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PALACE—;Alexander Smith (1829-67), poet and author, who herefollowed for some time his profession as a patterndesigner ; Dr Robert Watt (1774-1819), author of theBibliotJicca Britannka ; and Dr John Witherspoon(1722-94), minister of the Laigh parish, afterwards presidentof the College of New Jersey, theological writer.The Parishes of Paisley are the High, Laigh, andJliddle, all within the burgh, and all, till 1736,forming part of Abbey parish, which still includes aportion of the burgh. The livings are worth about£280. The area of High Church parish is 261-428acres inclusive of 2 '427 of water ; of Laigh or LowChurch parish, 97-868 acres, with 26-620 detached,0-054 foreshore, and 4-185 water; and of Middle'Church parish, 522-051 acres, with 1-973 foreshore and-3-553 water. The quoad sacra parish of Martyrs' ispartly taken from Abbey parish and partly from HighChurch parish, that of North Church from MiddleChurch parish, that of St Columba from High Churchparish, that of South Church from Abbey parish andLaigh Church parish. The populations in ISSl were8889 in High Church parish, 6122 in Laigh Churchparish, 5284 in Middle Church parish, 9464 in Martyrs',7844 in North, 1981 in St Columba's, and 4146 inSouth, the rest being in Abbey parish.The Presbytery of Paisley comprehends the quoadcivilia, parishes of Abbey-Paisley, Eastwood, HighChurch Paisley, Houstoun, Inchinnan, Kilbarchan,Laigh Parish Paisley, Lochwinnoch, Mearns, MiddleParish Paisley, Neilston, and Picnfrew ; the quoad sacraparishes of Barrhead, Elderslie, Johnstone, Levern,Linwood, Martyrs' Paisley, North Paisley, South Paisley,St Columba's Paisley, and PoUokshaws ; and the missionstations of Shawlands (Eastwood), Bridge of Weir (Kilbarchan),and How-wood (Lochwinnoch). It meets atPaisley on the first Wednesdays of February, Jlay,July, September, and December, and on the third Wednesdaysof March and October. —The Free Church hasalso a presbytery of Paisley with 7 churches in Paisley,2 at PoUokshaws, and 9 at respectively Barrhead, Bridgeof Weir, Houstoun, Inchinnan, Johnstone, Lochwinnoch,Neilston, Nitshill, and Renfrew.—The U.P.presbytery of Paisley includes 6 churches at Paisley, 2at Beith, 2 at Johnstone, and 6 at respectively Kilbarchan,Kilmalcolm, Langbank, Lochwinnoch, Mossvale,and Renfrew.See also Cosmo Innes' Beqistrwm Monasterii deFasselet (Edinb., Maitland Club, 1832); Mackie'sHistorical Description of the Abbey and Town ofPaisley (Glasg. 1835) ; Parkhill's History of Paisley(Paisley, 1857) ; Memorial of the Inauguration of theFountain Gardens (Paisley, 1868) ; Memorial of theInauguration of the Free Library and Museum (Paisley,1871) ;Semple's St Mirin, an Historical Account of OldHouses, Old Families, and Olden Times in Paisley(Paisley, 1872 ;with supplements in 1873 and 1874)Brown's History of the Paisley Gfi-ammar School (Paisley,1875) ; Lichens from an Old Abbey : Monastery of Paisley(Paisley, 1876) ; Gilmour's Paisley Weavers of OtherDays (Paisley, 1876 ; 2d ed. 1879), and his Gordon'sLoan, Paisley, Sixty-odd Years Ago (Paisley, 1881)Dr J. Cameron Lees' The Abbey of Paisley, from, itsFoundation to its Dissolution (Paisley, 1878) ; Craig'sHistorical Notes on Paisley and its Neighbourhood(Paisley, 1881) ; William Hector's Vanduara, Oddsand Ends, Personal, Social, and Local, from Recollectionsof Byepast Times (Paisley, 1881) ; and Memorialof tlie Inauguration of the Clark Hall (Paisley, 1882).Palace, a mansion of 1882 in Crailing parish, Roxburghshire,4 miles NNE of Jedburgh.Palace-Brae. See Blairingone.Palace-Craig and Faskine. See Faskine.Paldy or Palladius. See Fordoun.Palnackie. See Buittle.Palaure Bum, a rivulet of Minnigaff parish, W Kirkcudbrightshire,rising at an altitude of 612 feet abovesea-level, and running 11^ miles south-south-westward—for the first 1 J mile along the boundary with Girthon,and for the last If mile along that with Kirkmabreck;'furlongs ; forms an excellent natural harbour