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Lately, At No. 11, Picardy Place, Mrs William Cookson, of a daughter.

At Madras, the Lady of P. Vans Agnew, Esq. of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

May 23. At St John's Cathedral, Calcutta, Mr Samuel Wood, Assistant Judicial Department, to Miss Jane Hair.

June 17. At Bombay, Captain Bruce Seton, third son of the late Sir Alexander Seton, Bart. to Miss Jane Elphinston, daughter of John Elphinston, Esq. of the Civil Service, and late Member of Council at Bombay.

July 1. At St Thomas's Mount, Madras, John Walker, Esq. Civil Service, to Margaret Somerville, second daughter of Mr William Allan, merchant, Leith.

Oct. 24. At Slipperfield, Thomas Jackson, Esq. of Broomhill, to Jane, third daughter of Mr Simon Linton, merchant,' Biggar.

24. At Hull, Mr Alexander Anderson, wine merchant, Pathhead, Fifeshire, to Mary, third daughter of Mr John Miller, timber merchant, Hull.

25. At Jackson's Cottage, near Dumfries, William Bruce, Esq. younger of Symbister, advocate, to Agnes, second daughter of William Gordon M'Crae, Esq. formerly of the island of Jamaica.

-At St James's Church, London, Lord Charles Fitzroy, second son of the Duke of Grafton, to the Hon. Miss Cavendish, eldest daughter of Lord G. H. Cavendish.

27. At St Fort, in the county of Fife, W. F. Blackett, Esq. to Catherine, daughter of the late Robert Stewart, Esq. of St Fort.

At Newhalls House, Robert Mercer, Esq. younger of Scotsbank, writer to the signet, to Elizabeth, daughter of William Scott Moncrieff, Esq. of Newhalls.

28. At Rosehaugh House, Ross-shire, James Walker, Esq. of Dalry, advocate, to Miss Lillias

Mackenzie, youngest daughter of the late Roderick Mackenzie, Esq. of Scotsburn.

31. At Kelso, Robert Bruce, Esq. chief magistrate, and writer in Kelso, to Mrs Murray, widow of James Murray, Esq. civil engineer.

31. At Kinloch, Charles Guthrie, Esq. younger of Taybank, to Margaret, second daughter of Geo. Kinloch, Esq. of Kinloch.

Nov. 1. At Edinburgh, John Sinclair Cunningham, Esq. inspector of branches of the Commercial Bank of Scotland, to Janet, eldest daughter of the late Rev. James Rhind, minister of Whitburn.

-At Edinburgh, Mr James Edington, merchant, Leith, to Catharine, eldest daughter of the late Mr John Richardson, builder, Pr stonpans.

- At Glasgow, James Wilson, Esq. Bannockburn, to Mary, youngest daughter of the late Mr William Lennox.

At Fort William, Alexander Macdonell, Esq. Inch, to Mary Isabella, eldest daughter of Duncan Stewart, Esq. of Achnacand, Collector of his Majesty's Customs at Fort William.

2. At Edinburgh, James Gilliland Simpson, of Bush Lane and Islington, London, to Jane, only child of the late Mr Thomas Horsburgh of Lee, Peebles-shire.

2. At Greenock, James Smith, Esq. Birmingham, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Thomas Nimmo, Esq. of Auchinblain.

8. At Mary-la-Bonne Church, London, Sir John Thomas Claridge, Recorder of Prince of Wales's Island, to Miss M. P. Scott, eldest daughter of Vice-Admiral Scott.

At Collonsay House, James J. Duncan, Esq. Craigend, to Mary, eldest daughter of John Macneill of Collonsay, Esq.

-At Ellieston, the Rev. P. Craw, minister of St Boswell's, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the deceased William Dunbar, Esq. of Forres.

- At Edinburgh, Archibald Gibson, Esq. accountant, to Harriet, youngest daughter of the late James Newbigging, of Whitehouse, Esq.

