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CIVIL APPOINTMENTS. Whitehall, April 4. The King has been pleased to point the Right Hon. Francis Lord Napier to be his Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland....

April 8. The King has also been pleased to appoint Archibald Campbell, Esq. to be a Lord of Session in Scotland, in the room of Sir William Nairn, Bart. resigned.

March 28. The King has been pleased to grant the dignity of a Baronet of the United kingdom unto Sir David Baird, Knight, Lieutenant-General of his Majesty's Forces, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, with remainder to Robert Baird of Newbyth, in the county of East-Lothian, Esq. (brother to the said Sir David Baird,) and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.

April 1. The King has been pleased to grant the dignity of a Baronet of the united kingdom unto Sir Samuel Hood, Knight of the Bath, and Rear-Admiral of the White Squadron, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, with remainder to Alexander Hood, Esq. nephew of the said Sir Samuel Hood, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten,

Queen's Palace, April 12

His Majesty has been pleased to appoint Hugh Elliot, Esq. to be Captain General and Governortin Chief of his Majesty's Leeward Craribee Islands, in America.

Robert Moorsom, Esq. (formerly Secretary to Lord Mulgrave,) is appointed a Lord of the Admiralty, in room of William Hope, Esq. resigned.

MARRIAGES.

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Jan. 27. At Antigua, Capt. Henry Pierce, of the Royal Artillery, to Miss Helen Pringle, of Edinburgh.

March 16. At Forres, John Downie, Esq. merchant, London, to Mary, third daughter of the late James Shaw, Esq. of Muirtown. 21. At Glasgow, Mr John Brown, merchant there, to Agnes, and Mr James Burnhill, tanner, to Margaret, daughters of Mr William Ferguson, merchant, Glasgow... 21. At Kelly Hall, Devonshire, Samuel Laing, Esq. to Miss Agnes Kelly.

22. At Glenfeachan, Argyllshire, the Rev. Mr M'Donald, minister of Gigha and Cara, to Miss Margaret Stevenson, daughter of John Stevenson, Esq. of Glenfeachan."

23. At Southampton, Captain Gilbert Heathcote, of the royal navy, to Ann, daughter of the late Charles Lyell, Esq. of Kinnordy.

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24. At Stockbridge, Mr Adam Milroy, merchant, Edinburgh, to Miss Beugo, daughter of Mr G. Beugo, painter, Edinburgh.

24. At Edinburgh, Dr John Rutherford, of Craigow, to Miss Catharine Russell, daughter of Mr Samuel Russell, Selkirk.

25. At London, Lieut. John Cameron, R. N. to Miss Maria Colledge, of Lombard

Street.

27. At Taaphall, near Bonnington, Peter Couper, Esq. writer to the signet, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr Archibald Richardson, merchant, Leith.th

27. At Newton Stewart, John Fullerton, Esq. of Jamaica, to Jane, youngest daughter of Anthony M'Caa, Esq.

28. At Edinburgh, Mr Thomas Scott, merchant, Edinburgh, to Mary, second daughter of Mr John Bell, merchant there.

29. At Collairnie, Mr William Scott, farmer, Dunboig, to Miss Walker, daughter of Mr James Walker, farmer, Collairnie.

At Heligoland, J. Grant, Esq. Paymaster of Artillery, to Johan, daughter of Mr Thomas Wemyss, merchant. Dundee

At London, Captain Woodley Losack, R. N. to Miss Gordon, only daughter of the late George Gordon, Esq.

April 4. At London, Thomas Hamilton Miller, Esq. advocate, third son of Patrick Miller of Dalswinton Esq. to Miss Ram, daughter of Abel Ram, Esq. Member for the county of Wexford. Z

7. At Edinburgh, Capt. Thomas Folziott Baugh, Royal Navy, to Mary, daughter of the late Francis Scott, Esq.

7. At ditto, the Rev. Simon Reid, to Miss Sutherland, daughter of the late Mr William Sutherland, writer, Edinburgh.

7. At Dalswinton House, Capt. Leslie Grove Jones, of the 1st Foot Guards, to Jean, youngest daughter of Patrick Miller, Esq. of Dalswinton.

Shand, Esq. of Liverpool, to Miss Reid, daughter of Sir John Reid, Bart.

April 17. At Stirling, Jas. Porteous, Esq. late of Jamaica, to C. A. Somerville, daughter of the Rev. Dr Somerville, of Stirling.

17. At Glasgow, Mr Alexander Dal gliesh, merchant, to Ann, daughter of Mr John Thomson, manufacturer..

18. At Newton, near Doune, John Macdonald, Esq. of Kintyre, Berbice, to Miss Christiana Cameron.

Viscount Bernard, to Miss Broderick, daughter of the Archbishop of Cashel.

At Dover, Robert Dalgleish, Esq. of London, to Miss Collett.

At Southampton, Captain Baird, of the Guards, to Miss Dixon, daughter of T. Dixon, Esq. formerly of the East India Company's service.

April 1. The Lady of W. Sturges Bourne Esq. M. P. a daughter.

