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19. At ditto, the Lady of David Boyle Esq. advocate, a són.

30. At Craigo, Mrs Carnegie of Craigo, a daughter.

. Mrs Bruce of Kennet, a son. - At Wilton lodge, the Lady of James Anderson Esq. a son.

Mrs Blair of Blair, a daughter. April 1. Mrs Urquhart of Craigron, a son. 1. At Luffingham, in Rutlandshire, the Lady of Lieut. Col. Ainslie, a daughter. 9. At Edinburgh, Mrs Monteith of Rochsoles, a daughter.

At Bath, Lady Charlotte Drummond, (daughter of the Duke of Athole), a

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DEATHS.

Lately, at Calcutta, Major-General Christopher Green, Commandant of the Artillery on the Bengal establishment.

Dec. 16. At St Vincent's, of the yellow fever, Captain M'Gregor, of the 90th regt. and on the 19th, Captain Austin, of the same regiment

Dec. 25. in prison at the Havannah, Col. Bowles, the Cherokee Chief. An apprehension of being poisoned prevented his using the food offered by the Spaniards, and for 40 days he subsisted on oranges alone, and was in consequence reduced to a mere skeleton.

Jan. 1. At Hutton, near Penrith, whither he had gone to be minister of a dissenting congregation, the Rev. Robert Potts, aged 81, late minister of the united parishes of Ettrick and Buccleuch.

Jan. 16. At Jamaica, Captain James Graham, son of Robert Graham Burdon Esq. of Feddal.

Jan. At Madrid, Don Juan de Langara, an old and experienced Spanish Admiral. He was of a proud and independent turn of mind, and has left a widow and family in rather an indigent situation.

At Cadiz, Don Frederico Gravina, another old Spanish Admiral. He commanded the Spanish division in the battle of Trafalgar, and was wounded in the arm, which ultimately proved the cause of his death.

Feb. 18. At Bologna, Madam Banti, the celebrated singer. She caught cold upon

her return from the Carnival of Venice, which brought on a fever, of which she died after a few days illness.

Feb. 26. At Bermuda, whither he had gone for the recovery of his health, Sir Andrew Mitchell, K. B. Admiral of the Blue, and Commander in chief on the American station--an able, active, and humane officer, universally respected and beloved. He was interred with high military honours. At Madeira, Lady Georgiana Elliot, sister to the Marquis of Stafford, of a consumption.

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Feb. 27. At Armagh, in Ireland, Lieut.Col. Gideon Shairp, of the 9th foot, Deputy Quarter Master-General.

Feb. At Paris, the celebrated Madame de Montesson, the wife, though not acknowledged as such, of the late Duke of Orleans.

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At Constantinople, the Sultana Valide, mother of the Grand Seignor, aged 73. Lately, At St Petersburgh, suddenly, Dr Grieve, a medical gentleman.

March 5. At Exmouth, aged 21, Captain William Henry Maxwell, of the 3d regt. of foot guards.

8. At Edinburgh, after a short illness, Mr Robert Barr, manufacturer, Paisley, in the 71d year of his age.

10. At Vienna, of an inflammatory fever, Count Colloredo, one of the ablest and honestest ministers of his Imperial Majesty.

10. At Paris, M. Tronchet, the celebrated counsel for Louis XVI.

15. At Edinburgh, Jane Hamilton Napier, youngest daughter; on the 19th, Archibald Hamilton Napier, youngest son; and on the 29th, Margaret Symson Napier, second daughter of Mr Francis Napier, writer to the signet.

16. At London, James Donaldson, Esq. of Thornhill, Ayrshire, formerly of Bannachra, Dumbartonshire.

16. At Myrehead, in the parish of Drysdale, Mr Walter Irving, preacher of the gospel, aged 87, and 49 years schoolmaster of said parish.

16. At Royogare, Glenlyon, Perthshire, Mr Peter Campbell, sen. aged 91.

17. At Dalswinton, Master Charles Staig Miller, second son of Major William Miller, late of the Royal regiment of horse guards.

19. At Glenlyon, David Campbell of GlenIyon, Esq.

19. At Newcastle, in his 45th year, Andrew Young, M.D. and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh.

21. At London, aged 64, Henri Francis, Gen. Count Bulkley, formerly Colonel Proprietaire of the Irish regiment of Bulkley, in the service of the King of France

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23. At Edinburgh, Mrs Blaw, widow of the late James Blaw, Esq.

23. At the Isle of Wight, Steuart Balneavis, Esq. second son of the deceased Col. Balneavis, of the Scotch brigade..

- At London, Lady Strange, widow of the late Sir Richard, and mother of Sir Thomas, Chief Justice of Madras, in the 86th year of her age.

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At ditto, Haviland Lemesurier, Esq. Commissary-General to the forces late in Egypt and in the Mediterranean.

. At the Plantation, near Guisbro', in his 78th year, General John Hall, Governor of Londonderry, and formerly Colonel of the 17th light dragoons. He has left 17 children.

24. At Memel, James Biggs, Esq. formerly of Glasgow.

25. At South Queensferry, Mrs Inglis, spouse of Mr Edward Inglis, surgeon in the Royal Navy.

25. At Hawick, in the 63d year of his age, and 39th of his ministry, John Young, D.D. author of some ingenious essays on political subjects, which were published in 1794, and had a most extensive sale.

