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burdens unavoidably occasioned by a struggle so arduous and protracted, your Majesty has ever regretted these burdens, and that it has only been your conviction of the justice of your cause which has enforced their necessity. That cause, we are firmly persuaded, is founded on religion and political virtue; and while your Majesty prosecutes it abroad by all the means which the Almighty has placed in your hands, we shall cordially contribute at home our efforts for its success, by our fervent prayers to the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe, by impressing sentiments of loya ty, unanimity, fortitude, and perseverance on the people committed to our pastoral care, and, above all, by the most zealous endeavours to recommend to their acceptance the salutary and ennobling doctrines of the gospel, which will continue to support them in the hour of trial. In the discharge of these our peculiar duties, it will be no small encouragement to us, that thus we shall justify the reliance which your Majesty condescends to place in our virtue and attachment.

We receive with sincere gratitude your Majesty's donation of One Thousand Pounds for promoting religious knowledge in the Highlands and islands of Scotland; and we shall endeavour to apply this mark of your royal munifi cence in the manner best calculated for promoting the pious purpose for which it is bestowed.

That Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, may protect your Majesty and prolong your reign, that he may bless the Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and all the Royal Family; that he may ever direct your Councils, and prosper the measures of your Government; that, after a long and happy reign on earth, he may bestow on you a crown of glory in heaven; and that Princes of the august House of Brunswick, formed on your Majesty's example, may to latest posterity sway the sceptre of this realm, are the fervent prayers of, may it please your Majesty, your Majesty's most faithful, most obedient, and most loyal subjects, the Ministers and Elders met in this national Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

Signed in our name, in our presence, and at our appointment, by

FRANCIS NI COLL, D.D. Moderator.

COURT OF SESSION.-SECOND DIVISION. Parish of Cockburnspath, v. Parish of Col. dingham.

This was an important question respecting the settlement of a pauper. In the year 1800, Alex. M'Craw came with his family to the parish of Coldingham, and resided for upwards of three years, and thereby became a legal settler. In the year 1803, Hugh M'Craw, his son, 14 years of age, was bound an apprentice to an artificer in the parish of Cockburnspath, when, after residing with his master three years, he was struck with a disease which rendered him unable to continue at his trade, or contribute to his own subsistence. During the time of his residence with his master, his labour was inadequate to his support, and he was supplied with necessaries by his father. Under these circumstances, the question was, Whether a residence for three years constituted a settlement, or whether the settlement of this pauper must not be held the same as that of his father?

The question came before the Sheriff of Berwickshire, who found, that " a three years residence of a person, whether child, apprentice, or grown to manhood, without becoming a pauper upon any parish, gives a legal settlement, in the parish where he so resided, for the last three years, at one time; and therefore found, that Hugh M'Craw, by his three years residence in the parish of Cockburnspath, has acquired a legal settlement in that parish, and ordained the heritors and kirk-session to enrol him on their poor's list." This sentence was brought before the Court of Session. Lord Glenlee, the Lord Ordinary, gave judgment, affirming the sen tence of the Sheriff, and the Court have unanimously affirmed the judgment of the Sheriff and the Lord Ordinary.

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Whitehall, May 6. The King has been pleased to grant the dignity of a Baronet of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to Michael Seymour, of High Mount, in the county of Cork, and of Friery Park in the county of Devon, Esq. Captain in the Royal Navy, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.

Foreign Office, May 8. The King has been pleased to appoint Robert Adair, Esq. o be his Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Sublime Ottoman Porte.

To appoint Stratford Canning, Esq. to be his Majesty's Secretary to said Embassy. Foreign Office, May 26. The King has been pleased to appoint Francis James Jackson, Esq. to be his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America.

Foreign Office, June 10. The King has been pleased to appoint Bartholomew Frere, Esq. to be Secretary to his Majesty's Embassy in Spain.

- To appoint Robert Fagan, Esq. to be his Majesty's Consul at Sicily and Malta:

To order a Conge d'Elire to pass the Great Seal, empowering the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of St Paul, London, to elect a Bishop of that See, the same being void by the death of the Right Rev. Father in God Doctor Beilby Porteus, late Bishop thereof; and his Majesty has also been pleased, by his Royal Sign Manual, to recommend to the said Dean and Chapter the Right Rev. Father in Gcd John Bishop of Bangor, to be by them elected Bishop of the said See of Lon

don.

