Feb. 5. At Dumfries, John Watson, Esq. of Bedford Place, London, to Melville, daughter of the late John M'Murdo, Esq.

At Marske-hall, Henry Walker Yeoman, Esq. of Woodlands, to Margaret Bruce, eldest daughter of the Hon. Lawrence Dundas.

6. At St George's, Hanover Square, London, the Rev. William Wescomb, Rector of Langford, Essex, to Jane, grand-daughter of the Hon. General Douglas, M. P. for the county of Dumfries.

At Greenock, Archibald Paterson, Esq. of Glasgow, to Miss Grace Cunningham, daughter of the late William Cunning. ham, Esq. of Cairncurran.

7. At Haddington, Mr James Philp, merchant, St Andrew's, son of the deceased James Philp, Esq. of Boarhills, to Miss. E. Simpson, daughter of Mr James Simpson, merchant, Haddington.

12. At Glasgow, Mr William Connal, merchant, to Miss Frances, eldest daughter of the late William Wright, Esq. of Broom, Stirling.

At the house of Gilbert Innes, Esq. of Stow, St Andrew's Square, Edinburgh, George Wood, Esq. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, to Miss Marion Burnet.

13. At Ardwall, Mr John Johnston, merchant in Dumfries, to Jane, daughter of Robert M'Kane, Esq. of Milnbank.

Lately, in Buckinghamshire, Corporal Trim, to Miss Nancy Beaver, a respectable lady, with a fortune of £.7000. About 20 years ago this lady fell desperately in love with a young clergyman, and frequently attended the church where he preached in the afternoon, just as he was ascending the pulpit, though at the distance of 15 miles. She also used to ride on horseback, and take her station upon Beggarbush-hill, in the high road from Tring to Aylesbury, where the clergyman was in the habit of taking his morning's walk. One summer's day, how ever, as the clergyman was sitting on the top of the hill, reading, and viewing the beautiful extent of the country, she came up to him, and declared her passion in the most energetic and nervous language; she stated that her fortune was £. 5000; that his eloquence from the pulpit had won her heart; and that nothing would give her more pleasure than to be united with him in the golden bands of matrimony. The young Divine thanked her for her generous offer and good opinion, but said, that, as he had no knowledge of, or acquaintance with Miss Beaver, he must beg leave to decline the proposal. She then, not in very mild language, taxed him with cruelty and hatred of the fair sex, and galloped down the steep hill to the great hazard of her neck. She

has now attained the age of 44, and the sop of Mars in his 31st year.

DEATHS.

1815. May 19. In Camp at Seguoly, on the frontier of Nepaul, in the 27th year of his age, Lieutenant Robert Watson, of his Majesty's 24th foot, second son of William Watson, Lanark, an officer of great promise.

Sept. 20. At Saint James's, Jamaica, after an illness of five days, James Veitch Williamson, Esq. practitioner in medicine and surgery at that place, and second son of Mrs Williamson, Northfield, near Leith, and of the late Reverend John Williamson, minister of Tinwald, Dumfries.

Nov. 15. In Laurens District, South Carolina, Mr Solomon Nisbet, aged 148 years. He was born in England, where he lived till he was 19 years old; he then emigrated to America, and resided in the State of Maryland till about 35 years ago; he then removed to South Carolina, where he resided until his death. He never lost his teeth nor his eyesight.

20. At Port St Mary's, in Spain, in his 32d year, Sir James Duff, Bart. his Majesty's Consul at Cadiz.

22. At Auchterblair, Strathspey, William Grant, Esq. of Forrigin. During a term of years beyond fourscore, he enjoyed perfect health, vigour, and the full possession of all his faculties, till within a week of his decease, an event to all human appearance hastened by his favourite amusement of hunting over hills and moors covered with snow. He supported the acute sufferings of his mortal disease with manly fortitude and meek resignation, and died much regretted.

24. At the Hot Wells, near Bristol, of a decline, Angus Mackintosh, Esq. younger of Farr, Inverness-shire.

25. At Forres, Mrs Tulloh, wife of William Tulloh, Esq. whose life was highly useful to her family, and whose death is deeply lamented by her husband and numerous connections. Also, at the house of Mr Tulloh, on the 30th ult. Mrs Mackenzie, of Olrick, wife of the Reverend George Mackenzie, who had come upon a visit to her sister, and whom she survived only but to hear of her interment, leaving a husband and family to mourn for her loss.

