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KING’S STABLES, CASTLE IYARNS, AND CASTLE HILL. 155 the dilapidated window. sketch, from which the accompanying vignette i s given. In the highest floor, various indications of the same elaborate style of decoration were visible as we have described in the ceilings of the Palace. A curious fragment of painting, flling an arch on one of the walls, was divided into two compartments by very elegant ornamental borders. The picture on the left represented a young man kneeling before an altar, on which stood an open vessel amid flames, while, from a dark cloud overhead, a hand issued, holding a ladle, and just about to dip it into the vessel. A castellated mansion, with turrets and gables ii the style of the sixteenth century, appeared in the distance ; and at the top there was inscribed on a scroll the words Bemum purgabitw. In the other compartment, a man of aged and venerable aspect was seen, who held in his hands a heart, which he appeared to be offering to a figure like a bird, with huge black wings. Above this were the words . . Impossi6iZe est. The whole apartment had been decorated in the same style, but only very slight remains of. thia were traceable on the walls. On the removal of the lath and plast.er from the ceilings of the lower roomt3, the beams,-which were of solid oak,-and the under sides of the flooring above, were all covered with ornamental devices, those on the main beams being Painted on three sides, and divided at short distances by fillets or bands of various patterns running round them.‘ The somewhat minute description which we have given of these ancient buildings will, we think, amply bear us out in characterising them as among the most interesting that old Edinburgh possessed. Here we have good reason for believing the widow of James V. took up her residence during the first years of her regency;-here, in all probability, the leading churchmen and Scottish nobles who adhered to her party have met in grave deliberation, to resist the earlier movements that led to the Reformation ;-in this mean and obscure alley the ambassadors and statesmen of England and France, and the niessengers of the Scottish Queen, have assembled, and have been received with fitting dignity in its once splendid halls ; while within the long desecrated fane royal and noble worshippers have knelt around its altar, gorgeous with the imposing ceremonial8 of the Catholic Church. It is a dream of times long gone by, of which G w d d gladly have retained some such remembrance as the dilapidated mansion afforded; but time and modern changes have swept over its old walls with ruthless hand, and this feeble description of its decrepitude is probably the best memorial of it that survives. There still remains to be described the fine old stone land at the head-of Blyth’s Close, The same difficulties had to be surmounted in obtaining the J The Vignette at the end of the Chapter is from one of the oak beams belonging to the late bfr Hugh Paton. ... STABLES, CASTLE IYARNS, AND CASTLE HILL. 155 the dilapidated window. sketch, from which the accompanying ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 47 maps of the counties, besides a general one. The work was reprinted in eight volumes, in 1787. The success of this work induced Grose to illustrate in a similar manner “ The Antiquities of Scotland.” This publication, in numbers of four plates each, commenced in the beginning of 1789, and was finished in 1791, forming two volumes, with 190 views, and letterpress. Before the plates of the latter numbers were out of the engraver’s hands, the author “ turned his eyes to Ireland, who seemed to invite him to her hospitable shore, to save from impending oblivion her mouldering monuments, and to unite her, as she should ever be, in closest association with the British Isles. The Captain arrived in Dublin in May 179 1,’ with the fairest prospect of completing the noblest literaqdesign attempted in this century.” Such are the words of Dr. Ledwich, to whom Grose had applied for assistance, and by whom the work was completed, in two volumes, in 1795. But, while in Dublin, at the house of Mr. Hone, Grose was suddenly seized with an apoplectic fit, and died, in the fifty-second year of his age, upon the 12th of May 1791. The following epitaph proposed for him, was inserted in the St. James’s Chyoniele, May 26 :- Here lies Francis Grose : On Thursday, May 12t11, 1791, Death put an end to His views and prospects. Upon occasion of his marriage, Grose took up his residence in Canterbury, where he remained several years, during which period his wit and vivacity made him many friends. No one possessed more than himself the faculty of setting the table “ in a roar,” but it was never at the expense of virtue or good manners. He left several sons and daughters ; one of the latter married Anketil Singleton, Esq., Lieut.-Governor of Sandguard Fort. His son, Daniel Grose, F.A.S., Captain of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, was, after several campaigns in America, appointed Depute-Governor of the new settlement at Botany Bay, 1790. Besides the works above noticed, he published- “ A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons ; illustrated by plates taken from the original armour in the Tower of London, and other arsenals, museums, and cabinets.’’ Lond. 1785. 4to. A Supplement was added in 1789. “A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.” Lond. 1785. ~ V O . “A Guide to Health, Wealth, Honour, and Riches.” Lond. 1785. Svo. This is a most amusing collection of advertisements, principally illustrative of the extreme gullibility of the citizens of London. A very humorous introduction is prefixed. “ Military Antiquities, respecting a History of the English Army, from the Conquest to the Present Time.” 2 vols. Lond. 1786-88. 4to. With numerous plates. This work was published in numbers. He was accompanied, for the last three yeara of his travels, by a young man whom he called his Guinea-pig, and who had caught hie manner of etching. ... SKETCHES. 47 maps of the counties, besides a general one. The work was reprinted in eight volumes, ...

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372 MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. ‘approach to our cc Modern Athens” from the neighbouring coast. When, some two or three centuries hence, the New Town shall have ripened into fruit for some twenty-second century Improvements Commission, their first scheme will probably lead to the restoration of Gabriel’s Road, and its counterpart from Charlotte Square to Pitt Street, marking the saltier of Scotland’s patron saint on the antiquated parallelograms of James Craig I The village of Silvermills, the remains of which lie concealed behind St Stephen’s Church and the modern streets that surround it, may not improbably owe its origin to some of the alchemical projects of James IT. or V., both of whom were greatly addicted to the royal sport of hunting for the precious metals, with which the soil of Scotland was then believed to abound. Sir Archibald Napier, the father of the philosopher, was appointed Master of the Mint and superintendent of the mines and minerals within the kingdom; and we are assured, on the authority of an ancient manuscript in the Cotton Library, that The Laird of Merchiston got gold in Pentland Hills.”‘ The village of Silvermills consists almost entirely of a colony of tanners, but one or two of its houses present the crow-stepped gables of the aeventeenth century; and though now enclosed within the extended town, we. can remember many a Saturday’s ramble through green fields that ended at this rural Aamlet. Another and more important village, which has experienced the same fate as that of Silvermills, is the ancient baronial burgh of Broughton. Its name occurs in the charter of foundation of Holyrood Abbey, granted by David I. in 1128, and implies, according to Marnitlandt,h e Castle town. If it ever possessed B fortalice or keep, from whence its name was derived, all vestiges of it had disappeared centuries before its fields were invaded by the extending capital. The Tolbooth, however, wherein the baron’s courts were held, and offenders secured to abide his judgment, or to endure its penalties, stood within these few years near the centre of the old village, bearing over its north door the date 1582. Its broad flight of steps was appropriately flanked with a venerable pair of stocks; a symbol of justice of rare occurrence in Scotland, where the joug3 were the usual and more national mode of pillory. The annexed vignette will srdice to convey some idea of this antique structure, which stood nearly in the centre of the New Town, on the ground now occupied by the east end of Barony Street, from whence it was only removed with all its paraphernalia of obsolete minners and laws in the year 1829. The curious rambler may still stumble on one or two of the humble tenements of the old village, lying concealed among the back lanes of the modern town. A few years since, its rows of tiled and thatched cottages, with their rude fore- Niaoellane Scotioa, Napier of Herohiaton, p, 228. VIOXETTE--The Tolbooth, Broughton. ... MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. ‘approach to our cc Modern Athens” from the neighbouring coast. When, some two ...

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348 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. the papers at the time-gives a brief but affecting account of his conduct on quitting the field :- ‘‘‘Among those who have fallen, you will learn with poignant regret the fate of Lieutennnt- Colonel WILLIAMM ILLER, of the Guards. It was only yesterday evening that I heard the melancholy tidings. He was brought wounded to Brussels, on the evening of the 16th, and expired on the following evening; and, I am happy to add, without suffering. In his last mortal scene he displayed the soul and the spirit of a hero. On finding himself wounded, he sent for Colonel Thomas.-‘Thomas,’ said he, ‘I feel I am mortally wounded ; I am pleased to think that it is my fate rather than yours, whose life is involved in that of your young wife.’ After a pause, he said faintly, ‘I should like to see the colours of the regiment once more, before I quit them for ever.’ They were brought to him, and waved round his wounded body. His countenance brightened, he smiled ; and declaring himself satisfied, he was carried from the field. In all this you will see the falling of a hero-a delicacy of sentiment, a selfdevotion, and a resignation, which have never been surpassed.’ [His friend Colonel Thomas, we are sorry to add, was killed on the 18th.I” The remains of Colonel Miller were interred at Brussels, in a cemetery where repose many of the more distinguished of the heroes who fell at Quatre Bras and Waterloo. A monumental stone, erected to his memory, bears the following inscription :- “The remains of LIEUT.-COLONRMLI LLER, of the 1st Regiment of British Foot Guards, of Glenlee, born near Edinburgh, in Scotland, mortally wounded, at the age of thirty-one years, in the action with the French army at Les Quatre Eras, 16th July 1815, died at Brussels on the following day, are deposited here. Many British gentlemen fell with him, doing their duty, none of a more spotless life, or who had given fairer promises of rising to eminence in his profession” Near to the tomb of Colonel Miller is that of Sir Williarn Howe de Lancey, whose fate it was to --‘‘ C hange the bridal wreath For laurels from the hand of death. ” He was wounded on the lSth, and died at Brussels on the 26th of June. The drooping branches of a large yew-tree now wave mournfully over the two graves. Lord Glenlee Was in 1837 the senior Vice-President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh j and it is worth mentioning that he was the first admitted fellow (in 1781), and before his death was the oldest member of the Society of Scottish Antiquaries. In 1786 he was one of the Censors-in 1798, one of the Council -and was repeatedly one of the Vice-Presidents of the Society. He died in 1846 in his ninety-first year.’ Sir William married his cousin, Grizel, daughter of George Chalmers, Esq., by whom he had five sons and four daughters, of whom three sons and three daughters survived. See Cockburn’s LiJe ofJe$rey. Crown Svo, page 117. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. the papers at the time-gives a brief but affecting account of his conduct on quitting ...

