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ALPHABETICAL LIST of ENGLISH BANKRUPTCIES, announced between the 20th

of Sept. and the 20th of Oct. 1821,

Arnold, J. H. Lanblethian, near Cowbridge, cattlejobber.

Barnby, I. New Malton, dealer.

Barton, J. Blackburn, upholsterer.
Beeston, J. Drayton in Hales, Salop, mercer.
Beleher, I. Enfield, stone-mason.

Bower, J. Tothill-street, Westminster, grocer.
Bursey, I. jun, Goodge-street, Tottenham-court-

road, stationer.

Butt, I. Tewkesbury, miller.

Clayton, J. Bury, Lancaster, undertaker.
Colyer, W. Broad-street, St Giles's boot-maker.
Dubois, J. and E. Copthall-street, merchants.
Dunderdale, N. Holbeck, Leeds, clothier.
Evans, T. B. Strand, wine-merchant.
Gardiner, B. Leigh, Worcester, maltster.
Gibson, T. jun. Liverpool, ship-bread-baker.
Gilbert, R. T. Stockbridge, Hants, coal-merchant.
Gird, H. Park-lane, saddler.

Green, T. Alfreton, Derby, grocer.

Hailstone, W. Mildenhall, Suffolk, grocer. Hamelin, Peter, Belmont-place, near Vauxhall, plasterer.

Hancock, S. Judd Place, St Pancras, hardware

man.

Hole, W. M. Kingskerwell, Devon, tanner.
Harrox, W. Liverpool, dealer in corn.

Jackson, J. Lusted Farm, Kent, farmer.
Jones, T. St John-street, West Smithfield, rag-
merchant.

extracted from the London Gazette.

Inman, I. K. Blackman-street, brazier. Knowles, J. and Co. Salford, machine-makers. Lavender, J. Leominster, mercer.

Llewellyn, J. and Co. Old Jewry, insurance-bro kers.

Lownd, W. Sloane-street, Chelsea, linen-draper.

Mead, T. Sandwich, victualler.

Mercer, H. Liverpool, merehant.

Moody, S. Frome Selwood, mealman.

Richardson, I. Manchester, dealer in cotton.
Rose, R. N. Holborn, bookseller.
Rowbotham, W. Oldham, Lancashire, machine-
maker.

Rowley, M. Bear-street, Leicester-square, dealer.
Spear, J. Sheffield, merchant.
Steel, W. Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, baker.
Stuart, H. Worcester, wine-merchant.
Surrey, I. and J. Mark-lane, mealmen.
Tate, R. Market Weighton, shopkeeper.
Thompson, T. I. Long Acre, coach-joiner.
Thompson, P. and C. A. Cornhill, wine-merchants.
Travis, J. Oldham, Lancaster, grocer.
Walker, F. Rippon, money-scrivener.
Ward, T. Seamer, York, maltster.

Wells, S. Middleton Terrace, Pentonville, green

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ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTCIES, announced between the 1st and Observatory, Calton-hill.

30th October, 1821, extracted

Anderson, M'Culloch, and Co. merchants and dealers in Glasgow.

Atkinson, John, currier and leather merchant, Glasgow.

Balfour, Ebenezer, merchant in Stirling. Black, John, grazier and cattle-dealer, at Waltown of Crochies, Perth.

Caverhill, Walter, merchant, Galashiels.

Crawford, Wm. and James, coal-masters, Lochwinnoch.

Graham, Thomas, of Eastwood Park, writer, merchant, and builder, in Glasgow. Ouller, James, grazier and cattledealer, at Memus, county of Forfar.

Rankin, Robert, merchant and grocer in Edinburgh.

Skinner, Thomas, merchant in Collinsburgh, now residing in Edinburgh.

Stenhouse, Andrew and George, merchants, agents, wharfingers, and ship-owners, Leith.

DIVIDENDS.

Adams, Alex. tanner, Falkirk; a final dividend 1st December.

