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July 1. In Northumberland Street, Mrs Cook, of a daughter.

2. At Craigflower, Mrs Blackburn, of Killearn, of a son.

3. In Charlotte Street, Leith, Mrs J. Dudgeon, of a daughter.

4. At Ballygiblin, county of Cork, the Lady of William Wrixon Becher, Esq. of a daughter.

5. At Hopetoun House, the Countess of Hopetoun, of a daughter.

6. At Craigleith House, Mrs Fleming, of a son. In George Street, Mrs William Burn, of a

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19. At Cockenzie, Mrs H. F. Cadell, of a son. - At Otterston, Fifeshire, the Lady of RearAdmiral Moubray, C. B. of a daughter.

20. At Edinburgh, the Lady of John Archibald Campbell, Esq. of a son.

22. At Castlecraig, the Hon. Lady Gibson Carmichael, of a son.

23. At Abercrombie Manse, Mrs Swan, of a son. At Denmark Hill, Middlesex, the Lady of C. D. Gordon, Esq. of a daughter.

24. At No. 3, Roxburgh Place, Mrs J. R. Skinner, of a son.

25. At Kirkaldy, Mrs Stark, of a son.

26. At Aberdeen, the Lady of Major Henderson, Royal Engineers, of a daughter.

27. At Edinburgh, Mrs Thornton, wife of Major Thornton, 13th Light Dragoons, of a daugh

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10. The Hon. Mrs Sinclair, wife of George Sinclair, Esq. (late M. P. for Caithness,) of a daughter.

14. At Relugas, the lady of Sir Thomas Lauder Dick, of Fountainhall, Bart. of a daughter.

In Bedford Square, London, the lady of Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq. of a daughter.

-At Acton Villa, the lady of John Gordon, of a son and heir.

16. At Edinburgh, Lady Isabella Wemyss, of a

son.

17. At Grange Hill, the lady of Charles Hope Reid, Esq. R. N. of a daughter.

18. In York Place, Edinburgh, Mrs Wishart, of a son.

19. At Netherlay, Mrs Silver, of a son.

20. At Leith Links, the lady of R. D. Menzies, Esq. of a son.

20. In Forth Street, Mrs A. Brodie, of a son. 21. At Pitrithie House, Mrs Mackenzie, of a daughter.

At Springhill, the lady of Geo. Forbes, Esq. of a son.

-At Brinkburn Abbey, Northumberland, the lady of Major Grey, Royal Scots Greys, of a daughter.

23. At Camberwell, Surrey, Mrs Dudgeon, of a daughter.

At Dysart, Fifeshire, the Lady of John R. Black, Esq. R. N. of a daughter. - At Glasgow, Mrs Dr Meikleham, of a son. The lady of Thomas Gifford, Esq. of Fairy Bank, Shetland, of a son and heir.

In Drummond Place, Mrs Douglas, of a daughter.

27. At Whitehouse, Burntsfield, the Right Hon. Lady Eleanor Balfour, of a son.

Lately, At Gosspaul, Leicestershire, the Countess Howe, of a son

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In Hill Street, Edinburgh, the Lady of Charles Stuart Allan Hay, C. B. C. K. M. E. of a daughter.

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At Great Russel Street, London, the Lady of James Loch, Esq. of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

Nov. 28, 1822. At Boolunshur, East Indies, Hugh Smyth Mercer, of the Hon. East India Company's Medical Service, Bengal Establishment, youngest son of the deceased Hugh Smyth Mercer, Esq. writer to the signet, to Frances, fourth daughter of the late Lieut.-General Hugh Stafford, of the Bengal army

Dec. 22. At Padang, William Purves, Esq. Commander of the Baron Vander Capellen, in the Dutch East India service, to Cornelia Louisa, daughter of Intrxld, Esq.

July 1, 1823. At Edinburgh, the Rev. Thomas Henry Yorke, M. A. vicar of Bishop Middleham, county of Durham, and rector of St Cuthbert's, York, to Maria, daughter of the late Major-General the Hon. Mark Napier.

At Fortrose, the Rev. Robert Milne, Chaplain of Fort George, to Jane Gordon, third daughter of Colin Matheson, Esq. of Bennetsfield.

Mr John Harrison, merchant, Edinburgh, to Christiana, youngest daughter of the late John Baillie, Esq.

At Edinburgh, Adam Wylie, Esq. Smeaton, to Mary, daughter of the late Hew Burn, Esq. North Berwick.

