the present generation evidently differ widely from those of their fathers, and least of all do they seem disposed to imitate them in those habits of parsimony and frugality, in which, perhaps, the chief source of their increasing prosperity was to be sought. The gayer and more wealthy part of the population have deserted their former small and smokey residences for the more elegant and commodious mansions of the new town of the west. Nothing, in short, can be more striking than the almost total revolution which a few years have effected in the tastes and habits of the community. The spirit of improvement has been evidently abroad. There is less of that narrowness of mind which formerly characterized all their dealings. Their wants and ideas have evidently been enlarged; and of the truth of the axiom, that wealth and civilization are indissolubly connected, Glasgow might be cited as a striking and irrefragable instance. APPENDIX. LIST OF THE BISHOPS OF THE SEE OF GLASGOW, BEFORE THE REFORMATION, WITH THE DATES OF THEIR CONSECRATION, AND OFFICES HELD PREVIOUSLY. About 560.-St Mungo. 600.- Baldred. 2115.-John Achaius, (chaplain to David I.) This bishop founded the cathedral. 1147.-Herbert, abbot of Kelso, and chancellor of the kingdom. 1164.-Ingelram Newbigging, rector of Peebles, and, archdeacon of the church of Glasgow. 1174.Joceline, abbot of Melrose. This bishop rebuilt the cathedral, or rather made an addition to the church that was begun by John Achaius, and dedicated it the 9th of July, 1197. 1199.-Hugo de Roxburgh, rector of Tullibody in Clackmannan, and clerk to Nicolaus the chancellor of Scotland. 1200.-William Malvoisin, (supposed to have been a Frenchman,) archdeacon of St. Andrews, and one of the Clerici Regis, and chancellor of the kingdom. 1202.-Florentius, a son of the earl of Holland, lord chancellor of the kingdom. 1208.-Walter, chaplain to King William the Lion. 1233.-William de Bondington, (of an ancient family in the shire of Berwick,) rector of Edlestone, a prebend of Glasgow, one of the Clerici Cancellarii, and afterwards archdeacon of St. Andrew's. 1260.-John de Cheynam, an Englishman, archdeacon of Bath, and chaplain to pope Alexander the fourth. 1268.-Nicolaus de Moffet, archdeacon of Teviotdale. 1270.-William Wiseheart, archdeacon of St. Andrew's, and lord high chancellor. 1272.– Robert Wiseheart, archdeacon of St. Andrew's in Lothian, and nephew or cousin to the preceding. 1317.-Stephen de Dundemore, chancellor of the church of Glasgow. 1319.-John Wiseheart, archdeacon of Glasgow. 1325.John Lindsay. 1335.-William Rae. This bishop built the "Old Bridge," in 1350. 1368.-Walter Wardlaw, (of the family of Torie in Fife,) a canon of Aberdeen in 1362, archdeacon of Lothian, and secretary to king David the Second. 1387.-Matthew Glendoning, (son of Glendoning of that ilk in Eskdale,) one of the canons of Glasgow. 1408.-William Lauder, (son of Sir Allan Lauder of Hatton, in the shire of Mid-Lothian,) archdeacon of Lothian. 1426. John Cameron, (of the family of Lochiel,) official of Lothian in the year 1422; afterwards confessor and secretary to the Earl of Douglas, who presented him to the rectory of Cambuslang; provost of Lincluden, and secretary to the king in 1424; keeper of the great seal in 1425. 1446.-James Bruce, (son of Sir Robert Bruce of Clackmannan,) rector of Kilmenie in Fife, bishop of Dunkeld, and lord chancellor of Scotland. 1447.-William Turnbull, (a son of the family of Bedrule in the shire of Roxburgh,) a prebend of Glasgow. This bishop obtained from king James the Second, a charter, erecting the town, and the patrimony of the bishops, into a regality, in 1450; he also procured a bull, from pope Nicolaus the Fifth, for erecting an University within the city of Glasgow. 1455.-Andrew Muirhead, (a son of the family of Lachop in the shire of Lanark,) rector of Cadzow, (now Hamilton.) 1474.-John Laing, (of the family of Redhouse in the shire of Edinburgh,) rector of Tannadice in the shire of Angus, and vicar of Linlithgow. 1483.-George Carmichael, (a son of the family of Carmichael in the county of Lanark,) rector of Carnwath. 1484.--Robert Blacader, (the son of Sir Patrick Blacader of Tullicallan,) first a prebendary of Glasgow, and rector of Cardross; afterwards bishop of Aberdeen. 