BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. At Naples, in the beginning of January, the lady of John Cumming, Esq. of a son. Jan. 11. At Springfield Cottage, Alverstoke, Hants, the lady of Captain Charles Menzies, R. M. Artillery, of a son. 31. At Crook, near Stirling, Mrs Micking of Miltonis, of a son. Feb. 1. At Aberdour Manse, Mrs Dr Bryce, of a daughter. 2. At Enniskillen, the lady of Captain Anderson, 91st regiment, of a daughter. Mrs Johnstone, No. 1. George Street, of a son. 3. The lady of William Stothert, Esq. of Cargen, of a daughter. At her mother's house, North St David's Street, the lady of Captain George Simpson, E. I. S. of a son. 4. At Guernsey, the lady of Lieutenant-Colonel Kennedy, of a son. 5. At Havre, the lady of William Davidson, Esq. of a daughter. 7. At Leith, Mrs Evans, of a son. At 25, Forth Street, Mrs Alexander Brodie, of a son. 8. At Ettrick Bank, the lady of William Ogilvie, Esq. younger of Chesters, of a son. 9. At Dundee, the lady of John Maxwell, Esq. Tay Street, of a son. 10. At Perth, the lady of Anthony Maxtone, Esq. of Coltoquhey, of a daughter. 11. At Greenstead Hall, in Essex, the lady of Major Ord, royal artillery, of a daughter. At Edinburgh, the lady of Sir James Dalrymple, Bart. Park Place, of a son and heir. Mrs Macintosh of Raigmore, of a daughter. 12. At Mayne, the lady of Colonel Hay of Westerton, of a son. 14. At Edinburgh, the lady of J. G. Lockhart, Esq. of a son. a son. The lady of Major G. Cuningham, B. S. of 19. At South Richmond Street, Mrs Begg was sefely delivered of a boy and two girls; all of whom, with the mother, are doing well. - At Edinburgh, the lady of Captain Robertson, 88th regiment, of a daughter. 20. At 8, Maitland Street, Mrs Macalister of Balinakill, of a daughter. -In Crawford Street, London, the Lady of Alexander M'Innes, Esq. of the second regiment of Life Guards, of a daughter. 21. At St John's Street, Mrs Dallas, of a son. - At Great King Street, Mrs J. S. More, of a daughter. 22. At Lockerby House, the lady of Henry Douglas, Esq, of a son. 23. At Hope Park, Mrs Menzies, of a son. 24. Mrs James Campbell, Northumberland Street, of a daughter. 27. At Edinburgh, the lady of Major Menzies, 42d regiment, of a daughter. March 3. At Hopetoun-house, the Countess of Hopetoun, of a son. Lately. At 39, Northumberland Street, Mrs Mackenzie of Strathgarve, of a daughter. -At the Commercial Road, London, the lady of Captain Alexander Scott, of the Lady Lushington Indiaman, of a son. MARRIAGES. Jan. 5. At Bonjedward, James Jackson, merchant, Jedburgh, to Elizabeth, second daughter of Thomas Caverhill, Esq. 16. At Stornoway, Mr Thomas Thomson, R. N. to Miss Isabella Laing, daughter of the late Mr James Laing, conjunct Depute City Clerk of Edinburgh. 17. At Dudwick, Stewart Leith, Esq. to Jean, only daughter of Captain George Mar. 22. At Bruntisland, Mr John Archibald, merchant, Bruntisland, to Grace, daughter of the late Henry Murray, Esq. merchant, Edinburgh. 23. At Greenock, the Rev. William Ritchie Thomson, to Frances, eldest daughter of Mr John Rodger. 23. At Belfast, Mr Peter Cumming, merchant, Glasgow, to Eliza, eldest daughter of Mr James Craig, merchant, Glasgow. 24. Captain John Ross, of the honourable East India Company's service, to Miss Rose, eldest daughter of the Rev. Alexander Rose, one of the ministers of Inverness. 