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Feb. 5. At Colliepriest, Devonshire, Lady Mary Hay, a daughter.

8. At Birkenbog, the lady of R. Marquis, a son. 14. At Hollymount-house, county of Mayo, the lady of Thomas Spencer Lindsay, Esq. a daughter. At Athlone, the lady of Lieutenant-Colonel Murray, C.B. assistant-adjutant-general, a son. 17. At Crailing-house, the lady of James Paton, Esq. a son.

The wife of an industrious weaver in the neighbourhood of Newburgh, Fife, was safely delivered of two sons and a daughter, who, with the mother, are all doing well.

20. Mrs Fraser Tytler of Aldourie, a daughter. The Dutchess of Bedford, a son,

At Merchant-street, Edinburgh, Mrs William Dunlop, a son.

1. At 58, George-street, Edinburgh, Mrs Mackenzie of Strathgarve, a daughter.

-At Leith Fort, the lady of Lieutenant-Colonel Walker, a daughter.

24. At Edinburgh, the lady of Charles Henry Bazeley, Esq. a son.

- At Criggie, Mrs Low, a son.

At Boulogne-sur-Mer, the lady of Colonel Sir J. Cameron, K.C.B. K.T.S. of the 9th foot, a son. -Mrs Powell, 15, Kathrine-street, Edinburgh, a daughter.

25. Mrs J. H. Ross, 7, Elder-street, Edinburgh,

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March 1. At 10, Great Nelson-street, Liverpool, Mrs Dr Hannay, a daughter. -Mrs Yule, Broughton-place, Edinburgh, a son, 2. Lady Harriet Paget, a daughter.

In Cavendish-square, London, the lady of Admiral J. E. Douglas, a daughter.

5. At Raeburn-place, Edinburgh, Mrs William

son, a son.

son.

6. Mrs George Moncrieff, a still-born male child. - At Edmonstone-house, Mrs Wauchope of Edmonstone, a daughter. - At Levenside, Mrs Blackburn of Kilearn, a At Strathmiglo-field, Mrs Thomas Walker, a 7. At Mansfield, the lady of W. Thomson Honyman, Esq. of Mansfield, a son and heir.

son.

Mrs Moubray, Howe-street, Edinburgh, a son. 8. At Abbey-hill, Edinburgh, Lady Menzies of Menzies, a son.

- Mrs Bringloe, Nelson-street, Edinburgh, a daughter.

10. At Abercromby-place, Edinburgh, Mrs Richard Mackenzie, a daughter.

At York, Mrs Milner of Nunmonkton, a daughter.

At Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Mrs Andrew Henderson, a son.

-At Bonskeid-house, Perthshire, the lady of Captain Hodgson, royal navy, a son.

At New-hall-house, Mrs Brown, a son; her 14th child.

- At Aberdeen, Mrs Ferguson of Kimmundy, a

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MARRIAGES.

August 24, 1818. At Calcutta, Mr J. Campbell of the Bengal civil service, to Margaret Flora, daughter of the late Mr Douglas, West Indies, and niece of Major J. L. Stuart, honourable East India Company's service.

Jan. 22. At Leith, Captain James Kerr of the ship Peggy, West Indiaman, to Catherine, fourth daughter of the late Captain William Nesbitt, Old Shipping Company, Berwick.

Feb. 1. At Wilton-manse, Roxburghshire, Mr Thomas Wilson, manufacturer, Hawick, to Charlotte, only daughter of the late Charles Grant, writer in Edinburgh.

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David Murray, Esq. wine-merchant, to Marion, youngest daughter of the late Andrew CarInichael, Esq. Edinburgh.

- At the British Ambassador's at Paris, Charles Shakerly, Esq. eldest son of C. Shakerly, Esq. of Shakerly, in the county of Lancaster, and of Somerford-hall, in the county of Chester, to Mademoiselle Rosalie D'Aracy, only daughter of the Duke D'Avacy

18. At Dalkeith, Alexander, youngest son of the late James Murray, Esq. of Craigend, to Jessie, eldest daughter of Mr Thomas Moffat, Dalkeith.

21. At Capel, Joseph Carrington Ridgway of Piccadilly, to Elizabeth Ballingall, only daughter of the Rev. Patrick Ballingall Beath of Capel, Surrey, and St Margaret's Ilketshall, Suffolk.

