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tion of corn. As time rolls on, population increases, the demand for corn augments, poorer and poorer soils must be cultivated with a smaller and smaller return, and as the price of corn has risen progressively during the last four or five centuries, so it will continue, unless some mighty revolution shall depopulate the world and reduce its inhabitants to their former numbers. Of all absurd fears, that of the permanent depreciation of landed property is the greatest. Of all modes of investing capital, it has hitherto been the most advantageous. Between the latter part of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth, it increased in value in Scotland fifteenfold, and during the forty years which elapsed between 1770 and 1810, the rental of Scotland augmented fourfold. We see nothing in the present temporary depression which induces us to think that any retrogression is likely to take place.

GENERAL CHASSE.

AFTER all the fanfaronnade, Chasse did not wait the assault, but surrendered ere a practicable breach was effected. Surrendering was much wiser,-or, to borrow Polly's phrase, "safest and best." The Times now declares that "the general (Chasse) has shown himself both a brave man and a faithful officer," and its echo, the Globe, says, "General Chasse has acted bravely, and at length wisely." Both these papers have, for the last month, been very successfully proving that Chasse deserved to be hung for a defence which could have no other consequence than a waste of blood. His late submission cannot alter the character of his past conduct. The lives which have been wantonly sacrificed are to be placed to the account of his useless ruthless obstinacy. The blood which he has caused to be spilled is not to be pardoned him, because he stopped short of spilling more when the struggle was coming to his last ramparts. In carrying on the hopeless defence for one hour, he violated the laws of civilized warfare, and stamped himself a barbarian. He has not, it is true, persevered up to the last extremity, involving himself-he has stopped short in the course of offence; but this does not alter the character of offence, or entitle him to praise in place of execration. He is now emphatically called a "brave man," instead of a barbarian. Where is the especial bravery in his conduct? The dangers of the siege to him personally were slight before an assault, which he prevented by a timely surrender. He was not serving guns; he was not exposed in the destruction of the outworks. He has been brave with the lives of others, and deserves the loss of his own fame. What check can we have on the conduct of men, if they may enter on courses of wanton mischief, and retrieve character by stopping short of the extremity at which the perils to themselves commence? What an encouragement would this be to criminality, that thus far it is venial! nay more, that positive praise is given for the halt, after the malevolent gratification has been had in the progress up to the point of difficulty and danger! Other commanders, in the circumstances of Chasse, will learn, from the present example, that they may sport with humanity for a season amidst the execration of the world, and procure an indulgence for all by a late surrender, ere the bayonets of a justly exasperated soldiery

threaten their own breasts. Since we wrote the

above, the Globe, advancing in discovery, and becoming confident in laudation, has pronounced Chasse entitled to praise for " his humane and considerate surrender, when all resistance was hope

less." Why, from the first, all resistance was hope
less, and the Globe has repeatedly asserted it to
have been so, and justly characterized the rates
conduct of the commander who persisted in t
The surrender has been "humane and considerat
to Chasse himself, who began to be interested wi
the storming drew near. The loyalty of Chasse
to the King of Holland has been pleaded for his
This is an apology not to be admitted. It is the in
terest of the world to hold the tools of tyrants re
sponsible for the mischiefs they work. If the wi
ked purposes of kings cannot be controlled, at leas
let all moral checks be interposed to their obtair-
ing instruments for their atrocious pleasure. It is
good that the servant should say, "I dare not,"
the cruel bidding of the royal master. The next
best thing to correcting a depraved heart is to tie the
Chasse knew full well that he was holding out Ast
felon's hands that would give effect to its malice
werp citadel against the laws of humanity, and be
should have told his King that the dread of infamy
forbade obedience to his royal pleasure. As he d
not so, the moral judgment of the world should make
him an example to deter others from the same vi-
lanous subserviency.—Examiner.

EMIGRATION-CANADA.

The following letter is from a gentleman who left Edinburgh in the Autumn to settle in Ame rica :

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York, Upper Canada, 20th Nov. 1832. "I arrived here on the 3d of October, after pas sing through a great part of the State of New York, and since that time I have explored all the country in this neighbourbood for 70 miles round Although, from the advanced season of the year, I have not been able to push my inquiries so far as I would wish, yet I shall give you the resul my own observations, and the information afforded me by others.

