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Steven, Robert, horse-hirer and horse dealer in
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DIVIDENDS

Brown, Thomas, baker and inn keeper in Gala-
shiels; a dividend on 25th October.
Carsewell, Walter and George, manufacturers in
Paisley; an equalizing dividend of 6d. per-

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John and Patrick, late Jack men of Argyleshire, a dividend on 1st October. Martin, James & Co., merchants in Paisley, a dividend on 28th October.

Scott and Balmann late merchants in Glasgow: a dividend on 18th October,

Stephens, John, Jun., cabinet maker, &c., Dundee; a dividend 9th October,

Spence, George, draper in Edinburgh, a dividend on 6th October,

West and Eckford, coach-makers in Edinburgh: a dividend on 13th October diri

Williamson, James, merchant in dend 3d September.

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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

Feb. 12, At Buxar, in the East Indies, the Lady of Francis Sievwright, Esq. assistant-surgeon to his Majesty's 59th regiment, of a son.

28. At Madras, the Lady of David Hill, Esq. chief secretary to the Government, of a daughter. Aug. 1. At Beddington, Surrey, Lady Helen Wedderburn, of a son.

At Bonaw House, Argyllshire, Mrs. Burns, of Reidston, of a son.

4. Mrs Scott, No. 50, Queen Street, of a daugh

ter.

5. At No. 2, Lynedoch Place, Mrs Wilson, of a

son.

At Gower Street, Bedford Square, London, Mrs. G. G. Hill, of a son.

At Fasque, Lady Ramsay, of a daughter. 6. At Drummond Place, Mrs Balfour of Elwick, of a daughter.

-At No. 3, Milne Square, Mrs Grieve, of a son. 8. At Edinburgh, Mrs Abercroinby of Birkenog and Netherlaw, of a son.

-At Broughton Place, Mrs Graham Bell, of a daughter.

9. At Sound, near Lerwick, the Lady of James Yorston, Esq. Purser, Royal Navy, of a daugh

ter.

At Meadowbank House, Mrs Maconochie, of a daughter.

10. Mrs Grant of Mount Cyrus, of a daughter. 11. At Salisbury Road, Newington, Mrs J. R. Skinner, of a son.

-At Hermitage Place, Leith Links, Mrs Menzies, of a daughter.

12. In Upper Grosvenor Street, London, the Lady of Sir George Ousely, Bart. of a son and heir.

14. At Cruister, the Lady of Thomas Gifford, Esq. of a daughter.

15. At Gray Street, Newington, Mrs Captain Fraser, of a son.

17. At Terregles House, Mrs Alex. Gordon, of a daughter.

- Mrs Anderson, Shandwick Place, of a son. 18. At No. 17, Scotland Street, Mrs Swan, of a daughter.

At Abercromby Place, Mrs Watson, of a daughter, who survived its birth only a short time.

20. At Novar House, the Lady of Hugh Rose, Esq. of a son.

a son.

Mrs A. Waugh, Northumberland Street, of

23. At Birgham Cottage, Berwickshire, Mrs Douglas, 15, Drummond Place, of a daughter.

24. At St Clement's Wells, Mrs James Aitchlson, of a daughter.

At Laurence Park, the Lady of Thomas Learmonth, Esq. of a son.

At Invermoriston, Mrs Grant, of Glemmoriston, of a daughter.

At Ballytruckle, in the liberties of Waterford, a poor woman, named Duggan, who earns a livelihood by washing, was delivered of four children-two of whom were born at six o'clock in the morning, and two at eleven.

-At Lausanne, Switzerland, the Lady of A. Scott Broomfield, Esq. of a daughter.

25. At Ormiston Manse, Mrs Ramsay, of a son. At Muthill, near Crieff, Mrs Nicolson, of a

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26. At Gumley Hall, Leicestershire, the Lady of Major Grey, Royal Scots Greys, of a daughter.

27. At Dalguise House, Mrs Meredith, Pentrebychan, of a son.

At Kirkwall, Mrs John Bakie, of a son. 29. At Camis Eskan, the Lady of James Denniston of Colgrain, Esq. of a daughter.

30. At Skelf-hill, Mrs Grieve, of a son. 31. At Glocester Place, Mrs John Tait, of a son. Sept. 2. At Gulane Lodge, the Lady of Dr Macwhirter, of a son.

