Hadding- 
ton, 
Hadleigh, 
H/A'D 
of state, and also the monument erected to John Mait- 
land, Baron of Thirlstane, Lord High Chancellor of — 
which contains an inscription from the pen. 
England, , n 1 
of James VI. The Episcopalian chapel, built by pri- 
vate"subseription; is neat and commodious.:' About) a 
2X wile to the east of the town, near! the suburb called 
ngate, are the ruins of a n « founded in: 1178 
by Adda, widow of Prince Henry; and mothet of Mal- 
elm 1V. The bridge over the Tyne, which connects 
this suburb with the towny is: builtiof stone; and con- 
sistsof three archies. : Several fenvains:of the:ancient for- 
tifieations of the town are still’ visible, Haddingtomhad 
formerly a house of dominicans or black friars, who-were 
introduced into Scotland in the reign of Alexander TH... 
Haddington sends a member ‘to ‘parliament along 
with Jedburgh, Dunbar, Lauder, North ‘Berwick. 
It is' governed by’ a provost, three - bailies,:a dean: of 
guild, a treasurer and 12 councillors, and has seven in- 
coporated trades. The principal manufacture carried 
on in Haddington’ was one of coarse-woollen cloth ; but 
it has some time ago been abandoned... The manufac< 
ture of starch was attempted by Mr Wilkie; jun. of 
Gilehriston, a public spirited individual, butit did not 
succeed, A new flour mill, driven by steam,. has been 
built in the Nungate; and an extensive distillery is at 
present erecting on the bleachfield by Mr Dunlop, one of 
the partners of the distillery at East Linton. . The town 
has also suffered éonsiderable injury, from the removal 
of thé extensive barracks in its immediate: vicinity. 
The country around Haddington is extremely rich and ° 
‘peautifel, and is ornamented with many gentlemen’s 
seats, the principal of which are Amisfield, one of the 
seats of the: Earl of Wemyss; Clerkington, the seat of 
Mr Hepburn; Leadington, the seat of Lord Blantyre ; 
Coulston, the seat of Lord Dalhousie; Alderston, the 
seat of Mr Stewart ; and Letham, the seat of Mr Buchan 
‘Hepburn. 
The following is the population of the burgh and 
parish in 1811. 
; Number of inhabited houses pital Sit ci: 
Wo. of families... 2s + «+s, 104 
‘Do. employed in agriculture . 879 
Do. in.trade and manufactures. . . 389 
OMEGIES. = 528. 'e | Figo Umino te 2002 
Memales o/s, <o. 3h osteo ue ee 
Total population . . . . « + « 4870 
See Statistical Account of Scotland ; Transactions of 
the ge tang Society of Scotland, vol. i. ; and Chal- 
mers’ Caledonia, vol. il. p. 412. 
HADDINGTONSHIRE; See Lorntan, East. 
HADLEIGH, or Haptuey, is a market-town: of 
‘England, in'the county of Suffolk, situated on the river 
Breton. Its principal ornament is its church, which is 
a handsome structure with a spire steeple, situated in 
the middle of the town, The altar piece of the church 
is very handsome. Guthram or Gormo, the Danish 
chieftain, who was defeated by Alfred, embraced Chris- 
‘tainity, and reigned over the East Angles for 12 years, 
was interred here in 889. The'tomb, however, which 
is shewn as his, is. supposed by Mr Gough to be of 
much later date. Twelve alms-houses for 24 aged 
sn were founded here in 1497 by William Pykens 
am, dean of Stoke College, who was rector of Had- 
leigh. This town formerly carried on a great trade 
in cloth ;' but ite principal business is now that of 
spinning yarn for the weavers of Norwich. In 1811, 
the town and parish contained 509 inhabited houses, 
529 families, and a population of 2592. See Beauties 
of England ‘ahd’ Wales, vol. xiv. p. 2111 
602 
HABE 
HADRAMAUT. See Ananzta, vol. ii. p. 275, &c. 
HADSJAR. See Anasia, vol. ii. p. 275, &c. a. 
HAERLEM,; or Haartem, a town in the United 2 
and pillag 
was recoveréd by A Ibert ;duke-of Saxony, punish- 
ed the insurgents, and deprived the; inhabitants of their 
privileges.” At the request :of Philip: IL. -of i 5» it 
was ere¢ted into a bishop's bar et scsi '. 3 but, 
in 1571, the citizens embraced the Protestant faith; and 
submitted to the Prince of Orange. It was besieged in 
1572 by Frederick of Toledo, son of the Duke of Al+ 
va, and for the space of eight months a 
desperate resistance.. Ewen the women of’ cence ; 
formed themselves into regular battalions, and shares 
in all the duties of the garrison. At length, worn out 
by famine and fati they agreed to surrender, upon 
condition that the:lives of the garrison and.of the’citie 
zens should be:spared;' but. the articles of capitulation 
were perfidiously violated, and two thousand of thesol- 
diers and inhabitants were massacred in cold blood. ‘In 
1577, it was finally united with the States, . > ie 
Haerlem isa large and handsome town, well built, 
and well paved. Its streets are broad and regular ; and, 
like the other towns of Holland, it abounds in canals, 
bridges, and trees. The buildings most worthy, of:no- 
tice are the palace, the public library, and the chuxch, 
The last is a very large structure, crowded, as is coms 
mon in that, country, with square wooden monuments, 
without any name, but having the arms of the deceas« 
ed painted on a black ground, and the date of the death 
in goid letters. Its principal: ornament is. the 5 
which is a¢counted: the finest:in the world, and whi 
occupies the whole west end of the nave. It. is sup- 
ported’ by eight marble columns, between two of which 
in the centre is a noble emblematical alto-relievo, with 
figures as large as life, It was, built in '1738, and has 
8000 pipes, the largest of which is 32 feet in length, 
and-16 inches in diameter.. There are 60 stops or 
voices, four separations, two: shakes, two. couplings, 
and twelve bellows... There is a pipe, which imitates 
the sound of the human voice, but it generally pre 
appoints the expectations of strangers.. The power 
variety of tone possessed by this. Testaiegting Takeuiiae 
be truly astonishing. Some of its notes are.so delicate as 
scarcely to exceed the warblings of a small singing 
bird ; and others so loud, as to shake the massy pile 
in which it stands. When the whole strength of the 
organ:is exerted,” says Mr Fell, « never did I hear, or 
could conceive, sounds more godlike. The swelling 
majesty of each gigantic note seems of more than mor= 
tal birth, and the slightest sounds enchant the ear. 
Solemnity, grandeur, delicacy, and harmony, ave the 
characteristics of this noble instrument.” . It is, played 
on two days of the week, for an hour each time; and 
the church is, on these océasions; the resort of the first 
company of the place. Haerlem is still! more justly ce- 
Jebrated. as the birth-place of Laurence Costar, who 
is said to have invented the art of printing, and the 
site of whose house is still pointed: out to strangers 
by an inscription. He is said to have made the dis- 
covery ‘by cutting the initial letters of his name upon 
a piece of bark, and using itvas a seal; and speci« 