"First, Whether a person of capital, and accustomed to good society in the old country, should settle in the United States or in Canada; from what I have seen, I decidedly give the preferenc to the latter, as the Canadas present greater at tractions to a settler of respectability, in the shape of good society, and afford greater facilities to acquiring property. An emigrant, before he is alowed to land in New York, must pay a tax of one dollar. Before he can hold landed property, be goes before the Mayor or chief magistrate of the district where he intends to settle, and makes esta that it is his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and permission is granted to hi to open a store, or enter upon a farm, but the licence is taken in the name of a citizen of the United States and the property held by h For this licence you pay two dollars. After a p bation of five years you again repair to the ch magistrate and take the oath of allegiance to the United States, abjuring all foreign princes and p tentates. You then receive a certificate from the magistrate, with the seal of the U. S. attached to it, and you become a naturalized citizen; and for this privilege you pay the sum of eight dollars.

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England, you hear a great deal about the dom of the inhabitants of the United States, their exemption from taxes; but if you ask a kee what taxes he pays for his farm, he will you they are oppressive. In the States, the es upon a farm of 200 acres will amount to 100 150 dollars. The taxes upon a farm of the same ent in Canada do not amount to three or four lars per annum. The Canadians, I have no sitation in saying, are the happiest people in the rld. With moderate industry, a fertile soil bles them to support their families; and, if ady, they can lay by a little, while their prorty is increasing in value every year. The taxes e a mere trifle, and no parish burdens or tithes. -ery person possessed of a forty-shilling freehold s a vote; and as property is so easily acquired this country, it amounts to nearly universal ffrage. The manners of the people of the States e disgusting to a stranger, and fully verify Mrs. rollope's description. Extreme selfishness pervades very action, and there is a want of that sociability congenial to an Englishman. In the cities you ill meet with gentlemen; but I speak of the habitants of small towns, and of the country. In avelling through Canada every man is indepenent; and if you go into a house you meet with cordial welcome. Every man lives well here, nd the poorest farmer never sits down to a meal ithout butcher-meat dressed in two or three ifferent ways, although their cookery is a little fter the backwoodsman fashion. There is another reat inducement for young men of respectability ettling in this colony, namely, the road to wealth, onours, and preferment, is open to every person of good conduct and talent. As a proof that this rovince is more inviting to emigrants of capital, t is remarked, that the emigrants arriving here by way of New York are better pleased with Canada after comparing the two countries, than those who come by Quebec.

"It is the general opinion here, that emigrants of a moderate capital make a great mistake in going into the bush. It is more profitable to such persons to enter upon a cleared farm, and more conducive to the comfort of their families. A man with a large capital cannot do wrong, or feel any inconvenience wherever he goes, and the labouring man feels the privations as no hardship, as he has been accustomed to work hard all his life. The farmer, on going into the bush, can afford to build a house and other conveniencies, at an expense of £500, or £600, and bring his family at once into a place of comfort. But I am at a loss to understand what can induce a man with a family, possessed of £500, or from that to £1500, and accustomed to good society at home, voluntarily to bury himself in the woods. For, a farm of 200 acres, with a clearing of 120 acres, and a house suitable for the accommodation of a large and genteel family, with the necessary barns, &c., can be purchased, in good situations, under £1000 currency

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"A great part of the land must be unoccupied for at least 20 years, whereas the person who buys a farm with 100 acres of clearing, gets an immediate return for his capital, and he goes on clearing and thinning, the remainder for fire wood, as he requires it; and by this thinning, he makes an excellent pasture for his cattle. The Backwoodsman, for at least two years, must purchase every thing that he uses, &c.-the general fare is salt pork and potatoes. The latter, on a cleared farm, has an excellent orchard, rears poultry, sheep, pigs, &c., and settles himself in comfort at once. Another great mistake that settlers commit, is pur chasing too much land. No man emigrating to this country should purchase more than 200 acres. A large purchase only locks up his money, and he never can expect to clear the whole of it. He will do more for his family by labouring upon a small tract, and with the profit he will soon be able to add another lot to his first purchase. It is gene. rally believed in the old country, that farming, on the most approved system, pursued in Scotland, will not succeed in this country. So far as I can judge, there never was a greater mistake.

"Nowhere in the world will a man meet with better society than in Canada, and there is no country in the world where, if a man behave himself well, he is more taken notice of.

"Upon the whole, I am so much pleased with the country, with the people, and, indeed, with every thing, that unless it were to join some old and valued friends, I would leave Scotland without regret, and never, in my dullest moments, would I indulge a single wish to return. The land is superior to anything we have in Berwickshire, and, if well farmed, will produce upwards of forty bushels per acre at least; a farmer can calculate on that; and on the great advantage, that York is the capital of the province, and there you find an outlet for all your surplus produce. No man who emigrates to this country will ever regret having done so. He can put out his capital to advantage in almost every business; can support his family at trifling expense, and never form an anxious thought for their provision in after life."

