the capital of the shire of the same name, is pleasantly situated on an eminence gently rising out of a plain stretching from east to west to the height of 190 feet above the level of the Forth, and commanding an extensive view from the summit. It consists of one long street, which runs up the acclivity to the gate of the park surrounding Clackmannan tower, a tall and massive building.

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1 Gebaveri Narratio de Henrico Brenkmanne, de Manuscriptis Brenkmannianis, et suis in Corpore Juris Civilis Comitibus et Laboribus. Accedunt Mantissa de libro longe rarissimo, Bibliotheca Antiqua Augustana, et Vita Henrici Newtoni. Gottingae, 1764, 4to. 2 With the view of studying the Florentine manuscript, Brenkman made a journey to Italy, and was enabled to obtain access to the precious relic through the influence of the English envoy Dr. Newton. To this study he devoted several years, but he only lived to execute a part of his plans. Newton, who was much connected with the scholars of the age, received the honour of knighthood, and became judge of the high court of admiralty. He is the author of a collection of Epistolae, Orationes, et Carmina, Lucca, 1716, 4to. Some notices of the author may be found in Mr. Dunster's edition of "Cider," a poem in two books, by John Phillips, p. 174. Lond. 1717, 8vo. 3 Breckmanni Epistola ad v. c. Franciscum Hesselium, qua examinantur praecipua Capita Epistolae v. c. D. Guidonis Grandi de Pandectis, nec non Dissertationis similis argumenti, autore v. c. Christiano Gottlieb Schwartzio. Traj. ad Rhem. 1735, 4to. 4 Guadagni de Florentino Pandectarum Exemplari, ad sit Imperat. Justiniani Archetypum, et ex eo ceteri, qui supersunt, Pandectarum libri manaverint Dissertatio. Roma, 1762, 8vo.—This dissertation was inserted in Gorii's Symbola Litterariorum, dec. ii. vol. iv.; and some copies were published in a separate form. Guadagni is likewise the author of a work entitled Ad Graecas Pandectarum Dissertationes. Pisae, 1786, 4to. 5 Savigny's Geschichte des Römischen Rechts im Mittelalter. Heidelberg, 1818–31, 6 Bde. 8vo. Paris, 4 vols. 1839. Clackmananshire—A small plain immediately to the west of this tower formed the site of the palace of Robert Bruce—every vestige of which has long since disappeared. The church of Clackmannan, which is situated a little south of the principal street, is a handsome modern structure in the Gothic style. Pop. of parish (1851) 5802.