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W. Weir and J. Barr, Assessors for Greenock’s Poor, argue burghs of barony are landward parishes and must be assessed like country districts by statute and practice.

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James Gammell argues landward heritors aren’t liable for personal income assessments regardless of location, warning such taxation would cause ruinous pauperism.

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James Gammell challenges the collectors of poor rates in Greenock over legal assessment rules for burghs and landward districts post-parish union.

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Memorial of James Gammell, Esq., arguing that the Poor Rates should be assessed according to rental value rather than means and substance.

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Petition of Alexander Houstoun, asking the Court to overturn an interlocutor pronouncing against him in a process of advocation.

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Answers by John Blackwell to the petition of John M'Goun for a discharge, challenging the validity of consents obtained from creditors including James Hyde and Company and Robert Hunter

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Counsel for the Earl of Rothes seek guidance on rights, timber, aliment, compromise, legal process, entail clauses, name usage, and validity of consent from Lord Milsintoun in a dispute over estate provisions and succession.

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Respondents challenge the validity of testamentary provisions granting annuities and capital sums to the petitioner’s widow and daughter, arguing they exceed the entail’s allowance and were improperly consented to.

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Defendants respond to petitions filed by the Countess Dowager of Rothes and Lady Elizabeth Leslie seeking unspecified relief.

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Petition of the Countess Dowager of Rothes, asking the Court to alter its recent interlocutor