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High Street.] MESSRS. W. & R. CHAMBERS. 225
fortyyfve years ago. This little work came out in
the Augustan days of Edinburgh, when Jeffrey and
Scott, Wilson and the Ettrick Shepherd, Dugald
Stewart and Alison, were daily giving the producpublic
victory, and in a few days the sale in Scotland
alone was 50,000 copies, while No. 3 rose to
80,ooo in the Esglish market. Robert threw himself
heart and soul into the successful periodical ;
tions of their minds
to the public, and
while yet Archibald
Constable acted as
the unquestioned
emperor of the publishing
world.?
In 1826 Robert
published his ? Popular
Rhymes of
Scotland,? and the
? Picture of Scotland,?
and shortly
afterwards five
volumes of Scottish
history, for Consiable?s
Miscellany.
The brothers were
now making
money, and in tolerably
prosperous
c i r cu m s t a n c es,
though they lost
much of their hardwon
savings by assisting
their father
in a piece of unsuccessful
litigation.
About that time
William produced
the ?Book of Scotland,?
a work describing
the institutions
of the country,
for which he
got A30, while
Robert got 6100
for preparing a
?Gazetteer of Scotland
;? and in I 83 2
William projected
the great work
ADVOCATES? CLOSE.
which made the firm prosperous and famous wherever
the English language is spoken-- Chambers?s Edinburgh
journal, the vanguard of all that is wholesome,
sensible, and unsectarian in cheap literature, as it ap
peared six weeks before the famous Penny Magazin~
The first weekly number appeared on the 4th
February, 1832. Robert thought the speculation a
hazardous one, but William?s courage achieved a
29
and speaking of
partnership with
him, his brother
writes : ?? Such was
the degree of mutual
confidence between
us that not
for the space of
twenty-one years
was it thought expedient
to execute
any deed of agreement.?
While constantly
contributing
to the Journal,
Robert, in 1835,
completed his ?Biographical
Dictionary
of Eminent
Scotsmen,? in foul
volumes.
The brothers
issued, in the preceding
year, their
?? Information for
the People,? and
after this venture
came a series of
about a hundred
school books-the
? Chambers?s Edu,
cational Course,?
still so familiar to
many middle-class
school-boys. While
collecting information
upon the subject
of public education,
William got
together materials in
1839 for his ?Tour
in Holland and the
Rhine Countries i
and about this time, twenty volumes of a series
entitled ? Chambers?s Miscellany ? were issued by
the firm, which had an enormous circulation j but
the great and crowning enterprise of Messrs.
W. and R Chambers was unquestionably their
?? Encyclopzedia, or Dictionary of Uni;ersal Information
for the People,? a work begun in 1859 and
completed in 1868-a work unrivalled by any in ... Street.] MESSRS. W. & R. CHAMBERS. 225 fortyyfve years ago. This little work came out in the Augustan ...

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On the south side of the Parliament Close, near to John’s Coffeehouse, was the banking-
house established by Sir William Forbes, the well-known author of the “ Life of Dr
Beattie,” as well as of other works, and one of the most benevolent and public-spirited
citizens of whom Edinburgh ever had to boast. Though descended from the ancient
Lords Pitsligo, attainted for their fidelity to the Stuarts, he commenced life as an
apprentice with the noted bankers, Messrs Coutts, and on their final establishment in
London, he founded the banking company so long known by his name.’ So successful
was he in life, that he accomplished his long-cherished purpose of recovering the
attainted estates of the Barony of Pitsligo, which are now possessed by his descendants.
Adjoining the banking-house of this eminent citizen, Kay, the ingenious delineator of
the (‘ Edinburgh Characters,” kept the small print-shop
where he vended his portraits and caricatures during nearly
the whole of his career as an artist. His windows were
alwaya filled with his newest etching, and formed a centre
of attraction to the numerous loungers of the close,
some of the most noted among whom-both lawyers and
clients-were the frequent subjects of his pencil. An
ancient thoroughfare led from the centre of this range
of buildings to the Cowgate by a broad flight of steps,
latterly called the Back Stairs, of which we furnish a
view, showing the original state of the great south window
of the Parliament Hall. It is occasionally called by
writers of last century the New Stairs, but a passage of
some kind undoubtedly led through the nether kirkyard
to the Cowgate at an early period, affording ready access
from that fashionable suburb, to the collegiate church
of St Giles’s, and the centre of the High Town. For
this the Parliament Stairs were probably substituted
about 1636, and continued from that time to form a convenient
communication between the High Street and
the Cowgate, until their recent demolition to make way for the new Court
Houses.
The booths which disfigured the old cathedral front, forming the north side of the close,
have already been mentioned ; these were almost exclusively occupied by the goldsmiths,
whose hall was attached to the Parliament House, where the lobby of the Signet .Library
now stands. Chambers furnishes in his ‘‘ Traditions’’ an amusing picture of the expectant
rustic bridegroom’s visit to the Parliament Close, on the eve of his marriage, in order to
provide those indispensable household gear, the silver-spunes. On such occasions it was
usual for the goldsmith to adjourn with his customer to John’s Coffeehouse, to receive
the order over a caup of ale or a dram, when the goldsmith was perhaps let into the
whole secret counsels of the rustic, including a history of his courtship,-in return
for which he sought to astonish hii customer with the most recent marvels of city
news. The spunes, however, we rather think, form, according to old-established
,
Now incorporated with other banking companiea under the name of the Union Bank of Scotland. ... MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. On the south side of the Parliament Close, near to John’s Coffeehouse, was the ...

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in the magistracy, had, through negligence, allowed a poinding of his furniture
to be executed for assessed taxes, Archie advanced the money, amounting to
&14 ; and, singular to relate, he encountered the utmost daculty and delay in
procuring repayment, as the debtor, though possessed of very considerable
wealth, was of a most penurious disposition.
On all occasions of public rejoicings, processions, and spectacles of every
kind, Archie acted a most prominent part in marshalling the forces and acting
as master of ceremonies ; and the authorities have often confessed, that without
his powerful aid and experience, they would have many times been completely
nonplussed. At public executions, whippings, and other exhibitions of a like
nature, Archie was always the officer on duty.
Notwithstanding all his honours and employments, he never forgot his poor
relations in the Highlands, but was in the constant practice of remitting them
small sums of money. He exerted himself to procure situations for his two
brothers, Finlay and John ; for the former of whom he obtained the appointment
of city officer, and for the latter, that of porter to the Bank of Scotland.
When he had occasion to speak of this last-mentioned personage, he always
styled him--“ My brither the bankier.” His mother having died in Edinburgh,
Archie hired a hearse and carried her to the Highlands to be buried. He
returned, it was rumoured, with the hearse full of smuggled whisky. A friend
one day began to tease him on the subject. “Wow, man,” replied Archie,
“there’s nae harm done. I only carried awa’ the body, and brought back the
speerit.”
For some years previous to his death, and especially after the losses he had
sustained, Archie’s robust bodily frame was visibly impaired. He lived just
sufficiently long to learn the entire demolition of the system of self-election,
and had many surmisings as to the working of Eurgh Reform. Indeed, it is
said that these coming events so preyed upon his spirits as to be the principal
cause of his death ; for he was observed to be completely crestfallen, and all
his energies were prostrate and subdued. He died in October 1833, within a
few weeks of the accession to office of the popularly elected Councillors.
It may be added that the Print of Archibald Campbell was the last of all
Kay’s Etchings. The venerable artist, then about eighty years of age, complimented
several of his friends with impressions, as the farewell production of
his pencil, at the same time apologising for its unfinished state. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. in the magistracy, had, through negligence, allowed a poinding of his furniture to be ...

