New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-29

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The windows look out upon the Tweed. Between
the house aud the river /, fine sloulng lawn. Beyond
the river the country rises into undulstnS and cutiys
| ted bulls
At the end Of the library you enter the drawing.
ROOM which Is furnished with ebony chars, presented
by GeOT gelF. The next room In succession i the
mory filed with a very curious collection OF arms Of
different ages and nations. pistol of Clayerhouse,
and musket OF Rob Roy bearing bis Initials, the
most appropriate Then follows the dining room filed
with family and other pictures small parlor
tanning collection OF drawings terminates the suite
| Of apartments We again entered the hall aod were
ushered out The individual who waits on visitors
isunty housekceper with all housekeepers impor-
tsnce, ard who il you do not make firm resistance,
will hurry you through the apartments Perhaps she
hit TO be excused Tor her duty Is TO her like per
pe,us repetition Of the alphabet.
The estate Of AbbOttsord contains two thousand acreJ
Sir Walter found II bare and unsghty, but II was to
him charmed region Although generally OF a light
.o, he has made valuable well beautiful by
udicious planting OF trees, which now well grswn
and Il properly managed mus! in time yield consders
bic inc me.
At the death of the second sir Wslter the tile became
extinct, and the property passed into the hands OF
Locehart the grandson OF The poet Toe mOrtgss 80 had
been paid OIL BY the sale Of his works when the grand
son, ~ am informed VINO belongs 70 the Queens Life
Guards again incun bered IL; and Il has now passed
into the hands OF Mr. Hope broker of London, who
married sister Of young Lockhart
Abbotsiord impressed me as very proper, and not
ambitious residence OF the great novelist. IL
entirely adapted to bis own taste, and mus. be most
incongIuous residence for a London banker or any
one but poet or man OF letters.
CAPITAL CREATED By SCOTT.
While trsyengin Scotland was frequently remind.
ed OF the wealth which Sir Walter Scott bad caused 10
TOW into that country and the number OF persons Tor
whom he bad Indirectly provided employment The
various places in Scotland which bis writings have made
classic ground and N which he has drawn public
riC-ty. are yearly Visited by crowds of tourists In
consequence this villages have enlarged hotels
hay- been built roads have been opened improved
ue Of steamboats, and coaches established and great
number Of operatives eInpl yed And so il is uni
VERBALLY places which great men have celebrated by
'trir writings or deeds where they have vedor where
they have only left their graves, become places OF
everlasting interest Standardization will be for
burgh 10 the grave OF Scou and Melrose and the Teo
sachS 10 the pen which wrote the Lay of the Last
Minstrel - and ! be " The Lsdy of the Lake
But this is not all Scott has created by his single
genius vast capital In the shape OF books which can
10 be productive. In his country he
himself resped pecuniary profits greater than had
before fallen 10 the lot OF any author But these profits
are also indication Of what Others reaped through
him. It would be curious to calculate with respect u
those editions from which he received pecunisry
benefit how much publishers papt makers, printers,
bookbinders engravers and all other manufacturers,
sbOTers and radesmen In any way connected with the
book trade, received in consequence OF his literary
ferred the world of trade, must add the editions
published on the Continent and In America aud from
which he received no pr0ht whatever. On the con
tinent employ was given to translaors; and both
there and in America multitude of publishers, paper
makers, printers, boOkbinders &c, stand indebted 10
him to an ncalcable amount, without making him the
| return of a single farthing.
The capital thus created entirely new capital.
Ii came you please from the land OF dreams. IL
capital which no other man. and no cOmbina ion OF
men, In succession Of ages, were at all likely T. create
1t depended upon tls thought and creative fancy OF
one man; and was the work of a few years And now
that Is created IL cG never be destroyed. thousand
mercantile and land and railroad speculatons may rise
and fall enormous old capitals melt away the consol
dated debt OF England be repudated the manufactures
ard trade OF England supplaned the mines OF New
castle exhausted the whale fishery shed out the cotton
trade of America become eiete by discovery,
the mines OF california yield no more supplies and still
the Waverey Novels will exist, productive capital,
while books continue 10 be manufactured and sold
SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON.
Two individuals however, whom felt snxousto see,
and the so, that from .her sge aud tnhm health
smother opportunity might not be ahordeA me-
happy TO learn were in the city These Sir William
! Hamilton and Professor Wlson.
Sir William has a noble head, covered with silver
| hair Ills eyebrows black and his eyes dark and
piercing His features regular and expressive. Ia
InsDDers he Is dgnifed but courteous and agreeable
His conversation cannot be otherwise than Interesting
! As an author he Is chiefly known by very able
philosophical papers In the Edinburgh Review, and by
bis edition OF Reds works But In these he ha, shown
the compass of his learning his originality. and power
But one who like him Ia lecturiDg year after year to
large classes IN great University Is publishing his Ideas
more esctuay, perhaps, than by printed books for he
bringing his living mind In direct contact with
living mindsh is sending his ideas abroad upon the
wave of active thought
In his stem he belongs TO the school of
Reid Dugsld Stewart did before him. But whenever
bis lectures shall be published It will be- found that he
bss advanced much farther than Stewart those great
questions which the latter has touched upon with timd
caution.
When saw him. he was engaged In preparing bis ar.
ticles 10 the Edinburgh Review for publication IN sep
srate volume.
PROFESSOR WILSON.
Professor Wilson painting Into the room like
| man affected with asthma He complained Of an aztec
! don Of the throat which mpeded his respiration. He
said he sorry that he could not talk and yet he
talked great deal He has great gilt In conversation,
| and delights 10 talk but, alas the joyous and easy
flow Of ersatiOn was no longer there Ills soul
acted but bis organs would not consent told him
bad been wishing very interesting places IN scot
land and expressed the pleasure an ifusl from the
New World experiences when he first old historic
monuments and treads upon histpric and legendary
ground lie replied that he had Travelled through every
part of Scotland and that man had more thorough
knoveoge Of 1t than he had, but that bis endeayor al
ways had get rd OF the old associations and 10
bring himself under influence OF the pure spirit OF
nature IL have ever been intending" he added to
Wilt America want 20 get into your ancient wilder
resseF and TO walk over your broad prares want to
there grand scale but now sm too old,
and shall never get there. think II had gone there
| when was 4 young man, SHOULD never have come
back again The new evidently was as fascinating 10
| bis Imagination as the OLD had been 10 miue.
| The human heart Graves both the new and the old,
and longs most for that which 1t has not But how truly
the sou of Christopher North out in the expires
sicp that he wsnttd to I've under the Influence of the
pure spirit Of nature!
Professor Wilson Is man OF large frame and glyei
Indications of that athletic ygor and strength for which
be was once celebrated He has large and fully de
veloped head and forehead With full and pleasant eye
ard a most social and kindly expression OF mouth
There Is an air Of modesry about aim, too which In
creases the Interest Of his appears ny feelings
were nota lutte touched TO see the large and noble
form evidently sinking under inhrmiy, and the hne
open and generous couLtensnce gathering shadows
over its brightness. 70 go. He pressed me 70
cit down again ! sat down, aud he went on talking
But thou lht il distressed BIN aud after short time
rose sgsp thanked him that he had permitted me 70
see him. and took my leave. HIS corliality IS sPon'a
reous. could imagine what he must have been In his
! MIN