them should be done. By virtue of this said act, which was passed on the fifteenth of July, the earl of Carnwath, and the lords Widdrington and Nairn were discharged, together with all the gentlemen under sentence of death in Newgate, and also all, who, on account of the rebellion, were confined in the Fleet, the Marshalsea, and other prisons in the kingdom. From this indulgence were excepted the earl of Oxford, Mr. Prior, Mr. Thomas Harley, Mr. Arthur Moore, Crisp, Nodes, Obryan, Redmarne the printer, Thompson, the assassinators in Newgate, and the clan Macgregor in Scotland.

In the next session of parliament, which met in November, a bill was passed for vesting the forfeited estates in Britain and Ireland in the hands of trustees, to be sold for the benefit of the public, for giving relief to the creditors upon these estates by determining their claims, and for bringing more effectually into the respective exchequers, the rents and profits of the estates till sold. Longer time was also allowed for the different claims to be given in, and out of the sale of the estates in Scotland, twenty thousand pounds were reserved for the erection of schools, and eight thousand for building barracks in that kingdom.

* Annals of George I. Smollett's History, &c. &c.

The following is an Abstract of the Rental of the greater part of the Forfeited Estates Real, lying in Scotland, taken by the Surveyor, and his Deputy, upon the oaths of the several Tenants, Possessors, &c. by order of the Commissioners of Enquiry, in the years 1716, and 1717.

The General Assembly was convened at Edinburgh the second of May, 1717, John, earl of Rothes, commissioner, Mr. William Mitchell, moderator. After exchanging the usual compliments with his majesty, which was done in the usual form,

8.-Estate of Willm. late Viscount of Kilsyth. Money, Rent payable in money, L702 12 2 Barley, 144 bolls, at 10s. 5d. per boll, Oatmeal, 167 bolls, 3 firlots, at do. per boll.

...

75 0 0

87 7 4 L.864 19 6

9.-Estate of Sir Hugh Paterson, late of Bannockburn.

Money, Rent payable in money,

Barley, 78 bolls, 2 firlots, at 10s. 6d.

boll,

Wethers, 16, at 3s. 4d. per weather,
Capons, 90, at 6d. each.-Hens, 137, at
3d. each,

Chickens, 272, at 2d. each.-Geese, 42,

at 1s. Id.

Linen, 4 yards, at 7d. per yard,
Peats, 1039 loads, at 2d. per load,

12.-Estate of John Stewart, late

L.317 6 6

19 7 4

40 4 10

2 13 4

319 3

4 10 10 024 8 13 2

L.1,184 9 5

of Invernitie. L.351 19 11 216

Money, Rent payable in money,
Barley, 6 bolls, at 6s. 11d. per boll,
Oatmeal, 4 bolls, 3 firlots, Specks, at do.
Geese, 4, at 1s. each.-Wethers, 1, at 5s.
Capons, 145, at 5d. each.-Hens, 24. at
Sd. each,

...

Chickens, 282, at 1d. each.
Hesps Yarn, 8, at 6d. per hesp,
Heers Yarn, 24, at 1d. per heer,

1 14 14 090

3 6 5

The principai part of the Tenants of this Estate
pay the tenth lamb, and tenth fleece of wool.
13.-Estate of Major-General Gordən, late of
Auchintowl.
Money, Rent payable in money, ...
L.281 17 7 Barley 25 bolls, at 6s. 11d. per boll,
L.147 18 6
Oatmeal, 501 bolls, 1 firlot, 3 pecks,
at do.
Wethers, 24, at 3s. 4d per wether,
Lambs, 15, at 1s. 1d. per lamb,
Capons, 132, at 4d. each.-Hens, 282,
at 3d. each,
Chickens, 120, at 1d. each,
Butter, 10 stone, at 4s. 5d. per stone.-
Sow, 1, at 11s. 4d.

...

400 0 16 3

14-Estate of Robert Rollo, late of Powhouse.

L.91 14 5

13 0 5

25 0 0

...

200

Money, Rent payable in money,

0 10 0

Barley, 184 bolls, at 10s. 5d. per boll,

Oatmeal, 331 bolls, at do.

95 16 8 172 7 11

Carriages, 63, at 1s. 8d. each,

5 5 0

Pease and Beans, 39 bolls, at do. per holl, 20 6 3
Geese, 6, at 2s. each-Ducks 15, at 7d.

L.137 9 10

each,

109

only they were not leavened, on the part of the assembly, with the mention of any grievances as they were last year, the assembly passed a variety of acts, most of them repetitions of former ones. One of them, however, entitled "An act for pre

0 12 4 L.231 16 2

L.1,668 4 51

25.-Estate of John Carstairs, late of Kilconquer
Money, Rent payable in money,
Barley, 467 bolls, 1 firlot, 2 pecks, 2 lip-
pies, at 78.
Oatmeal, 123 bolls, at do. per boll,...
Oats, 71 bolls, 2 firlots, 1 lippie, at do,
per boll,

...

