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

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214 BI 0 G R AP HI GAL SKETCHES.
No. LXXXIX.
RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD ADL4M GORDON
AND
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE COUNT D’ARTOIS,
AFTERWARDS CHARLES X.
THE most memorable occurrence during LORD ADAM’S command in Scotland
was the arrival of his Royal Highness the Count d‘Artois, in 1796.
“June &-This afternoon, about two o’clock, his Royal Highness Monsieur
Compte d’Artois, etc., landed at Leith from on board his Majesty’s frigate
Jason, Captain C. Stirling. On the frigate’s coming to anchor in the Roads,
his Royal Highness was saluted with twenty-one guns from Leith Fort, and
with the like number on his landing at Leith, where he was received from the
boat by Lord Adam Gordon and a part of his suite, and conducted in his
lordship’s carriage to an apartment in the Palace of Holyrood, fitted up in haste
for his reception; and, as he entered the Palace, his Royal Highness was
saluted with twenty-one guns from the Castle. The Windsor Foresters
and Hopetoun Fencibles were in readiness to line his approach to the Palace ;
but his Royal Highness choosing to land in a private manner, and with as little
ceremony as possible, that was dispensed with. The noblemen in his Royal
Highness’s suite followed in carriages provided for the purpose, and were
conducted from the outer gate of the Palace by the Commander-in-Chief to
their apartments.’’
“Next day his Royal Highness Le Compte d‘drtois held a levee at his
apartments in Holyrood House, at which his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, Lord
Dalkeith, Lord Adam Gordon, and all the officers of the Hopetoun Fencibles,
and of the Staff in North Britain, attended, and were presented; as also the
Sheriff Depute of Mid-Lothian and several other gentlemen. His Royal
Highness, it is understood, means to see company every Monday and Thursday.”’
The royal suite remained for several years at Holyrood House, during which
, On this occasion, the following verses appeared in the “Scots Chronicle” of the 2d March 1796 :-
“ 0 Scotia ! take me to thy arms-
Thy friendly arms 0 stretch to me !
My native land has lost her charms-
From Gallia’s shore I come to thee :
From Gallia’s once dear sprightly shore
I fly to thee, her ancient friend ;
Oh ! ope the hospitable door-
Wilt thou a royal head defend ?
The purple stream and deluged plains,
So late the terror of mine eyes,
My wounded breast the shock retains,
And every throb of pleasure dies. ... BI 0 G R AP HI GAL SKETCHES. No. LXXXIX. RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD ADL4M GORDON AND HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE ...

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326 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
of Methven; William Smythe, Esq., advocate; and the Rev. Patrick M.
Smythe, of Tanworth, in the county of Warwick;’ and two daughters, the
eldest of whom was married to the Right Hon. David Boyle, Lord Justice-clerk.
No. CCLXXX.
GENERAL FRANCIS DUNDAS,
SIR HENRY JARDINE,
SIR ROBERT DUNDAS OF BEECHWOOD, BART.,
CAPTAIN HAY,
THE LATE EARL OF EGLINTON,
AND THE
MISSES MAXWELL, ETC.
THIS Print is highly illustrative of society in the Scottish metropolis during
the warlike era of the Volunteers. On the Castle Hill, Princes Street, or the
Meadow Walks, similar groups might be daily witnessed. The first and most
conspicuous of the military gentlemen is the late GENERAL FRANCIS
DUNDAS, son of the second President Dundas, and brother of the late Lord
Chief Baron. At the time the Engraving was executed, in 1795, he was
Colonel of the Scots Brigade-a corps long distinguished in the service of
Holland, and afterwards embodied in the British line as the 94th regiment.
Colonel Dundas attained the rank of Major-General in 1795 ; Lieut.-General
in 1802; and General in 1812. In 1809, he was appointed Colonel of the
71st light infantry, six companies of which were draughted in 1810 to serve
in Spain under the Duke of Wellington.
In 1802-3 he was Governor of Cape of Good Hope, During the brief
peace of Amiens, in accordance with his instructions to evacuate the colony,
the garrison had embarked on board the British squadron ; but having, on the
evening of embarkation, fortunately received counter-orders, the General relanded
1 Another son, George Smythe, Esq., advocate, was unfortunately killed by a fall from a gig.
This gentleman was a member of the Bannatyne Club, and contributed for the use of that Society a
very curious and valuable volume, entitled “Letters of John Grahame of Claverhouse, Viscount of
Dundee, with illustrative documents.” Edin. 1826, 4to. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. of Methven; William Smythe, Esq., advocate; and the Rev. Patrick M. Smythe, of ...

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90 €51 0 GRAPH I C AL S‘K ET C H E S.
No. XXXIX
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE COLONEL LENNOX.
THIS nobleman was born in Scotland in 1764, and succeeded to the Dukedom
of Richmond and Lennox in 1806. He is best known, however, as “ Colonel
Lennox,” having incurred considerable notoriety as a duellist, by challenging
and fighting with a prince of the blood-royal. At the time this affair of honour
took place, Lennox was Captain of a company in the Coldstream Guards, of
which regiment the late Duke of York was Colonel. The cause of quarrel
originated on the part of the Duke, who reported, that at the club in D’Aubigney’s,
Colonel Lennox had submitted to certain expressions unworthy of a gentleman,
On learning this the Colonel despatched a letter to the Duke, stating, that as
neither he nor any member of the club recollected hearing such words addressed
to him, he thought his Highness “ ought to contradict the report as publicly as
he had asserted it.” The Duke replied that t,he words were spoken in his own
presence, and therefore he could not be subject to mistake : he was only bound
to maintain his own opinion that they ought to have been resented by a
gentleman. The immediate consequence was a message to his Royal Highness
desiring satisfaction. A meeting accordingly took place on Wimbledon Common
on the 26th May li89, Lord Rawdon acting as second to the Duke of
York, and the Earl of Winchilsea (one of the Lords of the Bed-Chamber to the
King), as second to Colonel Lennox. Of this transaction these gentlemen
published the following account :-
“The ground was measured at twelve paces, and both parties were to fire
upon a signal agreed upon. The signal being given, Colonel Lennox fired, and
the ball grazed his Royal Highness’s curl. The Duke of York did not fire.
Lord Rawdon then interfered and said, ‘that he thought enough had been
done.’ Colonel Lennox observed ‘that his Royal Highness had not fired.’
Lord Rawdon said, ‘ It was not the Duke’s intention to fire-his Royal Highness
had come out upon Colonel Lennox’s desire to give him satisfaction, and
had no animosity against him.’ Colonel Lennox pressed that the Duke of York
should fire, which was declined upon a repetition of the reason. Lord Winchilsea
then went up to the Duke of York, and expressed his hope that his
Royal Highness couId have no objection to say he considered Colonel Lennox
as a man of honour and courage 1 His Royal Highness replied that he should
say nothing ; he bad come out to give Colonel Lennox satisfaction, and did not
mean to fire at him ; if Colonel Lennox was not satisfied he might fire again.
Colonel Lennox said he could not possibly fire again at the Duke, as his Royal
Highness did not mean to fire at him. On this both parties left the ground. ... €51 0 GRAPH I C AL S‘K ET C H E S. No. XXXIX THE RIGHT HONOURABLE COLONEL LENNOX. THIS nobleman was born ...

