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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 369 same night stopped at %learns, about nine miles distant, where the people with whom he lodged remarked his agitated manner, and observed some spots of blood on his clothes. He left Mearns about four o’clock in the morning, and proceeded to Irvine, where he intended to take shipping for Ireland. In the meantime the Magistrates of Glasgow were extremely active in despatching officers of justice in all directions in search of the murderer. He was traced to Irvine, where the officers learned that he had sailed a day or two previous for Dublin, but that the vessel would probably put into Lamlash Bay, in Arran. They could get no boat to sail, however, on account of the tempestuous weather, until Mr. Cunningham of Seabank, a respectable and active Justice of the Peace, impressed one for the purpose. Arriving in Lamlash Bay, the party found the vessel M‘Kean had sailed in; and, proceeding on shore, they discovered the object of their pursuit sitting among the other passengers, at the fire of a public-house in Lamlash. On seeing the officers he immediately surrendered himself, saying--“ I know your errand.” The cold-blooded cruelty of the deed had created a strong excitement in Glasgow ; and when the officers, Graham and Munro, arrived with their charge, the populace could not be restrained from expressing their satisfaction by loud cheering. On his examination before the Magistrates M’Kean confessed the murder, but endeavoured to palliate his guilt. He addressed the Magistrates with astonishing composure, but with great deference and respect. Buchanan’s pocket-book, containing bank notes to the amount of %118, his watch and several papers, were found upon him by the officers of justice, who, for the activity they had displayed, besides a reward of twenty guineas previously offered, received the thanks of the magistracy. M‘Kean’s trial came on at Edinburgh, on the 12th December 1796. When brought to the bar he gave in a written confession, and pleaded guilty. He had neither counsel nor agent. When offered professional assistance by the Court, previous to proceeding in the trial, he said-“No; I will have no counsel but the Almighty. I am guilty of the crime laid to my charge in all its circumstances. If the Court, as a matter of form, appoint an advocate for me, I will have none of his assistance. I am determined to plead guilty, and submit to my fate.” For the satisfaction of the Court, and the country in general, several witnesses were called in, who fully proved both the robbery and the murder. The jury accordingly returned a verdict of-guilty; and the prisoner wm sentenced to be executed at Glasgow on the 24th of January following. During the trial, the prisoner behaved with the utmost calmness and composure. He is described as having been a decent-looking man, about forty years of age, five feet six or seven inches high, dressed in a brown coat, black silk waistcoat and breeches, and more a striped green great-coat. He was very pale, and had nothing of a vicious expression in his face. On the day of his execution a vast concourse of people were assembled from all parts of the country, particularly from Lanark. The culprit met his fate with great resignation. VOL. 11. 3 B ... SKETCHES. 369 same night stopped at %learns, about nine miles distant, where the people with whom he ...

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I02 MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. which he was burned, on the sloping bank at Greenside,’ has been rescued, only within the last year, from all profane associations, by the erection of the new Lady Glenorchy’s Chapel thereon. The fall of this great master of the black art would seem to have been peculiarly fatal to its votaries ; as many as ten witches were burnt in the city during the 6ame year. In the following pear, while the Palace of Holpood was undergoing repair for the residence of the Duke of York, afterwards James VII., the unhappy prisoners taken at the battle of Bothwell Bridge were brought to Edinburgh, and the greater number of them confined for five months, during the most inclement season of the year, in the inner Greyfriars’ Churchyard, that long narrow slip of ground, enclosed with an iron gate, which extends between the grounds of Heriot’s Hospital and the old Poor’s House. They were exposed there during the whole of that period, without any shelter from the weather; yet the whole of them remained faithful to their principles, although they could at once have procured their liberty by acknowledging the rising at Bothwell to have been rebellion. In 1680, the Duke of York arrived in Edinburgh, as Commissioner from the King to the Scottish Parliament, along with his Duchess, Nary DEste, daughter of the Duke of Modena, celebrated by Dryden and other wits of the time for her beauty. The Lady Anne, his daughter, afterwards Queen Anne, also accompanied him on this occasion, and greatly contributed, by her easy and affable manners, towards the popularity which he was so desirous to acquire. The previous vicegerents had rendered themselves peculiarly obnoxiouti to all classes, and thereby prepared the people the more readily to appreciate the urbanity of the Duke. “ He behaved himself,” says Bishop Burnet, ‘‘ upon his first going to Scotland, in so obliging a manner, that the nobility and gentry, who had been so long trodden on by the Duke of Lauderdale, found a very sensible change; so that he gained much on them all. It was visibly his interest to make that kingdom sure to him, and to give them such an essay of his government as might dissipate all hard thoughts of him, with which the world was possessed.’’ To the success with which he pursued this course of policy may be, to some extent, attributed the strong attachment which the Scottish nobility afterwards displayed to the House of Stuart, which led to the rebellions in 171 5 and 1745. A grand entertainment was provided for him in the Parliament House, which was fitted up at great expense for the occasion. The Duchess, the Lady Anne, and the principal nobles at the Scottish Court, were present on the occasion, and the expense of the banquet was npwards of d214,OOO Scottish money. During the Duke’s residence at Edinburgh, a splendid court was kept at Holyrood Palace. The rigid decorum of Scottish manners- gradually gave way before the affability of such noble entertainers ; and the novel luxuries of the English Court formed an additional attraction to the Scottish grandees. Tea was introduced for the first time into Scotland on this occasion, and given by the Duchess, as a great treat to the Scottish ladies who The city spared no expense to welcome the Duke of York. Chambers’s Minor Antiquities, p. 85. Burnet’s Hist., Edin. Ed., vol. ii. p. 322. On the authority of ‘‘a gentleman who had the spot pointed out to him by his father sixty years ago ” (1833). ... MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. which he was burned, on the sloping bank at Greenside,’ has been rescued, only ...

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THE HIGH STREET. 23 5 him, and vanished. He arose and proceeded immediately to Edinburgh, to inquire into this strange occurrence, and arriving at the home in Mary King’s Close, found the widow in tears for the death of the husband whose apparition he had seen. This account, we are told, was related by the minister, who was in the house on this occasion, to the Duke of Lauderdale, in the presence of many nobles, and is altogether as credible and mell-authenticated a ghost story as the lovers of the marvellous could desire. The house, after being deserted €or 8 while, was again attempted to be inhabited by a hard-drinking and courageou8 old pensioner and his wife ; but towards midnight the candle began to burn blue, the head again made its appearance, but in much more horrible form, and the terrified couple made a precipitate retreat, resigning their dwelling without dispute- to this prior tenant. Several ancient alleys and a mass of old and mostly ruinouv buildings were demolished in 1753 in preparing the site for the Royal Exchange, ‘various sculptured stones belong-’ ing to which were built into the curious tower erected by Walter ROSS, Esq., at the Dean, and popularly known by the name of ‘‘ ROSS’S Folly.” Several of these were scattered about the garden grounds below the Castle rock, exhibiting considerable variety of carving. Another richly carved stone, consisting of a decorated ogee arch with crocquets and finial, surmounted by shields, was built into a modern erection at the foot of Craig’s Close, and nearly corresponded with one which stood in a more dilapidated state in the Princes Street Gardens, tending to show the important character of the buildings that formerly occupied this site. Among those in the gardens there was a lintel, bearing the Somerville arms, and the date 1658, with an inscription, and the initials I. S ., possibly those of James, tenth Lord Somerville; but this was discovered in clearing out the bed of the North Loch. The old land at the head of Craig’s Close, fronting the main street, claims special notice, as occupying the s’ite of Andrew Hart the famous old printer’s heich buith, lyand within the foir tenement of land upone the north syd of the Hie Streit,”‘ and which, by a curious coincidence, became after the lapse of two centuries the residence of the celebrated bibliopolist, Provost Creech, and the scene of his famed morning levees ; and more recently the dwelling of hIr Archibald Constable, from whose establishment so many of the highest productions of Scottish literature emanated. The printing-house of the old typographer still stands a little way down the close, on the east side. It is a picturesque and substantial stone tenement, with large and neatly moulded windows, retaining traces of the mullions that anciently divided them, and the lower crowstep of the north gable bears a shield adorned with the Sinclair arms. Handsome stone corbels project from the several floors, whereon have formerly rested the antique timber projections referred by Maitland to the reign of James IT. Over an ancient doorway, now built up, is sculptured this motto, 3IY * HOIP * IS - CHRYST - with the initials A * S * and M * K -, a curious device containing the letter S entwined with a cross, and the date 1593. An interesting relic belonging to this land, preserved in the museum of the Society of Antiquaries, is thus described in the list of donations for 1828: ‘(A very perfect ancient Scottish spear, nearly fifteen feet long, which has been preserved from time immemorial, within the old printing office in Craig’s Close, supposed to have been the workshop of the celebrated printer, h d r o Hart.” In, the memorable tumult on Andrew Hart’s will.-Bann, Misc. VOL ii p. 247. ... HIGH STREET. 23 5 him, and vanished. He arose and proceeded immediately to Edinburgh, to inquire into this ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 41 5 entered as a student at the Divinity Hall, obtained license as a preacher from the Presbytery of Cupar-Fife, some time, it is understood, in the year 1776. His sermons attracted general notice, and gained him the esteem of many of the leading men of the Church. In 1777, he became assistant to the late Mr. Gibson of St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh; and, in 1780, he was presented by the Marquis of Lothian to the Church of Newbattle, within the Presbytery of Dalkeith. In that year he married Susan, only daughter of Sir William Moncreiff, and sister to the late Sir Henry Moncreiff Wellwood, Bart., by whom he had a numerous family.' He remained at Newbattle for six years, and his memory was long cherished with affectionate regard by his old parishioners. In 1786 Mr. Paul, on a recommendation from the heritors of the parish of St. Cuthbert's to the late Lord Melville, received a presentation from the Crown to be one of the ministers of that parish, in the room of his late friend Mr. Gibson; and by this appointment he became the colleague of his brother-inlaw, Sir Henry Moncreiff. United by close ties of relationship, they were at the same time men of a congenial spirit, and probably no church in Scotland, where there was a collegiate charge, had two more able men as its spiritual guardians, In 1794 he was appointed, by his late Majesty George 111. one of his Chaplains for Scotland. He continued to discharge the arduous duties attendant upon his charge with unwearied assiduity till the period of his death, which happened on the 27th October 1802, The manner of Mr. Paul in the pulpit was attractive and commandingpersuasive, and not unfrequently pathetic or forcible, as the occasion required. While the young and the diffident, in the course of his parochial visitations, were encouraged and brought forward, those who were of a contrary character met with severe rebuke. From such a man, indeed, even a look was sufficient. On one occasion, a young lady of respectability in the parish, and of great personal attractions, from thoughtless levity stood up in church during sermon in the front of the gallery, exhibiting a beautifully formed arm, bare almost to the shoulder, which attracted the eyes of the entire congregation towards her. The reverend clergyman, who knew her and her family well, was disturbed. Although unwilling to hurt her feelings, he was determined to repress so unbecoming an exhibition. Turning to the place where she stood, and pausing in his discourse, he fixed on her for a few moments an eye so full of reproof that the lady's vanity gave way under his gaze, and she sat down abashed in her seat. With the manners of a perfect gentleman, Mr. Paul possessed an independence of spirit by no means suited to the meridian of a court, At one of the elections of the Scottish Peers in Holyrood House, about the close of last These were his son Robed, manager of the Commercial Bank of Scotland; John, one of the ministers of the West Church; William, chief partuer of the firm of Paul, M'Kenzie, and Moncrieff, accountants in Edinburgh ; and Henry, manager of the City of Glasgow Rank, Glasgow. ... SKETCHES, 41 5 entered as a student at the Divinity Hall, obtained license as a preacher from the ...

