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School 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 enthu siasm, 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

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The ability he displayed in advocating the mea sures of the Whig-party, whose side he espoused, drew on him the attention of Mr Windham, 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 measures 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 pocm; 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 occurren At length, weary of perpetual struggles, agitated by reiterated disappointments, and feeling himself every day declining in a hopeless decay, 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.

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Besides the poems above-mentioned, he contributed 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 successively, 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 Desert, 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. 1815; "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, MARRIAGES, DEATHS.

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, the wife 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 Aldic, a son.

Oct. 12. At Dinan, France, Mrs Ralston of Tower-hill, a daughter.

15. At Edinburgh, Mrs Baillie, of Culterallers,

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. Mackin. tosh, Esq. of Geddes, a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

1824. Aug. At Fredericktown, New Brunswick, Major M'Nair, of the 52d light infantry, to Miss Eleanor Stansur, daughter of the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia.

Sept. At London, Captain Alexander Fraser, royal engineers, eldest son of Vice-Admiral Fra

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.-Co.onel 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, daugh ter 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, Wiliam 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 M'Kenzie, 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 Daiserf, 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.

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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.

11. 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.

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 regiment, 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. Tweedic, 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, nicce 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 Arbuth not 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 Athinuhty Richardson, of Riclimont, county of Longford, Esq.

At St. Mary-le-bonne Church, London, Richard Ford, Esq. of Gloucester Place, to Harriet, daughter of the Earl of Essex.

At St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, London, Philip Macpherson, of the 30th foot, to Caroline Maria, eldest daughter of E. Barnette, Esq. of New BondStreet.

DEATHS.

1822. Sept. 27. At Wilet Medinet, a day's jour ney 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 another 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 Lieutenant 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

he was made a Commander, and commanded the Orestes.

Sept. 10. At Copenhagen, Mr Rothe, aged 94, father of the bookselling trade in Denmark, and most probably of Europe. He came originally from Germany, and edited the works of Klopstock. -At Carskey, Lieut.-Colonel Malcolm Macneil of Carskey.

11. At Walton, near Liverpool, David Graham, Esq. the last surviving son of the late Robert Graham, Esq. of Fintry.

20. At Geneva, Miss Robina Burnside, niece of the late Col. Robert Wright, of Charlotte Square, Edinburgh.

-At Langdales, in the parish of Ainstable, Mrs Isabella Hogarth, aged 103 years. She was attended to the grave by no fewer than 46 greatgrand-children.

22. At Forth-Street, Edinburgh, Margaret Anne, eldest daughter of the late John Thomson, Esq.

23. At Bath, Captain Brathwaite Christie, late of the 5th dragoon guards, third son of the late Admiral Christie of Baberton.

23. At Troon, Lieut. Bowie, R. N. and Commander of the Duke of Portland's yacht.

-At Gunton, Norfolk, the Right Hon. Georgina Lady Suffield, wife of the Right Hon. Edward Lord Suffield, and only child of the late Right Hon. Geo. Edward Venables Lord Vernon.

In Belmont, in his thirty-second year, Braithwaite Christie, Esq. third son of the late Admiral Alexander Christie, of Baberton, county of MidLothian, North Britain, being just compelled, by an obstinate and painful disease, to exchange for half pay a troop in the 5th regiment of dragoon guards, of which he arrived to be the senior captain. Attached to the service from a boy, his gallantry and perseverance, in arduous trials, were conspicuous during the campaigns of the Peninsula, and at the battle of Waterloo. He was aidde camp to Sir William Ponsonby, and, on the fall of that distinguished General, was instantly again advanced to the staff, by Sir Denis Pack, whose confidence and friendship he always enjoyed.

26. At Inverary, Mrs Elizabeth Campbell, relict of Provost Lachlan Campbell.

- At Chelsea, after a short illness, Henry Cooper, Esq. barrister.

27. At his father's house, in the 30th year of his age, David Bogue, of the Inner Temple, London, son of the Rev. Dr Bogue, of Gosport.

-At Ardeer House, Patrick Warner, Esq. of Ardeer, and late of the R. N.

29. At Dunse, the Rev. Andrew Davidson, senior pastor of the second United Associate Congregation there, in the 86th year of his age, and 54th of his ministry.

-At Loudham Hall, Suffolk, Lady Sophia Macdonald, wife of James Macdonald, Esq. M.P. -At Greenwich, the Lady of Captain James Ross, H. E. C. S.

-At Barwhinnock, George Douglas Macmillan, Esq. late of Kingston, Jamaica.

