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daughter of the late Sir Charles Edmonstone of Duntreath, Bart. Stirlingshire.

16. At Edinburgh, Mr William Turnbull, Hassendean, to Margaret, second daughter of Mr Robert Scott, Todshawhaugh, Roxburghshire.

17. At Edinburgh, Mr Andrew Neilson, Bank of Scotland, to Miss Christina Bonar, daughter of the late Thomas Bonar, Esq.

-At Hope Park, Mr W. D. Scott, No. 13, Anåndale Street, to Agnes, second daughter of Mr Archibald Dunlop, late of Whitmuir, Roxburghshire.

-At Milbrook, near Southampton, Andrew Crawford, M.D. of Winchester, to Emma, youngest daughter of the late A. F. Nunez, Esq. of Basing Park, Hants.

At Manse of Forgue, Thomas Middleton, Esq. of Davieston, Cromarty, to Eliza, daughter of the Rev. Alexander Allardyce, minister of Forgue.

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At London, Alexander Rennie, Esq. M.D. Queen Street, Mayfair, London, to Mary Helen, third daughter of John Anderson, Esq. of Gladswood.

18. At London, James Stewart, Esq. of Cairnsmore, Kirkcudbrightshire, to Elizabeth, only daughter of the late Gilbert M'Leod, Esq. Gloucester Place, London.

21. At Crailing House, Edward Jones, Esq. of Liverpool, youngest son of the late Richard Jones, Llayhall, Denbighshire, to Harriet, third daughter of the late James Paton, Esq. of Crailing, Roxburghshire.

22. At Old Greenlaw, Mr William Leighton, West Maitland Street, Edinburgh, to Sarah, daughter of the late Mr William Hogg.

At Inverness, John Limont, Esq. Leith, to Catherine, daughter of the late Mr Robert Ettles, Inverness.

21. At Stornoway, Alexander Stewart, Esq. to Ann, daughter of John Mackenzie, senior, Esq. of Stornoway.

-At Inverury Manse, the Rev. James Bisset, minister of Bourtie, to Mary, eldest daughter of the Rev. Robert Lessel, minister of Inverury.

24. At Edinburgh, Dr James Boyd, of the Royal High School, to Jane Reid, eldest daughter of Mr John Easton, late merchant there.

25. At Wester Balado, Kinross-shire, James Beveridge, Esq. younger of Balado, to Agnes, second daughter of the late Alexander Beveridge, Esq. of Wester Balado.

26. At Lauriston Place, William Ross, to Flora G. MacRae, daughter of William MacRae, Esq. Beauly, Inverness-shire.

29. At Stirling, Robert Lamond, Esq. writer, Glasgow, to Catherine, youngest daughter of the late Mr James Mathie, dyer, Stirling.

Jan. 4, 1830. At Dalkeith, Mr David Park, to Miss Mary Irving Scott.

5. At Gladswood, Berwickshire, Francis Bucher, Esq. wine-merchant, Frankfort-on-the-Maine, to Christina, second daughter of John Anderson, Esq. of Gladswood,

At Lude, William Fraser, Esq. major of his Majesty's 61st (Argyleshire) regiment, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late James M⚫Inroy, Esq, of Lude.

7. At Edinburgh, Samuel Darwick Beresford, · Esq. M.D. of the colony of Berbice, to Mary Stuart, second daughter of James Anderson, Esq. Burrowloch.

12. At Paris, Alexander Pringle, Esq. of Whyt bank, to Agnes Joanna, daughter of the late Sir William Dick, Bart. of Prestonfield.

13. At Canterbury, John G. K. Burt, M.D. to Mary Peckly, eldest daughter of the Rev. J. Peckly Francis.

14. At Paris, the Viscount Charles de Mentque, to Miss Caroline Susannah Spencer, daughter of - the Hon. Mr Spencer.

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At London, John Kerr, Esq. of Westfield, in the county of Edinburgh, to Elizabeth Mary, eldest daughter of Neil Malcolm, Esq. of Poltalloch, Argyleshire, and Lamb Abbey, Kent.

