REASONS
Humbly
Offered
to
his
GRACE
,
HIS
MAJESTY'S
HIGH
COMMISSIONER
,
AND
THE
RIGHT
HONOURABLE
,
THE
ESTATES
OF
PARLIAMENT
,
By
His
MAJESTIES
Advocat
,
for
His
HIGHNESS
Interest
:
And
by
Sir
George
Campbell
of
Cesnock
.
Sheriff
of
Air
Shire
,
why
the
Act
and
Petition
,
presented
by
the
Earl
of
Cassils
,
as
to
the
Bailiry
of
Carrick
,
ought
not
to
pass
.
THe
Shire
of
Air
consists
of
Kings-kyle
,
called
,
The
Regality
of
Kyle
Steuart
,
and
of
the
Bailiries
of
Carrick
and
Cuninghame
,
both
holding
of
the
Prince
,
and
whereof
the
Earls
of
Cassils
and
Eglingtoun
are
Heretable
Bailies
,
and
over
these
Three
Jurisdictions
,
the
Jurisdiction
of
the
Sheriff
is
Cumulative
,
and
the
Earl
of
Cassils
Act
and
Petition
cannot
be
granted
.
-
1
mo
.
Because
it
pleased
His
Majesty
to
make
a
purchase
from
the
Lord
Loudon
,
then
heretable
Sherriff
of
the
said
Sheriff-ship
:
And
His
Majesty
having
recovered
it
into
His
own
Hands
,
by
payment
of
a
considerable
Sum
,
it
were
an
evident
Diminution
of
His
Majesty's
Right
and
Interest
to
cut
off
the
Bailiry
of
Carrick
,
and
make
it
an
independent
Jurisdiction
,
exclusive
of
the
Sheriff
.
-
2
do
.
By
the
same
parity
of
Reason
the
Earl
of
Eglingtoun
might
desire
the
like
for
the
Bailiry
of
Cuninghame
,
which
would
reduce
the
Shire
and
Sheriff-ship
almost
to
nothing
.
-
3
tio
.
The
Earl
of
Cassils
Act
and
Petition
doth
contain
virtually
,
the
Erecting
of
the
Bailiry
of
Carrick
into
a
Shire
,
which
,
no
doubt
,
His
Majesty's
Commissioner
will
be
very
tender
to
do
without
express
Warrand
.
-
4
to
.
This
Erection
craved
for
Carrick
quite
breaks
the
Shire
,
both
as
to
the
quota
of
it's
Valuation
,
and
as
to
the
Set
of
it's
Commissioners
,
whereof
many
live
within
Carrick
:
As
likeways
it
prejudges
the
Town
of
Air
,
the
head
Burgh
of
the
whole
Shire
,
where
all
it's
Meetings
are
kept
.
-
5
to
.
The
whole
Heretors
,
specially
the
King's
Tennents
in
Carrick
,
are
also
concerned
,
in
being
brought
under
the
independent
Jurisdiction
of
this
new
Erection
,
and
taken
from
the
Jurisdiction
of
the
Sheriff
,
who
is
not
Heretable
,
but
at
the
King's
Nomination
:
And
this
is
also
His
Majesty's
Interest
.
-
6
to
.
It
is
a
visible
prejudice
to
Cesnock
,
the
present
Sheriff
,
and
he
ought
at
least
to
be
Cited
,
before
any
such
Erection
can
be
made
.
But
upon
the
whole
,
It
's
humbly
conceived
,
That
both
His
Majesties
High
Commissioner
and
the
Parliament
,
will
be
tender
in
doing
any
thing
in
this
Matter
,
which
can
only
properly
be
done
by
a
Signature
of
Erection
,
under
His
Majesty's
Hand
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