BIRTHS.

Nov. 16. At Spencer Lodge, Surrey, the lady of Charles Adams, Esq. (and oldest daughter of Sir Lachlan Maclean, M. D.) of a daughter.

22 At Leghorn, the lady of Major-General Sir Patrick Ross, K.C. M.G. of a son.

27. At Darsham House, Suffolk, the lady of Major Purvis, of a daughter.

29. In Gower Street, London, the lady of Colonel O'Connell, of the 73d Regiment, of a son. Dec. 1. At Kelso Manse, Mrs Lundie, of a daughter.

-At Kilbride Castle, Lady Campbell, of a son. 3. At Ayr, the lady of William Fullarton of Skeldon, Esq. advocate, of a son.

-In Charlotte Square, Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere, of a daughter.

4. Mrs Sutherland, Leith Walk, of a son. 5. Mrs Ogilvie of Parconan, of a son.

7. At London, Lady Cochrane, of a daughter. 8. In Warwick Square, London, Mrs Newton, of a daughter.

-The Countess of Uxbridge, of a son and heir.

At the Governor's house, Plymouth, the right honourable Lady Elizabeth Pack, of a daughter.

13. At Rossie, Mrs Oliphant of Rossie, of a daughter.

14. At Cottesmore, Rutlandshire, Lady Lowther, of a son.

-At Mineral Street, St Bernard's, Mrs Alexander Stephen, of a daughter.

15. At Edinburgh, Mrs G. Moncrieff, of a daughter.

16. At 31, Heriot Row, Mrs Wedderburn, of a

heir.

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At Edinburgh, Lady Berridale, of a son and

At Edinburgh, Mrs David Murray, of a daughter.

Mrs James L. Huie, Infirmary Street, of a daughter.

At Woburn Abbey, the Duchess of Bedford, of a son.

17. In Somerset Street, Portman Square, London, the lady of Major Mackenzie of the Scots Greys, of a son.

18. At the Hague, the Countess of Athlone, of a daughter.

- At Douglas, the lady of Lieutenant Hood, formerly 38th, or Ayrshire militia, and late of the 91st regiment, of a daughter.

19. At Bath, the lady of Dr Bowie, of a son. -At Bellevue Crescent, Edinburgh, Mrs Crawford of Cartsburn, of a daughter.

20. At Campie, Mrs North Dalrymple was safely delivered of a daughter.

21. The lady of Captain George Stirling, of a daughter.

22. At Edinburgh, the lady of the late J. C. M'Leod, Esq. younger of Geanies, of a daughter. 23. At 18, Ann Street, St Bernard's, Mrs J. T. Goodsir, of a daughter.

26. Mrs Paterson, 4, Gayfield Square, of a son. -In Broughton Place, the lady of Major Martin, of a daughter.

27. The lady of Sir George Clerk, Bart. M. P.

of a son.

28. Mrs Robert Paul, No. 1, Howe Street, of a daughter.

At 31, Howe Street, Mrs Scott Moncrieff, of a daughter.

- At 19, New Street, Mrs Anderson, of a son. The infant survived but a few hours.

29. At Edinburgh, the Right Hon. Lady Ellinor Campbell, of a son and heir.

-In London Street, Mrs Joseph Gordon, of a daughter.

30. At 33, George Street, Mrs Hutchins, of a son, who only survived two hours.

Lately.-At Newcastle, county of Limerick, the lady of Lieutenant-Colonel Balfour, of a son.

MARRIAGES.

July 2. At Madras, Lieut.-Col. Marshal, paymaster at the Presidency, to Maria Letitia, daughter of Evelyn J. Gascoigne, Esq. Deputy Master Attendant.

16. At Cannanore, Captain W. Hardy, of the 7th regiment M. N. I. to Jane, only daughter of the late J. Hunter, Esq. surgeon, R. N.

Nov. 26. At Peterhead, Andrew Sims, Esq. Lieut. R. N. to Mary Anne, second daughter of the Right Rev. Bishop Tory, Peterhead.

At Largs, Robert Baine, Esq. Greenock, to Mrs Morris, widow of the late Hugh Morris, Esq. Glasgow.