Anderson and Brown, tanners, Glasgow; a final

from the Edinburgh Gazette.

Clink, Robert, merchant, Perth; a dividend 6th, November,

Galbraith, Wm. and Co. merchants, Greenock; 3d dividend 19th November.

Laird, John, and Co. merchants in Greenock, and Laird, Wm. and Co. merchants in Liverpool; an equalizing dividend to those creditors who have not received payment of the first. Laird, James, jun. and Co. mill-spinners at Murthill; a final dividend 16th November. Moodie, James, merchant, Dunfermline; a dividend of 6s. 6d. per pound on 10th December, if no objections are offered before that day. Rae, John, merchant, Aberdeen; a dividend 6th December.

Robertson, James, merchant, Anstruther; a 1st dividend 9th November.

Scott, Hugh, haberdasher, Greenock; a 2d divi

dend 6th December..

Scott and Balmanno, merchants, Glasgow; a divi

dividend 14th December.

Barr, Peter Allan, and Co. merchants and grocers,
Edinburgh; a final dividend 19th November.

dend 16th November.

Smith, Ishmael, some time.merchant, Aberdeen; a dividend 26th December.

Young, and Co. merchants and general agents in Edinburgh; a 2d dividend on 12th November, and an equalizing dividend to those who have received no share,

METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, extracted from the Register kept at Edinburgh, in the

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 Thermometer.

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APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &c.

2 Life G. Assist. Surg. Broughton, to be Surg. Royal En. 1st Lieut. Lewis, h. p. 1st Lieut.

vice Moore, ret.
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Lieut. Trevillian, from 1 Dr. Capt. by
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E. W. Sewell, Cornet by purch. vice De
Lisle, ret.

2d Lt. Randolph,

April 13, 1821. do. do.

Trevelyan, from h. p. 2d Lt.

Capt. Hustler, from h. p. Capt. do. do.

June 19.

1st Lt. Victor, 2d Capt.

Blackiston, from h. p. 1st Lt. do.

Miscellaneous.

2d Lieut. Kennedy, 1st Lieut.

June 19, 1821.

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Beague, from h. p. 1st Lieut.

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2d Lt. Hope, Ist Lt.

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Larcom, from h. p. 2d Lt.

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Ordnance Department.

Exchanges.

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Oct. 1, 1820.

Sir Armstrong, h. p. Portug. Service. Lieut. Mayer, 8 Dr. East Indies. Lynam, 3 Vet. Bn. (formerly of Rifle Brig.) Seates, late West Ind. Gar. Co. Curacoa, May 27, 1821. Strangeways, 6.5 F. Surat, Bombay, Jan. 11. Atkinson, R. Mar, killed in an attack on the Forts of Mocha, East Indies, Dec. 4, 1820. Buchanan, h. p. 4 F. Newtown Butter, Ireland, Aug. 25, 1821. Kelly, h. p. 59 F. Sept. 5.

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- Borhier, ret. Invalids, Cavigny, France,

Dep. Assist. Com. Gen. C. S. Browne, Canada, Staff Surgeon Roche, h. p. Ballriggan, Ireland. Assistant Surgeon Bolton, 1 F. Trichinopoly, MaMar. 29.

dras,

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

March 30. At Bombay, Mrs Henry Oakes, of a

son.

July 20. At Malta, the lady of George Ward, Esq. Deputy Paymaster-General to the Forces, of a daughter.

Sept. 16. At London, the lady of William Davidson, Esq. of Muirhouse, of a daughter.

9. At Tours, in France, the lady of William Downe Gillon, younger of Wellhouse, Esq. of a daughter.

Oct. 2. At Edinburgh, the Right Hon. Lady Torphichen, of a scw.

-At Portswood-house, Hants, the lady of William Alexander Mackinnon, Esq. of a daughter. 3. In Hill-street, Berkeley-square, London, the lady of Henry Brougham, Esq. of Brougham, M.P. of a daughter.

