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ARDROSSAN.
Cnnie Archibald, Princes st
M'Donnell Hugh & Thus. Harbour
Moffat John, Harbour
Shearer James, 21 Montgomerie st
Steel Archibali, Princes st
MILLINEBS&DRESS MAKERS
Hamilton Ellen, Princes st
Henry John, Glasgow si;
JVl'Donnell Agnes, Princes st
Miller A. & E. Glasgow st
Solfleet Eliza, Princes st
newspaper
Ardrossan & Saltcoats Hp.rald
(Saturday) Arthur Guthrie,
printer and publisher, Princes st
SAIL MAKERS
M'Donald Hugh & Thomas (and
rope), Harbour
M'lvlvie Jane (and rope), back of
Princes st
M'Leod & M'Kay, Harbour
SHIP AND BOAT BUILDERS
Ban- & Shearer, Harbour
Russell Joseph, Hat hour
SPIRIT DEALERS&TAVERNS.
Boyd William, Paisley st
Duolop Ann, Princes lane
Fnllarton John, Glasgow st
Green Robert, Glasgow st
Jienderton Matthew, jun. Princes st
Logan William, Princes lane
Ai'Callnm John, Princes lane
M 'Donald Allan, Glasgow st
M'Kinlfty Janet, Glasgow st
Orr John, Glasgow st.
Weir William (Ardrossan Tavern),
Princes st
SURGEONS
Houston John, Bath place, Princes st
Stevens James, Princes st
Wallace Robert, Princes st
TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS
Currie Archibald, Princ s st
Currie Daniel, Princes st
Davie William, Princes st
Ritchie Andrew (outfitter), Har-
bour building
Scott William, Glasgow st
Tyre James, Piinces st
TEMPERANCE COFFEE
HOUSES
PrvdieJame* Glasgow st
WilsonAichibald.Hatbour buildings
TIMBER MERCHANTS. I
Ban - & Sticaier, Harbour"
M'Donnell H. & T. Harbour
Russell 6t Fullarton (and saw mills),
Harbour [Harbour
Russell Joseph (and saw mills),
Wellwood Douglas, Piinces st
WRITERS AND NOTARIES
Jackson John ; Princes st
Kiikhope Thomas (and clerk to the
justices of the peace for the dis-
tiict of Saltcoats), Princes st
Mack J. O. (and town clerk),
Princes st
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ayrshire Temperance Unioh R.
Allison, secretary
Baths, Arran pl-.lohnBalfou.r,proprietor
Brown Robert, stone merchant, Park-
house quarry
Cook Robert, cooper, Glasgow st
Cunninyham Christina, hardware and toy
dealer, Princes st
Custom House, the Harbour — George
Henry May, sub-collector; William
M'Creadie, landing waiter and tide
surveyor; Robert Smith and George
Kerr tide waiters
Duncan William, saddler, Glasgow st
Gas Works, Glasgow street -Andrew
Crawford, manager
Gibson William, watch mater, Glasgow st
GilfillaM ana Son, painters and paper-
hangers, Princes st
Goodwin Jas.& Co ironfonnders. Harbonr
Harbour Office— John Moffat, lessee
and manager; Peter M'Fee, harbour
master; Alexander Hepburn, collector
Hogarth John, ironmonger, tin-smith and
slate merchant. Princes st [lane
M'lntyre Andrew, hairdresser, Princes
IW Kinnon Malcolm, master mariner, 2H
Montgomerie st [Princes lane
Torrance Martha, boarding house keeper,
Willork Jamea, gardener and seedsman,
Glasgow st
Wilson John, plasterer. Ardrossan
Young Gjace, fruiterer, I'rinces st
PLACES OF WORSHIP
AND THKItt MINISTERS.
Established Church, Arran plaoe»-
Rev. John M'Call [John Stewart
FriE Church, Montgomerie st— Rev.
Independent Chapel, Glasgow »i -
Rev. Alexander Cros* (Simon Stobbs
United Presbyterian Church— Rev.
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY.
ON THE GLASGOW & SOUTH-WES-
TERN LINE (AYR AND ARDROSSAN
SECTION.)