2. At Largs, D. K. Sandford, Esq. Professor of

Greek in the University of Glasgow, to Miss Charnock, only daughter of the late Robert Charnock, Esq.

3. At Kelso, the Rev. James Porteous, Jedburgh, to Margaret, daughter of the late Mr Robison, merchant, Jedburgh.

5. At Elgin, Patrick Cameron, Esq. writer, to Ann, daughter of George Fenton, Esq. sheriff-substitute of Elginshire.

- At London, the Hon. Mr Henry Lascelles, second son of the Earl and Countess of Harewood, to Lady Louisa Thynne, second eldest daughter of the Marquis and Marchioness of Bath.

7. At Liverpool, Ralph Smith, Esq. of Edinburgh, to Sarah Phillips, eldest daughter of the late Captain Bridge, of the Hon. East India Company's service.

At Gilmore Place, the Rev. Alexander Macpherson, minister of the parish of Golspie, Sutherlandshire, to Agnes, second daughter of the late Robert Young, Esq. writer in Edinburgh.

8. At Edinburgh, Robert Davidson, Esq. banker, Alloa, to Joan, daughter of John Matthewson, Esq. Clerk Street.

9. The Rev. Alexander Harvey, Kilmarnock, to Mary, youngest daughter of Mr Walter Snowden, Edinburgh.

10. At London, Alexander W. R. Macdonald, Esq. eldest son of Major-General the Hon. Godfrey Bosville, and nephew of Lord Macdonald, to Miss Bayard, daughter of the late Colonel Bayard.

12. At Bermuda, Rear-Admiral Fahie, C.B. K.S.F. Commander-in-Chief on the North American station, to Mary Esther, daughter of the Hon Augustus William Harvey, M.D. one of the Members of his Majesty's Council of that Island.

15. Mr Alexander Williamson, surgeon, Edinburgh, to Jane, only daughter of the late Mr James Sibbald, shipmaster, Leith.

17. At London, Colonel Mackinnon, to Anne Jane, eldest daughter of John Dent, Esq. M. P.

19. At Stockholm, the King of Sweden's son, the Crown Prince Oscar, to the Princess Leuchtenberg, daughter of Prince Eugene Beauharnois, son of Josephine, late Empress of France.

21. At Bishop's Court, near Dublin, (the seat of the Right Hon. George Ponsonby,) Earl Fitzwilliam, to Lady Ponsonby. His Lordship has attained his 75th year, her Ladyship her 70th.

22. At Midlem Manse, Andrew Buchan, Esq. Midlem, to Helen, youngest daughter of Mr Thomas M'Clelland of Orchardton, Wigtonshire.

23. In George Square, Henry Murray, Esq. to Miss Charlotte Burlin.

-At Elgin, Alexander Bremner, Esq. (late 3d Foot), surgeon in Keith, to Eliza, eldest daughter of Lieut.-Colonel A. Grant.

-At Newhall, William Davidson, Esq. writer in Glasgow, to Anne, eldest daughter of William Hussey, Esq.

24. The Rev. James Stuart Murray Anderson, M.A. of Baliol College, Oxford, to Barbara Charlotte, second daughter of the late George Wroughton, Esq. of Newington House, Oxfordshire.

28. At Wellington Place, Leith, Mr Robert Donaldson, of the Commercial Bank, to Eliza, youngest daughter of Mr George Anderson, builder.

29. At the Manse of Wilton, the Rev. Joseph Thomson, minister of Ednam, to Margaret Hunter, daughter of the Rev. Dr Hardie, minister of Ashkirk.

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At Edinburgh, Rich Poole, M.D. to Jane, eldest daughter of the late Mr John Caird, surveyor of taxes.

Aug. 2. At St Pancras, Alex. Delisser, Esq. surgeon, to Deborah, eldest daughter of the late John Crawford, Esq. Quebec; on the same day, Samuel James Douglas, Esq. Polmunckshead, to Agnes Dickie, youngest daughter of the late John Crawford, Esq.

- At Cheltenham, John Orrock, Esq. of Orrock, Aberdeenshire, to Mary, youngest daughter of the late James Cockburn, Esq. of Lime Street Square, London.

3. At Dalkeith, by the Rev. John Thomson of Newbattle, Captain J. Little, of the Hon. East India Company's Service, to Lucy Anne, only daughter of the late Colonel Willey, of his Majesty's 4th Dragoon Guards.

