ALPHABETICAL LIST of ENGLISH BANKRUPTCIES, announced between February 1, and February 28, 1818, extracted from the London Gazette. Ablitt, N. Great Yarmouth, corn-merchant] Arndt, J. G., and J. C. Moesner, London, toymerchants Andras, P. Melcombe Regis, Dorset, milliner Brown, J. York, woollendraper Bailey, J. Reading, Berks, linendraper Brown, H. Ruddington, Nottingham, butcher Bush, W. Saffron Walden, Essex, carpenter Brown, C. London, jeweller Brash, A. J. Liverpool, merchant Bassett, M. Greenwich, boot and shoemaker Brooke, J., and C. Bowstead, Nantwich, mer. chants Calverley, R. Kegworth, Leicester, miller Chetham, J. Oldham, Lancaster, shoemaker Cotsford, W. F. Upper Clapton, plumber Dawson, T., and J. Reith, Gruíton, York, drapers Everitt, J. and S., and E. Nash, London, stablers Fearnley, T. Portsmouth, slopseller Green, J. Lambeth, London, blacking-manufac Rennison, T. Gloucester, tavern-keeper Thomas, J. E. Reading, Berks, grocer Walker, R. S. Bristol, colour-manufacturer Walker, T. Rochdale, Lancaster, corn-dealer Ward, J. Milton Abbott, Devon, cattle-jobber Walsh, J. Halifax, merchant Wright, W. N. Stappleford Abbott, farmer Younge, J., and J. Deakin, Sheffield, buttonmanufacturers. ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTCIES, announced between February 1, and February 28, 1818, extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette. Grierson, W. Gilmerton, spirit-dealer and grazier by W. Boyd, merchant in Leith, 20th March Jamieson, J. Glasgow, carter and coal-dealer; by J. Kerr, accountant there, 2d April Macdonald, A. of Achtriachtan; by T. Macdonald, writer in Fort-William, 1st June Maxwell, D. Hamilton, dyer; by A. Fullarton, Glasgow, 24th March Mitchell, A. Fiddesbeg of Foveran, farmer and cattle-dealer; by D. Hutcheon, advocate in Aberdeen, 21st March Michael and Son, Inverary, merchants; by Blair and Mack, writers in Glasgow, 30th March Reid, R. Thornhill, merchant; by W. Carson, writer in Dumfries, 12th March Donaldson, G. Edinburgh, draper; by W. Scott, Soutar, J. Dundee, merchant; by G. Duned accountant there, 3d April VOL. II. merchant there, 20th March. гр BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. Sept. 5, 1817. At Surat, the lady of John Romer, Esq. Judge and Magistrate at that place, a son. Nov. 11. At Sand House, Shetland, the lady of John Scott, junior, Esq. of Scallaway, a daughter. Jan. 5, 1818. At Memel, Mrs Charles Stewart, a daughter. 17. At Huntington, East Lothian, Mrs Campbell, a son. 29. At Craigforth, Mrs Callander, a daughter. At Springfield, in the county of Warwick, the lady of Major Dundas of Carron Hill, in the county of Stirling, a daughter. Feb. 3. At Edradynate, Mrs Stewart Robertson, a daughter. 4. The lady of Sir Alexander Hood, Bart. a daughter. Feb. 24. At Sundrum, the lady of John Hamilton, Esq. junior of Sundrum, a daughter. March 1. At Laggan, Mrs Capt. Robertson, a son. 3. Mrs Cleghorn, Dundas Street, a son. 8. Mrs Patison, Abercromby Place, a daughter. Lately. At Edinburgh, the lady of the Right Honourable Lord Ogilvy, a daugh ter. At Lochbuy House, the lady of Murdoch Maclaine, Esq. of Lochbuy, a son. At Ardrossan, the lady of Robert Hunter, Esq. of Whitfield, Jamaica, a daugh. ter. MARRIAGES. Dec. 16, 1817. At Valetta, John Mackenzie, Esq. to Miss Anne Macgill, eldest daughter of Mr Thomas Macgill, Mal ta. Jan. 26, 1818. At Edinburgh, Captain Hugh Stevenson, Campbeltown, to Mrs Macintyre, widow of D. Macintyre, Esq. Glenoe. At Edinburgh, the Rev. Robert Ross to Marine, youngest daughter of the late Mr John Halden of Newcastle. 30. At Lybercross, Gilbert Gordon, Esq. late of Berbice, to Margaret, daughter of John Sutherland, Esq. Commissary and J. P. county of Sutherland. Feb. 3.-At Nenagh, James Dempster, Esq. M. D. 93d regiment, to Elizabeth Maria, only child of John Carroll, Esq. of Newland, county of Tipperary, Ireland. 