the city to compel tradesmen in the new extended royalty to enter as burgesses; and, under the clause in the act quoted, the defenders contended that they had a right to exercise their professions without being liable to the right of jurisdiction now claimed.

The question came originally before the dean of guild, who prohibited the defenders from carrying on or exercising any merchandise, so long as they were not entered burgesses of the city. This sentence was afterwards affirmed by the Lord Ordinary on the bills; but the Court altered the judgment of the Lord Ordinary and dean of guild,absolved the defenders from the action, and found the magistrates of Edinburgh liable in costs.

MEDICAL GRADUATIONS.

Sept. 12.-The Senatus Academicus of the University of Edinburgh conferred the degree of Doctor in Medicine on the following gentlemen, after having gone thro' the appointed examinations, and publicly defended their inaugural dissertations :From Surat-John Ramsay, de Vi Electrica.

From Barbadoes-George Sanders, de Hydrocephalo Acuto Interno.

From England-John Martin, de Natura Humana; Joseph Scott, de Impulsu Anni Tempestatum; John Gordon Smith, de Asthmate; Abraham Solomon, de Cerebri Tumoribus; J. G. Gullifer, de Rheumatismo.

From Ireland Edward Barlow, de Febre Hectica; George Reed, de Febre Continua Contagiosa; G. Gumbleton Rogers, de Rheumatismo; Austen Dickinson, de Optimis Rationibus Sanitatis Conservande; William Fitton, de Pneumonia; Thomas Lucas, de Scorbuto; Arthur Johnston, de Phthisi Pulmonali; Eugene O'Callaghan, de Hydrope.

Of Scotland-John Lorimer, de Pneumonia; Andrew Murray, de Pulsuum Va rietatibus; James Anderson, de Sanitate Militum Tuenda; James Grierson, de Febre Continua; William Burns Peacock, de Apoplexia; Charles Gordon, de Hepa titide; Peter Scott, de Tetano Traumatico; James Dempster, de Ascite; Andrew Nicoll, de Plumbo; Adolphus Ross, de Hydrocele; James Barclay, de Ictero.

In June last, twenty-nine gentlemen receivedt he degree of Doctor in Medicine at the university of Edinburgh, which, added to the above twenty-six, makes the whole graduated this year fifty-five.

PATRONAGES. From a recent calculation it appears that there are 940 clergy

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On Tuesday Nov. 6, an elegant passage-boat, 60 feet long, began to ply betwixt Paisley and the bridge of Johnstone, being the first part of the Ardrossan and Glasgow canal which has been rendered navigable. Independent of those who travelled by this conveyance, the novelty of the scene induced many to take a trip from the one town to the other, and back again, being a distance of only four miles. Saturday the 10th, being the fair-day, a great many parties of pleasure were formed for this purpose. About one o'clock the boat landed at the basin, with nearly 100 on board, and as many were on the beach anxious to replace them, and who, in spite of all remonstrance, pressed in before she was cleared of the former load; the consequence was, that she upset, and plunged the whole, men, women, and children, into the basin, which is seven or eight feet deep of water! The scene, to those who saw it, was awful. No fewer than 84 persons lost their lives by this dreadful accident; males 52, females 32. Of those who perished, 12 are under 10 years of age, 55 between 10 and 20, and 17 of 20 and upwards. A subscription was, at the request of the magistrates, immediately entered into; a liberal sum was raised, and relief afforded to a great number of the most necessitous of the relations of the deceased. Among others, the earl of Eglintoun subscribed fifty guineas to this fund.

The earl of Eglintoun has come to the resolution, and is now actually taking measures, not only to extend the already magnificent pier at Ardrossan still above 200 yards further out to the Grinan rock, all

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in from 16 to 22 feet of water at low water of a spring-tide, but also to construct graving-docks for repairing the largest West Indiamen, or vessels trading to the Baltic; and as the south pier has now been completed 900 yards, the space enclosed being effectually protected, and as the foundations can be cut in excellent freestone rock, there is every reason to expect that, by his lordship's well-known spirited exertions, at least one double dock will be completed next year.

The Bell Rock light-house, which will afford so much security to the navigation of the east coast of Scotland, is now nearly finished. It was begun about three years and a half ago, and the contractors did not expect to finish it in less than six years. The mason-work is now completed, the capital of the column having been removed to the rock several weeks ago. It is expected that the lantern will be put up, and the light displayed very soon.

