New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-02

opposite to It, on the north side of an irregular
quadrangle, building that once was a royal
o""pei Is now used show place for armor
anu "eapons-after the fashion of the White
Rover, in London. and of the superb banquet hall
III Edinburgh Castle. but not comparable with
either Beneath this narrow arch affords ac-
cess TO an Enclosure called The Douglas
Garden and thence you enter the room in which
the eighth Earl Douglas was cruelty and treach-
erously murdered by James ii. in 1852 They
show you little ante-chamber through which
the body OF the murdered man was dragged and
also the window through which It was thrown
beautiful bit Of stained glass, exhibiting the
arms of the House of Douglas. now fills that
casement-placed there by Queen Victoria. The
Douglas 1t Is said, buried where he thus
fe.l-in which case his grave would be in the
middle or the pathway. where every passenger
must trampe above his bones From the Douglas
garden you mount by easy steps to the northern
and western ramparts of the castle whence you
may gaze down upon the links of the winding
Forth. the battlefield of Stirling Bridge. and the
evermemorable field OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
now by tall flagstaff set in the Bore Stone. in
which, on that great day. placed the stand
ard Of Robert Bruce. At point on the western
rampant is a lookou, hole which is said to have
been made for the use of Mary Stuart. and with
that name the castle has many associa tons-as
indeed ii has with all the earlier Stuarts. On
the northeast of the Palace still stands a
rude, quaint statue of James Viking OF the
Commons" as once they called HMM his row.
ing character Of the Goodman of Ballengeigh."
In the Queens room. after Flodden. Margaret
of Denmark.-to whom Scotland owes the Ork-
neys and the Shetlands,-gave birth to Prince
Alexander Duke of Ross who died an infant and
was buried in storieG Cambuskenneth. In the
magnificent cathedral.-now, by strange and
deporabe perversity of taste, divided into two
misshapen parts. and called the East and West
Church-Mary Stuart. babe in arms. and cry
ing continually throughout the ceremonial. was
crowned the Scottish Queen. In Stirling she
passed her childhood TIL 1547. when she was
taken thence to Inchnahone and to Stirling she
returned. after the French episode of her life was
ended. in 1862; and it at Stirling in the room
of David Rizz!o that she was secretly welded to
her cousin. Darnley. in 1565-a marriage the most
disastrous that ever was made by any great
person. To Stirling she came again, after the
birth of her James and II was there the
boy was christened amid splendid pomp OF
festivity. December II. 1894 That ceremonial
the jealous and Infatuated father refused to at
tend.-the house. called willie Bells Lodging"
in which that day he kept his carousa being
still extant. in Broad-st.. short walk from
the castle gate. After the frightful tragedy OF
the Kirk Of Field she visited Stirling for tie last
time to see her child, and on April %. 1885, she
left II forever 1t is easy to understand that no
person who has studied the annals of the Past;
no person to whom the strange and melancholy
history OF Mary Stuart appeals with anything
Ike force. can look upon Stirling Castle without
emotions that are too deep for words. All
the elements Of romance and OF tragedy adorn
the place and hallow II.
From Stirling the traveller goes to Cambus-
kenneth Abbey. being rowed across the Forth in
a little boat Nothing remains Of the Abbey ex-
cept a single tower,-part Of which has been
restored.-and a few fragments Of broken ma
sonry Many OF the foundation stones, however.
are In their places, and the outline OF the build
ing can readily be traced in the soil. 1t was. In
shape a cross. having. apparently. two towers
at It's west end. peculiarly graceful pinnacle.
terminating In a sculptured flame. surInounts. at
the northwest corner the tower that Is stili ex-
tant and in that tower there are two spacious
chambers besides a dark basement-room--all
devoted to the preservation OF pieces OF the
carved stonework OF the old Abbey. The nave
the aisles and the chancel are now an open
| field. but upon the spot where once stood the
altar stands now handsome fiat tomb. IN
| closed within an iron rail. to mark the sepul-
| Of Denmark. In Cambuskenneth they were
| hurled four hundred years ago, and there. upon
| recent explorations. the royal relies OF them
| were discovered The present tomb was placed
| by the Queen of England. Upon the top ~ a
| sculptured cross: upon the west end are carved
| the arms Of Scotland. quartered with those OF
| Denmark upon the south side 1t Is written that:
| I'm this place. near to the high altar OF the
| Abbey OF Cambuskenneth were deposited the
| remains OF James the Third. King OF Scotland.
who died the 18th Of June. l4SS and OF his Queen,
| the Princess Margaret Of Denmark; and hnaliy
| the north side records that: This restoration
| Of the tomb Of her ancestors was executed by
| command ~ H. NJ Queen Victoria. A. ID. 1865"
The surviving tower OF this once spendid
church is remarkably massive. and is more Nor
man than Gothic. A hundred steps will conduct
| you to its summit. from which the prospect ~
| annie and uncommonly beautiful In the north
rises the Abbey Craig. with its gaunt. stern
tower-a modern NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
William Wallace, and more distant. the dark, rug
| ged shapes of the G-ampian Hills In the west
and south your gaze wancers over the gray
| houses OF Stirling. and rests upon its sombre
| castle frowning from the crested rock OF Kings
Eastward and southwark fields ana farms
| stretch away into the hazy distance. until the
bounds of earth and sky are merged together
and lost In one blue line. Close at hand are the
wonderful silvery serpentine links or the forth.
that broad bright teeming river. sparkling.
| for miles and miles. through a wide plain OF
| brilliant verdure dotted with villages and ev-
| erywhere hallowed with the sense OF content-
| ment and peace. No place on earth has Wit
messed more abundant or more sanguinary strife;
| no place on earth Is now more tranquil ana
sweet In the neighborhood Of the Abbey ruin there
Is a cluster of cottages. nestled among gardens
| but the land around the ruin Is mostly open
| field and It is girded. upon all but one SIDE by
= curvature of the Forth In its prosperous days