which we have endeavoured to describe. These properties had, doubtless, their cor responding foibles, arising out of a sanguine temper and quick feelings. But these were of a nature so innocent, that, like a slight irregularity in a beautiful countenance, they rather gave individuality to the cha racter than impaired its lustre. Although Lord Somerville's health had been early impaired by the consequences of a severe fall from a curricle, it was so far restored that his friends might, in the course of nature, have long enjoyed the happiness of his society. Diis aliter visum ! And we may add, that it is no good omen of the times, otherwise gloomy, when those so well qualified by situation and talents to sustnin the best interests of the country, are removed from us when their services might be most availing.

When the fatal period arrived, Lord

Somerville was travelling towards Italy, with his sister, Miss Somerville. With his usual kindness, he had left his surgeon behind him at Pontarlier, to attend a countryman of distinction, whom he found extremely ill at that place. He himself enjoyed his usual state of health until he was attacked by a dysentery at Vevai, of which the symptoms soon proved mortal. He lingered till the 5th of this month, possessed of his senses, reconciled to his fate, and endeavouring to soothe the sorrows of those around him. The presence of an English clergyman afforded him in his last moments the consolation of receiving the visible symbols of that religion which he had always sincerely professed. On the 5th he expired, when, to borrow an idea from a poet whom he read and relished, a warmer heart was never made cold by death. Oct. 1819.

BIRTHS.

Sept. 18. At Florence, the Lady of Roderick M Niel, Esq. a daughter.

25. At Young Street, Charlotte Square, the Lady of Captain William Marshall, of the Hon. East India Company's service, a daughter.

-At Gatehouse, the wife of Mr George M'Nish, carpenter, two sons and a daughter, all full-grown children.

26. At Melsetter, the Lady of Robert Heddle, Esq. of Melsetter, a son.

28. The Lady of Dugald M'Dougall, Esq. of Gallanach, a daughter.

30. At the house of his Majesty's Envoy at Berlin, the Lady of George Sholto Douglas, Esq. Secretary of Legation at that Court, a daughter.

Oct. 1. The Lady of Major Nickle, 88th regiment, a son.

Mrs Buchanan, 16, Duke Street, Edinburgh, a daughter.

At Edinburgh, Mrs Colonel Maxwell, a son.

2. The Lady of Captain James, of the 2d, or R. N. B. Dragoons, a daughter.

At King's Place, Leith Walk, Edinburgh, Mrs Captain M'Vicar, R. N. a daughter.

3. At Dublin, her Excellency the Countess of Talbot, a son.

At Lochmalony, the Lady of Major Horsburgh, a son.

4. At Foss, Mrs Stewart of Foss, a son5. In Great Wellington Street, Leith, the Lady of Captain Romer, royal artillery, a daughter.

6. The Lady of Peter Horrocks of Penwortham Lodge, Esq. a son.

23. At Dublin, the Lady of Major Menzies, 42d regiment, a daughter.

At Eskmount, the Hon. Mrs Ogilvy of Clova, a daughter.

25. At Camberwell Grove, London, Mrs William Scott, a son.

26. Mrs Hogarth, Hart Street, Edinburgh, a daughter.

Nov. 1. At Nelson Street, Edinburgh, Mrs Dalrymple, a son.

Lately. A poor woman, the wife of a labouring man, named Scully, residing at Glengariff, near Bantry, was safely delivered of four children, three sons and a daughter, who are likely to live and do well. Mrs White humanely supplied the mother and infants with every necessary. It is not a little extraordinary, that, twelve months ago, another poor woman, living in the same place, was brought to bed of three children, at a birth, who were provided for by Mrs White, and are all living at present.

MARRIAGES.

Sept. 8. At Gretna Green, on the 8th ult. and at St Andrew's Church, Holborn, London, on the 4th October, William Plomer, Esq. son of the late Sir William Plomer, to Catharine Wilhelmina, only daughter of William Pagan, Esq. Edinburgh.

15. At Perpignan, near Toulouse, France, the Marquis de Chesnel, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Legion of Light Infantry of the Pyrenees Orientales, to Mary Louisa, eldest daughter of Brigadier-General Sir Sam. Bentham, R. S. G. of Berry Lodge, Hants. 21. At Paris, Captain George Tyler, Royal Navy, to Miss Sullivan, daughter of the Right Hon. John Sullivan of Richings Lodge, Bucks.