5. At Parkhall, William Colville Learmonth, Esq. of Belle Rose, to Gloriana, only daughter of the late John Mackenzie, Esq. of Garnkirk. 6. At Edinburgh, Hugh Niblie, Esq. Viewbank, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late Walter Brown, Esq. of Currie. 9. At Lambeth Place, London, by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Right Hon. Lord Clive, eldest son of the Earl and Countess of Powis, to Lady Lucy Graham, third daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Montrose. At Glasgow, James Coats, Esq. of Old Place, to Christian, eldest daughter of the late Mr James Bayne, Concraig, Perthshire. 10. Lieutenant Ross, of the 26th regiment, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the deceased William Fleming, Esq. of Kelvin Bank. 11. At Inverness, James Driver, Esq. Kirkwall, Orkney, to Miss Annabella Chisholm, second daughter of Captain Hugh Chisholm, late 9th Royal Veteran Battalion, and resident Commandant of Fort Augustus. Feb. 12. At London, Archibald Constable, Esq. Edinburgh, to Charlotte, daughter of the late John Neale, Esq. 16. At Caldwell, county of Ayr, Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir Charles Colville, G. C. B. to Jane, eldest daughter of William Muir of Caldwell, Esq. 20. George Ramsay, Esq. Craigie, to Miss Katherine Stewart, youngest daughter of Patrick Stewart, Esq. Perth. At Seaside, Andrew Thomson, Esq. younger of Kinloch, W. S. to Barbara, youngest daughter of James Hunter of Seaside, Esq. Lately. Captain Charles Jones, of the 15th hussars, Aid-de-Camp to the Duke of Cumberland, to Charlotte Matilda, only daughter of the late Alexander Annesley, Esq. of Hyde Hall. The bride was presented at the altar by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland. At Lord Hermand's, Edinburgh, the Rev. Leslie Moodie, to Catherine, daugh ter of the deceased Charles Fergusson, Esq. DEATHS. July 16, 1817. David Charles Ramsay, Esq. the Hon. East India Company's Resident at Mucha, and of their Civil Service on the Bombay Establishment. Nov. 14. At Tulloch, in the island of Jamaica, George Abercromby Bruce, in the 19th year of his age, second son of the late Alexander Bruce, Esq. of Kennet. Dec. 7. At Havannah, James Robertson, aged 20, Midshipman on board H.M.S. Rifleman, Capt. Duff; on the 12th of May last, John Wilson Robertson, aged 18, at Banff; and on the 10th June, George Alexander Robertson, aged 15, Midshipman on board the Lady Campbell, Indiaman, was drowned off St Helena; sons of Mr William Robertson, merchant in Banff, and all highly promising young men. 26. At Auchindinny, near Edinburgh, Mary Eutrope Coulon Clerfon de Villarson, daughter of Count de Villarson, a na tive of France, and wife of Robert Ewart, Esq. surgeon, late of the island of Jamai ca. Jan. 1. 1818. At Rosebank, Bonnington, near Edinburgh, in the 21st year of his age, Mr John Pitcairn Thomson, surgeon; and at the same place, on the 26th, in the 25th year of his age, Mr Alexander Thomson, Lieutenant in the Durham mai litia, sons of the Rev. Thomas Thomson, St James's Place Chapel, Edinburgh. Jan. 4. At Aberdeen, Mr William Coutts, merchant, aged 74. 6. In the 32d year of her age, the lady of Major Campbell of Strachur. At Cambridge, Laurence Dundas, second son to the Hon. Laurence Dundas, and grandson to Lord Dundas. At Amalree, in the 89th year of her age, Mrs Christian Menzies, widow of James Fisher, to whom she had 12 chil dren. 10. At Jamaica, in Hanover parish, Mr James Mackechney, surgeon, son of the Rev. W. Mackechney, Musselburgh, in the 22d year of his age. 11. At London, in the 31st year of his age, Major John Garlies Macculloch, late of the Rifle Brigade. 