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5. At Pitt Street, the Lady of Colonel William Stewart, 3d Foot, or Buffs, of A Bon. T 154017 7. Mrs Chancellor of Shieldhill of a son. 8. At Dunse Castle, the Lady of William Hay, Esq. of Drummelzier, of a daughter."

9. The Lady of Major Sands Harvey, of Castle Semple, of a daughter.

At Portland Place, London, the Lady of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Bart. of a daughter, 10. At Elgin, Mrs Colonel Gordon, Inverlochy, of a son.

12. At Morningside, Mrs Crawford, of a daugh

ter. At Barcaldine, the Lady of Duncan Camp bell, Esq. of Barcaldine, of a son.

18. At Hill Street, Edinburgh, the Lady of Dr William Gairdner, Bolton Street, London, of a

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-At Duncan Street, Drummond Place, Mrs William Maxwell Little, of a son.

18. Mrs Elliot of Redhaugh and Cooms, of a son. 19. At Bridge Castle, Mrs Watson, of a daughter. -At Morton Cottage, Portobello, Mrs Henry Steel, of a daughter.

At the Manse of Greenlaw, Mrs Home, or h daughter.

At No. 4, St Patrick Square, Mrs Alexander Fyfe, of a daughter..

At Bellieve, near Lausanne, the Lady of Captain Wynne Baird, R.N. of a son.

20. At Edinburgh, Mrs Richard Mackenzie, of a daughter.

21. Mrs Mackenzie, No. 5, Forth Street, of a daughter.

22. At Edinburgh, the Lady of Major Cubitt, Royal Artillery, of a daughter, who survived but a short time.

At 78, George Street, Mrs Robert Nasmyth, of a son.

23. At Edinburgh, the Lady of John Hamilton Colt, Esq. of a daughter. of,

At Tarvit House, Mrs Home Rigg, of3a daughter.

-At Rink, Mrs Arras, of a son. 27. At East Fortune, Mrs

28. At Denham-Green, thereford, of a son

ness, of a son.

of Calth29. At Garscube, Mrs Grant of Congalton, of a daughter.

30. At New Laverock Bank, Mrs William Swinton Maclean, of a son.

Lately. Mrs T. Weir, Nelson Street, of a son. -At Woodend Cottage, Fifeshire, Mrs Fulton, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES. 7:0,blane(1 July 22. At Brussels, the Rev. E. Jenkins, B.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, to Eliza, eldest daughter of John Jay, Esq. formerly of Lixmont, near Edinburgh.

26. At Belvue, the Rev. William Gillesple, minister of Kells, to Charlotte, third daughter of the late George Hogan, Esq. of Waterside.

-At Flaws, Erie, Orkney, Mr William Turner, merchant, Edinburgh, to Anne, eldest daughter of Hugh Spence, Esq. of Flaws.

28. At London, Alex. Robert Stewart, Esq. M.P. for the county of Londonderry, to Lady Caroline Anne Pratt, youngest daughter of the Marquis and Marchioness Camden.

Aug. 1. At Perth, Major Todd, of Castle Bank, to Marjory, eldest daughter of Mr. Bisset of Marshall Place.

-At Edinburgh, Mr Alexander Gilkie, surveyor, to Eliza, daughter of the late Rev. Dr Young, minister of Fouldon, Berwickshire.

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of Bradford, Yorkshire, to Catherine, only daugh ter of the late Dr John Rutherford, of Craigow. Kinross-shire.

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29. At Stockbridge, George Crichton, Esq. Viewforth, to Catherine, second daughter of the late William Forester, Esq. of Culmore, Stirlingshire.

At Canaan House, Dr James Pitcairn, to Cecilia, youngest daughter of David Thompson, Esq. W.S..

30. At Leith, Mr Robert Schaw, merchant, Leith, to Margaret, daughter of Mr William Auld, merchant there.

At Culross, the Rev. John Smyth, of St. George's Church, Glasgow, to Margaret, daughter of Samuel Davidson, Esq. surgeon, Culross

31 At London, Ernest, Comte de Gersdorff, to the Hon. Maria Elizabeth Twisleton Fiennes, only daughter of Lord Saye and Sele

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At Kelso, Arthur Campbell, Esq. W.S. to Jane, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Barstow, Esq.

31. At Muirtown, Captain W: E. Sutherland, 83d Regiment, to Miss 8. G. Duff, eldest daughter of H. R. Duff, Esq. of Muirtown.

