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236 MARY STUART MARYVILLE flicting a horrible wound, she did not shrink or groan. Two more blows were necessary to despatch her. After being contemptuously neglected for six months, her remains were buried in Peterborough cathedral, Elizabeth acting as chief mourner through Lady Bed- ford; and 25 years afterward they were re- moved to Henry VII.'s chapel, in Westminster abbey, by order of her son James I. When Elizabeth was informed of Mary's death, she expressed great indignation, forbade Burleigh and Walsingham her presence as the sole au- thors of the crime, and sent their principal tool, Secretary Davison, to the tower, and had him fined 10,000. Davison's word is all the evidence that exists of Elizabeth having signed the warrant, and he was not only a witness in his own cause, but had been concerned in an attempt to induce Mary's jailers secretly to poison her. The question of Mary's guilt or innocence of the crimes charged against her has been vehemently debated for three cen- turies, and hundreds of works have been writ- ten on it, while she has been a favorite charac- ter with poets and novelists. The question seems no nearer to a solution now than it was in the early days of her residence in England, when it was debated by George Buchanan on the one side, and by Lesley, bishop of Ross, her champion, on the other. Among the nu- merous works in relation to Mary, we cite those of Lesley, "Defence of the Honor of Marie, Quene of Scotland and Dowager of France" (London, 1569); George Buchanan, De Maria Scotorum Regina, &c. (London, 1571 ; translated into English by Robert Leck- previk, and also into French) ; William Udall, " Historic of the Life and Death of Mary, Queen of Scotland" (London, 1624) ; William Sanderson, "Compleat History of the Lives and Reigns of Mary, Queen of Scotland, and of her son James VI." (London, 1656) ; " The Genuine Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots, to James, Earl of Bothwell," translated from the French originals by Edward Simmonds (West- minster, 1721); Jebb, "History of the Life and Reign of Mary, Queen of Scots and Dow- ager of France, extracted from original Rec- ords," &c. (London, 1725) ; James Anderson, " Collections relating to the History of Mary, Queen of Scotland" (Edinburgh, 1727-'8) ; De Marsy, Histoire de Marie Stuart (London and Paris, 1742-3); Goodall, ."Examination of the Letters said to be written by Marie, Queen of Scots, to James, Earl of Bothwell; also an Enquiry into the Murder of King Hen- ry" (Edinburgh, 1754); Robertson, "History of Scotland during the Reigns of Queen Mary and of James VI." (London, 1759); Tytler, "An Enquiry, Historical and Critical, into the Evidence of Mary, Queen of Scots " (Edin- burgh, 17.")'.i); Whitaker, "Mary, Queen of Bootaj Vindicated" (London, 1788); Thomas don, 1818); Miss Benger, "Memoirs of Mary Stuart" (London, 1822) ; Hugh Campbell, " The Case of Mary, Queen of Scots, and of Eliza- beth, Queen of England," and " Love Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Earl of Both- well" (London, 1825) ; Miss Strickland, "Let- ters of Mary, Queen of Scots" (London, 1842), and "Lives of the Queens of Scotland " (Edin- burgh, 1850- '56); Prince Labanoff de Rostov, Lettres, instructions et memoires de Marie Stu- art (7 vols., London, 1844 ; English translation, 1845) ; Dargaud, Histoire de Marie Stuart (Paris, 1850) ; Cheruel, Marie Stuart et Cathe- rine de Medicis (Paris, 1858) ; Teulet, Lettres de Marie Stuart (Paris, 1859) ; Joseph Robertson, " Catalogues of the Jewels, Dresses, Furniture, Books, and Paintings of Mary, Queen of Scots " (Edinburgh, 1863); Flandre, "History of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots," translated from the manuscript of Prof. Petit (2 vols., London, 1874); Hosack, "Mary, Queen of Scots, and her Accuser " (2d ed., London, 1874) ; and "The Letter Books of Sir Amias Poulet, Keeper of Mary, Queen of Scots," edited by John Morris (London, 1874). See also Froude's " History of England," vols. vii.-xii. (London, 1870), and Meline, " Mary, Queen of Scots, and her latest English Historian" (New York, 1871). MARYSVILLE, a city and the capital of Yuba co., California, situated at the junction of the Feather and Yuba rivers, on the Oregon divi- sion of the Central Pacific railroad at the inter- section of the California Northern line, 50 m. N. of Sacramento, and 110 m. N. N. E. of San Francisco; pop. in 1870, 4,738, of whom 1,417 were Chinese. It stands on a level plain. The streets are broad and regular, and the houses are generally built of brick. The Central Pa- cific railroad crosses the Yuba on a fine bridge. The Feather river is navigable at all seasons to this point by steamers of light draught. The city is the centre of a large trade with the mi- ning districts of the Sierra Nevada. There are several flouring mills, breweries, carriage fac- tories, a foundery and machine shop, a woollen factory, &c., a savings bank, and three private banks. The public schools are graded, inclu- ding a high school department, and have an average attendance of about 500 pupils. There are eight or ten private schools and academies, with an average attendance of about 250. The city has a newspaper, issuing daily and weekly editions, and eight churches. It was laid out in 1849, and incorporated in 1851. MARYVILLE, a town and the capital of Blount co., Tennessee, on the Knoxville and Charleston railroad, 16 m. S. by W. of Knox- ville; pop. in 1870, 811, of whom 103 were colored. It is the seat of Maryville college (Presbyterian), founded in 1819 and chartered in 1842. The college embraces the ordinary collegiate course of four years, a ladies' course of four years, preparatory courses, and an English course of three years. In 1873-'4 it had 3 professors, 6 instructors, 131 students (collegiate, 25 ; preparatory, 24 ; ladies' course,