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297 1,,firwry Strert.1 1NFIRMARY SUGGESTED.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
THE OLD ROYAL INFIRMARY-SURGEON SQUARE.
The Old Royal Infirmary-Projected in time of Gorge I.-The First Hospital Opened-The Royal Charter-Second Hospital Built-
Opened 1741-Sizc and Constitution-Benefactors? Patients-Struck by Lightning-Chaplain?s Dutier--Cases in the Present Day-The
Keith Fund-Notabilities of Surgeon Squan-The H o w of CumehiU-The Hall of the Royal and Medical Society-Its Foundation-
Bell?s Surgical Theatre.
THOUGH the ancient Scottish Church had been
during long ages distinguished for its tenderness
and charity towards the diseased poor, a dreary
interval of nearly two centuries, says Chambers,
intervened between the extinction of its lazar-houses
and leper-houses, and the time when a merely
civilised humanity suggested the establishment of
a regulated means for succouring the sicknessstricken
of the poor and homeless classes.
86
A pamphlet was issued in Edinburgh in 1721
suggesting the creation of such an institution, and
there seems reason to suppose that the requirements
of her rising medical schools demanded it;
but the settled gloom of the ? dark age ? subsequent
to the Union, usually stifled everything. and the
matter went to sleep till 1725, when it was revived
by a proposal to raise Az,ooo sterling to carry it
out ... 1,,firwry Strert.1 1NFIRMARY SUGGESTED. CHAPTER XXXVI. THE OLD ROYAL INFIRMARY-SURGEON SQUARE. The Old Royal ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 35
was at the dinner given by Mr. John Paton, in 1805, on being chosen one of
the Deacons of Mary’s Chapel-an affair of much importance in former days.
Mr. Butter had participated in the jollity of many a “deacons choosing;” and
on the occasion alluded to, in spite of his years and debility, entered into the
spirit of the festive board with all the energy of his younger years.
He was married, and had four daughters ; the eldest of whom, Helen, was
married to the late George Andrew, Esq., writer ; the second, Anne, continued
unmarried, and resided in Perth ; the third, Janet, became the wife of Captain
John Campbell of Glenfalloch ; and the fourth, Jane, was married to Archibald
Campbell, Esq., for many years Lieut.-Colonel of the Royal Edinburgh Highland
Volunteers.
MR., or rather SIR, JOHN MORRISON, of whom the Print affords a
striking likeness, was for many years a Clerk in the Excise Office.’ In early
life he had been valet de chambre to Lord Charles Douglas, and was with that
nobleman in Lisbon, whither he had gone for his health, when the great earthquake
occurred there on the 1st November 1755.’ After the death of Lord
Charles, which occurred in England the year following, Mr. Morrison obtained
a situation in the Excise Office through the influence of the Queensberry
family; and, by the same interest, he was placed on the roll of the Poor
Knights of Windsor, from which circumstance he was generally known by the
title of SIRJ OHMNO RRISON.
Sir John lived in a very quiet manner, first at the Calton Hill, and latterly
in one of Mr. Butter’s houses in Shakspeare Square, His salary as a clerk was
only fifty pounds a year, and the gratuity from his Majesty was supposed to
amount to as much more. By the good management of Mrs. Morrison, who
took in boarders, the gross amount of his yearly income was fully adequate to
his expenditure. They had no young family to educate and bring up, “ Miss
Nancy,” as she was called, the only daughter, having passed her teens, and being
capable of aiding in the management of the house. While living at the Calton
.
The first shock was felt a little before ten o’clock A.M. The greater portion of the city, as
well 89 the shipping, was destroyed; and, according to some accounts, upwards of one hundred
thousand of the inhabitants were buried in the ruins. In a letter written by one of the domestics
of Lord Charles Douglas, dated Lwbon, November 8, the writer says-“ We made our escape over
many dead bodies, that lay under the ruins, and some calliig for mercy and help ; but none dared
stay to help them for fear of their own lives, the earth being still in motion. His lordship and all
of us were saved by staying a minute under an archway. Nobody could be more careful of his
lordship than good Nr. I). ; and, had it pleased God we should die, we had all gone together. His
lordship had surprising strength. When the shocks were a little abated, we set out for the country,
to the British Envoy’s, whose house did not fall, but was much cracked. We lay two nights in a
field near the house : none of us have been in bed these five nights. We are now safe on board the
Ezpedition packet.’’ In another letter, from Abrahalu Castres, Esq., his Majesty’s Envoy
Extraordinary to the King of Portugal, when speaking of the dilapidated state of his own house,
and the great number of countrymen who h d taken refuge with him, he says-“ I have accommodated
them as well as I could under tents in my large garden, nobody but Lord Charles Douglas,
who is actually on board the packet, besides our chaplain and myself, having dared hitherto to
sleep in my howe since the day of our disaster.” ... SKETCHES. 35 was at the dinner given by Mr. John Paton, in 1805, on being chosen one of the Deacons ...