At the Manse of Lauder, Mrs Cosens, of a

daughter.

4. The lady of Stair Stewart, Esq. of Physgill, of a daughter. 5. At Pitrichic-house, Mrs Mackenzie, of a son. 7. Mrs Robert Thomson, late of 44, GilmorePlace, of a daughter.

8. In York-Place, the lady of the Hon. H. T. Liddell of Ravensworth Castle, Durham, of a son and heir.

At the Government-house, Jersey, the lady of his Excellency Sir Colin Halket, K. C. B. and G. C. H. of a daughter.

9. In York-Place, the lady of Rear-Admiral Ot

way, Commander-in-Chief, of a daughter.

10. In Great Cumberland-street, London, the lady of the Right Hon. Lord Glammis, of a son and heir, who died the same day. -At Hillhousefield, Mrs James Borthwick, of a daughter.

At Drummond-Place, Edinburgh, the lady of Major Nickle, of the 88th regiment, of a daugh

ter.

Mrs Orr, 26, Albany-street, of a daughter. 12. At Boulogne-sur-Seine, the Right Hon. Lady Jane Lindsay Carnegie, of a son.

At 51, Queen-street, Edinburgh, Mrs Greig of Hallgreig, of a daughter.

of a son.

ter.

At No. 11, Gilmore-Place, Mrs Robertson, 13. At Selkirk, Mrs R. Henderson, of a daugh

14. Mrs Tod, Charlotte-square, of a daughter. At Lathrisk, Mrs Johnston, of a son. At St Andrews, the lady of Captain William

Playfair, of a son.

15. At Aberdeen, the lady of Major Henderson, royal engineers, of a son.

17. At Edinburgh, Mrs George Wauchope, of a daughter.

Mrs Stoddart, Albany-street, of a daughter. At Loudam Hall, Suffolk, Lady Sophia Macdonald, of a son.

At the house of Mrs Grant, sen. of Kilgraston, Mrs Fraser Tytler of Burdsyards, of a son. 18. At Arbuthnott-house, the Viscountess of Arbuthnott, of a son.

At Harcourt-street, Dublin, the Countess of Errol, of a daughter.

July 26.

25. At 16, James' Square, Mrs M. Pattison, of a daughter.

26. At Orchardhead, Stirlingshire, Mrs Walker, of a son.

27. In Grosvenor-Place, London, Lady Emily Drummond, of a daughter.

29. At New Garden, Mrs Ramage Liston, of a

son.

At Paris, the lady of Alexander Norman Macleod, Esq. of Harris, of a son.

At her house in Park Place, St James's, London, the Viscountess Cranbarne, of a son and heir. 30. At Edinburgh, the lady of Sir William Jardine, Bart. of Applegarth, of a daughter.

- In St Andrew's-square, Mrs Graham, of a son. 31. At No. 42, North Hanover-street, Mrs Espinasse, of a daughter.

-Mrs James Simpson, Northumberland-street, of a daughter.

Lately. At Durham, the lady of Samuel Sproul, Esq. M. D. Member of the Medical Board, Bombay, of a son.

At Agra, in the East Indies, the lady of

Lieutenant-Colonel M'Leod, of a daughter. - At Edinburgh, the wife of Mr William MacDiarmid, printer, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

Sept. 10. At Leghorn, the Hon. Arthur Hill Trevor, eldest son of the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Dungannon, to Sophia, daughter of George D'Arcy Irvine, Esq. of Castle Irvine, county of Fermanagh, Ireland.

19. At Campbeltown, Argyleshire, the lady of the late Dr Alexander M'Larty, physician, Kingston, Jamaica, of a posthumous daughter.

Oct. 2. At Inver Dunning, Mr Alexander M. Anderson, writer, Nelson-street, Edinburgh, to Catherine, eldest daughter of Alexander Stewart, Esq. of Inver Dunning.