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

FORFAR.-On the 2d curt., about ten o'clock P. M., the drying-house at the Plash Mill of Muirton was discover. ed to be on fire; and before it could be extinguished, the whole of the roof, and about 600 spindles of yarn, were consumed.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT LIVERPOOL.-On Monday night, the 14th, about eleven o'clock, one of the most tremendous and awful conflagrations with which Liverpool has ever been visited, broke out in the neighbourhood of Bath Street and Lancelot's-bay. It is generally believed that the flames first made their appearance in a painter's shop in Bath Street and the fire, in a very short time, extended itself to 'the large warehouse, adjoining both on the south and east, which were filled with merchandise of various descriptions, principally cotton, grain, oil, and naval stores. The rapidity with which the fire continued its ravages was almost incredible. One life was lost, and several persons hurt. The damage is calculated at L.300,000; some state it as high as half a million. Ten thousand bags of cotton were destroyed; but this will scarcely affect the market, as it does not amount to one week's consumption. It is supposed that the insurance offices will lose about L. 120,000.

AWFUL EXPLOSION.-Monday morning, at ten minutes past ten, the town of Dartford, in Kent, was thrown into the utmost consternation and alarm, in consequence of an explosion having taken place at the extensive powder mills of Messrs Wilks and Co. It would be impossible to describe the state of the inhabitants, who were running in all directions to reach a place of safety. By eleven o'clock the town was nearly deserted, the principal part of the people having gone to Crayford. The damage done for miles round is immense, and n many instances, in the immediate neighbourhood, in a number of houses not a pane of glass is left whole. Seven bodies had been found, but it was impossible to say how many were missing, or the number that were killed, as the ruins were then smoking, and the workmen were up to time unable to make any search, in consequence of the dangerons state of the pre

mises.

SHIPWRECKS.-At twelve noon, on the 29th November, two schooners, both named St Miguel el Fritrepedido, the one 90 tons, belonging to Naples, and the other 130 tons, belonging to Bilboa in Spain, both from Bergen, and bound to the above ports with fish, were completely wrecked on the Bara Islands. The crews landed in their boats, but saved nothing. Seeing they could not clear Barahead, they veered out their cables astern during the night to stop their way, that they might have the better chance to save their lives with day-light. This had the desired effect. On reaching the shore, they are said to have kissed and blessed the ground."

PENRITH, Jan. 6.-MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT NEAR BROUGHAM HALL.-FIVE LIVES LOST.-About four o'clock this afternoon (Sunday), while a number of boys were sliding on the fish ponds in front of Brougham Hall, the ice broke, and eight fell into water nine feet deep. Three of them owe their lives principally to the exertions of a waggoner, the Brougham Hall coachman, and Mr. Jackson, surgeon of Penrith. Mr. James Brougham, M. P., was likewise on the spot, and rendered every possible assistance; but the other five were not got out till life was totally extinct. Three of these unfortunate youths were from Penrith; the remaining two belonged to the neighbouring village of Eamont Bridge.

FUGITIVES IN AMERICA. We perceive by the recent American papers, that a person named Thomas Sherry, who absconded with money from his employers, Messrs. Martins, Stone, and Co., the bankers of London, has been arrested in the States, and compelled to surrender his plunder.

PROVISION MARKETS.

EDINBURGH, JAN 22d.-Beef 4 to 7d, Mutton 4d to 7d, Veal 6d to 9d, Pork 4d to 6d, per lb; Lamb 2s to 38 6d per quarter; quartern loaf 8d, potatoes, 34, per peck fresh butter 10d to 1s 1d, salt do. 80s per cwt do. per lb 9d to 10d, Dunop cheese 48s to 51s, common do. 32s, egg 1s per er dozen.

GLASGOW.-BAZAAR, Jan. 23.-Very little business was dre to-day in the Bazaar. The supply of cheese was good, ennanim ing the season of the year, but few sales were made. Br cheese brought from 9s. fid. to 10s. a-stone; ordinary sum Ss. 9d. to 9s. do.

APPOINTMENTS.

On Friday the 4th current, the Rev. Mungo CM. kenzie was ordained assistant and successor to the Re John Paton of Lasswade. The Rev. James Monter of Dalkeith preached and presided.

ST ANDREWS.-Dr David Scott, late of Corstorphins was, on Friday, inducted to his office of professar at Oriental languages in St Mary's College.

On Thursday, the 17th curt. the Second United A ciate Congregation, in Hawick, gave a most harmono call to Mr Adam Thomson, preacher, to be college and successor to their present pastor, the Rev. James Hea

derson.

