Balcatres, to Apne, daughter of Sir Coutts Trot- 19. At Happisburgh, in the county of Norfolk, ter, of Grosvenor Square, Bart.

on his way to Scotland, Major Alexander Gibson, 3. At Edinburgh, Captain William Murray, of of the 5th regiment of native infantry on the Bomthe Hon. East India Company's Service, Madras bay establishment. Establishment, to Mrs Campbell, widow of Colo- 20. In Half-Moon Street, London, the Right nel Alexander Campbell of Ballochyle, Argyll- Hon. Sir George Beckwith, G.C.B. colonel of the shire.

89th regiment 1. At Eweford, Mr Thomas Aitchison, surgeon, - At Slipperfield, William Burton, of Nether Dunbar, to Margaret, daughter of the late Mr Stewarton. Watterston, Ewetord.

- At Dunfermline, Lieutenant Thomas Thom9. At Edinburgh, James Robert Scott, Esq. of son, late of his Majesty's 97th regiment. Coud-house, Roxburghshire, and Thirlestane- 21. At Edinburgh, Isobel, youngest daughter of house, Glocestershire, to Harriet, daughter of the deceased Mr Robert Pearson, late merchant Thomas Gray, Esq. Cheltenham.

in Dunfermline. 12. At London, Captain Archibald Crawfurd, of - At the Earl of Liverpool's house, Whitehall, the Hon. Company's Artillery, to Octavia, daugh- Lieutenant-Colonel Jenkinson. ter of the late James Phelp, Esq. of Coston House, At Taap Hall, near Leith, Mr Alexander Leicestershire.

Cameron of Invergasseran. At London, James Edmund Leslie, eldest - Hugh Turnbull, Esq. of Brankston. son of James Leslie, of Leslie Hall, county of An- 22. In Berkeley Square, London, Lady Marri. trim, Esq. to Sarah, youngest daughter of the ane Smith, wife of Abel Smith, Esq. M. P. and Right Rev. Bishop Sandford, Edinburgh.

sister to the Earl of Leven and Melville. 15. At Glendaruel House, Lieut.-Colonel Alex- 23. At Warriston House, Mrs Ruth Hall, wife ander Limond, of the Madras Establishment, to of Alexander Henderson, Esq. banker in EdinElizabeth, third daughter of Neil Campbell, Esq. burgh.

17. At London, William Barwell Carter, M.D. - At Aberdeen, Robert Charles Grant, Esq. of of the 8th Hussars, to Margaret,

daughter of Ro Balgowan, advocate in Aberdeen. bert Downie, of Appin, Esq. M.P.

- At Allangrange, Mrs M'Kenzie of Allan20. In London, the Hon. William Keppel Bar. grange. rington, eldest son of Viscount Barrington, to the - At Lisburn, Catherine, only daughter of the Hon. Jane Elizabeth Liddell.

Rev. Archdeacon Trail. 22. At Edinburgh, James Nisbett, Esq. writer, - At Edinburgh, Charles Murdoch Adair, Esq. Tobermory, to Margaret, daughter of William W. S. Brown, Esq. of Linkens, Kirkcudbright, and wi. 24. At 25, Gayfield Square, James Buchan, dow of David Irving of the Hon. East India Com- Esq. W. s. pany's Service.

- In Keir Street, Edinburgh, Mrs Fleming. - At Restalrig House, Captain the Hon. Henry 25. At Peebles, Catherine, eldest daughter of Duncan, Royal Navy, c.B. to Mary Simpson, Mr James Cairns, writer. daughter of Captain James Coutts Crawford, Roy- 26. At Manse of Ordequhill, the Rev. Alexanal Navy, and grand-daughter of the late Alexander der Gray, minister of that parish. Duncan, Esq. of Restalrig.

27. At Edinburgh, aged 71, Alexander Renton, 23. At Merchiston House, Captain James Peck. of Lamberton, Esq. late Lieutenant-Colonel of ett, of the corps of Engineers on the Bengal Esta. the Berwickshire light dragoons. blishment, to Catherine Gordon, second daughter - At London, Major Macleod of Attadale, seof Robert Hepbum, Esq. of Clarkington.

cond son of the late John Macleod, Esq. of Rasay. 24. At Kelso, Richard Turner, Esq. of the Ord- - In St Andrew's Square, Elizabeth, infant nance Department, to Mrs Walker, relict of George daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Wauchope. Walker, Esq. of Edinburgh.

