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DALGINR088. 722 DALKEY. and in the jiiitron. of tho Karl of Moray. The minist. -tipend of I'L'j;. 'I'ln ii. v parish ehiireli, a hand ( ;,.t)iii- ImiMiiiL', was Imilt in isiiii, anil Manila near tliu i'".-"l from Al iil-inr ta ln i b ithing. Tli. also a ehapel-of-ease at Mossgi-i DALlilMN'SS, a vil. in the par. of Connie, in till CO. of IVrtli, Sri it h i nl. It in situated <m tlr near Comrie, and i the site ofa Roman ramp of IGurn-s supposed to bo the Victoria of Agricola, who encampec h.-i'i' after i| ( ti-ating Galgacus. DALGU1SK, a vil. in tho par. of Littli' Dunkcld, in the co. of Perth, Scotland. It stands on the right liank of tho Tay, 5 miles N. W. of Dunkeld. The mansion ol Dalguiso is situated near the road from Perth to Tay- mouth. Thfrc is a Free church in the village. DALHAM, a jmr. in tin 1 hand, of Risbridge, in thi co. of Suffolk, 4 miles 8. of Kennet railway station, and 6 S.E. of Newmarket. It contains Dunstall Green. Tho living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 419, in tho patron, of the Rev. Sir K. Affleck, Bart. Tho church is dedicated to St. Mary. The tithes were commuted for land and com rents, under an Enclosure Act, in 1816. Sir Robert Affleck, Bart., is lord of tho manor, and resides nt Dalham Hall, formerly the seat of the Stuti - ville family. It was built about 1705 by the then Bishop of Ely. There is a school, conducted on the National system. DALHOUSIE, or DALWOLSIE, a vil. in tho par. of Cockpcn, in tho co. of Edinburgh, Scotland, 2 miles S.W. of Dalkcith. It is a station on tho North British railway. Dalhousic Castle, the seat of the Marquis of Dalhousie, bos stood many sieges, but has been g modernised. DALINTOBER, a vil. at tho head of Campbelton loch, Kintyrc, in tho co. of Argylo, Scotland. It is a thriving place, being a suburb of the town of Camp- belton. DALJA11ROCK, a vil. in the co. of Ayr, Scotland, 6 miles S. of Girvan. It is situated on the nver Stinchar. DAXKEITH, a par. in the E. district of the co. of Edinburgh, Scotland. It contains a post town of its own name, and also the vils. of Lugton and Whitehall. It extends 3 J miles in length, with a breadth of 2 J miles, and is bounded by Lasawade, Newbottle, Inveresk, Cranston, Newton, and Liberton. It is traversed by the North Esk and South Esk in a north-easterly ion. The soil is fertile, and laid out in corn- fields, gardens, and orchards. The greater part of the parish belongs to the Duke of Buccleuch. There is a station at Eskbank on the Hawick branch of tho North British railway, now the main line, called Waverley Route, to Carlisle and London, besides tho branch leading to the town of Dalkcith. Dal- keith Park, containing the palace of tho Duke of Buc- cleuch, is situated in tho north-eastern part of tho parish. The park contains about 1,000 acres, which arc laid out in woods, walks, and carriage- 1! Here the two Esks meet, and their windings and wooded banks add greatly to the attractiveness nt tin locality. Tho palace stands in the upper part of thr park, near tho North Esk. It was built t beginning of tho last century. The old castle of l> il- keith, on the site of which the palace ;- anciently a place of considerable strength, being < > on a lofty rock, accessible only on tho E. side. Tho noble family of Morton lived in it for some centuries, and in 1547, after the battle of Pinkie, it surrendered to thi Knglish, nothaviii. provisions t manlier of men who 1ml lied toil. On that occasion the Karl of Morton, afterwards Urgent of Scotland, and Sir

Hume, of NVedderbum, w > isoners. In

1642 the 1'. uiiily purchased the estate of I'al- kcith from tho Earl of Morton. Charles I. I '.ilki ith r.i-tle iii 1633, and General Monk it when in Scotland. Qoorgi I V. honoured the,. with his ] -: brilliant ! I Isl'J. The par. ot Dalkeith is the .1- ,li. in tho syiiod of Lothian and Twi nl- dale, and is m tho patron. 'of II three Originally the parsonage was p Hestalrig, and seoms to nave been parisl y of Lugton was it in 1633. The minister has a stipend ol eluding glebe. The parish chureh was renewed in aft' r its old (iothie model, at a cost of nearly 6,000, is now a commodious building and tin "fid kind. A new chureh, built in 1840 by ti liuo. I rl'-ucli, was const:' mlnr the name of the West Church. The latter chureh is in ] the form of a cross, surmounted by a spii are also an Episcopal chapel, a r'ree church, United I'lesbv tcrian churches, an Ind.-pi-ii'! andaRoman Catholic - h a pi I Tho parish si I wise known as the grammar school, has long boi high i i ish seminaries ; usual brain issical education, French, Germ^B n, and math -lit. The town of Dd keith st-iiid- 1 tween the two Esks, 4 miles S. of MuM^I burgh, ami Kdinburgh. The ground slogl rapidly to the North Ksk, and more gradually to flfl South' Esk. The neighbourhood is beautiful in tM extreme, including the parks of Dalkeith Palace, Woo^l burn House, and Newbottle Abbc ; while th, town it surrounded with gardens and orchards. T! is well built, the principal streets being the I and the Back-sis tv ^l thirds of a mile in length. Tho largest corn market ffl oats in the kingdom is In Id > l'hfl arc about 1,000 carts of grain on a full mai^H day in winter. A spacious < . wiaH a hall, has recently been erected at a cost of i'3,0fl^l The shopkeepers of "Dalkeith contend - wilfl those of Edinburgh in supplying the wants inhabitants of tho S. and W. of the county. 1) the summer Dalkeith is a favourite resort of parties pleasure from Edinburgh. The town is a burgh barony, and is governed by a baron-bailie Duke of Bucclcueh, whose family in right in 1642. Before that the baronial right to the family of Graham, and subsequently to Douglas. The jurisdiction of tho baron-l.ailie is to the imposition of small fines, i' i it for night, and to granting warrants at the ii lords for the recovery of rent by the sale of t h i furniture. The sheriff of the county attends to the serious matters, and since 1759 certain self-elected tory trustees, holding office for life, attend to police matters, such as paving, lighting, and the streets, and tho supply o ( i ng a of about 1,000 for these purposes. Amoi tinguished natives or inhabitants of the town may mentioned Dr. Pitcairn, Principal Robertson, Lord JL ville, Lord Loughborough, and Dr. II' of the town in 1851, 5,086; in 1851, 4i;-_> ; in IM;I. 624.- i and are h< and on tin- third Tuesday "i October; and 1. arc In Bat Thursday of April and ThursiL "iv Kskliank, ,- of iialk-eith, i place formi rly but little kno now thickly studded over I >. I.Kl'iY. a par. and ]>08t town in the bar. of Ral lown, in the eo. of Dublin, prov. of 1.. in miles S ' llray branch of tin- Dublin, Wickl-iw, an. I Vi Thepai ist beyond the eastern of Dul- inif is a in rpel. cur. in < dioc. of Dublin, united with ul in iroh cniain. Tin re is a Naiimnil school. In '. I'lie village of some in, ">oing a market town ai of which thi'i-i' a:c still ri in. ininir. It is talion. Dalkey ' tnisi ^ down t" the beaeh. It lotoii' Niction with an old Mi , Hunt," writt, n l.y Mr. l-'leming nearly a