27. At his house in Knoidart, Mr Ranald M'Donell, Skamadale, Ensign on the retired list of Captain Rose's Independent company of veterans, in the 91st year of his age, respected and admired as a genuine Highlander of the old school, and quite unmatched in the very general circle of his

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acquaintances. He followed the fortunes of Prince Charles Stuart from Prestonpans to Culloden, and served with distinguished zeal in both those actions, for which he afterwards suffered banishment to India, for seven years, during which period he served in the Hussars; and when returning to England, the vessel in which he sailed happening to be boarded by a French man of war, before Ranald was aware of what was passing on deck, and had furnished himself with a cutlass; he, darting like an eagle among the victors, actually retook the British ship, killing, single handed, all the astonished Frenchmen who attempted to withstand his athletic rage, and driving the rest over the vessel's broadside into the sea! His retentive memory and mental faculties were spared him till within a few days of his last; and, till above ninety, he had the use of his powerful limbs. His father, his brother, and his nephew, as well as himself, all served the Prince at the same time, and were personally known to his Royal Highness: the father had, however, drawn his first sword with his chief, Glengarry, under Viscount Dundee, in the battle of Killikrankie, who had the royal standard entrusted to his care, and commanded the whole of the "Clandonnall," drawn up, as of old, on the right of the army, which was composed almost entirely of the Highland clans. The mortal remains of this hero of the last century were deposited with the dust of his fathers, in " Killechoan," on Friday the 1st of December, leaving a wife, three daughters, many grand-children, and several great grand-children, to bewail his death; exclusive of sons who had fallen in the service of their country two of whom had followed the young M'Donell, in the year * 1792, into the 1st fencible regiment, thence into the Glengarry, (or 1st British) fencibles, and from that into the line.

Dec. I. At Greenock, Mrs Helen Mitchell, relict of the deceased Mr John Holmes, Derchant.

3. At Dundee, Lady Douglas, widow of Sir Alexander Douglas, Bart. of Glenbervie. Mrs Katharine Smith, spouse of John Dundas, Esq. clerk to the signet.

-At Harrowgate, Miss Elizabeth Baillie, youngest daughter of the late Honourable George Baillie, of Jerviswoode.

7. At Edinburgh, Miss Janet Kerr, eldest daughter of the late William Kerr, Esq. surveyor of the General Post Office.

At Lanark, Mrs Coats, wife of Lieutenant J. Coats, 71st regiment, and only child of the late Mr John Wilson, town clerk of Lanark.

- Mr Francis Montgomery, solicitor at

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8. The Honourable Archibald Fraser of Lovat, Colonel Commandant of the 1st regiment of Inverness-shire local militia, sometime British Consul at Algiers, and afterwards Member of Parliament for the county of Inverness, at his seat of Beaufort Castle, in the Aird, near Inverness, in the 80th year of his age. He was married to Jane, only sister of Sir William Fraser, Bart. late of Roy Lodge, in the county of Essex, by whom he had five sons, all of whom predeceased himself. His eldest son, who pos

sessed distinguished abilities, sat in the first Imperial Parliament of the United Kingdom. He was also Colonel of the Fraser fencibles for a series of years, and went on service with them to Ireland, where he fell into a consumption from fatigue, and died at Lisbon, where he had gone for the benefit of his health, in the month of April 1803. The disconsolate widow and mother still survive to lament the loss of all her family. 9. At Burnbank, Archibald Lamb, Esq. of Burnbank.

