ALPHABETICAL LIST of ENGLISH BANKRUPTCIES, announced in April 1818. Atkinson, J. London, butcher Agg, T. London, printer Blurton, J. Old Boud Street, Middlesex, coachmaker Barbour, B. Hope, Derby, lead-merchant Bell, W. Oxford-Street, London, linen-draper Butler, J. Prescot, Lancaster, nurseryman Dowgill, B. Great Woodhouse Carr, Leeds, stone mason Davenport, S. Egham, Surrey, brewer Frith, J. and M. Bailey, Dewsbury, York, clothiers Fletcher, B. Deptford, Kent, linen-draper Forster, P. Liverpool, merehant Gill, J. Stoke Danerell, Devon, rope-maker Horrabin, R. Lancaster, hatter and hosier Hardwick, T. Lutterworth, Leicester, corn-factor Hart, W. Newport, Isle of Wight, schoolmaster Hayes, E. Waverton, Lancaster, inn-keeper Henderson, J. London, merchant Hardwich, P. Westbury, Somerset, inn-holder Howard, R. Stockport, Chester, manufacturer Humphreys, J. London, tailor Illingworth, A. London, wine-merchant James, J. Bristol, grocer Jackson. J. Leeds, merchant Lawrence, W. London, victualler Liddiard, T. London, plumber Lowe, A. C. London, merchant Laud, E. London, baker Leach, H., and J. Ambrose, Bristol, linen-mer Nicoll, E. Hemel Hempstead, Hereford, winemerchant Oaldaeres, W. Orton House, Leicester farmer Parish, J. East Teignmouth, Devon, music-seller Powell, T. Leominster, Hereford, butcher Powell, J. Bristol, broker Poolman, J. H. London, merchant Plaistrier, J. Le, London, watch maker Russell, J. London, stationer Robinson, J. London, ship insurance-broker Read, E., and T. Baker, London, linen-drapers Rains, J. S. Wapping Wall, Middlesex, merchant Smith, C. and J. Vickridge, Middlesex, grocers Sandwell, R. B. Deal, grocer Sandback, J. Woolwich, currier Southee, G. Canterbury, grocer Still, J. otherwise John Warriner, Bristol, brassfounder Sage, J., and T. Pomfrett, Maidstone, millers Siepi, L. London, jeweller Small, J. Bristol, coach proprietor Sargent, G. Hastings, Sussex, merchant Stansfield, A. Holebottom, York, fustian-manufacturer Tett, P. Seaton, Rutland, sheep-jobber, and far mer Thackery, T., and R. Bottrell, Greenwich, linendrapers Wilcocks, E. London, ironmonger Walker, C. Brighton, stationer and jeweller Walton, B. Birmingham, merchant Walter, S. E. Madeley, Salop, printer Willie, J. Kingston-upon-Hull, brewer West, J. Leek, Stafford, corn-dealer Welch, J. Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, haberdasher. Willats, T. London, ironmonger Williams, L. London, colourman Wale, E. Sheepshead, Leicester, baker ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTCIES, announced in April 1818. SEQUESTRATIONS. Campbell, J. Kames, Isle of Bute, manufacturer of, and dealer in, slates Howie, R. Kilmarnock, haberdasher Robertson, J. late of Perth, merchant - Warren, T. jun. Kirkwall, merchant DIVIDENDS. Bathgate, J. Bellsmills, skinner; by T. Miller, merchant, Edinburgh, 1st June Dempster, R. Nairn, merchant; by J. Forsyth -writer in Forres, 2d June Douglas, J. Leith, merchant; by T. Scott, mer chant, Edinburgh, 6th May Dunbar, M. Edinburgh, milliner and dress-maker; by W. H. Brown, merchant there, 30th May Dunlop, A. Greenock, merchant; by W. Kelly, merchant, Glasgow, 29th April Jobson, D. sen. Dundee, merchant; by W. Bis. sett, merchant there, 22d May Richardson, J. and W., Hawick, wool-merchants; .by A. Lang, writer in Selkirk, ist May Sibbald, J. and Co. Leith, merchants; by J. Duncan, merchant there, 29th May Steven and Fraser, Glasgow, booksellers; by J. Imray, merchant there, 2d June Papillon, C. Glasgow, merchant; by D. Bannatyne, merchant there, 12th May Webster, A. B. St Andrews, merchant; by W. Moncrieff, banker there, 7th May Wilkin, R., Schaws of Tinwald; in the Globe Inn, Dumfries, 14th May BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. March 23.1818. In Albemarle Street, London, the Countess of Waldegrave, a daughter. 27. Lady Eleanor Lowther, lady of the Honourable Lieutenant Colonel Lowther, a son and heir. April 3. At Exeter, the lady of Sir Charles Dalrymple, a son. 4. In Upper Brook Street, London, Viscountess Ebrington, a son. 6. At Garteraig, Mrs Miller of Frankfield, a daughter. At the Briars, Mrs Archibald Douglas, a daughter. 8. At Ochtertyre, Lady Mary Murray, a son. 12. At Yester House, the Marchioness of Tweeddale, a daughter. 