The honourable Mrs Hay Mackenzie of Cromarty las presented the Reverend Mr Noble, Rector of the Aca demy, Tain, to the church and parish of Foddarty, vacuui by the death of the Rev. Charles Bayne.

OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS, 1832

January 28.-Dr Bell, founder of the Madras system of edscation, in his 80th year.

February 3-The poet Crabbe, in his 73d year.
February 22.-Goethe. at Weimar, in his 83d year.
March 10.-Muzio Clementi, the composer, in his Bist
year.

April 30.-Dr Huntingford, Bishop of Hereford.
May 13.-Baron Cuvier, the celebrated geologist.
May 16.-Casimir Perier, Prime Minister of France.
May 25-Right Hon. Sir William Grant, formerly Master
of the Rolls.

May 29.-The Rev. George Burder, author of “ Village Sermons," and for many years Secretary to the Loodes Miasionary Society, having nearly completed his S0th year.

May 30-Right Hon. Sir James Mackinrosh, LL.D. P.R.S. M.P., in his 67th year.

June 2.-Charles Butler, Esq., the celebrated conveyancet, author of "Hora Biblica," and numerous works, in his 83 year.

June 6.-Jeremy Bentham, Esq. in his 85th year.

June 21.-Count Woronzow, many years Russian Ambasdor at the Court at St James's, in his 86th year. July 22.-The Duke of Reichstadt, son of the Emperor Nopoleon, in his 22d year,

August 26.-The Rev. Dr Adam Clarke, of cholers, aged nearly 70.

August 31.-Sir Everard Home, Bart. in his 77th year. September 1.-The Rev. Joseph Kinghorn, of Norwich, in his 67th year.

September 6.-Sir Albert Pell, Knt., Judge of the Bank ruptcy Court.

September 16.-Field Marshal Sir Alured Clarke, in ha 87th year.

September 21.-Sir Walter Scott, the most popular writer ef his age, in his 62d year.

October 23.-General William Dalrymple, aged 96.
November 3.-Sir John Leslie, Professor of Natural Pho

sophy in the University of Edinburgh.

November 4.-Lord Tenterden, Lord Chief Justice of Eng land.

THE LATE DR. JAMES GREGORY. It is with the deepes regret that we have to record the death of this h esteemed and rising young man, who, on Friday the 28th i aged 31, fell a victim to typhus fever, caught in the discharge of his professional duties. Few physicians of his years have left a memory more sincerely regretted by his Lum rous friends, and his death has occasioned a blank which it will be difficult to supply in several of the most portant public institutions of this city.

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MR. JAMES BALLANTYNE.

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THE HELLS.-The Morning Herald is making a dead set at the hells; but we fear it will produce little effect, so long as We have to-day the melancholy duty of noticing the decease and others, whose duty it is to put them down. hese places are frequented by legislators, and police magistrates We have our much esteemed friend, Mr. Jaines Ballantyne of the heard it asserted, that the ruffian who keeps one of those dens eekly Journal. Mr. Ballantyne's health and mind sustained of theft-which he calls a club-boasts of having accumulated shock by the death of his amiable wife, of the fatal fever which more than L.100.000, and of having 10 Peers, 18 Members of sited this city in 1828, from which he never recovered. For Parliament, and 2 Police Magistrates, in his debt, to say nothing we last six months, his health has been rapidly declining, and of those who are on his subscription-books. There is another fellow who kept a gaming-house near Pall-Mall, and who was ery precarious. His death, on Thursday last, after an access for some time in the service of the Castlereagh Administration This malady, voiniting of blood, was however, rather unexas a spy, who has retired with a fortune of L 80 000, and ected by his friends. Mr. Ballantyne was deservedly celebra- whose family all hold places under Government, which were d as an elegant and a correct printer; which always pre-supposes procured for them by the noble frequenters of his den. Yet, e possession of considerable literary accomplishment and culti- whilst these things are going on, notoriously and with impution of mind. Among his fellow-citizens he was reckoned a informations against landlords for allowing men to play at cards nity, informers are encouraged to visit public-houses, and lay st-rate critic of the Fine Arts; and the Drama was long his for a pint of beer. This is civilized society with a vengeance! eculiar province. His knowledge and conventional good taste Dukes and marquises may beggar their offspring, or young ariswade him indeed, a ready judge of the shews and technicalities tocrats bring their friends to poverty and shame; but mechanies and labourers may not even play for a pint of beer! Why f art, and so far he was a really admirable critic. The good does not the Legislature interfere? say the public. Because ense and prudence of his character, his obligingness of disposi there are too many legislators who are members and frequenters on, and exceeding suavity of manners, made Mr. Ballantyne of these hells. Why do not the police magistrates interpose general favourite, though his professional engagements prevent-creatures of those by whom these hells are maintained. their authority? Because the police magistrates are the him from being much seen in the society which now in him much for equal justice.-Merle's Weekly Register. ment an estimable and exemplary member. In mind, as in manners, Mr. Ballantyne belonged to a past age, when printers vere, by royal privilege, entitled to wear swords, and dress like ourtiers; yet was he an honest, though a timid politician, and an sentially liberal, though an ultra-cautious journalist. He might =ften have held his opinions in abeyance, but never once violated is conscience by advocating principles he believed hurtful to ciety, and to mankind. From his habits and tastes, and he original constitution of his mind, he could not resist the mposing array of a grand Conservative meeting, though is heart might not approve its objects; and this some_ imes betrayed him into apparent discrepancies as a jour alist. But forget it who may, we shall never forget the enerous kindling of his spirit at the time of the horrible Manhester massacre, and the boldness of his strictures, when poli-Laurence Lockhart, of a daughter. ical boldness was a more perilous virtue than it has since beMr. Ballantyne has left a family of amiable orphan hildren, whose future prospects must be an object of tender nterest and anxiety to their friends. Peace be with the menory of a man, honourable, honest, and estimable in every private relation, and useful and inoffensive in every public one.

