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saig, Inverness-shire, to Catherine Eustace, only daughter of Alex. Farquhar, Esq. merchant.

6. At Montrose, Henry Holie, Esq. surgeon, Forfarshire Militia Regiment, to Margaret, eldest daughter of the late David Ogilvie, Esq. of Park Connon.

-William Proven, Esq. merchant, Glasgow, to Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr Wm. Reid, bookseller, Glasgow.

7. Re-married at Paris, John Gordon of Newton, Esq. Aberdeenshire, to Barbara, fourth daughter of Mr A. Leith, Aberdeen.

9. At Campbeltown, Argyllshire, Lieut. Joseph Wright, R.N. to Caroline Nugent, daughter of Lieut-Col. John Porter, of the late Argyllshire Fencibles.

At Crandington, Northumberland, Major Scott, of the 17th Lancers, to Alicia Eliza, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Henry Foster Mills, Chancellor of York.

10. At the Earl of Rosslyn's house, St James's Square, London, Bethell Walrond, Esq. M.P. of Montrath, Devonshire, to the Right Hon. Lady Janet St Clair, only daughter of the Earl of Rosslyn.

-At St Mary's Church, Dover, Capt. Alexander Macniven, of Deptford, to Helen, widow of Major Peirce, Royal Artillery.

-At Allanbank, Berwickshire, John Melville, Esq. London, to Miss Swinton, daughter of Samuel Swinton of Allanbank.

At Haudet, Guernsey, Major Cadell, of the 28th Foot, to Isabella Catherine, daughter of the late Alexander Macdonald Esq. of Boisdale, Inverness-shire.

At Glasgow, Alex. Macdougall, Esq. of the Island of Tobago, to Eliza, second daughter of James M'Queen, Esq. South Wellington Place.

-At Summerhill, near Dumfries, the Rev. D. Dow, of Kirkpatrick-Irongray, to Catherine, youngest daughter of the deceased Thos. Goldie, Esq. of Craigmuie.

14. At London, John Clayton Cowell, Esq. eldest son of Lieut.-Col. Cowell, to Frances Anne Hester, youngest daughter of the Rev. Richard Brickenden.

16. At North Queensferry, Mr William Miller, merchant, Inverkeithing, to Margaret, elcest daughter of Mr Scott, R.N. superintendent of the passage.

17. At London, John Dunlop, Esq. of the Grenadier Foot Guards, eldest son of Lieut.-General Dunlop, of Dunlop and Southwick, to Charlotte Constance, youngest daughter of Major-General Sir Richard Downes Jackson, K.C.B.

-At Perth, the Rev. James Ferguson, minister of the parish of Stachur in Argyllshire, to Margaret, daughter of the late Mr Charles Douglas, merchant, Perth.

At Greenock, Mr John J. E. Linton, writer, to Margaret, daughter of the late Murdo Dallas, Esq. physician, Berbice.

18. At Edinburgh, Edward Denis de Vitre, M.D. Annan, to Janet Graham, daughter of A. R. Carson, LL.D. Rector of the High School.

23. At Kelso, Mr George Gillies, surgeon, Coldstream, to Rebecca Jane, only daughter of the late Major Seton, of the Hon East India Company's Service.

At Ellingham, Northumberland, Henry S. Stephens, Esq. to Mary, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Haggerstone, Esq.

24. At Glasgow, the Rev. William Colville, minister of Eaglesham, to Mary, only daughter of the late Mason Weir, Esq.

At Dalkeith, Mr George Fernie to Miss Christian Hepburn.

At Inverleith Row, Andrew Beith, Esq. surgeon, Edinburgh, to Ann Elizabeth Sinclair Mackenzie, daughter of the late William Mackenzie, Esq. of Strathgarve.

DEATHS.

April 7. At Moorshedabad, in Bengal, Mrs Maria Hathorn, wife of Hugh Vans Hathorn, Esq. of the Hon. East India Company's Civil Service.