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it wad be a treat for her to see the inside like other strangers ! ” The renovators of
the old hall seem to have taken the &ft laird’s hint,-Justice has vanished from the
porch, to reappear in a most gaudy and tasteless fashion in the painted glass of thegreat
window.’ An incident, however, in connection with the fate of these ancient
warders of the Parliament porch, will best illustrate the taste of its beautifiers. Shortly
after the modernisation of the old Trent, the late Bailie Henderson observed a cart
conveying along the South Bridge a load of carved stones, among which the statues of
Justice and Mercy formed the most prominent objects. On inquiring at the carter as to
their destination, he learned that one of the Professors, who kept a Polar bear, had
applied to the Magistrates for stones to erect a bear’sdouse within the College quadrangle,
and he accordingly obtained a gift of these old rubbish for the purpose. The
Bailie gave the carter a fee to turn his horse’s head, and deposit them at his own villa near
Trinity, from whence he sent him back with his cart full of stoneg equally well adapted
for the Professor’s bear’s house. On the death of Bailie Henderson, the statues, along
with other ornamental portions of the old building, were procured by A. G. Ellis, Esq., in
whose posqession they now are.
The great hall measures 122 feet long, by 40 broad, and although its windows have
recently been altered, its curious, open-timbered oak roof remains, springing from a
series of grotesquely sculptured corbels of various designs. Long after it had been forsaken
by the Scottish Estates it retained the high throne at its southern end, where the
Sovereign, or his Commissioner, was wont to preside over their deliberations, and on
either side a range of benches for the nobles and barons, with lower ones in the centre
for the Commissioners of Burghs, the Scottish Estates having formed to the last only
one deliberative assembly. Without thia area a pulpit was erected for sermons to the
Parliament,-the same, we believe, that is now preserved in the Nuseum of the Society
of Antiquaries under the name of ‘(John Knox’s pulpit.” Along the walls there hung
a seriea of portraits of sovereigns and eminent statesmen, including paintings by
Sir Godfrey Kneller ; but some of these were the first of its decorations that disappeared,
having, it is said, been bestowed by Queen Anne on her Secretary, the Earl of Mar.:
Others, however, of these paintings adorned the walls, and are now, we believe,
among the miscellaneous collection at Holyrood House. Portions also of early decorations,
including fragments of ancient tapestry, were only removed in the latter end
of last century,-the same hangings, in all probability, as were put up during the Protectorate.
Nicoll tells us, ‘‘ The Preses and the remanent memberis of the great counsall
did caus alter much of the Parliament Hous, and did calm hing the Over hous with riche
hingeris, in September 1655, and removit these roumes thairintill appoyntit for
passing of the billis, and signeting of letters. So wes also the Lower HOUS, diligatlie
hung.’’ Nor should we omit to mention the Creed and Ten Commandmenta, once 80
In 1868, this window was replaced by a magnificent stained one, representing the inauguration of the College of
Justice, or the Supreme Court of Scotland, by King Jarnes V., in 1532.
The following are mentioned in Brown’s “ Stranger’s Guide,” for 1820 +“ The outer
hall is ornamented by full Iength portraita of King William III., Queen Mary, his consort, and Queen Anne, all done
by Si Godfrey Kneller ; also of George I., John Duke of Argyle, and Archibald Duke of Argyle, by Mr Aikman of
Carney.
’ Minor Antiquities, p. 187,
Nicoll’s Diary, p. 216. ... I4 MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. it wad be a treat for her to see the inside like other strangers ! ” The renovators ...

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Among the representatives of the rougher sex in this very miscellaneous assemblage is a
very sour-looking divine, dubbed John Knox, and a grave clergyman, probably of the
time of Charles I., whose red calotte or skull cap, we presume, led to his being engraved
both by Pennant and Pinkerton as Cardinal Beaton.’ In the Marquis of Breadalbane’s
apartments there is a full-length portrait of Lady Isabella Thyme, daughter of the Earl of
Holland, who perished on the scaffold during the great civil war. The lady is represented
with a lute in her hand, for her great skill on which she is celebrated in the poems of Waller.
Aubrey relates that her sister, ‘‘ The beautiful Lady Diana Rich, as she was walking in her
father’s garden at Kenington, to take the fresh air before dinner, about eleven o’clock,
being then very well, met with her own apparition, habit, and everything, as in a looking-
glass.” She died about a month thereafter of the smallpox; and her sister, the Lady
Isabella, is affirmed to have received a similar warning before her death.a These and other
portraits adorn the various lodgings of the different noblemen who possess apartments in
the Palace ; but many of them, being the private property of the noble lodgers, can hardly
be considered as part of the decorations of Holyrood. The latest contribution to its walls
is Wilkie’s full-length portrait of George IT., in the Highland costume, as he appeared on
his visit to the northern capital in 1822.
A much slighter survey will suffice for the remaining ecclesiastical foundations of the
Scottish capital, of the majority of which no vestige now remains. Among the latter is
the Monastery of Blackfriars of the order of St Dominic, founded by Alexander 11. in
1230, which stood on the site of the Surgical Hospital. It is styled in the foundation
charters Mansio Regis, that monarch having, we presume, bestowed on the friars one of
the royal residences for their abode. It appears to have been a wealthy foundation, subsequently
enlarged by gifts from Robert I. and James III., as well as by many private
donations confirmed by the latter monarch in‘1473.3 The monastery was accidently destroyed
by fire in 1528; but it is probable that the church was only partially injured by the
conflagration, as it appears in the view of 1544 as a large cross church, with a central tower
and lofty spire. It no doubt experienced its full share in the events of that disastrous
year, and it had hardly recovered from these repeated injuries when’the Reformers of 1558
completed its destruction.
The Monastery of the Greyfriars in the Grassmarket has already been described, and
the venerable cemetery which has been made from its gardens frequently referred to. Over
A portrait of Cardinal Beaton, copied, we believe, by C‘nambera from an original French painting, is now at St Mary’s
College, Blair, and another copy of the .same hangs in the Refectory of St Margaret’s Convent, Edinburgh. It represents
him about the age of 35, when he was ambassador at the French Court. The face ia oval, the features regular, and the
expression somewhat pensive, but very pleasing. He wears mustaches and an imperial, and we may add, bears not the
slightest resemblance to the Holyrood portrait. On the background of the picture the following inscription is painted,
most probably copied from the original portrait :-Le bienherevx David de Bethvne, Archevesque de St And&, Chancelllere
et Regent du royaume d‘Ecosse, Cardinal et Legat a latere, fut massacre pour la foy en 1546. ’ Law’s Memorials, preface, p. lxvi * “ Charter of confirmation of all Mortifications maid to the said Brethren Predicators in Edid, vie. One made be
Alexander II., of an a. rent of 10 marks de $rmG burgalihua de Edin’. One made be Ueorge Seaton and Cristain
Murray his spouse, of 20 marks yearly out of the lands of Hartahead and Clint. One made be Phillipia Moubray,
Lady Barnebugle, of 20s. sterling, yearly, out of little Barnbugle. One made be Joan Barcklay of Kippe of 10s. yearly,
out of the lands of Duddingstone and husband-lands thereof. One be Jo. Sudgine of 30s. 4d. out of his tenement of
Leith, on the south aide o€ the water thereof, between Men Nepar’a land on the East and Rottenrow on the West, 14
May 1473.”--Inventar of Pious Donations, MS, ... 0 MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. Among the representatives of the rougher sex in this very miscellaneous assemblage is ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 257
No. CCLVI.
THE RIGHT HON. WILLIAM PITT,
AND
’ HENRY DUNDAS, AFTERWARDS LORD MELVILLE.
TEE Caricature of the “MODERNC AIN’SL AMENTw”a s a bold satire on the
Prime Minister, at the time hostilities were commenced by Great Britain against
the Republican forces of France. In conjunction with his able coadjutor,
HENRYD UNDASP, m is represented as highly alarmed at the ma,pitude of
the undertaking he had been so instrumental in promoting.
Most readers will be capable of appreciating the effort of Kay’s pencil in
this flight of fancy. Of the light, fragile figure of the Minister he has taken
felicitous advantage ; while the features and more athletic form of his colleague
are strikingly characteristic of the self-possession and calmness for which he was
almost proverbial.
The friendship that existed betwixt Pitt and Dundas was of a warmer
description than what might be supposed to spring from a unison of political
sentiments alone. “As early as the year 1787,” says Wraxall Memoirs, “Dundas
had obtained a commanding influence which no other individual ever
acquired over ’Pitt’s mind. With the other members of the Cabinet, Pitt
maintained only a politicaI union : Dundas was his companion, with whom he
passed not only his convivial hours, but to whom he confided his cares and
embarrassments.”
No two individuals, nevertheless, could be more dissimilar in their deportment-
the one grave, stiff, and formal ; the other free, open, and even careless;
yet Dundas, by a sagacity and clearness of judgment peculiar to himself, became
the most influential member of the Cabinet ; and, by his talent in the House,
ably defended the measures of Government.
The commanding position attained by the Scottish Minister was a circumstance
not to be overlooked by the Opposition. They inveighed against what
they deemed his political inconsistency, and levelled their sarcasms with surpassing
skill and talent; yet their bitter invectives served only to render more
conspicuous the solidity of that influence which they wished to destroy, Alluding
to his ascendancy over the Premier, the “ Rolliad ” says-
“ True to public virtue’s patriot plan,
He loves the Minister and not the nzam :
Alike the advocate of North and wit,
The friend of Shelburne, and the guide of Piit.”
VOL 11. 2L ... SKETCHES. 257 No. CCLVI. THE RIGHT HON. WILLIAM PITT, AND ’ HENRY DUNDAS, AFTERWARDS LORD ...

