THIS is a fine old urban manor-house on the east side of Main Street, Gorbals, opposite Malta Street, and we are enabled to set down a little of its quiet domestic annals from the courteous correspondence of the Rev. Dr. Thom, of Liverpool, one of the joint proprietors, himself a native Glasgow, and brother of the late lamented Robert Thom, Esq., British Consul at Ningpo. The front building, or at least a portion of it, was built in 1687 by George Swan, a Quaker, who came originally from Perth, and whose initials "G. S.," with the date, are still plainly readable above one of the upper windows. There are also on the same stone the initials "I. R.," which we take to represent the name and surname of the Quaker's spouse. A part of the house was damaged by the great Gorbals fire of 1749, and some additions took place soon after that period. Mr. John Campbell, smith and farrier, became the occupant of the premises somewhere between 1730 and 1740, and finally purchased the "old house" from Mr. Swan's representatives in 1749, and it remains the possession of his descendants till this day. Mr. Campbell carried on his business in the little court, which still exists. He was a highly respectable man, and his name is still inscribed on the Gorbals tablets as a great benefactor to the village poor. His first wife was a Miss Maxwell of Williamfield, and his second wife a Miss Margaret Corse, of Paisley, whom he married in 1739, and by the only daughter of this lady, who was born in this house in 1744, and who subsequently married Mr. William Falconer, of Hamilton, the property has been transmitted to the present proprietors, her descendants. This Mr Falconer was descended from Mr. William Falconer, whose fine for the affair of Bothwell Bridge is noticed in Wodrow. Many eminent Glasgow families claim kindred with him; but it is unnecessary to pursue this genealogical disquisition further. After the family ceased to use the house as a place of residence, the front portion became an inn or public house, in which capacity it was tenanted for more than half a century. The tenants are to this day humbly respectable, but they do not, of course, occupy the position in society which their predecessors did.