27. At Sudbury, Suffolk, John Eaton, Esq. banker, Shrewsbury, to Mary, second daughter of Sir Lauchlan Maclean, M. D. of the former place.

Dec. 3. At Edinburgh, Mr Smith Glen, Mains, Linlithgow, to Agnes, only daughter of the late James Smellie, Esq. of Lochend.

4. At London, Edward Stanley, Esq. of Ponsonby Hall, Cumberland, to Mary, second daughter of the late William Douglas, Esq. formerly Judge of the Court of Adawlat at Dacca, in the Hon. East India Company's service at Bengal.

6. In Mr Oman's hotel, Edinburgh, Thomas Mather, factor to the Right Hon. William Adam, Lord Chief Commissioner, to Sarah Maria Easty, second daughter of the late Mr James Easty, Southampton Street, London.

7. At Edinburgh, Mr Paterson, pianoforte maker, to Miss Josenhina Lawrie, youngest daughter of the late Mr John Stirling, merchant, Edinburgh.

10. At Barnsmuir, the Rev. James Brown, minister of Kilrenny, to Annę, youngest daughter of the late Captain Ranken, 46th regiment,

At her father's house, Henry Salmon, Esq. banker, Falkirk, to Miss Christina, youngest daughter of George Morgan Esq. Kirkaldy.

11. At Paisley, William Hart, Esq. writer, to Marion, second daughter of Mr John Adam, Paisley.

Mr George Gray, merchant, Dalkeith, to Isobel, eldest daughter of Mr James Murray, Tra

nent.

13. At St Mary's, Shrewsbury, Captain James Arthur Murray, R. N. son of the late Right Hon. Lord William Murray, and nephew to his Grace the Duke of Athol, to Harriet, youngest daughter of the late William Coupland, Esq. of that town.[

14. David Scott, Esq. W. S. to Theodosea, youngest daughter of Robert Anderson, Esq. Broughton Place.

17. At Aberdeen, the Rev. Patrick Forbes, D.D. Professor of Humanity, Chemistry, and Natural History, in the King's College, and one of the ministers of Old Mahar, to Mary, second daughter of the Rev. Dr Glennie, Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic, in the Marischal College, and one of the ministers of Aberdeen.

Captain James Pearson, of the East India Company's Service, to Agnes, youngest daughter of the deceased William Richardson, Esq. late of Keithock.

At Parklee, Robert Welsh, Esq. writer, Edinburgh, to Mary, youngest daughter of John May, Esq. Parklee.

At Lyndhurst, the Rev. C. W. Wodehouse, to Lady Jane Hay, sister to the Earl of Errol. 18. At Eling, Hants, Robert Aitchison Esq. Captain Royal Navy, to Eliza, daughter of the late Matthew Monro, Esq. of the Island of Grenada.

vice of his Most Faithful Majesty, to Ann Rosetta, fourth daughter of the late William Thoyts, of Sulhamstead House, Berkshire.

21. Mr William Jamieson, merchant, to Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Mr William Robertson, upholsterer and auctioneer in Edinburgh.

-At Mrs Hume's, Mr Dunn, teacher of English, Hillhousefield Academy, to Miss Hume.

22. John Lucius Charles Van Baerle, Esq. to Caroline, daughter of Sir Thomas Hislop, Bart.

24. At Stockbridge, William, son of Mr John Lauder, Silvermills, to Barbara, daughter of Mr Gavin Beugo, Stockbridge.

27. At Westfield, Charles Grace, Esq. writer, St Andrews, to Alison, second daughter of Alexander Forbes, Esq. of Westfield.

At Garvamore, Mr A. N. Carmichael, of the Royal Academy, Inverness, to Mary, youngest daughter of Mr John M'Donald, Badenoch.

31. At Glasgow, Mr Robert Muirhead, merchant, to Mary, only daughter of the late Mr D. Marquis, Lorn.

Lately. Mr George Clark, bookseller, Aberdeen, to Miss Helen Thomson, Dundas Street, Edinburgh.

DEATHS.

Feb. 18, 1821. At Wick, John Macleay, Esq. of Keiss, much and justly regretted.

June 19. At Madras, Mrs Lucy Jamieson, wife of Dr William Bruce.