come.

A great and general sensation was created in Glasgow on Saturday, the 26th, by the sudden death last night of Dr. Dick, of the United Secession Church, Albion Street, and Professo of Divinity to that body. Few men were more generally respected than Dr. Dick, and his sudden removal has left a blank in the prospects of the students who were under his care which it may be difficult to supply. The Rev. Dr. spoke at a public meeting on Wednesday.-Glasgow Journal.

On the 1st ult., at a very advanced age, Elizabeth Chalmers. Many of our readers at home and abroad, may not be able to rerognize in the name of Elizabeth Chalmers, that of an old acquaintance whose existence will be called to their recollection, at once, when we give the appellation, more generally applied to her, of " Academie Leezie." For a long series of years she held the office of "sweeper of the rooms," in the Ayr Academy, though a good many years ago, enfeebled by age, she retired from that situation.-Ayr Paper.

MISCELLANEOUS.

WATER SPOUT.-On the 26th ult. a water spout was seen over the Pentland Frith, about midway from Dunnet Lighthouse. It appeared to be a column of water sixteen feet in diameter at the base, and thirty feet in height. It got up with a sudden gust of wind, and disappeared gradually in the space of five or six minutes.

BIRTHS.

At Mauldslie Castle, Lanarkshire, on the 24th December, Mrs. Ar-
chibald Douglas of a daughter, who survived only one hour.
At 9, Abercromby Place, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs Greig of Eccles, of
a son.

At 10, Brandon Street, on the 26th ultimo, Mrs Brodie, of a son.
At Portobello, on the 27th ultimo, Mrs Robert Haldane, from Co-
lumbia, of a daughter.
Robert A. Wauch, of a son.

ter.

At Trinity, near Edinburgh, on Christmas Day, the Lady of Captain
On the 3d instant, Mrs Richardson, 119, George Street, of a daugh-
At 2, Henderson Row, on the 4th instant, Mrs Henry Inglis of a

son.

a son.

On the 5th instant, at Barons House, Kinross-shire, Mrs Lambe, of
At Inchinnan Manse, on the 5th instant, the Lady of the Reverend

At Govan Manse, on the 7th instant, Mrs Leishman, of a son.
At Prospect Bank, Leith, on the 9th instant, Mrs Thomas Hay, of a
daughter.
At Boghead, Linlithgowshire, on the 7th instant, Mrs Durham Weir,
of a son.

At Leven House, Renfrewshire, on the 7th instant, the Lady of Lieutenant-Colonel William Fraser, of a son.

On the 26th ultimo, at a farm-house in Beckenham, Kent, on the Bromley Road, a poor woman named French (aged about 33) was safely delivered of two girls and a boy! The mother and her progeny are all alive, with every prospet of doing well.

At 2, Mansfield Place, on the 15th instant, Mrs Macdowall of a daughter.

At 50, Great King Street, on the 16th instant, Mrs John Spence of a

son.

At Honeyburn, Roxburghshire, on the 11th instant, Mrs Thomas Riddel, of a son.

At Foveran Manse, on the 18th instant, Mrs Gordon of a son.
On the 18th instant, Mrs Macandrew, Dublin Street, of a daughter,
still-born.

