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METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, 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.

Ochtertyre, Lady Mary Murray, a son. ----Feb. 7. At Kingston, Jamaica, the lady 9. At Paris, Lady George William Russell, of Dr Alexander M'Larty, a son.

March 23. In Albermarle Street, London, the Countess of Waldegrave, a daughter.-In Hertford Street, May Fair, Lady Emily Drummond, a son.-26. At Wickham Rectory, the Hon. Mrs Grey, a son. 27. At Ballinaby, Mrs Campbell, a daughter. Lady Eleanor Lowther, lady of the Hon. Lieut.-colonel Lowther, a son and heir.-28. In Charles Street, Berkeley Square, London, the Countess of Warwick, a son and heir.-29. At Otterston, Fifeshire, the lady of Captain Richard Hussey Moubray, of the Royal Navy, C. B. a daughter.-30. At Urr Manse, Mrs Macwhir, a daughter.-In Elder Street, Edinburgh, the lady of Dr Thatcher, a daughter. April 2. Mrs Campbell, Picardy Place, Edinburgh, a son. Mrs Brown, George Street, Edinburgh, a son.-3. At Exeter, the lady of Sir Charles Dalrymple, a son.5. At Chesterhall, Mrs John Gray, a son. -6. At Gartcraig, Mrs Millar of Frankfield, a daughter. Mrs Paul, Union Street, Edinburgh, a son. At the Briars, Mrs Archibald Douglas, a daughter.-8. At

a daughter. Mrs Bartlet Buchanan, a daughter. At Glentayn house, the lady of Wm Stirling, Esq. a son.-12. At Yesterhouse, the Marchioness of Tweeddale, a daughter.-14. Mrs Currie, Gray Street, Newington, Edinburgh, a daughter.-16. Mrs Turnbull, Dundas Street, Edinburgh, a son.-17. At Portland Place, London, Mrs A. Millar, a daughter.-18. The lady of John Douglas, Esq. of Lockerby, a son. -Mrs Erskine, Albany Street, Edinburgh, a son.-19. In North Frederick Street, Edinburgh, Mrs Colonel D. Rattray, a daughter.-At 56, George Street, Edinburgh, the lady of Major Bogle, 94th regiment, a son. At Lochmalong, the lady of Major Horsburg, a son.-20. At Inverness, the lady of Lieut.-colonel Ross, 2d West India regiment, a son.At Fareham, the lady of Lieut.-colonel Campbell, 46th regiment, a daughter.-23. At his house, Cadogan Place, London, the lady of Arch. Campbell, Esq. a son.-25. Mrs James Borthwick, Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, a daughter.-27. Mrs Robert Paul, Anne Street, St Bernard's, London, a son.-At

Stamford Hill, London, the lady of Patrick Maclachlan, Esq. a daughter.-28. At Ham Common, near London, the lady of George Sinclair, Esq. younger of Ulbster, a son. Mrs Morrison, Pilrig Street, Edinburgh, a daughter. At her house, Gower Street, Bedford Square, London, the lady of G. W. Lawrence of the Island of Jamaica, Esq. a son.-Viscountess Folkestone, a son.-In Wimpole Street, London, Mrs George Arbuthnot, a son.-29. At Merchistoun Castle, the lady of the Honourable Captain Napier, R. N., a daughter.-At Haddington, Mrs Henry Davidson, a son. -30. At Paris, the lady of the Honourable George John Tucket, a daughter.

May 2. Mrs Kermack, Picardy Place, Edinburgh, a son.-4. Mrs Campbell of Dalsert, a son.

MARRIAGES.

March 19. At the hotel of the British Ambassador at Paris, the Right Hon. the Earl of Athlone, to Miss Hope, daughter of the late John Williams Hope, Esq. of Cavendish Square and Amsterdam.-29. At Heighington-house, in the county of Durham, Duncan George Forbes, Esq. of Culloden, to Sarah, daughter of the late Rev. Joseph Walker of Lanchester.-30. At Clyde Bank, the Rev. John Dick, minister of Rutherglen, to Miss Janet Crawford, daughter of the late Mr Charles Crawford, Edinburgh.-At Aberdeen, Jonathan Morison, Esq. merchant in Leith, to Mary Ann, daughter of Patrick Still, Esq. brewer.-At Aberdeen, Thos Donald, Esq. writer, Stonehaven, to Anne, daughter of Mr John Milne.-At Aberdour-house, Patrick Duff, Esq. of Carnousie, to Penelope, second daughter of William Gordon, Esq. of Aberdour.-At Auchans, James Dunlop, Esq. of Annanhill, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of James Haldane, Esq.

