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At Edinburgh, J. D. H. Hay, Esq. to Jane, second daughter of William Sanderson, Esq. merchant, Edinburgh.

10. At Broich House, Stirlingshire, John M'Farlan, Esq. younger of Ballencleroche, to Miss Janet Buchanan, only daughter of the late Robert Ewing, Esq. merchant, Glasgow.

At Mary-la-bonne, London, Felix Whitmore, jun. Esq. of Belvidere House, Lambeth, to Rosamond, second daughter of Major Tulloch of Portland Place.

13. At St Pancras Church, London, Charles Phillips, Esq. of the Irish Bar, to Miss Whalley, of Camden Town.

15. At Makerstown, Major-General Sir Thomas Brisbane of Brisbane, K. C. B. to Anna Maria, eldest daughter of Sir Henry Hay Mackdougall, Bart. of Makerstown.

16. At Wellhall, near Hamilton, Capt. Arch. Stewart, of the rifle brigade, to Eliza, only daughter of the late R. Crosse, Esq. of Barrachnie.

18. At Doveridge Hall, Derbyshire, George Richard Phillips, Esq. M. P. only son of George Phillips, Esq. M. P. of Sedgley, Lancashire, &c. to the Hon. Georgiana Cavendish, eldest daughter of Lord Waterpark.

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At Greenock, Major Allan Macdonald, of the 55th regiment, to Flora, eldest daughter of Patrick Nicolson, Esq. of Ard

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26. At Edinburgh, James Winks, Esq. Pitt Street, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Mr John Brodie, farmer, Coathill, Berwickshire.

30. At Gateshead, near Newcastle, Stephen Reed, Esq. solicitor, to Isabella, eldest daughter of the late John Barras, Esq. of the former place.

DEATHS.

April 23. At Columbo, island of Ceylon, Lieut. John Hogarth, of the Bengal infantry, third son of James Hogarth, Esq. of Berwick. His brother officers, as a mark of regard for his excellent character, have erected a monument to his memory.

May. At Trichinopoly, Benjamin Horne, Esq. of the Hon. East India Company's civil service, third son of John Horne, Esq. of Stircoke.

13. Charles Eliott, Esq. of the Hon. East India Company's service, sixth son of the late Sir William Eliott of Stobs, Bart. -He fell gallantly in the attack on the fort of Rupal Droog, in the East Indies.

June. At the Isle of France, the Hon. Sir Alexander Anstruther, Recorder of Bombay.

Aug. 1. At Sierra Leone, in Africa, the Rev. John Collier, late of York, and first chaplain of that colony.

14. At Up Park Camp, Jamaica, of the yellow fever, Lieutenant Richard Macdonnell, of the 92d regiment.

23. On board the United States' schooner Nonsuch, at the moment of her arrival at Port Spain, in the island of Trinidad, Commodore Perry.

In Tobago, Mr James Lapslie, second son of the Rev. Mr Lapslie, minister of Campsie.

10. At Charleston, South Carolina, of yellow fever, Mr Peter Buchanan, formerly resident in Greenock.

15. At Roslin, in the State of South Carolina, Archibald Simpson Johnston, Esq. eldest son of Adam Johnston, Esq. Collector of his Majesty's Customs, Greenock.

22. At Trenton, New Jersey, Andrew Gray, Esq. of Craigs, Dumfries-shire.

Oct. 5. At Perth, Alexander Moncrieff, Esq. Captain in the Royal Ayrshire militia.

7. At his house, near Cupar in Fife, Dr John Govan, physician in Cupar.

11. At Pictou, Nova Scotia, after a short illness, and in the 51st year of his age, Edward Mortimer, Esq. merchant. He was a native of Scotland, and having gone thither in early life, soon rose to high consideration by his character and talents. For upwards of 20 years, he represented the county of Halifax in the colonial Legislature; and the New College of Pictou, erected on a liberal foundation, owes its institution, in a great measure, to his exertions and influence. Indeed, he took a lively interest in the public welfare of the colony-in all respects was exemplary in his manners, as well as in his attention to religious duties and, as he devoted the latter years of his life greatly to purposes of benevolence, he was greatly endeared to the inhabitants of Pictou, as well as respected by all ranks of people in the province.

15. At London, Captain Andrew Anderson, of the Hon. East India Company's service, Bombay-an officer, whose zealous and conscientious discharge of his military duties, during 19 years, amiable manners, warmth of friendship, and patience under long and severe sufferings, gained him the respect and esteem of, and endeared him to all, with whom he had any intercourse.

At Bridgend, the Rev. Robert Kay, one of the ministers of Perth.

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15. At Edinburgh, Mr William Hunter, spirit-dealer, High Street.

At Portobello, Charles Stewart, Esq. of Boreland, merchant in Edinburgh, in the 28th year of his age.