27. Colonel Sherlock, of the 4th regiment of dragoon guards, to Emma, daughter of the Rev. Dr Wylde, Prebendary of Southwell, and Rector of St Nicholas's, Nottingham.

28. At Kinouchtree, Sir James Dalrymple Hay, Bart. of Park Place, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir John Heron Maxwell, Bart. of Springkell. 29. At Tweedhill, Mr Thomas Logan, to Miss Catharine Logan, daughter of the late George Logan, Esq. of Edrom.

30. At Paris, Winchcombe Henry Hartley, Esq. late Judge at the Cape of Good Hope, to Mary, daughter and sole heiress of the late Wilbraham Harris, Esq. of Rosewarren House.

Oct. 2. At Brighton, Robert Lewis, Esq. to Elizabeth, daughter of the late Sir Richard Onslow, Bart. G. C. B. an Admiral of the Red, and Lieutenant-General of Marines.

4. Robert Allan, Esq. surgeon, to Mrs Sophia Bertram, daughter of the late Rev. Dr Thomas Hardy, Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the University of Edinburgh, and one of the ministers of that city.

4. At Leith, Joseph Johnston, Esq. merchant, Dundee, to Charlotte, eldest daughter of Robert Coldstream, Esq. merchant, Leith.

At Stewarton manse, Mr John Torrance, surgeon, Kilmarnock, to Miss Janet Douglas, eldest daughter of the Rev. W. Douglas.

5. At Teignmouth, Devonshire, John Cave, Esq. of Brentry House, Gloucestershire, to Catharine Margaret Strachan, daughter of John Strachan, Esq. of Stra chan, county of Stirling.

At St Mary-la-bonne Church, London, Major-General Sir Herbert Taylor, to Charlotte Albinia, eldest daughter of the late Edward Disbrowe, Esq.

6. At Monks Kirby, Warwickshire, Sir Francis Brian Hill, K. T. S. son of Sir John Hill, Bart. of Hawkestone Park, Shropshire, to Emily Lissy, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Powys, of Berwick-house, Esq.

8. In Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, Ar chibald James Hamilton, younger of Dalzell, Esq. to Margaret Sibella, second daughter of William Ramsay, Esq. banker.

10. At London, Charles Bertram, Esq. of New Bond Street, to Anne, youngest daughter of Thomas Price, Esq. of Warham, Herefordshire.

11. At Luchenbreck, David Irving, Esq. surgeon in the service of the Hon. East India Company, to Margaret, daughter of William Brown, Esq. of Linkins.

At Hallrule, in Roxburghshire, William Filder, Esq. Deputy Commissary Ge neral of the Forces, to Anne, eldest daughter of John Wilson, Esq. of Hallrule.

12. At Renfrew, Mr Thomas Black, of the Excise, to Marion, second daughter of George Boyd, Esq. Renfrew.

At London, William S. Cumming, Esq. surgeon in the Hon. East India Company's service, to Ann, second daughter of John Stewart, Esq. of Burton Crescent.

14. At Birdsyards Cottage, near Forres, Lieutenant Arthur Gray, 24th foot, to Mary, fourth daughter of George Kay, Esq.

15. At Dalkeith, James Alexander, Esq. banker, to Catharine, daughter of Doctor Andrew Graham, Dalkeith.

At Edinburgh, William Forman, Esq. surgeon in Shields, to Anne, youngest daughter of Mr W. Ballingall, of the London Shipping Company's smack Superb.

At Glasgow, the Rev. Andrew M. Neil, Blantyre Works, to Margaret, eldest daughter of the Rev. James Imrie, Glas gow.

16. Dr Burnside, Royal Navy, to Sophia, daughter of the late David Burnside of Ardmore, Esq.

18. At London, Colonel Fitzclarence, to Miss Wyndham, second danghter of the Earl of Egremont.

18. At Gartcows, George Meek, Esq. of Campfield, to Jess, second daughter of John Heugh of Gartcows, Esq.

At Ayr, Patrick Gilmour, Esq. of the city of Londonderry, to Miss Christie Hamilton, eldest daughter of Charles Dalrymple, Esq. Gill's Cottage, county of Londonderry.