At Dalswinton House, Patrick Miller, Esq. of Dalswinton, in the 86th year of his age. Mr Miller was well known for his enterprising and public spirit, and his unabating ardour in endeavouring to promote the welfare of society, and the prosperity of his country. The powers of his mind were capacious, vigorous, and active, and were cultivated by an extensive intercourse with men of all ranks, and by a frequent and intense application of thought to almost every branch of political and rural economy. His moral character was sustained by the most respectable and amiable qualities. He was guided by inflexible integrity in his diversified transactions with mankind; and a warm benevolence and generosity of heart, rendered him the friend of the afflicted, and "a father to the poor." He was a man! and nothing which concerned the happiness of man was uninteresting to him. These estimable and gentle qualities made Mr Miller the object of general respect and esteem, and have rendered his death a cause of deep regret to his numerous friends and acquaintances, in whose affections his memory is embalmed, and will be cherished with a lasting remembrance. Mr Miller was 30 years Deputy-Governor of the Bank of Scotland, and he rendered the greatest services to that establishment. It was by his prudent management the exchange between this country and London was placed on its present permanent footing. Formerly the premium paid for bills on London at sight rose at times to 44 per cent. or from 90 to 100 days at par. In these circumstances, the holders of bank notes had a strong inducement to bring

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back their notes to the bank in exchange for specie, to be sent to London, and the banks were accordingly exposed to occa sional drains of their cash. Mr Miller saw and put a stop to this evil, by causing the banks to draw on London at such short dates that it was no longer worth while to send specie to London. By this means he rendered great service both to the banks and to the public.

Dec. 9. In Cadogan Place, Sloane Street, London, A. M. Gore, widow of Major-Gen. Arthur Gore, who fell on the walls of Bergen-op-Zoom, having left an orphan daughter, twenty months old. Mrs Gore's death was occasioned by the small pox, having caught the infection from a child she met in Sloane Street, although she had previously had the disease. The child was with her at the time, but having been vaccinated, she escaped.

10. At Edinburgh, Robert Boyd, Esq. younger of Drum, writer to the signet.

11. At his house, Portobello, William Perceval Pickford, Esq. of Royton Hall, Lancashire, aged 58, eldest son of Sir Joseph Radcliffe, Bart. of Miln's Bridge-house, Huddersfield, Yorkshire.

ruffled meekness of his temper, and gentleness of his manners-with an ardent, but unaffected zeal for true religion, adorned with the most enlightened and liberal charity, afforded an exemplary and instructive pattern of the true character of a Christian pastor.

12. At the Manse of Currie, the Reverend James Dick, deeply regretted by his pa

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At Banff, Miss P. Richardson, daughter of the late Thomas Richardson of Edinburgh, and sister of John Richardson, housepainter, Banff.

Dr Jackson, the learned and venerable Bishop of Oxford; he was made Bishop of Oxford in 1812.

At Mausuary House, the Reverend John Kessin, minister of the Relief Congre gation, Kilbarchan, in the 34th year of his age, and 7th of his ministry.-Unaffected, but sincere in his piety, inoffensive, obliging, hospitable, affectionate, and singularly gui eless in his manners, he was much endeared to his friends, and respected by all who knew him.

13. The Hon. General Bennet, only brother of the Earl of Tankerville.

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Account of the Dundee Rational Institution,........ Monthly Memoranda in Nat. History, 170 On the present State of Taste and Criticism in Works of Art in this Metropolis............ Description of the Phygalian Marbles deposited in the British Museum, London,........ .......... 175 Extracts from the Acts of the Parliament of Scotland in the 15th century, 177 View of the variety of Weights and Measures in the different Counties of Scotland,......... Discourse read at the annual Election Meeting of the Caledonian Horticultural Society: by Dr Duncan, sen.,.. 180 Address by the Hon. N. B. Edmonstone to the College of Fort William, 27th July 1815,......... On the Parliamentary Purchase of the Elgin Marbles,......

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The Antiquarian Repertory, No. 1. On the Sepulchral Monuments, Celtic, Druidic, Romish, and Scandiac, connected with this country,.............. 194 Trial in the Court of Exchequer relative to Utensils used in brewing,.... 198 Curious Action for Defamation and Damages,

SCOTTISH REVIEW.

The City of the Plague, and other Poems. By John Wilson, Author of the "Isle of Palms,".

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New Works published in Edinburgh,.. 213 Literary Intelligence,

POETRY.

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Lord Ronald's Child, by J. Wilson,.... 214 The Old Bachelor,.

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Verses on the close of the year 1815,., 216 The Merits of Printing. A song,................ ib.

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