11. At Edinburgh, Mr William Wallace, Kinross, to Isabella, daughter of Mr Blackwood, tanner, Kinross.

At Minto, Roxburghshire, J. P. Boileau, jun. Esq. eldest son of J. P. Boileau, Esq. of Mortlake, Surry, to Lady Catherine Elliott, daughter of the late, and sister of the present Earl of Minto.

- At Naples, Sir James Carnegie of Southesk, Bart. to Miss Charlotte Lysons, second daughter of the Rev. Daniel Lysons of Hampstead Court, Glocestershire.

21. At Falkirk, Mr John Risk, jun. Camelon, to Marion, third daughter of Mr Thomas Johnston, stationer.

-At Kirkton, William Cullen, Esq. surgeon, Carluke, to Jacobina Steuart, second surviving daughter of the late Charles Hamilton, Esq. of Fairholm and Kirkton, Lanarkshtre.

22. At Stirling, the Rev. James Gilfillan, to Margaret, eldest daughter of the late William Telford, Esq.

At Llanfaes Church, county of Anglesea, Alexander Anderson, Esq. Captain in the Madras Engineers, to Mary Margaret, eldest daughter of John Hampton Hampton, Esq. of Henlys.

-Andrew Barclay, Esq. second son of the late William Barclay, Esq. of his Majesty's Navy Pay Office, to Isabella, youngest daughter of WilJian Creelman, Esq. Portobello.

24. At Rosehill, Hants, Colonel Thackery, of the Royal Engineers, to the Right Hon. Lady Elizabeth Carnegy, daughter of the Earl of Northesk.

23. At Kelso, Mr Thomas Sibbald, ironmonger, Edinburgh, to Ann, daughter of William Elliott, Esq. architect, Kelso.

29. At Torbanehill, the Rev. James Monilaws, of Annan, to Isabella Luke, eldest daughter of the late John Smellie, Esq. of Torbanehill.

Dec. 1. At Edinburgh, the Rev. Alexander Ferguson, Tobermory, to Catherine, daughter of the late Mr Allan Macdonald, Dariroch, Mull.

Lately, Thomas Aitchison Latta, M.D. Leith, to Mary, youngest and only surviving child of the late John Millar, Esq.

DEATHS.

Jan. 12, 1825. At sea, Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant James Gardner, 31st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry.

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Feb. 22. At sea, William Small, Esq. purser of the General Kyd, East Indiaman, youngest son of the late Andrew Small, Esq of Dirnanean.

April 15. At Rangoon, Lieut. Williamson, of his Majesty's Royal Regiment.

May 1. At Kandy, Alex. Moon, Esq. Superin, tendant of the Royal Botanic Garden, Ceylon. 8. At Cuddapah, Madras, Captain H. Miller, of the 8th Regiment, N. I.

22. At Meerut, William Beveridge, of the Hon. East India Company's Service, Bengal Establishment, eldest son of the late William Beveridge, Esq. W. S.

June 1. At Madras, Capt. Felix Robson, in the service of the East India Company, on the Madras Establishment.

3. At Fort William, in the East Indies, in consequence of an accident in a buggy, with a restive horse, Lieut.-Colonel H. R. Browne, commanding his Majesty's 87th Regiment.

7. At the Presidency, Madras, Colonel James Erskine, C. B. of his Majesty's 48th Foot.

-At Indore, of cholera, John Warner, Esq. surgeon of the 13th Regiment Native Infantry.

12. At Arcot, in the Presidency of Madras, Ma ry Ann Cathcart, wife of Alexander Bruce, Esq. youngest son of Sir William Bruce of Stenhouse, Bart.

At Arcot, Lieut. George Cheape, youngest son of John Cheape, Esq. of Rossie.

Aug. In Westmorland, Jamaica, Dr John Nisbett.

Sept. 4. At Geneva, state of New York, Mr T. Sym, late of East Briech.