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24 BI 0 GRAPH I C AL SI< ETCHES, Camp, and created (5th March 1783) an English Peer by the title of Baron Rawdon of Rawdon. On the King’s illness, having formed ail intimacy with his late Majesty George IV., then Prince of Wales, he became a zealous adherent of his Royal Highness, and was the mover of the amendment in favour of the Prince in the House of Lords. He was equally intimate with the Duke of York, and acted as his second in the duel with Colonel Lennox. In 1791 Lord Rawdon succeeded to the bulk of the property of his maternal uncle, the Earl of Huntingdon, while his mother obtained the barony of Hastings, and the other baronies in fee possessed by her brother.’ In 1793 he succeeded his father as second Earl of Moira. The same year he obtained the rank of Major-General, and was appointed Commander-in-Chief of an army intended to co-operate with the Royalists in Brittany; but before any effective movement could be made the Republicans had triumphed. The Earl was despatched in 1794 with ten thousand men to relieve the Duke of York, then retreating through Holland, and nearly surrounded with hostile forces. This difficult task he successfully accomplished. On returning to England, he was appointed to a command at Southampton. Politics now became his chief study. He was regular in his parliamentary duties; and, being generally in the opposition, became very popular. One of his speeches, delivered in the House of Ijords in 1797, on the threatening aspect of affairs in Ireland, excited considerable interest, and was aftervards printed and circulated throughout the country. The year following, several members of the House of Commons having met to consider the practicability of forming a new administration, on the principle of excluding all who had rendered themselves obnoxious on either side, his lordship was proposed as the leader. The scheme, however, was abandoned. The Earl, having been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in Scotland in 1803, arrived at Dumbreck’s Hotel, St. Andrew Square, on the 24th October of that year, accompanied by Sir William Keir, one of his Aides-de- Camp, and afterwards took up his residence in Queen Street. In 1804 his lordship was married by Dr. Porteous, the Bishop of London, to Flora Muir Campbell (in her bwn right), Countess of Loudon. The ceremony took place at the house of Lady Perth, Grosvenor Square, London. The Prince of Wales gave the bride away. The title of the Earl of Huntingdon remained dormant until claimed by and allowed to the late Earl in 1819. An account of the proceedinp adopted towards recovering the dormant honours was published by Mr. Nugent Bell, to whose extraordinary exertions the success of the noble claimant wa8 almost entirely attributable. It is one of the most amusing works of the kind ever written : and the interest is kept up to the last. ... BI 0 GRAPH I C AL SI< ETCHES, Camp, and created (5th March 1783) an English Peer by the title of ...

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LEITH. '05 taneous shout from the assembled multitudes, mingling with the martial music of the Highland bagpipe which a band of young gentlemen of Leith at that instant struck up, proclaimed in most impressive utterance the warmth of his welcome. Next the Custom-house was reached, and when quite abreast of it a band from the Canongate stationed there burst forth with the National Anthem-the magistrates, deacons, and trades at the same time advancing with lowered standards-while, just as his Majesty touched the landing-place, three well-timed and strongly-vociferated cheers were given by the sailors who manned the shipping in the harbour, caught up and rung out again and again by the thousands that lined the shore, filled the windows, swarmed on the house-tops, and stood and clung wherever there was standing or clinging room. His Majesty was greatly affected by these hearty manifestations of loyalty and welcome, and frequently acknowledged them with a grace and condescension which but "intensified the feeling, and drew forth, if possible, louder shouts of joy and acclamation. Here, after the performance of some short imposing ceremony, the King was conducted towards his carriage. With the post-admiral and senior magistrates on his right, he walked along the platform, his path strewn with flowers, with a firm and dignified step, amid deafening peals which again saluted him on all sides. The procession then moved forwards, a showy and imposing pageant, becoming increasingly so as it gradually spread out and extended itselfin the distance. The Earl of Kinnoul, as Lord-Lyon, preceding, curveted and caprioled his noble charger, followed by a cloud of heralds and richly-dressed cavaliers-his brow circled with his golden coronet, his crimson mantle flowing in graceful folds to the ground, and his broidered boots and golden spurs indicating his nobility and proclaiming his rank : next came Sir Alexander Keith, as Knight-Marshal, accompanied by his grooms and esquires, all in splendid liveries ; and after him, as White-Rod, Sir Patrick Walker, with his attendant equemes handsomely mounted and magnificently accoutred, making an appearance and producing an effect little inferior to that of the Lord-Lyon himself; then followed a long train of cavalry and infantry, with city dignitaries, and picturesque Highlanders, in the rear of which appeared the King in an Admiral's uniform, with a thistle and sprig of heath in his hat, and on his breast the St. Andrew's cross which had been presented to him by Sir Walter Scott in name of the ladies of Edinburgh, surrounded by a royal guard of Archers, Glengarry and his household retainers, and a whole galaxy of starred and scarletcovered aides-decamp and generals. Onward it moved with slow and measured pace along Bernard and Constitution 0 ... '05 taneous shout from the assembled multitudes, mingling with the martial music of the Highland ...

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28 MEMORIAL S OF EDlNB UR GH. ings of red and blue, with a canopy of state, of cloth of gold. “ Ther wer also in the sum chmmr a rich 6ed of astat, and the Lord Gray served the King with water for to wash, and the Earle of Huntley berred the towalle ! ” The commons testified their sympathy by bonfires and other tokens of public rejoicing, while dancing, music, and feasting, with coursing, joustings, and the like pastimes of the age, were continued thereafter during many days, “ and that done, every man went his way,” the Earl of Surrey,with the chivalry of England, to bide their second meeting on the field of Flodden. This propitious alliance-which, notwithstanding the disastrous period that intervened, ultimately led to the permanent union of the two kingdoms-was celebrated by Dunbar in his beautiful allegory of “ The Thrissil and the %is,’’ a poem, notwithstanding its obsolete language, scarcely surpassed in beauty by anything written since. “ At this time,” says its excellent biographer, ‘‘ Dunbar appears to have lived on terms of great familiarity with the King, and to have participated freely in all the gaieties and amusements of the Scottish Court; his sole occupation being that of writing ballads on any passing event, and thus contributing to the entertainment of his royal master.’ From several of his writings, as well as from “ The Flyting ” with his poetic rival Walter Remedy, many curious local allusions may be gleaned. One satirical poem, an “ Address to the Merchants of Edinburgh,” is particularly interesting for our present object, conveying a most graphic, though somewhat highly-coloured picture of the Scottish capital at this period.’ ‘‘ The principal streets crowded with stalls-the confused state of the different markets-the noise and cries of the fishwomen, and of -other persons retailing their wares round the cross-the booths of trade& crowded together ‘ like a honeycomb,’ near the church of St Giles, which was then, and continued till within a very recent period, to be disfigured with mean md paltry buildings, stuck round the buttresses of the church-the outer stairs of the houses projecting into the street-the swarm of beggars-the common minatrek, whose skill was confined to one or two hackneyed tunes-all together form the subject of a highly graphic and interesting delineation.” TO THE MERCHANTS OF EDINBURGH. Quhy will ye, Meqchauta of renoun, Let Edinburgh, your noble bun, For lak of reformation The common profit tyne and fame 1 That ony other region Sal1 with dishonour hurt your name! Think ye nocht schame, May nane pass throw your principal gates, For stink of haddocks and of scatea ; For cries of carlings and debates ; For sensum flyttinga of defame : Think ye nocht schame, Before strangers of all estates That sic dishonour hurt your name ! Dunbar, by D. Laing, 1834, vol. i. p. 23. 8 Ibid, p. 32. ... MEMORIAL S OF EDlNB UR GH. ings of red and blue, with a canopy of state, of cloth of gold. “ Ther wer also in ...