April 1. At Edinburgh, Lieut.-colonel Robert Walker, Lieutenant-governor of Sheerness, to Anne, eldest daughter of John Ewart, Esq. Salisbury Road, Newington. 2. At Achur, Appin, Mr Donald Macintyre, Cuill, to Sarah, second daughter of Mr Duncan M'Coll, tacksman in Duror.At Edinburgh, J. S. Impey, Esq. to Barbara, eldest daughter of the Rev. Robert Fenwick.-4. At Doonholm-house, John Carr, Esq. of St Anne's, Yorkshire, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Hunter, Esq. of Bonnytown.-6. Mr Wm Millar, wood-merchant, Leith Walk, to Miss Margaret Muir, daughter of Mr Robert Muir, civil engineer, Fyfe Place, Leith Walk.7. At Edinburgh, Thomas Sanderson, Esq. of the Bengal cavalry, to Jessie, only daughter of the late Hugh Bremner, Esq. accountant, Edinburgh.- -At Cheltenham, Captain Honyman, grenadier guards, second son of Sir William Honyman, to Elizabeth Essex, youngest daughter of Admiral Bowen.-8. At Edinburgh, Lieut.-colonel

Robert Swinton, to Anne, daughter of the late Alexander Elphinstone, Esq.-9. At St George's, Hanover Square, London, the Hon. William Fraser, only brother of Lord Saltoun, to Elizabeth Graham, second daughter of David Macdowall Grant, Esq. of Arndilly, in the county of Banff.-10. Mr R. S. Oliver, South Bridge, to Miss Walker, Greenside Place, Edinburgh.-11. At Mary-la-bonne Church, Lieut.-colonel Dick, C. B., K. M. T., St. Wr. 42d, or Royal Highlanders, to Eliza Ann, daughter of J. Macnabb, Esq. of Arthurstone, Perthshire. At Edinburgh, John Boyd, Esq. Bonnington Place, to Isabella, daugh ter of the late John Yule, Esq. Blackdykes.

13. At Edinburgh, Jas Lang, Esq. W. S. to Eliza, daughter of John Dickson, Esq. advocate. At Greenock, E. Newman, Esq. ship-owner, Greenock, to Jessy, second daughter of the late Mr John Crawford, merchant, there.-14. At Mains of Aberdalgie, Mr George L. Cornfute, merchant, Glasgow, to Cecilia, only daughter of Adam Pringle, Esq.-The Rev. James Somerville of Airth, to Miss Janet Scott, daughter of the late Captain Andrew Scott.-20. At Tonderghie, J. Simpson, Esq. comptroller of the customs at Wigton, to Christian, youngest daughter of John D. Stewart, Esq. of Tonderghie.-21. At Edinburgh, Mr H. Pillans, to Jessie, only daughter of the late William Handyside, Esq. St Patrick Square.-At Glasgow, Rob. Raeburn, Esq. surgeon, Glasgow, to Marion, youngest daughter of the Rev. John Woodrow, late minister of Islay, Argyllshire.-22. At Parkhall, Ephriam Lockhart, Esq. W. S. to Miss J. Learmonth, daughter of the late John Learmonth, Esq. 23. At Edinburgh, George Gillespie, Esq. of Biggar Park, to Helen, eldest daughter of the deceased Captain John Hamilton, of the 73d regiment of foot.-27. At Edinburgh, Mr J. Hunter, writer, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Mr John Hill, Long Hermiston.-28. At Edinburgh, Mr Alex. Gibson, merchant, Glasgow, to Miss Helen Macdonald, Prince's Street, Edinburgh.At Leith, Mr James Geddes, storekeeper of his Majesty's Customs, Edinburgh, to Isabella, daughter of Mr Normand Morrison, late merchant, Stornoway.-At Aberdeen, Mr Michael Anderson, writer, 53, Castle Street, Edinburgh, to Miss Elizabeth Gordon, eldest daughter of the Rev. John Gordon, late minister of Cabrach.-30. At the house of Thomas Ramsay, Esq. Prince's Street, Edinburgh, Mr James Harper, merchant, Leith, to Miss Jane M'Leod.-At Windsor, William Curll, Esq. younger of Eastfield, to Charlotte, daughter of Anthony Healey, Esq. Windsor.

DEATHS.

