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Callum, J. Auchenblae, merchant; by D. Wyllie, merchant, Montrose, 18th December Hutchison, J. jun. Haddington, cattle-dealer; in the Sheriff-clerk's office there, 19th December Maclellan, W. and Co. Crossmichael and Kirkcudbright, timber-merchants; by S. Maccaul, merchant, Kirkcudbright, 26th November

Miller, Jas. Glasgow, merchant; by R. Aitken, merchant there, 5th December

Primerose, G. partner of Stewart, Primerose, and Co. Leith, merchants; by P. Borthwick, merchant there, 18th December

Webster and Finlay, Montrose, merchants; b C. Barclay, merchant there, 224 December.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

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October 6. At Corfu, the lady of the Hon. Colonel Patrick Stuart, a son.

9. In Upper Harley Street, London, Mrs Stuart, a daughter.

16. At Hatton Castie, the lady of Garden Duff, Esq. a son.

26. At Tunbridge, the lady of the Rev. Charles Hardinge, a daughter.

31. At Ruchill, Mrs Maclean, younger of Coll, a daughter.

November 4. Mrs Robert Yuille, Madeira Court, Glasgow, a son.

5. At Maxpoffie, Mrs Scott, younger of Raeburn, a Son.

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In Heriot Row, Edinburgh, the lady of Sir James Douglas, K. C. B. a son. 8. At Stevenson, the lady of Sir John Gordon Sinclair, Bart. a daughter.

10. At his Grace's seat, Chevely, near Newmarket, her Grace the Duchess of Rutland, a son.

11. At Broughty Ferry, the lady of Sir William Wiseman, Bart. a daughter.

12. At Bath, the lady of Captain Buckle, R. N. a son.

13. At Dulwich, in Surrey, the lady of Sir Robert Graham, Bart. a son.

14. At Kensington, the lady of Captain Spence, R. N. a daughter.

At Houghton, Yorkshire, the lady of the Hon. Charles Langdale, a daughter. 15. The lady of Major-General Need, a

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16. At Content House, near Ayr, the lady of Captain Archibald Fullarton, a daughter.

At Edinburgh, the lady of Captain Stedman, a daughter.

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At Littleton, in Middlesex, the Right Hon. Lady Caroline Wood, a son.

22. At his residence in Albemarle Street, London, the lady of Sir W. Adams, a daughter.

23. The Countess of Abingdon, a son. -At Edinburgh, Mrs Greig of Hallgreig, a daughter.

25. In Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, Mrs Tytler of Woodhouselee, a daughter.

26. In Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere, a daughter. Lately-At Lisbon, the lady of Brigadier-General Sir John Campbell, a daughter.

The lady of J. D. Alexander, Esq. of Hanover Square, London, a son and heir.

MARRIAGES.

September 13. At the British Ambassa dor's in Paris, Captain Acton of the cavalry lancers, son to General Acton, and nephew of the late Sir John Acton, Bart. of Aldenham, Shropshire, to Charlotte, the only daughter of Dr Clugston, late of Bombay.

October 7. At Mount Pleasant, in the King's County, the Earl of Desart, to Catherine, eldest daughter of Maurice N. O'Connor, Esq.

20. At Glasgow, Mr James Corbett, merchant, eldest son of James Corbett, Porterfield, Esq. to Mary, only daughter of the late William Moncrieff, Esq. of the Honourable East India Company's ser

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28. At Fortrose, Donald Charles Cameron, Esq. of Berbice, to Elizabeth Fraser Mathison, daughter of Colin Mathison, Esq. of Bennet's Field, Ross-shire.

November 1. At Tarbet House, John Buckle, Esq. of Sussex, to Miss Hay Mackenzie, eldest daughter of the late Edward Hay Mackenzie, Esq. of Newhall and Cromarty.

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12. At Kilmarnock, John Craufurd, Esq. of Gilknock-hall, Jamaica, to Miss Frances Gordon, daughter of the late John Gordon, Esq. of Carleton.

13. At Gretna Green, Lieutenant Rowland Pennington, late of the 5th foot, to Georgiana, only daughter of Dymoke Wells, Esq. of Grebby Hall, Lincolnshire.

14. At Culzean Castle, Lord Viscount Kinnaird, son of the Earl of Newburgh, to Lady Margaret Kennedy, third daughter of the Earl of Cassillis.

16. At Downpatrick, Ireland, David Thomas, Esq. 92d, or Gordon Highlanders, to Miss Caldos, daughter of Captain Caldos, Donegal militia.

John Hunter, Esq. of Upper Halloway, Middlesex, to Jessie, daughter of John Young, Esq. of Bellwood.

