ALPHABETICAL LIST of Scotch BANKRUPTCIES, announced between the 1st and 31st August 1817, extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette. SEQUESTRATION. Currie, J. Arbroath, merchant; by James Walker, Brown, W. jun. Edinburgh, merchant merchant there, 15th September Ferguson, P. jun. Glasgow, slater Cobb, J. Pitcarles, cattle-dealer; by J. Milne, in Guthrie, P. Edinburgh, spirit and porter-dealer Warby's Inn, Bervie, 13th Septeniber Gillan, J. Peterhead, merchant and iron-founder Crombie, H. & Co. Glasgow, merchants; by A. Henderson, D. Linlithgow, merchant Lawson, St Andrew's Square there, 19th SepJohnston, G. Annan, apothecary tember Leitch, W. Glasgow, merchant Gladstone, H. Leith, merchant; by T. Thomson, Murray, M. Billiehill, sheep-dealer Edinburgh Glasshouses, Leith, 2d September M‘Intosh, L. Tain, draper Kennedy, W, Annan, linen-draper; by James RuM‘Master, E. Traigh of Moror, cattle-dealer therford, accountant there, 20th September Oliver, P. New Castletown, merchant Reid, J. Glasgow, cabinet-maker; by A. Lawson, Reid, J. Thurso, writer, cattle-dealer, &c. St Andrew's Square there, 24th September Ewing, merchant there, 10th October Whyte, D. of Blair, eattle-dealer, &c.; by Wm Armstrong, R. Greenock, merchant; by W. Fer Ferguson, Maybolé, 30 September guson, 18, Trongate, Glasgow, 17th September BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. -At Castle Guthrie, the lady of Thomas July 31. At Camis-Eskan, Mrs Dennis- Mylne, Esq. of Mylnefield, of a son.-25. toun of Colgrain, of a daughter. At Durie, the lady of C. M. Christie, Esq. August 2. At Forgo Lodge, Dumfries. of a son.26. At Dunmore, Mrs Campbell, shire, the Lady of Pulteney Mein, Esq. of of a daughter. a son.--Mrs H. Kemble, wife of Mi H. Sept. 1. At Dean Bank, Mrs Captain Kemble, of the Brighton theatre, of a son. Roy, of a daughter. -4. The lady of Dr Campbell, surgeon, Lately.--At Linslade-house, the Right No 4, Union Street, Edinburgh, of a son. Hon. Lady Jane Pym, of a daughter. 6. At the West Kirk manse, Edinburgh, At London, the lady of James Alexander, Mrs Dickson, of a son.-9. At Fisherrow, Esq. M.P. of a daughter. Mrs Alex. Vernor, of a daughter.--11. At 29, Northumberland Street, Edinburgh, MARRIAGES. Mrs Jas Grahame, of a daughter..-12. At July 13. At St Petersburgh, the ArchHewton, near Jedburgh, Mrs Hogarth, of a duke Nicholas of Russia to the Princess son. At London, the lady of Count Jules Charlotte of Prussia.—24. At Edinburgh, de Polignac, of a son.-13. Mrs Robertson, Mr William Nivison, bookseller, to Mary, Hope Street, Leith Walk, of a son. 15. At daughter of Mr John Richmond, nursery Framlingham, Norfolk, Mrs Rigby, of four and seedsman, Annan. children, three boys and a girl. Mrs Rigby August 2. At Limerick, J. F. Hamilton, is as well as is usual so soon after child-birth: Esq. of Westport, to the Hon. Georgina the children are all alive and quite hearty. Vereker, second daughter of the Right Before the birth of these little ones, Dr Hon. Lord Viscount Gort.-4. At KettleRigby was the father, by his present wife, house, Fifeshire, Robert Ballingall, Esq. of eight children, the two eldest of whom of Burnturk, to Margaret, eldest daughter are twins. Remarkable as is the above of the Rev. Peter Barclay.-5. At Dundee, event, there are circumstances which render Alexander Ramsay, M.D. to Miss Jean it peculiarly so. Dr Rigby is a great-grand- Blair, daughter of David Blair, Esq. of father, and probably never before were born, Cookstone.