added, whilst the Colonel on his part raised the garden-wan in proportion ; and it is uncertain how long such unseemly contention might have been kept up, as it was only terminated by the death of Mr. Cauvin. The not inappropriate name of “ Cauvin’s Folly ” is frequently given to ’‘ The Tower.” Colonel Graham survived him five years, i.e. till June 1830. The property of Mr. Cauvin, on which “The Tower ’’ is built, was, two or three years ago, purchased by H. Graham, Esq., son of the Colonel In Hr. Cauvin’s will the following directions occur as to the place of his sepulture :-“My corpse is to be deposited in Restalridge Churchyard, and watched for a proper time. The door of the tomb must be taken 06 and the space built up strougly with ashler stones. The M must be dot up for ewr, lcever tu be opened. There is a piece of marble on the tomb door, which I put up in memory of my father : all I wish is, that there may be put below it an inscription mentioning the time of my death. I beg and expect that my Trustees will order all that is written above to be put in execution.’’ Codicil, dated Duddigston Farm, 28th April 1823. ... SKETCHES. 423 to receive him at that hour, three times a week, and Burns gladly availed himself of ...

Book 9  p. 566
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 199 By those assembled, however, he was received with a degree of respect scarcely to have been expected in the then excited state of the public mind. Amongst those that pressed forward to bid him welcome was a jolly Newhaven fishwoman, who, pushing every one aside, seized the hand of the King as he was about to enter his carriage, and with a hearty shake exclaimed, “0, sir, I’m happy to see ye again among decent folk.” Charles smiled, and asking her name, she replied-“ My name’s Kirsty Ramsay, sir, and mony a guid fish I hae gien ye, sir ; and mony a guid shilling I hae got for’t thirty years sin syne.” On the Saturday following his arrival a dinner was given to between thirty and forty respectable citizens, by several of the ex-monarch’s old tradesmen, in honour of his return to Edinburgh. The entertainment took place in Johnston’s Tavern, at the Abbey. After dinner the party repaired to the Palace square, and serenaded its inmates with the old Scotch song “Should auld acquaintance be forgot,” which was excellently sung in parts by about twenty individuals. Three hearty cheers followed the conclusion of the song. The Duc and Duchesse d’sngouleme, having travelled incognito by land, arrived at Douglas’s Hotel on the 27th of October. From thence, in the course of a few days, they removed to No. 21 Regent Terrace, where they passed the winter, as apartments in Holyrood House had not been prepared for them. Besides the parties already mentioned, the Duchesse de Berri, the Baron de Damas, the Marquis de Barbancois, the Abbe de Moligny, and several other persons of high rank, were in the train of the King: most of whom maintaining separate establishments in various quarters of the city, diffused a considerable custom amongst the merchants and tradesmen of Edinburgh. To the poor of the Canongate Charles was extremely liberal, causing a daily supply of provisions to be distributed ; and he allowed his medical attendant, Dr. Bugon, a considerable sum weekly to procure medicine for poor patients, who also received advice gratis from this distinguished physician.’ Nor was the generosity of his Majesty limited to the immediate locality of the Palace. Both he and other members of the family contributed frequently and liberally to the funds of the Poor’s House, the House of Refuge, and other charities. They also gave a handsome donation for the purpose of educating the children of the poor Irish resident in Edinburgh. Whilst they resided in this city, the conduct of the illustrious exiles was unobtrusive and exemplary. Charles himself, it was remarked, appeared thoughtful and melancholy. Be frequently walked in Queen Mary’s garden, being probably pleased by its seclusion and proximity to the Palace. Here, with a book in his hand, he used to pass whole hours in retirement ; sometimes engaged in the perusal of the volume, and anon stopping short, apparently absorbed in deep reflection. In dress and appearance on these occasions, he had very much the appearance of a plain country gentleman, though he who paused 1 There were h all a hundred persons in hia suite. 3 The Doctor having been verysuccessful in the cure of disease, obtained the reputation of considerable science and skill. He was consulted by numerous wealthy aa well as indigent persons. I ... SKETCHES. 199 By those assembled, however, he was received with a degree of respect scarcely to have ...