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

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132 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. I was no sooner got than they conducted me between the decks to some others they had kidnapped in the same manner.” Neither Williamson nor any of his fellow-captives were permitted again to get on deck, and in about a month afterwards the ship sailed for America. On arriving on the coast of that country she was assailed by a storm, and driven in the middle of the night on a sand-bank off Cape May, near the Cape of Delaware, and in a short time filled with water. The ruffian crew, hoisting out their boats, made their escape to land, leaving the poor boys to their fate in the vessel. Fortunately, she held together till the following morning, when the Captain sent some of his men on board to bring the boys, and as much of the cargo as they could, on shore, where Williamson and his fellow-captives remained in a sort of camp for three weeks, when they were taken to Philadelphia, and there sold at about 31 6 per head. Williamson was separated from his companions, and from this time never heard any more of them. He was himself fortunate enough to fall into the hands of an excellent master, a humane and worthy man. This person was a countryman of his own of the name of Wilson, from Perth, who had himself been kidnapped in his youth. With this man Williamson lived very happily, and much at his ease, till the death of the former, which occurred a few years afterwards, when he was left by him, as a reward for his faithful services, the sum of $120 in money, his best horse, saddle, and all his wearing-apparel. Our hero, who was only in his seventeenth year, being now his own master, employed himself in such country work as offered for the succeeding seven years, when, thinking he had acquired sufficient means to enable him to settle respectably in life, he married a daughter of a substantial planter, and was presented by his father-in-law with a deed of gift of a tract of land, comprising about 200 acres, situated on the frontiers of the province of Pennsylvania. On this property there was a good house, which he furnished ; and having stocked his farm, he sat down with the prospect of leading a peaceable and happy life-but these prospects were soon destroyed. As Williamson was sitting up one night later than usual, expecting the return of his wife, who had gone on a visit to her relations, he was suddenly alarmed by hearing the well-known and fatal war-whoop of the Indians. These dreadful sounds proceeded from a party of savages, to the number of twelve, who had surrounded his house for the purpose of robbery and murder. On hearing the ominous cry, Williamson seized a loaded gun, and at first endeavoured to scare away his horrible assailants, who were now attempting to beat in the door, by threatening to fire on them. But heedless of his menaces, and in their turn threatening to set fire to his house and burn him alive if he did not instantly surrender, he at length yielded, and, on promise of having his life spared, came out as they desired. Having got the unfortunate man into their power, the savages bound him to a tree, near his own door, plundered his house, and then set it on fire, together with his outhouses, barns, and stables, consuming all his grain, cattle, horses, and sheep ; and thus, almost instantaneously, reducing him from a state of independence and comfort to one of beggary and misery. Having completed their diabolical work, ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. I was no sooner got than they conducted me between the decks to some others they had ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHEX. 221 castellated mansion, the demolition of which, by the Trustees of the Institution, occasioned much regret among the lovers of antiquity. From the Edinburgh Mugazhe for 1800 we quote the following remarks by a correspondent :- “ How grateful must it have been to the inhabitants of Edinburgh, to be able to point the attention of a prejudiced stranger to the towering and venerable fabric of Wrytes Hme, one existing memorial, among many others, of the ancient power and greatness of Scotland, and of her early proficiency in the architecture and sculpture formerly in repute. Will persons of taste in this country believe it ?-will liberal and lettered Englishmen believe it ?-this beautiful castle, in the environs of the capital, and the ornament of Bruntsfield Links, a public resort, ie at this moment resounding the blows of the hammers and axes of final demolition ! ” “The Managers of the late Mr. Gillespie’s mortification having, by reason, it is said, of the voracity of some greedy proprietor, been disappointed in their original intentions, ‘ They spied this goodly castle, Which choosing for their Hospital, They thither marched.’ And who could have doubted that it might easily have been transformed into a most capacious and elegant hospital-a truly splendid abode for decayed Gillespies ! t I I “But down it must come, if it should be for the sake only of the timber, the slates, and the stones. A few weeks will leave scarcely a trace to tell where once it stood. Ten thousand pounds would not rear such another castle ; and, if it did, still it would be modern. Above one window was the inscription, ‘Sicut Oliva fructifera, 1376 ;’ and above another, ‘In Domino emfido, 1400.’ There are several later dates, marking the periods, probably of additions, embellishments, or repairs, or the succession of different pr0prietors.l The arms over the principal door were those of Britain after the union of the crowns. On triangular stones, above the windows, were five emblematical representations- Its fate is now irretrievable. “ WryteS House: was of considerable antiquity. ‘ And in those five, such things their form express’d, As we can touch, taste, feel, or hear, or see.’ . A variety of the virtues also were strewed upon different parts of the building. In one place was a rude representation of our first parents, and underneath, the well-known old proverbial distich- ‘ When Adam delv’d and Eve span, Quhair war a’ the gentles than.’ In another place was a head of Julius Ccesar, and elsewhere a head of Octavius Secundus, both in good preservation. Most of these curious pieces of sculpture have been defaced or broken, no measure having been taken to preserve them from the effects of their fall.’ This is much to be regretted, as there can be little doubt that some good gentleman, who would not only have given the contractor an advanced price, but would have so disposed of these relics aa to ensure their future existence and preservation. Had the late Mr, Walter Ross been alive they would not have been allowed to &ash against the ground and shiver into fragments ! What, suppose the Managers themselves were yet to erect a little Gothic-looking mansion, in some convenient corner, constructed entirely of the sculptured and ornamented stones of the castle. l In a note by the editor of the Magazine, it is stated as the opinion of another antiquarp, that these dates were more likely to have been inscribed at the same period, to record some particular e m in the history of the ancestors of the owner ; and that the neatness, distinctness, and uniformity of the letters, rendered this opinion highly probable. * ‘* A long stone, on which was curiously sculptured a group resembling Holbein’s Dance of Death, was some time ago (July 1800) discovered at the head of Forrester’s Wynd,:which in former days was the western boundary of St. Giles’s High Churchyard. “his relic, too, was much defaced, and broken in two, by being carelessly tossed down by the workmen. It was a curioua piece. Amid other musicians who brought up the rear, ww an angel playing on the Highland bagpipe-a national conceit, which appears also on the entablature of one of the pillars of the supremely elegant Gothic chapel at Roslin.” ... SKETCHEX. 221 castellated mansion, the demolition of which, by the Trustees of the ...

