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?745.1 THE CLAN REGIMENTS. 327
venerable Market Cross, with the heralds, pursuivants,
and the magistrates (many most unwillingly)
in their robes, while Mr. David Beath
proclaimed ? James VIII., King of Scotland,
England, France, and Ireland,? in the usual old
form, and read the Commission of Regency, dated
1743, with the manifesto of the Prince, dated at
Paris, May 16th, 1745. A number of ladies on
horseback, with swords drawn, acted as a guard of
honour. ? A great multitude of sympathising
spectators was present at the ceremony, and
testified their satisfaction by cordial cheers. In
the evening the long-deserted apartments of
Holyrood were enlivened by a ball, at which the
Jacobite ladies were charmed with the elegant
manners and vivacity of the youthful aspirant to
the throne.??
On the
following day Lord Nairne came in with the Atliol
Highlanders; old Lord Kellie came in with only
an aged serving man ; the Grants of Glenmomston,
250 strong, marched in on the morning of the
zoth, but the main body of the clan stood aloof,
though Lord Balmerino and m a y other noble
and disinherited gentlemen (who came almost unattended)
joined the standard.
The Highlanders remained within their camp,
or when in the city behaved themselves with the
utmost order and decorum; no outrages occurred,
and no brawls of any kind ensued ; meanwhile, the
garrison remained close within the Castle, and till
after the battle of Preston Pans, no collision took
place between them and the troops.
Their quiet, orderly, and admirable conduct
formed a marked difference between them and
most of the merciless ruffians, who, under Hawley,
Huske, and Ctmberland, disgraced the British
uniform; for the little army of Charles Edward
vas as orderly as it was brave, and organised in a
fashion of its own-the discipline of the modem
system being added easily to the principle of clanship,
and the whole-then only 3,000-were now
completely equipped with the arms found in the
city. The pay of a captain was 2s. 6d. daily; of
a lieutenant, 2s. ; ensign, IS. 6d. ; of a private, 6d.
In the clan regiments every company had a double
set of officers. The Leine chrios (shirt of mail) or
chosen men, were in the centre of each battalion,
to defend the chief and colours. The front rank,
when in line, consisted of the best blood of the
clan and the best armed-particularly those who
had targets. All these received IS. daily while the
Prince?s money lasted.
The battle of Preston Pans is apart from the
history _ . - of Edinburgh; . but there, on the 20th Sep
But few took up arms in his cause.
:ember, the Highlanders, suffering under innumerrble
disadvantages, gained a signal victory, in a
?ew minutes, over a well-disciplined and veteran
rrmy, sweeping it from the field in irretrievable
:onfusion. The cavalry escaped by the speed
if their horses, but all the infantry were killed
)r taken, with their colours, cannon, baggage,
Irums, and military chest containing L6,ooo.
Zharles, who, the night before the victory, slept
.n a little house still shown at Duddingston, bore
lis conquest with great moderation and modesty,
:ven proposing to put the wounded-among whom
vas the Master of Torphichen, suffering from
wenty sword wounds, of which he died-in Holy-
:ood, but the Royal Infirmary was preferred, as the
?alace was required for the purposes ,of royalty.
On the zrst, preceded by IOO pipers playing
:?The king shall enjoy his own again,? the prisoners,
to the number of 1,500, of whom 80 were
Dfficers, were marched through Edinburgh (prior
:o their committal to Logierait and the Castle
If Doune), together with the baggage train, which
nad been taken by the Camerons, and the colours
if the 13th and 14th Light Dragoons, the 6th, 44th,
+6th, 47th, and Loudon?s Corps. The Prince had
the good taste not to accompany this triumphal
procession. The officers were for a time placed
in Queensberry House in the Canongate.
Curiously enough, Sir John Cope?s cannon were
all captured on a tramway, or line of wooden rails,
the first of the kind known in Europe, and belonging
to some coal-pits in the vicinity of the field.
The pusillanimity of the regulars was very sinylar,
but none more so than that of a party of
light dragoons commanded by Major Caulfield,
who fled from the field to the Castle of Edinburgh,
1 distance of ten miles, permitting themselves to
be pursued by a single horseman, Colquhoun Grant
of Burnside-a little property near Castle Grantwho,
in the battle, at the head of twenty-eight
Highlanders, captured two pieces of cannon. He
pursued the fugitives to the very gates of the
Castle, which received them, and were closed at
his approach. After this he leisurely rode down
the street, and,?aRer being measured for a tartan
suit in the Luckenbooths, left the city by the
Nether Bow-his resolute aspect, ?? bloody sword,
and blood-stained habiliments ? striking terror into
all who thought of opposing him. Grant was selected
as one of the Prince?s Life Guards, under Lord
Elcho. The dress of these Guards was blue faced
with red, and scarlet waistcoats laced with gold ;
the horse-fumiture the same. He lived long after
these events as a Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh,
where he died in 1792. _. He resided in Gavinloch?s

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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.”

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Colinton.1 VIEW FROM THE PENTLANDS. 325
opposite coast of Fife.? But the distant views of
Edinburgh are all splendid alike.
The northern slopes of these mountains command
a clear view of one of the grandest and most
varied landscapes in Scotland.
? The ndiiiberless villas in the vicinity of Edinof
hills and elevated situations, useful as well
as ornamental-protecting, not injuring, cultivation.
. . . The expanse of the Forth, which
forms the northern boundary, adds highly to
the natural beauty of the scene; and the capital,
situated upon an eminence, adjoining an exten-
MAP OF THE ENYIWVNS OF EDINBURGH.
burgh and gentlemen?s seats all over the country
are seen, beautiful and distinct, each amidst its own
plantations,? says a writer so far back as 1792, since
which date great improvements have taken place.
?I These add still more to the embellishment of the
scene from the manner in which they are disposed ;
not in extended and thick plantations, which turn
a country into a forest, and throw a gloom upon
the prospect, but in clear and diversified lines, in
clunips and hedgerows, or waving on the brows
sive plain, rises proudly to the view and gives
a dignity to the whole. Descending from the
hills to the low country, the surface which had
the appearance of a uniform plain undergoes a
change remarkable to the eye. The fields are
laid out in various directions according to the
nature of the ground, which is unequal, irregular,
and inclined to every point of the compass. The
most part, however, lies upon a gentle slope, either
to the north or to the south, in banks which are

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 39 1
tion of an impartial and unbiassed guardian of public opinion. ‘( He is a Scotsmn,”
says a Cockney writer, “without one particle of hypocrisy, of cant, or
servility, or selfishness in his composition [I I] He has not been spoiled by
fortune-has not been tempted by power-is firm without violence, friendly
without weakness-a critic and even-tempered-a casuist and an honest man ;
and, amidst the toils of his profession, and the distractions of the world, retains
the gaiety, the unpretending carelessness and simplicity of youth.”
The strictures of the Review, however, were in many instances too severe,
or too honest and candid, to be palatable. Moore was provoked to demand
the (‘ satisfaction of a gentleman ;”l and Byron, smarting under the castigation
inflicted on his (‘ Hours of Idleness,” produced the well-known tirade entitled
“English Bards and Scots Reviewers ;” while, among the many pasquinade5 by
offended authors of less degree, the following epigramic description of the
Editor has no little merit :-
“ Witty as Horatius Flaccus ;
As great a democrat as Gracchus ;
As short, but not so fat m Bwchus-
Here rides Jeffrey on his Jack-nss/”’
Sir Walter Scott was at the outset a contributor to the Review, but he
gradually became estranged on account of its politics. In 1809 he was among
the first to lend his aid in establishing the London Quurterly, a journal of
avowed Conservative principles ; and, though still continuing friendly with
Jeftrey, their intimacy was on more than one occasion disturbed by the critical
remarks of the latter.
The bitterness of offended authorship however, in as far as regards Lord
Jeffrey, became a thing of the past, Byron read his recantation-Moore became
“On Monday morning, August 11 (1806) two gentlemen met at Chalk Farm, near London,
with an intention to fight a duel, when they were immediately seized by three Bow Street officers, .
disarmed, and carried before Justice Read, at the Police Office, who admitted them to bail to keep
the peace, themselves in 2400 each, and two sureties in $200 each. The parties were, Francis
Jeffrey, Esq., advocate, of Edinburgh, and Thomas Moore, Esq., known by the appellation of
Anacreon Moore.” The cause of this meeting originated in a critique of the “Epistles, Odes, and
other Poems,” by Thomas Moore ; in which the Reviewer commented with much severity on the
corrupt tendency of the author’s writings. ’ “ There is nothing, it will be allowed, more indefensible,”
says the article, “than a cold-blooded attempt to corrupt the purity of an innocent heart ; and we
can scarcely conceive any being more truly despicable than he who, without the apology of unruly
passion, or tumultuous deaires, sits down to ransack the impure place of his memory for inflammatory
images and expressions, and commits them laboriously to writing, for the purpose of insinuating
pollution into the minds of unknown and unsuspecting readers. It seems to be hi (Nr. Moore’s)
aim, to impose corruption upon his readers, by conceding it under the mask of refinement. It is
doubly necessary to put the law in force against this deZinquent, ainca he has not only indicated a
disposition to do mischief, but seems unfortunately to have found an opportunity. * * Such
are the demerits of ‘this work, that we wish to see it consigned to universal reprobation.” Mr.
Moore, greatly offended, sought the author of the article, and Nr. Jeffrey, then in London, came
forward boldly, and avowed himself the writer.
The lines are attributed to the Rev.
Sydney Smith ; and were suggested, it is said, from the circumstaucea of Mr. Jeffrey having been
found on one occasion, greatly to the amusement of his friend’s children, actually mounted on the
back of one of that much vilified race of animals-a donkey.
.
3 By the jack-ess is meant the Edinburgh Review.