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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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the task of improving the condition of those who resided upon it. The village of
Laurencekirk, then consisting of only a few houses, was taken under his especial
patronage. He planned a new line of street, offered leases of small farms and
of ground for building on extremely advantageous terms, built a commodious
inn for the reception of travellers, founded a library for the use of the villagers,
and established manufactures of various kinds. By some of his operations he
lost largely, but this did not in the least abate his philanthropy, or for a moment
interrupt the career of his benevolence. The manufacture of a very elegant kind
of snuff-box, the hinges of which are styled “invisible,” such as those made in
Cumnock, Ayrshire, is still carried on in the village to a considerable extent.
His lordship’s labours in this good work were crowned with the success they
merited. His village grew rapidly, and before his death had attained a degree
of importance and prosperity that exceeded his most sanguine expectations. Of
the delight which Lord Gnrdenstone took in this benevolent project, a singularly
pleasing expression occurs in a letter which he addressed to the inhabitants of
Laurencekirk. “I have tried,” he says, “in some measure a variety of the
pleasures which mankind pursue ; but never relished anything so much as the
pleasure arising from the progress of my village.”
In his lordship’s anxiety to do everything in his power to invest his favourite
village of Laurencekirk with attractions for strangers, he erected a handsome
little building adjoining the inn as a museum, and filled it with fossils, rare
shells, minerals, and other curiosities. Considering the facility of access, it is
not surprising that these should from time to time disappear ; not unfrequently
the unsuspecting proprietor was imposed upon, by having his curiosities stolen
and sold over again to himself! In this building there was also kept an album
or commonplace book, in which visitors were invited to record whatever they
thought fit, and, as might be expected, many of the entries were not of the
choicest description. The apartment was likewise adorned by portraits of a
number of the favourite original inhabitants of the village. The inn itself was
kept by a favourite servant of his lordship’s, named “ Cream,” who, as well as
his wife, possessed a large portion of the milk of human kindness.
In the year 1785 his lordship succeeded, by the death of his elder brother,
Alexander Garden of Troup, to the possession of the family estates, which were
considerable. His acquisition of this additional wealth was marked by another
circumstance, which strikingly evinces the natural generosity of his disposition.
He remitted to the tenants all the debts due to him as heir to his brother.
On his succession to the family property, his lordship set out on a tour to the
Continent, where he remained three years, traversing in this time great part of
France, the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy. The results of his observations
during this tour (which was made in part with the view of gratifying curiosity,
but chiefly with that of improving his health, which was much impaired) he gave
to the world in two volumes, entitled, “Travelling Memorandums made in a
Tour upon the Continent of Europe in the year 1792.” A third volume of
this work was published after his death. About the same time he published ... SKETCHES. 23 the task of improving the condition of those who resided upon it. The village ...

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490 INDEX TO THE PORTRAITS, ETC.
w
KO. Page
.WALKER, Rev. Dr. John, Professor of
Natural History .. ...... ... ...... ... ccxxxii 178
Wallace, Sir William. ... . .. . . . . . . . .. .. . .. .cceliv 480
Watson, Mr. Henry, hardware merchant
.................................... clxxiii 13
Wellwood, Sir Henry Moncreiff, Bart.,
one of the ministers of the West
Church ... .. . . . . . .. ... .. . . . . . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .cclx 267
Wemyss, Mr. John ......................... clxxxi 28
Wemyss, Captain, afterwards Major-
General. ...... ............. ..............c cxxi 151
Wesley, Rev. John ........................ ccxxvi 158
Whitefoord, Sir John.. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... cxcii 69
Williamson, Mr. Geo. , King’s Messenger
and Admiralty Macer for Scotland ccxii 120
KO. Page
Wilson, Ebenezer, brassfounder .... .. , . .. ... cci 87
Wilson, William, or “Mortar Willie ”...ccv 101
Witch of Endor ... ... . .. .. . ... ... .. # . . . ... . . .ccclii 480
Woman who minded her own affairs ... cccxli 479
Woodrow, Mr., of the Pembrokeshire
Cavalry.. ... .. . ... ... . .. .. . .. . . .. ... , . .cccxlvi 479
Wright, Mr. Malcolm, haberdasher ... clxxiii 12
Wright, Mrs.. .............................. clxxiii 15
Wright, John, lecturer on law .. ... .. .cccxxvi 465
Y
YATES, Mrs., as the “Duchess of
Braganza ”. ... ... . . . ... ... .-. ... ... ... ... ccxli 203
Yetts, Mr. William, hair-dresser ....... clxxiii 14 ... INDEX TO THE PORTRAITS, ETC. w KO. Page .WALKER, Rev. Dr. John, Professor of Natural History .. ...... ... ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 383
Dictionary of Decision8 of the Court of Session,
vols. iii and iv. 1778. Folio.
Plan and Outlines of a Course of Lectures on'Universa1
History, Ancient and Modern, illustrated
with Maps of Ancient and Modern Geography,
and a Chronological Table. 1782. Afterwards
much enlarged, and published under the title of
Elements of Qeneral History.
Nos. 17, 37, 59, 79, of the Mirror, first publishad in
1779 and 1780; also Nos. 7, 19. 24, 44, 63, 70, 79,
of the Lounger, tirst published in 1785 aud 1786.
Account of the Life and Writings of Dr. John Grego~y,
pretixed to an edition of his works, published at
Edinburgh in 1787.
History of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, making
the First Part of the First Volume of the Transactions
of the Royal Society, printed in 1787.
Biographical Account of Lord President Dundas,
printed in the Second Volume of the Transactions
of the Royal Society.
Account of some extraordinary Structures on the
tops of Hills in the Highlands, with Remarks on
the Progress of the Arts among the Ancient Inhabitanta
of Scotland. Printed in the Second
Volume of the Tnrnsnctions of the Royal Society.
Essay on the Principles of Translation, 8vo. Pablished
by Cadell, London Second edition, with
additions, 1797. 8vo.
Critical Examination of Yr. Whitaker's Course of
Hmnibal over the Alps.
New edition of Derham's Physic+Theology, with
large Notes and an Account of the Life and
Writings of the Author. Published, January
1789.
Ireland ProUting by Example, or the Question whether
Scotland haa Gained or Lpst by a Union, ilnally
discussed, 1799.
Remnrks on the Writings and Qenius of Allan
Rameay. Prefixed to a new edition of his works,
in 2 vols. 8v0, edited by the lata George Chalmers,
Eaq. 1800. 8vo.
An Essay on Military Law, and the Practice of C o d -
Martial. Edinburgh, 1800. 8vo.
Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Henry Home,
Lord games. 1807. 2 vols. 4h. Republished
in three vols. 8vo.
Historical and Critical Essay on the Life and Character
of Petmch Crown 8vo.
Published, 1798.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON (LORDR OBERTSONth),e figure next to Lord
Woodhouselee, was the eldest son of Dr. Robertson, the eminent Historian
and Principal of the University of Edinburgh. He was born in December
1754; and became a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1775. In 1779
he was chosen Procurator of the Church of Scotland, after a keen contest, in
which he was opposed by the Hon. Henry Erskine, whose professional eminence
is so well known.
In 1805, after thirty years' successful practice at the bar, Lord Robertson
was promoted to the bench, on the death of David Ross (Lord Ankerville),
where he was distinguished not more for his legal talents than for his sagacity
and good sense. His appearance is thus described by the author of Peter's
Letters to his Kinsfolk :-
" In his [the Lord Justice Clerk's] Division of the Civil Court, one of his most respected
aqsessors is Lord Robertmn, son to the great historian ; nor could I see, without a very peculiar
interest, the son of such a man occupying and adorning such a situation, in the midst of a people
in whose minds his name must be associated with so niany feelings of gratitude and admiration.
" The son of such a man as the Historian of Scotland is well entitled to share in these
honourable feelings of hereditary attachment among the people of Scotland ; and he does share
in them. Even to me, I must confess, it afforded a very genuine delight, to be allowed to
contemplate the features of the father, aq reflected and preserved in the living features of his son.
A more careless observer would not, perhaps, be able to trace any very striking resemblance between
the face of Lord Robertson and the common portraits of the Historian ; but I could easily do so.
In those of the prints which represent him at an early period of hie life, the physiognomy of
Robertson is not seen to its best advantage. There is, indeed, an air of calmness and tastefuluess
even in them which cannot be overlooked or mistaken ; but it ie in those later portraits,
which give the features after they had been divested of their fulness and smoothnesa of outline,
and filled with the deeper lines of age and comparative extenuation, that one traces, with most
ease and satisfaction, the image of genius, and the impress of reflection. And it is to these lnst
portraits that I could perceive the strongest likeness in the general aspect of the Judge, but most
of all in his grey and overhanging eye-brows, and eyes, eloquent equally of sagacity of intellect
and gentleness of temper." ... SKETCHES. 383 Dictionary of Decision8 of the Court of Session, vols. iii and iv. 1778. Folio. Plan ...

