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METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, extracted from the Register kept on the Banks of the Tay, four miles east from Perth, Latitude 56° 25′, Elevation 185 feet.

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METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, extracted from the Register kept at Edinburgh, in the Observatory, Calton-hill.

N.B.-The Observations are made twice every day, at nine o'clock, forenoon, and four o'clock, afternoon. The second Observation in the afternoon, in the first column, is taken by the Register

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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

In North St David Street, Edinburgh, Mrs

Jan. 6. At Quebec, the lady of the Rev. Ford, a son. J. L. Mills, a daughter.

Feb. 27. At Backford Hall, Cheshire, the lady of William Egerton, Esq. a daughter. -At Richmond House, the Countess of March, a son and heir.-In St James's Square, London, the Duchess of Northumberland, a still-born child.-At Woolwich, the Lady of Major John Sutherland Sinclair, royal artillery, a daughter.-28. At Rossie House, Perthshire, Mrs Oliphant of Rossie, a daughter. At Marseilles, Mrs Cuningham Graham of Gartmore, a son.

March 1. In Hertford Street, London, the Countess of Clonmell, a son-2. At Eagleshurst, Hants, the Right Hon. the Countess of Cavan, a son.—Mrs John Tod, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, a daughter. -3. Mrs Cleghorn, Dundas Street, Edinburgh, a son.-4. At Eildon Hall, the lady of L. Legge, Esq. a daughter.--At Kincardine Manse, Ross-shire, Mrs Macbean, a son.-7. Mrs Gillanders of Highfield, a son. -At Tunbridge Wells, the lady of Major M'Dougall, a daughter.-At West Viewfield, near Newhaven, Mrs Colonel Maxwell, a daughter.-8. Mrs Patison, Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, a daughter. Mrs Elouis, a son.-At Kenmure, the lady of Archibald Stirling, Esq. a son.—13. Mrs Church, Langlee, a son. Mrs P. Kinnear, younger of Lochton, a son and heir.-At Belvidere, in the vicinity of Aberdeen, the lady of John Robertson, Esq. of Foveran, a son.--15. At Ghent, the lady of Major Henry Balneavis, a son.-At his house in Grosvenor Place, London, the lady of Henry Hobhouse, Esq. one of his majesty's under secretaries of state, a son.-16. At Edinburgh, Mrs Court, a daughter.-In Burlington Street, London, the Marchioness of Anglesey, a son. Mrs Bridges, Dundas Street, Edinburgh, a daughter.-18. At his house in Prince's Street, Edinburgh, the lady of A. Munro, Esq. a daughter. Mrs Yule, Broughton Place, a son.-19. At Darnhall, the Hon. Mrs Oliphant Murray, a son.-At Portobello, Mrs Alexander Mercer, a daughter.-20. At Wharton Place, Mrs Dunbar, a daughter.--At Irvine, Mrs Sillar, a daughter.-22. Mrs Crawford of Ardmillan, a daughter.-23. Mrs Robertson, Gilmore Place, Edinburgh, a daughter.-24. At Houstan, the lady of N. Shairp, Esq. younger of Houstan, a daughter.-At Milton, Lady Hunter Blair, a son. -25. At St John's Street, Edinburgh, Mrs James Ballantyne, a daughter.--26. At Portobello, Mrs M. H. Scott, a son.-29.

MARRIAGES.

Sept. 22. At Trichinopoly, Major Gillespie, of the 4th regiment of native cavalry, to Miss Ansell, niece to Mr Andrews, judge at Trichinopoly.

Feb. 10. At Edinburgh, John Munsie, Esq. surgeon, Thornhill, to Miss Anna Torrie, daughter of the late Captain Torrie, royal navy.-24. At Ely, Fife, Mr John Ovenston, shipmaster, to Miss Isabella Carstairs, second daughter of the late Mr John Carstairs.- -25. At Edinburgh, Charles Stewart, Esq. of Borland, to Miss M. Macgregor.- -26. At Greenock, Mr Charles M'Kenzie of the General Post-office, Edinburgh, to Marion, youngest daughter of Captain George Johnston.-27. At Largo, Fife, Mr George Wilkie, farmer, Cotton of Durie, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Mr John Ness, Greenock.-28. At Martin's, in the Fields, London, G. V. Oughton, Esq. to Magdalen, eldest daughter of the late Alexander Dunbar, Esq. of Nairn.