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200 MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH.
alone, but even, it is said, the honest discharge of commercial obligations.’ For forty
years Mr Creech carried on the most extensive publishing concern in Scotland, and during
the whole of this long period nearly all the valuable literary productions of the time
passed through his hands. He published the writings of the celebrated judge and
philosopher, Lord Kames, who appears to have regarded him with friendship and esteem.
He was also the publisher of the works of Drs Blair, Beattie, Campbell (the opponent of
Hume), Cullen, Gregory, Adam Smith, Henry Mackenzie (the Man of Feeling), Lord
Woodhouselee, Dugald Stewart, and Burns, besides many others of inferior note ; all of
whom resorted to the old land in the Luckenbooths, or to the more select assemblies that
frequently took place at his breakfast table, designated by the wits Creech‘s levees. The
old bibliopolist is the subject of Burns’ amusing poem, “ Willie’s amz,’’ written on the
occasion of a long visit he paid to London in 1787, and forwarded to him by the poet at
the time. One or two of its stanzas are very lively and characteristic :-
0 Willie was a witty wight,
And had 0’ things an uuco slight ;
Auld Reekie aye he keepit tight,
And trig and braw ;
But now they ’11 busk her like a fright,
Willie ‘s awa,.
Nae mair we see his levee door,
Philosophers and poets pour,
And toothy critics by the score
The adjutant of a’ the core,
In bloody raw ;
Willie ’a awa.
From the same classic haunt the Mirror and Lounger were originally issued, the appearance
of which formed a new era in the literature of Edinburgh. The first paper of the
Mirror appeared on Saturday, 23d January 1779, aud created quite a sensation among the
blue-stocking coteries of the capital, The succeeding numbers were delivered at Mr Creech’s
shop every Wednesday and Saturday, and afforded a general source of interest and literary
amusement. Mr Mackenzie was the conductor and principal writer, but the chief contributors
latterly formed themselves into the ‘‘ Mirror Club,” which consisted of Henry
Mackenzie, Lord Craig, Lord Abercromby, Lord Bannatyne, Lord Cullen, George Home
of Wedderburn, William Gordon of Newhall, and George Ogilvie, advocates.’ Mr
Creech, like his predecessor, bore his share in the civic government, and twice filled
the office of Lord Provost. His reputation is still preserved by his “ Fugitive Pieces,” a
work of considerable local celebrity, although affording a very imperfect idea of the wit
Some curious illustrations, both of the wit and penuriousness of this old city bookseller, will be found scattered
through the pages of “ Ray’s Portraits.” ’ Lord Craig, then an advocate, was the originator, and, next to Mackenzie, the greatest contributor to the Mimr. The
Club previously existed under the name of the Tabernacle, but assumed that which had been adopted for their periodical,
The namea of the writers were carefully concealed, and in order to avoid observation, the Club held its weekly meetings
in no fixed place. ‘‘ Sometimes in Clerihugh’s, in Writer‘s Court, sometimes in Somer’s, opposite the Guard House,
in the High Street, sometimea in Stewart’s Oyster House, in the Old Fishmarket Close,” &c., when one of the most
interesting occupations of the evening was the examination of the contents of the Contributors’ box, which stood open
for all correspondents, at Yr Creech’s door.--Vide Scot. Biog. Dictionary,-Article “ Craig.”

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62 EDINBURGH PAST AND PRESENT.
The great east window has been allocated to the Right Hon. the Lord Provost,
Sir James Falshaw, Bart. The design, which is expected to be placed in the
Church within a year from the present time, will be the gift of his Lordship
to the city, We give an Engraving of the upper hall of the Signet Library,
and also of the great hall in the Parliament House.
Proceeding southward, by George IV. Bridge and Forrest Road, to the
northern approach to the Meadows, we notice on the right the New Royal
Infirmary-of which there is an Engraving at page 48-a noble building
still in course of erection; the foundation-stone was laid by His Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales on 13th October 1870. The ground to the
left, now occupied by Park Place and Teviot Row, is that on which the New
University Buildings are to be erected. Park Place, of which an engraving is
given, has an interesting history. Just a hundred years ago, Islay Campbell
of Succoth, Lord Advocate of Scotland, and his friend John Tait of Harviestoun
and Cumloden, W.S., being desirous to emerge from their more primitive
dwellings, resolved to feu and build in a beautiful park, situated immediately
to the east of h e north end of the middle walk of the Meadows, of which
the more southern part was formed on a causeway through the partially
drained waters of the South bch, afterwards forming the Meadows.
On the most northern portion, the Lord Advocate erected No. I Park
Place, a large mansion, having an extensive garden behind. Immediately
to the south, and adjoining that of his friend, Mr. Tait built No. 2, another
large house with garden attached ; a few years later, Mr. Honyman, Advocate;
established himself in No. 3, and not long afterwatds, Mr. Hope Vere of
Craigie Hall took possession of what was to be No. 4, thus completing the
joint erection. ‘Park Flace’ was fixed on as the name of this private street,
which with its gardens and pertinents covered a surface of several acres.
‘ Ross House,’ which became the residence of the Commander-inchief in
Scotland, stood in its park directly to the emf of the Park Place houses j and
the large houses on the north and east sides of GEORGES QUARE,be ing then
in course of erection, the locality became the most coveted and aristocratic of
that day. Visitors, levees, dinners, evening parties, balls, were unceasing ;
and every one of the four houses possessing large families of children, the
small private street then teemed with life. The intimacy among the inhabitants
being so great, those-of Park Place, from their stable lane, allowed a
passage for pedestrians towards the north-west corner of George Spare. Islay
Campbell soon afterwards became Lord President of the Court of Session,
which he continued to be for twenty years, and on his resignation he was

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 101
Mr. Dundas had now obtained a high reputation as a statesman ; and from
his knowledge of public business, and intimate acquaintance with the condition of
the country, was considered so desirable an auxiliary by those in power, that no
change of Ministry seriously interfered with his advancement, every new
Administration being equally anxious with its predecessors to secure his services.
Thus, on the promotion of Lord Shelburne to the premiership, (1782), Mr.
Dundas was appointed Treasurer of the Navy. This situation, however, he
resigned on the formation of the celebrated Coalition Administration. He was
again restored to office by Mr. Pitt, of whom he was latterly one of the steadiest
and ablest supporters. .
During this interval, Mr. Dundas had rendered himself remarkable in
Parliament for his intimate acquaintance with the affairs of India, and was twice
elected chairman of committees appointed for the purpose of legislating for
this immense territory. But it was as Treasurer of the Navy that Mr. Dundas’s
services were of the greatest benefit to his country. In this department he
effected a total reformation; substituting order and economy for perplexity and
profusion-securing greater promptitude in the payment of the seamen’s wages
-carrying through Parliament various measures calculated to improve their
condition and to increase their comforts-and removing a fruitful source of
fraud against the families of sailors, by procuring an act for preventing the
successful use of forged instruments. He it was, also, who introduced the bill
which empowers seamen to make over their half-pay to their wives and families.
Such were some of the benevolent and judicious improvements which Mr.
Dundas introduced. He held the office of Treasurer of the Navy till 1800.
In the Session of 1784, hlr. Dundas introduced a bill for restoring the estates
forfeited on account of the Rebellion of 1745-a measure not less remarkable
for its policy than for its liberal and generous spirit.
In 1791, Mr. Dundas was appointed Principal Secretary of State for the
Home Department, having been previously nominated President of the Board
of Control.
Amongst the public measures that originated with Mr. Dundas about this
period of his career, was the formation of the Fencible regiments, the
Supplementary Militia, the Volunteer Corps, and the Provisional Cavalry.
With him also originated the improved system of distributing the army throughout
the country in barracks and garrisons. The singular ability and judgment
which marked Mr. Dundas’s superintendence on military affairs, suggested the
propriety of appointing him Secretary of State for the War Department, and
he was nominated to this office accordingly in the year 1794. In 1800 he
was appointed Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland, and his son succeeded him
as Keeper of the Signet. He held the offices of Secretary of State, and President
of the Board of Control, till his resignation along with Mr. Pitt in 1801.
While in the House of Commons, Mr. Dundas represented first the county,
and afterwards the city of Edinburgh. For the former he sat from 1774 till
1787, and for the latter from 1787 till 1802, when he was elevated to the

... SKETCHES. 101 Mr. Dundas had now obtained a high reputation as a statesman ; and from his knowledge ...

