WILLIAM EDMONSTONE (1813-1865).-Poet and humorist, _s._ of Roger A., a Writer to the Signet, was _b._ in Edinburgh and _ed._ there, and was brought up to the law, which, however, as he said, he "followed but could never overtake." He became a contributor to _Blackwood's Magazine_ in 1836, and continued his connection with it unti