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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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fraternity of love, and a goodly fellowship of 

 moral excellence and superlative wisdom. 



Instead of being a mere voluptuary, an epicure 

 like taverners, whose god is their belly, a sordid 

 sensualist, Epicurus taught and practised the pre- 

 sent manners, and the strictest command of the 

 passions, to seek health of body and peace of 

 mind ; and inculcated the purest morality, and 

 the academical philosophy of the Stoics, which 

 character Cicero vouches as continuing till his 

 time. 



In short, Epicurus, instead of being the " Epi- 

 curean rascal" objurgated by our great dramatic 

 philosopher, and his followers the beastly swine 

 satirised by the delicate Venusian, were rather of 

 the sect of the Quietists, of which the illustrious 

 Fenelon and a few Friends are such distinguished 

 examples. 



Of this amiable fraternity Sir William Temple 

 gives the following comparison : — 



" What is called by the Stoics apathy or dispassion, is 

 called by the Sceptics indistuTbance, by tlie JMolinists 

 quietism, by comraou men peace of conscience, seems all to 

 mean Tranquillity of Srind." 



For an interesting account of the philosophy 

 and actions, the sayings and doings of Epicurus, the 

 inquiring reader will find the best in Bruncker's 

 great work, his Historia critica Philosophim ; the 

 second, enlarged, and greatly improved edition in 

 six volumes 4to., 1767. It was the labour of fifty 

 years, and is acknowledged to be the most com- 

 prehensive, methodical, and impartial History of 

 Philosophy that has been ever written. A judi- 

 cious abridgment of this work was made by Dr. 

 Enfield in two volumes 4to., and published in 

 1791. James Elmes. 



ANDERSON PAPERS. — NO. IV. 



(1.) John Campbell, Esq. of Cawdor *, to James 

 Anderson, Esq. 



London, January 7, 1717 — 1718. 

 My Dear Sir, 

 I was extremely pleased with the memorial, &c., 

 which I received from you the beginning of summer, but 

 I am surprised at your long silence. Since that time you 

 have given me no account either of any debt or annual 

 rents being paid, except a small sum to Brodie, or of what 

 money you have in liand ready to pay, as I shall direct, 

 or how my law suit goes on. The loses or arrears of ten- 

 ants you know is an excuse no farther than I please to 

 accept it, for you may be sure, the great reason of my 



* A representation, dated 1705, preserved amongst the 

 "Cawdor Papers," Advocates' Library, and addressed to 

 the Duke of Arg3le, commences thus — "Tbe family of 

 Calder being a scion of your Grace's family, and a consi- 

 derable branch thereof, albeit they hold their estate in 

 the North, and also that of Isla of the Crown; yet, upon 

 every occasion, showed themselves as to all dependence, 

 in the same manner as if they were your immediate vas- 

 sals," &c. 



The present Earl of Cawdor is the representative of this 

 ancient family. 



giving you a tack of Islay, was because I would not be 

 troubled with complaints of that nature, which I knew 

 were common with stewards when their masters are so 

 far oif and unacquainted with their own business, but 

 from you I expected the rent to be duily paid and ac- 

 counted for at the appointed times, without farther trou- 

 ble. It is true, law suits are expensive, but yet expence 

 caunot be very considerable in respect to what is due to 

 me for Islay since my mother's death. I assure you, I 

 have daily expected to hear of a considerable sum in your 

 hands, and I will still believe that it is so, and that your 

 business has prevented you giving me an account both of 

 that and my law-suit, which I desire to have the tirst 

 opportunity. I have such an opinion of the justice of my 

 cause, and the integrity of the Lords of Session, that I 

 think I have no reason to fear the event ; but if that vile 

 woman should, by her base practices, obtain a decreet in 

 her favour, I am resolved to appeal to the House of Lords, 

 "and I desire that in case, you may take the proper mea- 

 sures. 



I am. Sir, j-ours truly, 



3. Casifbell. 



(2.) James Anderson, Esq., to Mr. Patrick Anderson, at 

 Killerow, in Islay. 



Edinburgh, July 31, 1718. J 

 Dear Son, \ 



I have 3'ours of the 15th, with the postscript of the 

 ICth, after Duncan Crawford arrived. 



1 wrote you this day fortnight by Inverary [a letter"], 

 which I hope the postman has forwarded, when I told 

 j'ou what was come of Calder's affair, and resolved to ap- 

 peal. But on due consideration, both by some insinua- 

 tions, that we would yet carry it, the interloqutor not 

 being tenable and managed in a strange manner, and was 

 only a feint to bring on, if possible, a composition, but 

 when an appeal was heard of, some they say began to 

 consider. But that which weighed most was, that the 

 Parliament not sitting till winter, that mischevous woman 

 might do much mischiefe by her decreet before the Par- 

 liament sate down, and ane order were got to cite her, for 

 till then execution doth not stop ; so we gave in a petition 

 which was very well received.* In the meantime, I tind 

 E[arl] I[sla]y bestirrs himself much to have it com- 

 pounded, and spoke to Captain Dugal to discourse me, upon 

 which we had a long conversation, and I fully laid open 

 the matter to him — what vexation and expenses Calder 

 had been at, how abused in the interloqutors, and what 

 hazard he was in from others. The great topick is, that 

 if it come to the House of Peers, then he must retiect 

 upon Sir Hugh and Sir Alexander. I also considered that, 

 and plainly told him that I had no orders to treat, but 

 on the contrary to appeal ; that I wished him to be rid of 

 all law suits, and for myself was most heartily wearied of 

 this, but could not in conscience or duty advise him to 

 compound this matter. 



I have wrote Calder very fully about it, and I hope 

 will please him. I had, two posts ago, a most kind letter 

 from him, dated at Cambridge, the 21st instant, in answer 



* It is remarkable how very little dilference there is 

 in practice in 1718, as to the etfect of an appeal, from 

 that in 1858. Execution could not bo stayed by the 

 presentment of an appeal, unless followed by citation or 

 service. This is the rule at present. Neither could a pe- 

 tition for appeal be received unless the Peers were sitting 

 — which is the case now. Nevertheless sapient persons 

 some time ago talked wildly about appeals not being 

 contemplated at the time of the Union. Really this hap- 

 hai:ard waj' of talking, so much in vogue at present — 

 more especially wheu a party purpose is to be served — 

 cannot be too severely reprobated. 



