42 Cup Markings. 



Conservative in its methods and procedure, Parliament 

 assumed to act in the name of the King and the Three Estates. 

 It retained the emblems of the power and pomp of the monarchy, 

 ordained " that noblemen sit in their robes, and that a cloth of 

 state be there, and the crown, sword, and sceptre be likewise pre- 

 sent, as in former Parliaments." Old ceremonies also continued 

 in use, an instance of which connects with our subject. After the 

 recovery of Dumfries Montrose was formally degraded, and then 

 the Lyon King at Arms, with his brethren the heralds, appeared 

 on the floor of the House, and after sound of trumpet in the face 

 of Parliament, " did rive and rend the coat of arms of James, 

 sometime Earl of Montrose." The Church was likewise devoted 

 to the monarchial form of government. 



In this paper I have tried to shed light on this singular 

 episode, a turning point in the life of Montrose and in Scotland's 

 history. I am aware that the events of this period are regarded 

 from different standpoints, and have therefore confined myself to 

 linking together the facts as I find them contained in contemporary 

 sources, chiefly the Acts of Parliament, the records of the Presby- 

 tery of Dumfries, and the " Court Messenger " of 4th May, 1644. 



The Cup Markings at Stone Circle on Hills Farm, 

 LocHRUTTON. By Mr John M. Corrie. 



During a recent visit to the stone circle on Hills Farm, Loch- 

 rutton, I found, on making an examination of the various stones, 

 that two of them bear artificial cup markings. I was aware that 

 cup markings had already been recorded as occurring on the stone 

 on the east side of the circle, and that special notice had been 

 taken of these markings on account of their unusually small 

 dimensions. The markings on the second stone, which lies on the 

 N.W. portion of the circle, do not, however, appear to have been 

 recorded in the Transactions of this society. Mr Brown, in his 

 notice of the circle {vide Trans. 1887-88, pp. 33-34) makes no 

 mention of them. In a paper on " The Stone Circles of the Stew- 

 artry of Kirkcudbright " read before the Society of Antiquaries 

 on May 13th, 1895, by Mr Frederick R. Coles, however, I find 

 the following reference : — 



" A further interest attaches to this circle from the fact of two 



