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furrection-law, I fhould have been 
entitled then to full defence, and 
my aétions have been better vindi- 
cated; but that was. refufed, and 
I muft now fubmit to what has 
patied. To the generous protection 
ofmy country “I leave a: beloved 
wife, who has been conftant and 
true to me, and whofe. grief for my 
fate has: already nearly occafioned 
her death. I leave five loving chil- 
dren, who have been my delight ; 
may: they love their country as I 
have done, and:die for it, if need- 
ful: Laftly, a falfe and ungenerous 
publication having appeared) in a 
newpaper, ftating certain alleged 
confefions: of guilt on my part, 
and’ thus ftriking at my reputation, 
ANNUAL: REGISTER, 
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the ballot for a fupplementary mili« 
tia. The Highlanders, totally mif- 
conceiving the intention of the le- 
giflature, imagined they were to be 
trepanned to expatriation, and in 
one or two inftances (at Tranent 
particularly) refifted even unto’ 
death. But no fooner was the law . 
explained to them, than, highly te 
their credit, the moft complete fub- 
ordination and fatisfaftion took 
place. 
he Duke of Norfolk’s im- 
provements at Arundel Caftle (on ° 
which: he has expended 200,0001.) » 
are in the Saxon ftyle. 
nificent pile of ‘buildings, is 200 
‘feet each’ way; and the front, or 
which-is dearer to.me than: life, 1 
take this folemih method of contra= > 
digting thecalumny. Iwas applied 
toby the high fheriff and the Rev. 
William Briftow, fovereign of Bel- 
faft, to make a confeflion of guilt ; 
ground-floor, is entirely of ftone, 
the fecond of mahogany, the third 
of oak, and the fourth of ‘deal. 
The repairs and improvements of 
this ancient Gothic ftruéture are 
magnificent and.expenfive; but the 
’ 
who ufed intreaties to that effet. ° 
This I peremptorily refufed: if I 
thought miyfelf guilty I fhould be 
free io confefsit; but, on the con- 
trary, I glory inmy innocence. I 
truft that all my virtuous country- 
men will bear me in their kind re- 
membrance, and continue true and 
faithful to each other, as [have been 
to allof them. With this laft with 
of my ‘heart, nothing doubting of 
the fuceefs of that caufe for which 
T fuffer, and hoping for God’s mer- 
ciful foreiveneis of fuch offences as 
my frail nature may have at any 
time betrayed me into, I die in 
peace and charity with all mankind. 
 Witrtam Orr.” 
Carrickfergus Geol, Odi. 5, VT97. 
Scotland, Several difturbances of 
moft alarming nature took place 
in this part of the united kingdom 
in Auguft and September laft, on 
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public do not know the circum- 
ftances that have made them fo. 
The ground-rents of that part of » 
the Norfolk eftate on which ftand 
Norfolk and Arundel-ftreets, in 
the Strand, were anciently appro- 
priated to the repairing and im- 
proving, of Arundel-Caftle, and to 
be ufed for no other purpofe.* The 
Norfolk family have long. wifhed 
to fet afide this abfurd difpofition ; 
and thofe rents had not been drawn 
for upwards of twenty years, when 
the prefent Duke called for them. 
They had then accumulated toa | 
very largeamount; but the parties | 
refufed to pay them, unlefs it were 
to defray the expence of repairing 
and improving Arundel-Caftle. 
The Duke, finding it impoffible 
to obtain them for any other pur-~ 
pofe, gave orders for fuch altera=) 
tions in the building as would a- 
mount to the fum due; and it is 
now 
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