22. At his residence, in Hobart Town, James Neill, Esq. aged 72. Mr Neill was a gentleman of very enlarged mind, richly stored with scientific knowledge, more especially in Natural History, to which, in this island, he devoted much attention during the latter years of his life. He was

for upwards of forty years an eminent printer in Edinburgh.

28. At Arnee, East Indies, John Boyce, Esq. Lieut. in his Majesty's 41st Regiment of Foot. May 5. On the African station, Dr William Burn, surgeon of his Majesty's ship Eden.

At Bombay, Mr John Spark, surgeon in the Hon. East Company's service, and son of the Rev. Robert Spark, Episcopalian clergyman at Laurencekirk.

June 2. At Calcutta, Dr Gibb, First Member of the Medical Board, Bengal.

4. At Satara, in the East Indies, Captain Henry Adams, of the Bombay Establishment, RevenueSurveyor to his Highness the Rajah of Satara.

5. At Cuddalore, John Hart Jollie, Esq. of Madras, second son of James Jollie, Esq. writer to the signet.

9. At sea, on his passage from Bengal to England, Major Thomas Lamont, 49th Regiment, third surviving son of James Lamont of Knockdow, Esq.

Aug. 11. At Wilmington, North Carolina, after a short illness, the Rev. John Reston, formerly pastor of one of the Relief Churches, Edinburgh.

17. At Bardowie, parish of St Andrew's, Jamaica, John Taylor, Esq. of Ballochneck, Stirlingshire, eldest son of the late Rev. Dr Williamn Taylor, of St Enoch's Church, Glasgow.

28. At sea, on his passage home from Madras, Captain James Crokat, Madras Army.

29. At Montserrat, West Indies, Alexander Williamson, surgeon, late of Edinburgh.

Sept. 2. At Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire, during this month, of the family of Mr John Wilson, Peathill, on the 2d, Anne, aged 9; on the 7th, Alexander, aged 17; on the 13th, William, aged 14; on the 22d, John, aged 22; and, on the 30th, Mrs Wilson, aged 47. The disease, that has proved so fatal in this family, was putrid ulcerous sore throat, which had prevailed for some time in that neighbourhood, though not with an equal degree of malignity. Mrs Wilson had overcome the virulence of the distemper, but sunk under the successive bereavements of the affectionate mother. 8. At Belleaire, Island of St Vincent, Francis Brown, Esq.

9. At his house, Assembly Street, Leith, Mr John Watt, merchant.

11. At Ellon, in his 90th year, the Rev. William Massie, having been schoolmaster of that parish during 65 years.

18. At Edinburgh, in the 30th year of his age, Mr John Ewen, of the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer's Office, Exchequer.

19. At Penrith, Miss Mary Stewart Thomson, eldest daughter of the Rev. Dr Thomson.

At Alyth, Mr Edward Paterson, in the 70th year of his age, having been 37 years parochial schoolmaster of Alyth.

-At Cowdenhill, Mrs Janet Halket, relict of the late Captain Robert Grinlay, Bo'ness, aged 80 years.

At Callander, the Lady of H. Palmer, Esq. 20. At 11, Saxe Coburg Place, Mary, third daughter of Colonel the Hon. John Ramsay.

21. At Perth, Alexander Macglashan, Esq. some time of Calcutta.

22. At Boulogne-sur-Mer, J. Waugh Brougham, Esq. wine merchant, Edinburgh.

23. At Brechin, Mrs Catherine Pringle, wife of the Rev. Mr Craig.

At his father's house, 3, South Castle Street, Mr Walter Jamieson, upholsterer.

At the Manse of Saltoun, the Rev. Andrew Johnston, in the 66th year of his age, and 38th of his ministry.

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At Castle Mains, East Lothian, Mr David Hume, farmer.

24. At Bellamore, Inchmarnoch, aged 98 years, Miss Marjory Flemming, daughter of Peter Flemming, Esq of Auchintoul.

At 10, Shandwick Place, Edinburgh, Mrs Anne Aynsworth, wife of James Aynsworth, Esq. of Clonmaghry, in the County of Down.