Oct. 12, 1817. At Serepore, in Berar, Colonel P. Walker of Clayton, while proceeding with an escort of a regiment of light cavalry (the 3d) to join the third division of

the army of the Decan, which he was appointed to command.-28. At Buxur, in the East Indies, Major John Lindesay, second son of the late William Lindesay, Esq. of Feddinch.-29. Mr William Hector, surgeon, R. N. in the 30th year of his age. He was on his passage from Quebec, on board the Autumn of Dundee, which vessel was wrecked on the coast of Iceland, and all on board, to the number of twenty, perished.

Jan. 16, 1818. At St Vincent's, Robert Manners, Esq. one of the oldest inhabitants of the island.-29. At his house, James Aitken, Esq. of Springfield, St Anns, Jamaica.-31. At Demerara, Mr Coutts Trotter, third son of Alexander Dalzell, Esq.

Feb. 15. Suddenly, in Westmoreland, Jamaica, Robert Blair, fourth son of the late Mr John Blair, merchant in Glasgow.-16. In the parish of Clarendon, Jamaica, William Nicoll, Esq. of Elgin Plantation.24. At Newfoundland, Admiral Pickmore, commander-in-chief on that station.

March 1. In the 78th year of his age, at the island of Gozo, Malta, Arch. Dalyell, Esq. collector of his Majesty's revenues and chief magistrate there, many years governor-in-chief of Cape Coast Castle, and the British settlements on the Gold Coast of Africa.-7. At Vivay, in Switzerland, Jane Jamima Ainslie, eldest daughter of Mr Rob. Ainslie, W. S.-11. At New Strelitz, her Serene Highness the Princess Maria Louisa Albertine, widow of the Landgrave George of Hesse Dramstadt. She was a Countess of Leiningen, Dachsberg, and Broich; was born on the 16th of March 1729, and had nearly completed her 89th year.-16. At her house at Greenwich, in the 88th year of her age, Ann, widow of Lieutenant-general Forbes Macbean, of the royal artillery.-17. At the Manse of Biggar, Mr William Watson, youngest son of the Rev. Mr Watson.-18. At Fasuch, Skye, Mrs M'Leod, wife of Olaus M'Leod, Esq. of Unish, and third daughter of Alexander Macalister, Esq. of Strathaird.-At Edinburgh, Henry D. Goodsir, Esq. late surgeon of the 89th foot.-At Killichonare, in the 70th year of his age, Mr John Macdonell, commonly called John Dow, Aberarder. His remains were attended to the grave by 459 brave Highlandmen, as a mark of their respect for the memory of a genuine Highlander.-20. At Bristol, Lieut.-colonel Henry Balfour of the East India Company's service, Bengal establishment.-21. At Howard Place, Helenor, aged seven, youngest daughter of the late James Campbell, Esq. paymaster 2d battalion 72d regiment.-At her house in Pitt Street, Edinburgh, Mrs Margaret Buchanan, relict of John Crawford, Esq. merchant in Glasgow. At Glasgow, Dame Frances Shaw Stewart, widow of Sir John Shaw Stewart, Bart. of Greenock and Blackhall.