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 83
The reputation of Mr. Baine as a preacher soon spread far beyond the
retired scene to which his pulpit ministrations were confined. Being somewhat
remarkable for the musical sweetness of his voice, he was honoured by his
people with the characteristic epithet of the “Swan of the West.” In 1756
he was presented to the High Church of Paisley, then a new erection. Upon
the arduous duties of his important charge he entered in the month of April,
with a high degree of popularity ; and throughout the period of his ministration
in that town, continued to be greatly esteemed by a large and affectionate
congregation, as an eloquent preacher, and an able and sound divine. His personal
appearance in the vigour of life was prepossessing-his manner in the
pulpit, and his powers of elocution, were peculiarly attractive ; and, though he
had the celebrated Dr. Witherspoon for his colleague, who was considered one
of the most able clergymen of his day, his church was commonly crowded t,o
excess.l
When minister of the parish of Killearn, Mr. Baine was intimate with many
of the most distinguished clergymen in the Church, and was regarded, particularly
by his co-presbyters, as a young man possessed of much personal piety
and ministerial zeal and fidelity. 80 early as 1745,‘his name is mentioned with
particular honour, as having been warmly engaged amongst his parishioners in
From the perusal of a volume of his sermons, which he published in 1777, during the period of
his ministry in Edinburgh, we have heen led to consider him, in point of arrangement and composition,
superior to many of his contemporaries. In this volume is to be found a judicious discourse on
the subject of the Pastoral Care, which he delivered in the Low Church of Paisley at the admission
of his colleague, in June 1757.
Dr. Witherspoon, the colleague of Mr. Baine, was a man greatly distinguished in his day for his
litemry acquirements, and as a preacher and theological writer. He was the son of a clergyman,
minister of the parish of Yester, in the Presbytery of Haddmgton ; born in 1721, and educated in
the University of Edinburgh. In early life he became a licentiate of the Scottish Establishment, and
was soou afterwards presented to the parish of Beith, in Ayrshire. Being a young man of an ardent,
enterprising, and patriotic mind, on January 17, 1746, he appeared at the battle of Falkirk with a
party of volunteer militia belonging to his parish ; and, on that unfortunate occasion, when the royal
army suffered great loss, he was taken prisoner by the rebels. Along with Mr. Home, author of the
“Tragedy of Douglas,” and othen, he was confined in the Castle of Doune, near Stirling, from which he
and his fellow-prisoners, after having suffered some severe privations, made an adventurous and hairbreadth
escape. In June 1757 he was translated from the parish of Beith to the Low Church of
Paisley, in which charge he continued eleven years.
From an early period of his ministry, Dr. Witherspoon was known to his contemporaries as a
clergyman particularly versant in the knowledge of the constitutional polity of the Church of Scotland.
Like his colleague Mr. Baine, he was keenly opposed to what he considered the tyrannical measures
of the moderate, and at that time the dominant, party of the Church, and became one of their ablest
opponents by the publication of his “ Eccldastical Characteristics, or the Arcana of Church Polity,”
and the grave “Apology ” he afterwards published for that ingenious performance. Having published
in London three volumes of his sermons and essays in 1764, the fame of his talents 89 a
theological writer not only spread over Britain, but extended across the Atlantic to the British Colonies.
In consequence of the reputation he had acquired, he was repeatedly solicited by the Trustees of Nassau
Hall College, Princetown, New Jersey, the Presidency of which had become vacant, to accept of that
office.
Upon the arrival of Dr. Withenpoon in America he was cordially received by the Trustees, and for a
number of years afterwards directed the attention of his sagacious and reflecting mind in originating
and maturing various educational improvements in that seminary, over which so many eminent men
He waa at last induced to consent, and left his charge in Paisley, May 1768.