20.-Estate of Alexander Menzies, late of Woodend. Beans, 10 bolls, at do. per boll.-Malt,

Money, Rent payable in money,
Barley, 30 holls, at 7s. per boll,
Oatmeal, 15 bolls, 3 firlots, at do.
Capons, 6, at 7d. each.-Poultry, 108, at

5d. each,

...

Carriages, 6 loads Coals, at 8d. per load,

4 16 2

286

040 L.83 3 5

12 bolls, at do.
Malt, 12 bolls, at do. per boll,

Wethers, 2, 5s. each.-Grazing, 20
wethers, 6d. each,

Capons, 34, at 7d. each.-Hens, 134, at

5d. each,
Poultry, 185, at 4d. each, ...

L42 1 7

163 10 10

43 1 0

25 0 7

714 0 440

1 0 0

3 15 8 S18

L.293 94

serving the purity of the doctrine of this church," determined the long depending process against professor Simpson, which, as it forms an era in the history of the Scotish church, and has been so often appealed to as a flagrant proof of her declension

L.2,566 3 1

256 107

L.415 3 0

29.-Estate of William, late Earl of Nithsdale.

Money, Rent payable in money,
Barley, 16 bolls, firlots, Nithsdale

measure, about 44 bolls, ordin.
meas. 10s. 5d. per boll,
Oatmeal, 18 bolls, 1 peck, 2 lippies,

Niths tale meas. 41 bolls, 2 pecks, ordin, meas. at do per boll, Multure Shill', 15 pecks, Nith. meas. about 2 bolls, 1 firlot, 2 pecks, ordinar. meas.

Capons, 41, at 7d. each.-Hens, 347, at 5d. each,

L.749 10 10

L.349 5 2

33.-Estate of Robert, late Lord Burleigh.
Money, Rent payable in money,
Wheat, 39 bolls, 2 fir. at 7s. per boll.
22 18 4 Barley, 497 bolls, 1 peck, at do. per boll,
Oatmeal, 52 bolls, 2 fir. at do. per. boll,
Oats, 342 bolls, I firlot, at do. per boll,
20 8 5 Pease, 9 bolls, at do.-Hens, 271, at 5d.
cách,

Chickens, 55, at 2d. each,
Casting Peats, at 1d. per dozen loads,

1 3 11 8 8 6 09 2 0 13 6

L.80328

30.-Esiate of Alexander Farquharson, late of

...

Chickens, 179, at 1d. cach-Capons,
179, at 8d. cach,"

Poultry, 69, at 4d. each.-Swine, 1 at

11s. Id.

Green Linen, 12 yards, at 6d. per yard,
Shearers, 4, at 10s. cach-Shear dirgs,
+, at 51. cach,
Straw, 115 thraves, at 4d. per thrave,

173 19 5 13 16 6 18 7 6 123 5 8

8 15 11

720

114 1 060

2 18 1 18 4

Inneray.

Money, Rent payable in money, Barley and Oatmeal, 93 bolls, at 7s. per boll,

L.244 17

6

Wethers, 5, at 3s. 4d. per wether,

Malt, 4 bolls, at 78. per boll.-Capons, 16, at 6d. each,

32 11 0
0 16 8

Capons, 6, at. 8d. each.-Hens, 43, at
3. cách,

1 1 11

from the purity of gospel doctrine, we shall give, in its most important parts, without abridgement:-" The General Assembly considering, that although professor Simpson does declare his adherence to our Confession of Faith, and doctrines therein contained, as his judgment, and his disowning the errors opposite thereto, wherewith he was charged; yet, considering that by his printed answers, and the letters written by him to the now deceast Mr. Robert Rowan, sometime minister at Penninghame, and his letter to the foresaid committee, for purity of doctrine, dated the fourteenth of April, 1716 years, he hath given offence, and that it is judged that therein he hath vented some opinions not necessary to be taught in divinity, and that

In the foregoing abstract, there are evidently several inaccuracies, which, having met only with one copy, it has not been in the author's power to rectify. Upon the whole, however, he believes it to come near the truth. In 1723, it was determined by the house of lords, that only the life rent of Nithsdale's estate was forfeited. Nairn's was forfeited only during the life of John, lord Nairn and an act of parliament was passed, 1717, to enable his majesty to make provision for the wife and children of James, earl of Southesk, out of his estate. From the Lockhart Papers, vol. ii. p. 88, we learn also, that through the management of the lord advocate, Dundas of Arniston, the estate of Baldoon was saved from forfeiture, along with several others which he has not specified.

345 17 S 1,216 9 7

74 0 2 27 16 4

34. Scotstown,
$5 Duntroon,
36. Lagg,
37. Carnwath,
38. Baldoon,

33. Burleigh,

700 12 3