25. At Durie, Napier, youngest son of C. M. Christie, Esq.

At Monifieth Manse, the Rev. William Johnston, in the 78th year of his age, and 43d year of his ministry in that parish.

26. Mrs Mary Smith of Darnick, aged 76 years. -At his house, 1, Broughton Place, Mr George Hall, writer.

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Suddenly, of inflammation, while on a visit to his friend, Temple Sinclair, Esq. of Lybster, County of Caithness, the Hon. Eric George Sinclair, fifth son of the late, and brother to the present Earl of Caithness, in the 28th year of his age. 27. Mr George Forrester, writer, Edinburgh.

At 4, Lothian Street, Mr Walter Scott Drysdale, watchmaker.

-At Double Bridges, Thorne, Yorkshire, Mrs Caroline Gunby, in her 103d year.

28. At Rugby, Warwickshire, William Chambers, Esq. Rear-Admiral, in the 82d year of his age. At Leith, George Kellie, Esq. M.D.

29. At Clifton, in his 77th year, Richard Newman Newman, M.D. of Thornbury Park, Gloucestershire.

-At Portobello, Miss Anne Bannerman, author of "Poems, chiefly Lyrical," Tales of Superstition and Chivalry," and other ingenious and elegant performances.

30. At Southwold, Henry Robert Gooch, Esq. son of William Gooch, Esq. of Upwell.

At the Manse of Dunfermline, Isobel Barbour, wife of the Rev. Allan M'Lean. -At Dumfries, Mrs Mary Butter, relict of James Carruthers, Esq. of Warmanbie.

Oct. 1. At Edinburgh, the Lady of General Sir William Maxwell of Calderwood, Bart.

2. At Edinburgh, Bernard Bedwell Richardson, infant son of Mr James Richardson.

At 17, Elm Row, Mr Alexander Muckle, merchant.

At Pisa, in Tuscany, Emma Warrington, wife of Thomas Wood, Esq. British Vice-Consul at Bengazi.

3. At Paisley, Mrs Carlisle, wife of Warrand Carlisle, Esq.

At Lasswade, Jane, eldest daughter of John Buckham, Esq. formerly of the Bush.

4. At his house. 7, Nicolson Square, after a short illness, Mr James M'Donald, (formerly of Dunfermline,) teacher of English, &c. 24, Waterloo Place.

- At Everton, near Liverpool, Sir John Reid, Bart. R.N. formerly commander of the Cheerful revenue cruiser.

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Mr Robert Barclay, late farmer, Southside

5. At Wallacetown, Ayr, Mrs Barbara Campbell, widow of Major Campbell of the 92d Regi

ment.

At Perth, Miss Kinnear of Kinnear. -At Warmanbie, near Annan, the Rev. Robert Hankinson Roughshede, M.A. in the 84th year of his age.

-At his house, Walker Street, John Horner, Esq.-This venerable and highly respectable citizen was the acting partner in the well-known firm of Inglis, Horner, and Company, afterwards Horner, Baxter, and Company, and latterly, John Horner and Company, manufacturers in Edinburgh. He was father of Mr Horner the celebrated Barrister and Member of Parliament, who was unfortunately cut off at an early period of his brief but brilliant Parliamentary career. Mr Horner's only remaining son is Mr Leonard Horner, the originator of the School of Arts in this city.

6. At her father's house, East Sallon, Mrs Janet Swinton, wife of Mr James Dods, Edinburgh, aged 27 years.

-At Kilmarnock, Mrs Helen Duncanson, widow of George Freer, Esq. of Woodlands, near Perth.

7. At Wardie, Sarah, daughter of the late James Donaldson, Esq. and sister to Captain J. D. Boswell, Royal Navy.

8. At 3, Albany Street, North Leith, Margaret, daughter of the late Mr David Wishart, ship

master.