1508.-James Beaton, (son of John Beaton of Balfour in Fife,) first provost of the collegiate church of Bothwell, then prior of Whitehorn, abbot of Dunfermline in 1504, and treasurer of the kingdom in 1505. 1534.-Gavin Dunbar, (of the family of Mochrum, and nephew to Gavin Dunbar, bishop of Aberdeen,) tutor to James V. 1551.-James Beaton, son of Beaton of Balsarg, nephew to Beaton, archbishop of St. Andrew's,) chantor of the church of Glasgow. BISHOPS OF GLASGOW AFTER THE REFORMATION. In the year 1560, the Reformation was established, and superintendents took the place of Bishops. In 1570, however, a form, modelled somewhat after the fashion of the English church, was established. 1570.-James Boyd of Trochrig.-This individual continued to act as bishop till 1578, in which year the General Assembly annulled the legality of the Episcopal functions. In the space of three years, however, Episcopacy was again restored. 1581.-Robert Montgomery, minister at Stirling. 1585.-William Erskine, a layman, commendator of Paisley. 1587.-Walter, a layman, commendator of Blantyre.— This individual only enjoyed his dignity for about a year, when the temporalities were restored to archbishop Beaton, the incumbent at the Reformation, who for the period of twenty years had been living in France. Beaton continued in receipt of the revenue till 1603. 1603.-John Spottiswoode, (parson of Calder,) the celebrated historian. On the 6th of June, 1610, an assembly of the church was held at Glasgow, when Episcopacy was made to assume a more primitive feature than it had done since the Reformation. During Spottiswoode's incumbency, a new leaden roof was begun to be put on the cathedral. 1615.-James Law, bishop of Orkney.-During this episcopate, John Ogilvie, a Jesuit missionary of Rome was hanged at Glasgow for the alleged crime of fomenting the ancient prejudices of the people. 1633.-Patrick Lindsay, bishop of Ross.-In this year, Glasgow was recognised by parliament as a free Royal Burgh. In 1638 was held at Glasgow a memorable General Assembly, the members of which, after his majesty's commissioner had in the king's name dissolved it, continued to sit in defiance of royal authority, and set aside Episcopacy,-deposed and excommunicated the Bishops, and finished by preparing for an appeal to the sword. Presbyterianism was the established religion till 1661, when it was again superseded by Episcopacy. 1661.-Andrew Fairfoul, minister of Dunse. 1664.-Alexander Burnet, bishop of Aberdeen.-During this prelate's incumbency, persecution was at its acmè. He resigned in 1671. 1671.-Robert Leighton, bishop of Dunblane.-This prelate resigned in 1676, when archbishop Burnet was again restored. 1676.-Archbishop Burnet. 1679.-Arthur Ross, bishop of Argyle. 1684.-Alexander Cairncross, bishop of Brechin. He was removed in 1687 by king James II. 1687.-John Paterson, bishop of Edinburgh. The year 1688 saw the monarch dethroned and exiled, and the year 1689 witnessed the establishment of a Presbyterian form of church government, since which period Prelacy, in connection with the state, "has had no abiding place in our city." EPITAPHS. Inscription upon Dr. Low's monument within the High Churchyard of Glasgow. Yea when his physick's force oft fail'ed, Inscription upon Dr. Main's monument. 1645. Hic jacet Robertus cognomento magnus multis Nominibus, revera magnus philosophus, orator, poeta, medicus, Omnigena virtute ac eruditione clarus, Medicinæ in Academia Glasguensi professor. Obiit nonis Obiit Kal. Sept. anno 1641. Inscription formerly above the large gate and entry into the High Church in gold letters. DEDICATA FVIT HÆC ECCLESIA GLASGUENSIS SEPTIMO PRIDIE CALENDAS JVNII, Inscription upon the wall of the Outer-Church entry on two large dials, above Bailie Colquhoun's grave-stone, and the gravestone of James Colquhoun's elder and younger of Langloan, his representers, upon one of the dials, Umbra labitur et nos umbra, upon the other, Ex hoc momento pendet Eternitus. Below engraven thus, Our life's a flying shadow, God's the pole, * Dr. Low was the founder of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons. |