3. At Edinburgh, Henry Sibbald, Esq. writer to the signet, to Agnes, only child of the late James Edmond, Esq. Glasgow.

4. At George's-square, Edinburgh, Dr Robert Renton, physician, Edinburgh, to Miss Christina Adam, daughter of the late Dr Adam.

6. At Valleyfield, John Hay, Esq. younger of Smithfield aud Hayston, to Miss Anne Preston, daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel George Preston, of the Royal Marines, and niece of Sir Robert Preston, Valleyfield, Bart.

8. At the Manse of Urray, Alexander Mackenzie, Esq. of Kinnahard, to Margaret, only daughter of the Rev. Donald Macdonald of Urray.

At Fountainhall, near Aberdeen, Alexander Murchison, Esq. M. D. of Jamaica, to Mary, only daughter of Dr Patrick Copland, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University and Marischal College of Aberdeen.

9. At Kinning-house, Archibald Graham, Esq. writer in Glasgow, to Miss Barbara Loriston, daughter of the late John Dixon, Esq. of Knightswood.

10. At Barnes Church, Surrey, Charles Stuart, Esq. of Rothsay, to Miss Leake, of Barnes.

11. At Elister, Island of Islay, Duncan Campbell, Esq. Kilchomen, to Anne, eldest daughter of Niel M'Niel, Esq.

At Newington, Mr James Scott, tertius, merchant in Leith, to Miss Marion Smart, daughter of the late Captain Robert Smart.

16. At St Andrews, Mr John Anderson, merchant there, to Miss Jean, second daughter of Mr James Clark, Balrymounth.

- At Edinburgh, Mr John Wilson, plumber, Liverpool, to Jessie, eldest daughter of Mr William Bathgate, merchant, St James's Square.

At Dumfries, at the house of Thomas Goldie, Esq. of Craigmuie, John Hyndman, Esq. advocate, to Maria Le Maitre, daughter of the late James Macrae, Esq. of Holmains.

17. At the Church of Overton, the Rev. Dr Dewar, minister of the Tron Church, Glasgow, to Susan, youngest daughter of Edward Place, Esq. of Skelton Grange, Yorkshire.

18. At 42, Macvicar Place, Mr James Dowell, cabinet-maker and upholsterer, East Thistle-street, to Isabella, only daughter of Mr James Browning, merchant.

At Grecnock, George Noble, Esq, to Geils, only daughter of the late Andrew Donald, Esq. of Virginia, North America.

20. At Cairnsmore, the Rev. David Wilson, minister of Stranraer, to Margaret, eldest daughter of the late Peter Stewart, Esq. of Cairnsmore. 25. At Paisley, William Mercer, Esq. W. S, to Catherine, eldest daughter of Robert Maxwell, Esq. Paisley.

At St George's Chapel, Edinburgh, Captain J. Thornton, H. P. 78th regiment, son of J. Thornton, Esq. of Kensington, to Miss Helen Small, daughter of the late John Small, Esq. of Overmains, Berwickshire.

24. In the British Chapel of Leghorn, John Christie, Esq. of Hodderdon, in the county of Hertford, to Caroline, eldest daughter of John Falconer, Esq. his Britannic Majesty's ConsulGeneral for Tuscany.

25. At Edinburgh, William Johnstone, Esq. 30, Northumberland-street, to Mrs Reidie, widow of Dr Reidie, physician, Brechin,

- At Edinburgh, William Herries Ker, Esq. to Magdaline, only daughter of the late Colonel William Riccart Hepburne of Riccarton.

50. At St James's Church, Sir William Johnstone Hope, M. P. one of the Lords of the Admiralty, to the Right Honourable Maria, Countess of Athlone, sister to Sir Robert Eden, Bart. of Windlestone, in the county of Durham.

- At Edinburgh, Mr R. Scott Thompson, druggist, Prince's Street, to Isabella M. Cowan, eldest daughter of Mr William Cowan, merchant, Edinburgh.