30. In Hill Street, William Moncrieff Taylor, Esq. of the 75th regiment, to Isabella, daughter of the late Thomas Armstrong, Esq. of Glasgow. 31. At Holm, Colonel J. F. Burgoyne, royal engineers, to Charlotte, youngest daughter of Colonel Rose of Holm. Feb. 2. In London, Lord Viscount Cranborne, son of the Marquis of Salisbury, to Miss Gas coyne. 6. Mr William A. Lawrie, to Harriet Oakley, youngest daughter of the late Robert Beatson of Kilry, Esq. At the Manse of Kirkpatrick-Juxta, the Rev. John Bennet, of Ettrick, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the Rev. Dr Singer. At Dover, Captain Robert Deans, of the royal navy. second son of the late Admiral Deans, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late Richard Clay, Esq. of Gloucester Place, London. 8. At Edinburgh, John Farrie, Esq. Greenock, to Helen, daughter of the late William M'Cormick, Esq. Dundas Street. At Aberdeen, Thomas Lumsden, Esq. of the East India Company's military service, on the Bengal establishment, to Miss Hay Burnett, youngest daughter of John Burnett, Esq. of Elrick. 10. At St George's, Hanover Square, London, William Frederick Chambers, M. D. to Mary, third daughter of the late William Mackinnon Fraser, M. D. of Lower Grosvenor Square, and of Balnain, Inverness-shire. 12. At Langley Park, Alexander Cruickshank, Esq. of Keithock, to Mary, youngest daughter of James Cruickshank, Fsq. of Langley Park. 19. At Prestonpans, Mr Robert Hislop, to Ann, second daughter of F. B. Sydserff, Esq. of Ruchlaw. 23. At Edinburgh, Alexander Burnet, A. M. Rector of the united schools of Jedburgh, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of the Rev. George Thomson of Melrose. - At Edinburgh, Mr William Steven, merchant, Edinburgh, to Ann, only daughter of the late William Stewart, Esq. of Perth. 24. At Morpeth, William Lawson, Esq. of Langhirst Brocks, county of Northumberland, to John Hester, only daughter of the late Mr Clark of Haddington. - At Perth, Mr Alexander Thomson, barony officer at Donvorist, Grandtully, to Grace, only daughter of Mr Donald Cameron, merchant in Aberfeldy. 26. At Glasgow, Joseph Ferrie, Esq. Blairtummock, to Agnes, daughter of the late John Cochran, Esq. Chapel, Fercneze. 27. At Edinburgh, Mr James White, surgeon, to Rachel, eldest daughter of the late Major James Douglas, Honourable East India Company's service. March 2. At Edinburgh, Andrew Fyfe, M. D. to Eliza, eldest daughter of Ambrose Charles, Esq. late wine merchant, London. Lately. By the right Rev. Bishop Low, the Rev. James Walker, to Miss Madeline Erskine. At Dublin, the Rev. James Carlile, of the Scots Church, Mary's Abbey, to Jane, youngest daughter of William Wren, Kendal. DEATHS. April 17, 1820. On board the honourable Company's ship, Castle Huntly, off the Cape of Good Hope, Lieutenant Alexander Chisholm Robertson, of his Majesty's 24th regiment. July 11. At Trincomalee, of cholera morbus, much respected and beloved, in his 18th year, Mr Thomas, a midshipman of the Leander, and eldest son of Sir George Thomas, Bart. Aug. 9. At sea, (during a voyage from Bombay to Calcutta,) Lieutenant Donald Norman M'Donald, 10th Madras native infantry, third son of Colonel Alexander M'Donald of Boisdale. Oct. 5. At Madras, Mr Robert Hunter Stuart, assistant garrison surgeon, eldest son of the late Mr Archibald Stuart, surgeon, Kelso. 