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Leith Walk.] GAYFIELD HOUSE. IGI
ceeded to the title, which is now extinct. The
latter?s sister, Maria Whiteford, afterwards Mrs.
Cranston, was the heroine of Bums?s song, ?The
Idass 0? Ballochmyle,? her father being one of the
poet?s earliest and warmest patrons.
The Gayfield quarter seems to have been rather
aristocratic in those days. In 1767, David, sixth
Earl of Leven, who had once been a captain in the
army, occupied Gayfield House, where in that year
his sister, Lady Betty, was married to John, Earl of
Walk is shown edificed from the corner of Picardy
Place to where we now find Gayfield Square,
which, when it was first erected, was called Gayfield
Place. West London Street was then called
Anglia Street, and its western continuation, in
which old Gayfield House is now included, was not
contemplated. North of this house is shown a
large area, ? Mrs. D. Hope?s feu ;? and between it
and the Walk was the old Botanical Garden.
In 1783 Sir John Whiteford, Bart., of that ilk,
Gordon, relict of Sir Alexander Gordon of Lesmoir,
Bart., died there.
Gayfield House is now a veterinary college.
In 1800 Sir John Wardlaw, Bart., of Pitreavie,
resided in Gayfield Square ; and there his wife, the
daughter of Mitchell of Pitteadie (a ruined castle
in Fifeshire), died in that year. He was a colonel
in the army, and died in 1823, a lieutenantcolonel
of the 4th West India Regiment.
No. I, Gayfield Place, was long the residence of
BOARD SCHOOL, LOVER?S LOAN.
a well-known citizen in his time, Patrick Crichton,
whose father was a coachbuilder in the Canongate,
and who, in 1805, was appointed lieutenantcolonel
commandant of the 2nd Regiment of Edinburgh
Local Militia. He had entered the army when
young, and attained the rank of captain in the
57th Regiment, with which he served during the
American war, distinguishing himself so much that
he received the public thanks of the comrnanderin-
chief. Among his friends and brother-oficers.
then was Andrew Watson, whose brother George
founded the Scottish Academy. When the war was
over he retired, and entered into partnership with
his father ; and on the first formation of the Volunteers,
in consequence of his great military e x p ... Walk.] GAYFIELD HOUSE. IGI ceeded to the title, which is now extinct. The latter?s sister, Maria Whiteford, ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.. . 237
consist of a blue coat, with a red cape and cuff, white lining turned up in the
skirts, two gold epaulets, and a button bearing the name of the corps and arms
of the city ; white cassimere vest and breeches, and white cotton stockings ;
short gaiters of black cloth ; a round hat with two black feathers and one white ;
and black cross-belts.’ The two grenadier companies had a bear-skin and a
grenade on the hat, and grenades at the joining of the skirts of the coat ; while
the officers of the corps were only distinguished by their swords. The regiment,
being assembled in Heriot’s Green on the 26th September 1794, was presented
with a stand of colours by the Lord Provost (Sir James Stirling), attended by
the two senior Magistrates, the Principal of the University, and the whole
Members of the Town Conucil, in their robes. The colours were very handsome ;
the one elegantly embroidered with a crown and the letters G.R.; and the
other with the city arms. A vast crowd of spectators attended to witness the
presentation.
.
The original officers of the corps were-
LIJWTENANT-COLONELS.
Thomas Elder, Old Provost.
William Maxwell, Colonel in the Army (now General Sir William Maxwell).
MAJORS.
Roger Aytoun, Leiut.-Colonel in the Army.
Patrick Crichton, a Captain in the Army.
Clarles Rem, late Captain 43d Foot.
Andrew Houston, late Lieutenant of the Car-
John Anstruther, late Lieutenant 17th Foot.
Arch. Erskine, late Major of 22d Foot.
Robert Hamilton, late Lieutenant 82d Foot.
William West, Captain in the Army.
Robert Arbuthnot, Lieutenant in the Army.
Thomas Armstrong, late Lieutenant 80th Foot.
Captain-Lieutenant George Abercromby.
Thomas Hewen, late Captain in 4th Dragoons.
Archibald Campbell, late Lieut. in the Army.
David Bume, late Lieutenant of Marines.
Henry Jardine (now Sir H. Jardine), W.S.
Robert Dundas (the late Sir Robert Dundas,
CAPTAINLI.
bmeers.
LIEUTENANTS.
Baine Whyt, W.S.
William Coulter.*
Malcolm Wright.
John Clork.
David Reid.
John F’ringle. Baronet, of Dunira).
Robert Hodgson Cay, Advocate.
ENSIONS
John Dundas. James Brown.
John Menzies. James Dickson.
John Wood, Charles Phin.
Lachlan Mactavkh. Morris West.
CHAPLAIN-ReVereUd a. Baird. TmbBmm-Hugh Robertaon.
hJuTANT-Patrick Crichton. SECRETAItY-HeIWy Jardine.
QUARTERHASTER-David Hunter. SUMiEON--ThOmM Hay.
~IElTmT-~oRGEONS-~ohRna e and James Law.’
The belts of the Edinburgh Volunteers were afterwards painted white, which soon gave the
corps an awkward appearance, on account of the paint scaling off, and leaving portions of white and
black alternately. They were accordingly soon laid wide, and the common buff belt substituted
The uniform underwent many other changes. ’ Afterwards Lord Provost, who, dying while holding that office, received the honour of 8 public
funeral.
In a pamphlet, entitled “View of the Establishment of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteem,”
published in June 1795, an alphabetical list of all the members is given, amounting tu 785 ; which, ... SKETCHES.. . 237 consist of a blue coat, with a red cape and cuff, white lining turned up in ...