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3 76 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. Xrskine, Lady Elizabeth, 11. 115 3rskine. Mrs. Mary, 11. 272, 362 Erskine Club, 11. 27 2scape of risoners from Edinburgh Ssk, The river, 111. 318, 346, 353, 3% 361, 364; Sskgrove, Lord,\I.d, 120,111.367 Ssplanade, The, I. 79, 83, 86 Esten, Mrs., the actress, I. 346, Castle, &tempted, I. 71 3557 357, 358, 35 the coal seams 171. 358, 359 11. 778 Edinburgh Dock, Leith, 111. 284, Edinburgh Duke of 111. 288 Edinburgh' Dukedok of 111. 126 Edinburghkducational Ihstitution, Edinburgh Hospital for Incurables, Edinburgh IndustrialSchool, I. 264, Edinburgh Institution for Educa- 286, 287 11. 158 111. 55 * 265 tion Edinb Educafion 11. 344 Edinburgh ~teruyInstitute,III.g~ Edinburgh Mechanics' Subscription tion If. 200 Edindlrrgh Kruinv, The, I. 339, 11. 143 191 203 47 111. 43 Edinburih difle b k n t e e r Hall, 11. 326 Edinburgh School of Art, I. 379,380 Edinbureh Theatrical Fund Asso- Gr; ~ ~ a t e ' 2 9 ,gh kolunteer Artillery, I. 286, 323 Edinburgh Volunteers, 11. 76, 82, 188, 219, 371, 372, 373. 374>'"377r Edidurgk We&& jrrumal, 111. 799 82, 89, 143, 754 Edzn6argh WreRly IWagozitre, I. 3331 11. 3 53 111.83, 1:4~ IS?, 744 Edinburgh toung Mens Chnstran Association I. 379 Edmonston 6dge, 1. 43, 111. 338 Edmonstone, Lord, 111. 339 Edmonstone, Colonel, 11. 161 Edmouctone 111. 339 EAmonstone'House, 111. 338, '31; its owners, 111. 338, 33 Edmonstone of Duntreat;, 11. 139, 111. 338 Edmonstones The 111. 338, 339 Edward I., 1.'23, i1. 46,111.41~43, 351 ; captures Edinburgh Castle, 111.39 338 Elcho, Lord, I. 326,327.11.31~318, Elder. Lord Provost. 11. IW. 176. 322, 111. 198, zzz, 366 , -.. . . 17?.'282. 111. 21 Eldii, Li&t.-Col&el, 11. 371 Elder Street, 11. 176 Eldin, Lord, II., 186, 187, 111. 167, 260; hisfondnessforuts, 11. 186' ;cadent at the sale ofhis effects. 11. Eldin:%hn Clerk of, 11. 186, 191 Eldin douse, 111. 359 Electric time-ball, The, 11. 108 Elgin Earl of I. 107, 336 Elibak, PatAck Lord, I. 83, 101, Elizabeth Countess of Ross, I. 246 Elizabeth: Queen, I. 47. 49, 111. 174, 175, 178 : her death, I. zoz Elllock, Lord, 111. 142 Elliot, Sir George, I. 210 11. 27, 166, 351 Elliot Sir Gilbert, 11. 273 Ellio; Sir ohn 111. 340 Elliot: Archaid architect, 11. 188 Klliot of Minto, sir Gilbert, 11. 161 Elliot of Minto, Miss Jeannie, Elliot thepublisher I. 181 111.154 Elm Place Leith, iII. 268 Elm Row Leith Walk, II1.154,158 Elphinstdne, Lord, 11. 103, 352 Elphinstone, James, Lord Balme- Elphidstone, Charles Lord, 11.174 ; Elphinstone, 3owager Lady, 11. authoress, 11. a71 rino 111. 135 his sons, i6. 279 11. 274 '36 Elphinstone, Admiral Sir Charles, Elphinstone, Lieut.-Gen. Lord, 11. Elphmstone, Sir Howard, 11. a83 Elphinstone, Sir James, I. 271, 11. Elphinstone Sir ohn 111. 42 Elphinstone' Sir fohnitone, 111. 91 Elphinstone: Hon. Alexander, 111. 262, 263 Elphinstone Court, I. 271--274, *27z ; distinguished residents in, 203. 111.128 I. 271-274 Elphinstone of Barnton, Lord Bal- Elphinstone, The Master of, 111. merino, 111. 317 182 Elphinstone family, The, 111. azz Elphinstone, Mistress of, I. 257 Elphinetones of Lopie, The, 111. 91 Emery, the actor, I. 348 " Encyclopredia Britannica." The, I. ZII, 223, 339,Il. 126,165, 111. En myhe's Well, 1. 276, 277 English Episcopal Chapel, I. 262 English in Scotland, The, I. 23, 24, II!. 3+, 35: ; driven out, I. 25 English invasion expected, 11. 330 Englishmen captured by Scotsmen, 7$ 247 1. 3' Entablature above the Gateway, Edinburgh Castle I. 51 Environs of Edinbdrgh, The, 111. 314-368 : map of, 111. * 325 EpimplChapel Cowgate 11.247 *q9, 111. 63 ;'its bell, iI. 247 i its ministers, i6. Episcopal ?hapel, Leith, Theearly, 111. 230 Episcopacy in Edinburgh, Attempt to enforce,.I. 51 144 208, 11. 131, a46, 375 ; its sekcei at one time @armed by stealth, 111. 231 Euiscoualian Church. Portobello. -111. i '53 Errol, Earl of, I. 147, 11. 159, 318, 111. 323 ; Countess of, II.59,166, 3x8 Erskine. Tohn. Earl of Mar. I. *37. . ... 44 335- . Ersdine, Lord Chancellor, 11. 111, Erskine, John Lord, 11. zrg, 111. z87, 111. 271 31? 111. 318 Erskme, Sir Alexander, I. 220,371, Erskine of Cynbq Sir Charles, I. 37' Erskine, Sir Harry, 11. 344 Erskine, SirThomas 111. 318 Erskme, Gen. Sir Wham, 11.307 Erskine Sir William I. 63 111.258 Erskingof Alva, Chgles h r d Justice- clerk I. 236 237 Erskineof &a, SiiCharles, 11.243 Erskine of Cardross, I. 282 Erskine of Carnock 11.379 Erskine of Dun II.'67, 68 Enkine of Foikst, Capt. James Erskine of Mar, John Francis, 11. Erskme of Scotscraig, Sir Arthur, Erskine of Torrie, Sir James, 11.89 Enkine, Hon. Andrew. 11.115 Erskine. Hon. Henrv. 1. 115, 15% Francis, 11. 282 249 11. 70 166, G5, II.26,122; 143, 163, rig; Enkme, Hon. James, I. 247 (sec Grange, Erskine, Lord) Erskine, Dr. John, 11. 37 Erskine, Lady Barbara, I?. 319,320 248, 339, 111. 34, 362 Eton Tekace, 111. 74 Ettrick Shepherd, The (see Hogg, Etty, the painter, 11. 89, 91 Evers Lord I. 43 Ewbank, John, the painter, 11. 19, Ewing, Greville, I. 361, 362 Exchange, The I. 176 178 Exchange Buiidings, 'Leith, 111. 1713 244, "245 Exchequer, The, I. 178 Excise Office, The, 1. IIZ, 113, 217, *zm, 11. 23, 110, 191. 259, 260; robberies at the, I. n2--114 Excise Office, Drummond Place, 11. * rgz, 111. '24 Execution of English pirates at Leith, 111. 190, 191 Executions for various offences, I. 83. 84. 867 115, 117, 122, 1 6 2347 281, 332, 11. 228, 230,231, 238 (set &sa Grassmarket) James) 111. 79 F Faed, the painter, 11. 89, 111. 82 Fairbairn, Rev. Dr., 111. 303, *304; Fairfax Admiral d r W. G., 11. 198 Fairho<me Adam 111. 47 Fairholm: Bailie' 111. 47 Fairholme: Jam,;, 111. 46, 47 Fairholme, George, 111. 47 Fairholme Thomas, 111. 47 Fairies' or Ha gis Knowe, 11. 319 Fair Maid of 8alloway, The, I. 31 Fairnielee, Alan of, Provost, 11. 278 Fairy Boy, The, 11. 101 Fairy Halec Newhaven 111. 299 Falcon Had, 111. 39 ; 'its owner, Falconer, hliss, 111. 38 Falconer of Borrowstounnes. Sir his philanthropy 111. 303 111. 38 David, Lord President, II.'379, Falconer Patrick 111. 365 Falconer' Will& author of the Falconer ofHalkertoun.Lord.II.97~ 111. 199, 202, 206 "Shipkreck," I.'216 Falkirk, Battle of (see battl&] "-_ Falkirk Road, 11. 215 False news, Easy circulation of, I. 60 11. &A. *&F. 111. 67 Falshaw, Sir James, Lord Provost, FalshawStreG; 111. Fast Castle, 111. 37, 134, 135 Faucit, Mis Helen, actress, I. 351 Fenton, Viscount, 111. 318 Fentonbams, Lord, I. 207 Fenwick, the ainter, 11. 1% Fergusson Large (Lord Her. mand) i. 170 173 11. 207; hir defenh of the '45pr?lsoners, I. 17c Fergussan, Sir C. Dalrymple, 111. 367 Fergusson, Robert, poet, I. I q , 119, 230, 238, 348, 11. 127. 194, 310, 324, 38, 111. 125, 295, 269 tomb of If. * 30 Fergusso;, Robert, I' the plotter,' I. 66 Fergusson of Pitfour Jams I. 202 Fergusson, Dr. A&, histokm, I. 123,236,11.27,29,191,111.55,24~ Fergussoii, Dr., the friend of H u e , 1. 99 Fergusson, Dr., 11. 153 Ferrier, James, Clerk of Session, 11. 139 Ferrier, Miss Susan, novelist, I. 106, 11. 139, 194; her husband, Ferries of Leith, The ancient, 111. Ferry Rcad, 11.82, I I ~ , 116,111.64 11. 139 211,212 Fettes, Lord Provost Sir William, 11.31. 173,283.111.82, 97 ; Lady, 11. 318 Fettes College, 111. *Eo, 82, 97, 288 Fettes, the painter, 11. 89 Fettes Row, I. 135, 11. 185 Feuds of the Newhaven and her. toil ns fishermen 111. 300 01 Fife, Earl of, I. 350,'II. 86, &86, 146 ; Lady, 111. 265 Figgate Burn. 111. 143, 144, 146, 259, 263 Figgate hluir, 111 142, 143 Figgate Whins 111. 144, 236 Filby, Goldsmih's tailor, 11. a51 Fincaytle Lord 11. 120 Fingzie Glace, Leith, 111. 266 Finlay, Wilson's friend, 11. 199 Fire of 1824, Ruins of the, I. ' 185 Fire, SirW. Scott'ssto ofa, 11.5 6 First Parliament of Tames VIi. Cavalcadeat theopening of, I.%; FirthofForth,The, 11.151.319,III. 164, 165, 166, 169, 180, 181, 188, 191, 192, 1931 198, 201, 202, 209, 2x2, 228, 270. 274, 282, 287, 312, Fishermen, Rigits of the Newhaven, 111. 301 Fisher's Close, I. I I I . 11. 242 Fish-hwks, First mmufacturer of. 314, 3227 326, 66 11. 263 " Fishwives' Causeway," I. 10, 12, Fishwomen ot Musselburgh, 11. 22 F.( sec . also Newhaven) itzsimmons, Rev. Mr., 11. 248 Flaxman the sculptor, 11. 135 Fleming,'Lurd, I. 40, 262, 111.~98, 349; marriage of 11. 306 Flemihg, Sir lame;, I. 196 Fleshers The 11. 265 Flesh Mkket,'The,I. 1gz,21g,II.17 Fleshmarket Close, 1.113, 1~1,138, *232, 236, 338, 11. 