22. At Dalwhat, C. A. Lennock, Esq. captain, royal navy, to Lilias, fifth daughter of John Corson, Esq. of Dalwhat.

23. At London, Thomas Broadwood, Esq. of Juniper-hall, Surrey, to Anne Augusta, eldest daughter of Alexander Mundell, Esq. of Parlia

ment-street.

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24. At the manse of Carnock, the Rev. Peter Cozens, minister of Lauder, to Catherine, only daughter of the Rev. Alex. Thomson, minister of Carnock.

March 1. William Pollock, Esq. of Whitehall, to Margaret, eldest daughter of John Black, Esq. of Clermont.

- At Overton, near York, Robert Dow Kerr, Esq. of Greenock, to Augusta, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Claudius Buchannan, D.D.

-At Glasgow, Mr Alexander Macdowall, writer, to Margaret, eldest daughter of Robert Walker, Esq. merchant.

2. At Alderstone, Captain A. G. Jackson, of the royal artillery, to Catherine, eldest daughter of the late Walter Cecil, Esq. of Moreton Jeffries, Herefordshire.

At Lochbuy-house, Donald Campbell, Esq. of Achnacraig, to Miss Eliza Maclane, daughter of the late Murdoch Maclane, Esq. of Lochbuy, island of Mull.

4. At Dundee, James Knowles, Esq. of Kirkton, to Isabella, youngest daughter of William Pitcairn, Esq. Dundee

9. At Paisley, George Robertson, Esq. of London, to Mary, youngest daughter of the late Collin Douglas, Esq. of Demerary.

12. Peter Hewett, Esq. W. S. to Isabella, eldest daughter of Andrew Taylor, Esq. of Westbarns.

13. Mr Sergeant Copley, chief justice of Chester, to Mrs Thomas, widow of the late Lieutenant-Col. Thomas.

16. At Arniston, John Borthwick, Esq. younger of Crookstoun, advocate, to Miss Dundas, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. Lord Chief Baron.

-At Tulliallan-manse, Mr Robert Buist, manufacturer, Perth, to Janet, second daughter of the Rev. David Simson.

-At Wandsworth, the Hon. James Sinclair, second son of the Earl of Caithness, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of George Tritton, Esq. of

West-hill.

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Lately. At Hollos, parish of Cannobie, John Lattimer, aged 81, to Janet French, aged 78, after a courtship of 56 years.

At Stoke-upon-Trent in Staffordshire, Mr William Gother, to Miss Ann Ashley. The bridegroom, who is aged about 42, has been in his Majesty's naval service for the term of 22 years, and has lost both his legs. When conducted to the church, he was seated in the forecastle of a Donkey, accompanied by his faithful Dulcinea. On his arrival at the desired haven, he disembarked, and being safely stowed in the hold of the church, he received his blushing bride on his knees, being unable either to stand or walk.

DEATHS.

July 14, 1818. In camp, at Sutwannan, near Talna, of a fever, which he caught in Candeish, Lieutenant Henry Currie of the 2d regiment Russel Brigade, third son of Mr Currie, writer, Lanark.

Sept. 19. At Canton, Mr Charles More, first officer of the honourable East India Company's ship the Duke of York.

Jan. 19, 1819. At his house, Somerstown, in his 61st year, Mr Greig, author of "Heavens Displayed," &c.

His

Feb. 1. At Rome, M. Akerblad, aged 60. death is a severe loss to the sciences of philology and archæology.

4. At Bath, Mrs Hamilton, relict of Colonel F. Hamilton, formerly of the 1st royal Scots.

-At Applecross, Donald Mackenzie, Esq. of Hartfield, son of the late Thomas Mackenzie, Esq. of Applecross, and lieutenant in the 100th regiment of foot.

At Clachnaharry, in the 63d year of his age, Mr Davidson, resident engineer of the Caledonian Canal.

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

12. At his house in Lower Grosvenor-place, Captain Francis Mouat Keith of the royal artillery. 11. At Roseneath-manse, the Rev. Dr George Drummond, in the 82d year of his age, and 53d of his ministry.

- At his house in Canander, George Menzies, Esq. of Rinroy, late chamberlain to his Grace the Duke of Montrose.

-At his apartments in Castle-street, Aberdeen, William Ogilvie, Esq. professor of Humanity in the King's College of that city.

At Edinburgh, William Taylor, Esq. late merchant in Glasgow.

15. At Killin, Perthshire, Mr Peter Campbell, aged 34 years, third son of Mr Duncan Campbell, late of Dalgirdy.

17. At the manse of Trinity Gask, Catherine, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Ralph Taylor of Monzie.

-At London, James Dobie, sen. surgeon, R.N. -At Amisfield-mains, Mrs Elizabeth Bogue, widow of the late William Brodie, Esq. in the 78th year of her age.