Sept. 1. At Stirling, Mr Edward Carritt of Brigg. Lincolnshire, to Harriet, second daughter of Robert Peacock, Esq. of Solsgirth-House, Perthshire. 8. At London, the Right Hon. Stratford Can ning, his Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople, to Eliza Charlotte, eldest daughter of Jaines Alexander, Esq. of Sommerhill, Kent, M.P.

5. At Kirby Stephen, the Rev. Edward Heels, A. M. Rector of Brougham and Dufton, in the County of Westmoreland, to Anne, only daughter of William Hopes, Esq. of Duckintree, in the same county.

At Thames Ditton, Surrey, Captain G. F. Lyon, RN. to Lucy Louisa, youngest daughter of the late Lord Edward Fitzgerald. DI

At New Scone, near Perth, the Rev. William Murray, Muchalls, to Jane, eldest daughter of the late Mr Allan Stewart Shuna Appin.

6. At Bonington, John Haig. Esq of Dublin, to Jane, daughter of the late John Haig, Esq. Bennington. 16. Teo. 10

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At St Pancras New Church, London, the Rev. Robert Watson, of Stayley Bridge, Laneashire, to Matilda, youngest daughter of the late John Collison, Esq. of Blackheath.

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7. At St James's Chapel, Mr John Ronald, writer, Broughton Place, to Catharina, second daughter of Mr James Lorimer, York Place..

9. At Edinburgh, Roger Duke, Esq. to Eliza, only daughter of the late Captain L. Oliphant of Kinnedder. osa) ord

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-At Edinburgh, Mr Alexander Turnbull, merchant, Leith, to Christian, fifth daughter of Mr James Thomson, of the Cess Office, James Street.

At Aikenhead, Mungo Campbell, Esq. merohant, Glasgow, to Isabella Cragle, eldest daughter of John Gordon of Aikenhead, Esq

12. At New Monkland, Manse, Robert M'Culloch, Esq. writer, Airdrie, to Margaret, eldest daughter of the Rev. Dr James Begg.

13. At Stirling, Francis William Clarke, Esq. writer, Stirling, to Agnes, eldest daughter of James Wright, Esq. writer there. 32

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Mr David Croal, printer, Edinburgh, to Anne, daughter of Mr John Bell, King's Street, Dundee.

14 At Gosford, Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, Esq, to Lady Charlotte Charteris, fourth daughter of the Earl of Wemyss and March.

15. At Castle Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Sir John Forbes, Bart. of Craigevar, to the Hon. Charlotte Elizabeth, daughter of the Right Hon. Lord Forbes.

-At Montrose, Robert Rickart Hepburn, Esq. of Rickarton, to Elizabeth Jane, eldest daughter of Thomas Bruce, Esq. of Arnot.

16. At Blythswood Hill, the Rev. Laurence Lockhart, minister of Inchinan, to Louisa, daughter of the deceased David Blair, Esq.

19. At Calderbank, James Finlay, Esq. eldest son of Kirkman Finlay, Esq. of Castle Toward to Janet, eldest daughter of Hugh Bogle, Esq. of Calderbank.

20. At Huntington, county of Haddington, A. P. Robertson, Esq. merchant, Leith, to Christina, eldest daughter of William Ainslie, Esq. of Huntington.

21. At No. 30, Castle Street, Watkin William Watkins, Esq. younger of Shotton, in the county of Salop, to Christian, daughter of the late Thomas Watkins, Esq., Linlithgow.

24. At Doncaster, Lieut.-General Sharpe, of Hoddam, to Jane, daughter of Godfrey Higgins, Esq. of Skellow Grange, in the county of York.

27. At Edinburgh, Capt. Stewart, 94th Regt, to Ann, only daughter of Charles Stewart, Esq. of Ardsheal.

At Camnethan House, John Piercy Henderson, Esq. of Foswell Bank, to Miss Eliza Ann Lockhart, second daughter of Robert Lockhart, Esq. of Castle Hill.

28. At Edinburgh, Mr Alexander B. Mackay, merchant, Leith, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Robert Brown of Newhall, Esq.alty

At Rosemount, Aberdeen, Charles Fraser, Esq. of Williamston, Aberdeenshire, to Margaret Eleanor, youngest daughter of Charles Mitchell, Esq. of Forcethall, Yorkshire.

