Extract of a letter from Lieutenant Clapperton to Mr Consul Warrington, dated Kano, 2d Feb. 1824:

"The melancholy task has fallen to me to report to you the ever-to-be-lamente death of my friend Dr Walter Oudney. We left Kuka on the 14th day of December 1823, and by easy journeys arrived at Bedukarfea, the westernmost town in the kingdom of Bornou. During this part of the journey he was recovering strength very fast; but on leaving Bedukarfea and entering the Beder territory, on the night of the 26th and morning of the 27th, we had such an intense cold, that the water was frozen in the dishes, and the waterskins as hard as boards. Here the poor Doctor got a severe cold, and continued to grow weaker every day. At this time he told me when he left Kuka he expected his disorder would allow him to perform all his country expected from him, but that now his death was near, and he requested me to deliver his papers to Lord Bathurst, and to say he wished Mr Barrow might have the arrangement of them, if agreeable to the wishes of his Lordship.

"On the 2d of January 1824, we arrived at the city of Katagum, where we remained till the 10th, partly to see if the Doctor, by staying a few days, would gain a little strength to pursue his journey. On leaving Katagum he rode a camel, as he was

too weak to ride his horse. We proceeded on our road for ten miles that day, and then halted, and on the following day five miles farther, to a town called Murmur. On the morning of the 12th he ordered the camels to be loaded at daylight, and drank a cup of coffee, and I assisted him to dress. When the camels were loaded, with the assistance of his servant and me he came out of his tent. I saw then that the hand of death was upon him, and that he had not an hour to live. I begged him to return to his tent and lie down, which he did, and I sat down beside him; he expired in about half an hour after.

"I sent immediately to the Governor of the town to acquaint him with what had happened, and to desire he would point out a spot where I might bury my friend, and also to have people to wash the body and dig the grave, which was speedily complied with. I had dead-clothes made from some turbans that were intended as presents; and as we travelled as Englishmen, and servants of his Majesty, I considered it my most indispensable duty to read the service of the dead over the grave, according to the rites of the Church of England, which happily was not objected to; but, on the

deal of respect for so doinrary, I was paid a good then bought two sheep, which were killed, and given to the poor; and I had a clay wall built round the grave to preserve it."

This gentleman, who died on the 17th October, before his name goes down the oblivious stream of time, merits particular notice-not on account of any superior accomplishments of mind or person, but for the singular, and in his opinion, proud and enviable distinction, that he was perhaps the last of the pure "Divine right" Scottish Jacobites. Born in a part of Scotland, where the adherents of the exiled house of Stuart prevailed almost universally, he drew in with his earliest breath those principles of unbounded attachment to that illustrious but fallen dynasty which animated his whole life, and were esteemed by him of equal, it not superior importance to the moral virtues. The rapid march of time, of opinion, and of those mighty revolutions which lately shook the fabric of social order to its foundation, passed by him unheeded, or were viewed with Sovereign contempt, when compared with the master passion of his soul; and the year 1824 found this singular being, at a very advanced age, exactly the same in manners, principles, and in dress, as were the most enthusiastic contemporary adherents of the Chevalier St. George, or Charles Edward Stuart. The wealth of Britain would have been offered in vain as the price of his allegiance, even to our present gracious Sovereign. As no earthly consideration could shake the steady purpose of his soul, so he viewed with inexpressible indignation the "apostacy" of others,

and deemed them alike unworthy of his own forgiveness and of that of Heaven. The finelydrawn character of the daring and chivalrous Redgauntlet is now no fiction of a poetic imagination. Although no warrior, indeed, our friend possessed a loyalty as devoted, as disinterested, and certainly as persevering as that of the loftyminded Lord of the Solway. We have said that Mr Hacket persevered in his principles of Jacobitism to a patriarchal age-and how could it be otherwise? Seated in his arm-chair, in his snug, well-arranged parlour, wherever he turned his eye, the countenance of a Royal Stuart beamed full upon him, and with benignant looks seemed to encourage his perseverance in the best of causes, and to beckon him to realms of eternal day, where no rebel dare shew his Satanic visage.