77 ; formerly the Provost's office 11. 227 Fletcher Laurence cbmedian, 11.40 Fletche;ofSaltoui, 11.34, 111. go, Flockhart's tavern 11. 333 Flodden Field Ba;Lle of(reeBatt1es) Flodden Wall: The, I. 38, + 40,183, 278, 381, 11. 221, 239, 339 a Flora Macdonald, 11. 87, ~ 1 4 ~ 124 Faod riots 111. 87 Football, k'rohibition of, 111. p Foote, the comedian, I. 342, 343, Fwte, Maria, actresq, I. 350 Forks Lord 11. 194 Forbeid Cuioden, Lord President Duncan 1. 159,161, 166, 330, 11. 83,382;'his fondness for golf, 111. 31, 262 ; his biographer, 111. 43 Forbes Sir John Stuart 11. 151 ~ o r h ' of Pitsligo, sir killiam, I. 142, 143, 188, ?93, 318,'11I. 47: 244, 323 ; his wife, 11. 383 Forks, Prof. Edward, t he naturalist, 111. 68 242, 307 Forbes df Tolquhoun, Sir Alexander, I. 236 Forks-Drummond, Sir JohnJI. 270 Forks The Master of 1. 8 F o r k : Rev. Rokrt: Bisiop of Fordun, John de, I. 297, 11. 53, Fordyce of Aytoun, I. 275 Foreign clothiers. Introduction of, 111. 144, 165 150 111. 163 158, 176, 179-181, 239 11. 120 Caithness, 111. 231 111. 27 Forglen, Lord, I. 235, 236 Forglen's Park, 11. 325 Forres Street 11. Forrest of domiston, Sir James, Lord Provost, 11. 284, 111. 326 Forrest Road, 11. 103, ~ 6 7 ~ 323.326, Forrest's Coffee-house, Edinburgh, Forrester Lord 111. 119 Forrester: Sir kdam, I. 122, 278, Forrester Sir Andrew, 11. 24 Forrester: Sir John, I, 31, Ill. 115, 367 111. 210 . 111. 115, 118, 327 11% 318 Forreater Lords, 111. 119-121 Forreste; family, The, 111. 116, ... 76 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. Xrskine, Lady Elizabeth, 11. 115 3rskine. Mrs. Mary, 11. 272, 362 Erskine Club, 11. ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 445 becoming a barrister, he at the same time prepared himself for admission to the Faculty of Advocates, by studying the Scotch and Civil Law, under the celebrated Professor Millar, in the University of Glasgow. Early imbibing Whig principles; and the French Revolution having split society in this country into so many parties, Mr. Macfarlane delayed following up his intention till 1804, when he removed to Edinburgh, and came to the bar in 1806. His practice was very considerable ; and, without swerving from his political principles, in which, however, he was always moderate, he at length realised iuch a competency: that, about the year 1832, when he had the misfortune of losing his wife, to whom he had been married above thirty years (by whom he had no family), he resolved to retire from farther public practice, which he had the satisfaction of doing, like the philosophic Hume, without ever having preferred a request to one great man, or even made advances to any of them. He died in 1839. XI1.-ARCHIBALD FLETCHER, author of “ An Examination of the Grounds on which the Convention of Royal Burghs claimed the right of Altering and Amending the Setts or Constitution of the Individual Burghs.” Edinburgh, 1825, 8vo. He was a native of Glenlyon, Perthshire, where he was born in 1745. His father, Angus Fletcher, was a younger brother of Archibald Fletcher, Esq. of Bernice and Dunans, in Argyleshire. He completed his apprenticeship, as a Writer to the Signet, with Mr. Wilson of Howden, who afterwards admitted him into partnership. While prosecuting his professional labours with equal zeal and success, he contrived to devote a considerable portion of time to classical and other studies, frequently encroaching on those hours that ought to have been given to rest; and at length, aspiring to the toga, he became, in 1790, at the age of forty-five, a member of the Faculty of Advocates. Naturally of a kind and generous disposition, he was on all occasions the friend of the oppressed, and the consistent advocate of freedom. Many years before he was himself known to have any view towards the bar, he effectually opposed, in a wellwritten argumentative pamphlet, addressed to the Society of Writers to the Signet, the adoption of a resolution by the Faculty of Advocates, prohibiting the admission of members above twenty-seven years of age-a resolution which would have irremediably operated to the exclusion of many industrious aspirants to legal eminence. Much about the same period he published an essay on Church Patronage-a subject at that time warmly debated in the Church Courts-and in which he of course advocated the popular side. In 1784, when Burgh Reform was first agitated in Scotland, he took an active part in the energetic measures then adopted. He was chosen secretary to the society formed in Edinburgh at the time; and, in 1787 was one of the delegatesdespatched to London by the Scottish Burghs. On his way to the metropolis Mr. Fletcher first met with the young lady who afterwards became his wife. They were married in ’1791 ; and though Mr. Fletcher was justly styled the father of Burgh Reform. ... SKETCHES. 445 becoming a barrister, he at the same time prepared himself for admission to ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. I41 Having abandoned all thoughts of the clerical profession, LESLIEw ent over to Virginia, as tutor to the Messrs. Randolph, with whom he spent upwards of a year in America. He next proceeded to London, having introductory letters fromDr. Smith, where he proposed delivering lectures on Natural Philosophy ; but in this he was disappointed. His first literary employment was on the notes to a new edition of the Bible, then in course of publication by his friend Dr. William Thomson, with whom he had become acquainted at St Andrews. He next entered into an engagement with Murray the bookseller, to translate Buffon’s Natural History of Birds, which was published in 1793, in nine volumes octavo. He subsequently visited Holland; and, in 1796, proceeded on a tour through Switzerland and Germany with Mr. Thomas Wedgwood. On returning to Scotland, he stood candidate for a chair, first in the University of St. Andrews, and afterwards in that of Glasgow ; but was unsuccessful in both attempts. In 1799 he again went abroad, making the tour of Norway and Sweden, in company with Mr. Robert Gordon, whose friendship he had acquired at St. Andrews. I The first fruits of Mr. Leslie’s genius for physical inquiry appeared prior to the year 1800, by the production of his celebrated Dijercntial Themader, which has been described as one of the “ most beautiful and delicate instruments that inductive genius ever contrived as a help to experimental inquiry.” This was followed, in 1804, by his well known “Essay on the Natare and Propagation of Heat,” which was written while residing with his brothers at Largo, where the experimental discoveries were made for which the treatise is so much distinguished. The Essay immediately attracted the notice of the Royal Society, by the council of which the Rumford medals were unanimously awarded to him. In 1806, the Mathematical chair in the University of Edinburgh having become vacant by the translation of Professor Playfair to the chair of Natural Philosophy, Mr. Leslie came forward as a candidate. He was opposed by Dr. Thomas M‘Knight, one of the ministers of the city. In addition to the fame of his recent discoveries, Mr. Leslie was warmly recommended to the Town Council and Magistrates by testimonials from the most scientific and able men of the day. Vigorous opposition, however, was made to his election by most of the city clergy-who accused him of infidelity1-and they insisted on their right to be consulted in the choice of Professors, according to the original charter of the College. They protested against the proceedings of the Council ; and subsequently- on the 22d May-brought the affair before the General Assembly. The leaders in this opposition were of the moderate party, while the cause of Mr. Leslie was as warmly espoused by those usually to be found on the opposite side. The case created great excitement, Satisfactory testimonials were produced, as well as one of Mr. Leslie’s own letters, confirmatory of his orthodox principles. The debat-in which the Rev. Sir Henry MoncreifF was one of the The accusation of infidelity rested on a note in the “ Essay on the Natnre and Propagation of Heat,’’ in which Mr..Leslie took occasion to refer to Hume’s ‘‘Essay on N e w Connection.” ... SKETCHES. I41 Having abandoned all thoughts of the clerical profession, LESLIEw ent over to ...