-6. At Haddington, James Ferat one birth, three great-uncles and a great- guson, Esq. of Kinmundy, to Emily, daughaunt—such being the relationship between ter of the Rev. Robert Chalmers, Haddingthe above-mentioned parties and the infant ton.At Edinburgh, Mr Hugh Handyside, son of Mr John Bawtree, jun. of Colchester. St Patrick Square, to Isabella, daughter of -17. At Caverhills, the lady of James the late Peter Martin, Esq. Belleville.At Burnet, younger of Barns, of a son.-20. Edinburgh, Mr Henry Spears, Auchtertool, Lady Dunbar of Boath, of a daughter.- to Elizabeth, daughter of the late William 22. At Rochsoles-house, the lady of Lieut. Dawson, Esq. of Craden.-7. At SandaColonel Gerard of Rochsoles, of a daughter. house, Lieutenant-Colonel James Fullarton, -24. In George's Square, Edinburgh, Mrs C. B. rifle brigade, son of the late Lewis Folliott Baugh, of a daughter.--At Edin. Fullarton, Esq. of Kilmichael, to Jean burgh, Mrs Maitland of Eccles, of a son. Johnston, daughter of Colin MacLarty Esq. M. D. of Chester Vale, Jamaica.- supervisor of excise.At Grange-house, At Edinburgh, the Rev. William Robert. George Thorburn, Esq. merchant, Leith, son, minister of Laggan, to Margaret, eld. to Anne, daughter of Robert Porrester, est daughter of James Robertson, Esq. Esq. treasurer, Bank of Scotland.-27. At W.S.-8. At Edinburgh, John Gairdner, East Comrage, near Fort George, Kenneth Esq. M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Mackenzie, Esq. of Dundonnell, to Isabella. Surgeons, to Susanna, daughter of William Colina, daughter of James Roy, Esq. surTennant, Esq. merchant there.-9. At geon to the forces. Edinburgh, Alexander Cadenhead, Esq. Lately At Edinburgh, John Laidlaw, advocate, Aberdeen, to Jane daughter of Esq. late of the 61st regiment, to Catherine, Dr Sherrifs.-11. Aí North Berwick, Fran. second daughter of the late Mr Denham, cis James Adam, Esq. youngest son of the writer. Right Hon. the Lord Chief Commissioner Adam, to Mary, daughter of his Excellency DEATHS. General Poltaranzky. At Stranraer, Colo Jan. 25. At Meerut, East Indies, Mrs nel, M.Nair, 90th regiment of foot, to Anne, Bruton, wife of Major Bruton of his Maonly daughter of William Ross, Esq. col. jesty's 8th light dragoons.-31. At Kytah, lector of his Majesty's customs there. At Bundelkund, East Indies, Capt. Alexander Claret, James Dunlop, Esq. distiller, Un- Tod, of the 1st battalian 26th regiment derwood, to Janet, eldest daughter of John Bengal native infantry, aged 36, eldest son Russell, Esq.-12. At Middleton, Linlith- of Mr Robert Tod, farmer, Tipperty, Banffgowshire, Alexander Norman Macleod, shire. Esq. of Harris, to Richmond Margaret, February. At Ceylon, William Orr, Esq. second daughter of William Inglis, Esq.- of the civil service there, eldest son of the 14. At Edinburgh, the Rev. John Muir, late Patrick Orr, Esq. of Bridgeton. minister of St Vigean's, to Grace, daughter March 18. At Madras, George Hay, Esq. of the late Mr James Watson, painter in June 20. At Charlestown, South Caro. Edinburgh.-15. At Juniperbank, Mr John lina, Mr John Bonthron, merchant there, Turnbull, merchant, Selkirk, to Isabel, son of the late Mr James Bonthron, builder daughter of Mr John Thorburn, Juniper. in Edinburgh.-30. At Athens, aged 24, bank.--At Edinburgh, George Turnbull of of a fever, occasioned by fatigue in the too St Bathan's, Esq. W. S. to Grace, youngest ardent pursuit of knowledge, and rendered daughter of the late James Brunton of fatal by the extreme heat of the climate, Lugton Bridgend, Esq.