Annals of Glasgow

James, Duke of York, made a Privy Counsellor of Scotland, 46...Prosecutions
against those concerned in the Battle of Bothwell Bridge, 47... Persecution of
Mr. John Spreull, 47...Mr. Donald Cargill, late Minister of the Barony Parish,
executed, 49... Test Act enforced, 50... The Earl of Argyle absconds, is tried in
his absence, and degraded, 50...Death of Charles II. 50...The Duke of York

declared King, under the title of James II. 50...The Earl of Argyle returns in

arms, 50...Is apprehended and beheaded in Edinburgh, 51... The Duke of

Monmouth beheaded after the Battle of Sedgemoor, 51... The first Indulgence,

52...The Queen is delivered of a Son, 53...A General Pardon published, 54...

Abject flattery of the Scotch Bishops, 54... The Prince of Orange invades

England, 55... William III. proclaimed at Glasgow, 55... The Students in the

University of Glasgow burn the Pope and the Archbishops of St. Andrews

and Glasgow in effigy, 56...King James withdraws to France, 56...Is de-

clared to have abdicated the Throne, 56...Scotch Commissioners introduced to

William and Mary at Whitehall, 57... The King's Supremacy in the Church of

Scotland rescinded, 58...A General Assembly appointed, 58...Deaths of William

and Mary, 61... Accession of Queen Anne, 61... Union of Scotland with

England, 61... Union unpopular in Scotland, 61... Patronage restored, 63...

Death of the Queen, 64...Accession of George I. 64... Rebellion in Scotland, 64

...Battle of Dumblain, 65...Battle of Preston, 66... Pretender arrives in Scot-

land, and is proclaimed King, 66... Returns to the Continent, 66...Scotch No-

bility and others executed, 66...Death of George I. and Accession of George II.

67... Charles, Son of the old Pretender, arrives in Scotland, 67...Proclaims his

Father King, 68...Sir John Cope defeated by the Rebels near Prestonpans, 68

...The Duke of Cumberland defeats the Rebels at Culloden, 70... The Young

Pretender retires to the Continent, 70... The Rebels severely punished, 71...The

Highlanders prevented from wearing the Garb of their Ancestors, 71... Aboli-

tion of the hereditary jurisdictions, 71...Death of George II. and Accession of

George III. 71... Pedigree of the Stuart family, 72.

CHAP. XV.

University, 76...Chancellors, 111...Principals, 112...Professors of Divinity, 115

Rectors, 114...Andersonian Institution, 118... Presidents and Secretaries, 120

...Professors, 122...Hutchisons' Hospital, 123... Preceptors, 132... Town's

Hospital, 134... Preceptors, 138... Theatre, 139... Glasgow Observatory, 143...

Presidents and Secretaries, 145... Observers, 145... Glasgow Philosophical So-

ciety, 146... Wilson's Charity, 147... Humane Society, 149... Grammar School,

156...Conveners, Teachers, and Duxes, 164...Rectors, 174.

CHAP. XVI.

Genealogy of the Kings of Scotland, from their Origin till the Union with the

Crown of England, 176...Regalia, 182...Names, Titles, Arms, &c. of the

Kings of Scotland, 187...Kings and Queens of England, from the Conquest

down to George III. 190...Articles of Union between Scotland and England,

191... Weights and Measures, 208...Dates of Charters of Royal Burghs, 223

...List of Shires, Stewartries, and Burghs, which sent Members to Parliament

before the Union, 224...Convention of Royal Burghs and Free Incorporations,

227... The Parliaments of Great Britain since the Union, with the Names of

the Speakers and Chairmen, 242...Form of Proclamation for dissolving Parlia-

ment, 249...For electing the Sixteen Peers of Scotland, 250...For Proroguing

Parliament, 251...Members of Parliament who have served for the Burghs of

Glasgow, Dumbarton, Renfrew, and Rutherglen, from the Union till 1816, 252

...Set of the Burgh, 253...Submission between the Merchants and Crafts, 255

...Letter of Guildry, 257...Acts of Council and Royal Burghs respecting the

Set of the Burgh, 282... The Oaths of Allegiance and Abjuration, and the

Assurance, subscribed by the Magistrates and Council, by the Ministers of the

Established Church, and by the Professors of the University, &c. 302...Form

of a Burgess Ticket for a Protestant, 304... Roman Catholics admitted Bur-

gesses, 305...Form of additional Oath administered to them, 305.

CHAP. XVII.

An Abridgment of Papal Bulls, Charters of the Crown, Royal Letters, and Acts

of the Scotch and British Parliament, in favour of Glasgow, 307... Commerce

and Manufactures of the City, 366...Chamber of Commerce, 577...List of

Chairmen, Deputy-Chairmen, and Secretaries, 380...Marine Society, 384...An

Account of the Ships, Tonnage, and Number of Seamen belonging to Clyde

in 1785 and 1815, 389...An Account of the Goods Exported and Produce

Imported in 1815, 390...Steam-Boats, history and particular description of those

on the Clyde, &c. 393... History of Patronage, and of the various modes of pre-

senting Ministers to Churches in Glasgow, from the Reformation till the

present time, 401.

CHAP. XVIII.

