New-York daily tribune., 1861-01-19

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bank was more enlightened and more profound, ana
Rad mind that embraced the greatest variety OF top
ics and produced the most original remarks. ne was
rather humorist than man OF humor; but tnst piaS
of his TEN er led him defend paradoxes aud uncom
mon opiDions with col liousness aud ingenuity tnat
WAS surtrisipg He had been lieutenant-c0lonel IN
the army and was the siege of Carthagena, OF when
be left an elegant and Xenophon-hke account lwhch
AN, afraid il ]ost, He was Jacobite, and member
of The famous Cocoa-tree Club, and resigned his com
mission ON orne disgust Soon afterhe Rebellion OF I'D
he took up bis residence in Scotland and bis seat oeng
between br RobertsOns church and John hoihe :, nc
became intimately acquainted Win .ne', WIN ~
him of bis contempt for the Presbyterian clergy made
,nim chan or soften down many OF his orSinM opln
iors and prepared him for becoming most agreeaoie
member Of the Literary Society OF Edinburgh, among
Ibom he lived during the remainder Of his ife admir-
inc and admired We used to say of Eiibank, that
were we 10 plead for our lives, be was the man with
whom we would with TO co1verse for at least one
whole day before we made our defense.
Dr. NJ Cornick, who died Principal oi St al'qre"s,
was rather merry-aDdrew than witt but he lett as
many good savings behind him, which were rene IT.
bered. as any man of his time. Andrew Gray, MINIS
ter of AbeInethy man OF wit and humor' VIII II
Rad the greater effect that bis person was dlmnItve,
ard lis voice of the smallest treble.
lindsay was hussar in raillery who had no mercy,
and whose object was TO display himself and to hum
HE the man he played on. Monteath was more than
his match for be lay by, and took hs opportunity OF
giving him such sOutbboaIds as senced him f9r the
khn
NAV rery las been left off for than thirty years
among the clergy and other liberals. Drummore-of
the class Of LAWYERS who got the epithet OF Monk from
Ouip nt Bath Ou account OF bis pleasing counienahee
and bland manners-was a trot-Iate at the science OF
defense in raiery: be was too goodnaured to attack
He had the knack, not only Of pleasing Tools WIN
themselves but OF making them tolerabe to the COM
rany. There were two men, however, whose coming
into conyyial company pleased more than an! oody
ever knew; the ore was DIR. George Kay, miuisier
of Edinburgh, who, 10 charming vivagty when he
was in good SPIRITS added the talent OF 6aliadshgihg
belter tHan anybody ever knew the other was John
Home.
much nv JUNIOR who in his youth possessed the talent
of mimicry beyond all mankindi for his was not
merely an exact imitation Of voice and manner oi
sreakpg but Ierfect exhibition OF every man man
ner Ui thinking every subject han mention Two
or three instances, leet bis Wonderlui powers suouu
fall into oblivion. II, :. q,
When the Honorable James Stuart Wortley, lived
with Dr. Robertson the Doctor had sometimes, though
rarely to demonstrate end admOnish the young gentle
man on some paris of Lis condnct. He into the
room between ten and eleven in the morning, when
Mr. Stuart was still in bed with the windows shut and
the curtains drawn clore, when he took the opPor'n'
nity in his mild and rational manner or ne conid not
clidel 10 give him lecture on the manner OF he he
was lcaCing When he was done, This n rather 100
much my dear Doctor. said James; "for you told me
all II il not above an hour ago. The case was, that
Cullen ad been before hand with the Doctor, and sez-
ing TIE opportunity read his friend such lecture be
ihonsht he Doctor might probably do that morning.
