HERIOT, GEORGE, founder of a magnificent hospital at Edinburgh, the son of a gold -smith in that city, a descendant of the ileriots of Trabroun, East Lothian, was born in Admitted in May, 1588, a member of the Edinburgh incorporation of gold ;smiths, he was, in 1597, appointed goldsmith to Anne of Denmark, consort of James Vi. •.of Scotland, and soon after to the king, on whose accession, in 1603, to the English throne. Heriot-went to London, where, as court-jeweler and banker, he amassed considerable tidies. 'He died Feb. 12, 1624, without issue, and bequeathed time greater part of his wealth (R23,625) to the town-council and ministers of Edinburgh, to found and endow an in that city for the maintenance and education of the sous of poor deceased er decayed burgesses. The noble structure of Heriot's hospital.. from a design, it is believed, by Inigo Jones, was completed in 1649, at a cost of R30,000 sterling. After the battle of Dunbar, in 1650, Cromwell made it a military hospital; but in 1658 it was restored to the governors by gen. Monk; and in 1659, 30 boys were admitted. 216 boys are now maintained. and in it, 96 of whoM are non-i-esilent. In 1766 the .anituali,reventie was £1900. Iff '1837 it amounted to R11,235, leaving, in that year, a surplus of £3,090. The yearly revenue is now upwards of £20,000. - Most of the ground:
on which the new town of Edinburgh is built belongs to the hospital. The revenues greatly exceeding the expenditure, in 1837 an act of parliament was prom,,,1 for the erection of schools in Edinburgh, for the education of poor children free of all expense. Of these " Heriot schools" there are 19—viz., 12 juvenile and 7 infant schools—attended by upwards of 5,100 boys and girls. The children who are eligible to these schools are, first, children of decayed burgesses and freemen; and, second, children whose parents are in poor circumstances, and who reside within the royalty of Edinburgh; but of late admission has also been given to the children of parents residing beyond that limit. There are also 0 free evening-schools, attended by 1100 young men and women. There is a system of bursaries connected with the hospital, both for the boys who arc edu cated in it, and for others who are elected according to the discretion of the governors " house bursars," £30 a year; and "out-bursars," about £20; the former established in 1810, the latter in 1825.