On the 19th instant, at 15, Abercromby, Mrs Anderson, of a son.
On the 20th instant, at 5, Brown Square, Mrs Lawson, of son.
At 33, Quality Street, Leith, Mrs Auderson, of a son.

At Callendar, on the 15th instant, the Lady of Captain George
M'Donald, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

Here, on the 3d instant, William Dick Macfarlane, Esq., of Donayourd, Perthshire, Captain in the 924 Highlanders, to Charlotte, only service. daughter of Alexander Ogilvy, Esq., Honourable East India Company's

Here, on the 1st instant, Lieutenant James Kerr, R.N., to Helen, eldest daughter of the late Adam Smith, Esq., of Stockbridge.

Here, on the 27th ultimo, of St. George's, Mr. Peter Howden, merchant, to Jessie, daughter of the late Charles Ritchie, Esq., Edinburgh. Here, on the 27th ultimo, Robert Burness, Esq., writer Montrose, to Isabella, daughter of the late Mr Charles Burnet, farmer, Seton, East Lothian.

At 50, Claremont Street, Glasgow, on the 27th ultimo, Hugh Lang,

Esq., M.D., late of St. Croix, to Cleland, eldest daughter of the late
James Dunlop, Esq.

At Winterfield, on the 8th instant, Patrick Dalmahoy, Esq., W.S., to Anna Catharine, only daughter of Simon Sawers, Esq., late of his Ma jesty's civil service, Ceylon.

At Bannockburn House, on the 8th instant, Mr Hugh Moir, merchant, Musselburgh, to Harriet, youngest daughter of the late Captain John Graham, R.N.

At Hastings, on the 27th ultimo, Patrick Kilgour, Esq., of WoodIside, to Jane, only daughter of William Black, Esq., Aberdeen.

At Aberdeen, on the 31st ultimo, Coll. M'Dougall, Esq., of Ardin. caple, Argyllshire, to Miss Mary, youngest daughter of the late Mr. William Douall, of Aberdeen.

At Peterhead, on the 26th ultimo, Captain Alexander Thomas Reid, of the H.E.I.C.S., Bombay, to Catharine, second daughter of the late Captain Daniel Gordon of the 7th royal veteran battalion.

At 35, Royal Terrace,on the 7th instant, aged 63 years, Thom
Dallas, Esq.
Here, on the 15th instant, the Lady of Captain Felix Vaughan
Smith, of a daughter.

At Torwoodlee, on the 13th instant, Mrs George Pringle, of us.
At Dublin Street, on the 13th instant, the Lady of Heary Glasie
At 15, George Street, on the 7th instant, Mrs Macgregor, of a čaug
ter.

Here, on the 22d instant, John Dick, Esq. Mid-Calder to Char-Bell, Esq., advocate, of a daughter. lotte, eldest daughter of the late Joseph Calder, Esq. of Burnhouse.

At Wester Pitscottie, on the 21st instant, James Kidd, Esq. Kinross, to Margaret, eldest daughter of the late Robert Tod, Esq.

Here, on the 15th instant, Robert M.Dermit Fergusshill, Esq. of Burnockston, to Margaret, youngest daughter of the late Reverend John Ramsay, minister of Kirkmichael.

DEATHS.

At Mauldslie Castle, on the evening of the 24th December, Harriett, wife of Archibald Douglas, Esq, and daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir John Hay.

At Wheatfield, on the 1st instant, Mrs Janet Ewart Peat, wife of J. C. Wilson, W.S.

At Crummock, near Beith, on the 26th ultimo, Robert Montgomery of Bogston, Esq., in the 96th year of his age.

Here, on the 28th ultimo, Mrs Isabella Gibson, relict of the late Francis Ronaldson, Esq., surveyor-general, Post Office.

At 15, Inverleith Place, on the 27th ultimo, Mrs Rochied of Inver. leith.

At his house, 11, Keir Street, on the 27th ultimo, William Fowler, tobacconist, aged 43.

At his house, 5, Holland Place, Glasgow, on the 20th ultimo, Alexander Mein, Esq., accountant.

Suddenly, at Compt Hall, Stirlingshire, on the 28th ultimo, Mary Wilson, aged 20 years, daughter of the late Mr James Wilson, Ren

frew.

At Cupar, on the 25th ultimo, Captain H, B. Wood, adjutant Fife militia.

At St Andrews, on the 18th ultimo, Helen, eldest daughter of the late Henry Hope, Esq., of Millfield.

