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Coward, J. Castle-street, Leicester-fields, currier. Crowshey, S. King-street, Westminster, cheesemonger.

Cross, R. Manchester, leather-factor.
Cutmore, J. Birchin-lane, jeweller.
Damms, G. Chesterfield, draper.

Davenport, J. Stockport Etchells, publican.
Davidson, J. Chorlton-row, Lancashire, stone-

mason,

Davies, J. Hereford, victualler.

Dawson, T. Houndsditch, whalebone-cutter.
Dixon, G. Chiswell-street, ironmonger.
Donkin, W. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, linen-draper.
Dorret, R. Rochester, linen-draper.

Dowling, W. King-street, Tower-hill, grocer.
Driver, A. P.College-wharf, Lambeth, flour-dealer.
Durant, J. Montagu Street, Spitalfields, silk-ma-
nufacturer.

Dyson, J. Netherton, Yorkshire, clothier.

Ella, J. Lower Thames-street, wine-merchant. Ellaby, T. Emberton, Bucks, lace-merchant. Eyre, W. Cockspur-street, Charing Cross, trunkmaker.

Farrier, W. Friday-street, Cheapside, wine-mer

chant.

Fasaner, D. Bath, fancy stationer.
Fell, W. Cloak-lane, merchant.

Flewett, J. Hillhampton, Worcestershire, farmer.
Ford, J.Little Dartmouth, Devon, lime-merchant.
Forsaith, S. Shoreditch, haberdasher.

Fox, T. Mosbrough, Derby-sythe, manufacturer.
Gibbs, C. Eccleshall, Staffordshire, iron-monger.
Gibbons, G. H. Finch-lane, Cornhill, merchant.
Glover, T. Derby, brush-manufacturer.
Gough, J. Little Tower-street, vintner.
Grace, R. Fenchurch-street, hatter.
Gray, T. Cambridgeshire, common brewer.

Grant, M. Clifton, Gloucestershire, lodging-house keeper.

Guidine, A. Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire, shop-keeper.

Hamilton, R. Stoke-upon-Trent, potter.
Harris, J. Kennington Cross, livery-stable keeper.
Harris, W. Sutton Valence, Kent, victualler.
Hassell, J. Little Guilford Street, Surrey, timber
dealer.

Heavey, J. Shoreditch, cabinet-maker.
Henderson, J. Blackfriars-road, draper."

Henry, T. P. Howland-street, Fitzroy-square, flour-factor.

Hill, T. West Smithfield, grocer.

Hodge, H. Duval's-lane, Islington, brick-maker.
Hodges, J. Aldgate, blanket-warehouseman.
Hodgson, J. Newgate-street, linen-draper.
Holbrook, J. Derby, grocer.

Holland, T. Nottingham, lace-manufacturer.
Hooper, J. Mitre,-court, Fleet-street, stationer.
Holmes, J. Carlisle, grocer.

Hood, J. Beeston, Nottingham, hosier.
Hopkins, T. Woolwich, carpenter.
Hosking, V. Walton, Bucks, builder.

Houdsan, J. Bulst, road-street, coal-merchant.
Hurst, W. Manchester, grocer.

Hutchinson, J. Little St Thomas Apostle, butterfactor.

Isaacs, J. Haverfordwest, draper.

James, J. and W. Seddon, Liverpool, ship-builder.
Jones, E. A. and W. H. Hackneyfields, brewers.
Jones, W. Dog-row, Mile-end, wheel-wright.
Joyce, L. Ceyford, Somersetshire, innkeeper.
King, T.Frederick's-place, Kensington-lane, mer- .
chants.

Langshaw, J. Latchford, Cheshire, timber-mer

chant.

Larbalestier, J. Angel-court, Throgmorton-street. Leeming, R. Hatton-court, Threadneedle-street, silkman.

Lincoln, J, Norwich, miller.

Lowe, J. and W. Bridgford-mills, Staffordshire, miller.

Luton, W. Bristol, sadler.

Lyney, J. Limehouse, sail-maker.

Lyon, D. Bolton-le-Moors, timber-merchant. Marsden, K. King-street, Portman-square, horsedealer.

Mapiey, J. Cheapside, glass-cutter.
Merrick, W. Bristol, flax-dresser.

Minchin, T. Verulam-buildings, Gray's inn, dealer and chapman.

Mitchel, T. Oxford-street, Cannon-street road, grocer.

