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July 21. At Oxford, in the 27th year of his age, the Rev. Alexander M'Kenzie of Christ Church, A. M. and son of John M'Kenzie, Esq. London.

25. At Quebec, Mrs Black, wife of Mr Henry Black, merchant.

25. At Madeira, Lady Sophia Bligh, wife of the Hon. W. Bligh, and daughter of the late Earl of Galloway.

28. In the memorable battle of Talavera de la Reyna, Major-General John Randoll Mackenzie of Suddie, Lieut. Col. of the 78th regiment of foot, and representative in Parliament for the county of Sutherland; a most galiant and skilful officer.

28. In ditto, Colonel Alexander Gordon, of the 83d regiment, as brave and enterprising an officer as the British army could boast of. He was wounded in the neck by a musket ball, charging the enemy at the head of his regiment, and when carrying off the field, a shell fell on him, and killed him instantaneously. Colonel Gordon was very severely wounded in Holland, in 1799, under the Marquis of Huntly, in whose regiment he was at that time a Captain. He served in the same regiment in Egypt, and was subsequently appointed Aid-de-Camp to Lord Hardwicke, during his Viceroyship in Ireland. He was son to the late Lord Rockville, and the Countess of Dumfries, and brother to William Gordon, Esq. Member for Worcester, one of the partners of the respectable house of Gordon and Murphy, in London. Colonel Gordon was only 33, and of the most accomplished manners and amiable disposi tion.

28. In ditto, Lieut. Col. John Ross, Coldstream Guards, son to the late gallant Admiral Sir John Lockhart Ross, and brother to General Sir Charles Ross, of Balnagown, Bart.

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28. In ditto, Lieut.-Col. James Muter, of the Buffs, eldest son of William Muter, Esq. of Annfield. He served in the 42d regiment in the campaigns on the Continent, in Egypt, and in most of the actions during the late and present wars.

28. In ditto, Capt. Robert Dalrymple, 3d Foot Guards, third son of Sir John Dalrymple, of Cousland, Bart.

28. In ditto, in the 23d year of his age, the Hon. Edward Methuen Irby, sixth son of Lord Boston, and Ensign in the 3d regiment of Guards.

28. At Edinburgh, Ensign Charles Henry Ker of the 84th regiment, only son of the late Capt. Charles Henry Ker, Leith.

30. At Bainsfield, near Edinburgh, Miss Elizabeth MacVicar, eldest daughter of the deceased Neil MacVicar, Esq. of Fergushill, writer in Edinburgh.

31. In Spain, three days after the battle of Talavera, from excessive fatigue, the

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Lately, at Gosport, on his way from the Mediterranean, to his native place, Dalkeith, Robert Welsh (1st,) M. D. surgeon in the royal navy.

At Priestlands, John Peyton, Esq. ReárAdmiral of the Red.

Sir John M'Namara Hayes, Bart. M. D. Inspector General of the Medical Department of Woolwich.

Aug. 1. At Glasgow, James Muir, Esq. surgeon.

1. At the Manse of Dundonald, Mrs Isabel Morell, wife of the Rev. Dr Robert Duncan, minister of that parish.

1. At South-end, in Kent, in her 43d year, the Lady of Lieut.-Colonel Charles Fraser, leaving behind her twelve chil

dren.

2. At Prestonhall, Fifeshire, Ann Swan, relict of the late Allan Briggs of Leven, aged 78.

2. At Hamble, of a paralytic stroke, Admiral Bradby, aged 73.

2. At Prestonpans, in her 23d year, Miss Margaret Dow, only daughter of Mr James Dow.

3. At London, in his 50th year, Andrew Mackay, L. L. D. F. R. S. E. Mathematical Examiner to the Hon. the Corporation of Trinity House, the Hon. the East India Company, and Christ's Hospital, London; and formerly of Aberdeen.

3. At Ladyfield Place, near Edinburgh, Mr George Cairncross, writer in Edinburgh.

5. On his passage home to this country, from Jamaica, Dr Murray, eminent in that island, during 25 years, for professional talents and integrity.

5. At Foxhill, near Hungerford, Mrs Hart, sister to the late Lady_Stuart, and sister-in law to Henry James Pye, Esq.

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5. At Batheaston, aged 80, Sir George Colebrooke, Bart.

5. At Edinburgh, Mr William Waugh, writer.

6. At Manse of West Kilbride, Miss Clementina Oughterson, eldest daughter of the Rev. Arthur Oughterson, minister of that parish.

6. At St Andrew's, Mrs Col. Campbell. 6. At Aberdeen, aged 76, Mr James Gerrard, cooper.

6. At Edinburgh, Miss Eliza Gifford, aged 15.

6. At Dundee, in the 35th year of his age, and 11th of his ministry, the Rev. Alexander Paterson, A. M. minister of the Relief Congregation there.

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Lady Amelia Hume.

