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cromby, Esq. merchant, Glasgow, to Janet, eldest daughter of the late Peter M'Laren, Esq. of Manchester.

15. At the Chapel of the British Embassy, Paris, George William Lefevre, M.D. to Frederica Clavering, daughter of Colonel Charles Fraser, of the Hon. East India Company's service.

At London, the Rev. Daniel Heneage Finch Hatton, of Weldon, to Lady Louisa Greville, youngest daughter of the late Hon. Robert F. Greville, and Louisa, in her own right Countess of Mansfield,

his wife.

At Montreal, Lower Canada, Wm. Suter, Esq. to Eliza, eldest daughter of Captain William M'Culloch.

16. At Brechin, Alexander Black, Esq. bookseller, to Helen, third daughter of Mr Robert Duncan, merchant there.

17. At the Doune of Rothiemurchus, Gervaise Pennington, Esq. Colonel in the service of the Honourable East-India Company, commanding the brigade of horse artillery in Bengal, to Jane, second daughter of John Peter Grant, of Rothie murchus, Esq. M.P.

-At Mary-la-bonne Church, London, William Knight Dehany, Esq. Solicitor to the Excise in Scotland, to Elizabeth Favell, second daughter of Vice-Admiral Scott.

18. In St Paul's Church, Boston, United States, Mr Samuel Richardson of that city, to Miss Caroline Schetky, daughter of the late Mr G. J. C. Schetky, Edinburgh.

20. At Edinburgh, the Rev. George Lawson, Kilmarnock, to Miss Agnes Paterson, youngest daughter of the late Bailie Thomas Paterson, Galashiels.

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At Edston, Mr Alexander Rutherford, merchant, Edinburgh, to Margaret, youngest daughter of Mr Thomas Pater son, Edston.

22. At Montrose, David Lamb, Esq. Brechin, to Miss Brydon.

26. At Silver Mills, Edinburgh, John Lawder, jun. Esq. to Agnes Mathie.

-At Carlton Flace, Glasgow, James Tweedie, Esq. merchant, Glasgow, to Wilhelmina, only daughter of Alexander Stewart, Esq. cotton-yarn merchant there. At Thrave, Alexander Hutchinson, VOL. XVIII. PART III.

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- At Kilmarnock, Mrs Elizabeth Gregory, relict of William Gregory, Esq.

7. At Fisherrow, Mrs Hester Marshment, wife of Mr James Forsyth, of his Majesty's Customs, there.

8. At Glasgow, James Murray, Esq. late of Jedburgh, aged 86.

9. At Sea, on board H. M. S. Diamond, in the fifteenth year of his age, Gilbert, youngest son of Wm. Elliot Lockhart, Esq. of Cleghorn, M.P.

At Barholm House, Ann, second daughter of John M'Culloch, Esq. of Barholm.

At Keir, Mr John Kyle, gardener to James Stirling, Esq. of Keir. As an experienced gardener, Mr Kyle was surpassed by few, if any, in his profession; and he, perhaps, during his life, received more medals and prizes for superior excellence, from the Horticultural Society of Edinburgh and others, than any other individual in the same line.

10. At Falkland, Michael Lundin, Esq. of Drums.

11. At her house, North Nelson-Street, Edinburgh, at the advanced age of 84, Mrs Isobel Edmondstoune, relict of Mr William Aytoun, W.S.

At Inchnouch, Mr John Steel, of Inchnouch, aged 73.

At Rangoon, in consequence of wounds received in action with the Burmese, Ensign James Mill Geddes, of the 47th regiment of foot, youngest son of the late Lieutenant-Colonel William Geddes, of the 83d regiment.

12. At sea, on board the Carn Brea Castle, Lieut.-Colonel Commandant James Gardner, 31st regiment of Bengal native infantry.

13. At Spanish Town, Jamaica, David Macvicar, Esq. one of the Masters in Chancery there, son of the late Neil Mac

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At Grove House, near Edinburgh, in her 6th year, the Hon. Clara Melville Murray, daughter of the late Lord Elibank.

At 19, Union Street, Edinburgh, Mrs Shaw, senior.

burgh, after a tedious illness, Miss He14. At No. 3, Meadow Place, Edinlen Brunton.

