Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . o the grandeur of the object, it wasmeant to be a literal restoration of the Parthenonat Athens. The contributors were incorporated byAct of Parliament. The foundation stone was laid on the 27thAugust, 1822, the day on which George IV. visitedMelville Castle. Under the Duke of Hamilton, Calton Hill.] THE NATIONAL MONUMENT. 109 Grand Master of Scotland, the various lodgesproceeded in procession from the Parliament Square,accompanied by the commissioners for the King,and a brilliant concourse. The foundation-stoneof the e
Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . o the grandeur of the object, it wasmeant to be a literal restoration of the Parthenonat Athens. The contributors were incorporated byAct of Parliament. The foundation stone was laid on the 27thAugust, 1822, the day on which George IV. visitedMelville Castle. Under the Duke of Hamilton, Calton Hill.] THE NATIONAL MONUMENT. 109 Grand Master of Scotland, the various lodgesproceeded in procession from the Parliament Square,accompanied by the commissioners for the King,and a brilliant concourse. The foundation-stoneof the edifice (which was to be 228 feet long, by102 broad) weighed six tons, and amid salutes ofcannon from the Castle, Salisbury Craigs, Leith Majesty, the patron of the undertaking. The cele-brated Parthenon of Athens being model of the edi-fice. The Scots (Jreys and 3rd Dragoons formedthe escorts. Notwithstanding the enthusiasm dis-played when the undertaking was originated, andthough a vast amount of money was subscribed, theformer subsided, and the western peristyle alone. THE NATIONAL , UILL. Fort, and the royal squadron in the roads, theinscription plates were deposited therein. One isinscribed thus, and somewhat fulsomely :— To the glory of C!od, in honour of the King, forthe good of the people, this monument, the tribute |of a grateful country to her gallant and illustrious jsons, as a memorial of the past and incentive to thefuture heroism of the men of Scotland, was foundedon the 27th day of August in the year of our Lord1822, and in the third year of the glorious reign ofGeorge IV., under his immediate auspices, and incommemoration of his most gracious and welcomevisit to his ancient capital, and the palace of hisroyal ancestors; John Duke of Atholl, James Dukeof Montrose, Archibald Earl of Rosebery, JohnEarl of Hopetoun, Robert Viscount Melville, andThomas Lord Lynedoch, officiating as commis-sioners, by the special appointment of his august was partiall
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