Civil Service, to Emily, youngest daughter of the late Colonel Samuel Dyer, many years Quarter-Master General in the Hon. East India Company's service. At London, David Latimer St Clair, E q. Captain in the royal navy, to. Elizabeth Isabella, youngest daughter of the late John Farhill, Esq. At Rochester, Lieutenant-Colonel C. W. Pasley, of the royal engineers, to Martha Matilda, second daughter of the late Howard Roberts, Esq. At Fulham, the Earl of Dundonald, father of Lord Cochrane, to Anne Maria, eldest daughter of Francis Flowden, Esq. DEATHS. Aug. 20. 1818. At Brijectullao, in the East Indies, Captain J. Ramsay, 21st native infantry, late Barrackmaster of Fort William. Oct. 28. At Calcutta, Capt. R. Bowden, of the Caledonian Indiaman of Greenock. Nov. In the Nagpour country, East Indies, of a fever, whilst serving with his regiment, (6th native cavalry,) Mr Edward Bannerman, fourth son of the late Sir Alexander Bannerman, of Aberdeen. 4. At Chuppavah camp, in the Nagpore country, Lieutenant William Napier Kellet, of the native cavalry, second son of William A. Kellett, Esq. Cork. Dec. 17. At Monte Video, Mr James Black, merchant there, son of the late Mr George Black, Sorbie, Wigtonshire. Jan. 13. 1819. At Grange Estate, Jamaica, John Wood, eldest son of the Rev. Charles Wood, minister at Weston. 15. At Tobago, Ensign Simon M'Intosh, eldest son of Mr M'Intosh, late 3d royal veteran battalion. 29. At Kingston, Jamaica, William Caldwell, Esq. one of the Representatives in Assembly for the parish of St Dorothy, and an Alderman of that city and parish. March 13. At Falside, Mr William Gosman, late farmer in Pitkierie, aged 76, who sustained a fair and unblemished character. He was 70 years on that farm, and his ancestors for two centuries. 20. At Jersey, Sir John Dumaresq, Knight, late Chief Magistrate of the is land. At Hawick, Mr Thomas Miller, writer. 22. At Ladykirk manse, the Rev. George Todd. Mary, infant daughter of Sir G. S. Mackenzie of Coul, Bart. 23. At Dumfries, Janet Kirkpatrick, wife of the Rev. Dr Scot, minister of St Michael's Church, Dumfries. 24. At Paris, in the 50th year of her age, Elizabeth, Countess of Lucan, youngest daughter of the late Henry Earl of Fauconberg. 25. At Dumfries, Mrs Wilhelmina Harley, relict of the late James Dalzell of Locharthur. At London, the Right Hon. Lady Elizabeth Drummond, widow of Harry Drummond, Esq. and aunt to the Marquis of Northampton." At Carmyle House, Mrs Jean Mackenzie, relict of the late Jonathan Anderson, Esq. merchant in Glasgow. At Edinburgh, Julia, the infant daughter of Dr Alex. Hamilton, St James's Square. 28. At his house in New Street, in the 85th year of his age, Mr James Lea, dentist. Mrs At Port-Glasgow, in the 81st year of his age, David Beatton, Esq. late tanner there. Having no family, Mr Beatton and his wife, in the year 1805, executed a joint will, bequeathing, after the payment of some small legacies, their whole property for the erection and endowment of a charity school in Port-Glasgow. Beatton died some years ago, and her husband, in conformity to their agreement, erected, in 1815, a school, to be conducted on the Lancasterian plan, and vested its management in a committee, consisting of nine of the inhabitants, parish Minister, Magistrate, and Town Clerk, ex officüs. By this well directed act of individual generosity, upwards of 100 poor children enjoy the important advantages of being taught reading, writing, arithmetic, and the principles of Christianity. In her 93d year, Mrs Blair of Garroch, relict of David Blair, Esq. late Pro At London, in the 66th year of her age, Ann, Dowager Marchioness Townshend, of Rainham Hall, in the county of Norfolk. 1 At the manse of Pathstruichill, the Rev. John M⭑Ara, in the 70th year of his age, and 35th of his ministry; during which time he was never prevented by sickness, even for a single Sabbath, from attending the duties attached to his sacred office. 