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Mr Hacket's small parlour was hung round with portraits, as large as life, of the latter Princes of the House of Stuart, with one exception. roguish picture-dealer had induced him to purchase a Queen Elizabeth in place of a Queen Mary. When Mr H. discovered this cheat, (for he was no great connoisseur in pictures), he endeavoured to exchange the hated daughter of Tudor for the lovely Queen of Scots. Baffled in this attempt, and unwilling to permit so large a blank in his parlour, he placed Queen Elizabeth in a situation where he might daily have the pleasure of turning his back upon her.

Died, October 4, at his father's house, in Arbroath, after a protracted illness, in the prime of life, David Carey, Esq., known to the public by the elegance and versatility of his literary talents, and esteemed by his friends for the ingenuousness

and benevolence of his disposition, and the purity and integrity of his character. His short life, spent in acquiring and dispensing knowledge, is deserving of commemoration, as it is interesting to learning and to benevolence. When he had finished his

Achool education, he was appointed to assist his father, a respectable manufacturer, in the manage. ment of his business; but the aspirations of ambition, and the visions of fame, which he had early cherished, with all the ardour of youthful enthusiasm, determined him to embrace the profession of literature. On coming to Edinburgh, to have his name enrolled among the writers of verse, with legitimate credentials, he found his way to Mr Constable, the liberal patron of young men of genius, aspiring to literary distinction, who invited him to take a temporary charge of a department of his business, allied, in some degree, to the profession of literature. A desire of extending his knowledge of the world, and of assuming the precarious avocation of an author by profession, induced him, soon after, to repair to London, where he obtained, through several gradations, the direction of various departments of the periodical

press.

The ability he displayed in advocating the mea sures of the Whig-party, whose side he espoused, drew on him the attention of Mr Windhain, who sought his acquaintance, admitted him to his confidence, and requited his services by offering him an office at the Cape-of-Good-Hope, which, at the height of his expectations, he thought unworthy of his acceptance. On the change of Ministry, without a single expectation accomplished or design fulfilled, he consoled himself and his patrons by exposing the intrigues and censuring the mea sures of the new administration in a satirical poem, "Ins and Outs, or the State of Parties, by Chrononhotonthologos." 8vo. 1807; dedicated to Lord Grenville. Of this seasonable pamphlet, two large editions were bought up in a few weeks. On the establishment of the "Inverness Journal," in 1807, he was invited, on the recommendation of Mr Constable, to undertake the office of Editor, which he discharged, under many disadvantages, during a space of five years, with the general approbation of the country. Previous to his relinquishing the management of the Journal, in the prosperity of which he was not permitted to share, he printed at the Journal press " Craig-Phadric, a descriptive poem; Visions of Sensibility; with Legendary Tales, and Occasional Pieces;" 8vo. 1811; dedicated to Lord Seaforth, with historical Notes; a tribute, chiefly, of gratitude for the kindness and hospita

lity of his Highland friends and neighbours. He conducted the "Boston Gazette" during a considerable part of 1812; and returning, finally, to London, renewed his connexion with the public journals, and his commerce with the venders of literature. With the exception of a short visit to Paris, on some literary speculation, at a subsequent period, his labours, from this time, were not interrupted by any casual adventure, and only diversified by the succession of temporary obcurren

ces.

At length, weary of perpetual struggles, agitated by reiterated disappointments, and feeling himself every day declining in a hopeless de cay, he returned, with a calm resignation, to the home of his infancy, to receive the attentions of parental affection; and sinking gradually, without suffering, during eighteen months, expired, where he drew his first breath, when he had scarcely completed his forty-second year,