Execution at Elgin. The following is an account of the execution of Alexander Gillan, who was condemned at the last Circuit Court at Inverness (see p. 476) for the crimes of rape and murder :-Pursuant to the sentence of the Lord Justice-Clerk, Gillan the murderer was hanged at Spey side, on Wednesday the 14th Nov. on the spot where the horrid deed was committed. He was escorted to the place of execution by a party of the 78th regiment from FortGeorge, attended by the rev. Mr Gordon of Elgin, and Mr Macbean of Alves, Sir George Abercrombie, the sheriff-depute, the provost, and magistrates of Elgin, several of the country gentlemen, and an immense concourse of people from every quarter, and of every age and sex. During the time Mr Gordon delivered a very impressive prayer, the criminal was convulsed with most agonizing throbs of grief. For some time past he has exhibited symptoms of the most genuine repentance, and has appeared to be deeply impressed with a sense of the enormity of his guilt, and of the awful change he was about to undergo for this happy temper of mind he was indebted to the attention of the neighbouring clergy, but chiefly to the unremitting instruction and pious exhortations of the rev. Mr Grant of Elgin, whose benevolent exertions could not fail of producing the happy effects. After Mr Gordon had finished prayer, the criminal was elevated on a cart, from whence he attempted to address the spectators from a paper which he held in his hand, and had

prepared for the occasion, but his agitation of mind rendered him unable to proceed, and it was given to Mr Macbean, but proved only to be some extracts from the religious publications he had read during his confinement. After this he became more tranquil, ascended the ladder without hesitation, and awaited his fate with perfect resignation. He was detained in this state of awful suspense too long by the unskilfulness of the executioner, whose concern seemed directed to the perquisites of the office more than the business in which he was engaged. When the drop gave way, so great was the fall that he yielded his spirit without a struggle. Having hung an hour, he was cut down and put into irons, and he now remains suspended to his gibbet, a shocking example of the dreadful effects of vice when permitted to usurp the empire of reason; an example, it is hoped, that will strike deep into the minds of the rising generation, and tend to prevent the recurrence of such terrifying spectacles.

Oct. 27.-A dreadul fire took place at Contin, Inverness-shire, by which two barns full of corn, a stable containing various implements of husbandry, and a byre, with some other small houses, together with 17 stacks of corn in the barn-yard, were burnt to the ground. The fire was occasioned, it is thought, by a spark from a neighbouring chimney. The value of the property consumed is estimated at £700. The whole of it belonged to William Mackenzie, vintner in Contin, and no part of it was ensured.

At the last meeting of the Invernessshire farming society, the members were uniformly clothed in the manufacture of Inverness, and from wool produced in the immediate neighbourhood. The excellent fabric of the cloth does the highest credit to the Inverness woollen,manufactory.

The herring fishery has been more successful in some parts of Argyllshire this season than it has been for several years back.

On the west coast of Mull great numbers have been caught. It is supposed that in Loch Scriddan alone 20,000 barrels have been cured since the middle of September. Indeed the herring-fishery has proved astonishingly productive along the whole of the west coast and western isles, insomuch that a barrel of herrings might on many occasions have been bought for a shilling, owing to the difficulty of gutting the quantity caught in time for being laid into salt.

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Case of Bigamy.-Lately, at the Newcastle assizes, William Brown, a lieutenant in the navy, was tried for bigamy. It was proved by the rev. Dr Ireland, minister of North Leith, and Mrs Maria F. Thompson, that the prisoner was married according to the laws of Scotland, on the 3d of July 1800, to Isobel Pennycuick, in the house of James Duguid, a publican, at Newhaven in the parish of North Leith. He was at that time about 19 years of age, and a midshipman in the Safeguard gunbrig. Isobel Pennycuick was about 17, and a servant to Mr Duguid, whose house was frequented by the officers of the Safe, guard, then in Leith Roads. It appeared to have been a love-match, at least on the part of the prisoner, and he carried his point with the usual impetuosity of our British tars, as Mrs Thompson, the daughter of Duguid, proved that he proposed the marriage only on the Monday, and the marriage took place on the Thursday, he threatening to hang himself in case of re fusal ! The curate and deputy-clerk of Gateshead proved his marriage by licence on the 9th of October last, in that church, to Mary Richmond. The prisoner was not originally apprehended on this charge, but for neglecting to provide for his first wife

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and children. In excuse, he said she had threatened his life, and that he had been informed that the marriage was not legal; but he brought no evidence of these circumstances. He was declared guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of one shilling, and to be imprisoned twelve months.