22. At Glasgow, Mrs Muir, relict of James Muir, Esq. surgeon.-At Renfrew, Mrs Mary Glen, wife of the Rev. Thomas Burns. At Kilmarnock, aged 87, Mr Thomas Gilmore, merchant there.-At Anstruther, in the 81st year of his age, after 13 years' illness, which he bore with great resignation, Mr Daniel Conolly, late treasurer of Crail, and formerly a serjeant in the 28th regiment of foot.-23. At Forfar, Bailie David Adam, merchant, aged 86 years.-24. At Dublin, in the 25th year of his age, J. James, Esq. son of Sir W. James of Langley Hall, county of Berks.25. In York, aged 34, Henry Weber, Esq. late of Edinburgh, editor of Metrical Romances and a variety of other literary works. -26. At his house, No 5, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, Mr William Slider, merchanttailor.-At Edinburgh, Mr Geo. Wardlaw, surgeon, R. N. in the 32d year of his age. -In Lincolnshire, Sir Thomas Moncrieffe of Moncrieffe, Bart.-At Dundee, Mrs Agnes Pinkerton, wife of the Rev. Malcolm Colquhoun.-27. At St Andrews, in the 41st year of his age, after a severe and tedious illness, Mr Thomas Paton, pastor of the congregational church there.At Stirling, Dr Thomas Rind, aged 56.-At Wonersh, in Surrey, the seat of Lord Grantley, General the Honourable Chapple Norton, colonel of the 56th regiment, and governor of Charlemont.-At Dunblane, Miss Ann Rob, daughter of the late John Rob, Esq. sheriff-clerk, Dunblane.-At Edinburgh, Captain Alex. Grant Clugston, R. N.-At Edinburgh, Mr James Cochran of the Royal Bank.-28. At Edinburgh, in the 20th year of his age, Robert Rolland, son of William Rolland of Burnside.-At her mother's house, Edinburgh, Mrs Euphemia Young, wife of John Young, Esq. younger of Bellwood, and daughter of the late Neil Macvicar, Esq.-At his seat, Hollydale, near Bromley, Kent, Col. James Kirkpatrick, formerly in the East India Company's service, aged 89.-At Edinburgh, Miss Margaret Wright, eldest daughter of Dr Peter Wright of Erskine Place. On the 7th, Frances, and on the 29th, Williamina, infant daughters of Mr Nathaniel Gow, 2, Hanover Street, Edinburgh.-29. In Baker Street, Portman Square, London, Lieutenant-general William St Leger, aged 58, late of the 24th light drageons.-30. At Leith Links, Mrs Martha Cleghorn, spouse of Mr Andrew Sceales, senior, merchant, Leith.31. At Higham, Fifeshire, Mr Robert Walker, farmer there.At Edinburgh, after a few days' illness, Mrs Elizabeth Buchanan, aged 32, wife of Mr P. G. Buchanan, bookseller, St Andrew Street.At Kirkcaldy, Matthew Crawford, youngest son of the late Hugh Crawford of Brownmuir and Hillend, Esq. writer, Greenock. -At Edinburgh, Miss Jane Little Gilmour, youngest daughter of the late William

Charles Little Gilmour, of Craigmillar and Libberton. At Edinburgh, Mr Robert Hunter, brewer.

April 1. At the Nursery, Leith Walk, James Niven Shanklie, youngest son of Mr J. Shanklie, seedsman, East Register Street, Edinburgh.-At his house in Dean Street, London, William Preston, Esq. in the 77th year of his age, a gentleman who may properly be designated a pioneer in literature, having conducted, through the press of the house of Messrs Strahan, the most celebrated works of the last century.-At Edinburgh, Miss Margaret Baird, eldest daughter of Thomas Walker Baird, Esq. advocate, at the age of 17 years.-At Chester le street, in the county of Durham, at a very advanced age, Mrs Catherine Oswald, sister of the late Mr James Oswald, the celebrated composer of Scottish music.-2. At Haddington, Mrs Susanna Stewart, wife of Mr Robt Stewart, there. At Glasgow, Claud Hamilton, Esq. collector of his Majesty's Customs.-3. At her house in St John Street, Edinburgh, Mrs Tod, widow of Lt.-col. C. Tod of Dryburgh.-Lieut.-colonel Colville, in the 71st year of his age, commandant of the Royal Hibernian Military School, Phoenix Park, Dublin.-4. At Castlehill, Lanark, in her 85th year, Martha French, spouse of Mr Thomas Carmichael.-At London, Mrs Robert M'Brair, second daughter of the Reverend Dr Johnston, North Leith. At Fife Place, Leith Walk, Isabella, infant and only daughter of Robt Watson, Esq. merchant, Leith.-In Audley Square, London, the Hon. Gen. Henry St John, aged 80, brother to the late Viscount Bolingbroke, and colonel of the 36th regiment, having been 63 years in his Majesty's service.-5. At Jedburgh, Margaret Neil, at the advanced age of 100. She retained her senses and faculties to the last. At the manse of Alves, the reverend Wm Macbean, minister of Alves.-Mrs Elizabeth Abernethie, wife of Mr Patrick Riddell, Craiglockhart.-At Grangehill, Ayrshire, Robert Beresford, the infant son of R. Patrick, Esq. of Trearne.-At his father's house, 20, Dundas Street, Edinburgh, Jas Colquhoun Thomson, student of medicine, aged 20 years a victim to typhus fever, caught in the ardour of his profession. At Ayr, Daniel M'Carter, printer, son of Mr David M'Carter, printer, there.-6. At Glasgow, Miss Euph. Watson, daughter of the late David Watson, Esq. of Stobcross. At Glasgow, John Robertson, Esq. long a distinguished member of the society of Friends.-7. At her brother's house, Pilrig Street, Edinburgh, Agnes, youngest daughter of Mr Wm Rhind, Inverlochty.At Inverness, A. Fraser, Esq. merchant.At Dildawn, Archibald, only son of Arch. M'Dougald, Esq. of Dildawn.-8. At his house, Heriot's Bridge, Mr John Pearson, merchant, Edinburgh.-9. At Glasgow, Margaret, sixth daughter of the late Robert Dennistoun, Esq.-Of typhus fever, aged