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THE WEST BOW AND SUBURBS. 353 of people.” This manufacturing speculation, though devised for benevolent purposes, entirely failed, and dissipated the whole revenues of the older foundation. We next h d it converted into an Hospital for the wounded soldiers of General Leslie’s army, during the skirmishing that preceded his total defeat at Dunbar; and thereafter it reached its final degradation as a penal workhouse or bridewell, in which capacity it is referred to in the ‘‘ Heart of Midlothian.” The building was decorated with the city arms, and smw other rudely sculptured devices on the pediments of the dormer windows that appear in our view, and over the doorway was inscribed the pious aspiration :-GOD WARK * with the date 1619. Beyond this lies the district of Calton,* which had for its superiors the Lords Balmerinoch, until the Common Council purchased the superiority of it from the last representative af that noble family, who perished on the block in 1746. The first Lord Balmerinoch was made the scapegoat of his royal master James VI., on the Secretary Cecil producing a letter to the Council, which his Majesty had written to the Pope, Clement VIII., with the view of smoothing his accession to the English throne. Lord Balmerinoch was accused as the author of the letter, and sent prisoner to Edinburgh, “with the people of which place,” says Scott of Scotstarvit, “he was little favoured, because he had acquired many landa about the town, so that John Henderson, the bailie, forced him to light off his horse at the foot of Leith Wynd, albeit he had the rose in his leg, and was very unableto walk, till he came to the prison house.” He was condemned to be beheaded, but was soon after permitted to retire to his own house, the whole being a mere ruse to cover the King’s double dealing. The last Lord presented the Old Calton Burying Ground to his vassals, as a place of sepulture, and it is said offered them the whole hill for $40. This district, however, must have existed long before Ring James bestowed that title on his favourite, as the last remains of an ancient chapel, dedicated to St Ninian were swept away in 1814, in clearing the site for the west pier of the Regent Bridge. Only the crypt, or vaulted ground story, remained at the time of its demolition ; but ‘‘ the baptismal font,” as Arnot styles it, or more probably the holy-water stoup, was removed by Mr Walter Ross in 1778, to the curious Gothic tower built by him at Dean Haugh. It consists of a neatly SCUIPtured bason, forming the base of a Gothic niche, and surmounted by an elegant Gothic canopy, and now forms one of the heterogeneous decorations collected by Sir Walter Scott for his mansion at Abbotsford. Nothing is known either of the founders or the date of erection of St Ninian’s Chapel. The neighbouring Collegiate Church of the Holy Trinity was dedicated, in the charter of foundation, “For the praise and honour of the Holy Trinity, of the ever-blessed and glorious Virgin Mary, of St Niniun tAe Confessor, and of all saints and elect of God” The chapel appears, however, to have been a dependency of the Abbey of Holyrood, from different notices of it that occur in licences granted by the Abbots to the Corporations of the Canongate, for founding and maintaining altars in the Abbey Church. In a licence granted in 1554, by Robert Stewart, Abbot of Holyrood, “for augmentatioun of dyuine seruice at me alter to be biggit within our sayd abbay, quhare Sanct Crkpine and Crispiniane per patronis sal1 stand;” it is added, BLIS THIS 1 Calderwood, voL vii’p. 458. ’ Nicoll’e Diary, p 23. “ CaEton, or Caldoun, is admitted to be the hiu covered with bushes.”-Dalrymple’s Annals, VOL i. p. 96. Charter of Foundation, Maitland, p. 207. ’ 2Y ... WEST BOW AND SUBURBS. 353 of people.” This manufacturing speculation, though devised for benevolent ...

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176 MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. and especially of U one bearing the manifest badge of Antichrist,” viz., his badge as a knight of the order of Saint Esprit? They accordingly intimated to their congregations a day of fasting and prayer on the occasion, which was duly observed, while the Frenchman was having his farewell repast. In the year 1588, the King sent Sir James Stewart, brother of the Earl of Arran, to besiege Lord Maxwell, in the Castle of Lochmaben, where he was believed to have collected a force in readiness to co-operate with an expected army from Spain, against the government. The Castle was rendered on the faith of safety promised to the garrison by Sir William Stewart; but the King, who had remained at a prudent distance from danger, now made his appearance, and with characteristic perfidy, hanged the most of them before the Castle gate. He returned to Edinburgh thereafter, bringing with him the Lord Maxwell, “who was warded in Robert Gourlaye’s hous, and committed to the custodie of Sir William Stewart.” Scarcely a week after this, Sir William quarrelled with the Earl of Bothwell, in the royal presence, where each gave the other the lie, in language sufficiently characteristic of the rudeness of manners then prevailing at the Court of Holyrood. They met a few days afterwards on the High Street, each surrounded by his retainers, when a battle immediately ensued. Sir William was driven down the street by the superior numbers of his opponents, and at length retreated into Blackfriars’ Wynd.’ There he _.stabbed one of his assailants who was pressing most closely on him, but being unable to recover his sword, he was thrust through the body by Bothwell, and so perished in the afTray,-an occurrence that excited little notice at that turbulent period, either from the citizens or the Court, and seems to have involved its perpetrator in no retributive consequences. The next occupant of note was Colonel Sempill, a cadet of the ancient family of that name, and an active agent of the Catholic party, who “came to this countrie, with the Spanish gold to the Popish Lords.’’ The Earl of Huntly, who had shown himself favourable to the Spanish emissary, was commanded, under pain of treason, to apprehend him ; and he also was accordingly warded in Robert Gourlay’s house, seemingly at the same time with Lord Maxwell. In this case, it proved an insecure prison, for he (( soone after brake waird and escaped, and that by Huntlie’s moyen and assistance; ’” and on the 20th of May of the following year, Huntly was himself a prisoner, “wairded in Robert Gourlay’s h ~ u s e , ” ~ from whence he was soon afterwards transferred to Borthwick Castle. But not only was this ancient civic mansion the abode or prison of a succession of eminent men, during the troubled years of James the Sixth’s residence in Scotland; we find that the King himself, in 1593, took refuge in the same substantial retreat, during one of those daring insurrections of the Earl of Bothwell, that so often put his Majesty’s courage to sore trial, and drove him to seek the protection of the burgher force of Edinburgh. LL The 3d of Apryle, the Birrel’s Diary, p. 24. . ’ Calderwood, vol. iv. pp. 678-681. * Ibid, vol. v. p. 65. YIQNETTE-carved Stone from Old Bank Close, in the collection of A. 0. Ellis, Esq. ... MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. and especially of U one bearing the manifest badge of Antichrist,” viz., his badge ...

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

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328 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Blind ; one of the Committee of Management of the Deaf and Dumb Institution ; one of the Extraordinary Directors of the House of Refuge; and one of the Ordinary Managers of the Royal Infirmary, and of the Royal Public Dispensary. To the Society of Antiquaries, Sir Henry communicated an interesting account of the opening of the grave of King Robert the Bruce, which took place at Dunfermline, in presence of the Barons of Exchequer and other gentlemen, on the 5th of November 1819.’ i The other figure with the volunteer cap, immediately in the rear of Sir Henry, is the late SIR ROBERT DUNDAS of Beechwood, Bart., one of the Principal Clerks of Session, and Deputy to the Lord Privy Seal of Scotland. He was born in June 1761, and descended of the Arniston family, whose common ancestor, Sir James .Dundas, was knighted by Charles I., and appointed a Senator of the College of Justice by Charles 11. His father, the Rev. Robert Dundas, brother to the late General Sir David Dundas, K.G.C.B., and some years Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty’s Forces, was a clergyman of the Established Church, and some time minister of the parish of Humbie, in the county of Haddington. Sir Robert-the subject of our notice-was educated as a Writer to the Signet, After a few years’ practice, he was made Deputy Keeper of Sashes; and, in 1820, appointed one of the Principal Clerks of Session. He succeeded to the baronetage and the estate of Beechw9od (near Edinburgh) on the death of his uncle, General Sir David Dundas. He acquired by purc)ase, from, Lord Viscount Melville, the beautiful estate of Dunira, in Perthshire. Sir Robert was an original member of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers, and held the commission of Lieutenant in 1794. In 1792, he married Matilda, daughter of Baron Cockburn, by whom he had eight children. He died on 1 The communication of Sir Henry appeared in the Society’s Tyamactiom, printed in 1823, vol. ii. part ii., together with a drawing of the coftin, and a facsimile of a plate of copper supposed to have been attached to it. This relic is stated to have been found by the workmen a few days a f h the opening of the grave, and is described as “ five and a half inches in length, and four in breadth, and about one-eighth of an inch in thickness, with holes at each corner for fixing it on the coffin, bearing this inscription, Robertus Xcotomm Rex; the letters resemble those on the coins of this King [Bruce]. A cross is placed under the inscription, with a mullet or star in each angle, with the crown, precisely of the form iu those coins. It was found among the rubbish which had been removed on the 5th, close to the vault on the east side, and most probably had been adhering to thc atones of the vault, and had thus escaped our notice at the time.” The plate, so minutely and gravely described, was forwarded by Provost Wilson of Dunfermline, and duly deposited in the Museum of the Scottish Antiquaries ; but it afterwards transpired that the “important fragment,” as it was termed, was nothing more than an ingenious device, the work of a blacksmith, contrived for the purpose of hoaxing the Antiquariev ! The success of his attempt waa complete ; and but for his own imprudence, or rather an irresistible desire to enjoy the laugh at the expense of the Society, the deception might have remained undiscovered. It may not be unworthy of notice that Sir Henry wiw one of the commissioners appointed, along with Sir Walter Scott and others, to open the chest which contained the Regalia of Scotland, deposited in Edinburgh Castle, but which, according to rumour, had been carried to the Tower of London, and that he had the high gratification of being the first to lay hands upon the Crown, which he held up to the view of the spectators. It was found on the 4th of February 1818. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Blind ; one of the Committee of Management of the Deaf and Dumb Institution ; one of ...