- At Dover, James Walker, Esq. of Dover, to Henrietta, eldest daughter of the late Major James Murray Grant, of the Barrack Department.

Lately. In Maitland Street, William Fraser, Esq. of Madras, to Mrs Mary Turner, daughter of the late Captain William Bruce, of the Honourable East India Company's service, Madras.

- At Windsor, Nova Scotia, John M'Kay, of Berry Hill, Sutherlandshire, Esq. Captain 27th regiment of foot, to Amelia Isabella, third daughter of the late Benjamin De Wolf, Esq. of that place. -At Glasgow, Mr James Rait, merchant, there, to Margaret, eldest daughter of Robert Watt, Esq. merchant, Montego Bay, Jamaica.

DEATHS.

March 11. At Madras, of the cholera morbus, Mr Robert Stevenson, a native of Kilmarnock.

19. At Dinapore, in India, Colonel Alexander M'Leod, C. B. commanding his Majesty's 59th regiment.

April. In Elchipore, in India, Mrs Ogilvie, wife of Captain Duncan Ogilvie, 2d regiment Madras native infantry, and daughter of the Rev. Dr Duncan, Ratho.

10. At Cochin, East Indies, George Browne, son of the late Rev. John Browne, Falkirk.

May 8. Near Calcutta, aged 68 years, Colonel Colin Mackenzie, C. B. of the Madras Engineers, Surveyor-General of India.

12. Åt Madras, Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Dalrymple, C. B. of the Madras Artillery.

July 15. At his house in Stromness, John Lout tit, Esq. of Banks, merchant in Stromness.

Aug. 12. At Demerary, universally regretted, Patrick Macintyre, Esq.

23. At Demerara, of the yellow fever, Lieutenant-Colonel Nooth, C. B. of the 21st Royal Scots Fuzilcers, eldest son of Dr Nooth of Batin.

Sept. 23. Robert, and on the 5th Oct. Janet, infant children of Mr H. P. Macleod, teacher of music, Caltonhill.

27. At Peebles, greatly regretted, the Rev. Thomas Leckie, 27 years minister of the associate congregation there.

28. At Sloan-street, London, Mrs Sherringham, youngest daughter of the late Captain Gamage, of the East India Company's service.

At Cray, Catherine Anabella, eldest daughter of Major James Robertson, of Cray.

29. At her house, 22, Society, Miss Margaret Aikman, daughter of the late Mr James Aikman, House of Muir.

50. At Frankfort, Lady Charlotte Hill, eldest daughter of the Marchioness of Downshire. Oct 1. At East Dalry, Richard Shirreff, Esq.

At Bellaberta, in the county of Berwick, Miss Veronica Hogg, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Robert Hogg, minister of Roxburgh, aged 63.

At Leith Walk, after a severe illness of three days, Mr James Allison, sen. gardener there, in his 102d year,

At Noranside, John Mill, Esq. of Noranside.
At Edinburgh, Mr David Vallance, mer-

chant.

2. Mr William Currie Lawrie, surgeon.

In the south of France, after a painful illness, George Maxwell, Esq. younger of Curruchan, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Galloway militia.

At the manse of Morebattle, Alexander, son of the Rev. Walter Morrison.

At Greenlaw House, in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Lady Gordon, much and justly regretted by all who knew her.

3. At Edinburgh, Mrs Jane Robertson, relict of the late William Smellie, Esq. printer, seeretary to the Royal Society of Scottish Antiquaries, author of the Philosophy of Natural History, translator of the works of M. de Buffon, &c.

- At Dublin, Mrs Anna Maria Ivers, wife of Mr James M. Graham, surgeon of the Fifeshire militia.

- At Thornhill (Perthshire), William M'Ewan, Esq. writer to the signet.

4. At her house, No. 15, North Frederick-street, Mrs Charles Mackenzic, widow of the late Charies Mackenzie, Esq. writer in Edinburgh.

