MORNINGSIDE, a district, within the limits of the parish of St-Cuthbert, suburbs of the city of Edinburgh, I5 mile (S. by W.) from Edinburgh; containing 1795 inhabitants. This district was separated for ecclesiastical purposes from the parish of St. Cuthbert, and comprehends a large and fine portion of the southern suburbs of the metropohs; it is richly studded with mansions, villas, and other handsome residences, and is remarkable for the salubrity and mildness of its air. The village of Morningside is a favourite summer resort of the citizens, being delightfully situated on an acclivity beyond Burghmuirhead and Bruntsfield-Links, looking towards the Blackford, Braid, and Pentland hills. In its immediate vicinity is the Royal Edinburgh Lunatic Asylum, an extensive range of building. Around the village are also the old castle of Merchiston, at one time the seat of the celebrated Sir John Napier, the inventor of logarithms; Greenhill, the property of Sir John Forbes of PItsllgo, Bart.; Bruntsfield House, that of Sir John Warrender, Bart; St. Margaret's Convent, Falcon Hall, Whitehouse, Woodburn, Canaan House, Woodville, Canaan Lodge, Millbauk,Viewpark, and several others. Ecclesiastically the place is within the bounds of the presbytery of Edinburgh, and synod of Lothian and Tweeddale; patrons of the incumbency, the Congregation, Trustees, and Session. The church was erected in 1837, from a design by Mr. Henderson, and is a neat building beautifully situated, containing 634 sittings. Near it is a school, a commodious building erected in 1823, and attended by a large proportion of the children connected with the village. There are also within the limits of the district a place of worship for members of the Free Church; a private academy of considerable celebrity, carried on in the old castle of Merchiston; and an hospital established In 1S02 for the reception of aged persons in decayed circumstances, in connexion with which is a charity school, resorted to by boys from all parts of the city.