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Moming+3c] THE ROYAL EDINBURGH ASYLUM. 39
sions and villas seem to crowd and jostle each other,
till it has become an integral part of Edinburgh;
but the adjacent hamlet of Tipperlinn, the abode
chiefly of weavers, and once also a summer resort,
has all disappeared, and nothing of it now remains
but an old draw-well The origin of its name is
evidently Celtic.
Falcon Hall, eastward of the old village, is an
elegant modem villa, erected early in the present
century byawealthy Indian civilian, named Falconer;
but, save old Morningside House, or Lodge, before
that time no other niansion of importance stood
here.
In the latter-which stands a little way back kom
the road on the west side-there died, in the year
1758, William Lockhart, Esq., of Carstairs, who
had been thrown from his cliaise at the Burghmuir-
head, and was so severely injured that he expired
two days after. Here also resided, and died
in 1810, William Coulter, a wealthy hosier, who was
then in office as Lord Provost of the city, which
gave him a magnificent civic and military funeral,
which was long remembered for its grandeur and
solemnity.
On this occasion long streamers of crape floated
from Nelson?s monument ; the bells were tolled.
Mr. Claud Thompson acted as chief mourner-in
lieu of the Provost?s only son, Lieutenant Coulter,
then serving with the army in Portugal-and the city
arms were borne by a man seven feet high before
the coffin, whereon lay a sword, robe, and chain
of office.
Three volleys were fired over it by the Edinburgh
Volunteers, of which he was colonel. A portrait
of him in uniform appears in one of Kay?s
sketches.
In 1807 Dr. Andrew Duncan (already noticed
in the account of Adam Square) proposed the
erection of a lunatic asylum, the want of which
had long been felt in the city. Subscriptions came
in slowly, but at last sufficient was collected, a
royal charter was obtained, and on the 8th of June,
1809, the foundation stone of the now famous and
philanthropic edifice at Morningside was laid by
the Lord Provost Coulter, within an enclosure, four
acres in extent, south of old Morningside House
Towards the erection a sum of LI,IOO came from
Scotsmen in Madras.
The object of this institution is to afford every
possible advantage in the treatment of insanity.
The unfortunate patients may be put under the
care of any medical practitioner in Edinburgh
(says the Scots Magmine for that year) whom the
relations may choose to employ, while the poor
will be attended gratis by physicians and surgeons
appointed by the managers. In every respect,
it is one of the most efficient institutions of the
kind in Scotland, It is called the Royal Edinburgh
Asylum, and has as its patron the reigning
sovereign, a governor, four deputies, a board of
managers, and another of medical men.
The original building was afterwards more than
doubled in extent by the addition of another, the
main entrance to which is from the old road that
led to Tipperlinn. This is called the west department,
where the average number of inmates is
above 500. It is filled with patients of the humbler
order, whose friends or parishes pay for them 6 1 5
per annum.
The east department, which was built in 1809, is
for patients who pay not less than A56 per annum
as an ordinary charge, though separate sitting-rooms
entail an additional expense. On the other hand,
when patients are in straitened circumstances a
yearly deduction of ten, or even twenty pounds, is
made from the ordinary rate.
In the former is kept the museum of plaster
casts from the heads of patients, a collection continually
being added to ; and no one, even without
a knowledge of phrenology, can behold these lifeless
images without feeling that the originals had
been afflicted by disease of the mind, for even the
cold, white, motionless plaster appears expressive
of ghastly insanity.
In the west department the patients who are
capable of doing so ply their trades as tailors,
shoemakers, and so forth; and one of the most
interesting features of the institution is the
printing-office, whence, to quote Chambers?sJournal,
?is issued the Morningside Mirror, a monthly
sheet, whose literary contents are supplied wholly
by the inmates, and contain playful hits and puns
which would not disgrace the habitual writers of
facetious articles.??
From the list of occupations that appear in the
annual report, it would seem that nearly every
useful trade and industry. is followed within the
walls, and that the Morningside Asylum supplies
most of its own wants, being a little world complete
in itself.
Occupation and amusement here take the place
of irksome bondage, with results that have been
very beneficial, and among the most extraordinary
of these are the weekly balls, in which the patients
figure in reels and in country dances, and sing
songs.
At the foot of Morningside the Powburn takes the
singular name of the Jordan as it flows through a
farm named Egypt, and other Scriptural names
abound close by, such as Hebron Bank, Canaan ... THE ROYAL EDINBURGH ASYLUM. 39 sions and villas seem to crowd and jostle each other, till it has ...

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192 OLD AND PEW EDINBUKGH. [Leith.
on the coast of East Lothian, from whence the way
to England was open and free.
But the daring Mackintosh suddenly conceived
a very different enterprise. The troops under him
were all picked men, drawn from the regiments of
the Earls of Mar and Strathmore, of Lord Nairn,
Lord Charles Murray, and Logie-Drummond, with
his own clan the Mackintoshes. With these he
conceived the idea of capturing Edinburgh, then
only seventeen miles distant, and storming the
Castle. But the Provost mustered the citizens,
placed the City Guard, the Trained Bands, and
the Volunteers, at all vulnerable points, and sent to
Argyle, then at Stirling, on the 14th October, for
aid.
At ten that night the Duke, at the head of only
300 dragoons mounted on farm horses, and 200
infantry, passed through the city just as the Highlanders,
then well-nigh worn out, halted at Jock?s
Lodge.
Hearing of the Duke?s arrival, and ignorant of
what his forces might be, the brigadier wheeled off
to Leith, where his approach excited the most ludicrous
consternation, as it had done in Edinburgh,
where, Campbell says in his History, ?? the approach
of 50,000 cannibals? could not have discomposed
the burgesses more. Mackintosh entered Leith
late at night, released forty Jacobite prisoners from
the Tolbooth, and took possession of the citadel,
the main fortifications of which were all intact, and
now enclosed several commodious dwellings, used
as bathing quarters by the citizens of Edinburgh.
How Argyle had neglected to garrison this strong
post it is impossible to conjecture; but ?Old
Borlum ?-as he was always called-as gates were
wanting, made barricades in their place, took eight
pieces of cannon from ships in the harbour, provisioned
himself from the Custom House, and by
daybreak next morning was in readiness to receive
the Duke of Argyle, commander of all the forces
in Scotland.
At the head of 1,000 men of all arms the latter
approached Leith, losing?on the way many volunteers,
who ? silently slipped out of the ranks and
returned to their own homes.? He sent a message
to the citadel, demanding a surrender on one hand,
and threatening no quarter on the other. To
answer this, the Laird of Kynachin appeared on
the ramparts, and returned a scornful defiance.
?? As to surrendering, they laughed at it ; and as to
assaulting them, they were ready for him ; they
would neither give nor take quarter; and if he
thought he was able to force them, he might try his
hand.?
Argyle carefully reconnoitred the citadel, and,
? I
with the concurrence of his officers, retired with
the intention of attacking in strength next day ;
but Borlum was too wary to wait for him. Resolving
to acquaint Mar with his movements, he
sent a boat across the Firth, causing shots to be
fired as it left Leith to deceive the Hanoverian
fleet, which allowed it to pass in the belief that it
contained friends of the Government ; and at nine
that night, taking advantage of a cloudy sky, he
quitted the citadel with all his troops, and, keeping
along the beach, passed round the head of the pier
at low water, and set out on his march for England.
Yet, though the darkness favoured him, it led to
one or two tragic occurrences. Near Musselburgh
some mounted gentlemen, having fired upon the
Highlanders, led the latter to believe that all horsemen
were enemies; thus, when a mounted man
approached them alone, on being challenged in
Gaelic, and unable to reply in the same language,
he was shot dead.
The slain man proved to be Alexander Malloch,
of Moultray?s Hill, who was coming to join them.
? The brigadier was extremely sorry for what had
taken place, but he was unable even to testify the
common respect of a friend by burying the deceased.
He had only time to possess himself of the money
found on the corpse-about sixty guineas-and then
leave it to the enemy.??
The advance of Mar rendered Argyle unable to
pursue Borlum, who eventually joined Forster,
shared in his defeat, and would have been hanged
and quartered at Tyburn, had he not broken out
of Newgate and escaped to France.
A few days after his departure from Leith, the
Trained Bands there were ordered to muster on the
Links, to attend their colours and mount guard,
?? at tuck of drumme, at what hour their own officers
shall appoint, and to bring their best armes along
with them.?
There is a curious ? dream story,? as Chambers
calls it in his ?Book of Days,? connected with
Leith in 1731, which Lady Clerk of Penicuik ( d e
Mary Dacre, of Kirklinton in Cumberland), to
whom we have referred in our first volume, communicated
to BZwkwood?s Magazine in 1826. She
related that her father was attending classes in
Edinburgh in 1731, and was residing under the
care of an uncle-Major Griffiths-whose regiment
was quartered in the castle. The young man had
agreed to join a fishing party, which was to start
from .Leith harbour next morning. No objection
was made by Major or Mrs. Griffiths, from whom
he parted at night. During her sleep the latter
suddenly screamed out : ?The boat is sinkingoh,
save them !? The major awoke her, and said : ... OLD AND PEW EDINBUKGH. [Leith. on the coast of East Lothian, from whence the way to England was open and ...

