NEWTON, a parish, in the county of Edinburgh, 2 miles (N. W.) from Dalkeith; containing, with the villages or hamlets of Adamsrow, Backdcan, Claybarns, Edmonstone, New Engine, Old Engine, Easter and Wester Millerhill, Pentecox, Redrow, Sheriffhall-Enginc, and Squaretown, 1743 inhabitants. This parish, including the old parish of Woolmct, united with it at the Reformation, is about two miles in length and a mile and a half in breadth; comprising an area of 12.56 acres, nearly the whole of which is under profitable cultivation. Its surface is generally level, and the soil fertile; the scenery is finely varied, and the tract of country between this place and Pidinburgh abounds with interesting features. The substratum is chiefly coal, of wliich there are several mines in extensive operation; and freestone is found at a great depth below the surface, but no regular quarries have yet been opened. In the strata of coal occur various geological specimens, some of which are very beautiful. The collieries have been worked for more than a century, and afford employment to about 1000 of the population. The annual value of real property in the parish is £9739. Edmonstone House, the seat of John Wauchop, Esq., is a handsome modern mansion, situated in an ample demesne tastefully laid out, and embellished with thriving plantations. Newton House, also of modern erection, is a neat mansion pleasantly seated; and Woolmet House, an ancient mansion, retaining much of its original character, is also a pleasant residence. There are several villages, chiefly inhabited by persons engaged in mining, of which the principal are Edmonstone, Easter Millerhill, Wester Millerhill, and Adamsrow; and various small hamlets, among which are Little France and SherifFhall. Some others, from the exhaustion of the mines wherein the inhabitants were employed, have become extinct. The Edinburgh and Hawick railway intersects the parish. Ecclesiastically this place is within the bounds of the presbytery of Dalkeith and synod of Lothian and Tweeddale; patron, Mr. Wauchop. The minister's stipend is about £148, with £4. 8. 10. for communion elements, a rent-charge of £5. 11. 2. on lands in Edmonstone, a glebe valued at £20 per annum, and the interest of capital paid for the purchase of the coal under the glebe, producing £ 1 1 5. 6. 4., and making the whole income equivalent to about £293 per annum: there is also a manse. Newton church, rebuilt, with the exception of the ancient tower, in 1742, and repaired and reseated in 1819, is a neat structure, but containing only 430 sittings. The chapel at Edmonstone is a handsome edifice in the later English style, now used only as a mausoleum for the Wauchop family. The parochial school, to which a good library is attached, is well conducted, and is attended by about 180 children: the master has a salary of £34. 4., with a house and garden; and the fees, with other perquisites, average £100, part arising from the interest of money paid for the coal discovered under his garden.