29. At Gilmerton House, Charles Kinnear, of Kinnear, Esq. to Christiana Jane, daughter of John Boyd Greenshields of Drum, Esq. advo

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DEATHS

Oct. 31, 1824.-In camp, at Charwah, south of the Nerbuddah, Captain P. H. Dewaal, 60th Regiment Native Infantry, on 95t

Feb. 19, 1825, At Bombay, Lieut. Archibald David Græme, 3d Native Cavalry, aged 22, youngest son of the late John Græme, Esq. of Eskbank.

21. At Broach, Bombay, Lieutenant James Hay of the 10th Regiment Native Infantry.

June 12. At George Town, Demarara, Mr James Macgregor, merchant, only son of Mr Macgregor, St Andrew Square.

27. At Bencoolen, Mrs Christiana Nicholson, wife of William Scott, Esq. of Penang.

July 26. At Bath, Lady Leslie, widow of Sir Edward Leslie, of Tarbert, Bart.

11. At Sierra Leone, Thomas Inglis, Esq. Deputy Inspector of Hospitals, son of the Rev. William Inglis, Dumfries,

29. At Hillside, parish of St David's, Jamaica, John Weir Thompson, youngest son of the late William Thompson of Birkenhead, Esq. Lesmahagow.

30. At Newton Manse, the Rev. Thomas Scott, minister of the parish of Newton.t

Aug. 1. At Eastertyre, Robert Macglashan, Esq. of Eastertyre, writer to the signet. 10.

At Canterbury, Lieut.-General Disborough, of the Royal Marines.ziy

8. At 10, St. Anthony's Place, Mr John Stirling, writer.

6. The Rev. Henry Muschet, minister of the Gospel at Shettleston.

-At Dundee, Mr George Baxter, merchant, aged 79 years. Ho has left 5 children, 35 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, 25 nephews and neices, 100 grand ditto, 61 great grand ditto."

7. At Madeira, Robert Young, Esq, merchant, Glasgow, by aro

8. At Ramsgate, Sir John Sutton, K.C.B., Admiral of the White,

9. At Raeburn Place, Stockbridge, Robert Morison, Esq. architect.

At the Marsh, near Shirehampton, Mr Edward Painter, aged 77. His death was caused by the stinging of a wasp, which was unobserved in a cup of beer of which he was drinking, and although after very considerable efforts he succeeded in throwing the insect out of his mouth, he died of suffocation in consequence of the swelling of the throat, within half an hour.

9. At Maravillias, Madeira, Lady Jardine, widow of Sir Alexander Jardine, Bart. of Applegarth, Dumfries-shire.

10. At Thurso, Captain James Henderson, of the Ross, &c. militia.

At Glasgow, Miss Jean Govane, of Park of Drumquahassie. -Suddenly at Landeck, in Silesia, Count Buow, an eminent Prussian statesman.

11. At Irvine, Mrs Barbara Bannatyne, widow

of the Rev. Dr James Steven, late minister of Kilwinning.

13. At Cranshaws, Berwickshire, Mr John Bertram, farmer there, in his 79th year.

At Barnhill, Perthshire, Mr David Rintoul, late writer in Edinburgh.

14. At West Maitland Street, Mrs Mary Campbell, wife of Lieut. John Eddington.

At No. 3, Roxburgh Place, Edinburgh, Captain William Black, of the 22d Regiment of Native Infantry, late Assistant Quartermaster-General, and secretary to the Military Fund at Bombay. At Piershill Barracks, Samuel Scott, Esq. surgeon to the Carabineers.

16. At his house, No. 6, Charlotte Square, Mr Charles Oman.

17. At Monkwearmouth Shore, Margaret Nicholl, aged 104.

At Hesket, Newmarket, Mr John Seville, aged 102 thi sáng

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18. At Edinburgh, Catherine Dutchfield, relict of Dr George Chapmany__and

At Aberdeen, James Brand, Esq. cashier to the Banking Company in Aberdeen.

19. At Primrose Bank, Christian, second daughter of the late James Frisby Leitch, Esq. merchant, in London, aged fifteen years.

At Elliestown, Mrs Tulloch, relict of Thomas Tulloch, Esq. of Elliestown.

At Capuch Manse, Mrs Catherine Dalmahoy, wife of the Rev. William Innerarity.

20. At Edinburgh, the Right Hon. John Francis, Earl of Mar. ***

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22. At the house of his brother, Lord Hutchinson, Bulstrode Street, Manchester Square, London, the Earl of Donachmore. His titles and estates devolve upon his next brother, Lord Hutchinson, K.G.C.B. &c.

