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Mackenzie, Esq. of Applecross, and Lieu tenant of the late 100th regiment of foot.

5. At Lochmaben, in the 81st year of her age, Mrs Robina M'Bride, relict of the Rev. Mr Richard Brown, late minister of Lochmaben.

At Wellwood House, parish of Muirkirk, Robert Paterson, Esq. in the 77th year of his age.

Alexander Dalziel, Esq. of West Linton, formerly of Port Glasgow. Mr Dalziel was the intimate friend of the Scottish poets, Ferguson and Burns; of the former he was accustomed to relate many interesting anecdotes, and, of the latter, he was fortunate enough to be the early patron, by introducing him to the Earl of Glencairn, an event which Burns never recollected but with the enthusiasm of grateful feeling. Mr Dalziel is styled by an excellent judge, the elegant biographer of our immortal bard, one of the ablest of his correspondents. No man was more remarkable for acuteness and accuracy in business, for a sturdy independence of mind, and for keen indignation at any appearance of falsehood, dishonesty, and

meanness.

8. At Perth, Mrs Balmain, in her 81st year, relict of James Balmain, Esq.

At Clachnaherry, Mr Davidson, resident engineer of the Caledonian Canal.

-In Needham Street, Newry, at the advanced age of 107 years, Mrs Mabella White, daughter of the late Rev. Robert Gordon, long time minister to the Presby terian Congregation of Rathfriland, and relict of the late Mr William White, of Mallaglass.

At Perth, Mr John Halket, Surveyor of the Customs.

10. At Barns Street, Ayr, Wm. Logan, Esq. Major of the late West Lowland Fencibles.

II. At St Andrew's, Mrs Magdalone Anderson, widow of Dr James Flint, Professor of Medicine in the University of St Andrew's.

-At Nice, in the prime of life, whither he had gone for the recovery of his health, the Rev. John Shiels, minister of the gospel at Westruther.

12. In Lower Grosvenor Place, London, Capt. Francis Mouat Keith, of the royal artillery.

13. At Walgrave, in Northamptonshire, the Rev. Alexander Payne, father of the Rev. George Payne, of Edinburgh.

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Mr Michael Watson, shipbroker,

14. At Roseneath Manse, the Rev. Dr George Drummond, in the 82d year of his age, and 53d of his ministry.

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Menzies, Esq. of Rinroy, late Chamberlain to his Grace the Duke of Montrose. 14. At Aberdeen, William Ogilvie, Esq. Professor of Humanity in the King's College of that city.

- John Sackeouse, aged 22, a native of the west coast of Greenland This Esquimaux has occupied a considerable share of the public attention, and his loss will be very generally felt. He had already rendered important service to the country in the late expedition of discovery, and great expectations were naturally formed of the benefits of his knowledge on the voyage about to sail for Baffin's Bay. The Admiralty, with great liberality and judgment, had directed the greatest pains to be taken in his farther education; and he had been several months in Edinburgh with this view, when he was seized with a violent inflammation in his chest, which carried him off in a few days. He was extremely docile, and though rather slow in the attainment of knowledge, he was industrious, zealous, and cheerful, and was always grateful for the kindness and attention shewn to him. His amiable disposition and simple manners had interested those who had opportunities of knowing him personally in a way that will not soon be forgotten. Just before his death, the poor Esquimaux said that he knew he was going to die; that his father and mother had died in the same way; and that his sister, who was the last of all his relations, had just appeared to him and called him away.

15. At Windywalls, in the parish of Sprouston, aged 102, Alison Bruce, relict of Robert Davidson, sometime tenant in Sprouston Hill. She survived her husband · upwards of sixty years, and retained her faculties entire to the very last.

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At Edinburgh, Mrs Davidson of Ra

At his Lordship's scat in Kent, the Countess of Thanet. Her Ladyship had an attack of paralysis a few days previous to her decease.

