BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. Dec. 12, 1817. At Calcutta, the lady of Captain W. D. Playfair, a son. April 13, 1818. At Boston, the lady of George Sholto Douglas, Esq. Charge des Affaires of his Britannic Majesty, a son. 16. At Stockholm, Viscountess Strangford, lady of his Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at that Court, a son and heir. 27. At Somborne, Hampshire, the Right Hon. Lady Kennedy, a son. 28. At Fareham, the lady of LieutenantCol. Campbell, 46th regiment, a daugh The wife of Stephen Souten, a labouring man of the parish of Sollinge, of her 26th child in 25 years. 16. At Relugas, the lady of Thomas Lauder Dick, Esq. a daughter. 17. At Edinburgh, the lady of Sir James Montgomery, Bart. M. P. a daughter. 19. The lady of Sir A. O. Molesworth of Pencarrow, Cornwall, Bart. a son. 21. At Edinburgh, Lady Heron Maxwell, a daughter. 23. At Springfield, Mrs Macduff of Bonhard, a son. 26. At Edinburgh, Mrs Johnstone of Alva, a son. Mrs W. Buchanan, 16, Duke Street, Edinburgh, a son. 16. At Cork, Captain Thomes Mosse, of the 1st, or Royal Scots, regiment of foot, to Margaret Essex, eldest daughter of Ma jor-General Gordon. -At London, Horace Beauchamp Sey mour, Esq. third son of the late Lord Hugh Seymour, to Elizabeth Mallet Palk, eldest daughter of the late Sir Lawrence Palk, M. P. for the county of Devon. 18. At London, on the 7th current, and remarried at Carron-house on the 18th, Mr John Walker of Orchardhead, Stirling shire, to Mary Ann, second daughter of Mr Charles Lea Jeffrey, Broadway, Westminster. - At London, the Hon. Colonel Sey. mour to Lady Charlotte Cholmondeley, daughter of the Marquis of Cholmondeley. The Prince Regent gave the bride away. 19. At Slynon, county of Anglesea, James Orr, Esq. Edinburgh, to Rachel, second daughter of Robert Scott, Esq. of this city. May 19. At Edinburgh, Lieutenant Joseph Hume, R. N. to Miss Dorothy Robertson, daughter of the late Alexander Robertson, Esq. of Prenderguest. 21. At Cheltenham, Sir William Cunningham Fairlie, Bart. of Robertland and Fairlie, to Anne, only daughter of the late Robert Cooper, Esq. banker, Woodbridge. At Urquhart, the Rev. Archibald Baird, Auchtermuchty, to Miss Margaret Mudie, daughter of James Mudie, Esq. Cockley, Kinross-shire. 27. At London, the Count de Lusi, of the 1st regiment of Prussian guards, to Miss Maria Giffard, daughter of the Marchioness Dowager of Lansdowne. June 1. At Garscube, the seat of her grandfather, Sir Ilay Campbell of Succoth, Bart. Sir George Sitwell of Renishaw, Bart. to Susan, eldest daughter of Crawfurd Tait of Harvieston, Esq. 2. At Edinburgh, J. C. Macleod, Esq. junior of Geanies, to Miss Stewart Sutherland, youngest daughter of the late Captain Alexander Sutherland, 30th regi ment. DEATHS. Oct. 6, 1817. At Kedgeree, on his passage to Europe, Cornet Alexander Leigh Strachan, 6th regiment Bengal cavalry, eldest son of James Strachan, Esq. Edinburgh. Nov. 26. Killed in the attack upon Nagpore, by the Berar Rajah, in the 21st year of his age, Mr H. D. Niven, assistant-surgeon Hon. East India Company's service, second son of the Rev. Dr Niven, Dunkeld. Jan. 1, 1818. Fell, in a sally from Koregaum, near Poonah, (having volunteered his services,) Thomas Wingate, assistantsurgeon to the second battalion 1st native infantry, and eldest son of Dr Daniel Wingate, Stirling, aged 21. 13. On board the William Pitt East Indiaman, William Hall, Esq. a partner in the house of Messrs Palmer and Co. Calcutta. Feb. 10. At St Lucie, Mrs Mary Russel, wife of John I. I. Alexander, Esq. of that island, and relict of the late Hon. Robert Cullen, one of the Lords of Session and Justiciary in Scotland. 12. At sea, Mr Peter Murray, surgeon of the Hon. East India Company's ship Charles Grant. 