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28. At Glasgow, Wm. Colquhoun Stirling, Esq., of Law, to Miss Helen Calder.

29. At London, A. R. Irvine, Esq., to Miss Margaret Farquharson.

Lately, at Glynee, near Lewes, a man of the name of Taylor, upwards of 70 years of age, to a woman between 80 and 90 years old! The happy couple were attended to church by a male and female friend about their own age. The united ages of the four amounted to upwards of 300 years.

Mr George Clerk, bookseller, Aberdeen, to Miss Helen Thomson, Dundas Street, Edinburgh.

DEATHS. JANUARY 1. At Pittenweem, Robert Edie, Esq., late paymaster of the 2d battalion 63d regiment.

At Sanquhar, in the 88th year of her age, Mrs Nicholas Murray, relict of Mr James Leslie.

At Edinburgh, Mrs Catherine Rannie, wife of John Swinton, Esq., of Broadmeadows.

At Edinburgh, Mr William White, Solicitor, Supreme Courts.

2. At Edinburgh, in the 87th year of her age, Miss Grizel Gray, second daughter of the late William Gray, Esq., of Newholm.

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of the Hon. East India Company's Service, and civil surgeon at Palamcattah.

4. At Bath, Mrs Maria Maxwell, widow of Adam Gordon, Esq., formerly Collector of the Customs, Portpatrick.

5. At Madras, Miss B. Hunter, daughter of the late Mr James Hunter, merchant, Edinburgh.

6. At his house, Pimlico, the Rev. David Love, aged 85.

At Naples, after a long illness, Mrs John Cumming, eldest daughter of William Magee, Esq., of Belfast.

7. At Limerick, in consequence of her head-dress taking fire from a candle which she held in her hand, the widow of Dr Kelly. Drumlay.

At Ayr, Robert Davidson, Esq., of

8. At Guynd, aged 77, Ann Ochterlony, relict of the deceased William Milne, Esq., late of Fullarton and Bonnyton. At Edinburgh, Mrs Jane Boston, relict of the late Rev. Robert Paterson, Biggar.

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At Bath, Captain Robert Cuthbert,

At London, Lieutenant-Colonel John Handfield, of the royal engineers. At Clerk's Bridge, Cork, Mrs Mary Shinnick, aged 104 years.

At Lunenburgh, Nova Scotia, at the age of 72, Miss Cheyne, eldest daughter of Charles Cheyne, Esq., formerly merchant in Edinburgh.

11. At Thurso, Alexander Sutherland of Wester.

12. At Edinburgh, Mr Peter Megget, late Lieutenant of the 4th, or King's Own.

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At Boulogne, Lady Ann Digby, sister to the Earl of Cassilis.

- At Craigflower, Mrs Isabella Colville of Ochiltree, relict of James Wedderburn Colville, Esq.

At Leghorn, George Oswald Sym, in the 29th year of his age.

15. At London, Lewis Fraser, Esq., youngest son of the late Simon Fraser, Esq., of Ford, W.S.

At Hamilton, the Rev. Dr Alexander Hutchison.

16. At Tullymet House, Dr William Dick, of Tullymet.

17. At Trinchinopoly, William Campbell Scott, Esq., of the honourable East India Company's service.

18. At West Grange, near Edinburgh, Charlotte, only surviving daughter of David Millar, Esq., of Ballumbie. At Dublin, Lady Castlecoote.

At the Manse of Abercorn, Mrs Meiklejohn, senior.

19. At Hamburgh, Mrs Klopstock,widow of the illustrious author of the Messiah, in the 74th year of her age.

At Fareham, aged 89, Joseph Gilbert, Esq., who, in the year 1772, accompanied Captain Cook in his second voyage round the world.

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At Hooley House, Surrey, Thomas Byron, late Lieutenant-Colonel in the 3d regiment of Guards.

23. At Portsmouth, suddenly, Sir George Campbell, G.C.B., Admiral of that port.

24. At Grangemouth, Mr John Lorn, ship-owner.

At Arbroath, Mr David Kirkland, Rector of the Grammar School of that place, in the 83d year of his age.

At Aberdeen, John Urquhart, Esq., of Craigston.

At Fort Augustus, Arthur Buchanan, Esq., Barrack-master of that place. 25. At Watterstein, Mrs Bethune, widow of the late Reverend Wm. Bethune, minister of Durinish, Isle of Skye.

At Warrieston Crescent, Edinburgh, James Rose, Esq. Depute-Clerk of Session. 26. Mrs Stephens, mother of Miss Stephens, of Covent Garden Theatre.

At Carlisle, aged 40, David Carrick, junior, only son and partner of D. Carrick, Esq., banker in that city.

At Edinburgh, Mrs Elizabeth Bell, wife of Nicol Milne, Esq., of Faldonside. At Claremont Park, Esher, Colonel the Baron de Hardenbrock, Equerry to his Royal Highness Prince Leopold.

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28. At Campbelton, Captain Donald Campbell, Paymaster Argyllshire militia. 29. At Edinburgh, Miss Jane Myrtle. At Cheltenham, Patrick Maitland, Esq., late of Calcutta.

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At Glasgow, James Marquis, Esq., late merchant there.

In Morton Street, Leith, Mr John Anderson, shipmaster.

30. Mrs Brand, wife of James Brand, Esq., Cashier of the Banking Company Aberdeen.

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- At Blackford, Miss Jane Trotter of Mortonhall.

10. Major James T. Cowper, of the royal artillery.

In attack, at night, on the British camp at Zoor, on the coast of Arabia, whilst gallantly defending himself against seven men in front of the lines, and after receiving thirty-five wounds, Captain Charles Parr, of the Bombay European regiment of infantry.