Whitehall, June 6. The King has been pleased to appoint Sir Rupert George, Knt. Ambrose Serie, Esq. James Bowen, Esq. the Hon. John Douglas, John Harness, Doctor in Physic, and the Hon. Courtenay Boyle, to be his Majesty's Commissioners for conducting the Transport Service, for the care of sick and wounded seamen, and custody of prisoners of war.

Whitehall, April 21. The King has been pleased to appoint James Sedgwick, James Jackson, and Samuel Rose, Esqrs. to be Commissioners of Excise in Scotland, in the room of James Stodart, Robert Graham, Esqrs. and Sir John Stuart, Bart. removed.

Whitehall, May 27. The King has been pleased to appoint James Clerk, Esq. advocate, to be one of the Barons of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer in Scotland, in the room of Archibald Cockburn, Esq. resigned.

To appoint William Rae, Esq. advocate, to be Sheriff-depute of the shire of Edinburgh, in the room of James Clerk, Esq. Whitehall, June 6. The King has been

pleased to appoint William Erskine, Esq advocate, to be Sheriff-depute of the shire of Orkney and Zetland, in the room of William Rae, Esq. appointed Sheriff-depute of Edinburgh.

James Ferguson, Esq. is appointed one of the Advocates-depute, in the room of Wm. Erskine, Esq. appointed Sheriff of Orkney and Shetland.

May 17. Archibald Campbell, Esq. after reporting and giving his opinion upon the usual number of law cases, as Lord Probationer, took his seat as junior Judge of the first division of the Court of Session, under the title of Lord Succoth, in room of Lord Dunsinnan.

May 8. The Right Hon. Robert Dundas was unanimously re-elected representative for the county of Edinburgh, having vacated his seat on being appointed Chief Se cretary of State for Ireland.

Lieut.-Gen. Duncan Campbell of Lochnell, has been elected Member of Parliament for the Ayr district of boroughs, vacant by the death of Col. John Campbell, younger of Shawfield.

The Earl of Selkirk has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Alexander Scott, A. B. Rector of Bondleigh in Devonshire, to be one of his Lordship's domestic chaplains.

The Town Council of Edinburgh have appointed Thomas Henderson, Esq. merchant, Chamberlain of the city, in room of James Jackson, Esq. appointed a Commissioner of Excise. The Council unanimously voted their thanks to Mr Jackson, and resolved to present him with a piece of plate of the value of one hundred guineas.

May 9. The Governors of George Heriot's Hospital have appointed Peter Hill, Esq. Treasurer of said Hospital, in room of Thomas Henderson, Esq.

May 10. The Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council, unanimously elected William Trotter, Esq. to be Old Treasuin the room of Thomas Henderson, Esq. appointed City Chamberlain.

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May 10. The Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council, unanimously elected the Rev. Dr William Ritchie, one of the ministers of the High Church, to be Professor of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh, in the room of the deceased Dr Andrew Hunter.

The Council also unanimously resolved to translate the Rev. Mr Alexander Brunton, minister of the New Greyfriars church, to the Tron Church of Edinburgh, vacant by the death of the late Dr Andrew Hunter.

The Lord Provost and Magistrates of Edinburgh have appointed Mr John Paterson overseer of the public works, in the room of the late Mr William Sibbald.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.

1. At Glasgow, Mr Thomas Stodart, Biggarshiels, to Mrs Black, widow of the late Mr David Black, jun. merchant, Glas

Downing-Street, April, 27. The King has been pleased to appoint LieutenantColonel Lachlan Macquarrie, of his Majes-gow. ty's 73d regiment of foot, to be Governor and Commander in Chief in and over his Majesty's settlement of New South Wales and its dependencies.

May 2. A Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Major-General the Hon. John Abercrombie was ap. pointed Commander in Chief at Bombay,

with a seat in Council.

War-Office, May 9. Brigadier-General John Hope, of the 60th foot, to be Deputy Adjutant-General to the Forces serving in North Britain, vice Major-General Mackay, deceased.

Var-Office, May 30. 44th Foot-General Sir Thomas Trigge, to be Colonel, vice Rainsford, deceased.

68th ditto-Major-General John Coape Sherbrooke, to be Colonel, vice Sir Tho. Trigge.

3d West India Regiment-Major. General John Murray, to be Colonel, vice Sherbrooke.

Royal Regiment of Malta-Major-General the Hon. John Brodrick, to be Colonel, vice Murray.

Lieut.-General David Douglas Wemyss, to be Governor of Tynemouth, vice General Rainsford, deceased.

Downing Street, June 10, The King has been pleased to appoint Major General the Hon. John Brodrick, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the island of Mar

tinique.

