Annals Of Duddingston And Portobello

Excerpt from Annals of Duddingston and Portobello When this work was begun some years ago, the intention of the author was simply to give an account of the rise and progress of the Burgh of Portobello but as his researches proceeded he realized that without a description of the Parish in which it is situated the narrative would be incomplete and fragmentary. Until a comparatively recent period the site upon which the town is built formed a small and almost worthless part of the parish. But its rise and rapid growth have been alike remark able, and have given it an individuality apart from its surroundings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... seems to have been a great deal in the burgh at the time. The instrument used was "a pair of long thick tawse." The number of stripes was in no case to exceed forty, "the tawse to be applied to the breech, and with such effect as to cause a repetition to be greatly dreaded!"--the operator to be one of the constables on duty appointed by the Superintendent, but previous to punishment it was provided that a surgeon should inspect the culprit to ascertain if he was capable of enduring it, and if so, the surgeon was "to attend and see that no amount of punishment is inflicted beyond what the delinquent can bear." Thus the Magistrates mingled mercy with justice! Hitherto the Town Council had no suitable premises for the accommodation of the Clerk and for Council meetings. They still met in the Hotel, while the police establishment was in a OLD COUNCIL CHAMBERS, ADELPHI PLACE. house in the High Street, adjoining Inverey House. But in 1851 Rosefield House, the old residence of Mr William Jameson, the "father" of Portobello, which at the time was partly occupied as a school, was taken on lease for five years at a rent of 35 per annum. In 1853 and 1854, Portobello, like many other places, was again visited by an epidemic of cholera. There were a few fatal cases; among others, one of the Town Council fell a victim to the plague. The unsatisfactory state of the drainage of the town, particularly in the neighbourhood of Pipe Street and Bridge Street, being brought before the Commissioners of Police by the Board of Health, it was replied by the Commissioners that the matter had for a length of time been under their serious consideration, but from the very complicated and unworkable nature of the Police Act with respect to drainage they...

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