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212 MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH.
On the south side of the Parliament Close, near to John’s Coffeehouse, was the banking-
house established by Sir William Forbes, the well-known author of the “ Life of Dr
Beattie,” as well as of other works, and one of the most benevolent and public-spirited
citizens of whom Edinburgh ever had to boast. Though descended from the ancient
Lords Pitsligo, attainted for their fidelity to the Stuarts, he commenced life as an
apprentice with the noted bankers, Messrs Coutts, and on their final establishment in
London, he founded the banking company so long known by his name.’ So successful
was he in life, that he accomplished his long-cherished purpose of recovering the
attainted estates of the Barony of Pitsligo, which are now possessed by his descendants.
Adjoining the banking-house of this eminent citizen, Kay, the ingenious delineator of
the (‘ Edinburgh Characters,” kept the small print-shop
where he vended his portraits and caricatures during nearly
the whole of his career as an artist. His windows were
alwaya filled with his newest etching, and formed a centre
of attraction to the numerous loungers of the close,
some of the most noted among whom-both lawyers and
clients-were the frequent subjects of his pencil. An
ancient thoroughfare led from the centre of this range
of buildings to the Cowgate by a broad flight of steps,
latterly called the Back Stairs, of which we furnish a
view, showing the original state of the great south window
of the Parliament Hall. It is occasionally called by
writers of last century the New Stairs, but a passage of
some kind undoubtedly led through the nether kirkyard
to the Cowgate at an early period, affording ready access
from that fashionable suburb, to the collegiate church
of St Giles’s, and the centre of the High Town. For
this the Parliament Stairs were probably substituted
about 1636, and continued from that time to form a convenient
communication between the High Street and
the Cowgate, until their recent demolition to make way for the new Court
Houses.
The booths which disfigured the old cathedral front, forming the north side of the close,
have already been mentioned ; these were almost exclusively occupied by the goldsmiths,
whose hall was attached to the Parliament House, where the lobby of the Signet .Library
now stands. Chambers furnishes in his ‘‘ Traditions’’ an amusing picture of the expectant
rustic bridegroom’s visit to the Parliament Close, on the eve of his marriage, in order to
provide those indispensable household gear, the silver-spunes. On such occasions it was
usual for the goldsmith to adjourn with his customer to John’s Coffeehouse, to receive
the order over a caup of ale or a dram, when the goldsmith was perhaps let into the
whole secret counsels of the rustic, including a history of his courtship,-in return
for which he sought to astonish hii customer with the most recent marvels of city
news. The spunes, however, we rather think, form, according to old-established
,
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J0ppa.l BRUNSTANE HOUSE. I49
side of the streets when the cavalcade was to pass,
and through this flesh and blood corpus (sic), as it
were, all the mind of the city followed, in longdrawn
procession half a mile in length, The
Stone Mason of Cromarfy.? The whole thing was
national, as distinct from popular. To make the
day complete, Nature herself spread over it the
robe of innocency, but, as it were, of dabbled
innocency, snow and thaw together, You saw, of
course, the result of the post-mortem examination,
which showed a brain past responsibility-a temble
example of what mental work caused, even to such
a physical giant as Hugh Miller. The last time I
incredible number of volumes that threw light on
Scottish archzeology, but kindly rendered invaluable
assistance to other workers in the same useful field.
Joppa, a modern village, the name of which does
not appear in Kincaid?s ?Gazetteer of Midlothian ?
in 1787? or his map of 1794, is now incorporated
with Portobello on the east, and a mineral well once
gave it importance to invalids. Near it are salt
works, well known as Joppa Pans. Robert Jamieson,
Professor of Natural History in the University
of Edinburgh, to the chair of which he was a p
pointed in 1804, was long resident in this place, and
he is referred to in the famous ?Chaldee MS.?as dia
PORTOBELLO, 1838. iAflcr W. 8. &oft.)
saw him I felt suspicious that his mind was shaken,
for tottering nervousness in so vast a form (for he
really looked quite colossal) seemed more than
ordinary mauziaise honte, and he complained much
of his broken health? (ciLife and Letters of
Sydney Dobell.?) As has been mentioned in a
previous chapter, he was buried in the Grange
cemetery.
In No. 12, James Street, Portobello, the eminent
antiquary, David Laing, LL.D., who for forty years
acted as librarian to the Signet Library, closed his
long, laborious, and blameless life on the 18th of
October, 1878, in his eighty-sixth year. He formed
oneof the last surviving links between our own
time and literary coteries of sixty years ago. We
have elsewhere referred to him, and to that career
in which he not only edited personally an almost
He was born in Cromarty in 1802.
wise man which had come out of Joppa, where the
ships are ; one that had sojourned in far countries,?
Brunstane Bum, which flows into the Firth at
Magdalene Bridge, forms a kind of boundary in this
quarter, and the bridge takes its name from an
ancient chapel, dedicated to W. Mary Magdalene,
which once stood in the ground of New Hailes,
and which was a subordinate chaplaincy of the
church of St. Michael, at Inveresk, and, with others,
was granted by James VI. to his Chancellor, Lord
Thirlstane, progenitor of the Earls of Lauderdale.
Before quitting this quarter it is impossible to
omit a reference to the great quadrangular oldfashioned
manor-house of Brunstane, which was
sometimes of old called Gilbertoun, and which is
approached by a massive little picturesque bridge,
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The Society of Writers to the Signet requested his lordship to allow his
portrait to be painted for the Society; and the picture, as painted by Mr.
Watson Gordon, in the robes of Justice General, is now hung in the staircase
of the library.
No. CCLIV.
RIGHT HON. CHARLES HOPE,
LIEUT.-COLONEL, COMMANDING THE EDINBURGH VOLUNTEERS.
WHEN the warlike spirit of the country was roused by the menacing attitude
of “haughty Gaul,” no one stepped forward in her defence with greater alacrity
than Lord President Hope, who was then Sheriff of Orkney. He enrolled himself
as one of the First Regiment of Royal Edinburgh Volunteers, and served in
it as a private and Captain of the Left Grenadiers till 1801, when, by the unanimous
recommendation of the corps, he was appointed Lieut.-Colonel. From
that period, with the exception of one year, when the corps was disbanded at
the peace of Amiens in 1802, he continued in command until the regiment was
again disembodied in 18 14. His lordship did much to improve the discipline,
and animate the zeal of. the Volunteers. While he personally set an example
of unweaiied exertion, his speeches on particular occasions, and his correspondence
with the Commander-in-Chief, breathed a patriotism not less pure than
hearty in the common cause. ‘(We did not take up arms to please any minister
or set of ministers,” is his declaration on one occasion, “but to defend our
native land from foreign and domestic enemies.”
On the King’s birthday, 1807, the Volunteers paid a handsome compliment
to their commander, Previous to the grand military parade in honour of his
Majesty, the regiment having been formed into a hollow square, Thomas Martin
Esq., sergeant of grenadiers, in name of the non-commissioned officers and
privates, presented him with a valuable sword, of superb and exquisite workmanship,
as a testimony of their regard for him as an officer and a gentleman ;
and for his great attention in promoting the discipline and welfare of the regiment.
Mr, Martin addressed the Lieut.-Colonel in the following words :-
“ I am deputed to deliver you a sword, as a small mark of the sincere regard and high esteem
entertained for you by your fellow-soldiers of the regiment.
“ It is now upwards of thirteen years since an alarming and eventful crisis gave birth to the
volunteer system. On that occasion this regiment was among the first to step forward in
defence of our King and country. We recollect with pleasure your serving in the ranks ; and,
by your exemplary attention, affording an instructive and impressive lesson of the first duties of
a soldier. When afterwards called, by the unanimous voice of your associates, to command us,
we found your abilities as an officer not less conspicuous than yonr conduct as a private. In
both capacities you have earned the meed dearest to a mind such as yours, the gratitude and
affection of your fellow-citizens.
‘‘ I consider it a happy coincidence, that the first opportunity which has occurred for
presenting this sword should be the birthday of our beloved Sovereign. In putting it into your
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In a Postscript to his Memoirs, which were published two years subsequent
to his decease, his son (the editor) thus describes the latter years of his life :-
Indeed,
from the result of private correspondence, and the casual information I have been able to obtain,
it would but indifferently gratify the reader, were I to record the fortuitous events which clouded
the last few remaining years of the author’s chequered life. His sensibility had been severely
wounded by the contumelious and repulsive behaviour he had experienced from tyrannic
managers, and a series of unpropitious circumstances which attended him through the progress
of his professional career. His spirits were broken, and his powers evidently on the decline,
by a melancholy concomitancy of mental inquietude and bojily suffering, being liable to a
periodical attack of an anasarcical complaint, which advanced from his legs to his thighs, and
eventually brought the vital parts under its influence. Having taken lodgings at the Middleton’s
Head, Saddler’s Wells, for the benefit of his health, on the 22d July 1803, in the sixty-third
year of his age, he supped with Yr. Townsend, of Covent Garden Theatre, and some friends,
apparently in his usual state of health and spirits ; and on the following morning was found
dead in his bed. He was buried at St. James’s Chapel, Pentonville, his funeral being attended
by a few of his relatives and friends.”
“ I have to regret the apparently abrupt conclusion of these dramatic memoirs.
Lee Lewes appeared on the stage for the last time on the 24th of June
previous to his demise ; when, as he stated to the public, “ in consideration of
seven years’ ill health, and consequent embarrassment, the Proprietor of Covent
Garden Theatre had kindly given him authority to announce a Play and
Entertainments.” The
house was filled to overflowing, and he was loudly and repeatedly applauded.
On this occasion he performed Lissardo in the Wonder; and Violante was
enacted by Mrs. Jordan.
‘
This appeal was responded to in a warm manner.
No. CCLVIII.
DR. THONAX HAY,
CITY CHAMBERLAIN,
AND SIR JAMES STIRLING, BART.
DR. *THOMAS HAY, the figure to the left, was City Chamberlain at the
period referred to in the Print (1796); and Sir James Stirling, whom he is
saluting, had for the second time held the office of Lord Provost during the
two years previous. Dr. Hay was the youngest son of Lord Huntington,’ one
of the Senators of the College of Justice. After completing his medical studies,
he commenced the practice of surgery in Edinburgh, which he prosecuted with
much success throughout a long course of years. A member of the Royal
College of Surgeons, he was elected Deacon of the Incorporation in 1784-5 ;
Thomas Hay of Huntington was admitted a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1725. He
was appointed Keeper of the Signet in 1742, and raised to the bench in 1754. On the 4th of February
the following year he wag suddenly taken ill while occupying hia seat on the bench, and died in
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Margate, Deal, and Dover, but lost sight of him altogether j and after eighteen
days’ fruitless search, returned to Edinburgh. But for Brodie’s own imprudence,
impelled apparently by a sort of fatuity frequently evinced by persons similarly
situated, there was every chance of his finally escaping. He remained in
London, it appears, until the 23d March, when he took out his passage in
the name of John Dixon, on board one of the smacks bound for Leith, called
the Endeavmr. After the vessel had gone down the river Thames, Brodie
came on board in a small boat, about twelve o’clock at night, disguised as an
old gentleman in bad health. He was accompanied by two of the owners, who
stopped on board for a short time. On going out to sea, as it no doubt had
been previously arranged, the Endeavour steered for Flushing instead of Leith,
where Brodie was put ashore, and immediately after took a Dutch skiff for
Ostend.
So far so well : but, unfortunately for Brodie, there had been a Mr. Geddes,
tobacconist in Mid-Calder, and his wife, fellow passengers, with whom he frequently
entered into conversation. On parting he had given Geddes three letters
to deliver in Edinburgh-one addressed to his brother-in-law, Matthew Sherr8,
upholsterer ; another to Michael Henderson, Grassmarket ; and the t,hird to
Ann Grant,’ Cant’s Close. These letters, as he might well have expected, were
the means of his discovery. On landing at Leith, Geddes became acquainted
with the circumstances of the robbery, and immediately suspecting that Mr.
John Dixon was no other than Deacon Brodie, he opened the letters, and became
doubly strengthened in his opinion ; but not having made up his mind how to
proceed, Mr. Geddes did not deliver the letters to the authorities till near the
end of May. Even then, however, they were the means of Brodie’s apprehension,
and were afterwards put in evidence against him. Information of the
circumstances was instantly despatched to Sir John Potter, British Consul at
Ostend, in consequence of which Brodie was traced to Amsterdam, where, on
application to Sir James Harris, then Consul, he was apprehended in an alehouse
through the instrumentality of one Daly, an Irishman, on the eve of his departure
to America, and lodged in the Stadthouse. A Mr. Groves, messenger, was
despatched from London on the 1st of July for the prisoner, by whom he was
brought to London ; and from thence to Edinburgh by Mr. Williamson, who
was specially sent up to take charge of him. On the journey from London,
Brodie was in excellent spirits, and told many anecdotes of his sojourn in
Holland.
The trial took place at the High Court of Justiciary, on the 27th August
1788, before Lords Hailes, Eskgrove, Stonefield, and Swinton.’ The Court,
.
’
Brodie’s favourite mistress. She had three children to him.
a The counsel for the Prosecutor were-Ilay Campbell, Esq., Lord Advocate (afterwards Lord
President) ; Robert Dundas, Esq., SolicitorGeneral (aftermrds Lord Chief-Baron) ; William Tait,
Esq., and Jam- Wolfe Murray, Esq. (afterwards Lord Wigletie), Depute-Advocates ; and Mr. Robert
Dundas, Clerk to the Signet.
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ORIGINAL PORTRAITS,
ETC. ,ETC.
No. CLXXI.
MR. JOHN DOWIE,
VINTNER, LIBBERTON’S WND.
“ JOHNNIED OWIE’TSa vern” was a place of old standing, and particularly
celebrated for the excellence of its ale, ‘‘ Nor’ Loch trouts, and Welsh rabbits.”
It was situated in a narrow alley (called Libberton’s Wynd) running between
the Lawnmarket and Cowgate, which has lately been demolished to make way
for George the Fourth Bridge. The tavern, both as to internal and external
appearance, wore an unpromising aspect. The principal room, which looked
to the Wynd, was capable of containing about fourteen persons, but all the
others were so small, that not above six could be stowed into each, and so
dingy and dark that, even in broad day, they had to be lighted up by artiticial
means. Yet, in this unseemly place of entertainment, many of the respectable
citizens, and several remarkable persons of last century, were in the habit of
meeting nightly, and found in it no ordinary degree of social comfort and
amusement. Fergusson the poet was amongst its most early frequenters. Herd,
the collector of Scottish songs-Paton, the antiquary (who has been formerly
noticed)-Cummyng, of the Lyon Office-Hunter of Blackness-Anthony
Woodhead,l solicitor-at-law-George Martin, writer -and many other wellknown
Edinburgh characters,:were its ordinary visitors. Dowie’s Tavern is also
known as having been the favourite resort of Burns during his sojourn of six
months in Edinburgh, where, with Nicol of the High School, and Allan Masterton-
the Willie and Allan of his well-known Bacchanalian song-he held
many a social meeting.
What contributed in no small degree to the popularity of “Johnnie Dowie’s
Anthony on one occasion introduced no less than six French harpluyes-8 into Johnnie’s hrgest
apartment, in order to amuse, as he mid, the company with “ an iwtrumental wncert.’’ We need
scarcely add that the music was of the most overpowering description.
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any goods on hand in their shops, everything had
to be ordered long before it was required ; and it
was always usual for the goldsmith and his customer
to adjourn together to the B ~ j e n Hole, an
ancient baker?s shop, the name of which has proved
a puzzle to local antiquarians, or to John?s Coffee
House, to adjust the order and payment, through
the medium of a dram or a stoup of mellow ale.
But, as time passed on, and the goldsmiths of
Edinburgh became more extensive in their views,
capital, and ambition,
the old booths in the
Parliament Close were
in quick succession
abandoned for ever.
The workshop of
George Heriot existed
in this neighbourhood
till the demolition of
Beth?s Wynd and the adjacent
buildings. There
were three contiguous
small shops, with projecting
wooden superstructures
above them,
that extended in a line,
between the door of the
old Tolbooth and that
of the 1,aigh Councilhouse.
They stood upon
the site of the entrancehall
of the present Signet
Library, and the central
of these three shops was
the booth of the immortal
George Heriot,
the founder of the great
hospital, the goldsmith
to King James VI.-the
good-humoured, honest,
Humble though this booth, after the execution
of ?the bonnie Earl of Gowrie,? when the extravagance
of Anne of Denmark-a devoted patron
of George Heriot -rendered the king?s private
exchequer somewhat impaired, he was not above
paying visits to some of the wealthier citizens in
the Lawnmarket or Parliament Square, and, among.
others, to the royal goldsmith. The latter being.
bred to his father?s business, to which in that age
was usually added the occupation of a banker, was
GEORGE HERIOT?S DRINKING CUP.
(De-d Sy himsew)
and generous ?Jingling Geordie? of the ?? Fortunes
of Nigel.?
It measured only seven feet square ! The back
windows looked into Beth?s Wynd ; and, to show
the value of local tradition, it long appeared that
this booth belonged 10 George Heriot, and it became
a confirmed fact when, on the demolition of
the latter place, his name was found carved above
the door, on the stone lintel. His forge and
bellows, as well as a stone crucible and lid, were
also found on clearing away the ruins, and are now
carefully preserved in the museum of the hospital,
to which they were presented by the late Mr.
Robertson, of the Commercial Bank, a grateful
?? Auld Herioter.?
admitted a member of
the Incorporation of
Goldsniiths on the 28th
May, 1588. In 1597 he
was appointed goldsmith
to Queen Anne, and
soon after to the king.
Several of the accounts
for jewels furnished by
him to the queen are
inserted in Constable?s
? Life of Heriot,? published
in 1822.
It is related that one
day he had been sent
for by the king, whom
he found seated in one
of the rooms at Holyrood,
before a fire composed
of cedar, or some
other perfumed wood,
which cast a pleasant
fragrance around, and
the king mentioned incidentally
that it was
quite as costly as it
was agreeable, ? If your
majesty will visit me at
my booth in the Parliament
Close,? quoth
Heriot, ?I will show you a fire more costly than
that.? ?? Say you so ! ? said the king ; ?? then I
will.?
On doing so, he was surprised to find that Heriot
had only a coal fire of the usual kind.
?Is this, then, your costly fire?? asked the
king.
? Wait, your highness, till I get my fuel,? replied
Heriot, who from an old cabinet or almrie took a
bond for Az,ooo which he had lent to James, and,
laying it on the fire, he asked, laughingly, ?Now,
whether is your majesty?s fire in Holyrood or
mine the most costly ??
? Certainly yours, Master Heriot ! ? replied the
king.