-At Lerwick, after a very protracted illness, Lieutenant David Spence, of the Royal Navy, aged 68.

9. At Hastings, Jane, fourth daughter of Robert Spear, late of Mill Bank, Cheshire, Esq. deceased.

At the Duke of Buccleuch's, Richmond, Lady Isabella Cust, wife of the Hon Captain Peregrine F. Cust, M.P.

10. At No. 17, Shandwick Place, Mrs Beatrix Pringle, widow of David Hogarth of Hilton, Esq. 11. At No. 32, Gayfield Square, the infant daughter of Thomas Ferguson, Esq. writer to the signet.

12. At Dumfries, Archibald M'Murdo, Esq. late Lieutenant-Colonel of the Dumfries-shire Militia.

At the Manse of Burrowstounness, Robert, eldest son of the Rev. Dr Rennie.

At Bath, Major-General Sir John Pringle Dalrymple, Bart. the last male representative of the family of Dalrymple, of Hailes.

At Hewell, Worcestershire, the Hon Frederick Campbell Amherst, second surviving son of Lord Amherst.

13. At Glasgow, Catherine, wife of Lauchlan McKinnon, Esq. and daughter of the late Duncan M'Dougall, Esq. of Arnentrive.

14. At Glasgow, Mr James Syme, teacher.

At her house, Grosvenor Square, London, the Countess Dowager of Radnor, in the 71st year of her age.

15. At her house, No. 16, New Street, Miss Elizabeth Whitehouse.

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At Stirling, Mrs Agnes Stevenson, relict of the Rev. John Thorburn, minister of the gosrel at Edinburgh.

At Hamburg, John Maclean, Esq. late merchant, Edinburgh.

17. At Edinburgh, Mrs Mary Maxwell, relict of the Rev. James Hall, D.D. of Broughton Place Chapel.

18. At the Manse of Farnel, the Rev. James Wilson, minister of that parish. in the 73d year of his age, and 51st of his ministry.

19. At Gargunnock House, Stirlingshire, Jane, daughter of the late Robert Dennistoun, Esq. Glasgow.

Aged 18 years, Jean, second daughter of Mr John Hope, Castle Mains, Sanquhar.

At Dunse, Mr. Richard Bertram, writer there.

20. In the 70th year of his age, Mr John Mills, of Irlam's-oth-Height, a man well known for his patriotism. He was one of those who undertook the hazardous task to relieve General Elliot with provisions at the siege of Gibraltar.

At Round Haugh, John Leyden, aged 83. This venerable person was father of the celebrated Dr John Leyden.

21. At No. 10, Shandwick Place, Eleanor, wife of Lieut-Colonel James Leatham, in her 74th year.

22. At Mount Juliet, county of Kilkenny, the Countess of Carrick.

At Esperston, near Fushie Bridge, Christina, second daughter of Mr John Watson. -At Barbreck, Lochawside, Mr John M'Arthur, surgeon, in the 55th year of his age.

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At the Manse of Moffat, Catherine, daughter of the Rev. Alexander Johnstone, minister of Moffat.

23. At Kensington, in his 50th year, Horatio Nelson Head, R.N. only son of Guy Head, Esq. 24. At No. 1, Bellevue Crescent, William Davidson, only child of Andrew Dun, Esq. writer to the signet.

At Edinburgh, George Douglas Cameron, M.D. Liverpool, fourth son of the late Rev. William Cameron, minister of Kirknewton.

- At Lauriston Castle, Miss Ellen Allan, youngest daughter of Thomas Allen, Esq. of Lauriston, in the 16th year of her age.

Oct. 21. At Northwick Terrace, London, Henrietta Anne, wife of the Hon James Stewart. 25. At the Wester Bush, Isabella Gifford, in the 88th year of her age.

25. At Cheltenham, Lord Frederick Lennox, brother of the present, and son of the late Duke of Richmond. His Lordship was in the 28th year of his age, and had been suffering long under a most painful indisposition.

26. At Middlehill, Mr George Deans, aged 89

years.