25. At Edinburgh, Captain F. Thomas Hutchinson, of the East India Company's military service in Bengal, to Miss Isabella Mitchelson, third daughter of the late Archibald Hepburn Mitchelson, Esq. of Mid

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May 1. At Travancore, India, in the year of his age, Captain Thomas Arthur, of the engineer corps, Madras establishment, son of the Rev. Mr Arthur, Risolis, Ross-shire. Captain Arthur began his military career under General Harris, in the memorable campaign of 1799, and was one of the party which that year stormed Seringapatam. After the consequent conquest of Mysore, he was one of those selected to make a survey of the conquered country, which occupied him several years. While engaged in this undertaking, he was one day on a high hill nearly surprised by a royal tiger; but the ani

mal being, for the time, scared away, Captain Arthur soon after went in pursuit of the monster, whom he found and killed in the most cool and daring manner, without any assistance-a sepoy and native who accompanied him, having fled, on seeing the animal advance open-mouthed, and with hideous roaring. In the course of his survey, he discovered a copper mine, from which great expectations have been entertained. Captain Arthur remained in India after the year 1799 till his death; bore his share in the different wars which have since taken place there; and his name appeared more than once in the general orders issued by the Governor-General, thanking the army for their gallant exertions.

June 13. At Kakundy, on the Rio Nunez, in Upper Guinea, on his return from the interior of Africa, Captain Thomas Campbell, of the royal staff corps, then commanding the expedition intended to explore the course of the Niger. This vaÎuable officer, from whose talents, zeal, and eminent acquirements, much was to have been expected, fell a sacrifice to the severity of a tropical climate, and to the fatigue, anxiety, and privation to which the whole of his party had for some time been exposed. The expedition was intended, in some degree, to trace the route of the lamented Park, proceeding by the shortest course from the coast, across the mountains of Kong, and keeping southward of the Moorish population to the upper part of the Joliba or Niger, and thence descending that river to form a junction with the maritime expedition which had previously entered the Congo. The command had originally been entrusted to Major Peddie, an officer of enterprise, but who, unfortunately, fell ill, and died on the 1st of January 1817, ere the party left the river Nunezand about the same time the expedition lost a valuable officer in Lieutenant Macrae, who had joined only a few days. Captain Campbell afterwards proceeded by land about 150 miles farther into the interior, to the river Panyetta, and near the mountains. The King of Teembo, in whose territories they were, was then at war with the Tendoo country, and declined granting permission for them to proceed farther, at least until the end of the campaign. In the mean time, the rainy season set in, and Captain Campbell having lost many of his companions, and the greater part of his beasts of burden, found it equally impossible to remain or to proceed. He resolved, therefore, to retrace his steps to the coast, and, after undergoing great privations, ar rived at Kakundy on the 8th of June, and collected vessels for transporting his men to Sierra Leone, until the expedition should be refitted, and a more favourable oppor tunity should permit its prosecution. He was not, however, destined to fulfil this in

tention. The severity of his sufferings had reduced his frame to a state of extreme debility, and the disappointment of his hopes had deeply preyed upon his mind. On the 10th of June he was taken ill, and confined to bed, and on the 13th he expired.-Captain Campbell was a native of Caithness. He resided for many years in Dublin, of which city an excellent map, from actual survey, was made by him. To his friends he was endeared by the mildness of his manners, and unassuming merits,--and from the pains he had taken to qualify himself in every way for the task he had undertaken, they confidently looked forward to his distinguishing himself in the elucidation of African geography.

July 24. At sea, on his passage from Demerara to Quebec, at the age of 24 years, Lieutenant Robert Mackenzie, of the 60th regiment, third son of Gilbert Mackenzie, late at Invershin, now at Rearchar, Sutherlandshire.

August 7. At Jamaica, in the 19th year of his age, Mr George Campbell, eldest son of the Rev. Dr Campbell, minister of Ancrum.

17. At Constantinople, Isaac Morier, Esq. his Majesty's Consul-General in the Turkish dominions.

September 12. At the Cape of Good Hope, Mr Thomas Sheridan. He has left a widow and several children, two of whom are now at the Cape, and, we believe, were born there. He was one of the pupils of the venerable Dr Parr, from whose tuition he proceeded to Cambridge. For a short time he served in the army, and was with the Earl of Moira, as his Aid-de-Camp in Scotland, when he formed an attachment to the lady he has now left, the daughter of a Scotch gentleman of the name of Callender. Either immediately before, or soon after his death, Mrs Sheridan broke a blood vessel, but was recovering when our account came away. The situation held by Mr Sheridan is that of Colonial Paymaster, the duties of which are very slight, and the emoluments one thousand pounds a year. Although the state of his health prevented him sharing, in the usual way, the luxuries of the table, his convivial faculties were as popular at the Cape as those of his father were in England, and his house was frequented by parties from the garrison and the civil department. He was the son of Richard Brinsley Sheridan by his first wife, the daughter of Mr Linley, and was the only child of that marriage. Thus, in little more than a year, have fallen three members of the same family, all well known to the world the orator, the widow, and his

son.