15. At Lixmont, Lieut.-Col. Fairfax, only son of the late Vice-Admiral Sir William George Fairfax, to A. Montgomerie, third daughter of Thomas Williamson, Esq.

-At Tuam, Captain Henry Gascoigne, of the 34th regiment, son of General Gascoigne, member for Liverpool, to Elizabeth, third daughter of the Bishop of Tuam,

20. At Abbey Park, near St Andrews, the Rev. William Merson, minister of Crail, to Jessie Grant, daughter of Lieut.-Col. Andrew Glass, of the Hon. East India Company's Service.

22. At Stirling, Mr Gordon Stewart, merchant in Edinburgh, to Miss Margaret Lennox, Stirling. 25. Mr James Alison, jun. clothier, 55, Princes Street, to Jessie Isabella, daughter of William Napier, Esq. Customs, Fisherrow.

28. At 31, Moray Place, John Watson Barton, Esq. of Saxby, county of Lincoln, to Miss Juliana Hope, second daughter of James Hope, Esq. W.S.

Lately, At Chelsea, John O'Neil, Esq. of the Quarter-Master-General's Office, to Janet, daughter of Captain William M'Leod.

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Mar. 20, 1829. At Berhampore, Bengal, James Simson, Lieutenant and acting Adjutant of his Majesty's 49th regiment of foot, son of Mr James Simson, late in Posso, Peebles-shire.

July 3. At Ellickpoor, East Indies, Helen, se. cond daughter of the late Hon. William Erskine, Lord Kinedder, one of the Senators of the College of Justice.

6. At sea, on her passage to Calcutta, Mrs Mary MacDonald, wife of Lieut. John Bartleman, of the Hon. East India Company's service.

16. On his passage home from Bombay, John Poole, Assistant-Surgeon of the Queens, second son of Richard Poole, M.D.

Aug. 10. At Baliary, Lieut.-Col. Taylor, of the 48th regiment.

Sept 7. At Port Talbot, Upper Canada, James Henderson, surgeon, son of the late Rev. Thomas Henderson of Kilmalcolm; and, on the 10th, Mrs Margaret Murray, his wife.

16. At St Vincent's, the Hon. Robert Gordon, president of his Majesty's council of that island, in the 91st year of his age.

18. At Demerara, Lieut. William MacKenzie, 1st foot, Royal Scots.

Nov. 5. At Brussels, M. C. Heyliger, wife of Lachian Cuming of Blackhills, and second daughter of John Heyliger, Esq. formerly governor of the colony of Berbice, south America.

14. At Cork, in his 39th year, Major John Malcolm of the 424 regiment, or Royal Highlanders. 19. At Aberdeen, the Rev. William Brown, minister of the gospel at Inverury, in the 51th year of his age, and 28th of his ministry.

At Bristol, in the 17th year of her age, Ellzabeth, only daughter of the late Rev. Frederick Gwyne, formerly of Edinburgh.

23. At Falkirk, William Schaw, Esq. surgeon, in the 78th year of his age.

At Cavers Caree, William Riddell, Esq. of Camiestoun, in his 84th year.

At Annfield House, Fifeshire, Mrs Jane Falconer Colquhoun, wife of David Kemp, Esq. and eldest daughter of the late Sir James Colquhoun of Luss, Bart.

24. At Leamington, Jane, the wife of G. Crawford Antrobus, Esq. M.P. second daughter of Sir Coutts Trotter, Bart.

26. At 13, Hart Street, aged 12 years, William, youngest son of Mr Douglas, miniature painter. -At Addington, John Simson, Esq.of Biainslie. 27. At Lochhead, Argyleshire, of a sudden but severe illness, John Campbell, Esq. sen.

28. At Aberdeen, the Rev. William Robertson, in the 78th year of his age, and about the 20th of his ministry.

29. At Huntingtower, Wm. Keir, Esq. 30. At London, Henry Viscount Harberton. Dec. 1. At Edinburgh, in the 24th year of his age, Mr William Proudfoot, student of divinity, and late teacher at Leadhills.