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Victoria Street.] THE MECHANICS? LIBRARY. 291
CHAPTER XXXV.
SOME OF THE NEW STREETS WITHIN THE AREA OF THE FLODDEN WALL (concZuded).
Victoria Street and Ter-The India Buildings-Mechanics? Subscription Library-George IV. BridgeSt. Augustine?s Church-Martyrs?
Church-Chamber of the Hiehland and Amicultural Societv--SherifP Court Buildings and Solicitors? Hall-Johnstone Terrace-St. John?s -
Free Church-The Church of Scotland Training College.
VICTORIA STREET, which opens from the west side
of George IV. Bridge, and was formed as the result
of the same improvement Scheme by which
that stately bridge itself was erected, from the
north end of the Highland and Agricultural Society?s
Chambers curves downward to the northeast
corner of the Grassmarket, embracing in that
curve the last remains of the ancient West Bow.
Some portions of its architecture are remarkably
ornate, especially the upper portion of its south
side, where stands the massive pile, covered in
many parts with rich carving, named the India
Buildings, in the old Scottish baronial style, of
unique construction, consisting of numerous offices,
entered from a series of circular galleries, and
erected in 1867-8, containing the Scottish Chamber
of Agriculture, which was instituted in November,
1864. Its objects are to watch over the interests
of practical agriculture, to promote the advancement
of that science by the discussion of all subjects
relating to it, and to consider questions that
may be introduced into Parliament connected with
it. The business of the Chamber is managed by
a president, vice-president, and twenty directors,
twelve of whom are tenant farmers. It holds fixed
meetings at Perth in autumn, and at Edinburgh
in November, annually; and all meetings are open
to the press.
In the centre of the southern part of the street
is St. John?s Established church, built in 1838, in
a mixed style of architecture, with a Saxon doorway.
It is faced on the north side by a handsome
terrace, portions of which rise from an open arcade,
and include a Primitive Methodist church, or
Ebenezer chapel, and an Original Secession
church. Victoria Terrace is crossed at its western
end bya flight of steps, which seem to continue
the old line of access afforded by the Upper West
Bow.
No. 5 Victoria Terrace gives access to one of
the most valuable institutions in the city-the
Edinburgh Mechanics? Subscription Library. It
was established in 1825, when its first president
was Mr. Robert Hay, a printer, and Mr. John
Dunn, afterwards a well-known optician, was vicepresident,
and it has now had a prosperous career
of more than half a century.
The library is divided into thirteen sections :-
I, Arts and Sciences ; 2, Geography and Statistics ;
3, History; 4, Voyages, Travels, and Personal
Adventures ; 5, Biography ; 6, Theology ; 7, Law ;
8, Essays; 9, Poetry and the Drama; 10, Novels
and Romances ; I I, Miscellaneous ; I 2, Pamphlets ;
13, Periodicals. Each of these sections has a particular
classification, and they are all constantly
receiving additions, so as to CaNy out the original
object of the institution-? To procure an extensive
collection of books on the general literature
of the country, including the most popular works
on science.?
Thus every department of British literature is
amply represented on its shelves, and at a charge
so moderate as to be within the reach of all classes
of the community: the entry-money being only
2s. 6d., and the quarterly payments IS. 6d.
The management of this library has always been
vested in its own members, and few societies adhere
so rigidly to their original design as the
Mechanics? Library has done. It has, from the
first, adapted itself to the pecuniary circumstances
of the working man, and from the commencement
it has been a self-supporting institution ; though
in its infancy its prosperity was greatly accelerated,
as its records attest, by liberal donations of works
in almost every class of literature. Among the
earliest contributors in this generous spirit, besides
many of its own members, were Sir James Hall,
Bart., of Dunglas, so eminent for his attainments
in geological and chemical science; his son,
Captain Basil Hall, R.N., the well-known author ;
Mr. Leonard Horner ; and the leading publishers
of the day-Messrs. Archibald Constable, William
Blackwood, Adam Black, Waugh and Innes, with
John Murray of London. Some of them were
munificent in their gifts, ? besides granting credit
to any amount required-an accommodation of
vital service to an infant institution.?
The property of the library is vested in trustees,
who consist of two individuals chosen by vote
every fifth year, in addition to ?the Convener of
the Trades of the City of Edinburgh, the principal.
librarian to the Faculty of Advocates, and the
principal librarian to the Society of Writers to Her
Majesty?s Signet, for the time being.?
The right of reading descends to the heirs ... Street.] THE MECHANICS? LIBRARY. 291 CHAPTER XXXV. SOME OF THE NEW STREETS WITHIN THE AREA OF THE ...

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The Luckenbooths
James VI., but no memories of him now remain,
save the alley called Byres? Close, and his tomb
in the west mall of the Greyfriars? churchyard, the
inscription on which, though nearly obliterated,
tells us that he was treasurer, bailie, and dean
of guild of Edinburgh, and died in 1629, in his
sixtieth year
The fourth floor of the tall Byres? Lodging was
occupied in succession by the Lords Coupar and
Lindores, by Sir James Johnston of Westerhall, and
finally by Lord Coalstoun, father of Christian Brown,
Countess of the Earl of Dalhousie, a general who
distinguished himself at Waterloo and elsewhere.
Before removing to a more spacious mansion on
the Castle Hill, Lord Coalstoun lived here in I 757,
and during that time an amusing accident occurred
to him, which has been the origin of more than one
excellent caricature.
?It was at that time the custom,? says the
gossipy author of ? Traditions of Edinburgh,?
U for advocates, and no less than judges, to dress
themselves in gown, wig, and cravat, at their own
houses, and to walk in a sort of state, with their
cocked hats in their hands, to the Parliament
House. They usually breakfasted early, and
when dressed would occasionally lean over their
parlour windows for a few minutes, before St.
Giles?s bell sounded a quarter to nine, enjoying the
morning air, and perhaps discussing the news of
the day, or the convivialities of the preceding
evening, with a neighbouring advocate on the
opposite side of the alley. It so happened that
one morning, while Lord Coalstoun was preparing
to enjoy his matutinal treat, two girls who lived on the
second floor above were amusing themselves with
a kitten, which they had swung over the window
by a cord tied round its middle, and hoisted for
some time up and down, till the creature was
getting desperate with its exertions. In this crisis
his lordship popped his head out of the window,
directly below that from which the kitten swung,
little suspecting, good easy man, what a danger
impended, wlien down came the exasperated
animal in full career upon his senatorial wig.
No sooner did the girls perceive what sort of
landing-place their kitten had found, than in theix
terror and surprise, they began to draw it up ; but
this measure was now too late, for along with the
animal up also came the judge?s wig, fixed full in
its determined claws ! His lordship?s surprise on
finding his wig lifted off his head was much
increased when, an looking up, he perceived it
dangling its way upwards, without any means
v i d k to him, by which its motions might be
accounted for. The astonishment, the dread, the
!we of the senator below-the half mirth, half
error of the girls above, together with the fierce
elentless energy on the part of puss between,
ormed altogether a scene to which language could
lot easily do justice. It was a joke soon explained
md pardoned, but the perpetrators did afterwards
;et many injunctions from their parents, never again
.o fish over the window, with such a bait, for
ionest men?s wigs.?
At the east end of the Luckenbooths, and facing
:he line of the High Street, commanding not only
t view of that stately and stirring thoroughfare,
xit also the picturesque vista of the Canongate
md far beyond it, Aberlady Bay, Gosford House,
md the hills of East Lothian, towered ? Creech?s
Land ?-as the tenement was named, according to
:he old Scottish custom-long the peculiar haunt
3f the Ziferati during the last century. In the first
Rat had been the shop of Allan Ramsay, where in
17 25 he established the first circulating library ever
known in Scotland; and for the Mercury?s Head,
which had been the sign of his first shop opposite
Niddry?s Wynd, he now substituted the heads of
Drummond of Hawthornden and Ben Jonson.
Of this establishment Wodrow writes :-? Profaneness
is come to a great height ! all the villainous,
profane, and obscene books of plays printed at
London by Curle and others, are got down from
London by Allan Ramsay, and let out for an easy
price to young boys, servant women of the better
sort, and gentlemen, and rice and obscenity dreadfully
propagated.?
It was the library thus stigmatised by sour old
Wodrow, that, according to his own statement, Sir
Walter Scott read with such avidity in his younger
years. The collection latterly contained upwards
of 30,000 volumes, as is stated by a note in ? Kay?s
Portraits.?
In 1748, says Kincaid, a very remarkable and
lawless attempt was made by the united London
booksellers and stationers to curb the increase of
literature in Edinburgh ! They had conceived an
idea, which they wished passed into law : ?That
authors or their assignees had a perpetual exclusive
right to their works; and if these could not be
known, the right was in the person who first published
the book, whatever manner of way they
became possessed of it.?
The first step was taken in 1748-twenty-three
years after Ramsay started his library-when an
action appeared before the Court of Session against
certain booksellers in Edinburgh and Glasgow,
which was decreed against the plaintiffs.* Ten
Falconer?s ?Decisions,? voL i ... Luckenbooths James VI., but no memories of him now remain, save the alley called Byres? Close, and his ...

