C OTLAND.
The remains of Mary of Gueldres, wife of James the Second of Scot- land—recently discovered on the demolition of Trinity College Church, Edinburgh, and placed for temporary deposite in the Crown Office—were reinterred on Saturday morning, in Holyrood Chapel. A hearse drawn by two horses appeared at the Palace gate; a corporal's guard presented arms; the coffin, a large crimson one, was taken out; and magistrates, antiquaries, and others, all unrobed, with the exception of a parish clergyman, followed it to the Royal vault. The account states that "no religious ceremonial of any kind took place." Of course not: modern Scotland is Presbyterian; Mary of Gueldres was a Papist, and doubtless enjoyed the benefit of a regular Popish funeral at the time of her decease.
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