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On the 3d of May 1679, a party of the Fife non-conformists were prowling near the village of Ceres, on the outlook, it is said, for Carmichael the Sheriff-substitute of the county, against whom they had sworn vengeance if he should ever fall into their hands.
I am glad my old friend Mac-Morlan has sent you to me; he is an active, honest, and intelligent man, long sheriff-substitute of the county of under me, and still holds the office. He knows I have a regard for that unfortunate family of Ellangowan, and for poor Lucy.
"A very decent man, sir; the Sheriff-substitute of the county, who has authority from the Court of Session. "And this gentleman's name is " "Mac-Morlan, sir, he's a man o' character, and weel spoken o'."
See also Croker's Correspondence and Diaries, edited by Louis J. Jennings, 3 vols. 8vo, Lond. 1884, vol. i. pp. 315-319. W. Scott, Esq., afterwards of Raeburn, Sir Walter's Sheriff-substitute. Hudibras. One of Sir Walter's kindly "weird sisters" and neighbours, daughters of Professor Ferguson.
Glossin had cowered for a few minutes under the general expression of sympathy, till, hardened by observing that no appearance of popular indignation was directed his way, he had the audacity to require that the sale should proceed. 'I will take it upon my own authority to adjourn it, said the Sheriff-substitute, 'and will be responsible for the consequences.
Their salaries were raised from time to time, in proportion to the increased irksomeness and responsibility of their duties; and it is a fact worth noting, that whereas Mr. Bell, as Sheriff-Substitute, had only £400, Mr. Dickson, in the same sphere of labour, has now £1400 per annum. On the death of Sir Archibald Alison in 1867, Mr. Bell was appointed Sheriff-Principal.
Lastly, if he should succeed in discovering, apprehending, and convicting the culprits, he would have the satisfaction of mortifying, and in some degree disparaging, Mac- Morlan, to whom, as sheriff-substitute of the county, this sort of investigation properly belonged, and who would certainly suffer in public opinion should the voluntary exertions of Glossin be more successful than his own.
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