Besides the poems above-mentioned, he cotributed largely to The Poetical Magazine, or the Temple of the Muses", consisting chiefly of original Poems, 2 vols. 8vo. 1804, of which he was the editor; and printed, separately and sus cessively, the following poems, generally distinguished by an agreeable combination of sentiment and imagery, purity and feeling, elegance and harmony: The Pleasures of Nature," in 12mo. 1802, The Reign of Fancy, a Poem, with Notes; Lyric Tales, &c." 12mo. 1804; "Poems, chiefly Amatory," 12mo. 1807; "The Lord of the De sert, Sketches of Scenery, Foreign and Domestic Odes, and other Poems," 12mo. 1821. The following works of fiction, also, proceeded from his versatile and prolific pen: "The Secrets of the Castle, a Novel," 2 vols. 12mo. 1813; "Lochiel, or the Field of Culloden, a Novel," 3 vols 12mo. 1821; founded on the catastrophe of the northern rebellion, and exhibiting a vivid picture of local scenery, and a faithful representation of Highland society and manners.

In recording these circumstances of the life of this elegant poet and agreeable novelist, so prematurely closed, the painful reflection is unavoidable, that the profession of literature, by which emolument and fame are sometimes obtained, neither augmented his prosperity and self-happiness, nor averted the doom of descending in obscurity to the grave.

BIRTHS.

1824. Aug. 8. At St. Croix, West Indies, the Lady of Joseph Bushby, Esq. a son.

Sept. 15. At his Lordship's house. at Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, the Lady of Lord Francis Leveson Gower, M. P. a son.

21. At Inverugie, Mrs Stuart, a daughter.

23. At Banchory, the Lady of Lieut-Colonel Wood, a son.

24. Mrs Dr Fletcher, Irvine, a son.

-At Paradise House, near Castletown, Isle of Man, the Lady of General Cumming, a son.

26. At Losset, Mrs Macneal of Ugadale, a daughter.

Oct. 3. At North Berwick manse, Mrs Balfour Graham, a son.

4. At Heriot Row, Edinburgh, Mrs Mackenzie, of Inverinate, a daughter.

-At Campsall Park, the Lady of Sir Joseph Radcliffe, Bart. a son and heir.

-At 9, Albany-Street, Edinburgh, Mrs Cargill, a daughter.

6. At Edinburgh, Mrs Borthwick, younger of Crookston, a son.

-At Waterford, thejwife of Capt. Dunn, R. N.

a son.

8. In Portland Place, London, the Lady of M. Stewart Nicolson, Esq. a daughter.

-In Charlotte-Street, Edinburgh, the Lady of William Dermer, Esq. a son.

9. At Edinburgh, the Lady of William Ogilvy, Esq. younger of Chesters, a son.

11. At Glasgow, the Lady of Captain Taylor, Hon. East India Company's service, a daughter. 12. Mrs Knowles, of Kirkville, a daughter. -At Edinburgh, the Lady of Norman Lockhart, Esq. a daughter.

-Mrs Mackenzie Ross, of Aldie, a son.

-At Gogar House, the Lady of A. Maitland Gibson, younger of Cliftonhall, Esq. a son.

16. At Ballinaby, Mrs Campbell, a daughter. 19. At Whim, the Lady of Archibald Montgo mery, Esq. a son

At Warriston Crescent, Edinburgh, Mrs Carmichael, a daughter

20. At Edinburgh, the Lady of Lieut.-General Sir John Hope, G.C.B. a son.

-At Glorat, the Lady of Capt. Stirling, a son. 25. In Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, the Lady of Charles Wake, Esq. a son.

-At Heriot Row, Edinburgh, the Lady of Alex. Norman Macleod, Esq. a daughter.

24. Mrs Johnston, of Sands, a son.

25. At Edinburgh, the Lady of Alex. Deans, Esq. Master in Chancery in the island of Jamaica, a daughter.

26. At Rose Park, Mrs Dunbar, a son, 27. At Edinburgh, the Lady of William L. White, Esq. advocate, a son.

Lately. At Stirling, the Lady of John Fraser, Esq. advocate, a daughter.

-At Geddes House, the Lady of Wm. Mackintosh, Esq. of Geddes, a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

ser, to Cecile, only daughter of the late Count de Jullienne.