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GENERAL INDEX. 387 Rhind. David. architect. 11. 147 275, '2 6, I I t . 67 244 . Rhmd, {anet, ToAb of, 11. 262 Riccarton, 111. 319; its loca history, 111. 321 Riccarton House 111. 322 Richard 11. of E h a n d . 11. 2 Richardson, Messrs., tobacconists Richardson, W.L.,theartist, 111.8: Richmond Court 11. 338 Richmond Stree; 11. 188 333, 332 Riding School ?he 11. 1>8 Riding School'Lani, 11. 135 Riddell's Close, I. 110, 1rr,z82, ng: Riddell's Land, I. 98, 110, 11. 9 Riddle Sir Jama 11. 187 194 Riddle's Close, Liith, 111: 226, 22( Ri ht of sanctuary, Edinburgt tastle deorived of the. I. 67 111. 34 , , Rillbank IiI. 55 Riots at ;he Cananmills, 111. 87 Risps, or ancient knockers, I. 94 237, 271, 11. 253 35' Ristori, Madam, the actress, I Ritchie, the sculptor, 11. 134, 147 336 Ritchie, hitch, 111. 79 Ritchie, Prof. Uavid 11. rg6 Ritchie. William. iditor of thq Scoto;mm, I. 284 of the Scottish bank note: RE25 and 5s.. 11. 94 Rirzio, David, Murder of, I. 6, 50 92. 3173 11. 41, 58, 66,68, 70, 71 92; abude of. 11. 11,111. 361 Rivio Joseph 11. 68, 70, Robe4 Abbot)of H~lyrood,~II. 3 Rober;[., 11. 307, 111. 35, 94, 166 Robert II., I. 26, 27. 142, 11. 3 Robeh III., I. 27, 11. 54,111. 317 Robert Bruce, I. 23,24,III. 199,34: Robert Gourlays house, 1. 116 327,343, 348 323 338, 348.354. 362 331, 354, 355 278, 111. 32, 59, 118, 166, 315 *rao 123 &. David. the oainter. 11. 80 Robei III. +, 83; his p;rents,lI~. 7; 78; his birthplace, 111. -77, 78 Robertson, Patrick, Lord, 11. 156 175, 191, 193, 19% zoo, 111. 126 240; Lockhart's description 0: him, 11. I 3 ; Lockhart'sepitaph: an him, I?. 194 Robertson, Dr., I. 101, 231, 236 271, 273, 11. 27, 194: tomb of 11. * 381. (See also the two fol Iaving articles) Robertson, Principal, 1. 106, 261 (See tkc $re. 11. 255, 281, 24% 293. 378, 379 111. 20, 22, 23,45. ceding andfolrauing artider) Robertson, the historian, 11. 168 his death, 111. 49; his materna niece, Lord Brougham's mother 11. 168. (See the two precedizg Robertson Memorial Estahlishec Chutch, 111. 50 Robertson, Dr., the Leith historian 111. 167, 173, 218, 219, zzo, 222 226, zA, 229, 23r. 235, 236, 238. 239,245, 2471 249, 256, 259: 2697 2701 276 Robertson Mr I. 175 Robertsonlof zochart, George, I. 204 206 Robekson of Lude, Lieut.-General. 111. 34 ; his black Servant, ib. Robertson, Geordie, 11. 3'6 Kcbertson, John, and the lepers, 11. I02 Robertson Mrs. Hannah reputed grand-diughter of Chahes II., Robertson's Close, 11. 250, 251 Robertson's Land, I. 178 "Robin Hood,"Gameof, forbidden, I . 116, 277 ; riot in wnsequence, II.21,355 1. 126 "Robin Mend-the-Market," 111. 274 RobRoy, 111,9r; thesonsof,I.70; popularity of the play of, I. 349, 350 Rob Roy's purse, 11. 87 Rohinson, Professor, 11. 86, 191 Rohinson's Land, I. 264 FWwn, the actor, I. 351 Rocheid of Inverleith, Sir James, I Rocheid family The 111. 94 Rocheid of 1n;erleith James, 111. 95 ; his encounter d t h the Duke of hlontaw, ib. ; his mother, ib. 111.94, 343 architect. 11. 184 5, 6 Rollinson, the comedian, I. 350 Rollo, Lord, I. 208 Rollock, Hercules, 11. 288, 289 Rullock of Pilton Peter 111. 307 Rollock Robert,' PrinApal of the Univirsity, I1 -78,111.8,9,16,2 Roman CatholicJchapels attacked by the mob, 11. 282 Roman Eagle Hall I. IrI Romanism, BurleAue on 11. 289 Roman relics and coins i. 10 Roman road near Portdbello. I. 10. . . * I2 I. +I0 319 Roman urn foundnear DeanBridge, Romieu, Paul, the clockmaker, I. Rood Chapel, Broughton, 111. 151 Rose, Bishop Alexander, 11. 22, Rosebery, Archibald Earl of, I. Rosebery Earls of I. g 111. 106 Rosebery: Lord, IiI. :5, 3 5 Rosebery James Ear? of, ?I. 324: singula; advertisement, ib. Rosehaugh, the persecutor, 11. 331, 375 Rosehaughs Close I. 253 25 Rose Court, Georie Stree;, If. 1x8 Rosehill, DavidLord, 111. 30 ROM Street, 11. 146, 158, 159, 163, Rose Street Lane, 11. 150 Rosebank Cemetery, 111. 89 Roseburn Howe 111. I-, 103, *104; lintel at: III. *Io3; 111- scriptions at, ib. Roseburn Mqltings, 111. 102 Rosevale Place 111. 266 Roslin Castle, iII. 346, 3 , *348, 351 ; its early history, 141. 347- s p ; the St. Clairs (Sinclairs), 111. 131 2572 11. 1042 109 96 say, D a d ) ' ;, Lords, I. 66, 11.326, 339,111. 362 Ross of Hawkhead, Lord, 111.260 Ross, John Earl of I. 247 ROSS David comedian, I. 341, 342 Koss: Walte:, the antiquary, I. 230, Ross House 11. 338, 339 Ross Park iI. 338, 339 Rosslyn. Earls of, I. 271-273, 111. 33% 111. 71-73 349- Rosr's Court I. 91 Ross's Towe:. or " Follv." Rothes, Earls of, I. 159, 11. p, 218, Rothesay, Duke of, 1. 26, 27. 142, Rothesay, Earl of, 11. 65 Rothesay Place, 111. 62 Kothiemay, Lady, 1. 281 Rotten Row, Leith, 111. 167. 235 Kotunda The 11. 83 Roubilkk, the'sculptor I. 159 Routing Well, The, 11). 364 Row, Colonel Archibald, I. zoz ; his wife s tomb, 1. 203 Row, the Church hiatorian, 111.260 Rowites The I. 239 Rowland Hili, the preacher, 11. 103 Roxburgh, Dukes of,I. 128,223,Il. ' 5 , '23 Roxburgh, Earls of, I. 223, 11. 3, 15,50,181,111.57; houseof 11.34 Roxburgh, Dr., botanist, IIi. 162 258 11. 47, 243. 111. 31, 32 Roxburgh Close I. 223 Roxburgh Club,'I. 375 Roxburgh parish 11. 135 Roxburgh Place 'I. 362 111 338 Roxburgh Terrice, 11. j38 Royal apartments in Holpood Xowl dank. I. 217. 222, 24% 11. Palace Piate 15 Fro 115, 136 170"171 *17a' the, 1. 182 335337 *?40 *IQ) its curator 111. 98 111. 71 b y a i Bank Ciose, iI1. h 4 ; fire in hsyal Blindksylum andschool, 11. Royal Bo;anic Gardens, 111. gb, Royal kircus, 11. '195, 199, *ZOI, Royal Collegeof Physicians, I. 362, 11. 247 Royal Company of Archers 11.348 3, 354; their hall, Ii. * 3 y : Royal Crescent 111. a6 Royal Edinbuigh Asylum, 111. 25,53 39 Royal Edinburgh Volunteers, I. 63, Royal Exchange, The, I. 79, 183- 187, *r8 191, 228, 229, a42, 255, 11. 281 ?I]. 125 ;.plan of the, I. * t 8 8 ; ;he Council Chamber, I. 11. 307. *377, 111. 105, 264 184, 186, Pkfc 7; back of the Royal Exchange, Plafe 10 Royal family, Submission by the Jacobites to the, 11. 247 Royal gardens, Holyrood Palace, 11. "65 *69, 9 Royal H~ghlanJ Society, 111. 127 Royal Horse Bazaar 11.225 Royal Hotel, 11. I&; its distinguhhed guests, ib. Royal Infirmary, 11. 146, 147, 28r, 282,296, 298-302, 359, 111. 114; thenewbuilding 11.358,359,*361 Royal Institution,'The, 11. 83, 86, 88. 01. 0 2 : in 1810. 11. *84: at .. present -11. "85 =' Royal Lhth Volunteers, The, 111. 198, 264 burgh Castle, I. 32, 36, *68 Royal Life Guards 11. 217 Royal lodging, 0; palace, Edin- Roval Maternitv Hosnital. 11.2'1 Royal Maternity and $impson hie- Royal Medical S&iety, I. 123, 11. morial Hospital 11. 362 yx.303, 111. 266, 311 Royal Riding School, 11. 334, 335 Royal Scots Grey Dragoons I. 64 Rqyal Scottish Academy, 11:86,88, Royal Scottlsh Naval and Military Royal Scotkh Volunteer review, Royal Society, l h e , 11. 83, 86, 204, 89, 9x7 921, I97 Academy 11. 335 11. 320, 354. Plate 23 111. 77 ~Oy.2 Terrace 11.103 Royal Terrace'Gardens, 111. 158 Royal tournaments, I. 35 Royston, Lord I. rrr,273,III.310, 311 ; eccenhc pranks of his daughter, I. 111,135,III.11q, 312 Royston, III.308,310 Koyston Ca5tle, 111. 311 Ruddiman, Thorn=, grammarian, I. 110, 123, 11. 291, 382, 111. 363 Ruddiman, theprinter, 11.310,III. Ruglen, Earl of, 111. 122, 3'7 Ruins of the old Market Closeafter Rule, Principal Gilbert, 111. 14, 16 Rullion Green, 111. p. 334. *337 Rumhold, Richard, 1. 59, 60 Runciman. the oainter. I. oz. axo. 363 the fire, I. *177. Russell Bishop of Leith 111. 187 Russell: Rev. 'Dr. h d a e l , 111. Russell the actor I. 350 Rutheriord, Lord: 11. 98, 174, 111. RutAerford Sir John 11. 356 Rutherford: Alison, iI. 156 Rutherford, Andrew, 11. 156 Rutherford, Dr., the fint inventor 243 68 ITI of gas, I. 274, 276, 11. 383; hu nephew, Sir Walter Scott, I. 276 Rutherford the botanist 11. 1zo Rutherford: Anne(Si WAterScott's mother) 11. 142 Rutherfurd-Clark, Lord, 111.26 Ruthven David Lord I. 178 Ruthven: Williarn Loh I. 6 206 215, 316, 11. 66, 70, 71; II1.'174! his dagger I. 317 Ruthven Si; Patrick, I. 52, 54, 95 Ruthven' the printer 11.18 111.271 Ruthven's Land L i d I. 5x6 Rutland Street, \I. I$, zog Ryan, the actor, 11.23 S Sabbath, Breaches of the, 11. 132, Sadler Sir Ralph, 111. 154 20) Sailin;, Early restrictions on, III. I33 '59 ailors' Home, Leith, 111. a59 'Salamander Land," The, 1. 142 Salamander Street, Leith, 111. 239 Salisbury, Earl of I1 305 Salisbury Craigs, \. I&, 384,II. 60, 161, 303, 305, 34, 3'372 311. 111, 142 Salisbury Road 111. 55 Salmon, Charle;, the local poet, 11. 310 111. 164 Salmon Pool, The, Water of Leith, Salt Backet The, 11. 178 Saltoun, h i d , 11. 343, 344 Fmpson's Grave,!I. 319 Sarnsou's Ribs, I. 11. 11. 312, 313 Sancto Claro, W i l l i de, 111. 35 Sanctuary Court-house, 11. 11 Sand Port Leith 111.171, 177,281 Sand PoriStreet' Leith 111. 259 Sandford Bishod 11. 1:6 111. 147 Sandford: Sir Dakel K. iI. 126 Sand-glasses, Use of, in law courts, Sandiland, James, 111. 42 Sandilands, Sir James, I. 195, 245, 302 11. 47 65 111. 116 Sandhand's ho;e I 240 Saughton Bridge'IiI. 319, *3zo Saughton Hall, iII. 19 Saughton House, I d . 3 9 , * 320; a drunken brawl I11 19 Saughton Laan knd,'dl. 319 Saunders Street, 111. 76 Saxe-Coburg Place 111. 75 Schmitz, Dr.Leonhh, 11.111,III. School House Wynd, 111.2 School Lane, 111. 28 Sciennes Court, 111. 54 Sciennes Hall 111. 51 Sciennes Hill house 111. 55 Sciennes b a n III. \4 Sciennes, The,' 111. 29, 50, 51, $2, I. I72 81 Scott William Lord Stowell, I. 299 Scott: LordJdhn, 111. 322 Scott, Sir Gilbert, the architect, 11. 111, 213, 111. 243 Scott, Sir John, 1. 210 Scott, Sir Walter, I. 3, 7, 12, 7'. 75, 1077 '23,1% 1% 150, 1549 163. 166, 171,173, 179, 182, 211, 222, ... INDEX. 387 Rhind. David. architect. 11. 147 275, '2 6, I I t . 67 244 . Rhmd, {anet, ToAb of, 11. ...