Moody, W. Leeds, joiner.

Moody, J. L. Clifton-street, Worship-street, silkmanufacturer.

Moon, J. Bristol, currier.

Morris, C. Fore-street, Cripplegate, victualler. Mortimer, J. H. Lostwithiel, Cornwall, brandy

merchant.

Moses, S. Portsea, slop-seller.

Moss, W. G. Diamond-row, Camberwell, dealer.
Murday, R. Rochester, plumber.

Niven, C. Holborn-bridge, oil broker.
Olivant A. Sculcoates, Yorkshire, miller.
Oakes, H. Chelmsford, linen draper.
Ogden, J. Aldrick, Lancashire, grocer.
Palmer, C. Russell-street, Bermondsey, brewer.
Parker, H. Pilton, Somersetshire, victualler.
Peacock, J. Watford, paper-maker.

Peirce, T. and D. Williams, Merthyr Tidvil,
Glamorganshire, bankers.

Penny, J, and T. Shepton Mallet, grocers.
Powell, J. G. Egham, dealer.

Pink, A. jun. Portsea, common brewer.
Pratt, J. Hatton-wall, pavior.

Preddey, R. Bristol, baker.

Price, J. Lower-street, Islington, coach-maker.
Ransom, J. Stoke, Newington, coach-maker.
Rankin, F. W. Langbourne, Chambers, Fen-
church-street, merchant.

Rawlings, J. Mitton, Oxfordshire, druggist.
Reby, R. Radnor-street, City-road, tailor.
Redfern, W., T. Stevenson, and W. Blatherwick,
Nottingham, hosiers.

Reeves, R. Stockports, shopkeeper.

Richardson, J. and J. Griston, Norwich, bricklayers.

Roberts, E. Oxford-street, linen-draper.

Robertson, J. Whitstable, Kent, coal-merchant, Robinson, J. Burslem, potter.

Rogers, J. S. and J. Portsmouth, coach-makers. Rowe, G. Chelsea, surgeon.

Sargent, J. Wentworth-street, Whitechapel, manufacturing chemist.

Saxby, J. R. Southwark, hop-merchant.

Sealey, B. and E. Nash, Red Lion-yard, Aldersgate-street, horse-dealers.

Sims, B. St Ann's lane, shoemaker.
Sims, G. F. Aldermanbury, chinaman.
Smite, G. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, draper.
Shaw, J. Hull, clothier.

Shaw, J. W. and A. W. Emslie, Fenchurch-buildings, merchants.

Simes, W. Canonbury-tower, Islington, dealer. Smith, W. St Clement, Worcestershire, brewer. Spencer, J. Norwich, bombazine-manufacturer. Springweller, A. Duke-Street, Smithfield, cabinet-maker.

Stewart, J. Manchester, tailor.

Sutliffe, T. Windle-house, Howarth, Yorkshire, worked stuff manufacturer.

Symes, G. B. New Terrace, Camberwell-green, dealer and chapman.

Thomas, W. Regent-street, Piccadilly, stationer.
Thomas, J. Leicester, linen-draper.

Tomes, C. Lincoln's-inn-fields, scrivener.
Threlfall, J. Liverpool, banker.
Upton, J. Tadcaster, scrivener.

Vincent, C. Tarrant, Rushton, Dorsetshire, dealer and chapman.

Wade, D. P. Hadleigh, Suffolk, tanner.
Wadham, B. Poole, cooper.

Wagstaff, J. Worcester, saddler.

Walker, S. Ashton-under-Lyne, grocer.
Walker, J. Halifax, Yorkshire, clothier.

Watkins, W. L. Old Bailey, eating-house keeper
Weedon, G. Bath, brass-founder.

Weeks, T. Southampton, upholsterer. Weller, T. Croydon, watchmaker.

Wharton, C. A. King's Arms, Maidenhead, winemerchant.

Whalley, T. Chorley, Lancashire, manufacturer.
Whalley, C. Rivington, Lancashire, shopkeeper.
Wilson, R. Birmingham, tea dealer.
Wilcox, W. Bristol, warehouse-keeper.
Wilson, E. Wellington-street, Strand, upholsterer.
Willey, J. Throgmorton street, coal-merchant.
Wood, W. Sanderson, and J. Sanderson, Nichol-
as-lane, Lombard-street, insurance-brokers.
Yeoman, B. Heyford Frome, Somersetshire, ba-
ker.

ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTCIES, announced between the 1st December 1823 and 31st January 1824, extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette.

Braid, Alexander, flesher in Paisley.

Cameron and Bisset, agents in Dundee, a dividend after 22d February.

Crawford, William and Andrew, plasterers in Glasgow.

Fisher, James, merchant, Auchtermuchty.
Geekie, Alexander, cattle-dealer, Coltward, For-
farshire.

Hart, John, manufacturer in Paisley.
Henniker, J. and L. merchants in Glasgow.
Graham, John, merchant and manufacturer in
Glasgow.

Gow, James, junior, merchant tailor in Glasgow.
Jamieson, Peter, and Company, clothiers in Glas
gow; a first dividend on 21st February.
Kerr, William and Son, merchants in Leith; a di-
vidend after 11th February.

Laidlaw, William, skinner in Dunse.

Macdonald, Wm. and Alex., merchants in Edinburgh; a dividend after 14th February. Maclellan, Murdo, meal-monger in Tulloch. M'Neil, James, baker, and lately brewer and distiller, Dumfries.

Munro, Alexander, grocer and fish-curer in St Andrews.

Munro, William, of Achany, cattle-dealer and partner of the Tain Brewery Company. Neilson, George, joiner and builder in Edinburgh; a first dividend on 29th February. Oddy, George, grocer and portioner in Tradestown of Glasgow; a dividend on 2d February. Purdon, William, grain-merchant and cattle dealer in Hyndlands, near Glasgow.

Sharp, Lauchlin and James, road contractors at Kinnaird.

Smith James and Sons, some time bankers and merchants in Brechin; a final dividend on 8th March.

Stevenson and Duff, merchants in Dunkeld; a dividend on 4th March, on the estate of John Duff. No dividend on the estate of the Company, or of James Stevenson.

Wyllies, Messrs R. and M. manufacturers in Glasgow.

The Dundee New Sugar Refining Company. Tweeddale, John, vintner and mail-coach contractor in Montrose.

Watson, John, cloth-merchant in Edinburgh.

DIVIDENDS.

Barber, Henry, brewer, and wine and spirit-mer. chant in Castle-Douglas; a first dividend after 5th January.

Brownlie, William, engineer smith, and patent axle-tree maker in Glasgow; a dividend after 20th January.

Fraser Newlands, James and Luke, jewellers and watch-makers in Glaseow; a second dividend 29th January.

Gardner, Thomas, carpet-merchant, Greenside street, Edinburgh; a final dividend 2d February. Hamilton, William, merchant in Glasgow; a final dividend 15th January.

Hunt, Robert, late merchant, Dunfermline; a dividend 29th January.

Menzies, Robert, distiller and maltman, Paisley a dividend 27th January.

Peacock, Robert and Sons, merchants in Paisley a dividend on 12th January.

Pollock, John, cotton-spinner, Greenhead, Glas gow; a dividend 2d January.

Robertson, William, innkeeper, late of the Salutation Inn, Perth; a first dividend 5th January. Wright, Alexander, fish-curer and dealer in herrings in Banff; a dividend 23d January.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

Dec. 21, 1823. Mrs Fraser of Ford, of a daughter.

30. At Springfield Lodge, Surrey, the lady of John Watson, Esq. of a daughter.

Jan. 1, 1824. In Albany Street, Lady Robert Kerr, of a son.

-At her father's house at Bedale, Yorkshire, the lady of Rear-Admiral Sir John P. Beresford, Bart. of a daughter.

3. At Fasnacloich, the lady of Stewart Menzies, Esq. of Culdares, of a son and heir.

4. The lady of Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Oswald, of Dunikeir, of a son.

- At 71, Great King Street, Mrs Kennedy, of

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21. At George's Place, the lady of William Mackenzie, Esq. of Strathgarve, of a daughter. 22. In Dundas Street, Mrs Ivory, of a daughter.

At Nenagh, Ireland, the lady of James Dempster, Esq. M.D. of a son.

-Mrs Weir, 11, Pitt Street, of a daughter. 23. In Grosvenor Place, London, the lady of Charles Drummond, Esq. of a son.

24. Mrs Lockhart, 25, Northumberland Street, of a daughter.

26. At Castlecraig, the Right Hon. Lady Napier, of a daughter.

27. Mrs Smith, 13, Hope Street, of a daughter. 31. At Edinburgh, Mrs Alex. Hunter, of a son.

MARRIAGES.