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Leith.] OLD LEITH MEN AND MANNERS. 209
CHAPTER XXII.
LEITH HISTORICAL SURVEY (concluded).
Leith and Edinburgh Peopk in the First Years of the Nineteenth Century-Gorge 1V. Pmkied-His Landing at Leith-Temtory Of the
Town defined-Landing of Mons Meg-Leith during the Old War--The Smacks.
UNLESS it be among the seafaring class, no difference
is perceptible now between the inhabitants of
Edinburgh and Leith ; but it was not so once, when
the towns were more apart, and intercourse less frequent
; differences and distinctions were known
even in the early years of the present century.
A clever and observant writer in 1824 says that,
as refinements and dissimilarities existed then between
the Old and New Town, so did they exist
in the appearance, habits, and characteristics of the
Leith and Edinburgh people.
?? Not such,? he continues, as accidentally
take up their residence there for a sea prospect and
a sea-breeze, but those whose air is Leith air from
their cradles, and who are fixtures in the placemerchants,
traders, and seafaring persons : the
latter class has a peculiarity similar in most maritime
towns; but it is the rich merchants and
traders, together with their wives and daughters,
who are now before us.? (? The Hermit in Edin.??
The man of fortune and pleasure in Edinburgh,
he remarks, views his Leith neighbours as a mere
Cit, though in point of fact he is much less so than
the former. ?The inan of fashion residing in
Edinburgh for a time, for economy or convenience,
and the Scottish nobleman dividing his time betwixt
London, Edinburgh, and his estates, sets
down the Leith merchant as a homespun article.
Again, the would-be dandy of the New Town eyes
him with self-preference, and considers him as his
inferior in point of taste, dress, living, and knowledge
of the beau monde-one who, if young, copies
his dress, aspires at his introduction into the higher
circle, and borrows his fashions ; the former, however,
being always ready to borrow his name or
cash; the first looking respectable on a bill, and
the second not being over plenty with the men of
dress and of idle life in Edinburgh. Both sexes
follow the last London modes, and give an idea
that they are used to town life, high company,
luxuries, late hours, and the manner of living in
polished France.?
All this difference is a thing of the past, and
the observer would be a shrewd one indeed who
detected any difference between the denizen of the
capital and of its seaport.
But the Leith people of the date referred to
Vol. 11.)
.
were, like their predecessors, more of the old
school, and, with their second-class new fashions,
and customs were some time in passing into desuetude,
old habits dying hard there as elsewhere. The
paterfamilias of Leith then despised the extremes
of dress, though his son might affect them, and hn
was more plodding and business-like in bearing
than his Edinburgh neighbour; was alleged to
always keep his hands in his pockets, with an expression
of independence in his face ; while, continues
this writer, in those ?of the Edinburgh
merchants may be read cunning and deep discernment.
Moreover, the number of Leith traders is
limited, and each is known by headmark, whilst
thpse employed in commerce and trade in the
northern capital may be mistaken, and mixed up
with the men of pleasure, the professors, lawyers,
students, and strangers j but an observing eye will
easily mark the difference and the strong characteristic
of each-barring always the man of pleasure,
who is changeful, and often insipid within
and without.?
In 1820 the Edinburgh and Leith Seamen?s
Friendly Society was instituted.
In the same year, when some workmen were
employed in levelling the ground at the south end
of the bridge, then recently placed across the river
at Leith Mills (for the purpose of opening up a
communication between the West Docks and the
foot of Leith Walk), five feet from the surface they
came upon many human skeletons, all of rather unusual
stature, which, from the size of the roots of
the trees above them, must have lain there a very
long time, and no doubt were the remains of some
of those soldiers who had perished in the great
siege during the Regency of Mary of Lorraine.
The proclamation of George IV. as king, after
having been performed at Edinburgh with great
ceremony, was repeated at -the pier and Shore
of Leith on February grd, 1820, by the Sheriff
Clerk and magistrates, accompanied by the heralds,
pursuivants and trumpeters, the style and titles 01
His Majesty being given at great length. At one
o?clock the ship of the Admiral and other vessels
in the Roads, the flags of which had been halF
hoisted, mastheaded them at one p.m, and fired
forty-one guns. They were then half-hoisted till
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I 2 MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH.
perienced the same evils formerly resulting from its exposed position. In 1383,’ we find
King Robert IT. holding his court there, and receiving the ambassador of Charles VI. of
France, with whom he renewed the league entered into with his predecessor; and from
this time so constant an intercourse was maintained between the two courts, that both the
manners of the people and the style of building of the Scottish capital were formed on
the French model-traces of which were abundant in the last century, and are not quite
extinct even in the present day.
The
Scots, under the Earls of Douglas and March, having begun the war with great success,
the Duke of Lancaster, at the head of an army almost innumerable,’’ as Walsingham
styles it, passed the border, and marched straight to Edinburgh, which, however, he spared
from the destruction to which it was devoted, in grateful remembrance of his hospitable
entertainment there, while an exile from the English Court-a kindness the Scots showed
little appreciation of, in the reprisala with which they, as usual, followed him immediately
on his retreat to England. In requitance of this, he returned the following year and laid
the town in ashes.
It was in this incursion that the f i s t edifice of St Giles’s was destroyed; at
this time only a parish church, originally in the patronage of the Bishop of Lindisfarn, from
whom it passed into the hands of the Abbot of Dunfermline. Yet, from the remains of
the original church that were preserved almost to our own day, it would seem to have been
a building of great richness and beauty, in the early Norman style. There is a very scarce
engraving, an impression of which is in the Signet Library, exhibiting a view of a very
beautiful Norman doorway, destroyed about the year 1760, in the same reckless manner as
so many other relics of antiquity have been swept away by our local authorities ; and which
was, without doubt, a portion of the original building that had survived the conflagration
in 1385. The ancient church was, doubtless, on a much smaller scale than now, as suited
to the limits of the town ; thus described by Froissart, in his account of the reception of
De Kenne, the admiral of France, who came to the assistance of Robert 11. at this time :
--(‘Edinburgh, though the kynge kepte there his chefe resydence, and that is Parys in
Scotland; yet it is not like Tourney or Vallenciennes, for in all the towne is not foure
thousande houses ; therefore it behoved these lordes and knyghts to be lodged about in the
villages.” The reception they met with was in keeping with their lodging. We are told
the Scots (-( dyde murmure and grudge, and sayde, Who the devyll hath sent for them?
cannot we mayntayne our warre with Englande well ynoughe without their helpe ? They
understand not us, nor we theym; therefore we cannot speke toguyder. They wyll
annone ryffle, and eat up alle that ever we have in this countrey; and doo us more dispytes
and damages than thoughe the Englysshemen shulde fyght with us ; for thoughe the
Englysshe brinne our houses, we care lytell therefore ; we shall make them agayne chepe
ynough ! ”
In the succeeding reign, at the close of 1390, we again find the ambassadors of Charles
VI. at the Scottish Court, where they were honourably entertained, and witnessed, in the
Castle of Edinburgh, the King’s putting his hand and seal to the treaty of mutual aid and
defence against the English, which had been drawn up in the reign of his father. Shortly
Immediately thereafter, in 1384, the town is found in the hands of the English.
r1385.J
Martial Achievemente, vol. ii. p. 185. Lord Ekrners Froiaeart.