4. At Portobello, by the Rev. Patrick Macfarlane of Polmont, John Thomson, Esq. of Inneravon, to Janet, only daughter of the late William Walker, Esq. of Holeflat.

5. At St Mary's, Lambeth, George Logan, Esq. W. S. to Marion, second daughter of Thomas Manson, Esq. of Lambeth Terrace.

At Blair, Alex. Scott, Esq. of Trinity, to Madaline, second daughter of William Blair, Esq. of Blair.

6. At Cossey Hall, Norfolk, Thomas A. Fraser of Lovat, Esq. to Charlotte Georgiana, eldest daughter of Sir George Jerningham, Bart. The happy pair soon thereafter set off for Scotland.

7. At Bath, John Campbell, Esq. Adjutant, Royal Marines, to Catherine, youngest daughter of Colonel Savary.

At Edinburgh, Mr W. B. Orr, writer, Saltcoats, to Jane, eldest daughter of John Macfarlane, Esq. St Bernard's Place, Stockbridge.

-At Totteridge, Herts, the Hon. Captain Granville George Waldegrave. R. N. eldest son of Admiral Lord Radstock, G.C.B. to Esther Caroline, youngest daughter of the late John Puget, Esq. of Totteridge, Herts.

8. Isaac Bayley, Esq. Duke Street, to Miss Baird, daughter of Principal Baird, Edinburgh.

11. At Manse of Towie, the Rev. Adam Smith, minister of that parish, to Isabella, daughter of Mr Alex. Smith, Tarland.

-At Leith, Robert Ainslie, Esq. to Mary, daughter of James Ainslie, Esq.

12. At Badmington, Glocestershire, the Hon. Fred. Calthorpe, to the Right Hon. Lady Charlotte Somerset, eldest daughter of the Duke of Beaufort.

-At St George's Church, Hanover Square, London, F. A. Cunynghame, Esq. son of Sir William Augustus Cunynghame, Bart. to Ann, youngest daughter of Edward Earl, Esq. Chairman of the Board of Customs, for Scotland.

At Mauldslie Castle, John Geo. Hamilton, Esq. Glasgow, to Christina, youngest daughter of Henry Monteith, Esq. of Carstairs, M. P.

14. At the Manse of Thurso, John Sutherland, Esq. late Captain 3d Foot or Buffs, to Catherine, eldest daughter of the Rev. William Mackintosh, minister of that place.

15. At Kirktonfield, William Morris, Esq. Perth, Upper Canada, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Cochrane, Esq. Kirktonfield.

-At Edinburgh, Mr Thomas Gibson, Laidlawsteel, to Margaret, youngest daughter of the late Mr Robert Horsburgh, Vair.

19. At London, Capt. Franklin, R. N. to Eleanor Anne, youngest daughter of the late William Porden, Esq.

21. At Pitliyer House, Fifeshire, Charles Charleton, Esq. M.D. to Elizabeth, third daughter of the late William Reed, Esq. North Shields.

26. At Mollance, Richard Carson, Esq. of Liverpool, merchant, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of John Napier, Esq. of Mollance.

26. At Buccleuch Place, the Rev. J. Stevenson, to Laura Turton, daughter of John Gordon, Esq. 29. At Edinburgh, on the 29th ult. Geo. Brodie, Esq. advocate, to Rachel, youngest daughter of the late Major David Robertson, AssistantBarrackmaster-General, N. B.

DEATHS.

Sept. 1822. At Hobocken, near New York, Mrs Thomas Allen, formerly of Tweedside, Peebles. Nov. 3. In Bengal, in the 59th year of his age, 40 of which he had served in India, Lieut.-Colonel James Maxwell, youngest son of the late John Maxwell, Esq. of Broomholm.

Jan. 1823. At Maticapoora, Island of Ceylon, Ensign Robert Grahame Geddes, of the 83d Regiment, eldest son of the late Lieut.-Colonel William Geddes, of the same Regiment.

Jan. 20. Lieut.-Colonel William Lambton, Superintendent of the Grand Trigonometrical Survey in India, while proceeding, in the execution of his duty, from Hydrabad towards Nagpoor, at Hingiu Ghaunt, 50 miles south of the latter place, aged 67.

29. At the Presidency, Madras, Lieutenant and Adjutant William Graham, of the 1st battalion

14th Regiment Native Infantry, and only surviving son of Mrs Graham of Longtown.

