and, at the inftance of the lady and her friends, a fecond marriage took place. The parties were regularly afked in the church of St George's, Hanover-square, in the month of November laft, and on the 5th of December they were again united, according to the ceremonies of the church of England, under the names of Auguftus Frederick, and Augufta Murray.-Prince Auguftus is twenty-one years of age-Lady Augusta Murray is approaching thirty.

Jan. 27. At Edinburgh, Mr George Crawford merchant Glasgow, to Mifs Mary Wilfon, daughter of Wm Wilfon of Wilfontown, Efq. 28. At Glasgow, Capt. David Denny, to Mifs Charlotte Oliphant, daughter of the Rev. Mr James Oliphant, minifter at Dumbarton, Feb. 3. At Glasgow, W. H. Barrowftown, Efq; to Mifs Robertfon, daughter of Mr J. Robertfon, one of the magiftrates of Glasgow. 7. At Edinburgh, Dr Andrew Wilson, phyfician in Kelfo, to Mifs Margaret Scott, eldest daughter of R. Scott, Efq; of Orchard.

13. The Hon. Capt. Francis Gray, to Mifs Mary-Ann Johnstone, daughter of Major Johnstone.

14. At Edinburgh, Mr. John M'Kerrel of London, to Mifs C. Harvey, youngest daughter of the deceased Dr J. Harvey physician in London.

17. John Connel, Efq; advocate, to Mifs Margaret Campbell, daughter of the Right Hon. the Lord Prefident of the Court of Seffion.

19. At London, John Minet Fector, Efq; of Updown, to Mifs Mary Lawrie, only daughter of Sir Robert Lawrie, Bart. of Maxwelton.

22. Lewis M'Kenzie, Efq; eldeft fon of Sir Roderick M'Kenzie, Bart. to Mifs Lockhart, daughter of the late Thomas Lockhart, Efq; Commiffioner of Excife.

24. At Edinburgh, William Grant of Congalton, Efq; to Mifs Dorothea Dalrymple, daughter of the deceafed Hew Dalrymple of Nunraw, Efq.

DEATHS.

On the 15th November laft, in Jamaica, Mr James Gardiner of Glasgow, after a refi dence of 30 years.

Colonel Danfey, who was appointed to the command at Cape Nichola Mole, in the ifland of Hifpaniola, was, in November laft, attacked with a fever, which, in fix days, termina ted his valuable life.

At Jamaica, on 6th December, Mr George Porteous, fecond fon of the Rev. Dr Porteous, Glasgow.

At Barbadoes, 12th December last, Lieut. Charles M'Gahen of the 21ft foot.

In the East Indies, on the 22d Auguft, Lieut. Alexander Gordon, fecond fon of the late William Gordon of Nethermuir.

At Jamaica, Benjamin Downie of Bellsdike, Stirlingshire.

Jan. 18. At Dundee, Mrs Miller, wife of Mr R. Miller, bookseller.

21. Mifs Margaret M'Culloch of Forhoufkie.

22. Mifs Anna Maxwell, fecond daughter of the Rev. Mr Maxwell, minifter of New Machar.

23. At Dumfries, James Gordon, Efq; of Jamaica.

24. At Wilton-abbey, the Right Hon. Henry Herbert, Earl of Pembroke; his Lordship was Lord Lieutenant of the county of Wilts, Governor of Portsmouth, High Stewart of Salisbury, a General in the army, and Colonel of the ift regt: of dragoons. His Lordship married Elizabeth Spencer, daughter to the late Duke of Marlborough. His only furviving iffue is Lord Herbert, who Tucceeds him in the titles.

24. At his feat in Yorkshire, Sir Charles Hotham, K. B. a General of his Majesty's forces.

At the manfe of Galfamond, the Rev. Dr William M'Cleish.

26. At Glasgow, Mr John Cumming mer. chant there.

27. In Caithnefs, Mr John Grant. At Aberdeen, Mifs Janet More. 29. At Ardgarton, Capt. Archibald Camp, bell.

Feb 1. At Inverness, Mr John Ogilvie late a land-waiter there.