19. At Edinburgh, William Whyte, merchant, Leith, to Margaret, daughter of the late Robert Miller, of Milntown, Dumbartonshire.

20. At Barry Cottage, James Gordon, Esq. Paymaster of the 92d regiment, to Margaret, youngest daughter of Robert Knight, Esq. Portsoy.

21. At Greenwich, by the Rev. R. Dallin, Abram Constable, Esq. of Mount Pleasant House, Lewisham, one of his Majesty's Deputy Lieutenants for the Counties of Kent and Surrey, to Jane, eldest daughter of Mr Edward Brown, coal-merchant, London Street, Greenwich.

At Dungannon, Ireland, David Robert Ross, Esq. of Rosstrevor, to Miss Harriot Knox, second daughter of the Hon. and Very Reverend the Dean of Down, and niece to Viscount Northland.

25. At Athlone, John M'Roberts, Esq. M. D. second son of James M'Roberts, Esq. of Listoodor, county of Down, to Mary, second daughter of the deceased William Finlayson, Esq. late of Union Place, Aberdeen.

At Glasgow, Mr Alexander Braid, Paisley, to Miss Anna Lang, eldest daughter of Thomas Lang, Esq. of Flemington. At Edinburgh, Mr Henry Gardner, to Eliza Mary, daughter of Mr Alexander Grant, writer.

26. At Castlebellingham, Ireland, the Rev. Thomas Plunket, eldest son of the Right Hon. William C. Plunket, to Louisa Jane, second daughter of the late John William Foster, Esq.

At Hillhouse, Robert Ramage Liston, Esq. to Janet, eldest daughter of George Johnston, Esq. of Hillhouse.

29. At Edinburgh, Sir Joseph Radcliffe, Baronet, of Mill-bridge House, in the county of York, to Jacobina, youngest daughter of the late Captain John Macdonell, Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Robert Marshall, Esq. writer to the signet, to Mrs Shirley, late wife of Captain Shirley.

Mr John Pillans, printer, to Helen, eldest daughter of Mr Archibald Glen, corn-merchant, Edinburgh.

Nov. 1. At Edinburgh, William Ronald, Esq. Captain in his Majesty's 6th regiment, to Elizabeth George, daughter of the late Lieutenant-General Benson.

1. At Haddington, David Skirving, Esq Garleton, to Margaret Lindsay, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Robert Scot, one of the ministers of Haddington.

At Innerkip, Mr Neill Whyte, merchant, Greenock, to Miss Janet Smith, Innerkip.

2. At Glasgow, Mr Robert Armour, merchant, to Isabella, youngest daughter of Alexander Brown, Esq. of Meiklehill.

Lately. The Archdeacon of Kildare, eldest son of the Lord Bishop of Kildare, to Ann, eldest daughter of Owsley Rowley, Esq. of the Priory, Huntingdonshire.

At Bath, Henry Andrews Drummond, Esq. Commander of the Hon. East India Company's ship Castle Huntly, to Maria, only daughter of the late Captain Turquand, Royal Navy.

-At Woodhouse, Mr Turnbull of Oxnam-Row, to Miss C. Scott, second daughter of Mr Scott, Woodhouse, near Jedburgh.

DEATHS.

May 2. At Sattara, in the East Indies, in his 32d year, after a short illness of seven hours, caught by infection, while administering relief to a poor native Indian, Alex. Gordon, Esq. Surgeon on the Bombay establishment, eldest son of the late Rev. Dr Gordon, one of the ministers of Aberdeen.

June 14. At the Cape of Good Hope, Capt. Gregory Page, of the Bengal Esta blishment.

July 18. At Rio Bueno, Jamaica, Mr Charles Bruce, of Musselburgh.

26. At the island of Jamaica, of the yellow fever, Mr James Robertson, second son of Adjutant James Robertson, of the Berwickshire yeomanry cavalry, aged 19. At Bellfield Plantation, Demerara, Mr George Reid, son of the late James Reid, Esq. of Ardoch.

Aug. 6. At Kingston, Jamaica, after three days illness of yellow fever, in the 24th year of his age, Mr John Morison, surgeon, second son of Mr James Morison, White Hart Inn, Dalkeith.