19, Patrick, youngest son of Lieut. Gen Sinclair of Lybster.-At London, James Lawson, Esq. F. R. S. director of the machinery of his Majesty's mint. He was a son of the late reverend Archibald Lawson, minister of Kirkmahoe.-At Edinburgh, Miss Helen Renny, daughter of the late Robert Renny, Esq. of Borrowfield, Forfarshire.-10. At Bonnington Park, James Paterson, jun. Esq. merchant, Leith.-At North Berwick, Mr James Dickson, student of divinity, a native of Carlaverock, near Dumfries.-At Arbroath, after a long and severe illness, Mr Alexander Hay, youngest son of the late Alexander Hay, Esq. of Letham, in the 15th year of his age.-At Glasgow, Mrs Elizabeth Gilmour, widow of Hugh Morton, Esq. of Greenbank.Aged 90, Henry Duncombe, Esq. of Copgrove, near Knaresborough, many years representative of the county of York.-The Rev. James Oliphant, minister of Dumbarton, in the 84th year of his age.-11. At Morton Bank, John Thomson, Esq. aged 77.-At Glasgow, Mary, third daughter of the late Captain John Goldie, Ayr.At her house, 51, Fountain Bridge, Miss Catharine Wardrobe, daughter of the late David Wardrobe, Esq. surgeon in Edinburgh.-At the manse of Wemyss, the Reverend George Gibb, minister of that parish, in the 68th year of his age and 34th of his ministry.-12. At Gask House, Miss Tarleton, daughter of General Sir Banastre Tarleton, Bart.-Mr James Gardner, apothecary, George Street, Edinburgh.-13. At Dundee, Mrs Margaret G. Young, spouse to Mr David Cobb, writer there.-At Paisley, Mr Peter Lyall, aged 37, much regretted.-At Castlebarns, Mr Richard Porteous, Lochrin Distillery.-At the Grove, Fountain Bridge, Andrew Bell Bonar, second son of the late Thomson Bonar, Esq. merchant in Edinburgh.-At her house, New Street, Canongate, Miss Elizabeth Spence.-14. At her house, Leith Walk, Mrs Ann Ogilvy, relict of Mr David Stevenson, shipmaster, Leith.-15. At Edinburgh, Miss Mary Ann Hay, youngest daughter of the late Lewis Hay, Esq. banker in Edinburgh.-At Netherbyres, Miss Elizabeth Crow, daughter of the deceased William Crow, Esq. of Netherbyres.-At St James's Square, Edinburgh, Mr John Muir, merchant.-At Edinburgh, Miss Elizabeth M. Ross, daughter of the late Lord Ankerville.-18. Of a water in the head, Thomas, third and only son of Mr Smith, tailor, College Street, aged ten years and seven months.-18. At Edinburgh, Miss Watson, eldest daughter of the late Dr Watson, principal of the United College of St Andrews. At Edinburgh, in the 19th year of his age, Mr Robert C. Forbes, second son of the late Duncan Forbes, Esq. general examiner of excise.-20. At Buccleuch Place, Mrs May Clark, relict of William Thomson, Esq. of the Island of St Kitt's.-At Edinburgh, at an advan