Mar. 7. At Serampore, of cholera morbus, having been ill only one day, the Rev. William Ward, Baptist Missionary at that place.

13. In camp, at Doolia, Brevet Captain William Graham Thomson, of the 7th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry, and Brigade-Major to the Forces at Mulligaum. The death of this brave and excellent officer will be regretted by the whole army. The service has lost a most distinguished member, and his numerous friends a most honourable and pleasant companion.-Bombay Government Paper.

20. On the passage from India, on board his Majesty's ship Termagant, Mr Charles Stodart, son of Robert Stodart, Esq. Queen Street, Edinburgh.

April 8. At St George's, Island of Grenada, James, son of the Rev. Mr Urquhart of Rosskeen, Ross-shire.

30. At the Cape of Good Hope, Captain Pearson, late Commander of the Hon. Company's ship General Hewitt.

May 7. In the Island of St Vincent, James M'Caul, Esq. of Belvidere.

June 10. At Demerara, Peter Grant, Esq. many years resident in that colony.

At Quebec, Laughlan Smith, Esq. Seignior of St Dennis and La Pocatiere. Mr Smith was a native of Inverness, and is supposed to have been upwards of 100 years of age. He served as a private in General Wolfe's Army at the taking of Quebec.

30. At Sierra Leone, of the malignant fever which has for some time raged in that colony, Edward Fitzgerald, Esq. Chief Justice of that settle

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At Perth, Henry Lawrie, Esq. of Lacestown. 8. At Ardovie, Mrs Speid, of Ardovie.

At Wansworth, Surrey, Archibald Leslie, Esq.

-At Ceres, Jean Isabella, eldest daughter of Robert Campbell, Esq. of Dalserf.

9. At his house, Greenend, near Edinburgh, Richard Barnard, Esq.

Grace, infant daughter of Mr Colin Campbell, Lochdochart.

-At Duddingstone, Elizabeth Frances, only daughter of Mr William Milne, merchant in Edinburgh.

10. At Pitcaithley, Isaac Watt, merchant, Dundee.

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11. At Bath, Mrs Ann Mackenzie, relict of Alexander Mackenzie, Esq. writer to the signet.

12. At Edinburgh, Mrs Helen Cockburn, wife of Mr James Meikle, solicitor-at-law.

-At Glasgow, Captain A. Cathcart, late of the 91st regiment.

- At Kelso, Mrs Wilson, relict of Dr Wilson, Coldstream.

At Harrogate, John Dalzell, Esq. advocate, Forth Street, Edinburgh.

13. At Banff, Mr James Farquhar, Comptroller of the Customs at that port.

14. At Edinburgh, Mary Anne Surchen, daughter of the late Mr F. Surchen, R. N.

-At Leslie, Mr James Walker, aged 86. 15. At his house, Broughton Street, Alexander George, Esq. writer.

-At her house, in Union Street, Edinburgh, Mrs Grandison Barr.

At Sullivan's Island, near Charleston, South Carolina, Mr John Macadam, son of Peter Macadam, Esq. of Easterhouse.

16. At his house, Cassils Place, Leith Walk, Captain Charles Elder, R. N.

In Upper Wimpole Street, London, Lieut.General Thomas Bridges, of the Hon. East India Company's service, in his 80th year. He commanded the right wing of the army under Lord Harris, at the capture of Seringapatam.

At Higham, near Rochester, Lady Stirling, relict of Sir James Stirling of Mansfield, Bart. 20. At Abercorn, Mr Robert Murray, writer in Edinburgh.

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At Middleby Street, Newington, in the 5th year of his age, Richard, son of Mr David Murray, Deputy Comptroller of Excise.

21. At Queensferry, John, youngest son of Alexander M'Gibbon, Esq. of Crawhill.

22. At Savannah, Georgia, Mr Robert Dreghorn, merchant, Augusta, second son of Mr Allan Dreghorn, Govan.

At Aberdeen, Alex. Shirreffs, Esq. advocate. 23. At Edinburgh, Andrew, third son of Mr Robert Kinnear, bookseller, Frederick Street. -At Edinburgh, Mr Alexander Anderson, No. 11, South Bridge.

At Linlithgow, James Watson, Esq. of Bridgecastle.

-At Paisley, the Rev. Dr Boog, first minister of the Abbey Parish, in the 78th year of his age, and 50th of his ministry.

- At Annfield Cottage, Lasswade, Edward Robertson, Esq. Secretary to the Commercial Banking Company of Scotland, in the 49th year of his age.