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THE LA WNMARKET. I79 to the torture, by special authority of the Estates, to discover if he had any accomplices.’ The very next day he was dragged on a hurdle to the Cross, his right hand struck off while dive, and then hanged, with the pistol about his neck, after which his body was hung in chains on the Gallow-lee, between Leith and Edinburgh, and his hand affixed to the West Port.’ The Castle being then under siege, and held out by the Duke of Gordon on behalf of King James, a parley was beat by the besiegers, for a cessation of hostilities during the interment of the President in the Greyfriars’ Churchyard, which was readily granted.’ The house of Dalry belonged latterly to William Kirkpatrick, Esq., of Allisland, whose grandson related to us that the servants were afraid to venture alone. into the back kitchen, and would not, on any consideration, approach it after dark, uuder the belief that Chiesly’s bones had been carried off by his relatives and buried there, and that the ghost of the murderer haunted the spot. On his grandfather repairing the garden wall at a later period, an old stone seat, which stood in a recess in the wall, had to be removed, and underneath was found a skeleton, entire, except the bones of the right hand ;-without doubt the remains of the assassin, that had been secretly brought thither from the Callow-lee. Great exertions were used with the Improvements’ Commissioners to induce them to preserve the interesting fabric associated with such various characters and national events, but in vain ;-civic rulers are ever the slowest to appreciate such motives. The demolition of this, as well as of several surrounding buildings, brought to light numerous fragments of an earlier erection, evidently of an ecclesiastical character, several of which we have had engraved. These were used simply as building materials, the carved work being built into the wall, and the stones squared on the side exposed. Numerous fragments of shafts, mullions, and the like, also occurred among the ruins ; and an inspection of the earliest writs and evidents of the property, serve to show that a building of considerable extent had existed here prior to the Reformation, in connection with Cambuskenneth Abbey. It is styled, in the earliest of these, “ all and hail1 these lands, houses, and stables, biggit and waste, lying within ye tenement sometime pertaining to the Comendator and Convent of Cambuskenneth,” and included both William Little’s mansion to the west, and a portion, at least,of the buildings in Gosford’s Close, to the east. But the most interesting and conclusive evidence on this subject is derived from these sculptured fragments rescued from the ruins of the more recent building ; and judging from them, and from the plainer 1 It is a curious fact connected with the trial, that the Estatea of Parliament paged a special act empowering his judges to examine him by the torture, although, only ten days after this trial, they declared King James to have forfaulted the Crown, by illegal assumption and exercise of power, and “that the use of torture, without evidence, is contrary to law.” ’ Crim. Registers of Edinburgh. h o t ’ s Crim. Trials, pp. 168-173. Siege of the Castle of Edinburgh, 1689, Bann. Club, p. 47. YIGmmE.-Carved stone from Old Bank Close, in the collection of A. G. Ellia, Esq. ... LA WNMARKET. I79 to the torture, by special authority of the Estates, to discover if he had any ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 439 In politics Mr. Clerk was a keen Whig ; and in 1806, when that party came into power for a short time, he was appointed Solicitor-General in the room of Robert Blair of Aventoun. This appointment he held only during the limited period of one year, while his friends were in office ; and his elevation to the bench did not occur till 1823. In consequence of the infirmities of age, his lordship resigned five years afterwards, and died at his house in Picardy Place, on the 30th May 1832. At the time Lord Eldin was raised to the bench he was advanced in years, and a gradual decrease of business had previously given intimation that he had ceased to be regarded by agents as the vigorous and energetic pleader he once was. Perhaps at no period of his legal career would John Clerk ever have given satisfaction as a judge ; for, with all his talent and professional skill, he was one of those persons who could only see one side in a cause ; and although this may be an advantage at the bai for the client, it is assuredly a serious disadvantage on the bench for a suitor. As it was, no fair chance occurred to test the judicial talents of this once distinguished barrister ; for his faculties at the date of his elevation were seriously impaired-an assertion, the truth of which his decisions afford ample proof. On one occasion, shortly before his removal from the judgment-seat, a debate had been partly heard before him one day and concluded the next. The astonishment of counsel may be conceived, when, at the termination, the judge candidly announced he did not know what the parties were talking about, and proposed that they should recommence the debate, and repeat all they had previously said. This was one of his last appearances in Court. Mr. Clerk was not remarkable either for symmetry of person or beauty of countenance. He was about as plain a looking man as could well be imagined. His inattention to dress was proverbial. In walking he had a considerable halt, one of his legs being shorter than the other. Proceeding down the High Street one day from the Court of Session, he overheard a young lady saying to her companion rather loudly, “ There goes Johnnie Clerk, the lame lawyer.” Upon which be turned round, and, with his usual face of expression, said, “ No, madam ; I may be a lame man, but not a lame lawyer 1,’ In Peter’s Letters occurs the following character of him while at the bar, which, though a little exaggerated, is on the whole a fair portraiture :- ‘‘ By the unanimous consent of his brethren, bfr. John Clerk is the present Choryphaeus of the bar-‘Juris consultomm mi seculi faeile primp.’ Others there are that surpass him in a In 1797 Mr. Smellie was employed to print a new edition of that work, with remarks by Admiral Rodney, whose engagement at the Dover Bank, in 1782, was said to have been gained in consequence of following the tactics recommended by Mr. Clerk, of whose manuscript he had obtained a perusal prior to that period. Although Mr. Clerk had revised and corrected the whole of the proof-sheets with his own hands, Mr. Smellie was surprised, on presenting hi account, to be told by Mr. Clerk that he had no recollection of ever employing him to print the work ; and even after having been shown the proofsheets, with his own corrections, he could hardly be persuaded of the fact. A similar instance of forgetfulness is told of his son, Lord Eldin. He employed Nr. Hutchison to print a work for him, and afterwards denied ever having done so. Latterly his memory failed entirely.’ His father, the author of “Naval Tactics,” laboured under the same infirmity. ... SKETCHES. 439 In politics Mr. Clerk was a keen Whig ; and in 1806, when that party came into power ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 357 larly unlucky-got into debt-and in consequence fled to Tonningen, and from thence embarked for London. His native city being still too hot for him, he resolved to try the atmosphere of the north. He set sail by one of the packets for Leith, and arrived there in September 1805. Here, retaining his assumed name of Moffat, he remained a few days at the Ship Tavern, kept .at that time by one Cairns. He afterwards took lodgings in New Street, Canongate, where he lived very retired. He generally dined every day at the Ship Tavern, walking down by the Easter Road, and returning to Edinburgh in the evening by Leith Walk, In the public room of the tavern he was fond of smoking and drinking among the masters of the smacks, to whom he represented himself as a Hamburg merchant, who had been obliged to leave in consequence of the French. This plausible story was generally believed ; and, affecting to be witty, he usually engrossed the whole conversation of the room. Mackcoull is not known to have been engaged in any depredation till the spring of 1806, when he was detected picking a gentleman’s pocket in the lobby of the theatre. Breaking from those who held him, he was pursued by a town officer of the name of Campbell, a very powerful man. Mackcoull ran with great speed towards a stair which thon led from the head of Leith Street to the Low Calton, through a close called the Salt Backet. Thinking he was about to escape him, and having no assistance, Campbell struck him a severe blow with his baton on the back of the head, when he fell senseless down the stair and groaned deeply. The officer, thinking he had killed him, became alarmed, and returned to the theatre without securing him. Mackcoull gradually recovered ; and getting up, covered with blood, went to his lodgings, where he mentioned that he had been set upon by some drunken sailors. He was confined for a length of time by this accident, and retained a deep score on his forehead, which he most likely had received on falling. In the course of the summer and harvest prior to the murder of a man of the name of Begbie, porter to the British Linen Company Bank, he was again repeatedly seen in the Ship Tavern, but not subsequently. This mysterious deed was committed about five o’clock on the evening of Thursday, 13th November 1806. The porter was on his return, as usual, from Leith with a parcel of notes sealed in a yellow piece of parchment, and was stabbed in the side, while in the entrance to Tweeddale’s Court, where the British Linen Company’s Office was at that time, and which is now the printing-office of Messrs. Oliver and Boyd, booksellers. It was stated in the Hw and Ci.y “that the murder was committed with a force and dexterity more resembling that of a foreign assassin than an inhabitant of this country. The blow was directly in the heart, and the unfortunate man bled to death in a few minutes.”’ Several persons were apprehended, but the murderer was never traced.; No suspicion attached to Mackcoull at the time. More recently, hlr. Denovan investigated the circumstances Begbie left a wife and four chdhen. The most active ineasnres were adopted to discover the murderer. Rue and Cry bills were thrown off during the night, and despatched by the mail-coaches in the morning to all parts of the ... SKETCHES. 357 larly unlucky-got into debt-and in consequence fled to Tonningen, and from thence ...

