The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-07-16

From the Montreal Gsettc June 25st
Deafa org eFepheso 0fSir Waller
Scott.

We announced few days ago that Mr..
Scott, M. p, had recently forwarded to the
St. Andrews. Home of Montreal e1OO stg.
in recognition of the gratitude of all con
nected with Abbotsiord for the care and
attention bestowed upon the late William
Scott, a nephew of Sir Walter. The ex-
preston of gratitude of the people connec-
ted with Abbotsford did not end here, for
Miss Scott sent her Acknowledgement to
Mr.. Alexander Somerville, "the Whistler at
the Plough" for the exertions he made in
William Scott's behalf. She wrote in a
letter, bearing date May 10th, to Mrs.
Greenshields "To Mr.. Somerville we
wish many thanks to be offered for his
kindness to William Scott, and for his
friendly exertions, without which we never
should have heard of him. We would
like much to offer him some little keepsake
IN memory of his friend, and if YOU find
that some book would be acceptable, we
shall feel much obliged if you will procure
it, in our behalf It is difficult for us to
send anything from this country" At first
MIR. Somerville declined any present, feel
ing amply rewarded in the services he was
able to render to William Scott, but finally
stated that he would accept copy of Sir
Walter SCOTS poems. These, handsomely
bound, together with the poems of Burns,
were presented to him. Miss Scott also
ordered a present of breach, handsomely
set, to be given to Mrs. Campbell, the Ma
tron of the Home; and copy of Sir Wal
ters poems to Mr.. Campbell, the resident
Manager of the Home.
we may explain that Mr.. Somerville, a
regular contributor of The Gazette, commu-
nicated these facts to the editor, for his in
formation, not for publication, but as any
thing connected with the memory of Sir
Walter Scott has literary interest in every
portion of the globe where the English
tongue is spoken, we have thought it bet
ter to publish them, together with some in
cldents OF the last days of William Scott,
which we have gathered, and which might
not otherwise see the light, unless MIR.
Somerville should write. And these Incl
dents possess the more interest to those
familiar with the cherished ambition of
the author of Wayerley to be the builder
up OF his house,-an ambition which was
more to him than the great literary fame
ne won: But, alas /! "L'homme propose mais
Dte@ d'sp0se;" and men are yet moved by
the dlappointments that befell him.
The st. Andrews Home, Of Montreal, in
which his nephew died, is not altogether
the sort OF aims house that many might i'm
ply from Its name, although it proves
refuge to many who come to it "forlorn and
cast down in spirits" Mr.. Somerville
boards there, and did during William
SCOTS lifetime. But be pays for his board
and why the place suits him we shall let
him tell in his own Words
"The Home is double house, four floors
on the slope of hill, in the centre of Mon
treal city, near the corner of Dorchester
street where it adjoins st. Urban. At the
window Of an upper chamber one of the
Least unhappy of human beings, when
brain disease subsidies, looks out on leafy
grove, on roofs, on church towers, on doves,
on birds, and cats asleep in the sun. He
would be miserable being if he thought
his presence here displaced any one else, or
was burden to the funds of the subscri-
bers Balances of benefits can be adjusted.
He breathes an atmosphere of seclusion, of
moral health, and intellectual vitality,
which money cannot secure to u traveller
OF his idiosyncrasies elsewhere. The seclu-
sion is delectable, and the society of the
transient inmates enjoyed or avoided at
choice, such as could not be found under
any other roof on the face of the earth"
He further tells that this "institutiun is
almost unique among the philanthropies
and curiosities of human life;" that it is
constantly occupied by stream of stran-
gers, dropping in and dropping out. In
describing the inmates in November last,
Mr. Somerville thus alludes to William
Scott -
1.-THE town of Selkirk is represented in
the Home by William Scott, aged 81 years,
nephew Of the renowned Author of Waiver
ley. He is the son of Sir Walter SCOTS
brother, Lieutenant Daniel Scott, of the
9th Regiment of Foot, by his wife Currie
Lamb, daughter of Mr.. William Lamb,
nursery and scotsman, Selkirk. Lieutcn-
ant Daniel Scott died in Jamaica when