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13. At Philadelphia, Mrs John Chalmers, formerly of Brownfield, Glasgow. death was occasioned by bathing in cold water when the body was overheated. What is remarkable, her husband died the same time last year, by drinking cold water, soon after his arrival from Britain.

22. At Jamaica, Lieutenant-Colonel E. P. Sparrow, Deputy Adjutant-General on that station.

23. At the Lodge St Vincent, George Whitefield, Esq.

28. At Up Park Camp, Jamaica, of yellow fever, after an illness of 48 hours, Lieutenant George Mackie, 92d regiment. Lieutenant Mackie was the 6th surviving son of the late William Mackie, Ormiston, East Lothian. He began his military life

as Ensign in the 92d regiment, or Gordon Highlanders, in which he served for the period of eleven years, the last four of which he filled the situation of Adjutant to the corps. He was present with this distinguished regiment during its campaigns in Portugal and Spain, and shared its glory in the field of Waterloo, where it made itself so conspicuous, where all were brave. There he received a wound, from the effects of which he was continuing to suffer at the time of his decease. Mild in his temper, but ardent in his affections-eager, as far as his power extended, to promote the happiness of others, Lieutenant Mackie was, in his turn, a favourite with all, while his keen sense of honour, and the refinement of his manners, made love be always mingled with respect. In the affairs of life, there is generally a combination of circumstances, and a favourable conjuncture of events, without the aid of which, merit is kept comparatively obscure, but in the clearness of his perception, in the soundness of his judgment, his accurate discharge of duty, and the anxiety he evinced to rise in his profession, there was enough to warrant the conclusion, that, had life been spared, and a wider field been opened for exertion, he would have left behind him a more unperishing memorial, than the affectionate regrets of his admiring friends.

28. At Stoney Hill, Jamaica, of the yellow fever, Lieut-Colonel Blainey, of the 92d regiment of foot. It would be impossible to do justice to the memory of this very excellent officer, by enumerating his many amiable qualities; it is only those who had the happiness of knowing him that can justly appreciate his untimely loss, which is so deeply felt by his disconsolate widow, his family, and the regiment to which he belonged.

31. At Montego Bay, Jamaica, in the 20th year of his age, Mr George Clark, third son of the late Mr William Clark, Blair's Arms Inn, Portpatrick.

Sept. 21. Mr George Coulter, preacher of the gospel; a character well known in Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, and Galloway.

23. At Lambridge-house, near Bath, Edward Percival, M. D. member of several Medical Societies in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, eldest surviving son of the late Thomas Percival, M. D.

25. At Edinburgh, Mr George Yooll, writer.

26. At Kirkwall, Barbara Manson, relict of the late Dr Paterson there.

30. At Annan, Miss Ann, second daughter of John Little, Esq. Provost of that burgh.

Oct. 1. In Craven Street, London, Benjamin Ross, Esq. of Tain.

2. At Edinburgh, Mrs Jean Robertson, daughter of the late Rev. Francis Robertson, minister of Clyne, in Sutherlandshire.

At Peattown House, Dumbartonshire, in the 68th year of her age, Isabella Drummond, relict of the late Dugald Campbell, Esq. of Peattown.

9. In Bedford Row, London, aged 53, Lady Burrough, wife of the Hon. Mr Justice Burrough.

At Aberdeen, Mrs Captain Living.

ston. 10. At Craigrothy, Oliver Gourlay, Esq. in his 80th year.

At Garngad Hill, near Glasgow, Mr Joseph Shearer, late Quartermaster of the royal artillery.

11. At Bernice, Argyleshire, Donald Fletcher, Esq. of Bernice.

At Anniston, John Rait, Esq. of Anniston.

At Glasgow, Mrs Hamilton, widow of the deceased Arch. Hamilton, Esq.

- In the Dock-yard, Portsmouth, Captain Wainwright, Governor of the Royal Naval College, which appointment he only enjoyed since the promotion of Admiral Gifford, about ten days.

12. At Townend of Symington, John Boyd, Esq. of Townend.

At Ayr, after an illness of 15 years, Mr John M'Kinnon, in the 34th year of his age.

At Langharne, Carmarthenshire, John Langharne, Esq. Vice-Admiral of the White.

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