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any goods on hand in their shops, everything had to be ordered long before it was required ; and it was always usual for the goldsmith and his customer to adjourn together to the B ~ j e n Hole, an ancient baker?s shop, the name of which has proved a puzzle to local antiquarians, or to John?s Coffee House, to adjust the order and payment, through the medium of a dram or a stoup of mellow ale. But, as time passed on, and the goldsmiths of Edinburgh became more extensive in their views, capital, and ambition, the old booths in the Parliament Close were in quick succession abandoned for ever. The workshop of George Heriot existed in this neighbourhood till the demolition of Beth?s Wynd and the adjacent buildings. There were three contiguous small shops, with projecting wooden superstructures above them, that extended in a line, between the door of the old Tolbooth and that of the 1,aigh Councilhouse. They stood upon the site of the entrancehall of the present Signet Library, and the central of these three shops was the booth of the immortal George Heriot, the founder of the great hospital, the goldsmith to King James VI.-the good-humoured, honest, Humble though this booth, after the execution of ?the bonnie Earl of Gowrie,? when the extravagance of Anne of Denmark-a devoted patron of George Heriot -rendered the king?s private exchequer somewhat impaired, he was not above paying visits to some of the wealthier citizens in the Lawnmarket or Parliament Square, and, among. others, to the royal goldsmith. The latter being. bred to his father?s business, to which in that age was usually added the occupation of a banker, was GEORGE HERIOT?S DRINKING CUP. (De-d Sy himsew) and generous ?Jingling Geordie? of the ?? Fortunes of Nigel.? It measured only seven feet square ! The back windows looked into Beth?s Wynd ; and, to show the value of local tradition, it long appeared that this booth belonged 10 George Heriot, and it became a confirmed fact when, on the demolition of the latter place, his name was found carved above the door, on the stone lintel. His forge and bellows, as well as a stone crucible and lid, were also found on clearing away the ruins, and are now carefully preserved in the museum of the hospital, to which they were presented by the late Mr. Robertson, of the Commercial Bank, a grateful ?? Auld Herioter.? admitted a member of the Incorporation of Goldsniiths on the 28th May, 1588. In 1597 he was appointed goldsmith to Queen Anne, and soon after to the king. Several of the accounts for jewels furnished by him to the queen are inserted in Constable?s ? Life of Heriot,? published in 1822. It is related that one day he had been sent for by the king, whom he found seated in one of the rooms at Holyrood, before a fire composed of cedar, or some other perfumed wood, which cast a pleasant fragrance around, and the king mentioned incidentally that it was quite as costly as it was agreeable, ? If your majesty will visit me at my booth in the Parliament Close,? quoth Heriot, ?I will show you a fire more costly than that.? ?? Say you so ! ? said the king ; ?? then I will.? On doing so, he was surprised to find that Heriot had only a coal fire of the usual kind. ?Is this, then, your costly fire?? asked the king. ? Wait, your highness, till I get my fuel,? replied Heriot, who from an old cabinet or almrie took a bond for Az,ooo which he had lent to James, and, laying it on the fire, he asked, laughingly, ?Now, whether is your majesty?s fire in Holyrood or mine the most costly ?? ? Certainly yours, Master Heriot ! ? replied the king. ... goods on hand in their shops, everything had to be ordered long before it was required ; and it was always ...

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THE LA WNMARKET. 183 courage failed them, and they marched hastily home again without having even seen the enemy. This corps of martial burghers became a favourite butt for the Jacobite wits ; and, among other proofs of their self-devoted zeal, it transpired that the gallant penman had secured within his waistcoat the professional breastplate of a quire of paper, and prepared himself for his expected fate by affixing thereon a label, inscribed,--“ This is the body of Andrew Maclure, let it be decently interred,” in the hope that he might thereby be secure of Christian burial ! Before closing the chapter, we may add that the Lawnmarket appears to have been, at all periods, a place of residence for men of note. In 1572 Mr Henry Killigrew, the ambassador of Queen Elizabeth, arrived at Edinburgh to congratulate the Earl of Morton on his accession to the Regency,”when he ‘‘ depairtit to Dauid Forrestaris lugeing abone the tolbuith,” ’ in the same neighbourhood as the mansion in Old Bank Close, soon afterward occupied by Sir William Durie. So long as Edinburgh continued to be the seat of the Scottish Parliament, its vicinity to the Parliament House made the Lawnmarket be selected as a favourite place of residence, as appears from numerous passing allusions to the old nobility, though the particular houses referred to cannot now be traced. Defoe, for example,-who was resident in Edinburgh at the period,-tells us in his history of the Union, that on the 28th October 1706, the Parliament sat late, and the Parliament Close was so full of people waiting the result of their decision, that the members could scarcely get out. On this occasion the Duke of Hamilton, the popular favourite, who was usually conducted in triumph by the mob to his lodgings in the Abbey, iL on leaving the house, was carried up to the Lawnmarket, and so to the lodgings of the Duke of Atholl,” who was appointed, as Loclchart tells us, in the place of the Duke of Queensberry at the beginning of this session of parliament, the latter wishing to see the course of public affairs before he ventured himself to face the difficulties of that period, ‘‘ and therefore he sent the Duke of Atholl down as Commissioner, using hi& as the monkey did the cat in pulling out the hot roasted chestnuts.”‘ Here also was the house of Sir Patrick Johnston, the city member,-tradition points out the old land still standing at the head of Johnston’s Close:-which was attacked and gutted by the same excited mob, in their indignation at his favouring the unpopular measure of the Union. l Adjoining Mr Yaclure’s house waa the Baijen Hole, an ancient and once celebrated baker’s shop 1 The origin of this epithet haa puzzled our local historiana, but it occurs in Crawfurd’a History of the Univemity of Edinburgh, BB applied to the junior class of Students, whose patronage, above a century ago, of a famed apeciea of rolls manufactured there, under the name of Souter’r CZods, had doubtlesa led to this title fer the place, which resembled the high shqpr still remaining underneath the oldest houses of the High Street. Craufurd’s Memoirs, p. 244. This we have on the authority of an old man, a pewterer, who haa been an inhabitant of Xhe Bow for the last Wty 8 Diurnal of Occurrenta, p. 313. 4 Lockhart’s Hems. p. 139. yearn. ... LA WNMARKET. 183 courage failed them, and they marched hastily home again without having even seen the enemy. ...