-. At Litchfield, Mrs Maxwell, Lady of Lieut-Col. Maxwell, a daughter.

4. Mrs Rose Innes, of Netherdale, a daughter.

5. At Dundee, the Lady of Capt. Lauder, Forfarshire militia, a daughter.

6. At Middleton House, Mrs Hepburne Mitchelson, a son.

6. At London, the Lady of Sir John L. Johnstone, of Westerhall, Bart. a daughter. 9. At Edinburgh, the wife of John Jardine, Esq. Advocate, a son.

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20. At ditto, the Lady of Major St Paul, a daughter.

The Lady of William Shairp, Esq. of Kirkton, a daughter.

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year of his age, Mr James Renwick, Lieut. of the Royal Marines attached to his Majesty's ship Porcupine.

Jan. 7. At Cape Town, Andrew Cassels, Esq. King's Advocate at the Cape of Good Hope, and son of Mr Andrew Cassels, Leith.

20. At Kingston, Jamaica, Mr William Imray, jeweller.

20. At Dominica, John Trotter, Esq.

Feb. 12. At Rait, Perthshire, Mrs Fergusson, wife of Mr Robert Fergusson; and on the 18th March, Mr Robert Fergusson, writer, his eldest son, a very promising young man.

March 9. At Clapham, Surry, Mrs Thornton Astell, widow of William Thornton Astwell, Esq. of Everton, in Bedfordshire, and aunt of the Countess of Leven and Melville.

11. At Tiverton, Devonshire, after two days illness, Mrs Cowley, the celebrated dramatic writer.

12. At Newlands, Liddisdale, John Elliot, Esq. of Coomes, aged 68.

15. At Dundee, Mr Henry Johnstone, merchant.

16. At Perth, Mr Duncan M'Diarmid, writer, much and justly regretted.

18. At Edinburgh, aged 17, Mr Francis Bell Grant, eldest son of Francis Bell Grant, Esq. of the island of Barbadoes.

19. At Battle-Barrock, John Boyce, Esq. of the 36th regiment.

19. At Bath, Mrs Erskine, wife of Alexander Erskine, Esq. of Bathall.

19. At Edinburgh, Miss Anne Bruce, daughter of the late Rev. J. Bruce, minister at Airth.

20. At Forres, Mrs Elizabeth Arnot, wife of John Gordon, Esq. of Edintore. 21. At London, her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Bolton, aged 75.

21. At Paisley, Mrs Margaret Mason, wife of the Rev. William Smart.

21. At Bath, Miss Hart, daughter of the late Mr Robert Hart, merchant, chant, Boness.

croft, Esq. author of Hugh Trevor, the Road to Ruin, and a number of other plays, noveis, travels, translations, &c. Mr Holcroft was for a considerable time an actor in Covent Garden i heatre..

March 23. At Kelso, James Potts, Esq. Agent for the Bank of Scotland.

23. At Millton, near Fort George, Mrs Mary Cuthbert, relict of Francis Knowles, Esq. aged 79.

23. At Balfracks, Alexander Menzies, Esq. of Balfracks.

23. At Edinburgh, Mrs Hamilton, wife of Dr James Hamilton, jun. Professor of Midwifery.

24. At ditto, Mrs Jackson, spouse of James Jackson, Esq. Chamberlain of the city of Edinburgh.

25. In the Episcopal Palace, in the Close of the Cathedral Church of Litchfield, the justly celebrated Mrs Anna Seward. This lady was the author of Louisa, a novel, a Monody on Major Andre, a Life of Dr Darwin, and of various other productions. She was in the 66th year of her age. Few women ever exhibited more strength of intellect, or more delicacy of taste. Her poetry is particularly distinguished by beauty of imagery and vigour of sentiment. She has some times been thought affectedly elaborate; but her pictures are never indistinct, and the whole is always exquisitely finished. In critical acumen she was always unrivalled, and no latent excellence nor defect could escape her observationshe had the poet's taste and the poet's eye. In her moral temperament there was no ill nature, no maliginity; nothing selfish, nothing base. She was generous without ostentation; but she was generous in the extreme. She was fond of praise; but she was liberal in bestowing it. Her friends were very numerous, and they composed small part of the virtue and genius of the times. Taste so refined, sentiments so elevated, affections so glowing with kindness, and worth so void of guile, have seldom been conveyed, in the person of the same individual, to the silent tomb.

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25. At Dumfermline, Mr James Whyte, supervisor of Excsie.

25. At Easdale, Mr Alexander Campbell, of Barravurich, aged 80.

25. At Crieff, James, second son of William Stewart, of Ardvorlich, Esq.

25. At Aberdeen, Miss Catharine Richardson, daughter of the late Lieut. Richardson, of Mortlach.

26. At Edinburgh, the Right Hon, Christina Elizabeth, Dowager Countess of Kin

tore.

26. At Annan, Mr George Clapperton, jun. surgeon.

27. At Kennet, Alexander Bruce, fifth

son of the late Alexander Bruce, of Kennet, Esq.

27. at Edinburgh, Mrs Saralı Chancellor, wife of vir Robert Sayers...

