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well-directed industry has taught him to hope for. He directs your attention to the quay-a mile and a half in length, which is flanked by that same river; and conducting you a short way into the city, bids you cast an eye along the Tron and Argyll streets, in one continuous line-and challenges a competition with them in any city in Europe. He may do so with impunity for, taking the width of the streets and the loftiness of the houses into consideration, they are undoubtedly the facile princeps of all mercantile streets. It is here, if any where, where the busy hum of an incessantly excited and industrious populace may be heard from morning till evening and especially on the last day of the week. The numerous streets that are connected with this part, particularly those leading to the water-side and the courts of law-give it an indescribable character of activity and occupation. The equestrian statue of William III, seems to have left the centre of the street on purpose to ride over you. It has no business here, as it is incessantly in the way.* It should be placed in the upper part of the city: perhaps in the centre of Blythswood-square.

had the precision of regimental evolutions. Every body knew his place, and his work. The warehouses, where the material appeared in its finished state, had the aspect of fiction, from their extent and varied splendour.

And what must be said for the Monteith Bandanna handkerchief? A shilling article begets millions of pounds in the inconceivable gross lump. See Dr. Cleland, p. 137, &c.

* It was presented to the city by a Mr. James M'Crae, Governor of Madras, and citizen of Glasgow; and was set up in the Cross, in the year 1735: Cleland, p. 251.

The city of Glasgow, like that of Edinburgh, runs mainly from east to west. The course of the Clyde should seem to have been that for the habitations of men. It has, also, like Edinburgh, a precipitous descent; but which, here, is on the southern side. The houses are also of stone; but less spacious and lofty, and of infinitely less architectural pretension. As compositions of street-scenery, those of Glasgow must not be named in the same breath with the streets on the northern and more modern sides of Edinburgh. To compensate the inhabitants for the absence of a Castle, here is a CATHEDRAL :-the only one in Scotland in which divine service is performed. We shall hold a long and particular conversation with this cathedral in a very short time. Close to it, is the COLLEGE, in which we shall also tarry-and I hope for many a pleasant hour-before we bid adieu to Glasgow. It is in the very heart and centre of all commercial speculations-or, as near as may be, in the central part of the city-that the chief architectural boast of this place is to be seen, and admired as soon as seen. I speak of the EXCHANGE; one of the noblest commercial rooms in Europe: whether we consider its interior or exterior design—its facilities for carrying into effect all the objects for which it was built or its spaciousness, lightsomeness, and beauty. I was infinitely struck and gratified with it. The architect is no less a personage than DAVID HAMILTON, Esq.-who, without scruple or flattery, may be called the Vitruvius of the North. With him also we shall hold some pleasant parlance ere we quit this city.

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Frected by the Citizens of Glasgow in the Centre of Georges Square in 1837

Here, as at Edinburgh, the late Robert Adam has done a considerable "stroke of work" in the architectural department; and some things, especially in the Assembly Rooms and Andersonian University, are executed with more than his ordinary skill. Of churches, there is no proud or particular display; but one or two recent ones, from the designs of Mr. Hamilton, show a great improvement in the department of ecclesiastical architecture. The two principal squares of Glasgow are those of St. George and Blythswood. The former is in the heart of the city; the latter at the western extremity. Within the former are erected the bronze statues of Sir John Moore and Watt; and at this moment the foundation stone has been just laid for the erection of a lofty triumphal pillar to the memory of Sir Walter Scott; with his figure on the summit. The OPPOSITE PLATE-for the use of which I am indebted to my excellent friend Archibald M'Lellan, Esq.-will give an accurate representation of the erection in question. To me the taste of it is perfect.* The Spartans have here shot a-head of the Athenians.

The principal street, for airiness and gentility, is that of St. Vincent; not because in this very street

*The foundation-stone of this pillar was laid in October, 1837, by the Lord Provost, the City Authorities, and the principal Members of the College. A prayer was delivered on the occasion; and the several spokesmen evinced all the patriotic warmth which a subject so fraught with every kindly feeling could scarcely fail to elicit. The subscription amounted to some thousands, and was exclusively defrayed by the Glasgovians and natives of the County of Lanark.

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