At Lennel houfe, Mr William Brydone, only fon of P. Brydone, Efq.

2. John Dewar, youngest fon of Mr Dewar of Vogrie.

At Dundee, Mr John Speed, merchant. 3. At Dundee, Mrs Ramfay, wife to Mr James Guild.

At Brechin, Mr David Lindsay schoolmafter there.

16. Edward Witts, youngest fon of E. Witts, Efq; George's fquare.

At Dura, Mifs Mary Boyne. The Rev. James Lyell of the Scotch epifcopal communion.

Mrs Elizabeth Randall, relict of Mr James Fotheringham in Kirkwall.

At Dumfries, Mr John Wilfon merchant. 19. At Newton-Don, Mrs Mary Don, daughter of the deceased Sir Alexander Don.

At Paifley, Mrs Mary Thomson, wife of the Rev. John Finlay, one of the ministers of Paisley.

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At his house in Palace-Yard, the Moft Noble Henry Fynes Pelham Clinton, Duke of Newcaftic, Earl of Lincoln, and Knight of the Moft Noble Order of the Garter, born April 20. 1728. He married, October 6. 1744, Catharine, eldest and only furviving daughter of the Right Hon. Henry Pelham, late Prime Minifter, brother to the late Duke of Newcattle, and second coufin to the late Duke of Rutland. His Grace never spoke after he was attacked by a stroke of the pally on Wednefday laft. He is fucceeded in his title and eftates by his only fon, Thomas Earl of Lincoln, a Major-General in the army, Colonel of the 17th regiment of dragoons, and reprefentative in Parliament for Eaft Retford.The prefent Duke of Newcastle, born July 1762, married January 25, 1782, Maria, younget daughter of the late Earl of Harrington, by whom he has iffue Anna-Maria, born Auguft 1, 1789, John Pelham, now Earl of Lin

coln, born January 31. 1785, three other fons, and a daughter.

By the death of his Grace, the following places under Government become vacant: A ribbon of the order of the Garter, Lord Lieutenant and Cuftos Rotulorum of Nottinghamfhire; Steward, Keeper, and Guardian of the foreft of Sherwood and park of Tolwood, in the county of Nottingham; High Steward of Westminster and Eaft Retford; President of the Westminster Hofpital; Comptroller of the Customs in the port of London, (the representatives of the late Earl of Guilford have the reverfion of this place); and the Auditor of the Exchequer, (the falary of which will now be 4000l. in place of the former emoluments.) 23. At Edinburgh, Mr James Playfair, architect in London.

At Edinburgh, Mrs Jean Patullo, daughter of J. Patullo of Kinnocktree. At Leith, Mr Patrick Millar, mer

chant.

At Woolwich, in his 96th year, Dr Irwin, Surgeon-General to the Ordnance. 24. At London, Sir John Sebright, Bart. a General, and Colonel of the 18th regt. of foot. At Aberdeen, Mrs Jane Innes, wife of Mr George More merchant.

25. At Perth, William Small of Kindrogan, writer there.

26. At Edinburgh, Mr Jofeph Lauchlan, merchant.

27. Sir Francis Drake, Master of the King's Household, and Keeper of Dartmore forest. Sir William Burnaby, Bart. Captain in

the Navy.

The Hon. and Right Rev. Dr Cornwallis, Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry, is appointed Dean of Durham.

The Hon. and Right Rev. Dr Sutton, Bifhop of Norwich, to be Dean of Windfor.

Fcb. 6. The Right Rev. Dr Maddan, Bifhop of Bristol, is tranflated to the See of Peterborough.

8. John Hunter, Efq; is appointed Captain General, and Governor in chief of the territory of New South Wales.

The Marquis of Abercorn is appointed one of his Majefty's Moft Hon. Privy Council in Ireland.

The Hon. Mifs Cathcart, fifter to Lord Cathcart, is appointed Maid of Honour to the Queen, in the room of Mifs J. Digby, who has retired.

The Marquis of Worcester, Vice Chamberlain to the King.