24. At Bankshead, near Queensferry, Mr David Stodard, farmer.

-At London, John James Earl of Farnham, one of the Representative Peers of Ireland.

At the house of Lord Beresford, Wimpole Street, London, Major-General Sir Denis Pack, K.C.B. C.T.S., and other orders, Colonel of the 84th Foot, and Lieut.-Governor of Plymouth. Suddenly, Mrs Janet Miller, aged 69, spouse of Mr David Arthur, sen. tool-maker, Paul's Work.

24. At Links of Kirkaldy, Mr David Pearson, brewer.

25. At Edinburgh, John Gordon Lorimer, son of the late Mr Robert Lorimer, wine-merchant, Hanover Street.

At Leith, Ann Maria, daughter of Mr Robert Ogilvie, merchant there.

26. At Taunton, Somersetshire, Judith Ross Duncan, widow of Wm. Duncan, Esq. late of Bath. At Pitfour, Perthshire, James Richardson, Esq. of Pitfour.

30. At Richmond Park, the Hon. Henry Addington, eldest son of Lord Viscount Sidmouth.

31. At Balmaduthy House, Ross-shire, Helen Jane, infant daughter of Colin Mackenzie, Esq. of Kilcoy.

At Portobello, John Anderson, Esq. of Winterfield. -At Dunblane, aged 64, John Coldstream, Esq. Sheriff-Substitute of the western district of Perth

shire.

At Edinburgh, Mrs Frances Hay, wife of Mr Campbell Gardner, writer, Edinburgh.

At Whitehill, near Musselburgh, Mr John Brown, brewer, Edinburgh.

Aug. 1. At Dunblane, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr John Anderson, Burntsfield Place.

In Duncan Street, Drummond Place, Mrs

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At London, Major-General Darby Griffith. -At Chiswick, the Rev. Cornelius Neale, M.A. aged 34, formerly fellow of St John's College, Cambridge.

9. At his house, in Old Burlington Street, London, the Marquis Cornwallis, in the 49th year of his age. His Lordship had been in a declining state of health for several months. He succeeded to the title on the death of his gallant and excellent father at Benares in India, in the year 1805.

-At his Lordship's residence, near London, Richard, Viscount Powerscourt.

-At Lochwinnoch, Thomas Reid, labourer. He was born on the 21st October 1745, in the clachan of Kyle, Ayrshire. The importance attached to this circumstance arises from his being the celebrated equestrian hero of Burn's poem, "Tam o' Shanter." He has at length surmounted the "mosses, waters, slaps, and styles" of life. For a considerable time by-past, he has been in the service of Major Harvey of Castlesemple, nine months of which he has been incapable of labour. He, however, still retained the desire of being " fou for weeks thegither."

10. At Duloch, Miss Fisher, eldest daughter of the late Richard Fisher, Esq. Loretto.

-At Woolwich, suddenly, Douglas Lawson, Esq. of the Royal Artillery.

11. At Gargunnock House, Stirlingshire, Mrs Ann Weller, Lady of the late Colonel Edingtoun of Gargunnock.

-At Brompton, Brooks Lawrence, Esq. late Lieut.-Colonel of the 13th Light Dragoons.

12. At her house, in Regent Street, London, Lady Wilson, wife of Sir Robert Wilson, M. P. -At Portobello, Mr William Drysdale, late watchmaker, Lothian Street, Edinburgh.

-At Jedburgh, the Rev. James Scott, minister of the relief congregation.

13. At Dromono, county of Antrim, Mrs William Cunningham, aged 22.

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July 8. At his house, St Bernards, deeply regretted, Sir Henry Raeburn, Knight, Royal Academician, and Portrait Painter to his Majesty; a gentle man whose talents have done so much honour to Scotland, and entitle him to be ranked as a portrait painter in the same class with Reynolds and Lawrence. His full-length pictures of the Earl of Hopetoun, Lord Frederick Campbell, Sir David Baird, Adam Roland, Esq., Glengarry, and many more, might be mentioned as proofs that he was equally remarkable for correctness of drawing, freedom of pencilling, brilliancy of colouring, and a personification of character not less vigorous than graceful. He possessed the rare faculty of producing in every instance the most striking and agreeable likeness, and of indicating intellectual expression and dignity of demeanour, wherever they appeared in the original; often approaching in his portraits to the elevation of historical painting. His modesty was equal to his merit; and in his intercourse with the young candidates for public favour, he was uniformly kind, communicative, and liberal; and on all occasions had the candour

16. At Edinburgh, Mr James Whyte, merchant, Leith.

At Edinburgh, Mrs Rachel Playfair, widow of James Playfair, Esq. architect, London.

