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Hamilton, daughter of the late Charles Hamilton, Esq. of Craigelaw, and wife of John Peebles, Esq.

19. At Camistimveg, Mrs Isabella Campsell, spouse to Captain Norman M'Leod, of that place.

Feb. 24. 1812. At Hopeshill, JohnjWalker, Esq. of Blairton, aged 72,

25. At Glasgow, Mrs Sarah Caddy, wife of Mr William Ainslie, and eldest daughter. of the late Lieut.-Col. Caddy, of the royal engineers.

At Kelso, much regretted, Mrs Lockie, wife of Mr Andrew Lockie, nurseryman.

2. At Dundee, aged 81, Mrs Geekie, re-, lict of the late Provost Geekie, of that

town.

At the Manse of Glencorse, Mrs Jean Gordon, relict of John Innes, Esq. of Leuchars.

At Fortrose, Mrs Matheson, sen. of Bennetsfield, aged 78.

3. At Leith, in the 84th year of his age, Mr James Young, late brewer, there.

At Elgin, aged 10 years and G months, Ann Margaret Grant, fourth. daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel A. Grant. At Cameron House, Dunbartonshire, Augusta, youngest daughter of Captain

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Mr Thomas Anderson, shoemaker, John Rouet Smollet, of Bonhill. aged 63.

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At Newark on Trent, Mr Walter Carswell, of Paisley.

25. At Edinburgh, Mr John Archibald, merchant.

29. At Edinburgh, Miss Elizabeth Anderson, daughter of the late Rev. John Anderson, minister of Stronsay.

At Edinburgh, Jane, only daughter' of the deceased William Rawlinson, Esq. of Graithwaite, Lancashire.

March 1. At London, in his 81st year, Maxwell Garthshore, M. D. F. R. S. and A. S. M. R. I. the oldest member of the London College of Physicians, and a subscriber to all the literary and charitable institutions in London and Edinburgh. As a physician his loss will long be remembered by the numerous poor who daily availed themselves of his gratuitous and experienced advice; as a benefactor to society, and the philanthropic friend to the young or inexperienced, his death is even still more to be deplored.

4 Elizabeth Frances, youngest daughter of William Boswell, Esq. advocate

At Edinburgh, John Graham, teind. macer, and one of the macers of the Court of Session.

5. Mrs Anne Home, daughter of the late Hononrable George Home, and wife of Mr Thomas Turnbull, Leith Walk

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At Edinburgh, George Peter, the infant son of John Campbell, Esq. tertius,, W. S.

6. At Alexandria, Mr Neil Mactavish, late village schoolmaster there.

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P. Orchard, Esq. in four successive ParliaAt Hartland Abbey, Devon, aged 73, ments representative of the borough of Callington, and for many years Colonel of the North Devon regiment of militia.

At Parkfoot, near Dumfries, Mr James Smith, farmer, aged 40 years.

At Chichester, in the 86th year of his age, Captain Robertson, late of the marines, uncle to the Countess of Dundonald. He

was the oldest officer in his Majesty's service, his first commission having been dated in the year 1740. He was universally respected.

7. In London, Duncan Forbes Mitchell, Esq of Thainstone.

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At Gardyne, near Arbroath, Mrs Elizabeth Lyell, relict of Alex. Lyell, Esq. of Gardyne.

At Edinburgh, Maria Hungerford Offley, yonngest daughter of Major-Gen. the Honourtble John Crewe.

S. At London, after an illness of only three days, Sir William Langham, Bart. At Edinburgh, Robert Young, Esq. At London, the Countess of Aber- son of the late Rev. Mr Robert Young, mideen. nister of the Gospel at Benholm.

-Miss Elizabeth Touch, eldest daughter of the Reverend John Touch, late niFister of Mortlach.

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-At London, the Hon. George Mel

ville Leslie.

At Haddington, Mary, youngest danghter

daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Bathe, 15th regiment of foot.

9. Mrs Helen Pitcairn, widow of the Reverend Mr Alex. Brodie, minister of Carnbee.

ant of the counties of Anglesey and Stafford, keeper of the castle of Carnarvon, ranger of Snowden Forest, and Vice-Admiral of North Wales, Pembrokeshire, and Carmarthenshire He had long been in a

Alexander Gibson Hunter, Esq. of declining state of health. The death of

Blackness.

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At Errogy, aged 78, Mrs Ann Fraser, relict of the deceased Captain John Fraser of Errogy, and sister of the late James Fraser, Esq. of Gorthleck.

Mrs Agnes Crocket, wife of Mr William Muirhead, of Deanston, much regretted.

12. Miss Mary Carfrae, daughter of the Reverend Dr Carfrae, minister of Dunbar.

-At Glasgow, Mr John Ballingall, merchant there.

13. At Dumfries, Mr Joseph Thomson, aged 68, late of Kirkmahoe, much and justly regretted.

At Lethangie, Robert Greig, Esq.jun. of Lethangie

At Kirriemuir, Mrs Isabella Alexander, wife of Mr Thomas Alexander, surgeon, royal navy.

Robert, eldest son of Hugh Fraser, Esq. of Stonyfield.

At Hamilton, Mr David Rigg, aged 96; he had been a member of Hamilton Kilwinning Lodge, No. 10, for 62 years. As a mark of respect to his memory, his funeral was attended by the brethren of that Lodge, and the Hamilton Lodge No. 307. The procession was numerous and respectable. The number of spectators was uncommonly great, not less than 3000, and all conducted in a superior masonic style.