General Grenville, Out-ranger of Windfor Little Park.

PRO

PROMOTIONS.

War Office, January 25.

81ft foot. Maj. Gen. Albemarle Bertie, from the Ift foot guards, to be Colonel. Maj. John Lewis, from the 64th foot, to be Lieutenant Colonel. Capt. Boyd Manningham, from 39th foot, to be Major. January 28.

Gen. Sir William Auguftus Pitt, to be Governor of the garrison of Portsmouth.

Ift. reg. drag. Maj. Gen. Ph. Goldsworthy, to be Colonel. Lieut. Col. Garth of 2d drag. guards to be Lieutenant Colonel.

7th drag. guards. Maj. Dunne to be Lieu tenant Colonel. Capt. Mahon from the 5th dragoons to be Major.

29th foot. Capt. Hugh Dickfon to be Major.

41ft foot. Capt. William Thomas to be Major, vice Ellis.

49th foot. Major James Grant to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Danfey deceafed. Capt. Thomas Gibson to be Major, vice Grant.

SCOTS BRIGADE.

ift bat. Lieut. Col. Commandant, George Cunningham.-Major, Alexander Hume.Captains, Sir James Baird, Bart; Alexander Scott; Robert Montgomery; Thomas Vincent Reynolds; Patrick Ewing.-Captain Lieutenant, James Urquhart.

2d Bat. Lieut. Col. Commandant, Frederick Halket.-Major, John Stedman.-Captains, David Douglafs; John Cameron; William Ramfay; James Munro; John Ramsay.

3d Bat. Lieut. Col. Commandant, Ilay Ferrier.-Major, George Lind.-Captains, Colin Dundas Graham; James Durham; Thomas Meyrick; Alexander Cameron; Duncan Drummond.

STAFF.

Licut. Col. J. Amherst of the 10th foot, to be Deputy Adj. General of the forces in S. Britain.

Lieut. Col. A. Rofs of 76th, to be Aid-duCamp to the king.

Major Charles Crawford, of the 2d dragoon guards, to be Deputy Adjutant General to the forces on the Continent, under the command of his Royal Highness the Duke of York.

BREVET.

Capt. Sir James Baird, of the Scotch Brigade, to be Major in the army.

Capt. James Robertfon of the Marines, to be Major in the army.

Feb. 21. His Majefty has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant Colonel, his Royal Highncfs Prince William to be Colonel in the army. Army in Ireland. Colonel, the Hon. H. E. Fox, from 38th, to be Colonel commandant of a new regiment. Lieut. Colonel Commandant Finche's regiment of foot. Capt. Marcus Beresford to be first Major. (Second Edition.)

SCOTS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SCOTS

SIR,

E

MAGAZINE.

THE eleventh century, notwithstanding its profound ignorance, gave birth to the poets who wrote in Roman, that is, in the corrupted Roman language, which had become the vulgar tongue.

They made themselves more known in the twelfth century, under the names of Inventors, Story-tellers Singers, and Jugglers. Their works were void of rule, fublimity, and correctnefs; but they poffeffed fimplicity, ingenpoufnefs, and 3 fometimes agreeable ftrokes of wit.

Thefe fparks of poetry appear chiefly in the two extremities of the kingdom, Provence and Picardy With the poeti cal flame, a fpirit of gallantry was diffufed through France. In Provence there VOL. LVI.

was the famous Court of Love; and Picardy, its rival, had its Sports and Paftimes under the Elm.

The Troubadours, whom we have above called Inventors, compofed fome comedies, of which there is only one left, entituled, Del Heregia del Preyres, Of the Herefy of Priefs. The author's name was Anfelm Faidit, a man of pleasure, who carried off from a convent a young lady of quality. He afterwards married her. They paffed their time in travelling from one court to another, where fuch guests were always welcome.

The fourteenth century produced fewer poets than the preceding ages. The fhortnefs of the reign of Philip the Long, was an irreparable lofs to the provençal poetry. In this century we find one targic poet, Parafols, a native of Limofin, or of Cifteron, who compofed five beautiful tragedies on the fubject of the atchievements of Jane Queen of Naples.