At Tipperlinn, Mrs Margaret Carmichael. widow of the late Mr James Carmichael, comptroller of the customs at Port Patrick.

17. At New Saughton, George, second son of James Watson, Esq. of Saughton.

18. At Murrie, Miss Yeaman of Murrie.1 19. At Macroom, Ireland, George Inglis, Esq. assistant-surgeon, 57th Regiment.

At Shefford, Bedfordshire, in his 57th year, Robert Bloomfield, Esq. author of the "Farmer's Boy," &c. &c.

20. AtRome, Gregory Barnabi Chiaramonti, Pope Pius VII. The deceased Pontiff was born at Cesena, in the Romagna, on the 14th of August, 1742, and elected Pope at Venice, on the 14th of March, 1800. He was, therefore, at the time of his decease, in the 82d year of his age, and in the 24th of his Pontificate. Pius VII. was mild and amiable; and, though so long subjected to the most unjust persecutions, never evinced the least symptom of a vindictive spirit towards his enemies; whilst to his friends and benefactors, and particularly to the English nation and government, he always testified the warmest gratitude.

21. At his seat at Broomham, Essex, Sir William Ashburnham, Bart. aged 85.

-At Edinburgh, Eliza Francis, daughter of the late George Longmore, Esq. medical staff, Quebec. 22. At Buccleugh Place, James, eldest son of Mr Peter Brown, merchant, Edinburgh.

23. At Weston Green, Thames Ditton, Surrey, John Kaye, Esq. late Accountant-General to the Hon. East India Company at Bombay.

At Fountainbridge, Mrs Sprott, relict of Robert Sprott, Esq. Edinburgh.

21. At Leith, Mr Robert Brown, late of Alloa glassworks.

27. At Ayr, Helen M'Cormick, youngest daughter of William Eaton, Esq. Sheriff-Substitute of Ayrshire.

Lately. Lost, on his passage to the East Indies, John Hely Hutchinson, youngest son of the late Hon. and Rev. Lorenzo Hely Hutchinson, and nephew to the Earl of Donoughmore and Lord Hutchinson

-In Paris, Mr Nicholas Clary, formerly merchant in Marseilles, and who had acquired a large fortune by mercantile transactions. Mr Clary was brother to the present Queen of Sweden and to Madame Joseph Buonaparte.

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In Dublin, the Right Rev. Charles O'Donnell, D.D. Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Derry, at the advanced age of 76.

At Dublin, J. Jameson, Esq. one of the Barons of the Irish Exchequer.

At his seat in Staffordshire, William Shepherd Kinnersly, Esq. M. P. for Newcastle-under-Lyne. At Magdeburg, where he had taken refuge since 1815, the celebrated Carnot, at the age of 70, after a painful illness.

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At Wallacehall, parish of Glencairn, James Wallace, Esq.

-In Dublin, at the advanced age of 84, the Rev. Dr Ledwich, author of the " Antiquities of Ireland," and other literary works, and member of many of the learned societies in Europe.

RAEBURN.

to bestow just praise on rival excellence.-The Royal Academy in London, in testimony of their high estimation of his talents, elected him first an associate, and afterwards an academician, without solicitation. And when his Majesty, on his visit to Edinburgh, conferred the honour of knighthood upon the distinguished artist, we do not recollect any occasion on which a more universal feeling of satisfaction was expressed.-In society, few men were more acceptable than Sir Henry; for he possessed a cheerful disposition, much good sense, and an inexhaustible store of anecdote. In his do mestic relations, no man could dispense or receive a greater degree of happiness; and those who had opportunities of seeing him in the midst of his family, will ever cherish the recollection of his amiable and endearing qualities. Sir Henry was a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, a member of the late Imperial Academy of Florence, a member of the Academy of New York, and a few days before his death received a commission appointing him portrait painter in Scotland to the King.