Book 9  p. 268
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344 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. Gwrge squarc for transporting a finelydressed lady in a powdered toupee. The public sedans were, for the most part, in the hands of Highlanders, who generally wore short tartan coats, and whose strange jargon and fiery irritability of temper, amid the confusion of a dissolving assembly or a dismissed theatre, were deemed highly amusing. Now there is no such thing as a private sedan in Edinburgh any more than in London, and the use of public ones has entirely ceased. North of George Square, No. I, Park Place (now removed to niake way for .the new university Medical Schools), was the town house of the Campbells of Succoth. Sir Islay, the first baronet, was Lord distance from the east end of Teviot Row, the class-room of the chair of music. This handsome hall, though inadequate to the purposes for which it is required, is in the Italian style, and is the finest of the university class-rooms. It was erected by order of the CouJt of Session, in 1861, from funds which were bequeathed for the purpose by General John Reid, the composer of the spirited march, ?The Garb of Old Gaul,? to words written by General Sir Harry Erksine, and it has a museum containing an almost unique collection of instruments, both acoustic and musical, together with various other objects of interest There is also a library of musical compositions PARK PLACE, SHOWING CAYPBELL OF SUCCOTH?S HOUSE. President of the Court of Session, under the title 01 Lord Succoth, and was descended from the house of Argyle, and his mother was the only daughte1 and heiress of John Wallace of Elderslie. He was one of the counsel for the defence in the great Douglas cause, and brought to Edinburgh the first tidings of Lord Douglas?s victory in the House of Lords. A baronetcy was conferred upon the Lord President when he retired from office in 1808, and he died in 1823, after being long resident on his estate of Garscube, whither his son, Sir Archibaldwho in 1809 became a senator under the title of Lord Succoth-also retired in 1824; and his great house in PArk Place was latterly occupied as the Edinburgh Ladies? Institution for Education, and near it was the new Jewish Synagogue. In Park Place (where Dr. Tait, the present Archbishop of Canterbury, was born) stands, about ninety yards west of Charles Street and the same and treatises, which is one of the most complete at present existing. Perhaps the special feature is the magnificent organ by Messrs. Hill and Son, which in some points is unsurpassed. It contains four manuals and sixty-six stops, of which latter eleven belong to the ?pedal organ.? In this department of the instrument are two specimens, both in wood and in metal, of the rare register of ? 32 feet? These pedal stops, and several on the manuals, of the most exquisite softness and delicacy, are the great points of this renowned instrument, which has been completed by the present occupant of the chair of music, Professor Sir Herbert Oakeley, who, during the university term, gives fortnightly open ? I recitals,? which are much prized by students and citizens. During late years the interior of the hall has been much improved. Under ten panels the name aHd date of the ten greatest composers have ... OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. Gwrge squarc for transporting a finelydressed lady in a powdered toupee. The public ...

Book 4  p. 344
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 81 earth. After the lapse of nearly an hour and a half, he anchored in Doddington Moor, when some people getting hold of the ropes, he was carried to Barmoor in Northumberland, where he descended. The aeronaut had been invited to Kelso by the gentlemen of the Caledonian Hunt. While here he was much delighted with the races, and in one of his letters alludes to a match between the Duke of Hamilton and Robert Baird, Esq., who rode their- own horses; he likens the contest to the ancient Olympic games. “He dined on Saturday with Sir James Douglas of Springwoodpark, and supped with the gentlemen of the Caledonian Hunt. On Sunday he was entertained by Sir James Pringle,l at Stitchel ; on Monday by Lord Home at Hirsel, and same evening by the ancient Lodge of Freemasons.” He is stated also to have taken “much notice of the two Miss Halls of Thornton, Miss Wilkie of Doddington, and Miss Car of Newcastle,” who no doubt were highly gratified by his condescension ! ! Glasgow was next visited by the aeronaut, where he ascended from St. Andrew Square on the 23d of November. A crowd of nearly 100,000 persons had assembled to witness his flight. The balloon took a north-east direction for about 25 miles ; the wind then changing, he was carried south-east until he descended near Alemoor, in Selkirkshire, having passed over a distance of 125 miles in two hours. Lunardi thus describes his descent : “ When I came in sight of the heathy hills I heard a voice call, ‘ Lunardi, come down ! ’ quite plain, and I knew not who it was. I saw at a distance sheep feeding, but could not see a human being. I called aloud several times through the hill, and after a minute, or seventy seconds, I could hear the. echo of my words returned as loud as they were pronounced, but I never had repeated ‘ Lunardi, come down,’ though I heard these words several times repeated, on which I answered through the trumpet, ‘ Hallo, hallo,’ with a great voice. I heard the words ‘ Lunardi, hallo,’ repeated, and being now quite free from interruption of clouds, I could see distinctly some people on horseback ; at last I hastened my descent between two hills, where I came down as light as a feather. Two trembling shepherds came to me, an old man and a boy, whom I encouraged by calling to them, ‘ My dear friends, come hither.’ At this time Mr. and Mrs. Chisholm of Stirches happened to be returning on horseback from a visit, who very kindly received Mr. Lunardi, at whose suggestion Mrs. Chisholm boldly took possession of the car, resigning her horse to the aeronaut, and while some shepherds held on by the ropes, the party thus proceeded to a distance of nearly three miles. Lunardi spent the night at Stirches, and dined next day with the magistrates of Hawick, who presented him with the freedom of the town. Mr. Lunardi made a second ascent from Glasgow on the 5th of December, and, as on the former occasion, he was witnessed by a vast concourseof people. His ascent was very majestic ; but he did not’ proceed to 8 great distance, hav- They crossed the water and came up to me.” Sir James succeeded his uncle, Sic John Pringle, F.R.S., the distinguished physician and cultivator of science, who accompanied the Duke of Cumberland to Scotland, and remained with the army after the battle of Culloden till its return to England in August 1746. M ... SKETCHES. 81 earth. After the lapse of nearly an hour and a half, he anchored in Doddington Moor, ...