September 19. At Nassau, New Providence, the Rev. Hugh Macfarlane, M. D. minister of the Presbyterian church of St Andrew in that town. He arrived in the

month of June last, and his demeanour there fully justified the recommendation which he brought, that of "an able, an evangelical, and conscientious minister."

October 2.-At Crieff, John Murray, Esq. Laird of Ardbenie, in Perthshire, a Justice of Peace for the county, Lieutenant of his Majesty's Fleet, and Marine Surveyor to the Right Hon. Board of Admiralty. During a long and valuable service, this excellent officer made some important discoveries on the coast of New Holland, and surveyed and drew plans of the principal harbours of the kingdom.

4. At Bath, the Lady of Sir Robert Kingsmill of Sidmonton House, in the county of Southampton, Bart.

9. At Annan, Mr John Lawson, merchant, one of the magistrates of that town.

15. At Soleure, on the 15th ult. the brave, disinterested, and virtuous Kosciusko. A singular felicity of reputation has ever attended this admirable citizen and warrior. In the cause of genuine liberty he fought against injustice, and shamed both the tyrants and Jacobins of the age. In his days of power, at the head of armies that adored his name, no false glory dazzled him, nor corrupt ambition could betray him. He nobly resisted the foreign potentates who had laid waste his country, not because they were kings and emperors, but because they were invaders and oppressors. He combated with no rebellious sword-for no ambiguous object. When Poland lost her independence, Kosciusko lost his home as she sunk he rose; but not upon her ruins. The Court of Russia would have allured this illustrious defender of the people whom she had subjugated, by temptations irresistible to vulgar minds; Bonaparte would have made him the flattered instrument of a spurious and hollow liberty to his countrymen; but Kosciusko saw that their lot was irretrievable, and his own he refused to change. As a soldier and a patriot, in public life and in retirement, his principles were untainted, and his name unsullied; the monarchs whom he opposed respected him; the factions who failed to seduce, forbore to slander him; and he would have been the Washington, had he not been the Wallace, of Poland.

21. In the 27th year of his age, of a typhus fever, which he caught whilst administering the pastoral offices of religion to one of his flock, the Rev. James Dorian, R. C. curate of Dundalk.

24. Dr Donald M'Askill, of the island of Eigg, who was unfortunately drowned, off that island. He was proceeding from Airsaig to Eigg, in a boat, along with the Rev. Mr Fraser, minister of the Small Isles, when, by the starting of a plank, the boat instantly sunk, and he and Mr Fraser, with two men, perished. Dr M'Askill was

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At Ayr, in her 73d year, Mrs Jacobina Aiken, relict of the late John Murdoch, Esq. Sheriff-Substitute of the county of Ayr.

At Ardrossan, Ayrshire, where she was for the benefit of her health, Janet Agnes Elizabeth, daughter of James Grierson of Dalgoner, Esq.

31. A few hours after the birth of a son and heir, the lady of Henry F. C. Cavendish, Esq. M. P.

At Edinburgh, Emilia M'George, relict of the Rev. Adam Gib, late minister of the Associate congregation, Edinburgh.

November 1. At his house in James's Square, Edinburgh, after a severe and lingering illness, aged 63, John Graham, Esq. historical painter, and for many years Master of the Trustees' Academy in this city. Mr Graham was originally apprentice to Mr Farquhar, an eminent coach painter in Edinburgh at that time, from whence he went to London, and was employed in his occupation of coach painter for many years. In the meantime, being admitted a student of the Royal Academy, the fine collection of casts from the antique, and the society of many young men who have since risen to eminence in the highest departments of the art, extended his views, and inspired his mind with the desire of prosecuting the more elevated walk of historical painting, which he subsequently followed with great success. About the year 1798, he was appointed Master of the Trustees' Academy, vacant by the death of Mr David Allan, which situation he has filled ever since, with great credit to himself and advantage to his pupils, and the arts of this country in general. This academy, which was originally founded to promote the mechanical arts and manufactures of the counfry, for the instruction in drawing of car

