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Rh DUMBARROW. DUMBARTON. kinson, in 1647, and they also dug up several leaden gins, which they cast into bullets. Jn various apart- ents of the College there arc portraits of Alleyne, Bur- ge, Field, Bond, Perkins, the two Cartwrights, ivelace, his "Althea," John Greenhill (a pupil of lilip Henslow is preserved in the charter chest, and ntains much interesting matter, illustrating the pro- ess of the drama during the reign of Queen Elizaln Hi. IB collection of pictures contained in the picture 08 funned by Mr. Noel Desenfans for Stanis- U8, King of Poland, for which country Desenfans was nsul- general. On the deposition of Stanislaus the ctures were left iii the collector's hands, and he finally iqueathed them to Sir F. Bourgeois, R.A., and land- .]'.' painter to George III. At his death, in 1811, lie entire collection to tho corporation of Dul- lege, including a few pictures of his own paint- i:r. He also bequeathed the sum of 11,000 for the i if a gallery for their reception, with funds to allow 'J50 for the keeper, and 80 to an i. The building was completed in 1814 from i us of Sir John Soane, but it is of no architec- nity. The pictures number 366 only, and are the Dutch school. Cuyp's landscapes and cattle mrrs' interiors, and Wouvennans' landscapes e amnnt? tiie most important. There are three sea- Van de Velde, landscapes by Claude, Berghem, id the Poussinii, some portraits by Vandyck and Gains- jrough, cattle by Paul Potter, &c. The most interesting ctures in the gallery are Guido Reni's St. Sebastian, Flower-Girl and Madonnas, Gerard Dow's Old Woman Eating Porridge," Velasquez's portrait of '., Reynolds's portrait of Mrs. Siddons, Hol- in's portrait of an old man, and Rubens's portrait of I mother. Sir F. Bourgeois and Mr. and Mrs. a are buried beneath a monument close to the illery. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Winchester, in the patron, of trustees. Tho church, a laiu building, is at East Dulwich. The Wesleyan [cthodists have a chapel in Lordship-lane. Near the iimdcd by James Alleyne, master of the College in Ml. The endowment, amounting to 200, is placed in ust of the chairman of the governors, the master, and le chaplain of the College. Hall Place and Dulwich ourt were occupied by Edward Alleyne. DUMBARROW, a vil. in the par. of Dunnichen, in ae co. of Forfar, Scotland, 6 miles S.E. of Forfar. It
 * ly's), and Walpole. The diary and aceount-book of
 * ollege is a school for the instruction of poor girls,
 * situated under Dumbarrow Hill.

DUMBARTON, a co. in the W. of Scotland, is ounded on the W. by Loch Long and Argyleshire, on iii N. by Perthshire, on the E. by Stirlingshire and Lanarkshire, and on the S. bv the Firth of Clyde and 10 river Clyde. Its length is about 36 miles, with a readth vary ing ^from 2 to 13 miles. A portion is de- iched, forming an island, and includes the pars, of Kir- intilloch and Cumbernauld. Its most western part is miles E. of the main body, and it is bounded on the J. and E. by Stirlingshire, and on the S. and W. by i-anarkshire, and extends in a north-easterly direction
 * 3 miles, with a maximum breadth of 4 miles. The

rea of the main body is about 228 square miles, and bat of tho detached portion 32 square miles. This uunty contains some of the finest scenery in Scotland. The detached district is entirely lowland. The highest bet, and Finnart, attaining a height of 2,500 feet. About 0,000 acres are occupied by fresh-water lakes and treams, the chief of the former being Loch Lomond, hich belongs partly to the county of Stirling. There i a profusion of streams in the county, the chief being IB Clyde, the Leven, and the Endrick. The climate good, but, as might be expected in a county of uch diversified surface, varies much in different and djoining places as regards heat, moisture, and the irection and force of the winds. The rocks of Dum- artoushirc range from the metamorphic to those of he coal measures. The oldest, principally mica and ,- clay-slate, are in the N., and form the highest lauds, the more recent are in the S. and S.E. The limestone, coal, and ironstone