18. The lady of John Douglas, Esq. of Lockerby, a son. 19. In North Frederick Street, Edinburgh, Mrs Col. D. Rattray, a daughter. At George Street, Edinburgh, Mrs Major Bogle, 94th regiment, a son. At Lochmalong, the lady of Major Horsburgh, a son. 24. In Wimpole Street, London, Mrs George Arbuthnot, a son. 26. son. The Viscountess Folkestone, a 28. At Ham Common, near London, the lady of George Sinclair, Esq. younger of Ulbster, a son. 29. At Merchistoun Castle, the lady of the Hon. Captain Napier, R. N. a daughter. May 4. Mrs Campbell of Dalserf, a son. 5. At No. 28, Broughton Place, Edinburgh, Lady Campbell of Aberuchill, a son. MARRIAGES. April 7. At Cheltenham, Captain Honeyman, grenadier guards, second son of Sir William Honeyman, to Elizabeth Essex, youngest daughter of Admiral Bowen. 8. At Edinburgh, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Swinton, to Anne, daughter of the late Alexander Elphinston, Esq. 9. At London, the Hon. William Fraser, only brother of Lord Saltoun, to Elizabeth Graham, second daughter of David Macdowall Grant, Esq. of Arndilly, in the county of Banff. 10. At Edinburgh, John Boyd, Esq. Bonnington Place, to Isabella, daughter of the late John Yule, Esq. Blackdykes. 11. At London, Lieutenant-Colonel Dick, C. B., K. M. T., St. Wr. of the 42d or Royal Highlanders, to Eliza Ann, daughter of J. Macnabb, Esq. of Arthurstone, Perthshire. 14. James Lang, Esq. W. S. to Eliza, daughter of John Dickson of Kilbucho, Esq. advocate. At Mains of Aberdalgie, Mr George L. Cornfute, merchant, Glas gow, to Cecilia, only daughter of Adam Pringle, Esq. 17. Adam Pringle, Esq. to Miss Jervie, only daughter of the late Rev. Mr Jervie, Perth, 20. At Old Kilpatrick, Mr William Jaffray, merchant, Glasgow, to Mary, only surviving daughter of the late James Walker, Esq. Mount Pleasant. 21. At Fraserburgh, Dr Charles Leslie, physician, Fraserburgh, to Elizabeth, only daughter of the late William Fraser, Esq. of Memsie. At Edinburgh, Mr H. Pillans, to Jessie, only daughter of the late William Handyside, Esq. St Patrick's Square. 27. At St Rollocks, James Dunlop, jun. Esq. to Margaret, eldest daughter of Charles Tennant, Esq. 28. At Hayfield, Mr Campbell Naismith, manufacturer in Glasgow, to Margaret, daughter of Patrick Ewing, Esq. Glasgow. 30. At Edinburgh, Mr James Harper, merchant, Leith, to Miss Jane Macleod. DEATHS. Jan. 29. At his house, James Aitken, Esq. of Springfield, St Ann's, Jamaica. 31. At Demerara, aged 20, Mr Coutts Trotter, third son of Alexander Dalzell, Esq. Feb. At New York, in the 40th year of his age, Archibald Bruce, M. D. Professor of Mineralogy in the Medical Institution of that city. 24. At Newfoundland, Admiral Pickmore, Commander in Chief on that station. March 1. At the island of Gozo, Malta, in the 78th year of his age, Archibald Dalyell, Esq. Collector of his Majesty's Revenues and Chief Magistrate there, many years Governor in Chief of Cape Coast Castle, and the British settlements on the Gold Coast of Africa. 15. At Madeira, the Hon. John Perceval, eldest son of Lord Arden. 20. At Airdrie House, in the 88th year of her age, Miss Aitchison of Rochsolloch and Airdrie. At Bristol, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Balfour, of the East India Company's service, Bengal establishment. 21. At Glasgow, Dame Frances Shaw Stewart, widow of the late Sir John Shaw Stewart, Bart. of Greenock and Blackhall. 22. At Anstruther, in the 81st year of his age, after 13 years illness, Mr Daniel Conolly, late Treasurer of Crail, and formerly a serjeant in the 28th regiment of foot. He was born at Oldcastle, in Ireland, on the 17th March 1738; entered into the army at an early age, and was at the taking of Louisbourg in the year 1758, at the siege of Quebec in 1759, and on the field when the gallant General Wolfe fell. He was also at the taking of Martinico and the Havannah in 1762. In his character were united the several qualities of a good soldier, an honest man, and a pious Christian. 23. At Greenock, John Kippen, Esq. in the 76th year of his age. At Forfar, Bailie David Adam, merchant, aged 86 years. 25. At Edinburgh, Mr David Low, late of Dundee, aged 95. His wife died two years ago, aged 84, after having lived together 65 years. 