Captain James Scott, of the British Legion in the Columbian service, and youngest son of the late Rev. John Scott, of Kilclaven, Perthshire, was killed on the 24th of June last, in the decisive battle of Carabobo, in South America.

July 17. At Valencia, in South America, of the wounds received on the 24th June, in the battle of Carabobo, Thomas Ilderton Ferriar, Esq. eldest son of the late Dr Ferriar, of Manchester, Colonel in the Columbian service, and Adjutant-General of the army of Apure.

20. At Negapatam, East Indies, of fever, aged 21 years, Alexander Arthur Duff, Esq. younger of Muirtown, of the royal regiment of foot.

24. At Trichinpoly, Madras establishment, of the cholera morbus, Lieutenant William Innes Orrok, of his Majesty's Royal Scots, son of the deceased John Orrok, Esq. of Orrok.

27. At Batavia, Mr William Leslie, aged 56; and on the 9th Dec. at Boghall, Mr Andrew Leslie, farmer there, aged 33-sons of the late William Leslie, Kingsbarns.

Aug. 7. At Arcot, William Cairo Lockhart, Lieutenant in the 8th Madras Cavalry, son of the deceased Major-General William Lockhart, of his Majesty's service.

Sept. 13. At Hall Head Estate, Jamaica, Andrew Graham Sievwright, third son of Mr Sievwright, Arniston Place.

15. At Dover, on her journey home from Sclessin, near Liege, Miss Delicia Taylor Sutherland, aged 16, only daughter of Dr Sutherland, of Belmont Street, Aberdeen. She was affectionate and dutiful; lovely, amiable, and accomplished. Her premature death is a deep affliction to her parents, by whom she was tenderly beloved; and who will ever cherish her memory with the most affectionate attachment.

20. In Spanish Town, Jamaica, a negro woman, named Mary Goodsall, aged 120 years.

Oct. 22. In the Island of Jamaica, Mr Alexander Murray, son of the Rev. Andrew Murray, minister of Auchterderran, Fifeshire.

Nov. 7. At St John's, Newfoundland, Mrs Cross. 10. At Malta, Ensign Hesse Maxwell Gordon, of the 85th regiment.

12. At the Manse of Rathven, the Rev. George Donaldson, minister of that parish, in the 79th year of his age, and 42d of his ministry.

22. At his house, Lothian Road, Edinburgh, John Spalding

25. At Dundee, in the 67th year of her age, Miss Catherine Sandiman, youngest daughter of Mr David Sandiman, late merchant in Dundee. In the short space of eight months and five days, a son and three daughters, his whole remaining children, have been removed from this transitory life-an instance of mortality in one family rarely occurring.

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27. At Dover, on her way from Canada to France, for the benefit of her health, Euphemia Ludin, wife of Deputy Assistant Commissary-General Maclean.

At Edinburgh, Mr Luke Fraser, late one of the masters of the High School of this city, aged. 85 years.

28. After a severe and lingering illness, Mrs Fraser, wife of Thomas Fraser, Esq. of Woodcotthouse, near Reading, and of Banniskirk, in the county of Caithness, who served during last year as High Sheriff for Oxfordshire.

-At Mr Thomson's house, 21, Broughton Street, Edinburgh, Mr Robert Smith, Thornhill, near Falkirk.

29. At her house, Leith Walk, Mrs Jane Richie, relict of the late Captain John Roberts of Carronflatts.

30. At Dalyell Lodge, John Dalyell, Esq. of Lingo.

- At Bankfoot, Mrs Jane Hay, relict of the deceased Alexander Robertson, Esq. one of the Principal Clerks of Session.

Dec. 1. At her house, No. 60, Queen Street, Mrs Anne Dunlop.

At Clifton, after a lingering illness, Lieut.General John Lee.

2. At her house, in Dundas Street, Miss Janet Macfarlan, eldest daughter of the late William Macfarlan of Macfarlan, Esq.

-At Edinburgh, Charles Hamilton, of Fairholm, Esq. aged 55.

At Douglas, Mrs Hawthorn Thomson, relict of the Rev. William M'Cubbin, minister there. -At Cholmondeley House, Piccadilly, Colonel Seymour, son-in-law of the Marquis of Cholmondeley.

