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Mar. 30. At Castries, St Lucia, Mr James Fleming Loudon, son of Morehead Loudoun, Esq. Glasgow.

April 30. At St John's, Newfoundland, Mr Donald H. M'Caman, formerly of the Island of Islay.

May 19. At Halifax, Nova Scotia, Lieut.-Colonel P.Waterhouse, Major of the 81st regiment.

June 1. At Culross, the Rev. Walter Macalpine, first minister of that parish, in the 82d year of his age, and 54th year of his ministry.

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At Arniston Place, Henrietta Chisholme, youngest daughter of Geo. Lang, Esq.

-At Edinburgh, Mrs MacAllan, spouse of Mr James MacAllan, writer to the signet, and daughter of Mr Robert Ainslie, writer to the signet.

2. At Ettrick Bank, Matilda, only daughter of William Ogilvie, Esq. younger of Chesters.

At Paris, Marshal Davoust, Prince of Eckmuhl, after a long and painful pulmonary consumption.

At Peterhead, James Trail, Esq. surgeon. 3. At Edinburgh, Mrs Faulkner, late of the Theatre-Royal.

At Musselburgh, Louisa, wife of J. H. Home, Esq. of Longformacus, and fourth daughter of the late Captain David Ramsay, Royal Navy.

At Northam, Suffolk, Miss Mary Foulis, youngest daughter of the late Sir James Foulis of Colington, Bart.

4. At Edinburgh, Robert Hill, son of the late Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Hill, of the East India Company's Service.

At Kinghorn, Mrs Helen Wallace, wife of Lieut. Evan Macpherson, Aberdeenshire Militia.

At Perth, John Hay, eldest son of James Paterson, Esq. of Carpow.

5. At Abington Hall, Staffordshire, Janet, the infant daughter of William Hay, Esq. of Drummelzier.

-At Aberdeen, Mr Robert Troup, merchant. 6. In Merrion Square, Dublin, the venerable Judge Fletcher.

At Farme, Miss Margaret Farie, sister of James Farie, Esq. of Farme, and on the 8th inst. his daughter, Miss Farie.

7. In Dublin Street, Mrs James Hunter.

8. At Fort William, Mr John Wallace, rector of the Academy there.

At Aberdeen, Mr James Mowat, merchant and manufacturer.

At Ayr, David Scott, Esq. banker.

At Gibraltar, John Macdonald Buchanan,

Esq. of Drummakill.

At Aberdeen, Captain Robert Christie, late of the 88th regiment.

9. In Curzon Street, Mayfair, General Robert Manners, Colonel of the 30th regiment.

- At Dryden, the seat of Sir Charles Macdonald Lockhart, Bart, Mr James Borthwick, aged 81, whose ancestors had been for upwards of 300 years upon the estate.

- At Dalserf House, Thomas Paterson, Esq. late Paymaster of the 22d regiment of foot.

10. At Ayr, Captain Bedford Stewart, late of the Irish revenue service.

At Leith, Mr Cundell, late cashier of the Leith Banking Company.

-At Stirling, Colin Dawson, Esq. writer. In York Place, Thomas, eldest son of Dr Gillespie.

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At Leith, Mrs Anne Clark, relict of Mr John Rogers, soap-manufacturer, Fisherrow.

At the Manse of Dumbarney, Mr Alex. Anderson, son of Mr John Anderson, Newburgh, Fife. 12. At Waterford, Lieut.-General William Doyle.

13. At Theobalds, Hatfield, Herts, the Marquis of Salisbury.

14. At Edinburgh, Mary Ross, third daughter of Mr George Stedman, Solicitor Supreme Courts.

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At Dunbar, Lieut.-Colonel John Clark, Royal Marines.

At her house, in Upper Grosvenor Street, London, the Countess de Dunstanville.

At her house, in Nicolson Square, Mrs Julia Hope, wife of Mr Thomas Manners, writer to the signet, and depute-clerk of session.

15. At Edinburgh, Dr John Thomson, R. N.

At Manse of Durris, the Rev. William Strachan, minister of that parish, in the 79th year of his age, and 52d of his ministry.

-At Warriston Crescent, Agnes, wife of Mr A. Plimer, of the Stamp-office.