30. At Helensburgh, John Bartholomew, Esq. of Cotton Hall, merchant, Glasgow.

At Tarbolton, in the 79th year of his age, universally regretted, Captain Robert Cowan, late of the Royal Scots Greys, in which regiment he served with distinguished merit, for the very long period of upwards of 13 years.

Oct. 1. Mary, widow of John Stockdale, bookseller, Piccadilly, in her 76th year.

2. At Muttonhole, Mr J. Mann, vintner, aged 62. -At Shawhill, John Carlyle, Esq. -At Airdrie, Mrs Erskine, of Airdrie.

3. At his father's house, Tomperran, Perthshire, Alex. M'Laren, Esq. late of Manchester. -William Marshall, Esq. Perth.

-At Edinburgh, Esther, the wife of the Rev. Christopher Anderson.

1. At Hawick, Mr George Waldic, merchant. --At Arbroath, in his 42d year, David Carey, Esq.

5. At Stirling, Alexander, aged four years and six months; and, on the same day, William Fraser, aged two years and five months, both sons of Mr Alexander Blackadder, civil engineer, Allan

Park. Twelve years ago, in the same month of the year, two sons of the same gentleman, of the same names, and of similar ages, died within twenty-four hours of each other, of the same disorder.

Oct. 6. At Edinburgh, Robert Wellwood, second son of Robert Clarke, of Comrie, Esq.

-At Edinburgh, the Rev. Robert Elliot, Reetor of Wheldrake and Huggate, in Yorkshire. At Kirkton, near Dumbarton, Mr Robert Knox, late merchant in Glasgow, in the 90th year of his age.

7. At Stockbridge, Mr George Mitchell, merchant, Leith.

- Mr J. Otridge, bookseller, of the Strand, London, aged 55.

8. At Woodhill, Robert Miln, Esq. of Woodhill. 9. At Falkirk, Miss Helen Scott, daughter of the late David Scott, Esq. of Netherbenholm. -At Kingston, East Lothian, William Lawrie, Esq.

At the Barracks, Chichester, Capt. M'Iver, 98th foot.

10. At Whitehill, the wife of John Robison, Esq. Coates Crescent.

11. At Inverleith House, James Rocheid, Esq. of Inverleith.

-At Coblentz, of apoplexy, his Excellency Baron Thielman, General of cavalry, and Commander in Chief of the Prussian provinces on the Rhine.

12. At Edinburgh, Nathan Mills, printer, aged 75, a native of Boston, North America. At the evacuation of that town by the British troops he accompanied the army as editor and printer, and published a newspaper under the title of the Mas sachusetts Gazette, against which a severe edict was issued, prohibiting its being brought into the State. His custom was to express himself in severe terms against his countrymen for throwing off their allegiance to the British Government, which he always termed the parent country. It may be some consolation to his relatives and friends to know that he was well attended to during the time of his trouble, under which he evinced a great degree of patience and resignation.

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15. At Ballinrobe, in Ireland, Mary, wife of John M'Robert, Esq. M.D. Surgeon in the 10th hussars 16. At Malahide, aged 98 years, John Haig, Esq. M.D., late Physician to the Forces at Cork. truly skilful and zealous officer began his career under Admiral Saunders, in the Mediterranean, where (although then a very young man) he had sufficient nerve to inoculate the Dey of Algiers ; an operation previously unknown to these semibarbarians; a race, whose conduct, in case of failure, no man could calculate on: in fact, he operated with a drawn scymeter over his head! The Emperor of Morocco was also his patient. Dr Haig served his country in the reigns of George II., HI., and IV., and has left two most amiable children (females) behind him.

17. At Edinburgh, in his 84th year, Mr Alexander Hacket, formerly of Fraserburgh.

Lately, after a short illness, the Princess Kutusow Smolenski, widow of Field Marshal Blucher. -At Haining, Mr George Bowie, late merchant in Kilmarnock, aged 68 years.

- At his house, Keir Street, Edinburgh, suddenly, Mr Robert Pasley, session-clerk of St. Cuthbert's parish.

At 32, Bishopsgate-Within, London, Hugh Blair Finlay, bookseller, stationer, and librarian, in the 27th year of his age.

-At Dublin, the Rev. Benjamin McDowall, D.D. senior minister of the Scots Church, Mary's Abbey.

-At North Shields, while sitting alone writing a letter, Mr W. Richardson, notary public, the elegant translator of the Odes of Anacreon, and author of several works of genius.

- At London, Viscountess Templeton.

At Bath, the Hon. Sarah Jones, youngest daughter of the late Viscount Ranelagh.

At York, Elizabeth Elgin, a poor widow, in the 102d year of her age. Her mother lived to be 103 years old, and her grandmother attained the still greater age of 104.

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