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ECCLESIASTICAL ANTIQUITIES. 385
2%h, 1387, between “ Adam Forster, Lord of Nether Leberton, Androw Yichtson, Provest
of the Burgh of Edynburgh, and Communitie of that Ilk, on the ta half, and Johne Johne
of Stone, and Johne Slcayer, masounys, on the toyer half,” and requires that ‘‘ the forsaidys
Johne Johne, and Johne, sall make and voute f p e Chapells on the south syde of the
Paryce Kyrke of Edynburgh, fra the west gavyl, lyand and rynan doun est, on to the grete
pyler of the stepyl, voutyt on the same maner by the masounys, as the vout abovye Sanct
Stevinys auter, standand on the north syde of the parys auter of the Abbay of Haly-rude
Houss. Alsua yat ylk man sal mak in ylk Chapel of the four, a wyndow with thre lychtys
in fourm masoune lyke, the qwhilk patroune yai hef sene; and the fyfte Chapel voutyt
with a durre, in a10 gude maner als the durre, standand in the west gavyl of ye forsaid
kyrk. Alsua ye forsayde five Chapellys sall be thekyt abovyn with stane, and water
thycht; ye buttras, ye lintels f p y t up als hech as ye lave of yat werk askys.”’ The
whole of these five chapels remained, with their beautiful groined roofs, and clustered
columns, until the restoration of the ancient edifice in 1829, when the two west ones were
demolished, apparently for no better reason than because they interfered with the architect’s
design for a uniform west front. The third chapel, which now forms the west
lobby of the Old Church, as this subdivision of the building is styled, retained till the
same date the beautiful vaulted entrance erected in 1387; it was an open porch,
with a richly-groined ceiling, and over it a small chamber, lighted by an elegant oriel
window, the corbel of which was an angel holding the city arms. A fac-simile of this has
been transferred to the west side of the aisleY2th ough without either the beautiful porch
which it surmounted, or the picturesque turret-stair which stood on its west side, and
formed the approach to the Priest’s Chamber as well as to the roof of the church. The
demolition of this portion of the ancient edifice led to the discovery of a large accumulation
of charters and ancient records of the city, which had been placed at some early period
in the chamber over the porch, and had lain there undisturbed probably for more than two
centuries. It had contained also a series of pictorial decorations of an unusual character
a0 the adornments of any part of a church, but which appear to have been painted on the
panelling of the chamber about the period of the Revolution, when it formed an appendage
to the Council Chambers. The only fragments of these that have been preserved are now
in the collection of C. K. Sharpe, Esq., and consist of a trumpeter, a soldier bearing a
banner, and a female figure holding a cornucopia. The costume of the figures, which are
above half-life size, is of the reign of Willitlm 111. The paintings are really works of
some merit, so far as can be judged from these detached fragments, which were literally
rescued from the ruins of the ancient vestry, and are insufficient to show what had been the
subject of the whole desigu. The txo eastern chapels are now included in the Old ChrcA,
and though greatly defaced by modern partitions and galleries, retain some of the original
groining, constructed five centuries ago, in imitation of St Stephen’s Chapel in the Abbey
of Holpood.
1 Maitland, p. 270.
The carved stones of the original window are now in the possession of A. E. Ellis, Eaq., and cannot but excite the
surprise of every one who sees them, as the most of them are nearly as fresh and sharp aa when firat executed.
Among other interesting fragments rescued by Mr Ellii at the same period, there is a very fine stoup for holy water,
formed in shape of a shallow bason, with a large star covering it, and leaving the interatices for the water. It had projected
from the wall on a richly-flowered corbel, which has been rudely broken in its removal.
3 c ... ANTIQUITIES. 385 2%h, 1387, between “ Adam Forster, Lord of Nether Leberton, Androw Yichtson, ...

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High Street.] HOUSE OF THE ABBOTS OF MELROSE. 253
CHAPTER XXX.
THE HIGH STREET (caitfirzued).
Dickson?s and Cant?s Closes-The House of the ? Scottish Hogarth ? and the Knight of Tillybole-Rosehaugh?s, or Strichen?s, Close-House 01
the Abbots of Melrose-Sir Georye Yaclteuzie of Rosehaugh-Lady h n e Dick-Lord Strichen-The hlanncls of 1730-Pmvost Grieve-
John Dhu, Corporal of the City Guard-Lady Lovat?s Land-Walter Chnpman, Printer-Lady Lovat.
DICKSON?S CLOSE, numbered as 118, below the
modern Niddry Street, gave access to a handsome
and substantial edifice, supposed to be the work of
that excellent artificer Robert Mylne, who built the
modern portion of Holyrood and s3 rnacy houses
of an improved character in the city about the time
of the Revolution. Its earlier occupants are unknown,
but herein dwelt David Allan, known as
the ? Scottish Hogarth,? a historical painter of
undoubted genius, who, on the death of hlexander
Runciman, in 1786, was appointed director and
master of the academy established by the board of
trustees for manufacturers in Scotland.
While resident in Dickson?s Close he published,
in 1788, an edition of the ?Gentle Shepherd,? with
characteristic etchings, and, some time after, a collection
of the most humorous old Scottish songs with
similar drawings ; these, with his illustrations of
? The Cottar?s Saturday Night ? and the satire,
humour, and spirit of his other etchings in aquatinta,
won him a high reputation as a successful
delineator of character and nature. His drawing
classes met in the old college, but he received
private pupils at his house in Dickson?s Close after
his marriage, on the 15th November, 1788. His
terms were, as advertised in the Nucz~ry, one
guinea per month for three lessons in the week,
which in those simple days would restrict his pupils
to the wealthy and fashionable class of sqciety.
He died at Edinburgh on the 6th of August, 1796.
Lower down the close, on the same side, a
quaint old tenement, doomed to destruction by the
Improvements Act, 1867, showed on the coved bedcorbel
of its crowstepped gable the arms of Haliburton,
impaled with another coat armorial, with
the peculiar feature of a double window corbelled
out ; and in a deed extant, dated 1582, its first proprietor
is named Master James Haliburton. Afterwards
it was the residence of Sir John Haliday, of
Tillybole, and formed a part of Cant?s Close.
Its appearance in 1868 has been preserved to us
by R. Chambers, in a brief description in his
?? Traditions . ? According to this authority: it was
two storeys in height, the second storey being
reached by an outside stair, within a small courtyard,
which had originally been shut by a gate.
The stone pillars of the gateway were decorated
with balls at the top, after the fashion of entrances
to the grounds of a country mansion. It was a
picturesque building in the style of the sixteenth
century in Scotland. As it resembled a neat oldfashioned
country house, it was odd to find it
jammed up amid the tall edifices of this confined
alley. Ascending the stair, the interior consisted
of three or four apartments, with elaborately-carved
stucco ceilings. The principal room had a double
window on the west to Dickson?s Close.
In 1735 this mansion was the abode of Robert
Geddes, Gird of Scotstoun in Peeblesshire, who sold
it to George Wight, a burgess of Edinburgh, after
which it became deteriorated, and its stuccoed
apartments, froin the attics to the ground floor,
became each the dwelling of a separate family, and
a scene of squalor and wretchedness.
A considerable portion of the edifices in Cant?s
Close mere once ecclesiastical, and belonged to
the prebendaries of the collegiate church, founded
at Ciichton in 1449, by Sir William Crichton of
that ilk, Lord High Chancellor of Scotland.
In Kosehaugh?s Close, now called Strichen?s, the
next alley on the east, was the town-house of the
princely mitred abbots of Melrose. In Catholic
times the great dignitaries of the church had all
their houses in Edinburgh ; the Archbishop of St.
dndrews resided at the foot of Blackfriars Wynd ;
the Bishop of Dunkeld in the Cowgate ; the Abbot
of Dunfermline at the Netherbow ; the Abbot of
Cambuskenneth in the Lawnmarket ; and the Abbot
of Melrose in the close we have named, and his
?ludging? had a garden which extend?ed down to
the Cowgate, and up the opposite slope on the
west side of the Pleasance, within the city wall.
The house of the abbot, a large and massive
building enclosing a small square or court in the
centre of it, was entered from Strichen?s Close.
?? The whole building has evidently undergone
great alterations,?? says the description of it written
in 1847; ?a carved stone bears a large and very
boldlycut shield, with two coats of arms impaled,
and the date 1600. There seems no reason to
doubt, however, that the main portion of the
abbot?s residence still remains. The lower storey is
strongly vaulted, and is evidently the work of an
early date. The smalrquadrangle also is quite in
character with the period assumed for the building;
and at its north-west angle is Cant?s Close, ... Street.] HOUSE OF THE ABBOTS OF MELROSE. 253 CHAPTER XXX. THE HIGH STREET (caitfirzued). Dickson?s and ...

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3 78 MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH.
of the Church of Megginche, one of the dependencies of the Abbey of Holyrood.L It is again
mentioned in an Act of the reign of Robert the Bruce, dated 1319, wherein the Bishop of
St Andrew’s confirms numerous gifts bestowed at various times on the Abbey and its
dependencies. One of these is a gift of all her possessions made by the Lady Donoca,
with the consent of her husband and son, in presence of a full consistory held at Edinburgh
in St Giles’s Church on the Sunday before the Feast of St Thomas, in the year 1293.’ Still
later we find evidence of additions to the original foundation in 1359, when David II.,
by a charter under his great seal, confirmed to the chaplain officiating at the altar of St
Katherine’s Chapel in the Parish Church of St Giles, all the lands of Upper Merchiston,
the gift of Roger Hog, burgess of Edinburgh, There can be no question, however, of
its existence at a much earlier date, as is proved by some of its original architectural
features, described hereafter, of which we possess authentic evidence. The Collegiate
Church of St Giles, as it‘ now stands, is a building including the work of many different
periods, and though no part of its architecture indicates an earlier date than the fourteenth
century, its walls probably include masonry of a much more remote era. The prevalence
of Norman remains among such of the ancient Parish Churches of Midlothian as still
retain any of their original masonry, proves that a very general impetus had been given
to ecclesiastical architecture about the period of the founding of Holyrood Abbey, in
the 12th century. This entirely accords with what is usually found in the architectural
chronology of any populous district in the neighbourhood of an important ecclesiastical
foundation; and, indeed, the history of the erection of St Giles’s Church is almost
entirely comprised in three periods, each of which was marked by the founding of other
ecclesiastical buildings. The first of these is the early part of the 12th century, when the
example of David I., derived from his experience at the splendid court of Henry I. of England,
led to the founding or enlargement of numerous religious housea. The next is 1380-
soon after which Dalkeith Church was founded-when numerous chapels were added to the
Parish Church ; and again, during a succession of years ending in 1462-the year in which
the charter of foundation of Trinity Collegiate Church is dated-when the choir of St Giles’s
Church seems to have been enlarged and completed in its present form ; in anticipation, no
doubt, of its erection into a collegiate church, which took place a few years thereafter.
It must be a subject of unfailing regret to every true antiquary, that the restoration of
St Giles’s Church in 1829 was conducted in so rash and irreverent a spirit, in consequence
of which so many of its peculiar features have disappeared, along with nearly all those
traces of its adaptation to the ceremonial of Roman Catholic worship, which had escaped the
rude hands of the equally irreverent, but far more pardonable, Reformers of the sixteenth
century. Had its restoration been delayed even for a few years, the increasing study of
Gothic architecture, which is already so widely diffused, would in all probability have
secured the preservation of much that is now beyond recall. All that can now be done is to
endeavour to convey to the reader such idea of the original edifice, and of the successive
alterations and additions that it had received, as seemed to be indicated by the building
previous to its remodelling in 1829.3
Liber Cartarurn Sande Crucis, p. 55. Ibid, p. 81.
? The restoration of the original edifice is now (1872) being proceeded with, under the auspice8 of n number of
public-apirited citizens. ... 78 MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. of the Church of Megginche, one of the dependencies of the Abbey of Holyrood.L It is ...