At 1, Pilrig Street, Leith Walk, on the 24th ultimo, Mr Thomas Morton, late shipbuilder in Leith, and inventor of the patent slip for hauling ships out of the water, aged 51 years.

At 10, Albany Street, North Leith, on the 22d ultimo, Mr Anthony Henry Gutzmer, civil engineer, aged 44 years.

At Ardincaple Cottage, Dumbartonshire, on the 17th ultimo, Mrs Gellie, relict of the late Captain Jervis Gellie, R.N.

At No. 7, Howard Place, on the 22d ultimo, Major Francis Knox, of the royal artillery.

At Invergarry, on the 20th ultimo, Catharine Anderson, relict of the late James Grierson, innkeeper.

Here, on the 28th ultimo, aged 31 years, Dr James Gregory.

At Musselburgh, on the 27th ultimo, Robert, youngest son of Henry Sanderson, surgeon.

At Haddington, on the 21st ultimo, Major-General Sir Robert Scot, K.C.B. of the Madras army.

At 114, Princes' Street, on the 22d ultimo, Miss Elizabeth Grant, youngest daughter of the late Dr Lewis Grant, Ardchattan.

At 44, Lothian Street, on the 23d ultimo, Mr James Swanston, merchant, in the 24th year of his age.

At Auchentorlie House, Dumbartonshire, on the 16th ultimo, Archibald Buchanan, Esq., of Auchentorlie and Hillington.

On the 27th ultimo, at his honse, Richmond Street, Glasgow, the Reverend William Shirreff,

At his house, Hamilton Place, London, on the 23th ultimo, the Marquis of Conyngham.

On the 23d ultimo, the Right Honourable Charles Henry, Earl Cado-. gan, in his 84th year.

At Killiehassie, Perthshire, on the 6th instant, Robert, eldest surviving son of William Newbigging, Esq., Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.

On the 6th instant, Mrs Jane Mason, wife of Mr Mason of the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, and sister to the celebrated late Mrs Siddons,

At 4, Dundas Street, on the 2d instant, Mary Dunbar, eldest daugh. ter of the late Hugh Fraser, Esq., of Struy, in the county of Inver

ness.

At 17, Great King Street, on the 3d instant, Elias Cathcart, second son of James Cathcart, Esq.

At 3, Albyn Place, on the 5th instant, Anne, youngest daughter of the late Charles Steuart, Esq., W.S.

At 1, Ainslie Place, Miss Emma Graham Williams, eldest daughter of the late Reverend Thomas Williams.

At 63, Frederick Street, on the 31st ultimo, Mr Robert Brown, senior, architect.

At Kildalloig, Argyllshire, on the 29th ultimo, Katherine, wife of Dugald Campbell, Esq., of Kildalloig.

On the 3d instant, at Sudbrook Park, aged 18 years, the Honourable Georgiana Sarah Elizabeth Lambton, second daughter of Lord Durham.

At her house, 37, York Place, on the 27th ultimo, Mrs Carfrae. At 14, Archibald Place, on the 29th ultimo, Mr William Glen, wine and spirit merchant.

At Akyab, in Arracan, on the 4th August last, Lieutenant Alexander Fraser Tytler, eldest son of William Fraser Tytler of Burdsyards Esq. At his house, 7, Clarence Street, on the 1st instant, Mr Samuel l'ond, late merchant, Edinburgh.

At Elderslie House, on the 29th ultimo, Miss Dorothy Dundas Speirs, daughter of the late Archibald Speirs, Esq., of Elderslie.

At Hamilton, on the 6th instant, Dr James Anderson, son of the late William Anderson, Esq., writer, Édinburgh.

At Kilsyth Paper Works, on the 8th instant, James Watson, Esq. At Edinburgh, on the 6th instant, Robert Corbet, Esq., advocate, in the 81st year of his age.

At 12, York Place, on the 5th instant, Margaret, wife of John Fer. rier, Esq., Writer to the Signet.

On the 13th instant, Mrs Patrick Robertson, of a son.

At Shieldhill, on the 10th instant, Mrs Chancellor, of a daughter. At Camberwell Grove, London, on the 9th instant, Mrs Captar Nairne, of a son.

At Walton, Cumberland, on the 10th instant, Captain Brain Bol son, R. N., to Isabella, youngest daughter of the late John Johcaci, ?! Esq., of Walton House.

At the parish church of Eccles, on the 10th instant, John Ainsle Esq, of Moxpopple, to Mary Susanna, eldest daughter of John Ama Baron, Esq., of Woolden Hall, in the county of Lancaster.