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B I0 GRAP HI C AL SKETCHES. 239
hands clasped ; tattered clothes ; and with expressive countenance bemoaning
his forlorn and miserable situation ! This picture, when finished, reflected high
honour on the painter, being much admired. It was sent to the Royal Exhibition
in London, where it was also highly esteemed, and there purchased by a
gentleman of taste and fortune at a considerable price. I have often expressed
a wish to see a print from it, but never had that pleasure ; as it exhibited a
portrait of my favourite bard, which, for likeness, colouring, and expression,
might have done honour to the taste and pencil of Sir Joshua Reynolds.”
In the Prodigal’s Return, however-
another picture by Runciman-the likeness of the poet, though in a
different attitude, is said to have been strictly adhered to. From this picture
an engraving was prefixed to an edition of Fergusson’s Poems, published in
1821, with Preface and Life of the Author, by James Gray, then of the High
School, Edinburgh.
. Although the Life of Fergusson is almost the only production for which Mr.
Sommers is known, his time was much occupied by literary pursuits ; and it is
probable that the gratification of his taste in this way was inimical to the due
prosecution of business. After giving up his shop in the Parliament Square,
lie resided for some years in the land known by the name of the ‘‘ Clamshell
Turnpike ;” and latterly in the Advocate’s Close. From the following draught
of a letter in his own handwriting (found among his papers), some idea may be
formed of the circumstances in which he was then placed, and the cause to which
he attributed his want of success in trade. The paper is addressed to the Hon.
Henry Erskine, who, during the brief administration of “ All the Talents,” held
the office of Lord Advocate of Scotland :-
This painting is now lost or unattainable.
“MY LoRD,-Mthough I approach your lordship with some diffidence, yet it is at the same
time mixed with a degree of confidence, while I humbly call on you to listen to the following
short detail of facts.
“In the year 1776 I was a member of the Council of Edinburgh-a period singularly marked
for political bustle and contention, respecting the City’s then worthy representative in Parliament,
Sir Laurence Dundas. I was one of his friends, and suffered much by the combined
interest of the Duke of Buccleuch and the House of Arniston. Sir Laurence, however, justly
prevailed in the contest, but soon after died ; previous to which he procured for me the appointment
of His Majesty’s Glazier for Scotland ; but as Mr. Henry Dundas and his friends came into
the political management of the city, my interest failed ; and to this day, now thirty years, no
pecuniary advantage whatever has arisen to me from that commission (which I still hold), not
even so much as to the value of the 05cial expenses in obtaining it ! My worthy friend, Lord
Dundas, is well acquainted with these circumstances, to whom I wrote, upon the late change of
administration, soliciting his lordship’s interest in a small Crown appointment, independent of
the influence or control of the Town Council. I have not, however, been honoured with a return
from his lordship, which may probably be owing to his attention having been engaged in business
of higher importance.
‘‘My Lord, I am now sixty-four years of age ; notwithstanding of which, 1 have, from an
attachment to my country, been a Field-Sergeant in the battalion (late Spearmen) of Edinburgh
Volunteers, now commanded by my worthy friend, William Inglis, Esq., and in which corps, I
hope I have, since it was first embodied at the instance of the trades, been a constant and active
member. Although my age and state of health prevent me from being fit for active business
The engraving was shown to t.he late Robert Pitcairn, Esq., Keeper of the Register of Probative
Writs, who was well acquainted with Fegusson, but he could trace uo resemblance to the Poet. ... I0 GRAP HI C AL SKETCHES. 239 hands clasped ; tattered clothes ; and with expressive countenance bemoaning his ...