March 3. At Montrose, Mr John Brown, merchant in Kirriemuir, to Jessie, youngest daughter of the late Francis Souter, surveyor of the customs.-4. At Sweetbank, Mr Robert Russell, jun. tenant, Newton of Markinch, to Isabella, eldest daughter of Mr Neil Ballingal, factor to General Balfour of Balbirnie.-5. At St George's, Hanover Square, London, Viscount Newport, eldest son of the Earl of Bradford, to Georgina Elizabeth, only daughter of Sir Thomas Moncrieff, bart. of Moncrieff, county of Perth.-10. At Arbroath, Peter Brown, Esq. late of Bombay, to Mary, third daughter of the Rev. George Gleig, minister of the gospel there.-12. At St Mary's, Lambeth, James William Wallack, Esq. of the Theatre-royal, Drury-Lane, to Georgiana Susanna, daughter of John Johnstone, Esq. of the same theatre.-At Edinburgh, Mr Gilbert Handyside, Inveresk, to Mary Anne, daughter of Mr David Murray, sen. Caltonhill.- -13. At the house of Richard A. Oswald, Esq. Claremont Place, Glasgow, William, youngest son of the late William Stirling, Esq. of Kier, captain in the King's dragoon guards, to Mary, second daughter of the late John Anderson, Esq. banker in London.- -16. At Redcastle, Lieutenant Donald M'Lean, 16th Foot, to Catharine, daughter of Major Wilson, late of Polmaily.-Sir Charles Egleton Kent, bart. to Lady Sophia Lygon, sister of the Earl of

Beauchamp.-17. At Glenfeachan, Captain John Campbell, 91st regiment, to Elizabeth, daughter of the deceased John Stevenson, Esq. of Glenfeachan.-18. At Dundee, Mr William Ellett, merchant, to Miss Elizabeth Watson.-23. At Hawick, the Rev. Robert Shaw, minister of Ewes, to Mary, daughter of the Rev. William H. Moncrieff, minister of Annan.-24. In Scaleby Church, Andrew Hamilton, Esq. merchant, Leith, to Agnes, second daughter of Rowland Fawcett of Scaleby Castle, Esq. Cumberland.- At Edinburgh, the Rev. Patrick Macvicar, one of the ministers of Dundee, to Mrs Dymocke, relict of the late Rev. James Dymocke.-27. At Edinburgh, Robert Henderson, Esq. of Chapelhope, to Miss Isabella Scott, daughter of the late Mr William Scott, farmer in Single.-At Peasebank, James Bruce, Esq. of Broomhill, to Margaret, eldest daughter of Dr Robert Whitehead, physician, Hamilton.-31. At Laurieston Place, Allan Buchanan, Esq. merchant in Glasgow, to Grace, third daughter of Mr John Crombie, dyer.

DEATHS.

June 12. At Calcutta, Major James Gordon of the 15th regiment of native infantry, deputy-adjutant-general at that presidency.

At Saharunpoor, in the East Indies, in July last, Mr Crichton Ramsay, of the Bengal medical establishment, aged 30 years.

August 27. At Madras, James B. Pender, M. D. surgeon in the service of the Honourable East India Company, son of Thomas Pender, comptroller of his Majesty's stamp-duties.

Sept. 15. At Coolbariak, near Dinapore, James Robertson, Esq. surgeon in the Ho. nourable East India Company's service on the Bengal establishment, son of the late John Robertson, Esq. commissary of Peebles. Oct. 23. Mr John M'Ewen, planter, Mount Pleasant, Trinidad.

Dec. 27. At Demerara, Mr Alexander Gentle, third son of the late Mr Alexander Gentle, Dunkeld.

Jan. 10. At Jamaica, in Hanover parish, Mr James M Kechney, surgeon, son of the Rev. W. M'Kechney, Musselburgh, in the 22d year of his age.-15. At St Mary's, Jamaica, Alexander Macdowall Grant, second son of David Macdowall Grant, Esq. of Arndilly.-27. At Baleloch, the Rev. William Arbuckle, minister of the parish of Uist.