Banff. This town has long felt the want of good spring water; but that complaint is now happily removed. Mr Blaikie jun. of Aberdeen, has been employed last summer and autumn in bringing and distributing different springs of excellent water through every street in the town, and the whole has been done at a very moderate expense.

Maurice Margarot, one of the delegates from the London Corresponding Society to the British Convention, held in Edinburgh in the year 1794, arrived in Sheffield last month. He has suffered the sentence of the High Court of Justiciary, viz. 14 years banishment to New South Wales. About the same year, Messrs Skirving, Gerald, Palmer, and Muir, received similar sentences, and Margarot is the only survivor. He, with his wife, and a favourite cat, which they took along with them, are now the only living objects of all those who sailed in the vessel from this country.

Oct. 30. Wm Martin, innkeeper, Edinb. Wm Kennedy, merchant, Glasgow Nov. 3. Ja. Williamson, seedsman, Glasg. 5. John Valens, tanner, Glasgow 6. John Barclay, vintner, Edinburgh 7. James Coats, manufacturer, Glasgow 9. Joseph Taylor, merchant, Glasgow Charles Mudie, merchant, Arbroath 10. Catherine Miller, grocer, Glasgow

James Morton, merchant, Glasgow 12. And. Hotson, ironmonger, Glasgow

Thomas Laing, merchant, Kincardine 16. Dan. Kennedy jun. seedsman, Glasg. Alex. Smith, merchant, Glasgow

17. Alex. and Ja. Anderson, merchants, Invershin, Tain

20. Williamson and Boog, manuf. Glasg. 22. Crawford and Brown, merch. Glasg. Wm Nisbet, vitriol maker, Carntyne, near Glasgow

John Buchanan, calico-printer, Fereneze, near Glasgow

24. Pat. Wilson, British wine-deal. Edin. 27. Alex. M'Kay, stoneware mer. Perth

DIVIDENDS,

With Trustees' Names, and Dates. Walter Sime, merchant, Aberdeen, at Andrew Jopp's, advocate there...Dec. 24. William Murray, baker, Edinburgh, by Edinburgh......Dec. 24.

George and John Arnott, limeworkers, Hall of Ecclefechan, at Geo. Belt's, writer there......... Dec. 27.

BIRTHS. Feb. 16.-At Tranquebar, the lady of Alex. K. Hamilton, esq. a son and heir. Oct. Mrs Menzies of Menzies, a daugh. 23. At Perth barracks, the lady of Capt. Irvine, 6th dragoon guards, a son

and heir.

24. At Aberdeen, Mrs Capt. Russell, R. N. a son.

31. At Notting-hill, the lady of the hon. Col. Macdonald, a son.

Nov. 4. At Hursly, Hants, the lady of Capt. Gilb. Heathcote, R. N. a daughter. 9. At Thunderton, the lady of Sir Arch. Dunbar of Northfield, a daughter. 13. At Edinburgh, the lady of Capt. Loch, 25th regiment, a daughter.

14. At Aberford, Yorkshire, the lady of John N. Macleod, esq. of Macleod, a daughter.

16. Mrs Haig of Bemersyde, a daughter. 17. Mrs Forbes of Callander, a daughter. 19. At Ashgrove, the lady of D. S. Buchanan of Blantyre-park,esq. a daughter. 21. At Edinburgh, Mrs Greig of Hallgreig, a daughter.

Lately, at Thornhill, the wife of John Maculloch, tailor, three fine boys, all doing well.

MARRIAGES.

Oct.-At manse of Tyrie, Argyllshire, John Maclean, esq. Kilmalvaig, to Margaret, eldest d. of the rev. Arch. Macoll, minister of that island.