-At Philpstoun, Miss Catherine Keir, eldest daughter of the late William Keir, Esq. Milnholm.

3. At her house in Gloucester Place, London, Mrs Fitzgerald, widow of the late Lieut.-Colonel Fitzgerald, of the Life Guards, who fell at Waterloo.

-At his house, in Upper Cadogan Place, London, Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Hamilton, aged 33 years, eighteen of which had been devoted to the service of the army, most of them in foreign climates, and scarcely one in his own country.

4. At his house, at Stratford, the Right Hon. Lord Henniker, LL.D. F. R. S.

each of the four following institutions:-The Magdalen Chapel; the Royal Infirmary; the Trades' Maiden Hospital, and the Charity Workhouse.

10. After a short but severe illness, Mr James Currie, farmer, Halkerstone.

11. At Leith, Mrs Ann Richlet, wife of Mr John Hutchinson, merchant there.

- At Moray Street, Leith Walk, Mrs Knox, late of Firth.

At Greenock, in the 20th year of her age, Miss Christian Weddell.

At Arbroath, Miss Gleig, daughter of the Rev. George Gleig, minister there.

Miss Barbara Moir, eldest daughter of Andrew Moir, Esq. late of Otterburn.

12. At Hermitage Place, Leith, Lieut.-Colonel Lauriston, of the Honourable East India Company's Service.

At Brighton, Phoebe Hassel, aged 111 years. His Majesty had, for the last seven or eight years, allowed the deceased 10s. 6d. a-week.

-At Graycraig, Fifeshire, Lieut.-Colonel Andrew Bethune, of the Honourable East India Company's Service.

-At Burntisland, Mrs Helen Simpson, wife of William Young, Esq. distiller.

13. At Belfield, in the 77th year of her age, Mrs Margaret White, relict of Mr James Stalker.

-At Lisbon, Dr Wynne, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and formerly Surgeon to the Chester Infirmary.

14. At Penrith, R. Story, Esq. M.D. in the 83d year of his age.

-At Down, near Dunbar, Mr John Skirving, late farmer, Westfield, at the advanced age of 90.

- At Edinburgh, Mrs Carruthers, relict of the late John Carruthers, Esq. of Holmains, and daughter of Sir Robert Lawrie, Bart. of Maxwelton.

-At her house, in Castle Street, Miss Margaret Maxwell, daughter of the late Sir William Maxwell, of Calderwood, Bart.

15. At No. 9, North St David Street, Isabella M'Limont, wife of John S. Ramsay, M.D.

At Yardheads, Leith, Matthew Combe, Esq. brewer.

At Echt-house, Sir Harry Niven Lumsden, of Auchindoir, Bart.

16. At Lessendrum, Maurice George Disset, Esq. of Knighton, in the Isle of Wight, and Lessendrum, Aberdeenshire.

-At Broughty Ferry, near Dundee, Mrs Horsley, wife of the Rev. Heneage Horsley, Episcopal clergyman, Dundee.

At Castlemilk, Lady Stuart, widow of Sir John Stuart of Castlemilk, Bart.

-At Woodside, near Hamilton, Mrs Dykes, relict of John Dykes, Esq. of Woodside.

17. At the Chateau of Epine, near Paris, the Countess of Lisburne.

-At his seat at Daly's Town, in the county of Galway, the Right Hon. Denis Bowes, Daly, upwards of 40 years M.P. for the county of Galway. - At his house, Musselburgh, William Scott, aged 70.

18. At Mount Lodge, Portobello, Colonel Francis James Scott.

At his house, No. 25, Potterrow, Alexander Ketchen, baker.

19. At Edinburgh, Mrs Elizabeth Salter, wife of James Murdoch.

20. At Whitehill, New Deer, the Rev. John Bunyan, minister of the United Associate Congregation.

At St Andrews, in the 57th year of her age, Miss Elizabeth Stevenson, sister of David Stevenson, Esq. formerly of London.

After a short illness, Mr Daniel M'Intosh, formerly grocer in Edinburgh.