27. At his residence in Stephen Street, Dublin, Lieutenant-General William Fyers, commanding Royal Engineers in Ireland.

28. At No. 6, Mansfield Place, Adam Anderson, only child of Mr John Anderson, jun. bookseller.

At her house in Maitland Street, the Right Hon Lady Jane Stuart, widow of the Hon Sir John Stuart of Fettercairn, Bart, one of the Barons of Exchequer.

-At Edinburgh, Robert Cameron, Esq. accountant, second son of the late Rev. William Cameron, minister of Kirknewton.

-At Waterbeck, the Rev. Daniel Struthers, minister of the Relief Congregation there.

29. At Hampstead, Christian, eldest daughter of John Richardson, Esq. Fludyer Street, Westminster.

At Ayr, Mr Hugh Donaldson, merchant, aged 88, one of the oldest and most respectable inhabitants.

30. At Sedgwick, near Kendal, John Wakefield, Esq. banker in that town.

At 17, Great King Steeet, Mary, third daughter of James Cathcart, Esq.

At his house, No. 21, Union Street, Mr James Robertson, ironmonger, High Street.

51. At Campbelltown, Captain Frederic Campbell, late of the 94th regiment.

-At his residence of Lincluden House, Gilbert Young, Esq. Commissary General.

Nov. 1. At Broughton Place, John, the infant son of Thomas Maitland, Esq. of Pogbie.

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At the marine villa of the Earl of Egremont, Brighton, Lady King, mother of Lord King.

At Claremont Square, London, David Gordon, Esq. second son of Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvennan.

At No. 58, Northumberland Street, Margaret, infant daughter of Andrew Johnston, younger, of Rennyhill, Esq.

2. At No. 19, Queen Street, aged 27 years, of a lingering decline, Mrs Jones, wife of Mr. Jones, late of the Theatre Royal, and, in the same hour, after a few days illness, their son, Richard Alexander, aged eight months.

At No. 6, Salisbury Place, Newington, Miss Elizabeth Broughton, daughter of the late Henry Broughton, Esq. Collector of Excise.

-At Edinburgh, Harie Guthrie, Esq. writer, Edinburgh.

- At Edinburgh, Miss H. Ramsay Grant, daughter of the late Dr William Lewis Grant, of Calcutta.

3. At Sandgate Street, Ayr, Patricia Khanim, second daughter of William Fullarton, Esq. of

Skeldon.

1. At Leith Street, Edinburgh, Mr William Somerville.

-At Kelso, George, the infant son of Mr Geo. Jerdan, writer, Kelso.

5. At Minmore, Banffshire, William Gordon, Esq. aged 74.

At Pitt Street, Portobello, Miss R. W. Beech, only daughter of W. Beech, Esq. of Santa Cruz. 6. At No. 1, Salisbury Road, Newington, Mrs Elizabeth Ross, wife of Alexander Ross, Esq. merchant, Edinburgh.

7. At his house, No. 104 High Street, Mr John Johnstone, printer.

8. At Blackadder House, Thomas Boswall of Blackadder, Esq.; and on the 12th, at the sanie place, Mrs Boswall, mother of that gentleman.

At his house, No. 23, St Leonard's Hill, Edinburgh, Mr Patrick Davidson, writer.

9. At his house in Hart Street, Bloomsbury Square, London, E. Roche, Esq. the Editor of the Courier.

- At Kirkland Cottage, Dumbartonshire, Mr Robert Davie, teacher of writing, South Bridge, Edinburgh.

10. At Ayr, Mr Roderick Mackenzie, late Comptroller of the Customs, Isle Martin.

-At Carlisle, David Carrick, one of the Society of Friends, and above forty years a banker in that city.

11. At his house, 1, Erskine Place, Mr David Ogilvy, painter.

12. In the 64th year of his age, the Hon. John Coventry, second son of the late Earl of Coventry. -At Branxholm, Miss Riddell, daughter of the late Patrick Riddell, Esq. of Muselee.