... 2 MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. perienced the same evils formerly resulting from its exposed position. In 1383,’ we ...

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392
I. 344 341, 111. 158; Foote's
attack on Whitefield I. 342
Whiteford, Sir John, I.'106,~82, 11.
35 166 111. 161
White Hart, Leg&d of the. I. 11,22
White Hart Inn, Grassmarket, The
Whit; Hbrx hot& The, I. 99, 11.
Whik Horse Inn, I. 4, 6, 299.303
White House Loan, 111.43, 46,47,
Whihorh HOW 11. U, 35
old I1 234 235 *237
21 22739
W%e iron smith, h e first, :I. 263
"White Rose of Scotland, The,
Wig Club The 111. 124
Wigan dfred 'the actor, I. 351
W i g h u k , h i d Provost, I. 94
Wigmer, John, 11. 278
Wi ton Earl of 11. 270
Wi&er&rce, William, 11. 336
Wilkes the demagogue 111. 157
Wilkie: Sir David, L ;Os, 11. 89,
Wilkieof Foulden 11. 142
w i l l i III., PrAlamation of, I.
62; unpopularity of, 11. 324;
proposed statue to, 111. 123 : announcement
of the death of, I. 201
W i l l i IV. inLeithRoads, 111.198
W i l l i de Dedervk. alderman, 11.
11. 123
po7.337~ 111. 7'
_ .
W:fi7ram the Lion King, 11. 46, 50,
Willram Foular's Close, 11. 241
Williams, the actor, 1. 348
Williamson, David, the ejected
minister 11. 133,111. 67
Williamso~, Peter, the printer, I.
122, 176, 282, 356, 11. 25, 173,
111. 250
Willow Brae The 11.314, 318
Willox, Johi, the Reformer, 11.286
Wilson, Alexander, Provost ofEdin-
339. 111. 94, 174* 327, 335, 346,
347. 361
' burgh, 1. 131, 2x8
OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH.
Wilson, Execution of Alexander, I.
129, 11. 231, 315
Wilson Charles, painter 11. 86
Wilson; Daniel, antiqdian, I. 10,
14, 21, 118, 126, 139, 142, 150,
178, 207, 213, 217, 221, 228, 230,
245, 262, 267, 268, 276,278, Nos,
317. 11. 6, 7, 9, 11, 21, 34, 58,
379, 111. 2. 32, 37, 46, 47,49, 51,
66, 72. 74. 86, 103. 113, 14 130,
131, 213, 214, 217, 221, 223, 226,
230, 232 234 a38 246 257 258
Wilson, david, th; pokcal' shamaker,
I. 230, 11. 25
Wilson; Professor George, 11. 107
Wilson, James (" Ckudero "), 11.
Wilson, Patrick, architect, Ill. 50
Wilson, Prof. John, I. 107, 339, 11.
1277 135, 140, 14Zi '42, 143, 193
223, 111. 68, 126; humother, 11. , 155, 156; anecdotes of the prcfessor,
I I. 200; his love of dogs, i6.
Wilson, Willlam Deputy-Clerk of
Session I. 46 '67 163
Wilsm, Fhhweh's;ervant inDarnley's
murder, I. 263, 111. 4, 6
Windlestrawlee farmstead, 111. 3 9
Wind Mill The 11. 346
Windmill $tree: 11. 333, 346
Windsor Street 'III. 158 159
Windy Coule, $he, 11. ;IS, 314
Wham, Colonel John, I. 62, 63,
WinLm The family of III. 338
Winter A d e n , The, 11: 214, 215
Winton, Earl of, II.34,35. 111. 57
Wishart, George, the martyr, I. w,
III.15a
Wishart George, minister of Leith
andBi;hop of Edinburgh, 11. 14,
111. 254
Wishart, Rev. William, Ill. 219,
101, 116, 135s 1% 2273 2342 2421
250, 2518 253, 2542 258, 327, 3748
250
155, 156, 194, 19s~ !w, 204 =I%
64 65
za
Wishprt of Pittarow, James, 111.
Wi:&raft, Belief in, I. 255,II. 22
111. I&. DW: Demons accused od , ,_.. ~~~ ~ 11. r~z, 223,330,111.339; witch&
burned 11. 181 Ill. 134,155,181
~odrow,' Rev. Gobert, I. 58, 60,
111, 123, 179, 196, 222, 247 287
11- 10, 17, 23, 133, 354, 111. 99:
191, 260
Women, Sumptuary laws against,
I. 198
Wood Lord 11. 174
Wood' Si Andrew, the "Scottish
Ne&n," 111. 199, 200, =I, 202,
204 206 214 267 298
Wood th;his;oriaA 111. 107 108
Wood' oseph, the &tor, 1. 3k
Wood: kr. Alexander, 11. 283,293,
303, 111.131
Woodbine Cottage, Trinity, 111.79
Woodhall 111. 2
Woodhouhe, IIf. 33
Woodhowlee, Lord, I. 156, 230,
11. I ~ , Z I O , 270, zga, 111.33
Woods theactor I. 347
Wood': Farm 11'115 117 182
Wood's Victo;! kall,'II1.'88
Wool trade, Edlnhurgh the Seat of
Wwlmet, near Dalkeith, 111. 134,
Wor ouse The 11. 325
Workhouse: Erekon of St. Cuththe,
11. 264
3 3 ~ 3 6 4 ,
bert's, 11,'135
Works at Neu
teenth century, 1 I I . z ~
World's End Close, I. 281, 282
World's End Pool, Dean village,
W
Ill A"
Wright, the acto;, I. 3i1
Wright, Thomas, 111. 47
Wrightsand masons The 11.264
Wright's-houses, Th;, II.'36, 111.
subposed denkation, 111.3; ; the
lo *32, 3+ *36, 3 9 . its
THE END.
Napiers of, 111.34; laird of, 111.
33 Wrightslands Lord I. 226 111.32~
Writer's Codt, I. :zo, 186: 229
Writers to the Signet, I. * z * ;
libraryofthe I. 123 *1z8, 1%:
186; Society'of the '1. 158 167
built on thesiteof G;orgeHbriot'G
workshop, 1. 175
Wyndham, the theatrical manager,
I. 8, 351, 11. 179, I l l . 95
W n%am, Mrs., the actress, I. 351,
111. 95
Y
Yardheads,The, Leith III.a27,z34
Y y s , Mr. and Mrs.,'I. 343, 344.
3 51
Yelverton Mrs. 111. 307
Yester, Jdmes d r d Hay of, I. 278,
11. 286
Yester, Lady, 1.278,11.286; church
of 11. 28 286 187 *n88, ago, 291,
zd9, IIL'r58 I he:sons 11. 286
York and AlbAy, Duke)of, 1. 79,
1 5 9 ~ 1 h 355, 371,1I.10~3771 111-
57
York Cardinal I. 71, 7z
York'Hotel 11: 230
York Lane '11. 188
York Plac;, 1.366 11. go, 92, 180,
182, I&, 185, 1i6, 187, 188, 190,
199, 328, 111. 158
Young, Charles tragedian, I. 348
Young Si Joh:, l!I. 4
Young: Dr., ph siclan, 91. 17, 18
Young's Land, 11. 159
Younger, the comedian, 11. 24
Yuwn, Andrew, Provost, 11. 278
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Zoologid Gardens, The, 111.88
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306 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
from her servitude by his Excellency the Persian Ambassador, during his residence in that city
on his way to England. Embracing the Mohammedan faith, her creed enjoins her to observe the
strictest privacy ; and on no account to expose her features, or even her figure, to any of the male
sex, excepting to particular individuals by the special permission of her lord or protector. *
“I am constrained to confess that her conntenance is far more lovely and interesting than
really beautiful ; and it is a mistaken notion that the Circassian women are the most celebrated
for beauty of any of the inhabitants in the countries round the Caucasus, as it is the Georgian
women who are entitled to this distinction. To attempt a description of the female in question,
we may say with great truth, that her eyes are black and remarkably fine, adorned with arched
black eyebrows, and fringed with long eyelashes of the same colour ; and her whole countenance
is expressive of peculiar modesty and a becoming a d e n c e , that is very pleasing ; and, joined
with a natural and easy politeness, and a sweetness of disposition, renders her altogether a most
interesting young creature. Her teeth are beautiful, and her mouth good, though her lips are
rather thick than otherwise. Her nose is far from handsome. Her hair is a fine, soft, and
glossg jet, which she arranges in a very tasteful manner, and highly becoming her countenance,
which, indeed, is of no ordinary description, and particularly when enlivened with a smile. Her
complexion is brunette, but by no means of 80 dark a hue as the pictures in the Print-shops
exhibit to the public eye ; yet several ladies have asserted that her skin is very soft and clear,
and that a Mush has been frequently seen to mantle over her cheek. She is rather below the
middle stature, and is considered a remarkably good figure for a Circassian, who by art acquire
a very slender waist, which makes them broader about the shoulders than is pleasing to the eye
of a European, and destroys the contours of proportionable beauty. She appeared to be,:about
twenty years of age, though it is said she has only arrived at eighteen. Her dialect is Turkish,
which indeed is the general language of Persia, particularly in the northern parts ; the pure
Persian being considered as the language of the Court of Tehran. She has, however, some knowledge
of this, as well as of the English tongue. The name by which she is:distinguished is Dill
Arurn, which are two Persian words, signifying hean! and quiet; but the more general and
appropriate application corresponds with the small and favourite flower called “Heart’# Ease.”
The writer then goes on to state that ‘‘ it proves the superiority of Dil2 Amcm.
as much as it bespeaks the noble and generous disposition of Mirza Aboul
Hassan Khan, that he not only released her from vassalage, but faithfully
adopted her as the partner of his bosom.” To his Excellency’s affection and
anxiety for her safety the writer attribntes her departure by sea, and considers
it “particularly honourable to his feelings that he would rather forego the
pleasures of her society,” than subject her to the unavoidable constraints and
fatigues of an overland journey. The vessel engaged for her conveyance was a
new coppered brig, the Lord Exmouth, fitted up in a comfortable manner for the
voyage. The fair Circassian was accompanied by the Ambassador‘s two nephews,
Mirza Abul Tallib, and Abbas Begg (the latter of whom was in England with
his Excellency on the former embassy), and other confidential servants.
“ At eight o’clock on Monday morning, the 30th September, three carriages mere in attendance
in the immediate vicinity of the residence of the Ambassador, in Charles Street, Berkeley
Square ; and shortly after the first coach was occupied by three of the Persians who were to
accompany her to Persia. In the second coach was seated the Circassian lady, with three other
Persians, two of whom were the Ambassador’s nephews, and a Persian attendant mounted the
coach-box. The last coach contained Lieut.-Colonel DArcy, of the Royal Artillery, who was a
resident in Persia for five years, aud commanded the military party of the embassy under Sir
Gore Ouseley ; and who, for his eminent and extensive services in that country, was elevated by
the Shah to the rank of Khan, with the title of Alijah or Honourable, and invested with the
Persian order of the Lion and Sun. He was accompanied by Captain George Willock (who is
attached to the present embassy from Persia, and is brother to the British Charge d’Affaires at
Tehran), and also by Mr. Percy, the Persian accountant, who likewise acts as a confidential
secretary. They proceeded along the principal streets on their way to the Artichole Tavern,