Sept. 14. At Fenwick, James Wylie, Esq. of Gameshill, to Jean, second daughter of Mr John Kerr, Stewarton.

23. At the house of the British Ambassador, at Paris, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. James Knox, son of Viscount Northland, to Mary Louisa, eldest daughter of Edward Taylor, of Bifrons, in the county of Kent, Esq. and niece to Major-General Sir Herbert Taylor.

27. At Montrose, the Rev. John Wood, A. M., to Annabella, second daughter of Capt. Bryden, of that place.

At Dublin, the Rev. W. H. Drummond, D. D. minister of the Presbyterian Church of Strand-Street, to Miss Catharine Blackly, daughter of the late Robert Blackly, Esq. of LurganStreet.

28. Lord Henry Seymour Moore, only brother to the Marquis of Drogheda, to Mary, second daughter of Sir Henry Parnell, Bart. M. P. for the Queen's county, and niece of the Marquis of Bute and Earl of Portarlington.

Oct. 4. At Edinburgh, William Henry Dowbiggin, Esq. to Georgina, fourth daughter of the Hon. William Maule, of Panmure, M. P.

-At Riccarton, William Kaye, of the Middle Temple, Esq. Barrister at Law, to Mary Cecilia, eldest daughter of James Gibson Craig, of Riccarton, Esq.

At Glasgow, Thomas Galbraith Logan, Esq. M. D. Surgeon of the 5th dragoon guards, to Mrs Marion Ann Snodgrass, relict of John Buchanan, Esq. of Radrishmore.

At Aberdeen, William Forbes Robertson, Esq. of Hazlehead, to Helen, youngest daughter of James Hadden, Esq.

5. At Dedham, Margaret, second daughter of the late Major General Borthwick, of the Royal Artillery, to George Round, Esq. of Lexden, near Colchester.

-At Hampton Court, the Hon. and very Rev. the Dean of Windsor, to Charlotte Selina, second daughter of Richard Moore, Esq. of Hampton Court Palace.

- At Edinburgh, Peter Clarke Gibson, Esq. surgeon, to Catherine, second daughter of the late John McKenzie, Esq. of Strathgarve.

-At Hermitage Place, Leith, Mr Ebenezer Watson, to Isabella, daughter of W. Thorburn, Esq. — John Lewis Graham Balfour, Esq. W. S. to Alexis, eldest daughter of Charles Mercer, Esq. Allan Park, Stirling.

-At Millfield, Haddington, Peter Crooks, Esq. W.S. to Marion, daughter of Mr Peter Dods.

- Alexander Warrand, Esq. Madras medical establishment, to Emilia Mary Davidson, second daughter of H. R. Duff, Esq. of Muirtown, Inverness-shire.

6. At Elgin, William M. MacAndrew, Esq. merchant in Lisbon, to Anne, second daughter of Mr Forsyth, bookseller in Elgin.

11. At Dalserf, James Bruce, of Broomhill, Esq. to Janet, third daughter of William Jamieson, Esq. merchant in Glasgow.

12. At Garngad Hill, Dr M. S. Buchanan, to Agnes, youngest daughter of William Leechman, Esq. merchant, Glasgow.

-At Edinburgh, Dr Andrew Turnbull, to Margaret, third daughter of George Young, Esq. accountant of Excise.

-At Mayfield, Lieut. William Bremner, of the 24th regiment, Madras army, to Georgina Huntly, fourth daughter of the late James Robertson, of Mayfield, Esq. W. S.

13. At Aberdeen, Major J. S. Sinclair, royal artillery, to Euphemia, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Buchan, Esq. of Auchmacoy.

-At London, Henry Lyster, Esq. of Rowton Castle, in the county of Salop, to Lady Charlotte Barbara Ashley Cooper, daughter of the Earl of Shaftesbury.

14. At London, Charles Murray, Esq. of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, third son of Major-General John Murray, late Lieutenant-Governor of Demerara, to Frederica Jane, second daughter of the late Frederick Groves, Esq.

