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COUNTY OF AYR.

AYR, OCT. consequence of a Public
Requisition by the Lord Lieutenant and. the Coo,
vener of the County, a numerous Meeting of the
Noblemen, Freeholders, Justices of the Peace, and
Commissioners of Supply, was held this day, to
take into consideration the pi ofiriet y of an Address
to his Royal Highness the PHI%Ce Regent, on the
present distuibed state of different parts of the
Kingdom.
Lieutenant-Getter4 MONTGOMRRIR,
of «rti~ht-
bill, M. for the County, was railtd to the Chair
The Advertisement calling the Meeting having
been read, a letter from the Earl of Eg!hoot) to
the Chairman was. laid before the Meeting, in
which the Noble Earl slated, that it was With 14-
finite regret he fotind himself, from the state of
his health, totally unable to attend the Meeting,
though extt may' anxious to have afftuded his
personal support to those measures which he was
sure the County would adopt, to express their de
termioation to. support the Constitution of the
Country=—;heir attachment to the sacred person
of the Prince Regent, and their resolution to rally
round the Throne on this imporcant and aivful Oc-
casion.

Letters were also laid before the Nleeting (row
the Ma!qtae.s of Bute and the Earl or
apologising for their absence, and declaring tt ti'
readiness to concur in whatever tneasuics 'ht.
County night think fit to adopt.

Mr. HAMILTON, of Suntlrum, the Convener of
the County, then read the drat( of AdOres.,
which it was proposed to present to his Royal
,Highness the Prince Regent.

Sir JAMES FERGUSON, of Killtrrrau. ,moved,
that it should -be adopted as the Address of the
Meeting ; and the -motion being seconded by Mr,
HAMILTON, j tutor, of Smolrum, was POI to t tic
vote, and carried unanimously.
The Address is very brief It states. tint the
Meeting tee) it to be their they, at this time, to
approach the Throne .with aD ee.arat.on or rl.eir
loyal attachment to *the established lostitotloill
of the Kingdom, in opposition to the principles
and practices by Which their secori,y is now in
danger, and the peace of society iistiabeO; and
expresses their' firm determination to pre,erve
these Institutions, Civil and Religious, to the ut-
most of their power.
General MONTGOMERIII was requested to .sign
the Address, as Chairman of the Meeting, and to
transmit it to the Secretary of Sate tot the Home
Department, to be presented to the Prince Re-
gent.

COUNTY OF HADDINGTON MFFfING.
[FURTHER PARTICULARS.]

A more numerous and respectable Nleeting has
not, we are informed, been held in this county,
doting' many years, than that held on Tuesday
se'nnight last.
DAVID ANDERSON, Esq. of St. Germains, Con-
vener of the County, opened the business of the
Meeting. It was well known, he said, that se-
ditious Meetings to an alarming extent were tak-
ing'place ; and every friend of his country ought
to employ his utmost efforts to supptes such. un-
lawful proceedings.
The Marquess of TWEEDALE rose, and stated,
that he came there unprepared for making any
observations on the subject which had called them
together. He bad,, however, to submit to the
consideration of the Meeting some Resolutions,
which had been communicated to hint by a near
relative, Lord F. who was then absent.—
These, he presumed, would meet wilt the appro-
bation of the. Meeting. As to hints: If, his Lord•
ship observed, he fully concurred in the absolute
necessity of something being done to repress the
turbulent spirit which seemed so prevalent through-
out the country.
_ _

The Earl of Wemvss and MARCH, in a very
neat speech, which was much applauded, second-
ed the Resolutions. His Lordship thought that
no well-disposed person could look on as an in-
different spectator of those Meetings which were
now held in different parts of the country, with-
out feelings of detestation and abhorrence. The
numerous and undisguised attempts, by factious
and turbulent persons, to sow discord in the
country, demanded the most watchful attention.
The question for the Meeting to consider, observ-
ed his Lordship, was—Whether -they would ex-
. change their present glorious Constitution, as
founded by their ancestors, for a state of anarchy
intreonfusieo; and give way to the inflammatory
harangues of demagogues, who sought only to'
stir up disturbance by blasphemous publications
and seditious speeches ?
The Earl of HADDINGTON said, it would be
quite superfluous in bins to add a word' to whit
seemed to be the tnattifest tone and feeling of the
Meeting. He conceived, that an Address, (omitted
on the Resolutions which had been brought for-
ward, should be proposed.
An Address was then read, which, happening
to coincide in the sentiments of the Resolutions,
was unanimously approved of by the Meeting.
The-Earl of HAUDINGTON observed, that this
was another proof of the unanimity which pre-
vailed on the subject. The Noble Mover of the
Resolutions, and the Gentleman who had prepated
the Address, his Lordship had reason to believe,
were totally utiacquaitiated with- each other's in-
tention, and had no communication whatever on
the subject.
His Lordship, as Chairman of the Meeting, was.
theq,directed to forward the Resolutions and Ad-
dress to ttie.Secretary for the Home Department.
Sir J. G. SUTTIR, Bart., M. P., for the County,
begged to assure his Constituents, that he should
consider it his duty, as their Representative in
Parliament, to attend in his place on the hilt day
of its meeting, to support such • measures 'as they
might think most expedient at the present crisis.
Thanks were then voted by acclamation ro the
Earl of liaddiirgton for his conduct in the Chair,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, LiNCoLN'S INN, Nor. 5.

THE ROCHESTER CHARITY.

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V; Buu.r.R.

This case came before the Court on the petition
of the Mayor and Corporation of Rochester, as
guardians of the poor of the Parish of St. Nicho-
las, praying that the lands and buildings at Credi-
ton, Devonshire, purchased out of the funds of
the Charity, might be sold, and the proceeds paid,
into Court, for the benefit of the petitioners ; and
also that the arrears of fifty pounds per annum,
due since 1791, might also be decreed tovbe paid.
The petition, among other things, recited the
terms of the bequest of the testator, Sir John
Haywood, made in 161, directing the trustees
o lay out'the purchase-money of the property,
directed to be sold, for the purpose of building
workhouses for the' benefit and comfort of the
poor of any three parishes, but specially regard-
ing t-he parish of St. Nicholas. The trustees.laid
out the, purchase-money in lands, for carrying the
object of the Testator into effect,. and allotted to
the parish of St Nicholas an annuity of 501. per
atintim, as the quota of !file donation due to the
parishioni.es. ' This annuitycontinued to be paid
up to 1791, :viten the defendant changed his resi-
dence tr,m Kent to Devonshire, and vested the
produce of the property sold in the Funds, from
which :ime the annuity had not been paid. Some
time subsequently Mr. Boller proposed to erect
certain 'woikhouses or buildings at Crediton, in
Devonshire, and accordingly laid a scheme. before
the Lord Chancellor for that purpose. .The mat.
RI- in this stage of the cause was referred hack to
the Master, Simeon, who made his. report, but
which was no! confirmed by the Court, and was
sent haek to him, when he found the parish
.0 Sr Nicholas to he entitled to the annuity of
501 per annum. From that time to the present
the .object- has been folder a continual course of
S.‘tnejrne since Mr. Buller again pe-
tlA It“-d the Court, and Ow petition still remained
to he investigated, and hence arose the cause for
ptesenting the present petition.

After nearing Counsel, viz. Mr. Martin, Mr.
tVeliTr •11, Mr. Hart, -Mr. Sidebothatn, and Mr.

he Cr, RD CHANCELLOR said, he would give
judgment in both the petitions on. Monday.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.