18. At Jedburgh, in the 13th year of his age, after only two days' illness, Charles, only son of Mr Duncan Cowan, merchant in Edinburgh.

Agnes Jane, the infant daughter of the late Mr Ralph Hardie, writer in Edinburgh. 20. Ather house, Wharton-place, Mrs Julia Kerr, relict of Robert Kerr, Esq.

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

-At Arkleton, near Langholm, after an illness of three weeks, John Jardine, Esq.

-At Newbattle, of a short illness, Mr James Lumsden, farmer.

21. At Leven, Fifeshire, Lieutenant Thomas Younger, R. N. late commander of his Majesty's ship Theodosia in the Mediterranean Sea.

At Arbroath, Mr Thomas Dick, surgeon. -At the manse of Barr, the Rev. Stephen Young, minister of that parish.

Spalding, Esq. of Glenkilry.
-At Perth, Mrs Bathea Nairne, relict of George

At Kinross, Jane, eldest daughter of the late Mr Bruce Beveridge, in her 19th year.

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

22. At Edinburgh, James Syme, Esq. of Northfield.

At Edinburgh, Mrs Helen Buchan, widow of John Glassell, Esq. of Longniddry.

In St Patrick-square, Edinburgh, Catharine

Kay, daughter of Mr James Kay, writer, Edinburgh.

24. At Edinburgh, Mrs Rowland, widow of Francis Rowland, Esq. captain in the late 84th regiment of foot, and secretary to the commander-inchief in India.

-At her mother's house, Shrub-place, Leithwalk, Miss Helen Ranken.

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

-In Milne-square, Edinburgh, aged 77 years, Mrs John Gray, a gentleman of deep erudition, eminently skilled in the learned languages, and no less remarkable for his modesty than for his talents and attainments.

27. At Birdstone, Mrs Gray, wife of John Gray, Esq. of Birdstone, Campsie.

At her house in George-street, Edinburgh, Mrs Mary Joass, wife of James Alexander Haldane, Esq.

At Buchany, near Doune, Duncan Balfour, a glazier, aged 81. He was a man of superior abilitics, of a ready country wit, possessing an astonishing fund of anecdote concerning the great families of Scotland; a firm adherent of the unfortunate Prince Charles Edward, in memory of whom he preserved, with the utmost care, a silver quegh, out of which the prince is said to have drank on his way through Doune, immediately before the battle of Culloden. He remembered the Highlandman's year, and boasted of having once seen the Prince. He was honest in all his dealings, led an active life, enjoyed it to the last, and was at work the day be fore he died.

The Rev. Robert Robertson, minister of the gospel at Ednam, Roxburghshire.

28. At his house of Broomhill, near Lasswade, Captain Robert Forbes, royal navy.

-At his house in Chichester, in his 60th year, Vice-Admiral Sir George Murray, K.C.B. and late captain of the fleet under Lord Nelson.

-At Farr, Inverness-shire, Miss Ann Mackintosh, eldest daughter of James Mackintosh, Esq. of Farr, after a long and painful illness.

-At Knockhay, near Campbletown, Augusta Clavering, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel John Porter.

March 1. At No 2, Tiviot-row, Edinburgh, Alexander Merchant, senior, of the excise, aged 70

years.

2. At Inverleithen, Mrs Mary Anderson, relict of Mr Robert Horsburgh, late in Yair.

3. At Dalry-mills, Andrew Veitch, Esq. -At Woodside, Miss Anne Scott, daughter of the late Walter Scott, Esq. of Harden.

4. At Perth, Marjory, daughter of the late John Kennedy, Esq. factor to the Earl of Breadalbane.

- At Glasgow, Mr David Laurie, junior, merchant.

-At Dalochy, Fife, Mrs Barbara Gray, wife of Mr David Cuningham.

James Ferguson, only son of the late Mr Da. niel Dods, merchant, Edinburgh.

5. Mrs Semple, wife of Robert Semple, Esq. Greenhead.

Mrs Janet Buchan, spouse of Mr Andrew Brown, bookseller, Leith-street.

-At Edinburgh, John Landale Farnie, aged 13, son of Mr Farnie, Burntisland.