Education, 412...Number of Schools in the City, 420... Poor, mode of supplying

them, 425... Number of Paupers on the Kirk Sessions, 427... Circulating Li-

braries, 433...Stirling's Library, 435... Glasgow Public Library, 442...Robert-

sonian Library, 444... Book Societies, 447... Books published in Numbers, 447

...Literary Society, 447...Literary and Commercial Society, 448... Widows'

Fund Society, 448...Annuity Society, 452... Farmers' Society, 457... Public

Green, and Improvements connected with it, 457...Letter-Founding, or Type-

Making, with an Account of Messrs. Alex. Wilson & Sons' Manufactory, 467...

Post-Office, Rates and Amount, 471... Records of the Presbytery and General
Session, 475... Names of the principal Streets, narrating the times when they
were opened, 479...Banks, 480... Mason Lodges, 483... Ale and Spirit Licenses
issued for the City and Suburbs, 487...Reservoirs for the Supply of the Forth
and Clyde Navigation, 489...Assize of Bread, 492... Mode of Setting it in
Glasgow, 506...Flour Mills at Partick and Clayslap, 511.....Cess or Land Tax,

~514... Population, 515...Mortality Bill, 518.

ANNALS OF GLASGOW.
GLASGOW.

CHAP. XII.

Reformation of Religion-Presbyterian Form of Worship established in ScotlandMr. John Knox, one of the early Reformers, retires to Geneva-Mary of Lorraine, Regent of the Kingdom-First Book of Discipline written-Roman Catholic Clergymen allowed Two-thirds of their former Stipends-Superintendents appointed-The Presbyterian and Episcopal Forms of Church Government exercised alternately from the Reformation till the Revolution-General Assembly-Synods-Presbyteries and Congregational Sessions instituted— The Office of Bishop declared to have no foundation in the Word of God-Speech of King James VI. against Episcopacy-The Eucharist first celebrated, after the Presbyterian form, in Finlaystone House-Church Service Book for Scotland-Notable General Assembly of 1638, held in the Cathedral Church of Glasgow-Abjuration of Episcopacy, and Excommunication of the Scotch Bishops-Declinature of the Bishops-The Covenant signed-Churchmen incapacited from holding places in Parliament-King Charles I. erects his Royal Standard at York-The Covenanters raise an Army-The Civil Wars commence-Covenanters defeated at Perth, Aberdeen, and Kilsyth-Royalists defeated at Philiphaugh-Three of the prisoners, viz. Sir William Rollock, Sir Philip Nisbet, and Mr. Alexander Ogilvie of Inverquharty, executed in Glasgow-A Parliament summoned to be held at Glasgow-Charles throws himself on the mercy of the Scots Army-The Pestilence rages in Glasgow, and other Towns in Scotland-The King refuses to comply with the desire of the English Commissioners-The Scots surrender him to the English for a Sum of Money-The Civil War, of 1648, commences-The Scots arm in Defence of the King-The Magistrates of Glasgow imprisoned--Military Quartered on the Members of the Town Council and Session-The Scotch Levy enters the City of Carlisle-Defeated by General Cromwell, near Preston-The King Tried

and Beheaded.

REFORMATION OF RELIGION.

A Brief Account of the Church in Glasgow, and the Persecutions for the Cause of Religion, which took place in that City, &c. from the Reformation down to the commencement of the Nineteenth Century: collected from authentic Records.

ABOUT the beginning of the sixteenth century, the corruption

of doctrine, the dissolute manners and extreme indolence of the Clergy, had arrived to such a height, as to concur in bringing about the Reformation of religion, which settled the Pres

byterian form of Church Government in Scotland, by Act of Parliament, in 1660. This great event was preceded by some remarkable prodigies, celestial and terrestrial; in the months of November and December 1556, and of January 1557, a comet shone with great lustre, rivers were dried up in the middle of Winter, and so completely overflowed their banks in Summer, as to carry destruction before them, while hailstones as large as pigeons' eggs fell and destroyed the crops. These visible signs were succeeded by one still more terrific; for a considerable time, a meteor vomited fire both night and day; the flames emitted by this meteor were so near the earth as to destroy the cattle, houses, and corn fields. The whole body of the people conceived that these signs prognosticated immediate destruction, or some great change in the Church and State. Impressed with this idea, numbers of the Clergy renounced their orders, and embraced the Reformed Religion. The dignified Clergy, however, strenuously resisted the innovation; and having perceived that Mr. John Knox, who had been a zealous Roman Catholic, had now become a chief instrument in the cause of defection in the Church, they cited him, in 1556, before their spiritual tribunal, and, in absence, condemned him to death for heresy, and burned his effigy at the Cross of Edinburgh, he having retired to Geneva, where he was elected a Minister of the Reformed Church. Soon after this period, the defection became general over the whole country, for the Friars and other ecclesiastical orders breaking loose from their cloisters, began to preach the doctrines of Reformation. At this important crisis, the Reformers found it necessary to unite firmly together in support of the great cause; the more so, as they had not only the whole weight of the dignified Clergy against them, but had to combat the influence of Mary of Lorraine, the Queen Regent, who was a zealous Papist, and completely under the control of the Court of Rome. Under such circumstances, the chief promoters of the Reformation, determined that every person in the nation

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