14. At Glenforsa, island of Mull, Lach. lan Macquarie of Macquarie. This venerable hospitable Chieftain was seldom confined by any sickness till the time of his death, and he died at the age of 103. At Carronhouse, John Ogilvie of Gairdoch, Esq. 21. At Leith, Mrs Magdalene Fergusson, relict of Francis Shairp, late Comptroller of the Customs there. At West Calder, in the 85th year of his age, John Jackson, Esq. of Torphin. 22. At Membean, in the parish of Elgin, Ann Garrow, at the very advanced age of 105 years. Although her sight failed her for some years back, her recollection was perfectly unimpaired to the day of her death. -At Barns, Patrick Macneight, Esq. of Barns, aged 75. 23. At Kinloss, the Rev. John Hoyes, minister of that parish, in the 74th year of his age, and 40th of his ministry. At Greenock, James Park, Esq. 24. At Edinburgh, Mr David Davidson, of the Exchequer. At Edinburgh, Robert Beatson, Esq. LL.D. late Barrackmaster at Aberdeen. 25. At House of Hill, Mrs Isabella Hill, spouse of Mr Archibald Wilson. -At Edinburgh, Andrew Macfarlane, Esq. late of Jamaica, uncle of LieutenantGeneral Sir Robert Macfarlane of Gartartan, K.C.B. 26. At Lauder, Mr Robert Vallence, late Chief Magistrate of that burgh. 27. At Bentley Priory, Stanmore, John James Hamilton, the Most Noble the Marquis of Abercorn, a Knight of the Garter, &c. At Baleloch, the Rev. William Ar. buckle, minister of the parish of North Uist. At Portsoy, Mr John Reid, merchant there, in the 85th year of his age. Jan. 28. At Forres, Alexander Frazer, Esq. 30. At Glasgow, Mrs Jean Blair, relict of the deceased John Craig of Auchinairn, Esq. Feb. 2. At Dumfries, Mrs Pew, widow of the late John Pew, Esq. of Hollowton. At Stonehaven, the Rev. Robert Memess, Episcopal clergyman there, in the 91st year of his age, and 64th of his ministry. At Breckonhill, James Carruthers, Esq. of Breckonhill. 3. At Edinburgh, Mrs Marjoribanks, widow of the late Edward Marjoribanks, Esq. of Lees, Berwickshire. At Edinburgh, Mrs Elphinstone Primerose, widow of James Rollo, Esq. and daughter of the late Sir Archibald Primerose, Bart. of Dunipace. In Abbey Street, Dublin, at the advanced age of 98 years, in the full possession of all her faculties, Eleanor, Dowager Lady Palmer, relict of the late Sir Roger Palmer, Bart. of Castle. Lacken, in the county of Mayo, and Ballyshannon, in the county of Kildare. 4. At Edinburgh, in the 31st year of his age, Mr James Hall Gray, merchant. -The Dowager Viscountess Arbuthnott. 5. At Portland Place, Leith, Mr Andrew Galbreath, aged 76, late merchant, Leith. 9. At Edinburgh, Mrs Jane De Morgan, relict of Duncan Buchanan, Esq. Surgeon Hon. East India Company's service. At Kennoway, Mrs Seton, relict of Captain David Seton. At Drogheda, the Most Rev. Dr O'Reilly, Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, and Primate of all Ireland. At Brompton, Colonel Richard Fleming, in his 79th year. 10. At Wilton Burn, near Hawick, Roxburghshire, that well known and worthy character, Mr James Hart, farmer, commonly called" Hart of Harts," aged 65, sincerely lamented by a large circle of farmers, friends, and relations. It was said of Mr Hart, when 25 years of age, that he stood 6 feet 3 inches, and weighed 33 stones, and was allowed to be the strongest man in Scotland since the days of the renowned Sir William Wallace. 11. At Glasgow, in the 49th year of her age, Mrs Elizabeth Johnstone, spouse of David Machaffie, Esq. merchant, Glasgow. She was the mother of eighteen children. ritable and pious institutions: Edinburgh Bible Society, L. 150; Edinburgh Missionary Society, L. 150; Edinburgh Gaelic School Society, L. 150; Destitute Sick Society, L. 100; Edinburgh Magdalene Asylum, L. 100; the Poor of Bristo Street Congregation, L. 120; the Free School of Bristo Congregation, L. 100; Orphan Hospital of Edinburgh, L. 50. Feb. 12. At Edinburgh, Mrs Catharine Dunbar, widow of the late Thomas Wedderburn, Esq. aged 96. 