30. Mrs Stein of Hattonburn. At London, Sir Walter Farquhar, Bart. in his 81st year. 31. At Lochgilphead, Mr Dugald Blair, merchant, aged 89 years. At St Andrew's, Mrs Isabella Masson, widow of David Fraser, Esq. At Green, near London, LieutenantColonel John West, late of the 3d royal veteran battalion. At Dundee, Miss Violet Ogilvy, youngest daughter of the late Sir John Ogilvy, Bart. of Invercarity. At North Berwick, the Dowager Lady Hamilton Dalrymple. April 1. At Newton-upon-Ayr, Mrs Duncan, wife of Mr Daniel Duncan, and daughter of the late John Reid, Esq. of Duncanziemuir and Cronberry. At Aberdeen, Alex. Baillie Innes, eldest son of James Innes, Esq. late Agent for the Bank of Scotland, Tain. At London, aged 76, universally respected and esteemed, Mrs Martha Huddleston Calder, widow of the late Rev. Dr John Calder. At the manse of Nigg, Mrs Marjory Cruden, sister of the Rev. Dr David Cruden, aged 80. In the 87th year of his age, Mr Joseph Allan, schoolmaster at Skene; having taught there, with repute, for these 62 years. At Paris, Lord Dormer. 2. At her house in George's Square, Miss Anne Wauchope, eldest daughter of the late James Wauchope of Edmonstone, Esq. At Standon, Herts, Richard Goff, aged 113. He has left a wife in her 47th year, and three chlidren, the eldest of whom is but 17, and the youngest two years and a half old! Goff was a native of Ireland. His hair and beard were very white, which gave him a patriarchal appearance, and he appeared sensible to the Last. - At Edinburgh, Anna Louisa Living 481 ston, infant daughter of John Campbell, 2. At Stirling, Mrs Grant, widow of At Lisbon, Major Angus Macdonald, in the Portuguese and British service. He was a native of the north of Scotland, from a respectable family, and had served his country in several perilous engagements in foreign countries. 3. At Edinburgh, Margaret Penelope Robertson, infant daughter of William Robertson, Esq. Great King Street. He suggested At Alyth, James Sandy, the celebraThe originality of ted Alyth mechanic. genius and eccentricity of character which distinguished this remarkable person were, perhaps, never surpassed. Deprived at an early age of the use of his legs, he contrived, by dint of ingenuity, not only to pass his time agreeably, but to render himself a useful member of society. He soon displayed a taste for mechanical pursuits, and contrived as a work shop for his operations a sort of circular bed, the sides of which being raised about 18 inches above the clothes, were employed as a platform for turning lathes, table-vices, and cases for tools of all kinds. His genius for practical He was skilled mechanics was universal. in all sorts of turning; and constructed several very curious lathes, as well as clocks and musical instruments of every description, no less admired for the sweetness of their tone than the elegance of their execution. He excelled, too, in the construction of optical instruments; and made some reflecting telescopes, the specula of which were not inferior to those finished by the most eminent London artists. some important improvements in the machinery for spinning flax, and we believe he was the first who made the wooden jointed snuff-boxes, generally called Laurencekirk boxes, some of which, fabricated by this self-taught artist, were purchased, and sent as presents to the Royal Family. To his other endowments, he added an accurate knowledge of drawing and engraving, and in both these arts produced specimens of the highest excellence. For upwards of 50 years he quitted his bed only three times, and on these occasions his house was either inundated with water or threatened with His curiosity, which was danger from fire. unbounded, prompted him to hatch different kinds of birds' eggs by the natural warmth of his body, and he afterwards reared the motley broods with all the tenderness of a parent; so that, on visiting him, it was no unusual thing to see various singing birds, to which he may be said to have gi ven birth, perched on his head, and warbling the artificial notes he had taught them. Naturally possessed of a good constitution, and an active, cheerful turn of mind, his house was the general coffeeroom of the village, where the affairs both of church and state were discussed with the utmost freedom. In consequence of long confinement, his countenance had rather a sickly cast, but it was remarkably expressive, and would have afforded a fine subject for the pencil of Wilkie, particularly when he was surrounded by his country friends. This singular man had