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MISCELLANEOUS.
MARY, QUEEN or SCOTS.

We give below extract from this work. conn
pTising tile awful catastrophe at the death Of Darn
10y husband oil The beautiful and unfortunate
Queen, which Nc have where seen better de-
slrbcd.
The book altogether, is written in n ehastc and
Classical style, and the writer's references 10 va
rious authors, aud his depth of research siroocIy
Icfihu hs o' Scotland, by Doctor Robert ,un
Baltimcre Gszcite
Darnley, meantime, little aware of
ms Impending fate, had gone 10 be-.
within an hour after the queen had
left HIM. HIS servant, William Tay
Tor, lay, rs was has wont. in the samc
room. Thos. Nelson. Edward Sim.
mons. and boy, lay IN the gallery. or
servant apartment, on the same floor
and nearer the town we'll. Boutwell,
must have been quite aware. that from
the mode OF death he had chosen for
Darniey, there was every probability
that his attendants would also perish.
But when lawless ambition once com
mences H. work olb.ood. whet hcr there
be only one or hundred victims seems
TO be matter of Indifference.
Ihe conspirators waited for upwards
OF quarter Of an hour without hear.
ing any Boutwell, became inn
patient; and unless the others had in.
teriered and pointed out To him the
danger, he would have returned and
cooked IN at the back window Of the
bedroom to see If the LIGHT was burn
ing. !; must have been a moment Of
intense anxiety and terror to all of
them. At length every doubt was
Terminated. With an explosion so
tremendous that i; shook near the
whole town, aud startled the inhapi-
tants from their sleep, the house Of
Kirk of Field blew up into a thousand
fragments, leaving scarcely a yestige
standing of its former wall. Paris.
who describes the noise as that of n
storm Of thunder condensed into one
clap, fel almost seDseiess through fear.
with his face upon the Garth. Both
we'll himself, though "a bold, bad
man. confessed documentary panic.
:" have been at many important en-
terprIses' said he but | never felt
before as ! do now" Without wait.
ing to ascertain the full extent OF the
catastrophe. he and hts accompliccs
left the scene Of their guilt with all
expedition. They went out at the
ConveDt-gate. and having passed dow n
To the Cow gate they there separated.
and went up by different roads 10 the
Neiherbow port. They were very dc.
sirOus To avoid disturbing The porter
again. lest. they should excite iis suspi-
oion. They therefore went down
close, which still exists. on tie north
side Of the High street. Immediately
above the city gate. expecting that
they would be able 10 drop from the
wall into Leith Wynd bot Boutwell,
found u too high. especially as a
wound he had received az Hermitage
Castle. still left one Of his hands weak
They were forced. thefore. To ,rpiy
once more 90 John Galloway. who. on
being told that they were friends Of tho
Earl OF Boutwell,, does not seem 20
have asked any questions. On getting
INTO the Cannongaie. some people were
observed coming up the street; TO = .
VOID them Boutwell, pissed down -.
Mary's Wynd. aud went to his lUdr.
ing by the bsckroad. The sentinels
~ the door Of the Queens garden l..
gain challenged them. and they made
the usual answcr. that they we're friend.
Of the Ear % Bata.eii. cartsilg de.
patches 10 han from the country. The
sentInels asked eli they knew what
noise that was they had heard short
time before " They told them they
did not. Whom Bo'hWcll came home
be called for dfnk and taxing oH
bis clothes. went To bed Immediately
lie hal not lain there above bait an
hour. when The news vas btough, him