28. At the Havannah, Lieutenant Thomas Sibbald, R. N. son of the late William Sibbald, Esq. merchant, Leith. March 10. At Charlestown, South Carolina, Mrs Christiana Boston, spouse to Tucker Harris, Esq. M. D. in the 68th year of her age. Mrs Harris was a daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Boston of Jed VOL. II. burgh, and grand-daughter of the late Rev Thomas Boston of Ettrick. 30. On his passage home, on board the William Pitt East Indiaman, Archibald Seton, Esq. of Touch. April 12. In the guard-room of Kinross jail, in extreme wretchedness, Andrew Nicol, well known in the Court of Session and caricature shops under the name of the Kinross Lawyer. From a tradesman in easy circumstances and of decent character, he reduced himself, by his most litigious and quarrelsome temper, to the state of a beggar, and finally an outcast from all society. Rather than give up his pretended rights to the famous midden-stead, he obstinately refused all supply from the poor funds of his native parish; and, in order that he might retain what he conceived would be the means of bringing him once more within the walls of the Parliament House, wandered about from place to place, until at last, from his habits of life, and his habits both of body and mind, he became such a nuisance, that, disowned by every relation, and shut out from every house, it was found necessary to convey him to the common prison, which he quitted only for that asylum, "where the wicked cease from troubling," and where the weary are at rest." 22. At Topsham, in the 78th year of his age, Captain Carter, R. N. With the exception of Admiral Schank, he was the only surviving officer who went to the North Cape of Lapland, to observe the transit of Venus in 1768, in the Emerald, commanded by Sir Charles Douglas, of which the deceased was then First Lieute nant. 23. At Avignon, Colin Macdonald Buchanan, younger of Drummakill. 27. The Rev. James Scott, late senior minister of Perth, at the advanced age of 85. Mr Scott was ordained minister of Kinfauns in 1759; admitted minister of Perth 1762; and resigned his charge, in consequence of the infirmities of age, in 1807. 28. Mr Robert Wilson, merchant, Leith. At Gartur, John Graham, Esq. the following donations:-To the poor of the Relief Chapel, Campbell Street, Glas gow, L. 200-Sabbath Evening Schools, L. 50-To the Royal Infirmary, L. 150— To the Lunatic Asylum, L. 50-To the poor of his native parish, Falkirk, L. 50. May 4. At Brechin, the Rev. Mr Will, minister of Guthrie. At Stround on the Green, near Kew, William Mactavish, Esq. of Dunardry, son of the late Simon Mactavish, Esq. of Montreal, Canada. At Gortnagally, near Dungannon, John Woods, an industrious farmer, at the advanced age of 122 years. He lived a regular and sober life His wife died about two years ago, aged 82 years. He was 42 years old the day of her birth. He was born in the year 1696, in the reign of William III.; of course he has lived in the reigns of five successive monarchs 5. At Edinburgh, Mrs Alison Hay of Haystown, in the 90th year of her age. - At Dublin, in the 25th year of his age, Mr Archibald Robertson, only remaining son of George Robertson, Esq. BowerLodge, Irvine. At Aberdeen, Mrs Jean Duncan, relict of the late Mr Robert Duncan, merchant there, in the 92d year of his age 7. At Florence, Lady Campbell, wife of Sir Guy Campbell, Bart. At Fernie, Francis Balfour, Esq. of Fernie. 8. At Edinburgh, in the 73d year of his age, Alexander Robertson, Esq. of Ettrickhall, late one of the Keepers of the Records of Scotland. At Edinburgh, Colin Mackay, Esq. in the 83d year of his age. 9. At Edinburgh, Thomas Brown, Esq. of Waterhead, aged 82. 