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At 101, Prince's Street, Isabella, daughter of the Rev. James Grant, minister of Laggan. At Old Hall, near Warre, Thomas Cleghorn,

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Mr Robert Ogle, of the firm of Ogle, Duncan, & Co. booksellers, London.

-At Ballancrieff House, the Hon. Clara Mary Murray, second daughter of the Right Hon. Lord Elibank.

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- At Colzium, James Davidson, Esq. writer to the signet.

-At St Andrews, Mrs Isabella Stormonth, reliet of Mr James Mowat, late Rector of the Grammar School there.

- At London, William Gordon, Esq. of Campbelton, in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright.

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At his house, Leith Walk, Charles Fraser, of Williamston, Esq.

At Versailles, in France, Isabella, wife of Major-General John Murray.

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At Catherine Bank, Mrs Margaret Spalding, wife of the Rev. Dr Ireland, North Leith.

At her house, in Seymour Place, London, the Dutchess Dowager of Cardigan.

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28. At Edinburgh, Miss Margaret Craigie, youngest daughter of the late John Craigie, Esq. of Quebec.

29. At Porterfield Cottage, near Edinburgh, in the 72d year of his age, Dr William Farquharson, physician in Edinburgh, a man eminent in his profession, warm and steady in his friendships, and of much urbanity of manners.

30. At Stamford, Lincolnshire, Octavius Graham Gilchrist, Esq. a distinguished literary character, at the early age of 43 years.

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HISTORY OF The Garden of PLANTS, PARIS,

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ON THE PLUCKLESS SCHOOL OF POLITICS. No. I.
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LETTER FROM A CONTRIBUTOR IN THE SULKS,

A SCOTS MUMMY. IN A LETTER FROM JAMES HOGG,

LONDON ODDITIES AND OUTLINES. No. II.

PARISIAN SKETCHES. No. I.

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The Rev. Mr Irving,

Six Months before, and Six Months after October, 1814,

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A Ball at the Opera House,

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NEW EAR TRUMPET. IN A LETTER FROM THOMAS MORISON, M.D.

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THE PARSON'S VISITOR, A LYRICAL BALLAD,

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THE LATE WHIG ATTACKS ON THE LORD CHANCELLOR,

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LETTERS OF TIMOTHY TICKLER, ESQ., TO EMINENT LITERARY CHA-
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EDINBURGH:

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, NO. 17, PRINCE'S STREET, EDINBURGH; AND T. CADELL, STRAND, LONDON;

To whom Communications (post paid) may be addressed.

SOLD ALSO BY ALL THE BOOKSELLERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

JAMES BALLANTYNE & CO. PRINTERS, EDINBURGH.

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WE have lately received a very delightful book, from a very delightful friend, and, being anxious that the world should become as happy, and as well informed, as ourselves, we lose no time in requesting the numerous individuals of which it is composed, men, women, and dandies, the " intermediate link," to order each and all of them, his, her, and its copy. Everybody knows something now-a-days of the Garden of Plants, or at least ought so to do; for it has been ascertained, that even "Tims" has bearded the Douglas in his den; that is, has stood within a few paces of the Menagerie without any fear of being driven to atoms by the tuft of the lion's tail. But in an establishment of such great extent, and unrivalled excellence, it may well be imagined, that many things worthy of notice escape the observation, and many more the comprehension, of travellers; and hence the value of a clear and satisfactory history of the rise, progress, and completion of the King's Garden, and of the splendid collections in every branch

of natural history which it now contains. Such a work is, in fact, from the nature of things, an exposition of the state of the most important physical sciences during the successive and connected periods of which it treats, and thus, at the same time that it enlightens us regarding the practical manage ment and present state of a most regal institution, it explains and illustrates the progress of human intellect in many of the most delightful branches of knowledge.

The person who writes this work in English is M. Royer, a French gentleman, who holds a situation in the office of administration of the Museum. He is well known for the wonderful skill which he has attained in speaking and writing our language, without having resided in Britain, and for his great civility and kindness to those foreigners who visit the Museum and its environs, for the purposes of amusement or information; and he is universally esteemed for the intelligence and integrity of his cha racter. He has resided constantly in

History and Description of the Museum of Natural History and Royal Botanic Garden of Paris. Translated from the French of M. Deleuze, assistant Botanist. By A. A. Royer. 2 vols. 8vo. with 17 plates. Price 21s. Sold by G. B. Sowerby, 33, King Street, Covent Garden, London.