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At No. 11, Walker Street, Edinburgh, Jean Lockhart Bertram, daughter of the late W. Bertram, Esq. of Nisbet. In Upper Gower Street, London, George Dance, Esq. R.A. and F.A.S. At Cummertrees village, Betty Sheathus entered her hundredth year; indeed rer, at the advanced age of 99, having people in the neighbourhood to have been she was supposed by many of the old upwards of 100, but she had no document that could record the period of her birth. At all merry-meetings Betty was a person of great importance, and nothing drew forth her sarcastic humour more forcibly than when she saw the farmers' wives or their daughters dressed finer than what she considered became their station. Betty was a keen Jacobite, and tic delight having seen the unfortunate she often recounted with much enthusias when on his march from Dumfries to Prince Charles, as he passed Cummertrees, England.

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16. At St Toolies estate, Jamaica, in his 19th year, William Bryce Glas, sixth son of the late John Glas, Esq. Stirling. At Walton Manse, the Rev. P.

Mollison.

Robinson, Esq. late Provost of Banff, aged At Banff, Bathia, the wife of George 80.

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At Glasgow, aged 69, Mr John

17. Aged 71, John Heron, Esq. of Ingleston.

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denly took a fatal turn, at the British After a lingering illness, which sudHotel, Edinburgh, the Right Hon. Anne

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In Union Street, Edinburgh, Alex. Scott, Esq. of Stockbriggs, Lanarkshire. At Ballysallach, county Carlow, the Hon. Mrs Hozier, wife of James Hozier, Esq. of Ballysallach, and daughter of the late Lord Ventry.

18. At Queensferry, aged 85, Mrs Margaret Douglas, relict of Archibald Stewart, Esq.

At Musselburgh, Mrs Ann Watson, relict of Mr Andrew Hunter, merchant there.

19. At his son's house, in Edinburgh, John Leven, Esq. sen. late of Burntisland, in the 76th year of his age.

At Pentonville, near London, Alex. Tilloch, Esq.long the proprietor and conductor of the Star London evening paper. Mr Tilloch found leisure for philosophical pursuits, and published many useful works.

20. At North Leith, Mrs Jean Macartney, spouse of Mr Alexander Ross, master of the Grammar School there.

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23. At Dumblane, Mr James Milne, junior, son of the late Andrew Milne, Esq. Bo'ness.

24. At his house, in Bernard Street, Leith, Mr George Brown, baker.

At Paris, the Right Hon. Sackville, Earl of Thanet.

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At Linlithgow, in the 94th year of his age, Mr William Wilson, senior, shoemaker there. There were several occurrences in the life of this worthy old man deserving of record. He witnessed the battle of Prestonpans, and saw the fall of the brave and virtuous Colonel Gardner. He was on the plains of Abram with the immortal Wolfe, and bore a part of the arduous duties of the ever-memorable day when that lamented hero fell. He was also at the sieges of Havannah and Louisburg. He used to remark that he lived in "three" Kings' reigns "three" commanding officers fall-was a member of "three" mason lodges, and had three" descendants in the direct line, all William Wilsons. He was highly respected in all the societies to which he belonged; and one of them (the Hopetoun Lodge of Bathgate) cheerfully pays this tribute to his memory.

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At Kirkaldy, Mr James Edington senior, of East Wemyss.

25. At Glasgow, aged 23, Margaret, daughter of John Buchanan of Ardoch, Esq. M. P.

At Caen, Major-General Lord Muskerry, after a few days' illness.

At Queen Street, Edinburgh, Mrs Thomasina Gulland, relict of John Grieve, Esq. civil engineer.

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John Reoch, and on the 11th current, Margaret Martha, their infant daughter. 26. At his house, York Place, Edinburgh, David Greig, Esq. W.S. much regretted.

27. At Linlithgow, Jean, second daughter of Mr John Gibbeson, skinner, tanner, and glue-manufacturer there.

28. At New Deer, aged 30, William, eldest son of Mr John Brodie, merchant there.

At her house, Buccleuch-street, Edinburgh, at an advanced age, Miss Margaret Grierson, daughter of the late James Grierson, Esq. wine-merchant, Edinburgh.

