OF THE

OPPRESSIVE LAW PROCEEDINGS,

AND OTHER MEASURES,

RESORTED TO

BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT,

AND NUMEROUS PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS,

TO OVERPOWER THE EARL OF STIRLING, AND SUBVERT HIS LAWFUL RIGHTS.

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.

Humphrys 10 hraster, alling himset hart of itirling.

ALSO

A GENEALOGICAL ACCOUNT

OF THE

FAMILY OF ALEXANDER, EARLS OF STIRLING, &c.

COMPILED FROM MSS. IN THE POSSESSION OF THE FAMILY:

FOLLOWED BY

AN HISTORICAL VIEW OF THEIR HEREDITARY POSSESSIONS IN NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA, &c.

BY EPHRAIM LOCKHART, Esq.

WITH A COPIOUS APPENDIX OF ROYAL CHARTERS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS.

"Rien n'est beau que le vrai."

EDINBURGH,

MDCCCXXXVI.

PUBLIC