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

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 28 1 There were likewise produced to the patrons certificates from the differeut Professors of Latin and Greek, of Philosophy and Mathematics, and of the Professors of Medicine in the University of Edinburgh, under whom he had studied ; together with attestations from a great number of the students who had attended his demonstrations and lectures. Evidence was also produced that he was above twenty-one years of age, These papers were laid before the patrons in June 1754, and the prayer of the petition was granted. Mr. Monro did not immediately repair to the Continent, but remained in Scotland for a year. The reason of this was probably a wish that he might graduate at the University of Edinburgh. This he accordingly did upon the 20th October 1755. He chose as the subject of his thesis “De Testibus et Semine in variis Animalibus.” He could hardly have selected one more difficult to discuss. It is fully twice the size of ordinary theses, and is accompanied with plates, in order to explain the situation of the parts, their functions, and his reasoning.concerning them. Such as have examined it uniformly concur in opinion that it possesses great merit, and affords an excellent specimen of what was to be expected from him as a Professor of Anatomy. When he went abroad, it was with the view principally of studying anatomy under the best masters in Europe. At Eerlin he attended Professor Meckel’s lectures, whose reputation as an anatomist stood very high. He now and then referred to him in his own lectures, and spoke of his old master in very high terms. He was for some time at Leyden; but whether he ever-visited Paris we are not informed. Upon his return to Scotland, he was admitted a licentiate of the Edinburgh Royal College of Physicians on the 2d of May 1758, and elected a fellow on the 1st May 1759. His character as a lecturer on anatomy stood very high during the long period that he discharged its duties. As an anatomist he was well known, not only throughout the British dominions and in America, but over the whole Continent of Europe ; and he contributed most essentially to spread the fame of the University of Edinburgh as a medical school. He was not only a skilful anatomist, but an enthusiast in the study of it ; and was constantly employed in exercising his mechanical genius in inventing and improving surgical instruments. Neither he nor his father read any of their lectures. His elocution was distinct-slow but somewhat formal-and he generally detained the students more than an hour at lecture. The following notice of his death occurs in the Scots Magazine :-- At Edinburgh, in the eighty-fifth year of his age, Alexander Monro of Craiglockhart, Esq., M.D., Professor of Medicine, Anatomy, and Surgery, in the University of Edinburgh. This distinguished physician was admitted joint Professor with his father, 12th July 1754 ; and, during more than half a century, shone as one of the brightest ornaments of that much and justly celebrated seminary ; his elegant and scientific lecturea attracting students from all quarten of the globe.” He was succeeded by his son, the third Dr. Alexander Monro in lineal succession. The three held the professorship successively for upwards of a hundred years. It is long since it became very scarce. “ Oct. 2, [1817]. 2 0 ... SKETCHES. 28 1 There were likewise produced to the patrons certificates from the ...

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104 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [Cahoa Hill. on their return from the Army of Occupation in France, under Colonel Wallace. One of the last feasts of St. Crispin was held in the Calton Convening Rooms, in 1820, when six hundred of the ancient Corporation of Cordiners, bearing St. Crispin with regal pomp, marched from Holyrood. ?On reaching the Cross,?says the Week0 Journal for that year, ? it was found impossible to proceed farther, from the mass of people collected ; the procession therefore filed off into the Royal Exchange, until a guard of the 13th Foot arrived from the Castle ; then it proceeded along the mound to the New Town.? It is added that fortyfour years had elapsed since the last procession of the kind. The same paper, in 1828, records :hat a mighty ing of the Regent Bridge, the foundation stone of which was laid in 1815, forming a magnificent entrance to the New Town from the east. The arch is fifty feet wide, and about the same in height, having on the top of the side ledges, arches, and ornamental pillars, connected with the houses in Waterloo Place. The whole was finished in 1819, and formally opened on the visit of Prince Leopold, afterwards King of Belgium j but the bridge must have been open for traffic two years before, as it was crossed by the 88th Connaught Rangers, in 1817, 15,000 men, and about the date above mentioned, Earl Grey entered the city amid a vast concourse of admirers. He was presented with the freedom of the city in a gold box, and was afterwards entertained at a public banquet, in a pavilion erected for the occasion, 113 feet long by IDI broad. in the eastern compartment of the High School on the south side of the Calton Hill. Archibald, Earl of Rosebery, K.T., in absence of the Duke of Hamilton, occupied the chair. On the north-west shoulder of the hill is the old observatory, a rough, round-buttressed tower, three storeys in height. The scheme for the erection of a building of this kind was first projected in 1736, but the local commotions occasioned by the Porteous mob caused it to be relinquished mass of rock, fully fifty tons in weight, fell from under Nelson?s monument with a great crash from a height of twentyfive feet, and carrying all before it, rolled on the roadway below. On the 15th September, 1834, there occurred the only local event of interest since the visit of George 1V.-the Grey banquet. A great portion of the citizens had signalised themselves in their zeal for the Reform Bill, the passing of which, in August, 1832, they celebrated by a grand procession of the trades, amounting to more than NELSON?S MONUMENT, CALTON HILL, FROM PRINCES STREET. (Fwm a Dmwiwby A. Kaswytfi, pnbliskd in 18a6.) ... OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [Cahoa Hill. on their return from the Army of Occupation in France, under Colonel ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 21 practice at the bar having become so great that he was unable to continue the duty of the chair. In 1788 he was appointed Sheriff-Depute of the county of Renfrew; and, on the death of Lord Abercromby in 1796, promoted to the bench by the title of Lord Meadowbank In 1804, on the resignation of Lord Methven, he was constituted one of the Lords of Justiciary. In both of these judicial capacities he conducted himself with the greatest ability. In politics, Lord Meadowbank was decidedly of the Pitt and Dundas school, or, in other words, a Tory; but his was an enlightened attachment to the constitution, springing from judicious and comprehensive views of social and political economy.' When trial by jury-the bulwark of the subject's libertywas proposed to be introduced into Scotland, Lord Meadowbank evinced the soundness and liberality of his sentiments by warmly advocating the measure. He wrote an excellent pamphlet on the subject, entitled '' Considerations on the Introduction of Trial by Jury in Scotland ;'I and in 1815, when the Jury Court was instituted, he was appointed one of the Lords-Commissioners. Amid the multifarious duties arising from official engagements, Lord Meadowbank still found leisure to continue his acquaintance with literature and the progress of the sciences, of which he was a warm promoter. He was one of the earliest members of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, to which he contributed several valuable papers, and was for many years Vice-President. He was likewise one of the Directors of the Astronomical Institution. Like many of his contemporaries, Lord Meadowbank was a keen agriculturist; and to his ingenious speculations and inquiries into this important science the country is indebted for the invention of moss mhure, now extensively employed in various counties in Scotland.' The character of Lord Meadowbank as a judge has been recently given by one in every way qualified to form a just and impartial estimate of his merits. " Above all," said Lord Brougham, in deciding a recent cme in the House of Lords (Inglis v. Mansfield, 10th April 1835), " we have, what with me is of the highest authority and of the greatest weight, the very valuable opinion of the late Lord Meadowbank, one of the best lawyers-one of the most acute men-a man of large general capacity, and of great experience-and with hardly any exception, certainly with very few exceptions, if any-the most diligent judge one can remember in the practice of the Scotch Lord Meadowbank died on the 14th of June 1816, in the sixty-ninth year of his age.' In 1792, prior to his elevation to the bench, he resided in what was then No. 33 Hanover Street. His lordship left several children, the eldest of whom was raised to the bench under the same title of Lord Meadowbank. ' . See his opinion in the case of Andrew w. Murdoch, 1806. His lordship printed, for private distribution, a tract on the subject. Shaw an4 Maclean's Reports in the House of Lords, 1835. For interesting notices of this judge see Cockbum's MmOriaZs of hi9 Time, and his fife of Buchanan's Reports. Jofrey. ... SKETCHES. 21 practice at the bar having become so great that he was unable to continue the duty of ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 183 he answered surlily, ‘‘ Tell Madame the Marchioness, that I do not run about the town to paint.” Some friends representing to him the impropriety of such a message, he promised to go to Versailles on a certain day, provided no one were permitted to interrupt him. On his arrival he repeated the condition, requesting leave to consider himself at home, that he might paint at his ease. This being granted, he took off his buckles, garters, and neckcloth ; hung his wig upon a girandole, and put on a silk cap which he had in his pocket. In this dishabille he began his work, when prese%tly the King entered. “Did you not promise me, Madam,” said the painter, rising and taking off his cap, ‘‘ that we should not be interrupted 1” The King, laughing at his appearance and rebuke, pressed him to go on. “It is impossible for me to obey your Majesty,” answered he ; “ I will return when the Marchioness is alone.” WitL this he took up his buckles, garters, neckcloth, and periwig, and went into the next room to dress himself, muttering as he went, that he did not like to be interrupted. The favourite of the king yielded to the painter’s caprice, and the portrait was finished. It was a full-length, as large as life, afterwards exhibited at the Louvre, and perhaps the greatest work of the kind ever executed. M. de Latour painted all the Royal Family, and both Court and city crowded to his closet. With an agreeable talent for conversation, just ta.ste, a memory stored with extensive knowledge, and an excellent heart, he could not be destitute- of friends. His house was resorted to by the most distinguished artists, philosophers, and literati of the capital. Favoured by the sovereign, and by the heir-apparent, he was devoid of pride, and had the modesty twice to refuse the order of St. Michael. In private, M. de Latour was a useful member of society, generous, and humane. The desire of making others happy was his predominant, or rather sole passion. Gratitude published, in spite of him, his numerous acts of benevolence, and his door was continually surrounded by the needy. Amongst the useful establishments to which M. de Latour turned his thoughts, painting-the source of his fame, and in great measure of his fortune -particularly claimed his attention. He gave a sum (equal to four hundred guineas) to found an annual prize for the best piece of linear and aerial perspective alternately, to be adjudged by the Academy of Painting at Paris. Persuaded too of the benefits of good morals and useful arts, he founded an annual prize of twenty guineas, to be distributed by the Academy of Amiens to the most worthy action, or most useful discovery in the arts. He also founded and endowed two establishments : one for the support of indigent childrenthe other, an asylum for distressed age; and, at St. Quentin, a free school for drawing. Having enjoyed all the pleasures attached to celebrity in the capital, AT. de Latour at length retired to the place of his nativity, His entrance into St. Quentin resembled a triumph--a mark of respect to which, as the benefactor of mankind, as well as for his talent,s, he was justly entitled. ... SKETCHES. 183 he answered surlily, ‘‘ Tell Madame the Marchioness, that I do not run about the ...