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?745.1 DEFENCE ABANDONED. 325 .
abandoned; but still the gates were kept closed
and guarded. The Whigs were utterly depressed,
while the Jacobites were in a state of elation which
they were at no pains to conceal, and from the
permission that they should either be touched or
removed ; thus eventually the whole, with 1,200
stand of arms, became the prize of the Highlanders.
Meanwhile the whole of the volunteers, ?riffraff?
as the General stigmatised them, vanished. The
Dalkeith men stole ladders, scaled the walls, and
fled in the night; and the Seceders, who were the
last to abandon their colours, eventually followed
them Then all hope of defending the city was
of what passed at that conference little is known,
save that at ten at night they returned with a letter
from Charles, demanding a peaceable admittance
into his father?s capital; but, aware that prompt
? But to wanton me, to wanton me,
0 ken ye what maist would wanton me ?-
To see King James at Edinburgh Cross,
With fifty thousand foot and horse,
And the vile usurper forced to flee,
Oh, this is what maist would wanton me ! ?
Certain commissioners were sent to Gray?s Mill
to treat with the Highland chiefs for the deliverance
of the keys of the city on the best terms; but
PROVOST STEWART?S LAND, WEST BOW.
(From a Mcasurcd Drawing Sy T. Hamilton,jzuBl~hed in 1830.)
ladies at their spinets, and the gallants in the street,
was heard that song which Dr. Charles Mackay tells
us was themost popular or fashionableone in the city
during 1745-6, and of which two verses will suffice :
? To daunton me, and me sae young,
And gude King James?s eldest son !
Oh that?s the thing that never can be,
For the man?s unborn that?ll daunton me !
Oh, set me ance on Scottish land,
With my gude broadsword in my hand,
And the bonnet blue aboon my bree,
Then show me the man that?ll daunton me ! ?1
measures were necessary, as Cope?s army in a fleet
of transports was already at Dunbar, he detailed a
detachment of go0 men under Lochiel, Ardsheil,
and Keppoch, to advance upon the city, carrying
with them powder to blow in one of the gates.
Crossing the Burghmuu by moonlight, they
reached the vicinity of the Nether Bow Port, by
entering under the archway near St. John?s Street ;
and the narrative of Provost Stewart?s trial records
what followed then. The sentry at the gate stopped
a hackney coach that approached it from the inside ... DEFENCE ABANDONED. 325 . abandoned; but still the gates were kept closed and guarded. The Whigs were ...

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434 INDEX TO THE PORTRAITS. ETC .
N
No . Page
Nairne. Sir William. Bart., Lord Dunsinnan
......................................... xci 217
Napier. Right Hon. Francis Lord .........o lx 404
Neil. Mr . Thomas. wright and precentor.
in the character of the “ Old Wife ”xcvi 230
Neilson. Mr . James ..................... xxxviii 89
Newton. Lord. on the bench ............l xxxiii 200
Nicol. Andrew. with a plan of his
Middenstead ........................... cxviii 290
Nicol. Andrew ................................. cxix 291
0
Ogilvy. Dr . Skene ........................... xxxv 76
Osborne. Alexander. Esq ............... cxxxviii 343
P
Page. Captain ................................. xiv 40
Paton. Mr . George. the antiquary ...... xcix 244
Paul. Rev. William. one of the ministers
of the West Church .................c. lxiii 414
Philosophers ................................... xxv 56
Pillans. Robert. one of the Captains of
the City Guard ........................... xv 41
Pilmer. Major ................................ clx 409
Pitcairn. George. one of the Captains of
41
Pratt. George. the town-crier ............l xxii 170
R
Rae. Sir David. of Eskgrove. Bart., Lord
Justice-clerk .............................. cxl 350
Rae. Mr . James. surgeon.dentist ......... clxvii 424
Retaliation ; or the Cudgellcr caught ... xlvii 99
Richardson. William ........................... iv 12
Ritchie. Adam ................................. xxxi 68
Robertson. George. one of the Captains
of the City Guard ....................... xv 41
Robertson. Principal. author of the “History
of Scotland” and “ Charles V.” xli 93
Robertson. Rev . William. D.D., in his
full clerical dress ........................ xlii 9’4
Robertson. Captain George. of the City
Guard ....................................... Ivi 118
Robertson. James. of Kincraigie ......... cxxiv 305
Ronaldson. Francis. Esq ...............c xxxviii 344
Rylance. Mr . Ralph ........................... xcii 220
the City Guard ........................... XY
Ross. David. Lord Ankerville .................. c 248
S
Sabbath Evening School. Dispersion
of a ....................................... cxliii 356
Scott, Mr . William ........................... clxii 411
Septemviri. the Sapient. King’s College.
Aberdeen ................................. xxxv 76
Shadows. Two .............................. cxxxii 323
Shiells. Mr . John. surgeon ..............c. lvii 397
Sibbald. Mr . James ........................... clxii 411
Siddons. Mn., in the character of “Lady
Randolph” ................................ lv 113
NO . Page
Skene. John .................................... cxix 291
Smellie. Mr . William. printer. F.R.S.
and F . A.S .............................. lxxxn 206
Smith. Dr . Adam. author of “The
Wealth of Nations ................. xxxiii 73
Smith. Dr . Adam. LL.D. and F.K.S.
of London and Edinburgh ......... xxxiv 75
Smith, George ................................. cvi 264
Sone. Samuel. of the 24th Regiment
Spottiswood. John. Esq .................
Stabilina. Hieronymo ........................ cxx 293
Steuart. Provost David ........................ xvi 42
Stirling. Sir James. Bart., Lord Provost.
Stirling. Sir James. Bart .............
Sutherland. Mr., in the character of
“Old Norval ......
Taplor. Quarter-Master ..................... xliii 95
Thom. Dr . William. Professor of Civil
Law in Eing’s College. Aberdeen ... xxxv 79
Thomson. Mr . Alexander .................. xlvi 98
Tony. Bailie James .......... ... xlix 105
Tremamondo. Angelo. E gmaster
.................................... xxxii 69
clxix 428
Tytler ................................ xxxviii 86
Vicars. Captain ................................ xiv 40
v
Voltaire. the French Philosopher ...... lxxxv 205
Volunteers. Royal Edinburgh ............ xcviii 236
w
Walker. Rev . Robert. one of the ministcrs
of the High Church ......... cxxxix 347
Walker. Mary ................................. cxix 291
Watson. Alexander. Esq . of Glenturkie .. clxiv 417
Watson. Alexander. Esq . of Glenturkie. .. clxv 118
Watson. Mr., an Edinburgh Messenger.lxxxv 206
Watson. Mungo. Beadle of Lady Yester’s
Church etc- ........................... cxxiii 304
.... cxii 274
Webster. Rev . Dr . Alexander. of the
Tolbooth Church ........................... x 2 8
White. Mr . Thomas. midshipman. at
the bar of the High Court of Justiciary
....................................... lxii 145
Williamson. Peter. author of “ Life and
Vicissitudes of Peter Williamson,”
etc ........................................... lix 131
Wood. &fr . Alexander. surgeon ..
Wood. Mr . Alexauder. surgeon ............l xix 164
Woods. Mrs., of the Theatre Royal ......... lv 117
Wesley. Rev . John
Wnght. Mr . John, lecturer on lam ...... cviii 268
Wright. Mr . John, advocate ...............c ix 270 ... INDEX TO THE PORTRAITS. ETC . N No . Page Nairne. Sir William. Bart., Lord ...