13. At No. 35, South Bridge, Edinburgh, Miss Edgar Pillans.

At her mother's house, Prince's Street, Miss Mary Campbell of Dalziell Park, daughter of the late Patrick Campbell, Esq. teller, Royal Bank of Scotland.

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At Sauchfield House, Mr Alexander Milne, merchant, Glasgow.

15. At Longbank Mearns, Renfrewshire, Mr John M'Diarmid, in the 92d year of his age.

16. At Stirling, Mrs Agnes Stevenson, relict of the Rev. John Thorburn, minister of the gospel at Edinburgh.

18. At Edinburgh, Mr Wm. Newbigging, eldest son of Wm. Newbigging, Esq. F.R.S. Edinburgh. -At his house in Grosvenor Place, London, Thomas Garth, Esq. General in his Majesty s service, and Colonel of the First, or Royal Regiment of Dragoons, aged 85 years.

19. At Dunse, Mr Richard Bertram, writer, there.

-At No. 8, Charlotte Square, Robert Ramsay, Esq. W.S.

20. At Kedleston, the Hon. Augustus Curzon, son of Lord Scarsdale.

-At Cumnock, the Rev. John Fraser, minister of that parish.

21. At No 19, Salisbury Street, Edinburgh, Mr Malcolm Hennen, second son of the late Dr John Hennen, Inspector of Military Hospitals.

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22. At Hermitage Place, Leith Links, Anabella Catherine, youngest child of D. Matheson, Esq. advocate.

23. At his house, No. 13, Bank Street, Mr James Reid.

At Torquay, Anne, youngest daughter of William Mure, Esq. of Caldwell, Ayrshire.

At Caplebrae, Fifeshire, Mr David Mitchell, aged 78 years.

Jane L. Brown, aged nine, eldest daughter of Mr Gordon Brown, 32, Buccleuch Place.

24. At his house, No.1, Moray Street, Mr James Geddes, late storekeeper of his Majesty's Customs for Scotland.

27. At Edinburgh, Miss Margaret Boyd.

At No. 10, Hanover Street, Mr James Brown, solicitor-at-law.

Lately. At Barham Court, the Right Hon. Lady Barham. Her Ladyship was married to the present Lord Barham, June 29, 1820.

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At Berlin, the celebrated Field-Marshal Count Von Gneisman.

At Nice, in the 19th year of her age, Lady Emily Caulfield, only surviving child of the Earl and Countess of Charlemont.

At Greenwich, in his 88th year, Robert Robertson, M.D. FR.S. and F.S.A.

-On the coast of Africa, of the fever incidental to the climate, Lieut. Charles David Watson, Commander of his Brazilian Majesty's brig Duqueza de Golaz.

At Gallanach, Island of Coll, Charles M. Lean, Esq. aged 68.

At Aix-la-Chapelle, Lieut.-Col. Colquhoun Grant, son of the late Duncan Grant, Esq. of Lingoston, of disease contracted at Arracan, where he commanded a brigade of the army.

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At Lausanne, after a few days' illness, the Most Noble the Marquis of Headfort.

Printed by Ballantyne and Co. Paul's Work, Edinburgh.

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THE FALL OF NINEVEH, A POEM. BY EDWIN ATHERSTONE,

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THE BRITISH COLONIES. LETTER THIRD. TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE of

WELLINGTON, FROM JAMES M'QUEEN, ESQ.

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ON THE DECAY OF THE PICTURESQUE. BY TIMOTHY CRUSTY, Esq.
THE YOUNG LADY'S BOOK,

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EDINBURGH:

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, NO. 17, PRINCE'S STREET, EDINBURGH;

AND T. CADELL, STRAND, LONDON.

To whom Communications (post paid) may be addressed.

SOLD ALSO BY ALL THE BOOKSELLERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND CO. EDINBURGH.

Also, just Published,

No. CLXIII.

OF

BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE,

PART II.

FOR

FEBRUARY, 1830.

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