To appoint Lieut.-General Edwerd Morrison to be Lieutenant Governor of the island of Jamaica, and to be Commander of his Majesty's forces on the Jamaica station.

MARRIAGES.

April 15. At Petersburgh, Prince George of Oldenberg, to the Grand Duchess Ca tharine. The nuptials were celebrated with great festivity.

May 20. At Douglas, Lanarkshire, Robert, son of William Watt, Esq. of Breckness, Orkney, to Eliza, daughter of Mr Jas. Rae, merchant, Douglas.

24. At Dunfermline, Dr Henry Dewar of Lassodie, to Helen, daughter of the late Andrew Spence, Esq. of Philadelphia.

At Yarmouth, James Henderson, Esq. of the Ross-shire militia, to Eliza, eldest daughter of Sir Edmund Lacon.

June 1. At Portobello, David Stodart, Esq. late of the island of Tobago, to Elizabeth, second daughter of William Jameson, Esq Portobello.

2. At Edinburgh, at the house of Mrs General Macleod of Macleod, by Bishop Sandford, Sir John Pringle of Stitchell, Bart. to Emilia Ann, third daughter of the late Lieut. Gen. Macleod of Macleod,

2. At Aberdeen, Alexander Campbell, Esq. younger of Ballachyle, Lieut. Col. of daughter of the late William Rose of Bellithe Argyllshire militia, to Elizabeth, third

vat, Esq.

3. At Elgin, Alexander Mason, Esq. of London, to Anna, eldest daughter of Patrick Duff, Esq. town-clerck of Elgin.

5. At Glasgow, Mr David McLaren, merchant, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr John Wingate, jun. merchant.

5. At Paisley, Mr Arthur Auchincloss, merchant, to Miss Margaret Wylie, daugh ter of Mr William Wyllie, manufacturer there.

5. At Rothesay, James Duncan, Esq. late of Liverpool, to Miss Brown, only daughter of Bailie Brown of Rothesay.

5. At Petershill, the Rev. Dr William Meek of Torphichen, to Miss Croll.

6. At Ibroix, William Jackson, Esq. to Mrs Smith, widow of Captain Smith of the 14th foot.

7. At Leith, Mr John Young, jun. Solicitor in the Supreme Courts, to Helen, second daughter of William Bell, Esq.

8. At Twickenham, Capt. Carmichael, of the 9th dragoons, to Miss Mackenzie, daughter of the late Peter Mackenzie, Esq.

12. At Mosstower, Mr James Brodie, Ormiston, to Ann, youngest daughter of

Mr James Church.

12. At Bellwood, near Perth, Thomas Caw, Esq. merchant in London, to Elizabeth Catherine, daughter of John Young, Esq. of Bellwood.

13. At Dunkeld, John Stewart, Esq. of South Persay, Captain in the Royal Perthshire Militia, to Christian Helen, daughter of the late Captain Thomas Stewart of the 5th regiment of foot.

15. At Berwick, Arthur Clifford, Esq. ourth son of the late Hon. Thomas Clifford of Tixal, Staffordshire, to Eliza Matil da, second daughter of the late Captain John Macdonell of Leagh, Inverness-shire.

20. At Craigrothie, Mr Frederick Adamson, merchant in Glasgow, to Margaret, daughter of Oliver Gourlay of Craigrothie, Esq.

20. At Edinburgh, Joseph Bell, Esq. surgeon, to Miss Craigie, daughter of the late David Craigie, Esq. of Dumbarnie.

At Gretna Green, Mr Braggs Carlyll of Hull, merchant, to Elizabeth, only daugh

ter

ter and sole heiress of the late John Pit- late Rev. John Hamilton, minister of Bolcairn, Esq. of Pitcairn house.

Dr Stewart, Balmoral, to Anne, second daughter of the Rev. Patrick Stewart, Kinneff.

BIRTHS.

At the Government House, Montreal, Canada, the lady of Major-General Gordon Drummond, a son.

April 19. At Verdun, Mrs Innes, wife of Thomas Innes, Esq. of his Majesty's navy, a daughter.

May 17 At Howick, Northumberland, the Countess Grey, a son.

18. At Stevenston, East, Lothian, Lady Margaret M'Lean, a son.

26. Lady Maxwell, of Calderwood, a stillborn son.

27. At Barrock house, Mrs Sinclair of Barrock, a daughter.

28. At Ancrum Woodhead, Mrs Park,

a son.