16. Aged 102, John Milner, of the Bank in Leeds. He served 37 years in the army, and received a pension for 30 years.

At Fairlie, Mr Robert Tennant, junior, merchant in Glasgow.

At his house, Newton of Mearns, Mr Robert Osburn, aged 78 years.

17. At Hyde Park, Anderston, John M'llwham, Esq. of Carnbroe.

18. At the manse of Trinity Gask, John Burgh, only son of the late Rev. Ralph Taylor, minister of Monzie.

19. At Bourdeaux, Mr Francis Johnstone, writer in Ayr, son of Q. Johnstone, Esq. of Trolerg.

At Hamburgh, John Fisher, Esq. At Edinburgh, Mr David Dow, of the British Linen Company's Bank.

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At Innerleithen, Mrs Agnes Greig, James' Court, Edinburgh.

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chant in Glasgow.

In Brook Street, London, the Hon. Frederick Sylvester North Douglas, only son of Lord Glenbervie, and Member of Parliament for the borough of Banbury. Indefatigable in his attention to public business, he brought to the consideration of every subject a clear, vigorous, and active understanding, a copious fund of information, the spirit and the tact of a man of business. He had devoted, at an early age, all his faculties to public life, and in the opinion of the most judicious among his contemporaries, he would have obtained the highest distinctions of Parliament and

of the State. As a classical and a general scholar, greatly accomplished in languages, and in letters, few were his superiors; but it is for his friends alone to speak with justice of his social merits. Inheriting with the name the humour of Lord North, the characteristic humour of his family, which appeared to be rather the effusion of playful spirits and of social enjoyment, than the effort of wit, and being free from spleen or vanity, was incapable of inflicting painhe enlivened every society by his presence. A cheerful and agreeable companion, a warm and generous friend, a kind and affectionate son; nothing remained to make his private character more amiable, but that most endearing relation of all, which, with every prospect of happiness, he had undertaken only a few months before hsi lamented death.

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22. At Pirnmains, Robert Mitchell, aged

At Edinburgh, in her 82d year, Miss Anne Wishart, daughter of the late Dr William Wishart, Principal of the College of Edinburgh.

At Brodie's Buildings, Canongate, Edinburgh, Mr John Reid, writer.

23. At Callander, Mrs M'Arthur, widow of the late Alexander M'Arthur, Esq. of Littlemill.

Mr James Bauchop of Brucefield, Mid Calder, aged 72.

At Edinburgh, Mrs Jean Home alias Buchan; she was the last of that family of Home, formerly of Kello, in Berwickshire. The family of Home of Kello was one of the branches of the Earl of Home's family, and was connected with many of the principal nobility in North Britain, and enjoyed for many generations ample possessions; but, latterly, the keenest shafts of evil fortune were directed against it, until it was levelled with the dust. Its misfortunes may be said to have begun with John Home of Kello, who was an eminent Covenanter; and having been appointed one of the trustees for managing the affairs of Scotland by Oliver Cromwell. At the Restoration, he, and many others who continued true to what they conceived the principles of civil and religious liberty, were prosecuted for high treason, and had their estates forfeited. The Marquis of Argyle, and Lord Johnstone of Wareston, it is well known, lost their lives on the scaffold; Home, however, escaped, and at the Revolution in 1688, George, his son, had the greater part of the family property restored to him; he was Knighted by King William, and was elected 1.ord Provost of Edinburgh, at a time when it was still common for gentlemen of family to fill that office; he was succeeded by his son George, and he by his son David, who, having unfortunately killed a gentleman of the family of Invermay in a duel, he was obliged to fly his

native country, and his affairs went to utter ruin, injustice snatching away what folly and extravagance had left; and for two generations, five goodly sons perished mostly in foreign lands, in their endeavours to raise the fallen fortunes of their family. In 1796 Mrs Buchan lost her last surviving brother, Dr David Home, who died in Westmoreland, Jamaica. Two years previous to this she had been left a widow, with an only child, her husband having died on the same island shortly after her marriage. She was a person of an uncommonly mild and inoffensive disposition, and bore a long and painful illness with much patience and resignation.

24. At Dalmeny manse, Miss Elizabeth Morison, 23, Duke Street, Edinburgh, daughter of the late Mr James Morison, Muthil.

At the Baths of Tivoli, near Paris, in his 20th year, Sir Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, Bart. of Nosely Hall, Leicester

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At Edinburgh, Mrs Elizabeth Rattray, relict of David Robertson, Esq. late of Bleaton, aged 88.

26. At her house in Maitland Street, Edinburgh, Miss Ramsay, daughter of the late Robert Ramsay, Esq. merchant, Leith.

At Annfield, near Edinburgh, Henry Miller, of Pourin, M. D. of the Honourable East India Company's service.