9. At Koniek, Caramania, (the ancient Iconium,) aged 32, Thomas Ayre Bromhead, Esq. late of Christ's College, Cambridge, only son of the Rev. Edward Bromhead, of Repham, near Lincoln. This enterprizing traveller, after an absence of five years from his native country, was hastening homewards, when arrested by a sudden and fatal disease. He breathed his last with no other attendants than his foreign servants, or the uncivilized natives. One of the companions of Mr Bromhead's travels, the Rev. Joseph Cook, Fellow of Christ's College, died on a camel under almost as melancholy circumstances, near the Palm Trees of Elim, in March; and the other, Henry Lewis, Esq. R. N., after traversing Palestine in his company, parted from him at Beirut, in June, and returned to England.

Oct. 3. At Leghorn, from the bite of a spider, Lewis Henderson, Esq. merchant, brother to A. Henderson, Esq. artist, Glasgow.

19. At Erskine, the Hon. Caroline Henrietta Stuart, youngest daughter of Lord Blantyre.

20. In the Barracks at Norwich, Lieut. Col. Sir Thomas Hankin, of the Scots Greys.

At Saxe-Coburg Place, Mrs Margaret Barclay, wife of John Sim, Esq. accountant of the Bank of Scotland.

21. At Paris, Mrs Renny, Tailyour, of Borrow. field, eldest daughter of the late Sir Alex. Ramsay of Balmain, Bart.

At his father's house, Leith Walk, Mr Jas. Stirling.

22. At Elder Street, Miss Isabella Page. -At St Petersburgh, the celebrated astronomer Schubert, in the 68th year of his age.

23. At Lyons, in France, Mary, youngest daughter of the late Mr John Honeyman, merchant in London.

At Edinburgh, Mr John Barclay, of the Lord Nelson Hotel, Adam Square.

At Forres, Mrs Justina Dunbar, widow of George Gun Munro, Esq. of Pointsfield.

24. At her house, Broughton, Mrs Margaret Lendrum, relict of Mr Peter Fairley, in the 91st year of her age.

At Leith, Mr Walter Bruce, wright and builder there.

At Hawthornden, Mrs Mary Ogilvy Forbes Drummond of Hawthornden, wife of Captain John Forbes Drummond of the Royal Navy.

At Ramsay Lodge, Miss Isabelia Elder, aged 13 months, daughter of Isaac Baylay, Esq. 25. At Leith Walk, Mrs Forrest, relict of Mr David Forrest, solicitor, Supreme Courts.

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26. In Upper Harley Street, London, Walter Fawkes, Esq. of Farnley Hall, Yorkshire. was a descendant of the celebrated conspirator of that name, and prided himself not a little on his pedigree.

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At Berwick, aged 64, John Hall, Esq. M.D. 30. At Bridgend, near Sanquhar, Thomas Barker, Esq.

At Culross, Henry Brown, Esq. of Prathouse. At No. 15, Lynedoch Place, Robert Henry, aged 18 months, youngest child of Robert Paul, Esq. secretary of the Commercial Bank.

At Dolls, aged 6 years, James Haig, son of the late James Haig, jun. Esq. Sunbury.

At Queensferry, Mrs Mary Muir, wife of Mr Walter Wilson.

31. At King Edward, the Rev. Dr Robert Duff, in the 87th year of his age, and 61st of his ministry.

Nov. 1. At Leith, John, youngest son of the late Mr John Douglas, shipmaster there.

3. John, only son of Mr James Winkworth, bookbinder.

At Woolwich, Mrs Bonnycastle, widow of Professor Bonnycastle, of the Royal Military Academy.

In Wimpole Street, London, Anne, wife of Captain C. S. J. Hawtayne, of the Royal Navy.

At Edinburgh, Ensign David Jameson, of the Fifeshire militia.

-At Edinburgh, Margaret, second daughter of the late Mr George Porteous, merchant, Edinburgh.

