Dirisions, Towns, &e.—Przeum is the county town. The county returns one member to the Imperial Parliament The villages are few and not of much importance. Of these the following may be named ; the populations are those of 1851 :—Drsonmelzier, popu lation of the pariah 214, is situated on the right bank of the river Tweed, about 12 milm S.W. from Peebles. Of Drummelzier Castle, formerly the residence of the Tweediee of Drummelzier, some portions remain. &Idles:one, population of the parish 790, is on the coach road between Edmburgh and Peebles. In the parish are traces of three ancient camps. In 1828 a stone coffin containing the ashes of human bones, also some braes weapons, were dug up from an ancient barrow. hosericithen, population of the parish 1236, about 10 miles E. 17 S. from Peebles, is on the right bank of the Leithen Water, which falls into the Tweed near the village. Innerleithen is much frequented in summer on account of a medicinelepring. Besides the church there are places of worship for the Free Church andnited Presbyterians. The Tweed is crossed by a wooden bridge which lead, to Traquair House, the seat of the Earl of Traquair. The St. Ronan's Bonier Club holde an annual festival, at which games and gymnastic exercises are engaged In. Linton, or net Linton, popula tion of the pariah 1630, is situated on the left bank of the Lyne Water, about 13 miles N.N.W. from Peebles. Many of the inhabitants
are wearers. Besidee the pariah church, there is a chapel for United Presbyterians. A sheep market is held on the last Tuesday of June; stock and hiring markets are held in April and September.
History, Antsquitirs, &e.—The only antiquities of the county are the ruins of castles or towers. One of these, the Castle of Need pith, on a rocky promontory in the Tweed ucar Peebles, now the property of the Duke of Bucclench, made a stout resistance against the forces of CromwelL Another, in the pariah of Broughton, is called the Castle of Macbeth. The Earls of March were hereditary sheriffs of Twreddale, which gives the title of Marquis to a branch of the house of Hey, Earls of ErroL In the churchyard of Drumnalzler the famous Merlin, of the Hay family, is traditionally said to be buried.
Relighisis Worelip and Edowation.—According to the Returns of the Ceases in 1851 there were then in Peebles-shire 31 places of wor ship, of which 13 belonged to the Established Church, 8 to the Free Church, 5 to the United Presbyterian Church, 2 to Episcopalians, and 1 to Independents. There were 23 day schools with 1526 scholars, 19 Sabbath schools with 879 scholar; end 3 evening schools for *delta with 98 scholars.
PEEL. [Max, late or.]