23. At London, Lady Elphinstone, widow of John, thirteenth Lord Elphinstone, and mother of the present Lord.

At Edinburgh, Jane Montague, the infant daughter of John Cockburn, Esq.

-At Portland Place, London, of Apoplexy, Admiral Lord Radstock, G.C. B. in his 73d year. 25. At the Manse of Abbotshall, the Rev. Wil liam Anderson, minister of that parish.

26. At Duddingston House, Miss Charlotte Grant, daughter of the late William Grant, Esq. of Congalton.

26. At Paisley, Mr Henry Wilson, writer. 27. At London, Mrs Core, wife of Mr. Charles Henry Core, late merchant in Edinburgh.

At Coldstream, Mrs Isabella Walker, relict of Robert Hay, Esq. of Harlaw, parish of Eccles. At Dundee, Ann, and on the 17th inst. Margaret, daughters of the Rey. David Russell. 27. At Edinburgh, Mr Robert Mitchell, late Deacon of the Incorporation of Fleshers, Edinburgh.

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At Mountainhall, William Brand, Esq. of Mountainhall, aged 100 years,

At his house, Broughton Place, after a long and painful illness, Alexander Manners. Esq. bookseller.

28. At Allonby, Walter, third son of Richard Mackenzie, writer to the signet.

At Kinlose Manse, John James, second son of the Rev. William Robertson.

28. At Auldcathic, Miss Margaret Liston, daughter of the late Rev. Robert Liston, minister of Aberdour.

29. At Edinburgh, Mrs Wight, relict of Alex. Wight, Esq. Advocate, formerly Solicitor-General of Scotland.

30. At his house, in the Isle of Man, aged 71 years, Lieut. Colonel William Cunninghame, formerly of the 58th Regiment of Foot, and for many years past a member of the Hon. House of Keys of that Island.

81. At Portobello, Major James Davidson, late in the service of the Hon. East India Company. -At the Manse of Ormiston, Mrs Mary Johnston, wife of the Re v. John Ramsay.

Sept. 1. Thomas Lyels, Esq. of Barrow, Suffolk. He was taking the diversion of shooting, and whilst directing his servant's attention to a covey of birds he was following, fell suddenly, and life was instantaneously gone.

- At Harehead, East Lothian, Eliza Dods, youngest daughter of Mr John M'Gregor, writer, Edinburgh.

-At Glasgow, Jean, daughter of Mr Andrew Duncan, printer to the University.

2. At North Lunenbam House, Rutland, the Right Hon. Lady Anne Noel, sixth daughter and last surviving child of the late Baptist Earl of Gainsborough. Her Ladyship had attained the venerable age of 87 years.

-At Cupar, Catherine, third daughter of Mr Horsbrugh.

4. At his scat, Castle Howard, in the county of York, Frederick Howard, Earl of Carlisle, Viscount Howard, Baron Dacres of Gillesland, K.G. &c. His lordship was born May 28, 1758, and consequently was in the 78th year of his age.

-At her house, Melville Street, Mrs Mary Stuart, relict of Charles Stuart, Esq.

-At Edinburgh, Mr Alex. Hall, builder, Thistle Street.

- At his house in Henrietta Street, Cavendish Square, Sir T. Stepney. This polished gentleman of the old school was seen, in his usual attire, perambulating St James's Street, from club-house to club-house, (his daily practice,) so recently as the preceding day. His dress had been the same for half a century, namely, a blue coat, with a broad back and long waist, and he commonly wore a/remarkably short spencer; nankeen was his constant wear in small-clothes; and his blue broad, striped silk stockings produced a remarkable contrast; added to these, was a hat not deeper in the crown than an inch and a half, but with a rim of greater proportion, and a black ribbon tied round it. Sir Thomas in his 70th year, on the coldest day in winter, was clad the same as in the dogdays; he was a great card player, but not a gambler, and was an amiable character and accomplished gentleman.

5. Mrs Philadelphia Barbara M'Murdo, wife of Norman Lockhart, Esq. of Tarbrax.

6. At London, General Stevens, in the 83d year of his age.

-At Rinns, Robert Montgomerie, Esq. of Barnahill.

7. At his scat, Weston, Staffordshire, in the 64th year of his age, the Right Hon. Orlando Earl of Bradford, after a painful and lingering illness of nearly two years.