Station, Princes street — John Craig,
station master
CONVEYANCE BY WATER
STRAM PACKETS.
To ARRAN, the Isle of Arran, Captain
Blakeney, daily in summer and twice a
week in winter
To BELFAST, the Cambrian, Captain
Donald, Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day, at nine iu the evening — P. D.
Moffat, agent
To NEWRY, the Mystery, Captn.Major,
Monday evening at nine
During the summer months the Steamer
from Ayr to Glasgow calls at Ah-
dkossaiv every morning at nine, and
on its return from Glasgow, in the
evening at six
AYR,
THE BURGH OF NEWTON, THE PARISHES OF SAINT QUIVOX AND MONKTON, THE TOWNS
OF PRESTWICK AND WALLACETOWN, AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOODS.
XiYR is a royal burgh, and the capital of the county
and parish of that name; 77 miles w s.w. of Edinburgh,
33 s.s.w. of Glasgow, 34 s s.w. of Paisley, 12 s s.w. of
Kilmarnock, and 11 s. of Irvine; situated in the north-
west angle <.f the parish, where the river of Ayr flows
past it into the frith of Clyde. This portion of Scotland
has been inhaSited from the earliest peri id of authentic
history; for when, in the reign of Severn*, the Roman
fleet made the complete seaboard survey of Magna
Britannica, this natt of the coast was cm wiled with a
population that evinced no amicable disposition towards
the foreign intruder : .subsequently, however, the per-
Iduthern Caledonia, and the Celtic tiai p was hushed
by the fanning winus of the Roman eagle : accordingly
we find that the site of modern Ayr retained, iu the
11th century, the undoubted traces of a Roman station ;
and tradition informs us that a hamlet, the vestige of
southern shore, is ' Gteenan Castle,' one of those un~
couthly constructed square castles so frequently attests
ing the notice of the stranger in this district ; it stands
on the summit of a rock overhanging the sea, and, from
a distance, has an imposing aspect. In the same direc-
tion, on a clear day, may be discerned the celebrated
Ailsa Craig, risiug 950 feet perpendicularly out of the
sea. The bay of Ayr is very much admired, and its
graceful curve bears a striking resemblance to the beau-
liful bay of Naples. The river is crossed by two bridges
— the new one of five arches, with balustrades, has few
rivals for chaste beauty. Immediately opposite, across
severing and insidious encroacher penetrated through the frith of Clyde, is the island of Arran, whose majestic
mountains present some features of the sublime, and
whose summits are visible to the naked eye, in fine
weather, from the headlands of Lame, in thecounty of
Antrim in Ireland. The most conspicuous decoration
of the town is the lofty spire, that rises to the height of
this station, was in existence until the latter part of' two hundred and nineteen feet above the New Town-
I the 12th century, when William, sui named the Lion, i buildings, which were erected in 1828, at a cost of
erased the odious blot, and laid the foundation of a new
town in the ashes of the former conqueror. Here it
was that the renowned William Wallace first openly
embodied that hardy host which made the Southton
'backward reel;' and the powerful uanison of Ed-
jward I. was compelled to cower under his 'thunder
arm.' There is still a remnant .of the venerable church
of St. John, converted by Cornwall into a fort. Attached
to the old tower of St. John's, a handsome residence,
in the old baronial style, ha- lately been built by the
proprietor of the fort, John Miller, Esq. so that i his old
'remnant of a bygone age is likely to survive for many
generations to come. At a short distance, on the
£10,000. : these buildings contain a spacious suke of
assembly-rooms, and a public reading-room. The noble
tower, called * Wallace Tower,' in High-street, is ano-
ther ornamental structure ; it is embellished with a
statue, bv Thorn, of the hero whose name it bears. A
second statue of this warrior occupies a niche in the
wall of a bouse at the corner of New Market-street.
Wellington-square is a fine quadrangle, haviug a noble
erection to form the west side iu the court-house
and hall, built at the joint expense of the county and
burgh, at a cost exceeding £30,000. The east front of
this edifice, which is wholly of stone, is ornamented
with an imposing portico. A verdant lawn forms the
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