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376 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
The irritation of the populace against Sir James gradually subsided ; and
latterly vented itself entirely in pasquinadoes and lampoons, in which the
humble origin of the Baronet was not spared. Kay contributed his quota to
the general fund of amusement by producing the following caricature, which he
entitled a “Patent for Knighthood ! ”
No. CL.
HENRY DUNDAS,
AND
SIR JAMES STIRLING, BART.
THE satirical allusion of this Print will be best understood by reference to the
debate in the House of Commons in the month of May prior to the disturbances.
The subject of discussion was the King’s proclamation (already alluded to),
which the Whigs opposed as tyrannical and unnecessary. After several
speakers had delivered their sentiments, MT. Cowtenay said-“ The proclamation
was a severe censure on ministers for not having discharged their dutyin
not having prosecuted the libels, which they said had existence for several
months. He declared his misbelief of the proclamation having been intended
for insidious purposes by one of his‘ Majesty’s cabinet ministers, the Home
Secretary (Mr. Dundas), whose good nature and civility had always induced him
to accommodate himself to every minister; which good nature and civility
called to his mind the old man in Edinburgh, who used to go about with a pail
and great-coat, calling out-‘ Wha wants me P ’ The honourable Secretary,
upon every change of administration, had imitated the old man, by calling out
-‘ Wha wants me 3 ’ This readiness to oblige, therefore, did away with all
suspicion of malice.”
To this sally of humour, Dundas of course made no reply. He was impene-
1 A ballad, founded on this speech, entitled Wha wants n e 1 was sung for months in the streets
of Edinburgh. Lord Melville was not unfrequently serenaded with it while there ; but he apparently
felt so little annoyance, appeared so much amused, and laughed ao heartily, that the singing was soon
stopped. It was sung to the
tune of My Daddy is a CanJeer’d Carle, and commenced-
The song waa printed and sold at the small charge of “one penny.”
“ John Bull, he is a canker’d carle ; he’ll nae twin wi’ his gear ;
And Sawney now is ten times waur, gin a’ be true I hear ;
Bat let them say, or let them do, it’s 8’ ane to me ;
I’ll never lay aside my cloak-my wha wunts me f
0, wha wants me, sin ? Wha wants me ?
I’ll take my stand near Downing Street, with aye-Wha wants me 1” ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. The irritation of the populace against Sir James gradually subsided ; and latterly ...

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148 MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH.
occupied, the outer framework on one side being nearly cut away ; but its original position
was doubtless one of importance, suited to its highly decorated character. The
armorial bearings, though suggesting no relation to those of the Queen Regent, serve to
prove that it had been executed for the mansion in which it was found, as the game arms,
impaled on one shield, was sculptured over the uorth doorway of the building on the
east side of the close, with the date 1557, already alluded to, as the oldest then existing
on any house in Edinburgh,’ and the initials A. A., as represented below. The lintel
had been removed from its original position to heighten the doorway, for the purpose of
converting this part of the old Palace into a stable, and was built into a wall immediately
adjacent ; but its mouldings completely corresponded with the sides of the doorway from
which it had been taken, and the high land was rent up through the whole of its north
front, owiug to its abstraction.e This portion of the Palace formed a sort of gallery,
extending across the north end of the whole buildings, and internally affording communication
from those in Todd’s and Nairn’s Closes, and that on the west side of Blyth‘s
Cloae, with the oratory or chapel on the east side of the latter. The demolition of these
buildings brought to light many interesting features of their original character. The whole
had been fitted up at their erection in a remarkably elegant and highly ornate style ; the
fieplaces especially were all of large dimensions, and several of very graceful and elegant
proportions. One of these we have already alluded to, with its fine Gothic niche at the
side; another in Todd’s Close was of a still more beautiful design, the clustered pillars
were further adorned with roses filling the interstices, and this also had a very rich Gothic
niche at its side, entirely differing in form from the last, and indeed from all the others
that we have examined, in the apparent remains of a stoup or hollowed basin, the front of
1 It is not necessarily inferred from this that no older house exists. The walla of Holyrood admitted of being
roofed again after the burning in 1544, and it is not unlikely that some of the oldest houses still remaining passed
through the same fiery ordeaL
This stone, which is in good preservation, is now in the interesting collection of antiquities of A. 0. Ellis, Esq.
W e have failed to trace from the shield any clue to the original owner or builder of this part of the Palace ; but the
data now furnished may perhaps enable others to be more successful. Sir Robert Carnegie of Kinnaird, who WBB
appointed one of the Senatora of the College of Justice in 1547, and as Ambassador to France in 1551, had a great
share in persuading the Duke of Chatelherault to resign the regency to Mary of Guise,-bore for arms an eagle displayed,
aeure ; but his wife’s arms,-a daughter of Outhrie of Lunan,-do not correspond with those impaled with
them, and the initials are also irreconcilable, The same objediom hold good in the cue of his son, a faithful adherent
of Queen Mary. ... MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. occupied, the outer framework on one side being nearly cut away ; but its original ...

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48 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES,
QUARTER-MASTER TAYLOR, the portly figure in the fourth division,
was one of the famous defenders of Gibraltar.
The last and most indescribable of the “All~’~-to use the artist’s own
language-is “ a Caricature of a Potentate, commonly called the PRINCE OF
THE AIR,” who in former times was supposed to have considerable dealings
in Scotland, judging from the innumerable trials for witchcraft with which the
records of the Court of Justiciary are disgraced. Why his Satanic Majesty
has been thus introduced among the worthies of Edinburgh, the artist has not
explained, and we leave the gentle reader to find out,
No. CLXXXVIII.
REV, DR. THOMAS HARDIE,
MIKISTER OF HADDO’S HOLE, AND REGIUS PROFESSOR OF DMNITY AND
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGII.
DR. THOMAHS ARDIEw as the son of the Rev. Thomas Hardie, one of the
ministers of Culross, in the Presbytery of Dunfermline. Of the early part of
his history little is known, but it is believed he studied at the University of
Edinburgh. His first presentation was to Ballingry, in Fifeshire (June 16,
1774), where he continued to discharge his clerical duties for several years, and
acquired a degree of local popularity, which promised, at no distant period, to
call him away to a more enlarged sphere of action. He was of an active disposition,
and by no means a passive observer of events. He felt much interested
in the divisions which then, as now, existed in the Church ; and while he personally
tendered his exertions on that side which he espoused, his pen was not
idle. We allude to the pamphlet which he published in 1782, entitled “The
Principles of Moderation : addressed to the Clergy of the Popular Interest in
the Church of Scotland.”
The object of this publication was to review, in a dispassionate manner, the
real cause and state of division in the Church ; and he certainly succeeded in
calmly, if not successfully, vindicating the conduct of the moderate party, or
“ the Martyrs to Law,” as he called them, to which he belonged. The address
was written with ability, and displayed considerable acumen and acquaintance
with the history, as well as the law of the Church. At that time patronage was
the principal cause of dissent, and had led to the secession of a numerous body
of the people. This he lamented ; and, while he viewed patronage as an evil
to which the Church ought to bow solely and only so long as it remained law,
he was desirous of uniting all parties in procuring an amicable change in the ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, QUARTER-MASTER TAYLOR, the portly figure in the fourth division, was one of the famous ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 393
one of the Senators of the College of Justice, and Anne Horn, heiress of Horn
and Westhall, in Aberdeenshire ; and, by the death of his two elder brothers
without issue, he ultimately succeeded to the estates of Horn and Westhall.
In consequence of his marriage, in 1754, with Miss Elphinstone, heiress of Sir
James Elphinstone of Logie, he obtained the estates of Logie, and assumed
the name of Elphinstone. General Dalrymple was, on his death, succeeded by
his eldest son, James, who married Miss Davidson, heiress of the estate of
Midmar, but died without issue. The property then devolved on Captain
Dalrymple. In 1800 he married Grahame, daughter of the late Colonel David
Hepburn of Keith, by whom he had a large family. He was created a baronet
on the 16th of January 1828.
After his accession to the estates, Sir Robert was a steady resident
proprietor, unambitiously, but not the less effectually, promoting the best
interests of the country, by the influence of his presence and example in
devoting his attention more exclusively to those of his own immediate locality.
He was for seven years Convener of the County of Aberdeen ; and, as a landlord,
long enjoyed the reputation of being one of the best and kindest. So
much was he in the confidence of his tenantry, that they generally deposited
their savings in his hands; and no instance was known of his ever having
harassed any of them who might happen to be in arxears.
The Print of the Captain and Miss Macdonald is highly illustrative of the
fashions then prevailing in the bem mondd.
MISS PENELOPE MACDONALD, a lady much celebrated for her
handsomeness of figure, her beauty and accomplishments, was the youngest
daughter of Ronald Macdonald of Clanronald. " Miss Penzie Macdonald," as
she was familiarly called, was married at Edinburgh in March 1789 to William
Hamilton of Wishaw, Esq., whose right to the Peerage of Belhaven was
admitted, ten years afterwards, by the House of Peers.
She left several children, of
whom the late Lord Eelhaven (created in 1831 a British Peer by the title of
Lord Hamilton), was the eldest.
Her ladyship died on the 5th of May 1816.
CCCIV.
THE LOVERS.
THIS Caricature of the CAPTAINa nd MISS MACDONAiLs Da retaliatory production,
the artist's usual method of apologising to those who happened to be
offended by his choice of a subject.
VOL. 11. 3E ... SKETCHES. 393 one of the Senators of the College of Justice, and Anne Horn, heiress of Horn and ...