8. At Liverpool, Miss Marion Scott, youngest daughter of John Scott, Esq. shipbuilder, Greenock.

8. At Orfelton, in the county of Pembroke, aged 27, Sir Hugh Owen, Bart. M. P. for Pembroke.

8. At Glenrath, Walter Laidlaw, Esq. of Hyndhope.

8. At Edinburgh, Mr George Stevenson merchant.

9. At Harvieston, Miss Daniel Isabella Elizabeth Brown, only daughter of the Rev. Dr Andrew Brown, one of the ministers of Edinburgh.

9. At Lisbon, Mungo Honyman, Esq. Assistant Commissary to the forces, eighth son of the late Patrick Honyman, Esq. of Græmsay.

9. At Tanfield, Miss Katherine Lundie, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Mr Lundie, at Lonmay.

9. At Glasgow, Mr John Anderson, reed manufacturer.

10. At Jessfield, near Leith, Mrs Mary Emilia MacLeod, wife of Capt. Norman Ramsay, Royal Horse Artillery, and eldest daughter of the late Lieut.-Gen. MacLeod of MacLeod.

12. At Waldershare, Lord Henry Stuart, aged 34, third son of the Marquis of Bute.

12. At Newton Stewart, Mr Robert Guthrie, postmaster and stationer there.

12. At Inverary, Captain James M'Arthur of the 6th Royal Veteran Battalion.

13. At Ditto, Miss Elizabeth Campbell, daughter of the late Provost Lachlan Campbell.

13. Mr Alexander Henderson, farmer, Muthilhill, Fife.

14. Before Flushing, Ensign Donald Sinclair of the 71st regt. He was wounded in the knee, by a musket-ball, in an attack on one of the enemy's batteries at Flushing, and, although immediate assistance was procured, he died next morning; he was a brave officer, and died beloved and regretted by every individual of the corps. 14. At Drumsheugh, Mrs Helen Rannie, relict of the late Mr James Weir, of Toll

cross.

15. At Largs, Miss Jean Carlyle, third daughter of the late Mr John Carlyle, erchant, Glasgow.

15. At Blairngone, Mrs Marion Henderson, relict of Mr Andrew Mudie, merchant, Dunning, aged 90 years and two months. She retained her faculties until within a few months of her death.

16. Hugh McCulloch, Esq. late Sheriff Substitute of Sutherland. He was one of the unfortunate persons who were drowned in crossing the Meikle Ferry. His untimely fate will be long deplored and lamented by his numerous friends and acquaintances.

At Costessey Hall, Sir William Jerningham, Bart.

17. Matthew Bolton, Esq. aged 81, the respectable head of the Soho manufactory, whose exertions in the improvement of the mechanical arts have done so much honour to himself, and have proved so advantageous to the country.

17. At Glenrath, Caroline, fourth daughter of the deceased Walter Laidlaw, Esq. of Hyndhope.

17. At Leith, Mr Robert Wilson, senior, aged 87 years.

18. At Gallanich, Patrick MacDougall, Esq.

19. At Haddington, Provost David Smith, aged 89.

20. At Perth, Captain Donald M'Intosh of the 3d West India regiment.

20. At Burrowmuirhead, aged 39, Mrs Barbara Drysdale, relict of Capt. Littlejohn of the Royal Navy.

21. At Dundee, Mrs Elizabeth Jolly, spouse of John Jolly, druggist in Dundee.

22. At Rosemarky Manse, in the 61st year of his age, and 36th of his ministry, the Rev. Alex. Wood, minister of that parish.

22. At Edinburgh, in her 69th year, Mrs Henrietta Balfour, relict of the late Mr John Balfour, surgeon.

22. At ditto, Charles, infant son of Mr John Gray, writer.

23. At the house of Charles Ogilvy, Esq. of Tannadice, his son-in-law, beloved by his family and respected by all who knew him, James Macdonald, Esq. in the 89d year of his age.

23. At Summer Lodge, James Keith, infant son of Mr William Jay.

24. At Edinburgh, Mrs Ann Austin, widow of Capt. Dan. M'Gregor of the Hon. East India Company's service, and daughter of the late Dr Adam Austin, physician in Edinburgh.

25. At ditto, Mr William Cuthbertson, builder.

26. At Stewart Hall, county of Tyrone, Ireland, at a very advanced age, Andrew Thomas, Earl of Castlestewart. He was the acknowledged head of the house of Stewart, being immediately descended, in the male and legitimate line, from Robert

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the second, King of Scotland. His Lordship is succeeded by his eldest son Robert. now Earl of Castle stewart.

Aug. 26. At Cambermere Abbey, Sir Robert Salisbury Cotton, Bart. in his 71st year. He sat in four Parliaments for the county of Cheshire.

26. At Maidstone, in Kent, after a severe illness, since his return from Spain, Major Gen. Coote Manningham, Equerry to the King, and Colonel of the 95th or rifle regiment.

26. At Carphin, Elizabeth, infant daughter of John Raitt, Esq. of Carphin.

27. At his house Hawthornden, the Right Rev. Bishop William Abernethy Drummend of Hawthornden, aged 90.

27. At Kinloch, Fifeshire, Thomas Kinnear, Esq. of Kinloch.

29. At Edinburgh, General Robert Melville of Strathkiness, the first and only Governor in Chief, &c. of all the West India Islands ceded by France to Great Britain in 1763, and the oldest General in rank, except one, in the British army.