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42 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. the accompanying likeness of him would, indeed, seem to favour the insinuation He died in 1788, when he was succeeded by Captain Chrietie, formerly a sergeant in the South Fencible Regiment. This Print is entitled ‘( Three Captains of Pilate’s Guard,” in allusion to a popular fiction, that the city of Edinburgh had a town-guard before the birth of our Saviour ; and that three of that body had joined the Roman troops after the invasion of Britain by Julius Czesar, and were actually present with Pilate’s troops at the Crucifixion. No. XVI. PROVOST DAVID STEUART BAILIE AND JOHN LOTHIAN. CONTRASTh, i s presumed, was the reason of these two respectable citizens being classed together in this etchingl-the Provost being a very handsome man, and the Bailie the reverse. The latter, from his great stoop and rotundity of shoulder, acquired from his brother bailies the sobriquet of The Loupin-on-Stane.” PROVOST STEUART, a younger son of the family of Dalguise, carried on business as a banker in Edinburgh, in partnership with Robert Allan, Esq., under the firm of Allan and Steuart. He was, in 1778, elected one of the Merchant Councillors, and, in 1779, third Bailie. In 1780 local politics ran high : the re-election of Sir Laurence Dundas, Bart.,’ the former member for the city of Edinburgh, was opposed by William Miller, Esquire, younger of Barskimming,’ and the latter was returned to Parliament ; but upon a petition, by his opponent, to the House of Commons, his election was (1 6th March 178 1) set aside, and Sir Laurence declared sitting member. in this contest the Whig interest was zealously supported by Mr. Steuart, who, upon the resignation of that seven of these half-pence were only equal to me sterling penny of George 111. At length the Magist,rates of Edinburgh took cognisance of the affair, and ordered the alarm to be sounded by tuck of drum (29th April 1767). The consequence of this proceeding was, that the shopkeepers immediately began to weigh all half-pence that were offered them, refusing those that were not standard weight. This caution descended even to the old women who kept stands upon the street, every one of whom provided themselves with scales.and weights for the same purpose. Sir Laurence Dundas, though of an ancient family, was the architect of his own fortune, and amassed vast wealth as Commissary-general of the army in Flanders. He was the second son of Thomaa Dundas, one of the bailies of Edinburgh, who fell into difficulties which occasioned his bankruptcy. Sir Laurence had himself been for some time behind the counter-a circumstance which, coming to the Royal ear, prevented him, it was rumoured, from obtaining a coronet, the great object of his ambition. His son Thomas was more auccessfu1, 88, upon the 13th of Augudt 1794, he was raised to the peerage by the title of Lord Dundas of Aske, in Yorkshire. Afterwards Sir William Miller, Bart., and one of the senators of the College of Justice. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. the accompanying likeness of him would, indeed, seem to favour the insinuation He died ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 429 THE CITY GUARD-HOUSE. CORPORAL JOHN DHU. THIS dingy, mean-looking edifice, built for the accommodation of the City- Guard, probably towards the close of the seventeenth, or beginning of the last century, was situated in the High Street, opposite the shop now occupied by Mr. Ritchie, stationer, about two hundred yards east of the Cross.’ It was a slated building, one storey in height, and consisted of four apartments. On the west and south-west corner was the Captain’s Room; and adjoining, on the north, was a place for prisoners,‘ called the Burghers’ Room.” In the centre was the common hall; and, on the east, the apartment devoted to the city chimney-sweepers, who were called “ tron men ”-two figures of whom will be observed in the engraving. The extreme length of the structure, from east to west, was seventy feet, and the breadth forty over the walls. The floor, with the exception of the Captain’s Room, was composed of flags, under which was a vaulted cell, called the “ Black Hole,” where coals for the use of the Guard-House were kept, and into which refractory prisoners were put. The wooden mare at the west end of the building was placed there for the purpose of punishing such soldiers as might be found guilty of misdemeanours. The delinquent, with a gun tied to each foot, was mounted for a certain period proportioned to the extent of his offence, and exposed to the gaze and derision of the populace, who sometimes were not idle spectators of the exhibition. The figure bestriding the “ wooden mare ” is merely intended to represent the nature of the punishment. Over the half-door of the Guard-House will be distinguished the well-known JOHND HU. John, who was a corporal of the Guard, is here in the position which he daily occupied, ready to receive, with a “ Highland curse,’’ whoeirer was unfortunate enough to be committed to his surveillance. The rank of the offender made no difference-rich and poor met with the same reception. A chronicle of the beaux and helles who found a night’s shelter within its walls would no doubt be gratifying to the lovers of antiquated scandal. The old Market-Cross, removed in 1756, when the Royal Exchange was finished, was an octagonal building of sixteen feet diameter, and about fifteen feet high. At each angle was an Ionic pillar, from the top of which a species of Gothic bastion projected ; and between the columns were modern arches. Besides the town’s arms, the edifice wm omamented with various devices; and from the platform rose a column, consisting of one stone, upwards of twenty feet high, and of eighteen inches diameter, spangled with thistles, and adorned with a Corinthian capital, upon the top of which was a unicorn. It was rebuilt in 1617 ; and the column, or obelisk, which had previonaly existed beyond the memory of man, was carefully presemed and re-erected within the railing of the High Church. At what period the Cross was originally erected ia not known. ... SKETCHES. 429 THE CITY GUARD-HOUSE. CORPORAL JOHN DHU. THIS dingy, mean-looking edifice, built for ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 181 published in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; and in Lord Woodhouselee’s f i f e of ‘ h d Kames, there are several of the Doctor’s letters, which contain judicious remarks on various points of agriculture and gardening, There are still to be seen some vestiges of his atteation to the latter, in the Glebe of Moffat, where a few of the less common kinds of trees, such as pinasters and others, planted by him, are still growing. The garden of the manse at Colinton, which is beautifully situated in a small haugh by the river, was carefully laid off and embellished with a display of indigerjous and other hardy plants, which the Doctor delighted to collect and cultivate. But these botanical rarities, like other sublunary things, were fleeting and destined to take no permanent hold of the soil; for the next incumbent, who was no amateur of botany, but a good judge of the value of land, turned the whole into a potato garden ! Although the Doctor, in his public appearances, was somewhat formal and affected, in private life he was extremely social. He was inclined to society, and had many amusing anecdotes, which he told with much gaiety and good humour. He was greatly addicted to taking snuff. Bailie Creech (afterwards Provost), ip his convivial hours, was in the habit of reciting several of the Professor’s stories,’ at the same time imitating his manner and peculiarities, He was fond of dress, as may be inferred from the Etching, where he is drawn with a nosegay in his hand. In early life the Doctor was patronised by Lord Bute, and when in London was presented to Rousseau, to accompany him as cicerone. They conversed in Latin, the one not being able to speak the language of the other; and both experienced considerable difficulty in making themselves intelligible. The latter years of his life were rendered painful by violent inflammation of the eyes, brought on, it is said, by his habit of sitting very late [at his studies, and which ended in loss of sight. In addition to this calamity, his wife was attacked with a severe and long illness. She was a sister of Mr. Wauchope of Niddry. The late Mr. Charles Stewart, University Printer, and author of an excellent work-“ Elements of Natural History,” 2 vols. 8vo.-was one of Dr. Walker‘s executors ; and, from his MSS., published the work already alluded to, under the title of “An Economical History of the Hebrides and Highlands of Scotland :” Edinburgh, IS08, 2 vols. 8vo. Another volume afterwards appeared, viz. “Essays on Natural History and Rural Economy : ” Edinburgh, 1812, 8vo. Besides many curious and beautiful manuscripts in his own handwriting, illustrative of the natural history of Britain, found in his repositories, the Doctor left a valuable assortment of minerals-a large collection of the insects of Scotland- and a very extensive herbarium. Ey his will, it is understood, he gifted One of these was about a stuffed fox’s skin, placed by the Doctor on a cherry tree near the. Dr. Walker died on the 22d January 1804, aged upwards of seventy. window of the manse, and which he found effectual in scaring away the birds. ... SKETCHES. 181 published in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; and in ...