vers, painters, weavers, &c. became, on the accession of Mr Graham, a school of design. To this end the liberality of the Board of Trustees greatly contributed, by their procuring, at this time, for the use of the institution, a very magnificent set of casts from the antique, which is only surpassed in Britain by the collection of the Royal Academy of London. By this improvement in the condition of the academy, and the exertions of Mr Graham, the arts of the country have been carried to a greater pitch of excellence than they had ever attained before, and many young men who have received the rudiments of the art there, have since conferred, by their talents, the greatest honour on their country; of these, the names of Messrs Wilkie, the Burnets, and Allan, are already well known to the public. Mr Graham's principal works are, David instructing Solomon (in the possession of the Earl of Wemyss)—the Burial of General Fraser-two pictures for the Shakespeare Gallery, &c. He also executed many smaller works, and some portraits. His composition, though not remarkable for any striking originality of conception, is pure and chaste. In the distribution of his groupes in his large works, he was singularly fortunate. His drawing, though without the vigour and energy of the Florentine School, is correct: his draperies are large and finely cast; his colouring excellent, and his handling broad and masterly. The few portraits which he has left exhibit little of the beauty so conspicuous in his historical works. He also executed several pictures of lions, tygers, &c. from studies made from nature in the menagerie of the Tower, wherein he has exhibited these animals with great truth and force of expression. From the circumstances of Mr Graham's situation in early life, his educa tion was very limited, and his manners had little of the polish and courtly refinement which are necessary to give genuine worth its just estimation in the eyes of the world, and often give a currency even to mediocrity of talent, or laxity of principle. He was, however, friendly, honest, sincere, and independent, and highly regarded by those who knew his worth. To his pupils he was candid and communicative, and ever ready to give his advice. Since he settled in this city as Master of the Academy, the few works he has done can contribute little to his fame, as the apathy of the public towards the fine arts, particularly to the more dignified department of historical painting, afforded no stimulus for the exertion of his talents, and any thing he has executed since must rather be considered as filling up an idle hour, than done with the determination of exerting all his powers in its completion.

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At Edinburgh, Mrs Mary Honyman, relict of the Rev. Alexander Nicholson, minister of Thurso, in the 89th year of her age.

6. At Sandbed poor-house, Dumfriesshire, Ann Sim, aged 70. She was remarkable for her pedestrian powers, as she was often known to walk to Dumfries and back again, a distance of 50 miles, by midday of the day she set out; as also to Edinburgh, and return thence in the space of forty hours, though the distance travelled is 174 miles.

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John Tyrrell, Bart. of Heron, in the county of Essex, and only sister of the Countess of Arran.

12. At Edinburgh, aged 77, Mrs Lyall, relict of the late James Lyall, Esq. Provost of Montrose.

At Kilmalcolm manse, the Rev. John Brown, minister of that parish, in the 69th year of his age, and 30th of his ministry.

13. At Edinburgh, the Rev. John Young, late minister of the Associate congregation, Kincardine.

14. At the house of her father, Mr Coke of Norfolk, the Right Hon. the Countess of Albemarle. This most amiable lady has left her disconsolate husband with eleven children to lament her irreparable loss. Her Ladyship was the early friend of the lamented Princess Charlotte, and the shock to her feelings on receiving the intelligence of her Royal Highness's death, brought on premature labour, to which she fell a victim. At Oakfield, Argyllshire, John Macneil, Esq. of Gigha, in the 88th year of his age.

At Bushelhill, David Rochead, Esq. of Barnside, late writer in Haddington.

At London, Arthur Balfour, Esq. late Major in the service of the East India Company.

15. At London, Major-General William Macculloch, of the Honourable East India Company's Bengal army, in the 67th year of his age.

16. At Drumsheugh, William Walker, Esq. of Coats.

At Buntingford, Dr Robert Wood, youngest son of the late Dr Wood of Perth. 17. At Canterbury, in the 62d year of his age, Sir Robert Salusbury, Bart.

18. At Mauchline, Mr John Mair, in the 105th year of his age. To a masculine understanding, he united poignant wit, genuine humour, and a rare vivacity. As a teller of stories, he was almost without an equal. His mental energies and bodily strength continued unimpaired till shortly before his death. He was born in the parish of Galston, in March 1713, and had a commission, it is said, in the Train-bands, or Government Levy, in the year 1745.

19. At Windmill House, John Airth, Esq. merchant in Arbroath.

Suddenly, at Cumbernauld, Anne Hamilton, wife of the Rev. Professor George Hill.

At Glasgow, Mr John Macnee, merchant there.

At his house, in Newton, Ayr, Captain John Smith.

21. Suddenly, in Duke Street, Bristol, Elizabeth, the wife of Mr Thomas Hill. Her death was occasioned by her endeavouring to fasten a cup with crumbs in it, outside her bed-room window, for a robinred-breast, who paid constant attendance there for several weeks, and, over-reaching 3 т

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