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Englishman who was set up on purpose to assail General 

 Washington and his administration. At this day, as for 

 many years, a Scotchman in New York edits a paper noto- 

 rious for falsehood and slander. It is thus that foreigners 

 disgrace us. 



Sir Harry Moncrieff Wellwood, an excellent baronet, 

 deserves to be commemorated among the eminent men of 

 Scotland of my time. He was an established minister of 

 the West Kirk at the foot of the Castle Rock, Parish of 

 St. Cuthbert's, and although a titled man, he was a fervent 

 minister of the gospel. Cowper mentions, as a wonder, 

 the Earl of Dartmouth, who " wears a coronet and prays." 

 I often attended the preaching of the Rev. Sir Henry M. 

 Wellwood, who retained his aristocratic title, and was rarely 

 called Reverend. He exhibited every appearance of a 

 sound and excellent mind, and every proof of rational, 

 although ardent piety. He appeared to be about sixty ; 

 but his physical frame was robust, and he seemed to have 

 the stamina of a long life. 



Rev. David Dickson was an intimate friend of my asso- 

 ciate, Mr. Codman, and he honored me with his friendship 

 and confidence. I was also kindly received in the family of 

 his father, the Rev. Mr. Dickson, senior. I occasionally 

 heard the father preach, and often listened to the son in 

 the West Kirk, near which Mr. Dickson resided in a bach- 

 elor's home, with an intelligent and agreeable sister to do 

 the honors of his house. His hospitality we often enjoyed, 

 and the most valued part of the entertainment was derived 

 from his own bright intelligence, joyous spirits, sparkling 

 wit, and warm welcome. He was a man of talents and 

 learning. In the pulpit, he was solemn, earnest, and affec- 

 tionate ; his sermons were lucid, and their tendency was 

 eminently practical. He had read the writings of our prin- 

 cipal New-England divines, Edwards, Hopkins, Bellamy, 

 and others, and he remarked to me once that he thought 

 our preachers indulged too much in metaphysics. " We 



