of that concern. At Broomhill of Skene, Marjory Shand, aged 101. She retained all her faculties, till within a few weeks of her death. Was married to James Dewar in 1731, by whom she had nine children; she had 33 grand children, and 16 great grand children. 22 At Whins, Mr Thomas Beveridge, aged 73 years, grieve to the Alloa Colliery, which situation he filled for forty-six years. In him Mr Erskine of Marr has lost a most faithful and zealous servant. At Montrose, in the 74th year her age, Mrs Ann Smith, relict of the late Adam Glegg, Esq. John Bathe, late of the 15th regiment of 28. At Haddington, Lieutenant-Colonel foot. - At the Royal Hospital, Plymouth, of a mortification in his bowels, Captain W. Knight, of the royal navy, who so galseveral armed vessels on the coast of France, lantly, with the Arrow schooner, fought and for which the Lords of the Admiralty made him a commander. age, John M Kerrel, Esq. of Hillhouse. - At Nenagh, Adjutant Neil Murray, of the 6th garrison battalion. His death was which he received in June last, whilst dioccasioned by the wound of a musket ball, recting the movements of the battalion in a sham fight near that town. merchant, aged 24. 30. At Edinburgh, Barbara Hill, third daughter of `r Robert Hill, W. S. George Woodford Thellusson, Esq. nephew, Lord Rendlesham. M. P. for Barnstaple, at the seat of his 30. At Hanover Street, Mr Patrick 23 At Peterculter, the Reverend George Macvicar, writer. Mark, minister of that parish. At Colvend Manse, the Rev. James Little, minister of that parish. At Edinburgh, Anne, the third daughter of Mr Mackenzie, writer to the signet. - At Edinburgh, in St John's Street, Stephen John Oliver, eldest son of the Reverend Mr Oliver, Corstorphine. 24. At London, Sir John Johnston, of Westerball, Bart. M. P. for Weymouth. 27. General Francis Craig, Colonel of the 13th light dragoons, and Governor of Sheerness. He was in his 86th year, and was one of the oldest Generals in his Majesty's service. At the advanced age of 96 years, David Fraser, late farmer of Barnyards, near Beauly. He served as a piper to Simon, Lord Lovat, and fought at the battles of Falkirk and Culloden. Notwithstanding his very great age, he retained his faculties entire; he was never heard to complain of indisposition, and it was only for a few days before his death he was obliged, owing to debility, to confine him self to bed. At Broughton Loan, Mrs Ann Sommers, widow of the deceased Mr John Fortune, vintner in Edinburgh. 2. At Verreville, Mrs Christian Robertson, spouse to John Geddes, Esq. Queen Street. ford, writer, Greenock. bell, Esq. of Glenfalloch, aged 10 years. late Lieutenant-Colonel William Duncan, 28. At Ovenden, in Kent, after a few days illners, the Countess Dowager Stanhope, in the 93d year of her age. Ladyship was the relict of the late Earl Her Stanhope and the mother of the present lict of George Stodart, Esq. At Walston, Mrs Jean Tweedie, re lict of Mr John Yule, late farmer at Black6. At Edinburgh, Mrs Isobel Yule, redykes, East Lothian. Lari -At Aberdeen, Mrs Christian Crombie, of Mr James Brown, wright, Chapel Street. relict of Mr James Johnston, Loch-head in the 59th year of her age. At Edinburgh, John Porteous, Esq. of Spittlehaugh, W. S. son of the late William Porteous, Esq. of Carmacoup. -- At Wallington, near Foreham, Hampshire, Colonel Robert Paton of Kinaldy, Fifeshire, late Governor of St Helena, whose just and mild government called forth, from the garrison and inhabitants, their first public tribute of gratitude and approbation. When they found, on his return to England, that they must not expect him to resume that command, which had tended so much to their happiness, they presented to him a very valuable piece of plate, inscribed with their sentiments, in language which could not be more gratifying to his feelings, than was deserved by his merits. Mrs Paton died on the 31st of D-cember, just fourteen days before her husband. 15. At Drogheda, Lieut.-Col. John French, late of the 71st. At Milford Hall, Suffolk, Sir Harry Farker, Bart. 10. At Dumfries, Miss Ellizabeth Johnston, daughter of William Johnston, Esq. At Ayr, Mrs Elizabeth Smith, relict of John Storrie, Esq. Riccarsburn. This Lady, among other bequests, has. rtified L. 100 Sterling, the interest of which to be given to one poor family belonging to the burgh, selected by the Ma At Edinburgh, after three days illgistrates, Ainisters, and Trustees. ness, Mir David Walker, accountant. 