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86 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. me Mound.
distinguished trustees of whom it has been composed
since its formation ; considering also that the power
of appointing persons to be members of the Board
offers the means of conferring distinction on eminent
individuals belonging to Scotland, I entertain a
strong conviction that this Board should be kept
up to its present number, and that its vacancies
should be supplied as they occur. I am disposed
to think also that it would be desirable to give this
Board a corporate character by a charter or Act
of Incorporation.?
Under the fostering care of the Board of
Manufactures first sprang up the Scottish School
of Design, which had its origin in 1760. On the
27th of June in that year, in pursuance of previous
deliberations of the Board, as its records show, ?a
scheme or scroll of an advertisement anent the
drawing school was read, and it was referred to
Lord Kames to take evidence of the capacity and
genius for drawing of persons applying for instruction
before they were presented to the drawing
school, and to report when the salary of Mr.
De?lacour, painter, who had been appoihted to
teach the school, should commence.?
This was the first School of Design established
in the three kingdoms at the public expense. ? It
is,?? said the late Sir W. Stirling-Maxwell, in an
address to the institution. in 1870, $?a matter of
no small pride to us as Scotsmen to find a Scottish
judge in 1760 and two Scottish painters in 1837
takihg the lead in a movement which in each case
became national.?
The latter were Mr. William Dyce and Mr.
Charles Heath Wilson, who, in a letter to Lord
Meadowbank cn ?the best means of ameliorating
arts and manufactures in point of taste,? had all
the chief principles which they urged brought into
active operation by the present Science and
Art Department; and when the Royal Scottish
Academy was in a position to open its doors to art
pupils, the life school was transferred from the
Board to the Academy. Of the success of these
schools it is only necessary to say that almost
every Scotsman who has risen to distinction in
art has owed something of that distinction to
the training received here. There are annual examinations
and competitions for prizes. The latter
though small in actual and intrinsic value, possess a
very high value to minds of the better order. ? They
are,? said Sir W. Stirling-Maxwell, ? tokens of the
sympathy with which the State regards the exertions
of its students. They are rewards which those who
now sit or have sat in high places of a noble profession-
the Harveys, the Patons, the Faeds, the
Xobertses, and the Wilkies-have been proud to
win, and whose success in these early competitions
was the beginning of a long series of triumphs.?
In the same edifice is the gallery of sculpture, a
good collection of casts from the best ancient
works, such as the Elgin marbles and celebrated
statues of antiquity, of the well-known Ghiberti
gates of Florence, and a valuable series of antique
Greek and Roman busts known as the Albacini
collection, from which family they were purchased
for the Gallery.
In the western portion of the Royal Institution
are the apartments of the Royal Society of Edinburgh,
which was instituted in 1783, under the
presidency of Henry Duke of Buccleuch, K.G.
and K.T., with Professor John Robinson, LL.D., as
secretary, and twelve councillors whose names are
nearly all known to fame, and are as follows :-
Mr. Baron Gordon. Dr. Munro.
Lord Elliock. Dr. Hope.
Major-Gen. Fletcher CampbelL Dr. Black.
Adam Smith, Esq. Dr. Hutton.
Mr. John McLaurin.
Dr. Adam Feryson,
Prof. Dugald Stewart.
Mr. John Playfair.
The central portion of the Royal Institution is
occupied by the apartments and museum of the
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, which was
founded in 1780 .by a body of noblemen and
gentlemen, who were anxious to secure a more
accurate and extended knowledge of the historic
and national antiquities of their native country
than single individual zeal or skill could hope to
achieve. ?For this purpose, a building and an
area formerly occupied as the post ofice, situated
in the Cowgate, then one of the chief thoroughfares
of Edinburgh, were purchased for LI,OOO.
Towards this, the Earl of Buchan, founder of the
Society, the Dukes of Montrose and Argyle, the
Earls of Fife, Bute, and Kintore, Sir Laurence
Dundas, Sir John Dalrymple, Sir Alexander Dick,
Macdonnel of Glengarry, Mr. Fergusson of Raith,
Mr. Ross of Cromarty, and other noblemen and
gentlemen, liberally contributed. Many valuable
objects of antiquity and original MSS. and books
were in like manner presented to the Society.?
After being long in a small room in 24, George
Street, latterly the studio of the well-known
Samuel Bough, R.S.A., the museum was removed
to the Institution, on the erection of the new
exhibition rooms for the Scottish Academy in the
q t galleries. Among the earliest contributions
towards the foundation of this interesting museum
were the extensive and valuable collection of
bronze weapons referred to in an early chapter
as being dredged from Duddingstone Loch, presented
by Sir Alexander Dick, Bart., of Preston ... OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. me Mound. distinguished trustees of whom it has been composed since its formation ; ...

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166 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
No. CCXXIX.
MARGARET SUTTIE,
A HAWKER OF SALT.
THIS well-known character was an native of Fisherrow. Her mother, Margaret
Suttie-for neither she nor her daughter were ever married-was reputed
a witch; and some of her “cantrips,” particularly her encounter with Jamie
Vernon’s dog, and the manner in which she retaliated on Jamie’s cows, are still
remembered and believed by many among whom the superstitions of a former
age are not yet entirely eradicated.
After the death of the old woman, Margaret the younger took up her residence
at Niddry, half-a-mile south-east of Duddingston, and made her living, as
her mother had done before her, by vending salt in Edinburgh-daily going the
rounds of the city in the manner portrayed in the caricature. On leaving home
in the morning, her route was directed by the Saltpans of Joppa or Pinkie,
where she purchased a supply sufficient for the day. The price ‘of salt at the
Pans was then thirteenpence halfpenny a peck-about seven pounds weight
-which she retailed at sixpence a caup-a wooden measure one-fourth of a
peck’
“ Wha’ll buy my lucky forpit oJ wat-Na, na, deil ane yet ! I J was Maggy’s
usual cry, sometimes varied into a species of rhyme, as she proceeded along the
streets. By lucky she meant good measure; and when questioned as to her
reason for repeating the words-“Na, na, deil ane yet “-her reply was, that
she always experienced mist luck on the days she used them,
Whatever happened to
be passing in her mind found unconscious utterance from her lips ; and she was
frequently followed by the youngsters, who were amused by her singular ejaculations.
One day, while plying her vocation in the Cowgate, an extremely
corpulent gentleman of ‘‘ the ‘cloth ” happened to be wending his way a short
distance ahead. His waddling gait, and excessive breadth, immediately attracted
the notice of Maggy. “Eh, but he’s fat-see how he shugs I-Wha’ll buy my
lucky forpit oJ sa-adsee how he shugs ! ” In this way she continued to sing
her cry, much to the amusement of the bystanders, until the fat man in black
had fairly waddled out of her sight.
In consequence of the repeal of the duty on salt, old Maggy’s occupation
ceased, and with it the cry of Wha’ll buy sa-at ”-which used to be a source
of great annoyance to the inhabitants. It is somewhat remarkable that this
Margaret had an inveterate habit of talking aloud.
The one end of the meamre wm a forpit ; the other, half a forpit. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. No. CCXXIX. MARGARET SUTTIE, A HAWKER OF SALT. THIS well-known character was an ...