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St. Giles Street] THE DAILY REVIBW: 289
the vehicle for the dissemination of the rich vein
of humour which ran through his character,
His qualities as a writer in a daily journal were
amply displayed during the six years he edited the
Ddy Review, and a melancholy interest attaches
to his connection with that journal, as he literally
?died in harness.? His great reading gave him
genuine mind and culture, was ever and anon made
evident, sometimes with curious solicitude.? When
death came upon Mr. Manson he was only in his
forty-ninth year, and had not been confined by illness
to the house for a single day. After breakfast,
he had seated himself in his study to write a leader
welcoming John Bright to Edinburgh j and the few
*
TRINITY COLLEGE CHURCH (RESTORED).
extensive resources, while his long study of public
matters and knowledge of past political transactions
were remarkable, or equalled only in the parallel
instance of Alexander Russel, of the Scotsman
His tastes were various ; for in classic authors and
in the Scottish vernacuIar he was equally at home.
?He could scourge pretenders, but he loved to
welcome every genline accession to our literary
treasures, and to give a fresh and advantageous
setting to any gFms that might be found in the
volume with which he had to deaL Indeed, amid
the rough strokes of political war, his regard for
any opponent whom he believed to be a man of
31
lines he wrote were penned, as usual, without a
single elision, when Mrs. Manson entering the
room about twelve o?clock, saw him lying back
in his chair, as she supposed asleep-but it was
the sleep of death. This was on the 2nd of November,
1868.
Mr. Manson, who was long regretted by men
of many professions pver the length and breadth
of the kingdom, and by friends who mourned
him as a genial acquaintance, was succeeded by
the late Henry Kingsley, who occupied the editonal
chair for eighteen months, and who was
succeeded in turn by Dr. George Smith, formerly

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140 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [Geage Street.
?( Chaldee Manuscript,? the effect of which upon
the then circle of Edinburgh society can hardly
be realised now ; but this pungent jeu d?esprit, of
which it is scarcely necessary to give any account
here, is still preserved in Volume IV. of the works
of Professor Wilson.
The sensation excited by the new magazine was
kept up by all the successive numbers, though for
some months no one was attacked; but the subjects
discussed were handled in a masterly manner,
and exhibited a variety of talent that could not fail
to influence and command the respect of all ; and
it has been said that the early defects of the magazine
are nowhere better analysed than by the hands 1 of those who did the work-the authors of ? Peter?s
In October, 1817, he brought out the first
number of that celebrated magazine which has
enrolled among its contributors the names of
Wilson, Scott, Henry Mackenzie, J. McCrie,
Brewster, De Quincey, Hamilton (the author of
? Cyril Thornton ?), Aytoun, Alison, Lockhart,
Bulwer, Warren, James Hogg, Dr. Moir, and a
host of others. This periodical had a predecessor,
l l e Edinburgir Monthly Magazine, projected in
April, 18~7, and edited by Thomas Pringle, a
able and interesting papers, contained three
calculated to create curiosity, offence, and excitement.
The first was a fierce assault on Coleridge?s
Biog7aphia Literaria, which was stigmatised as a
? most execrable ? performance, and its author ? a
miserable compound of egotism and nialignity.?
The second was a still more bitter attack on
high Hunt, who was denounced as a ?profligate
creature,? one ?( without reverence for either
God or man.? The third was the famous
highly-esteemed poet and miscellaneous writer, the
son of a farmet in Teviotdale, and this falling into
the hands of new proprietors, became the famous
Blackzeoo&s Magazine.
This was consequently No. VII. of the series,
though the first of Blackamd. (?In the previous
six numbers there had been nothing allowed to
creep in that could possibly offend the most
zealous partisan of the blue and yellow,? says airs.
Gordon, in her ?Life of Professor Wilson.? In
the first Number the Edinburgh Review had been
praised for its moderation, ability, and delicate
taste, and politics were rather eschewed ; but
Number seven ?spoke a different language, and
proclaimed a new and sterner creed,? and among