10. At Glasgow, Mr William M Kechnie, late of Richmond, Virginia. At Hamilton, John Torrance, Esq. Sheriff-Clerk Depute for the Middle Ward of Lanarkshire. At Wilson Park, Portobello. John Philip Donaldson, Esq. assistant-surgeon in the Fifeshire militia, and surgeon in Portobello. 14. At Walkhampton, John Williams, at the advanced age of 100. He waste eldest of eighteen sons, of Jane Williams, late of Brentor, Devon, (who died in her 111th year,) seventeen of whom are now alive and in perfect health, and their joint ages amount to 1379 years.-John Williams retained his faculties to the last, and had strength sufficient to gain his livelihood by hard labour, until within a fortnight of his dissolution. At Edinburgh, Mrs Arbuthnot, relict of Robert Arbuthnot, Esq 15. At the manse of Carluke, Mrs Walker, wife of the Rev. James Walker, minister of Carnwath. At Arcon Cottage, near Inverness, Mrs Mackenzie of Lentran, aged 77. 16. At Inverness, Miss Janet M'G vray, daughter of the late Archibald M-Gilivray, Esq. of Daviot. At Maybole, Mrs Margaret MC mont, wife of the Rev. Charles Logan, minister of Maybole. At Gaddesby, near Leicester, Eliza, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Cheney, of the Scots Greys. 17. At Glasgow, Mrs Taylor of Kirktoe hill. At Crossmount, Capt. James Men zies, Royal Perthshire militia. At Edinburgh, Mr William Sawers, 11. At Burdiehouse Mains, Mr Alex- bookseller. ander Peacock, architect, aged 85. 13. At Edinburgh, in the 78d year of his age, Mr William Scott, teacher of elocution and geography. Mr Scott was the father of elocution in this country, and for a period of upwards of 40 years distinguished himself by his extensive usefulness in his profession, having instructed in this elegant accomplishment a great proportion of our countrymen who have risen to eminence in the senate, the pulpit, and at the bar. He is also well known as the author of several useful and popular elementary works on subjects connected with education; amongst others, a system of geography, and a pronouncing dictionary of the English language, which has always 18. At Milnholm, near Langholm, in the prime of life, William Keir, Esq. conductor of improvements to his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry in the district of Eskdale, and late Captain in the Dumfrieshire yeomanry cavalry. At Eden Farm, in the 60th year of her age, Elinor, widow of the late Lord Auckland. 19. At Edinburgh, Mr Charles Hunter, eldest son of Lieutenant-General Hunter of Burnside. The Hon. Mrs Grenfell, Lady of Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. M. P. of Taplow House, Bucks, and sister of Lord Viscount Doneraile of Doneraile, in the kingdow of Ireland. GENERAL INDEX. ABERDEEN, report of the in, geographical sketch gents and the Spanish United States of, Bohemian Gypsey, 107 282 Assembly, General, report by, respecting the mode of the influence of his philo- - Joanna, remarks on Bank of England, accounts presented to Parliament rising from the sea, so count of the, 240 review of, 348 tory of, 110, 320-On covered in London, 282 Travels in Lower Hun- Brown, Dr Thomas, review of his poem of Agnes, 153 notice of his death, 335 in Scotland on the sub- Burgh elections, proceed- of Scotland, view of Church Music, on Luther's Coal, veins of in the Calton- hill, Edinburgh, 335 Court of Session declares the 189, 291, 391, 495, 593 Cowper, William, review of Crimes, increase of in Eng- land, 484 a Deaths, register of, 94, 193, 295, 395, 498, 597 amount of, 281 table origin, 335 464 Dogs, curious anecdote of a Durdent, R. T., notice of On the employment of Eschylus, on the Agamem- Fish, on the propagation of, 429 Flowers, on the language Foreign journals, analytical Indian one, 472 France, law on the liberty |