9. At Jersey, Thomas Dumaresq, Esq. Deputy Commissary-General.

-At New Street, Canongate, Clementina, daughter of Mr John Ruthven.

At Albro', of the cholera morbus, the lady of John Tempest, Esq. and only surviving sister of Henry, late Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, K.G. &c.

10. At 7, Stafford Street, Mrs Elizabeth Forster, widow of Thomas Gregson, Esq. of Blackburn.

11. At Edinburgh, W. M. Greig, second son of the Rev. C. Greig, St. Ninian's.

-At Stirling, Mr. Henry Redpath, watchmaker. 12. At Richmond, Mrs Wellesley Polo Long Wellesley.

13. At Cardoness, in the 89th year of his age, Sir David Maxwell, Bart.

At 121, Prince's Street, Edinburgh, Miss Catherine Gibson, daughter of the late Thomas Gibson, Esq. of Muirton.

At Cooper's Hill, Surrey, Lord Langford.

14. At Banff, Patrick Duff, Esq. of Carnoustes Banffshire.

-At 58, Nicholson Street, Mrs Mary Lookup, spouse of Mr John Ainslie.

-At Raeden, near Aberdeen, Miss Jean Strat ton, of Kirkside, parish of St Cyrus.

15. At Edinburgh, Robert, son of Robert Whigham, Esq. advocate.

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At Campie, near Musselburgh, James Johnson, youngest son of North Dalrymple, Esq. aged 15 Lonths.

-At Drumtochty Castle, James Gammel, Esq. of Countesswells and Drumtochty.

16. At Bellfield, near Musselburgh, Mrs Ann Lindesay, relict of Andrew M'Kerras, Esq. merchant in Leith.

Mrs Elizabeth Hogg, aged 35, wife of Mr John Stevenson, bookseller, Prince's Street. 17. At his house, 8, Roxburgh Street, Mr Andrew Wilson, leather merchant.

19. At Falkirk, Robert Walker, Esq. of Mumrills.

20. At Mayfield, near the Grange Toll, aged 64 years, Mr William Waugh.

22. At Lauriston Place, William, youngest son, and on the 20th inst. Agnes, eldest daughter of Mr James M'Naught, merchant.

23. At Duddingston, Mr William Scott, of the Bill Chamber.

24. At Peebles, Mr Adam Russell, ironmonger. -At Makerstoun Manse, George, only son of the Rev. David Hogarth.

25. At Camis Eskan, Katherine, infant daughter of James Dennistoun, Esq. of Colgrain.

26. At Springfield, Leith Walk, Mrs Alison Oliver, aged 74, relict of the late Mr Niel Sinclair, Edinburgh.

Oct. 1. At his house Castlehill, Edinburgh, John Nichol, mariner. He was found dead in his bed in the morning, A narrative of the life and adventures of this veteran sailor was published by Mr Blackwood several years ago, from which it ap pears, that he twice circumnavigated the globe, was three times in China, and had run down more than once the whole landboard of America, from Nootka Sound to Cape Horn. He was also in the memorable naval engagement fought off Cape St Vincent, and in the battle of the Nile. He was born in the parish of Currie in 1755, and consequently must have been about seventy when he died.

3. At Glasgow, in the 31st year of his age, John Morrison Duncan, Esq. printer to the University.

Lately, At Bath, Lord Henry Seymour Moore, second son of the late Marquis of Drogheda.

-Mr Birbeck, secretary of the state of Illinois, America. He was drowned in crossing a stream in his way home from a visit to Mr. Owen at Harmony.

At Winchester, Mr George Harding, aged 116 years. He survived five wives, two of whom he married after he was 100 years of age.

-In Portugal, in the Convent of the Nuns of St Benito d'Ave Maria, a domestic, aged 128 years. She had been 100 years in the service of the monastery.

-On Board the ship Albion, on his return from Bengal to his native country, the Hon. John Adam. He had resided in India more than 30 years, having filled the important office of Governor-General from the period of the Marquis of Hastings's departure to the arrival of Lord Amherst.

-At Cambridge, James Gordon. He died in a hayloft at the Hoop Hotel, in his 65th year. He was formerly an attorney of some eminence. His convivial talents, his wit and elegance, at one time rendered him the delight of the social board. Severe disappointment crossed his path, destroyed the repose of his youth, and the bottle became unfortunately his fatal resource.

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