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 26 1
from the great excitement in the public mind, was crowded to excess at an early
hour. Smith and Brodie only were indicted, the other two having become
“king’s evidence.” The trial commenced at nine o’clock in the morning of
Wednesday, and the jury were inclosed till six o’clock in the morning of the
following day. All the facts we have previously narrated were fully borne out
by the evidence, as well as by the declarations of Smith while in prison. An
attempt was made to prove an alibi on the part of Brodie, by means of Jean
Watt and her maid ; but the jury, ‘‘ all in one voice,” returned a verdict finding
both panels “ guilty.” They were sentenced, therefore, to be executed at the
west end of the Luckenbooths, on Wednesday the 1st October 1785. When
the sentence had been pronounced by the Lord Justice-Clerk, Brodie manifested
a desire to address the Court, but was restrained by his counsel. “His
behaviour during the whole trial was perfectly collected. He was respectful to
the Court ; and when anything ludicrous occurred in the evidence, smiled as if
he had been an indifferent spectator. His conduct on receiving sentence was
equally cool and determined.
During the whole period of Brodie’s confinement his self-possession and
firmness never forsook him. He even at times assumed a Macheath-like boldness
; and, with an air of levity, spoke of his death as a “ leap in the dark.” On
the Friday before his execution he was visited by his daughter, Cecill, about ten
years of age; and here “nature and the feelings of a father were superior to
every other consideration; and the falling tear, which he endeavoured to
suppress, gave proof of his feeling. He embraced her with emotion, and blessed
her with the warmest affection.” Brodie’s manner of living in prison was very
abstemious ; yet his firmness and resolution seemed to increase as the fatal hour
approached-the night previous to which he slept soundly for five or six hours.
On the morning he suffered he conversed familiarly with a select number of his
friends, and wrote a letter to the Lord Provost, requesting, as a last favour,
“ that as his friends, from a point of delicacy, declined witnessing his dissolution,
certain gentlemen (whom he named), might be permitted to attend, and his
body allowed to be carried out of prison immediately upon being taken down,”
-which request was readily granted.
The following account of the execution we give from one of the periodicals
of the day :-
“About a quarter past two the criminals appeared on the platform, preceded by two of the
Magistrates in their robes, with white staves, and attended by the Rev. Mr. Hardy, one of the
ministers of Edinburgh-the Rev. Mr. Cleeve, of the Episcopal persuasion, in their gowns, and the
Hay, Esq. (afterwards Lord Newton) ; Agents, Mr. Robert Donaldson, and Mr. Alexander Paterson,
Writers to the Signet.
For George Smith-John ‘Clerk, Esq. (afterwards Lord Eldin) ; ‘Robert Hamilton, Esq. ; Mr
iEneas Morrison, agent.
The jurymen were-Robert Forrester, banker ; Fbbert Allan, banker ; Henry Jamieson, banker ;
John Hay, banker j William Creech, Bookseller ; George Kinnear, banker ; William Fettes (after
wards Sir William), merchant ; James Carfrae, merchant ; John Milne, founder ; Dunbar Pringle,
tanner ; Thomas Campbell, merchant ; Francis Sharp, merchant ; James Donaldson, printer ; John
Hutton, stationer ; Thomas Cleghorn, coachmaker.
Smith was much affected.”

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72 MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH.
promise of replacing, at some indefinite period, ‘‘ als mony als gud jeistis ” as had been
taken away.l
Materials and money continued equally difficult to be obtained; the master of the
work had again to have recourse for stones to the old building, although the magistrates
were anxious, ifpossible, to preserve it. On the 5th of March 1562, an order appears for
taking the stones of the chapel in the Nether Kirk-yard. This supplies the date of the
utter demolition of Holyrood Chapel, as it was styled, which had most probably been
spoiled and broken down during the tumults of 1559, It stood between the present
Parliament House and the Cowgate; and there, on the 12th of August 1528, Walter
Chepman founded a chaplainry at the altar of Jesus Christ crucified, and endowed it with
his tenement in the Cowgate.’
In the month of April, the Council are threatened with the entire removal of the Courts
to St Andrews, for want of a place of meeting in Edinburgh. This is followed ‘by forced
taxation, borrowing money on the town mills, threats from the builder to give up the
work, (‘ because he had oft and diverse tymes requyrit money, -and could get nane,” and
the like, for some years following, until the magistrates contrived, at length, by some
means or other, to complete the new building to the satisfaction of all parties.
this interval, the Town Council held their own meetings in the Holy-Blood Aisle in St
Giles’s Church, until apartments were provided for them, in the New Tolbooth, which
served alike for the meetings of the Parliament, the Court of Session, and the Magistrates
and Council of the burgh.
The New Tolbooth, thus erected with so much difficulty, was not the famous Heart
of Midlothian, but a more modern building attached to the south-west corner of
St Giles’s Church, part of the site of which is now occupied by the lobby of the Signet
Library.
In February 1561, the Lord James, newly created Earl of Mar, was publicly married
to Lady Agnes Keith, daughter of the Earl Marischal, in St Giles’s Church. They
received an admonition “to behave themselves moderately in all things; ” but this did not
prevent the event being celebrated with such display as gave great offence to the preachers.
A magnificent banquet was given on the occasion, with pageants and masquerades, which
the Queen honoured with her presence. Randolph, the ambassadar of Queen Elizabeth,
was also a guest, and thus writes of it to Cecil :--“At this notable marriage, upon Shrove
Tuesday, at night, sitting among the Lords at supper, in sight of the Queen, she drank
unto the Queen’s Majesty, and sent me the cup of gold, which weigheth eighteen or twenty
ounces.” The preachers denounced, with veh‘emence, the revels and costly banquets on
this occasion, inveighing with peculiar energy against the masking, a practice, as it would
seem, till then unknown in Scotland.’
The reformation of religion continued to be pursued with the utmost zeal. The Queen
still retained the service of the mass in her own private chapel, to the great offence of the
preachers ; but they had succeeded in entirely banishing it from the churches. The arms
and burgh sed of Edinburgh, previous to this period, contained a representation of the
patron saint, St Giles, with his hind; but by an act of the Town Council, dated 24th
During,
1 Council Register, 10th Feb. 1561, &c.
Council Register, Maitland, p. 183.
Maitland, p. 21, 22. Chambers’s Minor Antiquitits, p. 141-0.
Knox’s Hi&, p. 276. Tytler, vol. vi. p. 301.

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craftsmen. Thus we see in the terraced slopes
illustrations of a mode of agriculture pertaining to
times before all written history, when iron had not
yet been forged to wound the virgin soil.?*
In those days the Leith must have been a broader
and a deeper river than now, otherwise the term
? Inverleith,? as its mouth, had never been given to
the land in the immediate vicinity of Stockbridge.
THE ROMAN ROAD, NEAR PORTOBULLO-THE ?? FISHWIVES? CAUSEWAY.?
(From a Draw+ 6y WaZh H. Palm, R.S.A.)
Other relics of the unwritten ages exist nea
Edinburgh in the shape of battle-stones ; but many
have been removed. In the immediate neigh.
hourhood of the city, close to the huge monolith
named the. Camus Stone, were two very large
conical cairns, named Cat (or Cdh) Stones, until
demolished by irreverent utilitarians, who had
found covetable materials in the rude memorial
stones.
Underneath these cairns were cists containing
human skeletons and various weapons of bronze
and iron. Two of the latter material, spear-heads,
are still preserved at Morton Hall. Within the
grounds of that mansion, about half a mile distant
from where the cairns stood, there still stands an
ancient monolith, and two larger masses that are in
its vicinity are not improbably the relics of a ruined
cromlech. ?? Here, perchance, has been the battleground
of ancient chiefs, contending, it may be,
with some fierce invader, whose intruded arts
startle us with evidences of an antiquity vhich
seems primeval. The locality is peculiarly suited
for the purpose. It is within a few miles of the
sea, and enclosed in an amphitheatre of hills ; it is
the highest ground in the immediate neighbourhood,
and the very spot on which the wamors of
a retreating host might be eFpected to make a
stand ere they finally betook themselves to the
adjacent fastnesses of the Pentland Hills.?
t On the eastern slope of the same hill there was found a singular relic
of a later period, which merits special notice from its peculiar characteristics.
It is a bronze matrix, bearing the device of a turbaued head, with
the legend SOLOMONB AR ISArounAd it Cin H ebrew characten j and
by some it has been supposed U, be a talisman or magical signet.
(?Prehist. Ann. Scat.")
The origin of the name ?Edinburgh? has proved
the subject of much discussion. The prenomen
is a very common one in Scotland, and is always
descriptive of the same kind of site-a doye.
Near Lochearnhead is the shoulder of a hill called
Edin-achip, ?? the slope of the repulse,? having
reference to some encounter with the Romans; and
Edin-ample is said to mean ?the slope of the
retreat.? There are upwards of twenty places
having the same descriptive prefix j and besides the
instances just noted, the following examples may
also be cited :-Edincoillie, a ?? slope in the wood,?
in Morayshire ; Edinmore and Edinbeg, in Bute ;
Edindonach, in Argyllshire ; and Edinglassie, in
Aberdeenshire. Nearly every historian of Edinburgh
has had a theory on the subject. Arnot
suggests that the name is derived from Dunea?in,
?the face of a hill ; I? but this would rather signify
the fort of Edin; and that name it bears in
the register of the Priory of St Andrews, in 1107.
Others are fond of asserting that the name was
given to the town or castle by Edwin, a Saxon
prince of the seventh century, who ?repaired
it;? consequently it must have had some name
before his time, and the present form may be a
species of corruption of it, like that of Dryburgh,
from Durrach-brush, ?the bank of the grove
of oaks.?
Another theory, one greatly favoured by Sir
Walter Scott, is that it was the Dinas Eiddyn (the
slaughter of whose people in the sixth century is
lamented by Aneurin, a bard of the Ottadeni); a
place, however, which. Chalmers supposes to be
elsewhere. The subject is a curious one, and

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