26. In Lincolnshire, Sir Thomas Moncrieffe of Moncrieffe, Bart. - At Edinburgh, Mr George Wardlaw, surgeon, Royal Navy, in the 32d year of his age. 27. At Stirling, Dr Thomas Rind, aged 56. At St Andrew's, in the 41st year of his age, Mr Thomas Paton, pastor of the congregational church there. tored under the classic Ruddiman Edinburgh, he acquired an early taste for composition, and, through the patronage of the late Mr Strahan, was introduced to many of the eminent authors who flourished in his day. His critical skill as a corrector of the press led literary men to submit to the correction of style; and such was the success of Mr Preston in the construction of language, that the most distinguished among them honoured him with their friendship, as presentation copies, now in his library, of Robertson, Hume, Gibbon, Johnson, and Blair, will bear testimony. The leisure hours of this gentleman were devoted to the study of freemasonry as a science; and his "Illustrations," a work well known to the fraternity, will transmit his name with honour to posterity. At Aberdeen, the Rev. Adam Annand, Episcopal clergyman, St John's Chapel, in the 30th year of his age. April 2. At Glasgow, Claud Hamil ton, Esq. Collector of his Majesty's Customs. At Aberdeen, William Knowles, of Easter Skene, in the 81st year of his age. 3. At Delmes, near Nairn, in the 104th year of his age, John Reid, supposed to be the oldest soldier in his Majesty's dominions, having entered the service in the 2d battalion of the Royal Scots, 88 years ago. His first encounter with the enemy was in 1743 at Dettingen, where the British, under the command of the Earl of Stair, defeated the French with immense slaugh ter. In 1745, he fought at Fontenoy. In 1746 he fought with his regiment at Culloden. In 1749, he was one of the storming party at the murderous encounter at Waal in Holland, where his regiment was nearly annihilated. His last appearance in the field of honour was in 1759, on the heights of Abram, where the immortal Wolfe breathed his mighty soul in the arms of victory. His strength was such, considering his great age, that he scarcely passed a day without walking three or four miles; and, to the day of his death, was able, without the aid of glasses, to read his Bible, which afforded him exquisite delight through a long course of years. At Edinburgh, Mrs Tod, widow of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Tod of Dryburgh. - Lieutenant-Colonel Colville, in the 71st year of his age, Commandant of the Royal Hibernian Military School, Phoenix Park, Dublin. 4. At London, Mrs Robert M Brai At Morton Bank, John Thom son, Esq. aged 77. 12. At Ratho House, Mrs Christian Crawford of Cairsburn. At Gask House, Miss Tarleton, daughter of General Sir Banastre Tarleton, Bart. 13. At Edinburgh, Andrew Bell Bonar, second son of the late Thomson Bonar, Esq. merchant in Edinburgh. 14. At Aberdeen, Dr James Allan, physician to the Aberdeen Dispensary, and a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London. 15. At Edinburgh, Miss Elizabeth M. Ross, daughter of the late Lord Ankerville. 20. In Kent, Captain Peter Rolland, of the East India Company's ser. vice. At Edinburgh, at an advanced age, Mrs Penelope Watt, relict of Mr Duncan Campbell, surgeon in FortWilliam. 21. At Richmond, Surry, Captain Edward Cumming, formerly of the Honourable the East India Company's service, and brother to the late Sir A. P. Cumming Gordon of Altyre, Bart. 24. At Westfield, near Cupar, Henry Walker of Pittencrieff, Esq. 25. At Edinburgh, Mr Andrew Bell, late farmer at Hillhead, county of Edinburgh, aged 78. This gentleman was one of the few survivors who fought under the banners of the 25th, or Edinburgh regiment of foot, at the battle of Minden, where six battalions of British troops, and two of Hanove rians, beat 15,000 French. In London, Lieutenant-General Sir Albert Gledstanes. 30. At Edinburgh, Captain Henry Bevan, retired Adjutant of the Dumfries-shire militia, aged 52. At Burntsfield Links, Edin burgh, Mrs Margaret Findlay, widow of the late James Bell, Esq. Finglen, Campsie. May 2. At his house in the Admi ralty, London, Rear-Admiral Sir George Hope, K. C. B., and late one of the Lords of the Admiralty, in which he was succeeded by Sir George Cockburn. Sir George Hope was a very distinguished officer, and had been ac tively employed for many years.-He successively commanded the Thetis and Leda frigates, Theseus and Defence 74's, and in the latter ship he was at the close of the action off Trafalgar. He also served as captain of the fleet under Sir James Saumarez in the action; and, 'during the illness of that officer, had the chief command. Sir George Hope was made a Post-Captain in September 1793, and a Rear-Admiral in August 1811. Just before he relinquished his seat at the Board of Admiralty, he was made Major-General of the Marines. He was 53 years of age. Lately. At Dublin, Sir Richard Musgrave, Bart. Collector of Excise in the port of Dublin, author of the History of the Irish Rebellion, &c. In Charterhouse Square, London. Mrs Tait, wife of Mr William Tait, of St Paul's Church-yard, and daughter of Dr John Hunter, Professor of Humanity in the University of St An drews. George Ramsay and Co. Printers, Edinburgh. |