[722]. Caledonian Mercury, February 14, 1734.
[723]. Historical Register for 1721, p. 253.
[724]. July 21, 1744, died at his seat of Orangefield, in the shire of Ayr, James Macrae, Esq., late governor of Fort George.
[725]. The son, Captain James Macrae, was a person of most unhappy history, having shot an innocent gentleman in a duel, and obliged, in consequence, to leave his native country.
[726]. Caledonian Mercury, July and August 1733.
[727]. See under 1718, pp. [440], [441] of this volume.
[728]. A riding of the stang, attended with tragical results, happened in March 1736. George Porteous, smith at Edmondstone, having severely beaten and abused his wife, was subjected to the ignominy by his neighbours; which so highly ‘affronted’ him, that he went and hanged himself.—Caledonian Mercury.
[729]. Caledonian Mercury, passim.
[730]. Edinburgh newspapers, passim.
[731]. James VII.’s First Parliament, chap. 12.