New-York daily tribune., 1843-09-27
-L,oh ..onos tbe palace of the Duke of Queens


bnry. Near this is the Canongate Kirk. most
.ntione and grotesaue pile, adjoining which are
thcconrt- rooms and iail Of the Canongate arthef
IN is the residence 6i the ancient Earl OF Moray
erected in 1918: and still farther, as you en'ei
| Hirbpate. stands the house Of JoHH hsoX' rom
me window OF which the ReiorIner used 20 a"-
dress the muti,udes standing ID the streets
| There Is statue Of the great teacher, fuas'Y
srulpturcd. now standing at this winoD"' "e
hnldino is now an 's olaluHn gatheTuHs 10! tlloSe
,rhotrafic in meats vegetables wares oia cot1ef,
heer &c. &c whose showboards oyefiay and
nearly oblterate the following inscription, cut IN
free-store by the Reformer
aLDF God cbors cl. ana your. neitb9u. yo'n sstt
The courts were not in session, but Professor
| TEoMas MURRAY 10 whom the Rev Dr.. SPRAGtrE
rave me a kind letter OF introduction took me
| through the chambers OF the Court OF E1chequeT
the Parliament House, the High Court OF JUS
ticiary, and the Libraries Of the Faculty ol Adro
Gates and OF tie Writers Of the Slgnet flle Al
vocatea Library is second only to that oi the
| British Museum. 1t contains lU0,uoU printed
volumes and 100 volumes III manuscript. Among
! the latter is beautifully written copy OF The b-
! be with Illuminated illustrations, bearing date m
the lih century There IS also an illuminated
manuscript Life Of Christ. There are numerous
(
ten in 1870, from Loeb Levin. Among the
earliest printed volumes, saw : The woIks 9
the famous and worthy Knight, Sir DAVID Lind.
sev.n printed in LXXXII. And 6 The Acts and
Iiie of the most Victorious and Conquerng Robert
Bruce" printed in 1920. The original COVENANT
oi the Church of Scotland, bearing the Signature
/ or - knox.' in strong, bold hand, with those
of the other high contracting parties IS deposited
IN this library.
There is a large collection of American law
books in the library, in gancing over the cata-
Iorue to which, noticed tie works Of Judges
/ MARSHALL. STORY, KENT, REEVE. CoSKLLSG
| CowAS Belts, sc. The enlightened and anna
! bic Lberian lDADID IRVING, L. d. who wortlniy
succeeds such men as DAVID HUME and ADAM
FERGUSON handed me, with evident satisfaction.
an Edinborongh copy of Chancellor hENT's
Lectures upon Commercial Law, OF which ne
spoke in high terms. This most extensive and
valuable library derives It's fund manly from inc
admission fee paid by each advocate on becoming
a member of the Faculty. Strangers, and stu
dents who are attending lectures at Edinburgh
are allowed to visit the library and read the books
without expense, and even without Introduction
Nv friend took me to the desk which SIR
WALTER ScoTr occupied SO long as clerk OF the
court in which one of the noble Judges 4 cant
remember which found himself reading "Oid
Mortality" instead of attending to the argument
OF complicated law question = and where, even
One the Judges OF Circuit Courts 10 whom
the upsoiled emine OF distinguished judicial tater has
descended is devout admer OF Sir Waiter scott,
that no other opportunity for reading hIm affords "cuid
be quite follow the example OF his Ednboro brother.
now. when the court is sitting, the bench and
bar arc constantly interested by recollectlons and
"reminiscences of the bright mental lumlnary
around which they all used to revolvc.
HERRIor's HospITAL takes its name from the
Philanlhropist by whom it was munlhcently en-
dowed, the opulent Jewcllcr of King James VI, |
and the s' lingling Geordie' of the " Fortunes OF
Nigel" HERRIoT, when dying. said: tor the
wealth God has sent me. it shall not want lnherl-
tors while there are Orphan lads IN Aud Reekle..
1t is a splendid edifice, and cost, 1t is sad,
f27, 900. It's generous walls have furnished an
asylum for lo0 orphans, during nearly two hun
dred years who are taught English, Latin, Greek,
Mathematics, &c. &c. Boys are admitted at
from to TO- and leave at a. with Bible and
two suits of clothes Such as 90 apprentices.
receive clio a year and f5 when free. Those
designed for professions are sent to college, and
receive $50 annually for four years. In 1886,
by act of Parliament, the surplus Her1ot Fund
was applied to the establishment of free schools
in the different city parishes, Of which seven,
with more than 20OO children, of both sexes. are
now ENJOYING the blessings of instruction. How
honorably does the conduct OF the Trustees OF
this fund contrast with the pertidious and criminal
waste and squander of the magnificent bequest
of STErnEN GERARD? If the spirit OF FRANLLIN
could revisit earth, how Indignantly would II re-
buke those who have thus robbed the ORPHAN
/ Or if old STEPIeN GERARD could rcnd his cere-
ments. how he would make the wrctches who
have consumed his substance and betrayed his
trust, quake and ,remble
| sought out the site of the old ToLBoorn in.
teresting alike from Its real and its romantic
history 1t stood, until 1917, in the centre Of
what is now the Highstre but no vestige of it
remains. Its paddock aud key, am told, are
preserved IN Sir Walter SCOTS Cabinet Of Strange
Cur:osities at .Abbots;ord.
was attracted into the tap-room OF Publ
can occupying the first 8 flat OF a towering old
mansion, whose health drank out OF respect for
the taste displayed in his sign which represented,
with considerable effect. that exquisite scene IN
the :" Hear, of Md. d.Lothain,o where ' Dumble-
dIkes," cepenting ms refusal to supply Jeanne
Deans" with the means Of Geiraving her expenses
10 London, mounting his willyward poncy, had
oveya>en her, purse IN hand, on the road And
now with my own head and heart as full OF that
incompatible woman the stupid Lard whose
sur1 she rejected, because. rs she informed hlai,
- | Gamma break my word u Reuben Butler,
that's Scudemaster at L!bbcron, If ye wad gle
me the halle barony OF Dalkieth,' followed her
out 10 " Libber,on," where Reuben Butler" had
a Scule,' and where, ., moment when time
was so precious 10 the lovers, that o.nniprcsent
nuisance, ">aidletree," mtruded himself, with
the benevolent design Of using up the poor School
masters haiLpay day IN conversation anent
Ethe'S misfortune"
While at Llbberton, which place is about two
miles from the centre Of scarborough, l was in
formed OF an instance OF Theological! patriotism