21. At Edinburgh, Alex. Dow, esq. writer, Stirling, to Mary, 3d d. of the late John Hamilton, esq. of Redhall.

22. At Mayfield, John Campbell, esq. Springfield, to Jane, 3d d. of the late Mr Brackenridge, Dowhill.

23. At Alnwick, Rob. Paterson, esq. Croft-house, to Frances, eldest d. of Ralph Annett, esq. banker there. At Longcroft, rev. Ja. Harrowar, Denny, to Agnes, 3d d. of Ja. Russel, esq. of Longcroft.

25. At Forfar, Mr Arch. Duncan, writer, Edinburgh, to Margaret, d. of the late Mr Wm. Binny of Forfar.

26. At London, Dr Hill, of the island of St Croix, to Arabella, d. of. the late Tho. Sherlock, esq. Garrybritts, county of Waterford.

27. At Bothwell-castle, Capt. Scott of Gala, R. N. to the hon. Caroline Lucy Douglas, 2d d. of Lord Douglas. At Putney, R. A. Oswald, esq. of Glasgow, to Elizabeth, eldest d. of the late John Anderson, esq. of Philpot-lane, London.

29. At Dumfries, Maxwell Hyslop, esq. of Kingston, Jamaica, to Mary, 2d d. of Wellwood Maxwell, esq. Barncleugh. At Newabbey manse, Alex. C. Johnstone, esq. merchant, London, to Miss Cecilia Ann Wright, grand-daughter of the rev. Wm. W. minister of Newabbey.

Nov. 1.-At Castle Lachlan, Alex. Campbell, esq. of Possil, to Harriet, eldest d. of Donald Maclachlan, esq. of Maclachlan.

2. Mr Robson, factor, Dalhousie-castle, to Isabella, d. of the late Rob. Cranstone, esq. of Crailinghall. At Skipness-castle, Argyllshire, Alex. Finlay, esq. of Edinburgh, to Justina Camilla, 3d d. of the late Rich. Wynne, esq. of Folkingham, Lincolnshire.

5. At Willowbank, Mr John Givan, writer, Cupar, to Mary, 2d d. of Henry Lawrie, esq. of Las estown.

7. At Edinburgh, rev. Mr Alex. Macfarlane, to Isabella, 3d d. of Dun. Montgomery, esq. Inverkeithing.

8. At Nairn, Capt. K. Macdonald, of the royals, to Catherine, only d. of the late Alex. Straith, M. D. surgeon to the forces.

9. At Leith, Mr John Macfie, sugarrefiner, to Alison, 2d d. of Wm. Thorburn, esq.

12. At Hounam manse, Lieut. Thomas Thomson, 26th regt. to Elizabeth, 3d d. of the rev. James Rutherford, minister of Hounam. At Aberdeen, rev. Wm. Macbean, minister of Alves, to Janet, youngest d. of the late Alex. Leslie, esq. merchant. At Barshaw, Mr Gilb. Lang jun. merchant, Glasgow, to Sophia, 2d d. of Rob. Smith, esq. merchant, Paisley.

13. At Rockhall, Ja. Crichton, esq. of Friars' Carse, to Elizabeth, eldest d. of Sir Rob. Grierson of Lag, bart.

14. At St Ninian's manse, rev. John Russel, minister of Muthil, to Miss Jean Aitken, Greenock.

16. At Leith, Wm. Oliphant, esq. jun. to Jane, 2d d. of the late John Cundell, esq.

17. At Inverness, Mr Alex. Tolmie, manufacturer, to Miss M. Fraser, youngest d. of Wm. F. esq. commissary of In

verness.

20. At Annadale, Ireland, the right hon. Tho. H. Foster, only son of the right hon. John F. chancellor of the exchequer, Ireland, to Miss Skeffington, only child of the hon. Chichester S. and niece to Earls Massereene and Roden. At Inverness,

Lieut. Ja. Macdonnell, E. I. Co.'s service, to Margaret Rose, eldest d. of Alex. Macdonell, esq. writer there. Mr Ja. Bruce, distiller, Tulliallan, to Helen, eldest d. of Thomas Purvis, esq. of Lochend.

26. At Haddington, John Coldstream, esq. surgeon 26th regiment, to Frances, d. of the rev. Dr Sibbald.

29. At Edinburgh, his grace the Duke of Argyll to the right hon. Lady Paget. DEATHS.

Oct. 19.-At London, Jonas Dryander, esq. librarian to the Royal Society, and vice-president to the Linnæan Society.