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His pictures, the ?? Sale of Circassian Captives to
a Turkish Bashaw,? purchased by the Earl of
Wemyss and March, and the Jewish Family in
Poland making merry before a Wedding,? were
among the first of his works that laid the foundation
of his future fame. His ?Murder of Archbishop
Sharp,? and other works are too well-known
to be referred to here; but the ?Battle of
Bannockburn,? the unfinished work of his old
THE RIGHT HON. CHARLES HOPE, COMMANDING THE EDINBURGH VOLUNTEERS. (A/?W Kay.)
able lawyer and brilliant pleader. After bring
junior counsel for the Crown, he was Sheriff of
Perth for ten years after 1824, and twice Solicitor-
General for Scotland before 1842. From 1842 to
1846 he was Lord Advocate. He was chosen
Dean of Faculty in November, 1843, and annually
thereafter, till raised to :he bench as a Lord bf
Session and Justiciary in 1851, by the temtorial
title of Lord Colonsay. In the following
age, has never been engraved, nor is it likely to
be so. Full of years and honour, he died on the
23rd of February, 1850, aged sixty-nine, attended
and soothed to the last by the tenderness and
affection of an orphan niece.
The house opposite, No. 73, was for some fifty
years the residence of Duncan McNeill, advocate,
and latterly a peer under the title of Baron Colonsay.
The son of John McNeill of Colonsay (one of
the Hebrides, at the extremity of Islay), by the
eldest daughter of Duncan McNeill of Dunmore,
Argyleshire, he was born in the bleak and lonely
isle of Colonsay in 1793, and after being educated
at the Universities of St. Andrews and Edinburgh,
he was called to the Scottish Bar in 1816, and
very soon distinguished himself as a sound and
year he was appointed Lord Justice-General and
President of the Court, and was created a peer
of Britain on retiring in 1867. He was a Deputy-
Lieutenant of Edinburgh in 1854, and of Argyleshire
in 1848, and was a member of the Lower
House from 1843 to 1851. He died in February,
1874, when the title became extinct.
In the same street, in Nos. 24 and 25 respectively,
lived two other legal men of local note:
Lord Kinloch, a senator, whose name was William
Penny, called to the bar in 1824 and to the
bench in 1858 ; and W. B. D. D. Tumbull,
advocate, and latterly of Lincoln?s Inn,
barrister-at-law. He was called to the Bar in
~832, together with Henry Glassford Bell and
Thomas Mackenzie, afterwards Solicitor-Genera ... pictures, the ?? Sale of Circassian Captives to a Turkish Bashaw,? purchased by the Earl of Wemyss and March, ...

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362 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
ately rejoined by the rest of his fleet ; and, after cruising for four months, he
left a small squadron of observation, and set sail for Yarmouth Roads. He had
scarcely reached the Roads, however, when he received intelligence that the
enemy were at sea, He instantly gave signal for a general chas‘e, and soon
came up with them between Camperdowii and Egmont, where the well-known
and decisive naval combat of the 11th October 1797 ensued, in which De
Winter and two other Dutch Admirals were taken prisonerfi, and the Dutch
fleet annihilated. Admiral Duncan’s address, previous to the engagement with
Admiral de Winter, was both laconic and humorous : “ Gentlemen, you see
a severe Winter approaching; I have only to advise you to keep up a good
$re.”
No. CXLVI.
ADMIRAL DUNCAN
ON THE QUARTER-DECK.
THE “hero of Camperdown” is here represented on the quarter-deck of the
Yenerable, in the act, it may be supposed, of issuing orders to the fleet ; while
a partial view of the contending ships is given in the distance.
Immediately after the victory, Admiral Duncan was created a peer, by the
title of Viscount Duncan of Camperdown and Baron Duncan of Lundie ; and a
pension of 53000 a-year was granted during his own life and that of the two
next succeeding heirs to the peerage. He was presented with the freedom of
the city of London, together with a sword of two hundred guineas’ value, from
the corporation. Gold medals, in commemoration of the victory, were also
given to all the Admirals and Captains of the fleet, while the public testified
their respect by wearing certain articles of apparel named after the engagement.‘
On this occasion the inhabitants of Edinburgh were not to be satisfied with
any cold or formal expression of esteem; they resolved upon a public and
special demonstration in honour of their gallant countryman. The animating
scene is thus described by the Edinburgh journals of the period :-
“The tribute of gratitude and respect universally due by every Briton to the gallant Lord
nuncan was yesterday (7th February 1798) paid by his fellow-townsnien, the inhabitants of Edinburgh.
The whole brigade of volunteers were called out in honour of the day ; and the muster was
a very full one, between two and three thousand. The different corps, having assembled in Hope
Park and other places of rendezvous about two o’clock, aoon after entered George’s Square, by the
The cloth worn on this occasion waa a species of tartan, of a large pattern, intended as
emblematical of the species of tactics pursued by the British Admiral. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. ately rejoined by the rest of his fleet ; and, after cruising for four months, he left ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 291
No. CCLXVIII.
HARVEY CHRISTIAN COMBE, ESQ.,
LORD MAYOR OB LONDON.
THIS is another of the few portraits sketched by gay while he sojourned for
a short time in the great metropolis. ALDERMACNO MBEa,s he was usually
denominated, was well known in London, both politically and as a brewer in
very extensive business. He was born at Andover, in Hampshire, where his
father, an attorney, was the owner of considerable landed property. The eldest
son, and succeeding at an early age to the patrimonial inheritance, he might
have lived in independence, far from the bustling scenes of commercial activity ;
but his spirit of enterprise dictated a different course. Under the patronage of
a relative, he began his career in London as a corn factor-was successful-and,
by a matrimonial alliance with a cousin, he soon afterwards, on the death of his
father-in-law, came into possession of property to some extent. He subsequently
engaged in the brewing establishment so long and so successfully carried
on, first under the firm of Gyfford and Co., and latterly of Combe, Delafield,
and Co., in Castle Street, Long Acre.
The active mind and business habits of Mr. Combe were such a8 to call him
prominently forward, while his pleasing manners and liberality of disposition
tended greatly to his popularity. He waB elected Alderman of Aldgate Ward
in 1790-served as Sheriff in 1791-was appointed Governor of the Irish
Society in 1793-and arrived at the highest dignity of the Corporation, by
being elected Lord Mayor in 1799.
Though he so far concurred in the defensive measures recommended by
Government, as to hold the command of the loth Regiment of London Volunteers
for some time, the politics of Alderman Combe were decidedly opposed
to the Pitt administration. He was a member of the Whig Club; and first
stood candidate for the city in opposition to Mr. Lushington. He failed on this
occasion, but was returned at the general election in 1796 ; and, in 1802, his
popularity had so greatly increased that he stood at the head of the poll, having
3377 votes. His conduct in Parliament, throughout a period of more than
twenty years, was marked by a constant adherence to principle, and-to the
party with which he had been early associated.
In a work entitled “The Whig Club, or a Sketch of Modern Patriotism,”
Mr. Combe is favoured with a few passing touches of the sketcher’s pencil ; and,
in common with the other members, he is described as a frequenter of the
gaming table, and a bon vivant of unconquerable stamina. indeed:’ ... SKETCHES. 291 No. CCLXVIII. HARVEY CHRISTIAN COMBE, ESQ., LORD MAYOR OB LONDON. THIS is another of ...