- At Dunkeld, Mrs D. Landale, of Kirkaldy. 6. At Cunninghamhead, Niel Snodgrass, Esq of Cunninghamhead, in the 82d year of his age.

9. At Glasgow, in the 19th year of his age, David, and on the 11th, in the 25th year of his age, William, sons of Mr David Hamilton, architect, Glasgow.

10. At Gillespie's Hospital, Mrs Margaret Miller, aged 95, one of the persons who were first admitted into that hospital.

lop.

At her son-in-law's house, Myles, Mrs His

11. Of an enlargement of the heart, Horatio Nelson Matcham, second son of General Matcham, Esq. and nephew to Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson of the Nile, and of the present Earl, aged 18. -At Perth, Mr David Marshall, of Manchester, youngest son of William Marshall, Esq. Perth.

At her father's house, James's Square, Joanna Craig, aged 17. 12. In Doctors Commons, Elizabeth, the wife of Mr Richard Hope, of Luxted, near Down, in Kent, in the 73d year of her age.

13. At Ormly, Caithness, Captain Donald Sinclair, late of the 30th regiment of foot.

Maria Matilda, wife of S. F. T. Wilde, Esq.

of Sergeant's Inn, barrister at law.

At Belfast, Major Andrew Pattison, late of the 29th regiment of foot and 8th royal veteran battalion.

14. At Cult Manse, Elizabeth Hunter, wife of the Rev. Thomas Gillespie, minister of Cult. At Edinburgh, Mrs Esther Yellowlees, wife of Mr John Yellowlees, coach-maker, Mound

Place.

15. At the Manse of Killearn, the Rev. James Graham, minister of that parish, in the 86th year of his age, and 54th of his ministry.

At Edinburgh, Mrs Jean Gall, wife of Mr John Moffat, engraver.

At her house, in George-street, Edinburgh, Miss Grace Suttie, eldest daughter of the late Sic George Suttie, Bart. of Balgone.

At Edinburgh, James Hay, Esq. W. S.

16. In Tralce, (Ireland,) aged 75, after a protracted illness, Jerry Sullivan, leaving property to the amount of L.20,000, which he bequeathed to the inhabitants of Tralee, to be added to the sums already subscribed by them, for the purpose of making a fund to defray the expences a lawsuit, about to be carried on in the ensuing term, against the Denny family, to open the borough of that town; and the overplus, if any, to form the commencement of a sinking fund, to secure the future independence of the borough, by defraying the expenses of the popular candidate at any future contested election, and thereby encouraging talents and independence in the country; and in case the inhabitants should decline prosecuting such suit, then the said sum to be applied in support of the different public institutions of the town, to be distributed as the grand jury shall think fit. The history of this man's life is as extraordinary as his bequest:-In the carly part of his career he was for many years an attorney's clerk, in which situation, by persevering industry and rigid economy, he ainassed a considerable sum of money, and, considering himself independent, he resolved to become a man of business; he did not hesitate long in making a choice-he commenced the trade of a stock-broker, or "advantageous money-lender," and in a few years his success outran his most sanguine expectations. At his death he had liens on the estates of several of the grandees in his neighbourhood. For the last twenty years he was the Collective wisdom," of the western empire;" his house was, at nights, the resort of all the knowing ones; and, as he had no family, their nocturnal orgies were not interupted by any apprehensions of a curtain lecture, or any anxiety for an offspring, whose provisions those revels might lessen.

At Wakefield, Mrs Cleghorn of Stravithy. 17. At Saint Madoes, Perthshire, Mrs John Smith.

At Graysmill, Slateford, Mr William Belfrage, aged 72.

18. Dr David Mackie, of Huntingdon, aged 67. His death was occasioned by a fall from his chaise a few days previously.

- At Uppat House, Sutherland, Margaret Lacom, third daughter of Mr John Shaw, of the Customs, aged 16.

