New-York daily tribune., 1843-09-27
Letters from Mr. Weed. No. XXI.
co,,..,ondence Of the Albany Evening Journal

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and about Glasgow, hastened UP here tor the ie'-
tiers and newspapers which | hoped to iiIid rom
HONE. Nor were these hopes disappointed. Ny
letters, with files Of the Evening Journal, Argus
and Tribune. had been forwarded from London
By the Barings, whose attentions ana kiholess ~
All Americans are TOO proverbai to fender my
POOR acknowledgements OF any service 10 ''ie'" !,
The afternoon and evening were Joytully devoted
to the reading of these welcome mlsslves; WIN
the execution of single "Commerciai Advef,
t;ser,, a, Dublin. and file Of the Z" Courier ano
Enonrer'' at Belfast, had been three "eehs n,
,v,t},opt newspaper This, for one who was eii
b1t Graded in a Printing Office, and 10 "hotl
newsnane,s had been daily allment ior "'"ie
than thirty years, was long last :.
Fd;nlolyyil is eInphaticaIly Bookfsh cliy' IL
:. f.srayr n all its aspects and If possible IN ITS
.,t,rosnbere. Bookstores Printing Offices, IA
~ ,eT warehouses, Print- shops, &c. with garnished
s;oos emblazonsd illustrations and ornamental!
windows. furnish abundant evidence that books
constitute the staple Of the commodity N winch
the citizer.s of Edinboro' traffic. indeed she has
no commerce, and except in books, very little
manufactures Bot in LITERATURE and the FRO
tessional-if may use another werd-thc Prac,
teal sciences-zshe long since attained, ana sliH
retains, an elevated and envlable rank
In 1892, the population OF Edinburgh On
Guiding Leith, its sea- port nelghbor) was lb4,S09
since which there has been no comparative IN
crease. Of this number 1852 were either Pro-
fessional men or persons engaged IN banking )
while Glasgow, with much larger population,
had but 2723 professional men and bankers,
though it employed 1898 Of It's citizens lex-
Guiding operatives) in manufactures, wmie EdIn-
burgh gave employment in this way, TO but 'S2
OF her citizens Edinburgh, depends, for ITS pros
perty, almost entirely upon ts literary, Juolcla,
and educational pursuits and institutions In all
,bese elements and sources of refined enjoyment,
rather than of wealth, she iseminently endowed In
medicine, law, and theology, (but more especially
the two former Edinburgh has been the Gamael
at whose feet the most eminent men Of England
and America were brought up.
1t is estimated that the members of the legal
profession form onethird of the population IN the
higher and middle ranks of the society OF Edin-
burgh There are over l50 members OF the
Advocates Faculty." many Of whom have, how
ever retired from the practice OF the profession.
The "Writers TO the Signet" Society numbers
about 7O0 members, Of whom nearly 5OU are IN
practice.
Ednborourgh has no poverty, no loathesome-
ness, no dilapdated, windowless abodes OF dlrt
and wee, in its suburbs. The approach to the
city, in all directions, is through cultivated and
adorned fields and gardens, by the side OF broad
and pleasant avenues. It's poverty and flith are
pent up in the narrow streets and high, topping
tenements of the old town.
When remarked, few days ago, that Bristol,
in England, was distinguished for combinations
Of modern and ancient Architecture, had not
seen Edinborough a city to which the remark
~. two
tinct cities one old and dingy and ragged-the
other new and bright and well-dressed; and
though dirided by gulph, are yet connected by
numerous bridges. The old and new towns Of
scarborough are not situated, as supposed, the
former upon low ground, and the latter rising up
behind it, but side by side, or in other words,
" cheek by iow," upon parallel hills, between
which deep gulph ntervenes. The new town
is built with much architectural taste and care,
upon broad streets and around spacious squares
There is so much abou, it looking and speaking
quiet comfort and enjoyment, that was not sur
prised to learn that many of its inhabitants hav
ing made fortunes elsewhere, selected Edlnbor-
ough as their city OF refuge. But the new town,
beautiful as it IS, has little of the deep, exciting
and absorbing interest that attaches to Aud
Reekie," through whose streets and courts and
closes wandered with eyes and ears, If not
mouth wide open. After gazing with amaze
ment at lofty buildings with ten, eleven, twelve,
thirteen and even fourteen " flats or stories,
until my strained eyes and dizzy head admon-
ished me to furbear, | mounted to the CASTLE,
which is at once the ornament and the defence
of Edinbcroueh; and from which, as tar as the
eve could reach, YOU overlook fields tceming with
vegetation and scenes rich IN historical incidents
to ALL or nearly all of which SCoTr's Poetry or
Romance has lent enchantment.
tits not known when this Castle was founded.
Though apparently impregnable 1t was, during
the turbulent eras in Scottish history, several
times taken and re-taken. The "Regalia of
Scotland Crown, Scep:re and Sword of State
now mere baubes-are kept IN the Castle. The
room in which Queen Mary gave birth to James
VI Is also shown to visitors The enormous
piece OF ancient artillery called "Mons Meg"
cas-, in l443 at Mons, IN Flanders and burst in
1852 IN firing q salute In honor of Duke OF
York, is mounted upon the Castle wall. This
piece was taken from the Scotch by England and
kept for nearly century IN the Tower Of London,
but returned 10 Scotland by George the 18th.
There are parts OF two regiments stationed in the
Castle, which has barracks for 1000, and an
Armory for 10000 stands of musketry.
This reminds me of an incident that amused
me yesterday. While standing at the door OF my
Hotel a red,c coated corporal, with drummer and
fifer passed, with bevy Of boys at their heels
asked the waiter ii this recruiting party /?
Ma, ma, slr they are only crying doom their
cradit." In explanation learned that detach-
ment of troops had arrived at the Castle that day,
and that this was the mode of wanling people
not TO trust the soldiers! An English CONNER.
cial Agent standing near remarked that tins was
the usual custom when they came into town
but that it might safely be dispensed with here,
for Sawney would take care OF himself The
troops whose credit IS thus cried down, have Jus;
returned from China
From the Castle we proceeded to Holy Rood
House, which was Palace, you know. when
Scotland was an independent Kingdom This