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280 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [Leith.
number of wounded men on his hands, bore awa]
to Barbadoes to re-fit.
In the spring of the following year, a Leitl
sloop, coming from Strichen, laden with wheat anc
cheese, was taken off St. Abb?s Head by two Frenct
privateers of twelve and sixteen guns-the latter was
Le MarichaZ Duc de NoaiZZes, painted quite black.
When the sloop struck a tremendous sea was run.
ning ; Laverock, the master, ransomed her for IOC
guineas, and reported at Leith that if these twc
great privateers were not taken soon, they wopld
ruin the east coast trade of Scotland.
Soon after another ship of Leith was taken by
them into Bergen, and ransonied for 500 guineas,
though a few days before the privateer had been
severely handled by the EZiza6efh, merchant ship,
Captain Grant, who had also to strike to her, afteI
a most severe combat.
In 1794, the Haith, of Leith, was captured by a
squadron of French ships on the zIst August,
together with the Dundee, whaler, of Dundee. The
latter was re-taken, and brought into Leith by H.M.
brig Fisher, which reported that, previous to re-capture,
the Dundee had picked up a boat, having on
board eight Frenchmen, part of a prize crew of
sixteen put on board the Raifir to take her to
Bergen ; but the mate and another Scottish seaman
had daringly re-taken her, and had sailed none
knew whither. Soon after a letter reached the
owners in Leith from Lyons, the mate, dated from
Lerwick, briefly stating that when fifteen miles
west of Bergen, ?1 retook her from the French,
sending nine of the Frenchmen away in one of the
boats, ancl put the rest in confinement.? Eventually
these two brave fellows brought the ship to
Leith, from whence their prisoners were sent to
the Castle.
In those days the Glass House Company had
their own armed ships, and one of these, the
Phemk, Cornelius Neilson, master, had the reputation
of being one of the swiftest sailers in Leith,
and was always advertised to sail with or without
convoy, as she fought her own way.
In 1797, the BreadaZbane Letter of Marque, of
Leith, captured a large Spanish brig off the coast
of South America, and sent her into Leith Roads
for sale, under the convoy of the RoyaZ ChrZoffe,
Captain Elder.
During the latter end of the eighteenth century
Leith possessed two frigate-built ships of remarkable
beauty, the RoseUe, a Letter of Marque, and
the MoreZan/E, her sister ship, which usually fought
their own way; and the former was so like a man-ofwar
in her size and appearance, that she frequently
gave chase for a time to laige foreign privateers.
In the NeraZd for 1798 we read that on her appeacance
off Peterhead, in March, she created such consternation
that the captain of the RoJert, a Greenlandman,
on a gun being fired from her, ran his
ship ashore, according to one account, and, according
to another, made his escape, with the assistance
of his crew, from the supposed enemy. The
MoreZand and the Lady Fwbes,,? of Leith, another
armed ship, seem always to have sailed in company,
for protection, to and from the West Indies.
After many escapes and adventures, the beautiful
RoseZZe, which carried fourteen guns of large calibre,
was captured at last by a Spanish line-of-battle ship,
which, report said, barbarously sank her, with all
on board, by a broadside.
On the 6th December, 1798, theBefsy, of Leith,
Captain Mackie, having the Angus regiment of
volunteers on board, from Shetland, in company
with an armed cutter, was attacked off Rattray
Head by two heavily-armed French privateers. A
severe engagement ensued, in which the volunteers
made good use of their small arms; the
privateers were crippled and beaten off by the
Befsy, which ran next day into Banff, and the
roops were put on shore.
In the same month The Generous Triends, sailing
from Leith to Hull, when a few miles off the
mouth of the Humber, in a heavy gale of wind,
was overtaken by a large black privateer, having a
?oop and fiddle-head painted red and white. The
ieavy sea prevented her from being boarded, and
:he appearance of the Baltic fleet compelling the
:nemy to sheer off, she bore up with the latter, and
yeturned to Leith Roads; but such little excitenents
were of constant occurrence in those stirring
imes
The Nancy, of Leith, Captain Grindley, was
:aken, in July, I 799, off Dungeness, by the Ado&h,
ugger, of eighteen guns and fifty men, who used
iim and his crew with great severity prior to their
Jeing cast into the horrible prison at Valenciennes.
?The behaviour of the Frenchmen to us, when
aken, was most shameful,? he wrote to his owners
n Leith. 6? When they got upon our deck, they
Kept firing their pistols, cutting with swords for some
ime, and dragging those who were below out of
Heir beds; they cut and mangled in a cruel manner
me of our men, William Macleod, who was then
it the helm, and afterwards threw him overhoard.
rhis obliged the rest of the crew to leave the
leck and go below. In a short time we were
It is interesting to remark that the original painting, after which the
rawing of Plate 32 ( ? I Leith Pier and Harbour, 1798 ?) was made, ws
iainted for Caprain Gourley, who was part owner of the Lady Fades,
The Editor is obliged
o bir. R. F. Todd, owner of the painting in question, for this information.
Letter of Marque that carried 14 mnada. ... OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [Leith. number of wounded men on his hands, bore awa] to Barbadoes to re-fit. In the ...

Book 6  p. 280
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LORD COCKBURN STREET AND BACK OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE. ... COCKBURN STREET AND BACK OF THE ROYAL ...

Book 2  p. 184
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