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At Vienna, at the advanced age of 78 years, his Excellency Baron Von Sturmer.

-At Chichester, in the 33d year of his age, Dr Ronald Maclachlan, physician in Alton, Hamp shire, second son of the late Alex. Maclachlan of Corrieavan, Esq.

3. At Chichester, in the 89th year of his age, General Nicolls, Colonel of the 66th regiment. -At Airdrie House, in the 85th year of his age, the Right Hon. Methven, Earl of Kellie.

Janet, youngest daughter of the late Mr John Hutton, writer. Dunfermline.

5. At Sunnyside, East Lothian, Mr Francis Slate, aged 73.

-At 42, York Place, Margaret Tod, second daughter of Thomas Bell, Esq. Belmont, Dundee, aged 16.

6. At Flatcock House, near Fortrose, Mrs Janet Wood, relict of the late Alexander Wood, late minister of the parish of Rosemarkie, in the 77th year of her age.

At Portobello, Miss Christian Swinton, youngest daughter of the late Mr William Swinton, Southside Bank.

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At Middleby Street, Newington, Mr Alexancer Brunton. formerly of Glasgow. -At Kilmichael House, James Lamont of Knockdow, Esq.

At Dumfries, William Collow, Esq. of Auche chean.

-At Hastings, the Lady Anne Catherine Kerr, fourth daughter of the Marchioness Dowager of Lothian, by the late Marquis.

At Glasgow, the Reverend John Macfarlane, minister of the Relief Church, Bridgeton.

7. At No. 62, Great King Street, James Andrew, infant son of Dr Graham.

8. At Arbroath, Mr William Stephan, shipbuilder.

At Edinburgh, Miss Susan Wright, aged 16, only child of the late Captain James Wright, of the 21st regiment of foot.

At Hastings, Graham, youngest son of Major David Fyffe of Logie, aged two years.

At Kennington, Lady Murray, widow of Sir R. Murray, Bart.

9. At Dunkeld, in the 70th year of his age, Charles Blair, Esq. merchant and Chief Magistrate. At Bourdeaux, William Urquhart, Esq. of Byth, advocate.

At Thurso, Mrs Menzie Sinclair, relict of the late William Henderson, Esq. merchant, Thurso. 10. At the house of the Dowager Lady Knightly, in Seymour Street, London, Catherine Erskine, wife of D. Rowland, Esq. of Frants, Sussex.

-At Edinburgh, the Honourable Sophia Napier, daughter of the late Francis, Lord Napier.

At Glasgow, Mrs Elizabeth Warrand, widow of the late Matthew Robertson, Esq. bookseller, Glasgow.

11. At Portobello, Vicc-Admiral Fraser, aged 82 years.

At No. 16, Royal Circus, Marion Agatha, infant daughter of William Renny, Esq. W.S.

At Edinburgh, Joseph, eldest son of Mr Joseph Lawrie, hosier.

1. At No. 78, Northumberland Street, Alexander Horsburgh of Horsburgh, Esq. aged 76.

13. At No. 21, St Andrew Square, Miss Jean Traill, niece of the late Gilbert Meason of Lindertis, Esq.

At No. 16, Howe Street, Mrs Margaret Stuart, widow of the late John Gordon, Esq. of Balmuir, W.S. in the 79th year of her age.

At No. 12, Albany street, Euphemia, third dau hter of the late George Tower, Esq. Aber

deen.

11. At Glasgow, Mr Thomas Kidson, in the 44th year of his age,

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14. At Shanklin, Isle of Wight, Mr David M'Laren, wine-merchant, Leith.

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At Longtown, Peter James, Esq. Chief Offi. cer on board the Honourable East India Company's ship Malcolm, and son of the Reverend John James of Nichol Forest.

15 At the Manse of Kirkmichael, the Reverend Allan Stewart, minister of that parish, in the 68th year of his age, and 10th of his ministry.

At No. 7, Scotland Street, Campbell Gard

ner, Esq. 16. At No. 30, Royal Circus, Miss Amelia Grant, daughter of the deceased Lieutenant James Grant, R. N. Perth.

