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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. LIBRARY ST. MICHAELS COLLEGE VOLUME THE SIXTH. MDCCCXXXVII. ROBERT CADELL, EDINBURGH. JOHN MURRAY AND WHITTAKER AND CO., LONDON. NOTICE. THE Editor of these Memoirs regrets to say that he has found it impossible to complete them in six volumes, as originally intended and announced. The publication has, from unfortunate circumstances, been extended over a much greater space of time than he had calculated; and^.every succeeding month has brought him some con- siderable accession of materials. It is hoped that the seventh and last volume may appear in the course of February next. J. G. L. LONDON, Dec. 10, 1837. CONTENTS OF VOLUME SIXTH. CHAPTER I. PAGE Marriage of Lieutenant Walter Scott Letter to Lady Davy Project of Constable's Miscellany Terry and the Adelphi Theatre Publication of the Tales of the Crusaders Pre- parations for the Life of Buonaparte Letters to Mr Terry, Mrs Walter Scott, &c 1825, 1 CHAPTER II. Excursion to Ireland Reception in Dublin Wicklow Edgeworthstown Killarney Cork Castle Blarney, &c. Letters from Moore and Canning Llangollen Elleray Storrs Lowther 1825, 39 CHAPTER III. Life of Napoleon in Progress Visits of Mr Moore, Mrs Coutts, &c Commercial Mania and Impending Difficul- ties of 1825, 87 CHAPTER IV. Sir Walter's Diary begun Nov. 20, 1825 Sketches of Va- rious Friends William Clerk Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe Lord Abercromby The First Earl of Minto Lord Byron Henry Mackenzie Chief Baron Shepherd Soli- citor-General Hope Thomas Moore Charles Mathews Count Davidoff, &c. &c. Society of Edinburgh Reli- gious Opinions and Feelings Various Alarms about the " House of Hurst, Robinson, and Co. Storm Blo\vs Over" and Song of Bonny Dundee written at Christmas, 1825, 122 Viii CONTENTS. PACE CHAPTER V. Constable in London^Extract from James Ballantyne's Me- morandum Scott's Diary resumed Progress of Wood- stock Review of Pepys' Diary Skene Scrope Ma- thews, &c. Commercial Alarms Renewed at Intervals Catastrophe of the Three Houses of Hurst and Robinson, Constable, and Ballantyne January and February, 1826, 174 CHAPTER VI. Extract from James Ballantyne's Memoranda Anecdote from Mr Skene Letters of January and February, 1826, to J. G. Lockhart Mr Morritt And Lady Davy Result of the Embarrassments of Constable, Hurst, and Ballantyne Resolution of Sir Walter Scott Malachi Malagrowther, 213 CHAPTER VII. Diary resumed Anecdote of Culloden Letter from Mack- intosh Exhibition of Pictures Modern Painters Habits of Composition Glengarry Advocates' Library Nego- tiations with Creditors First Letter of Malachi Malagrow- ther Chronique de Jacques de Lalain Progress of Wood- stock and Buonaparte Novels by Gait Miss Austen And Lady Morgan Second and Third Epistles of Malachi Departure from Castle Street February and March, 1826, 227 CHAPTER VIII. Domestic Afflictions Correspondence with Sir Robert Dundas and Mr Croker on the subject of Malachi Malagrowther, 265 CHAPTER IX. Diary resumed Abbotsford in Solitude Death of Sir A. Don Review of the Life of Kemble, &c Conclusion of Woodstock Death of Lady Scott Chronicles of the Ca- nongate begun April May, 1826, 275 CHAPTER X. Woodstock Reception of the Novel Mrs Brown's Lodgings Extracts from a Diary of Captain Basil Hall Buonaparte resumed, and Chronicles of the Canongate begun Uniform Labour during Summer and Autumn Extracts from Sir Walter's Journal June October, 1826, 308 CONTENTS. jfc. CHAPTER XL Journey to London and Paris Scott's Diary Rokeby Bur- leigli Imitators of the Waverley Novels Southey's Penin- sular War Royal Lodge at Windsor George IV. Adelphi Theatre Terry Crofton Croker Thomas Pringle Allan Cunningham Moore Rogers Lawrence, &c. Calais Montreuil, &c. Rue de Tivoli Pozzo di Borgo Lord Granville Marshals Macdonald and Marmont Gallois W. R. Spencer Princess Galitzin Charles X. Duchess of Angouleme, &c Enthusiastic Reception in Paris Dover Cliff Theodore Hooke Lydia White- Duke of Wellington Peel Canning Croker, &c. &c. Duke of York Madame D'Arblay State of Politics Oxford Cheltenham Abbotsford Walker Street, Edin- burgh October December, 1826, 352 LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. CHAPTER I. MARRIAGE OF LIEUTENANT WALTER SCOTT LETTER TO LADY DAVY PROJECT OF CONSTABLE'S MISCELLANY TERRY AND THE ADELPHI THEATRE PUBLICATION OF THE TALES OF THE CRUSADERS PREPARATIONS FOR THE LIFE OF BUONAPARTE LETTERS TO MR TERRY, MRS WALTER SCOTT, c 1825. WITH all his acuteness Captain Basil Hall does not seem to have caught any suspicion of the real purpose and meaning of the ball for which he was invited back to Abbotsford on the 9th of January, 1825. That evening wr as one of the very proudest and happiest in Scott's brilliant existence. Its festivities were held in honour of a young lady, whom the Captain names " cursorily among