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Rh EOSEEK ABBEY. 346 ROSS. I village is a convenient quay on Gairloch, where the Glas- fow steam-packets stop several times during the day. learners also ply several times a day from Kilcreggan, and Cove, on the S.W. coast of the parish. Peats are the common fuel, coal having to he brought down the Clyde from the neighbourhood of Glasgow. This par. is in the presb. of Dumbarton, and synod of Glasgow and Ayr. The stipend of the minister is 190. The parish church was anciently united to the royal chapel of Stirling by James IV. of Scotland, but was after- wards dissolved. The present church was erected in 1853. There are a Free church, a parochial school, and a subscription library. At Craigrownie there is a chapel-of-ease. Matthew Stewart, the mathematician, and the father of Dugald Stewart, was once minister of Eoseneath. Anderson, founder of the Glasgow Ander- sonian University, was a native of this parish. By the chartulary of Paisley, it appears that this parish was given by Amelcfi, brother of Maldwin, Earl of Lennox, to the Abbey of Paisley in the reign of Alexander II. The Duke of Argyll is the principal landowner. KOSEEK ABBEY, a ruined monastery in the bar. of Tirawley, co. Mayo, Ireland, 5 miles W. of Ballina, and 23 N.E. of Castlebar. It is situated near the sixteen -arched bridge over the river Moy, and was founded by the Joyces in the 15th century for Francis- cans. There are still remaining ruins of the church. EOSEWELL, a vil. in the par. of Lasswade, co. Edinburgh, Scotland, 3 miles S. of Lasswade. EOSHERVILLE, a hmlt. in the par. of Northfleet, bund, of Toltingtrough, and lathe of Aylesford, co. Kent, 1 mile W. of Gravescnd. It is situated on the Thames, near Northfleet Creek, and has a steamboat ier. It is a place of recent growth, containing several _odging-houscs, and the Eosherville Gardens, which are laid out in the old chalk pits, and attract numerous visitors during the season. ROSKEAR, extensive tin and copper mines in the hund. of Penwith, co. Cornwall, 2 miles from Cam- borne, and 12 S.W. of Truro. They are situated near the Eedruth railway, and employ over 800 hands. KOSKEEN, or RUSHEEN, a par. in the bar. of Duhallow, co. Cork, prov. of Blunster, Ireland, 3 miles E. of Kanturk. Quecnstown is its post town. The surface lies along the N. bank of the river Blaekwater. The soil is mostly good. The road from Kanturk to Mallow traverses the inteiior. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Cloyne, val. with Clonmeen, 276, in the patron, of the bishop. It is joined to Castlemagner in the Eoman Catholic arrangement. Eoskeen House is the principal residence. ROSKELTON, a hmlt. in the bar. of West Mary- borough, Queen's County, Ireland, 3 miles S.E. oi Mountrath. EOSLEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Westward, ward of Allerdale-below-Derwent, co. Cumberland, 5 miles S.E. of Wigton, its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on an acclivity, and is celebrated for its extensive horse, cattle, and sheep fairs, which occur every alternate Monday, commencing from Whit- suntide and lasting till All Saints' Day. ROSLIN, a vil. in the par. of Lasswade, co. Edin- burgh, Scotland, 4 miles S.W. of Dalkeith, and 12J from Edinburgh by the Peebles branch of the North British railway, on which it is a station. It was anciently a place of considerable consequence, and was erected into a burgh of barony by James II. of Scotland, at Stirling, in 1456. Near this place the English, under John de Segrave, Regent of Scotland, were thrice defeated on the same day, 24th February, 1302, by the Scots, under their chiefs, Sir Simon Fraser and Sir John Cuming. On 21st April, 1801, Roslin was created an earldom in the ancient and noble family of Erskine. The chapel, which was erected in 1446 by William St. Clair, or Sinclair, Prince of Orkney, is of ancient Gothic architecture, decorated with sculpture, and the capitals of the pillars enriched with foliage. On 1 1th December, 1681, it suffered some injury from the fury of the mob, bnt was restored in the beginning of the present cen- tury by General Sinclair, the then proprietor, at a con- siderable outlay. Within the chapel, which is only 68 feet long by 35 broad, is the family vault of the lairds of Eoslin, who were buried of old in their armour, without any coffins, and owing to the dryness of the soil the bodies were preserved entire for upwards of 80 years. There are also ruins of the old parish church, the burial ground of which is still used, at a short dis- tance N.W. of the castle, so well known by the pleasing song of Macneill which bears its name. This ancient fortress is said to have been the palace of William St. Clair, Prince of Orkney, who lived here in great state, but was burnt, together with the castle of Craig-Millar, by the forces of Henry VIII. It was subsequently rebuilt on an almost insulated rock, in the glen on the N. side of the river North Esk, which is wooded down to the water edge, and is surrounded by overhanging hills. In the village is a market cross, where a weekly market, on Saturday, and an annual fair on the feast of SS. Simon and Jude, have been held since the reign of James II. of Scotland. f ROSLISTON, a par. in the hund. of Eepton, co. Derby, 4 miles S.W. of Burton-on-Trent, its post town, and 4 N.W. of the Oakley railway station. The vil- age, which is of small extent, is chiefly agricultural. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 90, and the glebe comprises 60 acres. The living is a perpct. cur. in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 180. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, was rebuilt by subscrip- tion in 1827, with the exception of the spired tower. There are Sunday and day schools, supported by volun- tary contributions. The Baptists have a place of worship. ROSMOEE, a rivulet of the co. of Galway, Ireland, rises under the Slieve Aughty mountains, and falls into Lough Dcrg. EOSNAKILL, a limit, in the bar. of Kilmacrenan, co. Donegal, Ireland, 7 miles N. of Milford, at the head of Mulroy Bay. ROSNAREE, a hmlt. in the bar. of Lower Duleek, co. Meath, Ireland, 3 miles S.E. of Slane, on the Boyne. EOSEOE, a lough in the co. of Clare, Ireland, near Newmarket. It extends in length about 2J miles, with a breadth of 1 mile. ROSS, a par., market town, and nominal borough, in the hund. of Grey tree, co. Hereford, between 13 and 14 miles S.E. of Hereford, by road, or 12J by the Gloucester and Hereford railway, on which it is a station. The par. comprises 3,012 acres, and is situated on the banks of the river Wye, much visited by tourists, and is divided into Ross Borough and Ross Foreign. In former times it belonged to the Bishops of Hereford, who had a palace here, and was made a free borough by Henry III. It sent members to parliament till the 34th year of Edward I., but the privilege was subsequently relin- quished at the petition of the inhabitants. It suffered much from a visitation of the plague in 1637, the memory of which is perpetuated by an old stone cross, still standing at the N.E. corner of the churchyard. It is mentioned by Camden as a seat of the iron trade. The town has been immortalised by Pope in his well-known theme, " The Man of Eoss," and is at present a rapidly improving place. It occupies the slopes of a rocky emi- nence, surrounded by loftier hills, overlooking the Wye. The streets of the town are irregularly laid out, and some of the houses arc old, but there are many modern resi- dences, and several good streets, as High-street, Broad- street, Brookend-street, St. Mary-street, and the market place. The streets are well paved and lighted with gas. The market house and townhall is an antique structure, supported upon pillars, with a small square clock-tower, situated near the centre of the town. At the E. end is a bust of Charles II., and the upper part of the building is used as the townhall. The other public buildings are the police and railway stations, both of recent erection, a union poorhouse, a mechanics' institute, situated in High-street, a reading and news- room in the market-place, baths, four commercial bank a savings-bank, two circulating libraries, and a disp