4. At the Manse of Dunse, Andrew, eldest son of the Rev. George Cunningham.

At Feversham, Westmorland, Henrietta, wife of the Rev. Dr Lawson, Vicar of that parish, and daughter of the late Alexander Ranalson, Esq. of Blairhall, Perthshire.

5. At Colingsburgh, Mr Arthur Edie, late farmer at Muircambus.

-At Mayfield, Mr Alexander Robertson, fifth son of the late James Robertson, Esq. W. S.

At Laurieston Place, aged 58, John Clapperton, Esq. merchant in Edinburgh.

6. At Edinburgh, Mrs Helen Duncan, relict of Mr Alexander Stevenson, one of the depute clerks of the Court of Session.

At Ardardan, Dumbartonshire, after a few days' illness, Claud Neilson, Esq.

7. At his house, Bonnington Place, John Boyd, Esq.

At Perth, Margaret, youngest daughter of Capt. Menzies, 68th Regiment.

8. At Ayr, Captain David Hunter, in the 80th year of his age.

At Clayquhat, Perthshire, Mrs Janet Mitchell, wife of Wm. Spottiswoode, Esq.

10. At Aberdeen, in the 60th year of his age, Mr James Cromar, rector of the grammar school there.

At Edinburgh, Mr Neil Whyte, late of Greenock, after a few days' illness.

- At Kirkaldy, Mrs Ronaldson, widow of Mr Andrew Ronaldson, writer there.

11. At Jamaica Street, Edinburgh, Mr Charles Robertson.

-At Edinburgh, aged six years and 9 months, Charlotte Frances, third daughter of John Hamilton Colt, Esq.

12. At Gainslaw House, Berwick, Ralph Gilroy, Esq. late of Jamaica.

At Ormiston, East Lothian, Mrs Margaret Reddie, widow of John Thomson, Esq. of Prior Letham, merchant in Leith.

-At Moray Street, Leith Walk, Mr W. Knox, the author of the Songs of Israel; The Lonely

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At her house in London, Mrs Sarah Elliott, widow of Archibald Elliott, Esq. architect.

19. At her house, Gloucester Place, Miss Catharine Glassford, daughter of the late John Glass ford, Esq. of Dougalston.

-At Edinburgh, Mary, daughter of Lieuten ant-Colonel Leathem, 38, George Square.

At Nenthorn, William Roy, Esq. of Nenthorn, and, on the 21st, his daughter Isabella, aged 10 years.

20. At Broadlyes, Mrs Agnes Beatson, relict of Mr Peter Kilgour, late of Balgedie, Fife.

At 16, James's Square, John Patison, Esq. advocate, many years one of the assessors for the city of Edinburgh.

At Capenoch, in the 85th year of his age, William Kirkpaticik, Esq. youngest son of the deceased Thomas Kirkpatrick of Closeburn, Bart. 21. At Edinburgh, Mrs Christian Orphoot, relict of Mr Thomas Henderson, jun. merchant, Royal Exchange.

At No. 5, Antigua Street, Miss Elder, daughter of the late Thomas Elder, Esq. of Forneth. At Strathmiglo, Mrs Elizabeth Gardner, re, lict of Mr David Gardner, brewer there.

22. At her father's house, Gayfield Square, in the 16th year of her age, Christian, only daughter of Patrick Black, Esq. late principal surveyor of his Majesty's Customs, Greenock.

At his house, No. 4, Northumberland Place, Mr Adam Russel, builder.

-At Pettycur, near Kinghorn, Mr Duncan Ca. meron, vintner there.

23. At Montrose, Mrs Innes, wife of Captain In nes, Forfar Militia.

At Mailingslane, Mr Thomas Sommerville, farmer there.

At Paisley, Mrs Margaret Morrison, wife of the Rev. Dr Ferrier.

- At her house, Hanover Street, Mrs Janet Calderwood, widow of Mr David Gordon, merch.

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