The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-08-23
COrrespOndcnce.-Letter No.


EDNBURG, SCOTLAND June !, 1855.
DEAR FRIEND:-Agrceable to prom
ise in my last, proceed to sketch few
items in the life ofthe beautiful Queen
Of Scots > many of the incidents may
be interesting to you from the fact that
| presume they will be new as they can
be learned only from the chronicles of
the old palace or the legends Of the
guides.
Queen Mary landed at Lcith as sover-
cign of Scotland in her own right, on
the 10Th of August, 1861. The Queens
honorable reception at Leith, is mem
toned by cotemporary writers, and
Knox records the fires of joy set furth
all night and serenade with which
she was regaled under her 'chalmer
window The melodie,' she said,
'lyked her WE'LL, and she willad the
same to be continued some nychts after
with grit diligence Another writer
says, The Qucine maid hir entries in
Edinburgh as the lyk was not sein be-
foir, shoe was SO gorgeouslie and mag
nifcentlie received The trials and
notifications which Mary was doomed
to suffer on account of her adherence to
the Romish Church, were made mani
fest so early as the first Sunday after
her arrival, which was St. Bartholomow's
Day, the Oath of August. Preparations
were made to celebrate mass in the
Chapel-Royal, at which the Queen was
to be present, and no sooner was this
known than mob rushed towards the
edifice, exclaiming--' Shall the idol be
again erected in the land - Men of
rank encouraged this riot. With the
utmost difficulty, the fury of tho mob
was restrained, and though the service
was continued in quietness, at its con-
clusion new disorders were excited.
On the 3lst of August, banquet
was given to Mary and her relatives by
the city of Edinburgh, and on the I'd of
September the Queen made her public
entry and dined in the castle at Twelf
houris. On the same day John Knox
had an audience of Mary, who had been
informed of furious sermon he had
preached against the mass on the pre-
ceding Sunday. They had long and
warm discassion, after which Knox waJ
dismissed from the royal presence, and
he left Holyrood, convinced that Mary's
soul was lost forever-that her CONVEX
sion was hopeless, because she continued
{ in her massing, and despising and
quickly mocked all exhortation.'
When Mary arrived from France she
was accompanied, among others, by ono
Chastelard, who was very handsome,
and had a turn both for music and poe
try. Mary subsequently entered into
conversation with him, whose manners
were agreeable, and who could talk to
her of France, the country of her youth
ful affection. Encouraged by the
Queens condesension, this young man,
in an evil hour, aspircd to her love, and
in fit of amorous frenzy concealed him.
self in her bed-chamber at Holyrood, in
which he was discovered by her female
attendants few minutes before she re-
tired for the night. lie was expelled,
and when Mary was informed, in the
morning, of his conduct, she ordered
him instantly to leave the palace, and
never again to appear in her presence.
This leniency, however, failed to cure
him, for he soon after had the presump-
ton to repeat his offence, while Mary
was in the act of stepping into her bed,
surrounded by her ladies. The house
hold was soon alarmed, the offender was
secured, and on the second day after,
was tried, condemned, and shortly sfter
executed, which, no doubt, effectuallr
cured him.
On the 26th Of May, 1863, Parlia-
ment assembled. During the sitting of
this Parliament sermon was preached
by Knox before several of tho nsbilitv.
in which he argued that they ought to
demand from the Queen that uubilk
by Gods Word they may justly require,
and if she would not agree with them in
God, they were not bound IN aore. -;.l