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be made a fubjedl of difpute by thofe who were determined^ 



upon it, but not by perfnns of reditude and honour. 

 The adjuftment of the whole was left to the Duke of Leeds. 



and the- Marquis <^e/ Campo, in this kingdom, and Count Florida ' 



Blanca and Mr Fitzherbert abroad. 

 The queftion of adjournment was put, and the Houfe divided. 

 For the adjournment 123 — Againft it 247 — Majority for the- 



Miniftry 124. 



Card^ 



The Earl of Buchan, as Chairman of the Society for erefting' 

 a Monumetn on Ednam Hill, prefents his Compliments to the- 

 admirers of the Poet, and informs them, that he has obtained' 

 the promife of a grant of the fpot required from the Curators 

 of Mr Cuthbert of Ednam. That he does not think it con- 

 liftent, either with the memory of Thomfon, or to his own 

 dignity, to hand about Aibfcription papers for defraying the 

 expence of the propofed Monument ; but informs them, that 

 Meffrs Coutts, Bankers in London, and Sir William Forbes, 

 and Co. Bankers in Edinburgh, will receive contributions for 

 this laudable defign ; and that it is propofed to ereft a fimple. 

 Doric Column, with a Statue of the Poet on the Capital, a 

 Wreath of Laurel to afcend in a fpiral and crown the Bard. 

 The whole expence of which, in the manner propofed, may 

 not exceed twelve hundred pounds. If that fum cannot be 

 obtained, the' Column will be eredted without the Statue, and* 

 with the iubftitution of an Urn. 



Dryburgh Abbey, September as. 1791. 