At Dr Langworthy's Asylum, Kings down House, Box, in Somersetshire, John Randall, aged 104 years, upwards of 69 of which he had been a patient in that institution, enjoying good bodily health, and working regularly in the garden, until a few weeks prior to his death.

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At Edinburgh, Mary Crichton Kyle, wife of Hugh Watson, W.S.

- At Govan, Mrs Pollock, aged 95, mother of the late Rev. Dr Pollock. 11. At Edinburgh, the Right Honour able Lady Abercromby.

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At Dalreoch, the Reverend James Clark, about the 60th year of his age, and the 26th of his ministry.

15. At Calcutta, of the cholera morbus, in the honourable East India Company's civil service, Edward, youngest son of the late George Millett, Esq., East India Director.

At Milnfield, near Colinsburgh, Thomas Fowlis, Esq., aged 82.

16. At Balcarry, Mrs Irving, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel George Irving.

At Edinburgh, Lady Dalrymple Hay, younger of Park Place.

At London, aged 73, the Reverend Joseph Benson, formerly of St Edmund Hall, Oxford.

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At Brompton, at the extreme age of 101, Mr John Heward, carpenter. This venerable man worked 60 years in the employment of the Earl of Carlisle, and daily walked to his labour, a distance of three miles, till he was 96, and was generally the first on the spot.

17. At Zoare, in Arabia, while on duty with the 2d regiment, Lieutenant James Paoli Boswell, of the Honourable East India Company's 10th regiment of native infantry, second son of William Boswell, Esq., Advocate.

At Nether Currie, in the parish of Currie, where he was born, and spent most of his days, John Dawson, gardener, aged 100 years, all but a few weeks, being born 14th March 1721.

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18. At Manse of Dyce, the Reverend Mr William Wilson, minister of that parish.

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At Glasgow, Miss Ferier, eldest daughter of the late Archibald Ferrier, Esq., W.S., Edinburgh.

20. In London, Lieutenant-General William Popham, many years in the East India Company's service.

At Bath, Thomas Macdonald, Esq., formerly of Hind Street, London.

At her house, in the Schoolhill, Aberdeen, the Dowager Mrs Russel of Moncoffer.

21. At Sidmouth, Captain Andrew Leitch.

22. At Maxwelltown, Mrs Margaret Wood, relict of Mr Robert Richardson, late farmer in the Moss Side of Dumfries, aged 81.

23. At Simon's Square, Edinburgh, Mr John Brown, genealogist to the King. -In George Square, Edinburgh, Mrs Small.

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aged five years and three months, children of Mr John Speirs, merchant, Glasgow.

27. At Glasgow, Miss Colquhoun, of Garscadden.

At Markinch, Fifeshire, Mr Malcolm Gray, (late of the 22d regiment,) in his 84th year, one of the followers of the immortal Wolfe.

At London, Viscount Chetwynd, aged 84.

At Tunbridge Wells, the Right Honourable Theodosia, Dowager Lady Monson, in the 86th year of her age.

Of apoplexy, the Elector of Hesse. There being no longer any German Empire, the title of Elector falls to the ground.

At Kingston, Jamaica, William Gardner, Esq., aged 79.

At Paisley, George Hogg, Esq., merchant, Antigua.

- Mr Robert Callender, accountant in Edinburgh.

- Killed in a duel with Mr Christie, Mr John Scott, editor of the London Magazine.

28. At Bellabeg, Mrs Stuart, daughter of James Gordon, Esq., late of Croughly. At Edinburgh, in the 12th year of his age, Ilay Campbell Tait, son of Crauford Tait, of Harviestoun, Esq., W.S. Lately, At Stenhouse, Margaret Clark, in the 108th year of her age.

At his seat in the county of Roscommon, Arthur French, Esq., M.P.

- John Cranmer, of Much Park Street, Coventry, aged 107.

- In one of Dovy's alms-houses, Exeter, Mary Heath, aged 100 years; six months after the death of her sister, Elizabeth Heath, in the same house, at the age of 103 years.

At Paris, aged 60, M. Marietii, ExConventionalist, who voted for the imprisonment of Louis XVI.

In America, whither he proceeded about two years ago, Abraham Thornton, whose trial for the murder of Mary Ashford, and the singular circumstances arising from the appeal of murder, are well known to our readers.

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eldest brother of his Majesty's AttorneyGeneral.

28. At Cowbridge, Glamorganshire, aged 37, Alexander Jaffray, Esq., of Kings wells, Aberdeen.

At his house at Charlton, Thomas Longlands, Esq., in his 79th year.

At Bombay, Colonel John Griffith, Commandant of the 2d battalion of artillery at that Presidency.

Thomas Jones, Esq., of Llandysilio Hall, near Llangollen, Denbighshire. Mr Jones was a great admirer of the arts, and some of the most eminent artists of the day always met with a hearty welcome at Llandysilio Hall, whenever they visited the romantic vale of Llangollen.

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- At Paris, Mr Naldi of the Italian Theatre Royal.

-At his house, near Edinburgh, the celebrated Herman Boaz, in the 84th year of his age. Mr Boaz, by universal consent, had long worn the chief laurels of legerdemain, being at once the most expert, most various, and most graceful in the performance of his tricks.

MARCH 2. At Florence, Wm. Robert Broughton, Esq., Post Captain in the royal navy, and Colonel of marines.

On his passage home, in the 27th year of his age, James Carnegy, Esq., late merchant in Malacea, and third son of the late Patrick Carnegy, Esq., of Lower.

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At Glasgow, aged 58, James Watt,

At Montrose, Mrs Major Gardyne. 4. At Linlithgow, Mary Martin, relict of Alexander Jamieson, in the 99th year of her age.

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