SCOTLAND. 



Table of Landed Rcprefentation. 



It is to be remarked, that fix of thefe counties are repre- 

 fented in parliament by only three members, two of them 

 united for that purpcfe elefting a reprefentative alternately, 

 (a circumllance of a moll particular nature, which is much 

 complained of) ; and that the Zetland ifles, owing to fome 

 defect regarding their valuation, though entitled to fhare in 

 the reprefentation of Orkney, have as yet no freeholders on 

 the roll. 



The fifteen members for royal boroughs reprefent in all 

 fixty-fix towns, wliofe united popuiatioii amounted, in 1812, 

 to about 500,000 fouls ; the number of voters, however, is 

 very inconfiderable, confilting, in general, of the magiftrates 

 and town-council of the different boroughs only. Tiie fol- 

 lowinc' are the towns from which members are lent. 



Edinburgh, including North and South Leith, and 



the Weft Kirk or St. Cuthbert's parifh, 

 Jedburgh, Lauder, Haddington, Dunbar, and 



North Berwick, - - - 



Selkirk, Peebles, Lanark, and Linlithgow, 

 Stranraer, Wigton, Whithorn, and New Galloway, 

 Sanquhar, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries, Lochmaben, 



and Annan, . . . - 



Ayr, Irvine, Rothfay, Campbeltown, and In- 



verary, . . . - 



IMembers. 



Glafgow, Rutherglen, Renfrew, and Dumbarton, 1 

 Stirling, Culrofs, Dumfermhne, Inverkeithing, and 



Queensferry, - - - - 1 



Burntifland, Kinghorn, Kirkaldy, and Dyfart, . i 

 Anftruther, Eall and Weft Pittenweem, Kilrenny, 



and Crail, - - - - i 



St. Andrew's, Cupar, Fife, Dundee, Perth, and 



Forfar, . . - . . i 



Brecliin, Abroath,Montrofe, Berire, and Aberdeen, i 



Kmtore, Inverary, Banff, CuUen, and Elgin, - i 



Forres, Nairn, Invernefs, and. Fortrofe, - i 



Dmgweli, Tain, Dornock, Urick, and Kirkwall, I 



Slate 0/ Religion. — According to the prefent eftablifliment 

 of the church, Scotland is divided into 15 fynods, compre- 

 hending 78 prefbyteries, and 893 parifties, which are rcpre- 

 fented in the general affembly ot the church, which meets 

 annually at Edinburgh. In its deliberative and judicial 

 capacity this ecclefiaftical court is jurtly accounted among 

 the moil enlightened and refpeftable in the Chriftian world. 

 In the divifion of the country into fynods and prefbyteries, 

 conveniency has been principally attended to, the limits of 

 counties being no further obferved than they are confiftent 

 with contiguity to the refpeftive fynodical and prefbyterial 

 feats ; but in the arrangement of the whole into pariflics, 

 contiguity to the churches has not been fo much obferved. 

 Hence, in many initances, remote parts are conjoined into 

 one parifh, to the great inconvenience of the parifhioncrs, as 

 well as of the officiating clergyman. With refpei.'!t to ex- 

 tent and population alfo tiiere is a great difparity ; tlie firft 

 was fettled in remote times ; the fecond has been deter- 

 mined, in a great degree, by the effefts of manufaftares and 

 commerce. 



The names of the fifteen fynods arc as follow: i. The 

 fynod of Lothian and Tweedale. 2. The fy:.od of More 

 and Teviotdale. 3. The fynod of Dumfries. 4. Tlie fynod 

 of Galloway. 5. The fynod of Glafgow and Ayr. 6. The 

 fynod of Perth and Stirling. 7. The fynod of Fife. 

 8. The fynod of Angus and Mearn. 9. The fynod of 

 Aberdeen. 10. The fynod of Moray. II. The fynod of 

 Rofs. 12. The fynod of Sutherland. 13. The fy.iod of 

 Argyle. 14. Gleuelgh, or fynod of Lochaber and the Ifles. 

 And, 15. The fynod of Orkney. Thefe fynods come 

 in the place of the biihops, and have jurifdiftion in eccle- 

 fiaftical Queftions ; in regard to which there is an appeal 

 from the prefbytery to the fynod, and thence to the general 

 aflembly. 



In former ti.mes, particularly before the revolution in 

 1688, Scotland, with refpcft to ecclefiaftical government, 

 was divided into two archbiflioprics, St. Andrews and Glaf- 

 gow, and twelve biihoprics, Edinburgh, Dunkeld, Aber- 

 deen, Moray, Brechin, Dumblane, Roi';, Caithnefs, Orkney, 

 Galloway, Argyle, and the Ifies. The country in general 

 was parcelled out among the refpcttive fees, in an arrange- 

 ment having fome regard to contiguity, but not always fo ; 

 for feveral parilhes were attached to bifhoprics, and many 

 to the archbifhoprics, that were very remote from the pro- 

 vinces in which they were locally placed. This (till remains 

 the cafe with the jurifdiiSions of the different commitiaries, 

 which have been fubftituted from thefe bifh, pries, in what 

 is called confiftorial courts. At prefent, the Scots Epifco- 

 pals have only eight bifhoprics, viz. I. Edinburgh and Fife ; 

 2. Glafgow ; 3. Aberdeen ; 4. Moray ; 5. Rofs ; 6. Dun- 

 keld ; 7. Brechin; and, 8. Dumblane; comprehending 

 fevcnty-fix cures, ferved by fixty clei-gymen. The number 



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