-16. At Morland, Benjamin Gott, jun. second son of Benjamin near Shap, Westmoreland, Mr Thomas Gott, Esq. of Leeds. Mounsey, Cetra Park, farmer, to Miss July 1. At Hastings, Thomas Cockburn Atkinson, only daughter of Mr Thomas Stothert of Blaiket, Esq. advocate.-6. At Atkinson, yeoman, of Sandriggs, near Great Jersey, Mrs Home, widow of Major James Strickland. The bride is heir to property Home of the East India Company's service. not less than twenty thousand pounds, and -22. At Edinburgh, Mrs Young.--23. has been brought up with the most exact The Rev. Thomas Bain, rector of the acaeconomy, and exclusively employed in the demy of Fortrose. At Aberdeen, Lieut. dairy.-18. At Strathenry, Andrew Cle. Ogle Moore, R. N. in the 34th year of his phane, Esq. advocate, to Anna Maria, se. age.-24. At Hodsack Priory, Yorkshire, cond daughter of Robert Douglas, Esq. late Lieutenant-Colonel Mellish, equerry to the lieutenant-colonel 58th regiment of foot.- Prince Regent, a gentleman of great celeAt Edinburgh, James Bridges, Esq. W. S. brity on the turf.-26. At Glasgow, the to Jane, youngest daughter of the late Rev. William Thomson, minister of Ochilo Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonald, of the royal trie.-At Dollerie, Miss Oliphant of Conmarines.-19. At Glasgow, John Green. die.-29. At his house, Abercrombie Place, shields, Esq. late of Quebec, to Miss Mar. Edinburgh, John Tait, Esq. W. S.-30. garet Inglis Dale, eldest daughter of James At London, Major William Shairp, of the Dale, Esq. merchant.-At Inverary, Capt. royal marines.. At Edinburgh, at the age Donald Campbell, royal navy, to Isabella, of 74, Mr James Swan, hair-dresser. His daughter of John Campbell, Esq. of Craig. funeral was attended by two of his customnure.-At St John's, Newfoundland, Mr ers, on whom he had been in the habit of James Fergus, merchant, to Mrs Eliza waiting regularly every day for upwards of Boucher.-20. At Edinburgh, Gavin Al. 35 years. ston, Esq. W. S. to Jane Thomson, only August 1. At his house, Rodney Build daughter of Captain Thomson, royal navy. ings, New Kent Road, London, in the 69th -21. At Eglinton Castle, Richard A. Os. year of his age, Alexander Murray Shields, wald, Esq. of Auchencruive, to the Right Esq; o Lloyd's Coffeehouse.-At Arthur. Hon. Lady Lilias M'Queen. At Montrose, stone, Colonel Duncan MacPherson of William Mowbray, Esq. merchant in Leith, Cluny.-At his seat at St Catherine's, near to Miss M. M. Chalmers, eldest daughter Dublin, in the 88th year of his age, the of the Rev. William Chalmers of Auchter. Right Hon. David Latouche, many years gavon.-26. At Edinburgh, the Rev. Walter one of his Majesty's Privy Council, and for Dunlop, Dumfries, to Miss Janet M.Lean, 40 years a member of the Parliament of daughter of the late Daniel M‘Lean, Esq. Ireland. He was the senior partner in the Her lady great banking-house of Latouche & Co. Balnespick.-12. At St Andrews, of a rapid Dublin, long celebrated in every part of the decline, the consequence of a ruptured blood. British empire for probity, honour, and vessel in the lungs, Jane Ann, fourth daughsolidity. So established was its character ter of Mrs Bertram of St Leonard's.-16. for wealth, that “ as good as Latouche" At London, Major-General Sir Montagu was a familiar phrase in Ireland, when it R. Burgoyne, Bart. of Sutton Park, Bed. was sought to convey an idea of superior fordshire, after a long and painful illness. solidity and sufficiency in pecuniary trans At Hartree-house, Colonel Alexander Dick. actions; and all this wealth was associated son of Hartree.-17. At Bruntsfield Links, with a spirit of liberality and humanity, that Miss Catharine Forbes Montgomerie. At forbade envy, and conciliated universal re Edinburgh, Mr Richard Crichton, architect. spect and esteem.