Here, on the 10th instant, Robert Aberdeen, Esq., surgeon, to Jacobina, daughter of the late George Barclay, Esq., R.N.

At Glasgow, on the 15th instant, in St Mary's Chapel, Wilham Hu sey, junior, Esq., to Margaret, youngest daughter of John Edward Wright, Esq., of Winchelsea.

At St Mary's Chapel, Glasgow, on the 14th instant, Mr William Gluister, London, to Miss Mary M Lucas, Inverness.

At Glasgow, on the 14th instant, Mr James Robertson, to Miss Z zabeth, only daughter of the late Mr John Graham, merchant, Glas

gow.

Here, on the 9th instant, Lieutenant-General John Mackenne At Drummore, on the 5th instant, Mrs Aitchison of Drummere. At Lauder, on the 23d ultimo, Miss Elizabeth Romanes, daughter of the late Mr Robert Komanes, writer there.

At Johnstonburn House, on the 2d instant, Miss Agnes Broun, dangi. ter of the late Thomas Brown, Esq., of Johnstonbura.

At Hamilton, on the 6th instant, James Anderson, Esq, of West Colinton, M.D.

At Upper Dercluich, on the 4th instant, Elizabeth, relict of the lat Major Alexander M'Donald of Dalchosnie, and daughter of the late Alexander Menzies, Esq., of Bolfrax.

At London, Richard Ryland, Esq., aged 85 years, the oldest me ber of the Mark Lane Corn Exchange.

At 30, Stafford Street, on the 11th instant, Mrs Riddell, widow of the late Thomas Riddell, younger of Camieston, Esq.

At her house, 1, London Street, on the 6th instant, Mrs Bryce. At Peebles, on the 10th instant, Mr Thomas Russell, in the 3d year of his age, deeply regretted

At Morrishill, near Beith, on the 3d instant, John Shedden, Ex, of Morrishill, in the 80th year of his age.

At 114, Campbell Street, Blythswood Hill, Glasgow, on the 1äth instant, Mr Archibald M Brair.

At 4, Adelphi Place, Glasgow, on the 14th instant, Mr. Willia Galbraith, wine-merchant.

At Greenlaw, Berwickshire, on the 13th instant, Margaret Hender. son, wife of Mr Thomas Purves, Greenlaw,

ment.

Here, on the 15th instant, Mrs Isabella Robertson, speruse of the Honourable William Robertson, late one of the Senators of the Col lege of Justice. At Edinburgh Castle, on the 17th instant, Ensign Silver, Sed regi. At his house, 4, Melville Place, Mr Donald Mackenzie, aged 3 years. At his house, Burntsfield Links, on the 14th instant, Mr John Keltu, late perfumer in Edinburgh, in the 88th year of his age.

At 4, Buccleuch Place, on the 13th instant, Margaret, daughte of Mr James Romanes, aged 10 years.

At London, on the 17th instant, after an illness of nine days, priduced by a severe cold, Charles Dibdin, Esq. for many years authe and manager at several London theatres.

On the 24 instant, at Nice, of a bilious fever, after one fortnight illness, Lord Robert Fitzgerald, only surviving son of James, first. Dukr of Leinster, aged 68.

At her house, 5, Arniston Place, on the 19th instant, Mrs Euphemia Wilson, relict of the Reverend Dr William Gloag, one of the m ters of Edinburgh.

At Newbattle, on the 7th instant, Margaret, wife of Ensign Deans, late 6th royal veteran battalion, aged 59.

At Kintore, on the 11th instant, the Reverend John Shand, mins ter of that parish, in the 79th year of his age and 54th of his ministry. At Aberdeen, on the 13th instant, Miss Margaret Massie, in the 29: Year of her age.

At Aberdeen, on the 9th instant, Anne Gordon, spouse of Mr Lewa Stewart, inerchant.

At Banff, on the 16th instant, Mrs Donaldson of Kinairdy, in the 85th year of her age.

At Rathven Manse, on the 16th instant, in the 25th year of bet age, Mrs Jane Reid, wife of the Reverend James Gardiner.

At Arbroath, on the 11th instant, Mr David Carey, aged S4. On the 5th instant, at Mains of Farnel, Mr John Ruxton, farme there. At Muir of Rhynie, on the 8th instant, Mr James Paterson, igni "At Hastings, on the 18th instant, the Marchioness Dowager of Les donderry.

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At Leintwerden, near Ludlow, on the 17th instant, aged 78, Gener ral Sir Banastre Tarleton, Bart., G.C.B. lieutenant-colonel of the sh dragoons, governor of Berwick, and for many years member for Lives pool during seven sessions of Parliament.

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