that the recollection of the events which gave celebrity to the scene, seems like an idle dream or an airy fiction.

But while these remarks apply more particularly to such buildings of the "olden time," as still remain like monumental pillars in the stream of time, inscribed with the names of our native chivalry and early hierarchy, we will endeavour to "snatch from the grave" a slight memorial of such whose material semblance has long since passed away, but the remembrance of which, serves strongly to remind us of the time when

"In Saxon strength proud Abbeys frown'd
With massive arches, broad and round,

That rose alternate, row and row,

On ponderons columns, short and low."

MANSIONS INHABITED BY THE BISHOP AND PREBENDARIES OF THE DIOCESE.

The dignitaries of the diocese, who, as already remarked, were obliged by Bishop Cameron to erect mansions within the city, are handed down as having been the prebendary of Cadzow, dean of the chapter; the prebendary of Peebles, archdeacon of Glasgow; the prebendary of Ancrum, archdeacon of Teviotdale; the prebendary of Monkland, subdean; the prebendary of Cambuslang, chancellor; the prebendary of Carnwath, treasurer; the prebendary of Kilbride, chantor; the prebendary of Glasgow primo, the bishop's vicar; the prebendary of Glasgow secundo, subchantor; the prebendary of Campsie, sacrist; the prebendary of Balernock, styled lord of Provan; the prebendary of Carstairs; the

prebendary of Erskine; the prebendary of Cardross; the prebendary of Renfrew; the prebendary of Eaglesham; the prebendary of Govan; the prebendary of Kirkmahoe; the prebendary of Manor; the prebendary of Morbottle; the prebendary of Calder; the prebendary of Lanark; the prebendary of Moffat; the prebendary of Tarbolton; the prebendary of Killearn; the prebendary of Douglas; the prebendary of Durisdeer; the prebendary of Edlestoun; the prebendary of Stobo; the prebendary of Ayr; the prebendary of Roxburgh; the prebendary of Ashkirk; the prebendary of Luss; the prebendary of Hawick; the prebendary of Bothwell; the prebendary of Sanquhar; the prebendary of Cumnock; the prebendary of Strathblane and Polmadie.*

Such are the names of dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church, whom history records as having inhabited handsome and commodious residences in the vicinity of the Cathedral. Of a considerable number of these mansions no traces nor tradition can now be gleaned; those buildings, however, the existence of which has been distinctly ascertained, are the residences of the preben

* It is handed down as a tradition, that upon the completion of the prebendal houses in 1440, Bishop Cameron made a grand procession to the Cathedral, entering by the grand western entrance. He was preceded on this occasion by twelve officers bearing his pastoral crosier, and eleven silver maces, followed by his Dean and numerous Chapters, and attended by a lengthened train of nobility and gentry. His approach to the sacred edifice was announced by the ringing of bells and the acclamations of the multitude, and his entry within its precincts, welcomed by the choral swell of the majestic organ.

daries of Cadzow, Peebles, Ancrum, Monkland, Cambuslang, Glasgow primo, Campsie, Carstairs, Balernock, Cardross, Erskine, Eaglesham, Renfrew, Govan, Luss, Edlestoun, Morbottle, and Stobo.*

ARCHIEPISCOPAL PALACE.

This ancient fabric stood on the site now occupied by the Royal Infirmary, and its last remaining, but ruined portions, were removed about the year 1792, to make room for that building. At what period the bishop's castle was founded is unknown, but it appears that Bishop Cameron about the year 1420, founded the Great Tower which constituted the principal portion of the building. The precincts of the castle were enclosed by a wall by the first Archbishop Beaton, about the year 1510, who placed upon it in several places the armorial bearings of his family. At one angle of this wall was constructed a Bastion, and at the other a stately Tower of a square form and embattled. Beaton's immediate successor, Archbishop Dunbar, completed the castle edifices by erecting a "noble Gatehouse," flanked with round towers, machiolated and adorned on the side next the Cathedral, with the royal arms of Scotland, and below with those of the Bishop, viz., “three cushions within a double tressure." From the imposing appearance which

* While fourteen of the above edifices are considered to have perished, it is somewhat certain that the walls of most of them are still extant. To determine, however, of what mansions they anciently formed a part, is considerably beyond the power of the antiquary.

this antique building presented, even up to the period of its final removal, it was sufficiently apparent that the prelates of the diocese of Glasgow were accommodated with a residence suited to their dignity and station in the church.* A fine painting representing its appearance in a dilapidated condition, is in the possession of John Smith, Esq., LL.D.

PREBENDARY OF BALERNOCK'S MANSE.

The house of this dignitary stood in the neighbourhood of the Stable-Green Port. He was an individual of considerable consequence, and held the title of the Lord of Provan, from his rectory, which constituted a local barony, generally styled the Lordship of Provan, situated a little east of the city. A tradition handed down by M'Ure, informs us, that, in one instance, royalty itself bore this title, in the person of King James II. who was a canon of Glasgow Cathedral, and prebend of Balernock. The building was removed about the commencement of last century.

* It is here worthy of remark, that in addition to their town residence, the Bishops of Glasgow had one on the banks of the Kelvin, and according to tradition, another at Polmadie. The remains of the former continued in existence till about the year 1836, when they were removed to make room for the erection of a mill; all remnants of the latter have long since disappeared. Bishop Cameron had a residence at Lochwood, a few miles north of the town, where, according to Buchanan, he died under circumstances of peculiar horror.

+ In 1652, the city acquired the lands, lordship and barony of Provan, from Sir Robert Hamilton of Silverton Hall.

HOUSES OF THE PREBENDARIES OF LUSS AND CARSTAIRS.

The spot on which these mansions were situated, is now completely unknown. With respect to the former, all the information that can be gathered, states that it was built on ground in ancient times held by the lairds of Luss, and on which, in the early part of last century, Mr. John Robertson, a merchant of the city, built several tenements. With regard to the latter, tradition records, that after the Reformation it became the residence of Mr. David Wemyss, first presbyterian minister of the city, through the marriage of whose daughter with Mr. John Hall, surgeon, the house became the property of the latter, and from him descended to his heirs.

PREBENDARY OF CADZOW OR HAMILTON'S HOUSE.

This dignitary as Dean of the Chapter, occupied the DEANERY, which, with its extensive garden, was situated at the western termination of Rottenrow-Street, immediately outside the gate termed the Rottenrow Port, at the head of the street known at the present day as the Deanside or Balmanno "Brae." In 1505, this property was bestowed by the crown on the city, under condition that, with the revenue accruing from it, the Cathedral and the bridges that had been constructed at the expense of the church, should be kept in repair.

PREBENDARY OF ERSKINE'S HOUSE.

This dignitary had his residence at the foot of Rottenrow-Street, on the south side. Several years before the