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246 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [High Street. OF the house of Provost Nicol Edward (or Udward, to which we have referred) a very elaborate description is given in the work entitled ? Minor Alexander Clark?s house, at the same wynd head.? In after years the lintel of this house was built in to Ross?s Tower, at the Dean. It bore this legend :- ?THE LORD IS MY PROTECTOR, ALEXANDRUS CLARK.? Nicol Edward was Provost of Edinburgh in 1591, and his house was a large and substantial building of quadrangular form and elegant proportions. The Chancellor at this time was Sir John Maitland of Lethington, Lord Thirlestane. Moyses next tells us that on the 7th of February, George Earl of Huntly (the same fiery peer who fought the battle of Glenlivat), ? with his friends, to the number of five or six score horse, passed from his Majesty?s said house in Edinburgh, as intending to pass to a horse-race in Leith ; but after they came, they passed forward to the Queensferry, where they caused to stop the passing of all boats over the water,? and &ossing to Fife, attacked the Castle of Donnibristle, and slew ?? the bonnie Earl of Murray.? From this passage it would seem that if Huntly?s six score horse were not lodged in Nicol Edward?s house, they were probably billeted over all the adjacent wynd, which six years after was the scene of a homicide, that affords a remarkable illustration of the exclusive rule of master over man which then prevailed. On the first day of the sitting of Parliament, the 7th December, 1597, Archibald Jardine, niasterstabler and servitor to the Earl of Angus, was slain, through some negligence, by Andrew Stalker, a ,goldsmith at Niddry?s Wynd head, for which he was put in prison. Then the cry of ??Armour !? went through the streets, and all the young men of Edinburgh rose in arms, under James Williamson, their captain, ?? and desirit grace,? as Birrel records, ?for the young man who had done ane reckless deed. The King?s majesty desirit them to go to my Lord of Angus, the man?s master, and satisfy and carved his arms, with an anagram upon his name thus :- ?* VA @UN VOL h CHRIST ?- pacify his wrath, and he should be contentit to save his life.? James Williamson thereupon went to the Earl of Angus, and offered, in the name of the young men of the city, ? their manreid,? or bond of man-rent, to be ready to serve him in war and feud, upon which he pardoned the said Andrew Stalker, who was immediately released from prison. In December, 1665, Nicoll mentions that a doctor of physic named Joanna Baptista, acting under a warrant from his Majesty Charles II., erected a stage between the head of Niddry?s Wynd and Blackfriars? Wynd, whereon ?he vended his drugs, powder, and medicaments, for the whilk he received a great abundance of money.? In May, 1692, we read that William Livingstone, brother of the Viscount Kilsyth, a cavalier, and husband of the widow of Viscount Dundee, had been a prisoner in the Tolbooth from June, 1689, to November, 1690-seventeen months ; thereafter, that he had lived in a chamber in the city under a guard for a year, and that he was permitted to go forth for a walk daily, but still under the eye of a guard. In consequence of his being thus treated, and his rents being sequestrated by the Revolutionary Government, his fortune was entirely ruined. On his petition, the Privy Council now permitted him ? to go abroad under a sentinel each day.from morning to evening furth of the house of Andrew Smith, periwig-maker, at the head of Niddry?s Wynd,? he finding caution under A;1,500 sterling to remain a prisoner. Under an escort of dragoons he was permitted to leave the periwig-maker?s, and visit Kilsyth, after which he was confined in two royal castles and the Tolbooth till 1693, ?so that, as a writer remarks, ?in the course of the first five years of British liberty, Mr. Livingstone must have acquired a tolerably extensive acquaintance with the various forms and modes of imprisonment, so far as these existed in the northern section of the island.? ... OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [High Street. OF the house of Provost Nicol Edward (or Udward, to which we have ...

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

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426 MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. able from the introduction of the Weigh-house steeple, demolished by Cromwell in 1650, and the spire of the Tron Church, which was completed about 1663, although the church was so far advanced in 1647 as to be used as a place of worship. The destruction of the greater part of the ancient Palace in the former year, affords further evidence of this view having been taken about that period, BS it is represented with considerable accuracy as it stood previous to the fire. The north garden is laid out in the formal style of the period, with Quem Murys Bath very accurately introduced in the angle formed by two of the enclosing garden walls. It appears to have been engraved in Holland, and is illustrated with a stanza in Latin, Dutch, and French, consisting of a very selfcomplacent soliloquy of the good town on its own ancient glory, A lithographic copy of this view is occasionally to be met with. He visited this country for the first time in 1 6 6 9 ,t~ha t the drawings of the interesting series of Scottish views published by him mwt have been made during the interval between these dates. They are of great value, being in general rery faithful representations of the chief towns and most important edsces in Scotland at that period. Much curious information in reference to the progress of this national work has been selected from the records in the General Register House, and printed in the 2d voL of the Bannatyne Ivfiscellany. Among these, the following item of the Captain’s account of ‘‘ Debursements” afford some insight into the mode of getting up the views :- 1693.-The TEEATRUMSC OTE, of Captain John Slezer, was printed at London in 1693. . IMPRIMFIoSr. b ringing over a Painter, his charges to travel from place to place, and for drawing these 57 draughts contahed in the said Theatrum Scotiae, at 2 lib, sterlin per draught, . . 0114: 00 :OO To Mr Whyte at London, for ingraving the mid 57 draughts, at 4 lib. 10 To Nr Wycke, the battell painter at London, for touching and filling up the said 57 draughb with little figures, at 10 shillings sterlin per piece, inde, Captain Slezer hath been at a considerable loss by 12 plates of prospects,which were spoiled in Holland, as partly appears by a contract betwixt Doctor Sibbald and the said Captain, dated anno 1691, which loss was at least Lib. Sterlin. ITEM, ITEM, ITEM, shillings over head, . . 0256 : 10 :00 0028 : 10 : 00 0072 : 10 : 00 In the early edition of Sle7,r‘s views the only general Pvoapect of Edinburgh is the one from the Dean. But the view of the Castle from the south also includes some interesting portions of the Old Town, and to these another view of the Castle from the north-east was afterwards added. Four different editions of the Theatnun Scotia are described in Cough’s British Topography, and a fifth edition of 100 copies was published at Edinburgh in 1814, edited by the Rev. Dr Jamieson, with a life of Slezer, and other additional matter, and illustrated with impressions from the original plates, which are still in existence. The work is to be met with in most public libraries, and affords some curious views of the chief towns of Scotland, as they existed in the latter end of the seveuteenth century. 1700.-About this date is a large and very accurate view of Edinburgh from the north, which has been engraved more than once. The original plate, which appeared first in the third edition of Slezer’s Theatrum Scotiae, dedicated to the Marquis of Annandale, was published in 1718. It is a long view, with the Cdton Hill forming the foreground, beyond which Trinity College Church and Paul’s Work appear on one side, with the North Loch stretching away towards the Well-house Tower. The large ancient church of the Castle, as well aa St Margaret’s Chapel, form prominent objects in the Castle ; while in the town the Nether Bow Port, the old High School, demolished in 1777, and others of the ancient features of the city, are introduced with considerable care and accuracy of detail. The whole is engraved with great spirit, but no draftsman’s or engraver’s name is attached to it. Another copy of the same, on a still larger scale, though of inferior merit as an en,oraving. is dedicated to Queen Anne. ... MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. able from the introduction of the Weigh-house steeple, demolished by Cromwell in 1650, ...

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NOTES TO VOL. I. Page 257, DEACONBR ODIEA ND THE EXCISEO FFICE. The Excise Office was then in Chessels’ Court, Canongate. In the reign of Charles 11. it stood a little below John Knox’s house, just within the Nether Bow Port, From thence it was removed to a fine old building in the Cowgate, on the site of the southeru arches of George IV. Bridge, originally the mansion of the Earl of Haddington, the favourite of James I. Froni this it was transferred to Chessels‘ Court in 1772, and then to the fine mansion of Sir Lawrence Dundas in St. Andrew Square, now the Royal Bank.of Scotland. Brodie’s own house was in .the Lawnmarket, a little below the West Bow, styled after him Brodie’s Close. Page 281, Dr. ALEXAXDEMRO NRO. Among the earliest Scottish photograph portraits, taken with paper negatives, by the late D. 0. Hill, R.S.A., is a very characteristic photograph of Dr. Alexander Monro Tertius. Page 287, EARLO F BUCHANH’SO USE. The Earl of Buchan’s house was at the north-east corner of St. Andrew Sqnare, with its east windows on North St. Andrew Street. There the Society of Antiquaries was originated ; and there the eccentric nobleman figured in such scenes as that of Apollo and the Muses, described in the following note. Page 305, HADDOH’SO LE. The Little Kirk, or Haddo’s Hole, waa the north-west division of Old St. Giles’s Church. Until near the close of last century it was entered through a beautiful Norman porch, the last remains of the earliest structure ; and over this was a chamber to which Maitland gives the name of the Priest’s Prison. In this apartment Sir John Gordon of Haddo was imprisoned in 1644, previous to his trial, and beheading by the Maiden. Hence the name of Haddo’s Hole. Page 306, MUIR of Huntershill and his MONUMENT. The monument referred to as in prospect was at length successfully raised in spite of the proceedings which interdicted its erection for a time, and wasted the funds in law proceedings ; thereby reducing the scheme to the poor obelisk now in the Old Caltou Eurying-ground. Page 315, LORDP RESIDENBLTA IRA ND LORDM ELVILLE. The houses referred to in the note were, it is presumed, in Brown Square. Lord Melville occupied the most westerly house on the north side of the square. The next house was occupied for a time by Sir Ilay Campbell, the predecessor of Lord President Blair. The locality was conveniently near the Parliament House, with easy access by the Cowgate and Old Parliament Stairs. Hence the square was a favourite resort of the Judges. Lord Justice-clerk Miller was succeeded in the centre house on the same side by his son, Lord Glenlee, who continued to occupy it long after the general fashionable migration to the New Town. Page 41 7, APGOWAN’MS USEUM. Pennant, in his Second Tour, gives some account of the contents of Mr. John Macguan’a “ small but select private cabinet.” Some of the objects found in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh appear to have possessed considerable local interest; and especially a fine Roman bronze, representing a beautiful Naiad, with a wine-vat on her head, and a small satyr in one arm. ... TO VOL. I. Page 257, DEACONBR ODIEA ND THE EXCISEO FFICE. The Excise Office was then in Chessels’ Court, ...