or hope ' ;PANMUEE HOUSEtill it falls into the Cree at a point 2J- miles NNW ofCreetown. It is navigable to Palnure or Palnure Bridge,a village in Minnigaii" parish, on the right bank of thestream, with a small quay for vessels of 60 tons, and astation on the Dumfries and Portpatrick section of theCaledonian, 3J miles ESE of Newton-Stewart. Ord.Sur., sh. 4, 1857.Pananich. See Pannanich Wells.Panbride, a hamlet and a coast parish of SE Forfarshire.The hamlet lies IJ mile NNE of the post-town,2j miles ;and its area is 5506 acres, of which 298| areforeshore and 9 water. Monikie Burn, coming in fromMonikie parish, runs 4J miles south-eastward across theinterior to the sea between East and West Haven. Itsdell, called Battle's Den, is mostly flanked by steep ormural rocky hanks, 20 to 50 feet high, and is spanned,at a romantic spot, by a bridge taking over the roadfrom Dundee to Arbroath. Another rivulet, also comingin from Monikie, and traversing a similar dell, runs 2^miles east-south-eastward across the northern interior,next 1§ mile south-south-eastward along the northeasternboundary, and next 1 J mile through the interior,till it falls into Monikie Burn at a point J mile NE ofthe parish church. The coast, closely followed for 2^miles by the Dundee and Arbroath Joint railway, islow but very rocky, with a pebbly beach, and shows aseries of ancient sea-margins some way from the presentshore line. The interior presents for the most part a flatappearance, but is diversified by the dells of the rivulets,and rises gently to 300 feet at Pitlivie and 487 at thenorthern boundary. The predominant rocks areDevonian. Sandstone of excellent cpality for masonryis quarried ; sandstone, of the slaty kind which yieldsthe Arbroath paving-stone, is comparatively plentifuland limestone exists, but not abundantly nor of goodquality. The soil on the seaboard is sandy ; in thecentral district is clay or loam ; and towards the W andN is moorish. Rather more than three-fourths of allthe land is arable, and some 600 acres are under wood.The barony of Panbride belonged for several ages to theancestors of the historian Hector Boece (1465-1536),who himself, however, appears to have been a native ofDundee ; whilst the barony of Panmure passed bymarriage about 1224 to Sir Peter de Maule, ancestor ofthe Earl of Dalhonsie. Panmure House, noticedseparately, is the principal residence ; and the Earl issole proprietor. Panbride is in the presbytery of Arbroathand the synod of Angus and Mearns ;the livingis worth £335. The parish church, at Panbride hamlet,Orkney. Looking towards Burray island, it entersfrom the SE of Scapa Flow; penetrates 14 mile westsouth-westward,with a mean breadth of from 7 to 2Carnoustie.The parish, containing also MuiRDRum village andthe Newton of Panbride suburb of Carnou.stie, withthe fishing villages of West Haven and East Haven, isbounded N by Carmyllie, NE by Arbirlotand St Vigeans(detached), SE by the German Ocean, SW by Barry, andW by Monikie. Its utmost length, from NW to SE,is 4§ miles ; its breadth varies between 9 furlongs andis a cruciform Gothic edifice of 1S51, containing 600 sittings.At the E gable of it is the burial vault of theEarls of Panmure, erected by George, third Earl, in1681. A Free church was built in 1856 ; and two publicschools, Muirdrum and Panbride, with respective accommodationfor 54 and 196 children, had (1883) an averageattendance of 53 and 137, and grants of £38, 8s. and £129.Valuation(1857)£7698, (1884)£11, 711, 13s., _23Zms £1337for railway. Pop. (1801) 1588, (1831) 1268, (1861) 1299,(1871) 1331, (1881) 1395, of whom 593 were in Newtonof Panbride.— 0/-^. Sicr., sh. 49, 1865.Panhope, a bay on the E side of Flotta island,and took the prefix of its name from a salt-pan formerlyworked on its shores.Panmure House, a seat of the Earl of Dalhonsie, inPanbride parish, Forfarshire, 4^ miles NW of Carnoustie.Standing 350 feet above sea-level, and surroundedby beautiful gardens and policies, 550 acres ia157—