April 26, 1823. At Syncapore, Alexander Morgan, Esq. to Maria Frederica, youngest daughter of Thomas Wilson Fing, Esq.

Aug. 15. At Madras, Lieutenant George Story, of the 19th Native infantry, to Hannah Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late William Wotherspoon, Esq. Edinburgh.

Nov. 25. At Trinidad, Paymaster James Mackay, 1st West India regiment, to Catherine Jane Moore, widow of Dr John Moore, surgeon of the 8th (or king's) regiment, and daughter of Captain Maclauchlan, of the royal engineers.

Dec. 5. J. P. Robinson, Esq. of Camden Street, London, and Meltonby, Yorkshire, to Mary Ann, only daughter of John Scott, Esq. late of Edinburgh.

30. At Knocknalling, John Alexander, Esq. younger of Mackilston, to Barbara, third daugh ter of David Kennedy, Esq. of Knocknalling. At Newburgh, the Rev. John Jamieson Johnston, to Jane, second daughter of the late Rev. David Hepburn.

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Jan. 1. At Edinburgh, John Carfrae, Esq. to Miss Isabella Park, second daughter, and on the 16th Jan. Robert Fyshe, Esq. of Galashiels, to

Miss Helen Park, eldest daughter of John Wilson, Esq. of Cumledge, Berwickshire.

5. At Pennycuick, Mr A. Thomson, gun-maker, Edinburgh, to Margaret, daughter of Mr John Henderson, farmer, Pennycuick.

7. At Shieldhall, William Montgomery, Esq. of Annick Lodge, to Susanna, youngest daughter of the late John Anderson, Esq. London.

9. At Edinburgh, James Usher, Esq. writer, Edinburgh, to Mary, daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Gray, minister of Broughton, Peeblesshire.

12. At Burnside, Mr Robert Grieve, wrlter, Edinburgh, to Marion, eldest daughter of William Rolland, Esq. of Burnside.

At Paisley, Mr James Kerr, manufacturer, to Jane, only daughter of the late William Pinkerton, Esq.

11. At St Mary's Lambeth, Adam Wilson, of Finsbury Circus, Esq. to Martha Teresa, second daughter of Wilson Lesher, Esq.

At London, Alexander Bannerman, Esq. of Aberdeen, to Margaret, second daughter of G. J. Guthrie, Esq. of Berkeley Street.

17. At London, Lieut.-Colonel Davis, M. P. to Augusta Anne, only child of the late Thomas Champion De Crespigny, Esq.

20. At Aberdeen, William Irvine, Esq. at Towie, to Harriet Ann Stuart, relict of the Rev. George Grant, late minister of Mortlach.

22. At Edinburgh, Lieut. William Hope Smith, of the 4th Regiment Madras Native Infantry, to Eliza, youngest daughter of John Wilson, Esq. of Cumledge, Berwickshire.

-At Eye, Herefordshire, Edmund Pollixfen Bastard, Esq. of Kitley, Devonshire, and M. P. for that county, to the Hon. Anne Jane Rodney, daughter of the late Lord Rodney.

At Perth, Mr Mitchel, merchant, John's Street, to Jane, eldest daughter of the Rev. Dr Pringle.

-Robert Fulton, Esq. Dubbyside, Fifeshire, to Helen, only daughter of the late Major J. Fotheringham of the Engineers on the Madras Establishment.

28. At Aberdeen, Major Henry James Phelps, of the 80th Regiment, to Mary, youngest daughter of R. Grant, Esq. of Drumminer.

At Hillside, Leith Walk, J. S. Combe, Esq. M.D. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, to Anne, daughter of the late John Thomson, Esq. Leith.

30. At Leith, Mr J. M'Leod, merchant, Edinburgh, to Christina, fourth daughter of the late William Loudon, Esq. Kerse Hall.

31. In Christ Church, Cork, William Maginn, Esq. LL.D. to Ellen, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Robert Bullen of Newmarket.

DEATHS.

June 15, 18.2. At Ludanah, Ensign John M. M'Crae, of the Hon. East India Company's 17th regiment native infantry, Bengal establishment, third son of W. G. M'Crae, Esq.

Aug. 2. On board the ship Nearchus, in the river Guyaquil, South America, Mr William Duncan, second officer of that ship.

