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Rh MARYPORT. 793 MARYTOWN. .tuins many good shops and private residences, and ,1 paved, lighted with gas, and bountifully supplied with good water. There are a branch bank of the Cumberland Union Company, a savings-bank, market- luiuse, gas-works, and a mechanics' institution: this r was erected in 1857 at an expense of 2,500. 1'utty M'ssions are held by the magistrates every alternate Friday at the courthouse in Fleming-square. On an eminence at the S. end of Crosby-street is an observatory, erected in 1858. It stands 140 feet above vel, and commands a most extensive and varied view. The custom house and harbour office are situated on the quay. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Carlisle, val. 162. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a stone structure with a square tower. It was founded in 1760, and was thoroughly restored and enlarged in 1845. There are National schools for both Boxes. The Presbyterians, Scotch Church, Roman Catholics, Wesleyans, Baptists, Primitive Methodists, and Society of Friends have places of worship. The cemetery is situated about 1 mile N. of the town. Near Ellenborough is a Roman camp where many relics of antiquity have been found. Joseph Pocklington Sen- bouse, Esq., J.P., is lord of the manor and chief land- owner. Market days are Tuesday and Friday. There are two statute fairs for hiring servants, viz. Friday in Whit- sun week, and the Friday nearest to the llth November. MARYPORT, a vil. in tho par. of Kirkmaiden, co. Wigtown, Scotland, 3 miles N. of the Mull of Galloway. It i- situated on the coast, and has a small harbour. MARY'S, ST., a loch in co. Selkirk, Scotland, 5 miles N. of Ettrick. It is situated near the sources of the river Yarrow, and is surrounded by charming scenery, including Dryhope Tower, where the " Flower of Yarrow" was horn. The loch is about 3 miles in length by 1 mile broad, and is famous for its trout fishing and wild fowl. MARY'S, ST., a rock at the entrance of Douglas Harbour, Isle of Man, on which the St. George steamer was wrecked in 1830. MARY'S, ST. the principal of the Scilly Isles, coast of Cornwall, 25 miles W. by S. of the Land's End. It is about 2| miles long by 1 j mile broad. The surface of tho island, which rises in some parts to a considerable elevation, is in general rocky and barren, but in the vales are some fertile spots. Minerals are found in tho hills. It contains Heugh, or Hugh Town, the only town in Scilly, situated on the S.W. side of the island, at the foot of Garrison Hill, which is joined to it by an isthmus. The town, which was much damaged by inun- dalion during the great storm in 1744, contains a town- hall, custom-house, and a prison, and is defended by the Star fort, originally built by Sir Francis Godolphin in 1593. Its harbour, which is defended by a pier, has from three to five fathoms water, where vessels of 150 tons may ride in safety, but it is difficult of access owing to the Woolpack, Bartholomew, and other ledges of rock. About a milo from Hugh Town is the Church Town, consisting of a few houses and tho church, in the chancel of which were buried the bodies of several persons of distinction who were drowned with Sir Cloudesley Shovel in October, 1707, when the Associa- tion man-of-war was cast away upon the Gilston rock. To the N. of tho island is Crow Sound, and a little to the ward Pomellin or Porthmillin Bay, famous for white sand, used as writing sand. There is also another email village called Old Town, formerly most important place in the island, and on the W. side of the island are St. Mary's garrison, with the barracks and tho remains of several batteries. Tho ists and Wesleyan Methodists have chapels. There ! schools, one. of which is aided with 12 per -"i by the Duchy of Cornwall. The Pilots' Fund i'.y consists of the interest of 365 government, applied to tho relief of the widows of pilots lost by drowning. Numerous Druidical and other British ins liavo lifen met with on tho island, and on a promontory called the Giant's Castle are traces of an i ', fortress. MARY'S, ST., ISLE, the seat of the Earl of Selkirk, co. Kirkcudbright, Scotland, near Kirkcudbright. MARY, ST. There are many parishes of this name, which will be found described under tho towns and places of which they form part, both in England and Ireland. MARY, ST. &MAKIE, ST., Isle of Jersey. MARY, ST., a par. in tho lib. of Romney Marsh, lathe of Shepway, co. Kent, 2 miles N. of New Rom- ney. The village is small and wholly agricultural. Tho living is a rcct.,* val. 309, in the dioc. of Canterbury, in the patron, of the archbishop. The church, dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin, is a small ancient edifice. MARY, ST. a par. in tho island of South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands. See RONALUSHAY. MARY, ST. a hmlt. in tho pars, of Holm and Paplay, Orkney Islands, coast of Scotland. It is a small fishing village on the mainland of Pomona. MABYSTOW, a par. in the hund. of Lifton, co. Devon, 7 miles N.W. of Tavistock. Oakhampton is its post town. Tho village, which is of small extent, and irregularly built, is situated near tho river Lyd. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. There are two mines from which manganese has been procured, and a large limestone quarry. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 87, and the vicarial for 148. Tho living is a vie.* with the cur. of Thrushelton annexed, in tho dioe. of Exeter, joint val. 276. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a stone structure, with a tower containing six bells. The interior of the church contains two stone stalls, an ancient font, and monuments to the Wyse family. The parochial charities produce about 219 per annum. Sydenham House, the ancient seat of the Wyse family, was erected in the early part of tho 17th century, and was taken from tho Royalists in 1645 by Colonel Holbourn. MARYTAVY. See TAVY ST. MARY, co. Devon. MARYTOWN, or MARYTOUN, a par. in the dis- trict and co. of Forfar, Scotland, 3 miles S.W. of Mont- rose, its post town. It is situated where the South Esk river falls into the Montrose basin. The par. comprises the two separate districts of Old Montrose and Dysart. The former is the most extensive, and was formerly the seat of the Grahames. It extends about 2J miles in length, with a breadth varying from 1 J mile to 2J miles. It is bounded by Pow- water for three-quarters of a mile, and is intersected by Haugh-burn, which flows N.E. to the Montrose Basin. Marytown-Law, situated in the extreme S., is an artificial eminence on a base of rock from 300 to 400 feet above the sea-level, and commands a view of the German Ocean. The land is mode- rately even, with a good loamy soil, and is in an excel- lent state of cultivation. A portion of the coast has been secured from the encroachments of the sea by an embankment. There are traces of the ancient castle of Bonnyton, formerly the moated seat of the Woods. Dysart, the smaller district, is situated from 6 to 11 furlongs from Old Montrose [which see], and its boun- dary line is Buckyden Dell, it is 2^ miles long from E. to W., and about 1J mile in breadth. It is bounded by the German Ocean, the Lunan, and Craig, and is tra- versed by tho great coast road from Dundee to Aber- deen. The whole district lies at a much higher elevation than that of Old Montrose, with the exception of the latter's southern border. The soil is not rich, though the whole of it is under cultivation. Stone of a coarse nature is quarried. This par. is in tho presb. of Brechin, and synod of Angus and Mearns, and in the patron, of tho crown. The stipend of the minister is 198. The parish church, which is situated at the S.E. corner of Old Montrose, was erected in 1791. There is a Free church, also a parochial library and several schools. It is within easy distance of tho Farnell-road and Dun- bridge stations on the Aberdeen railway. MARYTOWN, a vil. in tho par. of Forgan, co. Fife, Scotland, 6 miles N.W. of St. Andrew's. It is situated near the bank of the river Tay, opposite Dundee.