24. At Kingston, Jamaica, Robert Fraser, son of Mr Fraser, teacher, 24, St James's Square, being the second son he has lost on that island in the short space of five months. Nov. 15. At Berbice, George Gordon, Esq. after an illness of a few days. Mr Gordon was president of the Court of Justice in Berbice. 17. At Barbadoes, of the yellow fever, Captain Thomas Roberts, of the royal engineers. 19. At Snowdon, Manchester, Jamaica, Dr Robert B. Wright, of Kensworth, in that island. Dec. 1. At Demerara, aged 21, Mr Thomas Dickson Goldie, sixth son of Mr James Goldie, Bonnyriggs. 10. At Demerara, Thomas Martin, Esq. merchant. 15. In Jamaica, Jonathan Forbes of Waterton, Master in Chancery, and Colonel of St Catherine's regiment. 26. At Campbelltown, Mrs Catherine M'Callum, relict of Talmash Muir Rowat, Esq. of Kilkivan. 31. At Killin, Perthshire, Patrick Douglas, eldest son of Mr James Campbell, Catherine Street, Edinburgh. Jan. 4, 1821. At Edinburgh, in the 92d year of her age, Mrs Margaret Mary Nimmo, relict of the Rev. John Gibson, late one of the ministers of St 'Cuthbert's. 6. At Naples, after a long illness, Mrs John Cumming, eldest daughter of William Magee, Esq. of Belfast. 7. At Limerick, in consequence of her headdress taking fire from a candle which she held in hand, the widow of Dr Kelley. 14. At Hamilton, Mrs Hume, wife of Joseph Hume, M. D. At Leghorn, George Oswald Sym, eldest son of the Kev. George Sym, minister of New Kilpatrick. 15. At London, Lewis Fraser, Esq. youngest son of the late Simon Fraser, Esq. of Ford, W. S. 16. At Tullymet-house, Dr William Dick of Tullymet. 18. At the Manse of Abercorn, Mrs Meiklejohn, senior. -At James Square, Edinburgh, Mrs Marjory Ainsley, widow of the late Mr Henry Ainsley. 22. Hooly-house, Surrey, Thomas Byron, late lieutenant-colonel in the 3d regiment of guards. - At Baker Street, Portman Square, London, Donna Maria Brigida de Faria e Lacerda, wife of Sir John Campbell, K. C. T. S. major-general in the Portuguese service. 24. At Inverness, William, eldest son of Lockhart Kinloch, Esq. Sheriff-clerk of Inverness-shire. - At Arbroath, Mr David Kirkland, rector of the grammar school of that place, in the 83d year of his age, and 55th of his incumbency. 25. At Warrieston Crescent, James Rose, Esq. Depute Clerk of Session. 26. At Claremont Park, Esher, Colonel the Baron de Hardenbrock, equerry to his Royal Highness Prince Leopold. -At Edinburgh, Mrs Elizabeth Bell, wife of Nicol Milne, Esq. of Faldonside. -At Merton Manse, Mr Thomas Duncan, aged 18, youngest son of the Rev. Mr Duncan. 27. At Dundee, Mr John Jolly, druggist. At Banff, Miss Margaret Cross Young, third daughter of the deceased David Young, Esq. of Craighead, merchant in Glasgow. 28. At Campbelton, Captain Donald Campbell, paymaster, Argyllshire militia. -John, the infant son of Mr William Alexander, 59, Castle Street. 29. At No. 10, Maitland Street, Miss Jane Myrtle. -At Cheltenham, Patrick Maitland, Esq. late of Calcutta. -In Morton Street, Leith, Mr John Anderson, shipmaster. 31. At Innervar, Glenlyon, Mr Donald Macgregor, aged 70. Feb. 1. At Panmure-house, Canongate, Mrs Margaret Geddes, wife of Mr John Geddes. 2. At the Manse of Snizart, Mrs Mary Macleod, spouse of the minister of that parish. -At his house, No. 20, Bank Street, Edinburgh, Mr William Lawson, sen. plasterer. At Cupar, Fife, Katherine, eldest daughter of Mr William Murray. 