At Glencraig House, John Beatson of Glencraig, Esq. 17. At Scorton, in Yorkshire, Mr John Dinsdale, aged 28, late Officer of Excise in Bathgate. 18. At Edinburgh, Farqhuard Campbell, Esq. of Ormsary.

At Dunfermline, James Blackwood, Esq. of Colton. late Provost of Dunfermline, aged 65. -At Hainilton, the Reverend William Carrick, of the Relief Church there.

19. At London, Miss F. Cockburn, daughter of the late Sir James Cockburn of Langton, Bart. - At Dunfermline. Mr Thomas Hall, one of the oldest travellers on the road.

20. At Loudon, General Lord Charles Fitzroy, of Wicken, in Northamptonshire, second son of Augustus Henry, Duke of Grafton.

At Dublin, J. Leland, Esq. barrister.

At Bristol, Lieutenant Charles Lockhart,

R. N. 21. At Edinburgh, Mrs Helen Cuningham, widow of the late Walter Brown, Esq. of Currie.

22. At Balgownie, Mary Isabella, eldest daughter of Mr Forbes of Balgownie.

23. At No. 4, Scotland Street, Alexander Bertram, youngest son of James MacAllan, W.S.

At Tournay, Richard Foley, Esq. a captain in the royal navy, and nephew of Amiral ir Thomas F ley, G.C.B.

-At Barr House, Argyllshire, Colonel Mathew Macallester of Barr.

At Oxford, aged 68, Robert Bourne, M.D. Clinical Professor in that University, and formerly Fellow of Worcester College.

21. At the Manse of Monkton, the Reverend John S. Ou hterson, minister of that parish.

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At Stowell Lodge, Wilts, Admiral Sir George Montague, G.C.B. aged 69 years.

25. At Edinburgh, David Beatson, Esq. keeper of the council records, aged 37 years

26. At Brighton, Mrs Ann Blackadder, widow of the late Rev. Alexander Glen, Dirleton.

At Florence, Mrs Ann Montgomery Campbell, wife of Thomas Hamilton, Esq.

27. At Haugh, Stirling, Mr James Robertson, of laugh.

28. At London, the Dowager Marchioness of Donegall.

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At 34, Broughton Street, John Dick, bookseller, Edinburgh.

At his own house, Mr Thomas Tayler of Bankhouse, near Falkirk, in his 724 year.

29. At Naples, the Hon. Gerard Vauneck, second son of the late and brother of the present Lord Huntingfield.

At 12, Charlotte Street, Mrs Jean Morrison, wife.of John Home, Esq. W.S.

30. At 50, Raukeilior Street, Mr David Emslie. At 60, Great King Street, Mrs Jane Macdonald, wife of James Bridges, Esq. W.S.

31. At 7, Rankeillor Street, Miss Elizabeth Colvill, second daughter of the late Rev. Alexander Colvill of Hulside, minister of Ormiston. -At Thurso, Mr Wm. Clyne, merchant there.

At Frederick Street, Alexander Murray Guthrie, Esq. younger of Craigie.

Jan. 1, 1830. At 10, West Maitland Street, Sarah Hogg, wife of Mr William Leighton. 2. At 1. Blenheim Place, Mrs Janet Geddes, aged 65 years.

Mr James Macklin, comedian, in the 56th year of his age, in want of almost the common necessaries of life.

3. At Che sels' Court, Miss Euphemia Chancellor, daughter of the late Alexander Chancellor of Shieldhill, Esq.

4. At Langlee Park, in the county of Forfar, James Cruickshank, Esq. in his 82û year,

4. At Edinburgh, the Dowager Lady Menzies of Menzies.

5. At Chudleigh, Devonshire, John Ewart, Esq. late of Mullack, in his 78th year.

At Edinburgh, Neil Campbell, Esq. of Dunstaff age.

6. At Chatham, Ranken M'Adam, son of Lt. D. M'Adam, R. M. aged nine years.

At Musselburgh, Mary Fergus, relict of Mr William Wood, late of Tranent Lodge.