29. At Edinburgh, the Hon. Mrs Ramsay of Barnton, a son.

29. At Edinburgh, Mrs Cochrane, a daughter.

Si. At Hundalee, Mrs Elliot of Harwood, a son.

June 6. At Edinburgh, the Lady of Ro. bert Campbell, Esq. advocate, a son.

7. At Inverey, Mrs Skene of Rubislaw, a

son.

9. At Edinburgh, Mrs Wishart, wife of Mr Patrick Wishart, writer to the signet,

a son.

9. At Bondleigh in Devonshire, the lady of the Rev. Alexander Scott, a daughter. 11. At Glasgow, Mrs Dennistoun, wife of Mr Robert Dennistoun, a daughter.

13. At Fort George, the Lady of Major Hamilton, of the 78th regiment, a daughter. 15. At Jedburgh, Mrs Riddell, wife of Walter Riddell, Esq. a daughter.

17. Lady Ellenborough, of a seventh son, and 13th child.

The Countess of Albemarle, a son.

DEATHS.

July 23. 1808. At Prince of Wales's Island, Mr James Scott, second son of the late James Scott, Esq. of that island, much and justly regretted.

At Calcutta, where he had gone for the benefit of his health, William Spence, Esq. merchant, Madras.

Aug. 19. At Seringapatam, Colonel Hugh Buchan, of the Honourable East India Company's service.

Sept. 3. At Lucknow, Lieut. Thomas Auldjo, fourth son of the late George Auldjo Esq. of Portlethen.

March & 1809. At Queenston, Upper Canada, Robert Hamilton, Esq. son of the

ton.

9. At his estate of Belmont, in Jamaica, Sir David Kinloch, the last remaining son of the late Sir James Kinloch Nevay of Kinloch, Bart.

13. At Dunse Castle, parish of St George, Jamaica, Mr Robert Johnson, house carpenter, second son of the late Mr Robert Johnson, Dunse.

April 22. At London, Mr William Mitchell, aged 77. He had been upwards of 30 years in the service of his Grace the Duke of Queensberry, and has bequeathed, after the death of an aged sister, the inte rest of 2001. for ever to the poor of the parish of St Fergus, where he was born.

May 1. At Madeira, Joseph Alexander Condell, Esq. many years merchant there.

11. At Chanting-Hall, Hamilton, Miss Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of the late John Stewart, Esq. Blairhall.

14. At Crawfield, Mrs Beatrix Shedden, wife of John Shedden, Esq. of Muirston, Ayrshire

14. At Insch, Mrs Jopp, widow of Mr Alexander Jopp, aged 75.

17. At London, Miss Leontina Drummond (of the noble and unfortunate family of Melfort,) aged 16 years.

18. At Dalkeith, Mr George Cunningham.

19. At Peebles, Mrs G. Dick, relict of the Rev. Mr William Tate, late minister at Kilbrecks.

21. At ditto, Miss Margaret Trail.

21. At Edinburgh, Mr Ebenezer Jamieson, seventh son of the Rev. Dr Jamieson.

22. At Glasgow, Dr Hugh M'Cleod, Emeritus Professor of Church History in that University.

22. At Edinburgh, Mrs Blair, wife of Alexander Blair, Esq. writer to the signet, and daughter of Sir David Maxwell of Cardoness, Bart.

22. At ditto, Mr Robert Gordon, late bookseller in Edinburgh.

23. At Perth, in the 78th year of his age, W. Alison, Esq. late Provost of that town. 23. At Dysart, Mrs Janet Grandison, relict of Mr A. Bruce, shipbuilder, Dysart.

24. At Chelsea, in his 49th year, after a long and painful illness, Sir William Henry Douglas, Bart. Vice-Admiral of the Blue.

24. At Jenny Bank, near Perth, Mr John Honey, aged 23, a promising young man, and much regretted.

24. At Edinburgh, Miss Janet Bertram, much and justly regretted.

26. At ditto, Mrs Jean Blackwood, relict of the late Mr John M'Lean, merchant in Edinburgh.

30. At Jedburgh, much and justly regretted, Dr William King, physician.

May

May 31. At Richmond, aged 14, Henry, eldest son of John Deas Thomson, Esq. of Norton, one of the Commissioners of his Majesty's navy.

31. At Edinburgh, Miss Christian Oliphant, daughter of the late Ebenezer Oliphant of Condie, Esq.

June 1. At Moreham House, Jane Maxwell Sommervail, infant daughter of Mr John Sommervail.