16. Christopher James Magnay, Esq. of College Hill, eldest son of Alderman Magnay, to Caroline, third daughter of Sir Charles Flower, Bart. of Mill Hill, Middlesex.

-At Guernsey, James Cockburn, Esq. to Maria

Louisa, eldest daughter of the late Wm. Corbin, Esq. of Guernsey.

Oct. 18. At Sundrum, the Rev. George Colville, minister of Kilwinning, to Janet Maria, daughter of the late Alex. Macdougal, Esq.

-At Woodhill, James Hadden, jun. Esq. to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of George Hogarth, Esq. of Woodhill.

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By the Rev. J. Temple, A. M., domestic chaplain to the Right Hon. the Earl of Dalhousie, James Hamilton, Esq. of Bangour, to Mary, third daughter of the Hon. Wm. Maule, of Panmure, M. P.

19. Captain Robert Gordon, of the 45th regi. ment, to Miss Anne Gordon, only daughter of John Gordon, Esq. W. S. 61, Frederick-Street.

At Edinburgh, Hugh Craig, Esq. Wallace Bank, Kilmarnock, to Isabella, eldest daughter of the Rev. James Porteous.

20. At Edinburgh, Mr Wm. Finch, merchant, Louisiana, to Janet, second daughter of the late Mr Alex. Tweedie, merchant, Edinburgh.

-At Edinburgh, Mr Thomas Thomson, merchant, Louisiana, to Isabella, third daughter of the late Mr Alex. Tweedie, merchant, Edinburgh.

21. At London, Sir P. Musgrave, Bart. M. P. Edenhall, to Miss Fluyder, niece to the Countess of Lonsdale.

-At London, John Lister Kaye, Esq. eldest son of Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart. to Miss Arbuthnot, niece to the Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot and of the Bishop.

27. At Balmungie, James Lumsdaine, of Lathallan, Esq. to Sophia, eldest daughter of William Lindsay, Esq. of Balmungie.

Lately. At Dublin, the Rev. Arthur Irwin to Jemima, eldest daughter of the late Athmuhty Richardson, of Richmont, county of Longford, Esq.

1822. Sept. 27. At Wilet Medinet, a day's journey from Senaar, from whence he was proceeding in an attempt to penetrate up to the source of the Bahr Colitaid, Capt. Robert James Gordon, R. N. who had often distinguished himself during the late war. He was third son of Capt. Gordon, of Everton, near Bawtry. His death adds ano. ther victim to the melancholy list of those who have perished in the cause of African discovery.

1824. Feb. 11. Near Sumbulpore, in the prime of life, Lieut. Adam Davidson, of the 11th regiment Bengal native infantry, youngest son of the late Robert Davidson, Esq. of Pinnaclehill.

June 1. At Madras, Mrs Isabella Allan, wife of P. Cleghorn, Esq. barrister at law, and Registrar of the Supreme Court of Madras.

12. At Calcutta, Sir John Macdonald, K.C.B. a Lieutenant-General in the Hon. Company's service, aged 76. His remains were interred on the 18th in the evening, between five and six o'clock, attended by his Excellency the Commander in Chief, all the General Staff, and a large body of civilians, who assembled to pay the last tribute of respect to one of the oldest officers of the Hon. Company's service in India,,

July 21. At Acra, west coast of Africa, Alexander Mackay Geddes, M. D. Assistant Surgeon Royal African colonial corps, youngest son of John Geddes, Esq. late of the Adjutant-General's department, North Britain.

Aug. 9. In Davidson county, North Carolina, Mr Barnet Weir, aged about 120 years. He was a native of Germany, but had been an inhabitant of Davidson county as far back as the oldest inhabitant could recollect.

11. At Missolonghi, Lord Charles Murray, youngest son of the Duke of Atholl.

Sept. 7. Captain James Ellis, aged 79 years, the oldest Commander in the navy. Previous to the breaking out of the late war, he was First Lientenant of the Arethusa, and was wounded in the celebrated action with the Belle Poule, in June 1778, after which the Arethusa was sent to Portsmouth to refit. For his conduct in that action