-At London, W. M. Willet, Esq. aged 68. He was the editor of the Statesman during the O. P. war in 1829; he also edi ed the British Traveller, and many other periodicals since.

At Hadleigh, in the county of Suffolk, in his 72d year, the Rev. Edward Auriol Hay Drummond, D.D. son of Archbishop Drummond.

At Ayr, the Rev. Robert Dealtry, LL.D. Rector of Wicklow, and one of the prebendaries of St Patrick's, Dublin, &c. &c.

- At 32, Royal Circus, Mrs Margaret C. Gordon, wite of Alex. Dunlop, Esq. of Clober.

At 13, Hope Street, Mrs Barclay.

At 35, South Bridge, Miss Helen Mitchell Pilians.

At Wester Anstruther, Mr James Monro, aged 58 years.

7. At his residence, in Russell Square, London, Sir Thomas Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy, after an iness of only seven days, from which his physicians did not appre hend danger until the evening before his decease. For the last thirty years, Sir Thomas Lawrence enjoyed the highest reputation as a portrait-painter. In early life, he was involved in great difficulties; and many remember his painting heads at the price of three guineas each, when he lived in Soho Square. The grace and e egance of his female portraits were even then remarkable; and his present Majesty, when Prince of Wales, having se. n the paintings by Mr Lawrence of several ladies whom he knew, was struck with the beautiful fidelity of the likenesses, and gave the artist some commissions. This at once stamped his reputation, and laid the foundation of his fortune. Mr Lawrence's gentlemanly manners and courceous address, raised him also to a share of the Prince's personal esteem, and he continued to receive trequent marks of the royal favour, until his elevation to the chair of the Academy, vacant by the death of Mr West, crowned him with the highest honours of art. His fame has from that time continued to increase; and the number and rank of his sitters was a perpetual homage of genius, talent, and wealth, to his trauscendant skill as a painter. The characteristics of his style were, brilliancy of colour, and a delicate mode of conveying a faithful resemblance, with an elegant contour. This perception of beauty and grace was combined with a strong sense of individuality of character; and the eye of the master was obeyed by the hand of taste, accomplished in all the efinements of art that pracused skill could render available. His female portraits, for womanly sweetness, and the charm of natural beauty and loveliness, heightened by grace and elegance, were unapproached by any living artist; and they surpassed in richness of colour, fleshness, and accurate representation of nature, even the temale portraits of Vandyke himself. He has left a name immortalized by his works.

8. Suddenly, on his way from the Hague to Brussels, Thomas Gardener, Esq. the celebrated

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- At Tors, near Kirkcudbright, Mr John Mactaggart, late civil engineer on the Rideau Canal, in Canada, and author of the Three Years in Canada," &c.

- at London, Anne, Countess Dowager of Galloway, in her 88th year.

-At Kilmaronage, Argyleshire, Captain Alex. Campbeli, late of the royal regiment of Scots Greys.

10. At Glasgow, William Penny, Esq.

11. At 4, Maryfield, Easter Road, Marion, youngest daughter of Mr John Bell, late supervisor of Excise.

- At Sauchiehall Road, Glasgow, Mr Alexandei Campbell, late of Kalinore, Argyleshire. -At Inverness, Ann, youngest daughter of the late John Lawrie, Esq. Leith.

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14. At London, Mr William Blair, youngest son of the late David Blair, Esq. merchant Gasgow. At Melville Street, the Right Rev. Bishop Sandford. Bishop Sandford was of the eminent and honourable family of sandfords, in Shiopshire; was educated at Oxford, and became a student of Christ Church. By his marriage he was connected with Scotiand. He settled in Edin-. burgh, as a private clergyman, between thirty and forty years ago. He was much admired as a preacher, his matter being always sound; his manner excellent; his voice clear, distinct, and impressive. His piety was pure and unaffected, and, therefore, in the private duties of his profe sion, in visiting the sick and in consoling the afflicted, he was particularly admired, and eminently useful. Sandford was the happy means of commencing and completing the union of Scottish and English Episcopalians in this part of Scotland, by which the respectability and usefulness of that community have been so much promoted. His influence in this respect, and the general respectability of his character, induced his reve.end brethren to elect him to be their Bishop-an election not unanimous only on their part, but earnestly desired. His promotion was confirmed with equal zeal by the Bishops, by whom he was consecrated on the 9th February 1806. As a private clergyinan his merits will be long remembered by his friends and his flock. The mild and conciliating manner in which he exercised the duties of his Episcopal office was generally feit-by his clergy in particular. The impressive soleinmity with which he performed the religious duties appertaining to that office has been frequently remarked, and was indeed remarkable. He will be long lamented, not by his family and his friends only, but by all who knew him, and especially by the church with which he was so long and so honourably connected. The Bishop was in his sixty-fourth year.