At London, the Earl of Uxbridge. His Lordship was in his 68th year. He is succeeded in his titles and estates by his eldest son, Lord Paget, now Earl of Uxbridge.. His Lordship was Lord Lieuten

this nobleman was hastened by an unlucky event which happened a few days ago. Two of his servants were helping him to walk from one room to another, and one of them quitted his Lordship's arm in order to shut the door; the other servant had not strength enough to sustain his master singly, and they both fell; in consequence one of the Noble Lord's ribs was broken, and he lingered till the 13th, when he was released from all mortal sufferings. His Lordship was born June 18, 1744, and married, April 11, 1767, Jane, eldest daughter of Arthur Campugne, Dean of Clonmacrois, in Ireland.

At Polerton, Sir Charles Burton,

Baronet.

John, the infant son of Mr H. Tennent, brewer, Glasgow.

14 At London, Mr Robert Young, surgeon, late of the island of Martinique, and son of Mr John Young, Alloa.

In London, Robert Cromek, Esq. the celebrated engraver, and editor of the "Reliques of Burns," and the "Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song."

15. At Edinburgh, Alexander Ogilvy Fotheringham, Esq. of Powrie.

16. At Dublin, Mr David Swan, late merchant in Leith.

At Greenock, Helen Mitchell Telfer, the infant daughter of James Telfer, writer in Greenock.

At Doune, Mrs Helen Macfarlane, wife of Mr James Stewart, merchant. 17. At Blackheath, aged 75, Lieut-Gen. Thomas Davies, of the royal artillery.

At Edinburgh, Mr John Lauder, surveyor of taxes.

At Buckingham house, London, the Most Noble the Marchioness of Buckingham. Her Ladyship was the daughter and heiress of the late Robert, Earl Nugent ; was married to the Marquis in 1774, and created Baroness Nugent, in 1800, with remainder to her second son Lord GeorgeGrenville Nugent Temple, now Baron Nugent, of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland. To do justice to her great and splendid virtues and inerits, would far exceed our limits. Her numerous acts of charity and benevolence alone will be sufficient to endear her memory to all who survive her.

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At Moffat, Mrs Carruthers.

At Banff, Mr Alex. Dockar, writer there, very justly regretted.

the Right Honourable Lady Julia Percy, At Alnwick Castle, in her 28th year, second daughter of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, deeply regretted.

27. At Berwick, after a lingering illness, in the 46th year of his age, William Campbell, M.D.

28. At Haddington, Mr James Grieve, much and justly regretted. Possessed of uniformly agreeable and inoffensive in his a mild and peaceable disposition, he was deportment. He was sincere and constant in his attachment to friends, a cautious and prudent adviser, and always communicative Diligence and industry, justice and fidelity. of whatever he thought useful and good. transactions. Liberality of sentiment, meekwere prominent features in his commercial ness, gentleness, and candour, charity and goodness void of ostentation, were qualities which adorned his Christian profession. He never swerved from the sound principles which he early embraced, and which supported him during his short but painful illness, and under the influence of which he died with the calm composure and serenity of a Christian. He was an affectionate husband, an indulgent parent, an agreeable companion, and a kind friend.

At Row Manse, the Reverend John Allan, in the 75th year of his age, and 51st of his ministry. It is remarkable, that this is the first time the parish of Row has been vacant since the year 1719, Mr Allan and his father having served the cure during 93 successive years,

At Edinburgh, Mr William Dickie, Secretary to the Caledonian Instirance Company.

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29. At Aberdeen, John Annand, Esq. in the 75th year of his age.

In the Forest of Birse, James Brown, aged 103; in the same place, Christian Catanach, aged 102, and a short time after her death, her brother Donald, aged 91.

At Kirktown of Largo, Mr Thomas Pirrie, surgeon in the 35th year of his age; 'a young man of eminent professional abilitics, accompanied with most gentle and amiable manners. His memory will long be cherished by all who shared in his friendship, or were soothed by his sympathy, and relieved by his skill.

At Dumfries, Mr John Herries, late merchant, Manchester, aged 32.

30. At the Manse of Newbattle, the Reverend James Brown, minister of that parish.

31. At Cupar Fife, Mr Lewis Gray, supervisor of excise.

April 1. In the 75th year of her age, Mrs John Campbell, Dunlusquoin.

At Ayr, John Hamilton Kennedy, infant son of Quintin Kennedy, Esq. of Druimellan.

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At Batavia, Major Frederick Liardet, of the royal marines, who was actively and honourably employed in the reduction of that place.

At Celerico, Lieutenant Downes, of the 48th regiment, much regretted.

W. Chatfield, of Cowfold, at the uncommon age of 105 years, after only a short previous illness The chief amusement of this old man, for the last seven or eight years, was angling, which he practised with the keenness of a youthful sports man, and with considerable skill, nearly to the day of his death.

At Lisbon, Mr David Gardiner, formerly of Glasgow.

At Bengal, Major George Eagle, of the 2d battalion native infantry.

James Schiffer, a husbandman, who died on the 29th ult. at Glassen, near Cologne, attained the advanced age of 109 years. He led a life of temperance and activity. When bordering on his centena ry year, he was vigorous enough to sustain the labour of threshing corn. At that age he lost his sight, the only infirmity which he ever experienced. He retained his men. tal faculties to the last.

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