At Park, Mrs Forbes of Blackford. At Penzance, John Gloag, Esq. of

Limefield.

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29. Aged 97, Maurice O'Connell, Esq. of Derrihane. His landed property (L.4000 a-year) he has bequeathed to his nephew, Counsellor O'Connell, and has divided equally between him and his brothers, John and James O'Connell, Esqrs. L.40,000 in money.

At Corbelly Square, Troqueer, in her 79th year, Mrs M'Murdo, relict of the late Jas. M'Murdo, Esq. of Barbadoes. -At Springmount, county of Antrim, Mrs Hood, senior, of Springmount.

30. At his house, Merchant Street, Edinburgh, Mr John Ormiston, solicitor at law.

31. At Woodburn, near Kirkintulloch, John Buchanan, Esq. of Carbeth.

Lately. At the house of Baron Roebuck, in Ireland, the Hon. Valentine Lawless, eldest son of Lord Cloncurry.

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At Crown Street, Hutchesontown, Mr John Russell, merchant, Glasgow. On board the ship Medway, off St Helena, on his passage home, Major Adam Brugh, 44th regiment.

7. Mr George Scott, late of the Admi ralty Office, London, eldest son of Mr Alexander Scott, Ormiston.

At Scremerston, Mrs Elizabeth Hogarth, wife of Robert Hogarth, Esq. Scremerston.

- At Aberdeen, Mrs Ann Allan, relict of the deceased George Robertson, merchant in Aberdeen, aged 74.

8. At Exeter, aged 62, Eliza Helen, widow of James Lauder, Esq. of Whiteslade, and daughter of the late John Turner, Esq. of Turnerhall.

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At Fraserburgh, Mr George Lind, Postmaster, in the 88th year of his age. - At Kirkaldy, Mr John Malcolm, ship-owner, aged 80.

Mrs Jean Morrison, spouse to Dr Robert Hamilton, Professor of Mathematics in Marischal College, Aberdeen.

9. At Turriff, Miss Helen Paton, eldest daughter of the late George Paton, Esq. of Grandhome.

At House of Hill, near Edinburgh, Mr Archibald Wilson, farmer there.

10. At Caen, in France, in the 10th year of his age, George Alexander, eldest son of Major-General Halket.

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At Stirling, Mr Thomas Paterson, merchant, aged 79, and sixteen hours previous, Agnes Miller, his spouse, aged 77, two of the oldest inhabitants of that town.

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At Kenziels, near Annan, Captain

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At Hawick, Mrs Margaret Wilson, wife of Mr William Beck, manufacturer, in her 65th year.

At Rothesay, aged 80, Mrs Barbara Campbell, relict of the late James Camp bell, Esq. Stewarthall, and mother of Major Campbell, royal marines.

At Lochee, after a short illness, Mr James Carse, in the 84th year of his age. He was by profession an itinerant preacher, a profession which he had followed for about sixty years, and until within two years of his death.

At Horebury workhouse, Yorkshire, aged 70, Hannah Metcalee, who, owing to a disappointment in love, took her bed 45 years ago, and never rose from it till the day of her death. It is calculated that this pauper cost the parish £500.

13. At Arbroath, aged 34 years, Isabel Goodall, wife of Mr Patrick Wilson, bookseller.

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At Bombay, Lieutenant Archibald David Græme, 3d native cavalry, aged 22, youngest son of the late John Græme, Esq. of Eskbank.

20. At 17, Castle Street, Edinburgh, Mrs Rosina Home, relict of Mr Thomas Laing, and eldest daughter of the deceased Hon. George Home.

At No. 30, Frederick Street, Edinburgh, George Kennedy, Esq. writer.

At Stirling, Mr James Hamilton, of Boddingsgill, merchant, Biggar. 21. At 4, Clerk Street, Edinburgh, Lieutenant John Grant.

At Broach, Bombay, Lieutenant James Hay, of the 10th regiment of native infantry.

22. At Bexhill, Sussex, Agnes, daughter of the late Archibald Gilchrist, Esq. merchant, Edinburgh, and wife of Henry Riddell, Esq. W.S.

Mrs Nancy Gibson, wife of Mr G B. Brown, brewer, North Back of Canongate, Edinburgh.

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