*June 13, 1823. At Fort William, Calcutta, MaJor John Clelland Guthrie, 44th foot, son of the late Colonel John Guthrie, of the Hon. East India Company's service.

13. Lost at sea, from on board the Hon. Company's ship Vansittart, Mr William Montague Duddingstone, only son of the late Rear-Admiral William Duddingstone.

Sept. 24. At Demerara, Francis Mackenzie'Fairbairn, son of the late Mr Fairbairn of Berbice. His father and two brothers had fallen victims to the same climate within the last sixteen months. Oct. 12. At May's Den, Island of Jamaica, Donald M'Lean, Esq.

19. At Graham's Town, Cape of Good Hope, Lieut.-Col. George Sackville Fraser, of the Cape corps, second son of the late Mr John Fraser, Rhives, Sutherlandshire.

28. At the Cape of Good Hope, E. S. Montagu, late Persian secretary to the government at Cal

cutta.

Nov. 2. At Demerara, Dr William Wallace, of Three Friends.

Dec. 11. At Siena, Mrs Janet Brodie, daughter of the late William Brodie, Esq. Amisfield Mains.

23. At Butterston, Lieut. Joseph Leslie. 26. At Kirkeaan, Alexander Reid, Esq. 27. At Crieff, Mr James Wilson, late merchant in Charlestown, South Carolina, eldest son of the late Mr James Wilson, maltster, Leith.

28. In Stafford Street, Mrs Margaret Borthwick, widow of Lieut.-colonel John Borthwick, of the 71st regiment.

- At Libberton Cottage, Jane Tod, wife of Lieut. Moxey, Royal Navy.

30. At Leith, Mr Alexander Goodlet, late of the Customs.

- At Torquay, Devon, Sarah, Viscountess Kilcoursie.

Jan. 1. 1824. At Edinburgh, Mr Allan Grant, messenger at arms.

At his house, Canongate, Mrs Janet Brodie, wife of Duncan Cowan, Esq.

Miss Emily Shirriff, second daughter of the late Lieut.-colonel Shirriff, of the Madras cavalry, 2. At Comiston, Daniel Collyer, Esq.

3. At Kirkaldy, Mr William Mitchell, cabinet maker. -At No. 108, Prince's Street, Richard Beckwith Craik, Esq. younger of Arbigland.

ker.

At Edinburgh, Mr James Hunter, late ba

-At the Vicarage, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Euphe mia, wife of the Rev. William M'Douall.

4. At Pisa, Mr James Brown, of St Vincent Street, Glasgow.

-At Glasgow, John Machen, Esq. in the 51st year of his age.

5. At Edinburgh, Mrs Davie of Brotherton. -At Rotterdam, John Alexander, the infant son of James H. Turing, Esq.

At Bath, Hugh Campbell, Esq. of Mayfield, in the county of Ayr, late captain in the 85th regiment.

6. At his house, in Upper Bedford Place, London, the lady of John Loch, Esq.

At Thavies Inn, London, Horatius, second son of Alexander Fraser, Esq.

-At Avonbank, Mr Gavin Hamilton, senior of Avonbank, in the county of Lanark.

7. At Leith, Mr John Parker, agent, late of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

-At Luddington House, Surry, Walter Irvine, Esq. in the 76th year of his age.

8. At Dumfries, Robert Jackson, Esq. Comptroller of Customs, and for many years editor and proprietor of the Dumfries Weekly Journal.

At her father's house, 20, George's Street, Mary, eldest daughter of Mr Jones, of the Theatre-Royal.

9. At her house, St James's Street, Leith Walk, Mrs Esther Annetonies, relict of the late Mr William Ker, goldsmith, Edinburgh.

10. At the house of the Duchess of Marlborough, Cumberland Gate, London, the Right Hon. Lady Caroline Pennant.

At Rothney, William Gordon, Esq. of Rothney, W. S.

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At Ayr, Captain William Niven, late surveyor of the Customs at Greenock. By fame he was reputed the son of that facetious and well-known character described in Roderick Random under the title of Strap.

At Burnham House, county of Kerry, Ireland, the Right Hon. Lord Ventry.

82.

At Dalruzian, Thomas Rattray, Esq. aged

At Edinburgh, Alexander Charles, youngest son of Robert Kerr of Chatto, Esq.