29. At Brandon-house, near Coventry, Lord Grey de Ruthyn.

Major Wm. Smith of the 45th regt. son of the late Mr S. of Ninewell-mains, Berwickshire. Capt. Macintosh, of the 1st Portugueze, son of Mr M. storekeeper at Fort-George. Capt. Cha. Urqnhart, of the 74th regt. son of Mr John U. of the Ordnance, Fort-George.

Oct. 9.-In Caithness, Mr Marcus Gun, tacksman of Dalemore, 95. He and his predecessors had possessed that farm for 17 generations in succession. His son makes the 18th.

11. At Brighton, John-James, eldest son of Sir David Wedderburne, bart. of Ballendean.

Nov. 2.--At Windsor, the Princess AMELIA, his majesty's youngest daughter, in her 28th year, after a very long illness. She was born 7th July 1783. Her funeral, which took place in the evening of the 13th by torch-light, was conducted with the most impressive solemnity, her remains being deposited in St George's chapel, Windsor.

13. At Hartwell in England, of a dropsy, the Queen of France, commonly known, since the fallen fortunes of her family, by the title of the Countess de Lisle. Lately, at Kentish-town, aged 93, Mr Chas. Grignion, an eminent engraver, and father of the art in England.

May. While accompanying General Malcolm's embassy to Persia, Alexander Fothringham, esq. 4th son of Alexander Ogilvy F. esq. of Powrie.

June 21.--At sea, on board H. M. S. Dromedary, Col. Wm. Paterson, colonel of the 102d regt. F. R. S. member of the Asiatic Society, and many years lieutenantgovernor of New South Wales.

July 8.--In the attack of the isle of Bourbon, Lieut. John Graham Monro, 86th regt. 2d son of Lieut.-col. Monro of Poyntzfield.

18. At Grenada, Mr David Gray, 2d son of the late Mr James G. watchmaker, Edinburgh.

Aug. 19.—At Guadaloupe, Alex. Wardrobe, esq. Maj. Henderson, York rangers. Sept. 5.-At New York, Mrs Munro, wife of Tho. M. esq. Kinloss, Trelawney, Jamaica.

8. At Guadaloupe, Lieut. Laye, 4th W. I. regt. son of Major-gen. L. commanding the artillery in North Britain.

27. At the battle of Busaco, Portugal,

18. At Glasgow, John Mactaggart, esq. of Ardwell, merchant, London.

19. After two days illness, at a village on his way to Lisbon, Wm. Moffat, esq. of Prinlaws, paymaster of the 79th regt. now in Portugal. He formerly held that situation for several years in the Edinburgh militia.

23. At Inchdarny, Major-gen. Roger Aytoun of Inchdarny. At Edinburgh, Mr Alex. Bell, tobacconist. At Perth, Dr George Moncrieff, physician there.

24. At Edinburgh, Mr Peter Craig, haberdasher. At Portobello, Mr John Marshall, son of Mr Wm. M. plumber, Edinburgh.

25. At Edinburgh, Mrs Brown, widow of Geo. B. esq. one of the commissioners of excise for Scotland.

26. At Edinburgh, Mrs Grace Macdonald, wife of Mr Ja. Ralston, stabler. Mr R. lost two children a few days before.

27. At Yorstoun, Mrs Marg. Creighton, spouse of Wm. Stewart, esq. of Grainns.

28. The hon. Francis Hay Drummond of Cromlix, only brother to the Earl of Kinnoull, was unfortunately drowned this morning, when attempting to ford the Earne on horseback, not far from Duplin-castle. At Prestonpans, Rebecca GalIoway, 92, relict of John Mennons. lived to see 108 of her children and greatgrandchildren. At Glasgow, Mr James Glassford, son of Mr Mathew G. merchant, Greenock.

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30. At Edinburgh, Mr And. Newton, 79, late merchant, Dunse. At Glasgow, aged 56, Mr Geo. Andrew, governor of Bridewell; the important duties of which office he discharged with the strictest integrity nearly 20 years. At Dumfries, Mr Tho. Hood, seedsman. At Maybole, Miss

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