3. At his house in Eaton Terrace, Lower Grosvenor Place, London, John Dunmore Napier, Esq. of Ballikinrain, Stirlingshire. -At London, Mrs Miller, wife of William MilJer, Esq. of Starr, Fifeshire. 3. The Rev. James Innes, minister of Yester, East Lothian, in the 88th year of his age, and 61st of his ministry. 4. At Pitcorthie, Fifeshire, Mr William Dods. 5. At Kinell-house, Perthshire, the right ho nourable Lady Ann Place, daughter of the late Earl and Countess of Aberdeen, and wife of Edward Place, Esq. of Skelton Grange, Yorkshire. -At Leith, Mrs Jane Stewart, wife of Mr Robert Liddell. 6. At Logiegreen, Charles Steuart, Esq. W. S. - At Tranent, Mr Andrew Blair, corn-merchant, aged 72. At Edinburgh, John Stenhouse, Esq. W. S. At Sandygate, near Mid-Calder, Adam Turnbull, Esq. M. D. 7. At Stobo Manse, Mr Alexander Ker, preacher of the Gospel, eldest son of the Rev. Alexander Ker, minister of Stobo. -At Glasgow, Miss Abigail Fowles, eldest daughter of the late Alexander Fowles, Esq. Kilmarnock. -At her father's house, 23, James' Square, Euphemia Craig, aged 19. -At Stirling, Mrs Alexander Murray, in her 81st year. 9. In Hans Place, Sloane Street, London, the Rev. Dr Nicol, minister of the Scots Church, Swallow Street. -At Stewartfield, Cornelius Elliot, Esq. of Woollie. - At Blackford, Miss Jane Trotter, of Mortonhall. 10. At Musselburgh, Isobel M'Donald, wife of James Vallance, mill-wright there, aged 21 years. Major James T. Cowper, of the royal artillery. At Glasgow, Miss Ferrier, eldest daughter of the late Archibald Ferrier Esq. W. S. -At Edinburgh, Mary Crichton Kyle, wife of Hugh Watson, W. S. 11. At Richmond, aged 90, Dr Adam Walker, the celebrated Lecturer on Experimental Philosophy. At her house, in Charlotte Square, the right honourable Lady Abercromby. - At Bogend, Robert, son of James Thomson, Esq. of Earnslaw. 12. At York, Francis Constable, Esq. of Button Constable and Wycliffe Hall. 13. At London, Frederick, the youngest son of Sir George Clerk. 14. At Edinburgh, John Campbell, Esq. Receiver-General of his Majesty's Customs for Scot land. -At Aberdeen, George Gordon, Esq. of Spenziedale, Sutherlandshire. 15. The infant son of Major G. Cunninghame, B. S. - At Balcarras Mill, Mr Thomas Fowlis, aged 82 years. 16. At Balcarry, Mrs Irving, wife of LieutenantColonel George Irving. -At Edinburgh, Lady Dalrymple Hay, younger of Park Place. 17. At Nether Currie, in the parish of Currie, (where he was born, and spent most of his days,) John Dawson, gardener, aged 100 years, all but a few weeks, being born 14th March, 1721. The placid and cheerful disposition of this venerable old man rendered him interesting to all who knew him. He was of religious, sober, and industrious habits, and evinced to the last that tranquillity of mind which a well spent life only can shed over the remotest period of old age. This parish has long been remarkable for the longevity of its inhabitants: William Napier, a native of it, died some years ago at the advanced age of 115, and William Ritchie at 105; and there are some old people be longing to it just now above ninety years of age. 50. At his house, in York Street, Portman Square, London, Lieutenant-General William Popham, aged 81. 21. At his mother's house, in York place, aged thirteen years and nine months, Robert, eldest son of the late Hugh Bairnsfather, Esq. W. S. 23. In George Square, Mrs Small, much and justly regretted. 