Feb. 14. At the Retreat, Emma, the infant daughter of Alexander H. Hamilton, Esq. of Hullerhurst, in the county of Ayr, and of the Retreat, in the county of Devon. -16. At Middlegill, near Moffat, William Ewart of Aldershaw, Esq.-At Kirkwall, James Riddoch, Esq. of Cairston.-17. At Aberdeen, Lieutenant Richard English, R. N.-18. At Glasgow, Mr John Macarthur, iron-merchant.-19. At his father's house, in the 21st year of his age, William,

eldest son of Matthew Poole, Esq. M.D. Waterford, Ireland.-At Kilwhanidy, John Martin, Esq. of Kilwhanidy.-At Aberdeen, Mr John Wilson, manufacturer, in the 67th year of his age.-21. At Penzance, in Cornwall, William Pearson, writer in Glasgow. -22. At Edinburgh, Alexander Napier, one of his Majesty's household trumpeters for Scotland.-At Loak, Mr James Duff, and on the 25th, Mrs Jean Bisset, his spouse; the former in the 78th, and the latter in the 73d year of her age. This venerable couple were interred in the same grave, after having been married 52 years. -At Dykehead, Helen Williamson, spouse to William Thomson, elder, in the parish of Tweedsmuir. They had lived about 54 years in the married state, and their united ages amount to 164; and a most singular occurrence is, that during the whole of that long period, they never had a death in their family, although they have had several children.-23. Miss Margaret Northesk Lindsay, youngest daughter of the late Jas Lindsay Carnegie, Esq. of Boysack.-At Morrishill, Mrs Barbara Sheddan, wife of John Sheddan, Esq. of Morrishill.—At his house in New Street, Edinburgh, Captain Edwin Horsburgh, one of the Minden heroes, aged 82 years.-25. Lieut.-Colonel George Robertson, late of the Canadian fencibles. At Geneva, Robert Whyte Melville, Esq. of Strathkinness.-Jane, wife of the Rev. Thomas Easton, minister of Kirriemuir.-16. At his house in Union Place, Aberdeen, Sir William Seton of Pitmedden, bart. aged 71.-28. At his house, Castle Hill, Edinburgh, Mr John Brysson, musicseller, Bank Street.-At her house, St John's Hill, Edinburgh, Miss Isabella Hutton of Slighs Houses, aged 95 years.-At Edinburgh, Mr Peter Drysdale, writingmaster.

March 3. At Musselburgh, Mary Richardson, spouse of Mr Thomas Thomson, candlemaker and tobacconist.-4. At Perth, Mr Robert Gray, glover; and on the 5th, Mrs Jean Gray, wife of John Monteath, surgeon.-5. At Edinburgh, Mr Silvester Doig, bookseller.-At Maine of Eastwood, Mr John Givan, aged 83.- -At Dundee, Miss Isabella Anderson, daughter of the late David Anderson, Esq. of Balgay.-6. At Cockenzie, near Prestonpans, Mr George Swan, baker, much regretted.At Tunbridge Wells, John Viscount Kelburne, eldest son of the Earl of Glasgow, aged 28. -At his seat, Gawthorpe Hall, in the county of Lancaster, Robert Shuttleworth, Esq. -At Inverkeithing, in the 62d year of his age, Mr Peter Miller.-7. At Stirling Castle, D. J. French, Esq. ordnance storekeeper.-William Gray, Esq. of Heathrey Hall.-8. In Lower Grosvenor Street, London, the Hon. J. A. Stewart Wortley Mackenzie.-At Leith, Mr Alexander Christie, ironmonger.-At Garry Cottage, Perthshire, James George, the infant son of Colonel Macdonnel of Glengarry, in the fourth weel