28. At Cheltenham, in consequence of her 28. At Templand, Aberdeenshire, James Bar- clothes taking fire, Elizabeth Grant Hart, eldest clay, Esq. younger of Teinpland, to Miss Mary daughter of Lieutenant-General George Vaughan Ann Barclay, fourth daughter of the Rev. Dr Bar- Hart, of Kilderry, M.P. for the county of Doneclay, minister at Kettle.

gal. - At Ferrybank House, Fifeshire, George 29. In Downing College, Cambridge, Edward Campbell, Esq. of Edenwood, to Margaret, daugh- Christian, Esq. Professor of the Laws of England, ter of A. Christie, of Ferrybank.

and Chief Justice of the isle of Ely. - At Dysart, the Rev. James Spence, of the - At Pirbright Lorge, Surrey, Andrew StirRelief Church there, to Grace, youngest daughter ling, Esq. of Drumpellier. of the late Mr W. Fleming, of the same place. - At St Andrews, in the 17th year of his age,

29. At Edinburgh, George Fullarton Carnegie Mr Andrew Morrison, eldest son of Dr Alexander of Pitarrow, Esq. to Madaline, eldest daughter of Morrison, Edinburgh. Sir John Connell, Judge of the High Court of 29. At Kirkaldy, Miss Morgan, eldest daughter Admiralty.

of Mr George Morgan, sen. 30. At Airly Castle, John Wedderbum, Esg. to - At Brighton, Sir J. Eamer, Alderman of the Hon. Lady Helen Ogilvy, youngest daughter London. of the late, and sister of the present, Earl of Xirly. 30. At his seat, Leap Castle, King's County,

Mr John Norie, to Ann, daughter of the late Ireland, Admiral Sir Henry D'Esterre Darby, Mr James Harper, builder, James's Square.

K.C.B. - In Coates' Crescent, Captain M. C. W. Ay- 31. At the Manse of Haddington, Jane, second toun, Royal Artillery, to Eliza, only child of the daughter of the Rev. Dr Lorimer. late Henry Miller, Esq. of Purin.

April 1. Mr William Roberton, writer in Dal- William Fraser, Esq. Writer to the Signet, keith. This gentleman met his premature fate by to Bethia, daughter of Francis Taylor, Bonning- falling from his horse, during the darkness of the ton Place.

night, into a coal pit near Dalkeith.

At Braehead, Mrs Elizabeth Howison Craw

furd, of Braehead and Crawfurdland, wife of the DEATHS.

Rev. James Howison Moody Crawfurd, of BraeAug. 3, 1822.- At Bhangulpoor, John Glas, head. She was the representative of the ancient Esq. of that Ilk and Sauchie, M.D. aged 82 years, families of Howison and Braehead of Crawfurd of surgeon to the station and corps of Hill Rangers. Crawfurdland.

Sept. 4. The Rev. Henry Lloyd Loring, D.D. - At Kiln Croft, parish of Holywood, DumArchdeacon of Calcutta.

fries-shire, Edward Elton, Esq. of Kiln Croft. Oct. At Jubbulpore, East Indies, J. L. Irving, - Adam Crooks, Esq. merchant in Glasgow. Esq. surgeon in the Hon. East India Company's - At Lauriston, James Stewart, Esq. Royal service.

Navy. Jan. 27, 1823.–At Falmouth, Jamaica, Mr 2. At Woodcotte, Dollar, Charlotte, youngest Francis Bell, of Caruthers, eldest son of the late daughter of the late Dr John Gordon, physician, Mr John Bell, writer in Lockerbie.

Edinburgh. At Lee, in Kent, aged 20, Catherine Anna, - At Edinburgh, Mrs Barbara Sivright, daugheldest daughter of the late Adam Baildon, M.D. ter of the deceased John Sivwright, Esq. of South of the Honourable East India Company's service, House. St Helena.

3. At Leith Walk, Mr John Anderson, eldest Feb. 6. At Malta, Mr Robert Adam, merchant. son of John Anderson, Esq. of Gladswood.

March 19. At Edinburgh, Mrs Baillie, widow of 4. At Niddrie, Andrew Wauchope, Esq. of Nid. James Baillie, Esq. of Olivebank.

drie, Marischall.

5. At Musselburgh, Mrs Stuart, widow of James 18. At the house of Sir William Fettes, Bart. Stuart, Esq. of Blairhall.

Susan, only daughter of the late Major Lloyd Hill, - At Glasgow, William Calderhead, Esq. mer- of his Majesty's 1st Regiment of Guards. chant, formerly of Virginia.

- At Brighton, Thomas Smith, Esq. one of 6. At Edinburgh, James Kennedy Heriot, aged the Aldermen of the city of London. 17, only son of the late James Heriot, Esq. of the 19. In Montagu Square, London, Sir Charles Hon. East India Company's service.