16. At Dunbar, George Campbell, Esq. late Comptroller of the Customs there.

At Ashton Hall, Lancashire, in the 79th year of his age, his Grace Archibald, Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, (Duke of Chatelherault in France,) Marquis of Hamilton, Douglas, and Clydesdale, Earl of Angus, Arran, and Lanark, Lord Macanshire, Polmont, Abernethy and Aberbrothwick, and Baron Dutton; Hereditary Keeper of the Palace of Holyroodhouse. His Grace was the second son of James, Duke of Hamilton, by Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Spencer, Esq. He succeeded his nephew Douglas, Duke of Hamilton, in 1799; married, in 1765, Lady Herriot Stewart, daughter of Alexander, Earl of Galloway, by whom he has left Alexander, now Duke

of Hamilton, (summoned to Parliament in 1806, as Baron Dutton ;) Lord Archibald Hamilton, M. P. for Lanarkshire; the Duchess of Somerset, Lady Anne, and the Countess of Dunmore. The present Duke married Miss S. E. Beckford, daughter of William Beckford of Fonthill, Esq. by whom he has one son, William, now Marquis of Douglas, and a daughter. This noble family, by the male line, is the representative of the ancient and noble family of Douglas.

17. At Amisfield Mains, Mrs Elizabeth Bogue, widow of the late William Brodie, Esq. in the 78th year of her age.

At Edinburgh, of inflammation in the liver, George Ranken, Esq. late Superintendent-Surgeon of the Honourable East India Company's Bengal Establishment.

18. At Yarmouth, upon his return home from London, John Dunlop, Esq. merchant in Port Glasgow, aged 68 years.

19. At Clifton, in the 75th year of his age Sir Joseph Radcliffe, of Miln's Bridge House, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Baronet; one of the few remaining examples of old English hospitality.

20. At her house, Wharton Place, Mrs Julia Kerr, relict of the late Robert Kerr, Esq.

At Edinburgh, David Cross, Esq. sometime merchant in Glasgow.

At Taunton, Mrs Mackenzie, wife of Kenneth Mackenzie, Esq.

21. At Stirling, Mrs Elizabeth Bennet, spouse of Robert Banks, Esq. of Craig

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At Perth, Mrs Bathea Nairne, relict of George Spalding, Esq. of Glenkilry. 22. At Edinburgh, Mrs Helen Buchan, widow of John Glassell, Esq. of Longniddry. At his house in Sackville Street, Dublin, Richard Dease, Esq. Surgeon and Professor of Anatomy in the Royal College of Surgeons in that city. The death of this respectable and much lamented gen tleman was occasioned by a slight puncture of one of his fingers which he gave himself when in the act of dissecting.

23. At the hotel de France, Rue St Thomas-du-Louvre, Paris, of an inflammation of the brain, Lord Spencer Stanley Chiches

ter.

24. In Queen Street, in the 84th year of her age, Mrs Mary Rowland, widow of Francis Rowland, Esq. late a Captain in the 84th regiment of foot.

25. The Rev. Alex. Brown, minister of the Associate Burgher Congregation, Burntshields.

26. At Ravelston, Alexander Keith, Esq. of Dunottar.

At Dumfries, Mrs Lilias Hay, daugh. ter of the late William Hay, Esq. of Craufordtown, W. S. and relict of John Gráham, Esq. merchant, Jamaica, son of the late John Graham, Esq. of Mossknow.

28. At his house in Chichester, in his 60th year, Vice-Admiral Sir George Mur. ray, K.C.B. and late Captain of the fleet under Lord Nelson. He was a man whose professional merits and private virtues endeared him greatly to his brother officers and numerous friends.

Lately. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Duke, Deputy-Adjutant-General to the forces serving under the Earl of Dalhousie, Nova-Scotia.

At Blairston, Mr Adam M'Intosh, at the advanced age of 102.

At his seat, Ballyornan, county of Wicklow, Charles William Quinn, Esq. for 30 years Physician-General to his Majesty's forces in Ireland.

At Kirkcudbright, Mrs Cannon, relict of John Cannon, Esq. of Barlochar.

At Garlieston, Wigtonshire, Mr John Dunsmore, miller, at an advanced age, leaving property to the amount of L. 14,000, the whole of which he acquired at Garlies. ton. He was confined only three weeks. In his desk were found eleven hundred pounds, packed up with old iron, nails, &c. He kept the key of his treasure under his head till he expired.

At Bermuda, Mr William Rennie, third son of John Rennie, Esq. of London, and first Lieutenant of the Leander, the flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sir David Milne, K.C.B.