26. At Auchindinny, Mrs Crawford of Overton, the Lady of Captain James Couts Crawford, R. N. 28. At Carlisle, Mrs Elizabeth Bell, daughter of Mr James Pollock, teacher of dancing, much beloved and deeply regretted by her family and friends. INDEX TO VOLUME VIII. 338 Angel of the World, the, an Arabian tale, Appointments, Promotions, &c. 116, 237, Arctic Ocean, remarks on Captain Parry's Ashes, shower of, from Vesuvius, 224 Attraction, Magnetic, observations on, Bankruptcies, British, alphabetical lists of, Bat, live one found in the centre of a tree, Bathurst, Archdeacon, remarks on his ser- mon intended to be preached before the Beard's Theatre of God's Judgments, re- Births, monthly lists of, 118, 239, 350, British Eclogues, No. I. The Soldier's Gallery, Observations on the, 684 Brown, Captain, of the Edinburgh Police, Butcher, the Somnambulatory, an episode, Cameronian, Macrabin the, 143, 319, 399 Christ's entry into Jerusalem, remarks on Clark, Mungo, the south-country packman, Cockney School, love song by a member Commercial Reports, 111, 232, 344, 473, Constitutional association in London, ac- Corn, advantages of reaping it before it is Corregio, a Danish tragedy, review of, 290 Correspondents, responsive notices to, 10, Critics and criticism, remarks on, 138 Dale, Thomas, review of his poems, 185 Darkness, or the Venetian Conspiracy, a Death of Microscophus, and sale of his Deaths, monthly lists of, 119, 240, 351, Domestic Politics, observations on, 329- Duffle, Thomas, cloth-merchant in the Salt- the, a novel, review of, 450 Egan, Pierce, Esq. letter to, 671 Field of Terror, the, a tale, 131 Fortune, the sport of, a fragment, from French Institute, notice respecting, 466 Hagbarth and Signa, a Danish Tragedy, Hans Heiling's Rocks, a Bohemian Le- Harvest Kirn of Lillycross, the, 399 Hogg, James, letter from, to his reviewer, Holland, New, notices regarding, 464 Homer, discovery of a manuscript of his Horæ Germanicæ, No. IX. Rosamunda, a 543 Ireland, remarks on the present state of, Islands discovered in the South Sea, 467 Johnson, Dr, and Bishop Warburton, on Remarks on his conduct since his Kirn of Lillycross, the Harvest, 399 Latin Classics, Translations from the less Lauderdale, Lord, review of his proposed Letter from Captain Symonds, 40 from the Man in the Moon, 667 Lillycross, the Harvest Kirn of, 399 Literary character of Bishop Warburton Longevity, remarkable cases of, in Russia, Magnetic attraction, observations on, 106 Mary, the Soldier's Bride, an eclogue, 527 Memorandum-book, extracts from a lost Meteorological reports, 115, 236, 347, 479 Military Promotions, 116, 237, 349, 476, Moods of the Mind, No. X.-Solitude, 175 Moon, a letter from the man in the, 667 New South Wales, chief towns of, 464- Edipus, extract from Seneca's tragedy of, Oehlenschlaeger, Adam, review of his tra- O'Rourke, Daniel, an epic poem, Canto II. Parliament, remarks on the meeting of, 585 Petre, Dr Olinthus, letter from, on an ar- -Fall of Don Roderick and Spain, 360 410-Hymn to the Night Wind, 411— -British Eclogues, 527-Sonnet to Politics, Domestic, remarks on, 329, 443 Promotions, appointments, &c. 116, 237, Prospects of the Whigs, remarks on the, 564 Public, the, an hour's tete-a-tete with, 78 Pugilism, the sable school of, 69 junction with the radicals, 329_answers Recollections, Mark Macrabin, the Came- Remarks on the sable school of pugilism, Review of Croly's Angel of the World, 20 |