320 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. Arthur?s h t . 1
Marquis of Douglas. This lady, who was married
in 1670, was divorced, or at least expelled from the
society of her husband, in consequence of some
malignant scandals which a former and disappointed
lover, Lowrie of Blackwood, was so base as to insinuate
into the ear of the marquis.?
Her father took her home, and she never again
saw her husband, who married Mary, daughter of
the Marquis of Lothian, and died in 1700. Lady
Baxbara?s only son, Jznies, Earl of Angus, fell
Martinmas wind, when wilt thou blaw,
0 gentle death, when wilt thou come 7
An?shake the green leaves aft the tree?
For 0? my life I am wearie.?
A public event of great importance in this
locality was the Royal Scottish Volunteer Review
before the Queen on the 7th of August, 1860, when
Edinburgh, usually so empty and dull in the dog
days, presented a strange and wonderful scene.
For a few days before this event regiments from all
RUINS OF ST. ANTHONY?S CHAPEL, LOOKING TOWARDS LEITH. (From n P4oiofln)h by Ale%. A. IngZis.)
bravely at Steinkirk, in his twenty-first year, at the
head of the 26th, or Cameronian Regiment. Two
verses of the song run thus :-
?? Oh, waly ! waly ! gin love be bonnie
A litttle time while it is new ;
But when it ?5 auld it waxeth cauld.
And fades away like morning dew.
Oh, wherefore should I busk my heid?
Or wherefore should I kame my hai ?
For m y true lov- has me forsook,
And says he ?11 never love me mair.
Now Arthur?s Seat shall be my bed,
St. Anton?s Well shall be my drink,
The sheets shall ne?er be pressed by mp ;
Since my true love?s forsaken me !
parts of Scotland came pouring into the city, and
were cantoned in school-houses, hospitals, granaries,
and wherever accommodation could be procured
for them. The Breadalbane Highlanders, led by
the white-bearded old marquis, attracted especial
attention, and, 011 the whole, the populace seemed
most in favour of kilted corps, all such being
greeted with especial approbation.
.Along the north wall of the park there was
erected a grand stand capable of containing 3,ooc
persons. The royal standard of Scotland-a
splendid banner, twenty-five yards square-floated
from the summit of Arthur?s Seat, while a multitude
of other standards and gnow-white bell-ten@
covered all the inner slopes of the Craigs. Bp
321 Arthur?s Seat.] VOLUNTEER REVIEW IN 1860.
many a strong man?s heart beat high and his eyes
glisten. The vast hilly amphitheatre was crowded
by more than IOC),OOO spectators, who made the
welkin ring with their reiterated cheers, as the deep
and solid columns, with all their anns glittering in
the sun, were steadilyforniing on the grassy plain
below. Every foot of ground upon the northern
slopes not too steep for standing on was occupied,
even to the summit, where the mighty yellow
standard with the red lion floated out over all.
When the Queen, accompanied by the Prince
Consort, theaged Quchess of Kent, and the royal
children, came in front of the grand stand, the sight
one o?clock all the regiments were in Edinburgh,
and defiled into the park by four separate entrances
at once, and were massed in contiguous close
columns, formed into divisions and brigades of
artillery, engineers, and infantry, the whole undet
the command of Lieutenant-General Sir G. A.
Wetherall, K.C.B.
The scene which burst upon the view of these
volunteers as they entered the park, and the vast
corps being played past by the pipers of the Rossshire
Buffs.
?So admirable was the arrangement,? wrote one
at the time, ?by which the respective corps were
brought back to their original ground, that not ten
minutes had elapsed after the marching-past of
the last company before all was ready for the
advance in line, the officers having taken post
in review order, and the men standing with
shouldered arms. On the signal being given, the
whole line (of columns) advanced, the review
bands playing. The effect of this was, in one
word, indescribable, and when the whole was
was magnificent, when more than two-and-twenty
thousand rifles and many hundred sword-blades
flashed out the royal salute, and then the arms were
shouldered as she drove slowly along the line of
massed columns. The ground was kept by the 13th
Hussars, the 29th Regiment, 78th Highlanders (the
recent heroes of Lucknow), and the West York
Rifle Militia The Queen seemed in the highest
spirits, wore a tartan dress, and bowed and smiled 2.9