13. At Dunnichen House, Forfarshire, in the 86th year of his age, George Dempster, Esq. of Dunnichen. In early youth, Mr Dempster succeeded to the family estate; and, during the course of a life extended beyond the usual period, exhibited in his conduct, on all occasions, the finished picture of a complete gentleman. He was a scholar, a man of science, an accomplished courtier, and a benevolent man. His very favourable exterior reflected the image of the powerful and benevolent mind within; his kindness to his tenants and dependents, and his extreme courtesy to all, were universally acknowledged and admired. There was no subject within the compass of human knowledge of which he was ignorant. The ancient, as well as many of the modern languages, were familiar to him. He made the tour of Europe. The learned sent him their works to revise, and artists their plans to examine, before presenting them to the public. His own printed treatises, and his essays in numerous publications, and especially his speeches in Parliament, show how profoundly he was skilled in the business of every department of his own country, as well as in what regarded our foreign relations; and withal, how much he ever had the benefit of mankind at heart. The va luable improvement which he suggested on the fisheries, and the inexhaustible trea.. sure of manure which he discovered in his own county, will make him be long and gratefully remembered. To him agricul ture is indebted for many most important and valuable improvements. He had a peculiar felicity of expressing his thoughts in writing; and, in speaking on any important subject, his manner, tone of voice, good humour, and benevolent book, all operated like a charm, and gained on every heart. It may be safely said, that no man in the present generation has left the world more generally and deservedly applauded and admired than Mr Dempster of Dunnichen. Mr Dempster was Secretary to the most Honourable and Illustrious Order of the Thistle, and was the fourth member upon the roll of the Faculty of Advocates of Scotland. George Ramsay and Co. Printers, Edinburgh, EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, AND LITERARY MISCELLANY, BEING A NEW SERIES OF The Scots Magazine. APRIL 1818. CONTENTS. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. On Luther's Merits with regard to Curious Facts respecting some of the 316 322 320 Some Particulars of the Sufferings of the Families of Polwarth and Jerviswood, previous to the Revolution of 1688; with Extracts from Lady Murray's Narrative Reliques from the Field of Waterloo....326 Remarks on the Early English Poets. No. 1. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. 327 Notices in Natural History. No. III. (New Wool-bearing Animal proposed to be introduced into Scotland.The Expedition to the North Pole. -Captain Scoresby's Observations in regard to the Polar Seas.-On the Polar Ice.-New Magnetical Instrument for determining the Longitude.-Coal Veins in the CaltonHill-Discovery of Antimony in Banffshire. Petalite in Coll and Rona.-Mineralogical Excursions into Scotland. Dr Bruce of New York, &c. &c.)~~r REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. 348 &c. By Adam Neale, M.D...342 Beppo, a Venetian Story Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin, LL.D. &c.351 SURVEY OF FRENCH LITERATURE For February 1818: Analytical Notices of the Memoirs of Mad. d'Epinay; -Poems by a Prisoner in Scotland; -Tales by Mad. Montolieu, &c.357 ORIGINAL POETRY. The Soldiers' Grave.-The November Expedition to the Northern Ocean.- 372 374 378 383 384 Meteorological Report.. 387 Agricultural Report 388 Commercial Report .391 332 Births, Marriages, Deaths .................... .393 EDINBURGH: PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH ; AND LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, LONDON. |