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beojan as far back as October 1819 when we together entered as 
“ Gaits ” Carson’s Class at the High School. Of course when 
Inglis was at Glasgow and Oxford we saw nothing of one another, 
but when he returned to Edinburgh we were able, as members of 
Mackay’s Class Club, to renew our interrupted but not forgotten 
friendship, which lasted to the end of his life, John Inglis was by 
many persons said to be cold in his friendships. I know not how 
this may have been to others, but it was not so to me. I cannot 
easily forget that on the occasion of many kind friends presenting 
to me my bust, by the hands of the University Chancellor, after 
he had performed the ceremony with all the dignity which so 
characterised him, he, sotto voce, grasped my hand, with the warm 
expression of Dear old boy ! ” 
I can add nothing to what has already been published of Lord 
Justice General Inglis, than that it will not be easy for Scotland to 
find one who will discharge the functions of that high office with a 
similar combination of judicial learning, clearness of decision, and 
dignity of manner. 
Thomas Miller, Emeritus-Rector of Perth Academy, was born 
in 1807, at Ardoch, in Perthshire. He studied at St Andrews Uni- 
versity, where he graduated as M.A. After graduation, a vacancy 
having occurred in the Mathematical Mastership of Madras College, 
St Andrews, he was unanimously elected to that post. During the 
four years that he held this appointment, he more than tripled the 
number of students. He was subsequently elected to the office of 
Rector of Perth Academy, in which capacity he taught the classes 
of mathematics, natural philosophy and chemistry. The excellence 
of his teaching was testified by the approving Reports of Professor 
Kelland, and of Mr Fearon, the examiner for London and Middlesex, 
who said that Dr Miller’s teaching was better than any he saw in 
England. He was foremost in the foundation of a Mechanics 
Institute. He also published a treatise on the Differential Calculus, 
which obtained for him the degree of LL.D. from two Scottish 
Universities. Dr Miller continued to hold the position of Rector 
of the Perth Academy for the long period of forty-four years ; and 
on his retiring from the Rectorship in 1881, his numerous friends 
and pupils presented him with his portrait. He was Vice-President 
of the Literary and Antiquarian Society of Perthshire, and was Chair- 