II Was 70 yery Ike in thought and in words, that
Stnart took II for "A yilaion from the Doctor.
was wltneFs 10 another exhibition snlllnr to this
Ii wis one Cav in the General Assembly 1865, when
there ap,eneI 70 be a student Of physic who was
vized Will convul-ion iit, which occa ioned much
cOmotcn III the house, and drew score OF other In
vlsL II ud, uts around him. When The Assembly ad-
ionr cd about dozen Of " went 10 dine in the Poker
clnb.r, ON NJ Nicholson's, when DIR. Robertson eame
and told 70 lie musi GiEe with The Commssioner, hut
would Cin us ioon. Immediately after we dined,
somebody wirhed 10 Lear from Cullen what Robertson
would say about the incident that had taken place,
Which lie did irms dstely lest the Principal shonld
come in lie had hardy finished when he arrived
Ahor The company had drs'nk hs hs'lih Jardinc haii
.lyly. "Principa wac IL not strange accident that
haupened today in the Assembly z Robetsons an
swer was exactly in The stHin and almost IN the very
words Of Cullen This raised a very loud laugh III
the company, when the Doctor, more rnnsa man
ever almost saw him, said with severe look at Cul-
len perceive that somebody has been piowing with
NV heller before cane in."
OF David Hume We add an aneedote or two:
Al this time David Hume was living in Edinburgh
and composing bis History of Great Britain. lie was
man of great know ledge aud of a social and benev
lent temper ard truly the best-natured uan in the
world lie was branded with the title Of Atheist on
account Of the mhny attacks revealed religion that
are 10 be found in his philosophical works, and IN
many places Of bis llis,orythe last OF which are SIN
more Questionable than the first, which friendly
critic might call only skepihl Apropos Of this, when
Mr. Robert Adam the celebrated architect, and bis
brother lived ia Edinburgh with their mother an amt
of Dr. Robertsons, and very respectable woman she
aid 10 her son "I rhall be glad 20 any 0f your
ccntn1ions to dinner, but hope you viii never bring
he Atheist here to disturb my peace. But Robert
soon fell on a method to reconcile her 10 him, for he
introduced lin under another name, or concealed II
carefully from her. When the company parted she
sad 10 Ier son. I" mut cone,s you bring very agree
able companions about you, but the large jolly man
who sat next me is the most agreeable OF them all
"Tle was the very Atheist, sald he, mother, that
YOU was no much afraid Of" "Nell, says she, you
nav hing Lin here ~ much as you pease for he y
he meet innocent, agreeable acetious man eve met
with" This war truly tie with him; for though
be rad much learning and fine taste, and was pro
feesedly kcptic though by no means an atheist, he
had Tie greatest simrh1ly OF nhnd ana manners win
tie utm6bt frility and benovoleuce Of temper Of any
man ever knew. Ilie conversation was truly rre-
si-iible for while it was enlightened, II was naive al
mort 10 puelility.
Twas one of thoee who never believed that David
Hume's scepica principles had laid fast hold on bis
niud but thought that bs books proceeded raLerffom
afectation of suIeIioIity and pride Of understanding
and love Of vain gl,ry. was confirmed In this opn'
ion, after Lis death, by what the Honorable Patrick
Boyle Of lis most intimate friends tod nae many
years aeo Of my bouse in MuseeJurgh, whore he used
10 cone and dine the rst Sunday of every General AS
semly after his brother Lord Glasgow ceased 10 be
Lord High Commissioner. When VIC were talking of
David, Mrs. Carlyle asbed DIR. Boyle II he Thought
David Hume was "a, e. eat unbeever az the world
took bin ~ be He answered that the world judged
from LIS Looks, as they bad right TO do; but he
thought otherwise, who bad known him all bis life,
and mentioned the following incident: When David
and he were both in London at the period when Da-
yids mother died. Mr. Boyle hearing Of it, soon after
went into bis apartmeut,or they lodged IN the same
honse,--when lie found him in the deepest sliction
and in food Of tears After the usual topics of
dolence, Mr. Boyle said 10 him. Ny friend, you owe
tlia uncommon 9rief to your having thrown of the
principles of religions for if you bad not you would
lady, who war not only the beet Of mothers, but the
lnost pious Of Christians, completely happy
N ranlrua Of lie insf- - To which David renliad