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130 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [Restalrig. By interdict the directors were compelled to give access to the well, which they grudgingly did by a species of drain, till the entire edifice was removed to where it now stands. Near the site of the well is the ancient church of Restalrig, which, curiously enough, at first sight has all the air of an entirely modern edifice ; but on a minute inspection old mouldings and carvings of great antiquity make their appearance in conjunction with the modern stonework of its restoration. It is a simple quadrangular building, without aisles or transept. The choir, which is the only part of the building that has escaped the rough hands of the iconoclasts of the sixteenth century, is a comparatively small, though handsome, specimen of Decorated English Gothic ; and it remained an open ruin until a fev years since, when it was restored in a manner as a chapel of ease for the neighbouring district. But a church existed here long before the present one, and it was celebrated all over Scotland for the tomb of St. Triduana, who died at Restalrig, and whose shrine was famous as the resort of pilgrims, particularly those who were affected by diseased eyesight. Thus, to this day, she is frequently painted as carrying her own eyes on a salver or the point of a sword. A noble virgin of Achaia, she is said to have come to Scotland, in the fourth century, with St. Rule. Her name inferred that the well afterwards called St. Margaret?s was the well of St. Triduana. Curiously enough, Lestalric, the ancient name of Restalrig, is that by which it is known in the present day; and still one of the roads leading to it from Leith is named the Lochsterrock Road The existence of a church andparish here, long prior to the death of King Alexander 111. is proved by various charters ; and in 1291, Adam of St. Edmunds, prior of Lestalric, obtained a writ, addressed to the sheriff of Edinburgh, to put him in possession of his lands and rights. The same ecclesiastic, under pressure, like many others at SEAL OF THE COLLEGIATE cnmcn OF RESTALRIG. is unknown in the Roman Breviary; but a recent writer says, ?? S t Triduana, with two companions, devoted themselves to a recluse life at Roscoby, but a Pictish chief, named Nectan, having been attracted by her beauty, she fled into Athole to escape him. As his emissaries followed her there, and she discovered that it was her eyes which had entranced him, she plucked them out, and, fixing them on a thorn, sent them to her admirer. In consequence of this practical method of satisfying a lover, St. Triduana, who came to Restalrig to live, became famous, and her shrine was for many generations the resort of pilgrims whose eyesight was defective, miraculous cures being effected by the waters of the well.? Sir David Lindsay writes of their going to ? St. Trid well to mend their ene;? thus it has been the time, swore fealty to Edward I. of England in 1296. Henry de Leith, rector of Restalrig, appeared as a witness against the Scottish Knights of the Temple, at the trial in Holyrood in 1309. The vicar, John Pettit, is mentioned in the charter of confirmation by James III., under his great seal of donations to the Blackfriars of Edinburgh in 1473.. A collegiate establishment of considerable note, having a dean, with nine prebends and two singing boys, was constituted at Restalrig by James III., and completed by James V. j but it seems not to have interfered with the parsonage, which remained entire till the Reformation. The portion of the choir now remaining does not date, it is supposed, earlier than from the fourteenth century, and is much plainer, says Wilson, than might be expected in a church enriched by the contributions of three pious monarchs in succession, and resorted to by so many devout pilgrims as to excite the special indignation of one of the earliest assemblies of the Kirk, apparently on account of its abounding with statues and images. By the Assembly of 1560 it was ordered to be ? raysit and utterly casten doun,? as a monument of idolatry; and this order was to some extent obeyed, and the ?? aisler stanis ? were taken by Alexander Clark to erect a house with, but were used by the Reformers to build a new Nether Bow Port. The parishioners of Restalrig were ordered in future to adopt as their parish church that of St. Mary?s, in Leith, which continues to the present day to be South Leith church. ... OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [Restalrig. By interdict the directors were compelled to give access to the well, ...

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136 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [West Church, and by an assessment on the real property within the parish; the expense for each inmate in those days was only A4 IS. 6d. On the demolition of the old church, its pulpit, which was of oak, of a very ancient form, and covered with carving, was placed in the hall of the workhouse. The number of the inmates in the first year was eighty-four. The edifice, large and unsightly, was removed, with the Diorama and several other houses, to make space for the Caledonian railway, and the poor of St. Cuthbert?s were conveyed to a more airy and commodious mansion, on the site of the old farmhouse of Werter. When the Act of Parliament in 1767 was obenclosed by a wall, on which a line of tombs is now erected. In the eighteenth century the building of note nearest to the church of St. Cuthbert, on the opposite side of the way, now named Iathian Road, was a tall, narrow, three-storeyed country villa, called, from its situation at the head of the slope, Kirkbraehead House. There the way parted from the straight line of the modern road at the kirk-gate, forming a delta {the upper base of which was the line of Princes Street), in which were several cottages and gardens, long since swept away. A row of cottages lay along the whole line of what is now Queensferry Street, under the name of Kirkbraehead. OLD WEST KIRK, AND WALLS OF THE LITTLE KIRK, 1772. (FmVJ alr Engraving of a Drawing fro?# a Moder.) tained for extending the royalty of the city ol Edinburgh, clauses were inserted in it disjoining a great portion of the ground on which the future new city was to be built, and annexing it to the parish of St. Giles, under the condition that the heritors of the lands should continue liable, as formerly, for tithes, ministers? stipends, and A300 annually of poor?s money. Thus the modern parishes of St Andrew, St. George, S t Mary, and St. Stephen-all formed since that period-have been taken from the great area of the ancient parish of St Cuthbert No very material alteration was made in the burying-ground till April, I 787, when the north side of it, which was bordered by a marsh 2,000 feet in length (to the foot of the mound) by 350 broad-as shown in the maps of that year-was drained and partially filled with earth. Then the walls and gates were repaired. The ground at the east end was raised a few years after, and The villa referred to was, towards the close of the century, occupied by Lieutenant-General John Lord Elphinstone, who was Lieutenant-Governor of the Castle, with the moderate stipend of LISO 10s. yearly, and who died in 1794. At a subsequent period its occupant was a Mr. John Butler, who figures amocg ? Kay?s Portraits,? an eccentric character but skilful workman, who was king?s carpenter for Scotland; he built Gayfield House and the house of Sir Lawrence Dundas, now the Royal Bank in St. Andrew Square. He was proprietor of several tenements in Carmbber?s Close, then one of the most fashionable portions of the old town. The villa of Kirkbraehead had been built by his father ere the Lothian Road was formed, and concerning the latter, the following account is given by Kay?s editor and others. This road, which leaves the western extremity of Princes Street at a right angle, and runs southward ... OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [West Church, and by an assessment on the real property within the parish; the expense ...

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198 MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. 1490 ; and in the following century it was the scene of the assassination of M‘Lellan of Bombie, who in the year 1525, was waylaid and slain there in open day, with perfect impunity, by the lairds of Lochinvar and Drumlanrig, during the turbulent sway of the Douglases, in the minority of James V. Numerous personal encounters occurred at the same place in early times, consequent on its vicinity to the Parliament House and courts of law; and even after the fruits of many revolutions had put an end to such scenes of violence, this dark alley maintained somewhat of its old character, as a favourite resort of the thief and pickpocket,-degenerate successors of the cateran and moss-trooper ! The timber land immediately in front of St Giles’s steeple was only three stories high, and with a very low-pitched roof, so as to admit of the clock being seen by passers in the High Street; while the one adjoining it to the west, after rising to the height of five stories and finishing with two very steep overhanging gables in front, had a sixth reared above these, with a flat lead roof,-like a crow’s nest stuck between the battlements of some ancient peel tower.’ The two most easterly lands in the Luckenbooths differed from the rest in being tall and substantial erections of polished ashlar work. The first of these was surmounted with stone gables of unequal size, somewhat in the style of “ Gladstone’s land,” at the head of Lady Stair’s Close, and apparently built not later than the reign of Charles I. The other building, which presented its main front down the High Street, though evidently a more recent erection, yielded in interest to none of the private buildings of Edinburgh. ‘( Creech’s Land,” as it was termed, according to the fashion of the burgh, after one of its latest and most worthy occupants, formed the peculiar haunt of the muses during the last century. ”hither Allan Ramsay removed in 1725,-immediately after publishing the fist complete edition of his great pastoral poem,-from the sign of the Mercury’s Head, opposite Niddry’s Wynd, and there,-on the first floor, which had formerly been the London Coffee House, *-he substituted for his former celestial sign, the heads of Ben Jonson and Drummond of Hawthornden, and greatly extended his business with the profits of his successful devotion to the Muses. It was on his removal to this central locality that he established his circulating library,-the first institution of the kind known in Scotland, not without both censure and interference from some of the stricter leaders of society at that period. “ Profaneness,” says Wodrow, “ is come to a great height ; all the villanous, profane, and obscene books of plays, printed at London by Curle and others, are got down from London by Allan Ramsay, and lent out for an easy price to young boys, servant women of the better sort, and gentlemen; and vice and obscenity dreadfully propagated.” Ramsay’s fame and fortune progressed with unabating vigour after this period; and his shop became the daily resort of the leading wits and literati, as well as of every traveller of note that visited the Scottish capital. The buildings of the middle row were extremely irregular in character. Ante, p. 28. ’ Maitland informs us (p. 181) that the Krames were first erected against St cfiles’s Church in 1555. The Boothraw, or Luckenbooths, however, we have shown (ante, p. 172) was in existence 150 years before that, and probably much earlier. Maitland derives its latter name from a species of woollen cloth called Luken, brought from the Low Countries ; but Dr Jamieson assigns the more probable source in the old Scotch word Luckm, closed, or shut up ; signifying booths closed in, and admitting of being locked, in contradistinction to the open stands, which many still living can remember to have seen displayed in the Lawnmarket every market day. ... MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. 1490 ; and in the following century it was the scene of the assassination of ...

Book 10  p. 217
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