Book 9  p. 242
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272 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. The regiment remained in Ireland till 1775, when, after an absence of thirtytwo years, it embarked at Donaghadee for Scotland, where it did not long remain. The War of Independence having broken out, the corps was again destined for America. Previous to leaving Glasgow, in 1776, the soldiers were supplied with new arms and accoutrements, including broadswords and pistols, which latter were provided by the Colonel. They sailed from Greenock on the 14th of May, and were constantly engaged in the arduous struggle which ensued in the New World, until peace was concluded in 1783. Here we may mention that during this war the broadsword was laid aside, from a belief that it retarded the progress of the men while marching through the woods ; and it has never since been resumed. At the termination of the war, the regiment was removed to Nova Scotia, and did not return to Scotland till the year 1790. On the breaking out of the war with France, in 1794, it was again actively engaged in Flanders-fought at the battle of Nimeguen, and suffered in the harassing retreat to Bremen ; and when that short and unsuccessful campaign had been finished, was embarked for the West Indies, where, under the gallant Abercromby, it assisted in reconquering these islands from the French. The conduct of the Royal Highlanders at Alexandria, where the Invincibles of France were broken and defeated, became the theme of general commendation. It is worthy of remark, that the only man in all England who attempted to depreciate their fame was the late William Cobbett, who attempted, in his Register, to show that the standard surrendered to Major Stirling of the 42d, had been taken by one Lutz of another regiment. This petty hostility, on the part of the “Lion of Bottley,” proceeded from the vulgar and narrowminded prejudice which his splenetic disposition entertained towards everything appertaining to Scotland or Scotsmen; an antipathy, however, which he had the candour to renounce, after he had actually visited the country, and seen Scotland as she is. So great was the enthusiasm of the public at the success of the British arms, that the Highland Society of London resolved to present their soldier-countrymen of the 42d Regiment with a handsome mark of their approbation; but the affair of the standard led to a communication with some of the officers, which, from a mistaken notion of honour on the part of the latter, had the effect of retarding for a time the intentions of the Society.’ “At a fete given at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh, on the 13th of January 1802,” says a journal of that date, “ Major Stirling, of the 42d regiment, appeared in the full uniform of that gallant corps, He was received with loud and most enthusiastic applause, the music striking up the favourite air of ‘ The Garb of Old Gaul.’ ’’ The next ‘‘ field of glory” was the well-known campaign in Egypt. Much national feeling prevailed at this period. AS we have already noticed in the memoir of the Marquis of Huntly, the late Duke of York, being President of the Society in 1817, presented the Marquis, on behalf of the 42d Regiment, with a superb piece of plate. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. The regiment remained in Ireland till 1775, when, after an absence of thirtytwo years, ...

Book 9  p. 362
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208 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. In these nine volumes he comprehended all that was contained in the original, which consisted of sixteen large quarto volumes. The method he pursued of rendering it into the English language was somewhat unusual. Instead of translating literally, paragraph by paragraph, and sentence by sentence, he deliberately read over six or eight pages at a time, making himself perfectly master of their substance, and then wrote down the whole in English, in his own words and arrangement. The greater part of this task he performed in a small correctingroom connected with his printing-office, amidst the continual interruption farising from the introduction of proof-sheets of other works for his professional revisal, and the almost perpetual calls of customers, authors, and idle acquaintances. Yet kuch was his self-possession, that, as usual with almost everything he wrote, he gave it out to his compositors page by page, as fast as it was written, and hardly ever found it necessary to alter a single word after the types were set up from his first uncorrected manuscript. In'Aupst 1781, Mr. Smellie drew up the first regular plan for procuring a statistical account of the parishes of Scotland. This plan was printed and distributed by order of the Society of Antiquaries ; and although no other result followed at the time than a st,atistical report, by the Earl of Buchan, of the parish of Uphall, in which his lordship then resided, along with three or four others, which were printed in the Society's Transactions, yet it is proper to mention the circumstance, as it was the precursor of the scheme which the late Sir John Sinclair afterwards brought to maturity. On the death of Dr. Ramsay in 1775, Mr. Smellie became a candidate for the Chair of Natural History in the University of Edinburgh. The patronage being in the gift of the Crown, his friends made strong and ardent applications in his favour to Lord Suffolk ; but from the superior political influence of his opponent, Dr. Walker, these exertions were unsuccessful, Mr. Smellie was one of the original founders of the Society of Antiquaries. In 1781 he was appointed Superintendent of its Museum of Natural History ; and in 1793 he was elected Secretary. It is not intended here to give a history of that Society ; yet, as a considerable portion of the strange and inexplicable opposition which that Association encountered, in their application for a royal charter, from two highly respectable public bodies, originated out of circuinstances intimately connected With Mr. Smellie's history, a short account of these transactions may be given. Mr. Smellie having announced his intention of giving a course of lectures, at the request of the 'Society, on the Philosophy of Natural History, to be delivered in their hall, this proposal gave great dissatisfaction to Dr. Walker, the recently elected Professor of Natural History, already mentioned ; although every attempt was made by the Earl of Enchan to satisfy him that Mr. Smellie's lectures would not interfere with those of the University, and although Dr, Walker had not given even L single lecture for nearly seven years after his appointment. Nothing, however, would satisfy him ; and his answer to the Earl's pacific endeavours was-'' In the professorship P am soon to undertake I have foreseen many difficulties, which I yet hope to surmount ; ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. In these nine volumes he comprehended all that was contained in the original, which ...

Book 8  p. 293
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118 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. No, LVI. CAPTAIN GEORGE GORDON, CAPTAIN GEORGE ROBERTSON, AND JOHN GRIEVE, ESQ., LORD PROVOST OF EDINBURGH. CAPTAIN GORDOK, the first figure in the Print, is repre nted as in ttendance on the Lord Provost. He was formerly an officer of the Scottish Brigade’ in the service of Holland, and was appointed to his situation as Captain in the Town Guard, on the death of Captain Robertson in 1787. He lived in Bell’s Wynd, High Street, and was somewhat remarkable for his forenoon or meridian potations, an indulgence by no means uncommon in his day. He died on the 25th September 1803. CAPTAIN ROBERTSON, who is in the attitude of receiving instructions from the Lord Provost, has already been noticed as one of “ the Three Captains of Pilate’s Guard,” No. XV. JOHN GRIEVE, ESQ., the centre figure of this triumvirate, was a merchant in the Royal Exchange, and held the office of Lord Provost in the years 1782-3 and again in 1786-7. He entered the Town Council so early as 1765, was treasurer in 1’769, and Dean of Guild in 1778-9. Mr. Grieve possessed a great deal of natural sagacity, to which he entirely owed his success in business, The Scottish Brigade in Holland were a body of about six battalions, originally sent for the purpose of assisting the Republic. They continued to be supplied with recruits from Scotland, and kept in an effective state ; but under one pretence or other they were detained so long in the service of the Dutch that it almost came to be a matter of dispute whether there existed a right to recall them. In 1763 the chiefs or officers of the regiment addressed a strong remonstrance to the British Secretary at War, expressing a desire to be removed from the provinces on account of indifferent usage ; but, either from inability or neglect, their remonstrance was not sufficiently attended to. In 1779, they again made offer of their services to the British Government, being unwilling to loiter away their time in garrison towns, “while the enemies of their country were uniting against her ; ” but the States of the United Provinces resolved that the Scotch Brigade should, on and after the 1st of January 1783, be incorporated with the Dutch troops, and in every way similarly situated. At that time the Scotch Brigade had been above 200 years in the service of the States, and in the numeiwus battles and sieges in which they had been engaged they never lost a single colour, having on all occasions defended them with the utmost bravery. “At Bergen-op-Zoom, in 1747, in particular, General Marjoribank‘s regiment consisted of 850 rank and file, of which only 220 survived the fatal storm of the place ; but these brave handful of men, although many of them were wounded, cut their way through the grenadiers of France, and carried off their colours in triumph into the lines of the Allied army of Steebergen.” On this conjunction of the Scotch Brigade with the Dutch regiments, mauy of the officers refusing to subscribe the new oaths of allegiance, returned to their native country. ... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. No, LVI. CAPTAIN GEORGE GORDON, CAPTAIN GEORGE ROBERTSON, AND JOHN GRIEVE, ...