1. At Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, Miss Anne Carmichael, last surviving daughter of the late David Carmichael of Balmedy, Esq.

1. At Edinburgh, Mr David Allan, plumber.

3. At Edinburgh, George Mulvihill, Esq. of the county of Clare, Ireland, aged 23, student of medicine in Edinburgh.

3. At the Manse of Gargunnock, the Rev. George Christison, minister of that parish.

4. At London, Mr William Thompson, late in the Irish Provision Trade, aged 40 years.

4. At Clifton, near Bristol, of a putrid sore throat, after a few days illness, aged ninety-one, John Peack Hungerford, Esq. many years one of the Representatives in Parliament for the county of Leicester.

4. At Fraserburgh, in her 18th year, Eli. zabeth, second daughter of the late Mr D. Green, of that place.

5. At his house, at Lee, in the 81st year of his age, David Papillon, Esq. late senior Commissioner of his Majesty's Excise.

5. At Cuttlehill, Kinrossshire, William Wemyss, Esq. of Cuttlehill.

6. At Anstruther, Mr Thomas Ballardie.

7. At London, Benjamin Shaw, Esq. of Upper Thames Street, many years one of the Common Council for Queenhithe

Ward.

7. At Paris House, Hugh Hay, Esq. of Paris.

7. At Balnakilly, John Stewart, Esq. of Balnakilly.

7. At Dumfries, Mr David Glen, writer. 7. At Edinburgh, Mr James Grant, wri

ter.

7. At ditto, Mrs Margaret Hutton, relict of Mr James Kidd, shipmaster, Leith.

8. At Kildress, county of Tyrone, Robert Bourne, Esq. second son of the Rev. Richard Bourne of Holles Street, Dublin.

8. At Perth, Eliza Thomson, eldest daughter of the Rev. William Thomson, one of the ministers of Perth.

9. At Perth, Harriet, and on the 17th, Agnes, daughters of Mr Robert Hepburn, merchant there.

9. At Kennoway, Mrs Elizabeth Clephane, only daughter of Alexander Cle phane, Esq. late surgeon in Falkland, Fife,

of the family of Carslogie and Kirkness,
universally regretted by all her acquaintan-

ces.

9. At Dumfries, Mrs Young of Youngfield, in her 77th year.

10. At Edinburgh, Miss Elizabeth Gordon, youngest daughter of the late Mr Da vid Gordon, merchant.

10. At ditto, aged 72, Major-General the Hon. Mark Napier, uncle of Lord Napier.

10. At Lauriston, Andrew Bell, Esq. engraver, aged 83.

10. At Edinburgh, John M'Mikin Craufuird, eldest son of Mr Archibald Craufuird, writer to the signet.

11. At Turner's Hill, Hertfordshire, Mr William Wallace Macpherson.

11. At Charlesfield, Mrs Agnes Orr, widow of Mr William Young, minister at Hutton.

12. At Sheerness, Mr William Etty of
the Royal Navy, aged 28. He was unfor-
tunately drowned whilst bathing.

12. At Edinburgh, Mrs Douglas, wife
of Mr Archibald Douglas, writer.
11. At Ogill, William Simpson, Esq. of
Ogill.

14. Lieut.-Col. Wynyard, of the 14th
light dragoons.

15. At Stirling, Mrs Cecilia Murray, relict of Dr Hercules Lindsay, of the Univer sity of Glasgow.

15. At London, Sir George Baker, Bart. Physician to their Majesties. He had nearly attained his 88th year, and passed a long life almost without any of those infirmities, from which he had relieved thousands in the course of his practice. He died so easily, and apparently so free from pain, that the remarkable words of Cicero may be said of him, Non illi fuit vita erepta, sed mors donata, He was not deprived of life, but presented with death. No man, perhaps, ever followed the career of Physic, and the elegant paths of the Greek and Roman Muses, for the space of several years, with more success, than Sir George Baker. He has left a splendid fortune.

18. At his seat of Parton, in Galloway,
William Glendonwyn of Glendonwyn, Esq.
18. At his seat in Kent, Filmer Hony-
wood, Esq. of Mark's hall. He was mem-
ber of Parliament for the county of Kent
in three successive Parliaments."

At Egmore, the Rev. Richard Hall Kerr,
D. D. Senior Chaplain of Fort St George,
and Superintendant of the Military Male
Orphan Hospital.

At Walthamstow, David Barclay, Esq.
in the 81st year of his age. the last grand-
son of Robert Barclay of Urie, who wrote
the celebrated apology for the people cal
led Quakers,

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