At Rochester, the Rev. William Philip Menzies.

At Strabane, John Dorman, or Diermott. He was born at Boigh, in the parish of Cloulee, county of Donegal, the 24th August 1709. His father was a labourer, and lived to the age of 111. His mother's name was Margaret Sharkey; she lived to be nearly 113 years old.

At Calcutta, John Puget, Esq. second son of Commissioner Fuget, of the royal navy. He met his early fate in the river Ganges, having missed his hold while going from the ship into a boat.

At London, George Augustus Frederick, third son of Sir Robert Barclay, Bart. Col. lector of the Revenue in the island of Mau. ritius.

At Toulouse, Marguerite Renaud, at the age of 117 years. She was born in 1701, was married in 1721, and became a widow in 1735.

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On the English Dramatic Writers who
preceded Shakespeare. No. III. 348
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC
INTELLIGENCE.

Royal Society. Remarkable Mineral
Spring in Java.

Works preparing for Publication
Monthly List of New Publications.

MONTHLY REGISTER.

Remarks on the Autumnal Excursion,
or Sketches in Teviotdale: with
other Poems. By Thomas Pringle..319
On the Missionaries of Caucasus 323 Foreign Intelligence.en
The Lottery Tickets............................................324 | Parliamentary Intelligence.
Anecdote of the Bastile.re
On the proposed Union between the
two leading Parties of the Scottish
Dissenters....

ib.

British Chronicle

Public Amusements, &c.
Patents

325

On the Ceremonial of Eastern Courts....327
Some Account of Captain Ross's Voy-
age of Discovery, for the purpose of
exploring Baffin's Bay, and inquir-

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Appointments and Promotions......................... ib.
Meteorological Report
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Agricultural Report~nnanunu 378
Commercial Report................................................... 389
Births, Marriages, Deaths~~~.383

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EDINBURGH MAGAZINE,

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LITERARY MISCELLANY.

APRIL 1819.

ON THE EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS IN EDINBURGH.

WE regard this institution as forming the commencement of a new era in the history of the Fine Arts in this country; nor can we imagine any establishment better calculated to promote their advancement in this northern region.

To those who have attended to the progress of art in other parts of the world, it must often have been a matter of surprise that they are still in so backward a state in this country. In the free states of antiquity, and in the republics of Italy, in modern times, the fine arts of painting, sculpture, and architecture, have kept pace with the progress of wealth, and the mental energy which the march of political events had developed. The age of Pericles was distinguished by the erection of the Parthenon, and the sculpture of Phidias, not less than by the celebrity of its orators and the glory of its arms. The vigour which the freedom of her citizens inspired in the republic of Florence appears not less conspicuous in the majesty of her edifices and the beauty of her paintings, than in the charms of her poetry and the noble character of her eloquence. In Genoa and Venice, the wealth of commerce, and the animation of war, spread their influence over the arts of peaceful life; and the same age which witnessed the victories of La Meloria and Chiozza witnessed also the painting of Titian and the architecture of Buonarotti. Even in Holland and Flanders, the fine arts

VOL. IV.

have risen with the national glory, and spread with the commercial wealth of her citizens; and, in the style which was adapted to their taste, the works of the Flemish artists are still unrivalled.

How then has it happened, that, in Great Britain, where the energy of all classes of the people has, for centuries, been animated by the spirit of a free government,-where the fine arts have long been the object of solicitude and admiration among the higher classes of society,-and where wealth exists to a degree unequalled in any former state in the world,-the arts of painting and sculpture should still, comparatively speaking, be in a state of infancy? Why has not the energy of her people, which has carried them so far before all the rest of mankind in philosophy, history, and poetry, been dormant in the arts of painting and sculpture ? and how does it happen, that the same nation who justly pride themselves upon their superiority to the other countries of Europe in all the useful, and many of the ornamental, should still be obliged to borrow from a people whom they despise, the models and the rules of the Fine Arts?

The solution of this singular and striking circumstance is principally to be found in the want of those MoDELS OF ART whereon the taste both of artists and of the public may be formed. Experience has shown, that neither painting nor sculpture can come to any degree of perfection till an opportunity is afforded both to artists, and those who are to judge of

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