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Scots Law. 



Civil History and Antiquities. 



Faculty of Medicine, 



Anatomy and Surgery. 



Practice of Medicine. 



Botany. 



Materia Medica. 



Chemistry. 



Theory of Medicine. 



Midwifery. 



Natural History. 



Clinical Surgery. 



Military Surgery. 



Medical Jurisprudence. 



Faculty of Arts. 



Moral Philosophy. 



Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. 



Greek. 



Latin. 



Natural Philosophy. 



Mathematics. 



Practical Astronomy. 



Logic. 



Agriculture. 



On three of these branches, the law of nature and 

 nations, civil history, and practical astronomy, no lec- 

 tures have been delivered for several years. The sala- 

 ries of the professors are for the most part about L. 100 

 per annum ; though some have less and some consider- 

 ably more; and tees of L.3, 3s. in some classes, and 

 L. 4, -Is. in others, for the session, are given by each 

 student. The professor of Divinity receives no fees, 

 and those of one class of civil law are L. 5, 5s. The 

 mode of instruction is by lectures ; no particular course 

 of academical education is followed, nor do the pro- 

 lessors exercise any controul over the other pursuits of 

 the- students. The professors lecture in gowns, but the 

 students are not distinguished by a particular costume ; 

 each attends what lectures he prefers, and he lives where 

 and how he pleases. Particular professions, such as me- 

 dicine, law, and theology, require a regular attendance 

 at certain classes previous to l>cing qualified for exer- 

 iMrif? tin-in, certificates of Tvluch must be produced be- 

 fore degrees are obtained The senatus academicus 

 forms a liberal and learned body of men, and the reputa- 

 tion of the university bears ample testimony of their 

 capacity. As a medical school, there is perhaps none 

 of greater celebrity in Europe, and students are to be 

 attending it from various quarters of the globe. 

 The total number of students at this university during 

 the session, terminating in spring 1814, was 2010. 



The buildings appropriated for the professors in- 

 structing their respective classes being found mean 

 .Hid inconvenient, an enormous pile was founded, in 

 1789, the expence of erecting which was attempted to 

 be defrayed by subscription. But although the public 

 displayed unusual liberality, the plan was so gigantic, 

 as might indeed have been anticipated, when compared 

 with the means of putting it in execution, that after a 

 few years of activity the buildings became altogether 

 stationary, and long exhibited the appearance of a stu- 

 pendous ruin. Some pecuniary aid has lately been ob- 

 tained, and part of the structure further advanced in 

 'onseqtience. The edifice was planned by the late Mr 

 Ji'ibert Adam, and intended to consist of a great qua- 



drangle 358 feet by 25.>, fronting tile east, with a spa- Edinburgh. 

 cious court in the interior ; and the expence of the fa- *""Y~" 

 brie was calculated at L. 6'8,000. Most of the front, 

 and the north and west walls are finished, and part of 

 the internal edifices. The principal" gateway enters 

 from a portico, supported by columns of the Doric or- 

 der, each of single stone, 23 feet high, and, when com- 

 plete, a lofty dome is to crown the whole. Besides 

 the class rooms adapted for giving lectures on the va- 

 rious branches taught in the university, a very large 

 apartment for a library, and one for a museum of na- 

 tural history, the college was originally designed to 

 contain accommodation for the chief professors, which 

 we believe is not now to be adopted. From the present 

 state of the buildings, it will be many years before they 

 are brought to a close ; meantime we cannot but regret, 

 that more recent edifices have been allowed to crowd 

 and encroach on what was meant to surpass all other 

 structures in Scotland. 



The High School, devoted to the education of boys, High 

 is a compact, plain building, well corresponding to its School, 

 use, situated in an open area, near the royal Infirmary. 

 It was founded in 1777, and consists of apartments 

 where the different classes are taught, a common hall 

 and library. There are five teachers, one of whom is 

 denominated rector. Each teacher has his class with 

 him during four years ; at ihe end of which time it is 

 put under the tuition of the rector, with whom most of 

 the boys continue for two years longer. A public exa- 

 mination annually takes place in August, when premi- 

 ums are distributed. Some of the masters of this school 

 have been much distinguished by their literary qualifica- 

 tions ; and it has given the elements of liberal education 

 to many who have afterwards made an eminent figure 

 in the world. So high does it stand at present in the 

 public estimation, that it is attended by above 700 boyg. 

 Being found too small for their accommodation, it is 

 about to be enlarged. 



Besides these, which are the chief public institutions 

 in this city for instruction, the elementary parts of 

 science and literature are taught, either in the way of 

 lectures or otherwise, by private individuals, according 

 to the age and capacity of the pupils. 



An association was established in 1810, under the i ns tit u tc. 

 name of the Edinburgh Institute, where scientific per- 

 sons lecture alternately on certain subjects previously 

 announced; those for the present year, 1814, are natu- 

 ral history, astronomy, magnetism, and Oriental history. 

 Each lecturer receives a guinea for his lecture from a 

 general fund, and the lecture room is open for a small 

 consideration to all who may chuse to attend it. Anato- 

 my and chemistry are successfully taught by private lec- 

 turers to numerous audiences ; and there are many in- 

 structors of the arts and accomplishments, distinguished 

 by their ability. A royal academy for horsemanship was 

 established in 1764, the master or director of which has 

 a salary of L.200 per annum. There is also an academy 

 for design, under the patronage of the Board of Trustees 

 for encouraging manufactures, the master of which has 

 a salary of the like amount, for the attendance of nume- 

 rous pupils. Drawing, painting, and music, are besides 

 taught in all their branches, by many different persons. 



There are various societies in this city for the culti. Litcnuy 

 vation of science and literature, the principal of which societies 

 is the Royal Philosophical Society. Associations of 

 learned men are numerous on the continent, and some 

 of them have subsisted long. The Royal Academy of 

 France preceded the Royal Society of London ; but a 

 much longer interval elapsed before any similar asso- 