Book 8  p. 172
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 255 Dr. Cullen chose the Practice; and upon the 17th of the same month he was duly installed into the office. No. CIV. DR. CULLEN IN HIS STUDY. THIS Print appears to have been executed three years subsequent to the preceding, and exhibits the celebrated Professor as engaged in finishing his “ Treatise on the Materia Medica ”-the last of his published productions. When DR. CULLENta ught the “ Institutes,” he published “ Heads of Lectures for the use of Students in the University of Edinburgh,” but he proceeded no farther than physiology. In 1772 appeared, in two volumes octavo, “ Synopsis Nosologis Methodics,” which was written in Latin. The merit of this performance is universally admitted. He criticised impartially the works of those who had gone before him in this department of medical science, and candidly pointed out in what respects his own arrangement might be objected to. This seems to have been particularly designed in order to prepare the public. for his great work, which he was then composing, and which was looked for with general impatience: it, however, did not appear till 1776. It was entitled “First Lines of the Practice of Physic.” Its circulation through Europe was both rapid and extensive. It became exceedingly popular, and not only raised his reputation very high, but enriched him considerably, as it is said to have produced upwards of three thousand pounds sterling. About a year before his death he published “A Treatise on the Materia Medica,” in two volumes quarto. The high respect in which the genius and character of the venerable Professor were held by the patrons, professors, and students of the University of Edinburgh, as also by societies in Ireland and America, will appear from the following addresses and resolutions :- “On the 8th January 1790, the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of Edinburgh voted a piece of plate, of fifty guineas value, to Dr. Cullen, as a testimony of their respect for his distinguished merits and abilities, and his eminent services to the University, during the period of thirtgfour years in which he has held an acadeniical chair. On the plate was engraved an inscription expressive of the high sense the Magistrates, as patrons of the University, had of the merit of the Professor, and of their esteem and regard.” “.A meeting of the pupils of Dr. Cullen was held on the 12th in the Medical Hall, when an address to the Doctor was agreed upon, and ordered to be presented by the following gentlemen :-Dr. Jackman, Mr. Gagahan, and Mr. Gray, annual presidents of the Medical Society ; Dr. Black, Dr. Gregory, Dr. Duncan, Mr. Alexander Wood, Ivk Benjamin Bell, Dr. James Hamilton, and Dr. Charles Stuart. A motion was also made, and unanimously agreed to, that 8 statue, or some durable monument of the Doctor, should be erected in a proper place, to perpetuate the fame of the illustrious Professor. The execution of this, and of all necessary measures for the purpose, was also committed to the above gentlemen. The gentlemen of the deputation were very politely received by the Doctor’s sons, Robert (afterwards Lord Cullen), and Dr. Henry Cullen (Dr. Cullen himself being much indisposed), and a suitable an8wer returned.” “The Royal Physical Society presented an address to Dr. Cullen. ... SKETCHES. 255 Dr. Cullen chose the Practice; and upon the 17th of the same month he was duly ...

Book 8  p. 358
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MUSSELBURGH. 125 plishment conducts to Carberry Hill, ever memorable as the place where the beauteous Mary, after her unhappy marriage with Bothwell, surrendered herself into the hands of the confederate lords, wlience she was conveyed to Edinburgh, amid the taunts and reproaches of the populace, giving vent to her deep grief and despair in blinding tears and bitter lamentations ; while to the north again, and down near the shore to the distance of a mile or twa, is the scene of the battle between the half-armed Highlanders of Prince Charles and the thoroughly equipped forces of Sir John Cope, and where the latter suffered such a complete and disgraceful overthrow, numbering among the slain on the occasion one daring and distinguished officer, 'the good and the gallant Gardiner,' who, 'disdaining to save his life at the expense of his honour,' fell, fighting bravely on foot, pierced by shot and covered with wounds, in sight of his own threshold. Musselburgh of late years does not seem to have .undergone much change. It presents very nearly the same appearance that it did when Charles Stuart, passing through it on his march southward, bowed to the ladies who surveyed him from their windows, bending to the young and beautiful among them till his hair even mingled with the mane of his charger. Here and there indeed a dwelling of a more spacious and imposing kind has been erected in the principal thoroughfare; and in the outskirts or suburbs, villas and mansions of a very ornate and handsome style, beautified with tree and shrubbery and flow-er-plot, the abodes of wealth and luxury, with a fine row of neat, comfortable, picturesque cottages, running parallel with the west bank of the river, the happy homes of fortunate merchants or retired seacaptains, have recently sprung up. With all this, however, Musselburgh for centuries has altered but little. We feel, as we saunter through it, from the unevenness or irregularity of its architecture, as well as from the many blind closes, and narrow and divergent lanes and alleys, that it is a place of great antiquity. Still, Musselburgh is a clean, tidy, .interesting town ; finely situated, surrounded with scenery for richness, variety, and extent rarely surpassed ; and connected with historic incident of a national character and importance, which stirs the blood and fires the heart of every leal-souled Scotsman. Randolph, thenoble brother of the royal Bruce, lived and died here ; here Dugald Stewart, the genial gentleman and learned sage, thought out his ' Philosophical Essays' and prepared 'them for the press ; Dr. Carlyl?, the Jupite~ Tomm of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland-a brave old soul in many ways, of a half-Christian half-pagan type-here preached a sort of moral essays, made bad puns, and entertained at his hospitable table all the wit, the learning, ... 125 plishment conducts to Carberry Hill, ever memorable as the place where the beauteous Mary, after ...

Book 11  p. 180
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Canongate] SIR ARCRIBALD ACHESON. 27 polished ashlar, with sculptured dormer windows, dine stringcourses, and other architectural details of :the period. The heavily moulded doorway, which measures only three feet by six, is surmounted by &he date 1633, and a huge monogram including the initials of himself and his wife Dame Margaret Hamilton. Over all is a cock on a trumpet and scroll, with the motto Yzgilantibzls. He had been a puisne judge in Ireland, and was first knighted by Charles I., for suggesting the measure of issuing out a commission under the great seal for the sltr- If Hawthornden and of Sir William Alexander Earl of Stirling. A succession of narrow and obscure alleys ollows till we come to the Horse Wynd, on the LINTEL ABOVE THE DOOR OF SIR A. ACHESON?S HOWL east side of which lay the royal stables at the time of Darnley?s murder. In this street, on the site of a school-house? &c., built by the Duchess of Gordon for the inhabitants of the Sanctuary, stood an old tenement, in one of the rooms on the first floor of which the first rehearsal of Home?s ?? Douglas ? took place, and in which the reverend author was assisted by several eminent lay and clerical friends, among whom were Robertson and Hume the historians, Dr. Carlyle of Inveresk and the author taking the leading male parts in the cast, while the ladies were represented by the Rev. Dr. Blab and Professor Fergusson. A dinner followed in the Erskine Club at the Abbey, when they were joined by the Lords Elibank, Kames, Milton, and Monboddo. To the south of this house was the town mansion of Francis Scott Lord Napier, who inherited that barony at the demise of his grandmother, Lady Napier, in 1706,and assumed the name of Napier, and died at a great old age in 1773. At its southern end the wynd was closed by an arched gate in the long wall, which ran from the Cowgate Port to the south side of the Abbey Close. CHAPTER V. THE CANONGATE (continued). ?Separate or Detached Edifices therein-Sir Walter Scott in the CanongattThe Parish C%urch-How it came to be built-Its Official Position --Its Burying Ground-The Grave of Ferguuon-Monument to Soldiers interred there-Ecceotric Henry Prentice-The Tolhth- Testimony as to its Age-Its later uses-Magdalene Asylum-Linen Hall-Moray House-Its Historical Associations-The Winton House -Whiteford House-The Dark Story of Queensbemy House. THE advancing exigencies of the age and the of the court suburb, but there still remain some necessity for increased space and modern sanitary ? to which belong many historical and literary improvements have made strange havoc among the I associations of an interesting nature. Scott was ald alleys and mansions of the great central street ~ never weary of lingering among them, and recalling ... SIR ARCRIBALD ACHESON. 27 polished ashlar, with sculptured dormer windows, dine stringcourses, and ...

Book 3  p. 27
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