15. At Brechin, Mr Alexander Mitchell, mer chant, there, in his 75th year.

-At Hermitage Hi, near Leith, Andrew Waddeli, Esq. late of Kidderpore, Bengal.

At Oxnam, the Rev. John Hunter, in the 76th year of his age, and 13d of his ministry. At Broughty Ferry, in his 90th year, Mr William Strachan, for u8 years tenant on the estate of Craigie.

16. At his seat, Batsford Park, Glocestershire, the Right Hon. Lord Redesdale, in the 82d year of his age. His Lordship was born on the 18th

of August, 1741. Early in life, when Mr Mitford, he entered as a member of Lincoln's Inn. In due time he was called to the Bar; and in 1768 he was returned Member of Parliament for a borough in the west of England. About 1790, he was appointed Solicitor-General, and received the honour of knighthood, and in a few years afterwards he was appointed Attorney-General. In 1801, he was chosen Speaker of the House of Commons, and a few months afterwares was appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and created Baron Redesdale. His Lordship married, in 1803, Lady Frances Perceval, daughter of the Earl of Egremont. His Lordship was always considered a very high legal authority in appeals and Committees of the House of Lords. The benevolent measure of affording relief to men in a state of insolvency, originated entirely with his Lordship; and, however much the privilege may have been abused by fraudulent individuais. the insolvent debtors' lawS will be a lasting monument to the philanthropy of Lord Redesdale.

At Winchester, Arthur Clifford, Esq. son of the late Hon. Thomas Cufford of Tixal, Statfordshire.

17. At Coldstream Manse, the Rev. Robert Scott, minister of Coldstreain.

15. At Newton Green, Ayr, Captain Graham, late of the 12th veteran battalion

19. At Glasgow, Andrew Wilson, Esq. senior, type-founder, in the 89th year of his age.

20. At No. 58, Northumberland Street, Mrs Barbara Pearson, wife of Andrew Johnson, younger of Rennyhill.

21. At the Palace, St Asaph, in the 7th year of his age, the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of St Asaph.

At Williamslea, Thomas Oliver, late farmer of Kirkton, in his 84th year.

At Ayton Castle, Margaret, third daughter of the late Mr Archibald Park, formerly of Lewenshope.

-At Merchant Street, Mr John Greig, of the Weigh-House, Edinburgh.

22. At Perth, Mr John MacDonald.

23. At Ashkirk Manse, Joanna Miller, relict of James Walker, Esq. late of Antigua.

-At Arbuthnott House, in the 81st year of her age, the Hon. Charlotte Arbuthnott, aunt of Viscount Arbuthnott.

21. At London, Mr Owen Owens, who was for 36 years clerk to Sir Samuel Shepherd, the Lord Chief Baron of Scotland, and afterwards deputykeeper of the seal of the Exchequer of Scotland.

