Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-07-07
THROUGH EDINBURGH.
4 irIys TO Dalton Hiu-rhe Palace W more
wary Queen OF Scots Lived -nonu,uruts
to Famous rubliI Men.

a ni,o 10 Dalton niii-rhc Palace where
maTy Queen OF Scots Lived - nonunruts
to Famous ruolio Men.
Extracts from Private Correspondence.
EpiNHuRuu, Scotland, June 10, 1854.
We arrived hero from Stirling, at y.
III. yesterday, wheio we met Mr.. aud Mrs.
Dr.. Bausman, with whom we had
parted at Queenstown. They have been
'Hstiug at the English lakes. DIR. Schan,
his wife, son aud daughter, and DR.. Bonn
berger, are here also. There WAS a meet
ing of the committee of tho council, of
which DIS. Schah, Apple and Bombcrgor,
are members. held IN this city to day.
We took drive through the city this
morning, visiting places Of interest ; the
Caltou Hill aud Salisbury Craigs, upon
the top Of which is Arthur's Seat. This
bill il completely cucircled with elegant
roads which command u beautiful Wow ot
the city, its suburbs aud tho surrounding
country.
We drove through tho Canon cato, II
being in the old portion of the oity, and
with which 80 much historic interest is
connected. At the foot Of 1t stands Holy
rood palace, and the ruins OF tho old
abbey, where many Of the kings Of Scot
land and the nobility are buried. In this
palace, Mary, the unfortunate tluoon of
Scots, resided when she was married
to Lord DArnley The rooms in which she
resided are shown, containing her bed just
rs 1t was when she lived, aud much oi the
old furniture aud pictures remain. The
room ID also shown III which her secretary,
the Italian RCciu, WAS stabbed aud killed
by the cuuspiratUrs who were lustigatcd 10y
Darucy, and led by him by the secret
stairway into the queens rooms. The
Il
said to be the queens suppiug room, is u
very small one and would scarcely hold u
dozen persons. Visitors are also shown
Lord Darnley's rooms, aud tho picture ga
loTy containing the pictures of all the
kings of Scotland, but that they resemble
them as whom III the tleSh is rather my:hi
cal.
Tne Heart OF MiiIothisu.
Ga this old street stands the house of
John Knox, the shop 10 which Allan
Ramsay, the poet, did business as a
bookseller aud stationer, aud 1t. Giles
church, IN old structure IN which John
Knox preached. Here, too stood the
Heart of Midlothian. The spot is marked
ia the pavement by the representation OF .
large heart. The Old TolbcOth, which
SCOTT names as the prison in which Ethc
Dean WAS confined, - still standing. There
are many wonderfully quaint looking Old
houses in this st.ect, which give ii a
weird look.
The castle stands at the head OF this
street, Ou a rock, which is high above the
town. The view from the ramparts is un
surpassed. There is good reason u Do.
l;eve that some small portions of the cas-
tie date back TO the days of the Picts,
but there have been numerous additions
4 In oil all.
house, is now used for soldiers barracks
la the crown room is the regalia Of SootlIud.
A part Of the crown is said to have eucircled
the head of Robert Bruce, Mary, her son
James VI, and her grandson, Charles |
The sword was presented by Pope Julian
II to James ". Beside the crown room
is the apartment where in 1856 Mary gave
birth TO her son James VI. Many articles
| of furniture used by her remain, which are
very quaint looking. The rooms are very
small, dimly lighted and uncomfortable
IL was here she remained after the murder
| Of Riccio.
Queen Margarct's chapel is still stand
| ing. IL is the Oldest of all the buildings, a.
| she wOrshiped in it at the time OF her
| death in 1893 1t is very small, only lG,
by 30 feet.
A City OF Monuments
scotland, like Ireland, does hUnog to her
great men. the city is full of monument
to her great and learned men. Prominent
among them are the monuments to Scott
aud Burns. The former is a Gothic struc
turc of elegant proportions, chaste aud
beautiful IN design, standing in Princess
Square.
Edinburgh is a fine city tho houses in
the new town are very substantial, remind
| iud US much Of Boston only that it has
much wider streets. II is 4 great seat OF
learning, has fine public buildings aud
chdrches and is Presbyterian stronghold.
| We will visit Abbottsford, Melrose Abbey
&C., to morrow. G.. w. II.