ced age, Mrs Penelope Watt, relict of Mr D. Campbell, surgeon in Fort William. 21. At the Vice Regal Lodge, Phoenix Park, Dublin, the Honourable Walter Chetwyn Talbot, son of their Excellencies the Lord Lieutenant and Countess of Talbot, in the 6th year of his age.—At Richmond, Surrey, Captain Edward Cumming, formerly of the Honourable the East India Company's service, and brother to the late Sir A. P. Cumming Gordon of Altyre, Bart.-In Bolton Street, London, Harriet Elizabeth, only child of Charles M Vicar, Esq.-At Edinburgh, Mrs Margaret Duncan, wife of Mr Campbell Gemble, perfumer, George Street. -22. At Muirhall, Mr James Black, farmer. At Southfod, John Stenhouse, Esq. younger of Southfod.-23. In the Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh, Mrs Isobel Taylor, aged 105. She was born in the parish of Crieff, county of Perth, on the 4th of March 1713, in the reign of Queen Anne. Her memory remained nearly unimpaired, and she would converse on the events of 100 years since with surprising correctness. Her hearing and sight were good to the last day of her life, and her recollection continued till within an hour of her death. At Edinburgh, Eliza, daughter of Mr James Burness, writer.-In his 8th year, William, son of Dr Beilby, George Street.-24. At Westfield, near Cupar Fife, Henry Walker, Esq. of Pittencrieff.-25. At Edinburgh, Mr Andrew Bell, late farmer at Hillhead, county of Edinburgh, aged 78. This gentleman was one of the few survivors who fought under the banners of the 25th, or Edinburgh regiment of foot, at the battle of Minden, where six battalions of British troops, and two of Hanoverians, beat 15,000 French. At Surinam, Robert, fourth son of the late Mr Robert Ramsay, writer, Dumfries. Having occasion to go on board a merchant ship lying in the river there, he fell from an open boat and unfortunately perished.-26. At Balcarras, Mrs Ann Murray Keith, daughter of the deceased Robert Keith, Esq. sometime his Majesty's envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at the court of Russia.-27. At Edinburgh, Mr Jonathan Pew, late farmer at Drylaw. -29. At Hawthorn Bank, Selkirk, Mrs Wilhelmina Anderson, wife of Mr John Anderson.

Lately-At Delnies, near Nairn, in the 104th year of his age, John Reid, supposed to be the oldest soldier in his Majesty's dominions, having entered the service in the 2d battalion of the royal Scots, 85 years ago. His first encounter with the enemy was in 1743, at Dettingen, where the British, under the command of that gallant and true Scotsman, the Earl of Stair, defeated the French with immense slaughter. In 1745 he fought at Fontenoy. In 1746 he fought with his regiment at Culloden. In 1749 he was one of the storming party at

the murderous encounter at Waal in Holland, where his regiment was nearly annihilated. His last appearance on the field of honour was in 1759, on the heights of Abraham, where the immortal Wolfe breathed his mighty soul in the arms of victory. His strength was such, considering his great age, that he scarcely passed a day without walking three or four miles; and, to the day of his death, was able, without the aid of glasses, to read his Bible, which afforded him exquisite delight through a long course of years.-At London, Lieut.-general Sir A. Gladstanes.-At Penzance, the Countess of Bellamont, daughter of James, Duke of Leinster.-At Madeira, the Hon. John Perceval, eldest son of Lord Arden.-At Upper Canada, Captain Sir Robert Hall, K. C. B. commander-in-chief of his Majes ty's naval forces on that station.-At London, Mr Hill Darley, a gentleman well known in the sporting world. He was killed in the Haymarket, by a horse in a break taking fright.-In Charterhouse Square, London, Mrs Tait, wife of Mr William Tait of St Paul's Church Yard, and daughter of Dr John Hunter, Professor of Humanity in the University of St Andrews.At Ladyfield Place, Edinburgh, aged 19, Margaret, second daughter of Alexander Fergusson, Esq. of Baledmund.-At Rhinsdale, Andrew Aitchison, Esq. formerly sur veyor of taxes, and late clerk to the commissioners of property tax, Lanarkshire.At Spanish Town, Jamaica, David, son of the late Robert Milligan, Esq. of Rosslyn. -At New York, Archibald Bruce, M. D. Professor of Mineralogy in the Medical Institution of that city.-At Dumfries, Wm Babington, D. D. in the 70th year of his age. At Limehouse, John Macgeorge, Esq. captain in the royal navy. His death was occasioned by a fall consequent upon a paralytic affection, brought on by his length of services in the West Indies. He served at the reduction of the West India Islands, and commanded his Majesty's ship Wellington, at the surrender of Guadaloupe.At Peterhead, the Reverend Dr Geo. Moir, 55 years minister of that parish.—The Rev. James M'Auley, minister of the seceding congregation of Castleblaney, aged 80. He had been minister of that congregation 53 years. At his house in Katharine Street, Edinburgh, Mr John Grant, aged 83.—At Dublin, Sir R. Musgrave, Bart. collector of excise in the port of Dublin, author of the History of the Irish Rebellion, &c.—At Aberdeen, the Rev. Adam Annand, Epis copal clergyman, St John's Chapel.-At Seaforth House, near Arbroath, James Arrott, Esq. of Edinburgh, surgeon, R. N. aged 76.-At Keith, Miss Grant, eldest daughter of the late John Grant of Gallovie, Esq.-At Mapperton House, Miss Grant, daughter of John Francis Grant, Esq. late

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