19. At Paris, John Astley, Esq. proprietor of the Royal Amphitheatre, Westminster Bridge, London, aged 54 years.

At Borrowstounness, Courtenay P. Shairp, youngest son of William Shairp, Esq. collector of

customs.

At Edinburgh, Miss Marion Steele, eldest daughter of Mr John Steele, confectioner, justly and deeply regretted.

20. At Naples, the lady of James Dupre, of Wilton Park, Esq. and second daughter of the late Sir William Maxwell of Monteith, Bart.

At Kellhead, John, son of the late Mr John Irving, aged 77. His death was caused by a slight contusion on the shin-bone, which, being neglected, caused a mortification, and terminated his existence in a few days.

In his 85th year, Henry Burt, Esq. of Barns, Kinross-shire.

At Paris, aged 85, the Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Talleyrand de Perigord. His Eminence was created Cardinal and Archbishop of Paris in

1817. Born of an ancient family, he is said to have united the dignity of rank with Christian humility, and the gravity of the Prelate with the purity of the priestly character.

20. At George's Square, Miss Eleanor Ruther furd, daughter of the late John Rutherfurd, Esq. of Edgerston.

- At Drylaw, Mrs Ramsay, widow of the late William Ramsay, Esq. of Barnton.

21. Miss Isabella Helen Sangster, only daughter of the late Mr John Sangster, Widewall, Orkney. - At Edinburgh, Nathaniel Isbister, nephew of Mr Thomas Isbister, merchant, Edinburgh.

At Craigrothie, in Fife, Mr David Martin, road-surveyor.

21. At Aberdeen, in the 80th year of his age, John Ewen, Esq. With the exception of various sums left to the public charities of Aberdeen, he has bequeathed the bulk of his property, (perhaps £15,000 or £16,000,) to the magistrates and clergy of Montrose, for the purpose of founding an hospital, similar to Gordon's Hospital of Aberdeen,, for the maintenance and education of boys.

23. At Edinburgh, aged 60 years, Miss Margaret Clephane, relict of Mr Thomas Ker, late of Burntisland.

24. At Knowhead, Mrs Whittet, relict of John Whittet, Esq. of Paterhill.

25. At Bridge Road, Lambeth, Sophia, wife of David Allan, Esq. Deputy-Commissariat-General to his Majesty's forces, and of Portobello, near Edinburgh.

In Queen Ann-street, London, Admiral Sir William Young, G. C. B. and Vice-Admiral of Great Britain.

26. At her mother's house, Dalry Mills, in the 22d year of her age, Mrs Torrance, widow of Mr Torrance, Hanover-street, and second daughter of the late Andrew Veitch, Esq.

27. Mary, daughter of Mr William Dunlop, Merchant-street.

- At Dalguise-house, Perthshire, Charles Steuart, of Dalguise, Esq.

28. At Millbank, Edinburgh, James Neilson, Esq. of Millbank, in the 69th year of his age. 29. Miss Colquhoun of Camstraddan.

- At Perth, Robert, youngest son of Mr R. H. Moncrieff, writer.

At London, Cassander Agnes, Lady Hamilton, widow of Sir J. Hamilton, Bart.

31. At Croom's Hill, Blackheath, Mrs Campbell, wife of Colonel Campbell.

Lately. On his voyage home from India, Captain Robert Sanderson, of his Majesty's 98th regiment.

At Nancy, in Lorraine, aged 87, Miss Jean Rollo, daughter of the deceased James Rollo, Esq. of Pow-house.

At Dublin, Alderman Warner. He had been out taking the air in his jaunting car, when, finding a sudden numbness coming over him, he returned home, and shortly afterwards expired of a paralytic stroke.

At Newport, Isle of Wight, aged 92, Samuel Bailey. This individual by excessive parsimony, amassed upwards of L.10,000, yet his appearance was always that of a beggar; and his manner of living was equally wretched. He has left a widow and four sons, between whom he has divided his

property.

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