-2. At Drimmie Cottage, -19. In Old Burlington Street, London, near Blairgowrie, William Chalmers, Esq. Miss Margarate Mure, third daughter of the town clerk of Dundee, aged 75 years. Be late William Mure of Caldwell, Esq. one sides holding other situations of trust, he of the barons of exchequer for Scotland. has been principal clerk of the burgh of 20. At Kersehill, Mrs Christian Rattray, Dundee for 45 years, and keeper of the wife of Alexander Ramsay, Esq. banker, register of sasines and clerk of the peace for Falkirk.-21. At Clapham Common, near the county of Forfar, for many years past. London, John Smith, Esq. of Lombard -At Borrowstounness, Miss Mary Padon, Street, banker.-At Setonhill, East Lothian, aged 80 years. At Port-Glasgow, a fort Mr Peter Bairnsfather, junior, farmer.night after he landed from the island of 22. In Harley Street, London, of a deep Tobago, Alexander Scott, Esq. much la- decline, the Right Hon. Frances Lady mented by his family and friends. 3. At Redesdale, in her 51st year. Knockbain, parish of Kirkhill, John Fraser, ship was the daughter of the late Earl of aged 102 years. He fought under the ban. Egmont, sister to the present Lord Arden, ners of the chief of the clan at Culloden, and of the late lamented Right Hon. Spenand on many other occasions.-5. At Edina cer Perceval.-23. At Mill-hill, Mussel. burgh, John Gillespie, Esq. of Sunnyside burgh, Charles Stewart, Esq. formerly comLodge, Lanarkshire.-At his house in Gil. mander of the Hon. East India Company's more Place, Edinburgh, Mr James M-Cliesh, ship Airly Castle. At his house in Buclate bookseller there.-6. At Blaircessnock cleuch Street, Edinburgh, in the 74th year of Cardross, Mr James Sands, senior, aged of his age, Mr John Ballantyne, late mer90 years.--At Edinburgh, Mr Thomas chant in Kelso.-24.–At Herne Hill, near Henderson, eldest son of Thomas Hender. Dulwich, Signora Storace. For the good. son, Esq. city chamberlain.-8. At Hay. ness of her heart and the benevolence of her field, by Kinross, at the advanced age of nature she has ever been most eminently 84, Mrs Syme, relict of David Syme, Esq. and deservedly disting hed. of Cartmore. --At Edinburgh, Mrs Ann fessional talents, as a singer and actress, Laurie, relict of the Rev. Robert Ure, mi- it is unnecessary to say any thing: they nister of Airth. At Knottingley, near were the delight and admiration of the Ferrybridge, in the 89th year of his age, public; and certainly she was altogether Mr Christopher Abbott, comedian. He was unrivalled in her particular line.-25. At well known for the last fifty years in the Edinburgh, Mr_Adam Brooks, merchant counties of York and Lincoln, and uni- there.-26. At Burntfield Links, after a versally respected. He was a man of great long and painful illness, contracted in the probity and patriotism, and no less eccen service, which he bore with great fortitude, tricity; and, till within a short time of his Mr Robert Walker, surgeon, royal navy. death, was scarcely ever known to have had 27. At Edinburgh, Miss Fyffé, daughter a day's illness. He was at the taking of of the late John Fyffe, Esq. banker in Belleisle, at which place he was severely Edinburgh.-- 29. Ať Edinburgh, *Master wounded. It was his greatest pride, that all Alexander Ross, only son of the deceased his sons had served their country, and nearly Colonel Alexander Ross of Balsarroch. all his male relations; and, according to Lately—-At Nassau, New Providence, his own calculation, he had walked nearly the Rev. John Stephen, L.L.D. rector of twice round the globe. 