Book 8  p. 116
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304 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. the Ambassador was about to quit Paris, without having been presented at the Tuilleries. The reason assigned was, that the Mirza expected the King to stand up in his presence, and in that posture receive the letter with which he was intrusted from his master, the Persian Monarch. This the French King could not do, being ill at the time with gout. His Excellency next insisted that he must sit beside his Majesty, or at least in front of him, otherwise he should have his head cut off on his return. As neither of these points of etiquette could be complied with, and the French Court had no desire to be accessory to his decapitation, it was,resolved that the simplest way to avoid difficulties was to dispense with the interview altogether. After much delay and anxious expectation the Ambassador and his fair Circassian arrived at their lodgings in Charles Street, Berkeley Square, London, on the 27th of April 1819. He was waited on by several of the Ministers, and next day gave a dinner to a select party of five, among whom were Lords Castlereagh and Walpole, and Sir Gore Ouseley, who had formerly accompanied him to Persia, None of the visitors, however, were gratified with a glimpse of the Circassian. She occupied the inner drawing-room; and the doh of her apartment, aecording to the newspaper reports of the day (which were probably not entitled to unlimited credence), was constantly guarded by two of the four black eunuchs, with sabres by their sides, who were her only attendants.’ This watchful seclusion of the “Fair Circassian ” tended the more to exaggerate a belief in the reality of her charms. At length the irresistible importunities of his friends induced his Excellency to comply with the wishes of the female portion of the nobility ; and on the first occasion upwards of twenty ladies of distinction were admitted into the presence of the fair incognita. The introduction took place in the front drawing-room, between one and two o’clock. The Circassian was elegantly attired in the costume of her country. Her dress was a rich white satin, fringed with gold, with a bandeau round her head, and a wreath of diamonds. She received her visitors with graceful affability ; and the ladies were highly pleased with her reserved manners. Although not quite such a model of female beauty as “ fancy painted her,” she was nevertheless described, even by her fair critics, as a creature truly admirable, of medium stature, and exquisite symmefry ; her complexion brunette ; her hair jet black, with finely arched black eyebrows ; handsome black penetrating eyes ; and her features regular and pleasing. Lady Augusta Murray, one of the visitors, presented her with a beautiful nosegay, with which she seemed highly pleased. From this period the residence of the Ambassador continued to be daily thronged with ladies of rank, anxious to pay their respects to the interesting stranger ; and all brought with them some elegant and costly present for the decoration of her person. Owing to the indisposition of the Prince Regent, the audience to the Ambasl Aa illustrative of the domestic habits of the ambassador, it waa stated in the journals that he nsually rose at six in the morning-went down stairs to bathe in a common bath hired from a tinsmith- md that his dinner hour was six in the evening. His fair slave, or mistress, was supplied from his own table, the servants in waiting conveying the dishes to her attendant outside the drawing-room. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. the Ambassador was about to quit Paris, without having been presented at ...

Book 9  p. 405
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