21. At Stirling, Mrs Forman, wife of Mr Forman, bookseller.

22. At St Ann's Hill, near Liverpool, aged 21 years, Jane, second daughter of Gilbert Henderson, Esq.

At the Manse of Crieff, Mr John Gregory, late of Edinburgh, in his 85th year.

-At Edinburgh, in the 62d year of his age, Thomas Henderson, Esq. the City Chamberlain. The death of this respectable individual has terminated a career of much public usefulness and great personal integrity. Mr Henderson for many years filled various departments in the Magistracy and Council of this city; he was for some period Treasurer to Heriot's Hospital, and, we believe, about twelve years Chamberlain and Manager of the City Revenues of Edinburgh, an office attended with much anxiety, care, and responsibility. In all the situations which he occupied, we think we only speak the public feeling, when we say that he filled them with fidelity. In his official duties, he was firm and decisive, while to all he was easy of access, kind, and affable. In private life, those who knew him, were well acquainted with the pious feelings of his heart, and general benevo lence of his character.

At Tulliallan Manse, the Rev. David Simson, in the 82d year of his age. During his long life, he enjoyed uninterrupted good health; and, until within three days of his death, was never prevented by indisposition from performing all his ministerial duties. His amiable simplicity of manners, his kind and affectionate dispositions, his inflexible integrity, and exemplary piety, endeared him to his family and parishioners, whilst his character as a man, a Christian, and a divine, will be long remembered by those who had the pleasure of his acquaintance.

-At Glasgow, Mr James Greenlees, late bookseller in that city.

23. At Lewisham, Major John Francis Fead, Royal Artillery.

24. At Edinburgh, Mr John Cochran, merchant there.

- In London, Mr Henry Beaumont, aged 35. - At Hastings, Mrs James Elphinstone, wife of Lieut.-Colonel Elphinstone.

25. In Pitt Street, Bonnington, near Leith, Mrs Lauder, relict of Bailie Lauder, Lauder, Berwickshire.

26. At York Place, David M'Farlan, youngest son of Mr William Williamson, writer.

-At Huntly, Mrs Isobel Grewer, relict of the late William Grewer, merchant in Huntly, aged 82 years.

28. At Witham, after an illness of a few hours, the very Rev. J. Jefferson, Archdeacon of Colches ter, Rector of Weeley, and Vicar of Witham, in the county of Essex.

50. At her house, in Berkeley Square, London, after a long and painful illness, Maria, Countess of Guilford, widow of Francis, late Earl of Guilford.

-At Ballewn, Strathblane, Archibald Edmonstone, Esq. of Spittal.

-At Doune, aged 11, Janet, second daughter of Mr James M'Farlane.

Lately. At Dacre Lodge, Herts, the Right Hon. Maria Margaret, Lady Napier, eldest daugh ter of the late Sir John Clavering, K.B.

-In French Street, Southampton, Mr F. Guion. He was at an early period of his life on the Edinburgh stage, and played the same characters as Mr Garrick was then performing in London, and with nearly as much eclat.

-At Saxe Greta, Andreas Romberg, the cele brated composer and violin player.

At Liverpool, Edward Simon, aged 104 years, and 22 days, a labourer in the Docks.

Ir is not an injustice to designate by the name of illegitimate genius, that power which has its foundation in temperament alone. This may seem merely an invidious distinction to those who mistake strong passions for great ones, and consider weak nerves and feverish blood to characterize the first order of men. But let us consider the developement and progress of the different kinds of intellect, and it will be manifest that the distinction is not arbitrary. The first step of a mind of superior organization is a consciousness of its powers-at times, but not always, a consciousness of its superiority: for the observation and self-reference that give birth to the latter, are generally excluded by the all-possess ing spirit, that is absorbed in its own contemplation. The restless ambition of early vanity is perhaps a mark of genius; but it is always of that middling rank which allows itself leisure for comparison with others, and which is destined to seek its reward in praise, not in the sublime content of its own possession:-Cowley and Pope displayed precocity, Milton and Shakespeare none. There is another distinction to be observed here, which is, that those whose talents are thus developed early, seldom possess the genius of temperament, but that of real capacity of mind, though not of the first rank. The genius of temperament is developed with the age of puberty; its appearance, powers, conversation, and productions before that period, give not the least promise. Of VOL. XI.

this class, to speak plainly, it is their physical feelings which first awaken and ferment their spirit, and which, too impetuous and too fickle to find satiety in external objects, turn inwards, and prey upon the mind. To these feelings solely their imagination seems to owe its birth; and to whatever grave or sublime speculations it is afterwards elevated, its tone, somehow or other, always betrays the baseness of its origin. In their most abstracted thoughts, or most generous enthusiasm, the original leaven is still seen breaking forth, to belie the specious purity of their declamation.