11. At Edinburgh, Miss Sir Richard Hughes, Baronet, AdElgar, second daughter of the late James miral of the White. Edgar, Esq. of Auchingramont. ary Ann At Bath, Basil Heron, Esq. formerly Sir William Crawford, merchant, in Major in the Royal North British dra Leith, in his 75th year. -At Scotscraig House, Mrs Dalgliesh, of Scotscraig. - At Aberdeen, James Legertwood, Esq. in the 87th year of his age. 12. The Reverend Dr William Porteous, one of the Ministers of Glasgow. At London, General Sir James Henry Craig, K. B. late Governor-General of British America, Governor of Blackness Castle, and Colonel of the 78th regiment of - At Glasgow, Mrs Maclean, widow of the deceased Murdoch Maclean, Esq. of Kilmorry, Argyllshire. goons. 16. At Edinburgh, Sir James Dunbar, Bart. of Durn, in the 71st year of his age. At Glasgow, Claud Marshall, Esq. in the 75th year of his age. 17. At Carmyle, Mr John M'Nair, late of the customs, Greenock. At the advanced age of 101, Mrs Anne Smith, relict of Mr Robert Moir, sometime farmer in Durris. During her widowhood, a period of more than 50 years, she resided in Aberdeen, and retained unimpaired all her faculties, that of sight excepted, to the last hour of her existence. 18. At Dundee, Patrick Smith, Esq. merchant, and one of the Magistrates there. 19. At Pénnicuick House, Harriette, At Chapel Street, Edinburgh, Mr the infant daughter of Sir George Clerk, Alexander Walker. 19. At Leith, Mrs Jean Todd, widow of the late John Scougall, Esq. merchant there. 20. At St Andrews, Mr John Clarkson, many years an eminent teacher of dancing there, and at Kirkaldy, Cupar, and Dunfermline. 21. Martha Morris, of the Isle of Cinder, Leeds, aged 104. 22. At Perth, Alexander Fechney, Esq. of Ardargie, late Provost of that city, much and justly regretted. At Ardno, Lochfineside, Duncan M'Callum, in the 86th year of his age. He was 60 years tenant on the estate of Ardkinglas, and was the first born, and the first that died of his father's family, the rest, a brother and a sister, are still living, in that neighbourhood. He left 6 children, 28 grand-children, and 13 greatgrand-children. At Edinburgh, Mr James Moffat, writer, much and justly regretted. 24. At London, the Countess of Beverley. At Brompton, Dame Amy Johnston, #ged 87 years, widow of the late Sir WilJiam Johnston, of Caskieben, Bart. and mother-in-law to the present Sir William Johnston, of Caskieben, Bart. At Howard Place, Mrs Elizabeth Watson, wife of Captain James Watson, of the royal navy, most deeply lamented. In the Forest of Birse, James Brown, aged 103. Also, lately in the same place, Christian Catnach, aged 101. And a short time after her death, died her brother, Donald Catnach, aged 94. These persons had lived many years in the Forest, and retained their faculties to the Just. 25. At Gayfield Place, Mr Thomas Hutchison, merchant in Edinburgh. This gentleman has long carried on an extensive business in Edinburgh, and was athongst almost the oldest citizens. He filled the office of Treasurer to the Mer. chant Maiden Hospital for the last seventeen years, with great credit to himself, and with signal usefulness to the institution; no less by his unremitting desire to enlarge its comforts, and improve the system of education in it, than by his unwearied and disinterested attention to its funds. 25. At Aberdeen, Mr Alexander Fiddes, Artillery, aged 68. This gentleman had merchant. 26. At Edinburgh, Mrs Helen Duff, widow of Dr David Clerk. At Cupar Fife, Mr David Todd, riter there. been in his Majesty's service upwards of fifty years. 3. At Kelso, Mrs Fraser, widow of the late Captain Fraser, 42d regiment. The Lady of Major Scott Waring was was found dead at the bottom of the staircase, in her house at Hammersmith. She staid up some time after her husband went to bed, and is supposed to have fallen backwards going up stairs. She was a lady of great accomplishments, and left a numerous offspring, as well as her afflicted husband, to deplore her premature and melancholy fate. 5. At Mr Macintosh's vintner, Writer's Court, Mrs Mary Eden, aged 45, relict of Mr Eden, sometime shipowner of the port of Dublin. This gentlewomen was the daughter of Mr England, a respectable wine-merchant in Dublin. After the death of her husband, and during the peace of Amens, she disposed of her property with the intention of joining her brother, who was married and resided in France; but war having been proclaimed, she got no further than Gosport, where she remained till all her pecuniary means were spent. She then made application to be admitted one of the attendants in Haslar Hospital, and was appointed to take care of Mr James Macintosh, surgeon of his Majesty's ship Melampus, whom she accompanied to Scotland in 1805. From that period, to her death, she continued to reside with Mr Macintosh, where her conduct which will long be remembered, procured her the esteem and affection of every member of the family. - At Montrose, Mrs Helen Man, relet of the late Mr Robert Crabb, merchant there. 