450 JAMES WATT. — 
was born there. ‘The inhabitants have subscribed for a 
statue of the illustrious mechanic, to be placed in a fine 
library, built on a piece of ground generously given by 
Sir Michael Shaw Stewart; and there will be gathered 
the books that the town possessed, and the collection of 
scientific works that Watt had presented to the town 
during his life. This building has already cost 35007. 
sterling (upwards of 87,000 frs. of our money), a con- 
siderable expense for which the liberality of Mr. Watt, 
Junior, has provided. A grand colossal statue in bronze, 
on a beautiful granite base, now adorns one of the angles 
of George’s Square, at Glasgow ; proving to all beholders, 
how much that capital of Scotch industry prides itself in 
having been the cradle of Watt’s discoveries. Finally,* 
the gates of Westminster Abbey opened at the imposing 
voice of a host of subscribers; and a colossal statue of 
our co-academician, of Carrara marble, a masterpiece of 
Chantrey’s, the pedestal bearing an inscription by Lord 
Brougham, has become within these few years one of the 
principal ornaments of the English Pantheon. Doubt- 
less a little coquetry was necessary to bring together the 
illustrious names of Watt, Chantrey, and Brougham on 
the same monument; but I can see nothing to blame in 
it: glory to the people who thus seize every opportunity 
of honouring their great men ! 
This inscription by Lord Brougham, put on the 
pedestal of the statue of our confrére, appears to us to 
be worthy of a place in these pages, devoted to the mem- 
ory of one of the greatest geniuses that ever illustrated 
science and industry ; we will reproduce it then literally, 
a translation shall follow :— 
* Two years ago a statue of Watt was erected in Edinburgh.— 
Translator. 