The consciousness which we have before mentioned, is the point of separation for the two kinds of genius. That of mind, after having explored its own feelings and principles, and become acquainted with its internal organization, passes on, out of itself, into the expansive regions of knowledge. That of temperament, enchanted with the task of self-contemplation, lingers there, and considers as the goal of its course, what the other regards but as the entrance. Like a child, it becomes enamoured of its playthings, and refuses to advance into maturity. Continually occupied in comparing one petty feeling with another, imagining scenes where it acts a part, and running over the catalogue of possibilities for a novel picture or sensation, it at length arrives at the profound discovery, that all is vanity, and that there is no pleasure in life. This is the sum of the philosophy of these sublime spi

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rits; and to turn it to the best advantage, they take care to proclaim it to the world daily in a thousand shapes -unbuckle their little truss of wisdom with a pedlar's importance, and palm their half-nonsense half-truism on the world by dint of emphasis and gesticulation.

In minds of genuine capacity, this mental egotism is of short duration. It is not excited by the senses, or supported in subservience to them, but prompted by the innate thirst of wisdom and truth. Conscious of "their great task-master's will," they do not live to contemplate alone, but to pro gress; nor do they listen to imagination, that subtle alchymist, that promises to convert the dregs of impurity into gold. The eye of mind is turned upon itself, not to seek a theme of pleasure or of pain, but to perfect an instrument of power to acquire the self-knowledge, the intuition, the judgment, to be employed on worthier and more remote objects. Beings that are so constituted, find in the exertion of intellect an adequate end and rewardtheir impulse is purely spiritual, their longings solely after truth. But the unfortunate children of temperament, who mistake the fretful irritability of their nerves for a yearning of soul, can find nothing in the intellectual world to content them. Vain and eager to pursue the paths of philosophy, in which the great of old have trod and been happy, they soon find that the climate does not suit them-that it is too rare, too unsubstantial for their earthly lungs. And ever after, with them, "virtue is but an empty name," religion nonsense, laws chains, men villains;

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by this means enabled to retain some sort of consistency. It is blended with beautiful images and sublime associaciations, that keep asunder, and at the same time connect, its jarring principles. All that is wanting to destroy the system, is some cunning hand to put it together, and represent it in one view. A kind of dictionary would do it to a nicety, even if confined to the works of the high-priest of the sect,— Rousseau. Let the word virtue, for instance, be chosen, and the different significations given, in which it is applied; the virtue (it is the very term J. Jacques uses) in which he and Madame de Warens lived-the virtue, as it is applied in what he calls his polemical works-and the virtue, which he applies to himself in his old days. In the first case, it stands for the most abominable and unspeakable debauchery; in the second, for an indefinite mixture of atheism and fanaticism; and in the last, for that impudence peculiar to himself, and which had its origin in cowardice. The only way to judge of them is by words, for distinct ideas they had none-their writings are, as Jean Jacques himself confesses, but le bavardage de la fievre. But we forestall.

It is Moore, we believe, who, in an elegant critique on Childe Harold, has asserted, and with justice, that the fame attendant on such writers, being for the most part personal, generally terminates with the life of the object. Notwithstanding the justice of his maxim, he has not been happy in illustrating the principle by the example of Rousseau, nor was he right in stating, that the controversy and the interest to which he gave birth, had subsided. During the ten years that elapsed between the death of that author and the Revolution, the enthusiasm for and against him was hourly increasing: every one knows the translation of his remains to the Pantheon, and the speech of Cambaceres over him. Morellet was near being brought to the guillotine, for having been suspected, wrongfully, of writing against him. Popular interest in his memory was not allowed to subside for a mo