7. Lady Charles Spencer, aged 68. Her Ladyship was sister to the late, and aunt to the present Duke, of St Alban's. At London, the Right Hon. the Dowager Lady Scarsdale, aged 79 years. 8. At Edinburgh, Jane, daughter of Robert Scott Moncrieff of Newhalls. - At Newton upon Ayr, Captain WilHam Cuthbert, aged 58 years. At Garnet Hill, the Rev. Andrew Mitchell, Pastor of the Associate Congregation, Beith, in the 72d year of his age, and 47th of his Ministry. Engaging in his manners, yet faithful in his administrations, he conciliated the love and respect, not only of the people of his own charge, but also of all descriptions of persons in that part of the country. By an appointment of Heaven, as rare as it was enviable, he continued, for the space of 42 years, to execute the various duties of his office, with laborious assiduity, and uninterrupted by almost any incidental indisposition. At length, feeling himself over taken by a debility, from which he expec ted not to recover, he spent the last remains of his strength, in adressing a solemn admonition to his people, and taking an affectionate farewell of them. After some years of suffering, he was permitted to sink gently down to rest. His character and ministry will be long remembered with affectionate respect by his people, and by those who knew him. 8. At Lanark at the advanced age of 100 years and 16 days, Mr William Hutton, a native, and many years one of the Magistrates of that burgh. It is unnecessary to remark, that Mr Hutton enjoyed a remarkably good state of health during the whole course of his long existence, which was distinguished, particularly for the last sixty years, by the utmost temperance and regularity. What is very extraordinary in' the history of this old man, in early life. he performed three voyages to the Eest Indies, a climate proverbially fatal to Europeans, and more than 82 years have now passed since he visited that distant region. He retained all his faculties, hearing excepted, in great perfection, even to the period of his death, and particularly when recounting the affairs of other times, his memory seemed as fresh a few months before his dissolution, as it was 50 years ago. 10. At Glasgow, Mr Robert Tanaahili, teacher, aged 58, a man of strong mental powers, and univessal erudition. The hilarity of his disposition endeared him to the circle of his friends. 11. At London, after an indisposition of only a few days, in consequence of a cold lately caught, which brought on a brain fever, Lady Catherine Stewart, wife of General Stewart, now serving in Portugal; she was a lady of great beauty, and accomplished mind. At Bath, Vice-Admiral Lumsdaine. At Monmouth, after a short illness. Andrew Cherry, Esq. the respectable manager of the Swansea, Carmarthen, and other provincial theatres. Last month he opened the theatre in the above town, and was received with every degree of respect due to his merit; but about a fortnight since he was seized with an indisposition, which confined him to his bed, and terminated his active life, in the 50th year of his age. He was well known in the dramatic world as the author of "The Soldier's Daugh ter," "The Travellers," and other popular productions. At Newton-Stewart, Mr Anthony M'Caa, aged 74. At Cherburgh, aged 21, Captain Baines, 6th foot, of a wound he received on board the Chesterfield Packet, on her passage from Weymouth to Jersey, in a spirited but ineffectual resistance to a. French privateer. Sir Watts Horton, 19ônet of Chal- times, the quantity of water discharged, derton. amounting to seven thousand four hundred and twenty-four English pints, or three tons fourteen hundred and twentyfour pounds weight. As a mark of the strength of her constitution, she last summer walked on a visit to her friends upwards of seven miles, and next day had 79 pints of water taken off. |