At his house, near Cupar Fife, Mr Andrew Milne, of South Baltilly.

At Edinburgh, in the 84th year of her age, Mrs Barbara Lockhart, daughter of the late John Lockhart, Esq. of Cleg.

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30. At Florence, Wm. Mackenzie, Esq. of the island of St Vincent.

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At Easter Causeyend, Mr Thomas Graham, farmer.

At Carfrae, in the 78th year of his age, Robert Hogarth, Esq. tenant there. This respectable gentleman was the first by whom the system of turnip husbandry was introduced into the higher districts of Berwickshire, from which such benefits have been since derived to that thriving part of Scotland. Mr Hogarth was a man of excellent understanding, of unspotted integrity, and of attainments very greatly superior to those which were generally characteristic of the class to which he belonged, at the period when he entered upon life. In the discharge of all the duties of society he might well be termed exemplary. Of those that belonged to him as a master, a neigh bour, and a friend, the general respect and sorrow of his vicinity afford the most unequivocal evidence. His surviving family have lost a head, and his exclusive circle of relations a member, of whom it may be truly said, that his death was the first and the only affliction he ever occasioned them.

31. Mrs Hutchison, relict of the late Thomas Hutchison, baker in Edinburgh.

Nov. 1. At Kirkwall, Orkney, in the 23d year of her age, Agnes Scarth, wife of James Spence, Esq. merchant.

Miss Esther Orr, daughter of the late William Orr, Esq. of Barrowfield.

At Swinton manse, Mrs Harriet Hepburne Mitchelson, wife of John Tait, younger of Pirn, W. S.

2. At Edinburgh, Miss Katharine Morrison Mackenzie, daughter of the late Sir Roderick Mackenzie of Scatwell, Bart.

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James Kirkpatrick, Esq. of New port and Seafield, Isle of Wight.

At Edinburgh, William Gordon, Esq. late writer in Stonehaven.

At Parkhead, in the 71st year of his

Oct. 27. At Pittenweem, Mrs Major age, Mr David Black, writer. Duddingston.

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At Ayr, Deacon Alex. M'Cubbin, aged 86. 3. At the Moat of Troqueer, George Rae, Esq.

In the Charity Workhouse of Edinburgh, John Barclay, aged upwards of 80 years. He resided in this establishment for more than 73 years, during which time he never slept a night out of the house. When he was admitted there were only twelve inmates resident in the house.

At his son's house, Kincardineshire, John Denham, late farmer in Maryhill, aged 85.

At Aberdeen, aged 23, after a linger. ing illness, Mr John Still, merchant.

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At Edinburgh, aged 88, Miss Mar garet M'Laurin, daughter of the deceased Mr Donald M Laurin, sometime surgeon

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At Glasgow, MrW. Aitken, merchant. At Gray's Mill, Mr James Belfrage, merchant, South Bridge, Edinburgh.

At Traquair Manse, Peebles-shire, the Rev. James Nicol, minister of that parish, in the 50th year of his age.

6. Mr William Idle, once the dashing head of the Repository of Fashion" in Norwich, but latterly an inmate of the Leeds workhouse, where he terminated his earthly career.

7. At Portobello, Miss Isabella Clunie, sixth daughter of the late Rev, John Clunie, minister of Whitekirk, after a severe and painful illness for a series of years.

After a few days' illness, Mr Bryan M'Swiney, for many years printer of the London Courier newspaper.

8. At Doneraile House, county of Cork, suddenly, of a water in the chest, Viscount Doneraile, in his 65th year.

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At Balmuto, Mr James Young, 47 years faithful gardener there, and who last year obtained the Caledonian Horticutural Society medal for the reward of long and honest services.

At Irvine, Capt. John Farrie. 15. At Muthil manse, Mrs Catharine Cunningham, wife of the late Rev. John Russel, minister of Stirling.

At Orangefield, county of Down, Hugh Crauford, Esq. many years an eminent and respectable merchant and banker in Belfast.

16. At Greenlaw, Berwickshire, John Wilson, student of divinity, much respected, last surviving son of the late Rev. Robert Wilson, minister of Aytoun.

At Edinburgh, in the 86th year of her age, Betty Cameron, a native of Lochaber, who has resided here for the last sixty years. This poor woman was one of a small class of people, perhaps more peculiar to Scotland than any other country, who never beg, yet never want, and who, without relatives, fortune, or certain income, are provided for as if they had all these. She was not a common pauper, but a humble visitor at friendly houses, and though seldom possessed at one time of more than the morrow required, was proverbially honest, and had a strict regard to truth. She never abused the goodness of the benevolent by waste or intemperance, and was to a severe degree exact in all religious observances. These qualities recommended her to the truly charitable; but she added to these a considerable share of strong instinctive sense, and an abundant store of information and anecdote concerning the principal families of Scotland, as well as of the young Chevalier, whom she had seen in her youth.-She talked with enthusiasm of the deeds of Highland valour, and preserved to the last all the prejudices of clanship. In her 85th year she danced a reel, and sung till lately, with great spirit, the pibrochs that were sounded at the "rising." When age at length brought her to her humble death-bed, she was not neglected. Her last hours, calm and confident under the infiuence of religion, were sweetened by the assurance that the same kind friends who ministered to her little wants on earth, would see her worn-out frame carried home with the decent solemnities so prized and attended to in Scotland.