acquired, by his ingenuity and industry, an honourable independence, and died possessed of considerable property. In short, his history holds out this very instructive lesson, that no difficulties are too great to be overcome by industry and perseverance, and that genius, though it should sometimes miss the distinction it deserves, will seldom fail, unless by its own fault, to secure competency and respectability. He was married only about three weeks before his death. At Edinburgh, Joseph Hume, Esq. advocate. - At Aberdeen, Major Gordon, of the late 8th West India regiment. — At Glasgow, Margaret, eldest daugh ter of David Blair, Esq. At his house in Maitland Street, Dr Peter Wright. 11. At Edinburgh, Miss Ann Lundin, daughter of the late Andrew Lundin, Esq. of Strathairly. At Tain, Thomas Suter, Sheriff-clerk of Ross, aged 61 years. 12. At Stranraer, William Ross, Esq. Collector of Customs. Mr Ross was the e county of Wig 5. At Middlebie, the Rev. Wm. Hunter, father of agriculturehom he gave em minister of that parish. 7. At Glasgow, Mr Gavin Williamson, in the 83d year of his age. At Edinburgh, Alexander Robert Peterkin of Grange and Grieveshop, eldest son of the late James Peterkin, Esq. of Grange. ton; and the poor, to 16. At Portobello, in the C2d year of his age, and 40th of his ministry, the Rev. Tho mas Thomson, minister of the Relief church, James's Place, Edinburgh. During the long period of his ministry," and in the places where he successively exercised it, he was uniformly distinguished by the pru, Lieutenant Charles James Griffin, aged thirty-five, Commander of his Majes ty's cutter Swan, was drowned off Bridlington, Yorkshire. This melancholy accidentdence and consistency of character which occurred by his too great anxiety to get on became a minister of the gospel. His pub board his cutter in a heavy gale, when the lic teaching was marked by good sense, boat was dashed against the pier, which 'and was a faithful and impressive exposit caused the untimely end of the clerk and tion of the doctrine which is according two seamen, with their Commander; four to godliness." Possessed of a lively temper other seamen happily escaped by clinging and a cheerful disposition, he was always to the piles of the pier, until boats from pleasant and happy in the company of his the shore came to their assistance. Thus friends, but his cheerfulness never betray perished, in the prime of life, on his native ed him into any levity or or frivolity incons shore, from an anxious and zealous perfor-sistent with his Christian or ministerial mance of his duty, a gallant and enterpri- profession. In domestic life he was perusing officer, who, during 22 years, had been liarly amiable and affectionate; and thos in continual service, and had escaped all who had the happiness of enjoying his in the dangers of protracted war, and of every timate friendship will not soon forget the variety of climate. By his strict attention delight he took in the society of his family, to his duty, and rigid, yet mild performance or the meekness and resignation with which of it, he had secured the high approbation he bore some of the most painful domestic of his superior, and warm esteem of his afflictions. He will long be remembered brother officers, who will unite with a large as a warm and sincere friend, an affectioncircle of private friends in deploring his ate husband, and a kind and indulgent fapremature and melancholy fate. ther; and, in the hearts of a sorrowing and grateful congregation, he has left a record of his fidelity and usefulness as a Christian pastor, which will not easily perish. 8. At Carnwath house, Norman, youngest son of Norman Lockhart, Esq. - At Edinburgh, Mrs Mary Don, widow of the late Francis Scott, Esq. George Ramsay and Co. Printers, Edinburgh. NOTICE. We have received a temperate and sensible reply to a few strictures which appeared some time ago in this Magazine on the late volume of Dr Chalmers's Sermons. We regret much, if it should be the case, that we have inadvertently admitted any thing into our Journal, either at all disrespectful to that eminent character, or in any degree inconsistent with the purity of divine truth. 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