25. At London, the Right Honourable George Tierney, acknowledged as the Leader of the Whig party in the House of Commons, though latterly he has left the weight of debating to younger men. "The day before his death," says the Morning Chronicle, "he was remarkably cheerful. A friend called upon him, and found him reading Lord Byron's Life. They talked and laughed on various subjects for half an hour, and Mr Tierney never appeared in higher spirits. The day on which he died, he transacted a great deal of business, and was very cheerful. About two o'clock the servant announced Colonel Phipps; and, to the horror of himself and the Colonel, Mr Tierney was found quite dead, sitting in his arm-chair, with his head reclining a little on one side, in the position in which he occasionally took a nap. His physician was of opinion, that, feeling perhaps a little faint or drowsy, Mr Tierney had reclined his head against the chair, and thus changed the one state of existence for the other, not only without the slightest pain, but without the least consciousness of the awful transition. As a speaker, he was exceedingly original. From the moment he opened his mouth till he sat down, the attention of his hearers never flagged for one moment. In a style which never rose above the colloquial, the most cutting sarcasms, level to the most ordinary understanding, escaped from him, as if he were himself unaware of their terrible effect. How often have we seen his opponent writhing for hours under a succession of sarcasms, which it almost exceeded human patience to bear! His sneer was withering. We are certain that of all the speakers, contemporaries of Tierney, no one was so much dreaded as he was. His irony was inimitable. From the simplicity of his language, the reporters never misunderstood him; but from the rapidity of his colloquial turns, and the instant roar with which they were followed in the House, it was impossible to record all that fell from him; and the reports, therefore, though almost always characteristic of him, were far from complete. But his manner and intonation added immensely to the effect of what he said. He never attempted continuous discourse-never declaimed-and never attempted

what is ordinarily understood by wit. It was the conversation of a shrewd man of the world, who delivered his observations on the subject under discussion with an apparent candour, which contrasted singularly with the knowing tone and look of the speaker. No man ever possessed, in such perfection, the talent of seizing on a weak point of his adversary, and exhibiting it in a ludicrous light. His mode of taking an argument to pieces and reconstructing it in his own way, astonished his hearers, who recognised the apparent fidelity of the copy, and yet felt at a loss how he had himself failed to perceive, during the preceding speech, what seemed now so palpably absurd. Yet, though Mr Tierney was shrewd and acute, he could not be said to take comprehensive views. We are not aware that he ever delivered an observation that could be separated from the question before him. He could not be said to possess political wisdom or foresight. He was entirely practical. In financial discussions he argued rather like an accountant than a politician." 21. At Wallace Place, William Laing, son of Mr James Laing, baker.

26. At 54, Bristo Street, Alexander Scott, in the 22d year of his age.

Lately, At Montmein, in the Burman Empire, Lieut. Duncan Archibald Campbell, Madras Artillery, second son of Duncan Campbell, Alfred Place, London.

- At Hyderabad, Eliza Jane, wife of Captain Ivie Campbell, and second daughter of Colonel P. Littlejohn, of the Bengal Army,

- At London, Honore Maruerite Francoise, wife of Dr Spurzheim.

-At St James's Palace, London, Sir Frederick Augustus Barnard, K.C.H.

A. Cheteauraix, France, Madame Bertrand, the mother of the General who accompanied Napoleon into exile.

At Dublin, Louisa, only daughter of the late W. Edgworth, and grand-daughter of Captain T. Edgworth, formerly of that city.

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At Ethy House, near Lestwithiel, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Venicombe Penrose, in his 71st year.

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At Rothsay, in the island of Bute, Mary Anne Eliza Shairp, eldest daughter of Norman Shairp, Esq. younger of Houston.

-At 41, Rankeillor Street, Mr Buchan, bank of Scotland, in his 77th year.

Hassan Pacha, the Governor of Smyrna, of an apoplectic fit. He was a man of much prudence and sagacity, and was generally beloved,

At London, at the age of 21, Mr Robert Ward of Liverpool, sculptor.

At 22, St Patrick Square, Robert Ross, Esq. late bookseller.

-At 50, Buccleuch Street, Mr James Hossack, in the 78th year of his age.

- At 31, Gayfield Square, Mr James Brown, formerly merchant in Edinburgh.

- At Kilmallock, Mrs Mary Finn, at the extreme old age of 105 years.

At the very advanced age of 108 years, Mr Thomas Harris, of Hinton Blewett, near Temple Cloud, Somerset. This extraordinary man enjoyed uninterrupted health during his long life, and retained his mental faculties to the last moment.

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THE REFORM OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,

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