In the fifteenth century, the hiftory, properly speaking, of the French Theatre commences. The oldeft plays we have of this period are, The Myfteries of Religion. It was not then accounted profanation to introduce facred fubjects upon the ftage. This proceeded partly from the low ideas men entertained of thofe things, and partly from the cuftom of reprefentation in divine fervice. A play was, indeed, only a fupplement to that fervice, and was even ufually acted in the church-yards or burryinggrounds

About the middle of this fifteenth century, John Michel compofed a play which confifted of an hiftorical feries of the life of Jefus Chrift, from his baptifm

to

to his refurrection. It is not divided into acts, nor have the fcenes any connection. When the perfonages on the stage had faid what they meant to say, they retired, and others came on, who difcourfed on quite another fubject. After a fufficient number of scenes, the day ended, without any other reason but that they had spoken a certain length of time; the fpectators departed, and the next day as much more was exhibited. This employed feveral days.

Most of the plays of the Paffion were a kind of opera, they contained machinery and mufic. Some of thefe pious reprefentations were in dumb fhow, and they were used as ornaments in public rejoicings.

All the ancient French plays, however, were not taken from Scripture, or from the lives of faints. They had alfo Farces and Mummeries. One, called the Farce of Patheln, contains many pleasantries. To judge of it from the language, it must have been compofed near about the time of Louis XII. but there are paffages in it which do not feem unworthy of the age, or even the pen of Mo

liere.

Under the reign of Francis, a taste for the Belles Lettres, became more diffufive; all the arts, all the fciences, revived. Anthony Foreftier, and James Bourgeois wrote comedies at that time, but they are probably lost.

The first of all the French tragedies

is Jodelle's Cleopatra.

This is a compofition of great fimplicity; no action-no reprefentation-a mixture of high and low language. There continues always on the ftage a chorus in the antique manner, which concludes every act with a mere jumble of moral fentences. This piece, which was acted at Paris before Henry II. met with prodigious applaufe. The fame poet wrote likewife a tragedy of Dido, and two comedies. The manners of thofe pieces were exceffively licentious; indeed the age of Henry II. defpifed alike both virtue and decorum.

About the fame period, John Anthony de Baif, and John de la Perufe wrote alfo for the theatre. This latter produced a

play entituled, Of the finner juflified by Faith.

Robert Garnier appeared under Henry III. His friends have lavished on this author the most extravagant praises; they have ever called him fuperior to the ancient Greek poets. He was in truth very imperfect. He poffeffes, without doubt, more energy than Jodelle. But his pieces are not better conftructed.

To Garnier fucceeded Alexander Hardy, a Parifian, the most fertile, perhaps, of all the authors who have studied for the ftage in France. He wrote 600 pieces. We have only, however, to read thefe productions to ceafe to wonder at this unufual fertility; for the verfification, and the difpofition of the fubjects, have evidently coft him little pains. Nor do the laws of decorum appear to have had any influence upon him.

Mairet and Rotrou alfo acquired reputation by their works; but all these poets were eclipfed as foon as the great Corneille appeared.

Corneille was born in 1606. His first piece was Melite, acted in 1624, the incident from which the plot is taken took place in a citizen's houfe at Rouen.

A novelty of execution, and origininality of genius were at once discoverable in this juvenile production, from which were deduced happy prefages of theatrical improvement. Were we to eftimate the firft fix or feven pieces of Corneille by the brilliant talents, which afterwards fhone forth in this author, they would feem to have been unworthy of him; but when we recollect the times in which he lived, we must admit, that an extraordinary genius only could produce them. Compared with Hardy's pieces, Melite is admirable.

The patronage of the great Cardinal Richelieu, was at this time of fignal advantage to the ftage. His miniftry at once cherished the mufe of Corneille, of Rotrou, Mairet, Tristan, Scudery, Du Ryer, and of many others, whofe names are forgotten.

Theatrical rules began now to be thought of, particulary that of the three unities; but most authors ftill defpifed, and even openly derided fuch restraints.