Warwick Bampfylde, Bart. - At Greenock, Mrs Greig, wife of Captain - At Manse of Petercultre, Patrick, son of the John Greig, R.N.

late Mr Patrick Stirling, writer in Dumblane. - At Lauriston Place, Mrs Alexander, wife of 20. At Montrose, Miss Elizabeth Jolly, aged 73. Thomas Alexander, Esq. surgeon.

21. At Ayr, John Taylor, Esq. of Blackhouce. 7. At Turf-hills, Michael Henderson, Esq. of - At Fortrose, Captain William Baillie, 920 Turf-hills, convener of the county of Kinross, in Regiment. the 80th year of his age.

- At the house of Mrs Evatt, on the East Hill, - At Peebles, Mrs Marion Davidson, wife of Wandsworth, Charles Warren, Esq. of Constituthe Rev. Duncan Stalker.

tion-row, Gray's Inn-road, an eminent engraver. 8. At Glasgow, Mrs Hutcheson, relict of David He was conversing cheerfully a moment previous ; Hutcheson, Esq. Sheriff-Substitute of Renfrew- fell on his desk, and instantly expired. shire.

21. At Edinburgh, Douglas, daughter of Mr - At St Andrews, Robert Meldrum, Esq. late Robert Ainslie, W.s. after an illness of only two Provost of that city.

days; and on the 30th, John, his fifth and last - In Albemarle Street, London, Charles Chis surviving son. holme, Esq. of Chisholme, in the county of Rox. - In Broughton Street, Edinburgh, Mrs Henburgh.

rietta Fullerton. At Haddington, Mrs Barbara Henderson, - At London, Peter Macnaughton, Esq. Maaged 84, relict of William Marshall, Esq. Chilling- nager for the Leith and Glasgow Shipping Comham Barns, Northumberland.

pany. 9. At Edinburgh, Mrs Katherine Manson, re- 92. At London, A. Arrowsmith, Esq. the celelict of Mr John Innes, Woodhall.

brated geographer, whose fame as a constructor of - At Brompton, aged 19, Elizabeth, youngest maps and charts is well known. daughter of Sir James Mackintosh.

Mr John Somervaill, merchant, Leith, aged At 69, Queen Street, Margaret Ann, young

72. est daughter of Francis Walker, Esq.

At London, General Richard Grenville, in At Headwell, near Dunfermline, William the 80th year of his age. Campbell, Esq. in the 13d year of his age.

23. At London, Joseph Nollekins, Esq. R.A. in Eliza, fourth daughter of the late Mr Wil- the 86th year of his age. liam Dickie, Secretary to the Caledonian Insur- - At Doonholm, John Hunter, of Bonytoun, ance Company.

Esq. 10. In Elder Street, Mr Alexander Davidson, At his house, West Nicholson Street, Mr late surveyor of taxes.

John Watt, tobacconist. - At London, Lieut.-Colonel David Lumsden, - At London, Charles Grant, Esq. youngest late in the Hon. East India Company's Service. brother of the Right Hon. Sir William Grant.

- At Dunfermline, the Rev. James Macfar- 24. At No. 3, Gayfield Place, Mrs Janet Wight. lane, in the 6th year of his age, and 39th of his - At her house, in Park Street, London, in the ministry.

88th year of her age, Katherine, Countess Dow. 11. At Edinburgh, John Macdonald, Esq. late ager of Morton, widow of Sholto Charles, late of Kintyre, Berbice.

Earl of Morton. Her Ladyship was daughter of 12. Ai Inverness, Matthew Townsend Bethune, the Hon. John Hamilton, and grand-daughter of Esq. M.D. surgeon.

Charles, Earl of Haddington. At her seat in Wales, the Right Hon. Diana - At Brahan Castle, the Hon. Caroline Eliza Baroness Barham, wife of Sir Gerard Noel, Bart. Mackenzie, third daughter of the late Lord SeaM.P.

forth. - At Lockerbie, Mr John Haliday, surgeon. - At Leith, Mrs Hutchinson, wife of Mr Tho

- At Inverness, James Cochrane, Esq. Collec- mas Hutchinson, timber-merchant there. tor of Excise.

25. At his seat in Himley-hall, Staffordshire, 13. At his house, 57, Prince's Street, Edinburgh, William Viscount Dudley and Ward, in the 74th Mr Thomas Duncan.

year of his age. At his house, Commercial Road, London, - At Halrule, Alexander Wilson, only son of William Drysdale, Esq. of the India House. John Wilson, Esq. of Halrule.

- At Chelsea, William Henry Moseley, M.D. 26. At 9, Hill Street, Mr David Tennant, for many years physician to his Majesty's forces in merly of the Academy, Ayr. Egypt, the Península, &c.