-In Hertford-street, May-fair, London, Lady Ellenborough, spouse of the present Lord Ellenborough. Her ladyship was Catherine Octavia, youngest daughter of the Marquis of Londonderry, sister of Lords Castlereagh and Stewart, and niece of Marquis Camden.-She was born 14th October 1792, and married to the Hon. Edward Law, now Lord Ellenborough, on the 11th December 1813.

6. At Charlotte-square, Edinburgh, the lady of Robert Downie, Esq. of Appin, after being delivered of a still-born child.

- At Dublin, Major-General Thomas Trotter, colonel-commandant of the royal artillery, and commanding the royal artillery in Ireland. This most amiable man and revered veteran terminated his honourable career, after having nearly completed, in the service of his king and country, half a century; his first commission in the regiment bemg dated the 10th of January 1770. Major-Genepal Trotter went to America in the year 1773,

where he continued to serve throughout the whole of the American war; after returning to England he went to America a second time, and served in Canada three years. He afterwards served under the command of the Duke of York in Flanders, where he had the honour, upon one occasion, of receiving, in public orders, the thanks of his royal highness. Major-General Trotter has served in Ireland since the year 1801, during which period the benevolence of his disposition, and suavity of his manners, had endeared him to an extensive circle of acquaintance.

7. Sandilands George, youngest son of Mr Brown, solicitor-at-law, Bank-street.

At Hope-park-end, Edinburg, John Yetts, Esq. R. N. -At Newington, Mrs Agnes Cockburn, relict of John Burn, Esq. of Coldoch.

At Edinburgh, Mrs Anna Woodgate, wife of William Francis Woodgate, Esq. late of Somerhail, Kent.

8. At his seat, St John Lodge, Herts, Sir Cornelius Cuyler, Bart. a general in the army, (which he entered full 59 years ago,) governor of Kinsale, and colonel of the 69th regiment of foot, having served twice as a commander-in-chief abroad, and previously in other very important, though inferior situations. He is succeeded in his title by his eldest son, a major in the army, now Sir Charles.

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At his house, No 2, Paterson's-court, Broughton, Mr James Sommers, attorney of exchequer. - At Lanark, Mrs Wilson, relict of John Wilson, town-clerk.

11. At Kilconquhar-house, Henry Bethune, Esq. of Kilconquhar.

-At Hawick, Miss Margaret Langlands, aged

88.

12. At Upton Grey, Hampshire, the seat of J. H. Beaufoy, Esq. Charlotte, youngest daughter of the late Stephen Cosser, Esq. Millbank street, Westminster.

-At Pilrig-street, William Ogilvy, Esq. merchant in Leith.

At his lodgings in Paliol College, Oxford, the Right Rev. John Parsons, D. D. Lord Bishop of Peterborough. His Lordship was in the 58th year of his age, and had suffered for some weeks previously to his disease under the severe and agonising malady of the rheumatic gout,

13. At Ladyfield-place, Edinburgh, Alexander Ferguson, Esq. of Baledmund.

14. Of an apoplectic fit, Sophia Elizabeth, wife of Colonel John Shedden of Elms, near Lyming ton, aged 38.

At his house, Salisbury-place, Newington, George Andrew, Esq. writer in Edinburgh. -At Seggieden, Mrs Margaret Richardson, wife of James Hay, Esq. of Seggieden.

16. Mary, the infant daughter of Dr James Millar, Brown's-square, Edinburgh.

At Colzium, Margaret, second daughter of James Davidson, Esq. W. S.

18. At Clapham, E. Parratt, Esq. aged 72, who filled, with great ability, the important office of clerk of the journals, to the House of Lords, for 24 years.

Lately. At Ardmore, John Geddes, Esq. At Knock of Kincairn, Strathspey, Captain John Steuart of the 55d regiment of foot. His death was occasioned by a lingering indisposition, from

the effects of the wounds and contusions he received at the storming of Fort Calliger, in the East Indies, on the 2d February 1812; when leading the grenadier company up to the breach, he was precipitated down the perpendicular rock on which the fort is built, apparently dead. In his death, at the early age of 53 years, his country, which he had served in the 92d and 93d regiments, with the merited approbation of his superior officers, for 16 years, has sustained a heavy loss.

On his voyage home from Quebec, Captain Archibald Moore of Seabank, Rothesay. It is understood his ship was wrecked in the river St Lawrence, and that all on board perished.

At Holmwood, near Henley, aged 17, Ensign Kerr, 85th foot, eldest son of Lord Mark Kerr. At Dalkeith, Robert, youngest son of Mr William Ballantine, nurseryman there.

At Rochester, the Rev. William Philip Menzies,

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