the guests as the pretty heiress of Lochore." It was known to not a few of the party, and I should have supposed it might have been surmised by the rest, that those halls were displayed for the first time in all their splendour, on an occasion not less interesting to the Poet than the conclusion of a treaty of marriage between the heir of his name and fortunes, and the amiable niece of his friends, Sir Adam and Lady Fer- VOL. VI. A 2 LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. guson. It was the first regular ball given at Abbots- ford, and the last. Nay, though twelve years have elapsed, I believe nobody has ever danced under that roof since then. I myself never again saw the whole range of apartments thrown open for the reception of company except once on the day of Sir Walter Scott's funeral. The lady's fortune was a handsome one, and her guardians exerted the powers with which they were invested, by requiring that the marriage-contract should settle Abbotsford (with reservation of Sir Wal- ter's own liferent) upon the affianced parties, in the same manner as Lochore. To this condition he gave a ready assent, and the moment he had signed the deed, " he exclaimed, I have now parted with my lands with more pleasure than I ever derived from the acquisition or of if I be for ten possession them ; and spared years, I think I may promise to settle as much more again upon these young folks." It was well for himself and his children that his auguries,which failed so miserably as to the matter of worldly wealth, were destined to no disappointment as respected considerations of a higher description. I transcribe one of the letters by which he communicated the happy event to the wide circle of friends, who were sure to sympathize in his feelings of paternal satisfaction. To the Lady Davy, Grosvenor Street, Lo?idon. " Edinburgh, 24th January, 1825. " My dear Lady Davy, " As I know the kind interest which you take in your very sincere friend and Scotch cousin, I think you will like to hear that my eldest hope, who, not many years ago, was too bashful to accept your offered salute, and procured me the happiness of a kiss on his account, beside that which I always claim on rny own, has, as he JANUARY, 1825. 3 has grown older, learned a little better how such favours are to be estimated. In a word, Walter, then an awk- ward boy, has now turned out a smart young fellow, with good manners, and a fine figure, if a father may judge, standing well with the Horse-Guards, and much master of the scientific part of his profession, retaining at the same time much of the simple honesty of his original character, though now travelled, and acquainted with courts and camps. Some one of these good qualities, I know not which, or whether it were the united force of the whole, and particularly his proficiency in the attack of strong places, has acquired him the affection and hand of a very sweet and pretty Mrs Anne Page, who is here as yet known by the name of Miss Jobson of Lochore, which she exchanges next week for that of Mrs Scott of Abbotsford. It would seem some old flir- "tation betwixt Walter and her had hung on both their minds, for at the conclusion of a Christmas party we learned the pretty heiress had determined to sing the old tune of ' Mount and go mount and make you ready, Mount and go, and be a soldier's lady.' Though her fortune be considerable, the favours of the her public will enable me to make such settlements as friends think very adequate. The only impediment has been the poor mother (a Highland lady of great worth the and integrity), who could not; brook parting with sole object of her care and attention, to resign her to the vicissitudes of a military life, while I necessarily re- fused to let my son sink into a mere fox-hunting, muir- to fowl-shooting squire. She has at length been obliged acquiesce rather than consent her friends and counsel- lors being clear-sighted enough to see that her daughter'* happiness could scarce be promoted by compelling the 4 LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. girl to break off a mutual attachment, and a match with a young lieutenant of hussars, sure of having a troop very soon, with a good estate in reversion, and as hand- some a fellow as ever put his foot in a stirrup. So they succeeded in bringing matters to a bearing, al- ' though old Papa has practised the profane and un- profitable art of poem-making' and the youngster wears a pair of formidable mustachios. They are to be quiet at Abbotsford for a few days, and then they go to town to make their necessary purchases of car- so forth are to be at old riage, and ; they my friend, will see one Miss Dumergue's, and scarcely any ; but as I think you will like to call on my dear little Jane, I am sure she will see you, and I know you will be kind and indulgent to her.
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