29. At ditto, Miss Eliz. Smith, daughter of the late Mr Robert Smith, writer, Elgin.

29. At Kircudbright, James Gordon, son of Mr Gordon, merchant, Glasgow.

29. At Lossiemouth House, Mrs Haig, aged 77.

30. At London, Sir J. Murray of Blackbarony, Bart. in the 48d year of his age.He is succeeded in his title and estate by his eldest son, Archibald, an Ensign in the 3d regiment of foot guards.

30. At Edinburgh, the Hon. Mrs Bethia Hamilton, Lady of William Ramsay, Esq. banker, and sister of William Lord Belha

van.

31. At Stirling, Mrs Janet Macnaughtan, wife of Donald M'Donald, merchant there.

31. At Perth, Mr William Ross, Keeper of the Register of Sasine, and Procuratorfiscal of the county of Perth.

31. At Glasgow, Mr Allan Fowlis, woodmerchant.

At Shooter's Hill, Lady Stewart, relict of Lord Henry Stewart, son of the Marquis of Bure; his Lordship died on the 12th of August,

Sept. 1. Dr Daniel Forbes, Dole of Brora, in the county of Sutherland.

1. At Balthayock, Perthshire, Mrs Patricia Stephen, relict of John Blair, Esq. of Balthayock.

1. At London, Robert Chrystie, Esq. of Leicester Place, army agent, aged 77.

2. At Middleburgh, Captain George Sutherland of the 71st regiment. His services, as well upon the present occasion, as in the former expeditions to Holland and in Egypt, where he was severely wounded,

proved him to be a meritorious officer. His widow, and four orphan children, lament his virtues in private life.

2. At Deal, of the wound which he received before Flushing,aged 37. Lieut.-Col. Peter Hayes Petit, of the 35th regt. foot.

2. At Viewfield, Inverness, Mrs Mackenzie, wife of Alexander, Mackenzie, Esq. banker in Inverness.

2. At Edinburgh, Mr John Kid, wine merchant, and many years one of the Magistrates of that city.

2. At ditto, Mrs Catharine Grant, spouse of Mr Ralph Hardie, writer in Edinburgh.

3. At London, George William Coventry, Earl of Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst, Lord Lieutenant of the county, and Recor der of the City of Worcester. His Lordship was born April 26, 1723, and is succeeded in his titles by Viscount Deerhurst, his Lordship's eldest son, who has been. blind these 24 years.

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3. At Bonnyton, near Stewarton, Mr J. Watt, aged 84.

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3. At Dunfermline, Mr John Durie, aged

4. At Earl's Court, near Reading, of a fiz of apoplexy, the Lady of the Right Hon. Sir Wm. Scott.

4. Margaret, eldest daughter of John Brander, Esq. of Pitgaveny, an amiable young lady.

5. At Edinburgh, Charles Morris, youngest child of Mr Broughton, accountant.

5. At Greenock, Mr John Kerr, tobac conist, aged 27 years. His death was extremely sudden, being seized with an illness which continued only about ten minutes. He is much and justly regretted.

6. At Aberdeen, Andrew Simpson, Esq. merchant, aged 58.

6. At Rosehill, aged 55, Mr Alex. Laing,

writer.

7. At Middleburgh, Major Hill of the 85th regiment.

8. At Edinburgh, after a tedious illness, which he bore with a Christian resignation, Mr Robert Ruthven, merchant.

8. At Scotscraig House, Fifeshire, Stewart, the infant daughter of William Dalgliesh of Scotscraig, Esq.

9. At Weymouth, after a few days illness, Captain Richard Carruthers Corne of the Royal Navy.

9. At Edinburgh, Mrs W. West.

10. At ditto, Mrs Agnes Rutherford, relict of Mr Andrew Kay, glazier.

10. At dicto, Miss Julia Morison, daughter of George Morison, Esq. of Haddo.

14. At Liverpool, at the age of 106, Da vid Salmon, Cable Street, Liverpool; this aged veteran sailed round the world with

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Mr Carey's Poem,-several Pieces of R. G.,-Lines on Mr W. Borthwick,— continuation of Epitaphs, &c. will appear in our next.

Clio contains genius, though some very feeble lines; one of the Pieces, however, may probably appear in our next.

K. N. S.,-Bernard's Bower, Johny Gled,Minor,-Version of Anacreon, are received, and are under consideration.

The Gentleman at St Andrews, who some months ago transmitted a sketch and description of an uncommon animal, taken from the stomach of a Cod, is informed, that these having been laid before one of the most eminent naturalists in this country, he writes, that the animal is " a monster of an intestina, " and is without doubt an Echinorynchus, of gigantic stature,—a formidable "internal companion: I should like to have had the animal, or a perfect "drawing of it. There are many described, and some figured, in Zoologica "Danica; but I really think this is new.

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