Views in Edinburgh and its vicinity; . ration. In the room of this Hospital,an elegant edifice was erected in 1817, in the Grecian styleof architecture, at the expense of £2500, and is a very consi-derable ornament to the Kirkgate : the pediment contains aningenious device, consisting of the globes, quadrant, and otherinstruments used in navigation. Below it is placed a stone,which was removed from the ancient Trinity House, havingthis inscription, In the name of the Lord we masteris andmarenelis bylis this hous to the pour, anno 1555. The streets of Leith are in general extremely narrow, andl
Views in Edinburgh and its vicinity; . ration. In the room of this Hospital,an elegant edifice was erected in 1817, in the Grecian styleof architecture, at the expense of £2500, and is a very consi-derable ornament to the Kirkgate : the pediment contains aningenious device, consisting of the globes, quadrant, and otherinstruments used in navigation. Below it is placed a stone,which was removed from the ancient Trinity House, havingthis inscription, In the name of the Lord we masteris andmarenelis bylis this hous to the pour, anno 1555. The streets of Leith are in general extremely narrow, andlaid down without any regard to design or regularity, and thebuildings for the most part are of mean appearance ; but thestreets which have been newly built towards the south and east,contain a number of houses which are finished with much tasteand elegance. The Kirkgate is the principal street, and isentered at the foot of the great road leading from Edinburgh,called Leith Walk. The Hospital is situated on the west sideof the m IE 1E,(S SCASr ITS BfiML®lEKT EI® S IP H ITASi. MERCHANTS MAIDEN HOSPITAL. The Maidens Hospital was founded in the year 1695, by thecompany of merchants of Edinburgh, and other well disposedpersons, for the education and maintenance of poor children,the daughters of decayed burghers. It was originally institutedwithout the Bristow Port, where Mrs. Mary Erskine, who wasone of the principal promoters of this charitable work, pur-chased a handsome and convenient building, with large andpleasant gardens^ at the expence of 1*2,000 merks Scottish,The governors, who were at first all the contributors, held ameeting in 1697, for the formation of rules for the governmentof their establishment; these were again revised in 1702, andtwo years afterwards an application was made to the town-council of Edinburgh, for a ratification of their proceedings jthey likewise had recourse to Parliament, who erected theminto a body corporate in 1707- Their charter de
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