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of his age.-At Edinburgh, Agnes Blackie Hardie, daughter of Ralph Hardie, writer, Brown's Square, aged five years.-At Arbroath, Mr Alexander Louson, writer in Arbroath. At the manse of Montmail, in the 79th year of her age, Elizabeth Lawson, spouse of the Rev. Samuel Martin, D.D.— 9. Charles, youngest son of Mr George Henderson, Huntlywood.At Eweslees, near Langholm, Mr Hugh Scott.-10. John Drysdale, late surgeon in the Honourable East India Company's service, Bombay establishment.-At Arniston House, Mr Thomas Lamb of the Exchequer.-11. At Glasgow, John, the infant son of Mr James Denholm of the Glasgow Academy.-13. Suddenly, at her mother's house in Dublin Street, Edinburgh, Miss Elizabeth Smail, eldest daughter of the deceased John Smail, Esq. of Overmains, Berwickshire.-At Cunninghamhead, Mrs Snodgrass, spouse of Neil Snodgrass, Esq. of Cunninghamhead. -At Greenock, Mr John Murray, aged 73, late engineer. At No 94, Strand, London, Lieutenant Charles Maclaren, late of the 42d regiment, or Royal Highlanders, of a protracted illness, from the wounds which he received at the battle of Toulouse. was a native of Edinburgh.-At Peebles, Miss Elizabeth Dick, aged 94, daughter of the late Rev. Mr James Dick, one of the ministers of Glasgow.--At Williamheld, Newhaven, Harriet, wife of John Mundell, lieutenant, R. N.-14. At Brechin, in the 97th year of her age, Mrs M. Fergusson, relict of the Rev. Mr Patrick Turnbull, late minister of the gospel at Strickathro.15. At Edinburgh, Hector Macneill, Esq. well known to the literary world as the author of "Will and Jean," and other justly popular productions.-At Gayfield Square, Edinburgh, Mary, second daughter of Henry Porteous, Esq. Honourable East India Company's service, St Helena.-At Leith, Mr Alexander Neilson Lamb, solicitor and procurator-fiscal there. At her house in New Street, Edinburgh, Miss Margaret Donaldson.-16. At Edinburgh, Sir John Stirling of Glorat, bart.-At Willow Bank, Mrs Harley, daughter of John Laird, Esq. Greenock. Suddenly, at Keith, Banffshire, from the bursting of a blood-vessel, Major Peter Grant, late of the 92d regiment, or Gordon Highlanders. His zeal for the service induced him to join the army in Flanders in 1793, as a volunteer. His services having been noticed by the Marquis of Huntly, his lordship appointed him to his regiment upon its establishment in 1794. Major Grant was constantly present with,

and shared in, the many gallant exploits of this distinguished corps, in Holland, Egypt, and in the Peninsula, &c. In the course of those severe conflicts he was repeatedly wounded, and was finally under the necessity of retiring from the service, in consequence of losing a leg by a cannon ball in Spain. Major Grant was much esteemed by his brother officers and all who knew him, on account of the strict honour and manly frankness which eminently distinguished his character. To his relations he was generous and kind. He was in his 49th year, and was of the family of Tullochgorum, in Strathspey.-19. At Edinburgh, Mr John Broadfoot, student of divinity.At Belfield, Miss Duncan.-20. At the Cairn of Lochryan, Lieutenant James Adair, royal navy, son of Thomas Adair of Genoch, Esq. clerk to the signet. At Glasgow, after a short illness, Mr James Denholm, of the Glasgow Academy, aged 45. Mr Denholm I was author of the "History of Glasgow," and several other estimable works.-22. At Edinburgh, Mr James Bruce, merchant.— 23. At Greenock, John Kippen, Esq. in the 76th year of his age.-24. At Prior's Lynn, Dumfries-shire, Jane, second daughter of the late Captain Maxwell, aged 19.-At Dundee, Mrs Francis Sievwright, aged 75, much regretted.-25. At Edinburgh, Mr David Low, late of Dundee, aged 95. His wife died two years ago, aged 84, after having lived together 65 years.-At Roxburgh Place, Mrs Jane Macnab, relict of Walter Macfarlan, Esq. Ledard.

Lately-At his house in South Audley Street, the Honourable Sir George Berkeley, K.G.C.B. admiral of the white, and admiral and commander-in-chief of the Portuguese navy, in the 65th year of his age.-At Airdrie House, in the 88th year of her age, Miss Aitchison of Rochsolloch and Airdrie. -At Broompark, Mrs Baird, relict of James Baird, Esq. of Broompark.-In the island of Dominica, at the age of 19, Mr Alexander Carlyle Grierson, surgeon, only surviving son of the Rev. R. Grierson, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh.- --At Berwick House, Lady Catherine Frances Fielding, sister of the Earl of Denbigh.- At Gibraltar, Joseph Larcom, Esq. late a captain in his Majesty's navy, and naval commissioner of the island of Malta. At an advanced age, Mr Waldron, an old and respectable member of the theatrical profession.In the hospital of Namur, aged 109, Maria Charlotte Cario. She preserved to the last moment all her mental faculties, had a great appetite, and never was ill.

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