12. Suddenly, at London, at his banking-house, of an apoplectic fit, Joseph Marryat, Esq. M. P. for Sandwich, and chairman to the committee at Lloyd's.

At No. 104, Laurieston Place, William, second son of Mr James Sanson. -Mr William Auld, goldsmith, treasurer to the Trades' Maiden Hospital.

-In North Hanover Street, Miss Katherine Fleming.

-At Kittyfield, Roxburghshire, in the 90th year of his age, Mr David Minto, for about half a century farmer of Linglie, near Selkirk.

13. At Largs, Captain Patrick Carnegie, R. N. who fought under Rodney on the memorable 12th of April 1782.

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- At Berrywell, Mrs Murray.

- At Leith, Mr John Durie, merchant.

15. At his house, Shandwick Place, General Francis Dundas, after a long and painful illness. General Dundas was colonel of the 71st regiment of light infantry and governor of Dumbarton castle.

17. In Stanhope Street, Mayfair, London, Bamber Gascoyne, Esq. aged 68, many years a representative in Parliament for Liverpool.

18. At Ramsgate, Captain Bowles Mitchell, R. N. in the 74th year of his age. He was the last surviving officer of those who accompanied Captain Cook on his second voyage round the world.

-At Edinburgh, Mr William Turnbull, formerly clothier, and late keeper of the mortality records of the city of Edinburgh.

20. At Richmond, James, Earl Cornwallis, Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry, and Dean of Durham, in the 81st year of his age. He is suceeeded in his title and estates by his only son, James Mann, Viscount Broome, now Earl Cornwallis.

-At Edinburgh, James Bissett, Esq. Rear Admiral of the Red.

20. At Collou, in the county of Louth, the seat of the venerable Lord Oriel, Viscountess Ferrard, Baroness Oriel, the lady of that distinguished nobleman.

21. At Kelso, Mr Andrew Telfer, bookseller. -At Aberdeen, Robert Lamb, Esq. late partner in the house of Robert Anderson and Co. Gibraltar.

22. In Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, Henry D Grant, Esq. second son of the late Francis Grant, of Kilgraston, Esq.

At Moreham, very suddenly, Mr Thomas Henderson, in the 76th year of his age, and 45 years schoolmaster of that parish.

- In St Andrew's Square, Mrs Aitken, wife of Dr John Aitken, surgeon, Edinburgh.

23. At Boulogne, Sir Brooke Boothby, Bart, F. L.S. of Ashbourn Hall, in the county of Derby, in his 80th year.

25. At No. 20, North Bridge, Edinburgh, Miss Foy.

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Mr Thomas Hodge, merchant, Newington. At her house, in Upper Seymour Street, London, on the 25th ult. Dame Judith Laurie, aged 74, widow of General Sir Robert Laurie, of Maxwelton, in the county of Dumfries, Bart. 27. At 25, Northumberland Street, the infant daughter of J. G. Lockhart, Esq. advocate.

At Edinburgh, Mr William Thomson, dyer. At Castle Howard, Yorkshire, the Right Hon. Margaret Caroline, Countess of Carlisle, in the 71st year of her age.

28. At Leith, the Rev. Robert Dickson, D. D. who for 38 years discharged the ministerial duties in the parish of South Leith, respected and beloved by all ranks.

JAN. 5.-In Cork, of an organic disease of the heart, Jeremiah Daniel Murphy, Esq. son of D. Murphy, Esq., merchant in that city. This gentleman had only reached the age of eighteen years and a few months, but his acquirements were such as would betoken a far ampler period of existence. He spoke or wrote the Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and Irish languages, with the utmost fluency and precision; and was profoundly versed in their respective literatures. His acquirements in science were highly respectable; and he was graced by the possession of those gentlemanlike accomplishments, which form the ornament of the rank in which he was destined, if Heaven had spared his life, to have moved; while, unlike most lads of precocious acquirements, his manners were mild, engaging, retiring, and modest.

He had contributed occasionally to this Magazine. His perfect command over the Latin language was exemplified in the "Adventus Regis," No. 56; the "Rising of the North," No. 67; and other similar pieces, which we may now venture to say are complete models in their peculiar style. There are other papers also from his pen, which we have not now time to indicate, but all affording earnest of powers of composition, and depth of information, which we are sure would have been amply redeemed, if it had pleased Providence to have granted him a longer sojourn in this world.

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