9. At Williamfield, Christ Church, and chaplain to his Majesty's Mr David Wardrobe Chrystal, writer in forces in the Bahama Islands. ---At BallaStirling, in the 26th year of his age. At chroan, county of Inverness, Mrs Captain Rose Park, Grace, eldest daughter of Pro- Forbes Macdonell, second daughter of the fessor Dunbar, aged four years.--10. At late John M.Pherson, Esq. of Inverhall. his house at Doonfoot, Mr Charles Aber At Grenada, aged 21, of the fever of the cromby, civil engineer. In Upper Berkeley country, Mr Benjamin Brown, hospital Street, London, Lieut-Colonel the Hon. assistant to the forces.-At Oxcomb, LinWilliam Grey, fourth son of the late, and colnshire, aged 47, Mr W. Grant, grazier. brother to the present, Earl Grey.-11. At He has left property to the amount of Cheltenham, William Mackintosh, Esq. of £100,000. Of her pro Oliver & Boyd, Printers, Edinburgh. INDEX TO VOLUME I. A. Bingley's Useful Knowledge, review of, 178. original of, 235. go, 101.-Unfavourable account of that respecting, 326. to the Niger, 434.-Its failure, 651. Bonaparte complains of his rigorous treat- daily provisions served to him, 216.- Conversation between him and Lord Am- herst, 651. Joseph, purchases an estate in Bond of alliance between the Earls of Hunt- President, and proceedings of the Con Bowed Davie, the original of the “ Black Bread and salt, oath of, 236. -Success of the insurgents in Caraccas, fred, 289. C. ing on it, 358. view, 81, 300.-The Quarterly Review, 660. Chepman, Walter, printer, documents re- Chili, successful revolution there, 431, 650. China, failure of the British embassy to the court of, 205.- Statistical account of the Clark, Lady Mary, anecdote by, of the Highlanders in 1745, 129. Cleland, Colonel, extracts from his mock account of his life and poems, 609. 217. His address to the public, 323. Colonial policy, observations on the British system of, 25. moral effects of, 17.--Extension of the Commercial Reports, 113, 221, 333, 414, 551, 667. Correspondence between Montrose, Queens- Cotton yarn, on the exportation of, 172. poem, review of, 280. on, 35.-Defence of Dr Spurzheim, 365. Crashaw's “ Suspicion of Herod,” extracts Greeks, on the Sculpture of the, 9. Greek Tragedy, remarks on-Æschyli Pro- phoclis Electra, 147.Septem adversus the memory of Stewart of Allanton, 480. Grenfell, Pascoe, review of his Speech re- cerning them, 43, 154, 615.-Anecdotes concerning those of Roxburghshire, 156. ciary Records, &c. 615. H. Harold the Dauntless, a poem, review of, 76. 217. Horizon, White's new invented one, 142. Horner, Francis, Esq. M.P. memoir of the late, 3. Hoyland, John, some remarks on his His. torical Survey, &c. 58.-Answers to his queries regarding the Scottish Gypsies, 156. Hutton, Life of, by his daughter, review of, 413. I. favour of, 203. ing 167. Indies, East, the Snowy Mountains crossed by Capt. Webb, 100.-Military strength of the native chiefs, 432.-Incursions of the Pindarees, 433.--Storming of Fort Hattras, 534. Indies, West, infested by South American privateers, 534, 650. Allan Stewart of Allanton, in the year 1517, 480. 318. Irvine, melancholy occurrence there, 659. Italy, emigrations of Englishman to, 98. K. Macbeth and King Richard III. 455. ing, 660. L. tion of Bible societies in Hungary, 429. Languages, ancient and foreign, on the in Parliament by the Lord Advocate, Leith, violent gale at, 214. Life preserver, interesting experiments with Lisbon, alarming conspiracy there, 428. 189, 303, 418, 523, 636. |