Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-02-08

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er narrow door leads to the suppng room
where the Queens unfortunate secretary,
Riccio, was assassinated in her presence at
/ the instigation OF her Jealous husband, Lord
Dornley. Descending from the chambers
we entered the Chapel Royal, stood under
the great window on the precise spot where
Mary plighted her troth to the jealous and
1issipated Dornley. The Abbey Church Ho-
1 ly Rood, is the last resting place of many Of
! the great Of former times. l am informed
that here rest the remains OF many Of Scot
lands ancient Sosereigns. Both the Chapel
and Abbey are in ruins now, time and fire
have done their devastating work. From
Holy Rood we drove to Eiinbargh Castle
here we were first shown into the Chapel
erected more than eight hundred years since
/ by Malcolm III. for the use Qt his sanity
Queen Margaret. 1t is called St Margaret :
chapel. We next visited the room where
James VI was born, saw an old oak chair
that was in the room when that event took
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which bis mother, Queen Mary, lowered him
down over the steep rock on which the Cas-
tie is founded, in basket, to the Catholic
party, who recovered and took him to Ster-
ling, where he WAS baptized by the Arch
bishop of St. Andrews to preserve him |
suppose from the coutamnating influence OF
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room in another wing OF the castle where is
kept guarded the rrgalia of Scotland, CON
sisting Of crown, sccptre and sword Of state.
FROM the lofty battlements Of the castle We
obtained fine view OF the city of Film
burgh, both the old and new town. 1t is by
far the finest city have ever yet seen. From
the castle we drove - st Giles church in
which are .intcrred the remains Of Lord
Dornlcy, then 10 the Antiquarian museum,
then u Colton Hill, Princes gardens and
several other places which [ have not time to
describe We left Edinburgh in the p N.
train and arrived at Glasgow about eleven
the same evening, completely exhausted with
excitement and fatigue. But our travels did
not end here, for after taking few days to
rest and recruit our tagging energies, Emma
and joined a party Tor \ visit 10 Lumbar
ton Castle, which stands on Il bold Is lated
rock that ri4es preclPt3u,iY cat OF the river
CLYDE to a height Of about jdn feet Arri'
ing thee we were ambitious 10 climb = the
very summit Of this strong h9ll, which feat
We accomplished not without some tansue
and III Iralty and stool On the sary spot
whes. WaHaec stood when he to1k this for
tr - In the Armory 7t the Ge-tle We saw
the sword used by Wallace on that occasion,
also ba,tlc-axc which was once the proper
tv of Robert Bruce Leaving the Castle We
took the tram for Bowling, where We en-
barkei IN board steamer for Grcenack,
ples ! several places Of interest IN the Clyde.
several country seats aud villas, the mouth
Of the Kelvin aud Kelvin grove, Jordan Hill
once the r,silence OF Capt Thomas Craw-
ford who t95k Dumbirton Castle IN 10 T.,
Ershinc House, the residence Of Lord BlAn-
iyre, san-n-Ilw to the Datchess Of Suthcr-
Ian :, DunslAs, Castle, where is u monument
erected 10 the memory Of Henry Bel! who
launched the first steamer On the Clyde Car
lr Castle where Urace breathei his last
and Newark Gastle, 10 MT recallcct hear
1us any historical inell' nt connected With
tbs splendid old eltlee. Arrisin5at Green