TI. A NOTICE MONUMENTH F EO F WILLIATO M CARSTARES, PRINCIPAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF , ERECTED IN 1727 AND RESTORE 1876N DI , WIT ORIGINAE HCOPA TH F YO L CONTRACT. COMMUNICATE DAVIY DB D LAING, ESQ., FOREIGN SECRETARY. (PLATE XXIV.) The volum f "o e State-Paper d Letteran s s addresse o Williat d m Carstares, Confidential Secretar o Kint y g William, afterwards Principal Universite oth f f Edinburgh,yo s publishe"wa t Edinburgda n 1774hi , 4to. Josepy b , h M'Cornuck, DD., Ministe t Prestonpansa r becamo wh , e Principal of the University of St Andrews. In the Life of Carstares, which is prefixed, at p. 91, the Editor says, " His (Carstares') body lies interred in the Gray-friars churchyard; where there -was a monu- ment erected sometime after, with a suitable inscription in Latin. The Inscription already begins to fade. But his eulogium was pronounced long befor deats ehi Kiny hb g William effaced e sooougho d b s o t n;an t no t, when, in the presence of several of his courtiers, he declared, ' That he had known Mr Carstares long: that he knew him well: and knew him to be an Honest Man.'" Monumene state th th f f sucI es o hwa t within fifty years erectionit f so , we may wonder that it did not occur to Dr M'Cormick to have preserved the Inscription by inserting it in his Memoir. In 1867, while engaged in revising Brown's Collection of " The Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh," I had a careful search made to 526 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY1, MAY 8, 1876.

discove e Carstareth r s monument. Fro e Towmth n Council Eecords (July 20, 1726) it was known that Principal Carstares had been interred " close by the wall behind Mr Henderson's tomb," when permission was granted there to erect a monument, at the expense of his Sister Sarah Carstares, relic f Principao t l Dunlo f Glasgowpo e memorr th o he t , f yo Father, her Brother, Principal Carstares, and her Son, Professor William Dunlop, Edinburgh. (Introduct . Ixxxii.p . ) At a still more recent period, when a new search was instituted at the desire of the Rev. E. Herbert Story of Koseneath (now D.D.), while en- gaged in completing the Principal's Memoirs, but with a like want of success. Soon after, however, the publication by Dr Story of his Memoirs of Carstare 1874n si , having discovere followine dth g paper, bein originae gth l Contrac whae erectioe se Monumente th tr o th t fo f te no m o sent e h ,t i t ligh t threi t w upo previoue nth s searc ascertaio ht actuae nth l s plachi f eo interment.

Contract of Agreement betwixt Alexr.Mr Dunlop and Andrew Miller, 1727. t GlasgoAt d Edinburgwan e twenthth d twentan y y fourth dayf o s March Jm Vij° and twenty seven years. The parties afternamed, viz.,— Mr Alexander Dunlop professor of Greek in the University in of pare Andred on an t e th w Miller mason freeman Burges f Edinburgso f ho othee th r part, have effecagreee th tmaneo n dt i followin d an r g: Tha s i t to say the said Andrew Miller agrees and obliges himself to build or to cause to be built sufficiently in the Old yeard of the Grayfreyrs Church of Edinburg norte hth jus t h at tsid Kincaif eo f Auchinreoch'o d s toma b monumen gooof t d durable white memorston Eeverenthe the to e yof d Mr William Carstairs Principa e Colledgth f o lf Edinburgo e r M d han William Dunlop Eegius Professor of Divinity there, both deceast, which shal wroughe lb t Aisler work polishe fina e eo dth t Skif shald o nan e b l Dimensions wit Carvinge hth afte sorder& e th r s pourtraye Draugha n di t thereof r SigneJosepM y db h Cave engrave s Majestiehi o t r s Mynt in & the said Andrew Miller, Subscribing hereunto, with this variation only that in place of the height and breadth of the Monument describe e Draughtth n i d ,e buil b tha o t t shal e fourteeb l n footn i s breadth att the Base or foot of the Monument & twenty one foots in NOTICE OF THE MONUMENT OF PRINCIPAL CAESTARES. 527

hight the intermediate parts to be increased proportionally beyond these in the Draught &c. And furdersaie th d e Andreh , w Mille s forsaidhi r oblidged san m shi Carvo t e carvecausr b eo o t ed suce subscriptioan h e panneth n f i no l the said Monument as shal be required. And to take his directions and Instructions from tim timo et buildinn ei finishing& e saigth d Monument and in Carving the Inscription thereon from the said Mr Joseph Cave, and to perfect the whole work betwixt and the Tenth day of November next to come ; and for the said Andrew Miller and his forsaids their per- formin e premiseth f go s John Sylverstyn Carve Edinburgn i r h becomes Cautioner and Surety and binds himself Conjunctly and Severally with and for them to the performance thereof For which Causes and of the other saie parth dr Alexandetfo r Dunlop oblidgeheirs successourd hi san m shi s o furnist d providan h e what d lysandman , shedds, scaffoldingd an s gangs iron batt d lea r battinan sdfo g with rope d rougsAn h stoner sfo backing and supporting. The Aisler work shal be necessarly made use of buildinn i e saith d f go Monument d moran , e ovef o r m besidessu e th , Twenty five pounds sterling money e whicsaith d e Mhh r Alexr. Dunlop has, by the hands of the said Mr Joseph Cave, instantly advanced and paid to the said Andrew Miller whereof he the said Andrew Miller hereby grant e Receipt th e ssai th d e Mh ; r Alexr Dunlops hi oblidge & m hi s e saith do t Andreforsaid y pa o wt s Mille furdea r 'o m f Fiftsu r y pounds sterling money forsaid to make up the sum of Seventy five pounds sterling whicfule th l s hprici r Consideratioeo n money m agree paie hi b o dt o t d for building the said Monument in manner before specified and that att the Terms and by the proportions following viz" the Sum of Twenty five pounds sterling money bein e equalth g e sailth dhal f o Fiftf y pounds sterling, how soon he the said Andrew Miller shall have finished the half saie wore oth dth f f kMonumento remainine th f Twentd o m An , gsu y five pounds sterling to compleat the full price when the work shall be Com- pleatly finished in manner before mentioned. In witness whereof they have Subscribed these Presents (written on stamped paper by Donald Campbell Servito Jameo t r s Armour Writer to the Signet) as follows, viz". The said Mr Alexander Dunlop att Glasgow twentiete th f Marco y hhda Jm Yijtwentd "an y seven years before these witnesses Hugh Rodger Merchant in Glasgow and Archibald -Thomson 528 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, MAY 8, 1876:

servito saie th d o t Mr r Alexr Dunlop witnesse s subscribins hi als o t o g the marginall note And also the saids Andrew Miller and John Silverstyn have Subscribed the same with the marginall note, att Edinburgh the twenty fourth day of March Jm Vij° and twenty seven years, before these witnesses e saith ,d James Armou David ran d Dickso s servitorhi n e th , respective date named an sdesignationd san Witnessee th f o s ters& f mo performance being insert by said David Dickson. / (Names cut out.) Hugh Rodger Witness. James Armour Witness. -

Arch Thomson Witness. David Dickson Witness. d

On receiving this Contract, it appeared that while repeatedly and • carefully examinin e grounth g d nea e celebratee tomth th r f bo d Alex- ander Henderson (and somewhat to the north of Principal Eobertson's Mausoleum) attentioo ,n eved nha r been pailarga o dt e picturesque Monu- ment wittalo hltw pillars supportin a gcarve d pediment overshadowed with foliage from the other side of the boundary wall of Heriot's Hospi- l ground ta e south-westth o t s . (See Plate XXIV. thit sBu )documen t did not leave a shadow of doubt for whom it had been erected. The inseripr tion on this Monument, however, was so completely defaced that not a single letter remained, and as no one was able to give it a name, thus it happened strangely enoug e overlookeb o e t hCollecto th e y th b d n i r printed volume of Epitaphs allude. dto The dilapidated state of the monument itself suggested that some steps •shoul takee preservations db it r nfo consultinn O . JOHr gM N HUTCHESON, R.S.A., sculptor, he reported, that it would be absolutely necessary to sub- stonw stitutne e o pillarsetw t tha bu ,doinn t wouli i t , gso d require great care and skill, as the old stones being hollowed and worn away at the bac sucwondea k to exten han was rit t tha wholthe t lone fabrinot g chad ago toppled ovecaused an r s entirdit e destruction. On making the discovery of the existence of the Monument, the Eev. r StorM y imagine e coulh d d obtain amon e Principal'th g s descendants othed an r friend sufficien a smeeo t e expenses r Story'th m t M su t t A s . reques I appliet e Provosth o d Magistratedt an t f Edinburgso perr hfo - mission to have it restored, giving a hint at the same time that a subscrip- tion towards this purpose would be acceptable. The permission was readily MONUMENNOTICE TH F EO PRINCIPAF O T L CARSTARES9 52 .

granted, but the hint was not taken. The sum so procured being limited, Mr Hutchesoninterie th procuren d i m ha o wh ,estimaten da , very hand- somely offered to superintend this operation as an Honorary employment.. Althoug e Monumenhth thus wa st identifie successfulld dan y restored, no copy of the original Inscription could be discovered, either among the Dunlop papers, to which Dr Story had free access, or among such papers of Principal Carstares or his nephew,1 Charles Mackie, Professor of History in the , as were in my own possession n othei r o r, collections s thereforwa t I .e though e besth tt substitute would be a simple statement of names and dates. The Inscrip- tion, cut on stone from the Binny quarry, is as follows:—

WILLIAM CAESTARES, Principa e Universitth f o l Edinburghf yo , Ministe f tho r e High Church, Chaplaio t n William III., Queen Anne, and George I.; Born 11 Feb: 1649. Died 28 Dec: 1715.

JOHN CARSTARES FATHERS HI , , Minister at Glasgow. Died 15 June 1685.

WILLIAM DUNLOP, HIS NEPHEW, Regius Professo f Theologyo r . Died 29 Oct: 1720.

In affectionate remembrance of the above who were here interred, this Monument erectes yeae th Wa r n di 172 y 7b SARAH CARSTARES, Wido f wWILLIAo M DUNLOP, Principal of the University of Glasgow. Restored Descendants,r He y b n 1876i .

In a MS. Obituary kept for many years by CHARLES MACKIE, who was elected 1 firse th t Professo f Civio r l Histor e Universitth n yi f Edinburghyo Augusn i , t 1719, is this entry,—" CARSTAKES (MAHBAEBT), MY MOMEK (died) 29th March 1729." Professor Mackie die t Edinburgda h llth September 1770, having resignes dhi Chai Januarn ri y 1755. 2 L VOL . I'ARXI . T II.