Skinner, John (Tullochgorum). fol. Elgin [1883]. 1746. A Preservative against Presbytery. (Other editions, Newc., 1785; A Letter to Norman Sievewright, M.A., in Vindication, &c. 8vo. Abdn., 1768. Answer to Norman Sievewright, being a Supplement to the Letter. 8vo. Abdn., 1770. The Rebuffer Rebuffed, or a Vindication of the Answer. 8vo. Abdn., 1770. Two excellent new Songs-John of Badenyon; The New Way of Tullochgorum. fol. Edin., 1776. An Answer to a late Inquiry into the Powers of Ecclesiasticks. (Also 1799 and 1819.) - A Catechism (Muckle Bishop). (Published together- various editions, as 1822, 1825, 1832.) Edit. A Layman's Account of his Faith and Practice. (Second edition, 1813; another edition, 1836.) The Gates of Righteousness. Primitive Truth and Order Vindi 1801. Edit. His father's works, with life. 3 vols. Forms of Prayer and Thanksgiving Prayers used at the Consecration of Skinner, John (Forfar). Wisdom better than Weapons of The Office for the Sacrament of Annals of Scottish Episcopacy (1788-1816). Edin., 1818. Abdn., 1848. 1887. Abdn., 1805. Memoir of Bishop John Skinner DISCOVERY OF AN ANCIENT MEDAL AT BUSBY (I., 2nd S., p. 28).—The piece referred to by "J. F. S. G." is not a medal, but a halfpenny trade token, current (in London) in the latter part of the last century. One which I have before me has on the obverse the Freemasons' Arms, a shield with a chevron, bearing a pair of extended compasses between three castles, two above and one beneath; the supporters are two animals resembling cats, the crest a bird standing on a globe, motto, “Amor, Honor et Justitia," and legend, "The Prince of Wales elected G.M., 24th Nov., 1790. The reverse is similar to that described by “J. S. F. G.,” but without the cock on the ball. The edge, which is plain, is inscribed, “Halfpenny Payable at the Black Horse, Tower-Hill." EOIN. in GENERAL STAATS LONG MORRIS, M.P. FOR ELGIN. Comparatively little is known about this officer, though he had a connection with the north. According to the Harleian Society edition of the Westminster Abbey Register, he was the son of James Morris of Morrisania, near New York, by Eleanor, second daughter of Augustus Van Cortlandt, a descendant of the ancient family of that name in the State of New York. (An elaborate pedigree of the Cortlandt's appears in Burke's History of the Commoners, Vol. IV., 241-5.) He entered the army, and was a captain as early as 1759, when he raised a battalion of 900 men Scotland. Foster (Members of Parliament) says he was Brigadier General in the East Indies in 1774, and Colonel of the 61st Foot, 1778. He became a General on May 3, 1796. He married, first, about 23rd March, 1756, Lady Catherine Gordon, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Aberdeen, and widow of Cosmo, 3rd Duke of Gordon, who died at Amiens, August, 1752, aged 32, and to whom she had bore the notorious Lord George and Lord William Gordon. Morris was M.P. for the Elgin Burghs in 1774-80 and 1780-4. His wife died in London on 10th December, 1779, and was buried in Elgin Cathedral. Morris married, secondly, Miss or Mrs. Jane Urquhart, about December, 1780. Morris died, aged 70, as Governor of Quebec (so Foster says) on 2nd April, 1800, and was buried in the north aisle of Westminster Abbey on 7th April. He left his wife (who proved his will on April 18, 1800) all his real and personal estate, except that in America, which he had already disposed of by deed. He seems to have left no issue. second wife died on March 15, 1801, aged 52, and was buried in the north aisle of Westminster Abbey. Her will-as of Berrymead Lodge, Acton, Middlesex, but then residing at Bathwick, Somerset-dated 31st July, 1800, with a codicil, 15th March, 1801, was proved on 9th April, 1801, by the Hon. Rufus King, Minister Plenipotentiary for the United States of America, and by Francis Gregor of Trewarthenick, Cornwall. All her bequests were to the family of her late husband, all of whom were living in America. In the codicil she bequeathed £1000 to Miss Julia Byron, 1000 to Miss Urquhart, £100 to the Dowager Countess of Erroll, and to Mrs. Gregor and Miss Urquhart her diamonds equally. Who was Miss Urquhart? Is Mr. Staats Forbes, the well-known railway manager, connected with General Morris in any way? J. M. B. His 26 The Laird of Craigffintray his lands of the same 3 0 2 The E. of Huntly his lands and Barrony of Strathbogy and others his lands, wt ye Tenent and Tenendrie The E. of Erroll his lands and Barrony of Slaines, Tenent and Tenendrie The Lord Forbes his lands of Druminor Tenent and Tenendrie wt in the prets The Lord Elphinston for his Lands of Kildrimy The Lord Erskyne his lands and Barrony of Kellie and Balhaggartee The E. 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