Lately, At Manchester, Mr R. Mallilieu. He At the Manse of Luss, Mrs Isabella Lyle, was with some friends at a tavern, and died on his wife of the Rev. Robert Carr, and on the 12th chair, in the midst of a violent fit of laughter, extheir infant son.

cited by the relation of a droll Irish anecdote. 14. In St James's Square, Mr John Fraser, - At Paris, Alexander, youngest son of the teacher.

Hon. L. G. E. Murray, youngest brother of the - At Maybole, the Rev. Charles Logan, mi- present Earl of Dunmore. nister of that parish.

At his house, Charing Cross, London, Charles - At Courtown House, the Countess of Cour. Drummond, Esq. banker. town. Her Ladyship was the daughter of the - At Liverpool, Mr John Horrocks, whose Duke of Buccleugh, by Mary, the present Duch- charitable disposition was unbounded, and who, ess of Buccleugh,

and co-heiress of the late Duke in the course of seventeen years, bestowed upof Montague.

wards of L.3000 on the Blue Coat School. 15. In Queen Street, Louis Charles, youngest - At Blackbum, Mary and Elizabeth, daughson of L. H. Ferrier, Esq.

ters of Mr T. Tomlinson. The eldest daughter - Mrs Charlotte Helen Cumming, relict of Pel- being unwell, her mother intended to administer ham Maitland, Esq.

magnesia, but it proved to be arsenục; and the - In South Audley Street, London, Captain younger daughter tasting it out of curiosity, both Keith Maxwell, R.N.

died in a few hours. 16. Mrs Agnes Lockhart, wife of Mr Archibald At Lochgilphead, John Maccallum, in the Ponton, Grove Street, Musselburgh.

106th year of his age. He enjoyed good health - At Edinburgh, Walter, youngest son of Mr from his infancy till within a few weeks of his William Cargill, wine merchant.

death, and, within these few years, he frequently 17. At St John's Well, parish of Fyvie, Mr walked to Inverary from Lochgilphead, and reGeorge Williamson.

turned the same day, a distance of 14 miles. 18. At Edinburgh, William Forbes, Esq. late - At Chester House, Colonel the Hon. Sir Rokeeper of the city's records.

bert Le Poer French, K.C.B. Lieutenant-Colonel - At Edinburgh, Major-General Archibald of the 74th Regiment, youngest son of the late Steuart, eldest son of David Steuart, Esq. of Steu- Lord Clancarty. arthall.

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Deaths, Judgments, and Providences. One of those judgments that have neighbour took these steps only for thie made the deepest impression on the purpose of inducing his debtor's friends shepherds' minds for a century bygone, to come forward and support him. seems to have been the fate of Mr Adam- It happened one day about this peson, who was tenant in Laverhope for riod, that a thoughtless boy belonging the space of twenty-seven years. That to Irvine's farm .dogged Adamson's incident stands in the calendar as an cattle in a way that gave great offence æra from whence to date summer to their owner, on which the two farmfloods, water spouts, hail and thunder- ers differed, and some hard recriminastorms, &c; and appears from tradi- ting words and terms passed between tion to have been attended with some them. The next day Irvine was seized awful circumstances, expressive of di- and thrown into jail, and shortly after vine vengeance. This Adamson is re- his effects were poinded, and sold by presented, as having been a man of an auction for ready money. They were ungovernable temper-of irritability consequently thrown away, as the so extreme, that no person could be neighbours, not having been forewarnfor a moment eertain to what excessesed of such an event, were wholly unhe might be hurried. He was other- provided with ready money, and unable wise accounted a good and upright to purchase at any price. Mrs Irvine man, and a sincere christian; but in came to the enraged creditor with a child these outbreakings of temper he often in her arms, and begged and implored committed acts of cruelty and injustice, of him to put off the sale for a month, for which any good man ought to have that she might try amongst her friends been ashameil. Among other qualities, what could be done to prevent a wreck he had an obliging turn of disposition, so irretrievable. He was on the very there being few men to whom a poor point of yielding, but some bitter rea man would sooner have applied in a miniseences comingover his mind at the strait. Accordingly, he had been in moment, stimulated his spleen against the habit of assisting a poorer neigh- her husband, and the sale was ordered bour of his with a little credit for to go on. William Carrudders of many years. This man's name was Ir. Grindiston heard the following diavine, and though he had a number of logue between them, and he said that rich relations, he was never out of dif- his heart almost trembled within him, ficulties. Adamson, out of some whim, for Mrs Irvine was a violent woman, or caprice, sued this poor farmer for a and her eloquenee did more evil than few hundred merks, taking legal steps good. against him, even to the very last mea- “ Are ye really gaun to act the part sures short of poinding and imprison- of a devil the day, Mr Adamson, an' ment. Irvine paid little attention to turn me and thae bairns out to the bare this, taking it for granted that his high-road, helpless as we are? Oh, man, Vol. XIII.

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