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Aug. 1. At Dacre Lodge, the Right Hon. Francis Lord Napier. His Lordship was son of William Lord Napier, by Mary Anne, daughter of Charles Lord Cathcart; was born in 1758, and succeeded his father in 1775. In 1784, he married Maria Margaret, eldest daughter of Sir John Clavering; by whom he has left William John, now Lord Napier, (who married Miss Cochrane Johnstone, and has two sons and three daughters,) Charles and Henry Alfred, and four daughters. In early life his Lordship served in the army, which he left about the close of the American war; but, in the late French war, he served as Lieutenant-Colonel of the Hopetoun Fencibles, till that regiment was reduced. In 1796, his Lordship was elected one of the sixteen representative peers of Scotland, and in which he continued since, except in the Parliament summoned in 1806, which only sat one session. In 1802, he succeeded David Earl of Leven,

as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which office he resigned in 1817, and was succeeded by William Earl of Errol.-Upon his resignation, the unanimous thanks of the Assembly was voted to his Lordship, for the manner in which he conducted himself in that high office; at the same time they expressed their sincere regret at his resignation, after his long and faithful services. Lord Napier was highly respected, not only by his brother peers, but by all ranks of the community. With great urbanity of manners he supported the dignity of his rank, and was kind and affable to every person. As a husband, father, and friend, his conduct was highly praiseworthy and exemplary. In short, he displayed during his life every Christian virtue in an eminent degree, which makes his death sincerely lamented.

EARL OF HOPETOUN.

Aug. 27. At Paris, the Right Hon. John Hope, Earl of Hopetoun. His Lordship was Viscount Airthrie, Lord Hope, (Lord Hopetoun 1809, and Lord Niddry 1817, British titles,) Lord Lieutenant of Linlithgowshire, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, a General in the army, Colonel of the 42d foot, (Royal Highlanders,) Governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Captain-General of the Royal Company of Archers, &c. &c.

His Lordship succeeded James, the last Earl, his half-brother, in 1816, and was the only son of John Earl of Hopetoun, by his second marriage with Jane, daughter of Robert Oliphant of Rossie, Esq., and was born on the 17th of August, 1765. He married-first, Elizabeth, daughter of the Hon. Charles Hope Weir of Craigiehall, in 1793, who died in 1801, without issue. He married, second, Louisa Dorothea, third daughter of Sir John Wedderburn of Ballendean, Bart., by whom he has left John, now Earl of Hopetoun, born November 15, 1803, eight other sons, and two daughters.

His Lordship entered when young into the army, in which he served with great bravery and distinction. He was appointed Adjutant-General to the forces serving under the late gallant Sir Ralph Abercromby in the Leeward Islands, in 1794; had the rank of Brigadier-General in the West Indies, where he was actively employed in the campaigns of 1794, 5, 6, and 7, being particularly noticed in general orders, and in the public dispatches of the Commander-in-Chief, particularly, as having ou all occasions most willingly come forward and exerted himself in times of danger, to which he was not called, from his situation of Adjutant-General." He accompanied the British troops into Holland in August 1799, as Deputy Adjutant-General, but was so severely wounded at the landing at the Helder, on the 27th of that month, that he was compelled to come home. On his recovery, he was

appointed Adjutant-General to the army serving under his Royal Highness the Duke of York, October 19, 1799. In 1800, he accompanied Sir Ralph Abercromby as Adjutant-General on the memorable expedition to Egypt; and at the battle of Alexandria, March 21, 1801, he was wounded in the hand, and the army was thus for a time "deprived of the service of a most active, zealous, and judicious officer." He afterwards accompanied the British army to Spain and Portugal in 1808. At the battle of Corunna, January 16, 1809, in consequence of the wounds of Sir John Moore and Sir David Baird, the command devolved on his Lordship, (then Lieutenant-General Hon. John Hope)" to whose abilities and exertions, (said the dispatches,) in the direction of the ardent zeal and unconquerable valour of his Majesty's troops, is to be attributed, under Providence, the success of the day, which terminated in the complete and entire repulse and defeat of the enemy at every point of attack." On the 26th of April 1809, he was invested with the Order of the Bath, and was afterwards appointed Commander-in-Chief in Ireland, where he remained a considerable time. When he left Ireland, he again joined the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsula; and, on the 14th of April 1814, in a sortie made by the garrison of Bayonne, he was very severely wounded, and was taken prisoner by his horse falling with him, which made him cripple for a long time. This was his last service, as the war terminated next year.

As a soldier, he was cool, determined, and brave; and his conduct as a nobleman, landlord, and friend, was such as became his high station. To his numerous family and relatives his loss is much to be lamented, and few of his rank have died who have been more sincerely regretted by all classes of the public.

Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh.

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