are poor compared with those of other parts of Scotland. Agriculture in this county, like numerous other branches of industry, has been greatly improved and increased by increased facilities of -com- munication, and by proximity to Glasgow. The pars, in this county are Dumbarton, Cardross, Row, Roseneath, Arroehar, Luss, Bonhill, Kilmaronock, West Kilpatrick, Kirkintilloch, and part of East Kilpatrick. The only royal burgh is Dumbarton, and the towns are Kirkin- tilloch, Alexandria, Helensburgh, Duntocher, Renton, and Bouhill. The vils. are Bowling-Bay, Dalmuir, Dumbuck; Old Kilpatrick, Little Mill, Milton, Faifley, Hardgate, Cardross, Garelochhead, Roseueath, Kilcreg- gan, Luss, Dalvault, Jaineston, Mill of Haldeu, Dais- holm, New Kilpatrick, Knightwood, Netherton- Quarry, Cumbemauld, and Condorat. Some of the principal mansions are Roseneath Castle and Ardiucaple House, belonging to the Duke of Argyle ; Cumbernauld House, Lord Elphinstone; Rossdhu, Sir James Colquhoun, Bart. ; Cameron House, Smollett ; Arden, Buchanan ; Gas- cube House, Sir Archibald Campbell, Bart. ; Tilliechewan Castle, Balloch Castle, Batterich Castle, Camus-Eskan, and Shandon Castle. This county was, for some time, identical with the ancient district of Lennox. It returns one member to parliament. Tho sheriff-court for the county and the commissary court are held at Dumbarton every Friday during session. The sheriff's ordinary small debt court is held at Dumbarton every second Thursday during session. The small debt circuit courts are held at Kirkintilloch on the second Tuesday of February, May, August, and November. Quarter sessions are held on the first Tuesday in March, May, and August, and the last Tuesday of October. The population of Dumbartonshire in 1851 was 45,103 ; in IStjl, 52,035. Houses in 1851, 5,097 ; in 1861, 6,298. DUMBARTON, a par. in the co. of Dumbarton, Scot- land. It contains a royal burgh of its own name, and is bounded for a short distance on the S.W. by the Clyde, and for a space of 2J miles on the N.E. by the co. of Stirling, and elsewhere by the pars, of Cardross, Bonhill, and West Kilpatrick. Its length north-eastward ia nearly 8 miles, with a breadth of between 3 and 4 miles. The surface around the rock of Dumbarton Castle is so flat as to be covered by the tide, but inland it rises into the Lennox hills, and towards the N.E. becomes wildly moorish. The soil varies greatly in quality, the low- lying parts being on the whole good. The parish is traversed by the Dumbartonshire railway. This par. is the seat of a presb. in the synod of Glasgow and Ayr, and in the patron, of the town council of Dumbarton. The minister has a stipend of 233. There are also a Free church, an United Presbyterian church, an Epis- copalian and a Roman Catholic chapel. The county buildings have been of late vastly improved, and a sub- scription amounting to 3,000 has been made for a now public hall and academy. In 1854 the parish church burial-ground was closed, and a new cemetery opened, by order of the sheriff. According to the old spelling of the word, Dunbriton, it seems to signify "the fort of the Britons." DUMBARTON, a seaport and a royal burgh, the capital of the co. of Dumbarton, Scotland, 15'J miles N.W. of Glasgow by the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junc- tion railway, which has a station here. There is also communication by steamboats to Glasgow and Greenock. It stands on the left or E. bank of the Leven, a mile above its junction with the Clyde. A suburb called Bridgend, in the parish of Cardross, stands on the right bank of the river, and is connected with the town by a bridge of five arches. From its standing on a flat level its situation is by no means picturesque, a disadvantage which is not redeemed by the proximity of the vale of Leven or the Castle rock. The principal trade is in the con- struction of iron ships, for which there are five building- yards, which have turned out some of the finest additions to the British mercantile navy. There are also other employments connected with the foregoing, such as t =
 * iountains are Benvoirlich, rising to the height of 3,300