This work has been composed, by authority of the French government, from materials furnished by the Professors and Administrators of the Museum.

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the Garden for these last twenty years, for the most part with M. Dufresne, the King's naturalist, chief director of the zoological department, and is consequently well acquainted with the management, both in its general spirit and most minute details.

The Garden of Plants is certainly a most interesting spot. What can be more delightful than to wander about in the twilight of a fine autumnal evening, beneath those magnificent rows of ancient lime-trees, when the air is perfumed by the balmy breath of many thousand flowers-to listen, amid such a scene of stillness and repose, to the multitudinous voice of a mighty city-or to contrast a sound composed of such discordant and tumultuous elements with the wild and plaintive cries of some solitary water-fowl, which inhabit the banks of a little lake, in the centre of this Garden of Paradise! On the other hand, during the day-time, if less interesting to your sentimentalist, it is certainly fully more amusing to the ordinary class of visitors. Great part of one side of the Garden is laid out as a Menagerie, in which all sorts of wild animals are confined, or, more properly speaking, detained-the extreme comfort and extent of the dwellings, with their beautiful conformability to the pursuits and manners of their inhabitants, almost entirely precluding the idea of anything so harsh and rigorous as confinement. There the elephant, "wisest of brutes," occupies, as he ought to do, a central and conspicuous situation. He is not lodged, as he is with us, in a gloomy crib, in which he can scarcely turn himself round with sufficient freedom to perform the little devices taught him by his keeper, and which one sees how much he despises by the calm melancholy expression of his eyes. He dwells in a large and lofty apartment, opening by means of broad folding-doors into a capacious area, which is all his own. In this he has dry smooth banks to repose upon, and a deep pond of water, into which, once a day, he sinks his enormous body, causing the waters to flow over every part, except his mouth and proboscis. Nothing can be more refreshing than to see him, after basking for some hours in the morning sun, till his skin becomes as parched and dry as the desert dust of Africa-to see him calmly sinking down amidst the clear, cool

waters of his little lake, and reappearing again, all moist and black, protruding his huge round back, more like a floating island, or a Leviathan of the ocean, than an inhabitant of terrafirma.

In this neighbourhood, too, there are camels and dromedaries, the "ships of the desert," as they are so beautifully called in the figurative languages of the east, either standing upright, with their long, ghost-like necks, and amiable, though imbecile countenances, or couched on the grass, " and bedward ruminating," apparently well pleased to have exchanged the burning plains of Arabia for the refreshing shades of the Jardin des Plantes. No fear now of the blasting breath of the desert, or of those gigantic columns of moving sand which had so often threatened to overwhelm them, and the leaders of their tribe-no delusive mirage, tempting them still onwards, amongst those glaring, glittering wildernesses, "with show of waters mocking their distress." Even the wilder and more romantic animals seem here to have found a happy haven and a fit abode. The milk-white goat of Cachmire, with its long silky clothing, is seen reposing tranquilly, with half-closed eyes, upon some artificial ledge of rock, forming a

beautiful and lively contrast to the dark green moss with which it is surrounded. Deers and antelopes repose upon the dappled ground, or are seen tripping about under the shade of the neighbouring lime-trees, while the enclosures, with their surrounding shrubbery, are so skilfully arranged, and so intermingled with each other, that every animal appears as if it enjoyed the free range of the whole encampment, instead of being confined to the vicinity of its own little hut. The walks are laid out somewhat in a labyrinthic form, so that every step a person takes he is delighted by the view of some fair or magnificent creature from " a far countrie." Birds of the most gorgeous and graceful plumage, peacocks, golden pheasants, and cranes from the Balearic Isles, solicit attention in every quarter, and are seen crossing your path in all the stateliness of conscious beauty, or gliding like sun-beams through groves of evergreen, "star bright, or brighter." In whatever direction you turn, you find the features of the scenery impressed with characters very different from

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