28. At Edinburgh, Alexander Munro, Esq.

28. At Relugas, Susan, infant daughter of Thomas Lauder Dick, Esq. younger of Fountainhall.

29. At his seat, of Writtle, in Essex, the Right Hon. Robert Edward Baron Petre.,

29. At Edinburgh, Mr William Sibbald, architect, and overseer of public works for the city of Edinburgh, much and justly regretted.

29. At Humbie, in the 87th year of his age, Mr Peter Dudgeon, late farmer at Bankhead, East Lothian.

29. At Leith, Mrs Sibbald, mother of the Rev. Dr William Sibbald, one of the ministers of Haddington, and of the Rev. John Sibbald, minister of Kirkmabreck.

29. At Perth, Mrs Margaret Moncrieff, relict of the Rev. George Murray, minister of the gospel at Lockerby, aged 70 years.

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30. At Picardy Place: Miss Janet Clerk, second daughter of John Clerk, Esq. of Eldin.

31. At Drumsheugh, at an advanced age, Mr James Maule, factor for the Earl of Moray, a situation which he had held for 55 years.

31. At Forfar, John Ritchie, Esq. one of the oldest Masters in his Majesty's navy. Lieut. Col. Charles M'Lean, late of Kinlochaline.

Lately, at Plymouth, Nicholas Vincent, Esq. Admiral of the White, at the advanced age of 86 years. He was made a Post Captain in the year 1747.

At Enfield, in his 73d year, Richard Gough, Esq. well known in the literary and antiquarian world.

At Brompton Row, Miss Eliz. Johnston, of Carnsalloch.

Lately, at Edinburgh, Mr Duncan M Farlane, late session-clerk, New Kirkpatrick. Lately, at Chester, James Bond Muir, only son of the deceased Mr William Muir, merchant in Grenada.

Lately, at Kelso, Mrs Bogue, relict of Mr James Bogue, farmer at Kelso.

April 2. At Banff, Mrs Amelia Begbie, relict of Mr Jas. Stewart, merchant, Banff. 2. At Lamberkin, aged 15, Miss Margaret Miller, much and justly regretted. 6. At Edinburgh, Mr James Tait, of Toxside.

6. At Armadale, in Skye, John Alexander Graham, Esq. Chamberlain of Skye, and late Lieutenant Colonel of the Royal

Leith volunteers.

April April 7. At Stitchel House, Sir James Pringle, of Stitchel, Bart. in his 84th year.

8. At Colchester, Mrs Moffat, wife of

Wm. Moffatt, Esq. Paymaster of the 2d battallion of the 79th regiment, and daughter of Alex. Govan, Esq. Esq. of Greenhill.

8. At Wick, Mr James M'Phaul, merchant there.

9. At Edinburgh, Mrs Jean Loch, relict of Mr Alexander Murray, printer, and daughter of the deceased John Loch, Esq. of Over-Carnbee, Fife.

19. At Dumfries, aged 93, Mrs Jean Hay, daughter of the deceased John Hay, Esq. Inspector-General of the Customs in Scotland, and relict of Mr Archibald Malcolm, one of the town-clerks of Dumfries.

10. At London, Dr David Pitcairn. 10. At Greenock, Lieut.-Colonel Henry George Johnston.

13. At Edinburgh, Mr Robert Welsh, son of Robert Welsh, Esq. of Collin.

14. At ditto, Miss Martha Stevenson, daughter of the late Alexander Stevenson, Esq. of Montgreenan.

14. At ditto, Mr Cathcart Boyd, formerly examiner of Salt Duties for Scotland. 17. At Dumfries, Mrs Copland, relict of Alexander Copland, Esq. of Kingsgrange.

20. At London, Earl Harcourt, many years Master of the Horse to her Majesty. His Lordship was in his 73d year, and is succeeded by his brother William in his titles and estates.

22. At his house in Canongate, aged 66, after a few days illness of an inflanimation in his breast, the Rev. Dr Andrew Hunter:

of Barjarg, Professor of Divinity in the Unversity of Edinburgh, and one of the Ministers of the Tron Chur

22. At Edinburgh, Mr James Robertson, Solicitor at law.

Capt. Towry, of the Navy, and one of the Commissioners of the Transport Board. John Bazely, Esq. Admiral of the Blue, aged 69.

At Dublin, the Right Hon. John Monck Mason, at the age of 84.

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At Battersea, Alexander Champion, Esq. one of the Directors of the Bank of England.

At his seat, Brynbela, Denbighshire, Gabriel Piozzi, Esq. husband of Mrs Piozzi, formerly Mrs Thrale.

A Charlton House, Miss Emily Carmichael Smyth, youngest daughter of Dr Carmichael Smyth.

At London, Mrs Ross, wife of Alexander Ross, Esq.

SCOTCH FIARS-Crop 1808.

Fast Lothian. Wheat, 48s. 7d. - Barley, 318. 3d-Oats, 27s. 5d.-Pease, 29s. 6d. Mid Lothian-Wheat, 47s. 6d.-Barley, 30s. - Oats, 24s - Oatmeal, 28s.-Pease and Beans, 30s.

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