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334 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
increase of itinerant preachers, attracted the notice of the General Assembly,
and, in the ‘‘ Pastoral Admonition” of next year, occasion was taken to warn
the people against such irregularities. This awakened a spirit of retaliation on
the part of Mr. Hill, who, in the month of *June 1799, made a second journey to
Scotland, apparently for no other purpose than to preach down the Assembly.’
On his arrival in Edinburgh he commenced “A Series of Letters” on the
subject, addressed to the Society for Propagating the Gospel at Home, which
he continued to issue during his tour through the principal towns of the north
-Dundee, Montrose, Aberdeen, Huntly, etc.’ He also visited Glasgow at
this time, where he assisted the Rev. Greville Ewing in opening the
Tabernacle in Jamaica Street. The crowd was very great, and during the
afternoon service an alarm was given that part of the building was giving way.
The people immediately rushed towards the doors and windows to get out, in
consequence of which several persons had their arms and legs broken. Fortunately
no lives were lost, and when the alarm subsided Mr. Ewing finished
the service.
After a lapse of twenty-five years, Mr. Rowland Hill paid a third and last
visit to Scotland in 1824, being then in his 80th year. He was induced to
undertake this long journey in aid of the London missions. He came to
Edinburgh by sea, and was kindly received at the house of the Rev. John
Aikman, in whose chapel he preached the following Sabbath, as well as in
the meeting-house of the Rev. Dr. Peddie. In the course of his stay, which
scarcely extended to a week, he also preached in the Tabernacle of his old
friend Mr. Haldane, and in the Recession Church, Broughton Place. From
Edinburgh he went to Glasgow, in which city he was received with enthusiasm.
From thence he proceeded to Paisley, and next to Greenock, where he continued
several days making short excursions on the mater. He then sailed by
one of the steam vessels for Liverpool ; and after preaching there, and at Manchester,
he arrived at his summer residence of Wotton, greatly delighted with
his Scottish tour, as well as pleased with his success, having made collections
to the amount of sixteen hundred pounds.
Such is a brief sketch of the Reverend gentleman’s visits to Scotland. To
all our readers his name is at least familiar ; and many anecdotes respecting him
are current throughout the country, His life, by the Rev. Edwin Sidney,
London, 1835, must also be pretty extensively known. This work, although
not strictly impartial, and displaying too much twisting and straining on the
question of Church Establishments, is nevertheless got up in an amusing style,
1 After his return to London, he waa asked one day why he called one of his carriage horses
Order and the other Decorum. “Because,” Raid the facetious preacher, “in Scotland they accuse
me of riding on the back of all order and decorum.”
Mr. Hill’s letters were afterwards printed in the form of a pamphlet, and entitled, “A Series
of Letters, occasioned by the late Pastoral Admonition of the Church of Scotland, as also their
attempts to suppresa the establishment of Sabbath Schools, addressed to the Society for Propagating
the Gospel at Home. By Rowland Hill, A.M.” Edinburgh, printed by J. Ritchie, 1799. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. increase of itinerant preachers, attracted the notice of the General Assembly, and, in ...

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74 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [Holyroob
chateau of Chantilly, from plans by the royal
architect, Sir William Bruce of Balcaskie and
Kinross, the palace as we find it now was built by
Charles 11. and James VII., with a zeal that has
been supposed to imply forethought of having a
fit retreat in their ancient capital if driven from
that of England. The inscription in large Roman
letters-
FVN . BE. RO . MYLNE . MM . IVL . 1671-
marks the site of the foundation of the modern
additions ; it is in a pier of the north-west piazza.
Before the Antiquarian Society in 1858 was
read a statement of the ? Accounts of Sir William
Bruce of Balcaskie, General Surveyor of H.M.
Works, 1674-9.?? The re?ckoning between these
years was it;160,000 Scots, of which sum four-fifths
were spent on Holyrood, the new works on which
had been begun, in 1671, and so vigorously carried
on, that by January, 1674, the mason-work had been
nekly completed. The Dutch artist, Jacob de
Urt, was employed to paint ? One piece of historia
in the king?s bed-chamber? for A120 Scots. The
coats-of-arms which are above the great entrance
and in the quadrangle were cut from his designs.
Holyrood Palace is an imposing quadrangular
edifice, enclosing a piazza-bounded Palladian
court, ninety-four feet square. Its front faces the
west, and consists of battlemented double towers
on each flank. In the centre is the grand entrance,
having double Doric columns, above which
are the royal arms of Scotland, and over them an
octagonal clock-tower, terminating in an imperial
crown.
The Gallery of the Kings, the largest apartment
in the palace, is 150 feet long by 27 feet broad,
and is decorated by a hundred fanciful portraits
of the Scottish kings, from Fergus 1. to James VII.,
by Jacob de Urt, and there is an interesting
portrait of Mary and of the latter monarch, and at
the end of the gallery are four remarkable paintings,
taken from Scotland by James VI., and sent
back from Hampton Court in 1857. They represent
James 111. and his queen Margaret of Denmark
(about 1484), at devotion; on the reverses
are Sir Edward Boncle, Provost of Trinity College
; the figure of St. Cecilia at the organ represents
Mary of Gueldres, and the whole, which are by
an artist of the delicate Van Eck school, are
supposed to have formed a portion of the altarpiece
of the old Trinity College Church. In this
gallery the elections of the Scottish peers take place.
Beyond it are Lord Darnley?s rooms ; among the
portraits there are those of Darnley and his
brother, and from thence a stair leads to Queen
Mary?s apartments above. The Tapestry Room
contains two large pieces of arras, and among
several valuable portraits one of James Duke of
Hamilton, beheaded in 1649.
The Audience Chamber-the scene of Mary?s
stormy interviews with Knox-is panelled and
embellished with various royal initials and coatsarmorial
; the furniture is richly embroidered, and
includes a venerable state-bed, used by Charles I.,
by Prince Charles Edward, and by Cumberland on
the night of the 30th January, 1746. Mary?s bedchamber
measures only 22 feet by 18 feet, and at
its south-west corner is her dressing-room, The
ancient furniture, the faded embroideries and
tapestries, and general aspect of this wing, which
is consigned peculiarly to memories of the past
are all in unison with the place ; but the royal
nursery, with its blue-starred dome, the Secretary
of State?s room, with the royal private apartments
generally now in use, are all in the south and
eastern sides of the palace, and are reached by a
grand staircase from the south-east angle of the court.
CHAPTER XI.
HOLYROOD PALACE (concZdaf).
The King?s Birthday in 1665-James Duke of Albany-The Duchess of York and G e n d Daltell-Funeral of the Duke of Rothes - A
Gladiatorial Exhibition-Departure of the Scottish Household Troops-The Hunters? Company?s Balls-Fmt and Second Viis
of the Royal Family of France-Recent Improvements-St. h e ? s Yard removed-The Ornamental Fountain built.
IN the IntelZ&zce for the 1st of June, 1665, we
have a description. of the exuberant loyalty that
followed the downfall of the Commonwealth.
?Edinburgh, May 29, being His Majesty?s birthday,
was most solemnly kept by all ranks in this
city. My Lord Commissioner, in his state, With
his life-guard on horseback, and Sir Andrew
Ramsay, Lord Provost, Bailies, and Council in their
robes, accompanied by all the Trained Bands in
arms, went to church and heard the Bishop of
Edinburgh upon a text well applied for the work
of the day. Thereafter thirty-five aged men in ... OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [Holyroob chateau of Chantilly, from plans by the royal architect, Sir William Bruce of ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 81
these he gave full play to a natural gaiety of spirit, which rendered his company
quite delightful.
Dr. Hamilton’s habits were active ; he adhered to the good old custom of
early rising, and took part in all the invigorating exercises in vogue. Archery,
golfing, skating, bowling, curling, and even swimming, had then, as now, each
their respective clubs. In several kindred professional associations he acted
as secretary ; and the conviviality of these meetings were mainly kept up by
him and old Dr. Duncan for nearly half-a-century. A well-regulated mind
brought with it the almost never-failing accompaniment of a disposition not only
to enjoy, but to communicate amusement ; and these occasions served to call
forth in Dr. Hamilton what is best known by the name of fu-a faculty which
he possessed in no common degree.’ An instance of this may be given, with
which we shall conclude our sketch. At an early period of his career, he was
condoling with a contemporary (the late Dr. Yule) on the patience which they
were mutually called to exercise in waiting for professional advancement-
“ But you,” says he, “ labour under a peculiar disadvantage.” ‘‘ How so ? ” replies
the astonished Doctor. “0,” rejoins our friend, “ do you not see that every
one will say, a green. Yule makes a f a t kirkyard.”
He latterly, and for many years, resided in
St. Andrew Square, next door to his namesake Dr. James Hamilton junior.
Dr. Hamilton died in 1835.
KO. CXCIX.
MR. ’CVILLIAM MASON,
SECRETARY TO THE GRAND LODGE.
THIS Etching is allowed, by those who recollect the “ Grand Secretary,” to be
a capital caricature. Like his friend the “Grand Clerk,” MR. MASON was a
writer and an assistant extractor in the Court of Session, which situation he
obtained in 1778. His masonic duties he performed with great credit for many
years. It was the province of the Secretary and Clerk to attend the Grand
Master in his visitations to the lodges-a species of service which accorded well
with their social habits ; and, notwithstanding the ridiculous mistake about the
sow,S a warm friendship continued to exist betwixt the portly officials.
The Grand Secretary was a person of quaint humour, and relished a joke.
He was one day on the Castle Hill, where a crowd had assembled to witness an
The genuine kindness of Dr. Hamilton’s disposition is well illustrated by the concluding distich
of an impromptu, which waa sung by an associate at one of their convivial meetings :-
“ ’Twas Andrew the lnerry and Jamie the good,
This anecdote is related in the Sketch of the “ Grand Clerk,” see First Volume.
VOL. 11. M
In 8 hackney coach had ta’en hame Sandy Wood. “ ... SKETCHES. 81 these he gave full play to a natural gaiety of spirit, which rendered his company quite ...

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