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attempt was made to have the royaltj. extended
over all the southern suburbs of Edinburgh; but,
as that was strenuously opposed, they were afterwards,
by an Act of George 111. in 1771, divided
into eight distrkts in the following manner :-
I. The road leading from Bristo Street westward
by Teviot Row and Lauriston, ?? to the Twopenny
Custom? (in Old Toll Cross), to be called the district
of Lauriston.
been inscribed. Figures of two of these-Mozart
and Beethoven-have been already painted by
a Munich artist, and it is understood to be Sir
Herbert?s hope that the remaining eight will be
added.
Towards the middle of the eighteenth century an
with other thoroughfares leading into it, to be
George Square district.
IV. Nicolson Park, including the crossways
intersecting it, from the Chapel Street to the
Pleasance, and the street along the back of the
City Wall from Potterrow to Pleasance, to be
Nicolson Park district.
V. The Cross Causeway, from the south end of
the Potterrow to the east end of the said cause-
11. The streets of Bristo and Potterrow, from
their two ports to where they join (near the
General?s Entry), and the cross streets between
them, to be the district of Bristo and Potterrow.
111. George Square, with Charles and Crichton
Streets (exclusive of the corner house of the latter),