29. At Leith, Agnes Paterson, aged 31, spouse of Mr Robert Strong, jun. merchant, and only child of Mr John Paterson, civil engineer there.

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GENERAL INDEX.

ACCESSION of King George III., inte-
resting notices concerning, 468
Accident, melancholy one in the Solway
Frith, 74-Dreadful one near Rothsay,
75-In a steam-boat, 76-Shocking one
in France, 177-Singular one in Perth-
shire, 276-In Edinburgh, 369-Shock-
ing one at Fintray, 370-At Edmon-
stone, near Edinburgh, 469
Acid, pyroligneous, effectual in preventing
the putrefaction of animal substances,

266

Addison's Vision of Mirza, compared with
Plato's Apologue of Eurus, 310
Admirable Crichton, remarks on Tytler's
Life of the, 136

Africa, account of a journey into the inte-
rior of, 61

Agricultural reports, 84, 192, 282, 383,
478, 575

Alloa, skeleton of a whale found there, 171
America, United States of, commercial em-
barrassments in, 71, 179-On the un-
friendly dispositions existing between
Britain and, 104-Remarks on English
writers on, 317-Plague rages in, 466
Spanish, intelligence from, 71
-Attack of Callao, by Lord Cochrane,
180 Victorious career of the patriots in,

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563
American literature, specimens of, 296-
"The author's account of himself," 207
"The voyage," 208-" Rural life in
England," 211

Amsterdam, account of the bank of, 46
Amusements, public, 80, 187, 278, 376,
470, 571

Anecdotes, historical, literary, and miscel-
laneous, 20, 455, 527
Animals, mammiferous, notice of a work
on, 553

Apologue of Eurus compared with Addi-

son's Vision of Mirza, 310
Appointments, promotions, &c. 80, 189,
280, 379, 476, 573

Banking companies of Europe, historical
sketch of the principal, 46
Bankrupts, lists of English and Scotch, 88,
196, 286, 387, 482, 579
Barcelona taken by the patriots of South
America, 368

Biographical sketch of Macdonald, author
of Vimonda, 233-Of the late Lord
Somerville, 483

Blanchard, Madame, killed by falling from
a balloon, 177
Blasphemy, trial for publishing, 467
Bonaparte, Napoleon, recollections of, 343
Boswell Redivivus, a dream, 304
Bowers, Peter, trial of, for murder, 77
Brazils, notice from the, 232
Bribery at elections, trials for, 568
Britain and America, on the unfriendly
dispositions existing between them, 104
British legislation, 79, 276, 375, 570
Bruce, King Robert, re-interment of his
remains at Dunfermline, 469
Bruce and Wallace, a vision, 496
Bruce's Travels, on the authenticity of,

544

Buccleuch, the late Duke of, memoir and
character of, 287

Burgh reform in Scotland, information re-
specting, 76

Burckhardt, Mr, the African traveller, let-
ter of, 153

Burns, Robert, meeting in London to com-
memorate, 28

Byron, Lord, remarks on his Mazeppa,
145

Caledonian canal, progress of the, 78
Cape of Good Hope, attack of the settle-

ment there by the Caffres, 271
Carlisle, Richard, trial of, for blasphemous
publications, 467-His sentence, 568
Cashmir goats, information respecting, 65
Catastrophe, affecting one, 566
Cause and effect, remarks on, 502
Ceylon, inhabitants of the central districts
of, 451

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Chalmers's, Dr, sketch of his manner in
preaching, 188-Thoughts suggested by
a pamphlet of, 432

Chili, earthquake in, 368

Chinese, translations from the, 24-Porce-
lain pagoda at Nan-King, 25-Letter
from the Emperor to the Prince Regent
of Britain, 26

Churches, L. 100,000 granted for new
ones in Scotland, 74
Circuit intelligence, 371

Clark, Dr, abstract of his travels in Scan-
dinavia, 249

Clerical portraits, Sir H. Moncreiff, 113—
Dr Inglis, 114-Mr Andrew Thomson,
ib.-Dr Macknight, Dr Brunton, Bi-
shop Sandford, 116-Mr Alison, 117-
Dr Chalmers, 118

Births, lists of, 93, 197, 291, 387, 485, College verses, 416
580
Coloured snow, account of, 66
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