—. At Paisley, in the 72d year of his age, Mr Andrew Brown, a respectable merchant and manufacturer, and who had been frequently a Magistrate of that town.

26. At London, J. Edward Maddocks, Esq. In a fit of mental derangement, this unhappy gentleman put a period to his life by cutting his throat with a case knife. He was formerly married to Lady Kerr, (daughter of the Marquis of Lothian), who predeceased him, and by whom he has left three daughters.

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26. At Pittenweem, Fifeshire, Mr Thos. Martin, in the 81st year of his age.

At Woolwich, Lieut.-Col. George Scott, of the Royal Artillery.

At Bath, Sir John Honywood, Bart. Member of Parliament for Honiton.

28. At Bodney-hall, in Suffolk, Madame

Elizabeth de Levis de Mirepois, aged fortynine. This Lady, descended from one of the most distinguished families in France, forsook early in life the fascinating allurements of a Court, for the retirement and austerity of a monastic life. From the storm of the French revolution, the Benedictine Convent (of which she had been a member thirty-one years, and superior twenty-two) sought shelter in England, and found an asylum in the above county, where for the last fifteen years the nuns have been occupied in the education of Catholic young ladies.

March 19. At Edinburgh, after a short illness, Lady Janet Traill, spouse of James Traill Esq. of Hobbister, Sheriff depute of Caithness, and sister of the last Earl of Caithness. Her remains were interred in the family vault in the chapel of Roslin.

29. At Musselburgh, Miss Helen Kilgour, sister of Dr Martin Kilgour, Musselburgh.

29. At Auchinblain, Robert Nimmo, Esq. of Auchinblain, in the 76th year of his age. 30. At Wool, aged 20, Miss Elizabeth Scott, youngest daughter of Charles Scott, Esq. of Wool.

At London, Dr William Rowley, an eminent physician.

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At Dublin, the Marquis of Ely. His Lordship is succeeded in his title and estates by his son Lord Loftus, one of the Representatives in Parliament for the county of Wexford.

31. At Lerwick in Shetland, aged 71, Andrew Bolt of Berry Esq.

31. At London, in the sixty-ninth year of his age, the Right Honourable George Macartney, Earl, Viscount, and Baron Macartney of Ireland, and Baron Macartney of Packhurst, and Auchinleck in Great Britain, Knight of the Bath, and a Privy. Councillor in both kingdoms. His Lordship married in 1768, Jane, daughter of the late Earl of Bute, but having no issue, all his titles are extinct. Lord Macartney was indebted for his elevation in the world to the late Henry Lord Holland He was originally intended for physic, and was travelling abroad to improve himself in that science, when he accidentally met with and formed an intimacy with Mr Stephen Fox, his Lordship's eldest son, and father of the present Lord Holland. At this time Mr Macartney rendered his friend some very essential service: what it was, we do not pretend to state; but it was of a nature to awaken the most grateful sentiments of Lord Holland, who, though he was not popular as a public character, had many private virtues; and among them, a never failing spirit of remuneration for good offi ces to himself or any of his family. He

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therefore became the warm patron and friend of Mr Macartney, whose qualities and talents justified that partiality, which invited him to leave the pursuit of medi. cine for that of politics. At this time it was thought adviseable to send a Minister to St Petersburgh, whose personal qualifi. cations might render him agreeable to the Empress Catherine, and Mr Macartney was accordingly appointed to succeed the Earl of Buckinghamshire at that Court. In the negociation of a Commercial Treaty between the two countries, which was attended with uncommon difficulties, he gave great satisfaction to the British merchants and Government; and thereby acquired that political reputation which occasioned his being subsequently employed in offices of great trust and importance, all of which he executed with so much understanding and ability, as successively to be honoured with the Order of the Bath, a Peerage of Ireland, and at length with a Peerage of Great Britain. His Lordship was Governor of Grenada, in 1780, when that island was obliged to surrender to a superior French force under the Marquis de Bouille. He was afterwards Governor of Madras, but retired many years ago from all public employments. His remains were interred at Chiswick in a very private man

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Price of Stocks.

April 1. At Devonshire house, London, in the 49th year of her age, the Most Noble Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire; a Lady long distinguished in the gay and fashionable world for her exquisite beauty, refined taste, and elegance of manners. Her Grace was the eldest daughter of John, Earl Spencer; was born June 9. 1757, and married to William, the present Duke of Devonshire, June 6. 1774, by whom she has left issue, Lady Georgiana, now Lady Morpeth; Lady Elizabeth Henrietta; and the Marquis of Hartington, who was born at Paris in 1799. Her Grace's disorder was a liver complaint, to which she had for a long time been subject. The first attack took place about twelve months since, and terminated in the yellow jaundice.

1. At Berlin, Prince Julius Ferdinand Leopold, youngest son of the King of Prussia. 3. At Edinburgh, Mrs Adair, relict of Dr James Adair, physician at Harrow.

4. At Newington, Benjamin Bell, Esq. of Hunthill and Newington, an eminent surgeon in Edinburgh, author of the System of Surgery, and of a Treatise on Ulcers, and one of the Directors of the British Li nen Company.

13. At his seat of Ballendalloch, in the 86th year of his age, General James Grant, Colonel of the 11th regt. of Foot, and Governor of Stirling Castle.

Prices of Grain at Haddington.

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Mr Dyer's poem-the character of Mr Morrice-and two literary notices

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